{"id": "enwiki-00193696-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Wiltshire District Council election\nElections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives took control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193696-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 West Wiltshire District Council election\nMost wards had boundary changes or were new. One ward, Shearwater, was uncontested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193696-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 West Wiltshire District Council election\nOf the 44 new members, 21 were not members of the outgoing council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193696-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 West Wiltshire District Council election\nThe district councillors were elected on 3 May 2007 for a four-year term of office, but a review of local government determined in 2008 that the four district councils of Wiltshire should be merged with Wiltshire County Council to form a new unitary authority for Wiltshire with effect from 1 April 2009, when the district councillors' term of office would end. The county council was treated as a \"continuing authority\", and elections to the new Wiltshire Council unitary council took place in June 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193697-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open\nThe 2007 Cincinnati Masters (also known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 106th edition of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, with the men playing from August 11 through August 19, 2007, and the women from July 14 through July 22, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193697-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open\nThe men's singles were led by World No. 1, Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, and Canada Masters runner-up Roger Federer, French Open winner and Stuttgart titlist Rafael Nadal, and new ATP No. 3, Miami and Canada Masters champion Novak Djokovic. Other players competing were Washington champion Andy Roddick, Roland-Garros semifinalist Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, Tommy Robredo and Richard Gasquet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193697-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open\nThe announced women's draw was headlined by WTA No. 8, French Open quarterfinalist and 's-Hertogenbosch champion Anna Chakvetadze, Gold Coast runner-up Patty Schnyder, and Fes doubles titlist Sania Mirza. Other top seeds competing in the field Birmingham doubles finalist Meilen Tu, Tokyo finalist Aiko Nakamura, Elena Vesnina, Akiko Morigami and S\u00e9verine Br\u00e9mond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193697-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, Finals, Men's Doubles\nJonathan Erlich /  Andy Ram defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan 4\u20136, 6\u20133, [13\u201311]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 87], "content_span": [88, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193697-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, Finals, Women's Doubles\nBethanie Mattek /  Sania Mirza defeated  Alina Jidkova /  Tatiana Poutchek 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 89], "content_span": [90, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193698-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Novak Djokovic and Nenad Zimonji\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193698-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Doubles\nJonathan Erlich and Andy Ram won in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20133, [13\u201311], against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193699-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer defeated James Blake in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20134, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2007 Cincinnati Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193699-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Singles\nAndy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to David Ferrer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193699-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 64], "content_span": [65, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193700-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nMaria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193700-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nBethanie Mattek and Sania Mirza won in the final 7\u20136 (7\u20134), 7\u20135, against Alina Jidkova and Tatiana Poutchek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193701-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nVera Zvonareva was the defending champion, but had to withdraw before the tournament began due to a right wrist injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193701-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nAnna Chakvetadze won the title, defeating Akiko Morigami 6\u20131, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193702-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Carolina Catamounts football team\nThe 2007 Western Carolina Catamounts team represented Western Carolina University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Catamounts were led by sixth year head coach Kent Briggs and played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 1\u201310, 0\u20137 in SoCon play to finish in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193703-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team\nThe 2007 WKU Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University (WKU) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team's head coach was David Elson. It was the team\u2019s first and only season as an NCAA Division I FCS independent team as they made the transition from the Gateway Conference of Division I-AA (now FCS) to the Sun Belt Conference of the FBS. The Hilltoppers played their home games at Houchens Industries\u2013L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team\nThe 2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bill Cubit and played their homes game in Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Broncos finished the season 5\u20137 overall and 3\u20134 in the Mid-American Conference. The highlight of the season was the 28\u201319 road victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes, a team that finished fifth in the Big Ten Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Preseason\nThe 2007 Bronco team returned 17 starters from an 8\u20135 team that finished 6\u20132 in the Mid-American Conference and participated in the 2007 International Bowl. While the team lost the bowl game 27\u201324, Western Michigan was picked to finish first in the MAC West Division and to win the MAC Championship Game by the MAC News Media Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Roster\nUpdated September 11, 2007Sources: , Projected starters are in bold. Players who left the team are struck out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, West Virginia\nJamarko Simmons' 144 receiving yards on 14 catches with two touchdowns were not enough for Western Michigan to upset the #3 West Virginia Mountaineers. West Virginia nearly doubled WMU's offensive production (542 yards to 277 yards) and cruised to a 62\u201324 victory behind two passing touchdowns by Pat White and four touchdowns (three rushing) by Steve Slaton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nWMU is 0\u20133 all-time vs Indiana. The most recent meeting was in 2006 when the Hoosiers won 39\u201320. All three games have been in Bloomington, Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nIn 1999, Missouri beat the Broncos 48\u201334. That was the only meeting between the two schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Central Connecticut State\nCentral Connecticut State is the only Division I Football Championship Subdivision team on WMU's schedule. This is the first ever meeting between the two schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 86], "content_span": [87, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Toledo\nThis game is the Mid-American Conference conference opener for WMU. Western Michigan defeated Toledo 31\u201310 in 2006 for the first time since 2000. WMU has not won at the Glass Bowl since 1988 (31\u20139 victory). Toledo leads the all-time series 36\u201325.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Akron\nAfter shutting out Akron last season 17\u20130, WMU leads the all-time series 11\u20133 (8\u20131 at Waldo Stadium).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nWMU leads the all-time series against Northern Illinois 20\u201311, including a 16\u201314 victory in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Ball State\nAfter losing to WMU 41\u201327 last season, Ball State went on to finish the season 3\u20131, with the lone loss being 34\u201326 against then-#2 ranked University of Michigan. WMU leads the all-time series 19\u201314. This game is WMU's Homecoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan\nThis game is the first of the 3 games that will determine the 2007 Michigan MAC Trophy winner (Central Michigan vs. WMU November 17 and CMU vs. Eastern Michigan November 17). Western leads the all-time series 26-14-2 and has not lost in Rynearson Stadium since 1991 (7 wins).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Central Michigan\nIn a nationally televised Tuesday night game, WMU leads the all-time series against CMU 43-32-2 and has not lost at home to Central Michigan since 1993 (6 wins).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nThe final non-conference game of the season is the first between WMU and Iowa since WMU won 27\u201321 in 2000. That was the only meeting between the two schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193704-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Temple\nWMU defeated Temple 41\u20137 last season in a year when Temple finished the season 1\u201311. WMU has never lost against Temple and leads the series 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193705-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Westmeath Senior Football Championship\nThis is the 2007 Westmeath Gaelic football Championship 2007. The winners will go onto contest the Leinster Club SFC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193705-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Westmeath Senior Football Championship, Relegation\nBottom team in each group will play a playoff with loser dropping to play in the 2008 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193706-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship was held in County Westmeath, Ireland. The championship was held between the top hurling clubs in the county.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193706-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship, First round\nWinners from this round proceed to Section A. Losers go to Section B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season\nThe 2007 Wests Tigers season was the 8th in the joint-venture club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing in 9th position and failing to reach the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, Season summary\nThe Wests Tigers had a poor start to the season, losing their first four matches (three of them by very narrow margins.) The Tigers finally won their first game of the season in Round 5 against Cronulla Sharks, at Campbelltown Stadium, by 2 points in golden point extra time. Although Benji Marshall again injured a shoulder in round 8, the Tigers continued winning through to round 12 when they lost to Parramatta by 30 points. Injuries to key players continued throughout the season - Benji Marshall out for eleven rounds, Brett Hodgson out for seven rounds with a fractured cheek, and Todd Payten, Paul Whatuira and Bryce Gibbs all missing several games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, Season summary\nAfter spending sixteen rounds in the top eight, the Tigers dropped down to ninth position when they lost to the South Sydney Rabbitohs in round 24. Facing the Newcastle Knights (a team desperate to avoid the wooden spoon in their own horror season) in the last match of the regular season, the Tigers needed to win and then hope the Broncos lost to the Eels to regain a position in the eight. Although they led twice in the game by a margin of twelve points, the Tigers' finished an inconsistent season on a disappointing loss to the Knights, 24\u201326 at Telstra Stadium, and in 9th position on the ladder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n16 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Moodie, Harrison, Whatuira; Goals: Marshall 2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n19 - Sea Eagles (Tries: Watmough, Robertson, Haldon; Goals: Lyon 3; Field Goals: Monaghan)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n20 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Galloway, Harrison, Marshall; Goals: Marshall 4) in golden point extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n24 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Fitzhenry, Farah, Collis, Whatuira; Goals: Marshall 4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n12 - Sharks (Tries: Simmons, Bird; Goals: Covell 2) in golden point extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n34 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Collis 2, Morris, Marshall, Fitzhenry, Heighington; Goals: Marshall 5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n12 - Storm (Tries: King, Johnson; Goals: Cameron Smith 2 )", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n30 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Fulton, Te'o, Morris, Lawrence; Goals: Hodgson 3; Field Goals: Hodgson 7)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n25 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Fulton, Fitzhenry, Lawrence, Galea; Goals: Hodgson 4; Field Goals: Farah)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n38 - Eels (Tries: Mateo 2, Grothe, Hayne, Finch, Ben Smith, Burt; Goals: Burt 5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n33 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Farah, Heighington, Collis, Tuiaki, Fulton; Goals: Collis 6; Field Goals: Farah 1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n16 - Titans (Tries: Rogers 2, Lewis; Goals: Rogers 2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n18 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Farah, Morris, Lawrence; Goals: Farah 3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n22 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Whatuira 2, Morris, Lawrence; Goals: Farah 3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n26 - Panthers (Tries: Pritchard 2, Wallace, Lewis; Goals: Youngquest 5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n28 - Warriors (Tries: Rovelli 2, Ropati, Koopu, Luck; Goals: Witt 4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n14 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki 2, Lawrence; Goals: Marshall)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n26 - Roosters (Tries: Monaghan 2, Roberts 2, Aubusson; Goals: Roberts 3) in golden point extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n28 - Sharks (Tries: Covell 2, Bird, Pomeroy, Taulapapa; Goals: Covell 4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n37 - Rabbitohs (Tries: Gordon 2, Asotasi, J Smith, Sutton, Widders; Goals: Williams 6; Field Goals: Williams))", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193707-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Wests Tigers season, 2007 Season results\n26 - Knights (Tries: Vuna 2, Paterson, Gidley; Goals: Gidley 5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193708-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election\nElections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193711-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wichita mayoral election\nThe 2007 Wichita mayoral election took place on April 3, 2007, to elect the Mayor of Wichita, Kansas. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. It saw the election of Carl Brewer, who unseated incumbent mayor Carlos Mayans. Brewer was the first African American to be elected mayor of Wichita.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193712-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Widnes Vikings season\nThis article is about the 2007 season of the Widnes Vikings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193713-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Wigan Council were held on 3 May 2007 with one third of the seats up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193713-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThis result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193714-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wigan Warriors season\nThis article is about the 2007 season of the Wigan Warriors in the Super League and Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193714-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wigan Warriors season, Season preview\n2006 was a poor season for Wigan finishing 8th overall in the Super League but for most of the season they were battling with relegation. In 2007 Wigan will look to avoid another season like 2006, many players from the 2006 squad have left Wigan and been replaced by players such as Trent Barrett, Phil Bailey and Thomas Leuluai who will be important members of the 2007 Wigan squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193714-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Wigan Warriors season, Season preview\nPlayers like Stuart Fielden and Chris Ashton who has impressive season in 2006 will be looking to continue their form in 2007 and some young academy player such as Darrell Goulding, Paul Prescott and Michael McIlorum will be looking to break into the first team in 2007. Wigan start the season with a tough home fixture against Warrington Wolves. Wigan will play local rivals St. Helens 4 times during the regular season including a match in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193714-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wigan Warriors season, Fixtures/Results\n\u2191 Wigan Warriors only played a second grade squad against Whitehaven, mostly made up of players from the Wigan Warriors Academy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193714-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wigan Warriors season, League table\n1Bradford deducted 2 points for breaching of salary cap rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193714-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Wigan Warriors season, League table\nWigan Warriors round by round progress during the 2007 Super League season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193714-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Wigan Warriors season, 2007 Full squad\n1 Denotes a player who left Wigan Warriors during 2007. For more information see Transfers Section", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193714-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Wigan Warriors season, Club personnel 2008\nPresident \u2013 Peter HigginbottomLife Members \u2013 Joe Egan, Billy Blan, Johnny Lawrenson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193714-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Wigan Warriors season, Club personnel 2008\nOwner and chairman \u2013 Ian Lenagan (as from 1 December 2007)company secretary \u2013 Paul Wright", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193715-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season\nThe 2007 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season was the team's sixth season as a member of the af2. Under coach Rich Ingold and led by quarterback Ryan Vena, the Pioneers advanced to their fourth straight playoff appearance, winning three games at home to earn a spot in the ArenaCup. The Pioneers lost the championship to the Tulsa Talons 73\u201366 after the Pioneers' final pass play in the waning seconds of the game fell short. Several members of the team were given season awards, including David Davis as 2007 Havoc Kicker of the year, Ryan Vena as Schutt Offensive Player of the Year, and Coach Ingold as Sportexe Coach of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193716-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 William & Mary Tribe football team\nThe 2007 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of South Division of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 28th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 4\u20137 and a mark of 2\u20136 in A-10 play, placing fifth in the South Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193717-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Williamstown state by-election\nThe 2007 Williamstown state by-election was a by-election held on 15 September 2007 for the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate of Williamstown in suburban Melbourne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193717-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Williamstown state by-election\nThe by-election was triggered when Steve Bracks, the Labor Party member for Williamstown and outgoing Premier of Victoria, resigned from politics on 30 July 2007. Bracks had held the seat since 1994, and had been leader of the state Labor Party since 1999, serving as Premier from 1999 to 2007. Williamstown is generally considered a safe seat for the ALP, and Bracks' predecessor in the seat, Joan Kirner, was also a former Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193717-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Williamstown state by-election\nWith the resignation of Premier Steve Bracks on 30 July 2007, a by-election was required. On 4 August 2007 Janet Rice was confirmed to be the candidate for The Greens, the previous day (3 August 2007) the Liberal Party had confirmed that they would not run a candidate. This left Janet Rice as the person most likely to displace an ALP candidate, although she would need to greatly improve upon the vote that the Greens received in the 2006 state election. Former Transport Workers Union of Australia assistant secretary Wade Noonan held the seat for Labor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships\nThe 2007 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 121st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 2007. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships\nReconstruction work on Centre Court was in progress and thus it had no roof. The Wimbledon Championships adopted Hawk-Eye technology for the first time on Centre Court and Court 1. The Cyclops system was still used on other courts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships\nThe Gentlemen's final was won by Roger Federer for the fifth consecutive time, a feat only before achieved in the Open Era by Bj\u00f6rn Borg. It was the third longest men's singles final of all time at 3 hours and 45 minutes. Venus Williams claimed the Ladies' title by defeating Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, a surprise finalist who had defeated world number one at the time Justine Henin. For the first time in twenty years, the Championships saw a home player win a senior title as Jamie Murray won the mixed doubles with Serbian partner Jelena Jankovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution\nBelow are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Prize distribution\nOn 24 April 2007, Wimbledon announced that the prize money would increase to \u00a3700,000 (US$1.4 million) for men and women singles champions. The total prize fund would be \u00a311,282,710 (US$22,565,420), the highest any tennis tournament has ever offered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Singles\nRoger Federer defeated  Rafael Nadal, 7\u20136(9\u20137), 4\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 2\u20136, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment /  Micha\u00ebl Llodra defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20133, 6\u20134, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles\nCara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Katarina Srebotnik /  Ai Sugiyama, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Mixed doubles\nJamie Murray /  Jelena Jankovi\u0107 defeated  Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman /  Alicia Molik, 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles\nDaniel Alejandro L\u00f3pez /  Matteo Trevisan defeated  Roman Jebav\u00fd /  Martin Kli\u017ean, 7\u20136(5), 4\u20136, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles\nAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova /  Urszula Radwa\u0144ska defeated  Misaki Doi /  Kurumi Nara, 6\u20134, 2\u20136, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Other events, Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nJacco Eltingh /  Paul Haarhuis defeated  Mark Petchey /  Chris Wilkinson, 6\u20132, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 85], "content_span": [86, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Other events, Ladies' Invitation Doubles\nJana Novotn\u00e1 /  Helena Sukov\u00e1 defeated  Ilana Kloss /  Rosalyn Nideffer, 6\u20133, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Other events, Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nJeremy Bates /  Anders J\u00e4rryd defeated  Kevin Curren /  Johan Kriek, 6\u20133, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Other events, Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nRobin Ammerlaan /  Ronald Vink defeated  Shingo Kunieda /  Satoshi Saida, 4\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nMany matches were cancelled by rain, an ominous precursor to the entire tournament. Top seeds Roger Federer and Justine Henin managed to defeat their opponents easily. Philipp Kohlschreiber became the first seeded player to exit the tournament. Seeded players Martina Hingis and Patty Schnyder were pushed by their opponents, each playing 3 sets with Hingis saving 2 match points. Serena Williams, Marion Bartoli and Shahar Pe'er won their games simply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nDaniela Hantuchov\u00e1 easily dispatched Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Favourites such as Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Maria Sharapova, Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo, Novak Djokovic, James Blake and Rafael Nadal won their matches with ease. However, Venus Williams was almost knocked out by Alla Kudryavtseva, when she won 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nAndy Roddick and Richard Gasquet advanced towards third round, true to expectations. Justine Henin, Ana Ivanovic, Martina Hingis and Serena Williams also beat their opponents with little difficulty. Lucky loser Aliz\u00e9 Cornet defeated ranked #42 Maria Kirilenko. Unfortunately the evening matches were delayed due to the rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nDinara Safina became today's highest-ranked woman to lose, while Tommy Robredo the highest-ranked man to lose on day 4. However, other seeded players like Ana Ivanovic, Elena Dementieva, Roger Federer and Marat Safin have done their jobs well and advanced towards third round. Also, Serena and Venus Williams returned to their doubles competitions by beating Anne Keothavong and Claire Curran in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nThe players who began their games at 11 o'clock were delayed by rain, but it did not affect Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and Patty Schnyder who all hastily completed their matches. Anna Chakvetadze is the highest-ranked woman to lose so far, while Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez became the highest-seeded man to lose so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nThe tournament suffered massive rain disruptions, with Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova being the only singles players to complete (and win) their matches. The afternoon matches were also delayed by rain. Fans on Centre and Court 2 received full refunds; because they saw less than an hour of play, with Mauresmo's win lasting 57 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nThere was a little bit of rain and a few surprises too. Although there was more rain, Justine Henin found time to advance to the quarterfinals, while Elena Dementieva surprised everyone by losing to an unseeded Tamira Paszek. Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, after sending seeded Martina M\u00fcller out in the second round a few days earlier, couldn't do the same thing to Svetlana Kuznetsova. In a highly intense matach, Serena Williams cramped against Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 late in a second set. Serena battled the injury, losing the second set tie-break but winning after a rain delay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nMost of the women's 4th round matches were delayed by rain, however, some matches were completed; Svetlana Kuznetsova ended Tamira Paszek's dazzling run; 3rd seed and in-form Serb Jelena Jankovi\u0107 was defeated by Marion Bartoli; and 2006 champion and 4th seed Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo fell to Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nRafael Nadal finally won his match against Robin S\u00f6derling, which had lasted since Saturday. Other winners today included Novak Djokovic, who advanced into 4th round and Andy Roddick, who is already in the quarterfinals. Richard Gasquet won his match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Maria Sharapova lost to Venus Williams in straight sets 6\u20131, 6\u20133 in one of the biggest upsets of the tournament. Justine Henin and Marion Bartoli became the first female semifinalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nThe second round doubles match between Brazilians Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 and Marcelo Melo against Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett set two Wimbledon records, one of most games played in a match (102) and the longest fifth set ever (28\u201326). This was the second longest match in the history of The Championships, at 5 hours and 58 minutes. The Brazilian duo won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nVenus Williams became another semifinalist after her victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets again. Ana Ivanovic joined her when she won the match with Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, who could not take advantage of three match points she had in the final set, with Ivanovic eventually triumphing 7\u20135. Novak Djokovic, Marcos Baghdatis, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych and Rafael Nadal qualified into quarterfinals today. Nadal battled through another 5-set match, although he completed this one on its scheduled day, without any suspensions due to rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nRafael Nadal became the first male semifinalist, and was soon followed by defending champion Roger Federer and by fourth seed Novak Djokovic. Venus Williams is through to the Ladies' Singles final and Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli joins her making the biggest upset in the tournament, sending number one seeded Justine Henin out. Richard Gasquet, another French player, pulled off the biggest upset of the men's in taking out #3 seed and ranked Roddick. Roddick had a two set lead before Gasquet won the final 3 sets to book a semi final spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nThe final of the Men's Singles was determined, Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal, a repeat of the 2006 final and French Open final. Federer won in straight sets against Richard Gasquet, whilst Nadal's opponent, Novak Djokovic, was forced to retire with the match balanced at one set all. Venus Williams won another Wimbledon title against Bartoli in straight sets (6\u20134, 6\u20131).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nRoger Federer won his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title after a five-set battle against Rafael Nadal, 3 sets to 2. Federer's supremacy on grass met a strong challenge from Nadal and the victory did not come easily for the Swiss. But Federer came through by winning the tiebreak in the first and third sets, and faced four break points before victory in the final set. Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra, beating number one seeded Bryan brothers, became the Gentlemen's Doubles champions, while Cara Black and Liezel Huber were victorious in the Ladies' Doubles final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nJamie Murray became the first British player to win a senior Wimbledon title in 20 years by winning the Mixed Doubles with Serbian partner Jelena Jankovi\u0107, beating Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Alicia Molik in 3 sets. Urszula Radwa\u0144ska maintained the family tradition winning the Girls' Singles title like her sister Agnieszka in 2005 and they became the first sisters to win it. Urszula also became the Girls' Doubles champion, playing with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The victor of Boys' Singles was Donald Young and the best boys' doubles team was Daniel Lopez and Matteo Trevisan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Wild card entries\nThe following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Men's singles\nThe following players received entry into the lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Women's singles\nThe following player received entry into the lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Men's doubles\nThe following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Women's doubles\nThe following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193718-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships, Protected ranking\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193719-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nKellen Damico and Nathaniel Schnugg were the defending champions but Schnugg did not compete. Damico partnered with Jonathan Eysseric but lost in the second round to Roman Jebav\u00fd and Martin Kli\u017ean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193719-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nDaniel Alejandro L\u00f3pez and Matteo Trevisan defeated Jebav\u00fd and Kli\u017ean in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 4\u20136, [10\u20138] to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193720-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles\nThiemo de Bakker was the defending champion, but did not complete in the Juniors this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193720-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles\nDonald Young defeated Uladzimir Ignatik in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20131 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193720-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193721-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nAlisa Kleybanova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were the defending champions but Kleybanova did not compete in the Juniors this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193721-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nPavlyuchenkova and Urszula Radwa\u0144ska defeated Misaki Doi and Kurumi Nara in the final, 6\u20134, 2\u20136, [10\u20137] to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193722-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles\nCaroline Wozniacki was the defending champion but did not complete in the Juniors this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193722-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles\nUrszula Radwa\u0144ska defeated Madison Brengle in the final, 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20130 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193722-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193723-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra defeated the defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20133, 6\u20134, 6\u20134, to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships The French duo won their first Grand Slam as a team, however this was Llodra's third, having won the Australian Open twice previously with Fabrice Santoro in 2003 and 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193723-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193724-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193725-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nFour-time defending champion Roger Federer successfully defended his title, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final, 7\u20136(9\u20137), 4\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 2\u20136, 6\u20132 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. It was Federer's Open Era record-equaling fifth consecutive Wimbledon title (tying Bj\u00f6rn Borg), his fifth Wimbledon title overall, and his eleventh major title overall. It was the second of three consecutive years that Federer and Nadal would contest the Wimbledon final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193725-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193725-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nMario An\u010di\u0107 was originally seeded #18 but withdrew due to illness before the tournament draw was made. All original seeds from 19 to 31 moved up one place, and a new #31 seed was added.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193725-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nAndy Murray withdrew due to a wrist injury. He was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Kevin Kim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193726-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final\nThe 2007 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. A part of the storied Federer\u2013Nadal rivalry, it pitted the world No. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer against the world No. 2 Rafael Nadal. After 3 hours and 45 minutes, Federer defeated Nadal 7\u20136(9\u20137), 4\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 2\u20136, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final\nUpon its conclusion it was almost universally praised as the greatest Wimbledon final since Borg\u2013McEnroe in 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Background\nRoger Federer and Rafael Nadal have a storied rivalry that  many consider to be the greatest in tennis history. As they entered the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, the two men had collectively won the last nine consecutive Grand Slam titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Background\nThe 2007 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was a rematch of the previous year's Championships final. Federer had won not only that match, but had also been the Wimbledon champion four years in a row and was on a quest of tying Bj\u00f6rn Borg's record of five consecutive Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Background\nNadal, on the other hand, had just won the French Open for the third time in a row and was trying to achieve the rare French Open-Wimbledon double. Additionally, Nadal had denied Federer from completing the Career Grand Slam, and becoming the first man since 1968 to win all four Grand Slams consecutively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Background\nThe hype preceding the match was enormous because although Federer was the four-time defending champion, Nadal entered the match with an 8-4 lead in their head-to-head record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Match details\nFederer leapt out to an early lead in the first set but it was decided in a memorable tiebreaker. Federer appeared to have won the set only to have the call reversed by the new review system Hawkeye. Federer would eventually win the first set 7\u20136. Nadal rebounded in the second set, breaking Federer in the final game to take the set 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Match details\nNeither player could break through in the third set which saw twelve consecutive holds before Federer won the tiebreaker and seized the two sets to one advantage. Nadal shocked many by racing to a 4\u20130 lead in the fourth set, and after an injury time-out he closed out the set 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Match details\nThe final set was a dramatic affair with Nadal failing to convert four break points in the third and fifth games that would have given him an early lead. Federer proved too strong in the latter part of the set, breaking Nadal in the sixth and eighth games to close out the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Significance\nThis match was historic as it saw Federer equal Bj\u00f6rn Borg's open-era record of five consecutive Wimbledon Championships. Due to this potential Borg returned to the All England Club for the first time in many years to witness the Wimbledon final. The victory also equalled Federer with Borg and Rod Laver with 11 Grand Slam championships, leaving him only three behind Pete Sampras in his quest to achieve the all-time record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Significance\nThis was the first Wimbledon final to use the replay technology system Hawk-Eye. The system proved controversial reversing a set point for Federer in the first set. In the fourth set Federer grew frustrated with almost all of the reviews going Nadal's way and asked the umpire to turn it off saying, \"it's killing me today.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Significance\nThis was also the first time that Federer or Nadal had ever played a fifth set in a Grand Slam final. They would go on to also play five sets in the final the following year, which Nadal won in what many consider the greatest match of all time. Nadal would also beat Federer in five sets at the 2009 Australian Open, and Federer would beat Nadal in five sets in the final of the 2017 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193727-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Significance\nDue to construction of a new retractable roof, this was the only Wimbledon final played without the upper facade which had been removed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193728-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nAndy Ram and Vera Zvonareva were the defending champions but Zvonareva did not compete. Ram partnered with Nathalie Dechy but lost in the third round to Marcin Matkowski and Cara Black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193728-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nJamie Murray and Jelena Jankovi\u0107 defeated Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Alicia Molik in the final, 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20131 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. Murray became the first British champion of a senior Wimbledon title  since Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie won the same title at the 1987 Championships. This was the first and only Grand Slam title won by Jankovi\u0107 in her career, and she became the first Serbian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193728-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193729-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nRobin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink defeated the defending champions Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida in the final, 4\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20132 to win the Wheelchair Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193730-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nYan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions but Zheng did not compete. Yan partnered with Peng Shuai  but lost in the quarterfinals to Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193730-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber defeated Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama in the final, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20132 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193730-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193731-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193732-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nVenus Williams defeated Marion Bartoli in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20131 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. Williams, ranked 31st at the time and seeded 23rd, remains the lowest ranked and lowest seeded woman ever to win Wimbledon. This was Williams' fourth Wimbledon singles title and she also became the first female champion to earn the same prize money as the male champion, following the tournament's decision to award equal pay for the first time that year. Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo was the defending champion, but was defeated by Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 in the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193732-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nBartoli reached her first Grand Slam final after a semifinal victory over world No. 1 Justine Henin that was described as one of the biggest shocks in Wimbledon history. Though she lost the final, she would eventually win the Wimbledon title six years later in her final Grand Slam tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193732-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nThis was also the first Wimbledon main draw appearance for the 2018 champion and future World No. 1 Angelique Kerber. She was beaten by Anna Chakvetadze in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193732-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193733-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193734-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Winchester City Council election\nThe 2007 Winchester Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193734-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Winchester City Council election, Campaign\n19 seats were contested in the election with both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats putting up candidates in all of the contested wards. Labour had 15 candidates, the United Kingdom Independence Party 6, Green Party 2 and there were 2 independents. The Labour leader on the council, Peter Rees, stood down at the election, while St Bartholomew ward had the first Muslim candidate for the council in the Conservative Abdul Kayum. Since the 2006 council election the Conservatives had controlled the council with a narrow majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193734-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Winchester City Council election, Campaign\nRefuse collection was an important issue in the election, after the Conservative council planned to move from weekly to fortnightly collections in June for more of the council area including Swanmore, Whiteley and Wickham. They said this would boost recycling, but the Liberal Democrats said residents were against the move and that they would collect kitchen waste every week if they controlled the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193734-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Winchester City Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives keep a majority on the council, with the party still having 29 seats. They gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats in Owslebury and Curdridge but lost one back in Compton and Otterbourne ward. Labour lost both of the seats they were defending on the council to leave the party with only 1 councillor. The beneficiaries were the Liberal Democrats who gained the seats in St Luke and St John and All Saints wards. The Liberal Democrats thus had 23 seats after the election, but had come within 19 votes of gaining a seat from the Conservatives in Whiteley ward, which would have deprived the Conservatives of a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193735-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193735-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives gain control of the council from the Liberal Democrats after gaining 19 seats, 18 of them from the Liberal Democrats. This meant the Conservatives held 36 seats, compared to 16 for the Liberal Democrats. Among the Liberal Democrats who were defeated was the leader of the council, Mary Rose Gliksten, who was defeated in Castle Without ward. Meanwhile, the British National Party, who were standing 4 candidates for the council for the first time, failed to win any seats, but won more votes than the Labour party in the wards they were contesting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193736-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season\nThe 2007 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 75th overall. They attempted to win their 11th Grey Cup championship, but they lost in the Grey Cup game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193736-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Playoffs, East Semi-Final\nDate and time: Sunday, November 11, 2:00 PM Central Standard TimeVenue: Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193736-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Playoffs, East Final\nDate and time: Sunday, November 18, 1:00 PM Central Standard TimeVenue: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193736-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Playoffs, Grey Cup\nDate and time: Sunday, November 25, 5:30 PM Central Standard TimeVenue: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193737-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Winter Deaflympics\nThe 2007 Winter Deaflympics, officially known as the 16th Winter Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 3 February to 10 February 2007 in Salt Lake City, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193738-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Winter Universiade\nThe 2007 Winter Universiade, the XXIII Winter Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy from January 17 to 27, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193738-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Winter Universiade, Opening ceremony\nThe Opening Ceremony of the XXIII Winter Universiade Torino 2007 was held with a cast of acrobats, circus performers and dancers. The evening began with the \"Princess of the Snow\", Magda Gomes, who introduced the audience to a journey that joins Turin to the rest of the world through the student spirit of the Universiade. Her message was followed by a parade of the 52 participant nations and a speech by Giovanna Capellano Nebiolo (President of the Organizing Committee) and George Killian (FISU President). Together they officially opened the Games: both greeted the Universiade and declared the event officially open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193738-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Winter Universiade, Opening ceremony\nAfter the flag-raising ceremony Livio Berruti entered the Palasport Olimpico to complete the tour of the Flame of Knowledge, lighting at the same time the braziers of the stadium and the Piazza Vittorio Veneto. All sports to be held at the Games were introduced by a group of dancers and gymnasts. The ceremony ended with live music by Negrita. Other people who showed up in the opening ceremony were Gianluigi Buffon, Andrew Howe and Arturo Brachetti. The last one revealing the slogan for the Universiade, which is \"Crazy 4 U\". Among the present personalities were Fabio Mussi, Mercedes Bresso, Antonio Saitta, Sergio Chiamparino, Renato Montabone, Sara Simeoni, Alberto Zaccheroni and Gianni Vattimo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193738-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Winter Universiade, Sports\n(Numbers in parentheses after each sport discipline indicate the number of events contested.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship\nThe 2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship is the fourth of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 18 to 20 May at Winton Motor Raceway in Victoria (Australia).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Pre-round\nTwo main stories occurred between the previously race at Pukekohe and this round. Firstly Brad Jones announced his immediate retirement from the V8 Supercar championship after a 20-year career. Jones will be replaced from the Winton round for the remainder of the season by Simon Wills. Secondly the Supercheap Auto Racing team was sold by Kees Weel to the No Limit Group. The sale however later fell apart without being completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Qualifying, Part 1\nThe first session of qualifying began with Todd Kelly quickest, however his teammate at the Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife began with a spin. As Winton is a test track for a number of the teams, it could be seen that these teams had an advantage over the other teams. After the first session, Garth Tander was quickest from Todd Kelly and Jack Daniel's Racing\u2019s Shane Price. However some of the bigger names did not back the top 20 drivers to advance to the second part of qualifying including Greg Murphy and Russell Ingall. Ingall was later relegated to the back of the grid after failing to have his car weighed after qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Qualifying, Part 2\nIn the second part of qualifying, Jason Richards of Tasman Motorsport was quickest at the start of the session. The session was relatively clean, however Steven Richards ran wide through the mud at turn 11. After the session, Todd Kelly, Garth Tander and Jason Richards were the top three, with both Mark Skaife and Craig Lowndes missing out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Qualifying, Part 3\nPart 3 of qualifying was a clean session, with Todd Kelly leading from Tander and Price at the midpoint of the session. As the session progressed, Tander and Jason Richards battled for second position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Qualifying, Part 3\nAfter qualifying had finished, Todd Kelly took pole position from Garth Tander and Jason Richards. In their best qualifying session of the year, the Jack Daniels Racing team drivers of Shane Price and Jack Perkins qualified fifth and eighth respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1\nRace 1 was held on Saturday 19 May 2007. The race started in wet conditions and this caused a number of incidents to occur in the first few laps. Garth Tander was able to take the lead on the first lap, however a number of drivers including Jason Bright, Mark Skaife, Russell Ingall and James Courtney all went off the track on the first lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1\nOn lap 2, Jason Richards run wide at turn 11 and went off the track from second position, and then on lap 3, the Todd Kelly in second collided with the leader Garth Tander causing Tander to spin. He rejoined the race in 12th position. Following this incident, Todd Kelly then spun off the track on lap 6 at turn 11 and got stuck in the gravel trap, which caused the safety car to come out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1\nThe race was restarted on lap 9, however almost immediately Paul Dumbrell collided with Russell Ingall causing steering damage to Ingall's car which then went off the track and into the gravel trap. This again caused the safety car to come out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1\nAt the restart on lap 12, Lee Holdsworth was able to take the lead from Mark Winterbottom before Winterbottom retook the lead at turn 3 of the same lap. Soon after, the safety car came out again as Todd Kelly spun off the track. Once the compulsory pit stops had been completed, Jamie Whincup lead from Rick Kelly and Craig Lowndes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1\nTowards the end of the race Mark Winterbottom, who was using slick tyres on the drying track collided with Max Wilson which caused Winterbottom to go off at turn 11 and caused the safety car to come out for a fourth time. The safety car came in with 3 laps to go, and James Courtney made a number of positions running on dry tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1\nAt the end of the 40 laps, Jamie Whincup gave Ford their first win of the season from Steven Richards and Rick Kelly after Courtney was given a penalty for an incident wit Greg Murphy on the penultimate lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2\nRace 2 was held on Sunday 20 May 2007. The race was also held in wet conditions however the start was relatively clean. Mark Skaife once again had a bad race, running off the circuit at turn 11 on lap 5. He was also the first driver to change from wet weather tyres to slicks as the racing line dried on lap 10. This began a trend where the drivers lower down the field also changed to slick to try to take advantage of the drying track, while the leaders stayed on wet weather tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2\nOn lap 14, Jason Richards spun off the track and crashed into the wall on slick tyres after driving off the dry race line. Craig Lowndes also had a spin at turn 1. The first safety car of the race occurred when Lee Holdsworth spun off the track and crashed heavily into the wall at turn 4. This caused major damage to the rear of the Garry Rogers Motorsport car. During the safety car period, it started raining again and the drivers that changed to slicks had to go back to wet weather tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2\nAfter the restart on lap 25, Jamie Whincup took the lead from Tander, however Tander retook the lead at turn 3 of the same lap. Over the last 10 laps, Tander and Whincup battled for the lead in damp conditions and while dealing with lapped traffic. At the end of the race, Garth Tander won, from Jamie Whincup and teammate Rick Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3\nRace 3 was held on Sunday 20 May 2007. The race began in dry conditions and this remained the same for the remainder of the race. Garth Tander lead the race in the early stages of the race. Steve Johnson retired for the race with an engine problem, and Mark Skaife also had a problem with the suspension of his car, ending a bad weekend for him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3\nThe only safety car of the race was due to Paul Morris spinning off at turn 12 and becoming stuck in the sand trap. This was caused by oil which had been spilt on the approach to turn 12 and a number of drivers also rain wide and off the circuit because of the oil, however Morris was the only driver to get stuck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193739-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3\nThe safety car came in on lap 27 and Tander continued to lead the race until the finish where he won the race from Jamie Whincup and Rick Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193740-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193740-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results\nResults compared directly with the last local election in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 63], "content_span": [64, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193740-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Notes\n\u2022 italics denote the sitting councillor \u2022 bold denotes the winning candidate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team\nThe 2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by head coach Bret Bielema, the Badgers completed the season with a 9\u20134 record, including a 5\u20133 mark in Big Ten Conference play. The season ended with a loss in the Outback Bowl to Tennessee, 21\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Previous season\nThe 2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team was unranked going into the season with first year head coach Bret Bielema. After a tough loss to Michigan, the Badgers rebounded and finished the season 11-1, tying the Wolverines for second in the Big Ten. The Badgers then defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks, 17\u201314, in the Capital One Bowl finishing the season ranked #5 in the Coaches' Poll and #7 in the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nWisconsin's dreams of an undefeated season were snapped in Champaign-Urbana, as the Illini stunned the 5th ranked Badgers 31\u201325. A poor showing by the Badgers, combined with excellent efforts across the board for the Illini, sunk the Badgers, who fell to 2\u20131 in the Big Ten and 5\u20131 overall despite an incredible effort by QB Tyler Donovan, who completed 27 passes on 49 attempts for 392 yards and 2 TDs. Illinois's defense sacked Donovan twice and forced a pair of INTs (one by Vontae Davis, the other by Kevin Mitchell). Illinois RB Rashard Mendenhall ran wild on the Badgers for 160 yards and 2 TDs on just 19 carries, and QB Juice Williams dissected Wisconsin through the air and on the ground. Williams completed 12 passes on 19 attempts for 121 yards, and ran for 92 yards on 14 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 855]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nWisconsin RB P.J. Hill fumbled on his very first carry of the game, and Wisconsin simply collapsed in Happy Valley, losing 38\u20137 to Penn State. Wisconsin QB Tyler Donovan had a bad game, as he threw 2 INTs, was sacked 5 times, and averaged just 1.1 YPC on 11 carries. The Wisconsin defense, put in often impossible situations by the ineptitude of their offense (Wisconsin turned the ball over 3 times and committed 8 penalties), caved under pressure from Penn State. Wisconsin P Ken Debauche punted 6 times on the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nPenn State RB Rodney Kinlaw ran for 115 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries, and WR Deon Butler caught 7 passes for 93 yards and the only passing touchdown of the day by either team. However, the leading receiver of the game was Wisconsin WR Kyle Jefferson, who caught 6 passes for 124 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nAt one point in the game, Wisconsin led Ohio State 17\u201310, but a big 4th Quarter from the Buckeyes offense and defense secured an eventual Ohio State victory. The game snapped a 2-game winning streak by the Badgers over Ohio State (from the 2003 and 2004 seasons) and improved Jim Tressel's record to 2\u20133 against Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nWisconsin pounded Lloyd Carr's Michigan team 37\u201321 for their second consecutive home win over the Wolverines, and Bret Bielema's second win over a ranked opponent (his first was against Michigan State). Carr benched both QB Chad Henne and RB Mike Hart so they would both be healthy against Ohio State next week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nWisconsin rattled off 17 unanswered points to open the game; starting with a Travis Beckum touchdown reception off a 10-yard pass from Tyler Donovan, a Taylor Mehlhaff field goal, and a 2-yard TD run by Donovan. Michigan answered with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Mallett to WR Mario Manningham for their only score of the first half. Wisconsin got another Mehlhaff FG with 0:15 remaining in the half and led 20-7 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nBoth teams had a sluggish third quarter; the only points scored by either team came on a 19-yard FG by Taylor Mehlhaff for Wisconsin. However, Wisconsin and Michigan scored a pair of touchdowns apiece in the 4th quarter; Michigan getting a record setting 97 yard touchdown reception by Mario Manningham and a 26-yard TD pass from Mallett to WR Adrian Arrington and Wisconsin answering with a pair of touchdown runs by RB Zach Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nWisconsin's starting RB P.J. Hill managed a grand total of 14 yards on 5 carries. Zach Brown, his backup, ran for 108 yards on 28 carries with a pair of TDs. Wisconsin WR Paul Hubbard made 7 receptions for 134 yards, and TE Travis Beckum caught 6 passes for 106 yards with a touchdown reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nThe Badgers improved to 8\u20133 on the year, and face 1-10 Minnesota next week in Minneapolis. With a win over Ohio State next week, Michigan could win the Big Ten outright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193741-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Season Summary\nAfter a 5\u20130 start, Wisconsin lost its next two games (to Illinois and Penn State, both on the road). Wins in 4 of their next 5 clinched a 9\u20133 regular season, but poor showings against Penn State and Ohio State, as well as a below-average effort against Tennessee in the postseason, put a dampener on an otherwise successful season for the Badgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193742-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wofford Terriers football team\nThe 2007 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193743-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Woking Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Woking Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193743-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Woking Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe election saw 12 seats being contested with 2 sitting councillors standing down, Neville Hinks in Knaphill ward and Mehala Gosling in West Byfleet. Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives were hoping to win control of the council, with the Liberal Democrats needing 1 more seat and the Conservatives 4. Labour were defending 3 seats which were all threatened by either the Conservatives or Liberal Democrats. The other parties standing in the election were the United Kingdom Independence Party, which was standing in more seats than Labour, and the UK Community Issues Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193743-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Woking Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe Conseravtive campaign was described as being the strongest in years with the seats in Horsell and Knaphill being seen as critical in deciding who would control the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193743-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Woking Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives won the election gaining a majority on the council, the first time any party had a majority since 1998 and the first time the Conservatives had held a majority since 1994. The Conservatives gained 4 seats in Kingfield and Westfield, Maybury and Sheerwater, Knaphill and Horsell to hold 19 seats compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats. Meanwhile, Labour lost all 3 of their seats on the council including the party leader, Peter Ford, who lost in Old Woking to the Liberal Democrats. This was the first time Labour had ever failed to have any councillors on Woking council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193743-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Woking Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives won almost 51% of the vote compared to their closest challengers, the Liberal Democrats, on just over 35%, with overall turnout in the election being 43.60%. Following the election the Conservative Anne Murray was expected to take over as leader of the council from Liberal Democrat Sue Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193744-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wokingham District Council election\nThe 2007 Wokingham District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193744-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wokingham District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives gain 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats to increase their majority on the council. They now had 43 seats on the council after victories in Hillside and Loddon wards, with the Conservative candidate in Loddon, Kirsten Miller, being one of the youngest candidates in Wokingham at the age of 23. Overall turnout in the election was 38.8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193745-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wolverhampton City Council election\nElections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 3 May 2007 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193745-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wolverhampton City Council election, Composition\nPrior to the election, the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193745-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nOf the main political parties, both the Conservative Party and Labour Party fielded a full slate of 20 candidates each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193745-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nThe Liberal Democrats fielded 18 candidates, failing to have a candidate in place in both Wednesfield North and Heath Town wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193745-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nOne independent candidate stood in each of the following 6 wards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193745-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nThe British National Party fielded 6 candidates, one candidate in each of the following wards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193745-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nThe Green Party had a candidate in each of the following 3 wards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193745-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nThe Liberal Party stood in only one ward, Heath Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193746-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's African Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Women's African Nations Championship was the 13th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Africaine de Volleyball (CAVB). It was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 5 to 11 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193746-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's African Volleyball Championship\nOriginally planned to be hosted by Uganda, the tournament changed hosts on 9 August 2007, when the CAVB announced Kenya as the hosts due to Uganda's venue not being ready in time for the tournament. Nairobi was selected as the city", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193746-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's African Volleyball Championship\nKenya won the championship defeating Algeria in the final, while Tunisia defeated Egypt to finish third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193746-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's African Volleyball Championship, Format\nThe tournament is played in two stages. In the first stage, the participants are divided in two groups. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per procedure below). The top two teams in each group advance to the second stage, the remaining teams finish the tournament ranked (5th to 10th) according to the pool standing procedure (below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193746-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's African Volleyball Championship, Format\nIn the second stage, the two best teams of each group progress to the semifinals, winners advance to the final and losers advance to the third place match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193746-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's African Volleyball Championship, Pool composition\nThe drawing of lots was held in Nairobi, Kenya on 4 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193747-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Australian Hockey League\nThe 2007 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 15th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 23 February \u2013 8 April 2007 at various venues, before culminating in Brisbane for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193747-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Australian Hockey League\nWA Diamonds won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 2\u20131 in the final. VIC Vipers finished in third place after defeating NSW Arrows 2\u20131 in the third and fourth place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193747-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition format\nThe 2007 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193747-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition format\nTeams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193747-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition format, Point allocation\n\u00b7 3 points for a win\u00b7 1 point to each team in the event of a draw\u00b7 0 points to the loser of the match", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193747-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Australian Hockey League, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 232 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 4.46 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193748-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Bandy World Championship\nThe 2007 Women's Bandy World Championship the third Women's Bandy World Championship and was contested between 7 bandy playing countries. The championship was played in Budapest, Hungary from 11\u201317 February 2007. In the final-game Sweden defeated Russia, 3-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193749-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's British Open\nThe 2007 Women's British Open was the 31st Women's British Open, held 2\u20135 August at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It was the seventh as a major championship on the LPGA Tour and the first-ever women's professional event at the Old Course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193749-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's British Open\nLorena Ochoa shot a bunker-free and bogey-free 67 (\u22126) in the opening round and led wire-to-wire to win the first of her two major titles, four strokes ahead of runners-up Maria Hjorth and Jee Young Lee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193749-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's British Open\nPrior to Ochoa, the last to win a first major at the Old Course was Tony Lema, 43 years earlier in 1964. This was the first Women's British Open sponsored by Ricoh, the previous twenty were by Weetabix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193749-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Second round\nAmateurs: Mozo (+1), Reid (+2), Choi (+4), Bell (+5), Edwards (+5), Nordqvist (+5), Smith (+5), Watson (+5), Ciganda (+7), McVeigh (+8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193749-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Final round\nAmateurs: Reid (+4), Smith (+9), Choi (+11), Bell (+12), Watson (+12), Mozo (+13), Nordqvist (+14), Edwards (+20)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193750-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's British Open Squash Championship\nThe 2007 Women's Dunlop British Open Squash Championships was held at the National Squash Centre in Manchester from 19\u201324 September 2007. The event was won for the third time by Rachael Grinham who defeated Nicol David in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193751-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's County Championship\nThe 2007 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 11th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 30 county teams and teams representing Scotland and Wales compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their second title in two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193751-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nTeams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193751-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nThe championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193751-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nWin: 25 points. Tie:  15 points. Loss : Bonus points. No Result: 4 points. Abandoned: 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193751-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nUp to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing side only, or both sides in an incomplete match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193751-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's County Championship, Teams\nThe 2007 Championship was divided into two tiers: the County Championship and the County Challenge Cup. The County Championship consisted of three divisions of four teams, whilst the Challenge Cup consisted of five groups of four teams, with Division A as the top tier and Groups 1 to 4 as equal tiers below. The winner of Division A of the Challenge Cup were promoted to the County Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193751-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's County Championship, Teams\nTeams in the County Championship and Division A of the Challenge Cup played each other twice, whilst teams in Groups 1 to 4 of the Challenge Cup played each other once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193752-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I\nThe 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I was the second edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, the third level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 2 to 8 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193752-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I\nWales won its first EuroHockey Nations Challenge I title and were promoted to the 2011 EuroHockey Nations Trophy together with the runners-up Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193752-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, Classification round, Fifth to seventh place classification\nThe points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 104], "content_span": [105, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193753-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship\nThe 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 8th edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Manchester, England from August 18 to August 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193753-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship\nIn the final, Germany upset Netherlands to clinch the first title. Meanwhile, England secured the last automatic berth for 2008 Summer Olympics after defeated Spain in third place match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193753-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Results, Classification round, Fifth to eighth place classification\nThe teams who finished third and fourth in their respective pools are carried to this pool. They have to play two matches in this pool with the opponents they had not met while carrying the results for their matches against the played opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 113], "content_span": [114, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193753-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Results, Classification round, Fifth to eighth place classification\nThe team finishing at the top of this pool classified as the fifth-place winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 113], "content_span": [114, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193753-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Statistics, Final standings\nAs per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193753-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 77 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.85 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193754-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads\nThe article listed the confirmed squad lists for 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship between August 18 to August 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193755-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy\nThe 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy was the second edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, the second level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 2 to 9 September 2007 in \u0160iauliai, Lithuania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193755-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy\nScotland won its first EuroHockey Nations Trophy title and were promoted to the 2009 EuroHockey Championship together with the runners-up Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193755-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C\nThe points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193756-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe 6th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Vejle, Denmark from October 15 to 20, 2007. This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. Competitions took place in 13 weight classes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193756-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships\nRussia topped the medals table (as they had done in the five previous editions of these championships) winning 6 gold medals \u2014 no other country won more than 1. Nicola Adams became the first English woman to win a medal at a major international championship, while Ireland's Katie Taylor won her division for the third successive time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193757-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe 2007 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Palais St Sauveurs in Lille, France from December 4 to 8. This was the 2nd edition of this annual competition, and was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193757-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships\n76 fighters representing 15 federations competed in 13 weight divisions. France, the host country, was the most successful with 3 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193758-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 25th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Europ\u00e9enne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Charleroi and Hasselt of Belgium and Luxembourg City of Luxembourg from 20 to 30 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193758-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format\nThe tournament was played in three different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups (A, B, C and D) of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position; the three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the second stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193758-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format\nThe second stage of the tournament consisted of two groups of six teams each. As the first stage match results amongst the teams which advanced to this stage also counted, the two groups had been predetermined, one group formed by groups A and C teams while the other was formed by groups B and D teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193758-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format\nIn each of the two groups, the teams played once against every opponent they had not faced in the tournament (total of three matches each), adding that to the results obtained against the other two teams who also advanced from the first stage same group. The two group winners and two runners-up from this second stage advanced to the third stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193758-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format\nThe third and final stage of the tournament was composed of the semifinals, third place match and final. Each of the semifinals was played between the winner and the runner-up of the same second stage group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193758-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Venues\nThe tournament was played at three venues in three cities, of which two were in Belgium and one in Luxembourg. Group stages were held in Belgium and Luxembourg hosted the Final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193759-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship, held in Luxembourg and Belgium from September 20 to September 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193760-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier\nThe 2007 Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing 2008 was held in Kirishi, Russia from August 19 to August 26, 2007. The Netherlands defeated Russia in the final and so earned a berth for the 2008 Summer Olympics Water Polo Competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193761-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Good Luck Beijing Hockey Tournament\nThe 2007 Women's Good Luck Beijing Hockey Tournament was an invitational international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. The event, organised by the Chinese Hockey Association, was hosted in Beijing from 8\u201313 August 2007, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey. The tournament served as a test event for the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193761-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Good Luck Beijing Hockey Tournament\nAustralia won the tournament after defeating China 3\u20131 in penalties after the final finished a 2\u20132 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193761-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Good Luck Beijing Hockey Tournament, Competition format\nThe tournament featured the national teams of Argentina, Australia, South Africa, and the hosts, China, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points will be awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193761-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Good Luck Beijing Hockey Tournament, Statistics, Final standings\nAs per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193761-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Good Luck Beijing Hockey Tournament, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 28 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 73], "content_span": [74, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193762-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Asia Cup\nThe 2007 Women's Hockey Asia Cup was the sixth tournament of the Women's Hockey Asia Cup. It was held in Hong Kong from 1 September to 9 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193762-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Asia Cup\nJapan defeated South Korea to win the title. While China took third place after beating India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193763-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge\nThe 2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I was the 4th edition of the Champions Challenge I for women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193763-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge\nChina won the tournament for the first time, defeating South Korea 2\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193763-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge, Teams\nAlongside the host nation, 5 teams competed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193764-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy\nThe 2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 15th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 13\u201321 January 2007 in Quilmes, Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193764-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy\nThe Netherlands won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating Argentina 1\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193764-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Teams\nBelow are the teams qualified for the tournament, as listed by International Hockey Federation (FIH):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193764-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Umpires\nBelow are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193764-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 47 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.61 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193765-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy\nThe 2007 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy was the first edition of the Setanta Sports Trophy, a women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Dublin, Ireland, from June 13 to 17, 2007, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193765-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Competition format\nThe tournament featured the national teams of Germany, Scotland, South Africa, and the hosts, Ireland, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193765-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Officials\nThe following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193765-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 26 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193766-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup\nThe 2007 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup was the second edition of this tournament, played from 14 to 18 February 2007 in Vienna, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193766-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 287 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 7.55 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193767-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 17 to September 22, 2007 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Cuba defeated the United States to conquer the gold medal and the Dominican Republic won the bronze medal over the hosts Canada. Cuban athlete Nancy Carrillo won the Most Valuable Player award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193768-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2007 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, held from September 16 to September 21, 2007 in the Investors Group Athletic Centre in Winnipeg, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193769-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament\nThe 2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193769-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament\nThe teams were deemed the \"best of the rest\" from the 31 Division I conferences were joined by 17 at-large selections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193769-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament\nThe final four of the tournament paired Wisconsin against Western Kentucky and Wyoming against 2006 WNIT champion Kansas State. Wisconsin (23\u201312) defeated Western Kentucky 79\u201372. Meanwhile, across the country, Wyoming and Kansas State played a triple-overtime thriller. The Cowgirls eventually pulled out the victory, holding Kansas State to a single point in the third overtime, and winning 89\u201379.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193769-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament\nThe championship game of the WNIT was played Saturday, March 31, 2007 in front of 15,462 fans  at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, WY (the largest crowd in Wyoming Cowgirl History). Wyoming dominated the game and won 72\u201356, bringing the Cowgirls their first postseason championship win. They also became the first Mountain West Conference team to win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193770-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Oceania Cup\nThe 2007 Women's Oceania Cup was the fifth edition of the women's field hockey tournament. It was held from 11 to 16 September in Buderim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193770-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Oceania Cup\nThe tournament served as a qualifier for the 2008 Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193770-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Oceania Cup\nNew Zealand won the tournament for the first time, defeating Australia 1\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193770-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Oceania Cup, Statistics, Final standings\nAs per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193770-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Oceania Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 85 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 10.6 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193771-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Oceania Handball Championship\nThe 2007 Oceania Handball Nations Cup was the third edition of the Oceania Handball Nations Cup, held from 5 to 6 June 2007, in Sydney, Australia. The winner qualified for the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193771-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Oceania Handball Championship\nAustralia and New Zealand played a two-game series to determine the winner. This was a part of a Handball exhibition tournament at Sydney Olympic Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193772-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup\nThe 2007 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the sixth edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by twelve countries from June 19 to June 30, 2007 in Colima, Mexico. The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix in the Yokohama Arena in  Yokohama, Japan. The winner of each pool automatically advanced to the semi-finals and the teams placed in second and third met in crossed matches in the quarterfinals round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193772-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, Competing Nations\nArgentina\u00a0Costa Rica\u00a0Dominican Republic\u00a0Mexico\u00a0Trinidad and Tobago\u00a0United States", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193773-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2007 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, held from June 19 to June 30, 2007 in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193774-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's Six Nations Championship\nThe 2007 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2007 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the sixth series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by England, who achieved their second successive Grand Slam. Italy took part in the Six Nations for the first time, replacing Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193775-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's South American Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Women's South American Volleyball Championship was the 27th edition of the Women's South American Volleyball Championship, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederaci\u00f3n Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was held in Santiago, Chile from September 26 to 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193776-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's World Floorball Championships\nThe 2007 Women's World Floorball Championships were the sixth world championships in women's floorball. The tournament took place over May 12 to 19, 2007 in Frederikshavn, Denmark. Sweden won the tournament defeating Finland, 7-3, in the final-game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193777-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Women's World Open Squash Championship\nThe 2007 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the 2007 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event was held outsite the Royal Palace of Madrid in Madrid, Spain from 23 to 27 October 2007. Rachael Grinham defeated sister Natalie in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193778-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wong Tai Sin District Council election\nThe 2007 Wong Tai Sin District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 25 elected members to the 29-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193779-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wood Buffalo municipal election\nThe 2007 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, (this includes the Urban Service Area of Fort McMurray,) Alberta, elected one mayor, nine of their ten councillors, the five Fort McMurray Public School District trustees (in Fort McMurray), and four of the Northland School Division No. 61's 23 school boards (outside Fort McMurray, five trustees each). The incumbent Ward 3 Councillor had no challengers, and the five trustee candidates for the Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32 (in Fort McMurray) were unchallenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193779-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wood Buffalo municipal election, Results, Councillors, By-Election\nOn March 11, 2008, Ward 2 Councillor John Chadi resigned from council. A by-election was held on June 9 to fill the empty seat, former Councillor, and 2007 candidate, Sonny Flett was elected. He was official sworn in on June 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race\nThe 2007 race left San Sebasti\u00e1n de la Gomera on Sunday 2 December 2007 with the finish in English Harbour, Antigua, on the same course as the 2005 race. 2 singles, 15 pairs and 5 fours started the race, with a six-crew boat starting slightly later. One pair \"Titanic Challenge\" and one Four \"Move Ahead II\" retired early on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\nThe first to finish, \"Pura Vida\", was a four crewed by John Cecil-Wright, Robbie Grant, Tom Harvey & Carl Theakston (all GB) finished at 14.52 UTC on 19 January 2008, taking 48 Days, 2 hours, 52 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\nThe first pair, \"Gquma Challenger\" (Gquma meaning\"breaking wave\"), was crewed by South Africans Bill Godfrey & Peter Van Kets. They finished at 00.15 UTC on 22 January, with the second pair, \"No Fear\", crewed by John Csehi & Nick Histon (both GB) finishing just 5 hours and 50 minutes later, after over 50 days at sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\nThe next to finish, \"Unfinished Business\", comprised four women\u2014Jo Davies (GB), Sarah Kessans (US), Emily Kohl (US) & Tara Remington (NZ)\u2014who had all competed in the 2005 race but had failed to finish due to injury, capsizing or sinking. They finished on 23 January in a time of 51 days, 16 hours and 31 minutes, a new female-fours record for an Atlantic crossing. The women then renamed the boat \"Finished Business\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\nFifth to finish, \"Go Commando\", was crewed by Ben Gaffney and Orlando Rogers (both GB). They finished in 54 days, 8 hours and 39 minutes. Their row, and the preparation for it, were the subject of a 1-hour TV documentary shown on ITV 4 (UK) on 7 March 2008. Go Commando made a last minute dash and pulled away from \"The Reason Why\" crewed by Steve Gardner & Paul Harris (both GB), who finished 3 hours 24 minutes later, the sixth to finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\nHaving started much later, \"Oyster Shack Ocean Challenger\" came in next. This was a \"six\" boat, although it was eventually rowed by five. Although \"Oyster Shack\" accompanied the race, it was a record attempt and not a race entrant and so was not placed (see below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\nThe seventh to finish, \"Pendovey Swift\" crewed by Ian Andrews and Joss Elliott (both GB), finished in 62 days, 20 hours and 56 Minutes. Next was \"Mission Atlantic\", a four comprising Andy Ehrhart, Justin Ellis, Mark Hefford and Nick Young (all GB) who completed the crossing in 65 days, 0 hours and 28 minutes although they were later disqualified (See \"Race Positions\" below). In eighth place came \"Komale\" with James Burge & Niall McCann (both GB) who took the start line, but immediately returned to San Sebastian due to a medical problem. They eventually started 2 days late and had a crossing time of 63 days, 2 hours and 5 minutes, but a race time 2 days longer than this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\n\"Jaydubyoo\", crewed by brothers Andrew and Joseph Jordon-White (both GB), came ninth in 65 days, 19 hours 43 minutes\u2014narrowly beating \"Row of Life\",  crewed by Angela Madsen (USA) & Franck Festor (France), who finished in 65 days, 23 hours 24 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\nAngela, a paraplegic, and Franck, a leg amputee, had originally planned to row the Atlantic in a differently-abled four, \"Differents?\" in 2006 but, when this was cancelled, agreed to row as a pair in order to \"inspire, motivate and effect positive changes in the lives of those who are born differently abled and those who suffer serious trauma in their lives.\" \"Differents?\" made its first Atlantic crossing in 1997 and competed in the 2005 race as \"Bout de Vie\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\nEleventh was \"Ocean Summit\", crewed by Neil Hunter & Scott McNaughton (both GB), in 66 days, 10 hours and 10 minutes. Twelfth was \"Pygram\" with Fabien Decourt and Benoit Dusser (both France) in 72 Days, 3 hours and 3 minutes. \"Atlantic Jack\", crewed by Catherine Allaway (GB) & Margaret Bowling (Australia) came in only 2 hours 11 minutes later, although they were disqualified from the race (See \"Race Positions\" below). \"C2\", crewed by Andy Watson (GB) and Ian McGlade (Ireland), also finished the same day in 73 days 10 hours and 45 minutes, but were relegated 2 places for using emergency drinking water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\n\"Silver Cloud\", crewed by Clair Desborough, Sarah Duff, Rachel Flanders & Fiona Waller (all GB), finished in 74 Days 1 hour and 3 minutes, putting them thirteenth in the race and making 17-year-old Rachel Flanders the youngest person to have rowed an ocean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\nThe two Solos both came in on 16 February, \"1 Charmed Life\" rowed by Peter Collett (GB/Australia) finished in 75 Days, 23 hours, 46 minutes in 14th place, and the \"Spirit of Fernie\" rowed by Paul Attalla (Canada) in 76 Days 7 Hours and 46 minutes was placed 16th by the demoting of C2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Line Honours\n\"Barbara Ivy\", crewed by Linda Griesel & Rachel Smith (both GB) finished 17th in 76 days 7 hours and 46 minutes and the final finisher was \"Dream Maker\" with Elin Haf Davies & Herdip Sidhu (both GB) in 77 days, 7 hours, 37 minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Race Positions\nMost finishing positions were unaltered, \"C2\" was relegated 2 places, from thirteenth to fifteenth, for using over 110 litres of their emergency drinking water", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Race Positions\nTwo boats which completed the crossing were disqualified from the race for receiving assistance en route. These were \"Mission Atlantic\", who were supplied with food, and \"Atlantic Jack\", who received food and a rudder-pin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Oyster Shack\n\"Oyster Shack Ocean Challenger\" was attempting to beat the record for the fastest rowed Atlantic crossing of 35 days 8 Hours and 30 minutes, set in 1992 by \"La Mondiale\" with a French crew of 11. The same \"La Mondiale\", this time with a British & Irish crew of fourteen, and an American rowed tri-maran \"Orca\", with a crew of four, set out from Puerto de Mog\u00e1n, Gran Canaria, for Port St. Charles, Barbados, at about the same time\u2014both trying to beat the record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Oyster Shack\n\"Oyster Shack\" had a late crew change and delayed their start until 5 December 2007, 2 days after the race started, hoping for better weather. Unfortunately the new crew member, Andy Morris, injured his knee and the attempt was abandoned after 22 hours with the boat towed to El Hierro. Having returned to La Gomera by ferry the boat was repaired and the five remaining crew members: Simon Chalk, Ian Couch, George Oliver, Mike Martin & Ben Thackwray (all GB) decided to try without a replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193780-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Oyster Shack\nHaving waited for favourable weather again the second attempt left on 23 December 2007. Initially they had good weather and made good time, however, the rudder sheared off, the weather deteriorated and the repaired rudder broke again. They finally arrived in 37 days 5 hours and 39 minutes failing to beat the record. In the meantime \"La Mondiale\" had beaten the record with a time of 33 Days 7 hours and 30 minutes. This was the first crossing by a crew of five and the also the world record for fastest time from Canaries to Antigua in a row boat; as the four faster Atlantic crossings have all been to Barbados (which is subject to more favourable mid Atlantic currents).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193781-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Worcester City Council election\nThe 2007 Worcester City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Worcester District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193781-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Worcester City Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 18 seats, while Labour had 11 and the Liberal Democrats and independents had 3 seats each. 44 candidates stood in the election for the 11 seats which were being contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193781-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Worcester City Council election, Campaign\nThe campaign saw controversy over the Conservative candidate in Arboretum ward, Melanie Heider, after it came out that she was a member of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) as well as the Conservatives. When this became public it was announced that she had resigned her membership of UKIP, but Labour called on her to be sacked as a candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193781-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Worcester City Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives keep their majority on the council after holding all 7 seats which they had been defending. Meanwhile, Labour gained one seat in Nunnery ward from an independent to have 12 councillors after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands on 9\u201311 February 2007. The Championships were three-day allround events, with the skaters completing four distances before the final championship standings are determined based on the samalog system. The organising body, the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond (KNSB), celebrated its 125-year anniversary with full stands on all three days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships\nAthletes from the host country, the Netherlands, won both the men's and the women's event; Sven Kramer set a world record on the men's 10,000\u00a0metres on his way to the European and World Allround double, while Ireen W\u00fcst won by nearly two points after being narrowly beaten by Martina S\u00e1bl\u00edkov\u00e1 at the European Championships. For the first time since 1979, the male and female World Champion came from the same country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships\nDefending champion Shani Davis finished sixth after losing time on the two longest distances, while former sprint World Champion Erben Wennemars debuted at the World Allround Championships with a fifth place. Last year's female champion, Cindy Klassen, finished third, a quarter of a point behind Anni Friesinger, who did not compete in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, 500 m\nWorld Championships debutant Wennemars won from the last pair, just ahead of Morrison (silver in 2006) and Davis (gold in 2006). European Champion Kramer, who won the bronze medal in 2006, finished fifth, more than a second closer to the lead than in 2006, after setting a new personal best time of 36.41. From the fourth of twelve pairs, 2004 champion Hedrick took the lead with his time of 36.77, but still finished twelfth, nine places down from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 73], "content_span": [74, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, 5000 m\nIn 2006, Kramer had won this distance by a hundredth of a second over Hedrick, and half a second over fourth-placed Davis. Now, Kramer was dominant, clocking a time which Verheijen in the final pair could only come within four seconds of. Davis finished 14\u00a0seconds adrift, falling down to third in the overall standings after the first day, while Fabris in second had also lost to Kramer compared to 2006. Ervik, distance fifth in 2006 only a couple of seconds behind Kramer, opened at 1500-metre pace and slowed down considerably, falling all the way down to ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, 1500 m\nThis became Kramer's weakest distance of the championship, weak enough to allow Fabris to catch up in the overall standings before the final distance. The distance between the two before the final distance was 1.26\u00a0seconds, half a second more than in Collalbo. Kramer and Fabris skated in the last pair; before that, Wennemars had set a track record with 1:45.19 in the tenth pair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, 1500 m\nDavis finished fourth, three places down compared to Calgary, and needed to beat Wennemars on the 10,000 to take bronze - while also keeping Verheijen within 12\u00a0seconds, though Verheijen had beaten Davis by ten seconds over the half-distance. Hedrick's thirteenth place meant he was not good enough to qualify for the final distance, but his win over Canadian Justin Warsylewicz in the allround total, however, kept Warsylewicz out of the final distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, 10000 m\nIn the final pair, Kramer, who set a world record at the 2006 Championship, now bettered that world record by a second to become the first to skate 10\u00a0km below 12:50. Kramer only required to skate 13:12 to become world champion, but in the final pair he and Verheijen were in a class of their own. Verheijen beat Fabris by 15\u00a0seconds, but needed to beat him by 19\u00a0seconds to take the silver medal, thus the allround podium was identical to that at the European Championships. Ervik finished on the podium on the 10,000\u00a0metres for the first time in any race this season, but did not advance significantly in the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, Allround results\nNQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, 500 m\nFriesinger, the three-time gold medallist from the World Championships, turned up for the first time since 2005 and did so by winning the first distance, just like in 2005 when she won all four distances. With 38.44, W\u00fcst got her best 500\u00a0metre performance at a World Championships, while defending champion Klassen, who had then beaten all opponents by over a second at this distance, finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, 1500 m\nW\u00fcst finished only a couple of hundredths of a second behind her personal best from Calgary, and beat Friesinger by more than a second, though she was alone in the ninth pair after the scheduled pairmate Groenewold withdrew with illness. W\u00fcst's race was the fastest time ever skated in Europe. In the tenth pair, defending champion Klassen lost eight tenths of a second to Friesinger in the opening 300\u00a0metres, which she never regained, even finishing behind compatriot Nesbitt. European Champion S\u00e1bl\u00edkov\u00e1 finished 11th, trailing by more than four points in the overall standings, which was two points more than she had managed at the European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 76], "content_span": [77, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, 3000 m\nIn the allround standings, W\u00fcst faced Friesinger in the final pair, with a significant advantage of more than half a point before the distance. W\u00fcst started quicker, and skated away from Friesinger on every lap, eventually finishing 3.8\u00a0seconds ahead to have more than a point in the overall classification. Only two of W\u00fcst's laps were above 32\u00a0seconds. Klassen came in third on this distance, too, and trailed Friesinger by half a point in the fight for silver, however, the distance to any other medal contender was more than a point. S\u00e1bl\u00edkov\u00e1, who won the distance at the European Championships, now skated slightly slower than in Collalbo, and her time from the sixth pair was beaten in the ninth pair by Paulien van Deutekom, who had finished tenth at the European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 76], "content_span": [77, 863]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, 5000 m\nW\u00fcst became the youngest world allround women's champion since Karin Busch won in Inzell in 1982, after another win over Friesinger, her third in two days. The second pair saw both the winner and the runner-up on the distance, with S\u00e1blikov\u00e1 skating the fastest time ever in Europe, defeating the three-time Olympic gold medallist on the distance, Pechstein, by more than ten seconds. Pechstein still finished second, while W\u00fcst took third place after a much more consistent race than in Collalbo. Friesinger finished poorly, ending in ninth place, but still beating Klassen by 2.4\u00a0seconds in the fight for the silver medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 76], "content_span": [77, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, Allround results\nNQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 86], "content_span": [87, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193782-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules\nAll 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships\nThe 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (diving and water polo), St Kilda Beach (open water), and Rod Laver Arena in a temporary pool christened the Susie O'Neill Pool (synchro and swimming).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships\nA total of 2,158 athletes from 167 nations participated in the 2007 championships. The total number of spectators was more than 215,000, setting a new record attendance for the event. FINA President Mustapha Larfaoui described the competition as \"the biggest and best in history.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships, Medals table\nAt the end of the competition, the medals table contained an entry for Tunisia, with one gold and one silver medal, both won by Oussama Mellouli. However, on 11 September 2007, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland vacated these results imposing an 18-month competition ban on Mellouli, effective retroactively to 30 October 2006 for doping with amphetamine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Swimming\nThe Swimming competition comprised various events using all four strokes (Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke and Backstroke) for men and women ranging in distance from 50 m up to 1500 m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Swimming\nA total of 40 gold medals were available for the Championships. The swimming schedule took place over eight days during the second week of the Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Swimming\nThe Swimming events were held at the 15,000-seat Rod Laver Arena using a temporary pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Open water swimming\nThe open water swimming competition saw men and women competing in events over 5\u00a0km, 10\u00a0km and 25\u00a0km distances. Events were held at St Kilda Beach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Synchronised swimming\nThe synchronised swimming competition featured a solo, a duet, and a team competition. There was also a combination routine, consisting of a mixture of the solo, duet and team routine. Events were held at the 15,000-seat Rod Laver Arena using a temporary pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Diving\nThe diving competition saw athletes competing for 10 gold medals. Athletes contested the 1 m and 3 m Springboard events, as well as the 10 m Platform as individuals. There were 3 m and 10 m synchronised events for men and women competing as a team. Events were held at the indoor diving pool at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Water polo\nThe water polo competition featured 16 men's teams and 16 women's teams. For each of the two tournaments, a round robin competition took place in four divisions, each with four teams, with the two highest placed teams moving through the medal rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Water polo\nThe water polo tournaments were held at the 9,000-seat outdoor pool at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, which was constructed for the 2006 Commonwealth Games swimming competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Water polo\nThe water polo competition also served as the qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193783-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Aquatics Championships, Bidding process\nMelbourne was awarded the right to host the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships by the FINA Bureau in Barcelona, Spain on 12 July 2003. Melbourne's bid defeated the bid by Dubai, UAE by a vote of 15 to 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193784-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships\nThe 2007 World Archery Championships was the 44th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Leipzig from 7\u201315 July 2007 and was organized by International Archery Federation (FITA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193785-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Compound\nThe men's individual compound competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place in July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 139 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying FITA round, the top 128 archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193786-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve\nThe men's individual recurve competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place in July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 173 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying FITA round, the top 128 archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193786-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve\nThe competition doubled as qualification for the 2008 Olympic competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193787-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Compound\nThe men's team compound competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place from July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 40 teams of 3 archers took part in the men's compound qualification round, and the 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193787-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Compound, Seeds\nSeedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 61], "content_span": [62, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193788-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve\nThe men's team recurve competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place from July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 50 teams of 3 archers took part in the men's recurve qualification round, and the 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193788-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve\nSouth Korea set a 24 arrow men's team world record in the semi-finals with 231, beating the previous record by China  of 229, in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193788-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve, Seeds\nSeedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193789-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Compound\nThe women's individual compound competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place in July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 73 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying FITA round, the archers were placed into a 7-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores, with the top 55 qualifiers receiving a bye to the second round. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193790-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Recurve\nThe women's individual recurve competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place in July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 144 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying FITA round, the top 128 archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193790-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Recurve\nThe competition doubled as qualification for the 2008 Olympic competition. Natalia Valeeva was the first non-Korean champion since her previous Championship victory, representing Moldova, in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193791-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound\nThe women's team compound competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place in July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 18 teams of three archers took part in the women's compound qualification round, and the 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the four-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193791-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound\nBelgium were the surprise winners of the tournament, knocking out Russia and France before defeating Italy in the final. Top qualifiers the United States set a 24-arrow world record of 232 in their quarter-final round against Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193791-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound, Seeds\nSeedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 63], "content_span": [64, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193792-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Recurve\nThe women's team recurve competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place from July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 38 teams of 3 archers took part in the women's recurve qualification round, and the 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193792-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Recurve, Seeds\nSeedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 62], "content_span": [63, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193793-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, from 1 to 9 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193793-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Team all-around, Vault incident\nDuring the team finals, Russian team member Ekaterina Kramarenko balked on her vault attempt as a result of being off-step. To avoid injury, she did not perform her vault and slowed down before she hit the apparatus, stepping onto the springboard and touching the vault table. Thinking she would be able to perform another vault, Kramarenko walked back down the runway but was escorted off the floor. The judges immediately gave her a score of \"0\", which was counted as one of three scores for the team's vaulting apparatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 94], "content_span": [95, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193793-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Team all-around, Vault incident\nThis score was assigned in observation of section 8.1 of the WAG Code of Points, which states that a gymnast is not allowed a second attempt if she has touched the springboard or vault itself in any way on her first attempt, and with which coaches and gymnasts are expected to be familiar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 94], "content_span": [95, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193793-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Team all-around, Vault incident\nThe Russian team petitioned that Kramarenko's qualification score of 13.725 be able to carry over as a mock-compulsory score, but were refused. In another petition to have Russian team members Yulia Lozhechko and Elena Zamolodchikova's vaulting scores averaged and then counted, Russia was again refused. When asked to comment on the incident, Russian coach Andrei Rodionenko explained, \"Nobody knows what happened, it was a shock for everyone.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 94], "content_span": [95, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193793-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Team all-around, Vault incident\nAny team that scratched on vault would have immediately finished last in the competition, whether it be in first or last rotation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 94], "content_span": [95, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics\nThe 11th World Championships in Athletics, (Japanese: 2007\u5e74\u4e16\u754c\u9678\u4e0a\u7af6\u6280\u9078\u624b\u6a29\u5927\u4f1a) under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federations entered a total of 1,978 athletes, the greatest number of competitors at any World Championships to date. Sarah Brightman, the world's best-selling soprano, performed her single Running at the opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Bidding process\nHaving bid unsuccessfully to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, Osaka was one of three cities to express an interest in hosting the 2007 World Championships alongside Budapest, Hungary and Berlin, Germany. By the IAAF's October 1, 2002 deadline, Budapest and Berlin had both withdrawn their bids, and Osaka was announced as the host city on November 15, 2002 as the sole remaining candidate. Berlin later bid successfully for the 2009 World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Doping concerns\nThe IAAF stepped up its \"war on doping\" at the Osaka games, and for the first time, the number of drug tests exceeded 1,000. The IAAF lobbied the World Anti- Doping Agency to adopt stiffer penalties for first-time doping offences in WADA's code of practice. Before the Championships, former Olympic champion Ed Moses had voiced concerns about the extent of doping in the sport, and had even predicted that a medallist at the event would be found to have taken a banned substance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Doping concerns\nDespite these fears, the IAAF announced that only one of the samples taken over the course of the Championships was \"suspicious\" and required more examination. The governing body refused to elaborate further until more was known, but the French hurdler Naman Ke\u00efta admitted to having failed a drug test. The IAAF later confirmed that Ke\u00efta had tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition test at a training camp, and labelled the World Championships 'drug-free'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Weather conditions\nThe Championships were held during an unseasonably hot summer in Japan, in contrast to the cool, wet and windy conditions of Helsinki two years earlier. Temperatures earlier in the month had reached 40\u00a0\u00b0C (104\u00a0\u00b0F), killing several people. Temperatures had eased somewhat by the start of the event, but with early-morning temperatures around 30\u00a0\u00b0C and humidity high, the IAAF maintained a colour-coded advisory scale warning of the risk of heat stroke. Casualties of the heat were not as high as initially feared, but dozens of athletes failed to finish the walks and marathons and a few did require medical treatment. Some athletes in shorter events blamed poor performances on the difficult conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Attendance\nConcerns had been raised in the week running up to the Championships about the low level of ticket sales - only 46% of seats had been filled by August 20. The Nagai Stadium was less than half full for the opening ceremony, and there were around 15,000 empty seats on the night of the men's 100 m final. A number of reasons were cited for the poor attendance, including high ticket prices (especially since the streets were lined during the marathons), the hot weather and the disappointing performance of the Japanese team. IAAF vice-president Sebastian Coe also suggested that the length of the Championships may have to be shortened in future to sustain the public's interest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances\nDespite no world records being broken, the Championships saw a number of significant personal and team achievements. The United States dominated the overall standings ahead of Kenya and Russia, equalling its best ever medal haul (first achieved in 1991) with 26, fourteen of them golds. The U.S. also set another Championship first by triumphing in all four relay races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances\nThese accomplishments were highlighted by three individual performances: Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix collected three gold medals each (Gay in the 100 and 200 metres and the 4 \u00d7 100 m relay, Felix in the 200 m and the two women's relays), a feat previously achieved only by Marita Koch, Carl Lewis and Maurice Greene; while Kenyan-born Bernard Lagat became the first man to win both the 1500 and 5000 m titles at the same World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances\nPerhaps the most unlikely American medal came from 110 m hurdler David Payne, who as first alternate had not travelled to Osaka with the rest of the team. After Dominique Arnold withdrew from the event with an injury, Payne only arrived in Japan the night before the heats, and proceeded to move through the rounds before taking bronze with a personal best.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances\nAmongst prominent European successes were Swede Carolina Kl\u00fcft's third consecutive world heptathlon title with a European record score, the victory of 39-year-old German Franka Dietzsch in the discus, which made her the second-oldest world champion ever and Nelson \u00c9vora's win in the triple jump, beating world-leading Brazilian Jadel Gregorio and defending champion Walter Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances\nChristine Ohuruogu of Great Britain and Northern Ireland claimed a surprise gold in the women's 400 metres, less than a month after the expiry of a year-long ban imposed for missing three drug tests, while high jumper Kyriakos Ioannou claimed the first ever medal for Cyprus in a World Championships. Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva just missed out on an unprecedented long jump/triple jump double, but still ended up with a gold and a silver medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances\nAfrican countries were typically well represented in the middle and long-distance events, with Kenyans claiming both the men's and women's marathon titles and Ethiopia winning three golds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances\nChinese athlete Liu Xiang, the only sprinter of non-African origin to clock sub-13 second 110m hurdles, took the gold medal at this event with a time of 12.95 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances\nWorld Record Holders for the 20\u00a0km Walk, Jefferson P\u00e9rez, and 50\u00a0km Walk, Nathan Deakes, both won their respective events, confirming their dominance of the event. In Perez's case, this was his third World Championship Gold Medal in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances\nHost nation Japan gained its only medal on the final day with a bronze for Reiko Tosa in the women's marathon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances\nJapanese athlete is carried away after the 50\u00a0km walk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Women's results, Track\nIn August 2015, the Turkish Athletics Federation confirmed that an anti-doping test taken from Abeylegesse during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics had been retested and found to be positive for a controlled substance, and that the athlete had been temporarily suspended pending retesting of her 'B-sample'. The IAAF confirmed the finding, and expunged the records of Abeylegesse, on 29 March 2017. Goucher and Pavey were promoted to silver and bronze respectively, with the ceremony taking place ten years later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193794-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics, Broadcasting\nThe broadcasters of the 2007 IAAF World Championships were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193795-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards\nQualifying standards for the 2007 World Championships in Athletics can be found here -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193796-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres\nThe Men's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 27 August 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193796-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following world and championship records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193797-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres\nThe 100 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on August 25 and August 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193797-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193797-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Quarterfinals\nFirst 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 80], "content_span": [81, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193797-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals\nFirst 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 77], "content_span": [78, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193798-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles\nThe 110 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from August 29 to August 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193798-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 9 fastest (q) advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 80], "content_span": [81, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193798-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semi-finals\nQualification: First 2 in each semi-final (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 86], "content_span": [87, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193799-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres\nThe men's 1500 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 27 and 29 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193799-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193799-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193799-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals\nQualification: First 6 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193799-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals\nNote: Mehdi Baala originally won the spot in the final but was later disqualified for causing a collision during his race. Additional spots in the final were awarded to Juan Carlos Higuero and Youssef Baba who suffered in that collision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193800-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 20 kilometres walk\nThe men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193800-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 20 kilometres walk\nThe event saw some controversy as Paquillo Fern\u00e1ndez, who finished second after overtaking Hatem Ghoula in the final straight, was disqualified after the race for lifting. However, following an appeal by the Spanish team the same day, video evidence was examined and Fern\u00e1ndez was found to have walked in compliance with the rules. He was thus re-awarded the silver medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193800-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 20 kilometres walk\nJefferson P\u00e9rez became the first race walker to win three World Championship gold medals. Also, Fern\u00e1ndez won his third consecutive silver medal. Hatem Ghoula became the first African race walker to win a World Championship medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193801-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres\nThese are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 49 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday August 30. This event is notable for being one of the two solo World Championship events in which Usain Bolt has been beaten as of July 2017, the other event being men's 200 metres in 2005 World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193801-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 8 fastest(q) advance to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193801-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Results, Quarterfinals\nQualification: First 4 in each heat(Q)  advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 80], "content_span": [81, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193801-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals\nFirst 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 77], "content_span": [78, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193802-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (heats) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193802-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 79], "content_span": [80, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193802-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 86], "content_span": [87, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193803-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay\nThe men's 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 31 August and 1 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193803-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Medalists\n* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 77], "content_span": [78, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193803-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193803-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Results, Heats\nThe first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193804-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 1 and 2 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193804-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Medalists\n* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 77], "content_span": [78, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193804-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193804-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193805-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres\nThe men's 400 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 28, 29 and 31 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193805-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Records\nPrior to the competition, the established records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193805-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193805-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals\nFirst 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 77], "content_span": [78, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193806-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles\nThe men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 26 and 28 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193806-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193806-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 80], "content_span": [81, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193806-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals\nQualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 85], "content_span": [86, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193807-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 50 kilometres walk\nThe men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 1 September 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193808-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres\nThe men's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30 August and 2 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193808-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193808-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193809-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres\nThe men's 800 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30, 31 August and 2 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193809-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193809-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193809-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals\nQualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 77], "content_span": [78, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193810-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon\nThe men's decathlon at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium, Osaka, on Friday, 31 August, and Saturday, 1 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193811-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's discus throw\nThe men's discus throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (qualification) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193812-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw\nThe men's hammer throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 25 August 2007 (qualification) and 27 August 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193813-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump\nThe Men's High Jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 27, 2007 (qualification), and August 29, 2007 (final), at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193814-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw\nThe Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 (qualification round) and 2 September 2007 (final round) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 36 competing athletes from 22 countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193814-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw, Final\nField reduced to top eight are three throws, with top eight entitled to a further three attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193815-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's long jump\nThe Men's Long Jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 34 competing athletes from 25 countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193816-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's marathon\nThe men's marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan. The weather conditions were difficult, with 28 degrees C (82 \u00b0F) and 72 per cent humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to 30 degrees C (86 \u00b0F) towards the end of the race, and many competitors failed to finish the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193817-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault\nThe Men's Pole Vault event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 30, 2007 (qualification) and 1 September 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193817-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification\nQualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 80], "content_span": [81, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193818-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put\nThe men's shot put event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193818-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put\nIn 2013 it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich, the original bronze medalist, tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 on were annulled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193819-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's triple jump\nThe men's triple jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 (qualification) and August 27, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193820-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres\nThe women's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 25 August 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193820-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres\nIn August 2015, the Turkish Athletic Federation confirmed that an anti-doping test sample collected from Elvan Abeylegesse during these World Championships had been retested and found to be positive for a controlled substance and that the athlete had been temporarily suspended pending retesting of her \"B-sample\". On 29 March 2017, the International Association of Athletics Federations confirmed the positive test and expunged her results from 25 August 2007 until 25 August 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193821-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres\nThese are the official results of the women's 100 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 74 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on Monday August 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193821-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats\nFirst 3 of each Heat qualifies (Q) plus the 8 fastest non-direct qualifiers (q) reached the Quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193821-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Results, Quarterfinals\nFirst 4 of each Quarterfinal qualified (Q) for the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 82], "content_span": [83, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193821-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals\nFirst 4 of each Semifinal qualified (Q) for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193822-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles\nThe 100 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from August 27 to August 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193822-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary\nBursting from the blocks in the final, Susanna Kallur took a narrow lead over the first hurdle slightly ahead of defending champion Michelle Perry. Over the next two hurdles, Kallur established a half metre gap on Perry, with returning silver medalist Delloreen Ennis-London almost matching Perry. After the fifth hurdle, Ennis-London started to spend more time in the air over the hurdles, losing ground. Virginia Powell and 2003 champion Perdita Felicien were gaining to award challenging Perry for second place. After the sixth hurdle, Kallur's lead began to shrink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193822-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary\nBy the ninth hurdle, the lead was gone, with Felicien holding a slight advantage over a wall of Powell, Perry, Kallur and Ennis-London. Going in to the tenth hurdle, Powell and Ennis-London lost a little ground while Perry, Kallur and Felicien were virtually even coming off the final hurdle. Two metres early, Perry began to lean, listing to her left  with arms stretched back as in aerodynamic ski jumping form. She crossed the finish line a foot (30 cm) ahead of Felicien who was even less ahead of a virtual tie between Ennis-London and Kallur, with Ennis-London getting the knod for bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193822-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193822-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semi-finals\nQualification: First 4 in each semi-final (Q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 88], "content_span": [89, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193823-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres\nThe women's 1500 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 29, 31 August and 2 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193823-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Medalists\nNote. The silver medal was originally won by Yelena Soboleva of Russia but she was eventually stripped off after being banned for manipulating drug samples..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193823-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193823-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats\nNote: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the semifinals but were later retrospectively disqualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193823-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals\nQualification: First 5 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193823-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals\nNote: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the final but were later retrospectively disqualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193824-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 20 kilometres walk\nThe Women's 20 km Race Walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193825-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres\nThe women's 200 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 29\u201331 August (final) at the Nagai Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193825-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres\nHaving ran the fastest time in the world this year Allyson Felix entered as the favorite to retain her World Championship title. Her rival Veronica Campbell-Brown was her only threat from retaining her title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193825-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres\nIn the final both Felix and Campbell-Brown shot out of the blocks like rockets, matching each other stride for stride, it was a bloody battle for the gold medal position. Coming into the straight, at the midpoint of the race, Veronica seemed to have a slight advantage over Allyson. Then Felix produced a display of speed and strength endurance that was simply astonishing, pulling away from the reigning olympic champion to win by a five metre margin. Veronica and Susanthika Jayasinghe took second and third place respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193825-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres\nAt just 19 years old Felix ran under 22 seconds for the first time, winning in 21.81 seconds (the only athlete to run under 22 seconds for this race) - this being the time of the Century at the time. Felix wrote herself into history and gave the world a glimpse of what was to come and would go on to be\u00a0: one of the best track and field athletes in history - the most decorated track and field athlete ever!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193825-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193826-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 (heats) and August 27, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The first four of each heat (Q) plus the three fastest times (q) qualified for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193827-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay\nThe women's 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan on 1 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193827-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Medalists\n* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 79], "content_span": [80, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193827-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Results, Heats\nThe first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193828-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 1 and 2 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193828-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Medalists\n* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 79], "content_span": [80, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193828-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193829-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres\nThe women's 400 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 26, 27 and 29 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193829-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193829-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals\nFirst 2 in each semifinal(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193830-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles\nThe women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 27, 28 and 30 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193830-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193830-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals\nQualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 87], "content_span": [88, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193831-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres\nThe women's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 29 August and 1 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193831-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193832-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres\nThe women's 800 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 26  and 28 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193832-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193832-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals\nQualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193833-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's discus throw\nThe women's discus throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 27, 2007 (qualification) and August 29, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193834-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw\nThe Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 28, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification standard was set at 71.00 metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193835-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon\nThe women's heptathlon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place from August 25-26, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The competition is notable for having the highest number of competitors (39) in the World Championships history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193836-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump\nThe women's high jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 (qualification) and 2 September 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193837-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw\nThe Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 31, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193838-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump\nThe women's long jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 27, 2007 (qualification) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193839-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon\nThe women's marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 2 September 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193840-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault\nThe women's pole vault event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (qualification) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193841-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's shot put\nThe women's shot put event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193842-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump\nThe women's triple jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 31, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The athletes originally in third and fourth place (Hrysopiyi Devetzi of Greece and Anna Pyatykh of Russia) were retrospectively disqualified due to doping. Slovenia's Marija \u0160estak, originally fifth, was upgraded to the bronze medal as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193843-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Club Challenge\nThe 2007 Carnegie World Club Challenge was played between Super League XI champions, St. Helens and 2006 National Rugby League premiers, the Brisbane Broncos. It was a replay of the 2001 World Club Challenge, and both clubs' fifth WCC appearance. The match was played on the night of 23 February at Reebok Stadium, Bolton before a crowd of 23,207.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193843-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Club Challenge, Background, Brisbane Broncos\nOn 1 October 2006 the Brisbane Broncos clinched the 2006 National Rugby League title in a 15 - 8 defeat of Melbourne Storm to earn a place in the new year's World Club Challenge. Already the leading Australian club in number of Challenge appearances, 2007's match would make it the 4th time Brisbane would travel to England for the match (they also hosted the World Club challenge in 1994, making it a total of 5 appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193843-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Club Challenge, Background, St Helens\nOn 14 October 2006 St Helens qualified for the Challenge after being crowned the 2006 Super League champions, defeating Hull F.C. 26 - 4 in the Grand Final. They went into the match against the Broncos on the back of consecutive defeats in the early rounds of the 2007 Super League XII season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193843-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Club Challenge, Pre-match\nBrisbane arrived in the United Kingdom with just an 18-man squad for two scheduled matches, the World Club Challenge and a warm-up game. Brisbane played their warm-up match against National League Two side Celtic Crusaders at the Brewery Field in Bridgend on 15 February 2007, eight days before the world title contest. The warm-up watch was titled the Bulmers Original Cider Challenge. During the match, Brisbane players wore a new type of playing kit that allowed them to dry their hands during play using a chamois panel on the back of the shorts. Brisbane eventually beat Celtic 32\u20136 but had first been held scoreless during the opening quarter of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193843-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Club Challenge, Pre-match\nAs they had brought with them only 18 players, the Broncos were worried about suffering injuries against the Crusaders. Brisbane's contingency was two players in Australia ready to fly to Britain should they be needed. If more than two injuries were suffered, the Broncos planned to borrow former Brisbane players currently with Celtic Crusaders subject to applying for and receiving the relevant permissions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193843-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Club Challenge, Match details\nThe Broncos were without three of their 2006 NRL grand final-winning team: star prop forward Shane Webcke had retired, utility back Casey McGuire had signed with another club, and David Stagg was also absent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193843-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Club Challenge, Match details\nThe Broncos were the first to score when St. Helens winger Ade Gardner failed to secure a Darren Lockyer cross-field bomb close to his own try line, providing Brisbane's second-rower Corey Parker with a gift try which he went on to successfully convert. A further two points were added when a Matt Gidley tackle on Shaun Berrigan resulted in Australian referee Steve Clarke awarding a penalty to the Broncos. The Saints hit back though with a movement out wide finished off by Gardner. Paul Sculthorpe successfully adding the extra two saw a half-time scoreline of 8 - 6 in favour of the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193843-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Club Challenge, Match details\nIn the second half Brisbane were once again the first to score, with their captain Darren Lockyer kicking across field for winger Darius Boyd to catch the ball and get a try. St. Helens Loose forward Sculthorpe then scored a try at the other end which he also converted, levelling the score at 12 all. Another tackling infringement by Gidley brought about a penalty, which the Broncos successfully kicked, giving them a two-point lead going into the final quarter of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193843-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 World Club Challenge, Match details\nBut in the seventieth minute, from twenty metres out, Sean Long put a high kick across field and Ade Garnder, leaping up over the Brisbane defence, caught the ball and came down with it over the try-line, putting the Saints in front and ensuring a tense final ten minutes. The conversion from Sculthorpe brought the score to 18 - 14 in favour of the European champions, who managed to preserve that scoreline until the final siren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193843-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Club Challenge, Match details\nPaul Sculthorpe, St. Helens returning from injury was judged to be Man-of-the-Match. The win meant a clean sweep of the trophies for St. Helens, having already won the 2006 Challenge Cup and the 2006 Super League Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf)\nThe 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from 22 November to 25 November at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the 53rd World Cup. 28 countries competed and each country sent two players. The team purse is $5,000,000 with $1,600,000 going to the winner. The Scottish team of Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren won the tournament. They defeated the American team of Heath Slocum and Boo Weekley in a playoff on the third extra hole. This was the first time that Scotland won the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format\nThe leading 18 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking on 3 September 2007 qualified. These 18 players then selected a player from their country to compete with them. The person they pick had to be ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of 3 September. If there was no other player from that country within the top 100 then the next highest ranked player would be their partner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format\nIf there was no other available player from that country within the top 500, then the exempt player could choose whoever he wants as long as they are a professional from the same country. World qualifiers were held from 27 September to 30 September. Ten countries earned their spot in the World Cup, five from the Asian qualifier and five from the Aruba qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format\nThe tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days are four-ball play and the second and final days are foursomes play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, First round\nThe first round took place on 22 November and it was played in four-ball format. The front 9 scoring average was 32.036 and the back 9 average was 32.893 making the 18 hole average 64.929. The leaders after day one was the American team of Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum who shot an 11-under-par 61. Weekley shot 6 birdies and an eagle while Slocum added a birdie and an eagle. Weekley's eagle was a hole out on the 12th hole which is a 457-yard par 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, First round\nRight behind the Americans were the German team of Alex \u010cejka and Martin Kaymer who finished the day at a 10-under-par 62. \u010cejka led the team with 8 birdies. The German team of Marcel Siem and Bernhard Langer won the World Cup last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, First round\nSix teams shot a 9-under-par round of 63 and they are tied in third place. The Finnish team was the first off the tee and the surprise was Pasi Purhonen who is not ranked in the Official World Golf Rankings. He started out shooting birdie-birdie-eagle and also birdied the 9th. His partner Mikko Ilonen birdied the 5th hole as well. The team shot a 30 on the front 9 which helped them finish at 63. The Welsh team of Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd also shot a 63; including birdies on four of the last five holes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, First round\nAnother team that finished with a 63 was the English team of Justin Rose and Ian Poulter who had a pair of eagles. The Scottish team of Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren also shot a 63 which included no bogeys. The South African and Thai team also shot a round of 63.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, First round\nThe host country China finished the day at 65 (-7) to be in a tie for 11th place. There were a total of 12 bogeys by all teams. Colombia and Puerto Rico (who are tied in last) each had 2 bogeys; no other team had more than one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Second round\nThe second round took place on 23 November and it was played in foursomes format. The amount of bogeys on the day almost septupled the amount from the 1st Round. A total of 83 bogeys were shot on the day including 8 double bogeys, one triple and one \"other\". The New Zealand team shot a quintuple-bogey 9 on the par-4 14th hole. The lowest round on the day was a 4-under-par 68 which was shot by four different teams. 14 teams shot rounds of par or worse. After the first two days, no team has had a bogey-free 36 holes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Second round\nThe American team maintained their one stroke lead by shooting a 3-under-par 69. The Americans had a total of five birdies, four of which were on par-5s. The other birdie was on the par-4 opening hole. Since 2000, three of the seven winners have held the lead after 36 holes and have gone on to win the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Second round\nThe English and Scottish teams are tied in 2nd place, one stroke behind the Americans. Both teams shot rounds of 68. The South African team is in 4th, 2 strokes behind the Americans. The host country China shot a 71 on the day and are tied in 12th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Third round\nThe third round took place on 24 November and it was played in four-ball format. The front 9 scoring average was 32.964 and the back 9 average was 33.643 making the 18 hole average 66.607. The American team maintained their one stroke lead by shooting a 66. Weekley eagled the 3rd hole and made birdies at 7, 9 and 11. All of those holes were par-5s. The American team has a total of 3 eagles on the tournament which is more than any other team. Germany has the most birdies with 22 while the Americans have 16. England and Denmark have the fewest bogeys, with one each. If the Americans win the event then they will be the first team to lead wire-to-wire in the last seven years. They have held a stroke lead after the first three days of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Third round\nThe best round of the day was the 10-under-par 62 shot by the French team. The great round moved them from 10th place to 2nd place and they are 1 stroke behind the Americans. Rapha\u00ebl Jacquelin made five birdies and his partner Gr\u00e9gory Havret made three birdies and an eagle. The French are tied with the Scottish team who shot a 66 on the day. Two strokes behind the Americans is the South African and English teams. The Dutch, Argentinians and Germans are tied in 6th place only 3 strokes behind the Americans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193844-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Third round\nEvery team was under par on the day. Only five teams posted a better third round score compared to their 1st round score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool\nThe 2007 World Cup of Pool (also known as the 2007 PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional nine-ball pool competition and the second edition of the World Cup of Pool, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The event was held in the Outback club in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 25 to 30 September 2007. The event was held as a single-elimination tournament, for a total prize fund of $250,000 with $60,000 being awarded to the winner. The tournament was organised by Matchroom Sport, sponsored by poker website Partypoker, and broadcast across 31 one-hour episodes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool\nThe defending champions were the Filipino team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante who had defeated the USA pair of Rodney Morris and Earl Strickland in the final of the 2006 event. The Philippines were eliminated in the semi-finals by the Chinese team of Li Hewen and Fu Jianbo. In the final, the Chinese pair defeated Mika Immonen and Markus Juva from Finland on a deciding rack 11\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Format\nThe 2007 World Cup of Pool was a pairs nine-ball tournament played at the Outland nightclub in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament was played between 25 and 30 September 2007 as scotch doubles, with players taking shots alternatively. Matches were played as a race-to-nine racks until the final, which was played as a race-to-thirteen. The tournament was a single-elimination bracket, consisting of 32 teams. The event was played with winner breaks system, as opposed to the alternative breaks format used in the inaugural event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Format\nThe event was the second World Cup of Pool event, sponsored by Partypoker, and created by Matchroom Sport. The event would see 16 seeded and 16 unseeded teams of two play alternating shots in scotch doubles style. The defending champions were Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante representing the Philippines, who had defeated the USA team of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris in the 2006 final 13\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Format\nThe event was filmed and broadcast by Matchroom Sport across 31 single hour programs. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it was broadcast on Sky TV with additional commentary by Phil Yates and Jim Wych. Local highlights were shown on SBS 6 in the Netherlands, with Fox Net also broadcasting in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Format\nThe programs were broadcast on IKO K\u00e1belt\u00e9v\u00e9 in Serbia, Romania, Slovakia and Czech Republic; 7 TV in Russia; CC-TV in China; Fox Australia in Australia; Measat in Malaysia; Measat Indo in Indonesia; NEO Sports in India; Rogers Sportsnet in Canada, Solar Entertainment in the Philippines; Sport 1 in Hungary and Videoland in Taiwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Format, Prize fund\nPrize money for the event featured $250,000 with $60,000 being awarded to the winning team. Money earned by the team was shared between their players. A breakdown of prize money is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Format, Teams\nThe field consisted of 32 teams, with the Netherlands having two teams. The Malaysian team withdrew from the event, and was replaced with Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe representing Belgium. The participating teams are shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary\nThe first round of the event was played from 25 to 27 September as a race to eight racks. Before the event, the Malaysian team of Patrick Ooi and Ibrahim Bin Amir withdrew from the event, due to \"unforeseen circumstances\", and were replaced by a Belgian pair of Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe. The pair met the Dutch B team; and won six racks in a row to win the match over the Dutch 8\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary\nThe 16th seeded Russian pair of Ruslan Chinachov and European number one Konstantin Stepanov were defeated by the Croatian team of Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik in the opening round 5\u20138. The Japan team of Naoyuki \u014ci and Satoshi Kawabata won 8\u20132 over David Alcaide and Antonio Fazane from Spain despite dropping the opening rack. L\u01b0\u01a1ng Ch\u00ed D\u0169ng and Thanh Nam Nguyen representing Vietnam had made the semi-finals in the inaugural event, but were defeated by the South Korean team 5\u20138, despite being 5\u20133 ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary\nThe English team of Imran Majid and Daryl Peach came from 3\u20136 behind to defeat the Polish side of Rados\u0142aw Babica and Mateusz \u015aniegocki 8\u20136. There was only one match in the first round that went to a deciding rack, as the 2006 finalists USA team won 8\u20137 over Malta having taken the last four racks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary\nThe second round was played on 27 to 29 September as a race to eight racks. Japan played the sole remaining Dutch team in the second round, and having trailed 6\u20137 won the final two racks to win 8\u20137. The Switzerland team trailed 5\u20132 behind the US, but recovered to tie at 6\u20136 before winning the match 8\u20136. The USA pair were wearing orange shirts, the traditional colour of the Netherlands, after both Dutch teams had been eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary\nThe Belgian team, composed of Bruynooghe and Das who were ranked 46th and 60th in Europe, defeated 2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner Wu Jia-qing and world championship semi-finalist Yang Ching-shun from Taiwan 8\u20136. The defending championship winning Filipino team completed a 8\u20130 whitewash over the Croatians. France and China were tied at 5\u20135 before Vincent Faquet completed a run out to lead 6\u20135. During the next two racks, the French failed to escape from snookers allowing the Chinese team of Li Hewen and Fu Jianbo to win them before they broke and ran rack 13 for victory. The Singapore team also defeated Austria 8\u20132, for all four quarter-finalists in the top half coming from Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary\nThe quarter-finals were played on 29 September as a race to nine racks. Japan defeated Singapore 9\u20135 in the first quarter-final, making jokes throughout the match to the crowd. In rack 10, \u014ci made a three ball combination to pot the 9-ball on the first shot after the break, with both players jumping up and down in celebration after the shot. Having defeated the Taiwan team in the second round, the Belgian duo were \"drained\" according to reporters, and were only able to win four racks against Canada. The defending champions Filipino pair were defeated by the Chinese team 6\u20139. The Chinese team took an early four rack lead, but their lead was reduced to 7\u20136. In rack 14, Reyes missed a simple shot on the 6-ball, and China won the rack, before running rack 15. The last quarter-final saw Finland's Mika Immonen and Markus Juva defeat Switzerland 9\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 887]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary\nThe semi-finals were played on 30 September as a race to nine racks. The first semi-final saw the 10th seeded Finland play the 11th seeded Canadian team. Finland won the lag, but made a dry break in the opening rack, but retained the break throughout the match as they won 9\u20130. The Canadian team only played nine shots in the entire match. The other semi-final match was played between China, seeded 8th and the unseeded Japanese team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary\nThe Chinese team ran the first two racks, before three players missed a shot at the 9-ball in rack three, with Hewen finally potting to increase the lead to 3\u20130. China then won four of the next five racks to lead 7\u20131. However, Hewen missed a shot on the 2-ball the following rack allowing Japan to the table, who won the next three racks. China capitalised on a missed bank shot to win the next two racks, and complete a 9\u20134 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary\nThe final was also played on 30 September, but as a race-to-11 racks. The Chinese team of Hewen and Jianbo met the Finland pair of Juva and Immonen. The final had a lot of dry breaks, with six in the first 15 racks, having had just ten in the rest of the tournament. There was just one rack between the two sides until China led 6\u20134 and then 7\u20135. China then won three of the next four to go to the hill, leading 10\u20136. The Finland team, however, won four straight frames to level the match at 10\u201310. At the table in the deciding rack, Immonen potted a ball from the break, and left a combination shot for Juva to pot the 9-ball to win the tournament; however, the shot did not come off, and the Chinese pair ran the rest of the rack to win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193845-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Pool, Main draw\nBelow is the results from the event. Teams in bold denote match winners. Numbers to the left of teams represents the team's seedings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193846-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Cup of Softball\nThe third World Cup of Softball was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA between July 12 and July 16, 2007. USA won their second World Cup by defeating Japan 3-0 in the Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193847-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Darts Trophy\nThe 2007 Bullit World Darts Trophy was the sixth and last edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193847-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Darts Trophy\nIt had a playing format comparable with both World Championships (BDO and PDC) and features the majority of top ranked players from both organisations. The event featured the top 12 ranked players from the PDC and BDO, seven world champions (including both incumbents) and 23 world title winners \u2013 making it possibly the strongest field assembled since the split in 1992/93.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193847-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Darts Trophy\nRaymond van Barneveld, the PDC World Champion,  was beaten in the first round by fellow countryman Jelle Klaasen. The BDO World Champion Martin Adams fell at the quarter-final stage to Andy Hamilton. The final featured Gary Anderson against Phil Taylor. Taylor wasn't able to successfully defend his title despite hitting 17 maximum 180s in the final. Both players averaged over 100 in an excellent final \u2013 played over the same 13 set format as the BDO & PDC World Finals. Anderson captured his second major title \u2013 adding to his International Darts League success back in May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193847-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Darts Trophy, Qualified players\nThe players in bold automatically qualify for the main stage and are seeded. The players in regular text automatically qualify for the main round but are not seed. The players in italics must go through the qualifiers:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193847-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Darts Trophy, Qualified players, BDO / WDF\nWorld Darts Trophy Merit Table1 to 8 on WDT Merit Table can be told based on seedings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193847-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Darts Trophy, Qualified players, BDO / WDF\n9 to 12 on WDT Merit Table can be told based on rest of the automatic qualifiers. Exact order of which players are 9 to 12 is unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193847-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Darts Trophy, Qualifying\nThe top 12 players from the PDC Order of Merit and the top 12 BDO / WDF Players from the World Darts Trophy Merit Table automatically qualified for the event. Following controversy (see IDL 2007) regarding the number of players promised an invitation, a qualifying competition was held to fill the other eight places in the first round. Seven PDC players progressed to the first round including Dutchmen Michael van Gerwen, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort. The other four PDC players were Denis Ovens, Kevin Painter, Mervyn King and Wayne Atwood. The only BDO player who made it through was Shaun Greatbatch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193847-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Darts Trophy, Television coverage\nThe tournament was broadcast by SBS6 in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available - however this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193848-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Fencing Championships\nThe 2007 World Fencing Championships were held at the SCC Peterburgsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The event took place from September 28 to October 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193849-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from March 20 to 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193849-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nThe competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2006. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2007 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193849-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nBased on the results of the 2006 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193849-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nDue to the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skating after the short program. In ice dancing, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193849-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nYukari Nakano and Carolina Kostner tied for 5th place with 168.92 points overall. Nakano finished 5th place on the tiebreak (free skating placement) and Kostner ended 6th. In the ladies' event, two world records were set: Yuna Kim for the short program with a score of 71.95, and Mao Asada for the free skating with a score of 133.13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193849-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nShen Xue / Zhao Hongbo from China set a new world record of 71.07 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program. Zhao proposed marriage to Shen on the ice following their free skating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193849-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Multiple entries for 2008\nThe following countries secured multiple entries for the 2008 championships based on their performances at the 2007 Worlds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193849-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Prize money\nThe total prize money for the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships is US$710,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money. All amounts are in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193850-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Grand Prix (darts)\nThe 2007 Sky Bet World Grand Prix was the tenth staging of the PDC World Grand Prix which took place between 8\u201314 October 2007. It was the seventh year that the event was being staged at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland. Phil Taylor went into the event as defending champion having won it for the previous two years - and seven times in all, but suffered a surprise first round defeat to Adrian Gray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193850-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Grand Prix (darts)\nJames Wade followed up his success at the 2007 World Matchplay by adding this title to his collection. He beat World Champion Raymond van Barneveld in the semi-final and Terry Jenkins in the final. Jenkins suffered his fifth televised final defeat in twelve months as his search for his first major title continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193850-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Grand Prix (darts)\nThe top 24 players in the PDC Order of Merit qualified automatically. There were four further qualifiers from the PDPA Players Championship Order of Merit (the best performers from up to 20 non-televised events during the year) and there were four PDPA Irish qualifiers. The All-Ireland qualifiers were held on 16 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193850-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Grand Prix (darts)\nAs in previous years, the format of the tournament features much shorter first round matches (best of three sets) and players must start each leg on a double, as well as finish on a double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193850-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize money\nThe 2007 event has an increased prize fund of \u00a3200,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193850-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Grand Prix (darts), Race for the Premier League\nThe World Grand Prix is the cut-off point for qualification for the 2008 Premier League. The top six players in the world rankings after this tournament will seal automatic qualification for the lucrative event. Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade, Terry Jenkins and Peter Manley all looked assured of a place - but a good run at this tournament for any number of players could have stolen the last guaranteed place in the league. Adrian Lewis secured the spot when John Part lost in the semi-finals. Part needed to win the event to climb to sixth in the rankings. Two further players will receive a wildcard at a later date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193851-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Indoor Archery Championships\nThe 2007 World Indoor Target Archery Championships were held in Izmir, Turkey from 13 to 17 March, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193852-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Indoor Bowls Championship\nThe 2007 World Indoor Bowls Championships  was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 08-28 January 2007. The event was sponsored by Potters Holidays. Alex Marshall won the men's singles defeating Mervyn King in the final achieving a record fourth title. Marshall won the title despite carrying a back injury and being seeded only seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193853-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Indoor Football League season\nThe 2007 World Indoor Football League season would turn out to be the only season of the World Indoor Football League (WIFL). The league champions were the Augusta Spartans, who defeated the Columbus Lions in World Indoor Bowl I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193854-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship\nThe 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the second World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse every four years. It took place between May 14 and 20 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canada was the defending champion and again beat the Iroquois Nationals in the final, this time 15\u201314 in overtime. Eight nations took part in this event, the six nations from the 2003 WILC and two newcomers - England and Ireland. There was an estimated 850,000 television viewers of the tournament in Canada and the games were streamed live in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193854-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Pool play\nThe eight participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the first place team in each group advanced to the semi-finals, the second and third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals, and the fourth place teams advanced to the 7th place game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193854-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Pool play\nAs predicted, both Canada and Iroquois went through the round-robin with three comfortable wins. Both Ireland and the Czech Republic finished winless, but the Czechs showed a lot of enthusiasm and had two very narrow defeats against England and Scotland. By contrast, Scotland failed to repeat their impressive results from 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193854-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Championship bracket\nThe final, with the expected pairing of Canada against the Iroquois Nationals, was one of the best games in box lacrosse history. Team Canada went through the first quarter with a 4\u20132 lead, then the Nationals were able to come back in the second and third. The Iroquois were up 10\u20139 at the start of the fourth quarter. Three quick Canadian goals put them in front again, but they were answered by another three goals by the Nationals. Then John Grant, Jr. scored two goals and the victory for Canada was almost secured. But Dean Hill scored in the final minute of regulation to tie it at 14, sending the championship into overtime. Thirty seconds into overtime, Jeff Zywicki scored his first goal of the game, making it 15\u201314 for Canada's second gold medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 819]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193855-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Interuniversity Games\nThe 2007 World Interuniversity Games were the ninth edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS), and were held in Vienna, Austria, from October 1 to October 5, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193855-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Interuniversity Games, Hosting\nVienna was selected as host city for the Games. The host university was Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193855-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Interuniversity Games, Competitions\nTeams participated in 6 different competitions (4 sports), the same as in Dublin 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193856-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship\nThe 2008 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was held at California State University in Long Beach, California, United States. It was the first Mundial tournament to be held outside Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193857-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Judo Championships\nThe 2007 World Judo Championships are the 25th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held at the Rio Olympic Arena, usually called Arena Multiuso, that was built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, in Jacarepagu\u00e1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from September 13 to September 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193857-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Judo Championships\nThe competition gathered the sport's top athletes in Rio de Janeiro, with only a few exceptions, due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193857-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 World Judo Championships\nAmong the high-profile injured judokas that were unable to participate were Brazil's Fl\u00e1vio Canto, bronze medallist in the -81\u00a0kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, who tore a ligament in his right elbow during the 2007 Pan American Games (during the event, Canto participated as a commentator for the Brazilian paid sports channel, Sportv); and Japan's Tadahiro Nomura, the three-time Olympic champion and heavy favorite in the -60\u00a0kg category was forced to withdraw only a few weeks before the event due to injury (his replacement was able to place 7th in the competition).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193857-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Judo Championships\nIn the leadup to the event, Rio de Janeiro also hosted the IJF's International Congress, congregating the heads of all the national confederations affiliated to the IJF. The meeting took place on September 12, eve of the first day of competition, and in it, some important decisions were made. The first was the election of the new IJF president. Marius Vizer was elected by the attending representatives to replace Yung Sang Park, the current president. In addition, the Congress voted and approved unanimously, the extension of the IJF's president term from 2 years to 6 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193857-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 World Judo Championships\nAnother decision made in the meeting was the selection of the city that would host the 2011 World Championship. The contenders were the cities of Paris, France and Hamburg, Germany, and the French capital was selected as the host city for the 2011 event. Finally, the Congress also voted on the new presidency of the European Judo Union, with Russia's Sergei Soloveychik being elected president and Jean-Luc Roug\u00e9 and Vladimir Barta being elected as first vice president and vice president respectively. Newly appointed IJF president, Marius Vizer, was made honorary president of the European Judo Federation as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193857-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Judo Championships\nAfter the conclusion of competition in the last day of the event, the IJF members voted on the best athletes of the World Championship. In the men's side, Brazil's Tiago Camilo, who won in the -81\u00a0kg category by defeating all opponents by ippon (the perfect score, which ends the match automatically), was selected; and in the women's side, North Korea's Kye Sun-Hui, who won in the -57\u00a0kg category, was chosen as best female athlete in the competition. Both athletes were presented with an obelisk-shaped, acrylic trophy for the achievement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge\nThe World Junior A Challenge 2007 was an international Junior \"A\" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2007 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian cities of Trail, British Columbia and Nelson, British Columbia from November 5 to November 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge\nThe exhibition games played prior to the tournament took place between November 1 and 3, in Trail, Nelson, and Castlegar, British Columbia, and Okotoks, Alberta. Extra teams taking part in the exhibition series included the Trail Smoke Eaters of the British Columbia Hockey League, Okotoks Oilers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, and an all-star contingent from the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge\nCanada West defeated Canada East in the finals 4-1 to claim the gold medal. Team USA beat Russia 9-6 in the Bronze Medal Game to claim third place. Belarus defeated Germany 5-3 in the 5th Place Game the day before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, 2007 Teams\nCanada West is fresh off of winning the inaugural WJAC in 2006. The team will consist of players mostly from the BCHL and AJHL, but will also have representatives from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, Manitoba Junior Hockey League, and Superior International Junior Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, 2007 Teams\nCanada East was the 2006 WJAC runners-up. The team is headed by Jerome Dupont, head coach of the Royal Bank Cup 2007 National Champion Aurora Tigers. The team is composed mostly of players from the 35-team Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League, which operates more like four separate leagues during the regular season. The team will also have representatives from the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, Central Junior A Hockey League, Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League, and Maritime Junior A Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, 2007 Teams\nThe United States has entered the WJAC for the first time. Featuring a strong roster of undrafted Tier I Junior \"A\" players from the United States Hockey League, the USA had the potential to be a contender for the tournament's top prize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, 2007 Teams\nOther teams in the tournament were Russia, Germany, and Belarus. Slovakia has opted out of the tournaments second year despite a fourth-place finish in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Exhibition\nExhibition play started on November 1. A newly formed Canada West squad challenged the local Trail Smoke Eaters of the British Columbia Hockey League. Smoke Eaters almost created a massive upset against the defending WJAC champs, but fell short with a 2-1 loss to Canada West. The same night, the Canada East squad challenged the Junior \"B\" all-stars of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. The East squad came out flying in the first period but ran into the KIJHL's Creston Thundercats goaltender Wade Waters who only allowed one goal on sixteen shots in the first period. Despite being badly out-shot, the KIJHL all-stars kept it close, as Canada East only defeated them by a score of 4-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Exhibition\nThe next night began with the biggest shocker of the exhibition series. Canada West were embarrassed by Team Russia 6-1 in front of their hometown faithful. Going down 6-0 in the first forty minutes and allowing five goals in under ten minutes of play, Canada West did not play like the champions of the World Junior A Challenge 2006. The other game of the night saw the Okotoks Oilers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League host Team Germany. In a thrilling shootout style game, the Oilers came out on top with a 7-3 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Exhibition\nThe final night of exhibition play started with Team Germany and Team Belarus squaring off. In a tight game, the Germans came out on top and beat the Belorussians by a score of 3-1. In the second game of the night, Canada East got their chance to gauge the talent level of Team Russia as the two teams squared off. The Canadians left the first period with a 1-0 lead, only to lose it early in the second. Facing a 2-1 deficit, the Canadians scored three straight goals in the second period and then held of a hungry Russian squad for the 4-3 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round robin\nOn November 5, Day One of the tournament, Russia was pitted against Germany in Pool A and Canada East squared off against Belarus in Pool B. The Russians defeated the German squad by a score of 6-2. Belarus, much improved from last years WJAC, kept the game close against Canada East. In the end, the East capitalized at the right times and won the game by a score of 4-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round robin\nDay two, November 6, proved to be an exciting game for American hockey fans. Pitted against the Belorussians, the American squad fell quickly behind in their first ever WJAC game. Down 4-1 in the second period, the Americans eventually rallied back to take a 6-5 lead. Belarus scored with less than three minutes left to force overtime. With five seconds left in overtime, Belorussian goaltender Valeriy Pronin lost a race for a loose puck against American Barry Almeida which resulted in an empty net game-winning goal for the USA with seconds left in the frame. The other game of the night saw Canada West open their tournament against the German squad. The Canadians took out their pre-tournament frustration on the Germans and defeated them by a score of 7-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round robin\nNovember 7, 2007 proved to be a disastrous day for both Canadian squads at the WJAC. Canada East met the American squad for the first time ever. The Americans scored first and the Canadians tied it up shortly after. They left the first period tied 1-1. The opposite occurred in the second period, and the second finished 2-2. The third was scoreless and the game ended up in sudden death overtime. Exactly halfway through the fourth frame, Barry Almeida of the American squad scored to win the contest. The goal was Almeida's second straight game-winning goal and overtime marker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round robin\nDespite the tight score, the Americans were badly out shot. The final shots were 37-23 for Canada. Canada West had their opportunity to make up for their embarrassing exhibition loss to the Russians that night. After two periods, the Russians led the West squad by a score of 2-0 with goals from Filitov and Kugryshev. Early in the third, the West popped two quick goals from Lee and Ziegler to tie the game up. With less than two and a half minutes left, Grachev of the Russians scored to give Russia the lead. They scored an empty net goal to end the game 4-2. Canada West dominated the Russians with shots, 37-22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round robin\nRussia and the United States jump straight to the tournament semi-finals with their wins, while Canada East and Canada West are forced to play qualifier games against Germany and Belarus for the right to move on to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Quarter-finals\nOn November 8, the quarter-finals took place at the WJAC. Canada East took on Team Germany. The Germans scored early in the game and held a 1-0 lead for most of the game. In the third period, the East scored four unanswered goals to defeat the German squad by a score of 4-1. In the other quarter-final, the Canada West squad played against the Belorussians. The West came up with an early 2-0 lead in the game. The Belorussians scored in the second to make it 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Quarter-finals\nEarly in the third, Belarus tied the game at 2. Belarus started taking untimely penalties and Pittsburgh Penguins' prospect Casey Pierro-Zabotel scored a natural hat trick in only 4 minutes and 2 seconds. Two of Pierro-Zabotel's goals were on the power play and the three goals made the score 5-2. The game ended with a final score of 7-3 for Canada West and a series of serious penalties (gross misconducts and match penalties) for both squads. Canada East and Canada West moved on to the WJAC semi-finals, while Germany and Belarus will play in the 5th Place Match early on November 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Semi-finals and 5th Place\nThe \"5th Place Match\" occurred on November 10 between Germany and Belarus. The first period was scoreless. The second period saw the Belorussians score early, but were followed up by two German goals. In the third, the Belorussians came alive and outscored Germany 4-1 to win the game 5-3. Both teams are done for the tournament. The first semi-final was between Canada East and Russia. Jordon Watts scored a second period shorthanded marker to put Canada East up 1-0. Early in the third, the Russians answered back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Semi-finals and 5th Place\nLouke Oakley of Canada East scored on a late game penalty shot to win the game for the East and launch them into their second straight final. The second semi-final was between Canada West and the American squad. The West came out flying and ran away with a 4-1 first period lead. The West held off the Americans for the rest of the game and added an additional marker to win the game 5-1. The victory sets up an East-West rematch of last years WJAC and also Russia vying for their second straight bronze medal against the unpredictable Team USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Gold and Bronze\nThe Bronze Medal Game began at 2:00 PM PST on November 11. The game was between the Americans and the Russians. The Russians asserted dominance early, leaving the first period with a 2-0 lead. In the second, the Americans made it 2-1 early and the Russians came back to make it 3-1. After this, the Americans netted two quick ones to tie the game at three, only to have the Russians score more to close the period with a 5-3 lead. In the third period, the Americans again tied up the game with two quick goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Gold and Bronze\nThe Russians came back with seemingly the \"comeback killer\" to make it 6-5, but the Americans came alive and scored four unanswered goals to defeat the Russians 9-6. The American victory denies the Russians of their second straight bronze medal at the WJAC, and gives the Americans their first ever medal at their first WJAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Gold and Bronze\nThe Gold Medal Game began at 7:30 PM PST. The game was a rematch between the two finalists of the 2006 WJAC, Canada East and Canada West. The East came out strong and took an early lead, but two tallies by the West late in the first period closed out the frame with the West leading 2-1. Joe Colborne scored 31 seconds into the second period to give the West a 3-1 lead which they held onto throughout the rest of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Gold and Bronze\nHalfway through the third period, the West put the final nail in the coffin as they scored to make it 4-1. With the win, the West has won the first two ever WJAC championships and the East has to settle for their second straight silver medal. The hero of the final was the West's Zac Dalpe who scored the tying goal, the winning goal, and the final goal to get a hat-trick and the game's most valuable player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus\nPlayers: Vitali Trus, Vitali Belinski, Valeriy Pronin, Oleg Goroshko, Aleksandr Eronov, Dmitry Shumski, Georgi Yaskevich, Sergei Kopylets, Sergei Sheleg, Aleksei Golubev, Nikolai Goncharov, Dmitry Korobov, Aleksandr Syrei, Roman Ladik, Aleksandr Korotkevich, Pavel Razvodovski, Kirill Brikun, Andrei Kolosov, Aleksandr Pavlovich, Artem Demkov, Igor Voroshilov, Nikita Komarov, Mikhail Stsefanovich, Vladimir Mikhailov, Dmitry Gorbunov, Pavel Dashkov, Andrei Stas, Yuri Eliseenko", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus\nStaff: Andrei Rasolko, Alexandre Andrievski, Dmitry Kravchenko, Sviatoslav Kiselev, Andrei Konstantinovich, Dmitry Konyakhin, Pavel Golovatski", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East\nPlayers: Bryan Gillis, Kori Coelho, Alexandre Fournier, Justin Troiani, Brendan Bureau, Brandon Burlon, Evan Zych, Chris Haltigin, Daniel Spivak, Corey Tamblyn, Ethan Werek, James McIntosh, Louke Oakley, Corey Trivino, Chris Kangas, Jeremy Franklin, Geoff Hum, Jordan Watts, Michael Budd, Mike McLaughlin, Adam Brace", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East\nStaff: Jerome Dupont, Mark Grady, Troy Ryan, Marty Abrams, Brent Ladds, Bob Baird, Darren Allan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West\nPlayers: Bradley Eidsness, Allen York, Andrew MacWilliams, Derek Robinson, Scott Enders, Jeff Forsythe, Damon Kipped, Steven Seigo, Tommy Brown, Trevor Nill, Wes Pawluk, Ryan Magill, Andrew Cherniwchan, Joe Colborne, Derek Lee, Brooks Robinson, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Russell Goodman, Taylor Gal, Mike Connolly, Zac Dalpe, Brett Hextall", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West\nStaff: Boris Rybalka, Al Glendinning, Dwight McMillan, Darcy Rota, Kim Davis, Wayne Hubbard, Carolyn Glover", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Germany\nPlayers: Etienne Renkewitz, Christian Wendler, Markus Keller, Andreas Tanzer, Andre Mangold, Sinan Akdag, Sebastian Eickmann, Gregor Stein, Soren Strum, Jens Heyer, Nicolas Ackermann, Robin Thomson, Daniel Mohle, Martin Buchwieser, Michael Christ, Patrick Geiger, Thomas Weiszdorn, Andre Huebscher, Alexander Oblinger, Dimitri Litesov, Daniel Oppolzer, Michael Rimbeck, Steven Ruppich, Robert Schopf, Marc Wittforth, David Wolf, Martin Hinterstocker", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Germany\nStaff: Jeffery Tomlinson, Rupert Meister, Michael Pfuhl, Michael Ulmer, Heinz Endres, Wolfgang Fischer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia\nPlayers: Danila Alistratov, Andrey Petukhov, Alexander Pechurskiy, Igor Golovkov, Andrey Grenkov, Dimitry Kostromitin, Anton Klementiev, Dmitry Kulikov, Pavel Lukin, Dmitri Kozlov, Vyacheslav Voinov, Maxim Chudinov, Eduard Orlov, Pavel Chernov, Anton Lazarev, Vyacheslav Kulemin, Andrey Kuchin, Mikhail Fisenko, Maxim Trunev, Ilya Zagretdinov, Andrei Loktionov, Dmitri Kugryshev, Evgeni Grachev, Kirill Petrov, Sergei Ostapchuk, Igor Biryukov, Magomed Gimbatov, Nikita Filatov", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia\nStaff: Alexander Biryukov, Valery Davletshin, Vladislav Kokarev, Sergey Gimaev, Maxim Elizarov, Igor Tkachenok", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, United States\nPlayers: Josh Robinson, Brady Hjelle, Maxim Nicastro, Tyler Kieffer, John Lee, John Carlson, Seth Helgeson, Ben Blood, Blake Kessel, Mike Cichy, Nicolas Sacchetti, Jared Festler, Keegan Flaherty, Craig Smith, Jimmy Hayes, Nick Larson, Barry Almeida, Jack Connolly, Nick Dineen, Tim Hall, Drew LeBlanc", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193858-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, United States\nStaff: P. K. O'Handley, Regg Simon, Marc Boxer, Darrin Flinchem, Todd Klein, Leo Chen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193859-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Curling Championships\nThe 2007 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 3 to 11 at Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193860-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Oberstdorf, Germany from February 26 to March 4. The event is open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who have reached the age of 13 by 1 July the previous year, but have not yet turned 19. The upper age limit for men competing in pairs and dance is 21. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193860-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe term \"Junior\" refers to the age level rather than the skill level. Therefore, some of the skaters competing have competed nationally and internationally at the senior level, but are still age-eligible for World Juniors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193860-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing\nEkaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev won the ice dancing title. Grethe Gr\u00fcnberg / Kristian Rand's silver medal is the first medal for Estonia at an ISU Championship. Kaitlyn Weaver dislocated her left shoulder in the warm-up before the original dance but was able to compete and won the bronze medal with Andrew Poje. Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates were forced to withdraw after he accidentally stepped on his partner's hand, lacerating a tendon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193860-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Prize money\nThe total prize money for the 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships is US$200,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money. Everything is in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships\nThe 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2007 WJHC) was the 2007 edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Mora and Leksand, Sweden between December 26, 2006 and January 5, 2007. The venues were FM Mattsson Arena in Mora, and Ejendals Arena in Leksand. The total attendance was a significant drop off from the 325,000-plus visitors at the previous World Juniors in British Columbia, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships\nFor 2007, the tournament round-robin format was changed from previous years to resemble more closely the format used in the National Hockey League. Teams would receive three points for a win in regulation, while teams winning in overtime would receive two points. Teams losing in overtime would receive one point. During the round-robin portion of the tournament, a five-minute, four-on-four sudden-victory overtime would be played, while the knockout games and the gold medal game would use full-strength, ten- and twenty-minute sudden-victory overtimes, respectively. If the game remained tied after overtime, an NHL-style shootout (with three skaters instead of five, as per other international competitions) would be held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships\nTeam Canada won its third consecutive gold medal, capping an undefeated tournament with a 4\u20132 victory over Russia in the gold medal game. The world championship for Canada was also their first on European ice in a decade; the Canadians had not won a World Junior gold medal in Europe since 1997 in Geneva, Switzerland, when they defeated the United States in the gold medal game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships\nCanadian goaltender Carey Price was named tournament MVP, garnering a 1.14 goals against average (GAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Final round, Semifinals\nNote: Bye Teams will be the home team, but due to Canada being the home team in the first meeting, USA was the home team for their semifinal game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 81], "content_span": [82, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 85], "content_span": [86, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I\nThe following teams took part in the Division I tournament, that was held from December 11, 2006 through December 17, 2006. Group A was played at Odense, Denmark. Group B was played at Torre Pellice, Italy:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group A\nDenmark is promoted to Pool A and \u00a0Estonia is relegated to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group B\nKazakhstan is promoted to Pool A and \u00a0Italy is relegated to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II\nThe following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played at Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania from December 11, 2006 through December 17, 2006. Group B was played at Elektr\u0117nai, Lithuania from December 10, 2006 through December 16, 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group A\nHungary is promoted to Division I and \u00a0Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group B\nNote: \u00a0Serbia has been entered in place of \u00a0Serbia and Montenegro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group B\nLithuania is promoted to Division I and \u00a0Serbia is relegated to Division III for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III\nThe following teams took part in the Division III tournament, which was played at the Ankara Ice Palace in Ankara, Turkey from January 8, 2007 through January 14, 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193861-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III\nChina and \u00a0Belgium are promoted to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193863-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Junior Table Tennis Championships\nThe 2007 World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Palo Alto, California, U.S. from December 8 to 15, 2007. It was organised by the USA Table Tennis (USATT) under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The competition consisted of seven events: Boys' and Girls' Team, Boys' and Girls' Singles, Boys' and Girls' Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193864-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Juniors and Cadets Fencing Championships\nThe 2007 World Juniors and Cadets Fencing Championships was held in Belek, Antalya, Turkey between April 10 to April 18, 2007. The event, an organization of the Federation Internationale d'Escrime (FIE), was carried out by the Turkish Fencing Federation (TEF). Junior and cadet fencers from 53 countries competed in the categories foil, \u00e9p\u00e9e and sabre in the championship. Russia was the most successful nation, followed by Ukraine and Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193864-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Juniors and Cadets Fencing Championships, Venue\nBelek, a town in Antalya Province, is one of the most prominent centers of Turkey's tourism. The competitions took place in Maritim Pine Beach Hotel, aka Belek Convention Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193865-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge\nThe 2007 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge was the 4th edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193866-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Marathon Cup\nThe 2007 World Marathon Cup was the 12th edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Osaka, Japan, inside of the 2007 World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193867-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Masters (darts)\nThe 2007 Winmau World Masters was a darts tournament being staged by the British Darts Organisation at Leisure World in Bridlington between 16 November and 18 November 2007. It also featured a qualifying event for the 2008 Lakeside World Professional Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193867-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Masters (darts)\nHistory was made by John Walton who became the first player to hit a perfect nine dart finish in the televised stage of the tournament. The event was broadcast by the BBC, however the nine-darter was not shown live as it was achieved in the last 16 before their live coverage began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193867-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Masters (darts)\nMichael van Gerwen was unable to defend his title, as he had decided to switch to rival organisation, the Professional Darts Corporation - thereby making himself ineligible under the BDO's rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193867-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Masters (darts)\nScotland's Robert Thornton surprised the field by beating Co Stomp\u00e9, BDO world champion Martin Adams, Martin Atkins and Darryl Fitton to win the title and also seal a qualifying place for the 2008 BDO World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193867-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Masters (darts), Controversy\nControversy hit the tournament in May when it was confirmed by the British Darts Organisation that the Winmau World Masters had been moved from its original dates of 26\u201328 October to a new date of 16\u201318 November  clashing directly with the Grand Slam of Darts - a new tournament which was hoping to feature the top players from both darting organisations - the BDO and PDC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193867-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Masters (darts), Controversy\nThis meant that players from the BDO were forced into a direct choice between competing at the Masters for valuable ranking points or taking their place at the Grand Slam for better prize money. BDO World Champion Martin Adams almost immediately confirmed that he would participate in the Masters. The other top BDO players who had qualified, including Gary Anderson, Scott Waites and Mark Webster competed at the Grand Slam and missed the Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193867-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Masters (darts), Controversy\nAdams plus the next seven highest ranked BDO players who hadn't qualified for the Grand Slam were later given seeding positions through to the BBC televised stages of the tournament for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193868-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Masters Athletics Championships\nThe seventeenth World Masters Athletics Championships were held in Riccione, Italy, from September 4-15, 2007. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193868-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Masters Athletics Championships\nA full range of track and field events were held, along with a cross country race and a marathon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193869-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Matchplay\nThe 2007 Stan James World Matchplay was the 14th annual staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at its traditional home, the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, between 22\u201328 July 2007. James Wade won his first major title, defeating Terry Jenkins 18\u20137 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193869-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Matchplay\nDefending and eight times champion, Phil Taylor suffered a semi-final defeat to Jenkins, meaning that he had surrendered both the World Championship and World Matchplay titles for the first time since the PDC began in 1994. Raymond van Barneveld, who went into this event having won the first three Sky TV majors of the year (World Championship, UK Open and Las Vegas Desert Classic) saw his hopes of the clean-sweep evaporate with a quarter-final defeat to Adrian Lewis. Barneveld was making his debut in the event having failed to qualify in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193869-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Matchplay\nBoth Lewis and Jenkins suffered hangovers from their victories over the two favourites as they lost their next matches - with James Wade capitalising. He beat Lewis in the semi-final and Jenkins in the final. Wade became the youngest winner of a PDC televised title at the age of 24 and also rose to number three in the world rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193869-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Matchplay, Television coverage\nSky Sports broadcast the event live in the UK & Ireland for the 14th year running. The final between Wade & Jenkins achieved viewing figures of 183,000 - although that was surpassed by the quarter-finals on Thursday (188,000) and the semi-finals on Friday received the highest viewing figures with 240,000 (the third highest-rated programme on Sky Sports 1 for that week)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship\nThe 2007 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from March 31 to April 8. Team Canada skipped by Glenn Howard won the gold medal over Germany's Andy Kapp by a score of 8-3. This was Howard's third world championship, and his first as skip. Kapp claimed the silver for the second time in his career, and Team USA (skipped by Todd Birr) won the bronze medal, the first medal for the USA at the men's world championship since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship\nThe total attendance for the event was 184,970, a world championship record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nFourth: Ian Palangio Skip: Hugh Millikin* Second: Sean Hall Lead: Mike Woloschuk Alternate: David Imlah (*Throws third rocks)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Glenn Howard Third: Richard Hart Second: Brent Laing Lead: Craig Savill Alternate: Steve Bice", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Johnny Frederiksen Third: Lars Vilandt Second: Bo Jensen Lead: Kenneth Hertsdahl Alternate: Ivan Frederiksen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Kalle Kiiskinen Second: Jani Sullanmaa Lead: Teemu Salo Alternate: Jari Rouvinen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Thomas Dufour Third: Tony Angiboust Second: Jan Ducroz Lead: Richard Ducroz Alternate: Rafi Mathieu", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Andy Kapp Third: Uli Kapp Second: Andreas Lang Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Holger H\u00f6hne", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Lee Jae-ho Third: Beak Jong-chul Second: Yang Se-young Lead: Kwon Young-il Alternate: Park Kwon-il", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nerg\u00e5rd Second: Thomas Due Lead: Jan Thoresen Alternate: Thomas L\u00f8vold", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Warwick Smith Third: Craig Wilson Second: David Smith Lead: Ross Hepburn Alternate: Ewan MacDonald", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Peja LindholmThird: James DryburghSecond: Viktor Kj\u00e4llLead: Anders ErikssonAlternate: Magnus Swartling", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Ralph St\u00f6ckli Third: Jan Hauser Second: Markus Eggler Lead: Simon Str\u00fcbin Alternate: Andreas Schwaller", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193870-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Todd Birr Third: Bill Todhunter Second: Greg Johnson Lead: Kevin Birr Alternate: Zach Jacobson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193871-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship\nThe 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place from 19 January to 4 February 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities. It was the 20th edition of the World Championship in team handball and was won by the hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193871-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship, Stadiums\n12 German cities were hosts for the 2007 Championship. The most modern stadiums \u2013 spread all over the country \u2013 had been selected. The final match took place in the K\u00f6lnarena in Cologne (K\u00f6ln).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193871-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship, Tournament structure, Preliminary round\nThe 24 competing teams will be drawn into six preliminary groups of four teams each, and the matches in the preliminary round are scheduled to be held from 20 to 22 January. The two top teams from each group then proceed to the main round, while the third and fourth-placed teams play in the Presidents-Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193871-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship, Tournament structure, Preliminary round\nOn 14 July 2006, the groups of the tournament were determined:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193871-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship, Tournament structure, Presidents-Cup\nThe teams placed third and fourth in the preliminary round groups are divided into four groups of three teams, as such:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193871-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship, Tournament structure, Presidents-Cup\nThe matches are scheduled for 24 to 26 January. On 28 January, the winners of group I and II then play each other for the 13th place, the runners-up play each other for the 15th place, and the third-placed play off for 17th place. The Group III and IV teams play off for 19th, 21st and 23rd place in the same fashion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193871-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship, Tournament structure, Main round\nThe main round is scheduled for 24 to 28 January, and the teams will be divided into two groups of six teams. The teams carry forward match results from matches against the other team from their group to qualify for the main round. Four teams from each main round group qualify for the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193871-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship, Tournament structure, Main round\nNo placement matches for the places 9 to 12 are scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193871-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship, Tournament structure, Knockout stage\nThe knockout stage is scheduled to make up the last week of the tournament, starting on Tuesday 30 January and continuing until Sunday 4 February. The quarter-finals are set up so that the winner of one group will face the fourth-placed team in the other. Semi-finals and consolation matches are held on 1 February; two days later, the 5th and 7th place play-offs take place on 3 February, with the 3rd place play-off and final is scheduled for the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193871-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship, Tournament structure, Seedings\nThe seedings for the preliminary round have been partially determined; the full seedings will be revealed when all qualifying matches have been played. Currently, the following seedings (in IHF terminology, performance row) have been confirmed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193871-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship, Ranking and Statistics, Final ranking\nHenning Fritz, Pascal Hens, Oliver Roggisch, Dominik Klein, Michael Haa\u00df, Sebastian Prei\u00df, Holger Glandorf, Johannes Bitter, Markus Baur, Christian Zeitz, Torsten Jansen, Andrej Klimovets, Michael Kraus, Florian Kehrmann, Lars Kaufmann and Christian Schwarzer. Head Coach: Heiner Brand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193872-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 Qualification\nQualification matches for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place in 2006, mostly as continental championships. According to the IHF rules, each continent had three places (except Oceania, which had one), and the host (Germany) and holders (Spain) were automatically qualified. The other nine places are allocated to the continents according to performance in the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship. Thus:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193872-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 Qualification, Africa\nThe 2006 African Men's Handball Championship in Tunisia resulted in four teams qualifying for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 62], "content_span": [63, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193872-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 Qualification, Americas\nThe Pan-American qualifying events was scheduled to be held in Brazil in April 2006. However, due to players' commitments with clubs in Europe, it was agreed to postpone the qualifying until June, and the tournament was eventually held from 6 June to 10 June at Aracaju.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193872-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 Qualification, Americas\nEight teams participated, and Brazil and Argentina went through the group stages unbeaten, as the only teams with positive goal difference. The two top teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals: Greenland joined Brazil from Group A after two 32\u201330 wins over Chile and Uruguay, while in Group B United States qualified after drawing with Mexico and beating Puerto Rico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193872-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 Qualification, Americas\nIn the semi-finals, Brazil and Argentina both won by more than ten goals, securing their place in Germany, while the third-place play-off saw Greenland prevail by one goal against United States to secure the third spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193872-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 Qualification, Asia\nAsia's qualifying events, the 2006 Asian Handball Championship took place in Thailand between 12 February and 21 February 2006. Kuwait and South Korea qualified after winning the semi-finals, while Qatar beat Iran 21\u201320 in the third place play-off to be the final team to qualify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 60], "content_span": [61, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193872-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 Qualification, Europe\nEleven places were at stake (Germany and Spain were already qualified), and the top three finishers at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship in Switzerland in January and February 2006 qualified. As Spain qualified for the semi-final at that tournament, the other three semi-finalists \u2013 Croatia, Denmark and France \u2013 qualified. The other 11 participants at the European Championship played off with five winners in preliminary qualifying groups, which are shown below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 62], "content_span": [63, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193872-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 Qualification, Europe, Play-offs\nThe play-off draw was made in Z\u00fcrich on 5 February. The matches are two-legged affairs, and were played in the second and third weekend of June. Teams in bold below qualified for the World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193872-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 Qualification, Oceania\nThe Oceanian qualifying tournament, took place in Dural, Sydney from 22 May to 24 May 2006, immediately before the Pacific Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193872-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 Qualification, Oceania\nAustralia qualified for the world championships after defeating New Zealand 41\u201314 and the Cook Islands 63\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193873-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Modern Pentathlon Championships\nThe 2007 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Berlin, Germany from August 18 to August 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193874-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Mountain Running Trophy\nThe 2007 World Mountain Running Championships was the 23rd edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193875-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Music Awards\nThe 2007 World Music Awards (19th annual World Music Awards) was held November 4, 2007 in Monaco for the first time in several years. Awards were presented based on record sales rather than any vote. All proceeds from the evening were donated to the construction of a hospital in Darfur. The show was hosted by Julian McMahon. Performers included Nightwish, Akon, Amr Diab, Avril Lavigne, Cascada, Celine Dion, Ciara, Laura Pausini, Man\u00e1 and Rihanna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193875-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Music Awards, Official sponsor\nThis year's World Music Awards was sponsored by English fashion brand Belstaff, one of the best known companies in its field with many products appearing in Hollywood blockbuster movies including Mission: Impossible III, Ocean's Twelve and The Departed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193876-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Netball Championships\nThe 2007 World Netball Championships was the 12th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball co-ordinated by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA). Sixteen nations contested the title from 10 to the 17 November. It was held in the West part of Auckland, New Zealand. Forty-eight matches over 8 days were played in The Trusts Stadium, Waitakere. The event was broadcast to over half a dozen countries", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193876-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Netball Championships\nAustralia defended its eighth title to defeat the home side, New Zealand, 42\u201338.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193876-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Netball Championships, Withdrawal of hosting rights\nAfter seeing off competing bids from Australia and South Africa, Fiji was awarded the hosting rights for the 2007 World Netball Championships in November 2003. Fiji was the second Pacific nation selected to host the competition. New Zealand debuted the distinction having hosted in 1975 and followed in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193876-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Netball Championships, Withdrawal of hosting rights\nDuring eleven days from 10 July to 21 July 2007, 16 teams contested for the title. Hosting costs became an issue with a forecast of F$3 million. the International Netball Federation (INFA) noted in a press release that the economic gain is significant, as Jamaica's economy had benefited significantly from a commensurate influx of sports tourists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193876-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Netball Championships, Withdrawal of hosting rights\nIn December 2006, following months of tension, Commander Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama staged a military coup to unseat the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193876-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Netball Championships, Withdrawal of hosting rights\nAs a direct result of the coup and the political and economic uncertainty it created, on December 8, 2006 the IFNA withdrew Fiji's hosting rights for the 2007 edition. The popularity of netball was expected to have a significant impact in Fiji so withdrawal of hosting rights was a significant action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193876-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Netball Championships, Withdrawal of hosting rights\nIFNA announced a new host on December 23, 2006 that New Zealand, who last hosted the tournament in 1999 in Christchurch, would host the tournament during November 2007. It was undecided if Auckland or Christchurch would hold the tournament, as both cities have suitable facilities. But on 27 January it was decided that Auckland would be the host city for the 2007 competition .The matches would all be played at The Trusts Stadium, Waitakere from 10 to 17 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193876-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Netball Championships, Format\nThe tournament comprised 48 games, held over an 8-day period. Every team was guaranteed to play 6 games, and every team would be awarded a rank from 1 to 16 as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193876-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Netball Championships, Format, Pool Stage\nPoints are awarded as follows:\u2022 2 Points for a Win\u2022 1 Points for a Draw\u2022 0 Points for a LossIn the event of a tie, the result of the game between the tied teams would be decided who was ranked higher. Tie situations would be resolved in three tie-breaker scenarios:\u2022 The team with the superior Goal Average (Goals For/Goals Against) will be ranked highest. \u2022 If the Goal Average is identical, the team with the better Goal Difference will be ranked highest. \u2022 If the Goal Difference is identical, the team with the higher Goals For will be ranked highest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193876-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Netball Championships, Format, Section Games\nAfter the pool stages, the teams are divided into two sections. The top 2 qualifiers from each pool go into Section 1-8, and the bottom two go into Section 9-16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193876-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Netball Championships, Format, Section Games\nIn the sectional games, no draws are permitted, so Extra Time is played. Extra Time operates as follows:\u2022 Initially, extra time of two, seven minute halves will be played. \u2022 In the event of a tie remaining at the end of extra time, teams change ends without an interval and the game is restarted by the team entitled to the next centre pass. \u2022 Play will then continue until one team has a two-goal advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193877-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Orienteering Championships\nThe 2007 World Orienteering Championships, the 24th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Kyiv, Ukraine, 18 \u201326 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193877-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Orienteering Championships\nThe championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193878-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Port Tournament\nThe 2007 World Port Tournament was an international baseball competition held at the DOOR Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from August 2\u201312, 2007. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193878-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Port Tournament\nCuba won the tournament with a 2\u20130 victory over the Chinese Taipei in the championship game. Yosvani P\u00e9rez was named the tournament's most valuable player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193879-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Professional Billiards Championship\nThe 2007 World Professional Billiards Championship, the top international professional competition in English billiards, was held between 18 and 22 July 2007 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England. The 16 players were divided into four groups of four, with the top two in each group advancing into the knock-out round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193879-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Professional Billiards Championship\nMike Russell won his eighth World Professional Billiards Championship title, by defeating Chris Shutt 2166\u20131710 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193880-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Rally Championship\nThe 2007 World Rally Championship was the 35th season in the FIA World Rally Championship. The season began on 19 January, with the Monte Carlo Rally and ended on 2 December, with the Wales Rally GB. Citro\u00ebn's S\u00e9bastien Loeb won his fourth consecutive drivers' world championship ahead of Ford's Marcus Gr\u00f6nholm and Mikko Hirvonen. Ford took the manufacturers' title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193880-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes\nRemote service was introduced. Between two sets of stages, instead of returning to the main service location, cars are serviced in a remote location. The service duration is 15 minutes, only four mechanics are allowed and the only parts which can be changed (save for tires) are the ones carried in the car itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193880-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes\nSince 2006 manufacturer is understood to mean a manufacturer, a team designated by a manufacturer, or a privateer team taking part with a single make of car. In 2007 two categories were created to compete for the Manufacturer's championship, replacing the previous M1 and M2 categories:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193880-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Rally Championship, Calendar\nThe 2007 championship was contested over sixteen rounds in Europe, North America, Asia, South America and Oceania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193881-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships\nThe XXVIII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Patras, Greece, September 19\u201323, 2007, at the National Sports Centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193882-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Rowing Championships\nThe 2007 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 26 August to 2 September 2007 at Oberschlei\u00dfheim Regatta Course near Munich, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193883-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Sambo Championships\nThe 2007 World Sambo Championships was held in Prague, Czech Republic from 7 to 11 November 2007. This tournament hosted competition in Combat Sambo, and sport Sambo events. Also See 2010 World Sambo Championships, 2009 World Sambo Championships, 2008 World Sambo Championships, and the 2006 World Sambo Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193884-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Senior Curling Championships\nThe 2007 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 25 to 31 at the Thistle Curling Club in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Scotland won the men's event and Sweden the women's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193884-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Senior Curling Championships\nScotland's Keith Prentice rink won the men's event when Prentice \"made a pretty amazing shot\" by bumping back a buried Canadian stone on the button to score a point in the eighth and final end in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series\nThe 2007 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2007 season. The 103rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Colorado Rockies and the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox; the Red Sox swept the Rockies in four games. It was the Rockies' first appearance in a World Series. The Red Sox's victory was their second World Series championship in four seasons and their seventh overall; it also marked the third sweep in four years by the AL champions. The series began on Wednesday, October 24 and ended on Sunday, October 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series\nTerry Francona became the second Red Sox manager to win two World Series titles, following Bill Carrigan, who won the 1915 and 1916 World Series. Including the last three games of the AL Championship Series, the Red Sox outscored their opposition 59\u201315 over their final seven games. Francona also became the first manager to win his first 8 World Series games. The Rockies, meanwhile, became the first NL team to get swept in a World Series after sweeping the League Championship Series, and just the second team ever to suffer such a fate, following the Oakland Athletics in 1990. This fate would again be suffered by the 2012 Detroit Tigers, being swept by the San Francisco Giants in the World Series after sweeping the New York Yankees in the ALCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Background\nThe Rockies entered the Series having won 21 of their last 22 games, going back to the end of the regular season, including sweeps of the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS and the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLCS. They also beat the San Diego Padres in the NL Wild Card tie-breaker. The Red Sox swept the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS and defeated the Cleveland Indians in the ALCS after trailing three games to one, taking the final three contests by a combined score of 30\u20135. Neither participating team was in the previous year's postseason. The Rockies' eight-day layoff was the longest in MLB postseason history, caused by their sweep in the NLCS, the ALCS going seven games, and scheduling by MLB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Background\nPer the 2006 Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Red Sox had home-field advantage in the World Series following the American League's 5\u20134 win in the 2007 All-Star Game. The first two games took place in Boston, with games 3 and 4 in Denver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 1\nThe Red Sox cruised to a blowout win in Game\u00a01 behind ALCS MVP Josh Beckett, who struck out nine batters, including the first four he faced, over seven innings en route to his fourth win of the 2007 postseason. Mike Timlin and \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9 pitched a perfect eighth and ninth, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 1\nBoston Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski threw the ceremonial first pitch, as he had done before Game 1 in 2004. Rookie Dustin Pedroia led off the Sox' first inning with a home run over the Green Monster in Fenway Park off of Jeff Francis. Pedroia's homer was only the second lead-off home run to start a World Series (the only other one was hit by Baltimore's Don Buford in 1969). Kevin Youkilis then doubled to right, moved to third on David Ortiz's groundout, and scored on Manny Ramirez's single. After Mike Lowell flew out, Jason Varitek singled before J. D. Drew doubled to score Ramirez and make it 3-0 Red Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 1\nThe Rockies got on the board in the second when Garrett Atkins doubled with one out off Beckett and scored on Troy Tulowitzki's double one out later, but the Red Sox got that run back off of Francis when Youkilis walked with two outs and scored on Ortiz's double. In the fourth, the Red Sox loaded the bases with two outs on a single, double, and intentional walk when Varitek's two-run double put them up 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 1\nThey put the game out of reach with seven runs in the fifth. Julio Lugo hit a leadoff single off of reliever Franklin Morales before Jacoby Ellsbury bunted into a forceout at second. After Pedroia popped out, a balk moved Ellsbury to second before he scored on Youkilis's double. Ortiz's double and Ramirez's single scored a run each. The Red Sox loaded the bases on a double and walk before Drew's single scored another run. Ryan Speier relieved Morales and walked all three batters he faced to force in three more Boston runs. Matt Herges relieved Speier and got Youkilis to fly out to right to end the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 1\nThough Herges and two relievers held Boston scoreless for the rest of the game, the Red Sox finished with 13 runs, the most ever in a World Series Game\u00a01, and tied another record with nine extra base hits. The last 11 of the Red Sox runs came with two outs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 2\nThe ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Andrew Madden, a 13-year-old heart transplant recipient, accompanied by Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame member Dwight Evans. After the debacle of Game\u00a01, Colorado appeared to return to form, scoring quickly on a groundout by Todd Helton with runners on second and third in the first. However, this would be the only time the Rockies ever led in the series as postseason veteran Curt Schilling (5+1\u20443 IP, one run, four hits) and Boston's bullpen (Okajima, 2+1\u20443 IP; Papelbon, 1+1\u20443 IP) allowed no other runs in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 2\nThe Red Sox tied the game in the fourth off of Ubaldo Jimenez on Jason Varitek's sacrifice fly with runners on second and third, then took the lead next inning on Mike Lowell's RBI double with runners on first and second. Matt Holliday had four of Colorado's five hits in Game\u00a02, including a base hit off Papelbon with two outs in the eighth. Before throwing another pitch, Papelbon caught Holliday leaning too far off first base and picked him off\u2014Papelbon's first career pickoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 3\nThis was the first World Series game ever played in Colorado. At 4 hours 19 minutes, it became the longest nine-inning game in World Series history until game five of 2017. Game\u00a03 was also the 600th World Series game ever played. Starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched five innings of scoreless ball and left in the sixth with no runs allowed. The Red Sox struck first with a six-run third inning. Rookie Jacoby Ellsbury hit a leadoff double, moved to third on Dustin Pedroia's single, and scored on David Ortiz's double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 3\nAfter Manny Ramirez was intentionally walked, Mike Lowell's single scored two more runs. J. D. Drew popped out before Ramirez was thrown out at home on Jason Varitek's single with Lowell advancing to third. After Julio Lugo walked to load the bases, Matsuzaka hit a two-run single for his first base hit and RBI in the Major Leagues. Ellsbury capped the scoring with his second double of the inning to knock Colorado starter Josh Fogg out of the game. The Rockies' bats came to life in the sixth and seventh innings against a normally-solid but now-shaky Boston bullpen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 3\nAfter Matsuzaka walked two straight in the sixth with one out, reliever Javier L\u00f3pez allowed back-to-back RBI singles to Brad Hawpe and Yorvit Torrealba. Mike Timlin allowed two straight leadoff singles in the seventh before NLCS MVP Matt Holliday brought the Rockies to within one run with a three-run home run off Hideki Okajima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0010-0003", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 3\nBrian Fuentes gave back those runs in the eighth by walking Lugo with one out and allowing a subsequent single to Coco Crisp before Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia, who had four and three hits, respectively, on the night (the first time in World Series history two rookies had at least three hits in a game) hit back-to-back RBI doubles, raising Boston's lead to 9\u20135. Jonathan Papelbon came on for a four-out save, getting Holliday to fly out on one pitch, leaving runners on first and second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0010-0004", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 3\nJason Varitek would tack on Boston's tenth run in the top of the ninth off of LaTroy Hawkins with a sacrifice fly, scoring Mike Lowell who, not generally considered a stolen base threat, had just stolen third base\u2014the first time a Red Sox baserunner stole third base in the World Series since 1975\u2014after hitting a leadoff single and moving to second on a sacrifice bunt. Papelbon came back out in the bottom of the ninth to complete the save, getting the first two outs before surrendering a two-out triple to Brad Hawpe, then finishing the game with a groundout from Yorvit Torrealba. The Red Sox took Game\u00a03 by a final score of 10\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 3\nThe Red Sox continued to set World Series records during Game\u00a03:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 4\nThe Red Sox struck early. Rookie Jacoby Ellsbury began the first inning with a double and was advanced by Dustin Pedroia with a groundout, followed by an RBI single from David Ortiz. In the seventh inning, series MVP Mike Lowell hit a home run to give Boston a 3\u20130 lead and knock starter Aaron Cook out of the game. Lowell also hit a leadoff double in the fifth and scored on Jason Varitek's single. The Colorado offense answered when left fielder Brad Hawpe hit a home run off of a Manny Delcarmen fastball, bringing the Rockies within two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 4\nRelief pitcher Brian Fuentes gave back that run abruptly, allowing Boston pinch-hitter Bobby Kielty to hit a ball into the left field stands on the first pitch of the inning, extending the Red Sox lead to 4\u20131. In the bottom of the inning Boston pitcher Hideki Okajima allowed a one-out single to Todd Helton followed by a Garrett Atkins two-run home run, bringing the Rockies within one. Jonathan Papelbon relieved Okajima and earned his third save of the series. At 12:06\u00a0a.m. EDT on Monday, October 29, Papelbon struck out Colorado pinch hitter Seth Smith for the final out of the 2007 season. Boston had won its second World Series title in four years and seventh all-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Matchups, Game 4\nThe Rockies became the third team in Series history (the 1937 Yankees and 1966 Orioles were the others) not to commit an error in a World Series of any length.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Composite line score\n2007 World Series (4\u20130): Boston Red Sox (A.L.) beat Colorado Rockies (N.L. ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Ticket controversy\nOn October 17, 2007, a week before the first game of the World Series, the Colorado Rockies announced that tickets would be made available to the general public via online sales only, despite prior arrangements to sell the tickets at local retail outlets. Five days later, California-based ticket vendor Paciolan, Inc., the sole contractor authorized by the Colorado Rockies to distribute tickets, was forced to suspend sales after less than an hour due to an exorbitant number of purchase attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Ticket controversy\nThe Rockies organization said that they were the victims of a denial-of-service attack. The FBI started its own investigation into these claims. Ticket sales resumed the next day, with all three home games selling out within 2+1\u20442 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Ticket controversy\nThe Red Sox also relied primarily on online sales to sell the game tickets, although some Fenway Park tickets were sold on the phone and at the box office. The Sox held a random drawing for the right to buy post season tickets on October 15, and winners bought tickets at a private online sale. Street prices were lower in Boston this time than in 2004: the average price, according to StubHub, was about $1500 in 2007, down about $300 from three years previously. Some Sox fans found that it was cheaper to travel to Denver to see World Series games than to pay the street price for Boston game tickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Celebration\nWhile the celebratory crowd at Kenmore Square was not as unruly as in 2004, cars were overturned and 37 arrests were made. The Red Sox victory parade, yet again in duck boats and called a \"Rolling Rally\" as in 2004, was on October 30, 2007 with closer Jonathan Papelbon doing his infamous \"Riverdance\" while local punk band the Dropkick Murphys played their hit \"I'm Shipping Up to Boston\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Celebration\nThe Red Sox World Series win in 2007 continued the success of Boston-area teams in recent years. The Celtics won their 17th championship, their first championship since 1986, the last time the Red Sox lost in the World Series, 7+1\u20442 months later. Furthermore, the New England Patriots had victories in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016 and 2018, the Boston Bruins in 2011, and the Red Sox three years earlier in 2004 and six years later in 2013 and five years after that in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Broadcasting\nThe World Series was televised by Fox in the United States, with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver as booth announcers. The starting time for each television broadcast was 8:00 pm EDT (6:00 pm MDT). The series broke with the recent tradition of starting the World Series on a Saturday, as Major League Baseball had become convinced that weekend games drew lower television ratings. Prior to this season, every World Series since 1985 had opened on a Saturday, with the exception of the 1990 World Series. This was the first World Series to start on a Wednesday since 1968.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Broadcasting\nRogers Sportsnet (RSN) in Canada used the MLB International feed with Dave O'Brien and Rick Sutcliffe as booth announcers. NASN showed the games live to most of Europe, while in the UK, all games were shown terrestrially on Five. NHK aired the Series in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193885-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series, Broadcasting\nOn radio, the Series was broadcast nationally by ESPN Radio, with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan announcing. Locally, Joe Castiglione and Glenn Geffner called the Series for the Red Sox on WRKO in Boston, while Jack Corrigan and Jeff Kingery called it for the Rockies on KOA in Denver. Per contractual obligation, the non-flagship stations on the teams' radio networks carried the ESPN Radio broadcasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193886-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series by Renault\nThe 2007 World Series by Renault was the third season of Renault Sport's series of events, with three different championships racing under one banner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker\nThe 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 1st, 2007. The $10,000 (US) no-limit Texas hold 'em Main Event began on July 6th and was completed on the morning of July 18th. All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada by Harrah's Entertainment, which has run the annual event since its purchase from the Binion family in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker\nFor the first time players began each event with double the amount of chips as the buy-in. This means that players in the Main Event started with 20,000 chips. The blind structure has also been increased and some blind levels removed but slowed to allow for more play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker\nIn addition to the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, which was first played at the 2006 World Series of Poker, this year there were 2 additional H.O.R.S.E. events with lower buy-ins ($2,500 and $5,000).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker\nTom Schneider, who won 2 events and made 1 other final table, won the Player of the Year Award. Michael Binger and Chad Brown led all other players with eight money finishes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker\nThe annual celebrity event was changed this year, as it became a pro and celeb event called \"Ante Up for Africa\", hosted by actor Don Cheadle and poker pro Annie Duke. The final two players, Dan Shak and Brandon Moran, agreed to share first place and donate all prize money to charities in Darfur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker\nThe last woman standing of the 2007 Main Event was Maria Ho who finished in 38th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker\nAlso this year, KEM Plastic Playing Cards were once again used for the events, rather than Copag brand plastic playing cards, which were used during the 2005 and 2006 World Series of Poker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nThe $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 6 with the first of four separate starting days. 6,358 players entered, 2,415 fewer than in 2006. This is the first time since 1992 that the Main Event experienced a reduction in participants. As the total number of registrants for the 2007 WSOP set a record at 54,288 with a total prize pool of $159,796,918 ($59,784,954 for the Main Event), the decrease in the number of participants in the Main Event has been attributed to a recent law that limits Internet gambling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nAs a result of this law, Harrah's did not allow online poker websites to directly purchase Main Event seats and offer them as prizes, if the sites conducted business with US citizens. Online entries to the Main Event that were won as prizes on Internet poker sites were a substantial contributor to the dramatic growth the Main Event seen in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The reduced field also meant a  nearly one-third reduction in the Main Event's grand prize, from the record $12 million (US) in 2006 to $8.25 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nA flatter payout structure was introduced in 2007 further reducing the prize money awarded to the final table finishers. Players who busted early in the money received a larger share than they would have in 2006. The lowest payouts in 2007 were $20,320 (just over double the buyin), as compared to $14,597 in 2006. Every player who made the final table in 2006 won over 1.5 million dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nA minor controversy arose during the main event. The colors of the chips made it very difficult to differentiate between the chip values. Pokernews.com posted the following note on its live reporting log, \"It has literally been impossible for us to count these players' stacks due to the positioning of the cameras and the incredibly similar colors of the various chip denominations.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nPokernews also reported that the chip color has affected play, \"Because of the similarly-colored chips it took the dealer some time to count down Kluber's stack, and not long after Rahme began thinking about his response Kluber called the clock on him.\" Other players have complained that they can't count their opponents stacks and fear asking for a chip count as speaking may reveal the strength of their hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final table\n*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2007 Main Event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other notable high finishes\nNB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193887-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Europe\nUnder the leadership of WSOP commissioner, Jeffrey Pollack, the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion of the World Series of Poker. In September 2007, the first WSOP championship events outside of Las Vegas took place in London. It was the first time that WSOP bracelets were awarded outside of Las Vegas. Three tournaments were held, with the main event being a \u00a310,000 buy-in no-limit hold 'em tournament. The main event was won by Norwegian online prodigy Annette Obrestad, who won on the day before her 19th birthday and became the youngest person ever to win a WSOP bracelet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193888-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker Europe\nThe World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, participants have had to travel to Las Vegas if they wanted to compete in the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Although the WSOP held circuit events in other locations, the main tournaments, which awarded bracelets to the winners, were exclusively held in Las Vegas. The inaugural WSOPE, held in 2007, marked the first time that a WSOP bracelet was awarded outside Las Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193888-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker Europe\nIn 2004, Harrah's Casinos purchased the rights to the WSOP label. Harrah's later purchased London Clubs International (LCI). LCI operates three casinos in the London area: Fifty, Leicester Square, and The Sportsman. After the purchase of these casinos, Harrah's decided to expand its WSOP label into Europe. European casinos typically have a different environment than those in the U.S. Jeffrey Pollack, the WSOP Commissioner, indicated that the WSOPE would have a \"style and flair that is both unique and appropriate to the setting. So don't be surprised if we require participants to wear blazers at the tables. If James Bond were hosting a poker tournament it may look like the World Series of Poker Europe.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193888-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker Europe\nIn marketing the WSOPE, Harrah's Casino did not rely upon the reputation of Harrah's or the WSOP alone. On July 5, 2007, Harrah's announced its alliance with England-based Betfair, one of the largest online gaming companies in the world. The agreement builds on Betfair's European reputation in advertising the WSOPE while creating the largest agreement between a web-based and brick-and-mortar casinos. Due to changes in U.S. laws, effective in 2007, the WSOP could no longer accept money from online gambling companies. This prevented the WSOP from acknowledging WSOP qualifiers from online events. The WSOPE is not bound by this limitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193888-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker Europe\nThe United Kingdom Gambling Act of 2005 allows for legal regulated online poker sites. Furthermore, as the laws that govern the age of gambling differ in England than the U.S., the WSOPE admits younger players. In 2007, four of the five finalists at the first event of the WSOPE had won bracelets. Thomas Bihl, however, outlasted each of them to claim the first-ever WSOPE bracelet. No previous bracelet winners played at the second final table; Dario Alioto won the bracelet. Annette \"Annette_15\" Obrestad, became the youngest player to win a WSOP bracelet event at 18 years and 364 days old in the final event of the tournament. As of 2016, Obrestad's record still stands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results\nThe 2007 World Series of Poker was the 38th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series featured 55 poker championships in several variants. As a WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners receive a championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money. The series culminates with the $10,000\u00a0No-Limit hold'em \"Main Event\", which has attracted thousands of entrants since 2004. The winner of the WSOP Main Event, who wins a multimillion-dollar prize, is considered to be the World Champion of Poker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results\nMost of the tournaments played at the WSOP are variants of Texas hold'em, a game where each player may use a combination of the five community cards and two hole cards to make the best hand. Another poker variant with community cards is Omaha,  in which each player is dealt four hole cards and must use two of them in conjunction with three of the five community cards to make the best possible five-card hand. In contrast to games with community cards, some variants, such as stud or draw, deal each player separate hands with no common cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results\nSeven-card stud deals each player two hole cards, followed by four face-up cards one at a time, and then another hidden card, with betting after each round. Other games played at the 2007 tournament included Razz, H.O.R.S.E., and Deuce-to-Seven. Prior to 2000, seven-card stud was the most common game in U.S. casinos, but today hold'em has almost totally eclipsed the once popular game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results\nWithin each of these poker variants, a myriad of options exist. For example, depending on the betting structure, a tournament might be described as no-limit, limit, or pot-limit. Games may include other variations on the rules governing the execution of the specific game such as shootout, eight or better, or heads up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results\nWith 54,288 total entries and a combined prize pool of $159,796,918, the 2007 WSOP was the largest series of poker tournaments ever. For many, winning a share of the prize pool was all that mattered, while others sought the glory associated with winning a bracelet. This dichotomy could not have been illustrated better than a deal negotiated at the Senior Championship event. Tony Korfman wanted the money while Ernest Bennett wanted the glory. Rather than leave their fates to chance, the two of them ensured they got what they wanted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results\nIn exchange for splitting the prize money, Korfman agreed to let Bennett win the bracelet. After winning $8.25\u00a0million in the Main Event, Jerry Yang and his wife retired. \"My winning today also means a lot to me, because I know that I can use this money to do a lot of good for other people out there,\" Yang said before donating over a million dollars to charity. Upon winning his record eleventh bracelet, Phil Hellmuth said, \"the bracelets have always been a really huge deal, to me more than the other guys, because I knew that they represented history.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results\nAge and disability was another story line of the 2007 WSOP. At 21 years and 10 days old, Steve Billirakis became the youngest person to ever win a WSOP bracelet. At the other end of the spectrum, 94-year-old Jack Ury was the oldest person to ever participate in the Main Event. Hal Lubarsky, a blind man, finished in 197th place at the Main Event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 1: $5,000 World Championship Mixed hold'em Limit/No-Limit\nThis event kicked off the 2007 WSOP. It was a $5,000 buy-in Mixed (alternating between limit and no-limit) Texas Hold'em tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 108], "content_span": [109, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 2: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em\nThis was a $500 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 3: $1,500 No-Limit Hold\u2019em\nEvent 3 was the largest non-Main Event live tournament in history. This record, however, would be short lived as event 49 would break that record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 9: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better\nNinth-place finisher Richard Ashby was eliminated simultaneously along with Ron Ware (10th place) on the final hand of day, 2 by Jordan Morgan. Therefore, he never appeared at the official final table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)\nThis event was played in a shorthanded format, no more than six players per table, with no more than six players occupying a table at any time during the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 89], "content_span": [90, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 15: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em\nPhil Hellmuth won his eleventh WSOP bracelet, the most of any player. He was previously one of three players with ten bracelets the others being Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 16: $2,500 H.O.R.S.E.\nRazz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low (lowball poker). The object of Razz is to make the lowest five-card possible hand from the seven cards you are dealt. In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against you for low, and the ace always plays low. The best possible Razz hand is 5-4-3-2-A, or 5 high, also known as \"the wheel\" or \"the bicycle\". Deuce-to-seven Razz is also sometimes played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 17: $1,000 World Championship Ladies No-Limit Hold'em\nThe 1,286 entrants made this the largest ladies only tournament ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 104], "content_span": [105, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 18: $5,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em\nLike David Williams, Gabriel Nassif was first known for competing  Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 94], "content_span": [95, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 31: $5,000 World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em\n\"SF\" denotes players who lost in the semifinal round of the tournament and \"QF\" denotes players who lost in the quarterfinal round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 106], "content_span": [107, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 39: $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.\nThe $7.1 million prize pool and $2.2 million prize were the largest prizes in poker history for a non-Main WSOP event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 41: $1,000 World Championship Seniors No-Limit Hold'em\nBennett and Korfman made a deal before heads-up play began. Korfman agreed to let Bennett win the title uncontested if Bennett agreed to split the prize money. They split the cash evenly with each taking home roughly $293,000. With 1,882 entrants over the age of 55, this was the largest Senior's event ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 105], "content_span": [106, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em\nThis event set a World Series of Poker non-main event and live poker attendance record with 3,151 entries breaking the previous record of 2,998 set earlier in the third event of the 2007 WSOP. At the time it was also the third-highest entry total in all live Poker events behind just the 2006 and 2005 main events which had 8,773 and 5,619 entrants respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193889-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 55: $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em\nAs the final event, in which the \"World Champion of Poker\" is crowned, this is considered the \"Main Event\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 98], "content_span": [99, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193890-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2007 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 9 and 11 March 2007 in Milan, Italy. The World Championships were organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193890-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Men\n* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193890-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Women\n* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193891-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Shotgun Championships\nThe 2007 ISSF World Shotgun Championships were held in Nicosia, Cyprus, from September 3 to September 9, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193892-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between March 8 and March 11, 2007, in the Utah Olympic Oval. Twelve events were held, and world records were broken in five events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193893-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Snooker Championship\nThe 2007 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2007 888.com World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was scheduled to take place from 21 April through 7 May 2007, but continued into the early hours of 8 May 2007, ending at 12:54 am BST. The final broke the record of the time for the latest finish in a World Snooker Championship final, narrowly beating the 2006 final by two minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193893-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Snooker Championship\nGraeme Dott was the defending champion, but lost in the first round 7\u201310 to Ian McCulloch and became another World Champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193893-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Snooker Championship\nJohn Higgins won his second World title by defeating qualifier Mark Selby 18\u201313 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by online casino 888.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193893-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Snooker Championship, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193893-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Snooker Championship, Main draw\nShown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers). The first round draw was done by presenters Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams of BBC Breakfast on 19 March and it was announced on Breakfast at 7.30\u00a0am\u00a0BST the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193893-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Snooker Championship, Preliminary qualifying\nThe preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament took place in Pontin's Prestatyn, Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193893-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying\nQualifying for the 2007 World Snooker Championship, was held between 23 February to 2 March 2007 at Pontin's, Prestatyn, Wales. The final qualifying round took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield between the 12\u201315 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193893-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Televised stage centuries\nThere were 68 centuries scored in the televised stage of the 2007 championship, which was joint equal highest in the history of the tournament (with the tournament held in 2002) until 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193894-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Snowshoe Championships\nThe 2007 World Snowshoe Championships was the 2nd edition of the global snowshoe running competition, World Snowshoe Championships, organised by the World Snowshoe Federation and took place in Schladming, Dachstein Glacier on 6 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193894-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Snowshoe Championships, Results\nThe race Dachstein Xtreme, held on the distance of 11 km, has compiled two different ranking (male and female) overall, it was the mass start system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193895-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Vikingskipet, Hamar, on 20\u201321 January 2007. They were the 36th World Championships, and it was the third time the Championships were held in Hamar. Several of the world's top skaters, including the top two from the 2006 men's and women's standings, did not take part in the competition, while Lee Kang-seok (men), Lee Sang-hwa and Wang Beixing (women), all among the top three in the 500 meter World Cup rankings, did not take part as they are competing in other colliding tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193895-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships\nThree-time world allround champion Anni Friesinger entered for the second time, after winning silver in 2004, and won gold by more than one samalog point, the greatest margin of victory since Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt's last title in 2003. She thus became the fourth woman to become world champion in both allround and sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193895-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships\nConversely, the men's competition was the closest since Bae Ki-tae won South Korea's first title, in 1990. The men's title went to a Korean for the third time in the tournament's history. Finland's Pekka Koskela led the tournament until two laps remained of the 1000 metres, but despite skating a better last lap than Lee he finished 0.065 points behind the Korean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193895-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Rules\nAll participating skaters are allowed to skate the two 500 meters and two 1000 meters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193896-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships\nThe 2007 World Table Tennis Championships was a table tennis tournament that took place in Zagreb, Croatia from May 21 through to May 27, 2007. China won a clean sweep of all the gold and silver medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193896-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's Singles\nWang Liqin def. Ma Lin, 4-3: 4-11, 8-11, 11-5, 4-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193896-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's Singles\nGuo Yue def. Li Xiaoxia, 4-3: 8-11, 11-7, 4-11, 2-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-8", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193896-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles\nChen Qi / Ma Lin def. Wang Hao / Wang Liqin, 4-2: 6-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193896-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles\nWang Nan / Zhang Yining def. Guo Yue / Li Xiaoxia, 4-0: 11-5, 11-6, 13-11, 11-9", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193896-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Mixed Doubles\nWang Liqin / Guo Yue def. Ma Lin / Wang Nan, 4-2: 13-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193897-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nThe 2007 World Table Tennis Championships, Men's Doubles was the 49th edition of the men's doubles championship. The event took place in Zagreb, Croatia between May 21 and May 27, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193897-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nChen Qi and Ma Lin won the title after defeating Wang Hao and Wang Liqin in the final by four sets to two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193898-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nThe 2007 World Table Tennis Championships, Men's Singles event took place in Zagreb, Croatia between 21 and 27 May 2007. The tournament was won by Wang Liqin of China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193899-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nThe 2007 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles was the 49th edition of the mixed doubles championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193899-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nWang Liqin and Guo Yue defeated Ma Lin and Wang Nan in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193900-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nThe 2007 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles was the 48th edition of the women's doubles championship. Zhang Yining and Wang Nan defeated Li Xiaoxia and Guo Yue in the final by four sets to nil, to record their third consecutive title and Wang Nan's fifth consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193901-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nThe 2007 World Table Tennis Championships,  Women's Singles event took place in Zagreb, Croatia between May 21 and May 27, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193902-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Taekwondo Championships\nThe 2007 World Taekwondo Championships were the 18th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Beijing, China from May 18 to May 22, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193903-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe 2007 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings is the 2007 edition of the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings. It is an assessment of racehorses which was issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) in January 2008. It includes horses aged three or older which raced or were trained during 2007 in countries where the flat racing year runs from January 1 to December 31. These countries are generally in the Northern Hemisphere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193903-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe ratings represent a weight value in pounds, with higher values given to horses which showed greater ability. It is judged that these weights would equalize the abilities of the horses if carried in a theoretical handicap race. The list includes all horses rated 115 or above, and it also shows the surface and the distances at which the rating was achieved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193903-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe highest rating in the 2007 season was 131, which was given to the performance of Manduro in the Prince of Wales's Stakes. In total, 212 horses were included in the list, 32 more than in the 2006 Rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193903-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Full rankings for 2007\nCertain horses may have also recorded a lesser rating over a distance different from that listed above. The IFHA publishes this information when the lower rating represents the overall top performance in a particular category. There were three such additional ratings for this season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193903-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Top ranked horses\nThe tables below show the top ranked horses overall, the top fillies and mares, and the top three-year-olds in the 2007 Rankings. They also show the top performers in various subdivisions of each group, which are defined by the distances of races, and the surfaces on which they are run. The IFHA recognizes five distance categories \u2014 Sprint, Mile, Intermediate, Long and Extended \u2014 identified by the acronym \"SMILE\". These are framed as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship\nThe 2007 World Touring Car Championship season was the 4th season of FIA World Touring Car Championship motor racing. The championship, which commenced on 11 March and ended on 18 November, after twenty-two races, was open to Super 2000 Cars, Diesel 2000 Cars and Super Production Cars  as defined by the relevant FIA regulations. The Drivers' Championship was won by Andy Priaulx and the Manufacturers' Championship by BMW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers contested the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nEntering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar\nA provisional calendar was released on 15 January 2007.. On 27 February 2007, the FIA announced that the 13th and 14th races of the series originally scheduled to be run in Istanbul would instead take place at the Anderstorp circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar\nEach race weekend featured two races of 50 kilometres each (similar to Superbike World Championship race format). If the safety car was deployed during a race, the first two laps under it were not counted towards the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar\nThe starting grid order for the first race of each weekend was determined by the results of qualifying and the race began with a rolling start. The second race grid order was determined by the results of the first race with the top eight positions reversed. The second race began with a standing start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship\n\u2020 \u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship\nPoint system: 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 for top eight finishers in each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship\nDrivers with 0 points were not classified in official championship results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship\n* Phillip Geipel, Robert Dahlgren, Colin Turkington and David Louie were not eligible to score championship points. Thus, 9th-place finishers scored points in the Race 2 of Sweden, Race 1 & 2 of the United Kingdom and Race 2 of Macau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Yokohama Independents' Trophy\nChampionship promoter KSO organised the Yokohama Independents\u2019 Trophies within the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 100], "content_span": [101, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Yokohama Independents' Trophy\nDrivers were awarded points towards the Independents' Trophy in the first twenty rounds on a 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents. Points were awarded in the final two rounds on a 20-16-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 100], "content_span": [101, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193904-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Manufacturers' Championship\nPoints were awarded on a 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 basis in each race but only to the top two placegetters from each manufacturer. All the other cars of that same manufacturer were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 98], "content_span": [99, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193905-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships\nThe Royal World Weightlifting Championships 2007 were held at the 700th Anniversary Sports Complex in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The event took place from September 17 to September 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193905-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table\nRanking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193906-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's +105 kg\nThe men's competition in +105\u00a0kg division was staged on September 25\u201326, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193906-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's +105 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193907-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 105 kg\nThe men's competition in 105\u00a0kg division was staged on September 24\u201325, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193907-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 105 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 62], "content_span": [63, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193908-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 56 kg\nThe men's competition in the bantamweight (56\u00a0kg) division was staged on September 17\u201318, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193908-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 56 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193909-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 62 kg\nThe men's competition in 62\u00a0kg division was staged on September 18\u201319, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193909-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 62 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193910-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 69 kg\nThe men's competition in 69\u00a0kg division was staged on September 18\u201319, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193910-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 69 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193911-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 77 kg\nThe men's competition in 77\u00a0kg division was staged on September 20\u201321, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193911-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 77 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193912-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 85 kg\nThe men's competition in 85\u00a0kg division was staged on September 21\u201322, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193912-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 85 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193913-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 94 kg\nThe men's competition in 94\u00a0kg division was staged on September 22\u201323, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193913-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 94 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193914-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's +75 kg\nThe women's competition in 75\u00a0kg division was staged on September 25\u201326, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193914-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's +75 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193915-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 48 kg\nThe women's competition in 48\u00a0kg division was staged on September 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193915-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 48 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193916-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 53 kg\nThe women's competition in 53\u00a0kg division was staged on September 19\u201320, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193916-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 53 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193917-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 58 kg\nThe women's competition in 58\u00a0kg division was staged on September 21\u201322, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193917-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 58 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193918-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 63 kg\nThe women's competition in 63\u00a0kg division was staged on September 22\u201323, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193918-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 63 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193919-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 69 kg\nThe women's competition in 69\u00a0kg division was staged on September 24, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193919-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 69 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193920-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 75 kg\nThe women's competition in 75\u00a0kg division was staged on September 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193920-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 75 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship\nThe 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 17 to 24 at the Sollefte\u00e5 Curling Club in Sollefte\u00e5, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Qualification, Qualification event\nTwo teams outside of the top finishers, Russia and Japan, qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2007 in Inverness, Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 78], "content_span": [79, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Gerry AustgardenSecond: Gary CormackLead: Sonja GaudetAlternate: Ina ForrestCoach: Joe Rea", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Sussie PedersenSecond: J\u00f8rn KristensenLead: Ingerlise JensenAlternate: Bjarne JensenCoach: Per Christensen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Katsuo IchikawaSecond: Takashi HidaiLead: Ayako SaitohAlternate: Seiji UchidaCoach: Kumiko Ogihara", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Geir Arne SkogstadSecond: Jostein StordahlLead: Lene TystadAlternate: Trine FissumCoach: Thoralf Hognestad", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Andrey SmirnovSecond: Valeriy ChepilkoLead: Oxana SlesarenkoAlternate: Victor ErshovCoach: Oleg Narinyan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Aileen NeilsonSecond: James SellarLead: Angie MaloneAlternate: James ElliottCoach: Archie Bogie", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Kim Myung-jinSecond: Cho Yang-hyunLead: Kang Mi-sukAlternate: Ham Dong-heeCoach: Kim Chang-gyu", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Kenneth NilssonSecond: Gert ErlandssonLead: Anna HammarlindAlternate: Kristina UlanderCoach: Mikael L\u00f6fvenius", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Erwin LauperSecond: Cesare CassaniLead: Madeleine WildiAlternate: Claudia TosseCoach: Nadia R\u00f6thlisberger-Raspe", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193921-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Augusto PerezSecond: James JosephLead: Danelle LibbyAlternate: Mark TaylorCoach: James Griebsch", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193922-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship \u2013 Qualification Event\nThe qualification event for the 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from November 8 to 12, 2006 at the Braehead Curling Rink in Braehead, Scotland. The event's two top finishers, Russia and Japan, both qualified to participate in the 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. The two qualification spots were given to the top two teams at the conclusion of the round robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193922-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship \u2013 Qualification Event, Teams\nThird: Rumen PanayotovSecond: Svetozar KirovLead: Neli SabevaAlternate: Petio ZaberskyCoach: Lubomir Velinov", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 71], "content_span": [72, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193922-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship \u2013 Qualification Event, Teams\nThird: Dave QuarrieSecond: Rosemary LentonLead: Valerie RobertsonAlternate: George WindramCoach: Joan Reed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 71], "content_span": [72, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193922-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship \u2013 Qualification Event, Teams\nThird: J\u00fcrgen SommerSecond: Jens G\u00e4belLead: Inge WenzlerAlternate: Christian ConradCoach: Bernd Weisser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 71], "content_span": [72, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193922-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship \u2013 Qualification Event, Teams\nThird: Egidio MarcheseSecond: Emanuele SpelorziLead: Laura ArnanaschiAlternate: Gabriele DallapiccolaCoach: Mauro Maino", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 71], "content_span": [72, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193922-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship \u2013 Qualification Event, Teams\nThird: Katsuo IchikawaSecond: Takashi HidaiLead: Ayako SaitohAlternate: Seiji UchidaCoach: Kumiko Ogihara", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 71], "content_span": [72, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193922-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship \u2013 Qualification Event, Teams\nThird: Arkadiusz PawlowskiSecond: Ireneusz JonskiLead: Magdalena KarlewskaAlternate: Katarzyna BielawskaCoach: Andrzej Smak", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 71], "content_span": [72, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193922-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship \u2013 Qualification Event, Teams\nThird: Andrey SmirnovSecond: Oxana SlesarenkoLead: Nikolay MelnikovAlternate: Valeriy ChepilkoCoach: Vladimir Zubkov", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 71], "content_span": [72, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193922-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship \u2013 Qualification Event, Teams\nThird: Clark ShielsSecond: Peter KnapperLead: Marion HarrisonAlternate: Allan YoungCoach: John Stone", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 71], "content_span": [72, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship\nThe 2007 World Women's Curling Championship was held in Aomori, Aomori, Japan from March 17\u201325, 2007. It was the first world curling championship (men's or women's) to be held in Asia. Team Canada skipped by Kelly Scott won 8-4 over Denmark's Angelina Jensen in gold medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Kelly Scott Third: Jeanna Schraeder Second: Sasha Carter Lead: Renee Simons Alternate: Michelle Allen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nFourth: Liu Yin Skip: Wang Bingyu Second: Yue Qingshuang Lead: Zhou Yan Alternate: Sun Yue", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Hana Syn\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 Third: Lenka Danielisov\u00e1 Second: Lenka Ku\u010derov\u00e1 Lead: Karolina Pilarova Alternate: Michala Souhradov\u00e1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nFourth: Madeleine Dupont Third: Denise Dupont Skip: Angelina Jensen Lead: Camilla Jensen Alternate: Ane Hansen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Andrea Sch\u00f6pp Third: Monika Wagner Second: Anna Hartelt Lead: Marie Rotter Alternate: Theresa Wallner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Diana Gaspari Third: Giulia Lacedelli Second: Giorgia Apollonio Lead: Violetta Caldart Alternate: Elettra De Col", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Moe Meguro Third: Mari Motohashi Second: Mayo Yamaura Lead: Sakurako Terada Alternate: Asuka Yogo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Ludmila Privivkova Third: Olga Jarkova Second: Nkeiruka Ezekh Lead: Ekaterina Galkina Alternate: Margarita Fomina", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Kelly Wood Third: Jackie Lockhart Second: Lorna Vevers Lead: Lindsay Wood Alternate: Karen Addison", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Anette Norberg Third: Eva Lund Second: Cathrine Lindahl Lead: Anna Sv\u00e4rd Alternate: Ulrika Bergman", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Silvana Tirinzoni Third: Esther Neuenschwander Second: Anna Neuenschwander Lead: Sandra Attinger Alternate: Mirjam Ott", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193923-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Debbie McCormick Third: Allison Pottinger Second: Nicole Joraanstad Lead: Natalie Nicholson Alternate: Maureen Brunt", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193924-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Handball Championship\nThe 2007 World Women's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). France hosted the event from 2\u201316 December 2007. A total of 24 teams participated in the tournament. Russia successfully contested Norway in the final, regaining the title after having lost it at the 2005 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193924-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Handball Championship, Preliminary round\nThe draw for the preliminary round took place in Paris on 20 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193924-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Handball Championship, Ranking and Statistics, Final Ranking\nInna Suslina, Polina Vyakhireva, Irina Poltoratskaya, Oxana Romenskaya, Liudmila Postnova, Anna Kareeva, Ekaterina Andryushina, Yana Uskova, Yelena Polenova, Emilia Turey, Natalia Shipilova, Maria Sidorova, Olga Levina, Nadezhda Muravyeva, Elena Dmitrieva and Irina Bliznova. Head Coach: Evgeny Trefilov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193925-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Handball Championship squads\nThe following squads and players competed in the World Women's Handball Championship in 2007 in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193926-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Snooker Championship\nThe 2007 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament played in the United Kingdom in 2007. Defending champion Reanne Evans beat Katie Henrick 5\u20133 in the final to win her third world title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193926-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary\nReanne Evans was the reigning champion, having won the 2006 World Women's Snooker Championship. The 2007 tournament was played at the Cambridge Snooker Centre, the same venue as the 2005 and 2006 championships. Four round-robin qualifying group held over two days each produced two qualifiers for the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193926-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary\nIn the final, Evans was level 3\u20133 with Henrick before winning the next two frames to claim her third successive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193926-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary\nEvans compiled the highest break of the tournament, 87. She received \u00a3800 in prize money as champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193927-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships\nThe 2007 World Wrestling Championships were held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event took place from September 17 to September 23, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193928-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg\nThe men's Greco-Roman 120 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 19 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193929-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg\nThe men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 17 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193930-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg\nThe men's Greco-Roman 60 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 17 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193931-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg\nThe men's Greco-Roman 66 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 17 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193932-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg\nThe men's Greco-Roman 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 18 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193933-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg\nThe men's Greco-Roman 84 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 18 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193934-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg\nThe men's Greco-Roman 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 18 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193935-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 120 kg\nThe men's freestyle 120 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 21 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193936-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 55 kg\nThe men's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 19 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193937-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 60 kg\nThe men's freestyle 60 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 19 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193938-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 66 kg\nThe men's freestyle 66 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 20 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193939-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 74 kg\nThe men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 20 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193940-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 84 kg\nThe men's freestyle 84 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 20 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193941-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 96 kg\nThe men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 21 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193942-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 48 kg\nThe women's freestyle 48 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 21 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193943-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 51 kg\nThe women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 22 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193944-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 55 kg\nThe women's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 22 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193945-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 59 kg\nThe women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 22 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193946-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 63 kg\nThe women's freestyle 63 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 22 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193947-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 67 kg\nThe women's freestyle 67 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 23 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193948-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 72 kg\nThe women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 22 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193949-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Wushu Championships\nThe 2007 World Wushu Championships were the 9th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing, China from November 11 to November 17, 2007. Nearly 1000 athletes from 89 IWUF national federations participated in this event. This competition also acted as a qualifier for the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament and the 2009 World Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193950-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics\nThe 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the fifth edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held on 11\u201315 July 2007 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193951-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 World's Strongest Man\nThe 2007 World's Strongest Man was the 30th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland. It was his fourth and record tying title. Sebastian Wenta from Poland finished second, and Terry Hollands from the United Kingdom finished third after finishing seventh the previous year. 2006 champion Phil Pfister from the United States finished fourth. The contest was held in Anaheim, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193952-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Worthing Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193952-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Worthing Borough Council election\nCandidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Green Party, Labour and the United Kingdom Independence Party stood in the election. There was also one candidate, Dawn Smith, standing as a \"Stop Durrington's Overdevelopment - Save Titnore's Trees\" candidate as a protest against plans to build 875 houses near Worthing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193952-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Worthing Borough Council election\nThe Liberal Democrats had been hoping to gain three seats, but the results saw the Conservatives gain one seat from the Liberal Democrats to strengthen their majority on the council. The Liberal Democrat defeat came by 12 votes in Selden ward where their candidate James Doyle was upset over the Conservatives using the description \"Conservative, Stop Hospital Cuts\" on the ballot paper. Conservative Kevin Skepper retained his seat in Broadwater, which he had previously won as a Liberal Democrat before defecting to the Conservatives. This was the first time since 1975 that a Conservative had won in Broadwater. Meanwhile, in Castle ward the Liberal Democrats held both the seats in Castle ward after 3 recounts. Overall voter turnout in the election was 35.41%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193953-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wychavon District Council election\nThe 2007 Wychavon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193953-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wychavon District Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 31 councillors, compared to 12 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 for Labour. A total of 96 candidates stood for election including the first UK Independence Party candidate for Wychavon District Council in Evesham South, however the Conservative leader of the council, Martin Jennings was among those who stood down from the council at the election. One seat in Pinvin had no election in 2007 as the Liberal Democrat councillor Liz Tucker was re-elected without opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193953-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wychavon District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives increased their majority on the council by four seats to have 35 of the 45 councillors on the council. This came at the expense of Labour, who lost their only two seats on the council in Droitwich West to the Conservatives, and the Liberal Democrats who had a net loss of two seats to finish with 10 councillors. Overall turnout at the election was 42.42%, an increase from 37.94% at the 2003 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193953-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wychavon District Council election, Election result\nApart from the gains from Labour in Droitwich West, Conservative gains included taking seats from the Liberal Democrats in Honeybourne and Pebworth, Badsey and Little Hampton. However the Liberal Democrats did also gain seats in Droitwich South West and The Littletons from the Conservatives, with Alan Anderson taking The Littletons with a five-vote majority over independent Richard Lasota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193953-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Wychavon District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Lovett and North Claines\nA by-election was held in Lovett and North Claines on 13 December 2007 after the death of Conservative councillor Paul Coley. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Tony Miller with a majority of 495 votes over Liberal Democrat John Garbett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 101], "content_span": [102, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193953-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Wychavon District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Droitwich Central\nA by-election was held in Droitwich Central on 16 July 2009 after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Graham Gopsill. The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by his widow Ann Gopsill with a majority of 10 votes over Conservative David Morris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193953-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Wychavon District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Droitwich South West\nA by-election was held in Droitwich South West on 1 October 2009 after Conservative councillor Yuleen Jewell resigned from the council. The seat was gained for the Liberal Democrats by Stephanie Vale with a majority of 105 votes over Conservative Maureen Lawley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193953-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Wychavon District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Evesham South\nA by-election was held in Evesham South on 18 February 2010 after the death of Conservative councillor Ron Cartwright. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Gerard O'Donnell with a majority of 182 votes over Liberal Democrat Diana Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193954-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wyoming Cowboys football team\nThe 2007 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Cowboys were led by head coach Joe Glenn and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193955-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wyre Borough Council election\nElections to Wyre Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. All 55 councillors were elected from 26 wards in elections held every four years. The Conservative Party kept hold overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193955-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wyre Borough Council election\nAfter the election composition of the council was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193956-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wyre Forest District Council election\nThe 2007 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193956-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives remained the largest party on the council after winning 5 seats, but failing to gain a majority. They gained a seat in Bewdley and Arley ward but lost one back in Mitton. Health Concern were the only party to increase their number of seats after taking a seat from Labour by 11 votes in Areley Kings. The defeated Labour councillor was their leader on the council, Jamie Shaw, who had been a councillor for 23 years. The Liberals held both the seats they were defending, with Mike Price holding Offmore and Comberton where a long term councillor Mike Oborski had died in February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193956-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the leader of the council, Conservative Stephen Clee, stood down after 3 years in charge of the council after the disappointing results for his party. He had been leader of his party in Wyre Forest for 6 years and was succeeded by John Campion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193957-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 XM Satellite Radio Indy 300\nThe 2007 XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 was the opening round of the 2007 IndyCar Series season. It took place on March 24, 2007 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193958-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Xinjiang raid\nThe January 2007 Xinjiang raid was carried out on January 5, 2007 by the Chinese police against a suspected East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) training camp in Akto County in the Pamir plateau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193958-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Xinjiang raid\nA spokesperson for the Xinjiang Public Security Department said that 18 terror suspects were killed and 17 captured. Those captured were either sentenced to death or life imprisonment. The raid also resulted in the death of one Chinese paramilitary officer Huang Qiang, age 21, and the injury of another officer. Authorities confiscated hand grenades, guns, and makeshift explosives from the site. ETIM is classified by the United Nations as a terrorist organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193958-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Xinjiang raid\nIn reaction, many exiled Uyghur leaders quickly questioned the motives behind the raid. Rebiya Kadeer, a Uyghur human rights activist, called for an independent UN investigation into the raid, while Alim Seytoff, executive chairman of the World Uighur Congress, claimed the Chinese government has yet to produce evidence to substantiate the camp's connections to terrorism. In response, Zhao Yongchen, vice head of the Xinjiang counterterrorism forces, reiterated the reality of the camp's terrorist threat. By June 2017, a United States official stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was still evaluating the validity of China's terrorism claim, maintaining that there were no terrorist activities by international actors in the country from 2002 to 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193959-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Yale Bulldogs football team\nThe 2007 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by 11th-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in second place in the Ivy League with a 6\u20131 record, 9\u20131 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193960-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak\nThe 2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak represented the first time Zika virus had been detected outside Africa and Asia. It occurred in the Yap Islands, an island chain in the Federated States of Micronesia. Zika virus (ZIKV) is a vector-borne flavivirus in the same family as yellow fever, dengue, West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193960-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak, Epidemiology\nIn 2007, physicians in the Yap Islands reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention an outbreak of an illness characterized by rash, conjunctivitis, and arthralgia. Initial serum testing revealed some patients had the IgM antibody against dengue virus, yet the patients' signs and symptoms were clinically distinct from dengue fever. Subsequent retesting using consensus primers detected the presence of Zika virus RNA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193960-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak, Epidemiology\nA household survey was conducted to determine the proportion of Yap residents with the IgM antibody against Zika virus and to identify possible mosquito vectors of Zika virus. In total, the Yap Islands outbreak had 49 confirmed and 59 probable cases of Zika virus disease. The patients resided in 9 of the 10 municipalities on Yap. None of the patients required hospitalization. No hemorrhagic manifestations occurred and no deaths resulted. It was estimated that 73% (95% confidence interval, 68 to 77) of Yap residents 3 years of age or older had been recently infected with Zika virus. Aedes hensilli was the predominant mosquito species identified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193960-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak, Epidemiology\nThe outbreak of Zika fever in Micronesia demonstrated the transmission of Zika virus outside Africa and Asia. This was considered a significant finding in that previously only 14 cases of Zika virus had been documented since the virus was first identified in 1947. Prior to the Yap Islands outbreak, no previous outbreaks of Zika virus had ever been reported and only 14 cases had been documented since the virus was first isolated in 1947. All previous cases had occurred within Africa and Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193960-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak, Reservoir\nAedes aegypti has been recognized as the vector of Zika virus. The virus was first isolated in 1947 from a sentinel rhesus monkey stationed on a tree platform in the Zika forest, Uganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193960-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak, Transmission\nTransmission is typically via the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, although in this outbreak, Aedes hensilli was the predominant mosquito species identified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193961-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election\nThe 2007 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 16 elected members to the 20-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193962-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Yazidi communities bombings\nThe 2007 Yazidi communities bombings occurred on August 14, 2007, when four coordinated suicide car bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi towns of Til Ezer (al-Qahtaniyah) and Siba Sheikh Khidir (al-Jazirah), in northern Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193962-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Yazidi communities bombings\nThere were 796 people killed and at least 1,500 others wounded, making it the Iraq War's deadliest car bomb attack. It is also the fourth deadliest act of terrorism in history, after September 11 attacks in the United States, the Camp Speicher massacre in Iraq, and the Mai Kadra massacre in Ethiopia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193962-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Yazidi communities bombings, Tensions and background\nFor several months leading up to the attack, tensions had been building up in the area, particularly between Yazidis and Sunni Muslims (both Arabs and Kurds). Some Yazidis living in the area received threatening letters calling them \"infidels\". Leaflets were also distributed denouncing Yazidis as \"anti-Islamic\" and warning them that an attack was imminent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193962-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Yazidi communities bombings, Tensions and background\nThe attack was possibly connected with the murder of Du'a Khalil Aswad, a 17-year-old Yazidi girl, who was stoned to death by fellow Yazidis four months earlier. Aswad was believed to have wanted to convert in order to marry a Sunni. Two weeks later, after a video of the stoning appeared on the Internet, Sunni gunmen stopped minibuses filled with Yazidis; 23 Yazidi men were forced from a bus and shot dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193962-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Yazidi communities bombings, Tensions and background\nThe Sinjar area, which has a mixed population of Yazidis, Kurds, Turkmen and Arabs, was scheduled to vote in a plebiscite on accession to the Kurdistan Region in December 2007. This caused hostility among the neighbouring Arab communities. A force of 600 Kurdish Peshmerga was subsequently deployed in the area, and ditches were dug around Yazidi villages to prevent further attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193962-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Yazidi communities bombings, Details\nThe bombings occurred at around 7:20 pm on August 14, 2007, when four co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi towns of Qahtaniyah and Jazeera (Siba Sheikh Khidir), near Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, northern Iraq. They targeted the Yazidis, a religious minority in Iraq, using a fuel tanker and three cars. An Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman said that two tons of explosives were used in the blasts, which crumbled buildings, trapping entire families beneath mud bricks and other wreckage as entire neighborhoods were flattened. Rescuers dug underneath the destroyed buildings by hand to search for remaining survivors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193962-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Yazidi communities bombings, Details\n\"Hospitals here are running out of medicine. The pharmacies are empty. We need food, medicine and water otherwise there will be an even greater catastrophe,\" said Abdul-Rahim al-Shimari, mayor of the Baaj district, which includes the devastated villages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193962-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Yazidi communities bombings, Details\nThere were 796 people killed and at least 1,562 more wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193962-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Yazidi communities bombings, Responsibility\nNo group claimed responsibility for the attack. Iraq's President, Jalal Talabani, accused Iraqi Sunni insurgents of the bombings, pointing at the history of Sunni violence against Yazidis. They were reported to have distributed leaflets denouncing Yazidis as \"anti-Islamic\". Although the attacks carry al-Qaeda's signature of multiple simultaneous attacks, it is unclear why they would refrain from claiming responsibility for such a successful operation. \"We're looking at Al-Qaeda as the prime suspect,\" said Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Garver, a United States military spokesman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193962-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Yazidi communities bombings, Responsibility\nOn September 3, 2007, the U.S. military reportedly killed the suspected mastermind of the bombings, Abu Mohammed al-Afri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193964-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ykk\u00f6nen\nLeague tables for teams participating Finnish Football League Tables in Ykk\u00f6nen, the second tier of the Finnish football league system, in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193964-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ykk\u00f6nen, League table, Promotion Play-Offs\nFC Viikingit as 13th placed team of the 2007 Veikkausliiga and RoPS as runners-up of the 2007 Ykk\u00f6nen competed in a two-legged play-off for a place in the Veikkausliiga. RoPS won the play-off by 2-1 on aggregate and were promoted to the Veikkausliiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 47], "content_span": [48, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193964-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ykk\u00f6nen, League table, Promotion Play-Offs\nRoPS Rovaniemi - Viikingit Helsinki  1-0Viikingit Helsinki - RoPS Rovaniemi  1-1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193965-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Yobe State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Yobe State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007. ANPP candidate Mamman Bello Ali won the election, defeating PDP Adamu Waziri and other candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193965-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Results\nMamman Bello Ali from the ANPP won the election. He defeated Adamu Waziri of the PDP and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193965-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Results\nThe total number of registered voters in the state was 994,380.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193966-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Yucat\u00e1n gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 gubernatorial election in the Mexican state of Yucat\u00e1n was held  on May 20, 2007, as part of the larger Yucat\u00e1n state election. Ivonne Ortega Pacheco of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was elected Governor of Yucat\u00e1n for a six-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193967-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Yucat\u00e1n state election\nLocal elections were held in the Mexican state of  Yucat\u00e1n on May 20, 2007. Voters went to the polls to elect on the local level:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193967-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Yucat\u00e1n state election, Gubernatorial election\nNine political parties participated in the 2007 Yucat\u00e1n state election, originally three parties (PRD, C and PT) decided to run together as a coalition but on February 11, 2007, the PRD decided to withdraw their support to the Convergence-Labor Party candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193967-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Yucat\u00e1n state election, Gubernatorial election\nAfter losing the candidacy in the PAN primaries, Ana Rosa Pay\u00e1n accepted the candidacy for the Todos Somos Yucat\u00e1n coalition. 15 members of the PAN were also incarcerated after removing advertising material supporting non-PAN candidates and for exchanging cash for voting cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193967-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Yucat\u00e1n state election, Gubernatorial election\nOpposition parties had accused both the federal and state governments of using public funds and publicly funded programs to support the PAN candidate. In response to this issue, the federal government decided to freeze all social programs on May 14, 2007, until after the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193968-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Yuen Long District Council election\nThe 2007 Yuen Long District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 29 elected members to the 42-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings\nThe 2007 Zahedan bombings occurred from 14\u201317 February in Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan Province, Iran. While Jundallah claimed responsibility, the Iranian government has accused the governments of United States of complicity. The first bombing occurred at 6:30\u00a0a.m. on February 14 when a car filled with explosives stopped in front of a bus carrying Revolutionary Guards in Ahmadabad district. The car exploded, killing 18 and injuring 31 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, First bombing\nA car filled with explosives stopped in front of a bus full of Revolutionary Guards in Ahmadabad district, Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan Province at 6:30\u00a0a.m. on 14 February 2007. The car, parked in the middle of the road, forced the bus to stop. The car's driver and passengers then got out of the car and used motorbikes to leave the scene while they shot at the bus. A few seconds later the bombs exploded, killing 18 Guards. A number of Zahedan residents demonstrated in the streets, holding the coffins of the victims of the first bombing, chanting \"death to hypocrites.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, First bombing\nGuards commander Qasem Rezaei said, \"This blind terrorist operation led to the martyrdom of 18 citizens of Zahedan.\" Rezaei attributed the attack to \"insurgents and elements of insecurity.\" Majid Razavi, an Interior Ministry official, said Iranian police arrested a suspect within an hour of the bombing. Five days later, the authorities announced the execution of Nasrollah Shanbezehi. He was hanged in public at the site of the bombing. He was said to have been tried and sentenced by a branch of the Revolutionary Court after his televised confession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, First bombing\nIn one of the pictures of his execution, where the noose is being placed around his neck, a bruise is clearly visible above his right eye. In his confession, he reportedly said that he had joined PRMI\\Jundallah three months previously, solely for financial reward, but other sources say that he was arrested because he was taking a picture of the bus with his mobile phone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, First bombing\nJundallah claimed responsibility for the attack on 15 February. The Iranian government has arrested five suspects, two of whom were carrying camcorders and grenades when they were arrested, while the police killed the main \"agent\" of the attack. Among the arrestees was Said Qanbarzehi, a Balochi, who was hanged in Zahedan prison on 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, First bombing\nHe had been sentenced to death at the age of 17 along with six other Balochi men\u2014Javad Naroui, Masoud Nosratzehi, Houshang Shahnavazi, Yahya Sohrabzehi, Ali Reza Brahoui and Abdalbek Kahrazehi (also known as Abdalmalek) \u2013 in March 2007, despite the absolute international prohibition on the execution of child offenders. Balochi sources suggest that the seven may have been arrested because of their family ties to those suspected of involvement in the February bus bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, First bombing\nAccording to Sistan-Baluchistan Provincial Television, 15\u201317 March 2007, Said Qanbarzehi and the six others all confessed to a number of crimes that allegedly took place in Sistan-Baluchistan province. Some reports suggest that those who confessed were tortured, including by having bones in their hands and feet broken, by being \u201c\"branded\u201d\" with a red-hot iron, and by having an electric drill applied to their limbs, shredding their muscles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, First bombing\nFollowing publication of an interview in \u2018Ayyaran newspaper, which has since been closed down on the order of Hojjatoleslam Nekunam, on 17 March 2007 Hossein Ali Shahriari (Zahedan's representative in parliament), stated that there were around 700 people awaiting execution in Sistan-Baluchistan province, whose sentences had been confirmed by the Supreme Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, First bombing, Reaction\nBrigadier General Mohammad Jaffari said on 15 February that the government had arrested 68 people in connection with the bombing. The spokesman for Javier Solana, the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, said, \"We condemn the car bomb attack on Wednesday in Zahedan. Acts of terrorism can never be justified. The perpetrators must be brought to justice. We extend our condolences to the loved ones of the victims and to the Iranian government.\" The United Nations Security Council condemned the bombing through a press statement, saying that nothing justifies terrorism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, First bombing, Reaction\nPeter Burian, Slovakia's ambassador to the United Nations and President of the Security Council, said, \"They underlined the need to bring to justice the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of this terrorist attack, as with all terrorist attacks.\" United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon condemned the attack and gave his condolences to the Iranian government and the families of the victims. The Georgian Foreign Ministry also condemned the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, Second bombing\nJundallah militants set off a percussion bomb in a girls school on 17 February shortly after the funeral for those killed in the first bombing. Hasan Ali Nouri, governor of Zahedan, said the bomb was a \"sound bomb explosion.\" It wounded one person. Militants then shot at an electricity plant, successfully cutting off power, before fleeing to a house in Zahedan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, Second bombing\nFars news agency, which is an Iranian state run agency, reported \"The insurgents began shooting at people after the explosion. Clashes are continuing between police and the armed insurgents. Police have cordoned off the area.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193969-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Zahedan bombings, Second bombing\nThe Iranian government summoned Pakistani ambassador Shafkat Saeed. Foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said, \"The Pakistani ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry to give explanations. Discussions were undertaken and a committee was formed between the two countries to reinforce border security.\" The investigation and the confessions show that foreigners are implicated in these actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193970-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamboanga City local elections\nLocal elections was held in  Zamboanga City on May 14, 2007, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors per district. Previously, the city voters elected 12 councilors and one representative from its lone district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193970-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamboanga City local elections, Political changes\nSince 1984, Zamboanga City is represented in the national Congress by one representative. All things changed in 2004 when the lone district was divided into 2 districts by virtue of Republic Act No. 9269 on March 19, 2004. Veterans Avenue is the dividing line of the two districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193970-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamboanga City local elections, Mayoral and vice mayoral elections\nMonsignor Crisanto dela Cruz formed a coalition named Nuevo Zamboanga under the banner of Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to run against the incumbent administrator of Mayor Celso Lobregat of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino. Lobregat picked incumbent Councilor Milabel Velasquez as his running mate while dela Cruz picked activist Atty. Victor Solis as his running mate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193970-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamboanga City local elections, Results\nThe candidates for district representative, mayor, and vice mayor with the most votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193970-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamboanga City local elections, Results\nDistrict I City Election Officer Roel Bengua, also chairman of the City Board of Canvassers, proclaimed Mayor Celso Lobregat retaining his post, incumbent Councilor Mannix Dalipe as Vice-Mayor, incumbent Vice-Mayor Beng Climaco as District I Representative, Congressman Erbie Fabian as District II Representative, and the 16 City Councilors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193970-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamboanga City local elections, Results, House of Representatives election, 1st District\nIncumbent Vice-Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco is running for the post against neophyte politician Edilberto Gonzales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 93], "content_span": [94, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193970-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamboanga City local elections, Results, House of Representatives election, 2nd District\nIncumbent Representative Erico Basilio Fabian is running for a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 93], "content_span": [94, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193970-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamboanga City local elections, Results, Mayoral elections\nIncumbent Mayor Celso Lobregat is running for his second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193970-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamboanga City local elections, Results, Vice-mayoral elections\nIncumbent Vice-Mayor Beng Climaco is running for District I Representative. Councilor Mila Velasquez was Mayor Lobregat's running-mate against Monsi dela Cruz' candidate, Atty. Vic Solis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193970-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamboanga City local elections, Results, City Council elections\nEach of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts elects eight councilors to the City Council. The eight candidates with the most votes wins the seats per district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193971-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamfara State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Zamfara State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007. ANPP candidate Mahmud Shinkafi won the election, defeating PDP Yahaya Abdulkarim and other candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193971-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamfara State gubernatorial election, Results\nMahmud Shinkafi from the ANPP won the election. He defeated Yahaya Abdulkarim of the PDP and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193971-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Zamfara State gubernatorial election, Results\nThe total number of registered voters in the state was 1,330,572.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193972-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zasyadko mine disaster\nThe 2007 Zasyadko mine disaster was a mining accident that happened on November 18, 2007 at the Zasyadko coal mine (Ukrainian: \u0428\u0430\u0445\u0442\u0430 \u0456\u043c. \u0417\u0430\u0441\u044f\u0434\u044c\u043a\u043e) in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193972-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Zasyadko mine disaster\nBy November 30, 101 miners were reported dead:the worst accident in Ukraine's history. At the time of the explosion, 457 miners were in the complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193972-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Zasyadko mine disaster, Causes and investigation\nThe accident was caused by a methane explosion located more than 1,000 metres (3,281\u00a0ft) below ground level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193972-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Zasyadko mine disaster, Causes and investigation\nThe Zasyadko Mine is considered one of the most dangerous coal mines in the world, An independent mining expert recently claimed that the company management, linked to a powerful local clan, interferes with hazard-measuring equipment on a permanent basis, in order to present underground situation as being within the safety standards, and so to prevent production from closure by the government inspectors. President Viktor Yushchenko blamed the cabinet for failing to \u201cimplement safe mining practices\u201d in the coal industry. A criminal investigation is also underway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193972-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Zasyadko mine disaster, Government reaction\nFamilies of the deceased miners will receive compensations totaling 100,000 hryvnias, (approx. $20,000 USD) which constitutes part of the 15\u00a0million hryvnias that the Cabinet of Ministers has set aside for renovation of the mine which would prevent future accidents from happening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193972-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Zasyadko mine disaster, Government reaction\nOn November 19, 2007, President Viktor Yushchenko signed a decree that calls for investigation into Zasyadko mine disaster as well as prevention of such disasters in the future. The President also signed a decree making November 20 a Day of National Mourning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193972-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Zasyadko mine disaster, Mining accidents trend\nWithin the past decade, the frequency of mining accidents has increased in the Donbas coal region. The Zasyadko mine accident is the deadliest ever accident in Ukraine, surpassing the Barakova Mine accident in 2000, which killed at least 80 workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193972-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Zasyadko mine disaster, Mining accidents trend\nThe Zasyadko Mine, Ukraine's largest and most equipped mine, employs 10,000 people and produces up to 10,000 tons of coal per day. Prior to this, four previous major mining accidents at the mine had killed a total of 148 workers combined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193972-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Zasyadko mine disaster, Mining accidents trend, Recurring accidents\nTwelve days later, on December 1, 2007, at 5:55 local time another methane explosion happened in the same mine section injuring 52 miners. After this, at 21:20 local time on December 2, another explosion occurred, killing at least 5 workers and injuring 30 more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193973-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zell am See mid-air collision\nThe 2007 Zell am See mid-air collision was an aviation accident that occurred on 5 March 2007, at 10:53\u00a0a.m.\u00a0CET (09:53\u00a0UTC), in which eight people died when an A\u00e9rospatiale SA 332 Super Puma helicopter, operated by Helog, collided with a private Diamond DV20 Katana light aircraft near Zell am See, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193973-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Zell am See mid-air collision\nAt the time of the accident, both aircraft were operating under visual flight rules. The weather was good, with a few clouds and 50\u00a0km visibility. The collision occurred at an altitude of about 5,090 feet (1,550\u00a0m), approximately 1 nautical mile (1.9\u00a0km) north-west of Zell am See Airport, as the helicopter flew over the airport's traffic pattern travelling north-north-eastwards. At the same time, the light aircraft was climbing through the traffic pattern and was subsequently involved in a collision with the helicopter, destroying both aircraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193973-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Zell am See mid-air collision\nThe Austrian Federal Department of Aviation's Air Accident Investigation Board launched an investigation into the accident, releasing the investigation report on 9 April 2008. The report stated that the main cause of the accident was the inability of both pilots to see the other aircraft in time to avoid the collision as a result of the reduced fields of vision allowed by the cockpit designs. Another factor in the collision was the subtle limitations on visual perception relating in part to the proximity of the mountain slope not far below both aircraft, requiring both pilots' attention to maintain suitable terrain clearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193974-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zhani-Vedeno ambush\nThe 2007 Zhani-Vedeno ambush occurred on 7 October when a convoy of vehicles carrying local Russian interior ministry soldiers and policemen was ambushed in the volatile Vedeno region of Chechnya. The ambush resulted in the deaths of at least four soldiers and the hospitalisation of 10 to 16. It was carried out under the command of Amir Aslambek, and was one of the deadliest attacks in several months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193974-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Zhani-Vedeno ambush\nAccording to an article by Kommersant, the convoy of a dozen armored military trucks and armored personnel carriers carrying detachments of local police officers and servicemen from the Akhmad Kadyrov Patrol Police Regiment-2 and the South (Yug) Battalion of Internal Troops (both composed of Kadyrovtsy) was reinforcing forces involved in the clearance operation in the village of Dargo, a bastion of the resistance to Russian rule for 300 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193974-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Zhani-Vedeno ambush\nAccording to the separatist website Chechenpress, the ambush and subsequent fighting resulted in the deaths of 25 soldiers (10 to 16 from the ambush) and one rebel. The Russian sources also said a body of fighter was found in Dargo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt\nThe Zimbabwean government claimed to have foiled an alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt involving almost 400 soldiers and high-ranking members of the military that would have occurred on June 2 or June 15, 2007. The alleged leaders of the coup, all of whom were arrested, were retired army Captain Albert Matapo, Colonel Ben Ncube, Major General Engelbert Rugeje, and Air Vice Marshal Elson Moyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt\nAccording to the government, the soldiers planned on forcibly removing President Robert Mugabe from office and asking Rural Housing Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa to form a government with the heads of the armed forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt\nSome analysts have speculated that rival successors to Mugabe, such as former Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army leader Solomon Mujuru, were possibly trying to discredit Mnangagwa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt\nTreason charges were laid against Matapo and other civilians, but no treason trial ever took place, for lack of evidence. However seven men (including Matapo, but not Ncube, Rugeje or Moyo), who were allegedly only trying to form a new political party, were held in prison for seven years (and allegedly severely tortured beforehand) before being released in 2014, and subsequently founding their new party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt\nNcube, Rugeje, and Moyo were all reported under house arrest in June 2007, but all remained in the army.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt\nMnangagwa remained in office, and eventually replaced Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe after a successful coup d'etat in November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, May arrest\nThe Zimbabwean government claimed to have foiled an alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt involving almost 400 soldiers and high-ranking members of the military that would have occurred on June 2 or June 15, 2007. The alleged leaders of the coup, all of whom were arrested, were retired army Captain Albert Matapo, Spokesman for the Zimbabwe National Army Colonel Ben Ncube, Major General Engelbert Rugeje (Quartermaster at Army HQ), and Air Vice Marshal Elson Moyo (deputy commander of the air force).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, May arrest\nAccording to the government, the soldiers planned on forcibly removing President Robert Mugabe from office and asking Rural Housing Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa to form a government with the heads of the armed forces. The government first heard of the plot when a former army officer who opposed the coup contacted the police in Paris, France, giving them a map and a list of those involved. Mnangagwa and State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa both said they did not know about the plot, Mnangagwa calling it \"stupid.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, May arrest\nSome analysts have speculated that rival successors to Mugabe, such as former Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army leader Solomon Mujuru, were possibly trying to discredit Mnangagwa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, May arrest\nGilbert Kagodora, treasurer for the Movement for Democratic Change political party in Mashonaland Central, said he and Matapo were arrested by men whom he suspected work for the Central Intelligence Organization at 2:PM on May 29 in Harare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, May arrest\nWe had gone to meet Matapo for business together with three other party activists at Winston Court along Fourth Street. Initially, they told us that we were being arrested for dealing in foreign currency and they then proceeded to blindfold us with masking tape. They also tied our hands and took us into a van downstairs. I could not tell exactly where they were driving us to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, May arrest\nKagodora said he and Matapo were put in a basement where he believed Military Intelligence Unit officials tortured him, using electrical rods to elicit confessions. Interrogators asked about MDC terror camps in South Africa, leaders and financiers of the plot, petrol bombers in the MDC, and the Democratic Resistance Committee. On June 1 Kagodora came into the custody of the Law and Order section at Harare Central Police Station. He said he heard interrogators asking Matapo to reveal the names of army and police officers with ties to the coup d'\u00e9tat. Police released Kagadora on June 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, Charges and aftermath\nSeveral men, either on active duty or retired from the Zimbabwe National Army, were arrested between May 29 and early June. They were present in secret court hearings twice in which family members and journalists were not allowed to attend. The case was heard by the High Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, Charges and aftermath\nProsecutors accuse Albert Matapo of leading the coup and trying to \"recruit as many soldiers as possible to take over the government and all camps and be in control of the nation after which he will announce to the nation that he was in control of government and would invite Minister Mnangagwa and service chiefs to form a government.\" Albert Rugowe, formerly an officer in the army, was accused of recruiting military officials for the coup. Captain Shepherd Maromo and Olivine Morale were also on trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, Charges and aftermath\nAccording to a military source in Harare, the coup leaders allegedly contacted Western governments and asked them if they would support the coup. \"The general feedback was that the western countries would publicly condemn the coup and privately support it only if it would restore democracy in Zimbabwe.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, Charges and aftermath\nTreason charges were laid against Matapo and other civilians, but no treason trial ever took place, for lack of evidence. However seven men, former Army Captain Albert Matapo (who had retired from the army 16 years earlier in 1991), and six others, Emmanuel Marara, Oncemore Mudzurahona, Partson Mupfure, Nyasha Zivuku, Rangarirai Mazivofa and Shingirai Webster Mutemachani, ended up spending seven years in Chikurubi Prison, before being released on March 1, 2014. Matapo claimed they were severely tortured during interrogation, including electrocution  to the genitals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, Charges and aftermath\nHe said they were not attempting a coup, and had no interest in supporting Mnangagwa (whom he deemed as bad as Mugabe, and potentially even worse than him), but were simply trying to form a political party,  now called United Crusade for Achieving Democracy (UCAD), which was eventually launched by them in Harare on August 1, 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, Charges and aftermath\nSenior officers reportedly under house arrest in June 2007, such as Colonel Ben Ncube, Major-General Engelbert Rugeje and Air Vice Marshal Elson Moyo, remained in the army.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193975-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt, Charges and aftermath\nEmmerson Mnangagwa remained in office, and 10 years later was sworn in as President of Zimbabwe on 24 November 2017, after the resignation of Robert Mugabe following the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, a removal that was however recognized by the African Union as a legitimate expression of the will of the Zimbabwean people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193976-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zimbabwean political crisis\nA political crisis began in Zimbabwe on 11 March 2007 when opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was beaten and tortured after being arrested, prompting widespread domestic and international criticism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193977-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zo\u00e9's Ark controversy\nThe 2007 Zo\u00e9's Ark controversy started when members of a French charity organization, the Zo\u00e9's Ark (French: L'Arche de Zo\u00e9), attempted to fly 103 children out of Chad to France. The members of the charity were charged and eventually convicted of child abduction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193977-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Zo\u00e9's Ark controversy, Events and trial\nOn 30 October 2007, six members of the charity organization Zo\u00e9's Ark were formally charged by the government of Chad for child abduction. Despite the group's claim that the children were orphans from Darfur who were being taken to be fostered in France, most of the 103 children were found to be Chadian, and to have had at least one living parent or guardian. Three journalists, seven Spanish Girjet flight crew members, four Chadian and Sudanese nationals, including two Chadian officials, were also charged for complicity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193977-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Zo\u00e9's Ark controversy, Events and trial\nAllegedly, some parents were convinced to give up their infants for promises of schooling, but had been told that the schooling would occur in Chad rather than France, while some children were offered sweets and biscuits to leave home. These claims were denied by the aid workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193977-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Zo\u00e9's Ark controversy, Events and trial\nThe incident strained Franco-Chadian relations, ahead of a planned deployment of French peacekeeping troops into the country. Anti - French protests were staged within Chad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193977-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Zo\u00e9's Ark controversy, Events and trial\nOver the course of the trial, all six aid workers participated in a hunger strike. Possibly as a result, one of the accused fainted in court and required hospitalization. The six were protesting at what they perceived as abandonment by French authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193977-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Zo\u00e9's Ark controversy, Events and trial\nFrench president Nicolas Sarkozy successfully negotiated the dropping of charges and release of the journalists and flight crew members prior to trial. Six members of the group were convicted on 26 December 2007 and sentenced to eight years of forced labor, although they, ultimately, were instead incarcerated for five months in France, which has no forced labor in its penal system, under an accord between Chad and France. The six were released in March 2008 but were ordered to pay each of the 103 victims restitution equal to approximately $87,000, which amounts to $8.9M per defendant. A Chadian national and a Sudanese national were each also sentenced to four years. The two Chadian officials were acquitted. In March 2008 the president of Chad pardoned the convicted aid-workers, and they were released from the prisons in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 884]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193978-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zuiderduin Masters\nThe 2007 Zuiderduin Masters was a darts tournament held at the Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation. It was the first edition of the tournament since the sponsorship of the event was taken over by the Hotel Zuiderduin to become the Zuiderduin Masters. A new tournament format was also introduced. It was also the last year the tournament was held as an unranked event and a men's only competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193978-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Zuiderduin Masters\nThe last winner of the event, Mervyn King in 2005 as no event was held in 2006, was absent from the field as he had transferred over to the PDC earlier in the year. Martin Adams, the BDO World Champion, was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Gary Robson. The number one seed Gary Anderson defeated Mark Webster in the final, 5\u20134 in sets, to win the event for the first time. He added this event to his successes at the International Darts League and the World Darts Trophy in May and September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193978-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Group Stage\nall matches best of 9 legs.P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/- = Leg Difference; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193978-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Group Stage\nMartin Atkins  5\u20131 Robert Wagner Gary Anderson  5\u20131  Robert Wagner Gary Anderson  5\u20133  Martin Atkins", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193978-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Group Stage\nRemco van Eijden  5\u20130 Ted Hankey Ted Hankey  5\u20132  Niels de Ruiter Remco van Eijden  5\u20132  Niels de Ruiter", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193978-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Group Stage\nJohn Walton  5\u20133 Mario Robbe Darryl Fitton  5\u20130 Mario Robbe Darryl Fitton  5\u20132 John Walton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193978-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Group Stage\nSteve West  5\u20132 Joey ten Berge Scott Waites  5\u20134 Joey ten Berge Steve West  5\u20132 Steve West", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193978-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Group Stage\nPhil Nixon  5\u20133 Steve Coote Martin Adams  5\u20130 Steve Coote Martin Adams  5\u20130 Phil Nixon", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193978-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Group Stage\nMartin Phillips  5\u20133 Tony O'Shea Tony O'Shea  5\u20133 Gary Robson Gary Robson  5\u20132 Martin Phillips", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193978-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Group Stage\nShaun Greatbatch  5\u20130 Edwin Max Mark Webster  5\u20131 Edwin Max Mark Webster  5\u20133 Shaun Greatbatch", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193978-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Group Stage\nMark Barilli  5\u20130 Andy Fordham Co Stomp\u00e9  5\u20130 Andy Fordham Co Stomp\u00e9  5\u20133 Mark Barilli", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193979-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zurich Open\n2007 Zurich Open was a Tier I tennis event on the 2007 WTA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 81]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193979-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Zurich Open\nJustine Henin won her second title here, her first coming in 2003. Tatiana Golovin reached her first Tier I tournament final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193979-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Zurich Open, Finals, Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Lisa Raymond /  Francesca Schiavone, 7-5, 7-6(7\u20131)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193980-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zurich Open \u2013 Doubles\n2007 Zurich Open \u2013 Doubles is the women's doubles tennis competition in the 2007 Zurich Open. Kv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs won in the final 7\u20135, 7\u20136(7\u20131) against Lisa Raymond and Francesca Schiavone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193981-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Zurich Open \u2013 Singles\nMaria Sharapova was the defending champion, but withdrew due to right shoulder injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193981-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Zurich Open \u2013 Singles\nJustine Henin won in the final, beating Tatiana Golovin 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing\nThe 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing (Arabic: \u062a\u0641\u062c\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0633\u062c\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0633\u0643\u0631\u064a\u200e) occurred on 13 June 2007 at around 9\u00a0am local time at one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, the al-Askari Mosque, and has been attributed by Iran to the Iraqi Baath Party. While there were no injuries or deaths reported, the mosque's two ten-story minarets were destroyed in the attacks. This was the second bombing of the mosque, with the first bombing occurring on 22 February 2006 and destroying the mosque's golden dome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, The bombing\nAt around 9\u00a0am on 13 June 2007, insurgents destroyed the two remaining ten-story tall golden minarets flanking the ruins of the dome of the Al-Askari Mosque. The mosque compound and minarets had been closed since the 2006 bombing and no fatalities were reported. Iraqi police reported hearing \"two nearly simultaneous explosions coming from inside the mosque compound at around 9\u00a0am\" Local residents reported blasts that shook the city and sent a cloud of dust into the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, The bombing\nWhile it has been stated that \"the collapse of the two minarets appeared to have been caused by explosive charges placed at their bases\", different reports have caused some confusion as to whether bombs were actually used. A release from state run Iraqia Television stated that \"local officials said that two mortar rounds were fired at the two minarets\", in addition \"a government spokesman claimed the minarets were hit by rockets\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, The bombing\nIt has been noted that the attack was one in a string of bombings in 2007 against major Shi'ite shrines, including two car bomb attacks in Karbala: one near the Imam Husayn Shrine (which killed 36 people and wounded 168) and the other near the Imam Abbas shrine, the second-holiest site in Shi'ite Islam, which killed at least 58 people and wounded 169.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Events around changing of the guard\nSince the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine, it had been under protection of local guards who were predominantly Sunni. Both American military and Iraqi security officials were worried that the guards had been infiltrated by Al Qaeda forces in Iraq. To counter this the Ministry of Interior in Baghdad were bringing in a new guard unit \u2013 predominantly Shiite. This changing of the guard is believed to have had some role in the timing of the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Events around changing of the guard\nAbdul Sattar Abdul Jabbar, a prominent Sunni cleric, told Al Jazeera television that local Sunnis may have been provoked as he claimed \"the new guards had arrived at the shrine shouting sectarian slogans\". Gunfire was reported around the shrine before the attack, \"which may have been related to the change of guards.\" Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stated that Policemen at the shrine (15 of them according to US military sources) had been detained for questioning along with \"an unspecified number of other suspects.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Events around changing of the guard\nIt was confirmed that \"the entire Iraqi security force responsible for guarding the mosque, the 3rd Battalion of the Salahuddin province police, was detained for investigation.\" The Interior Ministry would only tell reporters that agents of \"a terrorist group\" had been arrested and were under interrogation. On Sunday 17 June 2007 Iraqi forces captured four additional suspects and their raid \"also turned up a compact disc showing attacks on U.S.-led troops, blasting caps and detonation wire, identification cards for access to al-Askari mosque and photographs depicting terrorist training exercises.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Reactions in Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki's address and the U.S. military response\nIn the afternoon after the attack Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki addressed Iraqi national television. Standing before the flag of Iraq he said \"I call on all civilians and believers and clergy to talk to people about the necessity of self-control and wisdom to foil the scheme of those evil ones who want to make use of this crime for political reasons.\" He then read a quote from a prayer of Abraham found in the Qur'an \"God, make this country safe and send its people your blessed rewards.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 106], "content_span": [107, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Reactions in Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki's address and the U.S. military response\nThe day of the attack al-Maliki asked Gen. David Petraeus, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker to send American reinforcements to Samarra, and to put U.S. troops in Baghdad on heightened alert. Both American officials issued a joint statement saying \"This brutal action on one of Iraq's holiest shrines is a deliberate attempt by al-Qaeda to sow dissent and inflame sectarian strife among the people of Iraq.\" Petraeus told reporters that al-Qaeda's agents probably acted because they \"are under a fair amount of pressure. I think they know that we are going to contest some of the areas in which they have had sanctuaries in the past.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 106], "content_span": [107, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Reactions in Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki's address and the U.S. military response\nThere were already a few hundred U.S. troops stationed around Samarra before the attack, though they rarely entered the shrine's perimeter leaving its protection to Iraqi forces. After making his request Al-Maliki traveled to Samarra accompanied by U.S. troops under Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno to visit the ruins of the mosque. General Petraeus later stated that they were also \"helping to move reinforcements to Samarra from the Iraqi national police.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 106], "content_span": [107, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Reactions in Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki's address and the U.S. military response\nU.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Garver stated that the US military in Iraq is \"obviously very concerned about this and our primary goal is to prevent any violence of the kind that broke out after the last bombing.\" Presidential spokesman Tony Snow said \"there will be aggressive outreach on all sides\" by American officials to try to head off any further violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 106], "content_span": [107, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Reactions in Iraq, Ali al-Sistani's call\nGrand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani condemned the bombing but called on \"believers to exercise self-restraint and avoid any vengeful act that would target innocent people or the holy places of others\". Sistani later condemned reprisal attacks on Sunni mosques in the southern city of Basra (see below), demanding a halt to such violence. His spokesman Hamed al-Khafaf stated \"He heavily condemns the attacks against the mosques of Talha ben Obaida Alla and al-Eshra al Mubashera in Basra. He calls on believers to prevent, as much as they can, such attacks from taking place on mosques and shrines\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Reactions in Iraq, Sadrist reactions\nShiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for peaceful demonstrations and three days of mourning. He stated that he believed no Sunni Arab could have been behind the attack. He ruled out the possibility that it was done by Muslims, declaring that it was \"done at the hands of the occupation.\" He said \"We declare a three-day mourning period . . . and shout Allahu Akbar from Sunni and Shiite mosques.\" Sadr criticized the Iraqi government for failing to protect the site, and said the U.S. occupation is \"the only enemy of Iraq\" and \"that's why everyone must demand its departure\". Sadr called the attack part of a \"U.S. and Israeli plan to split Iraq's unity.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Reactions in Iraq, Sadrist reactions\nThroughout Baghdad and across much of Iraq, loudspeakers from Shiite mosques called for demonstrations. At Najaf over 3,000 al-Sadr loyalists staged a protest, shouting \"No, no to America! \", \"No, no to Israel!\" and \"No, no to sedition!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Reactions in Iraq, Sadrist reactions\nSadr's 30-member bloc immediately suspended any participation in parliament out of protest to the bombing, and resolved to not participate \"until the government takes realistic steps to rebuild the Askariya shrine\" (they also called for the rebuilding of all damaged Shiite and Sunni mosques). This action by the Sadrists is seen as a further blow to the already weakened al-Maliki government and will further impede the legislative process towards national reconciliation in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Reactions in Iraq, Sadrist reactions\nMaliki had just the day before been visited by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte who pressured him for quicker results against sectarian violence, and on Sunday 10 June 2007 Admiral William J. Fallon told al-Maliki that an increasing number of U.S. Congressmen were opposed to continuing to give aid to Iraq, and also opposed to maintaining the American military presence there, and that if the Iraqi government wanted to counter that mounting opposition, it needed to be making progress, by July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Reactions in Iraq, Sadrist reactions\nSadr's position has been viewed as one of the reasons that the spiraling violence that followed the 2006 bombing was not immediately repeated. His Al Mahdi militia was largely blamed for much of the 2006 violence but it has followed his line in blaming US and Israeli agents for the 2007 bombing. One of Sadr's spokesmen Salman Fraiji repeated such claims of conspiracy, saying \"To split the [Suni and Shiite] Muslims is a card that the occupation is playing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Reactions in Iraq, Sadrist reactions\nThe ill-intentioned colonizers have an old saying: 'divide and conquer.'\" Many experts see Sadr's increase of anti-American rhetoric as \"an effort to position himself for a powerful political role when U.S. forces leave Iraq.\" Vali Nasr, a Middle East expert at the Naval Postgraduate School expanded on this saying \"Since the start in February of the U.S. military crackdown in Baghdad and environs, Sadr has been uncharacteristically subdued, an indication that he is waiting for U.S. forces to leave before reclaiming a prominent role. Definitely there is a sort of strategy in play, which is 'wait and see.' Sadr, unlike the U.S. troops, faces no deadline pressure.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews\nOn the day of the bombing an indefinite curfew was placed on Samarra by the Iraqi police. Samarra's streets were emptied by mid-afternoon after the arrival of more police and American troops. For the remainder of the day Iraqi security forces patrolled Samarra \"firing in the air and announcing the curfew from loudspeakers mounted on jeeps. ... Members of the Iraqi security forces, which are dominated by Shiites, yelled threats at Samarra residents, blaming them for the destruction of the mosque and threatening revenge. Some citizens, meanwhile, hurled remarks back, asking how anyone could destroy the minarets when the entire religious complex was being so carefully guarded by Iraqi security forces.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews\nBeginning at 3\u00a0pm of the same day, a curfew was also placed on vehicle traffic and large gatherings in the capital Baghdad. The Baghdad curfew had originally been set to expire on Saturday 16 June 2007, it was lifted at 5\u00a0am (0100 GMT) on Sunday 17 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Retaliatory attacks\nAccording to Iraqi police, on the day of the bombing before the curfew in the capital could take hold, arsonists set a Sunni mosque ablaze in the neighborhood of Bayaa in western Baghdad. A Shiite shrine was also bombed north of Baghdad and four Sunni mosques near Baghdad were also attacked or burned. In Iskandariyah, south of the capital, two Sunni mosques were bombed (one being demolished the other losing its minaret)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Retaliatory attacks\nIn the city of Basra four people were slain and six wounded in attacks with rocket-propelled grenades on the Kawaz, Othman, al-Abayshi and Basra Grand mosques. Visitors to the Talha Ibn Obeidallah mosque in Zubeir, west of Basra, got past Iraqi police by claiming they wanted to film the mosque but placed bombs instead and then detonated them after leaving. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki upon learning of events in Basra placed the city under indefinite curfew, and arrested a number of Iraqi security forces from there. He later fired Basra's police chief after witnesses reported local police did little to stop the attacks on the mosques.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Retaliatory attacks\nThere were also reports that within the capital, in the New Baghdad neighborhood, a local Shiite mosque loudspeaker issued calls to Mahdi Army guerrillas and blamed U.S. troops for the attack. The Mahdi guerrillas then cleared a marketplace and called for reinforcements to fight nearby American soldiers. Witnesses told of explosions and smoke coming from the highway. In the upscale Mansour neighborhood, consisting predominately of Sunnis, gunfire was heard coming from an Iraqi army checkpoint set up to safeguard an often targeted Sunni mosque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Retaliatory attacks\nA Sunni mosque that had been attacked on 13 June was targeted again on 14 June 2007. The Hateen mosque in Iskandariyah, which had only been partly destroyed was broken into around 4\u00a0am by assailants who planted bombs. The resulting explosion demolished most of the building and wounded a woman and child in a nearby apartment building. An assault by gunmen against the nearby al-Mustafa mosque also occurred early that day but they were repelled by Iraqi soldiers. In the town of Mahaweel, south of Baghdad, gunmen opened fired on the al-Basheer mosque at dawn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Retaliatory attacks\nThey drove off the guards and set fire to the building, causing partial damage. To the south of Baghdad, a mosque in the city of Tunis came under attack and Iraqi police found explosives in a mosque in Jabala. The Washington Post stated that during the time of the curfews \"At least 13 Sunni mosques came under attack in Iraq\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Retaliatory attacks\nWhile five bodies were found in Baghdad on Thursday the 14th, \"presumed victims of sectarian death squads\", the curfew was credited with causing a reduction in killing as the usual number is five times that. The worst violence reported on Thursday in Baghdad was the seven mortar rounds fired against the Green Zone which killed three civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Protests in Iraq\nOn Thursday 14 June 2007, hundreds of people marched in non-violent demonstrations in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, and in the Shiite dominated cities of Kut, Diwaniyah, Najaf and Basra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Lifting of the Baghdad curfew\nAt the lifting of the Baghdad curfew the U.S. military reported it had captured 20 suspected insurgents and killed 14 others in separate operations over the weekend. It was noted that the curfew was lifted a day after Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno admitted that security forces have full control of only 40 percent of the capital, which is now in the fifth month of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Lifting of the Baghdad curfew\nWhen the Baghdad curfew was lifted at 5\u00a0am (0100 GMT) on Sunday, 17 June, residents traveling on the streets were caught in a huge traffic jam \"spawned by hundreds of new police and army checkpoints\". The ban on vehicle traffic had also led to a lack of delivery trucks moving within the city causing steep price hikes in everything from fuel to fresh food. There were also increased power outages as the large number of people confined to their homes increased electrical usage, resulting in power for only four hours of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Lifting of the Baghdad curfew\nThe lines for gasoline to run vehicles and generators \"stretched for a mile or longer, in some cases weaving around several blocks, stretching from main roads deep into side streets. Black marketeers, some of them boys as young as 10, positioned their jerry cans of gas near the lines, charging three times the pump price.\" Accusations of price gouging were made by many citizens. \"Vendors weaved between cars waiting in traffic, selling paper fans, soft drinks and tissues to mop brows dripping in temperatures that hit 112.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0022-0002", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Lifting of the Baghdad curfew\nWhile police commandos on \"pickup trucks mounted with machine guns\" speed through the streets \"with sirens blaring and headlights flashing\", they did follow government orders \"to stop shooting in the air to clear traffic or warn motorists coming too close.\" As several bridges to the Sunni-dominated Karkh area and the Shiite majority Rusafa neighborhood have been targeted in the recent past, security was especially stiff on bridges where Iraq forces searching for truck bombs. In some areas, like Karkh, where al-Queda is believed to be active police and military checkpoints were just 100\u00a0yards apart or less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0022-0003", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Lifting of the Baghdad curfew\nIn often-targeted neighborhoods, like Mansour and Yarmouk, Iraqi soldiers were present behind concrete blast barriers. In the Sunni-dominated neighborhoods within the Azamiyah area in northern Baghdad, which are known for insurgent activity, \"Iraqi troops in combat gear patrolled the streets in armored cars. Soviet-era tanks were stationed on major roads and intersections. Much of Azamiyah was almost deserted, with most stores shuttered and little traffic on the streets.\" By contrast the Shiite dominated enclave of Kasrah within that same area \"was buzzing with shoppers in open-air markets. Kebab stands were doing a big business.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0022-0004", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Lifting of the Baghdad curfew\nDrastic differences were evident throughout Baghdad from one neighborhood to the next. For while in Karkh there were \"stores shuttered and barbed wire or tree trunks blocking access to residential side roads. Row after row of houses seem abandoned and, in some parts, snipers fired randomly at pedestrians and cars\", by contrast the streets of the heavily Shiite Karradah district in central Baghdad were crowded with shoppers and everything \"appeared back to normal\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Lifting of the Baghdad curfew\nWhile the government ordered higher security around the mosques of Baghdad a lack of increased security was reported around the major Sunni mosque al-Nidaa in northern Baghdad. Nor was there any noticed increase in security around Abdul-Qader al-Jilani mosque, which is \"one of Iraq's holiest Sunni sites and the target of a recent bombing ... [ and is] located in a small Sunni quarter surrounded by Shiite neighborhoods where the Mahdi Army militia, blamed for much of the sectarian violence, is active.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Lifting of the Baghdad curfew\nThirty-seven bodies slain by sectarian violence were reported in Baghdad on the day of the lifting of the curfew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Lifting of the Baghdad curfew\nTwo days after the curfew was lifted the Al-Khilani Mosque bombing took place in Baghdad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Under the curfews, Relaxing of Samarra curfew\nThe 24-hour curfew in Samarra was relaxed on Saturday, 16 June but movement was restricted from 8\u00a0pm until 7\u00a0am on the afternoon of Monday 18 June 2007 four people were slain in the city when a suicide bomber drove his explosive laden car into a school being used to house police officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, International reaction, United Nations\nUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called on \"all Iraqis to avoid succumbing to the vicious cycle of revenge and to exercise maximum restraint while demonstrating unity and resolve in the face of this terrible attack.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, International reaction, Iran\nOn the day of the bombing, in predominantly Shia Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed the U.S. for failing to prevent the bombing. He threatened to halt regional cooperation which many see as integral to ending the spiraling violence in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, International reaction, Bahrain\nAlso on the 13th in the nearby nation of Bahrain members of the Shiite ethnic majority marched through the streets of the capital Manama in protest of the bombing. In two back to back marches, demonstrators blamed both al-Qaeda and the U.S. shouting \"Death to America\" and \"No to Terrorism.\" After the 2006 bombing more than 100,000 Bahrainis also demonstrated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, International reaction, India\nSyed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati a leading Shia cleric from Lucknow, India held al-Qaeda responsible for destruction of the Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra, Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, International reaction, India\nOn 14 June 2007 in the Indian administrated territory of Kashmir over 500 Shiite demonstrators demonstrated in response to the bombing by marching in the city of Srinagar. They carried black flags, copies of the Qur'an, shouted anti-American slogans, such as \"Down with Bush, down with US\", and burned effigies of President George W. Bush. Demonstrator Haidar Ali told reporters \"Our protest is against the bombing, against the American occupation of Iraq which has led to bombing.\" There were further demonstrations in other towns across Kashmir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Perpetrators\nThe U.S. military announced on 14 June 2007 that it had \"detained 25 suspects in raids against al-Qaida in Iraq over the past two days.\" This included a suspect \"believed to be a close associate of Omar al-Baghdadi, who headed al-Qaida's Islamic State in Iraq.\" On 16 June 2007 three American troops were killed by explosions near their vehicles \u2013 two in Baghdad and one at Kirkuk province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193982-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, Perpetrators\nThe alleged mastermind of both the minaret bombings and the February 2006 blasts, Haitham al-Badri, was killed in August 2007 by a U.S. airstrike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193983-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing\nThe al-Khilani mosque bombing occurred on 19 June 2007 when a truck bomb exploded in front of the Shia Al-Khilani Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. At least 78 people were killed and another 218 injured in the blast. The explosion occurred just two days after a four-day curfew banning vehicle movement in the city was lifted after the al-Askari Mosque bombing (2007), and just hours after 10,000 US troops began the Arrowhead Ripper offensive to the north of Baghdad. Because the site was a Shia mosque, the bombing is presumed to have been the work of Sunnis. The Sinak area where the explosion took place was also the targeted by a suicide car bomber on 28 May 2007, which resulted in 21 deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193983-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing, Significance of the mosque\nThe al-Khulani mosque was named by the Shia in honor of one of their revered four \"earthly\" deputies anointed by the Imam Mohammed al-Mahdi (the so-called \"Hidden Imam\" who disappeared in the 9th century).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193983-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing, The attack\nIraq Police said a truck stacked with electric fans and air conditioners was used to deliver the bomb to a parking lot near the Khulani mosque. The U.S. military offered a different version of events, declaring that \"the truck was loaded with propane tanks and that a suicide driver detonated his bomb when the vehicle became stuck trying to drive over a curb.\" A preliminary investigation indicated that the truck used in the attack \"was rigged with TNT a little less than a mile from where it exploded\". The bomb was set off around 1:45\u00a0pm local time (10:45 GMT) outside the mosque which is located in the busy Sinak commercial district of central Baghdad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193983-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing, The attack\nJabbar Mohammed al-Kaissi, an eyewitness to the blast was across the street filling a five-liter gas can \"when a truck carrying what he estimated was 60 canisters of gas exploded, sending canisters flying through the air, creating secondary explosions when they landed as far as 100 yards away.\" He saw a ball of fire rise into the air and turning back to see the car holding his wife and three daughters saw the wall of the mosque fall on it crushing and killing them. \"I was frozen by the shock. As I rushed to the car to see if I could save any of them, the gas canisters started to explode one after the other.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193983-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing, The attack\nBesides causing the collapse of the courtyard wall the explosion also destroyed a building just inside the mosque compound. The mosque sanctuary was damaged slightly and the mosque's turquoise dome remained standing. The blast badly burned many worshippers and the resulting rubble buried others. The mosque's imam, Sheik Saleh al-Haidari said the bomb was especially deadly as worshippers were just leaving a prayer service. At least 78 were slain and more than 218 were wounded. Six of the slain had lived in a house behind the mosque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193983-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing, The attack\nTwenty cars outside the mosque were incinerated and twenty-five nearby shops suffered damages from the attack. Imam Haidari went on to say \"This attack was planned and carried out by sick souls\", and that though he was not in the mosque at the time, his office and the room above collapsed in the explosion. Karim Abdullah an eyewitness who was headed to pray at the mosques reported \"I stopped in shock as I saw the smoke and people on the ground. I saw two or three men in flames as they were getting out of their car.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193983-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing, The attack\nGunfire was heard in the area following the explosion. Iraqi state television showed \"black smoke billowing above the skyline as people on the street screamed in anguish. \u2026storefronts were crumbled and on fire, and more than a dozen nearby cars were set ablaze. Residents walked through the area collecting body parts and unrecognizable chunks of flesh.\" Many of the casualties were rushed to the nearby Al Kanadi, Al Sadr and Madinat Al Tob hospitals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193983-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing, Reactions\nPrime Minister Nouri al-Maliki condemned the attack he issued a statement blaming the attack on \"takfiris and terrorists who are focused on violating the sanctuaries and killing innocent lives\" and said \"It shows the determination of Saddamists and Takfiris to ignite sectarian violence. [ The bombing] scarred the beautiful face of Baghdad by destroying the religious landmarks it has known over the centuries.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193983-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing, Reactions\nThe deaths at al-Khilani mosque rose the total of Baghdad deaths due to sectarian violence for Tuesday 19 June 2007 to 142 \"a toll reflecting carnage associated with the months before the U.S. security crackdown in the capital began 14 February.\" The bombing was the deadliest single attack since a car bomb in a Shiite dominated market killed 127 in central Baghdad on 18 April 2007. Col. Christopher C. Garvera spokesman for the U.S. military, said the bombing \"demonstrates why [the ongoing operation] Arrowhead Ripper and other operations we'll be conducting this summer are so important.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193983-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing, Reactions\nWe have to find the car bombs and suicide bombers to prevent this from happening.\" Iraqi Brig. Gen. Qassim Atta, said that the bombing is a sign of shifting tactics \u2013 instead of building vehicle bombs outside of the city \"insurgents are now building car bombs inside Baghdad, hoping to avoid driving through the city and being detected at newly erected security checkpoints.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193984-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 amendment to the Constitution of Kazakhstan\nThe 2007 amendment to the Constitution of Kazakhstan modified Kazakhstan's basic law, on May 18, 2007. The changes followed the conclusion of the activities of the 'State Commission on Democratization' formed two years previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193984-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 amendment to the Constitution of Kazakhstan\nIn a speech on May 16 to the Joint Session of the Chambers of Parliament, President Nursultan Nazarbayev summarized the development of Kazakhstan since independence in 1991, and outlined his proposed constitutional changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193984-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 amendment to the Constitution of Kazakhstan\nThe main changes proposed by the President were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193984-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 amendment to the Constitution of Kazakhstan\nIn addition to these proposals the Kazakh parliament passed an additional amendment two days later, lifting the term-limit clause on the first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. The constitution limits a president to two five-year terms, but this amendment allows the incumbent president--Nazarbayev--to run for an unlimited number of five year terms. Some critics argued this move paved the way for him to become de facto President for life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Hugo999 (talk | contribs) at 00:59, 14 December 2019 (removed Category:September 2007 events; added Category:September 2007 events in Europe using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen\nOn September 4, 2007, two men who were planning a terror attack were arrested along several others by Danish police officers and Security Intelligence Service agents in several coordinated actions throughout the Greater Copenhagen area. The two men were later convicted and sentenced to twelve and seven years in prison, respectively. In Danish, it became known as the \"terror case from Glasvej\" (Terrorsagen fra Glasvej) after the road where the convicted ringleader had his apartment, which had been under surveillance for an extended period of time before the arrests. It is unknown if the target of the planned bombing was in Denmark or abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen\nPolice, accompanied by bomb experts, initially arrested 11 men and searched their homes. Most were released after questioning, but two were charged and later convicted. The prosecutors described the two as militant islamists with direct connections to Al-Qaeda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen, Arrestees\nThe two men against whom charges were pressed were Hammad Kh\u00fcrshid, a 21-year-old man of Pakistani ethnicity, and Abdoulghani Tokhi, a man of Afghan origin aged between 18 and 20. Six others were released after questioning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen, Investigation\nThe suspects had been under surveillance for an extended period of time and the arrests were the result of a months-long investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen, Investigation\nAfter the arrests it was announced that Matas, Denmark largest drug store chain, is co-operating with domestic Security Intelligence Service to keep tabs on the sale of substances that can be used to make bombs for terrorist attacks. Sales of more than two containers of the substances on a list compiled to any one customer is registered by the shop's employees on a special form. The information is then passed on to the police. Matas has instituted the new rules at all its 292 shops across the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen, Charges\nThe suspects were arraigned on charges of planning a terrorist attack and accused of storing unstable explosives, possibly TATP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen, Trial\nThe Danish court in Glostrup convicted Kh\u00fcrshid and Tokhi of attempted terrorism and sentenced them to twelve and seven years in prison, respectively, in October 2008. Kh\u00fcrshid was considered the ringleader, resulting in his higher sentence. The court said during sentencing that Tokhi, who only had a Danish residence permit (Kh\u00fcrshid is a Danish citizen), would be expelled after serving his sentence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen, Trial\nDuring the trial, prosecutors said Kh\u00fcrshid had links to Al Qaeda. During searches of his home in Denmark, police found a handwritten bomb-making manual written by Kh\u00fcrshid while at the pro-Taliban Lal Masjid, the so-called Red Mosque in Islamabad during the winter and spring of 2007. Kh\u00fcrshid admitted he later went to the Taliban-controlled Waziristan region, but denies receiving any military training there. Kh\u00fcrshid and Tokhi pleaded innocent saying that the explosives were to be used for fireworks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen, Trial\nIt was not clear whether Kh\u00fcrshid and Tokhi were preparing an attack in Denmark or abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen, Trial\nOn Friday June 26, 2009, the \u00d8stre Landsret upheld the convictions of both Kh\u00fcrshid and Tohki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193985-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen, Deportation\nAs Tokhi was an Afghan citizen, he was deported home to Afghanistan after serving his sentence. Tokhi commentedf from Kabul that \"the prison in Denmark was luxury comparing to being here alone\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany\nThe 2007 bomb plot in Germany, planned by the al-Qaeda controlled Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), affiliated Sauerland terror cell (German: Sauerland-Gruppe, lit. ' Sauerland Group'), was discovered following an extensive nine-month investigation. That involved more than 600 agents in five German states. The number of agents involved in a counterterrorism operation led by the federal police has never been the case before. At the same time, Danish police in Copenhagen were busy with explosives. A Pakistani and an Afghan man have been charged with preparing to carry out their attacks under al-Qaeda plans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany\nAuthorities said they were unaware of any direct links between the terrorists arrested in the two European countries. Three men were arrested on 4 September 2007 while leaving a rented cottage in the Oberschledorn district of Medebach, Germany where they had stored 700\u00a0kg (1,500\u00a0lb) of a hydrogen peroxide-based mixture and 26 military-grade detonators, and were attempting to build car bombs. A supporter was arrested in Turkey. All four had attended an IJU-training camp in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2006. They were convicted in 2010 and given prison sentences of varying lengths; all have since been released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Perpetrators\nTwo of the perpetrators were German converts to Islam from Christianity, and two were German-Turks. In 2006, all four attended a paramilitary training camp run by the Islamic Jihad Union in Waziristan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Perpetrators\nThe perpetrators were primarily motivated by strong anti-Americanism fuelled by interaction with extremists inside Germany, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and their radicalization increased after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Perpetrators, Fritz Gelowicz\nFritz Gelowicz (born 1979) was considered the leader of the plot. He was born in Munich and moved to Ulm with his parents and brother at the age of 5. He was raised in an upper middle class family where his father was a solar heating salesman and his mother was a nurse. His parents separated when he was 15, and Gelowicz remained with his father. He converted to Islam between the ages of 15\u201318 while attending the Multikulturhaus in Neu-Ulm, and used the name Abdullah. The Multikulturhaus, with its radical sermons, was at the time one of the main Salafist centers in Germany; it was closed in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Perpetrators, Fritz Gelowicz\nHe enrolled to study engineering at Ulm University where he joined an extremist Islamist study circle, which regularly met at Caf\u00e9 Istanbul. Members of the study group legitimized the killing of Jews, Christians and infidels. Gelowicz was also a member of extremist circles based at the Multikulturhaus in Neu-Ulm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Perpetrators, Fritz Gelowicz\nGelowicz lost interest in his engineering studies and took an 18-month break from the University. During the break took Arabic language courses in Egypt and Syria as well as religious courses in Saudi Arabia. He also took part in the hajj to Mecca. According to U.S. authorities, Gelowicz trained at camp belonging to the Islamic Jihad Union in tribal areas of Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Perpetrators, Fritz Gelowicz\nHe was married in January 2007, to a German-Turkish woman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Perpetrators, Others\nSeven lesser figures were also being hunted. Only five are known by name. The other two have been identified by aliases. Four of the ten suspects (including Yilmaz) have been identified as Turkish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Investigation\nThe suspects had been under observation since October 2006, when the NSA had intercepted communications between them and IJU and alerted German authorities. At the end of 2006, Fritz Gelowicz was spotted suspiciously observing a US Army base in Hanau. The suspects had rented a vacation house in the remote town of Oberschledorn, where they amassed 700\u00a0kg (1,500\u00a0lbs) of hydrogen peroxide, and military-grade detonators from Syria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Investigation\nA 20 July conversation between two suspects mentioned targeting \"a disco filled with American sluts,\" as well as Ramstein Air Base and Frankfurt Airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Investigation\nA phone call from northern Pakistan in late August is purported to have set a 15 September deadline for the group's attacks. The group was aware that they were being watched by police, one member even slashing an unmarked police car's tires while stopped at an intersection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Investigation\nA routine traffic stop by police not involved in the investigation led to the officers mentioning that the drivers were on a federal watchlist, a comment that the suspects overheard (as was recorded by covert listening devices installed by German authorities in their rented car). This led to an unscheduled raid on their cottage on 4 September 2007. The men were preparing to move the chemicals by van when they were arrested outside the home. There was a minor scuffle and one of the men shot a German police officer in the hand before being subdued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Investigation, Bombing materials\nThe solution containing 35% hydrogen peroxide had been purchased legally. Authorities who were observing the group surreptitiously replaced it with a harmless 3% solution at the end of July 2007. The Pakistani terror camps had reportedly trained their members to make bombs using peroxide as it was easy to procure, and unlikely to rouse suspicion. The hydrogen peroxide was to be concentrated by being heated, and then mixed with flour. It was found later that many of the 26 military detonators the group had purchased would not have worked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Investigation, Bombing materials\nThree used vans had also been purchased in France, and brought into Germany, possibly to be the carriers for the bombs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Aftermath\nU.S. President George W. Bush, after being briefed on the arrests, expressed his appreciation to the German authorities, saying that serious potential terrorist attacks had been prevented. The authorities did not find a direct link between the cases in Germany and Denmark, but in both cases they also found material for bomb-making in addition to the suspected links with al-Qaeda. Both German and Danish suspects used the Internet to try to communicate with their Pakistani network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Aftermath\nTougher terror legislation was proposed by German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries. The new laws would make it illegal to train and/or obtain substances for an attack. The proposed penalty would be up to ten years in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Aftermath\nG., S., Y., and S. went on trial in Germany on 22 April 2009. The suspects confessed. They were sentenced in March 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Aftermath, Perpetrators and sentencing\nThe authorities did not find a direct link between the cases in Germany and Denmark, but in both cases they also found material for bomb-making in addition to the suspected links with al-Qaeda. Both German and Danish suspects used the Internet to try to communicate with their Pakistani network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193986-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 bomb plot in Germany, Aftermath, Perpetrators and sentencing\nThe perpetrators were primarily motivated by strong anti-Americanism fuelled by interaction with extremists inside Germany, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan and their radicalization increased after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand\nThe Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, Buddhist Era 2550 (2007) (Thai: \u0e23\u0e31\u0e10\u0e18\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e19\u0e39\u0e0d\u0e41\u0e2b\u0e48\u0e07\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e13\u0e32\u0e08\u0e31\u0e01\u0e23\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 \u0e1e\u0e38\u0e17\u0e18\u0e28\u0e31\u0e01\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a \u0e52\u0e55\u0e55\u0e50; RTGS:\u00a0Ratthathammanun Haeng Ratcha-anachak Thai Phutthasakkarat Song Phan Ha Roi Ha Sip) was the constitution of Thailand which was in effect from 2007 to 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand\nOn 19 September 2006, the Royal Thai Armed Forces staged a coup d'\u00e9tat against then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, abrogated the 1997 constitution and formed a junta called Council for Democratic Reform (CDR). The 2006 interim constitution was then promulgated by King Bhumibol Adulyadej upon advice of the CDR leader, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin. The interim constitution established a Constitutional Convention (CC) and charged it with the duty to draft a new constitution before presenting the draft to the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), a legislature replacing the National Assembly abrogated by the CDR. The CC set up a constituent committee to draw up the draft. The committee consisted of thirty five members, of whom 25 were selected by the CC itself and the other 10 were selected by the CC upon advice of the CDR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 864]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand\nAfter the draft was approved by the CC and the NLA respectively, a national referendum was organised by the Election Commission on 19 August 2007, allowing the people to approve or deny the entire draft. 56.69 percent of the voters voted in favor of the draft, 41.37 percent voted against it and 1.94 percent were invalid votes. King Bhumibol Adulyadej signed it into law on 24 August 2007 and it came into force immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand\nTwo amendments were made to this constitution, both in 2011. The first amendment modified the composition of the House of Representatives. The second revised the criteria governing the conclusion of treaties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand\nOn 22 May 2014, the National Council for Peace and Order, a military junta which staged a coup d'\u00e9tat against the caretaker government, repealed the constitution, save the second chapter which concerns the king. The constitution was repealed and replaced by an interim constitution on 22 July 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, 2006 Interim constitution\nPrawit Wongsuwan (PPRP)Wissanu Krea-ngamAnutin Charnvirakul (BJT)Jurin Laksanawisit (D)Don PramudwinaiSupattanapong Punmeechaow", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, 2006 Interim constitution\nBorders\u00a0: Cambodia Laos Malaysia Myanmar (Maritime\u00a0: India Indonesia Vietnam)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, 2006 Interim constitution\nOn 19 September 2006, a military junta seized power from the interim caretaker government of Thaksin Shinawatra and abrogated the Constitution of Thailand. It later established an interim constitution which specified a process for drafting the permanent constitution. The interim constitution:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Criticism of the drafting process\nThe drafting process met harsh public criticism. Key concerns included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Criticism of the drafting process\nBanjerd Singkhaneti, of Thammasat University, noted of the process for drafting a permanent constitution, \"I think it will be a mess and the next constitution will be just that.\" Charoen Khumpeeraparp, of Silpakorn University, criticized the charter for protecting human rights according to commitments made under international treaties, claiming that it would not allow persecution of figures in the deposed government. Charoen claimed that no other countries let international commitments influence their local laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Criticism of the drafting process\nHowever, the draft interim charter did call for one democratic innovation: it required that a permanent constitution would have to be ratified by public referendum. This innovation was suggested in the draft 1974 Constitution, but was rejected by the royally-appointed Constitutional Convention. Nonetheless, the referendum proposal too has been condemned, as if the draft is rejected then under section 32 of the interim charter it is returned to the junta, which will write a constitution of its own in consultation with the Council of Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Criticism of the drafting process\nKhomsan Phokhong, of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, demanded greater public participation in the charter-drafting process as well as restrictions against participation by members and affiliates of the Thai Rak Thai party. Somkhid Lertphaithoon, Deputy Rector of Thammasat University, demanded that the junta directly appoint 100 members to the CC rather than rely on a 2000-member NLA. He also called the interim constitution the best of its kind although he was disappointed it did not include a mission statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Criticism of the drafting process\nSomchai Siripreechakul, Dean of Law at Chiang Mai University, urged Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont to call a general election as soon as possible and hand the task of drafting a charter to the elected parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Criticism of the drafting process\nAmong human rights groups, the Hong Kong-based regional body the Asian Human Rights Commission has issued a series of statements condemning the interim charter as a work of \"constitutional fiction\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Criticism of the drafting process\nFederation for Democracy chairman Weng Tojirakarn called the new constitution as, \"a joke drafted by a council of puppets.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Criticism of the drafting process\nWith the draft facing mounting criticism, Premier Surayud promised that if the draft were approved on 19 August, he would hold national elections as early as 25 November 2007 (instead of September, as promised immediately after the coup, or late December, as later promised by the junta).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Junta guidelines\nIn December, junta chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin issued several guidelines for the permanent constitution being drafted by the CDR's drafting body. These included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Junta guidelines\nHe also suggested that the term in office of village heads and kamnan be increased from 5 to 10 years, while the role of elected tambon administrative organisations be reduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Junta guidelines\nSonthi later denied dictating the content for the new constitution, but stated \"We can't force them to do things but responsible people will know what the constitution should look like.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Junta guidelines\nGeneral Saprang Kalayanamitr, junta assistant secretary-general, noted that military coups against the government \"should never be ruled out.\" The abrogated 1997 constitution had outlawed coups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Junta guidelines\nDespite repeated denials from the junta, public opinion persisted that the junta would enable their post-election grip on power via the clauses of the new constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Selection of drafters, Initial selection\nIn December, the 2,000-member NLA elected 200 of its members as candidates for the CC. The voting was fraught with irregularities. The candidate with most votes was Okas Tepalakul from Chachoengsao Province, a virtually unknown car dealership owner who was a former classmate of junta-head Sonthi Boonyaratglin. BMW Thailand executive Pharani Leenuthapong received the second highest number of votes. The controversial selection also saw Suwit Pipatwilaikul, a little-known Nong Bua Lamphu construction contractor who received the third highest number of votes. There were no representatives of farmers or workers in the final selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Selection of drafters, Initial selection\nOf the 200 final nominees, the nominee who received the lowest  number of votes received just seven votes. CC member Maj Pol Gen Krerk Kalayanimitr claimed that some votes may have been bought. Of the 200 nominees, 74 were public sector bureaucrats, 34 were academics, 38 were from the social sector, and 54 were from the private sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Selection of drafters, Initial selection\nThe voting itself was full of irregularities. CC members were lobbied in front of toilets and many CC members marked their ballots before entering the polling booths (Normally, voters are handed ballot papers only when they enter the booth). A soldier guarding the entrance to the parliament stopped a woman carrying 400,000 baht in cash. She refused to say why she was carrying so much money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Selection of drafters, Initial selection\nOf the 200 shortlisted nominees, 100 were approved by the junta to act as potential constitution drafters. The 100 included prominent anti-Thaksin critics like Chirmsak Pinthong, Karun Sai-ngarm, and Klanarong Chanthik. Among those approved were several who had received the lowest number of votes from the CC (7), including Phisit Lee-Atham, Wichai Roobkhamdee, Wicha Mahakhun, and Apichart Damdee. The three approved who received the greatest number of votes were Okart Tepalakul, Uthit Chuchuey, and Wuthisarn Tanchai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Selection of drafters, Initial selection\nFormer Thammasat University Rector Noranit Sethabutra was unanimously voted president of the CC. Two other candidates, Sawat Chotipanich and Charun Pakdithanakul, were also nominated for the post, but withdrew their candidacies. Noranit pledged to complete drafting the new within 180 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Selection of drafters, Qualifications controversy\nMembers of the constituent committee selected by the 100-member CC were required to be either a professor or have held a position equivalent to director-general, or former senator or member of parliament. This requirement met with opposition among some members of the CC. However, CC Chairperson Noranit Sethabutra gained a consensus among the CC's 100 members that there was no time to rewrite qualification requirements. He said the six month time frame set down by the junta for producing a new constitution meant there was no time to amend the decree, which would require cabinet approval and the  king's signature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 98], "content_span": [99, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Selection of drafters, Qualifications controversy\nDissenting CC-member Karun Sai-ngam noted, \"The CC is neglecting an important matter and in the future people will say, 'Look what the CC did. It merely closed its eyes and ears [and didn't oppose it]'.\" Sawaek Chinkool noted, \"That's what they told us [to do]. We have been raped and we must accept it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 98], "content_span": [99, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Selection of drafters, Direct CDR appointees\nThe junta nominated candidates to join the CC, ten of whom were selected to become part of the 35 members of the constituent committee. These selectees included anti-Thaksin activist and former CC president Prasong Soonsiri, Judge Advocate-General Attaporn Charoenpanit, Montri Sri-iamsa-ard, Atchaporn Charuchinda, Supot Kaimuk, legal expert Thongtong Chandrangsu, Detudom Krairit, Thanaboon Chiranuwat, Vichit Wichaisarn and Kanchanarat Leewirot. Prasong Soonsiri was later chosen to lead the drafting group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Religion\nDrafters came under pressure from religious groups to name Buddhism as the national religion. Over 300,000 signed a petition in an attempt to sway the commission, and the leader of a Buddhist group threatened that Buddhists would reject the draft constitution in a public referendum if their demands were not met.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Human rights\nThe National Human Rights Commission asked to present suggestions as to what human rights clauses should be enshrined in the new constitution, but the request was rejected by the drafters. CC president Prasong Soonsiri claimed that the commission had \"no time to listen to everyone.\" CC member Pairoj Phromsarn claimed \"there will be no end\" to deliberation if everyone were allowed to give suggestions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Prime minister\nThe CC announced that future prime ministers and cabinet members should be barred from running the country in a caretaker capacity after the dissolution of the House of Representatives. An interim administration, under a person not formally titled prime minister to avoid legal confusion, would be selected by the Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, and Constitution Tribunal. In justifying the move, Vicha Mahakun, one CC drafter, noted that politicians were like \"hungry tigers, so are we really going to allow them to stay on [after House dissolution]? The country is already in a bad way.\" The proposal was attacked by several party leaders, including Thai Rak Thai Party caretaker executive Veera Musigapong, who noted that \"They [the junta] hope that the next government will be a coalition and they can manage to be the leader of the coalition.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 937]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Prime minister\nCC president Prasong Soonsiri supported a proposal that would not require that prime ministers be elected members of parliament. CC member Sriracha Charoenpanich, who was the main proponent for the clause, insisted that as many as 50 percent of the CC supported the move. He insisted that he was not defending the junta's interests. The clause was supported by General Somjet Boonthanom, CDR Secretary General, since it provided \"a good way out\" of political crises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Prime minister\nSeveral notable figures attacked the clause as being undemocratic, including CC member Noranit Sethabutr, political scientist Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, Campaign for Popular Democracy Deputy Secretary-General Somkuan Promthong, Democrat Party Secretary-General Suthep Thaugsuban, and Thai Rak Thai party caretaker leader Chaturon Chaisang. Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said that efforts to include the clause \"created public mistrust in the government.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Parliamentary representation\nThe CC announced that it would adopt a multi-seat constituency system for the House of Representatives, which would give each province at least three members of parliament. The system was used in the general election in 1995, while the 1997 constitution called for single-seat constituencies. A proportional representation system was announced, with 320 constituency MPs and 80 party-list MPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Senate\nThe CC's sub-panel on political institutions, chaired by Jarun Pukditanakul, concluded that the next constitution, the Senate would not be an elected body. The new Senate's 160 members would be selected via a national selection committee as well as provincial selection committees in each of the 76 provinces nationwide (not including Bangkok). Each provincial committee would name a list of 10 candidates, which would be narrowed down to one by the national committee. A senator for Bangkok would be selected directly by a national selection committee. The Election Commission would be responsible for selecting the remaining 84 senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Senate\nThe CC formally recommended that senators be appointed, claiming that it would solve the problem of nepotism. The recommendation was criticized by both the Democrat and Thai Rak Thai Parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Senate\nDrafters defended the move to appoint senators. In a public hearing, former judge Wicha Mahakhun claimed that,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Senate\nWe all know elections are evil, but [why do] many people still want to see history repeated? People, especially academics, who want to see the constitution lead to genuine democracy, are naive. Electing senators is a problem, as seen in the past, so why don't people want judges to help select senators?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Senate\nThe former judge further claimed that the king placed his trust in the judiciary's proposed role in appointing the Senate, noting that \"On April 9 [2006], His Majesty told the judges to perform their duties firmly and without caring what others might say. His Majesty said if the courts did not support good people, society could not survive. His Majesty said it was most imperative [for judges] to ensure justice. Even HM the King places trust in the judges; would you condemn them? The country collapsed because politicians played politics without principle, but these people [who want elected senators] have never learned from the [country's] crisis.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Senate\nOther members of the judiciary rejected the proposal. Supreme Court Judge Wattanachai Chotechootrakul, chairman of the courts' committee reviewing the constitution draft, convened a meeting of concerned judges. The meeting concluded it was not the duty of judges to make political appointments. \"It is inappropriate to make judges become involved [in politics] because it will lead to loss of independence and fairness of the courts,\" said Srawuth Benjakul, Deputy Secretary of the Office of the Courts of Justice and the courts' spokesperson. He said that assigning the courts to select leading members of so-called independent organisations would make the courts lose their impartiality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Local administration\nVillage headmen and kamnan requested that the CC amend the law to permit them to remain in their post, once elected, until they reached 60 years of age. At the time, those who held the position had a term of five years. The Nakhon Ratchasima association of village headmen and kamnan headed the delegation of local administrative leaders. The association claimed that the current five year term allowed \"troublemakers\" like drug dealers to interfere with matters of local administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Amnesty for coup leaders\nConstituent committee chairperson Prasong Soonsiri asked the CC to ensure that the military was given amnesty from prosecution. No previous permanent constitution contained clauses giving amnesty for rebellion. Prasong noted that \"If staging a coup is wrong under the new charter, will the CDR be tried in a military court, or what? It won't be fair to them if, after the charter is adopted, they all ended up going to jail.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0039-0001", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Amnesty for coup leaders\nCC member and permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice Charan Phakdithanakul, agreed, noting that unless a clause was written in the new constitution to recognise the junta's action as legal, people could use a loophole to launch a lawsuit against the junta after the 2006 interim constitution expired. Charan said the clause should not specifically mention the CDR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Key issues, Others\nThe CC gave the Supreme Court-appointed Election Commission power to control a caretaker government concerning major decisions, including the appointment or dismissal of state or state enterprise officials, approval of government payments, and the use of government resources or personnel that could directly or indirectly affect election results. The clause was suggested by CC member Pichien Amnajworaprasert, who claimed that cabinet members, whose term is ended with house dissolution, do not need to stay on as caretaker ministers because they could abuse power to benefit their election campaigns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Reactions, Thai Rak Thai party\nThe Thai Rak Thai party had several major objections to the draft constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Reactions, Thai Rak Thai party\nA court later terminated the party and banned its entire executive team of over a hundred from politics for five years due to election fraud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Reactions, Democrat Party\nThe Democrat Party supported the draft constitution. Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said the Democrat Party considered the new constitution similar to the 1997 Constitution, but with improvements. \"If we wanted to please the CDR we would reject the draft so it could pick a charter of its own choosing. If we reject the draft, it will be like handing out power to the Council. We have come up with this stand because we care about the national interest and want democracy to be restored soon,\" he said. Acknowledging the flaws of the new Constitution, Abhisit has also proposed, along with asking for cooperation from other political parties, to amend the constitution once he is in power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Junta campaigning\nThe Committee on Information and Public Dissemination of the CC led an advertising campaign to persuade voters to favour the draft constitution. Media used included all television, cable and radio stations, websites, print media outlets, government agencies, education institutions, billboards and places where crowds gather. All state-run schools and universities were involved in the campaign. Spots were aired from 06:00 until 22:00 with the message \"Approve: New Constitution, close to the people\". Billboards saying, \"Love the King. Care about the King. Vote in a referendum. Accept the 2007 draft charter.\" were placed throughout the northeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Junta campaigning\nThe junta's propaganda campaign was criticized. \"Broadcasting media under the control of the army and certain television stations have been misused by the state to convey false messages to persuade people to endorse the draft 2007 constitution,\" a statement issued by Midnight University said. The junta then agreed to a debate regarding the draft, but refused to air the debate on television, because it would create confusion among the public. A debate was later aired on Nation Channel, a subscription-only cable channel, rather than on one of the government-owned free-to-air channels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Junta campaigning\nIn late-July, General Sonthi said that if the draft constitution failed the referendum, the junta would modify the 1997 Constitution for permanent use. He also said that an election would definitely be held within 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Junta campaigning\nThe government printed 19 million copies of the draft for public distribution prior to the referendum. However, none of the copies contained a translation into Malay, preventing people in the Malay-speaking southern provinces of Thailand from understanding the contents of the draft constitution. Despite this, eighteen Islamic organisations declared that they would accept a draft constitution and called for Muslims to also accept the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Junta campaigning\nGen Sonthi has ordered the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) to use its nationwide staff to \"promote proper understanding of the constitution\" among rural people. ISOC spokesman Colonel Thanathip Sawangsaeng said provincial ISOC chiefs would use door-to-door tactics in their campaign to \"educate\" people so they will not be \"tricked\" into rejecting the draft. It was also revealed that the ISOC started their draft constitution \"education\" campaign in February, even before the draft constitution had been completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Junta campaigning\nThe junta announced that it would transport people to voting stations on the date of the referendum. Interior Minister Aree Wongaraya insisted that it was not illegal for the ministry to do so, adding that Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has given his consent. In elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Election Act states that it is a criminal offence to provide free transport for voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Junta campaigning\nThe junta's referendum campaign reached a peak in the final week before the referendum. On Sunday 12 August, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont led cabinet ministers, senior government officials, and 100,000 people dressed in yellow from 17 central provinces in a rally from the Royal Plaza to Democracy Monument. Similar rallies were organised simultaneously in several other major provinces. Former Thai Rak Thai member Kuthep Saikrajang claimed that people at the rally were paid between 100 and 300 baht each to join the rally. He also claimed that the government had arranged transport to bring the people to Bangkok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Junta campaigning\nThe Election Commission supported the junta's campaign. EC member Sumet Upanisakorn denied that the government acted illegally by summoning villagers to take part in a parades to accept the draft charter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Restrictions against campaigning to reject the draft\nThe junta passed a law that made criticism of the draft and opposition to the constitutional referendum a criminal act. Political parties were not allowed to persuade voters to cast ballots in favour or not in favour of the constitution. Any violators could be banned from politics for five years and jailed for 10 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 113], "content_span": [114, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Restrictions against campaigning to reject the draft\nThe restrictions against opposition to the draft were criticized by human rights bodies. \"Even if amended to allow for 'factual' campaigning on the referendum, it is clear that the main purpose of the law is to intimidate and silence persons who don\u2019t share the official view,\" the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) said. \"Meanwhile the administration is pumping vast amounts of money into Yes propaganda that is set to increase quickly.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 113], "content_span": [114, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Restrictions against campaigning to reject the draft\nThe ban against campaigning against the constitution was enforced. In July, 20 soldiers and 10 policemen raided the house of a politician and seized anti-charter t-shirts, banners, documents, and recorded speeches. Police also raided the Duang Prateep Foundation of former Senator Prateep Ungsongtham Hata and confiscated 4,000 posters which carried the message \"It's not illegal to vote against the draft constitution.\" No charges were filed. The police claimed they were acting on orders from the military. \"They could not cite any law to back up their actions,\" said Sombat Boon-ngam-anong. Prateep filed a complaint with the police, claiming that they had committed an \"unlawful\" act, citing her human rights under the abrogated 1997 constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 113], "content_span": [114, 865]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Restrictions against campaigning to reject the draft\nThe junta also claimed that general democratic elections would only occur if the draft were approved. Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas told reporters that an election \"can take place only if the new constitution passes the referendum,\" implying that a \"No\" would result in indefinite military rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 113], "content_span": [114, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Restrictions against campaigning to reject the draft\nTaxi-drivers were banned from putting anti-draft bumper stickers on their vehicles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 113], "content_span": [114, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Restrictions against campaigning to reject the draft\nInterior minister Aree Wong-Arya warned those campaigning against the draft by distributing leaflets to voters that they will be severely punished if there is proof against them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 113], "content_span": [114, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Restrictions against campaigning to reject the draft\nOn 11 August in Kamphaeng Phet Province, military officers raided a shop printing leaflets that attacked the draft. Eight boxes of leaflets and the printing press were seized for investigation. The raid was conducted under a government emergency decree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 113], "content_span": [114, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Restrictions against campaigning to reject the draft\nAt the time of the referendum, martial law was in place in 35 provinces, intimidating those who wished to campaign against the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 113], "content_span": [114, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Accusations of vote-buying\nPrime Minister Surayud accused people in the northeast of taking bribes to vote against the charter. He did not display any evidence to support his accusation or file charges against the people he claimed took or paid the money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Accusations of vote-buying\nConstitution drafter Prasong Soonsiri and Prime Minister's Office Minister Thirapat Serirangsan both accused former members of the Thai Rak Thai party of buying \"no\" votes. Neither offered any evidence. The Election Commission urged Prasong to reveal the identity of the alleged vote-buyers and to file charges. Prasong refused to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Accusations of vote-buying\nDemocrat Party Deputy Leader Vitoon Namabutr claimed that former members of the Thai Rak Thai party were bribing people to vote against the draft with compact discs and shirts. He also did not display any evidence or file charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Accusations of vote-buying\nFormer leaders of the Thai Rak Thai party denied the accusations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Accusations of vote-buying\nThe accusations were criticized by Matichon, which noted in an editorial that, \"Members of the public are at a loss. They don't know whether real attempts are being made to sink the charter, or is it all part of a smear campaign.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Criticisms of the referendum\nThe campaigning process leading to the referendum was harshly criticized. Giles Ji Ungpakorn of Chulalongkorn University noted that,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Criticisms of the referendum\nIt is now obvious that the military junta have no intention of conducting a clean and democratic referendum on their new constitution. While the government is shamelessly spending millions of the public's baht on propaganda urging the population to vote \"yes\" and accept the constitution, those who are opposed to it are prevented from campaigning properly by arrests, threats and a total lack of access in the media. The referendum cannot therefore be regarded as democratic, according to any international or Thai standards...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Criticisms of the referendum\nIt is necessary to remind ourselves that those in the People's Alliance for Democracy (P.A.D.) and those intellectuals and academics who welcomed the coup as the \"only way to get rid of Thaksin's authoritarianism\", used the excuse of a \"dirty election\" on the 2nd April 2006 to justify the coup and to justify collaborating with the junta. The present referendum is infinitely more dirty and undemocratic compared to the 2nd of April election, which was a kind of referendum on the Thaksin government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0067-0001", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Criticisms of the referendum\nAt that time we and many others were able to campaign openly for a \"no\" vote against Thaksin without any threats or hindrance. The press carried the views of those who opposed the government. Yet we hear no protests from the ex-members of the P.A.D. or from the pro-coup intellectuals about the way the junta's referendum is being conducted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193987-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 constitution of Thailand, Drafting process, Referendum, Criticisms of the referendum\nMartial law is in place across half the country. That is the harsh reality of today, and it is not an environment that would be conducive to a free and fair referendum. Any referendum carried out under the current repressive climate and alleged forced voting cannot be used to chart the path of the future of a democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia\nThe 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia (Estonian: 2007. aasta k\u00fcberr\u00fcnnakud Eesti vastu) were a series of cyberattacks which began on 27 April 2007 and targeted websites of Estonian organizations, including Estonian parliament, banks, ministries, newspapers and broadcasters, amid the country's disagreement with Russia about the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, an elaborate Soviet-era grave marker, as well as war graves in Tallinn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia\nMost of the attacks that had any influence on the general public were distributed denial of service type attacks ranging from single individuals using various methods like ping floods to expensive rentals of botnets usually used for spam distribution. Spamming of bigger news portals commentaries and defacements including that of the Estonian Reform Party website also occurred. Research has also shown that large conflicts took place to edit the English-language version of the Bronze Soldier's Wikipedia page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia\nSome observers reckoned that the onslaught on Estonia was of a sophistication not seen before. The case is studied intensively by many countries and military planners as, at the time it occurred, it may have been the second-largest instance of state-sponsored cyberwarfare, following Titan Rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia\nAs of January 2008, one ethnic-Russian Estonian national has been charged and convicted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia\nDuring a panel discussion on cyber warfare, Sergei Markov of the Russian State Duma has stated his unnamed aide was responsible in orchestrating the cyber attacks. Markov alleged the aide acted on his own while residing in an unrecognised republic of the former Soviet Union, possibly Transnistria. On 10 March 2009 Konstantin Goloskokov, a \"commissar\" of the Kremlin-backed youth group Nashi, has claimed responsibility for the attack. Experts are critical of these varying claims of responsibility. The direct result of the cyberattacks was the creation of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Estonia's response\nThe Estonian government was quick to blame the Kremlin, accusing it of being directly involved in the attacks. It was later revealed that the allegations were not completely correct when Estonia's defense minister, Jaak Aaviksoo, admitted that he had no evidence linking the cyber-attacks to the Kremlin. \"Of course, at the moment, I cannot state for certain that the cyber-attacks were managed by the Kremlin, or other Russian government agencies,\" Jaak Aaviksoo said in interview on Estonia's Kanal 2 TV channel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Estonia's response\n\"Again, it is not possible to say without doubt that orders came from the Kremlin, or that, indeed, a wish was expressed for such a thing there,\" said Aaviksoo. Russia called accusations of its involvement \"unfounded\", and neither NATO nor European Commission experts were able to find any proof of official Russian government participation. Since the attack, Estonia has advocated for increased cybersecurity protection and response protocol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, NATO's response\nIn response to such attacks, NATO conducted an internal assessment of their cyber security and infrastructure defenses. The assessment resulted in a report issued to the allied defense ministers in October 2007. It further developed into the creation of a cyber defense policy and the creation of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, NATO's response\nDue to the attacks, the Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare was also developed. This report outlined international laws which are considered applicable to the cyber realm. The manual includes a total of ninety-five \"black-letter rules\" addressing cyber conflicts. The Tallinn Manual has worked to provide a global norm in cyber space by applying existing international law to cyber warfare. The manual suggests that states do not have sovereignty over the Internet, but that they do have sovereignty over components of the Internet in their territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Legalities\nOn 2 May 2007, a criminal investigation was opened into the attacks under a section of the Estonian Penal Code criminalising computer sabotage and interference with the working of a computer network, felonies punishable by imprisonment of up to three years. As a number of attackers turned out to be within the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation, on 10 May 2007, Estonian Public Prosecutor's Office made a formal investigation assistance request to the Russian Federation's Supreme Procurature under a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) existing between Estonia and Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Legalities\nA Russian State Duma delegation visiting Estonia in early May in regards the situation surrounding the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn had promised that Russia would aid such investigation in every way available. On 28 June, Russian Supreme Procurature refused assistance, claiming that the proposed investigative processes are not covered by the applicable MLAT. Piret Seeman, the Estonian Public Prosecutor's Office's PR officer, criticized this decision, pointing out that all the requested processes are actually enumerated in the MLAT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Legalities\nOn 24 January 2008, Dmitri Galushkevich, a student living in Tallinn, was found guilty of participating in the attacks. He was fined 17,500 kroons (approximately US$1,640) for attacking the website of the Estonian Reform Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Legalities\nAs of 13 December 2008, Russian authorities have been consistently denying Estonian law enforcement any investigative cooperation, thus effectively eliminating chances that those of the perpetrators that fall within Russian jurisdiction will be brought to trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Opinions of experts\nCritical systems whose network addresses would not be generally known were targeted, including those serving telephony and financial transaction processing. Although not all of the computer crackers behind the cyberwarfare have been unveiled, some experts believed that such efforts exceed the skills of individual activists or even organised crime as they require a co-operation of a state and a large telecom company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Opinions of experts\nA well known Russian hacker Sp0Raw believes that the most efficient online attacks on Estonia could not have been carried out without the blessing of the Russian authorities and that the hackers apparently acted under \"recommendations\" from parties in higher positions. At the same time he called claims of Estonians regarding direct involvement of Russian government in the attacks \"empty words, not supported by technical data\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Opinions of experts\nMike Witt, deputy director of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) believes that the attacks were DDoS attacks. The attackers used botnets\u2014global networks of compromised computers, often owned by careless individuals. \"The size of the cyber attack, while it was certainly significant to the Estonian government, from a technical standpoint is not something we would consider significant in scale,\" Witt said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Opinions of experts\nProfessor James Hendler, former chief scientist at The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) characterised the attacks as \"more like a cyber riot than a military attack.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Opinions of experts\n\"We don't have directly visible info about sources so we can't confirm or deny that the attacks are coming from the Russian government,\" Jose Nazario, software and security engineer at Arbor Networks, told internetnews.com. Arbor Networks operated ATLAS threat analysis network, which, the company claimed, could \"see\" 80% of Internet traffic. Nazario suspected that different groups operating separate distributed botnets were involved in the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Opinions of experts\nExperts interviewed by IT security resource SearchSecurity.com \"say it's very unlikely this was a case of one government launching a coordinated cyberattack against another\": Johannes Ullrich, chief research officer of the Bethesda said \"Attributing a distributed denial-of-service attack like this to a government is hard.\" \"It may as well be a group of bot herders showing 'patriotism,' kind of like what we had with Web defacements during the US-China spy-plane crisis [in 2001].\" Hillar Aarelaid, manager of Estonia's Computer Emergency Response Team \"expressed skepticism that the attacks were from the Russian government, noting that Estonians were also divided on whether it was right to remove the statue\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Opinions of experts\n\"Today security analysts widely believe that the attacks were condoned by the Kremlin, if not actively coordinated by its leaders.\" Andy Greenberg, author of the WIRED Guide to Cyberwar 23 August 2019. He noted that the next year, 2008, similar attacks on Georgia were accompanied by a Russian physical invasion. wired.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Opinions of experts\nClarke and Knake report that upon the Estonian authorities informing Russian officials they had traced systems controlling the attack to Russia, there was some indication in response that incensed patriotic Russians might have acted on their own. Regardless of conjectures over official involvement, the decision of Russian authorities not to pursue individuals responsible\u2014a treaty obligation\u2014together with expert opinion that Russian security services could readily track down the culprits should they so desire, leads Russia observers to conclude the attacks served Russian interests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Opinions of experts\nOn May 23, 2012, the Atlantic Council convened a retrospective conference, \"Building a Secure Cyber Future: Attack on Estonia, Five Years On\" in which cyber-experts who had been involved in the conflict discussed lessons learned and how the field of cyber-conflict was changed by the Estonian attack and the following year's attack on Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Opinions of experts\nThe conference was organized by Jason Healey, director of the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative, and featured talks by Jaan Priisalu, Director General of Estonia's Information System Authority; Jonatan Vseviov, then Minister of Defense and subsequently Ambassador to the United States; Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Estonian Ambassador-at-Large for Cybersecurity; Chris Painter, US Coordinator for Cyber Issues; and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Claiming responsibility for the attacks\nA Commissar of the Nashi pro-Kremlin youth movement in Moldova and Transnistria, Konstantin Goloskokov (Goloskov in some sources), admitted organizing cyberattacks against Estonian government sites. Goloskokov stressed, however, that he was not carrying out an order from Nashi's leadership and said that a lot of his fellow Nashi members criticized his response as being too harsh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Claiming responsibility for the attacks\nLike most countries, Estonia does not recognise Transnistria, a secessionist region of Moldova. As an unrecognised nation, Transnistria does not belong to Interpol. Accordingly, no Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty applies. If residents of Transnistria were responsible, the investigation may be severely hampered, and even if the investigation succeeds finding likely suspects, the legal recourse of Estonian authorities may be limited to issuing all-EU arrest warrants for these suspects. Such an act would be largely symbolic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Claiming responsibility for the attacks\nHead of Russian Military Forecasting Center, Colonel Anatoly Tsyganok confirmed Russia's ability to conduct such an attack when he stated: \"These attacks have been quite successful, and today the alliance had nothing to oppose Russia's virtual attacks\", additionally noting that these attacks did not violate any international agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Influence on international military doctrines\nThe attacks triggered a number of military organizations around the world to reconsider the importance of network security to modern military doctrine. On 14 June 2007, defence ministers of NATO members held a meeting in Brussels, issuing a joint communiqu\u00e9 promising immediate action. First public results were estimated to arrive by autumn 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Influence on international military doctrines\nOn 25 June 2007, Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves met with US president, George W. Bush. Among the topics discussed were the attacks on Estonian infrastructure. NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) operates out of Tallinn, Estonia, since August 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193988-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, Influence on international military doctrines\nThe events have been reflected in a NATO Department of Public Diplomacy short movie War in Cyberspace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193989-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 elections in India\nThe State Assembly elections in India, 2007 took place between 8 February 2007 and 23 February 2007 for Indian States of Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Elections for Gujarat were held in December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193989-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 elections in India, Results\nCounting of votes was done on 27 February 2007 and the results were announced on the same date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193989-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 elections in India, Results\nThe Indian National Congress, who were the incumbents in Punjab and Uttarakhand lost their majorities in both states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193989-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 elections in India, Results, Goa\nCongress emerge as single largest party after results. Congress formed government in alliance with NCP and SGF. SGF later merged in Congress to raise its tally to 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193989-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 elections in India, Results, Manipur\nElections in Manipur were held in three phases on 8 February 14 and 23 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193989-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 elections in India, Results, Manipur\nThe Indian National Congress won by a simple majority. A Congress-led coalition government was sworn in on 1 March 2007 with Okram Ibobi Singh as the Chief Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193989-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 elections in India, Results, Punjab\nA Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government sworn on 2 March 2007 with Parkash Singh Badal as the Chief Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193989-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 elections in India, Results, Uttarakhand\nThe Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 34 seats in a house of 70. They were still one short of the majority to form a government. After much wrangling it was announced that the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and the three independents would be supporting the government. Elections to Bajpur are still to take place. The incumbent Indian National Congress Government lost as they had only 21 seats out of 70 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193989-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 elections in India, Results, Uttarakhand\nAfter protracted discussions it was announced the B. C. Khanduri would be Chief Minister and B. S. Koshyari was to manage party work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193989-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 elections in India, Results, Uttar Pradesh\nElections in Uttar Pradesh were held in seven phases during April and May 2007. In the end, Mayawati's B.S.P won this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193990-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 electoral calendar\nThis electoral calendar 2007 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2007 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union\nOn 1 January 2007, Bulgaria and Romania became member states of the European Union (EU) in the fifth wave of EU enlargement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Negotiations\nRomania was the first country of post-communist Europe to have official relations with the European Community. In 1974, a treaty included Romania in the Community's Generalized System of Preferences. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, membership of the EC, and its successor the European Union (EU), had been the main goal of every Romanian Government and practically every political party in Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Negotiations\nRomania signed its Europe Agreement in 1993, and submitted its official application for membership in the EU on 22 June 1995 and Bulgaria submitted its official application for membership in the EU on 14 December 1995, the third and the fourth of the post\u2013communist European countries to do so after Hungary and Poland. Along with its official EU application, Romania submitted the Snagov Declaration, signed by all fourteen major political parties declaring their full support for EU membership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Negotiations\nDuring the 2000s, Bulgaria and Romania implemented a number of reforms to prepare for EU accession, including the consolidation of its democratic systems, the institution of the rule of law, the acknowledgement of respect for human rights, the commitment to personal freedom of expression, and the implementation of a functioning free-market economy. The objective of joining the EU also influenced Bulgaria and Romania's regional relations. As a result, Bulgaria and Romania imposed visa regimes on a number of states, including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey and Moldova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Negotiations\nWithin the framework of integration meetings held between the EU member states and the EU candidate states Bulgaria and Romania, an 'Association Committee' was held on 22 June 2004. It confirmed overall good progress for the preparation of accession; however, it highlighted the need for further reform of judicial structures in both Bulgaria and Romania, particularly in its pre-trial phases, as well as the need for further efforts to fight against political corruption and organized crime, including human trafficking. The findings were reflected in the 2004 Regular Report for Bulgaria and Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Negotiations\nThe Brussels European Council of 17 December 2004 confirmed the conclusion of accession negotiations with Bulgaria and Romania. The 26 September 2006 of the European Commission confirmed the date once more, also announcing that Bulgaria and Romania would meet no direct restrictions, but progress in certain areas \u2013 reforms of the judicial system, elimination of corruption and the struggle against organized crime \u2014 would be strictly monitored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Negotiations, Cyrillic\nWith this accession, Cyrillic became the third official alphabet of the EU, after the Latin and Greek alphabets. Cyrillic will also be featured on the euro banknotes and the national (obverse) side of the Bulgarian euro coins. The ECB and the EU Commission insisted that Bulgaria change the official name of the currency from \u0415\u0412\u0420\u041e (EVRO) (as accepted) to \u0415\u0423\u0420\u041e (EURO), claiming that the currency should have a standard spelling and pronunciation across the EU. For details, see Linguistic issues concerning the euro. The issue was decisively resolved in favour of Bulgaria at the 2007 EU Summit in Lisbon, allowing Bulgaria to use the Cyrillic spelling \u0435\u0432\u0440\u043e on all official EU documents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Treaty\nThe date of accession, 1 January 2007, was set at the Thessaloniki Summit in 2003 and confirmed in Brussels on 18 June 2004. Bulgaria, Romania and the EU-25 signed the Treaty of Accession on 25 April 2005 at Luxembourg's Neumuenster Abbey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Treaty\nThe 26 September 2006 monitoring report of the European Commission confirmed the entry date as 1 January 2007. The last instrument of ratification of the Treaty of Accession was deposited with the Italian government on 20 December 2006 thereby ensuring it came into force on 1 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Work restrictions\nSome member states of the EU required Bulgarians and Romanians to acquire a permit to work, whilst members of all other old member states did not require one. In the Treaty of Accession 2005, there was a clause about a transition period so each old EU member state could impose such 2+3+2 transitional periods. Restrictions were planned to remain in place until 1 January 2014 \u2013 7 years after their accession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Remaining areas of inclusion\nBulgaria and Romania became members on 1 January 2007, but some areas of cooperation in the European Union will apply to Bulgaria and Romania at a later date. These are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Monitoring\nWhile both countries were admitted, concerns about corruption and organised crime were still high. As a result, although they joined, they were subject to monitoring from the European Commission through a Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification (CVM). It was initially set up for three years after the accession but has continued indefinitely and although it has highlighted the corruption and applied some pressure to continue reforms, it has not succeeded in forcing the two countries to complete reforms and corruption persists. In 2019 however, the European Commission stated that it will admit Bulgaria in the Schengen area for its efforts against corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, Commissioners\nThe accession treaty granted Bulgaria and Romania a seat, like every other state, on the Commission. Bulgaria nominated Meglena Kuneva, from NDSV who was given the post of Commissioner for Consumer Protection in the Barroso Commission, from 1 January 2007 until 31 October 2009. She was nominated in 2006 by the then current Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev. Romania nominated Leonard Orban, an independent, who was made Commissioner for Multilingualism in the Barroso Commission, from 1 January 2007 until 31 October 2009. He was nominated in 2006 by the previous Romanian Prime Minister C\u0103lin Popescu-T\u0103riceanu. Both were approved by Parliament to become Commissioners upon accession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193991-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 enlargement of the European Union, MEPs\nUpon accession Bulgaria's 18 and Romania's 35 observer MEPs became full voting representatives until each state held an election for the posts, which were mandated to happen before the end of the year. Bulgaria held its election on 20 May 2007 and Romania on 25 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193993-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Africa, Notes\nThis text is being translated from the original French-language article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193996-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in American football, NFL, NFL Draft\nThe 2007 NFL Draft took place in New York City on April 28 and 29. The draft was televised for the 28th consecutive year on ESPN and ESPN2. The venue for the event was the Radio City Music Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193996-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in American football, NFL Europa, World Bowl\nWorld Bowl XV was NFL Europa's 2007 championship game. It was played at the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany on Saturday, June 23, where Hamburg defeated Frankfurt 37\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193996-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in American football, NCAA, BCS National Championship Game\nThe BCS National Championship Game for the 2006 season was played on January 8 at the University of Phoenix Stadium. The BCS No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes lost 41\u201314 to the BCS No. 2 Florida Gators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193997-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in American soccer\nThe 2007 season was the 95th year of competitive soccer in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193997-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in American soccer, National team, Men, Senior\nThe home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193997-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in American soccer, National team, Women, Senior\nThe United States Women's National Soccer Team was coached by Pia Sundhage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193997-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in American soccer, Major League Soccer, Playoffs\n1 The Kansas City Wizards earned the eighth and final playoff berth, despite finishing fifth in the Eastern Conference. They represent the fourth seed in the Western Conference playoff bracket, as only three teams in the Western Conference qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193997-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in American soccer, USL First Division, Table\nPurple indicates regular season champion Green indicates playoff berth clinched", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193997-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in American soccer, USL Second Division, Table\n1New Hampshire was penalized 1 point for circumstances not released by the USL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00193998-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in American television\nThe following is a list of events affecting American television in 2007. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194003-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Australia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 84]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194004-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Australian literature\nThis article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194005-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Australian television\nThe year 2007 in Australian television was the 52nd year of continuous operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194005-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Australian television, Programming changes\nBelow is a list programs which made their premiere on free-to-air television that had previously premiered on Australian Pay TV; a program may still air on the original network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194005-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Australian television, Programming changes, Subscription premieres\nThis is a list of programs which made their premiere on Australian subscription television that had previously premiered on Australian free-to-air television. Programs may still air on the original free-to-air television network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194006-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Austria\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 80]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194007-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Azerbaijan\nThis is a list of events that took place in the year 2007 in Azerbaijan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194008-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Bangladesh\n2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2007th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 7th  year of the 3rd\u00a0millennium, the 7th  year of the 21st\u00a0century, and the  8th   year of the 2000s decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194008-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Bangladesh\nThe year 2007 was the 36th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the first year of the regime of the fourth caretaker Government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194008-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Bangladesh, Climate, Flood\nIn 2007 a series of floods impacted South Asia including Bangladesh. On 1 August, there was flooding on the Padma and Brahmaputra rivers. By 3 August, the main highway connecting Dhaka to the rest of the country was impassable, many districts were flood-affected and 500,000 people had been marooned. By 7 August an estimated 7.5 million people had fled their homes. By 8 August more than 50,000 people had diarrhoea or other waterborne diseases and more than 400,000 people were in temporary shelters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194008-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Bangladesh, Climate, Flood\nAs of 21 July, the flood impacted districts included Dhaka, Munshiganj, Rajbari, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Manikganj, Netrakona, Jamalpur and Tangail in Dhaka division; Magura and Narail in Khulna division; Sirajganj, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Bogra and Kurigram in Rajshahi division and Sylhet, Sunamganj and Sherpur in Sylhet division. By 11 August, flood deaths were still occurring in Bangladesh, the number of people with flood-related diseases was increasing and about 100,000 people had caught dysentery or diarrhoea. By 13 August, the confirmed death toll in Bangladesh was 405. By 15 August, five million people were still displaced, the estimated death toll was nearly 500, and all six of Bangladesh's divisions were affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194008-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Bangladesh, Climate, Cyclone\nAn extremely severe tropical cyclone, named Cyclone Sidr resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in Bangladesh this year. Sidr formed in the central Bay of Bengal, and quickly strengthened to reach peak 1-minute sustained winds of 260\u00a0km/h (160\u00a0mph), making it a Category-5 equivalent tropical cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. The storm eventually made landfall in Bangladesh on November 15, 2007, causing large-scale evacuations. At least 3,447 deaths have been blamed on the storm, with some estimates reaching 15,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194008-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Bangladesh, Climate, Cyclone\nSave the Children estimated the number of deaths associated with the cyclone to be between 3,100 and 10,000, while the Red Crescent Society reported on November 18 that the number of deaths could be up to 15,000. Other aid agencies have estimated a death toll of up to 15,000. International groups pledged US$95\u00a0million to repair the damage, which was estimated at $1.7\u00a0billion (2007\u00a0USD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194008-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in Bangladesh, Climate, Cyclone\nCoastal districts of Bangladesh faced heavy rainfall as an early impact of the cyclone. Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh experienced drizzle and gusty winds. Total damages came close to $450\u00a0million. The damage was extensive, including tin shacks flattened, houses and schools blown away and enormous tree damages. Some local officials have described the damage as being even worse than that from the 1991 cyclone. The entire cities of Patuakhali, Barguna and Jhalokati District were hit hard by the storm surge of over 5\u00a0meters (16\u00a0ft). About a quarter of the world heritage site Sunderbans were damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194008-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 in Bangladesh, Climate, Cyclone\nResearchers said mangrove forest Sunderban will take at least 40 years to recover itself from this catastrophe. Much of the capital city of Dhaka was also severely affected, as electricity and water service were cut and significant damage was reported there due to winds and flooding. The local agricultural industry was also devastated, as many rice crops\u00a0\u2014 which have a December harvest\u00a0\u2014 were lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194008-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in Bangladesh, Climate, Cyclone\nAt least 3,447 deaths have been reported. Highest estimated death toll is around 15,000. The hardest-hit area was Barguna, where 423 people were reported to have been killed, according to local officials. Patuakhali was also hard-hit, with 385 deaths reported. Most of the deaths confirmed thus far were due to the winds, although 13 of them have been as a result of capsized boats in the Faridpur district of Bangladesh. The head of the Red Crescent in Bangladesh expected the death toll to reach as high as 15,000. Over 3,000 other fishermen were reported missing on over 500 fishing boats. The maximum estimated death toll from Sidr in the densely populated region is over 15,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194008-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in Bangladesh, Economy\nNote: For the year 2007 average official exchange rate for BDT was 68.87 per US$.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194010-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Belgian television\nThis is a list of Belgian television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football\nThe following article presents a summary of the 2007 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 106th season of competitive football in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Relegation\nThe four worst placed teams, which are Corinthians, Paran\u00e1, Juventude and Am\u00e9rica-RN, were relegated to the following year's second level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B, Promotion\nThe four best placed teams, which are Coritiba, Ipatinga, Portuguesa and Vit\u00f3ria, were promoted to the following year's first level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B, Relegation\nThe four worst placed teams, which are Paulista, Santa Cruz, Remo and Ituano, were relegated to the following year's third level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Promotion\nThe four best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Bragantino, Bahia, Vila Nova-GO and ABC, were promoted to the following year's second level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football, Copa do Brasil\nThe Copa do Brasil final was played between Fluminense and Figueirense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football, Copa do Brasil\nFluminense declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team\nThe following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football, Women's football, Brazil women's national football team\nThe following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football, Women's football, Brazil women's national football team\nThe Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football, Women's football, Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino\nThe Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino final was played between Mato Grosso do Sul/Saad and Botucatu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194016-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian football, Women's football, Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino\nMato Grosso do Sul/Saad declared as the cup champions after beating Botucatu 5-4 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194017-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brazilian television\nThis is a list of Brazilian television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194018-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music\nThis is a summary of 2007 in music in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 79]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts\nThis is a summary of the year 2007 in British music. It was the first year of digital downloads being fully integrated into the charts, leading to many songs not given physical releases to enter the chart on download sales alone. Leona Lewis had the most successful single of the year with \"Bleeding Love\", which achieved sales of 787,652 copies. Her album Spirit became the fastest-selling debut album of all time in the UK. Rihanna spent ten weeks at number one with \"Umbrella\", the longest stay for any artist at number 1 for thirteen years and the second best selling single of the year, and Amy Winehouse had the biggest selling album of the year with Back to Black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, January\n2007 began with the introduction of new chart rules meaning that all songs legally downloaded over the internet can count towards chart positions, whether or not a \"physical\" version of a song is available to purchase. Although Leona Lewis stayed at number one in her first week, the change was felt further down the charts with songs such as \"Crazy\" by Gnarls Barkley, \"Maneater\" by Nelly Furtado, \"You Don't Know\" by Eminem all returning to the charts on downloads alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, January\nAlso, as a result of downloads being eligible at any time, JoJo charted at number twenty-two with \"Too Little Too Late\", two weeks before physical release. Since then, various other songs have charted long before their CD release, including The Fray, whose \"How to Save a Life\" charted at number 29 on 21 January, two months before the CD's release. As a result, the CD release date was brought forward by a month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, January\nMika topped the singles chart on 21 January to knock Leona Lewis off the top with the song \"Grace Kelly\" with sales around 30,000, to become only the second song (after Gnarls Barkley's \"Crazy\") to go to #1 exclusively via download sales. Just Jack climbed to number two with \"Starz in Their Eyes\" and The View at three with \"Same Jeans\". Chris Moyles, BBC Radio 1 Breakfast DJ, decided to test the new chart rules by selecting a random track for the public to download (legally) to see if it would chart. The track was \"Honey to the Bee\" by Billie and it reached number 17 on 21 January on downloads alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, January\nOn 31 January, German dance group Cascada released their second single, a cover of \"Truly Madly Deeply\", which entered the charts at #17 solely on downloads and then went on to peak at #4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, March\nKaiser Chiefs claimed their first #1 album with Yours Truly, Angry Mob, which stayed at the top for two weeks despite a challenge by Arcade Fire's second album Neon Bible. Take That claimed their 10th #1 single with \"Shine\", replaced two weeks later by Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud, who collaborated on the official Comic Relief single \"Walk This Way\". The single earned Sugababes their fifth #1 single, and Girls Aloud their third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, March\nRay Quinn, who came second in the third series of The X Factor, went to #1 in the album charts with his album of swing covers, Doing It My Way. German dance group Cascada also released their first album, Everytime We Touch, which peaked at #2 and ended up being the UK's 22nd best selling album of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, April\nScottish duo The Proclaimers managed to score three weeks at the top of the singles chart with the unofficial Comic Relief single, \"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)\" with Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin, selling over 200,000 copies to date. American rock band Kings of Leon recorded their first #1 album in the UK with their third album, Because of the Times. American producer Timbaland went to #1 with \"Give It to Me\", which was also at the top at the same time in the States. \"Give It to Me\" was an all-star collaboration with both Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, April\nAnother all-star collaboration replaced Timbaland at #1, with both Beyonc\u00e9 and Shakira climbing to the top with \"Beautiful Liar\", which gave both Beyonc\u00e9 and Shakira their second UK #1 within a year and also Beyonc\u00e9 her third #1 as a solo artist. The Arctic Monkeys' first single from their second album Favourite Worst Nightmare, \"Brianstorm\", reached #2, behind Beyonce and Shakira's #1 hit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, April\nAvril Lavigne charted with The Best Damn Thing giving her a third UK #1 album. It is only the second time that a female solo artist has ever scored three #1's in the UK with her first three albums, following Let Go (#1 in 2003) and Under My Skin (#1 in 2004). Norah Jones has also achieved this feat with her first three albums.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, May\nMcFly gained their seventh #1 single with \"Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania\", but the song fell to #20 and then #39 the following week, tying the record for the biggest fall from #1 with Elvis Presley. Rihanna went to #1 for the first time with \"Umbrella\" \u2014 a collaboration with Jay-Z \u2014 and would remain on top for the rest of the month. Linkin Park and Maroon 5 both got #1 albums in May, with Minutes to Midnight and It Won't Be Soon Before Long respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, June\nThe month of June began with Rihanna being at the #1 spot for both the singles and download chart. Her third album Good Girl Gone Bad also made it to the top in the albums chart. The White Stripes reached #2 with their single \"Icky Thump\". The 7\" format of the single went on to become the UK's biggest selling 7\" single in twenty years, which was partly due to a tie in with XL Records and NME (who had given away a free foldout 7\" of new song \"Rag and Bone\", with space to include the \"Icky Thump\" 7\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, June\nThe Traveling Wilburys went to #1 for the first time with The Traveling Wilburys Collection, followed by The White Stripes with their sixth album Icky Thump. Britain's most successful girl group the Spice Girls reformed and announced a global tour and Greatest Hits album. Muse played a record, sold-out two night concert in Wembley Stadium on the 16th and 17th of this month. Paul McCartney released his album Memory Almost Full on the 5th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, July\nEditors went to #1 for the first time with their second album An End Has a Start. They would be followed by #1 albums from The Chemical Brothers (We Are the Night), The Enemy (We'll Live and Die in these Towns) and Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts, whose album One Chance was the first since Maroon 5's It Won't Be Soon Before Long to spend more than one week at #1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, July\nOn 10 July, German Eurodance Group Cascada released their 3rd single Miracle. It entered at #57 and then went on to peak at #8, making it their 3rd consecutive top ten single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, July\nOn 22 July, Rihanna's \"Umbrella\" secured ten weeks at #1. In doing so, it overtook Gnarls Barkley's \"Crazy\" as the longest runner at #1 in the 21st Century and became one of the most successful R&B/Hip-Hop singles of all time. The title also cursed the British summertime which was one of the wettest in living memory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, July\nAfter a massive ten weeks at #1, Rihanna was finally replaced by Timbaland's second #1 single of the year, \"The Way I Are\", featuring newcomers Keri Hilson and D.O.E., whilst Kate Nash stayed at #2 with her official debut single \"Foundations\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, August\nThe record for the shortest single to ever chart was broken, when Hans Zimmer's \"Spider Pig\", from The Simpsons Movie soundtrack, entered the chart at #24. The running time for the song is a mere 1:04.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, August\nSwedish singer Robyn earns her first UK top 40 #1, with the song \"With Every Heartbeat\". In the same week, Kate Nash made it to #1 in the albums chart with her debut album, Made of Bricks. Hip-Hop act Kanye West debuts at #3 in the singles chart with \"Stronger\" based on downloads alone, and then also in the same week being the #1 of the downloads chart. \"Stronger\" rose to #1 in the singles chart the following week and stayed there for 2 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, August\nSeventeen-year-old Sean Kingston makes his British chart debut at #2 in the chart on downloads alone with Beautiful Girls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, September\nOn 2 September, Sean Kingston moves one place up the chart from #2 and earns his first #1 with the single \"Beautiful Girls\", Sean believes that he was inspired by music from his hero Jay-Z. One week later Hard-Fi triumphantly return with their second album Once Upon a Time in the West reaching #1 on 9 September. On the day of release the band played at Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street where they signed copies of the album. During the evening of the same day, the band played an exclusive gig at Maida Vale Studios, London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, September\nGirls Aloud returned to the charts with \"Sexy! No, No, No...\" which made it to #5, but fell 2 places to #7 the week after. They entered into the Guinness Book Of World Records, for having the most consecutive Top 10 hits in the UK for an all-female group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, September\nIn the Air Tonight by Phil Collins re-entered the chart at #17 after many years, due to its use in the new UK Cadburys Dairy Milk advert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, September\nOn 30 September, Radio 1 held a special UK Singles Chart edition for 40 years of Radio 1. Bruno Brookes and Mark Goodier, past presenters of the UK Singles Chart, played the biggest singles ever in the singles chart and showed highest stats from artists including Britney Spears, Gnarls Barkley, Will Young, Hear'Say, Bryan Adams, Rihanna and Eminem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, September\nOn this same day, Sugababes earned their sixth number one single with first single from their fifth studio album, \"About You Now\". Also, the Sugababes were the second artist (after Timbaland) to have two singles at number one in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, September\nAt 36 seconds long, \"The Ladies' Bras\" by Jonny Trunk & Wisbey became the shortest ever single to enter the UK Singles Chart, charting at number 27 on 30 September, breaking the record just a few weeks after \"Spider Pig\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, October\nSteve Hewitt, Placebo's drummer of 11 years, left the band as a result of \"personal and musical differences...\", as quoted on the", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, October\nOn 6 October the Sugababes managed to hold on to the top spot with \"About You Now\". Jennifer Lopez and The Stereophonics both made returns to the chart at numbers 11 and 12 with the singles \"Do It Well\" and \"It Means Nothing\" respectively. Kate Nash's second single failed to match the success of her debut, as \"Mouthwash\" peaked at number 23 (just two places ahead of \"Foundations\" after 15 weeks on the charts).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, October\nOn 7 October, JK and Joel hosted their final chart show, giving their chart show shoes to Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, October\nBruce Springsteen hit number one for the seventh time on the UK album charts with new album Magic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, October\nIn a controversial move, Radiohead released their new album \"In Rainbows\" online, and allowed their fans to download it for any set price they want from \u00a30.00-\u00a3100. The Charlatans announce that they are to follow suit, by releasing their album for free from XFM's website in 2008. They release \"You Cross My Path\" as a free mp3 through the XFM site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, October\nThe Verve unleash their first new material for 10 years, a 14-minute demo known as \"The Thaw Session\" as a free MP3 through NME's website, for 1 week only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, October\nOn 21 October Britney Spears entered the UK Singles Chart at #3 after 2 years away from the music scene. Stereophonics earned their fifth number one album with Pull the Pin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, October\nOn 28 October, Leona Lewis achieved her second number-one single with \"Bleeding Love\", having sold 218,000 copies in its first week, the highest first-week sales of the year so far. Online downloads reached an all-time high of 1.7 million in a week. Leona also became the third artist in 2007 to have her second number one after Timbaland & Sugababes. On the issue date of October 28 the top five consisted of all British performers/acts, and first three places were new-entries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, November\nOn 4 November, The Eagles beat Britney Spears to number one on the Album Chart, and on 11 November, Westlife earned another number one album with Back Home. Boyz II Men came back to the UK with a new album which went to #8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, November\nOn 11 November, Spice Girls, Kylie Minogue, Nickelback and Celine Dion returned to the charts due to download sales, with Spice Girls entering at number 20 with \"Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)\". Minogue entered the charts after two years away with \"2 Hearts\" at number 12, and Nickelback entered at number 34 with \"Rockstar\". Dion entered the chart with \"Taking Chances\" at number 40. Girls Aloud entered the top 10 on downloads alone and rose to 3 a week later on November 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, November\nNovember 11 also saw the first performance of the World Requiem, by John Foulds, in 81 years (since 1926).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, November\nNicole Scherzinger's debut single \"Baby Love\" moved up the chart to #14 to give her her highest peak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, November\nOn 18 November, Leona Lewis earned her fourth week at number one with \"Bleeding Love\", having become the biggest selling single of the year to date. She also became the first artist to have two singles stay at number one for 4 or more weeks in the 2000s (decade) (\"Bleeding Love\" and \"A Moment Like This\"). Her debut album Spirit entered the album chart at number one, being the fastest selling debut album and the fourth fastest selling album of all time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, November\nLed Zeppelin's classic song \"Stairway To Heaven\" charts at #37 for the first time, after their back catalogue and greatest hits album \"Mothership\" appears on iTunes. Despite the band's incredible fame, their lack of British single releases means that the band had only been in the UK Top 40 once previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, November\nSoulja Boy Tell 'Em, who had been #1 in the United States for 7 weeks with his single \"Crank That (Soulja Boy),\" entered the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone at #24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, December\nOn 2 December, Leona Lewis earned her sixth week at number one with \"Bleeding Love\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, December\nOn 9 December Leona earns her seventh week at number one as \"Bleeding Love\" continues to sell well, selling over 700,000 copies thus far. \"Bleeding Love\" is now in joint 3rd place for Most Weeks At The top Of The Charts. Her album Spirit has so far sold 1,146,246 copies and has gone 3x platinum in just under a month. \"Bleeding Love\" was the joint third longest number one of the 21st Century so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, December\nMariah Carey enters into the top ten for the first time in two years as seasonal favourite \"All I Want for Christmas Is You\" reaches number eight via downloads. \"Crank That (Soulja Boy)\" enters at number ten also via downloads for Soulja Boy Tell 'Em which topped the US Chart for six weeks back in the autumn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, December\nOn 10 December German Dance Group Cascada enter the top 10 with \"What Hurts The Most\" (which peaked at #10) after entering at #16 on downloads alone. This was also their 4th top ten single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, December\nOn 16 December, singer/songwriter Katie Melua earned her first UK number one single with a duet with Eva Cassidy. It's a cover of Louis Armstrong's classic \"What a Wonderful World\". All proceeds from the single will go to the Red Cross charity. The song was only available from supermarket chain Tesco. Christmas spirit also returned to the charts as Mariah Carey got to number one on downloads but only number four (behind Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua, Leona Lewis & Soulja Boy Tell 'Em) with \"All I Want for Christmas Is You\" in the combined chart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0041-0001", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, December\nThe Pogues also charted well, getting to number eight during their third week in the chart (on downloads alone) with Fairytale of New York. Wham!, Wizzard, Andy Williams, Slade, Shakin' Stevens, Band Aid, Chris Rea and John Lennon also provided a festive feel to the top 40. T2 featuring Jodie Aysha slipped to number nine after two weeks at number two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, December\nOn the 'Christmas Chart', Kylie Minogue entered at number 32 on downloads alone with her single \"Wow\" while the Sugababes climbed up thirteen places to number 13 with \"Change\" after the physical release. Also, Rihanna had three singles in the Top 40, (\"Umbrella\" at 38, \"Hate That I Love You\" at 37, and \"Don't Stop the Music\" at 30), the latter being on downloads alone. X Factor winner Leon Jackson topped the Christmas chart with \"When You Believe\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0042-0001", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, December\nThis marks the third year in a row that an X Factor winner tops the Christmas chart (Shayne Ward \"That's My Goal\" did it in 2005 and Leona Lewis repeated it in 2006 with \"A Moment Like This\"). Leona Lewis topped the Christmas album charts with her debut album \"Spirit\" for the sixth week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, December\nIn the last singles chart of the year Leon Jackson and \"When You Believe\" remained at number one for a second week, with Leona Lewis climbing back to number two with \"Bleeding Love\". There were also a number of re-entries from some of the biggest selling singles of the year in the post-Christmas rush, as consumers looked to fill newly purchased digital music players. In the album chart Leona Lewis completed her seventh week at number 1 with \"Spirit\", with Westlife's \"Back Home\" holding steady at 2 and Take That climbing back up to 3 with \"Beautiful World\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, December\nIt was also announced by the Official Chart Company that Amy Winehouse had the biggest selling album of the year with \"Back To Black\" selling 1,586,194 copies. Leona Lewis who had the second biggest selling album with \"Spirit\" selling 1,550,037 copies in the 48 days since its release. Mika's \"Life in Cartoon Motion\" was the third biggest selling album of the year. Leona Lewis had the biggest selling single of 2007 with \"Bleeding Love\" (787,652), with Rihanna's \"Umbrella\" at number two (512,730), and Mika's \"Grace Kelly\" in third position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194019-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 in British music charts, Summary, December\nRadiohead's In Rainbows finally got a physical CD release on 31 December 2007 after causing controversy within the music industry upon initial release as a download only on 10 October 2007. The public were asked to pay whatever they wanted for the record (including nothing) and despite this the CD release would still go on to be the first Number One in the Official Chart Company's album chart for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194020-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in British radio\nThis is a list of events in British radio during 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194021-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in British television\nThis is a summary of the year 2007 in British television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 84]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194021-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in British television, Events, December\nFreeview Channel in the UK also sees ITV News and the ITV regional newsrooms cease being cropped to 14:9 format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194021-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in British television, Big Brother racism controversy\n2007 saw Channel 4 reality show Big Brother involved in two high-profile race-rows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194021-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in British television, Big Brother racism controversy, Celebrity Big Brother 5\nIn January, Jade Goody, her mother Jackiey Budden and boyfriend Jack Tweed, along with Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara, were accused of racist bullying towards Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. This resulted in protests in India and a record number of complaints to British TV regulator Ofcom and to Channel 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194021-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in British television, Big Brother racism controversy, Big Brother 8\nAt the end of May, Channel 4 broadcast an apology for not intervening in the bullying just moments before the eight non-celebrity series started; all housemates in this series were given strict warnings about racism before entering. Just one week after the launch, Emily Parr was removed from the house in the early hours of the morning for saying the word \"nigger\" to black housemate Charley Uchea just hours before. This incident was widely discussed in the media; viewers complained about Channel 4 broadcasting the word, however, other viewers complained that Emily had been treated unfairly, as she did not use the word in a spiteful context, instead possibly imitating rappers who use the word in their songs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194022-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Brunei\nThe following lists events that happened during 2002 in Brunei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 78]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships\nThe year 2007 is the 6th year in the history of the Cage Rage Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. In 2007 Cage Rage Championships held 12 events, Cage Rage 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage 20\nCage Rage 20 was an event held on February 10, 2007 at Wembley Arena in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage Contenders 4\nCage Rage Contenders 4 was an event held on March 4, 2007 at Hammersmith Palais in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage 21\nCage Rage 21 was an event held on April 21, 2007 at Wembley Arena in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage Contenders: The Real Deal\nCage Rage Contenders: The Real Deal was an event held on May 26, 2007 at The Point in Dublin, Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage Contenders 5\nCage Rage Contenders 5 was an event held on June 16, 2007 at Wembley Arena in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage 22\nCage Rage 22 was an event held on July 14, 2007 at Wembley Arena in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage Contenders 6\nCage Rage Contenders 6 was an event held on August 18, 2007 in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage 23\nCage Rage 23 was an event held on September 22, 2007 at Wembley Arena in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage Contenders: Dynamite\nCage Rage Contenders: Dynamite was an event held on September 29, 2007 at National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage Contenders 7\nCage Rage Contenders 7 was an event held on November 10, 2007 at The Troxy in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage Contenders: Wales\nCage Rage Contenders: Wales was an event held on November 18, 2007 at Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194025-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage 24\nCage Rage 24 was an event held on December 1, 2007 at Wembley Arena in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194026-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Warriors\nThe year 2007 is the sixth year in the history of Cage Warriors, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. In 2007 Cage Rage Championships held 4 events beginning with, CWFC: Enter The Rough House 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194026-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Enter The Rough House 2\nCWFC: Enter The Rough House 2 was an event held on April 28, 2007 in Nottingham, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194026-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Enter The Rough House 3\nCWFC: Enter The Rough House 3 was an event held on July 21, 2007 in Nottingham, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194026-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Enter The Rough House 4\nCWFC: Enter The Rough House 4 was an event held on October 14, 2007 in Nottingham, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194026-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Enter The Rough House 5\nCWFC: Enter The Rough House 5 was an event held on December 8, 2007 in Nottingham, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194027-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cambodia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Cambodia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194029-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Canadian music\nThis is a summary of the year 2007 in the Canadian music industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194030-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Canadian television\nThis is a list of Canadian television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194030-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Canadian television, Events\nA series of ownership changes radically reshaped the Canadian television broadcasting industry in 2007. Individual transactions are briefly noted below; for more information, see also 2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194030-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Canadian television, Events, Debuts (including scheduled)\nSee 2007\u201308 Canadian network television schedule for a complete grid of the networks' fall prime time programming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194031-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Cape Verde\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Cape Verde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194035-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Colombia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194037-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Croatian television\nThis is a list of Croatian television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194039-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Danish television\nThis is a list of Danish television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep\nThe year 2007 is the seventh year in the history of Deep, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2007 Deep held 22 events beginning with, Deep: 28 Impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: 28 Impact\nDeep: 28 Impact was an event held on February 16, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: 29 Impact\nDeep: 29 Impact was an event held on April 13, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Toyama: Barbarian Festival 6\nDeep: clubDeep Toyama: Barbarian Festival 6 was an event held on May 13, 2007 at Toyama Event Plaza in Toyama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 57], "content_span": [58, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: 1st Amateur Impact\nDeep: 1st Amateur Impact was an event held on May 27, 2007 at Mach Dojo in Ryugasaki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 38], "content_span": [39, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Nagoya: MB3z Impact, Power of a Dream\nDeep: clubDeep Nagoya: MB3z Impact, Power of a Dream was an event held on June 10, 2007 at Zepp Nagoya in Nagoya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 66], "content_span": [67, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Tokyo\nDeep: clubDeep Tokyo was an event held on June 16, 2007 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 34], "content_span": [35, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: Oyaji Deep\nDeep: Oyaji Deep was an event held on June 16, 2007 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 30], "content_span": [31, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: Deep in Yamagata\nDeep: Deep in Yamagata was an event held on June 24, 2007 at Mikawa Town Gymnasium in Mikawa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: 30 Impact\nDeep: 30 Impact was an event held on July 8, 2007 at Zepp Osaka in Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: CMA Festival 2\nDeep: CMA Festival 2 was an event held on July 23, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 34], "content_span": [35, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: Glove\nDeep: Glove was an event held on February 5, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: 31 Impact\nDeep: 31 Impact was an event held on August 5, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Tokyo\nDeep: clubDeep Tokyo was an event held on September 15, 2007 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 34], "content_span": [35, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Yamaguchi\nDeep: clubDeep Yamaguchi was an event held on September 23, 2007 at Shinnanyo Gymnasium in Shinnan'yo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 38], "content_span": [39, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: 32 Impact\nDeep: 32 Impact was an event held on October 9, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Osaka\nDeep: clubDeep Osaka was an event held on October 13, 2007 at Azalea Taisho Hall in Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Hamamatsu\nDeep: clubDeep Hamamatsu was an event held on October 21, 2007 at Act City in Hamamatsu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 38], "content_span": [39, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Sendai\nDeep: clubDeep Sendai was an event held on October 28, 2007 at Zepp Sendai in Sendai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 35], "content_span": [36, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: Kobudo Fight 1\nDeep: Kobudo Fight 1 was an event held on November 3, 2007 at Kobudo Martial Arts Communication Space Tiger Hall in Nagoya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 34], "content_span": [35, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Kanazawa\nDeep: clubDeep Kanazawa was an event held on December 9, 2007 at Ishikawa Industrial Pavilion Second Hall in Kanazawa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 37], "content_span": [38, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: 33 Impact\nDeep: 33 Impact was an event held on December 12, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194040-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 in Deep, Deep: Protect Impact 2007\nDeep: Protect Impact 2007 was an event held on December 22, 2007 at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 39], "content_span": [40, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194042-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Dutch television\nThis is a list of Dutch television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194043-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Ecuadorian football\nThe 2007 season is the 85th season of competitive football in Ecuador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194043-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Ecuadorian football, National team, Senior team\nLuis Fernando Su\u00e1rez resigned as the head coach of the senior team. He was replaced by Sixto Vizuete, who was previously the coach of the U-20 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194043-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Ecuadorian football, National team, Senior team, Copa Am\u00e9rica\nEcuador participated in their 24th Copa Am\u00e9rica. They were drawn into Group B and finished last in the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194043-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Ecuadorian football, National team, Senior team, World Cup qualifying\nCONMEBOL's qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup started in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194044-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Elite Xtreme Combat\nThe year 2007 is the 1st year in the history of the Elite Xtreme Combat, a mixed martial arts promotion based in The United States. In 2007 Elite Xtreme Combat held 8 events beginning with, EliteXC Destiny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194044-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Elite Xtreme Combat, EliteXC Destiny\nEliteXC Destiny was an event held on February 10, 2007 at DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194044-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Elite Xtreme Combat, Dynamite!! USA\nDynamite!! USA was an event held on June 2, 2007 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194044-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Elite Xtreme Combat, Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni\nStrikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni was an event held on June 22, 2007 at The HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194044-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Elite Xtreme Combat, ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series\nShoXC: Elite Challenger Series was an event held on July 27, 2007 at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194044-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Elite Xtreme Combat, ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series\nShoXC: Elite Challenger Series was an event held on August 25, 2007 at Vicksburg Convention Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194044-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in Elite Xtreme Combat, EliteXC: Uprising\nEliteXC: Uprising was an event held on September 15, 2007 at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Oahu, Hawaii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194044-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in Elite Xtreme Combat, ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series\nShoXC: Elite Challenger Series was an event held on October 26, 2007 at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194044-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in Elite Xtreme Combat, EliteXC: Renegade\nEliteXC: Renegade was an event held on November 10, 2007 at The American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194046-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Estonia\nThis article lists events that occurred during 2007 in Estonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 79]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194047-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Estonian football\nThe 2007 season is the 16th competitive football season in Estonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194048-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Estonian television\nThis is a list of Estonian television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194049-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Ethiopia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Ethiopia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194051-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Fighting Network Rings\nThe year 2007 is the 13th year in the history of Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2007 Fighting Network Rings held 2 events beginning with, Rings Holland: The Chosen Ones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194051-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Fighting Network Rings, Rings Holland: The Chosen Ones\nRings Holland: The Chosen Ones was an event held on March 25, 2007 at Vechtsebanen Sport Hall in Utrecht, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194051-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Fighting Network Rings, Rings Gala: Risky Business\nRings Gala: Risky Business was an event held on September 23, 2007 in The Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194052-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Fiji\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in the Republic of Fiji.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194054-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in France\nThis article lists events from the year 2007 in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 70]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194055-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in French television\nThis is a list of French television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194057-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Georgia (country)\n2007 in Georgia saw a number of military incidents involving Georgia and Russia over the Abkhazia area. Abkhazia is a partially recognised state within Georgia's territory. In March, Georgia accused Russia of attacking the Kodori Valley in Upper Abkhazia, which was the only area in Abkhazia that Georgia controlled. Russia denied the claims, saying that their aircraft in the area were grounded at the time. In August, Georgia claimed that Russia fired a missile into Georgia. This claim was confirmed by 2 investigation teams but challenged by a Russian investigation team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194057-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 in Georgia (country)\nAlso in August, Georgia claimed it shot down Russian aircraft that were in Georgia's airspace over the Georgia-controlled Upper Abkhazia area. Russia denied this claim and Abkhazia said that it was an American or Georgian aircraft that crashed in Abkhazia. Abkhazia also held elections that were not recognised by any countries. The president was Mikheil Saakashvili, who stepped down in November to run in the 2008 elections, which he won, again becoming president and replacing Nino Burjanadze who had been acting president since he stepped down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194058-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in German television\nThis is a list of German television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194060-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Ghana\n2007 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194060-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Ghana, Events, July\n1 July - The Bank of Ghana starts circulating the new currency the Ghana cedi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 27], "content_span": [28, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194060-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Ghana, National holidays\nHolidays in italics are \"special days\", while those in regular type are \"regular holidays\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194060-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Ghana, National holidays\nIn addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also \"special days.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194061-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Guinea\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in the Republic of Guinea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194062-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Hong Kong, Events\nIn January 2007, rules were passed to limit the number of pregnant women from mainland China who could give birth in Hong Kong, thus obtaining residency rights for their children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194062-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Hong Kong, Events\nIn March 2007, Chief Executive Donald Tsang won elections for a new five-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194062-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Hong Kong, Events\nIn July 2007, with the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China, Tsang's new government is sworn in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194063-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Iceland\nThe following lists events that happened in 2007 in Iceland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194064-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in India\nEvents in the year 2007 in the Republic of India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 63]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194064-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in India, Births\nIt is estimated that over 1.2 million children were born in 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194067-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Iraqi football\nDespite the nation being torn apart by civil war, Iraqi football in 2007 went as scheduled for the most part. Iraqi clubs participated in international competition, the Olympic team went through qualifications, and the national team played in different tournaments. No games by the national team or the Iraqi clubs were played in Iraq due to violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194067-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Iraqi football, National team, 2007 Gulf Cup\nThe Arabian Gulf Cup 2007, the 18th edition, took place in the United Arab Emirates, from 17 January 2007 to 30 January 2007. Iraq did not get beyond the group stage, and the tournament ended in accusations and allegations against the head coach of the national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194067-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Iraqi football, National team, West Asian Football Federation Championship\nThe 2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship took part in the Jordanian capital Amman. The six entrants were Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and host nation Jordan. The finals took place between 16th and 24 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 82], "content_span": [83, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194067-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Iraqi football, National team, Asian Cup 2007\nThe Asian Football Confederation's 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals was held in July 2007 (Starting on July 7, 2007, ending on July 29, 2007). The competition was co-hosted by four nations \u2013 Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Iraq won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194067-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Iraqi football, National team, Kings's Cup\nArbil FC participated in the 2007 King's Cup as Iraq B team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194067-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Iraqi football, Olympic Team, Olympic Games Qualification\nThe Iraqi Olympic team participated in the qualifications for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Iraq was seeded for the second round. The second round qualifications were held from February 28 to June 6, 2007. Iraq advanced to the final round qualifications, however the team failed to qualify for the Olympics after finishing second behind Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194067-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in Iraqi football, Domestic clubs in international tournaments, 2007 AFC Champions League\nThe 2007 AFC Champions League was the 26th AFC Champions League, played between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation. The top 15 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition; Iraq has 2 spots. The two spots were given to the Champion and the runner-up of the Iraqi Premier League, in the 2005-2006 year. Both clubs failed to qualify for the Quarter Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 94], "content_span": [95, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194067-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in Iraqi football, Domestic clubs in international tournaments, 2007\u201308 Arab Champions League\nIraq has 2 spots. The two spots were given to the 3rd Place and 4th Place of the Iraqi Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 98], "content_span": [99, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194068-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Ireland, Sport, Association football\nIreland finished third in the Group and failed to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194068-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Ireland, Sport, Cricket\n2007 Cricket World Cup: In a successful world cup debut, the Ireland cricket team qualified from the group stage for the Super 8 stage, notably defeating Pakistan cricket team in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194069-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Irish music\nThis is a summary of the year 2007 in the Irish music industry. 2007 was described as \"an annus horribilis for Irish music\" by the Irish Independent's rock critic, Eamon Sweeney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194069-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Irish music, Festivals, Bud Rising\nBud Rising Spring took place from Sunday 1 April until Thursday 31 May. Gigs as ever took place in various venues throughout Dublin, including Dublin Castle, The Olympia and the Temple Bar Music Centre. Among the performances were Max\u00efmo Park at the Temple Bar Music Centre on Monday 21 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194069-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Irish music, Festivals, Bud Rising\nBud Rising Summer saw two outdoor concerts take place in Marlay Park. Foo Fighters played Marlay Park on Wednesday 22 August, supported by Nine Inch Nails and Silversun Pickups. Kaiser Chiefs and The Fratellis played Marlay Park on Sunday 26 August. They were supported by Ash, The Blizzards and Royseven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194069-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Irish music, Music awards, 2007 Meteor Awards\nThe 2007 Meteor Awards were hosted by television personalities Podge and Rodge and comedian Deirdre O'Kane on 1 February 2007. Below are the winners:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194069-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Irish music, Music awards, Choice Music Prize\nThe Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year 2006 was awarded at Vicar Street to The Divine Comedy for the album Victory for the Comic Muse on 28 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194070-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Irish television\nThe following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194071-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Israel, Events\nRaleb Majadele becomes the first Israeli Arab Muslim to serve as a cabinet minister in the government of Israel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194071-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Israel, Events\nThe Israeli reconnaissance satellite Ofek-7 is launched, June 11, 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194071-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Israel, Events\nPresident Moshe Katsav, resigned as president while facing serious criminal charges", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194071-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Israel, Events, Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\nThe most prominent events related to the Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict which occurred during 2007 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194071-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Israel, Events, Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\nThe most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 2007 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194071-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Israel, Events, Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\nThe most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 2007 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194072-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Italian television\nThis is a list of Italian television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194075-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Japanese music\nThe following is an overview of the year 2007 in Japanese music. It includes notable awards, lists of number-ones, yearly best-sellers, albums released, groups established and disestablished, deaths of notable Japanese music-related people as well as any other relevant Japanese music-related events. For overviews of the year in music from other countries, see 2007 in music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194075-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Japanese music, Best-sellers, Albums\nThe following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2007, according to Oricon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194075-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Japanese music, Albums released\nThe following section includes albums by Japanese artists released in Japan in 2007 as well as Japanese-language albums by foreign artists released in the country during this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194077-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Kenya\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194078-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Kenyan football\nThe following article is a summary of the 2007 football season in Kenya, the 44th competitive season in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194078-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Kenyan football, Premier League\nThe league was originally supposed to begin in autumn of 2006, but wrangles between two factions led to a parallel league situation. One of them, the Kenyan Premier League, had only seven teams, but were backed by FIFA. Remaining teams formed the KFFPL, supported by the Kenyan government. Teams affiliated to KPL were private clubs and company teams, such as Tusker, and teams owned by  non-governmental organizations, like sister clubs Mathare United and Mathare Youth, while teams affiliated to KFFPL were traditional community clubs like Gor Mahia, A.F.C. Leopards and Shabana Kisii, or teams belonging to government-owned organizations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194078-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Kenyan football, Premier League\nHowever, in March 2007, the two leagues were finally united into an 18-team league, though two teams, Mumias Sugar and Kangemi United, disbanded halfway through. The two relegated teams, A.F.C. Leopards and Shabana Kisii were not readmitted, although there were some calls for a larger 20-team league. This was in light of the equally controversial inclusion of Gor Mahia who had been expelled mid-season from the league in the previous season, and Mathare United, which had been relegated for fielding an ineligible player in ten matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194078-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Kenyan football, Premier League\nThe season finished in November 2007 with Tusker as the champions and Homegrown and Coast Stars relegated. Bandari and Western Stima gained promotion for the following season. Coast Stars appealed against the relegation to their financier Mohamed Hatimy, who also doubled up as the chairman of Kenya Football Federation. Hatimy's decision to reinstate the club was vetoed by FIFA following submissions by KPL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194078-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Kenyan football, President's Cup\nThe President's Cup was marred by the withdrawal of many leading teams. The cup was eventually won by Nationwide League side Sofapaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194078-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Kenyan football, President's Cup\nSince clubs from the Central African Republic, Chad, Kenya, Rwanda and Sierra Leone were disqualified for failure to fulfill their financial obligations, Sofapaka were unable to compete in the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194078-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in Kenyan football, National team, Africa Cup of Nations\nThe national team finished the qualification phase of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations third in its group and missed the final tournament. They had played two out of their six qualifying matches in 2006, which are included below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194078-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in Kenyan football, National team, CECAFA Cup\nKenya also competed in the 2007 CECAFA Cup. They reached the quarter-finals but lost 4-2 on penalties to Uganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194078-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in Kenyan football, National team, Other matches\nThe following is a list of other matches played by Kenya in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage\nThe year 2007 is the ninth year in the history of King of the Cage, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2007 King of the Cage held 24 events, KOTC: Hard Knocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Hard Knocks\nKOTC: Hard Knocks was an event held on January 19, 2007 at The Rockford MetroCentre in Rockford, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Mass Destruction\nKOTC: Mass Destruction was an event held on January 26, 2007 at The Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Caged Chaos\nKOTC: Caged Chaos was an event held on March 10, 2007 at The Avi Resort & Casino in Laughlin, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Sinister\nKOTC: Sinister was an event held on April 27, 2007 at The Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Eclipse\nKOTC: Eclipse was an event held on May 26, 2007 at The Apache Gold Casino in Globe, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Damage Control\nKOTC: Damage Control was an event held on May 26, 2007 at The UIC Pavilion in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Eliminator\nKOTC: Eliminator was an event held on June 2, 2007 at The Kiowa Casino in Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Epicenter\nKOTC: Epicenter was an event held on June 8, 2007 at The Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Reincarnated\nKOTC: Reincarnated was an event held on June 9, 2007 at Auburn RSL in Auburn, Sydney, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Explosion\nKOTC: Explosion was an event held on June 15, 2007 at The Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, MI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: No Holds Barred\nKOTC: No Holds Barred was an event held on July 14, 2007 at The Eagle Mountain Casino in Porterville, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Battle at the Bowl\nKOTC: Battle at the Bowl was an event held on July 21, 2007 at The Lake of the Torches in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Collision Course\nKOTC: Collision Course was an event held on August 5, 2007 at The Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: River Rage\nKOTC: River Rage was an event held on September 15, 2007 in Laughlin, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Unstoppable\nKOTC: Unstoppable was an event held on September 15, 2007 at The Apache Gold Casino in Globe, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Jawbreaker\nKOTC: Jawbreaker was an event held on September 29, 2007 in Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Perth\nKOTC: Perth was an event held on October 5, 2007 in Perth, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Brimstone\nKOTC: Brimstone was an event held on October 6, 2007 in Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Point of No Return\nKOTC: Point of No Return was an event held on October 7, 2007 in San Jacinto, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Hierarchy\nKOTC: Hierarchy was an event held on October 13, 2007 at The Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Arch Rivals\nKOTC: Arch Rivals was an event held on October 27, 2007 at The Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Damage Inc.\nKOTC: Damage Inc. was an event held on November 17, 2007 at The Rockford MetroCentre in Rockford, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Bad Boys\nKOTC: Bad Boys was an event held on November 21, 2007 at The Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, MI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194079-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Final Chapter\nKOTC: Final Chapter was an event held on December 2, 2007 in California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194080-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki\nThe year 2007 is the fourth year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2007 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 3 events beginning with, KSW VII: Konfrontacja.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194080-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW VII: Konfrontacja\nKSW VII: Konfrontacja was a mixed martial arts event  held on June 2, 2007 at the Hala Torwar in Warsaw, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194080-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW Elimination 1\nKSW Elimination was a mixed martial arts event held on September 15, 2007 at the Hala Orbita in Wroclaw, Poland .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194080-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW VIII: Konfrontacja\nKSW VIII: Konfrontacja was a mixed martial arts event held on November 10, 2007 at the Hala Torwar in Warsaw, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194082-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in LGBT rights\nThis is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194083-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Laos\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Laos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 74]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194084-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Latin music\nThis is a list of notable events in Latin music (i.e. Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking music from Latin America, Latin Europe, and the United States) that took place in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194084-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Latin music, Best-selling records, Best-selling albums\nThe following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 2007, according to Billboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194084-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Latin music, Best-selling records, Best-performing songs\nThe following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 2007, according to Billboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194085-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Lebanon\nThe following lists events that happened in 2007 in Lebanon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194086-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Libya\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Libya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194087-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Liechtenstein\nThe following lists events that happened in 2007 in Liechtenstein.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 88]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194088-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Luxembourg\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194089-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in M-1 Global\nThe year 2007 is the 11th year in the history of M-1 Global, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia. In 2007 M-1 Global held 4 events beginning with, M-1 MFC: Russia vs. Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194089-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in M-1 Global, M-1 MFC: Russia vs. Korea\nM-1 MFC: Russia vs. Korea was an event held on January 20, 2007 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194089-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in M-1 Global, M-1 MFC: Northwest Championships\nM-1 MFC: Northwest Championships was an event held on March 10, 2007 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194089-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in M-1 Global, M-1 MFC: International Mix Fight\nM-1 MFC: International Mix Fight was an event held on March 17, 2007 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194089-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in M-1 Global, M-1 MFC: Battle on the Neva\nM-1 MFC: Battle on the Neva was an event held on July 21, 2007 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194091-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Malaysia\nThis article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2007, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians. 2007 marked 50 years of Malaysian independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194092-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Maximum Fighting Championship\nThe year 2007 is the 6th year in the history of the Maximum Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Canada. In 2007 Maximum Fighting Championship held 5 events beginning with, MFC 11: Gridiron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194092-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Maximum Fighting Championship, MFC 11: Gridiron\nMFC 11: Gridiron was an event held on February 3, 2007 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194092-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Maximum Fighting Championship, MFC: Unplugged 3\nMFC: Unplugged 3 was an event held on April 20, 2007 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194092-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Maximum Fighting Championship, MFC 12: High Stakes\nMFC 12: High Stakes was an event held on June 22, 2007 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194092-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Maximum Fighting Championship, MFC 13: Lucky 13\nMFC 13: Lucky 13 was an event held on August 24, 2007 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194092-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Maximum Fighting Championship, MFC 14: High Rollers\nMFC 14: High Rollers was an event held on November 23, 2007 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194093-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Mexico\nThis is a list of events that happened in 2007 in Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 72]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194094-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Monaco\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 78]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194099-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in New Zealand\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 88]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194099-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government\n2007 was the second full year since the election of the 48th Parliament. The government was a Labour-Progressive coalition with supply and confidence fromUnited Future and New Zealand First in exchange for two ministerial spots outside Cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194099-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in New Zealand, Sport, Rugby league\nsee also Rugby league in New Zealand and Rugby league in 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194100-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Nigeria\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 80]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194102-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Northern Ireland, Sport, Cricket\n2007 Cricket World Cup: In a successful world cup debut, the Ireland cricket team qualified from the group stage for the Super 8 stage, notably defeating Pakistan cricket team in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194104-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Norwegian football\nThe 2007 season was the 102nd season of competitive football in Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194105-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Norwegian music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2007 in Norwegian music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194106-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Norwegian television\nThis is a list of Norwegian television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194108-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pakistani television\nThe following is a list of events affecting Pakistani television in 2007. Events listed include television show debuts, and finales; channel launches, and closures; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about changes of ownership of channels or stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194109-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Palace Fighting Championship\nThe year 2007 is the 1st year in the history of Palace Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2007 PFC held 5 events beginning with, PFC 1: King of the Ring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194109-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Palace Fighting Championship, PFC 1: King of the Ring\nPFC 1: King of the Ring was an event held on January 18, 2007 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194109-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Palace Fighting Championship, PFC 2: Fast and Furious\nPFC 2: Fast and Furious was an event held on March 22, 2007 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194109-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Palace Fighting Championship, PFC 3: Step Up\nPFC 3: Step Up was an event held on July 19, 2007 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194109-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Palace Fighting Championship, PFC 4: Project Complete\nPFC 4: Project Complete was an event held on October 18, 2007 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194109-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Palace Fighting Championship, PFC 5: Beatdown at 4 Bears\nPFC 5: Beatdown at 4 Bears was an event held on November 10, 2007 at the 4 Bears Casino and Lodge in New Town, North Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase\nThe year 2007 is the 15th year in the history of Pancrase, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2007 Pancrase held 17 events beginning with Pancrase: Rising 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Rising 1\nPancrase: Rising 1 was an event held on February 4, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Rising 2\nPancrase: Rising 2 was an event held on February 28, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Korea Hybrid Challenge\nPancrase: Korea Hybrid Challenge was an event held on March 11, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Rising 3\nPancrase: Rising 3 was an event held on March 18, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations\nPancrase: 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations was an event held on March 25, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 66], "content_span": [67, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Real 2007\nPancrase: Real 2007 was an event held on April 8, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Rising 4\nPancrase: Rising 4 was an event held on April 27, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Semifinals\nPancrase: 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Semifinals was an event held on May 6, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 64], "content_span": [65, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Rising 5\nPancrase: Rising 5 was an event held on May 30, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals\nPancrase: 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals was an event held on July 27, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Rising 6\nPancrase: Rising 6 was an event held on September 5, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Rising 7\nPancrase: Rising 7 was an event held on September 30, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Rising 8\nPancrase: Rising 8 was an event held on October 14, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Hybrid Bout in Utsunomiya 3\nPancrase: Hybrid Bout in Utsunomiya 3 was an event held on October 27, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Rising 9\nPancrase: Rising 9 was an event held on November 28, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: 2007 Korea Neo-Blood Tournament\nPancrase: 2007 Korea Neo-Blood Tournament was an event held on December 16, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194110-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Rising 10\nPancrase: Rising 10 was an event held on December 22, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194111-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Paraguayan football\nThe following article presents a summary of the 2007 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194111-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Paraguayan football, First division results\nThe first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 12 teams participating in a two round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194111-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Paraguayan football, First division results, Championship game playoff\nThe national championship game was played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194111-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Paraguayan football, First division results, Championship game playoff\nLibertad declared as national champions by aggregate score of 3-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194111-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Paraguayan football, Paraguay national team\nThe following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194112-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Philippine television\nThe following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2007. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194114-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Polish television\nThis is a list of Polish television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194115-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Portuguese television\nThis is a list of Portuguese television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194116-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pride FC\nThe year 2007 is the 11th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2007 had 2 events beginning with, Pride 33 - The Second Coming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194116-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Pride FC, Debut Pride FC fighters\nThe following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194119-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Rwanda\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Rwanda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 78]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194121-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Scottish television\nThis is a list of events in Scottish television from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto\nThe year 2007 is the 19th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2007 Shooto held 22 events beginning with, Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 1\nShooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 1 was an event held on January 26, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 42], "content_span": [43, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Back To Our Roots 1\nShooto: Back To Our Roots 1 was an event held on February 17, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: It's Strong Being a Man\nShooto: It's Strong Being a Man was an event held on March 4, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Back To Our Roots 2\nShooto: Back To Our Roots 2 was an event held on March 16, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Gig Central 12\nShooto: Gig Central 12 was an event held on March 25, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 2\nShooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 2 was an event held on March 30, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 42], "content_span": [43, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Gig West 7\nShooto: Gig West 7 was an event held on April 21, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Grapplingman 6\nShooto: Grapplingman 6 was an event held on May 13, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Back To Our Roots 3\nShooto: Back To Our Roots 3 was an event held on May 18, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 3\nShooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 3 was an event held on May 26, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 42], "content_span": [43, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Shooting Disco 1: Saturday Night Hero\nShooto: Shooting Disco 1: Saturday Night Hero was an event held on June 2, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 61], "content_span": [62, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto 2007: 6/30 in Kitazawa Town Hall\nShooto 2007: 6/30 in Kitazawa Town Hall was an event held on June 30, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 55], "content_span": [56, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Back To Our Roots 4\nShooto: Back To Our Roots 4 was an event held on July 15, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 4\nShooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 4 was an event held on July 20, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 42], "content_span": [43, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Shooting Disco 2: The Heat Rises Tonight\nShooto: Shooting Disco 2: The Heat Rises Tonight was an event held on August 5, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 64], "content_span": [65, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Gig North 1\nShooto: Gig North 1 was an event held on September 2, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Back To Our Roots 5\nShooto: Back To Our Roots 5 was an event held on September 22, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Gig West 8\nShooto: Gig West 8 was an event held on September 29, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Gig Central 13\nShooto: Gig Central 13 was an event held on October 8, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Shooting Disco 3: Everybody Fight Now\nShooto: Shooting Disco 3: Everybody Fight Now was an event held on October 20, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 61], "content_span": [62, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Back To Our Roots 6\nShooto: Back To Our Roots 6 was an event held on November 8, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194122-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 in Shooto, Shooto: Rookie Tournament 2007 Final\nShooto: Rookie Tournament 2007 Final was an event held on December 8, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194123-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Sierra Leone\nThe following list is of events that happened during 2007 in Sierra Leone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194124-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Singapore\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in the Republic of Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia\nThe timeline of events in the War in Somalia during 2007 is set out below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia\n*The number includes policemen, militiamen and intelligence personnel**Other soldiers killed: 2  Kenyan, 6  Ugandan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 1, 2007\nOn January 1, Islamists abandoned their last stronghold in Kismayo. After their departure, looters took to the streets, but order was restored shortly. The Islamists are reportedly retreating toward the Kenyan border. Kenya has boosted security at the border to prevent them from entering their territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 1, 2007\nAfrican and Arab League countries have called on Ethiopia to withdraw its troops from Somalia, but these troops practically constitute the military might of the Interim Government whose head, Ali Mohamed Gedi, insists the Ethiopian troops stay in Somalia until he no longer needs them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 1, 2007\nIn a move to curb resistance against the come-back of the Interim government, after the take-over of Mogadishu on Friday, Ali Mohammed Gedi swiftly announced the introduction of martial law, but such a measure, taken on the background of what is seen as foreign occupation, is already sparking the organization of guerrilla warfare in the capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 1, 2007\nOn December 31, 2006, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, chairman of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), along with other senior ICU officials in the port city of Kismayu about 500\u00a0km (310\u00a0mi) south of Mogadishu, urged Islamist supporters across the country to initiate an insurgency to wage guerrilla war against the Ethiopian troops backing the Somali transitional government. Ahmed issued the statement after the Muslim Eid prayers on Saturday: \"I call on the Islamic Courts fighters, supporters and every true Muslim to start an insurgency against the Ethiopian troops in Somalia. We are telling the Ethiopians in Somalia that they will never succeed in their mission. By Allah, they will fail... We will not allow the Ethiopian troops to stay peacefully in Somalia.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 2, 2007\nTwo Ethiopian soldiers were killed and three injured by one gunman in the town of Jilib. The suspected Islamist gunman was killed along with two Somalis later in the day. Kenya sealed its Somali border with helicopters, soldiers, and police in order to prevent Islamists from entering. During the course of the day Ethiopian helicopters accidentally bombed a Kenyan border post at Har Har, but did not cause any casualties. The Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf also met with Mwai Kibaki in Mombasa, Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 2, 2007\nPrime minister Meles Zenawi said Ethiopia is not able to stay in Somalia because of the high economic burden that would come with a prolonged troop investment. A call for peacekeepers has been made but many countries are reluctant to intervene without a clear mission and are wary of what happened in prior peacekeeping missions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 2, 2007\nOn January 2, 2007, US Marines operating out of Lamu, Kenya, were said to be assisting Kenyan forces patrolling the border with Somalia with the interception of Islamists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 3, 2007\nEthiopian aircraft and attack helicopters struck the town of Doble (Dhoobley), Afmadow province, not far from the Kenyan border. The strikes were presumably to hit ICU elements attempting to cross the border. Fighting tailed off after midnight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 3, 2007\nA return to normality in the capital was furthered by the re-opening of the Mogadishu airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 4, 2007\nUnconfirmed reports said six Kenyan herders were killed by Ethiopian aircraft that crossed over the border of Somalia. Cordoning off the border, 20 Kenyan tanks were dispatched to patrol the frontier stretching between Liboi, in Garissa district to Kiunga, Lamu district. Reports said ICU troops were split across Afmadow and Badade districts, and possibly concentrated at the former Al-Ittihad Al-Islamiya (AIAI) stronghold of Ras Kamboni. TFG and Ethiopian forces reported taking district capital Afmadow (January 2), and Dhobley along the Kenyan border (January 3), and were presently en route to Badade, the district capital just north of Ras Kamboni. In Nairobi, up to ten of the twenty Somali Members of Parliament in Kenya who were alleged to have ties to the Islamic Courts were taken into custody. One report said five were taken into custody. Another report said ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 920]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 4, 2007\nUnknown gunmen thought to be Somali Islamists fired shots at a Kenyan security helicopter patrolling near the border with Somalia. The helicopter was flying over the southeastern Kenyan border town of Hulugho. The report did not say if the aircraft was damaged but said gunmen fired small arms from the region of Ras Kamboni, the base for the fleeing Islamists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 4, 2007\nIn Mogadishu, TFG militias set up checkpoints in the city. At one checkpoint, a group of militia apparently attempted to extort money from the driver of an oil tanker truck. In the ensuing argument, a rocket was fired at the vehicle, injuring at least 2 or 3 people. The vehicle had been carrying dozens of passengers who disembarked before the rocket attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 5, 2007\nOn January 5, 2007, Sheikh Farah Moallim Mohamud became the highest-ranking member of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) to be captured by the Ethiopian-Somali forces. He was apprehended near Beledweyne then later released because of the general amnesty offered to Islamists who surrendered to the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 5, 2007\nOn January 5, 2007, TFG Defense Minister Col. Barre Aden Shire Hiiraale announced: \"Today we will launch a massive assault on the Islamic courts militias. We will use infantry troops and fighter jets... They have dug huge trenches around Ras Kamboni but have only two options: to drown in the sea or to fight and die.\" Fighting continued January 6 in the jungles south of Kismayo near the Kenyan border, where it was reported the Islamists were holding out armed with over 100 technicals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Ras Kamboni\nThe battle at Ras Kamboni was fought over January 5\u201312, 2007. During the operations, a US airstrike hit Badmadow Island in an attempt to kill Al Qaeda operatives embedded within ICU forces, and a series of Ethiopian airstrikes occurred to the north in Afmadow district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 6, 2007\nOn January 6, a crowd of more than 100 rioters gathered near Tarabunka square in Mogadishu. They protested the presence of Ethiopian troops as well as the plans to disarm the populace. Prime Minister Ghedi issued a decision to postpone the disarmament for an indefinite amount of time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 7, 2007\nClashes broke out between Somali protesters and Ethiopian soldiers in the border town of Beledweyne after a town official was arrested for refusing to hand over a leading member of the Islamic Courts Union. Three people were reportedly injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 7, 2007\nA small skirmish has broken out in the Somali capital Mogadishu between Somali militiamen and the Ethiopian forces killing at least two persons and wounding two others. The clashes came after armed militiamen attacked military vehicles belonged to Ethiopian troops passing in front of the Sahafi hotel in southern Mogadishu. Both the dead and the injured were Somalis. The dead persons were a 13-year-old girl and a TFG soldier who died when his hand grenade accidentally exploded and one of the wounded was an old man who was in serious condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 8, 2007\nOn January 8, 2007 as the Battle of Ras Kamboni raged, TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed entered Mogadishu for the first time since being elected. It was announced the government would be relocated to Villa Somalia, in Mogadishu, from its interim location at Baidoa. Prof. Ibrahim Hassan Addow, representative of the ICU, speaking from Yemen, said the Islamic Courts were ready to enter negotiations with the Transitional Federal Government. However, TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed categorically refused to hold peace talks at this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 8, 2007\nOn January 8 it was reported that an AC-130 gunship belonging to the United States military had attacked suspected Al-Qaeda operatives in Southern Somalia. Most casualties were said to be Islamic fighters. The aircraft flew out of its base in Djibouti. Many bodies were spotted on the ground, but the identity of the dead or wounded was not yet established. The targeted leaders were tracked by the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as they headed south from Mogadishu starting on December 28. One attack was made well inland at Hayo (or Xayo, approx.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 8, 2007\nLat 0\u00ba28' N, Long 41\u00ba49' E), a village halfway between Afmadow and Dhobley. It was also reported that the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower had been moved into striking distance. Other named US Navy vessels joining the maritime cordon included the USS Anzio and the amphibious landing ship USS Ashland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 8, 2007\nOn January 8, 2007, to the north of Ras Kamboni, elsewhere in Badhadhe province, an Ethiopian force intercepted Islamist forces in the area of the Kenyan border town of Amuma, Garissa district. Seven vehicles were destroyed. A platoon of Kenyan border police were in the area to enforce the border closure. In Afmadow province, Ethiopia launched airstrikes against targets near Afmadow and Dhobley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 9, 2007\nOn January 9, 2007, seven Pakistani members of the Tabliq (Tablighi Jamaat) were arrested in Mogadishu near the Presidential Palace of Villa Somalia, causing a local protest. Ethiopian and Somali troops were attacked in Mogadishu for the second time in a week with one soldier reportedly being killed and others wounded. A young girl was also wounded in the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 9, 2007\nAn insurgent attack on government barrack began at 7:30pm, Tuesday, near KM4 (Kilometer 4 Street), which resulted in one soldier dead and six wounded. The firefight lasted an hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 9, 2007\nOn January 9, it was reported U.S. special forces and CIA operatives are working with Ethiopian troops on the ground in operations inside Somalia, and have been involved in numerous missions since the beginning of the war. US forces have been operating from Galkayo within Somalia, and from Camp Lemonnier, an American camp established in Djibouti following 9/11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 10, 2007\nOn January 10, 2007, due to the barrack attack, significant street fighting broke out in Mogadishu stretching from dawn to afternoon in a multi-party daylight clash between troops of the national government, Ethiopian soldiers, Islamic insurgents and local militias. Government soldiers cordoned off areas of the city and began a house-to-house search for weapons. At Medina hospital, 15 people, including three government soldiers, had been admitted for gunshot wounds over the past 24 hours, and patients overflowed the hospital's 65 beds. At least one TFG soldier was reported to be dead at the end of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 10, 2007\nOn January 10, chief of staff to the Somali president, Abdirizak Hassan, stated that the US claimed Al Qaeda suspect Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists, was killed in the AC-130 attack on January 8, as detailed by a US intelligence report. Earlier, a US military official reported that Ethiopian forces provided the targeting information needed for the attack. The official also said that five to 10 people were killed in the airstrikes. However, a Somali official countered that US airstrikes killed 31 civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 10, 2007\nAt least four more AC-130 airstrikes were said to have hit Ras Kamboni. Somali politician Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig toured the area and spoke of 50 killed in the attacks. He said additional targets hit include Hayo, Garer, Bankajirow and Badmadowe. The U.S. government denied the additional attacks were made by the US. Ethiopian aircraft are also known to be operating in the combat area. The verification of the death of Mohammed followed private comments made by US Defence Department officials that further airstrikes were possibly being planned. A second planned attack was reportedly called off after losing track of the target.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 11, 2007\nUnknown Somali fighters launched grenades into Hotel Ambassador in Mogadishu, exchanging gunfire with Somali and Ethiopian troops positioned inside the hotel. One of the wounded soldiers is in critical condition and is a personal body guard of Gen. Ali Madobe, the Somali national police chief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 11, 2007\nOn January 11, the American ambassador to Kenya said that the US claimed Al Qaeda suspect Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was actually still alive and that none of the Al Qaeda members were killed in the air attack but some members of the ICU were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 12, 2007\nUp to seven people were killed when the militiamen of clan leader Mohamed Afrah Qanyare fought members of a rival clan who were guarding the presidential palace. All of the dead were said to be Qanyare's fighters. There were reports that the fighting was sparked by a parking dispute involving an armored vehicle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 12, 2007\nAccording to Oxfam, a British-based aid agency, 70 herdsmen were killed in recent air raids targeting Islamic militants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 12, 2007\nOn January 12, TFG Defense Minister Barre Aden Shirre Hiiraale announced Ras Kamboni had fallen to the Somali government and Ethiopian forces after five days of heavy fighting. Remnants of the Islamist forces were being pursued into the nearby forests and fighting would continue. A small team of US forces investigated the site of the US gunship attack to search for information about the identity and fate of the targeted individuals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 13, 2007\nOn January 13, nine people were ambushed and killed in Biyo Adde, 50\u00a0km northeast of Jowhar. Revenge by a sub-clan was cited as the motive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 14, 2007\nMultiple attacks against Ethiopian and Somali government troops broke out in the capital with reports of one dead government soldier and three others who had their weapons confiscated after an unknown group of militiamen attacked a police station in the Huriwa district. Another attack on a convoy of Ethiopian and government soldiers happened in the former Islamic Courts stronghold of Ifka Halane in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 14, 2007\nAt least 13 were killed and 12-18 wounded in a militia clash between the Murasade and Hawdle tribes in Goobo, between Hiran and Galgadud regions. Government forces were dispatched to the town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 14, 2007\nIn Garissa Kenya, police arrested 7 Somalis, suspected of being fleeing Islamic militiamen heading towards Nairobi. One was wounded. 10 others escaped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 15, 2007\nOn January 15, a gun battle lasting at least an hour killed at least two people in Eimiska, a northeastern neighborhood of Mogadishu. Attackers in two pickup trucks fired rocket propelled grenades at an Ethiopian and government convoy. One man known to have been killed was thought to be deaf and therefore did not respond when soldiers ordered him to go back. The same day, the TFG closed the radio stations for Shabelle Radio, Horn Afrik, IQK, and the television station Al-Jazeera in Mogadishu without explanation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 15, 2007\nOn January 15, it was reported a British SAS team was also on the ground at the Kenyan border looking for the fleeing Al Qaeda suspects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 17, 2007\nOn January 17, 2007, conflicting reports emerged over whether Sheikh Sharif Ahmed had been arrested near the Dadaab refugee camp in the Garissa district of Kenya. Also today, a U.S. official in a press conference said she believed the U.S. AC-130 raid had killed eight soldiers of Aden Hashi Farah Ayro, head of an Islamist militia. Ayro is believed to have been wounded in the attack and perhaps killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 17, 2007\nAlso on that day, the Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for African affairs, Theresa Whelan, clarified the airstrike conducted on January 8 was not the work of the CJTF-HOA, but of another force which she did not specify. The target of the strike was confirmed to be Aden Hashi Farah Ayro, who was believed wounded or possibly dead, while eight members of his group were killed in the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 17, 2007\nThe US ambassador to Kenya, Michael Ranneberger, said the US pledged $40 million to support the deployment of the IGASOM peacekeeping force for Somalia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 19, 2007\nOn January 19, 2007 the pro-Islamic Courts Union website featured a video describing the reformation of the ICU into the Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of the Two Migrations (PRM). On January 24, Sheikh Abdikadir was announced to be commander of the PRM in the Banadir region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 19, 2007\nOn the same day, the AMISOM mission was formally defined and approved by the African Union at the 69th meeting of the Peace and Security Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 22, 2007\nOn January 22, Malawi agreed to send a half-battalion to a battalion (ranging widely anywhere between approximately 400 to 1,200 troops) for a peacekeeping mission to Somalia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 23, 2007\nOn January 23, 2007, Ethiopia began withdrawing from Mogadishu and all other areas in Somalia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 24, 2007\nOn January 24, the U.S. admitted to have made a second airstrike, but did not confirm the exact date or location of the strike. Also on that day, Nigeria pledged a battalion (a force between 770 and 1,100 troops) to join the Somali peacekeeping mission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 25, 2007\nOn January 25, 2007 an Ethiopian soldier was killed and another seriously injured in Karamiyo, one of the last towns to fall to the Ethiopians. It is estimated that more than 3,000 Islamist gunmen have gone into hiding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, January 31, 2007\nOn January 31, the PRM released a video warning African Union peacekeepers to avoid coming to Somalia, claiming \"Somalia is not a place where you will earn a salary - it is a place where you will die.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, February 1, 2007\nThe USS Dwight D. Eisenhower was withdrawn by the US and redeployed to the Persian Gulf. Other ships of its carrier strike group, the USS Bunker Hill and the USS Ashland remain off the coast of Somalia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, February 1, 2007\nAlso on February 1, Burundi committed to the peacekeeping mission, pledging up to 1,000 troops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, February 2, 2007\nOn February 2, the United Nations Security Council welcomed the advent of the African Union and IGAD-led peacekeeping mission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, February 9, 2007\nOn February 9, a gathering of 800 Somali demonstrators in north Mogadishu, where Islamist support was strongest, burned U.S., Ethiopian, and Ugandan flags in protest of the proposed peacekeeping mission. A masked representative of the resistance group, the Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of the Two Migrations, said Ethiopian troops would be attacked in their hotels; the same group had made a video warning peace-keepers to avoid coming to Somalia. By this date, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi and Burundi had committed to the peacekeeping mission, but the total force was about half of the proposed 8,000-strong force. Uganda had pledged 1,400 troops and some armored vehicles for a mission lasting up to 9 months, and the AU had pledged $11.6 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, February 15, 2007\nOn February 15, in Houston, Texas, U.S. citizen Daniel Joseph Maldonado (Daniel Aljughaifi) was charged with \"training from a foreign terrorist organization and conspiring to use an explosive device outside the United States.\" He had been extradited by Kenyan authorities after he fled there. In the charges, it was alleged he took part in training at camps near Kismayo and Jilib where members of Al-Qaeda were present and was willing to become a suicide bomber if he became wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, February 15, 2007\nIn Mogadishu, a mortar and rocket barrage killed at least one person and wounded more than 10. At least five mortar rounds were fired at the Mogadishu seaport. Three landed on the adjacent beach where a teenage boy was killed and others were wounded. Another mortar round landed in the Black Sea neighborhood of Mogadishu. Ethiopian troops, barracked in the old Somali National University campus, responded with a rocket counterattack. Six others were wounded around the city in scattered mortar attacks. It was the first night of violence after two mostly peaceful days in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, February 16, 2007\nOn February 16, Uganda announced it would soon deploy 1,500 well-seasoned troops under the command of Major General Levi Karuhanga. The troops had been training for two years in preparation for the mission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, February 18, 2007\nOn February 18, 2007 Mogadishu witnessed its first car bomb, with four fatalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, February 18, 2007\nIn an ambush in Mogadishu 1 TFG policeman was killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, February 20, 2007\nOn February 20, a series of mortar attacks left 16 dead and 42 wounded. The total wounded in mortar attacks in the capital since the beginning of the insurgency exceeded 90.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, February 27, 2007\nIn various attacks in Mogadishu 5 people were killed, including a government-allied militia commander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, March 6, 2007\nIn fighting in Mogadishu 2 insurgents and 1 civilian were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, March 23, 2007\nTruce between Ethiopian military forces and tribal clans in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, March 23, 2007\nA cargo plane, with 11 people on board, was 2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash over Mogadishu. An Islamic group claims responsibility for the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, March 26, 2007\nHuge explosion in an Ethiopian military base in Mogadishu, Ethiopian soldiers respond with indiscriminate fire killing one civilian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, March 27, 2007\nUnknown gunmen kill the Somali military official Darud Bier in a mosque of Kismayo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, March 27, 2007\nCombats between insurgents and Somali police in Beledweyne, two police men injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, March 29, 2007\nAt least 30 people died in south and north Mogadishu in violent fighting between Ethiopian forces and Somali insurgents. Ethiopian helicopters attacked rebel positions, while the insurgents were calling on the people of the city over the mosque loudspeakers to resist the Ethiopians. Among the killed were 15 Ethiopian soldiers, the rest were civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, March 30, 2007\nIslamic insurgents shot down an Ethiopian Mi-24 military helicopter in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, April 1, 2007\nA truce brokered by influential Hawiye-clan elders between the government and the Council of Islamic Courts failed to stop fighting that has left the streets of Mogadishu strewn with dead bodies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, April 4, 2007\nAmnesty International feared resumption of the indiscriminate attacks that have taken place in the recent days in Mogadishu, resulting in the killing of over 400 civilians. The organization demanded Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, and all armed groups to ensure that their forces strictly abide by international humanitarian law and take all necessary measures to protect civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, April 21, 2007\nAt least 165 people have been killed in Mogadishu since April 17, in combats between Ethiopian military forces and Somali insurgents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, April 24, 2007\nA car bomb exploded outside the Ambassador Hotel in Mogadishu, killing 11 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, April 24, 2007\nA suicide microbus bomb killed 6 people in an Ethiopian military base in Afgoi, 30\u00a0km south of Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, April 25, 2007\nA missile hit a hospital ward, in Mogadishu, packed with civilians wounded in fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops allied to the Somali government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, April 26, 2007\nPrime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi of Somalia's transitional government is claiming victory over insurgents in Mogadishu. But a former member of parliament, Omar Hashi, now in exile in Eritrea and allied with some Islamists fighting the transitional government, denies that the transitional government is in control of the volatile capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, April 28, 2007\nClashes between U.S. backed-Ethiopian forces and fighters aligned with the Islamic Courts Union in the capital Mogadishu are being described as some of the heaviest fighting in the city's history. Humanitarian Crisis Worsens in Somalia: Over three hundred people had been killed over the past two weeks. This comes just three weeks after another series of battles claimed at least a thousand lives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, May 3, 2007\nHuman Rights Watch documented how Kenya and Ethiopia had turned the region into Africa's own version of Guantanamo Bay, replete with kidnappings, extraordinary renditions, secret prisons and large numbers of \"disappeared\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, May 16, 2007\nA roadside bomb hits a convoy of Ugandan peacekeepers in Mogadishu, killing four and wounding five Ugandan soldiers. A child is also killed in the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, May 17, 2007\nA TFG soldier is killed in an ambush in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, June 2, 2007\nA US warship attacked a village in northeastern Somalia, killing 8 Islamist insurgents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0080-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, June 2, 2007\nAt least 3 people were killed in several shooting attacks in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0081-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, June 3, 2007\nA suicide truck bomb exploded in front of Somali prime minister's house, killing 7 people and injuring dozens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0082-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, June 3, 2007\nAn Ethiopian military convoy was attacked by a roadside bomb in the north of Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0083-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, June 22, 2007\nIn fighting between rival army units in Kismayo 6 people were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0084-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, June 22, 2007\nIn Mogadishu an army officer was killed and a second injured when their vehicle was hit by a roadside explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0085-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, June 26, 2007\nTwo Ethiopian soldiers were killed and two wounded in a roadside bombing in Mogadishu, another two people were killed earlier in the week in Mogadishu and 5 civilians were killed and 8 wounded in a grenade attack on a Somalia military convoy which was passing near Mogadishu's Bakara market yesterday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0086-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, June 26, 2007\nIn a separate attack two Somalis working for the International Medical Corps relief agency were killed late Wednesday in El-Berde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0087-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, July 29, 2007\nTwo TFG soldiers and two civilians were killed when insurgents attacked a military patrol in Mogadishu's Bakara market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0088-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, July 31, 2007\n40 heavily armed fighters attacked an Ethiopian base close to the Somali capital, Mogadishu. At least four people die in the fighting, with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0089-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 1, 2007\nFour Ethiopian soldiers were killed after their base close to the volatile Somali capital Mogadishu came under rocket and machine-gun attack from Islamists. Also six people are killed by a remote controlled bomb in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0090-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 9, 2007\nAt least nine Somali nomads were killed in El Bur district, central Somalia, on Thursday by armed clan militiamen, witnesses and elders said", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0091-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 9, 2007\nSeven people including two police officers were killed in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0092-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 10, 2007\nHeavily armed insurgents attacked a military base and a police station with mortars and heavy machine guns. At least three civilians died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0093-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 14, 2007\nFighting erupted in a remote village west of the Somali port city of Kismayo on Tuesday between clan fighters who battled in the same village last week, residents said. Fighters loyal to the Ogaden and Galje'l clans fought each other using rifles and other light weapons. At least 11 fighters were killed and 17 other people wounded in the second round of warfare, elders in Buur Gaabo village said by telephone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0094-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 14, 2007\nFighting across Mogadishu killed 31 civilians and injured another 60 civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0095-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 15, 2007\nAssailants believed to be members of armed groups opposed to Somalia's transitional government and its Ethiopian allies have killed four police officers in the capital, Mogadishu, in continued fighting described by human rights organisations as mostly affecting civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0096-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 16, 2007\nA roadside bomb in northern Mogadishu killed three police officers and wounded a large number of civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0097-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 17, 2007\nAt least one person was reported dead Friday in a small village in southern Somalia after tens of people rushed on a building where an aid agency was distributing food, witnesses said. The United Nations' WFP aid agency was distributing food to refugee families in Kuntuwarey, a town in Lower Shabelle region. Some of the refugees had fled increasing violence in the capital Mogadishu between government troops and insurgents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0098-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 18, 2007\nAttacks in Mogadishu killed two civilians and injured four others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0099-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 18, 2007\nFighting between two sub-clans in North-western Somalia left at least 16 people dead and 30 wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0100-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 19, 2007\nIn another high-profile assassination, Moallim Harun Moallim Yusuf was gunned down near his home yesterday evening. Moallim Yusuf was a clan elder renowned for negotiating peaceful settlements between warring clans over the past 17 years of civil war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0101-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 21, 2007\nA landmine detonated outside of Mogadishu killing two civilians. Other violence in Somalia left nine civilians and a Somalia TFG soldier wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0102-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 22, 2007\nGunmen shot and killed a Somali soldier south of Mogadishu at the Yaaqshiid's Fagah intersection and an Ethiopian convoy in Mogadishu was attacked killed 1 Ethiopian soldier and injuring 10 other people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0103-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 24, 2007\nFighting in Huriwa district killed 7 insurgents and 1 TFG government police officer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0104-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 26, 2007\nA roadside bomb in Mogadishu killed two students and an elderly civilian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0105-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, August 28, 2007\nA police officer received financial reward after shooting dead an insurgent that was about to toss a grenade. Police officers at a north Mogadishu substation killed three insurgents and captured two and one police officer was killed along with two civilians in several explosions in the Bakara market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0106-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 1, 2007\nA roadside bomb south of Mogadishu claimed the life of one Somali soldier and two businessmen were shot and killed in Bakara market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0107-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 2, 2007\nInsurgents attacked a government station but withdrew after the Somali soldiers were reinforced by Ethiopian soldiers. Two Somali soldiers and two civilians were killed in the fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0108-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 3, 2007\nFighting in Galgadud region killed one civilian and three other civilians were killed in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0109-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 5, 2007\nHeavy fighting in the Bakara market killed 2 Somali soldiers and 2 insurgents but claimed the lives of four civilians in the cross-fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0110-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 9, 2007\nA roadside bomb meant for a passing TFG convoy killed three civilians. No one was hurt or killed in the convoy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0111-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 10, 2007\nFighting in Mogadishu killed 12 civilians and injured many more in different hot-spots. No known government or insurgent casualties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0112-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 11, 2007\nA WHO officer was shot and killed by two insurgents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0113-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 13, 2007\nAn opposition government, consisting of members of the former Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and other Somali elements met and formed in Asmara, Eritrea. Somalia's interior minister, Mohamed Mohamud Guled, ridiculed the meeting and the opposition forces, saying \"We are really close to eradicating them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0114-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 14, 2007\nInsurgents attacked police by SOS hospital killing four police officers and three civilians>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0115-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 15, 2007\nFighting in Bakara market killed 1 civilian and injured two others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0116-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 16, 2007\nA lone gunman shot and killed clan elder Mohamud Hassan and a security official in Bakara market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0117-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 16, 2007\nAn insurgent tried to kidnap a child of a government official in Kismayu and in the resulting firefight killed two civilians before dying of his injuries. A third civilian was shot to death by soldiers. The boy was released unharmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0118-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 17, 2007\nArtillery clash between Somaliland separatists and Puntland forces in Sool killed two civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0119-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 22, 2007\nA Somali intelligence official was gunned down in Mogadishu Saturday evening by two suspected insurgents, sources said. The two attackers escaped after using pistols to kill Abdullahi Odohow at a small market in Yaaqshiid district. Odohow, who was a senior official with the Somali national security agency, did not have armed guards with him at the time of the fatal attack. Elsewhere one police officer was killed in an explosion in Bakara market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0120-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 24, 2007\nFighting in northern Mogadishu killed four soldiers and in southern Mogadishu insurgents shot dead two TFG government officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0121-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 26, 2007\nInsurgents attacked the district commander in Huriwa district killing the commander and wounding his second-in-command. A police counterattack killed 3 insurgents and four fellow officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0122-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 27, 2007\nIn Bakara market insurgents tossed grenades at a Somali government patrol and shot dead one soldier and two civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0123-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 29, 2007\nInsurgents attacked three police stations and two Ethiopian bases in Mogadishu which led to the death according to some reports of 100 insurgents and 45 Somali soldiers and policemen. Three civilians were killed also.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0124-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 29, 2007\nFighting overnight at a Mogadishu sub-station killed 2 TFG police officers and three civilians even though government forces claimed no police had been killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0125-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 30, 2007\nOne Colonel in the TFG government was killed in Bakara market and three other civilians were killed in other incidents in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0126-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, September 30, 2007\nTroops in Afgoya shot and killed civilians looking for food.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0127-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 2, 2007\nLocal police engaged unidentified militiamen in southern Somalia Monday night in a two-hour-long battled that killed at least two fighters, sources said. The port town of Marka, provincial capital of Lower Shabelle, was relatively quiet all day Tuesday as people largely stayed inside their homes for fear of more armed clashes. Last night's attack erupted around 1\u00a0am local time at the town's southern checkpoint where police defended themselves from the militiamen. Five others, including police officers, were wounded in the gun fight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0128-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 4, 2007\nIn fighting in Mogadishu a policeman and an insurgent were killed. An explosion in Bakaar marketplace killed three civilians and an Ethiopian soldier was killed while on patrol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0129-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 7, 2007\nInsurgents attacked a Somali Army General in south Mogadishu and successfully assassinated him, a bodyguard and their military driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0130-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 7, 2007\nA Somali security official was killed in Mogadishu, witnesses said Sunday, as Islamists insurgents brought into their ranks a battle-tested Afghan-trained commander. Gunmen shot dead Ahmed Hareed, a district official for Somali National Security Agency, overnight in the south of the lawless capital, the latest in a string of attacks targeting government employees and sympathisers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0131-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 11, 2007\nA suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint in Baidoa killing 3 Ethiopian soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0132-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 16, 2007\nA nighttime mortar exchange in Mogadishu killed three people hiding in a restaurant and sent seven other civilians to hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0133-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 17, 2007\nSomali soldiers exchanged gunfire with TFG militiamen in Kismayo over an illegal checkpoint resulting in the death of 1 soldier, wounding of two civilians and the arrest of one gunman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0134-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 17, 2007\nSomalia's Northern regions, which until recently enjoyed a relative peace, are on the verge of entering an era of internecine clan warfare similar to, and may be worse than, what has plagued the southern part of the country", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0135-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 17, 2007\nThe Hargeisa-based clan-driven secessionists' northern enclave of Somaliland, in the early hours of October 15, 2007, launched unprovoked armed aggression on the peaceful town of Las Anod, the capital of Sool region in the northern pro-unity State of Puntland. This naked aggression caused the death of at least 12 people and displacement of large residents of the city, as well as injuring unknown number of civilians. The local people are in arms defending their families and their properties against these invaders from their distant stronghold, Hargeisa, which is more than 900 Kilometers from Las Anod.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0136-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 18, 2007\nA police sub-commander and two bodyguards were assassinated in Mogadishu and a civilian was killed in a grenade attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0137-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 19, 2007\nIn Bossasso after a day-long stand-off gunfire erupted killing two suspected Islamic insurgents in Puntland and injuring four police officers, resulting in one of them dying in hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0138-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 21, 2007\nFighting overnight in Northern Mogadishu killed seven Ethiopian soldiers throughout northern mogadishu as well as two armed men, and six civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0139-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 22, 2007\nFighting between rival government forces in Lower Shabelle killed three soldiers and wounded three others. Reinforcements began to arrive however a vehicle roll-over in Wanla Weyn resulted in the deaths of six more government soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0140-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 23, 2007\nFighting at Mogadishu docks killed two civilians, and injured six others along with three Ugandan peacekeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0141-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 25, 2007\nAt least 15 civilians, including women and children, were killed in a bus explosion in Mogadishu's northern district of Yaqshiid. The explosion occurred when the bus drove over an IED (improvised explosive device) or landmine while traveling to the Suuqa Holaha district in northern Mogadishu on Wednesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0142-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 25, 2007\nAn explosion in a central Somali town left four civilians dead and 15 wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0143-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 26, 2007\nTwo Somali soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in two separate bombings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0144-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 27, 2007\nNine civilians and seven Ethiopian soldiers are killed in fighting in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0145-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 27, 2007\nFighting in Marka killed four government troops in an inter-governmental clash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0146-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 28, 2007\nEthiopian soldiers opened fire on demonstrators in Mogadishu killing three and in other incidents across the city two more civilians were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0147-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, October 31, 2007\nTwo pirates were killed off of Somalia's coast when they tried to attack a North Korean cargo vessel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0148-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, November 1, 2007-November 6, 2007\nIn various reported clashes 5 Ethiopian and 1 TFG soldier and 5 civilians are killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 60], "content_span": [61, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0149-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, November 18, 2007\nA landmine explosion and subsequent gun attack in Mogadishu killed 5 civilians and injured dozens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0150-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, November 21, 2007\nA governor's convoy was attacked in central Somalia killing 2 soldiers and wounding 2 others. The insurgents that set up the roadblock attack were able to get away from pursuing soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0151-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, November 26, 2007\nInsurgents attack an Ethiopian army patrol in Mogadishu and two Ethiopians were killed along with two civilians in the 15 minute fire-fight, including one university student.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0152-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, November 29, 2007\nFighting in the capital killed 15 civilians and an undisclosed number of Ethiopian soldiers and insurgents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0153-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 1, 2007\nTwo policemen and three civilians are killed in fighting in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0154-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 3, 2007\nIn Mogadishu a huge battle left 10 civilians dead and 15 wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0155-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 5, 2007\nIn Beltwein an ambush has left 2 soldiers and 1 insurgent dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0156-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 10, 2007\nAn attack on a police roadblock in the capital has left 2 civilians dead and wounded 5 others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0157-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 11, 2007\nFighting between two sub-clans north of the capital have killed 10 people and wounded dozens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0158-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 12, 2007\nThree Somali soldiers and two civilians are killed in fighting in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0159-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 15, 2007\nInsurgents took control of Ba'da village in central Somalia after killing one TFG soldier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0160-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 17, 2007\nIn fighting in Mogadishu 2 civilians are killed. Twelve soldiers, including one Ethiopian, were wounded by a road-side bomb in Baidoa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0161-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 19, 2007\nAt least three civilians are killed in fighting in Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0162-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 23, 2007\nA running gun battle killed five civilians as stray mortar shells from both side struck civilian residential complexes in Northern Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0163-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 24, 2007\nIn Baidoa a regional judge was shot dead and in an attack on a police officer's home one soldier was killed and two soldiers and two young children were lightly wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0164-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 27, 2007\nIn fighting in Mogadishu's notorious Bakara market one civilian is killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0165-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 29, 2007\nMohamed Muhiyadin Ali, spokesman for Mogadishu Mayor Mohamed Dheere, was killed in a road-side bombing in the capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0166-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Timeline, December 31, 2007\nA landmine explosion planted by insurgents in Southern Mogadishu has killed a TFG Colonel and his bodyguard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0167-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Foreign involvement\nSeveral nations and organizations are involved with the war in Somalia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0168-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Foreign involvement, African Union\nThe African Union has pledged troops to assist the TFG under the AMISOM peacekeeping mission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0169-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Foreign involvement, Ethiopia\nEthiopia forces actively assisted the TFG in ousting the ICU from its position of military control of Somalia. They have pledged to leave as rapidly as possible and does not appear to be coordinated with planned African Union troop arrivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0170-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Foreign involvement, Ethiopia\nNobody knows for sure how many Ethiopian troops are stationed in Somalia, and nobody knows how many Somalis have been killed as a result of the Ethiopian military intervention in Somalia. Ethiopia opened an embassy in Mogadishu next to the presidential palace on May 27, 2007. According to Human Rights Watch, Ethiopian forces backing the Somali transitional government violated the laws of war by widely and indiscriminately bombarding highly populated areas of Mogadishu with rockets, mortars and artillery. Its troops on several occasions specifically targeted hospitals and looted them of desperately needed medical equipment. Human Rights Watch also documented cases of Ethiopian forces deliberately shooting and summarily executing civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0171-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Foreign involvement, Kenya\nKenya has sent forces to secure its border with Somalia and maybe a middle man between the TFG and former leaders of the ICU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0172-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Foreign involvement, United Nations\nSince June 15, 2007 a UN mission in Somalia focused on the needs of the hundreds of the displaced Somalis. Deadly clashes have forced 490,00 Somalis to flee Mogadishu between February 2007 and May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 52], "content_span": [53, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0173-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Foreign involvement, United States\nThe United States had assisted Somali, Ethiopian and Kenyan forces with intelligence, advisors and limited military strikes from bases in those countries and from Djibouti. They have offered money to support a peace keeping force. The involvement of the United States is part of their War on Terrorism and specifically Al-Qaeda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0174-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Foreign involvement, United States\nOn February 23, 2007, The New York Times reported that the US government has been secretly training Ethiopian soldiers, for several years, in camps near the Ethiopia-Somalia border. Many of these soldiers participated in the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia. The Times quoted unnamed US government officials who said the training program and other support for Ethiopia's government began after a failed CIA effort to arm and finance Somali \"warlords.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0175-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Foreign involvement, United States, US intervention against Al Qaeda\nSomali Prime Minister Gedi declared one of the key objectives of the offensive on Kismayo was the capture of three alleged Al-Qaeda members, suspects wanted for the 1998 United States embassy bombings in East Africa: Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and Abu Taha al-Sudani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 85], "content_span": [86, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194125-0176-0000", "contents": "2007 in Somalia, Foreign involvement, United States, US intervention against Al Qaeda\nThe United States Fifth Fleet's multinational maritime task force, Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150), based out of Bahrain is patrolling off the Somali coast to prevent terrorists launching an \"attack or to transport personnel, weapons or other material,\" said Commander Kevin Aandahl. The announcement did not say what particular ships comprised the cordon, but the task force includes vessels from Canada, France, Germany, Pakistan, the UK and the US. US ships of CTF-150 include the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ramage and the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Bunker Hill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 85], "content_span": [86, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194126-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in South Africa\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194126-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in South Africa, Incumbents, Cabinet\nThe Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194127-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in South African television\nThis is a list of South African television related events from 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194129-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in South Korean football\nThis article shows the 2007 season of South Korean football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194130-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in South Korean music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2007 in music in South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194131-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Spain, Arts and entertainment\nIn film, Solitary Fragments by Jaime Rosales won the Best film award at the Goya Awards. For a list of Spanish films released in 2007 see Spanish films of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 37], "content_span": [38, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194131-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Spain, Arts and entertainment\nIn music, D'Nash with I Love You Mi Vida were the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. Violadores del Verso won the award for Best Spanish Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 37], "content_span": [38, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194132-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Spanish television\nThis is a list of Spanish television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194133-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Strikeforce\nThe year 2007 is the 2nd year in the history of Strikeforce, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2007 Strikeforce held 4 events beginning with, Strikeforce: Young Guns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194133-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Strikeforce, Strikeforce: Young Guns\nStrikeforce: Young Guns was an event held on February 10, 2007 at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194133-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Strikeforce, Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni\nStrikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni was an event held on June 22, 2007 at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194133-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Strikeforce, Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion\nStrikeforce: Playboy Mansion was an event held on September 29, 2007 at The Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194133-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in Strikeforce, Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives\nStrikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives was an event held on November 16, 2007 at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194134-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Sudan\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Sudan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194136-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Swedish football\nThe 2007 season in Swedish football, starting January 2007 and ending December 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194137-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Swedish television\nThis is a list of Swedish television related events from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194138-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Syria\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Syria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194139-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Taiwan\nEvents from the year 2007 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 96 according to the official Republic of China calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194140-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Thailand\nThe year 2007 was the 226th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 62nd year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2550 in the Buddhist Era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194142-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in UFC\nThe year 2007 is the 15th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2007 the UFC held 19 events beginning with, UFC Fight Night: Evans vs. Salmon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194142-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in UFC, Debut UFC fighters\nThe following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 31], "content_span": [32, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194142-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in UFC, UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard\nUFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard (also known as UFC Fight Night 9) was an event held on April 5, 2007, at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 52], "content_span": [53, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194144-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Universal Reality Combat Championship\nThe year 2007 is the 6th year in the history of the Universal Reality Combat Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the Philippines. In 2007 the URCC held 3 events beginning with, URCC 10: X.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194144-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in Universal Reality Combat Championship, URCC 10: X\nURCC 10: X was an event held on June 30, 2007 at The Fort in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194144-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in Universal Reality Combat Championship, URCC Cebu 1\nURCC Cebu 1 was an event held on September 1, 2007 at Royal Concourse Hall in Cebu, Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 58], "content_span": [59, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194144-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in Universal Reality Combat Championship, URCC 11: Redemption\nURCC 11: Redemption was an event held on November 25, 2007 at One Esplanade in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194145-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Vietnam\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 80]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194146-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in WEC\nThe year 2007 is the 7th year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2007 WEC held 7 events beginning with, WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194146-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in WEC, WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope\nWEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope was an event held on January 20, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 40], "content_span": [41, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194146-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in WEC, WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio\nWEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio was an event held on March 24, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 39], "content_span": [40, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194146-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in WEC, WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh\nWEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh was an event held on May 12, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 43], "content_span": [44, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194146-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in WEC, WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar\nWEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar was an event held on June 3, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 37], "content_span": [38, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194146-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in WEC, WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson\nWEC 29: Condit vs. Larson was an event held on August 5, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 38], "content_span": [39, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194146-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in WEC, WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton\nWEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton was an event held on September 5, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194146-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in WEC, WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran\nWEC 31: Faber vs. Curran was an event held on December 12, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 37], "content_span": [38, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194147-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Wales\nThis article is about the particular significance of the year 2007 to Wales and its people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194148-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Yemen\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Yemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194149-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in Zimbabwe\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194151-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in anime, Events\nIn this year, home video sales of anime DVDs in Japan were worth 89.4 billion yen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194151-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in anime, Accolades\nAt the Mainichi Film Awards, Summer Days with Coo won the Animation Film Award and A Country Doctor won the \u014cfuji Nobur\u014d Award. Tekkon Kinkreet won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year; the other nominees were Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, Summer Days with Coo, Piano no Mori and Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure. Internationally, 5 Centimeters Per Second won the first ever Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film, with one of the other two nominees being Summer Days with Coo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 24], "content_span": [25, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194151-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in anime, Releases, Films\nA list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194151-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in anime, Releases, Television series\nA list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194151-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in anime, Releases, Original video animations\nA list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194152-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in architecture\nThe year 2007 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194153-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in art\nThe year 2007 in art involved some significant events and new works.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 80]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194154-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in association football\nThe following are the association football events of the year 2007 throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194156-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in baseball\nThe following are the baseball events of the year 2007  throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194156-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in baseball, Champions, Major League Baseball\nClick on any series score to link to that series' page. Higher seed had home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series. The American League champion has home field advantage during the World Series as a result of the AL victory in the All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194156-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in baseball, Champions, Other champions\n1 \u2013 The appearance by the Huskies of Rouen, France in the final marks the first time since 1976 that a team from outside the professional leagues of the Netherlands or Italy has finished in the top two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194156-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in baseball, Major league baseball final standings\n\u2020Denotes the club that won the wild card for its respective league. The Rockies defeated the Padres 9\u20138 (13) in a one-game playoff for the NL wild card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 55], "content_span": [56, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194156-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in baseball, Major league baseball final standings\nThe 90 wins by the Diamondbacks and Rockies were the fewest to lead the NL since 1959, with the exception of the strike-shortened seasons of 1981, 1994 and 1995. No NL team won or lost 95 games for the first time since 1983.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 55], "content_span": [56, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194156-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in baseball, Major league baseball final standings\nAlso, this was the second consecutive season in which no team won at least 60% of its games, the first time that this has happened in Major League Baseball history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 55], "content_span": [56, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194157-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in basketball\nThe following are the basketball events of the year 2007  throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194157-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in basketball\nTournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194157-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in basketball, Tournaments, Men's tournaments, Olympic qualifiers\nBoldfaced entries qualify for the Olympics; italicized entries will participate in a wild-card competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 70], "content_span": [71, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194159-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in bowls\nYear 2007 in bowls also includes events in the autumn of 2006, since they belong to the same bowls season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194160-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in chess\nBelow is a list of events in chess during the year 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 70]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194161-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in comics\nNotable events of 2007 in comics. See also List of years in comics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194162-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in country music\nThis is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194162-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in country music, Top hits of the year\nThe following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Canada Country charts in 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194162-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in country music, Top new album releases\nThe following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194163-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in cricket\nThe following is a list of important cricket related events which occurred in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194164-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in darts\nThis is a list of some of the major events and competitions in the sport of darts in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194164-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in darts, PDC, PDC Pro Tour events, UK Open Regional Finals\n2006/2007 Finals \u2013 Best of 3 sets, Best of 3 legs per set", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 64], "content_span": [65, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194164-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in darts, PDC, Holsten Premier League\nNB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194164-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in darts, BDO, WDF Category 1 Events\nWDF ranking points awarded: Winner 150, Runner-up 100, Semi-Finalists 80, Quarter-Finalists 48, 9th to 16th place 24, 17th to 32nd place 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194164-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in darts, BDO, WDF Category 2 Events\nWDF ranking points awarded: Winner 120, Runner-up 80, Semi-Finalists 60, Quarter-Finalists 36, 9th to 16th place 18, 17th to 32nd place 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194164-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in darts, Other events, Antwerp Open\nPDC non-ranking event at the Waasland Expo Hallen April 14 Total Prize fund \u20ac22,560", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194164-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in darts, Other events, Open Holland\nPDC non-ranking event at the Sport & Evanthal Margriet, Schiedam. April 29 Total Prize fund \u20ac15,000", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194164-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in darts, Other events, Thialf Open\nPDC non-ranking event at the Thialf, Heerenveen. June 2 Total Prize fund \u20ac15,000", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 40], "content_span": [41, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194164-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in darts, Darts calendar\nThe events listed as BDO/PDC, in the Netherlands, involve invited players from the PDC who join players that qualify through the BDO rankings system. The Grand Slam of Darts in the UK is organised by the PDC, with players from both organisations invited on the basis of recent tournament results in either organisation. For full BDO and PDC calendars including non-televised events see external links.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 29], "content_span": [30, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194165-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series\nThe Rock Band series of music video games supports downloadable songs for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii versions through the consoles' respective online services. Users can download songs on a track-by-track basis, with many of the tracks also offered as part of a \"song pack\" or complete album at a discounted rate. These packs are available for the Wii only on Rock Band 3. Most downloadable songs are playable within every game mode, including the Band World Tour career mode. All downloadable songs released before October 26, 2010 are cross-compatible between Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and Rock Band 3, while those after only work with Rock Band 3. Certain songs deemed \"suitable for all ages\" by Harmonix are also available for use in Lego Rock Band.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194165-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series\nThe Wii version of Rock Band does not support downloadable content, but Rock Band 2 and Rock Band 3 do, with DLC first made available in January 2009. Songs from the back catalogue of downloadable content were released for the Wii weekly in an effort by Harmonix to provide Wii players with every previously available song.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194165-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series\nFollowing the release of Rock Band 4 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, all previously purchased downloadable content for Rock Band 3 and earlier is forward compatible (with the exception of any downloadable content purchased for The Beatles: Rock Band) within the same system family at no additional cost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194165-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series\n32 downloadable Rock Band songs were released in 2007, 15 of which appeared alongside the launch of Rock Band on November 20, including song packs for Queens of the Stone Age, Metallica, and The Police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194165-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series, List of songs released in 2007\nThe following songs have been released for the Rock Band games in the year 2007. All songs available in packs are also available as individual song downloads on the same date, unless otherwise noted. Dates listed are the initial release of songs on Xbox Live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194165-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series, List of songs released in 2007\nSome songs released before Rock Band 3 have been retrofitted to include Rock Band 3 features, including backing vocals, and the ability to buy an additional pack for Pro Guitar/Bass charts without having to buy the \"RB3 Version\" of the song. Certain songs have been marked \"family friendly\" by Harmonix; such songs released before Rock Band 3's launch on October 26, 2010 can be played in Lego Rock Band.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194165-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series, List of songs released in 2007\nStarting October 26 (with The Doors), all new songs are only playable in Rock Band 3, due to a change in the file format. All songs released via downloadable content are playable in Rock Band 3, and support its new Pro Drum mode. Most songs released for Rock Band 3 include core features for keyboards, Pro Keyboards, and backing vocals in the core song, where they are appropriate. Additionally, some of these songs features charts for Pro Guitar and Bass that can also be purchased.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194166-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in esports\nTeam Final Boss  beat Team Carbon to win the MLG Las Vegas 2007 National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194166-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in esports\nThe Championship Gaming Series began in 2007, with the 2007 Championship Gaming Series season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194167-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in film\nThe following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest-grossing film of the year was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was just ahead of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194167-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in film, Evaluation of the year\nMany have considered 2007 to be one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194167-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in film, Evaluation of the year\nIn his article from April 18, 2017, which highlighted the best movies of 2007, critic Mark Allison of Den of Geek said, \"2007 must surely be remembered as one of the finest years in English-language film-making, quite possibly the best of this century so far. Like 1939, 1976, or 1994, it was one of those years in which a succession of veritable classics came into being. So many, in fact, that some of the best examples were cruelly overlooked by the hype machine of the day.\" He also emphasized, \"If 2007 proves anything, it's that classic films aren't just a relic of ages past; they're being made all around us. I can't wait to see what we\u2019re watching in another ten years\u2019 time.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194167-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in film, Evaluation of the year\nCritic Craig Johnson from the film review and movie list website Taste of Cinema said in an article from December 16, 2014, \"For one glorious year, it (2007) was like the 1970s all over again. Smart characters were using their brains as weapons. Movie stars were challenging themselves with tough roles. Punches were not pulled. Happy endings were not guaranteed. There was a parade of intelligent movies, seemingly made for adults to watch while the kids were watching Transformers\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194167-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in film, Highest-grossing films\nThe top 10 films released in 2007 by worldwide gross are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194167-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in film, 2007 films\nThe list of films released in 2007, arranged by country, are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 24], "content_span": [25, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194168-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in games\nThis page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2007. For video games, see 2007 in video gaming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194169-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in go, Calendar\nThe following are the scheduled events of Go (board game) for the year 2007 throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [12, 20], "content_span": [21, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194170-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in golf\nThis article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194170-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in golf, Men's professional golf\nFor a complete list of PGA Tour results see PGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 37], "content_span": [38, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194170-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in golf, Men's professional golf\nFor a complete list of European Tour results see 2007 European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 37], "content_span": [38, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194170-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in golf, Women's professional golf\nLadies European Tour major (in addition to the Women's British Open)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 39], "content_span": [40, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194170-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in golf, Women's professional golf\nFor a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see Ladies European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194170-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in golf, Women's professional golf\nFor a complete list of LPGA Tour results see LPGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194170-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in golf, Senior men's professional golf\nFull list of 2007 Champions Tour results. Full list of 2007 European Seniors Tour results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 44], "content_span": [45, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194170-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in golf, World Golf Hall of Fame inductees\nThe following individuals were inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on 12 November:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194170-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in golf, Table of results\nThis table summarises all the results referred to above in date order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 30], "content_span": [31, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194170-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 in golf, Table of results\nThe following biennial events will next be played in 2008: Ryder Cup, Curtis Cup, Espirito Santo Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 30], "content_span": [31, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194171-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in hammer throw\nThis page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2007 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 27, 2007. The women had their final three days later, on August 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194172-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in heavy metal music\nThis is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194173-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in hip hop music\nThis article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194174-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in home video\n2007 in home video is characterized by the format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD raging.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194175-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in ice hockey\nThe following is a chronicle of events during the year 2007 in ice hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194175-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in ice hockey, Women's hockey\nAlthough the National Women's Hockey League and Western Women's Hockey League had nominally merged prior to the season, the Western squads did not face off against the Eastern teams, and no unified champion was declared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194175-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in ice hockey, Women's hockey\nThe Brampton Thunder defeated the Montreal Axion to win the NWHL championship, while the Calgary Oval X-Treme captured their third consecutive WWHL title, and fifth consecutive league championship overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194175-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in ice hockey, Women's hockey\nFollowing the season, the NWHL announced that the Eastern and Central divisions had suspended operations, leaving only the Western Division operational in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194176-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in jazz\nThis is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194177-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in literature\nThis article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194178-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in machinima\nThe following is a list of notable machinima-related events in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194179-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in men's road cycling\n2007 in men's road cycling is about the 2007 men's bicycle races governed by the UCI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194180-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in modern pentathlon\nThis article lists the main modern pentathlon events and their results for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194181-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in motorsport\nThe following is an overview of the events of 2007 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194181-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in motorsport, Annual events\nThe calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194182-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in music\nThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194182-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in music, Top Hits on record\nSingles which have ranked within Top 25 within the Billboard Hot 100 Hits", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology\nPaleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Arthropoda, New taxa\nA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Prodiamesinae. The type species is C. arieli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Arthropoda, New taxa\nA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Pentaneurini. The type species is C. salomea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Arthropoda, New taxa\nA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Orthocladiinae. The type species is L. furcatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Arthropoda, New taxa\nA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Prodiamesinae. The type species is L. deploegi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Arthropoda, New taxa\nA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Pentaneurini or Macropelopiini. The type species is L. cretacica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Arthropoda, New taxa\nA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Anatopyniini. The type species is W. libanicus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Pseudosuchians\nA new genus for \"Crocodylus\" robustus Grandidier & Vaillant (1872).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 54], "content_span": [55, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds\nAn Alethoalaornithidae Li, Hu, Duan, Gong et Hou, 2007, Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds\nDescribed in Baptornithidae, Hesperornithiformes, transferred to Brodavis Martin, Kurochkin et Tokaryk, 2012, Brodavidae, Hesperornithiformes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds\nFirst described as\u00a0?Oligocorax sp. Mayr, 2001, than as\u00a0? Borvocarbo stoeffelensis Mayr, 2007. In 2014 Mayr transferred the species back as\u00a0?Oligocorax stoeffelensis (Mayr, 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds\nAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds\nAn Emberizidae Passeriformes. This is the type species of the new genus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds\nA stem Psittaciformes, Vastanavidae G. Mayr, Rana, Rose, Sahni, Kumar, Sing et T. Smith, 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194183-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 in paleontology, Footnotes, Complete author list\nAs science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194184-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in poetry\nNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194184-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in poetry, Works published in English\nListed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 42], "content_span": [43, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194184-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in poetry, Works published in English, Australia, Australian anthologies\nThe Best Australian Poetry 2007 (ISBN\u00a0978-0-7022-3607-5), by series editors Bronwyn Lea and Martin Duwell; with 2007 guest editor John Tranter (University of Queensland Press), published work by these 40 poets:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 77], "content_span": [78, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194184-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in poetry, Works published in English, New Zealand, Poets in Best New Zealand Poems\nThese poets wrote the 25 poems selected for Best New Zealand Poems 2006, published this year:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 88], "content_span": [89, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194184-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in poetry, Works published in English, United States, Anthologies in the United States\nThese poets appeared in The Best American Poetry 2007, with David Lehman, general editor, and Heather McHugh, guest editor (who selected the poetry) (Scribner ISBN\u00a0978-0-7432-9973-2):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 91], "content_span": [92, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194184-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in poetry, Works published in other languages, India\nIn each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 57], "content_span": [58, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194184-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in poetry, Deaths\nBirth years link to the corresponding \"[year] in poetry\" article:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 88]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194185-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in politics\nThese are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 83]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194186-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in professional wrestling\n2007 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194186-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in professional wrestling, Title changes, WWE\nRaw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, and a tag team championship for male wrestlers. ECW only had a world championship. SmackDown also had a title for their cruiserweight wrestlers. There was only one women's championship and it was exclusive to Raw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194188-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in rail transport\nThis article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194189-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in rugby league\nThis article contains information on rugby league played in 2007. The season commenced with the World Club Challenge and concluded with the New Zealand All Golds Tour in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194189-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in rugby league, May\n3 - Coffs Harbour, Australia: In the annual City vs Country Origin match City NSW defeat Country NSW 12\u20136 at BCU International Stadium before a crowd of just over 8,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 25], "content_span": [26, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194189-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in rugby league, Test Matches, One off Tests, Trans-Tasman Test\nBy playing in this match, Australian three-quarter back Israel Folau became the youngest Kangaroos test player in history at 18 years and 194 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194189-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in rugby league, Test Matches, Gillette Fusion All Golds' Centenary Tour\nThree points for a try, as per inaugural Test in 1907.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 77], "content_span": [78, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194189-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in rugby league, Domestic Competitions, Australia, National Rugby League\nThe 2007 NRL Season will run from 16 March 2007 to 30 September 2007, with the latter date hosting the Grand Final at Sydney's Telstra Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 77], "content_span": [78, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194189-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in rugby league, Domestic Competitions, Europe, Super League XII\nThe Super League is the top club competition in Europe. In 2007 there are eleven English teams and one French team in the 2007 season, known as Super League XII", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194189-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in rugby league, Domestic Competitions, Europe, Carnegie Challenge Cup\nThe Rugby League Challenge Cup is the most prestigious knock-out competition in the world of Rugby League. It features teams from across Europe including England, Scotland, Wales, France and Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 75], "content_span": [76, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194189-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in rugby league, Domestic Competitions, Europe, Carnegie Challenge Cup\nCatalans Dragons become the first non-English side to reach the final. They will play holders St. Helens at Wembley Stadium on 25 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 75], "content_span": [76, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194189-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in rugby league, Domestic Competitions, Europe, UK National Leagues\nThe National Leagues kick off on 5 April. There are two divisions, and the top team in National One has the opportunity to enter SuperLeague, subject to minimum standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 72], "content_span": [73, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194190-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in rugby union\nHere are the match results of the 2010 Rugby union season. Qualifiers for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, meanwhile the Six Nations Championship and the Tri Nations was also set for another season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194191-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in science\nThe year 2007 involved many significant scientific events and discoveries, some of which are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight\nThe year 2007 contained several significant events in spaceflight, including a Chinese ASAT test, the launches of the US Phoenix and Dawn missions to study Mars and Asteroid belt respectively, Japan's Kaguya Lunar orbiter, and the first Chinese Lunar probe, Chang'e 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight\nThe internationally accepted definition of a spaceflight is any flight which crosses the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n line, 100\u00a0kilometres above sea level. The first recorded spaceflight launch of the year occurred on 10 January, when a PSLV, launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, placed four spacecraft into low Earth orbit. One of these spacecraft was SRE-1, which returned to Earth twelve days later, in the first Indian attempt to recover a satellite after re-entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight\nSeveral carrier rockets made their maiden flights in 2007; the PSLV-CA, Long March 3B/E, Shavit-2, Zenit-2M, Proton-M Enhanced. These were all modernised or upgraded versions of existing systems. The RS-24 missile also conducted its first launch, and the Atlas V made its first flight in the 421 configuration. The first Colombian and Mauritian satellites, Libertad 1 and Rascom-QAF 1 respectively, were launched in 2007, although a helium leak reduced Rascom's operational lifetime by thirteen years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Space exploration\nSeveral spacecraft were launched to explore the Moon. Japan's Kaguya orbiter, along with the smaller Okina and Ouna relay spacecraft, was launched on 14 September. The spacecraft entered Selenocentric orbit on 3 October. China launched its first Lunar probe, Chang'e 1, on 24 October, with the spacecraft entering Selenocentric orbit on 5 November. In 2009, two satellites launched into highly elliptical Earth orbits in 2007 as part of the THEMIS mission were also sent to the Moon. They are expected to arrive in October 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Space exploration\nIn August, the NASA Phoenix spacecraft was launched towards Mars, followed by the Dawn mission to the Asteroid belt in September. Cassini continued to make flybys of the moons of Saturn, mostly focussing on Titan. In November, Rosetta flew past Earth, where it was mistaken for an asteroid, and given the provisional designation 2007 VN84.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Crewed spaceflight\nFive crewed flights were launched in 2007, two by Russia and three by the United States. Russia flew two Soyuz missions to the International Space Station for crew rotation. Soyuz TMA-10, launched on 7 April, carried the Expedition 15 crew to the Station. Space tourist Charles Simonyi was also launched on this flight, and landed aboard Soyuz TMA-9 a few days later. When TMA-10 returned to Earth in October, it made the first of two consecutive ballistic re-entries of Soyuz spacecraft, due to problems with separation bolts. Soyuz TMA-11, launched on 10 October, carried the Expedition 16 crew, and the first Malaysian in space, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who was selected for flight under the Angkasawan programme. He landed aboard Soyuz TMA-10. When TMA-11 landed in 2008, it also made a ballistic descent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 849]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Crewed spaceflight\n2007 also saw the continued assembly of the International Space Station, by US Space Shuttle flights. On 8 June  Atlantis made the first Shuttle launch of the year, STS-117, with seven astronauts, and the S3/4 truss segment of the ISS. It was the first Shuttle to launch from Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center since STS-107 in 2003. Launch had previously been delayed from February due to Hail damage to the External Tank, which required a rollback to repair in the Vehicle Assembly Building. In August,  Endeavour launched on its first mission since 2002, STS-118.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Crewed spaceflight\nThis carried the S5 truss segment, and marked the final flight of the Spacehab module, which was used to carry supplies. NASA's first Educator Astronaut, Barbara Morgan flew aboard STS-118. Morgan had previously been a backup for Christa McAuliffe, who was killed in the Challenger accident in 1986. STS-120, launched on 23 October using  Discovery, carried the Harmony node, the first pressurised ISS component to be launched since Pirs in September 2001. Attempts to launch Atlantis in December on STS-122 were scrubbed, and the launch was delayed to 2008 after ECO sensors in the External Tank failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Launch failures\nThree orbital launch attempts in 2007, involving a Zenit, a Falcon 1, and a Proton failed, and two others, an Atlas V and a GSLV, resulted in partial failures. On 30 January, a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL exploded on the Ocean Odyssey launch platform, seconds after ignition. The failure destroyed the NSS-8 satellite, and caused considerable damage to the Odyssey platform. It was later determined that the failure had been caused by debris in the turbopump. As a result of downtime to conduct repairs, and bad sea conditions at the end of the year, Sea Launch did not conduct another launch until 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Launch failures\nOn 21 March, SpaceX launched the second Falcon 1. Due to the failure of the maiden flight, the launch was conducted as a demonstration flight without a functional payload. The launch failed to reach orbit due to a chain of events, starting with an error in setting the fuel mix ratio, which resulted in first stage underperformance, and the rocket being too low at the time of first stage separation. Additional atmospheric drag at this altitude caused recontact between the stages, setting up a fuel slosh in the second stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Launch failures\nThis resulted in the premature cutoff of the second stage, and the rocket failed to reach orbit. This was the last launch of the Falcon 1 with the ablatively cooled Merlin-1A engine, which was replaced with the regeneratively cooled Merlin-1C for subsequent flights, starting in August 2008. As several test objectives were completed, SpaceX claimed that the launch was a success overall, and declared the Falcon 1 operational.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Launch failures\nThe Atlas family ended a run of eighty consecutive successful launches over fourteen years, after a partial failure of an Atlas V launched on 15 June. A faulty valve caused a fuel leak in the Centaur upper stage, resulting in a premature cutoff at the end of its second burn. This resulted in the USA-194 satellites being delivered into a lower orbit than planned. The spacecraft were able to correct the orbit using their manoeuvring engines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Launch failures\nThe fifth GSLV was launched on 2 September, with the INSAT-4CR satellite. This was the first GSLV launch since the failure in July 2006. The rocket underperformed, and placed the satellite into an orbit with a lower apogee and greater inclination than planned. This required the spacecraft to use fuel reserved for stationkeeping to raise itself to the correct orbit, at the expense of its operational lifetime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Launch failures\nOn 5 September, a Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage failed to place the JCSAT-11 into orbit, after the second stage of the carrier rocket failed to separate from the first. It was later established that damaged cabling had been the cause of the malfunction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Summary of launches\nIn total, sixty eight orbital launches were made in 2007, with sixty five reaching orbit, and three outright failures. This was an increase of two orbital launch attempts on 2006, with one more launch reaching orbit. The final launch of the year was conducted on 25 December, by a Proton-M with three GLONASS navigation satellites for the Russian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Summary of launches\nSuborbital spaceflight in 2007 saw a number of sounding rocket and missile launches. On 11 January, the Chinese People's Liberation Army used a Dong-Feng 21 derived anti-satellite weapon to destroy Feng Yun 1C, a retired weather satellite. Russia also began testing the RS-24 Yars missile", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Summary of launches\nChina conducted ten orbital launches in 2007, using the Long March family of rockets, whilst Europe conducted five using the Ariane 5. India made three orbital launch attempts, using PSLV-C, PSLV-CA and GSLV rockets, with the GSLV launch resulting in a partial failure. Israel conducted a single successful launch using the first Shavit-2 rocket. Japan successfully launched two H-IIA rockets. Russia and the former Soviet Union conducted twenty six launches, including one failure, but not including the international Sea Launch programme, whose single launch attempt failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194192-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 in spaceflight, Summary of launches\nNineteen launches were conducted by the United States, which had originally announced plans to launch many more, however technical issues with the Atlas V, Delta IV and Falcon 1, caused a number of delays. Two of six planned Space Shuttle launches were also delayed to 2008, STS-123 due to knock-on delays from STS-117, and STS-122 due to problems with engine cutoff sensors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194193-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in speed skating\nThe year 2007 in speed skating also includes events in the autumn of 2006, since they belong to the same long track speed skating season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194193-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in speed skating, National championships\nChampionships need to have at least three participants to be mentioned here. Top three are mentioned for allround and sprint championships if the nation has at least three spots in the relevant international championship, otherwise only the winner is mentioned. If the championship had fewer than three participants, it is not mentioned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194193-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in speed skating, National championships\nChristian Falger: 2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0500\u00a0m, 1000\u00a0m, 1500\u00a0mStephan Bittner: 5000\u00a0m", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194193-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in speed skating, National championships\nAnna Rokita: 2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0500\u00a0m, 1000\u00a0m, 3000\u00a0m, 5000\u00a0m", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194193-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in speed skating, National championships\nDenny Morrison: 2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0500\u00a0m, 1000\u00a0m, 1500\u00a0mArne Dankers: 5000\u00a0m, 10000\u00a0m", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194193-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in speed skating, National championships\nShannon Rempel: 2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0500\u00a0mCindy Klassen: 1000\u00a0m, 1500\u00a0mClara Hughes: 3000\u00a0m, 5000\u00a0m", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194194-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in sports\n2007 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 73]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194194-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in sports, Baseball\nSeoul Shrubbery defeat the defend champions Singapore Sushi 1,300-1,212 to capture their first ever Periwinkle Feather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 24], "content_span": [25, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194194-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in sports, Mixed martial arts\nThe following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2007 in chronological order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194195-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in sumo\nThe following are the events in professional sumo during 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 75]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194196-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in tennis\nThis page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2007. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194196-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in tennis, ITF, Hopman Cup\nThe Hopman Cup is the Official Mixed Team Competition of the ITF, played at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, in Perth, Western Australia. 2007's was the 19th edition of the competition. This year Russia's pairing of Dmitry Tursunov and Nadia Petrova defeated Tommy Robredo and Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 31], "content_span": [32, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194197-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo\nThe following lists events that happened during 2007 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194197-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Events\nGlencore acquires 50% of SAMREF Congo SPRL in 2007, a Congolese-registered subsidiary of Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery (Samref Overseas S.A.), registered in Panama, that owns 80% of the Mutanda Mine. Global Witness raised concerns with this transaction and two others, saying that the secrecy that surrounded them raised questions about corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194197-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Events, July\nJuly 12 - Red Cross says thousands of displaced Tutsis in the militias' path.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194197-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Events, December\nCopper production operations resume at Katanga Mining's Luilu Metallurgical Plant after an extensive restoration program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194199-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in the Netherlands\nThis article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194199-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in the Netherlands, External ink\nMedia related to 2007 in the Netherlands at Wikimedia Commons", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194201-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in the Philippines\n2007 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194201-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in the Philippines, National holidays\nThe celebration of the holidays may be moved due to President Arroyos \"holiday economics\" policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194201-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in the Philippines, National holidays\nHolidays in italics are \"special days\", while those in regular type are \"regular holidays\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194201-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in the Philippines, National holidays\nIn addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also \"special days\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194202-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in the United Arab Emirates\nEvents from the year 2007 in the United Arab Emirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194205-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in the decathlon\nThis page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2007 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, where the competition was held at the Nagai Stadium on Friday August 31 and Saturday September 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194206-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in the environment\nThis is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 2007. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194207-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in the sport of athletics\nThis article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194208-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in track cycling, National championships\n2007 Dutch National Track Championships French National Track Championships Australian National Track Championships British National Track Championships United States National Track Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194208-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in track cycling, Six-day events\nThe 2007 Six days track cycling events are multi-race competitions, each taking place over six days at various locations in mainland Europe. The riders challenge each other in track cycling disciplines including the madison, track time trials, sprints, and Derny motor-paced races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194209-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 in video games\n2007 saw many sequels and prequels in video games. New intellectual properties included Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Crackdown, Crysis, Mass Effect, Portal, Rock Band, Skate, The Darkness, The Witcher, and Uncharted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194209-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 in video games, Hardware and software sales, Worldwide\nThe following are the best-selling games of 2007 in terms of worldwide retail sales. These games sold at least 5 million units worldwide in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194209-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 in video games, Hardware and software sales, North America\nBest-selling video games of 2007 in North America (by platform)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194209-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 in video games, Hardware and software sales, United Kingdom\nBest-selling video games of 2007 in the UK (by platform)The games' publishers are listed in brackets:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194209-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 in video games, Hardware and software sales, United States\nBest-selling video games of all time in the US (as of September 25, 2007)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194209-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 in video games, Hardware and software sales, United States\nNote: This list only includes games that were released after NPD started tracking video game sales data.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194209-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 in video games, Critically acclaimed titles\nMetacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194211-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 inter-Korean summit\nThe 2007 Inter-Korean summit meeting was held between October 2 and October 4, 2007, in Pyongyang, between President Roh Moo-hyun of the Republic of Korea and Kim Jong-il of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). It is the second Inter-Korean summit following the 2000 inter-Korean summit. It is also called the 10.4 Inter-Korean summit. As a result of the talks, both sides announced a declaration for the development of inter-Korean relations and peace and prosperity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194211-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 inter-Korean summit, Overview\nThe second Summit was held October 2\u20134, 2007, also in Pyongyang, between Kim Jong-il and Roh Moo-hyun, at the time President of the Republic of Korea. This summit occurred in light of the recent partially successful detonation of a nuclear device by North Korea, the development of which violated a range of guarantees, given in exchange for aid, that North Korea would cease nuclear weapon development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194211-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 inter-Korean summit, Overview\nThis summit probably occurred due to concerted political and economic pressure from a number of major states (such as the United States, South Korea, and Japan) and in particular from China, which is the nearest state North Korea has as an ally, and which provides North Korea with the oil and food supplies that keep the country from totally collapsing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194211-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 inter-Korean summit, Details\nOn August 8, 2007, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) announced that the second Inter-Korean summit would be held from August 28 to August 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194211-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 inter-Korean summit, Details\nHowever, on August 18, 2007, North Korea postponed the talks due to flooding. South Korea proposed to hold Summit talks between October 2 and October 4, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194211-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 inter-Korean summit, Details\nOn October 2, 2007, at 9:05, South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun walked across the Korean Demilitarized Zone in travelling to Pyongyang for talks with Kim Jong-il. Unlike in the first summit, President Roh reached the summit location via the land routes \u2013 Kaesung and Pyongyang Expressway. During the visit, there was a series of meetings and discussions between the leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194211-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 inter-Korean summit, Details\nThe June 15th North\u2013South Joint Declaration that the two leaders signed during the first South\u2013North summit stated that they would hold the second summit at an appropriate time. It was originally thought in 2000 that the second summit would be held in South Korea, but that did not prove to be the case in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194211-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 inter-Korean summit, Details\nAt the meetings and talks, the two sides reaffirmed the spirit of the June 15th North\u2013South Joint Declaration and had discussions on various issues related to realizing the advancement of South\u2013North relations, peace on the Korean Peninsula, common prosperity of the Korean people and unification of Korea. On October 4, 2007, Roh and Kim signed the peace declaration. The document called for international talks to replace the armistice which ended the Korean War with a permanent peace treaty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194211-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 inter-Korean summit, Details, Uncertain South Korean transcript\nA transcript of the summit talks was not placed in the South Korean national archives, which led to later disputes about what exactly was said in discussions. In June 2013, to resolve a dispute, the National Intelligence Service stated its copy of the final transcript recorded that President Roh had said \"I agree with [leader Kim Jong-il] that the Northern Limit Line should be changed.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194212-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 international child pornography investigation\nThe 2007 international child pornography investigation was an international criminal investigation into a criminal organization dealing in child pornography. Austrian authorities initiated the investigation in July and were the ones to uncover the criminal organization. More than 2,360 suspects residing in 77 countries were investigated. Approximately 600 of the suspects were in the United States. The European country with the most suspects was Germany. 130 of the suspects were in Australia. The two suspects in the Republic of Ireland were not investigated by Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na until six months after Austrian authorities notified them of the crime. At least 23 suspects were Austrians. The pornography depicted the sexual abuse of children under the age of 14. A Russian website hosted the pornography on an Austrian server.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 879]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194213-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania\nThe 2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania happened on 24 December 2007. The attack happened near Aleg, 250\u00a0km east of the capital Nouakchott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194213-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania\nThe victims, five French tourists on holiday, were attacked while they were having a picnic. Four of them were killed and the fifth was seriously injured. There was one survivor; the victims were his two adult sons, brother, and a friend. The 2008 Dakar Rally was moved to central Europe (known as the Central Europe Rally when held in April) because of this incident due to concerns of a possible terrorist attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194213-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania\nMauritanian authorities arrested nine people on 7 January 2008. An assault rifle was recovered by police from a location close to the scene of the killings. The Mauritanian interior minister blamed a terrorist sleeper cell for the killings. Authorities say suspects are members of an extremist group linked to al-Qaida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194213-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania\nOne of the suspects arrested in January, Sidi Ould Sidna, escaped from the police in March but was arrested again in April. Sidna had trained with the group Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, which confirmed Sidna was affiliated with their organization. In 2010, three men who claimed to be \"soldiers of Al-Qaeda\", Sidi Ould Sidna, Mohamed Ould Chabarnou, and Maarouf Ould Haiba, were sentenced to death by a Mauritanian court for the attack. Since Mauritania has not used the death penalty since the 1980s, their death sentence will likely be commuted to an extended prison sentence on appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka\nMurder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka took place on June 3, 2007 when two minority Sri Lankan Tamil aid workers were detained by two men claiming to be policemen on June 1, 2007. Their bodies were later found in Ratnapura (about 95 kilometers away from the capital).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Incident\nTwo staff  members of the Sri Lanka Red Cross, 39-year-old Sinnarajah Shanmuganathan, and 28-year-old Karthigesu Chandramohan, had come to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo for a training program in Tsunami work . According to  Mr Vasantharajah, Head of Sri Lanka Red Cross in Batticaloa, both were part of a group of six aid workers sent from Batticaloa who had been sent on May 30, 2007 to Colombo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Incident\nAfter completing the training program on May 30 and June 1, the group had gone to the main Fort Railway station in the Capital Colombo at 6:30\u00a0p.m. Friday to take the 7:15\u00a0p.m. train to Batticaloa. A group of men, who were dressed in civilian clothes and claimed to be policemen, had asked to examine the group's national identity cards. They then abducted Shanmuganathan and Chandramohan, transporting them in a white van for \"questioning,\" according to the testimonies of the other four members of the group. Shanmuganathan had joined the Red Cross in 1997, and Chandramohan had been working with the Red Cross since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Red Cross\nThe Red Cross said it filed a complaint with the Fort Police, and a separate complaint with the Inspector General of Police immediately after hearing about the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Red Cross\nOn the information that some unidentified bodies had been found at the Dumbara Estate in Kiriella, the Red Cross officials went to the site and identified the bodies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Red Cross\n\"The movement calls upon the Sri Lankan authorities to carry out an immediate and comprehensive investigation into the killings,\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Red Cross\nSri Lanka Red Cross Director General Nevil Nanayakkara said in a statement:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Red Cross\n\"The movement reminds the parties to the conflict that murder is prohibited under international humanitarian law, and that they must respect the work of humanitarian agencies and refrain from any acts that might jeopardise humanitarian staff or activities.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Sri Lankan government\nAccording to Kiriella Police Inspector the victims might have been killed elsewhere before their bodies were dumped in the estate. There were other bodies dumped in the same location on an earlier incident. Police chief Victor Perera said five police teams had been appointed to investigate into the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 79], "content_span": [80, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Sri Lankan government\nSri Lankan Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe speaking to the Daily Mirror yesterday said the government strongly condemned the double murder of the Red Cross employees. Minister Samarasinghe stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 79], "content_span": [80, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Sri Lankan government\n\"Government strongly condemns this crime which appears to have been carried out to discredit the government. This type of abductions and killings are totally against the government policy. We are determined to get to the bottom of this story\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 79], "content_span": [80, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Others\nUnited Kingdom condemned the abduction and killing of two Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka. The British High Commissioner Dominick Chilcott was quoted as saying,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Others\n\" recent incidents show how serious the country's breakdown in law and order has become\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Others\n\" Targeting people who work for the Red Cross, an organization renowned for its strict neutrality and determination to assist those in need irrespective of their origins, is particularly contemptible\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Others\n. Human Rights Watch, an international human rights group, has said that since violence escalated, Sri Lanka has faced", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Others\n\"lawlessness of epidemic proportions, with increased abductions, killings and forced disappearances\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194214-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka, Reactions, Others\nCivil Monitoring Committee, a group that has campaigned against abductions reported that apart from those killed from direct fighting and crossfire, 140 people have been abducted from capital Colombo in 2006 and 18 were later found dead. Hundreds more have been forcibly taken away by unknown men in the north and east, where the fighting is concentrated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194215-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 national road cycling championships\nThe 2007 national road cycling championships took place throughout the year, with the majority taking place in late June and early July, although there are some exceptions. The National Championships are an annual event and have taken place for many years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194215-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 national road cycling championships, Jerseys\nThe winner of each national championship wears the national jersey in all their races for the next year in the respective discipline, apart from the World Championships. The jerseys tend to represent the countries' flag or use the colours from it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194215-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 national road cycling championships, Cancellations\nThe British championships were cancelled following torrential rain in the week leading up to the event, causing flooding nearby where the races were to be held. It was rescheduled after the Tour de France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194215-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 national road cycling championships, Cancellations\nThe Czech and Slovakian joint Time Trial championships were cancelled when the route became a detour for a major motorway nearby, which had been blocked due to an accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls\nBeginning in March 2007, there was a widespread recall of many brands of cat and dog foods due to contamination with melamine and cyanuric acid. The recalls in North America, Europe, and South Africa came in response to reports of kidney failure in pets. Initially, the recalls were associated with the consumption of mostly wet pet foods made with wheat gluten from a single Chinese company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls\nAfter more than three weeks of complaints from consumers, the recall began voluntarily with the Canadian company Menu Foods on 16 March 2007, when a company test showed sickness and death in some of the test animals. Soon after, there were numerous media reports of animal deaths as a result of kidney failure. In the following weeks, several other companies who received the contaminated wheat gluten also voluntarily recalled dozens of pet food brands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0000-0002", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls\nOne month after the initial recall, contaminated rice protein from a different source in China was also identified as being associated with kidney failure in pets in the United States, while contaminated corn gluten was associated with kidney failure with pets in South Africa. As a result of investigating the 2007 pet food recalls, a broader Chinese protein export contamination investigation unfolded, raising concerns about the safety of the human food supply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls\nBy the end of March, veterinary organizations reported more than 100 pet deaths among nearly 500 cases of kidney failure, with one online database self-reporting as many as 3,600 deaths as of 11 April. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received reports of several thousand cats and dogs who have died after eating contaminated food, but have only confirmed 14 cases, in part because there is no centralized government database of animal sickness or death in the United States, as there are with humans (such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). As a result, many sources speculate the actual number of affected pets may never be known, and experts are concerned that the actual death toll could potentially reach into the thousands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls\nOverall, several major companies have recalled more than 5300 pet food products, with most of the recalls coming from Menu Foods. The contamination was caused by melamine in the affected foods. The Chinese company behind the contaminated wheat gluten has initially denied any involvement in the contamination, but is cooperating with Chinese and American investigators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls\nIn the United States, there has been extensive media coverage of the recall. There has been widespread public outrage and calls for government regulation of pet foods, which had previously been self-regulated by pet food manufacturers. The United States Senate held an oversight hearing on the matter by 12 April. The economic impact on the pet food market has been extensive, with Menu Foods alone losing at least $42 million from the recall, even without taking into account reduced sales. The several waves of recalls, many issued late on Friday evenings possibly to avoid media coverage, and the events have caused distrust in some consumers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls\nReports of widespread and possibly intentional adulteration of Chinese animal feed with melamine have raised the issue of melamine contamination in the human food supply, both in China and abroad. On 27 April, the U.S. FDA subjected all vegetable proteins imported from China, intended for human or animal consumption, to detention without physical examination, including: wheat gluten, rice gluten, rice protein, rice protein concentrate, corn gluten, corn gluten meal, corn byproducts, soy protein, soy gluten, proteins (includes amino acids and protein hydrosylates), and mung bean protein. In a teleconference with reporters on 1 May, officials from the FDA and U.S. Department of Agriculture said between 2.5 and 3 million people in the United States had consumed chickens that had consumed feed containing contaminated vegetable protein from China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 876]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls\nResearch has focused on the combination of melamine and cyanuric acid in causing kidney failure. Reports that cyanuric acid may be an independently and potentially widely used adulterant in China have heightened concerns for both pet and human health.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls\nAs of 7 May, United States food safety officials stated: \"There is very low risk to human health from consuming meat from hogs and chickens known to have been fed animal feed supplemented with pet food scraps that contained melamine and melamine-related compounds\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Recall history\nThe first recalls were announced by Menu Foods late on Friday, 16 March 2007, for cat and dog food products in the United States. In the ensuing months, many additional recalls were announced by Menu and other companies as the recall expanded throughout North America and to Europe and South Africa. Menu Foods acknowledged receiving the first complaints of sick pets on 20 February 2007, and initiated the recall following unexpected deaths after a regularly scheduled internal \"taste test\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Recall history\nThe recalls are related to contaminated vegetable proteins, imported from China in 2006 and early 2007, used as pet food ingredients. The process of identifying and accounting for the source of the contamination and how the contaminant causes sickness is ongoing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Affected brands\nThe majority of recalled foods have come from a single company, Menu Foods of Streetsville, Ontario. Menu Foods' recalled products alone represent nearly 100 brands of cat and dog food, and as of 11 April, are the only brands known to have caused sickness in animals. Below is an overview of affected brands, as provided by the FDA and the companies:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Affected brands\nThe American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) maintains a combined list of all recalled pet food varieties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Numbers of affected animals\nBy the end of March, veterinary organizations reported more than 100 pet deaths amongst nearly 500 cases of kidney failure, and experts expected the death toll to number in the thousands, with one online database already self-reporting as many as 3,600 deaths as of 11 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 66], "content_span": [67, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Numbers of affected animals\nThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received reports of approximately 8500 animal deaths, including at least 1950 cats and 2200 dogs who have died after eating contaminated food, but have only confirmed 14 cases, in part because there is no centralized government database of animal sickness or death in the United States as there are with humans (such as the Centers for Disease Control). For this reason, many sources speculate the full extent of the pet deaths and sicknesses caused by the contamination may never be known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 66], "content_span": [67, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Numbers of affected animals\nIn October, the results of the \"AAVLD survey of pet food-induced nephrotoxicity in North America, April to June 2007,\" were reported, indicating 347 of 486 cases voluntarily reported by 6 June 2007 had met the diagnostic criteria, with most of the cases reported from the United States, but also including cases of 20 dogs and 7 cats reported from Canada. The cases involved 235 cats and 112 dogs, with 61 percent of the cats and 74 percent of the dogs having died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 66], "content_span": [67, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0011-0003", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Numbers of affected animals\nDr. Barbara Powers, AAVLD president and director of the Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, said the survey probably found only a percentage of the actual cases. She also said the mortality rate is not likely to be representative of all cases, because survey respondents had more information to submit for animals that had died. A number of dogs were also reported affected in Australia, with four in Melbourne and a few more in Sydney. No legal action or repercussions have as yet occurred regarding these cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 66], "content_span": [67, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0011-0004", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Numbers of affected animals\nDr. Powers elaborated further: \u201cBut there absolutely could be more deaths from the tainted pet food.... This survey didn\u2019t catch all the deaths that happened. In order to be counted in our survey, you had to meet certain criteria.... If someone had a pet that died and they buried it in their back[yard], they weren\u2019t eligible for our survey. We had to have confirmed exposure to the recalled pet food, proof of toxicity, and clinical signs of kidney failure. So this is only a percentage of the deaths that are out there. There\u2019s no way to guess how many pets were affected.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 66], "content_span": [67, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Numbers of affected animals\nIn a potentially related incident in China, on 22 February 2006, Xinhua reported at least 38 cats dying shortly after being fed with Xiduoyu, a brand of a \"Tianjin-based cat food manufacturer\". A veterinarian referred to in the story said \"test results from Beijing Animal Hospital showed the dead cats had suffered from kidney exhaustion and that the sick ones have kidney damage.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 66], "content_span": [67, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Numbers of affected animals\nSuspicions at that time focused on lead poisoning though Gu Junhua, a chief engineer from China's \"national feedstuff quality check centre under the Ministry of Agriculture\", was reported as saying: \"But at present, he said it was difficult to draw any conclusions because the country has not drafted any food safety criteria for pets in terms of the quality and quantity of each element of the ingredients.\" No mention of melamine was made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 66], "content_span": [67, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Symptoms\nPet owners were advised to monitor their animals for the following signs of possible kidney failure that may be associated with the unknown toxicant: loss of appetite, lethargy, depression, vomiting, diarrhea, sudden changes in water consumption, and changes in the frequency or amount of urination. It was advised that pets exhibiting these symptoms should be taken for veterinary care as soon as possible, even if the animal did not eat any of the recalled pet food, as these signs may be indicative of other illnesses. Ultrasounds of animals who have eaten the contaminated food in most cases show cortical echogenicity, perirenal fluid and pyelectasia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Symptoms\nOne of the largest veterinary hospital chains in the U.S., Banfield, has released statistics on the recent rates of pet kidney failure. Banfield's veterinarians treat an estimated 6 percent of the nation's cats and dogs, and their findings provide \"the most authoritative picture of the harm done by the tainted cat and dog food,\" according to the FDA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Symptoms\nBased on analysis of data collected by more than 600 hospitals and clinics in 43 states, out of every 10,000 cats and dogs seen in Banfield clinics, three developed kidney failure during the time pet food contaminated with melamine was on the market. They reported 284 more cases of kidney failure in cats than the expected \"background rate,\" corresponding to a 30 percent increase. During that period, the Banfield vets saw 100,000 cats. According to Hugh Lewis, who analyzed the results for Banfield, extrapolating to the United States cat population may mean \"several hundred cats a week across the country\" were affected. No similar statistically significant increase was seen among dogs, suggesting the contamination was more toxic to cats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Prevention of illness in pets\nAs of 4 May, the FDA advised: \"If your pet food is not listed [as recalled on its website], the pet food is not affected by the recall and you can continue to feed it to your pets; however, if your pet exhibits a sudden onset of symptoms including loss of appetite, lethargy, vomiting, stop feeding the pet food and contact your veterinarian.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Prevention of illness in pets\nThe growing number of recalls has motivated at least one well-known animal protection organization, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) to recommend \"until this crisis is resolved ... pets be fed products containing U. S.-sourced protein supplements only.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Impact on pets, Food shortages in pet shelters\nMany nonprofit pet shelters rely on donated foods to feed the animals and remain financially stable, but due to the wide use of wheat gluten and other contaminated ingredients in many wet pet foods and the large portion of foods represented in the recall, many pet shelters have had to discard foods despite the financial burden of doing so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses\nUnable to locate the source of the kidney failure exhibited by test subjects that consumed some of their wet food products, Menu Foods sent food samples to Cornell University between 13 March and 15 March for chemical analysis. They too, were not immediately able to pinpoint the cause of the sicknesses, so they sent samples to the New York State Food Laboratory, a part of the federally funded Food Emergency Response Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Initial efforts focus on aminopterin\nOn 23 March, the New York State Food Laboratory reported that aminopterin was found in samples sent to them by Cornell. Michigan State University also investigated the source of the kidney failure and made available to researchers and veterinarians pictures and photographs of affected animal kidneys \"demonstrating acute tubular necrosis in the kidney with intratubular crystals.\" Aminopterin was widely described in news reports as a \"rat poison\", though that assertion may be based upon a hypothetical use listed in the 1951 patent application and not upon the actual use of the chemical. Aminopterin is illegal in China,and neither Cornell University nor the FDA could replicate the New York lab's results. On 27 March, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reported the symptoms described in affected animals are not \"fully consistent with the ingestion of rat poison containing aminopterin.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 98], "content_span": [99, 1020]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Later findings change focus to melamine\nSometime in mid-March, an \"unnamed pet food company\" reported to Cornell they had discovered an industrial chemical used in plastics manufacture, melamine, in internal testing of wheat gluten samples. By 21 March, it became clear the common factor was in the wheat gluten used to thicken the gravy in the \"cuts and gravy\" style wet foods. By 27 March, Cornell had confirmed the presence of melamine in the originally recalled pet foods, the wheat gluten used in their manufacture, the cells of the dead pets, and in the urine samples from dead and sick pets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 101], "content_span": [102, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Later findings change focus to melamine\nOn 30 March, both Cornell and the FDA announced the presence of melamine had been confirmed. The chemical was found in the suspected wheat gluten in raw concentrations as high as 6.6%. Stephen Sundlof, the FDA's chief veterinarian said, \"There was a sizable amount of melamine. You could see crystals in the wheat gluten.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 101], "content_span": [102, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Later findings change focus to melamine\nIn addition to wheat gluten, products containing rice protein have also been contaminated with melamine. Natural Balance Pet Foods recalled two products on 16 April due to kidney damage associated with melamine contamination despite the products not containing wheat gluten. Melamine has also been implicated in corn gluten in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 101], "content_span": [102, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Later findings change focus to melamine\nDespite the presence of the industrial chemical in both the food and in the animals, the FDA has made it clear they are still in the middle of an extensive investigation, and \"not yet fully certain that melamine is the causative agent.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 101], "content_span": [102, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Melamine and cyanuric acid in pet sickness\nPrior animal studies have shown ingestion of melamine may lead to kidney stones, cancer or reproductive damage. One 1945 study suggested the chemical increased urine output when fed to dogs in large amounts. The chemical is known to have a very low toxicity in rodents. The U.S. FDA knows of no studies of melamine involving felines and, if melamine is responsible, the increased sensitivity of cats is a mystery to officials. One hypothesis is the poisoned cat foods might have higher concentrations of melamine than the dog foods. Melamine can be detected in blood or urine tests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 104], "content_span": [105, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Melamine and cyanuric acid in pet sickness\nStephen Sundlof, director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, says \"Melamine is not very toxic as a chemical, so we're wondering why we are seeing the kinds of serious conditions, especially the kidney failure, that we're seeing in cats and dogs... We are focusing on the melamine right now because we believe that, even if melamine is not the causative agent, it is somehow associated with the causative agent, so it serves as a marker\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 104], "content_span": [105, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Melamine and cyanuric acid in pet sickness\nEven at the highest observed concentrations found in wheat gluten, the melamine exposure is much smaller than the rat and mouse doses for which effects were seen. Instead, the FDA has suggested a second contaminant may be responsible for the ill effects and melamine, as the most easily identifiable contaminant, may serve as a biomarker, or indicator, for contaminated wheat gluten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 104], "content_span": [105, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Melamine and cyanuric acid in pet sickness\nAccording to the FDA, \"the association between melamine in the kidneys and urine of cats that died and melamine in the food they consumed is undeniable. Additionally, melamine is an ingredient that should not be in pet food at any level.\" However, Richard Goldstein of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine has stated that \"There appears to be other things in there, other than melamine, but identifying what they are is a long process.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 104], "content_span": [105, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Melamine and cyanuric acid in pet sickness\nResearchers have focused on the role of melamine and related compounds in causing kidney failure. Beginning on 19 April,  researchers reportedly had ruled out aminopterin contamination and had found a \"spoke-like crystal\" in contaminated wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate and the tissues and urine of affected animals. (It was previously known that melamine and cyanuric acid can form networks of hydrogen bonds, creating a tile-like planar structure through molecular self-assembly.) The crystal has been said to serve as a biomarker for contamination and is approximately 30% melamine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 104], "content_span": [105, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Melamine and cyanuric acid in pet sickness\nThe remainder has been identified as cyanuric acid, ammelide and ammeline, with crystals recovered from urine reported to be approximately 70% cyanuric acid. While some researchers have theorized the three latter chemicals might have been formed as the animals metabolized the melamine, or as byproducts of bacterial metabolism (cyanuric acid is a known intermediate byproduct of bacterial metabolism of melamine), their presence in the crystals found in contaminated protein itself, combined with media reports of widespread adulteration with both melamine and cyanuric acid in China, has focused research efforts on their combined effects in animals. Neither melamine nor cyanuric acid, a chemical commonly used in pool chlorination, have been thought to be particularly toxic by themselves. The current hypothesis is, although these contaminants are not very toxic individually, their potency appears to be increased when they are present together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 104], "content_span": [105, 1056]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Melamine and cyanuric acid in pet sickness\nOn 27 April, researchers from the University of Guelph, in Ontario announced they had created crystals chemically similar to the ones found in contaminated animals by combining melamine and cyanuric acid in the laboratory under pH conditions similar to those in animal kidneys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 104], "content_span": [105, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Melamine and cyanuric acid in pet sickness\nIn light of these findings, on 1 May, the American Veterinary Medical Association noted in a press release the \"extremely insoluble\" crystals formed in animal kidneys are suspected of blocking kidney function. On 7 May, however, Barbara Powers, president of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians and a professor of veterinary diagnostics at Colorado State University cautioned \"There's something more going on than just the mechanical blockage. Because you wouldn't see so much necrosis (cell death) and inflammation.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 104], "content_span": [105, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Melamine and cyanuric acid in pet sickness\nOn 2 May, in further inquiry into the source of the cyanuric acid in the contaminated ingredients and the toxic effects of the chemical combination, Richard Goldstein of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, in response to reports the contaminant might be \"melamine scrap\" left over from processing coal into melamine, hypothesized: \u201cIt\u2019s possible the other stuff they were left with was the bottom-of-the-barrel stuff, leftover melamine and possibly cyanuric acid. I think it\u2019s this melamine with other compounds that is toxic.\u201d The composition of the crystals analyzed in contaminated pet food ingredients is similar to the composition of a waste product produced in cyanuric acid production.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 104], "content_span": [105, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Melamine and cyanuric acid in pet sickness\nOn 8 May 2007, the International Herald Tribune reported three Chinese chemical makers have said animal feed producers often purchase, or seek to purchase, the chemical, cyanuric acid, from their factories to blend into animal feed to give the false appearance of a higher level of protein, suggesting another potentially dangerous way that melamine and cyanuric acid might combine in protein products.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 104], "content_span": [105, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Search for the cause of the illnesses, Melamine and cyanuric acid in pet sickness\nA toxicology study conducted at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine after the recalls concluded the combination of melamine and cyanuric acid in diet does lead to acute kidney injury in cats. Wilson Rumbeiha, an associate professor in MSU's Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, commenting on results from a survey commissioned by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians and designed and implemented by MSU toxicologists which was also presented at the AAVLD's October 2007 meeting, said: \"Unfortunately, these [melamine cyanurate] crystals don\u2019t dissolve easily. They go away slowly, if at all, so there is the potential for chronic toxicity.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 104], "content_span": [105, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Alternative pet food sources\nSome pet owners have become concerned over the safety of all processed pet foods, and have chosen to forgo store-bought prepared pet foods in favor of preparing food from ingredients at home. The popularity of books on home preparation of pet foods has rocketed on Amazon.com. Some veterinarians have pointed out that animal diets are difficult to maintain in terms of nutritional appropriateness and safety, and are best served by store-bought preparations, an assertion disputed by some practitioners of home-made animal foods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Industry and government response\nAmerican and Chinese authorities investigated the source of the contamination linked to pet deaths, and Chinese authorities closed down Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Company and Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. Ltd., the two companies linked to the contaminated products.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Litigation\nMany owners of pets stricken after consuming Menu Foods' product have considered filing lawsuits against the company, but are encountering difficulties with the valuation of the deceased pets. While many pet owners consider their pets to be a \"part of the family,\" lost pets have traditionally been treated as property, with the potential liability limited to the retail value of the animal. Some states define the monetary value of a pet for litigation or insurance purposes. Other states have allowed suits for punitive damages and emotional distress suffered in the loss of a pet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Litigation\nAfter word of the recall and reports of animal deaths began to spread, Menu Foods was served with several individual lawsuits over the deaths of affected pets. On 20 March, after the death of her cat, a woman in Chicago, Illinois sued Menu Foods for negligence in delaying the recall. The same day, lawyers for a Knoxville, Tennessee woman filed suit in Federal Court against Menu Foods for $25 million and hoping to attain class action status, citing negligence in testing the food prior to distribution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Litigation\nAs individual lawsuits were filed across the nation, an Ontario, Oregon family filed a class-action lawsuit against Menu Foods, citing emotional damage and economic loss. The lawyers filing the federal lawsuit noted Washington state, which has jurisdiction, had a history of favorable consumer protection precedents in prior pet-related lawsuits, but finding a set value for the lost pets may be difficult.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Litigation\nOn 23 March, Menu Foods said they will reimburse pet owners who can trace their pets' illnesses to the company's products. One estimate is that the cost to owners of treating sickened pets is between $2 million and $20 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Litigation\nBy 5 April, the 20 March Chicago lawsuit expanded to federal class-action status, with over 200 plaintiffs seeking punitive damages for emotional distress. The plaintiffs have specifically accused Menu Foods of fraud, claiming the company may have known of a problem as early as December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Litigation\nMenu Foods faces 90 class-action lawsuits as a result of the contamination. U.S. District Court Judge Hillman has ordered Menu Foods to have no contact with plaintiffs unless their attorneys are involved in the discussion, after lawyers from six firms representing pet owners claimed the company illegally attempted to contact their clients directly. Hillman has said \"It seems to me that Menu Foods is out to do whatever Menu Foods wants to do in a way that could adversely impact the rights\" of the plaintiffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194216-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 pet food recalls, Suspected related outbreak in 2004\nA 2004 outbreak involving pet foods sickened more than 6,000 dogs and a lesser number of cats in Asia. Kidney failure in the animals was linked to foods manufactured in Thailand by Mars, Inc. Veterinarians in Asia initially blamed the 2004 problems on fungal toxins, but pathology tests conducted in 2007 found melamine and cyanuric acid present in renal tissue from both outbreaks. According to pathologists: \"These results indicate that the pet food\u2013associated kidney failure outbreaks in 2004 and 2007 share identical clinical, histologic, and toxicologic findings, providing compelling evidence that they share the same causation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194217-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier\nThe 2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier was a plot in Birmingham, England, to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier in order to undermine the morale of the British Army and inhibit its recruitment of Muslims. The instigator, Parviz Khan, admitted the plot and was sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve at least 14 years. Another of the accused was found guilty of failing to report the plot and four others were sentenced to up to seven years for supplying equipment to Pakistan-based militants fighting coalition forces in Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194217-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier, Plot\nShortly after the arrests, reports appeared in a number of newspapers with details of the plot, citing unnamed security sources. According to the newspaper reports, the plot involved kidnapping a British Muslim soldier and taking him either to a run-down house in Leatherhead Close, Aston, Birmingham, believed to be owned by the wife of suspect Zahoor Iqbal or a safe house in Tipton, nine miles from Birmingham. There, he would be blindfolded, handcuffed, made to demand the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, and then killed. A video of this would be released on the Internet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194217-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier, Plot\nOn a password-protected Internet forum affiliated with Al-Qaeda, the plotters were told: \"It is preferable if you photograph or video the operation so that it can have a bigger set of viewers and can be used by the media.\" Some newspaper reports also said that the group spent months compiling a hit list of 25 potential targets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194217-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier, Plot\nFour people were separately accused of supplying equipment on four occasions to Pakistan-based militants fighting the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. They had used the 2005 Kashmir earthquake as a cover to ship anglers' gloves used by snipers, sleeping bags, boots, waterproof map holders, laser rangefinders, anti-bugging equipment, video cameras and mobile phones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194217-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier, Arrests\nFor six months, British police forces and intelligence agencies, under the codename Operation Gamble, had been investigating the plot. They had hoped to investigate for another two months before making arrests, but when one of the suspects purchased a video camera it was feared that this was done in preparation for the kidnapping, so the police brought forward their decision to make the arrests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194217-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier, Arrests\nOn January 31, 2007, just before 4:00\u00a0am, more than 700 police officers raided eight homes and four businesses, including a corner store, two Islamic bookstores and an internet caf\u00e9. Eight men were arrested then, with a ninth arrested later in the afternoon while driving into Birmingham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194217-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier, Arrests, Leaks\nThe sentencing judge described the leaking of information to the media at the time of the arrests as being a \"very grave contempt of court\". An inquiry by the Metropolitan Police failed to discover the source of these leaks. The civil liberties organisation Liberty said these leaks risked \"undermining the work of police and prosecutors and jeopardising the trust and safety of the public\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194217-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier, Outcome\nIn February 2008, five men were sentenced after admitting or being found guilty of these allegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194217-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier, Outcome\nGassama was born in Mansaringsu, Brikama, Gambia. He attended madrasahs in Gambia and Senegal, and continued his education in Saudi Arabia. He then moved to the UK and acquired citizenship. He is married to the daughter of a former Gambian Foreign Affairs minister whose name was withheld from the press. His brother was arrested in March 2006 in Banjul, Gambia as a suspect in a plot to overthrow Gambian president Yahya Jammeh. He lived in Hodge Hill, Birmingham at the time of his arrest and worked at Khan's General Store.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194217-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier, Outcome\nIqbal was a 29-year-old teacher who lives in Kingstanding, north Birmingham. He taught Information Technology part-time at Saltley School, a specialist science college.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194217-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier, Outcome\nAmjad Mahmood of Birmingham was acquitted of all charges after a separate trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194218-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada\nThe table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2007. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason. This list, however, does not include reasons on motions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194219-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 royal blackmail plot\nThe 2007 royal blackmail plot was a UK scandal in which two men attempted to blackmail a relation of the British Royal Family. The relative of the royal family was alleged to have been involved in activities involving drug taking, and performing sexual activity on a male aide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194219-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 royal blackmail plot\nBuckingham Palace refused to comment on the situation after The Sunday Times reported the story on 28 October 2007. A spokesperson for the palace only stated that it was a police matter and that Scotland Yard was investigating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194219-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 royal blackmail plot\nThe two defendants in the case were named as Sean McGuigan and Paul A\u00f0alsteinsson. McGuigan, a recovering alcoholic, had previous criminal convictions and was originally from Ireland with republican connections. He was released from prison under the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. A\u00f0alsteinsson held an Icelandic passport. Both men were arrested on 11 September 2007 charged under the Theft Act 1968 and was held in custody in Belmarsh Prison. They first applied for bail on 2 November, but this was refused. An appeal was also turned down on 8 December. They pleaded not guilty at the pre-trial hearing on 20 December 2007; the trial began on 14 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194219-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 royal blackmail plot\nBoth men were convicted on 2 May 2008 sentenced to five years in prison. It was the first case of royal blackmail for more than a century, but the expensive trial was described as an \"overreaction\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194219-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 royal blackmail plot\nThe trial was branded a \"a joke\" and \"a farce\". Ronald Thwaites QC, described the evidence against the defendants as \"insubstantial, insignificant, and incomplete,\" saying that, \"you cannot convict people on evidence as poor as this.\" Police had obtained \u00a350,000 in cash from public funds which was being held nearby by a \"money man\" to \"flash\" at the men should they make a demand for it, a demand which apparently never came, the court was told. The pair were arrested in a sting operation at a London hotel by undercover police officers from the Metropolitan police's counter-terrorism unit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194219-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 royal blackmail plot\nA\u00f0alsteinsson who was Icelandic - also used the names Paul Stein, Charles Goldstein was appealing the conviction until he was found dead at his flat in South Kensington, West London on Christmas Eve in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194219-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 royal blackmail plot\nA public inquest into A\u00f0alsteinsson's death on 30 June 2017 heard he became a recreational drug user, developed an alcohol dependency issue and latterly became addicted to prescription drugs due to the amputation of a leg. He was found collapsed on Christmas Eve 2016 after suffering respiratory failure brought on by multi-drug poisoning. The whereabouts of the other defendant in the case, Sean McGuigan, is not known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194220-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States\nThe 2007 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2007, and concluded September 30, 2008. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194220-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, 2007 term membership and statistics\nThis was the third term of Chief Justice Roberts' tenure and the second full term with the same membership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 97], "content_span": [98, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194221-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States\nThe Supreme Court of the United States handed down six per curiam opinions during its 2007 term, which began October 1, 2007 and concluded September 30, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194221-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States\nBecause per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194221-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Court membership\nAssociate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 89], "content_span": [90, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194221-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Allen v. Siebert\n552 U.S. 3 Decided November 5, 2007. Eleventh Circuit reversed and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 89], "content_span": [90, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194221-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Allen v. Siebert\nThe Court held that because Siebert's petition for state postconviction relief was rejected as untimely by the Alabama courts, it was not \"properly filed\" under \u00a72244(d)(2). Accordingly, he was not entitled to tolling of AEDPA\u2019s 1-year statute of limitations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 89], "content_span": [90, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194221-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Arave v. Hoffman\n552 U.S. 117 Decided January 7, 2008. Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 89], "content_span": [90, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194221-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Wright v. Van Patten\n552 U.S. 120 Decided January 7, 2008. Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 93], "content_span": [94, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194221-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Medell\u00edn v. Texas\n554 U.S. 759 Decided August 5, 2008. Applications for stay of execution and petition for a writ of habeas corpus denied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 90], "content_span": [91, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194222-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 the World Tours\n2007 the World Tour (simplified Chinese: 2007\u4e16\u754c\u5de1\u56de\u6f14\u5531\u4f1a; traditional Chinese: 2007\u4e16\u754c\u5de1\u8ff4\u6f14\u5531\u6703) is the third live album by Taiwanese singer Jay Chou, released on 31 January 2008 by Sony Music Taiwan and JVR Music and included a date filmed at Banqiao Stadium on 10 November 2007 from the 2007 World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare\nThe 2007 tuberculosis scare occurred when Atlanta personal-injury lawyer Andrew \"Drew\" Speaker flew from Atlanta, Georgia to Paris, France and on to Greece and then Italy before returning on a flight from Prague, Czech Republic to Montreal, Canada, where he crossed over the border and back into the United States while infected with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believed at the time that Speaker was suffering from extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). The incident sparked a debate in Congress on the failure of federal customs agents to stop him. Upon Speaker's return to the United States, the CDC placed him under involuntary isolation (similar to quarantine) using a provision of the Public Health Service Act. With this action, Speaker became the first individual subjected to a CDC isolation order since 1963.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 906]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Background\nIn January 2007, Speaker suffered a fall and went to the doctor, concerned that he had bruised a rib. Doctors X-rayed his chest and found an abnormality that required further testing. Andrew Speaker was suspected of having TB when a positive PPD test came back on March 2, 2007. His third CT scan was done on March 3 and a bronchoscopy was done on March 8. After 18 days of incubation the isolate was sent to CDC for confirmation of his susceptibility results that were done by the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Background\nOn March 28, 2007 his doctors and the health department believed the TB strain Speaker had was a resistant one and communicated this to the CDC. On May 1 the apparent MDR TB infection was discussed with the CDC lab by his doctors and they discussed discontinuing the treatment he was on at that time. On May 9 the suspicion of MDR TB was confirmed. A meeting was held with Fulton County Health Officials, his doctors, his fianc\u00e9e and his father and father-in-law on May 10, 2007. At this time he was told that he was not contagious and not a threat to anyone but that he would need to go to Denver for treatment. It would take a few weeks to arrange this. He was advised, or according to some accounts strongly recommended, not to travel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Travel sequence\nOn May 12, 2007, Speaker flew from the U.S. to Paris. On May 14, he flew on to Athens and, two days later, flew to the Aegean holiday island of Santorini for his wedding (Santorini's Mayor Angelos Roussos stated that Speaker lacked the necessary paperwork for the civil ceremony.). Speaker then flew to Rome for his honeymoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Travel sequence\nDoctors say that only after Speaker left the United States did they realize he likely had XDR-TB. Speaker says that he was informed of MDR TB before leaving the country, and that while officials preferred him not to fly, they said that he was not a threat and was not required to wear a mask. Once Speaker was in Europe, however, test results showed his strain of tuberculosis was even rarer than originally thought, leading public health officials to try to persuade Speaker to turn himself in to Italian health authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Travel sequence\nThe CDC informed him that there were no options for the CDC to get him home, and that he would have to arrange private transportation. Speaker instead flew by commercial jet to Prague and then on to Montr\u00e9al. Both Speaker and his new wife claimed that, had they been offered transport, they would have accepted it and would have waited in Rome. Speaker has also said that the CDC told him they were going to send officials to put him in Italian quarantine for up to two years, and that he was not told special transportation was arranged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Travel sequence\nOnce in Montr\u00e9al, Speaker rented a car and drove across the Canada\u2013United States border. A Customs and Border Protection Officer failed to detain him at the frontier, disregarding a warning after he had passed Speaker's passport through the Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS) to hold the traveler, wear a protective mask when dealing with him, and call health authorities because he \"did not look sick\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Flight itinerary\nAccording to the CDC, Speaker flew on the following flights:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Tuberculosis case notes\nOn May 31, 2007, Speaker was moved from Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta to the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colorado, for further treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Tuberculosis case notes\nIt was reported that Speaker's father-in-law, Robert C. Cooksey, works for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is a microbiologist who has conducted research on tuberculosis, according to his CDC biography posted on the agency's Web site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Tuberculosis case notes\nWearing a medical mask, Speaker was interviewed by Diane Sawyer on the June 1 edition of the American talk show Good Morning America on ABC and apologized to all passengers, explaining that he had not intended to endanger them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Tuberculosis case notes\nAccording to an interview on Larry King Live, Speaker said that he had not been told that there was any risk of transmitting the disease to others, nor did the May 10 letter recommending against his travel state this, which Speaker in any case had not received before leaving May 14. His wife, with whom he lived for five months without precautions, remained uninfected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, New diagnosis\nOn July 4, 2007 the National Jewish Medical and Research Center announced, and the CDC confirmed, that Mr. Speaker's earlier diagnosis was incorrect and that he instead had multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), a more treatable form of tuberculosis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Isolation and law\nBefore a Congressional hearing, Speaker and his father played audio recordings from CDC and Fulton County health officials which say he was not a danger to others. He asked such questions on five recordings repeatedly and was given the same answers even after stating on two recordings that he was going out of the country and the CDC later admitted they were aware and waited until he had already left before taking further actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Isolation and law\nSpeaker was in New York when the CDC served him with an isolation order but CDC director Julie Gerberding stated that the government was legally constrained prior to that order. The federal statute granting quarantine authority allows isolation or quarantine but only for individuals coming into the country from a foreign country or territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Isolation and law\nGeorgia TB law may have required Speaker to be confined for two weeks and only allowed travel for medical appointments. A court confinement order can isolate a patient only after the infected patient ignores medical advice. This method can be overridden by a declaration of public health emergency by the governor of Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194223-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 tuberculosis scare, Isolation and law\nIn 2007, seven Canadians and two Czechs sued Speaker in Montreal Superior Court; eight of the plaintiffs were on the same flight as Andrew Speaker and one was related to one of the passengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194224-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 \u00c5landic legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in the \u00c5land Islands on 21 October 2007 to elect members of the  for the Lagting. All 30 seats were up for election to four-year terms using proportional representation. The \u00c5land Progress Group did not participate in the elections, as its sole member of the Lagting, Ronald Boman, opted to retire, while a new organisation, the Hut Group, unsuccessfully contested its first election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194224-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 \u00c5landic legislative election\nThe Liberals for \u00c5land won the most seats in the election and formed a government with \u00c5land Centre, in which Liberal Viveka Eriksson became the new premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194224-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 \u00c5landic legislative election, Opinion polls\nA 2006 survey indicated that the Liberals for \u00c5land would regain their status as the largest party in the Lagting, while the previously dominant \u00c5land Centre would fall below 20% of the vote for the first time in its history. The Future of \u00c5land, which supports the independence of \u00c5land from Finland and was contesting its second election to the Lagting, would more than double its vote. A 2007 survey, on the other hand, indicated that the \u00c5land Centre would remain the largest party in the Lagting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194224-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 \u00c5landic legislative election, Results\nUltimately, two of the parties in the Landskapstyrelse, Moderates of \u00c5land and the \u00c5land Social Democrats, incurred heavy losses, with the Social Democrat representation in the Lagting being cut in half and Freeminded Co-operation falling below 10% of the votes for the first time in the party's history. The third party in the government, the \u00c5land Centre, made narrow gains. The winner of the election was the Liberals for \u00c5land, who reclaimed the mantle as the largest party and, for the first time in the party's history, crossed the 30% mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194224-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 \u00c5landic legislative election, Results\nThe significant losses for the Moderates of \u00c5land and the Social Democrats can be partially explained by discontent with the government, as well as the retirements of popular members of the Lagting, Harriet Lindeman (Moderates of \u00c5land) and Lasse Wikl\u00f6f (Social Democrats). The election also marked the return of former \u00c5land member of the Finnish parliament and member of the Lagting Gunnar Jansson for the Liberals, who became the most popular candidate with 745 votes cast for him, or 5.6% of all votes cast in the election. Former member of the Lagting, Lantr\u00e5d (premier of the government of \u00c5land) and recently retired member of the Finnish parliament, Roger Jansson (Moderates of \u00c5land), while not receiving as many votes as Gunnar Jansson, was also elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194225-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 \u00darvalsdeild\nThe 2007 season of \u00darvalsdeild karla was the 96th season of top tier football in Iceland. Title contenders were considered to be KR, FH, \u00cdA and Valur. HK were playing for the first time in Landsbankadeild. The league was expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams after the 2007 season, therefore only one team was relegated and 3 were promoted from the 1. deild karla. The first match day of the season was on the 12th of May. Valur won the league for the first time in 20 years and Vikingur were relegated to 1. deild karla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194225-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 \u00darvalsdeild\nFram's J\u00f3nas Grani Gar\u00f0arsson was the top scorer with 13 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 80]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194225-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 \u00darvalsdeild, Results\nEach team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 25], "content_span": [26, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194226-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 \u00ddokary Liga\nThe 2007 Turkmenistan Higher League (\u00ddokary Liga) season was the fifteenth season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. Eight teams competed in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194227-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 \u0130stanbul Cup\nThe 2007 \u0130stanbul Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the third edition of the \u0130stanbul Cup, and was part of the WTA Tier III tournaments of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held in \u0130stanbul from 21 through 26 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194227-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 \u0130stanbul Cup, Singles main-draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194227-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 \u0130stanbul Cup, Doubles main-draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194227-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 \u0130stanbul Cup, Champions, Doubles\nAgnieszka Radwa\u0144ska /  Urszula Radwa\u0144ska def. Yung-Jan Chan /  Sania Mirza, 6\u20131, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194228-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 \u0130stanbul Cup \u2013 Doubles\nThe Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2007 \u0130stanbul Cup took place between 21 and 26 May on outdoor clay courts in \u0130stanbul, Turkey. Agnieszka and Urszula Radwa\u0144ska won the title, defeating Chan Yung-jan and Sania Mirza in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194229-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 \u0130stanbul Cup \u2013 Singles\nThe Singles Tournament at the 2007 \u0130stanbul Cup took place between 21 and 26 May on outdoor clay courts in \u0130stanbul, Turkey. Elena Dementieva won the title, defeating Aravane Reza\u00ef in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194230-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 \u014cta local election\n\u014cta, Tokyo held a local election for the city assembly on April 22, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194230-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 \u014cta local election, Results\nThis Japanese elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194231-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 1. FC Kaiserslautern season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the 2. Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194231-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Season summary\nKjetil Rekdal was sacked as manager in February with Kaiserslautern in 16th place with only 3 wins from their first 19 games. Milan \u0160a\u0161i\u0107, who had taken TuS Koblenz from the fourth tier to midtable in the second tier, was appointed as his successor and secured safety on the final day of the season with victory over already promoted 1. FC K\u00f6ln. However, this represented Kaiserslautern's worst finish in the German league pyramid since the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194231-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194231-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194232-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 2. Bundesliga\nThe 2007\u201308 2. Bundesliga was the 34th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany football league. It began on 10 August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194232-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 2. Bundesliga\nBorussia M\u00f6nchengladbach, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and 1. FC K\u00f6ln were promoted to the Bundesliga. Kickers Offenbach, FC Erzgebirge Aue, SC Paderborn 07 and FC Carl Zeiss Jena were relegated to the new 3. Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194232-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 2. Bundesliga, League table\nIn the previous season, 1. FSV Mainz 05, Alemannia Aachen and Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach were relegated to this division from the Bundesliga, and SV Wehen Wiesbaden, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, FC St. Pauli and VfL Osnabr\u00fcck were promoted from the Regionalliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194233-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 2. Frauen-Bundesliga\nThe 2nd Fu\u00dfball-Bundesliga (women) 2007\u201308 was the 4th season of the 2. Fu\u00dfball-Bundesliga (women), Germany's second football league. It began on 19 August 2007 and ended on 25 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194234-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A Group\nThe 2007\u201308 A Group was the 60th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 84th of a Bulgarian national top football division. The season began on 11 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. CSKA Sofia won their 31st record league title. Last time they scooped the title was in 2004\u201305 season. CSKA won the league without a single defeat, 16 points ahead of their archrival Levski Sofia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194234-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A Group\nDespite the convincing results during the season, CSKA failed to get a UEFA license to participate in the Champions League due to unpaid debts. The guilt for the disaster in the club was taken by their chairman Aleksandar Tomov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194234-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A Group\nThe league was contested by 16 teams, thirteen returning from the 2006-07 season and three promoted from the Bulgarian B Professional Football Group. The defending champion was Levski Sofia. Chernomorets Burgas and Pirin Blagoevgrad gained automatic promotion as winners of East and West B PFG. Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo gained promotion through the Promotion Play-Off beating Naftex Burgas 1\u20130 on 2 June 2007. The promoted teams replaced Conegliano German, Rodopa Smolyan, and Rilski Sportist Samokov, who were relegated after one, four, and one years in the Bulgarian elite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194234-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A Group, Teams, Stadia and locations\n1^. Stadiums of Botev Plovdiv and Pirin Blagoevgrad have the same names, but they are placed in different cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194235-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A-League\nThe 2007\u201308 A-League was the 31st season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the third season of the A-League competition since its establishment in 2004. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by Sydney FC and Adelaide United playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and the Socceroos competing in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194235-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A-League\nBased on their A-League 2006-07 season performances Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory competed in the 2008 AFC Champions League, making it two consecutive seasons in the competition for Adelaide United. Based on the 2007\u201308 season of the A-League, the Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets qualified for the 2009 AFC Champions League, as the competition's Premiers and Champions respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194235-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A-League, Clubs, Foreign players\nThe following do not fill a Visa position:1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194235-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A-League, Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nThe pre-season cup competition was held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the A-League season. The opening round began on 14 July 2007. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds, followed by a two-week finals playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194235-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A-League, Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nThe pre-season cup was won by Adelaide United at the final on 12 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194235-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A-League, Regular season\nThe league season took a triple round-robin format over 21 rounds between 24 August 2007 and 20 January 2008 with each team playing the other seven teams three times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194235-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A-League, Season statistics, Attendance\nThe attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season, does not include finals series attendances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194235-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A-League, Season statistics, Attendance\n* Adelaide United played a one off match at the Adelaide Oval against Sydney FC in their Round 18 match. This is why Adelaide United's Highest single attendance exceeds the capacity of Hindmarsh Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194235-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A-League, Season statistics, Disciplinary\nThe Fair Play Award was awarded to Newcastle Jets, the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194236-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.C. Milan season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Associazione Calcio Milan played its 74th Serie A season in the club's existence. Milan competed in Serie A, finishing fifth and failing to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2001\u201302, as well as in the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League, being knocked out in the round of 16 in both competitions. As winners of the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League Milan competed in the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup, winning both competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194236-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.C. Milan season, Players, Squad information\nAs of 1 March 2008. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194236-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.C. Milan season, Transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194236-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.C. Milan season, Transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194236-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.C. Milan season, Transfers, Out, Loans out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season Associazione Sportiva Roma played the 75th Serie A season in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season\nAs in the previous season, Roma finished in second place in Serie A behind Internazionale, but had the chance to win the Championship until the last match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season\nFurther, because giallorossi won the 2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, they played the Supercoppa Italiana for the second consecutive time against Inter, and won the trophy thanks to a 1\u20130 victory in the first match of the season in San Siro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season\nIn the European competitions, Roma played 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League and, starting from the group stage, beat Real Madrid in the Round of 16, but lost to the eventual champions Manchester United in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season\nThe last match of the season was the 2007\u201308 Coppa Italia final against Internazionale, the fourth consecutive final between the two teams. The giallorossi won 2\u20131, their ninth Coppa Italia triumph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, Pre-season & transfers\nEarly pre-season was dominated by the protracted talks involving the renewal of Cristian Chivu's contract and the many rumours that linked him to many other teams. In fact, the Romanian defender refused a new contract because he already knew he had an offer of about \u20ac4M from Internazionale. For this reason in early June Roma extended Philippe Mex\u00e8s' contract until 2011 and signed Brazilian 2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica winning defender Juan from Bayer Leverkusen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, Pre-season & transfers\nThe speculation involving Chivu lasted almost two months, and after that he refused to extend his contract with Roma. The player also turned down offers from Barcelona and Real Madrid, stating that if he was not transferred to Inter he would keep playing for Roma until his contract ran out the summer of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, Pre-season & transfers\nFor this reason Roma's supporters saw him as a \"traitor\" and whistled him during a training session in Stadio Flaminio; even Roma's director of football Daniele Prad\u00e9 stated that the Romanian defender made \"incalculable damage\" to the club because Real Madrid's offer was higher than the others. Eventually, on 27 July, when it seemed that Chivu would have been a giallorosso until the end of his contract period, Inter made a final offer of 14M\u20ac plus the co-ownership of Marco Andreolli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, Pre-season & transfers\nRoma also signed Ludovic Giuly, Mauro Esposito and, at the end of August, Cicinho. The loans of Christian Wilhelmsson and Francesco Tavano were not renewed, while Vincenzo Montella was loaned to Sampdoria as he wanted more first-team football. However, Roma bought full ownership of David Pizarro, Mirko Vu\u010dini\u0107 and Marco Cassetti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, Pre-season & transfers\nThe signings of Matteo Brighi, Ahmed Barusso, and Vitorino Antunes further enlarged the squad, while young players such as Aleandro Rosi, Ricardo Faty, Stefano Okaka, Valerio Virga, Alessio Cerci, Andrea Giacomini and Daniele Galloppa were loaned to lower league clubs to gain experience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, First part of the season\nRoma began the 2007\u201308 season on 19 August 2007 with the Supercoppa Italiana in San Siro against Internazionale. In the previous season, Roma had lost the Supercoppa 4\u20133, but on this occasion succeeded in winning (by 1\u20130) the second Supercoppa in its history, thanks to a penalty by Daniele De Rossi after a foul by Nicol\u00e1s Burdisso on Francesco Totti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, First part of the season\nThe 2007\u201308 Serie A began with Roma as one of the favourites, after Internazionale, Milan and together with Juventus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, First part of the season\nThe first matches confirmed pre-season expectations of a successful campaign, as Roma started well with a 2\u20130 win against Palermo with goals from Philippe Mex\u00e8s and Alberto Aquilani, who also scored in the second match against Siena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, First part of the season\nRoma qualified for the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League after finishing second in the 2006\u201307 season, qualifying directly to the group stage, where they were drawn from the second pot into Group F, together with Manchester United, Sporting CP and Dynamo Kyiv.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, First part of the season\nAfter the pause for Italy's Euro 2008 qualifying matches against France and Ukraine, in which Daniele De Rossi, Simone Perrotta, Christian Panucci and Alberto Aquilani played, Roma entered a difficult period of fixtures over a short span of time: from 16 September until 3 October, the giallorossi played against Reggina (winning 2\u20130), Dynamo Kyiv (winning 2\u20130), Juventus (drawing 2\u20132), Fiorentina (drawing 2\u20132), Internazionale (losing 4\u20131) and Manchester United (losing 1\u20130).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, First part of the season\nRoma won 2\u20130 in the first match against the Calabrese team thanks to Juan's first goal, a volley with his heel, and the second goal by Francesco Totti, who also scored in the 2\u20130 victory against Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kyiv. In the following two games against Juventus and Fiorentina, Roma led 2\u20131 but failed to hold on for the win, conceding the equalizer in the last minutes of both games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, First part of the season\nAfter having played Juventus on Sunday and Fiorentina on Wednesday, Roma faced champions Inter on Saturday, 29 September. The giallorossi lost 4\u20131, but the defeat was abetted by a handball in the penalty area from Ludovic Giuly who was sent off and cost Roma a penalty, after which the numerical inferiority and the disadvantage opened the nerazzurri's overwhelming victory. -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, First part of the season\nAfter losing their position as Serie A league leaders, Roma had to face Manchester United for the first time since their d\u00e9b\u00e2cle the previous season at the hands of the English champions in the quarter-finals where they had lost 7\u20131 . Roma lost this time too, but missed many chances, and even the scorer game's only goal, Wayne Rooney, stated that \"Roma deserved more\". In addition to ending the first match of the season without scoring a goal, the giallorossi lost Alberto Aquilani to a groin injury that would keep him out of play for more than a month, preventing him from playing the derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, First part of the season\nRoma won their next match 3\u20130 against Parma, thanks to two goals by Francesco Totti and one by Mancini, thus leaving behind a poor run of two draws and two defeats before the break for the Euro 2008 qualifying matches. After the international break Roma played out a thrilling 4\u20134 draw against Napoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, First part of the season\nIn the third Champions League group stage match, Roma had to face Sporting CP and, though Totti was injured, the team won thanks to goals by Juan and Mirko Vu\u010dini\u0107, who dribbled two Portuguese defenders before scoring and assuring Roma second place in Group F, after three matches. The Montenegrin captain was also the protagonist of the second consecutive victory in San Siro against Milan, scoring the only goal of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194237-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A.S. Roma season, Season review, First part of the season\nOn 31 October 2007 the giallorossi played the Derby della Capitale against Lazio without three important first team players (Totti, Alberto Aquilani and Rodrigo Taddei), all out with injury. Despite this, Roma won 3\u20132 thanks to the third goal in three matches from Mirko Vu\u010dini\u0107 (evening the score after a goal from Lazio's Tommaso Rocchi), the second goal of the league campaign for Mancini and the winning goal by Simone Perrotta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia\nThe 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia is an A1 Grand Prix race held on 3 February 2008 at the Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney, Australia. This was the sixth race in the 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Pre-race\nFairuz Fauzy who drove in the inaugural 2005\u201306 season replace this weekend Alex Yoong in the A1 Team Malaysia car. Yoong had the longest run of consecutive starts with 45 successive starts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Pre-race\nFor his home race, A1 Team Australia renamed its cars as Jackaroo. The name was chosen between the Australian symbol propositions done by fan in the official team site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Pre-race\nSince Taupo round, A1GP cars used a 30 per cent biofuel mix. A1 Grand Prix continued its environmental campaign in Australia using electric generators for all the paddock's temporary and ancillary structures provided by Active Power Management and initiated by THINK Greener Racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Qualifications\nOnce again, the practice sessions were dominated by France in Friday wet and Saturday humid weather conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Qualifications\nOn Friday night, Portugal practice their pit stops and a tyre gun hose that became disconnected hit accidentally the leg of James Goodfield, the race engeener of the next door garage, Great Britain. James Goodfield sustain a broken leg and was carry up to the hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Qualifications\nChris Alajajian, driver of the Lebanon, made a mistake on his first out lap for Sprint race qualifying spinning and hitting the tyre barriers at Turn 5. The car was too much damaged to complete a flying lap during qualifying sessions. Lebanon after hard work to repair the car during the night, start the both Sunday races from the last grid position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Qualifications\nCanada was penalised because its driver, Robert Wickens, did not respect blue flags during the feature race qualifying hamping S\u00e9rgio Jimenez (Brazil). Robert Wickens lost his 8th qualifying position to 21st.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Sprint race\nThis race is known as 'the race of two-halves' due to the track being dry in the first half with 27\u00a0\u00b0C, then become extremely difficult and wet. In first lap, the order is France, Switzerland, South Africa, New Zealand, Great Britain with a great start from the 8th, China, Germany and USA. Pakistan crash out in the first lap. Lo\u00efc Duval (France) made the fastest lap in Lap 2 and is pulling away. In lap 7, the rain start and Adrian Zaugg (South Africa) is slipping down at Turn 1. Narain Karthikeyan (India) is going off too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Sprint race\nGreat Britain and Indonesia enter into the pits for wet tyres in lap 9. Cong Fu Cheng (China) spins off in Lap 10, Adam Carroll (Ireland) the next lap. Robert Wickens (Canada) made an amazing race. He passes Ireland and Netherlands in Lap 11 takink 7th. At Turn 1, next lap, it grabs the 4th position passing four cars including Germany. One lap before the end of the Sprint race, France is leading followed by New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada, Germany, USA, Australia and South Africa. Neel Jani (Switzerland) spin in the final lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0008-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Sprint race\nLo\u00efc Duval (France) in his final round of racing for this A1GP season due to commitments in Japan, converted his pole position with a very comfortable win and breaking the 37-race win-drought, when France was a dominant team in A1GP's debut season. The final standing is France, New Zealand, Canada taking advantage of the rain and took a chance on not switching for wet tyre to climb from 15th, Germany, USA, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, Netherlands and Switzerland in 10th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Main race\nIt's 25\u00a0\u00b0C and soaking wet for the Main race. Jonny Reid (New Zealand), having qualified pole, halt on track after quitting the stand and must start the race from the pitlane. Lo\u00efc Duval (France), qualified fifth, is stuck on the grid at the start of the formation lap and must start the race second to last. After the first lap, Ireland and India enter in pit to change their slicks tyres to wets. The order is Switzerland, Great Britain, South Africa, Brazil, USA, China, Germany, Czech Republic, Netherlands, and Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Main race\nIn the third lap, New Zealand is 19th and France 14th. Robert Wickens (Canada) grab the 9th to Tom\u00e1\u0161 Enge (Czech Republic) in Lap 3. In lap 7, New Zealand is already 14th and France in points at 10th. During Lap 9, Pakistan run off without damage. In the next lap, Jo\u00e3o Urbano (Portugal) spin off trying passes Chris Alajajian (Lebanon) who run off too. Pakistan, Czech Republic and China receive a drive-through penalty for making a false start. The pit window is now open in Lap 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0009-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Main race\nSwitzerland and Great Britain pit at same time and leave the stand in the same order. In Lap 13, South Africa leads France by 21 seconds but neither have made their pit stop. Adrian Zaugg (South Africa) take the lead after a quick pit stop in Lap 15. In the same lap, Robbie Kerr (Great Britain) run wide and lost a few seconds meanwhile Jonathan Summerton (USA) has gone off and Robert Wickens (Canada) passes. Finally, France makes is mandatory pit stop and South Africa set the current fastest lap in Lap 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0009-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Main race\nAfter the pit window close, Canada and USA fight for 6th in Lap 17. Lo\u00efc Duval (France) join the battle and try to passes Jonathan Summerton (USA). In Lap 22, France hit USA, who give up, and receive a drive-through penalty for avoidable collision. Two laps before the opening of the pit for the second mandatories stops in Lap 26, John Martin (Australia) passes Robert Wickens (Canada). Cong Fu Cheng (China) loses is 11th to 13th after spin in Lap 28, Satrio Hermanto spin also at turn 1, 2 laps after that. Switzerland takes the fasted lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0009-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Main race\nDuring his pit stop on lap 31, the French car have a clutch failure and Lo\u00efc Duval must renounce. Canada passes Germany for 6th and South Africa takes again the fasted lap on Lap 33. Later, Cong Fu Cheng (China) passes Narain Karthikeyan (India) fot 10th. The 42nd lap is the last and South Africa win 19.560 seconds behind Switzerland, Great Britain, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand and China. New Zealand and France are now tied leading the championship with 96 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194238-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, After race\nDue to commitment to race in Japan (Formula Nippon and Super GT) agreed before the start of the A1GP season, Lo\u00efc Duval announced he will not drive for France for the final three rounds of the 2007\u201308. His participation for the next South African round on 24 February was only confirmed 22 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194239-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic\nThe 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 14, 2007 at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czech Republic. This was the second meeting in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194239-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic\nThe sprint race was won by New Zealand as was the Feature race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194239-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic, Pre-race\nSwiss driver Natacha Gachnang was the first ever woman to enter in A1GP weekend, on Friday, during rookies sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194239-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic, Sprint race\nThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, October 14, 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 61], "content_span": [62, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194239-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic, Main Race\nThe Main Race took place also on Sunday, October 14, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194240-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain\nThe 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on May 4, 2008 at Brands Hatch, Kent, United Kingdom. It was the tenth and last meeting in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194240-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain\nWith their results in the Sprint race, Switzerland was crowned as the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194240-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain, Pre-race\nSwitzerland only needed to score 3 points more than New Zealand to become champions. Third position was also contested, as Great Britain had the possibility of taking the place away from France", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194240-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain, Qualifying\nAt Great Britain's home track, Robbie Kerr qualified in pole position for the Sprint race, and on the front row for the Feature race. India earned their first pole position in A1GP, by qualifying on pole for the Feature race. New Zealand, the only team that mathematically could still beat Switzerland for the title, only qualified in 10th and 17th positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194240-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain, Sprint race\nAfter the start Great Britain took the lead ahead of USA, Ireland, Switzerland, India, Portugal, South Africa and New Zealand. On Lap 4, Robbie Kerr set the fastest lap. China attacked Australia for 14th, and India pressured Switzerland for 4th place, but the positions remained the same during the race. On Lap 12, Cong Fu Cheng (China) slowed and fell from 15th to 21st. But some laps later, Cheng took fastest lap. Adam Carroll (Ireland) and Jonathan Summerton (USA) fought for 2nd position, whilst Great Britain won the Sprint race at their home track.. In finishing 4th, Neel Jani and Switzerland took the 2007-08 title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 60], "content_span": [61, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194240-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain, Feature race\nIt was 19\u00a0\u00b0C for the Feature race. Mandatory pit stops were to take place between laps 8 and 16, and the second window was between laps 32 and 40. Switzerland already took the title, but New Zealand, France and Great Britain were all in contention for the 2nd and 3rd places overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194240-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain, Feature race\nIndia grabbed the lead off the start, ahead of Great Britain and Ireland. On Lap 2, Pakistan and Australia collided and hit the barriers. The Safety car was deployed. Alexandre Negr\u00e3o (Brazil) had to pit to change the car's nose, following an off-track excursion on the first lap. The Safety car pulled in on Lap 8. Next lap, Jeroen Bleekemolen (Netherlands) passed Adrian Zaugg (South Africa) for eighth. India has a slow pit stop, and Great Britain exit the pits ahead of them. Adam Carroll (Ireland) was closing and pushing Narain Karthikeyan (India). Canada received a drive-through penalty on Lap 13 and another on Lap 17. After the first set of mandatory pit stops, Great Britain leads India, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, France, Switzerland, China, Netherlands and USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194240-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain, Feature race\nOn Lap 17, Ireland pulled alongside India to pass into Westfield and both cars touch. Ireland's front wing was damaged by contact with the left-rear wheel of India's car. After the wing flew off a lap later, Ireland suffered a puncture. After pitting, Ireland fell out of the points. On Lap 21, Canada received a third drive-through penalty. On Lap 23, Ireland set the fastest lap. The window for the second set of mandatory pit stops opened on Lap 32 and India, Great Britain and Germany all pit. India takes the lead back after a slow stop from Great Britain. On Lap 38, Germany is out in the gravel and Malaysia retires to the pits with engine problems. On Lap 44, Filipe Albuquerque (Portugal) passes Jonny Reid (New Zealand) for seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194240-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain, Feature race\nIndia wins its second Feature race of the season. Great Britain is second ahead of Switzerland, China, France, Netherlands, Portugal, New Zealand, Italy and Indonesia who score their first points of the season. With their second place, Great Britain took third place in the overall standings from France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194240-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain, After race\nOn Monday 5 May, the A1GP's Gala Awards were celebrated at the Hilton Park Lane in London, at the end of its 2007-08 season. The awards presented at the event were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia\nThe 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on November 25, 2007 at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. This will be the third meeting in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season and the 50th start in the A1 Grand Prix history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Pre-race\nSwiss driver Rahel Frey was the second ever woman to enter in A1GP weekend, on Friday, during rookies sessions. Her compatriot Natacha Gachnang drove the rookies sessions in Czech round also in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Qualifications\nNeel Jani cloked the best lap time of the weekend in the sprint race qualifications and improve this in the main race qualifications in 1'47.648. Swiss driver demonstrate his superiority in the Sepang circuit and take a double pole for Sunday races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Qualifications\nThe Lebanese cars was found to be under the minimum weight limit during main race qualifying. A1 Team Lebanon start from the back of the grid (22nd), instead of 18th, because of the Chris Alajajian car was found 3\u00a0kg under the 705\u00a0kg minimum weight limit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Sprint race\nAt the start of the sprint race, conditions were warm and humid, with the temperature being 29\u00a0\u00b0C and the humidity level at 78%. Canada's Robert Wickens lost one position at turn one, while Great Britain's Oliver Jarvis and France's Lo\u00efc Duval collided. The British driver was forced back to 6th with damage to the front wing of his car. Still on the first lap, China's Cong Fu Cheng was hit by New Zealand's Jonny Reid, losing many positions as a result. Alex Yoong, driver for the Malaysian team, experienced the best opening lap, moving up from 19th to 11th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Sprint race\nOn lap 3, Cong Fu Cheng (China) retired from the race, stopped at the side of the track. Jonny Reid (New Zealand) took over 6th from Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain) after passing on the front straight on lap 5. On the next lap, Jeroen Bleekemolen (Netherlands) passed Adam Carroll (Ireland) for 8th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Sprint race\nOn the final lap, Michael Ammerm\u00fcller (Germany) collided with Wickens (Canada) at turn two, overtaking for the final spot on the podium. Switzerland took the checkered flag, winning the race and securing the fastest lap, followed by France and Germany. Neel Jani dominated from start to finish, achieving pole, the fastest lap (1'49.221) and victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Sprint race\nJeroen Bleekemolen was found to have jumped the rolling start, with stewards handing down a penalty of 25 seconds (the equivalent time loss to a drive-through penalty) after the end of the race. The result moved them from 8th to 18th position, taking away the three points they had originally scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Sprint race\nGermany's collision with Canada on the final lap was deemed avoidable, and the team was demoted from 3rd to 16th place as a consequence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Sprint race\nBoth of these demotions promoted Yoong to 9th, giving Malaysia their first two points of the season. Ammerm\u00fcller's penalty also allowed Wickens to finish on the podium in 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Main race\nThere is 32\u00a0\u00b0C and 66% of humidity for the second start of the Malaysian round. The two mandatories pit stop should occur between 8th and 14th laps and between 22nd and 30th laps. At the first corner, a collision get involve Canada, USA, Portugal, China, Australia and Czech Republic. The Portuguese car stuck in the gravel. After a great start jumping ninth, Malaysia and New Zealand collide in the second lap. The both team must pass by stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Main race\nRobert Wickens (Canada) hits Adrian Zaugg (South Africa) while he tried to get his car back on track after spins out on lap 8, turn seven. The both driver retire and the safety car is out. Meanwhile, Malaysia and New Zealand can catch up the end of the file after their collide on lap 2. The pit stop window is open and cars were stationary at the end of the pit lane with red light. On green light, Brazil got the better start behind Switzerland, Great Britain, France, Germany and Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0010-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Main race\nThe safety car go back and the race restart on lap 12. Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain) passes Neel Jani (Switzerland) into the second corner but the Swiss driver go by Jarvis and Lo\u00efc Duval sneaks by too. In lap 14, Brazil set the fastest lap. Switzerland catch up Brazil, New Zealand attempt to passes Pakistan but is well defending, Ireland make mistake and drops from seventh to 10th. In lap 18, Enrico Toccacelo (Italy) is in the pit and renounce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0010-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Main race\nIn turn 2, lap 20, German rookie driver, Michael Ammerm\u00fcller hit unfairly Great Britain and drops to 5th, Jarvis is now 6th. Germany receive a drive-through penalty. For lap 23, the pit lane is open for the second stops. Jeroen Bleekemolen (Netherlands) passes Lo\u00efc Duval (France) for 2nd place. In lap 25, Great Britain take the fast lap just before is pit stop where is too fast in the pit lane and receive a drive-through penalty. Switzerland set the fast lap at its turn. Again, at turn 2, lap 29, Michael Ammerm\u00fcller collide unfairly Erik Janis (Czech Republic) and passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0010-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Main race\nAfter second mandatory pit stop closed, Switzerland is behind Brazil and France. Mexico, Great Britain, USA and Australia are still battling for position. Great Britain gets by Mexico in lap 34 and Ian Dyk (Australia) passes Jonathan Summerton (USA) in final lap. Oliver Jarvis drops USA too. The final top ten was: Switzerland, Brazil, France, Netherlands, China, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Main race\nAfter the race, A1 teams Brazil and Great Britain were penalised to stay stationary at a red light during safety-car period on at the pit exit after their first mandatory pit stops. The both team have been retrogressed of 2 seconds to their total race time. Brazilian team lose one position (2nd to 3rd) and Great Britain lose 2 positions (10th to 12th) in their final feature race results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Main race\nGermany, with its driver Michael Ammerm\u00fcller, was excluded from the final main race results. In lap 19, the German team cause an avoidable collision with Great Britain and was sanctioned with a drive-through penalty but in lap 28, Germany reiterate an avoidable collision with Czech Republic. The final results before exclusion of Germany was 13th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194241-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Main race\nNeel Jani accomplish the perfect weekend with 2 pole positions, 2 wins and 2 fast laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico\nThe 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico is an A1 Grand Prix race, held on March 16, 2008 at the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez, Mexico City, Mexico. This is the eighth meeting in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Pre-race\nDavid Mart\u00ednez (Mexico) who race two venues in the 2005-06 season was recalled to drive Rookie sessions due to ineligibility of current main driver David Garza Perez. Josef Kr\u00e1l (Czech Republic) was replaced by Filip Salaquarda for the last three meetings. This Czech driver race in one round in 2006-07. Initially, Josef Kr\u00e1l was called for race all four rounds but its results in the last South African venue (18th and 16th) weren't enough for its team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Qualifications\nIn Rookie sessions, David Rigon (Italy) top the classification for its first A1GP appearance. This performance was only achieved before by Jonathan Summerton (USA) in 2006-07, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Qualifications\nMexico and France made disappointing qualifying sessions. David Garza Perez (Mexico) spin and hit the wall in the Peraltada corner in its last hot lap, he start from last row of the grid in each races. Jonathan Cochet line up on 16th and 14th position for his first race weekend replacing Lo\u00efc Duval for French team who is second in the standings before Mexican rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Qualifications\nRobert Wickens (Canada) make the Feature race pole position under yellow flag during the last qualifying session when David Garza Perez (Mexico) spin off. These circumstances are controversial according to several drivers, like Neel Jani who realize the second time, but the race stewards take no action against the Canadian team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Sprint race\nIt is 28\u00a0\u00b0C for the sprint race and a near 50\u00a0\u00b0C for the track temperature. A second start was planned because of multiple crash in the first. Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain) hit the back of Neel Jani (Switzerland)  car's. Pakistan and then Australia hit Germany. Ireland and Brazil went off the track. Red flag is brandished and a new start is scheduled 20 minutes later. All teams had time to repair damages and line up in their qualifying position except Germany who cannot take part in the second start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Sprint race\nThe start is properly done this time and South Africa take the lead but only for two laps to have sustained a puncture. New Zealand lead Great Britain, Switzerland and Ireland. Australia is out since Lap 1, hitting Pakistan. Jonathan Cochet (France passes Narain Karthikeyan (India) in Lap 4 for 13th. The Safety car is out in Lap 6 when Filip Salaquarda (Czech Republic) spin in the chicane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Sprint race\nAfter the safety car comes on in Lap 9, Great Britain, Switzerland and Ireland are close together using PowerBoosts to make the difference but all preserve their own position. In Lap 10, Cong Fu Cheng (China) hit David Garza Perez (Brazil) and go to the pits. China make the fastest lap on Lap 13. Jonny Reid (New Zealand) take its fourth win of the season behind Great Britain, Switzerland, Ireland, USA, Portugal, Canada, Netherlands, Malaysia and Brazil finished 10th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Main race\nThe start was aborted because Brazil was way out of its position. At 15:15 the race was restarted and Canada took the lead behind Switzerland, Great Britain, New Zealand, Ireland, Germany, USA, Portugal, Malaysia, South Africa. Australia and Italy get in the pits but Edoardo Piscopo (Italy) retire. In Lap 4, China passes Malaysia for 10th. In Lap 7, Neel Jani (Switzerland) grabb the lead to Robert Wickens (Canada). Australia receive a drive-through penalty. The first window to mandatory pit stops is open on Lap 10. New Zealand loses some positions with its bad pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Main race\nSwitzerland made the festest lap just after pitting. France then Indonesia, for the first time in A1GP history, lead the race due to late stops. After the first mandatory stops, in Lap 16, Switzerland take the lead behind Ireland, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, USA, New Zealand, South Africa, Netherlands and China. In the next lap, Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain) passes Robert Wickens (Canada) for 3rd. During the next laps, Switzerland increase its advance to 6 secondes, Michael Ammerm\u00fcller (Germany) come near to Canada and try to passes without success and Jonathan Summerton (USA) close to Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0008-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Main race\nIn Lap 27, Jonny Reid (New Zealand) hit the kerb in the chicane and finish in the tire wall. The Safety car is out until lap 29. New Zealand is still in the race but in 20th. In Lap 32, USA passes Canada by way of its Power-to-Pass. Malaysia who were 10th, loses two positions in the same Lap 33. Portugal passes at Turn 2 and Brazil on a side-by-side overtake in Turns 4 and 5. Next lap, Germany and Canada hits each other and Michael Ammerm\u00fcller (Germany) should change its car's nose. It's the second mandatory pit stops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0008-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Main race\nSwitzerland, Ireland, Great Britain and USA pit immediately. Switzerland and Ireland exit side-by-side gratefully to the Ireland pits team. Adam Carroll (Ireland) take the lead at the end of the pit lane. Switzerland its second behind Great Britain, USA, Netherlands, Canada, South Africa, Portugal, Brazil and Malaysia. New Zealand and France are fighting but for 16th. Czech Republic and Switzerland receive a drive-through penalty in Lap 41 when Great Britain made the fastest lap. In Lap 44, Neel Jani (Switzerland) is 11th behind Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194242-0008-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Main race\nJonathan Summerton (USA) is close to Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain) and try to passes during the last laps of the race. The final order is Ireland, the 15th team to win a race in A1GP behind Great Britain, USA, Netherlands, Canada, South Africa, Portugal, Brazil, India and China. The championship leader finish 12th for New Zealand, 13th for France and 19th for Switzerland. Switzerland lead the series by 15 points behindNew Zealand and 20 points behind France who not score any points this weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194243-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands\nThe 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on September 30, 2007 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194243-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands\nThe sprint race was won by A1 Team South Africa, while the Great Britain car won the Feature Race. With South Africa getting second place in the Feature Race, they took the early lead in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194243-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands, Pre-race\nDue to Zandvoort's noise restriction, Netherlands round wasn't able to  conduct Friday sessions and so rookie session. Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualify sessions for each Sunday race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194243-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands, Sprint Race\nThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, September 30, 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 58], "content_span": [59, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194243-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands, Main Race\nThe Main Race took place also on Sunday, September 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand\nThe 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on 20 January 2008 at the Taupo Motorsport Park, New Zealand. This will be the fifth meeting in the 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Pre-race\nThe Taupo circuit changes one of the circuit's corners. The turn 12 at the end of the longest straight will be much slower with a 90-degree left-hander. A1GP will inaugurate the new changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Pre-race\nIt was announced that the Taupo round switch to a 30 per cent biofuel mix. This environmental initiative is the first initiative to help reduce its environmental footprint in motorsport series. The new fuel is an ethanol based-product Hiperflo E30 sourced from sugar beet in Europe and produced by Petrochem Carless. The prediction are a CO2 emissions reduction by 21% per car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Pre-race\nA1 Team Indonesia and Performance Racing announce their new partnership. The racing team managed by Bobby Issazadhe provide now the technical and race services like it does with A1 Team Pakistan since 2006\u201307. Dave Luff is the new race engineer and Bagoes Hermanto became the new Team Principal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Pre-race\nTo avoid what happen in the last race when safety car was out during feature race, a new light close to the entry of pit lane is introduced this weekend. When the lights are on, drivers can pit but it is not counted as one of the two mandatory stops. Pits are allowed for mechanical work or to be carried out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Qualifications\nA1 Team France dominate the two practice sessions Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Sprint race\nFor this sprint race, the time is sunny with a 19\u00a0\u00b0C but wind made the track dusty. At first turn, a big collision between Malaysia, Switzerland involve also Canadian and Brazilian drivers. Alex Yoong (Malaysia) and Neel Jani (Switzerland) are out of their own cars and renounce the race. Safety car is out until lap 4. Brazil and Canada have reach the tail of the field. New Zealand lead the race ahead of Germany, South Africa and France. Pakistan passed Indonesia for 14th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 58], "content_span": [59, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Sprint race\nIn lap 6, turn 11, Robbie Kerr (Great Britain) attempt to passes Jonathan Summerton (USA) for seventh but the two cars collide. Great Britain has suspension damage and retires. France passes South Africa for third at turn 12, lap 10. Next lap, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Enge (Czech Republic) crash into Chris Alajajian (Lebanon) who ran tenth and was able to score the first ever point for the Lebanese team. Robert Wickens is off in lap 13, turn 1. Jonny Reid (New Zealand) won the sprint race as home victory ahead of Germany, France, South Africa, Netherlands, Ireland, USA, Portugal, Australia and India. The extra point for fastest lap is scored by Christian Vietoris for Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 58], "content_span": [59, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Main race\nWeather is still sunny for the main race and the mandatory pit is announced between laps 34 to 42 (the first pit stop is always included between laps 8 and 16). New Zealand make a bad start and loses several places meanwhile Switzerland take the lead but have jumped the start. In the first lap, Safety car is out because of an accident involving India at turn 7. Safety car is back in on lap 3 and Canada passes South Africa for sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Main race\nNext lap, Chris Alajajian (Lebanon) and Edoardo Piscopo (Italy) collide and retire, Safety car is again in track. USA and Ireland take advantage to enter in pit to repair some aerodynamics damages. Switzerland receive a drive-through penalty for Neel Jani jump-start. Robbie Kerr (Great Britain) retire in garage for mechanical problems. Safety car is in on lap 7. The first mandatory pit stops are now available and Germany passes France in pits. In lap 16, Switzerland break its front wing moving around the outside of Pakistan, and running into the grass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0007-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Main race\nNext lap, USA makes its pit stop but the mandatory window is already closed. The current order is now Germany, France, Netherlands, Canada, Portugal, South Africa, New Zealand, Brazil, China and USA. Some laps later, in lap 22, oil is in the track in turn 7 and Indonesia, Australia and Netherlands spin off resulting Safety car back out for the third time on this race. Indonesia retire and Netherlands loses two places and is now fifth. Safety car is on lap 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0007-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Main race\nJonny Reid (New Zealand) passes Adrian Zaugg (South Africa) on turn 11, lap 28 and press now Jeroen Bleekemolen (Netherlands). For overtaking behind the Safety car, Switzerland receive a second drive-through penalty. Adam Carroll (Ireland) take the tenth after Jonathan Summerton (USA) runs wide in lap 34. Same lap, the second window for mandatory stops is open. Portugal is given a drive-through penalty for crossing the white line on entering the pit lane. On lap 39, Brazil passes South Africa for seventh. After mandatory pit stop, Germany lead Canada, France, New Zealand, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, China, USA and Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0007-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Main race\nMalaysia and Pakistan collide in lap 41, turn 12. Alex Yoong (Malaysia) retire in pits. In lap 43, Cong Fu Cheng (China) spin off and stop its race. In lap 49, Switzerland take the fastest lap of the race and the bonus point. Germany win front of Canada, only 1.180 seconds behind, followed by France, New Zealand, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, USA, Netherlands, Mexico and Pakistan in eleventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Main race\nUSA has been penalised 70 seconds for making its mandatory pit stop outside of the proper window. The team loses is 8th final positions and was classified 14th. Therefore, Pakistan score its first point of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, After race\nNeel Jani announce he's available for the rest of the season for Switzerland. Its priority is won the A1GP championship and don't want to return in Champ Car World Series this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194244-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, After race\nTony Teixeira, A1GP chairman, congratulate Alex Yoong with a cake to mark his 50th race in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China\nThe 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on April 13, 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China. It was the ninth meeting in the 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, Pre-race\nA1 Grand Prix make official the creation of an off-track entertainment, the A1GP Global Village, to complete, with the support series A2 Grand Prix, the race weekends next season. The Global Village deliver extra entertainments and interactive activities, merchandise shops, food and drinks for fans and spectators. An official website is launched . The first edition will be in the last event of this 2007-08 season, on May 2\u20134, 2007-08, Great Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, Pre-race\nLike the past season, A1GP organize a vote for the fan's favorite 2007-08 A1 team. All A1GP fan, and other, can vote in the official A1GP site. The winning team, revealed at the A1GP's Gala Awards, on May 5, 2008, receive a special award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, Qualifications\nNeel Jani (Switzerland) score the pole position for each Sunday races. For the second consecutive venue, Mexico start from the back of the grid in each race because of bad performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 65], "content_span": [66, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, Sprint race\nFor the Sprint race, Switzerland take the lead behind Canada, Portugal, Malaysia, India, Germany, South Africa, Italy, Great Britain and Ireland. New Zealand crash out at start after a collision with USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, Sprint race\nCong Fu Cheng (China) passes Adam Carroll (Ireland) for 10th in Lap 4 when Neel Jani (Switzerland) score the Fastest lap. Despite efforts from Filipe Albuquerque (Portugal) on Robert Wickens (Canada) and from Michael Ammerm\u00fcller (Germany) on Narain Karthikeyan (India), the order remained the same until the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, Sprint race\nSwitzerland win the race with the Fastest lap. Canada take the second position behind Portugal, Malaysia, India, Germany, South Africa, Italy, Great Britain and China. Both Switzerland opponent for the title, France (12th) and New Zealand, doesn't score any points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, Main race\nAfter the start, USA led, ahead of Switzerland, India, Portugal, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Great Britain, France and Italy. USA and Switzerland escaped from the rest of the field until the first mandatory pit stops. In Lap 6, Filipe Albuquerque (Portugal) passed for 3rd Narain Karthikeyan (India) in the final hairpin. Adam Carroll (Ireland) try to pass Narain Karthikeyan in the same turn, one lap later, but finally passes him in Lap 8. In Lap 9, the pits are open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, Main race\nUSA, India, Malaysia, New Zealand and Canada pits early, in Lap 10 and Jonny Reid (New Zealand) with a fast stop, exits ahead Alex Yoong (Malaysia) and Narain Karthikeyan (India). USA lead still Switzerland after the stops but the Swiss driver, Neel Jani, lost the second gear of his car. In Lap 15, Jonathan Summerton (USA) is 4.3 seconds ahead of Switzerland. In the next lap, for speeding in the pit lane, Lebanon received a drive-through penalty, five laps then his driver received a 10-second Stop and Go penalty. Portugal was then pushing Switzerland for 2nd position. Ireland close to both drivers and New Zealand it is also faster than Switzerland and comes near in the few next laps. The second pit stop window opens in Lap 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, Main race\nIreland and New Zealand got ahead of Switzerland at the pit stops. In Lap 27, Portugal had the fastest lap. After the pits, USA still led Portugal, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Malaysia, India, France, Great Britain and Germany. In Lap 33, Robert Wickens (Canada) had the fastest lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, Main race\nThe victory went to Summerton, who gave his country the honours for the first time. The Yanks' victory made them the 16th nation to win an A1GP race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, After race\nSwitzerland and New Zealand are the only team that can win the championship. Switzerland lead with 29 points the season before the last venue in Great Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194245-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, After race\nA1 Team Korea was announced to be part of the next season of the competition. The seat holder will be Joshua Kim of Omnibus Investment and Good EMG support the project. In Shanghai this weekend, a ceremony officialise the participation of South Korea in the 2008-09 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa\nThe 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa is an A1 Grand Prix race, held on 24 February 2008 at the Durban street circuit in Durban, South Africa. This is the seventh meeting in the 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Pre-race\nA1 Team New Zealand and France lead the championship by 96 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Pre-race\nPortugal replace for the rest of the season, their lead driver Jo\u00e3o Urbano by the newcomer Filipe Albuquerque. For Czech Republic, it was Josef Kr\u00e1l that replaced Tom\u00e1\u0161 Enge for the rest of the season. Bruno Junqueira and rookie Alexandre Negr\u00e3o will return for Brazil this weekend as race driver and rookie driver like it was in the 2006-07 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Pre-race\nLo\u00efc Duval was the race driver despite his commitment in Super GT and Formula Nippon this season. Nicolas Prost ran the Rookie sessions, Jonathan Cochet the Friday practice session and Lo\u00efc Duval the Saturday afternoon practice and the both Sunday races traveling from Japan during the Friday to Saturday night. Therefore, 3 different drivers from the same team, France, take part on the race weekend. A1 Team Greece engage also 3 different drivers on the 2006-07, Netherlands but only 2 actually ran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Qualifications\nOn the Saturday morning free practice, Narain Karthikeyan was injured after hitting the tyre barriers at the exit of the second turn. The Indian Rookie driver Parthiva Sureshwaren replaces its lead driver, Narain Karthikeyan, who have participate in one run in each Sprint and Feature qualifying sessions putting India in 9th and 17th positions on the starting grids. Parthiva Sureshwaren will muster start from the back of the grid because he did not take part of the qualifying sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Qualifications\nDuring the Sprint Qualification 1, Jonny Reid (New Zealand) spin out and a red flag stop the session. Only Six teams have done hot laps\u00a0: Germany, India, Pakistan, Australia, Lebanon and Indonesia. In the Sprint Qualification 2, Adrian Zaugg (South Africa) spins out at the first chicane and have no time. South Africa starts from the back of the grid for the Sunday Sprint race. France is hampered by the yellow flag due to Adrian Zaugg and take only the 17th. Adam Carroll (Ireland) isn't able to make a hot lap due to fuel pump problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Qualifications\nThe home South African team realize only the 15th position for the Feature race grid because of electrical glitch and then traffic problems during its qualification laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Sprint race\nIt is a sunny 28\u00a0\u00b0C weather for the Sprint race. India start from the back of the grid because they have replaced their lead driver between qualifying and race sessions. John Martin (Australia) was in hospital overnight suffering from dehydration but he takes part of both races. Canada take the lead on start and during the first lap, New Zealand damage its nose on Robert Wickens's (Canada) car and was forced to pit for repairs. Brazil try to passes Switzerland in lap 2, but fail and damage its nose too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Sprint race\nThe order is Canada, Great Britain, Switzerland, Brazil, China, Netherlands, Germany and Australia for 8th. France starting from 17th is already 13th. In lap 5, Brazil fight China, which is now behind, for 4th. But Bruno Junqueira's front wing is too much damaged and he slows targeting pits to change the car's nose. In lap 7, Neel Jani (Switzerland) is just behind the second, Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain). Adrian Zaugg (South Africa) is now 14th in lap 8, starting second from last. Bruno Junqueira (Brazil) crashes out in Turn 5/6 chicane hitting the wall and the car is stuck out on track. The Safety car is out until lap 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Sprint race\nMichael Ammerm\u00fcller (Germany) hit Jeroen Bleekemolen (Netherlands) on final corner and both cars retire but the incident brought out the red flag. For causing this avoidable collision, Germany was excluded from its 6th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Sprint race\nThe final order is Canada behind Great Britain, Switzerland, China, Netherlands, Australia, Portugal, Mexico, Malaysia and USA. New Zealand with Jonny Reid score the bonus point for the fastest lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Main race\nIts a 32\u00a0\u00b0C when Switzerland take the lead of the race after starting from pole position. China and Portugal collide in first lap and Cong Fu Cheng (China) is stuck in the wall meanwhile Filipe Albuquerque (Portugal) is launched into the air. The Safety car is out. China, Lebanon, USA, Mexico and South Africa goes in pit for minor repairs. On lap 4, the safety car is on and the order is Switzerland, New Zealand, Brazil, Great Britain, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, France, Australia and Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Main race\nIn the first corner again, on lap 4, Australia hits Germany, who spin, and then Ireland. John Martin (Australia) and Adam Carroll (Ireland) are stuck on the track. France is involved but passes without damages. Indonesia piles into Germany and Pakistan into Indonesia, the three teams retire. Safety car is out again. Before the Safety car is on, on lap 9, many drivers get into pits for minors repairs. In lap 10, the first mandatory pit stop is possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0010-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Main race\nJonny Reid (New Zealand) make a long stop changing his front wing because of a collision into pits with David Garza Perez (Mexico). South Africa have a slow pit stop due to sticking wheel and France gain some places staying out more time than its rivals. In lap 13, New Zealand receive a drive-through penalty for his collision with Mexico. Lebanon also gets a drive-through penalty in lap 15. After the first mandatory stop, Switzerland lead Canada, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Malaysia, Brazil, Italy and China. Ireland receive a drive-through penalty in lap 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0010-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Main race\nLo\u00efc Duval (France) and Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain) fight for 3rd while Cong Fu Cheng (China) get by Edoardo Piscopo (Italy) in lap 23 for ninth. In the next lap, Czech Republic run slowly and reach the pits. USA retire in pits. China passes Brazil for eighth and South Africa, started from 15th enter into the points getting by Italy. India retire from the race because of a black flag in lap 29 for pit stop violation and exceed the pit lane speed limit. The second pit stop window start in lap 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0010-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Main race\nSouth Africa does a faster pit stop and passes Brazil in the pits like Canada taking the lead behind Switzerland. France pits after its adversaries, into lap 32, and passes Great Britain. Jonny Reid (New Zealand) take the fastest lap in lap 34 but Cong Fu Cheng make a better lap time next lap. In lap 39, Robert Wickens (Canada) spins and Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain) hits him and damage his car's nose. The Safety car is out until lap 41. On first corner, South Africa hits Netherlands, 3rd and involving three other drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194246-0010-0005", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Main race\nThe safety car is out again, the order its Switzerland, France, Portugal, China, Malaysia but the commissioners red flag the race. The official classification is, at the end of lap 41, Switzerland front of France, Portugal, Netherlands, Malaysia, China, South Africa, Italy, Brazil and New Zealand. The fastest lap is for China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China\nThe 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China was an A1 Grand Prix race held on December 16, 2007 at the Zhuhai International Circuit, China. It was the fourth meeting in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Pre-race\nAfter suffering injuries in a sportscar racing accident in the United States, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Enge is back to drive the A1 Team Czech Republic car. Erik Janis who drove since the first round in Zandvoort, this season, will be rookie driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Qualifications\nIndia and Narain Karthikeyan score the team's best-ever grid slot with a 3rd position in the Main Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 63], "content_span": [64, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Sprint race\nThe start make it through but Australia, South Africa, Lebanon and Brazil and Malaysia are all involved in a multi-car crash in turn 5, lap 1 and the Safety car is out. Brazil and South Africa collide and result the Lebanon is out, Malaysia and South Africa retire in the pit and Brazil loses a lap. Safety car is in on lap 4 and the order is Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, China, Czech Republic and Great Britain. Switzerland come near Germany\u00a0; China is pushing Ireland hard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 60], "content_span": [61, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Sprint race\nIn lap 8, Neel Jani (Switzerland) sets the fastest lap and in lap 11 Cong Fu Cheng (China) passes Adam Carroll (Ireland) for 3rd. Ireland fights back until crossing the line. New Zealand and Canada fight for 10th since Safety car is on and in lap 11, the two cars touch. Canada spins down to 15th. The same lap, Portugal crash at the final turn. Germany wins its first race of the season in front of Switzerland, China, Ireland, Czech Republic, Great Britain, India, France, Netherlands and New Zealand. A1 Team China and Cong Fu Cheng enjoy their success in their home race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 60], "content_span": [61, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Main race\nJust before the race, it was announced that the second pit stop window will be between laps 25 and 33. The race start at 15:00, local time. At the first turn, Ireland and Brazil collide and are delayed. Germany ran wide and lost a lot of places. Malaysia stranded out of the track after a collision with New Zealand and the Safety car is out in this first lap. Brazil, with smoke coming out of the car, Canada and Australia comes into pits meanwhile Edoardo Piscopo (Italy) his pulled off onto the side of the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Main race\nRobert Wickens retire is car in pit because of mechanical failure the lap before the Safety car is in, on lap 5. Several fight in the next laps. New Zealand has passed China and then USA for 6th. The first pit stop window is open on lap 8 and the current standing is Great Britain, Switzerland with the current fastest lap, India, France, South Africa, New Zealand, China and USA. Narain Karthikeyan(India), Lo\u00efc Duval (France) and Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain) comes in pit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0004-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Main race\nNeel Jani (Switzerland) still out for one more lap during the long pit stop of the British driver. The Netherlands damage the suspension and retire on lap 9. After most of the racers have made their first compulsory stop, Switzerland lead the race. Portugal stack up India, France, Great Britain and South Africa until it goes off on lap 14. The next lap, South Africa passes Great Britain for 5th. In lap 16, after Portugal pit, Switzerland lead from India, New Zealand, France, South Africa and Great Britain. Australia is back on track after losing 3 laps in garage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0004-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Main race\nFrance receive a drive-through penalty for clipping USA's left-rear airline as it left the pit box. Lo\u00efc Duval return on track on 15th. Chris Alajajian (Lebanon) clips a kerb, spin and lost a lot of time in lap 18. Lap 19, Adam Carroll (Ireland) pull into the pits and Satrio Hermanto (Indonesia) retire into the gravel. France is on a charge, is now 10th and take the fastest lap in lap 21. The second pit stop window is now open on lap 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0004-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Main race\nSwitzerland have a problem with the right rear tyre and bring the car to  the pits but it lost time to take the wheel off. India is now leading. After a slow stop for Great Britain and India, Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain) make the fastest lap on lap 29. China is going to be given a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pits. Now, the standing is India front of New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland and France. Germany and Great Britain are pushing South Africa until the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0004-0005", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Main race\nCong Fu Cheng (China) is fighting with Jonathan Summerton (USA) since lap 37 and passes in lap 40 when USA has gone wide across the grass. Jonny Reid (New Zealand) is now close from Narain Karthikeyan (India). India wins and score the team's first ever win in A1GP, it is the 14th nation to take a win. The final standing is India, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, Great Britain with fastest lap, Switzerland, France, Czech Republic, China and USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194247-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, After-race\nAfter the first win of the A1 Team India in A1 Grand Prix this weekend, on feature race, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the nation's Prime Minister congratulate Narain Karthikeyan and the team. In January 2008, just before the next round, in Taupo, New Zealand, Narain Karthikeyan meets Indian President, Pratibha Patil who congratulate him and the team's achievements in Zuhai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194248-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season\nThe 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season was the third in the relatively short history of the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194248-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season, Teams\nAll teams used same A1 Grand Prix car including Zytek-powered, Cooper Avon-shod and Lola chassis. The following 22 teams are competitors in the 2007\u201308 championship\u00a0:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194248-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season, Teams\nSwiss drivers Rahel Frey and Natacha Gachnang are the two first females to drive A1 Grand Prix cars this season. Their first steps were test drivers during Silverstone, September 18\u201319, 2007, test session. Then Natacha Gachnang drove in rookie sessions in Czech round, on October 12, 2007 and Rahel Frey in Malaysian rookie sessions, on November 23, 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194248-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season, Teams\nSince January 2008, the Performance Racing manage A1 Team Indonesia. Bagoes Hermanto, brother of Satrio Hermanto, became the new Team Principal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194248-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season, Season calendar and winners\nAll 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix circuits were returned to 2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season with an exception of Beijing and Sentul rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194248-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season, Season calendar and winners\nDue to Zandvoort's noise restriction, Netherlands round wasn't able to conduct Friday sessions and so rookie session. Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualify sessions for each Sunday race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194248-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season, Rule changes\nSince round 5, in Taupo, a 30 per cent biofuel mix was introduce. This environmental initiative is the first initiative to help reduce its environmental footprint in motorsport series. The new fuel is an ethanol-based product Hiperflo E30 sourced from sugar beet in Europe and produced by Petrochem Carless. The prediction are a CO2 emissions reduction by 21% per car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194248-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 A1 Grand Prix season, Rule changes\nA new light close to the entry of pit lane is introduce since round 5, in Taupo when safety car is out. When the lights are on, drivers can pit but it is not counted as one of the two mandatory stops. Pits are allowed for mechanical work to be carried out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194249-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ABA NLB League\nThe ABA NLB League 2007\u201308, the seventh season of the regional Liga ABA, saw a further change in the competition structure. After trying a playoff system the previous year, the league returned to a combination of elimination and a Final Four tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194249-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ABA NLB League\n14 teams from Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia participated in the NLB League in its seventh season: Union Olimpija, Helios, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona, Zadar, Zagreb, Split, \u0160iroki ERONET, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, Hemofarm, FMP \u017deleznik, Vojvodina and Budu\u0107nost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194249-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ABA NLB League\nThere were 26 rounds played in the regular part of the season. Eight best teams from the regular season qualified for the best-of-three quarter-final series. The Final Four Tournament was later held in Ljubljana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194249-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ABA NLB League, Regular season\nPld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194250-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ABA season\nThe 2007-2008 ABA season was the seventh season of the American Basketball Association that lasted from November 2008 and ended with the championship game in March 2009 between the Vermont Frost Heaves and the San Diego Wildcats. The Vermont Frost Heaves won their league-best second title after defeating the Wildcats, 87-84.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194250-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ABA season\nThe 2007-2008 season haunted the league, as nearly twenty teams folded in the season's first five weeks, and many remaining at the end of the season, including the champion Frost Heaves, left the league for other existing ones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194250-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ABA season, Regular Season Standings\nThese are the final regular season standings, considering many teams folded during the year. (leading to few games being played for some teams)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194251-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ACB season\nThe 2007\u201308 ACB season was the 25th season of the Asociaci\u00f3n de Clubs de Baloncesto. The 612-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Saturday, October 6, 2007, and ended on Friday, May 9, 2008. The ACB playoffs started on Thursday, May 15, 2008 and ran until Tuesday, June 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194251-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ACB season\nTAU Cer\u00e1mica won the Final series by 3-0 against AXA FC Barcelona and obtained their second ACB championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194252-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ACF Fiorentina season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was ACF Fiorentina's 82nd season in Italian football in their existence and their 70th season in the first-tier of Italian football, Serie A. Having finished 6th the previous season with a tally of 58 points, La Viola earned qualification into the first round of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194252-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ACF Fiorentina season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was a very successful one for the Viola. They reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup where they were beaten on penalties by Rangers and finished fourth in Serie A ahead of Milan, thus qualifying for the 2008\u201309 UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194252-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ACF Fiorentina season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194253-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AEK Athens F.C. season\nAEK Athens F.C. competed for the 49th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 84th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League Qualifying round and the UEFA Cup. The season begun at 15 August 2007 and finished at 14 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194253-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AEK Athens F.C. season, Overview\nAEK bolstered the strength of their squad with the signings of Brazilian legend Rivaldo, following up with several other strong signings in Arruabarrena and Ismael Blanco. The club sold 25,495 season tickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194253-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AEK Athens F.C. season, Overview\nAfter finishing 2nd in Super League Greece previous season, AEK entered the UEFA Champions League in the 3rd Qualifying round. On 3 August, AEK were drawn against Sevilla FC, the first leg was played in Seville on 15 August, while the second leg was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium. After being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League, AEK were drawn to play with FC Salzburg in the UEFA Cup. After defeating Salzburg 3\u20131 on aggregate, AEK were on 9 October drawn in Group C in the UEFA Cup group stage along with Villarreal, Fiorentina, Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav, and Elfsborg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194253-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 AEK Athens F.C. season, Overview\nOn 20 December, AEK booked their place in the knockout stage finishing third in the group. AEK were drawn to play Getafe CF in the next round of the UEFA Cup where they were knocked out 4\u20131 on aggregate. On 12 February AEK parted company with Lloren\u00e7 after a poor run of form and un-successful signings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194253-0002-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 AEK Athens F.C. season, Overview\nThe team initially finished in the first place in the league, but after the court case between Apollon Kalamarias and Olympiacos for the illegal line-up of a player in the 1\u20130 Apollon Kalamaria win earlier in the season, Olympiacos were awarded the 3 points thus finishing 2 points ahead of AEK. AEK then finished 2nd in the national playoffs which saw them qualify for the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194253-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AEK Athens F.C. season, Players, Squad statistics\nNOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194253-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AEK Athens F.C. season, Manager stats\nOnly competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shootouts are not counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194254-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AFC Ajax season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, AFC Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The first training took place on 5 July 2007. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was on 8 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194254-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AFC Ajax season, Pre-season\nThe first training for the 2007\u201308 season was held on 5 July 2007. In preparation for the new season, Ajax organized a training camp in De Lutte at the De Thij Sportpark. During the pre-season, the squad played friendly matches against VVSB, GFC, Quick '20 and Go Ahead Eagles before traveling to Scotland to play against Rangers and Falkirk. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and Arsenal in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194254-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AFC Ajax season, Player statistics\n# Nicolae Mitea was issued shirt number 23 at the beginning of the season, however he sat out the season due to injury and was never issued a new shirt number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194254-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AFC Ajax season, 2007\u201308 transfers, Summer transfer window\nFor a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2007 to 1 September 2007), please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194254-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AFC Ajax season, 2007\u201308 transfers, Winter transfer window\nFor a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2008 to 1 February 2008) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194255-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AFC Bournemouth season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, AFC Bournemouth competed in Football League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194255-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AFC Bournemouth season, Season summary\nBournemouth struggled all season amidst an injury crisis, and when they were docked ten points by the Football League after entering administration, with debts around \u00a34 million, on 8 February, relegation appeared to be almost certain. The only bid that administrators Gerald Krasner and Begbies Traynor accepted came from a consortium led by chairman Jeff Mostyn. However, in a press conference on 3 April, Krasner said that, due to a breach of the agreement between the administrators and the consortium relating to the funding of the consortium and the sale of the club, the agreement broke down. Krasner also warned that the club might also be closed before the end of the season, unless appropriate funding came forward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194255-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AFC Bournemouth season, Season summary\nIn spite of off-the-field issues with the club, Bournemouth achieved a remarkable string of results in League One. By 19 April, a winning streak of five matches left Bournemouth four points away from safety with two games remaining. The winning streak was increased to six matches on 26 April with a vital 1\u20130 victory over Crewe Alexandra. Victory or a draw away at Carlisle United on 3 May, depending on Cheltenham Town and Gillingham's results, would ensure Bournemouth's survival in the division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194255-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 AFC Bournemouth season, Season summary\nFormer manager Harry Redknapp commented that escaping relegation \"would be more than a great escape, it would be a miracle\" and added that \"if Kevin (Bond) doesn't get Manager of the Month there's something wrong\". Bournemouth managed to achieve a 1\u20131 draw in the match against Carlisle United but, with Cheltenham Town winning 2\u20131 at home to Doncaster Rovers, were relegated to League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194255-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AFC Bournemouth season, Season summary\nHad Bournemouth not been given a points deduction as a result of entering administration, the club would have finished in 15th, at the expense of Crewe, who would have been relegated in their place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194255-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AFC Bournemouth season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00194256-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 AHL season was the 72nd season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-nine teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Chicago Wolves won their second Calder Cup, defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the Calder Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194256-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AHL season, Standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; Pts = Points; Blue shade = clinched division, Green shade = clinched playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194256-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194256-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AHL season, Calder Cup playoffs\nIn each division, the fourth-place team will play the first-place team in the division semifinals, while the second-place team plays the third-place team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194256-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AHL season, Calder Cup playoffs\nThere is one possible exception to the qualification rules in 2007\u201308: if the fifth-place team in the West Division finishes with more points than the fourth-place team in the North Division, it would cross over and compete in the North Division playoffs. Thus, the San Antonio Rampage replace the Hamilton Bulldogs in the North Division playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194256-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AHL season, All Star Classic\nThe 21st AHL All-Star Classic was played at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, New York, on January 28, 2008. The Canadian All-Stars defeated the Planet USA All-Stars 9\u20138 in a shootout. Teddy Purcell scored a hat trick, scored the winning shootout goal, and was awarded the MVP award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194256-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AHL season, All Star Classic\n#9 F Bobby Ryan (Portland Pirates) #29 F Brett Sterling (Chicago Wolves) #37 F Joakim Lindstr\u00f6m (Syracuse Crunch) #5 D Erik Reitz (Houston Aeros) #21 D Matt Lashoff (Providence Bruins) #30 G Tuukka Rask (Providence Bruins)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194256-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AHL season, All Star Classic\n#29 G Michael Leighton (Albany River Rats) #62 F Teddy Purcell (Manchester Monarchs) #39 F Martin St. Pierre (Rockford Icehogs) #45 D Alexandre Picard (Philadelphia Phantoms) #28 D Lawrence Nycholat (Binghamton Senators) #17 F Denis Hamel (Binghamton Senators, captain)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194256-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AHL season, All Star Classic\n#3 D Peter Harrold (Manchester Monarchs) #4 D Clay Wilson (Syracuse Crunch) #10 F Petr Vrana (Lowell Devils) #12 F Joe Motzko (Hershey Bears) #13 D Alex Goligoski (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins) #15 F Greg Moore (Hartford Wolf Pack) #17 F T. J. Hensick (Lake Erie Monsters) #19 F Toby Petersen (Iowa Stars) #24 D Brian Salcido (Portland Pirates) #28 F Gabe Gauthier (Manchester Monarchs) #33 G Jimmy Howard (Grand Rapids Griffins) #35 G Pekka Rinne (Milwaukee Admirals) #44 F Rob Schremp (Springfield Falcons) #52 D Jonathan Ericsson (Grand Rapids Griffins) #11 F Keith Aucoin  (Albany River Rats, captain) #8 D Brian Lee (Binghamton Senators)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194256-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AHL season, All Star Classic\n#1 G Drew MacIntyre (Manitoba Moose) #2 D Adam Pardy (Quad City Flames) #4 D Brett Skinner (Providence Bruins) #7 F Jeff Tambellini (Bridgeport Sound Tigers) #8 D Joel Kwiatkowski (Chicago Wolves) #10 F Jason Krog (Chicago Wolves) #12 F Andrew Ebbett (Portland Pirates) #14 F Joey Tenute (San Antonio Rampage) #19 F Justin Keller (Norfolk Admirals) #25 D Micki DuPont (Peoria Rivermen) #26 F Mark Mancari (Rochester Americans) #27 F Mike Iggulden (Worcester Sharks) #31 G Nolan Schaefer (Houston Aeros) #38 D Derrick Walser (Toronto Marlies) #84 F Corey Locke (Hamilton Bulldogs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194257-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AL-Bank Ligaen season\nThe 2007\u201308 AL-Bank Ligaen season was the 51st season of ice hockey in Denmark. Ten teams participated in the league, and Herning IK won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194258-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 APOEL F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was APOEL's 68th season in the Cypriot First Division and 80th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194258-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 APOEL F.C. season\nThe club won the championship the previous season so it played in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194258-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 APOEL F.C. season\nManager Marinos Ouzounidis left the club by mutual consent on 6 January 2008, due to the club's lower-than-expected performance in the Cypriot First Division and two days later he was replaced by Ivan Jovanovi\u0107 who managed to help the club to win the Cypriot Cup at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194258-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 APOEL F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194258-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 APOEL F.C. season, Competitions, Marfin Laiki League, Playoffs table\nThe first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194259-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AS Monaco FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was AS Monaco FC's 51st season in Ligue 1. They finished twelfth in Ligue 1, and were knocked out of the Coupe de la Ligue by Lens, at the Round of 16, and the Coupe de France by Marseille at the Round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194259-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AS Monaco FC season\nRicardo Gomes was appointed as coach at the beginning of the season, replacing Laurent Banide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194259-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AS Monaco FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194259-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AS Monaco FC season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194259-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AS Monaco FC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194259-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AS Monaco FC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194259-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AS Monaco FC season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194259-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AS Monaco FC season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194260-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AZAL PFC season\nThe Olimpik Baku 2007\u201308 season was Olimpik Baku's third Azerbaijan Premier League season and their second season with Asgar Abdullayev as manager. They participated in the 2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Premier League as well as the 2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Cup, finishing the league in 2nd, qualifying for a European competition for the first time, and reaching the quarterfinal stage of the cup, where they were eliminated by Khazar Lankaran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194260-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AZAL PFC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194260-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AZAL PFC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194260-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AZAL PFC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194260-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AZAL PFC season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194260-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 AZAL PFC season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season\nAberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and UEFA Cup in the 2007\u201308 season. It was the club's first season in European competition since 2002\u201303.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season\nQualification for the group stages of the UEFA Cup was secured with an away-goals qualifying victory over Dnipro. Aberdeen were drawn in Group B along with Panathinaikos, Lokomotiv Moscow, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and Copenhagen. Aberdeen qualified for the round of 32 following a 4\u20130 victory over F.C. Copenhagen. They were drawn against Bayern Munich and lost 7\u20133 on aggregate, but did manage a 2\u20132 home draw with the German club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfers\nAberdeen had already announced that the contracts of Jamie Winter and David Donald were not to be renewed. Gary Dempsey rejected a new two-year deal to sign for Yeovil Town, and Dyron Daal left to join St Johnstone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfers\nAberdeen had secured the signatures of defenders Lee Mair from Dundee United, and youngster Jonathan Kurrant, who would join after he had finished his A-Levels. Both agreed pre-contracts. Wolverhampton Wanderers' experienced defender Jackie McNamara and De Graafschap winger Jeffrey de Visscher both signed on free transfers. Former player Derek Young returned to the club on a free transfer after spells at Dunfermline and Partick Thistle. Sone Aluko was signed on loan from Birmingham City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfers\nOn 8 June, it was reported that Aberdeen's first-choice goalkeeper Jamie Langfield had been demoted after falling out with manager Jimmy Calderwood. The fall-out was believed to have been related to Calderwood's decision to reject a \u00a370,000 offer from Rangers. The club later confirmed that they had made Langfield available for transfer, with an asking price of \u00a3100,000. Langfield was recalled to the starting line-up for the UEFA Cup game against Dnipro at Pittodrie on 20 September. The day after Aberdeen's UEFA Cup victory over Copenhagen on 20 December, Langfield signed a new three-year contract with Aberdeen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfers\nOn 27 June, club captain Russell Anderson moved to Premier Leagu side Sunderland, signing a 3-year contract with the club. He donated his signing-on fee to the youth development scheme at Pittodrie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Transfers, Winter transfers\nChris Clark was the first player to leave Aberdeen in the January window, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal with Plymouth Argyle. The clubs agreed a fee of \u00a3200,000 for the midfielder who had played at Aberdeen for seven years. Michael Paton extended his loan deal with Brechin City until the end of the season. Striker Stuart Smith and defender Neil McVitie both went on loan to Peterhead until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Transfers, Winter transfers\nStuart Duff was Aberdeen's first signing of the January transfer window. They signed the midfielder from Dundee United on a free transfer. Sone Aluko agreed to extend his loan from Birmingham City until the end of the season. Defender Dave Bus was signed from De Graafschap until the end of the season. Aberdeen signed Middlesbrough midfielder and England under-18 captain Josh Walker on a loan deal until the end of the season. The Republic of Ireland international Alan Maybury was signed from Leicester City on a loan deal until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Transfers, Winter transfers\nAfter Michael Hart rejected a new deal with Aberdeen, a fee thought to be in the region of \u00a3200,000 was agreed between Aberdeen and Preston North End for his transfer. However, Preston reduced their offer after carrying out medical tests on an injury due to keep him out for weeks. Aberdeen refused to release the player unless Preston paid the agreed fee. He eventually moved to Preston for an undisclosed fee thought to be in the region of \u00a3100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Transfers, Summer clearout\nIt was announced on 15 April that seven contracted players would be leaving at the end of the season. Barry Nicholson decided to leave, rejecting a new deal. The other six players \u2013 goalkeepers Derek Soutar (who had replaced Jamie Langfield for a large part of the season) and Greg Kelly, defenders Richie Byrne and Dave Bus and strikers Jonathan Smith and Steve Lovell \u2013 were not offered new deals. Loan signings Sone Aluko and Josh Walker returned to their clubs at the end of their loan periods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Transfers, Summer clearout\nOn 21 April, Jackie McNamara was released from his contract by the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Statistics, Goalscorers\nSource: Ordered by: Total, SPL, Cups then Name Name: Players's Name, flag next to name indicates player's nationality. SPL: No. of goals scored in the Scottish Premier League. Cups: No. of goals scored in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and Uefa Cup. Total: Total No. of competitive goals scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194261-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aberdeen F.C. season, Statistics, Discipline\nSource: Ordered by: , ,  then Name Name: Players's Name, flag next to name indicates player's nationality. : No. of sending offs by direct red card. : No. of sending offs by second yellow card. : No. of bookings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194262-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season was the club's third season since the inception of the A-League. The club competed in the 2007\u201308 A-League and finished sixth on the ladder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194262-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season\nFor the 2007\u201308 season Adelaide recruited ex-Socceroo Paul Agostino \"marquee\", Ivorian Jonas Salley and ex-Olyroo Kristian Sarkies. They also signed Issy Erdogan of Preston Lions. One of the success stories of the season was the signing of former Flamengo FC player C\u00e1ssio on a free transfer from Brazilian club. C\u00e1ssio, who joined from Santa Cruz FC, won the Club Champion award in his first season. Shaun Ontong and Matthew Mullen from the AIS, were also signed to replenish their defensive stocks after the departure of Kristian Rees, Adam van Dommele and Aaron Goulding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194262-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was a season to forget for Adelaide as they battled a huge amount of player injury throughout the season. This effectively ended their finals hopes and it was the first time Adelaide had failed to make the top two in A-League history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194262-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season\nAdelaide United participated in the 2008 AFC Champions League after finishing runner-up in the 2006\u201307 regular season and finals series to Melbourne Victory. Adelaide was drawn into Group E, along with V-League and Super Cup winners B\u00ecnh D\u01b0\u01a1ng F.C., CSL champions Changchun Yatai, and K-League winners Pohang Steelers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194262-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season\nIn their opening match of the 2008 campaign, Adelaide United defeated Pohang 2\u20130 in Korea. United drew against Changchun 0\u20130 in their second game, defeated B\u00ecnh D\u01b0\u01a1ng 2\u20131 in Vietnam and followed this up with a 4\u20131 victory in the return leg. In their final group tie at home, Adelaide defeated Pohang 1\u20130, setting up a deciding away tie against Changchun to determine the Group E winner. In Changchun, Adelaide withstood considerable pressure to achieve an historic 0\u20130 draw, thus becoming the first Australian team to ever progress to the knockout stage of the Asian Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194262-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season\nAdelaide drew J-League and Emperor's Cup champions Kashima Antlers in a two legged Quarter final starting in Japan, where they managed a 1\u20131 draw. Adelaide captain Travis Dodd scored first in the opening half,  but right before halftime the score levelled when Robert Cornthwaite scored an own goal. In the return leg at the Hindmarsh Stadium a week later,  Adelaide became the first Australian team to progress to the semifinals of the competition with a 1\u20130 win. Cornthwaite redeemed himself from his own goal in the first leg by scoring the only goal of the game midway through the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194262-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season\nAdelaide drew 2007 Uzbek League Runners-up FC Bunyodkor in the semi-final, after the Uzbeks knocked out Saipa F.C. in their quarter-final. In the first leg of the semi-final, Adelaide won 3\u20130 with Diego, Barbiero, and Cristiano (via a penalty) scoring. The match was witnessed by 16,998 fans at Hindmarsh Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194262-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season\nIn the second leg of the semi finals Adelaide United lost 1\u20130 to FC Bunyodkor but went through to the final 3\u20131 on aggregate. Thus they became the first Australian team to make it to the final of Asia's premier club competition. In the two legged final, they took on Japanese team Gamba Osaka who deposed 2007 champions Urawa Red Diamonds in the other semifinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194262-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season\nThis result ensured that Adelaide would participate in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup either as the AFC representatives or as the highest placed non-Japanese team\u00a0\u2013 as the rules do not allow more than one Japanese team to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194262-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season\nAdelaide lost heavily over two legs to Gamba Osaka. The score was 3\u20130 to Gamba Osaka away and 2\u20130 to Osaka at home in Adelaide, the Japanese club winning 5\u20130 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194262-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Adelaide United FC season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194263-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Airdrie United F.C. season\nSeason 2007\u201308 was Airdrie United's sixth competitive season. They competed in the Second Division, Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194263-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Airdrie United F.C. season, Summary\nAirdrie United finished second in the Second Division, entering the play-offs losing 3\u20130 to Clyde on aggregate. Despite losing in the play off, they were promoted to the first division due to Gretna's forced relegation due to going into administration and being unable to prove they could complete fixtures. They reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, the first round of the League Cup and reached the Quarter final of the Challenge Cup losing 2\u20130 to Dunfermline Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194264-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Al-Nassr FC season\nIn this article, the results of Al-Nassr FC of Saudi Arabia in 2007-2008 season is summarized", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194265-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Al-Shabab FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 Al-Shabab FC season was the 60th season of competitive football played by Al Shabab KSA. The club ended the campaign third in the Saudi Premier League. Al-Shabab reached the semi finals of the 2007\u201308 Saudi Crown Prince Cup and was knocked out by an own goal by Faisal Al Obeli. In the Federation Cup (Prince Faisal Cup), the club also reached the semi finals which end in a draw and lost the penalty kicks 5\u20134. The club won the 2008 King Cup of Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194266-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team (variously \"Alabama\", \"UA\", \"Bama\" or \"The Tide\") represented the University of Alabama in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. The head coach was Mark Gottfried, who was in his tenth season as Alabama. The team played its home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and was a member of the Southeastern Conference. This was the 95th season of basketball in the school's history. The Crimson Tide finished the season 17\u201316, 5\u201311 in SEC play, lost in the quarterfinals of the 2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament and were invited to the 2008 College Basketball Invitational but, decline the invitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194267-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Alabama\u2013Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season\nThe 2007\u201308 Alabama\u2013Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Chargers were coached by Danton Cole who was in his first season as head coach. The Chargers played their home games in the Von Braun Center and were members of the College Hockey America conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194268-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Albanian Cup\n2007\u201308 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb) was the fifty-sixth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began in August 2007 with the First Preliminary Round and ended on 7 May 2006 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 2008-09 first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. KS Besa were the defending champions, having won their first Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by KS Vllaznia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194268-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Albanian Cup\nThe rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194268-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Albanian Cup, First round\nThe first legs were played on 27\u201328 November with the second legs between 2\u20135 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194268-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Albanian Cup, Second round\nThe first legs were played on 13 February with the second legs on 27 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194268-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Albanian Cup, Quarter finals\nThe first legs were played on 5 March and the second legs were played on 12 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194269-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Alberta Pandas women's ice hockey season\nThe 2007\u201308 Alberta Pandas women's ice hockey was the eleventh Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS; renamed U Sports in 2016) season completed by the program. The Pandas finished the season ranked first in the Canada West conference with 21 wins, compared to 2 losses and one overtime loss. The Pandas appeared at the 2008 CIS National Championship Tournament and ended with a fourth-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194270-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Algerian Championnat National\nThe 2007\u201308 Algerian Championnat National was the forty-fourth season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with ES S\u00e9tif as the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194270-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Algerian Championnat National, Team summaries, Promotion and relegation\n1 after the decision of the TAS RC Kouba was promoted to 2008\u201309 Algerian Championnat National.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194271-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Algerian Championnat National 2\nThe Algerian Championnat National 2 season 2007-08 is the thirteenth season of the league under its current title and fifteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 16 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194271-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Algerian Championnat National 2, League table\nA total of 18 teams contested the division, including 12 sides remaining in the division from the previous season and three relegated from the Algerian Championnat National, and another three promoted from the Inter-R\u00e9gions Ligue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194272-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Algerian Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Algerian Cup was the 44th edition of the Algerian Cup. JSM B\u00e9ja\u00efa won the Cup by defeating WA Tlemcen 3-1 on penalties in the final, after the game ended 1-1. It was the first time that JSM B\u00e9ja\u00efa won the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194273-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship\nThe 2007\u201308 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship was the fourth staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship since its establishment made by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194273-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship\nOn 9 February 2008, Clonkill won the championship following a 4\u201315 to 3\u201314 defeat of Tommy Larkin\u2019s in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194274-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship\nThe 2007\u201308 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship was the fifth staging of the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194274-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship\nOn 9 February 2008, Conahy Shamrocks won the championship following a 0\u201319 to 1\u20139 defeat of Moyle Rovers in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194275-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship\nThe 2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 38th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970-71. The championship began on 14 October 2007 and ended on 17 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194275-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship\nCrossmaglen Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by St. Vincent's in the All-Ireland semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194275-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship\nOn 17 March 2008, St. Vincent's won the championship following a 1-11 to 0-13 defeat of Nemo Rangers in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. It was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194275-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship\nTom\u00e1s Quinn of the St. Vincent's club was the championship's top scorer with 3-22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194276-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship\nThe 2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 38th club hurling competition since its establishment in 1970\u201371. The first matches of the season were played on 14 October 2007 and the championship ended on 17 March 2008. Ballyhale Shamrocks went into the 2007\u201308 championship as defending champions, having won their fourth All-Ireland title the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194276-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship\nThe championship culminated with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by Birr and Portumna. It was their first meeting in the final. Portumna won the game by 3\u201319 to 3\u20139. It was their second All-Ireland title in three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194276-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nThe 2007\u201308 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the eighteen participating counties entered their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194276-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nA total of 18 county club champions participated in the 2008\u201309 championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194276-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format, Provincial Championships\nThe Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster championships were played as usual on a straight knock-out basis. The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194276-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format, All-Ireland Series\nIn the two semi-final matches, the Munster champions played the Connacht champions while the Leinster champions played the Ulster champions. The two winners contested the All-Ireland final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194277-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 American Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 American Eagles men's basketball team represented American University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by eighth year head coach Jeff Jones, played their home games at Bender Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 21\u201312, 10\u20134 in Patriot League play to finish first in the conference regular season standings. They were champions of the Patriot League Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament \u2013 the first appearance in school history \u2013 where they lost in the first round to Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194278-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 American Indoor Soccer League season\nThe 2007\u20132008 American Indoor Soccer League season was the fifth and final season of the American Indoor Soccer League. The season kicked off on November 3, 2007, with the Rockford Rampage traveling to taking on the Cincinnati Excite, and the Massachusetts Twisters traveling to Waukegan, Illinois, to face the expansion Northern Illinois Rebels. The league ended on March 15, 2008, with the Rockford Rampage winning the AISL Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194278-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 American Indoor Soccer League season\nAll teams played fourteen games (with two separate weeks off. This is excluding the Tulsa Revolution who only played four home and four away games (which kept them out of eligibility for the AISL playoffs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194279-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Amiens SC season\nThe 2007\u201308 season saw Amiens SC's compete in Ligue 2 where they finished in 14th position with 45 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194280-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season\nThe 2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season began September 29, 2007, with a game in London, England, against the Los Angeles Kings. It was the Ducks' 15th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). They began the season as defending Stanley Cup champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194280-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe Ducks were the most penalized team during the regular season, with 408 power-play opportunities against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194280-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season, Schedule and results, Postseason\nThe Ducks enter the 2007\u201308 season as defending Stanley Cup champions. They were defeated in the series 4 games to 2 by their division rival Dallas Stars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194280-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season, Standings, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194280-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194280-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194280-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Ducks. Stats reflect time with Ducks only. \u2021Traded mid-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194280-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season, Awards and records, Transactions\nThe Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194280-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season, Draft picks\nThe following were Anaheim's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Ducks drafted 16th overall with a pick acquired from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Their own pick, 30th overall, was dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in the Chris Pronger trade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194280-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season, Farm teams, Portland Pirates\nThe Portland Pirates are the Ducks American Hockey League affiliate in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194280-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Anaheim Ducks season, Farm teams, Augusta Lynx\nThe Augusta Lynx are the Ducks affiliate in the ECHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194281-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Angola Basketball Cup, Men's Tournament\nThe 2008 Men's Basketball Cup was contested by eight teams and won by Primeiro de Agosto. The final was played on April 23 and 26, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194281-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Angola Basketball Cup, Women's Tournament\nThe 2008 Women's Basketball Cup was also won by Primeiro de Agosto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194282-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Angola Basketball Super Cup\nThe 2008 Angola Basketball Super Cup (15th edition) was contested by Petro Atl\u00e9tico, as the 2007 league champion and Primeiro de Agosto, the 2007 cup runner-up. Primeiro de Agosto was the winner, making it its 7th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194282-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Angola Basketball Super Cup\nThe 2008 Women's Super Cup (13th edition) was contested by Interclube, as the 2007 women's league champion and Primeiro de Agosto, the 2007 cup winner. Primeiro de Agosto was the winner, making it its 2nd title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194283-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arab Champions League, Round 32\n32 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194283-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arab Champions League, Round 16\n16 teams play home and away matches as knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nThe Apertura 2007 saw much success for the smaller teams in Argentine football. The eventual champions Lan\u00fas won the title for the first time in their history, the first maiden champions since Argentinos Juniors in 1984.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nSecond place went to Tigre, a club playing their first season in the Argentine Primera since 1980 and making their best finish ever in the top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nThird place went to Banfield, completing an extremely unlikely top three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nAnother small club, Arsenal won the 2007 Copa Sudamericana, the first major title in their history, making them the first Argentine club other than Boca Juniors to win an international competition since San Lorenzo won the Copa Sudamericana 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nAnother feature of the Apertura was the number of managerial changes, by the end of the Apertura there had been 12 managerial changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nThe Clausura 2008 was won by River Plate, their first title since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nFor the first time the 380 games of the season were broadcast live on television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Relegation, Promotion playoff\nTeams and schedules will be decided based on average after the end of the Closing tournament. The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on June 25 and June 29, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Relegation, Promotion playoff\nGimnasia (Jujuy) wins 2-1 and stays in the Argentine First Division, while Uni\u00f3n de Santa Fe does not get promoted and remains in Argentine Nacional B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Relegation, Promotion playoff\nRacing wins 2-1 and stays in the Argentine First Division, while Belgrano does not get promoted and remains in Argentine Nacional B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n, International qualification, Copa Sudamericana\nQualification for the 2008 Copa Sudamericana is determined from an aggregate table of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The top four teams in the aggregate table qualify; Boca Juniors and River Plate are invited regardless of their standings in the season, this season Arsenal was also invited as defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194284-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Managerial Changes\nThis is a list of the managerial changes in the Argentine Primera during the 2007-2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194285-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season\nThe 2007-08 season was the 94th season in Aris Thessaloniki F.C. 's existence. The club finished 4th in the Super League's regular season and in the same place in play-offs. The club qualified in to the UEFA Cup of the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194285-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season\nAris Thessaloniki was the finalist of Greek Football Cup where they lost by Olympiacos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194285-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season\nIn Europe, Aris Thessaloniki eliminated in Group stage of UEFA Cup afte finished 4th in Group F.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194285-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season\nThe club hired Juan Carlos Oliva as its manager for that season. After the first game of the league Juan Carlos Oliva quited and replaced by Du\u0161an Bajevi\u0107 for the rest of the season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194285-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season, Competitions, Super League, Play-offs\nThe teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194286-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at the Wells Fargo Arena and were members of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Sun Devils finished with 21\u201313, 9\u20139 in Pac-10 play. They were invited to play in the 2008 National Invitation Tournament where they beat Alabama State and Southern Illinois. They subsequently lost in the quarter finals to Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194287-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by first year head coach Kevin O'Neill, played their home games at the McKale Center and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194288-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team  represented the University of Arkansas in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. It was John Pelphrey's first season as head coach of the Razorbacks, replacing the fired Stan Heath. The team played its home games in Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194289-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Armenian Hockey League season\nThe 2007\u201308 Armenian Hockey League season was the seventh season of the Armenian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Armenia. Five teams participated in the league, and Urartu Yerevan won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 110th season of competitive football played by Arsenal. The club ended their Premier League campaign in third position, having led the table for two-thirds of the season. Arsenal made it into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, but were eliminated on aggregate score against Liverpool. The team exited the FA Cup in the fifth round to Manchester United and lost in the semi-finals of the League Cup to Tottenham Hotspur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season\nArsenal sold striker and club record goalscorer Thierry Henry to Barcelona, in the transfer window. Other departures included first team players Freddie Ljungberg and Jos\u00e9 Antonio Reyes to West Ham United and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid respectively; defender Bacary Sagna and striker Eduardo were the notable purchases from Auxerre and Dinamo Zagreb, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season\nA strong start to the season saw Arsenal top the league table by September. Defeat against Sevilla in November ended a run of 28 matches undefeated and it was not until a month after did the team lose in the league for the first time, away at Middlesbrough. Arsenal extended their league lead to five points in February, but a career-threatening injury to Eduardo against Birmingham City coincided with the team going on a run of four draws in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season\nManchester United soon overtook them in first and defeat to Chelsea in March moved Arsenal down in third place, where they remained at the end of the season. However, their points tally of 83 remains as the highest in the Premier League for a third-placed team under the 38 game format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season\nThirty-two different players represented the club in four competitions, and there were 16 different goalscorers. Emmanuel Adebayor was Arsenal's top goalscorer in the 2007\u201308 season, scoring 30 goals in 48 appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Background\nThe previous season was a transitional period for Arsenal. The club transferred a number of first-team players such as defenders Sol Campbell and Lauren to Portsmouth and winger Robert Pires to Spanish club Villarreal. After lengthy negotiations, Ashley Cole moved to Chelsea on the final day of the summer transfer window, in exchange for \u00a35\u00a0million and defender William Gallas. Arsenal played their home games at the newly constructed Emirates Stadium and drew their first game against Aston Villa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Background\nAfter a defeat by Bolton Wanderers, manager Ars\u00e8ne Wenger admitted that his team were unlikely to make a serious challenge for the Premier League. Despite being a young and inexperienced team, however, Arsenal reached the final of the League Cup, where they were beaten 2\u20131 by Chelsea. Elimination in the UEFA Champions League in the knockout stage (two-legged matches played home and away) and FA Cup in the space of four days followed \u2013 the club lost three games in succession for the first time since October 2002. Arsenal eventually finished fourth in the league, level on points with third-placed Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Transfers\nAt the end of the 2006\u201307 season, Arsenal transferred Fabrice Muamba to Birmingham City and released Mart Poom, who subsequently joined Watford on a free transfer. J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Aliadi\u00e8re moved to Middlesbrough in a \u00a32\u00a0million deal while club captain and record goalscorer Thierry Henry left to join Barcelona for a reported fee of \u00a316\u00a0million. Henry commented that his decision to leave Arsenal was because of the departure of chairman David Dein and the uncertainty over Wenger's future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Transfers\nMidfielder Freddie Ljungberg and striker Jos\u00e9 Antonio Reyes departed the club in July 2007, moving to West Ham United and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid respectively. Other players, Arturo Lupoli, Ryan Garry and Joe O'Cearuill, left on free transfers. Defender Matthew Connolly, who joined Colchester United on loan for a six-month period, later signed for Queens Park Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Transfers\nLegia Warsaw goalkeeper \u0141ukasz Fabia\u0144ski was the first player Arsenal recruited of the new season. Next to arrive was striker Eduardo, who signed from Dinamo Zagreb, shortly followed by French defender Bacary Sagna. Lassana Diarra was purchased on transfer deadline day from Chelsea, but later transferred to Portsmouth in January after he was frustrated at limited playing time; he said, \"I read that the club [Arsenal] wanted to keep me. But when you want to keep someone, you do it by playing them. This hasn't been the case.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Club, Other information\nUpdated to match played 2 Aug 2007Source:\u00a0Arsenal and Emirates Stadium", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League\nTwenty teams competed in the Premier League in the 2007\u201308 season. Each team played 38 matches, two against every other team and one match at each club's stadium. Three points were awarded for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. At the end of the season, the top two teams qualified for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League; teams in third and fourth needed to play a qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League\nThe provisional fixture list was released on 14 June 2007, but was subject to change in the event of clashes with other competitions, inclement weather, or matches being selected for television coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013October\nArsenal started their league campaign at home to Fulham on 12 August 2007. A mistake by goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, \"screw[ing] an attempted return pass against his own knee\", allowed striker David Healy to score, just under 52 seconds. However, a late penalty scored by Robin van Persie and a goal from Alexander Hleb resulted in the team winning the match. In their next match, away to Blackburn Rovers, another error by Lehmann \u2013 this time letting David Dunn's shot slip through his fingers and into the goalnet, meant the team drew 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013October\nCesc F\u00e0bregas scored the winning goal against Manchester City, ten minutes before the end of the match. The result was followed with what The Guardian described as a \"fluent attacking display\" at home to Portsmouth, on the first day of September. Arsenal faced local rivals Tottenham Hotspur after a week-long international break and went a goal behind when Gareth Bale's free-kick beat goalkeeper Manuel Almunia, past the net. Emmanuel Adebayor scored the equaliser in the second half, before F\u00e0bregas \"piloted a 30-yarder beyond Paul Robinson in the 80th minute.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0010-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013October\nIn stoppage time, Adebayor flicked the ball up and volleyed it into the top corner of Tottenham's goal; the result meant Arsenal went top of the league table, for the first time in the season. A week after, Adebayor scored a hat-trick (three goals) in a 5\u20130 win against Derby County. Van Persie scored the only goal against West Ham United on 29 September 2007 to maintain the lead at the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013October\nTwo goals from Van Persie helped Arsenal beat Sunderland 3\u20132 at home, on the first weekend of October. Second half goals from defender Kolo Tour\u00e9 and midfielder Tom\u00e1\u0161 Rosick\u00fd against Bolton Wanderers, gave the team a seventh straight victory in the league. Arsenal played Liverpool on 28 October 2007, a match billed as the \"first great test\" of their title credentials. Steven Gerrard gave Liverpool an early lead, from a free-kick, but as the match went on, Arsenal began to dominate possession, eventually rewarded when F\u00e1bregas equalised in the 80th minute, from a Hleb through ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013February\nNovember began with a home match against Manchester United. Going into the match, both clubs were level on points and goal difference, at the top of the league. In the 45th minute, Gallas inadvertently scored an own goal to give United the lead, before F\u00e1bregas equalised early in the second half. Cristiano Ronaldo scored what was thought to be the winning goal, eight minutes from the end, but Arsenal equalised for the second time in the match via Gallas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0012-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013February\nThe draw pleased Wenger, who after the game noted his team were \"...still charge of the title race because we are top with a game in hand\". A win against Reading at the Madejski Stadium on 12 November 2007 brought about Arsenal's 1,000th Premier League goal, scored by Adebayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0012-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013February\nReading striker Dave Kitson afterwards praised Arsenal's performance and asserted they were \"the best team on the planet\": \"The thing that amazes you most is they are not just passing to each other \u2013 they are passing so that person can run on to the ball and then his mind is already made up what he is going to do next. It is just magic, it is unbelievable.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013February\n\"Arsenal are my favourite team right now and I think they are the best performing team in the Premier League.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013February\nLate goals scored by Gallas and Rosick\u00fd at home to Wigan Athletic kept Arsenal three points clear of Manchester United in the league table, at the end of November. The win at Villa Park against Aston Villa in December, moved Arsenal five points clear at the top of the league table, and provoked speculation as to whether the club could go another league season unbeaten; Wenger responded, \"People will talk ... just let us play.\" The team played out a 1\u20131 draw at Newcastle United four days after and lost against Middlesbrough, ending a record of 22 league matches unbeaten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0014-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013February\nArsenal beat Chelsea 1\u20130 on 16 December 2007 and needed a late goal, scored by substitute Nicklas Bendtner to win against Tottenham Hotspur. In spite of a draw at Portsmouth on Boxing Day, which moved Arsenal down to second place, a win against Everton helped the club move past Manchester United to the first-place spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013February\nOn 1 January 2008, Eduardo and Adebayor each scored to earn Arsenal a win against West Ham United. The team dropped two points against Birmingham City, but a 3\u20130 victory at Fulham meant that Arsenal retained their first-place status. Goals scored by Mathieu Flamini, Adebayor and F\u00e1bregas helped Arsenal beat Newcastle United in the final week of January. The team became the first to reach 60 points in February, after winning 3\u20131 against Manchester City; Wenger described the feat as \"phenomenal\". Manchester City's defeat of Manchester United the following week meant a 2\u20130 win at home to Blackburn Rovers put Arsenal five points clear in first spot, with 12 matches to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013February\nThe team then faced Birmingham City at St Andrew's. Shortly after kick-off, defender Martin Taylor was sent off and took no further part in the game, after his tackle on Eduardo. The player's challenge left the Arsenal striker with a broken leg; he was ruled out from action for the rest of the season. James McFadden scored through a free-kick in the 28th minute, before two Theo Walcott goals in the second half put Arsenal in the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013February\nIn stoppage time, Ga\u00ebl Clichy was penalised for a foul on Stuart Parnaby in the penalty area; McFadden scored Birmingham's awarded penalty to draw the match 2\u20132. It prompted Gallas to throw a tantrum: he attacked an advertising board situated on the side of the pitch and rested alone on the pitch, while his players headed for the dressing room. Wenger after the match called for a permanent football ban on tackler Taylor; he later retracted the comment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, March\u2013May\nA late equaliser at home to Aston Villa preserved Arsenal's lead at the top of the Premier League to only a point. A goalless draw at Wigan Athletic, was followed by a fourth consecutive draw in the league, at home to Middlesbrough. On the same day, Manchester United moved above Arsenal, who recorded a 1\u20130 win against Derby County. After Gallas missed a chance to score in the first half, Sagna put Arsenal in front, heading the ball into the goal net, from a corner in the 59th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0017-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, March\u2013May\nDidier Drogba equalised for Chelsea in the 73rd minute and nine minutes later scored the winner, from a Nicolas Anelka flick-on. The result pushed Chelsea up into second place and moved Arsenal down one; both clubs were five and six points behind Manchester United respectively at the top. At the Reebok Stadium on 29 March 2008, Arsenal played Bolton Wanderers. The team went two goals down in the first half, both scored by Matthew Taylor and lost Abou Diaby, who was sent off for a foul on Gr\u00e9tar Steinsson. The team's \"dramatic\" comeback however, in the form of a winning goal in stoppage time, secured their first league win at Bolton Wanderers' ground in six years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, March\u2013May\nA 1\u20131 draw against Liverpool in early April, sandwiched in between Champions League legs between both teams \"disappointed\" Wenger, who refused to concede winning the title. Defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford on 13 April 2008, however ended any realistic chance of overtaking the leaders, as United, the champions, needed two more wins to retain the title. Arsenal beat relegation-threatened Reading 2\u20130 the week after. Adebayor scored a hat-trick against Derby County on 28 April 2008, which made him the first player to score three goals, home and away against the same side in the same season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0018-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, March\u2013May\nThe win secured third place, pleasing Wenger who felt the team had a \"great future \u2013 I believe we were really unlucky not to win something this year.\" Arsenal won their remaining two fixtures against Everton and Sunderland by a single goal, ending the campaign four points behind champions Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Third qualifying round\nAs Arsenal finished fourth in the league the previous season, the club played a qualifying round against Sparta Prague to ensure progression into the group stages. Goals from F\u00e0bregas and Hleb in the away leg earned a 2\u20130 win and a 3\u20130 victory at home meant Arsenal qualified for a 10th successive season in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nThe club were drawn in Group H, along with UEFA Cup holders Sevilla, Slavia Prague of the Czech Republic and Romania's Steaua Bucure\u0219ti. Arsenal started their campaign in good stead, beating Sevilla 3\u20130 and followed the result with a 1\u20130 victory against Steaua Bucure\u0219ti. Against Slavia Prague at the Emirates, Arsenal equalled their best ever victory in a European competition, scoring seven goals. Walcott, who scored his first two goals of the season in the match, earned the praise of manager Wenger: \"Once Theo scored his first, you saw him much more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0020-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nWhen they opened up the space, you could see his runs and pace, and the fact he is clinical in front of goal.\" Qualification into the knockout stages was ensured with a draw away to Slavia Prague on 7 November 2007. Defeat against Sevilla at the Ram\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez Pizju\u00e1n Stadium was Arsenal's first loss since April 2007, ending a run of 28 matches undefeated in all competitions. The result moved them down into second place, and in spite of winning their final group match against Steaua at home, Arsenal ended two points behind group winners Sevilla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, First knockout round\nArsenal was drawn against Champions League holders Milan in the knockout stages. In the first leg, Arsenal was held to a draw at home, with their best chance of winning the match coming in stoppage time; Adebayor headed the ball against the crossbar. A week later at the San Siro, the team produced a performance \"with style, intelligence and discipline\", to win the match by two goals to nil. In doing so, they progressed into the last eight and became the first English team to beat Milan, away from home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nIn the quarter-finals, Arsenal played against fellow English club Liverpool, with the first leg at home. The two matches were played either side of a Premier League match between the two sides. Adebayor scored the first goal \u2013 he headed the ball from a corner, before Dirk Kuyt equalised three minutes later. Arsenal had a strong penalty appeal harshly turned down after Kuyt seemingly pulled Alexander Hleb in the penalty box and missed a chance to score a second goal, had Bendtner not managed to inadvertently clear F\u00e0bregas' strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0022-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nIn the return leg at Anfield, Arsenal made the better start of the two teams and took the lead when Diaby scored from a tight angle in the 13th minute. Sami Hyypi\u00e4 equalised from a header before Fernando Torres received a long pass and swivelled to shoot the ball with his right foot, sending it into the top-left hand corner of Arsenal's goal. With five minutes remaining of the second half, substitute Walcott \"covered some 80 yards at pace\" to get past the Liverpool defenders and passed the ball for Adebayor, in the middle of the pitch to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0022-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nTour\u00e9 moments after was adjudged to have fouled Ryan Babel and conceded a penalty kick; Gerrard converted the ball into the net to make the scoreline 4\u20133 on aggregate. In stoppage time Babel scored Liverpool's fourth, meaning they faced Chelsea in the semi-finals. Wenger in his post-match news conference questioned the \"dodgy decision\" to give Liverpool a penalty and commented the defeat was \"not down to mental strength ... It was down to a lack of experience defensively.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, FA Cup\nArsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, where they were drawn to play Championship opposition Burnley. Goals from Eduardo and Bendtner, in either half of the match ensured victory for a \"second-string\" team. Against Newcastle United a fortnight later, a 3\u20130 victory meant Arsenal progressed into the fifth round, where they faced Manchester United away. The match played on 16 February 2008, ended in a \"embarrassingly one-sided victory\" for the home team; defender Emmanuel Ebou\u00e9 was notably dismissed for a high challenge on Patrice Evra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup\nArsenal began their League Cup campaign in the third round, drawn at home to Newcastle United. They made nine changes from the previous starting XI \u2013 Eduardo paired up with Bendtner in the front two. Bendtner scored the opening goal seven minutes from the end of normal time; Den\u00edlson added a second goal to ensure Arsenal's progression. Fourth-round opponents Sheffield United were easier to defeat, with Eduardo scoring a brace (two goals). The quarter-final pitted Arsenal away to Blackburn Rovers, in a match played on 18 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0024-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup\nDiaby gave Arsenal the lead with a volley after six minutes and Eduardo extended the lead, before Roque Santa Cruz pulled a goal back for Blackburn, three minutes from the end of the first half. Santa Cruz scored the equaliser and his second of the match, heading in a cross by David Bentley. In stoppage time, Den\u00edlson was sent off for a two-footed challenge on Dunn. In spite of playing with one less player, Arsenal regained the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0024-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup\nAlex Song passed the ball to Eduardo, who held off his opponent Ryan Nelsen and with minimal effort placed it past Brad Friedel. The performance prompted Wenger to assert that his team could win the cup, while opposing manager Mark Hughes commented that Arsenal's blend of young players were capable of following in the footsteps of Manchester United's fledglings, managed by Alex Ferguson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194290-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup\nArsenal was drawn against Tottenham Hotspur in the two-legged semifinal. In the first leg, at the Emirates, Arsenal scored a late equaliser to even the tie at 1\u20131. However, a 5\u20131 victory for Tottenham in the return leg meant it was their first victory over their north London rivals in nine years. Wenger after the game defended his policy to play a young side, adding: \"The only regret I have is to have played the players who should not have played.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194291-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Asia League Ice Hockey season\nThe 2007\u201308 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the fifth season of Asia League Ice Hockey. Seven teams participated in the league, and the Oji Eagles won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Aston Villa's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and 16th consecutive season in the Premier League. The season saw Martin O'Neill continue as manager as the club impressed in league competition, but struggled in both domestic cup competitions \u2013 being knocked out in the third round of both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Other players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Kit\nThe 2007\u201308 season saw the unveiling of Nike as the club's kit producer, taking over from Danish firm Hummel. The deal \u2013 worth \u00a325 million over 5 seasons \u2013 was announced on 7 February 2007, with all home, away and goalkeeper kits being unveiled on 17 July 2007. The home shirt was made available to purchase on 8 August 2007, and the away on 4 October 2007. A charcoal and white third shirt was unveiled and released in November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 36], "content_span": [37, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Kit\nThe home shirt followed the club's usual template of a claret body and blue arms, with a white \"AVFC\" banner and printed lion featured on the hem and back of the collar respectively. The away shirt featured a white body, with blue pinstripes \u2013 in a similar style to that of the 1982 European Cup winners\u2019 jersey (which featured claret stripes in place of the modern blue alternative). The third shirt was charcoal with white piping. The home goalkeeper shirt featured horizontal stripes, with different alternating shades of grey. The away replicated this style, with different shades of yellow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 36], "content_span": [37, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Kit\nGibraltar-based betting firm 32Red continued their sponsorship of the club, however with the contract in its last year, Villa are expected to announce another deal for the forthcoming 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 36], "content_span": [37, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Crest\nA new crest was revealed on 2 May 2007 to be introduced for the 2007\u201308 season. The new crest included a star to represent the European Cup win in 1982, and has a light blue background behind Villa's \"lion rampant.\" The traditional motto \"Prepared\" remained in the crest, and the name \"Aston Villa\" was shortened to AVFC, FC having been omitted from the previous crest. Randy Lerner petitioned fans to help with the design of the new crest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfer window\nFollowing the transfer of prolific striker Juan Pablo \u00c1ngel to New York Red Bulls in April, several Villa first-teamers followed the Colombian out of the door in the summer of 2007. Gavin McCann joined Bolton Wanderers in \u00a31 million deal on 12 June, then a fortnight later, versatile defender Aaron Hughes left for Fulham, also in a \u00a31 million deal. McCann was joined by Jlloyd Samuel \u2013 who had spent much of the previous season on the bench for the Midlanders \u2013 at Bolton, signing on a free transfer when his contract expired on 1 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfer window\nHowever, the two most surprising deals occurred with two academy players, in Steven Davis and Liam Ridgewell. Davis \u2013 who had won Player of the Year for the club in the 2005\u201306 season \u2013 signed for Fulham on 5 July for an undisclosed fee. Liam Ridgewell made the trip across the city to Birmingham City on 3 August, in a \u00a32 million move. Other moves saw midfielder Lee Hendrie end his 14-year association with the club in a free transfer to Sheffield United, Phil Bardsley returned to Manchester United after a 13-game loan stint at the club, whilst Stephen Henderson, Bobby Olejnik, Mark Delaney, Scott Bridges and Eric Djemba-Djemba all left Villa Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfer window\nVilla clinched their first transfer on 5 July with the \u00a38.5 million signing of midfield battler Nigel Reo-Coker from West Ham United. 11 days later, Marlon Harewood also moved from Upton Park, for an undisclosed fee. Scott Carson was the next to arrive on 10 August, in a loan switch from Liverpool (although some media sources claim a fee of \u00a32 million up front was agreed), before defenders Zat Knight and Curtis Davies both signed on 29 and 31 August respectively. Knight signed for his hometown club for a fee of \u00a33.5 million from Fulham, whilst Davies signed on a season-long loan from local rivals West Bromwich Albion. Other deals saw Austrian youngsters Andreas Weimann and Dominik Hofbauer sign, as well as Eric Lichaj, Harry Forrester and Togolese international Moustapha Salifou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 857]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Transfers, Winter transfer window\nAfter failing to find a suitor in the summer, Gary Cahill was allowed to leave on a loan deal to Sheffield United in September; however, he joined Bolton on a permanent deal on 30 January for an undisclosed fee. Youngsters Chris Herd, Tobias Mikaelsson, Stephen O'Halloran and Zolt\u00e1n Stieber were all farmed out on loan. The biggest news, however, was that Swedish international defender Olof Mellberg, was to join Italian giants Juventus on a free transfer at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Transfers, Winter transfer window\nUnlike the summer transfer window, Aston Villa were extremely quiet in the winter equivalent, purchasing just one senior player in Wayne Routledge (\u00a31.25 million) from Tottenham Hotspur. He was also followed by youngsters Thomas Dau and Lance Heslop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194292-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players of the year\nAt the end of season awards dinner, Martin Laursen was announced as the Supporters' Player of the Year, whilst Gabriel Agbonlahor was the Supporter's and Player's Young Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194293-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Athletic Bilbao season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 107th season in Athletic Bilbao's history and their 77th consecutive season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194294-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Hawks season\nThe 2007\u201308 Atlanta Hawks season was the team's 58th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the 40th in Atlanta. After missing the playoffs for eight straight seasons, the Hawks selected Al Horford out of the University of Florida with the third pick in the 2007 NBA draft. The Hawks started out the season by defeating the Dallas Mavericks 101\u201394 in their season opener, marking the first time they won their first game of the season since the 1999 lockout season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194294-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Hawks season\nHowever, their struggles continued as they went on a six-game losing streak around the All-Star break. At midseason, the Hawks traded Tyronn Lue, Lorenzen Wright, Anthony Johnson, and second-year forward Shelden Williams to the Sacramento Kings for Mike Bibby. The Hawks finished third in the Southeast Division with a 37\u201345 record, and made the playoffs for the first time since 1999. Joe Johnson averaged 21.7 points per game, and was selected for the 2008 NBA All-Star Game. Josh Smith provided the team with 17.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 2.8 blocks per game, while Horford averaged 10.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, and made the NBA All-Rookie First Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194294-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Hawks season\nIn the first round of the playoffs, they lost to the top-seeded Boston Celtics in seven games. With their 37-45 (0.451) record, the 2008 Hawks are the worst team record-wise to push an eventual NBA Champion to an elimination game. Coincidentally, the Hawks in 2014 would be the 8th seed at 38-44 and take the top seeded conference finalist Indiana Pacers to a 7 game series. Following the season, Josh Childress left to play overseas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194294-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Hawks season, Draft picks\nAtlanta's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194294-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Hawks season, Game log\n(*)The final minute of the Miami game was played on March 8", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194294-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Hawks season, Transactions\nThe Hawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season\nThe 2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season began on October 5, 2007. It was the Atlanta Thrashers' ninth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Regular season\nStarting off 0\u20136\u20130, the Thrashers fired head coach Bob Hartley on October 17, 2007, replacing him on an interim basis with general manager Don Waddell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Regular season\nOn December 23, 2007, Marian Hossa scored just 19 seconds into overtime to give Atlanta a 3\u20132 road win over the St. Louis Blues. Hossa tied Martin Erat, who also scored 15 seconds into the overtime period of the Predators' November 15, 2007, 5\u20134 home win over the Chicago Blackhawks, for the fastest overtime goal of the 2007\u201308 regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Regular season\nExcluding six shootout goals, the Thrashers allowed 266 goals, tied with the Tampa Bay Lightning for the most in the NHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Regular season, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Playoffs\nA year after winning the Southeast Division, the Thrashers failed to qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Playoffs, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Playoffs, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Transactions\nThe Thrashers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Draft picks\nAtlanta's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Draft picks\nAtlanta will pick third in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, behind the Tampa Bay Lightning and Los Angeles Kings, after failing to move up in the draft lottery. The Thrashers will also have the first round pick from the Pittsburgh Penguins, received in the trade for Marian Hossa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194295-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlanta Thrashers season, Farm teams, American Hockey League\nThe Chicago Wolves are the Thrashers American Hockey League affiliate for the 2007\u201308 AHL season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194296-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2007\u201308 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season was the 55th season for the league. The North Carolina Tar Heels won both the regular-season and conference titles. The ACC sent four teams to the NCAA tournament: North Carolina, Duke, Clemson and Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194296-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Players of the week\nThroughout the conference season, the ACC offices name a player and rookie of the week. North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough broke the ACC single-season record for player of the week honors during the 2007\u201308 season with eight awards. The record had previously been seven, held by JJ Redick and Antawn Jamison. The MVP of the ACC Tournament is the automatic winner of the final ACC player of the week of each season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194296-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Conference honors\nACC Conference awards were handed out at the conclusion of the regular season. Tyler Hansbrough was the unanimous choice for ACC player of the year, while Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg won conference Coach of the Year honors for guiding the Hokies to a fourth-place finish after being picked tenth in the preseason. Duke swept the remaining individual honors as Kyle Singler and DeMarcus Nelson won Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 76], "content_span": [77, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194296-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Conference honors, All-Atlantic Coast Conference\nHonorable Mention:Ty Lawson, So., UNC; J. J. Hickson, Fr., NCSU; Deron Washington, Sr., VT; Anthony Morrow, Sr., GT", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 107], "content_span": [108, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194296-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Conference honors, All-ACC Defensive team\nHonorable Mention:Cliff Hammonds, Sr., Clemson; D'Andre Bell, Jr., GT; Tyler Hansbrough, Jr., UNC; Jeff Allen, Fr., VT; Deron Washington, Sr., VT; James Mays, Sr., Clemson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 100], "content_span": [101, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194297-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid season\nAtl\u00e9tico de Madrid finally reached the UEFA Champions League, following its most successful season since its 1995\u201396 league title. In the wake of captain Fernando Torres departing for Liverpool, Atl\u00e9tico responded with the signings of Diego Forl\u00e1n, Thiago Motta, Sim\u00e3o and Jos\u00e9 Antonio Reyes, aimed at propelling the club to the top. A few early defeats caused concern, but the partnership between youngster Sergio Ag\u00fcero and Forl\u00e1n gelled so well that the club managed 66 goals and 64 points. Thanks to the double victory against Sevilla, Atl\u00e9tico managed to take the final spot for the Champions League, surprisingly finishing only three points behind Barcelona in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194298-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Austin Peay Governors basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Austin Peay Governors basketball team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by 18th year head coach Dave Loos, played their home games at the Dunn Center and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 24\u201311, 16\u20134 in OVC play. They won the OVC Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 15 seed in the South region, they lost to Texas in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194299-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian Athletics Championships\nThe 2007\u201308 Australian Athletics Championships was the 86th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 28 February to 1 March 2008 at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194299-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian Athletics Championships\nSome distance events were held separately. The 10,000 metres event took place at the Zatopek 10K on 13 December 2007 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, the men's 5000 metres was held at the Melbourne Track Classic on 21 February 2008 at the Olympic Park Stadium, and the women's 5000 metres was held at the Sydney Track Classic on 16 February 2008 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194300-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007\u201308 Australian Figure Skating Championships was held in Warners Bay from 17 July through 25 August 2007. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, ice dancing, and synchronized skating across many levels, including senior, junior, novice, adult, and the pre-novice disciplines of primary and intermediate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194301-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian bushfire season\nThe Australian bushfire season over the summer of 2007\u20132008, experienced fire occurrence below average for the season as some regions experienced increased rainfall and reduced fuel as a result of extensive fires during the previous 2006\u201307 season, particularly in Victoria where the fires in the 2006\u201307 season burnt over 1.1 million hectares of land. Fires in Victoria during the 2007\u201308 season burnt less than a fifth of the land area usually burnt during an average bushfire season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194301-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian bushfire season\nAn analysis of bushfires in Victoria on public land by the Department of Sustainability and Environment revealed that the 2007\u201308 fires burnt 32,368 hectares, or 18.7% of the long-term average of 173,152 hectares. It was also estimated that 26% of these fires were caused by lightning strikes and 25% by arson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194301-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian bushfire season, Predictions\nIn the 3 months leading up to the summer 2007\u201308, many states and regions experienced far below average rainfalls and when several fires spread through October 2007, which led to predictions of an above average bushfire season, late rainfalls quelled bushfire occurrence later in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194302-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian cricket season\nThe 2007\u201308 Australian cricket season consists of international matches played by the Australian cricket team as well as Australian domestic cricket matches under the auspices of Cricket Australia. The season lasts from October 2007 to March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194302-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian cricket season, Australian Cricket Team\nThe national team reached the semi-finals of the one major international tournament during the season, the World Twenty20 in South Africa, and will also play a number of international matches during tours. Australia are confirmed to host six Test matches, 11 One-day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals, and play seven One-day Internationals abroad, all in a series with India. In addition, tours of Pakistan in March and West Indies in April are on the ICC Future Tours Programme, but no schedule has been confirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194302-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian cricket season, Pura Cup\nThe Pura Cup is scheduled to begin on 12 October with the four-day match between Queensland and Tasmania. After a home and away round robin league, where each team plays 10 first class matches, the two top teams qualify for the five-day final, to be played between 16 March and 20 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194302-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian cricket season, One Day Domestic\nThe One Day Domestic Cup began on 10 October with last season's finalists Queensland losing to Tasmania by 89 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method. As in the Pura Cup, the top two teams after the home and away rounds, which were Tasmania and Victoria, faced off against each other in the final at Bellerive Oval on 23 February. In a tense, rain-affected game, Tasmania just squeezed past Victoria by one wicket under the Duckworth-Lewis method.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194302-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian cricket season, Twenty20 Domestic\nThe KFC Twenty20 Big Bash has been expanded again this season, from 13 to 16 matches in total, so each state plays each other once. The tournament opens on 31 December and lasts until 13 January, coinciding with the second Test between Australia and India. Last season each team would only play four games, and could thus not meet all teams during the round robin stage, but this has now been corrected. Victoria, two-time Twenty20 champions, will, however, play three away games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season\nThe 2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season was a slightly below-average tropical cyclone season. The season began with an early start, with the formation of the first tropical cyclone on 29 July, which was only recognized as a tropical cyclone during post-season analysis. This was the second time that a tropical cyclone had formed during July. The other one was Cyclone Lindsay in the 1996\u20131997 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season\nThe next tropical cyclone that formed was Cyclone Guba, which formed on 13 November with TCWC Port Moresby assigning the name Guba on 14 November, which was the first named storm within TCWC Port Moresby's area of responsibility since Cyclone Epi in June 2003. Guba was also the first cyclone to occur in the Queensland region in November since 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season\nTropical Cyclone Lee also formed on 13 November and was named by TCWC Perth on 14 November, with the system moving into RSMC R\u00e9union's area of responsibility and being renamed Ariel. The next Cyclone to form within the Australian region was Melanie, which formed on 27 December and was named on the 28th by TCWC Perth. Melanie was the first storm of the season to require cyclone watches, and warnings were issued for the Pilbara coast, but it had weakened into a low-pressure area before it made landfall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season\nTropical Cyclone Helen was the first tropical cyclone to form in 2008, in the Southern Hemisphere, forming in TCWC Darwin's area of responsibility. Helen marked the first time that Darwin had experienced a tropical cyclone since Cyclone Gretel in the 1984\u201385 season. Cyclone Nicholas made landfall north of Carnarvon on 20 February as a category one cyclone. Cyclone Ophelia actually formed in TCWC Darwin's area of responsibility, but had moved into TCWC Perth's area when it was named. Tropical Cyclone Pancho formed on 23 March to the south of Christmas Island, and was named by TCWC Perth on 25 March; the system eventually reached category 4 status, with winds of 95\u00a0kn (176\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season\nIn April 2008, Tropical Cyclones Rosie and Durga were the first tropical depressions to be monitored within TCWC Jakarta's area of responsibility and Durga was also the first storm to reach tropical cyclone status and named whilst being monitored by TCWC Jakarta. Durga was also the last storm of the season, which officially ended on 30 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone 01U\nOn 29 July, an area of low pressure, close to the edge of RSMC La Reunion's Area of responsibility, was designated as Tropical Disturbance 01R. However, this number was withdrawn in RSMC La Reunion's post\u2013storm analysis. The JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) on the developing system on 29 July, and initiated warnings on the tropical cyclone late that day, designating it as Tropical Cyclone 01S. However, by this time, the cyclone had crossed 90E and entered TCWC Perth's Area of Responsibility, which designated it as a Tropical Low and issued shipping warnings on the Tropical Low. Early on 30 July, the tropical cyclone began to dissipate, so the JTWC issued their final advisory on the system on that day. and the Bureau of Meteorology issued its last warning the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 871]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone 01U\nDuring post\u2013storm analysis, The Bureau of Meteorology upgraded the tropical low to a tropical cyclone in its post-storm analysis, with maximum 10-min sustained winds of 75\u00a0km/h (45\u00a0mph), based on QuikSCAT observations. The cyclone was estimated to have reached tropical cyclone intensity from 29 to 30 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone 01U\nThe tropical cyclone is the second on record to exist in the Western Australian region in July, the other being Cyclone Lindsay in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Lee\u2013Ariel\nOn 13 November, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Perth began issuing warnings on a developing tropical low that was located within the area of responsibility of TCWC Jakarta. On 14 November, TCWC Perth upgraded the tropical low to tropical cyclone status and assigned it the name Lee, while the cyclone was still in TCWC Jakarta's area of responsibility. Later that day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on Tropical Cyclone Lee, and then designated the storm as Tropical Cyclone 03S shortly after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Lee\u2013Ariel\nThe TCWC in Perth upgraded Lee to category\u00a02 on 15 November. Later that day, TCWC Perth issued its final advisory on Lee as it crossed west of 90\u00b0E, and the system was renamed Severe Tropical Storm Ariel by the Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre in Mauritius; see Tropical Storm Lee\u2013Ariel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Guba\nThe Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Brisbane began issuing warnings on a developing tropical low which was located near the southern Papua New Guinea mainland on 13 November 2007, while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the storm. Later that day, the JTWC issued its first advisory, designating the low as Tropical Cyclone 02P. TCWC Brisbane initiated tropical cyclone advisories on the tropical low early on 14 November. Shortly after, TCWC Brisbane upgraded the system to Tropical Cyclone Guba, which was a name assigned by the TCWC in Port Moresby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Guba\nGuba drifted erratically off the Queensland coast for the next two days, and intensified on 16 November, becoming a Category\u00a03 severe tropical cyclone. Guba was a small, but intense system, forming a well-defined eye. Guba began weakening on 17 November as it started to accelerate to the west towards the Queensland coast. However, it later turned northwards, avoiding the Australian mainland, then north-east while it continued to weaken. TCWC Brisbane downgraded Guba below tropical cyclone strength, and issued its last advisory early on 20 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Guba\nFlooding in Papua New Guinea led to at least 150 deaths. In the Oro Province, about 2,000\u00a0people were evacuated as a result of the flooding. Roads, bridges and 40 houses were washed away, as tides in the area reached two metres high. The provincial capital, Popondetta, had its water supply shut down, and Papua New Guinea's national airline, Air Niugini, suspended flights to Popondetta's main airport. The Rabaraba district in Milne Bay Province was also hit by flooding, with 30 houses and food gardens washed away, and forcing the evacuation of about 100\u00a0people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Guba\nThe government in Papua New Guinea reported that an estimated 145,000\u00a0people were affected from the flooding in Oro Province. Six days of torrential rain led to a damage total of 200\u00a0million kina (US$71.4\u00a0million). Guba was the first tropical cyclone to be assigned a name from Port Moresby's name lists since Tropical Cyclone Epi in 2003. It is the first cyclone to occur in the Queensland region in the month of November since 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 04U (Dama)\nOn 18 December, a Tropical Depression in the south-west Indian Ocean was named Moderate Tropical Storm Dama, monitored by M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France. The system then moved south-east, entering the area of responsibility of Perth's Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, east of 90\u00b0E. The storm however, was not at Tropical Cyclone strength when it crossed the area, but was still a tropical depression, in which the Perth TCWC began issuing shipping warnings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Melanie\nOn 27 December, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Perth identified a Tropical Low near 11.2\u00b0S and 117.2\u00b0E, and began issuing shipping warnings for the developing system. Early on 28 December, the TCWC in Perth upgraded the tropical low to a tropical cyclone and named it Melanie. The cyclone moved southwards, then turned to the south-west on 29 December and strengthened to a Category\u00a02 (Australian scale). Cyclone watches and warnings were issued for the Pilbara coast. On 30 December Melanie began to weaken and become less organised. Melanie continued to weaken and the system was downgraded to Category\u00a01 status on 31 December. Continued weakening took place thereafter and it weakened below cyclone status early on 2 January, when the final advisory was issued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 855]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Helen\nIn late December a tropical low formed over the Top End which was slow moving in the eastern Top End on 29 December, which began moving west during 1 January at the base of the Top End. By the evening of 2 January the Tropical low moved into the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0012-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Helen\nOn 3 January at 11 am ACST (0130 UTC) the TCWC in Darwin, Australia, located near the edge of their Area of Responsibility, with TCWC Perth, declared a Tropical Cyclone Warning for the coastal areas from Mitchell Plateau in Western Australia to the Daly River Mouth in Northern Territory with a Tropical Cyclone Watch declared for coastal areas from the Daly River Mouth to Goulburn Island which also included Darwin. Later that day a TCFA was issued by the JTWC who then upgraded the low to a Tropical Cyclone designating the cyclone 10S later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0012-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Helen\nOn 4 January at 8 am ACST (2230 UTC), TCWC Darwin upgraded the Tropical Cyclone Warning to include Darwin, by 11am ACST (0103 UTC) the TCWC Darwin upgraded the Tropical low to Tropical Cyclone Helen which was located 380\u00a0km to the west/south west of Darwin moving towards the north East. During the afternoon of 4 January Tropical Cyclone Helen was steadily moving towards the east to the Daly River Mouth region. At approximately 7pm ACST (0930 UTC)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0012-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Helen\nTCWC Darwin upgraded the intensity to 50\u00a0knots (Category\u00a02), making landfall at Channel Point approximately 130\u00a0km southwest of Darwin at 10pm ACST (1230 UTC), It soon started to weaken due to interaction with land and it weakened into a tropical low on 5 January as it had become less organised. On 6 January the JTWC issued its final warning on Tropical Cyclone Helen, and then later that day TCWC Darwin followed suit and issued its final advisory on Tropical Low Ex-Helen as it approached TCWC Brisbane's Area of Responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Helen\nThe strongest wind gust recorded was at Charles Point Lighthouse with 120\u00a0kilometres an hour recorded during the Tropical Cyclone with Darwin Airport recording 102\u00a0kilometres an hour around 2 am ACST making it the first time since April 1985 for Darwin to experience Category\u00a01 or more since Cyclone Gretel passed Darwin on 12 April 1985. Damages from the storm amounted to an estimated A$21.5\u00a0million (US$15\u00a0million).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 07U\nOn 31 December, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Perth identified a Tropical Low north north-west of the Cocos Islands, and began issuing shipping warnings. The low then moved south-west for the next few days, where it proceeded to enter an area of high vertical wind shear, and began to rapidly weaken. The TCWC issued its final shipping warning on 2 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low (17S)\nOn 4 February, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Perth identified a Tropical Low South west of Christmas Island, and began issuing shipping warnings. Initially it was predicted that the system would intensify into a tropical cyclone but later on 4 February, the cyclone began to weaken with the final gale warnings being issued by TCWC Perth later that day. Over the next few days the system drifted eastwards and then on 6 February began showing signs of intensification. The following day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued its first advisory, designating the low as Tropical Cyclone 17S. Later that day TCWC Perth reinstated Gale warnings on the tropical low. On 10 February The TCWC Perth and the JTWC issued their final advisories on the system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Nicholas\nOn 10 February, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Perth identified a Tropical Low near 16.0\u00b0S and 124.7\u00b0E, and began issuing tropical cyclone advisories on the system. On 12 February, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing system. Later in the day, the JTWC issued its first advisory, designating it as Tropical Cyclone 19S. Early on 13 February, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Perth upgraded the tropical low to a tropical cyclone and named it \"Nicholas\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 83], "content_span": [84, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Nicholas\nOn 16 February, Nicholas was upgraded to a Severe Tropical Cyclone, but it was downgraded back to a tropical cyclone on 18 February. Nicholas squirmed around Western Australia before finally making landfall north of Carnarvon on 20 February. Once inland, TCWC Perth discontinued advisories. The cyclone caused gales over the North West cape in Western Australia, and the town of Exmouth was on high alert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 83], "content_span": [84, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Ophelia\nOn 27 February 2008 the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Darwin identified a Tropical Low near the Northern Territory, and began issuing tropical cyclone advisories on the system. On 29 February, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing system. On 1 March, the JTWC issued their first warning on Tropical Cyclone 21S. The low moved into TCWC Perth's area of responsibility during the day. The low strengthened as it moved off the Kimberley coast, and was upgraded to Tropical Cyclone Ophelia by TCWC Perth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0017-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Ophelia\nOphelia intensified to a Category\u00a02 cyclone on the Australian scale early on 2 March. The JTWC briefly upgraded Ophelia to a Category\u00a01 cyclone on the Saffir\u2013Simpson scale later that day, but was downgraded to a tropical storm on the next advisory. Ophelia continued on a general south-westerly track parallel to the coast, and eventually weakened out to sea as TCWC Perth discontinued advisories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 20P\nEarly on 28 February, Tropical Cyclone Warning Center Brisbane identified a Tropical low which was located about 100\u00a0nmi (190\u00a0km) north-east of Townsville, Queensland and started issuing Gale Warnings on the low  Later that day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on this tropical low which was located north-east of Australia. The next day, the JTWC issued its first advisory on the Tropical Low designating it as Tropical Cyclone 20P. Later that day, the JTWC issued its final advisory on the system noting the storm was becoming extratropical. However TCWC Brisbane continued to issue warnings on this Tropical Low as it approached the edge of Brisbane's Area off responsibility. On 1 March TCWC Brisbane issued its final Gale warning for the northern region as the Low moved into TCWC Wellingtons Area of responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 938]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Pancho\nOn 23 March a Tropical low formed south-west of Christmas Island. The next day TCWC Perth, began issuing shipping warnings on the Tropical low. Later that day the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert, on the tropical low. They then started issuing warnings that day designating it as Tropical Cyclone 26S. The low then intensified into a Tropical Cyclone and was named Pancho by TCWC Perth early on 25 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0019-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Pancho\nThe next day, Pancho became a severe tropical cyclone on the Australian scale, with Pancho rapidly intensified into a minimal Category\u00a0four cyclone on the Australian scale on 27 March. However, during the 28th, Tropical Cyclone Pancho entered an area of increasing vertical wind shear and cooler sea surface temperatures and within a few hours it was downgraded back to a Category\u00a02 cyclone on the Australian scale. The cyclone then weakened back to a tropical low about 300\u00a0kilometres south-west of the Western Australian Gascoyne coast with gale-force winds remaining south of the low. with both TCWC Perth and the JTWC issuing their final warnings on Pancho that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Pancho\nThe remnants of Pancho produced much needed rains over the drought-stricken areas of SW Western Australia. Mandurah, Garden Island, and Rottnest recorded the highest rainfall totals during the event at 56.4\u00a0mm (2.22\u00a0in), 49.8\u00a0mm (1.96\u00a0in) and 49.4\u00a0mm (1.94\u00a0in) respectively. The heavy rains caused some flooding along several roads, forcing officials to temporarily shut them down. Large swells from the storm also washed rocks onto the roads near Exmouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Rosie\nLate on 20 April, the JTWC, TCWC Jakarta and TCWC Perth all started to monitor a tropical low that had developed within the monsoon trough, about 1030\u00a0km (640\u00a0mi), to the south-west of Jakarta, Indonesia. During 21 April, convection surrounding the system rapidly developed in generally favourable conditions and organized around a low level circulation centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0021-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Rosie\nTCWC Jakarta and TCWC Perth then reported at 1500\u00a0UTC (2300\u00a0WST), that the low had developed into a category 1 tropical cyclone, before six hours later the JTWC followed suit and assigned it the designation 28S. However the cyclone was not named as Rosie, until early the next day after it had moved out of TCWC Jakarta's area of responsibility and moved into Perth's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0021-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Rosie\nAs Rosie moved into TCWC Perth's area of responsibility, both TCWC Perth and the JTWC reported that the system had peaked with windspeeds of 95\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph), which meant that it was a category two tropical cyclone on the Australian scale and equivalent to a tropical storm on the SSHS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Rosie\nAfter it had been named, Rosie weakened into a category one tropical cyclone with the low level circulation centre became devoid of convection as it moved towards the south-southeast towards Christmas Island. However convection redeveloped over the system later that day, but failed to become sustained or organized, as a result TCWC Perth reported early on 23 April, that Rosie had weakened into a tropical low despite it having 10-min windspeeds of 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0022-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Rosie\nDuring that day convection and gale-force winds eventually became confined to the south-east quadrant of the cyclone before the JTWC and TCWC Perth issued their final advisories on Rosie during 24 April as all convection surrounding the system had weakened and dissipated. During its lifetime, the only area that Tropical Cyclone Rosie affected was Christmas Island which recorded 52.8\u00a0mm (2.08\u00a0in) of rain between 21 and 23 April. Early on 22 April, heavy swells of between 5\u20137\u00a0metres (16\u201323\u00a0ft) affected Christmas Island, and caused some damage facilities on the shore and tore a mooring from its anchor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Durga\nOn 20 April, TCWC Perth and TCWC Jakarta both started to monitor a Tropical Low that was located within the South-West Indian Ocean about 2847\u00a0km (1769\u00a0mi) to the west of Jakarta, Indonesia. The low had developed within a monsoon trough of low pressure, however a moderate amount of northerly wind shear located over the system was hampering any further development of the system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0023-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Durga\nOver the next few days as the low moved towards the southeast, the wind shear gradually decreased, which meant that convection was able to wrap around the system's low level circulation centre and help it develop into a category one tropical cyclone on 22 April. As the system developed into a category one tropical cyclone, it moved into TCWC Jakarta's area of responsibility who named it Durga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names\nAt the start of the Tropical Cyclone Year in July, tropical lows that developed into tropical cyclones were named by one of the four tropical cyclone warning centres, which each had their own list of names. However, by January 2008, a fifth TCWC in Jakarta, Indonesia had become operational and subsequently in April 2008 named Tropical Low 23U, Durga. In November 2007, TCWC Port Moresby named Tropical Low 03U, Guba which was the first time that they had named a system since Tropical Cyclone Epi in 2002\u201303.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194303-0024-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names\nDuring the season, TCWC Perth named 5 systems and identified a sixth that occurred in July 2007 that should have been named Lee operationally, while TCWC Darwin named 1 system and TCWC Brisbane named none. After the season, TCWC Perth, Darwin and Brisbane merged their naming lists into one list, while the names Guba and Helen were retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194304-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Austrian Football Bundesliga\nThe 2007\u201308 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 96th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition is officially called T-Mobile Bundesliga, named after the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season started on 8 July 2007, and the 36th and last round of matches took place on 26 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194304-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Results\nTeams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194305-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Austrian Football First League\nThe 2007\u201308 Austrian Football First League season was the 34th season of second level league football in Austria. It was the sixth season that it used the name Red Zac First League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194306-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Austrian Hockey League season\nThe 2007\u201308 Austrian Hockey League season was the 78th season of the Austrian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. 10 teams participated in the league, and EC Red Bull Salzburg won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194307-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Austrian National League season\nThe 2007-08 Austrian National League season was contested by nine teams, and saw EC-TREND Dornbirn win the championship. The top eight teams from the regular season qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194308-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azadegan League\nThe following is the standings of the 2007\u201308 Azadegan League football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194308-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azadegan League, Final\n(Sepahan Novin did not show up, Payam awarded championship 2007-08)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194308-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azadegan League, Final, June 2008\nSepahan Officials tried to show that Sepahan Novin is an independent from Sepahan and changed the board of directors of Sepahan Novin, which was not accepted by IRIFF, so Foolad F.C. promoted to 2008\u201309 Persian Gulf Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194308-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azadegan League, Final, July 2008\nNumber of teams increased to 28 teams. Homa, Machine Sazi, Shahin Ahvaz, Shemushack still remain in 2008\u201309 Azadegan League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194309-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Cup\nThe Azerbaijan Cup 2007\u201308 was the 16th season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan with the final taking place on 24 May 2008. Sixteen teams competed in this year's competition. Khazar-Lenkoran were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194309-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Cup, Round of 16\nThe first legs were played on October 24 and 31, 2007 while the second legs were played on October 31 and November 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194309-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs were played on March 6 and 7, 2008 while the second legs were played on March 18 and 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194309-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Cup, Semifinals\nThe first legs were played on April 9, 2008. The second legs were played on April 23, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194310-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azerbaijan First Division\nIn the 2007\u201308 season, the Azerbaijan First Division\u2014the second tier of professional football in Azerbaijan\u2014was organised in two groups, A and B, each with 10 teams. The top three teams in each group entered a playoff competition. The winning team was Bak\u0131l\u0131 PFK of Baku.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194311-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Premier League is the 16th season of Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Khazar Lankaran were the defending champions, having won the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194311-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams\nShahdag Qusar were relegated after finishing the previous season in 13th. FK G\u00e4nc\u00e4, who were excluded from the league the previous season, also wouldn't take part in the 2007-08 season. On 13 August 2007 UEFA declared MKT Araz defunct and withdrew their participation from the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194311-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams\nThey were replaced by ABN B\u00e4rd\u00e4, Masall\u0131 and Standard Baku from the Azerbaijan First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194311-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams, Stadia and locations\n1Karabakh played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194311-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194312-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 B Group\nThe 2007\u201308 B Group was the 53rd season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The season started on 18 August 2007 and finished on 24 May 2008 with the A Group promotion play-off between the runners-up from both divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194313-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BAI Basket\nThe 2007\u201308 Season of BAI Basket (30th edition) ran from November 21, 2008 through May 16, 2009, with 12 teams playing in three different stages: in stage one (regular season) teams played a double round robin system. In stage two, the six best teams played a single round robin tournament in serie A and the last six did the same for the consolation group, serie B. Finally, in stage three (final four) the best four teams from serie A played in a round robin at four rounds for the title. The winners of the regular season and of the serie A are awarded a bonus point for the serie A and the final four, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194314-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BC Mures season\nBC Mures finished the 2007\u20132008 half season in 8th place with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses. The team had the best offense in the Romanian first division with 1163 points (89,46 points/game), but also held the worst defense record with 1164 (89,53 points/game). Midway through the season,   Troy Selvey and  Jon Clark were waived by the management, even though both players were loved by the fans of BC Mures. To replace these players, management signed two players from the United States: Louis Truscott a 29-year-old, 200\u00a0cm and Frank Edward Russell, a  24-year-old, 211\u00a0cm center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194314-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 BC Mures season\nJay Anderson, the forward who was injured in the team's first game, missed the entire season and was replaced by Luke McKenna. BC Mures finished the regular season in 8th place with a record of 15 wins and 11 losses. The team led in points scored, but also in points conceded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194314-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BC Mures season\nIn the first round of the playoffs, BC Mures were paired against league leaders Asesoft Ploiesti. After losing the first away game by a narrow margin, they were defeated on their home court in an elimination game. Playing for the 5-8th place with  playmaker JuJuan Cooley out, the team did not get another win, cementing their position as eighth in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194314-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BC Mures season\nThe Romanian Basketball Federation decided to increase the number of participants for the 08\u201309 season from 14 clubs to 16 clubs. In this case none of the clubs that played in the last season relegated to div. 2. CS Energia Rovinari and CSS ``U`` Craiova are the two new summer clubs that will complete the Romanian Basketball Division A team list. After the folding of the Rm. Valcea club there were only 15 teams left to start the championship race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194314-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BC Mures season, Pre-season\nBc Mures played 4 games with Romanian teams and participated at an international friendly Cup in Hungary \"Gocsej Cup\". For details click the main article above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 BCHL season is the 46th season of the British Columbia Hockey League. It began on September 7, 2007, and ran through February 27, 2008, followed by the Fred Page Cup Playoffs, ending in April, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season\nScott Knowles of the Surrey Eagles scored the first goal of the season against the Langley Chiefs on September 7 in one of seven games on opening night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season\nThe Nanaimo Clippers and Vernon Vipers matched up for the first time since the 2007 Fred Page Cup Finals on November 16, 2007 at Nanaimo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, Final Regular Season Statistics, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; Top six teams in each conference qualified for post-season playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 74], "content_span": [75, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, Final Regular Season Statistics, Conference Standings, Interior Conference\nx - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 95], "content_span": [96, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, Final Regular Season Statistics, Conference Standings, Coastal Conference\nx - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 94], "content_span": [95, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, Final Regular Season Statistics, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, Final Regular Season Statistics, Scoring leaders, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 90], "content_span": [91, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, Playoff seeds\nAfter the 2007\u201308 BCHL regular season, the standard of 12 teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, Playoff Bracket\nIn each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage, which gives them a maximum possible four games on their home ice, with the other team getting a maximum possible three. The opening elimination round follows a best-of-five 2-2-1 format. Each best-of-seven series follows a 2\u20132\u20131\u20131\u20131 format. This means that the higher-seeded team will have Games 1 and 2, plus 5 and 7 if necessary, played on their home ice, while the lower-seeded team will be at home for the other games. The format ensures that the team with home ice advantage will always have home ice for the \"extra\" game if there are an odd number of games in a series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, All Star Game\nThe BCHL All-Star Game was played at the Bear Mountain Arena in Victoria, British Columbia on January 23, 2008. The Coastal Conference All-Stars won the game 15-9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, All Star Game\nF Scott Knowles (Surrey Eagles)F Carlo Finucci (Burnaby Express)F Eric Filiou (Nanaimo Clippers)D Jordie Benn (Victoria Grizzlies)D Matt Irwin (Nanaimo Clippers)G Michael Garman (Nanaimo Clippers)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, All Star Game\nF Hunter Bishop (Vernon Vipers)F Zac Dalpe (Penticton Vees)F Jordy Christian (Prince George Spruce Kings)D Zac Josepher (Penticton Vees)D Ryan DeVries (Prince George Spruce Kings)G Alex Evin (Penticton Vees)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, All Star Game\nD Brad Hunt (Burnaby Express)D Nolan Julseth-White (Langley Chiefs)F Clinton Pettapiece (Cowichan Valley Capitals)F Russell Goodman (Nanaimo Clippers)D Chris Ickert (Langley Chiefs)F Brodie Reid (Burnaby Express)F Taylor Stefishen (Langley Chiefs)F Mikael Bedard (Nanaimo Clippers)D Phil Magistrale (Surrey Eagles)F Clay Harvey (Powell River Kings)G Chris Rawlings (Powell River Kings)G Matthew Wong (Victoria Grizzlies)F Brooks Robinson (Cowichan Valley Capitals)F Daniel Moriarty (Alberni Valley Bulldogs)F Derek Grant  (Langley Chiefs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194315-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BCHL season, All Star Game\nG Damien Ketlo (Prince George Spruce Kings)D Damon Kipp (Salmon Arm Silverbacks)D Jeff Forsythe (Prince George Spruce Kings)F Denver Manderson (Penticton Vees)D Michael Glacair (Salmon Arm Silverbacks)F Derek Lee (Salmon Arm Silverbacks)F Austin Smith (Penticton Vees)F David Arduin (Trail Smoke Eaters)F John Williams (Quesnel Millionaires)D Justin Schultz (Westside Warriors)F Kevin Walrod (Westside Warriors)F Erick Ruud (Merritt Centennials)G Shane Mainprize (Merritt Centennials)D Derrick Walser (Toronto Marlies)F Trevor Bailey (Westside Warriors)F Kevin Limbert (Trail Smoke Eaters)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194316-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. This was head coach Dave Rose's third season at BYU. The Cougars competed in the Mountain West Conference and played their home games at the Marriott Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194317-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bahraini Premier League, Overview\nIt was contested by 12 teams, and Muharraq Club won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194318-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Mid-American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194318-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team, Preseason\nBilly Taylor replaced Ronny Thompson as head coach of the team. Only Peyton Stovall, Brandon Lampley, Anthony Newell and Rashaun McLemore (who redshirted) would return from last year's team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194318-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 58], "content_span": [59, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194319-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bangladeshi cricket season\nThe 2007\u201308 Bangladeshi cricket season featured a Test series between Bangladesh and South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194319-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bangladeshi cricket season, Test series\nSouth Africa played two Test matches and three One Day Internationals, winning both Tests and all three ODIs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194320-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barangay Ginebra Kings season\nThe 2007\u201308 Barangay Ginebra Kings season was the 29th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194320-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barangay Ginebra Kings season, Key dates\nAugust 19: The 2007 PBA Draft took place at Market! Market! in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194320-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barangay Ginebra Kings season, Fiesta Conference, Game log\nNote: Last playing date on July 6 was originally scheduled on June 22", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Barnsley F.C. competed in the Championship, where they finished 18th, and also competed in the FA Cup and League Cup, where they were eliminated in the semi-final and second round respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, Preparation for 2007/08\nAt the end of the season, Barnsley announced the release of first team members Antony Kay, Neil Austin, and Marc Richards. Strikers Daniel Nardiello and Paul Hayes then left to join QPR and Scunthorpe United, respectively. Paul Heckingbottom also agreed a loan move to his former club Bradford City, until the end of January. Manager Simon Davey was quite prolific in the summer transfer window, bringing in no less than fourteen new players and spending around \u00a31 million, the majority of this on three strikers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, Preparation for 2007/08, New players\nStrikers: Kayode Odejayi (Cheltenham), Miguel Mostto (Cienciano), Kim Christensen (Odense Boldklub)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, Preparation for 2007/08, New players\nMidfield: Anderson Silva de Franca (On loan from Everton), Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Southend United), Dominik Werling (Sakaryaspor), Andy Johnson (Leicester City), Rohan Ricketts (Wolverhampton Wanderers)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, Preparation for 2007/08, New players\nDefenders: Rob Kozluk (Sheffield United),  Dennis Souza (RAEC Mons), Lewin Nyatanga (on loan from Derby), Stephen Foster (Burnley), Marciano Bruma (Sparta Rotterdam)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Overview\nWith the departure of six first team players (Daniel Nardiello, Paul Hayes, Antony Kay, Paul Heckingbottom, Neil Austin and Marc Richards), Simon Davey dipped heavily into the summer transfer market and ultimately brought in fourteen new players, the majority of whom were foreign. The most successful of these signings included goalkeeper Heinz Muller, midfielders Anderson and Jamal Campbell-Ryce, and a new defensive line-up made up of Rob Kozluk, Dennis Souza, Stephen Foster and Lewin Nyatanga (who returned on an extended loan spell after becoming a fan favourite).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Overview\nBarnsley had a very positive start to the season, surpassing expectations and finding themselves in the top six of the Football League Championship with ten games played. Most of the summer signings found their way into the squad early on, making it quite common for there only to be two or three players in the starting eleven who were with the club in the previous season. Top scorer Brian Howard was rumored to have attracted Premiership interest along with new signings Heinz Muller, Dennis Souza and even manager Simon Davey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Overview\nThe team managed to maintain a decent level of consistency, remaining in the top half of the table throughout the first half of the season. Derby striker Jon Macken arrived on loan in November, and scored his first three goals for the club in his last two matches before being recalled by Derby at the end of December along with Lewin Nyatanga. Barnsley's form finally began to stutter through December and January, when they went for eight league games without a victory and dropped to 16th in the table. They did, however, beat both Blackpool and Southend in the FA Cup to secure passage to the last sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Overview\nThe first new signing of the January window was Spanish midfielder Diego Le\u00f3n, followed by a short-term loan signing for Miguel Tininho and a controversial loan deal for ex-reds striker Daniel Nardiello (who had turned down a contract offer to leave the club for QPR the previous summer). Shortly before the transfer window closed, Davey signed previously-loaned players Jon Macken from Derby County and Anderson from Everton (each for an undisclosed six-figure fee), as well as securing yet another loan spell for Lewin Nyatanga, with a fee agreed for a permanent summer switch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Overview\nOutgoing from the club was reserve goalkeeper Nick Colgan to Championship rivals Ipswich, so an injury to first-choice keeper Heinz Muller forced a late loan deal for goalkeeper Tony Warner on a month's loan from Fulham. Anderson also suffered an injury in late February which would keep him out for up to seven months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Overview\nBarnsley continued to maintain their lower mid-table position in the Championship, unable to put a winning streak together. On 16 February, the team travelled to Anfield to play Liverpool in the 5th round of the FA Cup and pulled off a surprise 2\u20131 victory, with a strong defensive display and a 'Man of the Match', 'Player of the Round' performance from loaned keeper Luke Steele (who was brought in at the last minute for cup-tied Tony Warner).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Overview\nAfter conceding a goal in the first half, it was Stephen Foster who equalised in the second and captain Brian Howard who scored the last-gasp winner which allowed them to progress to the quarter finals for the first time since 1999, where they would face Chelsea at Oakwell. Here, the Tykes put in a 'sensational' performance against the FA Cup holders and 'Player of the Round' Kayode Odejayi's second-half header (only his second goal of the season) was enough to put the Yorkshire side into the semi-final for the first time since they won the cup in 1912.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0010-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Overview\nEven Chelsea boss Avram Grant admitted after the game that the Championship side fully deserved their win . With Portsmouth the only Premiership side remaining in the competition, what had begun as a shock result at Anfield had now developed into a genuine chance to reclaim their FA Cup glory, and when they were drawn against Cardiff City in the semi-finals a repeat of the historic final versus West Bromwich Albion was well on the cards. However, in front of a Wembley crowd of 82,752 they narrowly lost the game 1\u20130 to Cardiff thanks to an 8th-minute strike from Joe Ledley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Overview\nMeanwhile, in the league, losses against Crystal Palace, Sheffield United and Burnley saw them drop to a precarious position and relegation fears were brewing, but a surprise 3\u20130 away win at Watford followed by a 1\u20132 victory at Preston North End were a big boost to their survival hopes. Their survival was secured on the second-to-last matchday with a 3\u20130 home victory over Charlton, and they eventually finished at 18th in the league with 55 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley started off their second season back in the Championship in the worst way possible way with this 4\u20131 home drubbing. Leon McKenzie put the Sky Blues in front before Brian Howard equalised from the penalty spot. In the second half, goals from Kevin Kyle, Julian Gray and Michael Mifsud tied up an easy win for the sky blues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nThe Reds faced Darlington in the League Cup First Round three days later. After a dull first half, Reds substitute Istvan Ferenczi, who replaced Miguel Mostto scored with his first touch, a header from Rob Kozluk's cross. Former Tyke Tommy Wright then levelled for Darlington before Reds skipper Paul Reid rifled a bouncing ball into the net to seal Barnsley's passage to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley's first away game ended 2\u20132 at Colchester United. Brian Howard grabbed the first goal of the game for Barnsley after Dean Gerken brought down Kayode Odejayi and was sent off. Close to half time veteran Teddy Sheringham netted his first goal for Colchester. After the restart Matthew Connolly scored Colchester's second goal, heading in Johnnie Jackson's cross. On fifty minutes Barnsley skipper Paul Reid was sent off after elbowing Teddy Sheringham. Both teams were down to ten men. After Grant McCann's corner, Johnnie Jackson was guilty of handball, Brian Howard stepped up and struck the ball into the top right hand corner. The hard-fought game ended 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nThe Reds got their first win of the season at home to Plymouth in a game that shouldn't have been so nervy. Istvan Ferenczi put the Reds ahead after a neat move. A bullet free-kick by Dominik Werling sent them in 2\u20130 up. Brian Howard effectively put the game beyond doubt with a header. But Barry Hayles and Nick Chadwick reduced the deficit to 3\u20132 but Barnsley held on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nPremier League class showed in the Magpies 2\u20130 win. The Reds held out until half time at 0\u20130. In the 57th minute, Alan Smith released Michael Owen who slid the ball under Barnsley keeper Heinz Muller. Obafemi Martins then doubled the lead on 86 minutes with a shot that was thought to be taken down by the arm but the goal was awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nWest Brom taught Barnsley harsh lessons at the Hawthorns in a comfortable 2\u20130 victory. Filipe Teixeira lashed Albion in front after thirty minutes and Craig Beattie benefited from poor defending and beat Heinz Muller with ease. The Reds hardly troubled the hosts despite although Anderson was unlucky to see his effort saved by Dean Kiely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nAfter a modest start Barnsley picked up the pace and managed to bag a couple of goals. An own goal from Marcus Williams just before half time and Kayode Odejayi in the 65th minute. This gained Barnsley their first clean sheet of the season and a 2\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA second clean sheet saw Barnsley do well to maintain possession and both teams had a fair number of chances to take all three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nAn absolutely thrilling away game ended in victory for Barnsley, two free kicks from Grant McCann giving the Tykes a good lead in the first half. Marek Saganowski managed to pull one back for the home side just before half-time. Reds full-back Dominik Werling was sent off after 27 minutes, and the game ended in memorable fashion with a goal at each end deep in stoppage time; Inigo Idiakez with the equalizer for Southampton only for Martin Devaney to scare a last-minute winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA decent game with the reds dominating the majority of the first half. However, Barnsley fell behind courtesy of Cardiff's Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink on the 73rd minute. Nevertheless, the reds managed an equaliser on the 83rd minute through a Brian Howard header.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley's most decisive win of the season yet came against a Bristol City side who had thus far been undefeated in the league. The team created chances throughout and for the most part dominated the first half, but it was in the second half that goals from Brian Howard, Dennis Souza and Martin Devaney exposed the shortcomings of the away team and led the reds to victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA tricky away game at the valley brought another solid performance from Barnsley, keeping the sheet clean until the 82nd minute when Zheng Zhi netted a goal for the home side. However Barnsley fought back, and in injury time substitute Kim Christensen scored his first goal for the club to earn a dramatic away point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley extend their unbeaten run to seven games with this draw, going one goal down after ten minutes with Andy Gray finding the net for the away side but Miguel Mostto scored his first goal for Barnsley in the second half to bring them a point from this game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA debacle of a performance saw Fraizer Campbell bag a brace and Dean Marney score late on condemn the Reds to their first defeat in seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nThe disappointing form continued for Barnsley, with goals from Collins John and Patrick Kisnorbo condemning them to another defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nThe Reds claimed a win over struggling Preston courtesy of a first-half header from Istvan Ferenczi, in his first match after a month-long injury spell. The away side had a huge chance to equalize in the dying seconds of the game when they were awarded a penalty, but keeper Heinz Muller made a stunning save to tip it round the post and maintain his clean sheet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBrian Howard opened the scoring in this match with his fourth penalty of the season, after a foul on Sam Togwell. Blackpool had a man sent off in the second half but continued to fight back bravely. Istvan Ferenczi widened the gap in the second half with another goal from a header, but Blackpool pulled one back minutes later thanks to Keith Southern. The away team continued to create chances but Barnsley maintained their lead thanks to another superb performance from goalkeeper Heinz Muller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA solitary goal by Neill Collins was enough to see Wolves overcome the Reds. Hungarian forward Istvan Ferenczi was denied his third goal in as many games when his header was controversially ruled out by female assistant Amy Rayner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA thrilling victory at Oakwell. Two goals in quick succession from Brian Howard and Martin Devaney look like giving Barnsley a 2 \u2013 0 lead going into half time but two headers from Watford defender Danny Shittu made things all square going into the break. In the second half, Barnsley won win after Richard Lee's blunder from Brian Howard cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nThe South Yorkshire derby was settled on the hour mark by a header from Akpo Sodje. Barnsley fail again to win at Hillsborough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley claimed an unexpected point away at Portman Road, becoming the first team this season to leave Ipswich with anything. In a pretty even game there were chances at both ends but Barnsley would have been the happier of the two teams after ending Ipswich's 100% home record and ended their own run of four straight away defeats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA comfortable home win for Barnsley in a match where the away side managed only one shot on target. Istvan Ferenczi scored the only goal of the game just after half time, and minutes later goalkeeper Heinz Muller made a spectacular penalty save at the other end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nAnother goalless draw for Barnsley thanks to another strong performance from Heinz Muller, holding off the Crystal Palace attackers and retaining another point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nThis yorkshire derby was decided only by a Matthew Kilgallon goal in the 64th minute of play, Barnsley again failing to produce any away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nThe first four goals of the game came in quick succession towards the end of the first half, to make the scoreline 2\u20132 at half time. The reds twice took the lead through a 25-yard strike from Jon Macken, and a header Dennis Souza, however both of which were cancelled out by Enoch Showunmi. Ultimately, a last-minute goal from Darren Byfield put the home side in front and denied any points for Barnsley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nThis controversial encounter brought a total of three penalties, one for each side in the first half and the final one awarded in the final minutes of play, allowing Stoke to take a point from Oakwell despite Jon Macken's second and third goals of the season. Brian Howard also found the net but said penalties and a well worked set piece gave Liam Lawrence a hat-trick to save Stoke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nSam Togwell opened the scoring in this match after only sixteen seconds of play, and it was Jamal Campbell-Ryce with a rising drive to put Barnsley 2\u20130 up at half time. However, a brace from substitute Bradley Wright-Phillips evened the score in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nAnother high-scoring draw saw the Reds come from behind to draw with Scunthorpe at Glanford Park. Ian Morris and Kelly Youga scored just before and just after half-time respectively to put Scunthorpe 2\u20130 up. However, Grant McCann pulled the deficit back with a firm volley after his free-kick was blocked by the wall. Andy Crosby handled Miguel Mostto's shot in the dying seconds and Brian Howard netted in the seventh minute of added time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley made a late comeback against Blackpool in order to progress past the third round of the FA Cup for the first time since 1999. They went a goal down after half an hour after a goal from David Fox, and goalkeeper Heinz Muller had to be substituted at half-time due to injury, with reserve keeper Kyle Letheren coming on. With 15 minutes remaining, defender Stephen Foster scored his first goal for Barnsley with a crafty back-heel from a corner and four minutes later 19 year old striker Michael Coulson put his team ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA strong first half performance but a poor second half saw Barnsley lose at Oakwell for the first time since opening day. Martin Devaney scored an impressive opener to put them a goal ahead at half-time, but the opposition came away with three goals in the second. Ched Evans, Mark Fotheringham and Dion Dublin got the Canaries' goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley continue to struggle in the league, defeat at QPR meant that they haven't tasted victory in the Championship for eight games, and drop to 16th place in the league. Patrick Agyemang and Rowan Vine consigned the Reds to defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0043-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA fantastic strike by Jamal Campbell-Ryce against his old employers and an inspired performance by Heinz Muller ensured that the Reds sealed their place in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup. This was the Reds' first away win since they beat Southampton away back in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0044-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA goal from Jon Macken, who had just signed a permanent deal to return to Oakwell after his loan spell, sealed Barnsley's first league win since early December to re-affirm the team's strong home record. The result was even better given the fact that keeper Heinz Muller played nearly the whole game on just one leg. Stephen Foster was forced to take his goal-kicks for him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0045-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nFor the second time this season, and third meeting in a row, Coventry secured an emphatic victory over the reds. Leon Best opened the scoring just before half time. The second half was evenly matched but in the last twenty minutes the hosts ran riot with Julian Gray, Jay Tabb and Best all scoring. A dismal afternoon was for the visitors summed up as Brian Howard and Dennis Souza began fighting amongst each other at 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0046-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nThe tykes maintained their strong home form with an impressive win over current league leaders West Bromwich Albion, a goal each in the first half for strikers Jon Macken and Daniel Nardiello. West Brom fought back in the second half and James Morrison pulled one back for his team, but Barnsley managed to hold on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0047-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA nightmare start to the match for Barnsley, as defender Lewin Nyatanga was shown a straight red card after just three minutes of play, and Steven MacLean opened the scoring for Plymouth from the resulting free kick. Down to ten men, Barnsley managed to hold off the home side until the final 15 minutes, when Plymouth d\u00e9butante Jamie Mackie scored twice to make the win decisive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0048-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley pulled off a huge shock in the fifth round of the FA Cup, beating Liverpool at Anfield to progress to the quarter finals for the first time since 1999. Dirk Kuyt opened the scoring in the first half, but Stephen Foster headed in the equaliser in the second while loaned goalkeeper Luke Steele made several saves to keep Barnsley in the game. It was captain Brian Howard with the last-gasp winner, a shot struck firmly into the bottom corner, after being denied a stonewall penalty", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0049-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nReds boss Simon Davey named an unchanged side from the side that beat Liverpool. However, Barnsley made a poor performance with the only goal of the game going to Norwich's Jamie Cureton in the 26th minute of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0050-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA poor game played out in shocking conditions ended 0\u20130 between the Reds and QPR. Reds striker Istvan Ferenczi missed two sitters in the first half but the wind got the better of both sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0051-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nAnother game affected by wind ended 0\u20130. Neither team had the best of a poor game but arguably Luke Steele kept Wednesday out and the game ended with Rob Kozluk being sent off in the dying minutes for two lunges on Marcus Tudgay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0052-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley were outplayed in this away game but managed to hold out for the draw. The first goal came from Gary Taylor-Fletcher after 20 minutes, but Jamal Campbell-Ryce bagged an equaliser just before the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0053-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA Kayode Odejayi second-half header was sufficient to dump the holders out of the FA Cup and hand a semi-final place to Barnsley. In the first half, Barnsley created the better chances up front and defended extremely well. After the break, Chelsea pressed forward but were still unable to create a clear-cut chance thanks to a very crowded Barnsley penalty area. The home side eventually exploited the gaps left open at the back when Martin Devaney delivered a perfect ball into the area for Kayode Odejayi to nod it into the net and score his first goal since September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0054-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nFresh from their sensational FA Cup performance, Barnsley managed to pull off their biggest win of the season against promotion candidates Ipswich. Pablo Cou\u00f1ago opened the scoring for the away side after 20 minutes, but five minutes later it was Brian Howard with the equaliser. Early in the second half, Jon Macken headed the ball in from a corner to put Barnsley in front and then with 10 minutes remaining there was drama as Jamal Campbell-Ryce was brought down in the area and a penalty given, which Brian Howard scored for his 12th league goal of the season. A late corner then resulted in what initially went down as an own goal by David Wright, but Brian Howard was given the match ball suggesting that he may try and claim that goal and his first senior hat trick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 839]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0055-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley were unable to continue their winning form against playoff-chasers Crystal Palace, and they've still only won a single away game in the league all season. No goals at either end in the first half, but Tom Soares put the home side in front in the first minute of the second half then a late goal from James Scowcroft wrapped up all three points for Palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0056-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA single goal from Billy Sharp was enough to prove decisive in this Yorkshire derby, a loss which sees Barnsley drop to within two points of the relegation zone; their most precarious position all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0057-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nQuickfire goals from Wade Elliott and Kyle Lafferty put the home side two goals up here. Although Brian Howard managed to pull one back before the break, Barnsley couldn't quite manage an equaliser; Jon Macken coming closest when his effort hit the bar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0058-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley's brave FA Cup run came to an end at the semi-final stage as Cardiff came away with a 1\u20130 victory at Wembley to reach the cup final held at the same venue. Joe Ledley gave Cardiff an early lead with a goal in the ninth minute, but the decisive moment for Barnsley was when their quarter-final hero, Kayode Odejayi, missed a great chance when through on goal. Ultimately it would prove the best opportunity Barnsley had to draw level of the entire match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0059-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nManager Simon Davey kept faith in controversial striker Kayode Odejayi by giving him another starting place in this match, and was rewarded with two goals from him; his second and third league goals of the season. Stephen Foster's headed goal from a Diego Le\u00f3n corner made this a surprisingly big win for Barnsley against the Premiership contenders, and only their second away win all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0060-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley continued to claw themselves away from the relegation spots with an away win at Preston; their second of the week and fourth of the season. A free kick from January signing Diego Le\u00f3n followed by a foul on Jamal Campbell-Ryce inside the area which led to a Jon Macken penalty secured this win, regardless of a Stephen Foster own goal at the other end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0061-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nAfter two successive away wins, the Reds came back to Oakwell and lost 3\u20131 to promotion chasing Hull. Dean Marney netted a penalty, Ian Ashbee headed home and Dean Windass made it 3. Istvan Ferenczi headed a late consolation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0062-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nAgainst fellow strugglers Leicester a single second-half goal from Iain Hume was the deciding factor in a game which could have secured Championship survival for Barnsley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0063-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nBarnsley finally secured their survival with a big win over Charlton. Jamal Campbell-Ryce opened the scoring after just 10 minutes, and then Lewin Nyatanga extended the lead from a Diego Le\u00f3n corner. Jon Macken's late headed goal from a Marciano van Homoet cross made all three points a certainty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194321-0064-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barnsley F.C. season, 2007\u201308 season, Short match reports\nA typical end of season performance by Barnsley ended up in a 3\u20130 defeat to the side that knocked them out of the FA Cup at the semi-final stage. Paul Parry, Kevin McNaughton and the semi-final winner Joe Ledley bagged the goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194322-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barys Astana season\nThe 2007\u201308 Barys Astana season was the 8th season in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship and their single season in the Supreme League of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship, in parallel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194322-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Barys Astana season, Kazakhstan Hockey Championship, Standings, Schedule and results\nWin (3 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194323-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Basketball League Belgium Division I\nThe 2007\u201308 Basketball League Belgium Division I, for sponsorship reasons named 2007\u201308 Ethias League, was the 81st season of the Basketball League Belgium, the highest professional basketball league in Belgium. Spirou Charleroi won the 2008 national title, their seventh total title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194323-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Basketball League Belgium Division I, Play-offs\nThe Play-offs start on May 13 and ended on May 31, 2008. In the quarterfinals and semifinals a best-of-three format was used, in the finals a best-of-seven format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194324-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Basketball League of Serbia\nThe 2007\u201308 Basketball League of Serbia season was the 2nd season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It was also 64th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194324-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Basketball League of Serbia, Regular season, Super League standings\nP=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference, Pts=Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season\nThe Bavarian ice hockey league season 2007-08 started on 19 October 2007 with the first round in the Bayernliga and finished on 14 March 2008 with the third league final. It saw the EHC Waldkraiburg take out its second Bavarian title, having previously won it in 1987\u201388, then under the name of VfL Waldkraiburg. The club could have taken up promotion to the Oberliga but declined. The EV Weiden voluntarily withdrew from the Oberliga while Regensburg was forced to resign from the 2nd Bundesliga due to insolvency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season\nThe Bayernliga season saw the EC Ulm/Neu-Ulm fold after 16 rounds, unable to complete its schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season\nNo team remained unbeaten this season, the ESC Kempten in the Bezirksliga West held the best record with 19 wins and one defeat. Two teams, both from the Bezirksliga, remained winless all season, the SG M\u00fcnchen and the TSV Trostberg II. For the later, it was the second winless season in a row, having only ever won one game since joining the league in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season, Champions\nThe three levels of the Bavarian league system were won by the following teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bayernliga, Play-Offs\nThe first round of the play-offs was carried out in a best-of-five modus, after that it went to a best-of-three. The winner of the final is crowned Bayrischer Meister (English:Bavarian champions).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bayernliga, Play-Downs\nThe first round of the play-offs was carried out in a best-of-five modus, after that it went to a best-of-three. The EC Ulm/Neu-Ulm did not play any games, all games awarded to the opposition. The two teams in the final are relegated to the Landesligas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season, Landesliga\nThe four regional divisions played out a home-and-away round to determined the two clubs from each league who enter the eight team promotion round, The top two teams of this round gain promotion to the Bayernliga. Should one or more teams from this league move up to the Oberliga without a Bavarian team being relegated from there, additional clubs from that round may gain promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season, Landesliga\nThe remaining six clubs in each league played out a relegation round with the last team in each of the four groups being relegated to the Bezirksliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season, Landesliga\nFrom season to season, clubs can be moved between divisions to geographically balance out promotion and relegation. This explains, why three of the Landesligas have two newly promoted teams each while the western division has none in the 2007\u201308 season. The fact that six clubs moved up from the Bezirksliga to the Landesliga from the previous season results from the fact that four teams were promoted to the Bayernliga the previous season and therefore extra places were available to fill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season, Landesliga, Relegation round\nNo points were taken along from the first rounds competition. The bottom team in each group is relegated to the Bezirksliga, except the EK M\u00fcnchen, which was not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bezirksliga\nThe four regional division played out a home-and-away round to determined the league winner. The four league champions are promoted to the Landesliga and also are qualified for the Bezirksliga championship round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bezirksliga, Main round\nFirst placed team enters championship round and is promoted to Landesliga. In addition, EHC Regensburg is promoted as best runner-up, taking the spot of the folded EC Ulm/Neu Ulm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194325-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bezirksliga, Championship round\nThe Bezirksliga championship was decided in a home-and-away round with the club with the best aggregate score taking out the series. All four teams are already promoted to the Landesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194326-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 German football season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen competed in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194326-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season summary\nDespite recording an identical league record to the previous season, Leverkusen dropped to 7th, the first time they had failed to qualify for Europe in five seasons. Michael Skibbe was sacked as a result, and was replaced by Greuther F\u00fcrth manager Bruno Labbadia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194326-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194326-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194327-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Baylor Bears basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Baylor Bears men's basketball team represented the Baylor University in the 2008\u201309 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Scott Drew, who served in his fifth year. The team played its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194328-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season is Beitar Jerusalem's 39th season in Israeli Premier League. 2007-08 season was the successful season in all Beitar history with double (Championship and State Cup).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194328-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season, First team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194329-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belarusian Cup\n2007\u201308 Belarusian Cup was the 17th edition of the football knock-out competition in Belarus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194329-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belarusian Cup, First round\n12 teams from the First League (out of 14, excluding Belshina Bobruisk and Lokomotiv Minsk who relegated from the Premier League after 2006 season), 13 teams from the Second League (out of 16, excluding three teams which were reverve squads for Premier and First League teams) and 7 amateur clubs started in this round. The games were played on 28 and 30 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194329-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belarusian Cup, Round of 32\n16 winners of previous round were joined by 14 clubs from Premier League and two First League clubs which relegated from the Premier League after 2006 season. The games were played in August and September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194329-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belarusian Cup, Round of 16\nThe first legs were played on 15 and 16 March 2008. The second legs were played on 21 and 22 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194329-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belarusian Cup, Round of 16\n1 Kommunalnik Zhlobin withdrew from the Cup due to bankruptcy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194329-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belarusian Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs were played on 29 March 2008. The second legs were played on 2 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194329-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belarusian Cup, Semifinals\nThe first legs were played on 16 April 2008. The second legs were played on 30 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194330-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belarusian Extraliga season\nThe 2007\u201308 Belarusian Extraliga season was the 16th season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. 10 teams participated in the league, and HK Keramin Minsk won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194331-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belgian Cup\nThe Belgian Cup 2007-08 was the 53rd staging of the Belgian Cup which is the main knock-out football competition in Belgium, won by Anderlecht.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194331-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belgian Cup, Matches, Round 6\nTeams from the Jupiler League enter the competition at this stage except for the newly promoted teams. The teams from the Jupiler League are seeded and can't meet each other, except again for the newly promoted teams, Dender EH and KV Mechelen. Apart from the 18 teams directly qualified, 14 other teams had qualified through winning in the fifth round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194331-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belgian Cup, Matches, Quarter Finals\nThe draw for the quarter finals and semi finals was made on January 15, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194331-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belgian Cup, Matches, Quarter Finals, Leg 2\nGent 5\u20135 Kortrijk on aggregate. Gent won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194332-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belgian Elite League\nThe Belgian Elite League of 2007-2008 pitted eight Belgian rugby teams. Competition began on 23 September 2007 and ended with the final game on 17 May 2008 at the King Baudouin Stadium. The Boitsfort Rugby Club won the championship by beating ASUB Waterloo in the final of the playoffs by the score of 27-7. This is the eighth consecutive title for Boitsfort and fifteenth in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194333-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belgian First Division\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Belgian First Division began on August 3, 2007 and concluded on May 10, 2008. The championship was decided in the 31st round on April 20, 2008, when Standard Li\u00e8ge beat Anderlecht 2\u20130 at home. For Standard it was their 9th League Championship, but just their first in the last 25 years. At the other end of the table, Brussels and Sint-Truiden were relegated on matchdays 31 and 32 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194333-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belgian First Division\nBehind Standard, Anderlecht and Club Brugge fought until the end for the second place which gives right to a place in the qualifying rounds of the 2008\u201309 UEFA Champions League. On the penultimate matchday, Anderlecht won against Club Brugge with 2\u20130 which proved decisive in the end for them to become second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194333-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belgian First Division, Clubs\nEighteen teams played in the Belgian First Division season 2007\u201308. Twelve teams were from Flanders, four clubs from Wallonia and two clubs from the Brussels-Capital Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194333-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belgian First Division, Clubs, New teams\nK.S.K. Beveren had been relegated at the end of the previous season with F. C. Verbroedering Dender E.H. replacing them as they won the Belgian Second Division. Lierse lost their spot during the promotion playoff and were replaced by Y.R. K.V. Mechelen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194333-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belgian First Division, Top goal scorers\n\u2020 Fran\u00e7ois Sterchele died on May 8, 2008 in a car crash and thus did not complete the full season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194334-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belgian Hockey League season\nThe 2007\u201308 Belgian Hockey League season was the 88th season of the Belgian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium. Six teams participated in the league, and the White Caps Turnhout won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194335-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belize Premier Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Belize Premier Football League, otherwise known as the RFG Insurance Cup, began on September 30, 2007 and concluded in April 2008. FC Belize of Belize City entered as defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194335-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belize Premier Football League\nHankook Verdes won the title and qualified for the 2008\u201309 CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194335-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belize Premier Football League, Results/fixtures, Week 12\nResting:  Suga Boys JuventusNote: These games were postponed. Updated results will be posted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194336-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by 22nd year head coach Rick Byrd, played their home games at the Curb Event Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 25\u20139, 14\u20132 in A-Sun play to win the regular season conference championship. They also were champions of the 2008 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As No. 15 seed in the West region, the Bruins lost to No. 2 seed Duke by a single point, 71\u201370.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194338-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Be\u015fikta\u015f competed in the S\u00fcper Lig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194338-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season, Season summary\nBe\u015fikta\u015f had the unsavoury distinction of setting the record for the heaviest defeat in Champions League history. Away to English giants Liverpool, who Be\u015fikta\u015f had beat at home just weeks earlier, half-time arrived with the score at 2-0. However, Liverpool scored 6 more times in the second half to win 8-0, a scoreline that has yet to be bettered over one leg in the Champions League since.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194338-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194338-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194338-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season, Turkish Cup\nAfter finishing in the top four of the previous season's S\u00fcper Lig, Be\u015fikta\u015f qualified for the group stages. Be\u015fikta\u015f was placed in Group A, along with Ankaraspor, MKE Ankarag\u00fcc\u00fc, \u00c7aykur Rizespor and Diyarbak\u0131r Diskispor. Be\u015fikta\u015f finished second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194339-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started 28 November 2007 and ended 16 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194339-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup\nThis article contains the top ten result listings and concise summary comments for each of the season's twenty-seven individual races and five relays for both genders, arranged by World Cup meet 1 through 9 (denoted WC\u00a01\u20139), accompanied by the top ten Total Cup rankings after each of the meets plus the 2008 World Championships (held between WC\u00a06 and\u00a07, and in the usual way counted as a World Cup meet towards the accumulated scores).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194339-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup, Calendar\nBelow is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194340-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup statistics\nThe 2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup statistics gives a detailed tabular account of the accumulating Biathlon World Cup scores and related rankings of the top 30 biathletes in the Total (Overall) World Cup, and the top 15 in each of the Individual, Sprint, Pursuit, and Mass start Cups, as well as the top 10 nations in the Relay Cup and top 15 in the Nation Cup, for the duration of the 2007-08 World Cup season, including the 2008 Biathlon World Championships, which counted as usual in the World Cup scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194340-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup statistics\nFor top 10 result listings and short summaries of all the season's World Cup races, please see the parent article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194340-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Nations\nOnly sprint, individual and relay events count towards the Nations Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194340-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Nations\nThe top three of five relays and the top 11 of 13 individual or sprint races count towards the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194340-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Nations\nOnly sprint, individual and relay events count towards the Nations Cup. Thus the numbers along the top row in this table do not correspond to the numbers on the total standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194340-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Nations\nThe top three of five relays and the top 11 of 13 individual or sprint races count towards the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194341-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 World Cup 1\nThe 2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 World Cup 1 was the opening event of the season and was held in Kontiolahti, Finland, from November 29 until December 2, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194342-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 World Cup 2\nThe 2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 World Cup 2 was the second event of the season and was held in Hochfilzen, Austria, from December 7 until December 9, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194343-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 World Cup 3\nThe 2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 World Cup 3 was the third event of the season and was held in Pokljuka, Slovenia, from December 13 until December 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194344-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 World Cup 4\nThe 2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 World Cup 4 was the fourth event of the season and was held in Oberhof, Germany, from January 3 until January 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194345-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 World Cup 5\nThe 2007\u201308 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 World Cup 5 was the fifth event of the season and was held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from January 9 until January 13, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194346-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2007\u201308 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October, 2007 followed by the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The conference season began in January, 2008 and concluded in March. The season marked the 103rd season of Big Ten play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194346-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nWisconsin won the Big Ten Conference regular season championship by one game over Purdue. Indiana finished in third with Michigan State in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194346-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nIndiana's D.J. White was named Big Ten Player of the Year. Purdue's Matt Painter was named Coach of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194346-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nThe Big Ten Tournament was held from March 13\u201316, 2008 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Wisconsin won the tournament championship by defeating surprise championship participant No. 10-seeded Illinois. As a result of the win, Wisconsin received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194346-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nFour Big Ten teams (Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana, and Michigan State) were invited to the NCAA Tournament. Two teams, Wisconsin and Michigan State, advance to the Sweet Sixteen, both losing in that round. Ohio State and Minnesota received bids to the National Invitation Tournament with Ohio State winning the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194346-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, All-Big Ten players\nThe following players were chosen as preseason All-Big Ten by the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 82], "content_span": [83, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194346-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Teams\nThe following teams were selected as the top teams in the conference by the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 68], "content_span": [69, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194346-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Players of the week\nThroughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices name a player of the week each Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 87], "content_span": [88, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194346-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, All-Big Ten Conference honors and awards\nTwo sets of conference award winners are recognized by the Big Ten \u2013 one selected by league coaches and one selected by the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 92], "content_span": [93, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194346-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, 2008 NBA Draft\nThe following Big Ten players were selected in the 2008 NBA Draft:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 105th season in the English football league system since their admission to the Football League in 1892, their fifth season in the Premier League, and their 55th season in the top tier of English football. Birmingham finished 19th in the 20-team league, so were relegated back to the Championship after just one season at the higher level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season\nAfter Steve Bruce resigned as manager in November, Alex McLeish resigned his post as Scotland national team manager to take over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Pre-season\nAfter successfully returning to the Premier League at the first attempt, manager Steve Bruce started to look to add depth to his team ahead of the new season. On loan midfielder Fabrice Muamba became the first player to join the Blues, as he moved from Arsenal to the second city for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Pre-season\nJune saw the arrivals of Stuart Parnaby who signed on a free transfer from Middlesbrough, Scottish striker Garry O'Connor who signed for \u00a32.7\u00a0million from Lokomotiv Moscow, and French midfielder Olivier Kapo who was signed from Juventus for \u00a33m. July saw even more players arrive at St Andrew's: midfielder Dani\u00ebl de Ridder signed on a free transfer from Celta Vigo, Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingson also on a free transfer, from Antalyaspor, and Brazilian defender Rafael Schmitz on loan from Lille.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Pre-season\nThe Blues were also ready to spend \u00a33m on Tottenham Hotspur and Egypt midfielder Hossam Ghaly, but the deal was cancelled only days into his Blues career due to a training ground incident that resulted in Bruce sending him back to the London side before a work permit had been granted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Pre-season\nFour players were allowed to leave the club: defender Bruno Ngotty left on a free transfer to sign for Leicester City, midfielder Julian Gray also left on a free transfer for Coventry City, midfielder Stephen Clemence joined Leicester City for \u00a31m, and striker DJ Campbell also joining Leicester City for \u00a32.1m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Pre-season\nJuly also saw the Blues become the latest English club to be involved in a take over bid by a foreign millionaire. Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung brought a 29.9% stake from the club's directors for a reported \u00a315m. The Gold brothers and David Sullivan each sold 14.81% of the club's shares.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, August\nThe new season started with a tough away trip to Stamford Bridge to play last season's runners-up Chelsea. But it was the Blues that struck first with former Chelsea forward Mikael Forssell scoring a header from a Gary McSheffrey free kick just 15 minutes in. Chelsea fought back: goals from Claudio Pizarro and Florent Malouda gave them a 2\u20131 lead before new signing Olivier Kapo struck an unstoppable shot past Petr \u010cech to leave the scores level at half time. The only goal of the second half, from Michael Essien, gave Chelsea all three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, August\nThe Blues' first home game of the season was against Sunderland who had beaten the Blues to the Championship title the previous season. An own goal from Paul McShane was enough to give the Blues the lead at half time, but Sunderland fought back with a goal from Michael Chopra before a Garry O'Connor goal seemed to have given Blues their first win of the season. However, a late Stern John goal was enough to earn Sunderland a point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0006-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, August\nWest Ham United were the next team to visit St Andrew's, where a Mark Noble penalty was the only goal of the game that gave the London club all three points. The last league game of the month saw the side visit Pride Park where two Cameron Jerome goals were enough to defeat Derby who scored a goal of their own from Matt Oakley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, August\nAugust also saw the close of the transfer window. Before the season had begun, Steve Bruce continued to strengthen his side with the signings of defender Franck Queudrue for \u00a32m from Fulham, centre back Liam Ridgewell for \u00a32m from local rivals Aston Villa, and Swiss defender Johan Djourou on loan from Arsenal. The final day of the transfer window also saw some activity as Spanish midfielder Borja Oubi\u00f1a joined on loan from Celta Vigo and highly rated Honduras midfielder Wilson Palacios also joined on loan from Deportivo Olimpia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, September\nOn 1 September Birmingham travelled to the Riverside Stadium to take on Middlesbrough. Two first half goals from David Wheater and Stewart Downing were enough to see off the Blues, who rarely threatened the Middlesbrough goal. The next game saw Bolton Wanderers visit St Andrew's. A free kick from Queudrue was flicked on for Kapo to secure his second goal of the season, and more importantly, Blues' first three points at home. A difficult trip to Liverpool followed, where the Blues were able to secure a valuable point in a 0\u20130 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, September\nThe downside to the game was a 13th-minute injury to Borja Oubi\u00f1a that would see him injured until the end of the season. The final game of the month saw the side take on Manchester United. Although the Blues bossed large parts of the game, it was the Manchester side that finished with the points. Bad play from the Blues defence allowed Manchester United to score the only goal of the game from Cristiano Ronaldo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, October\nBlues' first game in October saw them return to Ewood Park for the second time in eleven days. Goals from David Bentley and Benni McCarthy saw Blackburn take a two-goal lead, before Cameron Jerome struck to give the Blues a lifeline, but there was to be no comeback. It ended in a 2\u20131 win for Blackburn Rovers, leaving Birmingham 13th in the league table after nine games played. Thirteen days later a trip to Manchester City was next on the agenda for the Blues, where a 37th-minute goal from Elano saw the points stay in Manchester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, October\nThe last game of the month was a crucial bottom of the table clash with Wigan Athletic at St Andrew's. A Marcus Bent goal in the 23rd minute was cancelled out three minutes later when Kapo scored from a penalty. After half time, Bent was able to recover Wigan's lead before they were pegged back again, this time by a goal scored by Birmingham defender Liam Ridgewell. The game could have gone either way before Kapo struck again, this time in the 81st minute leaving Wigan no chance to come back. It was Birmingham's third win of the season, and at the end of the month they were in 13th position with 11 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, November\nNovember started with an away game at Goodison Park against Everton. An early Yakubu goal was cancelled out in the 80th minute by Kapo, only for two injury-time goals from Lee Carsley and James Vaughan saw Everton snatch all three points. Next up was the Second City derby against Aston Villa at St Andrew's. An early Ridgewell own goal gave Villa a first-half lead. Forssell tied the game early in the second half, but Gabriel Agbonlahor gave Villa all three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, November\nThe Villa game was to be the last game in charge of the Blues for Steve Bruce, who left the club to join Wigan Athletic on 20 November 2007. This left Bruce's assistant Eric Black in charge for the game against Portsmouth at St Andrew's. Debutant goalkeeper Richard Kingson was at fault for Portsmouth's first goal as Sulley Muntari's shot rolled under the arms of the keeper. Niko Kranj\u010dar added a late second as Portsmouth strolled to victory. Black's short reign as Blues manager ended on 26 November as he left to join Bruce at Wigan. The following day, former Scotland manager Alex McLeish was appointed manager of the club. McLeish had quit Scotland the day before to take over at the midlands club, and brought his two Scottish assistants, Andy Watson and former Villa caretaker manager Roy Aitken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 866]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, December\nMcLeish's first game in charge was a tricky visit to Tottenham Hotspur. Gary McSheffrey was able to give the Blues a first-half lead from a penalty given away by Youn\u00e8s Kaboul. It all changed in the early stages of the second half, as Robbie Keane scored twice, the first from another penalty that was won by Dimitar Berbatov, the second due to bad defending from a corner. The game changed again as Phil Dowd sent Keane off and Jerome scored an equaliser. In the final minutes, Sebastian Larsson scored a 35-yard (32\u00a0m) screamer that secured McLeish his first victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0011-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, December\nNext up was a trip to St James' Park to play Newcastle United. Jerome gave the Blues an early lead, but a controversial penalty was put away by Obafemi Martins, and a late Habib Beye goal gave Newcastle the three points. McLeish's first home game in charge was against Reading. A fourth-minute goal from Mikael Forssell was cancelled out again by another penalty, this time scored by Stephen Hunt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0011-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, December\nAn away trip to Bolton Wanderers failed to gain any points for the Blues, as a goal from El Hadji Diouf and two from Nicolas Anelka gave Bolton an easy 3\u20130 win. Boxing Day saw Middlesbrough visit St Andrew's. An own goal by Stewart Downing and a Forssell goal gave the Blues a 2\u20130 lead at half time, and McSheffrey converted a penalty to finish off Middlesbrough's resistance. The last game of 2007 saw Fulham entertained at St Andrew's. An early Carlos Bocanegra goal was not enough to give Fulham a win as a 55th-minute Larsson goal shared the points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, December\nDecember also saw the collapse of Carson Yeung's attempted takeover of the club. The board decided to terminate talks, as Yeung had failed to come up with the reported \u00a335m to buy the remaining 70.1% shares of the club. David Gold also confirmed that there would be no chance of another takeover bid until summer 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, January\nJanuary would see the Blues play three of the \"big four\" in English football. First up was a trip to Old Trafford to play Manchester United. Carlos Tevez struck the only goal of the game for the Manchester side 25 minutes in. Next up in the league for the Blues was their first ever trip to the Emirates Stadium to take on Arsenal. A penalty from Emmanuel Adebayor had given Arsenal a first half lead, but the Blues fought back to earn a point just after half time through O'Connor's header from a Larsson corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0013-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, January\nThe third of the \"big four\" were Chelsea, who visited St Andrew's. It took a late goal from Claudio Pizarro to beat Blues, as Chelsea took all three points from the encounter. The last game of the month was a must-win tie in the north east as the Blues took on Sunderland. But it was not to be as Sunderland won a one sided encounter with goals from Daryl Murphy and Rade Prica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, January\nJanuary also saw the opening of the transfer window. McLeish was able to strengthen his side with the signings of left back David Murphy for \u00a31.5m from Hibernian, striker James McFadden for \u00a35m from Everton and the loan signing of striker Mauro Z\u00e1rate from Qatari side Al-Sadd. McLeish also allowed some fringe players to leave the club: Neil Kilkenny joining Leeds United for \u00a3150,000, Rowan Vine joined Queens Park Rangers for \u00a31n, Neil Danns joined Crystal Palace for \u00a3600,000, and Mat Sadler joined Watford for \u00a3750,000. Defender Olivier T\u00e9bily was also allowed to leave the club after not featuring in the side since the start of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, February\nFebruary featured three Premier League encounters. Derby County were in real trouble in the Premier League, occupying 20th position, with 19th-place Fulham well out of reach for the East Midlands club. Their visit to St Andrew's also saw the return of Robbie Savage who left the Blues back in 2005. A Larsson goal looked like it had secured a valuable three points for the Blues before an 89th-minute Emanuel Villa goal secured a point for Derby. A trip to West Ham was next up for the Blues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0015-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, February\nFreddie Ljungberg scored in the opening encounters for the Hammers, but a penalty from new signing McFadden made sure that the Blues would at least leave with a point. The last game of the month was a home match between the Blues and Arsenal. A 28th-minute free kick from McFadden opened the scoring, before two Theo Walcott goals within five minutes looked to have given the points to Arsenal, before an injury time McFadden penalty stole a point for the Blues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0015-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, February\nThe game became highly controversial as within minutes of the kick off, a badly timed challenge by centre-back Martin Taylor broke the leg of Arsenal striker Eduardo. No one could complain about the automatic red card that referee Mike Dean showed Taylor, but comments after the game by Ars\u00e8ne Wenger campaigned for a much longer ban than the traditional three-match ban. Although Wenger later retracted his comments, his idea gained support with Sepp Blatter in particular, who campaigned for Taylor to be punished with a season-long ban. The defender also received death threats from supporters of the Croatia national team, as Eduardo would miss Euro 2008 in the summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, March\nMarch started with the newly crowned League Cup winners visiting St Andrew's. It was not to be Tottenham's day, however, as the Blues emphatically won 4\u20131. A Forssell hat-trick and a free kick from Larsson saw the Blues lead 4\u20130 before a late Jermaine Jenas goal in second half injury time saw Maik Taylor fail to get his clean sheet. Next up for the Blues was a tricky away tie to another team going well in a domestic cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, March\nPortsmouth, who had just qualified for the semi-final of the FA Cup, went into an early two-goal lead thanks to Jermain Defoe, before goals from Fabrice Muamba and another Larsson free kick saw Blues complete a first-half comeback. Second-half goals from Hermann Hrei\u00f0arsson and Nwankwo Kanu saw the Blues fail to get anything from the south coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, March\nThe next two Blues games would see the team go head to head with other Premier League teams in trouble at the foot of the table. Newcastle were first up at St Andrew's, where a James McFadden goal in the first half was cancelled out by an early goal in the second half by Michael Owen. Then it was a trip to the Madejski Stadium, where Reading were able to capitalise on poor defending from set plays to earn a 2\u20131 victory, leaving the Blues only a point from 18th placed Bolton. The only highlight of the game was a goal for Mauro Z\u00e1rate. The last game of the month saw Manchester City visit St Andrew's. Two Z\u00e1rate goals and a penalty by Gary McSheffrey were enough to overcome the Manchester team, who scored with a penalty of their own from Elano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, April\nThe first game in April came on the 5th, an away trip to Wigan. Former Birmingham boss Steve Bruce managed his side to a 2\u20130 win over Birmingham, with Ryan Taylor scoring both the goals. Also in that match, club captain Damien Johnson was sent off for two-footed foul on Kevin Kilbane. A week later, Birmingham were at home against Everton. Z\u00e1rate rescued a point for the Blues with a 25-yard (23\u00a0m) free kick in the 83rd minute, after defender Joleon Lescott put Everton in front. The game ended in a 1\u20131 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0018-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, April\nAt this time Birmingham were 17th in the table. The Birmingham Derby took place eight days later as Birmingham were beaten 5\u20131 by Aston Villa away at Villa Park. Ashley Young and John Carew each scored twice. Forssell got a consolation goal for Blues, then Agbonlahor finished it off for Aston Villa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, April\nWith other teams' results around them not going their way, Blues dropped to 18th in the league table. Birmingham's final game of April came on the 26th against Liverpool at St Andrew's. Birmingham went into this game having drawn four and won two of their last six meetings against Liverpool in the Premier League. Birmingham opened the scoring through Forssell on the 34th minute, were looking comfortable throughout most of the game, and Larsson scored a 30-yard free kick to make it 2\u20130. Birmingham, however, let their lead slip, after Peter Crouch and Yossi Benayoun both scored for Liverpool to share the points. Birmingham remained in 18th position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, May\nAt the end of season awards ceremony, held at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, Sebastian Larsson swept the board of player-of-the-season honours, and also won the goal-of-the-season and \"magic moment\" awards for his stoppage-time goal at Tottenham in December. Jordon Mutch was Academy player of the season, and Stephen Kelly received an outstanding achievement award for playing every minute of the Premier League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, May\nA must-win game for Birmingham against relegation rivals Fulham followed, described by McLeish as \"the most important game of the season\". The first half ended goalless, but Fulham took the lead through Brian McBride. Erik Nevland then doubled Fulham's tally in the 87th minute, and the game ended 2\u20130. It took Fulham out of the relegation zone, while Birmingham fell to 19th. Birmingham's final game of the season saw them score four goals against Blackburn. A first-half goal from David Murphy was cancelled out by Blackburn's Morten Gamst Pedersen early in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0021-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review, May\nAfter a miss from close range by Cameron Jerome, the striker responded by scoring two goals, and Muamba got a late goal. It turned out not to be enough, as both Fulham and Reading secured wins, which left Birmingham to be relegated back to the Championship in 19th place. In Birmingham's last game in the 2007\u201308 Premier League season, they beat Blackburn 4\u20131. The game saw the Birmingham fans calling for the board to resign after the club was relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Post-season\nBirmingham issued a statement confirming that CCTV footage of the pitch invasion had been given to the police and recommended the courts impose banning orders on anyone found guilty. They announced a profit of about \u00a332.6m, which was up from \u00a314.3m the previous year. Sammy Yu, speaking on behalf of major shareholder Carson Yeung, released a statement saying that Yeung still wanted to buy the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Post-season\nDavid Sullivan blamed former manager Steve Bruce for the club's relegation, accusing him of buying poorly the previous summer, and singled out Franck Queudrue and Richard Kingson as particularly poor, calling Kingson a \"waste of space\". Queudrue hit back, saying that he had not played enough to be judged so harshly. Sullivan apologised to Queudrue for his outburst, but not to Kingson, who expressed his sadness at the incident, which he described as a \"slap in the face\". Kingson was released: McLeish said, \"It's about opinions and we have other plans, so for the sake of his first-team future, we have let Richard move on.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Post-season\nBirmingham also decided to release youth players Asa Hall, David Howland, Adam Legzdins and Stefan Milojevi\u0107, McLeish chose not to pursue the purchase of loanee Rafael Schmitz, and Dani\u00ebl de Ridder's contract was cancelled by mutual consent at the end of June; he joined Wigan the following day. The club were unable to agree a new contract with top scorer Mikael Forssell, and chose not to take up their two-year option, so he left for Hannover 96 on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling. Fabrice Muamba, the club's Young Player of the Year in 2006\u201307, signed for Bolton Wanderers for an initial \u00a35m fee, with an extra \u00a3750,000 potentially payable in add-ons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Post-season\nTwo members of the backroom staff also left the club: fitness coach Dan Harris joined West Bromwich Albion and physiotherapist Neil McDiarmid ended a 14-year connection with the club to concentrate on private practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Post-season\nMcLeish said that he would not rush into signing new players, but that he would take time to make sure he buys quality players to help the club achieve promotion back to the Premier league at the first time of asking. He urged fans to be patient, as most signings would happen during July. He was aiming for a minimum squad size of 23, and expected to retain Larsson and McFadden. The club decided to activate the one-year option on Tunisian midfielder Mehdi Nafti's contract, which had been due to expire in June. McLeish told Maik Taylor he would remain as first-choice goalkeeper if he agreed a new contract; Taylor signed a two-year deal a few weeks later. It was confirmed that Everton midfielder Lee Carsley would join Birmingham on a free transfer when his contract expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Post-season\nAberdeen University announced the award of an honorary degree to Alex McLeish in recognition of his distinguished service to football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup\nBirmingham's third round encounter pitted them against League One opponents Huddersfield Town at the Galpharm Stadium. Huddersfield took an early lead thanks to Luke Beckett, but the Blues struck back with Garry O'Connor on target to take the game into half time at 1\u20131. But it was to be Huddersfield's day as a late goal from Chris Brandon saw them advance into the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194347-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Birmingham City F.C. season, Football League Cup\nThe last game in August saw League Two Hereford United visit St Andrew's in the second round of the League Cup. Two first half goals from Garry O'Connor and Gary McSheffrey saw Blues lead at half time, only for Hereford to fight back in the second half to score through Theo Robinson. But it was too little too late from the Herefordshire side as Blues dumped them out of the cup. Blues' exploits in the League Cup came to an undramatic end as they bowed out to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. Goals from David Bentley, Matt Derbyshire and Roque Santa Cruz were enough to see off a much weakened Blues team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194348-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season\nBlackburn Rovers F.C. finished in the top half of the Premier League for the third successive season, this time ending up in 7th place, ultimately not enough for European qualification. Manager Mark Hughes departed for Manchester City at the end of the season, while successful winger David Bentley was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for a club record fee. Striker Roque Santa Cruz, a summer signing from Bayern Munich, had the season of his life, scoring 19 league goals, making up for Benni McCarthy's loss of form. Despite interest for richer clubs, Santa Cruz stayed on for another season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194348-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194348-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194348-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194349-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Blackpool F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 100th season (97th consecutive) in the Football League. It was their first season back in the second tier of English football in 29 years. They finished nineteenth, the club's highest-place finish in the Football League in 37 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194349-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Blackpool F.C. season\nBen Burgess was the club's top scorer, with ten goals overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194349-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Blackpool F.C. season\nBlackpool set a new club record of twelve consecutive victories, carrying over from the end of the previous season, with 0\u20131 and 1\u20130 results over Leicester City and Huddersfield Town, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194349-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Blackpool F.C. season\nAt the end of the season, manager Simon Grayson released eleven players, most of whom had not featured in the first team this season, and on 30 May he confirmed that he wanted to sign at least six new players. He went on to sign twelve (including three on loan) before the start of the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194350-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bobsleigh World Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 26 November 2007 and ended on 10 February 2008. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in skeleton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194351-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. This was head coach Greg Graham's sixth season at Boise State. The Broncos competed in the Western Athletic Conference and played their home games at the Taco Bell Arena. Boise State finished the season 25\u20139, 12\u20134 in WAC play and won the 2008 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament to receive the conference\u2019s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 14 seed in the East region. The team was beaten by No. 3 seed Louisville in the opening round, 79\u201361.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 130th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C. 's existence, and was their 7th consecutive year in the top-flight, and covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. Having finished seventh the previous season, Bolton had qualified for the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nAfter finishing runners-up in the Peace Cup Bolton entered the new season under the management of Sammy Lee. Lee, who had previously worked under former manager Sam Allardyce, had taken over from Allardyce towards the end of the previous season, but had yet to record a league win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nThe league season kicked off at home, against Newcastle United, now managed by Allardyce. Three first-half goals for Newcastle ensured an early defeat. This was followed by an away defeat to Fulham. By the time Bolton lost 3\u20131 to Portsmouth, the club found itself at the bottom of the league. However, a 3\u20130 win over Reading lifted them off the basement. Another bright note was that striker Nicolas Anelka had found the net in three of the four games in August and found himself towards the top of the Premier League scoring charts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nBack to back defeats to Everton and Birmingham City saw Bolton quickly return to the bottom three and Lee come under pressure for his job. An unconvincing away draw in the UEFA Cup to Macedonian side FK Rabotni\u010dki, only saved by a late equaliser from Abdoulaye M\u00e9\u00eft\u00e9, was followed by a 1\u20131 home draw against fellow strugglers Tottenham Hotspur. Much-needed relief was found in an extra time win over Fulham in the Carling Cup but an early season six pointer against bottom side Derby County only yielded a draw and meant that Bolton finished September only one place above their opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nThe UEFA Cup home leg against Rabotni\u010dki was won 1\u20130 with another goal from Anelka. However, if Bolton were looking for an easy passage through the group stage they were disappointed as the draw put them up against former European Cup winners Bayern Munich and Red Star Belgrade as well as highly regarded Portuguese side Braga and Aris from Greece. Meanwhile, there appeared to be problems at the club behind-the-scenes, marked by the confusion when Gary Speed stepped down as player-coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nHowever, there was little confusion to what happened following Bolton's 1\u20130 home defeat to Chelsea on 15 October, with Lee being relieved of his duties on the Monday. Assistant manager Archie Knox was put in temporary charge until a new manager was found. Steve Bruce, Paul Jewell and Chris Coleman were linked to the job. In the meantime, Bolton lost again, this time to Arsenal 2\u20130 on 25 October Gary Megson was appointed as manager following his resignation from Leicester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0004-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nWhile chairman Phil Gartside said, \"We feel Gary is the right man to take Bolton forward,\" some fans were decidedly unimpressed, stating that it was \"possibly the most bizarre and clueless appointment this season\". Megson sat in the dugout for 1\u20131 draw that evening at home to Braga in the UEFA Cup before taking charge fully in the home game against Aston Villa, that also finished 1\u20131. The month finished with Bolton being knocked out of the Carling Cup by neighbours Manchester City 1\u20130, the game being settled late on by a controversial penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nA late Kevin Nolan goal saved the day at West Ham United in the first game in November. Bolton then travelled to Germany to take on Bayern Munich. Few fancied Bolton to come away with a result, but an early goal from Ricardo Gardner and a late equaliser from Kevin Davies gave Bolton a valuable point in their attempt to qualify from the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nSeemingly buoyed by this result Bolton finished the month unbeaten, drawing 0\u20130 with Middlesbrough, beating Manchester United 1\u20130 (giving Megson his first win as manager and Bolton's first home win against their neighbours for thirty years) and drawing with Aris in the UEFA Cup, Stelios Giannakopoulos scoring an injury-time equaliser against his countrymen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nBolton's busiest month of the campaign started with a 4\u20130 hammering at the hands of Liverpool at Anfield. but this was quickly followed by another famous European night as Red Star Belgrade were beaten 1\u20130 as Bolton qualified for the last thirty-two of the UEFA Cup, the occasion slightly marred when some fans were held in a hotel in the Serbian capital. This was followed by a 4\u20131 derby win over Wigan Athletic, in what turned out to be Gary Speed's last game for the club, and another derby defeat to Manchester City, 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nWhen the draw for the last 32 of the UEFA Cup was made, Bolton were given another tough draw, paired with Spaniards Atl\u00e9tico Madrid. The day after the draw was made fellow strugglers Birmingham City were despatched 3\u20130, but this was followed by two defeats over the Christmas period to Everton and Sunderland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nThe new year started with an unconvincing last-minute win over Derby County, Stelios Giannakopoulos again coming up with a winner. The game proved to be Nicolas Anelka's last game for the club before he was sold to Chelsea for \u00a315 million. Other players to leave in the transfer window were Gary Speed, Christian Wilhelmsson, G\u00e9rald Cid and \u013dubom\u00edr Michal\u00edk. Megson used this opportunity to strengthen the defence with the purchases of Gr\u00e9tar Steinsson from AZ and Gary Cahill from Aston Villa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nMatt Taylor, who had scored against Bolton earlier in the season for his previous club Portsmouth, was also brought in, as was Tamir Cohen from Maccabi Netanya. Surprisingly, the only like-for-like replacement for Anelka brought in was Grzegorz Rasiak on loan from Championship side Southampton. An early FA Cup defeat to Sheffield United could be put down to Megson putting out a largely reserve side. This was followed by another derby defeat this time at home to Blackburn Rovers before two successive 0\u20130 draws, away to Newcastle United, by now managed by Kevin Keegan, and then home to Fulham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nA 2\u20130 victory over Reading gave Bolton a much-needed three points over relegation rivals and gave them their first double over a team for the season but this proved to be Bolton's last win in the league until mid-April as they embarked on a run that put them back into the bottom three. A game that they dominated against Portsmouth ended up as a 1\u20130 defeat. The next two games were the UEFA Cup home-and-away legs against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nA 1\u20130 victory at home, courtesy of an El Hadji Diouf goal, was followed by a 0\u20130 draw away, meaning that Bolton would go further in Europe this season than in their previous UEFA Cup attempt two seasons previously. However, there was trouble again for some Bolton fans, with 17 being injured in what was seen as \"heavy handed tactics\" by Spanish police. Both Bolton and Atl\u00e9tico were subject to a UEFA investigation. Bolton were drawn against Sporting CP in the last 16 of the competition. On their return home, Bolton were beaten again by Blackburn Rovers, 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nBolton's season reached its nadir in the month of March, with only one point being gained in the league. A 3\u20131 defeat to Liverpool was epitomised by a bizarre own goal scored by Jussi J\u00e4\u00e4skel\u00e4inen. Bolton then met Sporting Lisbon home and away in the UEFA Cup. A 1\u20131 draw at home was followed by a 1\u20130 defeat away. Megson suffered criticism as again he had put a weakened side out in a cup competition, but he vindicated his choice by stating that Premiership survival was more important.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nFans who had travelled to Lisbon for the game were not happy with this excuse and they were made to feel worse when a virtually wholly changed side lost to Wigan Athletic in the following league game, despite being up against ten men for the majority of the game. In the following game, Cristiano Ronaldo put two early goals into Bolton's net to continue Manchester United's push for the title. Despite picking up a point a week later at home to United's city rivals with a goalless draw, a week later Bolton managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by throwing away a two-goal lead against ten-man Arsenal to lose 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nBolton entered April knowing that they would probably have to go undefeated through to the end of the season to avoid relegation, but got off to the worst possible start with a 4\u20130 defeat to Aston Villa. However, two successive victories at home to West Ham and away to Middlesbrough took them out of the bottom three and left them in control of their own destiny, even after being outplayed but still drawing at Tottenham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194352-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Regular season\nBolton's penultimate game of the season, at home to Sunderland, kicked off at 5:15pm with Bolton having the knowledge that, as Birmingham City and Reading had lost earlier that day, a win would virtually secure their Premiership status. And win they did, with goalscorer El Hadji Diouf doing a personal lap of honour at the end of the game after stating that he would be leaving the club, even though he was not out of contract. The final game, away to title-chasing Chelsea, finished 1\u20131, with Matt Taylor scoring Bolton's final goal of the season and ensuring that they did not avoid relegation on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194353-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Borussia Dortmund season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194353-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Borussia Dortmund season, Season summary\nDortmund experienced their worst season in 20 years, finishing in 13th place, although they managed to reach the DFB-Pokal final. Manager Thomas Doll resigned at the end of the season. He was replaced by Mainz coach J\u00fcrgen Klopp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194353-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Borussia Dortmund season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194353-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Borussia Dortmund season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194354-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup\n2007\u201308 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup was the fourteenth season of the Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual football cup, and an eighth season of the unified competition. The competition started on 24 October 2007 with the First Round and concluded on 4 June 2008 with the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194354-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, First round\nThirty-two teams entered in the First Round. The matches were played on 24 and 30 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194354-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Second round\nThe 16 winners from the prior round enter this round. The first legs were played on 7 November and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194354-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe eight winners from the prior round enter this round. The first legs were played on 5 and 12 March and the second legs were played on 19 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194354-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Semifinals\nThe four winners from the prior round enter this round. The first legs will be played on 9 April and the second legs were played on 23 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194354-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Final, Second leg\nZrinjski 3\u20133 Sloboda on aggregate. Zrinjski won 4\u20131 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season\nThe 2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season  began on October 5, 2007. It was the 84th season of the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League (NHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season\nThe Bruins entered the 2007\u201308 season with a new head coach after the team fired Dave Lewis shortly before the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season, Regular season, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season, Schedule and results\nLegend: \u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs\nThe Bruins qualified for the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since the 2003\u201304 NHL season, facing their traditional arch-rivals, the Montreal Canadiens. The Boston Bruins were down 3\u20131 in the series facing elimination, but climbed back to 3\u20133. The series moved to game 7 in Montreal on April 21, however the Bruins lost the game and were narrowly eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GPI = Games Played In; MIN = Minutes played; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; SV%= Save Percentage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season, Transactions\nThe Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season, Draft picks\nBoston's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Bruins will pick 8th overall when the draft is held June 22\u201323.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season, Farm teams, Providence Bruins\nThe Providence Bruins remain Boston's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194355-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Bruins season, Farm teams, Johnstown Chiefs\nOn June 18, 2007, during the ECHL Board of Governors Annual Meeting, the Long Beach Ice Dogs membership in the ECHL was immediately terminated due to the Long Beach ownership group being unable to continue to operate in 2007\u201308. On September 18, 2007, the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL announced they had entered an affiliation agreement with the Bruins for the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194356-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Celtics season\nThe 2007\u201308 Boston Celtics season was the 62nd season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This marked the season powered by the acquisitions of perennial All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in the offseason, the Celtics finished with a record of 66\u201316 and posted the best single-season turnaround in NBA history. They finished first in both the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference, and achieved the league's best record. The 66 wins were also the third-most in franchise history, behind the 1972\u201373 Celtics\u2019 68 wins and the famous 1985\u201386 Celtics\u2019 67 wins including 40 at home. Kevin Garnett was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year, while Danny Ainge, who executed \"the most dramatic NBA turnaround ever\", was named NBA Executive of the Year. The Celtics also sold out all 41 regular-season home games. The Celtics had the eleventh best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 946]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194356-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Celtics season\nTheir two-year absence from the playoffs came to an end as they met the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2008 NBA Playoffs. Eventually, they advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1987, where they met the Los Angeles Lakers, reigniting their storied rivalry. The Celtics won 4\u20132, capturing their first championship since 1986, and seventeenth in franchise history, the most in NBA history. However, they had a far more difficult path to this championship, playing 26 games, the most any team had ever played in a post-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194356-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Celtics season, Summary, NBA draft 2007: The Ray Allen trade\nOn May 22, the Celtics were assigned the 5th overall selection in the NBA Draft Lottery, essentially losing their chance of drafting either Greg Oden or Kevin Durant, who both were considered to go 1st and 2nd in the draft. The 5th pick was the worst-case scenario for the Celtics, who had a 19.9% chance of obtaining the 1st overall selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194356-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Celtics season, Summary, NBA draft 2007: The Ray Allen trade\nHowever, on June 28, the day of the 2007 NBA draft, the Celtics traded the 5th pick along with Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for All-Star 3-point specialist Ray Allen and the 35th overall selection prior to the event, and with the 5th pick selected forward Jeff Green for Seattle. In the second round of the draft, the Celtics selected guard Gabe Pruitt with the 32nd pick, which was their own, and forward Glen \"Big Baby\" Davis with the 35th pick, previously obtained from Seattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194356-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Celtics season, Summary, Kevin Garnett trade\nOn July 31, the Celtics traded for 10-time All-Star and 2004 MVP Kevin Garnett in the single largest trade for one player in NBA history. He was acquired from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Theo Ratliff, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Boston's 2009 first-round draft pick (top three protected), the return of Minnesota's conditional first-round draft pick previously obtained in the 2006 Ricky Davis\u2013Wally Szczerbiak trade and cash considerations. By adding Garnett to All-Stars Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, the trade brought a new era of relevance to the long-struggling franchise, but it also left the roster short-handed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194356-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Celtics season, Summary, Free agency\nThe Garnett trade left the roster depleted and depth became an immediate concern. Eventually, the Celtics signed guards Eddie House and Jackie Manuel on August 1, just two days after the Garnett trade, and center Scot Pollard on August 9. Later, Ainge called and asked 5-time All-Star Reggie Miller to return from his 2-year retirement and join the roster in a reserve role. Miller strongly considered the possibility of playing alongside Garnett, but ultimately announced on August 23 that he would not join the Celtics. On August 27, forward James Posey signed with the team and was considered a decisive signing which instantly gave the Celtics a drastic improvement to their bench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194356-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Celtics season, Summary, Free agency\nOn September 26, center Esteban Batista and guard Dahntay Jones signed non-guaranteed contracts with the Celtics, two days before the beginning of training camp and the team's departure to Rome for the 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour. Curiously, Jones was involved in a trade back in the 2003 NBA draft, in which the Celtics drafted him with the 20th overall selection, but immediately traded him with the 16th pick, Troy Bell, to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for the 13th pick, Marcus Banks, and the 27th pick, Kendrick Perkins. Ultimately, the Celtics waived Batista on October 16, and Manuel and Jones on October 25, bringing the roster down to 14\u00a0players, one shy of the league maximum of 15\u00a0players, in order to have roster flexibility and be able to sign another player midway through the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 853]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194356-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Celtics season, Summary, Free agency\nLater in the season, on December 18, the Celtics released yet another player, Brandon Wallace, in order to have even more roster flexibility that coach Doc Rivers said they needed. This move brought the roster down to only 13\u00a0players, which is the league minimum for players allowed on a team's roster. On February 27, the Celtics signed center P.J. Brown for the remainder of the season, in order to bolster their front court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194356-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Celtics season, Summary, Free agency\nHis decision to come to Boston was strongly aided by a conversation with future teammates Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, who convinced him to sign with the Celtics during the 2008 NBA All-Star Weekend. On March 4, 2008, the Celtics officially announced that they had signed guard Sam Cassell. After the signing, Cassell immediately flew back to his hometown of Baltimore to attend funeral services for a deceased family member. This signing ultimately put the roster up to the league maximum of 15\u00a0players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194356-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston Celtics season, Playoffs\nAlthough the Celtics had the best record in the NBA with 66\u201316 in the regular season, their path to their first championship since 1986 was far from easy. They ended up playing the most games a team had ever played in a postseason, with 26, surpassing the 1994 New York Knicks, whom Celtics coach Doc Rivers played for, and the 2005 Detroit Pistons, each of whom played 25, but lost their respective finals in seven games. This record was set in Game 6 of the Finals, in which they won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194357-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented college basketball for Boston College during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by eleventh-year head coach Al Skinner, played their home games at the Conte Forum, and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194358-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season\nThe 2007\u20132008 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team represented Boston College in the 2007\u20132008 college hockey season. The team was coached by Jerry York, '67, his fourteenth season behind the bench at Boston College. The Eagles played their home games at Kelley Rink on the campus of Boston College, and competed in Hockey East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194358-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season\nHaving lost in the previous season's national championship to Michigan State, Boston College made its third consecutive appearance in the title game and defeated Notre Dame 4\u20131 in the 2010 Frozen Four championship game, earning the school's third national championship and first since 2001. The Eagles defeated Minnesota and Miami (OH) in the Northeast Regional in Worcester, earning them a berth in the Frozen Four to be played at the Pepsi Center in Denver. BC defeated North Dakota 6\u20131 in the national semifinal before taking on the Irish in championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194358-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season\nThe Eagles finished fourth in the 2007\u20132008 Hockey East Regular Season, which was good enough for the last home-ice spot in the Hockey East playoffs. After sweeping the quarterfinal series against Providence, the Eagles met regular-season champion New Hampshire in the conference semifinals. After trailing early on, the Eagles mounted a comeback and eventually beat UNH on a Benn Ferriero goal early in the third overtime. BC went on to defeat Vermont in the championship game 4\u20130 for the school's eighth Hockey East tournament championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194358-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season\nBC also won the 56th Annual Beanpot Tournament. After defeating defending champions Boston University 4\u20133 in overtime thanks to a Nathan Gerbe goal, the Eagles went on to defeat Harvard 6\u20135 in overtime on a goal by freshman defenseman Nick Petrecki. This was BC's 14th Beanpot title and first since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194358-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season\nJunior forward Nathan Gerbe, who led the nation in scoring, narrowly missed out on winning the Hobey Baker Award. Gerbe was however named US Hockey National Player of the Year, and also earned NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player and Hockey East Tournament Most Valuable Player honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194358-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season, Recruiting\nBoston College added five freshmen for the 2007\u20132008 season, including one defenseman, two forwards, and two goalies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194358-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season, Schedule, 2007\u20132008 Regular Season\nAll times Eastern* = Hockey East Conference PlayBeanpot = 56th Annual Beanpot Tournament in Boston", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 89], "content_span": [90, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194359-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Botola\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Botola, the first division of Moroccan football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194360-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Mid-American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194360-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team, Preseason\nOn April 4, 2007, Bowling Green State University announced Louis Orr as the program's 15th head coach, replacing Dan Dakich who left BG to become an assistant under Kelvin Sampson at Indiana. Louis Orr joined the Falcons after five years at Seton Hall, where he compiled an 80\u201369 record and led the Pirates to two NCAA Tournament appearances. Entering the 2007\u201308 season, Bowling Green was picked to finish sixth in the MAC East division by the MAC News Media Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194360-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 105th season in Bradford City A.F.C. 's history, their 93rd in The Football League and 95th in the league system of English football. After finishing 22nd in League One during the 2006\u201307 season, Bradford City were relegated to League Two meaning the season would be their first in the bottom tier of The Football League since 1981\u201382. It was also Stuart McCall's first season as manager, after he was appointed the full-time successor to Colin Todd in May 2007. It covers a period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season\nMcCall brought in seven new signings in pre-season, as well as a number of loan players, but from September to November, the club failed to win in eight games, leaving them in 21st place in League Two. The club improved during the latter part of the season, finishing in 10th place, three places and 16\u00a0points outside the play-offs. Bradford also suffered first round exits in two of the cup competitions they entered, and lost in the second round of the FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season\nPeter Thorne was the club's top goalscorer, recording 15\u00a0goals, 14 in the league and one in the FA Cup. The season also marked centre back David Wetherall's retirement after 304\u00a0league games with the club. Joe Colbeck was named player of the season, despite spending part of the season on loan at Darlington. The club's average attendance of 13,756 was the highest in the division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Background\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, manager Colin Todd had been sacked because of a poor run of results. Club captain David Wetherall was originally appointed Todd's successor on a caretaker basis, before being handed the role until the end of the season, during the following month. Wetherall could not stop City's run of poor form, and the club were relegated to League Two on 28 April 2007 after a 3\u20130 defeat at Chesterfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Background\nIt was the club's third relegation in seven seasons, and meant the 2007\u201308 season would be their first season in the fourth division of English football in 25\u00a0years. On 22 May 2007, former City player Stuart McCall, who had played more than 400\u00a0games for the club during two previous spells, was announced as the club's new manager to take over on 1 June 2007. Although the club had just 13\u00a0players with first-team experience, the bookmakers made City second favourites to win the League Two title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Background\nDespite the club's relegation, off the field, chairman Julian Rhodes had announced a deal to slash the price of watching professional football to just \u00a3138, the equivalent of \u00a36 per match, and the cheapest season tickets in England. In June 2007, Rhodes was also joined by Mark Lawn as new joint chairman of the club. Lawn signed a deal to wipe out the club's debts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nWith just 13\u00a0players on the books, McCall's first job was to sign a number of new players to build a first-team squad. McCall's first signings were strikers Barry Conlon, from Mansfield Town, and Peter Thorne, from Norwich City, both on free transfers, on 2 July 2007. No more players were signed by the time City played their first pre-season friendly away at Harrogate Town on 16 July 2007. However, there were eight trialists in the team which won 1\u20130. The only goal of the game was a header from David Wetherall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nTwo days later, City were defeated 2\u20131 by Conference side Farsley Celtic, before a 2\u20130 victory against North Ferriby United. Scott Phelan, who had played all three of the pre-season games during a trial, became McCall's third signing on 24 July from Everton. The same day, City drew 1\u20131 with Burnley in their only home pre-season friendly open to fans, with a goal from Paul Evans. McCall signed full back Darren Williams, from Hartlepool United, Kyle Nix on a monthly contract, and Nathan Joynes on loan from Barnsley but released three other trialists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0004-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nJoynes had been the third loan signing from Barnsley, following Paul Heckingbottom, who had played for Bradford in the 2003\u201304 season, and Thomas Harban. The following two friendlies both ended in defeat; first 1\u20130 to York City, then 2\u20131 to Blackpool in a private practice match, with another goal from Evans. Evans completed his transfer the following day, to be followed by Alex Rhodes, who had been on trial from Brentford, and Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu on loan from Gillingham, the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nA new home and away strip for the season was announced, with the home shirts worn for the first time in the friendly against Burnley. The club also sold more than 12,000\u00a0season tickets, with 12,019\u00a0fans buying one before the end of the deadline for the cheap offer on 31 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, August\nBradford started their league season on 11 August 2007 with a 1\u20131 draw with Macclesfield Town, when a crowd of 14,345 was inside Valley Parade, 1,000 more than was originally announced. The attendance was more than 6,000 higher than any other game in the division. Macclesfield had taken the lead, with City equalising shortly before half-time when Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu scored with a rebound after Barry Conlon's penalty was saved. Four days later City were at Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers, for the first round of the League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, August\nWolves scored twice in the first five minutes of the second half, and despite Kyle Nix pulling one back for Bradford, City went out 2\u20131. City's second league game of the season was the first league game to be played at Shrewsbury Town's new \u00a315m ground the New Meadow, when an early penalty from former City player Dave Hibbert gave the home side a 1\u20130 win. McCall's first win as manager came in the third game when a debut goal from Luke Medley secured a 2\u20131 victory over Wrexham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, September\nBradford started September with consecutive defeats; first 2\u20131 in the league against Barnet, before a 5\u20131 loss to Doncaster Rovers in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. For the latter game, McCall had named a weakened team, which included debutants Ben Saynor and Sean Taylforth, and City faced a \u00a35,000 fine from The Football League, but were eventually only fined \u00a33,000. Two victories in the league followed against Lincoln City\u2014the first time the two teams had met in a league game since the fire disaster in 1985\u2014 and Peterborough United. But the month ended as it had started with back-to-back defeats against Hereford United and Wycombe Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, October\nThe run of consecutive defeats extended to five during the first two weeks of October. After a 3\u20130 defeat to Accrington Stanley, McCall added two more loan signings to the squad, Nicky Law, son of former City manager Nicky Law, and goalkeeper Rhys Evans. Both played as City lost 2\u20131 to both Milton Keynes Dons, when Barry Conlon scored his first goal for the club, then Morecambe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, October\nThe run of defeats came to an end when City drew 0\u20130 with Darlington, but the month ended without a single victory after another draw, this time 1\u20131 with Grimsby Town, when Rhys Evans was substituted after 24\u00a0minutes for City, and Ndumbu-Nsungu scored a late equaliser following Grimsby's own goalkeeper Phil Barnes' red card. Evans' loan deal was cut short following the injury and he returned to Blackpool after just four games. Young midfielder Joe Colbeck, who had been one of several players McCall wanted to send out on loan to gain first team experience, was loaned out to Darlington for a month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, November\nBradford's run without a league victory extended to eight games after a 2\u20131 defeat to Brentford. The run, which stretched back to 15 September came to an end with a 2\u20131 win over Chester City on 6 November 2007 when Alex Rhodes scored his first goal for the club. City again defeated Chester City four days later, this time in the FA Cup, when Peter Thorne's first goal for the club secured a 1\u20130 win. City won their third game in a row with a 4\u20131 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge\u2014their highest victory of the season, before the month ended with a 1\u20131 draw against Stockport County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, December\nBradford were eliminated from the FA Cup with a 3\u20130 defeat to League One side Tranmere Rovers. They returned to league action with two more draws, away to Mansfield Town and Chesterfield, the latter game of which featured Joe Colbeck, who had returned from Darlington early despite his one-month loan spell being originally extended. The following week City signed Willy Topp for \u00a335,000\u2014the first time they had paid a transfer fee for a player since Andy Tod in November 2001\u2014nearly three months after he first came on trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, December\nCity were given two weeks off before their next game, when their home game against Rotherham United on 15 December was postponed because of a frozen pitch. But they could not take advantage of the extra rest and despite taking the lead against Peterborough United, two second half goals gave Peterborough a 2\u20131 win and helped them to second in the league. The highest attendance of the season for a League Two game attended City's next game on Boxing Day against Lincoln City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0010-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, December\nIt was the first time the two teams had met in the league at Valley Parade since the fire of 1985 and the crowd of 15,510 observed a minute silence and wreath-laying ceremony before the game. Peter Thorne gave City the lead, and despite an equaliser from Lincoln, Barry Conlon secured a 2\u20131 win for Bradford in the last minute. The 2007 calendar year finished with another home game, but this time City lost 3\u20131 to Hereford United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, January\nThe New Year started with a number of changes off the field. Loan signing Ndumbu-Nsungu returned to Gillingham but Heckingbottom's deal was extended to allow him to play against Accrington Stanley on New Year's Day, before a permanent deal was finalised the following week. Midfielder Lee Bullock was also signed on a loan transfer from Hartlepool United. City beat Accrington 2\u20130 with Matthew Clarke scoring his first for the club and Joe Colbeck adding his first since he returned from his loan spell at Darlington. It was followed up with another win, when Thorne scored City's first hat-trick for two years, to defeat Notts County 3\u20130. Two away draws followed at Bury and Wrexham, but City returned to winning ways with a 4\u20132 victory over Shrewsbury Town to finish the month unbeaten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, January\nMcCall had also been busy in the transfer market during January, with the trio of Ben Starosta, Scott Loach and TJ Moncur all arriving on loan. Bullock made his loan permanent and signed an 18-month contract, and David Brown signed after impressing on a trial. Five players also left Valley Parade on loan deals during January, with Craig Bentham joining Farsley Celtic, Luke Medley joining Cambridge City, Sean Taylforth and Luke Morgan both going to Droylsden, and Simon Ainge joining Halifax Town. Goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts was also expected to leave but his transfer to Queens Park Rangers collapsed after the Home Office rejected his application for a work permit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, February\nCity's unbeaten run was extended to six games when David Brown scored on his debut to beat Macclesfield Town 1\u20130. The run came to an end with consecutive 2\u20131 defeats to Bury and Rochdale. On 20 February 2008, David Wetherall, who had played nearly 300\u00a0league games for City since he joined in 1999, announced he would retire at the end of the season. City won their first win in three games when they beat Notts County for the second time in as many months, with a 3\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0013-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, February\nThree days later City added a second consecutive win by defeating Rotherham United 3\u20132 in the game which had been postponed in December, with Lee Bullock scoring his first goal for the club. The same day, club chairman Julian Rhodes announced a new season ticket offer in a bid to fill more of the 25,000-seater stadium for the following season by offering free tickets if more than 9,000\u00a0adult tickets were bought.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, March\nMarch started with two more consecutive defeats. Dagenham & Redbridge defeated City 2\u20130 in their first game at Valley Parade, when Barry Conlon missed a penalty and then an open goal both when the score was 1\u20130. In the following game, Peter Thorne scored a penalty to give City the lead against Stockport County, but County scored twice to win 2\u20131. Four days later, Bradford recorded their third victory of the season against Chester City, when Conlon scored the only goal of the game in a 1\u20130 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0014-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, March\nConlon scored another in the following game but City again were beaten, 2\u20131 by Mansfield Town. Following Wetherall's announcement that he would retire, City's supporters staged a special day to celebrate his career and contribution to the club, during the away fixture on 22 March 2008 at Rotherham United, where the team had lost 4\u20131 the previous season during Wetherall's spell as player-manager. The result of the game finished 1\u20131, during which Omar Daley was sent off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0014-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, March\nCity played a second game two days later, because of the Easter fixture list, when Peter Thorne scored the 150th league goal of his career to help City beat Chesterfield 1\u20130. The month finished with a 3\u20131 victory over Darlington, when Tom Penford scored his first goal for the club, and both Barry Conlon and Joe Colbeck scored against their former club. The victory put City into the top half of the table for the first time since September. During March, City also won a Football League award for their season ticket deal at the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, April\nOn 1 April 2008, first City's keeper Donovan Ricketts was blocked from coming back into the country following a Jamaica call-up, before City lost 2\u20131 at Rochdale, following a late winning goal from Rochdale's Adam Le Fondre. City returned to winnings ways four days later, when Eddie Johnson scored the only goal of a 1\u20130 victory over Morecambe. Johnson scored for a second successive game, three days later to secure a 1\u20131 draw with Barnet in a rearranged game at Valley Parade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0015-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, April\nA second successive draw on 12 April, this time 2\u20132 against Brentford, meant that City could no longer reach the play-offs, ensuring that they would again be playing in League Two during 2008\u201309. A late goal from Joe Colbeck on 19 April prevented a third successive draw and gave City a 2\u20131 victory over Grimsby Town. Colbeck was named the club's player of the season at the annual award ceremony on 23 April, but was sent off in the club's final home of the season against Milton Keynes Dons. Bradford were already 2\u20130 behind when Colbeck was dismissed, and despite a goal from Omar Daley, they lost 2\u20131, which crowned Milton Keynes as the league champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, April\nOn 29 April 2008, McCall announced the list of players he would be keeping and releasing at the end of the season. As well as Ricketts, who was unlikely to be given a new work permit, the first team players to be released were Darren Williams, Paul Evans, Tom Penford and Alex Rhodes. Craig Bentham, who had spent three months on loan at Farsley Celtic, and Scott Phelan, who had not featured since December, were also deemed surplus to requirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, April\nBack-up goalkeepers Ben Saynor and Jamie Waite, neither of whom had played a first team league game, and youngsters David Brown, Luke Morgan and Damian Hopkins completed the list of 13\u00a0players to leave the club. Barry Conlon and Kyle Nix were the only first team regulars to be offered new contracts, along with juniors Luke Medley, Luke O'Brien and Sean Taylforth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, May and June\nCity finished the season with a 2\u20131 defeat at Wycombe Wanderers, when Luke Medley scored a penalty on his first start for the club. McCall had made a number of changes to the side, after his decision to release 13\u00a0players, giving a debut to Sean Taylforth and also giving places to three of the released players. It was also David Wetherall's final game for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, May and June\nIn the week after the season had finished, Barry Conlon was the first to sign a new deal keeping him at the club until January 2008, before Kyle Nix and Luke O'Brien signed their season-long contracts. By the end of the week, McCall made his first transfer of the summer when he signed goalkeeper Jonathan McLaughlin from non-league Harrogate Town. It was not until the end of the month that he added his second signing, when midfielder Chris Brandon, a former club trainee, joined from Huddersfield Town on a free transfer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194361-0018-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, May and June\nDefender Paul Arnison, who had been released by Carlisle United in May, became the club's third summer transfer, when he signed a two-year contract on 18 June 2008. On 30 June 2008, the final day before City would return to pre-season training, City signed a second defender, when Graeme Lee joined on a free transfer from Doncaster Rovers. He also signed a two-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194362-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brentford F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Brentford competed in Football League Two. With a second-successive relegation looking a possibility, manager Terry Butcher was replaced by his assistant Andy Scott in December 2007 and the club finished the season comfortably in mid-table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194362-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary\nIn April 2007, with two matches of the 2006\u201307 season still to play, Terry Butcher was announced as the new Brentford manager. He officially took charge on 7 May of a club newly-relegated to League Two and two days later he installed former Bees player Andy Scott as his assistant, citing the need \"to appoint someone who has knowledge of the lower divisions\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194362-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary\nAside from a number of released players, the previous season's top scorer Jo Kuffour and regular left back Andy Frampton departed the club and Butcher and Scott brought in goalkeeper Simon Brown, defenders John Mackie and Craig Pead, midfielders Gary Smith and Glenn Poole and forwards Alan Connell and Lee Thorpe on free transfers, in addition to five loanees to cover for lack of numbers in the squad. Despite Brentford supporter Matthew Benham spending \u00a33,000,000 in January 2007 to take over the club's loans from previous chairman Ron Noades' company Altonwood, the management team would be forced to work to a tight budget during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194362-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary\nTwo wins from the opening four matches of the season put Brentford into the play-off places, though it would prove to be a false dawn. Five defeats from six matches in September and October dropped the Bees down to 17th and five consecutive defeats in November without scoring a goal led Butcher to leave Griffin Park by mutual consent on 11 December. Andy Scott took over as caretaker manager and immediately galvanised the team, with 8 wins from his first 12 matches lifting Brentford from 19th to 11th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194362-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary\nScott was given the job on a permanent basis on 4 January 2008 and in a bid to reduce the average age of the squad, he released seven players and signed left back Ryan Dickson and striker Nathan Elder on permanent deals. Scott would loan eight players between January and the end of the season, to cover for injuries to Kevin O'Connor, Simon Brown, Matthew Heywood, John Mousinho and for loanees who had returned to their clubs. The team stalled in the final months of the season and lost 10 of the last 15 matches to finish in 14th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194363-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's 106th year in existence and second consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup. The Seagulls finished 7th in League One, missing out on the promotion play-offs by seven points. As a result, manager Dean Wilkins was replaced by Micky Adams at the end of the season, and left the club after being offered a role as first-team coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194363-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nBrighton & Hove Albion were knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round with a home defeat to League Two outfit Mansfield Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194363-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Competitions, Football League Cup\nBrighton & Hove Albion were knocked out of the Football League Cup in the first round by Championship side Cardiff City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 77], "content_span": [78, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194363-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Competitions, Football League Trophy\nBrighton & Hove Albion received a bye to the Southern area second round and were drawn at home to League Two side Barnet. They were knocked out in the Southern area semi-final by League One champions Swansea City", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194364-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bristol City F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Bristol City F.C. competed in the Football League Championship, following promotion from League One the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194364-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bristol City F.C. season, Season summary\nIn the summer between City's promotion and the start of the Championship season, Gary Johnson made a number of signings. However their pre-season form did not start well, losing 4\u20132 to Forest Green Rovers and 3\u20131 to Motherwell F.C. as the club trialed various players. However City got off to a good start going unbeaten for a number of matches and briefly topping the Championship after beating Coventry City 3\u20130. City then suffered a slight blip after losing 3\u20130 to Barnsley before beating several big teams, including Sheffield United (live on Sky Sports) and Southampton. In November, City's form dipped and they endured a run of 4 games without a win, including a 6\u20130 thrashing at the hands of Ipswich Town. In December, City's form picked up again and went unbeaten all the way to Boxing Day, when they lost to West Bromwich Albion 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 891]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194364-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bristol City F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter a stop-start run of form, including victories over Blackpool and Coventry City and losses to Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace, City went top of the Championship on 1 March, after a 2\u20131 home victory over Hull City. After some indifferent results, City went back to the top after a last-gasp winner from Steve Brooker, who was just returning from injury, in a 2\u20131 win over Norwich City. However a poor run ended City's chances of an automatic promotion place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194364-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bristol City F.C. season, Season summary\nOn 4 May 2008, a 3\u20130 home win against Preston North End on the final day of the league season ensured a playoff place and a semi-final fixture against Crystal Palace. On 13 May 2008, a 4\u20132 aggregate win over Crystal Palace with goals from Lee Trundle and Michael McIndoe confirmed City's trip to Wembley, where they were beaten 1\u20130 by Hull City. At the end of the season, defender Bradley Orr and midfielder Marvin Elliott were both included in the PFA Team of the Year, while goalkeeper Adriano Basso was named the club's player of the season. Elliott was the club's young player of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194364-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bristol City F.C. season, Kit\nBristol City's kit was manufactured by German company Puma and sponsored by Bristol Trade Centre. The club's away kit was all black with white trimmings and rendered in the same template as the home kit; the third kit featured black shorts, white shirts and black and white socks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 37], "content_span": [38, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194365-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bristol Rovers F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. It marks the 125th year of football played by Bristol Rovers F.C. and their 81st season in The Football League. The team plays in Football League One having won the Football League Two playoff game at Wembley Stadium on 26 May 2007, beating Shrewsbury 3\u20131 in front of a crowd of 61,589.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194365-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Chronological list of events\nThis is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007\u201308 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194365-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Squad, Transfers, In\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Rovers signed six new players. Joe Jacobson, David Pipe, Andy Williams, Danny Coles, James Fraser and Jeff Hughes. The total transfer spending for the season is not known, as the Williams and Hughes transfer fees have not been disclosed, however both are known to be \"six-figure\" sums so the total spending is over \u00a3250,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194365-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Squad, Transfers, Out\nIn addition to the players listed above, coach Kevin Hodges was released by the club at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194365-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Team kit\nThe team kit for the 2007\u201308 season is produced by Erre\u00e0. The main shirt sponsor is Cowlin Construction and the secondary shirt sponsor is Blackthorn Cider. The home shirt features the traditional blue and white quarters in a darker shade of blue from the previous season, and the away kit is green with black trim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194366-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 British Basketball League season\nThe 2007\u201308 season, the 21st since the establishment of the British Basketball League, commenced on 9 September 2007, when the Plymouth Raiders succumbed to the Guildford Heat in the inaugural Cup Winners' Cup competition. The regular season started two weeks later on 21 September with 12 teams including new additions Birmingham Panthers, Everton Tigers and London Capital the later of whom stepped up from EBL Division 1 during the summer. After just one season in the top-flight, London United were forced to drop out due to the loss of its financial backer just weeks before the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194366-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 British Basketball League season\nGuildford's participation in the ULEB Cup saw a British team return to European competition for the first time since Brighton Bears' appearance in the same competition in the 2003\u201304 season. Out of their depth, the Heat finished their European adventure with a 0\u201310 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194366-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 British Basketball League season\nOn the domestic scene Guildford continued their dominance, collecting the Cup Winners' Cup, BBL Trophy and the Play-off crown. Newcastle Eagles were Champions of the League's regular season campaign, whilst rookie teams Everton and London ended with respectable 7th and 9th-place finishes. The League also secured a live broadcasting contract with Setanta Sports midway through the campaign which saw one televised game a week screened on live on their network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194366-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 British Basketball League season, Cup Winners' Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 season saw the inauguration of the BBL's newest competition, the Cup Winners' Cup. The pre-season event between last season's winners of the BBL Cup and BBL Trophy was staged over two legs with the winner determined by the final aggregate score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194366-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 British Basketball League season, Cup Winners' Cup\nGuildford Heat claimed the upper-hand in the first leg away to Plymouth Raiders with an 83\u201377 victory, despite being ahead by 18-points, Raiders kept fighting and eventually clawed the game back before losing in the final minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194366-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 British Basketball League season, Cup Winners' Cup\nThe second leg in Guildford was an equally tight affair, but Heat's strength combined with Raiders' poor free-throw shooting, gave them a 93\u201391 victory, tallying up to a 176\u2013168 win on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194366-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 British Basketball League season, BBL Cup\nFor the 2007\u201308 edition of the BBL Cup, the top three ranking teams from last season's BBL Championship \u2013 Guildford Heat, Sheffield Sharks and Newcastle Eagles \u2013 plus the Milton Keynes Lions, all received a bye into the Quarter-final, leaving the remaining eight clubs to battle it out in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194366-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 British Basketball League season, BBL Trophy\nThis season's BBL Trophy was slightly reformatted from the previous edition of the tournament. The first round comprised three groups of three and one group of four. Gone were the lower league clubs for the English Basketball League and Scottish Basketball League, with the exception of the previous year's EBL Division 1 champions Worthing Thunder, who stepped in to fill the spot vacated by London United, who withdrew prior to the season opener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194366-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 British Basketball League season, BBL Trophy\nEach team played each other twice, once home and once away, and after each group campaign is completed, the top team from each group advanced into the semi-finals. If teams tied on points (2 for a win, 0 for a loss), head-to-head results would come into play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194366-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 British Basketball League season, BBL Trophy, Group stage, Final\nThe Final for this season's BBL Trophy was held on 2 March 2008, at the Pavilions in Plymouth, the first time the venue has hosted a major final. It was a 'North-South' final contested between Newcastle Eagles and Guildford Heat, and was broadcast live on television, on Setanta Sports 2, and also BBC Radio Newcastle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194366-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 British Basketball League season, BBL Trophy, Group stage, Final\nNewcastle had been leading 47\u201335 at the half, but a Guildford comeback led by Most Valuable Player E. J. Harrison and Daniel Gilbert, overhauled the Eagles for their first trophy of the season, after the league and cup double of last season. Harrison scored 10 of his 25 points in the closing quarter with Gilbert scoring 3 in the last minute to cement the trophy for the Heat. Lynard Stewart led all scorers in the match with 26 points, but this was not enough for Newcastle as Fabulous Flournoy's men went down in their second consecutive final after losing to Milton Keynes Lions in the BBL Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194367-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brunei Premier League\nStatistics of the Brunei Premier League for the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194367-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brunei Premier League, Overview\nIt was contested by 12 teams, and QAF FC won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194367-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Brunei Premier League, Promotion/Relegation Playoff\nto be held before start 2009 seasonMarch United n/p LLRC FTNB: cancelled as top level is reduced to 10 clubs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194368-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team\nThe 2007-08 Buffalo Bulls Men's Basketball Team represented the University at Buffalo in the college basketball season of 2007\u201308. The team was coached by Reggie Witherspoon. The Bulls played their home games at Alumni Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season\nThe 2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season was the 38th season of operation, 37th season of play, for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season\nPrior to the season, the Sabres lost their co-captains of the previous two seasons, Daniel Briere and Chris Drury. Briere and Drury were signed as free agents on July 1 by the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season\nDainius Zubrus was also lost to free agency, as he was signed by the New Jersey Devils on July 3. Thomas Vanek, who led the team in goals the previous season with 43, was a restricted free agent and was almost lost as well; the Edmonton Oilers signed him to a seven-year, $50\u00a0million offer sheet on July 6, but the Sabres matched the offer, retaining him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season\nJocelyn Thibault was signed to the Sabres' roster on July 5 to serve as a veteran backup to the team's starting goaltender, Ryan Miller. Thibault replaced Ty Conklin, who had served as Miller's backup for the last month of the 2006\u201307 season and during the playoffs. Conklin was signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season\nAfter losing both Briere and Drury in the off-season, the Sabres' captaincy was vacated. Prior to the season, the team announced that it would rotate captaincy throughout the season, just as it did during the 2003\u201304 season. Jochen Hecht was named the October captain under this system. Toni Lydman was named captain for November, Brian Campbell was named captain for December, and Jaroslav Spacek was named captain for January  before the captaincy was cycled back to Hecht in February. Jason Pominville was named the team's captain in March, and he finished the season in the role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season\nLongtime Sabres' color commentator Jim Lorentz retired just prior to the season. He was replaced in the broadcast booth by longtime Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster Harry Neale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season\nThe Sabres' January 1 home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins was played outdoors at Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the National Football League's Buffalo Bills. The NHL called the event the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic. In addition to selling tickets at Ralph Wilson Stadium, the Sabres also sold tickets to HSBC Arena for the game, which was broadcast for fans on the arena's video scoreboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season\nBrian Campbell was the Sabres' lone representative in the 2008 NHL All-Star Game, as he was named to the team as a reserve defenseman. It was his second consecutive All-Star Game appearance. Campbell was then traded to the San Jose Sharks on February 26 in exchange for Steve Bernier and a first-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season\nOn January 18, 2008, the Sabres defeated the Atlanta Thrashers at home by a score of 10\u20131. Derek Roy and Drew Stafford each had a hat-trick. It was the first time that an NHL team had scored 10 goals in a regular season game since January 4, 2007, when the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins on the road by a score of 10\u20132. It was also the first time that the Sabres had scored 10 goals in a game since January 14, 2006, when they defeated the Los Angeles Kings at home by a score of 10\u20131. Coincidentally, two Sabres had hat-tricks in that game as well: Jochen Hecht and Jason Pominville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season, Schedule and results, December\nOn December 22, the Sabres won their first shootout victory of the season on the road in Philadelphia against the Philadelphia Flyers. Thomas Vanek scored with 7.2 seconds left in the third period, beating former Sabres goaltender Martin Biron from the right circle to force overtime, and Ales Kotalik of the Sabres scored the only shootout goal to provide the Sabres with a win, adding to their total with six victories in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season, Schedule and results, January\n*Played at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs\nAfter winning the Presidents' Trophy in the 2006\u201307 NHL season, the Sabres failed to qualify for the playoffs despite having 90 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season, Transactions\nThe Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season, Draft picks\nBuffalo's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194369-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Buffalo Sabres season, Farm teams, Rochester Americans\nThe Rochester Americans remain Buffalo's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2007\u201308. It is expected to be the last year of the two teams' long affiliation and the teams are expected to part ways at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194370-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bulgarian Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Bulgarian Cup was the 26th official edition of the Bulgarian annual football tournament. The final match between PFC Litex Lovech and PFC Cherno More Varna was held on 14 May 2008 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Litex won their third Bulgarian Cup in their history after winning the match 1-0 thanks to a second-half goal from Stanislav Manolev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194370-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bulgarian Cup, First round\nIn this round entered winners from the preliminary rounds together with the teams from B Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194370-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bulgarian Cup, Second round\nThis round featured winners from the First Round and all teams from A Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194371-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bulgarian Hockey League season\nThe 2007\u201308 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the 56th season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria. Four teams participated in Group A of the league, and HK Slavia Sofia won the championship. Group B also consisted of four teams, and was won by Ledenite Dyavoli Sofia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194372-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bundesliga\nThe 2007\u201308 Bundesliga was the 45th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 10 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. VfB Stuttgart were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194372-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bundesliga, Competition format\nEvery team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194372-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bundesliga, Background\nBayern Munich secured their 21st title with a 0\u20130 draw at VfL Wolfsburg on 4 May 2008. Bayern were good value for their title, having conceded only 21 goals, losing only two games in the process. Their completely overhauled squad hinged on the performances of Italy striker Luca Toni, who found the back of the net 24 times, and France winger Franck Rib\u00e9ry, who won the Player of the Year award. Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld was named Manager of the Year as well, to round off a thoroughly successful season for Bayern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194372-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bundesliga, Background\nWerder Bremen finished their first season without Miroslav Klose on 66 points, a distant ten points behind Bayern, in second place. Schalke 04 finished in the last Champions League place, two points behind Bremen. Joining Hamburger SV in the UEFA Cup spot were season surprise packages Wolfsburg, who finished in fifth place. Borussia Dortmund, though suffering a terrible domestic campaign, finishing 13th, managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup as well, having finished runners-up in the DFB-Pokal final, losing to Bayern Munich. 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg, MSV Duisburg and Hansa Rostock were all automatically relegated, having suffered a combined 58 defeats in the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194372-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bundesliga, Teams\nMainz 05, Alemannia Aachen and Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Karlsruher SC, Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194372-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bundesliga, Champion squad\nGoalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (captain; 26); Michael Rensing (10). Defenders: Christian Lell (29 / 1); Mart\u00edn Demichelis  (28 / 1); L\u00facio  (24 / 1); Philipp Lahm (22); Daniel Van Buyten  (19 / 1); Marcell Jansen (17), Willy Sagnol  (9); Breno  (1). Midfielders: Z\u00e9 Roberto  (30 / 5); Bastian Schweinsteiger (30 / 1); Franck Rib\u00e9ry  (28 / 11); Mark van Bommel  (27 / 2); Hamit Alt\u0131ntop  (23 / 3); Andreas Ottl (19 / 3); Jos\u00e9 Sosa  (15); Toni Kroos (12). Forwards: Luca Toni  (31 / 24); Miroslav Klose (27 / 10); Lukas Podolski (25 / 5); Jan Schlaudraff (8); Sandro Wagner (4). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194372-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bundesliga, Champion squad\nOn the roster but have not played in a league game: Bernd Dreher; Mats Hummels; Val\u00e9rien Isma\u00ebl ; Julio dos Santos ; Stephan F\u00fcrstner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194372-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Bundesliga, Champion squad\nTransferred out during the season: Mats Hummels (to Borussia Dortmund); Val\u00e9rien Isma\u00ebl  (to Hannover 96); Julio dos Santos  (on loans to Almer\u00eda and then Gr\u00eamio).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194373-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Burnley F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Burnley's 8th season in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Steve Cotterill in his fourth full season since he replaced Stan Ternent at the beginning of the 2004\u201305 season. He was sacked on 8 November 2007 after a poor run of results and replaced by Owen Coyle. Caretaker manager Steve Davis was put in charge of first team duties for the match against Leicester City on 10 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194374-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Brad Stevens, serving his 1st year. The Bulldogs played their home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse, which has a capacity of approximately 10,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194374-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe Bulldogs won the 2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Regular Season Championship and the 2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament Championship, earning the Horizon League's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 7 seed in the East Region. They beat 10 seed South Alabama 81\u201361 before falling to 2 seed Tennessee 71\u201376 in overtime in the Round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194375-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 C.D. Marath\u00f3n season\nThe 2007\u201308 C.D. Marath\u00f3n season in the Honduran football league was divided into two halves, Apertura and Clausura. Marath\u00f3n was capable to win one tournament, having achieved the sixth championship in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194375-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 C.D. Marath\u00f3n season, Apertura, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194375-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 C.D. Marath\u00f3n season, Clausura, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194376-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 C.D. Motagua season\nIn the 2007\u201308 season Motagua won their first international trophy in the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup, and were the league's runner-up in the Apertura tournament being beaten by C.D. Marath\u00f3n. They were the only team to beat C.D. Victoria, doing so twice. In the Clausura tournament they reached the Semifinals. They also competed in the last CONCACAF Champions' Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194376-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 C.D. Motagua season, Squad, Transfer in\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194376-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 C.D. Motagua season, Squad, Transfer out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194376-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 C.D. Motagua season, Apertura\nMotagua played its first official game of the season at home with a 2\u20130 victory over Atl\u00e9tico Olanchano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194376-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 C.D. Motagua season, Clausura\nMotagua reached the semifinals. The team had to play some of their home games at Estadio Marcelo Tinoco in Danl\u00ed due to major repairs to the Estadio Tiburcio Car\u00edas Andino for the 2010 World Cup qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194376-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 C.D. Motagua season, 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup\nAs champions in the 2006\u201307 Apertura season, F.C. Motagua had the right to participate in the Central American club championship in 2007. Under the management of DT Ram\u00f3n Maradiaga, the team achieved a record 7 wins and 1 drawn in a total of 8 games, and won their first international trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194376-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 C.D. Motagua season, 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup\nAfter winning the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup, F.C. Motagua obtained one of the three Central American tickets to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. On 17 December 2008 CONCACAF announced the pairs for the Quarterfinals, leaving Motagua in the bracket against reigning champions C.F. Pachuca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194377-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CE Lleida B\u00e0squet season\nThe 2007-08 Plus Pujol Lleida season is their 5th season in the Adecco LEB Oro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194378-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CERH European League\nThe 2007\u201308 CERH European League was the 43rd edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Eight was held in May 2008 at the Palau Blaugrana, in Barcelona, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194378-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CERH European League, Group stage\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194378-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CERH European League, Final four\nThe Final Four was played at Palau Blaugrana, in Barcelona, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194379-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CERS Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 CERS Cup was the 28th season of the CERS Cup, Europe's second club roller hockey competition organized by CERH. 27 teams from eight national associations qualified for the competition as a result of their respective national league placing in the previous season. Following a preliminary phase and two knockout rounds, Tenerife won the tournament in the Final Four, that was played in Dinan, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194379-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CERS Cup, Knockout stage\nThe knockout stage consisted in double-legged series for the round of 16 and the quarterfinals, where the four winners would join the Final Four, that was played in Dinan, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194380-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Challenge Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 CEV Challenge Cup was the 28th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former CEV Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194380-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Challenge Cup\nThe Italian club Cimone Modena beat the Russian club Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg in the final and achieved its fifth CEV Challenge Cup trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194381-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Champions League\nThe CEV Champions League  is the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2007-08 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194381-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Champions League, Teams of the 2007-2008\nThe number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194381-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Champions League, Main Phase\n24 teams will be drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams each. The 1st \u2013 2nd ranked will qualify for the Play-off 12 teams. If the organizer of the final four is one of the above qualified teams in this case this team directly qualifiesfor the final four and the 3rd ranked team with the best score will also qualify for the Play-off 12 teams(replaces the organizer of the Final Four Tournament). The four next 3rd ranked teams with the best scorewill qualify for the Challenge Round of the CEV CUP. The remaining 3rd ranked teams and the 4th rankedteams are eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194382-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 CEV Cup was the 36th edition of the European CEV Cup volleyball club tournament, the former Top Teams Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194382-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Cup\nRoma Volley beat Noliko Maaseik in the finale. Italian Manuel Coscione was awarded a title of the Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194382-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Cup, Reglament\nWhen the two matches result in one win and one defeat for each team, the teams must play oneextra set called GOLDEN SET. The Golden Set is to be played as a tie break set until 15 points. The team winning this GOLDEN SET will qualify for the next round regardless the results of theprevious matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194382-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Cup, Main phase, 16th Finals\nThe 16 winning teams from the 1/16 Finals will compete in the 1/8 Finals playing Home & Away matches. The losers of the 1/16 final matches qualify for the 3rd round in 2007\u201308 CEV Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194383-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Women's Champions League\nThe Women's CEV Champions League is an international volleyball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194383-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Women's Champions League, Format, Regular season\n20 teams take part in this phase. The teams are put in 5 group of 4 teams each. The first two teams and the best third will play the Play-off 12 teams. If the organizer of the final four is qualified, another best third will advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194383-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Women's Champions League, Format, Play-off 12 teams\nA draw will fix the opponents of the matches. A knock-out stage determine the 6 teams that will advance to the Play-off 6 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194383-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Women's Champions League, Format, Play-off 6 teams\nAnother knock-out stage determine the other 3 teams that will play the final four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194383-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Women's Champions League, Format, Final four\nThe culminating stage of the Champions league in which the four remaining teams play a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers play in a third-place playoff. The team which is victorious in the Final will be Champions league champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194383-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CEV Women's Champions League, Final four\nPalacio de Deportes de Murcia, Murcia, 5 & 6 April 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194384-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 CHL season was the 16th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194384-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CHL season, Regular season, Conference standings\nNote: y - clinched conference title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194385-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CJHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 CJHL season was the 47th season of the Central Junior A Hockey League (CJHL). The eleven teams of the CJHL played 60-game schedules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194385-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CJHL season\nIn March 2008, the top teams of the league played down for the Bogart Cup, the CJHL championship. The winner of the Bogart Cup competed in the Eastern Canadian Junior \"A\" championship, the Fred Page Cup. If successful against the winners of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League and Maritime Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2008 Royal Bank Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194385-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CJHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194385-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CJHL season, Final standings\n(x-) denotes berth into playoffs, (y-) denotes elimination from playoffs, (z-) clinched division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194385-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CJHL season, Fred Page Cup Championship\nHosted by the Weeks Crushers in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Pembroke finished first in the round robin but lost the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194385-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CJHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194385-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CJHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194386-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CWHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 CWHL season was the first season in Canadian Women's Hockey League history. Jayna Hefford was named CWHL Most Valuable Player and a CWHL Central All-Star. She led the league with 26 goals scored in 27 games played. Jayna Hefford was voted the league's regular-season Most Valuable Player. Jennifer Botterill won the Angela James Bowl after winning the league scoring title with 61 points and was voted the CWHL Top Forward. Becky Kellar was voted the CWHL Top Defender, Kim St-Pierre was voted the CWHL Top Goaltender, and Marie-Philip Poulin was voted the CWHL Outstanding Rookie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194386-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 CWHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194387-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team represented California State University, Fullerton during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Titans, led by head coach Bob Burton, played their home games at the Titan Gym, in Fullerton, California, as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 24\u20139, 12\u20134 in Big West play to finish in fourth place. In the championship game of the Big West Tournament, they defeated UC Irvine to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament \u2013 the school\u2019s first appearance in 30 years. As the No. 14 seed in the Midwest region, they lost to Wisconsin in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season\nThe 2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season was the 28th season for the Calgary Flames and 36th season for the Flames franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season\nIn a surprise move, the Flames announced on June 14 that Jim Playfair would be replaced by \"Iron\" Mike Keenan as the team's head coach. Playfair remains with the Flames as an associate coach. Keenan entered the season sixth all-time in the NHL in wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season\nThe trend of spending too much money on defencemen begins, with Sutter overpaying for Cory Sarich in free agency and acquiring Adrian Aucoin (and his $4 million annual salary) in a trade. Owen Nolan, Anders Eriksson, and Mark Smith. are all brought in as GM Sutter's free-agent reclamation projects, but these aging veterans do little and nothing for the team. Sutter is unable to come to terms with Mark Giordano, and the highly rated prospect heads to the Dynamo Moscow in Russia instead of the NHL. Sports writer Steve MacFarlane observes that \"The team looks like it has no direction \u2014 and no confidence in an unpredictable coach\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season\nAt the end of the regular season, Miikka Kiprusoff's goals against average of 2.69 is his worst ever as a Flame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season\nIn the playoffs, the team falls to the Sharks in seven games in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Team notes\nOn December 16, Keenan recorded his 600th career win as a head coach in a 5\u20133 victory over one of his former teams, the St. Louis Blues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Team notes\nAl MacInnis was among four players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 12, 2007. MacInnis spent 13 years in Calgary, and captured the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP when the Flames won the Stanley Cup in 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Team notes\nOn November 29, captain Jarome Iginla played in his 804th game, setting a new franchise record for games played in a Flames uniform, surpassing Al MacInnis' mark. Two nights later, Iginla registered his 700th career point in a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. On March 10, Iginla scored his 365th goal, surpassing Theoren Fleury's mark of 364 to become the Flames' all-time goal scoring leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Team notes\nIn December, the Flames became the third team in NHL history to win all six games of a six-game road trip, a feat previously accomplished by the 1971\u201372 Bruins and 1982\u201383 Flyers. The 2001\u201302 Red Wings also won six consecutive road games, though that trip was broken in half by the 2002 Winter Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Team notes\nTwo Flames players were voted to start for the Western Conference at the 2008 All-Star Game. Defenceman Dion Phaneuf joined Iginla for the game, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Team notes\nOn February 18, Flames' prospect Mickey Renaud, a fifth round pick in the 2007 draft, collapsed and died at the age of 19 at his home in Tecumseh, Ontario. Renaud had been playing for the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League, and was the team's captain. The cause of death was not immediately known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Playoffs\nThe Flames finished 7th in the Western Conference with 94 points, earning a first-round match-up against the Pacific Division champion San Jose Sharks. It was the third time the two teams had met in the playoffs, with the Sharks defeating the Flames in seven games in the first round of the 1995 playoffs, while the Flames defeated San Jose in six games in the 2004 Western Conference final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Playoffs\nAfter splitting the first two games in San Jose, the Flames gave up three goals to the Sharks in the first 3\u00bd minutes of the game, but came back to win 4\u20133. In doing so, the Flames became only the second team in NHL history, after the 1985 Minnesota North Stars to come back from a 3\u20130 deficit in the first ten minutes of a playoff game. During Game 6, in which the Flames faced elimination, they scored once in the first and second period each to shut out the Sharks 2\u20130, as the Sharks did during Game 2. Nolan and Langkow scored both goals respectively and Kiprusoff made 21 saves for his 6th postseason shutout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Skaters\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Transactions\nThe Flames have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Draft picks\nThe Flames made five selections at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. Calgary selected Swedish forward Mikael Backlund with their first selection, 24th overall. Heading into the draft, Backlund was the second highest ranked European prospect, and 10th overall, by International Scouting Services. Backlund joined third round selection John Negrin in making their NHL debuts with the Flames in the 2008\u201309 season. The Flames tragically lost their fifth round draft pick, Mickey Renaud, when the 19-year-old captain of the Windsor Spitfires collapsed and died in his home late in the 2007\u201308 OHL season. The Ontario Hockey League created a new trophy in his honour, the Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Farm teams, Quad City Flames\nAfter two seasons in Omaha, Nebraska, and over $4 million in operating losses, the Calgary Flames chose to relocate their American Hockey League affiliate to the Quad Cities. The new team, known as the Quad City Flames, will play in the West Division of the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Farm teams, Las Vegas Wranglers\nLed by team scoring leader Chris Ferraro, the Las Vegas Wranglers reached the ECHL's Kelly Cup Finals in 2007\u201308 where they fell to the Cincinnati Cyclones four games to two. Head Coach Glen Gulutzan expressed the team's disappointment in losing the championship. \"It's an empty feeling, and I certainly don't like to talk about it, but the only way around it for me now is to try to move forward and start looking at next year,\" said Gulutzan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194388-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Calgary Flames season, Farm teams, Las Vegas Wranglers\nThe playoff disappointment represented a bitter end to a successful season, as the Wranglers finished first in the Pacific Division for the second consecutive season. Their 47\u201313\u20135\u20137 record was the best in the National Conference, and their 106 points was good enough to finish third overall in the ECHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194389-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio\nThe 2007\u201308 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio season was the twenty-third since its establishment. The regular season started on September 21, 2007 and ended on April 20, 2008. The playoff competition, in which the top three clubs from each girone competed for the national title and qualification for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League next season, started on May 7, 2008 and ended with the final on June 3, 2008. S.S. Murata successfully defended their title for the second time, winning their third straight national title, and winning qualification, beating out Juvenes/Dogana in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194389-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Regular season, Results\nAll teams play twice against the teams within their own group and once against the teams from the other group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194389-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Play-off, First Round\nThe second place club will play the third place club from the opposite girone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194389-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Play-off, Second Round\nThe first round winners play the first place clubs from each girone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194389-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Play-off, Third Round\nThe losers from the first and second round play each other. The losers from this round are eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194389-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Play-off, Fourth Round\nThe second round winners play each other. The winner advances to the finals and loser moves to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194389-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Play-off, Fourth Round\nThe third round winners play each other and the loser is eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194389-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Play-off, Semifinal\nThe winner advances to the finals and the loser is eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194390-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Canadian network television schedule\nThe 2007\u201308 Canadian network television schedule indicates the fall prime time schedules for Canada's major English and French broadcast networks. For schedule changes after the fall launch, please consult each network's individual article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194390-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Canadian network television schedule, Changes\nCTVglobemedia's takeover of the A-Channel stations was approved by the CRTC during the summer. As a result, the CTV and A-Channel schedules were adjusted from the original upfronts announcements, with CTV bumping several of its scheduled replacement shows to the secondary system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194390-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Canadian network television schedule, Changes\nThe fall schedule that actually debuted on A-Channel, in fact, was not fully announced until the end of September 2007, when CTV announced that The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, both originally scheduled to air on CTV following the end of Dancing with the Stars, would instead premiere on A-Channel in sync with their American launches. CTV also later bumped Dirty Sexy Money and Big Shots to A-Channel, each several weeks after their premieres on CTV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Championship. It was the team's fifth year in the Championship since being promoted from League One. The season was the first full year in charge for chairman Peter Ridsdale after taking over from Sam Hammam the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Team kit and sponsorship\nCardiff's shirts for this season were made by Joma. Their shirt sponsorship was a version of the previous years, Communications Direct, which had been shortened to just Comms Direct.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Events\nThis section does not list information about match results or player transfers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Preseason\nCardiff enjoyed a successful pre-season winning five out of their six friendlies. The previous season's top scorer Michael Chopra began pre-season well with two goals in the first match against near-by Welsh side Merthyr Tydfil but that was to be his last participation in the Bluebirds season as he left the club to join newly promoted Premiership side Sunderland. Manager Dave Jones had little resources on which to build a side but managed to make several additions by the time Cardiff travelled to Portugal for a two-game tour. Winning both games with new signings Steve MacLean and Gavin Rae impressing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Preseason\nDuring the two games Cardiff handed appearances to four on trial players, Cyprus international winger Constantinos Charalambidis, former Greece under-21 international goalkeeper Kleopas Giannou, Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo Oliveira and Portuguese defender Marco Almeida. However none were offered permanent deals at the club. They returned home to take a 2\u20130 win over Yeovil Town before they suffered their only loss during pre-season in a 6\u20134 defeat to Stockport County. One more player arrived at this point, Robbie Fowler was the surprise signing unveiled at Ninian Park and featured in the 1\u20130 victory over Dutch Eredivisie side FC Twente in their final pre-season game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Regular season\nCardiff began the season at home to Stoke City, the first time they had been given a home tie to open the season in eleven years, falling to a 1\u20130 defeat after a goal from Ryan Shawcross. They picked up their first win of the season against Queens Park Rangers the following weekend but the Bluebirds struggled to live up to the expectations laid on them at the start of the year and by the end of October they found themselves hovering above the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Regular season\nSeveral poor results saw manager Dave Jones come under intense pressure to be sacked but on 15 November the Cardiff board voted to keep Jones in the job on the condition that the team's results improve in the next few weeks. Steadily results did begin to improve but on 4 December Cardiff were beaten 2\u20130 at home by Charlton Athletic and the team's performance was slammed by critics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0004-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Regular season\nHowever the team responded well to the negative response and came back to win three of their next four games, against Colchester United, Blackpool and Sheffield United, three teams also near Cardiff at the foot of the table. They continued their good spell of results into the new year with wins against Preston North End, Plymouth Argyle and Sheffield Wednesday. The team's impressive form saw manager Jones named as Championship manager of the month and midfielder Joe Ledley named player of the month for January, only for Cardiff to lose the next two games against Stoke City and Norwich City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0004-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Regular season\nAfter mixed results in February and early March the team began to push for promotion and with four games remaining members of the squad stated that they would have to win all four remaining games to make the play-offs, only for them to lose to already relegated Scunthorpe United and play off hopefuls Wolverhampton Wanderers in their next two games before finishing the season with a 3\u20130 victory over Barnsley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Cups, FA Cup\nCardiff's first match in the FA Cup was away to non-league Chasetown who became the lowest ranked side ever to reach the third round of the competition and, despite an early scare when Kevin McNaughton turned the ball into his own net, they eventually came away with a 3\u20131 victory. The fourth and fifth round ties saw the Bluebirds go through with little trouble after wins over Hereford United and Wolverhampton Wanderers. With those results, Cardiff reached the quarter-finals and were rewarded with a trip to Premiership side Middlesbrough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Cups, FA Cup\nA tough match was predicted but Cardiff got off to a great start when Peter Whittingham found his way through a crowd of defenders to score and Roger Johnson headed in meaning the match was all but over after just 23 minutes. The semi-final saw Cardiff come up against Championship opposition for the second time in Barnsley at Wembley Stadium and a Joe Ledley goal in the opening 10 minutes was the only thing that separated the two clubs at the final whistle sending Cardiff into their first FA Cup final since they won the trophy in 1927.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Cups, FA Cup\nThe final saw Cardiff face Portsmouth, who advanced after beating West Bromwich Albion in the semi-final. The match was played on 17 May at Wembley and a crowd of over 89,000 saw Portsmouth claim the cup after a goal from Nwankwo Kanu in the 37th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Cups, League cup\nA mixture of first team and reserve players saw Cardiff come away with 1\u20130 wins over Football League One sides Brighton and Leyton Orient in the opening rounds before they were drawn against Championship side West Bromwich Albion. The match saw Cardiff go 4\u20130 up in 30 minutes with goals from veteran trio Robbie Fowler, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Trevor Sinclair and, despite an attempted comeback from West Brom, the match finished 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Cups, League cup\nThe fourth round saw Cardiff drawn against Liverpool with the main focus of the match being the return of Robbie Fowler to Anfield. After falling behind from a goal from Nabil El Zhar, Cardiff managed an equaliser when captain Darren Purse headed in a cross, only for Steven Gerrard to score the winner a minute later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Cups, FAW Premier Cup\nCardiff were drawn against Welshpool Town for their first match and a team made up of mostly youth players with a handful of reserves came away with a 1\u20130 win after youngster Jonathan Brown scored on his first team debut. Newport County were the club's opponents in the semi-final and despite adding several more of the more experienced reserve players to the side they were beaten on penalties. The match also saw a number of former Cardiff players such as Lee Jarman and Damon Searle return to Ninian Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfer window outs\n0* Indicates that the player joined club after being released by Cardiff", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Awards, Won\nJanuary Championship manager of the month: Dave Jones January Championship player of the month: Joe Ledley Player of the semi finals of the FA Cup: Joe Ledley", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194391-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cardiff City F.C. season, Awards, Nominated\nPlayer of the third round of the FA Cup: Aaron Ramsey Player of the fourth round of the FA Cup: Paul Parry Player of the fifth round of the FA Cup: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Player of the quarter finals of the FA Cup: Peter Whittingham", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194392-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carleton Ravens men's basketball season\nThe 2007-08 Carleton University Ravens men's basketball season began on August 31, 2007 with exhibition games against NCAA Division I teams, and with regular season games beginning on November 9. The season ended when the Ravens hosted the national championships at Scotiabank Place for the first time. Despite a stellar 22-0 regular season and 31-0 record against Canadian competition, the Ravens lost in the CIS semi-final to the Acadia Axemen, ending their 5 straight championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194392-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carleton Ravens men's basketball season, Pre-season\nCarleton performed well against some top teams from the NCAA at home in late August and early September. They lost to an Illinois team featuring Michael Jordan's son, Jeffrey Jordan in overtime. After going down to defeat against Villanova, the Ravens rebounded with a victory over the University of Alabama. They went to 3 U.S. Universities in late October and early November and were soundly defeated in all three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194392-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carleton Ravens men's basketball season, Regular season\n* Game was played at Scotiabank Place and not at the University of Ottawa. (Capital Hoops Classic)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 63], "content_span": [64, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194393-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carlisle United F.C. season\nFor the 2007\u201308 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194394-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carolina Hurricanes season\nThe 2007\u201308 Carolina Hurricanes season began October 3, 2007. It was the franchise's 36th season, 29th season in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 11th as the Hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194394-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carolina Hurricanes season, Regular season\nThe Hurricanes had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 NHL teams, with 420.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194394-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carolina Hurricanes season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194394-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carolina Hurricanes season, Regular season, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194394-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carolina Hurricanes season, Playoffs\nThe Hurricanes missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year. They are the first team to miss the playoffs twice in a row after winning the Stanley Cup since the 1922 Toronto St. Patricks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194394-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carolina Hurricanes season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194394-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carolina Hurricanes season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; MIN = Time on ice (minutes); GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; SO = Shutouts; SA = Saves; GA = Goals allowed; SV%= Save percentage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194394-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carolina Hurricanes season, Transactions\nThe Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194394-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carolina Hurricanes season, Draft picks\nCarolina's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Hurricanes have the 11th overall pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194394-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Carolina Hurricanes season, Farm teams, American Hockey League\nThe Albany River Rats are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2007\u201308 AHL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season\nCeltic started the 2007\u201308 season looking to retain the Scottish Premier League title and the Scottish Cup. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup. The team accepted an invitation to take part in the annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game for 2007, as part of a pre-season tour of the United States, Switzerland and England. On 9 October, Celtic opened their new training facilities at Lennoxtown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Domestic campaign\nCeltic started the season with a scoreless draw at Celtic Park against Kilmarnock. They then won their next five league matches scoring 12 goals in six consecutive matches and topped the league for most of the first half of the season. At the end of 2007 Celtic were still on top of the SPL standings. The Old Firm derby on 2 January 2008 and a match against Motherwell were postponed due to the death of former Celtic player and Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell, who died on 29 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Domestic campaign\nDuring the break in fixtures, the team slipped to second place behind Rangers. Celtic kept in close touch with Rangers until the 2nd Old Firm derby on 31 March 2008 at Ibrox. In contrast to the first Old Firm game at Ibrox in September, in which Rangers coasted to a 3\u20130 win, this was a close game which finished 1\u20130 to Rangers, courtesy of a Kevin Thomson goal just before half-time. This put Rangers seven points clear at the top of the SPL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0001-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Domestic campaign\nCeltic suffered another set-back when they lost their next game at home to Motherwell by the same scoreline. With their closest rivals seven points ahead, and with a game in hand, coupled with the success Rangers were enjoying in all competitions, many fans began to doubt Gordon Strachan, a doubt which was clearly expressed throughout Celtic Park during the game against Motherwell, when Strachan decided to take off Scott McDonald, the club's leading goalscorer for Georgios Samaras in the final 15 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Domestic campaign\nHowever a dramatic, and seemingly unlikely, turnaround in fortunes began on 16 April, when the third Old Firm clash took place in Celtic Park. This was a highly charged affair from the kick-off, with a re-invigorated Celtic dominating the opening proceedings and making their dominance count when Shunsuke Nakamura scored a spectacular goal from around 35 yards, which later ended up as Celtic's 'Goal of the Season', on the 20-minute mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Domestic campaign\nRangers hit back in the second half when Nacho Novo equalised but Celtic got a chance to retake the lead when Nakamura's curling shot was illegally handled off the line by Carlos Cu\u00e9llar, who was sent off. However, McDonald's penalty was struck poorly and Allan McGregor, despite having an injured ankle, was able to save it. Celtic pushed in vain for a winner against 10 men but it seemed like Rangers would get the draw they played for, and which would all but seem to secure them the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0002-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Domestic campaign\nHowever, in the third minute of injury time, a quick throw in led to ball being played outside the box to Samaras who knocked it down to Gary Caldwell. Caldwell hit a diagonal ball into the box where McDonald squared the ball for Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink to nod the ball home inside the six-yard box past Neil Alexander, who replaced the injured McGregor. However spectacular Nakamura's first half goal was, Vennegoor of Hesselink's proved to be a hugely pivotal moment in the title race. There were jubilant scenes around all the Celtic fans. McDonald was visibly emotional after the final whistle. 2\u20131 was the final score and even with the small confrontations after the final whistle between the players, Celtic showed that they were not giving up their title without a fight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Domestic campaign\nOn 27 April, the fourth and final Old Firm clash was played at Celtic Park. Picking up from 11 days earlier, the game exploded into life with a fourth-minute strike from McDonald. The goal was later shown by TV replays to have been offside, however Celtic were not going to let this good fortune pass them by. Rangers equalised in the 17th minute with a David Weir header from a corner kick and Celtic's set-piece weakness was exploited again less than 15 minutes later when Daniel Cousin scored from another corner kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Domestic campaign\nShortly before half time though, Aiden McGeady found Scott McDonald just inside the Rangers box. He turned Christian Dailly and struck a looping shot past Neil Alexander to make it 2\u20132. The second half saw both teams have plenty of chances and Celtic were given a penalty after Kirk Broadfoot brought down McDonald. Barry Robson took the responsibility and duly delivered by driving the ball past Alexander. It remained 3\u20132 and Celtic went five points clear in the SPL, however due to fixture congestion, Rangers had played three matches fewer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Domestic campaign\nCeltic's chances of winning the title improved over the following weeks when Rangers drew consecutive games against Hibernian and Motherwell. Going into the last day of the league season, the clubs were tied on points although Celtic had a superior goal difference. Celtic travelled to Tannadice Park to play Dundee United, knowing that victory would give them the title while Rangers travelled to Pittodrie to play Aberdeen, needing Celtic to fail to win against Dundee United to have any chance at all. The game at Tannadice was a tense affair with chances for both sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Domestic campaign\nDuring the second half, Celtic supporters had found out that Aberdeen had taken the lead against Rangers and shortly after that, Vennegoor of Hesselink connected with a corner to give Celtic the lead that would secure the title. Gordon Strachan became only the third Celtic manager ever to win three league titles in a row. The victory was dedicated to the memory of Tommy Burns, former player and manager, who had died earlier that week. Victory in the league also secured Celtic automatic entry to the group stages of the UEFA Champions League in season 2008/09.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Domestic campaign\nThe club were less successful in the season's domestic cup competitions. They exited the Scottish League Cup at the quarter final stage, after suffering a 2\u20130 defeat to Hearts. They lost at the same stage of the Scottish Cup, losing to Aberdeen in a replay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, UEFA Champions League campaign\nCeltic was drawn against Russian side Spartak Moscow in the third round of qualifying for the Champions League. The first leg was played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, the venue for this year's Champions League final, and ended in a 1\u20131 draw, with Paul Hartley scoring his first goal for the club after joining from Heart of Midlothian eight months prior. In the return leg, Celtic emerged victorious after a 1\u20131 draw, with Scott McDonald scoring his first goal for the club. The game ended in a penalty shootout, with Artur Boruc saving twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, UEFA Champions League campaign\nCeltic were drawn alongside Milan, Benfica and Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League group stages. Celtic lost the first group match, away to Shakhtar in Ukraine, 2\u20130, but they rebounded with a 2\u20131 win over defending champions Milan at Celtic Park, leaving them in second in the group after two matches. Following McDonald's match-winning goal, Celtic fan Robert McHendry ran onto the pitch and tapped Milan goalkeeper Dida on the face as he ran past his goal; Dida initially gave chase, then fell to the pitch and was stretchered off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, UEFA Champions League campaign\nMcHendry later surrendered to police and was banned for life from Parkhead, and Dida received a two-game suspension for breaching UEFA's policy of \"principles of loyalty, integrity and sportsmanship\", which was reduced to one match on appeal. Celtic were found guilty of \"lack of organisation and improper conduct of supporters\" and were issued a \u00a325,000 fine, half of which was suspended for two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, UEFA Champions League campaign\nThe third match day saw Celtic drop to bottom in the game against Benfica. Celtic lost 1\u20130 with the goal coming in the 86th minute. Next up, Celtic again faced Benfica, this time at home. They won this 1\u20130 with a goal from Aiden McGeady before half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, UEFA Champions League campaign\nIn the next game at Celtic Park, they came back from 1\u20130 down against Shakhtar Donetsk to win 2\u20131 thanks to a winner from Massimo Donati with the last kick of the game, which moved them up to second in the group, guaranteeing post-Christmas European football, and leaving them needing one point from the last game in Milan to be sure of qualifying for the round of 16. Despite losing 1\u20130 in Milan, Celtic qualified as Benfica won 2\u20131 in Donetsk. In the knockout stage, Celtic drew Barcelona, where Celtic lost both the first leg at home (3\u20132) and the second leg and the second leg (1\u20130) away at Camp Nou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194395-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic F.C. season, Player statistics, Appearances and goals\nList of squad players, including number of appearances by competition", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194396-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic League\nThe 2007\u201308 Celtic League (known as the 2007\u201308 Magners League for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh Celtic League season and the second with Magners as title sponsor. The season began on 31 August 2007 and finished on the weekend beginning 10 May 2008. Some disruption to fixtures occurred as a result of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, which took place during September and October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194396-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic League\nThe teams competing were the same as the previous season with one exception; only two Scottish teams participated, as the Scottish Rugby Union scrapped the Border Reivers region at the end of the 2006\u201307 season. As in previous seasons, the league was played on a home and away basis, with teams earning four points for a win, and a bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match. The losing team may also earn a bonus point if they lose by seven points or less. The losing bonus point system is intended to ensure that both teams compete fully in all matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194396-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic League\nThe ten teams competing were the four Irish provinces: Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster; two Scottish regions: Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors; and four Welsh regions: Llanelli Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys and Newport Gwent Dragons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194396-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic League, Pre-season\nFollowing the end of the 2006\u201307 Celtic League season, a number of controversial events occurred in Celtic rugby. Mike Phillips moved from the Cardiff Blues to the Ospreys, in a move that would earn him \u00a3180,000 a year. The Border Reivers was officially closed as a rugby club, and Edinburgh Rugby were almost expelled from the competition, because of a row with the Scottish Rugby Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194396-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic League, Pre-season\nAs a result of increased revenue from governing bodies and TV rights, most clubs were able to expand their squads with the signing of several new players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194396-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic League, Table\nUnder the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194396-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic League, Results\nA provisional fixture list was released on 23 July 2007, with the opening game featuring Cardiff Blues and the Ospreys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194396-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic League, Leading scorers\nNote: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-IRB nationalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194396-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Celtic League, Broadcast rights\nTelevision rights for the league are split between three broadcasters, BBC Wales, S4C and Setanta Sports. BBC Wales and S4C will continue to cover Celtic League until the end of the 2009\u201310 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194397-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Central Coast Mariners FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 3rd season of competitive football played by Central Coast Mariners. The Mariners ended the season as A-League Premiers after topping the table in the regular season, but runners-up in the Championship after losing to local rivals Newcastle Jets in the 2008 A-League Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194397-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Central Coast Mariners FC season\nIn the transfer window the club signed experienced striker Sasho Petrovski and former Adelaide United midfielder Greg Owens. Left back Dean Heffernan also returned to the club after completing a loan spell with 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg. Club captain Noel Spencer was released, joining Sydney FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194397-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Central Coast Mariners FC season\nAfter a mixed pre-season, finishing fourth in the 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, the Mariners began the 2007\u201308 A-League in good form, undefeated for their first five games. Winless runs in October and January saw a number of clubs threaten Central Coast at the top of the table. This included a 5\u20134 loss to Sydney FC in December, breaking the record for goals in an A-League match. The mid-season addition of Socceroo John Aloisi proved successful, with the striker scoring a team-high seven league goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194397-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Central Coast Mariners FC season\nA win over Wellington Phoenix in the final game of the regular season secured a first Premiership for the club, ahead of Newcastle Jets on goal difference. In the Finals Series, the Mariners advanced to the Grand Final by defeating the Jets 3\u20132 over two legs. The Jets, however, claimed the Championship with a 1\u20130 win in controversial circumstances at the Sydney Football Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194397-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Background\nThe Mariners ended the previous season in sixth, missing out on the Finals Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194397-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Player statistics\nNumbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked  left the club during the playing season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194398-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chamois Niortais F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Chamois Niortais' second consecutive season in Ligue 2 after their 16th-place finish in the previous campaign. With the team struggling in the league, manager Jacky Bonnevay was sacked in January 2008 and replaced by Samuel Michel. However, the new coach could not prevent Niort's relegation to the Championnat National; the team was relegated after losing their final match of the season to a goal in the fourth minute of injury time from Boulogne defender Damien Perrinelle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194398-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chamois Niortais F.C. season\nA total of 27 different players were used by Niort during the 2007\u201308, with the trio of St\u00e9phane Morisot, Romain Ferrier and Jacques-D\u00e9sir\u00e9 P\u00e9riatamb\u00e9e each making more than 40 appearances. Beno\u00eet Leroy was the top league scorer with 7 goals, while Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Rivi\u00e8re was the highest goalscorer overall, netting a total of 14 in all competitions. Niort fared better in cup competitions than in the league, reaching the last 32 of the Coupe de France and the last 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue for the first time in seven seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194399-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Championnat National\nThe 2007\u201308 Championnat National is the 15th edition of the 3rd division league and began play in August 2007 and is slated to end in May 2008. Clermont Foot, US Boulogne, and Angers SCO were promoted to Ligue 2, whereas Sporting Toulon, US Raon-l'\u00c9tape, SO Ch\u00e2tellerault, and AS Yzeure were relegated to the CFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194399-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Championnat National\nPromoted from the CFA were Calais RUFC from Groupe A, AC Arles from Groupe B, Rodez AF from Groupe C, and Villemomble Sports from Groupe D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194400-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Championnat de France Amateur\nThe 2007\u201308 Championnat de France Amateurs season was the 10th edition of the competition since its establishment. The competition officially began on 11 August 2007 and ended in May 2008. The competition consists of 72 clubs spread into 4 parallel groups of 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194400-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Championnat de France Amateur\nIt is open to reserve teams in France and amateur clubs in France, although only the amateur clubs are eligible for promotion to the Championnat National. The highest-placed amateur team in each pool are promoted, replaced by the 4 lowest-placed in the Championnat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194400-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Championnat de France Amateur\nThe champions each group were Pacy Vall\u00e9e-d'Eure (Group A), Croix de Savoie (Group B), SO Cassis (Group C), and Bordeaux (Group D), though Aviron Bayonnais FC were promoted to the Championnat National as they are not a reserve side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194400-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Championnat de France Amateur, Standings\nNote: Unlike the higher leagues, a win in the CFA is worth 4 points, with 2 points for a draw and 1 for a defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194401-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chappell\u2013Hadlee Trophy\nThe New Zealand cricket team toured Australia from 7 to 20 December 2007. Three ODIs from 14 to 20 December were played. The series also included a Twenty20 match to be played on 11 December and a tour match featuring Cricket Australia Chairman's XI on 7 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194402-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlotte Bobcats season\nThe 2007\u201308 Charlotte Bobcats season was the 18th season of NBA basketball in Charlotte in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their fourth as the Charlotte Bobcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194402-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlotte Bobcats season\nCharlotte finished 32\u201350 for the season and didn't qualify for the playoffs. Despite a frenzy of offseason moves, including trading for Jason Richardson and hiring new coach Sam Vincent, the Bobcats were unable to build on their successful 33\u201349 season in 2007. As a result, Vincent was relieved of his duties soon after the season ended, and replaced by veteran hall of fame coach Larry Brown three days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194402-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlotte Bobcats season, June to October: The offseason, 2007 NBA draft\nOn May 22, the Bobcats were assigned the 8th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft Lottery after finishing 33\u201349 the previous season. With their lottery pick, Charlotte selected power forward Brandan Wright out of North Carolina. The Bobcats then traded Wright for Golden State Warriors swingman Jason Richardson and the draft rights to Golden State's second round pick Jermareo Davidson (Alabama, 36th overall). Later in the first round, Charlotte selected Jared Dudley out of Boston College with the 22nd pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194402-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlotte Bobcats season, June to October: The offseason, Injuries and surgeries\nThe Bobcats lost the services of both Sean May and Adam Morrison prior to the season. After an exploratory procedure, it was determined that May needed season-ending microfracture surgery on his right knee. Morrison tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) on October 20, 2007 in a preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194402-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlotte Bobcats season, June to October: The offseason, Player departures\nThe Bobcats also waived team veteran Brevin Knight who was formerly the starting point guard but lost the job to Charlotte draft pick Raymond Felton. On December 14, 2007 the Bobcats said goodbye to original starting center Primo\u017e Brezec, and 2007 Second Team NBA All-Rookie selection W\u00e1lter Herrmann, trading them to the Detroit Pistons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194402-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlotte Bobcats season, June to October: The offseason, Staff changes\nThe Bobcats' most notable move in the off-season was the retirement of head coach Bernie Bickerstaff. Bickerstaff remained in the organization by becoming Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations. The Bobcats replaced him with Sam Vincent, former coach of the NBA Development League's Fort Worth Flyers. To complement Vincent, the organization hired assistants Dell Curry and Paul Mokeski to the coaching staff. Assistant coach John Outlaw was moved from his position to Player Programs/Director of Pro Player Personnel. The rest of the front office has been a key issue for the Bobcats during the 2007 offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194402-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlotte Bobcats season, June to October: The offseason, Staff changes\nRod Higgins was hired on May 31, 2007 as general manager, assuming the same role he had with the Golden State Warriors. Phil Ford and Lee Rose were tapped to join Vincent's coaching staff on June 6, 2007. Buzz Peterson was hired from Coastal Carolina University, where he served as head basketball coach, to become director of player personnel on June 13, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194402-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlotte Bobcats season, Transactions\nThe Bobcats were involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194403-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlton Athletic F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Charlton Athletic participated in the Football League Championship, having been relegated from the Premier League the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194403-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Kit\nCharlton's kits were produced by Spanish company Joma. The club retained the sponsorship of the Spanish property company, Llanera, who declared bankruptcy during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194403-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nPre -season was dominated by the transfer speculation involving England striker Darren Bent. A fee was agreed with West Ham United, but the player himself rejected the deal, instead choosing to join Tottenham Hotspur two weeks later for a club record sale of \u00a317 million. A number of other key players, such as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Talal El Karkouri, Hermann Hrei\u00f0arsson Scott Carson and Alex Song, also left the club after relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194403-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Season review, League review\nAfter the first ten games of the season, Charlton were second in the league table, behind leaders Watford, having beaten Sheffield Wednesday, Crystal Palace, Norwich City, Leicester City and Hull City, drawn with Scunthorpe United, Colchester United, Coventry City and Barnsley and lost just once, to Stoke City. At the end of the season, Charlton finished 12th losing several matches, the worst being the embarrassing 3\u20130 loss to struggling Barnsley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194404-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chelsea F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Chelsea Football Club's 94th competitive season, 16th consecutive season in the Premier League, and 102nd year as a club. Manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho left the club by mutual consent on 20 September 2007 following a disappointing 1\u20131 draw with Rosenborg and was replaced by the Israeli Avram Grant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194404-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chelsea F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 Premier League season was decided on the last day of the season, when Chelsea needed to win against Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United to either draw or lose against Wigan Athletic. Chelsea drew 1\u20131 and Manchester United won 2\u20130, thus making Chelsea runners-up to United for the second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194404-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chelsea F.C. season\nChelsea played in their first UEFA Champions League Final, against Manchester United, making it the first all-English final in the competition's history. After extra time the score was 1\u20131; Manchester United won the penalty shootout 6\u20135 after Edwin van der Sar saved Nicolas Anelka's penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194404-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chelsea F.C. season\nChelsea went the entire 2007\u201308 campaign without suffering a single defeat at home. In spite of this, this was the first season in four years that Chelsea had finished the season without a trophy; the lack of silverware led to Avram Grant being sacked three days after the Champions League final. Five days later, Chelsea's assistant first-team coach, Henk ten Cate, had his contract terminated as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194404-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chelsea F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00194404-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chelsea F.C. season, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194405-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Blackhawks season\nThe 2007\u201308 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 82nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. It began on October 4, 2007, against the Minnesota Wild. The 2007 season also marked the team's first winning season in six years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194405-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Blackhawks season, Regular season\nOn Saturday, November 17, 2007, the Blackhawks scored three short-handed goals in a 5\u20133 win over the Detroit Red Wings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194405-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Blackhawks season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194405-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Blackhawks season, Playoffs\nChicago failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 5th consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194405-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Blackhawks season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194405-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Blackhawks season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194405-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Blackhawks season, Transactions\nThe Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194405-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Blackhawks season, Draft picks\nChicago's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Blackhawks had the first overall pick in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194405-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Blackhawks season, Farm teams, Rockford IceHogs\nThe Rockford IceHogs, who will be moving up from the United Hockey League, are the new American Hockey League affiliate of the Blackhawks in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194405-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Blackhawks season, Farm teams, Toledo Walleye\nThe Toledo Walleye are the Blackhawks affiliate in the ECHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194406-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Bulls season\nThe 2007\u201308 Chicago Bulls season was the 42nd season of NBA basketball in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194406-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Bulls season, Offseason\nThe Bulls made the following free agent transactions for the 2007 off-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194406-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chicago Bulls season, Transactions\nThe Bulls were involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194407-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chinese Basketball Association season\nThe 2007\u201308 CBA season was the 13th CBA season. The season was shortened due to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the regular season ended in early January 2008. Guangdong Southern Tigers won the CBA title, even after the departure of Yi Jianlian for NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194407-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chinese Basketball Association season, Regular season\nXinjiang Flying Tigers finished the regular season with 26-4 in 2nd place. But before the playoffs, it was determined that one of their players, Sou Song Cun, was not of Chinese nationality, thus violating the rule that each team may only have two foreign players. The league subsequently ruled Xinjiang loss with score of 0-20 in all 18 matches in which Sou played, 15 of them wins originally. As a result, Xinjiang's record dropped to 11th place with 11-19, and they failed to advance to the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194407-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chinese Basketball Association season, Playoffs\nTop 4 teams may pick their opponents of the quarterfinal round in turn by the order of their regular season standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194407-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Chinese Basketball Association season, Playoffs\nTeams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in regular season, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Home court advantage belongs to the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194408-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Fifth Third Arena, which has a capacity of 13,176. They are members of the Big East Conference. The Bearcats finished the season 13\u201319, 8\u201310 in Big East play and were defeated in the first round of the 2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament by the 7th seed Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194408-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team\nThe Bearcats would lose to Bradley in the first round of the 2008 College Basketball Invitational.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194409-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team represents Clemson University. The head coach is Oliver Purnell. The team plays its home games in Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194409-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team, Post-season, 2008 ACC Tournament\nThe Tigers entered the tournament seeded third in the conference, their highest seeding since their 1989\u201390 team won the regular-season championship. After defeating Boston College in their first game, the Tigers advanced to the ACC Tournament Final for the first time in 46 years (1962) and only the second time in school history by knocking off the #7 Duke Blue Devils by a score of 78\u201374. In the finals, they were defeated by #1 North Carolina 86\u201381.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194409-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team, Post-season, 2008 NCAA Tournament\nClemson received the #5 seed in the Midwest region of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. It was the first time in 10 years that the Tigers made the field of 64. After building as much as an 18-point lead in the first half, the Tigers eventually fell to the #12 seed Wildcats by a final of 75\u201369. This marked the first time in NCAA Tournament history that 4 lower seeded teams (Villanova, Siena, Kansas State, Davidson) from one region (Midwest) all advanced to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194410-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cleveland Cavaliers season\nThe 2007\u201308 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 38th season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers were the defending Eastern Conference champions, and were coming off of an NBA Finals defeat to the San Antonio Spurs, where they were swept in four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194410-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cleveland Cavaliers season\nIn the playoffs, the Cavaliers defeated the Washington Wizards in the First Round in six games, advancing to the Semifinals, where they would lose in seven games to the eventual NBA champion, the Boston Celtics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194410-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Draft picks\nCleveland did not have a draft pick in the 2007 NBA Draft due to trades from previous seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194410-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Transactions\nThe Cavaliers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194410-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Transactions, Trades\n*Note: This is the largest trade in Cleveland Cavaliers history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194411-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represents Cleveland State University in the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by second-year head coach Gary Waters. In 2006\u201307, the Vikings finished 10\u201321 (3\u201313 in the Horizon League). Cleveland State had their first winning season since the 2000\u20132001 season when they finished 19\u201313 overall and 9\u20135 in conference play. It was the 77th season of Cleveland State basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194411-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team, Preseason\nThe preseason Horizon League Coaches' Poll picked the Vikings to finish ninth. The Vikings bring in ten newcomers to this year's roster. J'Nathan Bullock was named to the preseason all-Horizon League 2nd team. Also for the first time since the 1986\u20131987 season the Vikings are guaranteed to play at least 32 games. At least 17 of those games will be on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194411-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team, Regular season\nOn January 5, 2008 Cleveland State matched their win totals from last season (10\u201321 overall, 3\u201313 HL), and remain in first place in the Horizon League through 15 games for the first time since the 1999\u20132000 season. They are the last undefeated team in Horizon League play at 4\u20130. On January 12, 2008 Cleveland State won its 5th game in conference play. That is its best start in conference play since the 1992\u201393 season when they won their first 14 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194411-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team, Regular season\nThe Vikings were 1\u201326 in games against ranked opponents, with their only win coming on March 14, 1986, against No. 16 Indiana in the NCAA tournament under coach Kevin Mackey until their 56\u201352 win over No. 12 Butler on January 17, 2008. The 5,352 fans that attended the game marked the largest crowd in the Wolstein Center since the curtain was added four years ago on the west side to trim the capacity of the building to approximately 8,500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194411-0002-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team, Regular season\nThe last time CSU had a larger crowd in the Wolstein Center came on November 29, 2003 when 11,534 saw the Vikings drop an 82\u201376 decision to No. 9 North Carolina (No. 10 ESPN/USA Today; No. 9 AP). On January 21, 2008 Cleveland State received their first point in the AP Top 25 poll for the season, that had them T-43. The lone point came from Keith Sargeant of the Home News Tribune. On March 1, 2008 Cleveland State clinched the 2nd seed in the Horizon League tournament with a win over Youngstown State and a Wright State loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194411-0002-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team, Regular season\nWith the 2nd seed they only need to win two games to make the NCAA Tournament. They will host the championship game with a win and a Butler loss in the tournament. Also with the win Cleveland State reached the 20-win mark for only the six time in Cleveland State history. On March 8, 2008 Cleveland State reached their first Horizon League championship game ever, and their first conference championship game appearance since 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194412-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Clyde F.C. season\nSeason 2007\u201308 was Clyde's eighth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division. Former Scotland captain Colin Hendry was appointed manager in June 2007, replacing Joe Miller. Hendry resigned in January 2008, and was replaced by John Brown. The club finished 9th in the division by 1 goal, and were confined to the playoffs. They staged an impressive 6\u20135 aggregate victory over Alloa Athletic in the Semi Final, coming from 5\u20132 down with 25 minutes left. They defeated Airdrie United 3\u20130 over two legs to regain their status as a First Division team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194412-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Clyde F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194412-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Clyde F.C. season, Player statistics, Overall\nClyde used 33 players during the 2007\u201308 season, and another 3 were unused substitutes. David Hutton was the only ever-present, starting all 45 competitive matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194412-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Clyde F.C. season, Player statistics, Scottish Cup\nNote: Players in italics left the club before or during the January transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194413-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colchester United F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Colchester United's 66th season in their history and their second successive season in the second tier of English football, the Championship. Alongside competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194413-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colchester United F.C. season\nColchester struggled during their second season in the Championship, suffering long spells without wins. The early stages of the season were promising, with the U's featuring in mid-table, but a drop in form leading into December saw them enter the relegation zone from which they would never emerge. They earned just seven wins and were relegated in 24th and last place. They never recovered from selling their midfield and defensive assets, despite owner and now chairman Robbie Cowling freeing up funds for manager Geraint Williams in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194413-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colchester United F.C. season\nIt was a farewell season to the club's aging Layer Road ground as they were to move to the purpose-built Colchester Community Stadium in the summer of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194413-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colchester United F.C. season\nThe U's suffered an early exit from the cup competitions to League Two opposition. Shrewsbury Town knocked Colchester out of the League Cup while Peterborough United beat them 3\u20131 at Layer Road in the FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194413-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nAhead of Colchester's largely unexpected second season in the Championship, their star performers Wayne Brown, Jamie Cureton, Richard Garcia, and Chris Iwelumo all left the club citing a \"lack of ambition\" as their reason for wanting to leave. Cureton left for Norwich City for \u00a3750,000, prompting manager Geraint Williams to break the club's record transfer fee twice on the same day by signing Mark Yeates from Tottenham Hotspur and then spending \u00a3300,000 on Milton Keynes Dons' forward Clive Platt. The following day, England legend Teddy Sheringham also signed for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194413-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nOver the summer, Robbie Cowling took over as chairman from Peter Heard, who stepped down after 16 years to become Life President. Cowling instigated a major change at the club by reverting Heard's previous attitude towards not using agents, admitting that if Colchester were to compete then they would have to use agents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194413-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nOnce a fortress in their first season in the Championship, Layer Road faced its final season hosting Colchester United. Unfortunately, Colchester could muster only four home wins across the season, with their final Layer Road win a 2\u20130 victory over neighbours Ipswich Town. One of the reasons for the U's struggling was the lack of replacement for Wayne Brown in the centre of defence. While they kept up a good scoring record through Platt and fellow new signing Kevin Lisbie, the defence leaked goals, conceding 86 in the league. Despite early season promise with the U's hovering around mid-table, by Christmas it was apparent they were in a relegation battle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194413-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nIn the January transfer window, Cowling made funds available to Geraint Williams. He brought in Chris Coyne from Luton Town for another club record fee of \u00a3350,000, while Dean Hammond and Philip Ifil were also brought in for six-figure fees. There was a brief turnaround in form in January and early February, but a ten game run without a win including five consecutive defeats left the writing on the wall for the U's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194413-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nColchester could have been relegated from the Championship on 5 April, but the 2\u20130 win over rivals Ipswich ensured that the U's neighbours would not be the team relegating them. However, the inevitable occurred four days later when, without playing, relegation was confirmed when results went against them. In addition to conceding 86 goals, they kept a clean sheet on just two occasions all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194413-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nOn 26 April, Layer Road hosted its final competitive game, just over 70 years since its first. With the move to the Colchester Community Stadium looming in the summer, Colchester played their final home game against Premier League-bound Stoke City, who were 1\u20130 victors on the day. In spite of the relegation and lowly league position, it was still Colchester's second-best-ever league performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194413-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts\nPlayers making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194414-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colorado Avalanche season\nThe 2007\u201308 Colorado Avalanche season began on October 3, 2007, and ended on May 3, 2008. It was the franchise's 36th season, 29th in the National Hockey League, and 13th as the Colorado Avalanche.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194414-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colorado Avalanche season, Regular season\nThe Avalanche were the most disciplined team during the regular season, with only 301 power-play opportunities against. They also scored the fewest shorthanded goals of all 30 teams, with 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194414-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colorado Avalanche season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194414-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colorado Avalanche season, Playoffs\nThe Avalanche clinched the sixth seed in the Western Conference playoffs after missing the playoffs last season for the first time since relocating to Denver in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194414-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colorado Avalanche season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutesAs of 6\u00a0April\u00a02008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194414-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colorado Avalanche season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194414-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colorado Avalanche season, Transactions\nThe Avalanche were involved in the following transactions during the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194414-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colorado Avalanche season, Draft picks\nColorado had nine picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Avalanche picked 14th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194414-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colorado Avalanche season, Farm teams, Lake Erie Monsters\nThe Avalanche had a new American Hockey League affiliate in the Lake Erie Monsters, based in Cleveland, Ohio. The team is a revival of the Utah Grizzlies franchise that had been dormant since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194414-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Colorado Avalanche season, Farm teams, Johnstown Chiefs\nThe Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL were the Avalanche's second-tier affiliate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194415-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Columbus Blue Jackets season\nThe 2007\u201308 Columbus Blue Jackets season began October 5, 2007. It was the Blue Jackets' eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194415-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Columbus Blue Jackets season\nThe Blue Jackets attempted to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. Scott Howson was hired prior to the 2007 NHL Entry Draft as the second general manager in team history, replacing Doug MacLean. The Blue Jackets finished with a 34\u201336\u201312 record, earning 80 points and missing the playoffs. The Blue Jackets finished fourth in the Central Division, finishing above the St. Louis Blues and 13th in the Western Conference. On March 16, 2008, Columbus set a franchise record for points in a season, 75, with a 4\u20133 win over the Detroit Red Wings in Columbus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194415-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Columbus Blue Jackets season\nThe Blue Jackets started off the season well with a 7\u20133\u20131 record in October, but falling behind in the Western Conference in November with a 4\u20137\u20133 record. During the All-star break, Rick Nash was selected to participate in the 2008 All-Star Game for the Western Conference. He scored a record-breaking goal just 12 seconds into the period. Nash scored three goals in the game, yet the Eastern Conference won the game 8\u20137. The Blue Jackets earned average records in December through February, staying within reach of a playoff spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194415-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Columbus Blue Jackets season\nOn February 26, Captain Adam Foote was traded to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for two draft picks. Rick Nash was named the new captain of the team. In March, the Blue Jackets' chances of playing in the post-season were fading away after a 4\u20136\u20133 record due to the injury of starting goaltender Pascal Leclaire. After being mathematically eliminated from making the playoffs, the Blue Jackets lost their last three games of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194415-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194415-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Playoffs\nThe Blue Jackets did not qualify for the 2007\u201308 playoffs and remained the only NHL team to never have qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194415-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Player statistics, Regular season\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194415-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Transactions\nThe Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194415-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Draft picks\nColumbus' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue Jackets picked 7th overall in front of their hometown crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194416-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Combined Counties Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Combined Counties Football League season was the 30th in the history of the Combined Counties Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194416-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Combined Counties Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured one new team in a league of 22 teams after the promotion of Chipstead to the Isthmian League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194416-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Combined Counties Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured two new teams in a league of 20 teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194416-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Combined Counties Football League, Division One\nAlso, Coulsdon Town and Salfords merged to form Coulsdon United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series\nThe 2007\u201308 edition of the Commonwealth Bank Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Australia. The Commonwealth Bank Series is an annual event involving the national teams of Australia, India and Sri Lanka. India won the event with a 2\u20130 sweep of the hosts in the final series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series\nThe first two matches were shaping up for excellent contests after their first Innings. However heavy rain in Brisbane, caused by a cyclone in the Pacific Ocean, saw the first two matches of the series abandoned. Australia was first to win a match in the series after a Sri Lanka collapsed in game 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series\nAustralia was the best team during the regular matches, taking 4 wins with bonus points. However India defeated Australia 2\u20130 in the best of 3 final series to win the tournament. This was the second time in a row that Australia lost their home tri-nations' series. In the previous year they had lost to England. Fast bowler Nathan Bracken was the leading wicket taker in the tournament with 21 wickets and was named Player of the Series. Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist and left-arm spinner Brad Hogg retired from One Day International after the second final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 1st match: Australia v India\nIndia won the toss and elected to bat on what was thought to be a bowlers pitch due to earlier rain and high chance of further showers. Sehwag was bowled early by Bracken off an inside edge. Tendulkar was forced onto the back foot by Lee bowling short, and accidentally hit the stumps with his back foot to be out hit wicket, putting India at 2/26 after 6.3 overs. Gambhir and Rohit Sharma then combined for 65 runs taking advantage of wide and short bowling from debutant Ashley Noffke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 1st match: Australia v India\nGambhir was dropped twice in the slips off Johnson, but Johnson eventually got him LBW which triggered a middle order collapse. Sharma fine edged Lee through to Gilchrist. Next to go was Tiwary who struggled against the pace of Lee and was clean bowled by a yorker. Uthappa then skied a short ball from Noffke and was caught by Clarke at point. India had lost 4 wickets for just 11 runs, collapsing from 2/92 to 6/102 after 26.1 overs. Dhoni and Pathan tightened up, determined to make sure India bat out the innings and post a competitive score. Rain then stopped the play with India at 6/128 after 36 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 1st match: Australia v India\nPlay resumed over an hour later, with the match reduced by 5 overs per innings. The Indian batters came out firing, scoring boundaries. Pathan appeared to edge through to Gilchrist but the umpire was unmoved. Ponting then ran out Pathan with a throw from cover leaving India at 7/147 after 38.6 overs. Harbhajan Singh belted 27 from 18 balls, mainly off Bracken, before skying to point off the toe of the bat. Dhoni fell just a few balls previously, trying to hit over cover. Brett Lee claiming both wickets for a 5 wicket haul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 1st match: Australia v India\nSreesanth tried to steal a third run off the last ball after a miss-field but was easily run-out. India all out for 194 off the full 45 overs. Brett Lee finished with 5 for 29 off 9 overs. Australia was set 196 runs to win via D/L method (since India had batted 36 overs while pacing for 50 overs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 1st match: Australia v India\nFurther rain during the break reduced Australia's innings to 43 overs, with a revised target of 192. Hopes smashed four 4's off the 3rd over (bowled by Pathan) before Gilchrist gloved a hook shot to the keeper. He walked off, without even looking at the umpire who had shaken his head to dismiss the appeal. Yet more rain arrived with the score 1/33 after 4.0 overs. Australia's innings was reduced to 22 overs with the target set to 141 and play resumed again, although everyone expected more rain soon which would cause the match to be abandoned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 1st match: Australia v India\nHopes was clean bowled by Ishant Sharma and then Ponting edged Sreesanth to 2nd slip, Australia losing 3 for 6 runs to be 3/39 after just 5.2 overs. The rain arrived after 7.2 overs with the score 3/51. With rain falling and not enough time remaining to complete the minimum 20 overs, the match was abandoned as a draw. Both teams were awarded 2 points-a-piece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 2nd match: India v Sri Lanka\nIndia won the toss and elected to bat first, as rain was expected to hit later in the day. Yuvraj Singh was back in Indian side, after missing the first match due to an injury. The openers made a solid start putting on 68 runs in 14.3 overs before Tendulkar was bowled by Malinga. Sehwag was then taken by Amerasinghe. This was followed by the quick loss of both Yuvraj Singh and Rohit Sharma, both to Muralitharan, leaving India in trouble at 4/83 after 20.5 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 2nd match: India v Sri Lanka\nGambhir and Dhoni then played a solid and defensive game for the next twenty overs before they opened up in the last 10 overs scoring over 100 runs. The hallmark of their partnership was their aggressive running between the wickets. Gambhir brought up his run-a-ball century in just the last over. Vass ended up going for an expensive 0/72 from his ten overs. India finished the innings 4/267 just as rain started to fall. The rain got heavier during the break and continued all night, forcing the match to be abandoned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 3rd match: Australia v Sri Lanka\nPonting won the toss and elected to bat. Hayden returned from injury to open, he was the first to fall, holing Amerasinghe straight to cover, after a 64 run opening partnership from 79 balls. Ponting edged Vaas to first slip to be out for just 9 runs. Clarke then combined with Gilchrist, who scored a half century before being trapped LBW by Kapugedera. Symonds smashed straight to cover and was taken off Vaas, then Hussey hit straight to point and was also caught. However the wickets only came slowly with Australia at 5\u2013190 after 41.4 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 3rd match: Australia v Sri Lanka\nClarke and Hopes finished the innings well after it looked like Australia could stumble to a lower score. Clarke finished not out on 77 from 86 balls, while Hopes belted 34 from 29 balls to help boost Australia to 6/253 from the full 50 overs. Vaas was the best bowler with 2/34 from 10 overs, Amerasinghe also took 2 wickets, but for 66 runs. Australia played tight against Muralitharan, who ended on up 0/42, he was later injured in the field when a ball bounced off his hands and smashed into his teeth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 3rd match: Australia v Sri Lanka\nJayasuriya was first to go for Sri Lanka, dragging Lee onto his stumps. Tharanga fell without improving the score when he edged Bracken to the keeper, Sri Lanka 2\u201318 from 5.1 overs. Sangakkara came out firing scoring an impressive 42 from just 41 balls before being caught LBW by Bracken. Jayawardene had fallen just before while edging Johnson to the keeper. Silva struggled to score and eventually edged a flipper from Hogg to the keeper managing just 7 runs from 32 balls. Dilshan played wild shots, smashing a huge six before skying a Bracken ball to mid-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 3rd match: Australia v Sri Lanka\nKapugedera had also edged Bracken to Hayden at first slip, leaving Sri Lanka in tatters at 7/93 after 23.5 overs. Malinga was run-out is unusual circumstances, he grounded the bat behind the crease, but then dropped his bat. The ball hit then stumps before he grounded his feet behind the crease and after he dropped the bat. Ponting then ran-out Vaas after a mix-up with Murali. Murali then went slogging, smashing a six down the ground before being caught at mid-on. Sri Lanka all out for just 125 runs after 31.3 overs. The 128 runs victory was large enough for Australia to earn a series bonus point. Bracken took 5/47. Johnson, Hopes and Hogg all played well, conceding just 9, 15 and 17 runs from 5 or 6 overs each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 4th match: Australia v India\nPonting won the toss and immediately elected to bat. Gilchrist was incorrectly given out LBW off Sreesanth on just the 4th ball of the day after getting an inside edge onto his pads. Hayden then smashed 25 from 21 balls before being caught at slip, leaving Australia at 2/37 after 5.2 overs. He had earlier edged over slips twice. Ponting edged a defensive bat to slip, then Clarke was caught at short mid wicket after walking across his stumps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 4th match: Australia v India\nSymonds also nicked a ball, to be caught brilliantly by wicketkeeper Dhoni, then Haddin was stumped from a wide delivery down leg side. Australia sunk to 6/92 after 25.5 overs with the tail now exposed. Lee survived 35 balls to support Hussey, but eventually edged Pathan to first slip. Johnson, Bracken and Clark were cleaned up for just 8 runs. This left Hussey stranded on 65 not out. Australia all out for just 159 runs after 43.1 overs. Sharma took 4/38 and Sreesanth took 3/31, both from 9 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 4th match: Australia v India\nAustralia needed wickets early, but it was Tendulkar scoring early boundaries to get India away to a great run a ball start. Bracken appeared to take Sehwag plumbed LBW on the replays, but it was given not out. A couple of balls later Bracken took Sehwag LBW again and was given out, despite replays showing it would have bounced well over the stumps. The bad umpiring continued when Tendulkar edged through to Gilchrist, but was given not out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 4th match: Australia v India\nYet another umpiring mistake was made just a couple of balls later when Pathan was given out LBW, replays showing he inside edged, leaving India at 2\u201354 after 11.2 overs. Next Gambhir, Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh were all caught, India looking shaky at 5\u2013102 are 28.3 overs. Australia's bowling was tight (Clark 1/26 from 10, Johnson 2/24 from 10), but the job of defending such a meager target proved too much. Rohit Sharma (39 from 61) and Dhoni (17 from 54) combined well for a great winning partnership under a lot of pressure. India reached home with 5 wickets and 25 balls to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 5th match: India v Sri Lanka\nEarly rain prevented the start of play, and the match was reduced to 29 overs per side when Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to put India in to bat. After a run-a-ball start, both Sehwag and Tendulkar were caught at third man while playing aggressive shots, India 2/49 after 8.2 overs. Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir combined for 64 runs off 70 balls, before Gambhir was run out backing up. Sharma and Dhoni then teamed up for an impressive 68 from just 46 balls before Dhoni was also run out, India 4\u2013181 off 27.4 overs. Yuvraj Singh chipped a ball to extra cover and India finished up 5/195 after the full 29 overs. Maharoof was the only bowler to go for less than 1 run per ball achieving 1/33 from 6 overs. Malinga was the most expensive going for 45 runs from 6 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 860]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 5th match: India v Sri Lanka\nJayasuriya got Sri Lanka away to an explosive start, smashing 2 sixes in the 3rd over off Sreesanth. 22 runs were scored in that over alone. Jayasuriya reached 27 runs from just 12 balls before gloving a pull shot to the keeper, Sri Lanka 1/45 after just 3.5 overs. Sangakkara was caught off Harbhajan Singh a few overs later. Dilshan (63* runs from 59 balls) and Jayawardene (36* from 35 balls) combined for an 85-run partnership to steer Sri Lanka to a comfortable 8 wicket victory with 2 overs to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0012-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 5th match: India v Sri Lanka\nSreesanth ended up going for 48 runs off just 18 deliveries. Singh was the only bowler to go for under a run a ball taking 1/15 from 4 overs. Sri Lanka scored at more than 8 runs per over and lost just two wickets in completing their first victory of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 6th match: Australia v Sri Lanka\nAustralia won the toss and elected to bat, the out field was fast and scores were expected to be around 280+. Hayden was lost early edging to square leg. Ponting got a run-a-ball 25 before yet again edging a defensive shot to slips. Gilchrist and Clarke combined for a 105 runs before Clarke was stumped after missing a Murili Delivery. Symonds edged through to the keeper in the next over and then Gilly brought up his century. He skied a pull shot to cover to finish on 118, Australia 5\u2013206 after 43.2 overs, a slower than expected run-rate. Hussey and Hopes both got out after skying shots and the tail fell only managing to add a few runs, Australia all out for just 236 runs. Vaas bowled all of his 10 overs early taking 1/35, and Malinga took 4/47 from 9.4 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 857]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 6th match: Australia v Sri Lanka\nDilshan and Jayasuriya got off to an explosive start scoring 29 runs from the first 3 overs before Jayasuriya was caught in the deep. Johnson then bowled Dilshan with help of a slight inside edge. Jayawardene kept the runs flowing but edged straight to first slip,  and Silva was caught specularly by Symonds, Sri Lanka 4\u201376 off 14 overs. Kapugedera tried to support Sangakkara but was caught playing a shot after managing a slow 29 from 60 balls. Maharoof tried to do the same and was also caught out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0014-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 6th match: Australia v Sri Lanka\nVass was out first ball when he toed his first delivery straight into the air. The tail was then cleaned up leaving Sangakkara stranded on 80 until falling to a yorker from Brett Lee. A disappointing run chase by Sri Lanka, all out for just 173 runs, giving Australia a win by 63 runs and earning them another bonus point. Johnson took 3/29 from 10 and Bracken took 3/21 from 8 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 7th match: Australia v India\nAustralia won the toss and elected to bat. Sharma bowled Gilchrist and then Ponting was caught at point. Hayden was then caught behind off Pathan and then Symonds was caught out also, Australia in trouble at 4\u201350 off 15.4 overs. Hussey was out quickly also and Hopes was stumped when he dropped his bat bringing Australia to 6\u2013112 after 30 overs. Clarke and Hogg combined for an important 72 run partnership before both of them and Bracken were taken in 2 overs. Australia limping home with just 203 runs. Pathan took 4/41 from 10 overs and Sharma was very good taking 2/32 from 9 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 7th match: Australia v India\nTendulkar was out LBW to Bracken on a ball that looked a little high to take the stumps, India 1\u201320 from 4.4 overs. Pathan and Gambhir looked to steady before Gambhir, Pathan and Sharma all fell in just 4 runs, Hopes picking up two of the wickets. In trouble at 4\u201359 after 15.1 overs Dhoni and Singh combined until Yuvraj was caught in the deep trying to smash Hogg for six. Dhoni was injured and had to have a runner provided whom was runout by Hayden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 7th match: Australia v India\nUthappa tried to find boundaries after he was 9 from just 30 balls, but fell after edging to Gilchrist after Harbhajan had skied bounced off his glove to also be caught out. This left Sreesanth, Sharma and Patel with 53 runs to get off 73 balls. The task was far too great for the tail who had almost no batting experience, India all out for 153, the score so low that Australia achieved their 3rd bonus point. Gilchrist was involved in 5 dismissals, Johnson took 3 for 42 and Bracken was very tidy with 2/21 from 7.2. Hopes was also impressive with 2/16 from just 6 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 8th match: India v Sri Lanka\nThe toss was won by Jayawardene, who elected to bat first and found himself in the middle quicker than expected as Sri Lanka lost two early wickets. Patel got Dilshan to edge to the keeper on just the 4th ball. Jayasuriya was then run out backing up at the non-striker's end when a straight drive from Sangakkara clipped the finger of the bowler before hitting the stumps. Sri Lanka were in early trouble at 6/2 in the third over. Sangakkara and Jayawardene then built a massive partnership of 159 runs and Sangakkara went on to score a century.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0017-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 8th match: India v Sri Lanka\nAmazingly Jayawardene was then dismissed in the same way as Jayasuriya again from a Sangakkara straight drive deflecting off the bowler. Kapugedera was run out a few overs later after a mix-up putting Sri Lanka at 161/4 after 38.4 overs. Sangakkara was eventually out for 128 runs caught in the deep, and Silva also lost his wicket later trying for late runs. Sri Lanka 238/6 from the full 50 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 8th match: India v Sri Lanka\nThe run chase started badly for India when Tendulkar was bowled in the second over by Malinga. The poor start continued with two successive wickets which turned Indian score to 35/3 in 12th over. Yuvraj Singh's innings of 76 in 70 balls, however, put the Indian side back on track. He partnered first with Rohit Sharma and later with captain Dhoni to bring victory in sight. Sri Lanka managed to make their way back in the match by snapping 3 quick wickets. But a patient Dhoni, with his haul right till the end, made sure India won with just 5 balls remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 9th match: Australia v Sri Lanka\nSri Lanka won the toss and sent Australia into bat, hoping to take advantage of the DL system by expecting later rain which should help Sri Lanka if they keep Australia to a low score and don't lose early wickets. Australia's top order continued its poor form to fall to 5\u201354 after 21.1 overs. Clarke and Hussey combined for a 90 run partnership but all batsmen struggled to achieve any high run rate, Australia finishing just 7/184 after the full 50 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 9th match: Australia v Sri Lanka\nWith rain expected Sri Lanka didn't need early wickets to fall, but two quick wickets saw Sri Lanka 2/3 after just 3.1 overs. Trying to increase the run-rate just cost more wickets and when the rain fell Sri Lanka were 4/77, some 24 runs behind the DL target. The 24 run win was enough for Australia to earn their 4th bonus point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 10th Match: Australia v India\nAustralia won the toss and elected to bat on a good batting pitch. Gilchrist fell early when he inside edged to the keeper, but Hayden and Ponting smashed Australia to 131 after 20.3 overs before Hayden was run-out. Clarke then combined with Ponting but was caught at square-leg, Australia 3\u2013194 after 31.4 overs. Symonds then combined with Ponting, who brought up his century in their 102 run partnership. Both fell in the dying overs trying to push the score ever higher. Hopes and Lee were both run out on the last 2 balls while backing up. Australia finishing on 317/7, no team has ever chased down such a high total at the SCG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 10th Match: Australia v India\nTendulkar was out LBW to Brett Lee in the first over. The top order collapsed about 8 overs later with Sehwag, Sharma and Singh all edging to be caught behind, India in huge trouble at 51/4 after 10.1 overs, Clarke taking early wickets. Gambhir however scored a century and was well supported by Dhoni, Uthappa, Pathan and Harbhajan Singh. At one point India were 290/7 with 27 needed from 15 balls, but Brett Lee then took the last 3 wickets, India were all out for 299 after 49.1 overs. It was the highest ever score batting second at the SCG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 11th Match: India v Sri Lanka\nIndia won the toss and elected to field on a cloudy day. Sri Lankans were bowled out for 179 after 47.1 overs. India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets, scoring 180 losing 3 wickets in 32.2 overs. India secured its place in the finals against Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 12th match: Australia v Sri Lanka\nMathew Hayden was dropped from the side for bringing the Australian team into disrepute after making crude comments about Indian bowler Sharma. Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. It was a good team effort on a difficult pitch to get to 221. Australia were cruising at 0/107 after 14.3 overs with Gilchrist on 83 from 50 balls. But then they lost all 10 wickets for just 101 runs to lose by 14 runs. It was an embarrassing display by the top order with Ponting, Clarke, Symonds and Hussey scoring 6 runs combined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0024-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, 12th match: Australia v Sri Lanka\nA 35-run 10th wicket stand by Brett Lee and Johnson gave Australia a late chance to win the game, but Jayasuriya bowled Lee with his only delivery of the match. The win was too little too late for Sri Lanka, who finished their tour of Australia with a record of 0\u20132 in tests against Australia, 1\u20133 in ODI's against Australia, and 1\u20131\u20132 in ODIs against India. Sri Lanka went on to tour the West Indies in late March, whilst Australia played India in the best of three final series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Finals, 1st final\nAustralia won the toss and decided to bat. Gilchrist and Ponting fell early and then Australia were in real trouble when Clarke was given out caught behind despite the ball hitting his pads and not his bat, Australia 3/24 after 5.5 overs. Hayden and Symonds combined for a 100 run partnership before they both fell to Harbhajan Singh. Hussey helped Australia to bat out the full 50 overs before getting out late. Brett Lee scored an important 17 from 10 balls to push Australia to 8/239 after the full 50 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Finals, 1st final\nAfter a good start by India, Uthappa and Gambhir fell quickly to put India 2/54 after 12.4 overs. Singh fell putting India at 3\u201387, But Tendulkar and Sharma combined for a great 123 run partnership. Tendulkar got his first ODI century in Australia  then Sharma fell to the next ball, India 4/210 after 41.2 overs. Australia's pace attack was totally ineffective with Lee, Johnson and Bracken unable to take any wickets. Dhoni and Tendulkar then batted out the innings easily, India winning their first ever match at the SCG. Tendulkar batted from start to finish and won man of the match with 117 not out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Finals, 2nd final\nIndia won the toss and elected to bat on a track that looked like it would slow down as the day progresses. India got a good start but lost wickets quickly. Sachin Tendulkar played a composed innings of 91 in 121 balls before being caught by Ponting off a delivery by Clarke in the 40th over which lent India a defendable score of 258.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Finals, 2nd final\nIn their chase, Australia lost three early wickets Hayden and Symonds played well for the 4th wicket partnership which ended when Hayden was runout by the Yuvraj Singh / Harbhajan Singh combination in the 26th over. Symonds also got out in the same over (LBW by Harbhajan). Finally, James Hopes played a brilliant 63 to take the match down to the last over. He was the last man out. Praveen Kumar, who was also the MoM, was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4/46 in 10 overs. India won the series without playing the last match of series by 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Gallery\nRohit Sharma warming up before the 4th ODI between Australia and India on Feb 10 2008 at the MCG", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Gallery\nMatthew Hayden smashing Irfan Pathan for another boundary as Dhoni looks on", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194417-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Commonwealth Bank Series, Gallery\nIndian wicketkeeper-captain MS Dhoni appeals for a stumping against Matthew Hayden", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194418-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Conference League Cup\nThe Conference League Cup 2007\u201308, known as the Setanta Shield 2007\u201308 for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of the Conference League Cup competition after its resurrection by Conference sponsors Blue Square and competition sponsors Setanta. With the entrance of all Conference teams from every division, there were 68 entries into the tournament. The competition was won by Aldershot Town, who beat Rushden and Diamonds on penalties in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194418-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Conference League Cup, First round\nThe First Round was contested by 24 teams from the Northern and Southern Divisions, and divided into a Northern and Southern section. Matches were played in the week commencing 1 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194418-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Conference League Cup, Second round\nThe Second Round will be contested by the 12 winners of the previous round, plus the remaining 20 members of the lower Conference Divisions. Matches will be played in the week commencing 12 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194418-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Conference League Cup, Third round\nThe Third Round will be contested by the 16 winners of the previous round. Matches will be played in the week commencing 3 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194418-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Conference League Cup, Fourth round\nThe 24 Conference Premier teams join the eight winners from the previous round. Matches will be played in the week commencing 22 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194418-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Conference League Cup, Fifth round\nMatches will be played in the week commencing 4 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194418-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Conference League Cup, Quarter-finals\nMatches will be played in the week commencing 26 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194418-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Conference League Cup, Semi-finals\nMatches will be played in the week commencing 18 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194419-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Huskies men's basketball program in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. Coached by Jim Calhoun, they played their home games at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194419-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team\nThe Huskies finished with an overall record of 24\u20139, including a Big East Conference record of 13\u20135. The team finished the regular season in 4th place in the Big East standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194419-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team, Roster\nListed are the student athletes who are members of the 2008\u20132009 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194420-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a\nThe Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a 2007\u201308 is the 15th staging of the Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B and Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194420-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a\nThe competition began on 4 August 2007 and ended with the finals on 27 March and 3 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194421-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Copa Venezuela\nThe 2007\u201308 Copa Venezuela was the 38th staging of the Copa Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194421-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Copa Venezuela\nThe competition started on August 29, 2007, and concluded on April 16, 2008, with a two leg final, in which Aragua FC won the trophy for the first time with a 2\u20132 draw and a 0\u20130 at home over Uni\u00f3n Atl\u00e9tico Maracaibo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194421-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Copa Venezuela, Second round\nOne leg - 2A/2B Division Teams v/s 1 Division Teams. The matches were played on 8\u20139 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194421-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Copa Venezuela, Second round\nTwo legs - 1 Division Teams v/s 1 Division Teams. The matches were played on 9\u201312 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194421-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Copa Venezuela, Semifinals\nThe matches were played on 31 October\u201318 November 2007 and 5\u201319 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194422-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Copa del Rey\nThe 2007\u201308 Copa del Rey was the 106th staging of the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 88]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194422-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Copa del Rey\nThe competition started on 29 August 2007 and concluded on 16 April 2008 with the final, held at the Vicente Calder\u00f3n Stadium in Madrid, in which Valencia lifted the trophy for the seventh time in their history with a 3\u20131 victory over Getafe. The cup holders had been Sevilla, but they were eliminated in the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194423-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coppa Italia\nThe 2007\u201308 Coppa Italia was the 61st edition of the tournament. Fixtures were announced at 16:00 CET, July 25, 2007. The tournament began on August 14, 2007, and ended on May 24, 2008 with a single-match final to be played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. For the fourth consecutive season, Roma and Internazionale were the finalists. Roma won the tournament by a score of 2\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194423-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coppa Italia\nThe format of the 2007\u201308 Coppa, which was announced on June 28, 2007, is a major departure from the format used in previous years. The new format reduces the number of competitors to the 42 teams which will play in Serie A and Serie B for the 2007\u201308 season; no Serie C teams participated in the tournament. Also, the rather unusual two-leg final was eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194423-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coppa Italia, Fixtures, Opening rounds\nindicates home team for one-leg rounds, or home team in each leg for two-leg rounds", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194423-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coppa Italia, Fixtures, Opening rounds, Bottom Right Bracket\n1 The match was played in Pistoia, approximately 67\u00a0km from Pisa. Pisa was originally designated as the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194423-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coppa Italia, Fixtures, Opening rounds, Bottom Right Bracket\n2 The match was played behind closed doors in Avellino.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194423-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coppa Italia, Fixtures, Opening rounds, Bottom Right Bracket\n3 The match was played in Fiorenzuola, approximately 23\u00a0km from Piacenza. Piacenza was originally designated as the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194423-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coppa Italia, Fixtures, Opening rounds, Bottom Right Bracket\n4 The match was played at Ravenna, even though according to the original bracket Piacenza was designated as the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194424-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coppa Titano\nThe Coppa Titano 2007-08 was the 53rd edition of the Sammarinese football tournament. It started on September 14, 2007 and ended with the final on May 2, 2008. The final saw Murata defeat Juvenes/Dogana by a score of one to zero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194424-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coppa Titano\nThe winner of the tournament would receive a spot in the UEFA Cup 2008-09 tournament. Because Murata also won the Campionato Sammarinese, they received a spot in the Champions League, awarding the UEFA Cup qualification to Juvenes/Dogana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194424-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coppa Titano, Group stage\nAll games were played during September 14, 2007 and April 2, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194425-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team represented Coppin State University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 22nd year head coach Fang Mitchell, played their home games at the Coppin Center and were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Despite losing 19 of their first 23 games and starting 0\u20138 in MEAC play, Coppin State finished the season 16\u201321 (7\u20139 MEAC). The Eagles went on an unexpected run to win the MEAC Tournament title to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as one of two No. 16 seeds in the East region. In the Play-in Game, Coppin State lost to Mount St. Mary's, 69\u201360.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194426-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represented Cornell University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. This was coach Steve Donahue's 8th season at Cornell. The Big Red compete in the Ivy League and played their home games at Newman Arena. They went 14\u20130 in Ivy League play to win the championship and received the league's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They received a 14 seed in the South region. They were beaten by No. 3 seed Stanford in the first round to finish their season at 22\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194427-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cornwall League 1\nThe Cornwall League 1 2007\u201308 was a full season of rugby union within Cornwall League 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194427-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cornwall League 1, Team Changes\nSaltash as Champions, were promoted to the Tribute Cornwall/Devon League for season 2008\u201309. There was no relegation into Cornwall 1 and no relegation into Cornwall League 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194428-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cornwall League 2\nThe Cornwall League 2 2007\u201308 was a full season of rugby union within Cornwall League 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194428-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cornwall League 2, Team Changes\nThere was no promotion or relegation for the following season, 2008\u201309, and the number of teams in Cornwall League 2 fell from eight teams to six as Illogan Park and Callington withdrew from the league", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194429-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coupe de France\nThe 2007\u20132008 Coupe de France was the 91st edition of the prestigious tournament and is open to all clubs in French football, as well as the 4 overseas departments if they qualify. The defending champions were FC Sochaux-Montb\u00e9liard who defeated Olympique Marseille 5-4 on penalties to claim their 2nd Coupe de France trophy. The final was held on May 24, 2008 at the Stade de France. The 2008 Coupe de France champions are Olympique Lyonnais, who defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 to claim their 4th Coupe de France trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194429-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coupe de France\nNote: Cup results officially began at the start of the 7th Round, as it is the official starting position of most professional clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194430-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coupe de la Ligue\nThe 2007\u201308 Coupe de la Ligue began on 14 August 2007. The final was held on 29 March 2008 at the Stade de France. The defending champions were Bordeaux, who defeated Lyon 1\u20130 on 31 March 2007. The defending champions were eliminated from the competition on 26 September 2007 by Metz. The 2008 Coupe de la Ligue champions were Paris Saint-Germain, who defeated Lens 2\u20131 to claim their third Coupe de la Ligue trophy and also received a place in the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194431-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coventry City F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Coventry City's 88th season in The Football League and their 7th consecutive season in the Football League Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194431-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Coventry City F.C. season, Review and events, Monthly events\nThis is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007\u201308 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194432-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cowdenbeath F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season Cowdenbeath competed in the Scottish Second Division, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194432-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cowdenbeath F.C. season, Summary\nCowdenbeath finished ninth in the Second Division, entering the play-offs losing 2\u20131 to Arbroath in the semi final. They reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, the second round of the League Cup and were eliminated in the first round of the Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194433-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season of Crewe Alexandra Football Club's 84th competitive season. They competed in Football League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194433-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Events\nThis is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007\u201308 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers (which are listed in the transfers section below), match results (which are in the matches section) or awards (which are in the awards section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194433-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Players, Squad information\nAppearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194433-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Players, Squad stats, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 24 March 2008Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194433-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Players, Squad stats, Disciplinary record\nCrewe currently have the best disciplinary record in The Football League", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194433-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Players, Players in / out, Out\nLast updated: 8 March 2008EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194434-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian First Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the T-Com Prva HNL for sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 20 July 2007 and ended on 10 May 2008. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their eleventh championship title the previous season, and they defended the title again, after a win against Me\u0111imurje on 12 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194434-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian First Football League, Promotion and relegation\nKamen Ingrad were automatically relegated to Druga HNL as they finished last in the previous season, while Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107 were automatically promoted from Druga HNL after winning the 2006\u201307 title. In a two-legged playoff between Zadar and Pula, Zadar were promoted to Prva HNL by beating Pula with 6\u20132 on aggregate (3\u20130, 3\u20132).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194434-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian First Football League, Results, Matchdays 1\u201322\nIn the first part of the season, matchdays 1\u201322 were played, with each team playing against every other team twice (home and away). This part of the season started on 20 July 2007, and finished with the last round matches on 8 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194434-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian First Football League, Results, Matches 23\u201333\nIn the second part of the season, matchdays 23\u201333 were played, with each team playing every other team one additional time (either at home or away). This part of the season started with matchday 23 on 15 March 2008, and finished with the last round on 10 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194434-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian First Football League, Results, Relegation play-off\nFollowing the end of season, a home-and-away relegation/promotion play-off was contested between Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107 (11th placed team in the First League) and Hrvatski Dragovoljac (2nd placed team in the 2007\u201308 Second Football League). Matches were played on 17 and 21 May 2008, with Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107 retaining their top level status by beating Hrvatski Dragovoljac 2\u20130 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194435-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian First League\n2007-08 Croatian First League was the 18th season of the Croatian handball league since its independence and the seventh and last season of the First League format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194436-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian Football Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Croatian Football Cup was the seventeenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champion and they won it for a second year running after beating Hajduk Split 3\u20130 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194436-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian Football Cup, Quarter-finals\nFirst legs were held on 7 November and second legs on 28 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194437-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian Ice Hockey League season\nThe Croatian Ice Hockey League Season for 2006-2007 was the 17th such season. It was won by KHL Mladost, making it the team's first championship in the league. This put an end to the eleven straight season championship run by KHL Medve\u0161\u010dak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194437-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian Ice Hockey League season, Playoffs, semifinal\nMladost defeated Zagreb in the semifinal series 2-0, in a best of three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194437-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian Ice Hockey League season, Playoffs, final\nMladost went on to stun Medve\u0161\u010dak, winning the finals 3-1, in a best of five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194438-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian Second Football League\nThe 2007-08 Druga HNL season was the 17th since its establishment. The first placed team were Croatia sesvete and the last four clubs were relegated to Tre\u0107a HNL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194438-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Croatian Second Football League, Changes from last season\nThe following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194439-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Crystal Palace F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Crystal Palace Football Club's third consecutive season in The Championship. Manager Peter Taylor was sacked on 8 October 2007 and replaced by former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock on 11 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194440-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cuban National Series\nThe 47th Cuban National Series was won by the defending champion Santiago de Cuba over Pinar del R\u00edo, who made it to the finals despite an even regular season record. Santiago had the best regular season record along with La Habana, who lost in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194441-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei\nThe 2007\u201308 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei was the 70th season of the annual Romanian football knockout tournament. The final was held on May 10, 2008 at the Stadionul Ceahl\u0103ul in Piatra Neam\u0163.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194441-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Round of 32\nThe matches were played on 25, 26 and 27 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194441-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Round of 16\nThe matches were played on 5 and 6 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 84]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194442-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cyclo-cross Superprestige\nThe 2007\u20132008 Cyclo-cross Superprestige events and season-long competition takes place between 14 October 2007 and 16 February 2008. Eight events are organised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194443-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cymru Alliance\nThe 2007\u201308 Cymru Alliance was the eighteenth season of the Cymru Alliance after its establishment in 1990. The league was won by Prestatyn Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup was the 66th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 54 clubs entered the competition. It began on 8 September 2007 with the first round and concluded on 17 May 2008 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. APOEL won their 19th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Anorthosis 2\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Format\nIn the 2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Second Division, the Cypriot Third Division and 12 of the 14 teams of the Cypriot Fourth Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Format\nThe competition consisted of seven rounds. In the first and in the second round each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Format\nThe third and fourth round were played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate, was qualifying to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Format\nIf both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then extra time was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Format\nIn the next round (quarter-finals), the teams were drawn into two groups of four. The teams of each group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The group winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Format\nThe semi-finals were played over two legs and the same format as in the third and fourth round was applied. The final was a single match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Format\nThe cup winner secured a place in the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 83]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, First round\nIn the first round participated all the teams of the Cypriot Second Division and the Cypriot Third Division and 12 of the 14 teams of the Cypriot Fourth Division. The two fourth division teams which were promoted from the 2007 STOK promotion play-offs to the 2007\u201308 Cypriot Fourth Division after finishing to the second and third place (Ellinismos Akakiou and P.O. Xylotymvou 2006) did not participate in the Cypriot Cup. ASPIS Pylas which finished first in the 2007 STOK promotion play-offs, participated in the Cypriot Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Second round\nIn the second round participated the winners of the first round ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Third round\nIn the third round participated the winners of the second round ties and six teams of the Cypriot First Division (the teams which finished 9th, 10th, 11th in the 2006\u201307 Cypriot First Division and the three teams which promoted from the 2006\u201307 Cypriot Second Division). The first eight teams of the 2006-07 Cypriot First Division did not participate in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Fourth round\nIn the fourth round participated the winners of the third round ties and the eight teams of the 2007-08 Cypriot First Division which did not participated in the third round, that were the teams which finished in the first eight places in the 2006-07 Cypriot First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Fourth round\nThe first legs were played on 23\u201324 October and the second legs on 31 October and 1 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Group stage (quarter-finals)\nIn the group stage participated the eight winners of the fourth round ties. The teams of each group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The group winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194444-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Cup, Semi-finals\nIn the semi-finals participated the four teams which qualified from the group stage. The first legs were played on 23 and 30 April. The second legs were played on 7 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194445-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division\nThe 2007-08 Cypriot First Division started on 1 September 2007. The defending champions were APOEL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194445-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division\nThis year, for the first time, the championship featured a group stage play-off system. Teams were divided into 3 groups; 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th. The points were carried over from the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194445-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division\nAnorthosis won the championship three games before the end of the season, without losing a single match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194445-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division, Format\nFourteen teams participated in the 2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division. Each team played against every other team twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 26 matches. After these matches, the two teams with the worst records were relegated to the 2008\u201309 Cypriot Second Division. The remaining twelve teams were divided into three groups: 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194445-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division, Format\nThe teams ranked first through fourth played out the champion and the participants for the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th determined the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams played a placement round. Every team played twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194445-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division, Format\nThe champions ensured their participation in the 2008\u201309 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194445-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division, Format\nThe teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup before the end of the championship. At the end of the championship, the higher placed team among the interested ones participated in the Intertoto Cup (if they had not secured their participation in any other UEFA competition).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194445-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division, Format, Point system\nTeams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194445-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nDigenis Morphou, Ayia Napa and AEP Paphos were relegated at the end of the 2006\u201307 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194445-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nThe relegated teams were replaced by 2006\u201307 Second Division champions APOP Kinyras, runners-up Alki Larnaca and third-placed team Doxa Katokopias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194445-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division, Second round\nThe first 12 teams were divided into 3 groups. Points were carried over from the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194446-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Fourth Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 23rd season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. Digenis Oroklinis won their 1st title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194446-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Fourth Division, Format\nFourteen teams participated in the 2007\u201308 Cypriot Fourth Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 2008\u201309 Cypriot Third Division and the last three teams were relegated to regional leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194446-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Fourth Division, Format, Point system\nTeams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194447-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Second Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Cypriot Second Division was the 53rd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. AEP Paphos won their 2nd title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194447-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Second Division, Format\nFourteen teams participated in the 2007\u201308 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to 2008\u201309 Cypriot First Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2008\u201309 Cypriot Third Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194448-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Third Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Cypriot Third Division was the 37th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. PAEEK FC won their 3rd title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194448-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Third Division, Format\nFourteen teams participated in the 2007\u201308 Cypriot Third Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 2008\u201309 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2008\u201309 Cypriot Fourth Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194448-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Third Division, Format, Point system\nTeams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194448-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Cypriot Third Division, Changes from previous season\n1AEM Mesogis merged with Kissos Kissonergas forming Kissos Kissonergas, which took the place of AEM Mesogis in the Cypriot Third Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194449-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech 1. Liga season\nThe 2007\u201308 Czech 1.liga season was the 15th season of the Czech 1.liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 16 teams participated in the league, and BK Mlada Boleslav won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194450-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech 2. Liga\nThe 2007\u201308 Czech 2. Liga was the 15th season of the 2. \u010desk\u00e1 fotbalov\u00e1 liga, the second tier of the Czech football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194451-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Czech Cup was the fifteenth season of the annual football knock-out tournament of the Czech Republic. It began on 22 August 2007 with the preliminary round and concluded with the final on 13 May 2008. The competition offered a place in the second qualifying round of the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup for the winner; however since winners Sparta Prague qualified for the Champions League through the Czech First League this season, the place went to Slovan Liberec as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194451-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech Cup, Preliminary round\nThe preliminary round was held on 22 August 2007. The 34 participants were teams from fourth level leagues (Divize A, Divize B, Divize C, Divize D, Divize E) and from 5th level leagues (regional championships). Bold teams won and advanced to the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194451-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech Cup, First round\nThe first round was held on 29 July 2007. The 96 participating teams were the 17 winners from the preliminary round and 79 teams from the second, third and fourth level leagues (Czech 2. Liga; \u010cFL, MSFL; Divize A, Divize B, Divize C, Divize D, Divize E).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194451-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech Cup, Second round\nThe second round was held on 5 September 2007. The 64 participating teams were the 48 winners from the first round and 16 teams from the Czech First League. Teams in Bold won and advanced to the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194451-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech Cup, Third round\nThe third round was held on 26 September 2007. The 32 participating teams were all winners from the second round. Teams in Bold won and advanced to the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194451-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech Cup, Fourth round\nThe fourth round was held on 10 October 2007. The 16 participating teams were the winners from the third round. Bold teams won and qualified for the quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194451-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech Cup, Quarter finals\nThe quarter finals were played over two legs on 9 April and 16 April 2008. The 8 participating teams were the winners from the fourth round matches. Bold teams won and progressed to the semi finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194451-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech Cup, Semi finals\nThe semi finals were played on 30 April and 7 May 2008. The 4 participating teams were the winners from the quarter finals. Bold teams won and qualified for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194451-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech Cup, Final\nFC Slovan Liberec qualified for the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round because Sparta Prague had already qualified for European competition through the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194451-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech Cup, Way to the victory\nAs all Czech First League teams, Sparta Prague joined in the second round. They won all six matches. This was their third consecutive victory in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194452-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech Extraliga season\nThe 2007\u201308 Czech Extraliga season was the 15th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194453-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech First League\nThe 2007\u201308 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the fifteenth season of Czech Republic's top-tier of football. The season started on 4 August 2007 and concluded on 17 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194453-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech First League, Teams\nP\u0159\u00edbram and Slov\u00e1cko were relegated to the second division after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194453-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Czech First League, Teams\nViktoria \u017di\u017ekov (as champions) and Bohemians 1905 (as runners-up) were promoted from the second division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194454-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 DEL season\nThe 2007\u201308 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 14th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL; English: German Ice Hockey League). Fifteen teams played after the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg received the license and were admitted to play in the DEL. Each club played the other four times, resulting in 56 regular-season games per club. The top six clubs at the end of the regular season qualified for the first round of the play-offs. The clubs seven to ten played a preliminary round to determine the last two places for the first round. For the teams placed eleven to fifteen, the season ended. No club was relegated from the DEL in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194454-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 DEL season\nThe Eisb\u00e4ren Berlin (English: Berlin Polar Bears) won their third championship in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194454-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 DEL season, Regular season\nThe final table operates under the following points system: Three points for a win, two for a win after overtime or penalties, one for a loss after overtime or penalties and no points for an outright loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194454-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 DEL season, Playoffs\nThe four rounds of the 2007-08 play-offs were played under the following system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194454-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 DEL season, Playoffs\nUnlike the regular season, in the play-offs games will not be decided by penalty shoot-outs but in overtime (OT) sudden-death. In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194455-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 DFB-Pokal\nThe 2007\u201308 DFB-Pokal was the 65th season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 3 August 2007 and ended on 19 April 2008. In the final FC Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 2\u20131 after extra time, thereby claiming their fourteenth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194456-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 DFB-Pokal Frauen\nThe DFB-Pokal 2007\u201308 was the 28th season of the cup competition, Germany's second-most important title in women's football. The first round of the tournament was held on 1\u20132 September 2007. In the final which was held in Berlin on 19 April 2008 FFC Frankfurt defeated FC Saarbr\u00fccken 5\u20131, thus claiming their seventh title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194457-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 1st season in the Football League played by Dagenham & Redbridge F.C., an English football club based in Dagenham, Greater London. It was their first consecutive season in Football League Two after promotion from Football Conference in 2007. The season covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194457-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. season, Match results\nLeague positions are sourced from Statto, while the remaining contents of each table are sourced from the references in the \"Ref\" column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194458-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Mavericks season\nThe 2007\u201308 Dallas Mavericks season was their 28th season in the NBA. The Mavericks made the playoffs but were eliminated in the first round for the second straight season by the New Orleans Hornets. A day later Avery Johnson was relieved of his duties, finishing with the highest winning percentage for a coach in franchise history and replaced by former NBA Coach of the Year, Rick Carlisle. The Mavericks had the eighth best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194458-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Mavericks season\nThe Mavericks acquired Jason Kidd in a mid-season trade which sent Devin Harris to the New Jersey Nets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194458-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Mavericks season, Draft picks\nDallas' selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194458-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions\nThe Mavericks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194459-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season\nThe 2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season began on October 3, 2007 and was the franchise's 41st season in the National Hockey League (NHL) and its 15th as the Dallas Stars. The Stars made the Western Conference Finals but failed to represent the Conference in the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals after being defeated by the Detroit Red Wings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194459-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194459-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Regular season, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; ATOI = Average time on ice", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194459-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Regular season, Skaters\n\u2020 denotes: Acquired from Tampa BayItalics denotes: No longer with Stars", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194459-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Regular season, Goaltenders\nGP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194459-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Regular season, Goaltenders\n\u2020 denotes: Acquired from Tampa BayItalics denotes: Traded to Tampa Bay", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194459-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Playoffs, Goaltenders\nGP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194459-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season, Transactions\nThe Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194459-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season, Draft picks\nDallas' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Stars do not have a first round pick, having dealt it to the Phoenix Coyotes as part of the Ladislav Nagy trade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194459-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season, Farm teams, Iowa Stars\nThe Iowa Stars are the Stars American Hockey League affiliate in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194459-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dallas Stars season, Farm teams, Idaho Steelheads\nThe Idaho Steelheads are the Stars affiliate in the ECHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194460-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish 1st Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Danish 1st Division season was the 13th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on August 4, 2007 to the final match on June 8, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194460-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish 1st Division\nThe division-champion and runner-up promotes to the 2008\u201309 Danish Superliga. The teams in the 14th, 15th and 16th places will be divided between 2nd Division East and West, based on location.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194460-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish 1st Division, Participants, Odds\nBefore the season, Superliga-relegated Vejle was considered the 8/5-favorite to win the division and regain promotion along with fellow relegated Silkeborg at 23/10, with former Superliga-side S\u00f8nderjyskE the only notable contender for the title at 15/4. The outsiders for promotion were local rivals Kolding and Fredericia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194460-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish 1st Division, Participants, Odds\nThe fight in the middle of the pack was predicted to contended by AB, Herf\u00f8lge, N\u00e6stved, K\u00f8ge and Frem, while Lolland-Falster Alliancen, \u00d8lstykke and HIK would contend the lower third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194460-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish 1st Division, Participants, Odds\nThe two newly promoted teams, Skive and Hvidovre were, along with last year's 11th-place finisher, Aarhus Fremad, the favorites to get relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194461-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish 2nd Divisions\nThe 2007\u201308 season in Danish 2nd Division was divided in two groups. The two winners were promoted to the 2008\u201309 Danish 1st Division, together with the winner of a promotion game between the two runners-up. Second squad teams can not promote, or play in the promotion game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194461-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish 2nd Divisions, Promotion game\nThe two runners-up will play promotion game on home and away basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194462-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Danish Cup was the 54th version of the Danish Cup. The first round were played about August 7 and the final was played on May 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194462-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish Cup, Fixtures and results\nThe team listed to the left, is the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194462-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish Cup, Fixtures and results, First round\nIn the first round  54 teams from the \"series\" (Denmark's series and lower 2007), 22 teams from Danish 2nd Divisions 2006-07 and 12 teams from Danish 1st Division 2006-07 (no. 5 to 16) competed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 53], "content_span": [54, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194462-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish Cup, Fixtures and results, Second round\nIn second round competed 44 winning teams from first round, 4 teams from Danish 1st Division 2006-07 (no. 1 to 4) and 8 teams from Danish Superliga 2006-07 (no. 5 to 12).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194462-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish Cup, Fixtures and results, Third round\nIn third round compete 28 winning teams from second round and 4 teams from Danish Superliga 2006-07 (no. 1 to 4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 53], "content_span": [54, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194462-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish Cup, Fixtures and results, Semi finals\nThe semi finals were played on a home and away basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 53], "content_span": [54, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194463-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish Superliga\nThe 2007\u201308 Danish Superliga season was the 18th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, which determined the winners of the Danish football championship. It was governed by the Danish Football Association. It started with the first match on July 18, 2007 and ended with the final match on May 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194463-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish Superliga\nThe Danish champions qualified for UEFA Champions League 2008-09. The runners-up and no. 3 qualified for the UEFA Cup 2008-09. The 4th placed team qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008. The 11th and 12th placed teams were relegated to the 1st Division. The 1st Division champions and runners-up are promoted to the Superliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194463-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish Superliga, Results\nTo read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194463-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish Superliga, Promoted teams\nThe following teams were promoted to the Superliga at the end of last season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194463-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Danish Superliga, Relegated teams\nThe following teams were relegated from the Superliga last season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194464-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey season\nThis is a history of the 2007\u201308 season of the Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194465-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team represented Davidson College in NCAA men's Division I competition during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Coached by 2008 NABC Coach of the Year Bob McKillop and led by consensus Second Team All-American guard Stephen Curry, the Wildcats completed an undefeated season in the Southern Conference, and reached the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Elite 8, upsetting Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Wisconsin before finally falling to eventual national champion Kansas by a score of 59\u201357. This marked the first time that Davidson had won a tournament game since the 1969 season, when the Wildcats reached the Elite Eight under then coach Lefty Driesell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194466-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team represented the University of Dayton during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flyers, led by fifth year head coach Brian Gregory, played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 23\u201311, 8\u20138 in A-10 play. They received an at-large bid to the NIT where they defeated Cleveland State in the first round and Illinois State in the second round before falling to eventual champion Ohio State in the quarterfinals. The Flyers started the season 14-1 and were ranked as high as 14th in the AP poll, the program's highest ranking since the 1967-68 season. Dayton finished the regular season 6-8 after injuries to starter Charles Little and highly rated freshman Chris Wright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 863]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194466-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2006\u201307 Dayton Flyers finished the season with an overall record of 19\u201312, with a record of 8\u20138 in the Atlantic 10 regular season. The Flyers started the season 10-1, with wins over Louisville, Holy Cross, and Creighton. The Flyers faltered in conference play, and fell to Xavier in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament. They were not selected to play in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194467-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Denver Nuggets season\nThe 2007\u201308 Denver Nuggets season was the 41st season of the franchise, 32nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season saw Allen Iverson play his only full season as a Nugget until he was traded to Detroit midway through the next year. Despite winning 50 games, the Nuggets entered the playoffs as the number 8 seed in the Western Conference. They failed to make it out of the first round once again as they were swept by the eventual Western Conference Champion Los Angeles Lakers, led by league MVP Kobe Bryant, in four straight games. The Nuggets had the ninth best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194468-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a's 37th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. They also competed in the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194468-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Season summary\nAfter a poor 2006\u201307 campaign, in which Deportivo finished 13th, coach Joaqu\u00edn Caparr\u00f3s was fired, and replaced by Real Sociedad's Miguel \u00c1ngel Lotina, who signed a one-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194468-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Season summary\nLotina improved Depor's league form, and they ended the year in 9th, qualifying for the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup. However, they fell at the first hurdle in the Copa del Rey, being eliminated in the round of 32 by Espanyol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194468-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Kit\nDeportivo's kit was manufactured by Canterbury of New Zealand and sponsored by Fadesa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194468-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194468-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Players, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194468-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Players, Squad, Out on loan for the full season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Derby County's 109th season in the Football League, their 65th season in the top division of English football and their first season in the top flight since the 2001\u201302 season. They were promoted after beating West Bromwich Albion 1\u20130 in the 2007 Championship play-off final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season\nAfter a very poor start to the season, manager Billy Davies left the club on 26 November after winning only 1 game to be replaced by former Wigan Athletic manager Paul Jewell. Jewell failed to turn things around for Derby and the club spent most of the season at the foot of the table, recording a club and top-flight record run of 32 league games without a win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season\nDerby were officially relegated on 29 March after their 2\u20132 home draw with fellow strugglers Fulham and Birmingham City's 3\u20131 victory over Manchester City left them 19 points away from safety with only 6 games left. This made Derby the first club in Premiership history to be relegated in March and only the second in post-war English Football league history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season\nThey also accumulated the league's lowest points total since the introduction of 3 points for a win with just 11 points, as well as the record for the fewest wins in a Premier League season with just 1 victory in 38 games; also most defeats (29), fewest goals scored (20), most goals conceded in a 38-game season (89), longest run without victory (32 matches), and earliest relegation (29 March).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season, Review\nDespite producing a reasonably good performance in a 2\u20132 draw against Portsmouth on the opening day of the season, followed by a narrow 1\u20130 defeat away to Sven-G\u00f6ran Eriksson's Manchester City (the only two games which Derby spent outside the bottom three), Derby made a generally disastrous start to the Premier League season. Following their 6\u20130 defeat to Liverpool on 1 September, Irish bookmakers Paddy Power decided to pay out on the club to be relegated after just five games of the new season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season, Review\nThe poor start saw fans accuse Gadsby and the board of failing to invest properly in players for the club. The repercussions of this saw Trevor Birch leave his position as Chief Executive on 19 October and, on 29 October, Gadsby stepped down as chairman to be replaced by former Hull City owner Adam Pearson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season, Review\nMeanwhile, results on the pitch were not improving, with another poor performance away to Aston Villa followed up by a 5\u20130 home defeat against a West Ham United side ravaged by injuries. After taking just 6 points from 14 matches, their only win a 1\u20130 victory over future strugglers Newcastle United, Davies left by mutual consent after a meeting with Adam Pearson, taking nearly all of his newly assembled backroom staff with him. The club had just been beaten 2\u20130 at home to Chelsea and were rooted to the bottom of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season, Review\nAfter the game, Davies had publicly criticised Derby's board for a lack of investment. Some critics believed that Davies was a victim of his own success after overachieving in his first season at Pride Park, while others cited his apparent tactical inefficiencies at top flight level, poor big money signings (including \u00a33m Claude Davis) and suggested Davies had engineered his own departure, in the form of an outspoken rant against the board so as to avoid having a relegation on his CV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season, Review\nWithin two days of Davies's dismissal, on 26 November, Derby appointed highly rated former Wigan Athletic manager Paul Jewell. He initially appointed Stan Ternent as his assistant but, when Ternant left to become Huddersfield Town manager in April, Jewell moved to appoint Chris Hutchings who had been his assistant at both Bradford City and Wigan. Jewell's first match in charge was a 1\u20130 defeat away at Sunderland on 1 December, the winning goal coming in stoppage time. Although performances improved under Jewell, results didn't.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season, Review\nThe team developed a habit of conceding late goals and following the defeat to Sunderland, Derby conceded late winners or equalisers in seven games between late December and late January, dropping seven points from games they had been winning or drawing. Many at the club had in fact already accepted relegation by the end of December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season, Review\nJewell was busy in the January transfer window, selling several players and bringing eight new players in, namely Everton defender Alan Stubbs, Argentine striker Emanuel Villa, ex-England international defender Danny Mills on loan from Manchester City, Blackburn midfielder Robbie Savage, French winger Laurent Robert, Tottenham's Egyptian midfielder Hossam Ghaly on loan, Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi's Mile Sterjovski and Rangers goalkeeper Roy Carroll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season, Review\nOn 28 January, it was announced that Derby had been purchased by American group General Sports and Entertainment, with Tom Glick taking the role of new President and Chief Executive. Derby's relegation was confirmed on 29 March, the first time a club had been relegated from the division before April and sealing the club's first immediate relegation following promotion in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season, Review\nPoor results continued: a 6\u20130 home defeat at the hands of Aston Villa on 12 April is the biggest defeat at Pride Park and, by the season's end, Derby had recorded the Premier League's lowest points total and equalled Loughborough's 108-year Football League record of going through an entire season with only one win. Their final game of the season was a 4\u20130 home defeat to Reading, who were also relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season, Playing squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194469-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Derby County F.C. season, Playing squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194470-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Pistons season\nThe 2007\u201308 Detroit Pistons season was the 67th season of the franchise, the 60th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 51st in the Detroit area. The Central Division Pistons finished the regular season with a 59-23 record, 14  games ahead of the second place Cavaliers. Their 59 wins were the third most in franchise history. In the NBA Playoffs, Detroit advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the sixth consecutive time since 2003, making them the first team since the 1986\u201387 Los Angeles Lakers to appear that many consecutive times in their respective Conference Finals. The Pistons lost to the eventual NBA champions Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals two games to four. Their game 4 win over Boston on May 26, 2008 remains their most recent playoff victory. The Pistons had the seventh best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 897]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194470-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Pistons season\nFollowing the season, Flip Saunders was fired as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194470-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Pistons season\nDetroit played its home games at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, which was sold out for each of the 41 regular season home games and all nine playoff games. The Pistons wore the #50 on the upper left side of their jerseys in honor of the 50th anniversary of them playing in Detroit. This season is the last time until the 2015\u201316 NBA season that the Pistons had a winning record and as of 2021 the last time they won a playoff series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194470-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Pistons season, Offseason\nIn the offseason, the Pistons re-signed guard Chauncey Billups and forward Amir Johnson. They also signed forward Antonio McDyess to a 2-year contract extension and center Cheikh Samb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194470-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Pistons season, Offseason, Draft picks\nDetroit's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194470-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Pistons season, Awards and records, Awards\nChauncey Billups was awarded the John Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award for taking much part in NBA Cares and other charity foundations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194470-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Pistons season, Awards and records, Records\nOn May 13, 2008, Richard Hamilton surpassed Isiah Thomas as the all-time Piston leading scorer in the playoffs. Hamilton broke Thomas' record of 2,261 points and did it in 110 games \u2014 one fewer than Thomas needed to set the mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194470-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Pistons season, Awards and records, Milestones\nChauncey Billups recorded his 10,000th career point November 14, 2007 against the Portland Trail Blazers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194470-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Pistons season, Transactions\nThe Pistons have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season\nThe 2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's  76th season as the Red Wings and 82nd in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team won their eleventh Central Division title, sixth Presidents' Trophy, fifth Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, and won the Stanley Cup as league champion for the fourth time in eleven years. The team finished first in the Central Division and first in the Western Conference for their 17th consecutive playoff appearance and began the playoffs versus the Nashville Predators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season\nThe team won the first two games of the series at home but lost the next two at Nashville. In response to these losses, head coach Mike Babcock replaced starting goaltender Dominik Hasek with Chris Osgood. Osgood led the team to nine straight victories en route to a 14\u20134 record (and 16\u20136 overall team record) and a four games to two victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season\nThree Red Wings players represented the West at the 56th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Atlanta, Georgia. Goaltender Chris Osgood along with defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom and center Pavel Datsyuk were starters in the game. The Western Conference team was coached by Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season\nThe Red Wings had the best goaltending in the League, allowing only 179 goals (excluding five shootout goals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season, Playoffs\nDetroit has not missed the post-season since 1989\u201390. The 2007\u201308 season was their 17th consecutive playoff season. The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2007\u201308 season as the first seed in the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (2)\nDetroit wins the Stanley Cup for the 11th time, and first since 2002", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season, 2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game\nThe 2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 27, 2008 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 8-7. The following are Red Wings players who participated in the all-star game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season, Awards and records, Milestones\n15 Playoff Assists in a year, breaking franchise record held by Niklas Lidstrom and Chris Chelios (13 Assists).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season, Transactions\nThe Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season, Draft picks\nDetroit's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194471-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Detroit Red Wings season, Farm teams, Grand Rapids Griffins\nThe Grand Rapids Griffins remain Detroit's American Hockey League affiliate in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194472-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)\n2007\u201308 was the ninth season that Division 1 functioned as the third-level of ice hockey in Sweden, below the second-level HockeyAllsvenskan and the top-level Elitserien (now the SHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194472-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey), Format\nThe 52 participating teams played the first half of the season in six groups divided geographically. The successful teams then moved into three new groups (the Allettan groups), while the remaining teams played in a continuation of their smaller existing groups. The teams with the worst records in these continuation groups were then forced to defend their places in Division 1 against challengers from Division 2 (see \"relegation tournament\" below) in a round-robin tournament called Kvalserien till Division 1. Meanwhile, the successful teams from the Allettan groups along with the group winners of the continuation groups played a playoff to determine who would have a chance to compete for promotion to the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan in Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 842]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194473-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor B de Balonmano\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor B de Balonmano is the 14th season of second-tier handball in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 152]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00194474-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol\nThe 2007\u201308 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol season was the 22nd since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194475-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Futsal\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Futsal is the 19th season of top-tier futsal in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194476-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Djurg\u00e5rdens IF Hockey season\nThe 2007-2008 Djurg\u00e5rdens IF Hockey season began on September 25, 2007, with a match against defending champions Modo Hockey. After failing to qualify for the playo-offs for two seasons, Djurg\u00e5rdens finished 7th and played silver medalist Link\u00f6pings HC in the quarter-final, but lost 1-4 in matches. Goaltender Daniel Larsson won the Honken Trophy as best goaltender and was named \"Rookie of the Year\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194476-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Djurg\u00e5rdens IF Hockey season, Standings\nx \u2013 clinched playoff spot; y \u2013 clinched regular season league title; e \u2013 eliminated from playoff contention; r \u2013 played in regulation series", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194477-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Doncaster Rovers F.C. competed in League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194477-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Season summary\nWith Adam Brown, Jan Budtz, Liam Green, Rob Pacey, Jon-Paul Pittman, and Sean Thornton released, several new players were brought in for the beginning of the season. James Hayter was bought from Bournemouth, Gordon Greer came from Kilmarnock, free agents Sam Hird and Neil Sullivan came from Leeds, Richie Wellens from Oldham, Martin Woods from Rotherham, and Matt Mills was loaned from Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194477-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Season summary\nRovers were in 4th place by the New Year, and by the last game of the season they were in 2nd place but needed a win at Cheltenham to guarantee promotion to the Championship. Cheltenham won, as did 3rd placed Nottingham Forest, so Doncaster had to compete in the play-offs. First, they drew away at Southend where Paul Heffernan was sent off for a \"head butt\", but in the home leg they won 5\u20131, with James Coppinger getting a hattrick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194477-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Season summary\nThe play-off final was at the new Wembley against a Leeds side that had failed to get an automatic place partly following a pre-season 15 point deduction for exiting administration without a CVA. The contest attracted an attendance of 75,132, the biggest crowd Doncaster had ever played in front of. From a Brian Stock corner, James Hayter headed in the only goal of the match in the 47th minute and Doncaster were promoted to the second tier after an absence of 50 years when they had been relegated at the end of the 1957\u201358 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194477-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Season summary\nThe average league attendance figure of 7,978 was marginally up on the previous season and the highest since the 1969-70 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194477-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Season summary\nDuring the season it was announced that Terry Bramall and Dick Watson had become equal controlling shareholders alongside John Ryan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194477-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Squad, Statistics\nPlayers with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Keno Davis. In 2006\u201307, the Bulldogs finished 17\u201315 (6\u201310 in the Missouri Valley Conference). Drake improved upon their first winning season since the 1986\u20131987 season, making their first NCAA tournament appearance since their run to the Elite Eight in 1971 and their first postseason appearance since their National Invitational Tournament appearance in 1986.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Preseason\nThe preseason Missouri Valley Conference Coaches' Poll picked the Bulldogs to finish ninth. No Drake players were voted to the preseason first or second teams. It is also noteworthy that Drake only returned one starter from the 2006\u201307 team that won 17 games, namely shooting guard Josh Young.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Preseason\nDrake's starters were so lightly regarded on paper that ESPN.com reporter Adam Rittenberg remarked just before the 2008 NCAA tournament that they \"not long ago looked better suited for the scout team than the starting lineup\":", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Regular season\nOn November 9 and 10, Drake competed in the Saint Mary's Tip-Off Classic. They defeated UC San Diego and lost to Saint Mary's College in the championship game. On December 1, 2007, Drake won the Iowa Realty Invitational with victories over North Carolina Central and Duquesne. On December 8, 2007, Drake won the Drake Regency Classic with victories over Chicago State and Texas-Pan American. On December 14, 2007, Drake broke a 20-year winless streak at Iowa with a 56\u201351 victory. With the victory Drake improved to 9\u20131 for the first time since the 1979\u201380 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Regular season\nOn December 17, 2007, Drake received 6 points in the AP Top 25 poll. That had them ranked T-37th in the nation. The last time Drake was ranked was March 16, 1971. On December 24, 2007, Drake received 3 points in the AP Top 25 poll. That had them ranked T-40th. On December 30, 2007, Drake's RPI rating was 19th in the nation. On December 31, 2007, Drake received 8 points in the AP Top 25 poll. That had them ranked T-35th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Regular season\nOn January 2, 2007, Drake won its first game against Southern Illinois since February 17, 1999. Their 11\u20131 record tied the best start in school history set by the 1969\u201370 team. It was the first 2\u20130 start by the Bulldogs in the MVC since the 1995\u201396 season. With the Bulldogs' 71\u201368 win over Evansville on January 6, 2008, they set a new Drake record for the best start in school history with a 12\u20131 mark. They were 3\u20130 in the MVC for the first time since the 1982\u201383 season. On January 7, 2008, Drake received its first vote of the year in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll. They also received a season-high 22 points in the AP Top 25 poll with a ranking of T-31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Regular season\nWith Drake's victory over Indiana State on January 9, 2008, Drake started 4\u20130 in the MVC for the first time since 1970. On January 10, 2008, Drake's RPI rating was 15th in the nation. On January 12, 2008, Drake won their first game against Missouri State after losing the last 10 games. They also set a school record with a 14\u20131 mark for the best start in school history. As of before the day's game, Drake's RPI was 11th in the nation. On January 14, 2008, Drake received 17 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 30th. They also were ranked 26th in the AP Top 25 poll with 75 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Regular season\nOn January 19, 2008, Drake improved their record to 16\u20131 with a victory over Illinois State in what was the first meeting between two teams with 6\u20130 conference records in Missouri Valley Conference play. On January 21, 2008, Drake received 92 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 23rd. They also were ranked 22nd in the AP Top 25 poll with 313 points. It was the first time Drake had been ranked since they were ranked 16th in the AP Top 20 poll in March 1975.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Regular season\nOn January 25, 2008, Drake was ranked 9th in RPI ratings. On January 28, 2008, Drake received 220 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll, which had them ranked 17th. They also were ranked 16th in the AP Top 25 poll with 616 points. On January 30, 2008, with the Drake win over Creighton and Kansas' loss to Kansas State, Drake held the 2nd longest winning streak in the nation at 18 wins in a row. They were second only to Memphis' 20 consecutive wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0006-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Regular season\nOn February 2, 2008, Drake won 20 games in a season for the first time since the 1970\u201371 season. On February 4, 2008, Drake received 334 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll, which had them ranked 15th. They also were ranked 15th in the AP Top 25 poll with 817 points. On February 9, 2008, Drake extended their winning streak to 21 games. On February 11, 2008, Drake received 361 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 15th. They also were ranked 14th in the AP Top 25 poll with 863 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Regular season\nOn February 16, 2008, Drake won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship for the first time since the 1970\u201371 season. Also with the win they now held the second most wins in Drake history with 23, with the school record being 26 by the 1968\u201369 team. On February 18, 2008, Drake received 243 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 18th. They also were ranked 16th in the AP Top 25 poll with 612 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Regular season\nOn February 23, 2008, with Drake's 71\u201364 win over No. 8 Butler, they claimed their first win over a top-10 team since a 56\u201355 home victory over No. 7 Tulsa on February 15, 1982. On February 25, 2008, Drake received 259 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 20th. They also were ranked 20th in the AP Top 25 poll with 621 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Regular season\nOn March 1, 2008, with Drake's win over Wichita State, Drake won its most games ever in the Missouri Valley Conference with 15. On March 3, 2008 Drake received 116 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 21st. They also were ranked 20th in the AP Top 25 poll with 346 points. The ranking marked the 7th consecutive week Drake was ranked in the AP and Coaches polls. This tied the Drake record set by the 1969\u20131970 team set from January 27, 1970, through March 10, 1970. This was also the first time a Missouri Valley Conference team had been ranked for seven consecutive weeks since Creighton was ranked during the 2002\u20132003 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Regular season\nOn March 10, 2008, Drake received 235 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 18th. They also were ranked 16th in the AP Top 25 poll with 672 points. On March 18, 2008, Drake received 310 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 14th. They also were ranked 14th in the AP Top 25 poll with 794 points. On April 7, 2008, Drake received 117 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 23rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Postseason\nOn March 7, 2008 Drake tied the school record for most wins in a season, set by the 1968\u20131969 team, with their 26th win over Indiana State in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. On March 8, 2008 Drake set a new school record for wins in a season with its semifinal victory over 4th seeded Creighton. The victory also earned them their first Missouri Valley Conference Tournament appearance. On March 9, 2008 Drake won their first ever Missouri Valley Conference Tournament with a 79\u201349 victory over Illinois State. With the win they also clinched their first NCAA Tournament appearance since the 1970\u20131971 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Postseason\nThe Bulldogs were well represented on the MVC postseason honors list:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Postseason\nIn the 2008 NCAA Tournament 5th-seeded Drake took on the 12th-seeded Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. After overcoming a 16-point deficit in the last 8 minutes of the game to send the game into overtime, the Bulldogs lost 101\u201399 on Ty Rogers' desperation 26-foot 3-pointer as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194478-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Player statistics\nNote: GP= Games played; MPG= Minutes per Game; SPG= Steals per Game; RPG = Rebounds per Game; APG. = Assists per Game; BPG = Blocks per Game; PPG = Points per Game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194479-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 7th year head coach Bruiser Flint, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194480-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski, serving for his 28th year. The team played its home games in Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The team finished with a 28\u20136 (13\u20133) record, while making it to the second round of the NCAA tournament. Senior DeMarcus Nelson was the sole senior and captain for the 2007\u20132008 squad, starting at shooting guard. Junior Greg Paulus (point guard), sophomores Gerald Henderson, Jr. (guard/forward) and Lance Thomas (forward), and freshman Kyle Singler (forward) rounded out the rest of the starting lineup. Jon Scheyer (shooting guard) served as the sixth man, playing significant minutes off the bench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194481-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Duleep Trophy\nThe 2007\u201308 Duleep Trophy was the 47th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone. In addition to these five teams, a guest team (England Lions) also featured in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194481-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Duleep Trophy\nNorth Zone won the title, defeating West Zone in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 81]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194482-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dumbarton F.C. season\nSeason 2007\u201308 was the 124th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 102nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 113th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 61st time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 17th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194482-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview\nDumbarton's second successive season in the Third Division was not to be a successful one. A large intake of new players at the start was not the success that was hoped for and the mixed start which saw the club hold 5th place at the end of October was only to be followed by a slump in form. By the end of November Gerry McCabe had left the club to be replaced by Jim Chapman, but performances did little to improve the situation and in the end a disappointing 8th place was achieved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194482-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview\nIn the Scottish Cup, a cup-run of sorts was gained. Early round victories over Forfar Athletic and Berwick Rangers was followed by a fourth round exit to Premier League St Mirren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194482-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview\nIn the League Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Cowdenbeath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194482-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview\nFinally, it would be another early League Challenge Cup exit, this time to East Stirling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194482-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview\nLocally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, a win and a defeat in the opening group ties was never going to be enough to progress to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194483-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season saw Dundee compete in the Scottish First Division after coming 3rd place the season prior. Dundee finished in 2nd position with 69 points, 7 points behind eventual league winners Hamilton Academical.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season\nDundee United finished the Scottish Premier League 2007\u201308 season in 5th place with 52 points. Noel Hunt was the top scorer with 18 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nThe pre-season period began with two new permanent signings at the club, Polish goalkeeper \u0141ukasz Za\u0142uska and Darren Dods having signed deals in June. Irishman Willo Flood also arrived from Cardiff City on a season-long loan deal. In July, former Ajax youngster Prince Buaben signed after a successful trial and was joined by a second Polish keeper, Grzegorz Szamotulski, in time for the league season. Englishman Jordan Robertson became the second long-term loan signing when he arrived from Sheffield United in late August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nA number of players who were out of contract left the club following the end of the 2006\u201307 season. Lee Mair signed a pre-contract deal with Aberdeen and Derek Stillie moved to England to pursue a law career. David McCracken and Collin Samuel were both released. Also leaving the club were a number of younger players who had failed to earn extensions to their contracts. These were Gregg Burnett, Barry Callaghan and Ross Gardiner. All had played at least once for the first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nThe first game of the season was home to Aberdeen in the SPL, and ended in a 1\u20130 victory. As the season progressed, United maintained their high league table position, ending 2007 in 4th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nThe club lost to Rangers in the CIS Insurance Cup final in March, losing on penalties. The Scottish Cup campaign was ended by St Mirren in the fifth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events, Chronological list of events\nThis is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007\u201308 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results\nDundee United played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 2007\u201308 season, as well as four first team pre-season friendlies. The team finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results\nIn the cup competitions, United were runners up in the final of the CIS Insurance Cup, losing on penalties to Rangers. United lost to St Mirren in the Scottish Cup fifth round, after a replay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Player stats\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, United used 30 different players on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Player stats, Goalscorers\nFifteen players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 64 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Noel Hunt with 18 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Player stats, Discipline\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, nine United players were sent off and 15 received at least one caution. In total, the team received nine red cards and 56 yellow cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, In\nUnited signed ten players during the season with an eleventh after the season had finished. Four players were signed on loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, Out\nFive players left United during the season, with a number of young players spending time on loan with lower league clubs. Two player also agreed moves at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Playing kit\nThe jerseys were sponsored for a second (and final) season by Anglian Home Improvements (who again sponsored Motherwell). The sponsor logo is displayed as a simple font across the chest, with white logo for the home top and black logo on the change strip. The shorts were again sponsored by Ole International after the Spanish property firm extended the deal for a second year. The shorts logo is displayed on the right hand side, above the club badge. The expiry of both deals at the end of the season means the club will have at least one new sponsorship for 2008\u201309, as the option of a third year of shirt sponsorship was passed for a new one-year deal with JD Sports' Carbrini Sportswear label for 2008\u201309.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194484-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dundee United F.C. season, Playing kit\nThe club has no third strip, with the last third strip used in the 2002\u201303 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194485-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Dunfermline Athletic's first season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2006\u201307 season. Dunfermline Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup,  Scottish Cup and the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194485-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season, Review and Events\nDunfermline Athletic's first season after relegation from the Scottish Premier League started with disappointment. One win in seven games left them languishing in second last place and even more pressure was put on manager Stephen Kenny after they were knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the knockout qualifying round by Swedish minnows BK H\u00e4cken. Despite this the team managed to get to the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they played against St Johnstone but lost 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194485-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season, Review and Events\nAt the start of December, Stephen Kenny was sacked as manager of Dunfermline after just over a year in charge. Jim McIntyre was immediately given the role of caretaker manager and after a successful run in which he won four out of six games, he was appointed as Dunfermline manager on a full-time basis on 3 January 2008. He signed a two-and-a-half-year deal. McIntyre started his reign by allowing 6 members of his squad to leave to try to cut the squad size down. McIntyre's changes to the squad seemed to have a positive effect as the Pars eventually finished 5th overall, beating Queen of the South by 4 goals on the final day of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194485-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season, Review and Events, Chronological list of events\nThis is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007\u201308 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 89], "content_span": [90, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 ECHL season was the 20th season of the ECHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season\nTwo teams suspended operations at the end of the 2006\u201307 season, the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the Toledo Storm. Toledo's suspension was granted after Toledo Arena Sports, Inc. acquired the Storm and requested a suspension of the team for two years in order to allow a new arena to be built in downtown Toledo to open in 2009 in time for the team to return to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season\nThe league officially welcomed back the Mississippi Sea Wolves, who had to suspend operations for two seasons (2005\u201307) because of damage to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum caused by Hurricane Katrina. The Elmira Jackals also joined the ECHL after being in the United Hockey League for their previous existence. Another established team, the Trenton, New Jersey franchise, entered its ninth season with a new name. The team, now owned by the NHL New Jersey Devils, adopted the Devils nickname.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season\nBefore the start of the season, the league announced that it would hand out a new award to honor on-ice referees for their dedication and contribution to the league, through the Ryan Birmingham Memorial Award. The award is given in honor of Ryan Birmingham, a former ECHL referee who died in an automobile accident, while driving from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Snellville, Georgia in May 2007. Birmingham died at the age of 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season\nThe Cincinnati Cyclones finished first overall in the regular season, winning the Brabham Cup, and became the third team in ECHL history to win the Brabham Cup and Kelly Cup in the same year by defeating the Las Vegas Wranglers four games to two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season, League realignment\nThe ECHL announced the alignment of the 25 teams of the ECHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season, Playoff format\nThe ECHL realigned the playoff format for the two conferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season, Playoff format, National Conference\nThe top eight teams will advance to the playoffs, with the two division champions being the first and second seeds. The other six teams will be seeded by points. Teams will not be re-seeded. All games are best of seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season, Playoff format, American Conference\nIn the North Division, the top five teams will advance to the playoffs, with the division champion being the first seed. The other teams will be seeded by points. The fourth seed and the fifth seed will play a best-of-three series in the Division Quarterfinals. The winner will advance to the best-of-seven Division Semifinalsto meet the division leader. The second seed and the third seed will play a best-of-seven Division Semifinals. The winners will advance to the best-of-seven Division Finals. The winner will advance to the American Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season, Playoff format, American Conference\nIn the South Division, the top eight teams will advance to the playoffs, with the division champion being the first seed. The other teams will be seeded by points. Teams will be re-seeded according to the same criteriawith division leader seeded first and remaining teams seeded in order of regular-season points. All games are best of five games. The winner of the Division Finals will advance to the American Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season, Playoff format, American Conference\nIn the best-of-seven American Conference Finalsthe North Division Winner will face the South Division Winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season, Playoff format, Kelly Cup finals\nThe Kelly Cup finals will be a best-of-seven series between the two conference champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Green shade = Clinched playoff spot; Blue shade = Clinched division; (z) = Clinched home-ice advantage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season, Regular season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194486-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ECHL season, Regular season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194487-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EDF Energy Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 EDF Energy Cup was the 37th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the third to follow the recently adopted Anglo-Welsh format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194487-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EDF Energy Cup\nAs in the previous two years, the competition is contested between the 12 teams of the Guinness Premiership and the four Welsh regions from the Celtic League. The 16 teams are arranged into four pools, with one Welsh and three English teams in each. Teams are randomly drawn into groups, as opposed to previous years when English sides were grouped according to proximity to one another. Each team plays the other team from their group only once, meaning that two teams in each group face two away games, whereas the other two teams have two home games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194487-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EDF Energy Cup, Group stage\nThe winner of each pool advances to the semi-finals, at which stage a draw takes place to determine the teams that will play each other. The winners of the semi-final advance to the final to determine the competition winner; no \"third place final\" is played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194488-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EHF Champions League\nThe EHF Champions League 2007\u201308 was the 2007-2008 edition of the EHF Champions League who is managed by EHF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194488-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EHF Champions League, Top scorers\nThe top scorers from the 2007\u201308 EHF Champions League are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194489-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EIHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 Elite Ice Hockey League season began September 5, 2007 and ran until April 6, 2008. It was the fifth season of Elite League competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194489-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EIHL season\nThe defending league champions were the Coventry Blaze, who were also the holders of the Challenge Cup. The Nottingham Panthers looked to defend the Play Off Championship they won for the first time in eighteen years in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194489-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EIHL season, Charity Shield\nThe season began on September 5, 2007 with a \"Charity Shield\" style game between the 2006\u201307 league champions and Challenge Cup winning Coventry Blaze and the playoff champions Nottingham Panthers at the National Ice Centre. The Panthers defeated the Blaze 7-6 to win the inaugural event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194489-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EIHL season, Challenge Cup\nFor the preliminary round, teams were divided into two groups of five with teams playing each of their opponents once with two homes games and two away games. The home and away games for each club were determined by a random draw. The top two in each group advanced to the semi finals of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194490-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ES S\u00e9tif season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was ES S\u00e9tif's 38th season in the Algerian top flight. They competed in National 1, the Algerian Cup, the Super Cup, the CAF Champions League and the Arab Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194490-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ES S\u00e9tif season, Squad list\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 2007.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194490-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ES S\u00e9tif season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194491-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 East Bengal FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was East Bengal's 1st season in the I-League and 88th season in existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194491-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, Calcutta Football League\nEast Bengal finished the 2007 Calcutta Premier Division as runner-up with 26 points from 14 matches behind champions Mohun Bagan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194491-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, Federation Cup\nEast Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against Kolkata giants Mohammedan Sporting and won 3\u20131 with Ashim Biswas putting them ahead in the 21st minute. Kalia Kulothungan equalised for Mohammedan but Edmilson Marques Pardal scored twice to take the team to the last 8. In the Quarter-Final, East Bengal faced hosts JCT and won 3\u20132 with another brace from Edmilson after Irungbam Surkumar Singh put them ahead in the 14th minute. Eduardo da Silva Escobar and Renedy Singh scored for JCT. In the Semi-Final, East Bengal faced arch-rivals Mohun Bagan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194491-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, Federation Cup\nBhaichung Bhutia put Mohun Bagan ahead in the 12th minute but East Bengal rallied from behind to score three. Surkumar Singh equalised in the 25th minute while Dipendu Biswas and Ashim Biswas scored the other two. Jos\u00e9 Ramirez Barreto's goal in the 71st minute wasn't enough for Bagan as East Bengal won 3\u20132 to reach the final. In the Final, East Bengal defeated Mahindra United 2\u20131 with another brace from Brazilian forward Edmilson as they lifted their 5th Federation Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194491-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, Super Cup\n2007 Federation Cup Champion East Bengal faced 2007-08 I-League Champion Dempo in the 2008 Super Cup. Dempo won 1\u20130 courtesy of a solitary goal from Chidi Edeh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194491-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, IFA Shield\nEast Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Santos in Group B. East Bengal lost 2\u20130 against Mahindra United in the opening game and drew 1\u20131 against Santos as they were eliminated from the group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194492-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eastern Counties Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Eastern Counties Football League season was the 66th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194492-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eastern Counties Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division One:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194492-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eastern Counties Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194493-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 3rd year head coach Charles E. Ramsey, played their home games at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center and were members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 14\u201317, 8\u20138 in MAC play. They team finished 2nd in the MAC West. They were knocked out in the 2nd round of the MAC Tournament by Western Michigan. The team captains were Carlos Medlock, Travis Lewis and Jesse Bunkley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194494-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eccellenza\nThis is a list of division winners and playoff matches in the regionally organized Eccellenza 2007\u20132008, which is the 6th level of Italian football. A total of 36 teams are promoted to Serie D for the 2008\u201309 season. The first-placed team from each of the 28 divisions is promoted directly. The seven winners of the national playoffs are also promoted. Finally, the 36th spot is reserved for the winner of the Coppa Italia Dilettanti. This year, the winner was Hinterreggio, which also won direct promotion as divisional winner in the region of Calabria, thus Pro Settimo & Eureka won promotion as Coppa Italia Dilettanti runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194494-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eccellenza, Regional playoffs\nA number of playoff tournaments were organized by some Regional Committees in order to choose a team for each of the Eccellenza rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194494-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eccellenza, Regional playoffs\nThe following Regional Committees decided instead not to organize regional playoffs, instead choosing to directly appoint regular season runners-up for the national playoffs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194494-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eccellenza, National playoffs, Rules\nThe national playoffs involved a total of 28 teams, respectively the regional playoff winners or the second-placed teams in case regional playoffs were not organized by the correspondent committee. A total of two two-legged rounds are played in order to fill the remaining seven Serie D spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season\nThe 2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season began on October 4, 2007. It was the Oilers' 36th season and the 29th of which it has been participating in the National Hockey League (NHL). This season also marks the debut of the Edmonton Oil Kings, a Western Hockey League expansion team purchased by the Oilers after the team spent several years attempting to buy and relocate any existing WHL team to Edmonton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007 off-season\nWith major rebuilding necessary, the Oilers began the NHL free agency period on July 1, trading Joffrey Lupul and Jason Smith to the Philadelphia Flyers for defencemen Joni Pitkanen, left winger Geoff Sanderson and a third-round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007 off-season\nPetr Sykora, having become a free agent, left the Oilers franchise and signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Jan Hejda, also a free agent, left for the Columbus Blue Jackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007 off-season\nThe Oilers made a call to Ryan Smyth's agent early in the morning on July 1 stating they were interested in making an offer. Smyth wound up signing with the Colorado Avalanche.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007 off-season\nGoaltender Mathieu Garon was signed on July 3, 2007, as the backup to Dwayne Roloson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007 off-season\nIt has also been reported that the Oilers had agreed to a contract with free agent Michael Nylander through his agent. While the Oilers were expecting a signed contract from Nylander and his agent, they later found out that he had signed with the Washington Capitals instead. The Oilers are currently pursuing their legal options on the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007 off-season\nMatt Greene and Raffi Torres signed two- and three-year contracts, respectfully.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007 off-season\nOn July 5, the Oilers offered restricted free agent Thomas Vanek from the Buffalo Sabres a seven-year contract worth $50\u00a0million. The Buffalo Sabres quickly matched the Oilers offer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007 off-season\nOn July 12, the Oilers signed unrestricted free agent Sheldon Souray to a five-year, $27\u00a0million deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007 off-season\nOn July 20, the Oilers signed Newly acquired defenceman Joni Pitkanen to a one-year, $2.4\u00a0million deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007 off-season\nOn July 26, the Oilers offered Anaheim Ducks forward Dustin Penner, a restricted free agent $21.25\u00a0million over five years; this is the second restricted free agent the Oilers have attempted to sign this off-season. The Ducks declined to match the offer, officially making Penner an Oiler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007 off-season\nOn October 2, 2007, the Oilers announced Ethan Moreau as the 15th captain in team history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007\u201308 regular season\nOn February 19, 2008, Denis Grebeshkov scored the Oilers' 8,000th goal in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007\u201308 regular season\nOn February 26, 2008, the Edmonton Oilers set a new NHL record for 13 shootout wins in a season, previously held by the Dallas Stars, at 12 wins. Oilers goaltender Mathieu Garon has stopped 30 of 32 shots and is 10\u20130 in shootouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007\u201308 regular season\nOn March 4, 2008, Gilbert surpassed Paul Coffey and Marc-Andre Bergeron for the Oilers' franchise record for most goals scored by a rookie defencemen with his tenth goal on the power play against the Nashville Predators goaltender Dan Ellis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007\u201308 regular season\nOn March 18, 2008, the Oilers scored eight goals for the first time in five years in an 8\u20134 win over the Phoenix Coyotes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, 2007\u201308 regular season\nApril, 2008, Oilers fail to qualify for the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, Schedule and results\nLegend: \u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, Playoffs\nThe Oilers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, Transactions\nThe Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, Transactions, Draft picks\nEdmonton's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Oilers have three first round selections in this draft: sixth overall, the 15th pick, acquired in the Ryan Smyth trade, and the 30th pick, acquired in the Chris Pronger trade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, Farm teams, Springfield Falcons\nAfter shipping their prospects out across several clubs, the Oilers have signed a deal with the Springfield Falcons to be their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in 2007\u201308. The Falcons will be the Oilers first full-time AHL affiliate since the Edmonton Road Runners were suspended following the 2004\u201305 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194495-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Edmonton Oilers season, Farm teams, Stockton Thunder\nThe Stockton Thunder of the ECHL remain Edmonton's secondary affiliate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194496-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eerste Divisie\nThe 2007/2008 season of the Eerste Divisie began in August 2007 and will end in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194496-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eerste Divisie, New teams\nThese teams were relegated from the Eredivisie at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194496-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eerste Divisie, Final league standings, Period winners\nThe competition is divided into six periods (Dutch: periode) of six matches each. The winner of each period (Dutch: periodekampioen) qualifies for the playoffs at the end of the season. If the winner of a period has already won a prior period in the season, the second placed team in the period is awarded the playoff slot. If the second placed team has also won a prior period, no winner is called, and the playoff slot is decided by league standing at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194496-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eerste Divisie, Playoffs\nADO Den Haag and De Graafschap will play in the 2008\u201309 Eredivisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194497-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eerste Klasse\n2007\u201308 Eerste Klasse was a Dutch association football season of the Eerste Klasse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194498-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Egyptian Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Egyptian Premier League started on 13 August 2007, and finished on 22 May 2008. Al Ahly were crowned champions for the fourth year in a row and for the thirty third time in total since the league started in 1948.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194499-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Egyptian Second Division\nIn the 2007\u201308 season the Egyptian Second Division, a professional football league, introduced a new structure consisting of three groups \u2013 A, B and C \u2013 each consisting of nine teams. One team from each group won promotion to the Egyptian Premier League. These were Petrol Assyut, Ittihad El Shorta, and Olympic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194500-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eintracht Frankfurt season\nEintracht Frankfurt started the 2007\u201308 season competing in the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194500-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194500-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194500-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, Eintracht Frankfurt II\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194501-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ekstraklasa\nThe 2007\u201308 Ekstraklasa started in July 2007 and ended in mid-May 2008. It was run by the Ekstraklasa SA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194501-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ekstraklasa\nThe Polish Champion will qualify for the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The runner-up and winner of the Polish Cup will qualify for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. The third placed team will qualify for the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to Poland League Two for 2008-09 season, with the 3rd bottom team playing off against the 4th-placed team in Poland League Two to decide the final positions for next season (the winner will be either promoted or stay in the top league).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194502-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Elite One\nIn the 2007\u201308 Elite One season, 16 teams competed. Cotonsport Garoua won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194503-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Elite Women's Hockey League\nThe 2007\u201308 Elite Women's Hockey League season was the fourth season of the Elite Women's Hockey League, a multi-national women's ice hockey league. HC Slavia Praha of the Czech Republic won the league title for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194504-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Elitserien (bandy)\nElitserien for bandy in 2007\u201308 was the first season of the \"new\" Elitserien, replacing the former Allsvenskan and Elitserien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194504-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Elitserien (bandy), League table, Knock-out stage\nA best-of-three playoff were used in the quarter-finals and best-of-five in the semi-finals. The crucial final for the Swedish Championship was played at Studenternas IP in Uppsala on 15 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194505-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Elitserien (men's handball)\nThe 2007\u201308 Elitserien was the 74th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 14 teams competed in the league. The eight highest placed teams qualified for the playoffs, whereas teams 11\u201312 had to play relegation playoffs against teams from the second division, and teams 13\u201314 were relegated automatically. Hammarby IF won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their third Swedish title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194506-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Elitserien season\nThe 2007\u201308 Elitserien season was the 33rd season of Elitserien. It began on September 24, 2007, with the regular season ending March 8, 2008. The playoffs of the 84th Swedish Championship ended on April 18, with HV71 taking the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194506-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Elitserien season, League business, Rule changes\nElitserien brought in a rule change to the rules regarding icing. The team that plays the puck to icing is not allowed to change players before the next faceoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194506-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Elitserien season, Regular season, Final standings\nGP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194506-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Elitserien season, Regular season, Final standings\nx - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched regular season league title, e - eliminated from playoff contention, r - play in relegation series", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194506-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Elitserien season, Playoffs\nAfter the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194506-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Elitserien season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In the second round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1\u20131\u20131\u20132\u20131\u20131 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194507-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 England Hockey League season\nThe 2007\u201308 English Hockey League season took place from September 2007 until April 2008. The league was sponsored by Slazenger and the men's title was won by Reading with the women's title going to Slough. There were no play offs during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194507-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 England Hockey League season\nThe Men's Cup was won by Beeston and the Women's Cup was won by Leicester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194507-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 England Hockey League season, Men's Cup, Final\n(Held at the Highfields Sports Club, Nottingham on 18 May)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194508-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eredivisie\nThe 2007\u201308 Eredivisie was the 52nd season of the Eredivisie, the top division of association football in the Netherlands. The season began in August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008, with defending champions PSV retaining their title with 72 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194508-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eredivisie, Promoted teams\nThe following teams are promoted to the Eredivisie at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194508-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions\nThe winner of match G, FC Twente, qualifies for 2008\u201309 UEFA Champions League. The loser of match G, Ajax, qualifies for the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup. The losers of matches A and B, SC Heerenveen and NAC Breda, faced each other in match H. The winner, SC Heerenveen, qualified for the UEFA Cup. The loser of match H, NAC Breda, faced NEC, the winner of the playoffs featuring FC Groningen, NEC, Roda JC and FC Utrecht. NEC won that match, match J, and clinched the final UEFA Cup ticket, while the loser, NAC Breda, qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194508-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eredivisie, Play-offs, Relegation\nThe winners of matches G and H will play in the 2008\u201309 Eredivisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194509-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eredivisie (basketball)\nThe 2007\u201308 Eredivisie season was the 48th season of the Eredivisie in basketball, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. MyGuide Amsterdam won their 6th national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194509-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eredivisie (basketball), Regular season\n^ In January, BC Omniworld Almere was expelled from the competition after the club went bankrupt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194510-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season\nThe 2007\u201308 Eredivisie season was the 48th season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. Seven teams participated in the league, and the Tilburg Trappers won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194511-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eredivisie (women)\nThe 2007\u201308 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the first season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. It took place from 29 August 2007 until 21 May 2008 with six teams participating. AZ became the first Eredivisie winners. The 60 matches of the season had a 45,695 total attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194511-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eredivisie (women), Teams\nOn 20 March 2007, the league was officially unveiled by the KNVB with the six clubs taking part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194511-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Eredivisie (women), Format\nThe season was played in a quadruple round-robin format, where all six participating teams played each other four times (twice away and twice at home), a total of 20 matches each. The champion qualified to the UEFA Women's Cup. There was no relegation system in place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194512-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Essex Senior Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Essex Senior Football League season was the 37th in the history of Essex Senior Football League a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194512-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs\nThe league featured 15 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with two new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194513-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Esteghlal F.C. season\nThis is a list of Esteghlal F.C. 's results for the  2007\u201308 Season. The club is competing in the Iranian Premier League and Hazfi Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194513-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Esteghlal F.C. season, Transfers\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194513-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Esteghlal F.C. season, Transfers\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194514-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Estonian Cup\nEstonian Cup 2007\u201308 (Estonian: Eesti Karikas) was the twenty-first season of the Estonian football knockout tournament. Winners of the cup qualified for the UEFA Cup 2008\u201309 second qualifying round. The defending champion, Levadia, was knocked out in the semi-final in a penalty shoot-out against Flora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194514-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Estonian Cup\nThe competition culminated with the final held at Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn on 13 May 2008 with Flora taking the title 3 \u2013 1. It was broadcast by Kalev Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194514-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Estonian Cup\nAll in all, 71 teams took part of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 71]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194514-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Estonian Cup, First round\nOnly seven games were played in the first round, to take the number of teams down from 71 to 64, other 57 teams got byes. Two teams from Meistriliiga \u2013 TVMK Tallinn (winners in 2003, 2006; finalists in 2004, 2005) and Tulevik Viljandi (finalists in 1999; 2000) \u2013 started their journey from early on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194514-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Estonian Cup, Quarter-finals\nFour teams from Tallinn got through to the quarter-finals, including the defending champion Levadia. Three clubs from Tartu and one from Narva were also represented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194514-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Estonian Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe win by Flora II was a bit unexpected, but as they had played well in the previous rounds, it was really no big surprise that they overcame the Meistriliiga side. Maag Tammeka had no problem defeating Santos, the only club from the second division. While the main team were victorious, Maag Tammeka's reserve team lost to Flora, conceding two goals in the first eight minutes and two more later in the game. The only game containing both teams from the Top Division culminated with an easy victory for Levadia against 2001 cup-winner Trans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194514-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Estonian Cup, Quarter-finals\n\u2020 \u2013 V\u00e4lk 494 Tartu changed their name to FC Santos Tartu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194514-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Estonian Cup, Final\nThe clear favourite, Flora Tallinn, having won the competition twice before, in 1995 and 1997, attended the final for the sixth time. The underdog, Maag Tammeka Tartu, played in their first cup final, while also being only the second team from Tartu to reach that stage of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194515-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euro Hockey League\nThe 2007\u201308 Euro Hockey League was the inaugural season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament organized by the EHF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194515-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euro Hockey League\nThe final was played between UHC Hamburg and HGC at the Hazelaarweg Stadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. UHC Hamburg defeated HGC after extra time by 1\u20130 to win the first edition of the Euro Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194515-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euro Hockey League, Round one\nPools A, D, G and H were played in Wassenaar, Netherlands between 26 and 28 October 2007 and the other four pools were played in Antwerp, Belgium between 2 and 4 November 2007. If a game was won, the winning team received 5 points. A draw resulted in both teams receiving 2 points. A loss gave the losing team 1 point unless the losing team lost by 3 or more goals, then they received 0 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194515-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euro Hockey League, Knockout stage\nThe Round of 16 and the quarterfinals were played in Terrassa, Spain between 21 and 24 March 2008 and the semifinals, third place match and the final were played in Rotterdam, Netherlands between 10 and 11 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194516-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euro Hockey Tour\nEuro Hockey Tour 2007\u201308 is the 12th edition of Euro Hockey Tour. There are only four teams: Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden are competing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194516-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euro Hockey Tour, Format\nThe tournament consists of four stages: Ceska Pojistovna Cup in Czech Republic, Karjala Tournament in Finland, Channel One Cup in Russia and LG Hockey Games in Sweden. The intervals between stages are usually from 1 month to 3 months. In each phase teams played six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194516-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euro Hockey Tour, Results, Karjala Tournament\nRussia won the first stage of Euro Hockey Tour 2007\u201308 in Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194516-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euro Hockey Tour, Results, Channel One Cup\nRussia won the second stage of Euro Hockey Tour 2007-08 in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194516-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euro Hockey Tour, Results, LG Hockey Games\nRussia won the most complicated, third stage of Euro Hockey Tour 2007\u201308 in Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194517-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EuroLeague Women\nThe EuroLeague Women is an international basketball club competition for elite women's clubs throughout Europe. The 2007-2008 season features 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The draw for the groups was held on August 5, 2007 at the Kempinski Hotel in Munich. The competition began on November 7, 2007. The 2008 Final Four is scheduled for April 11\u201313, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194517-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EuroLeague Women, Format, Regular season\nThe first phase is a regular season, in which the competing teams are drawn into four groups, each containing six teams. Each team plays every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 10 games for each team in the first stage. The top 4 teams in each group advance to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers is provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194517-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EuroLeague Women, Format, Eighth-Final\nThe top 4 teams from each froup advance to the next Eighth-Final Play-Offs. Each round will be played at two games (home and away) or three games (if necessary, score 1-1, by winning at home, and losing at away) to advance to the next stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194517-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EuroLeague Women, Format, Quarter-Final\nThe winners from Eighth-Final advance to Quarter-Finals. Round will be played at two games (home and away) or three games (if necessary score 1-1, by winning at home, and losing at away) to advance to the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194517-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EuroLeague Women, Format, Final four\nThe Final Four will meet four teams, winners of quarter-finals. It semifinals and finals (third place game). It will be on April 11 and April 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194517-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 EuroLeague Women, Final four\nThe Final Four is the last phase of each Euroleague Women season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games are played on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague\nThe 2007\u201308 Euroleague was the 8th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 51st season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The 2007\u201308 season featured 24 competing teams. The Euroleague Regular Season draw was held on 30 June 2007, in Jesolo, Italy, during the inaugural Euroleague summer league. The official inauguration was held on October 22, at Hala Olivia in Gda\u0144sk, Poland, before the season's opening game between Prokom Trefl Sopot and CSKA Moscow. The 2008 Final Four was held on May 2\u20134, 2008, at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. Russian power CSKA Moscow became the champion for the sixth time, placing them second in all-time European championships to Real Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 860]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Regular season\nThe first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Regular season\nIf one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Top 16\nThe surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted, resulting in 6 games each, with the two top teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Top 16\nThe draw to set up the Top 16 groups was held on Monday, February 4, 2008 (the week after the end of the Regular Season), in Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Top 16\nLevel 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Top 16\nLevel 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Top 16\nLevel 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Top 16\nLevel 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Top 16\nEach Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Top 16\nAnother draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the cases of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Fenerbah\u00e7e), they were scheduled so that only one of the two teams would be at home in a given week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Quarterfinals\nEach quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) series between a first-place team in the Top 16 and a second-place team from a different group, with the first-place team receiving home advantage. All opening games were played on April 1, 2008, and all second games were played on April 3. The deciding third games were played on April 9 and April 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Final four\nThe Final Four is the last phase of each Euroleague season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games are played on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Final four, Semifinals\nMay 2, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Final four, 3rd place game\nMay 4, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194518-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague, Final four, Final\nMay 4, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194519-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague Individual Statistics\nEuroleague 2007\u201308 Individual Statistics is the statistics about players, playing in Euroleague 2007-08. Top 5 for each category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194520-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Euroleague quarterfinals\nEuroleague 2007\u201308 quarterfinals are the four quarterfinals of Euroleague 2007-08, and its main leading to Final Four. There are only eight teams, who will play two or three games series. Third games will be played, if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194521-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 European Badminton Circuit season\nThe 2007-08 European Badminton Circuit season started in July 2007 and ended in April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194521-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 European Badminton Circuit season, Results, Performance by countries\nTabulated below are the Circuit performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 76], "content_span": [77, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194522-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 European Challenge Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 European Challenge Cup was the 12th year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between November 2007 and May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194523-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 European Challenge Cup pool stage\nThe 2007\u201308 European Challenge Cup pool stage was the opening stage of the 12th season of the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier competition for European rugby union clubs. It began on 8 November 2007 when Sale Sharks hosted Montpellier and ended with the Newcastle Falcons / El Salvador game on 20 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194523-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 European Challenge Cup pool stage\nTwenty teams participated in this phase of the competition; they were divided into five pools of four teams each, with each team playing the others home and away. Competition points were earned using the standard bonus point system. The five pool winners and the best three runners-up advanced to the knockout stage. These teams then competed in a single-elimination tournament that ended with the final at Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester on 25 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194524-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Everton F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 Everton F.C. season was Everton's 16th season in the Premier League, and their 54th consecutive season in the top division of English football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194524-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Everton F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter a sluggish start, Everton climbed the table and stood fourth with ten games left to play. Unfortunately, Everton only won three of these ten games and finished the season in fifth, with 65 points. In many other seasons this would have been good enough to clinch fourth place and Champions League qualification - indeed, Everton finished with more points than they had in 2004\u201305, when they had finished fourth - but, due to the good form of arch-rivals Liverpool, Everton were forced into fifth, consigning them to UEFA Cup football. Nonetheless, this was a great result for a club with limited financial resources, and served to enhance manager David Moyes' reputation as one of the best managers in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194524-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Everton F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194524-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Everton F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194524-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Everton F.C. season, Results, UEFA Cup, Round of 16\nFiorentina 2\u20132 Everton on aggregate. Fiorentina won 4\u20132 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194524-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Everton F.C. season, Results, FA Cup\nKick-off delayed by 30 minutes to 3.30pm due to a fire outside the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season\nFCK competed in the 2007\u201308 season in the Danish Superliga, Danish Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions\nIn this season, F.C. Copenhagen participated in the Danish Superliga, Danish Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nFCK's Superliga campaign began on 2007-07-18, when they played away at Farum Park against FC Nordsj\u00e6lland. The match was equal, but in the added time of the second half, substituted Issey Nakajima-Farran scored the winning goal for the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nThe second match was also away, against the UEFA Intertoto Cup winners, AaB. This time FCK also were down with a goal, but in the 75th minute, Brede Hangeland made it equal, 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nAfter the unsuccessful beginning followed 7 victories and 4 draws before losing home to Randers FC on 2007-10-28. After a massive pressure from FCK, Kenneth M\u00f8ller Pedersen scored on penalty kick for Randers in the end of first half, and although FCK had the most of the play, they were not able to score in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nFCK ended the autumn with 2 victories and 2 drawn matches, and when they drew against local rivals Br\u00f8ndby IF in the last match of the autumn, took AaB the leading position of the league from FCK, who spend the winter placed 2nd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nIn the autumn Copenhagen has been criticised for not scoring enough goals, when they were only able to score 23 times in 18 fights. That means 7 teams have scored more goals than FCK, who is equal with Br\u00f8ndby IF on the ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nThe spring season began on 2008-03-16 with a 4\u20131 victory against Lyngby Boldklub at Lyngby Stadion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nThe spring was disappointing for FCK as they lost 5 matches and drew two matches. A period from March 31 to April 27 was without any victories for the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nOn May 15 was AaB guaranteed the championship. At the time was Copenhagen placed 2nd. Three days later waited the New Firm derby against Br\u00f8ndby away from home. When FCK lost this match 1\u20132 and FC Midtjylland won 3\u20132 against AGF, Midtjylland took over the 2nd place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nFCK could still get the silver medal, if they won the last match of the season against Lyngby, while Midtjylland lost points against FC Nordsj\u00e6lland. Although Copenhagen won 3\u20131, FC Midtjylland also won 3\u20130, and FCK ended with the bronze medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup\nIn the Danish Cup FCK started in third round. Here they drew FC Fredericia from the 1st Division. The match was played on 2007-09-26 at Fredericia Ny Stadion. A\u00edlton scored the first goal of the match after just 4 minutes, but only 14 minutes later made Fredericia's Rasmus Katholm it equal again. In second half Libor Sionko showed his qualities with two goals, which determined the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup\nIn the fourth-round draw, came the 2nd Division West side Varde IF up from the hat. This match was played on 2007-10-31 at Sydbank Stadion, where the most of Varde's stores closed, so the inhabitants could go to football. In the first half showed FCK their strength with 4 goals in 34 minutes, which determined the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup\nOn 2008-03-08 FCK faced the 1st Division team N\u00e6stved BK. This match was disfigured by spectator riots in the first half. The match on the pitch ended 2\u20130 to Copenhagen after two Brazilian goals by A\u00edlton Almeida and Jos\u00e9 J\u00fanior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup\nIn the semifinals Copenhagen drew Esbjerg fB. The first match at Parken EfB won 1\u20130 on a goal by Micha\u00ebl Murcy in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup\nIn the second leg scored Mathias \"Zanka\" for Copenhagen, in a match FCK dominated. In the extra time scored Jesper Bech for Esbjerg and Jesper Gr\u00f8nkj\u00e6r for FCK. In the last minute of the extra time score Jesper Lange the goal, that sent EfB to the final. Manager St\u00e5le Solbakken was so frustrated that he kicked some water bottles, which led to exclusion from the bench and a ban in the next Superliga match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nIn the UEFA Champions League was FCK seeded in the second qualifying round, where their campaign started. Here they drew Israeli Beitar Jerusalem. In the first match at Parken Stadium on 2007-07-31 won FCK 1\u20130 on a goal in the ninth minutes, by Marcus Allb\u00e4ck, called the \"international goalscorer\", because of his many important goals in European matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nIn the return match at Teddy Stadium was exiting as Barak Yitzhaki scored for the home team, so the aggregate goal score was 1\u20131 as the 90 minutes had passed. This meant that the clash were going in extra time and again showed Allb\u00e4ck his international strength as he scored the winning goal after just 7 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nIn the third qualifying round was S.L. Benfica drawn. FCK played also against Benfica in the 2006\u201307 season in the Champions League group stage. This time started FCK away at Est\u00e1dio da Luz, but in defiance of a good effort Rui Costa did the evil to the Danes, when he scored twice, while Atiba Hutchinson scored for FCK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nTo qualify for the group stage Copenhagen needed a 1\u20130 win at home in the second leg. FCK played a fabulous match, but when Kostas Katsouranis scored after 17 minutes for Benfica, was the European dream ended. By way of consolation entered the Danish champions the UEFA Cup first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup\nF.C. Copenhagen entered the first round of the UEFA Cup as the best of the unseeded teams. Ironical they drew the team with the highest UEFA coefficient of the possible teams, RC Lens. The battle started on 2007-09-19 at Stade F\u00e9lix-Bollaert and after just 5 minutes of play scored Marcus Allb\u00e4ck an important away goal. Lens pressed the rest of the game and in second half scored Aruna Dindane for the home team to the score 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup\nIn the second leg scored \u00c9ric Carri\u00e8re after just 14 minutes of play for RC Lens, but with fight, will and high morale succeeded FCK in coming back in the game by a Marcus Allb\u00e4ck scoring in second half, and in the extra time scored Jesper Gr\u00f8nkj\u00e6r on a penalty kick, after captain Michael Gravgaard was shown the red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup\nIn the group stage were FCK in group B with Panathinaikos F.C., FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and Aberdeen F.C. The match against Panathinaikos was played at Parken Stadium and although the big expectations to the home team, won the Greeks on a goal by Dame N'Doye. In the matched missed Hjalte N\u00f8rregaard a penalty kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup\nThe second match was away against Lokomotiv Moscow at Lokomotiv Stadium, who came to the group stage by knocking out fellow Danes, FC Midtjylland. In the match were Copenhagen dominating, but the victory was only secured by a penalty goal by Morten Nordstrand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup\nThe last home match were against mighty Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, which showed quality as they won 2\u20130 against F.C. Copenhagen. After the match confessed the players of FCK that Atl\u00e9tico was at least one class better than themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup\nAlthough FCK only had scored a single goal in three matches could they qualify for the round of 32 by a draw against Aberdeen. The match at Pittodrie Stadium were a terrible experience for the Copenhagen players and fans, as they in second half were played out and lost 4\u20130. Especially Mikael Antonsson, who played instead of banned Brede Hangeland, were vilified after the match, as he were involved in all 4 goals \u2013 one of them were an own goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Cup\nFCK ended fourth in the group, and as in the Superliga were they criticized for not scoring enough goals \u2013 1 goal in 4 matches \u2013 and it was a penalty kick. F.C. Copenhagen were sent out of Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Squads\nThe following squads, are lists with all the players, who have played in FC K\u00f8benhavn in the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Squads, First team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194525-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.C. Copenhagen season, Squads, Reserve team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194526-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 F.League\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the F. League is the 1st season of top-tier futsal in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON for sponsorship reasons) was the 127th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, the FA Cup. A record 731 clubs' entries were accepted for the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup\nThe competition culminated with the final held at Wembley Stadium, London on 17 May 2008. The match was contested by Portsmouth and Cardiff City; Nwankwo Kanu scored the only goal of the game to give Portsmouth the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup\nThe appearance in the Cup Final by Cardiff City, a Level 2 team, marked the second time in 5 years that a team outside Level 1 of the English football pyramid appeared in the final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup\nThis was the last FA Cup to be broadcast by the BBC and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, before coverage was handed over to ITV and Setanta starting in August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup, First round proper\nThis round is the first in which Football League teams from League One and League Two compete with non-league teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup, Third round proper\nThis round marks the first time Championship and Premier League (top-flight) teams play. Matches were played on the weekend of Saturday, 5 January 2008. The draw was made on 2 December 2007 at 15:15 GMT by Kevin Beattie and Sammy Nelson, adjudicated by Sir Trevor Brooking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup, Third round proper\nInvolved in the Third Round draw for the first time ever were Havant & Waterlooville and Chasetown. Chasetown are the lowest-ranked team ever to have reached this stage of the FA Cup. The draw itself produced few major ties, with the exception of Chelsea drawing their West London rivals, Queens Park Rangers, and Aston Villa drawing Manchester United as their Third Round opponents for the fourth time in seven seasons, and the second time in successive years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup, Fourth round proper\nThe draw was held at 13:30 GMT on Monday, 7 January 2008. The event was hosted by Sir Trevor Brooking, with Alan Cork and John Aldridge making the draw. Fourth Round matches were played on the weekend of 26 January 2008. For the first time since 1957, there were no replays for the Fourth Round as all ties were settled at the first game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup, Fourth round proper\nThis was Havant & Waterlooville's first fourth round appearance. They lost 5\u20132 to Liverpool at Anfield. After Havant's elimination, Bristol Rovers became the lowest ranked team left in the Cup. They play in League One with fellow Fifth Round qualifiers Huddersfield Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup, Fourth round proper\nThe BBC's Match of the Day broadcast live matches from two stadia that it had never broadcast live matches before; from Field Mill, Mansfield for Mansfield Town's match with Middlesbrough and from the JJB Stadium, Wigan for Wigan's match with defending champions Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup, Fifth round proper\nThe draw was held at 13:25 GMT on Monday, 28 January 2008. Sir Trevor Brooking hosted the event held at FA premises at Soho Square, where he was joined by Jimmy Case and Ray Wilkins, who conducted the draw. The matches were held over the weekend of 16 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup, Sixth round proper\nThe draw was held on 18 February 2008 at 13:25 GMT at Soho Square. The draw was conducted by Geoff Thomas and Mark Bright, overseen by Sir Trevor Brooking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup, Sixth round proper\nFor the second round in a row, the only all-Premier League tie of the round involved Manchester United, who were defeated at home by Portsmouth. Barnsley, who had already knocked out Liverpool in the previous round, produced a similar result in the Sixth Round, beating Chelsea 1\u20130 at Oakwell. West Bromwich Albion defeated Bristol Rovers away at the Memorial Stadium, whilst Cardiff City caused a third shock of the weekend by beating Premier League team Middlesbrough. There were no replays. The Sixth Round matches were played on the weekend of 8 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw was held on 10 March 2008 at 13:25 GMT at Soho Square with Bryan Robson making the draw. Both semi-finals were played at Wembley Stadium and held on 5 April and 6 April 2008. There was only one club from the top flight (Portsmouth) in the draw for the first time since 1908.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194527-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup, Final\nThe final was held at Wembley Stadium on 17 May 2008, and Portsmouth's 1\u20130 victory gave them their first major trophy for 58 years and their first FA Cup for 69 years. It was also the first time that the winning team's manager (Harry Redknapp) was an Englishman since Joe Royle guided Everton to FA Cup glory 13 years earlier as well as being the first time a club from outside the Big Four of English football won the Cup since the aforementioned Everton side in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194528-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds\nThe 2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 127th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 729 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 42 from the previous season's 687.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194528-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds\nThe large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 10) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 32 winning teams from Fourth qualifying round progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194528-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Calendar\nThe calendar for the 2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by The FA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194528-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Extra preliminary round\nMatches played on the weekend of Saturday 18 August 2007. 342 clubs from Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition, while other 38 clubs from levels 9 and 10 get a bye to the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194528-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\nMatches played on the weekend of Saturday 1 September 2007. A total of 332 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 171 winners from the Extra preliminary round, 38 clubs from Levels 9-10, who get a bye in the extra preliminary round and 123 entering at this stage from the six leagues at Level 8 of English football. The round featured 48 clubs from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194528-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nMatches played on the weekend of Saturday 15 September 2007. A total of 232 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 166 winners from the Preliminary round and 66 entering at this stage from the top division of the three leagues at Level 7 of English football. The round featured 14 clubs from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194528-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nMatches played on the weekend of Saturday 29 September 2007. A total of 160 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 116 winners from the First qualifying round and 44 Level 6 clubs, from Conference North and Conference South, entering at this stage. Six clubs from Level 10 of English football were the lowest-ranked clubs to qualify for this round of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194528-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nMatches played on the weekend of Saturday 13 October 2007. A total of 80 clubs took part, all having progressed from the Second qualifying round. Dinnington Town and Rainworth Miners Welfare from Level 10 of English football were the lowest-ranked clubs to qualify for this round of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194528-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Fourth qualifying round\nMatches played on the weekend of Saturday 27 October 2007. A total of 64 clubs took part, 40 having progressed from the Third qualifying round and 24 clubs from Conference Premier, forming Level 5 of English football, entering at this stage. Eight clubs from Level 8 of English football were the lowest-ranked clubs to qualify for this round of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194528-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Competition proper\nSee 2007\u201308 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194529-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Trophy\nThe 2007\u201308 FA Trophy was the 38th season of the FA's cup competition for teams at levels 5\u20138 of the English football league system. 258 teams were entered for the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194529-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Trophy, First round\nThis round is the first in which Conference Premier teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194529-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Trophy, Final\nTorquay United; 21 Martin Rice, 3 Kevin Nicholson, 4 Steve Woods (c), 6 Chris Todd, 7 Lee Mansell, 8 Tim Sills, (11 Kevin Hill 89mins) 10 Lee Phillips (19 Danny Stevens 46mins) 14 Chris Hargreaves, 20 Roscoe D'Sane (9 Elliot Benyon 66mins) 24 Steve Adams, 26 Chris Zebroski. Subs Not Used 5 Chris Robertson, 16 Matt Hockley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194529-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Trophy, Final\nEbbsfleet United; 1 Lance Cronin, 2 Peter Hawkins, 3 Sacha Opinel, 5 James Smith, 6 Paul McCarthy (c), 8 Stacy Long (4 Gary McDonald 84mins) 12 Chris McPhee, 14 Neil Barrett, 18 Luke Moore, 19 John Akinde, 25 Micheal Bostwick. Substitutes 21 Sam Mott, 10 Chukki Erribenne, 15 Mark Ricketts, 17 George Purcell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194530-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Women's Premier League\nThe 16th season of the FA Women's Premier League final table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194530-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Women's Premier League, National Division\n1 On 9 July 2008, the team announced they were changing their name to Leeds Carnegie Ladies F.C. This came to ensure all of the professional sports teams Leeds Met University were investing in carried the name of the university's sport department, Carnegie College (including Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194530-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Women's Premier League, National Division\nOn 8 July 2010 it was announced by Leeds United F.C. that to stop Leeds Carnegie Ladies from going out of existence the club would step in to provide funding again, bringing the club full circle back to Leeds United Ladies once more, a day under two years since the club was renamed Leeds Carnegie L.F.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194531-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Women's Premier League Cup\nThe FA Women's Premier League Cup 2007\u201308 was the 17th staging of the FA Women's Premier League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 36 women's football clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194531-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Women's Premier League Cup\nThe tournament was won by Everton L.F.C., who beat previous holders Arsenal L.F.C. 1\u20130 in the final; this was Everton's first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194531-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Women's Premier League Cup, First round\nAll played 30 September, except Liverpool vs. Leeds United and Cardiff City vs. Arsenal, both on 7 October. Charlton Athletic forfeited due to economic problems and Sunderland thus won by walkover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194531-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Final\nIn a shock result, Everton won the final with an early goal from Amy Kane, securing their first trophy since the 1997\u201398 FA Women's Premier League. Arsenal's defeat was their first in 58 domestic matches, a run stretching back two years to their humbling by Charlton Athletic in the 2005\u201306 final of the same competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194532-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FAW Premier Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 FAW Premier Cup was the 11th season of the tournament since its founding in 1997. Newport County were the eventual winners, beating Llanelli 1\u20130 in the final to win the competition for the first time in the club's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194532-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FAW Premier Cup\nTo date, the season remains the last time the tournament was played after the BBC withdrew sponsorship in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194532-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FAW Premier Cup, Quarter-finals\nAll three Welsh sides competing in the Football League, Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham, entered in the quarter-finals along with reigning holders The New Saints. Due to heavy rain, several of the quarter-final ties were postponed on more than one occasion resulting in the round lasting more than one month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194533-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Barcelona season\nThough it did not produce silverware, FC Barcelona's 2007\u201308 season would mark a period of change within the club, having many firsts and lasts. Most importantly, this would be Ronaldinho's last season with the club, being displaced by the coming of Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. This season also marked the breakthrough of young talent Bojan Krki\u0107 into the first team, as well as the emergence of Lionel Messi as one of the team's key players. On the other hand, this would be Lilian Thuram's last season as a professional footballer, as well as Gianluca Zambrotta's last with the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194533-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Barcelona season, Players, Squad information\nThe squad has reasonably changed in the summer transfer window. The biggest addition was Thierry Henry, with a transfer fee of \u20ac24 million. That equals the transfer fee paid for Samuel Eto'o in 2004, but just below the \u20ac30 million paid for Ronaldinho in 2003. Other additions were Eric Abidal, Yaya Tour\u00e9, and Gabriel Milito that are part of the current start team. On the other end, some important players that were often used last season have left the club, such as, Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Ludovic Giuly. Barcelona still used a great number of players developed in its youth system, 9 of 23, and have two new additions this season: Giovani dos Santos and Bojan (17 years old, the youngest player on the squad).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194533-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Barcelona season, Players, Squad information\nMost of the players have contracts beyond this end of season, but Deco, an important player, has his contract ending in 2008. The captain is still Carles Puyol, who is from Barcelona's youth system, plays in the first squad since 1999 and currently is the player with the most appearances (268). Currently, the highest scorer is Ronaldinho, with 80 goals. Also Ronaldinho, from August of this year, has a European passport. On mid-October, Samuel Eto'o received Spanish nationality, making him an EU player. The only non-EU player is Yaya Tour\u00e9. Because Spain ratified the Cotonou Agreement in 2007, however, Tour\u00e9 is now considered an EU player, as his native country of Ivory Coast is a signatory to that agreement, and the 2003 Kolpak ruling extended the Bosman ruling to nations with an associate trading relationship with the EU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 890]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194533-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Barcelona season, Players, Transfers, Out\nLast updated: 1 FebruaryEU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194533-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Barcelona season, Players, Squad stats\nV\u00edctor Vald\u00e9s and Eric Abidal have been the only two players that have started all the matches (excepting Copa Catalunya, when Barcelona didn't use the same players as for the other competitions). Previously, Gianluca Zambrotta and Yaya Tour\u00e9 started all the matches until they got injured. Oleguer replaced Zambrotta and Andr\u00e9s Iniesta replaced Tour\u00e9. Giovani dos Santos and Bojan were the substitute forwards, while Santiago Ezquerro played only in the Copa Catalunya, as well as Ei\u00f0ur Gu\u00f0johnsen playing once. Thierry Henry started the majority of the matches when Samuel Eto'o got injured. He scored his first hat trick wearing Bar\u00e7a's jersey, and he's the second goal scorer with four goals. Ronaldinho missed three matches due to an injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194533-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Barcelona season, Players, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 12 AprilSource: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194533-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Barcelona season, Club, Coaching staff\nThis season will be the fifth consecutive season for Frank Rijkaard as Barcelona's manager. Even though Bar\u00e7a did not win any major competition last season, club president Joan Laporta confirmed Rijkaard's presence for this season. All staff from last season, except doctor Gil Rodas, are remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194533-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Barcelona season, Matches, Competitive\nLast updated: 7 MaySource: 1Barcelona goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Barcelona.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194533-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Barcelona season, Matches, Friendly\nLast updated: 14 MarchSource: 1Barcelona goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Barcelona.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season\nFC Basel started the 2007\u201308 season, the 115th season in their existence and 13th consecutive in the top flight of Swiss football, with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league teams as well as Austrian Bundesliga, German Bundesliga, Scottish Premier League and French Ligue 1 clubs. FCB were looking to win the Swiss championship title for the first time since 2005 and regain the cup title that they won the year before. They also had the opportunity to compete in the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, Overview\nAt the beginning of the 2007\u201308 season, Basel strengthened their team by signing Swiss internationalists Benjamin Huggel from Eintracht Frankfurt, Marco Streller from VfB Stuttgart and David Degen on loan from Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach. Carlitos transferred from Benfica in for an estimated \u20ac1.5 million (CHF 1,610,000). Five young talents were brought up from the under-21 team. In the other direction, fans' favourites Ivan Rakiti\u0107 transferred to Schalke 04 (for an estimated CHF 4,830,000) and Mladen Petri\u0107 joined Borussia Dortmund (for an estimated CHF 5,635,000). Influential defender Boris Smiljani\u0107 returned to his former club, Grasshoppers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, Overview\nDuring the winter break, highly rated Switzerland U-21 defender Beg Ferati arrived at St. Jakob-Park from feeder club Concordia Basel on a three-and-a-half-year contract. He was joined by midfielder Marko Perovi\u0107 from Red Star Belgrade and veteran striker Vratislav Lokvenc, on loan from Red Bull Salzburg. Also during the winter break Felipe Caicedo transferred to Manchester City on a four-and-a-half year deal with a \u00a35.2 million transfer fee (CHF 10 million), which made his sale one of the highest transfers in the history of the Swiss League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic league\nBasel's priority for the season was to win the league championship. The Swiss Super League season began on 22 July. Basel's first game was at home to FC Z\u00fcrich which was won 1\u20130. In the fourth and sixth round of the championship, Basel suffered two defeats, 1\u20135 against BSC Young Boys and 0\u20132 against Grasshopper Club, and slid down to the fourth position in the league table. It took them two months before they climbed back to the leading position. In this period they won nine and drew two of eleven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic league\nBasel suffered a home defeat against Xamax directly before the winter break and the suffered another defeat in the away match against Young Boys directly as the second half of the season began. Nevertheless Basel stayed in top position in the league table until virtually the end of the championship, slipping to second position twice. The first time as they lost an away match against Luzern and the second time after an away draw against Aarau. In the last eight games of the season, Basel achieved only four victories and four draws. But the team played strong enough to regain the lead. Basel won the Swiss Super League for the first time since 2005 on the 10 May 2008 at St. Jakob-Park after a 2-0 win over their main title threats BSC Young Boys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic league\nThe championship decision was made in the last game of the season. FCB needed only a point from the match to win the Championship, however if YB won then they would have become champions. This was exactly the same situation as the end of the 2005\u201306 season, then the final match was between Basel and Z\u00fcrich then. The painful memories of losing the league on the last day of the season in 2006 and the resulting 2006 Basel hooligan incident seemed to spur FCB on. Basel took an early lead through Valentin Stocker and a second goal scored by Marco Streller just a few minutes later wrapped up the victory well before half time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic league\nFCB obtained 74 points to win the championship and qualify for Champions League second qualifying round. They were four points above YB with 70 points and 18 points ahead of third placed FCZ, who obtained 56 points. These two teams qualified to UEFA Cup second qualifying round. The bottom placed Thun suffered relegation and second last St. Gallen advanced to the relegation/promotion play-pff against Bellinzona. Bellinzona won the play-off and were promoted FCSG suffered relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup\nBasel's clear aim for the 2007\u201308 Swiss Cup was to retain the title that they had won the year before. The 10 clubs from the Swiss Super League as well as the 17 clubs of the Swiss Challenge League qualified directly for the cup and entered in the round of 64.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup\nBasel were paired away against 5th tier FC L\u00e9chelles on 19 September 2007 and won with ease. Carlitos, Scott Chipperfield and Eduardo each scored two goals and David Degen, K\u014dji Nakata and team captain Ivan Ergi\u0107 each scored one as Basel achieved the end result 9\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup\nThey then faced local club SC Binningen, also from the 5th tier, away from home at the newly built Spiegelfeld stadium, on 20 October. This time captain Ivan Ergi\u0107 scored two goals and David Degen, Carlitos, Eduardo and Benjamin Huggel each added another as Basel cruised to a 6\u20131 voctory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup\nBasel then faced a much tougher test in the third round. An away match against the Grasshoppers at the Letzigrund on 25 October. The game was equally balanced in a first half low on events. The best chance came from a bicycle kick from Scott Chipperfield. In the second half Basel put on the pressure and after 55 minutes were not awarded a penalty despite a foul on Streller. But nonetheless Basel won 1\u20130. The goal coming frpm the penalty spot, scored by Daniel Majstorovi\u0107 after a hand-ball from Guillermo Vallori.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup\nOn 15 December, third tier Stade Nyonnais travelled to St. Jakob-Park for the quarter-final. Basel played with second goalkeeper Louis Crayton in place of Franco Costanzo, who was rested in advance of the Uefa Cup game against Hamburger SV, which was a few days later. But it was the Nyonnaise keeper Mathey who stole the show, saving four, five good attempts alone in the first half. He kept the game goalless to halftime. Stade Nyonnais fought hard as Basel added more pressure. Eren Derdiyok eventually put the hosts one up in the 53rd minute and they kept pressing giving keeper Mathey more chances to show his abilities. Derdiyok finished the game off with another goal in the 90th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup\nThe semi-final saw Basel beat FC Thun 1\u20130 on 27 February. Again played in the St. Jakob-Park Vratislav Lokvenc, who was on loan from Red Bull Salzburg scored the only game of the match as early as the 12th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup\nBasel were heavy favourites before the kick-off, not just because they were facing a lower league side but as the cup final was also being held in their home stadium, which is where UEFA Euro 2008 kicked off nine weeks later. It was Bellinzona, though, who had the better of the opening stages with Basel goalkeeper Franco Costanzo called into action several times. However, Eren Derdiyok scored the opening goal on 31 minutes to calm down things for the Swiss league leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0012-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup\nBellinzona equalised after 58 minutes through Christian Pouga but their euphoria was short-lived as they conceded three times in as many minutes to lose any chance of causing an upset. Four minutes later Daniel Majstorovic headed in, substitute Marco Streller made it 3-1 and fellow Swiss international Benjamin Huggel put the match beyond doubt in the 66th minute to make the final scoreline 4\u20131 in Basel's favour. Basel won the Swiss Cup for the second consecutive season after beating second-tier side AC Bellinzona 4\u20131 at St. Jakob-Park on 6 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Domestic Cup\nBasel's aim for the Swiss Cup was to retain the title and this was achieved with ease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nBecause Basel entered the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup in the second qualifying round, the club set their aim as to reach the group stage. The draw was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. It was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football. The matches were to be played on 16 and 30 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nBasel were drawn against a tough opponent in the form of SV Mattersburg of Austria. Mattersburg were Austrian league leaders at the time, with an unbeaten run. The first leg was held at the St. Jakob-Park on 16 August 2007 under referee Martin Ingvarsson of the Swedish Football Association. Basel began strongly, had their fifth corner in the twelfth minute but Scott Chipperfield's good shot was deflected only a short distance wide of the goal. Mattersburg's defender Cem Atan saw his second yellow card after just 17 minutes and was sent off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0015-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nNevertheless it was the Austrian team who shortly afterwards took the lead. Basel's defender Nakata deflected a shot into their own goal after 20 minutes. Basel's reply was immediate, capitain Ergi\u0107 equalised just three minutes later. Mattersburg goalkeeper Robert Almer played strongly, showing six or seven good saves and denying Basel the lead. This eventually came in the 57th minute from Caicedo. Mattersburg were overwhelmed but their keeper kept showing good work. In the end the 2\u20131 victory meant a lot of work, but too little yield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nBasel won the tie straight off with an easy away win in the Pappelstadion on 30 August, under referee Sel\u00e7uk Dereli from the Turkish Football Federation. Felipe Caicedo put the visitors one up after 22 minutes, captain Ergi\u0107 added a second after 36 and Streller netted the third after 40. Basel had decided the game before half time and they played the rest of the game in a lower gear. Eight minutes after the break Carlitos increased the score to the final score of 4\u20130 and 6\u20131 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nIn the next round, Basel were drawn against Bosnian minnows FK Sarajevo in the first round. The first leg was played on 20 September in front of 6,000 spectators in the Asim Ferhatovi\u0107 Hase Stadium in Sarajevo under referee Lajuks of the Latvian Football Federation. Carlitos put the visitors in the lead in the 11th minute and captain Ergi\u0107 added a second after 63 minutes. Basel again played the rest of the game in a lower gear. In the third minute of added time Semjon Milo\u0161evi\u0107 scored for the hosts, but this was much too late to make a difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nThe return leg was played on 4 October in the St. Jakob-Park. Basel started quickly. Carlitos netted the first goal in the eighth minute and added a second just one minute later. Then came Swiss international Streller double into the scorers list, scoring his first in the 19th minute and his second ten minutes later. This was the half time score. Basel played as though it was a friendly match, not wishing to hurt themselves or be injured by their opponents, so not really entering the tackles. Huggel scored the teams fifth goal on 75 minutes and then Felipe Caicedo added a sixth as the game entered the added time. The game ended 6\u20130 and Basel won 8\u20131 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nBasel advanced to the group stage. Due to the fact that they had reached the group stage their aim was modified and was set as to remain in the competition over the winter break. The draw for the group stage, which was conducted by UEFA's director of professional football Giorgio Marchetti and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Tuesday, 9 October 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. Basel were then drawn into a group of death, Group D, alongside Brann, Dinamo Zagreb, Hamburger SV and Rennes, all of which were ranked within the top three of their respective leagues at the start of the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nThe first group match was at home, in front of a small crowd of just 11,407 spectators, on 27 October  against French team Rennes under referee Nicola Rizzoli from the Italian Football Federation. Basel started well into the match and almost worked themselves an early advantage when Ivan Ergi\u0107's fierce free-kick was tipped around the post by Rennes goalkeeper Patrice Luzi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0020-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nRennes were second best at the beginning, but gradually began to work their way into the game with Franco Costanzo having to move quickly to save Sylvain Marveaux's effort on 27 minutes, before watching Bruno Cheyrou's powerful shot sail over the bar three minutes later. However, Basel ended the first half as they had begun it, strong. Scott Chipperfield hit a long-range shot that was well caught by Luzi and minutes later Felipe Caicedo fired an effort narrowly wide of the left-hand post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0020-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nAfter the restart, Rennes again worked Costanzo, but the goalkeeper was more than equal to Jimmy Briand's strike. The decisive moment came soon after as Marco Streller jumped higher than the Rennes defencef's to head in Chipperfield's corner. Caicedo almost doubled Basel's lead soon after, with a shot out of the distance that flew narrowly wide. Having survived that, Rennes pressed for an equaliser but the closest they came was a shot by Micka\u00ebl Pagis that drifted wide as Basel achieved their victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nTheir next game was away to Dinamo Zagreb, in the Maksimir Stadium, in which Basel earned a valuable away point thanks to on form goalkeeper Franco Costanzo, who kept the game at 0\u20130 for 90 minutes. On the 8 November, in front of 28,000 spectators, FC Basel goalkeeper Costanzo was in inspired form as the Swiss side earned a valuable point. The Argentinian keeper twice tipped good drives over the bar to keep the visitors in the match, but the hosts only had themselves to blame for not capitalising on a dominant performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0021-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nGordon Schildenfeld and Mario Mand\u017euki\u0107 were both guilty of bad misses and Dinamo's evening was summed up in the final minute when Ognjen Vukojevi\u0107 saw his effort cannon back off the post. Yet it was Basel that begun the brightest as they sought to build on their 1-0 victory against Stade Rennes a fortnight before. Scott Chipperfield was the instigator of much of their attacking play, and Daniel Majstorovic twice headed over crosses from the Australian when he should have done better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0021-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nIt proved a false dawn, however, and Dinamo soon found their rhythm as Mand\u017euki\u0107 and Hrvoje \u010cale both tried their luck from distance. Ivan Ergi\u0107 warmed Dinamo keeper George Koch's hands at the other end, though Basel found relief harder and harder to come by as the game went on. Midway through the first half Schildenfeld contrived to head Luka Modri\u0107's corner wide, while Mand\u017euki\u0107, Vukojevi\u0107 and Franck Manga Guela all fired long-distance efforts off target. Costanzo was called upon soon after half-time to tip over Vukojevi\u0107's curling effort and was on hand to collect Schildenfeld's header soon after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0021-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nIt was all Dinamo as Costanzo made further stops to deny substitute Carlos and then Mand\u017euki\u0107 yet again. It was an evening to forget for the 21-year-old Mand\u017euki\u0107 who headed a glorious chance wide and when Vukojevi\u0107 saw his effort hit the post, Dinamo knew their luck was out as Basel held on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nBasel then faced Brann at St. Jakob-Park on 5 December, where they won 1\u20130 through a Carlitos free-kick and were highly praised for playing attractive and flowing football. Both teams made enterprising starts, although chances were chiefly of the half variety, usually shots from range. Brann midfielder Petter Vaagan Moen and Carlitos traded such efforts before the Basel man broke the deadlock in the 39th minute. Having been fouled by Ramiro Corrales, Carlitos took the free-kick himself and fired beyond H\u00e5kon Opdal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0022-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nThe goalkeeper then had to be at his best to ensure Brann went in just a goal behind, diving to keep out a powerful Reto Zanni drive. The Norwegian champions pressed for an equaliser in the second half, but were largely frustrated by a Basel defence that was content to hold on to the narrow advantage. Joakim Sj\u00f6hage, Vaagan Moen and Huseklepp all had chances but Franco Costanzo was equal to all of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nBasel then went to Germany to face Hamburger SV at the HSH Nordbank Arena on 20 December in front of 48,917 spectators under referee Nicolai Vollquartz from the Danish Football Association. Both clubs had already qualified for the knock out phase, and it was the home side who began better, Nigel de Jong meeting Rafael van der Vaart's free-kick with his head and forcing Franco Costanzo to save with his right foot before he reacted smartly to keep out Bastian Reinhardt's follow-up effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0023-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nThe Basel goalkeeper held Hamburg at bay throughout the first half, despite the fact that Ivica Oli\u0107 and Var der Vaart had three presentable chances in quick succession after about half-hours play. Because Basel playmaker Carlitos was well marked by the home defence, Basel struggled to create much in attack and their prospects looked bad when Reto Zanni brought down Vincent Kompany and then saw his second yellow card in the 50th minute. However, eight minutes later Ivan Ergi\u0107 reacted fastest to push in Benjamin Huggel's mis-hit shot from a Michel Morganella cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0023-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nJust as Basel might have been thinking about holding on for the three points, Romeo Castelen raced down the right wing and crossed for the waiting Oli\u0107 to shoot in the equaliser and ensured his side would finish above their opponents. Hamburger SV claimed first place Group D as Oli\u0107's late goal earned a 1-1 draw against ten-man FC Basel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nThe draw for the round of 32 was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight group winners were drawn against the eight third-placed teams, while the eight second-placed teams were drawn against the eight teams who finished third in the Champions League groups. Teams from the same group or the same country cannot be drawn together. Basel then faced Sporting CP in the round of 32 after qualifying in second position in the group alongside Hamburg and Brann. Sporting CP finished third in their group in the UEFA Champions League, which is why they were dropped into the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nThe first leg took place on the 13 February 2008 at the Est\u00e1dio Jos\u00e9 Alvalade in Lisbon with referee Kevin Blom from Royal Dutch Football Association. The visitors almost went into the lead inside three minutes when Carlitos' corner came to captain Ivan Ergi\u0107 who's header went just over. Instead it was Sporting who took went ahead in the eighth minute, Simon Vuk\u010devi\u0107 finishing into the bottom corner after being set up by Leandro Romagnoli's neat pass. But that was a rare foray forward for the home side as Basel dominated possession early on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0025-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nDavid Degen going closest to bringing them level with a volley which fizzed over. The visitors suffered a blow a minute before the break when goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was forced off with injury to be replaced by Liberia international Louis Crayton. Vuk\u010devi\u0107 gave the new goalkeeper no chance as he doubled the lead after 58 minutes, drilling Jo\u00e3o Moutinho's right-wing cross high into the top corner from the right side of the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nOne week later, on 21 February 2008, the return leg did not fare any better for Basel. Costanzo was still out injured and Basel lost 3\u20130 in the home match, resulting in them being knocked out 5\u20130 on aggregate. The visitors enjoyed a perfect start at St. Jakob-Park when Bruno Pereirinha broke the deadlock after just two minutes. It left Basel needing to score four times. Sporting's keeper Rui Patr\u00edcio was tested twice after quarter of an hour, first by Eduardo's long-range effort and then Eren Derdiyok's shot from the left side of the area. Patr\u00edcio also blocked well to deny Ivan Ergi\u0107's volley from ten metres. Li\u00e9dson ended home hopes with two goals either side of half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, The campaign, Europe\nThis rounded off a highly successful season for Basel, as they conquered on the domestic front, winning both the Swiss Super League and Swiss Cup, and reaching the last 32 of the UEFA Cup. Basel achieved all of their aims. Next season they will have the opportunity to qualify for the 2008\u201309 UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194534-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Basel season, Results and fixtures, Overall\nBasel participated in the following major competitions: the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194535-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Bayern Munich season\nPrior to the beginning of the 2007\u201308 season, Bayern Munich underwent a major restructuring of the team, releasing or retiring nine players while adding ten others to the squad, most notably Luca Toni and Franck Rib\u00e9ry. The season started with Bayern winning the DFB-Ligapokal, followed by a shootout win in the DFB-Pokal against Wacker Burghausen on 6 August 2007. On the first day of the 2007\u201308 Bundesliga season, Bayern achieved a 3\u20130 victory over Hansa Rostock. As the season progressed, Bayern continued in first in the league table, eventually winning the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194535-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Bayern Munich season\nBayern also won the 2007\u201308 DFB-Pokal, thereby completing the domestic treble. International success was thwarted by Zenit Saint Petersburg, however, when Bayern suffered a horrible 4\u20130 defeat in the second leg of the semi-final after a draw at home. The match was later alleged to have been fixed. The 2007\u201308 season was goalkeeper Oliver Kahn's last season with Bayern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194535-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Bayern Munich season, Transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194535-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Bayern Munich season, Transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194536-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti's 59th season in Liga I. The season found the Dinamo fans hoping for another title in Romania and a qualification in the Group Stage of the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194536-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Champions League\nDinamo entered the competition in the third qualifying round, and faced Lazio. The two clubs contested the first leg in Rome at the Stadio Olimpico on 14 August and the second leg on 28 August on Lia Manoliu National Stadium. The first leg ended in a 1\u20131 draw; Ionel Danciulescu scored first with a perfect header after a cross from Cristian Pulhac, but Lazio equalised in the second-half with a header from Massimo Mutarelli. In the first-half, Bogdan Lobon\u021b saved a penalty from Tommaso Rocchi after \u0218tefan Radu committed had committed a handball in the penalty area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194536-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Champions League\nThe second leg was played on Lia Manoliu National Stadium. The first half ended in a 1\u20130 lead for Dinamo thanks to a goal scored by Florin Bratu on a 30-meter sprint. Dinamo, however, conceded three goals in the second-half, caused by three defensive mistakes, the first being a penalty kick scored by Rocchi after a foul by Valentin Nastase, who left the team following the match. The game ended in a 3\u20131 loss for Dinamo, thus eliminating them from the Champions League. The elimination led also Mircea Rednic to resign from his head coaching position, being replaced by Walter Zenga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194536-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, UEFA Cup\nDinamo challenged Sweden champions IF Elfsborg in the UEFA Cup first round and were eliminated after a 1\u20132 loss at home and a 1\u20130 win in Bor\u00e5s. Dinamo's only achievable goal remained the Romanian Championship. Winning the title would have qualified it directly to next season's Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194536-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Managerial changes\nWalter Zenga left Dinamo after two disappointing derbies against Rapid Bucure\u0219ti at home (0\u20132) and Steaua Bucure\u0219ti away (1\u20130) with a poor defensive play that was opposing with the team's very strong playing offensive. After collecting zero points in these crucial games, he was replaced by Cornel \u021a\u0103lnar with whom Dinamo had a debut in Liga I 3\u20131 against UTA Arad on 1 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194536-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Managerial changes\nOn 4 March 2008, Gheorghe Multescu replaced \u021a\u0103lnar but he resigned after only 27 days in charge. After Multescu's resignment, Talnar was again inserted as coach until the end of the championship, having very good final matches against Rapid (2\u20131) and Steaua (2\u20131). Dinamo ultimately finished the year in fourth place, qualifying for the subsequent season's UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194536-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Squad\nDefenders: George Blay (18/0), Zie Diabat\u00e9 (1/0), Mariano Fern\u00e1ndez (2/0), John Galliquio (8/0), Lucian Goian (18/1), Ivan Gvozdenovi\u0107 (2/0), Silviu Izvoranu (22/0), Cosmin Mo\u021bi (23/1), Nicolae Mu\u0219at (2/0), Valentin N\u0103stase (2/0), Nino Pekaric (3/0), Cristian Pulhac (29/0), \u0218tefan Radu (19/0), Adrian Scarlatache (1/0), Flavius Stoican (7/0), Bla\u017ee Todorovski (2/0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194536-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Squad\nMidfielders: Gabriel Bo\u0219tin\u0103 (20/0), Hristu Chiacu (10/0), Adrian Cristea (32/8), Fabrice Fernandes (2/0), Andrei M\u0103rg\u0103ritescu (26/2), C\u0103t\u0103lin Munteanu (30/1), Georgian P\u0103un (2/0), Adrian Ropotan (30/0), Gabriel Torje (15/1), Vojislav Vranjkovi\u0107 (6/0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194536-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Squad\nForwards: Florin Bratu (26/14), Ionel D\u0103nciulescu (32/21), Liviu Ganea (5/0), Osvaldo Miranda (11/2), Claudiu Niculescu (16/2), Daniel Opri\u021ba (5/0), Ianis Zicu (12/2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194536-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Transfers\nNew players: Valentin N\u0103stase (Ascoli Calcio), Flavius Stoican (Shakhtar Donetsk), Silviu Izvoranu (Politehnica Timi\u0219oara), Daniel Opri\u0163a (Steaua Bucure\u0219ti), Florin Bratu (FC Nantes-Atlantique), Ianis Zicu (Internazionale Milano), Hristu Chiacu (Wis\u0142a Krak\u00f3w), Gabriel Torje (Politehnica Timi\u0219oara).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194536-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Transfers\nLeft team: Florin Matache (Ceahl\u0103ul Piatra-Neam\u0163), Sergiu Homei (Politehnica Ia\u015fi), Silviu B\u0103lace (FC Vaslui), Constantin Bumbac (FCM UTA Arad), Adrian Scarlatache (Pandurii T\u00e2rgu-Jiu), Lucian Goian (Ceahl\u0103ul Piatra-Neam\u0163), Vojislav Vranjkovi\u0107 -Serbia- (Ceahl\u0103ul Piatra-Neam\u0163), Z\u00e9 Kalanga -Angola- (FC Boavista Porto), Cornel Predescu (Dacia Mioveni), Alexandru B\u0103l\u0163oi (FCM UTA Arad), Jean Philip Mendy -France- (Petrolul Ploie\u015fti), Valentin N\u0103stase (free player, round 6), Fabrice Fernandes (free player, round 4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194537-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Hansa Rostock season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 German football season, FC Hansa Rostock competed in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194537-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Hansa Rostock season, Season summary\nHansa were relegated after one season back in the Bundesliga. As of 2021, it remains their last top-flight season to date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194537-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Hansa Rostock season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194537-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Hansa Rostock season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194537-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Hansa Rostock season, Notes\nThis article about an association football club season is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194538-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Inter Baku season\nThe Inter Baku 2007\u201308 season was Inter Baku's seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their second season under manager Valentin Khodukin. They finished won the league on goal difference over Olimpik Baku and where runners-up in the Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194538-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Inter Baku season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194538-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194538-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194538-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194538-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194539-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC O\u021belul Gala\u021bi season, Players, Transfers, Out\nEU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194540-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Porto season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Futebol Clube do Porto's 97th competitive season, 74th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, and 114th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194540-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Porto season\nPorto's season began on 11 August 2007 with the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira. The Azuis e Brancos were defeated by Sporting CP, 1\u20130. Porto's league campaign began a week later on the 18. Going into the 2007\u201308 season, Porto were the holders of the Primeira Liga after claiming the league title on the last day of the season. The 2007\u201308 league campaign saw the Portistas claim a 23rd Portuguese top-flight title on 5 April 2008 over Estrela da Amadora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194540-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Porto season\nPorto competed in the two domestic cups, the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal and the Ta\u00e7a da Liga. In the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, the Drag\u00f5es progressed through five rounds to reach the final, where they were defeated by Sporting CP at the Jamor. Porto entered the Ta\u00e7a da Liga in the third round, where they were eliminated by Liga de Honra side F\u00e1tima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194540-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Porto season\nIn Europe, Porto progressed through a group consisting of Liverpool, Marseille and Be\u015fikta\u015f to reach the first knockout round. For a second consecutive season, Porto were eliminated at the first knockout round stage as they lost on penalties to German side Schalke after 1\u20131 scoreline over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194541-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Schalke 04 season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194541-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Schalke 04 season, Season summary\nSeveral weak performances, culminating in a 5-1 defeat to Werder Bremen, saw coach Mirko Slomka sacked in April, with former players Mike B\u00fcskens and Youri Mulder taking over for the remainder of the season. The duo recorded five wins and a draw in their six-game stint in charge - although Schalke recorded four points less than the previous season and dropped down to third as a result, the club still comfortably qualified for the Champions League, with a ten point lead over fourth-placed Hamburg. B\u00fcskens and Mulder stood down in July, and FC Twente manager Fred Rutten took charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194541-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Schalke 04 season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194541-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Schalke 04 season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194542-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Steaua Bucure\u0219ti season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 60th season in the existence of FC Steaua Bucure\u0219ti and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua Bucure\u0219ti participated in this season's edition of the Cupa Rom\u00e2niei and the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194543-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Vaslui season\nThe 2007\u201308 season is FC Vaslui's 6th season of its existence, and its 3rd in a row, in Liga I. In the summer, Adrian Porumboiu revealed that the new coach would be Dorinel Munteanu. He also announced that the team's objective that season, would be a European Cup. FC Vaslui made only 2 transfers in the summer, B\u0103lace and Matei. Also, Petar Jovanovi\u0107 and the team captain Sorin Frunz\u0103 returned from their loans. FC Vaslui started the season very well, in the second Matchday, beating Liga I champions, Dinamo on their own field, with 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194543-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Vaslui season\nFor 2 Matchdays, FC Vaslui was on the 1st place in Liga I. But during the first half, team fatigue appeared, and performance declined. However, in the last match in 2007, FC Vaslui beat once again Dinamo, with 2 beautiful goals scored by Sorin Frunz\u0103. In the winter break, N'Doye and Hugo Luz were the only signings. In the Matchday 25, FC Vaslui lost against Steaua, and Adrian Porumboiu accused Dorinel Munteanu that he sold the match to Steaua. Munteanu was sacked, and B\u0103lace, Sabou and Frunz\u0103 were sent to the second team. Emil S\u0103ndoi was named the new coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194543-0000-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Vaslui season\nWith the new coach, FC Vaslui had one terrible final season, having only one victory. In the Matchday 33, FC Vaslui lost the 7th place, who assured UEFA Intertoto Cup, for O\u0163elul, but TAS decided FC Vaslui to win the match against O\u0163elul, because they used 2 players suspended. After a 2\u20134 with Rapid, and a 0\u20130 draw for O\u0163elul, FC Vaslui qualified for UEFA Intertoto Cup, this being the team's most important achievement in its short history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194543-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FC Vaslui season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194544-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FFHG Division 1 season\nThe 2007-08 FFHG Division 1 season was contested by 14 teams, and saw the Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne win the championship. They were promoted to the Ligue Magnus as result. The Anges du V\u00e9sinet were relegated to FFHG Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194545-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA Americas League\nThe 2007\u201308 FIBA Americas League was the first edition of the first-tier and most important professional international club basketball competition in the regions of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, with the winner of the competition being crowned as the best team and champion of all of those regions, as well as of the FIBA Americas zone. The first FIBA Americas League also included two teams from the United States, the Miami Tropics, and the PBL All-Stars, which was an All-Star selection team from the Premier Basketball League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194545-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA Americas League\nHowever, the NBA is the first-tier competition in the United States, and it is in fact an international league, as it contains also a team from Canada. So teams from the United States and Canada are eligible to play at the competition because they belong to the FIBA Americas region. However, at the pro club level for those two countries, the FIBA Americas League would not be considered the 1st-tier league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194545-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA Americas League\nThe competition began on December 4. The first stage was a round robin phase with four teams in each group. Each of the groups were played in different cities, (Guaynabo, Miami, Belo Horizonte, and Mar del Plata). The Final 4 of the league was played in a round-robin format from February 7 to February 9, in Mexicali, Mexico, home of the hosting team, Soles de Mexicali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194545-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA Americas League, Teams\nThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Americas League title holders, LSH: Liga Sudamerican title holders):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194545-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA Americas League, Final 4\nPe\u00f1arol got the first place in the round-robin group and won their first Americas League title due to a better point difference than the other two teams who had the same record (Soles de Mexicali and Miami Tropics).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194546-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup\nThe FIBA EuroCup is the former name of an international professional basketball club competition for clubs throughout Europe that was renamed the FIBA EuroChallenge in July 2008. The 2007\u201308 season, the last for the competition under the EuroCup banner, featured 38 competing teams, from 23 different countries. The draw for the groups was held on August 5, 2007, at the Kempinski Hotel in Munich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194546-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup\nThe 2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup, organized by FIBA Europe, was the fifth season of the competition regarded as the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition, behind the Euroleague and ULEB Cup, the latter of which was renamed the Eurocup for 2008\u201309.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194546-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup, Format\nIn all, 38 teams were involved. Teams from the lowest ranked countries or teams who took lower place in their national championship play in Elimination Round 1. The winners of Elimination Round 1 meet teams who took higher place in their national championship in Elimination Round 2. The winners from Elimination Round 2, advance to the group stage (Qualifying Round). After group stage, teams play Quarter Final Round and then Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194546-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup, Format, Elimination Round 1\nIn all in Elimination Round 1 12 teams. Each team plays two games (home and away). Winners from Elimination Round 1 advance to Elimination Round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194546-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup, Format, Elimination Round 2\nThe winners from Elimination Round 1 advance to Elimination Round 2. There also two games (home and away). The winners Elimination Round 2 advance to the group stage (Qualifying Round).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194546-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup, Format, Qualifying Round\nThe winners of Elimination Round 2 advance to the Qualifying Round (group stage). In all in the group 16 teams. It: Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D. The matches plays round-robin competition (home and away). Top two places advance to Quarter Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194546-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup, Format, Quarter Final\nTop two places of the groups advance to Quarter Final. The Quarter Finals games will be played two game (if need three games). The winners of the Quarter Final Round advance to the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194546-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup, Format, Final Four\nWinners of the Quarter Final Round advance to the Final Four. It Semi-Finals and Final (including match for third place also). It was held on April 18 and April 20, in Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194546-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup, Teams\nThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: title holders;):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194546-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup, Qualifying round\nA total number of sixteen teams participated in the qualifying round. They were divided over four groups of in each four teams. The top two teams in each group advance to quarter-final playoffs. The matches were played in a round-robin competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194546-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIBA EuroCup, Final Four\nThe Final Four was held from 18 until 20 April 2008 in Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194551-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\nThe 42nd World Cup season began in October 2007 in S\u00f6lden, Austria and concluded on 15 March 2008, at the World Cup Finals in Bormio, Italy. (The team event scheduled for the following day was canceled, due to adverse weather conditions.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194551-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\nThe overall champions were Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn, both of the United States. It was Miller's second overall title and Vonn's first, and the first for an American woman in a quarter century. The last was Tamara McKinney in 1983, which was also the last U.S. sweep as Phil Mahre won his third consecutive overall title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194551-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\nMiller won the 2008 title by a margin of 111 points over runner-up Benjamin Raich of Austria, while Vonn outpaced her closest rival, Austrian Nicole Hosp, by 220 points. Austria won the Nations Cup for the 20th consecutive season, scoring more than double the points of runner-up Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194552-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over the season for cross-country skiers. It was the 27th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The season began on 27 October 2007 with 800m sprint races for women in D\u00fcsseldorf, won by Natalia Matveeva of Russia, who took her first World Cup victory. The season concluded with World Cup Finals, a mini-tour held in Bormio, Italy. Finnish skier Virpi Kuitunen won the overall women's cup for the 2nd consecutive season and Luk\u00e1\u0161 Bauer of Czech Republic won the overall men's cup. The World Cup is organised by the FIS who also run world cups and championships in ski jumping, snowboarding and alpine skiing amongst others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194552-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Calendar\nBoth men's and women's events tend to be held at the same resorts over a 2 or 3 day period. Listed below is a list of races which equates with the points table further down this page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194552-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Calendar\nThe Tour de Ski is a series of events which count towards the World Cup. This starts with the meet at Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto and concludes at Val di Fiemme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194552-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup points\nThe table shows the number of points won in the 2007\u201308 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194552-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup points\nA skier's best results in 18 distance races and 9 sprint races counts towards the overall World Cup totals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194552-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup points\nAll distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski (which counts as 50% of a normal race) and the total World Cup Final, count towards the distance standings. All sprint races, including the sprint races during the Tour de Ski (which counts as 50% of a normal race) and the first race of the World Cup final, count towards the sprint standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194552-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup points\nThe Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events. Relay events count double (see World Cup final positions), with only one team counting towards the total, while in team sprint events two teams contribute towards the total, with the usual World Cup points (100 to winning team, etc.) awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194553-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals\nThe 2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals were the 1st edition of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, an annual cross-country skiing mini-tour event. The three-day event was held in Bormio, Italy. It began on 14 March 2008 and concluded on 16 March 2008. It was the final competition round of the 2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194553-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals\nPietro Piller Cottrer of Italy and Claudia Nystad of Germany won the first stage of the mini-tour; a prologue freestyle. The second stage, a mass start in classic technique, did not count as an ordinary World Cup race as no World Cup points were awarded on the stage. However, the stage counted in the World Cup Final overall standings and was won by Vincent Vittoz in the men's competition and by Virpi Kuitunen among the women. Vittoz and Kuitunen both lead the overall standings after two stages and both won the World Cup Final overall by defending their positions on the third stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194553-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Overall leadership\nThe results in the overall standings were calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. On the two first stages, the winners were awarded 15 bonus seconds. On the second stage, the three first skiers to pass the intermediate sprint points were also awarded bonus seconds. No bonus seconds were awarded on the third stage. The skier with the lowest cumulative time was the overall winner of the Cross-Country World Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194553-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, World Cup points distribution\nThe overall winners are awarded 200 points. The winners of each of the first stage are awarded 100 points. The maximum number of points an athlete can earn is therefore 300 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194554-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup\nThe 2007/08 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the twenty ninth World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 12 December 2007 and ended on 16 March 2008. This season included four disciplines: aerials, moguls, ski cross and halfpipe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194554-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup\nDual mogul counted together with moguls ranking and for moguls title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194555-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup\nThe 2007/08 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 25th world cup season, a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing organized by FIS. The season started on 30 November 2007 and lasted until 9 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194555-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, Calendar, Men\n1 = originally scheduled Gundersen method was replaced with mass start, because the track was destroyed over a strong wind. 10 km cross-country run was on 19 January 2008, but ski jumping round was postponed on the next day over a strong wind. 2 = on 27 January ski jumping round was cancelled for strong wind and fog, that's why only 7.5 km sprint was organized this day. As for final result they just added previous day competition ski jumping round. 3 = Because of the bad weather forecast they switched the disciplines. Cross-country run in the morning and ski jumping round in the afternoon. 4 = Because of the bad weather forecast ski jumping round for competition on 8 March was already organized on 7 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194556-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup\nThe 2007/08 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 17th in a row (15th official) Continental Cup winter season and the 6th summer season in ski jumping for men. This was also the 4th winter season for ladies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194556-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup\nOther competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194556-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Europa Cup vs. Continental Cup\nThis was originally last Europa Cup season and is also recognized as the first Continental Cup season by International Ski Federation although under this name began its first official season in 1993/94.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194557-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nThe 2007/08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 29th World Cup season in history. The season began on 1 December 2007 in Kuusamo, and finished on 16 March 2008 in Planica. The season was dominated by Austrian pair Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer who between them won 16 of the 27 individual competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194557-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nThomas Morgenstern won the overall World Cup title \u2013 the first overall victory of his career \u2013 ahead of Gregor Schlierenzauer, with Finnish veteran Janne Ahonen finishing in third place. Ahonen won the traditional Four Hills Tournament, while Schlierenzauer won the Nordic Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194557-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nThe previous year's overall winner Adam Ma\u0142ysz had a disappointing season, finishing 12th overall, and failing to get a podium finish in any of the 27 competitions. The season also gave Tom Hilde and Anders Bardal of Norway the first World Cup victories of their respective careers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194557-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nLower competitive circuits this season included the Continental Cup and Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194557-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Villach\nThis competition replaces the cancelled competition at Kranj (see below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194557-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Kranj\nCompetition cancelled due to lack of snow and warm temperatures; replaced with an additional competition at Villach on 13 December 2007 (see above)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194557-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Four Hills Tournament, Innsbruck\nCompetition cancelled due to strong winds; replaced with an additional competition at Bischofshofen on 5 January 2008 (see below)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 89], "content_span": [90, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194557-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Harrachov\nCompetition rescheduled due to poor weather conditions. Second round cancelled due to strong winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194557-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Zakopane\nCompetition rescheduled because of strong winds. Second round cancelled because of strong winds and heavy snow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194557-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, Nordic Tournament, Lahti\nCompetition cancelled due to strong winds; replaced with an additional competition at Kuopio on 3 March 2008 (see below)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194558-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FIS Snowboard World Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 FIS Snowboard World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for snowboarding. The season began on 1 September 2007, and finished on 3 March 2008. The World Cup is organized by the FIS who also runs world cups and championships in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, alpine skiing and freestyle skiing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194559-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Baku season\nThe FK Baku 2007-08 season was Baku's tenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and was their first season with Gjoko Had\u017eievski as their manager, having replaced Boyukagha Hajiyev in July 2007. They finished the season in 8th place in the league and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Quarterfinal stage by Gabala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194559-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Baku season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194559-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Baku season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194559-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Baku season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194559-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Baku season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194559-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Baku season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194560-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Khazar Lankaran season\nThe Khazar Lankaran 2007\u201308 season was Khazar Lankaran's third Azerbaijan Premier League season. It was their second season under the management of Agaselim Mirjavadov. They finished 4th in the league and won the Azerbaijan Cup in extra-time against Inter Baku.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194560-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194560-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194560-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194560-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194560-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194561-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Partizan season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was FK Partizan's 2nd season in Serbian SuperLiga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194561-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Partizan season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194562-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Partizani Tirana season\nIn the 2007\u201308 season, Partizani Tirana competed in the Kategoria Superiore for the seventh consecutive season. The club finished in second place, after a dramatic loss in a deciding match against Dinamo Tirana in the last round. Their second place was a best result since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194562-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Partizani Tirana season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194563-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Qaraba\u011f season\nThe Qaraba\u011f 2007-08 season was Qaraba\u011f's fifteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their only full season with Rasim Kara as their manager. They finished the season in 5th place, and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Quarterfinal stage by Inter Baku.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194563-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194563-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194563-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194563-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194563-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194564-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Falkirk F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 Scottish football season, Falkirk competed in the Scottish Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194564-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Falkirk F.C. season, Kit\nFalkirk's kit was manufactured by Lotto, following the end of Falkirk's deal with TFG. The kit was sponsored by Central Demolition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 32], "content_span": [33, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194564-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Falkirk F.C. season, Kit\nThe home kit was designed to resemble Falkirk's kit from their 1957 Scottish Cup triumph, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 32], "content_span": [33, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194564-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Falkirk F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194564-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Falkirk F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194565-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fencing World Cup\nThe 37th FIE Fencing World Cup began on October 2007 and concluded on August 2008 at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194566-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fenerbah\u00e7e S.K. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 Turkish football season, Fenerbah\u00e7e competed in the S\u00fcper Lig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194566-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fenerbah\u00e7e S.K. season, Season summary\nFenerbah\u00e7e recorded their best-ever European performance as they reached the Champions League quarter-finals. However, they failed to retain the S\u00fcper Lig title. Coach Zico did not sign a contract extension, and resigned on June 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194566-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fenerbah\u00e7e S.K. season, Kit\nFenerbah\u00e7e's kit was manufactured by German apparel company Adidas and sponsored by Turkish telecommunications company Avea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 35], "content_span": [36, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194566-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fenerbah\u00e7e S.K. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194566-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fenerbah\u00e7e S.K. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194567-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Feyenoord season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the first and last season under coach Bert van Marwijk before becoming the head coach of the Dutch national football team This was his second spell at Feyenoord after he had managed the team from 2000-2004. This season was not the best of seasons in the Eredivisie finishing only 6th. However, the club won a big price: the KNVB Cup, which was the 11th time they had won the cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194567-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Feyenoord season, Transfers\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194567-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Feyenoord season, Transfers\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194568-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina\nThe 2007\u201308 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina season was the eighth since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194569-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 First League of the Republika Srpska\nThe 2007\u201308 First League of the Republika Srpska season was the thirteenth since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194570-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Gators men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194570-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Gators men's basketball team\nThe Gators were looking to rebuild after their 2006\u201307 season, when they won their second consecutive NCAA national championship. However, none of the starters returned from their 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194571-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Panthers season\nThe 2007\u201308 Florida Panthers season began on October 4, 2007, with a game at Madison Square Garden against the New York Rangers. It was the Panthers' 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194571-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Panthers season\nThe 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio, on June 22\u201323. For a complete list of Panthers' draft picks, see below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194571-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Panthers season, Regular season\nThe Panthers tied the Montreal Canadiens for the fewest shorthanded goals allowed with just three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194571-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Panthers season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194571-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Panthers season, Regular season, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194571-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs\nThe Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194571-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Panthers season, Transactions\nThe Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194571-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Panthers season, Draft picks\nFlorida's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Panthers had the 10th overall pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194571-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Panthers season, Farm teams, American Hockey League\nFlorida has an affiliation agreement with the Rochester Americans for this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194571-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Florida Panthers season, Farm teams, ECHL\nThe Florida Everblades remained the Panthers' ECHL affiliate that season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194572-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Conference\nThe Football Conference consists of the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference Premier is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the Conference North and Conference South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the playoff of the National division will be promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four will be relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be promoted to the National division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions will be relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League For sponsorship reasons, the league is frequently referred to as the Blue Square Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194572-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Conference, Conference Premier\nA total of 24 teams contested the division, including 19 sides from last season, one relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194572-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Conference, Conference Premier, Promotion and relegation\nBoston United were also relegated from the Football League, but were placed in the Conference North due to financial problems. Altrincham, who had finished in the relegation zone in the 2006\u201307 season, were reprieved in order for the division to remain at 24 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194572-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Conference, Conference Premier, Overall\nAldershot Town made a return to the Football League, Aldershot F.C. having actually folded during the league season of 1991\u201392 league season. Its successor Aldershot Town F.C., however, actually made an exceptionally bad start of the season, losing two of their first three home games, but after that they gained a form that produced Football Conference records, such as their 31 wins and the 101 points, wrapping up the title and the promotion well ahead of the end of the season. A key factor was their ability to avoid drawn matches, of which they only had eight. And even then six of them occurred during the nine games when they were wrapping up the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194572-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Conference, Conference Premier, Overall\nThe play-offs saw local rivals Exeter City and Torquay United facing each other for a chance to play for a promotion to the Football League. Torquay had the upper hand at first, winning the first leg on Exeter's soil with 1\u20132, and they on home ground they were leading 1\u20130 (3\u20131 aggregate) with just 20 minutes left, when Exeter ended their hopes with a burst of four goals to wrap up the series with a 5\u20133 aggregate win. Exeter eventually won 1\u20130 over Cambridge United at Wembley to seal their return to the League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194572-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Conference, Conference Premier, Overall\nAs usual, the biggest average crowds were seen in Oxford, with an average of 4,728 spectators per game and an aggregate of 108,750, but actually they fell fifth in highest attendances, with the West Country derby between Exeter City and Torquay United drawing the biggest crowd of the season with 7,839 spectators, followed by the Cambridgeshire derby of Cambridge United v Histon with 7,125, another West Country derby between Torquay and Exeter with 6,021 and even Aldershot Town v Weymouth with 5,980, leaving Oxford behind in their top drawing match against Crawley Town with their 5,900 spectators. Droylsden had the fewest spectators, with an aggregate of 14,800, meaning an average crowd of 643 spectators, with a high of 1,178 against Altrincham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194572-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Conference, Conference North, Promotion and relegation\nA total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 sides from last season, one relegated from Football League Two, two relegated from the Conference National and two promoted from the Northern Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194572-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Conference, Conference North, Promotion and relegation\nBoston United were transferred down two divisions due to financial problems. At the end of the season still under entering administration, Boston United were relegated another division down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194572-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Conference, Conference South, Promotion and relegation\nA total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 sides from last season, one relegated from the Conference National, two promoted from the Isthmian League and two promoted from the Southern Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194573-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th completed season of the Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194574-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Championship\nThe 2007\u201308 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season under its current league division format and its fourth with its current sponsorship. The leagues started in August 2007 and concluded in May 2008, with the promotion play-off finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194574-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Championship\nThe Football League is contested through three Divisions. The top divisions of these is the League Championship. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premiership and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship play-off. The bottom three teams in the Championship will be relegated to the second division, League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194574-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Championship\nWest Bromwich Albion finished top of the league with 81 points, closely followed by Stoke City who had 79 points. Hull City were promoted through the play-offs. Colchester and Scunthorpe United were both relegated several weeks before the end of the season. However, in a very tight league, with a gap of only 29 points between top and 22nd place, the final team to be relegated, Leicester City, went down on the final day while six other teams were within three points of them, despite the fact that only Crystal Palace had conceded less goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194574-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Championship, Play-offs\nThe Football League Championship Playoffs took place at the end of May 2008. They involved the teams that finished third to sixth in the table. Hull (3rd) and Bristol City (4th) qualified from their semi-finals against Watford (6th) and Crystal Palace (5th) respectively over two legs. Hull City won the final with a single Dean Windass goal to win promotion to the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194575-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Football League Cup (known as the Carling Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th staging of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for the top 92 football clubs played in English football league system. The winners qualified for the first round of the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup, if not already qualified for European competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194575-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Cup\nThe competition began on 13 August 2007, and ended with the final on 24 February 2008. Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final match for the first time since its major renovation completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194575-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Cup\nThe tournament was won by Tottenham Hotspur, who beat holders Chelsea 2\u20131 in the final, thanks to goals from Dimitar Berbatov and Jonathan Woodgate. Didier Drogba scored the opener for Chelsea. The title, as of 2021, is the most recent major trophy won by Tottenham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194575-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Cup, First round\nThe 72 Football League clubs started in the first round, which was divided into North and South sections. Each section was divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depended upon their finishing position in the 2006\u201307 season. Therefore, the clubs relegated from the Premier League in 2007; Watford, Charlton Athletic (south) and Sheffield United (north) were the top seeds, and the clubs newly promoted to the Football League, Morecambe and Dagenham & Redbridge, were bottom seeds in north and south sections respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194575-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Cup, Second round\nThe 36 winners from the first round joined the 12 Premier League clubs not participating in European competitions in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194575-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Cup, Second round\n1 Score after 90 minutes2 As Nottingham Forest were leading 1\u20130 at the time of the abandonment of the first meeting, they were given a \"free goal\" by Leicester City, who allowed Forest goalkeeper Paul Smith to dribble up the pitch uncontested and score straight from the kick-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194575-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Cup, Third round\nThe 24 winners from the second round joined the eight Premier League clubs participating in European competitions in the third round. The draw was made on 1 September. Matches were played on 25 September and 26 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194575-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Cup, Fourth round\nThe draw for the fourth round was made on 29 September 2007 and matches were played in the week commencing 29 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194575-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Cup, Fifth round\nThe draw for the fifth round was made on 3 November 2007. Matches were played in the week beginning 17 December 2007, with the exception of the match between West Ham United and Everton, which was played on 12 December due to Everton's commitments in the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194575-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Cup, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final draw was made on 19 December 2007 at 22:00 GMT. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The ties were played in the weeks beginning 9 January and 21 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194575-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Cup, Final\nThe 2008 Carling Cup Final was played on 24 February 2008 and was the first League Cup Final to be played at Wembley Stadium since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194576-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League One\nThe Football League 2007\u201308 (named Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the sixteenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2007 and concluded in May 2008, with the promotion play-off finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194576-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League One\nThe Football League is contested through three Divisions. The second division of these is League One. The winner and the runner up of League One will be automatically promoted to the Football League Championship and they will be joined by the winner of the League One playoff. The bottom four teams in the league will be relegated to the third division, League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194576-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League One\nLeeds United played at this level for the first time in their history having spent all their time in the top two divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194577-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Trophy\nThe 2007\u201308 Football League Trophy, known as the 2007\u201308 Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two. The winners were MK Dons and the runners-up were Grimsby Town, both from League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194577-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Trophy\nThe competition began on 18 September 2007 and ended with the final on 30 March 2008. The final took place at Wembley Stadium for the first time since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194577-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Trophy\nIn the first round, there are four sections: North West, North East, South West and South East. In the second round this narrows to simply a Northern and a Southern section, whereupon each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194577-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Trophy\nDoncaster Rovers were the defending champions, but lost to Grimsby on penalties in the Third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194577-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Trophy, First round\n16 teams received byes to the second round from each section. The other remaining teams start in a single-legged knockout. Should the scores be level after 90 minutes, the match entered a penalty shootout phase, with no extra-time being played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194577-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Trophy, Second round\nIn the second round, the sixteen winning teams from the first round were joined by the teams with byes. Again, there were eight one-legged matches in each section (North and South), with a penalty shootout if a draw occurred after 90 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194577-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Trophy, Second round\nThe teams that received byes in the Northern section were Bury, Carlisle United, Darlington, Leeds United, Lincoln City, Port Vale, Rochdale and Stockport County, while Barnet, Brighton & Hove Albion, Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town, Gillingham, Hereford United, Milton Keynes Dons and Wycombe Wanderers received byes in the Southern section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194577-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Trophy, Area quarter-finals\nIn the third round, the winning teams from the second round play in eight one-legged matches, four in each section (North and South). Again, a penalty shootout followed if the match was drawn after 90 minutes. Matches were played on 13 November and 14 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194578-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Two\nThe Football League 2007\u201308 (named Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the sixteenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2007 and concluded in May 2008, with the promotion play-off finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194578-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Two\nThe Football League is contested through three Divisions. The third and final division of these is League Two. The winner and the runner up of League Two will be automatically promoted to the Football League One and they will be joined by the winner of the League Two playoff. The bottom four teams in the league will be relegated to the Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194578-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football League Two\nDagenham & Redbridge and Morecambe played at this level for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194579-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Superleague of Kosovo\nThe 2007\u201308 Football Superleague of Kosovo season, also known as the Raiffeisen Superleague of Kosovo (Albanian: Raiffeisen Superliga e Kosov\u00ebs) for sponsorship reasons with Raiffeisen The campaign began on 25 August 2007, and ended on 1 June 2008. Raiffeisen Superliga season 2007\u201308 was organized by the Football Federation of Kosovo and the division had a 16-team format. The clubs play each other twice (home and away) during the season for a 30-match schedule. At the end of the season, the bottom three teams in the division were relegated to the second division of football in Kosovo, First Football League of Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194579-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Superleague of Kosovo\nFC Prishtina won the title for the third time since the end of the war, and the seventh time since the breakup of Yugoslavia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194579-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Superleague of Kosovo, Teams\nSixteen teams of Football Superleague of Kosovo season 2007\u201308 and their position at the end of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194579-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Football Superleague of Kosovo, League table, Relegation\nPromotion from Liga e Par\u00eb to Raiffeisen Superliga for 2008\u201309 season have secured: KF Istogu, KF Ferizaj and KF Ulpiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194580-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season\nThe 2007\u201308 Ford Ranger One Day Cup was the 38th season of official List A domestic cricket in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia took part in the competition. The competition began on 10 October 2007 when the 2006\u201307 season's champions, the Queensland Bulls took on the Tasmanian Tigers at the Gabba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194580-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season\nAfter several months delay when it was reported that the naming rights for the One Day Domestic Competition had lapsed, it was determined that for the 2007\u201308 season it would remain as the Ford Ranger Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194580-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season\nThe 2007\u201308 Cup Final was played on 23 February 2008 at Bellerive Oval. In a low-scoring but dramatic, rain-interrupted match, Tasmania defeated Victoria by 1 wicket with only 5 balls to spare. Victoria scored 158, but the Tasmanians' innings target was reduced to 131 runs from 31 overs under the Duckworth\u2013Lewis method.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194580-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season, Table\nThe top two teams after each round was played competed in the Ford Ranger One Day Cup final. The match was contested at the home ground of the side that finished first. (For an explanation of how points are rewarded, see Ford Ranger One Day Cup \u2013 Points system).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194581-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Four Hills Tournament\nThe 2007\u201308 Four Hills Tournament was held in only three of the traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria. The competition at Innsbruck was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions and replaced by an additional visit to Bischofshofen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194581-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Four Hills Tournament\nFinland's Janne Ahonen won his record fifth overall title after winning the last two events at Bischofshofen, and finishing on the podium in the two others. Overall World Cup leader Thomas Morgenstern of Austria finished second overall, and also claimed the individual win at Oberstdorf. The event at Garmish-Partenkirchen was won by Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer, who finished 12th overall (he was third overall after three events, but dropped in the standings when he was knocked out in the first round of the last competition).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194581-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Four Hills Tournament, Bischofshofen\nJanne Ahonen secured his record fifth overall Four Hills title ahead of Thomas Morgenstern, in an event where many of the other top-ranked jumpers (Schlierenzauer, Ammann, Hilde, Loitzl) were knocked out in the first round due to unfavorable wind conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194582-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Frauen-Bundesliga\nThe 2007\u201308 Frauen-Bundesliga was the 18th season of the Frauen-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 19 August 2007 and ended on 15 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194583-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fr\u00f6lunda HC season\nThe 2007\u201308 Fr\u00f6lunda HC season began with the retirement of goaltender Tommy Salo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194583-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fr\u00f6lunda HC season, Elitserien, Standings\nx \u2013 clinched playoff spot; y \u2013 clinched regular season league title; e \u2013 eliminated from playoff contention; r \u2013 played in regulation series", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194583-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fr\u00f6lunda HC season, Elitserien, Game log\nLegend: \u00a0\u00a0Win (3 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime win (2 point)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime loss (1 point)\u00a0\u00a0Tie (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194583-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fr\u00f6lunda HC season, Playoffs\nFr\u00f6lunda ended the 2007\u201308 regular season as the sixth seed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194583-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fr\u00f6lunda HC season, Drafted players\nFr\u00f6lunda HC players picked at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Fulham F.C. 's seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. Lawrie Sanchez was in charge of the club for the first few months of the season after taking charge at the end of the previous campaign, but left the club by mutual consent in December 2007 after a string of poor results had sent Fulham sliding towards the relegation zone. He was replaced by ex-Finland national team coach Roy Hodgson, who had previously been in charge of fellow Premier League side Blackburn Rovers amongst many other clubs around Europe. Fulham managed to save themselves from relegation to the Championship with a 1\u20130 away win against Portsmouth at Fratton Park, their third-straight away victory, despite wins for relegation rivals Reading and Birmingham City, staying up on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, August\nFulham almost started the season off perfectly when they went ahead against Arsenal through a David Healy goal after one\u00a0minute during the first weekend of the season, but Arsenal won the game in the last ten\u00a0minutes with goals from Robin van Persie and Alexander Hleb. Fulham, however, did win their first home match of the season in a midweek match against Bolton Wanderers with goals from Healy and Alexey Smertin (later confirmed as a Gerald Cid own goal), having come from behind after ex-Fulham striker Hei\u00f0ar Helguson's early goal. It would be several months before Fulham would experience another league victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, August\nIn their third game of the season, Fulham again experienced a turnaround, but this time the scoreline went against them. They were 1\u20130 up against Middlesbrough \u2013 Brian McBride scoring before being carried off injured \u2013 but they could not hold on to their lead and lost 2\u20131. There was controversy about the result because, in the last minute, Healy had a clear goal not given as the referee or linesman could not see that the ball had crossed the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, August\nThe final league game of the month was against Aston Villa; for a fourth game in succession, the team scoring the first goal failed to win. Fulham scored through Healy after six minutes, but two second half goals from former Fulham defender Zat Knight and Shaun Maloney gave Villa the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, September\nAfter three agonising defeats in their first four games, Fulham felt that they deserved some luck; this came in the first game of September against Tottenham Hotspur. Youn\u00e8s Kaboul and Dimitar Berbatov had put Tottenham in cruise control with two first goals before Dempsey replied for Fulham just before half-time. Gareth Bale extended Tottenham's lead on 61\u00a0minutes to 3\u20131 but Fulham managed to snatch a draw. Alexey Smertin's 77th-minute goal (also confirmed as an own goal, this time by Ricardo Rocha) and Diomansy Kamara's bicycle kick in stoppage time gave Fulham a 3\u20133 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, September\nIn the next game, away to Wigan Athletic, it was the opposition that rescued the game late on. Dempsey gave Fulham the lead but Jason Koumas scored a penalty 10\u00a0minutes from time after Bouazza's foul on Mario Melchiot to give Wigan a point. Another two draws followed in September: firstly a 3\u20133 draw against Manchester City, throwing away a lead twice before having to eventually come from behind (Hameur Bouazza, Simon Davies and Danny Murphy scoring for Fulham, with the City goals coming from Martin Petrov and \u00c9mile Mpenza). They followed that up by holding Chelsea to a 0\u20130 at Stamford Bridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, September\nIn the League Cup, Fulham suffered a 2\u20131 home defeat to Bolton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, October\nFulham started October with a home defeat against Portsmouth, through deflected strikes by Benjani and Hermann Hrei\u00f0arsson. A week later, against Derby County, Fulham had their second goalless draw of the season in a game of few chances, although in truth Derby could have snatched the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, October\nThe final game of the month saw Fulham throw away yet another lead with a 1\u20131 draw against Sunderland. Simon Davies gave Fulham the lead in the first half and they held out until the 86th minute, when Kenwyne Jones was in the right place to score an equaliser for Sunderland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, November\nFulham started November with a 3\u20131 home victory against Reading. Simon Davies put Fulham in front after 18\u00a0minutes. Kevin Doyle equalised ten minutes after the break, but Fulham struck back with goals from Clint Dempsey and David Healy. Elliott Omozusi was sent off in injury time, in only his second appearance, for a second yellow card. Fulham were unlucky to lose in their next game away at Liverpool as Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard both scored in the last ten\u00a0minutes for a 2\u20130 victory. It was very harsh on Fulham, who had resisted the Liverpool pressure for the majority of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, November\nAfter the international break, Fulham drew 2\u20132 with Blackburn Rovers, having twice been in front through goals from Danny Murphy and Diomansy Kamara, only to be pegged back by Brett Emerton and Stephen Warnock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, December\nDecember was a busy month, with matches crammed together at the end of the month. It turned out to be a very unsuccessful period for Fulham, as they took just two points from a possible 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, January\nA very bad start to the new year saw Fulham defeated by close rivals Chelsea 2\u20131 at Craven Cottage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, April\nApril started with a 3\u20131 defeat at home against Sunderland with second half goals from Danny Collins, Michael Chopra and Kenwyne Jones, even though Fulham had equalised through a brilliant David Healy goal from 30 yards out. Things improved the next week though as Fulham finally recorded their first away win since beating Newcastle United in September 2006, against Reading at the Madejski Stadium. Brian McBride and Erik Nevland scored the goals. It came as some relief to the long-suffering away support and put Fulham's survival bid back on track. However, Fulham then suffered a home defeat against an under-strength Liverpool side, Jermaine Pennant and Peter Crouch scoring for Liverpool. This defeat meant for most Fulham fans that relegation was looking almost certain; if results would not go their way the following week, then they could be relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 911]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, April\nThe following week, Fulham gained a priceless three points away to Manchester City to record their second successive away victory. After falling behind 2\u20130 in the first half, Fulham fought back from mathematical relegation to score three goals in the last twenty minutes, culminating with a 92nd-minute goal by Diomansy Kamara, his second of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Season review, May\nOn 3 May, Fulham were able to pull themselves out of the drop zone as Reading lost to Tottenham, and Fulham earned a vital three points with a win against Birmingham, one point above Fulham in the league table. This sent Birmingham to 19th position and Reading to 18th position, as Fulham leapfrogged both to 17th position on goal difference. Fulham's Premier League survival was in their own hands going into the last game of the season; both Reading and Birmingham registered big wins, but Fulham survived on goal difference with a 1\u20130 victory away to Portsmouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194584-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Fulham F.C. season, Transfers, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194585-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GET-ligaen season\nThe 2007\u201308 GET-ligaen season began on 13 September 2007 and was scheduled to end 21 February 2008. The Storhamar Dragons won the championships for the sixth time. The win also marked the fourth championship in as many leap years for the Dragons (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194585-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Final standings\nGP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = PointsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194585-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194585-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders\nGP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against AverageSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194585-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GET-ligaen season, Playoff\nThe Storhamar Dragons goaltender Ruben Smith was named the playoffs MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194585-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GET-ligaen season, Promotion/Relegation\nGP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = PointsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194586-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GMHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 GMHL season was the second season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The thirteen teams of the GMHL will play 42-game schedules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194586-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GMHL season\nFebruary 2008, the top teams of the league played down for the Russell Cup, emblematic of the grand championship of the GMHL. Since the GMHL is independent from Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League, this is where the GMHL's season ended. The Bradford Rattlers won their second Russell cup in as many years beating the Innisfil Lakers 4-games-to-none.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194586-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GMHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194586-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GMHL season, Final standings\nThe top 5 teams (blue shaded rows) were given their choice of opponent from the bottom five (purple) or taking a first round bye. Places 6 through 8 had to wait for decisions of the top 5 teams to determine playoff activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194586-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GMHL season, 2007-08 Russell Cup Playoffs\nDue to the playoff draft, Innisfil, Richmond Hill and South Muskoka elected to take first round byes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194586-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GMHL season, Moscow Selects exhibition series\nFrom late December 2007 until mid-January 2008 the best teams of the GMHL faced off against the all-star team of a Moscow-based Junior A league, this was supposed to be finished off with a game between the Moscow Selects and the GMHL All-Star team but Moscow cancelled this game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194586-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GMHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194586-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 GMHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194587-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gabala FC season\nThe Gabala FC 2007\u201308 season was Gabala FC's second Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their second season under manager Ramiz Mammadov. They finished the season in 6th place, whilst they also took part in the 2007\u201308 Azerbaijan Cup, which they were knocked out of in the Semifinals by Khazar Lankaran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194587-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gabala FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194587-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gabala FC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194587-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gabala FC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194587-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gabala FC season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194587-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gabala FC season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194588-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Galatasaray S.K. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Galatasaray's 104th in existence and the 50th consecutive season in the S\u00fcper Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194589-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season\nGalatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2007\u20132008 season is the 2007\u20132008 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194589-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season, Squad changes for the 2007\u20132008 season\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 91], "content_span": [92, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194589-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season, Squad changes for the 2007\u20132008 season\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 91], "content_span": [92, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194589-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season, Results, schedules and standings, Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Super League 2007\u201308\nPts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 137], "content_span": [138, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194590-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gamma Ethniki\nThe 2007\u201308 Gamma Ethniki was the 25th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It started on September 23, 2007 and ended on June 8, 2008. Diagoras and Kavala were crowned champions in South and North Groups, respectively, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki. The third promotion ticket was gained by Anagennisi Karditsa, second-placed in North Group, after the win against Ilioupoli, second-placed in South, to the single play-off match which was held on June 14, 2008, at Georgios Kamaras Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194590-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gamma Ethniki\nProsotsani, Polykastro, A.E. Giannena and Doxa Drama from North Group, and Thyella Patras, Messiniakos, Panegialios, Acharnaikos and Thiva from South were relegated to Delta Ethniki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194591-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Genoa C.F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 Genoa C.F.C. season is the 1st since the promotion from the 2006-07 Serie B season. This article lists its season results, transfers, and statistics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194591-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Genoa C.F.C. season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194592-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team began their 42nd season of collegiate play on November 9, 2007 at the Patriot Center versus Vermont. George Mason won the 2008 CAA tournament and advanced to the 2008 NCAA tournament. The Patriots were awarded a #12 seed, but lost in the first round to Notre Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194592-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team, Recruiting\nThe following is a list of players signed for the 2008\u201309 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big East Conference representing Georgetown University. The team finished with a regular-season record of 27\u20135, and won the conference regular-season title on March 8, 2008, the first time Georgetown ever won the Big East Conference regular-season championship in consecutive years and the only time it did in the original Big East Conference of 1979-2013. It lost to Pittsburgh in the Big East Tournament championship game. It was a number two seed in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, where it lost its second-round game to Davidson in a major upset. The team was ranked No. 11 in the final Associated Press Poll of the season and No. 12 in the postseason Coaches' Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nDuring the previous season, the Hoyas won both the Big East regular season championship and Big East Tournament championship and advanced all the way to the Final Four in the 2007 NCA Tournament, all for the first time for a Georgetown team since 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nWith four returning starters \u2013 senior center Roy Hibbert, senior point guard Jonathan Wallace, sophomore forward DaJuan Summers, and junior guard Jessie Sapp \u2013 Georgetown entered the 2007-08 season ranked No. 5, the Hoyas\u2032 highest preseason ranking since 1995, even though 2007 Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year forward Jeff Green had left Georgetown during the offseason to enter the National Basketball Association draft, foregoing his senior year. With Green gone, Hibbert became the centerpiece of Georgetown's offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nGeorgetown opened the season with eight straight victories, the first time the Hoyas had opened a season 5-0 or better since 2003. The third game, at Ball State, had been scheduled as a rematch between John Thompson III and his younger brother, Ball State head coach and former Georgetown player Ronny Thompson, whose teams had played one another a year earlier at the Verizon Center in the brothers\u2032 first meeting as head coaches, but Ronny Thompson had left Ball State during the summer of 2007, and John Thompson III faced a Ball State team coached by Bill Taylor instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nThe seventh game was against Jacksonville, the first meeting between the teams since a December 1969 game that was declared a \"no contest\" after Georgetown head coach John Magee pulled his players off the court at Jacksonville out of fear for their safety in the face of a hostile crowd; 38 years later, the result of the meeting was an easy 87-55 Hoya victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0002-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nDuring the winning streak, Hibbert had 23 points and eight rebounds in a come-from-behind win against William and Mary, 12 points against Michigan in a game that began with Georgetown pulling out to a 43-19 lead, 16 points and seven rebounds against Ball State, his first double-double of the season (14 points and 10 rebounds) in 24 minutes of play at Old Dominion, and 14 points, nine rebounds, and five blocked shots against Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0002-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nOver the same stretch, Jonathan Wallace had 15 points against William & Mary, 13 points against Fairfield, and 11 points against Alabama, while Jessie Sapp scored  18 points against William & Mary and 12 points each against Michigan and Alabama. DaJuan Summers had 10 points against William & Mary, 16 points against Fairfield, 18 points against Alabama, and 14 against Jacksonville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0002-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nFreshman guards Chris Wright and Austin Freeman also showed their potential as their college careers began: Wright scored 10 points against Michigan and 14 against Jacksonville, while Freeman had 10 points against Michigan, 11 points at Old Dominion, 15 against Jacksonville, and 21 points in a very physical 110-51 blow-out of Radford in which Georgetown shot 65 percent from the field for the game and 71 percent in the second half, scoring 100 or more points for the first time since John Thompson III became head coach in 2004. Sophomore guard Jeremiah Rivers came off the bench to have an outstanding defensive performance and five assists in the Fairfield game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nAfter opening 8-0, Georgetown faced its first ranked opponent of the season on December 22, visiting No. 2 Memphis, the winner of 36 straight home games. The Hoyas led by as many as eight points in the first half \u2013 the last time was 35-27 with 4:40 left in the half \u2013 but the Tigers then began to make shots more consistently and came back to take a 41-40 lead with 40 seconds left in the first half and a 43-40 lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nIn the second half, Memphis missed 11 of its first 12 shots and Georgetown took a 46-45 lead with 15:40 left in the game, but the Tigers, who dominated Georgetown in second-half rebounds, then went on a 9-0 run to lead 54-46 with 12:18 left. After that, Memphis's lead stretched to double digits and reached 17 twice, with the Tigers making 17 of their 22 free throws in the second half and four Tigers scoring in double digits during the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0003-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nFor Georgetown, Austin Freeman had a team-high 14 points, DaJuan Summers scored 13, and Patrick Ewing, Jr., contributed 10, but Roy Hibbert only managed a season-low six points. Memphis outrebounded Georgetown 43-30 \u2013 a season low for the Hoyas \u2013 and won the game 85-71 to drop Georgetown to 8-1 on the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nThe Hoyas finished 2007 and their nonconference schedule with wins over American \u2013 the first meeting between the crosstown rivals since December 1986 \u2013 and Fordham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nAmerican held a luncheon before its game with Georgetown, now ranked No. 8, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Eagles\u2032 December 15, 1982, upset win over the then-No. 5 1982-83 Hoyas in December 1982 \u2013  touted as the biggest win in American's basketball history \u2013 but Georgetown dominated the Eagles this time around and won 78-51, with DaJuan Summers scoring 16 points, Chris Wright 13, and Hibbert 14, although Hibbert tied his career-low total of one rebound, the first time he had only one rebound since a game against South Florida in January 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0004-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nThe game against Fordham on New Year's Eve was the first meeting of the teams since January 1979, and the Hoyas, who had climbed to No. 7 in the Associated Press Poll that day, routed the Rams with Jonathan Wallace scoring a team-high 19 points, DaJuan Summers scoring 15 and grabbing nine rebounds, Austin Freeman contributing 12 points, and Jessie Sapp and Roy Hibbert adding 11 each. During the Fordham game, Wallace reached two career benchmarks, becoming the 39th Hoya to score 1,000 points in his career and scoring his 190th three-point shot, moving ahead of Kevin Braswell\u2032s team record of 189 three-pointers set between 1988 and 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nGeorgetown extended its winning streak to five \u2013 opening 3-0 in conference play \u2013 as it began the Big East season in the new year of 2008 as the best team in the country in points allowed, with opponents averaging only 55.2 points per game, and in field goal percentage defense, with opponents shooting only 35.2 percent from the field against the Hoyas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nThe season opener saw the Hoyas beat Rutgers for the sixth time in a row and seventh time in eight games, with Austin Freeman scoring 13 points, Jonathan Wallace 11, and DaJuan Summers and Jessie Sapp 10 each. Against DePaul, Roy Hibbert had a double-double (17 points and 11 rebounds) and five assists, while Freeman scored 13 points and Jonathan Wallace and Jessie Sapp had 12 each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0005-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nFour days later in a back-and-forth game against Connecticut, Hibbert had a 20-point, eight-rebound performance that he capped off with a rare three-pointer \u2013 making him 2-for-2 in three-pointers during his Georgetown career \u2013 with less than five seconds left in the game. It turned out to be the game-winning shot in a 72-69 victory, giving the Hoyas two consecutive wins over the Huskies for the first time since a six-game Hoya winning streak from 1991 to 1993. Patrick Ewing, Jr., scored 14 points against Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nEntering the game as the best-shooting team from the field in the country at 51.6 percent, the Hoyas went on the road to face their first ranked Big East opponent, No. 15 Pittsburgh, winners of 12 straight games on their home court, on January 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nRonald Ram\u00f3n and Keith Benjamin came off the bench to replace injured starters Levance Fields and Mike Cook and scored 18 points each for the Panthers, while Pittsburgh freshman center DeJuan Blair, 7 inches (18\u00a0cm) shorter than Roy Hibbert, matched up well against Hibbert, scoring 15 points and grabbing nine rebounds, and the Panthers outrebounded the Hoyas 37-33.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0006-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nAlthough Hibbert scored 12 points, Jonathan Wallace scored 14, and Vernon Macklin contributed 10, the Hoyas shot only 44.2 percent from the field and 3-for-20 (15 percent) from three-point range and never led during the game; they began the second half behind only 27-26, but Pittsburgh started the second half with a 15-4 run to take a 42-30 lead. Georgetown scored eight consecutive points to close to 47-44 with 9:05 left in the game, but the Panthers responded by scoring six points of their own to stretch their led back to 52-44 with 8:14 left. Pittsburgh went on to upset Georgetown, 69-60, to break the Hoyas's five-game winning streak and drop Georgetown to 13-2 for the year and 3-1 in the Big East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nFollowing the setback against Pittsburgh, the Hoyas \u2013 with their defense ranked second in the country in opponents\u2032 shooting percentage, allowing opponents to shoot only 35.8 percent from the field, and sixth in points allowed, with opponents averaging only 56.7 points per game \u2013 began another winning streak that ultimately reached six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nBy the time they entered the fourth game of the streak, facing St. John's at Madison Square Garden on January 30, they ranked first in the country in opponents\u2032 shooting percentage at 35.8 percent and fifth in points allowed at 57.5, and they handed St. John's a defeat that tied its worst Big East loss in history, a 74-42 rout \u2013 equaled only by a 72-42 loss, also at the hands of the Hoyas, on January 6, 1982 \u2013 in which the Red Storm shot only 21.3 percent from the field and Georgetown led 41-14 at halftime and opened the second half with a 12-0 run to make the lead 53-14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0007-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nDuring the streak, Hibbert had 21 points and five assists against Notre Dame, 15 points in a close overtime victory over Syracuse, a double-double (12 points and 10 rebounds) in a narrow, come-from-behind win at West Virginia, 11 points in the blow-out of St. John's, 16 points and nine rebounds against Seton Hall, and 13 points and eight rebounds in a hard-fought, come-from-behind win over South Florida. Jonathan Wallace had 15 points against Syracuse, while DaJuan Summers had a double-double (17 points and a career-high 11 rebounds) against Notre Dame, and a career-best 24 points against South Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0007-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nJessie Sapp scored 15 points against West Virginia, 10 points against St. John's, and 17 points against Seton Hall, and Patrick Ewing, Jr., contributed a career-high 16 points against Seton Hall. Austin Freeman scored 16 points against Notre Dame, while Vernon Macklin had a career-high and game-high 18 points against St. John's,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nThe Hoyas were ranked No. 6 and sported a 19-2 overall record and a conference record of 9-1 when they visited Louisville on February 9. With strong defensive performances on both sides, the Cardinals broke the Hoyas\u2032 winning streak, dominating the Hoyas in the second half to come from behind for an upset victory in which both Roy Hibbert and Austin Freeman scored 14 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nGeorgetown bounced back to beat Villanova 55-53 two days later, with Jonathan Wallace sinking two free throws with a tenth of a second left to give him 15 points and Georgetown its first home win against the Wildcats since January 27, 1997. Roy Hibbert had 13 and DaJuan Summers 12 points against Villanova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0008-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nRanked No. 8 and visiting Syracuse five days later for the second game of the season against the Orange, Georgetown suffered another setback, falling 21 points behind in the first half and losing 77-70 despite a career-high 26 points from Jonathan Wallace, a 14-point performance for DaJuan Summers, and 11 points each by Roy Hibbert and Jessie Sapp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nThe 1-2 stretch caused the Hoyas to drop to No. 12 in the AP Poll, but they closed out the regular season with five straight wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nHibbert scored 18 points and had eight rebounds and Wallace contributed 14 points against Providence on February 18; in a rout of Cincinnati five days later that stretched the Hoyas winning streak at the Verizon Center to 19 games and put them a half-game ahead of Louisville to take first place in the Big East, Jessie Sapp had a game-high 16 points, Austin Freeman scored 13, and Hibbert had 12 points and five blocked shots; and in a rematch against St. John's on February 27 that stretched the Verizon Center winning streak to 20, Summers scored 21 points on strong three-point shooting and Hibbert had 17 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nThe Hoyas topped off the five-game streak with back-to-back wins over ranked opponents. Ranked No. 11 and tied with Louisville for first place in the conference, Georgetown visited No. 21 Marquette on March 1. Marquette led 32-28 at halftime and went on a 13-2 run to take an 11-point lead with 12 minutes left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nGeorgetown closed the gap, and with 2.8 seconds left in regulation and the Hoyas behind 63-60, Golden Eagles point guard Dominic James fouled Jonathan Wallace on a three-point attempt, Wallace sank all three free throws to tie the game and force overtime, and Georgetown then outscored Marquette to win 70-68, with Wallace and Hibbert finishing the game with 20 points each. A week later, ranked No. 11, Georgetown finished the regular season with a rematch with No. 12 Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0010-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nAlthough the Cardinals tied their season high with 14 steals, they shot only 4-for-18 (22 percent) from three-point range and 10-for-18 (55.6 percent) in free throws. DaJuan Summers took only one shot in the second half, but that was a three-pointer that put Georgetown ahead 55-52 with 40 seconds remaining. It turned out to be the winning shot and final score, as Louisville missed three straight three-point attempts to end the game. Austin Freeman had 15 points and Roy Hibbert, playing the final home game of his college career, had a 12-point, eight-rebound performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nWith the regular-season-ending victory over Louisville, No. 11 Georgetown finished with an overall record of 25-4 and a Big East record of 15-3, and repeated as Big East regular-season champion for the first time in history. It was only the second time in history and the first time since 1988 that the Big East regular-season title was determined in a game between teams tied for first place entering the season's final day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nWith a No. 1 seed in the Big East Tournament for the second year in a row and a No.9 national ranking, Georgetown had a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinals, the Hoyas faced eighth seed Villanova, also for the second year in a row. Villanova, a heavy underdog, fell behind 34-19 with 3:58 left in the first half, but over the rest of the first half and into the second half the Wildcats went on a 28-9 run to that gave them the lead, 47-43, with 13:06 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0012-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nGeorgetown took the lead back at 51-50 with 12:04 left in the game and pulled away to an 82-63 victory. Although Villanova shot 23-for-28 (82.1 percent) from the free-throw line and Roy Hibbert did not score during the game and had only four rebounds before fouling out with 5:09 to play, Georgetown made up for it by setting both a Big East Tournament record and a school record by connecting on 17 three-point shots during the game, shooting 17-for-28 (60.7 percent) from three-point range. Jessie Sapp hit on six three-point shots and scored a career-high 23 points, Jonathan Wallace had five three-pointers and 20 points, and DaJuan Summers had 19 points and three three-pointers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nIn a semifinal game the next day, Georgetown faced fifth seed West Virginia. The Hoyas staked themselves to a 33-21 lead at halftime and Jonathan Wallace hit a three-point jumper 54 seconds into the second half to stretch the lead to 36-21. But then the Mountaineers scored on 10 straight possessions to close to 49-45 with 12:16 remaining. After that, however, the Hoyas began to pull away steadily, winning 72-55. Roy Hibbert returned to form with a double-double (25 points and 13 rebounds, both season highs) including the third three-pointer of his career, making him a perfect 3-for-3 in career three-pointers, while Jessie Sapp scored 13 points and had seven rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nGeorgetown advanced to the Big East Tournament final for the second year in a row \u2013 its first back-to-back appearances in the final since 1991 and 1992 \u2013 to face No. 17 Pittsburgh, the tournament's seventh seed, with a chance to repeat as tournament champions for the first time since 1984 and 1985. Although they shot only 22-for-44 (50 percent) from the free-throw line, the Panthers outrebounded the Hoyas 41-29 and attacked the net with a balanced offense. Pittsburgh led 31-28 at halftime and 59-49 with 3:45 remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0014-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nGeorgetown closed to a 65-60 deficit with 1:20 left to play, but Pittsburgh's Ronald Ram\u00f3n went 5-for-6 from the free-throw line over the last 1:07 and Pittsbugh took the tournament championship with a 74-65 upset victory. It was the first defeat for the Hoyas in the 16 Big East Tournament games they had played in as the tournament's top seed since the tournament began in 1980. Roy Hibbert had 17 points in his final Big East game, and Jonathan Wallace had 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nWith a 27-5 record and ranked No. 8 in the country, Georgetown received an at-large bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament, its third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Seeded second in the Midwest Regional, the Hoyas began their pursuit of their first back-to-back Final Four appearances since 1984 and 1985 by facing 15th-seeded Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0015-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nThe Hoyas dominated the undersized Retrievers, shooting 51 percent from the field and holding UMBC to 32-percent shooting and completely scoreless over a seven-minute stretch in the first half, during which the Retrievers missed eight straight shots: A Chris Wright three-point jumper gave the Hoyas a 31-17 lead with three minutes left in the half before UMBC's scoring drought ended. Georgetown went on a 22-5 run late in the first half, posted a 34-22 halftime lead, and won 66-47. Roy Hibbert exhibited thorough control inside and had 13 points, Jonathan Wallace also had 13, Austin Freeman contributed 11, and Patrick Ewing, Jr., who filled in at center when Hibbert was on the bench, finished with 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nIn the second round, Georgetown met the region's tenth seed, No. 23 Davidson, the winner of 23 straight games, led by junior point guard Stephen Curry, a future National Basketball Association star. Before defeating Gonzaga in the first round two days earlier, Davidson had not won an NCAA Tournament game in 39 years, but when asked about the match-up with Davidson after the win over UMBC, John Thompson III said, \"Watching Davidson makes me feel worried... At this point, you just need to figure out how to get a win and move on.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nDespite Thompson's qualms, heavily favored Georgetown seemed to have the game under control in the first half: After a 2-0 Davidson lead, the Hoyas \u2013 featuring the country's top defense entering the game, allowing opponents to shoot only 37 percent from the field and allowing an average of only 57.6 points per game \u2013 built a 38-27 lead by halftime. Shooting 71 percent from the floor early in the second half and with Curry missing 10 of his first 12 shots of the game, Georgetown extended the lead to 46-29 with 17:56 left to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0016-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nBut then Curry came alive, and the entire character of the game changed. Led by Curry, Davidson went on a 16-2 run that cut Georgetown's lead to 50-48 with 8:47 left to play. Thanks largely to Curry, for whom the Hoyas suddenly had no answer, the Wildcats went on to take a 60-58 lead \u2013 their first lead since 2-0 \u2013 with 4:40 left, and Curry then scored a three-pointer and a two-pointer to stretch the lead to 65-60.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0016-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nCurry made six of his last nine shots from the field and five of six free throws in the final 23 seconds and scored 30 points \u2013 25 of them in the second half \u2013 and Davidson upset Georgetown 74-70 to extend its winning streak, the longest active streak in the country at the time, to 24 games and bring Georgetown's season to a stunning end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0016-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nThe Hoyas shot 63 percent from the field as a team \u2013 Jessie Sapp scored 14 points, Jonathan Wallace had 12, and DaJuan Summers finished with 10 \u2013 but Roy Hibbert managed only six points and a single rebound and Georgetown committed 20 turnovers. The loss to Davidson was the first in what became a pattern of upsets in, and early exits from, the NCAA Tournament over the next several years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nFor the season, Roy Hibbert shot 60.9 percent from the field and finished with 13.5 points per game, while Jonathan Wallace shot 49.4 percent from the field overall and 44.7 percent from three-point range, averaging 10.7 points per game. DaJuan Summers shot 42.9 percent and averaged 11.1 points per game, and Jessie Sapp shot 43.9 percent and averaged 9.7 points per game, while Patrick Ewing. Jr., shot 52.9 percent from the field, averaging 6.1 percent from the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nAt the end of the school year, a major turnover took place in the roster. Hibbert, Ewing, Wallace, and Tyler Crawford all graduated. The Toronto Raptors drafted Hibbert in the 2008 NBA draft and subsequently traded the rights to him to the Indiana Pacers, with whom he began his NBA career. The Sacramento Kings drafted Ewing in the same draft. Wallace went undrafted in 2008, but played in the NBA Summer League, the NBA Developmental League, Europe, and Angola from 2008 to 2016, when he returned to Georgetown as a special assistant coach under John Thompson III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0018-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nSophomore center Vernon Macklin decided in late April to leave the team in search of greater playing time, announcing in May that he would transfer to Florida; he sat out the 2008-09 season, then started 71 games for Florida between 2009 and 2011 and was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2011 NBA draft. Sophomore guard Jeremiah Rivers also departed, transferring to Indiana, where he believed he had a better chance of showcasing his talents than he could in Georgetown's \"Princeton offense.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194593-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nGeorgetown finished the season with a record of 28-6, and its .824 winning percentage was its best since 1995-96. Postseason, the Hoyas were ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 12 in the Coaches Poll for the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194594-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team represented the University of Georgia during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Dennis Felton, who was in his fifth season at UGA. They played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 17\u201317, 4\u201312 in SEC play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194594-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team, 2008 SEC Tournament: The Dream Dawgs\nIn the 2007\u20132008 season, Georgia's men's basketball team came into the 2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament with a 13\u201316 overall record and a 4\u201312 conference mark. At one point, the team sustained two five-game losing streaks during a 2-of-12 stretch in conference play. In the first round of the tournament, Georgia was slated to play Ole Miss, who had beaten the Bulldogs in the season-closer, securing the Rebels' only road SEC win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194594-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team, 2008 SEC Tournament: The Dream Dawgs\nThe game went into overtime after Rebel David Huertas hit all three free throws after a three-point shooting foul, and looked to go into a second extra period after Chris Warren did the same. However, with 0.4 seconds left in overtime, Georgia senior Dave Bliss banked in the game-winner to shock the Rebels and send Georgia into a second-round matchup with Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194594-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team, 2008 SEC Tournament: The Dream Dawgs\nOn the night of March 14, 2008, tornadoes hit Atlanta, in whose Georgia Dome the SEC Tournament was housed. The Georgia-Kentucky matchup was rescheduled for the early afternoon of March 15, 2008, with the winner advancing to play the SEC West's #1 seed, Mississippi State, later that evening. The remaining games in the tournament would be played at Alexander Memorial Coliseum, the basketball complex of Georgia Tech, UGA's in-state rival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194594-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team, 2008 SEC Tournament: The Dream Dawgs\nAgain playing an overtime game in which Georgia star Sundiata Gaines fouled out, Georgia freshman Zac Swansey hit a turnaround three-point jumper with 1.4 seconds left to give the Bulldogs the team's first ever win over Kentucky in the SEC Tournament. That night, Georgia defeated Mississippi State 64\u201360 to become the first team since Kentucky in 1952 to win two tournament games in one day, and the first-ever #6 seed from a division to advance to the modern (post-1992) SEC tournament finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194594-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team, 2008 SEC Tournament: The Dream Dawgs\nIn the finals, Georgia faced Arkansas, which had lost to Georgia 82\u201369 in the regular season. Georgia prevailed again, at one point leading the Razorbacks by nineteen points en route to winning its first tournament championship in 25 years. Sundiata Gaines and Terrance Woodbury were both named to the All-Tournament Team, with Gaines winning the tournament's MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194594-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team, 2008 SEC Tournament: The Dream Dawgs\nThe improbable list of achievements\u2014winning the tournament as a 6-seed, playing two games in one day to reach the finals, playing two games (against Kentucky and Mississippi State) in which Gaines fouled out with a substantial amount of time to play, doing it on a rival's home court, and winning four consecutive elimination games following a season during which their longest winning streak stood at three\u2014earned the 2007\u20132008 team the nickname of Dream Dawgs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194594-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team, 2008 SEC Tournament: The Dream Dawgs\nWith the victory, Georgia secured itself an automatic bid in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Georgia's appearance in the tournament was the tenth overall in team history and the first since the 2002 NCAA Basketball Tournament. After their SEC Championship run, the Bulldogs were seeded 14th in the NCAA Tournament, playing against the #3 seeded Xavier Musketeers. After developing a lead early in the 2nd half, the Bulldogs could not hold on, as Xavier went on to win 73\u201361.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194595-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team plays college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The head coach was Paul Hewitt who led the team to a 15\u201317 record overall (7\u20139 in the Atlantic Coast Conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194596-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgian Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Georgian Cup (also known as the David Kipiani Cup) was the sixty-fourth season overall and eighteenth since independence of the Georgian annual football tournament. The competition began on 4 August 2007 and ended with the Final held on 16 May 2008. The defending champions are Ameri Tbilisi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194596-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgian Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe matches were played from 17 to 19 February (first legs) and on 11 and 12 March 2008 (second legs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194596-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgian Cup, Semifinals\nThe matches were played on 8 and 9 April (first legs) and 7 May 2008 (second legs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194597-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Georgian Ice Hockey League season\nThe 2007\u201308 Georgian Ice Hockey League season was the first season of the Georgian Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Georgia. Four teams participated in the league, and the Grey Wolves Tbilisi won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season\nThe DEL, 2nd Bundesliga and Oberliga are the first three levels of ice hockey in Germany. All three leagues operate nationwide. While the DEL is an independently operated league, the other two are run by the German ice hockey federation, the DEB, through the ESBG. The leagues below the Oberliga are operated by the state federations (German:Landesverb\u00e4nde) and don't run nationwide. The 2007\u201308 season for the three top leagues started on 6 September 2007 with the first round in the DEL and finished on 25 April 2008 with the fifth and last game of the 2nd Bundesliga finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL\nThe DEL is the highest tier of German ice hockey. The league was played with 15 clubs in the 2007\u201308 season, one more than the previous season, because the 2006\u201307 2nd Bundesliga champion EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams had joined the league. The modus however remained the same. Each club played the others four times, resulting in 56 regular season games per club. The top six clubs at the end of the regular season qualified for the first round of the play-offs. The clubs seven to ten played a preliminary round to determine the last two places for the first round. For the teams placed eleven to fifteen, the season has ended. No club was relegated from the DEL this season. The league will however expand and admit a sixteenth team for next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 824]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL\nThe league was won, for a third time in four years, by the Eisb\u00e4ren Berlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL, Final table\nThe final table operates under the following points system: Three points for a win, two for a win after overtime or penalties, one for a loss after overtime or penalties and no points for an outright loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL, Play-offs\nThe four rounds of the 2007\u201308 play-offs were played under the following system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL, Play-offs\nUnlike the regular season, in the play-offs games will not be decided by penalty shoot-outs but in overtime (OT) sudden-death. In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL, Top Scorers\nThe five highest placed scores in the regular season and play-offs are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga\nThe 2nd Bundesliga is the second highest tier of ice hockey in Germany. The league played with 14 clubs in the 2007\u201308 season, the same number it had since 2001. Each club played each other four times during the regular season. The top eight teams in the league qualified for the play-offs  to determined the 2nd Bundesliga champion who also has the opportunity to gain promotion to the DEL this season. For the clubs placed nine and ten, the season has finished after the regular round. The bottom four clubs play out the two relegated teams from the 2nd Bundesliga. However, due to the later insolvency of two of the league's teams, only one club, the EV Landsberg, was relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga\nThe league was won by the Kassel Huskies who thereby earned the right to apply for a DEL licence and return to the league they played in until 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga\nThe Moskitos Essen and Eisb\u00e4ren Regensburg both declared insolvency on 15 April 2008, being unable to meet their debts. Both clubs are immediately relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga. The two relegated clubs, Lausitz and Landsberg, are the first replacement for the two. The EV Landsberg is in financial trouble themselves and will probably not take part in the next 2nd Bundesliga season, therefore the W\u00f6lfe Freiburg become the next replacement as best-placed semifinal loser from the Oberliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga\nShould Regensburg be able to survive the insolvency, the team could enter in the Oberliga for the 2008\u201309 season, this is however seen as unlikely by the club. If not it will take up the place of its reserve team in the Bavarian Landesliga (Tier V). Which league the Moskitos Essen will be playing in 2008\u201309 is not yet clear but it will not be the 2nd Bundesliga. Like Regensburg, the team could take the place of the reserve side which won promotion to the Regionalliga (Tier IV) this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga\nDue to the structure of the 2nd Bundesliga, where all teams playing are separate companies operated by the mother club, the insolvency of one of those does not mean the club itself becomes insolvent. Reserve teams are usually operated by the mother club and therefore unaffected by any insolvencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga, Regular season\nThe final table operates under the following points system: Three points for a win, two for a win after overtime, one for a loss after overtime and no points for an outright loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga, Play-offs\nThe three rounds of the 2007\u201308 play-offs were played under the following system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga, Play-offs\nIn all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6). Should a game be undecided after regular time, there will be one overtime (OT) in sudden death format. Should there still be no winner, the game is decided through penalties (P).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga, Play-downs\nThe play downs consists of only one round, played in a best-of-seven format. The two loser of this round are nominally relegated to the Oberliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Oberliga\nThe Oberliga is the third tier of ice hockey in Germany and as such the lowest nationwide level; below it are currently the LEV's (Landesverb\u00e4nde). In the 2007\u201308 season the league played with 19 clubs. For the first time since 2001, the Oberliga was split into a northern and a southern group. Unlike until 2001 however, when the top teams of the two divisions only met in the finals, games between the two groups are already staged in the regular season, when teams from the same division met each other four times while teams from opposite divisions only met twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Oberliga\nThe first four clubs in each group qualified for the Oberliga play-offs to determine the two promoted clubs to the 2nd Bundesliga. An Oberliga final is not played as the two semifinal winners are both promoted. The regular season results between the two semifinal winners determined the Oberliga champion instead. The two fifth-placed teams and the sixth from the south finished their season with the end of the regular season. The bottom four clubs of each division played out one relegated team each, independently of each other. In turn, the three regional champions will gain promotion to the Oberliga with the possibility of more clubs moving up should the DEL, as planned, expand or a club in the top three divisions fold or withdraw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Oberliga\nThe league was won by the Dresdner Eisl\u00f6wen who are, together with the runner-up T\u00f6lzer L\u00f6wen, promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. Due to Kassel gaining entry to the DEL, the W\u00f6lfe Freiburg were also promoted. Of the bottom two clubs, only Erfurt was relegated. Weiden withdrew from the league for financial reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Oberliga, Regular season\nThe regular season saw the league split into two groups, the Oberliga Nord and Oberliga S\u00fcd, a separation which had existed until the 2000\u201301 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Oberliga, Play-offs\nThe Oberliga play-offs are operating on a best-of-seven modus. The winning teams of the semifinals are promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. Should the DEL expand to 16 teams, the best placed club of the two semifinal losers will also gain entry to the 2nd Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Oberliga, Play-downs\nThe Oberliga play-downs are also operating on a best-of-seven modus. The two groups determine separately one relegated team each, this being the losing teams of the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Leagues below the Oberliga\nThe levels below the Oberliga are not administrated by the DEB but rather by the local federations, the LEV's. With the ESBG's intention to increase the number of clubs in the Oberliga from 19 to 20 to balance both leagues, three promotion places will be available from the LEV's to this league in 2007\u201308. Should the DEL expand as well, another promotion spot would become available and it is planned to hand this one to the Regionalliga West. Only the three regional champions had the right for promotion but all clubs but the Herner EV declined:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Leagues below the Oberliga, Regionalliga West\nThe Regionalliga West is actually not quite a league but rather a promotion round. It contains the best six teams of the Regionalliga Nordrhein-Westfalen, and the top two teams of the Regionalliga Hessen and the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Liga each. The winner of this league is promoted to the Oberliga but this seasons runner-up, the EHC Dortmund may gain promotion to. As such, the league covers the German states of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Hessen, Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Leagues below the Oberliga, Regionalliga Nordost\nThis league covers the north and north east of Germany. Again, it is more of a promotion round, compromising ten teams from two groups, the northern and the north eastern group. The Regionalliga Nordost covers the German states of Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin, Sachsen-Anhalt, Sachsen and Th\u00fcringen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 89], "content_span": [90, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194598-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 German ice hockey league season, Leagues below the Oberliga, Bayernliga\nThe Bayernliga is the only single-state league of the three, covering just Bavaria. The reason for this is that the state holds approximately one third of all ice hockey clubs in Germany and 18 of the 48 clubs in the first three divisions are from this federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194599-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Getafe CF season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 Spanish football season, Getafe competed in La Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194599-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Getafe CF season, Season summary\nFor the second season running, Getafe were runners-up in the Copa del Rey; however, this time they failed to qualify for the UEFA Cup, as cup winners Valencia did not qualify for Europe for the league. Getafe had enjoyed a good run in the UEFA Cup, reaching the quarter-finals before knocked out on away goals by German giants Bayern Munich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194599-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Getafe CF season, Season summary\nAt the end of the season, manager Michael Laudrup tendered his resignation, having completed only one season with the team. V\u00edctor Mu\u00f1oz was appointed to replace him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194599-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Getafe CF season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194599-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Getafe CF season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season\nThe 2007-08 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Magners Celtic League and the European Champions Cup, the Heineken Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Staff\nChairman: Charles ShawChief Executive: Ian RiddochMedical Team: Dr. Gerry Haggerty, Lisa Casey, Paul McGinley, Nicola McGuireFitness Team: Gary Sheriff, Andy Smith, Ian ClelandMedia Manager: Stuart MartinKit Manager & Masseur: Dougie MillsVideo Analyst: Robert HoldsworthTeam Co-Ordinator: Kim GrayCommunity Board Members: Walter Malcolm, Douglas McCreaCommunity Marketing Officer: Natalie DuncanAdministrator: Nicola Sturgeon", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nMichael Collins Ed Kalman Moray Low Ben Prescott Kevin Tkachuk Justin Va'a", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nJohn Barclay Johnnie Beattie Kelly Brown James Eddie Donnie Macfadyen Steve Swindall Richie Vernon", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nScott Barrow Max Evans Daryl Gibson Andrew Henderson Graeme Morrison", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nThom Evans Lome Fa'atau Hefin O'Hare Sean Marsden Colin Shaw Bernardo Stortoni", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Player statistics\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Glasgow have used 35 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 1\nRotherham Titans: Replacements: Glasgow Warriors: Sean Marsden, Hefin O\"Hare, Graeme Morrison, Scott Barrow, Colin Shaw, Colin Gregor, Sam Pinder, Michael Collins, Eric Milligan, Ben Prescott, James Eddie, Opeta Palepoi, Stevie Swindall, Donnie Macfadyen, Johnnie BeattieReplacements: Ben Addison, Daryl Gibson, Thom Evans, Mike Adamson, Chris O\"Young, Pat McArthur, Ed Kalman, Andy Newman, Dan Turner, Richie Vernon, John Barclay, Scott Forrest, Ruaridh Jackson, Jamie Hunter", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 2\nGlasgow Warriors: Michael Collins, Eric Milligan, Ben Prescott, Andy Newman, Alastair Kellock, Steve Swindall, Donnie Macfadyen, Johnnie Beattie, Chris O'Young, Colin Gregor, Hefin O'Hare, Daryl Gibson, Graeme Morrison, Max Evans, Colin ShawReplacements: Pat MacArthur, Ed Kalman, Moray Low, Dan Turner, James Eddie, Opeta Palepoi, Richie Vernon, Scott Forrest, Sam Pinder, Mike Adamson, Sean Marsden, Scott Barrow, Bernardo StortoniNewcastle Falcons: Matt Burke, Tom May, James Hoyle, Mark Mayerhofler, John Rudd, Steve Jones, Lee Dickson, Joe McDonnell, Matt Thompson, Micky Ward, Andy Buist, Mark Sorenson, Geoff Parting, Ben Woods, Phil Dowson (c)Replacements: Andy Long, David Wilson, Jon Golding, Andy Perry, Brent Wilson, James Grindal, Adam Dehaty, Joe Shaw, Ollie Phillips", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 863]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 3\nWasps: Replacements: Glasgow Warriors: Michael Collins, Eric Milligan, Moray Low, Andy Newman, Dan Turner, Steve Swindall, Donnie Macfadyen, Johnnie Beattie, Chris O'Young, Colin Gregor, Thom Evans, Scott Barrow, Graeme Morrison, Hefin O'Hare, Colin ShawReplacements: Pat MacArthur, Ed Kalman, Ben Prescott, James Eddie, Opeta Palepoi, Richie Vernon, Sam Pinder, Mike Adamson, Max Evans, Sean Marsden, Scott Barrow, Bernardo Stortoni", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 4\nLeeds Carnegie: 1 Michael Cusack 2 Scott Freer 3 Adam Hopcroft 4 James Craig 5 Mark Anderson 6 Andrew Boyde 7 Sam Stitcher ( C ) 8 Max Lewis 9 Mike Aspinall 10 Adam Greendale 11 Luther Burrell 12 Lee Blackett 13 Tom Rock 14 Andy Rock 15 Pete WackettReplacements: 16 Chris Steel 17 Aarin Yorke 18 Chris Wilson 19 Gareth Williams 20 Dan White 21 Luke GrayGlasgow Warriors: 15 Colin Shaw 14 Hefin O\"Hare 13 Graeme Morrison 12 Scott Barrow 11 Chris Kinloch 10 Colin Gregor 9 Mike Adamson 1 Justin Va'a 2 Eric Milligan 3 Mike Collins 4 Opeta Palepoi 5 Dan Turner 6 James Eddie 7 Calum Forrester 8 Richie VernonReplacements: Ruaridh Jackson, Andrew Dymock, Scott Forrest, Allan Kelly, Ben Prescott, Pat McArthur, Alan Dymock, Tom Bury", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Magners Celtic League, League Table\nUnder the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Magners Celtic League, Results\nSome of the all Welsh fixtures were played early to allow the Welsh teams to play in the British & Irish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Magners Celtic League, Results\nGlasgow Warriors won the 1872 Cup with an aggregate score of 54 - 49.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nA player's nationality shown is taken from the nationality at the highest honour for the national side obtained; or if never capped internationally their place of birth. Senior caps take precedence over junior caps or place of birth; junior caps take precedence over place of birth. A player's nationality at debut may be different from the nationality shown. Combination sides like the British and Irish Lions or Pacific Islanders are not national sides, or nationalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nPlayers in BOLD font have been capped by their senior international XV side as nationality shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nPlayers in Italic font have capped either by their international 7s side; or by the international XV 'A' side as nationality shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nPlayers in normal font have not been capped at senior level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194600-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nA position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. A player may have made a prior debut for Glasgow Warriors in a non-competitive match, 'A' match or 7s match; these matches are not listed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194601-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Golden State Warriors season\nThe 2007\u201308 Golden State Warriors season was their 62nd season in the NBA and their 35th in Oakland. The Warriors had the fifth best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194601-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Golden State Warriors season\nDespite finishing the season with a 48-34 record, six more wins than the previous season, the Warriors failed to qualify for the playoffs, as all eight seed teams in the Western conference finished with a 50+ winning record. The Warriors has the second highest winning percentage (.585) of any team who failed to make the playoffs behind the 1971\u201372 Phoenix Suns. This had fans severely criticizing the conference system in the league as the Warriors had a better record than all eastern conference playoff teams up to the third seed. Teams such as the Atlanta Hawks had sub or .500 winning percentages but still managed to make the postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194602-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, from Gonzaga University in Washington state, played in the West Coast Conference and the Great Alaska Shootout. The team won 25 matches and lost 8, but lost in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194602-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Preseason\nCoach Mark Few hit the recruiting trail hard in the offseason with the Coach proclaiming it's \"the best we've ever had here\". Few managed to recruit sought-after forward Austin Daye, Junior College transfer Ira Brown, Robert Sacre (a 7-foot Center from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) and Steven Gray, a prized point/shooting guard. Also returning from a suspension would be the team's leading scorer from the season before Josh Heytvelt, and Theo Davis. The team entered the season ranked 14th in the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194602-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Tournament build-up\nGonzaga received a 7 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament, and were paired against the 10 seed Davidson College, a sleeper pick by many experts. During the season the Bulldogs played ten teams that eventually made it to the tournament, and played a total of 13 games against teams who made it into the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194602-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Tournament build-up\nThe Zags won seven of those thirteen games beating a 10 seed in Saint Mary's, a 13 seed in San Diego (Gonzaga won twice against San Diego), an 11 seed in Saint Joseph's, WKU, a 12 seed, a 14th seeded Georgia team, and a 4 seed in UConn. Gonzaga also lost six games against eventual tournament teams, they lost to Saint Mary's on the road, San Diego in the WCC Conference tournament, and also lost to a 1 seed in Memphis, a 2 seed in Tennessee, a 6th seeded Oklahoma Sooners team, and a 4 seed in Washington State at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194603-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final\nThe 2007\u201308 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was an elite figure skating competition held at the Palavela in Turin, Italy from December 13 through 16, 2007. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194603-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final\nIt was the culminating event of the 2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, which consisted of 2007 Skate America, 2007 Skate Canada International, 2007 Cup of China, 2007 Troph\u00e9e Eric Bompard, 2007 Cup of Russia, and 2007 NHK Trophy competitions. The top six skaters from each discipline competed in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194603-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Results, Pairs\nAliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy from Germany set a new world record of 72.14 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194604-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Greek Basket League\nThe 2007\u201308 Greek Basket League season was the 68th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The winner of the championship was Panathinaikos that won Olympiacos in the finals of the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194604-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Greek Basket League, Regular season, Standings\nPts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194604-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Greek Basket League, Playoffs\nThis is the outlook for the 2008 \u03911 playoffs. Teams in italics have home advantage. Teams in bold advance to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194605-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Greek Football Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Greek Football Cup was the 66th edition of the Greek Football Cup. 69 club entries were accepted for the competition. The competition culminated with the Greek Football Cup Final, held at Kaftanzoglio Stadium, on 17 May 2008. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Aris, with Olympiacos winning by 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194605-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Greek Football Cup, Third round\n* Veria had won in that match but finally forfeited due to breaching of rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194605-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Greek Football Cup, Final\nThe 64th Greek Cup Final was played at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194606-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gretna F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the sixth and final season for Gretna in the Scottish Football League, and Gretna's only season in the Scottish Premier League. The club dissolved at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194606-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gretna F.C. season, Players, Gretna's final squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194606-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gretna F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194606-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Gretna F.C. season, Players, Youth team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194607-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Squad overview\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194607-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Squad overview, Most frequent starting line-up\nMost frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4-4-2. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194609-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Guildford Flames season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It was the 16th year of ice hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the first season Paul Dixon was head coach. They were crowned EPL League Champions on 9 March 2008 following a 6\u20131 road victory over the Telford Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194609-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Guildford Flames season, Knockout Cup table\n[ *] Guildford advance to play Milton Keynes in a two legged semi-final. [ **] Sheffield and Peterborough advance to play each other in a two legged semi-final. Peterborough beat Milton Keynes in 2 legged final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194609-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Guildford Flames season, Results, March\n30 March at Romford was postponed until 3 April due to mechanical failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194609-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Guildford Flames season, End-of-season awards\nThe traditional end of season awards dinner was held on Monday 17 March 2008. The following awards were given out:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194609-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Guildford Flames season, End-of-season awards\nThe GIHSC (Guildford Ice Hockey Supporters Club) voted the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194610-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HKFA Chairman's Cup\nHong Kong Football Association Chairman's Cup 2007-08 is the 33rd staging of the competition. The reserve teams of the 9 First Division League clubs and Hong Kong C Team entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194611-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HNK Hajduk Split season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 97th season in Hajduk Split\u2019s history and their seventeenth in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd place finish in the 2006\u201307 season meant it was their 17th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194611-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HNK Hajduk Split season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194611-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HNK Hajduk Split season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194612-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HNK Rijeka season\nThe 2008\u201309 season was the 62nd season in Rijeka's history. It was their 17th season in the Prva HNL and 34th successive top tier season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194612-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HNK Rijeka season, Matches, Squad statistics\nCompetitive matches only. Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194613-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HV71 season\nThe 2007\u201308 HV71 season began September 24, 2007 against Fr\u00f6lunda HC. It was the club's 24th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194613-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HV71 season\nAfter winning their game against Modo Hockey in overtime on February 28, HV71 clinched the regular season league title, for a total of three times. HV71 won the playoffs on April 18, winning the sixth game in the finals by 3-2 and the series 4-2 against Link\u00f6pings HC. This was their third time becoming Swedish Champions in the club's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194613-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HV71 season, Regular season, Standings\nx \u2013 clinched playoff spot; y \u2013 clinched regular season league title; e \u2013 eliminated from playoff contention; r \u2013 played in regulation series", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194613-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HV71 season, Regular season, Game log\nLegend: \u00a0\u00a0Win (3 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime win (2 point)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime loss (1 point)\u00a0\u00a0Tie (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194613-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HV71 season, Playoffs\nHV71 ended the 2007\u201308 regular season as the league winner and first seed. HV71 chose to meet the eight seed, Skellefte\u00e5 AIK, in the quarterfinals and defeated them in five games. HV71 played the fifth seed, Timr\u00e5 IK, in the semifinals. Timr\u00e5 was defeated in six games. In the finals HV71 defeated Link\u00f6pings HC, the second seed, in six games, winning the series with 4-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194613-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HV71 season, Player stats, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194613-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HV71 season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194613-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HV71 season, Draft picks\nHV71 players picked at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194614-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hamburger SV season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 German football season, Hamburger SV competed in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194614-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hamburger SV season, Season summary\nHamburg improved to finish fourth, though they were 10 points off Champions League qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194614-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hamburger SV season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194614-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hamburger SV season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194615-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team  represented the University of Hartford during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by second year coach Dan Leibovitz. The 2007\u201308 season was Hartford's most successful season in the division I era, finishing second in the regular season and reaching the conference championship finals. After the season assistant coach John Gallagher would leave Hartford to take an assistant coaching position at Penn, he would return to Hartford in 2010 as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194616-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hartlepool United F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 99th year of competitive football played by Hartlepool United Football Club, a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194616-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hartlepool United F.C. season, Season summary\nHaving finished second in League Two the previous season, manager Danny Wilson led the club to a 15th-place finish in their first season back in League One, although they were only six points clear of the relegation zone in a tight division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194616-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hartlepool United F.C. season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194617-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season\nThe 2007-08 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team represented Harvard University. In the ECAC. the Crimson were undefeated. The squad went 22-0-0 and were the second team in ECAC women\u2019s hockey history to finish the conference season undefeated. Titles for the Crimson women\u2019s ice hockey team included the Beanpot, Ivy League, ECAC regular-season and ECAC tournament titles. The Crimson participated in the 2008 Frozen Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194617-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season, Player stats\nNote: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; GW = Game Winning Goals; PPL = Power Play Goals; SHG = Short Handed Goals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 63], "content_span": [64, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194618-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hazfi Cup\nThe Hazfi Cup 2007-08 is the 21st staging of Iran's football knockout competition. A record 103 clubs' entries were accepted for the competition. The tournament began on October 15, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194618-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hazfi Cup\nThe cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2009 AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194618-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hazfi Cup, Format, First stage\nThe first stage of the competition (first three rounds) consists of:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194618-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hazfi Cup, Format, Second stage\nThe second stage of the competition (rounds four onward) consists of:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194619-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 111th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 25th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts will also compete in the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194619-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Matches, Pre season\nFor the second consecutive pre-season Hearts visited Austria, although on this occasion the side also played four tour matches in Germany. Only one pre-season match was played in Edinburgh, a \"glamour friendly\" against FC Barcelona at Murrayfield Stadium, which attracted Hearts' largest ever attendance for a \"home\" match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194619-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Transfers & loans\nSeveral Lithuanian players left the club during the close-season, while two more Audrius Ksanavi\u010dius and Ri\u010dardas Beniu\u0161is arrived on loan from FBK Kaunas. Other summer signings included Rub\u00e9n Palazuelos from Gimn\u00e1stica de Torrelavega and Michael Stewart, who returned to the club after two seasons with rivals Hibernian. Scottish international goalkeeper Craig Gordon moved to Sunderland for \u00a39\u00a0million in early August. This fee meant that Gordon was the most expensive Hearts and Scottish player ever, and the most expensive goalkeeper in British football history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194619-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Managers\nJust prior to the season's commencement Anatoly Korobochka and Stephen Frail were confirmed as the club's permanent coaching team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194619-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Managers\nAfter several other discouraging results, the Scottish media began to scrutinise why the team was not matching supporters expectations, with one particular area of interest being the coaching structure. As neither Korobochka or Bulgarian assistant coach Angel Chervenkov spoke fluent English, a translator was required to aid management and team communication, a situation Frail admitted was \"frustrating\" and \"not ideal\" after a 1\u20131 draw with Gretna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194619-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Managers\nStephen Frail was appointed manager on 31 December following a difficult start to the season, although it was not made clear at the time that Frail would be manager until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194619-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Managers\nOn 22 May 2008 reports came out that caretaker manager Stephen Frail was on his way out of Tynecastle as he was not part of the new managerial structure at Hearts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194619-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Season\nHearts began the season in a disappointing manner being defeated 1 -0 in the Edinburgh Derby with Hibernian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194619-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Season\nOn 31 December 2007, Romanov announced that, following five successive defeats which saw the club fall to 10th (third bottom) place in the league, the club would be looking to appoint a 'British-style' manager who would have complete control over team affairs. Since then, Stephen Frail has been the caretaker manager, although it was not made clear at the time that Frail would be manager until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194619-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Season\nHearts were defeated 1\u20130 in the 4th round replay of the Scottish Cup by Motherwell after a 2\u20132 draw on 21 January 2008. Rangers defeated them 2\u20130 in the semi-final of the CIS Cup on 30 January at Hampden Park. Hearts then sold their top scorer, Andrius Veli\u010dka, to Norwegian side Viking Stavanger on 26 February 2008. A 0\u20130 draw with Kilmarnock on 5 April 2008 meant that Hearts failed to make the \"Top Six\" of the SPL, for the first time since the split league format was introduced in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Heineken Cup was the 13th edition of the Heineken Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup\nThe start of the tournament was delayed because of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. After much doubt over the competition's future, caused by the threat of English and French clubs not participating, showdown talks ensured that teams from both countries would be competing in the 2007\u201308 tournament. The cup was won by Munster, who succeeded London Wasps as European champions after a 16\u201313 win over Toulouse in the final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Italo-Celtic Playoff\nThe Italo-Celtic Playoff was a match played between the highest-placed Celtic League team not automatically qualified for the Heineken Cup and the third-placed Italian team to decide the 24th qualifying team. This year, the match was between Newport Gwent Dragons of Wales and Calvisano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Teams\nSeven English teams participated, as an English team, London Wasps, progressed farther in the previous year's tournament than any French or Italian team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Teams\nFour Welsh teams competed, as a Welsh team won the Italo-Celtic playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Teams\nOther nations have their usual number of participants: France six, Ireland three, Italy two and Scotland two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Seeding and pool draw\nEach of the six participating nations nominated a top seed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Seeding and pool draw\nThe draw then progressed as follows, with at no stage except the last a team being drawn into a pool containing a team from the same nation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Competition format\nTies between two teams are broken in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Competition format\nThe quarter-finals are seeded from 1 to 8. The six pool winners receive the top six seeds, based on their point totals. The top two second-place finishers are seeded 7 and 8. The seeds of the qualifying teams are in parentheses next to their names in the tables.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Pool stage\nThe draw for the pool stages took place on 20 June 2007 at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. The winner of each pool, plus the two best runners-up, qualify for the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nThe final was hosted at the neutral Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, and refereed by Welsh referee Nigel Owens. Toulouse kicked off and managed to regain possession. Toulouse dominated the early parts of the game, and although they missed a penalty goal five minutes into the game, scrum-half Jean-Baptiste \u00c9lissalde successfully kicked a drop goal after eight minutes to give them a 3\u20130 lead. Toulouse continued to dominate territory but Munster winger Doug Howlett made a break in the 29th minute setting up a ruck close to the Toulouse try-line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0011-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nMunster number eight Denis Leamy then broke from a ruck and attempted to place the ball over the try-line, but lost it forward in the process. From the resulting scrum, Toulouse were pushed off their own ball and Munster gained possession from which Leamy scored. The try was converted by Ronan O'Gara to give Munster a 7\u20133 lead after 33 minutes. Three minutes later, Munster were awarded a penalty after Toulouse captain Fabien Pelous was caught not rolling away in the ruck. O'Gara kicked the penalty to extend Munster's lead to 10\u20133. On the 40-minute mark, Leamy was penalised for going into a ruck off his feet and \u00c9lissalde kicked the penalty to reduce Munster's lead to four points at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nTen minutes into the second half, Munster centre Rua Tipoki threw a pass that would have given a try to Howlett, but the pass was deemed forward. One minute later Toulouse's Pelous kicked Munster flanker Alan Quinlan after Quinlan had stood on Pelous' hand. After the intervention of touch judge Nigel Whitehouse, Pelous was shown a yellow card for his part in the incident and sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes. O'Gara kicked Munster's resulting penalty to give his team a 13\u20136 lead after 51 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0012-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nThree minutes later, Toulouse fullback C\u00e9dric Heymans threw the ball into himself, then kicked ahead before collecting his own kick. He then chipped ahead which Toulouse's Yannick Jauzion kicked once more before wing Yves Donguy grounded the ball to give Toulouse a try. Elissalde converted the try to tie the scores at 13\u201313 after 54 minutes. Pelous returned from the sin-bin in the 61st minute, and four minutes later was penalised yet again for not rolling away in the ruck. O'Gara kicked the penalty which gave Munster a 16\u201313 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0012-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nFor most of the remaining time, Munster employed the pick-and-go technique, where the forwards would drive the ball from ruck to ruck in an effort to retain possession and use up time. Munster were penalised in the 78th minute after 17 phases of play; the ball was kicked downfield by Toulouse who counter-attacked. Munster turned the ball over, however, and won a kickable penalty with ten seconds left on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194620-0012-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nReferee Nigel Owens stopped the clock until the penalty was taken; because of the risk of Toulouse recovering possession, the options of kicking for goal and kicking for touch were ruled out. Instead, Ronan O'Gara tapped the penalty and went into contact. With the ten seconds used up, the ball became unplayable in the collapsed maul, Owens blew the final whistle, and Munster had won 16\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194621-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup pool stage\nThe pool stage of the 2007\u201308 Heineken Cup began on 9 November 2007, and was completed on 20 January 2008. Involved in the pool stage were the 23 clubs that qualified through their respective domestic leagues, and one that qualified via the Italo-Celtic play-off match in May 2007. The 24 teams were divided into six pools of four teams each, with each team to play each of the others in their pool once at home and once away. At the end of the pool stage, the winners of each pool advanced to the quarter-finals, along with the two best runners-up. The teams were then seeded, first by pool position, and then by points attained, in order to determine which teams received home advantage for the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194621-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup pool stage\nThe draw for the pool stage took place on 20 June 2007 at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194621-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup pool stage\nThe 2007\u201308 tournament was the first in which no team had yet secured a quarter-final place by the end of Round 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194621-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Heineken Cup pool stage, Seeding and runners-up\nThe winners of each of the six pools are seeded 1 to 6 first by points, then tries scored, and finally score difference. The runners-up are similarly sorted, and the best two are seeded seven and eight and progress to the quarter-finals alongside the six winners. The top four seeds are given home matches in the quarter-finals, with seed 1 playing seed 8, seed 2 playing seed 7 etc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194622-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hellenic Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Hellenic Football League season was the 55th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194622-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division\nPremier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194622-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hellenic Football League, Division One East\nDivision One East featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194622-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hellenic Football League, Division One West\nDivision One West featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194623-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hereford United F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Hereford United's 27th season in the Football League and ended in the club winning promotion to League One, the third tier of English football, for the first time in 30 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194623-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hereford United F.C. season\nIt was Hereford's second season back in the Football League after nine seasons spent in the Conference. The previous season had seen Hereford finish 16th after a poor run of form in the final stages of the season. On the strength of this they were predicted to battle against relegation this season by most media sources. Only one member of the 2007-08 squad was purchased for a transfer fee, Ben Smith who was signed from Weymouth for \u00a320,000 in January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194623-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hereford United F.C. season\nOn 26 April 2008 they secured 3rd place and promotion to League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194623-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hereford United F.C. season, League Two\n(*) Gary Hooper got the final touch to the first goal although all major news sources credit the goal to Simon Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194624-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hertha BSC season\nHertha BSC's 2007\u201308 season began on 4 August 2007, with their DFB-Pokal match against Unterhaching, and ended 17 May 2008, with their Bundesliga match against Bayern Munich. They finished tenth in the Bundesliga and were eliminated in the second round of the DFB-Pokal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194624-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hertha BSC season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194624-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hertha BSC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194624-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hertha BSC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194624-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hertha BSC season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194624-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hertha BSC season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season\nSeason 2007\u201308 for Hibernian could be split into three distinct parts: a great unbeaten start to the Scottish Premier League season that temporarily took the club to the top of the league; a terrible middle phase which saw a long winless run and the resignation of John Collins as Hibs manager; and, finally, a modest recovery under the management of Mixu Paatelainen, who was appointed in January 2008. This took Hibs into the top half of the SPL, but short of third place and the UEFA Cup spot, which was won by Motherwell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, Pre-season\nHibs started pre-season training at a training centre in Austria, where they worked with fitness coach Roger Propos. At the end of the week they played SV V\u00f6cklabruck in their first pre-season friendly. John Collins used this game to experiment, using 21 different players as Hibs lost the match 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, Pre-season\nReturning to Scotland, Hibs played a friendly against Brechin, which they won 2\u20130 with goals from Abdessalam Benjelloun and Clayton Donaldson. Four days later, Hibs routed First Division new boys Stirling Albion 5\u20130. Hibs then played their third friendly in eight days at the Almondvale Stadium, where they left it late against Livingston. Hibs eventually won 2\u20130 through goals by Steven Fletcher and Merouane Zemmama, who scored on a rebound from a penalty taken by Ross Chisholm. Hibs rounded off their pre-season campaign with two friendlies against Premiership opposition, beating Bolton Wanderers 3\u20130 and Middlesbrough 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, League season\nHibs got the season off to a dream start by beating Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts 1\u20130 at Tynecastle. Brian Kerr, who was making his competitive debut for Hibs, scored the goal in the second minute. Hibs continued their winning start to the season, coming from 2\u20130 down to beat Gretna 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, League season\nHibs extended their unbeaten run with two draws, 0\u20130 away to Dundee Utd and 3\u20133 at home with Aberdeen. In the latter game, Hibs had to come back from 3\u20131 down after two clear mistakes by their goalkeeper, Yves Makabu-Makalambay. Hibs then beat Inverness 1\u20130 in their next game, during which Makalambay saved a penalty taken by Marius Niculae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, League season\nDespite being unbeaten in the league, Hibs were expected to struggle in the next three games, as they were due to play both of the Old Firm. Hibs upset league champions Celtic at Easter Road 3\u20132, although they were aided by two clear errors made by Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc. Hibs then bounced back from their disappointing CIS Cup exit by beating Kilmarnock 4\u20131, mainly thanks to a hat trick by Clayton Donaldson. In the following match, Hibs beat Rangers 1\u20130 at Ibrox to temporarily go top of the SPL and extend their unbeaten league run to 10 games, including the last game of the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, League season\nHibs then started a dreadful run of form by losing their next two games against Motherwell and St Mirren. After a 1\u20130 victory over Gretna, Hibs went on a run of 11 games without a win in the SPL. By the end of 2007, Hibs had fallen out of the top six. This slump prompted the resignation of manager John Collins in December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, League season\nMixu Paatelainen was appointed as manager on 10 January 2008. Hibs won their first game under him, defeating Inverness 3\u20130 in the Scottish Cup, but lost their first league game, 1\u20130 in the derby at Tynecastle. Hibs won four successive league games in February, defeating Gretna 4\u20132, Aberdeen 3\u20131, Inverness 2\u20130 and Falkirk 2\u20130. Hibs lost their next league game 2\u20130 against Celtic, but bounced back to win their next two games, 1\u20130 against Motherwell and 2\u20130 against Kilmarnock. This completed a run of 6 wins in 7 league games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, League season\nHibs lost their next two games to Rangers and Motherwell, but defeated St Mirren 2\u20130 in their last game before the SPL split. Hibs guaranteed a spot in the Intertoto Cup by finishing in the top six at the split. This was because Falkirk, the only other SPL side who applied to enter the competition, finished in the bottom half of the table and therefore could no longer overtake Hibs. Hibs were in contention for a UEFA Cup place at this point, but then only took two points from the five games after the league split and finished in sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, Scottish League Cup\nHibs started their defence of the CIS Cup with a 2\u20131 win over Queen's Park at Hampden. After the game, manager John Collins was quick to praise Filipe Morais, who scored the opening goal. They were drawn to play Motherwell at home in the next round. Hibs took the lead through an early goal by Clayton Donaldson, but Motherwell ran out comfortable 4\u20132 winners, ending Hibs' defence of the Cup and their unbeaten start to the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, Scottish Cup\nHibs progressed to the fifth round of the Scottish Cup after a 3\u20130 win over Inverness. Dean Shiels scored a hat-trick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, Scottish Cup\nThey were then drawn against league leaders Rangers in the next round, and drew the first game 0\u20130 at Easter Road. Rangers finished the match with ten men after Allan McGregor was sent off for a professional foul on Shiels. The tie was replayed at Ibrox on 9 March, but Hibs lost 0\u20131 to a goal by Chris Burke while Hibs were temporarily down to 10 men due to an injury sustained by Ian Murray. Rangers again had a player sent off late on the match (Nacho Novo), but Hibs were unable to take advantage of the extra man.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, Transfers\nHibs lost several key players in the 2007 close season. Star player Scott Brown was sold to Celtic for \u00a34.4 million, while Chris Killen, Hibs' top goalscorer in 2006\u201307, also moved to Celtic. Ivan Sproule was sold to Bristol City for an undisclosed fee, estimated to be around \u00a3500,000. Defender Shelton Martis joined up with former Hibs manager Tony Mowbray at West Brom for \u00a350,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, Transfers\nHibs manager John Collins made several signings in an effort to replace those players. These included the Bosman signings of Brian Kerr, Clayton Donaldson, goalkeeper Yves Makabu-Makalambay and Republic of Ireland international Alan O'Brien from Newcastle. German youth international Torben Joneleit was taken on loan from AS Monaco. On the last day of the summer transfer window, Hibs signed striker Micka\u00ebl Antoine-Curier from FK Haugesund for a nominal fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, Transfers\nDuring the January transfer window, new Hibs manager Mixu Paatelainen strengthened the squad by bringing in defenders Abderraouf Zarabi, Ian Murray and Martin Canning. He also signed midfielder John Rankin and striker Colin Nish. Unlike most of the summer signings, all of the winter signings, except Zarabi, had significant experience of playing in Scottish football. David Murphy was the only major transfer out during the winter, joining Birmingham for a fee of \u00a31.5M.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194625-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hibernian F.C. season, Player stats\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Hibs used 30 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194626-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Highland Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Highland Football League was won by Cove Rangers while as Fort William finished bottom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194627-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HockeyAllsvenskan season\nThe 2007\u201308 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the third season of the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second level of ice hockey in Sweden. 16 teams participated in the league, and the top four qualified for the Kvalserien, with the opportunity to be promoted to the Elitserien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194627-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HockeyAllsvenskan season, Regular season\n*Nyk\u00f6pings HK was relegated to Division 1 due to no elite license. Huddinge IK took their spot for the following HockeyAllsvenskan season. * *Hammarby IF chose not to participate in the relegation round due to their financial situation. The club later went bankrupt in April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194627-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 HockeyAllsvenskan season, Relegation round\n*Nyk\u00f6pings HK was relegated to Division 1 due to no elite license. Huddinge IK took their spot for the following HockeyAllsvenskan season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194628-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Honduran Liga Nacional\nThe 2007\u201308 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 42nd season in the top fight in Honduran football; it ran from August 2007 to May 2008. The season was split into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) which defined the 51st and 52nd national champions in the history of the league. C.D. Marath\u00f3n and Club Deportivo Olimpia as winners of each tournament qualified to the 2008\u201309 CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194628-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Honduran Liga Nacional, 2007\u201308 teams\nDeportes Savio from Santa Rosa de Cop\u00e1n was promoted from the 2006\u201307 Liga de Ascenso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194628-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Honduran Liga Nacional, Apertura\nThe Apertura tournament was played from 11 August to 22 December 2007. C.D. Marath\u00f3n captured its 6th domestic league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194628-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Honduran Liga Nacional, Clausura\nThe Clausura tournament was played from 12 January to 24 May 2008. C.D. Olimpia captured its 21st domestic league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194628-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Honduran Liga Nacional, Aggregate table\nAtl\u00e9tico Olanchano made the fewest points in the aggregated table from both Apertura and Clausura regular seasons, thereby were relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194629-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso\nThe 2007\u201308 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso was the 41st season of the Second level in Honduran football and the 6th under the name Liga Nacional de Ascenso. Under the management of Emilio Umanzor, C.D. Real Juventud won the tournament after winning both the Apertura and Clausura seasons and obtained automatic promotion to the 2008\u201309 Honduran Liga Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194629-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Promotion\nAs winners of both Apertura and Clausura, C.D. Real Juventud obtained automatic promotion to 2008\u201309 Honduran Liga Nacional and no promotion series was required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194630-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong FA Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Hong Kong FA Cup was the 34th staging of the Hong Kong FA Cup. Citizen beat Wofoo Tai Po by 2-0 in the final and captured the FA Cup for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194630-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong FA Cup\nThe competition started on 23 April 2008 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs. Four of them took part in the first round to determine which team advanced to the quarter finals. From quarter finals onward, the cup competition was a single-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194630-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong FA Cup\nThe competition was officially known as 2007/2008 HKFA Lanwa International FA Cup due to sponsorship from LANWA Group Company Limited", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194630-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong FA Cup\nAlthough all the matches before the final was held at the Mongkok Stadium, the final was staged at the Hong Kong Stadium on 18 May 2008. The final match was part of the fund raising charity activities for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. All profits of the game was donated for the rescue and rebuild of Sichuan after the basic costs are deducted. Four matches was played in total, including three friendly matches and the FA Cup final. The friendly matches include 1) SCAA Veteran vs Happy Valley Veteran, 2) HKFA Invitation Team vs All Star Sport Association and 3) TVB Artist vs Ladies Star Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194631-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong First Division League\nThe 2007\u201308 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 96th since its establishment. The first match was played on 2 September 2007 with South China lost to Kitchee 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194631-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong First Division League\nIn this season, the First Division League was composed of 10 teams. Workable were  promoted from the Second Division while Eastern, originally demoted to Third Division League by rule, was invited by HKFA to play in the First Division League after securing sufficient sponsorship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194631-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong First Division League, League table, Home matches only\nNote: Here is the home stadium list of the teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194631-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong First Division League, Teams\nThe following 10 clubs are competing in the Hong Kong First Division League during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194631-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong First Division League, Scorers\nOnly scorers with 3 goals or above are listed here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194632-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong League Cup\nThe Hong Kong League Cup 2007\u201308 is the 8th staging of the Hong Kong League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194632-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong League Cup\nThe competition started on 19 January 2008 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs and concluded on 22 March 2008 with South China beat Kitchee by 4-2 in the final. South China won their second League Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194633-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong Second Division League\nThe 2007\u201308 Hong Kong Second Division League season was started on 8 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194634-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield\nThe Hong Kong Senior Shield 2007\u201308, also known as the 2007\u201308 HKFA Choi Fung Hong Senior Shield, is the 106th staging of the Hong Kong's oldest football knockout competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194634-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield\nThe competition started on 22 November 2007 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs and concluded on 23 December 2007 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194634-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield\nEastern captured their 7th title of the competition after beating Kitchee by 3-1 in the final. They qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194635-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hoofdklasse\nThe 2007\u201308 Hoofdklasse season was competed in six leagues, three Saturday leagues and three Sunday leagues. The champions of the three Saturday Hoofdklasse leagues will face each other after the regular season for the Dutch national Saturday amateur football title, the champions of the three Sunday leagues will face each other after the regular season for the national Sunday amateur football title. The Saturday and Sunday champions will then face each other for the national amateur football title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194636-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Houston Rockets season\nThe 2007\u201308 Houston Rockets season was their 41st season in the National Basketball Association and 37th in Houston. The Rockets won at least 50 games for the second straight season and made the playoffs also on the back of a 22-game winning streak, the fourth longest in the history of the NBA. The Houston Rockets came into the 2007\u20132008 playoffs without Yao Ming, who was still injured. This injury contributed to the Rockets' elimination by the Utah Jazz in the first round (2\u20134). This was the second consecutive season where the Rockets' had their season ended by the Jazz. The team brought back Steve Francis, but his return was short-lived as he was active for only 10 games, starting 3 of them. It would be his last season in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194636-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Houston Rockets season, Draft picks\nHouston's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194636-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Houston Rockets season, Draft picks\nIn addition, Carl Landry was drafted as the 31st overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics with the first pick in the 2nd round. He was traded to the Rockets for a future second round pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194636-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Houston Rockets season, Awards and records, Records\nStarting with the 29 January 2008 win versus the Golden State Warriors, the Rockets won 22 consecutive games. The streak came to an end against the eventual champion Boston Celtics. The streak is the fourth longest winning streak in NBA history (the second longest at the time it was achieved).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194636-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Houston Rockets season, Transactions\nThe Rockets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194636-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Houston Rockets season, Transactions\nHouston will begin the 2007\u201308 season with recently hired Rick Adelman as the team's 11th head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194636-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Houston Rockets season, Transactions\nLess than a week later, Scola signed with the Rockets. On 20 July guard Steve Francis signed a 2-year deal with the Rockets, after he accepted a buyout of the last two seasons of his contract, worth roughly $30 million from the Portland Trail Blazers. He is expected to compete for a starting job with Mike James and Rafer Alston", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194636-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Houston Rockets season, Transactions, Trades\nOn 14 June,  the Rockets traded Juwan Howard to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Mike James and Justin Reed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194636-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Houston Rockets season, Transactions, Trades\nOn 12 July guard Vassilis Spanoulis was traded to the San Antonio Spurs along with the rights for the 2009 second-round draft pick, for center Jackie Butler and the rights to Luis Scola a 2002 second-round draft pick, yet to play in the NBA. 24 Hours after this deal was made, Scola came to a \"Basic Agreement\" which could see him playing for the Rockets next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194636-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Houston Rockets season, Transactions, Court Redesign\nOn 7 September, it was announced that the Rockets will debut a new court design for the 2007\u201308 season. The court design includes a lighter varnished wood inside the three point area, similar to the Seattle SuperSonics, while the rest are dark varnished wood. The color red will remain on the Rockets logo, and the script. This court design is similar to the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Hornets, Phoenix Suns, and Portland Trail Blazers in which most of the hardwood is exposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season\nHuddersfield Town's 2007\u201308 campaign saw Town fail to make any progress for a second successive season in Football League One. Andy Ritchie lost his job on April Fool's Day following a 4\u20131 defeat at local rivals Oldham Athletic. He was replaced by Stan Ternent for the new season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season\nThe season was also notable for 2 other reasons. One was the FA Cup run, which saw Town reach the 5th round for the first time since the 1998\u201399 season. This included a win over Premier League side Birmingham City and a rematch against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season\nThe other big story was the handover of chairmanship from Ken Davy to local businessman Dean Hoyle. He would become the chairman after the centenary season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nThe end of a disappointing season again saw the departure of more players than new arrivals. Senior players who left included Mark Hudson, Martin McIntosh, John McAliskey, Paul Rachubka, and Gary Taylor-Fletcher. Jamaican international defender Frank Sinclair was signed on a 12-month contract, after joining on loan last season, and other close-season signings were ex-Leicester City striker Danny Cadamarteri and midfielder Malvin Kamara, who was released by fellow League One side Port Vale, both on free transfers. Manager Andy Ritchie made ex-Barnsley defender Robbie Williams his fourth signing, on 24 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nHuddersfield Town fan Adam Pearson, former Hull City chairman, tabled a takeover bid for the Club during October, worth more than \u00a33 million, but it was rejected. On 10 January 2008, after a successful loan period, Phil Jevons signed from Championship side Bristol City for an undisclosed fee, although it is believed to be in the region of \u00a3100,000. On 21 January, Welsh international Rob Page signed from Championship side Coventry City on a deal to the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nManager Andy Ritchie departed on 1 April, by 'mutual consent', following the embarrassing 4\u20131 defeat at rivals Oldham Athletic on 29 March. Academy director Gerry Murphy was put in caretaker charge. First-team coach John Dungworth was the next to go, on 3 April, also announced as by 'mutual consent'. Derby County assistant manager Stan Ternent was appointed as manager at the Galpharm Stadium, on 24 April, with his assistant being ex-Town player Ronnie Jepson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nHowever, Murphy remained in charge of the team for the rest of the season and Ternent will take control of the team at the start of next season. It was announced, on 10 April, that Ken Davy was to step down as chairman after completing a deal with local businessman Dean Hoyle, who will take over at the start of the 2009\u201310 season. Hoyle joined the board immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nOn 1 August 2007, Huddersfield won a prestigious pre-season friendly, at home to Premier League side Blackburn Rovers, 2\u20131 with two Luke Beckett strikes. After a promising start which saw them lying 4th at the start of September, Huddersfield had slumped to 17th by 27 October with five consecutive away defeats, where they failed to score. The team's form continued to be inconsistent, though they had eased up to 13th by the end of 2007, helped by the occasional excellent result notably the 1\u20130 win at Swansea City on 16 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nFrom then until the middle of April the team were stuck in the narrow range of 13th\u201315th. The 2\u20131 win over Brighton & Hove Albion, on 18 March, was watched by just 6,004 spectators, the lowest ever league crowd at the Galpharm Stadium for a league match. However, following Ritchie's departure, Town regained composure and finished with four consecutive victories including beating local rivals Leeds United 1\u20130, at the Galpharm, on 15 April. The attendance for that match was 16,413, the highest for a league match for nearly 4 years, apart from the play-off semi-finals. Huddersfield finished the season in 10th place in League One. Although they were 10 points short of a play-off place, at no stage of the season did they look like serious promotion contenders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nIn the cups, a Carling Cup defeat at Blackpool, and an embarrassing 4\u20131 defeat in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy to Grimsby Town, made it their fourth and fifth consecutive first round cup exits. Huddersfield beat Accrington Stanley away in the first round of the FA Cup, on 10 November. This was followed on 1 December with a second round 3\u20130 home win over Grimsby Town. Huddersfield caused one of the shocks of the third round when, at home on 5 January 2008, they beat Premier League side Birmingham City 2\u20131 with goals from Luke Beckett and Chris Brandon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nIn the fourth round, Town beat fellow League One giant-killers Oldham Athletic (who beat Everton at Goodison Park in Round 3) 1\u20130 at Boundary Park, thanks to a goal by ex-Oldham striker Luke Beckett. The fifth round draw paired Town with FA Cup holders Chelsea, in a rematch of the third round tie in January 2006. The teams turned round 1\u20131 after Michael Collins had cancelled out Frank Lampard's 100th Chelsea goal but Lampard and Salomon Kalou sealed Chelsea's 3\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nMark Hudson joined Rotherham United, Martin McIntosh and  John McAliskey both joined Mansfield Town, Adnan Ahmed left for Tranmere Rovers, John McCombe signed for Hereford United and James Hand joined Dundalk. Adam Wilson was also told his contract would not be renewed and he subsequently joined non-league team Bradford Park Avenue. In addition, other departures included Paul Rachubka, who was not offered a new deal and subsequently joined Blackpool (where he had spent the end of the 2006\u201307 season on loan). Gary Taylor-Fletcher joined Rachubka at newly promoted Championship side Blackpool for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nOf the other squad members that were out of contract both Danny Racchi and Aaron Hardy were given one-year and six-month deals respectively. Jamaican international defender Frank Sinclair was signed on a 12-month contract at the Galpharm Stadium after a successful loan period. Town's other close-season signings were ex-Leicester City striker Danny Cadamarteri and midfielder Malvin Kamara, who was released by fellow League One side Port Vale, both on a free transfers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nHuddersfield had an offer for Barnsley defender Robbie Williams accepted, with personal terms agreed on 13 July, but the following day during his medical, it was revealed that he had a hairline fracture in his shin, with the deal virtually collapsed, but after being given time to recover he finally signed for the Terriers on 24 August for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal. Manager Andy Ritchie had previously been unsuccessful in attempts to sign strikers Ian Moore, Jo Kuffour & Jason Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nTown won six of their seven pre-season friendlies including on 1 August 2007 a win 2\u20131 at home to Premier League side Blackburn Rovers with two Luke Beckett strikes. Recently departed Taylor-Fletcher and Rachubka were given an early chance to face their former club when Town were drawn away to Blackpool in the first round of the Carling Cup; the game finished 1\u20130 to the Seasiders thanks to a Ben Burgess goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nOn 31 August, Bristol City and Ireland under-21 international Richard Keogh was signed on a month's loan. His loan was extended by a further month on 1 October. On 27 September, West Bromwich Albion midfielder Ronnie Wallwork was signed on a month's loan to alleviate Town's injury crisis. Huddersfield released Keogh on 29 October but extended Wallwork's loan for another month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nHuddersfield beat Accrington Stanley on 10 November, in the first round of the FA Cup. They came back from 2\u20130 down thus avoiding their fate of four years previously when they lost 1\u20130, also in a first round tie away at Accrington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nHuddersfield signed Bristol City striker Phil Jevons for a month's loan on 22 November, as well as increasing Ronnie Wallwork's loan until 29 December. Also that day, young striker Lucas Akins was sent on loan to Conference National side Northwich Victoria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nAkins's loan was extended by another month on 20 December. Then on Christmas Eve, Jevons's loan was extended until 19 January 2008. However, on 10 January Jevons was signed for \u00a3100,000, that could double to \u00a3200,000 depending on appearances and whether Town win promotion, on a deal that takes him until summer 2010. Ronnie Wallwork returned to West Bromwich Albion on 29 December after the 93-day loan limit expired. On 11 January 2008 it was announced that Wallwork had signed for Sheffield Wednesday, on a free transfer, to the end of the season with a view to a permanent deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nOn 21 January, Welsh international Rob Page signed from Championship side Coventry City on a deal to the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nOn 15 February, Lucas Akins returned from his loan spell at Northwich Victoria and young defender Shane Killock was sent on loan to Conference North side Hyde United. That was later extended to an end-of-season loan. On 21 February, fellow Town youngster Tom Clarke joined West Yorkshire rivals Halifax Town on a month's loan. He returned to the Galpharm on 23 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nOn 28 February, long-serving midfielder Danny Schofield requested that he could leave the club at the end of the season for a new challenge. His name has been circulated to other clubs by manager Andy Ritchie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nOn 2 March, Huddersfield won 2 prizes at the 3rd Football League Awards. The club won \"Best League One Family Club\" for their \"Fans of the Future\" initiative and Town youngster Daniel Broadbent celebrated his 18th birthday by winning the \"League One Apprentice\" award, an award won by Joe Skarz twelve months earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nBy the start of March, Town's play-off hopes were starting to vanish following successive defeats by Gillingham, leaders Swansea City and Swindon Town (who finished the game with nine men!). With Danny Cadamarteri still out injured, Town's three fit strikers: Luke Beckett, Andy Booth and Phil Jevons were all misfiring, so Andy Ritchie tried to bring in an experienced striker from the Championship, but as with back in the summer, he was rejected three times. First by Charlton Athletic's Izale McLeod, then by West Bromwich Albion's Craig Beattie and Crystal Palace's recently transfer-listed Shefki Kuqi. On 11 March, Ritchie revealed he also missed out on Preston North End's Brett Ormerod and Watford's Hungarian striker Tam\u00e1s Priskin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nOn 1 April, three days after a humiliating 4\u20131 defeat at Oldham Athletic that dashed any lingering play-off hopes, it was announced that manager Andy Ritchie had left the club by mutual consent. First-team coach John Dungworth was the next to go, on 3 April, also announced as by 'mutual consent'. Chairman Ken Davy cited the fact that results had been far too inconsistent and that the club had not moved forward as had been expected. Ritchie had been in charge for slightly less than a year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0021-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nDavy also stated that the club hoped to appoint a new manager before the end of the season. Academy director Gerry Murphy was put in caretaker charge until a replacement is found. He has ruled himself out of the running for the job. Front-runners include ex-Brentford and Leicester City boss Martin Allen, ex-Town player Mark Lillis and ex-England captain Alan Shearer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nAmong Murphy's first acts was to give the Town captaincy to defender Rob Page, so that the previous captain Jon Worthington can focus on his game more. During his tenure as caretaker manager, Murphy led the Terriers to an impressive 1\u20130 win over local rivals Leeds United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Specific events\nOn 24 April, it was revealed that Town had asked for permission to speak to Derby County assistant manager Stan Ternent, which was granted by Adam Pearson. He took over at the Galpharm Stadium later that day. His assistant is ex-Town player Ronnie Jepson. Derby's own website even said that Chris Hutchings, another person possibly lined up to replace Ritchie would be reunited with Paul Jewell as Ternent's replacement. Ternent will take charge of his first league game at the start of next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194637-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194638-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hull City A.F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Hull City A.F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194638-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hull City A.F.C. season, Season summary\nHull finished a mere four points adrift of second-placed Stoke City for promotion to the Premier League, qualifying for the play-offs instead. After trouncing Watford 6\u20131 over two legs, Hull City reached Wembley to play a Bristol City side aiming for a second successive promotion. A single Dean Windass goal gave Hull the game and promotion to English football's top flight for the first time in Hull's history. Promotion was made all the more incredible considering that five seasons ago Hull were languishing in the bottom tier of the Football League, and that when manager Phil Brown had taken the managerial role at Hull in December 2006 the club were in the Championship relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194638-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hull City A.F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194638-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hull City A.F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season is Hyderabad cricket team's 74th competitive season. The Hyderabad cricket team is senior men's domestic cricket team based in the city of Hyderabad, India, run by the Hyderabad Cricket Association. They represent the region of Telangana in the state of Andhra Pradesh in domestic competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season, Background\nIn the beginning of the season, seven Ranji players signed up to play in Indian Cricket League (ICL), a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises but not approved by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Earlier, BCCI said that the players signed with ICL will be banned for life from playing in India and also barred the ICL players from taking part in all domestic tournaments which led to the exclusion of ICL players from Hyderabad squad. The list include former India U-19 captain, Ambati Rayudu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season, Background\nThe others were Devishetty Vinay Kumar, Ibrahim Khaleel, Anirudh Singh, Shashank Nag, Inder Shekar Reddy and Kaushik Reddy. The luring of domestic players by ICL also led BCCI to counter the rebel T20 league by starting their own franchise-based T20 competition called Indian Premier League whose first season was slated to start in April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads\nArjun Yadav and Ojha got selected to the Rest of India squad for the 2007 Irani Cup, a first-class cricket competition in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads\nOjha got picked to the India Red squad while Arjun Yadav got picked to the India Blue squad for the 2007-08 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, a List-A cricket tournament in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads\nOjha, Ravi Teja and Arjun Yadav got selected to the South Zone squad for the 2007-08 Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads\nLaxman, Ojha, Sarvesh and Arjun Yadav got selected to the South Zone squad for the 2007-08 Deodhar Trophy, a List-A cricket competition in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads\nThe local franchise, Deccan Chargers signed Laxman from the auction and picked Ojha, Ravi Teja, Sarvesh and Arjun Yadav for their uncapped Indians players for the newly formed Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India, in its inaugural season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season, Ranji Trophy\nThe Hyderabad team, led by V. V. S. Laxman, began their campaign in the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India, with a draw against the Bengal at Kolkata on 4 November 2007. Pragyan Ojha led the team after two matches in the absence of Laxman as he was selected for the Pakistan tour of India and the India tour of Australia. They finished sixth in Group B of the Super League and failed to advance to the knockout stage with one win, two losses and three draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season, Vijay Hazare Trophy\nThe Hyderabad team, led by Arjun Yadav, began their campaign in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, previously known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy, a List-A cricket tournament in India, with a loss against the Kerala at Chennai on 26 February 2008. Sarvesh Kumar's five wicket haul helped the Hyderabad to bowl out Kerala for 237 but the disciplined bowling effort from the Kerala ensured their win by 7 runs despite the half-century from Abhinav Kumar for the Hyderabad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season, Vijay Hazare Trophy\nThe Hyderabad lost their second match to the Karnataka as Bharat Chipli's century and Vinay Kumar's all-round contribution with both bat and ball ensured a 111 run for the Karnataka. The Hyderabad suffered their third loss in as many games as three-wicket haul from Ravichandran Ashwin and C. Ganapathy helped the Tamil Nadu restrict the Hyderabad for 236 despite Abhinav Kumar's 93 while century from Murali Vijay ensured the Tamil Nadu a two-wicket win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194639-0008-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Hyderabad C.A. season, Vijay Hazare Trophy\nThe Hyderabad finally earned their first win in the tournament with a 62-run win over the Goa as Anoop Pai's maiden List-A century along with the half-century from Arjun Yadav helped the Hyderabad post 284 while Dwaraka Ravi Teja and Mohammed Shakeer shared seven wickets between them to bowl out Goa for 222 despite the half-century from Ajay Ratra. A century from Abhinav Kumar and three-wicket haul from Ravi Teja ensured the Hyderabad win over the Andhra by 95 runs though they finished third in the South Zone and failed to qualify for the knockout stage with two wins and three losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194640-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 I-League\nThe I-League 2007\u201308 kicked off on 24 November 2007 at the Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa. The first match of the season was played between the two Goan clubs Dempo and Salgaocar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194640-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 I-League\nThe top team in the I-League qualified for the qualifying phase of the 2009 AFC Champions League, while the bottom two teams were relegated to I-League 2nd Division in the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194641-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ICC Intercontinental Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the fourth ICC Intercontinental Cup tournament, an international first-class cricket tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council. The first fixtures were played in June 2007, and the final took place from 30 October to 2 November 2008 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The same eight countries as in the previous edition were participating. The eight teams played each other in a round robin format. Namibia won the round-robin, but lost the final against Ireland, making it Ireland's third consecutive title in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194641-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Statistics and Records\nStatistics and records for the 2007\u201308 Intercontinental Cup after the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194642-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 [International Hockey League season was the 17th season of the International Hockey League (Colonial Hockey League before 1997, United Hockey League before 2007), a North American minor professional league. Six teams participated in the regular season and the Fort Wayne Komets won the league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194643-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 II liga\nThe 2007\u201308 II liga was the 60th season of the Polish II liga, the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The league contested by 18 teams who competed for promotion to the 2008\u201309 Ekstraklasa. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. Each team played a total of 34 matches, half at home and half away. The season began on 28 July 2007, and concluded on 24 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194644-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IIHF Continental Cup\nThe Continental Cup 2007\u201308 was the 11th edition of the IIHF Continental Cup. The season started on September 14, 2007, and finished on January 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194644-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IIHF Continental Cup\nThe tournament was won by Ak Bars Kazan, who led the final group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194644-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IIHF Continental Cup\nThe points system used in this tournament was: the winner in regular time won 3 points, the loser 0 points; in case of a tie, an overtime and a penalty shootout is played, the winner in penalty shootouts or overtime won 2 points and the loser won 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194645-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup\nThe 2007-08 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup was the fourth playing of the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup. AIK of Stockholm, Sweden won the tournament for the fourth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194646-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series\nThe 2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series was the ninth of an annual IRB Sevens World Series of rugby sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999\u20132000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194646-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series\nThe defending series champions, New Zealand, dominated this season's competition, winning the first five events, setting new records for consecutive tournament wins and consecutive match wins, and clinching the 2007\u201308 series with one tournament remaining after winning the Plate Final of the London leg. They ended with six wins out of the eight events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194646-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series\nSevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format; however, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, is played over three days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194646-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series, Tournaments\nThe series' tournaments, which were identical to those in 2006\u20132007, span the globe:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194646-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series, Tournament structure\nIn all tournaments except Hong Kong, 16 teams participate. Because of its place as the sports most prestigious annual event, the Hong Kong tournament as 24 teams. In each tournament, the teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments\u20143 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The first tiebreaker is the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194646-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series, Tournament structure\nFour trophies are awarded in each tournament, except for Hong Kong. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. In Hong Kong, the Shield is not awarded. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194646-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series, Tournament structure\nIn a 16 team tournament, the top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl is contested by the third-place finishers in each pool, while the Shield is contested by the last-place teams from each pool. In Hong Kong, the six pool winners, plus the two highest-finishing second-place teams, advance to the Cup. The Plate participants are the eight highest-ranked teams remaining, while the lowest eight drop to the Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194646-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series, Points schedule\nThe season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament. For most events, points are awarded on the following schedule:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194646-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series, Points schedule\nPoints are awarded on a different schedule for the Hong Kong Sevens:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194647-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating\nThe 2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of international invitational competitions in the first half of the 2007\u201308 season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing over six events. Skaters earned a certain number of points per placement and the top six scoring skaters or teams at the end of the series qualified for the 2007\u201308 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, held in Turin, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194647-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating\nThe Grand Prix series set the stage for the 2008 European Figure Skating Championships, the 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, as well as each country's national championships. The Grand Prix series began on October 25, 2007 and ended on December 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194647-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating\nThe Grand Prix is organized by the International Skating Union. Skaters compete for prize money and for a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The corresponding series for Junior-level skaters was the 2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194647-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualifying\nSkaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2007 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. The top six skaters/teams from the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships were seeded and were guaranteed two events. Skaters/teams who placed 7th through 12th were also given two events, though they were not considered seeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194647-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualifying\nSkaters who medaled at the 2006\u201307 Junior Grand Prix Final or the 2007 World Junior Championships were guaranteed one event. Medaling at both guaranteed only one invitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194647-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualifying\nThe host country was allowed to send three skaters/teams of its choosing in each discipline. The remaining spots were filled from the top 75 skaters/teams in the 2006\u201307 Season's Best list. The International Skating Union published the list of invitations on June 8, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194647-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Schedule\nThe series was composed of six events leading to the Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194647-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Points\nAfter the final event, the NHK Trophy, the six skaters/teams with the most points advanced to the Grand Prix Final. The point system was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194647-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Points\nIf a pairs team competed in more than two events, the teams who scored below them in their non-scoring competition did not automatically move up in gaining points. For example, if Team A placed second below Team B, and it was Team B's non-scoring event, Team A still earned 13 points, not 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194647-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Points\nSkaters were required to competed in two events in order to qualify for the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194647-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Prize money\nThe total prize money is $180,000 per individual event and $272,000 for the Final. All amounts are in U.S. dollars. Pairs and dance teams split the money. The breakdown is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix\nThe 2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 11th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The top skaters from the series met at the Junior Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Competitions\nThe locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2007\u201308 season, the series was composed of the following events:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Series notes\nPairs champions Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov were later retroactively disqualified from the Junior Grand Prix Final due to a positive test on a doping sample which Larionov gave before that competition. All other teams consequently moved up one spot. This change caused fourth-place finishers Jessica Rose Paetsch / Jon Nuss to earn a spot on the podium at the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying\nSkaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2007 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, skaters for the Junior Grand Prix are entered by their national federations rather than seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation is determined by their skaters' placements at the previous season's World Junior Figure Skating Championships in each respective discipline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying\nFor the 2007\u201308 season, in singles, the five best placed member nations at the 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships could enter two skaters in all eight events. Member nations who placed sixth through tenth could enter one skater in all eight events. Member nations with a skater who had qualified for the free skate at Junior Worlds may enter one skater in seven of the events. Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program could enter one skater in six of the events. All other nations could enter one skater in five of the events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying\nIn pair skating, member nations could enter up to three teams per event. The host nation is allowed to enter as many pair teams as it wishes. Pairs were contested at four events out of eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying\nIn ice dance, member nations could enter one dance team per event. Member nations who placed in the top five at the 2007 Junior Worlds could enter a second dance team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Qualifying\nThe host country was allowed to enter up to three skaters or teams in singles and dance in their event, and there were no limit to the number of pairs teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Prize money\nThe total prize money for the Junior Grand Prix events in the 2007/2008 season was $22,500. Pairs and dance teams split the money:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Prize money\nThe total prize money for the Junior Grand Prix Final in the 2007\u20132008 season was $105,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers\nThe following skaters qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers\nPair skaters Krystyna Klimczak / Janusz Karweta were given the host wildcard spot to the Junior Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194648-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Medalists, Pairs\n\u2020Bazarova / Larionov were later disqualified from the competition due to a positive doping sample from Larionov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194649-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup\nThe 2008 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for short track speed skating. The season began on 19 October 2007 and ended on 10 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194650-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Speed Skating World Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of speed skating. The season began on 9 November 2007 and lasted until 22 February 2008. The World Cup was organised by the ISU, who also run world cups and championships in short track speed skating and figure skating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194650-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Races, WC 1, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 11\u201313 November\nThe first World Cup meet of the season was held in the Utah Olympic Oval, which last staged an international meet in March, the 2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships. The meet resulted in three world records and one equalled world record in the first four races for men, like in the meet held here during the 2005\u201306 season, when six races resulted in four world records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 101], "content_span": [102, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194650-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Races, WC 3, Kolomna, Russia, 1\u20132 December\nThe meet was originally scheduled to be held in Moscow, in the Krylatskoye Ice Rink, but Krylatskoye has been closed due to safety issues and the event moved to the Kolomna Speed Skating Center in Kolomna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194651-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU World Standings\nThe 2007\u201308 ISU World Standings, are the World Standings published by the International Skating Union (ISU) during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194651-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU World Standings\nThe 2007\u201308 ISU World Standings for single & pair skating and ice dance, are taking into account results of the 2005\u201306, 2006\u201307 and 2007\u201308 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194651-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ISU World Standings, World Standings for single & pair skating and ice dance, Season-end standings\nThe remainder of this section is a complete list, by discipline, published by the ISU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 106], "content_span": [107, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194652-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Icelandic Hockey League season\nThe 2007-08 Icelandic Hockey League season was the 17th season of the Icelandic Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Iceland. Four teams participated in the league, and Skautafelag Akureyrar won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194653-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), the Vandals were led by second-year head coach George Pfeifer and played their home games on campus at Cowan Spectrum in Moscow, Idaho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194653-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team\nThe Vandals were 8\u201320 overall in the regular season and 5\u201311 in conference play, tied for sixth in the standings. They met host New Mexico State in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament and lost by twenty points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194653-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team\nPfeiefer was fired days later, succeeded by Don Verlin, an assistant at Utah State under Stew Morrill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194654-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana\u2013Champaign in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's fifth season at Illinois. The team finished with 5\u201313 conference and 16\u201319 overall records. A runner-up finish in the Big Ten Tournament, and the play of freshman guard Demetri McCamey highlighted the season. Shaun Pruitt was the lone all-Big-Ten honoree; he was named to the all-Big-Ten third team by the press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194655-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by first year head coach Tim Jankovich, played their home games at Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena and were a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194655-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team\nThe Redbirds finished the season 25\u201310, 13\u20135 in conference play to finish in second place. They were the number two seed for the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. They won their quarterfinal game versus Missouri State University and semifinal game versus the University of Northern Iowa but lost their final game versus Drake University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194655-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team\nThe Redbirds received an at-large bid to the 2008 National Invitation Tournament and were assigned the number two seed in the Ohio State University regional. They were victorious over Utah State University in the first round and were defeated by Dayton University in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194656-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University during the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Indiana was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The interim head coach at the end of the season was Dan Dakich. Indiana University announced on February 22, 2008, that Kelvin Sampson accepted a $750,000 buyout of his contract and resigned as the Indiana University men's basketball coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194656-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team\nOn March 10, 2008 D. J. White and Eric Gordon were named to the First Team All-Big Ten and Armon Bassett was named to the third team. White was also named the Conference player of the year. In the off season, starters Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis were dismissed from the team after they failed to show up for a player meeting with coach Dakich, then failed to show up for a 6\u00a0a.m. run the following day. In December 2008, Eric Gordon stated how the 2007\u201308 season was ruined by turmoil due to drug use among some players on the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194657-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Indiana Pacers season\nThe 2007\u201308 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 41st season as a franchise and 32nd season in the NBA. The Pacers finished the regular season with a record of 36\u201346 and missed the playoffs, for the second straight season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194657-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Indiana Pacers season, Draft picks\nIndiana did not have a draft pick, but did pull off a Draft Day trade for the rights to Stanko Bara\u0107 with the Miami Heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194657-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Indiana Pacers season, Transactions\nThe Pacers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194658-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Inter Milan season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 99th in existence and 92nd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. This season led Internazionale to celebrate, on 9 March 2008, its centenary. The club commemorated his foundation on the previous day with a party in San Siro, in which supporters and former players have taken part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194658-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Inter Milan season, Season overview\nOn August 19, 2007, Inter faced Roma in Supercoppa Italiana losing on penalties. 9 months later, Roberto Mancini's side celebrated instead the win of Scudetto over the same rival, with 85 points to 82. Inter conquested the title, for third consecutive season, in last Serie A match beating Parma for 2\u20130: both goals are of Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107, who had scored for other 15 times during the whole league. For Parma, it was the first relegation to B after 18 consecutive seasons in top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194658-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Inter Milan season, Season overview\nIn late May 2008, after have lost an other trophy against Roma, Mancini is fired by Moratti. Days later, the club announced that his coach was sacked for the statement after Inter-Liverpool of previous 11 March: this game had marked the side's Champions League failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194658-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Inter Milan season, Players, Squad information, From youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194658-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Inter Milan season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194659-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Inverness Caledonian Thistle's fourth in the Scottish Premier League and 14th since the merger that created the club. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194659-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season, Scottish Premier League\nCaley Thistle finished 9th of 12 teams in the SPL, on 43 points from 38 matches. They managed only a disappointing \u221211 goal differential, from 51 goals scored and 62 allowed. It was a mixed season for statistics, as this tied the club's record for goals scored in an SPL season, set in 2004\u201305, but also demolished their record for SPL goals conceded by 14. But overall, it could be called a poor season for the Caley, with the lowest total points and lowest finishing league standing since their promotion in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 73], "content_span": [74, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194659-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season, Scottish Premier League\nThe exception to this poor form, and the main reason for the team's survival in the SPL, was the month of December. A streak that included wins against Hearts and Celtic earned Craig Brewster Manager of the Month and Marius Niculae Player of the Month honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 73], "content_span": [74, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194659-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season, Scottish Cup\nTo go along with the lackluster league season was a short and poor Scottish Cup. Caley Thistle entered the tournament in the fourth round, and faced Hibernian at Easter Road. Dean Shiels scored a hat trick and sunk Caley's hopes for a cup run at the first possible point as the match finished 3\u20130 to Hibs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 62], "content_span": [63, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194659-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season, League Cup\nThe League Cup provided a bit more positive news for Caley Thistle fans, as the club reached the quarterfinals for the second time in three seasons, on the strength of a 4\u20131 win over Arbroath and a 3\u20130 win over Gretna. The run stopped abruptly, however, away to Aberdeen, who beat Caley Thistle 4\u20131 on the strength of another hat trick (albeit including two penalties), this time from Barry Nicholson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194660-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa and the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball program in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. Coached by Todd Lickliter, they played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194660-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team, Personnel\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194661-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Greg McDermott, who was in his 2nd season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa and competed in the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194661-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cyclones finished 15-16, 6-10 in Big 12 play to finish 10th the regular season conference standings. They lost to Oklahoma in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194662-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ipswich Town F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194662-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary\nDespite making a strong challenge for promotion during the season, Ipswich Town were denied the chance to participate in the play-offs for promotion to the Premier League on the last day of the season, with Crystal Palace and Watford taking the play-off places instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194662-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194662-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194662-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194662-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194663-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iran 2nd Division\nThe following is the standings of the Iran Football's 2nd Division 2007\u201308 football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194664-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iran Football's 3rd Division\nThe following is the standings of the 3rd Division's 2007/08 football season. This is the 4th rated football competition in Iran after the Azadegan League,  Persian Gulf Cup and 2nd Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194665-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iran Futsal's 1st Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Iranian Futsal 1st Division will be divided into two phases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194665-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iran Futsal's 1st Division\nThe league will also be composed of 16 teams divided into two divisions of 8 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 14 matches each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194666-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iranian Basketball Super League\nThe following is the final results of the Iran Super League 2007/08 basketball season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194667-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iranian Futsal Super League\nThe 2007\u201308 Iranian Futsal Super League will be the 4th season of the Futsal Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194668-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iranian Volleyball Super League\nThe following is the final results of the Iranian Volleyball Super League (National unity and Islamic solidarity Cup) 2007/08 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194669-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iraqi Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Iraqi Premier League season started on 26 November 2007 and ended on 24 August 2008. The season saw Erbil crowned as champions for the second time in a row, beating Al-Zawraa 1\u20130 after extra time in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194669-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iraqi Premier League\nFor security reasons, the league was divided into three groups: South, North and Central. The top six clubs from the Central Group and the top four clubs from the North and South Groups qualified for the Elite Stage. The Elite Stage consisted of three groups, of which the winners and one runner-up qualified for the Golden Stage, a knockout contest. The Golden Stage matches were held at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194669-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iraqi Premier League\nThe champions and runners-up qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup (Iraq were excluded from the AFC Champions League due to not fulfilling the requirements), while third-placed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the 2008\u201309 Arab Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194669-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Iraqi Premier League, New rule\nThe Iraq Football Association introduced a new rule that allowed clubs to make four substitutions instead of three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194670-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Irish Cup was the 128th edition of Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. The competition began with the preliminary round on 15 September 2007 and culminated with the final at Windsor Park, Belfast, on 3 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194670-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish Cup\nLinfield were the defending champions, winning their 38th Irish Cup last season after a 3\u20132 penalty shootout win over Dungannon Swifts in the 2007 final after the game finished 2\u20132 after extra time. They successfully defended the cup to win it for the third successive season by defeating Coleraine 2\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194671-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish Ice Hockey League season\nThe 2007-08 Irish Ice Hockey League season was the first season of the Irish Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Ireland. Five teams participated in the league, and the Dundalk Bulls won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194672-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish League Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 2 February 2008 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194672-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish League Cup\nGlentoran were the defending champions after their sixth League Cup win last season; a 1\u20130 victory over Cliftonville in the previous final. This season Glentoran went out at the semi-final stage to Crusaders, who were then defeated 3\u20132 by Linfield in the final. This was a record ninth League Cup win for Linfield, and would be their last one for 11 years until they won the 2019 final. This was also the tenth time in eleven years that the cup had been won by one of Belfast's Big Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194672-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish League Cup\nThe 16 clubs taking part were divided into four groups of four clubs. The clubs in each group played each other at home and away. The top two clubs from each group then advanced to the quarter-finals where they played a single knock-out tie against another quarter-finalist. The semi-finals were played in the same format with the two winners of the ties advancing to the single match final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194673-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Irish Premier League was the fifth and final season of Northern Ireland's national football league in this format since its inception in 2003, and the 107th season of Irish league football overall. This was the last season of the competition before the league system in Northern Ireland was restructured. The 2008\u201309 competition onwards would be re-branded as the IFA Premiership, with stricter rules governing the eligibility of clubs wishing to take part. The top tier of the Northern Irish league system would also be reduced in size from sixteen clubs, to twelve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194673-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish Premier League\nThe season began on 22 September 2007, and ended on 26 April 2008. Linfield were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title, winning their 48th title by 3 points. Five teams were relegated to the newly introduced IFA Championship for the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194673-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish Premier League, Results\nEach team played every other team twice (home and away) for a total of 30 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194673-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish Premier League, League restructuring\nFrom the 2008\u201309 season onwards, the league system in Northern Ireland was re-structured. It would be renamed as the IFA Premiership, and reduced to twelve teams, included on the basis not only of their performance in the 2007\u201308 season, but in the previous two seasons, and other off-the-field criteria as follows. Each applicant club was assessed by an independent panel and awarded points against the following criteria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194673-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish Premier League, League restructuring\nFive of this season's sixteen Premier League teams failed to gain a place in the new twelve-team Premiership and were relegated to the newly introduced IFA Championship. Of the five teams that missed out, two of them - Armagh City and Limavady United failed to obtain the necessary domestic licence, while Larne did not apply. Donegal Celtic obtained a licence, but were ranked thirteenth in the entry list, and thus missed out by one place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194673-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Irish Premier League, League restructuring\nFinally, Portadown also obtained a licence, but were relegated to the IFA Championship as a result of submitting their application for the IFA Premiership 29 minutes past the deadline for consideration. That left thirteen clubs to be ranked - twelve from this season's Premier League plus Bangor, who had finished third in the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194674-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isle of Man League\nThe Isle of Man League 2007\u201308 (known as the Sure Mobile Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninety-ninth such league competition on the Isle of Man.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194674-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isle of Man League\nFootball in the Isle of Man is played at an amateur level. There are two tiers of men's football, consisting of 27 clubs. There are six senior cup competitions \u2013 the Manx FA Cup, Railway Cup, Hospital Cup, Woods Cup, Paul Henry Gold Cup and the Charity Shield. Each club has a reserve team in the Isle of Man Football Combination, and the Junior Cup for the reserve teams. There is also the Cowell Cup an annual Under-19 tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194674-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isle of Man League\nThere is one tier of women's football. The Isle of Man national football team is not affiliated with UEFA or FIFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194674-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isle of Man League, Men, League tables\nSt Georges were crowned champions in the Premier League, the top tier of Manx amateur football. The league was renamed from Division One in 2007. Union Mills triumphing in and being promoted from Division Two. Braddan F.C. were also promoted from Division Two, whilst St Johns United and Douglas Royal were relegated from the Premier League. Division Two was known as the CFS Division Two for sponsorship reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194674-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isle of Man League, Men, League tables, Premier League\nSaint Georges F.C. won their tenth league title, second consecutive title, and fourth in five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194674-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isle of Man League, Men, League tables, Division Two\nColby F.C., from the south of the Isle, completed an unbeaten season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194675-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israel State Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: \u05d2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4\u200e, Gvia HaMedina) was the 69th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 54th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194675-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israel State Cup\nThe competition was won by Beitar Jerusalem who had beaten Hapoel Tel Aviv on penalties after 0\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194675-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israel State Cup\nAs Beitar Jerusalem won the double, Hapoel Tel Aviv qualified to the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup, entering in the first qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194675-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israel State Cup, Results, Seventh Round\nByes: Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv, Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa, Hapoel Iksal, Hapoel Jerusalem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194675-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israel State Cup, Results, Round of 16 to the Final\nGames were played from March 11, 2008 to May 13, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194676-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Basketball State Cup\nThe Israeli Basketball State Cup 2007-08 was organized by the IBA. 24 teams that took part in the competition. The semifinals and finals were played at Yad Eliyahu Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. Hapoel Jerusalem won their 4th cup title, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 93-89 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194677-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Basketball Super League\nThe 2007-2008 Israeli Basketball Super League season was the 54th season of top division basketball in Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194677-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Basketball Super League, Regular season, Standings\nSource: Pts=Points, P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference. 1.Due to a firecracker thrown into the court during the match between Hapoel Holon and Hapoel Jerusalem, Holon lost technically 20-0 and was not awarded with any points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194678-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Futsal League\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Israeli Futsal League was the 2nd season of top-tier futsal under the Israel Football Association and 8th overall. The regular season started on 20 November 2007 and was concluded on 7 April 2008. The championship playoffs began on 8 April 2008 with semi-finals series and concluded with the championship final series from 17\u201324 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194678-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Futsal League\nHapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion were the defending champions and kept the title by defeating Yanshufei Agudat Sport Tel Aviv 2 games to 1 in the 2007\u201308 Championship Final series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194679-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Hockey League season\nThe 2007\u201308 Israeli Hockey League season was the 17th season of Israel's hockey league. The Haifa Hawks won their third consecutive Israeli championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194680-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Noar Leumit League\nThe 2007\u201308 Israeli Noar Leumit League was the fourteenth season since its introduction in 1994. It is the top-tier football in Israel for teenagers between the ages 18\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194680-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Noar Leumit League\nBeitar Jerusalem won the title, whilst Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Hapoel Ashkelon were relegated and were replaced by Hapoel Kfar Saba and Hapoel Petah Tikva who were promoted from Ligat Noar Artzit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194681-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Israeli Premier League season began on 18 August 2007 and ended on 1 June 2008, with Beitar Jerusalem win their second consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194681-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Premier League\nTwo teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Bnei Sakhnin. The two teams relegated were Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and Hapoel Petah Tikva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194681-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Premier League, Teams and Locations\nTwelve teams took part in the 2007-08 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2006-07 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2006-07 Liga Leumit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194681-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Premier League, Teams and Locations\nIroni Kiryat Shmona were promoted as champions of the 2006-07 Liga Leumit. Bnei Sakhnin were promoted as runners up. Bnei Sakhnin returned after an absence of one season, while Ironi Kiryat Shmona made their debut in the top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194681-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Premier League, Teams and Locations\nHakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and Hapoel Petah Tikva were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2006-07 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194681-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Premier League, Results\nThe schedule consisted of three rounds. During first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194682-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Women's Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Israeli Women's Cup (Hebrew: \u05d2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4 \u05e0\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd\u200e, Gvia HaMedina Nashim) was the 10th season of Israel's women's nationwide football cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194682-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Israeli Women's Cup\nThe competition was won, for the 6th consecutive time, by Maccabi Holon who had beaten ASA Tel Aviv University 4\u20133 on penalties after 1\u20131  in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194683-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isthmian League\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 93rd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194683-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isthmian League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194683-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isthmian League, Premier Division\nChelmsford City won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners AFC Wimbledon, who earned a third promotion in the six-year history of the reborn club. East Thurrock United, Folkestone Invicta and Leyton were relegated to the Division One sections while Boreham Wood were reprieved from relegation due to Conference clubs Halifax Town folding and Nuneaton Borough being demoted two divisions down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194683-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isthmian League, Division One North\nDivision One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194683-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isthmian League, Division One North\nDartford won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Canvey Island. Wivenhoe Town finished bottom of the table and left the league. Ilford finished in the relegation zone for the second season in a row, but were reprieved again after Edgware Town resigned from the league at the end of the season due to lack of the funds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194683-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isthmian League, Division One South\nDivision One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194683-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isthmian League, Division One South\nDover Athletic won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Tooting & Mitcham United. Horsham YMCA and Molesey finished bottom of the table and left the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194683-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isthmian League, League Cup\nThe Isthmian League Cup 2007\u201308 was the 34th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part. The competition commenced on 11 September 2007 and finished on 2 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194683-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isthmian League, League Cup, Fixtures and results\nFixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194683-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isthmian League, League Cup, Fixtures and results, First round\nFour clubs from division Ones participated in the First round, while all other clubs received a bye to the Second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194683-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Isthmian League, League Cup, Fixtures and results, Second round\nThe two clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the Second round draw with all other Isthmian League clubs, making sixty-four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194684-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ivy League men's basketball season\nThe 2007\u201308 Ivy League men's basketball season was the Ivy League's 54th season of basketball. Cornell University won the league title with a perfect 14-0 record in league play and was the Ivy League's representative at the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, snapping a 19-year streak of the Ivy League sending either University of Pennsylvania or Princeton University to the tournament. Louis Dale of Cornell was the Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194685-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 JS Kabylie season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was JS Kabylie's 43rd season in the Algerian top flight, They competed in National 1, the Algerian Cup, the CAF Confederation Cup and the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194685-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 JS Kabylie season, Squad list\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2007.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194685-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 JS Kabylie season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194686-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Japan Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007\u201308 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 76th edition of the event. They were held on December 26\u201328, 2007 at the Namihaya Dome arena in Kadoma, Osaka. National Champions were crowned in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. Results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the 2008 World Championships and the 2008 Four Continents Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194686-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007\u201308 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place between November 24 and 25, 2007 in Sendai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 85], "content_span": [86, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194686-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals to be invited to compete here: Yuzuru Hanyu (1st in novice, 3rd in junior), Keiji Tanaka (second in novice, 8th in junior), and Ryuju Hino (third in novice, 10th in junior) in men. In ladies, it was Roanna-Sari Oshikawa (1st in novice, 25 in junior), Yukiko Fujisawa (second in novice, 19th in junior), and Miho Sasaki (third in novice, 14th in junior).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 85], "content_span": [86, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194686-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships\nAlthough normally under the rules, a podium finish in the men's event on the Junior level would bring an invitation to compete at the senior level, twelve-year-old Hanyu was not able to be invited due to his age and skating level. Yukihiro Yoshida was therefore invited instead. Hanyu is also not listed as an alternate to Junior Worlds because he is not old enough to attend that competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 85], "content_span": [86, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194686-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Japan Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships\nAfter Junior Nationals, the World Junior team was announced as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 101], "content_span": [102, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194687-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Jordan FA Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Jordan FA Cup is the 28th edition of the Jordan FA Cup since its establishment in 1980. It started on 21 August 2007 and ended on 6 May 2008. Shabab Al-Ordon were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the final round. The winner of the competition will earn a spot in the 2009 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194687-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Jordan FA Cup\nAl-Faisaly won their 16th title after a 3\u20131 win over defending champions Shabab Al-Ordon in the final on 6 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194687-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Jordan FA Cup, Participating teams\nA total of 16 teams participated in this season. 10 teams from the 2007\u201308 Jordan League, 6 teams from the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194687-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Jordan FA Cup, Round of 16\nThe Round of 16 matches were played between 21 August and 25 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194687-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Jordan FA Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe Quarter-finals matches were played between 28 December and 31 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194687-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Jordan FA Cup, Semi-finals\nThe four winners of the quarter-finals progressed to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played on 22 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194687-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Jordan FA Cup, Final\nThe final was played on Tuesday 6 May 2008 at Prince Mohammed Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194688-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Jordan League\nThe 2007\u201308 Jordan League was the 56th season of Jordan Premier League, the top-flight league for Jordanian association football clubs. The championship was won by Al-Wehdat, while Al Ramtha and Al-Ahli were relegated. A total of 10 teams participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194689-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Juventus F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Juventus Football Club's 110th in existence and first season back in the top flight of Italian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194689-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Juventus F.C. season, Season review\nOn 4 June 2007, Claudio Ranieri was appointed the new manager following the resignation of Didier Deschamps. With the club back in Serie A, new signings such as Czech international Zden\u011bk Grygera, Portuguese midfielder Tiago Mendes and Sergio Almir\u00f3n were brought in to strengthen the squad while promising youngsters such as Sebastian Giovinco, Claudio Marchisio and Paolo De Ceglie were sent out on loan or co-ownership deals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194689-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Juventus F.C. season, Season review\nJuventus finished third that season to qualify for next season's Champions League, their first participation in that competition since 2005\u201306.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194689-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Juventus F.C. season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194690-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KBL season\nThe 2007\u201308 SK Telecom T Professional Basketball season was the 12th season of the Korean Basketball League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194691-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KF Tirana season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Klubi i Futbollit Tirana's 69th competitive season, 69th consecutive season in the Kategoria Superiore and 87th year in existence as a football club. It covered a period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194691-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KF Tirana season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194692-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KFC Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 KFC Cup was the 34th edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The competition was played between 16 and 28 October 2007, with the group stage hosted by Guyana and the play-offs hosted by Barbados.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194692-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KFC Cup\nEight teams contested the competition \u2013 the six regular teams of West Indian domestic cricket (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands), and two development teams (Combined Campuses and Colleges and the West Indies under-19 side). The Combined Campuses were competing for the first team. Jamaica eventually defeated Trinidad and Tobago in the final by 28 runs, winning their seventh domestic one-day title. Earlier in the tournament, the West Indies under-19s had been bowled out for 18 by Barbados, setting a new record for the lowest total in a List A match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194692-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KFC Cup, Statistics, Most runs\nThe top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194692-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KFC Cup, Statistics, Most wickets\nThe top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194693-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash\nThe 2007\u201308 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the 3rd season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia  participated in the competition. The competition began on 31 December 2007 when the Queensland Bulls took on two-time champions the Victorian Bushrangers at the new Tony Ireland Stadium in Thuringowa. Another match between the Western Warriors and last year's finalists the Tasmanian Tigers was held on the same day at the WACA Ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194693-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash\nThis season comprised 15 regular matches, instead of twelve from the 2006\u201307 season. This allowed each team to play every other team once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194693-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Table\nTeams received 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie or no result, and 0 for a loss. The top two teams, Western Australia and Victoria, played in the final at the WACA Ground in Perth. These two teams also qualified for the 1st edition of the Champions Twenty20 League, expected to be hosted by India in December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194694-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KK Partizan season\nIn the 2007\u201308 season, Partizan Belgrade will compete in the Basketball League of Serbia, Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup, Adriatic League and Euroleague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194695-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KML season\nThe 2007\u201308 SEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga is the 17th season of the Estonian basketball league and the fourth under the title sponsorship of SEB. Including the competition's previous incarnations, this is the 83rd season of the Estonian men's basketball league. T\u00dc/Rock came into the season as defending champions of the 2006\u201307 KML season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194695-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KML season\nThe season started on 3 October 2007 and concluded on 21 May 2008 with T\u00dc/Rock defeating Tallinna Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 0 in the 2008 KML Finals to win their 24th Estonian League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194695-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KML season, Regular season, League table\nUpdated to match(es) played on 21 May 2008. Source:  (2007/2008)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194695-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KML season, Playoffs\nThe playoffs began on 18 April 2008 and ended on 21 May 2008. The tournament concluded with T\u00dc/Rock defeating Tallinna Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 0 in the 2008 KML Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194696-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KNVB Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 KNVB Cup was the 90th edition of the premier knockout tournament in the Netherlands. The competition started on 25 August 2007 and the final was held on 27 April 2008 at the Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam. Feyenoord defeated Roda JC 2\u20130 in the final, taking home the cup for the eleventh time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194696-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KNVB Cup, First round\nOnly amateur clubs from the Hoofdklasse and below participated in this round. T\u00fcrkiyemspor were expelled from the cup tournament as a result of financial problems, their opponents VVSB advanced to the second round automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194696-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 KNVB Cup, Second round\nThe Eredivisie and Eerste divisie teams; the two youth teams and one extra amateur team entered the tournament this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194697-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas for the NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball season of 2007\u201308, which was the Jayhawks' 110th Season. The team was led by Bill Self in his fifth season as head coach. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194697-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team\nThe Jayhawks finished the season 37\u20133, 13\u20133 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They defeated Nebraska, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M to win the Big 12 Tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated Portland State in the First Round, UNLV in the Second Round, Villanova in the Sweet Sixteen, and Davidson in the Elite Eight to advance to the Final Four. In the National Semifinal, they defeated North Carolina before defeating Memphis in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, marking the third tournament title in the school's history and fifth national title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194698-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Frank Martin. The team relied on a talented crop of young players, headlined by true-freshman star Michael Beasley, the #1-ranked player in the high school class of 2007 by Rivals.com and one of the top prospects for the 2008 NBA Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194698-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe young team concluded the season 21\u201312 (10\u20136) and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194698-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Players, Roster\n1Transfer, ineligible for 2007\u201308 season. 2Enrolled early to join team for Spring 2007 semester, but was injured and opted to begin freshman season in 2007\u201308. 3Will miss all of 2007\u201308 season with knee injury; intends to appeal to NCAA for sixth year to complete eligibility. 4Did not meet academic eligibility requirements to enroll for Fall 2007 semester; will complete academic coursework and join team for Spring 2008 semester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194698-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Players, Incoming signees\n2007 saw the Wildcats put together one of the nation's strongest signing classes, ranked 1st according to , 2nd according to , and 5th according to . PF Beasley (Washington, D.C.) is the standout of the class, but is far from being its only talented member. The Wildcats signed two talented PGs in Fred Brown (West Palm Beach, Florida) and Jacob Pullen (Maywood, Illinois) and added SF Andre Gilbert (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota), a JUCO transfer with Division I experience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194698-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Players, Incoming signees\nKSU signed a pair of talented players from the Patterson School in North Carolina in SF Dominique Sutton (Durham, North Carolina) and PF Jamar Samuels (Washington, D.C.). Both will attend prep school for the Fall 2007 semester to improve their grades and will join the team at the start of the Spring 2008 semester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194698-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Players, Incoming signees\nThough scheduled to graduate from high school in the Spring of 2007, SF Bill Walker (Huntington, West Virginia) finished high school early and enrolled at KSU for the 2007 Spring Semester and was allowed to join the team immediately in December of the 2006\u201307 season. However, he was injured in just his sixth game at KSU and opted to redshirt for the remainder of the season. He will resume his freshman season of eligibility in 2007\u201308. PF Ron Anderson (Upper Marlboro, Maryland), a long time AAU teammate of Beasley's, rounded out the class when he was offered a scholarship after a strong AAU showing in the Summer of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194698-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Post-season, Big 12 tournament\nThe Wildcats went on to a 10\u20136 record in conference play, earning a number 3 seed in the 2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The Wildcats faced the No. 6 seed Texas A&M Aggies and lost 60\u201363.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194698-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Post-season, NCAA tournament, First round\nThe Wildcats earned a berth in the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the No. 11 seed in the Midwest Region. In the first round they beat the No. 6 seed USC Trojans, 80\u201367. The victory over the Trojans was the Wildcats' first win in a tournament game since beating No. 1 seed Purdue, 73\u201370, in the Midwest Regional Semifinals on March 25, 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 94], "content_span": [95, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194698-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Post-season, NCAA tournament, Second round\nThe Wildcats faced the Wisconsin Badgers from the Big Ten Conference in the second round and were soundly defeated, 55\u201372.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 95], "content_span": [96, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194698-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Post-season, NCAA tournament, Second round\nMichael Beasley scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for his 28th double-double of the season, but he had only six after halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 95], "content_span": [96, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194699-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Karlsruher SC season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 German football season, Karlsruher SC competed in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194699-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Karlsruher SC season, Season summary\nKarlsruher SC secured safety with a comfortable 11th place in the season following promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194699-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Karlsruher SC season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194699-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Karlsruher SC season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194699-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Karlsruher SC season, Notes\nThis article about an association football club season is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194700-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Karnataka State Film Awards\nThe Karnataka State Film Awards 2007\u201308, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194700-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Karnataka State Film Awards, Jury\nA committee headed by Kesari Haravoo was appointed to evaluate the awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194701-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kategoria Superiore\nThe 2007\u201308 Kategoria Superiore was the 72nd season of top-tier football in Albania and the tenth season under the name Kategoria Superiore. The season began on 25 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. KF Tirana were the defending champions, having won their twenty-third title the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194701-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kategoria Superiore, Results\nThe schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194702-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kategoria e Par\u00eb\nThe 2007\u201308 Kategoria e Par\u00eb was the 61st season of a second-tier association football league in Albania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194703-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship\nThe 2007\u201308 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship was the 16th season of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship, the top level of ice hockey in Kazakhstan. Ten teams participated in the league, and Barys Astana won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194704-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kent Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Kent Football League season was the 42nd in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194704-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kent Football League, Clubs\nThe league featured 16 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194705-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. The team was coached by Geno Ford and played their home games in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. They were members of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 28\u20137, 13\u20133 in MAC play. The Golden Flashes won the MAC Tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Kent State lost to UNLV in the opening round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194706-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the college basketball season of 2007\u20132008. The team's head coach was Billy Gillispie. It was his 1st year as Kentucky's head coach. The Wildcats played their home games at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. The highlights of the season were the unranked Wildcats upsetting the #3 ranked Tennessee Volunteers 72\u201366, and pushing the then ranked #1 Vols to the final seconds in a 63\u201360 loss at Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194707-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kilmarnock F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Kilmarnock's ninth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998\u201399. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194707-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Summary, Season\nKilmarnock finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League with 40 points. They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Hamilton Academical and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Celtic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194708-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Korisliiga season\nThe Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2007-08 season was the 68th Finnish club basketball season. It began on October 6, 2007 and ended on April 27, 2008. The Espoon Honka successfully defended their national championship with a 3-1 victory over the Kouvot. Petteri Koponen won the MVP Award and Akeem Scott won the Finals MVP Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194709-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kuwaiti Division One\nThe Kuwaiti Division One was introduced for the 2006/2007 season. Both Al Shabab and Al Fahaheel claimed the top 2 spots which earned them promotion to the Kuwaiti Premier League 2008-09.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194710-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kuwaiti Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Kuwaiti Premier League season is the 46th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 7 December 2007, and the final matchday was on the 4 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194710-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Kuwaiti Premier League\nAl Kuwait won the title for the 3rd successive time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 83]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194711-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEB Oro season\nThe 2007\u201308 LEB season is the 12th season of the Liga Espa\u00f1ola de Baloncesto. The 612-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Friday, September 21, 2007, and will end on Friday, May 16, 2008. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to ACB. The teams between 2nd and 9th position will play a best of 3 games play off between May 20 and May 27 to see who plays the Final Four in C\u00e1ceres, between May 31 and June 1. Two bottom teams will be relegated to LEB Plata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194711-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEB Oro season, LEB Oro Regular season\n1 Ciudad de Huelva relegated to LEB Bronce due economic problems. 2 CB Alc\u00fadia disappeared. 3 Alerta Cantabria relegated to LEB Bronce due economic problems. 4 Basquetinca.com refounded with B\u00e0squet Muro under the name of B\u00e0squet Mallorca. 5 UB La Palma clinched a vacant LEB berth and was not relegated", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194711-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEB Oro season, LEB Oro Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nEach quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) series between teams in the 2-9 positions, with the best-place team receiving home advantage. All opening games were played on May 20, 2008, and all second games were played on May 24. The deciding third games were played on May 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194711-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEB Oro season, LEB Oro Playoffs, Final Four\nThe Final Four is the last phase of the LEB Oro season, and is held over a weekend in C\u00e1ceres. The semifinal games are played on May 31. The championship final is played on June 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194712-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEB Plata season\nThe 2007\u201308 LEB Plata season was the 8th  season of the LEB Plata, second league of the Liga Espa\u00f1ola de Baloncesto and third division in Spain. It is also named Adecco Plata for sponsorship reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194712-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEB Plata season, Competition format\n18 teams play the regular season. This is a round robin, where each team will play twice against every rival. The champion of the Regular Season is promoted to LEB Oro and the eight next teams join the play-offs. A best-of-three quarterfinal and a Final Four decided the second promoted team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194712-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEB Plata season, Competition format\nThe last two qualified teams were relegated to LEB Bronce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194712-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEB Plata season, Competition format\nIf two or more teams have got the same number of winning games, the criteria of tie-breaking are these:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194712-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEB Plata season, Playoffs\nTeams qualified from 2nd to 9th will play the promotion play-off. If the winner of Copa LEB Plata is qualified between 2nd and 5th at the final of the Regular Season, it will join the play-offs as 2nd qualified. A best-of-three series and a Final Four hosted at C\u00e1ceres (with re-seeding) decided who promotes to LEB Oro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194713-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEN Euroleague\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Frietjes (talk | contribs) at 17:39, 8 April 2020 (\u2192\u200eFinal Four (Barcelona)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194713-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEN Euroleague\nThe 2007\u201308 LEN Euroleague was the 45th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 26 September 2007 to 10 May 2008, and was contested by 42 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on May 9 and May 10 in Barcelona. The winning team was Pro Recco from Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194713-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEN Euroleague, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 26 March, and the second legs were played on 9 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194714-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LEN Women's Champions' Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 LEN Women's Champions' Cup was the 21st edition of LEN's premier competition for women's water polo clubs, running from 29 November 2007 to 26 April 2008. Orizzonte Catania defeated NC Vouiagmeni to win its eighth title. Defending champion Fiorentina Waterpolo and ZVL Leiden also reached the newly introduced final four, which replaced the previous editions' round-robin final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194715-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LNAH season\nThe 2007\u201308 LNAH season was the 12th season of the Ligue Nord-Am\u00e9ricaine de Hockey (before 2004 the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League), a minor professional league in the Canadian province of Quebec. Eight teams participated in the regular season, and Caron & Guay de Trois-Rivieres won the league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194716-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LNBP season\nThe 2007\u201308 LNBP was the 8th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. The regular season began September 6, 2007 and ended on January 19, 2008. The playoffs ended on March 13, 2008. The league title was won by Halcones UV Xalapa, which defeated Soles de Mexicali in the championship series, 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194716-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LNBP season, Format\n24 teams participate. The teams are divided in two groups of 12 teams each, called Zonas (zones): Zona Norte (North) and Zona Sur (South). The first 8 teams in each group qualify for the playoffs. The group playoffs have quarterfinals (best-of-5), semifinals (best-of-7) and finals (best-of-7). The winner of each group series qualify for the championship series (best-of-7), named Final de Finales (Final of Finals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194716-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 LNBP season, All-Star Game\nThe 2007 LNBP All-Star Game was played in Nuevo Laredo on December 10, 2007 at 21:00 and was broadcast by TVC Deportes. The game was played between Zona Norte and Zona Sur, with no distinction between foreign and Mexican players. Zona Norte won, 123\u2013113, in front of an attendance of 1,800 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194717-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 La Liga\nThe 2007\u201308 La Liga season, the 77th since its establishment, started on 25 August 2007 and finished on 18 May 2008. Real Madrid defended their La Liga title successfully after a 2\u20131 victory over Osasuna. This season, all European leagues ended earlier than the previous season, due to the UEFA Euro 2008 championship. It also was the first year of the new La Liga television agreement that had La Sexta mark its first year of television broadcasting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194717-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 La Liga, Teams\nTwenty teams competed in the league\u00a0\u2013 the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. The promoted teams were Valladolid, Almer\u00eda and Murcia. Valladolid and Murcia returned to the top flight after an absence of three years while UD Almer\u00eda were promoted for the first time. However, since AD Almer\u00eda played in the 1980\u201381 La Liga, the city of Almer\u00eda returned to the top fight after an absence of twenty six years. They replaced Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimn\u00e0stic, ending their top flight spells of two, forty and one year respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194717-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 La Liga, Awards, Pichichi Trophy\nThe Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194717-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 La Liga, Awards, Zamora Trophy\nThe Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194718-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Latvian Hockey League season\nThe 2007-08 Latvian Hockey League season was the 17th season of the Latvian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Latvia. Seven teams participated in the league, and HK Liep\u0101jas Metalurgs won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194719-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lebanese FA Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Lebanese FA Cup was the 36th edition of the national football cup competition of Lebanon. It started with the first round on 20 October 2007, and ended on 3 July 2008 with the final. The cup winners were guaranteed a place in the 2009 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194720-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lebanese Premier League\nThe Lebanese Premier League 2007/08 season is the 47th season in the Lebanese Premier League. The Championship was decided on the final matchday, when Al-Ansar and Nejmeh tied each other 1\u20131 while Al Ahed defeated Tadamon Sour 2\u20131 to win its first championship title. Striker Mohammed Ghaddar from Nejmeh won the top scorer award, having found the net 22 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194720-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lebanese Premier League\nDue to the 2008 unrest in Lebanon, the games where postponed for one month. Thus the league finished in June 2008 instead of May 2008 as scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194720-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lebanese Premier League, Top scorers\nThis is a list of top scorers of the 2007\u201308 season. Mohammed Ghaddar is currently leading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194721-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lebanese Second Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Lebanese Second Division was the 74th season of the Second Division league which featured 14 clubs. Two of these teams were eligible for promotion to the top league of Lebanese football, the Lebanese Premier League, while two of the 14 teams had to face relegation to the Lebanese Third Division for the 2007\u201308 Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194721-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lebanese Second Division\nSalam Zgharta and Shabab Al-Ghazieh were promoted to the Lebanese Premier League, having finished respectively in first and second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194722-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lebanese Women's Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Lebanese Women's Football League was the 1st edition of the Lebanese Women's Football League. Sadaka won the competition's first title, with a 2\u20131 victory over Ansar in the final matchday of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Leeds United F.C. 's first ever season in the third tier of English football after relegation from the Championship the previous season. They finished in the play-offs in League One. Dennis Wise started the season as manager, but left the club in January 2008 to join Newcastle as Executive Director of Football. Wise was replaced just days later with former Leeds captain, Gary McAllister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season\nIn pre-season, the club were hit with a 15-point deduction for exiting administration without a CVA. However, the team won their first seven games and effectively eliminated the 15-point deduction. As the season progressed, results slipped, but the team still finished 5th in the league \u2013 qualifying them for the play-offs. In the play-off semi-finals, the club beat Carlisle over two legs, booking them a place at Wembley in the final. However, dreams were shattered when the team were beaten 1\u20130 by Doncaster, resigning the club to a second season in League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season\nJermaine Beckford had an impressive first full season with the club, being named League One Player of the Year and scoring over 20 goals in the process. The club recorded the highest attendance in the country outside the Premier League, in the 2\u20131 victory against Gillingham in May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Events\nThis is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007\u201308 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 1 May 2007 and ending on 25 May 2008). This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Players, Squad information\nAppearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Premiership, The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. Squad includes players registered with the club on the last day of the season (25 May 2008) only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Players, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 25 May 2008Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Awards, Player of the Year Awards\nThe results of the 2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. Player of the Year Awards were announced at a dinner on 29 April 2008 at Elland Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Awards, Team of the Week\nThe following players have been selected in the official Coca-Cola Football League One team of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Awards, Other Awards\nThe following Leeds United F.C. players and staff have won the following awards whilst contracted to the club in the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Transfers, Out\nEU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 750]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Transfers, Out\n1Original transfer fee was \u00a3300k, but rose to \u00a3500k when Stoke City were promoted to The Premiership. 2Player came out of retirement in November 2008 to play for MK Dons. Detailing transfers up to 25 May 2008 only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Club, Coaching and medical staff\nLast updated: 8 February 2008Source: Leeds United A.F.C. Matchday Programme", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Club, Coaching and medical staff\nIncludes staff registered with the club on the last day of the season (25 May 2008) only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Club, Former staff\nDate = Date the staff member left the club. Reason = Reason for departure from the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, Overall summary\nUpdated to match played 4 May 2008Source: Competitions1 Qualified for play-offs. Lost to Doncaster Rovers in the final. With the 15-point deduction, would have finished second and received automatic promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194723-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, League One, Results summary\nLast updated: 4 May 2008. Source: 1 Deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194724-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lega Basket Serie A\nThe 2007\u201308 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194724-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lega Basket Serie A\nThe regular season ran from September 30, 2007 to April 27, 2008, 18 teams played 34 games each. At the end of the regular season, the top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams, Cimberio Varese and Legea Scafati, were relegated to the Legadue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194724-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lega Basket Serie A\nMontepaschi Siena won their 3rd title by winning the playoff finals series against Lottomatica Roma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194724-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lega Basket Serie A, Regular season\n* Legea Scafati was penalized by 7 points for administrative irregularities", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194725-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leicester City F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Leicester City's 103rd season in the English football league system and their 57th in the second tier of English football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194725-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary\nMartin Allen had joined Leicester from Milton Keynes Dons in May, but his refusal to sign Dutch striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who had been invited for a medical by chairman Milan Mandari\u0107 but turned away by Allen, created friction between the two. The tension was only exacerbated when Allen refused to put in a bid for Celtic striker Derek Riordan. Eventually Martin Allen left Leicester by mutual consent on 29 August, after three months and four matches in charge, with Leicester in ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194725-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary\nFormer West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest manager Gary Megson was appointed as Allen's successor on 13 September, but left 41 days later, signing as Bolton Wanderers manager on 24 October, leaving Leicester 15th after nine league matches in charge. Ian Holloway, who had stabilised Plymouth Argyle in the Championship, was named Megson's successor on 22 November, but he was unable to revitalise Leicester and a 0\u20130 draw at Stoke City and with Southampton (who started the day in the relegation zone) beating Sheffield United on the final day of the season sealed Leicester's relegation to the third tier. Holloway left the club by mutual consent on 23 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194725-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leicester City F.C. season, Kit and sponsorship\nLeicester City's last deal with kit supplier JJB Sports came to an end on 9 May 2007. It was announced on 30 May that Topps Tiles would be the kits sponsor in a two-year agreement. On 26 June it was announced the new kit would be produced by Jako and would be an all blue kit. The last time Leicester City wore an all-blue kit was during the promotion season of 2002\u201303.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194725-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leicester City F.C. season, Final league table, Club standings\nLast updated: 4 May 2008. Source: LCFC Football League Championship Results", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194725-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194725-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194725-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leicester City F.C. season, Awards, Club awards\nAt the end of the season, Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters and the supporters club, saw the following players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194726-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leinster Rugby season\nThe 2008-09 Leinster Rugby season was Leinster's seventh competing in the Celtic League alongside which they competed in the 2007\u201308 Heineken Cup. Though Leinster were eliminated early from the Heineken Cup, the season ended in celebration as 'the Lions' were crowned champions of the 2007\u201308 Celtic League. Home games were played in the RDS Arena, Dublin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194726-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leinster Rugby season, Match Attendance\nLeinster's average Celtic League attendance was 14,361, the League's highest .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194727-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leyton Orient F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 Leyton Orient F.C. season was the 109th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club, their 92nd in the Football League, and second consecutive season in the third tier of the English football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194727-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leyton Orient F.C. season, Season summary\nHaving finished in 20th place, one spot above the relegation zone, most of the side that won the club promotion in 2006 left at the end of the season. Some players were released, some declined new contracts and the club's longest-serving player Matthew Lockwood was re-signed but later moved in pre-season to Nottingham Forest. The O's began the 2007-08 season in fine form, winning seven of their first nine games in all competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194727-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Leyton Orient F.C. season, Season summary\nOrient were top of the table at the beginning of October and were in the top seven until after Christmas, though a loss of form in the second half of the season, recording only three wins from the last 12 games, meant the season ended in a respectable 14th placed finish with 60 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194728-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Cup\nThe 2007-08 Libyan Cup was the 18th edition of the competition since its inception in 1976. 58 clubs entered this edition of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194728-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Cup\nThe competition ended with the Libyan Cup Final, held at the 11 June Stadium, Tripoli, on July 26, 2008. The title was contested between Khaleej Sirte and Al Madina, with Khaleej winning 1-0, Idrees Salem scoring the only goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194729-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Premier League\nLibyan Premier League 2007/2008 was the 40th edition of the Libyan Premier League, the highest division of Libyan football, organised by the Libyan Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194729-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Premier League, Season summary\nIn a more closely contested league contest than in recent seasons, Al Ittihad took until week 28 to secure their 14th league title. Al Ahly Tripoli challenged their close rivals all the way in the title race, but just four points from their last three games, including a humiliating 1-0 defeat to eventually relegated Al Tahaddy, ended their title hopes and their 29-game unbeaten record, which had lasted all year. Al Ittihad also went through the league season unbeaten. After just one defeat in the 2006-07 season, this shows signs that the Big Two are pulling even further away, proved by the 20-point gap between 2nd placed Al Ahly Tripoli and 3rd placed Al Ahly Benghazi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194729-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Premier League, Season summary\n2007-08 was a very successful season for Khaleej Sirte. The club won two trophies (its first major honours since the three Sirte clubs merged to form Khaleej Sirte). The club won the Libyan Confederation Cup, a newly created trophy similar to England's League Cup, before later lifting the Libyan Cup, beating Al Madina in a tense final 1-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194729-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Premier League, Season summary\nAt the bottom, Al Suqoor and Nojom Ajdabiya both had very poor seasons, with just 9 wins between the two sides. Al Suqoor suffered one of the worst defeats in Libyan history, as they were crushed 10-2 by A Ahli Tripoli. Al Urouba did put up a decent fight, winning 4 of their last 7 matches, nearly half of the number of wins they had obtained in their previous 23 matches. In the end, they paid the price for losing to relegation rivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194729-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Premier League, Season summary\nThe Relegation/Promotion Play Off place was an interesting battle. Three teams were on 33 points, and it was head-to-head record that sent Al Tahaddy to their eventual relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194729-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Premier League, Season summary\nIn general, the league was pretty close, with just 10 points separating 5th placed Khaleej Sirte from 14th placed (and relegated) Al Urouba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194729-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Premier League, The competition\nThere are 16 clubs in the League. During the course of the season each clubs plays others two times, for a total of 30 games. At the end of season, the bottom three sides are automatically relegated to the Libyan Second Division, and the fourth bottom side goes into the Relegation Play-Off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194729-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Premier League, The competition\nThe winner of the LPL qualifies for the CAF Champions League, and the top two sides qualify for the Arab Champions League, while the Libyan Cup winner qualifies for the CAF Confederation Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194730-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Second Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Libyan Second Division football championship took place between November 2007 and July 2008. The first round of matches were played between November 3 and November 5, 2007. The final round of games were played in July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194730-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Second Division, Competition\n43 sides competed in this edition of the competition, split into three groups. Groups A and B contained 27 sides from the surrounding areas of Tripoli, Zawiya, Misrata and Sabha. These were split into two groups, Group A with 14 sides, Group B with 13 sides. Group C contained 16 teams from the surrounding areas of Butnan, Benghazi, Jabal al Akhdar and Sirte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194730-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Second Division, Competition\nEvery side in each group played each other home and away; therefore, each team in Group A played 26 games, Group B 24 games, and Group C 32 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194730-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Second Division, Promotion & Relegation\nThe team that finished top of each of the three groups won direct promotion to the Libyan Premier League, and would enter a mini-league at the end of the season to decide the winner of the competition. The team that finished second in each of the three groups entered a Relegation Promotion Play-Off League, along with the 13th-placed side in the 2007\u201308 edition of the Libyan Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194730-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Second Division, Promotion & Relegation\nThe bottom three sides in each of Group A and Group B, along with the bottom four sides in Group C were relegated to the Libyan Third Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194730-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Second Division, Championship stage\nThis contained the three sides that topped each group. They had already won promotion to the Libyan Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division\nThe 2007-08 Libyan Third Division was the 24th edition of the Libyan Third Division football. It took place from November 2007 to June 2008. Wefaq Ajdabiya won the title, having won the championship playoffs between the winners of the regional leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Promotion\nThe top two clubs in the Sirte, Jabal al Akhdar, Benghazi, Sabha and Misrata regional leagues were promoted to the Libyan Second Division for the 2008-09 season. The top three clubs in the Tripoli regional league were also promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Promotion, Playoffs, Semifinals\nThe promotion playoffs took place between the third and fourth placed teams in the Jabal al Akhdar region and the two third placed teams in the Benghazi and Sirte regions. The third placed team in the Jabal al Akhdar region played the third placed team in the Benghazi region in a one-off game, whereas the fourth placed team in the Jabal al Akhdar region played the third placed team in the Sirte region in a one-off game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Promotion, Playoffs, Final\nThe winner of these two semi-finals play a one-off game, the winner of which will be promoted to the Libyan Second Division for the 2008-09 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Promotion, Playoffs, Final\nThe second placed team in the Misrata region (Al Ish'aa') played the second placed team in the Sabha region (Al Qal'aa)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Western Region\nLibya Railway 1 - 1 Al Watan al ArabiLibya Railway 0 - 0 Khalid bin WaleedAl Watan al Arabi 0 - 0 Khalid bin WaleedAl Watan al Arabi 0 - 1 Libya RailwayKhalid bin Waleed 4 - 6 Libya RailwayKhalid bin Waleed 1 - 2 Al Watan al Arabi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Western Region\n1: Libya RailwayP3 W2 D1 L0 GF8 GA5 GD+3 Pts72: Al Watan al ArabiP3 W1 D1 L1 GF3 GA3 GD0 Pts43: Khalid bin WaleedP3 W0 D1 L2 GF5 GA8 GD-3 Pts1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Eastern Section\nAl Sadaqa (3rd placed in Jabal al Akhdar region)Al Manaar Sousah (4th placed in Jabal al Akhdar region)North Benghazi (3rd placed in Benghazi region)Al Qal'aa Burayqah (3rd placed in Sirte region)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Eastern Section, Semifinals\nBoth played June 3, 2008Al Sadaqa 0 - 2  North Benghazi - Ajdabiya StadiumAl Manaar Sousah 1 - 1 (6 - 7 pens) Al Qal'aa Burayqah - First Statement Stadium", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Eastern Section, Finals\nNorth Benghazi 3 - 0 Al Qal'aa Burayqah - June 10, 2008 - Derna Stadium (North Benghazi are promoted)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Southern/Western Section\nThe second placed team in the Sabha section (Al Qal'aa) played the second placed team in the Misrata region (Al Ish'a')", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Playoffs, Southern/Western Section\nAl Ish'a' 1 - 4 Al Qal'aa - June 6, 2008 - 2 March Stadium (Al Qal'aa are promoted)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage\nThe 8 winners of the regional championships were split into two groups of four according to their geographical location. A knockout format was decided upon, meaning that the winner would be eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Group A\nAl Ittihad Gheryan (Tripoli regional champions)Libya Railway (Zawiya regional champions)Al Mahdeeya (Sabha regional champions)Al Dhahra Bani Walid (Misrata regional champions)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Group A\nAl Mahdeeya 0 - 0 (6 - 7 pens) Al Dhahra Bani Waleed - June 28, 2008, 17:30 EET - 2 March Stadium - Referee: Younes al SabouniAl Ittihad Gheryan 1 - 0 Libya Railway - June 28, 2008, 17:30 EET - GMR Stadium - Referee: Ahmed Achour", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Group B\nAl Hadaf Benghazi (Benghazi regional champions)Al Ansaar (Jabal al Akhdar regional champions)Wefaq Ajdabiya (Sirte regional champions)Al Hilal Tobruk (Butnan regional champions)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Group B\nAl Hilal Tobruk 0 - 0 (3 - 5 pens) Wefaq Ajdabiya - June 27, 2008, 17:30 EET - Al Bayda Stadium - Referee: Ali 'IlmiAl Hadaf Benghazi 2 - 1 Al Ansaar - June 27, 2008, 17:30 EET - First Statement Stadium - Referee: Abdallah al Fadhil", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Semifinals\nWefaq Ajdabiya 1 - 1 (5 - 4 pens) Al Hadaf Benghazi - July 6, 2008, 16:00 EET - Al Bayda StadiumAl Dhahra Bani Waleed 2 - 3 Al Ittihad Gheryan - July 6, 2008 - GMR Stadium", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194731-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Third Division, Championship stage, Final\nWefaq Ajdabiya 2 - 1 Al Ittihad Gheryan - July 10, 2008, 17:30 EET - 2 March Stadium", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194732-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan Trophy\nThe 2007-08 Libyan Trophy was the first edition of the competition, organised by the Libyan Football Federation. The first round of matches took place on May 23, 2008, with the final taking place on June 18. The sixteen sides that competed in the 2007-08 Libyan Premier League entered the competition, with the exception of Al Ahly Tripoli and Al Jazeera. The fourteen remaining sides were sorted into four groups, half with three teams, the other half with four teams. Groups A and B contained teams from Western Libya, and Groups C and D contained teams from Eastern Libya. Each team played each other once, with the top team from each group going through to form the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194733-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan relegation play-off\nThe Libyan Relegation Play-off was contested between the three second-placed teams in the 3 groups in the 2007\u201308 Libyan Second Division: Wefaq Sabratha (Group A), Al Mustaqbal (Group B), and Al Sawa'ed (Group C) and the 13th placed team in the 2007\u201308 Libyan Premier League, which was Al Tahaddy. The four sides played each other once at neutral venues. The side that finished top would be promoted to the LPL, while if Al Tahaddy finished top, they would retain their place in the top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194733-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Libyan relegation play-off\nThe Play-Off was contested from July 28, 2008 to August 6, 2008. Wefaq Sabratha won the Play-Off on goal difference from Al Sawa'ed, therefore gaining promotion to the 2008\u201309 Libyan Premier League, and so Al Tahaddy were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194734-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liechtenstein Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Liechtenstein Cup was the sixty-third season of Liechtenstein's annual cup competition. Seven clubs competed with a total of sixteen teams for one spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. Defending champions were FC Vaduz, who have won the cup continuously since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194735-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Alef\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (champions of the North Division) and Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam (champions of the South Division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Artzit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194735-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Alef\nAt the bottom, the bottom two clubs in each division, Hapoel Ahva Haifa, Hapoel Makr (from North division), Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva and Ironi Ofakim (from South division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet, whilst the two clubs which were ranked in 12th place in each division, Beitar Haifa and Hapoel Tzafririm Holon entered a promotion/relegation play-offs, and both relegated to Liga Bet after losing the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194735-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, North play-off\nThe 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Beitar Haifa, faced Liga Bet North B runners-up, Maccabi Tamra in a two legged play-off. The Liga Bet North A runners-up, Hapoel Iksal was suspended from the play-offs, following an attempt for match fixing, prior to their scheduled match against Beitar Haifa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194735-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, North play-off\nMaccabi Tamra won 4-2 on aggregate and was promoted to Liga Alef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194735-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, South play-off\nThe 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon, faced the Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Hapoel Mahane Yehuda and Hapoel Arad. The teams faced each other in a round-robin tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194735-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, South play-off\nHapoel Arad won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194736-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Artzit\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga Artzit season began on 17 August 2007 and 24 May 2008. Hapoel Jerusalem won the title and were promoted to Liga Leumit alongside runners-up Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata. Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen and Hapoel Kfar Shalem were relegated to Liga Alef", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194737-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Bet\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga Bet season saw Ahva Arraba (champions of the North A division), Maccabi Kafr Qara (champions of the North B division), Hapoel Hadera (champions of the South A division) and Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom (champions of the South B division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Alef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194737-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Bet\nThe runners-up in each division entered a promotion/relegation play-offs with the clubs ranked 12th in Liga Alef, Maccabi Tamra (from North A division) and Hapoel Arad (from South B division) won their respective play-offs and were promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194737-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Bet\nAt the bottom, Maccabi Kafr Yasif, Hapoel Yanuh (from North A division), Hapoel Yokneam, Maccabi Or Akiva (from North B division), Beitar Pardes Hanna, Hapoel Qalansawe (from South A division), Hapoel Tel Sheva and Hapoel Oranit (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194737-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, North play-off\nLiga Bet North A and Liga Bet North B runners-up, Maccabi Tamra faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Beitar Haifa in a two legged play-off. The Liga Bet North A runners-up, Hapoel Iksal was suspended from the play-offs, following an attempt for match fixing, prior to their scheduled match against Beitar Haifa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194737-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, North play-off\nMaccabi Tamra won 4-2 on aggregate and was promoted to Liga Alef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194737-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, South play-off\nLiga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Hapoel Mahane Yehuda and Hapoel Arad faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194737-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, South play-off\nHapoel Arad won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194738-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Gimel\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga Gimel season saw 86 clubs competing in 6 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194739-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga I\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga I was the ninety season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 27 July 2007 and ended on 7 May 2008. CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year-long reign of Bucharest based teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194739-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga I\nCFR Cluj will play in the Champions League group stage, while Steaua Bucure\u0219ti qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round. Rapid Bucure\u0219ti, Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti, Unirea Urziceni and Politehnica \u0218tiin\u021ba Timi\u0219oara qualified for the UEFA Cup first round. The highest placed team that has not qualified for the UEFA Cup is allowed the opportunity to compete in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, provided they have applied to enter the Intertoto Cup in the next season. Vaslui, O\u021belul Gala\u021bi and Gloria Bistri\u021ba are the only teams that have applied, with Vaslui securing their participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194739-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga I, Champion squad\nGoalkeepers: Nuno Claro  (15 / 0); Lars Hirschfeld  (5 / 0); Eduard St\u0103ncioiu (15 / 0). Defenders: Eur\u00edpedes Amoreirinha  (2 / 0); Ricardo Cad\u00fa  (29 / 4); Mikael Dorsin  (8 / 1); Fredy  (1 / 0); Gabriel Mure\u0219an (22 / 0); Cristian Panin (28 / 1); Niklas Sandberg  (10 / 1); Andr\u00e9 Galiassi  (28 / 0); Tony  (32 / 1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194739-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga I, Champion squad\nMidfielders: Emmanuel Culio  (32 / 1); Dani  (29 / 1); Ciprian Deac (10 / 0); Sebasti\u00e1n Dubarbier  (15 / 3); Manuel Jos\u00e9 Vieira  (20 / 0); Andr\u00e9 Le\u00e3o  (15 / 0); Alin Minteuan (18 / 0); Pedro Oliveira  (1 / 0); Sixto Peralta  (8 / 0); Eugen Tric\u0103 (30 / 13). Forwards: Adrian Anca (5 / 0); Nicol\u00e1s Canales  (1 / 0); Didi  (18 / 7); Cristian Fabbiani  (28 / 11); Ibezito Ogbonna  (2 / 0); Diego Ru\u00edz  (13 / 2); Ant\u00f3nio Semedo  (33 / 6). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194739-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga I, Notes\n(1) Delta Tulcea won the first serie of Liga II, but did not apply for the license necessary for playing in Liga I in the 2007\u201308 season. The highest ranked relegated team in the previous season, namely Ceahl\u0103ul Piatra Neam\u021b (15th place in 2006\u201307 season), will continue in Liga I. (2) Timi\u0219oara change of name following name conflict with FC Politehnica Timi\u0219oara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194740-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga I (women's football)\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Liga I Feminin was the 18th season of Romania's premier women's football league. CFF Clujana won the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194741-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga II\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga II was the 68th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 25 August 2007 and lasted until 24 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194741-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga II\nThe format has been maintained to two series, each of them consisting of 18 teams. At the end of the season, the top two teams of the series promoted to Liga I and the bottom fourth places from both series relegated to Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194742-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga III\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga III season was the 52nd season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. It was the second in this format (six series of 18 teams each).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194742-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga III\nThe winners of each division got promoted to the 2008-09 Liga II season. There were also two playoff tournaments held at neutral venues involving the second placed teams, one with those from series 1, 2 and 3, the other with those from series 4, 5, and 6. The winners of the playoffs also got promoted to the 2008-09 Liga II season. The bottom three from each division were relegated at the end of the season to the county football leagues (Liga IV). From the 15th placed teams, another three were relegated. To determine these teams, separate standings were computed, using only the games played against clubs ranked 1st through 14th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194742-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga III, Renamed teams and other changes\nGaz Metan Podari was moved from Podari to Craiova and was renamed as Gaz Metan CFR Craiova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194742-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga III, Renamed teams and other changes\nMaris T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219 was moved from T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219 to Ungheni and was renamed as ASA Unirea Ungheni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194742-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga III, Renamed teams and other changes\nInterna\u021bional Curtea de Arge\u0219 took the place of Voin\u021ba Macea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194742-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga III, Renamed teams and other changes\nFC Arge\u0219 Pite\u0219ti II took the place of Juventus Bascov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194743-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga IV\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga IV was the 66th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a play-off match played on a neutral venue. The winners of the play-off matches promoted to Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194743-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga IV, 2007\u20132008 Promotion Play-Off\nThe matches was scheduled to be played on 31 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194744-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Indonesia Premier Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (also known as the Liga Djarum Indonesia for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division as well as its final season as the top Indonesian professional league for association football clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194744-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Overview\nIt was contested by 36 teams. The season began on 10 February 2007 and the last games played on 10 February 2008. and Sriwijaya F.C. won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194744-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Awards, Top scorers\nThis is a list of the top scorers from the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194745-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Leumit\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga Leumit season began on 17 August 2007 and ended on 24 May 2008. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan won the title and were promoted to the Premier League alongside runners-up Hapoel Petah Tikva. Ironi Rishon LeZion and Hapoel Nazareth Illit were relegated to Liga Artzit", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194746-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo season\nThe 2007\u201308 Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo season was the 34th season of the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo, the top level of ice hockey in Spain. Six teams participated in the league, and CG Puigcerda won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194747-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga de Honra\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga de Honra season was the 18th season of the competition and the 74th season of recognised second-tier football in Portugal. The season was started on 18 August 2007. The fixtures (or schedule of games to be played) were announced on 12 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194747-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liga de Honra\nThe first goalscorer of the season was Tatu, who scored a 4th-minute goal for Desportivo das Aves against Olhanense in, one of the four games, the kick-off that ended 1\u20132 for Olhanense. The first red card of the season was given to Desportivo das Aves' S\u00e9rgio Nunes  in the same game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194748-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligat Nashim\nThe 2007\u201308 Ligat Nashim was the tenth season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194748-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligat Nashim\nAs all 5 members of the previous season's second division folded, the league was contested as a single division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194748-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligat Nashim\nThe league was won by Maccabi Holon, its fifth consecutive title. By winning, Maccabi Holon qualified to 2008\u201309 UEFA Women's Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194749-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue 1\nThe 2007\u201308 Ligue 1 season is the seventieth since its establishment, and started in August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. The fixtures were announced in June 2007. Lyon became French champions, having won a record seventh consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194749-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue 1, Participating teams, Promotion and relegation\nLens, Strasbourg and Metz were relegated to Ligue 2. The three relegated teams will be replaced by the three promoted teams from Ligue 2. Le Havre were promoted as Ligue 2 champions along with Nantes, who finished in second place, and third-placed Grenoble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194749-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue 1, Attacking Play table\nLigue 1 has introduced an Attacking Play Table since the start of the 2006\u201307 Ligue 1 season to encourage more goal-scoring in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), with the help of the former France national team manager Michel Hidalgo, introduced the idea to reward those teams who score the most goals. Independent from the official league table, points are awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194749-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue 1, Attacking Play table\nThe sum of 20 million Euros, taken from the LFP's new commercial ventures in 2006/2007 will be dedicated to this initiative. \u20ac16.7\u00a0million will go to Ligue 1. Prize money is distributed to the teams at the end of the season depending on where they finish in the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194749-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue 1, Attacking Play table\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; W1 = Wins by one goal; W2 = Wins by more than one goal; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194749-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue 1, Awards, Player of the Year\nThe nominees for Ligue 1 Player of the Year. The winner will be displayed in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194749-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue 1, Awards, Young Player of the Year\nThe nominees for the Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year. The winner will be displayed in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 49], "content_span": [50, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194750-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue 2\nThe Ligue 2 season 2007\u201308 was the sixty-sixth since its establishment, and started in August 2007. The fixtures were announced in June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194750-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue 2\nFC Metz, the champions of Ligue 2, SM Caen, and RC Strasbourg were promoted to France's top division Ligue 1. Whereas, Troyes AC, CS Sedan, and FC Nantes were relegated to Ligue 2. The first matches of the season were played on 27 July 2007, and the season ended on 16 May 2008. The new Ligue 2 champions were crowned on 2 May 2008 when Le Havre AC drew with Montpellier HSC following FC Nantes's loss to Amiens SC that same day. As champions, Le Havre will be promoted to France's highest football division Ligue 1 for the upcoming 2008-09 season. For finishing in 2nd place and 3rd, both FC Nantes and Grenoble Foot 38 achieved promotion as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194750-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue 2\nThe relegation places were filled by FC Gueugnon, who were relegated after losing to AC Ajaccio on 18 April 2008. FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, who were relegated after to CS Sedan on 2 May 2008 and Chamois Niortais FC, who were relegated on the final day after losing to US Boulogne who were occupying the last relegation place coming into the final day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194750-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue 2, Top goalscorers\nThe top goalscorer was awarded to Le Havre AC's Guillaume Hoarau finishing with a stunning 28 goals averaging a goal per 118 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194751-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ligue Magnus season\nThe 2007\u201308 Ligue Magnus season was the 87th season of the Ligue Magnus, the top level of ice hockey in France. 14 teams participated in the league, and Dragons de Rouen won their ninth league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season Lincoln City F.C. played in Football League Two after finishing last season in fifth place in the Football League Two and losing another play-off semi-final the previous season. It marked Lincoln's 101st season in the Football League, becoming one of only 26 clubs to have completed 100 or more seasons since the league's formation in 1888. The club are the first club to have reached the milestone without playing top-flight football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season\nThis season marked the club's 79th season in the lowest possible division in the Football League, and the 36th season in the fourth tier of English football. The club have now been competing in the fourth tier for nine successive seasons, with their last season in a higher division coming in 1998\u201399.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season, Fixtures and results, League Two\n2007/08 Away Total: 10,629 (23 games)2007/08 Away Average: 462 2007/08 Home Average: 93,835 (23 games) | 4,080 2007/08 Home Average (Excluding Away Fans): 4,080 \u2013 (582) = 3,498", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Biggest win\nHomeLeague Two: 4 \u2013 1 vs Barnet Sat 15 DecFA Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Trophy: Not Applicable", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Biggest win\nAwayLeague Two: 3 \u2013 0 vs Accrington Stanley Tues 12 FebFA Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Trophy: Not Applicable", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Heaviest defeat\nHomeLeague Two: 0 \u2013 4 vs Shrewsbury Town Sat 11 Aug | 0 \u2013 4 vs Darlington Sat 22 DecFA Cup:Not ApplicableLeague Cup:Not ApplicableLeague Trophy: 2 \u2013 5 vs Hartlepool United Tues 9 Oct", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Heaviest defeat\nAwayLeague Two: 0 \u2013 4 vs Milton Keynes Dons Sun 14 Oct | 0 \u2013 4 vs Peterborough United Sat 29 MarFA Cup: 1 \u2013 3 vs Nottingham Forest Tues 27 NovLeague Cup: 1 \u2013 4 vs Doncaster Rovers Tues 14 AugLeague Trophy:Not Applicable", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Highest attendance\nHomeLeague Two: 5,286 vs Bradford City Fri 7th SeptFA Cup: 7,361 vs Nottingham Forest Sat 10 NovLeague Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Trophy: 936 vs Hartlepool United Tues 9 Oct", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Highest attendance\nAwayLeague Two: 15,510 vs Bradford City Wed 26 DecFA Cup: 6,783 vs Nottingham Forest Tues 27 NovLeague Cup: 5,084 vs Doncaster RoversLeague Trophy: Not Applicable", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Lowest attendance\nHomeLeague Two: 3,189 vs Accrington Stanley Sat 25 AugFA Cup: 7,361 vs Nottingham Forest Sat 10 NovLeague Cup: Not ApplicableLeague Trophy: 936 vs Hartlepool United Tues 9 Oct", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Club, Lowest attendance\nAwayLeague Two: 1,281 vs Accrington Stanley Tues 12 FebFA Cup: 6,783 vs Nottingham Forest Tues 27 NovLeague Cup: 5,084 vs Doncaster RoversLeague Trophy: Not Applicable", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194752-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lincoln City F.C. season, Statistics, Individual, Discipline\n3 Points for a yellow card6 Points for a red card", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194753-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Lithuanian Hockey League season\nThe 2007\u201308 Lithuanian Hockey League season was the 17th season of the Lithuanian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Lithuania. Nine teams participated in the league, and SC Energija won the championship. SC Energija received a bye until the finals, as they played in the Latvian Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 116th season in Liverpool Football Club's existence, and their 46th consecutive year in the top flight, which covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season\nHaving finished third the previous season, Liverpool had qualified for the UEFA Champions League final qualifying stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, August\nLiverpool began their Premier League season with a trip to Aston Villa, which they won 2\u20131. This was followed by the first leg of the Champions League qualifier, at Toulouse. The game, unusually played on a weekday afternoon, was won 1\u20130 by Liverpool. Next came the first home game, a Premier League game against Chelsea. Liverpool took a lead through Fernando Torres's first goal for the club, but Chelsea hit back with a disputed penalty, ending the game 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, August\nReferee Rob Styles appeared to book Michael Essien twice without sending him off, similar to Graham Poll at the 2006 World Cup. Styles later admitted to have made an incorrect decision to award the penalty and, unusually, apologised to Liverpool for his mistake; he was subsequently dropped for the next gameweek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, August\nThe third league game of the season, a 2\u20130 away win at Sunderland, was notable for Mohamed Sissoko's first (and only) Liverpool goal, after more than two years. This was also the Reds' 7,000th league goal. The following Tuesday saw Liverpool play Toulouse at Anfield in the second leg of their Champions League qualifying tie. Before kick-off, the Everton song \"Z Cars\" echoed around Anfield, in memory of 11-year-old Rhys Jones, a local boy who had been shot dead the previous week. The game finished 4\u20130 to Liverpool, and the team thereby qualified for the group stage courtesy of a 5\u20130 aggregate scoreline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, September\nLiverpool won their first game of September against Derby County 6\u20130, Liverpool's biggest league win since April 2003 when they beat West Bromwich Albion by the same scoreline. This win took them to the top of the Premier League table for the first time under Rafa Benitez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, September\nAfter a two-week international break, Liverpool's next league game was away to Portsmouth. The match ended in a 0\u20130 draw, after Pepe Reina saved Nwankwo Kanu's penalty kick. The following week, the home league game against Birmingham City, ended in a similar goalless scoreline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, September\nIn between those two league draws Liverpool travelled to Porto to begin their Champions League Group A campaign against another team that had previously won the competition. The game, which ended 1\u20131, saw Jermaine Pennant sent off after receiving two yellow cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, September\nLiverpool got back on a winning track when they travelled to Reading for a League Cup third round tie. Liverpool beat their hosts 4\u20132, with Fernando Torres scoring his first Liverpool hat-trick. This was followed up with a league success, away to Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium, where Yossi Benayoun's 75th-minute strike\u2014his second in two games\u2014was enough to secure three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, October\nOctober's first fixture was the visit of Marseille, Liverpool's second Champions League group stage match. A spectacular individual goal from Marseille midfielder Mathieu Valbuena handed Liverpool a 0\u20131 loss, their first of the season. Disappointed Liverpool manager Rafael Ben\u00edtez described the match as possibly the worst performance by the club under his management.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, October\nLiverpool remained at Anfield for their following game, the league visit of Tottenham Hotspur. A last-minute, injury-time, equaliser by Fernando Torres earned the team a 2\u20132 draw to preserve their unbeaten league record. However, Liverpool bounced back to win the away derby to fierce rivals Everton. The match at Goodison Park was a contentious one, with the referee's performance heavily criticised by Everton manager David Moyes. Dirk Kuyt scored two penalties that saw Liverpool come from behind to win 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, October\nThe third of Liverpool's Champions League group games was a trip to Istanbul, where they had won the trophy in 2005. On this occasion, however, Liverpool fans had little to celebrate as their hosts Be\u015fikta\u015f dealt their side's chances of progressing in the competition a serious blow by winning 2\u20131. The highest seeded team in their group, Liverpool were now bottom of their quartet with only a point from their first three qualifying games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, October\nLiverpool finished the month with a pair of home fixtures. The league visit of Arsenal yielded a 1\u20131 draw, whilst the League Cup visit of Cardiff City, who featured Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler in their line-up, gave the Reds a 2\u20131 win and Nabil El Zhar his first Liverpool goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, November\nLiverpool began the month of November with a 0\u20130 away draw at Blackburn Rovers, further extending their unbeaten run in the league. They followed this by finally injecting life into their Champions League campaign with an emphatic 8\u20130 home victory over Be\u015fikta\u015f. A hat-trick from Yossi Benayoun, a goal from captain Steven Gerrard and two each from both Ryan Babel and Peter Crouch gave Liverpool fans something to celebrate as Liverpool established a new record for margin of victory in a Champions League match (the previous best, 7\u20130, had been held jointly by Arsenal and Juventus).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, November\nOn 10 November, the Champions League win was followed up with a Premier League one, as Liverpool beat Fulham 2\u20130 at Anfield. Fernando Torres came off the bench to break the deadlock in the 81st minute, and Steven Gerrard scored a penalty won by Peter Crouch four minutes later to seal the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, November\nAfter another international break, the team's 13th league game took place, on 24 November at Newcastle United. Steven Gerrard, who had been booed by the Newcastle fans for his part in England's failure to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008, opened the scoring for the Reds and two more goals from Dirk Kuyt and Ryan Babel gave Liverpool a 3\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, November\nThe team ended the month by hosting their penultimate Champions League group game, the must-win visit of Porto. Liverpool won 4\u20131 and, as Fernando Torres scored the first two Champions League goals of his career, club captain Steven Gerrard set a personal milestone of his own by equalling Michael Owen's club record of 22 goals in the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December\nThe club kicked off a busy month by registering a 4\u20130 league win against Bolton Wanderers at Anfield. This win stretched Liverpool's winning streak to five games, during which they scored 21 goals and conceded just one, and continued their unbeaten league run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December\nHowever, this unbeaten start to the league season was cut short the following week when the visit to Reading resulted in a 3\u20131 defeat on 8 December. After the hosts converted a penalty for a challenge that television replays showed had occurred on the line, Steven Gerrard equalised for Liverpool before two second-half goals from Reading handed Liverpool their first league loss of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December\nThree days later, yet again needing a win to guarantee their survival in the competition, Liverpool travelled to Marseille for their final Champions League Group A fixture. Marseille had previously hosted English teams in Europe on six occasions and won all six times, and only needed a draw to progress themselves. However, Liverpool registered their second 4\u20130 win of the month to finish second in their group and progress to the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December\nOn 16 December, Liverpool hosted arch-rivals Manchester United in a vital Premier League match. The match ended with a 1\u20130 victory for Manchester United, their fourth in their last five league visits to Anfield, giving the latter a nine-point lead over Liverpool in the Premier League. The only goal was scored by Carlos Tevez. Arsenal beat Chelsea 1\u20130 later in the day to give themselves a ten-point lead over Liverpool at the top of the Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December\nLiverpool travelled to Chelsea for the League Cup quarter-final on 19 December. They were beaten 2\u20130 through a deflected goal from Frank Lampard and an injury-time goal from Andriy Shevchenko. Peter Crouch was sent off after a two-footed tackle on Mikel John Obi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December\nThree days before Christmas, Liverpool hosted Portsmouth, looking to get their Premier League campaign back on track after two successive defeats. Liverpool continued a record of remaining undefeated at Anfield against Pompey since 1951 by triumphing 4\u20131. Fernando Torres scored twice to continue his good run of scoring, while the other goals came from Yossi Benayoun and a Sylvain Distin own goal. In the Boxing Day fixture, Liverpool managed a 2\u20131 victory over Derby, with goals from Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard respectively, before playing out a goalless draw at the City of Manchester Stadium in their final game of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, January\nLiverpool's first game of 2008 was a home game against Wigan, which ended in a 1\u20131 draw. This was followed by their first FA Cup game of the season, the third round tie against Luton Town, which also finished 1\u20131. In the replay a week later, Liverpool beat them 5\u20130 at home, in which Steven Gerrard scored his second Liverpool hat-trick. On 26 January 2008, Liverpool defeated Havant & Waterlooville 5\u20132, despite going behind twice in the first half. After that they travelled to Upton Park, where they faced West Ham United. An injury time penalty from Mark Noble saw them slump to a 1\u20130 defeat, their third of the league season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, January\nMartin \u0160krtel was the first signing by Liverpool in the January transfer window. The undisclosed fee was rumoured to be \u00a36.5 million, which would be the highest amount paid by the club for a defender. Mohamed Sissoko, who had found himself playing fewer games after the arrivals of Javier Mascherano and Lucas, transferred to Juventus, and Jack Hobbs, who had played some first team games this season, joined Scunthorpe United on loan until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, February\nLiverpool's first game of February was against Sunderland at Anfield, which was won 3\u20130. On 10 February, Liverpool travelled to Stamford Bridge and played out a 0\u20130 draw with Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, February\nLiverpool played Barnsley on 16 February in the FA Cup fifth round and lost 2\u20131 at Anfield, but then beat Inter Milan on 19 February in the UEFA Champions League round of sixteen first leg, winning 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, February\nTheir last game of the month, against Middlesbrough on 23 February, produced a 3\u20132 win for Liverpool, with a Fernando Torres hat-trick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, March\nLiverpool's first game in March was away against Bolton which they won 3\u20131 through an own goal by Jussi J\u00e4\u00e4skel\u00e4inen and strikes from Ryan Babel and F\u00e1bio Aur\u00e9lio, his first for the club. On 5 March, Liverpool played against West Ham. Liverpool won this game 4\u20130, with a goal from Steven Gerrard and another hat-trick from Fernando Torres, making him the first Liverpool player in over 60 years to net hat-tricks in successive home games. Three days later, Liverpool beat Newcastle 3\u20130 at home, with goals from Jermaine Pennant, Torres and Gerrard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0029-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, March\nOn 11 March, Liverpool became the second English team in a week to win at the San Siro by winning against Inter Milan 1\u20130, with Torres again the scorer. Back in the league, Javier Mascherano scored his first goal for Liverpool and Fernando Torres scored his 20th league goal of the season, becoming the first player at the club since Robbie Fowler to do so as Liverpool won 2\u20131 over Reading. However, their seven match winning streak was ended when they lost 3\u20130 to Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0029-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, March\nJavier Mascherano was sent off by referee Steve Bennett for dissent after Mascherano questioned the controversial booking of Fernando Torres. Liverpool's final fixture of March was against Everton at Anfield. Torres scored the only goal early in the match, and Liverpool held on to win 1\u20130, giving them a five-point lead over Everton for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, April\nOn 1 April, in the Champions League, Liverpool faced Arsenal for the first of three consecutive meetings, a 1\u20131 draw at the Emirates Stadium with Dirk Kuyt scoring an away goal. On 5 April they drew 1\u20131 once again at the Emirates. Peter Crouch scored for Liverpool to take the lead but Nicklas Bendtner scored the equalizer for Arsenal, while Damien Plessis made his debut. In the third game, Liverpool beat Arsenal 4\u20132 (5\u20133 on aggregate) to reach the Champions League semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0030-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, April\nIn the following game, Steven Gerrard scored in his 300th Liverpool appearance in the Premier League in a 3\u20131 home win over Blackburn Rovers. The following Saturday, Liverpool put out a weakened side against Fulham ahead of their semi-final first leg with Chelsea and won 2\u20130, with Jermaine Pennant and Peter Crouch getting on the scoresheet. On 22 April, Liverpool played Chelsea at Anfield in the Champions League semi-final first leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0030-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, April\nLiverpool looked to be going into the second leg with a 1\u20130 advantage through Dirk Kuyt, but in the final minute of stoppage time John Arne Riise accidentally headed a Salomon Kalou cross into his own net, giving Chelsea a slight advantage through the away goal. The next Saturday, at Birmingham City, Liverpool again put out a weakened side before the 2nd leg with Chelsea. Damien Plessis started again, and Liverpool fought back from 2\u20130 down to 2\u20132, with Crouch and Benayoun scoring. That point secured fourth spot for Liverpool. The next Wednesday Liverpool played Chelsea in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final at Stamford Bridge, but lost 3\u20132 in extra time (4\u20133 on aggregate), sending Liverpool out of the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, May\nOn 4 May, Liverpool beat Manchester City 1\u20130 at Anfield. On the final day of the Premier League, Liverpool won 2\u20130 away at Tottenham, with Andriy Voronin scoring his sixth of the season and Torres' 24th league goal, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record for the most goals scored by a foreign Premier League player in a debut season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Top scorers, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 11 MaySource: Match reports in Game LogOnly competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Reserves and U-18s, Summary\nThe reserves side were crowned champions of the Barclays Premier Reserve League North this season on 7 April 2008, the 17th reserve league title for the club. They became National Champions after beating Southern Champions Aston Villa Reserves 3\u20130 in the Premier Reserve League Play-off Final at Anfield on 7 May 2008. The reserves also reached the finals of the Liverpool Senior Cup and the Lancashire Senior Cup, and won the international football tournament Dallas Cup. Kriszti\u00e1n N\u00e9meth, who scored 9 goals in 12 matches, was the top scorer in the Premier Reserve League North. The under-18s finished fifth in the Premier Academy League and qualified for the last 16 in FA Youth Cup. Nathan Eccleston was the best scorer in the youth team with 18 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Reserves and U-18s, New players\nAfter the departure of Steve Heighway, Dutchman Piet Hamberg came in to run the academy. As well as some changes to background personnel, the reserve and youth sides were bolstered by several new players:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194754-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Liverpool F.C. season, Reserves and U-18s, Players this season, Reserves\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194755-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Livingston F.C. season\nSeason 2007\u201308 saw Livingston compete in the First Division. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194756-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Llanelli Scarlets season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the fifth in the history of the Llanelli Scarlets regional side. The season saw the Scarlets compete in three competitions: the Celtic League, the EDF Energy Cup and the Heineken Cup. It was also the last full season for the Scarlets in their historic home, Stradey Park. A new ground, Parc y Scarlets, was under construction during that season, and is scheduled to open in November 2008, early in the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194756-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Llanelli Scarlets season\nOn the whole, the season was regarded as a disappointment by pundits and fans alike, as the team failed to qualify from the group stage in either the EDF Energy Cup or the Heineken Cup, even failing to pick up any points from any of their six Heineken Cup matches. The team's league form started off much better, remaining around second place for much of the first half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194756-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Llanelli Scarlets season\nHowever, as teams began to get players back from World Cup duty, the Scarlets' league form began to suffer, winning just two games in 2008, resulting in a sixth-place finish in the Celtic League. These failures were largely blamed on the team's failure to strengthen the squad sufficiently the previous summer and resulted in coach Phil Davies departing the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194756-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Llanelli Scarlets season\nWelsh internationals Dwayne Peel, Alix Popham and Matthew Watkins also agreed deals to move away from Stradey Park at the end of the season, while Mahonri Schwalger was signed on a short-term contract mid-season to cover for the injured Ken Owens. Other big-name signings in summer 2007 included Welsh internationals Ben Broster and Nathan Brew, as well as Scottish prop Bruce Douglas and English front-five forwards Adam Eustace and James Hayter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194756-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Llanelli Scarlets season, Pre-season and friendlies\nThe Scarlets prepared for the 2007\u201308 campaign with two pre-season friendly matches in August. The first friendly was away to the Exeter Chiefs on 18 August 2007, and gave the Scarlets an opportunity to give debuts to their three new front row players, James Hayter, Bruce Douglas and Ben Broster. Exeter had a pair of ex-Scarlets in their team, in the form of Clive Stuart-Smith and Craig Dunlea, but their knowledge of the Scarlets was not enough to prevent a 19\u201314 win for the Llanelli side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194756-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Llanelli Scarlets season, Pre-season and friendlies\nThe next friendly was against Bath at Stradey Park on 25 August 2007. The Scarlets took a 14\u20137 lead before half-time, and went 17\u20137 up within the first five minutes of the second half. However, there were to be no further scores for the home side, as Bath scored two more tries to win the game 21\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194756-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Llanelli Scarlets season, Celtic League\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Points for; A = Points against; PD = Points difference; BP = Bonus points; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194757-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Logan Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Logan Cup was a first-class cricket competition held in Zimbabwe from 17 April 2008 \u2013 17 May 2008. It was won by Northerns, who won all four of their matches to top the table with 75 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194758-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team represented Longwood University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Mike Gillian, and played their home games at Willett Hall as a Division I independent school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194758-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team, Last season\nThe Lancers had a record of 9\u201322 in their last season of reclassification from Division II to Division I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194759-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Clippers season\nThe 2007\u201308 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 38th season in the NBA and their 24th in Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194759-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Clippers season, Draft picks\nLos Angeles' selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194759-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Clippers season, Transactions\nThe Clippers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season\nThe 2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season was the 41st season (40th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. Their season began with the team playing a neutral site home-and-home series with the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks at the O2 Arena in London, England, the first time the NHL has held a regular season game in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season\nAlong with the switch to the Rbk Edge uniforms instituted league-wide for 2007\u201308, the Kings also changed their goal celebration horn at Staples Center from a foghorn to a train horn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season\nThe Kings struggled on the penalty kill, finishing 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage (77.99%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season, Playoffs\nThe Kings were officially eliminated from playoff contention in early March for the fifth consecutive season. The franchise has not made the playoffs since the 2001\u201302 NHL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season, Transactions\nThe Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season, Draft picks\nLos Angeles' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Kings had the 4th overall selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season, Farm teams, Manchester Monarchs\nThe Manchester Monarchs are the Kings American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season, Farm teams, Reading Royals\nThe Reading Royals are the Kings affiliate in the ECHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194760-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Kings season, Roster\n31\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ersberg\u00a0\u202232\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Quick\u00a0\u202235\u00a0\u2013\u00a0LaBarbera\u00a0\u202239\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cloutier\u00a045\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bernier\u00a0\u202246\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Taylor", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 122]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season\nThe 2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 60th season of the franchise, 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 48th in Los Angeles. During the offseason, the Lakers re-signed point guard Derek Fisher. The Lakers celebrated their 60th anniversary, thus the Laker jerseys wore the 60th anniversary patches on the leftmost part. They finished the regular season with 57 wins, finishing with the most wins in the tightest conference race in NBA history. The Lakers clinched the top seed in the playoffs for the 29th time in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season\nThis 15-game turnaround from the prior season has been attributed to the progress of the team's bench players and the  mid-season trade for Pau Gasol. The Lakers sold out all 41 home games for the season. After 12 seasons in the NBA, Kobe Bryant was named the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player for the first and only time in his career. The Lakers had the third best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season\nIn the playoffs, the Lakers swept the Denver Nuggets in four games in the First Round, defeated the Utah Jazz in six games in the Semifinals, and defeated the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in five games in the Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals since 2004. In the NBA Finals, the Lakers faced off against their rivals, the Boston Celtics, renewing their storied rivalry, and marking the first time the two teams faced off against each other in the NBA Finals since 1987. However, the Lakers would lose against the Celtics in the NBA Finals in six games, ending with a blowout defeat to the Celtics in Game 6 by 39 points, losing 92\u2013131, and marking the Lakers' ninth defeat to the Celtics in the NBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Injuries and surgeries\nFollowing the 2006\u201307 NBA season, their offseason was marred with surgeries to their two key players. The first of which was Lamar Odom having shoulder surgery which made him miss the first five games of the 2007\u201308 NBA season. The other was Kwame Brown having shoulder surgery also.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Signings\nThe Lakers' first signing was their first-round draft pick Javaris Crittenton. Then the Lakers re-signed Luke Walton to a six-year contract extension worth $30 million. Chris Mihm also signed a new contract for two years despite missing the entire previous season after having surgery on his right ankle. Walton was a key player last season while Mihm was sidelined for the whole season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Signings\nThe most notable signing of the Lakers off-season was past hero Derek Fisher, signed to a three-year deal worth approximately $14 million. Fisher was released from the Utah Jazz at his request during the offseason so his family could move to a city that has better treatment for his daughter, who was diagnosed with retinoblastoma. The Lakers signed him in order to add stability at the point and they needed a player who was well versed in the triangle offense. The Lakers were also hoping that signing a former veteran of the Lakers would ease Bryant's demand to be traded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Signings\nAndrew Bynum and Jordan Farmar had their 4th-year and 3rd-year contracts extended respectively. This kept each player with the team for at least one more year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Signings\nD. J. Mbenga and rookie Coby Karl were also signed with the team to fill roster spots. Coby Karl, the son of Nuggets coach George Karl, switched between the NBDL and Lakers roster throughout the season. During midseason, injuries plagued the team and Ira Newble was signed to a ten-day contract. After this he signed a contract for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Departures\nThe most notable departure was last year's starting point guard Smush Parker to the Miami Heat. Aaron McKie left the Lakers and became a voluntary coach for the 76ers. After spending one year with the Lakers, Shammond Williams left via free agency to play for Pamesa Valencia of the ACB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Trades\nEarly in the season the Lakers traded Maurice Evans and under-achieving power forward Brian Cook for forward Trevor Ariza. Ariza would average 6.5 points per game, averaging only 18 minutes per game. Ariza broke his foot in practice on January 20 and missed the rest of the regular season. He returned to the Lakers on May 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Trades\nAfter Andrew Bynum was injured for the rest of the season, the Lakers needed help in the front court before they risked falling out of contention in the playoff race. In February, the Lakers traded Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie (who was re-signed specifically for the trade), the draft rights to Marc Gasol, two first-round draft picks (2008 and 2010) and cash for Pau Gasol and a second-round draft pick in 2010. Many consider the Lakers the major benefactor of the trade. As a result, some criticized the trade as being unbalanced in excessively benefiting the Lakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Trades\nGregg Popovich called Memphis' agreement to the terms of the trade \"beyond comprehension\" and suggested that the league should form a committee to \"scratch all trades that make no sense\". The trade became an immediate success for the Lakers, who went 22\u20135 with Gasol in the lineup and went on to reach the NBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster changes, Draft picks\nLos Angeles had three selections for the 2007 NBA draft. With their first-round pick, the Lakers selected Georgia Tech freshman point guard Javaris Crittenton. With their second pick coming from the Bobcats, the Lakers selected the 6-foot-9-inch (2.06\u00a0m) Chinese player Sun Yue. And with their final pick the Lakers selected Pau Gasol's younger brother, Marc. Marc Gasol and Crittenton were both traded midseason for Pau Gasol. Sun Yue spent the entire 2007\u201308 season playing in the ABA and China national basketball team and didn't play a game in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary\nFollowing the 2006\u201307 NBA season the future of Kobe Bryant's career as a Laker fell into doubt, when he demanded to be traded. For a week he tiraded and the situation escalated when a videotape about him was released. The video recorded him saying that the Lakers should have traded Andrew Bynum for Jason Kidd. Bryant insulted Bynum and was critical of General Manager Mitch Kupchak. Management decided to re-sign Derek Fisher, a past hero, but the Lakers would enter the season frustrated and with question marks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary\nThe Lakers started the 2007\u201308 NBA season surprisingly well. Fueled by the emergence of Andrew Bynum as a main option at center and the return of Derek Fisher, the Lakers would even enjoy being the number one team in the Western Conference for three days. Capped by an early-season trade for Trevor Ariza, rumors of Bryant wanting to leave Los Angeles were finally beginning to die. However, before the Lakers could savor their new success, Bynum would go down with a knee injury that would take him out for the remainder of the season. Suddenly, the contending Lakers lost three straight games. The remainder of the season looked bleak for the Lakers, who were struggling to win games. It seemed that injuries, once again, would cripple another Laker season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary\nOn February 1, the Lakers dealt the unpopular Kwame Brown (who was booed viciously by the fans for his many turnovers in recent games ), rookie Javaris Crittenton, veteran Aaron McKie, the draft rights to his brother Marc Gasol, and first-round picks in 2008 and 2010 for Spaniard all-star forward Pau Gasol and a second-round draft choice in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0013-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary\nWith the Lakers now having a center and power forward who are both 7 feet (2.1\u00a0m) tall, analysts have referred to Gasol and Bynum as \"the twin towers\", similar to the duo of Tim Duncan and David Robinson in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Even while waiting for Bynum's return, the Lakers were playing very well and got a second taste of being best in the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary\nWith Kobe Bryant leading the charge with his MVP-caliber season, the month of April was successful for the Lakers, who quickly surged to the top of Western Conference. Aided by Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom's play as second and third options respectively, the Lakers clinched their playoff berth for the 55th time in their 60 years with the league, won the Pacific Division from the Phoenix Suns (their first since Shaq left in 2004), and clinched the number one seed in the Western Conference for the first time since the 1999\u20132000 NBA season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0014-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary\nKobe Bryant publicly announced his desire to remain as a Laker. During the second round against the Utah Jazz, Byrant was officially named the 2007\u20132008 NBA Most Valuable Player award, to which he promised the fans that the team would \"play until June\", that he was \"very proud to represent [the] organization, to represent [the] city\" and thanked his teammates for helping him win the MVP award for the first time in his 12-season career. He said, \"the special thing about this award is that we have done it together. I can't stress it enough. This is not an individual award.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary\nFurthermore, the team had bonded during training camp last October in Honolulu when Lamar Odom hired a chef to cook for the team. \"I won't take the credit\", Odom said, \"but in training camp we became tighter. I made sure we had a chef. We ate dinner, lunch and breakfast together every day at training camp. I think that was special. I think that's when the bond started.\" Additionally, Byrant's behavior towards his teammates changed as well. \"It's the little things, taking guys out to dinner, talking to guys more about things\", Luke Walton said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0015-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Season summary\n\"He's such a great player, I think sometimes it gets frustrating if we don't understand something. But he's taking the time to explain what guys are doing out there a little more. I think before he used to be a little more negative towards his teammates, as opposed to now, when he's pulling people to the side, talking to them, finding out ways to figure it out together instead of just coming down hard on them. He's definitely more patient. He's having more fun. I think he's enjoying it more, especially with the team going like this.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Denver Nuggets\nIn Pau Gasol's playoff debut with the Lakers, he scored 36 points, with 16 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 blocked shots, as the Lakers beat the Nuggets in Game 1. After Game 1, Kobe Bryant publicly announced his desire to remain as a Laker. Kobe Bryant gave the fans a vintage performance in Game 2 by scoring 49 points and adding 10 assists in a blowout at Staples Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Denver Nuggets\nGame 2 against the Nuggets would mark a playoff first in which Lakers rookie guard Coby Karl became the first player to go against his coaching father, George Karl, in an NBA playoff game. The Nuggets were routed at home in Game 3, with Carmelo Anthony stating the team quit in the second half. Game 4 was closer, but Bryant led the Lakers with 14 points in the last five and a half minutes to close out the Nuggets at the Pepsi Center. The Lakers were the only team in 2008 to sweep an opponent in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Utah Jazz\nThe Lakers faced the Utah Jazz in the second round of the playoffs which began on May 4 at Staples Center. It was the first time the two franchises had competed in a post-season series since the 1998 Western Conference Finals. Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher, and Utah Head Coach Jerry Sloan and Assistant Coach Phil Johnson, were the only individuals present from the 1998 series that were in this series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0017-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Utah Jazz\nConversely, it was also the first play-off series meeting between Coach Sloan and Lakers' Head Coach Phil Jackson since the Chicago Bulls defeated the Jazz in the NBA Finals that same year. The Lakers took game 1 at Staples Center, winning by 11 against the Jazz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0017-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Utah Jazz\nDuring Game 2 against the Utah Jazz, Bryant was officially named the 2007\u20132008 NBA Most Valuable Player award, to which he promised the fans that the team would \"play until June\", that he was \"very proud to represent [the] organization, to represent [the] city\" and thanked his teammates for helping him win the MVP award for the first time in his 12-season career. He said, \"the special thing about this award is that we have done it together. I can't stress it enough. This is not an individual award.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0017-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Utah Jazz\nAfter being presented the trophy Bryant led his team to their second victory with 34 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Having a 6\u20130 record in the playoffs, the Lakers traveled to Utah to play the third and fourth games of the series. However their streak would come to a sudden halt. The Jazz won both Games 3 and 4 to even up the series with Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer, who bounced back after having two terrible games at L.A., leading the team. Game 4 went to overtime which the Lakers lost for the first time this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0017-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Utah Jazz\nThe series would head back to Los Angeles tied 2\u20132. The Lakers came back with authority as they took Game 5 with Bryant, Gasol, and Odom scoring 20-plus points each. The Jazz looked to force a Game 7 but the Lakers closed out the series in Game 6 in Utah to end the series 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0017-0005", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Utah Jazz\nTheir victory on the road against the Jazz marked not only an impressive road win against a team with the best home record in the league, but also the second victory a road team had notched against a home team in the entire 2007\u20132008 playoff Conference Semifinals, as home teams had won at a 22\u20132 pace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, San Antonio Spurs\nThe Lakers went on to face the San Antonio Spurs in the Conference Finals. The two teams combined to win seven of the last nine NBA Championships. The Lakers were able to overcome a 20-point deficit in game 1 and win behind Kobe Bryant's 27 points, with 25 being scored in the second half. Game 2 was a cruise for the Lakers as they made a 9\u20130 run before halftime and built the lead to 30. For the third straight series the Lakers started off 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0018-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, San Antonio Spurs\nThis also marked Ariza playing for the first time since breaking a bone in his right foot in January. The Spurs easily took game 3 in San Antonio with Manu Gin\u00f3bili carrying the Spurs after two terrible games in L.A. The Lakers barely escaped Game 4 with a narrow win after Brent Barry missed a last second three-pointer due to a \"missed foul call\" on Derek Fisher, even though Bryant, Gregg Popovich, and Phil Jackson all agreed that it was not a foul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0018-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, San Antonio Spurs\nThe NBA head office, however, admitted the next day that a foul should have been called, which would have given one of the league's top free throw shooters a chance to tie the game. Heading home up 3\u20131 in the series, the Lakers trailed in the first quarter by 17 but were able to cut the lead to six by halftime. Again, Bryant stepped up by scoring 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter and the Lakers surged ahead to take a 100\u201392 victory behind their home crowd for a chance to win championship no. 15. They also improved to 4\u20130 against San Antonio in the Western Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Playoffs summary, Boston Celtics\nThe Lakers were able to reach the NBA Finals again as the no. 1 seed. The last time this happened to the team was during 2000, where they beat the Indiana Pacers 4\u20132. The Lakers looked to renew their rivalry with the Boston Celtics as the two matched up for the 11th time in the NBA Finals. The Celtics own an 8\u20132 record all-time against the Lakers in the NBA Finals, but were defeated by Los Angeles the last two times they met in 1985 and 1987. Entering the finals, the Celtics and the Lakers held the record for most Finals appearances (Celtics 19, Lakers 28) including the 2008 Finals, and most championships (Celtics 16, Lakers 14). The Celtics went on to win the Finals 4\u20132 for their 17th NBA championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194761-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Los Angeles Lakers season, Transactions\nThe Lakers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194762-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by first-year head coach Errol Rogers; they played their double-header home games at the Cajundome with other games at the Earl K. Long Gymnasium, which is located on campus. They were members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 8\u201322, 4\u201314 in Sun Belt play to finish dead-last (seventh place) in the West Division. They were eliminated in the first round of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194762-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2006\u201307 season 26\u20139, \u201314 in Sun Belt play to finish in as Sun Belt West Divisional Champions. They were invited to the oost-season conference tournament, where they made it to the championship before losing by 10 points to the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball. They would go on to be invited to the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament where they would lose to Marquette by the score of 58\u201387. This was the only time a Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team has made it to March Madness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 82], "content_span": [83, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194762-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team, Previous season\nThis would also be J. Kelly Hall's last season at the helm of the program, as he was hired by the Cincinnati Bearcats following the season. Hall's tenure was arguably the most successful in Cajuns' history, including two divisional titles, the winningest season in program history, as well as winning seasons in each of his years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 82], "content_span": [83, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194763-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by 7th year head coach Rick Pitino, played their home games at Freedom Hall and were a member of the Big East Conference. The team finished their season with an overall record of 27\u20139 (14\u20135 in the Big East) (.750 overall, .737 in the Big East).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194763-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team\nThe Cardinals entered the season as a co-favorite to win the 2007\u201308 Big East men's basketball title and was ranked sixth in the preseason Associated Press Poll. The Cardinals lost four graduating seniors from the previous season and graduated three after the season ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194763-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, Regular season\nThe Cardinals entered the season as a co-favorite to win the 2007\u201308 Big East men's basketball title. The Associated Press also ranked the Cardinals sixth in their preseason poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194763-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, Regular season\nThe Cardinals won the first three games of the season before losing to BYU 78\u201376 on November 23, 2007. Going into the new year, the team was 9\u20133 and had played all but one game at Freedom Hall. During the month of January, the team went 6\u20133 overall and 4\u20134 against Big East competition. Their first game in Big East competition was on New Years Day, 2008 against Cincinnati, where the team lost 58\u201357. Between January 28 and March 8, 2008, the team went on a nine-game winning streak and did not lose during the month of February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194763-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, Regular season\nThe team finished the regular season with a loss to Big East rival Georgetown, losing 55\u201352. The team finished the regular season with an overall record of 24\u20137 (.774). Against Big East competition, the team compiled a 14\u20134 (.778) record and finished second in the conference. In three of the four losses to Big East rivals, the Cardinals lost by three or fewer points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194763-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, Postseason\nThe Cardinals made appearances in both the Big East Tournament and the NCAA Tournament. They finished the season ranked sixth in the Coaches Poll and thirteenth in the AP Poll. At the conclusion of the season, the team graduated three seniors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194763-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, Postseason, Big East Tournament\nThe team made an early exit from the Big East Tournament with a 76\u201369 overtime loss to Pitt. Pitt would go on to defeat Georgetown in the championship game and win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 83], "content_span": [84, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194763-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nFor the third time in four years, the Cardinals qualified for the NCAA Tournament and were seeded third in the East bracket. They started off the tournament by defeating 14th-seeded Boise State 75\u201361. They also beat 6th-seeded Oklahoma 78\u201348 and 2nd-seeded Tennessee 79\u201360 before getting eliminated by 1st-seeded North Carolina (lost 83\u201373) in the Elite Eight. The team finished the season with an overall record of 27\u20139 (14\u20134 in the Big East).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194764-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Luge World Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Luge World Cup was a multi race series over a season for luge. The season started on 16 November 2007 and ended on 17 February 2008. The World Cup is organised by the FIL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194765-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Luton Town F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Luton Town competed in League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194765-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Luton Town F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter a poor start to the 2007\u201308 season, the club entered administration on 22 November 2007; Pinkney stated he would fund the club's overheads, while ten points were deducted. Meanwhile, the FA probe on transfer irregularities dragged on, described by Pinkney as \"a storm in a teacup\". Blackwell was sacked by the administrator on 15 January 2008, to be replaced by former player Mick Harford. The club subsequently entered the custody of the Luton Town Football Club 2020 consortium. Luton were relegated to League Two on 12 April, following a 2\u20131 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion; Luton finished the season in bottom place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194765-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Luton Town F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194765-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Luton Town F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194766-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Luxembourg National Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Luxembourg National Division was the 94th season of top level association football in Luxembourg. The competition ran from August 2007 to 31 May 2008. F91 Dudelange won their fourth consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194766-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Luxembourg National Division, Format\nAs in 2006\u201307, the 2007\u201308 season involved a round-robin among the fourteen teams. Thus, each team played 26 games over the course of the calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194766-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Luxembourg National Division, Format\nThe bottom two teams were relegated automatically; these teams were CS P\u00e9tange and FC Victoria Rosport. The third-bottom (twelfth-placed) team was required to take part in a play-off with the third-placed team from the Division of Honour for the place in the National Division the following season. In the event, FC Wiltz 71 finished third-bottom, and lost the play-off to Sporting Steinfort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194766-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Luxembourg National Division, European qualification\nLuxembourg was assigned one spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, for the league champions, F91 Dudelange. It has also been assigned two spots in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, for the runners-up, Racing FC Union Luxembourg, and the Luxembourg Cup winners. If, as happened two seasons previously, the league champions and runners-up had both reach the cup final, the second UEFA Cup spot would have gone to the team placed third in the league. However, in the event, neither of the top two clubs reached the semi-finals, and the cup-winners spot went to CS Grevenmacher. Jeunesse Esch have not applied to play in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008, so Etzella Ettelbruck have qualified in Jeunesse's place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194766-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Luxembourg National Division, Relegation play-off\nAs a result of their victory, Sporting Steinfort were promoted to the National Division for the 2008-09 season, and FC Wiltz 71 relegated to the Division of Honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194767-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 MJHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's (MJHL) 91st season of operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194768-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Macedonian First Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Macedonian First League was the 16th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 5 August 2007. Pobeda were the defending champions, having won their second title. The 2007-08 champions were Rabotnichki who won their third title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194768-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Macedonian First Football League, Promotion and relegation\n1 Bashkimi was withdraw from the First League due to financial reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194768-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Macedonian First Football League, Results\nEvery team will play three times against each other team for a total of 33 matches. The first 22 matchdays will consist of a regular double round-robin schedule. The league standings at this point will then be used to determine the games for the last 11 matchdays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194769-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Macedonian Football Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Macedonian Football Cup was the 16th season of Macedonia's football knockout competition. FK Vardar were the defending champions, having won their fifth title. The 2007\u201308 champions were FK Rabotnichki Kometal who won their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194769-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Macedonian Football Cup, First round\nThe draw was held on 5 September 2007 in Skopje. Matches were played on 19 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194769-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Macedonian Football Cup, Second round\nThe draw was held on 17 October 2007 in Skopje. The first legs were played on 23 and 24 October and second on 6 and 7 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194769-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Macedonian Football Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw was held on 17 November 2007 in Skopje. The first legs were played on 28 November and the second were played on 12 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194769-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Macedonian Football Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw was held on 12 January 2008 in Skopje. The first legs were played on 9 April and the second were played on 7 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194770-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Macedonian Second Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Macedonian Second Football League was the sixteenth season since its establishment. It began on 4 August 2007 and ended on 1 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194771-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Magnolia Beverage Masters season\nThe 2007\u201308 Magnolia Beverage Masters season was the 33rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194771-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Magnolia Beverage Masters season, Key dates\nAugust 19: The 2007 PBA Draft took place at Market! Market! in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194772-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Magyar Kupa\nThe 2007\u201308 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) is the 68th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194773-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey season\nIn the 2007-08 Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey season, the Black Bears had 4 wins, 27 losses and 3 ties. The team\u2019s Hockey East record was 3 wins, 15 losses, and 3 ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194774-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Major Indoor Soccer League season, League Standings, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 76], "content_span": [77, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194775-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Malaysia Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga Premier (English: 2007\u201308 Premier League), also known as the TM Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the fifth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194775-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Malaysia Premier League\nThe season was held from 17 December 2007 and concluded in 3 May 2008. A total of 13 clubs compete in a single group format. Harimau Muda, a feeder team project for the Malaysia national football team, joined the league as preparation for the national competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194775-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Malaysia Premier League\nThe Liga Premier champions for 2007\u201308 was Kuala Muda Naza. The club were promoted to 2009 Liga Super along with runners-up PLUS and third-place Kelantan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194776-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Malaysia Super League\nThe 2007\u201308 Liga Super (English: 2007\u201308 Super League) also known as the TM Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the fifth season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194776-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Malaysia Super League\nThe season was held from 18 November 2007 and concluded in 13 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194777-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Malian Premi\u00e8re Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Malian Premi\u00e8re Division was the 43rd season of Malian top flight football. It took place over 26 rounds between 15 December 2007 and 1 September 2008, with fourteen clubs. The champion qualified for the 2009 CAF Champions League and the bottom two clubs were relegated to the lower division. Stade Malien started the season as the holders for the third time in a row, however Djoliba AC won their 20th title and qualified for the 2009 CAF Champions League. At the time in the number of titles, Djoliba had 20 titles and formed one of the most of any amateur championships in the world, overall it may be around the top ten range of any clubs who had 20+ championship titles in the world at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194777-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Malian Premi\u00e8re Division\nThe season featured 183 matches, a total of 373 goals were scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194778-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese FA Trophy\nThe 2007\u201308 Maltese FA Trophy (known as U*BET FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the 70th season since its establishment. It featured 20 teams from Maltese Premier League and First Division. The competition started on 3 November 2007 and ended on 24 May 2008 with the final, which Birkirkara F.C. won 2\u20131 against Hamrun Spartans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194778-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese FA Trophy\nHibernians were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Valletta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194778-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese FA Trophy, Results\nWhen the draw was conducted four teams received a bye to the Quarterfinals. Hibernians received a bye because they won the 2006\u201307 Maltese FA Trophy. Other three teams who received a bye directly to the Quarterfinals were Birkirkara, Marsaxlokk and Sliema Wanderers, for being three best-placed teams in previous year's Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194778-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese FA Trophy, Results, First Round\nIn the First Round entered Premier League teams placed 4th to 10th and 10 First Division teams. The matches were played on 3, 4, 10 and 11 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194778-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese FA Trophy, Results, Second Round\nIn this round entered winners from the previous round. The matches were played on 1 and 2 March 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194778-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese FA Trophy, Results, Quarterfinals\nIn this round entered the winners from the previous round and the four teams that had received a bye. The matches were played on 12 and 13 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194778-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese FA Trophy, Results, Quarterfinals\nDingli Swallows was the only team from the First Division. They played against Hamrun Spartans and lost 3-1. The other three ties were all contested between Premier League teams. They all finished 2-1 in favour of Valletta, Floriana and Birkirkara who beat Hibernians, Sliema Wanderers and Marsaxlokk respectively. Hibernians were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194778-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese FA Trophy, Results, Semifinals\nThe winners from the Quarterfinals entered the Semifinals. The matches were played on 19 and 20 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194778-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese FA Trophy, Results, Semifinals\nBoth semifinals finished 4-2 in favour of Hamrun Spartans, who beat Floriana, and Birkirkara, who beat Valletta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194778-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese FA Trophy, Results, Final\nThe Final was played on 24 May and was contested between Birkirkara and Hamrun Spartans. Michael Galea opened the scoring for Birkirkara but Hamrun Spartans levelled matters through Ryan Fenech but Michael Galea scored his 2nd to give Birkirkara the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194779-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese First Division\nThe Maltese First Division 2007\u201308 (known as BOV First Division 2007\u201308 for sponsorship reasons) started on October 9, 2007 and ended on May 23, 2008. Marsa F.C. and St. George's F.C. were the teams which were relegated from the 2006\u201307 Maltese Premier League. Dingli Swallows and Mellieha were the promoted teams from the 2006\u201307 Maltese Second Division. Tarxien Rainbows finished as champions and were promoted to the 2008\u201309 Maltese Premier League. They were joined with Qormi, who won a play-off with Mosta 4-3 on penalties, following a 0-0 draw. The play-off was necessary because the two teams finished level on points. Mellieha and Marsa were relegated to the 2008\u201309 Maltese Second Division. Mellieha had just been promoted but went straight down. Marsa suffered two straight relegations, having been relegated from the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 874]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194779-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese First Division, Teams\nThe Maltese First Division 2007-08 was made up of these teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194780-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese First Division knock-out\nThe Maltese First Division knock-out 2007\u201308 (known as Maltco Lotteries First Division Knock-out 2007\u201308 due to sponsorship reasons) was a competition for Maltese football clubs from the First Division. The winners were Dingli and the runners-up were Vittoriosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194780-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese First Division knock-out\nThe competition began on 18 November 2007 and ended on 1 June 2008 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194780-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese First Division knock-out\nThe competition began with a preliminary round. Four teams played in the preliminary round. The two winners of the preliminary round advanced to the quarterfinals with the rest teams from the 1st Division. The four winners from the quarterfinals, which were Dingli, Mosta, Tarxien and Vittoriosa, advanced to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194781-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Maltese Premier League (known as the BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 93rd season of top-level league football in Malta. Valletta won their nineteenth league title overcoming last season's champions, Marsaxlokk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194781-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese Premier League, Teams\nThe following teams were promoted from the First Division at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194781-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese Premier League, Teams\nFrom the previous Premier League season, the following teams were relegated to the First Division:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194781-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese Premier League, Second round, Championship Pool\nThe teams placed in the first six positions in the league table qualified for the Championship Pool, and the points obtained during the first round were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second round. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second round: Valletta 18 points, Marsaxlokk 16, Sliema Wanderers 16, Floriana 14, Birkirkara 13 and \u0126amrun Spartans 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194781-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese Premier League, Second round, Relegation Pool\nThe teams which finished in the last four league positions were placed in the Relegation Pool and at the end of the round the two lowest-placed teams were relegated to the First Division. The points obtained during the first round were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second round. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second round: Hibernians 12 points, Msida Saint-Joseph 10, Piet\u00e0 Hotspurs 7, Mqabba 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194782-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese Second Division\nThe Maltese Second Division 2007\u201308 (known as BOV Second Division 2007-08 due to sponsorship reasons) started on 21 September 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. San Gwann and Naxxar Lions were relegated from 2006\u201307 Maltese First Division. The promoted teams from 2006\u201307 Maltese Third Division were Mgarr United, Sirens and Zurrieq. The league was won by San Gwann. They finished on 47 points, level with Balzan Youths and Rabat Ajax. They were declared champions for their superior goal difference. Balzan Youths and Rabat Ajax had to play a promotion play-off for the team to get promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194782-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese Second Division\nThe play-off was won 3-0 by Rabat Ajax. At the other end Sirens and Zurrieq were relegated while Mgarr United had to play the relegation playoffs with four teams from the Third Division. Zurrieq were relegated because they had a 5-point deduction by the Malta Football Association. They had three points deducted after failing to present the signed balance sheet. Zurrieq had another two points deducted after being found guilty of casing the incidents which led the BOV Second Division match against Luxol on April 27 to be abandoned. Referee Chris Francalanza abandoned the match on 69 minutes after he was hit by a Zurrieq player. If they were deducted no points it would have been Mgarr United relegated. Mgarr managed to win the relegation playoffs and secure their second division status for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194783-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese Second and Third Division Knock-Out\nThe 2007\u201308 Second and Third Division Knock-Out (known as quick Keno Second and Third Division Knock-Out for sponsorship reasons) was a knockout tournament for Maltese football clubs playing in the Second and Third Division. The final was contested by defending champions, Balzan Youths and Melita, the latter winning 5\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194784-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese Third Division\nThe Maltese Third Division 2007\u201308 (known as BOV 3rd Division due to sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season and started on 21 September 2007 and finished on 18 May. For the first time the Division was divided into two sections:A and B.Section A consisted of 10 teams and Section B of 9.The winners of Section A were Zebbug Rangers and those of Section B were Gozo FC.Both were promoted to the 2nd Division. The overall champions were Gozo FC who beat Zebbug 3-1.The match was abandoned on 57 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194784-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maltese Third Division\nThe teams who finished 2nd and 3rd in each Section were to play in a Promotion/Relegation Playoff with the 10th finishing place team of Second Division. These were Attard, Xghajra from Section A and Gzira and Gharghur from Section B.The 10th finishing team from Second Division were Mgarr.Mgarr won the play-off Final and therefore each team stayed in its respective Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Manchester City Football Club's sixth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its 11th season since the Premier League was first created, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 116th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Season review\nThe season started with a new owner in Thaksin Shinawatra and his newly appointed manager, Sven-G\u00f6ran Eriksson. After spending three of the four previous Premier League seasons finishing in low mid-table positions (i.e., two to four places above the relegation zone), the Manchester City team was badly in need of an influx of new blood if it was to avoid a similar fate, or worse, in the upcoming season. Consequently, the newly infused funds from the club's wealthy Thai owner came at quite a fortuitous time for the team, and Eriksson was very active in the summer transfer market as he spent approximately \u00a330\u00a0million adding eight relatively high-profile players to the City first team squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Season review\nAs a consequence of this mini spending spree Manchester City started the new season strongly and spent a large portion of it occupying one of the top five positions in the Premier League table. Unfortunately, the strong results of the first two-thirds of the season were not sustained in the final third and the team ultimately slipped down the rankings to finish the season in ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Season review\nThis loss of form in the final months also led to Shinawatra summarily sacking Eriksson, a decision that was received with mixed emotions by the Manchester City supporters since both characters had achieved the status of \"white knights\" in their eyes for their respective financial and managerial contributions to the transformation of the club. Two days after his end-of-season dismissal, on 2 June 2008 Eriksson was replaced by Mark Hughes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Season review\nThis season also saw Manchester City gain entry into the next season's UEFA Cup competition by finishing sixth in the English \"Fair Play\" rankings (with the five teams ranked above City having already qualified for European competition).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Team kit, Kit description\nThe start of the 2007\u201308 Premier League campaign saw a number of changes for Manchester City, the most notable being the hiring of former England manager Sven-G\u00f6ran Eriksson, while a somewhat less prominent change for the club saw the termination of Reebok as the team's kit supplier (for the four previous seasons) with the French sportswear manufacturer, Le Coq Sportif, now resuming this role once again. The shirt sponsor continued to be Thomas Cook, although the travel company had undergone a name change during the close season after its announced merger with MyTravel Group in June 2007, with the newly merged company now being called Thomas Cook Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Team kit, Kit description\nThe switch to a new kit supplier resulted in three new team kits for this season. The new home kit consisted of a return to a full sky blue shirt, but now with vertical white pin stripes on the body (but not the sleeves and shoulders) together with matching solid sky blue socks and the traditional all white shorts. The shirt sported a Le Coq Sportif logo on the upper portion of both sleeves with the Manchester City crest in the centre of the chest above the Thomas Cook logo, while the City crest was also repeated at the base of the right leg on the shorts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Team kit, Kit description\nThe new away kit \u2013 a striking solid purple colour but sporting the same vertical white pin stripes on the body of the shirt as the home kit plus all the same kit supplier, sponsorship and club crest logos \u2013 was possibly a throwback to the classic maroon and thin white striped shirts that had been the club's one-time strip created for its appearance at Wembley in the 1956 FA Cup Final against Birmingham City. In comparison to the new home and away kits, the new third kit consisted of a relatively conservative all white shirt and socks with solid sky blue shorts, with the white shirt sporting a thin sky blue diagonal sash across the front of the left shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Team kit, Kit description\nNew goalkeeper strips \u2013 a two-tone green (solid light green shirt plus solid dark green shorts and socks), an all-grey change and a yellow third with purple shorts and socks, were introduced for this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Team kit, Kit description\nOn 10 February 2008, during the club's local derby game against Manchester United, the City team played in a one-off special kit to mark the 50-year memorial of the Munich air disaster. This kit was devoid of the pinstripes, contained no kit supplier or sponsorship logos and had a black ribbon on the right shoulder bearing \"1958\u20132008\", with \"Manchester remembers\" written underneath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Historical league performance\nPrior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart \u2013 which commences with the last season (1991\u201392) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Competitive games, Premier League, Results summary\nLast updated: 11 May 2008 (end of season). Source: Premier League results 2007\u201308", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 87], "content_span": [88, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Competitive games, Premier League, Points breakdown\nPoints against \"Big Four\" teams: 7 Points against promoted teams: 13", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Competitive games, Premier League, Biggest & smallest\nBiggest home wins: 4\u20132 vs. Bolton Wanderers, 15 December 2007 000000000003\u20131 vs. Middlesbrough, 7 October 2007 & vs. Portsmouth, 20 April 2008 000000000000& vs. Newcastle United, 29 September 2007 Biggest home defeats: 1\u20133 vs. Arsenal, 2 February 2008 00000000000000000000\u20132 vs. Everton, 25 February 2008 & vs. Chelsea, 5 April 2008 Biggest away wins: 0\u20132 vs. West Ham, 11 Aug. 2007 & vs. Newcastle Utd., 2 Jan. 2008 Biggest away defeat: 8\u20131 vs. Middlesbrough, 11 May 2008 Biggest home attendance: 47,321 vs. Liverpool, 30 December 2007 Smallest home attendance: 38,261 vs. Wigan Athletic, 1 March 2008 Biggest away attendance: 75,970 vs. Manchester United, 10 February 2008 Smallest away attendance: 18,614 vs. Wigan Athletic, 1 December 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 90], "content_span": [91, 834]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Playing statistics\nInformation current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Playing statistics\nLast updated: 16 January 2011. Source: (for players and positions) 00(for squad numbers) 00(for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Goal scorers, FA Cup\nInformation current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Awards, Premier League awards\nAwarded monthly to the player and manager that were chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194785-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester City F.C. season, Awards, Thomas Cook Player of the Month awards\nAwarded to the player in each category that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Manchester United's 16th season in the Premier League, and their 33rd consecutive season in the top division of English football. The season was regarded as a success; despite the team's slow start in the league, they won their 10th Premier League title (their 17th top division title overall, just one behind Liverpool's then record of 18) and beat Chelsea on penalties in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final to claim the European Double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season\nAlthough they won the 2007 FA Community Shield against Chelsea, the club was not as successful in the domestic cup competitions, losing to eventual FA Cup winners Portsmouth in the Sixth Round, and losing to Coventry City in the Third Round of the League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season\nIn February 2008, the club commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, as a result of which eight Manchester United players and three members of the coaching staff lost their lives. The club held a memorial service at Old Trafford on 6 February 2008, renaming the tunnel under the South Stand as the \"Munich Tunnel\". This was followed on 10 February by the Manchester derby. Manchester United took to the field in a retro kit reminiscent of the kit worn by the 1958 team, abandoning squad numbers in favour of a 1\u201311 numbering system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season\nManchester United's players were also successful on an individual level in the 2007\u201308 season, with three players in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year, while Cristiano Ronaldo picked up six individual awards, including the Premier League Golden Boot for his 31 league goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nUnited began their pre-season in July 2007 with a tour of the Far East where they played Urawa Red Diamonds, FC Seoul, Shenzen FC and Guangzhou Pharmaceutical; they went undefeated throughout the entire tour, winning three matches and drawing one. Their next game took place back at Old Trafford, against Internazionale, followed by trips to Doncaster Rovers and Peterborough United, managed by Alex Ferguson's son Darren. The next two matches were played simultaneously with first team coach Jimmy Ryan taking one squad to Scotland to play Dunfermline, while assistant manager Carlos Queiroz took another group to play Glentoran in Northern Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nIn January 2008, Manchester United played Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia in a testimonial match for Sami Al-Jaber as part of a mid-season training camp, hosted by the Saudi royal family. United lost the match 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Community Shield\nIn August, League champions United contested the Community Shield against Chelsea, the winners of the previous season's FA Cup. The game finished 1\u20131 after 90 minutes, United winning the game on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013December\nManchester United started the season by drawing their opening two games against Reading and Portsmouth. United lost Wayne Rooney to a foot injury picked up against Reading and Cristiano Ronaldo to suspension after he was sent off for appearing to headbutt Portsmouth's Richard Hughes. A derby defeat to Manchester City saw the club slip into 17th place in the table. Results elsewhere pushed them into the relegation zone for the first time in years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013December\nThe following week at home to Tottenham Hotspur, Nani scored his first competitive goal for the club to give United their first win of the season. Two more 1\u20130 victories followed, first against Sunderland, where Louis Saha scored in his first game back from injury, and then away to Everton through a Nemanja Vidi\u0107 header. Next up were Chelsea, fellow members of the Big Four who had parted company with manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho only two days earlier, following a run of poor form, appointing his assistant Avram Grant in his place. Chelsea's poor form continued into their next match, and the Reds claimed a 2\u20130 victory, goals from Carlos Tevez and Louis Saha coming at the end of each half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013December\nAfter eight games of the season, United had conceded just two goals, three less than at the same point in the previous season. However, the team was having trouble in front of goal, only scoring seven goals in the same eight games. This changed on 6 October, however, when United beat Wigan Athletic 4\u20130, followed by their 7th and 8th consecutive league wins, both 4\u20131, against Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, the latter being their fourth consecutive game in which they have scored four goals, the first time in 100 years they had done so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013December\nUnited then travelled to London where they played Arsenal, in a very media-hyped game, which ended 2\u20132 after a William Gallas equaliser for the Gunners in the last minute of stoppage time. Despite the Arsenal draw, United got back on track by beating Blackburn 2\u20130 the following week, as Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in two minutes to secure the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013December\nUnited's ten-game unbeaten streak in the league came to an end when they travelled to the Reebok Stadium to play Bolton Wanderers, who beat them 1\u20130 with an early Nicolas Anelka goal. United returned to winning ways immediately, winning their next five games, including one against arch-rivals Liverpool at Anfield, in which Carlos Tevez scored the only goal for a 1\u20130 win. United then completed a double over Merseyside teams in consecutive weeks with a 2\u20131 victory over Everton, both goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, before completing a double over Sunderland in the Boxing Day fixture, winning 4\u20130. The Sunderland game saw Ronaldo score his ninth goal in his last seven Premier League appearances, to extend his lead at the top of the Premier League scoring table, while United welcomed Park Ji-sung back to the team following a nine-month lay-off with cruciate ligament damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 954]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013December\nWith Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick unavailable due to a viral infection, Carlos Tevez was given the opportunity to start the game on his return to his old club, West Ham United, on 29 December. United took the lead on 14 minutes thanks to a Cristiano Ronaldo header. Ronaldo had a chance to double the lead with a penalty in the 66th minute, but he blasted the free shot wide of the goal. West Ham capitalised on the error and, 10 minutes later, Rio Ferdinand's brother, Anton, headed home the equaliser. Then, just five minutes later, Matthew Upson scored the winner for the Hammers to complete a trio of headed goals on the day. The loss, combined with Arsenal's 4\u20131 defeat of Everton later in the day, meant that United finished 2007 in second place, with 18 games still to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 856]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nThe following game was a hard-fought 1\u20130 win over Birmingham City with the only goal coming from Carlos Tevez. Sir Alex Ferguson caused a minor controversy after the match, when he claimed that the atmosphere at Old Trafford was like a funeral. He later attempted to repair the damage when praising the away support when United went to Villa Park in the FA Cup Third Round on 5 January. The games against West Ham and Birmingham saw Ferguson endure a two-match touchline suspension, given following his complaints to the referee in the defeat at Bolton Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nThe next game was against manager-less Newcastle United and was played immediately after Arsenal had been held to a 1\u20131 draw by Birmingham City. United went into the game knowing that a win would put them top of the league on goal difference, but after dominating the first 45 minutes the score was still 0\u20130. However, in the second half, the goals started flowing; Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 49th minute with a free kick under the jumping wall. Carlos Tevez doubled the tally six minutes later, before Ronaldo scored again to make it three in the 70th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0013-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nRio Ferdinand scored a rare goal in the 85th minute, volleying home from a narrow angle. Youngster Danny Simpson had a couple of chances, but he was denied by some good goalkeeping by Shay Given. Then, in the last two minutes, Ronaldo scored his third for his first ever Manchester United hat-trick, and Tevez made it six in injury time. Newcastle's captain, former Red Alan Smith, earned himself a red card for his protests following the sixth goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nWayne Rooney got himself on the scoresheet for the first time in three Premier League games the following weekend, scoring the opener in a 2\u20130 win over Reading. After a goalless first half, Rooney opened the scoring in the 77th minute, before Cristiano Ronaldo notched up his 23rd goal of the season to equal his tally for the previous season. The following game pitted United against Portsmouth at Old Trafford. With Arsenal having beaten Newcastle 3\u20130 the previous day, the onus was on United to pick up a win and go back to the top of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0014-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nThey started well, going 2\u20130 up within the first 15 minutes, but, despite what Sir Alex Ferguson claimed was one of the best performances of the season, they were unable to score again, and the game finished 2\u20130. Both goals were scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, who added the brace to the two he scored against Tottenham in the FA Cup the previous weekend, to take his total for the season to 27 goals in all competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nThe next game for the Reds was away to Tottenham. With Arsenal playing and winning again earlier in the day, a win was essential for United to go back to the top of the league. However, Tottenham did their North London rivals a massive favour by going ahead in the 21st minute. They should have gone two up soon after, but a poor shot from Berbatov was saved by Edwin van der Sar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0015-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nSpurs defended well for the remainder of the game, but conceded a volleyed goal from Tevez, who had been largely anonymous for the entire game, in the last minute. The result meant that United were two points behind Arsenal at the top of the league, but still four ahead of Chelsea, who drew 1\u20131 with Portsmouth. Seven United players were booked in the game at Tottenham, meaning that the club was handed a \u00a325,000 fine by the Football Association. This was the standard fine for any team that has six or more players booked during a game. However, had the same occurred again in the season, the fine would have been increased to \u00a350,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nThe week following the Tottenham game was spent in remembrance of the Munich air disaster, the 50th anniversary of which fell on 6 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nUnited's home game against Manchester City on 10 February was preceded by a minute's silence in memory of those who died at Munich, and both teams wore special kits for the occasion; United wore a kit similar in design to the kit worn by the 1958 team, devoid of sponsors' logos and the club crest, while Manchester City also wore a kit without a sponsor's logo and with a black ribbon embroidered on the right shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0016-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nHowever, on a day intended to be all about the red half of Manchester, the team in blue took the lead after just 24 minutes. They then went 2\u20130 up just before half time, with debutant Benjani heading for goal. The Reds came out much stronger after the break, but were unable to score until the final minute, when Michael Carrick shot home from 18 yards. The next day, Arsenal beat Blackburn 2\u20130 to open up a five-point lead at the top of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nHowever, the Gunners lead was cut back to three points two weeks later. Arsenal drew 2\u20132 with Birmingham in the Saturday's early kick-off, providing United with the opportunity to close the gap at the top of the table. They took the chance with great gusto, beating Newcastle 5\u20131, the second time in the season that a fixture between the two clubs had produced six goals. Wayne Rooney opened the scoring for the Red Devils, before Cristiano Ronaldo doubled the lead just before half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0017-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nHe then extended the lead to 3\u20130 11 minutes into the second half with his 29th goal of the season. Newcastle clawed one back ten minutes from time, but United replied immediately through Rooney, and Louis Saha finished the game off in the final minute with what turned out to be the French player's final goal for the club before being sold to Everton in the summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nThe Premier League's top three kicked off simultaneously on 1 March. United were first off the mark, as Owen Hargreaves scored his first competitive goal in a Manchester United shirt to put the Reds 1\u20130 up against Fulham. Chelsea then went 3\u20130 up against West Ham in the space of five minutes, before Arsenal went 1\u20130 down to Aston Villa via a Philippe Senderos own goal. United were next to score, Park Ji-sung doubling their lead. Chelsea got a fourth goal in the 64th minute of their match, before a Simon Davies own goal stretched United's lead to three goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0018-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nHowever, just when it looked like United would be returning to the top of the table for the first time in a month, Arsenal snatched a late equaliser to remain a point clear at the top. With 10 games left in the season, United's goal difference seven goals better than Arsenal's, and Chelsea still only six points off the top two, this set up what was billed as one of the closest title races in recent years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nFollowing their exit from the FA Cup the previous weekend, a trip to Pride Park to play bottom-placed Derby County on 15 March looked to be the perfect opportunity for the Red Devils to bounce back and show their title credentials. However, the game did not prove as simple as one would have expected, as United had to work hard for their narrow 1\u20130 victory. As was the case with many of Manchester United's games in the 2007\u201308 season, luck was not on their side in the opening exchanges of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0019-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nUnited goalkeeper Ben Foster, making his debut due to the unavailability of Van der Sar and Tomasz Kuszczak, then staked his claim to the number 1 jersey with a pair of fine saves from Derby striker Kenny Miller. Cristiano Ronaldo proved to be the thorn in Derby's side on a number of occasions, testing former Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll with a curling effort hit with the outside of his foot and a 40-yard free kick. The breakthrough finally came in the 76th minute, Ronaldo scoring a deserved goal from a Wayne Rooney cross. With Arsenal only managing a draw against ten-man Middlesbrough in the day's late kick-off, United's win put them on top of the table on goal difference with a game in hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nThat game in hand was played four days later, with United playing host to Bolton Wanderers on 19 March. Man Utd started the game at their usual fast pace, and it took just nine minutes for Cristiano Ronaldo, the team's captain for the day, to find the back of the net after Carlos Tevez's poorly hit bicycle kick was saved. That goal brought Ronaldo level with George Best's record of 32 goals from midfield in a season, but only ten minutes later, the record was broken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0020-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nFouled about 10\u00a0yards outside the penalty area, Ronaldo set himself up for one of his trademark free kicks; one dipping shot later, the score was 2\u20130. The tone of the game changed from that point on, as United began to relax into a groove, but, as has happened so many times this season, despite the threat of a high-scoring game, no more goals were to come.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0020-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nBoth teams posed threats to the other's goal, with Bolton managing to get the ball into the Manchester United net twice in the second half, only to have the goals ruled out for various reasons, while both Nani and Carlos Tevez wasted as many chances between them as the rest of the United team put together. Nevertheless, the win put United three points clear at the top of the table with eight games left to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nWith matches between Manchester United and Liverpool and Chelsea and Arsenal scheduled, 23 March 2008 was dubbed \"Grand Slam Sunday\" by Sky Sports. Manchester United kicked off the day's action, knowing that they could put pressure on both Arsenal and Chelsea by winning. However, the Red Devils took a while to get into their stride and Liverpool controlled the first ten minutes. Still, it was United who created the first chance of the game, although Wayne Rooney was unable to beat Pepe Reina after Anderson's through-ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0021-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nA few minutes later, Javier Mascherano was booked for a reckless challenge on Paul Scholes. The Argentinian was unimpressed, and continued to contest referee Steve Bennett's decisions as the game went on. The first goal of the game came in the 34th minute, through the most unlikely of goalscorers. After robbing Steven Gerrard of the ball two-thirds of the way up the field, Wes Brown continued his run into the Liverpool box, and found himself on the end of Wayne Rooney's cross, heading past a less than confident Reina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0021-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nThen, a few minutes before half-time, Liverpool were awarded a free-kick just inside the United half. Believing that Paul Scholes deserved a yellow card for the challenge, Fernando Torres remonstrated with referee Bennett, for which he earned himself a yellow card. Incensed by his teammate's punishment, Mascherano rushed in to make his own protest. The referee, though, was not very receptive to Mascherano's protest, and gave him a second yellow card for dissent, sending him off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nWith Liverpool down to ten men, Manchester United were now able to control the tempo of the game as they wished. The Red Devils pushed forward in search of a second goal, and Liverpool continued to weather the storm, but, with 10 minutes to go, United finally found the goal they were looking for. Nani, just on as a substitute, took a corner from the left hand side, which Cristiano Ronaldo headed in from seven yards; his first goal against Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0022-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nThen, two minutes later, Nani combined well with Wayne Rooney, playing a one-two with the striker, before firing the ball home from 20\u00a0yards to make the final score 3\u20130. The win put United six points ahead of Arsenal with seven games left to play, and meant the Gunners had to win their match against Chelsea later that afternoon. Chelsea, however, came from behind to pull off a 2\u20131 victory. This propelled Chelsea into second place, five points behind Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nMan Utd's game against Aston Villa was the late kick-off on 29 March, which allowed Arsenal to pull back United's lead in the league to just three points with a 3\u20132 win over Bolton. This meant that the Red Devils would have to win to restore their six-point lead over Arsenal; and win they did, as they put four goals past Martin O'Neill's side. Villa were first to threaten either goal, but it took just 16 minutes for Cristiano Ronaldo to get the opener, back-heeling the ball through Martin Laursen's legs and past Scott Carson in the Villa goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0023-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March\nRonaldo then turned provider for the second goal on 33 minutes, Carlos Tevez heading home the Portuguese's cross at the back post. The loudest cheers of the game, though, did not come until after half-time, as Wayne Rooney, who had not scored at Old Trafford since October, bagged a brace. Ronaldo supplied the first, back-heeling the ball to the England striker, who rounded Carson before passing the ball into the net. Ronaldo then provided the assist for Rooney's second, nutmegging an Aston Villa defender to play Rooney in. Heartened by his first goal in six games, Rooney finished the move with a cool shot, beating Carson on his near post. Rooney almost made it a hat-trick a few minutes later, but he was deemed to be marginally offside at the time of Owen Hargreaves' cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nUnited were chosen to play on the Sunday of the following weekend, allowing the two chasing teams, Arsenal and Chelsea, to close the gap at the top. Arsenal played first, but could only draw with Liverpool, while Chelsea managed a 2\u20130 victory over Manchester City in the 3\u00a0o'clock kickoff. That closed the gap at the top to two points, putting pressure on United to pick up points against Middlesbrough, who are often regarded as one of their \"bogey teams\" in recent years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0024-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nThe Red Devils started well, and were 1\u20130 up within 10 minutes after Ronaldo stabbed home Michael Carrick's square ball across the six-yard box. United continued to make chances, and looked to be coasting to a comfortable victory until Afonso Alves netted his first goal in English football after 35 minutes. The Brazilian bagged his second ten minutes into the second half, and things looked desperate for United. Worse still, after 70 minutes, with United already missing Nemanja Vidi\u0107 through injury, Rio Ferdinand looked to have picked up an injury himself and was replaced by Gerard Piqu\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0024-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nIt was Piqu\u00e9's fellow substitute, Park Ji-sung, who fashioned the equaliser, though, as he checked back inside Andrew Taylor before squaring the ball to Wayne Rooney, whose deflected shot found its way past Mark Schwarzer in the Middlesbrough goal. United continued to press forward in search of the winner to take the gap at the top of the table back to five points, but almost gave away a goal in the process. Van der Sar capped a solid display by blocking Tuncay's late effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nThe Red Devils' next game was against Arsenal the following Sunday, in a six-pointer that would either rule Arsenal out of the title race or bring them right back into it. A United win would put them six points ahead of their nearest league rivals, Chelsea, and nine ahead of Arsenal, and with Chelsea playing the following day, a win was essential to put pressure on the Blues. Arsenal started the match well, and looked to take the game to United through sheer brute force, attacking with pace and power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0025-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nIndeed, they created the best chances of the half, United's best opportunity falling to Wayne Rooney, who refused to go down under the challenge of Kolo Tour\u00e9, before seeing his shot saved by the foot of Jens Lehmann in a one-on-one situation. The first half finished goalless, but it was not long into the second half before the crowd saw the first goal of the game. It was a controversial goal, however, as it seemed that Emmanuel Adebayor had played Cesc F\u00e0bregas' cross into the net with his left arm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0025-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nNevertheless, referee Howard Webb gave the goal, seeing nothing wrong with it. Just five minutes later, though, United hit back. Michael Carrick played the ball into the Arsenal penalty area, where it was handled by William Gallas, and the referee had no hesitation in awarding the penalty. As expected, Cristiano Ronaldo took responsibility for the penalty, and coolly swept it into the left side of the net. However, he was made to take the kick again as Park Ji-sung was deemed to be encroaching on the penalty area before the kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0025-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nRonaldo was just as successful with his second attempt, burying the ball in the bottom left-hand corner. In an attempt to force the issue by going for the winner, Alex Ferguson brought on Carlos Tevez and Anderson in place of Park and Scholes. The Reds were cutting it fine, as Van der Sar was forced to make two reflex saves from his own defenders, Wes Brown and Rio Ferdinand. Tevez then sent a warning shot across the Arsenal bow, shooting narrowly wide from 25\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0025-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nThen, with 20 minutes to go, Patrice Evra was brought down just outside the Arsenal box. With the Arsenal defence expecting a typical Ronaldo free-kick, they were caught off guard when Owen Hargreaves played an immaculate free-kick over the wall, dipping into the bottom left corner of the goal, leaving Lehmann rooted to his goal line. United continued to press, not giving Arsenal an inch, and though Van der Sar was called on to save a header from Nicklas Bendtner, the Red Devils managed to hold onto their lead and extend their lead at the top of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0025-0005", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nChelsea, now the only team with a realistic chance of stopping United winning the title failed to reduce the lead to three points the following day, only managing a 1\u20131 draw at home to Wigan Athletic. They followed this up with a 1\u20130 win over Everton the following Thursday, reducing the lead to two points with just three games remaining, although United now had a game in hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nOn 19 April, Blackburn Rovers welcomed Manchester United to Ewood Park, where the Red Devils had only managed to win once in their last eight visits. With Chelsea having beaten Everton two days earlier, United went into the game only two points of ahead of the Blues, which meant that defeat against Blackburn would give Chelsea the opportunity to leapfrog United in the teams' meeting the following weekend. Despite a promising start, United fell behind in the 21st minute thanks to a Roque Santa Cruz goal \u2013 his 16th of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0026-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nUnited had dominated large parts of the match, but were unable to make a breakthrough. Finally, with just two minutes left in normal time, Carlos Tevez headed home from Paul Scholes' flick-on to salvage a crucial point for United in the championship race. If United were to beat Chelsea in their next match, they would then require just one point from their remaining two games to secure the title. If they failed to win at Stamford Bridge, however, they would need to win both of their remaining games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nAnd fail to win they did, losing 2\u20131 to a Chelsea side that had had an extra day to recuperate from their Champions League tie against Liverpool in mid-week. Coming off the back of a poor display in Barcelona, United were looking to cement their claim to the Premier League title, which would have been all but won with a win over Chelsea. However, with several players rested with Barcelona on Tuesday in mind, and Nemanja Vidi\u0107 having to be substituted early on after a knee to the face, the odds never looked in United's favour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0027-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nOwen Hargreaves took Vidi\u0107's place in defence, with Wes Brown switching from right-back to centre-back. Joe Cole had the first real chance, but could only smash the ball into the woodwork from 18\u00a0yards after he regained the ball from a poor clearance. United held out for 45 minutes, but finally went behind on the stroke of half-time to a Michael Ballack header, after the German had lost his marker to find room at the back post. After the break, United came out a new team, taking the game to Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0027-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nAfter 57 minutes, United conceded a free kick just inside Chelsea's half, but a poor back pass from Ricardo Carvalho allowed Wayne Rooney to pounce on the ball and place a shot beyond Petr \u010cech into the corner of the net, his first career goal against Chelsea. However, he appeared to have injured himself during his celebration and was soon substituted, making way for Cristiano Ronaldo. The game went quiet for the last 20 minutes, until a Michael Essien cross was handled by Michael Carrick just inside the United penalty area with four minutes left to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0027-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nReferee Alan Wiley pointed to the spot, and Ballack stepped up to convert and give Chelsea the win. United went all out for a much needed equaliser, but the closest they came were two shots blocked on the line by Ashley Cole and Andriy Shevchenko. The result brought Chelsea level on points with United with two games to go, United holding on to top spot by virtue of their +53 goal difference. This now meant that United would have to win both of their remaining games to secure the title, provided that Chelsea did not drop any more points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nThe first of United's last two games was at home to West Ham United at midday on Saturday, 3 May. Needing the win, United got off to a great start, as Ronaldo put them ahead in the third minute with a deflected shot. 20 minutes later, he got his second of the game and 30th league goal of the season. West Ham failed to deal with Owen Hargreaves' left-footed cross, which dropped onto Ronaldo's thigh and bounced over the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0028-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nFormer West Ham player Carlos Tevez made it 3\u20130 in the 26th minute, rifling a 25-yard shot over Robert Green in the Hammers goal. However, Dean Ashton pulled one back for West Ham with an audacious bicycle kick after Wes Brown's clearing header only went straight upwards. Just before half-time, as West Ham were looking to be settling into a rhythm, an altercation between Lucas Neill and Nani resulted in the Portuguese international headbutting the Australian, before going to ground himself, only to find a red card waiting for him when he got back to his feet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0028-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nThis left United a man down, with a whole half left to play. Nevertheless, despite the man advantage, West Ham were unable to capitalise, and ended up going 4\u20131 down in the 59th minute. Michael Carrick picked the ball up in midfield off a poor West Ham clearance, before letting rip from 30\u00a0yards. His shot took a large deflection off Lucas Neill, wrong-footing Robert Green, and the ball nestled in the bottom-left corner of the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0028-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nDarren Fletcher also came close to scoring late in the game, after coming on as a substitute, but his shot deflected back off the inside of the post. The match finished 4\u20131 to United, but Chelsea's win against Newcastle United two days later kept the two teams level on points, meaning that the title race would go to the last day of the season for the first time since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nManchester United went to Wigan on the final day of the season, knowing that they needed only to equal or better Chelsea's result against Bolton in order to be Premier League champions, due to their superior goal difference. Wayne Rooney was named in the United starting lineup despite concerns over his fitness, while Nemanja Vidi\u0107 made a return to the side for the first time since his concussion against Chelsea. Wigan started the game with an aggressive mentality, closing down the United players at every opportunity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0029-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nPaul Scholes was booked early on for a tackle from behind on Wilson Palacios, but the Latics then had a penalty shout turned down in the 24th minute, when a Jason Koumas shot appeared to deflect off Rio Ferdinand's outstretched upper arm. Wigan's anguish was then compounded when referee Steve Bennett awarded United a penalty for Emmerson Boyce's foul on Wayne Rooney. Cristiano Ronaldo stepped up to take the penalty, which he converted, equalling Alan Shearer's record for the most goals in a 38-game season with 31 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0029-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nSoon after, Scholes was fortunate not to be sent off when he cynically brought down Wilson Palacios. Steve Bennett chose to keep his cards in his pocket. In the second half, United continued to test the Wigan goal, but goalkeeper Chris Kirkland was up to the task, producing a number of good saves. Paul Scholes was brought down in the box by Titus Bramble early in the half, but the referee was not positioned well enough to be able to give it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0029-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May\nWith 25 minutes to go, Alex Ferguson brought on Owen Hargreaves to shore up the defence, and Ryan Giggs, who equalled Bobby Charlton's club appearance record with his 758th appearance in a United shirt. Fittingly, it was Giggs who got United's second goal of the game, slotting the ball past Kirkland after Wayne Rooney played him in with a slide-rule pass. A last-minute equaliser by Bolton against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge ensured that United's championship did not have to be decided by goal difference, and it left the Red Devils as the champions of England for the 17th time, just one short of Liverpool's record of 18 titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nThe draw for the FA Cup Third Round paired United with Aston Villa for the fourth time in seven years. The match was played at Villa Park on 5 January 2008, United winning 2\u20130 with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney. United were given a home draw against Tottenham Hotspur in the Fourth Round and won the game 3\u20131. After going a goal down to a Robbie Keane strike, United drew level with Carlos Tevez, before Cristiano Ronaldo scored the other two goals; one a penalty after Michael Dawson was sent off for a deliberate handball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nThe Fifth Round draw was held on 28 January 2008, with United facing the possibility of drawing one of five other Premier League clubs, including Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. As it was, United drew Arsenal, pitting the current top two teams in the Premier League against each other in the only all-Premier League tie of the round. The match was played on 16 February 2008, with United running out as 4\u20130 winners, the goals coming from Rooney, Darren Fletcher (2), and Nani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nThe draw for the Sixth Round took place on 18 February 2008, and drew United at home against Portsmouth. The tie, which was the only all-Premier League tie of the round, was played on 8 March 2008. United went into the game with the prospect of another Treble still on the cards, and started the match full of confidence. However, when the referee, Martin Atkinson, failed to award the Red Devils a penalty in the seventh minute after Sylvain Distin clearly bodychecked Cristiano Ronaldo, it was clear that it was not to be United's day. United continued to produce the better of the chances in the first half \u2013 Portsmouth's best effort was a swerving 25-yarder from Pedro Mendes that tested Van der Sar to the extent that the Dutch keeper injured himself and had to be substituted at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nUnited's chances continued to flow thick and fast. Michael Carrick rounded the goalkeeper only to be tackled on the line by Distin, whilst Patrice Evra had a shot turned onto the post by David James before things went from bad to worse for the Manchester side. With 12 minutes to play, Portsmouth counter-attacked down the right hand side, forcing a two-on-two situation. The ball was squared to Milan Baro\u0161, who was felled by Kuszczak in the box. The referee had no hesitation in sending Kuszczak off, despite both Rooney and Anderson having gotten back behind the ball before the foul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0033-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nNevertheless, referee Atkinson's decision meant that United had no recognised goalkeeper available for the remaining time. Wayne Rooney offered his services, but that would have left United without a recognised centre-forward, so Rio Ferdinand was given the responsibility of attempting to save the penalty. However, although he dived the right way, Ferdinand was unable to get a hand to the ball, and Sulley Muntari gave Portsmouth the lead. United fought hard to get their deserved equaliser, but even Ronaldo's free kick was off-target, and United were knocked out of the FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, League Cup\nUnited played their only League Cup game of the season when they lost 2\u20130 at home to Coventry City, both goals scored by Michael Mifsud. Two players \u2013 Jonny Evans and Danny Simpson \u2013 made their first team debuts in the match, while a further six players made their first starts of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nUnited were drawn into a group with Sporting CP, the previous club of Cristiano Ronaldo and new signing Nani, Dynamo Kyiv, and Roma, who suffered a huge 7\u20131 loss to the Red Devils in the 2006\u201307 season. United started their Champions League campaign with a 1\u20130 win against Sporting, which they followed up with another 1\u20130 win, this time against Roma. United's winning streak in Europe continued when they won their match against Dynamo Kyiv 4\u20132 in Ukraine, with goals coming from Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo (2). United sealed their place in the knockout stage with a 4\u20130 win in the return game against Dynamo Kyiv, with goals from Carlos Tevez, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Gerard Piqu\u00e9 got his first ever senior goal for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 842]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nThe team went into the next game against Sporting knowing that a win would secure top spot for them. However, they went 1\u20130 down after just 21 minutes through an unexpected goal from Abel Ferreira. It took United another 40 minutes to get an equaliser, as Carlos Tevez scored a scrappy goal in the 61st minute. Just when it looked like United were about to settle for a draw, they won a free kick in the 92nd minute. Up stepped Cristiano Ronaldo, who lashed the free kick into the far top corner of the net to win the match 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0036-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nThat left the final game in the group without consequence, and so Sir Alex took a youthful squad with him to Rome, including six players yet to make their senior debuts for the club. Although none of the six made the starting line-up, it was another of United's youth players, Piqu\u00e9, who scored the opening goal in the 34th minute. However, the Reds were denied maximum points from the group stage by a 71st-minute goal from Mancini. Nevertheless, the 16 points they did pick up in the six games was the most of any team in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe first knockout round draw took place on 21 December, and paired Manchester United with Lyon of France. The last (and only) time United were paired with Lyon was in the group stage of the 2004\u201305 UEFA Champions League, in which the away tie finished as a 2\u20132 draw, while United won the home leg 2\u20131. The away leg was played on 20 February, and saw Lyon go 1\u20130 up in the 54th minute, through a Karim Benzema shot that went in off the post. Carlos Tevez rectified the situation in the 87th minute, pulling United level to make sure that the Red Devils were in half-decent shape for the return leg on 4 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nManchester United started the second leg brightly, probing the Lyon defence for gaps, but to no avail as Lyon gradually fought their way back into the game, knowing they had to score at least once to qualify for the quarter-finals. However, as half-time approached, Wes Brown made an overlapping run, before delivering a cross that found its way to Anderson on the edge of the area. The Brazilian side-footed the ball goalwards, and the ball broke to Cristiano Ronaldo who fired the ball home from an ever-narrowing angle. However, no more goals were to come, Lyon's Kader Ke\u00efta coming the closest as he hit the post in the 74th minute. Nevertheless, United qualified for the quarter-finals, the first leg to be played on either 1 April or 2 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the Champions League was held on 14 March 2008. Despite English teams making up half of the numbers in the draw, United were drawn with A.S. Roma. This tie will see the fifth and sixth times that the Red Devils have played against their Italian rivals in the last 12 months; the previous four matches resulted in two wins, a draw and a loss, including United's Champions League record 7\u20131 win in the 2006\u201307 quarter-final. The winner of this quarter-final would meet either Schalke or Barcelona in the semi-finals, before facing Arsenal, Liverpool, Fenerbah\u00e7e or Chelsea in the final, setting up the prospect of an all-English final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe first leg of United's quarter-final against Roma was played at the Stadio Olimpico on 1 April 2008. Ryan Giggs started the match on the bench, which meant that Rio Ferdinand was handed the captaincy and Park Ji-sung was given his first Champions League appearance of the season, while Michael Carrick was able to take his position in the midfield three despite having missed the team's training session the day before. The match started fairly evenly, but it was Roma who had the first meaningful attempt on goal, with Christian Panucci heading just over from a corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0040-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nOn the half-hour, United's defence suffered a major setback as Nemanja Vidi\u0107 fell awkwardly after jumping for a header. His place in central defence was taken by John O'Shea. Nevertheless, with just five minutes of the half remaining, the ball broke to Paul Scholes on the right hand side of the Roma penalty area. With his options limited, he played a ball at head-height into the centre of the penalty area, where Cristiano Ronaldo, who had just run full speed from near the centre circle, was ready to power a header past Roma keeper Doni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0040-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nBuoyed by the cushion of the away goal, United started the second half confidently, prising a desperate Roma side apart with crisp passing along the floor. On the hour mark, in response to a header on goal by Mirko Vu\u010dini\u0107 that brought about a world class save from Edwin van der Sar, Alex Ferguson called for his team to adopt a more conservative formation, bringing on Owen Hargreaves to replace Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0040-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nUnited seemed more comfortable playing in a 4\u20134\u20132 formation, and the change paid immediate dividends, as Rooney pounced on Doni's mishandling of Park's header to poke the ball home for 2\u20130. The Reds continued to threaten, but were forced to defend well to prevent Roma from taking any goals with them to Old Trafford. The match finished 2\u20130, putting United in a comfortable position going into the second leg on 9 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nUnited went into the second leg with a couple of injury concerns in the centre of their defence. Nemanja Vidi\u0107 was still carrying an injury from the first leg, while Rio Ferdinand had a suspected foot injury that he picked up in the Reds' match against Middlesbrough at the weekend. Nevertheless, Ferdinand was deemed to be fit enough to start the match, and lined up alongside Gerard Piqu\u00e9 in the centre of defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0041-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nMika\u00ebl Silvestre also found a place in the starting lineup, making his first start for nearly seven months, following a knee ligament injury, and Gary Neville also made a return to the first team squad, being selected on the bench. Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes were left on the bench, as Alex Ferguson obviously had an eye on the following weekend's match against Arsenal. Manchester United started the match brightly, creating numerous opportunities in the first few minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0041-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nHowever, on the half-hour, the referee Tom Henning \u00d8vreb\u00f8 awarded the visiting side a penalty for a trip on Mancini by Wes Brown, which Daniele De Rossi stepped up to take. Live action replays however showed no contact between Brown and Mancini. The Italian midfielder blazed the ball over the crossbar, wasting what would end up being Roma's best chance of getting back into the tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nRoma started the second half strongly, creating a couple of chances in the first 15 minutes of the second half, including a Rodrigo Taddei effort that forced a last-ditch block from Mika\u00ebl Silvestre. Still, United weathered the early storm and, with 20 minutes of the match to go, put the tie beyond reasonable doubt through Carlos Tevez. The Argentinian powered past a pair of Roma defenders, before playing the ball to Owen Hargreaves on the right wing. Tevez continued his run into the box, before finishing with a glancing header off Hargreaves' inch-perfect cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0042-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe day was made complete in the 81st minute, when Alex Ferguson brought Anderson off to be replaced by Gary Neville, who immediately took over the captaincy, albeit in central midfield, rather than his preferred right-back slot. Neville's every touch was greeted with cheers from the United fans, who had had to wait 13 months for their captain to take to the field again after a succession of injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0042-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nPark Ji-sung had an effort saved late on, but the match was concluded soon after, and United could now look forward to their semi-final first leg away to Barcelona on 23 April. Barcelona were the only team other than United to remain unbeaten in the Champions League up to the semi-finals this season. The win over Roma was the 11th consecutive home victory in the Champions League for United, setting a new record for the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0043-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nBoth teams went into the semi-final first leg with identical records in this season's Champions League, each having won eight games and drawn two, while scoring 18 goals and conceding five. United were awarded a penalty three minutes into the game, after Gabriel Milito handled Cristiano Ronaldo's header from a corner. Ronaldo himself stepped up to take the kick, but, despite sending V\u00edctor Vald\u00e9s the wrong way, smacked his shot against the post. The missed penalty seemed to give Barcelona the extra impetus they needed, and they began to take control of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0043-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nJust before the half-hour, Ronaldo made a break into the Bar\u00e7a penalty area, only to be bodychecked by Rafael M\u00e1rquez, who made no attempt to get to the ball. Rightfully expecting another penalty to be awarded, the look of dismay on Ronaldo's face was justified when he saw referee Massimo Busacca wave play on. M\u00e1rquez fouled Ronaldo again just before half time, this time about 25\u00a0yards from goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0043-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nM\u00e1rquez was shown a yellow card for his trouble, which meant he was ineligible for the second leg on 29 April, but Ronaldo saw his resulting free kick go just a yard wide of the far post. A number of saves from Van der Sar and a Michael Carrick block kept Barcelona at bay, while Carrick himself came close to scoring at the other end, rippling the side-netting after making space for himself on the left side of the penalty area. The match finished as a scoreless draw, with Barcelona having had the better of the possession, but with the second leg being played at Old Trafford, United had every reason to be confident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0044-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nDuring the second leg, Old Trafford hosted a very emotive night in which the home crowd vociferously supported United as they worked to achieve a place in the final. Following a shaky start (including Paul Scholes fouling Lionel Messi on the very edge of the penalty area within the first 45 seconds), United took the lead courtesy of an outstanding goal by Paul Scholes in the 14th minute. Despite surrendering huge swathes of possession to Barcelona, United nearly extended their lead shortly before half time, Nani heading wide from a good cross from Park Ji-sung.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0044-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe second half of the match saw a challenging Barcelona that simply failed to get a vital away goal, mostly thanks to a very good defensive work by the Red Devils, the game ending 1\u20130. The win increased the number of consecutive home wins in the Champions League to a record 12, the previous record having stood at 10, and qualified United for their third European Cup final. With Chelsea beating Liverpool in the other semi-final, it set up the European Cup's first ever all-English final, to be played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 21 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0045-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nUnited had the run of the play in the first half of the final, dominating Chelsea in terms of possession, and took the lead in the 26th minute through a Cristiano Ronaldo header off a Wes Brown cross. However, in the last minute of the first half, a ball into the United box was deflected to Frank Lampard, who capitalised on a slip by Van der Sar to equalise for the Londoners. The second half was much more even, but no further goals were scored and the match went to extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0045-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nMidway through the second half of extra time, a large incident involving Carlos Tevez and John Terry kicked off. In the ensuing mel\u00e9e, the referee spotted a slap on Nemanja Vidi\u0107 by Didier Drogba, and had no hesitation in sending the Ivorian international off. Despite the man advantage, United were unable to find a winner and the match went to penalties. Both teams converted their first two penalties, but then the most unlikely of players missed his \u2013 Cristiano Ronaldo, who stepped up with his usual self-confidence, could only stare on as Petr \u010cech saved his shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0045-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nJust when the match looked lost, John Terry stepped up for the Blues, only for his standing foot to give way as he struck his shot and the ball hit the post. This took the match to sudden death penalties, though only two further rounds were required. Ryan Giggs scored United's seventh penalty, meaning that Nicolas Anelka had to score in order to keep Chelsea in the game. His shot, however, was poorly struck, and at the perfect height for United's Dutch goalkeeper to save, granting United their third European Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0046-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Transfers\nUnited's first departure of the 2007\u201308 season was Kieran Richardson, who signed for Sunderland on 16 July for an undisclosed fee. Fifteen days later, Giuseppe Rossi also left the club, signing for Villarreal. On 3 August, Alan Smith departed for Newcastle United, and almost three weeks later, Gabriel Heinze left for Real Madrid. Five days later, club legend Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r retired at the age of 34.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0047-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Transfers\nComing in during the summer transfer window were Owen Hargreaves, who left Bayern Munich on 1 July. The following day, Anderson and Nani signed for a combined \u00a330\u00a0million. On the same day that Anderson and Nani arrived, Polish goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak came in from West Bromwich Albion, having already spent the previous season with Manchester United on loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0048-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Transfers\nDuring the winter transfer window, Adam Eckersley, Ryan Shawcross, and Phil Bardsley departed, while in May, Kieran Lee and Gerard Piqu\u00e9 left the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194786-0049-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Manchester United F.C. season, Transfers\nUnited's winter arrivals were Angolan forward Manucho and Brazilian midfielder Rodrigo Possebon. Italian youngster Davide Petrucci arrived in June from Roma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194787-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mansfield Town F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Mansfield Town Football Club competed in Football League Two where they finished in 23rd position with 42 points and were relegated to the Conference Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194788-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team represented Marist College during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Foxes, led by sixth year head coach Brian Giorgis, play their home games at the McCann Center and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season ranked No. 22 and went 32\u20133, 18\u20130 in MAAC play to finish in first place to win the MAAC regular season title for the fifth consecutive time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194788-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team\nIn the MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament, they defeated #8 seed Canisius in the quarterfinals, #5 seed Saint Peter's in the semifinals, and #2 seed Iona in the championship game to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament. It was their third consecutive MAAC Tournament championship. As a #7 seed, they defeated #10 seed DePaul 76\u201357 in the First Round before falling to #2 seed and No. 6 LSU 49\u201368 in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194789-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by ninth-year head coach Tom Crean, played their home games at the Bradley Center as members of the Big East Conference. They beat Kentucky in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, then lost to Stanford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194790-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team was led by 19th-year head coach Gary Williams. Maryland finished with a 19\u201315 record, and did not qualify for the NCAA tournament. The Terrapins were eliminated in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194790-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194791-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Meistriliiga (ice hockey) season\nThe 2007\u201308 Meistriliiga season was the 18th season of the Meistriliiga, the top level of ice hockey in Estonia. Six teams participated in the league, and Tartu V\u00e4lk 494 won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194792-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Melbourne Victory FC season, Season summary\nLooking to capitalise on their successful 2006\u201307 campaign, Melbourne made some strong off-season signings including Costa Rican international Carlos Hern\u00e1ndez to cover the hole left by the departure of Fred to MLS club D.C. United. Again with the league's largest crowds and a record membership of over 20,000, Melbourne were undefeated after 7 rounds but the season slipped away with some poor home performances and a mounting injury list. A late season rally gave Melbourne a hope of making the finals up to the second last round but they finished 5th, 4 points out of the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194792-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Melbourne Victory FC season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194793-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Grizzlies season\nThe 2007\u201308 Memphis Grizzlies season was their 13th season in the National Basketball Association and seventh in Memphis. The Memphis Grizzlies failed to qualify for the Playoffs for the second straight season. They finished 14th in the Western Conference with an awful record of 22-60, being only marginally better than the 20-62 Seattle SuperSonics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194793-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Grizzlies season\nIn February, Pau Gasol was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for his younger brother, Marc who would play the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194793-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Grizzlies season, Transactions\nOn July 27, the Memphis Grizzlies signed unrestricted free agent Darko Mili\u010di\u0107. This is the third team Darko has played for in the past 4 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194793-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Grizzlies season, Transactions\nThe Grizzlies biggest transaction this season has been trading their All Star center, Pau Gasol to the Los Angeles Lakers. The trade gave the Lakers some strength in the front court and gave the Grizzlies some draft picks and prospects and it opened up room in their Salary Cap", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194793-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Grizzlies season, Transactions, Trades\nOn February 1, 2008, the struggling Memphis Grizzlies, traded away their All-Star center Pau Gasol and a future second round draft pick to the Los Angeles Lakers, for center Kwame Brown, rookie point guard Javaris Crittenton, Aaron Mckie, the draft rights to Pau's brother, Marc Gasol, along with two future first round draft picks. It's been the first time ever in league history that a player has been traded for their brother.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194794-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Memphis in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season, the 87th season of Tiger basketball. The Tigers were coached by eighth-year head coach John Calipari, and they played their home games at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. The team was the most successful in Tigers' history reaching the NCAA Championship game for the second time and setting numerous school records. It is also one of the most successful in college basketball history, setting the record for most wins in a season at 38\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194794-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team\nHowever, all wins were vacated in 2009 after an investigation into the eligibility of Derrick Rose and the Tigers officially finished the season 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194794-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team, Season summary, Non-conference play\nThe Tigers began the season ranked No. 3 as a result of a strong recruiting class led by Derrick Rose and returning veteran stars Chris Douglas-Roberts and Joey Dorsey. To start non-conference play, the Tigers defeated powerhouses Oklahoma and Connecticut in the 2K College Hoops Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York. On the same court in the Jimmy V Classic, they won an overtime thriller over USC led by O. J. Mayo. On December 22, they defeated No. 5 Georgetown by 14 and No. 17 Arizona the next week. On January 21, the undefeated Tigers were ranked No. 1 by both major polls after a loss by number-one North Carolina. The Tigers started the season 26\u20130, the best start to a season in Memphis history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194794-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team, Season summary, Conference play\nEntering conference play, the Tigers were predicted to match the previous years undefeated run in the conference. Memphis started the season 26\u20130, the best in history. However, the record start was tested in a mid-season, non-conference bout against in-state rival No. 2 Tennessee. In a highly anticipated No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup covered by ESPN Gameday, the Volunteers beat the top-ranked Tigers at home 62\u201366. The Tigers finished Conference USA play undefeated for the second straight year, and won the conference tournament for the third straight year. Memphis finished the season with a 38-1 record and became the Conference USA regular season champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194794-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team, Season summary, NCAA Tournament\nIn the NCAA Tournament Memphis received the No. 1 seed in the South. \\In opening rounds in Little Rock, they defeated No. 16-seeded Texas\u2013Arlington and 8-seed Mississippi State. They moved on to regionals in Houston where they defeated No. 5 seed Michigan State. In the regional final, they knocked off a No. 2-seeded Texas team playing near to its home in Austin. In the Final Four, Memphis beat UCLA and proceeded to the national championship game. The Tigers fell in overtime to Kansas, 68\u201375 after a game-tying three-pointer at the regulation buzzer by Kansas star Mario Chalmers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194794-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team, Season summary, NCAA Tournament\nChris Douglas-Roberts was named a first-team All-American, and prospective number-one draft pick Derrick Rose was named to the third team. The Tigers finished the season 38\u20132 (16\u20130), as Conference USA regular season and tournament champions. The 38 wins broke a record shared by the 1986 Duke Blue Devils, 1987 UNLV Runnin' Rebels, and 2005 Illinois Fighting Illini for the most wins in NCAA Division I history. It would be matched later by the 2012 and 2015 Kentucky Wildcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194794-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team, Season summary, NCAA investigation\nThe NCAA determined in 2009 that Derrick Rose had forfeited his eligibility because the Educational Testing Service voided Rose's SAT Reasoning Test score that made him eligible to play at Memphis. Additionally, the NCAA determined that even without the questions about Rose's SAT score, Rose would have lost his eligibility in December 2007 due to his brother being allowed to travel with the team for free. All 38 wins and one NCAA tournament loss were subsequently vacated by the NCAA for rules violations, leaving the team with an official record of 0\u20131. The NCAA also made Memphis remove banners commemorating the 2008 season. This included a banner commemorating three seniors who finished the season with the most wins by any player in NCAA history with 137 from 2005 to 2009. Memphis also forfeited all NCAA tournament revenues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 80], "content_span": [81, 917]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194795-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals\nThe 2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals took place in Vantaa, Finland, from 9 to 13 January 2008. Allm\u00e4nna Idrottsklubben Innebandyf\u00f6rening, better known simply as AIK, won the EuroFloorball Cup for the second year in a row after narrowly defeating Warberg IC 2\u20131 in sudden victory overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194795-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals\nThe 2007\u201308 EuroFloorball Cup marked the first year in which the new name for the tournament was used (previously known as the European Cup). The tournament also marked its 15th year, which was a huge achievement for the International Floorball Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194795-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals\nIn addition to that, AIK's EuroFloorball Cup victory was the 13th for a Swedish floorball club, and 3rd in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194795-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification format\nSince the top 4 nations at the 2006\u201307 EuroFloorball Cup were from Sweden, Finland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, the top team in that country automatically advances straight into the final round. In addition to that, the reigning champions receive automatic qualification into the final round as well. 5 teams in total receive automatic qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194795-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification format\nSince 5 of the 8 spots are filled, the other 3 need to be decided using regional qualification. In Group C, the runners-up to the top team in Sweden, Finland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic play for a spot in the finals. In the 2007\u201308 EuroFloorball Cup, both the top team in Sweden and the runners-up automatically qualified for the tournament, and therefore Group C consisted of 3 teams instead of 4. In Groups A and B, the teams are split into regions: West Europe and East Europe. The winning team in each group advances to the finals, making the total number of teams eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194795-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification format, Qualifying venues\nGroup A qualifications for Western Europe took place in B\u00e6rum, Norway, from 29 August to 2 September 2007. Group B qualifications for Eastern Europe took place in Ciampino, Italy, from 5 to 9 September 2007. Group C qualifications took place in Liberec, Czech Republic, from 7 to 9 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194796-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying\nThe 2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying rounds took place over 29 August \u2013 9 September 2007 in three different host nations. The winner of each group advanced to the 2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, where they had a chance to win the EuroFloorball Cup for 2007\u201308. A total of 15 teams played in the qualifying round, all from different countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194796-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying\nThe 2007\u201308 EuroFloorball Cup marked the first year in which the new name for the tournament was used (previously known as the European Cup). The tournament also marked its 15th year, which was a huge achievement for the International Floorball Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194796-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification format\nSince the top four nations at the 2006\u201307 Men's EuroFloorball Cup were from Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic, the top team in that country automatically advances straight into the final round. In addition to that, the reigning champions receive automatic qualification into the final round as well. 5 teams in total receive automatic qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194796-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification format\nSince 5 of the 8 spots are filled, the other three need to be decided using regional qualification. In Group C, the runners-up to the top team in Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic play for a spot in the finals. In the 2007\u201308 EuroFloorball Cup, both the top team in Sweden and the runners-up automatically qualified for the tournament, and therefore Group C consisted of 3 teams instead of 4. In Groups A and B, the teams are split into regions: West Europe and East Europe, respectively. The winning team in each group advances to the finals, making the total number of teams eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194796-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification format\nTo be eligible to take part in the 2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup, teams that take place in regional qualification must capture the national title in floorball in their country. If that team does not register, then the 2nd place team can register, and so forth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194796-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualifying Venues\nGroup A qualifications for Western Europe took place in B\u00e6rum, Norway from 29 August \u2013 2 September 2007. Group B qualifications for Eastern Europe took place in Ciampino, Italy from 5 to 9 September 2007. Group C qualifications took place in Liberec, Czech Republic from 7 to 9 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194797-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season\nThe 2007\u201308 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey team represented Mercyhurst College in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Lakers were coached by Michael Sisti and had a 9-2-1 conference record. Assisting Sisti was Paul Colontino and Louis Goulet. Mike Folga was the Head Equipment Manager. Mercyhurst featured eight newcomers in 2007-2008 as the Lakers lost 10 players from the 2006\u20132007, 32-win team. Seven of those players were lost to graduation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194797-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season, Regular season, Players\nended 3rd year with team as all-time leader in points (155, since broken) and power play goals (34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 76], "content_span": [77, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194797-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season, International\nValerie Chouinard played for Team Canada at European Air Canada Cup in January 2008 and was selected as an alternate for Team Canada at the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in China in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194798-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mestis season\nThe 2007\u201308 Mestis season was the eighth season of the Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 12 teams participated in the league, and TUTO Hockey won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194799-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20\nThe 2007\u201308 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20 was a Twenty20 cricket competition held in Zimbabwe from 19\u201321 March 2008. It was won by Easterns, who defeated Westerns in the final by seven runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194800-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mexican Segunda Divisi\u00f3n season\nThe 2007\u201308 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season was split in two tournaments Apertura and Clausura. Segunda Divisi\u00f3n was the third-tier football league of Mexico. The season was played between 17 August 2007 and 25 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194800-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mexican Segunda Divisi\u00f3n season\nThis was the last season in which the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n was played in a unified league, a situation that was repeated until the 2020\u201321 edition, starting in August 2008, the Second Division was divided into two leagues: Liga Premier de Ascenso and Liga de Nuevos Talentos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194800-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mexican Segunda Divisi\u00f3n season, Promotion Final\nThe Promotion Final is a series of matches played by the champions of the tournaments Apertura and Clausura, the game is played to determine the winning team of the promotion to Liga de Ascenso. The first leg was played on 22 May 2008, and the second leg was played on 25 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194800-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mexican Segunda Divisi\u00f3n season, Promotion Final, Second leg\nPachuca Juniors was the winner of the promotion to Primera Divisi\u00f3n A, however, being a reserve team from Pachuca its license was put up for sale, finally the C.D. Irapuato bought the rights and was therefore promoted to the upper category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194801-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Miami Heat season\nThe 2007\u201308 Miami Heat season was their 20th season in the National Basketball Association. To commemorate the anniversary, the Heat jerseys bear a XX on the rightmost part. However, the season turned out to be disastrous as they finished 15\u201367, which was, coincidentally, the same record the team posted in their inaugural season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194801-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Miami Heat season\nThis was Pat Riley's final season as head coach of the Heat before resigning for a second time following the season. He did, however, remain as team president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194801-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Miami Heat season\nIt was also Alonzo Mourning's final season in the NBA as he suffered a season-ending and a possibly career-ending knee injury in a December game in Atlanta. After sitting out half of next season, Mourning retired in January. After his retirement, Mourning stayed with the Heat as an executive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194801-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Miami Heat season\nMid -season, Shaquille O'Neal was traded to the Phoenix Suns for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks. Before the trade, the Heat acquired Penny Hardaway, who was O'Neal's teammate with the Orlando Magic from 1993 until 1996. This move reunited the duo. However, Hardaway was waived after a few games and he would never play in the NBA again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194801-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Miami Heat season\nDwyane Wade, after recovering from off-season shoulder and knee surgeries, battled knee injuries and missed the final 21 games of the season after undergoing OssaTron treatment on his left knee. Wade recovered in time to play in the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194801-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Miami Heat season, Draft picks\nMiami's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194801-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Miami Heat season, Transactions\nThe Heat have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194801-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Miami Heat season, Transactions, Subtractions\nMarcus Slaughter-Power Forward/Center, signed a two-year contract with Miami in June 2007, but was released October 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194802-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hurricanes, led by 4th-year head coach Frank Haith, played their home games at the BankUnited Center and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 23\u201311, 8\u20138 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Basketball Tournament to Florida State. They were invited to the 2008 NCAA Tournament as No. 7 seed in the South region. They defeated St. Mary's in the first round before falling in the second round to Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194803-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were coached by 13th-year head coach, Tom Izzo. MSU finished the season 27\u20139, 12\u20136 to finish in fourth place in Big Ten play. They defeated Ohio State in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament before losing to No. 1-seeded Wisconsin in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, their 11th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament, as the No. 5 seed in the South region. They defeated Temple in the First Round and upset No. 4-seeded Pittsburgh to reach the Sweet Sixteen. There they lost to No. 2-ranked Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194803-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Spartans finished the 2006\u201307 season with an overall record of 23\u201312, 8\u20138 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. Michigan State received a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament, their 10th straight trip to the Tournament, and advanced to the Second Round before losing to North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194803-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary\nThe Spartans were led by senior Drew Neitzel (13.9 points and 4 rebounds per game), sophomore Raymar Morgan (14.0 points and 6.1 rebounds per game), and freshman Kalin Lucas (10.3 points and 3.8 assists per game).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194803-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary\nMichigan State began the season ranked No. 8 in the country and participated in the CBE Classic, losing to No. 2 UCLA in the finals. They cruised through the remaining non-conference schedule with wins over No. 24 NC State, No. 20 BYU, and No. 4 Texas, finishing 12\u20131 and ranked No. 6 in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194803-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary\nMSU won six of their first seven Big Ten games, their lone loss an ugly 43\u201336 loss to Iowa on the road. They lost four of their next seven games thereafter at Penn State, at No. 19 Purdue, at No. 13 Indiana, and at No. 10 Wisconsin. They avenged their loss to Indiana by blowing them out 103\u201374 at the Breslin Center on March 2 after Indiana head coach Kelvin Sampson had resigned. They finished with a loss at Ohio State to finish in fourth place in the Big Ten with a record of 12\u20136 record and 24\u20137 overall. They finished the season ranked 18th in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194803-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary\nAs the No. 4 seed tn the Big Ten Tournament, they beat Ohio State 67\u201360 led by Drew Netizel's season-high 28 points. In the semifinals, MSU led by as many as 12 in the second half, they were defeated by two points by No. 8 Wisconsin. The Spartans were called for 30 fouls in the game and had four players foul out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194803-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary\nThe Spartans received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament to mark their 11th consecutive trip to the Tournament under Tom Izzo. As a No. 5 seed, the Spartans, led by Raymar Morgan's 15 points, beat No. 12-seeded Temple 72\u201361. In the Second Round, the Spartans looked to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the seventh time in 11 years. Led by Drew Neitzel's 21 points and Kalin Lucas' 19, the Spartans overcame No. 17 Pittsburgh to move on to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, the Spartans faced No. 2-ranked Memphis. Led by Derrick Rose's 27 points, the Tigers routed the Spartans, leading 50\u201320 at the half and cruising to 18-point win over MSU. Goran Suton led the Spartans with 23 points and Chris Allen had 20. It marked senior Drew Neitzel's final game for the Spartans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 853]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194804-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2007\u201308 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach John Beilein, the team finished tied for ninth in the Big Ten Conference. The team earned a ninth seed and advanced to the second round of the 2008 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194804-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nThe team failed to earn an invitation to either the 2008 National Invitation Tournament or the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The team was unranked for all eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll, and ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll. Ron Coleman served as team captain, and Manny Harris earned team MVP honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194804-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nThe team set the Big Ten conference, single-season record for three-point field goals attempted in conference games with 434. The team would rebreak this record the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194804-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nEkpe Udoh led the Big Ten in blocked shots with a 2.67 conference game average and a 2.88 all game average. Overall, Michigan led the Big Ten with a 4.28 blocks per games in conference games. Udoh would later transfer to Baylor University and, as a junior, lead the Big 12 Conference in blocked shots as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194804-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nIn the 2008 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the Conseco Fieldhouse from March 13\u201316, Michigan was seeded ninth. In the first round, they defeated number 8 Iowa 55\u201347 before losing to number 1 Wisconsin 51\u201334 in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season\nThe 2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season was its 62nd season in existence. The Mid-American Conference (MAC) competed at Division I in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It sponsored 23 sports (11 men's and 12 women's).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Reese and Jacoby trophies\nThe Reese and Jacoby trophies are awarded to the top men's and women's athletic departments in the Mid-American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Reese and Jacoby trophies\nPoints are awarded based on each school's finish, with the overall total divided by the number of sports sponsored by each school. An institution may count either indoor track and field or outdoor track and field but not both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Baseball\nThe 2008 baseball season begins in February 2008 and concludes with the NCAA Tournament in June 2008. Kent State is the defending East division and conference tournament champion and finished 0-2 in the 2007 NCAA baseball tournament. Eastern Michigan won the MAC West division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Basketball (men's)\nThe 2007-08 men's basketball season begins in November 2007 and concludes with the NCAA Tournament in March 2008. Miami won the 2007 conference tournament, defeating East division champion Akron in the finals. Miami was seeded 14th in the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and lost to 3rd seed Oregon in the first round. Toledo is the defending West division champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Basketball (men's)\nKent State was picked by the MAC News Media Association to win the East Division and Western Michigan was picked to win the West Division. Kent State was picked to win the MAC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Basketball (men's), Players of the week\nThe following are the MAC men's basketball players of the week. Number of awards won this season are in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Basketball (women's)\nThe 2007-08 women's basketball season begins in November 2007 and concludes with the NCAA Tournament in March 2008. East division champion Bowling Green defeated West champion Ball State in the finals of the conference tournament. Bowling Green, which entered the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament ranked 18th and 20th in the USA Today Coaches Poll and Associated Press Poll, respectively, was seeded 7th and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, defeating 10th seeded Oklahoma State and 2nd seeded Vanderbilt along the way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Basketball (women's), Standings\n* Received W1 seed based on 2-0 head-to-head record vs. Eastern Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Basketball (women's), Players of the week\nThe following are the MAC women's basketball players of the week. Number of awards won this season are in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 89], "content_span": [90, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Cross country (men's)\nThe 2007 men's cross country season began in August 2007 and concluded with the NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship in November 2007. Eastern Michigan won the team championship, placing three runners in the top 5. Miami was the runner up. Josh Perrin of EMU won the individual championship. The win was EMU's third consecutive team championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Cross country (men's)\nNine of the ten MAC teams competed in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. Eastern Michigan finished 7th, followed by Miami (9th), Kent State (10th), Central Michigan (12th), Ohio (14th), Akron  (18th), Toledo (29th). Bowling Green did not place. Buffalo competed in the Northeast Regional and finished 18th. No teams qualified to compete in the NCAA Cross Country Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Cross country (men's)\nJosh Karanja (Eastern Michigan), Craig Leon (Ohio) and Pat Sovacool (Miami) qualified for the individual championship. Leon finished 106th, Sovacool 135th and Karanja 150th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Cross country (women's)\nThe 2007 women's cross country season began in August 2007 and concludes with the NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship in November 2007. Ohio won its second team championship in as many years. Laura Neufarth of Miami won the individual championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Field hockey\nOhio captured the Mid-American Conference regular season championship, finishing 2 games better than second place Kent State. Ohio also won the MAC tournament championship, defeating Miami 3-2 in overtime. The victory marked the first time an Ohio field hockey team has won the regular season and tournament championships two years in a row. Ohio was ranked 15 in the final STX/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Field hockey\nOhio defeated American University 3-2 in the NCAA Women's Field Hockey Championship Opening Round game. Ohio lost to #6 ranked Michigan Wolverines 1-0 in overtime in the First Round of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Field hockey, Tournament\nThe conference tournament took place November 1 through November 3 in Oxford, OH.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Football\nThe 2007 MAC football season began in August 2007 and concludes with the 2008 GMAC Bowl on January 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Gymnastics, Players of the week\nThe following are the gymnastics players of the week. Number of awards won this season are in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Soccer (women's), Tournament\n* Overtime** Bowling Green advances 3-0 on penalty kicks\u2020 Toledo advances 4-3 on penalty kicks\u2021 Toledo wins championship 3-2 on penalty kicks", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Volleyball\nThe 2007 Mid-American Conference volleyball season begins in August and ends with the NCAA Tournament in November. The MAC Tournament begins November 13 on campus sites and concludes with the finals November 18 at the SeaGate Convention Centre in Toledo, OH.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194805-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mid-American Conference season, Sports, Wrestling\nCentral Michigan was picked to win the MAC Championship by the league coaches. Kent State was picked to finish second. The 2008 MAC Championships will be held March 8 through 9, 2008 at Kent State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Middlesbrough participated in the Premier League. The season saw them play their 4000th league game, versus Reading on 1 March 2008. They reached the third round of the League Cup, where they were knocked out by eventual winners Tottenham Hotspur, while in their FA Cup campaign they were knocked out by Championship side Cardiff City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season\nGareth Southgate continued as manager under chairman Steve Gibson. George Boateng retained the captaincy from the previous season, until being replaced at the beginning of 2008 by Julio Arca. Arca's poor form saw him dropped in March, and Emanuel Pogatetz was handed the captaincy in his absence, and later retained it upon Arca's return to the side, though any permanent decision was put off until the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season\nJanuary saw Middlesbrough smash their transfer record to pay a fee of around \u00a312 million for Brazilian striker Afonso Alves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Team kit and sponsors\nDuring this season, Middlesbrough's kits were produced by Erre\u00e0. 888.com's contract with the club expired, and after prolonged negotiations leading to a delay in the release of the new kit, Middlesbrough announced that the new sponsors would be GPS manufacturer Garmin on 20 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Team kit and sponsors\nOn 16 July 2007, the club announced that the new home shirt would be predominantly red with white trim. The away shirt was revealed on 20 July 2007 as being predominantly white with gold trim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfer window\nEarly pre-season was dominated by the protracted contract talks involving Mark Viduka. West Ham United, and Birmingham City were rumoured destinations for the Boro striker, before he eventually decided to move on a Bosman free transfer to Newcastle United. This meant Boro had only two strikers remaining in Yakubu and Lee Dong-Gook having also released Malcolm Christie and Danny Graham at the ends of their contracts. J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Aliadi\u00e8re from Arsenal and Tuncay from Fenerbah\u00e7e were brought in as replacements. Right back Luke Young was also brought in on 26 July 2007 for \u00a32.5 million from relegated Charlton Athletic following the departures of Abel Xavier and Stuart Parnaby on free transfers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfer window\nAfter just short of a hundred appearances, youth academy graduate James Morrison moved on to West Bromwich Albion for an initial \u00a31.75 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfer window\nTwo games into the league season, Egyptian striker Mido was brought in from Tottenham Hotspur for \u00a36 million in order to improve the team's attacking options, beating off competition from Sunderland and Birmingham City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfer window\nFollowing Mido's arrival, speculation intensified regarding Yakubu, who had been linked with moves to Manchester City, and Birmingham City before Boro announced a fee was agreed with Everton. The move was completed on 29 August for \u00a311.25 million, an Everton record and Boro's second highest fee ever received (behind Juninho's \u00a312 million fee in 1997) and meant the club's five main strikers from twelve months earlier had all left the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfer window\nMido's fellow Egyptian international teammate Mohamed Shawky was set to undergo for three-day trial along with teammate Emad Moteab, however Middlesbrough decided on only pursuing their interest in Shawky, who signed on transfer deadline day for \u00a3650,000 on a three-year contract. At the same time, Jason Euell moved to Southampton on a free transfer after having his contract cancelled, and David Knight was released to join Swansea City. With less than an hour remaining before the transfer deadline, Boro completed a \u00a35 million move for Portsmouth's Gary O'Neil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, January transfer window\nThe early part of the transfer window saw prolonged and widespread reports linking Boro with Brazilian strikers Afonso Alves of Heerenveen and Fred of Lyon, interest which was later confirmed by Gareth Southgate. Any move for Alves was delayed by a contractual dispute. AZ Alkmaar claimed they had signed a pre-contract agreement with Alves, though the Dutch FA ruled against them, while Southgate said a move for Fred was looking \"complicated\" and \"unlikely\". The move was completed in the final hour of the window for an undisclosed Middlesbrough record fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, January transfer window\nIn December it was reported that Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho was a \u00a310m target for the club. These rumours died down and the Brazilian moved to A.C. Milan in the summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, January transfer window\nThe first move however, saw Academy product Andrew Davies leave the club for Southampton for an undisclosed fee, following a successful three-month loan spell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, January transfer window\nStewart Downing was once again linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur at the start of the window. Those reports died away, but widespread media reports emerged at the start of the final week of the window that both Tottenham and Newcastle had come to an agreement with Boro over a fee for fellow home-town star Jonathan Woodgate (only signed in the summer from Real Madrid for \u00a37 million) and the player had been allowed to speak with them. It was confirmed on 28 January that Woodgate had signed for Tottenham for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, January transfer window\nMeanwhile, Celtic signed a pre-contract agreement with Middlesbrough's young striker Ben Hutchinson after the club failed to agree a new contract with the 20-year-old. Boro were due compensation for the move. Celtic later agreed to pay Middlesbrough a compensation fee (reported to be around \u00a3250,000) to allow Hutchinson to leave before the end of the window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, End of season\nAt the end of the season, Gareth Southgate confirmed that F\u00e1bio Rochemback, Gaizka Mendieta and Lee Dong-Gook would all be leaving the club once their contracts finished at the end of June. Later the same day it was announced Rochemback was returning to his former club Sporting Lisbon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, End of season\nPort Vale signed youngster Steve Thompson after he impressed for them in two reserve team games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, End of season\nMark Schwarzer rejected a new two-year deal from Middlesbrough and signed a contract with Fulham at the end of the season, ending his 11-year spell on Teesside that put him 8th in the all-time Middlesbrough appearance records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, End of season\nOut of contract Jason Kennedy left to join Darlington, where he had ended the season on loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, Summary, Out\nFor departures of players out of contract at the end of 2006\u201307 see 2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Squad, Senior squad, Appearances and goals\nAppearance and goalscoring records for all the players who were in the Middlesbrough F.C. first team squad during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Squad, Senior squad, Discipline\nMiddlesbrough finished the season with the worst disciplinary record in the Premier League and were subsequently fined \u00a320,000 and a suspended \u00a330,000. Disciplinary records for 2007\u201308 league and cup matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Squad, Reserve squad\nReserve players for 2007\u201308 season. Senior squad and Academy players are eligible to play for the Reserves. Those listed here agreed professional contracts and had no squad number during this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Preseason, Results\nNote: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, August\nNearing the start of the season, the first team was dealing with injuries to five of the club's centre backs: Woodgate, Huth, Bates, Pogatetz and Riggott, leaving the prospect of a shortage of players available for the first game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, August\nChris Riggott returned from injury for Middlesbrough's first game of the season, but Young missed the game with a slight groin problem, leaving Boro starting with far from their first choice defence. However, Boro were more focused on attack and for the second season running Stewart Downing scored Boro's first goal of the season to give Boro a 1\u20130 lead, before \u2013 also for the second season running \u2013 their opponents came from behind to win, this time Blackburn 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, August\nThe situation didn't improve in the next game as they went down to a poor 0\u20131 defeat away at Wigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, August\nDespite lacking match fitness, Mido was included in place of Yakubu who was dropped from the squad for the game at Fulham. The first substitution of the game came after just eight minutes as referee Lee Mason limped off to be replaced by Andy D'Urso. Middlesbrough came from behind as Mido scored a debut goal, and Lee Cattermole the second as Boro secured their first points with a controversial 2\u20131 win, as replays appeared to show Fulham were denied a legitimate goal towards the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, August\nWoodgate, Rochemback and Young were thrust back into action for the Tyne\u2013Tees derby, which ended in a 2\u20132 draw. Viduka scored on his Riverside return, with Arca and Mido scoring for Middlesbrough. The game was suffered from allegations of abusive chants towards Mido by Newcastle United fans, prompting an inquiry into the incident by the FA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, September\nMiddlesbrough followed their midweek cup win with a 2\u20130 victory over Birmingham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, September\nDespite a good performance away at West Ham United, Middlesbrough went down to a 0\u20133 defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, September\nA week later, Boro played Sunderland in the seventh match of the season. Sunderland took the lead in the second minute, but Julio Arca scored against his former club (his second in as many north east derbies this season) to bring the teams level. Stewart Downing scored from 25 yards in the second half, only for Sunderland to level the scores to 2\u20132 in the last minutes of the game. The game was marred by injuries to Tuncay, Arca and Mido.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, September\nMiddlesbrough, still struggling with injuries, made it almost a month without a win when they lost 0\u20132 to Everton, Yakubu playing but not scoring in the victory over his former side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, October\nAt the City of Manchester Stadium, Middlesbrough went down to a 1\u20133 defeat versus Manchester City, with Ben Hutchinson scoring a consolation goal on his debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, October\nFollowing the international break, Middlesbrough were back at home for the first time in almost a month, aiming to beat Chelsea at home for the third time in a row, but they could not repeat the feat, resulting in a 0\u20132 defeat as Boro's run was stretched to six games in all competitions without a win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, October\nThings didn't get any easier in their next game, away versus Manchester United. Wheater, Cattermole and Aliadi\u00e8re returned to the starting lineup, but the match began the same way as Middlesbrough's previous four: conceding a goal within the opening ten minutes. However, Aliadi\u00e8re soon equalised with his first Boro goal, and the first home league goal United had conceded that season. A Downing error gifted Manchester United their second, and Tevez added two more goals in the second half. The 1\u20134 defeat meant Middlesbrough had then conceded sixteen goals in six league games, while scoring only four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, November\nThe team's run of losses finally ended, coming from behind to claim a 1\u20131 draw at home to Tottenham Hotspur; Luke Young denying his former team the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, November\nEmanuel Pogatetz returned to the squad for the game away at Bolton, and after thirty minutes he was called into action to replace the injured Andrew Taylor, helping Boro to a 0\u20130 draw, their second clean sheet of the season and first draw on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, November\nAdam Johnson was recalled from his successful loan spell at Watford (where he scored 5 goals in 11 games) in time for the home game versus Aston Villa. He was immediately restored to the starting line-up, beginning the game on the left with Downing moving up front. Boro started well but conceded just before half time, and again just after the break, with the third going in ten minutes later. Astonishingly despite the 0\u20133 defeat, Middlesbrough avoided dropping into the bottom three: Bolton won versus Manchester United and moved out of the drop zone, but Sunderland's 1\u20137 defeat at Everton dropped them below the Boro on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, December\nNews arrived before the away game at Reading that Mido would be out until the 2008 at least, while Andrew Taylor and Mark Schwarzer would be missing for around three weeks. On match day, Ross Turnbull started in goal with England U-17 keeper Jason Steele making the bench. While Boro started well, for the twelfth time in fifteen games they conceded the first goal of the game, eight minutes into the second half. Robert Huth made his first appearance of the season, replacing Woodgate after seventy minutes, while Tuncay replaced Dong-Gook Lee. The substitution worked as Tuncay finally grabbed his first Boro goal and it ended 1\u20131. Sunderland's victory against Derby County however, meant Boro dropped into the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, December\nThe visit from league leaders Arsenal was likely to be a tough game, but Boro were awarded a penalty after four minutes (the first penalty in a Middlesbrough game this season), which Downing converted for his fourth goal of the season. Tuncay scored his second in two games to increase the lead, before Tom\u00e1\u0161 Rosick\u00fd scored in the final seconds of the game. The 2\u20131 win subjected Arsenal to their first defeat of the season, while Middlesbrough ended their run of eleven games without a win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, December\nTuncay made it three goals in three in the 1\u20130 victory at Derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, December\nJulio Arca made his first start since September following his return from injury, replacing Rochemback who was suspended after picking up five yellow cards. David Wheater put Boro into the lead after 40 minutes, but West Ham replied with two goals. The 1\u20132 scoreline gave the away side their first win at the Riverside Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0043-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, December\nThe festive programme continued badly with a 0\u20133 defeat away at Birmingham City, Downing opening the scoring with an own goal, giving the hosts their first home win under new manager Alex McLeish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0044-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, December\nIt was 31 October 1953 when Middlesbrough last won a top flight game at Fratton Park, and 1990 saw their last victory there at all levels. Tuncay gave Boro the lead against a Portsmouth side that hadn't scored at home since September, and it was enough to give them their third away victory of the season, their second 1\u20130. The game also saw Mark Schwarzer surpass Tony Mowbray and Stephen Pears' totals to move into ninth in the all-time Middlesbrough appearance records, after playing his 425th game for the club. The result also saw Schwarzer overtake Dennis Bergkamp as the foreign player with the most Premier League appearances for one club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0045-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, January\nBoro didn't begin the new year the way they had hoped in their game versus Everton at home, failing to take their chances and succumbing to a 0\u20132 defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0046-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, January\nReserve team captain Jonathan Grounds made his Boro debut for the visit of Liverpool to the Riverside, with Pogatetz suffering with a virus. Boateng also returned as captain, having been left out of the last few games, and scored the opening goal of the game, witnessed by the highest crowd of the season so far. Liverpool equalised to tie the game at 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0047-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, January\nAt Blackburn, Arca captained the side from the start, despite Boateng also starting. David Wheater put Boro ahead after 13 minutes with his fourth goal of the season. Arca went off injured at half time and Pogatetz became captain. Matt Derbyshire equalised during the second half to give Rovers a share of the points in the 1\u20131 draw. Manager Gareth Southgate announced after the game that Boateng had been relieved of his captaincy to allow him to \"be free in his mind to enjoy his football\". It was then confirmed that Arca would be the new captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0048-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, January\nJ\u00e9r\u00e9mie Aliadi\u00e8re got his first Boro goal at the Riverside in the 1\u20130 win over Wigan Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0049-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, February\nBoro were made to rue missed chances during the derby at Newcastle when Michael Owen gave Newcastle the lead on the hour mark, but Robert Huth scored a late goal to draw Boro level and tie the game 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0050-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, February\nAliadi\u00e8re got his third goal of the season at home to Fulham, while Alves made his debut after an hour as Boro did the double over their opponents with a 1\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0051-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, February\nTuncay returned from injury for the game at Anfield and scored after 9 minutes, but a terrible error from Arca gifted Fernando Torres a goal after 28 minutes, and he got a second a minute later. He completed his hat-trick in the second half. Downing got a goal back late in the game, but Aliadi\u00e8re was then sent off. This 2\u20133 defeat was Boro's first in all competitions since the New Year's Day fixture against Everton. Aliadi\u00e8re's red card was appealed against after the game, but it was dismissed and the disciplinary committee extended the ban by one game to four games as they branded the appeal \"frivolous\", a decision which angered chairman Steve Gibson and Keith Lamb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0052-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, March\nThe first day of March marked Middlesbrough's 4000th league game, at home to a Reading side who had lost eight straight games going into the day's match. In typical Middlesbrough fashion, that run came to an end as Boro lost 1\u20130 after a late goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0053-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, March\nFollowing the Reading game was the home FA Cup tie versus Cardiff, where the team were defeated 2\u20130, producing a dreadful performance. The performance drew huge criticism from fans and they and manager alike demanded a better performance away at Villa Park three days later. Changes saw Arca dropped from the squad after a run of poor performances and Rochemback moved to the bench as Shawky and Boateng formed the new centre midfield partnership. Pogatetz captained the side. Downing got his seventh goal of the season after 23 minutes. Referee Steve Bennett gave Villa a penalty for a handball by Luke Young while the defender was looking the other way, which Gareth Barry slotted home. The game finished 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0054-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, March\nThree days later, Aliadi\u00e8re returned from his ban for the game against his old club at Arsenal and marked it with his fourth goal of the season in the 25th minute. Andrew Taylor made a long-awaited return from his December injury as a second-half substitute. Kolo Tour\u00e9 scored a late equaliser, and then Mido was sent off for a high challenge. The game ended 1\u20131 to leave Middlesbrough undefeated against Arsenal for this season. The club decided not to appeal against his card following consultation with referee's chief Keith Hackett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0055-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, March\nStorms the night before meant that the South Stand of the Riverside was closed for the home tie with Derby. The game marked Boro's first home game since the Cardiff debacle. Tuncay got his sixth of the season in the first half. Heavy snow in the second half allowed Derby back into the game but Middlesbrough hung on to win 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0056-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, March\nAfter going behind very early in their game at Chelsea they spurned their chances in the second half, Alves hitting the post and Boro twice hitting the bar from a free kick. Chelsea were unable to extend their lead and so the tie finished 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0057-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, April\nDespite being at the start of April, the game at home to league leaders Manchester United was played in a snow storm, watched by the season's highest home attendance. Arca returned to the starting line-up following his rest, however Pogatetz retained the captaincy. It didn't start well for the home side with Ronaldo getting a goal inside ten minutes. However, Middlesbrough responded with two goals. Both came from Alves, either side of half time to open his Boro account. It was the first time this season that a Middlesbrough player had scored two goals in a game. Wayne Rooney pegged the game level later in the second half and the game ended in a 2\u20132 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0058-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, April\nGrounds replacing the injured Taylor was the only change to the side for the game at White Hart Lane, which saw them up against former centre-back Jonathan Woodgate. Grounds was unfortunate to concede an own goal in the first half but Stewart Downing's eighth goal of the season drew the away side level. It finished 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0059-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, April\nBolton visited the Riverside still in the relegation battle, while the home side had the chance to make themselves mathematically safe with a victory. Gary O'Neil, suspended anyway for this match and the next, was ruled out for the rest of the season with an injury and was replaced by Tuncay. Ross Turnbull was given a chance in goal after Mark Schwarzer was ruled out with a back problem. Boro dominated the opening minutes of first half, but went in for half time level. Bolton performed much better in the second half, and Boro much worse. Though the home side were denied a penalty shortly before the hour, the visitors took the 1\u20130 lead shortly after through Gavin McCann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0060-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, April\nStill not safe, Boro went to the Stadium of Light for the Wear-Tees derby with Sunderland. Brad Jones made his first league appearance of the season while Schwarzer remained injured and Turnbull was only fit enough for the bench. Tuncay opened the scoring after 4 minutes, but less than 2 minutes later, the scores were again level. Sunderland took the lead just before half time. Alves got his third of the season after 74 minutes, but Boro conceded a goal two minutes into stoppage time to hand Sunderland a 3\u20132 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0061-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, May\nChris Riggott was recalled from his loan period at Stoke City for the home tie versus Portsmouth, and put straight into the side also featuring the return of Mark Schwarzer and Fabio Rochemback. Riggott marked his return with his first goal of the season in the first half with a rare Boro goal from a corner. In the second half Tuncay scored from another corner to put Middlesbrough 2\u20130 up, and complete the double over Portsmouth, along with their first two-goal winning margin since 1 September 2007 against Birmingham. The win also finally secured the side's safety from relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0062-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, May\nThe last game of the season saw Middlesbrough play Manchester City. They started in next season's kit. After quarter of an hour, City captain Richard Dunne brought down Tuncay in the box to give the home side their second penalty of the season, which saw Dunne sent off. Stewart Downing, who started every league game of the season, converted the penalty for his ninth goal of the season. Alves got his fourth of the season on 37 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0062-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, May\nIn the second half, Downing got another to make double figures for the season, and mark the first time Boro had scored more than two goals in one game since the last game of the previous season. It got better when Alves got his second just minutes later. Johnson made it five on 70 minutes. Anthony McMahon made his first appearance of the season coming on as a sub for Luke Young with 15 minutes to play. Rochemback scored a thirty-yard free kick to make it six with his first goal of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0062-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, May\nJ\u00e9r\u00e9mie Aliadi\u00e8re got another to make it seven. Elano got a consolation goal, before Afonso Alves completed a hat-trick to give Boro an emphatic 8\u20131 win. The game was the first time Boro had scored eight in a game since 1974, and the first time in the top flight since 1950. Alves' third goal was the 500th Boro goal in all competitions at the Riverside, and the 1,000th in the Premier League this season, as well as the club's 600th Premier League goal. It also saw the first time Boro registered five different goalscorers since 1939.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0063-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, Results\nNote: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0064-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, League progress\nThis chart shows the league position of Middlesbrough F.C. over the course of the season. The green area represents the UEFA Champions League positions (positions 1 to 4), the yellow area represents what turned out to be the UEFA Cup position (positions 5) and the red area represents the relegation places (positions 18 to 20). The lowest position in the league that Middlesbrough reached during the course of the season was 18th, following the away draw at Reading on 1 December 2007, and their highest placing was 10th, after the fifth game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0065-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, League Cup\nIn the Carling Cup, Middlesbrough eased past Northampton Town in the second round with goals from Rochemback and Lee Dong-Gook's first Boro goal, setting up an away tie at Tottenham Hotspur. At Tottenham, Mohamed Shawky and Graeme Owens made their first senior appearances for Boro, with Tom Craddock making only his second, as part of an injury ravaged side devoid of first team players in both attack and defence. Despite holding on for three-quarters of the game Middlesbrough eventually went down to a 2\u20130 defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 563]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0067-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, FA Cup\nMiddlesbrough faced Bristol City away in the third round of the FA Cup, the same tie they faced in the fourth round the previous year. Prior to the match, many pundits were predicting that the game could see a shock result with Bristol City winning. After 18 minutes it seemed they might be right as Boro conceded a sloppy goal to Liam Fontaine, but the Premier League side fought back, with goals from Stewart Downing and David Wheater giving Boro a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0068-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, FA Cup\nThe fourth round saw Boro again drawn away, this time versus League Two strugglers Mansfield Town. Southgate named a slightly weakened side for the game; live on BBC's Match of the Day \u2013 Adam Johnson, Lee Dong-Gook and Lee Cattermole earning starting places, with Stewart Downing, George Boateng and a returning Mido on the bench. Dong-Gook got his second Boro goal following a corner from Johnson on 17 minutes. Huth was lucky not to be sent off for a high boot into the stomach of Michael Boulding. Mido came on for the final twenty minutes. After being put under massive pressure, Middlesbrough sealed the victory, following a cruel own goal from captain Jake Buxton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0069-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, FA Cup\nFor the fifth round, Middlesbrough were again drawn away, this time to Sheffield United, managed by former Boro boss Bryan Robson. Robson had been sacked by the time the game came around, and the game was again live on the BBC. The tie ended up needing a replay following a 0\u20130 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0070-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, FA Cup\nOnce again televised, the replay saw Afonso Alves make his first start. The game remained goalless at the end of 90 minutes and so progressed into extra time. A Paddy Kenny own goal after 114 minutes of play gave Boro the win and a home tie to Cardiff City in the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0071-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, FA Cup\nWith Manchester United and Chelsea knocked out the previous day, Boro had an excellent chance in the FA Cup. Before the match, the fans in the North Stand held up a card display with the words \"Sporting Glory\" covering the stand, in reference to a comment from chairman Steve Gibson that stated the club were not in competition for the money but for sporting glory. However, in the game, Middlesbrough were totally outplayed by Cardiff, conceding the first goal after nine minutes. There was an apparent handball by a Cardiff player in the box, but nothing was given, and the ball fell to another Cardiff player to score the goal. They conceded a second 13 minutes later, ending up being defeated 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0072-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, FA Cup, Results\nNote: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0073-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Staff\nIn July 2007, former Hartlepool United boss Martin Scott was added to the youth team coaching staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0074-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Staff\nOn 2 October 2007, Middlesbrough's Head of Operations Terry Tasker, a member of the executive team, died. Neil Bausor joined the club as new Chief Operating Officer later in the season. Graham Fordy, the club's Head of Commercial, having previously also been a non-executive director following the club's liquidation scare in 1986, left the club by mutual consent on 1 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0075-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Staff\nIt was confirmed on 19 November 2007 that goalkeeping coach Paul Barron had left the club to take up a similar role with North East rivals Newcastle United. Former Middlesbrough goalkeeper and current youth team goalkeeping coach Stephen Pears was promoted to replace Barron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0076-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Staff\nFormer Boro legend David Mills and former first team coach and Sky Sports pundit Gordon McQueen returned to Middlesbrough to expand the recruitment department in April, under chief scout Dave Leadbeater, and alongside the Academy recruitment team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0077-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Staff\nKey: \u00a0\u00a0Held role for full season \u00a0\u00a0Appointed to role mid-season \u00a0\u00a0Left role mid-season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0078-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Other events, Premier League All Stars\nIn late September, the Premier League All Stars tournament (part of the \"Premier League Creating Chances\" campaign) took place. The Middlesbrough representative team won, beating West Ham United's side 3\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0079-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Other events, Reserves\nThe Middlesbrough Reserves finished seventh out of ten in the Premier Reserve League North during the 2007\u201308 season, with the following record:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0080-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Other events, Reserves\nKey: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0081-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Other events, Reserves\nThe team also retained the North Riding Senior Cup, beating York City 2\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0082-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Other events, Youth teams\nThe Middlesbrough Academy (U18s) side were knocked out of the FA Youth Cup in the Fourth Round. In the 2007\u201308 Premier Academy League the team finished fourth out of ten teams in Academy Group D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0083-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Other events, Youth teams\nThe Under-15s side lifted the Nike Trophy in April in the tournament held over four days at the University of Warwick, beating the U15 sides of Reading, Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County, West Ham United, Manchester City and Sheffield United to lift the trophy. They go to the finals of the tournament held in Manchester in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0084-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Other events, Marketing award nomination\nMiddlesbrough Football Club was shortlisted for the Sports Industry Awards in the category of Best Use of Digital Media in Sport, along with Nike, Virgin Media, The Football League, Emirates Airline and Land Rover. The award was in relation to the season ticket video campaign featuring David Wheater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194806-0085-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Other events, End-of-season awards\nDavid Wheater picked up both the Official Supporters' Club's Young Player of the Year and the John Ovington Community Player of the Year awards, as well as being named Players' Young Player of the Year and the Official Garmin Player of the Year as voted for by the fans. Stewart Downing was Middlesbrough Official Supporters Club's Player of the Year and Player's Player of the Year. Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer was given a special award recognising his outstanding contributions on and off the field over the past 11 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194807-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Midland Football Alliance\nThe 2007\u201308 Midland Football Alliance season was the 14th in the history of Midland Football Alliance, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194807-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Midland Football Alliance, Clubs\nThe league featured 19 clubs from the previous season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194808-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Midland Football Combination\nThe 2007\u201308 Midland Football Combination season was the 71st in the history of Midland Football Combination, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194808-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Midland Football Combination, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194809-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Millwall F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 Football League One season saw Millwall finish 17th, narrowly avoiding relegation to the fourth tier of English football. This was Millwall's 82nd season in the Football League and 39th in the third tier and Kenny Jackett's first season in charge of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194809-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Millwall F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194809-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Millwall F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194809-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Millwall F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194810-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the fourth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Milton Keynes Dons Football Club, a professional football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Their fourth-place finish in 2006\u201307 and loss to Shrewsbury Town in the play-offs meant it was their second successive season in League Two. After the closure of the National Hockey Stadium this was the first season where the MK Dons played home fixtures at Stadium mk. The season ran from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194810-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season\nPaul Ince, starting his first season as Milton Keynes Dons manager, made nine permanent summer signings. After the eighth round of League Two fixtures the MK Dons reached first place and occupied this spot in thirty-seven of the remaining thirty-eight game weeks; they ended the season as champions of the twenty-four-team 2007\u201308 Football League Two. MK Dons also won their first national knockout competition, with a 2\u20130 victory over Grimsby Town at Wembley Stadium in the 2008 Football League Trophy Final. They lost in their opening round match in the 2007\u201308 FA Cup, and were eliminated in the second round of the Football League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194810-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season\nThirty-one players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were sixteen different goalscorers. Defender Dean Lewington missed only two of the fifty-five first-team matches over the season. Mark Wright finished as leading scorer with fifteen goals, of which thirteen came in league competition and two came in the Football League Trophy. Keith Andrews won the Football League Two Player of the Year Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194810-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Martin Allen first season as manager of Milton Keynes Dons, after Danny Wilson was sacked at the end of the 2005\u201306 season for failing to save the club from relegation to League Two. Having been second come the start of 2007, the team finished in fourth-place in the 2006\u201307 Football League Two \u2013 one point below an automatic promotion place; this meant that the team participated in the League Two play-offs. MK Dons were beaten 2\u20131 on aggregate by Shrewsbury Town in the play-off semi-final. In May 2007 Allen moved on to manage Championship side Leicester City after both clubs had negotiated a compensation package.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194810-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nAhead of 2007\u201308, MK Dons released Adolfo Baines, Lee Harper, Junior Lewis, Nick Rizzo, Jamie Smith and Oliver Thorne. Players sold were Paul Butler to Chester City, Dominic Blizzard to Stockport County, Gary Smith to Brentford, Izale McLeod to Charlton Athletic and Clive Platt to Colchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194810-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nMilton Keynes Dons made nine summer signings, those being goalkeepers Nathan Abbey from Brentford and Willy Gu\u00e9ret from Swansea City; defender Jude Stirling from Peterborough United; midfielders Colin Cameron from Coventry City, Luke Howell from Gillingham, Alan Navarro from Macclesfield Town and Mark Wright from Walsall; and forwards Drewe Broughton from Chester City and Kevin Gallen from Queens Park Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194810-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season, Summary and aftermath\nOn 29 September 2007 Milton Keynes Dons reached first place and stayed there for the rest of the season except for one game week. The lowest position the club occupied was 19th after the first round of fixtures. For the first time in their history, the MK Dons had a better record away than at home in the league. The team won 18 matches, drew three and lost two away, compared to winning 11, drawing seven and losing five at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194810-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season, Summary and aftermath\nDean Lewington recorded the highest number of appearances during the season, appearing in 53 of the MK Dons' 55 matches. Mark Wright was the Dons' top scorer in the league and in all competitions, with 11 league goals and 15 in total. Three other players, Keith Andrews, Lloyd Dyer and Aaron Wilbraham, reached double figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194810-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season, Summary and aftermath\nAs a result of their promotion the Milton Keynes Dons returned to Football League One after two seasons in League Two. Prior to the club's return to League One, the MK Dons released Drewe Broughton, Matt Carbon, Sam Collins, Liam Kelly, Jake Livermore and Kieran Murphy, while Mustapha Carayol, Lloyd Dyer and Gareth Edds left on their own accord for Torquay United, Leicester City and Tranmere Rovers. New players to join were midfielders Flavien Belson from FC Metz, Peter Leven from Chesterfield and Florian Sturm from FC Vaduz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194811-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milton Keynes Lightning season\nDuring the 2007-08 season, Milton Keynes Lightning are participating in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It is the 6th year of Ice Hockey played by the MK Lightning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194811-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milton Keynes Lightning season, Knockout Cup Table\n[ *] Guildford Advance to Play Milton Keynes in a two legged Semi-final. [ **] Sheffield and Peterborough advance to play each other in a two legged semi-final. Milton Keynes play Peterborough in a two legged Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194812-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milwaukee Bucks season\nThe 2007\u201308 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 40th season of NBA basketball in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It began in October. The Bucks finished with just 26 wins in the weak Eastern Conference and as a result Larry Krystkowiak was fired after just one season as coach, one day after the season officially ended. Scott Skiles was then appointed coach soon after to a four-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194812-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milwaukee Bucks season, Draft picks\nMilwaukee's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194812-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Milwaukee Bucks season, Transactions\nThe Bucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194813-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season\nThe Bulldogs were WCHA regular season, WCHA playoff champions, and NCAA Frozen Four champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194813-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season, Player stats\nNote: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; GW = Game Winning Goals; PPL = Power Play Goals; SHG = Short Handed Goals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 73], "content_span": [74, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194814-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 2007\u20132008. The team's head coach, Tubby Smith began his first year at Minnesota after leaving Kentucky in March 2007. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota and are members of the Big Ten Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194814-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Season\nOn March 7, 2007, it was announced that Tubby Smith would be leaving Kentucky after ten years to coach at Minnesota. Smith still had 4 years left on his contract, but elected to sign on for seven years with the Golden Gophers. The season was highlighted with a run in the Big Ten Tournament, where the Gophers defeated Northwestern in the first round, then shocked Indiana with a last second, miraculous jump shot by Blake Hoffarber to advance to the semifinals. Blake's shot earned him the second ESPY nomination of his career. Minnesota would then lose to Illinois and be selected as a #4 seed in the National Invitation Tournament, where they made a first round exit on their home court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 62], "content_span": [63, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194814-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Rankings\nThe 2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball team was not ranked during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194815-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season\nThe 2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team was coached by Don Lucia and played their home games at Mariucci Arena. This season was the second time during Lucia's tenure where all the players were from the state of Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194815-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Roster\nJunior forward Ryan Stoa suffered a knee injury during the team's October 13, 2007 win over Michigan. He missed the remainder of the season. Sophomore forward Kyle Okposo left the team on December 19, 2007 to sign with the New York Islanders. Senior defenseman Tom Pohl suffered a skull fracture during the team's WCHA first round playoff series with Minnesota State, ending his hockey career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194815-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season standings\nNote: PTS = Points; GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 74], "content_span": [75, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194815-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season Stats, Scoring Leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 87], "content_span": [88, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194815-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season, Season Stats, Goaltending\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 83], "content_span": [84, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194816-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season, Regular season\nThe Gopher power play (which included Gigi Marvin and Rachel Drazan), ranked first in the WCHA and third in the nation with a 24.5 conversion percentage. Gigi Marvin led the league in power-play points with 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194816-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season, Regular season\nOn the power play, Drazan tied for third in the conference in power-play points with13. Her first points as a Gopher came in a game against Northeastern on October 5. She had a goal and an assist. On November 3, she scored a goal and an assist in the Gophers\u2019 3-2 victory over Wisconsin. From Nov. 18-Jan. 5, Drazan held a season-high eight-game scoring streak. During said streak, she notched nine points . She set a career-best three points in the 7-3 defeat of Ohio State on February 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194816-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season, Regular season\nMarvin tallied two assists in wins over Northeastern (10/5) and against then-No. 1 ranked Minnesota Duluth (10/27). She also had four-point performances against Bemidji State (11/30) and Minnesota State (12/7). On February 8, Marvin scored two goals and two assists in three shots in the 7-3 win over Ohio State. The following day, she had a three-point performance against the Buckeyes for a season-high seven points in the series sweep. In the 5-0 win over Bemidji State on November 30, Marvin established her 100th-career point. At season\u2019s end, she had 57 goals and 81 assists for 138 points in 114 games played. From Jan. 18-Feb. 16, she held a 10-game scoring streak from and produced 19 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194817-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Timberwolves season\nThe 2007\u201308 Minnesota Timberwolves season was their 19th season in the NBA and their first since the 1994-95 season that Kevin Garnett was not on the roster as he was traded to the Boston Celtics during the summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194817-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Timberwolves season, Draft picks\nMinnesota's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194817-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Timberwolves season, Transactions, Trades\nFebruary 22, 2008 The Houston Rockets acquired Gerald Green from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Kirk Snyder, a future 2010 draft choice, and cash considerations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194818-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Wild season\nThe 2007\u201308 Minnesota Wild season began October 4, 2007. It was the Wild's eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). They won their first Northwest Division title this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194818-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Wild season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194818-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Wild season, Playoffs\nThe Wild clinched a playoff spot for the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, but lost in the Quarter-finals to the Colorado Avalanche, four games to two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194818-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Wild season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194818-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Wild season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194818-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Wild season, Transactions\nThe Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194818-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Minnesota Wild season, Draft picks\nMinnesota's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194819-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Mississippi State basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. Under head coach Rick Stansbury, the team played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi, and was a member of the Southeastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194819-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2006\u201307 Bulldogs finished the season 21\u201314 (8\u20138 in SEC play) and reached the NIT Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194819-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team, Before the season, Departures\nIn additions to losing two seniors from the 2006\u201307, four players (80% of the 2005 recruiting class) transferred to others schools over the offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 81], "content_span": [82, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194820-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented Mississippi Valley State University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Delta Devils, led by third year head coach James Green, played their home games at Harrison HPER Complex and were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Delta Devils finished the season 17\u201316, 12\u20136 in SWAC play to finish second in the SWAC regular season standings. They won the SWAC Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2008 NCAA Tournament. As No. 16 seed in the West region, they lost in the opening round to UCLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194821-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Mike Anderson, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games in the Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194821-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Pre-season\nWith Missouri returning four starters and eleven scholarship players from a team that surprised many by winning 18 games in head coach Mike Anderson's first year with the team, expectations were running high for the Tigers in 2007. Among the returners was the 2007 Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year Stefhon Hannah. In addition, the Tigers welcomed newcomer DeMarre Carroll as a transfer from Vanderbilt. Carroll was named the Big 12's Preseason Newcomer of the Year. With all of this in mind, the Big 12 coaches selected Missouri fifth in the Big 12 preseason poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194821-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Pre-season\nThe Tigers played two preseason games in 2007. The first was against the University of Missouri\u2013St. Louis, winning this game 78\u201351. The second of their two preseason games was against Missouri Western State University. They won this game by a score of 113\u201355.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194822-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Moldovan \"A\" Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Moldovan \"A\" Division season is the 17th since its establishment. A total of 17 teams are contesting the league:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194823-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Moldovan \"B\" Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Moldovan \"B\" Division (Romanian: Divizia B) was the 17th season of Moldovan football's third-tier league. There are 18 teams in the competition, in two groups, 9 in the North and 9 in the South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194824-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Moldovan National Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Na\u021bional\u0103) was the 17th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 4 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194824-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Moldovan National Division, Overview\nFC Sheriff Tiraspol won the league for the eighth consecutive season. The champions also qualified for the 2009 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194824-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Moldovan National Division, Overview\nRapid Ghidighici withdrew from the league in November after the conclusion of round 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194824-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Moldovan National Division, Results\nThe schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 20 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 30 games per team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194825-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Montenegrin Cup was the second season of the Montenegrin knockout football tournament. The defending champions were FK Rudar Pljevlja. The competition featured 30 teams. It started on October 2, 2007 and ended on May 7, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194825-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin Cup, First round\nLast year's finalists Rudar and Sutjeska received a bye to the Second Round. The remaining 14 matches were played on October 2 and 3, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194825-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin Cup, Second round\nThe first legs were played on October 24 and the second legs were played on November 7, 2007, with the exception of the Sutjeska/Mogren second leg match, which was postponed until November 28, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194825-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs were played on December 5 and second on December 12, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194825-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin Cup, Semifinals\nThe first legs were played on April 2 and second on April 16, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194826-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin First Handball League\nThe 2007\u201308 Montenegrin First Handball League was second season of the Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball, Montenegro's premier handball league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194826-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin First Handball League, Participants\nThe league regularly consists of eight teams, but in the season 2007/08 there were seven participants, because the team of Pljevlja quit. In the second part of season, four best clubs participated in the TOP4 league for champion, and the last three played in relegation league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194826-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin First Handball League, Participants\nThe following seven clubs participated in the Montenegrin First League 2007/08.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194826-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin First Handball League, First part\nDuring the first part of the season, all members played 12 games. Four best placed teams - Berane, Sutjeska, Mornar and Lov\u0107en continued season in the TOP4 league for champion. Other teams were playing league for relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194826-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin First Handball League, TOP4 / relegation league\nAt the final phase, RK Berane won the first champions' title in the club history. In the relegation league, at the bottom was RK Boka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194827-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin First League\nThe 2007-08 Montenegrin First League was the second season of the top-tier football in Montenegro, since the vote for Montenegrin independence split the Montenegrin FA from Serbia's. FK Jedinstvo and FK Berane were relegated to the second league, giving FK Bokelj their first time in the top league of Montenegro. The 2007-08 season began on 11 August 2007 and ended on 24 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194827-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin First League, Results\nThe schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194827-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin First League, Results, Third round\nKey numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194827-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin First League, Relegation play-offs\nThe 10th placed team (against the 3rd placed team of the Second League) and the 11th placed team (against the 2nd placed team of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194827-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin First League, Relegation play-offs\nSutjeska remained a member of First League, while Jedinstvo gained promotion to 2008\u201309 Montenegrin First League. \u010celik remained a member of Second League, while Bokelj relegated to 2008\u201309 Montenegrin Second League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194828-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin Second League\nThe 2007\u201308 Montenegrin Second League (Serbian: Druga Crnogorska Liga / \u0414\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0430 \u0446\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u043b\u0438\u0433\u0430) was the second season since its establishment. The league played its first games of the season on August 11, 2007 and its final matches were played on May 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194828-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin Second League, League format\nTwelve teams participate in this league. The top team directly qualifies for the Montenegrin First League while the second and third teams contest in a two matches playoff against the 11th and 12th team from the First League. The two bottom-placed teams are relegated to the Third League, to be replaced by the two winners of the Third League promotion play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194828-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin Second League, Promotion play-offs\nPlayoff matches were played on May 28 and June 1, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194828-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montenegrin Second League, Promotion play-offs\nSutjeska remained a member of First League, while Jedinstvo gained promotion to 2008\u201309 Montenegrin First League. \u010celik remained a member of Second League, while Bokelj relegated to 2008\u201309 Montenegrin Second League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season\nThe 2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 99th season of play and 91st in the National Hockey League. The Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins by four games to three in the Eastern Conference Quarter-final before being eliminated four games to one by the Philadelphia Flyers in the Conference Semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season\nAlthough some media picked the Canadiens to not make the playoffs, the team surprised the league with a large improvement in its play. The club won the Northeast Division title and placed first in the Eastern Conference. It was the team's first divisional title since the 1991\u201392 season. The team had not placed first in the Conference since the 1988\u201389 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season\nThe Canadiens retired two jersey numbers during the season with pre-game ceremonies at the Bell Centre. On November 19, 2007, the number 19 of defenceman Larry Robinson, a former member of the Big Three, was retired. On February 23, 2008, the number 23 of forward Bob Gainey was retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season\nThe Canadiens finished the regular season leading the NHL in power-play goals scored (90) and power-play percentage (24.06%). They also tied the Florida Panthers for the fewest shorthanded goals allowed, with three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Game log, November\nMonthly record: 7\u20137\u20130; Home: 3\u20133\u20130; Road: 4\u20134\u20130. Season record: 13\u20139\u20133; Home: 5\u20134\u20132; Road: 8\u20135\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Game log, November\n* Unsuccessful penalty shot for Roman Hamrlik vs Philadelphia Flyers on November 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Game log, December\nMonthly record: 6\u20134\u20134; Home: 1\u20133\u20132; Road: 5\u20131\u20132. Season record: 19\u201313\u20137; Home: 6\u20137\u20134; Road: 13\u20136\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Game log, January\nMonthly record: 8\u20132\u20132; Home: 4\u20131\u20131; Road: 4\u20131\u20131. Season record: 27\u201315\u20139; Home: 10\u20138\u20135; Road: 17\u20137\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Game log, February\nMonthly record: 8\u20136\u20130; Home: 5\u20134\u20130; Road: 3\u20132\u20130. Season record: 35\u201321\u20139; Home: 15\u201312\u20135; Road: 20\u20139\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Game log, March\nMonthly record: 9\u20134\u20131; Home: 5\u20131\u20131; Road: 4\u20133\u20130. Season record: 44\u201325\u201310; Home: 20\u201313\u20136; Road: 24\u201312\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Game log, March\n* Unsuccessful penalty shot for Chris Higgins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs on March 29, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Game log, April\nMonthly record: 3\u20130\u20130; Home: 2\u20130\u20130; Road: 1\u20130\u20130. Season record: 47\u201325\u201310; Home: 22\u201313\u20136; Road: 25\u201312\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs\nThe Montreal Canadiens clinched a playoff spot following a 7\u20135 victory against the Ottawa Senators on March 24, 2008, their 77th game of the season. They were the first team in the East to clinch a spot in the playoffs, won the Northeast Division and finished first in the Eastern Conference with 104 points, their highest total since the 1988\u201389 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (8) Boston Bruins\nThe Montreal Canadiens earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference by virtue of finishing with the highest point total in the conference. Some rioting occurred in downtown Montreal after the Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in the seventh game of the quarter-finals and advanced to play in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 101], "content_span": [102, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Player statistics, Skaters, Goaltenders\n*The team has also allowed 6 game losing shootout goals and 6 empty net goals. These goals do not count towards a goalie's personal statistics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Player statistics, Skaters, Goaltenders\n*The team has also allowed 2 empty net goals. These goals do not count towards a goalie's personal statistics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Awards and records, Awards, Team awards\nOn April 5, following the final home game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team announced its award winners for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Transactions\nThe Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Draft picks\nMontreal's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Farm teams, Hamilton Bulldogs\nThe Hamilton Bulldogs remain Montreal's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194829-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Montreal Canadiens season, Farm teams, Cincinnati Cyclones\nMontreal has a joint affiliation with the Nashville Predators for the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194830-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Morecambe F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Morecambe's 84th season since formation, and their first ever in the Football League, having won promotion from the Conference the previous season. They played in League Two, the fourth tier of English football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194830-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Morecambe F.C. season\nTheir league campaign can roughly be broken down into three periods of mixed form, excellent form and poor form. After a mixed start, they went on a run of eight wins in 10 games, before recording just two wins in their final 14 games. An 11th placed finish in front of good crowds at Christie Park was a solid start to life in the Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194830-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Morecambe F.C. season\nIn the cup competitions, they excelled themselves. Although they were eliminated from the FA Cup in the First Round, in the other two competitions they recorded their \u2013 as of 2021 \u2013 best ever performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194830-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Morecambe F.C. season\nIn the League Cup they reached the Third Round, being drawn away to Championship opposition on each occasion. They stunned Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers (after extra time), before losing 5\u20130 to Sheffield United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194830-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Morecambe F.C. season\nMeanwhile in the League Trophy, four victories saw them through to the Northern Area Final. A two legged affair against Grimsby Town stood between them and a second Wembley final in as many seasons. However after losing the first leg 1\u20130 at home, they were unable to turn the tie around at Blundell Park (0\u20130), and Grimsby progressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194830-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Morecambe F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194830-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Morecambe F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194831-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Moroccan Throne Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Moroccan Throne Cup was the 52nd edition of the Cup. It started on 28 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194831-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Moroccan Throne Cup\nThe cup was won by FAR de Rabat, who beat Maghreb de F\u00e8s in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194831-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Moroccan Throne Cup, 5th Round\nThis round saw the entry of clubs from GNF 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 83]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194831-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Moroccan Throne Cup, Last 32\nThis round saw the entry of clubs from the Botola. The round took place on 20 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194831-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Moroccan Throne Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw took place on 22 April 2008. The semi-finals took place at the El Harti Stadium in Marrakech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194832-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Motherwell F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Motherwell's 10th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 23rd consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. Because of finishing 3rd in the SPL, the club managed to qualify for Europe in the UEFA Cup, their first season in Europe for 13 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194832-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Motherwell F.C. season, Motherwell F.C. Season 2007-08 first-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194833-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team represented Mount St. Mary's University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by head coach Milan Brown, played their home games at Knott Arena and were members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 19\u201315, 11\u20137 in NEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They were champions of the NEC Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. After defeating Coppin State in the Play-in Game, the Mountaineers lost to No. 1 seed North Carolina in the Round of 64.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194834-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Munster Rugby season\nThe 2007\u201308 Munster Rugby season was Munster's seventh season competing in the Celtic League, alongside which they also competed in the Heineken Cup. It was Declan Kidney's third and final season as head coach, in his second spell at the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194834-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Munster Rugby season, 2007\u201308 squad\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194834-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Munster Rugby season, 2007\u201308 Celtic League\nUnder the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194835-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBA season\nThe 2007\u201308 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association. The Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 131\u201392 to win the 2008 NBA Finals, four games to two. The 2007 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2007 and Greg Oden was selected first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers. However, he missed the entire season due to knee surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194835-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBA season\nThis season was notable for being one of the most competitive Western Conference playoff races in NBA history. Up until April 4, 2008, not a single Western Conference team had secured a playoff spot, and the 8th-seeded team was a mere 6.5 games behind the 1st seed. Additionally, the quality of the teams ensured that the Golden State Warriors finished with the highest winning percentage of any non-playoff team in NBA history since the switch to the eight-team playoff format, beating out the 2000\u201301 Houston Rockets. This was later tied by the 2013\u201314 Phoenix Suns. The all-time record is held by the 1971\u201372 Phoenix Suns (49\u201333), which was during the four-team playoff era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194835-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBA season, Playoffs\nTeams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. Home court advantage does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194835-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBA season, NBA awards, Players of the week\nThe following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194835-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBA season, NBA awards, Players of the month\nThe following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194835-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBA season, NBA awards, Rookies of the month\nThe following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194835-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBA season, NBA awards, Coaches of the month\nThe following coaches were named the Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194836-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBL All-Star Game\nThe 2007\u201308 National Basketball League All-Star Game was held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne, Victoria on 12 December 2007. The game was broadcast live on Fox Sports in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194836-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBL All-Star Game\nThe game was won by the Aussie All-Stars, 146 points to the World All-Stars 141. Nathan Jawai of the Cairns Taipans electrified the 3,500 in attendance, scoring  a double-double with 24 points (including several Slam dunks), 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. He was named as the MVP of the All-Star game. Jawai's Cairns Taipans team-mate Stephen Black top-scored for the Aussie All-Stars with 27 points, while Shawn Redhage led the scoring for the World All-Stars with 23 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194837-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBL season\nThe 2007\u201308 NBL season was the 30th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. On 21 November 2006, the Gold Coast Blaze joined the league, expanding it to 13 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194837-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBL season, Regular Season\nThe 2007\u201308 Regular Season took place over 22 Rounds between 19 September 2007 and 16 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194837-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NBL season, Ladder\nThe NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194838-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings\nTwo human polls made up the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194838-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, AP poll\nThe Associated Press (AP) preseason poll was released on November 5, 2007. This poll is compiled by sportswriters across the nation. In Division I men's and women's college basketball, the AP Poll is largely just a tool to compare schools throughout the season and spark debate, as it has no bearing on postseason play. Generally, all top 25 teams in the poll are invited to the NCAA basketball tournament, also known as March Madness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194838-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll\nThe Coaches Poll is the second oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll. It is compiled by a rotating group of 31 college Division I head coaches. The Poll operates by Borda count. Each voting member ranks teams from 1 to 25. Each team then receives points for their ranking in reverse order: Number 1 earns 25 points, number 2 earns 24 points, and so forth. The points are then combined and the team with the highest points is then ranked #1; second highest is ranked #2 and so forth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194838-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll\nOnly the top 25 teams with points are ranked, with teams receiving first place votes noted the quantity next to their name. Any team receiving votes after the top 25 are listed after the top 25 by their point totals. However, these are not real rankings: They are not considered #26, #27, etc. The maximum points a single team can earn is 775. The preseason poll was released on November 5, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194839-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\nThe 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2007 ended with the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 7, 2008, in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194839-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Season outlook, Pre-season polls\nThe top 25 from the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls November 5, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194839-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference winners and tournaments\nThirty athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League doesn't have a conference tournament, and Cornell, who won the regular season title, received their automatic invitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 99], "content_span": [100, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194839-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Post-season tournaments, NCAA Tournament\nThe NCAA Tournament tipped off on March 18, 2008 with the opening round game in Dayton, Ohio, and concluded on April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Of the 65\u00a0teams that were invited to participate, 31 were automatic bids while 34 were at-large bids. The 34\u00a0at-large teams came from 10\u00a0conferences, with the Big East tying its own 2006 record with eight bids. Three other conferences, the Big 12, Pac-10, and SEC, had six teams invited to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 89], "content_span": [90, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194839-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Post-season tournaments, NCAA Tournament\nNotably absent from the field were Florida and Ohio State, the champions and runners-up of the 2007 Tournament, the first time that both teams from a previous year's finals failed to make the tournament since 1980. Kansas defeated Memphis, 75\u201368 in overtime to win their third NCAA Tournament championship, and Jayhawks guard Mario Chalmers was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 89], "content_span": [90, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194839-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Post-season tournaments, National Invitation Tournament\nAfter the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National Invitation Tournament invited teams to participate. Eight teams were given automatic bids for winning their conference regular seasons, and 24\u00a0other teams were also invited. The field came from 10\u00a0conferences, with the Atlantic 10 having the most teams invited with four. The Atlantic Coast and Missouri Valley Conferences each had three bids, and five other conferences placed two teams in the tournament. Last year's NCAA finalists, Ohio State and Florida both made the semifinals, with the Buckeyes winning the tournament, defeating UMass 92\u201385 in the final. Ohio State center Kosta Koufos was named tournament MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 104], "content_span": [105, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194839-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Post-season tournaments, National Invitation Tournament, NIT semifinals and final\nPlayed at Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 1 and 3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 130], "content_span": [131, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194839-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Post-season tournaments, College Basketball Invitational\nThe inaugural College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Tournament was held starting March 18 and ended with a best-of-three final which saw Tulsa defeat Bradley for the championship. Jerome Jordan of Tulsa was named tournament MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 105], "content_span": [106, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194839-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Coaching changes\nA number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194840-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings\nTwo human polls made up the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings, the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men's Poll and the USA TODAY/USA Hockey Magazine Poll. As the 2007\u201308 season progressed, rankings were updated weekly. There were a total of 34 voters in the USA Today poll and 40 voters in the USCHO.com poll. Each first place vote in the USA Today poll is worth 15 points in the rankings while a first place vote in the USCHO.com poll is worth 20 points with every subsequent vote worth 1 fewer point in either poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194841-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season\nThe 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 7, 2007 and ended with the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 12, 2008 at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Boston College won their third NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship, defeating Notre Dame 4\u20131 in the national championship game. This was the 61st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 113th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194841-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Pre-season polls\nThe top 20 from USCHO.com/CSTV and the top 15 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine, both released on October 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194841-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders\nThe following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194841-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194841-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders\nThe following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 82], "content_span": [83, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194841-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders\nGP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 82], "content_span": [83, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194842-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings\nTwo human polls make up the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. As the 2007-08 basketball season progresses, rankings are updated weekly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194842-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, AP poll\nThe Associated Press (AP) preseason poll was released on October 29, 2007. This poll is compiled by sportswriters across the nation. In Division I men's and women's college basketball, the AP Poll is largely just a tool to compare schools throughout the season and spark debate, as it has no bearing on postseason play. Generally, all top 25 teams in the poll are invited to the  NCAA basketball tournament, also known as March Madness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194842-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, AP poll, ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll\nThe Coaches Poll is the second oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll. It is compiled by a rotating group of 31 college  Division I head coaches. The Poll operates by Borda count. Each voting member ranks teams from 1 to 25. Each team then receives points for their ranking in reverse order: Number 1 earns 25 points, number 2 earns 24 points, and so forth. The points are then combined and the team with the highest points is then ranked #1; second highest is ranked #2 and so forth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194842-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, AP poll, ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll\nOnly the top 25 teams with points are ranked, with teams receiving first place votes noted the quantity next to their name. Any team receiving votes after the top 25 are listed after the top 25 by their point totals. However, these are not real rankings: They are not considered #26, #27, etc. The maximum points a single team can earn is 775. The preseason poll was released on 2007-10-29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194843-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season\nThe 2007\u201308 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 19, 2007 and concluded on March 23 of the following year. This was the 35th season of Division III college ice hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194843-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season\nThe MCHA added two teams for this season, bringing its membership above the minimum required (seven) to receive an automatic bid for the NCAA tournament. In order to receive the bid, the MCHA announced that all of its members must be Division III programs after the 2009 season. This new rule only affected Minnesota\u2013Crookston, who would spend the next two years attempting to find a solution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games\nThe 2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS regular season in college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games\nA total of 32 team-competitive plus four all-star postseason games were played. While bowl games had been the purview of only the very best teams for nearly a century, this was the second consecutive year that teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games. To fill the 64 available bowl slots from the 119 schools in the Bowl Subdivision, a total of seven teams (11% of all participants) with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games\u2014all seven had a .500 (6-6) season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams\nFor the 2007\u201308 season, NCAA bylaws stipulated that any team that finished with at least a 6-6 overall regular season record can only be selected to fill a conference tie-in bowl slot once all other available conference teams are chosen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams\nThe Big Ten had ten teams who finished with a 6-6 or better regular season record, but only were allocated six slots not including BCS-qualifying Ohio State and Illinois. As a result, Northwestern and Iowa who finished with a 6-6 record did not qualify for a bowl game. Other teams that were left out of the bowl games were Louisville of the Big East; and the SEC's South Carolina, despite the fact that their conference had two BCS-qualifying teams (LSU and Georgia). The MAC's Ohio and Sun Belt members Troy and Louisiana-Monroe also failed to receive invitations. The Troy Trojans (at 8-4) were the most notable absentee from the bowl games, losing their season finale to Florida Atlantic on the last day of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams\nIn contrast, Mountain West members TCU was invited to the Texas Bowl as the Big 12 could not fill all of its slots, because not enough teams were left after Kansas was chosen as an at-large team to join conference champion Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams\nMeanwhile, Miami (Ohio) went 6-7, losing the MAC Championship Game. Had the RedHawks won, they would have been eligible. As a result, the NCAA on April 30, 2008 later approved two new bowl games for the 2008\u201309 post season: The EagleBank Bowl (n\u00e9e Congressional Bowl), which will be played at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. will pit an ACC team against either Army or Navy, while the new St. Petersburg Bowl, to be played at Tropicana Field in the Florida City namesake will pit Conference USA and Big East schools against one another.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Coaching changes\nAs a result of head coaching changes between the regular season and the bowl season, the following teams played their postseason contests with interim head coaches:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Coaching changes\nIn addition, the following teams had coaches that either resigned or retired from their teams, but continued to work for their bowl games:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Poinsettia Bowl\nIn the first bowl game of the season, the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl on December 20 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, the Utes of the University of Utah from the Mountain West Conference defeated the independent (no conference affiliation) United States Naval Academy Midshipmen, 35-32. Each team got $750,000 payouts, as the Utes' share was divided amongst the members of their conference, while Navy kept the entire amount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, New Orleans Bowl\nAt the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl held December 21 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Florida Atlantic University Owls of the Sun Belt Conference, in their first FBS appearance as conference champions, defeated the University of Memphis Tigers from Conference USA, 44-27. Both conferences got $325,000 in payouts in the first of three post-season games to be played in the Crescent City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, PapaJohns.com Bowl\nThe Papajohns.com Bowl at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama on December 22 featured the University of Cincinnati Bearcats of the Big East Conference and the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles of Conference USA. This was the last game for 17-year coach Jeff Bower of Southern Miss who made his coaching debut at Southern Miss at Legion Field against Alabama. However, the Bearcats won the game 31-21, earning their first 10 win season in over five decades. Both conferences were paid $300,000 for the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, New Mexico Bowl\nThe New Mexico Bowl on December 22 was contested by the University of New Mexico Lobos of the Mountain West and the University of Nevada, Reno Wolf Pack of the Western Athletic Conference. On their home field of University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Lobos shutout the Wolf Pack, 23-0, to win their first postseason win since 1961. For the Wolf Pack, it was the first shutout they suffered since 1980. Both conferences got a stipend of $750,000 for each school's participation in the season's fourth bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Las Vegas Bowl\nThe Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl was played on December 22 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. In the only regular season rematch of the season, the Cougars of Brigham Young University, the Mountain West Conference champions, escaped with a 17\u201316 victory over the University of California, Los Angeles Bruins of the Pacific-10 Conference. The conferences each divided up checks for $1 million as receipt for their teams playing. The game was not decided until Eathyn Manumaluena blocked Kai Forbath's game-winning 28-yard field goal attempt as time expired, avenging a 27\u201317 loss back on September 8 at UCLA's home field, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Hawaii Bowl\nThe Sheraton Hawaii Bowl at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, saw the East Carolina University Pirates of Conference USA defeat the WAC's Boise State University Broncos, 41-38. Boise State came back from a 38\u201314 third-quarter deficit, tying the game when Marty Tadman returned a Pirates fumble for a touchdown with 1:25 left. The Pirates answered with a game-ending 34-yard field goal from Ben Hartman to win their first bowl game since 2000. The conferences of both schools received a check for $750,000 apiece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Hawaii Bowl\nThe Hawaii Warriors, the traditional Hawaii Bowl team as per its \"Hawaii guarantee\" agreement, did not play in this season's contest since they qualified for a BCS bowl. Additionally, the game was held on December 23 instead of the traditional annual date of December 24 (Christmas Eve) due to ESPN's commitments to broadcast a Monday Night Football game between the Denver Broncos and the San Diego Chargers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Motor City Bowl\nThe Motor City Bowl was played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on December 26. The Big Ten representatives, the Purdue University Boilermakers, withstood a furious comeback from the MAC champion Central Michigan University Chippewas to win on a game-ending field goal, 51\u201348. The Chips came back from a 34\u201313 halftime deficit to tie it with 1:09 to play in regulation. Purdue then drove to the CMU 23-yard line, where kicker Chris Summers kicked a 40-yard field goal to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0015-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Motor City Bowl\nPurdue quarterback Curtis Painter threw 35-54 for three touchdowns, two interceptions, and a Motor City Bowl record 546 yards, which was also the fourth-highest passing yard total in post-season history. His counterpart, CMU quarterback Dan LeFevour, accounted for 406 (292 passing, 114 rushing) of CMU's 435 total yards and all 6 of his team's touchdowns (4 passing, 2 rushing).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0015-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Motor City Bowl\nAs for Butch Jones, the CMU coach, who made his head coaching debut in last year's contest against Middle Tennessee State, reports had him looking into the vacant West Virginia job with a second interview scheduled after this game, but that never materialized. The conferences each received $750,000 for their teams' participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Champs Sports Bowl\nThe Boston College Eagles of the ACC narrowly defeated the Michigan State University Spartans, 24\u201321, in the Champs Sports Bowl on December 28 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, the first of two post-season contests played there. The Eagles entered the game after losing the ACC Championship Game. Meanwhile, the Spartans, who were not expected to even play in a bowl, barely qualified for a bowl game after upsetting Penn State in the Land Grant Trophy game. Each conference received a stipend of $2.2 million for their teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Texas Bowl\nThe Texas Bowl was played on December 28, when the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs, representing the Mountain West Conference, played  Conference USA's University of Houston Cougars in a pseudo home game at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, not far from the Astrodome where the Cougars played until moving back on campus to Robertson Stadium in 1999. The Horned Frogs won the game, 20\u201313, in their first meeting since the disbanding of the Southwest Conference. Because the Big 12 failed to meet the minimum of eight schools for bowl eligibility (and a larger payout), the conferences received $612,500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Emerald Bowl\nIn another game played on December 28, the Pac-10's Oregon State University Beavers scored the game's final touchdown in the fourth quarter for a 21\u201314 victory against the ACC's University of Maryland, College Park Terrapins in the Emerald Bowl at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, which normally serves as the home to the Major League Baseball team San Francisco Giants. The conferences involved received a $750,000 payment from the organizers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Meineke Car Care Bowl\nThe ACC's Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, defeated the University of Connecticut Huskies from the Big East, 24-10, on December 29 in the Meineke Car Care Bowl at Charlotte, North Carolina's Bank of America Stadium. Each conference got a $750,000 payment for the schools' involvement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Liberty Bowl\nThe AutoZone Liberty Bowl was held on December 29 at the self-named Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The Conference USA champions, the University of Central Florida Golden Knights, lost in a defensive battle to the SEC representatives, the Mississippi State University Bulldogs, 10\u20133. The conferences received a $1.7 million check for the schools to divide amongst themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Alamo Bowl\nThe December 29 Valero Alamo Bowl at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas saw the Big Ten's Nittany Lions from the Pennsylvania State University prevail over the Big 12's Texas A&M University Aggies by a score of 24\u201317 to finish in the nation ranked 25th. This was Penn State head coach Joe Paterno's 500th game. Texas A&M was led by interim coach Gary Darnell, after Dennis Franchione was excused, mired in scandal. Both schools earned a $2.2 million check for their conferences. This was the first season that Valero Energy was the title sponsor of the game, which was without one a season earlier after MasterCard International withdrew after the 2006 contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Independence Bowl\nThe PetroSun Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana at Independence Stadium on December 30 saw the SEC's University of Alabama Crimson Tide score 27 first half points against the Big 12's University of Colorado at Boulder Buffaloes. Alabama then prevented a late Colorado comeback to hold on to win, 30\u201324. Each conference received a payout of $1.1 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Armed Forces Bowl\nThe Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl was played on December 31 at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The Pac 10's University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears defeated the United States Air Force Academy Falcons from the Mountain West, 42\u201336. The conferences received $750,000 as a receipt for the teams participating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Humanitarian Bowl\nAnother contest on December 31 was the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl at Bronco Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, best known for its blue \"Smurf Turf\". The former MPC Bowl reverted to its original \"Humanitarian Bowl\" name after Roady's Truck Stops replaced Micron Technology as its sponsor. In this season's game, the WAC's California State University, Fresno Bulldogs beat the Georgia Institute of Technology (more commonly known as Georgia Tech) Yellow Jackets from the ACC, 40\u201328. Each conference received a $750,000 payout to be divided among fellow members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Music City Bowl\nThe Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee was held on December 31. The University of Kentucky Wildcats made their second consecutive Music City Bowl appearance, having defeated Clemson, coached by Tommy Bowden during the 2006\u201307 season. This year, they played another ACC team coached by a Bowden, this time the Florida State University Seminoles of father Bobby. The Seminoles came into the game missing thirty-four players (very few being starters or second stringers) due to injuries, violations of team rules, and suspensions stemming from a large cheating scandal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0025-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Music City Bowl\nThe Wildcats won 35\u201328 to finish 8\u20135 for the second straight year, giving them back-to-back bowl wins for the first time since 1952. Also for the second straight year, Wildcats quarterback Andr\u00e9 Woodson was the game's MVP. Each conference got a payment of $1.5 million to be divided amongst their members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, Insight Bowl\nAt the Insight Bowl played at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University in the Phoenix, Arizona suburb of Tempe on December 31, the Oklahoma State University-Stillwater Cowboys from the Big 12 beat the Indiana University Hoosiers of the Big Ten, 49\u201333. In spite of the loss, IU fulfilled a dream for their late head coach Terry Hoeppner before his untimely passing earlier this year to play one more game for a total of \"13\", the team's motto for the 2007 season. As payment, the participating conferences each received $1.2 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, International Bowl\nThe second International Bowl was contested at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada on January 5, 2008. The Big East's Rutgers University Scarlet Knights defeated the MAC's Ball State University Cardinals, 52\u201330. Rutgers running back, Ray Rice rushed for 280 yards and four touchdowns to earn MVP honors. The conferences involved each got $750,000 to split between their schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS Bowls, GMAC Bowl\nThe GMAC Bowl was played in Mobile, Alabama's Ladd\u2013Peebles Stadium on January 6, 2008. The Conference USA's Golden Hurricane of University of Tulsa dominated the Bowling Green State University Falcons from the Mid-American Conference, 63\u20137. The 63 points posted by the Hurricane was the most since beating Drake University, 70\u20137 in 1970. In addition, the 56-point margin of victory set an NCAA record for most lopsided win in any bowl, bettering Alabama's 55-point blowout of Syracuse, 61\u20136, in the 1953 Orange Bowl. The bowl paid their leagues $750,000 apiece for their teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, New Year's Day and other prestigious non-BCS Bowl Games\nThe following seven bowl games are either held traditionally on January 1 or have featured large payouts. In addition, a majority of these games are aired on broadcast television networks such as CBS, ABC or Fox instead of cable networks like ESPN, ESPN2 or NFL Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, New Year's Day and other prestigious non-BCS Bowl Games, Holiday Bowl\nThe Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was played on December 27 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, which also hosted the Poinsettia Bowl a week earlier. The University of Texas at Austin Longhorns, the representatives of the Big 12, coached by Mack Brown, defeated the Pac-10's Arizona State University Sun Devils under the leadership of Dennis Erickson, 52\u201334. Each conference will get a $2.2 million payout as receipt of the schools playing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 103], "content_span": [104, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, New Year's Day and other prestigious non-BCS Bowl Games, Sun Bowl\nThe Brut Sun Bowl was contested on December 31 at the eponymous named stadium in El Paso, Texas on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso, pitting the Pac 10's University of Oregon Ducks and the Big East's University of South Florida Bulls. After a first half that saw both teams tied at one point at 11\u201311, the Ducks scored 38 points in the second half to clinch a 56\u201321 win. Both schools netted a payout of $1.9 million for their conference coffers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 99], "content_span": [100, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, New Year's Day and other prestigious non-BCS Bowl Games, Chick-fil-A Bowl\nThe Chick-fil-A Bowl was played on December 31 in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta between two teams with the same moniker: Clemson University from the ACC and Auburn University from the SEC, both referred to as \"Tigers.\" During the contest, Auburn unveiled a new spread offense implemented by new offensive coordinator Tony Franklin. Despite an early bowl-record 83-yard touchdown run by Clemson's C. J. Spiller, Auburn was able to record a 23\u201320 victory when freshman backup quarterback Kodi Burns ended the first overtime game in Chick-fil-A Bowl history with a seven-yard walk-off touchdown. The payouts were $3.25 million for the higher priority selection from the ACC and $2.4 million for the SEC representative. The Chick-fil-A Bowl was the highest-rated ESPN-broadcast bowl game of the 2007\u20132008 season, and the highest rated in the game's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 107], "content_span": [108, 959]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, New Year's Day and other prestigious non-BCS Bowl Games, Outback Bowl\nIn the first of two Big Ten-SEC matchups played on New Years' Day, the University of Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Badgers from the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison, 21\u201317, in the Outback Bowl at Tampa, Florida's Raymond James Stadium. Both conferences were guaranteed a $3 million paycheck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 103], "content_span": [104, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, New Year's Day and other prestigious non-BCS Bowl Games, Cotton Bowl Classic\nDespite having one of their most successful seasons in school history, the University of Missouri-Columbia Tigers were only selected to play at the non-BCS AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic on January 1 after suffering their only two losses for the year to Oklahoma (the latter in the Big 12 Championship Game). Mizzou then blew out their bowl game opponent, the University of Arkansas Razorbacks from the SEC, 38\u20137. The conferences received $3 million apiece. Tigers running back Tony Temple set game records with 281 yards on the ground and four touchdowns while Razorback runner Darren McFadden was limited to 102 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 110], "content_span": [111, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, New Year's Day and other prestigious non-BCS Bowl Games, Cotton Bowl Classic\nThis was the second-to-last Cotton Bowl Classic to be played at the namesake stadium in Dallas, Texas; the game will move to nearby Cowboys Stadium in Arlington beginning 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 110], "content_span": [111, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, New Year's Day and other prestigious non-BCS Bowl Games, Gator Bowl\nThe Big 12's Texas Tech University Red Raiders defeated the ACC's University of Virginia Cavaliers, 31-28, in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Florida's Municipal Stadium on January 1. Alex Trlica kicked the game-winning 41-yard field goal with :07 left in the game. The kick capped off a 17-point burst by Texas Tech in the final 3:31 to come from behind. Red Raiders quarterback Graham Harrell completed 44 out of 69 passes for 407 yards and three touchdowns. Cavaliers running back Mikell Simpson scored on a 96-yard touchdown run, the longest run in NCAA bowl history, in the losing effort. A $5.5 million payout awaited both participating conferences. Konica Minolta replaced Toyota as title sponsor as of this game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 101], "content_span": [102, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, New Year's Day and other prestigious non-BCS Bowl Games, Capital One Bowl\nIn his final game, head coach Lloyd Carr's University of Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten upset the University of Florida Gators led by Heisman Trophy winning sophomore quarterback Tim Tebow, 41\u201335 at the Capital One Bowl on January 1. The game was the second bowl contest held at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida during the 2007\u201308 bowl season. The participating conferences received the largest payout of any non-BCS game at $4.25 million per conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 107], "content_span": [108, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series\nEach Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game had a payout of between $14 million and $17 million to each conference. Three conferences \u2013 the Big Ten, the Big 12 and the SEC \u2013 earned a second berth as a result of at-large selections. In those cases, an additional $6 million was given to be divided between all schools in those conferences. Because the Hawaii earned an at-large berth in the Sugar Bowl, the MAC, WAC, Mountain West, Conference USA and Sun Belt conferences divided $18 million for their schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Rose Bowl Game\nIn the first BCS Game on January 1, 2008, the University of Southern California Trojans defeated the University of Illinois at Urbana\u2013Champaign Fighting Illini, 49\u201317 in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi at self-named facility in Pasadena, California. The Trojans victory one of the most lopsided wins in the history of the game often referred to as \"The Granddaddy of Them All\". Quarterback John David Booty was named offensive MVP of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Rose Bowl Game\nThe Trojans were Pac-10 champions for the 6th straight year, overcoming an upset loss by Stanford in October at home as a 40-point favorite. Meanwhile, the Fighting Illini finished as the only other team from the Big Ten in the regular season Top 14 BCS rankings. After they beat Ohio State University Buckeyes in one of the biggest upsets of the regular season, Illinois finished in second place in the Big Ten, and qualified for the Rose Bowl after the conference champion Buckeyes earned a berth in the BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Sugar Bowl\nThe Allstate Sugar Bowl on January 1, the second bowl contest played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, pitted the University of Hawaii at Manoa Warriors against the University of Georgia Bulldogs. The Warriors completed an unbeaten regular season with the \"run and shoot offense\" of head coach June Jones, clinching the WAC championship. The Bulldogs finished with a 10\u20132 overall record, tied for first place in the SEC Eastern Division (UGA did not qualify for the SEC Championship Game, however, because they lost a head-to-head tiebreaker to the Tennessee Volunteers). UGA took advantage of errors by Hawaii en route to an easy 41\u201310 victory. Almost a week later, Jones resigned to take the job at Southern Methodist University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Fiesta Bowl\nThe Tosititos Fiesta Bowl was played at Glendale, Arizona's University of Phoenix Stadium on January 2, 2008. The West Virginia University Mountaineers upset the Big 12 champion University of Oklahoma Sooners, 48\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0043-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Fiesta Bowl\nThe Mountaineers entered the game as the Big East champions, but were spoiled on the last day of the regular season in the Backyard Brawl against the University of Pittsburgh as the number two team in the rankings. The Sooners were coming off a win over Missouri in the Big 12 Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0044-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Fiesta Bowl\nThe loss was the fourth straight in the BCS and second consecutive in the Fiesta Bowl for head coach Bob Stoops's Sooners, who lost a memorable game a year earlier to Boise State. Bill Stewart, who led the Mountaineers after Rich Rodriguez bolted for Michigan after the regular season, was rewarded for his work in this game by being named permanent head coach for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0045-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Orange Bowl\nOn January 3, 2008, while much of the country was focused on the first major preliminary event of the 2008 Presidential Election campaign in the US, the Iowa caucuses, the Big 12's University of Kansas Jayhawks defeated the ACC Champion Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) Hokies, 24\u201321, at the FedEx Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida's Dolphin Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0046-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, 2008 BCS National Championship Game\nThe 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game was the third post-season contest at New Orleans' Louisiana Superdome and was played on January 7, 2008. The SEC Champion Louisiana State University Tigers overcame a 10\u20130 deficit to beat the Big Ten Champion Ohio State University Buckeyes, 38\u201324, in front of a crowd of 79,651. The LSU Tigers thus became the first team to win two BCS titles and the first to win a national championship with two losses (both in triple overtime to Kentucky and Arkansas).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0047-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Conference Bowl records, Bowl Challenge Cup\n* \u2013 The Sun Belt is ineligible for the Bowl Challenge Cup as they failed to have the minimum three teams to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0048-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Conference Bowl records, Bowl Challenge Cup\nNOTE: BCS AQ conferences had a 6-2 mark against BCS non-AQ conferences in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194844-0049-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, Conference Bowl records, Final rankings, USA Today Coaches Poll\n* \u2013 By rule, the AFCA members who participate in the poll must list the BCS Title Game winner on all ballots in the first place position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 97], "content_span": [98, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs\nThe National Football League playoffs for the 2007 season began on January 5, 2008. The postseason tournament concluded with the New York Giants defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, 17\u201314, on February 3, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Participants\nWithin each conference, the four division winners and the two wild card teams (the top two non-division winners with the best overall regular season records) qualified for the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1 through 4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5 and 6. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Participants\nIn the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth. The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference then receive a bye in the first round. In the second round, the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5, or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4, or 5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0001-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Participants\nThe two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the fourth and final round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Schedule\nIn the United States, NBC  broadcast the first two Wild Card playoff games, then CBS broadcast the rest of the AFC playoff games. Fox televised the rest of the NFC games and Super Bowl XLII.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 35, Washington Redskins 14\nThe Redskins rallied back from a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter, but Seattle responded by intercepting two passes from Todd Collins, who hadn't thrown an interception in any of his games since replacing injured starter Jason Campbell, and scoring 22 points during the last six minutes of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 35, Washington Redskins 14\nMidway through the first quarter, Seattle receiver Nate Burleson returned a punt 20 yards to the Washington 45-yard line, setting up Leonard Weaver's 17-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, Burleson returned a punt 19 yards and a caught a 25-yard pass to set up a 50-yard field goal by Josh Brown, giving the Seahawks a 10\u20130 lead by halftime. Meanwhile, Seattle's defense forced the Redskins to punt on all of their possessions and did not allow them to move the ball more than 30 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 35, Washington Redskins 14\nIn the third quarter, Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck completed four consecutive passes for 47 yards, including a 35-yard completion to D. J. Hackett, setting up Brown's second field goal to increase their lead to 13\u20130. Collins led the Redskins 84 yards in 12 plays and finished the drive with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Antwaan Randle El on the first play of the fourth quarter. Then shortly after the ensuing kickoff, Redskins safety LaRon Landry intercepted a pass from Hasselbeck and returned it to the Seattle 42-yard line. Two plays later, Collins threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Santana Moss, giving them their first lead of the game at 14\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 35, Washington Redskins 14\nThe ensuing kickoff took an odd bounce away from Seattle and was recovered by Washington at the Seahawks 14-yard line. But the Redskins failed to gain a first down after three plays and came up empty when Shaun Suisham missed a 30-yard field goal attempt. A few plays after the missed field goal, Landry recorded his second interception of the game, picking off a deep pass from Hasselbeck on his own 9-yard line. But Washington was forced to punt again, and Derrick Frost's punt went just 33 yards to the Seattle 42.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 35, Washington Redskins 14\nFour plays later, Hasselbeck threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Hackett, and then followed it up with a 2-point conversion pass to Marcus Pollard, giving the Seahawks a 21\u201314 lead. Then on the first play after the ensuing kickoff, Seattle cornerback Marcus Trufant intercepted a pass from Collins and returned it 78 yards for a touchdown. The Redskins responded with a drive to Seattle's 31-yard line, but turned the ball over on downs. Then after a punt, Seahawks safety Jordan Babineaux intercepted Collins and returned the ball 57 yards for a touchdown with 27 seconds left in the game, making the final score 35\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 35, Washington Redskins 14\nBurleson finished the game with 167 total yards, including six punt returns for a franchise playoff record 84 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 35, Washington Redskins 14\nThis was the second postseason meeting between the Redskins and Seahawks, with Seattle winning the only prior meeting 20\u201310 in the 2005 NFC Divisional playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 29\nIn a rematch of week 15, Jacksonville gained only 239 yards of offense, but still managed to win on Josh Scobee's 25-yard field goal with 37 seconds left. The Jaguars defense sacked Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger six times, intercepted three of his passes, and forced him to lose a fumble on the final drive of the game. It was their first playoff win in eight years and their first playoff win on the road in ten years. For the Steelers, it marked the first time in franchise history they lost to one team at home two times in a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 29\nPittsburgh opened up the scoring by marching 80 yards in 10 plays on their first drive and finishing it off with Najeh Davenport's 1-yard touchdown run. But Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew returned the ensuing kickoff 96 yards to the 1-yard line, and Fred Taylor scored a 1-yard touchdown run on the next play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 29\nEarly in the second quarter, Jacksonville defensive back Rashean Mathis intercepted a pass from Roethlisberger and returned it 63 yards for a touchdown. Then shortly after the kickoff, Mathis intercepted another pass at the Steelers 46-yard line, setting up David Garrard's 43-yard touchdown pass to Jones-Drew and making the score 21\u20137. Later in the second quarter, the Steelers took advantage of a missed Scobee field goal by driving all the way to the Jaguars 21-yard line. But defensive tackle Derek Landri intercepted a short pass from Roethlisberger, and the score remained 21\u20137 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 29\nIn the second half, the Steelers scored on their first four drives. Three plays after the opening kickoff, linebacker James Farrior's interception of a Garrard pass set up Jeff Reed's 28-yard field goal. Jacksonville responded by driving 82 yards in eight plays, with Garrard rushing for 15 yards and completing two passes to Ernest Wilford for 39, while Jones-Drew capped the drive with a 10-yard touchdown run, increasing their lead to 28\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0012-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 29\nBut the Steelers drove right back, and on the first play of the fourth quarter, facing fourth down and 12 on the Jags 37-yard line, Roethlisberger threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes. Then after a punt, Roethlisberger completed six passes for 65 yards on a 69-yard drive that ended with his 14-yard touchdown pass to Heath Miller. The Steelers attempted a two-point conversion to cut the lead to three points, and Roethlisberger initially completed a pass to Hines Ward, but the play was nullified by a holding penalty and Pittsburgh's second attempt was incomplete, keeping the score at 28\u201323.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 29\nThree plays after the ensuing kickoff, Steelers defensive back Ike Taylor intercepted a pass from Garrard and returned it 31 yards to the Jacksonville 16-yard line. Following a pass interference penalty against the Jaguars in the end zone on a fourth down play, Davenport scored his second 1-yard touchdown run of the day. The two-point conversion failed again, but the Steelers took the lead, 29\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 29\nJacksonville was unable to score on their next drive, but they forced the Steelers to punt after three plays and Dennis Northcutt returned the punt 16 yards, giving the Jaguars the ball at their own 49-yard line with one timeout remaining and 2:38 left to play. Three plays later on fourth down and 2, Garrard dropped back to pass, but then ran back to the line and took off for a 32-yard burst to the Steelers 11-yard line. After a few more running plays, Scobee kicked a 25-yard field goal, giving his team a 31\u201329 lead. The Steelers got the ball back with 37 seconds left, but Jaguars defensive end Bobby McCray sealed the victory by forcing a fumble from Roethlisberger which was recovered by Landri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 5, 2008, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 29\nThis was the first postseason meeting between the Jaguars and Steelers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 6, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 24, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14\nEli Manning completed 20 of 27 passes for 185 yards and two touchdowns, while the Giants' defense forced three turnovers and held the Buccaneers to 271 total yards for a Giants victory. The Giants won their first playoff game since the 2000 NFC Championship Game, their first road playoff game since the 1990 NFC Championship Game, and extended their road winning streak to eight games, while the Buccaneers lost in the opening round at home for the second time in three seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 6, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 24, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14\nTampa Bay scored first with Earnest Graham's 1-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, a 14-yard punt return by Giants cornerback R. W. McQuarters gave New York the ball on their own 47-yard line. Following three receptions by Amani Toomer for 40 yards, Manning threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Jacobs to tie the game. Then after a punt, Manning completed four consecutive passes for 50 yards on a 65-yard drive that ended with Jacobs' second touchdown on an 8-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 6, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 24, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14\nMicheal Spurlock fumbled the second half kickoff, and it was recovered by New York defensive back Corey Webster, setting up a 25-yard field goal from Lawrence Tynes to make the score 17\u20137. Tampa Bay responded with a drive to the Giants 25-yard line, but Webster ended it by intercepting a pass from Jeff Garcia in the end zone. Following an exchange of punts, the Giants drove 92 yards and increased their lead to 24\u20137 with Manning's 4-yard touchdown pass to Toomer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 6, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 24, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14\nWith 3:25 left in the game, Garcia's 6-yard touchdown pass to Alex Smith cut the score to 24\u201314. The Buccaneers then managed to force a punt, but McQuarters picked off a pass from Garcia with less than two minutes left to put the game away. This was the most recent playoff appearance for the Buccaneers until the 2020 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 6, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 24, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14\nThis was the first postseason meeting between the Giants and Buccaneers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 6, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 17, Tennessee Titans 6\nSan Diego held the Titans to 248 yards and two field goals, while also forcing two turnovers, en route to their first playoff win since the 1994 AFC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 6, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 17, Tennessee Titans 6\nThe Titans started off the scoring with a field goal from Rob Bironas on their opening drive. Early in the second quarter, Tennessee drove all the way to the Chargers' 13-yard line, but running back Chris Brown fumbled the ball while being tackled by Shawne Merriman and linebacker Shaun Phillips recovered it. Meanwhile, the Chargers offense was limited to three punts and a missed field goal, while Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan also intercepted a pass from Philip Rivers in the end zone. And on the last play of the half, Bironas kicked another field goal to give Tennessee a 6\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 6, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 17, Tennessee Titans 6\nHowever, the Chargers scored 17 points on three consecutive possessions in the second half. First, two 19-yard receptions by Chris Chambers and a 34-yard catch by Vincent Jackson set up Nate Kaeding's 20-yard field goal to put San Diego on the board. Then seven plays after forcing the Titans to punt, Rivers threw a 20-yard scoring strike to Jackson, giving the Chargers their first lead of the game. Tennessee responded with a drive to the San Diego 20-yard line, only to have Bironas miss a 38-yard field goal attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0023-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 6, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 17, Tennessee Titans 6\nOn San Diego's ensuing drive, Rivers completed a 39-yard pass to Chambers at the Titans 8-yard line. Three plays later, faced with fourth down and goal on the 1-yard line, San Diego decided to go for the score. Running back LaDainian Tomlinson took a handoff, dove over a pile of players and stretched the ball over the goal line for the touchdown, which was upheld after a Titans challenge, increasing the Chargers' lead to 17\u20136. The San Diego defense then took over the rest of the game, forcing a punt and an interception on the last two Tennessee drives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 6, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 17, Tennessee Titans 6\nThis was the fourth postseason meeting between the Titans and Chargers. The Titans had won all three prior meetings, including the most recent as the Houston Oilers 17\u201314 in the 1979 AFC Divisional playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, NFC: Green Bay Packers 42, Seattle Seahawks 20\nDespite falling behind 14\u20130 in the first quarter, Green Bay gained 408 yards of offense and scored touchdowns on six consecutive drives to defeat the Seahawks and advance to their first NFC Championship Game in 10 years. Meanwhile, the Packers' defense limited Seattle to just 200 total yards, with only 28 yards on the ground. Packers running back Ryan Grant, who fumbled twice in the first quarter, ended up with a franchise playoff record 201 rushing yards and three touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, NFC: Green Bay Packers 42, Seattle Seahawks 20\nBoth of Grant's fumbles in the first quarter were converted into Seattle touchdowns. On the first play of the game, Seahawks linebacker Lofa Tatupu recovered Grant's fumble and returned it 12 yards to the Green Bay 1-yard line, setting up Shaun Alexander's 1-yard touchdown run on the next play. Then shortly after the ensuing kickoff, Grant, who only fumbled once during the regular season, lost another fumble which was recovered by Jordan Babineaux at the Packers 49-yard line. Five plays later, Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Bobby Engram, giving the Seahawks a 14\u20130 lead just four minutes into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, NFC: Green Bay Packers 42, Seattle Seahawks 20\nHowever, the Packers responded with a touchdown on all of their ensuing possessions until early in the fourth quarter. First, quarterback Brett Favre completed four consecutive passes for 65 yards and finished the drive with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings. Then after a punt, the Packers drove 64 yards in nine plays, with Grant rushing the ball four times for 43 yards and finishing it off with a 1-yard touchdown run to tie the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, NFC: Green Bay Packers 42, Seattle Seahawks 20\nOn the first play of the second quarter, with heavy snow falling, Green Bay defensive end Aaron Kampman recovered a fumble from Marcus Pollard on the Seahawks 18-yard line. Following two carries for 16 yards by Grant, Favre threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Jennings. Aided by a 15-yard roughing the punter penalty against Green Bay on fourth down, Seattle responded by driving to the Packers 10-yard line where Josh Brown kicked a field goal to cut the score to 21\u201317. But Green Bay then moved the ball 70 yards in 14 plays and scored with Grant's 3-yard touchdown run to give them a 28\u201317 lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, NFC: Green Bay Packers 42, Seattle Seahawks 20\nAfter a Seahawks punt began the second half, Favre completed a 24-yard pass to Jennings and Grant broke off a 24-yard run to the Seahawks 12-yard line, setting up Favre's 13-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Jackson. Hasselbeck responded by completing six of seven passes for 68 yards en route to another Brown field goal, but Grant's 43-yard run on the Packers next drive set up his third touchdown of the day, making the final score 42\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, NFC: Green Bay Packers 42, Seattle Seahawks 20\nThis was the second postseason meeting between the Seahawks and Packers. Green Bay won the only prior meeting 33\u201327 in OT in the 2003 NFC Wild Card playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nPatriots quarterback Tom Brady threw for 263 yards and three touchdowns, while running back Laurence Maroney added 162 total yards (122 yards on the ground). Overall, New England gained 401 yards and didn't punt the ball until 31 seconds remained in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nJacksonville took the opening kickoff and went 80 yards in nine plays, featuring two receptions by Marcedes Lewis for 57 yards, on the way to David Garrard's 9-yard touchdown pass to Matt Jones. The Patriots then went on a 74-yard drive and scored with Tom Brady's 3-yard touchdown pass to Benjamin Watson. On Jacksonville's next possession, New England lineman Ty Warren forced a fumble while sacking Garrard, and linebacker Mike Vrabel recovered it at the Jaguars 29-yard line. Several plays later, Maroney scored a 1-yard touchdown run to give New England a 14\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nJaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew muffed the ensuing kickoff and was downed at his own 5-yard line. The Jaguars then moved the ball 95 yards in 11 plays without even facing a third down and scored with Garrard's 6-yard touchdown pass to Ernest Wilford. For the third time in a row, New England drove deep into Jacksonville territory. But this time the drive stalled at the 17-yard line and ended with no points when Stephen Gostkowski missed a 35-yard field goal with 53 seconds left in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nOn the opening drive of the second half, Brady completed seven of eight passes for 54 yards on an 82-yard drive. On the last play, he took a snap in shotgun formation with Kevin Faulk to his right, Brady jumped in the air with his arms raised to make it look like a play used by the Patriots before where Faulk took the direct snap. The Jaguars defense followed Faulk, leaving Wes Welker open in the end zone, and Brady threw him the ball for a touchdown to give the Patriots a 21\u201314 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0034-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nJacksonville responded with a drive to the New England 21-yard line, but receiver Dennis Northcutt dropped a pass on third down, forcing them to settle for a Josh Scobee 39-yard field goal, cutting the score to 21\u201317. On New England's next drive, Jacksonville's Derek Landri was assessed a roughing-the-passer penalty, turning Welker's 6-yard catch into a 21-yard gain. Maroney gained 40 yards with his next two carries, and following two more Welker receptions, Brady threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Watson giving New England a 28\u201317 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nAn unnecessary roughness penalty and a 25-yard reception by Reggie Williams on Jacksonville's next drive set up a 25-yard field goal by Scobee, which cut the Jaguars deficit to one touchdown, 28\u201320. On the second play after the kickoff, Brady completed a 52-yard strike to Dont\u00e9 Stallworth, setting up Gostkowski's second field goal attempt to put New England back up by two scores, 31\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nThen, with 3:46 left in the game, Pats safety Rodney Harrison, intercepted a pass from Garrard at the Patriots' 31-yard line, ending any hope of a Jacksonville comeback. Harrison's interception was his seventh career postseason pick, a Patriots record. This was also his fourth consecutive postseason game with an interception, tying an NFL record held by Aeneas Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nWith this win, the Patriots advanced to the AFC title game for the second year in a row and extended their perfect record to 17\u20130, matching the final record of the 1972 Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nThis would be the Jacksonville Jaguars' last postseason appearance until 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 12, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nThis was the fourth postseason meeting between the Jaguars and Patriots, with New England winning two of the prior three meetings, including 28\u20133 in the 2005 AFC Wild Card playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 28, Indianapolis Colts 24\nDespite the loss of starting quarterback Philip Rivers and running back LaDainian Tomlinson (the NFL's leading rusher during the season), San Diego still managed to defeat the defending Super Bowl champion Colts in what would be the final game in the RCA Dome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 28, Indianapolis Colts 24\nThe Colts started out the game on a 76-yard drive and scored on Peyton Manning's 25-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dallas Clark. Then defensive back Kelvin Hayden intercepted a pass from Rivers on the Colts 24-yard line and the Colts moved the ball to the San Diego 40-yard line. However, Indianapolis receiver Marvin Harrison, playing in his first game back from an injury in nearly three months, fumbled the ball while being tackled by Antonio Cromartie, and defensive back Marlon McCree recovered it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0041-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 28, Indianapolis Colts 24\nFollowing the turnover, San Diego drove 78 yards and tied the game with Rivers' 14-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Jackson. Manning responded by completing three passes for 42 yards on a 44-yard drive that ended with an Adam Vinatieri field goal to give the Colts a 10\u20137 lead. Both teams blew scoring opportunities on their next drives. First the Chargers drove to the Indianapolis 31-yard line, only to have Nate Kaeding miss a 48-yard field goal. Then the Colts advanced to the Chargers 35-yard line, but on their last play of the half, Manning's pass was intercepted by Cromartie. Cromartie's 89-yard touchdown return was called back by a holding penalty, but he managed to prevent the Colts from scoring and it remained 10\u20137 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 859]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 28, Indianapolis Colts 24\nThe Chargers took the second half kickoff and quickly took the lead with a 30-yard touchdown catch from Chris Chambers. Once again the Colts drove into Chargers territory, moving the ball all the way to the San Diego 4-yard line. But on third down and 3, Manning's pass was intercepted by Eric Weddle. However, the Chargers could only move the ball to their own 6-yard line and T. J. Rushing returned their punt 12-yards to midfield. This time the Colts drove 50 yards and scored with Manning's 9-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0042-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 28, Indianapolis Colts 24\nWayne was initially ruled out of bounds at the 7, but a Colts challenge showed he remained in bounds on the way to the touchdown, and the Colts took the lead, 17\u201314. On the Chargers ensuing drive, Rivers threw a 22-yard completion to Chambers and followed it up with a 56-yard touchdown pass to Darren Sproles, a special teams returner who was brought in on offense as an extra receiver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0043-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 28, Indianapolis Colts 24\nWith 10:50 left in the fourth quarter, Indianapolis retook the lead with Manning's 55-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Gonzalez, who caught the ball along the left sideline and narrowly managed to keep his feet in bounds en route to a score, which was upheld after a Chargers challenge. But San Diego, now led by second-string quarterback Billy Volek, drove 78 yards in eight plays and scored with Volek's 1-yard touchdown run, giving them a 28\u201324 lead with 4:50 left in regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0043-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 28, Indianapolis Colts 24\nManning led the Colts down the field, moving the ball 70 yards and converting a fourth down and 5 with a 16-yard completion to Clark. But he threw three consecutive incompletions from the Chargers 7-yard line, turning the ball over on downs. Indianapolis' defense managed to force a punt, but the Colts turned the ball over on downs again after Dallas Clark's fourth-down drop with 53 seconds left, and San Diego ran out the rest of the clock to close the RCA Dome for good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0044-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, AFC: San Diego Chargers 28, Indianapolis Colts 24\nThis was the second postseason meeting between the Chargers and Colts, with Indianapolis winning the only prior meeting 35\u201320 in the 1995 AFC Wild Card playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0045-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 21, Dallas Cowboys 17\nWith nine seconds left in the game, Giants defensive back R. W. McQuarters intercepted a Tony Romo pass in the end zone to preserve a victory over the Cowboys, who had defeated New York twice during the season. The win marked the first time in 20 years that the NFC's #1 seeded team had been eliminated in the divisional round, the first time it had happened since the current playoff format was instituted in 1990, and sent the Cowboys home with their sixth consecutive playoff loss since 1996. The Giants advanced to their first NFC Championship Game since 2000 with the win and won their ninth consecutive game away from Giants Stadium. This would also turn out to be the final playoff game at Texas Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 111], "content_span": [112, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0046-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 21, Dallas Cowboys 17\nThe Giants scored on their opening drive when Eli Manning threw a pass to Amani Toomer, who caught the pass on a curl route at the Dallas 39 before spinning away from the defense and running down left sideline for a 52-yard touchdown reception. Following an exchange of punts, Dallas running back Marion Barber rushed twice for 56 yards on a 9-play, 95-yard drive that ended with Romo's 5-yard touchdown pass to Terrell Owens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 111], "content_span": [112, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0046-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 21, Dallas Cowboys 17\nThen after a punt, Dallas scored on one of the longest drives in playoff history, moving the ball 90 yards in 20 plays and taking 10:28 off the clock. Barber capped the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to give Dallas a 14\u20137 lead with 53 seconds left in the second quarter. The Giants responded by scoring a second touchdown, going 74 yards in 46 seconds. Ahmad Bradshaw ran for 13 yards, Manning completed two passes to Steve Smith for 34 yards, and a facemask penalty added another 15 yards. Following a 19-yard reception by tight end Kevin Boss, Manning threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Toomer to tie the game with seven seconds remaining in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 111], "content_span": [112, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0047-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 21, Dallas Cowboys 17\nDallas took the second half kickoff and retook the lead with a 62-yard drive that ended with a field goal by Nick Folk. The rest of the quarter was scoreless, but with 53 seconds left, McQuarters' 25-yard punt return gave New York the ball on the Cowboys 37-yard line. Five plays later, Brandon Jacobs scored a 1-yard touchdown run, giving the Giants a 21\u201317 lead. After an exchange of punts, Dallas got the ball on their own 44-yard line with seven minutes left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 111], "content_span": [112, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0047-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 21, Dallas Cowboys 17\nBut following several penalties, the Cowboys could only move the ball to their 49 and had to punt. Their defense managed to force New York to punt again after only three plays and Patrick Crayton returned it eight yards, giving them a first down with 1:50 left to play, one timeout, and the ball on the New York 48-yard line. Romo threw a 9-yard pass to Barber and an 18-yard completion to Jason Witten at the 27-yard line. The Cowboys, however, only managed to gain four more yards and on fourth down Romo threw an interception to McQuarters in the end zone to clinch the victory for the Giants, who ran out the clock from there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 111], "content_span": [112, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0048-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 13, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 21, Dallas Cowboys 17\nThis was the first postseason meeting between the Giants and Cowboys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 111], "content_span": [112, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0049-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 21, San Diego Chargers 12\nDespite three interceptions from Tom Brady, the Patriots still managed to defeat San Diego, holding them to four field goals while Laurence Maroney rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown for the second game in a row. With this win, the Patriots became the first NFL team to start with an 18\u20130 record and advanced to their fourth Super Bowl appearance in seven years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0050-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 21, San Diego Chargers 12\nWith just over five minutes left in the first quarter, Chargers defensive back Quentin Jammer intercepted a pass from Brady on the Patriots 40-yard line, setting up a 26-yard field goal by Nate Kaeding. New England responded by driving 65 yards and scoring with a 1-yard Maroney touchdown run to take a 7\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0051-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 21, San Diego Chargers 12\nKaeding kicked a 23-yard field goal in the second quarter to cut the score to 7\u20136, but after a punt, Patriots defensive back Asante Samuel intercepted a pass from Philip Rivers and returned it 10 yards to the Chargers 24-yard line. One play later, Brady's 12-yard touchdown pass to Jabar Gaffney increased their lead to 14\u20136. Later on, a 26-yard run by Darren Sproles moved the ball to the New England 34-yard line. But once again, the Patriots defense kept San Diego out of the end zone, stopping them on third and 1 and forcing them to settle for another Kaeding field goal, making the score 14\u20139 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0052-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 21, San Diego Chargers 12\nOn the opening drive of the second half, Brady threw his second interception of the game, this one to Drayton Florence at the New England 49-yard line. San Diego then moved the ball to the 4-yard line, but on third and 1, linebacker Junior Seau tackled Michael Turner for a 2-yard loss and the Chargers had to settle for Kaeding's fourth field goal. New England responded with a drive to the San Diego 2-yard line, with Maroney gaining 39 yards on four running plays, but Chargers cornerback Antonio Cromartie ended the drive by intercepting Brady in the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0053-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 21, San Diego Chargers 12\nOn their first drive of the fourth quarter, New England moved the ball 67 yards and scored with Brady's 6-yard touchdown pass to Wes Welker, making the score 21\u201312. Following a Chargers punt, the Patriots ended the game with a 15-play drive that took the final 9:13 off the game clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0054-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, AFC: New England Patriots 21, San Diego Chargers 12\nThis was the third postseason meeting (and second consecutive) between the Chargers and Patriots. Both teams have split the prior two meetings. New England won last season's postseason meeting 24\u201321 in the 2006 AFC Divisional playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0055-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nSeventeen years to the day after their win over the 49ers in the 1990 NFC Championship Game, the Giants won the 2007 NFC Championship Game. And seventeen years to the day that Matt Bahr kicked the winning field goal to send the Giants to the Super Bowl, Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes did exactly the same thing. New York won its fourth NFC Championship Game in as many tries, and won their tenth consecutive game away from home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0056-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nFor the third playoff game in a row, Giants quarterback Eli Manning didn't throw a single interception, finishing the game with 254 yards. His top target was Plaxico Burress, who set a franchise postseason record with 11 receptions for 154 yards. Donald Driver was the Packers top receiver with five catches for 141 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0057-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nThe game was played in frigid conditions, with a gametime temperature of 0\u00a0\u00b0F/-18\u00a0\u00b0C and a wind chill of \u221223\u00a0\u00b0F/-30\u00a0\u00b0C. The Giants drove twice into Packers territory early, but were unable to score a touchdown on either drive and had to settle for two Tynes field goals. On the kickoff following the second field goal Packers return man Koren Robinson misplayed the ball and was forced to chase after it. Tramon Williams, the other returner on the play, recovered the ball at the Packers' 10-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0057-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nOn the first play of the ensuing drive Brett Favre responded by hitting Donald Driver on a 90-yard touchdown pass, which was the longest play in Green Bay postseason history and gave them a 7\u20136 lead. The Packers extended the lead to 10\u20136 on a second quarter Mason Crosby field goal and kept that lead into the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0058-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nThe Giants got the ball to start the second half and drove the ball 69 yards for a score, a one-yard run into the end zone by Brandon Jacobs. On the play prior to the touchdown Jacobs fumbled the ball at the one-yard line but tight end Kevin Boss of the Giants recovered. The Packers committed four penalties on the drive, one negating an Al Harris interception and another a roughing the passer penalty on a failed third down conversion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0059-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nWilliams' 49-yard return on the ensuing kickoff put the Packers in New York territory to start their response. The Giants appeared to stop the Packers drive after Driver caught a pass short of the first down, but Sam Madison was called for a personal foul which gave Green Bay a first down at the Giants' 12-yard line. On the next play Favre hit Donald Lee for a touchdown to retake the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0060-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nAlmost as quickly as the Packers scored, the Giants answered right back as Manning was given the ball at his own 43-yard line thanks to a short kick from Crosby and a 33-yard return from Domenik Hixon. Seven plays later, the Giants re-took the lead as Ahmad Bradshaw scored from four yards away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0061-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nOnce again, however, Favre and the Packers went down the field and into Giants territory, reaching the 31-yard line. On the second play of the fourth quarter, however, Favre threw a pass that R. W. McQuarters of the Giants intercepted and attempted to return. As he did so, Ryan Grant stripped the ball from McQuarters and it fell into the arms of Packers lineman Mark Tauscher. The sequence netted the Packers 12 yards, as Tauscher's recovery gave Green Bay the ball at the New York 19-yard line and a fresh set of downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0062-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nHowever, Green Bay did not gain a yard in three plays and Crosby was called on to kick a game-tying field goal, which he converted. The Giants then attempted to drive down the field and score on their third consecutive drive, and got into position for a go-ahead field goal. Tynes, however, missed from 43 yards and the game remained tied at 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0063-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nNeither the Packers nor the Giants had any success moving the ball on their next series, resulting in the Packers punting twice and the Giants once. On the second Green Bay punt McQuarters fumbled for the second time in the game. This time, the Giants were able to recover as Hixon fell on the ball after a scrum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0063-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nWith 2:15 remaining and the ball at the Packers' 48, Bradshaw took a hand-off from Manning on the first play of the drive and ran all the way for the apparent go-ahead touchdown, but Chris Snee was called for holding which nullified the play. Despite the penalty the Giants continued to drive, and with the ball at the Green Bay 18-yard line Tynes was called on again for a field goal with four seconds remaining. Once again, however, he did not make the kick, instead hooking the 36-yarder wide left and forcing overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0064-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nGreen Bay won the coin toss to start the extra period, but on the second play of overtime Favre's pass, which would be his last as a Packer, was intercepted by Giants defensive back Corey Webster, who returned the ball nine yards to the Green Bay 34-yard line. The Giants gained five yards on three plays and then sent Tynes out to try his fifth field goal of the game, and his longest attempt of the day (47 yards).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0064-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nJust as Bahr had done seventeen years prior to the day, Tynes connected on the game-winning field goal, clinching a fourth NFC Championship for the Giants and their first since 2000. The Giants, the NFC's #5 seed, became just the second NFC wild card team ever to win a conference championship (the 1975 Dallas Cowboys being the other) and the third team ever (and first NFC team) to reach the Super Bowl with three road playoff wins (joining the 1985 New England Patriots and the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers. The Green Bay Packers matched the feat three years later).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0065-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nThe game was the third ever conference championship game to be decided in overtime since the AFL/NFL merger, joining the 1986 AFC Championship Game and the 1998 NFC Championship Game. Tynes joined Rich Karlis and Morten Andersen as the only players to score the decisive points in an overtime conference championship game (coincidentally, all three players were members of the respective visiting teams in those years).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0065-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nSince, four more NFC Championship Games have gone to overtime, with the 2009 NFC Championship Game and the 2011 NFC Championship Game won by the Saints and Giants (Tynes would again kick the game-winning field goal in the 2011 game). Tynes also set a record for longest field goal by an opposing player in Lambeau Field playoff history with his game-winning kick. The first NFC Championship Game ending in overtime on a touchdown was the 2014 NFC Championship Game, won by the Seattle Seahawks. The 2018 NFC Championship Game also went into overtime, which was won by the Los Angeles Rams on a game-winning field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0066-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nThe Packers' loss was their third in the last five Lambeau Field playoff games and marked the first time that they had ever lost an NFL/NFC Championship Game at home (losing three previous games at the Polo Grounds, Franklin Field, and Texas Stadium).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0067-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nThis was the last time the Packers hosted the NFC Championship game until the 2020 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0068-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nThe game was featured as one of the NFL's Greatest Games as The Chilling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0069-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 20, 2008, NFC: New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)\nThis was the sixth postseason meeting between the Giants and Packers, with Green Bay winning four of the prior five games. The most recent meeting was won by Green Bay in the 1962 NFL Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 124], "content_span": [125, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194845-0070-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NFL playoffs, Super Bowl XLII: New York Giants 17, New England Patriots 14\nThis was the first Super Bowl meeting between the Giants and Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 82], "content_span": [83, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 NHL season was the 91st season of operation (90th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). It began on September 29, 2007, and the regular season ended April 6, 2008. The Stanley Cup playoffs ended on June 4, with the Detroit Red Wings taking the championship. The 56th NHL All-Star Game was held in Atlanta, Georgia, as the Atlanta Thrashers hosted the event at Philips Arena on January 27, 2008. The hosting by Atlanta was rescheduled from 2005, when a lockout cancelled the entire 2004\u201305 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, League business\nThe league announced that the regular season salary cap would be going up for the third consecutive season. The 2007\u201308 salary cap is being increased by US$6.3 million per team to bring the salary cap up to US$50.3 million. The salary floor is at US$34.3 million, which is 71.5% higher than the salary floor during the 2005\u201306 season. The season featured the debut of Reebok's new Rbk Edge hockey jerseys. This was the first league-wide uniform innovation in the history of any major North American professional sports league. Seven teams (Boston, Tampa Bay, Vancouver, Washington, Ottawa, San Jose and Columbus) unveiled new designs prior to the season's beginning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, League business\nOn March 1, 2007, the NHL announced the regular season would open on September 29, 2007, with the first of back-to-back games in London at The O2. They were the first NHL regular season games ever played in Europe. Both games featured the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings (who are owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group, the same company that owns The O2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, League business\nThe official average attendance per game was 17,625 per game. However, if the two games played at the O2 Arena are counted, the number is 17,309 per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, League business\nOn September 17, 2007, the NHL announced the first outdoor game in over four years would be played between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres at Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the National Football League's Buffalo Bills, on January 1, 2008. The event\u2014known as the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic\u2014was the first time an NHL regular-season game had been played outdoors in the United States, and it set an NHL attendance record of 71,217 people. The only previous outdoor NHL game was the 2003 Heritage Classic played between the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers at Commonwealth Stadium on November 22, 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, League business\nDuring board of governors meetings held on September 18, 2007, in Chicago, cities including Las Vegas, Kansas City, Houston, Milwaukee, Quebec City, Seattle and Winnipeg were discussed as possible expansion destinations. The NHL also discussed the current \"unbalanced\" schedule and voted on a new schedule format at a board meeting in November, so that all teams will play each other at least once and reduce intradivisional play in the 2008\u201309 season, in essence returning to the scheduling structure that existed in 2003\u201304, and would have existed in 2004\u201305. The sale of the Lightning and Predators teams were not completed for board approval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, League business, Rule changes\nA number of minor rule changes were introduced for the start of the 2007\u201308 season. Penalty shots can now be awarded when a player with the puck is hauled down from the centre line on in rather than from the opposition's blue-line as had been the case. Also, the interference rule was altered to allow for a major penalty and a game misconduct when an injury results. Another change affected faceoff placement: All faceoffs must be conducted at one of the nine dots painted on the rink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season\nThe New Jersey Devils began playing in their new arena, the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. However, since the arena was not ready by the beginning of the season, they began their season with a nine-game road trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season\nInter-conference division play had the Northeast visit the Pacific, the Pacific visit the Atlantic, the Atlantic visit the Northwest, the Northwest visit the Southeast, the Southeast visit the Central and the Central visit the Northeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season\nMichael Cammalleri of the Los Angeles Kings scored the first goal of the season against the Anaheim Ducks on September 29 in the opening game played in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season\nRichard Zednik of the Florida Panthers was severely injured after having his external carotid artery in his neck accidentally cut by the skate of teammate Olli Jokinen in a game against the Buffalo Sabres on February 10. Zednik fully recovered from the injury, but missed the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season\nThe Anaheim Ducks and Ottawa Senators matched up for the first time since the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals on March 3, 2008, in Anaheim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season\nThe Washington Capitals improved from 14th place in the previous season and last in the Eastern Conference during the first third of the 2007\u201308 season to finish as the third seed in the 2007\u201308 playoffs and winners of the Southeast Division. The turnaround was attributed mainly to the hiring of then-American Hockey League coach Bruce Boudreau, whose efforts won him the Jack Adams Award for the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season\nThe Detroit Red Wings won the Presidents' Trophy for finishing the regular season with the most points (115).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season\nFewer goals were scored in the regular season than in the 2006\u201307 season, with an average of 5.44 goals scored per game (6,691 goals over 1,230 games). Goaltenders combined for 161 shutouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nGP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings, Tiebreaking procedures\nWhere two or more clubs are tied in points at the end of the regular season, the standing of the clubs is determined in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 75], "content_span": [76, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. In the Stanley Cup Finals, home ice is determined based on regular season points; thus, the Detroit Red Wings had home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series follows a 2\u20132\u20131\u20131\u20131 format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for have games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for the other games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders\nGP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Milestones, Debuts\nThe following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 2007\u201308:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194846-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL season, Milestones, Last games\nThe following is a list of players of note who played their last NHL game in 2007\u201308, listed with their team:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194847-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NHL transactions\nThe following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2007\u201308 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194848-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the NJIT Highlanders men's basketball program in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. They are the first team to ever go 0\u201329. The closest they came to a win all year were two nine-point losses, 62\u201353 to Stony Brook and 67\u201358 to Lehigh. Head coach Jim Casciano and the entire team of men's basketball coaching staff stepped down after the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194849-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NK Dinamo Zagreb season\nThis article shows statistics of individual players for the football club Dinamo Zagreb It also lists all matches that Dinamo Zagreb played in the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194850-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NLA season\nThe 2007\u201308 National League A season, was the first ice hockey season of the National League A since the reorganization of the Swiss league and the 70th in the history of Swiss professional hockey. There were some rule changes to the standings and playoff format and the league officially changed its name to National League A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194850-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NLA season, Relegation\nEHC Biel, champions of the National League B, would later defeat EHC Basel Sharks, 4\u20130 to move up into the National League A. Therefore, Basel was relegated to the National League B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194851-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NOFV-Oberliga\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the NOFV-Oberliga was the fourteenth and last season of the league at tier four (IV) of the German football league system before the introduction of the 3. Liga in Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194851-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NOFV-Oberliga\nThe NOFV-Oberliga was split into two divisions, NOFV-Oberliga Nord and NOFV-Oberliga S\u00fcd. The clubs finishing in the top three positions were promoted directly to the 2008\u201309 Regionalliga Nord.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194852-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NOJHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 NOJHL season is the 30th season of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL). The six teams of the East and West Divisions will play 50-game schedules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194852-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NOJHL season\nCome February, the top teams of each division will play down for the Copeland-McNamara Trophy, the NOJHL championship. The winner of the Copeland-McNamara Trophy will compete in the Central Canadian Junior \"A\" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2008 Royal Bank Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194852-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NOJHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194852-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NOJHL season, Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship\nHosted by the Newmarket Hurricanes in Newmarket, Ontario. Sudbury finished in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194852-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NOJHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194852-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NOJHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194853-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NTFL season\nThe 2007/08 NTFL season was the 87th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194853-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 NTFL season\nSt Marys have won there 26th premiership title while defeating Waratah in the grand final by 96 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season\nThe 2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season began October 4, 2007. It was their tenth season in the National Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season\nThe 2007 off-season was dominated by the attempted purchase of the Predators by Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie, who signed a letter of intent to purchase the team for at least $220 million. The attempted sale led to widespread speculation that Balsillie intended to relocate the team to Hamilton, Ontario, if the Predators failed to reach a 14,000 paid average attendance in 2007\u201308, allowing the team to break its lease. Balsillie had already entered negotiations on a lease at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season\nDespite calling the negotiations a \"contingency plan,\" Balsillie petitioned the NHL to decide on his ability to relocate the franchise at the same time the NHL Board of Governors voted on his purchase of the team. However, the deal was ended by Predators Owner Craig Leipold on June 22, as he informed the NHL that he was pulling out of the agreement due to a lack of a finalized sale agreement and over concerns that Balsillie would relocate the team to Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season\nOn August 1, a group led by local businessman David Freeman issued a letter of intent to purchase the Predators. The sale was approved by the Board of Governors on November 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season\nIn January, it was revealed that former Predators Owner Craig Leipold was purchasing the majority share in the Minnesota Wild.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season, Regular season\nOn November 15, 2007, Martin Erat scored just 19 seconds into the overtime period to give the Predators a 5\u20134 home win over the Chicago Blackhawks. The Thrashers' Marian Hossa would tie that mark in overtime on December 23, 2007, in a 3\u20132 Atlanta road win over the St. Louis Blues. Both goals would prove to be the fastest overtime goals scored during the 2007\u201308 regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season, Player stats, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season, Awards and records, Records\nOn March 30, goaltender Dan Ellis had a 233:39 long shutout streak snapped in a 1\u20130 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings. This was the fifth longest shutout streak in league history", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season, Transactions\nThe Predators were involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season, Draft picks\nNashville's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Predators possess the 23rd overall pick in the draft. The pick was originally traded to the Philadelphia Flyers when the Predators acquired Peter Forsberg. Nashville re-acquired the pick, however, on June 18 in exchange for Scott Hartnell and Kimmo Timonen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season, Farm teams, Milwaukee Admirals\nThe Milwaukee Admirals are the Predators' top affiliate, playing in the American Hockey League in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194854-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nashville Predators season, Farm teams, New Mexico Scorpions\nThe New Mexico Scorpions were a Predators' affiliate, playing in the Central Hockey League in 2007\u201308. On July 2, 2009, the Scorpions ceased operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One\nThe 2007\u201308 National Division One was the 21st full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship. New teams included Northampton Saints (relegated from the Guinness Premiership 2006-07) and Esher and Launceston (both promoted from National Division Two 2006-07). After two seasons Rotherham dropped the 'Earth' from their name to return to 'Rotherham Titans' (which they had been rebranded to in 2005 for the 2005-06 season) as sponsor Earth Mortgages ran into financial difficulties and Complete Technical Services instead became the club's new sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One\nFollowing their relegation from the previous season, Northampton Saints won the National Division One title at the first attempt and returned to the Guinness Premiership for season 2008\u201309 with Chris Ashton setting what was then the English league try record of 39 tries in a season (although Phil Chesters broke this record with 70 tries in a season in tier 4, Ashton's still stands as the highest ever in tier 2). Exeter Chiefs finished in second place, and Pertemp Bees and Launceston were relegated to the 2008\u201309 National Division Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Team\n96 - 3 Northampton Saints at home to Sedgley Park on 26 January 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Team\n59 - 8 Northampton Saints away to Sedgley Park on 6 October 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Team\n96 - 3 Northampton Saints at home to Sedgley Park on 26 January 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Team\nNorthampton Saints at home to Sedgley Park on 26 January 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Team\nNorthampton Saints at home to Sedgley Park on 26 January 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Team\nCornish Pirates at home to Exeter Chiefs on 7 October 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Team\nExeter Chiefs away to Plymouth Albion on 8 September 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Player\nBruce Reihana for Northampton Saints at home to Sedgley Park on 26 January 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Player\nChris Ashton for Northampton Saints at home to Launceston on 26 April 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Player\nBruce Reihana for Northampton Saints at home to Sedgley Park on 26 January 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Player\nGareth Steenson for Cornish Pirates at home to Exeter Chiefs on 7 October 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Player\nDanny Gray for Exeter Chiefs away to Plymouth Albion on 8 September 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Attendances\nNorthampton Saints at home to Exeter Chiefs on 22 March 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194855-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division One, Season records, Attendances\nPertemps Bees (twice) at home to Plymouth Albion on 15 September 2007 & Esher on 10 November 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North\nThe 2007\u201308 National Division Three North was the eighth season (nineteenth overall) of the fourth division (north) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three North. New teams to the division included Bradford & Bingley and Harrogate who were relegated from the 2006\u201307 National Division Two, while promoted teams included Caldy (champions) and Beverley (playoffs), both coming up from North Division 1, with no team from Midlands Division 1 as the winners of that league, Luton, went into National Division Three South instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North\nThe league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National Division Two while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National Division Three South (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North\nAt the end of the season the league champions were Tynedale, who made up for the disappointment of missing out on promotion from last season's playoffs by winning the title at a canter, finishing ahead of 2nd placed Darlington Mowden Park by a massive 29 points and qualifying directly for the 2008\u201309 National Division Two. As runners up Darlington Mowden Park had to go down to the 2007\u201308 National Division Three South runners up Cinderford for their playoff game, losing a tight encounter that finished 15 - 14 to the Gloucestershire side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North\nThe rest of the league was extremely tight, although the relegated sides all probably deserved to go down in terms of results with newly promoted Beverley, West Park St Helens and Morley being the three sides to go down. All three sides would drop to North Division 1 for the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Results, Promotion play-off\nThe league runners up of National Division Three South and North would meet in a playoff game for promotion to National Division Two. Cinderford were the southern division runners up and as they had a superior league record than northern runners-up, Darlington Mowden Park, they hosted the play-off match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Team\n74 - 0  Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Team\n54 - 5  Leicester Lions away to Beverley on 26 January 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Team\n74 - 0  Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Team\nDarlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007Fylde at home to Beverley on 12 April 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Team\nDarlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007Fylde at home to Beverley on 12 April 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Team\nPreston Grasshoppers at home to Morley on 20 October 2007Macclesfield at home to Rugby Lions on 2 February 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Team\nWest Park St Helens away to Beverley on 6 October 2007Fylde at home to Hull Ionians on 1 December 2007Fylde away to Beverley on 15 December 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Player\nJon Boden for Leicester Lions at home to Hull Ionians on 19 January 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Player\nLisiate Tafa for Bradford & Bingley away to Fylde on 6 October 2007 Gareth Roberts for Leicester Lions away to Beverley on 26 January 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Player\nStephen Nutt for Fylde at home to Beverley on 12 April 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Player\nGerhard Boshoff for Preston Grasshoppers at home to Morley on 20 October 2007 Ross Winney for Macclesfield at home to Rugby Lions on 2 February 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Player\nRob Hitchmough for West Park St Helens away to Beverley on 6 October 2007 John Armstrong for Fylde at home to Hull Ionians on 1 December 2007 John Armstrong for Fylde away to Beverley on 15 December 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Attendances\nPreston Grasshoppers at home to Fylde on 22 December 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194856-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three North, Season records, Attendances\nWest Park St Helens at home to Leicester Lions on 15 December 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South\nThe 2007\u201308 National Division Three South was the eighth season (21st overall)  of the fourth division (south) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three South. New teams to the division included Barking who were relegated from the 2006\u201307 National Division Two while promoted sides included London Scottish (champions) and Ealing (playoffs) who came up from London Division 1, Mounts Bay who came up as champions of South West Division 1 and Luton who were Midlands Division 1 champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South\nIn the case of Luton, Midlands league champions usually moved up to National Division Three North but due to number imbalances in that division, for this season, they would go into National Division Three South instead. The league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National Division Two while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National Division Three North (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South\nIn what was a very competitive league there were a number of teams tipped to go up but in the end it was Mounts Bay who came out on top as champions 12 points clear and sealing promotion to the 2008\u201309 National Division Two - part of an incredible sequence of six successive promotions stretching back to Cornwall 1 in 2003-04. The battle for the runner up spot was keenly contested between Cinderford and newly promoted Ealing Trailfinders but in the end the Gloucestershire side took second spot despite losing their final game to the west Londoners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South\nCinderford would join Mounts Bay in National Division Two after defeating 2007\u201308 National Division Three North runners up  Darlington Mowden Park in a very close playoff game viewed by over 2,000 spectators at Dockham Road. At the other end of the table newly promoted Luton went straight back down as the worst side in the division followed by  North Walsham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0001-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South\nThe third and final relegation spot was very closely contested but eventually Clifton went down just 1 point behind relegation rivals Barking and Havant - a last gasp away victory against relegation rivals Havant not being enough as Barking had a shock win against champions Mount Bays to keep them up instead. Luton and North Walsham would drop to London Division 1 while Clifton would go into South West Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South, Results, Promotion play-off\nThe league runners up of National Division Three South and North would meet in a playoff game for promotion to National Division Two. Cinderford were the southern division runners up and as they had a superior league record than northern runners-up, Darlington Mowden Park, they hosted the play-off match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South, Season records, Team\n61 - 0 Cinderford at home to North Walsham on 22 September 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South, Season records, Team\n39 - 0 Cinderford away to Havant on 27 October 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South, Season records, Team\n71 - 17 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Clifton on 20 October 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South, Season records, Team\nCinderford at home to North Walsham on 22 September 2007Ealing Trailfinders at home to Clifton on 20 October 2007London Scottish at home to Luton on 19 January 2008Mounts Bay v Luton on 15 March 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South, Season records, Team\nEaling Trailfinders at home to Clifton on 20 October 2007Mounts Bay v Luton on 15 March 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South, Season records, Team\nMounts Bay away to Ealing Trailfinders on 3 November 2007Luton at home to North Walsham on 22 December 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South, Season records, Player\nLee Jarvis for Mounts Bay away to Bridgwater & Albion on 8 September 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South, Season records, Player\nStuart Peel for London Scottish at home to Barking on 20 October 2007 Gert De Kock for Canterbury at home to Barking on 12 April 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South, Season records, Player\nLee Jarvis for Mounts Bay at home to Barking on 1 September 2007 Ben Ward for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Clifton on 20 October 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194857-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Three South, Season records, Player\nTim Mosey for Mounts Bay away to Ealing Trailfinders on 3 November 2007 Lee Jarvis for Mounts Bay at home to Lydney on 10 November 2007 Andy Davey for Luton at home to North Walsham on 22 December 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two\nThe 2007\u201308 National Division Two was the eighth version (twenty first overall) of the third division of the English rugby union league system using the name National Division Two. New teams to the division included Waterloo and Otley who were relegated from the 2006\u201307 National Division One while promoted teams included Blaydon coming up from the 2006\u201307 National Division Three North while Southend (champions) and Westcombe Park (playoffs) came up from the 2006\u201307 National Division Three South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two\nAt the end of the season Otley made an instant return to their former division by beating runners up Manchester to the title by just one point, with Manchester also gaining promotion by virtue of their second-place finish - both teams would be promoted to the 2008\u201309 National Division One. Relegated teams included Halifax, Henley Hawks and Nuneaton with Halifax picking up just two wins all season. Halifax and Nuneaton would drop to the 2008\u201309 National Division Three North while Henley Hawks would go into the 2008\u201309 National Division Three South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two\nOne of the more bizarre events to take place over the season was Redruth's game away at Cambridge. Trailing 30 \u2013 0 at half time the Reds returned to their dressing room to find that it had been raided by thieves while they had been playing. Incensed at the missing valuables, including wedding rings, the Redruth team refused to come out for the second half. This led to the game finishing 30 \u2013 0 to Cambridge (who also got a bonus point for scoring four tries) and the RFU would dock Redruth 10 points for failing to complete the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two, Season records, Team\n67 - 3 Manchester at home to Halifax on 22 March 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two, Season records, Team\n39 - 8 Westcombe Park away to Nuneaton on 16 February 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two, Season records, Team\n67 - 15 Westcombe Park at home to Nuneaton on 20 October 200767 - 3 Manchester at home to Halifax on 22 March 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two, Season records, Team\nWestcombe Park at home to Nuneaton on 20 October 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two, Season records, Team\nWestcombe Park at home to Halifax on 5 January 2008Manchester at home to Blaydon on 8 March 2008Southend at home to Henley Hawks on 15 March 2008Manchester at home to Halifax on 22 March 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two, Season records, Team\nNuneaton away to Blaydon on 13 October 2007Nuneaton away to Halifax on 27 October 2007Stourbridge at home to Otley on 15 March 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two, Season records, Player\nRobin Kitching for Otley at home to Blackheath on 19 April 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two, Season records, Player\nAdam Slade for Westcombe Park at home to Nuneaton on 20 October 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two, Season records, Player\nPaul Trendell for Westcombe Park at home to Halifax on 5 January 2008 Gareth Wynne for Manchester at home to Blaydon on 8 March 2008 Gareth Wynne for Manchester at home to Halifax on 22 March 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two, Season records, Player\nHoward Graham for Nuneaton away to Blaydon on 13 October 2007 Rob Cook for Nuneaton away to Halifax on 27 October 2007 Rod Petty for Stourbridge at home to Otley on 15 March 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194858-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Division Two, Season records, Attendances\nBlackheath at home to Westcombe Park on 24 November 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194859-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 National Premier League (known as the Wray & Nephew National Premier League for sponsorship purposes) was contested by the twelve teams in the top tier of association football in Jamaica. The league was split into a champions group and relegation group after 33 matches. Both groups then played five more matches within that group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194859-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Premier League\nThe Parish of St. James will be without a team in the 2008/09 NPL season for the first time in history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194859-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 National Premier League\nThe main sponsor of the league was terminated due to non-payment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194860-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Neftchi Baku PFK season\nThe Neftchi Baku 2007\u201308 season was Neftchi Baku's sixteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season. They started the season under the management of Gurban Gurbanov who was replaced by Vlastimil Petr\u017eela after the UEFA Cup qualifiers  at the start of September. Petr\u017eela was replaced by Anatoliy Demyanenko on 5 January 2008. They finished 3rd  in the league and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the semifinal stage by Inter Baku. Neftchi also took part in the UEFA Cup, being eliminated at the First qualifying round by SV Ried of Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194860-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194860-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194860-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194860-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194860-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194861-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I\nThe 2007\u201308 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, also known as NB I, was the 106th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named Soproni Liga for sponsoring reasons. The season started on 20 July 2007 and ended on 2 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194862-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's handball), Regular season, Standings (Group A)\nPld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194862-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's handball), Regular season, Results (Group A)\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194862-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's handball), Regular season, Standings (Group B)\nPld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194862-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's handball), Regular season, Results (Group B)\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194862-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's handball), Champion Play-off, Final Standings\nPld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 80], "content_span": [81, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194862-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's handball), Relegation Round, Final Standings\nPld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194863-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II\nThe 2007\u201308 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II was Hungary's the 57th season of the Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194864-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Netball Superleague season\nThe 2007\u201308 Co-operative Netball Superleague season was won by Galleria Mavericks after they defeated Loughborough Lightning in the grand final. This was Mavericks first title win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194864-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Netball Superleague season, Overview\nThe season started in October 2007 and was concluded in April 2008 with the grand final. Sky Sports continued to broadcast matches and The Co-operative Group became the Netball Superleague's new sponsor. Loughborough Lightning finished top of the table with the conclusion of the regular season but it was Galleria Mavericks who finished as champions after they defeated Lightning in the grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194864-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Netball Superleague season, Regular season\nAfter winning 13 of their 14 matches, Loughborough Lightning finished top of the table with the conclusion of the regular season. The only team to beat Lightning during the regular season was Team Northumbria. With a team that included Megan Hutton, they enjoyed their best season in the Netball Superleague, finishing second during the regular season and qualifying for the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194864-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Netball Superleague season, Play-offs\nThe play-offs utilised the Page\u2013McIntyre system to determine the two grand finalists. This saw the top two from the regular season, Loughborough Lightning and Team Northumbria, play each other, with the winner going straight through to the grand final. The loser get a second chance to reach the grand final via the minor final. The third and fourth placed teams, Team Bath and Galleria Mavericks also play each other, and the winner advances to the minor final. The winner of the minor final qualifies for the grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194865-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey season\nThe New Hampshire Wildcats women\u2019s ice hockey team represents the University of New Hampshire. The Wildcats won the 2008 Hockey East championship and participated in the NCAA Frozen Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194866-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Devils season\nThe 2007\u201308 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 26th in the National Hockey League (NHL) since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. It was the first season the team had played home games anywhere other than Continental Airlines Arena, as the Devils relocated to the newly built Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The season was Brent Sutter's first as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194866-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Devils season, Regular season\nUnder new coach Brent Sutter and many roster changes, including the departures of Brian Rafalski and Scott Gomez, the Devils began the first nine games of the season on the road while construction was being finished up at the Prudential Center. The team struggled in the first 19 games, going 7\u201310\u20132. The Devils were shut out a league-high 11 times during the regular season. Despite this, they still qualified for the playoffs with 99 points, placing second in the Atlantic Division and fourth in the Eastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194866-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Devils season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194866-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Devils season, Regular season, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194866-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Devils season, Playoffs\nThe New Jersey Devils clinched a playoff spot following a 2\u20131 overtime victory against the New York Islanders on April 1, 2008, their 79th game of the season. They were the third team in the East to clinch a spot in the playoffs, and finished fourth in the Eastern Conference with 99 points. This was their 11th consecutive trip to the playoffs, and their 18th overall since making the playoffs for the first time during the 1987\u201388 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194866-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Devils season, Playoffs\nThe New Jersey Devils played the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Quarter-finals, losing the series 4\u20131, including three losses at their home arena in Newark. This was the fifth meeting between the two clubs. The Rangers took the first three series, winning 4 games to 3 in the 1992 Patrick Division Semi-finals, 4\u20133 again in the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, and 4\u20131 in the 1997 Eastern Conference Semi-finals. Most recently, the Devils swept the Rangers in the 2006 Eastern Conference Quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194866-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Devils season, Media\nTelevision coverage was on FSN New York (formerly SportsChannel New York and FOX Sports Net New York) with Mike Emrick and Chico Resch providing play-by-play with Steve Cangialosi and  former Devil Ken Daneyko as color commentators. FSN New York, which was owned by Cablevision which at the time also owned MSG Network, was re-branded MSG Plus the following season. Radio coverage was still on WFAN 660 with Matt Loughlin and Sherry Ross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194866-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Devils season, Player statistics, Playoffs\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194866-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Devils season, Transactions\nThe Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194866-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Devils season, Draft picks\nNew Jersey's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194867-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Nets season\nThe 2007\u201308 New Jersey Nets season was the 41st season, 32nd in the NBA basketball in East Rutherford, New Jersey. In midseason, All-Star point guard Jason Kidd was shipped to the Dallas Mavericks, the team where he began his career. He would later help the Mavericks win their first ever NBA championship in 2011. Kidd would later return to the Nets, in Brooklyn, as their head coach for the 2013\u201314 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194867-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Jersey Nets season, Transactions\nThe Nets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194868-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season\nThe 2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season was the Hornets' 6th season in the National Basketball Association. They returned to New Orleans full-time for the first time since 2004\u201305. The Hornets had the sixth best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194868-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season\nAlthough they declined an option to play part of this season at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as they did for most of the previous two seasons, they did play their first preseason game at the Ford Center on October 9 for a final curtain call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194868-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season\nOn February 21, 2008 Bobby Jackson was traded to the Houston Rockets along with teammate Adam Haluska for Bonzi Wells and Mike James  as part of a three team deal involving Houston and the Memphis Grizzlies. Also, Marcus Vinicius was traded to the Rockets where they traded him to the Memphis Grizzlies to gain the rights to Malick Badiane and Sergei Lishouk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194868-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season\nThe Hornets finished the regular season with a record of 56\u201326, good enough for winning the Southwest Division. This title was clinched with their win over the Los Angeles Clippers on April 15, and marks the first division title for the franchise. Their record also ensured the 2nd seed for the Western Conference playoffs. The Hornets closed the season with a 30\u201311 record at home along with a 26\u201315 road record. It is the only season in New Orleans franchise history that they have won 50 games in a season. The Hornet's accomplishments in the season earned coach Byron Scott theNBA Coach of the Year award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194868-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season\nOn April 29 won game 5 of their first round playoff series vs. the 7th seeded Dallas Mavericks, thereby winning the series 4\u20131. This mark the first time in franchise history that they have won a seven-game playoff series. In his post-season debut, Chris Paul became the first player in NBA history to have at least 30 points and 10 assists in his first two playoff games. On May 19 the Hornets season ended after they were eliminated in game 7 by the defending champions San Antonio Spurs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194868-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season\nThis was the first and only time a non Texas based franchise would win the Southwest Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194868-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season\nThe team would not win another playoffs series until the 2017-18 season where they upset the 3rd seeded Portland Trail Blazers with an astonishing sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194868-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season, NBA All-Star Game\nByron Scott was named the Western Conference Team head coach for the NBA All-Star Game on February 17, 2008. It came after the Dallas Mavericks lost to the Boston Celtics on January 31. He was the first hornets head coach to ever coach in an NBA All-Star Game in the whole franchise history. Chris Paul and David West were also named reserves for the game. This would be the first All-Star appearance for the both of them. In addition, Peja Stojakovi\u0107 participated in the Three Point Shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194868-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season, Draft picks\nNew Orleans' selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194868-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season, Awards and records, Milestones, Playoffs\n\u2022 Paul first player in history with back-to-back 30-pt, 10-ast, 3-steal games. Also first player in history with 30 points and 10 assists in first two career playoff games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194868-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Orleans Hornets season, Transactions\nThe Hornets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season\nThe 2007\u201308 New York Islanders season was the 36th season in the franchise's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season, Offseason\nForward Bill Guerin is named team captain, replacing departed forward Alexei Yashin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season, Regular season\nExcluding five shootout-winning goals, the Islanders finished the regular season with 189 goals for, the fewest of all 30 teams in the NHL. They also allowed the most shorthanded goals in the NHL, with 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season, Regular season, Significant events\nAn early season highlight occurred on November 3, 2007, when Al Arbour returned to coach his 1,500th game for the Islanders at the behest of Ted Nolan, who wanted Arbour's regular season games coached total to reach 1,500, a round number. The Islanders came from behind to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3\u20132, which extended Arbour's NHL record for most games coached with one team and extended his NHL record 740 regular season wins with one team. Afterwards, in a post-game ceremony, the Islanders raised a new banner to honor Arbour's 1500th game coached for the Islanders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season, Regular season, Significant events\nOn January 22, 2008, the Islanders scored three short-handed goals in a 6\u20133 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season, Standings, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season, Standings, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season, Playoffs\nFans and players had high hopes the 2007-08 season because the team made the playoffs the previous year and were hoping for a playoff clinch repeat. However, the season ended in disappointment as the Islanders missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2005-06 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season, Transactions\nThe Islanders were involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194869-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Islanders season, Draft picks\nNew York's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194870-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Knicks season\nThe 2007\u201308 New York Knicks season was the 62nd season of NBA basketball in New York City. It began in October and ended with a loss against the Pacers in April. The Knicks missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year and equalled the most losses in a season in franchise history. As a result, Isiah Thomas was fired from GM & head coach with Donnie Walsh saying ''...we reached a point this season when our team didn't compete for a long time.''", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194870-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Knicks season, Draft picks\nNew York's selection from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194870-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Knicks season, Transactions\nThe Knicks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season\nThe 2007\u201308 New York Rangers season was the National Hockey League franchise's 81st season of play and their 82nd season overall. In 2006\u201307, an impressive late season run brought the team from 12th to 6th place in the Eastern Conference, but the team ran out of steam in the Conference semi-finals before losing in six games to the Buffalo Sabres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season\nThe off-season began in late June with the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Rangers had the 17th overall pick in the first round, yet came away with a steal as Russian superstar Alexei Cherepanov fell for the taking, despite being considered by many rankings to be a top five prospect, and the top European available in the draft. A variety of reasons have been postulated for Cherepanov's drop, most notably, the lack of a new transfer agreement between the National Hockey League and the International Ice Hockey Federation concerning players from Russia. In the second round, the Rangers selected goaltender Antoine Lafleur from the P.E.I. Rocket of the QMJHL. Lafleur was ranked #3 among North American goaltenders by NHL Central Scouting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season\nThe Rangers made a tremendous splash on July 1, the first day of free agency. Within a 30-minute span on that Sunday evening, the Rangers announced the signings of the two most coveted centers available: Scott Gomez from the rival New Jersey Devils and Chris Drury from the Buffalo Sabres. As both players had worn number 23 with their previous teams, general manager Glen Sather flipped a puck at their introductory press conference to determine who would wear number 23 on the Rangers; the winner was Drury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season\nAfter these signings, left out of the picture was center Michael Nylander, who had reportedly signed with the Edmonton Oilers, but then actually signed with the Washington Capitals. In addition, the Rangers also lost Jed Ortmeyer, Brad Isbister, Karel Rachunek and Kevin Weekes to the free agency market, the latter two signing with the rival New Jersey Devils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season\nThe Rangers re-signed a number of their own free agents, including Jason Strudwick, Petr Prucha and Brendan Shanahan. Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and forward Marcel Hossa had been designated for salary arbitration, but both signed contracts before reaching their respective hearings. Sean Avery did go through arbitration and was awarded a one-year deal worth $1.9\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season\nThe multitude of high-profile free agent signings in July left the Rangers dangerously close to the league's $50.3\u00a0million salary cap. This effectively forced the Rangers to deal Matt Cullen and his $2.875\u00a0million per year cap number back to the Carolina Hurricanes. At the start of the season, the Rangers total cap number was over the league maximum, but player bonuses can be deferred to the next season if it causes a team to exceed the upper limit of the salary cap, so the Rangers were in compliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season\nOn April 3, 2008, the New York Rangers clinched a playoff berth for the third consecutive season in a 3\u20130 win against their crosstown rival Islanders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Regular season\nThe Rangers had the most shutouts of all 30 teams in the League, with 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 126]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Playoffs\nThe New York Rangers ended the 2007\u201308 regular season as the Eastern Conference's fifth seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Playoffs\nThe Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils in the Eastern Conference quarter-finals in five games. This was the fifth playoff meeting between the two clubs, with the Rangers having won four of those series. They were eventually eliminated in the Eastern Conference semi-finals by the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. \u2021Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Transactions\nThe Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Draft picks\nNew York's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio, at the Nationwide Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Farm teams, Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 11th season of AHL hockey for the franchise. The team's status as the Rangers' highest-level minor-league affiliate became questionable when Northland AEG LLC purchased the Hartford Civic Center from Madison Square Garden, L.P.; however, on May 29, 2007, it was announced that the franchise will remain in Hartford and will remain affiliated with the Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Farm teams, Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)\nHartford finished the regular season with a record of 50\u201320\u20132\u20138 for a total of 110 points, a franchise high. P. A. Parenteau led the team with 81 points in 75 games, and team captain Andrew Hutchinson won the Eddie Shore Award as the league's top defenseman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Farm teams, Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)\nPortland eliminated Hartford from the playoffs in 5 games, marking two consecutive season's that the Wolf Pack failed to advance past the 1st round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Farm teams, Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 15th season of ECHL hockey for the franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194871-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New York Rangers season, Farm teams, Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)\nCharlotte finished the regular season with a record of 34\u201331\u20131\u20136 for a total of 75 points. Gwinnett eliminated the Checkers from the playoffs in 3 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194872-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Zealand Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007\u201308 New Zealand Figure Skating Championships was held at the Alpine Ice Sports Center in Christchurch from 10 through 14 September 2007. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and synchronized skating across many levels, including senior, junior, novice, adult, and the pre-novice disciplines of juvenile, pre-primary, primary, and intermediate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194873-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Zealand Football Championship\nThe 2007-08 New Zealand Football Championship was the fourth season which began on 3 November 2007 and ended on 20 April 2008. Waitakere United won both the premiership and the grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194873-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 New Zealand Football Championship, Finals\nThe top 3 ranked teams of the regular season will qualify for the NZFC playoffs. Teams ranked second and third will play off in a preliminary final, the winner of which playing the first ranked team in the grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194874-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle Jets FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Newcastle Jets' third season in the Hyundai A-League and their most successful, placing second in the regular season, and defeating Central Coast Mariners in the Grand Final to be crowned the 2007\u201308 Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194874-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle Jets FC season, Players, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Newcastle United participated in the Premier League. Newcastle started the season reasonably well under the management of Sam Allardyce and looked to be in the hunt for European places by the end of October, but a poor November saw the team slide down the table as fans began doubting Allardyce's ability. Despite a reasonable upturn in early December, the team fell further form wise and in the end Mike Ashley chose to terminate Allardyce's contract by mutual consent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season\nTo the surprise of many football fans, the club re-appointed Kevin Keegan as manager, but he was unable to stop the team sliding down the league and fans begun to doubt the appointment. However, Keegan was able to save Newcastle from relegation and the club finished the season in 12th. The team kit for the 2007\u201308 season was produced by Adidas. The main shirt sponsor was Northern Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nManager Sam Allardyce signed several players, including David Rozehnal, Ca\u00e7apa, Habib Beye, Alan Smith, Joey Barton and Mark Viduka. The season started brightly for Newcastle, with two wins and two draws from their first five games, but they then became the first (and only) side to lose to Derby County that season. Newcastle won only five out of their next 25 Premier League games and could only draw with Derby in the reverse fixture. They also made a third round exit to Arsenal in the League Cup, but made a FA Cup third round draw with Championship club Stoke City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nThe game against Stoke, however, proved to be Allardyce's last in charge of Newcastle; three days later he was sacked by owner Mike Ashley after pressure from the fans, who were unimpressed with his exclusion of fan favourites from the starting line-up and poor results, despite Allardyce only having been there eight months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nCritics consistently questioned Allardyce's exit from the club, claiming he may not have been given the time needed to impact upon the club in the build-up to the next appointment. There were a number of candidates lined up for the job, including Harry Redknapp, Didier Deschamps, G\u00e9rard Houllier and even former England and Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren. Redknapp turned down the opportunity to manage the club, claiming he felt his job at Portsmouth was yet to be completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nOn 16 January, it was sensationally announced that Kevin Keegan would be returning to the club for a third time, after previous spells both as a player and manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nThe announcement had an immediate impact. On that day the club had a scheduled FA Cup third round replay against Stoke City at home, which was not expected to reach even half capacity; but, upon distribution of the news, 20,000 extra tickets were sold within a couple of hours and the kick-off was delayed to allow the extra fans time to get into the game. The Keegan effect seemed to work on the pitch too as Newcastle convincingly beat Stoke 4\u20131, even though he was not in the dugout for the match, having arrived during the first half to sit with owner Mike Ashley and the directors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nShortly after his appointment, Dennis Wise left his position as manager at Leeds United to become director of football at Newcastle. The creation of the new role at the club proved questionable amongst critics and fans, but both Wise and Keegan insisted that the manager would have the final say in all matters regarding the squad. Further appointments saw Tony Jimenez join the club as the vice-president of player recruitment and Jeff Vetere as technical co-ordinator. The idea was to complete a continental-style management structure working in support of Keegan, with Wise and Vetere making the initial assessment before calling in Jimenez to do the deal. David Williamson was also appointed, as director of operations in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nKeegan's comeback initially did not live up to expectations, with a run of eight games without a win, an FA Cup exit and talk even of a relegation battle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nMarch proved to be a turning point, and, following a change to an attacking line-up with Owen supporting Martins and Viduka up front, the team started to produce results in time for Keegan to maintain his perfect record in the Tyne-Wear derby with a 2\u20130 home win on 20 April, which put Newcastle's survival beyond all doubt and allowed Keegan to plan for his stated contract length of the next three seasons at the club. With a 2\u20132 away draw for the following game at West Ham United, the eight-game run of no wins had been turned into a seven-game unbeaten run with two games left to the end of the season. In the final table, Newcastle occupied 12th place on 43 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nOn 22 May, Habib Beye, signed by Allardyce at the start of the season, was named Newcastle's player of the season based on fan votes to a poll organised by the Evening Chronicle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194875-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Newcastle United F.C. season, Players, Trialists\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194876-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League season\nThe 2007\u201308 Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League season finished with the Indios del B\u00f3er winning the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194876-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League season, Final Series\nIndios del B\u00f3er - Fieras del San Fernando 4-2 wins", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 68], "content_span": [69, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194877-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Roy Williams. The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194877-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe Tar Heels began the season ranked atop both major polls, and stayed there for the first two months of the season despite closer-than-expected games against Davidson and Clemson. They suffered their first loss of the season against Maryland on January 19. Three games later, point guard Ty Lawson twisted his ankle and missed most of February. Despite this, the Tar Heels didn't miss a beat, going  8\u20131 the rest of the way. They regained the top spot in the polls in late February and held it for the rest of the season. They clinched their 26th ACC regular season title by avenging their earlier loss to Duke in the last game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194877-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nIn the ACC Tournament held in Charlotte, the top-seeded Tar Heels defeated Florida State, Virginia Tech and Clemson to win their 17th conference tournament title. In so doing, they went into the NCAA Tournament with a 32\u20132 record\u2014the most wins going into the tourney in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194877-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nIn the NCAA Tournament, the Tar Heels were seeded first in the East Regional, and were also the overall top seed in the tournament. They routed Mount St. Mary's and Arkansas while playing just 30 minutes from campus at the RBC Center in Raleigh. They were no less dominant in the regional phase in Charlotte, scoring convincing wins over Washington State and Louisville to make their 17th trip to the Final Four, but in their national semifinal game, they lost to Kansas, who went on to win the national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194877-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nRemarkably, the Tar Heels made the Final Four while not having to leave the state of North Carolina for a little over a month (a total of 10 games), and while notching two losses at the Smith Center\u2014an arena where they have traditionally been all but unbeatable. They also set a school record for wins in a season, with 36. With Memphis having its 38-win 2007\u201308 season vacated by the NCAA, the 2007\u201308 Tar Heels' 36 wins are now the second-most in Division I history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194878-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team (often referred to as \"North Texas\" or the \"Mean Green\") represents the University of North Texas in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. The team is led by head coach Johnny Jones. In 2006\u201307, North Texas set a new school-record with 23 wins, also the Mean Green won its first Sun Belt Conference title and advanced for only the second time to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The Mean Green play their home games on campus at the Super Pit in Denton, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194879-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 North West Counties Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 North West Counties Football League season was the 26th in the history of the North West Counties Football League in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Division One and Division Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194880-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northampton Town F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season is the 30th season in the fourth division of English football, and their 93rd season as a professional club played by Northampton Town F.C., a football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194881-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Counties East Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 26th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194881-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Counties East Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs, promoted from Division One:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194881-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Counties East Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194882-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Northern Football League season was the 110th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194882-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194882-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Football League, Division One\nAlso, Dunston Federation Brewery changed name to Dunston Federation, while Newcastle Benfield (Bay Plastics) changed name to Newcastle Benfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194882-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Football League, Division Two\nDivision Two featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194883-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 is the 40th season for the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the first season for the Northern Premier League Division One North and South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194883-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Premier League\nCreated as part of non-league restructuring, the Division One leagues temporarily have 18 teams each, with a targeted number of 22 teams. To help increase the league to 20 teams for next season there will only be one relegation this year per league. Many clubs expressed their concern that a 34 game season would be too short. To remedy this, clubs will play an extra 8 games (4 home, 4 away) against teams within geographically related groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194883-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Premier League, Division One North\nThis was the first season of the Northern Premier League Division One North. It Featured six new teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194883-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Premier League, Division One North, Fixture increase\nThe following are the groups which decided the extra 8 games for all teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194883-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Premier League, Division One South\nThis was the first season of the Northern Premier League Division One South. It featured seven new teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194883-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Premier League, Division One South, Fixture increase\nThe following are the groups which decided the extra 8 games for all teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194883-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Premier League, Cup results\nChairman's Cup: Between Champions of NPL Division One North and NPL Division One South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194883-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Premier League, Cup results\nPeter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the Chairmans Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194883-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Northern Premier League, Cup results\n1 Retford United qualified but its ground standards were not high enough for it to play in the shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194884-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Norwich City F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Norwich City's third consecutive year in the Football League Championship. This article shows statistics and lists all matches that Norwich City played in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194884-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Norwich City F.C. season, Season summary\nNorwich had a busy summer with Peter Grant bringing in 9 players, which included goalkeeper David Marshall and former players Jamie Cureton and Darel Russell making returns to Carrow Road. 10 players departed Norwich, most notably Dickson Etuhu and Robert Earnshaw, while Darren Huckerby caused controversy by criticizing the club for selling their best players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194884-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Norwich City F.C. season, Season summary\nNorwich started off with a goalless draw away at Preston and a 2\u20131 win over Southampton, but after this Norwich endured a horrendous run of form, winning 1 league game in 8. After a 1\u20130 away defeat to QPR, Grant and City parted company by mutual consent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194884-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Norwich City F.C. season, Season summary\nJim Duffy took over as caretaker boss, but lost his 3 games in charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194884-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Norwich City F.C. season, Season summary\nOn 30 October, Glenn Roeder was appointed as Grant's successor with the team bottom of the table. His first game was the East Anglian Derby against Ipswich, a 2\u20132 draw with Norwich coming back from 2\u20130 down. Norwich lost their next 2 games, including a dreadful 3\u20130 defeat away at Plymouth Argyle, and were 8 points away from safety. After that defeat Roeder brought in Matty Pattison, Mo Camara and Ched Evans on loan to add to the loan signing of Martin Taylor, who had been signed before the game against Ipswich (Pattison's loan move was made permanent in January).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194884-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Norwich City F.C. season, Season summary\nNorwich's form improved greatly, with only one defeat in eleven league games. After a 3\u20131 win over Barnsley on 12 January Norwich were in 18th position, four points clear of the relegation zone. Roeder began an overhaul of the squad during the January transfer window, selling Chris Brown to Preston and releasing David Strihavka, Julien Brellier and Ian Murray, all of whom had been signed by Grant and who had not figured in the first team since the defeat at Plymouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194884-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Norwich City F.C. season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194884-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Norwich City F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represent the University of Notre Dame in the college basketball season of 2007-08, competing in the Big East Conference. The team is led by eighth-year head coach, Mike Brey, and play their home games in the Edmund P. Joyce Center in Notre Dame, Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team\nThe previous year's team finished with a 24\u20138 record and 11\u20135 record in Big East games. They competed in the 2007 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament and received an at-large bid in the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball tournament, where they lost their first game. The team graduated its two top-scorers between the seasons, but returned three starters and added four recruits for 2007\u201308. They were picked to finish ninth in the Big East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team\nNotre Dame began the season playing an out of conference schedule that included the Paradise Jam Tournament and reached their conference games with a 10\u20132 record. Currently the team is ranked 14th in the Associated Press (AP) Poll and 15th in the Coaches Poll, and has a 24\u20137 record overall. The 14\u20134 record in conference places the team tied in second in the conference, and is the most conference wins in the history of the school. Dating to 2006, the team won 37\u00a0consecutive home games, the second longest active winning streak in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Preseason\nThe 2006-07 Notre Dame team finished their season with a 24\u20138 record that included a loss in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Irish made the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2003 and the 24\u00a0wins tied the 1973-74 team for the most ever wins at Notre Dame. Because of the team's accomplishments, Mike Brey was named Big East Coach of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 66], "content_span": [67, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Preseason, Roster changes and recruiting\nNotre Dame lost its two top scorers, Russell Carter and Colin Falls, to graduation in 2007. In addition to Carter and Falls, freshman, Joe Harden, who played in only 14\u00a0games throughout the season, decided to transfer from Notre Dame. Kyle McAlarney, a junior, who was suspended for most of the 2006\u201307 season because of an arrest, was re-instated onto the team. With McAlarney's return, the team returned four former starters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 97], "content_span": [98, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Preseason, Roster changes and recruiting\nIn addition to the returning players, the Irish signed four recruits for their new class. Although the class was not highly ranked, it included two three\u2013star athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 97], "content_span": [98, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Preseason, Pre-season outlook\nWith three former starters that had experience in the NCAA Tournament, the Irish hoped to have another run to the tournament. However, with only five returning upperclassmen, including only one senior, the Big East's coaches picked the team to finish ninth in the conference. Even so, the team entered the season with a 20\u00a0home game winning streak, dating to the end of the 2005\u201306 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 86], "content_span": [87, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Regular season, Roster\nNotre Dame began the season with 12\u00a0scholarship players and two walk-ons. Rob Kurz, the only senior on the team, was named team captain prior to the season. In the 2006\u201307 season, Tory Jackson took over the point guard position after Kyle McAlarney was suspended. With McAlarney's return, Brey dissolved the position and both are listed as guards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 79], "content_span": [80, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Regular season, Coaches\nNotre Dame was coached by Mike Brey and his staff. In his eighth-year at the position, Brey accumulated a 142\u201378 (.646) record at Notre Dame before the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 80], "content_span": [81, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Regular season, Schedule\nNotre Dame's schedule was announced on September 5, 2007. The Big East expanded all of its teams' schedules from 16\u00a0games to 18\u00a0games in conference so that all of the teams would play each other. Notre Dame added 12\u00a0games out of conference to precede them. Notre Dame plays 17\u00a0home games, eight away games, and four games on a neutral court, prior to the Big East Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 81], "content_span": [82, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Regular season, Schedule, Out of conference games\nNotre Dame opened the season with a win at home against the Long Island Blackbirds. They next traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands to face the Monmouth Hawks in the first round of the Paradise Jam Tournament. After beating the Hawks, they went on to lose in the semifinals to the Baylor Bears, and lose in the third place game to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to leave the tournament with a 2\u20132 record. The Irish returned home for three games and went on to win against the Youngstown State Penguins, the Colgate Raiders, and the Eastern Michigan Eagles, to move to 5\u20132 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 106], "content_span": [107, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Regular season, Schedule, Out of conference games\nThey next traveled to New York to face the Kansas State Wildcats in the Jimmy V. Classic, their first televised game of the season. After a close first half, Notre Dame pulled away to get the win. Returning home once again, they beat the Northern Illinois Huskies before taking two weeks off for final exams. After finals, they played three more home games, beating the San Francisco Dons, the Brown Bears, and the North Florida Ospreys, to finish their non-conference schedule with a 10\u20132 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 106], "content_span": [107, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Regular season, Schedule, Big East games\nNotre Dame began their conference play with two home games before the students returned from Christmas break. With wins over the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Connecticut Huskies, they began conference play with a 2\u20130 record. They next traveled to face the 16th-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles for their first true road game of the season, however they lost by 26\u00a0points to give Mike Brey his worst loss as Notre Dame coach. The team returned home to beat the Cincinnati Bearcats, before once again losing on the road against the sixth-ranked Georgetown Hoyas. They finally got their first road win a week later against the 18th-ranked Villanova Wildcats to move to 4\u20132 in the Big East with a 14\u20134 overall record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 97], "content_span": [98, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Regular season, Schedule, Big East games\nNotre Dame next returned home to face the Providence Friars, and, although the Friars were 3\u20134 in conference play, the game stayed close and the Irish only won after an overtime period. They continued at home and beat DePaul in the first of two games against the Blue Demons, to move into the rankings for the first time in the season. As the 21st-ranked team in the country, the team traveled to Seton Hall to face the Pirates. They got their second road win of the season, and returned home to face 16th-ranked Marquette once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 97], "content_span": [98, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0013-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Regular season, Schedule, Big East games\nWith a win over the Golden Eagles, they moved up to 18th in the rankings. They next traveled to Connecticut to face the 17th-ranked Huskies for the second time. Although the Irish led for much of the game, they lost in the end. Despite winning another road game later in the week against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, they dropped back to 21st in the rankings with a 19\u20135 record overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 97], "content_span": [98, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Regular season, Schedule, Big East games\nThe Irish next returned home to face the Pittsburgh Panthers who had beaten them in five straight games. Although trailing at half-time, Notre Dame came back and scored 52\u00a0points in the second half to win the game. The team stayed at home to play the Syracuse Orange and led the whole game to get another conference win, however lost another away game the same week at the 18th-ranked Louisville Cardinals. They next traveled to face DePaul, and with the win, swept the Blue Demons in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 97], "content_span": [98, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0014-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Regular season, Schedule, Big East games\nThe Irish returned home for their final home game of the season, and, although were held to under 69\u00a0points for only the fifth time in the season, beat the St. John's Red Storm. For their final regular season game they traveled to South Florida and defeated the Bulls to win their fourteenth Big East game, a school record. With a 14\u20134 record in the Big East, Notre Dame finished the regular season tied in second in the conference with Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 97], "content_span": [98, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Post season tournaments, Big East Tournament\nWith Marquette's loss to Georgetown on March 1, and Notre Dame's win over DePaul on March 2, the Irish clinched a bye in the first round of the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament. They played their opening game, as the third seed of the tournament, on March 13 at Madison Square Garden. Marquette, the sixth seed in the tournament, defeated Seton Hall in the first round to advance and play the Irish in the second round. Despite leading scorer, Luke Harangody, only playing for seven minutes in the first half, the Irish held a six-point lead at half-time. However, late in the second half Marquette took a 10-point lead, the largest of the game, and held on to the lead for the 89\u201379 win, dropping Notre Dame out of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 101], "content_span": [102, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Post season tournaments, NCAA Tournament\nAlthough teams are not officially invited to the NCAA Tournament until Selection Sunday (March 16, 2008), multiple publications predicted before the selection that the Irish would receive an at-large bid. The NCAA announced that the team would receive a five seed in the tournament and face the George Mason Patriots in Denver on March 20, whom they beat. The Irish went on to play Washington State, to whom they lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 97], "content_span": [98, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Statistics\nAs a team, Notre Dame averages over 80\u00a0points per game and have a 45.9% field goal percentage. Top scorer, Luke Harangody, averages over 20\u00a0points and 10\u00a0rebounds per game, a double-double. At the end of the regular season, he led the Big East in scoring. Additionally, he was second in the conference in rebounding and led the league in each category during conference play. Besides Harangody, two other players average over 10\u00a0points per game, Kyle McAlarney and Rob Kurz. McAlarney also leads the conference in three-point field goal percentage. Thirteen players have accumulated statistics in games for the Irish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 67], "content_span": [68, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, After the season, Legacy\nDating to February 2006, the Irish have won 37\u00a0consecutive home games and 18\u00a0Big East home games. The 18\u00a0wins is the second longest streak in conference history, while the 36\u00a0total wins is the second longest current streak in the country behind the BYU Cougars. With the win over St. John's on March 5, the Irish became the first Big East team to go undefeated at home in conference games in consecutive seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 81], "content_span": [82, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, After the season, Award winners\nAfter the season ended, Luke Harangody was named the conference Player of the Year. Additionally, Mike Brey was named conference Coach of the Year for the second year in a row. Harangody was also named to the 1st Team All Big East squad, along with Kyle McAlarney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 88], "content_span": [89, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194885-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, After the season, Transfers\nNotre Dame had two players transfer in following the season. Both will sit out the 2008\u201309 season per NCAA rules for transfer students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 84], "content_span": [85, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194886-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nottingham Forest F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Nottingham Forest's third consecutive season in League One. The season was regarded a success with the team gaining promotion back to the Championship at the third attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194886-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nottingham Forest F.C. season\nForest's players were also successful on an individual level in the 2007\u201308 season, with Julian Bennett and Kris Commons in the PFA League One Team of the Year, while Paul Smith ended the season with 24 clean sheets in 46 games, the record for the league in that season. This achievement was recognised when he received the Puma Golden Glove award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194886-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nottingham Forest F.C. season, Season overview\nIn the 2007\u201308 campaign, Forest were named title favourites for the third consecutive year. Calderwood signed five players in summer 2007, most notably former Celtic captain Neil Lennon on a free transfer. Also captured were left-back Matt Lockwood from Leyton Orient, Preston North End defender Kelvin Wilson and Yeovil Town duo midfielder Chris Cohen and attacking winger Arron Davies all signing for undisclosed fees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194886-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nottingham Forest F.C. season, Season overview\nForest started the 2007\u201308 campaign by failing to win in their first six competitive games. The Reds drew three times and lost 2\u20131 at home to rivals Leeds United, as well as losing 3\u20132 to Peterborough United in the Football League Trophy. However, Forest then hit an eight-game unbeaten run in the league (including five wins), scoring seventeen goals in the process. After losing to Luton, Forest went on another unbeaten run, this time of six games in all competitions. This briefly took Forest to the top of the league table over Christmas, the first time they had been top all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194886-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nottingham Forest F.C. season, Season overview\nBut they lost top spot as they failed to win away from home, in a run lasting seven games. After moving back into second place, Forest's away form once again was found lacking, which allowed Carlisle and Doncaster to overtake them into second and third place, respectively. Forest went on to collect just one win in seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194886-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nottingham Forest F.C. season, Season overview\nHowever, they turned their form around, and after being 11 points behind second-place at one point. A win Carlisle saw Forest then win six out of their last seven games of the season. Forest, who had only been in the automatic promotion places once all season got promoted to the Championship on a dramatic last day of the season, by beating Yeovil 3\u20132 at the City Ground to secure second place. The Reds kept a league record of 24 clean sheets out of 46 games, which helped them end their three-year spell in the league's third tier and gain their first promotion in ten years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194886-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Nottingham Forest F.C. season, Squad statistics, Appearances and Goals\nThe statistics for the following players are for their time during 2007\u201308 season playing for Nottingham Forest. Any stats from a different club during 2007\u201308 are not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194887-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OB I bajnoksag season\nThe 2007\u201308 OB I bajnoks\u00e1g season was the 71st season of the OB I bajnoks\u00e1g, the top level of ice hockey in Hungary. Seven teams participated in the league, and Alba Volan Szekesfehervar won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194888-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OFC Champions League\nThe 2007\u201308 OFC Champions League was the 7th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 2nd season under the current OFC Champions League name. The qualifying round was held at Stade Numa-Daly in Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia, from 12 to 16 February 2007, with the main competition taking the form of a home and away group stage followed by a knockout round, which was played from 27 October 2007 until 11 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194888-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OFC Champions League\nThe qualifying round was contested by teams from the three lowest ranked nations in Oceania and Vanuatu, who lost their automatic qualification place due to the withdrawal of their representative in the previous year's competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194888-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OFC Champions League\nThe winner of the tournament was Waitakere Utd of New Zealand, who reclaimed their title by beating Kossa FC of the Solomon Islands in the two legged final. The winners claimed Oceania's US$1 million (NZ$1.41 million) berth in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194888-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OFC Champions League, OFC O-League preliminary tournament\nThe Preliminary Tournament was played at Stade Numa-Daly Magenta in Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194888-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OFC Champions League, Final\nWaitakere United win 6\u20133 on aggregate and advance to the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 OHL season was the 28th season of the Ontario Hockey League. Twenty teams played 68 games each during the schedule, that started on September 19, 2007, and concluded on March 16, 2008. The Mississauga IceDogs relocated to the Gatorade Garden City Complex in downtown St. Catharines after getting approval of the team's sale to Bill Burke by the Board of Governors on June 5, 2007. The team was renamed the Niagara IceDogs. The Toronto St. Michael's Majors replaced the IceDogs in the Hershey Centre, renaming themselves, the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season\nThe Kingston Frontenacs moved late-season from the Kingston Memorial Centre to the new K-Rock Centre, which opened on February 22, 2008. On the afternoon of February 18, 2008, Windsor Spitfires team captain Mickey Renaud died after collapsing at his home, at age 19, of the rare heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The playoffs began March 20, with the Kitchener Rangers winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup as OHL champions. The Rangers were also chosen before the start of the season to host the 2008 Memorial Cup tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nNote: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, Playoffs, Playoff scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 53], "content_span": [54, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, Playoffs, Playoff leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, All-Star Classic\nThe OHL All-Star Classic was played February 6, 2008 at the Steelback Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, won 8\u20137 in a shootout by the Eastern Conference. The skills competition was held the previous night on February 5, with the Eastern Conference winning 19\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, 2008 OHL Priority Selection\nOn May 3, 2008, the OHL conducted the 2008 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The Sudbury Wolves held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected John McFarland from the Toronto Jr. Canadiens. McFarland was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, 2008 OHL Priority Selection\nBelow are the players who were selected in the first round of the 2008 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, 2008 CHL Import Draft\nOn June 29, 2008, the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2008 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The Sudbury Wolves held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL, and selected Nikita Filatov from Russia with their selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, 2008 CHL Import Draft\nBelow are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2008 CHL Import Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, 2008 NHL Entry Draft\nOn June 20-21, 2008, the National Hockey League conducted the 2008 NHL Entry Draft held at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario. In total, 46 players from the Ontario Hockey League were selected in the draft. Steven Stamkos of the Sarnia Sting was the first player from the OHL to be selected, as he was taken with the first overall pick by the Tampa Bay Lightning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194889-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OHL season, 2008 NHL Entry Draft\nBelow are the players selected from OHL teams at the NHL Entry Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194890-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OK Liga\nThe 2007\u201308 OK Liga was the 39th season of the top-tier league of rink hockey in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194890-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OK Liga, Competition format\nThe eight first teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the playoffs while the three last teams were relegated to Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194890-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OK Liga, Playoffs\nQuarterfinals were played with a best-of-three format, while semifinals and final were played with a best-of-five series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194890-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OK Liga, Playoffs\nSeeded teams played games 1, 2 and 5 of each series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194890-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OK Liga, Copa del Rey\nThe 2008 Copa del Rey was the 65th edition of the Spanish men's roller hockey cup. It was played in Igualada between the eight first qualified teams after the first half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194890-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OK Liga, Copa del Rey\nNoia Freixenet won its 2nd cup, ten years after its first one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194891-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OPJHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 OPJHL season is the 15th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (OPJHL). The thirty-five teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions will compete in a 49-game schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194891-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OPJHL season\nCome February, the top six teams of each division competed for the Frank L. Buckland Trophy, the OJHL championship. The winner of the Buckland Cup, the Oakville Blades, competed in the Central Canadian Junior \"A\" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup, and won. Once successful against the winners of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion Blades then moved on to play in the Canadian Junior A Hockey League championship, the 2008 Royal Bank Cup where they finished last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194891-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OPJHL season, Final standings\nas of February 13, 2008Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194891-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OPJHL season, Final standings\nPlease note: (x-) denotes playoff berth, (y-) denotes elimination, (zx-) denotes first round bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194891-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OPJHL season, 2007-08 Frank L. Buckland Trophy Playoffs, Divisional Playoffs, North/West\nNote: E is East, S is South, W is West, N is North, WC is Wild Card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 96], "content_span": [97, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194891-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OPJHL season, 2007-08 Frank L. Buckland Trophy Playoffs, Divisional Playoffs, North/West\nPlayoff results are listed by Pointstreak on the official league website .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 96], "content_span": [97, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194891-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OPJHL season, Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship\nHosted by the Newmarket Hurricanes in Newmarket, Ontario. Oakville finished first, Newmarket finished second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194891-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OPJHL season, 2008 Royal Bank Cup Championship\nHosted by Cornwall Colts in Cornwall, Ontario. Oakville finished fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 54], "content_span": [55, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194891-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OPJHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194891-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 OPJHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194892-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team represented Oakland University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. Oakland was coached by Greg Kampe and played their home games at the Athletics Center O'rena. The Golden Grizzlies finished the season 17\u201314 overall and 11\u20137 in The Summit League. Oakland advanced to the semi-finals of The Summit League Tournament before falling to Indiana\u2013Purdue Indianapolis 80\u201365.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194892-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Season\nDuring the season, Oakland defeated #21 Oregon of the Pacific-10 Conference at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Mid-American Conference teams Eastern Michigan and Bowling Green at home and nearly defeated Big Ten Conference member Michigan State on the road, falling 75\u201371.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 62], "content_span": [63, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194892-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Season\nAt the conclusion of the season, Derick Nelson was named to the all-Summit League First Team while Johnathon Jones was named to the Second Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 62], "content_span": [63, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194893-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 2007\u201308. The team was coached by Tim O'Shea and played their home games at the Convocation Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194894-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball finished in fifth place in the Big Ten, squarely on the NCAA tournament bubble. However, they were not selected, marking the only time in coach Thad Matta's head coaching career his team missed the NCAA tournament while being eligible. The team dominated in the 2008 National Invitation Tournament on their way to a 92\u201385 victory over Massachusetts in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194894-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team, Preseason\nThe Buckeyes lost three important players from their 2006\u201307 NCAA Runners-up team to the NBA Draft. Greg Oden, the 2007 Second Team All-American, was selected in the lottery of the 2007 NBA Draft, going #1 to the Portland Trail Blazers. Mike Conley, Jr. and Daequan Cook also were drafted in the first round, by the Memphis Grizzlies and Philadelphia 76ers, but traded to Miami Heat, respectively. Senior guard Ron Lewis also declared to the draft but was undrafted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194895-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Jeff Capel, who was in his second year with the team. The team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma and was a member of the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194896-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season\nThis article details Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 's season in League One during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194896-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season, Club, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194897-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos B.C. season\nIn the season 2007\u201308, Olympiacos was considered amongst the favourites to reach the Final Four of the EuroLeague. It is also considered the favourite along with Panathinaikos in the A1 Ethniki. In the Regular Season the team had the record of 22 wins and 4 defeats, having produced the second most offensive basketball in the Greek League. For the Quarter-finals of the Playoffs, Olympiacos swept AEK Athens in a best-of-three series and for the Semi-finals won Maroussi in a best-of-five series by 3-2. In the Finals of the Greek League Reds faced the eternal enemy Panathinaikos. Meanwhile, in Europe the team qualified for the third phase (quarter-finals) of the Euroleague, where it was eliminated by CSKA Moscow. Additionally, Olympiacos qualified to the Greek Cup Final, where they lost to the arch-rival Panathinaikos in a very impressive game, which was dramatic up to the last second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 925]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194897-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos B.C. season, A1 2007\u201308, Play-offs\nThis is the outlook for the 2008 \u03911 playoffs. Teams in bold advance to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Olympiacos's 49th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 11th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. Manager Takis Lemonis left the club by mutual consent on 11 March 2008 due to the club's lower-than-expected performance of the team in the Superleague, and was replaced by his assistant, Jos\u00e9 Segura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Squad, Winter squad changes\nInNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Squad, Winter squad changes\nOutNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Squad, Winter squad changes, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Squad, Current national players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Competitions, Super League Greece, Matches\n1. The match was played on 3 February 2008 and Apollon Kalamarias won 1\u20130, but due to the illegal appearance of Roman Wallner (Apollon), the result was invalid. It was decided that Olympiacos would be awarded a 3\u20130 win while Apollon would be punished with one point deducted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Competitions, Greek Cup\nIn the fourth round (round of \"32\") of the Greek Cup, Olympiacos faced Diagoras from Rhodes, who played in the Third Division. The latter were close to shock the champions who made it to the fifth round with a goal scored in the last minutes of the match. The next opponents were rivals Panathinaikos, who were crushed 4\u20130 by Olympiacos in an at-capacity Karaiskakis Stadium. In the quarter-finals, Olympiacos eliminated Iraklis 2\u20130 in the first leg and earning a 2\u20132 draw in the second. For the semi-finals, Olympiacos faced Thrasyvoulos, winning 2\u20133 away and 3\u20131 at home. Olympiacos then faced Aris in the final at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, where they won the Greek Cup after a 2\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Competitions, Greek Super Cup\nOlympiacos added one more trophy to their long list. The 2006-07 Super League Greece Champions beat the 2006-2007 Greek FA Cup holders, Larissa, 1-0 at the Karaiskakis stadium on October 31, and won the Super Cup for the third time in their history. Kostas Mitroglou scored the winner on 39 minutes after a cross by Soiledis (coach Takis Lemonis decided to give more playing time to the younger players on the team) while Galletti missed out on an opportunity when his shot hit the bar on 81 minutes. The final attracted only 7,141 fans at Olympiacos' home, from which 7,030 were the supporters of the hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nOlympiacos, in their 11th consecutive presence in the competition, were drawn into Group C with Real Madrid, Werder Bremen and Lazio. The Reds started their campaign with a 1\u20131 draw behind closed doors at the Karaisk\u00e1kis Stadium against Lazio, but on the second day, Olympiacos made their first ever away win in the Champions League and stopped their run of 31 matches without a success on their travels with a 3\u20131 win over Werder Bremen at Weserstadion, turning the game around from 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nAfter, they travelled to Santiago Bernab\u00e9u Stadium as leaders of Group C, where they were defeated 2\u20134 to Real Madrid after a heart-breaking match in which the Greek team was playing with ten men from the 13th minute and was leading the score to the 68th with 2\u20131, turning it around from 0\u20131. Real Madrid scored their third goal in the 83rd, but Olympiacos came close to score many times during the last minutes of the match and leave Madrid with the draw, when Real secured the win with a last-minute goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nIn the return legs of the group stage, Olympiacos produced a determined display to earn a point against Real Madrid, in the goalless draw at the Karaiskakis Stadium, keeping alive the record of being undefeated by Real in Athens in four matches. The Reds moved a step closer to qualifying for the last 16 after coming from behind to defeat Lazio 2\u20131 in Rome's Stadio Olimpico, while on the last day, Olympiacos smashed Werder Bremen 3\u20130 in Athens, which ensured their place in the knockout stage of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage\nThe draw for the first knockout round took place on 21 December, and paired Olympiacos with Chelsea. The two clubs had never met in the past. In the first leg in Athens, Olympiacos held Chelsea to 0\u20130, a score which left both teams content, Olympiacos because they did not concede a goal in their home and Chelsea because they kept a clean sheet to occupy the driving seat going into the return leg in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0011-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage\nOlympiacos, backed by deafening and frenzied support, refused to be overawed by their English opponents, enjoying the lion's share of possession and chances in a closely contested encounter. The Londoners failed to create one real clear-cut chance against their opponents and their manager Avram Grant said, \"The performance could have been better. It's not a bad result. We didn't create a lot of chances, it's disappointing. But its hard to play here. They have good supporters and a well organized team.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194898-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympiacos F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage\nIn the second leg in London, Chelsea won 3\u20130. The Blues surprised the Reds and scored very early with their first chance. Olympiacos balanced the game, but the English scored again before the end of the first-half. At the start of the second-half, Chelsea scored for the final time after another error from the Olympiacos defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 49th season in Ligue 1 and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of French football. They were the defending champions having won the title the past six consecutive seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Current squad\nAs of 8 March 2008. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Current squad, Transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Current squad, Transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Current squad, Transfers, Players out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Club, Kit\nSupplier: UmbroSponsor(s): Novotel (home), Ticket Restaurant (away), Renault Trucks (alternate)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nAfter a tough Ligue 1 season marred by injuries to key players, Lyon became champions for the seventh consecutive season holding off Bordeaux. They claimed the title after defeating Auxerre on the final day of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nLyon made their seventh-straight appearance in the UEFA Champions League. They were pitted in the so-called \"group of death\", which featured German champions VfB Stuttgart, Spanish giants Barcelona and Scottish giants Rangers. After two disappointing 0\u20133 losses to Barcelona at the Camp Nou and Rangers at home, Lyon rebounded picking up two important wins in their home-away series against Stuttgart. Following their 2\u20132 draw at home against Barcelona, Lyon faced a tough challenge as they needed to defeat Rangers at Ibrox in order to advance to the knockout stages. As Rangers only needed a draw, odds were against Lyon. However, after an early goal by Sidney Govou, Lyon ended Rangers hope with two late goals from Karim Benzema sending Lyon to the knockout stages for the fifth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 873]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, First knockout round\nLyon were paired against English champions Manchester United in the Round of 16. After a 1\u20131 draw at home, Lyon failed to respond at Old Trafford, losing 0\u20131 on a Cristiano Ronaldo goal just before half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 92], "content_span": [93, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Competitions, Coupe de la Ligue\nLyon entered this year's Coupe de la Ligue as the defending runners-up after losing to Bordeaux in the 2007 final. Having made it to the Champions League, Lyon were given their annual bye into the first knockout round, where they defeated Caen 3\u20131. With that win, they were pitted against Le Mans in the quarter-finals. After an early goal by Le Mans midfielder Daisuke Matsui, Lyon could not break through their sturdy defence as they bowed out of the League Cup for the seventh-straight season, their last cup triumph being in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Competitions, Coupe de France\nLyon got their Coupe de France season off to a strong start defeating Championnat National side Cr\u00e9teil 4\u20130, with Karim Benzema picking up a hat-trick. This match was notable as it marked the return of Lyon goalkeeper Gr\u00e9gory Coupet who had been out for four months with a torn medial ligament. Following their Round of 32 success, they were pitted against the surprising, yet upset-minded CFA side Croix de Savoie. After a hard-fought first half, it took an 80th-minute strike from Fred to pull Lyon through to the next round where they faced the defending champions Sochaux.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Competitions, Coupe de France\nFollowing an unimpressive first half from both clubs, Benzema opened the scoring for Lyon in the 56th minute. After holding the score at 1\u20130, Lyon failed to keep a clean sheet as Kandia Traor\u00e9 equalised for Sochaux near the beginning of injury time. With extra time looming, Benzema again scored for Lyon to give them the victory and the right to move to the quarter-finals, where they faced relegation-bound Metz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Competitions, Coupe de France\nMetz, looking to create something special out of a disappointing league season, played very bravely as they tried to pull off a historic upset. Benzema, however, again scored for Lyon (his 28th of the season and sixth in the Coupe de France) to give them a 1\u20130 lead in the 39th minute. That would be the eventual scoreline as Lyon advanced to the semifinals where they faced Ligue 2 side Sedan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194899-0011-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique Lyonnais season, Competitions, Coupe de France\nIn one of the more entertaining matches of the cup, with both teams displaying their attacking prowess and both goalkeepers stepping up in times of need, it took one of Juninho's vintage free kicks to finally knock out the tough Ligue 2 side and thus book Lyon's place in the final at the Stade de France, where they faced rivals Paris Saint-Germain. The final was heavily contested and eventually headed into extra time. Lyon finally broke through with a goal from Sidney Govou. Lyon would hold on to that scoreline as they prevailed to capture their fourth Coupe de France title in their history and the first in the Jean-Michel Aulas era. For more information on the final, click below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194900-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique de Marseille season\nOlympique de Marseille extended their titleless run to 15 years \u2013 but had a decent season, where they qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the second year running, and won away from home in the 2007\u201308 tournament at Anfield against 2007 finalists Liverpool, but a 4\u20130 defeat at Stade V\u00e9lodrome in the last round knocked OM out of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194900-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique de Marseille season\nHaving sold Franck Rib\u00e9ry to Bayern Munich for around 30 million euros, the stage was set for Marseille to push the boundaries financially in the coming seasons, with investments in the playing squad long overdue for a club that had been known as a club selling players expensively rather than buying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194900-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Olympique de Marseille season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00194901-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Omani League\nThe 2007\u201308 Omani League was the 32nd edition of the top football league in Oman. It began on 7 November 2007 and finished on 9 May 2008. Al-Nahda Club were the defending champions, having won the previous 2006\u201307 Omani League season. On Thursday, 8 May 2008, Al-Oruba SC won 4-2 away in their final league match against Oman Club and emerged as the champions of the 2007\u201308 Omani League with a total of 45 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194901-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Omani League, Teams\nThis season the league had 12 teams. Mjees SC and Al-Salam SC were relegated to the Second Division League after finishing in the relegation zone in the 2006-07 season. The two relegated teams were replaced by Second Division League teams Oman Club and Al-Wahda SC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194902-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Oral Roberts University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by 9th year head coach Scott Sutton, played their home games at the Mabee Center and were members of The Summit League. They finished the season 24\u20139, 16\u20132 in Summit League play to be crowned regular season champions. They won the The Summit League Tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 13 seed in the South region. The Golden Eagles lost to No. 4 seed Pittsburgh in the opening round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194903-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represents the University of Oregon in the college basketball season of 2007\u201308. The team was coached by Ernie Kent and plays their home games at McArthur Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194903-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2006\u201307 Oregon Ducks experienced what many would argue as one of their most memorable and successful seasons in school history. Freshman Tajuan Porter, who was not heavily recruited, along with senior and leader Aaron Brooks helped lead the Ducks to a successful season. They began their season by completing their non-conference schedule at a perfect 12\u20130, including a come-from-behind win at Rice and an important east-coast win at then ranked #19 Georgetown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194903-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Ducks suffered their first loss of the season against USC but were able to bounce back and defeat then ranked #1 UCLA marking the second time in school history the Ducks had defeated a #1 Bruins team. Towards the end of the season Oregon suffered a streak in which they lost 6 of 8 games, the skid dropped the Ducks from #7 to #23 in the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194903-0001-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, Previous season\nHowever the Ducks managed to bounce back, winning 9 games in a row, including a sweep of the Pac-10 Championship Tournament \u2013 in dominating fashion \u2013 first round wins over Miami University (Ohio), Winthrop University, and a Sweet Sixteen victory over UNLV. Their final game of the season was a 77\u201385 loss to eventual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament champions, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194903-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, Pre-season\nJune 28 \u2013 Aaron Brooks was selected in the 2007 NBA Draft as the 26th selection overall during the 1st round by the Houston Rockets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194903-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, Pre-season\nJuly \u2013 Guard Tajuan Porter played on the United States' U19 team in the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship. The tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia and the United States' team placed 2nd, suffering their first loss of the tournament to Serbia 69\u201374 in the championship game. Also, Forward Maarty Leunen played on the United States' Pan American Games team. The team place 5th in the tournament after a poor 3\u20132 final record in which the team lost the first two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194903-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, Pre-season\nNovember 1 \u2013 During the Pac-10's media day, the pre-season media poll picks the Ducks to finish third in the Pac-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194903-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, Recruiting\nThe 2008 University of Oregon Men's Basketball Recruiting Class was selected by Scout.com as the 11th best recruiting class of 2008 and was selected by Rivals.com as the 11th best recruiting class of 2008 as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194903-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, Stats, Individual\nGP: Games Played, MIN: Minutes, FGM: Field goals made, FGA: Field goals attempted, FTM: Free throws made, FTA: Free throws attempted, 3PM: 3-pointers made, 3PA: 3-pointers attempted, PTS: Points, OFF: Offensive rebounds, DEF: Defensive rebounds, REB: Rebounds, TOT: Total rebounds AST: Assists, TO: Turnovers, STL: Steals, BLK: Blocks, PF: Personal fouls", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season\nThe 2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season was their 19th season in the National Basketball Association. Led by 22-year-old center Dwight Howard, the Magic finished the season with a 52\u201330 record, finishing first-place in the Southeast Division and advancing to the Eastern Conference Semi-finals where they were eliminated by the Detroit Pistons in 5 games. The Magic had the fourth best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season\nIn the playoffs, the Magic defeated the Toronto Raptors in the First Round in five games before losing to the Detroit Pistons in the Semi-finals in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season, Offseason\nBilly Donovan was signed as head coach of the Magic on June 1  agreeing to a 5-year, $27.5\u00a0million deal with the team., to replace recently fired Magic head coach Brian Hill. Donovan had previously led the University of Florida basketball team to back to back NCAA National Championships in 2006 and 2007. One day later however, Donovan had second thoughts about becoming head coach of the Magic, and wished to be released from his contract to return to his former team, the Florida Gators Men's basketball team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season, Offseason\nOn June 5, the Magic released Donovan from his 5-year contract, under the condition that he would not be allowed to sign as head coach of another NBA team for five years. One day later, the Magic signed Stan Van Gundy as head coach. The deal was reportedly for 4 years, $16\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season, Offseason\nThe Magic made a splash in the free agent market by acquiring small forward Rashard Lewis on July 11. Lewis was re-signed to the Seattle SuperSonics for a six-year league maximum contract, then promptly traded to the Magic in a \"sign and trade\" for a second-round pick in the 2008 NBA draft. The Sonics earned a mid-level salary cap exemption in the trade. Lewis signed a six-year league-maximum contract believed to be worth over $110\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season, Offseason\nThen the Magic filled in a need and went after a big man after losing Darko Mili\u010di\u0107, and signed Center Adonal Foyle who played for the Golden State Warriors and leads the Warriors in most blocks in team history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season, Offseason\nThe Magic also signed Polish center Marcin Gortat on July 17. They had acquired his NBA rights from the Phoenix Suns following the 2005 NBA draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season, Offseason\nThe Magic got final approval for a new arena on July 26, 2007. It is expected to be completed in time for the 2010\u201311 NBA season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season, Offseason\nPoint guard Jameer Nelson's father, Floyd \"Pete\" Nelson, disappeared on August 30, and was found dead in the Delaware River in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 2. A Chester, Pennsylvania, tugboat repairman by trade, the elder Nelson's death was ruled an accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season, Draft picks\nOrlando's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season, Transactions\nThe Magic have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194904-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orlando Magic season, Transactions, Trades\nIn November 2007 the Magic traded Trevor Ariza to the Los Angeles Lakers for Maurice Evans and Brian Cook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194905-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo)\n2007\u201308 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo) was the 102nd water polo championship in Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194905-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), First stage\nPld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 60], "content_span": [61, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season\nThe 2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season was the 16th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators started strongly in the regular season, but the team slumped after Christmas, and just barely qualified for the playoffs. The slump caused the Senators to fire John Paddock, who was in his first season as head coach. The Senators lost in the first round, losing in a sweep by the Pittsburgh Penguins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Offseason\nThe 2007 NHL Entry Draft was held in Columbus, Ohio, on June 22\u201323, and the Senators used their first-round draft pick, 29th overall, to select James O'Brien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Offseason\nPrior to the season, the Senators changed their staff, promoting Bryan Murray to general manager and John Paddock to head coach. Previous General Manager John Muckler did not accept another position with the Senators and resigned. Two players, Mike Comrie and Tom Preissing, left as free agents, and Peter Schaefer was traded to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Shean Donovan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Pre-season\nIn the pre-season, a major incident occurred in the game against the Philadelphia Flyers on September 25. Early in the second period, forward Dean McAmmond was hit in the head by Steve Downie of the Flyers. Downie was given a match penalty with an automatic suspension. McAmmond was diagnosed with a concussion. Four Flyers players were eventually injured in the match, which was won by the Senators by two goals. Steve Downie was eventually suspended for 20 games for the hit, also adding a nine-game suspension from the NHL's affiliate, the American Hockey League (AHL). The Senators won all seven of their pre-season games, the only NHL team to do so that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThe Senators opened the regular season with two straight wins over their rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs, in the Battle of Ontario. The season opener at Toronto ended in overtime with right winger Dany Heatley notching two goals and an assist to start the season off 1\u20130\u20130. That afternoon, Heatley also agreed to a new contract, a six-year, $45 million deal. The Senators earned another win the following day in their home opener, with captain Daniel Alfredsson scoring two goals. Before the game, the 2007 Eastern Conference Champions banner was raised to the rafters of Scotiabank Place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThe Sens went undefeated to start the season until the streak was snapped in their sixth game with a 5\u20133 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on October 11. In a later win against the Montreal Canadiens, rookie Nick Foligno scored his first NHL goal off a wrap-around attempt on goaltender Carey Price. He celebrated the goal by imitating his father Mike's signature goal celebration, a high jump.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nAfter an 8\u20131 record to start the season, and with a one-week break, Head Coach John Paddock organized a team retreat to the Muskoka, Ontario, area starting on October 21. With their win over the Maple Leafs on November 6, the Senators set a team record by recording their eighth consecutive win. They also set an NHL record for the best start to a season after 14 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nAlso on November 6, six Senators were named to the All-Star Game ballot: Daniel Alfredsson, Ray Emery, Dany Heatley, Chris Phillips, Wade Redden and Jason Spezza, the most players from any one team in the NHL. As of December 5, Daniel Alfredsson trailed only Sidney Crosby in the Eastern Conference voting for forwards with 119,825 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nAfter a 4\u20132 win against Montreal, the Senators entered into a seven\u2013game losing skid (0\u20134\u20133), recording three points and matching a record for straight losses set in the 1995\u201396 season. The Senators then rebounded with a six\u2013game winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nOn January 2, 2008, Head Coach Paddock was named to coach the Eastern Conference All-Star team and Jason Spezza was named the NHL's First Star of the Month for December. On January 8, Daniel Alfredsson was named to the starting lineup for the All-Star Game, based on fan voting. He is the first Senator ever to be voted to the starting lineup. Alfredsson will be making his fifth appearance in the All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nOn January 11, Alfredsson's \"CASH line\" linemates, Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza, were named to the All-Star Game roster. They are the first complete line named since 1981, when the \"Triple Crown\" line of the Los Angeles Kings was named. However, due to Heatley's shoulder injury suffered against the Detroit Red Wings earlier in January, he did not dress in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nOn January 24, 2008, in a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Daniel Alfredsson set a new team record for points in a single game, notching seven points on three goals and four assists. This topped the team record of six, done three times, the last time by Alfredsson himself against the Buffalo Sabres on November 2, 2005. A six-point game had also been done by Dan Quinn and Radek Bonk. The seven-point night put Alfredsson into the overall lead in the scoring race for the All-Star break. Moreover, Alfredsson was named the First Star of the Week on January 28. He was also named The Hockey News Player of the Week on that same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nOn January 28, Ray Emery arrived late for a practice in New York City on the first day back after the All-Star Game. Emery was subsequently fined $15,000 and the money was donated to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation. Despite his team's disappointment with his behaviour, it did not stop Emery starting against the Maple Leafs in a nationally televised game, following Coach Paddock's \"lose and you're out\" policy of rotating his goaltenders depending on the team winning or losing, and not the goaltender's performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nDany Heatley returned from his separated shoulder injury after a month on injured reserve on February 7, 2008, scoring two goals in a win against the Florida Panthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nOn February 8, 2008, The Sports Network (TSN) reported that Wade Redden refused to waive his no-trade clause for a possible deal with the San Jose Sharks. Redden's agent was quoted as saying that \"Redden wants to stay in Ottawa and contribute to Ottawa winning the Stanley Cup.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nOn February 11, the Senators made a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes sending defenceman Joe Corvo and forward Patrick Eaves in exchange for forward Cory Stillman and defenceman Mike Commodore in a trade for \"Stanley Cup experience\", according to General Manager Bryan Murray. Also that day, the NHL announced that Jason Spezza was named First Star of the Week after recording 11 points in the previous week's three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nOn February 27, after a prolonged slump through January and February during which the Senators won only 7 of 21 games, Murray fired Head Coach Paddock and Assistant Coach Ron Low, taking over the coaching duties himself. Both Low and Paddock were offered other jobs within the organization. Murray said he told them to call him in a few weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThe Senators trailed the Buffalo Sabres 3\u20131 on March 25, 2008, with under eight minutes to play in the third period but scored five unanswered goals to win 6\u20133. It was only the third time in NHL history that a team scored six-or-more goals in a game despite scoring no more than one goal through the first 52:00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThe team remained upbeat after the poor play and coaching change. Alfredsson appeared on the cover of the April 1 issue of The Hockey News, proclaiming \"Don't Count Us Out.\" This was his seventh appearance on the cover of the magazine. The article interviewed Alfredsson, Fisher and Murray, and discussed the up-and-down play of the team, and its defensive play which has allowed more goals than previous seasons. Wayne Gretzky was quoted about the team: \"This might mature them as a team going through this tough patch.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nEntering the final week of play, the Senators needed three points in three games to guarantee a playoff position ahead of the Washington Capitals, who held an edge in a tie-breaker between the teams. In the first game, Montreal would defeat the Senators 3\u20130. According to The Globe and Mail, before the next game on April 3 in Toronto, Ottawa employed the use of sports psychologist Dr. Max Offenberger. The Senators defeated the Maple Leafs 8\u20132 and Antoine Vermette scored a hat-trick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0019-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThree of the Senators' goals were scored short-handed; it was the third time in franchise history that the Senators had scored three short-handed goals in a single game, with the two previous games being a 5\u20132 home win against the Florida Panthers on November 18, 2000, and a 7\u20132 road win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 2, 2006. However, they lost Alfredsson and Fisher to injuries, adding to Chris Kelly, who was already sidelined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0019-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThe Capitals continued to win, and it came down to the Senators final game, on April 4 at home against the Boston Bruins, needing one point to clinch a spot. Despite a 2\u20131 Senators' loss that night, the Carolina Hurricanes fell to the Florida Panthers and the Senators clinched a playoff berth for the 11th-straight season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nOn April 6, the final day of the season, the Pittsburgh Penguins played the Philadelphia Flyers to decide the final seedings and lost 2\u20130, drawing the Senators as first round opponents. According to Phil Sheridan of The Philadelphia Inquirer, it appeared deliberate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\n\"Two days after Double Clinch Friday came Letdown Sunday. Fans who filled the Wachovia Center expecting a fresh installment of There Will Be Blood got stuck watching Farce of the Penguins instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nNo Sidney Crosby, not much effort. The Pittsburgh Penguins paid the Flyers a huge compliment yesterday. They made it embarrassingly clear that they preferred to face the Ottawa Senators in the first round of the playoffs. After skating through the motions of a 2\u20130 loss to Philadelphia, the Pens will indeed face the Sens.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nExcluding three shootout-winning goals, the Senators scored 258 goals during the regular season, the most among all 30 teams. They also scored the most shorthanded goals, with 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs\nThe Ottawa Senators clinched a playoff spot for the eleventh consecutive time (minus the lockout), finishing second in the Northeast Division, and seventh in the Eastern Conference. The Senators faced the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Quarter-final and lost the series 4\u20130. The result led to speculation in the media that Ray Emery's contract would be bought out and free agents Mike Commodore, Martin Lapointe, Wade Redden, Luke Richardson and Cory Stillman would not return for the 2008\u201309 season. GM Bryan Murray was given a public endorsement by Owner Eugene Melnyk and was expected to return for next season. On April 18, Murray confirmed to the media in an end-of-season press conference that Emery would not return: \"My plan is not to have him back.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Transactions\nThe Senators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Transactions, Trades\nSeventh-round pick in 2007 NHL Entry Draft (Torrie Jung)Seventh-round pick in 2007 NHL Entry Draft (Justin Courtnall)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194906-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ottawa Senators season, Draft picks\nOttawa's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194907-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Owen Cup\nFollowing are the results of the 2007-08 Owen Cup, the Staffordshire, England Rugby Union Cup played at Senior Level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194908-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PAOK FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was PAOK Football Club\u2019s 82nd in existence and the club\u2019s 49th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team entered the Greek Football Cup in the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194908-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PAOK FC season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194908-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PAOK FC season, Transfers\n1 On 18 June 2007 become president. 2 On 6 January 2008, Vryzas played his last game. On 8 January 2008, Vryzas was officially appointed as the Technical Director of PAOK FC. He joined the club's board along with former teammate and current chairman of the club, Theodoros Zagorakis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194908-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PAOK FC season, Statistics, Squad statistics\nAppearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194908-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PAOK FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nOnly competitive matches Ordered by , \u00a0 and   = Number of bookings; \u00a0 = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card. 0 shown as blank", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup or known as the 2007\u201308 Smart PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2007\u201308 PBA season. The tournament was formally opened on October 14, 2007 and ended on March 2, 2008. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup\nThe winner will receive the Jun Bernardino Trophy. The Sta. Lucia Realtors needed the maximum seven games to defeat the #1 seed Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants to win their first All-Filipino conference championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Format\nThe following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Wildcard phase, Second round\nCoca-Cola and Talk 'N Text met in the first wildcard round, with the two teams making a mid-season trade, with Asi Taulava going to the Tigers while Ali Peek and draft picks going to the Phone Pals. Coke, which had previously denied the Phone Pals of a playoff for the last quarterfinal berth by winning their last elimination round game 2 days earlier, started out strong; the Phone Pals failed to answer to the challenge as they were beaten by the #9 seeds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Wildcard phase, Second round\nAir21 on the other hand faced defending champions Barangay Ginebra Kings, which were decimated by injuries to Billy Mamaril, Mark Caguioa and personal commitments by Rudy Hatfield (Hatfield didn't return) early in the season caused several losses and they had to settle for a wildcard berth. Behind the shooting of team captain Wynne Arboleda, Air21 raced to an early lead. Ginebra cut down the deficit, but while Caguioa was on a fastbreak attempt, Ni\u00f1o Canaleta blocked his shot that virtually ended Ginebra's title defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Wildcard phase, Second round\nOn the final wildcard game, Arboleda wasn't able to sustain his shooting as Taulava and Mark Telan had career games to advance to the quarterfinals to face the Alaska Aces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Quarterfinals, (3) Alaska vs. (9) Coca-Cola\nElimination round games: Alaska won both games, 117-106 and 98-94.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Quarterfinals, (3) Alaska vs. (9) Coca-Cola\nAlaska ended Coca-Cola's run as the worst-seeded wildcard winner as they were eliminated by the #3 seed. Reigning Most Valuable Player Willie Miller made short work of the Tigers backcourt as Joachim Thoss overran the potent Coke frontcourt by converting outside shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Quarterfinals, (4) Red Bull vs. (5) Magnolia\nElimination round games: Red Bull won both games, 94-88 and 107-95.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Quarterfinals, (4) Red Bull vs. (5) Magnolia\nMagnolia and Red Bull renewed their playoffs rivalry with Red Bull forcing the upset, as Magnolia was rated as the top team during the preseason, with Red Bull being decimated by one-sided trades (ironically to Magnolia). Cyrus Baguio had a coming-out party as he scored a career-high 31 points to win Game 1 for the Bulls. Junthy Valenzuela outplayed former Red Bull players Lordy Tugade and Enrico Villanueva to sweep the Beverage Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Purefoods vs. (4) Red Bull\nElimination round games: Red Bull won both games, 87-74 and 97-84.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Purefoods vs. (4) Red Bull\nPurefoods, owing to a couple of weeks' rest blew out Red Bull which had defeated last season's finalists in Game 1. However, Red Bull came back in Game 2 to put up a defensive stand in the fourth quarter to tie the series, 2-2. Team captain Junthy Valenzuela kept the Giants at bay when they were making a run in the final minutes, scoring 2 crucial baskets. Purefoods then did their own pull-away at Game 3, crashing the boards at will; Marc Pingris rebounded a career-high 19 boards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Purefoods vs. (4) Red Bull\nWith a 1-3 series deficit looming, Red Bull again kept a pace with Purefoods in Game 4; however James Yap injured his groin in the first quarter after scoring ten points and didn't return. Purefoods managed to hold-off Red Bull until Cyrus Baguio drove to the basket after a pick-and-roll for an unmolested lay-up to tie the game 86-all. Peter June Simon missed his baseline jumper as time ran out to force overtime. In the extra period, Red Bull made an 11-2 run care of three pointers from Celino Cruz and Francis Adriano to tie the series once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Purefoods vs. (4) Red Bull\nAfter the injury to Yap, Purefoods coach Ryan Gregorio announced prior to Game 5 that Yap would be day-to-day. However, Yap started on Game 5 and Purefoods raced to a 40-17 lead after the first quarter. Red Bull crept up the lead and eventually cut down the lead to two with a minute to go thanks to a trey from Mick Pennisi. In the ensuing possession, Pingris was fouled on the act of shooting; Pingris missed both of his freethrows to give Red Bull another chance. After the time out and with both teams in penalty, Valenzuela was fouled. Valenzuela converted the first but missed the second, which led to a Kerby Raymundo rebound that sealed the win for the Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Purefoods vs. (4) Red Bull\nNeeding to win twice in a row to enter the Finals, Red Bull started Game 6 with a 20-1 blast that caught Purefoods flatfooted. The Bulls then cruised on, with Mike Hrabak and Pennisi shooting treys  to tie the series for last time, at 3-all. However, Purefoods started out Game 7 strong but the Barakos answered every Giants run to keep pace; however, thanks to misses from the perimeter by Red Bull and Purefoods' transition defense, the Giants were able to clinch their league-leading 12th All-Filipino Cup finals appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) Sta. Lucia vs. (3) Alaska\nElimination round games: Sta. Lucia won both games, 94-88 and 101-96.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) Sta. Lucia vs. (3) Alaska\nUnlike Purefoods which capitalized their long rest, Sta. Lucia had a rusty Game 1 that led to an Alaska blowout. However, Sta. Lucia then had their own blowout game in Game 2 to tie the series. Kelly Williams' dunk at the end of Game 2 was criticized by Alaska coach Tim Cone as a \"lack of class\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) Sta. Lucia vs. (3) Alaska\nWith her Cebuana mother watching, Williams had a 27-point explosion to pull the Realtors ahead, 2-1. Alaska then turned their offensive game going in Game 4 to tie the series with a 90-83 Game 4 win, leading by as much as 26 points in some stages before the Realtors staged a comeback to cut the lead to two points. Reigning MVP Willie Miller converted three-pointers when the Sta. Lucia came close as he matched Williams' Game 3 output of 27 points to lead all scorers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) Sta. Lucia vs. (3) Alaska\nThe pattern of early blowouts then a furious comeback continued as Sta. Lucia held off Alaska to lead the series, 3-2. Veteran Paolo Mendoza relived his collegiate days as he scored 19 points mostly in the early going. John Ferriols and sophomore Aaron Aban then led another comeback by the Aces to cut down the lead to two. Alaska's Jeffrey Cariaso was ejected from the game after he was assessed with two technical fouls that led to a cold period between the two teams in the final 6 minutes. With the score unchanged, Willie Miller converted a three-point play to tie at 90-all but the Realtors then scored the last 5 points of the game to put them one step closer to their first All-Filipino conference Finals stint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) Sta. Lucia vs. (3) Alaska\nLike Red Bull, Alaska blew out their Game 6, with Miller and Tony dela Cruz each scoring more 20 points with 4 others reaching double figures. However, like Red Bull, they were closed out by the #2 seeds as the Realtors pounded on the end game, with Dennis Miranda nailing the trey that put the game out reach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) Sta. Lucia vs. (3) Alaska\nThe franchise qualifies for their first ever All-Filipino conference finals stint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Broadcast notes\nThe Associated Broadcasting Company broadcast all of the games in Philippine TV. Their finals broadcasters are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Broadcast notes\nFurthermore, the ABS-CBN News Channel carried the Finals live overseas. Sports Radio 918 carried the games live on AM radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194909-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, Broadcast notes\nFeatured songs include \"How Far We've Come\" by Matchbox Twenty and \"Shadow of the Day\" by Linkin Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals\nThe 2007\u201308 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup Finals is the best-of-7 championship series of the 2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The series is a best of seven affair and is the 94th championship disputed in the league. The teams competing are first-seed Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and the second-seed Sta. Lucia Realtors. The Realtors are in their first Philippine Cup Finals stint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 1\nPurefoods and SLR engaged in a battle of attrition in the first three quarters but the Realtors pulled away late in the third quarter. Thanks to defense that led into transition offense, Kelly Williams collected 14 of his game-high 24 points to outscore the Giants 30-23 in the fourth quarter to claim Game 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 2\nJust like in Game 1, Purefoods and SLR fought a close game until the fourth quarter when Sta. Lucia's younger players led a 12-2 run to close out the game; Joseph Yeo scored 16 while Miranda added 14 plus 6 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 3\nPurefoods found their finishing kick in the fourth quarter to prevent a sweep of the championship series to clinch their first win. With Peter June Simon being the third scoring option, Simon led the Giants through the third quarter with his outside sniping. James Yap and Kerby Raymundo finished off Simon's work in the fourth quarter. Williams got cold in the payoff quarter that prevented SLR's comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 4\nPrior to the game, Kelly Williams was awarded with the Best Player of the Conference Award, beating out Kerby Raymundo of Purefoods, Willie Miller of Alaska, Asi Taulava of Coca-Cola and Arwind Santos of Air21. Williams is the first Realtor to win the award", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 4\nHowever, the award has a jinx in which the awardee will lose the game in which he was awarded. Sta. Lucia tried to prevent that as they led by a point after the first quarter in which Raymundo and  Pingris were assessed with two technical fouls each due to excessive complaining. Purefoods led by 10 thanks to a buzzer-beater by Roger Yap when the shot clock expired prior to half-time. Sta. Lucia closed the gap in the third quarter thanks to Nelbert Omolon's and Dennis Miranda's three-point shooting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 4\nWith the two teams exchanging turnovers at the fourth quarter, the Giants seized the initiative when James Yap scored 4 points in the last 2:03 to break the last deadlock at 95-all; Yap scored a conference-high 32 points. Purefoods managed to hold on to tie the series 2-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 5\nWith both Yeo and Yap suspended, the two teams had less options for offense which led to the lowest scoring first quarter of the series. Purefoods opened the game on a better note, however, when they led by as much as 11 points in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 5\nThe Realtors crept back into the game thanks to points off Purefoods' turnovers. Simon got cold and Raymundo had a tough time against SLR's zone defense. With Sta. Lucia erecting a double-digit lead, Purefoods managed to cut to seven but Chico Lanete's turnover in a fastbreak attempt ended the Giants' hopes of a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 5\nSLR had good games from veterans Dennis Espino and Paolo Mendoza who stepped up in Yeo's absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6\nBoth Yeo and Yap returned from the suspensions in the pivotal Game 6; the TJ Giants are on a do-or-die situation while the Realtors can clinch the title with a win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6\nThe teams took the opening quarter strong but Purefoods pulled away after a tight first few minutes. SLR caught up with them at the second quarter but thanks to Purefoods' rebounding, they inflated their lead by up to ten points at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6\nThe Realtors stepped their offense on the third quarter, even leading at some points. But James Yap scored 20 of his 30 teams in the payoff period to lead Purefoods into a Game 7. Williams had a lackluster offensive game although he grabbed 17 rebounds; but it was Marc Pingris who grabbed the most boards, with a series high 21 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 7\nWith the Araneta Coliseum unavailable for February 29 due to a Ne-Yo concert, the final game was conducted on March 2. YouTube singing sensation Charice Pempengco sang the national anthem prior the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 7\nSta. Lucia started with a 6-1 blast but Purefoods caught up with them and took the lead at the end of the first quarter. Sta. Lucia and the TJ Giants kept it close as neither team led by more than double figures by half-time. When the third quarter started, Sta. Lucia ignited a run that saw their lead reach 10 points; Simon then led the comeback for Purefoods as the Giants caught up once again to arrange a close fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 7\nThe game was close until the seven-minute mark when Ryan Reyes scored a three-point field goal; James Yap, not to be outdone, shot a trey but it rattled out of rim. The #1 draft pick on the 1995 PBA Draft Dennis Espino then led the 13-2 run as Purefoods' outside shots rattled in-and-out of the rim for a Sta. Lucia pull-away. Giants coach Ryan Gregorio used up all of his timeouts but the Realtors managed to convert their inside jumpers. Espino scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to prevent a Purefoods incursion to assure the Sta. Lucia franchise their first Philippine Cup championship and their second championship overall. Espino was adjudged as the Finals MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Suspensions and other issues, James Yap suspension\nWith Game 3 already decided, James Yap committed a flagrant foul (penalty 1) against Joseph Yeo. Yeo was driving to the basket when he passed the ball to a teammate; after that, Yap slapped Yeo in the face to mete a flagrant foul. Commissioner Sonny Barrios suspended Yap for a game and fined the 2005-06 MVP P20,000. Purefoods coach Ryan Gregorio remarked it as a \"damning decision\" while Realtors coach Boyet Fernandez said it was a \"big boost\" for his team. Yap served his suspension at Game 5 since notification to Gregorio arrived in the late evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Suspensions and other issues, James Yap suspension\nIn a related event, Purefoods alternate governor Rene Pardo resigned as chairman of the PBA ethics committee as a direct offshoot of the team\u2019s disgruntlement on the way Barrios handled the James Yap case. Pardo said that, Barrios, who suspended Yap on the same day the commissioner met with some top Sta. Lucia officials at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel, \"the timing was awful. It should have been with some sense of propriety that the lunch offer was turned down.\" Barrios on his part didn't see anything wrong with the lunch meeting since the meeting was done at a public place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Suspensions and other issues, James Yap suspension\nMeanwhile, San Miguel Corporation pulled out their ads from the Associated Broadcasting Company (ABC)'s TV coverage. No reason was given. The league's technical head, Perry Martinez, went on an indefinite leave of absence after voicing his disagreement over Yap's suspension, due to \"health issues.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194910-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Suspensions and other issues, Joseph Yeo suspension\nWith SLR on a fouling spree to conserve time on Game 4, Yeo committed a flagrant foul (penalty 2) when he hit Noy Castillo in the face. Yeo and Castillo then had a shouting spree before Castillo missed his two free throws. This would assure that Yeo will miss Game 5 along with James Yap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194911-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA season\nThe 2007\u201308 PBA season was the 33rd season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season was formally opened on October 14, 2007, at the Araneta Coliseum. The league started the season with the Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference, while capping off the season with the import-laiden Fiesta Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194911-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA season\nRenauld \"Sonny\" Barrios was appointed as commissioner while serving as an officer in charge of the league until a replacement for former commissioner Noli Eala will be found.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194911-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA season\nThe first activity of the season was the 2007 PBA Draft last August 19 at the Market Market in Taguig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194911-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA season, Opening ceremonies\nThe season began on October 14 with the Magnolia Beverage Masters defeating the Air21 Express, 121-112.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194911-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA season, Mid-season break\nOn March 20, Talk N Text traded franchise player Asi Taulava to Coca Cola in exchange for Ali Peak and 2nd picks for next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194911-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA season, Mid-season break, PBA Ateneo-La Salle Showdown\nA game was held for the benefit of the PBA Players' Educational Trust Fund at the Araneta Coliseum featuring players from UAAP archrivals Ateneo and La Salle. Studio 23 aired the event with ABS-CBN Sports producing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 66], "content_span": [67, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194911-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBA season, 2008 PBA All-Star Weekend\nThe 2008 PBA All-Star Weekend was held from April 25 to April 27 at Bacolod, Negros Occidental. The winners were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194912-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBC CSKA Moscow season\nCSKA Moscow 2007\u2013 2008 season is the 2007\u201308 basketball season for Russian professional basketball club CSKA Moscow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194912-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBC CSKA Moscow season\nThe 2007\u201308 season for CSKA Moscow is the 73rd official season of CSKA. The club competing in:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194912-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PBC CSKA Moscow season, Results, Results and schedules\nNotes: Match-Match in season (number); League-FM:Friendly match, EL:Euroleague, SL:Super League, RC:Russian Cup, CBA:CBA Euroleague Challenge; Arena-A:Away, H:Home", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194913-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PFC CSKA Sofia season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was PFC CSKA Sofia's 57th season in A Group. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194913-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Summer transfers\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194913-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Summer transfers\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194913-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Winter transfers\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194913-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Winter transfers\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194914-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PFC Cherno More Varna season\nThis page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2007-08 season. These are A PFG, Bulgarian Cup and Intertoto Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194915-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PFC Levski Sofia season\nThe 2007\u201308 season is Levski Sofia's 86th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194915-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PFC Levski Sofia season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194916-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PFF League\nThe 2007\u201308 PFF League was the 4th season of PFF League, second tier of Pakistan Football Federation. The season started on 7 November 2007 concluded on 30 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194917-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PSV Eindhoven season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 Dutch football season, PSV Eindhoven competed in the Eredivisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194917-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PSV Eindhoven season, Season summary\nThe 2007-08 season was a turbulent one for PSV. Ronald Koeman left in early November to take charge at Valencia. Jan Wouters took charge as caretaker for the next month, before Sef Vergoossen was appointed interim manager for the rest of the season. Vergoossen guided the club to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals and won PSV's fourth successive Dutch title before stepping down at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194917-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PSV Eindhoven season, Season summary\nPSV were disqualified from the KNVB Cup after fielding Manuel da Costa, who was suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194917-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PSV Eindhoven season, Kit\nPSV's kits were manufactured by Nike and sponsored by Philips.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 33], "content_span": [34, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194917-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PSV Eindhoven season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194917-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 PSV Eindhoven season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194918-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pakistan Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 season is the 53rd season of Pakistan domestic football and the 4th season of the Pakistan Premier League and was held from November 1, 2007 to February 6, 2008 under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194918-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pakistan Premier League, Changes\nRecently, the Pakistan Football Federation made changes to the league. It was announced that the league has been increased to a total of 14 teams with Habib Bank Limited, which was relegated after a winning 2 and drawing 6 out of 20 games in previous season, has also been given permission to field its team. Similarly, Pakistan Airlines, which had withdrawn its entry from the last year edition at the eleventh hour, will also feature in the coming event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194918-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pakistan Premier League, Format\nA total of 182 matches will be played at different venues in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Chaman, and Faisalabad. Peshawar, which was also under consideration to host few matches, has been left out of the venues\u2019 list due to financial constraints. In Karachi, 65 matches would be held, Lahore and Islamabad have got 39 matches each, while Rawalpindi, Chaman and Faisalabad will host 13 matches each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194918-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pakistan Premier League, Format\nThe winners will represent Pakistan at the 2008 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League and two teams (winners and runners-up) from Pakistan Football Federation League will be promoted for the 2008-09 edition..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194918-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pakistan Premier League, Format\nThe matches will be held at 13:00 PST and 15:00 PST respectively on home and away basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194918-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pakistan Premier League, Format\nThis season the winning prize will be Rs. 500,000, the runners-up team will receive Rs 300,000 while the third position holder will receive Rs 100,000. All matches are likely to be supervised by neutral referees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194918-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pakistan Premier League, Season summary\nThe league title went to the final day of the season, with a match between Pakistan Army and WAPDA, with Army only needing a draw to retain their title, however WAPDA went on to win the match 2-1 after two goals from Arif Mehmood completing the comeback after being 0-1 down by a goal from Imran Hussain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194918-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pakistan Premier League, Season summary\nWAPDA won their second Premier League title and sixth top division title and became the first team to end a season undefeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194918-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pakistan Premier League, Season summary\nWohaib and Pakistan Railways were relegated to the PFF League and will be replaced next season by PFF League winners Pak Elektron and runner-ups Pakistan Steel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194919-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Panathinaikos F.C. season\nIn the 2007\u201308 season Panathinaikos played for 49th consecutive time in Greece's top division, Super League. They also competed in UEFA Cup and Greek Cup. Season started with Jos\u00e9 Peseiro as team manager. In summer of 2007 many players left the club including Igor Bi\u0161\u0107an and V\u00edctor S\u00e1nchez who hadn't fulfilled the expectations of Panathinaikos' fans with their performance. On the other end the return of Giorgos Karagounis after four years pulled the spotlight and considered one of the most important signings of the 2007 summer transfer window. Panathinaikos also signed Brazilian midfielder Marcelo Mattos from Corinthians, Dame N'Doye from Academica, Josu Sarriegi from Athletic Bilbao and some other players to help the team win its first championship in four years and celebrate the club's centesimal anniversary in the most appropriate way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 884]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194919-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Panathinaikos F.C. season\nThe championship began with Panathinaikos collecting seven points in the first three matchdays, having already played two derbies against Olympiacos (0\u20130) and PAOK (2\u20130).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194919-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Panathinaikos F.C. season, Squad\nAs of 24 February 2008. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194919-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Panathinaikos F.C. season, Squad, Squad changes for the 2007\u201308 season\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194919-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Panathinaikos F.C. season, Squad, Squad changes for the 2007\u201308 season\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194919-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Panathinaikos F.C. season, Squad, Squad changes for the 2007\u201308 season\nOut on loan:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194920-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Panonian League season\nThe 2007\u20132008 Panonian League Season was the third season of the league. The previous season ended in 2004, and the league was abandoned for some years. Unlike in the past, the teams came from only two countries - Croatia and Serbia. The season lasted from October 12, 2007 to February 15, 2008. There were no playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League\nThe 2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League season, known as the Telikom NSL Cup for sponsorship purposes, was the second edition of the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League\nThe title was won by PRK Hekari United, who picked up their second title. The Golden Boot was won by Hekari's Kema Jack, who scored 15 goals, while the Player of the Season award was shared by Ian Yanum of Welgris Highlanders and Ila Ilaita Jr of Gelle Hills.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Teams\nSeven teams entered the competition, an expansion from the previous season's five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Teams\nEarlier in the year, there had been interest from further clubs, with the most notable being PS Rutz, who had competed for several years alongside Rapatona in the Port Moresby Premier League. However, their participation eventually failed to materialise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Format\nIn the regular season, each team played each other twice. The team at the top of the league after all matches were played was crowned 'Minor Premiers' and secured qualification for the 2008\u201309 OFC Champions League. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams advanced to a knockout competition, the winners of which were crowned Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary\nAfter a successful first season, the league secured sponsorship from Telikom before the season kicked off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary\nWith an odd number of teams, fourteen rounds of action were scheduled, with one team taking a bye each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary\nThe season started on 10 November 2007, and Morobe Kumuls took an early lead after an opening day 3\u20130 victory over Hekari United followed by a 3\u20130 away win against newcomers Inspac Rapatona. Champions Hekari rather stumbled out of the blocks, following up their opening defeat with a 4\u20134 draw against newcomers Madang Besta, and thanks to a third round bye, they found themselves joint-bottom of the table after three rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary\nAhead of the fifth round of action, Hekari United's match against Welgris Highlanders was postponed, as the Hekari players were unable to secure flights to the venue. With Rapatona winning their fourth match from five and moving top of the league, this left Hekari 8 points behind with two games in hand; however, the sixth round of fixtures saw Hekari defeat Rapatona 1\u20130 to drag them back into the top four. At the half-way stage, with Hekari still to play their postponed fixture, Gelle Hills, Morobe Kumuls and Rapatona were all level at the top with 12 points, with Hekari a further two behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary\nWith Hekari winning their re-arranged fixture against Welgris 2\u20131 on 19 January 2008, the champions headed into the second half of the season on top. However, they were unable to exact revenge on Morobe Kumuls in the first round of the second half, drawing 3\u20133 and surrendering their lead to Rapatona, who secured a 2\u20130 victory over newcomers Madang Besta. However, defeat for Rapatona against Morobe Kumuls the following week, and a 6\u20130 win for Hekari over Madang Besta, saw them re-take the league lead ahead of their bye week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary\nOn 9 February, Gelle Hills, with their game in hand, rose to the top of the league by a single point after a 2\u20131 away win over Madang Besta. With Rapatona's form stuttering, the following weekend's clash between Gelle Hills and Hekari United would be crucial to deciding which way the Minor Premiership would fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary\nLed by a brace from Kema Jack, Hekari secured a 3\u20130 away win against Hills, and that, combined with shock defeats for other title rivals Morobe Kumuls and Rapatona, saw Hekari two points clear and with a clear sight at the league title. They secured the title with one game to spare, winning all three of their remaining fixtures, while Gelle Hills held out for a 1\u20131 draw against Morobe Kumuls on the final day to secure second place. Rapatona earned just one point from their final five fixtures but still held on to their playoff qualifying spot in 4th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194921-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary\nIn the playoffs, it would be Hekari against Gelle Hills in the final, as Morobe Kumuls defeated Rapatona in the third-place playoff. Hills succumbed to a sixth straight defeat to Hekari United, going down 3\u20132 despite a late comeback, handing Hekari their second league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was French football club Paris Saint-Germain's 35th professional season, their 35th season in Ligue 1 and their 34th consecutive season in French top-flight. It was their 38th season in existence. PSG was managed by Paul Le Guen - in his first full season since replacing Guy Lacombe. The club was chaired by Alain Cayzac until Simon Tahar took over. Paris Saint-Germain was present in the 2007\u201308 Ligue 1, the 2007\u201308 Coupe de France and the 2007\u201308 Coupe de la Ligue. Last season's poor results prevented the capital club to participate in consecutive years in a European competition. Paris Saint-Germain's average home gate for the 2007\u201308 season was 36,947, the third highest in the Ligue 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season\nAfter a season marked by the violence between the fans and poor results, Paris Saint-Germain started the season with the prospect of regaining success and stability. Nicolas Sarkozy held a meeting with Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Thiriez to discuss racism and violence in football. Michel Gaudin stated that measures against hooliganism had reduced racist incidents and that 300 known hooligans could be banned from matches. PSG maintained the services of key players such as Pauleta, Micka\u00ebl Landreau, Bernard Mendy, Sylvain Armand and J\u00e9r\u00f4me Rothen, as well as adding Zoumana Camara and P\u00e9guy Luyindula to their player pool. The club's shareholders decided to stick with president Alain Cayzac and manager Paul Le Guen. Alain Cayzac had pretty high ambitions and declared that PSG was on the course to achieve a much better season, also revealing what he expected from manager and former player Paul Le Guen:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 931]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season\nI trust Paul Le Guen to find the solution that will make us win. Don't forget we endured a horrible last season. We suffered a lot and it has left traces. Anyway, I am convinced we will achieve a much better season. We are ambitious, even if we won't state that we will be champions. I am confident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, News\nSylvain Armand extended his contract with Paris Saint Germain until 2011. The divorce between Paul Le Guen and Fabrice Pancrate was definitive. The player refused to participate during the pre-season and the LFP suspended his contract with PSG. J\u00e9r\u00f4me Rothen signed an extension to his deal with Paris Saint Germain and was now tied to the Parc des Princes until 2011. PSG officially launched , their very own web TV channel, only available over the internet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, News\nPSG.TV broadcasts exclusive content including: interviews with players, re-runs of classic matches, exclusive reports, press conferences, training sessions at the Camp des Loges and footage showing snippets of life inside the club. Francis Borelli, historic president of Paris Saint-Germain, died following a long illness. Two minutes of silence were observed at the Parc des Princes before a match against Rennes in his memory. PSG fans displayed a giant banner dedicated to President Francis Borelli: \"25 years later it is Le Parc who bows before you President\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0003-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, News\nThe banner referred to a memorable scene during the 1982 French Cup Final between PSG and Saint-\u00c9tienne. Francis Borelli rushed to the field and kissed the lawn of the Parc des Princes after Dominique Rocheteau scored an extra-time equalizer a few seconds before the final whistle to force a penalty shootout. Jean-Marc Pilorget transformed the match-winning penalty and gave PSG their first major trophy. J\u00e9r\u00f4me Rothen was named \"Player of the Month\" for September by the UNFP with 60% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, News\nMamadou Sakho became PSG's youngest ever captain after wearing the armband on his league debut \u2212 aged 17 \u2212 against Valenciennes. Paris Saint-Germain fans clashed with police before the game at Auxerre. The fans had been waiting for the bus carrying the PSG players, which used another entrance. Paris Saint-Germain recorded their first victory away to Auxerre since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, News\nFollowing their loss to Toulouse at the Parc des Princes during Week 18, PSG recorded their worst start to a season at home in their history and for the first time the club from the capital finished the first half of the league campaign without a single victory as hosts. Paris Saint-Germain recorded their first victory away to Saint-\u00c9tienne since 1994. PSG launched , the official website of the Parc des Princes. \"Welcome to the Parc des Princes website\u00a0!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0004-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, News\nTo know all about this French monument, its history, its plans, and its news (sports, culture and promotional events) go into the pages of its official website, entirely devoted to the Paris stadium\". Walter Butler, head of Butler Capital Partners, sold most of its shares to Colony Capital, which now owned 68% of the Parisian club. The group led by S\u00e9bastien Bazin in France became the majority shareholder of Paris Saint-Germain. Loris Arnaud signed a new two-year contract extension until June 2010. Guyanese singer Henri Salvador died in Paris aged 90.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0004-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, News\nSupporter of Paris Saint-Germain since the early 1970s, Henri Salvador had four lifetime subscriptions at the Parc des Princes since the Hechter era. The club was in a bad financial situation and Daniel Hechter asked his friends to get their hands in their pockets. Hechter offered a lifetime subscription at Le Parc for all matches of PSG in exchange for 10,000 francs in donations. Henri Salvador took four. According to a survey made by magazine France Football, the Parc des Princes was the favorite stadium of Ligue 1 players. Paris Saint-Germain fans decided to protest against the club's poor form by boycotting the first 15 minutes of every home match since December to show their discontent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, News\nAlain Cayzac, president of Paris Saint Germain, resigned from his position after his team was thrashed by Caen, dropping deeper into relegation zone. PSG were going through their worst ever crisis with relegation to the second division looming. With four league games remaining PSG sat 18th out of 20, just above already-relegated Metz and three points behind fourth from bottom Lens. Several PSG players' cars were attacked by irate supporters, some of whom spray-painted threats on walls at the club's training ground at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The club hired Michel Moulin as director of sport to work alongside Le Guen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, News\nSimon Tahar was appointed president of Paris Saint-Germain. Reading \"Paedophiles, unemployed and inbred: Welcome to the Sticks\", the banner was displayed at the League Cup Final, of which French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in attendance. As well as disbanding the \"Boulogne Boys\" - who are considered one of the oldest hooligan groups in France - an inquiry into finding and punishing those responsible was launched. Lens mayor Guy Delcourt wanted the match to be replayed after the racist banner incident. The match was not replayed, but PSG were fined and banned from the following edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0005-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, News\nThe measure was later overturned on appeal. Pauleta said goodbye to the Parc des Princes after PSG's last home match of the season against Saint-\u00c9tienne. PSG fans unfurled a giant banner dedicated to Pauleta: \"Your name and our colors forever linked\". Following their victory away to Sochaux, Paris Saint-Germain avoided relegation in the last match of the season and ensured their continuity in the top-flight. Pauleta, Portugal and PSG's all-time leading goalscorer, announced his retirement at the end of the season. The Portuguese striker, surnamed \"The Eagle of Azores\", scored 110 goals for Paris Saint-Germain. Pauleta was honored for his career achievements. Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delano\u00eb awarded Pauleta the Great Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris during a press conference at the H\u00f4tel de Ville de Paris. President Simon Tahar and sports councillor Michel Moulin resigned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 931]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Kit\nNike manufactured the kits for Paris Saint-Germain and Emirates continued to be the club's main sponsor. Nike have been the official kit provider of PSG since 1989. Emirates has been a partner of the capital club since 2005 and the major shirt sponsor since January 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 44], "content_span": [45, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Pre-season\nParis Saint-Germain opened their preseason campaign with a victory over Cr\u00e9teil. Pierre-Alain Frau was the star as he scored the first goal of the match, before assisting Dian\u00e9 for the second. Three weeks before the start of the Ligue 1 season, pre-season preparations seemed to be progressing perfectly for PSG as they ran out convincingly winners against Dijon. Pauleta and Frau opened the score in the first period, while David N'Gog sealed the victory in the very end of the match. \"Les Parisiens\" continued their preparations for the coming season with a new triumph over Troyes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Pre-season\nThe only goal of the match was scored by the inevitable Pauleta just before the break. PSG suffered a narrow defeat, their first of the pre-season, at the hands of Tours. Paul Le Guen gave playing time to all of the group and seized the match to offer a few players from the reserve squad the opportunity to play with the first team. Paris encountered some problems against Greek side Aris, fourth in the Superleague Greece last season, but a surprising goal from P\u00e9guy Luyindula late in the match secured the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0007-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Pre-season\nLuyindula scored his second consecutive goal in the pre-season, from the penalty spot, to give PSG a narrow but significant victory over Egyptian club Zamalek. Invited by English club and hosts Arsenal, Paris attended the inaugural edition of the Emirates Cup. Despite another goal from Luyindula, the capital club suffered a narrow defeat, their second of the pre-season, at the hands of \"The Gunners\" in their opening match. PSG then stole the show against Valencia, scoring three unanswered goals, including Luyindula's fourth goal of the pre-season, and confirming that Paul Le Guen's squad was in tip top form just days from the start of the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nParis Saint-Germain and Sochaux shared the points in a close encounter in Paris as neither side forced a breakthrough. A goalless draw at the Stade F\u00e9lix-Bollaert saw Lens and PSG win a point apiece in a game containing few clear cut chances. PSG slumped to their first defeat of the season, a campaign in which they were yet to win, as Lorient stunned a packed Parc des Princes crowd with a comeback win. Paris Saint-Germain picked up a point after a goalless draw with Metz at the Stade Saint-Symphorien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nA Pierre-Alain Frau goal three minutes from time handed PSG a precious point at the Parc des Princes as the capital club came back from a goal down to record yet another draw against Lille. Sylvain Armand and Amara Dian\u00e9 secured PSG's first victory of the season away to Le Mans. PSG and Olympique de Marseille played out a draw at the Parc des Princes as Djibril Ciss\u00e9 and P\u00e9guy Luyindula netted early goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0008-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nA goal each from Sylvain Armand and Amara Dian\u00e9 prove enough for PSG as they beat Monaco at the Stade Louis II, a late J\u00e9r\u00e9my M\u00e9nez free-kick nothing but a consolation for Ricardo Gomes' men. PSG fell to their second defeat of the season with a reverse to Bordeaux, Johan Micoud and David Bellion scoring the goals for \"Les Girondins\". A goal and an assist from former playmaker J\u00e9r\u00f4me Leroy condemned PSG to a third league defeat of the season as Rennes continued their impressive start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0008-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nHigh-flying Valenciennes missed a golden opportunity to take fourth spot in Ligue 1 after being held to a goalless draw by struggling Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade Nungesser. Lyon overcame a spirited PSG side in the capital to extend their lead at the top of the table, Sidney Govou's goal the clincher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nTwo goals in the opening 20 minutes set Paris Saint-Germain on the way to three much-needed points at Strasbourg, a victory that lifted \"Les Parisiens\" well clear of the relegation zone. PSG were still waiting for their first home win of the season after they could only draw against high-flying visitors Nancy at the Parc des Princes. PSG lost away to Nice to relinquish the honour of being the last unbeaten team on the road in Ligue 1. The defeat saw Paul Le Guen's side slip into the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nA nightmare season continued in the French capital as a terrible defensive error from Cear\u00e1 gifted Caen victory at the Parc des Princes and left PSG mired in the relegation zone after yet another shocking result. At blustery Auxerre, PSG recorded a fine win to move out of the bottom three, P\u00e9guy Luyindula heading home the game's only goal. Johan Elmander continued his fantastic scoring form with another two goals as Toulouse performed a textbook smash and grab at the Parc des Princes and took home all three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0009-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nA solitary P\u00e9guy Luyindula goal saw off Saint-\u00c9tienne, \"Les Parisiens\" surviving a first-half onslaught to steal all three points with a narrow victory. Amara Dian\u00e9 scored twice for PSG to record the club's first league home win of the season and leave Lens empty-handed in a one-sided encounter at the Parc des Princes. Gr\u00e9gory Bourillon's first-half own goal brought an end to PSG's resurgent run of form as Lorient claimed a deserved victory over Paul Le Guen's capital outfit at the Stade du Moustoir. PSG moved up to 12th in the Ligue 1 table with an emphatic win over relegation candidates Metz at the Parc des Princes. Lille and Paris Saint-Germain played out a goalless draw, a result that did little to ease both sides' relegation fears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nParis Saint-Germain and Le Mans shoot blanks in a tactical encounter at the Parc des Princes. Mamadou Niang was the hero for Marseille as the Senegal striker hit the winner in a victory over bitter rivals PSG at the Stade V\u00e9lodrome. A late error from Paris-Saint-German goalkeeper Micka\u00ebl Landreau gifted visitors Monaco a point at the Parc des Princes. A Wendel hat-trick blasted PSG away as Bordeaux hanged on to the heels of Lyon at the top of Ligue 1. Jimmy Briand inspired Rennes to a victory over PSG to ease the pressure on the Brittany team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nPauleta's late equalizer against Valenciennes kept PSG out of the relegation zone after yet another game in which good chances were spurned by Paul Le Guen's ailing side. Alain Perrin's Lyon romped to a win over relegation candidates PSG with goals from Fred, Sidney Govou and Juninho. Many PSG fans suggested that catch-up Ligue 1 game against Strasbourg was just as important to their relegation-haunted team as the League Cup Final - and sub Amara Dian\u00e9's goal gave them a precious win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0010-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nNancy maintained their season-long unbeaten home run with a win over PSG, a Marc-Antoine Fortun\u00e9 goal sending the League Cup winners to another league defeat. PSG remained in great danger near the foot of Ligue 1 following a home defeat to Nice, Bakari Kon\u00e9 and Ederson winning the game for \"Les Aiglons\" in the last eight minutes. Paris Saint-Germain's nightmare season in Ligue 1 continued, with Paul Le Guen's ailing side looking prime candidates for relegation after a hapless defeat at Caen. Amara Dian\u00e9 scored two goals as PSG beat Auxerre and kept alive their hopes of avoiding relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0010-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Ligue 1\nToulouse's Mohamed Fofana denied fellow relegation strugglers Paris Saint-Germain a vital three points with a late equalizer. J\u00e9r\u00e9my Cl\u00e9ment notched his first Ligue 1 goal of the season as Paul Le Guen's side mounted a second-half fightback against in-form Saint-\u00c9tienne and climbed out of the bottom three with just one game to go. Two goals from Amara Dian\u00e9 preserved Paris Saint-Germain's Ligue 1 status after a nerve-jangling encounter at Sochaux.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Coupe de France\nLigue 1 strugglers Paris Saint-Germain kick-started the New Year on a winning note in the French Cup. PSG, who have won the French Cup on seven occasions, got first-half goals from Cl\u00e9ment Chant\u00f4me and Sylvain Armand for their victory over fourth division \u00c9pinal. Paris Saint Germain ended the French Cup dreams of fifth division Le Poir\u00e9-sur-Vie. Striker Amara Dian\u00e9 netted twice as PSG shrug off poor form to reach last-16. Paris Saint-Germain reached the quarter-finals of the French Cup thanks to two-goal hero Loris Arnaud, who found the net twice in a win over Bastia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0011-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Coupe de France\nAfter their magnificent victory over Marseille in the previous round, minnows Carquefou, from the French fifth grade, had the chance of another mighty scalp in the quarter-final, where they faced PSG. Carquefou's French Cup dream finally ended when Pauleta earned PSG a narrow win over the amateur outfit in the eagerly-awaited quarter-final clash between the sides at the Stade de la Beaujoire. Yannick Boli scored 12 minutes from time to give Paul Le Guen's PSG a narrow win over Ligue 2 side Amiens in the semi-final to claim their place in the French Cup Final at the Stade de France. Sidney Govou's extra-time winner gave Ligue 1 champions Lyon a narrow victory over PSG. Paul Le Guen's capital side dominated for long periods but it was Alain Perrin's men who lifted the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 855]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Coupe de la Ligue\nParis Saint-Germain cruised past Lorient and reached the last-16 of the League Cup. Young starlet David N'Gog scored his first two goals for PSG, while Pauleta pounced late on to seal the victory. Paris Saint-Germain at last treated their supporters to a home win when they defeated second division Montpellier. PSG goalkeeper Micka\u00ebl Landreau saved a Gr\u00e9gory Lacombe penalty in the 77th minute. PSG avoided a potential giant-killing at the hands of Montpellier as Pauleta moved level with former stalwart Dominique Rocheteau. The Portuguese hitman became the club's joint-highest goalscorer with goals 99 and 100.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0012-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Coupe de la Ligue\nPSG met Valenciennes in the next round who made history by qualifying to the League Cup quarter-finals for the first time in the club's history. Ten-man PSG reached the League Cup semi-finals after smashing Valenciennes at the Parc des Princes. The capital club made it two successive home wins in a row as Amara Dian\u00e9 struck twice to ensure VA cound not find a way past a spirited and free-scoring PSG side in their League Cup quarter final. PSG were drawn for home advantage in the League Cup semi-finals as they hosted Auxerre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0012-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Coupe de la Ligue\nParis Saint-Germain booked a place in the League Cup Final with a win over Auxerre at the Parc des Princes. PSG qualified for their fourth League Cup final in 14 years and reached their 13th domestic final. Goals from Mario Yepes, Pauleta and Bernard Mendy ensured a place in the final after AJA could only manage a late Julien Quercia effort and a helping hand from PSG goalkeeper Micka\u00ebl Landreau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0012-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Competitions, Coupe de la Ligue\nThe capital side faced RC Lens at the Stade de France and looked forward to a first domestic cup final since 2006 when they beat bitter rivals Marseille in the French Cup Final. Pauleta scored the opening goal as PSG clinched a dramatic injury-time victory over Lens to become the only club to ever win the Coupe de la Ligue three times. Substitute Bernard Mendy struck the historic goal on a fabulous night of action when he rolled the ball home from the penalty spot in the 94th minute after Lens captain Hilton had hauled down substitute striker P\u00e9guy Luyindula in the box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Start formations\nSource: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194922-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Other statistics\nSource: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194923-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Parma F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194924-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Partick Thistle F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Partick Thistle participated in the Scottish First Division and finished the season in 6th place. They reached the Quarter Final of the Scottish Cup, where they took eventual winners Rangers to a replay. The season saw the return of former Jag David Rowson who played in 45 competitive matches, the most appearances for any player. This season was Ian McCall's first season in charge of the club as manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194924-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Partick Thistle F.C. season, Team kit\nThe team kit for the 2007\u201308 season was produced by Diadora and the main shirt sponsor was Resolution Asset Management.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194924-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Partick Thistle F.C. season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194925-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Persepolis F.C. season\nThis is a list of Persepolis F.C. 's results at the  2007/2008 Season. The club is competing in the Iran Pro League and Hazfi Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194925-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Persepolis F.C. season, Squad, Iran Pro League\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194926-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Persian Gulf Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 25th season of Iran's Football League and seventh as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Saipa were the defending champions. The season featured 13 teams from the 2006\u201307 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2006\u201307 Azadegan League: Shirin Faraz as champions, Pegah and Sanat Naft. PAS Hamedan replaced PAS Tehran. The league started on 16 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total ninth Iranian title).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194926-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Persian Gulf Cup, Teams\nBelow is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194926-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Persian Gulf Cup, Attendances, Average home attendances\nUpdated to games played on 17 May 2008Source: Notes:Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendancesPegah, Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz played last season in Azadegan League  PAS Hamedan replaced PAS Tehran", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194927-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Perth Glory FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 11th season since its establishment in 1996. The club competed in the A-League for the 3rd time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194927-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Perth Glory FC season\nThe Glory finished 7th in the 2007\u201308 A-League season, making them the worst Australian team in the A-League, for the second consecutive season. Given the team's promising pre-season performances, expectations at the club were to achieve a top 4 finish, or to at least significantly improve over the performance in the previous A-League season. After a poor start to the season, without a win after the first 11 games and Glory winless for 18 consecutive A-League matches, coach Ron Smith departed and assistant coach, David Mitchell took over for the rest of the season. After 2 wins from his first 4 games in charge, Mitchell was rewarded by having his contract extended till the end of the 2008-09 Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194927-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Perth Glory FC season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194927-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Perth Glory FC season, Friendlies\nPerth Glory began their pre-season with three preseason friendlies in Malaysia. Firstly the team defeated Selangor PKNS 3-0 with goals to David Tarka, Naum Sekulovski and Anthony Danze. Perth then moved on to sweep Perak FA 4-0 with a brace to both Nikita Rukavytsya and Jamie Harnwell. Finally, Perth defeated Penang FA 5-1 with another brace to Rukavytsya and goals to Nick Rizzo, Danze and Mate Dragi\u010devi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194927-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Perth Glory FC season, Friendlies\nFollowing the tour of Malaysia, the Perth Glory squad was hit hard by injuries and illness, ahead of a planned series of games against Football West State League sides. Nikolai Topor-Stanley was granted leave due to personal issues, while Mate Dragi\u010devi\u0107 was forced to return to Croatia as a result of visa complications. With only twelve players to call on, Perth Glory succumbed to a 2-1 defeat to Perth SC, with Rukavytsya scoring early in the second half. Perth Glory postponed the remaining friendlies, citing the depletion of their playing stocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194927-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Perth Glory FC season, Pre-Season Cup\nPerth Glory began their Pre-Season Cup campaign with a 1-0 victory over Newcastle Jets. Jamie Harnwell scored in the second half. However, Perth's injury problems were compounded with Anthony Danze and David Micevski the latest players to be put out of action. Perth Glory rushed to sign Mitchell Prentice ahead of the match in order to boost their playing stocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194927-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Perth Glory FC season, Pre-Season Cup\nThe following week, Perth Glory drew 1-1 with Adelaide United. Nikita Rukavytsya scored in the 53rd minute after being played through by a Jamie Harnwell backheel. C\u00e1ssio equalised in the 60th minute via a well-taken freekick. Hayden Foxe and Nikolai Topor-Stanley made their debuts for the Glory, with Foxe substituted in the 73rd minute due to a minor knee complaint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194927-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Perth Glory FC season, Pre-Season Cup\nIn the third round Perth Glory staged a come-from-behind victory over Melbourne Victory to win 2-1 in Darwin. Nikita Rukavytsya and Jamie Harnwell were the goalscorers. Perth Glory finished equal with Adelaide United on points and second in the group due to goal difference, despite winning the most games in the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194927-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Perth Glory FC season, Pre-Season Cup\nPerth Glory progressed to the pre-season grand final with a 2-3 away victory to the Central Coast Mariners. Dragicevic opened the scoring for the Glory, with Nick Mrdja equalising before half-time. Goals to Bertos and Tarka in the second half sealed the victory for the Glory, with Sasho Petrovski scoring a consolation goal deep in injury time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194927-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Perth Glory FC season, Pre-Season Cup\nOnce again forced to travel interstate, Perth Glory lost the pre-season cup grand final to Adelaide United. Perth led at half-time through a Leo Bertos strike, but second half goals to C\u00e1ssio and Bruce Djite saw Adelaide take the pre-season cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194928-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Peterborough United F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season Peterborough United finished as runners-up in Football League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194928-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Peterborough United F.C. season, Transfers\nA transfer between 1 June 2007 & 31 May 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194929-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia 76ers season\nThe 2007\u201308 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 69th season of the franchise, 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Sixers finished the regular season at 40-42. In the first round of the playoffs, they lost to the Detroit Pistons in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194929-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia 76ers season, Summary, NBA Draft 2007\nOn May 22, the Sixers were assigned the 12th overall selection in the NBA Draft Lottery. On June 28, The Sixers then used that pick to select  forward Thaddeus Young from Georgia Tech. The Sixers also held picks 21 and 30 of the first round that they received last season in a trade with the Denver Nuggets for Allen Iverson. They used these picks to select guard Daequan Cook from Ohio State and Petteri Koponen from Finland. In the second round the Sixers selected center Kyrylo Fesenko with the 30th overall pick. During the draft, Daequan Cook was traded to the Miami Heat for also recently drafted forward Jason Smith. Petteri Koponen was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for swingman Derrick Byars. Finally, Kyrylo Fesenko was traded to the Utah Jazz for forward/center Herbert Hill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194929-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nPhiladelphia's selections from the 2007 NBA Draft in New York, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194929-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia 76ers season, Transactions\nThe 76ers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season\nThe 2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 41st season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers went from the worst team in the league during the previous season to the Eastern Conference Finals, losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season\nIn June, the Flyers made a trade which sent the first round draft pick they had acquired in the Peter Forsberg trade (23rd overall) back to the Nashville Predators for the rights to negotiate with impending unrestricted free agents Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell. Both were signed to six-year contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season\nDue to having the NHL's worst record during the 2006\u201307 season, the Flyers had the best chance to claim the first overall pick in the draft lottery. However, the Chicago Blackhawks won the lottery and jumped up to the first overall selection, relegating the Flyers to the 2nd overall pick. After much speculation as to whether the Flyers would trade the pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Flyers stayed put and selected New Jersey native James van Riemsdyk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season\nThe Flyers wasted no time in addressing their free agent needs. On July 1, the Flyers signed Buffalo Sabres center Danny Briere to an eight-year, $52\u00a0million contract. Continuing to revamp their defensive core, defenseman Joni Pitkanen and forward Geoff Sanderson were traded to the Edmonton Oilers for defenseman Jason Smith and forward Joffrey Lupul. Smith was named Flyers captain on October 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season\nThe season began in the image of the Broad Street Bullies era, with multiple-game suspensions handed out to five separate players, the most serious being 20- and 25-game suspensions to Steve Downie and Jesse Boulerice, respectively, for two separate incidents. A 7\u20133 start in October and a 9\u20133\u20131 January run had the Flyers near the top of both the division and conference standings. However, a disastrous ten-game losing streak in February, reminiscent of such a streak the previous season, nearly derailed the Flyers' season. An 8\u20133\u20134 run in March coupled with two vital wins over the New Jersey Devils and the Pittsburgh Penguins over the final weekend of the regular season put the Flyers back in the playoffs as the sixth seed and set for a first round matchup with the Washington Capitals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Playoffs\nAfter taking a three games to one series lead over Washington, the Capitals won Games 5 and 6 to force a Game 7 in Washington. The Flyers won the series in overtime on Joffrey Lupul's power play goal. The Flyers then drew a matchup with the heavily-favored Montreal Canadiens in the second round. Despite being outshot the majority of the series, the Flyers upset Montreal in five games and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2003\u201304 to face the Pittsburgh Penguins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Playoffs\nBefore the start of the series, the Flyers suffered a fatal blow when it was learned that defenseman Kimmo Timonen was out with a blood clot in his ankle. Coupled with a gruesome facial injury to Braydon Coburn in Game 2, Pittsburgh ran roughshod over the Flyers' depleted defense and jumped out to a 3\u20130 series lead. The Flyers won Game 4 at home to stave off elimination, and although Timonen returned for Game 5, Pittsburgh finished off the Flyers in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nWin (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions\nThe Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 7, 2007, the day after the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 4, 2008, the day of the deciding game of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Signings, Free agency\nThe following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Signings, Internal\nThe following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Departures\nThe following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Draft picks\nPhiladelphia's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on June 22\u201323, 2007. The Flyers traded their original second, third, and fourth-round picks in three different trades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194930-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philadelphia Flyers season, Farm teams\nThe Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL. The Phantoms, with Craig Berube returning as head coach, finished second in their division and won their first round playoff series against the Albany River Rats in seven games. They lost in the second round to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in five games. In their first and only season as the Flyers ECHL affiliate, the Nailers finished last in their division and missed the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194931-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philippine Basketball League season, 2007 V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup\nThe Harbour-Philippine team bound for the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, wrapped up their guest stint in the PBL with five wins and two losses against the seven regular ballclubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194931-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philippine Basketball League season, 2007 V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup\nA unique phase in the tournament called the pool round, gives gasping squads a last shot at advancing to the quarterfinals. Top teams Hapee and Harbour Centre, along with San Mig Coffee were in Pool A. The four lower seeded teams are in Pool B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194931-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philippine Basketball League season, 2007 V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup\nHapee Toothpaste, who advances to the best-of-three semifinals outright, remain unbeaten for nine games after winning over Harbour and San Mig Coffee in the Pool A round-robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194931-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philippine Basketball League season, 2007 V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup, V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup finals\nHarbour ended Hapee's 12-game winning streak following a 73-59 victory in Game two and tied the series at one game apiece. The following day in the deciding third game of the best-of-three title series, Harbour Centre came back from 19 points down and forces overtime at 78-all, before winning, 94-88, as Batang Pier captured a record four straight PBL crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 117], "content_span": [118, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194931-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philippine Basketball League season, 2008 Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup\nBurger King was the former Mail and More while Noosa Shoes is formerly Blu Detergent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194931-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philippine Basketball League season, 2008 Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup\nBurger King clinch the third semifinals berth by downing Pharex Medics, 77-71. San Mig Coffee claimed the fourth and last semis ticket by winning against Toyota-Otis Sparks, 68-64.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194931-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philippine Basketball League season, 2008 Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup\nHarbour Centre scored a 3-0 sweep over San Mig Coffee in their best-of-five semifinal series to advance into their familiar territory in the finals. Hapee Toothpaste sealed another championship rematch with Harbour by scoring a 3-1 series victory over Burger King.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194931-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Philippine Basketball League season, 2008 Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup, Lipovitan Amino Sports Drink Cup finals\nBatang Pier made a huge 19-0 run in the second quarter to pull away in Game four and grab a historic fifth consecutive PBL title. League MVP Jason Castro was also voted the finals Most Valuable Player as he led the onslaught that gave Harbour a 41-26 lead over Hapee at halftime. Harbour won the last three games in convincing fashion after losing Game one by one point to the Complete Protectors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 123], "content_span": [124, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194932-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Coyotes season\nThe 2007\u201308 Arizona Coyotes season began on October 4, 2007. It was the franchise's 36th season, 29th in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 12th season as the Phoenix Coyotes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194932-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Coyotes season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194932-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Coyotes season, Playoffs\nThe Coyotes failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194932-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Coyotes season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194932-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Coyotes season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO\u00a0= Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194932-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Coyotes season, Awards and records, Milestones\nFor the second straight season, the Phoenix Coyotes are last in revenue in the NHL, losing $300,000 a game, or $30 million this season. Phoenix has never had a money-making season since the franchise left the city of Winnipeg in the 1996\u201397 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194932-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Coyotes season, Transactions\nThe Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194932-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Coyotes season, Draft picks\nPhoenix' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194932-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Coyotes season, Farm teams\nThe San Antonio Rampage are the Coyotes American Hockey League affiliate in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194932-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Coyotes season, Farm teams\nThe Arizona Sundogs are the Coyotes affiliate in the CHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194933-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Suns season\nThe 2007\u201308 Phoenix Suns season was their 40th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season was seen as the end of the \"Seven Seconds or Less\" era, after four-time All-Star Shawn Marion was traded midseason to the Miami Heat for big man Shaquille O'Neal. The Suns failed to advance past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since re-signing Steve Nash in 2004, losing to the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in five games in the First Round, which led to the departure of head coach Mike D'Antoni. The Suns had the second best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194933-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason\nForward Shawn Marion was set to earn $36 million over the next two seasons, putting the Suns over the salary cap next season and fueling speculations that he, one of the key Suns, may be traded during the offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194933-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason\nOn June 6, former TNT analyst and NBA three-point specialist Steve Kerr was appointed Suns' General Manager and President of Basketball Operations. Kerr is close to team owner Robert Sarver and University of Arizona head men's basketball coach Lute Olson (Kerr's college coach); Kerr was also a part of the Sarver-led investment group that purchased the franchise from Jerry Colangelo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194933-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason\nOn June 28, 2007, Spanish guard Rudy Fern\u00e1ndez was taken 24th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Suns, who subsequently traded the rights to the pick to the Portland Trail Blazers for cash. SF Alando Tucker of Wisconsin was taken with the 29th pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194933-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason\nOn July 5, 2007, the Suns came to an agreement with former Orlando Magic SF Grant Hill on a one-year $1.8 million deal with a player option for a second season at $2 million. In August 2007, Hill and his wife, R&B vocalist Tamia, purchased a home worth $3.78 million in the exclusive upscale community of Paradise Valley, adjacent to Scottsdale and home to several prominent local residents, including many star players for the Suns, Diamondbacks and the other local sports franchises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194933-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason\nOn August 27, Maryland guard D. J. Strawberry (son of former Major League Baseball star Darryl Strawberry) signed a two-year contract with the Suns that included a guaranteed first year and a team option for the second season. Strawberry was drafted with the 59th selection in the second round of the 2007 NBA Draft; in the 2007 NBA Summer League he averaged a league-best 6.4 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194933-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Suns season, Season\nThe Suns won at least 50 games for the fourth straight season and faced the defending champion San Antonio Spurs in the playoffs for the third time in four years. Even with the presence of Shaquille O'Neal who was traded to the team just before the All-Star break for Shawn Marion, the Suns were yet again eliminated, this time in five games. Just days after the loss Steve Kerr allowed Mike D'Antoni to pursue coaching positions elsewhere and he was subsequently signed as the head coach of the New York Knicks less than two weeks later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194933-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions\nThe Suns were involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194934-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pirveli Liga\n2007\u201308 Pirveli Liga was the 19th season of the Georgian Pirveli Liga. The Pirveli Liga is the second division of Georgian Football. It consist of reserve and professional teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194934-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pirveli Liga\nAlthough reserve teams was allowed to play in the same league system, they are not allowed to play in the same division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194935-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Jamie Dixon, the Panthers finished with a record of 27\u201310 and made it to the second round of the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Michigan State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season\nThe 2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's 41st\u00a0season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Their regular season began on October 5, 2007, against the Carolina Hurricanes and concluded on April 6, 2008, against the rival Philadelphia Flyers. The Penguins looked to improve upon their progress in the 2006\u201307 season after being eliminated in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs by the Ottawa Senators. During the season, the Penguins wore gold patches with \"250\" on them, honoring the city of Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season\nEvgeni Malkin scored 106\u00a0points in the regular season, helping to offset the gap left while Sidney Crosby was injured. Goaltender Ty Conklin replaced Marc-Andre Fleury, who was also injured, to win 18\u00a0games. The team surpassed their record for total attendance, selling out all 41\u00a0home games for the first time in franchise history. The Penguins also participated in the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic, which set the NHL single-game attendance record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season\nDuring the regular season, the Penguins finished second in the Eastern Conference, behind the Montreal Canadiens. With a 12\u20132 record in the Eastern Conference playoffs, the team eliminated the Senators, the New York Rangers and the Flyers, on their way to the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, the franchise's first in 16\u00a0years. The team was defeated in the Stanley Cup Final by the Detroit Red Wings in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season\nThe Penguins' offseason activities began in May 2007, with the team naming Sidney Crosby its captain. At just 19 years old, Crosby became the youngest captain in NHL history. Crosby was named the first Penguins captain since the retirement of Mario Lemieux in January 2006; Crosby, Mark Recchi, Sergei Gonchar and John LeClair served as alternate captains after Lemieux's retirement. Veteran Gary Roberts was named as an alternate captain for the new season, joining Recchi and Gonchar. The Penguins also extended head coach Michel Therrien's contract through the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season\nOn September 17, the NHL announced that on January 1, 2008, the Penguins would travel to Orchard Park, New York to play the Buffalo Sabres outdoors at Ralph Wilson Stadium in the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic. The event marked the first time a regular-season contest was played outdoors in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season\nThe Penguins began the regular season on October 5 visiting the Carolina Hurricanes. The team played their home-opener against the Anaheim Ducks on October 6 in front of a standing-room-only crowd of 17,132, the first of 41\u00a0sellouts over the course of the season. Through November 21, the Penguins acquired a record of 8\u201311\u20132, going 2\u20136\u20131 against Atlantic Division teams in November including a four-game losing streak, their longest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season\nFollowing a Thanksgiving Day shootout victory against the Ottawa Senators, the Penguins won seven of the next eight games, including the franchise's first sweep of a Western Canada road trip. Beginning on December 23, the Penguins compiled a point streak of ten games, including eight consecutive victories, the longest winning streak for the Penguins in nearly ten years. In January and February, the team was 16\u20136\u20135, climbing the conference standings with the help of goaltender Ty Conklin and center Evgeni Malkin. During the final full month, in March, the team was 10\u20134\u20131, and 7\u20130\u20130 at home in Mellon Arena. The team concluded the regular season with a home-and-home series against the Philadelphia Flyers, with each team winning a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season\nThe Penguins suffered from several injuries during the season. Many of the injuries were long-term. By the end of the season, the team had missed a combined total of over 280\u00a0man games due to injury. Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury sustained a high-ankle sprain against the Calgary Flames on December 6. Following the injury, Fleury was ruled out for six to eight weeks. The Penguins recalled Ty Conklin from the American Hockey League to serve as a back-up to Dany Sabourin on an emergency basis. Conklin started for the first time on December 20, winning the game 5\u20134 in a shootout. After winning his first nine starts and supplanting Sabourin as the starting goaltender, Conklin lost his first game, a shootout, on January 12 against the Atlanta Thrashers. Before Fleury's eventual return as a starter on March 2, Conklin recorded a mark of 17\u20136\u20135, while Sabourin went 4\u20136\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 922]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season\nCrosby also sustained a high ankle sprain on January 18 against the Tampa Bay Lightning and was ruled out for six to eight weeks. Crosby returned on March 4, playing in three games before being removed from the lineup again on March 12. After missing the next seven games, Crosby returned against the New York Islanders on March 27, after missing 28 games. The injury forced Crosby to miss the All-Star Game, where he was the leading vote-getter for the second year in a row. Teammate Evgeni Malkin was selected to play for the Eastern Conference team in place of the injured Crosby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season\nFollowing the release of Recchi in early December and injuries to Crosby and Roberts (Recchi's replacement), Sergei Gonchar remained the Penguins' only active captain. The team assigned two new alternate captains, with Ryan Malone and Darryl Sydor serving during the injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season\nAfter the injury to Crosby on January 18, a makeshift line composed of Malkin, Malone and Petr Sykora, dubbed the \"Steel City Line\", helped sustain the Penguins' standing. Malkin scored 46 points during Crosby's absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Winter Classic\nWith an attendance of 71,417, the Winter Classic, held on January 1, 2008, at Ralph Wilson Stadium, surpassed the NHL single-game attendance record set on November 22, 2003, when the Edmonton Oilers hosted the Montreal Canadiens at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton before 57,167\u00a0fans in the 2003 Heritage Classic. The New Year's Day game between the Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres was broadcast nationwide on NBC in the United States, CBC in Canada, all Westwood One affiliates in the US and Canada and on XM satellite radio. The Penguins defeated the Sabres, 2\u20131, with a shootout goal from Crosby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Fan support\nOn December 21, 2007, at a game against the New York Islanders, the Penguins tied a franchise record with 30 straight regular-season sellouts, dating to the second half of the 2006\u201307 season. The record was surpassed at the next home game against the Boston Bruins on December 23, with the 31st\u00a0consecutive sellout of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0011-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Fan support\nOn March 12, against the Buffalo Sabres, with a standing-room-only crowd of 17,132, the Penguins set a franchise record after selling out all 35 games to date, surpassing the record set during the 1988\u201389 and 1989\u201390 seasons when the Penguins sold out 34 of 40 home games. For the first time in the franchise's 41-year history, the team sold out all 41\u00a0home games, concluding with their Atlantic Division-clinching victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on April 2. At 17,089, the average attendance for a home game was greater than Mellon Arena's seating capacity of 16,940, causing the team's season attendance to exceed 100% capacity. The 67\u00a0consecutive sellouts attracted 888,653\u00a0total fans, a record for home attendance for the franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Fan support\nThe March 27 game against the Islanders received a television rating of 10.7, the second-highest rating all-time for a Penguins game. The only game to draw a higher rating, at 15.9, was the comeback of Mario Lemieux against the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 27, 2000. The flagship station for Penguins television broadcasts, FSN Pittsburgh, had the highest-rated NHL broadcasts of any of the Fox Sports Net regional affiliates for the second year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Fan support\nStrong support from fans continued into the playoffs, as the Penguins sold out their first two home games in 11\u00a0minutes. The team erected a 12 by 16\u00a0foot LED screen on the lawn directly outside Mellon Arena, allowing fans to watch all playoff games outside of the stadium, free of charge. A rally scheduled by Allegheny County executive Dan Onorato and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl took place in front of the Allegheny County Courthouse prior to Game 2 of the team's first-round series on April 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0013-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Fan support\nThe Penguins' third game of the playoffs attracted the third-highest regional viewing audience all-time for a Penguins game. The 4,200 tickets offered for the team's first two home games of Round Two sold out within 10\u00a0minutes. As the playoffs advanced into the later rounds, the team had growing support from players and coaches of other teams in Pittsburgh, including the Steelers and Pirates, and many of the players attended games. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin watched Game 6 of the Finals outside Mellon Arena, along with 3,000 other fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0013-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Fan support\nPrior to the Stanley Cup Final, Mayor Ravenstahl led a rally in the city's Market Square, which featured chanting by the several hundred people in attendance; cooked octopus was also served by Wholey's Fish Market, in reference to the Detroit tradition of throwing octopi onto the ice. The team also opened up Mellon Arena for fans to watch away games on the JumboTron during the Stanley Cup Final; over 13,500 people attended Game 1. Fans who watched the three games played in Detroit raised over $85,000 for the Mario Lemieux Foundation for cancer research. The Penguins also ranked first in the league in merchandise sales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Fan support\nIn an annual survey of over 80,000\u00a0fans conducted by ESPN The Magazine titled \"Ultimate Standings: Fan Satisfaction Rankings,\" the Penguins ranked as the best National Hockey League team in terms of fan relations. The team also ranked third in that category, out of all 122 major sports franchises of the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and the NHL. In the overall standings, the Penguins ranked seventh in the NHL, and 24th of the 122 teams in all four leagues. During the 2006\u201307 season, the team ranked 11th in the NHL, and 35th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Plans for the future\nDuring the All-Star break, the league announced that the Penguins would open the 2008\u201309 season with games on October 4 and 5 against the Ottawa Senators at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Also, the  New York Rangers would open against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Prague, Czech Republic. Later, on March 12, the league and the NHL Players Association announced that the Penguins would play an exhibition game against Jokerit of the SM-liiga, the top professional league in Finland, on October 2, at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Plans for the future\nProgress was made towards the team's new arena on March 22, when the former St. Francis Hospital, across the street from Mellon Arena, was imploded. Following debris removal and site preparation, groundbreaking for construction began in the summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Season results\nThe Penguins clinched their second consecutive playoff berth on March 25 in a 2\u20130 victory against the New Jersey Devils and earned the second-seed in the Eastern Conference. Two years removed from their last-place Eastern Conference finish in 2006, the Penguins clinched the Atlantic Division for the first time ever, when they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 4\u20132. The division championship was the first for the Penguins since winning the Northeast Division in 1998. It was the best finish by the team since finishing second in the 1997\u201398 season. The 102 points the Penguins gained during the season was the team's fifth 100-point season. The Penguins raised banners for their top finish in the Atlantic Division and subsequent Eastern Conference playoff championship prior to the first Mellon Arena home game of the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 903]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Season results\nThis was the first time since the New York Rangers won the 1994 Stanley Cup that the Atlantic Division title was not won by either the New Jersey Devils or the Philadelphia Flyers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarterfinal\nThe Penguins opened the playoffs against the seventh-seeded Ottawa Senators, in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal, a rematch of the previous season's first round matchup that saw Ottawa win in five games. In the opening game on April 9 in Pittsburgh's Mellon Arena, the Penguins defeated the Senators 4\u20130. In the game, Evgeni Malkin scored his first career playoff goal, Marc-Andre Fleury recorded his first career playoff shutout, Petr Sykora added a goal and Gary Roberts scored twice. In Game 2, the Penguins took a lead of 3\u20130 following a goal from Sergei Gonchar and two from Sykora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0021-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarterfinal\nThe Senators came back to tie the game in the third period, before Ryan Malone scored twice to give the Penguins their second victory in the series. The Pens scored four unanswered goals from Maxime Talbot, Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal and Marian Hossa to defeat the Senators 4\u20131 in Game 3, the first game in Ottawa's Scotiabank Place. Two days later, the Penguins managed to eliminate the Senators in four games, the only team to do so in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0021-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarterfinal\nThe team got goals from Malkin, Crosby and the series-winner from Jarkko Ruutu in the second period to defeat the Senators, 3\u20131. The Penguins were the first team to advance from the opening round. The series win was the team's first since the 2001 playoffs, and the first sweep of a playoff series in 16 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semifinals\nThe Penguins began the Eastern Conference Semi-final against their Atlantic Division rival New York Rangers on April 25. The team overcame a 3\u20130 deficit to defeat the Rangers 5\u20134 in Game 1. Hossa tied the game 4:40 into the third period, and Sykora took the lead twenty seconds later. After Scott Gomez tied the game at four, Malkin scored the game-winning goal, deflecting a shot by Crosby with 1:41 left. In Game 2, Staal scored a powerplay goal to take a 1\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0022-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semifinals\nIn the last minute, Adam Hall shot the puck down ice, and it drifted into the empty net. Marc-Andre Fleury saved all 26 shots, and the Penguins took a 2\u20130 lead in the series. The Penguins entered Game 3 at Madison Square Gardens after going 0\u20133\u20131 in the building during the regular season. They led 3\u20131 after the first period, before Jaromir Jagr tied the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0022-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semifinals\nMalkin scored on the powerplay with 2:07 left in the second period to take the lead, and Malone added a goal in the third to give the Pens a 5\u20133 win, and a 3\u20130 series lead. The Penguins lost their first game of the post-season in Game 4 against the Rangers. Jagr scored in the second period, Brandon Dubinsky in the third and Jagr scored again on an empty net goal in the last minute to force Game 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0022-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semifinals\nIn Game 5, the Penguins took a 2\u20130 lead in the second period after goals from Malkin and Hossa before the Rangers tied in the third. The game entered overtime, the first of the playoffs for the Penguins, where Hossa scored his second goal of the game 7:10 in. With the goal, the Penguins advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Final\nThe Eastern Conference Final began between the Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers on May 9. Malkin scored with 7\u00a0seconds left in the first period to take a 3\u20132 lead, and extended the advantage with a shorthanded goal in the second period, giving the Penguins a 1\u20130 advantage in the series after Game 1. In Game 2, Talbot scored to take the lead in the third period, and Staal added an empty-net goal to give the Penguins a 4\u20132 win and a 2\u20130 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0023-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Final\nThe win was the Penguins' seventh consecutive home playoff win, a franchise record, improving on a six-game streak in the 1992 playoffs. The Penguins also became only the fifth team to start the playoffs with a 10\u20131 record, and the first since the Detroit Red Wings in 1995. Game 3 saw the series move across the state to Philadelphia; the Penguins struck quickly with goals from Ryan Whitney and Hossa within the first eight minutes. Hossa added his second goal on an empty net to seal the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0023-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Final\nWith the win, the Penguins become the first team since the 1983 Edmonton Oilers to start the playoffs 11\u20131. The Penguins failed to close out the Eastern Conference Finals with a sweep of the Flyers in Game 4, losing 4\u20132. The Flyers jumped out to a 3\u20130 lead in the first period. The Penguins fought back getting two goals from Jordan Staal in the third period, but Joffrey Lupul's second goal on an empty net sealed the win for the Flyers. The series returned to Pittsburgh for Game 5, where the Penguins won their eighth consecutive home game by a final score of 6\u20130, the Prince of Wales Trophy, and a trip to the Stanley Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final\nThe Penguins faced the Western Conference Champion and Presidents' Trophy winning Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup. The best-of-seven series began in Detroit on May 24, the first series the Penguins opened on the road. It was the third Stanley Cup Final appearance for the Penguins franchise, the first since consecutive victories during the 1991 and 1992 Stanley Cup Finals. The Red Wings made their 23rd appearance, and first since 2002. The series ended on June 4 with the Red Wings winning in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final\nIn game one at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena, the Red Wings opened scoring in the second period with a goal from Mikael Samuelsson before finishing with three goals in the third period from Samuelsson, Dan Cleary and Henrik Zetterberg, shutting out the Penguins 4\u20130. In preparation for Game 2, Head Coach Michel Therrien revised Pittsburgh's lines; the changes included starting Gary Roberts, who did not play in Game 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final\nIn Game 2, the Penguins were shut-out for a second time. Detroit's Brad Stuart and Tomas Holmstrom scored in the first period and Valtteri Filppula added a third goal in the third period. Pittsburgh struggled, failing to direct a shot on goal for the first 12 minutes of the game. Pittsburgh shuffled their lineup again prior to Game 3, replacing defenseman Kris Letang with Darryl Sydor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final\nGame 3 saw the Penguins score their first goal of the Final when Crosby netted a wrist shot 17:25 into the opening period. Crosby added his second goal of the game early in the second period. In the third, Adam Hall added the game-winning goal in the final period with assists from Maxime Talbot and Roberts. The Penguins held off a late charge by the Red Wings to win their first game of the Stanley Cup Final by a score of 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final\nEntering Game 4, Sykora said the game was a must-win for the Penguins: \"For us, basically, [Game 4] is a do-or-die game.\" Despite an early goal from Marian Hossa, the Penguins were unable to hold off the Red Wings, who got goals from Nicklas Lidstrom and Jiri Hudler. The Penguins' inability to capitalize on a 5-on-3 man advantage in the 3rd period, which lasted for 1:26, sealed the third victory of the series for the Red Wings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final\nIn Game 5 of the series, Pittsburgh faced elimination in Detroit, where they had not yet won in the series. Down 3\u20132 with 35\u00a0seconds remaining in regulation, Talbot scored for the Penguins, who had removed goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to gain an extra skater. The goal tied the game at three, forcing it into sudden-death overtime. In the third overtime period, Sykora scored at the 109:57 mark of the game to give the Penguins the victory and force Game 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0029-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final\nSykora's goal was assisted by Malkin, who had struggled in the series, and Gonchar, who was returning for his first shift in 50 minutes due to an injury. In the fifth-longest Stanley Cup game in history, goaltender Fleury stopped 55 shots, with 24 in overtime. Ryan Malone played in Game 6, despite being hit in the face with the puck in Game 5. Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote that the team \"seemed almost in awe of the way Malone reacted to a significant facial injury the way most people would a paper cut.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final\nIn Game 6, Pittsburgh got goals from Malkin, his first in the Finals, and Hossa. Entering the final minute and trailing by one, Pittsburgh pulled Fleury for the second time that game, hoping to score with circumstances similar to Hossa's earlier goal. A tipped shot which passed in between Chris Osgood and the goal line as time expired did not enter the net, giving Detroit the victory. Pittsburgh's final defeat of the season was by a score of 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Team. Stats reflect time with the Team only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Team only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Awards and records\nTyler Kennedy, Jonathan Filewich, Chris Minard and Alex Goligoski played in their first NHL games. Kennedy, Minard and Connor James scored their first goals, while Goligoski, Ryan Stone and Ty Conklin recorded first points. Evgeni Malkin recorded his first hat trick on January 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Awards and records\nIn addition, Evgeni Malkin, Maxime Talbot and Ryan Malone scored their first playoff goals. Rob Scuderi, Tyler Kennedy and Kris Letang recorded their first playoff points. Marc-Andre Fleury recorded his first playoff shutout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Awards and records, Awards\nEvgeni Malkin was added to the All-Star Game on January 22 as a replacement following an injury to Sidney Crosby. In the game, Malkin recorded two assists. On April 29, the NHL announced that Malkin, along with Alexander Ovechkin and Jarome Iginla, was named as a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player most valuable to his team. With 106 points, Malkin was the Penguins' leader in scoring. He finished second in the NHL only to Ovechkin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0034-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Awards and records, Awards\nAt one point in the season, Malkin recorded a 15-game point streak, the longest by a Russian player in the NHL. In June, he was announced as the NHL's top center and honored on the First All-Star Team alongside Ovechkin and Iginla, defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom and Dion Phaneuf and goaltender Evgeni Nabokov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Awards and records, Awards\nThe Penguins benefited from the success of several players who were called up from the team's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Forward Tyler Kennedy was first recalled on October 27. Defenseman Kris Letang was recalled on November 13 and immediately contributed to the Penguins shootout, scoring on all of his first five attempts, including during the Winter Classic on January 1. Of his five shots, three won the game for the Penguins. Kennedy and Letang were selected to compete in the YoungStars competition for rookies during the All-Star break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Awards and records, Awards\nOn April 2, following the final home game against the Philadelphia Flyers, the team announced its award winners for the season. Awards were given by the Pittsburgh chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association, the Penguins Booster Club, as well as voted amongst the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Transactions, Free agents\nThe free agency period began on July 1. The Penguins saw forward Michel Ouellet and goaltender Jocelyn Thibault leave as free agents to the Tampa Bay Lightning and Buffalo Sabres, respectively. To fill openings in the Penguins roster, the team signed goaltender Dany Sabourin, defenseman Darryl Sydor and forwards Petr Sykora and Adam Hall. The organization also signed forwards Nathan Smith, Chris Minard and Jeff Taffe, as well as goaltender Ty Conklin for their AHL minor league affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Transactions, Trades\nOn December 5, following talk of the team's future with Mark Recchi, the team placed the veteran right wing on waivers. After clearing without being claimed, Recchi was assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL the next day. The following day, before playing a game with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Recchi was placed on re-entry waivers, where he could again be claimed by another team. On Saturday, December 8, Recchi was claimed by the Atlanta Thrashers, with whom he joined the following Tuesday. The Penguins and the Thrashers would split the remaining cost of his US$1.75 million contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Transactions, Trades\nOn February 26, just minutes before the trade deadline, the Penguins made a deal with the Atlanta Thrashers to acquire right wings Marian Hossa and Pascal Dupuis in exchange for winger Colby Armstrong, center Erik Christensen, prospect Angelo Esposito and a first-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. In another trade, the Pens brought in the 6-foot-7 defenseman Hal Gill from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for one second- and one fifth-round pick in the 2008 and 2009 NHL Entry Draft, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Draft picks\nThe 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 22 and 23 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. With the 20th overall pick, the Penguins selected Angelo Esposito of the Quebec Remparts in the first round. The Penguins selected eight players (five forwards and three defensemen) in six of the seven rounds. All of the players remained with their junior league teams in Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Farm teams\nThe Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins finished first in the AHL East Division during the 2007\u201308 season. In the Calder Cup Playoffs, the \"Baby Penguins\" advanced through the Eastern Conference bracket with a record of 12\u20135. In the Calder Cup Final, they lost to the Chicago Wolves (ATL), four games to two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194936-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Farm teams\nIn the ECHL, the Wheeling Nailers, a joint affiliate with the Philadelphia Flyers, finished last in the Northern Division, with a final record of 22\u201343\u20133\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194937-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 football season was Plymouth Argyle Football Club's 39th season in the Football League Championship, the second division of English football, and their 103rd as a professional club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194937-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season\nThis article shows statistics of individual players for the football club Plymouth Argyle. It also lists all matches played by the club in the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194937-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Review and events\nThis is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007\u201308 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194937-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Transfers, Out\nLast updated: 2 January 2008EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194937-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Results, Matches\nLast updated: 2 January 2008Source: , 2007\u201308 FA Cup and League Cup 2007\u2013081Plymouth Argyle goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Plymouth Argyle.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194937-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Results, Pre-season\nLast updated: 7 August 20071Plymouth Argyle goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Plymouth Argyle.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194938-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Polish Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Polish Cup was the fifty-fourth season of the annual Polish cup competition. It began on 1 August 2007 with the First Qualifying Round and ended on 13 May 2008 with the Final, played at Stadion GKS, Be\u0142chat\u00f3w. The winners qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194938-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Polish Cup, First qualifying round, First round\n1 \u2013 Jagiellonia II Bia\u0142ystok withdrew from the competition and Jeziorak I\u0142awa were awarded a 3\u20130 walkover", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194938-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Polish Cup, First qualifying round, First round\n2 \u2013 Polonia Przemy\u015bl withdrew from the competition and Przysz\u0142o\u015b\u0107 Rog\u00f3w were awarded a 3\u20130 walkover", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194938-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Polish Cup, First qualifying round, Second round\n3 \u2013 Olimpia Elbl\u0105g withdrew from the competition and Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie were awarded a 3\u20130 walkover", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194938-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Polish Cup, First qualifying round, Second round\n4 \u2013 Zag\u0142\u0119bie II Lubin withdrew from the competition and Skalnik Gracze were awarded a 3\u20130 walkover", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194938-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Polish Cup, Second qualifying round, First round\n5 \u2013 Zawisza Bydgoszcz withdrew from the competition and Ruch Chorz\u00f3w were awarded a 3\u20130 walkover", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194938-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Polish Cup, Second qualifying round, Second round\n6 \u2013 Pogo\u0144 Szczecin withdrew from the competition and Stal Stalowa Wola were awarded a 3\u20130 walkover", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194939-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Polish Volleyball League\n2007\u201308 Polish Volleyball League was the 72nd season of Polish Championship (8th season as professional league) organized by Professional Volleyball League SA (Polish: Profesjonalna Liga Pi\u0142ki Siatkowej S.A.) under the supervision of Polish Volleyball Federation (Polish: Polski Zwi\u0105zek Pi\u0142ki Siatkowej).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194939-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Polish Volleyball League\nIn season 2007/2008 PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w and Wkr\u0119t-met Domex AZS Cz\u0119stochowa played in CEV Champions League, Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn and Jastrz\u0119bski W\u0119giel played in CEV Cup, Asseco Resovia Rzesz\u00f3w in CEV Challenge Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194940-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Polska Liga Hokejowa season\nThe 2007\u201308 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the 73rd season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. 10 teams participated in the league, and KS Cracovia won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Port Vale's 96th season of football in the English Football League, and fourth successive season in League One. Vale finished second-from-bottom, and were relegated, some twelve points from safety. Manager Martin Foyle left the club in September, and Lee Sinnott failed to improve results despite making several loan signings. Vale were also knocked out of the FA Cup at the Second Round by Southern Football League side Chasetown, a club five divisions below the Vale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season\nVale also had no luck in either the League Cup or the League Trophy, exiting both competitions at the first stage after a penalty shoot-out. Throughout the season the club saw a large turnover of players, as Sinnott attempted to build a squad of players of his own choosing to prepare for a promotion push the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nThe pre-season saw Martin Foyle sign Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Keith Lowe on a season long loan, and both Paul Edwards and Craig Rocastle from Oldham Athletic. He also signed Marc Richards from Barnsley, as well as Shane Tudor and Justin Miller from Leyton Orient. Calum Willock also joined on a short-term deal, as did Southampton loanee David McGoldrick, and Chester City's veteran defender Ashley Westwood. However an audacious attempt to land Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nThe season started with just five points in the opening six games, with just one goal scored from open play. A few games into the season Akpo Sodje was sold to Sheffield Wednesday for an undisclosed fee. With only two disappointing mid-table finishes to his name, and with Vale lying 23rd in the league, Foyle left the club by mutual consent on 26 September. Caretaker-manager Dean Glover was disappointed with the players, comparing them to a pub team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nIn October, Glover signed teenage midfielder Will Atkinson joined on loan from Hull City and left-back Adam Eckersley on loan from Manchester United. On 5 November, Farsley Celtic manager Lee Sinnott was appointed as the new Vale boss. This decision caused Dean Glover to consider his position at the club, though he eventually chose to remain as Sinnott's assistant. Sinnott warned of big changes at the club. Young defender Charlie O'Loughlin was then loaned out to Nantwich Town, and Shane Tudor was sent out on loan to Shrewsbury Town. Arriving at the club were midfielders Mark Salmon (Wolverhampton Wanderers) and Marc Laird (Manchester City) on short loan deals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nIn January, goalkeeper Mark Goodlad was forced to retire due to injury, and young Joe Anyon faced criticism from the fans for his performances. Adam Eckersley then returned to the club after his release from Manchester United, as Sinnott's first non-loan signing. Sinnott then signed Dave Mulligan from Scunthorpe United on a short-term contract. Midfielder David Howland also arrived on loan from Birmingham City, and would join the club permanently at the end of the season. Fellow Birmingham player Krystian Pearce also signed on loan, though would impress enough to win a longer stay with Birmingham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nSinnott then raided another Birmingham club, this time Aston Villa, to bring Australian teenager Chris Herd on a one-month loan, as well as Swedish youngster Tobias Mikaelsson. He also allowed Rocastle to join Gillingham on a two-week loan. Sinnott also completed the signings of Chasetown pair Chris Slater and Kyle Perry, who left their jobs to become full-time professional footballers. In February, O'Loughlin was loaned out to Hinckley United. After the club lost a 2\u20130 lead at Victoria Park to lose 3\u20132 against Hartlepool United, club legend Jon McCarthy questioned the team's mental strength.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0003-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nIn April, Craig Rocastle's contract was terminated by mutual consent, and he moved to play for Greek club Thrasyvoulos. Teenage goalkeeper Chris Martin made his debut on 19 April, as Vale were on the end of a 6\u20130 defeat by Swindon Town at The County Ground. Despite just two defeats in the final ten games of the season, Vale had long been relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nThey finished in 23rd place with 38 points, above Luton Town only because the \"Hatters\" were hit with a ten-point deduction. Vale were twelve points behind Crewe Alexandra, who finished one place above the relegation zone. Luke Rodgers was the club's top scorer with twelve goals in all competitions. There was a distinct lack of goals in the side, though their goals conceded tally of 81 was the highest in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nAt the end of the season there was an exodus of players: Robin Hulbert (Darlington); Colin Miles (Woking); Jason Talbot (Livingston); Mark McGregor (Altrincham); Joe Cardle (Airdrie United); Adam Eckersley (Horsens); Dave Mulligan (Wellington Phoenix); Justin Miller (Chelmsford City); Charlie O'Loughlin (Nantwich Town); as well as club captain George Pilkington (Luton Town). Sinnott claimed this cull was necessary to turn the club around. Danny Whitaker rejected Vale's contract offer, and their revised offer, to move off to Oldham Athletic. Player of the Year Paul Harsley also turned down a new deal, and instead signed with Chesterfield. Marc Richards discussed a \u00a3100,000 move to Cheltenham Town, though chose to stay in Burslem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances\nThe club had to make monthly repayments of around \u00a319,000 for a \u00a32.25 million loan taken out from the local council in 2005. The club's shirt sponsorship came from Sennheiser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nIn the FA Cup, Sinnott's first cup game in charge saw Vale take revenge on Morecambe with a 2\u20130 win at Vale Park, to give the \"Valiants\" what seemed to be an easy Second Round tie with Southern League side Chasetown (an eighth tier team 101 league places below them). Vale sacrificed a one-goal lead over the amateurs to limp to a 1\u20131 draw at Vale Park, after conceding from a 40-yard free kick taken by trainee accountant Mark Branch. Chasetown then made a giant-killing with a late goal on their home ground, after Luke Rodgers missed two penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nIn the League Cup, Vale exited at the First Round after losing to League Two side Wrexham 5\u20133 on penalties, following a 1\u20131 home draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194941-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nIn the League Trophy, Vale were beaten on penalties by a League Two side for the second time in the season, this time after a 2\u20132 draw with Morecambe at Christie Park. Caretaker-manager Dean Glover likened his side to a \"pub team\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194942-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vikings, led by head coach Ken Bone, played their home games at the Peter Stott Center and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 23\u201310, 14\u20132 in Big Sky play to finish as regular season champions by three games. They won the Big Sky Tournament to earn an automatic bid \u2013 the first in school history \u2013 to the NCAA Tournament. As No. 16 seed in the Midwest region, the Vikings were defeated in the opening round by eventual National champion Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194943-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portland Trail Blazers season\nThe 2007\u201308 Portland Trail Blazers season was their 38th season in the NBA. The season saw the team draft Greg Oden with the first overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, but he would miss his entire rookie campaign due to a knee injury that required microfracture surgery. The team would miss the season's playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194943-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portland Trail Blazers season, Offseason\nThe Trail Blazers were busy on draft day, making three trades. The first trade was with the Philadelphia 76ers. The Blazers traded second-round pick Derrick Byars and cash to the Sixers in exchange for Finnish point guard Petteri Koponen. The next trade was with the New York Knicks. The Blazers traded Dan Dickau, Fred Jones, and Zach Randolph to the Knicks for Steve Francis and Channing Frye. The last trade was also with the Knicks. The Blazers traded Demetris Nichols to the Knicks for a 2008 second-round pick (\u00d6mer A\u015f\u0131k was later selected).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194943-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portland Trail Blazers season, Offseason\nOn July 11, the Blazers waived Steve Francis. They also traded cash to the Phoenix Suns for Rudy Fern\u00e1ndez and James Jones. Fern\u00e1ndez would not be on the team's roster during the season, but would join the team the following season. He would be selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team and would set the record for most three-point field goals made by a rookie (159). This season would be Jones's only season with the Blazers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194943-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portland Trail Blazers season, Offseason\nOn July 13, the Blazers signed Steve Blake. This marked Blake's return to the Trail Blazers (he played for them during the 2006 season). This tenure would also be his longest with the Blazers, spanning from 2007 to 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194943-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portland Trail Blazers season, Draft picks\nPortland's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194943-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portland Trail Blazers season, Awards and records, Records\nThe Trail Blazers had the longest winning streak at 13 as of January 30, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194943-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portland Trail Blazers season, Transactions\nThe Trail Blazers were involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194944-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portsmouth F.C. season\nPortsmouth F.C. won its first major trophy since 1950, thanks to an FA Cup campaign that saw them beat Cardiff City in the final. The run to the final included a surprise 1\u20130 victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford, thanks to a Sulley Muntari penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194944-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portsmouth F.C. season\nThe millions of pounds invested in the squad on players such as Glen Johnson, Lassana Diarra, Muntari and others also enabled Portsmouth to have an unprecedented run in the modern Premier League era, finishing in eighth despite losing the last few matches of the season. During the autumn, Portsmouth was involved in the battle for a Champions League spot, thanks to its surprise form. The season also saw a remarkable game, beating Reading by 7\u20134 at Fratton Park, following eight goals in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194944-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portsmouth F.C. season\nHowever, despite the success in the FA Cup and league, the club's overspending on players would lead to a financial crisis that would see Portsmouth enter administration twice and suffer relegation to the fourth tier within five seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194944-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portsmouth F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194944-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portsmouth F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194944-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Portsmouth F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194945-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier Academy League\nThe 2007\u201308 Premier Academy League season is the tenth since its establishment, and the fourth under the current name and make-up. Aston Villa were crowned the 2007\u201308 Premier Academy League Champions after beating Manchester City 2\u20130 in the Play-off Final, with goals from James Collins and Chris Herd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194945-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier Academy League, Structure, Group A\nNorwich City, Southampton and West Ham United play 20 group fixtures each, twice against all of the other teams in Group A. They also play 8 inter-group fixtures, against teams from Group B, C and D. The remaining 8 teams in the group, play 21 group fixtures - which means a single fixture in the group will be the third meeting between the teams in the season - and 7 inter-group games. Thus producing 28 games a season for all 11 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194945-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier Academy League, Structure, Groups B, C and D\nAll teams play each other in the group twice, producing 18 games. They also play 10 inter-group fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194945-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier Academy League, Final league tables, Academy Group D\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsC = Champions; R = Relegated", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) season was the 16th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 11 August 2007, and the season ended on 11 May 2008. Manchester United went into the 2007\u201308 season as the Premier League's defending champions, having won their ninth Premier League title and sixteenth league championship overall the previous season. This season was also the third consecutive season to see the \"Big Four\" continue their stranglehold on the top four spots (which mean UEFA Champions League qualification).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League\nThe first goal of the season was scored by Michael Chopra, who scored a 94th-minute winner for Sunderland against Tottenham in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to Reading's Dave Kitson after a challenge on Patrice Evra in their opening game against Manchester United. The first hat-trick was scored by Emmanuel Adebayor in the match between Arsenal and Derby County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League\nOn 29 September 2007, Portsmouth beat Reading 7\u20134 in the highest-scoring match in Premier League history. On 15 December 2007, both Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn Rovers) and Marcus Bent (Wigan Athletic) scored hat-tricks during Wigan's 5\u20133 home win over Blackburn. This was the first occasion in Premier League history that two players on opposing teams had scored hat-tricks during the same match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League\nOn 29 March 2008, Derby County drew 2\u20132 with Fulham while Birmingham City, who were 17th in the table at the time, beat Manchester City 3\u20131, to make Derby County the first team in Premier League history to be relegated in March, ending the season with an all-time top flight record low points tally of just 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League\nOn 11 May 2008, the final day of the season, Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 2\u20130 while Chelsea drew 1\u20131 with Bolton Wanderers, thus crowning Manchester United with their tenth Premier League title, and 17th championship overall, just one behind Liverpool's total of 18. Meanwhile, despite Birmingham beating Blackburn Rovers 4\u20131 and Reading beating Derby 4\u20130, both Birmingham and Reading were relegated due to Fulham's 1\u20130 win over Portsmouth. This meant that Fulham avoided relegation by a goal difference of \u221222, compared to Reading's \u221225. On the same day, Middlesbrough beat Manchester City 8\u20131 to claim the biggest win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League\nThe season was notable for the return of the English league to the top of UEFA's official ranking list, overtaking La Liga for the period from 1 May 2008 to 30 April 2009. This followed the success of English clubs in the UEFA Champions League, with both champions Manchester United and runners-up Chelsea reaching the European Cup final. This was the first time that the English league had topped the UEFA rankings since the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Teams\nTwenty teams competed in the league\u00a0\u2013 the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Sunderland, Birmingham City (both teams returning after a season's absence) and Derby County (returning after a five-year absence). They replaced Sheffield United, Charlton Athletic and Watford. The previous season had seen Sheffield United and Watford both suffer an immediate return to the Championship, while Charlton Athletic were relegated after a seven-year top flight spell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Teams, Personnel and kits\nIn addition, Premier League officials were supplied with new kit made by Umbro, replacing American makers Official Sports, and are sponsored by Air Asia, replacing Emirates. The 2007\u201308 season saw a new font used for the names on the back of players' shirts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Manager of the Season\nSir Alex Ferguson picked up the Premier League Manager of the Season award for the eighth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 83], "content_span": [84, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Player of the Season\nCristiano Ronaldo won the Premier League Player of the Season accolade for the second season in succession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 82], "content_span": [83, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, PFA Players' Player of the Year\nThe PFA Players' Player of the Year award for 2008 was won by Cristiano Ronaldo for the second year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 78], "content_span": [79, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, PFA Players' Player of the Year\nThe shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, in alphabetical order, was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 78], "content_span": [79, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, PFA Team of the Year\nGoalkeeper: David James (Portsmouth)Defence: Bacary Sagna, Ga\u00ebl Clichy (both Arsenal), Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidi\u0107 (both Manchester United)Midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Cesc F\u00e0bregas (Arsenal), Ashley Young (Aston Villa)Attack: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal), Fernando Torres (Liverpool)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, PFA Young Player of the Year\nThe PFA Young Player of the Year award was won by Cesc F\u00e0bregas of Arsenal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 75], "content_span": [76, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, FWA Footballer of the Year\nThe FWA Footballer of the Year award for 2008 was won by Cristiano Ronaldo for a second successive season. The Manchester United winger saw off the challenges of Liverpool striker Fernando Torres and Portsmouth goalkeeper David James, who finished second and third respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Golden Boot\nCristiano Ronaldo was named the winner of the Premier League Golden Boot award. The Manchester United winger's 31 goals from 34 league appearances helped see off stiff opposition for this award from Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor and Fernando Torres of Liverpool. This was the first Premier League season that a player has scored more than 30 goals since Alan Shearer's 31-goal haul for Blackburn Rovers twelve years prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Golden Glove\nLiverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina claimed the Premier League Golden Glove award for the third season in succession. Clean sheets in 18 out of the 38 games meant Reina kept more clean sheets than any other goalkeeper in the top flight during the 2007\u201308 campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 74], "content_span": [75, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Fair Play Award\nThe Premier League Fair Play Award is a merit given to the team who has been the most sporting and best behaved team. Tottenham topped the Fair Play League, ahead of Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal. The least sporting side was Blackburn Rovers who finished in last place in the rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 77], "content_span": [78, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, LMA Manager of the Year\nThe LMA Manager of the Year award was won by Sir Alex Ferguson after leading Manchester United to back-to-back league title wins. The award was presented by Fabio Capello on 13 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 70], "content_span": [71, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, PFA Fans' Player of the Year\n2007 winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, was named the PFA Fans' Player of the Year again in 2008. Liverpool striker Fernando Torres finished second, with Arsenal midfielder Cesc F\u00e0bregas finishing third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 75], "content_span": [76, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, PFA Merit Award\nBBC broadcaster and former England and Blackpool full-back Jimmy Armfield received the PFA Merit Award for his services to the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194946-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Premier League Merit Award\nCristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese winger, collected the Premier League Merit Award for reaching 30 league goals this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194947-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina\nThe 2007\u201308 Premijer Liga season, the eighth since its establishment and the sixth as a unified country-wide league, began on 4 August 2007. FK Sarajevo are the defending Premijer Liga champions, having won their first Premijer Liga title and fourth league championship overall the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194947-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina\nThe 2006\u201307 season saw Borac and Radnik relegated to the Prva Liga RS. They were replaced by Lakta\u0161i and Travnik from the Prva Liga RS and FBiH respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194947-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Premijer Liga All-Star Team (1st Half Season)\nCoaches of each team in the league decided to vote for players who have impressed the most in the first half of the season. The only twist is that the coaches couldn't vote a player from their own team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194947-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Premijer Liga All-Star Team (1st Half Season)\nCoaches that participated in the votes are: Slavi\u0161a Bi\u017ei\u010di\u0107 (FK Modri\u010da), Husref Musemi\u0107 (FK Sarajevo), Enver Had\u017eiabdi\u0107 (FK \u017deljezni\u010dar), Pavle Sko\u010dibu\u0161i\u0107 (NK \u017dep\u010de), Du\u0161an Jevri\u0107 (Slavija Sarajevo), Mirza Golubica (NK Travnik), Sakib Malko\u010devi\u0107 (Sloboda Tuzla), Anel Karabeg (FK Vele\u017e Mostar), Vlado Jagodi\u0107 (FK Lakta\u0161i), Mario \u0106utuk (NK \u0160iroki Brijeg), Ivo I\u0161tuk (NK \u010celik Zenica), Ahmet Ke\u010dalovi\u0107 (NK Jedinstvo Biha\u0107), Dragan Jovi\u0107 (H\u0160K Zrinjski Mostar), Sr\u0111an Baji\u0107 (FK Leotar Trebinje), Vinko Juri\u0161i\u0107 (NK Posu\u0161je) and Bakir Be\u0161irevi\u0107 (HNK Ora\u0161je).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194947-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Premijer Liga All-Star Team (1st Half Season)\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194947-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Premijer Liga All-Star Team (1st Half Season)\nVasilj, Tripic, Luka\u010devi\u0107, Matko, \u0160abi\u0107, S. Nikoli\u0107, Hasanovi\u0107, Mikelini, Mulali\u0107, Vugdali\u0107, Rajovi\u0107, Stojanovi\u0107, Markovi\u0107, Baji\u0107, Karad\u017ea, Stjepanovi\u0107, Krstanovi\u0107, Re\u017ei\u0107, Rogulj, Ronielle, Admir Ra\u0161\u010di\u0107, Celson, Landeka, Kordi\u0107 1, A. Joldi\u0107, Mulina, Peji\u0107, An\u010di\u0107, Bari\u0161i\u0107, Baji\u0107", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194948-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier Reserve League\nThe 2007\u201308 Premier Reserve League season is the ninth since its establishment. The events in the senior leagues during the 2006\u201307 season saw Watford, Charlton Athletic and Sheffield United all relegated and replaced by the promoted teams Birmingham City, Derby County and Sunderland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194948-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier Reserve League\nNorthern Champions Liverpool beat Southern Champions Aston Villa 3\u20130 in the Premier Reserve League Play-off Final and were crowned the National Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194948-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier Reserve League, Final league tables, Premier Reserve League South\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsC = Champions", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194948-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier Reserve League, Relegated and Promoted teams\nThese three teams were relegated from the Premier Reserve League at the end of this season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194948-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier Reserve League, Relegated and Promoted teams\nThese three teams will promote to the Premier Reserve League at the start of next season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194949-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premier Soccer League\nThe following is the final results of the 2007\u201308 Premier Soccer League football season in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194950-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premiership Rugby\nThe 2007\u201308 Guinness Premiership was the 21st season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2007 and May 2008. Round 1 included the London Double Header at Twickenham, between the four London teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194950-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premiership Rugby\nDue to the 2007 Rugby World Cup the season started a week later than usual, as England were trying to defend their title. Leeds Tykes, which renamed themselves Leeds Carnegie shortly after the 2006-07 season, were promoted from National Division One 2006-07, taking the place of Northampton Saints who were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194950-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premiership Rugby\nDuring the course of the season, London Wasps went from 10th in the league during October, to beat Leicester in the Guinness Premiership Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194950-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premiership Rugby, Teams\nLeeds Carnegie, having won the 2006\u201307 National Division One, replaced Northampton Saints, who were relegated last season after finishing bottom of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194950-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premiership Rugby, Table\nIf teams were level at any stage, tie-breakers applied in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194950-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Premiership Rugby, Top scorers\nNote: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who did not earn international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194951-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Preston North End F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Preston North End competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194951-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Preston North End F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter losing key player David Nugent, Preston North End made a bad start to the 2007\u201308 season with just three victories from the opening 16 matches, which resulted in manager Paul Simpson being sacked on 13 November. Everton assistant manager Alan Irvine took over as manager seven days later and guided Preston to a 15th-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194951-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Preston North End F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194951-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Preston North End F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194952-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primeira Liga\nThe 2007\u201308 Primeira Liga was the 74th edition of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It started on 17 August 2007 and ended on 11 May 2008, with the fixtures announced on 12 July 2007. Porto were the two-time defending champions, having won their 22nd title the previous season, and secured a third consecutive title for the second time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194952-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primeira Liga\nPorto and Sporting CP were both qualified for the 2008\u201309 UEFA Champions League group stage; Benfica, Mar\u00edtimo and Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal qualified for the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup;  in opposite, Boavista and Uni\u00e3o de Leiria were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Lisandro L\u00f3pez was the top scorer with 24 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194952-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primeira Liga, Promotion and relegation, Teams relegated to Liga de Honra\nDesportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar were both consigned to Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 81], "content_span": [82, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194952-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primeira Liga, Promotion and relegation, Teams promoted from Liga de Honra\nDesportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar will be replaced by two promoted teams from the Liga de Honra. The first is Leix\u00f5es, who clinched the second level title, and are returning to the top level since their last participation in 1989. The other was Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es, who managed to return to the Liga after a brief spell in the Liga de Honra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 82], "content_span": [83, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194953-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primera B Nacional\nThe 2007\u201308 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 22nd season of second division professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194953-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primera B Nacional, Promotion/Relegation Playoff Legs Primera Divisi\u00f3n-Primera B Nacional\nThe 3rd and 4th placed of the table played with the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 97], "content_span": [98, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194953-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primera B Nacional, Relegation\nNote: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to the Torneo Argentino A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from Greater Buenos Aires, with the exception of Newell's, Rosario Central, Central C\u00f3rdoba and Argentino de Rosario, all from Rosario, and Uni\u00f3n and Col\u00f3n from Santa Fe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194954-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3\nThe 2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3 season was the 13th since its establishment in 1995. The first matches of the season were played on 23 September 2007. FC R\u00e0nger's are the defending champions, having won their 2nd title the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194955-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3n (Costa Rica)\nIn both the Invierno (winter) and Verano (summer) of the 2007-08 season, there are 2 groups of 6 teams. They will play twice (home and away) with the teams of their own group (10 games). They will also play once with the teams of the other group (6 games), for a total of 16 games. The 3 top teams of each group qualify for the playoffs. The winners of group A and B get a bye week, while the 2nd of group A plays the 3rd of group B and the 2nd of group B plays the 3rd of group A. The winners of these series move to the semi-final series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194955-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3n (Costa Rica)\nThe home field advantage in the playoffs is given to the team with the best record in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194955-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3n (Costa Rica)\nThe winner of the playoff series played between the Invierno and Verano champion will gain entry into the group stage of the 2008\u201309 CONCACAF Champions League. The playoff runner-up will gain entry into the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round. If the same team wins both the Invierno and Verano tournaments then the preliminary round spot will be awarded to the team with the next best regular season record in the Verano tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194955-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3n (Costa Rica), Verano 2008, Group stage\nNote: Saprissa and Alajuelense switched groups at the end of Apertura 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194956-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3n A season, Torneo Apertura 2007, Tournament Format, Promotion\nOne team is promoted to the Primera Divisi\u00f3n each year (two short tournaments). After the Clausura 2008 tournament, the champions of the Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2008 tournaments will play a home and home series to determine which team will be promoted. If the same team wins both tournaments it will be promoted automatically. In order for a team to be promoted it has to obtain a certification from the Federaci\u00f3n Mexicana de F\u00fatbol Asociaci\u00f3n. If the winner of the promotional final is not certified for promotion a home and home series is played between the highest placed certified team and the club being relegated to the Primera Divisi\u00f3n A to determine which will be in the Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194956-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3n A season, Torneo Apertura 2007, Tournament Format, Relegation\nOne team is relegated to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n each year (two short tournaments). The team that has the worst points to games played ratio over the previous three years (Apertura 2005, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2006, Clausura 2007, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008) is relegated to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194956-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3n A season, Torneo Clausura 2008\nPrimera Divisi\u00f3n A (M\u00e9xican First A Division) Clausura 2008 is a M\u00e9xican football tournament \u2013 one of two  tournaments held in one year. It began Friday, January 11, 2008. Reigning champions Indios could not defend their title, as Le\u00f3n won their 3rd title in Primera Divisi\u00f3n A, and earned the right to battle Indios in a two-leg aggregate to try to earn promotion to the Primera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194957-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pro A season\nThe 2007\u201308 LNB Pro A season was the 86th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 21st season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB). The regular season started on September 29, 2007 and ended on May 14, 2008. The play-offs were held from May 20, 2008 till June 15, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194957-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pro A season\nNancy, after finishing at the second top seed of the regular season, won the French Pro A League by defeating Roanne in playoffs final (84-53).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194957-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Pro A season, Promotion and relegation\nDue to the change of the Pro A league format from 18 clubs to 16 between the 2006\u201307 and 2007\u201308 seasons, only 1 club is promoted from 2006 to 2007 Pro B league (French 2nd division) and 3 clubs are sent to 2007-08 Pro B league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194958-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Providence Friars men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Providence Friars men's basketball team represented Providence College in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Friars, led by tenth-year head coach Tim Welsh, played their home games at the Dunkin' Donuts Center as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 15\u201316 with a 6\u201312 record in the Big East, before losing in the first round of the Big East Tournament to West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194958-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Providence Friars men's basketball team, Previous Season\nThe Friars finished the 2006\u201307 season with an 18\u201313 record with an 8\u20138 record in Big East play. They were the 10th seed in the 2007 Big East Tournament and lost to the West Virginia Mountaineers in the first round. The team earned an at-large bid to the 2007 NIT as a 5-seed and lost in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194959-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University. The head coach was Matt Painter, then in his 3rd season with the Boilers. The Boilers did well at home, going 9-0 in the Big Ten and losing only a single home game overall (16-1). Purdue finished second in the Big Ten with a 15\u20133 record. They lost to Illinois in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament despite having a #2 seed. The Boilers accepted a bid to the NCAA Tournament where they made it to the second round before losing to Xavier, 78\u201385.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194960-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants season\nThe 2007\u201308 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants season was the 20th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194960-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants season, Key dates\nAugust 19: The 2007 PBA Draft took place at Market! Market! in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194961-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 QMJHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 QMJHL season was the 39th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. At the season-opening press conference, the QMJHL announced in partnership with Telus that all 630 regular season games would be available by Internet broadcast. The regular season started on September 13, 2007, and concluded on March 16, 2008. Eighteen teams played seventy games each. The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies finished first overall in the regular season winning their first Jean Rougeau Trophy. They would go on to win 12-straight playoff games before losing in five games in the finals to the Gatineau Olympiques, who captured their seventh President's Cup, and third in the last six seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194961-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 QMJHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime loss; SL = Shootout loss; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; x = Clinched playoff berth; y = Clinched division title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194961-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 QMJHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194961-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 QMJHL season, Goaltending leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194961-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 QMJHL season, Canada-Russia Challenge\nThe 2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge was hosted by the Chicoutimi Saguen\u00e9ens and the Gatineau Olympiques. On November 19, 2007, the Russian Selects defeated the QMJHL All-stars 6\u20134 at the Centre Georges-V\u00e9zina. On November 21, 2007, the QMJHL All-stars defeated the Russian Selects 3\u20132 at the Robert Guertin Centre. Since the tournament began in 2003, the QMJHL All-stars have won six games, the Russian Selects have four wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194961-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 QMJHL season, Playoffs\nThe top nine teams from the Telus division, and top seven teams from the Eastern division qualified for the playoffs. The ninth place team in the Telus division qualified in the Eastern division, and ranked by regular season points. All series will be best-of-seven. Divisions will cross over in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194962-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Qatar Stars League, Overview\nIt was contested by 10 teams, and Al-Gharafa Sports Club won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194963-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nThe 2007\u201308 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was one of two first-class domestic cricket competitions that were held in Pakistan during the 2007\u201308 season. It was the 50th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, contested by 22 teams representing regional cricket associations and departments, and was followed in the schedule by the Pentangular Cup, contested by five teams representing the four provinces and the federal areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194963-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nThere were substantial changes from the previous season, with the regions and departments being merged into a single competition by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The previous four (and 15 of the preceding 17) seasons had seen them compete in separate competitions, regions in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and departments in the Patron's Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194963-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nThe 22 teams, thirteen regions and nine departments, were divided into two groups; four-day matches in the group stage were played in a round-robin between 20 October and 29 December 2007, with the top team in each group contesting the five-day final from 7 to 11 January 2008 to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194963-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nThe final round of group matches were disrupted by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan. All in-progress matches were suspended and after initially indicating that they would be resumed or replayed, the Pakistan Cricket Board later decided that the results would stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194963-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nSui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the first time by defeating Habib Bank Limited in the final; the match resulted in a draw, with SNGPL emerging victorious by virtue of securing a first-innings lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194963-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Group stage\nThe top teams in the round-robin group stage (highlighted) advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194963-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Group stage\nPosition determined by total points, most matches won, fewest matches lost, followed by adjusted net run rate (matches with no result, i.e. those where both teams did not complete their first innings, were disregarded); matches finishing in a draw were decided on first innings scores, with points awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Queens Park Rangers were playing in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nManager John Gregory began rebuilding the squad before the new season, bringing in Daniel Nardiello, Chris Barker and John Curtis on free transfers. Andrew Howell, Kieron St Aimie and Aaron Goode all signed one-year professional contracts after impressing in the youth team under Joe Gallen, who was later sacked, despite his under 18s winning the league. Gregory also signed more backroom staff, including Paul Hunter as the new physio, Mick Harford as assistant manager, Ed de Goey and Warren Neill as coaches and Steve Brown and Keith Ryan as youth team coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nCreative left winger Lee Cook was sold to rivals Fulham for a deal reported as potentially worth between \u00a32.5 million and \u00a34.5 million. Michael Mancienne also extended his loan for a further season. On 26 July, QPR completed the loan signing of Ben Sahar for three months (subsequently extended until January 2008). The signings of Lee Camp and Simon Walton followed the day after on 27 July, totalling \u00a3500,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nDuring pre-season, new signing Simon Walton fractured his leg in a non-competitive 2\u20131 victory against Fulham and was side-lined for several months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, Tragic start\nThe season began turbulently, with a draw against recently promoted Bristol City, a loss in the League Cup 2\u20131 at home to League One Leyton Orient followed by a further 2\u20130 defeat at home by Cardiff City. The match against Burnley on 25 August was postponed after promising teenage player Ray Jones was killed in a car crash in the early hours of the morning. A week later QPR crashed to a 3\u20130 defeat at home to Southampton, followed by a draw with Leicester and a further home defeat by Plymouth (0\u20132) before picking up only their second point of the month (and the third of the season) at home to Watford on 22 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, New manager\nOn 1 October it was announced that John Gregory had been sacked after 13 months in charge. This came after a comprehensive 5\u20131 defeat in front of the Sky Sports cameras against West Bromwich Albion on 30 September. First-team coach Mick Harford was placed in temporary charge. Three consecutive  fixtures against East Anglian opposition saw Rangers defeated at the hands of Colchester before earning their first win of the season at home to Norwich and salvaging a draw with Ipswich at Loftus Road. After a goalless draw at Preston and a rare victory away to Charlton, Harford left the club later in the month and was replaced by Luigi De Canio. His first game in charge was a 2\u20130 victory against Hull City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, Signs of recovery\nFollowing the arrival of De Canio, Rangers endured defeats at the hands of Coventry, Stoke, Blackpool and Crystal Palace before a brief run of four games without defeat in mid-December indicated signs of a recovery. On 11 December 2007 QPR were drawn away from home at Chelsea in the third round of the FA Cup, a tie due to be played on 5 January 2008. The fixture would be the first competitive West London derby between the two sides since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, Signs of recovery\nThe Christmas and New Year period was largely successful for the club with Rangers bouncing back from a defeat at Plymouth on Boxing Day and picking up wins away from home at second-placed Watford (4\u20132) and at Loftus Road against fellow strugglers Leicester (3\u20131).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, Investment\nShortly prior to the traditional Christmas fixture period on 20 December 2007 it was announced that the family of Lakshmi Mittal had purchased a 20 per cent shareholding in the club. As part of the investment Lakshmi Mittal's son-in-law took a place on the board of directors. Continuing the theme of previous seasons a number of loan signings featured for the club including Gavin Mahon, \u00c1kos Buzs\u00e1ky and Rowan Vine. The investment potential of the club's new backers resulted in a number of speculative storylines in the football press throughout the season, including rumoured signings of former World Player of the Year winners Lu\u00eds Figo and Zinedine Zidane, the latter as a possible manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, New recruits\nRangers signed several players during the January transfer window: \u00c1kos Buzs\u00e1ky who had previously been on loan from Plymouth Argyle, Hogan Ephraim from West Ham, Kieran Lee on loan from Manchester United, Gavin Mahon on loan from Watford, Matthew Connolly from Arsenal, Patrick Agyemang from Preston and Fitz Hall from Wigan. Early in January QPR also managed to secure striker Rowan Vine in a permanent move following his brief loan spell which had ended in December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards\nAround 6,000 Rangers fans made the short trip to Stamford Bridge on the first weekend in January to see QPR put up a determined effort against their Premier League neighbours Chelsea in the FA Cup third round. Ultimately the R's lost 1\u20130 to an unfortunate deflected own goal from Lee Camp. The Cup defeat was followed by defeat away to Sheffield United. The month ended for Rangers with a 2\u20130 home win over Barnsley followed by a defeat at Cardiff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards\nAs the January transfer window closed, QPR secured American goalkeeper Matt Pickens and Northern Irish defender Damien Delaney and parted ways with a number of players including Marcus Bignot, Danny Cullip, Nick Ward, Dominic Shimmin, Sampsa Timoska, Shabazz Baidoo, Kieron St Aimie, Stefan Moore and Pat Kanyuka. Adam Bolder, Daniel Nardiello and Simon Walton were also put out on loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards, February\nThe club started February well defeating third-placed Bristol City 3\u20130 at Loftus Road followed by a 3\u20132 away win at Southampton. Showing some signs of a recovery from the start to the season, the Southampton victory left QPR 6 points off the playoffs and 8 points above the relegation zone. At the same time, Flavio Briatore took over from Alejandro Agag as the chairman of QPR's holding company. Briatore's arrival also signalled the demise of the club mascot, 'Jude the stadium cat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards, February\nAccording to newspaper reports, the black cat was incompatible with Briatore's superstitions and the matchday programme on 2 February subsequently announced Jude the Cat had \"gone on holiday\". On 12 February the club's erratic form then saw them fall to a 6th home defeat of the season, losing to Burnley 2\u20134 after at one stage leading 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards, February\nTaking advantage of their next league fixture opponents Barnsley playing Liverpool in the FA Cup on 16 February, QPR organised a mid-season training camp to the Vale de Lobo resort in the Algarve region of Portugal. Gareth Ainsworth was appointed club captain in place of Adam Bolder following his loan move to Sheffield Wednesday. Rangers closed out February with draws against Sheffield United (1\u20131) at home and away in the rearranged fixture with Barnsley (0\u20130).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards, March\nA televised fixture at home to Stoke on 2 March saw QPR convincingly defeat the second-placed side 3\u20130, continuing the club's successful form against the top sides in the division. In contrast, Rangers' following game against relegation-zone Coventry City ended in a hard-fought 0\u20130 draw with Coventry dominating much of the play, acknowledged by the praise directed at Lee Camp for his goalkeeping performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0012-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards, March\nSimilarly their next game against a struggling Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough saw them lose 2\u20131, before returning to winning ways at home to Blackpool (3\u20132); a result which left them 12th in the league, 8 points outside the play-offs and 7 points above the relegation zone. Reflecting the increasingly high profile of the club, the mid-week Blackpool match was watched from the Directors' Box by Asantehene King Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II as well as Real Madrid's president, Ram\u00f3n Calder\u00f3n accompanying the club's three owners Mittal, Ecclestone and Briatore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0012-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards, March\nContinuing their solid home form in which Rangers had lost just once in their previous ten games at Loftus Road and scored 22 goals, the club ran out 3\u20131 winners against a Scunthorpe side battling relegation. With only seven fixtures remaining, the victory meant QPR remained 12th in the Championship, 7 points from the play-off positions and 8 points clear of relegation. Continuing speculation around the level of new investment in the club fuelled rumours of the possible signing of Lu\u00eds Figo, although they were promptly dismissed by the player's representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards, March\nRangers travelled to play-off hopefuls Wolves on the Easter weekend (22 March) and squandered the lead three times, twice in injury time periods at the end of each half and ultimately conspiring in a 3\u20133 final score. On 25 March the board announced a five-year kit sponsorship deal with Lotto Sport Italia, which could be worth up to \u00a320 million should QPR win promotion to the Premier League. The contract comes into effect for the 2008\u201309 season and is the most financially rewarding in the club's history. On 29 March Rangers frustrated Ipswich's play-off ambitions by holding them to a goal\u2014less draw at Portman Road \u2013 principally as a result of Lee Camp's goalkeeping heroics. Following the match approximately 15 QPR supporters caused an affray at Manningtree station prompting three arrests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 870]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards, April\nOn 1 April QPR fan website Vital QPR declared an exclusive that Microsoft founder Bill Gates was to invest in the club, which, despite being an apparent April Fools' Day joke, was repeated on general news and QPR fan sites. Striker Rowan Vine fractured his leg in a training incident on 3 April 2008 and was ruled out for the rest of the season. Two days later on 5 April, Rangers narrowly avoided a 2\u20130 home defeat to an in-form Preston side by dramatically scoring twice in injury time at the end of the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards, April\nAfter a Friday which saw Briatore promote his vision of QPR as a global super brand, and with both relegation and promotion now an irrelevance QPR travelled to Hull City on 12 April to face a team who had netted five and kept two clean-sheets in their previous two games. A contentious first-half goal by Rangers was cancelled-out late in the game by Hull's Michael Turner. The 1\u20131 result left QPR 14th in the Championship and ten points adrift of the play-offs with just 3 games (9 points) remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, January onwards, April\nRangers nevertheless continued to contribute to the fate of the Championship's promotion hopefuls, despite being unable to affect their own playoff chances, consigning fellow-Londoners Charlton Athletic to a further season in the second tier after beating them 1\u20130 at Loftus Road courtesy of Dexter Blackstock. A heavy defeat to Norwich at Carrow Road (0\u20133), where Damion Stewart was sent off after just 4\u00a0minutes, drew April to a disappointing close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, End of the season\nQPR's final game of the season on 4 May was at home against Championship title hopefuls West Brom, the team who's comprehensive defeat of Rangers in September signalled the end of John Gregory's reign. Prior to the game QPR unveiled a new badge which was introduced to signify a new era for the club, although newspapers had earlier erroneously speculated that the announcement would reveal Zinedine Zidane as the new manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0017-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, End of the season\nFollowing a red card for Martin Rowlands, Rangers fell to a 2\u20130 defeat and suffered the indignity of seeing the Championship title trophy presented to West Brom at Loftus Road. The result meant QPR finished 14th in the Championship table with 58 points, 12 points below the play-off zone and 6 points from relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, End of the season\nFollowing the game Martin Rowlands was named both the club's Ray Jones Players' Player of the Year and the Supporters' Player of the Year. Chelsea loan player and England U21 international defender Michael Mancienne was awarded the Supporters' Young Player of the Year award. Akos Buzsaky won the Kiyan Prince Goal of the Season award for his goal against Blackpool at Loftus Road on 11 March. Zesh Rehman was also awarded for his Community Commitment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Review, End of the season\nOn 8 May, QPR announced that Luigi De Canio had left the club \"by mutual consent\" and that a further announcement regarding a new manager for the following season would be made in due course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194964-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194965-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queensland Roar FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 Queensland Roar season was the club's third season participating in the A-League where they would finish in fourth place in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194965-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queensland Roar FC season, 2007\u201308 season\nFailure to qualify for the 2006\u20132007 finals series resulted in the release from contract of defenders Chad Gibson (the club's first captain and A-league pin-up boy) and Swiss import Remo Buess. Both left on good terms with the club during January 2007 stating that the team had to be altered to make it more competitive in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194965-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queensland Roar FC season, 2007\u201308 season\nIn further evidence of \"spring cleaning\" in preparation for Season 3, Chinese signing Yuning Zhang was released from an inauspicious contract with the Roar. Billed as the Chinese David Beckham, Zhang underwhelmed Roar supporters and will return to China in search of a club within the local scene there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194965-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queensland Roar FC season, 2007\u201308 season\nDanny Tiatto has signed a two-year contract with Queensland Roar, becoming Frank Farina's first 07/08 signing . Tiatto, who has played in England for the past 11 years for Leicester City and Manchester City, agreed to terms with Queensland after Melbourne declined to sign him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194965-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queensland Roar FC season, 2007\u201308 season\nFarina has highlighted his favoritism toward young Queensland and indeed Australian players with the signings for the 2007\u201308 season of highly rated Queenslanders and Youth International Strikers Robbie Kruse and Tahj Minniecon, as well as attacking Midfielder Mitch Nichols. Also, the contracts of highly rated 20-year-olds Chris Grossman and Ben Griffin have been renewed, while Farina has given two-year contracts to Queenslanders Under-17 International Striker Tahj Minniecon and Under-20 and AIS Scholarship holder Robbie. These signings have all made the Roar a team of bright, young talent, predominantly Queenslanders which is Farina's focus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194965-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queensland Roar FC season, 2007\u201308 season\nQueensland Roar's German import Marcus Wedau has been released from the remaining year of his contract by the A-League club on compassionate grounds. Wedau, 31, will return to Germany to be with his pregnant partner who is expecting their first child in October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194965-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queensland Roar FC season, 2007\u201308 season\nOn 25 July 2007, Craig Moore was unveiled as the new marquee player for the Roar, returning to his native home state of Queensland, Australia, to play in the 2007/2008 Hyundai A-League Season and the 2008\u20132009 season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194965-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Queensland Roar FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194966-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 R.S.C. Anderlecht season\nRSC Anderlecht compete in the Belgian League, Belgian Cup, Belgian Supercup and UEFA Cup. (They were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round) in Season 2007-08.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194966-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 R.S.C. Anderlecht season, Transfers 2007-08, Players out\nLast updated: 19 January 2007EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194966-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 R.S.C. Anderlecht season, Transfers 2007-08, Loaned out\nLast updated: 19 January 2007EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194966-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 R.S.C. Anderlecht season, Matches, Competitive\nLast updated: 18 May 2008Source: sporza.be1Anderlecht goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Anderlecht.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194966-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 R.S.C. Anderlecht season, Matches, Friendly\nLast updated: 21 May 20081Anderlecht goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Anderlecht.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194967-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 RCD Mallorca season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 91st season in the existence of RCD Mallorca and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Mallorca participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194968-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 RK Zamet season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 51st season in RK Zamet\u2019s history. It is their 7th successive season in the Dukat 1.HRL, and 31st successive top tier season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194969-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Racing de Santander season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 Spanish football season, Racing de Santander competed in La Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194969-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Racing de Santander season, Season summary\nSantander enjoyed the club's best season since 1934, finishing in sixth place and qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194969-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Racing de Santander season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194969-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Racing de Santander season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194970-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup\nThe 2008 Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup is the 6th season of the Serbian men's national basketball cup tournament. The \u017du\u0107ko's Left Trophy was awarded to the winner Partizan Igokea from Belgrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194970-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup, Qualified teams, Draw\nThe draw was held in Belgrade on 16 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194971-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Raith Rovers F.C. season\nRaith Rovers finished the 2007\u201308 season third in the Scottish Second Division with 47 points. Graham Weir was the top scorer with 12 goals. The club were involved in the Scottish First Division play-offs against Airdrie United with the second leg on 3 May ending 2\u20132. Raith lost the home leg 2\u20130 on 30 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194971-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Match results\nRaith Rovers have played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 2007\u201308 season,. The team finished third in the Scottish Second Division and are currently involved in the Scottish First Division play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194971-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Match results\nIn the cup competitions, Rovers lost in the second round of the CIS Cup to Motherwell. St Johnstone knocked Rovers out of both the Scottish Cup and Challenge Cup, in the fourth and first rounds respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194971-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Player statistics\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Rovers have used 26 different players on the pitch. Craig Wilson is the only player to have played in every match. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194971-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Player statistics, Goalscorers\nThirteen players have scored for the Rovers first team with the team scoring 70 goals in total so far. The top goalscorer is Graham Weir with 12 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194971-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Player statistics, Discipline\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, three Rovers players have been sent off and 18 have received at least one caution. In total, the team have received three red cards and 52 yellows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194971-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Transfers, In\nRaith Rovers signed three players on loan during the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 128th season of competitive football by Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nRangers played a total of 68 competitive matches during the 2007\u201308 season. It was Walter Smith's first full season at the club since 1997\u201398. The early season priority was qualification for the group stages of the Champions League and this was secured with hard-fought victories over FK Zeta and Red Star Belgrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nRangers were drawn in Group E with Barcelona, Lyon and Stuttgart. The group stage started well, with the first two matches resulting in victories, over Stuttgart and Lyon. A home draw with Barcelona left Rangers with seven points after three games, but the last three matches all resulted in defeat, meaning Rangers finished third in the group and entered the UEFA Cup. However, the European adventure continued for Rangers as they progressed to the semi-finals of the competition by beating Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen and Sporting Lisbon. They then reached the final with a penalty shootout victory against Fiorentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nThey played Zenit Saint Petersburg, managed by formed Gers boss Dick Advocaat, in Manchester on 14 May. Rangers lost the match 2\u20130, with over 200,000 fans in the city to see the game. When asked if the SFA should have extended the season to benefit Rangers, Ally McCoist said: \"They were a disgrace. It was embarrassing. I think the Russian federation cancelled Zenit's three or four games previously. I think we played something like eight games in eighteen days. It might just sound like sour grapes, but no: any other country in the planet, the association would have helped the team. If you're asking me if it was wrong, it was completely and utterly wrong.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nOn the domestic front, the race for the Scottish Premier League continued until the final matchday of the season. Both Celtic and Rangers were tied on 86 points going into their games (against Dundee United and Aberdeen respectively) on 22 May 2008, but Celtic were top of the table due to having a better goal difference of 57, six ahead of Rangers. This did not prove to be decisive, as Rangers surrendered their hopes of landing the championship with a 2\u20130 defeat away to the Dons, while Celtic beat Dundee United 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nThe club had had a ten-point lead in late March, although their nearest rivals, Celtic, had games in hand at the time. However having to play four competitive matches (including a UEFA Cup Final) in the last eight days of the season proved just too much of a problem for Rangers to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nThe club appeared in its first final since 2005. They played Dundee United on 16 March 2008 and won the League Cup on penalties. The match was tied 2-2 after extra time, with both goals coming from Kris Boyd who also scored the winning spot kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nThey also reached the final of the Scottish Cup for the 49th time. They beat St Johnstone 4\u20133 on penalties in the semi-final after the score was tied at 1-1 after extra time. The club played Queen of the South in the final on 24 May 2008 and won the match 3-2 thanks to goals from DaMarcus Beasley and a double from Kris Boyd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Premier League\nLast updated: 22 May 2008Source:1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, UEFA Champions League\nLast updated: 12 December 2007Source:1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, UEFA Cup\nLast updated: 14 May 2008Source:1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Cup\nLast updated: 24 May 2008Source:1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, League Cup\nLast updated: 16 March 2008Source:1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Friendlies\nLast updated: 28 July 2007Source:1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194972-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rangers F.C. season, Competitions, Scottish Premier League, Results summary\nLast updated: 24 May 2008. Source: Scottish Premier League 2007\u201308", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 83], "content_span": [84, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194973-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ranji Trophy\nThe 2007\u201308 Ranji Trophy was the 74th season of the Ranji Trophy. Delhi defeated Uttar Pradesh by nine wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season was only the second top-flight campaign in the club's history. The team suffered an extremely poor run of form in January and February 2008, losing a club-record eight league games in a row. The club was relegated on the final day of the season after Fulham's victory at Portsmouth saw Reading finish in 18th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, Pre-season\nReading travelled to South Korea to play in the 2007 Peace Cup. Reading lost to River Plate, won against Lyon and Shimizu S-Pulse, and came second in Group B on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, Pre-season\nIn Didcot, a Reading XI won 2\u20130, followed by a 6\u20131 hammering of Brentford. Reading went away to Brighton & Hove Albion and won 3\u20131, then a Reading XI drew 1\u20131 at a rescheduled game at Tooting & Mitcham United. Reading's final pre-season game was against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux, which Reading won 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, August\nA tough start to the Premier League season saw Reading travel to Old Trafford to play Manchester United. Reading secured a creditable 0\u20130 draw, despite losing Dave Kitson to a red card just seconds after the player had entered the game as a substitute; Kitson was dismissed for a lunge on Patrice Evra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, August\nReading's first home game of the season was a midweek fixture against reigning Premier League champions Chelsea. Reading dominated the first half and led at half-time through Andr\u00e9 Bikey's first goal for the club, smashed home after Petr \u010cech and Steve Sidwell collided in the Chelsea penalty area. Chelsea scored two quick goals, however, in the second half, to win the game 2\u20131, and Reading again had a player sent off, Kalifa Ciss\u00e9, this time for two yellow cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, August\nThe following Saturday, Reading gained a badly-needed win against Everton. Stephen Hunt converted from a looping throw-in in the first-half, and Reading secured a 1\u20130 victory. In their final league fixture of the month, an injury-hit Reading, without Nicky Shorey and Graeme Murty in defence, lost 3\u20130 at Bolton Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, August\nOn 28 August, Reading began their League Cup campaign with a 1\u20130 victory away to League One Swansea City. Reading again played some of the match with only ten men, after Sam Sodje was red-carded in the 58th minute, but Leroy Lita struck the winning goal in extra-time, converting a Dave Kitson cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, September\nReading fans could have been forgiven for expecting a victory from the opening league fixture in the month at home to West Ham United, having won last season's corresponding fixture 6\u20130. Two goals from Matthew Etherington, however, helped West Ham to a 3\u20130 victory, as Reading's defence continued to struggle. Another defeat followed at newly promoted Sunderland, Dave Kitson scoring a late consolation from a Nicky Shorey cross, as Sunderland won 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, September\nReading returned to winning ways on 22 September, and moved out of the relegation places with a 2\u20131 home victory over Wigan Athletic, Dave Kitson becoming the first Royal to score multiple times in the season, and James Harper with a late winner. The next league match was an away loss to Portsmouth in an 11-goal thriller, the highest goal scoring game in the history of the Premier League to date. While the two sides were equal at 2\u20132 early in the second half, Pompey went on to a decisive 7\u20134 victory. Benjani scored a hat-trick for the home squad in this wild match, which included a missed penalty by Nicky Shorey and scoring by Dave Kitson, Liam Rosinor, Shane Long and Nicky Shorey (later given as a Sol Campbell own goal).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, September\nAgain, Reading played one cup fixture in the month. Despite a spirited showing by a number of reserves, they lost 4\u20132 to Liverpool at home in the Carling Cup third round, with Fernando Torres scoring a hat-trick. John Halls and Bobby Convey scored Reading's goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, October\nReading began the month with a home game against Derby County on 7 October. In what proved to be a scrappy affair, Reading came out with a 1\u20130 victory through a Kevin Doyle goal; Derby did not manage a shot on target the whole game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, October\nNext followed an away game against Blackburn Rovers on 20 October after the international break. Reading's defensive frailties away from home showed once again as they went down 4\u20132. Kevin Doyle netted twice after coming on as a substitute while Benni McCarthy scored twice with Roque Santa Cruz and Tugay Kerimo\u011flu getting the other two goals for Blackburn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, October\nReading finished October with a home game against Newcastle United. Reading took the lead courtesy of a 53rd minute Dave Kitson goal but a clumsy Michael Duberry own goal in the 76th minute looked to have rescued a point for the Magpies, however a moment of tactical brilliance by Steve Coppell resulted in the winning goal. Shane Long was brought on in the 84th minute to promptly score the winning goal on his second touch of the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, November\nFollowing its victory over Newcastle, Reading travelled to Craven Cottage with hopes of a second consecutive league win for the first time in the season. A laboured performance, however, saw Fulham win the game 3\u20131, after Kevin Doyle's second-half equaliser had put the Royals back in it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, November\nOn 12 November, Reading hosted unbeaten Arsenal under the Madejski Stadium floodlights, and were soundly beaten 3\u20131, Nicky Shorey slotting home a late consolation after substitute Shane Long had headed against the bar. The result ended a run of three consecutive home victories, and cemented the five-point gap in the table between Newcastle in 11th (on 18 points), and Reading in 12th (on 13 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, November\nReading rounded up November with an away trip to Manchester City, many saw this game as a certain victory for the home team considering both City's home record and Reading's away record. City took the lead thanks to an 11th-minute goal by Martin Petrov only to be cancelled out just before half time by a well struck James Harper goal in the 43rd minute. Reading looked set to earn a hard-fought point but their hopes were dashed by a 94th minute Stephen Ireland strike. This result was Reading's sixth consecutive away defeat as they remained winless on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, December\nThe month of December saw an improvement for Reading. They met Middlesbrough at home on 1 December; after an entirely forgettable first half, Dave Kitson gave Reading the lead, superbly lobbing Ross Turnbull. But with seven minutes remaining, Middlesbrough's Tuncay headed home Luke Young's cross for his first goal for Boro. The game concluded with a 1\u20131, just enough for Reading to stay out of the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, December\n8 December saw an impressive and unexpected win for Reading over Liverpool. With a controversial penalty after Jamie Carragher fouled Brynjar Gunnarsson in the corner of the box, Stephen Hunt put the ball into the back of the goal, with Pepe Reina not standing a chance. Steven Gerrard eventually equalised after many failed Liverpool attacks before and after from Fernando Torres. A free kick was eventually awarded to Reading following an unsuccessful tackle by Gerrard, which Nicky Shorey floated into the area, and Kevin Doyle headed in. James Harper scored a fine third and Reading, with the help of the post, kept the Reds at bay for the remainder of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, December\nFollowing a 1\u20131 draw away to Birmingham City, in which Stephen Hunt earned Reading a point with his second goal from the penalty spot in two games. Reading scraped a controversial victory over Sunderland at the Madejski Stadium. Leading through an \u00cdvar Ingimarsson goal, Reading conceded a penalty when Ibrahima Sonko appeared to trip Kenwyne Jones. In the final minute, Stephen Hunt poked a Shane Long cross towards goal, and Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon appeared to palm the ball away. The assistant referee gave a goal, however, and Reading celebrated a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, December\nOn Boxing Day, Reading travelled to West Ham, leaving Upton Park with a creditable 1\u20131 draw. Dave Kitson equalized Nolberto Solano's opener after Brynjar Gunnarsson had been sent off for a two-footed challenge on West Ham's Hayden Mullins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, December\nReading's final game of 2007 was against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, where the teams threatened to eclipse the 11 goals in Reading's match at Portsmouth earlier in the season. Tottenham won the match 6\u20134, although Reading led three times in the second half with goals from Kalifa Ciss\u00e9 and \u00cdvar Ingimarsson and two from Dave Kitson. Tottenham controversially regained the lead after Jermain Defoe headed home Robbie Keane's saved penalty, Defoe having been two yards inside the penalty area when the kick was taken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, January\n2008 started badly for Reading, as Ibrahima Sonko was sent off after only four minutes of a home match against Portsmouth on 1 January, for fouling Benjani in the penalty area. Niko Kranj\u010dar missed the resultant penalty, but Sol Campbell bundled the ball over the line a few minutes later after a mistake from Marcus Hahnemann. Reading failed to make much impact against Portsmouth after that, and the extra work-rate required due to being a man down showed in the second half when John Utaka outpaced Nicky Shorey for a second goal after 66 minutes to give the visitors a 2\u20130 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, January\nJust a week after losing 6\u20134 to Tottenham Hotspur in the league, Reading had an opportunity to give a better account of themselves in a FA Cup Third Round match at White Hart Lane. Fielding effectively a reserve team, Reading earned a replay at Madejski Stadium through a 2\u20132 draw and another two goals for Stephen Hunt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, January\nReading returned to league action at Villa Park, and despite an injury to Michael Duberry, and the absence of Ibrahima Sonko and Andr\u00e9 Bikey to the African Cup of Nations, Steve Coppell opted to play Brynjar Gunnarsson in defence in first half, and Kalifa Ciss\u00e9 in the second half, despite the availability of reserves team captain Alex Pearce. Reading fell to a disappointing 3\u20131 defeat to Villa, James Harper scoring a late consolation goal for the Royals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, January\nSoon Reading played Tottenham again in the third round replay at home. Robbie Keane scored the only goal as Tottenham Hotspur went to win 1\u20130 and go into the hat in the fourth round draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, January\nNext, Reading played Manchester United at the Madejski Stadium. Despite a spirited performance, Manchester United broke the deadlock on 77 minutes with a goal from Wayne Rooney. In injury time, Cristiano Ronaldo wrapped up the points after a second goal, condemning Reading to their fifth-straight defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, January\nReading then played Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea dominated the match and took a deserved 1\u20130 lead on a 33rd-minute goal from Michael Ballack, despite numerous chances, that was the final score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, February\nFebruary started miserably for the Royals. First, they lost against fellow strugglers Bolton Wanderers at home 0\u20132 with the goals coming from Kevin Nolan and Hei\u00f0ar Helguson. After a seventh-straight Premier League loss to Everton, Reading dropped into the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, February\nReading went to Everton trying to get a win. Everton proved too strong and beat Reading 1\u20130 through a Phil Jagielka goal just after the hour mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, February\nReading's next game was at home to Aston Villa. Shorey scored Reading's first goal in five matches in the 90th minute for the Royals, but it was all too late\u2014Villa had scored two goals earlier on in the match through Ashley Young and Marlon Harewood, condemning Reading to 2\u20131 defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, March\nMarch began well for Reading, making a complete turn-around. Their first match was against Middlesbrough at the Riverside, a hard-fought match that seeming looked to finish in a draw. In injury time, however, James Harper scored the winner, making the final score 1\u20130. The victory took Reading out of the relegation zone and into 14th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, March\nReading beat Manchester City 2\u20130, at home, to make it six points out of six. Shane Long and substitute Dave Kitson scored for Reading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, March\nReading then travelled to Liverpool, going up 1\u20130 up after a screamer from Marek Mat\u011bjovsk\u00fd. Liverpool, however, won the game 2\u20131 in the end. In their next game, Reading beat Birmingham 2\u20131, as Bikey scored both goals for Reading, making Mauro Z\u00e1rate's equaliser trivial. Reading then drew against Blackburn in their final game in March, with Mat\u011bjovsk\u00fd being controversially sent off for two yellow cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, April\nReading went to St James' Park to play Newcastle in the Premier League. The Royals were beaten 3\u20130 with goals from Obafemi Martins in the 18th minute, Michael Owen in the 43rd and Mark Viduka in the 57th. This was only the start of a bad month for the Royals. Reading played fellow relegation rivals Fulham at home. 24,221 fans saw a 2\u20130 defeat as Brian McBride scored within 25 minutes. The Royals' day was over after Fulham substitute Erik Nevland scored a 90th-minute goal to see the Reading's hopes of staying up getting harder by the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, April\nArsenal away was next. The Royals were not on form on the road and it showed. Reading lost 2\u20130 to the Gunners, with Emmanuel Adebayor and Gilberto Silva scoring. Wigan away was next for the Royals, which finished in a fair 0\u20130 draw. If Reading lost their next game, they could have been in the drop zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, May\nReading's goal drought continued into May, as the club slipped into the relegation places following a 1\u20130 home defeat to Tottenham. Robbie Keane's first-half goal was enough to seal all three points for Spurs, for whom Radek \u010cern\u00fd made an important late save from a Liam Rosenior shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, May\nReading were officially relegated to the Championship on the final day of the season, despite securing a 4\u20130 victory away to Derby. Reading's strikers found their form a little too late, as Dave Kitson, Kevin Doyle and Leroy Lita all added to James Harper's first-half goal. Fulham beat Portsmouth 1\u20130 in their final game of the season to condemn Reading to relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Squad, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Squad, Reserve/Academy squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194974-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reading F.C. season, Team kit\nReading's kit for the 2007\u201308 was manufactured by Puma, and the main sponsor was Kyocera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194975-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Real Betis season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Betis finished 13th in the La Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 88]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194975-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Real Betis season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194976-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Real Madrid CF season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Real Madrid Club de F\u00fatbol's 77th season in La Liga. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the 2007\u201308 season. Bwin.com became their new kit sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194976-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Real Madrid CF season, Transfers, Out\nLast updated: 2008-01-31EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194976-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Real Madrid CF season, Club, Kit\n\u2020 Only used against Alicante CF during Copa del Rey Round of 32 first leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194976-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Real Madrid CF season, Club, Other information\nUpdated to match played 24 Sep 2007Source:\u00a0, ,Santiago Bernab\u00e9u Stadium and", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194976-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Real Madrid CF season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 18 May 2008Source: Competitive matches and Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194977-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Reggina Calcio season\nReggina Calcio managed to save its Serie A berth at the last minute, for the sixth consecutive season. Nicola Amoruso delivered 12 goals, which was five goals fewer than in the previous season, but enough to land a deal with Torino for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194978-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Regionalliga\nThe 2007\u201308 Regionalliga season was the 14th season of the Regionalliga at tier three of the German football league system. It was contested in two geographical divisions with eighteen teams in the south and nineteen in the north. The champions, Rot Weiss Ahlen and FSV Frankfurt, and the runners-up, Rot-Wei\u00df Oberhausen and FC Ingolstadt 04, of every division were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194978-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Regionalliga\nWith the introduction of the 3. Liga for the 2008\u201309 season, 2007\u201308 was the final season of the Regionalliga as the third tier of German football. Qualification for the new league was determined through this 2007\u201308 season's 2. Bundesliga and the Regionalliga. Because of the introduction of the 3. Liga above and a third regional division of the Regionalliga, the Regionalliga West, only one club was relegated from the league after declaring insolvency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194979-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball during the 2008\u201309 season. Richmond competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) under third-year head basketball coach Chris Mooney and played its home games at the Robins Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194980-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rochdale A.F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 87th season in the Football League, and the 34th consecutive season in the bottom division of the League. Rochdale finished the season in 5th place in League Two, but missed out on promotion to League One after losing in the play-off final against Stockport County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194981-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Romanian Hockey League season\nThe 2007\u201308 Romanian Hockey League season was the 78th season of the Romanian Hockey League. Eight teams participated in the league, and SC Miercurea Ciuc won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194982-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ross County F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Ross County's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2006\u201307 season. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194982-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ross County F.C. season, Summary\nRoss County finished first in the Second Division and were promoted to the First Division. They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194982-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ross County F.C. season, Summary, Management\nThe club started the 2007\u201308 season under the management of Dick Campbell, who had been appointed during pre season following the resignation of Scott Leitch. On 2 October 2007, Campbell was sacked as manager with player coach Derek Adams being appointed as temporary manager. Adam's position was made permanent in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194983-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby Pro D2 season\nThe 2007-08 Rugby Pro D2 was a French rugby union club competition. The season ran alongside the 2007-08 Top 14 competition, which is the highest club competition. Both competitions were operated by the Ligue nationale de rugby (LNR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194983-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby Pro D2 season\nAt the end of the previous season, Auch were champions and thus automatically promoted to Top 14. They were eventually followed by Dax who beat La Rochelle in the final providing the second promotion place. Colomiers were relegated to F\u00e9d\u00e9rale 1; Limoges finished in a relegation spot, but were reprieved when Gaillac were denied a professional license for the 2007-08 season due to serious financial problems. Aurillac and Blagnac earned promotion from F\u00e9d\u00e9rale 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194983-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby Pro D2 season\nThe new season showed a bright future for two particular clubs who signed several quality players in the transfer market in hopes of promotion at the end of the season. Some notables include George Gregan, Victor Matfield, Andrew Mehrtens and Anton Oliver who all signed with Toulon. The team also signed former All Black and Toulon player Tana Umaga as their Manager Sportif. Meanwhile, Sireli Bobo, Carlo Festuccia and Argentine captain Agust\u00edn Pichot moved to Racing M\u00e9tro. Pichot's move wasn't a long distance one since he was simply switching from one Parisian team to the other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194983-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby Pro D2 season\nToulon jumped to an early lead on the ladder and never looked back, ultimately clinching the title and automatic promotion with two rounds to spare. Mont-de-Marsan won the promotion playoffs, defeating Racing M\u00e9tro in the final, to secure the second promotion place. At the other end of the table, Limoges and Blagnac finished in the relegation places. Unlike the previous season, when Limoges were spared relegation due to the financial woes of Gaillac, all of the clubs above the bottom two places passed their required postseason financial audits, ensuring that both of the bottom two teams would go down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194983-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby Pro D2 season\nThis season, LNR trialled a modification to the bonus point system in both the Top 14 and Pro D2. The system being used this season was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194983-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby Pro D2 season\nThis system was explicitly intended to prevent a losing team from earning two bonus points, as is possible under the standard system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194983-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby Pro D2 season, Results\nSaturday 22 december, Sunday 23 december, Saturday 8 March* and Sunday 20 April**", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194984-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby Union County Championship\nThe 2007\u201308 Bill Beaumont Cup (Rugby Union County Championship) was the 108th edition of England's County Championship rugby union club competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194984-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby Union County Championship\nYorkshire won their 15th title after defeating Devon in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194985-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby-Bundesliga\nThe 2007-08 Rugby-Bundesliga was the 37th edition of this competition and the 88th edition of the German rugby union championship. The season went from 25 August 2007 to 31 May 2008, ending with the relegation final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194985-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby-Bundesliga, Overview\nIn 2007-08, eight teams played a home-and-away season with a final between the top two teams at the end, which was won by the SC 1880 Frankfurt. It was the club's fifth German title and its first in 83 years, having last won it in 1925. It was a rematch of the 2006-07 final, also played in Frankfurt am Main, which SC 1880 had lost to Heidelberg 15-23. Alongside the national championship final, the 2nd Bundesliga final was played as a curtain raiser for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194985-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby-Bundesliga, Overview\nLast placed RK Heusenstamm would have been relegated but the league was expanded to nine teams for 2008-09 and no team had to drop down to the 2nd Bundesliga. This was decided on 19 July 2008 at the annual meeting of the German rugby association. The decision was made to expand the league to ten teams for the 2009-10 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194985-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby-Bundesliga, Overview\nNominally, the eight placed team in the league would be relegated while the seventh placed team had to play the loser of the 2nd Bundesliga final for one more league place. The 2nd Bundesliga champion is directly promoted, which was the RK 03 Berlin in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194985-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Rugby-Bundesliga, Overview\nThe 2007-08 final was sponsored by the French bank Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale. It was not broadcast live on television but the Deutsches Sportfernsehen showed one hour of highlights the following Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194986-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Basketball Super League A\nThe Russian Basketball Super League A 2007\u201308 was the 17th official season of Russian Basketball Super League A. In all there were 13 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194987-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Basketball Super League A results\nThere are results from Russian Basketball Super League A 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194988-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Basketball Super League transfers\nThis is the transfer campaign from Russian Basketball Super League 2007/2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Russian Cup is the sixteenth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union. The competition started on 18 April 2007 and finished with the final held on 17 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup, First round\nThis round featured four Second Division teams and four amateur teams. The games were played on 18 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup, Second round\nIn this round entered 4 winners from the First Round and the 60 Second Division teams. The matches were played from April 15 to April 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup, Third round\nIn this round entered 32 winners from the Second Round and the 8 remaining Second Division teams. The matches were played from April 29 to May 14, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup, Fourth round\nIn this round entered 20 winners from the Third Round teams. The matches were played from May 18 to June 2, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup, Fifth round\nIn this round entered 10 winners from the Fourth Round teams and the 22 First Division teams. The matches were played on 12 and 13 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup, Round of 32\nIn this round entered 16 winners from the Fifth Round teams and the all Premier League teams. The matches were played on June 27, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe matches were played on 16 September and 31 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup, Final\nAssistant referees:Yevgeni Volnin (Vladimir)Viktor Lebedev (Saint Petersburg)Fourth official:Maksim Layushkin (Moscow)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup, Final\nPlayed in the earlier stages, but were not on the final game squad:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup, Final\nPFC CSKA Moscow: Veniamin Mandrykin (GK),  Daniel Carvalho (MF),  Eduardo Ratinho (MF),  Caner Erkin (MF), Sergei Gorelov (MF), Rolan Gusev (MF), Ivan Taranov (MF), Dmitry Tikhonov (FW), Nikita Burmistrov (FW).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194989-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Cup, Final\nFC Sibir Novosibirsk: Ivan Levenets (GK), Pavel Alikin (DF),  Ghenadie Olexici (DF), Vitali Grishin (MF),  Andrei Lavrik (MF), Mikhail Makagonov (MF), Andrei Kobenko (MF),  Antonio Soldevilla (MF), Sergei Volkov (FW),  Yevgeny Savin (FW).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194990-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Superleague season\nThe 2007\u201308 Russian Superleague season was the 12th and last season of the Russian Superleague, the top level of ice hockey in Russia. It was replaced by the Kontinental Hockey League for 2008-09. 20 teams participated in the league, and Salavat Yulaev Ufa won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194991-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Russian Volleyball Super League\nThe Russian Volleyball Super League 2007/2008 was the 17th official season of Russian Volleyball Super League. In all there are 12 teams. Dynamo won second title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season\nThe 2007\u201308 European football season was the 104th of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's existence and the club's 74th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. The season ran from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008, and Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Liga, Ta\u00e7a de Portugal and Ta\u00e7a da Liga. The club also participated in the UEFA Champions League after finishing third in the Primeira Liga the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season\nFernando Santos remained for a second season, which saw significant financial investment. To counter-weight the loss of influential players such as Sim\u00e3o, Miccoli, Giorgos Karagounis and Manuel Fernandes, Benfica signed \u00d3scar Cardozo, David Luiz, \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda, Maxi Pereira, Cristian Rodr\u00edguez and more than ten others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season\nSantos remained for only two games: a UEFA Champions League qualifying match against Copenhagen and the Primeira Liga opener against Leix\u00f5es. He was sacked and replaced by Jos\u00e9 Antonio Camacho, who affirmed the club's presence in top European competition and guided them to second place. In October and November, Benfica was eliminated from the Ta\u00e7a da Liga and the Champions League respectively, securing a UEFA Cup berth by finishing third in the latter. Over the next three months, Camacho's team became increasingly erratic, qualifying for the Portuguese Cup semi-finals but losing crucial points in the league race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season\nIn early March, Camacho resigned after three consecutive league draws, citing his inability to motivate the club. His assistant Fernando Chalana then took over, but Benfica continued to disappoint; they were eliminated in the UEFA Cup and mired in second place in mid-March. In April, the situation deteriorated further; Benfica matched their worst league defeat in 60 years, slipped to fourth place and was knocked out of the Portuguese Cup by Sporting CP. An away draw in May's opening game left the club dangerously close to finishing fourth. One week later, fans had the bitter-sweet experience of celebrating Rui Costa's final match and seeing Benfica finish fourth, their worst finish since 2001\u201302.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, Pre-season\nDuring Benfica's season-ending North American tour after the last game of 2006\u201307, Fernando Santos spoke to the media about his plans for the upcoming season. As promised by club president Lu\u00eds Filipe Vieira, the club would spend more on new players to build a team capable of winning the title. Sim\u00e3o was crucial; according to Santos, \"I cannot see myself without Sim\u00e3o\". In addition, he wanted to keep Fabrizio Miccoli and sign a new striker who could be a target man.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, Pre-season\nThe club's first addition was winger F\u00e1bio Coentr\u00e3o in March, followed by defenders Marco Zoro and David Luiz in May; the latter signed a five-year contract after performing well on loan. In June, Benfica began their promised investments, spending over \u20ac9 million on \u00d3scar Cardozo from Newell's Old Boys and a reported \u20ac2.5 million on Gonzalo Bergessio. Both added options to an offence composed solely of Nuno Gomes and Mantorras, since Fabrizio Miccoli and Derlei did not renew their loan agreements. Breaking with tradition, Benfica did not tour abroad; they remained at the club's new training center, Benfica Campus. Santos also decided not to participate in the Teresa Herrera Trophy, since the tournament was too close to Benfica's first league match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, Pre-season\nOn 2 July, the club began their pre-season preparations, with medical tests in the morning followed by an afternoon training session attended by 3,000 supporters. From the beginning, Santos lost players who had been the backbone of the previous season's team; Giorgos Karagounis departed first and Anderson pressed for a transfer, deliberately missing a pre-season match. On the pitch, Benfica played RM Hamm Benfica on 8 July and CFR Cluj on the 21st. Santos experienced a major loss with the transfer of Sim\u00e3o to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid on 26 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, Pre-season\nThe 28-year-old winger had been with the club for six seasons and the top scorer for four; according to Santos, the prospect of losing him was a \"horrible nightmare\". To replace him, Benfica signed the 19-year-old Argentine \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda from Rosario Central. Before playing in the Guadiana Trophy on 3 and 5 August, Benfica lost 2\u20131 to Al Ahly in Egypt. At the Guadiana Trophy, Benfica drew with Real Betis and defeated Lisbon rivals Sporting CP, ending their pre-season preparations four days later with a match against Estrela da Amadora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nBenfica's first competitive match hosted Copenhagen on 14 August in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Santos was confident in a win due to his familiarity with Copenhagen's style, since Benfica had played them twice in the past tournament. In the match, Rui Costa scored two long-range goals for a 2\u20131 win. Santos was pleased, despite Copenhagen's goal disconcerting his team. The next day, Benfica accepted an offer for Manuel Fernandes from Everton. His departure troubled Santos, since Fernandes had been a growing influence on the team during the pre-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nOn 18 August, Benfica began their Primeira Liga campaign against Leix\u00f5es. Without the injured Luis\u00e3o or \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda, the club lost their first points in a 1\u20131 draw after a 94th-minute equaliser. The slip had an immediate impact, with Lu\u00eds Filipe Vieira sacking Santos two games into the season. Santos, caught off guard, said, \"I am not hurt, maybe just surprised\". Benfica immediately signed Jos\u00e9 Antonio Camacho, who had managed the team from 2002 to 2004, to replace him. Camacho was happy to return, acknowledging that his friendship with Vieira played an important role in his quick hiring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0006-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nIn his first game, Camacho could not lead Benfica past Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es, who earned a scoreless draw at Est\u00e1dio da Luz. Benfica signed more players: Uruguayans Maxi Pereira and Cristian Rodr\u00edguez first, followed by Brazilian centre-back Edcarlos. In the last match of August, Benfica confirmed their place in the group stage of the Champions League with an away win in Parken Stadium. The next day, the club was drawn into group D alongside Milan, Celtic and Shakhtar Donetsk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nOn 2 September, Benfica played Nacional at the Est\u00e1dio da Choupana. They scored their first goal in the 17th minute, adding two more in the second half for their first league win. A delighted Camacho said, \"I liked the second half a lot. We were much better altogether.\" After a two-week international break, Benfica resumed competition against Naval on the 15th. Cristian Rodr\u00edguez scored the opener in the 22nd minute, followed by Rui Costa a few minutes later. In the second half, Nuno Gomes scored the third and final goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nAlthough Camacho was pleased with the win, he was concerned about his team's early performance. Three days later, Benfica visited the San Siro to play Milan. Their opening game in the group stage did not go as planned; they conceded an early goal by Andrea Pirlo, who scored again with an assist by Filippo Inzaghi. Nuno Gomes scored in the 92nd minute of the 2\u20131 loss. Camacho was philosophical: \"You pay for every mistake you make against a side like Milan. I don't blame our lack of experience because we were facing the best team in Europe.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0007-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nOn 23 September, Benfica played Braga at the Municipal de Braga; both teams failed to convert several goal opportunities for a scoreless draw. Camacho was unconcerned with the result, since the league race had many matches remaining. Benfica played Estrela da Amadora at the Est\u00e1dio da Reboleira in the third round of the new League Cup the following Wednesday, winning on penalty kicks and advancing to the next round. September ended with the Derby de Lisboa against Sporting CP. For the second time in a week, Benfica could not break their opponent's defence, conceding their fourth draw of the season. Camacho attributed the result to wasted opportunities: \"We only failed in scoring. We had many shots; many were good, but football is like this.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nOctober began with the club hosting Shakhtar Donetsk in a 1\u20130 loss to Mircea Lucescu's team on a goal by J\u00e1dson. After the game Camacho said, \"We played some decent football and although at times we had five, six, seven men in the area, the ball refused to go in.\" On 7 October, Benfica visited the Est\u00e1dio Dr. Magalh\u00e3es Pessoa to play Uni\u00e3o de Leiria. Despite conceding an early goal, the partnership of Cardozo and Nuno Gomes was successful; Gomes scored twice to give Benfica the three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nAfter a two-week break for international matches, Benfica's season resumed on 20 October with a League Cup match against Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal. Camacho made many changes in the starting eleven, which nearly cost him the game. A 12th-minute Set\u00fabal goal was not matched until the 94th minute, by Freddy Adu. Despite the near-loss, Camacho said, \"I am satisfied with our performance. The players worked well and he had many chances to score.\" The following Wednesday, Benfica hosted Celtic for matchday three of the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0008-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nThey continued struggling to convert goal opportunities, hitting the goal post twice in quick succession before finally breaking Celtic's defence with an 87th-minute winning goal by Cardozo. Camacho praised his players for not giving up and staying calm under pressure. On 28 October, Benfica hosted Mar\u00edtimo for the Primeira Liga. Although Kan\u00fa scored first for Mar\u00edtimo in the eighth minute, Cardozo evened the score ten minutes later. Mar\u00edtimo had an opportunity to regain the lead when Quim incurred a penalty and was sent off but his replacement, Hans-J\u00f6rg Butt, stopped the penalty kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0008-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nIn the second half, Adu scored the winning goal for ten-men Benfica in the 87th minute. Camacho said about teams like Mar\u00edtimo, \"We have to change our mentality and never relax, because for teams like Mar\u00edtimo or Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal, their 'Champions League' is facing Benfica.\" On the last day of October, Benfica visited the Est\u00e1dio do Bonfim for their second game against Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal, and the remodelled team led at half-time. During the second half Set\u00fabal, pushing hard, scored twice to knock Benfica out of the League Cup. Camacho said, \"We were eliminated because they were better. It was a fair loss.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nNovember's first game was at the Mata Real against Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira. Benfica scored first with a header by Cristian Rodr\u00edguez, but Tiago Valente tied the game a few minutes later for Pa\u00e7os. In the 85th minute, Kostas Katsouranis scored Benfica's winning goal with an assist by Rodr\u00edguez. To Camacho, the win was \"difficult but very important\". On 6 November, Benfica played Celtic on the road. In their second game against the team, Benfica lost 1\u20130 on a goal by Aiden McGeady.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nWith the loss, Benfica was in last place and needed to defeat Milan to remain in the Champions League. Although Camacho was optimistic, he was aware of the high stakes. On 11 November, Benfica hosted Boavista in search of their fourth consecutive win in the Primeira Liga. Cardozo scored in the first half, with Boavista tying the score in the 58th minute. Benfica then scored five goals in the final 40 minutes for a 6\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0009-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nAfter the match, Rui Costa said, \"We had our fourth consecutive win in the Primeira Liga, and I think we are on the right track.\" After a third international break, Benfica resumed on the 24th with an away game against Acad\u00e9mica. Lito scored first for Acad\u00e9mica, but a free kick by Rui Costa tied the game. Acad\u00e9mica goalkeeper Ricardo made two errors, allowing Luis\u00e3o and Adu to score Benfica's second and third goals, and Camacho credited the late win to his players' perseverance and commitment. November ended with a decisive match against Milan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0009-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nAndrea Pirlo scored for Benfica, but Maxi Pereira's 23rd-minute shot tied the game. Benfica's fate was determined by events in Glasgow, as Celtic defeated Shakhtar Donetsk with an added-time goal. Camacho bemoaned his team's luck: \"We're a bit unhappy. For what we did in this competition I think we should have had more of a chance to go through, so for me football has not been fair to Benfica.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, December\u2013January\nOn 1 December, Benfica played Porto in the Cl\u00e1ssico. Ricardo Quaresma took advantage of a 42nd-minute counterattack to dribble past David Luiz and score the winning goal for Porto. It was Benfica's first league loss at Luz since 28 January 2006. Camacho said, \"We were inexperienced, failed to retain the ball and allowed counter-attacks.\" Three days later, Benfica travelled to Donetsk to play Shakhtar in the final match of the Champions League group stage, and Cardozo scored twice in the first 25 minutes to give Benfica the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, December\u2013January\nThe club overtook Shakhtar, finishing third and qualifying for the UEFA Cup, and Camacho was pleased with the result. On 9 December, Benfica began their Portuguese Cup run by hosting Acad\u00e9mica. The club won with goals by Luis\u00e3o and Cardozo; Acad\u00e9mica scored a consolation goal after a mistake by Benfica's goalkeeper, Butt. According to Camacho, \"We suffered a bit in the second half. Acad\u00e9mica's goal complicated things.\" League play resumed on 15 December, with Benfica commuting to the Est\u00e1dio do Restelo to face Belenenses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0010-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, December\u2013January\nThe club failed to stem their hosts' momentum, giving up a 71st-minute goal for their second-straight league loss. Camacho accepted the blame: \"When you lose it is always the manager's fault. I failed to pass the message to my players.\" Benfica ended 2007 by hosting Estrela da Amadora on 20 December, winning 3\u20130 with all goals scored in the second half. The win placed Benfica seven points behind league leaders Porto, who had their first league loss to Nacional. On 21 December, Benfica participated in the UEFA Cup draw for the round of 32 and was paired with German team 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, December\u2013January\nBenfica began the year with a match against Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal. After trouble penetrating Set\u00fabal's defense, Mantorras scored in the 71st minute. However, Set\u00fabal rallied and tied the game for a point. The result surprised Camacho: \"I though we would win. After we scored, we did not retained the ball. A team like Benfica has to do that.\" Two Benfica players, Luis\u00e3o and Katsouranis, had a disagreement during the game; they were immediately substituted, and later suspended. On 12 January, Benfica hosted Leix\u00f5es at the Luz. They struggled to control Leix\u00f5es, who had the upper hand in a scoreless draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0011-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, December\u2013January\nCamacho was disappointed: \"We lacked focus; it's apparent since the Champions League elimination that we do.\" A week later, Benfica played Feirense in the fifth round of the Portuguese Cup, advancing to the next round on a 52nd-minute goal by Cardozo. Camacho said, \"I did not like the game. We are playing differently than we are training. The difference in quality between both teams should have been obvious and it was not.\" On 26 January, Benfica played Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es at the Est\u00e1dio D. Afonso Henriques. They scored in the eighth minute, when Cardozo converted a free kick from 30 meters out. Di Mar\u00eda assisted Maxi Pereira on a second goal, with Guimar\u00e3es scoring in the 60th minute. In extra time, Cardozo scored his second goal on a mistake by Nilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nFebruary was a busy month for the club. Benfica trailed Porto by 11 points in the Primeira Liga, with crucial European and domestic cup matches between league matches. The first was on 2 February against Nacional. Like past home performances, Benfica failed to score and lost points in another scoreless draw. Camacho tried to explain his team's performance: \"We did not lack attitude, but at home, we sometimes feel disturbed, pressured. We played two forwards and we still did not score.\" He saw his first white handkerchiefs, an action commonly seen as a request for resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0012-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nBenfica regained their feet with a home win against Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira in the Portuguese Cup. An opening goal by Pedrinha in the second minute was answered with an equaliser by Cardozo before half-time. In the second half, Cardozo, Rui Costa and Nuno Assis scored to send Benfica to the quarter-finals. On 14 February, Benfica hosted 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg in the first of two games against the German team. Recent acquisition Ariza Makukula scored the only goal in the 43rd minute, a 20-meter strike which fooled goalkeeper Jarom\u00edr Bla\u017eek. Camacho called the narrow victory important.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0012-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nThree days later, Benfica played Naval at the Municipal Jos\u00e9 Bento Pessoa. Cristian Rodr\u00edguez scored the club's opening goal in the 18th minute, with L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Sepsi assisting Nuno Assis on a second goal in the final minute. On 21 February, Benfica played the second leg of their European double-header with N\u00fcrnberg. The Bundesliga side scored twice in seven minutes during the second half before Cardozo scored in the 89th minute and Di Mar\u00eda tied the game in the 92nd, sending Benfica to the round of 16 with Spanish side Getafe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0012-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nCamacho said, \"Benfica made some defensive errors in the second half that put them in a tough spot. They managed to react and continued their search for goals until they arrived.\" In domestic-league play, Benfica hosted Braga on 24 January. Braga scored first with a fifth-minute goal by Z\u00e9 Manel, with Luis\u00e3o tying the game in the 21sth minute. The draw complicated the league race, with Porto increasing their lead. Camacho said, \"Benfica did everything they could win. They tried to score from every way possible, but could not\". The club ended the month with a 2\u20130 victory over Moreirense in the Portuguese Cup, sending them to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nBenfica began March competing at three levels: the Primeira Liga, the Portuguese Cup and the UEFA Cup. Their first game was at the Est\u00e1dio Jos\u00e9 Alvalade against Sporting CP. Managed by Paulo Bento, the hosts scored the opening goal in the 11th minute with a header by Simon Vuk\u010devi\u0107. In the 40th minute, Rui Costa's corner kick allowed Cardozo to head in the tying goal. Benfica held second place, five points ahead of Sporting. For Camacho, the result was \"very important because we kept our advantage, allowing us to remain in second place\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0013-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nThe following Thursday, Benfica hosted Getafe in the UEFA Cup. The match quickly soured for the club when Cardozo was sent off in the ninth minute, and Rub\u00e9n de la Red scored Getafe's first goal in the 25th minute. During the second half Pablo Hern\u00e1ndez added another, and Mantorras scored a 76th-minute consolation goal for Benfica. Camacho said, \"We started poorly because Getafe has a good team. With Cardozo's ejection, things got more complicated. In the second half, Benfica was better, the players fought and showed we have a chance to eliminate them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0013-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nOn 9 March, Benfica hosted Uni\u00e3o de Leiria. They conceded an opening goal in the 42nd minute, scoring two second-half goals in five minutes: one each by Zoro and Cardozo. Serge N'Gal scored a 69th-minute equaliser for the draw. The result had repercussions, as Camacho resigned: \"I cannot do anything else to improve this team's performance.\" His resignation, so late in the season, caught Benfica's management by surprise. They opted to not replace him, nominating his assistant Fernando Chalana as manager. Chalana accepted the challenge: \"I am here through thick and thin.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0013-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nHis first game as manager was against Getafe on the road on 12 March. Benfica had to score two and allow none to progress; Makukula hit the post in the sixth minute, and Getafe qualified with a 77th-minute goal by Juan \u00c1ngel Alb\u00edn. Four days later, Benfica played Mar\u00edtimo at Barreiros, with Cardozo scoring his 19th goal of the season in the 26th minute. In the second half, Ytalo scored a 75th-minute equaliser for Mar\u00edtimo. Chalana said, \"We had a great first half. We dominated and honestly I was not expecting Mar\u00edtimo's goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0013-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nI was sad with the way it appeared. We did everything to win.\" The fourth consecutive draw cost Benfica their lead over Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es for second place. Back from international break, the club hosted Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira on 30 March in a 4\u20131 win. At half-time, the score was 1\u20131, but Cardozo and Rui Costa's second-half goals gave Benfica their first domestic win in March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nAs the season wound down, Benfica was battling for a direct qualification for the Champions League with six matches remaining. On 6 April, the club played Boavista on the road. The hosts were undefeated at home since October, but Benfica had an opportunity to gain ground over Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es (who had lost points hours earlier). Neither team could penetrate the other's defence, despite Boavista's 24th-minute penalty kick, and the game ended in a scoreless draw. Chalana was highly critical of the refereeing: \"What happened here was a disgrace.\" The following Friday, Benfica hosted Acad\u00e9mica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0014-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nIn the fourth minute Luis\u00e3o lost the ball to Miguel Pedro, who scored for Acad\u00e9mica. At the 30-minute mark, Markus Berger added another, and in the second half, Luis Aguiar scored a third. It was the fourth time in Benfica's history that they lost by three goals at home, matching their worst result in the Primeira Liga. They had lost 3\u20130 to Boavista in 1998\u201399 and 4\u20131 to Sporting CP in 1938\u201339 and 1947\u201348. Chalana was resigned: \"There are days like this.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0014-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nWith the loss, Benfica had lost 18 points in Luz, was 21 points behind Porto and fell from second to fourth place. On 16 April, the club visited the Alvalade for the Portuguese Cup semi-finals. Benfica began the game well, with first-half goals by Rui Costa and Nuno Gomes. Sporting mobilized in the second half, scoring three goals in 12 minutes. Rodr\u00edguez tied the game for Benfica before Sporting scored two more goals, eliminating Benfica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0014-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nChalana attributed the loss to poor refereeing: \"We started strong, scored two goals and could have scored a third if the referee had signalled a penalty over Luis\u00e3o. It would be the 3\u20130 and would have killed the game.\" Four days later, Benfica played Porto at the Est\u00e1dio do Drag\u00e3o. Lisandro L\u00f3pez scored goals in the seventh and 80th minutes to give Porto a 2\u20130 win, increasing the difference between them to 24 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0014-0004", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nDespite amassing five out of a possible 15 points since becoming manager and trailing second-place Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es by four points, Chalana remained hopeful: \"Nothing is lost, Benfica will use all their weapons to win the remaining nine points.\" The club's last April match was a 2\u20130 victory over Belenenses, with Chalana praising his players' performance against \"a very good team\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nIn May, Benfica had two games in which to overcome a four-point deficit. On the fourth, they played Estrela da Amadora away. Benfica never beat Estrela's goalkeeper, Pedro Alves, drawing 0\u20130 and losing crucial points. Chalana said, \"We started the first half somewhat nervous. Not playing our best. However, the second half was different, we did everything to win, created opportunities but the ball just would not go in.\" The draw left Benfica dependent on others to reach second place; even if they won, Sporting had to lose and Guimar\u00e3es had to lose or draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0015-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nOn 11 May, the club hosted Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal. The match, attracting over 54,000 fans for Rui Costa's last game, was a 3\u20130 Benfica win. Sporting and Guimar\u00e3es also won and Benfica finished fourth, missing a Champions League berth. It was their fifth finish outside the top three after fourth-place finishes in 1939\u201340, 1940\u201341 and 2001\u201302 and a sixth-place finish in 2000\u201301. Chalana said, \"Benfica is very big. We failed to reach our objectives, but nearly sold out the stadium today.\" The club's season ended with an African tour in which they defeated a team with players from Sal and S\u00e3o Vicente on 17 May and the Angolan national team two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics\nThe squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Fernando Santos (manager), Jos\u00e9 Ant\u00f3nio Camacho (manager), Fernando Chalana, (assistant manager and later manager), Jorge Ros\u00e1rio (assistant manager), Pepe C\u00e1rcelan (assistant manager), Sh\u00e9u Han (assistant manager), Bruno Moura (physiotherapist) and Ricardo Santos (scout).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics\nNote 1: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194992-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics\nNote 2: Players with squad numbers marked \u2021 joined the club during the 2007\u201308 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194993-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.S. Lazio season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 108th season in Societ\u00e0 Sportiva Lazio's history and their 20th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194993-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.S. Lazio season\nOn 11 November 2007, a Lazio supporter, Gabriele Sandri was fatally wounded in an argument between Lazio and Juventus supporters, resulting in the police intervening and ultimately killing Sandri, who was not directly involved with the quarrel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194993-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.S. Lazio season, Squad, First team\nAs of 2008-02-08Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194994-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.S.C. Napoli season\nS.S.C. Napoli returned to Serie A with a stable funding from Aurelio De Laurentiis and a couple of exciting new signings in Marek Ham\u0161\u00edk and Ezequiel Lavezzi. With those two quality players in the squad, Napoli was a reliable force, finishing 8th in the standings. Another surprising performer was defensive general Maurizio Domizzi, who scored 11 goals in all competitions, becoming the club's tied top scorer with Lavezzi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194994-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.S.C. Napoli season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194994-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S.S.C. Napoli season, Statistics, Starting 11\nLast updated: 18 May 2008Source: Squad statistics and Start formations Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194995-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SC Bastia season\nFrench football club SC Bastia's 2007\u201308 season. Finished 11th place in league. Top scorer of the season, including 13 goals in 12 league matches have been Xavier Pentec\u00f4te. Was eliminated to Coupe de France end of 16, the Coupe de la Ligue was able to be among the 1. tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194995-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SC Bastia season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194996-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SIJHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 SIJHL season is the 7th season of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL). The seven teams of the SIJHL will play 50-game schedules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194996-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SIJHL season\nCome February, the top teams of the league will play down for the Bill Salonen Cup, the SIJHL championship. The winner of the Bill Salonen Cup will compete in the Central Canadian Junior \"A\" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2008 Royal Bank Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194996-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SIJHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194996-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SIJHL season, Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship\nHosted by the Newmarket Hurricanes in Newmarket, Ontario. Dryden finished in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194996-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SIJHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194996-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SIJHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194997-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SK Rapid Wien season\nThe 2007\u201308 SK Rapid Wien season is the 110th season in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194998-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20\nThe 2007\u201308 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20 is the 1st season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. Six teams in total, five representing four provinces of Sri Lanka and a Sri Lanka Schools XI team participating in the competition. The competition began on 17 April 2008, when Basnahira North elevens played the Wayamba elevens at Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194998-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20\nThis season comprised 15 regular matches, two semi finals and a grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194998-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20, Rules and regulations\nTeams received 4 points for a win, 2 for a tie or no result, and 0 for a loss. At the end of the regular matches the teams ranked two and three play each other in the preliminary final. The winner of the preliminary final earns the right to play the first placed team in the final at the home venue of the first placed team. In the event of several teams finishing with the same number of points, standings are determined by most wins, then net run rate (NRR). All finals were played at Welagedara Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194998-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20, Statistics, Most Runs\nThe top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194998-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20, Statistics, Most Wickets\nThe following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194998-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20, Statistics, Highest Team Totals\nThe following table lists the six highest team scores during this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194998-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20, Statistics, Highest Scores\nThis table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194998-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20, Statistics, Best Bowling Figures in an innings\nThis table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in an innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00194999-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SM-liiga season\nThe 2007-08 SM-liiga season was the 33rd season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 14 teams participated in the league, and Karpat Oulu won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195000-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SPHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the fourth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began October 25, 2007, and ended April 13, 2008, after a 52-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Knoxville Ice Bears won their second SPHL championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195000-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SPHL season, Preseason\nThe Pee Dee Cyclones moved from Florence, South Carolina, to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and changed their name to the Twin City Cyclones. The league also named a new commissioner, Jim Combs, in June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195001-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SV Werder Bremen season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 German football season, Werder Bremen competed in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195001-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SV Werder Bremen season, Season summary\nBremen failed to make a splash in European competition, being knocked out of the Champions League in the group stage before being eliminated from the UEFA Cup at the round of 16. There was better luck domestically, as the club finished runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195001-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SV Werder Bremen season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195001-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SV Werder Bremen season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195002-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SVB Hoofdklasse\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Hoofdklasse started in August 2007 and will end in May 2008. Defending champions are Inter Moengotapoe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195002-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 SVB Hoofdklasse, Promoted teams\nThe following teams are promoted to the Eredivisie at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195003-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sacramento Kings season\nThe 2007\u201308 Sacramento Kings season was the 63rd season of the franchise, 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 23rd in Sacramento.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195003-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sacramento Kings season, Off-season notes\nThe Kings, following a disappointing 2006\u201307 season, fired coach Eric Musselman and replaced him with Reggie Theus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195003-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sacramento Kings season, Draft picks\nSacramento's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195003-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sacramento Kings season, Other notable additions\nDaniel Artest, the brother of Ron Artest, made it on the summer league roster and practice squad. Artest scored two points as a back-up in limited summer league action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195003-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sacramento Kings season, Transactions\nThe Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195004-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Saint Joseph's Hawks basketball team represented Saint Joseph's University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by 13th-year head coach Phil Martelli, played their home games at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. After finishing the regular season tied for fourth in the A-10 standings, the Hawks reached the championship game of the A-10 Tournament before losing to Temple. Saint Joseph's secured an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 11 seed in the East region. In the opening round, the Hawks were defeated by Oklahoma to end the season at 21\u201313 (9\u20137 A-10).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195005-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season, coached by Randy Bennett for the 7th consecutive year. The Gaels competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished conference play with a record of 12\u20132 to place second. They reached the semifinal round of the 2008 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, but received an at-large bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they entered as the No. 10 seed South Region. The Gaels were beaten by No. 7 seed Miami (FL) in the opening round to end their season 25\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195006-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Antonio Spurs season\nThe 2007\u201308 San Antonio Spurs season was the 41st season of the franchise, 35th in San Antonio, and 32nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Spurs were the defending NBA champions after winning their fourth title, having swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games. They would once again win at least 50 games for the 9th straight season, and make the playoffs for the 11th straight season. After beating the Phoenix Suns in 5 games and the New Orleans Hornets in 7, the Spurs were eliminated by the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. The Lakers would go on to lose to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. They failed to gain back-to-back titles for the fourth time in nine years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195006-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Antonio Spurs season, Draft picks\nSan Antonio's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195006-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Antonio Spurs season, Transactions\nThe Spurs were involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195007-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Toreros were led by first-year head coach Bill Grier. They played their home games at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, California as members of the West Coast Conference. The Toreros finished the season 22\u201314, 11\u20133 in WCC play to finish in 3rd place. They won the WCC Tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 13 seed in the West region. In the opening round, San Diego upset No. 4 seed Connecticut in overtime, but fell to No. 12 seed Western Kentucky in the round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season\nThe 2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season began on October 4, 2007. It was the San Jose Sharks' 17th season in the National Hockey League. The Sharks were the Pacific Division champions, and second in the Western Conference. They finished the season with a 49\u201323\u201310 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Preseason\nDuring the pre-season, the 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio, on June 22\u201323. Additionally, the free agency period began on July 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season\nThe Sharks began a win streak of road games on November 14, 2007, when they beat the Dallas Stars with a shootout win. The Sharks went on to win nine more consecutive road games, which gave them 10 straight wins on the road. The streak ended when the Sharks lost to the Anaheim Ducks on January 13, 2008. This was also the game where Head Coach Ron Wilson gave the Sharks' backup goaltender, Thomas Greiss, his first start and rested Evgeni Nabokov, who was the starting goaltender for all the other Sharks games played up until the All-Star break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season\nThe Sharks' streak of ten-straight road wins was second to the 12 road game win streak posted by the Detroit Red Wings in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season\nJonathan Cheechoo earned his first hat-trick of the season on February 9, 2008 at the HP Pavilion against the Nashville Predators. This was the ninth time that Cheechoo earned a hat-trick in his career. The Sharks won the game 4\u20133 and gave Ron Wilson his 500th win as an NHL coach, the 11th coach in League history to reach the milestone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season\nThe Sharks have continued with another win streak of 11 games at home and on the road. Since February 21, when the Sharks played the Philadelphia Flyers away in Philadelphia and won the game 3\u20131, they started their lengthy winning streak. On February 29, 2008, the Sharks played the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit and came across a 3\u20132 win on a controversial goal by Devin Setoguchi to push the winning streak to four consecutive games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season\nSan Jose played the Montreal Canadiens on March 3 in San Jose and pulled away with a 6\u20134 win to push their winning streak to six games. On March 5 in San Jose, they played the Ottawa Senators and pulled away with a winner in overtime by Patrick Marleau to push their winning streak to seven games. The Sharks won the Pacific Division and finished second in the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season\nThe Sharks finished the regular season having allowed the fewest power-play goals, with 44, and with the best penalty-kill percentage (85.81%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Playoffs\nOn March 28, the Sharks clinched the Pacific Division title with a 3\u20131 win at Anaheim. The Sharks finished the regular season as the 2nd seed in the Western Conference. The Sharks began their first series, the Western Conference Quarter-finals, against the 7th seed Calgary Flames, losing the first game 3\u20132 but winning the second 2\u20130, tying the series at 1 win each. In the third game, the Sharks lost by a score of 4\u20133, falling back by 2 games to 1 game in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Playoffs\nGame 4 saw Jonathan Cheechoo score the tying goal with just under five minutes to play in the third, and Joe Thornton scoring the game-winner with 9.4\u00a0seconds remaining in regulation to send the series back to San Jose tied at two games apiece. Back in San Jose for Game 5, the Flames' Jerome Iginla scored a 2nd period, 5-on-3 goal to give Calgary the first goal of the game, but the Sharks would score the next 4 goals and hang on for a 4\u20133 win for a 3\u20132 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0008-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Playoffs\nThe Sharks showed poorly in Game 6, losing to Calgary in a shut-out, 2 -0, forcing Game 7. The Sharks played with Jeremy Roenick scoring twice and adding two assists to power the Sharks in a decisive 5\u20133 win over Calgary, clinching the series. The Sharks advanced to meet the Dallas Stars in Round 2 (Western Conference Semifinals) of the playoffs. In Game 1 of the Semifinals, the Sharks had a strong defensive showing at home, but lost in overtime to the Stars, 3\u20132, on a Brenden Morrow goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0008-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Playoffs\nAfter losing Games 2 & 3 and falling to a 3\u20130 deficit in the series, the Sharks won Game 4 in Dallas and Game 5 at home to force a Game 6 in Dallas. After playing into a fourth overtime period in the longest game in Sharks history (and 8th longest NHL game of all time), the Sharks season ended on a power play goal by the Stars' Brenden Morrow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Player statistics, Regular season, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Player statistics, Regular season, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Player statistics, Playoffs, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Player statistics, Playoffs, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Awards and records\nThe Sharks did not win any awards during the 2007\u20132008 NHL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Transactions\nThe Sharks were involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Draft picks\nSan Jose's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Farm teams, Worcester Sharks\nThe Worcester Sharks were the San Jose Sharks' American Hockey League affiliate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195008-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 San Jose Sharks season, Farm teams, Phoenix RoadRunners\nThe Phoenix RoadRunners were the Sharks affiliate in the ECHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195009-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Santosh Trophy\nThe 62nd Santosh Trophy was held from 25 May to 15 June 2008 in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season\nSaracens F.C., in the 2007-08 season, competed in the Guinness Premiership, the EDF Energy Cup and the Heineken Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Transfers\nPreparation for the 2007/08 seasons saw somewhat less activity in comings and goings from the squad, reflecting the relatively solid 2006/07 season. Among signings to date, specialist cover for Glen Jackson came in the form of Scotland fly half Gordon Ross, while South African utility back Brent Russell is highly regarded by many Springbok fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Transfers\nAll Black second row Chris Jack joined Saracens after the 2007 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Transfers\nIn addition to external signings, a number of players going through Saracens' academy system made first team debuts, including a number during the time of the 2007 Rugby World Cup when injury problems left a number of senior players unavailable for selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Guinness Premiership\nThe loss of Glen Jackson and Brent Russell for the opening of the season due to pre-season injuries represented a significant blow to the club, but nonetheless the season began well with a return to winning ways against Wasps in the opening day London double-header. Defeat at the first home game by early pace setters Gloucester brought the team down to earth, before a solid away win at struggling Leeds, revenge for the previous season's home and away defeats away at Worcester, and a win back at Vicarage Road over Leicester. Defensive frailties saw Saracens go into the Autumn Premiership break for cup matches third in the table, but also with the third worst defensive record, after a defeat away at Sale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Guinness Premiership\nThe brief return of the Premiership action at the end of November nestled between two phases of EDF Energy and Heineken Cup action saw Saracens come away with a hard-fought win against London Irish in a game where the lead changed hands several times, with never more than a score between the teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Guinness Premiership\nThe return to Premiership action over Christmas and the New Year began well for Saracens with a win away at London rivals Harlequins in chilly conditions at the Stoop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Guinness Premiership\nSaracens, once again though, were not able to put their regular Christmas period malaise behind them against a talented but under-performing Newcastle side back at Vicarage Road, as defensive weaknesses and coming out of the blocks slowly saw Saracens take only a losing bonus point from their final fixture of 2007 in the Premiership, though it was enough to see them go into the New Year in third place in the domestic league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Guinness Premiership\nThe buildup to the first game of 2008 was dominated by talk away from the field of play, with the news that former Wallaby coach Eddie Jones was to succeed Alan Gaffney at the top of the coaching subject with Gaffney adopting the same consulting role Jones had been providing, whilst rumours of substantial cash investment from South African rugby interests abounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Guinness Premiership\nWhen the focus returned to on-field matters, Saracens suffered a second successive defeat in the Premiership, this time away at Bristol, failing to take even a losing bonus point for the first time in any competition in the season and raising fears of the all too familiar Saracens' winter slump. Only the outcome of other games allowed Saracens to slip only one place to fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Guinness Premiership\n* Bristol Rugby deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player in the match against London Wasps on 22 December 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Heineken Cup\nSaracens' return to Heineken Cup action also saw the return of Glasgow Warriors to Vicarge Road for the opening game of their European Campaign, a team they met both in group action and at the quarter-final stage in the European Challenge Cup of the previous season. As in the two home games against the same team in the previous season, Saracens ran out bonus point winners but with defensive frailties causing anxious moments going into the final minutes of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Heineken Cup\nSaracens' luck did not hold the following week when they travelled to face Biarritz Olympique. Having been ahead several times during the game, they finally went down to a single point defeat when Biarritz scored a penalty from near the half-way line in the dying moments of the game and despite outscoring their opponents by three tries to one had to settle for a losing bonus point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Heineken Cup\nThe visit of Viadana the following month saw Saracens notch up a comfortable win in a game that  saw the first team debut of both Chris Jack and Brent Russell. Russell was to win the man of the match for award in a game that saw Saracens outclass their opponents by ten tries to one despite very bad weather conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Heineken Cup\nWith Glasgow edging out Biarritz in tight game the following day, Saracens record of taking a bonus point of some description from every game saw them top the pool table at the halfway point ahead of their French and Scottish rivals, all three on a record of two wins and a defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Heineken Cup\nViadana looked to avenge their 71-7 defeat at Vicarage Road the following week in the return fixture in Italy, making ten changes to their starting line-up. These changes appeared to deliver results for Viadana with the home side going into the half-time break with the four-try bonus point already secured and a single penalty from Glen Jackson the only score for Saracens to leave a 23-point deficit. Saracens though were to show composure in a second half, in which they played to their strengths and scored 31 unanswered points, more than half from the boot of Glen Jackson, to take the game and keep them at the top of the table at the end of the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, Heineken Cup\nSaracens qualified for the quarter-finals for the first time in their history and were drawn at home to Ospreys. Despite being underdogs, Saracens' won 19-10 with a try from Francisco Leonelli and 14 points from the boot of fly-half Glen Jackson. In the semi-final, Saracens were narrowly beaten by eventual winners Munster at the Ricoh Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, EDF Energy Cup\nThe first round of cup competition saw Saracens win comfortably away at Leeds in the EDF Energy Cup, despite conceding four tries. Another bonus point win over Bristol back at Vicarage Road positioned Saracens well with maximum points ahead of a difficult away trip to Llanelli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, EDF Energy Cup\nAfter the break for Heineken Cup action and a single round of Premiership action, Saracens failed once again to win away in Wales, but taking a losing bonus point and a try bonus too was enough to see them qualify for the semi-final stage for the first time in their Anglo-Welsh cup history, ahead of their opponents Llanelli Scarlets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195010-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saracens F.C. season, EDF Energy Cup\nIn the semi-final at the Millennium Stadium, Saracens were beaten 30-3 by Ospreys. Glen Jackson scored the team's only points with a penalty in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195011-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saudi Crown Prince Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Crown Prince Cup was the 33rd season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament since its establishment in 1957. It started with the Qualifying Rounds on 29 November 2007 and concluded with the final on 7 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195011-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saudi Crown Prince Cup\nPremier League side Al-Ahli were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Al-Ettifaq in the Semi-finals. Al-Hilal won their seventh Crown Prince Cup title after defeating Al-Ettifaq 2\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195011-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Qualifying rounds\nAll of the competing teams that are not members of the Premier League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 4 available places in the Round of 16. The qualifying competition began on 29 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195011-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Qualifying rounds, First Round\nThe First Round matches were played on 29 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195011-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second Round\nThe Second Round matches were played on 6 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195011-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Qualifying rounds, Final Round\nThe Final Round matches were played on 12 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195011-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Round of 16\nThe Round of 16 fixtures were played on 8 and 9 February 2008. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195011-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe Quarter-finals fixtures were played on 13 and 14 February 2008. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195011-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Semi-finals\nThe Semi-finals first legs were played on 26 and 27 February 2008 while the second legs were played on 1 and 2 March 2008. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195011-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Final\nThe final was held on 7 March 2008 in the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195012-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Saudi Premier League\nThe 2007-08 season of the Saudi Professional League was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Saudi Arabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195013-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Challenge Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Scottish Challenge Cup was the 17th season of the Scottish Challenge Cup, which was competed for by all 30 members of the Scottish Football League. The defending champions were Ross County who defeated Clyde 5\u20134 on penalties in the 2006 final. Ross County were eliminated in the second round after a 2\u20130 home defeat to eventual champions St Johnstone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195013-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Challenge Cup\nThe final was played on 25 November 2007, between Dunfermline Athletic and St Johnstone, at Dens Park in Dundee. St Johnstone won 3\u20132. It was their first cup win in their 122-year existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195013-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round, North and East region\nDunfermline Athletic received a random bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195013-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round, South and West region\nPartick Thistle received a random bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195014-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Scottish Cup was the 123rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The winners were Rangers, who defeated Queen of the South in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195014-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 tournament saw a change in structure for the tournament with the admission of 4 members of the Scottish Junior Football Association to the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195014-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Cup, First round\nEdinburgh University were given a random bye to the 2nd round. This was because only three Scottish Junior Football Association clubs entered, due to Linlithgow Rose winning both the East League and the Scottish Junior Cup and there being no mechanism allowing for runners-up to enter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195014-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Cup, First round\nKeith, Inverurie Loco Works, Annan Athletic and Threave Rovers all received automatic byes into the 2nd round, due to being respectively: Highland Football League winners and runners-up, East of Scotland Football League winners and South of Scotland Football League winners during 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195015-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish First Division\nThe 2007\u201308 First Division season was the 13th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195015-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish First Division\nThe team which finished first were automatically promoted to the Scottish Premier League. The team which finished bottom were automatically relegated to the Second Division and the team which finished second bottom were entered into the First division play-offs with the teams which finished second, third and fourth in the Third Division for a place in the 2008\u201309 First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195015-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish First Division, Results\nTeams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195015-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish First Division, First Division play-offs, Semi-finals\nThe ninth placed team in the First Division played the fourth placed team in the Second Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195015-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish First Division, First Division play-offs, Semi-finals, Final\nThe two semi-final winners played each other over two legs, the home team in the 1st Leg was determined by a draw conducted on 1 April 2008. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2008\u201309 First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195017-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Junior Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Scottish Junior Cup was a competition in Scottish Junior football. It was won for the first time by Bathgate Thistle after they defeated Cumnock Juniors 2\u20131 in the final at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195017-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Junior Cup\nUnder a recent rule change, the Junior Cup winners (along with winners of the North, East and West regional leagues) qualify for the senior Scottish Cup; Bathgate Thistle therefore competed in the 2008\u201309 Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195017-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Junior Cup, First round\nThese ties were scheduled to take place on Saturday 6 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195017-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Junior Cup, Second round\nThese ties were scheduled to take place on Saturday 3 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195017-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Junior Cup, Third round\nThese ties were scheduled to take place on 1 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195017-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Junior Cup, Fourth round\nThese ties were scheduled to take place on 19 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195017-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Junior Cup, Fifth Round\nThese ties were scheduled to take place on 16 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195017-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Junior Cup, Quarter finals\nThese ties were scheduled to take place on 15 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195017-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Junior Cup, Semi finals\nThese ties were played on 12 April and 19 April 2008, respectively, at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195017-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Junior Cup, Final\nThe final took place on 1 June 2008, at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195018-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish League Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Scottish League Cup was the 62nd staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195018-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish League Cup\nRangers won the cup by defeating Dundee United in the Final, winning 3\u20132 on penalties after the match was drawn 2\u20132 after extra-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195018-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish League Cup, Media coverage\nIn Australia the Scottish League Cup is currently available on Setanta Sports who also broadcast it in Ireland. In the UK the Scottish League Cup is currently broadcast on BBC Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195019-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Scottish Premier League season was the tenth season of the Scottish Premier League. It began on 4 August 2007 and was originally due to end on 18 May 2008. Due to the death of Phil O'Donnell and extremely poor weather causing the postponement of fixtures during the winter, as well as a backlog of Rangers fixtures and their progression to the UEFA Cup Final, the SPL decided to move the final round of fixtures back four days to 22 May 2008. It was the first season under the sponsorship of the Clydesdale Bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195019-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Premier League\nGretna were promoted from the First Division the previous season and played in the SPL for the first time, replacing Dunfermline Athletic. Gretna did not play at their home stadium Raydale Park as it did not meet the SPL stadia criteria of 6,000 and instead used Motherwell's Fir Park for all but one of their games; that match was at Livingston's Almondvale Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195019-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Premier League\nChampions Celtic qualified directly for the Champions League, while second-placed Rangers qualified for the Second qualifying round. Third-placed Motherwell qualified for the UEFA Cup and Hibernian qualified for the Intertoto Cup. First Division side Queen of the South also qualified for the UEFA Cup after reaching the Scottish Cup Final. Gretna were relegated after just one season in the SPL and were replaced by First Division champions Hamilton Academical for the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195019-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Premier League\nThe championship was determined on the final day of the season with Celtic and Rangers even on points (86 apiece). Celtic travelled to Tannadice to play Dundee United knowing that a win would likely secure the title due to their superior goal difference (+57 to +53). Meanwhile, Rangers needed to win their final match against Aberdeen at Pittodrie and hope that Celtic were held to a draw or worse (or a Ranger draw coupled with a Celtic loss). If both teams won, then Rangers would need need to better Celtic's goal difference by 4 or more. As it turned out, Celtic achieved a 1\u20130 victory following Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink's second-half header, while Aberdeen F.C. beat Rangers 2-0 thanks to goals from Lee Miller and Steve Lovell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195019-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Premier League, Results, Matches 1\u201322\nDuring matches 1\u201322 each team played every other team twice (home and away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195019-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Premier League, Results, Matches 23\u201333\nDuring matches 23\u201333 each team played every other team once (either at home or away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195019-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Premier League, Results, Matches 34\u201338\nDuring matches 34\u201338 each team played every other team in their half of the table once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195019-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Premier League, Kits and shirt sponsors\nFor the first time in the SPL, certain teams also carried secondary sponsors on the back of their jerseys, above the players' names.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195019-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Premier League, Attendances\n1 Gretna were sharing Motherwell's stadium whilst Raydale Park was being upgraded. However, in March the Fir Park pitch was considered unplayable so the game between Gretna and Celtic was played instead at Almondvale, the home of First Division club Livingston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195019-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Premier League, Broadcasting rights\nSetanta Sports provided domestic TV live coverage and highlights as in previous seasons, with STV and BBC Scotland also broadcasting free-to-air highlights. BBC Radio Scotland continued to provide domestic radio coverage, with many games also available internationally, and all domestically, through their website. The BBC held rights to show highlights online and do so through the BBC Sport website. Internationally, the Premier League's overseas television broadcasting partner was TWI, with coverage of the SPL available in over 100 territories worldwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195020-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Second Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Second Division season was the thirteenth season of the Second Division in a ten team format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195020-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Second Division\nThe following teams competed: Airdrie United, Alloa Athletic, Ayr United, Berwick Rangers, Brechin City, Cowdenbeath, Peterhead, Queen's Park, Raith Rovers and Ross County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195020-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Second Division\nThe team which finished first were automatically promoted to the First Division, the teams which finished second, third and fourth were entered into the First division play-offs with the team which finished second bottom of the First Division for a place in the 2008\u201309 First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195020-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Second Division\nThe team which finished bottom were automatically relegated to the Third Division and the team which finished second bottom were entered into the Second division play-offs with the teams which finished second, third and fourth in the Third Division for a place in the 2008\u201309 Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195020-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Second Division, Results\nTeams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195020-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Second Division, Second Division play-offs, Semi-finals\nThe ninth placed team in the Second Division played the fourth placed team in the Third Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195020-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Second Division, Second Division play-offs, Final\nThe two semi-final winners played each other over two legs, the home team in the 1st Leg was determined by a draw conducted on 1 April 2008. the winning team was awarded a place in the 2008\u201309 Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195021-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Third Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 13th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 4 August 2007 and ended on 26 April 2008. East Fife F.C. finished top and were promoted alongside Arbroath F.C. as play-off winners. Stranraer F.C. were also promoted due to Gretna being demoted to the Third Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195021-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Third Division, Teams for 2007\u201308\nBerwick Rangers as champions of the 2006\u201307 season were directly promoted to the 2007\u201308 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Forfar Athletic who finished bottom of the 2006\u201307 Scottish Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195021-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Third Division, Teams for 2007\u201308\nA second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2006\u201307 Scottish Second Division, Stranraer, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2006\u201307 Scottish Third Division, Arbroath, Queen's Park and East Fife respectively. The play-off was won by Queen's Park who defeated East Fife in the final. Stranraer were therefore relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195021-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Third Division, Results\nTeams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195022-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scottish Youth Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Scottish Youth Cup was the 25th season of the competition. The holders Rangers defeated Celtic in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195023-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scunthorpe United F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Scunthorpe United F.C. competed in the Football League Championship and in the second tier of English football for the first time since 1964, following promotion from League One the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195023-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scunthorpe United F.C. season, Season summary\nBefore the start of the 2007\u201308 season, Billy Sharp was sold to Sheffield United for a then-club record \u00a32,000,000. Despite his ostensible replacement, Martin Paterson, scoring 13 league goals, Scunthorpe were unable to cement their place in the second tier of English football, and were relegated in 23rd place. Paterson was then sold to Burnley at the end of the season for a \u00a31,600,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195023-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scunthorpe United F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195023-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Scunthorpe United F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season\nThe 2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 41st and final season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the franchise's final season of play in Seattle before relocating to Oklahoma City to play as the Thunder. With head coach P. J. Carlesimo as replacement of Bob Hill, who was fired at the end of the previous season, the SuperSonics finished in 15th place in the Western Conference with a franchise worst 20\u201362 record. Seattle's first round draft pick and no. 2 overall Kevin Durant was chosen as the Rookie of the Year at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season\nAs of 2020, the only remaining Sonics in the NBA are Jeff Green and Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets, after Nick Collison retired in 2018. Collison was also the last remaining player on the Thunder roster who previously played for the Sonics team, with Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka being drafted under the SuperSonics name in 2008 before moving to Oklahoma City. Until 2019, Mark Bryant was also the last Sonics coach to remain with the franchise on the Thunder roster. General manager Sam Presti is currently the last remaining Sonics staff member to remain with the franchise on the Thunder roster as of 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Offseason\nFollowing Bob Hill and Rick Sund's departures as head coach and general manager respectively, President of Basketball Operations Lenny Wilkens was charged with the responsibility of finding replacements. For the general manager position, Wilkens hired Sam Presti and months later P. J. Carlesimo was appointed as head coach of the Sonics. Wilkens quit a day later. Presti's first order of business involved a trade with the Boston Celtics on draft day that sent Ray Allen and the SuperSonics' second round pick Glen Davis to Boston in exchange for the Celtics' first round pick Jeff Green, Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Offseason\nWeeks later the free agent period began, and the SuperSonics' front office needed to reach a decision regarding Rashard Lewis' future, since Lewis opted out of his final two years and became one of the most prized free agents in the offseason. The team finally agreed to a sign and trade deal with the Orlando Magic. The other trade the Sonics made during the offseason brought 12-year veteran Kurt Thomas from the Phoenix Suns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Offseason\nThe SuperSonics began preparations for the regular season on July 7, kicking off Summer League games in Las Vegas. The team finished with a 2\u20136 overall record, with rookies Kevin Durant and Jeff Green leading the team in scoring in the majority of the matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Offseason, Draft picks\nAt the 2007 Draft Lottery the SuperSonics got the second overall pick behind the Portland Trail Blazers, matching their highest overall selection in franchise history. With their first round pick the SuperSonics selected Kevin Durant from Texas and forwards Carl Landry and Glen Davis in the second round. Davis and Landry were traded on draft day to the Boston Celtics and the Houston Rockets respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Pre-season\nThe SuperSonics kicked off a ten-game pre-season on October 9, with a 98\u2013104 loss visiting the Sacramento Kings. Following a victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers in their next match three days later, the SuperSonics went on a 5-game losing streak before closing the exhibition tour with a victory against the Phoenix Suns in Vancouver, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Regular season\nKevin Durant and Jeff Green's regular season debuts were in doubt, since each player had to deal with sprained ankle injuries during the pre-season. Durant managed to return in time for the season opener on Halloween night, scoring 18 points in a loss against the Denver Nuggets. After their home opener (a loss against the Phoenix Suns), chances for the team to remain in Seattle took a heavy blow, as Sonics' owner Clay Bennett made public his desire to relocate the team to Oklahoma City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Regular season\nThe SuperSonics remained on a losing streak that reached 8 games, their worst start in franchise history, and remained the only team in the league without a win before defeating the Miami Heat, followed by a Durant game-winner two days later to get past the Atlanta Hawks. The SuperSonics finished the month of November snapping a 6-game losing streak with their first home victory in a game against the Indiana Pacers, with Durant scoring a career-high 35 points. Before the win against the Pacers, the Sonics where 0\u20137 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Regular season\nThe Sonics registered their best record of the season in December, struggling with injuries to Luke Ridnour, Delonte West and Kurt Thomas adding to the absence of center Robert Swift. Kevin Durant matched again his career-high 35 points in a win against the Milwaukee Bucks, one of their four victories at home that month. After a 2\u20133 road trip that ended with a loss against the Utah Jazz in which the Sonics were held to one of their lowest scoring outputs in the season, the team returned to the KeyArena to close the year with a 5-game homestand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Regular season\nAfter a loss against the Philadelphia 76ers on the last game of 2007, the Sonics went on their longest losing streak of the season, dropping their first 13 games of January in a combined franchise worst 14-game losing streak. During the first games of the month, the team were without the services of their second best scorer Chris Wilcox and point guard Luke Ridnour, who were sidelined with injuries. The Sonics halted the streak by defeating the defending champions San Antonio Spurs and proceeded to win their next two games at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Regular season\nAfter managing to win only 2 of their 16 games in January, the SuperSonics finished February with a 4\u20138 record and snapped an 8-game losing streak of road games with a victory against the Sacramento Kings, obtaining their first road win since mid-December. Robert Swift returned from his injuries and played his first game since November 11 in a loss against the Chicago Bulls, but would be sidelined for the remainder of the season after two more appearances. The SuperSonics reached the All-Star break with a 13\u201338 record, 10 games behind their worst record in franchise history at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Regular season\nRookies Kevin Durant and Jeff Green participated in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge against the second-year players. Near the trade deadline, the Sonics sent Kurt Thomas to the San Antonio Spurs for Brent Barry, Francisco Elson and a 2009 second round draft pick. Barry was waived the next day. The Sonics made one more move before the deadline, that sent Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a three-team deal with the Chicago Bulls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Regular season\nThe Sonics finished the month of March with their worse record in the regular season, winning only two games, with losing streaks of 11 and 3 games. At this point the Sonics had a 17\u201357 record and were six games away from their franchise worst 23\u201359. On March 16, the Denver Nuggets dealt the Sonics their worst loss in franchise history, with a 116\u2013168 score. It was the most points the Nuggets' scored since a January 11, 1984, game against the San Antonio Spurs. Nearing the end of the month, injuries plagued the roster. Micka\u00ebl Gelabale tore his ACL during a practice and was out for the remainder of the season. Chris Wilcox re-injured his pinky finger, an injury that ultimately made him miss the remainder of the season, and Nick Collison and Francisco Elson were also sidelined with other injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 858]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Regular season\nIn April, the Sonics stretched their March losing streak to five games before winning in a double overtime match against the Denver Nuggets. After losing another three straight games, the Sonics played their last home game in Seattle, defeating the Dallas Mavericks 99\u201395 and closing the regular season with a road victory against the Golden State Warriors. The SuperSonics finished the season with a 20\u201362 overall record, their worst in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Relocation to Oklahoma City\nOn September 21, 2007, majority owner Clay Bennett applied for arbitration by a federal judge on the issue of whether the team could break its lease on the KeyArena in 2008. Bennett initially set a deadline for October 31, 2007, for the City of Seattle to reach an agreement regarding a new facility, and two days past that date Bennett informed the NBA commissioner David Stern of his intentions to relocate the team to Oklahoma City. Seattle had filed a lawsuit on September 23, 2007, in an attempt to keep the Sonics from leaving before the end of their lease in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Relocation to Oklahoma City\nMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a new offer on a KeyArena expansion on March. Ballmer proposed to pay half of the US$300 million required for the expansion and set an April 10, 2008, deadline for the City of Seattle to accept the offer. After the deal fell through, all hopes rested on the lawsuit set for June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195024-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Seattle SuperSonics season, Relocation to Oklahoma City\nOn April 18, 2008, the NBA Board of Governors approved the team's relocation to Oklahoma City by a 28\u20132 vote. Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Paul Allen of the Portland Trail Blazers were the only ones against the move. On July 2, 2008, the City of Seattle and the Sonics' ownership reached a settlement that allowed the franchise to move to Oklahoma City. According to the settlement, items associated with the SuperSonics' history in Seattle, including trophies, banners, and retired jerseys, stayed in the city and were placed in the Museum of History and Industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195025-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Second League of the Republika Srpska\nThe 2007\u201308 Second League of the Republika Srpska season was the thirteenth since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195025-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Second League of the Republika Srpska\nGroup West consist of team from Banja Luka Region; Group Centre consist of team from Doboj Region, Br\u010dko District and Bijeljina Region; Group South consist of team from Sarajevo-Romanija Region, Vlasenica Region, Fo\u010da Region and Trebinje Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195026-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Segona Divisi\u00f3\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Segona Divisi\u00f3, the second level football competition in Andorra, was held from Autumn 2007 until Spring 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195026-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Segona Divisi\u00f3, Overview\nThis season Andorra added an extra team to the Segona Divisi\u00f3: (Inter Club d'Escaldes reserve team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195026-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Segona Divisi\u00f3, Teams\nThe following 9 clubs comprise the Segona Divisi\u00f3 in 2007-08:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195027-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n\nThe 2007\u201308 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 77th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 25 August 2007, and the season ended on 15 June 2008. Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimn\u00e0stic de Tarragona were the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. Racing de Ferrol, Eibar, Sevilla Atl\u00e9tico and C\u00f3rdoba were the teams which were promoted from Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195027-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n\nThe first goal of the season was scored by Joseba del Olmo, who scored an 18th-minute goal for Eibar against Racing de Ferrol in the early kick-off. The first red card of the competition was given to Miguel Cobas of Las Palmas after a challenge on Numancia's Gorka Brit. The first hat-trick was scored by Yordi in the match between Xerez and H\u00e9rcules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195028-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B\nThe Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B 2007\u201308 season was the 31st since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 25 August 2007, and the season ended on 15 June 2008 with the promotion play-off finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195029-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Segunda Divis\u00e3o\nThe 2007\u201308 Segunda Divis\u00e3o season was the 74th season of the competition and the 58th season of recognised third-tier football in Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195029-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Segunda Divis\u00e3o, Overview\nThe league was contested by 55 teams in 4 divisions with GD Ribeir\u00e3o, UD Oliveirense, SC Covilh\u00e3 and CD Olivais e Moscavide winning the respective divisional competitions and progressing to the championship playoffs. The overall championship was won by UD Oliveirense and the runners-up SC Covilh\u00e3 were also promoted to the Liga de Honra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195029-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Segunda Divis\u00e3o, Championship Playoffs, Final\nThe final was played on 22 June 2008 in Pombal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195030-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Senior Women's One Day League\nThe 2007\u201308 Senior Women's One Day League was the 2nd edition of the women's List A cricket competition in India. It took place between September and November 2007, with 27 teams divided into five regional groups. Railways won the tournament, beating Maharashtra in the final, claiming their second One Day League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195030-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nThe 27 teams competing in the tournament were divided into five zonal groups: Central, East, North, South and West. The tournament operated on a round-robin format, with each team playing every other team in their group once. The top two sides from each group progressed to the knockout stages. Matches were played using a 50 over format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195030-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nThe groups worked on a points system with positions with the groups being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195030-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nWin: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss : \u20131 points. No Result/Abandoned: 2 points. Bonus Points: 1 point available per match. Consolation Points: 1 point available per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195030-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nIf points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then head-to-head record, then number of Bonus Points, then Net Run Rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195031-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sepahan F.C. season\nThis is a list of Sepahan F.C. 's results at the IPL 2007/08, the 2007 ACL, the 2007 Club World Cup, and the 2008 ACL. The club is competing in the Iran Pro League, Hazfi Cup, as well as the Asian Champions League, and FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195031-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sepahan F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195031-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sepahan F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nFor recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195032-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Serbian Cup season is the second season of Serbia's football knockout competition. Red Star, the holders of the Lav Kup Srbije, began the tournament as favorites to lift the cup again. It seemed as though Red Star where on their way to winning the cup again having passed all stages with class. Then came the semifinal clash with arch-rival Partizan in what many considered the game of the tournament. The match came with much controversy due to a goal Red Star scored late that was flagged for offside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195032-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian Cup\nThe replays clearly showed that Red Star's midfielder Nenad Milija\u0161 was on, but what made matters worse was the fact that the referee apologized to him and admitted that he had made a mistake. Several days after the incident the side judge retired from refereeing and openly apologized to Red Star and the supporters of the team. In the final Partizan went on to face heavy underdog FK Zemun, who had a miracle run in the cup which included three wins from penalty shootouts on their road to the final. Zemun's luck ran out however, as Partizan cruised to a 3\u20130 victory to claim their tenth domestic cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195032-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian Cup, Round of 32\nThe draw for the Round of 32 was held on September 15, 2007. All of the matches for this round  were played on September 26, 2007. The teams in bold won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195032-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian Cup, Round of 16\nThe draw for the Round of 16 was held on October 9, 2007 with all of the participating clubs in attendance except for Red Star who had to attend the UEFA Cup draw in Nyon, Switzerland. Radni\u010dki Ni\u0161 vs Banat kicked off this round on October 23, 2007 with Banat being the first side to book their spot into the quarterfinals. All of the remaining matches for this round were played on October 24, 2007. Red Star vs Napredak was postponed because Red Star requested the delay due to them having a crucial UEFA Cup group stage match against German giants Bayern Munich the next day. The game was later rescheduled for February 23, 2008 and the result was a predictable victory for Red Star.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195032-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarterfinals was held on February 28, 2008 and it paired several great matches, including two that went to penalty shootouts. The matches took place on March 19, 2008 and the teams in bold  advanced to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195032-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the Semifinals was held on March 28, 2008 at the \u0160umarice Hotel in Kragujevac, Serbia. Red Star and arch-rivals Partizan were drawn against each other in the semifinals for the second consecutive year. The other match pitted OFK Beograd against the surprise team of the tournament Zemun. Both matches were played on April 16, 2008 and the teams in bold advanced to the Lav Kup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195032-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian Cup, Final\nThe Lav Kup final match was played at Partizan Stadium, on May 7, 2008. Partizan played against second division side FK Zemun. Partizan already considered favorites then received an even bigger edge with the Serbian FA's decision to switch the final to Partizan's home ground. It was initially supposed to be at Red Star's stadium but was later moved. The huge underdogs began the match poorly and where controlled by Partizan. After only 12 minutes Lamine Diarra put Partizan in front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195032-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian Cup, Final\nZemun seemed to be content with only being down one and both sides played passively until Diarra struck again 4 minutes before half time. The second half saw huge changes in Zemun's play. Zemun pushed more players forward and began creating opportunities but Partizan's defense was too good and Partizan seemed happy with playing off the counterattack which ended up being a great decision as Partizan would grab a third. After several last gasp efforts by Zemun, Darko Maleti\u0107 crossed a dangerous ball in extra time which Diarra headed in for his third of the match. Shortly after the final whistle blew, and Partizan players and fans began celebrating their first Cup win since 2000\u201301.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195033-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian First League\nThe 2007\u201308 Serbian First League (referred to as the Prva Liga Telekom Srbija for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the league under its current title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195034-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian Hockey League season\nThe Serbian Hockey League Season for 2007-2008 consisted of 24 games. It started on October 12. HK Partizan won the regular division and the playoffs, making it their third title in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195035-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian League Belgrade\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Jolicnikola (talk | contribs) at 10:02, 3 April 2020 (\u2192\u200eLeague table). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195035-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian League Belgrade\nThe 2007\u201308 Serbian League Belgrade was the fourth season of the league under its current title. It began in August 2007 and ended in June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195036-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian League East\nThe 2007\u201308 Serbian League East season was the fifth season of the league under its current title. It began in August 2007 and ended in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195037-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian League Vojvodina\nSerbian League Vojvodina is a section of the Serbian League, Serbia's third football league. Teams from Vojvodina are in this section of the league. The other sections are Serbian League East, Serbian League West, and Serbian League Belgrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195038-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian League West\nSrpska Liga West is a section of the Srpska Liga, Serbia's third-tier football league. Teams from the western part of Serbia are in this section of the league. The other sections are Srpska Liga East, Srpska Liga Vojvodina, and Srpska Liga Belgrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga\nThe 2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga season (known as the Meridian SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the second since its establishment in 2006. Red Star Belgrade were the defending SuperLiga champions, having won their twenty-fifth national title the season before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga\nThe SuperLiga changed its format from this season. The League was no longer divided into a playoff and play-out group midway through the campaign. Instead the 12 teams played each other three times in a conventional league format. For the SuperLiga's inaugural season and this one the league had been named the Meridian SuperLiga. This however, was the last season that Meridian Bank had sponsorship rights to the SuperLiga. The rights to the Serbian SuperLiga were bought by Jelen and starting from the 2008\u201309 season the league was known as the Jelen SuperLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, European placing\nLike in many previous seasons, the allocation of European spots based on the final 2007\u201308 league and cup standings turned out to be messy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, European placing\nAccording to the propositions, the second UEFA Cup spot is supposed to go to the Serbian Cup winner. However, since the Cup was won by FK Partizan, a club that also won the league, the second UEFA Cup spot went to the 2007\u201308 Serbian Cup finalist FK Zemun. This created problems, since FK Zemun couldn't obtain the UEFA licence for the year due to poor financial situation at the club, and their UEFA Cup spot went to the 4th placed league team - Borac \u010ca\u010dak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, European placing\nNow, since Borac \u010ca\u010dak earned a 2008 Intertoto Cup berth based on finishing 4th in the league, they now passed their Intertoto Cup spot down to 9th placed OFK Beograd because Napredak Kru\u0161evac, \u010cukari\u010dki, Mladost Lu\u010dani, and Hajduk Kula (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th placed teams in the league, respectively) didn't want it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, European placing\nThis created a bizarre situation whereby a team that finished fourth from the bottom barely avoiding relegation playoff (OFK Beograd) still got to play in the 2008 Intertoto Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, Participating clubs and their stadia\nThe following twelve clubs competed in the 2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, Results\nThe schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, Winning squad\nChampions: PARTIZAN BELGRADE (coach: Miroslav \u0110uki\u0107 until 18 round, Slavi\u0161a Jokanovi\u0107 from 18 round)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, Relegation playoff\nThe third-placed team form the bottom in 2007\u201308 SuperLiga (FK Smederevo) plays the winner of the 4-team playoff consisting of 3rd to 6th placed teams from 2007\u201308 Serbian First League (FK Rad). The playoff has a home-and-away tie format", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, Promoted teams\nThe following teams were  promoted to the Meridian SuperLiga at the end of the 2007\u201308 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, Relegated teams\nThe following teams were relegated to the Serbian First League at the end of the 2007\u201308 season based on their performance:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, Relegated teams\nHowever, following speculation on June 29, 2008 that 7th placed SuperLiga team - Mladost from Lu\u010dani - might decline the opportunity to compete in 2008\u201309 SuperLiga season due to lacking the funds required to compete at the top level, the official confirmation of their decision came on July 2, 2008. The possibility of Mladost Lu\u010dani being relegated two levels down to Srpska Liga as punishment was initially talked about, nut the club was eventually moved only one level down to First League for the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, Relegated teams\nBy the decision of Serbian Football Association (FSS), the relegated team that ended up keeping its SuperLiga status as a result of Mladost's withdrawal became 11th placed Banat Zrenjanin, not the 10th placed FK Smederevo. The FA made the decision based on their opinion that Banat Zrenjanin has better support of the sponsors and its community (city of Zrenjanin) than does FK Smederevo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, Relegated teams\nThe decision caused a lot of controversy and protest from FK Smederevo officials who claimed they should've been given the opportunity to retain the SuperLiga status after Mladost's withdrawal. They even launched an official appeal with UEFA, but it got rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195039-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serbian SuperLiga, Relegated teams\nSo, in the end, the three 2007\u201308 SuperLiga teams that will not compete in the 2008\u201309 SuperLiga season are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195040-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie A\nThe 2007\u201308 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 106th season of top-tier Italian football, the 76th in a round-robin tournament. It started on 25 August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. Internazionale successfully defended the championship on the final day of the season, finishing first with 85 points, three ahead of Roma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195040-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie A, Events, Plusvalenze investigation\nInquiries are being conducted by the CO.VI.SOC. (Italian football's financial watchdogs) into the finances of four Serie A clubs (Internazionale, Milan, Sampdoria, and Reggina) who stand accused of falsely inflating player values - a practice known as plusvalenze in Italian - in order to qualify financially for the 2005\u201306 Serie A. If the allegations prove true, penalties could range from fines to point deductions, relegation to Serie B, and even the stripping of Internazionale's 2005-06 scudetto (which was actually stripped from Juventus as a result of the Calciopoli scandal before being awarded to Internazionale).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 50], "content_span": [51, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195040-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie A, Events, Lazio fan killed by police\nOn the morning of 11 November 2007 26-year-old Lazio fan Gabriele Sandri, a DJ from Rome, was killed by a shot in his neck while sitting inside a car, by a policeman, after some other fans of Lazio violently assaulted a group of Juventus ultras with stones on the A1 Motorway service station of Badia al Pino in Arezzo. Early reports suggested that a stray bullet from a gun, set to distract the group of ultras, hit the Lazio fan in the neck as he sat in a car and killed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195040-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie A, Events, Lazio fan killed by police\nAn emergency meeting set up between Lega Calcio president Antonio Matarrese and police chief Antonio Manganelli decided that the game between Inter and Lazio would be called off, but the rest of the fixtures would go ahead that day, starting at a slightly later time (about 10 minutes later). The Atalanta\u2013Milan game was eventually suspended following unrest caused by local ultras attempting to break off the protection glass in order to invade the pitch and stop the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195040-0002-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie A, Events, Lazio fan killed by police\nLater in the afternoon, the Italian Football Federation chose to postpone also the game between AS Roma and Cagliari, whose kick off was scheduled for 8:30 pm at Stadio Olimpico, Rome. However, this did not prevent violent riots, as hundreds of armed hooligans attacked a police barracks and the CONI (Italian Olympic National Committee) headquarters in Rome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195040-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie A, Events, Lazio fan killed by police\nThough Sandri's death was later held by some to have been caused by a tragic error by a policeman who claimed his gun went off as he was running. Prosecutors then opted initially to open an inquiry into manslaughter against the policeman, nevertheless the initial hearing held that Sandri's death was culpable homicide, and the policeman involved (Luigi Spaccarotella) was condemned to 6 years imprisonment. On appeal, the higher court not only confirmed this judgment, but increased the punishment to 9 years and 4 months as an element of intentionality was found.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195040-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie A, Events, Final week\nThe championship was decided in the final week, as Inter, who managed to secure even an 11-point advantage to rivals Roma in mid-season, lost almost all of it in the final weeks, maintaining only a one-point advantage with only one match to play. In the final week, both Inter and Roma were scheduled to play away matches opposed to relegation-battling sides, respectively Parma and Catania. Both matches were successively forbidden to be attended by Inter and Roma fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195040-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie A, Events, Final week\nIn the end, Inter secured the scudetto with a 2\u20130 win, with both goals being scored in the second half by Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107, who recovered from a long-time injury in time to play the game, whereas Roma only managed to achieve a 1\u20131 draw at Stadio Angelo Massimino against Walter Zenga's Catania, a result which allowed the Sicilian side to escape relegation at the expense of Empoli and Parma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195041-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie A (ice hockey) season\nThe 2007\u201308 Serie A season was the 74th season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Nine teams participated in the league, and HC Bolzano won the championship by defeating SV Ritten in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B\nThe 2007\u201308 Serie B regular season is the seventy-sixth since its establishment. It started on August 25, 2007, and ended with the promotion playoff final on June 15, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B\nAt the end of the year, three teams were promoted to Serie A, the first two via direct promotion (league champions, Chievo Verona, and Bologna), and the third team after two rounds of playoffs (Lecce).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B\nFour teams were relegated to Serie C1. The bottom three were relegated directly (Cesena, Spezia and Ravenna), as was the fourth-to-last team (Avellino), since they finished 9 points back of the fifth-to-last, Treviso, denying them a chance at a survival \"relegation-playoff\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B\nThe 2007\u201308 Serie B season marked the first appearance in the division for newly promoted Grosseto. Ravenna and Chievo returned to the second-highest Italian division after six years, their last time in Serie B having been in 2001 (both, in fact, returned to the leagues from which they'd come after this season). Pisa returned to Serie B after 13 years, surprisingly qualifying for the promotion playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B, Teams\nThe following 22 clubs comprise the Serie B in 2007-08:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 78]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B, Events\nIn November, it was announced that Serie B matches, as well as Serie C matches, would be postponed for one week after increasing violence surrounding Italian football matches, in which football fans attacked police, stemming from the shooting of a Lazio fan by a policeman. Serie A matches were unaffected as none were scheduled for that weekend due to an international match between Italy and Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B, Events\nOn January 19, at the conclusion of the andata (first half of the league season), Chievo Verona and Bologna were named winter co-champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B, Events, Promotions\nWith a 1\u20131 draw away to Grosseto on Matchday 41, Chievo Verona mathematically assured themselves of promotion to Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B, Events, Promotions\nOn the final matchday, Bologna's 1\u20130 victory over Pisa rendered Lecce's victory by the same score immaterial; Bologna secured the second direct promotion. Chievo Verona's 2\u20132 draw with Bari outdistanced the rossoblu, however, giving the mussi volanti their first league title in 14 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B, Events, Promotions\nLecce were instead left to contest the two-round promotion playoff with AlbinoLeffe, Brescia and Pisa, which will determine the identity of the 20th and final team in Italy's top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B, Events, Relegations\nOn Day 40, Cesena became the first team mathematically relegated to Serie C1 with its 2\u20131 loss at Treviso. Although Cesena could still have finished 19th at the time, at best it would have been 5 points behind 18th-placed Treviso, a condition that would have made playouts unnecessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195042-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie B, Events, Relegations\nThen on Day 41, another Treviso win\u2014coupled with concurrent losses by Ravenna, Avellino, and Spezia\u2014ensured that none of those three teams would finish within 4 points of the veneti, consigning all three of them to Serie C1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195043-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C1\nThe 2007\u201308 Serie C1 season was the thirtieth football league season of Italian Serie C1 since its establishment in  1978. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phase from May to June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195043-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C1\nThe league was composed of 36 teams divided into two divisions of 18 teams each, whose teams were divided mainly according to geographical principles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195043-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C1\nTeams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division were promoted to Serie B; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division, were relegated to Serie C2. In all, four teams (Sassuolo, Cittadella, Salernitana, and Ancona) were promoted to Serie B, and six teams (Pro Patria, Lecco, Manfredonia, Lanciano, Sangiovannese, and Martina) were relegated to Serie C2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195043-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C1, Events\nThe line-up was announced on 19 July 2007. No teams were excluded, and all the originally scheduled teams will therefore take part in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195043-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C1, Events\nThe league featured four teams relegated from Serie B in 2006-07 (Verona, Arezzo, Crotone and Pescara) and six promoted from Serie C2 (Legnano, Foligno, Sorrento, Lecco, Paganese and Potenza).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195043-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C1, Events\nThe divisions' composition was confirmed as usual according to latitude. However a number of South teams were included in a division different from their best fitting one in order to reduce the number of potentially heated local derbies. This caused all Tuscan clubs to be included in the Serie C1/B division, otherwise composed mostly by teams hailing from South of Italy, whereas two teams from Campania and two from Apulia were included in the Serie C1/A, which instead features mostly teams from the North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195043-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C1, Events, Promotions\nOn 27 April 2008, with one week in the regular season yet to be played, both Sassuoloand Salernitana were mathematically ensured of their respective division titles, thus winning promotion to Serie B for the 2008-09 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195044-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C2\nThe 2007\u201308 Serie C2 season was the thirtieth football (soccer) league season of Italian Serie C2 since its establishment in  1978 . It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phase from May to June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195044-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C2\nThe league was composed of 54 teams divided into three divisions of 18 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195044-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C2\nTeams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division were promoted to Serie C1; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division were relegated to Serie D.  In all, six teams were promoted to Serie C1, and nine teams were relegated to Serie D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195044-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C2, Events\nThe line-up was announced on July 19, 2007. The only team excluded because of financial troubles was Tempio, Serie D - Girone B winners in 2006\u201307. On August 3, 2007 it was announced that the vacancy would be filled by Serie D - Girone B runners-up U.S. Calcio Caravaggese (formerly USO Calcio Caravaggio).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195044-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie C2, Events\nThe league features six teams relegated from Serie C1 in 2006\u201307 (Pizzighettone, Ivrea, Pavia, Teramo, San Marino and Giulianova) and nine promoted from Serie D (Canavese, Mezzocorona, Rodengo Saiano, Esperia Viareggio, Valle del Giovenco, Scafatese, Noicattaro, Neapolis and Calcio Caravaggese).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D\nThe 2007\u201308 Serie D was the sixty edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D\nIt was composed by 162 teams divided into nine divisions of 18 teams each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D\nThe regular Serie D season started September 2, 2007 and continued through to May 4, 2008 with each team playing 34 matches, two matches against every other team in the division. The nine division winners were automatically promoted to 2008\u201309 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, while the two last-placed teams were automatically relegated to Eccellenza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D\nAfter the regular season was completed, teams placed 13 through to 16 in each division played a double-leg series (13 vs 16, 14 vs 15) where the winners remained in Serie D the following season and the two losers were also relegated to Eccellenza for a total of 4 relegations in each division, 36 in total for the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D\nThe nine division winners entered a tournament to determine the over-all Serie D champion and was awarded the Scudetto Dilettanti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D\nTeams placed second through fifth in each division entered a play-off tournament after the regular season as well. The results of the play-offs provided a list, starting with the winner, by which vacancies could be filled in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, if teams in the professional leagues above Serie D run into financial difficulties or are penalized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D, Events and results, Promotions\nOn March 30, 2008, Alessandria from Girone A and Isola Liri from Girone G were mathematically ensured of the Serie D title in their respective divisions five weeks before the end of the regular season, thus winning promotion to Serie C2. To note, Isola Liri ensured a place in professional football for their first time. They were followed on April 13 by Girone D winners Figline, on April 20 by Itala San Marco and Giacomense, on April 27 by fallen giants Como and Cosenza. On May 4 Sangiustese and Aversa Normanna won the last two remaining Serie C2 spots, winning their respective divisions just on the final matchday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 47], "content_span": [48, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D, Events and results, Promotions\nIn addition to the nine division winners, the top five teams in the promotional play-offs also won promotion to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione to fill vacancies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 47], "content_span": [48, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D, Events and results, Relegations\nThirty-six teams were destined to be relegated to Eccellenza for the 2008\u201309 season. The two last-placed teams from each of the nine divisions were directly relegated - 18 in total. Of the 18 teams that lost in the relegation play-offs, nine were eventually selected to remain in Serie D for the 2008\u201309 season in order to fill the vacancies created when nine extra teams were called up from Serie D to Serie C2, now called Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D, Events and results, Relegations\nThe nine vacancies in Serie C2 were created by the bankruptcies and other financial problems of nine teams in total that played in Serie B, C1 & C2 in 2007\u201308. As teams moved up to fill the void, nine spaces were left to be filled in Serie C2. As mentioned, five teams that played in Serie D in 2007\u201308 received extra promotions, while four teams initially relegated from C2 were called back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D, Events and results, Relegations\nAfter the 162-team list was set for the 2008\u201309 season, the league decided to place four of the nine financially troubled teams of the upper leagues in Serie D as well, resulting in a 166-team Serie D league for next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D, Division winners\nAll teams promoted to 2008\u201309 Serie C2, now called Lega Pro Seconda Divisione", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D, Scudetto Dilettanti, Semi-finals\nFirst legs played May 25, 2008; return legs played June 1, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 49], "content_span": [50, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D, Promotion playoffs, Semi-finals\nFirst legs played June 8, 2008; return legs played June 14 & 15, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D, Promotion playoffs, Final\nDue to vacancies created in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, the following five teams were ultimately promoted to play there for the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D, Tie-breakers\nGirone C - 12th\u201313th place - played May 11, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 78]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195045-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Serie D, Relegation playoffs\nPlayed May 18 & 25, 2008In case of aggregate tie score, higher classified team winsTeam highlighted in green saved, other is relegated to Eccellenza", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195046-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sheffield Shield season\nThe 2007\u201308 Pura Cup was the 106th season of official first-class domestic cricket in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia participated in the competition. The 2007 competition began on 12 October, when the previous season's champions, Tasmania took on Queensland at the Gabba. New South Wales were crowned champions for the 45th time in their history as they beat Victoria by 258 runs in the Pura Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195046-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sheffield Shield season, Table\nThe top two teams after each round is played will compete for the Pura Cup final. The match will be contested at the home ground of the side that finishes first. For an explanation of how points are rewarded, see Pura Cup Points System.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195047-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sheffield United F.C. season\nSheffield United competed in the Football League Championship during the 2007\u201308 football season, after being relegated from the Premier League during 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195047-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sheffield United F.C. season, Season summary\nManager Bryan Robson was dismissed in February with Sheffield United nowhere near a position good enough for an immediate return to the Premier League. His replacement, Kevin Blackwell, improved United's form sufficiently that they were still mathematically in with a shout of a play-off place until the last day of the season, but a shock loss to relegation-threatened Southampton ended any such hopes (though results elsewhere meant that the Blades wouldn't have made the play-offs even had they won), and United finished in a relatively disappointing 9th position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195047-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sheffield United F.C. season, Kit\nSheffield United maintained both their kit manufacturing agreement with French company Le Coq Sportif, who produced a new home kit for the season, and their kit sponsorship agreement with American bank Capital One. A new away strip with fluorescent green shirts and black shirts and socks with fluorescent green trim was also introduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 41], "content_span": [42, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195047-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sheffield United F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195047-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sheffield United F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195048-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Sheffield Wednesday F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195048-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Season summary\nIn the 2007\u201308 season, the Owls made their worst ever start to a season, losing six league games in a row. Chairman Dave Allen resigned in November 2007, and Wednesday avoided relegation with a win on the last day of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195048-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195048-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195049-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 108th season of competitive association football and 57th season in the Football League played by Shrewsbury Town Football Club, a professional football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Their seventh-place finish in 2006\u201307 and loss to Bristol Rovers in the 2007 Football League Two play-off Final meant it was their fourth successive season in League Two. During the summer of 2007 the club moved home stadium from Gay Meadow, where they had played since 1910, to New Meadow (also known as Oteley Road Stadium). The season began on 1 July 2007 and concluded on 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195049-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season\nManager Gary Peters signed two players before the close of the summer transfer window. Having stood 11th in the league table on 19 January, Shrewsbury were on a seven-match run without a win when Peters left the club by mutual consent in March 2008. He was replaced by Paul Simpson, who led Shrewsbury to safety from relegation despite only achieving one win in his twelve matches. The team finished the season 18th in the table. They lost in their opening round matches in both the 2007\u201308 FA Cup and the Football League Trophy, and were eliminated in the second round of the Football League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195049-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season\n34 players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were 19 different goalscorers. Defender Ben Herd appeared in 48 of the 50 first-team matches over the season, the most by any player. Defender Marc Tierney made the most starts with 46, he came on in one game as a substitution making him the player with the second most appearances overall. David Hibbert finished as leading scorer with 12 goals, all of which came in league competition. Hibbert also received the most yellow cards, being booked in nine matches. Colin Murdock was the only player to be sent off in a match, receiving a red card away at Grimsby Town in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195049-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Gary Peters' third season as manager of Shrewsbury Town, following his appointment in November 2004. Shrewsbury reached the play-offs with a seventh-place finish in the 2006\u201307 League Two table. They beat Milton Keynes Dons 2\u20131 on aggregate with all goals coming in the second leg away at the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes. Shrewsbury were beaten 3\u20131 in the 2007 Football League Two play-off Final at Wembley Stadium and remained in League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195049-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nShrewsbury Town left their home stadium Gay Meadow after 97 years at the end of the 2006\u201307 season. There were various reasons the club decided to move stadium, most notably due to the close proximity to the River Severn making it prone to flooding. A new stadium with a capacity of 10,000 spectators was built as a replacement for Gay Meadow, it was known during the building phase and the club's first season there as both New Meadow and Oteley Road Stadium, with the former being the final name (excluding names used for sponsorship purposes). The first match at the new stadium was played on the 14 July 2007 against A-Line All Stars, a goal each from David Hibbert, Danny Hall, Tom Moss and trialist Kieran Donnolly gave Shrewsbury a 4\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195049-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nAhead of 2007\u201308, Shrewsbury released Sagi Burton. Four players left the club: Richard Hope to Wrexham, David Edwards to Luton Town, Ross Draper to Stafford Rangers and Steven Hogg to Gretna. Shrewsbury made two permanent summer signings, those being defender Colin Murdock from Rotherham United, and striker Fola Onibuje from Wycombe Wanderers. Striker Stuart Nicholson was brought it on a scheduled season-long loan from West Bromwich Albion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195049-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath\nFor the first six games Shrewsbury occupied a top seven place, enough for either automatic promotion or qualification in the League Two play-offs. From match seven Shrewsbury were in lower midtable for the rest of the season. Though never dropping as low as 23rd or 24th, the club went on a run of one win in 20 matches which brought them into the relegation battle, but a 3\u20130 win against Wrexham was enough for Shrewsbury to survive. The club finished in 18th place in the league table. Ben Herd made the most appearances for the club playing in 48 of the 50 first-team matches. David Hibbert was top scorer with 12 goals, all of them scored in League Two, and was the only player to reach double figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195049-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath\nAhead of the new season, Shrewsbury released Chris Mackenzie, Andy Cooke and Tom Moss. Colin Murdock, Luke Jones and Darran Kempson left to sign for Accrington Stanley, Kidderminster Harriers and Wrexham respectively. The club signed forward Grant Holt from Nottingham Forest, and defenders Mike Jackson from Blackpool, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff from Tranmere Rovers, and Graham Coughlan from Rotherham United. Brought in on loan were forward Richard Walker from Bristol Rovers, and goalkeeper Luke Daniels from West Bromwich Albion. The Shrewsbury Town F.C. Player of the Year award was established where the club's supporters voted for who they believed was the best player for Shrewsbury during the season, the award was first presented at the end of the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195050-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Siena Saints men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Siena Saints men's basketball team represented Siena College in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. This was head coach Fran McCaffery's third season at Siena. The Saints competed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and played their home games at Times Union Center. They finished the season 23\u201311, 13\u20135 in MAAC play to capture the regular season championship. They also won the 2008 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 13 seed in the Midwest Region. After an opening round upset of No. 4 seed Vanderbilt, the Saints lost to No. 12 seed Villanova in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195051-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Singapore Slingers season\nThe 2007\u201308 NBL season was the 2nd season for the Singapore Slingers in the NBL. The Singapore Slingers were the only Asian team to compete in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195051-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Singapore Slingers season\nThe Slingers play their home games at the 10,000 seat Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. On 17 September 2007, the Singapore Slingers signed their main sponsorship with CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets on a 12-month deal, with an option to extend an additional year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195051-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Singapore Slingers season, Roster, Free agency, Subtractions\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195051-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Singapore Slingers season, Regular season\nThe regular season of the National Basketball League consisted of 30 games. Slinger's will play 15 home games and 15 away games. The Slingers opening match is against the Melbourne Tigers at Singapore's home which is the Singapore Indoor Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195051-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Singapore Slingers season, Regular season, Ladder\nThis is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 8 teams qualified for the finals series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195051-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Singapore Slingers season, Regular season, Ladder\nThe NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195052-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Skeleton World Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Skeleton World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for skeleton. The season started on 26 November 2007 and ended on 24 February 2008. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in bobsleigh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195053-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak 1. Liga season\nThe 2007\u201308 Slovak 1.Liga season was the 15th season of the Slovak 1. Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Slovakia. 15 teams participated in the league, and HC 05 Banska Bystrica won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195054-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Slovak Cup was the 39th season of Slovakia's annual knock-out cup competition and the fourteenth since the independence of Slovakia. It began on 7 August 2007 with Round 1 and ended on 1 May 2008 with the Final. The winners of the competition earned a place in the First qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. Zlat\u00e9 Moravce were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195054-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Cup, First round\nThe sixteen games were played on 7 August 2007 and the match TJ Sokol Doln\u00e1 \u017dda\u0148a \u2013 HFK Prievidza was played on 21 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195054-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Cup, Second round\nThe ten games were played on 18 September 2007 and the three games were played on 19 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195054-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Cup, Third round\nThe six games were played on 2 and 3 October 2007, the match DAC Dunajsk\u00e1 Streda \u2013 Artmedia Petr\u017ealka was played on 10 October and the match HFC Humenn\u00e9 \u2013 Spartak Trnava on 10 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195054-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 23 and 24 October, 6 and 14 November 2007. The second legs were played on 20 and 28 November and 5 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195054-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Cup, Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on 8 April 2008. The second legs were played on 22 and 23 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195055-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Extraliga season\nThe Slovak Extraliga 2007\u201308 was the fifteenth regular season of the Slovak Extraliga, the top level of professional ice hockey in Slovakia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195055-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Extraliga season, Regular season, Final standings\nKey - GP: Games played, W: Wins, OTW: Over time wins, OTL: Over time losses, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against, PTS: Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195055-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Extraliga season, Scoring Leaders\nKey - GP: Games played, G: Goals, A: Assists, PTS: Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195056-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak First League\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Slovak First League (also known as 1. liga) was the sixteenth season of the league since its establishment. It began in late July 2007 and ended in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195057-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Superliga\nThe 2007\u201308 Slovak Superliga (known as the Slovak Corgo\u0148 Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. This season started on 14 July 2007 and ended on 31 May 2008. M\u0160K \u017dilina are the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195057-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Superliga, Teams\nA total of 12 teams was contested in the league, including 12 sides from the 2006\u201307 season and one promoted from the 1. Liga via play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195057-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovak Superliga, Teams\nRelegation for FK Inter Bratislava to the 2007\u201308 1. Liga was confirmed on 30 May 2007. The one relegated team were replaced by FC ViOn Zlat\u00e9 Moravce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195058-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Basketball League\nThe 2007\u201308 Slovenian Basketball League (official: 2007\u201308 UPC League) was the 17th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Slovenia. Union Olimpija won its 14th national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195058-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Basketball League, Regular season\nP=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195058-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Basketball League, Champions standings\nP=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195058-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Basketball League, Relegation league\nP=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195058-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Basketball League, Relegation Playoffs\nP=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195059-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Football Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Slovenian Football Cup was the 17th season of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's football knockout competition. 20 lower league teams played in the first two rounds and the Slovenian PrvaLiga teams joined in the Round of 16. Ihan withdrew before the start of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195060-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Hockey League season\nThe 2007\u201308 Slovenian Hockey League season was the 17th season in Slovenia. The competition was mostly made up of teams from Slovenia, but there was one team from Croatia too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195060-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Hockey League season\nAt the end of the regular season the playoffs, also known as the Slovenian Hockey Championship, was held. Despite qualifying for it, Croatian Medve\u0161\u010dak was not allowed to participate because the Championship was open only to Slovenian teams. In the end Jesenice won the title, going undefeated in the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195060-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Hockey League season, Play-offs, Quarter-finals\nJesenice defeated Bled 2\u20130 in a best of three series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195060-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Hockey League season, Play-offs, Quarter-finals\nHDD Olimpija defeated HK Olimpija 2\u20130 in a best of three series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195060-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Hockey League season, Play-offs, Quarter-finals\nMladi Jesenice defeated Triglav in a best of three series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195060-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Hockey League season, Play-offs, Quarter-finals\nMaribor defeated Slavija 2\u20131 in a best of three series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195060-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Hockey League season, Play-offs, Semi-finals\nJesenice defeated Maribor 2\u20130 in a best of three series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195060-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Hockey League season, Play-offs, Semi-finals\nOlimpija defeated Mladi Jesenice 2\u20131 in a best of three series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195060-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Hockey League season, Play-offs, Final\nJesenice defeated Olimpija 4\u20130 in a best of seven series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195061-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian PrvaLiga\nThe 2007\u201308 Slovenian PrvaLiga season started on 20 July 2007 and ended on 31 May 2008. Each team played a total of 36 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195061-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian PrvaLiga, Results\nEvery team plays four times against their opponents, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195062-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Second League\nThe 2007\u201308 Slovenian Second League season started on 12 August 2007 and ended on 31 May 2008. Each team played a total of 27 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195063-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Slovenian Third League\nThe 2007\u201308 Slovenian Third League was the 16th season of the Slovenian Third League, the third highest level in the Slovenian football system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195064-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Solomon Islands National Club Championship\nThe 2007\u201308 Solomon Islands National Club Championship was the 5th season of the National Club Championship in the Solomon Islands. Koloale FC won the league for the second time. All matches were played at the hillside ground called Lawson Tama Stadium, with an approximate capacity of 20,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195065-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Alabama Jaguars basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 South Alabama Jaguars basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars were led by head coach Ronnie Arrow, in the first year of his second stint as head coach. They played their home games at the Mitchell Center, and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 26\u20137, 16\u20132 in Sun Belt play to finish tied for first place. They lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tournament, but received an at-large bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the 10 seed in the East region. In the opening round, the Jaguars lost to Butler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195066-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South China AA season\nThe 2007\u201308 season is South China's 2nd year after giving up the all-Chinese policy. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have and will play in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195066-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South China AA season, Matches, Hong Kong First Division\nLast updated: 31 May 2008Source:1South China goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of South China.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season\nThe 2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season was one of the least active South Pacific tropical cyclone seasons on record, with only four tropical cyclones occurring within the South Pacific basin to the east of 160\u00b0E. The season officially ran from November 1, 2007, until April 30, 2008, although the first cyclone, Tropical Depression 01F, developed on October 17. The most intense tropical cyclone of the season was Severe Tropical Cyclone Daman, which reached a minimum pressure of 925\u00a0hPa (27.32\u00a0inHg) as it affected Fiji. After the season had ended, the names Daman, Funa, and Gene were retired from the tropical cyclone naming lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season\nDuring the season, tropical cyclones were officially monitored by the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) in Nadi, Fiji, and the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Wellington, New Zealand. Throughout the season the United States Navy and Air force also monitored the basin and issued unofficial warnings, through its Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). Tropical cyclones that were located between 160\u00b0E and 120\u00b0W as well as the Equator and 25\u00b0S were monitored by RSMC Nadi while any that were located to the south of 25\u00b0S between 160\u00b0E and 120\u00b0W were monitored by TCWC Wellington. During the season, RSMC Nadi and TCWC Wellington estimated sustained windspeeds over a 10-minute period and used the Australian Tropical Cyclone intensity scale, while the JTWC estimated sustained windspeeds over a 1-minute period with windspeeds compared to the Saffir\u2013Simpson hurricane scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 934]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nDuring October 2007, both RSMC Nadi and New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), issued forecasts for a near to below average season, due to the presence of a weak La Ni\u00f1a event. As a result of these conditions, neither agency predicted how many tropical cyclones would develop but noted that on average 6\u20138 cyclones could be expected to develop during a weak La Ni\u00f1a season. According to RSMC Nadi, Fiji was likely to be affected by one to two tropical cyclones, while two to three were likely to pass through Fiji's exclusive economic zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nHowever this prediction was revised in early February, after Daman, Funa and Gene had affected the archipelago. According to NIWA there was an average risk of a tropical cyclone coming within 550\u00a0km (340\u00a0mi) of Tuvalu, Fiji, Tonga, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, and Northern New Zealand, while the risks for the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Samoa and Niue were variable and uncertain. All other islands though faced a reduced risk off being affected by a tropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal summary\nOn October 17, RSMC Nadi reported that Tropical Depression 01F had developed about 670\u00a0km (420\u00a0mi) to the west of the Solomon Islands. Over the next few days, the depression moved slowly towards the east, before RSMC Nadi issued their final advisory on 01F early on October 19, as it had become sheared and had weakened into a tropical low. After 01F weakened into a tropical low-pressure system and dissipated the basin remained quiet until November 20 when Tropical Disturbance 02F developed into a tropical depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal summary\nAfter developing into a tropical depression, 02F remained weak and unorganized before rapidly dissipating during November 22. RSMC Nadi also reported during November 22, that a weak tropical disturbance had developed on the edge of the basin about 280\u00a0km (175\u00a0mi) to the south of Honiara, on the Solomon Island of Guadalcanal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 02F\nTropical Disturbance 02F developed within the South Pacific convergence zone on November 20, about 900\u00a0km (560\u00a0mi) to the northeast of Suva, Fiji. During that day the disturbance moved towards the south and slightly developed further before it was designated as Tropical Depression 02F. However convection surrounding the system was poorly organized and remained so over the next couple of days, as it moved southwards into an area of high vertical windshear and cooler sea surface temperatures. The depression was subsequently last noted on November 22, as it dragged a convergence zone over Fiji which led to an episode of significant widespread rain and brought fresh to strong winds to Fiji.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 03F\nOn November 22, RSMC Nadi reported that a weak tropical disturbance had developed on the edge of the basin, about 285\u00a0km (175\u00a0mi) to the south of Honiara on the Solomon Island of Guadalcanal. Over the next couple of days the depression moved towards the east and gradually developed further before RSMC Nadi designated it as Tropical Disturbance 03F on November 24, while it was located about 400\u00a0km (250\u00a0mi) to the northeast of Port Vila on the Vanuatuan island of Efate. During that day the disturbance continued to move eastwards before later that day, RSMC Nadi reported that 03F had developed into a tropical depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Daman\nCyclone Daman was the strongest cyclone of the season. On December\u00a03, the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) in Nadi, Fiji, upgraded a tropical disturbance, located to the west of the Solomon Islands, to Tropical Depression 04F. On December\u00a05, as the depression moved towards the west into the Fijian archipelago, both the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and RSMC Nadi upgraded it to Cyclone Daman. On December\u00a07 the cyclone reached its peak intensity with winds of 185\u00a0km/h, (115\u00a0mph 10-minute sustained) which made Daman a Category 4 cyclone on the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Daman\nLater that day Daman also reached its peak intensity by 1-minute means with winds of 205\u00a0km/h (125\u00a0mph) which made it a Category 3 tropical cyclone on the Saffir\u2013Simpson hurricane scale. Early on December\u00a08, Cyclone Daman brushed by the Fijian island of Cikobia, causing damage to housing, crops and vegetation. Daman then weakened the next day into a tropical depression and dissipated on December\u00a010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 05F\nEarly on December 11, RSMC Nadi reported that Tropical Depression 05F had developed within a surface trough, about 670\u00a0km (415\u00a0mi) to the northeast of Apia on the Samoan Island of Upolu. The depression was embedded within a convergence zone and had 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 55\u00a0km/h (35\u00a0mph) to 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph). Convection surrounding the depression was not organized and was only active within the northern and eastern quadrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 05F\nOver the next few days RSMC Nadi issued special weather bulletins for the Southern Cook Islands as 05F and an intense high-pressure system were forecast to produce gale-force winds over several of the Cook Islands. The depression was then last noted by RSMC Nadi on December 14, as it and the high-pressure system started to weaken after causing gale-force winds, flooding and significant swells.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Disturbance 06F\nOn December 26, RSMC Nadi reported that Tropical Disturbance 06F had developed about 680\u00a0km (420\u00a0mi) to the northeast of Avarau on the Southern Cook Island of Rarotonga in an area of high vertical windshear. Over the next couple of days, the system moved towards the south and convection surrounding the system remained unorganized, while the low level circulation centre was detached from the convection and became exposed. The disturbance was last noted by RSMC Nadi on December 28, as it approached TCWC Wellington's area of responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Elisa\nAt 1800\u00a0UTC on January 7, RSMC Nadi reported that a poorly organized Tropical Depression 07F, had developed within a slow moving trough of low pressure about 600\u00a0km (370\u00a0mi), to the east of Suva, Fiji. The JTWC then started to monitor 07F during January 8 and reported that convection was displaced to the south of the systems well defined low level circulation center, however an upper-level low was preventing convection directly forming over the center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Elisa\nOver the next couple of days, the depression slowly developed further as it moved towards the south in an area of hostile vertical windshear. RSMC Nadi and the JTWC then reported at 0000\u00a0UTC on January 10, that 07F had developed into a tropical cyclone with RSMC Nadi naming it Elisa while located about 55\u00a0km (35\u00a0mi) to the southwest of Nuku\u02bbalofa, Tonga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0009-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Elisa\nDuring that day as windshear relaxed, Elisa intensified further, before RSMC Nadi and the JTWC reported at 1800\u00a0UTC that the cyclone had reached its peak sustained windspeeds of 95\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph), equivalent to a tropical storm and a category 2 tropical cyclone. During January 11, Elisa recurved towards the southeast into a region of cooler waters and stronger windshear, as a result the cyclone weakened into a depression, with RSMC Nadi and the JTWC issuing their final advisories later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Elisa\nElisa brought heavy rain to Tonga and Niue, and damaged several fruit-bearing trees in Tongatapu and Eua. High seas and a high surf moved several small vessels and fishing boats ashore in Nuku\u02bbalofa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 08F\nOn January 9, RSMC Nadi designated a low-pressure area northeast of Vanuatu as Tropical Depression 08F. The depression moved eastwards over the next few days but did not intensify any further. RSMC Nadi then downgraded the depression to a tropical disturbance early on January 14 and then released their final tropical disturbance summary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Funa\nOn February 15, RSMC Nadi and the JTWC reported that a tropical depression had developed within a monsoon trough, about 700\u00a0km (435\u00a0mi) to the northeast of Port Vila on the Vanuatuan island of Efate. During that day the depression moved eastwards and gradually developed further, before as vertical windshear slackened a little, the JTWC and RSMC Nadi reported that the depression had developed into a tropical cyclone with the later naming it as Funa at 0600\u00a0UTC on February 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Funa\nIt then started to move eastwards and passed very near the next day to the northern tip of Aurora Island, Vanuatu with wind speeds of 55 knots (102\u00a0km/h) which made Funa a category two cyclone on the Australian scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Funa\nAfter leaving Vanuatu, Funa intensified slowly becoming a Category 3 severe Tropical cyclone on January 18 and then early the next day it reached its peak wind speeds of 95 knots (176\u00a0km/h) which is the same as a category 4 cyclone according to the Southern Pacific Cyclone Scale. The JTWC measured Funa's peak winds at 105 knots (194\u00a0km/h). The storm then moved into TCWC Wellington area of responsibility it started to weaken and then became extra tropical the next day with the JTWC issuing their final advisory on January 20, with TCWC Wellington downgrading it to a low later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 11F\nRSMC Nadi identified a Tropical Disturbance in the southern Central Pacific Ocean located to the east of Pago Pago on January 19 and started to issue summaries on it. The next day it intensified into a tropical depression and was designated the number 11F by RSMC Nadi. However the tropical depression did not strengthen any further as it moved southwards towards the edge of RSMC Nadi's area of responsibility with TCWC Wellington. Late on January 23 RSMC Nadi issued its last warnings on 11F as the depression had moved into TCWC Wellingtons area of responsibility. However the next day the system became extratropical as it was about southwest of Tonga'tapu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Gene\nOn January 26, RSMC Nadi and the JTWC started to monitor a weak tropical disturbance that had developed within a monsoon trough about 290\u00a0km (180\u00a0mi) to the northeast of Rotuma. The disturbance initially moved towards the southeast before it recurved and started to move towards the southwest and Fiji during the next day, while gradually developing further in an area of low vertical windshear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Gene\nAt 1800\u00a0UTC on January 27, the JTWC reported that the disturbance had developed into Tropical Cyclone 15P, while it moved towards the southwest and hugged Vanua Levu's southeastern coast, under the influence of a ridge of high pressure that was located to the southeast of the system. 15P's development was hindered while it was located over land, however it did not weaken significantly because it was located in an area of favourable upper-level conditions. As the centre of 15P emerged into and passed over the Bligh Waters, convection erupted around the system and for humanitarian reasons, RSMC Nadi named the system, Gene at 0000\u00a0UTC on January 28, before 6 hours later reporting that Gene had become a Category\u00a01 tropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Gene\nDuring that day the newly named cyclone, moved towards the west-southwest across the Bligh Water, before it made landfall near Lautoka, Viti Levu, as a Category\u00a01 tropical cyclone. After it emerged back into the Pacific Ocean Gene intensified slowly. becoming a Category\u00a03 severe tropical cyclone on January 30. Gene then reached its peak winds of 150\u00a0km/h (95\u00a0mph) the next day. On February 1, Gene began to weaken becoming a Category\u00a02 cyclone with wind speeds of 100\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0017-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Gene\nIt kept this intensity until it had crossed 25\u00b0S and had moved into TCWC Wellington's Area of responsibility, when Gene intensified back into a severe tropical cyclone. Gene then slowly weakened with JTWC reporting that Gene had become an extra tropical cyclone on February 6. TCWC Wellington then released their final advisory on February 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Gene\nCyclone Gene caused widespread damage to several of Fiji's main islands, including Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Yasawa, Mamanuca, and other outlying island groups, and killed 8 people. The cyclone also caused severe damage to Vanautu's Futuna island after its outer bands lashed the island with gale-force windspeeds and heavy rain for 12 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 14F\nOn March 19, an area of disturbed weather west of Vanuatu, was designated as Tropical Disturbance 14F by RSMC Nadi. Later that day 14F had intensified enough to be upgraded to a tropical depression by RSMC Nadi. The next day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the depression. Later that day the JTWC initiated advisories on the depression designating it as Tropical Cyclone 24P. The Tropical Depression then reached its peak wind speeds of 30 knots (56\u00a0km/h) that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0019-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 14F\nOn March 21, The Depression encountered an unfavourable environment of moderate to high vertical wind shear and weakened with the JTWC issuing its final advisory that day. Early on March 22 RSMC Nadi downgraded Tropical Depression 14F to Tropical Disturbance 14F and then the next day issued their last advisory on the tropical disturbance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 15F\nOn April 4, RSMC Nadi reported that Tropical Disturbance 15F had developed within the Australian region, about 415\u00a0km (260\u00a0mi) to the north-northeast of New Caledonia's Chesterfield Islands. During that day as the system moved into the South Pacific basin, it developed into a tropical depression. The system subsequently moved south-eastwards and passed between Vanuatu and New Caledonia, before it was last noted on April 7, while it was located about 750\u00a0km (465\u00a0mi) to the northeast of Norfolk Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 16F\nOn April 16, a tropical disturbance developed about 1365\u00a0km (835\u00a0mi) northwest of New Caledonia, consisting of an elongated circulation within a marginal upper-level environment. Despite anticipation that tropical cyclogenesis was unlikely in the short term, deep convection rapidly developed over an increasingly better defined circulation, with an anticyclone aloft aiding in intensification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0021-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 16F\nLate on April 17, the Fiji Meteorological Service classified the system as Tropical Depression 16F, and early the next day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center classified it as Tropical Cyclone 27P. Initially, it was forecast to intensify further; however, the storm quickly became disorganized as wind shear increased. At 0000\u00a0UTC on April 19, the JTWC issued its final warning on the system as it began dissipating. with RSMC Nadi issuing its final tropical disturbance summary on the depression later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nThe first tropical depression of the season developed on October 17, about 670\u00a0km (415\u00a0mi) to the southeast of Honiara on the Solomon Island of Guadalcanal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nDuring January 12, the FMS reported that Tropical Depression 09F had developed over southern Tonga to the northwest of the island of Tongatapu. The system was located within an area of high vertical wind shear, while atmospheric convection associated with the system was active within the eastern and southern quadrants. Over the next day, the system moved south-southeastwards and its low-level cyclonic curvature became difficult to see in satellite imagery, before it was last noted later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195067-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nOn February 17, RSMC Nadi reported that Tropical Depression 13F had developed about 240\u00a0km (150\u00a0mi), to the southeast of Avarua on the Southern Cook Island of Rarotonga. During the next day, the depression moved towards the south and was last noted by RSMC Nadi during the next day, as it moved into TCWC Wellington's area of responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League\nThe 2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League season was the first in the history of the South West Peninsula League, a football competition in England, that feeds the Premier Division of the Western Football League. The league had been formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League, and is restricted to clubs based in Cornwall and Devon. The Premier Division of the South West Peninsula League is on the same level of the National League System as the Western League Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 18 teams which had played in other leagues the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Premier Division\nNine were from the South Western League: Bodmin Town, Falmouth Town, Launceston, Liskeard Athletic, Plymouth Parkway, St Blazey, Saltash Town, Tavistock and Torpoint Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Premier Division\nEight were from the Devon County League: Buckland Athletic, Cullompton Rangers, Dartmouth, Elburton Villa, Holsworthy, Ivybridge Town, Newton Abbot Spurs and Witheridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Premier Division\nOne club, Clyst Rovers, had played in the Western League Division One during 2006\u201307, and had transferred directly from that league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Division One East\nThe Division One East featured 17 teams which had played in other leagues the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Division One East\nEleven were from the Devon County League: Alphington, Appledore, Budleigh Salterton, Crediton United, Newton Abbot, Ottery St Mary, Plymstock United, Stoke Gabriel, Teignmouth, Totnes & Dartington and University of Exeter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Division One East\nThree were from the Devon and Exeter League: Axminster Town, Exmouth Town and Okehampton Argyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Division One East\nTwo were from the South Devon League: Buckfastleigh Rangers and Liverton United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Division One West\nThe Division One West featured 16 teams which had played in other leagues the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Division One West\nNine were from the South Western League: Callington Town, Goonhavern Athletic, Millbrook, Newquay, Penryn Athletic, Penzance, Porthleven, St Austell and Wadebridge Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Division One West\nThree were from the Cornwall Combination: Hayle, Mousehole and Wendron CC United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Division One West\nThree were from the East Cornwall League: Camelford, Dobwalls and Foxhole Stars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195068-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South West Peninsula League, Division One West\nOne was from the Devon County League: Vospers Oak Villa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season\nThe 2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was the third most active tropical cyclone season, along with the 1985\u201386 season and behind the 1993\u201394 season and the 2018\u201319 season, with twelve named tropical cyclones developing in the region. It began on November 15, 2007, and ended on April 30, 2008, with the exception for Mauritius and the Seychelles, which ended May 15. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the basin, which is west of 90\u00b0E and south of the Equator. Tropical cyclones in this basin are monitored by the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre in R\u00e9union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone 01U\nOn July\u00a026, a tropical disturbance developed within a near-equatorial trough. The next day, convection began to develop around the low while located about 1,500 kilometres (930\u00a0mi) east of Diego Garcia. Moderate wind shear temporarily caused the convection to become displaced from the center on July\u00a027. However, later that day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) assessed the chances of the low developing into a tropical cyclone as \"fair\". By July\u00a029 the low was designated as Tropical Disturbance 01 while located near the edge of M\u00e9t\u00e9o-Frances area of responsibility. With developing banding features, increasing convection and very warm sea-surface temperatures (exceeding 28\u00a0\u00b0C; 82.4\u00a0\u00b0F), the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert for the low as they assessed the chances of development of a tropical cyclone within 48\u00a0hours as \"good\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 934]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone 01U\nIn the post-storm report issued by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, the system was estimated to have become a Category 1 cyclone, with winds peaking at 75\u00a0km/h (45\u00a0mph), shortly before leaving M\u00e9t\u00e9o-Frances area of responsibility early on July\u00a029. After leaving M\u00e9t\u00e9o-Frances area of responsibility, the JTWC designated the storm as Tropical Cyclone 01S. In M\u00e9t\u00e9o-Frances post-storm analysis, the disturbance was declassified as a tropical cyclone and the numbering, 01, was removed for unknown reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Disturbance 01\nThe first officially recognized tropical disturbance developed early on October\u00a010. The disturbance featured persistent convection around an elongated low level circulation located about 600 kilometres (370\u00a0mi) west-northwest of Diego Garcia. With marginally favorable. conditions for further development, the JTWC assessed the chances of the low developing into a tropical cyclone as \"poor\". Further development took place later that day, with banding features developing and deepening convection as it traveled towards the south-southwest. In response to the increased development, the JTWC increased the chances of a tropical cyclone developing to \"fair\". On October\u00a012 M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France designated the system as Tropical Disturbance 01-20072008. However, little or no further development was expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 881]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Disturbance 01\nLate on October\u00a012 through early on October\u00a013, Dvorak Technique intensity estimates for the low from the JTWC reached T2.5\u2014the equivalent of a minimal tropical storm\u2014and there was a possibility that the system was briefly a tropical storm by one-minute standards. Despite favorable upper-level conditions and low wind shear, the disturbance was situated over cool sea-surface temperatures which provided little energy to fuel convective activity. With little thunderstorm and shower activity development, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France issued their final advisory on the dissipating low the next day. Since the disturbance never impacted land, there were no reports of damage or injuries from it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Lee\u2013Ariel\nOn November\u00a013, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) began monitoring a tropical low situated about 835\u00a0km (519\u00a0mi) northwest of the Keeling Islands. The next day, the low was upgraded to a Category 1 cyclone and given the name Lee. Shortly after being named, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert as deep convection persisted around the center of circulation. The system was moving towards the southwest within an area of moderate wind shear. Several hours later, the JTWC designated Lee as Tropical Cyclone 03S.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Lee\u2013Ariel\nWith continued development, Lee strengthened into a Category 2 cyclone, according to the BoM, with winds of 95\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph 10-minute winds). At 1200\u00a0UTC, Lee crossed into M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France's area of responsibility at peak intensity. Upon entering their AoR, it was given a second name, Ariel, and designated as a severe tropical storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Lee\u2013Ariel\nRoughly six hours later, the JTWC assessed Lee\u2013Ariel to have reached its peak intensity with winds of 110\u00a0km/h (70\u00a0mph 1-minute sustained), based on the development of an eye-like structure. The next day, foreword motion slowed significantly due to a subtropical ridge located to the north of the storm. This ridge also caused the storm to turn towards the west, keeping a slow pace. Strong wind shear began to impact the system later that day, causing it to weaken into a moderate tropical storm. Despite the strong shear, most forecast models showed the storm re-intensifying several days out in an area of lower shear. Most of the deep convection was torn away from the system, with little remaining around the center of circulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Lee\u2013Ariel\nThe storm weakened to a tropical depression around 0600\u00a0UTC on November\u00a017 as convection continued to dissipate. Despite moving into an area favorable for intensification, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France issued their final advisory on ex-Lee\u2013Ariel on November\u00a018 as it continued to weaken. The remnants of the system persisted for another ten days, completing an erratic counter-clockwise loop before taking a general westward direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Bongwe\nAn area of disturbed weather developed east of Diego Garcia on November 15. The system slowly organised as it moved southeastward and began interacting with Severe Tropical Storm Ariel, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on November 17. The JTWC upgraded the system to Tropical Cyclone 04S early the next day. Also on November 18, RSMC La R\u00e9union classified the system as Tropical Disturbance 03. Later that day, RSMC La R\u00e9union upgraded it to Tropical Depression 03.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Bongwe\nIt was upgraded to Moderate Tropical Storm Bongwe on November 19 and a Severe Tropical Storm later that day. Increased wind shear early on November 20 slowed the intensification trend, and weakened it to a moderate tropical storm. However, it restrengthened to a severe tropical storm on November 22. The restrengthening trend was short-lived, however, as the storm weakened once again on November 23, down to a depression and then a disturbance, until it finally dissipated on November 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Celina\nAn area of disturbed weather developed early on the December 12 north-northeast of Rodrigues. Later that day it was designated as Tropical Disturbance 04R. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center then issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing system late on December 12. The JTWC issued its first warning on December 13, designating the storm as Tropical Cyclone 06S. Although the low level circulation center was exposed the system was upgraded to a tropical depression by M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France on December 14 due to a better low level circulation. Early on December 17 Mauritius Meteorological Service upgraded the system to a moderate tropical storm and named it \"Celina\" as it approaches Mauritius Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Celina\nWeakening took place on December 18, and the JTWC issued its final advisory early that day. M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France maintained the system as a tropical depression. M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France issued its final advisory on December 21 as it began to dissipate just east of southeastern Madagascar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Celina\nOn December\u00a020, the remnant low of Celina passed about 60\u00a0km (37\u00a0mi) southwest of Reunion, producing heavy rains over the island. Some areas received 114 millimetres (4.5\u00a0in) of rain in the span of three hours, with the highest total amounting to 374\u00a0mm (14.7\u00a0in) in La Plaine des Chicots. These rains led to the death of one woman after she drowned in her car which was overcome by floodwaters in a ravine. Wind gusts were recorded up to 130\u00a0km/h (80\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Dama\nAn area of disturbed weather begin developing east of 90\u00b0E near Cocos Island, eventually crossing into the southwestern Indian Ocean early on December 17. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert early December 18. RSMC R\u00e9union designated the system a tropical disturbance early in the afternoon as the convection begin to deepen and isolate itself from the disturbance to its northwest. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center designated the tropical disturbance as Tropical Cyclone 07S. The weak vertical wind shear allowed the system to deepen into a tropical depression in the early evening of December 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0012-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Dama\nThe system temporarily reached moderate tropical storm intensity on December 19 but persistent vertical wind shear caused it to rapidly weaken back into a tropical depression. However, the next day, decreasing wind shear allowed convection to form closer to the center for 05R to reclassify as a moderate tropical storm status and earned the name \"Dama.\" The Joint Typhoon Warning Center and M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France issued its final advisory on December 21 as it transitioned to an extratropical system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Elnus\nEarly on December 30 an area of disturbed weather formed west of Madagascar and was designated as 06R. Later that day it was upgraded to Tropical Disturbance 06R, whilst the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing system. On December 31, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France upgraded the disturbance to tropical depression status. Soon after, the JTWC upgraded the system to Tropical Cyclone 09S. Early on January 1, the depression was upgraded to Moderate Tropical Storm Elnus, while located in the Mozambique Channel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0013-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Elnus\nOn January 2, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France downgraded the system to Tropical Depression ex-Elnus, and then to a tropical disturbance the next day. The JTWC issued its last advisory on January 4 as it transitioned to an extratropical system. M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France noted the storm was becoming extratropical on January 4, and on January 6 issued its final advisory on Extratropical Depression ex-Elnus as the system passed to the south of Madagascar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Elnus\nOn January\u00a03, Elnus passed about 75\u00a0km (47\u00a0mi) east of Europa Island, producing winds up to 57\u00a0km/h (35\u00a0mph) along with a pressure of 997\u00a0hPa (mbar). The storm also enhanced rainfall, peaking around 150 millimetres (5.9\u00a0in), over parts of Malawi, causing minor flooding. Heavy rains in Madagascar briefly displaced 90 families in Antananarivo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Disturbance 07\nOn January\u00a06, the JTWC began monitoring an exposed low-level circulation located about 695\u00a0km (432\u00a0mi) north of R\u00e9union traveling towards the south. Although moderate wind shear hampered significant development, deep convection developed towards the north of the low. Early the next day, the low was designated as Tropical Disturbance 07-20072008 by M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France. Later that day, despite weakening wind shear and increasing convection, the disturbance degenerated into a zone of disturbed weather. Although convection began to decrease by January\u00a08, due to increasing wind shear, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France redesigned the system as a tropical disturbance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0015-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Disturbance 07\nAt this time, the disturbance was assessed to have reached its peak intensity with winds of 35\u00a0km/h (20\u00a0mph) with a minimum pressure of 1003\u00a0hPa (mbar). Later that day, the low rapidly weakened and dissipated while located northwest of R\u00e9union. Due to the proximity to R\u00e9union, the disturbance produced numerous showers and thunderstorms for a few days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Fame\nAn area of disturbed weather formed north of Madagascar and was designated as Tropical Disturbance 08R on January 24. On the next day it was upgraded to Tropical Depression 08R by M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France, while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing system. it was then upgraded to \"Moderate Tropical Storm Fame\" by the Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre in Madagascar. It remained nearly stationary and by January 26 it was upgraded to a severe tropical storm. The storm made landfall over northwestern Madagascar as a severe tropical storm on January 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Fame\nLater that day the system temporarily reached tropical cyclone stage just before landfall near Malagasy. It dissipated early on January 28 over Madagascar. The system, however, regenerated on January 29 as it re-emerged over water and became a tropical depression once again. However, Fame did not strengthen further due to interaction with Cyclone Gula, and after being declared extratropical, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France redeclared the system tropical and issued its last advisory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Fame\nStrong winds from the storm damaged numerous mobile homes, shrubbery, and trees. At least 13 people were killed and about 20,000 people were left homeless. Maximum sustained winds were recorded up to 120\u00a0km/h (75\u00a0mph) and rainfall peaked at 146.7 millimetres (0.28\u00a0in) in Besalampy. Total damages from the storm were estimated at 100\u00a0million Malagasy ariary ($51,000\u00a0USD). After regenerating in the southern Indian Ocean, Fame produced torrential rains over Reunion, peaking at 875\u00a0mm (34.4\u00a0in) over a three-day span, 731\u00a0mm (28.7\u00a0in) of which fell in 48\u00a0hours. The system, in combination with Gula, produced high waves, peaking at 8\u00a0m (26.2\u00a0ft) along the coasts of Reunion. A peak wind gust of 112\u00a0km/h (70\u00a0mph) was recorded at Gros Piton Ste-Rose", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Gula\nAn area of disturbed weather formed over the south-central Indian Ocean in the fourth week of January. It slowly developed and M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France began monitoring it as a disturbed area of weather on January 26. It was upgraded to a tropical depression later that day and was named as moderate tropical storm Gula on January 27 by the Mauritius Meteorological Service. Intensification continued and it was upgraded to a severe tropical storm on January 28. The intensification trend became more rapid early on January 29 as a clear eye developed and the storm became a tropical cyclone. After weakening and oscillating between severe and moderate tropical storm status, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France declared it an extratropical depression, and then issued its last advisory on February 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Hondo\nThe third tropical cyclone and first intense tropical cyclone of the season, Hondo developed out of a tropical disturbance in early February about 1,020\u00a0km (630\u00a0mi) east-southeast of Diego Garcia. The disturbance quickly strengthened, becoming a moderate tropical storm on February\u00a04 and a severe tropical storm the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0019-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Hondo\nAfter a brief period of slower intensification, Hondo rapidly intensified into an intense tropical cyclone and reached its peak intensity with winds of 215\u00a0km/h (130\u00a0mph 10-minute winds) on February\u00a07. Around the same time that M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France assessed Hondo to have peaked, the JTWC reported that the storm had attained winds of 240\u00a0km/h (150\u00a0mph 1-minute winds), equivalent to a strong Category 4 hurricane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Hondo\nThe cyclone gradually weakened over the next several days due to an increase in forward speed and a decrease in sea surface temperatures. On February\u00a012, Hondo rapidly degenerated into a remnant-low-pressure area. Over the following week, the remnant low traveled in a general west-northwest direction with no development. On February\u00a020, about 2,780\u00a0km (1,730\u00a0mi) northeast of where the final advisories were issued, the storm began to regenerate. The next day, advisories were issued on Tropical Disturbance Ex-Hondo, which briefly strengthened into a tropical depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0020-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Hondo\nHowever, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Hondo continued to strengthen and attained winds of 95\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph 1-minute winds) before passing directly over R\u00e9union. Interaction with the island caused the storm to weaken and degenerate into a remnant low once more. The storm dissipated on February\u00a029 after executing a counterclockwise loop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Hondo\nSustained winds of 50\u00a0km/h (30\u00a0mph) with gusts up to 76\u00a0km/h (47\u00a0mph) were recorded on Mauritius while sustained winds of 55\u00a0km/h (35\u00a0mph) with gusts up to 99\u00a0km/h (62\u00a0mph) were recorded on R\u00e9union. The highest rainfall total was recorded at Takamaka, totaling to 750\u00a0mm (29.5\u00a0in). Up to 760,000 people were affected on R\u00e9union and overall damage was minimal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Ivan\nEarly on February 7, an area of disturbed weather northeast of Madagascar, heading southeast, was designated Tropical Depression 11R. Like Cyclone Hondo before it, the storm intensified quickly into Moderate Tropical Storm Ivan, then reached severe status a few hours later. Severe status was held until February 11, when Ivan became a tropical cyclone for a short time. Ivan was moving quite slowly, and this, coupled with medium shear, weakened it to moderate tropical storm status by February 12. During this time, Ivan made two complete loops in the open sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0022-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Ivan\nHowever, by February 14, it had sped up and entered a more favourable environment, becoming a severe tropical storm. On February 15, Ivan was reupgraded to a tropical cyclone as favourable conditions persisted. Ivan was further upgraded to an Intense Tropical Cyclone on February 16 as it moved closer to Madagascar. Ivan made landfall north of Fanoarivo, Madagascar on February 17. Once overland, rapid weakening occurred due to the rugged terrain of the island. Ivan was forecast to regenerate over the Mozambique Channel into a tropical depression once it left Madagascar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Ivan\nIvan traversed Madagascar, heading southwest. Its remnants emerged back over water on February 21, and M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France resumed advisories on \"filling depression Ex-Ivan\". Ivan, severely disrupted by Madagascar, did not strengthen any further; the last advisory was issued on February 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Ivan\nA preliminary casualty estimate due to Ivan is 93. The cyclone left over 330,000 homeless. Sainte Marie, the island where Ivan made landfall, is estimated to have 75% of its buildings completely destroyed. Total damages from Ivan total more than $30\u00a0million (2008 USD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Jokwe\nOn March 4, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on an area of disturbed weather developing northeast of Madagascar. Soon after, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France upgraded the system to tropical disturbance status. Early on March 5, the JTWC issued its first advisory on the developing system, designating it as Tropical Cyclone 22S. Later that day, the disturbance was upgraded to Moderate Tropical Storm Jokwe. At noon on March 6, after a bout of rapid intensification, Jokwe was upgraded to a tropical cyclone, skipping severe storm status. After being briefly downgraded to a severe tropical storm, Jokwe was reupgraded to a tropical cyclone, then an intense tropical cyclone on the evening of March 7. Jokwe made landfall between Mozambique Island and Angoche Island early on March 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 870]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Jokwe\nOver the next two days, Jokwe fell down to severe tropical storm following land interaction with Mozambique. Later that day, Jokwe was reupgraded to a tropical cyclone, and became an intense tropical cyclone again early on March 11. Jokwe then came under the influence of moderate windshear, and weakened down to a severe tropical storm again by March 12. Jokwe was re-upgraded to a Tropical Cyclone early March 13, but was soon downgraded again to a severe tropical storm later that day due to another increase in wind shear. Shear had been steadily increasing, and on March 13 Jokwe's movement slowed down drastically; it moved around the same general area of ocean and weakened. Final warnings were issued by the JTWC late March 14, and by M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France early March 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 859]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Jokwe\n44 houses were destroyed in Madagascar as Jokwe hit the northern tip of the island. At least 20\u00a0people were killed and over 9,000 homes destroyed as Jokwe passed through north-eastern Mozambique. At least 100,000 have been displaced by Jokwe. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) provided emergency food aid to 60,000\u00a0people affected by Jokwe in Mozambique.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Kamba\nOn March\u00a05, MFR classified a tropical disturbance just outside of their area of responsibility. By March\u00a07, deep convection developing along the western half of the system as the vertical wind shear\u2014previously inhibiting development\u2014began to weaken. Later that day, MFR upgraded the disturbance to a tropical depression. Late on March\u00a08, the depression further strengthened into a tropical storm; it was subsequently assigned the name Kamba by the Meteorological service in Mauritius, a name contributed by the Comoros. Wind shear continued to impact the organization of the system as the eastern portion of the storm remained partially exposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0028-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Kamba\nTracking southwest, Kamba quickly intensified into a severe tropical storm at 1200\u00a0UTC on March\u00a09 as winds increased to 95\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph 10-minute winds). Not long after being upgraded to a severe tropical storm, the JTWC estimated that Kamba had strengthened into the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 120\u00a0km/h (75\u00a0mph). Early on March\u00a010, Kamba began to undergo rapid intensification and M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France upgraded the storm to a tropical cyclone as an eye developed. At this time, Kamba also started to turn towards the south as it tracked around the northwestern edge of a strong subtropical ridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Kamba\nWith low wind shear, Kamba continued to intensify throughout the first half of March\u00a010, reaching its peak intensity with winds of 185\u00a0km/h (115\u00a0mph 10-minute winds) with a minimum pressure of 930\u00a0hPa (mbar) at 1200\u00a0UTC according to M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France. Kamba developed a 46\u00a0km (28\u00a0mi) wide eye as it reached peak intensity. Shortly after, the JTWC upgraded Kamba to a Category 4 equivalent cyclone with winds of 215\u00a0km/h (135\u00a0mph 1-minute winds). By March\u00a011, Kamba began to move over cooler waters and into an area of higher wind shear, causing the storm to deteriorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0029-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Kamba\nAbout 24\u00a0hours after reaching peak intensity, the storm began to undergo an extratropical transition and weakened to a tropical cyclone. Early on March\u00a012, the JTWC issued their final advisory on Kamba as it rapidly weakened over open waters. At the same time, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France further downgraded the cyclone to a severe tropical storm as winds dropped below 120\u00a0km/h (75\u00a0mph 10-minute winds). Kamba further weakened to a moderate tropical storm as convection associated with the storm significantly diminished. The final advisory by M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France was issued shortly after as the storm degenerated into a remnant-low-pressure area. The remnants of Kamba persisted for a few more days before ultimately dissipating at 0600\u00a0UTC on March\u00a014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Lola\nAn area of disturbed weather north east of Mauritius, identified on March 20, became a tropical disturbance on March 21, and a depression later that day. The JTWC initiated advisories on Tropical Cyclone 25S around the same time. The system became Moderate Tropical Storm Lola early March 22 based on it having gale-force winds in the southern quadrant far away from the center and due to it having deep convection. Lola weakened back to a tropical depression that afternoon as it began to suffer from moderate to strong northeasterly shear. It alternated between depression and disturbance a few times, until the final advisory was issued on a zone of disturbed weather on March 26. The JTWC had issued its final advisory two days earlier, on March 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 839]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Storm names\nA tropical disturbance is named when it reaches moderate tropical storm strength. If a tropical disturbance reaches moderate tropical storm status west of 55\u00b0E, then the Sub-regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre in Madagascar assigns the appropriate name to the storm. If a tropical disturbance reaches moderate tropical storm status between 55\u00b0E and 90\u00b0E, then the Sub-regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre in Mauritius assigns the appropriate name to the storm. A new annual list is used every year so no names are retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195069-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season effects\nThis table lists all the storms that developed in the Southern Hemisphere during the 2007\u20132008 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. It includes their intensity, duration, name, landfalls, deaths, and damages. With the exception of Tropical Cyclone 01U/01S all related to intensity is taken from M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195070-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southampton F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Southampton F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195070-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southampton F.C. season, Season summary\nIn the 2007\u201308 season, the Saints initially had an unremarkable campaign, with the club in mid-table for the first half of the campaign. Once again though, Southampton experienced a major loss of form in the spring, not helped by managerial instability caused by the resignation of George Burley followed by caretaker spells by John Gorman and then Nigel Pearson, and were left in serious danger of relegation to League One on the last day of the season. However, a win combined with some other favourable results ensured their survival for another season in the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195070-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southampton F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195070-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southampton F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195071-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season\nThe 2007\u201308 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2007, followed by the start of the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2008 and concluded in March, followed by the 2008 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 105th in the history of the Southern League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League, Premier Division\nKing's Lynn won the Southern League Premier and were promoted to the Conference North, while play-off winners Team Bath were promoted to the Conference South. Bromsgrove Rovers, Cirencester Town and Cheshunt were relegated to Division One. Bedford Town also ended the season in the relegation zone but were reprieved from the second relegation in a row after Football Conference clubs Halifax Town folded and Nuneaton Borough were demoted to Division One Midlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League, Division One Midlands\nDivision One Midlands consisted of 21 clubs, including 18 clubs from previous season and three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League, Division One Midlands\nAlso, shortly before the start of the season Slimbridge withdrew and were not replaced. Therefore, the relegation zone was reduced to one place in order to make up the numbers for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League, Division One Midlands\nEvesham United won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Stourbridge, who returned to the top Southern League division after the relegation in 1984. Berkhamsted finished bottom of the table and were the only club relegated this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League, Division One South & West\nDivision One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from previous season and six new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League, Division One South & West\nAlso, Brook House were renamed A.F.C. Hayes prior to the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League, Division One South & West\nFarnborough, who had been demoted from the Conference South at the end of the previous season, won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Oxford City. Slough Town finished in the relegation zone for the second season in a row, but this time were reprieved due to the expulsion of Halifax Town from the Football Conference, so only Newport (Isle of Wight) were relegated this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League, League Cup, First round\n42 clubs, (all of the Division One Midlands and all but one of the Division One South & West clubs), entered at the first round. Bridgwater Town did not enter at this stage because there were only 21 clubs in Division One Midlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League, League Cup, Second round\nThe 12 fixtures of the Second Round were played on the weekend of 30 October 2007. Joining the winners of the previous round were Bridgwater Town, plus Chippenham Town and Gloucester City from the Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195072-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Football League, League Cup, Final\nThe first leg was played on 8 April 2008, with the second leg on 22 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195073-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season\nThe 2007\u201308 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season is made up of three different basins and respective seasons; the", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195074-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Spartan South Midlands Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Spartan South Midlands Football League season is the 11th in the history of Spartan South Midlands Football League a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195074-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195074-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195074-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Division Two\nDivision Two featured 15 clubs, all competed in the division last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195075-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season\nThe 2006\u201307 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season was the tenth consecutive season of the club in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n after its last relegation from La Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195075-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Overview\nReal Sporting finished the season in the third position, achieving the promotion to La Liga by beating SD Eibar in the last matchday by 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195075-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195075-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Squad, From the youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195076-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sri Lankan cricket season\nThe 2007\u201308 Sri Lankan cricket season featured a Test series between Sri Lanka and England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195076-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sri Lankan cricket season, Test series\nSri Lanka won the Test series against England 1\u20130 with two matches drawn:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195077-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St Mirren F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was St Mirren's second consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, and they were looking to improve on last season's 11th placing ahead of Dunfermline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195077-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St Mirren F.C. season\nThey also competed in the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, however were the subject of a shock defeat in the League Cup by 3rd Division East Fife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195077-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St Mirren F.C. season\nThey were knocked out in the 6th Round of the Scottish Cup by First Division side St Johnstone. The Buddies began 2008 much more positively than 2007 where they won only 2 home games. By 19 January, they had broken this record by winning 3 games in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195077-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St Mirren F.C. season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195077-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St Mirren F.C. season, Fixtures and results\nFixtures and results for St Mirren F.C. for season 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195078-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Brian Nash, who was in his third year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The Terrier's home games were played at the  Generoso Pope Athletic Complex. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195078-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team\nNash's team finished at 7\u201322 overall and 4\u201314 in conference play for an 8th-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195079-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Norm Roberts in his fourth year at the school. St. John's home games are played at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Big East Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195080-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey season\nThe 2007\u201308 St. Lawrence Saints women's hockey team represented St. Lawrence University in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I women's hockey season. The Saints were coached by Paul Flanagan and play their home games at Appleton Arena. The Saints were a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and were unable to win the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season\nThe 2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season began on October 4, 2007, with a game in Glendale, Arizona, against the Phoenix Coyotes. It is the Blues' 41st season in the National Hockey League (NHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season\nThe Blues struggled on the power-play, finishing 31st in power-play goals scored (47) and 30th overall in power-play percentage (14.07%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Schedule and results, November\nRecord: 8\u20134\u20131; Home: 5\u20131\u20130; Road: 3\u20133\u20131 Attendance: 105,838 (6) \u00a0  Total: 209,137 (12)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Schedule and results, December\nRecord: 5\u20136\u20133; Home: 2\u20134\u20132; Road: 3\u20132\u20131 Attendance: 139,681 (8) \u00a0 Total: 348,818 (20)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Schedule and results, January\nRecord: 4\u20135\u20133; Home: 3\u20131\u20132; Road: 1\u20134\u20131 Attendance: 101,341 (6) \u00a0 \u00a0  Total: 450,159 (26)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Schedule and results, February\nRecord: 5\u20137\u20133; Home: 4\u20134\u20131; Road: 1\u20133\u20132  Attendance: 162,932 (9) \u00a0 \u00a0 Total: 613,091 (35)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Schedule and results, March\nRecord: 3\u20139\u20132; Home: 1\u20133\u20130; Road: 2\u20136\u20132  Attendance: 72,423 (4) \u00a0 \u00a0 Total: 685,514 (39)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Schedule and results, April\nRecord: 2\u20131\u20131; Home: 1\u20130\u20131; Road: 1\u20131\u20130 Attendance: 36,507 (2) \u00a0  Total: 722,021 (41)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Playoffs\nThe Blues failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third season in a row and dropped from 81 points (34\u201335\u201313) in 2006\u201307, but they did manage to dramatically increase their average attendance from 12,520 (59.6% of capacity) that year, to 17,610 (92.0% of capacity) in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Transactions\nThe Blues have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Draft picks\nSt. Louis' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Farm teams, Peoria Rivermen\nThe Peoria Rivermen are the Blues American Hockey League affiliate in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195081-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 St. Louis Blues season, Farm teams, Alaska Aces\nThe Alaska Aces are the Blues affiliate in the ECHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195082-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sta. Lucia Realtors season\nThe 2007\u201308 Sta. Lucia Realtors season was the 15th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195082-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sta. Lucia Realtors season, Key dates\nAugust 19: The 2007 PBA Draft took place at Market! Market! in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195083-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Standard Li\u00e8ge season\nStandard Li\u00e8ge lost just one match all league season, winning the Belgian First Division for the ninth time in club history. The season marked the breakthrough of teenage midfield duo Marouane Fellaini and Steven Defour, while strikers Milan Jovanovi\u0107 and Dieumerci Mbokani were right up there in terms of the top scoring charts of the domestic top division. The UEFA Cup run ended early, being knocked out to eventual winners Zenit Saint Petersburg in the last qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195084-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 State League\nThe 2007\u201308 State League was a 50-over women's cricket competition that took place in New Zealand. It ran from December 2007 to February 2008, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Canterbury Magicians beat Central Hinds in the final to win the competition, their second State League title in two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195084-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 State League, Competition format\nTeams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 10 matches overall. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side. The top two in the group advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195084-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 State League, Competition format\nThe group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195084-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 State League, Competition format\nWin: 4 pointsTie: 2 pointsLoss: 0 points. Abandoned/No Result: 2 points. Bonus Point: 1 point awarded for run rate in a match being 1.25x that of opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195085-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 State League Twenty20\nThe 2007\u201308 State League Twenty20 was the inaugural season of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition played in New Zealand. It ran from December 2007 to February 2008, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Canterbury Magicians won the tournament, topping the group with four wins and one abandoned match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195085-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 State League Twenty20, Competition format\nTeams played in a round-robin in a group of six, playing 5 matches overall. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The winners of the group were crowned the Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195085-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 State League Twenty20, Competition format\nThe group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195085-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 State League Twenty20, Competition format\nWin: 4 pointsTie: 2 pointsLoss: 0 points. Abandoned/No Result: 2 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195086-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stockport County F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Stockport County F.C. competed in Football League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195086-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stockport County F.C. season, Season summary\nStockport County defeated Rochdale in the play-off final to gain promotion to League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195086-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stockport County F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195086-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stockport County F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195087-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Stoke City's 101st in the Football League, the 41st in the second tier and fourth in the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195087-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season\nAfter last season's narrow miss on a play-off, the objective was to gain an automatic promotion position. But after a poor summer transfer wise supporters wondered what the ambition of the club was. New signings were unknown youngster Ryan Shawcross signed on loan from Manchester United and veteran forward Richard Cresswell, which hardly set the pulses racing but a 1\u20130 win on the opening match of the season at Cardiff City set the tone for a season to remember. Stoke didn't really perform well in the opening few months and by the middle of November they were in mid-table, but several key loan signings saw Stoke embark on a twelve match unbeaten run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195087-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season\nThis pushed Stoke into the top two and after a narrow defeat at Charlton Athletic Stoke won five in a row. However Stoke then hit a poor run of form winning one in their next eight matches. Wins over Coventry City, Bristol City and Colchester United saw Stoke within one point of gaining a promotion, which they would achieve after drawing 0\u20130 with Leicester City to gain a long-awaited return to the top flight of English football after a 23-year absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195087-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League\nThe feeling around the club had improved after last season's success in finishing 8th. The supporters were hoping that the management would bring new quality players as well as making last season's successful loan players moves permanent. But the club were left frustrated as most decided to seek employment elsewhere and by the time the start of the season had come around Stoke had only added Richard Cresswell, Jon Parkin and Ryan Shawcross to their squad. Stoke's first match of the season saw them travel to notoriously hostile Ninian Park to take on Cardiff City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195087-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League\nDebutante Ryan Shawcross made a perfect start to his Stoke career scoring the winning goal in a 1\u20130 win which saw Steve Simonsen save a last minute penalty. A good win against promotion favourites Charlton Athletic followed but a 3\u20132 defeat at Southampton brought Stoke their first defeat of the season. Three draws against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Hull City and Barnsley failed to get the supporters excited and during the next match against Plymouth Argyle with Stoke 2\u20131 down, some fans started venting their frustrations at manager Tony Pulis but Stoke went on to win 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195087-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League\nStoke began to struggle, with poor home defeats to Sheffield Wednesday and then Coventry City prompted Pulis to enter the loan market again and he brought in Leon Cort and Danny Pugh. This enabled Stoke to field a more settled side and they began to display the form they showed from last season and they went twelve matches unbeaten from 24 November 2007 to 19 January 2008. During that run Stoke gained some impressive victories including a 3\u20130 at Sheffield United and a Ricardo Fuller hat trick against promotion rivals West Bromwich Albion. In the January transfer window Stoke completed the permanent signings of Cort, Pugh and Shawcross whilst former players Andy Griffin and Paul Gallagher made a return and John Eustace joined Watford with Glenn Whelan joining as a replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 840]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195087-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League\nStoke's twelve match unbeaten run was ended with a 1\u20130 defeat away at Charlton Athletic. Stoke bounced back brilliantly beating Cardiff 2\u20131 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 4\u20132 away at Molineux. Then they beat both Southampton and Scunthorpe United 3\u20132 and made it five wins in a row with a 1\u20130 win over Ipswich Town to earn Pulis manager of the month award for February. But Stoke lost their form and managed just one win in their next eight matches until they won against Coventry City with three matches remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195087-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League\nA Mamady Sidib\u00e9 double helped Stoke beat promotion rivals Bristol City and ended their efforts to gain automatic promotion leaving just Stoke and Hull fighting for 2nd place with West Bromwich Albion looking to have sealed top spot. For the penultimate match of the season Stoke travelled to Colchester United who had already being relegated. However it was not an easy match as Colchester were playing their final match at Layer Road, Cresswell scored the only goal as Stoke almost secured promotion but for a late winner for Hull.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195087-0005-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League\nThis took the promotion race to the final match of the season against relegation threatened Leicester City. In a tense and cagey 90 minutes the scored remained goalless and Stoke took the point they needed to gain promotion to the Premier League and a return to the top flight of English football for 23 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195087-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup\nStoke drew struggling Premier League side Newcastle United in the third round, the match ended in a goalless draw with Stoke creating the better chances. In the replay Newcastle had appointed Kevin Keegan as manager and he inspired the \"Magpies\" to a 4\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195087-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League Cup\nFor a fourth season in a row Stoke made a first round exit to League Two opposition this time to Rochdale, losing 4\u20132 on penalties after a 2\u20132 in normal and extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 113th full season in Sunderland A.F.C. 's history, their 107th in the league system of English football and 7th in the Premier League. After finishing 1st in the Championship during the 2006\u201307 season, Sunderland were promoted to the Premier League as champions. Sunderland had been relegated in the 2005\u201306 season with the record low points tally at the time of 15. The 2007\u201308 season was Roy Keane's first as a manager in the Premier League having won the Championship in his debut season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season\nKeane introduced 12 new signings in pre-season and allowed seven players to leave the club. They won their first game of the season, but subsequently started to struggle for points, winning just two games in their first 16. Their longest winning streak came towards the end of the season as they won three consecutive games. This late run helped Sunderland finish 15th, though they only won two away games, of which the first came in late March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season\nThe team suffered first round exits in two of the cup competitions they entered: in the second round of the League Cup and the third round of the FA Cup. Kenwyne Jones was the club's top goalscorer, recording 7\u00a0goals in the league. Left-back Danny Collins was named as Sunderland's player of the season, while on loan centre-back Jonny Evans was named as the club's young player of the season for the second season running. The club's average attendance of 42,728 was the fifth highest in the division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Background\nDiscussions of takeover were held over the summer involving an Irish group, the Drumaville Consortium, led by Niall Quinn. They completed the takeover in July for \u00a310\u00a0million as Quinn's group took 72.59% of the club's shares. During the 2006\u201307 season, Roy Keane took over as manager from chairman Niall Quinn, who served as manager for the first six games of the season. Keane had a successful start to his managerial career with a 2\u20131 win over Derby County on 11 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Background\nOn transfer window deadline day, Keane signed new players; Dwight Yorke, Liam Miller, Ross Wallace, Stanislav Varga, Graham Kavanagh and David Connolly. A 2\u20130 win over Leicester City on 1 January 2007 sparked an 18-game unbeaten streak for Sunderland, which was eventually ended on 21 April 2007 after a 3\u20131 defeat at the hands of Colchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Background\nSunderland reached the top of the Football League Championship for the first time in the season with a 2\u20131 win over Southampton, which included an 87th-minute winner from Grant Leadbitter. Their promotion was confirmed as third placed team Derby County lost 2\u20130 to Crystal Palace, as a result Birmingham City were also promoted. On the last day of the season, the Championship title would be decided. Sunderland won their game 5\u20130 against Luton Town, while Birmingham suffered a defeat against Preston North End thus crowning Sunderland as champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nSunderland's pre-season was busy with transfer activity, seeing eight players come in, and five players leave. Kenny Cunningham retired, Tommy Miller, William Mocquet, Kevin Smith were released, while Robbie Weir, Jamie Chandler and David Dowson were all promoted to the first team from the club's youth system. Their first signing of the season was of Greg Halford from Charlton Athletic, and their first transfer out of the club when Stephen Elliott moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers. On 13 July 2007, Sunderland signed the former Newcastle United player Michael Chopra from Cardiff City for \u00a35\u00a0million and Manchester United midfielder Kieran Richardson on 16 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nFellow north east team Darlington was Sunderland's first pre-season friendly, Sunderland won the game 2\u20130 with goals from Ross Wallace and Anthony Stokes at The Darlington Arena. This was followed up by a shock defeat to Scunthorpe United on 21 July where they were beaten 1\u20130. Sunderland went on a tour of Ireland, where they would play Bohemians, Cork City and Galway United. They beat Bohemians 1\u20130 on 28 July thanks to a Stern John goal, but were held to a 1\u20131 draw at Cork City as Liam Miller scored the Sunderland goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nTheir final game of the tour against Galway United ended as a 4\u20130 win for Sunderland, with goals from Michael Chopra, Kieran Richardson, David Connolly and Stern John. Juventus travelled to the Stadium of Light to commemorate its ten-year anniversary. The game ended 1\u20131 as Daryl Murphy scored, but the Italian side scored with two minutes remaining to draw the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nSunderland signed Dickson Etuhu from Norwich City for \u00a31.5\u00a0million on 17 July, and Paul McShane from West Bromwich Albion on 26 July for \u00a32.5\u00a0million. With the start of the Premier League season looming, Sunderland broke their transfer record to buy Scottish international goalkeeper Craig Gordon from Heart of Midlothian for \u00a39\u00a0million. The club's last signing before the start of the season was Roy O'Donovan from Cork City for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, August\nSunderland's season started against Tottenham Hotspur on 11 August 2007. Sunderland won the game through a last minute goal from Michael Chopra in front of an attendance of 43,967. Their second game of the season was an away fixture to Birmingham City, a Paul McShane own goal had put Sunderland behind in the 28th minute, but Michael Chopra scored his second goal of the season to equalise. Birmingham took the lead again through Garry O'Connor but Sunderland scored another last minute goal, this time from Stern John to save a point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, August\nOn 24 August ex Manchester United and Newcastle United striker Andy Cole joined the club on a free transfer from Portsmouth. Sunderland travelled to the JJB Stadium unbeaten on 18 August but lost 3\u20130 to Wigan Athletic. On 25 September Liverpool beat Sunderland 2\u20130 to give them their second consecutive defeat. On the same day, Tobias Hys\u00e9n returned to his native Sweden with IFK G\u00f6teborg after he and his wife were suffering from home sickness. Luton Town produced a league cup shock as they beat Sunderland 3\u20130 at Kenilworth Road. Sunderland signed three more players before the transfer deadline; Ian Harte from Levante on a free transfer, Danny Higginbotham from Stoke City for \u00a33\u00a0million, and Kenwyne Jones from Southampton for \u00a36\u00a0million with Stern John going in the opposite direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, September\nSunderland opened the month with a 1\u20130 defeat away to Manchester United on 1 September, Louis Saha scored the winner 18\u00a0minutes from full-time. Roy Keane said \"I'm delighted with the overall performance. It would have been nice to test their goalkeeper a bit more but overall I'm delighted with the players' efforts.\" about the team's display. Jack Pelter signed for Sunderland on 8 September, from New Zealand team Canterbury United, on a free transfer in an original one-month deal. Two weeks after the defeat to Manchester United, Sunderland beat Reading 2\u20131 on 15 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, September\nKenwyne Jones and Ross Wallace scored the Sunderland goals in a game which was overshadowed by the tribute paid to 1973 FA Cup Final scorer Ian Porterfield who died on 11 September 2007. Sunderland met Middlesbrough on 22 September in their first north east derby of the season. Grant Leadbitter scored in the 2nd minute to put Sunderland in front, but two ex-Sunderland players; Julio Arca and Stewart Downing put Middlesbrough into the lead. Liam Miller scored an 89th minute volley to save a point for Sunderland. Grant Leadbitter scored his second goal in as many games on 29 September as Blackburn Rovers beat Sunderland 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, October\nOctober started with an away fixture against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on 7 October. Sunderland went 2\u20130 down within the first 14\u00a0minutes. However, Sunderland levelled the score at 2\u20132 with goals from Ross Wallace on the 25th minute and Kenwyne Jones on the 48\u00a0minute. Arsenal won the game 3\u20132 after a late Robin van Persie goal. Sunderland suffered back-to-back defeats when they lost 3\u20131 away to West Ham United on 21 October. Kenwyne Jones got the goal for Sunderland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, October\nFulham came to the Stadium of Light on 27 October, Fulham took the lead in the 32nd minute with a 30-yard free kick from Simon Davies. Sunderland snatched a point when Kenywyne Jones scored an 86th-minute equaliser. The wearsiders had gone down to ten men in the 67th minute when Greg Halford was sent off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, November\nSunderland lost 1\u20130 away to Manchester City on 5 November after a goal from Stephen Ireland. Manager, Roy Keane, expressed his frustration in a post match interview saying \"We didn't deserve anything. I don't feel we did enough to get anything out of the game. I don't think their keeper had too many saves to make, did he?\". 10 November was the first Tyne\u2013Wear derby of the season. Danny Higginbotham put Sunderland into the lead shortly after half time, but James Milner drew Newcastle level on the 68th minute after his cross beat goalkeeper Craig Gordon into the far post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, November\nSunderland had a chance to win the game when ex-Newcastle forward Michael Chopra headed against the bar minutes from full-time. Sunderland ended the month on a low as they were beaten 7\u20131 away to Everton on 24 November. Dwight Yorke scored Sunderland's only goal just before half time. Roy Keane said \"It's hard to take, but we lose as a team and I picked the team and sorted the tactics so I have no problem taking responsibility for what happened.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, December\nOn 1 December Sunderland beat Derby County 1\u20130. The defeat against Everton led to Craig Gordon being dropped from the side. He was replaced by Darren Ward who made a save to push Kenny Miller's strike onto the post. With the game looking to be heading towards a draw, Anthony Stokes scrambled to ball in to win the game. On 8 December Sunderland travelled to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea. Sunderland went behind in the 23rd minute through an Andriy Shevchenko goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0011-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, December\nChelsea won the game 2\u20130 after Liam Miller was sent off whilst giving a penalty away, which Frank Lampard scored. Sunderland played Aston Villa on 15 December, Danny Higginbotham put Sunderland ahead with a 10th-minute header. Villa midfielder Shaun Maloney equalised when he scored a from a 71st minute free kick. Sunderland could have won the game late on, but Danny Collins' header was ruled out by referee Steve Bennett for a foul. Roy Keane displayed his annoyance at Bennett saying \"It sums up (the referee's) day. He was giving everything against us and to say we're disappointed would be an unbelievable understatement. You could sense he was waiting to blow his whistle. It would be nice to see him later.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, December\nReading reversed their defeat to Sunderland previously in the season by winning 2\u20131 on 22 December. Reading had led 1\u20130 after a 69th-minute goal from \u00cdvar Ingimarsson. Michael Chopra levelled the match by scoring an 82nd-minute penalty. A goal by Stephen Hunt in the 90th minute sparked controversy as it appeared not to have crossed the line. Sunderland met Manchester United on Boxing Day at the Stadium of Light, they were beaten 4\u20130 in a game were Sunderland striker Martyn Waghorn made the step up from the club's Youth system to the first team. Martyn Waghorn promoted to first team from Youth system. Sunderland ended 2007 with a 3\u20131 home win to Bolton Wanderers on 29 December, Kieran Richardson, Kenwyne Jones and Daryl Murphy were the scorers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, January\nSunderland began the new year with a 1\u20130 away loss to Blackburn Rovers on 1 January. Dean Whitehead had the chance to put Sunderland in the lead, but missed his penalty kick. Minutes later, Blackburn won a penalty of their own; Benni McCarthy converted the penalty before Dwight Yorke was sent off late on. Jonny Evans returned to Sunderland on loan for the second time for the remainder of season from Manchester United. Sunderland met Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup third round as they lost 3\u20130 on 5 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0013-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, January\nOn 12 January Kieran Richardson scored a double to beat Portsmouth 2\u20130 at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland made their first permanent signing of the January transfer window when Frenchman Jean-Yves Mvoto signed from Paris Saint-Germain on 15 January for an undisclosed fee. Mvoto said \"This is a big opportunity for me, I'm pleased to be at Sunderland.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, January\nOn 19 January Sunderland played Tottenham Hotspur. An early Aaron Lennon goal saw Spurs take the lead, and Robbie Keane's 100th goal for the club in the 90th minute won the game for Tottenham at White Hart Lane. Phil Bardsley signed for the club on 22 January from Manchester United for \u00a32\u00a0million,the next day Rade Prica also signed for the club, from AaB Aalborg for \u00a32\u00a0million. New signing Rade Prica scored a goal on his debut for Sunderland to wrap up a 2\u20130 win at home to Birmingham City on 29 January. Daryl Murphy scored the first goal in the 15th minute. Andy Reid signed for the club on the last day of the January transfer window deadline from Charlton Athletic for \u00a34\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, February\nSunderland had a poor start to the month, as they lost 3\u20130 away to Liverpool on 2 February. They had two penalty appeals turned down, prompting Roy Keane to comment, \"We felt they were penalties. But I didn't feel we were going to get those decisions today.\" Following a recent heart attack in a League Cup game between Leicester City and Nottingham Forest, Clive Clarke had his Sunderland contract terminated on 5 February due to the event while on loan at Leicester. Sunderland bounced back from the defeat to Liverpool with a 2\u20130 win against Wigan Athletic on 9 February. Dickson Etuhu put them in the lead before Daryl Murphy scored a 25-yard strike in off the bar. Sunderland, however, lost their next game 1\u20130 to Portsmouth on 23 February at Fratton Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, March\nOn 1 March Sunderland drew 0\u20130 away to Derby County. Michael Chopra could have put the team in the lead, only for it to be ruled out for offside. Sunderland's manager said, \"He [Chopra] was clearly onside and we are always told that the advantage goes with the attacking player.\" An Andrew Johnson goal on the verge of half time helped Everton to a 1\u20130 win at the Stadium of Light on 8 March. Sunderland lost consecutive games when Chelsea beat them 1\u20130 on 15 March due to a Didier Drogba goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, March\nAndy Reid came close to putting Sunderland in front as his free kick was plucked from the top corner by Carlo Cudicini. Sunderland's first away win of the season came on 22 March when they won 1\u20130 at Villa Park against Aston Villa. An 83rd minute Michael Chopra scored the winning goal for Sunderland. A 2\u20131 win at home to West Ham United on 29 February helped Sunderland to their first consecutive wins of the season. Kenwyne Jones' first goal since late December levelled the score at 1\u20131 and a 95th minute Andy Reid goal won the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, April\nA 3\u20131 away win to Fulham on 5 April helped Sunderland to nine points in three games, as goals came from Danny Collins, Michael Chopra and Kenwyne Jones. They lost 2\u20131 at home to Manchester City on 12 April. Manchester City were awarded a dubious penalty given by Mike Riley, and Elano converted it in the 79\u00a0minute. Dean Whitehead equalised with a near post volley after Andy Reid crossed the ball. Manchester City, however, still had time to win the game and Darius Vassell scored an 89th minute scuffed shot to beat Craig Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0017-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, April\nOn the return fixture of the Tyne and Wear derby on 19 April Sunderland were defeated 2\u20130 away to Newcastle United. The next game was another derby for Sunderland, this time the Tees\u2013Wear derby on 26 April. Sunderland won the game 3\u20132 at home to Middlesbrough, with goals from Danny Higginbotham, Michael Chopra and an Emanuel Pogatetz own goal, thus securing their safety and staying in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195088-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, May\nAfter ensuring their own safety, Sunderland travelled to Bolton Wanderers on 3 May, who were not yet safe from relegation. Sunderland lost the game 2\u20130 at the Reebok Stadium. On 11 May, the last game of the Premier League season, Sunderland played Arsenal at the Stadium of Light. Arsenal won the game 1\u20130 through a Theo Walcott goal. Sunderland also recorded their highest home attendance of the season, when the match was watched by 47,802 people. Sunderland finished the season with 39 points in 15th place, with Kenwyne Jones as top goal scorer with seven goals. Left-back Danny Collins was named as Sunderland's player of the season, while on-loan centre-back Jonny Evans was named as the club's young player of the season for the second season running. They finished with an average home attendance of 42,728 which was the fifth highest in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 903]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195089-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Super League Greece\nThe 2007\u201308 Super League Greece was the 72nd season of the highest football league of Greece and the second under the name Super League. The season began on 1 September 2007 and ended on 20 April 2008. The defending champions were Olympiacos. Asteras Tripolis, Veria and Levadiakos were promoted from Beta Ethniki in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195089-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Super League Greece, Postponement\nOn 25 August, the Super League and the Hellenic Football Federation decided to postpone the opening fixtures scheduled for that weekend (25 and 26 August) due to the ongoing fire disaster in the south of Greece (especially in the Peloponnese and Euboea). The championship started on 1 September 2007. Matchday 2 was carried out on the weekend of 21\u201322 September due to UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying matches (8 September) and Greek legislative election (16 September).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195089-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Super League Greece, Postponement\nOn 20 February 2008 UEFA president Michel Platini presented the Hellenic Football Federation with a CHF 1\u00a0million cheque to help finance the rebuilding of football facilities damaged by the fires in Greece that summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195089-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Super League Greece, Play-offs\nThe play-off winner enters the UEFA Champions League's second qualifying round, a two-legged tier from which the winner advances to the 3rd round qualification of the UEFA Champions League. The winner of the Greek Football Cup automatically qualifies for the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup, as well as the runners-up of the Super League play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195089-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Super League Greece, Play-offs\nIn the play-off for Champions League, the teams play each other in a home and away round robin. However, they do not all start with zero points. Instead, a weighting system applies to the teams' standing at the start of the play-off mini-league. The team finishing fifth in the Super League will start the play-off with zero points. The fifth place team's end of season tally of points is subtracted from the sum of the points that other teams have. This number is then divided by three to give the other teams the points with which they start the mini-league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195089-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Super League Greece, Play-offs\nThe teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195090-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Superliga Femenina\nThe 2007\u201308 Superliga Femenina started on 8 September 2007 and ended on 20 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195091-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sussex County Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Sussex County Football League season was the 83rd in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195091-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sussex County Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195091-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sussex County Football League, Division Two\nDivision Two featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195091-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sussex County Football League, Division Three\nDivision Three featured eleven clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195092-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swansea City A.F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, Swansea City competed in Football League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195092-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Season summary\nSwansea finished the season as champions of League One, ten points ahead of runners-up Nottingham Forest. Swansea had flirted with the top six for the first third of the season, before a run of six straight wins lifted them to first place, which they did not relinquish for the rest of the season. This winning sequence was the start of eighteen straight matches without defeat. The club also enjoyed good form in the Football League Trophy, reaching the Southern finals before being knocked out by Milton Keynes Dons in a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195092-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195092-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195092-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195093-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swedish Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007\u201308 Swedish Figure Skating Championships were held at the Scandinavium in G\u00f6teborg between December 7 and 10, 2007. Because they were held in December, they were officially designated by the Swedish federation as the 2007 Swedish Championships, but the champions are the 2008 Swedish Champions. Senior level (Olympic-level), junior level, and two age-group levels of novice (Riksm\u00e4sterskap (RM) and UngdomsSM (USM)) skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating. This event was used to help choose the Swedish teams for the 2008 World Championships, the 2008 European Championships, and the 2008 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195094-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swindon Town F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Swindon Town's first season in the League One since their relegation from the division in 2006. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town will also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup\nThe Swiss Cup 2007-08 (Swisscom Cup) is the 83rd season of Switzerland's football knockout competition. The winner was FC Basel. AC Bellinzona qualified for the UEFA Cup after finishing as runner-up due to Basel qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Format\nIn season 2007-08 the tournament structure was changed. The 10 clubs from the Swiss Super League as well as the 17 clubs of the Swiss Challenge League qualified directly for the cup and entered in the round of 64. FC Vaduz were not included in the cup as they play in the Liechtenstein Cup. 11 clubs from the 1st league as well as 26 clubs from the amateur leagues had to qualify in regional tournaments for the Swisscom Cup. This was played in the knockout system. Each round was held earlier because of the Euro 2008. The final was held in April instead of May or June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Format\nEach match was played over ninety minutes with extra time and a penalty shootout if required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Format\nRound of 64 (15 and 16 September 2007)\u00a0: The winning teams qualify for the 1/32 Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Format\nRound of 32 (20 and 21  October 2007)\u00a0: The winning teams qualify for the 1/16 Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Format\nRound of 16 (24 and 25 of November 2007)\u00a0:  The winning teams qualify for the Quarter-Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Format\nQuarter Finals (15 and 16 of December 2007)\u00a0:  The winning teams qualify for the Semi-Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Format\nSemifinals (27 and 28 of February 2008)\u00a0:  4 teams, the victors qualify for the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Format\nFinal (6 April 2008)\u00a0:  The victor wins the 83rd Swiss cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Round of 64\nTeams in the Super League and Challenge league are seeded cannot play each other. The team that is in a lower league plays at home advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Round of 32\nSuper League teams cannot play each other. A team in a lower league plays at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Round of 16\nIn this round there is no seeding. Lower league teams play at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195096-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Cup, Final\nThis final did not take place in the traditional location of the Stade de Suisse in Bern. The pitch was being changed at the Stade de Suisse in order to be able to ready in June for the European Championship '08. As the replacement the St. Jakob-Park in Basel was picked. Also the date of the match was moved because of Euro 2008. The Final took place on 6 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195097-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Super League\nThe 2007\u201308 Swiss Super League was the 111th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition is officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 18 July 2007 and has ended on 10 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195097-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Super League, Results\nTeams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195097-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Super League, Relegation play-offs\nFC St. Gallen as 9th-placed team of the Super League were played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Bellinzona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195097-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Swiss Super League, Relegation play-offs\nBellinzona won 4\u20133 on aggregate. St. Gallen are relegated to the Swiss Challenge League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 season is Sydney FC's third season of football (soccer) in Australia. The club finished seventh in the A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup and competed in the 2007\u201308 A-League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season\nAfter a disappointing start to the season, the club sacked coach Branko \u010culina in October, and appointed John Kosmina. The team recovered from its poor start to finish third on the league table, securing a place in the finals series but being eliminated in the semi-final by Queensland Roar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season\nThe club represented Australia at the Pan-Pacific Championship in February 2008 and finished fourth after losing to American MLS sides Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles Galaxy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, Pre-season, AFC Champions League\nAs 2005\u201306 A-League Champions, Sydney qualified for the 2007 AFC Champions League as one of the two teams representing Australia along with 2005\u201306 League Premiers, Adelaide United. Group matches were played from March to May 2007, during the A-League off-season. Sydney finished second in their group after two wins, three draws and one loss, a point behind Urawa Reds who progressed to the next stage of competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, Pre-season, Squad preparation\nFor the new season, Sydney have established an agreement with Macquarie University to use the Sport and Aquatic Centre as a training base and also establishing an off-field relationship offering educational, corporate and research linkages. As part of preparations, the club staged a training camp on the Sunshine Coast with a match against a team of local players in the lead up to their opening Pre-season Cup match. Sydney will also play a series of friendly matches against NSW Premier League and State League sides, to engage with the Sydney football community. These friendlies and Pre-season Cup matches also provided experience for trialling players Ben Vidaic, Cameron Watson, Daniel Severino, Robbie Cattanach, Shannon Cole, Chris Nunes, former short-term Sydney player Tolgay \u00d6zbey and goalkeepers Vendram Janjetovic and Matthew Nash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 901]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007 A-League Pre-season Cup\nThe Pre-season Cup competition consists of two groups of four teams, each team to play each other once. All teams then progress to a playoff stage with opponents based on group position, followed by finals series to determine the cup winner. Sydney finished the group stage bottom of Group B behind Central Coast Mariners, Queensland Roar and Wellington Phoenix. After a loss and a win in the final placings matches, they were ranked seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nOn 5 August, David Carney was transferred for A$125,000 to English Championship side, Sheffield United. The former Sydney player signed a three-year deal with the club which has been reported to earn him around A$1.25 million a year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nNew players including former Socceroos regular Tony Popovic and former LA Galaxy Attacking Midfielder, Michael Enfield have signed with Sydney for the upcoming season. On 3 August 2007 Brazilian international Juninho Paulista, formerly of Celtic and Middlesbrough, signed with Sydney FC as their marquee player. Sydney have also announced the signings of youth players Ben Vidaic and Adam Biddle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nFormer Socceroos Tony Popovic has been named the new skipper alongside current Socceroos Mark Milligan as vice-captain for the coming 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nOn 15 October 2007 Michael Bridges was signed on a loan with Sydney FC, until the end of the 2007\u201308 season of the Hyundai A-League as a replacement for long-term casualty Michael Enfield, who has been ruled out for several months after sustaining a serious knee injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nOn 22 October 2007, it was announced that Branko Culina would be sacked from the club following disappointing results. It was announced on 23 October, that former Adelaide United coach John Kosmina will take the role as the new head coach of Sydney FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nKosmina got the side of to a flying start under his tenure, his first match in charge, a clash with then table-topping rivals Central Coast, a thrilling 3\u20132 victory in front of a crowd of nearly 18,000 at the SFS, a sign of bigger things to come for the Blues. This was followed by an impressive 1\u20130 away victory over Newcastle Jets; with former England junior Michael Bridges recording his first goal for Sydney FC. An entertaining 0\u20130 draw at the Telstra Dome, with rivals Melbourne, followed, with Sydney FC still undefeated under Kosmina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nSydney FC suffered their first loss under John Kosmina on 15 December losing 4\u20132 to bottom side Perth Glory. Sydney goals were scored by Steve Corica and Michael Bridges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nOn 22 December, a crucial match against the Central Coast Mariners resulted in a 5\u20134 victory in favour of Sydney. The match, held at Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, was described by critics as the best game ever to come from the A-League. The crucial win moved Sydney FC up by 3 points to 4th place on the ladder, overtaking Adelaide United. The win was especially savoured after Sydney were down 2\u20130 after 15\u00a0minutes. The controversial sending-off of Mariners goalkeeper Danny Vukovic in the 16th minute turned the match in favour of Sydney, who scored their 5th goal via an Ufuk Taly penalty with the final kick of the match in stoppage time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nOn Friday 28 December 2007, Sydney FC came from behind for the second time in two weeks to defeat a 10-man Adelaide United 3\u20131 and keep its unbeaten away record intact in front of a record crowd of 25,039 in Adelaide. This result forced Adelaide down to 5th on the ladder. With 3rd place Newcastle Jets unable to secure a victory over Wellington Phoenix in Round 18, Sydney leap-frogged the Jets into 3rd place, with only 3 points behind the tied leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nA week later Sydney travelled across the Tasman to face Wellington Phoenix at Westpac Stadium. Sydney came out of this match once again victorious winning 2\u20130 with goals from Northern Ireland superstar Terry McFlynn and current leading goalscorer for Sydney in 2007/2008 Alex Brosque. This kept them in 3rd position on the A-League ladder and in good contention for a finals berth. This win also ensured that the Phoenix would not reach the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nAs of 30 December 2007 rumours suggesting that Sydney had signed Simon Colosimo from the Perth Glory and Newcastle Jets striker Mark Bridge for the 2008/2009 Season. Although these rumours have been proved true, no statements have officially been released as neither player wanted to cause trouble at their present clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nOn Sunday 13 January 2008 Sydney flew up to Brisbane to play the Queensland Roar at Suncorp Stadium. The game finished 0\u20130, with both sides taking a point. Sydney only needed a draw to secure their place for a 3rd consecutive finals appearance. The draw means that the top 4 teams (Sydney, Queensland Roar, Central Coast Mariners, Newcastle Jets) are all on 31 points each, although Queensland are on top due to goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0017-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nBoth teams had excellent chances to open the scoring for their club, but good keeping and failure to capitalise on good opportunities meant that many goals went begging. In the end the 32,000 strong crowd at Suncorp Stadium went home feeling disappointed that they didn't get their money's worth for this State of Origin Match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nThe final game of the 2007/2008 regular season saw Sydney's largest crowd of the season, it drew a large crowd of 33,458 people. Sydney needed to win by at least 2 goals, and they got off to a flying start, with Steve Corica scoring in the 3rd minute. For the rest of the half Melbourne looked shellshocked, and never really recovered from to shock early goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0018-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nBut they hit back 25\u00a0seconds after the break, with Sydney's minds still back in the dressing room, Melbourne midfielder Nick Ward flew down the right wing and took a shot, which ended up rebounding into Sydney defender Mark Milligan, ending up as an own goal. With 15\u00a0minutes left in the game Alex Brosque scored, making the score 2\u20131. But 5\u00a0Minutes later Danny Allsopp scored for Melbourne, leaving the final score 2\u20132. Sydney failed to claim the minor premiership which ended up going to the Central Coast Mariners with their 2\u20130 victory over the Wellington Phoenix at Gosford. Sydney will now play Queensland Roar in the Semi-Final which is to be held at the Sydney Football Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nOn Friday 26 January Sydney played their first leg home final against the Queensland Roar in front of a crowd of 23,450 at the Sydney Football Stadium. The match which was supposed to be played up at Queensland's home ground Suncorp Stadium but it was moved to Sydney because of a concert by the '80s band The Police. Recent matches against the roar, had all been mostly uneventful affairs, including a 0\u20130 draw a couple of weeks beforehand, and it was the same again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0019-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nBoth sides had few chances during the 1st half, but Queensland's Brazilian import Reinaldo missed a golden opportunity when he air-swinged a cross in the opening 10\u00a0minutes. Sydney's best chance came in the 2nd half when Alex Brosque made a break, got around defender Andrew Packer and only had to slot the ball past the keeper but ended up booting the ball over the crossbar, and into the disappointed 'cove' supporters. Late in the 2nd half Sydney suffered a blow when midfielder Robbie Middleby was fouled heavily by Roar defender Sasa Ognenovski and injured his hamstring. Middleby is now expected to miss the next leg up in Brisbane, and possibly the Grand Final. Sydney had to chance to get a double late in the game when Brendon Santalab and Patrick missed golden opportunities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 836]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nSydney and Queensland will now play the second leg of the minor semi-final at Suncorp Stadium on 8 February 2008. Two weeks later Sydney were up in Brisbane to face off in the second leg of the preliminary final. They had suffered a knock-back the day before they flew up with Marquee player Juninho ruled out with a knee injury that he picked up in training. Ruben Zadkovich was announced as his replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0020-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, 2007\u201308 Hyundai A-League\nSydney started the match well but with many poor decisions by referee Mark Shield including the sending off of Midfielder Robbie Middleby for a tackle, which did not even deserve a yellow. Queensland scored in the 14th minute through their Brazilian import Reinaldo and Sydney never looked like coming back after that. Referee Shield made another poor call when Sydney captain Tony Popovi\u0107 allegedly shoved Roar striker Tahj Minniecon in the penalty box, and Sasa Ognenovski converted the penalty past keeper Clint Bolton. Many Sydney fans were disgusted at the poor display shown by referee Mark Shield, as most games refereed under him have turned out to be fair challenges, and as a result the small Sydney group that had travelled across the border booed him off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, Hyundai Club Challenge\nSydney hosted the Los Angeles Galaxy in a one-off exhibition match at Telstra Stadium on 27 November, including high-profile Galaxy signing David Beckham. Sydney won the exciting match 5\u20133, which included a Beckham goal from a free kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, Pan-Pacific Championship\nSydney represented Australia in the inaugural Pan-Pacific Championship held in Hawaii. They placed fourth overall after losing both matches, first to American MLS champions Houston Dynamo and then Los Angeles Galaxy in the third place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, Player details, Squad\nPlayers included in a Sydney FC squad in the 2007\u201308 season:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, Player details, Transfers\nWith Branko Culina installed at the helm, he sought to reconstruct the Sydney squad which had been plagued by injuries and financial constraints the previous year. Nikolai Topor-Stanley and Noel Spencer left for other A-League sides at the end of the Asian Champions League, but defender Nikolas Tsattalios was rewarded with a longer term contract. New signings from foreign leagues were unveiled in American Michael Enfield, Brendon Santalab and World Cup Socceroo Tony Popovi\u0107. Popovi\u0107's expected role in the club was further reinforced by being handed the captaincy for the A-League season. The club also fulfilled their youth player quota, signing Joey striker Ben Vidaic and winger Adam Biddle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 751]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, Player details, Transfers\nThe club also sought to find a new marquee player as they had been unable to land a household-name since the departure of Dwight Yorke at the start of the previous season. The club unsuccessfully courted a number of high-profile internationals including Philip Cocu, Robbie Fowler, Hakan \u015e\u00fck\u00fcr, Christian Vieri, Jay-Jay Okocha and John Aloisi. On 3 August 2007 Sydney announced, (two days after media reports broke the story) that Brazilian international Juninho Paulista will be their marquee player on a one-year deal. This came the same time as David Carney agreed to move to English side Sheffield United following speculation of his departure following the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. Sydney finalised their squad by signing a second Brazilian in striker Patrick da Silva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, Player details, Transfers\nWith the season kicking off, new reserve goalkeeper Ivan Necevski suffered an injury in training expected to keep him out of action for up to two months. APIA Leichhardt custodian Matthew Nash impressed in his preseason trial to earn a short-term contract as cover. As first round matches were underway with Nash on the bench, Sydney agreed terms with veteran John Filan to join the club, having recently returned home after retiring at Wigan. The short-term agreement fell through less than a week later, Filan citing outside issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, Team kit\nFor the third A-League season, all clubs released new playing strip supplied by sponsor Reebok. Sydney FC retained the established colours in a new design, a sky blue home shirt with navy blue and orange secondary colours, and a white away shirt with sky blue trim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195098-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Sydney FC season, Team kit\nSydney also signed new sponsorships with Sydney-based electronics retailer Bing Lee and electronic brand JVC. The home strip will feature Bing Lee as the main shirt sponsor with JVC on the shorts, while the away shirt will feature JVC prominently and Bing Lee on the shorts. A second shirt sponsorship was secured with HBA Health Insurance, that will appear on the back of the shirt below the player number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195099-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University. The team's head coach was Jim Boeheim, serving for his 32nd year. They played its home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The team finished with a 21\u201314 (9\u20139) record, while making it to the quarterfinal round of the NIT tournament. Junior Eric Devendorf was the team's elder classman for 2007\u201308 squad, starting at shooting guard. Sophomores Arinze Onuaku (center), and Paul Harris (guard/forward) and standout freshmen Dont\u00e9 Greene (forward) and Jonny Flynn (guard) rounded out the rest of the starting lineup. Following an injury to Devendorf, guard Scoop Jardine stepped in and Kristof Ongenaet also saw time in the starting lineup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195100-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Syrian Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Syrian Premier League is the 37th season of the Syrian Premier League, Syria's premier football league. It began on 27 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195100-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Syrian Premier League\nAl-Wathba and Qardaha were relegated from the previous season. Afrin and Al-Nawair moved up from the Syrian League 1st Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195100-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Syrian Premier League, Top goal scorers\nThe top scorers from the Syrian Premier League 2007\u201308 are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig\nThe 2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig season, (also known as the Turkcell S\u00fcper Lig for sponsorship reasons), was the 50th anniversary of top-flight professional football in Turkey. It was won by Galatasaray, who won their 17th championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig\nSince Turkey had climbed from 15th to 14th position in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2006\u201307 season, and UEFA Champions League-bound Zenit Saint Petersburg won the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, the domestic cup winner, Kayserispor, which had qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup, was promoted to the first round, filling the unused title holder spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig\nThe league began on 10 August 2007 with the \u0130stanbul B.B.\u2013Fenerbah\u00e7e match at Atat\u00fcrk Olympic Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig\nThe three relegated clubs would be replaced by three promoted clubs from the Bank Asya 1. Lig. Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi OFTA\u015e and \u0130stanbul B.B. both earned automatic promotion, while Altay, Diyarbak\u0131rspor, Kas\u0131mpa\u015fa and Malatyaspor played in the play-off tournament with Kas\u0131mpa\u015fa coming out victorious, becoming the third and last club to be promoted to the S\u00fcper Lig for 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 1\nThe league started with a surprise result, with \u0130stanbul B.B. defeating giants Fenerbah\u00e7e 2\u20130. Another important event of the first week was the record of Hakan \u015e\u00fck\u00fcr. By scoring two goals, he managed to reach to the record of the most goals scored domestically. The Trabzonspor\u2013Sivasspor match was suspended due to \"player and fan trouble\", just minutes before the referee would end it. The Federation ultimately awarded a default 3\u20130 victory to Sivasspor. This caused a harsh opposition from the Trabzonspor side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 7\nThe first derby of the season was the main event of this week but the decision of Karl Heinz Feldkamp became the center of the discussion rather than the match between Galatasaray and Be\u015fikta\u015f because he decided to exclude two important players of his team, \u015e\u00fck\u00fcr and Lincoln, from the match squad. The reason was their disciplinary problems. This week is also worth mentioning because none of the matches ended with a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 10\nFenerbah\u00e7e, after collecting five points in three Champions League matches, faced the newcomer of the league, Kas\u0131mpa\u015fa. Fenerbah\u00e7e hardly won the game which they were expected to dominate. On the other field of the competition, Galatasaray secured the victory in the last minutes and the surprise leader of the 9th Week, Sivasspor, was defeated by the desperate Konyaspor. One of the key events of the week was the transfer of Ersun Yanal, former national team manager, to Trabzonspor. Ziya Do\u011fan left his seat after the shocking defeat at the hands of Be\u015fikta\u015f in the 9th week where Trabzonspor lost its early advantage of 2\u20130 and ended up losing the game 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 24\nBe\u015fikta\u015f hosted Galatasaray on their 319th randez-vous. Both teams had critical absences such as injured Bobo and suspended Lincoln. Be\u015fikta\u015f won the game with final score of 1\u20130. Mert Nobre have scored to Galatasaray for the 6th time in his career as he already scored 3 whilst his Fenerbah\u00e7e spelling. Nobre could only score once in the first halve of season, then he accelerated his form and earned 6 goals until 24th week. Thereby, Be\u015fikta\u015f captured the top of table after 137 weeks of the league. Almost entire Be\u015fikta\u015f squad and board including chairman Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m Demir\u00f6ren and coach Ertu\u011frul Sa\u011flam had achieved the top position of the league for the very first time in their personal careers; squad exceptions were Serdar \u00d6zkan, G\u00f6khan Zan, and captain \u0130brahim \u00dcz\u00fclmez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 28\nThe most important match up of the weekend was between Be\u015fikta\u015f and Fenerbah\u00e7e. Sar\u0131 Kanaryalar had already captured the leadership previous week, Be\u015fikta\u015f was on target to overtake them again as the home side winner on last 6 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 28\nFenerbah\u00e7e started the match well with the header of Alex after Colin Kaz\u0131m-Richards' cross from the right side. Kaz\u0131m will have been to score against Chelsea on next match in Champions League. Be\u015fikta\u015f equalized the scoresheet with Serdar \u00d6zkan's goal; however, Alex closed the curtain with his second goal as he became the man of the match. This was a big impact on Be\u015fikta\u015f due to the victory of Sivasspor as they even lost the second place which they would lose the chance to join Champions League next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 28\nDuring the match, Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m Demir\u00f6ren's mother got feel faint, it was diagnosed that she had a sudden hypertension. Demir\u00f6ren had to leave the match in early minutes. Alex was protested by Be\u015fikta\u015f supporters after manipulated the situations during the corner kicks. The referee had added 4 and 8 minutes of stoppage time, sum of 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 28\nGalatasaray was fined by TFF and played against Gaziantepspor with no audience. This was the 6th match without the supporters this season due to be disciplined; nevertheless Cimbom was able to win 5 times that far. They had a 0\u20130 draw with Gaziantep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 29\nTurkish Professional Discipline Board fined Be\u015fikta\u015f for two matches, one to play in a neutral stadium and one with no audience due to manifestations consisting oaths on TFF and the referees in the match against Fenerbah\u00e7e previous weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 29\nThe most unexpected news was the resignation of Karl-Heinz Feldkamp from Galatasaray. Club officials declared that the reason was the opinion gap between Feldkamp and club board. On the later emerging news on the papers, it was claimed that the very last reason was Feldkamp's tactical changes on the team and selection before the match against Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi which did not consist Hakan \u015e\u00fck\u00fcr, Hasan \u015ea\u015f and Okan Buruk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 29\nSivasspor hosted Be\u015fikta\u015f as Fenerbah\u00e7e did for Kayserispor in the very crucial encounters of the weekend. Galatasaray was the guest of Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi. All three matches finished with narrow scores, therefore Fenerbah\u00e7e kept going as the leader. Lincoln was the scorer for Cimbom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 29\n\u0130stanbul B.B. manager Abdullah Avc\u0131 was linked with Galatasaray after his successful performance throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 29\nFormer Be\u015fikta\u015f player Pascal Nouma was in Turkey to follow the Be\u015fikta\u015f' match as he claimed that his former team to reach the title at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 31\nKas\u0131mpa\u015fa were relegated to Bank Asya 1. Lig, after their away match loss against Bursaspor with a 1\u20130 score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 32\nAt the biggest game of the season, Galatasaray defeated Fenerbah\u00e7e 1\u20130 at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium and went three points clear at the top of the table. \u00c7aykur Rizespor were relegated to Bank Asya 1. Lig, after their away match loss against Kayserispor with a 3\u20130 score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 33\nManisaspor Vestel Manisaspor were relegated to Bank Asya 1. Lig following a home loss against relegated Kas\u0131mpa\u015fa with a 2\u20131 score. Galatasaray defeated Sivasspor 5\u20133 at an away match and took a big step to the title. Fenerbah\u00e7e defeated Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi 3\u20132 at home and guaranteed UEFA Champions League qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Events, Matchday 34\nGalatasaray won their 17th championship after defeating Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi OFTA\u015e 2\u20130. Fenerbah\u00e7e finished in second position after losing 2\u20130 to Trabzonspor. Be\u015fikta\u015f finished in third position, securing a UEFA Cup spot, after winning 5\u20131 against relegated Vestel Manisaspor. Sivasspor won 2\u20130 against Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi, but could only qualify for UEFA Intertoto Cup after finishing in fourth, behind Fenerbah\u00e7e and Be\u015fikta\u015f, because of a poor head-to-head record against those two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Coaches\nBelow is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Teams promoted/relegated\nThe teams promoted from the TFF First League for the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195101-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 S\u00fcper Lig, Teams promoted/relegated\nThe teams relegated to the TFF First League for the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195102-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 TBHSL season\nThe 2007\u201308 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League season was the 16th season of the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League, the top level of ice hockey in Turkey. Seven teams participated in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195103-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 TFF First League\n2007\u201308 TFF First League season', the Bank Asya First League (often referred to as First League for short, or the Iddaa League A and T\u00fcrk Telekom League A for sponsorship reasons) is second-highest division overall in the Turkish football league system after the Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195103-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 TFF First League\nThe Football League Championship was introduced for the 2001\u20132002 season, having been previously known as the Second League (1963\u20132001), Second League Category A (2001\u20132005), Iddaa League A (2005\u20132006), Turk Telekom League A (2006\u20132007). Bank Asya First League started as TFF First League in 2007-2008 season. Name of the league changed after signing a sponsorship treaty between TFF and Bank Asya. The sponsorship treaty is validated until end of 2008-2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195103-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 TFF First League, Promotion Play-Offs\nPromotion Play-Offs will play in BJK \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc Stadium in \u0130stanbul. Semifinal matches will take place on May 16. League third is faced with league sixth and league fourth faced with league fifth. Winners of these matches will play on May 18 at final match. Winner of the match gained playing in Turkcell Super League in 2008-2009 season as Third of First League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195105-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 German football season, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim competed in the 2. Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195105-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season, Season summary\nHoffenheim's first ever season in the 2. Bundesliga saw them promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time, as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195105-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195105-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195106-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tahiti Ligue 2\nThe 2007\u201308 Tahiti Ligue 2 was the seecond highest division of the Tahitian football league. The competition is organized and administered by  F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Tahitienne de Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195106-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tahiti Ligue 2, Participating teams\nAS Vaiete, AS Excelsior, AS Punaruu, AS V\u00e9nus, AS Papenoo, AS Vairao, AS Roniu, AS Olympic Mahina, AS Papara, AS Vaiarii Nui, AS Vaiotaha and AS Hitia'a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season\nThe 2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season began October 4, 2007. It is the Lightning's 16th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season\nThe Lightning introduced a new logo design prior to the start of the season. The new, \"modernized\" logo is similar to the team's original logo, with the edges on the lightning bolt, and the text looking \"sharper.\" The wordmark \"Lightning\" has been dropped from the logo. It is the first change to the team's primary logo in its 15-year history and coincides with the launch of the Rbk Edge jersey design, introduced League wide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season\nThe Lighting also announced that the team, along with the St. Pete Times Forum, had been tentatively sold to a group represented by former Columbus coach and general manager Doug MacLean. The deal was terminated in mid-November after the group, called Absolute Hockey Enterprises, began to fight amongst itself, leading to lawsuits being filed. The team, in announcing the cancellation of the sale, expressed in a November 27 release that it hoped the deal could be resurrected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season\nForwards Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis were selected to represent the Lightning, and the Eastern Conference, at the 2008 All-Star Game in Atlanta. For the first time since the 2001\u201302 season, the Tampa Bay Lightning missed the Stanley Cup playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Regular season\nThe Lightning had the fewest power-play opportunities of all 30 teams (296) and, excluding one shootout goal allowed, gave up 266 goals during the regular season, tied with the Atlanta Thrashers for 30th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Regular season, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Playoffs\nThe Lightning failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 2001\u201302 season, snapping their four season playoff streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Player stats, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Transactions\nThe Lightning have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195107-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Draft picks\nTampa's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Lightning do not have a first round pick, having dealt the 16th overall selection to the Anaheim Ducks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195108-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a da Liga\nThe 2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a da Liga was the first edition of the Ta\u00e7a da Liga, also known as Carlsberg Cup for sponsorship reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195108-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a da Liga\nFor the first round (4 and 5 August), only teams competing in the Liga de Honra participated. In the second round (12 August), Primeira Liga teams entered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195108-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a da Liga\nThe competition was won by Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal, who defeated Sporting CP 3\u20132 in the penalty shootout after a goalless draw at the Est\u00e1dio Algarve, Faro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195108-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, First round, Drawing\nTeams had been distributed by two pots, being based on the position of the previous championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195108-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Second round, Drawing\nTeams were divided for two pots, one with the lower ranked Portuguese Liga teams and the other with the first round winners, who played at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195108-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Third round, Drawing\nTeams were divided in two pots, one with the higher ranked Portuguese Liga teams and the other with the second round winners, who played at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195108-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Fourth round\nThe winning teams of the third round will be in only one pot and will play in two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195108-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Fifth round\nThe four winners from the fourth round will play in a group stage with a single round-robin format. The teams that finish first and second in the group will advance to play each other in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195108-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Final\nCoin toss determined Vit\u00f3ria to be the first on the penalty shootout series. Except for Jorginho's shot at his right post (inner side), all other shots were saved by the goalkeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195109-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal\nThe 2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal was the 68th edition of the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal began on 2 September 2007. The final was played on 18 May 2008 at the Est\u00e1dio Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195109-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal\nSporting CP were the previous holders, having defeated Belenenses 1\u20130  in the previous season's final. Sporting CP regained the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal by defeating Porto, 2\u20130 in the final to win there fifteenth Ta\u00e7a de Portugal. By winning the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Sporting CP qualified for the 2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195109-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, First round\nFor the first round draw, teams were drawn against each other in accordance to their geographical location. The draw was split up into four sections: teams from the north, the center, the south and the Azores region. All first round cup ties were played on the 2 September. Due to the odd number of matches involved at this stage of the competition, Fayal, Maia, Mirandense, Penamacorense and Torre de Moncorvo progressed to the next round. The first round of the cup saw teams from the Terceira Divis\u00e3o (IV) start the competition alongside some teams who registered to participate in the cup from the Portuguese District Leagues (V).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195109-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Second round\nTies were played on the 23 September. Due to the odd number of matches at this stage of the competition, 1\u00ba Dezembro, Abrantes, Cova da Piedade, Merelinense, Mon\u00e7\u00e3o, Padroense, Pampilhosa,  Rio Maior, S\u00e1t\u00e3o and Valecambrense qualified for the third round. The second round saw teams from the Portuguese Second Division (III) enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195109-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Third round\nTies were played on the 7\u201318 November. Due to the odd number of matches at this stage of the competition, Olhanense and Tocha qualified for the fourth round. The third round saw teams from the Liga de Honra (II) enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195109-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Fourth round\nTies were played on the 7\u20139 December. Due to the odd number of matches at this stage of the competition, Boavista and Mar\u00edtimo qualified for the fifth round. The fourth round saw teams from the Primeira Liga (I) enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195109-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Fifth round\nTies were played on the 19\u201320 January. Due to the odd number of participants involved at this stage of the competition, Valdevez qualified for the quarter finals due to having no opponent to face.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195109-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Sixth round\nTies were played on the 9\u201310 February. Due to the odd number of participants involved at this stage of the competition, Estrela da Amadora qualified for the quarter finals due to having no opponent to face.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195110-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Telford Tigers season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Michaelwallace22 (talk | contribs) at 04:41, 9 September 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195110-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Telford Tigers season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, the Telford Tigers participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195110-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Telford Tigers season, Knockout Cup table\n[ *] Guildford advance to play Milton Keynes in a two legged semi-final. [ **] Sheffield and Peterborough advance to play each other in a two legged semi-final. Peterborough beat Milton Keynes in 2 legged final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195111-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Temple Owls men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Fran Dunphy and played their home games at the Liacouras Center. The Owls are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 21\u201313 and 11\u20135 in A-10 play. They won the 2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195112-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee. The head coach was Pat Summitt. The team played its home games in the Thompson-Boling Arena and was a member of the Southeast Conference. The Lady Vols won their second straight, and record eighth national championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195113-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\nTo begin a highly touted year, the 2007 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team traveled to Europe and played a few European teams going 4\u20131 against them. The Vols were hurt when Sophomore F Duke Crews was suspended. Crews suffered a 30-day suspension, but missed both exhibition games with an ankle injury. UT's first exb. game was against the California-Pennsylvania Vulcans, winning handily, 106\u201346. The University of Tennessee lead the SEC in unrelated Smiths (JaJaun, Tyler, and Ramar). Crews also missed  about a month due to heart problems. The Vols finished 31\u20135, winning the SEC regular season championship, for the first time since 2000. But the Vols lost in the 3rd round of both the SEC and NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195113-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, Roster\nSteven Pearl,     Quinn Cannington,   Tanner Wild,    Rick Daniels-Mulholland,  Justin Jackson, Brett Jackson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195113-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, Roster\nHead Coach: Bruce Pearl,Associate Coach: Tony Jones,Assistant Coach: Steve Forbes,Assistant Coach: Jason Shay,Director of Basketball Operations: Ken Johnson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195114-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Terceira Divis\u00e3o\nThe 2007\u201308 Terceira Divis\u00e3o season was the 58th season of the competition and the 18th season of recognised fourth-tier football in Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195114-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Terceira Divis\u00e3o, Overview\nThe league was contested by 94 teams in 7 divisions of 10 to 14 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195115-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n\nThe season 2007\u201308 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n was fourth tier of football in Spain. Play started on 26 August 2007 and ended 18 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195115-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n, Overview\nThere were 364 clubs competing in  Tercera Divisi\u00f3n (Third division) in the 2007\u201308 season, divided into 18 regional groups, each accommodating between 20 and 21 clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195115-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n, Overview\nThe following clubs finished as champions of their respective groups", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195115-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n, Overview\nThe top 4 teams from each regional group were eligible to progress to the promotion playoffs divided into 18 sub-groups. The 18 sub-group winners were promoted to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195115-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n, Promotion Play-offs, Group Winners\nPromoted to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B as group winners: Ciudad Santiago, Sporting B, Racing B, Barcelona Atl\u00e8tic, Sant Andreu, Alzira, Valencia Mestalla, Navalcarnero, Roquetas, Antequera, San Fernando, Linense, Atl\u00e9tico Baleares, Santa Eul\u00e0lia, Las Palmas Atl\u00e9tico, Ciudad Lorqu\u00ed, Sangonera Atl. and Real Murcia B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195116-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented    Texas A&M University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. The team was    led by first-year head coach Mark Turgeon, who replaced Billy Gillispie in April 2007. In 2006\u201307, the Aggies finished 27\u20137 (13\u20133 in the Big 12), advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, and finished 9th in the final AP Poll \u2014 their first top 25 finish since the 1979\u201380 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195116-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 team won the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament. The 98\u201354 home win against Texas Tech matched the Aggies' largest margin of victory set in 1959 against Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195116-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team, Leading into the season, Summer games\nSix Aggie players participated in summer games during the summer prior to the start of the season. Junior Josh Carter participated in the Kobe Bryant Skills Academy in late June, and tried out for the Team USA basketball team for the 2007 Pan American Games. Though Carter was one of the 14 finalists to play for the team, he was one of the two who got eliminated. He later joined Athletes in Action to play several games in Australia. Incoming freshmen B.J. Holmes, DeAndre Jordan, and Nathan Walkup participated in the Global Games in Dallas in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195116-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team, Leading into the season, Summer games\nJordan later joined Team USA for the under-19 world championship game in Serbia, where the team lost in the gold medal game. Sophomore Donald Sloan played for a different Athletes in Action team in the William Jones Cup in July. Sloan's team finished with a 5\u20134 record and tied for third place. Sophomore Bryan Davis played for the East Coast All-Stars, who went on a 10-day tour in Belgium and the Netherlands in August. Against the Dutch national team, Davis scored 16 points and made 11 rebounds. Davis' team finished with a 3\u20134 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195116-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team, Leading into the season, Rankings\nThe preseason Big 12 Coaches' Poll picked the Aggies to finish third. The preseason Coaches Poll ranked the Aggies 14th, tied with the Gonzaga Bulldogs, and the preseason AP Poll ranked the Aggies 16th. ESPN columnist Andy Katz ranked the Aggies 17th in his \"pre-preseason\" top 25 rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195116-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team, Leading into the season, Preseason honors\nJoseph Jones was named to the Wooden Award preseason top 50 list, and the preseason all-Big 12 team. Though Jones declared for the NBA Draft in the summer, he withdrew himself prior to the deadline and decided to continue playing for the Aggies his senior season. Josh Carter was the 2007 NCAA leader in 3 point accuracy and currently holds the Big 12 record for career accuracy. Dominique Kirk is a Defensive All-American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 89], "content_span": [90, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195117-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball competition as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The 2007\u201308 team shared the Big 12 championship, won a school-record 31 games, and reached the Elite Eight of the 2008 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195118-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Raiders finished 16\u201315 overall and 7\u20139 in Big 12 Conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195118-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team\nThis season marked the final year that Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight led a team. He resigned with 11 games remaining to allow his son and assistant coach, Pat Knight, to lead the team prior to taking over head coaching responsibilities full-time in 2008\u201309. Bob Knight compiled a 12\u20138 record before stepping down; Pat then went 4\u20137 to finish out the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195119-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Texas\u2013Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Texas\u2013Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by second year head coach Scott Cross, played their home games at Texas Hall and were members of the West Division of the Southland Conference. The Mavericks won the Southland Basketball Tournament to receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. As No. 16 seed in the South region, they lost in the First Round to eventual National runner-up Memphis, 87\u201363.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195120-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top 14 Final, Match details\nTouch judges: Christophe Berdos Pascal GauzereTelevision match official: Daniel GilletAssessors: Cl\u00e9ment Grau Daniel Irazoqui Bernard Perez", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195121-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top 14 season\nThe 2007-08 Top 14 Competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition, operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Because France hosted the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the competition did not begin at its normal time of August, but instead started on the last weekend in October 2007, one week after the Rugby World Cup final. The league compensated for the late start by playing on several weekends that it normally skips, namely the weekends of the 2008 Six Nations Championship and the semifinals and final of the 2007-08 Heineken Cup. The season ended on June 28, 2008, with Toulouse defeating regular-season league leader Clermont 26\u201320 in the final and thereby lifting the Bouclier de Brennus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195121-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top 14 season\nThis year's edition of the Top 14 welcomed Auch and Dax, who earned promotion from Rugby Pro D2. Agen and Narbonne were relegated from the Top 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195121-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top 14 season\nAs in previous seasons, the top four clubs at the end of the home-and-away season advanced to a single-elimination playoff. The semifinals were held at neutral sites, with the final at Stade de France. Going into the season, the top six clubs were guaranteed of berths in the 2008-09 Heineken Cup. Since Toulouse advanced to the 2007-08 Heineken Cup final against Irish club Munster, thereby assuring a higher finish for a French team in that competition than for any team from England or Italy, the seventh-place club also earned a berth in the 2008-09 Heineken Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195121-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top 14 season\nThe bottom two teams were provisionally relegated to Pro D2, with the possibility of one or both of the bottom teams to be reprieved if a team above them failed a postseason financial audit. This happened in 2007-08, as Albi failed the audit, ultimately giving a reprieve to second-from bottom Dax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195121-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top 14 season\nThis season, LNR trialled a modification to the bonus point system in both the Top 14 and Pro D2. The system to be used this season was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195121-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top 14 season\nThis system was explicitly intended to prevent a losing team from earning two bonus points, as is possible under the standard system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195121-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top 14 season, Table\nBlue background Fifth to seventh also qualify for the 2008\u201309 Heineken Cup. Pink background Bottom two places are relegated to the 2008\u201309 Rugby Pro D2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195121-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top 14 season, Attendances\nThe league has seen a major increase in attendance in recent years. In 2006-07, per-game attendance averaged 10,549, up from 9,288 in 2005-06 and 7,255 in 2004-05, when the league consisted of 16 teams instead of its current 14. The 2005-06 and 2006-07 totals are skewed to some degree because Stade Fran\u00e7ais drew over 79,000 fans to each of the two fixtures they played at Stade de France in both seasons. However, even if the Stade de France fixtures are not included, per-game attendance was 8,549 in 2005-06 and 9,267 in 2006-07, both well above the 2004-05 figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195121-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top 14 season, Attendances\nThe final average attendance for the 2007-08 regular season was 11,106, another increase from the previous season. The LNR also reported that league-wide season ticket sales were up by 11% from 2006-07. The most-attended matches were the three Stade Fran\u00e7ais matches played at Stade de France, each of which drew more than 75,000, and Toulouse's three games at Stadium Municipal, each of which drew at least 30,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195122-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top League\nThe 2007\u201308 Top League was the fifth season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. The Sanyo Wild Knights became the first ever team in the Top League to win all their league games, but were defeated for the Top League title by Suntory Sungoliath 14-10 in the Microsoft Cup final on February 24, 2008 at Chichibunomiya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195122-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Top League\nThe Top League is a semi-professional competition which is at the top of the national league system in Japan, with promotion and relegation between the next level down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195123-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Torneo Argentino A\nThe 2007\u201308 Argentine Torneo Argentino A was the thirteenth season of third division professional football in Argentina. A total of 25 teams competed; the champion was promoted to Primera B Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195123-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Torneo Argentino A, First stage\nAs Zone 3 had 9 teams and Zones 1 and 2 8 teams, each team of Zone 1 played against 1 team of Zone 2 to complete the fixture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season\nThe 2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season began October 4, 2007. It is the 91st season of the franchise, 81st season as the Maple Leafs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season\nIn an effort to return to the playoffs in 2007\u201308, the Leafs made two significant moves during the off-season. The first was to acquire goaltender Vesa Toskala (along with Mark Bell) from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for three draft picks. Toronto also signed free agent Jason Blake to a five-year, $20\u00a0million contract. Blake reached the 40-goal mark for the first time in 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season\nWith the Leafs struggling in the Northeast Division, the future of John Ferguson Jr.'s tenure as general manager has been widely debated after club president Richard Peddie admitted that hiring Ferguson was \"a mistake\". According to TSN, the Leafs asked former Toronto general manager Cliff Fletcher to serve as interim general manager early in January. On January 22, it was announced that Ferguson's time with the club had ended, as the board of directors at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment voted to make a change. Fletcher was named interim general manager of the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season\nDefenceman Tomas Kaberle was selected to represent the Maple Leafs and the Eastern Conference at the 2008 All-Star Game in Atlanta, Georgia. He hit all four targets in four shots to become the winner of the accuracy competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season\nOn October 8, 2007, newly acquired winger Jason Blake announced that he had chronic myelogenous leukemia, a treatable form of cancer. He continued playing during treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season\nIn mid-November 2007, Jiri Tlusty was caught in a scandal when nude photos of him appeared on the Internet. Tlusty apologized for this incident and admitted that he made a mistake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season\nThe Maple Leafs struggled on the penalty kill during the regular season, allowing an NHL-high 77 power-play goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season, Conference standings\nbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, z \u2013 placed first in conference (and division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Playoffs\nFor the third straight year, the Leafs did not qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Schedule and results, Playoffs\nOn March 27, 2008, the Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from postseason contention for the third straight season following a 4\u20132 loss to the Boston Bruins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Maple Leafs. Stats reflect time with Maple Leafs only. \u2021Traded mid-season. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Transactions\nThe Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195124-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Draft picks\nToronto's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season\nThe 2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season was the 13th National Basketball Association (NBA) season for the Toronto Raptors basketball franchise, with the 2007\u201308 season scheduled to begin in October 2007. The major acquisition was that of three-point specialist Jason Kapono from the Miami Heat, and much expectations also rested on the maturing of Andrea Bargnani, Toronto's number one draft pick in 2006. With an overwhelming majority of home game sellouts (32, the second highest in franchise history), the Raptors qualified for the playoffs for the second year running, but this time around as the sixth seed. The Raptors faced the third seed Orlando Magic, and were eliminated in five games. The Raptors had the tenth best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Offseason\nComing off a successful 2006\u201307 campaign, Toronto were one of the league leaders in season ticket sales before the season began. Toronto was barred largely by salary cap from making any drastic changes to its starting lineup, but they remained active in transfer activity. The Raptors first acquired Georgios Printezis from the 2007 NBA draft, and followed up with a trade for Carlos Delfino, and the free agent signings of Jamario Moon, Maceo Baston and three-point specialist Jason Kapono. On the other hand, long-serving swingman Morris Peterson signed a four-year, $23-million US contract with the New Orleans Hornets, while Luke Jackson was waived. Toronto played seven pre-season exhibition games\u2014including five games in a tour of Europe\u2014and won five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season\nThe Raptors were once again led by captain and All-Star power forward Chris Bosh, while much hope was rested on the number one pick of the 2006 NBA draft, Andrea Bargnani, who was slated to start as centre. Point guards T. J. Ford and Jos\u00e9 Calder\u00f3n were to be deployed in tandem, Anthony Parker filled in the shooting guard position and Kapono featured as the starting small forward (Jorge Garbajosa was ruled out for the whole season seven games into the campaign).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season\nInitially, this lineup worked well enough as Toronto won its first two games of the campaign; in its second game against the New Jersey Nets, it set franchise records for biggest margin of victory in a road game, and fewest points conceded in a road game. However, the Raptors lost the next three games: Bosh and Bargnani could not seem to play well together, and Parker went through a bad shooting streak. This prompted coach Sam Mitchell to replace Bargnani with the veteran Radoslav Nesterovi\u0107 as the starting centre to give the team a greater defensive presence. Toronto rebounded immediately with a road victory against the Philadelphia 76ers, and the athletic Moon was also promoted to the starting team in the next game against the Chicago Bulls, and the Raptors scored the largest win against Bulls in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 875]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season\nNevertheless, the Boston Celtics, who had acquired NBA All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen before the season began, were setting the pace in the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference as pundits had predicted (they would go on to record a league-best 66 wins in the regular season). Meanwhile, the Raptors struggled to maintain a .500 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season\nMoon was kept in the starting lineup for the most part and the rookie put up several good performances, while Calder\u00f3n\u2014who would lead the league with a 5.38 to 1 assist-to-turnover ratio by the season's end\u2014was equally outstanding stepping in for Ford who had suffered a severe injury to his back. Delfino was a revelation as well, contributing on both ends of the court when he was first brought into the fold. Bargnani on the other hand did not perform as expected and apart from Bosh, the frontcourt often saw the rotation of the Italian, Nesterovi\u010d and Kris Humphries. Kapono, in the meantime, was seldom used to his full potential, either in terms of minutes played or shots attempted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season\nDecember was a particularly challenging period, with injuries to several key players, a long road trip and games against some of the best teams in the league. Toronto reached the mid-season mark with a 22\u201319 record and ranked as the best three-point shooting and second best free-throw shooting team in the NBA. It marked the start of its latter half of the season with a road win against Boston, and January proved to be the best month yet as Toronto capitalised on home advantage and went 8\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season\nThe 2008 NBA All-Star Weekend featured four Raptors: Bosh as the starting power forward for the East in the All-Star game, Bargnani and Moon for the Rookie/Sophomore Challenge, Moon for the Slam Dunk contest, and Kapono for the Three-Point Shootout. By this period, Bargnani and Bosh were beginning to combine more effectively, while Calder\u00f3n continued to put in impressive performances regularly. Juan Dixon was traded to Detroit Pistons for Slovenian centre Primo\u017e Brezec before the trading deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season\nFebruary and early March featured mostly opponents from the lower half of the league table, but Toronto had difficulties pulling away from the .500 mark, although the home win over the Knicks on 24 February 2008\u2014their 54th game of the campaign\u2014was the fastest Toronto ever reached the 30-win mark in a season. Nevertheless, the loss of Bosh for several games in the final third of the campaign sent the Raptors struggle even further; in a heavy 102\u2013137 defeat to the Denver Nuggets on 14 March 2007, the team set a franchise record for most first-half points given up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season\nWith Boston dominating the division\u2014and subsequently winning the title easily\u2014Toronto's problems were exacerbated by Ford's increasing frustration at playing backup to Calder\u00f3n, and there were even calls for Ford to be traded at the end of the season. Nesterovi\u010d was one of the few players who played well in Bosh's absence, but was unable to halt the team's slide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season\nThe return of Bosh in late March served as a minor reprieve, but the Raptors continued to capitulate in spectacular fashion in their remaining games, plummeting down the conference rankings with defeat after defeat, and fans were beginning to show their displeasure. In response, Bosh made a video on YouTube, urging the fans to rally behind the team as the playoffs were arriving. The Raptors went on to close out the season with a 41\u201341 record, qualifying for the 2008 NBA Playoffs as the sixth seed and setting up themselves with a matchup against the Orlando Magic. While ending the season as the league's best three-point shooting team (0.390) and the team with the least turnovers (13.1 per 100 possessions), the Raptors continued to be criticised for being defensively poor on the perimeter, and playing without enough aggression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 884]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Playoffs\nThe first-round series against the Magic was touted as the matchup between two of the league's best young big men in Dwight Howard and Bosh, but the Raptors were perceived to have an advantage in their dual-point guard play. With Orlando holding home court advantage, however, the Raptors were unable to win their first two road games. In Game 1, Bargnani was deployed as the starting small forward (with Nesterovi\u010d moved to the bench) but this did not pay dividends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Playoffs\nOrlando took a huge lead in the first quarter with nine three-pointers converted and with Howard dominating the game, Toronto were unable to cut back on the deficit. Game 2 was the same with Orlando opening up the first quarter with a big lead and Howard dominating yet again, but solid plays from Bosh, Kapono and Calder\u00f3n saw the Raptors take the lead with just a couple of minutes remaining in the game. With 9 seconds left on the clock, Bosh had a chance to score the game-winning basket but his 18-foot jumper missed the mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Playoffs\nCoach Mitchell promised yet another change in the starting lineup for Game 3 at Toronto (with Moon replacing Nesterovi\u010d), and this time the Magic were unable to dominate the first quarter as before. With Ford leading Toronto in scoring and Calder\u00f3n stepping up his game yet again, the Raptors preserved some hope with a 108\u201394 home win. Only one point separated both teams leading up to the fourth quarter in Game 4, and despite Bosh recording 39 points and 15 rebounds, deadly shooting by the Magic in the final few minutes ensured victory for the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195125-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toronto Raptors season, Playoffs\nBack on the road in Game 5, Toronto were outplayed by the Magic in the second half, and were thus eliminated from the first round four games to one. GM Bryan Colangelo said at a press conference thereafter, \"Whether it's protecting [Bosh] inside the paint, getting a little bit more of a presence in there, to just getting him another scorer that's going to shoulder some of that burden, it's something that's clear we have to get better\", hinting that changes to the squad beckoned for the next season. Throughout the series, Orlando's point guard Jameer Nelson capitalised on being left unguarded and shot 51.9% from the three-point arc, while Howard single-handedly outrebounded the entire Toronto frontcourt with 91 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195126-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Torquay United F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was Torquay United's first season in the Conference National after being relegated from League Two. The season runs from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195126-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview\nHaving been a Football League team for 80 years, Torquay United were finally relegated at the end of the 2006\u201307 season. After the most chaotic and disastrous season in Torquay's history, chairman Mike Bateson eventually sold the club to an eight-man consortium with Alex Rowe appointed as the new chairman and former-Gull Colin Lee returning as chief executive. Although Leroy Rosenior had previously been announced as the new manager, the consortium decided to go in a different direction and install ex-Torquay midfielder and current Exeter City assistant manager Paul Buckle as the new boss. With only a handful of players still on the club's books, Buckle had to work fast to build a new team in time for Torquay's first season in the Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195126-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview\nDespite a slightly nervous 0\u20130 draw with Grays Athletic in their first ever Conference match, the Gulls soon established themselves within the division and quickly became the team to beat. Buckle had managed to create a particularly potent strike force with new signings Tim Sills, Chris Zebroski and Lee Phillips combining to score nearly 50 league goals between them and Torquay were never out of the play-off spots all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195126-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview\nUnited were also enjoying more TV coverage than ever before with Setanta Sports now televising live Conference games and the BBC even coming to Plainmoor to broadcast the 4\u20131 FA Cup First Round victory over League One side Yeovil Town. Yeovil had themselves previously inflicted a cup 'upset' over Torquay in 1992 when they were a non-League side, so it was sweet revenge for the Gulls now that the two team's fortunes had been reversed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195126-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview\nAfter eventually finishing 3rd in the Conference, Torquay met their local rivals Exeter City in the play-off semi-final. Despite coming away from St James Park with a 2\u20131 lead in the first leg and going 1\u20130 up in the return match at Plainmoor, Exeter managed to score four goals in the final 18 minutes of the match to condemn Torquay to a 5\u20133 aggregate defeat and another season in the Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195126-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview\nThere was the possibility of a consolation for Torquay just a few days later as they had reached the final of the FA Trophy which entailed a trip to the new Wembley Stadium. However, a 1\u20130 defeat by Ebbsfleet United resulted in another disappointing day for the Gulls. Maybe the only highlight of the day was a late substitute appearance from Kevin Hill who made his 474th and final appearance for Torquay United, breaking the all-time appearance record which had been set by Dennis Lewis back in 1958.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195126-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview\nAlthough Torquay United were perhaps a club who were fortunate to even still be in existence after the d\u00e9b\u00e2cle of the previous season, this was a campaign which had promised to deliver so much but had ultimately ended in disappointment. Having failed to return to the Football League at the first attempt, Torquay would now have to make sure they achieved it at the second time of asking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195126-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Torquay United F.C. season, Match results\nAll friendly matches and first team games in Conference National, FA Cup, FA Trophy and Conference League Cup are listed below. Reserve matches and regional cup competitions are not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195126-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Torquay United F.C. season, Player statistics\nAs of final game of the season on 10 May 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195127-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toto Cup Al\nThe 2007\u201308 Toto Cup Al was the 24th season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the third edition involving Premier League clubs only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195127-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toto Cup Al\nThe final, played at Ramat Gan Stadium on 19 December 2007, was won by Maccabi Haifa, who had beaten Bnei Sakhnin 2\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195127-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toto Cup Al, Format change\nThe 12 Premier League clubs were divided to three groups, with four teams in each group, playing a double round-robin tournament. The top two teams and the two best third-place finishers from the three groups advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195127-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toto Cup Al, Group stage\nThe matches were played from 4 August 2007 to 14 November 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195128-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toto Cup Artzit\nThe 2007\u201308 Toto Cup Artzit was the 9th time the cup was being contested. The final was played at Sar-Tov Stadium (HaKufsa) in Netanya on 11 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195128-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toto Cup Artzit\nThe winners were Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata, beating Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 3\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195129-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toto Cup Leumit\nThe 2007\u201308 Toto Cup Leumit was the 19th time the cup was being contested. The final was played at Haberfeld Stadium on 18 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195129-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toto Cup Leumit\nThe winners were Hapoel Petah Tikva, beating Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 2\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur season was the club's 16th season in the Premier League, their 29th successive season in the top division of the English football league system and their 125th year overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season\nSpurs had finished fifth in the previous season's Premier League, thereby qualifying for the UEFA Cup. They then progressed to the last 16 of the competition to face PSV. After the two rounds and one away goal each, Spurs were finally eliminated 6\u20135 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season\nIn the FA Cup, Spurs were eliminated by Manchester United in the fourth round, losing 3\u20131. This was also the season where Tottenham won the League Cup, beating Chelsea 2\u20131 at Wembley Stadium. Their victory remains the team's last official trophy, as of 2020, although they've been close to ending the drought, most notably in the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nDuring the 2007 summer transfer period Tottenham added centre-back Youn\u00e8s Kaboul from Auxerre for \u00a38\u00a0million, followed by striker Darren Bent for a club record fee of \u00a316.5\u00a0million. This was also the season that Spurs acquired Gareth Bale from Southampton for \u00a35\u00a0million. Additional signings included Danny Rose from Leeds United and Kevin-Prince Boateng from Hertha BSC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nDeparting the club was Egyptian footballer Mido. He initially arrived on an 18-month loan deal from Roma in January 2005 and in 2006 signed a permanent deal; on 16 August 2007, he was sold to Middlesbrough for \u00a36\u00a0million. Also departing was Reto Ziegler, who was loaned out to Sampdoria in Italy for the second half of the 2006\u201307 season. Sampdoria subsequently signed him permanently from Spurs for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007\u201308 Season\nTottenham started off their Premier League campaign away at promoted Sunderland with a 1\u20130 loss. Three days later they travelled to Everton, losing 3\u20131, then back at White Hart Lane recorded their first win, 4\u20130 against Derby County. After that Tottenham recorded four draws and three defeats in the Premier League, which included a 3\u20133 draw away to Fulham and a 4\u20134 draw against Aston Villa. In the UEFA Cup first round Spurs won 6\u20131 against Cypriot club Anorthosis, then followed up with a 1\u20131 draw away in Cyprus. Manager Martin Jol's final Premier League game was on 22 October, a 3\u20131 away loss at Newcastle United. On 25 October, in the UEFA Cup, Spurs hosted Getafe, losing 2\u20131. Following the match, it was announced that Jol had been sacked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007\u201308 Season\nAfter one match with Clive Allen and Alex Inglethorpe in charge, Juande Ramos was hired as Jol's replacement, having previously managed Sevilla. Alongside Ramos, Gus Poyet was handed the assistant head coaching role. Marcos \u00c1lvarez, who worked alongside Ramos at Sevilla, also joined the backroom staff, as fitness coach. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy was widely criticised for his treatment of Jol following revelations that Ramos was approached to replace Jol during the summer, which many thought undermined his leadership and ruined his credibility as an authoritative figure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007\u201308 Season\nRamos' reign began with a 2\u20130 win over Blackpool in the League Cup. Immediately following Ramos' appointment, it was made clear in the public forum that he was very unhappy with the fitness of the team and instigated a new diet and fitness regime. Tottenham's league form began to improve and their progress in the League Cup began with a 2\u20130 win over Manchester City, which ended City's unbeaten home record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007\u201308 Season\nOn 27 January 2008, Spurs went out of the FA Cup in the fourth round to a 3\u20131 defeat at the hands of Manchester United at Old Trafford. Tottenham took the lead through Robbie Keane but eventually lost to United to a goal from Carlos Tevez and two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, one of which was a penalty where Michael Dawson was sent off for a deliberate handball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007\u201308 Season\nTottenham's run in the League Cup continued with a semi-final first leg 1\u20131 draw against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium; a 5\u20131 win over Arsenal at White Hart Lane followed, resulting in a 6\u20132 Spurs aggregate victory. This booked a place in the final against Chelsea. Tottenham went on to win the match 2\u20131 thanks to a Jonathan Woodgate header in extra time, securing Tottenham's first trophy since 1999. It also guaranteed them UEFA Cup qualification for the third season running.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007\u201308 Season\nOn 13 March 2008, Tottenham were eliminated from the UEFA Cup in the last 16 round by PSV. The first leg played at White Hart Lane was a 1\u20130 defeat for Spurs following a mistake from Gilberto. Dimitar Berbatov scored in the second leg away at the Philips Stadion to take the game to extra time and subsequently penalties. Here, Tottenham lost 6\u20135 when Pascal Chimbonda missed his kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007\u201308 Season\nOn 22 March 2008, Spurs played Portsmouth, winning 2\u20130. Darren Bent struck the 100th goal of the 2007\u201308 Premier League campaign. Jamie O'Hara followed two minutes later with the club's 101st. BBC sport writer Ian Hughes noted that Tottenham have \"an average of 3.63 goals in every Spurs game this season\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, 2007\u201308 Season\nAfter earning a point on 19 April in a 1\u20131 draw against Wigan Athletic, Tottenham secured their mathematical safety in the Premier League after reaching 42 points. Berbatov's sixth-minute strike was Tottenham's 100th in all competitions that season, 64 in the Premier League and 36 in cup competitions. The season ended on 11 May 2008 with a 2\u20130 home defeat to Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Team kit\nThe team kit for the 2007\u201308 season was produced by Puma. The main shirt sponsor was Mansion, an Internet gambling establishment. A special 125th anniversary commemorative kit was produced for a match against Aston Villa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Squad list\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Statistics, Goal scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195130-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski\nThe 2007\u201308 Tour de Ski was the 2nd edition of the Tour de Ski and took place from 28 December 2007 until 6 January 2008. The race kicked off in Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto, the Czech Republic, and finished in Val di Fiemme, Italy, ten days later. It featured 8 top international cross-country skiing competitions, of which two were sprint events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 1\nPrologue - December 28; 3.3\u00a0km classical, individual start;  Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto, Czech Republic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 2\nDecember 29;  10\u00a0km free technique, pursuit;   Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto, Czech Republic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 3\nDecember 30; 1.0\u00a0km free technique, sprint;  Prague, Czech Republic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 4\nJanuary 1;  10\u00a0km free technique, pursuit;   Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto, Czech Republic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 5\nJanuary 2; 10\u00a0km classical, individual start;  Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto, Czech Republic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 7\nJanuary 5; 10\u00a0km classical, mass start;  Val di Fiemme, Italy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Ladies, Stages, Stage 8\nFinal Climb - January 6;  10\u00a0km free technique, pursuit;   Val di Fiemme, Italy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 1\nPrologue - December 28;  4.5 km classical, individual start;   Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto, Czech Republic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 2\nDecember 29;  15 km free technique, pursuit;   Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto, Czech Republic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 3\nDecember 30;  1.2 km free technique, sprint;   Prague, Czech Republic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 4\nJanuary 1;  15 km free technique, pursuit;   Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto, Czech Republic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 5\nJanuary 2;  15 km classical, individual start;   Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto, Czech Republic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 7\nJanuary 5;  20 km classical, mass start;   Val di Fiemme, Italy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195131-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tour de Ski, Men, Stages, Stage 8\nFinal Climb - January 6;  10 km free technique, pursuit;   Val di Fiemme, Italy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195132-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toyota Racing Series\nThe 2007\u201308 Toyota Racing Series was the fourth running of the Toyota Racing Series. The Toyota Racing Series is New Zealand's premier open-wheeler motorsport category. The Series includes races for every major trophy in New Zealand circuit racing including the New Zealand Motor Cup and the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. The cars are also the category for the 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix, which was held as the third race of the Manfeild Autocourse round, - one of only two races in the world with FIA approval to use the Grand Prix nomenclature outside Formula One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195132-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Toyota Racing Series, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers are competing during the 2007\u201308 Toyota Racing Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195133-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Trabzonspor season\nIn the 2007\u201308 season, Trabzonspor finished in sixth place in the S\u00fcper Lig. The top scorer of the team was Umut Bulut, who scored nineteen goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195133-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Trabzonspor season\nThis article shows statistics of the club's players and matches during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195133-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Trabzonspor season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195134-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team represented Tulane University in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Green Wave were coached by Lisa Stockton. The Green Wave are a member of Conference USA and attempted to win the Conference USA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195135-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball during the 2007\u201308 season. Playing in Conference USA (C-USA) and led by third-year head coach Doug Wojcik, the Golden Hurricane finished the season with a 25\u201314 overall record and won the 2008 College Basketball Invitational \u2013 the first year of the tournament's existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195135-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team\nIn C-USA play, the Golden Hurricane finished in sixth place with a 8\u20138 record. They advanced to the championship game of the 2008 C-USA Tournament, where they lost to top-seeded Memphis, 77\u201351.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195136-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulsa Revolution season\nThe 2007\u201308 Tulsa Revolution season was the first season of the Tulsa Revolution professional indoor soccer club. The Revolution, a short-season expansion team in the final year of the American Indoor Soccer League, played their home games at SoccerCity Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They amassed only a 2\u20135 record but drew well at the box office, falling dormant only after the league folded in late 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195136-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulsa Revolution season, History\nThe team was led by owner Adam Mellor, head coach Kerry Shubert, and assistant coach Tama Aondofar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195136-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulsa Revolution season, History\nThe Revolution played 7 games of an abbreviated 8-game schedule, winning 2 and losing 5. (The game at Rockford was cancelled.) These matches counted in the league's rankings but left the team ineligible for post-season play. The first goal in Revolution history was scored by Michael Poneys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195136-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulsa Revolution season, History\nThe Revolution made XanGo energy drink the team's official beverage for the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195136-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulsa Revolution season, Roster moves\nThe Revolution's initial 22-man roster included players from Bolivia, Brazil, Laos, Liberia, Nigeria, Zaire, and across the Tulsa area. The prime goalkeeper was indoor veteran Sonny Dalesandro. Dalesandro persevered through a broken toe during the team's third game, a 7-6 win against Massachusetts, but missed the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195136-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulsa Revolution season, Roster moves\nOther initial players included Dave Leung from Jamaica plus Christopher Justice and Garba Lawal, both natives of Nigeria with international match play experience. Lawal was part of the gold medal-winning Nigerian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195136-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulsa Revolution season, Roster moves\nIn mid-January, the team released defender Tou Yer Yang and signed forwards Dominique Nayaga and Todd Goddard During the January 26th game against the Massachusetts Twisters, Kerry Shubert drew a red card penalty and a one-game disciplinary suspension. Late in the season, the team signed forward Todd Goddard, a native of Tulsa and a former member of the University of Tulsa's men's soccer team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195136-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulsa Revolution season, Awards and honors\nFor his work with youth soccer, head coach Kerry Shubert was named 2008 \"Competitive Girl's Coach of the Year\" by the Oklahoma Soccer Association. Shubert had also been the OSA's 2007 Coach of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195136-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tulsa Revolution season, Aftermath\nThe new team struggled on the field, winning just 2 games versus 5 losses. However, the team drew well, nearly 700 fans per game, and prepared to move to the Expo Square Pavilion for a 2008\u201309 season that was not to be. The Cincinnati Excite opted to sit out the 2008\u201309 season, the Rockford Rampage moved to the new National Indoor Soccer League, and the Massachusetts Twisters were put up for sale then followed Rockford to the NISL. With only the Revolution and the Northern Illinois Rebels remaining, the league folded in September 2008. The Revolution would lie dormant until winning an expansion franchise to join the Professional Arena Soccer League for its 2013\u201314 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195137-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1\nThe 2007\u201308 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 82nd season of top-tier football in Tunisia. It saw Club Africain crowned as champions. Stade Gab\u00e9sien and Esp\u00e9rance Sportive de Zarzis were relegated to Ligue Professionnelle 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195137-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1\nIt was played in a traditional league format, with 14 teams playing 26 rounds, two matches against every opposing team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195137-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1\nClub Sportif Sfaxien had two points deducted from their end of season total due to walking off field before completion of their round 15 game against Esp\u00e9rance Sportive de Tunis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League\nThe 2007-08 Turkish Basketball League was the 42nd season of the top professional basketball league in Turkey. Be\u015fikta\u015f Cola Turka finished first in the regular season and Fenerbah\u00e7e \u00dclker won their third national championship at the end of playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League, Regular season standings\nAlpella and TTNet Beykoz were relegated to Turkish Second Basketball League. Erdemirspor and Alia\u011fa Belediyespor will play in Turkish Basketball League in 2008-2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League, Turkish Basketball League 2007/2008 Play-offs\nTurkish Basketball League play-offs started on Saturday, May 3, 2008 and ran through June 4, 2008 with the League finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League, Turkish Basketball League 2007/2008 Play-offs\nQuarterfinal and Semifinal series are 5-match series. The teams first to reach 3 wins goes through to the next round. The team which has won both regular season match-ups starts with a 1\u20130 lead to the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League, Turkish Basketball League 2007/2008 Play-offs\nFinal series are 7-match series and the team that is first to reach 4 wins is the champion of the Turkish Basketball League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Quarter finals\n(1) Be\u015fikta\u015f Cola Turka (24-6) vs. (8) Band\u0131rma Banvit (14-16) (Series starts 1-0)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Quarter finals\n(2) Efes Pilsen (22-8) vs. (7) P\u0131nar Kar\u015f\u0131yaka (17-13) (Series starts 0-0)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Quarter finals\n(3) Fenerbah\u00e7e \u00dclker (21-9) vs. (6) Antalya Belediye (18-12) (Series starts 0-0)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Quarter finals\n(4) T\u00fcrk Telekom (20-10) vs. (5) Galatasaray Caf\u00e9 Crown (19-11) (Series starts 0-0)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Semifinals\n(1) Be\u015fikta\u015f Cola Turka (24-6) vs. (4) T\u00fcrk Telekom (20-10) (Series starts 0-1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 95], "content_span": [96, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Semifinals\n(2) Efes Pilsen (22-8) vs. (3) Fenerbah\u00e7e \u00dclker (21-9) (Series starts 0-1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 95], "content_span": [96, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195138-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Basketball League, 2007-08 Play-off seedings, results and schedules, Beko Basketball League Finals\n(3) Fenerbah\u00e7e \u00dclker (21-9) vs. (4) T\u00fcrk Telekom (20-10) (Series starts 0-0)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 114], "content_span": [115, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195139-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Turkish Cup\nThe 2007-08 Turkey Cup 2007\u201308 was the 46th edition of the annual tournament that determined the association football S\u00fcper Lig Turkish Cup (Turkish: T\u00fcrkiye Kupas\u0131) champion under the auspices of the Turkish Football Federation (Turkish: T\u00fcrkiye Futbol Federasyonu; TFF). Kayserispor won in the final. This tournament was conducted under the UEFA Cup system having replaced at the 44th edition a standard knockout competition scheme. The results of the tournament also determined which clubs would be promoted or relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195140-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.C. Sampdoria season\nU.C. Sampdoria had a successful season in the domestic league, finishing in sixth place. The club also captured Antonio Cassano from Real Madrid, with the notorious troublemaker settling in well at Sampdoria, helping the club to European qualification. The season also saw the first Serie A derbies between Sampdoria and Genoa C.F.C. since 1995, with Sampdoria winning the second one with 1-0, following a goalless draw in the beginning of the league campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season\nU.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo is playing the season 2007\u201308 in the Serie A, being the fourth season in a row for Palermo in the league since their return in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nFollowing a hard season ended in fifth place, Francesco Guidolin, sacked and successively recalled during the final days of the 2006\u201307 season, was not confirmed as Palermo head coach. On 31 May 2007, Atalanta boss Stefano Colantuono was announced to fill the vacant managing position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nRegarding the team players, Giovanni Tedesco announced, immediately following the final 2006\u201307 matchday, to have agreed for a one-year contract extension. The first two signings for the new season, midfielder Giulio Migliaccio from Atalanta and goalkeeper Samir Ujkani from Anderlecht, were announced on 8 June. On the same day, Palermo captain Eugenio Corini announced his intention not to renew his contract with the rosanero, which due to expire on 30 June, following a dispute with club management.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nThe 22 June deadline for the resolution of co-ownership brought the return of Davide Matteini from Empoli, whereas Stephen Makinwa, previously in co-ownership between Palermo and Lazio, was ultimately acquired by the biancazzurri. That same day, Andrea Caracciolo was announced to have been sold to Sampdoria in a co-ownership bid, whereas Mariano Gonz\u00e1lez, back from a season loan to Internazionale, was loaned out once again, this time to Porto. On 28 June, the club unveiled the signing of Serbian international Bo\u0161ko Jankovi\u0107 from Mallorca. On 5 July, two moves were made by Palermo, with David Di Michele being sold to Torino and Fabrizio Miccoli signing from Juventus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nPalermo's pre-season phase begun on 12 July, when all the players gathered in Udine and then moved to the training camp of Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria, where the team stayed until 4 August. From 6 to 12 August, the team successively moved to Villach, and then returned to Palermo in a training session at Stadio Renzo Barbera in front of 10,000 spectators. They made their Serie A debut on 26 August, a 2\u20130 home loss to Roma, and achieved their first seasonal win in the next matchday, a 4\u20132 away win at Livorno. The season ticket sale closed on 11 September with 19,992 tickets being altogether sold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nPalermo started their UEFA Cup campaign, their third consecutive, challenging Czech side Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav in the first round. The first leg, played at Mlada's home venue, ended in a 1\u20130 win for the rosanero thanks to a late winner goal by Bo\u0161ko Jankovi\u0107. This was followed by two Serie A consecutive wins, a 1\u20130 away victory at Cagliari and a last-minute 2\u20131 triumph against Milan, with Miccoli scoring a late winning goal during injury time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nHowever, in the return leg of the UEFA Cup first round, Palermo lost 1\u20130 at home, with a Mlad\u00e1 goal scored during injury time, and were defeated in the subsequent penalty shootouts, causing an unexpected elimination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nIn October, Palermo managed just to achieve four ties out of four matches, causing the team to slide down to ninth place, six points behind the fourth UEFA Champions League spot; increasing fans disappointment for these poor results led them to whistle and jeer the players during their October 31 home match, a home match with Parma ended in a 1\u20131 tie thanks to a late penalty equaliser scored by Amauri. In the aftermath of the match, Palermo captain Andrea Barzagli heavily criticized the fans for what he felt to be a hostile reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0005-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nThey returned to win on 10 November in a 2\u20131 home win to Napoli, after five consecutive ties. A crushing 5\u20130 away loss at Juventus on 25 November however persuaded club chairman Zamparini to sack Colantuono the next day and reappoint Guidolin at the helm of the rosanero. Guidolin marked his debut on 2 December, losing the Sicilian derby 3\u20131 in Catania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0005-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nThis was followed by two consecutive wins to Fiorentina and Atalanta and a home tie with Lazio, which allowed the rosanero to end the 2007 solar year in sixth place, four points shy of the fourth Champions League spot. Still in December, Palermo made their Coppa Italia seasonal debut with a 0\u20130 draw against Udinese at Stadio Friuli. They were however later defeated at home, and thus eliminated from the competition, by the bianconeri on the return leg, with a goal by Antonio Floro Flores scored during injury time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nDuring the January transfer market, Palermo loaned out Franco Brienza, the only player to have been a rosanero in all the top three Italian tiers, to Reggina. They successively sold Marco Pisano (on loan) and Aimo Diana (permanent transfer) to Torino, and signed full back Federico Balzaretti from Fiorentina and youngsters Luca Di Matteo and Edgar \u00c7ani from Pescara. The rosanero ended the first Serie A half in eighth place, after two consecutive league defeats to Sampdoria and Siena (the latter at home), and notably with the second-worst defensive line in terms of goals allowed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nPalermo ended their negative row of results of four consecutive defeats (including Coppa Italia matches) with a 1\u20130 home win to Livorno on 2 February. However, a disappointing row in March, with two points in four matches, and Palermo down to eleventh place, causing Zamparini to attack Guidolin for the poor performances of his team. This was followed by a third consecutive defeat, a disappointing 3\u20132 home loss to Genoa, and subsequent criticism by Guidolin who attacked Palermo fans declaring \"it's like playing in hell here\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0006-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nThese remarks were immediately criticized by the club management, who consequently declared they might reconsider Guidolin's position as head coach in the near future. On March 24 Palermo announced to have sacked Guidolin and reappointed Colantuono at the helm of the rosanero. In the debut match for his second tenure, Palermo lost 1\u20130 to Napoli, suffering the match's lone goal during injury time, but managed to defeat 3\u20132 third-placed Juventus the following week thanks to a late goal by full back Mattia Cassani, and then winning the Sicilian derby the following week thanks to a free kick by Fabrizio Miccoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195141-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nPalermo ended the league in 11th place, their worst result since the rosanero's return to the top-flight in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195142-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UAE Football League, Overview\nIt was contested by 12 teams, and Al-Shabab (United Arab Emirates) won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195143-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by 11th year head coach Pat Douglass and played at the Bren Events Center. They were members of the Big West Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195143-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2006\u201307 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 15\u201318 and 6\u20138 in Big West play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195144-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCF Knights men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 UCF Knights men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team that represented the University of Central Florida and competed in Conference USA. They played their home games at the UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida, and were led by head coach Kirk Speraw who was in his 15th season with the team. In the previous year, the Knights finished the season 22\u20139, 11\u20135 in C-USA play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195144-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCF Knights men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 season marked the first year that the Knights played in the new UCF Arena. From 1991\u20132007, the team played in the original UCF Arena, now known as The Venue at UCF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195145-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Africa Tour\nThe 2007\u201308 UCI Africa Tour was the fourth season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 5 October 2007 with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya and ended on 14 September 2008 with the Powerade Dome 2 Dome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195145-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Africa Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Hassen Ben Nasser from Tunisia was the defending champion of the 2006\u201307 UCI Africa Tour. Nicholas White of South Africa was crowned as the 2007\u201308 UCI Africa Tour champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195145-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Africa Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195146-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI America Tour\nThe 2007\u201308 UCI America Tour was the fourth season for the UCI America Tour. The season began on 7 October 2007 with the Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes and ended on 20 September 2008 with the Vuelta Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195146-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI America Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI America Tour cycling jersey. Svein Tuft of Canada was the defending champion of the 2006\u201307 UCI America Tour. Manuel Medina of Venezuela was crowned as the 2007\u201308 UCI America Tour champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195146-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI America Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195146-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI America Tour\nThe UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 79]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195147-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Asia Tour\nThe 2007\u201308 UCI Asia Tour was the 4th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 28 October 2007 with the Japan Cup and ended on 15 September 2008 with the Tour de Hokkaido.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195147-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Asia Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Hossein Askari from Iran was the defending champion of the 2006\u201307 UCI Asia Tour and was crowned as the 2007\u201308 UCI Asia Tour champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195147-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Asia Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195147-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Asia Tour\nThe UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195148-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup\nThe 2007\u20132008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup events and season-long competition takes place between 21 October 2007 and 20 January 2008 and is sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Nine events are organised, a reduction of two from the 2006/07 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup. In addition, not all events have races for each category, so that there are 8 rounds for elite men, 7 for elite women, and 5 for under-23 and junior men. Individual classifications for elite men and women were discontinued after the previous season, with more emphasis put on the UCI classifications.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195149-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Europe Tour\nThe 2007\u201308 UCI Europe Tour was the fourth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The season began on 21 October 2007 with the Chrono des Nations and ended on 16 October 2008 with the Giro del Piemonte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195149-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Europe Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey. Alessandro Bertolini of Italy was the defending champion of the 2006\u201307 UCI Europe Tour. Enrico Gasparotto was crowned as the 2007\u201308 UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195149-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Europe Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195149-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Europe Tour\nThe UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 78]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195149-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Europe Tour, Final ranking\nThere is a competition for the rider, team and country with the most points gained from winning or achieving a high place in the above races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195150-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Oceania Tour\nThe 2007\u201308 UCI Oceania Tour was the fourth season of the UCI Oceania Tour. The season began on 15 October 2007 with the Herald Sun Tour and ended on 3 February 2008 with the Tour of Wellington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195150-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Oceania Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Oceania Tour cycling jersey. Robert McLachlan of Australia was the defending champion of the 2006\u201307 UCI Oceania Tour. Hayden Roulston of New Zealand was crowned as the 2007\u201308 UCI Oceania Tour champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195150-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Oceania Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195151-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics\nThe 2007\u20132008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was a multi race competition over a season of track cycling. The season began on 30 November 2007 and ended on 17 February 2008. The World Cup is organised by the UCI. The 2007\u20132008 series carried vital ranking points towards the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The following tables contain only Olympic events, although many non-Olympic events are still held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195152-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nThe third round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Los Angeles, United States on 18 January 2008. 29 athletes participated in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 83], "section_span": [83, 83], "content_span": [84, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195152-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's individual pursuit, Competition format\nThe women's individual pursuit consists of a 3\u00a0km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one rider catches the other, the race is over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 83], "section_span": [85, 103], "content_span": [104, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195152-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's individual pursuit, Competition format\nThe tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top two riders in the qualifying round advanced to the gold medal match and the third and fourth riders advanced to the bronze medal race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 83], "section_span": [85, 103], "content_span": [104, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195152-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's individual pursuit, World Cup Standings\nWorld Cup standings after 3 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 83], "section_span": [85, 104], "content_span": [105, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195153-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's points race\nThe third round of the women's points race of the 2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Los Angeles, United States on 19 January 2008. 57 cyclists participated in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [76, 76], "content_span": [77, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195153-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's points race, Competition format\nA points race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is to earn points during sprints or to lap the bunch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 96], "content_span": [97, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195153-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's points race, Competition format\nThe tournament consisted of three qualifying heats of 10\u00a0km (40 laps) with four sprints. The top eight cyclist of each heat advanced to the 20\u00a0km final (80 laps) with eight sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 96], "content_span": [97, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195153-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's points race, Schedule\nSaturday 19 January15:25-15:45 Qualifying heat 115:45-16:05 Qualifying heat 216:05-16:25 Qualifying heat 320:10-20:40 Final21:05-21:10 Victory Ceremony", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 86], "content_span": [87, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195153-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's points race, World Cup Standings\nWorld Cup standings after 3 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 97], "content_span": [98, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195154-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's scratch\nThe third round of the women's scratch race of the 2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Los Angeles, United States on 18 January 2008. 50 cyclists participated in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195154-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's scratch, Competition format\nA scratch race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. There are no intermediate points or sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 92], "content_span": [93, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195154-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's scratch, Competition format\nThe tournament consisted of three qualifying heats of 5\u00a0km (20 laps). The top eight cyclist of each heat advanced to the 10\u00a0km final (40 laps).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 92], "content_span": [93, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195154-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 3 \u2013 Women's scratch, World Cup Standings\nWorld Cup standings after 3 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 93], "content_span": [94, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195155-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nThe fourth round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 15 February 2008. 23 athletes participated in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 83], "section_span": [83, 83], "content_span": [84, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195155-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's individual pursuit, Competition format\nThe women's individual pursuit consists of a 3\u00a0km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one rider catches the other, the race is over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 83], "section_span": [85, 103], "content_span": [104, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195155-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's individual pursuit, Competition format\nThe tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top two riders in the qualifying round advanced to the gold medal match and the third and fourth riders advanced to the bronze medal race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 83], "section_span": [85, 103], "content_span": [104, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195155-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's individual pursuit, World Cup Standings\nFinal standings after 4 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 83], "section_span": [85, 104], "content_span": [105, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195156-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's points race\nThe fourth round of the women's points race of the 2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 16 February 2008. 45 athletes participated in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [76, 76], "content_span": [77, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195156-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's points race, Competition format\nA points race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is to earn points during sprints or to lap the bunch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 96], "content_span": [97, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195156-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's points race, Competition format\nThe tournament consisted of two qualifying heats of 10\u00a0km (40 laps). The top twelve cyclist of each heat advanced to the 20\u00a0km final (80 laps).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 96], "content_span": [97, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195156-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's points race, Schedule\nSaturday 16 February12:35-12:55 Qualifying, heat 112:55-13:15 Qualifying, heat 216:10-14:40 Final14:50-14:55 Victory Ceremony", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 86], "content_span": [87, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195156-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's points race, World Cup Standings\nFinal standings after 4 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 97], "content_span": [98, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195157-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's scratch\nThe fourth round of the women's scratch race of the 2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 15 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195157-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's scratch, Competition format\nA scratch race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. There are no intermediate points or sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 92], "content_span": [93, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195157-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's scratch, Competition format\nThe tournament consisted of two qualifying heats of 7.5\u00a0km (30 laps). The top twelve cyclist of each heat advanced to the 10\u00a0km final (40 laps).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 92], "content_span": [93, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195157-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's scratch, World Cup Standings\nFinal standings after 4 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 93], "content_span": [94, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195158-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's team pursuit\nThe fourth round of the women's team pursuit of the 2007\u20132008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 17 February 2008. Six teams of three riders participated in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [77, 77], "content_span": [78, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195158-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's team pursuit, Competition format\nThe women's team pursuit consists of a 3\u00a0km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one team catches the other, the race is over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [79, 97], "content_span": [98, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195158-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics \u2013 Round 4 \u2013 Women's team pursuit, Competition format\nThe tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top two riders in the qualifying round advanced to the gold medal match and the third and fourth riders advanced to the bronze medal race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [79, 97], "content_span": [98, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195159-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific-10 Conference for the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. In his fifth year as head coach, Ben Howland led the team to its third straight Final Four appearance. The Bruins also set a new record number of wins for the regular season, eclipsing the 26 wins of 2006\u201307. Though the team was composed of many standout players, freshman center Kevin Love garnered much of the media's and school's attention with his .565 shooting percentage, 10.7 rebounds per game, 5.3 blocks, and 17.6 points per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195159-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team\nThe only losses the Bruins incurred during the regular season were to No. 8 Texas, and Pac-10 rivals USC and Washington, though the USC victory was later vacated upon discovery that USC player O. J. Mayo received illegal benefits while playing for USC. After becoming the Pacific-10 regular season champions and winning the Pacific-10 tournament, the Bruins were seeded No. 1 in the West Regional bracket of the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195159-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team\nIn the first round of the NCAA tournament, the Bruins held Mississippi Valley State to 29 points, the lowest total ever allowed in the first or second round of the tournament. After reaching the Final Four for the third year in a row, the Bruins lost to Memphis, the South Regional Champions. On August 20, 2009, Memphis' 38 wins during the 2007\u20132008 season and Final Four appearances were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions for the team's using an ineligible player, Derrick Rose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195159-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Roster\nThirteen scholarships were available to the team, and there were sixteen players on the roster. Kevin Love received permission from Walt Hazzard to wear the No. 42 he wore as player for UCLA. Hazzard's jersey had been retired by UCLA in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195159-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Awards\nU.S. Basketball Writers Association District IX Player of the Year", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195160-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UD Almer\u00eda season\nIn the 2007\u201308 season, UD Almer\u00eda played in two competitions: La Liga and the Copa del Rey. It was their first season in the top flight since their foundation in 1989, having secured promotion from the 2006\u201307 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n as runners-up. La Liga football returned to Almer\u00eda for the first time since their predecessor club, AD Almer\u00eda, were relegated after the 1980\u201381 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195160-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UD Almer\u00eda season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195160-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UD Almer\u00eda season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195160-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UD Almer\u00eda season, Squad, Almer\u00eda B players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League\nThe 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League was the 16th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded in 1992, and the 53rd tournament overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League\nThe final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, where Manchester United played against Chelsea, making it an all-English final for the first time in the history of the European Cup. Manchester United won the match 6\u20135 on penalties, following a 1\u20131 draw after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League\nMilan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Arsenal in the first knockout round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Qualification\n76 teams participated in the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League from 52 UEFA member associations (not including Liechtenstein). Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league coefficient which takes into account the performance of its clubs in European competitions from 2001\u201302 to 2005\u201306. ; associations with a higher league coefficients may enter more clubs than associations with a lower league coefficient, but no association may enter more than four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Qualification\nAll UEFA associations are guaranteed to have at least one team qualify, with the exception of Liechtenstein, which competes in the Swiss league system, but has no team in the Swiss Super League. One new nation entered their league champion in this year's tournament: Montenegro, following the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. The champions from San Marino and Andorra also entered from this year onwards. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2007\u201308 Champions League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Qualification, Association ranking\nFor the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2006 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2001\u201302 to 2005\u201306.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Qualification, Distribution\nSince the title holders (Milan) qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round through their domestic league and entered the group stage automatically, their spot in the third qualifying round is vacated, and the following changes to the default access list are made:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates\nThe calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates\n1 Group D teams played their Matchday 6 fixtures on 4 December due to Milan's participation in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan on 13 and 16 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates\n2 As both Milan and Internazionale use the Stadio San Siro as their home pitch, and both were scheduled to play at home for the second leg of the first knockout round, Internazionale's home leg against Liverpool was postponed by one week to 11 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nThe draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The first leg matches were held on 17 July and 18 July, while the second legs were played on 24 July and 25 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nThe draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The first leg matches were played on 31 July and 1 August, while the second legs were played on 7 August and 8 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nThe draw was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football. The first leg matches were played on 14 August and 15 August, while the second legs were played on 28 August and 29 August 2007. Winners in this round qualified for the group stage, while the losing clubs entered the first round of the UEFA Cup. Due to the death of Antonio Puerta, the second leg of Sevilla's game against AEK Athens was postponed until 3 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nThe draw was held on Thursday, 30 August 2007 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The draw was hosted by Pedro Pinto and conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The matches were played between 18 September and 12 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nThe top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage, and the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. Based on paragraph 6.05 in the  for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nSevilla and Slavia Prague made their debut appearance in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nIn results tables, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage\nFrom the last 16 through to the semi-finals, clubs play two matches against each other on a home and away basis with the same rules as the qualifying rounds applied. In the last 16, group winners play runners-up other than teams from their own pool or nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage\nThe draw for the first knockout round was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage\nThe draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were both held on Friday, 14 March 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Rinat Dasayev, the ambassador for the final in Moscow. Unlike the first knockout round, teams from the same group or country may be drawn together from the quarter-finals onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Round of 16\nThe first leg matches were played on 19 February and 20 February, while the second legs were played on 4 March and 5 March 2008. Due to a stadium clash with Milan, the second leg of Internazionale's game against Liverpool was held on 11 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe first leg matches were played on 1 April and 2 April, while the second leg matches were played on 8 April and 9 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-finals\nThe first leg matches were played on 22 April and 23 April, while the second leg matches were played on 29 April and 30 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Final\nThe 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. The final was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, representing the first time the final had been contested by two teams from England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Final\nUnited won the match 6\u20135 on penalties after the game had ended in a 1\u20131 draw. Cristiano Ronaldo had given the eventual victors the lead after 26 minutes, only for Frank Lampard to equalise immediately before half-time. Ryan Giggs came on as a substitute late in the second half to make his 759th appearance for Manchester United, a new club record. Early in extra time, Giggs had a shot cleared off the Chelsea goal-line by John Terry, whilst Chelsea twice hit the Manchester United woodwork. A mel\u00e9e involving most of the 22 players ensued midway through the second half of extra time, with Didier Drogba being sent off for a slap on Nemanja Vidi\u0107 right in front of the referee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Final\nThe scores level at full-time, the match went to penalties. Chelsea took the upper hand in the third round of the shoot-out as Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty was saved by Petr \u010cech, handing John Terry the chance to win the cup with Chelsea's fifth penalty. However, Chelsea's captain lost his footing as he went to kick the ball, and his shot hit the post. Ryan Giggs stepped up for United's seventh penalty, and scored, before Edwin van der Sar saved the following kick from Nicolas Anelka to crown Manchester United as the champions of Europe for the third time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195161-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Final\nAs winners of the competition, Manchester United went on to represent Europe at the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195162-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League group stage\nThe 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 18 September and 12 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195162-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League group stage, Seeding and draw\nSeeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients. The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots, with the restriction that teams from the same national association could not be drawn against each other. Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195162-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League group stage, Seeding and draw\nFor the nations with three or four clubs in the group stage, the following clubs were paired (so that the clubs from the same pair would play on different days): Milan and Internazionale, Roma and Lazio, Barcelona and Real Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla, Arsenal and Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United, Benfica and Sporting CP, Werder Bremen and Stuttgart. Additionally, winner of the qualifier between Sevilla and AEK Athens was paired with Olympiacos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195162-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League group stage, Tie-breaking criteria\nBased on paragraph 6.05 in the  for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195162-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League group stage, Groups\nTimes are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195163-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League began on 19 February 2008, and concluded on 21 May 2008 with the final at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow. The knockout stage involved the 16 teams who finished in the top two in each of their groups in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195163-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League knockout stage\nTimes are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195163-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Format\nEach tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed. If away goals were also equal, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided via a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195163-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Format\nIn the final, the tie was played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores were level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time was played, followed by penalties if scores remained tied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195163-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Round of 16\nThe draw for the first knockout round of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League was held on 21 December 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs of the first knockout round were played on 19 February and 20 February 2008, while the second legs were played on 4 March, 5 March and, in the case of Internazionale and Liverpool, 11 March, due to a stadium clash with the match between Milan and Arsenal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195163-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final was held on Friday, 14 March 2008 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Rinat Dasayev, the ambassador for the final in Moscow. Unlike the first knockout round, teams from the same group or country could be drawn together from the quarter-finals onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195163-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs of the quarter-finals were played on 1 April and 2 April, while the second legs were played on 8 April and 9 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195163-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Semi-finals\nThe first legs of the semi-finals were played on 22 April and 23 April, while the second legs were played on 29 April and 30 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195163-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Final\nThe 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds\nThe qualifying rounds for the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League began on 17 July 2007. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nThe draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding\nDerry City FH FBK Kaunas Tampere United Sheriff Tiraspol Olimpi Rustavi Pobeda", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding\nBATE Borisov Tirana Levadia Tallinn Pyunik Khazar Lankaran Astana  Linfield", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding\nThe New Saints  HB T\u00f3rshavn F91 Dudelange Marsaxlokk R\u00e0nger's  Murata Zeta", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Summary\nThe first leg matches were held on 17 July and 18 July, while the second legs were played on 24 July and 25 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Matches\n4\u20134 on aggregate; Ventspils won on the away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nThe draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 72], "content_span": [73, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nSteaua Bucure\u0219ti Rangers Shakhtar Donetsk Be\u015fikta\u015f Levski Sofia Slavia Prague  Rosenborg", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nRed Star Belgrade Copenhagen Dinamo Zagreb Genk Debrecen Red Bull Salzburg BATE Borisov", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nPyunik FH Zeta Tampere United Sheriff Tiraspol Astana Levadia Tallinn", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Summary\nThe first leg matches were played on 31 July and 1 August, while the second legs were played on 7 August and 8 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Matches\n2\u20132 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won on the away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Matches\n2\u20132 on aggregate; Sarajevo won on the away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nThe draw was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nSteaua Bucure\u0219ti Lazio Rangers Shakhtar Donetsk Be\u015fikta\u015f Anderlecht Dynamo Kyiv Tampere United", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nSparta Prague Fenerbah\u00e7e AEK Athens Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti Slavia Prague Spartak Moscow Rosenborg Red Star Belgrade", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nCopenhagen Toulouse Dinamo Zagreb Sarajevo Elfsborg Z\u00fcrich Red Bull Salzburg BATE Borisov", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195164-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Summary\nThe first leg matches were played on 14 August and 15 August, while the second legs were played on 28 August and 29 August 2007. Winners in this round qualified for the group stage, while the losing clubs entered the first round of the UEFA Cup. Due to the death of Antonio Puerta, the second leg of Sevilla's game against AEK Athens was postponed until 3 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup was the 37th edition of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England on 14 May 2008 between Rangers of Scotland and Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia. Zenit won the match 2\u20130, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov, to claim their first UEFA Cup title. The first qualifying games were played on 19 July 2007 and the main tournament commenced on 20 September 2007. A total of 123 football clubs took part in the tournament (including its qualifying rounds).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup\nEach European football nation is represented by a different number of its associate clubs, depending on the UEFA coefficients. Budu\u0107nost Podgorica was the first team from Montenegro to enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup\nThe semi-final between Zenit and Bayern Munich was alleged to have been fixed. Both clubs denied the allegations, and the UEFA probe found no wrongdoing on either part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup\nThe tournament's top scorers were Pavel Pogrebnyak of Zenit Saint Petersburg and Luca Toni of Bayern Munich, each with 10 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Qualifying stage, First qualifying round\nThe draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 at 13:30 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The matches were played on 19 July and 2 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 58], "content_span": [59, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Qualifying stage, First qualifying round\n1 This match was played at Partizan Stadium in Belgrade. 2 UEFA expelled Partizan from the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup due to crowd trouble at their away tie in Mostar, which forced the match to be interrupted for 10 minutes. UEFA adjudged travelling Partizan fans to have been the culprits of the trouble, but Partizan were allowed to play the return leg while the appeal was being processed. However, Partizan's appeal was rejected so Zrinjski Mostar qualified. 3 This match was played at Szusza Ferenc Stadium in Budapest because MTK Budapest's ground in Budapest does not meet UEFA standards. 4 This match was played at Zimbru Stadium in Chi\u015fin\u0103u because FC Nistru Otaci's ground in Otaci does not meet UEFA standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 58], "content_span": [59, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Qualifying stage, Second qualifying round\nThe draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football, was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The matches were played on 16 and 30 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, First round\nThe draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and G\u00e9rard Houllier, the winning coach in the 2000\u201301 tournament, was held on Friday, 31 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Monaco. The matches were played on 20 September and 4 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, First round\n1 This match was played at Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos because AE Larissa's ground (Alkazar Stadium in Larissa) would not meet UEFA standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Group stage\nThe draw, which was conducted by UEFA's director of professional football Giorgio Marchetti and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Tuesday, 9 October 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Group stage\nThe top three teams (highlighted in green) of each group qualified for the next round. Based on paragraph 6.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of all the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Final phase\nAll of the rounds in the final phase are two-legged, except for the final. In the event of aggregate scores being equal after normal time in the second leg, the winning team will be that which scored more goals on their away leg: if the scores in the two matches were identical, extra time is played. The away goals rule also applies if scores are equal at the end of extra time. If there are no goals scored in extra time, the tie is decided on a penalty shoot out. The team first out of the hat in each tie plays the first leg of their tie at home, and the second leg away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Round of 32\nThe draw for the round of 32, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight group winners were drawn against the eight third-placed teams, while the eight second-placed teams were drawn against the eight teams who finished third in the Champions League groups. Teams from the same group or the same country cannot be drawn together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Round of 32\nThe first legs were played on 13 and 14 February 2008. The second legs were played on 21 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Round of 16\nThe draw for the Round of 16, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was also held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 6 March 2008. The second legs were played on 12 and 13 March 2008. Unlike the previous rounds, teams from the same group or country may be drawn together from the round of 16 onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Denis Law, the ambassador for the final in Manchester, was held on Friday, 14 March 2008 at 14:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs of the quarter-finals were played on 3 April and the second legs were played on 10 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final matches were played on 24 April and 1 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Final phase, Final\nThe final was contested by Russian side Zenit Saint Petersburg and Scottish side Rangers F.C. on 14 May 2008 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England. Zenit won the match 2\u20130, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov coming in the last 20 minutes of the game to give Zenit their first UEFA Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195165-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup, Top goalscorers\nThe top scorers in the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup are the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase\nThe final phase of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup began on 13 February 2008. It was completed on 14 May 2008 with the final at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester. The knockout stage involves the 24 teams who finished in the top three in each of their groups in the group stage, along with the eight third-placed clubs from the Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase\nEach tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs will progress to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs will progress. If away goals are equal too, 30 minutes of extra time are played, followed by a penalty shootout if scores are still level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase\nIn the final, the tie is played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores are level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time is played, followed by penalties if scores remain tied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 32\nThe draw for the round of 32 was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight group winners were drawn against the eight third-placed teams, while the eight second-placed teams were drawn against the eight teams who finished third in the Champions League groups. Teams from the same group or the same country cannot be drawn together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 32\nThe first legs were played on 13 February and 14 February 2008. The second legs were played on 21 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 32, Second leg\nRangers 1\u20131 Panathinaikos on aggregate. Rangers won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 32, Second leg\nZenit St. Petersburg 2\u20132 Villarreal on aggregate. Zenit St. Petersburg won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 16\nThe draw for the Round of 16 was also held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 6 March 2008. The second legs were played on 12 March and 13 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 16, Second leg\nZenit St. Petersburg 3\u20133 Marseille on aggregate. Zenit Saint Petersburg won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 16, Second leg\nHamburg 3\u20133 Bayer Leverkusen on aggregate. Bayer Leverkusen won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 16, Second leg\nFiorentina 2\u20132 Everton on aggregate. Fiorentina won 4\u20132 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Round of 16, Second leg\nTottenham Hotspur 1\u20131 PSV Eindhoven on aggregate. PSV Eindhoven won 6\u20135 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Denis Law, the ambassador for the final in Manchester, was held on Friday, 14 March 2008 at 14:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 3 April and the second legs were played on 10 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Quarter-finals, Second leg\nGetafe 4\u20134 Bayern Munich on aggregate. Bayern Munich won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final matches were played on 24 April and 1 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Semi-finals, Second leg\nFiorentina 0\u20130 Rangers on aggregate. Rangers won 4\u20132 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195166-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup final phase, Final\nThe final was contested by Russian side Zenit Saint Petersburg and Scottish side Rangers on 14 May 2008 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England. Zenit won the match 2\u20130, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov coming in the last 20 minutes of the game to give Zenit their first UEFA Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round\nThe first round matches of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup were played on 20 September and 4 October 2007, which narrowed clubs down to 40 teams in preparation for the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round\n1 This match was played at Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos because Larissa's Alcazar Stadium did not meet UEFA standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nN\u00fcrnberg 2\u20132 Rapid Bucure\u0219ti on aggregate. N\u00fcrnberg won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nDinamo Bucure\u0219ti 2\u20132 Elfsborg on aggregate. Elfsborg won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nAberdeen 1\u20131 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on aggregate. Aberdeen won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nToulouse 1\u20131 CSKA Sofia on aggregate. Toulouse won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nAalborg BK 2\u20132 Sampdoria on aggregate. Aalborg BK won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nSparta Prague 0\u20130 Odense on aggregate. Sparta Prague won 4\u20133 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nDinamo Zagreb 3\u20133 Ajax on aggregate. Dinamo Zagreb won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nBrann 2\u20132 Club Brugge on aggregate. Brann won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nGetafe 3\u20133 Twente on aggregate. Getafe won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nPalermo 1\u20131 Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav on aggregate. Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav won 4\u20132 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nFiorentina 2\u20132 Groningen on aggregate. Fiorentina won 4\u20133 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195167-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup first round, Second leg\nAris 2\u20132 Real Zaragoza on aggregate. Aris won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195168-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup group stage\nThis article charts the seedings and the results of the group stage of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195168-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup group stage, Tie-breaking criteria\nBased on paragraph 6.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195169-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds\nThe qualifying rounds for the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup began on 19 July 2007. In total, there were two qualifying rounds which narrowed clubs down to 80 teams in preparation for the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195170-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Futsal Cup\n2007/08 UEFA Futsal Cup was the top European cup of Futsal, supported by UEFA, started on 11 August 2007 with match day 1 of Preliminary Round. The cup was finished on 27 April 2008 after the Final Four held in Krylatskoye Sports Palace in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195170-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Futsal Cup, Participants, Clubs eliminated in Preliminary Round\nTeams are listed alphabetical based on UEFA Official web page:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 76], "content_span": [77, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195170-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final four\nNote: Final Four matches were broadcast across Europe by Eurosport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195171-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Women's Cup\nThe UEFA Women's Cup 2007\u201308 was the seventh edition of the UEFA Women's Cup football club tournament (since rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League). 45 teams from 44 football associations took part this season. The tournament ended with Frankfurt of Germany emerging out as the winners in the final after a 4\u20133 aggregate win over Ume\u00e5 of Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195171-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Women's Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs was played on 14 & 15 November 2007, and the second legs on 21 & 22 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195171-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Women's Cup, Semi-finals\nThe first legs are scheduled to be played on March 29, and the second leg ons April 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195171-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UEFA Women's Cup, Final\nThe first leg was played on May 17, 2008, and the second leg on May 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195172-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ULEB Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 ULEB Cup was the sixth season of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, the EuroCup, which is organized by Euroleague Basketball S.L. It was also the last season for the competition under the name of ULEB Cup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one tier below the EuroLeague level. On July 2, 2008, EuroLeague Basketball S.L. and FIBA Europe announced that the competition would be renamed to the Eurocup, starting with the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195172-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ULEB Cup\nFor the first time, 54 teams competed. The Final Eight was held from April 10, to April 13, in Turin, Italy, in the  Palavela arena. The trophy was won by the Spanish club DKV Joventut, with the other finalist being another Spanish team, Akasvayu Girona. Dynamo Moscow took third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195172-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ULEB Cup, Format\nFor the first time in its short history, this season's ULEB Cup featured a total of 54 teams, divided into 9 groups of 6 teams. The round-robin group stage was followed by knock-out stages, until the last 8 remaining teams met in the competition's first ever Final Eight tournament. Just as in the previous season, the official broadcast partner of the ULEB Cup was Eurosport. The regular season began in November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195172-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ULEB Cup, Format, Regular season\nAll 54 teams in 9 groups (in each group 6 teams) played a round-robin competition (home and away). 3 teams from each group advanced to the Knockout stage (Sixteenth-finals). The 5 teams with the best results advanced, as did the fourth place in the group also advanced to the Playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195172-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ULEB Cup, Format, Top 32\nA draw was held to determine the eighth-finals match-ups. Each round was played as two games (home and away) to advance to the next stage. The winners were determined by points difference. Draws in the first games were possible. Example: UNICS 86, Real 80, first game. Real 99, UNICS 80, second game. Points difference, UNICS 166-179, Real win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195172-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ULEB Cup, Format, Top 16\nThe winners from the Sixteen-finals advanced to the eighth finals. The games were played as two games (home and away). The winners were determined by points difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195172-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ULEB Cup, Format, Final eight\nThe winners of the eighth finals played the Final Eight. It was held from April 10 to April 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195172-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ULEB Cup, Top 32\nThe draw to determine a bracket for the elimination rounds of the 2007\u201308 ULEB Cup was held on Monday, January 28, 2008, at 13:30 CET in the Museu Olimpic i de l'Esport in Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195173-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ULEB Cup Final\nULEB Cup 2007\u201308 Final  was the championship game of 2007\u201308 ULEB Cup played at the Torino Palavela in Turin, Italy. The final was won by DKV Joventut who beat Akasvayu Girona 79\u201354. It was the first time in ULEB Cup that two clubs from the same country competed in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195173-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ULEB Cup Final, Final, Game Stats\nNotes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were in starters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195173-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 ULEB Cup Final, Final, Game Stats\nNotes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were in starters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195174-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team represented University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195175-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UMass Minutemen basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen, led by third year head coach Travis Ford, played their home games at William D. Mullins Memorial Center and are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 25-11, 10-6 in A-10 play to finish for third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195176-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The team was coached by Lon Kruger, returning for his fourth year with the Runnin' Rebels. They played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV's main campus in Paradise, Nevada and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Runnin' Rebels finished the season 27\u20138, 12\u20134 in MWC play. They won the 2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning an 8 seed in the Midwest Region. The Runnin' Rebels defeated 9 seed Kent State in the opening round before losing to 1 seed and eventual National champion Kansas in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195177-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 USC Trojans men's basketball team, Regular season, Pacific-10 Tournament\nIn the 2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, the Trojans lost to UCLA, featuring Kevin Love, in the semi-finals. Both Mayo and Love were selected to the All-Pac-10 tournament team. In his NCAA Tournament debut with the Trojans, Mayo scored 20 points as USC was beaten by Kansas State and freshman Michael Beasley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195177-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 USC Trojans men's basketball team, Punishment for NCAA rules violations\nOn January 3, 2010, USC announced it would punish the Men's Basketball Program for rules violations committed in the 2007\u20132008 season, when O. J. Mayo attended USC and Tim Floyd was still the head coach. Mayo received improper benefits in violation of NCAA rules while at USC, and Floyd was found to have assisted in the obtainment of these improper benefits. USC has declared Mayo was therefore ineligible to play in 2007\u20132008, and as a result, USC has vacated all wins from the 2007\u20132008 regular season, dropping their record to 1\u201332. The one win would be over Arizona State during the Pac-10 Conference Tournament, as USC has only announced the vacation of all wins from the 2007\u20132008 regular season. *", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195177-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 USC Trojans men's basketball team, Punishment for NCAA rules violations\nSince the initial announcement reported by ESPN, USC clarified that all wins during the 2007\u20132008 season, including any wins during the Pac-10 Conference Tournament, would be vacated and not forfeited, meaning USC's record for 2007\u20132008 is 0\u201312, not 1\u201332 as previously reported. Vacated wins result in no win/loss application for the team vacating the win, unlike a forfeit, in which the forfeiting team is charged with a loss, and its opponent awarded a victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195177-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 USC Trojans men's basketball team, Punishment for NCAA rules violations\nNoel M. Ragsdale, law professor, University of Southern California, is the chair of the five-member Division I Infractions Appeals Committee, which hears and acts on the findings of major violations by the Division I Committee on Infractions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195178-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 USHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 USHL season is the 29th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 5, 2007, and concluded on April 5, 2008 with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. This was the final season of operation for the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets after failing to find a suitable relocation arrangement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195178-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 USHL season\nThe Clark Cup playoffs featured the top four teams from each division competing for the league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195178-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 USHL season, Regular season\nFinal StandingsNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195179-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 USM Alger season\nIn the 2007\u201308 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 28th time, as well as the They will be competing in Ligue 1, the Arab Champions League and the Algerian Cup. It was their 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195179-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 USM Alger season, Squad information, Playing statistics\nAppearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195179-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 USM Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195180-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 UTEP Miners men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 UTEP Miners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. The team was led by second-year head coach Tony Barbee. In 2006\u201307, the Miners finished 14\u201317 (6\u201310 in C-USA). UTEP averaged 8,145 fans per game, ranking 67th nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195181-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Uganda Super League\nThe 2007\u201308 Ugandan Super League was the 41st season of the official Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195181-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Uganda Super League, Overview\nThe 2007\u201308 Uganda Super League was contested by 18 teams and was won by Kampala City Council FC, while Masaka Local Council FC, CRO FC, Ediofe Hills FC, Maroons FC and Biharwe FC were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195181-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Uganda Super League, Leading goalscorer\nThe top goalscorers in the 2007\u201308 season were Brian Umony (Kampala City Council FC) and Olobo Bruno (Police FC) with 15 goals each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195182-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup is the 17th annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, the Ukrainian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195182-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup\nThe Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had couple of preliminaries. Quite a few participants of the Ukrainian Second League didn't submit their licenses to take part in this year competition: FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva, FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia to name a few.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195182-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup, Team allocation, Round and draw dates\nAll draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in Kiev unless stated otherwise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195182-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, First preliminary round\nThe matches of the First Preliminary Round took place on July 20, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195182-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Second preliminary round\nThe matches of the Second Preliminary Round took place on August 8, 2007, except the match of FC Halychyna Lviv and PFC Olexandria which took place on August 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195182-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Second preliminary round\nThe teams FC Stal Alchevsk and FC Illychivets Mariupol made it straight to the First Elimination Round, because the Alchevsk and Mariupol clubs rank the highest among the other First League participants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195182-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32\nIn this round entered all 16 teams from Premier League. They were drawn against the 16 winners from the previous round, who played home in this round. The matches were played on September 24\u201326, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195182-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16\nThe Second Elimination Round of the Ukrainian Cup consisted of 16 competitors and took place on October 31, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195182-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals, First leg\nThe Quarterfinals consist of two matches per pair of club. The games took place from November 17 to January 15, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195182-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals (1/2)\nThe Semifinals took place on March 19 and April 16, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195182-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup, Top goalscorers\nThe top scorers in the 2007\u201308 Ukrainian Cup are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195183-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian First League\nThe 2007\u201308 Ukrainian First League is the seventeenth since its establishment. There were 20 teams competing. Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2006-07. Four teams were promoted from the Ukrainian Second League 2006-07.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195183-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian First League, Promotion and relegation, Promoted teams\nThese four teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195183-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian First League, Promotion and relegation, Relegated teams\nTwo teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2006\u201307 season after finishing on the bottom of the competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195183-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian First League, Post-season withdrawn teams\nOn June 26, 2008 MFC Mykolaiv was withdrawn from competitions. On July 1, 2008 the club was announced about the official disbandment. Due to the public pressure and with help of Hryhoriy Surkis, it became possible to preserve the club in professional competitions. MFK Mykolaiv was admitted to the 2008-09 Ukrainian Second League instead of the third team of Dynamo, FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195184-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Hockey Championship\nThe 2007\u201308 Ukrainian Hockey League season was the 15th season of the Ukrainian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Ukraine. Six teams participated in the league, and HC Sokil Kyiv II won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195185-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Second League\nThe 2007\u201308 Ukrainian Second League is the 17th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions are divided into two groups \u2013 A and B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195185-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Second League, Team changes, Newly admitted\nThe following teams were promoted from the 2007 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195185-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Second League, Team changes, Newly admitted\nMore teams were admitted that participated in the 2006 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195185-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Second League, Team changes, Newly admitted\nAlso, four more clubs were admitted to professional competitions without playing in amateur league", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195185-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ukrainian Second League, Group B, Results\nMatches with Hazovyk shown in gray count as a win for the opposing team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195186-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Umaglesi Liga\nThe 2007\u201308 Umaglesi Liga was the nineteenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 10 August 2007 and ended on 20 May 2008. Olimpi Rustavi were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195187-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United Counties League\nThe 2007\u201308 United Counties League season was the 101st in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195187-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United Counties League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195187-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United Counties League, Division One\nDivision One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195187-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United Counties League, Division One\nAlso, Higham Town merged with Rushden Rangers to form new club Rushden & Higham United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195188-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United States network television schedule\nThe following is the 2007\u201308 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers prime time hours from September 2007 through August 2008. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2006\u201307 season. The schedule was affected by the 2007\u201308 Writers Guild of America strike. After that, the next disrupton to the networks' primetime schedules would not occur until the 2020\u201321 season, whose network schedules were affected by the suspension of film and television productions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195188-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United States network television schedule\nNBC was the first network to announce its fall schedule on May 14 followed by ABC on May 15, CBS on May 16, Fox and the CW on May 17 and MyNetworkTV on August 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195188-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United States network television schedule\nThis was the first TV season where Nielsen Media Research kept track of DVR ratings (live plus same day; C3; live plus 7)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195188-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United States network television schedule\nAll NBC programming from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008 was pre-empted for coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195188-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United States network television schedule\nEach of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195188-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United States network television schedule\nPBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195188-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United States network television schedule, Full season orders and cancellations, Full season orders\nThe following are shows that have been given full seasons during the 2007/08 television season. Shows listed in Bold returned for the 2008/09 television season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 107], "content_span": [108, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195188-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United States network television schedule, Full season orders and cancellations, Cancellations\nThe following are shows that have been canceled during the 2007/08 television season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 102], "content_span": [103, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195189-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United States network television schedule (daytime)\nThe 2007\u201308 daytime network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 2007 to August 2008. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, and any series canceled after the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195189-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United States network television schedule (daytime)\nAffiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS \u2013 which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, PBS Kids \u2013 is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are stations affiliated with MyNetworkTV, as it has never offered a daytime network schedule or aired network news, and Ion Television, as its schedule is composed mainly of paid programming and syndicated reruns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195190-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 United States network television schedule (late night)\nThese are the late night schedules for the four United States broadcast networks that offer programming during this time period, from September, 2007 to August, 2008. All times are Eastern or Pacific. Affiliates will fill non-network schedule with local, syndicated, or paid programming. Affiliates also have the option to preempt or delay network programming at their discretion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195191-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season\nThe 2007\u221208 season of the Primera Divisi\u00f3n Uruguaya is the 76th professional season of Uruguay's top-flight football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195191-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Championship playoff\nThe Apertura and Clausura winners will play a semifinal match. The winner will advance to the final and play against the best team in the aggregate table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195191-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Championship playoff, Final\nSince Defensor Sporting was the best team in the aggregate as well as the semifinal winner, they were automatically declared the champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195191-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Relegation table\nThe relegation table is an aggregate of the past two Primera Divisi\u00f3n seasons, with the exception of the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores and any playoffs. Teams that were promoted for this season had their statistics doubled. The three lowest teams will be relegated for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195191-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, Play-off\nThe winner of the final earns the Uruguay 1 spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores; the loser gets the Uruguay 2 spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195192-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Utah Jazz season\nThe 2007\u201308 Utah Jazz season was their 34th season in the NBA and 28th in Salt Lake City. The Jazz had the best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195192-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Utah Jazz season\nThe Jazz continued to play consistent all season, finishing with a 54-28 record. They defeated the Houston Rockets in the opening round, but were ousted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195192-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Utah Jazz season, Draft picks\nUtah's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195192-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Utah Jazz season, Awards and records\nDuring the season, Andrei Kirilenko was named FIBA Europe Player of the Year as the top European player in 2007. Unlike NBA awards, which are presented at the end of the season, Europe's major continent-wide player awards are presented at the end of a calendar year, and consider players' performances for both their clubs and national teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195192-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Utah Jazz season, Transactions\nThe Jazz have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195192-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Utah Jazz season, Transactions, Trades\nOn December 29, 2007 the Utah Jazz announced that they would trade Gordan Giricek and a first round draft pick (through 2009\u20132014 pick) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Kyle Korver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195192-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Utah Jazz season, Transactions, Trades\nBefore this trade the Jazz team lacked an outside shooter that they could count on during clutch times. Located in the western conference, Utah Jazz knew they had to make a blockbuster trade since top teams like Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns were making their own big time trades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195192-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Utah Jazz season, Transactions, Trades\nAfter the trade Jazz had an up tempo team which led them to long winning streaks along with moving up the western conference standings. As a result, the Jazz had virtually clinched a spot in for the playoffs, the question now was which spot they would clinch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195193-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 V-League (South Korea)\nThe 2007-08 V-League season was the 4th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season started on 1 December 2007 and finished on 17 April 2008. Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers were the defending champions in the men's league and Cheonan Heungkuk Pink Spiders the defending female champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195194-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VCU Rams men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams played in the Colonial Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195195-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VMI Keydets basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets were coached by Duggar Baucom in his 3rd year at VMI, and played their home games at Cameron Hall. It was VMI's 4th season in the Big South Conference and the Keydets' 100th season of basketball. VMI finished the year with a 14\u201315 record, and a 6\u20138 mark in league play, good for fifth place in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 Spanish football season, Valencia CF competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League. Finally, Valencia won the Copa del Rey this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Overview\nValencia started the season with coach Quique S\u00e1nchez Flores. Valencia's good start were cut short in early season due to slump and thus S\u00e1nchez Flores was fired for poor performance, however after his replacement, Ronald Koeman, became the new coach, the team turned to be worse. Koeman did not use Santiago Ca\u00f1izares, Miguel \u00c1ngel Angulo nor David Albelda, which resulted into many affairs out of the playground. Although Valencia won Copa del Rey as a consolation prize, Koeman was fired for his bad performance in La Liga. Voro, who was born in Valencia and played for Valencia in his career, took the place of Koeman and helped the team to avoid relegation to the Second Division with four wins and one loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 750]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Section by manager, Quique S\u00e1nchez Flores\nOn 29 October 2007, the Valencia board of directors fired S\u00e1nchez Flores after a string of average results with poor performances, including a 3\u20130 defeat at Sevilla followed by a second successive loss in the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Section by manager, \u00d3scar Fern\u00e1ndez\nIn 2007, Valencia fired coach S\u00e1nchez Flores and replaced him with Fern\u00e1ndez as interim head coach. After his last game with Valencia when the beat Mallorca 2-0 with 2 goals from Fernando Morientes, after the match he said, \"I am very happy. I want to dedicate this victory to the fans of Valencia who have suffered, they deserves everything. Alexis also and above all to the team. They are football players committed to the cause and I thank them. As for the match, the team has been extraordinary and my defense has been composed by Morentin and Timo Hildebrand. Manuel Fernandes has helped the team, in defense and is the one to praise. As for Alexis, you may have some injury, but until Monday, we cannot say anything.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Section by manager, \u00d3scar Fern\u00e1ndez\nAfter that game Fern\u00e1ndez was sacked and went to manage the B team for new first-team coach Ronald Koeman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Section by manager, Ronald Koeman\nOn 31 October 2007, Koeman agreed to be the new coach of Valencia after the sacking of S\u00e1nchez Flores, effective 5 November 2007. With Valencia, he won the Copa del Rey, a tournament he previously won as a player with Barcelona. This was Valencia's first Copa del Rey title since 1999. However, the remainder of his tenure at Valencia would prove disappointing: the team would slump to 15th in the league, only two points above the relegation zone, as well as finishing bottom of their Champions League group. A 5\u20131 defeat by Athletic Bilbao would prove the final straw for Koeman's time with Valencia. He was sacked the following day, on 21 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Section by manager, Voro\nOn 21 April 2008, after several years working with Valencia as match delegate, Voro became manager of his former team following the sacking of Koeman. After having guided his team to its Copa del Rey victory, however, he was replaced by Unai Emery for the 2008\u201309 season and reinstated in his previous post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Competitions, La Liga, Top goalscorers\nDavid Villa scored 18 goals, two of which were penalties, and ranked fourth (tied with Real Madrid's Ra\u00fal with 18 goals) in La Liga's goalscoring table. (Daniel G\u00fciza won the Pichichi Trophy with 27 goals.) Villa scored on hat-trick, on 11 May 2008 against Levante.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Competitions, La Liga, Matches\nMatch day 38, Valencia 3:1 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid Georgios Seitaridis 11' 1:0 David Villa 40' 2:0 David Villa 55' 3:0 Sergio Ag\u00fcero 76' 3:1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Competitions, Copa del Rey\nThe Final was held at the Estadio Vicente Calder\u00f3n in Madrid, in which Valencia CF lifted the trophy for the seventh time in their history with a 3\u20131 victory over Getafe CF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Competitions, Copa del Rey\nThis is the 7th title that Valencia won in Copa del Rey. \u017digi\u0107, Joaqu\u00edn and Mata are top goalscorers of the team in this Cup with 4 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Third qualifying round\nValencia beat Sweden's Elfsborg with 5:1. First leg result is 3\u20130 and second 2\u20131. In the first leg at Mestalla, David Villa's shot was only parried by Johan Wiland and Vicente pounced on the rebound. There are two heads later by David Silva and Fernando Morientes and either are from Joaqu\u00edn's cross. In the second leg, Helguera scored when unmarked with just five minutes on the clock. Elfsborg battle bravely, and Alexandersson found the net on half an hour. Villa scored for Valencia in the final seconds to fix the result to be 5:1 and qualify for Champions League Group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195196-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valencia CF season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Group Stage in Group B\nOnly two goals in group stage. The away goal is by David Villa in the first match. Villa stole the ball in goalkeeper's hands with right foot against Schalke 04 and this match is the only victory in group stage. The only goal in Mestalla is by Villa as well. Villa scored early at about ten minutes of the Match against Chelsea. Valencia was reversed by Cole and Drogba's goals. Valencia scored no goals in four games later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195197-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Horizon League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195197-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team, Preseason\nDuring the off-season, the Crusaders joined the Horizon League after previously competing in the Mid-Continent Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195197-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 58], "content_span": [59, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195198-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vancouver Canucks season\nThe 2007\u201308 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 38th season in the National Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195198-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vancouver Canucks season, Standings, Conference standings\nDivisions: PA \u2013 Pacific, CE \u2013 Central, NW \u2013 Northwestbold \u2013 qualified for playoffs, y \u2013 division winner, p \u2013 Presidents' Trophy winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195198-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vancouver Canucks season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195198-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195198-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time on ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195198-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only. \u2021Denotes player no longer with the team. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195198-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vancouver Canucks season, Transactions, Draft picks\nVancouver's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195198-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vancouver Canucks season, Farm teams, Manitoba Moose\nAHL affiliate that is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and their home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2000\u201301 AHL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195198-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vancouver Canucks season, Farm teams, Victoria Salmon Kings\nECHL affiliate that is based in Victoria, British Columbia and their home arena is the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2006\u201307 ECHL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Kevin Stallings and played home games at Memorial Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 team finished the season 26\u20138, and ranked 25th in both the AP Poll and the ESPN/USA Today (Coaches) poll. Their 16\u20130 start was the best in school history. The team finished in 3rd place in the SEC Eastern Division with a 10\u20136 conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team\nDuring Selection Sunday, Vanderbilt received a #4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They faced #13 seed Siena in the first round on March 21, 2008. The Commodores were upset at a final score of 83\u201362, becoming the second #4 seed upset after UConn's overtime loss to San Diego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Preseason outlook\nEntering the season, Vanderbilt was picked by the media attending the SEC's media days in October to finish 4th in the SEC East, behind Tennessee, Kentucky and two-time defending national champion Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Preseason outlook\nVanderbilt lost two starters from last year's team\u20142007 SEC-player of the year Derrick Byars (19.1 ppg) and shooting guard, Dan Cage (11.2 ppg) \u2013 and return three starters\u2014swingman Shan Foster, point guard Alex Gordon and power forward Ross Neltner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Preseason outlook\nShan Foster was the Commodores' second leading scorer last season (15.6 ppg) and is the third leading returning scorer in the SEC. Foster was selected by the SEC media to the pre-season all-SEC second team. Alex Gordon had only 51 turnovers last season, tops among starting SEC point guards, and his 2.22-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio was fourth best in the SEC. Neltner provided a versatile presence inside, averaging 5.7 rebounds per game, dishing out 74 assists and hitting 11-of-28 attempts from three-point range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Preseason outlook\nSophomores Jermaine Beal and George Drake and freshman Keegan Bell are expected to compete for the shooting guard spot vacated by Cage. The Commodores appear set at center, where senior Alan Metcalfe and freshman Andrew (A.J.) Ogilvy will share time. Metcalfe missed part of last season with a foot injury, while Ogilvy comes highly touted after spending four years at the Australian Institute of Sport. Other newcomers expected to vie for playing time are guard Keegan Bell and forwards Andre Walker and Darshawn McClellan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGames 1\u20134. Vanderbilt (4\u20130) began its season with an 81\u201367 home win over Austin Peay (0\u20131), then won at Toledo (1\u20131) 77\u201370. The Commodores beat Valparaiso 87\u201378 and Utah State 77\u201356 in the South Padre Island Shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 5. Vanderbilt (5\u20130) defeated Bradley (4\u20132) 95\u201386 in the championship game of the South Padre Island Shootout on November 24, 2007. A.J. Oglivy scored 23 points, and Shan Foster 22, to lead the Commodores. After the Commodores raced to an 18-point halftime lead (53\u201335), Bradley senior point guard Daniel Ruffin led the Braves back to within 85\u201384 late in the game. But Alex Gordon hit a 10-foot jump shot and sank four free throws in the final 30\u00a0seconds as the Commodores pulled away. Ruffin\u2014the half-brother of former Indiana All-American A.J. Guyton \u2013 finished with 23 points and 6 assists. Bradley (22\u201313 last season, MVC: 10\u20138, 4th) was picked to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference this season by the league's coaches, media and sports information directors, behind unanimous first-place selection Southern Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 920]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 6. Vanderbilt (6\u20130) defeated South Alabama (4\u20133) 91\u201388 in double overtime on November 29, 2007. Shan Foster scored 26 points, as the Commodores rallied from a 59\u201351 deficit with 12:02 left. Andrew Oglivy had 19 points and 8 rebounds, while Ross Neltner added 15. Senior guard Demetric Bennett\u2014a preseason All-Sun Belt first team selection\u2014led the Jaguars with 25 points and reserve junior guard Domonic Tilford had 20. South Alabama was picked to finish second in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference preseason media poll behind Western Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 7. Vanderbilt (7\u20130) beat Georgia Tech (3\u20134) 92\u201379 on December 1, 2007. The Yellow Jackets led briefly 2\u20130, but Shan Foster hit a 3 to give the Commodores a lead they would not relinquish. Vanderbilt led by as many as 28 points in the second half before emptying its bench. Foster finished with 17 points, while Andrew Oglivy had 16 and Alan Metcalfe 15. Anthony Morrow, Tech's leading scorer, had only 2 points with 5\u00a0minutes to go, when Vandy led 86\u201358. He came into the game averaging 19.0 ppg. Georgia Tech was picked to finish seventh in the ACC by the league's media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 8. No. 23 Vanderbilt (8\u20130) (AP, No. 25 Coaches poll) remained perfect with a tight 83\u201380 win over Wake Forest (5\u20132) on December 5, 2007. Shan Foster scored 26 points to go with 7 rebounds, and A.J. Oglivy scored 23, for the Commodores, who are 8\u20130 for only the fifth time ever. The game was close throughout, and neither team led by more than six points in the second half. Harvey Hale and James Johnson led Wake with 18 points apiece. The Demon Deacons (2006: 15\u201316, 5\u201311 (10th)) were picked to finish 11th by the ACC's media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 9. No. 23 Vanderbilt (9\u20130) (AP, No. 25 Coaches poll) used a fast start to defeat Lipscomb (4\u20136) 90\u201367 on December 8, 2007. A.J. Oglivy scored a career-high 26 points, and Shan Foster had 21 for the Commodores, who raced out to an 18\u20134 lead and never led by less than 8 points after that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 10. No . 20 Vanderbilt (10\u20130) (AP, No. 21 Coaches poll) rallied from an 18-point deficit early in the second half to beat DePaul (2\u20134) 91\u201385 in overtime in Chicago on December 12, 2007. With Shan Foster and A.J. Oglivy both struggling, the Commodores trailed 58\u201340 after Dar Tucker scored on an alley-opp dunk with 15:15 to go. Vanderbilt seemed to revive, finally tying the score at 79\u201379 with 22\u00a0seconds left. Foster and Oglivy, the SEC's top two leading scorers, each finished with 19 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 11. No . 17 Vanderbilt (11\u20130) (AP and Coaches polls) had to overcome a large second half deficit for the second game in a row, downing Tennessee State (3\u20137) 83\u201374 on December 22, 2007. Playing after a 10-day break for exams, the Commodores trailed 56\u201347 with 11:53 to go. However, they stormed back with an 18\u20134 run to lead 65\u201360 with 7:33 left. Shan Foster had 22 points and Alex Gordon 16 for Vanderbilt, while Gerald Robinson led all scorers with 24 for the Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 12. No . 15 Vanderbilt (12\u20130) (AP and Coaches polls) beat UT Martin (5\u20138) 92\u201385 on December 29, 2007. The Commodores jumped out to a 13-point lead in the first half. However, Vandy's starters let UTM go on a 10\u20130 to start the 2nd half, even losing the lead at one point. Shan Foster hit a 3-pointer with the score tied at 83, and the Dores never trailed after that. A.J. Ogilvy led Vanderbilt with 21 points and just missed a double-double with 9 rebounds. UT-Martin's Lester Hudson (3rd in NCAA in ppg) led all scorers with 36 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 13. No . 15 Vanderbilt (13\u20130) (AP and Coaches polls) set a season high for points scored during a 97\u201373 rout of Iona (5\u20139) on December 29, 2007. The Commodores achieved their best ever start, bettering a 12\u20130 start in 2003\u201304. After trading baskets for much of the first half, the Commodores built a 5-point lead at halftime. Unlike their previous game, the Commodores went on a 26\u20135 run to start the second half, putting the game out of reach and allowing the walk-on players to get some playing time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nVanderbilt continued to display a lax defense, but more than made up for it by shooting 56% from the floor and 55% from beyond the arc. Vanderbilt had four players in double figures, led by A.J. Ogilvy (who again just missed a double-double with 20 points and 9 rebounds) and Shan Foster (20 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 14. No . 15 Vanderbilt (14\u20130) (AP and Coaches polls) put together a solid effort in beating Rice (3\u20139) 76\u201358 on January 3, 2008. The Commodores used a stifling defense to take control of the game from the onset, forcing a season-high 24 turnovers. Shan Foster netted 24 points, while A.J. Ogilvy added 14 points and 9 rebounds and Alex Gordon had 11 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 15. No . 15 Vanderbilt (15\u20130) (AP and Coaches polls) overcame deficits of 9 and 14 points to beat Massachusetts (11\u20133) 97\u201388 on January 5, 2008, tying a season high for points scored. Vandy was led by senior guard Shan Foster, who scored 32 points and hit 8 3-pointers, and freshman center A.J. Ogilvy, who notched a double-double with 25 points and 11 rebounds. Sophomore point guard Jermaine Beal added a career-high 15 points for the Commodores. Ricky Harris led the Minutemen with 25 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 16. No . 13 Vanderbilt (16\u20130, 1\u20130) (AP, No. 12 Coaches polls) won its SEC opener by beating South Carolina (8\u20137, 0\u20131) by a score of 80\u201373 on January 9, 2008. Vanderbilt was led by freshman sensation A.J. Ogilvy with 25 points, while seniors Alex Gordon and Shan Foster had 13 points apiece. The Gamecocks were led by Devan Downey, who had 22 points. After hitting a 3-pointer in the game, Shan Foster became the Commodores' all-time leading 3-point shooter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 17. No . 13 Vanderbilt (16\u20131, 1\u20131) (AP, No. 12 Coaches poll) lost its first game of the season, 79\u201373 in double-overtime to Kentucky (7\u20137, 1\u20130) at Rupp Arena. The loss snapped the Commodores' 4-game winning streak against the Wildcats. Vanderbilt entered the game as one of five remaining unbeaten teams in men's Division I basketball. Kentucky controlled most of the game, taking a 16-point lead five minutes into the second half. The Commodores, who never led in regulation, tied the game on a three-pointer by Shan Foster with 14\u00a0seconds left to force overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0020-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nThe teams traded leads in the first overtime, but Vandy needed an A.J. Ogilvy-putback with 1.8\u00a0seconds left to force a second overtime. The Wildcats outscored Vanderbilt 7\u20131 in the second overtime to win the game. Patrick Patterson led the Wildcats with 23 points and 12 rebounds, while Ramel Bradley added 20 points and Joe Crawford 17. The Commodores were led by Foster's 20 points and Ogilvy's 16 points and 5 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 18. No . 16 Vanderbilt (16\u20132, 1\u20132) (AP, No. 14 Coaches poll) lost 80\u201360 to No. 6 Tennessee (15\u20131, 3\u20130) (AP, No. 7 Coaches poll) in Knoxville, TN, its second loss in a row. The Vols held the Commodores well below their season scoring average (86.0 ppg) and limited them to 3 three-pointers. Vanderbilt stayed close for about 11\u00a0minutes, but a 16\u20133 run gave Tennessee a 33\u201318 lead with 3:59 left in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0021-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nAfter halftime, the Vols used a 17\u20136 run to take a 59\u201338 lead, but the Commodores responded with a 15\u20132 run to make it 61\u201353 with 7:48 to go. They would get no closer. Wayne Chism led the Vols with 18 points and 18 rebounds, while Shan Foster led the Commodores with 14 points and 6 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 19. No . 16 Vanderbilt (17\u20132, 2\u20132) (AP, No. 14 Coaches poll) defeated LSU (7\u201311, 0\u20134) 92\u201376, ending a two-game losing skid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 20. After an eight-day layoff, No. 14 Vanderbilt (17\u20133, 2\u20133) (AP, No. 13 Coaches poll) lost 86\u201364 to Florida (18\u20133, 5\u20131) in Gainesville. The Gators went on a 23\u20130 run early in the first half to put the game out of reach early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 21. No. 19 Vanderbilt (17\u20134, 2\u20134) (AP, No. 18 Coaches poll) lost 74\u201358 to No. 24 Ole Miss (16\u20133, 3\u20134) (AP, No. 22 Coaches poll) in Oxford, Mississippi, its fourth consecutive road loss in SEC play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 22. After losing four of their last five games, No. 19 Vanderbilt (18\u20134, 3\u20134) (AP, No. 18 Coaches poll) defeated Auburn (12\u20138, 2\u20135) 78\u201371.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 23. No. 23 Vanderbilt (19\u20134, 4\u20134) (AP, No. 20 Coaches poll) picked up an important road win in SEC play, defeating Georgia (11\u20139, 2\u20135) in Athens by a score of 67\u201359.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 24. No. 23 Vanderbilt (20\u20134, 5\u20134) (AP, No. 20 Coaches poll) traveled to Columbia, South Carolina to take on South Carolina (11\u201310, 3\u20134) on Saturday, February 9, 2008. The Commodores defeated the Gamecocks for the second time this season with a score of 66\u201365 as sophomore Jermaine Beal hit a short fadeaway jumper with 0.6\u00a0seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 25. No . 24 Vanderbilt (21\u20134, 6\u20134) (AP, No. 19 Coaches poll) were at home in Memorial Gymnasium to face the Kentucky Wildcats (12\u201310, 6\u20133). Kentucky suffered their worst defeat in 21 years, and their worst SEC defeat ever, as they fell to the Commodores at a final score of 93\u201352. Shan Foster scored 20 points and A. J. Ogilvy added another 19 for Vanderbilt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 26. No . 24 Vanderbilt (22\u20134, 7\u20134) (AP, No. 19 Coaches poll) hosted the Florida Gators (19\u20137, 6\u20135), who defeated the Commodores in Gainesville earlier in the season. The Commodores won 61\u201358 as Alex Gordon made four free throws in the final 24\u00a0seconds; Florida freshman Nick Calethas also committed a costly backcourt violation in the closing seconds. Alex Gordon and A.J. Ogilvy each scored 12 points and Shan Foster added 19 points and 6 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 27. No . 20 Vanderbilt (23\u20134, 8\u20134) (AP, No. 16 Coaches poll), for the third straight game, were at home at Memorial Gymnasium as they faced the Georgia Bulldogs (12\u201313, 3\u20139), who they had defeated just a few weeks earlier in Athens. The Bulldogs led 38\u201337 at halftime, but Vanderbilt stormed out of the gates in the second half as they opened on a 29\u201311 run. The Commodores won the game at a final score of 86\u201374 with 29 points from Shan Foster and 23 points from Alex Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 28. No. 18 Vanderbilt (24\u20134, 9\u20134) (AP, No. 14 Coaches poll) faced their toughest test of the season as they hosted in-state rivals No. 1 Tennessee Volunteers (25\u20133, 11\u20132) (AP and coaches polls). Shan Foster contributed 32 points and Jermaine Beal scored 17. With 1.8\u00a0seconds left, Tennessee threw a shot downcourt to force overtime but it was not close, and the Commodores defeated their rivals at a final score of 72\u201369.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 29. No. 18 Vanderbilt (24\u20135, 9\u20135) (AP, No. 14 Coaches poll) traveled to Fayetteville, AR to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks (19\u20139, 8\u20136). Although Shan Foster scored 22 points, becoming Vanderbilt's all-time leading scorer in the process, the Commodores fell to the Razorbacks 78\u201373. Down by 1 point with under 10\u00a0seconds to play and no timeouts left, Vanderbilt senior Ross Neltner called for a timeout, receiving a technical foul that sealed the win for the Razorbacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 30. No . 16 Vanderbilt (25\u20135, 10\u20135) (AP and coaches' polls) hosted Mississippi State (No. 25 coaches' poll) for their final home game of the season. On senior night, Shan Foster hit his final nine three-pointers and amassed a career high of 42 points, as Vanderbilt defeated the Bulldogs 86\u201385 in overtime. With the victory, Vanderbilt finished the season undefeated at home in Memorial Gym.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, Regular season\nGame 31. No . 16 Vanderbilt (25\u20136, 10\u20136) (AP and coaches' polls) were at Coleman Coliseum to face Alabama in the final game of the season for both sides. Vanderbilt shot .280 percent from behind the arc. Though Shan Foster scored 21 points and A.J. Ogily added another 17, the Commodores fell to the Tide 78\u201373 in overtime. Alabama guard Mykal Riley scored 26 points, including the first 13 points for the Tide in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, SEC Tournament\nGame 32. No. 18 Vanderbilt (26\u20136) (AP, No. 17 coaches' poll) traveled to Atlanta, GA for the SEC Tournament to face Auburn (14\u201316) in a first-round matchup. Behind a career-high 27 points from A.J. Ogilvy and 26 points from Shan Foster, Vanderbilt beat the Tigers 93\u201382 to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, SEC Tournament\nGame 33. No. 18 Vanderbilt (26\u20137) (AP, No. 17 coaches' poll) faced off against Arkansas in an SEC Tournament quarterfinal matchup. The Razorbacks extended their win streak to five games over the Commodores by dominating the rebounds and points in the paint. Vanderbilt senior Alex Gordon led all scorers with 22 points in the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195199-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Game recaps, NCAA Tournament\nGame 34. No. 18 Vanderbilt (26\u20138) (AP, No. 17 coaches' poll) were selected as a #4 seed in the Midwest Region of the 2008 NCAA Tournament to face #13 seed Siena Saints. In his final collegiate game, Shan Foster scored just 13 points and was 1-for-5 from three-point range. The Commodores struggled to find consistent offense, going 4-for-20 from beyond the arc. Siena guard Kenny Hasbrouck scored 30 points to lead the Saints to an 83\u201362 upset of the #4 seeded Commodores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195200-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season\nThe 2007\u201308 season of the Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n, the top category of Venezuelan football, was played by 18 teams. The national champions were Deportivo T\u00e1chira.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195201-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League season\nFor the first time in a regular season, Leones, Zulia and Magallanes were eliminated making the first time a Venezuelan Caribbean Series Champion didn't make the postseason. On the other hand, Bravos de Margarita earned a trip to the playoffs after moving from Araure. Omar Vizquel played their last season with the Leones del Caracas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195201-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League season, Round robin\nDespite having the best record in the regular season, Caribes didn't make to the final series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 67], "content_span": [68, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195202-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey season\nThe 2007-08 Vermont Catamounts season was their third in Hockey East. Led by head coach Tim Bothwell, the Catamounts had 8 victories, compared to 25 defeats and 1 tie. Their conference record was 4 victories, 16 defeats and 1 tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195203-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfB Stuttgart season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was VfB Stuttgart's 43rd season in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195203-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfB Stuttgart season, Team kit\nThe team kit for the season was produced by Puma and the shirt sponsor is EnBW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195203-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfB Stuttgart season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195203-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfB Stuttgart season, Players, VfB Stuttgart II\nVfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion. They finished 3rd in the Regionalliga S\u00fcd, securing qualification for the inaugural 3. Liga season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195203-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfB Stuttgart season, Players, VfB Stuttgart II\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195203-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfB Stuttgart season, Transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195203-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfB Stuttgart season, Transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195203-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfB Stuttgart season, Transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195203-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfB Stuttgart season, Transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195203-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfB Stuttgart season, Transfers, Players out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195204-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfL Bochum season\nThe 2007\u201308 VfL Bochum season was the 70th season in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195205-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfL Wolfsburg season\nVfL Wolfsburg had their best ever season under new coach Felix Magath. The double Bundesliga-winning coach from Bayern Munich improved the fortunes of Wolfsburg from a relegation-threatened side to a fifth place-finish. This was just the start of a sensational ascent to the top of German football, culminating in a shock title win the season afterwards. New signings Diego Benaglio, Josu\u00e9, Grafite and Edin D\u017eeko were all successful and played a big part in the resurgence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195205-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfL Wolfsburg season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195205-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 VfL Wolfsburg season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195206-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary\nThe 2007\u201308 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' 4th season in the ECHL. The season saw the Salmon Kings establish themselves in the ECHL with a 91-point season, and winning 42 of 72 games. Before the start of the season, the Salmon Kings signed players Ash Goldie, Kevin Estrada, Gary Gladue, and goaltender Billy Thompson to complement their returning star players Wes Goldie, Milan Gajic, Kiel McLeod, and Ryan Wade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195206-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary\nWith their new additions and returning players the Salmon Kings became an elite team in the 2007-08 season, going 15-5-0-0 through their first 20 games and continued to earn wins going into the ECHL All-Star Game. At the 2008 All-Star Game festivities in Stockton, Ash Goldie showed his impressive skills during the two-day event. At the skills competition, Goldie became the first player in the ECHL to go 5 for 5 in the target shooting event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195206-0000-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary\nThe following night at the All-Star Game, Goldie scored an All-Star record 6 points, recording 3 goals and 3 assists to earn All-Star M.V.P. honours. After the All-Star game, the Salmon Kings struggled after going through numerous injuries and call ups, but managed to narrowly win the National West division title, and took the number two seed into the Kelly Cup playoffs. In the playoffs, the Salmon Kings won their first-ever playoff round by eliminating the Bakersfield Condors in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195206-0000-0003", "contents": "2007\u201308 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary\nUnfortunately in the second round, the Salmon Kings were eliminated from the playoffs by the Utah Grizzlies in five games. In their West Division title season, the Salmon Kings were led offensively by the Goldie brothers. Ash Goldie finished fourth in league scoring with 83 points, second in goals with 40, and first in power play goals with 20, while his brother, Wes led the league with 42 goals and 6 shorthanded goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195206-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195206-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Player stats, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195206-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; SOL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195206-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Player stats, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Victoria. Stats reflect time with the Salmon Kings only. \u2021Denotes player no longer with the team. Stats reflect time with Salmon Kings only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195206-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Professional affiliations, Vancouver Canucks\nThe Salmon Kings' NHL affiliate based in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195207-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vijay Hazare Trophy\nThe 2007\u201308 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the sixth season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested between 27 domestic cricket teams of India, starting in February and finishing in April 2008. In the final, Saurashtra beat Bengal by 6 wickets to win their maiden title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe Villanova Wildcats entered the 2007\u201308 season with much uncertainty, after losing star Curtis Sumpter, guard Mike Nardi, and center Will Sheridan to graduation. The departure of three experienced starters leaves the Wildcats a young team with no seniors. Villanova has replenished the ranks with three talented freshmen: Parade All-American Corey Fisher, McDonald's All-American Corey Stokes, and Malcolm Grant. Returning players include sophomore Scottie Reynolds and juniors Shane Clark and Dante Cunningham. The team will be further augmented by Antonio Pena and Andrew Ott, both returning from redshirt freshman years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe Wildcats are known for their guards, having seven on their roster. Coach Jay Wright often puts up to four guards on the floor simultaneously, including multiple point guards. Returning sophomore Scottie Reynolds is joined by fellow-sophomore Reggie Redding, and freshmen Corey Fisher, Malcolm Grant, and Corey Stokes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nVillanova's frontcourt is anchored by veterans Shane Clark and Dante Cunningham. Sophomore Cassiem Drummond and freshman Antonio Pena complete the frontcourt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe Wildcats' quickness and guard-oriented style of play creates matchup problems for opponents, but can leave them vulnerable to a talented team with a tall frontcourt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 schedule includes 18 Big East contests, a trip to Orlando, Florida for the Old Spice Classic, a home game against LSU in the Big East/SEC Invitational, four games against Big Five rivals, and home games against Stony Brook, Bucknell, Hartford, and Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nVillanova finished the regular season with a record of 19\u201311 overall and 9\u20139 in the Big East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe Wildcats received a #12 seed in the 2008 NCAA Tournament in which they defeated the #5 seed Clemson Tigers and the #13 seed Siena Saints. They reached the Sweet Sixteen before they were defeated by #1 seed Kansas 72\u201357 on March 28, 2008. This was the third time in 4 years that Villanova was eliminated from the tournament by the eventual champion. In 2005, Villanova reached the Sweet 16 before being defeated by eventual tournament champion North Carolina. In 2006, Villanova reached the Elite Eight before being defeated by eventual champion Florida. The team finished with a 22\u201313 record, and 10\u201310 record in the Big East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nTwo free throws by Dante Cunningham with 10.3 seconds remaining lifted the number 17 Villanova Wildcats over the number 13 Pitt Panthers. Freshman Malcolm Grant came off the bench to score a career-high 22, and Antonio Pena added twelve points and three steals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nVillanova dropped the first game of the Big East season to DePaul, 81\u201376. Corey Fisher scored 23 for the 17th-ranked Wildcats. Dante Cunningham added 14 points and seven rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\n18th-Ranked Villanova won its 14th consecutive Big Five game with a 71\u201358 victory of La Salle. Scottie Reynolds led the Wildcats with 19 points, and freshman Corey Fisher contributed with 18 points and five assists. The win lifts Villanova's Big Five record to 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\n20th-Ranked Villanova defeated Columbia 72\u201356 at Villanova. Shane Clark led the Wildcats with 15 points. Scottie Reynolds added 14, and Dante Cunningham registered nine points and twelve rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nVillanova scored over 100 points in two consecutive games for the second time in school history as the Wildcats defeated Hartford 103\u201375. Five Wildcats scored in double figures, led by Scottie Reynolds' 21. Dante Cunningham contributed 13 points and 13 rebounds, and Corey Fisher scored 18, including four 3-pointers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nVillanova set a Big Five record with its 13th consecutive Big Five victory, a 101\u201393 win over Temple at Temple University. The Wildcats were led by sophomore Scottie Reynolds, who posted 27 points and nine assists. Freshman Antonio Pena scored a career-high 17 points. Villanova's 101 points is the most ever allowed by Temple at the Liacouras Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nVillanova's first lead came in the game's final seconds as the Wildcats scored an improbable come-from-behind victory against the LSU Tigers. Led by freshman Malcolm Grant, who scored 13 points in the final three minutes of the game, the Wildcats overcame a 21-point deficit in the Big East/SEC Challenge. Grant finished with 18 points, and Dante Cunningham contributed 13 for Villanova, including the winning basket with 5.9 seconds remaining. The Wildcats' comeback came after LSU's Anthony Randolph fouled out with four minutes remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nThe Wildcats tied a record with their 12th consecutive Big 5 victory, an 87\u201361 win over Penn. Scottie Reynolds led Villanova with 21 points, Corey Fisher added 13, and Antonio Pena contributed with 12 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nNorth Carolina State 69-Villanova 68, Orlando, FL, November 25, 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nVillanova suffered its first defeat of the season, as North Carolina State won the championship of the Old Spice Classic 68\u201368. Gavin Grant sealed the victory for N.C. State as he sunk two of three free throws with 0.4 seconds remaining following a controversial foul call. Villanova's Dante Cunningham tipped in a missed shot with 2.2 seconds remaining to bring Villanova to a one-point lead. Grant, receiving the long inbounds pass at the three-point line, launched a shot. Referee Jim Burr ruled that Cunningham hit Grant on the left arm, resulting in three free throws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nVillanova's effort was marked by poor free throw shooting, and only two successful three-point attempts. Freshman Corey Fisher scored 21 points, and sophomore Scottie Reynolds contributed 13. Cassiem Drummond grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\n20th Ranked Villaova, led by Scottie Reynolds' 21 points, defeated George Mason 84\u201376 in the semi-final round of the Old Spice Classic. Malcolm Grant and Shane Clark each added 13 points, and Clark grabbed ten rebounds in the victory. The Wildcats will face N.C. State in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nScottie Reynolds led Villanova with 19 points, and freshman Corey Fisher scored 18 in his second collegiate game as Villanova topped UCF 76\u201368 on Thanksgiving night in the opening round of the Old Spice Classic. Sophomore Reggie Redding added 14 points for the 20th ranked Wildcats. Villanova's win sets up a second-round matchup with George Mason, which upset 18th ranked Kansas State. This game marked the first-ever meeting between the two programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nShane Clark posted 17 points and 12 rebounds, as number 24 Villanova held off Bucknell. Scottie Reynolds added 15 points, and sophomore Reggie Redding had a career-high 12 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195208-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Game Summaries\nShane Clark scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds as the Wildcats won their 40th consecutive home opener. Freshman Malcolm Grant scored 16 points, including four three-pointers, in his college debut. Dante Cunningham registered 14 points and six rebounds, and Scottie Reynolds added 13 points and six assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195209-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villarreal CF season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 Spanish football season, Villarreal competed in La Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195209-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villarreal CF season, Season summary\nVillarreal enjoyed the best season in their history, finishing as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195209-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villarreal CF season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195209-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Villarreal CF season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195210-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cavaliers sought to continue their 2006\u201307 season success in which they finished tied for first place in the conference with North Carolina (see 2006\u201307 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195210-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team\nThe Cavaliers were picked to finish 5th place for the 2007\u20132008 season in the ACC Preseason Poll. Senior Sean Singletary was named to the five-member preseason All-ACC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195210-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team, Players, Recruits\nThe Virginia Cavalier 2007 recruiting class consisted of 4 signed players. The class is headlined by consensus four star shooting guard, Jeff Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195211-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies lost five seniors off of their 2006\u201307 season team, which finished as the third place team in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195211-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 58], "content_span": [59, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195212-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vyshcha Liha\nThe 2007\u201308 Vyshcha Liha season is the seventeenth since its establishment. This season competition was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor of the League for the season. It began on 17 July 2007, and ended on 18 May 2008. 16 teams participated in the competition, 14 of which contested in the 2006-07 season, and two of which (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) were promoted from the Ukrainian First League (the league immediately below the Ukrainian Premier League).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195212-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vyshcha Liha\nThe winner of league was Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Devi\u0107 from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for second highest goalscorer with 17 goals was a three-way tie between Oleksandr Hladky from Shakhtar Donetsk, Yevhen Seleznyov from Arsenal Kyiv (on loan from Shakhtar), and Oleksandr Kosyrin from Metalurh Donetsk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195212-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vyshcha Liha, Stadia\nThe following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195213-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vyshcha Liha Reserves\nThe 2007\u201308 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 season are competitions between the reserves of Ukrainian Premier League Clubs and the Under 19s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195213-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vyshcha Liha Reserves\nThe events in the senior leagues during the 2004\u201305 season saw Illichivets Mariupol Reserves and Stal Alchevsk Reserves be relegated with Naftovyk Okhtyrka Reserves and Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Reserves entering the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195214-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Vysshaya Liga season\nThe 2007\u201308 Vysshaya Liga season was the 16th season of the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 30 teams participated in the league. Khimik Voskresensk won the league and was promoted to the Kontinental Hockey League for the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195215-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WABA NBL\nWABA NBL for season 2007\u201308 was the seventh season of WABA League. The study included tens teams from five countries, a champion for the third time in team history became \u0160ibenik Jolly. In this season participating clubs from Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and from Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195215-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WABA NBL\nWABA NBL for season 2007\u201308 has begun to play 27 October 2007 and ended on 17 March 2008, when he it was completed a Regular season. Final Four to be played from 21\u201322 March 2008. in \u0160ibenik, Croatia. Winner Final Four this season for the team \u0160ibenik Jolly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195215-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WABA NBL, Regular season\nThe League of the season was played with 10 teams and play a dual circuit system, each with each one game at home and away. The four best teams at the end of the regular season were placed in the Final Four. The regular season began on 27 October 2007 and it will end on 17 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195215-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WABA NBL, Final four\nFinal Four to be played from 21\u201322 March 2008. in the Gradska Skolska Sportska Dvorana in Gospi\u0107, Croatia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195216-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 WHL season was the 42nd season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 20, 2007, and ended on March 16, 2008. The WHL Playoffs began on March 21, 2008, and ended on May 7, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195216-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WHL season\nA new expansion team, the Edmonton Oil Kings, joined the league bringing the WHL to 22 teams that played a 72-game season. The Spokane Chiefs won the Ed Chynoweth Cup, defeating the Lethbridge Hurricanes in four games. Spokane would go on to capture the Memorial Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195216-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; x = Clinched playoff berth; y = Clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195216-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195216-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses\u00a0; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195216-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WHL season, Memorial Cup\nThe 90th MasterCard Memorial Cup was held in Kitchener, Ontario. It began on May 16, and concluded on May 25, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195217-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WNBL season\nThe 2007\u201308 WNBL season was the 28th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2007 and March 2008, followed by a post-season involving the top five in March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195217-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WNBL season\nBroadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC. ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00PM at every standard time in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195217-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WNBL season\nMolten provided equipment including the official game ball, with Hoop2Hoop supplying team apparel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195218-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WWHL season\nThe 2007\u201308 WWHL season  was the fourth season of the Western Women's Hockey League. The Calgary Oval X-Treme defeated the Minnesota Whitecaps to claim the WWHL Champions cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195218-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WWHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195218-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 WWHL season, Final standings\nThe Chinese national women's team  played 11 exhibition games ( 1 win and 10 defeats) against  WWHL Teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195219-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Demon Deacons, led by first-year head coach Dino Gaudio, played their games at  Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195219-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team\nIn first season under their new head coach (who replaced former coach Skip Prosser, who died in the off-season), the Deacons lost leading scorer from 2006\u201307, Kyle Visser, but brought in a good recruiting class (ranked 28th nationally by Scout.com), including guards Jeff Teague and Gary Clark, and forward James Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195219-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team, Schedule\nNote:  Many Raycom games also available on ESPN Full Court and ESPN360.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season\nThe 2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season began on October 5, 2007. It was the Capitals' 34th season in the National Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season\nOn November 22, Head Coach Glen Hanlon was fired after starting the Capitals with a 6\u201314\u20131 record, the team's worst start since the 1981\u201382 season. He was replaced by Bruce Boudreau on an interim basis until December 26, when Boudreau's position was made permanent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season\nOn March 21, Alexander Ovechkin scored his 60th goal of the season in a game against the Atlanta Thrashers, becoming the first NHL player to accomplish the feat in 12 years, and tying Dennis Maruk's single-season franchise record. He would go on to break the record in the Capitals' next game, a 3\u20132 shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes, on March 25. On April 3, Ovechkin scored twice to break Luc Robitaille's single-season left-winger goal-scoring record of 63 goals. Ovechkin finished the regular season with 65 goals and 112 points and won the Hart Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL's Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season\nOn April 5, the Capitals defeated the Florida Panthers 3\u20131 at home to clinch the franchise's third Southeast Division title and fourth Division title overall. The Capitals became the first team in NHL history to make the playoffs after being ranked 14th or lower in the standings at the season's midpoint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season\nIn the playoffs, the Capitals won their first game against the Philadelphia Flyers, but then lost three consecutive games to fall behind three games to one. They managed to win their next two games to force a Game 7, but lost in overtime on a power play goal by Joffrey Lupul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season, Regular season\nOn March 3, 2008, the Capitals defeated the Boston Bruins at home by a score of 10\u20132. Alexander Ovechkin scored three goals in the game. It was the first time that the Capitals had scored 10 goals in a regular season game since January 11, 2003, when they defeated the Florida Panthers at home by a score of 12\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season, Regular season, Conference standings\nDivisions: AT \u2013 Atlantic, NE \u2013 Northeast, SE \u2013 Southeast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 129]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season, Transactions\nThe Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season, Draft picks\nWashington's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Capitals had the 5th overall pick .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season, Farm teams, American Hockey League\nThe Hershey Bears are the Capitals American Hockey League affiliate in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195220-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Capitals season, Farm teams, ECHL\nThe South Carolina Stingrays are the Capitals ECHL affiliate in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195221-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Huskies men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. This marked the head coach Lorenzo Romar's 6th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at Bank of America Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 16\u201317, 7\u201311 in Pac-10 play. They lost in the first round of the 2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament by California. They were invited to the 2008 College Basketball Invitational which they lost to Valparaiso in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195222-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Tony Bennett. The team played its home games on Jack Friel Court in Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195223-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Wizards season\nThe 2007\u201308 Washington Wizards season was their 47th season in the National Basketball Association. The Wizards made the playoffs for the fourth straight season despite missing star Gilbert Arenas for most of it due to a knee injury. The Wizards were then eliminated for the third straight time by the Cavaliers, all in just the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195223-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Wizards season, Draft picks\nWashington's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195223-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Washington Wizards season, Transactions\nThe Wizards have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195224-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Watford F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 football season was Watford Football Club's 62nd consecutive season of competitive football since the Second World War. It began on 1 July 2007, and concluded on 30 June 2008, although competitive games were only played between August and May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195224-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Watford F.C. season, Season summary\nFollowing relegation from the Premier League in 2006\u201307, Watford started the 2007\u201308 season strongly, winning eleven of their opening sixteen games and opening up an 8-point gap at the top of the Championship table. However, after the departure of Adam Johnson to Middlesbrough on 11 November 2007 Watford's form declined; they won six of their next sixteen Championship games, and only one of their final sixteen. In January 2008 Watford sold captain Gavin Mahon and top scorer Marlon King, but purchased Mat Sadler, Leigh Bromby and John Eustace. Watford finished the 2007\u201308 season in 6th position, and were eliminated in the play-off semi finals to Hull City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195224-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Watford F.C. season, Season summary, Football League, Play-offs\nWatford's sixth-placed finish meant that they qualified for the play-off semi finals, where they would play a home and away match against third-placed Hull City. As 6\u20131 aggregate winners, Hull qualified for the final at Wembley Stadium, and as a result of victory in that match they earned qualification to the Premier League for the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195224-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Watford F.C. season, Season summary, FA Cup\nAs a Championship club, Watford did not enter the FA Cup until the third round stage. Their potential opponents were the 20 Premier League teams, the 23 other Championship clubs, and 20 teams from lower divisions which had progressed through the first and second rounds, and in some cases additional qualifying games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195224-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Watford F.C. season, Season summary, League Cup\nFor the 2007\u201308 season, all Football League clubs entered the League Cup in the first round. For the first round, the draw was split into two regional sections of 36 teams. The 18 highest placed teams in the league from the previous season were seeded in each region. Watford, having been relegated from the Premier League, were therefore seeded, and placed in the southern section of the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195224-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Watford F.C. season, Ownership and finance\nWatford Football Club is owned by the holding company Watford Leisure Plc (LSE: ). Its 2007\u201308 financial year coincided with the football season, running from 1 July 2007 until 30 June 2008. The company's annual accounts were released in November 2008, showing an operating loss of \u00a310.977 million, but a net profit of \u00a3426,000 as a result of the sale of player registrations and land. Watford Leisure's chief executive was Mark Ashton, while their chairman was self-professed lifelong Watford fan Graham Simpson, who also owned shares in the company. The club's other major shareholders were Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party Michael Ashcroft through his investment company Fordwat, and brothers Jimmy and Vince Russo through their business Valley Grown Salads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 821]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195224-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Watford F.C. season, Squad details, Player statistics\nStatistics do not include games played for other clubs. Starting appearances are given first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 223]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195225-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wellington Phoenix FC season\nThe 2007\u201308 A-League season was the inaugural season for the Wellington Phoenix, who replaced the New Zealand Knights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195225-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wellington Phoenix FC season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195226-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Welsh Alliance League\nThe 2007\u201308 Welsh Alliance League, known as the design2print Welsh Alliance League for sponsorship reasons, is the 24th season of the Welsh Alliance League, which is in the third level of the Welsh football pyramid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195226-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Welsh Alliance League\nThe league consists of fifteen teams and concluded with Bethesda Athletic as champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195226-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Welsh Alliance League, Teams\nDenbigh Town were champions in the previous season. Gwynedd League's second place team Amlwch Town and third place team Nantlle Vale were promoted to the Welsh Alliance League", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195227-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Welsh Cup\nThe 2007-08 FAW Welsh Cup is the 121st edition of the annual knockout tournament for non-English competitive football teams in Wales. The 2007-08 tournament commenced on 18 August 2007 and concluded on 4 May 2008. The 2007\u201308 Welsh Cup winner's are Bangor City", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195227-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Welsh Cup, Quarter-finals\nMatches were played on 1 March 2008 and 2 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195227-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Welsh Cup, Semi-finals\nThe matches were originally scheduled to be played on the weekend of 29 March 2008, but the Newport YMCA v Bangor City tie was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. It was eventually played Newtown on the following Saturday. The other tie was played at Aberystwyth Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195228-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Welsh League Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Welsh League Cup season was won by Llanelli FC, beating Rhyl FC in the final. It was the first victory for Llanelli FC in the competition, and the fifth appearance by Rhyl FC in the final. The final took place at Latham Park, in Newtown, Wales. The match was refereed by Steve Hames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195229-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Welsh Premier Division\nThe 2007\u201308 Welsh Premier Division or 2007\u201308 Principality Premiership for sponsorship reasons was the sixteenth Welsh Premier Division. The season began on Saturday 1 September 2007 and ended on Wednesday 7 May 2008. Fourteen teams played each other on a home and away basis. This was also the first season where teams earned four points for a win and two points for a draw as well as a bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match. The losing team also earned a bonus point if they lost by seven points or less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195230-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Welsh Premier League\nThe 2007\u201308 Welsh Premier League was the 16th season of the Welsh Premier League since its establishment in 1992 as the League of Wales. It began on 17 August 2007 and ended on 19 April 2008. The league was won by Llanelli, their first league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195231-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wessex Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Wessex Football League was the 22nd season of the Wessex Football League. The league champions for the first time in their history were A.F.C. Totton, who were promoted to the Southern League. The league consisted of two divisions, Division Two having been disbanded. There was some promotion and relegation between the two Wessex League divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195231-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wessex Football League\nFor sponsorship reasons, the league was known as the Sydenhams Wessex League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195231-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wessex Football League, League tables, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division consisted of 23 clubs, increased from 20 the previous season, after Gosport Borough were promoted to the Southern League. Four new clubs joined:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195231-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wessex Football League, League tables, Division One\nDivision One consisted of 21 clubs, increased from 19 the previous season, after Hayling United, Alresford Town and Romsey Town were promoted to the Premier Division, and Locks Heath left the league. Six clubs were promoted from Division Two after it was disbanded:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195232-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season\nDuring the 2007\u201308 English football season, West Bromwich Albion competed in the Football League Championship. They finished the season in first place, thus earning promotion to the Premier League the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195232-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter the previous season's play-off final heartbreak, Tony Mowbray set about restructuring his squad, moving out several players for multimillion-pound fees after press reports of dressing room division. High-profile players such as Jason Koumas, Diomansy Kamara and Curtis Davies were sold to Premier League clubs for large fees, joining Paul McShane, Nathan Ellington, Darren Carter and Steve Watson in leaving the Hawthorns. Mowbray replaced them by signing a total of 14 permanent and loan players in the summer transfer window, making an overall profit in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195232-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Season summary\nDespite the large changes in his squad, Mowbray won the Championship Manager of the Month award in September, after Albion gained 13 out of the maximum 15 points and climbed to second. At the start of 2008, Mowbray's young Albion team topped the table, receiving growing plaudits from the media and supporters alike for their attractive brand of attacking one touch passing football, a reflection of Mowbray's staunch footballing philosophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195232-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Season summary\nMowbray guided Albion to the Football League Championship title and promotion to the Premier League, and also reached the FA Cup semi-final. The semi-final, the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, pitted Albion against Portsmouth, the only remaining Premier League team left in the FA Cup. Portsmouth won the match 1\u20130 with the only goal of the game coming from former Albion striker Nwankwo Kanu. Mowbray won the Championship manager of the month award for April, as well as the League Managers Association manager of the year award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195232-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Kit\nEnglish company Umbro remained West Bromwich's kit manufacturers. T-Mobile remained the kit sponsors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 45], "content_span": [46, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195232-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195232-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195233-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Ham United F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season saw West Ham United compete in the Premier League, where the club finished in 10th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195233-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Ham United F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195233-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Ham United F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195234-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Midlands (Regional) League\nThe 2007\u201308 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 108th in the history of the West Midlands (Regional) League, an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and southern Staffordshire. It has three divisions, the highest of which is the Premier Division, which sits at step 6 of the National League System, or the tenth level of the overall English football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195234-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Midlands (Regional) League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195234-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Midlands (Regional) League, Premier Division\nAlso, Brierley & Hagley merged with Withymoor Colts to form Brierley Hill & Withymoor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195235-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University in the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Bob Huggins and played their home games in the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia. It completed the season 26\u201311 (11\u20137 in the Big East) and lost to Xavier 79\u201375 (in overtime) in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2008 NCAA tournament. West Virginia finished the season ranked #17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195236-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Football League\nThe 2007\u201308 Western Football League season (known as the 2007\u201308 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 106th in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195236-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Football League\nThe league champions for the first time in their history were Truro City, who were promoted to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Wellington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195236-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured two new clubs in a league of 21, reduced from 22 the previous season after the promotion of Bridgwater Town to the Southern League, the relegation of Keynsham Town to the First Division, and the resignation of Torrington, who joined the North Devon League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195236-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Football League, First Division\nThe First Division featured three new clubs in a league of 21, reduced from 22 the previous season after Truro City and Ilfracombe Town were promoted to the Premier Division, Biddestone resigned and Clyst Rovers transferred to the South West Peninsula League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195237-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by head coach Darrin Horn and by future NBA player Courtney Lee. They were members of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference and finished the season 29\u20137 with a 16\u20132 record in Sun Belt play to finish tied for first in the East Division. The team won the Sun Belt Basketball Tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195237-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team\nWestern Kentucky finished ranked 22nd in the postseason ESPN/USA Today Poll. Lee was SBC Player of the year and was joined by Tyrone Brazelton on the All SBC team. Jeremy Evans was SBC Tournament Most Valuable Player, Lee and Brazelton also made the All-Tournament team. Brazelton was named to the NCAA Tournament All-Region Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195238-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u20132008 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Broncos, 20\u201312 overall and 12\u20134 in the conference, captured the MAC West Division championship by four games and earned the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. WMU reached the semi-finals of the MAC tournament before falling to No. 3 seed Akron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195238-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team\nDuring the regular season, Western Michigan defeated No. 25 ranked Davidson College, a team that reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. WMU finished the non-conference portion of their schedule 7\u20137, defeating Davidson, Detroit Mercy, Loyola Chicago, North Carolina Central, Pepperdine, Southern Illinois and Wisconsin\u2013Green Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195238-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team\nWMU also retained the Michigan MAC Trophy for the third consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195238-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team\nSophomore David Kool and senior Joe Reitz earned First Team All-MAC honors. Reitz was also named to the MAC All-Tournament team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195238-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team, Preseason\nThe Broncos were picked to win the West Division by members of the MAC News Media Association, receiving 23 of 32 possible first place votes (Toledo received six votes and Central Michigan three). Western Michigan also received six votes to win the MAC Tournament, which was second to Kent State (7 votes).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 65], "content_span": [66, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195238-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team, 2008\u20132009 recruits\nWestern Michigan signed forwards Muhammed Conteh, Justin Hairston and Flenard Whitfield, center Lemarcus Lowe and guards Mike Douglas and Demetrius Ward during this season. Each player will be a freshman for the 2008\u201309 season. Lowe was rated the #1 Michigan high school center in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 74], "content_span": [75, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195239-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, which played in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), was led by first-year head coach Gregg Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195240-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wichita Thunder season\nThe 2007\u201308 Wichita Thunder season was the 16th season of the CHL franchise in Wichita, Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195241-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wigan Athletic F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 Wigan Athletic F.C. season was the club's 30th season in the Football League and their third season in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195241-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Season summary\nUnder new manager Chris Hutchings, the team started the season well, winning two of their opening three games and briefly leading the Premiership table for the first time in the club's history. However, after going the next ten games without a win, Wigan found themselves in the bottom three. Hutchings was sacked and Birmingham City's Steve Bruce was appointed as the new manager a couple of weeks later. Results began to improve, and the club steadily pulled away from relegation before finally securing their survival in their penultimate game in a 2\u20130 away win against Aston Villa. The club finished in 14th place at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195241-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Season summary\nWigan had little success in the cups, and were knocked out of the League Cup in their first game against Hull City. The club also made it to the fourth round of the FA Cup before losing 2\u20131 to Chelsea. Marcus Bent, on loan from Charlton Athletic, finished the season as the club's top goalscorer with a total of seven goals, and Paul Scharner was voted as the club's Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195241-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Squad, First-team squad\n(Sources)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195241-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195242-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represented The College of William & Mary during the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. This was head coach Tony Shaver's fifth season at William & Mary. The Tribe competed in the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at Kaplan Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195242-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team\nThey finished the season 17\u201316, 10\u20138 in CAA play and lost in the championship game of the 2008 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament to George Mason after a surprising run through the tournament with wins against Georgia State in the first round, rivals Old Dominion in the quarterfinals, and VCU in the semifinals. They did not participate in any post-season tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195243-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team represented Winthrop University during the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. This was head coach Randy Peele's first season at Winthrop. The Eagles competed in the Big South Conference and played their home games at Winthrop Coliseum. They finished the season 22\u201312, 10\u20134 in Big South play to finish tied for first atop the conference standings. They won the 2008 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as No. 13 seed in the East region. They were defeated in the First Round by No. 4 seed Washington State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195244-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison. The head coach was Bo Ryan, coaching his seventh season with the Badgers. The team played its home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin, and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team finished with a final record of 31\u20135 which set the school record for wins in a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195244-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Season Notes\nThis was the second of back-to-back 30+ win season for Wisconsin. Brian Butch and Michael Flowers were seniors; Marcus Landry and Joe Krabbenhoft were juniors; Trevon Hughes and Jason Bohannon were sophomores. All contributed to the team's success.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195244-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Season Notes\nWisconsin won the Big Ten regular season title outright, won the Big Ten tournament championship, and were only awarded a #3 seed. It apparently was a down year for the Big Ten as only four teams made the NCAA tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195244-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Season Notes\nWisconsin handled #14 seed Cal State Fullerton 71-56 in the first round. Then had to be on \"upset alert\" for #11 seed cinderella Kansas St, who boosted stud freshman Michael Beasley. However, Wisconsin prevailed 72-55. In the Sweet Sixteen they ran into the true cinderella, #10 seed Davidson with Steph Curry, and lost 56-73. Trevon Hughes was hobbled with a bum ankle and only played 11 minutes in that game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195244-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Season Notes\nThis was the year all #1 seeds made the Final Four, and Kansas beat Memphis in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195245-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season\nThe 2007\u201308 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team was the Badgers' 8th season. Led by head coach Mark Johnson, the Badgers went 20-5-3 in the WCHA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 109th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the 2nd tier of the English Football system, the Football League Championship. The season saw them finish seventh, narrowly missing out on a play-off place only by virtue of goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season\nThis season was the first under the ownership of Steve Morgan, ending the seventeen-year reign of Sir Jack Hayward. Morgan had bought the club for the nominal sum of \u00a310, with the proviso that he invested \u00a330 million into the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Season review\nThe close season saw businessman Steve Morgan take control of the club for a nominal \u00a310 fee in return for a \u00a330 million investment into the club, resulting in the departure of Sir Jack Hayward after 17 years as chairman. The protracted takeover, originally announced in May, was finally completed on 9 August 2007. The announcement of the deal saw the club set out their future ethos:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Season review\nIt is intended that the new capital, over a period of time, will be used to help re-establish Wolves as a Premiership club. Although this is a significant amount of money there will not be an 'open cheque book' approach to signing players; instead the club will build on the current strategy of steadily and progressively developing a team of young, hungry and talented players. \u2014 Club Statement", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Season review\nAfter last season's unexpected play-off finish, hopes were high for the club to go one step further this time, with manager stating automatic promotion was his aim. The side was strengthened by signing Freddy Eastwood, Stephen Elliott and Michael Gray, but last season's Player of the Year, goalkeeper Matt Murray - who had only just recovered from a broken shoulder - missed the whole campaign after suffering a knee injury in pre-season training.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Season review\nOn the field, the team started the season inconsistently, but a strong October and November saw them push as high as third, just three points from the summit. However, an injury suffered by key player Michael Kightly seemed to severely weaken the team's creativity and preceded a dismal Christmas period that saw them pick up just 4 points from a possible 21, leaving them mid-table and without hopes of an automatic finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Season review\nMore players were brought in during the January transfer window, most crucially striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake from Plymouth Argyle, who scored 12 goals in the remainder of the season, finishing the division's top scorer on 23 goals. However, his goals alone could not bring about a second successive play-off finish as the side finished outside the final spot on goal difference, two goals short of Watford. Despite suffering just two defeats in their final 15 games, several crucial late goals that were conceded in the second half of the season ultimately proved costly. Indeed, just two more goals on the final day of the season would have booked them a playoff place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Results, Pre season\n\"Wolves XI\" pre season results: 0\u20130 v Brighton & Hove Albion (26 July; home), 7\u20130 v Holyhead Hotspur (28 July; away)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Results, Football League Championship\nA total of 24 teams competed in the Championship in the 2007\u201308 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 14 June 2007, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Players, Statistics\nKey:\u00a0\u00a0\u2021 On loan from another club \u00a0\u00a0* First appearance(s) for the club", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Players, Statistics\nCorrect as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195246-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Kit\nThe season saw a new away kit, navy blue with an old gold and white trim. The home kit remained the same as the previous campaign and that season's white away kit was retained as a third kit for this term. The kits were manufactured by Le Coq Sportif, Chaucer Consulting sponsored the club for a fourth season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 48], "content_span": [49, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195247-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Women's CEV Cup\nThe  Women's CEV Cup  2007\u201308 is the 36th edition of the European Women's CEV Cup volleyball club tournament, the former Top Teams Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195247-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Women's CEV Cup, Rules\nWhen the two matches result in one win and one defeat for each team, the teams must play one extra set called GOLDEN SET. The Golden Set is to be played as a tie break set until 15 points. The team winning this GOLDEN SET will qualify for the next round regardless the results of the previous matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195247-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Women's CEV Cup, Play-off, 1/16 Finals\nThe 16 winning teams from the 1/16 Finals will compete in the 1/8 Finals playing Home & Away matches. The losers of the 1/16 Final matches will qualify for the 3rd round in Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195248-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Women's EHF Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Women's EHF Cup was the 27th edition of the competition, running from 31 August 2007 to 24 May 2008. Dynamo Volgograd followed the steps of the previous edition's champion Zvezda Zvenigorod as the second Russian club to win the competition, beating SD Itxako in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195249-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Women's National Cricket League season\nThe 2007\u201308 Women's National Cricket League season was the 12th season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 17 November 2007 and finished on 19 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195249-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Women's National Cricket League season\nThe New South Wales Breakers won the tournament when the final was washed out after the Breakers had topped the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour\nThe World Bowls Tour (WBT) is a limited company formed in September 1996 by the Professional Bowls Association, and the two major governing bodies for world flat green bowls, World Bowls and the World Indoor Bowls Council (WIBC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour\nThe primary object of WBT is to set up a series of premier bowls events at which the top players in the world can play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Players\nThe top 16 players automatically entered into the four main tournaments. The rest of the players are made up of qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events\nThe 2007-08 season saw the arrival of a new tournament, the 'Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay 2007'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events\nAs well as this new event, the four main tournaments open to all the top 16 players will be played in their traditional months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events, Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay 2007\nGreg Harlow extended his unbeaten run at Ponds Forge, Sheffield to a magnificent 18 games when he beat Mervyn King in the Co-operative Funeralcare World Match Play Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events, Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay 2007\nEvery game of the tournament was broadcast live on Sky Sports \u2013 the first time that the broadcaster had given the World Bowls Tour such lengthily coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events, Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay 2007\nHarlow, 38, has won the three previous International Open\u2019s at Ponds Forge \u2013 a record that no one has managed to do.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events, Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay 2007\n\u201cIt's unbelievable, I don't know what it is - I just wish we could play all our WBT events here,\u201d said an ecstatic Harlow after being asked by Sky Sports presenter Lee McKenzie to explain the secret of his success at the Sheffield venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events, Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay 2007, Results\nSemi-finals[8] Mervyn King (ENG) bt [4] Alex Marshall (SCO)\t11-6, 9-7 [2] Greg Harlow (ENG) bt [6] Robert Weale (WAL)\t6-5, 5-5 Final: [2] Greg Harlow (ENG) bt [8] Mervyn King (ENG)\t10-8, 4-10, 2-0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 88], "content_span": [89, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events, engage International Open 2007\nScotland's Paul Foster captured his first ever International Open title in Sheffield after winning a match tie-breaker with Jason Greenslade. The three-time World Singles Champion from Troon notched up a maximum count of four shots on the first end before going on to take the first set 15-5. Welshman Greenslade hit back, edging a closely fought second set 6-5. But in the three-end tie-break, Foster won 2-1 to claim one of the few WBT ranking titles to elude him so far. \"Obviously this was an important triumph for me as it plugged a significant gap in my CV and to win two successive WBT ranking events is no mean achievement,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events, engage International Open 2007, Results\nSemi-finals:[5] Jason Greenslade (WAL) bt [4] Alex Marshall (SCO) 7-7, 8-6[3] Paul Foster (SCO) bt [2] David Gourlay (AUS) 4-8, 11-3, 2-1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events, engage International Open 2007, Results\nFinal: [3] Paul Foster (SCO) bt [5] Jason Greenslade (WAL)  15-5, 5-6, 2-1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events, The Great British Mobility Group Scottish International Open 2007\nAndy Thomson won the Great British Mobility Scottish International Open at Perth, beating Mark Royal 11-5 8-5 in the final at the Dewar's Centre. The St Andrews-born number eight seed, representing England, was always in control against Royal, seeded 13. Royal had earlier shocked top seed Kevin Kerkow as well as ending Paul Foster's hopes of holding three World Bowls Tour titles simultaneously. Thomson was responsible for defeating second seed David Gourlay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 99], "content_span": [100, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events, The Great British Mobility Group Scottish International Open 2007, Results\nSemi Finals:(13) M Royal (Eng) bt Holder (1) K Kerkow (Aus) 7-10 9-8 2-1(8) A Thomson (Eng) bt (6) J Greenslade (Wal) 10-9 2-10 2-1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 108], "content_span": [109, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195250-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Bowls Tour, Events, The Great British Mobility Group Scottish International Open 2007, Results\nFinal: (8) Andy Thomson (Eng) bt (13) Mark Royal (Eng) 11-5 8-5,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 108], "content_span": [109, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195251-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Series of Poker Circuit\nThe 2007\u201308 World Series of Poker Circuit is the 4th annual World Series of Poker Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195252-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe 2007\u201308 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings is the 2007\u201308 edition of the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings. It is an assessment of racehorses which was issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) in August 2008. It includes horses aged three or older which raced or were trained during 2007\u201308 in countries where the flat racing year runs from August 1 to July 31 (and also South America, where it runs from July 1 to June 30). These countries are generally in the Southern Hemisphere, although some areas covered, such as Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates, are actually north of the equator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195252-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe ratings represent a weight value in pounds, with higher values given to horses which showed greater ability. It is judged that these weights would equalize the abilities of the horses if carried in a theoretical handicap race. The list includes all horses rated 115 or above, and it also shows the surface and the distances at which the rating was achieved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195252-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe highest rating in the 2007\u201308 season was 130, which was given to the performance of Curlin in the Dubai World Cup. In total, 80 horses were included in the list, fifteen more than in the 2006\u201307 Rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195252-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Full rankings for 2007\u201308\nCertain horses may have also recorded a lesser rating over a distance different to that listed above. The IFHA publishes this information when the lower rating represents the overall top performance in a particular category. There was one such additional rating for this season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195252-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Top ranked horses\nThe tables below show the top ranked horses overall, the top fillies and mares, and the top three-year-olds in the 2007\u201308 Rankings. They also show the top performers in various subdivisions of each group, which are defined by the distances of races, and the surfaces on which they are run. The IFHA recognizes five distance categories \u2014 Sprint, Mile, Intermediate, Long and Extended \u2014 identified by the acronym \"SMILE\". These are framed as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195252-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Possible errors\nDuring the creation of this article the following anomalies were found in the 2007\u201308 Rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195253-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Worthington's District Cup\nThe 2007\u201308 Worthington's District Cup is the national Rugby Union district cup competition of Wales. It is the 35th annual Welsh Districts cup. The Winners of this year's competition are Cambrian Welfare RFC (2 times 1996\u201397, 2007\u201308).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195253-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Worthington's District Cup, 2006-07 Final\nThe 2006-07 Final took place at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. The final was competed between Blackwood Stars RFC and Bryncethin RFC. The final score was 28 - 18 to Blackwood Stars RFC who won the competition for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195254-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys, led by first year head coach Heath Schroyer, played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium as members of the Mountain West Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195255-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team\nThe 2007\u201308 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. They were led by head coach Sean Miller in his fourth season at Xavier. The Musketeers were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the Cintas Center. Xavier finished the season with a record of 30\u20137, 14\u20132 in A-10 play to win the regular season championship. The Musketeers lost in the semifinals of the A-10 Tournament to Saint Joseph's. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the West region. The Musketeers defeated Georgia, Purdue, and West Virginia to advance to the Elite Eight before losing to UCLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195257-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 York City F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 86th season of competitive association football and fourth season in the Football Conference played by York City Football Club, a professional football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. They finished in 17th place in the 24-team 2007\u201308 Conference Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195257-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 York City F.C. season\nYork entered the 2007\u201308 FA Cup in the fourth qualifying round, losing to Havant & Waterlooville at home. They reached the semi-final of the 2007\u201308 FA Trophy, being beaten by Torquay United. York were knocked out in the fifth round of the 2007\u201308 Conference League Cup, after a penalty shoot-out defeat at home to Northwich Victoria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195257-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 York City F.C. season\n34 players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were 16 different goalscorers. Winger Martyn Woolford played in all 57 first-team matches over the season. Onome Sodje and Woolford finished as joint top scorers with 17 goals each. Sodje scored 14 in league competition, two in the FA Cup and one in the Conference League Cup, while Woolford scored 14 in league competition, two in the FA Trophy and one in the Conference League Cup. The winner of the Clubman of the Year award was David McGurk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195257-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 York City F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nYork retained the previous season's home and away kits. The home kit included red shirts with a white collar, bar a section under the neck which was red, and white trims on the sleeves, white shorts and red socks. The away kit comprised yellow shirts with a green collar, bar a section under the neck which was yellow, and white trims on the sleeves, blue shorts and blue socks. A third kit was used this season, which included light blue shirts with a maroon collar, bar a section under the neck which was light blue, and maroon trims on the sleeves, maroon shorts and light blue socks. CLP Industries continued as shirt sponsors for the third successive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195257-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 York City F.C. season, Match details\nDates are sourced by Batters. League positions are sourced by Statto. The remaining information is referenced individually.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195258-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ystalyfera RFC season\nThe 2007\u201308 Ystalyfera RFC season was a further season of re-building with new, young players. The team began well with six wins and only two defeats into October. Unfortunately these defeats were two league games where the players performed admirably but were denied the results \u2013 Taibach home 5-8 and Bryncoch away 13-17. The Swansea Valley Cup provided Preliminary and 1st Round wins over Trebanos away 19-3 and Alltwen away 32-21. The Welsh Cup started with a Preliminary Round win over Skewen at Ynysydarren 26-14 only to lose at home 11-20 to Cardiff side Fairwater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195258-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ystalyfera RFC season\nDespite a resounding 44-8 win at home to Hirwaun getting 6 tries, the lack of consistency resulted in the loss of the next three league games. This left the \u2018Fera in the position of one win and five defeats, however the never say never attitude came to the front and consecutive victories over Pontycymmer 27-5, Resolven 16-15 away and Neath Athletic 3-0 at home stabilised the situation and left Ystalyfera mid table at the end of 2007. The New Year started again with the inability to apply and maintain team strengths and another three defeats was the outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195258-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ystalyfera RFC season\nHome wins over local rivals Abercrave 28-23 and Brynamman 23-17 again lifted the side in time for the Easter Tour to Halifax. This trip was a blessing in disguise for after returning Ystalyfera only lost another two games, notching up four wins and an amazing 34 all draw with Resolven. In this game Damian James and Phillip Thomas got two tries apiece, Jesse Patton a try and Mathew Scott kicking a penalty and three conversions. This form was to prove a beacon for the forthcoming season when the players in belief of their ability would achieve success.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195258-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ystalyfera RFC season\nOn 15 April Ystalyfera were denied in a Swansea Valley Cup Semi-Final by our always \u2018bogey\u2019 side in the competition Abercrave 7-8 at home. Mathew Scott had scored a try which Damian James converted, but a period when two front row players were \u2018sin binned\u2019 off the field gave the visitors an opportunity and a try plus a penalty gave them the result. Captain this season was the inspiring Paul Davies, top scorer was Jason Addey with 91 points closely followed by the ever present Damian James with 85. Leading try scorer was the much-experienced Phillip Thomas with 10 tries, Mathew Scott just short with 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195258-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 Ystalyfera RFC season\nPlayers Player of the year was Jonathan Evans for the second season and the Supporters favourite was Mathew Scott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195259-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 curling season\nThe 2007-08 curling season began in September 2007 and ended in April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195260-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Argentine football\n2007\u201308 season of Argentine football was the 117th season of competitive football in Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195260-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Argentine football, National team\nThis section covers Argentina's matches from August 1, 2007 to July 31, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195261-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Australian soccer\nThe 2007\u201308 season 31st season of competitive association football in Australia since restructuring of domestic system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195261-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's under-23, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195261-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's under-20, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195261-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's under-17, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195261-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Australian soccer, National teams, Women's under-20, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-20 national team in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195261-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Australian soccer, National teams, Women's under-17, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-17 national team in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195262-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Belgian football\nThe 2007\u201308 football season in Belgium, which is the 105th season of competitive football in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195262-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Belgian football, European Club Results\nThis season, Gent played in the Intertoto Cup and got eliminated in the final round. Likewise Genk got beaten in the second qualifying round of the Champions League, while Anderlecht got knocked out of that same tournament in the third qualifying round which allowed them to take part in the UEFA Cup together with Standard Li\u00e8ge and Club Brugge. In the UEFA Cup, Anderlecht managed to get the furthest, namely into the last 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195263-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Cape Verdean football\nIn the 2007\u201308 season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde The 2nd Cape Verdean Cup was to took place that year but it was can celled due to that n ineligible player were fielded from Acad\u00e9mica Fogo and later Sal Rei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195263-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Cape Verdean football, Final standings, Cape Verdean Football Championships\nSporting Praia and FC Derby were first in each group along with  Acad\u00e9mica do Fogo and AD Bairro, second of each group. Derby had the most points numbering 15 followed by Sporting Praia. Sporting scored the most with 15 goals followed by Derby with 14, Bairro with 12 and Acad\u00e9mica Fogo with 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195263-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Cape Verdean football, Final standings, Cape Verdean Football Championships\nAs Acad\u00e9mica Fogo fielded an ineligible player who got the red card during the Fogo Cup final while Sal Rei fielded an ineligible player during the championships, it was the last time the national championships were delayed to July 26 while the finals were rescheduled to August 9 and 16. It cancelled the second Cape Verdean National Cup that season. Later, Derby advanced to the finals with five goals scored while Sporting Praia advanced with four goals. Derby won the first match 1-0, Sporting won the second leg 3-0 and claimed their 7th national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195263-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Cape Verdean football, Final standings, Island or regional competitions, Regional Super Cups\nThe 2007 champion winner played with a 2007 cup winner (when a club won both, a second place club competed).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 103], "content_span": [104, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195264-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Croatian football\nThe following article presents a summary of the 2007\u201308 association football season in Croatia, which was the 17th season of competitive football in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195265-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Danish football\nThe 2007-08 season in Danish football, starting July 2007 and ending June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195265-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Danish football, Club results, European participation\nFor the first time since the 2002-03 season, the Danish clubs had obtained enough UEFA coefficient points to qualify the third-place finisher of the Danish Superliga 2006-07 for the UEFA Cup. Prior to this, only the second-place finisher would qualify, alongside the Danish Cup winner and the occasional Intertoto qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195265-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Danish football, National team, Players\nThe following players appeared for Denmark during the 2007-08 season. All caps and goals are tallied for the 2007-08 season only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195265-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Danish football, National team, Friendly matches\nThe home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195265-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Danish football, National team, European Championship qualifiers\nDenmark competed in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group F.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 128th season of competitive football in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, European competitions\nIn October 2007, Arsenal equalled the UEFA Champions League record victory with a 7\u20130 win over Slavia Prague at the Emirates Stadium. The record was broken the following month when Liverpool defeated Be\u015fikta\u015f 8\u20130 at Anfield. All four English clubs competing in the Champions League reached the quarter-finals, resulting in three all-English ties during the competition's latter stages. Liverpool eliminated Arsenal in the quarter-finals, but lost the semi-final to Chelsea, who went on to meet Manchester United in the final in Moscow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, European competitions\nUnited completed the European Double, winning the Premier League two points ahead of Chelsea and winning the UEFA Champions League, again against Chelsea 6\u20135 on penalties (1\u20131 after extra time) to lift the European Cup for the third time. This was a unique occurrence \u2013 the first time two English clubs had met in the final of the European Cup/Champions League. It was also a repeat of the opening game of the season, the FA Community Shield, which also finished 1\u20131 and saw a United win on penalties, 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, European competitions\nIn the UEFA Cup, none of the English teams taking part reached the quarter-final stage. Blackburn Rovers, who had qualified for the competition via the Intertoto Cup, were beaten in the first round by Larissa. The three other English clubs progressed through the group stages, with Bolton Wanderers losing to Sporting CP, while Tottenham Hotspur and Everton were both eliminated on penalty shootouts in the round of 16, by PSV Eindhoven and Fiorentina respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, European competitions\nThe 2008 UEFA Cup Final was held at the City of Manchester Stadium, the first time that the UEFA Cup Final had been held in England since being reduced to a single match. The event was marred by riots in Manchester city centre prior to the game. In the match itself, Zenit Saint Petersburg beat Rangers 2\u20130 to lift the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, Premier League\nManchester United retained the Premier League title, winning the competition for the tenth time and becoming champions of England for the seventeenth time in all. The title was decided on the final day of the season as United's 2\u20130 win at Wigan Athletic saw them crowned champions and consigned Chelsea to the runners-up spot regardless of their result at home to Bolton Wanderers. Arsenal and Liverpool qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2008\u201309 third qualifying round by finishing third and fourth respectively, while Everton's fifth position gave them a place in the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup first round. Reading, Birmingham City and Derby County were relegated. Derby became the first team in Premier League history to be relegated before the end of March. They eventually finished on the lowest points tally ever, amassing only 11 points, including just one victory all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 938]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, Premier League\nThe Premier League underwent a major rebranding; changing its sponsored name from the Barclays Premiership to the Barclays Premier League, introducing a revamped logo and new typeface for players' jerseys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, Football League, Championship\nAfter the disappointment of a play-off final defeat the previous year, West Bromwich Albion won the Football League Championship title and returned to the Premier League. Stoke City secured the other automatic promotion spot, after a 23-year absence from the top flight. Hull City followed them by winning the play-off final, beating Bristol City 1\u20130 at Wembley Stadium in the final to reach the top division of English football for the first time in their 104-year history. It was the first time that Hull had played at either the original or rebuilt Wembley Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, Football League, Championship\nDespite impressing on their Championship debut in 2006\u201307, Colchester United finished bottom this season and were relegated back to League One. Scunthorpe United's first journey into the Championship since the 1960s proved short-lived, and they also went back down. The biggest story however was Leicester City's relegation, as a lack of stability at the club (with no fewer than eight men, including caretakers, occupying the manager's seat over the season) proved their undoing and sent them down to League One for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, Football League, League One\nIn a season mired by controversy and points deductions at both ends of the table, Swansea City were the clear champions in League One. In terms of results, Leeds United were actually the best team behind Swansea, but had started the season on \u201315 points following their failure to reach an agreement with HM Revenue & Customs on their Creditors Voluntary Arrangement. This was the first time in the league's history that such a penalty had been imposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, Football League, League One\nNottingham Forest therefore took the second automatic promotion spot on the final day of the season after a late surge of form, culminating in Forest defeating Yeovil 3\u20132 (Who ironically defeated them in the play-off semi final the previous season). Doncaster Rovers won promotion to the Championship by beating Leeds United 1\u20130 at Wembley Stadium in the League One play-off final, thus returning to the top two tiers for the first time since 1958.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0006-0002", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, Football League, League One\nAt the opposite end of the table, Port Vale were in fact the worst team going by results, but Luton Town went into administration and lost ten points causing them to finish bottom, though they would have been relegated even without this penalty. AFC Bournemouth also received a ten-point deduction for going into administration, and in their case it did prove fatal, sending the club down to League Two. If the points deduction did not occur, then Crewe would have gone down. Gillingham were the other team to suffer relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, Football League, League Two\nMilton Keynes Dons won their first honours as a club, winning the League Two title and the Football League Trophy. The other clubs automatically promoted were runners-up Peterborough United, who had pushed the Dons close for most of the season, and Hereford United, who returned to the third level of English football for the first time in 30 years. Stockport County won promotion to League One by beating Rochdale 3\u20132 at Wembley Stadium in the League Two play-off final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, Football League, League Two\nThere was to be no repeat of Wrexham's last day heroics of the 2006\u201307 season, and this time they finished bottom and went out of the League. Despite a good run late in the season, Mansfield Town joined them. Both Dagenham & Redbridge and Morecambe played in The Football League for the first time, after securing promotion to League Two from the Conference National.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, Cup competitions and Community Shield\nPortsmouth won the FA Cup with a 1\u20130 victory over Cardiff City. Tottenham Hotspur won the League Cup, beating the holders Chelsea 2\u20131 after extra time. It was the first League Cup final to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. MK Dons won the Football League Trophy after beating Grimsby Town 2\u20130 in the final. Manchester United took the first silverware of the season when they beat Chelsea 3\u20130 on penalties in the FA Community Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Club football, Non-League football\nThe Conference National became known as the Blue Square Premier upon the announcement of a three-year sponsorship deal. The two regional feeder leagues became known as the Blue Square North and South respectively. The deal signalled the end of a nine-year association between the Conference and the Nationwide Building Society. Aldershot Town won the Conference National to gain automatic promotion to the Football League, while Exeter City beat Cambridge United 1\u20130 in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium to secure the other promotion place. Aldershot also won the Conference League Cup, beating Rushden & Diamonds in a penalty shootout after a 3\u20133 draw. The FA Trophy was won by Ebbsfleet United, who beat Torquay United 1\u20130 at Wembley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Events off the field\nDeloitte reported in September 2007 that transfer spending by all Premier League and Football League clubs had exceeded \u00a3500 million, compared to \u00a3300 million spent the season before. Deloitte attributed the rise in spending to the huge increase in broadcasting revenue and new owners buying into Premier League clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Events off the field\nTwo league clubs moved to new grounds for 2007\u201308. Shrewsbury Town moved to the New Meadow for the start of this season, after leaving their old stadium, Gay Meadow. Milton Keynes Dons moved to their new 22,000 all seater stadium at Denbigh, Milton Keynes, known as Stadium:mk. The stadium was officially opened on 29 November 2007 by Queen Elizabeth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Events off the field\nSheffield, the world's oldest football club, celebrated their 150th anniversary; events included a friendly match against Inter Milan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n1 July 2007: Tottenham Hotspur pay a club record \u00a316.5 million for Charlton Athletic striker Darren Bent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n2 July 2007: Manchester United shell out a combined total of \u00a330 million for Brazilian midfielder Anderson (from Porto) and Portuguese winger Nani (from Sporting CP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n4 July 2007: Everton pay \u00a34 million for Sheffield United defender Phil Jagielka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n5 July 2007: Aston Villa sign West Ham United midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker for \u00a38.5 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n10 July 2007: West Ham United pay a club record \u00a37.5 million for Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy, while Wigan Athletic break their own record fee with a \u00a35.3 million deal for West Bromwich Albion midfielder Jason Koumas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n13 July 2007: Liverpool pay \u00a311.5 million to Ajax for winger Ryan Babel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n23 July 2007: Freddie Ljungberg, Arsenal's longest-serving player, leaves after nearly nine years in a \u00a33 million move to West Ham United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n24 July 2007: Robbie Fowler leaves Liverpool for a second time to join Cardiff City on a free transfer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n3 August 2007: Manchester United sell striker Alan Smith to Newcastle United for \u00a36 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n4 August 2007: Leeds United, who have spent the summer on the brink of expulsion from the Football League due to their financial problems, are told that they will be allowed to take their place in League One, but will start on \u201315 points for exiting administration without a CVA. Leeds chairman Ken Bates immediately announces his intention to appeal against the penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n5 August 2007: Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties after a 1\u20131 draw to seal the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n15 August 2007: Long-serving Aston Villa defender Mark Delaney retires from playing at the age of 31 after failing to fully recover from a succession of injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n25 August 2007: Ray Jones, 18-year-old Queens Park Rangers striker, dies in a car crash in east London which claims the lives of two other people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n28 August 2007: Manchester United's long-serving Norwegian striker Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r retires from playing at the age of 34.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n29 August 2007: Martin Allen, who was appointed manager of Leicester City only three months ago, is dismissed from his job. Everton pay a club record \u00a311.25 million to Middlesbrough for striker Yakubu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n31 August 2007: August ends with Chelsea top after four matches and looking to reclaim their title from Manchester United, who currently stand 10th after a slow start. Manchester City and Wigan Athletic are surprise members of the current top four, along with Liverpool. Everton, Arsenal and Newcastle United complete the top seven while Bolton Wanderers, Fulham and Derby County make up the relegation zone. In the Championship, Coventry City and Ipswich Town are joint leaders of the division while Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stoke City, recently relegated Watford and Colchester United stand in the play-offs. The table is propped up by QPR, Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n11 September 2007: Ian Porterfield, who scored the winning goal for Sunderland in the 1973 FA Cup Final, dies of cancer aged 61. Porterfield was managing Armenia at the time of his death, and earlier in his management career he had been in charge of teams including Sheffield United and Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n13 September 2007: Gary Megson, former West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest manager, ends his 18-month exile from football to take over at Leicester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n20 September 2007: Jos\u00e9 Mourinho, who in the last three years has guided Chelsea to two Premier League titles, two League Cups and an FA Cup triumph, resigns as manager after falling out with owner Roman Abramovich. Director of Football Avram Grant takes over control of the first team, becoming the first Israeli manager in English football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n30 September 2007: At the end of September Arsenal have leaped to the top of the Premiership, followed closely by Manchester United. Manchester City are making a surprise title push and stand in third, while Liverpool, Everton, Portsmouth and Blackburn Rovers are also attempting to make their mark in the push for Europe. Tottenham Hotspur, Bolton and Derby are joint bottom of the Premiership, although Derby's vastly inferior goal difference makes them appear the most vulnerable of the three sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0032-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\nIn the Championship, Watford and Charlton Athletic, relegated from the Premiership last season, are pushing for an immediate return to the top flight and stand first and third respectively, sandwiching West Bromwich Albion. Newly promoted sides Bristol City (4th) and Scunthorpe United (6th) are pushing for a second consecutive promotion, while fifth-placed Stoke City are pushing for a return to the top tier after a 20-year absence. The same three teams from August stand in the bottom three, although now QPR has dropped below Preston and Sheffield Wednesday to stand bottom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n8 October 2007: Peter Taylor is sacked as manager of Crystal Palace after just 16 months in charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n11 October 2007: Neil Warnock returns to management with Crystal Palace, just five months after leaving Sheffield United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n17 October 2007: Bolton Wanderers, bottom of the Premier League, sack manager Sammy Lee after six months in charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n19 October 2007: Steve Bruce resigns after six years as manager of Birmingham City. Speculations mounts that he is about to take over from Chris Hutchings as manager of Wigan Athletic, where he had a brief spell in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n25 October 2007: Gary Megson defects from Leicester City after six weeks as manager to take over at Bolton Wanderers, while Martin Jol is sacked as manager of Tottenham Hotspur (battling relegation from the Premier League after two successive fifth-place finishes) after three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n31 October 2007: Arsenal are continuing their bid for a first title in four years and finish October joint top with Manchester United, but with a game in hand. Manchester City are also continuing their push for European qualification and stand in third, although they are facing pressure from Chelsea, Blackburn, Liverpool and Portsmouth. The relegation zone is unchanged from the end of September, although only three points separate 14th-placed Fulham from 20th-placed Derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0038-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\nIn the Championship, Watford stand six points clear of nearest challengers Bristol City and look well placed for a quick return to the Premiership, while West Brom, Ipswich, Wolves and Stoke (joint sixth with Plymouth Argyle) compete for the play-off places. Norwich City now prop up the Championship, and are three points adrift of the nearest two sides, QPR and Crystal Palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n5 November 2007: Chris Hutchings is sacked as manager of Premier League strugglers Wigan Athletic after less than six months in charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n21 November 2007: England fail to qualify for Euro 2008 after losing 3\u20132 to Croatia in their final qualifying game at Wembley Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n22 November 2007: Steve McClaren is dismissed as England manager by The Football Association after 16 months in charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n26 November 2007: Billy Davies is sacked as manager of Derby County, bottom of the Premier League with just one win so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0043-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n28 November 2007: Paul Jewell returns to management with Derby County, six months after leaving Wigan Athletic. Alex McLeish resigns as Scotland manager to take over at Birmingham City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0044-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n30 November 2007: Arsenal finish November three points ahead of Manchester United with a game still in hand, although only seven points separate Arsenal from seventh-placed Portsmouth, and the teams in between \u2013 United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Aston Villa \u2013 all look capable of sustaining a title bid if they can string together a few good results. Derby remain bottom of the Premiership, but are now joined in the bottom three by Wigan and Sunderland. In the Championship, West Brom have cut Watford's lead to only two points. Charlton have recovered from a poor October to stand third, joined in the top six by Wolves, Ipswich and Bristol City. Norwich remain bottom, along with Preston, but are now only a point adrift of 21st-placed Blackpool, who lead QPR only by goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 850]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0045-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n14 December 2007: Fabio Capello, 61-year-old Italian who has achieved great success with several top European clubs, accepts an offer from The Football Association (FA) to take charge of the England team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0046-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n21 December 2007: Premier League strugglers Fulham sack manager Lawrie Sanchez after eight months in charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0047-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n29 December 2007: Phil O'Donnell, former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder, dies from a heart attack during a Scottish Premier League game for Motherwell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0048-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n30 December 2007: Roy Hodgson returns to English football, nine years after being sacked by Blackburn Rovers, to take over as Fulham manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0049-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n31 December 2007: The year closes with Arsenal still top, although they have failed to take advantage of their game in hand and are only two points clear of Manchester United. It appears now that the title will end up either at Old Trafford or the Emirates \u2013 Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Everton and Aston Villa appear to be now competing just for European qualification. At the other end of the table, Derby are ten points adrift of safety and look certain for relegation. They are joined in the drop zone by Wigan and Fulham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0049-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\nA division below, West Brom have leapfrogged Watford into first. Bristol City are ramping up the pressure on their Hertfordshire rivals and are below them only by goal difference. Stoke, Charlton and Plymouth complete the top six. Norwich have escaped the relegation zone after a good run of results and their local rivals Colchester now prop up the table, along with Sheffield Wednesday and Preston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0050-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n7 January 2008: Fabio Capello officially takes over as England manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0051-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n9 January 2008: Sam Allardyce is sacked after eight months in charge of Newcastle United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0052-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n11 January 2008: Chelsea pay Bolton Wanderers \u00a315 million for French striker Nicolas Anelka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0053-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n16 January 2008: Kevin Keegan is appointed manager of Newcastle United for the second time, having previously been their manager from 1992 until 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0054-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n24 January 2008: George Burley quits Southampton to take over as Scotland manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0055-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n29 January 2008: Dennis Wise resigns as manager of Leeds United (who replace him with former captain Gary McAllister) to become executive director of Newcastle United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0056-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n30 January 2008: Tottenham Hotspur pay \u00a39 million for Rangers and Scotland defender Alan Hutton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0057-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n31 January 2008: Manchester United lead Arsenal by goal difference as January closes, although Chelsea have undergone a renaissance under Avram Grant and are only four points off the Premiership summit. The West London club are ten points clear of fourth-placed Everton, who, along with Aston Villa, Manchester City and Liverpool, are now competing for the final Champions League place. The relegation zone is unchanged from the end of December. West Brom and Bristol City are joint top of the Championship, with Watford, Stoke, Charlton and Crystal Palace in the top six and Preston, Scunthorpe and Colchester in the bottom three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0058-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n6 February 2008: England beat Switzerland 2\u20131 in a home friendly in Fabio Capello's first game in charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0059-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n24 February 2008: Tottenham Hotspur end their nine-year trophy drought with a 2\u20131 win over Chelsea in the Football League Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0060-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n28 February 2008: Arsenal have regained their three-point advantage over Manchester United at the top of the Premiership, with Chelsea nine points behind their London rivals in third. Everton, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Portsmouth continue their European push. At the other end of the table, Derby are 14 points adrift of safety and appear effectively relegated. With eleven games left to play, Reading and Fulham join the Midlands club in the bottom three. In the Championship, Stoke have jumped to the top of the table and are fighting with Bristol City and Watford for the Football League title. West Brom, Plymouth and Charlton compete for the play-off places. The Championship relegation zone is unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0061-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n1 March 2008: Colchester United's former England striker Teddy Sheringham, who turns 42 next month and is the oldest professional footballer in the country, announces that he will retire from playing at the end of the season, calling time on a 26-year playing career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0062-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n29 March 2008: Derby County's relegation is confirmed after they can only manage a 2\u20132 draw at home to fellow Premier League strugglers Fulham \u2013 the earliest relegation to be confirmed in all 16 seasons of the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0063-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n31 March 2008: Manchester United have established a five-point lead over Chelsea with six games left to play; Arsenal have suffered a slump in form and are in third. Liverpool have also established a five-point lead, but ahead of Everton in the race for the final Champions League place. Everton, Portsmouth and Blackburn now appear to be competing for UEFA Cup qualification. For Fulham and Bolton the challenge is to escape the drop zone, although with only six games left their hopes are becoming increasingly slimmer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0063-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\nDerby are already relegated, and are playing now only to avoid breaking Sunderland's record \u2013 set two seasons ago \u2013 of the lowest points tally ever accrued in a Premiership season. In the Championship, only two points separate Bristol City, Stoke and a Hull City side making a late bid for promotion, although West Brom are only four points off the top with two games in hand. Watford and Wolves make up the rest of the top six. Colchester United appear doomed, being 13 points behind 21st-placed Southampton with only 15 left to play for. Scunthorpe United, while above Colchester, also seem destined for the drop. Sheffield Wednesday, however, are only a point behind Southampton and with two games in hand they still have a good chance of survival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0064-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n29 April 2008: Tottenham Hotspur match their club record fee with a \u00a316.5 million move for Dinamo Zagreb and Croatia midfielder Luka Modri\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0065-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n30 April 2008: With two matches left, Manchester United and Chelsea are level on 81 points; Arsenal are four points behind and look like they will be settling for third. Liverpool have sealed their fourth-place finish, while Everton seem destined for fifth despite late pressure from Aston Villa and Portsmouth. Derby have confirmed their 20th-place finish, but Fulham and Birmingham City are still hopeful of securing their top-flight survival at the expense of Reading, Bolton or Middlesbrough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0065-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\nThe Championship has one round of matches left to play: West Brom's superior goal difference makes it likely that they will be automatically promoted, barring a 12-goal swing in the favour of third placed Hull. Second-placed Stoke need to avoid defeat or hope that Hull loses on the final day to seal automatic promotion. Bristol City have sealed their place in the play-offs, while Watford, Crystal Palace, Wolves, Ipswich and Sheffield United fight for the final two play-off spots. Scunthorpe and Colchester are relegated, while Southampton are 22nd, but Leicester, Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry and Blackpool could all still be relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0066-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n11 May 2008: Manchester United seal their 10th Premier League title and their 17th top division title overall by beating Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium in Wigan, while Derby County finish the season in bottom place with a record top division low of one win and 11 points. Joining them in the Football League Championship for next season are Birmingham City and Reading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0067-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n12 May 2008: Porto and Portugal defender Jos\u00e9 Bosingwa agrees to join Chelsea in a \u00a316.2 million deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0068-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n17 May 2008: Portsmouth's 58-year wait for a major trophy ends with a 1\u20130 win over Cardiff City in the FA Cup final. Nwankwo Kanu scores the only goal of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0069-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n21 May 2008: In the first all-English Champions League final, Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties after a 1\u20131 draw in Moscow. Edwin van der Sar saves Nicolas Anelka's penalty kick to give the trophy to United, while earlier in the shoot-out John Terry misses the penalty that would have given Chelsea the trophy for the very first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0070-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n24 May 2008: Hull City reach the top flight for the first time in their history with a 1\u20130 win over Bristol City in the Football League Championship play-off final, with 39-year-old striker Dean Windass scoring the winning goal. It is Hull's third promotion in five seasons \u2013 the second-quickest rise from the league's fourth tier to the highest. On the same day, Avram Grant is sacked as manager of Chelsea (without a major trophy for the first time in four years) despite having taken them to the brink of Premier League and Champions League glory this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0071-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n25 May 2008: Doncaster Rovers reach the second tier of the English league for the first time in 50 years with a 1\u20130 win over Leeds United in the League One playoff final. Just six years ago, Leeds were a top-five Premier League club playing European football, while Doncaster were still in the Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0072-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n2 June 2008: Sven-G\u00f6ran Eriksson is sacked after one season as manager of Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0073-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n5 June 2008: Mark Hughes leaves Blackburn Rovers after four years to take over at Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0074-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n7 June 2008: Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick, 24, is involved in a car crash on the M6 motorway in Cheshire in which two children are killed and four other people are injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0075-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, Diary of the season\n22 June 2008: Paul Ince becomes manager of Blackburn Rovers, ending his season-long spell in charge of Milton Keynes Dons (where he won the League Two title and the Football League Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0076-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, National team\nEngland played their first international match on a synthetic pitch against Russia. England lost the game 2\u20131 leaving qualification for UEFA Euro 2008 out of their hands. England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 after losing 3\u20132 to Croatia on 21 November 2007. As a result, England manager Steve McClaren was sacked the following day. Fabio Capello was confirmed as the new England manager on 14 December 2007. Capello was unveiled by the FA on 17 December 2007, and took up his new role on 7 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0077-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, National team, Friendly matches\nThe home team is listed on the left; the visiting one on the right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0078-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Premier League\nManchester United were crowned league champions for the second year in succession, the tenth time in the history of the Premier League and the 17th time overall. They also won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League for the third time, and Cristiano Ronaldo finished as the league's top scorer with 31 goals. While all three of their main rivals kept the battle for the title close, Chelsea had the more dramatic season; influential manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho departed in mid-September and was replaced by Avram Grant, who became the first Chelsea manager in four years to go without a trophy. Arsenal, meanwhile, after two seasons of disappointment, finished third, just missing out on the title by four points. Rounding out the top four was Liverpool, which ensured that the same four teams qualified for Europe's elite competition once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 898]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0079-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Premier League\nEverton and Aston Villa occupied the two qualification places for the UEFA Cup as managers David Moyes and Martin O'Neill continued to impress for their respective sides (Villa qualified for the Intertoto Cup), whilst Portsmouth collected their first piece of silverware in 58 years by winning the FA Cup in their most successful season ever. Tottenham shook off the shock sacking of Martin Jol with newly installed Juande Ramos winning them their first trophy in years in the League Cup and ensuring a third consecutive year of UEFA Cup qualification, even if their league form was far from stellar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0080-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Premier League\nManchester City went into the season with high expectations, with a new owner in Thaksin Shinawatra and a new manager in Sven-G\u00f6ran Eriksson, alongside an influx of new talent, but finished 9th after suffering from inconsistent form at the turn of the year. Eriksson then lost his job at the end of the season, which included an 8\u20131 loss to Middlesbrough on the final day. Newcastle welcomed the returning Kevin Keegan as manager after sacking Sam Allardyce, and while a winless run from Boxing Day left them 4 points off the relegation places in mid-March, the Magpies secured safety by winning 4 of their next 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0081-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Premier League\nNewly promoted Derby County, once champions of the old First Division, were relegated straight back to the Championship after just one season in the Premier League, winning just one game and collecting a mere 11 points all season; the team's season broke records for all the wrong reasons as they had the worst goal difference, the lowest number of goals scored in the top flight and the earliest post-war relegation. Their relegation was effectively confirmed when manager Billy Davies stood down in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0081-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Premier League\nThe departure of long-serving manager Steve Bruce and subsequent appointment of Alex McLeish meant that Birmingham were relegated after a single season back in the top flight. Taking the final relegation spot were Reading, who seemed safe until the last few weeks of the season, and only a year after narrowly missing out on a European spot. Fulham narrowly survived on goal difference, seemingly dead and buried until the final few games, the appointment of Roy Hodgson, who returned to English football after nine years managing in Europe, saw significant improvement enabling them to escape the drop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0082-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Football League Championship\nWest Bromwich Albion won the Championship title and sealed promotion to the Premier League after a two-year absence. Stoke City joined them, clinching promotion on the last day of the season and returning to the top flight of English football after an absence of 23 years. Hull City reached the top flight for the first time in their history after beating Bristol City 1\u20130 in the playoff final, marking their third promotion in five seasons having battled relegation last season. Bristol City had actually lead the table at several points of the season but nonetheless their fourth-place finish proved a far cry from being the relegation favourites many had tipped them for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0083-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Football League Championship\nWolverhampton Wanderers narrowly missed out on the play-offs on goal difference to a Watford side who actually led the league for most of the first half of the campaign, but won just 1 of their last 16 to sneak into the playoffs, with not even the arrival of top scorer Sylvan Ebanks-Blake helping Wolves' cause. Ipswich Town lost just once at home but missed out despite a final day win over Hull. Crystal Palace initially looked in danger of relegation until the appointment of Neil Warnock in October saw them climb the table and clinch a play-off spot somewhat to the expense of his old club Sheffield United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0084-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Football League Championship\nColchester United couldn't build on last season's tenth-place finish and were relegated back to League One in bottom place after two years in this league. Scunthorpe United's return to the second tier was short lived as they made an immediate return to League One. Leicester City went down on the final day despite drawing at Stoke, after Southampton beat Sheffield United to move above them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0084-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Football League Championship\nIt meant that the foxes would spend next season playing in the third tier of English football for the first time in their history, the employment of four permanent managers throughout the season saw them finally hit rock-bottom after several years of struggle and managerial changes. Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry City and Blackpool also all survived on the last day, In Coventry's case despite losing 4\u20131 at Charlton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0085-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Football League One\nSwansea City won the League One title after amassing 92 points, the highest by a Welsh club in the Football League. Nottingham Forest moved back up to the Championship after a three-season absence, winning 6 of their last 7 and snatching promotion from Doncaster Rovers on the final day. Doncaster made amends for missing out on automatic promotion by winning the playoffs to enter the Championship after a half century absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0086-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Football League One\nLeeds United's record would have seen them promoted at the expense of Forest, however a 15-point deduction preseason proved costly, and while they did wipe the deduction out with a 13-match unbeaten run to start the campaign, they lost to Doncaster in the playoff final, ending their hopes of an immediate return to the Championship. Carlisle proved to be the surprise package however, and remained in contention for 2nd place until the final day, narrowly losing to Leeds in the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0087-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Football League One\nLuton Town suffered their second consecutive relegation as they finished bottom and sat in administration for the entire season, resulting in a ten-point deduction. Port Vale, who were statistically the worst team in the division, joined them. Gillingham were relegated on the last day of the season, as were Bournemouth, the latter of whom also entered administration and suffered a ten-point deduction which proved fatal. Crewe narrowly escaped relegation courtesy of Bournemouth's points deduction and despite losing 4\u20131 on the final day. Cheltenham avoided the drop in part to their final day win that also cost Doncaster automatic promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0088-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Football League Two\nMK Dons won the League Two title, returning to the third tier after a two-season absence and earning their first major achievement in their four-year history. New boss Darren Ferguson led Peterborough United to promotion as runners-up. Hereford United also climbed out of the bottom division meaning they would be playing third tier football for first time in thirty years next season. The final promotion place went to Stockport County, who won the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0089-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Football League Two\nAt the bottom, Wrexham lost their 87-year-old league status. Mansfield Town had a good FA Cup run, but could not cope in the league and were also relegated out of the league after 77 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195266-0090-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in English football, League tables, Football League Two\nEntering the Football League for the following season were Aldershot Town (The successor of the original Aldershot that folded during the 1991\u201392 season) and Exeter City, who returned after five years away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195267-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in German football\nThe 2007\u201308 season is the 98th season of competitive football in Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195268-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Greek football\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the\u00a0?? season of competitive football in Greece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195268-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Greek football, Coaches\nBelow is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195268-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Greek football, European Competition, UEFA Champions League, Group Stage\n(Olympiacos advances by finishing second in the group with 11 points)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195268-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Greek football, European Competition, UEFA Cup, First Round\n(Aris advances 2 \u2013 2 on the away goals rule)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195268-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Greek football, European Competition, UEFA Cup, Group Stage\n(AEK Athens advances by finishing third in the group with 5 points)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195268-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Greek football, European Competition, UEFA Cup, Group Stage\n(Panathinaikos advances by finishing second in the group with 9 points)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195268-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Greek football, European Competition, UEFA Cup, Group Stage\n(Aris fail to advance by finishing fourth in the group with 5 points)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195268-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Greek football, European Competition, UEFA Cup, Group Stage\n(Larissa fail to advance by finishing fifth in the group with 0 points)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195268-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Greek football, European Competition, UEFA Cup, Group Stage\n(Panionios fail to advance by finishing fourth in the group with 4 points)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195268-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Greek football, European Competition, UEFA Cup, Round of 32\n(Rangers FC advances 1 \u2013 1 on the away goals rule)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195269-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Hong Kong football\nThe 2007-08 season in Hong Kong football, starting July 2007 and ending June 2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195269-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong team\nHong Kong have gone through their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, where they were knocked out in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195269-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong national under-23 football team\nHong Kong national under-23 football team this season is preparing for the 2009 East Asian Games to be hosted in Hong Kong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195269-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Hong Kong football, Exhibition Matches, The Citizen Athletic Association 60th Anniversary Invitation Football Match\nCitizen organized an exhibition competition on 22 August 2007 for celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the club. It featured two matches including the host Citizen against Guangdong, and another Hong Kong team South China versus J. League team Vissel Kobe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 126], "content_span": [127, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195270-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Israeli football\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 76th season of competitive football in Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195271-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Italian football\nThe 2007\u20132008 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195271-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Italian football, National team\nItaly will continue their qualifying campaign for Euro 2008. They are coached by Roberto Donadoni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 111th season of competitive football in Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, League competitions, Scottish Premier League\nCeltic won their third consecutive title, having been off the pace for much of the season before a run of seven consecutive victories in the closing stages lifted them to the top of the table. Their title win was dedicated to the memory of assistant manager Tommy Burns, who passed away from cancer a week before the season ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, League competitions, Scottish Premier League\nRangers lost out on the title thanks to indifferent form in the final weeks of the campaign, though the fact that they came so close and recorded victories in both domestic cups nonetheless meant the season was a considerable improvement on the two previous seasons, which both ended up trophyless and without a serious challenge for the title. Motherwell finished third and took the UEFA Cup berth, as former player Mark McGhee's return as manager brought a major turnaround in form.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, League competitions, Scottish Premier League\nAt the other end of the table, Gretna's meteoric rise up the Scottish football pyramid came to a juddering halt; they went bottom of the table following a 4-0 thrashing in their first match, and never left it. The withdrawal of millionaire owner Brooks Mileson plunged them into a financial crisis that forced the club into administration, resulting in them becoming the first top-flight club to earn a ten-point deduction for doing so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, League competitions, Scottish Premier League\nThis helped cause them to set a new record for the lowest top-flight points total since the adoption of 3 points for a win, and their financial troubles would ultimately prove terminal, resulting in the club folding and being reformed as Gretna F.C. 2008 in the Lowland League for the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, League competitions, Scottish First Division\nHamilton Academical won the title, and with it, their third promotion in seven years, bringing them back into the top-flight for the first time since 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, League competitions, Scottish First Division\nStirling Albion finished well adrift in bottom place, and suffered automatic relegation as a result. Clyde were sent into the play-offs, and retained their place in the First Division by beating Airdrie United in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, League competitions, Scottish Second Division\nRoss County won immediate promotion back to the First Division, vindicating their shock decision to sack manager Dick Campbell early in the campaign with the club top of the table, as rookie manager Derek Adams managed to further improve the club's form, resulting in them comfortably winning the title. Airdrie United initially lost out on promotion after failing to beat Clyde in the play-offs, but Gretna's demise meant Airdrie ended up being promoted anyway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, League competitions, Scottish Second Division\nBerwick Rangers were relegated in bottom place after a dismal campaign, and Cowdenbeath joined them after losing in the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, League competitions, Scottish Third Division\nEast Fife won the division by a wide margin after their play-off heartbreak the previous season. Arbroath, who had likewise lost out on promotion in the previous season's play-offs, were victorious in this year's campaign. Stranraer, who lost to Arbroath in the play-off final, still ended up earning an immediate return to Division Two, thanks to Gretna's demise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, League competitions, Scottish Third Division\nEast Stirlingshire, who had been given a suspended reduction to associate members in the previous campaign (meaning they would have faced an expulsion vote had they finished bottom in both this and the next seasons), managed to avoid this fate by pulling above Forfar Athletic on the final day of the season. It was the first time since 2002 that any other team had finished bottom of the SFL pyramid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, National teams, Summary\nScotland failed in their attempt to qualify for the Euro 2008, finishing third in Group B behind 2006 World Cup finalists France and Italy despite beating France twice. Scotland needed a win in their final group game against Italy to qualify, although a draw would have been enough if Ukraine beat France in the last group fixture. Scotland lost 2\u20131 as a result of a heavily criticised decision by Spanish referee Manuel Mejuto Gonz\u00e1lez to award Italy a free kick in stoppage time (resulting in a goal) when it was clear it should have been a free kick to Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195272-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish football, National teams, Summary\nManager Alex McLeish resigned on 27 November 2007 following the loss against Italy and became manager of Birmingham City, his assistants Roy Aitken and Andy Watson joined him at Birmingham. He was eventually replaced on 24 January 2008 by Southampton manager George Burley, he appointed Steven Pressley and former England captain Terry Butcher as his assistants. In first match in charge a 1\u20131 draw was achieved against Croatia despite the withdrawal of 7 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195273-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish reserve and youth football\nThe 2007\u201308 season was a season of reserve and youth football in Scotland. The season commenced in August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195273-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Scottish reserve and youth football, Youth Cup competitions, East of Scotland Shield\n(This was the 2006-07 edition which, due to scheduling issues, had been held-over unplayed and was thus completed in 2007-08).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 95], "content_span": [96, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195274-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Swedish bandy\nThe 2007\u201308 season in Swedish bandy, starting August 2007 and ending July 2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195274-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Swedish bandy, National team results\nThis bandy article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195275-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Turkish football\nThe 2007\u201308 season was the 104th season of competitive football in Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195276-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Uruguayan football, Second Division, Teams\nThese are the teams that currently participates in Uruguayan Second Division:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195276-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Uruguayan football, Uruguay national teams\nThis section will cover Uruguay's games from the end of the Copa Am\u00e9rica 2007 until the June 30, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195277-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Venezuelan football\nThe following article presents a summary of the 2007-08 football season in Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195277-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Venezuelan football, Results\nThe home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195277-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Venezuelan football, Results\nLast updated: May 25, 2008Source:  Fixtures in green represent games played during the Apertura 2007 tournament, fixtures in red represent those played during the Clausura 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195277-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Venezuelan football, Aggregate Table\nLast updated: May 25, 2008Source: 1 Winner of 2007\u201308 Copa VenezuelaPos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195277-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Venezuelan football, \"Championship\" playoff\nCaracas F.C. and Deportivo T\u00e1chira F.C. ended with one championship each at the end of the Apertura and Clausura. Tournament rules establish that a playoff game is required. Deportivo T\u00e1chira won on away goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195277-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Venezuelan football, Venezuela national team\nThis section will cover Venezuela's games from the end of the Copa Am\u00e9rica 2007 until June 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195278-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Welsh football, National team\n2007-08 saw Wales continue their quest for qualification to Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. They played the Republic of Ireland, San Marino, Cyprus, Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia. They did not qualify for the finals tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195278-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Welsh football, FAW Premier Cup\nIn March 2008, Newport County won the FAW Premier Cup beating Llanelli 1\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195278-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Welsh football, Welsh Cup\nBangor City won the 2008 Welsh Cup beating Llanelli in the final 4-2 after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195278-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Welsh football, Welsh League Cup\nLlanelli won the 2008 Welsh League Cup beating Rhyl 2\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195278-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Welsh football, Welsh Premier League\n2007-08 was the first since 2005 that the top division had 18 teams as a result of Neath Athletic's promotion from the Welsh Football League. This meant that all teams were in action on every matchday whereas for the previous 2 seasons there were 17 teams with one team inactive every weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195278-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Welsh football, Welsh Football League Division One\nCwmbran Town's relegation from the Welsh Premier League in the 2006\u201307 season saw them play in the First Division for 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195278-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 in Welsh football, Welsh Football League Division One\nBarry Town, historically the most successful team in the League of Wales, suffered further relegation from the First Division to Second Division. This followed their relegation from the Welsh Premier League in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195279-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 snooker season\nThe 2007\u201308 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 16\u00a0June 2007 and 15\u00a0May 2008. This season saw the introduction of a new ranking tournament in Shanghai, while the Malta Cup lost its status as a ranking tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195279-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 snooker season, New professional players\nNote: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2006/2007 professional Main Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195279-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 snooker season, Calendar\nThe following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195279-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 snooker season, Official rankings\nThe top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195280-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u201308 synchronized skating season\nThe 2007\u201308 synchronized skating season began on July 1, 2007, and ended on June 30, 2008. During this season, which was concurrent with the season for the other four disciplines (men's single, ladies' single, pair skating and ice dancing), elite synchronized skating teams competed on the International Skating Union (ISU) Championship level at the 2008 World Championships and Junior World Challenge Cup. They also competed at various other international as well as national synchronized skating competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation\nThe 2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation followed the general election of 10 June 2007, and comprised a period of negotiation in which the Flemish parties Flemish Liberal Democratic (Open VLD), Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) and New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), and the French-speaking parties Reformist Movement (MR), Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF) and Humanist Democratic Centre (CdH) negotiated to form a government coalition. The negotiations were characterized by the disagreement between the Dutch- and French-speaking parties about the need for and nature of a constitutional reform. According to some, this political conflict could have led to a partition of Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation\nOn November 6, the formation talks became the longest in Belgian history. When the Parliament confirmed the formation of an interim Government, it had been 196 days since the Belgian people had voted out the previous coalition. It was the second longest formation period in European history, after the Dutch record of 208 days in 1977. Talks were interrupted twice by the resignation of the formateur, which left the political parties waiting for a new appointment by the King.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation\nGuy Verhofstadt was appointed as mediator on December 3, with the task not only of looking into the formation of a new government, but also of investigating how the government could handle certain urgent policy matters. Pressed by time, and some say by the King, on 19 December, Verhofstadt concluded a deal on a Government and presented it to Parliament on 21 December; on the same day the Ministers took the oath of office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation\nOn Sunday 23 December, the interim Government officially came into office when it was acknowledged by the lower house of Parliament with 97 votes in favour. The transitional period came to an end on March 20, 2008, when Yves Leterme was sworn in as Prime Minister. The new government seemed short-lived as Leterme offered the King his resignation on 15 July 2008. The King refused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Conventions\nAfter a federal election, the process of government formation starts. This process is based on constitutional convention rather than written law and generally consists of two stages: information and formation. The King consults the presidents of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate and a number of prominent politicians in order to discuss the election results. Following these meetings, he appoints an informateur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Conventions\nThe informateur has the task of exploring the various possibilities for a new federal government and for examining which parties can form a majority in the Federal Parliament. He also meets with prominent people in various fields to hear their views on what policies the new federal government should pursue. The informateur then reports to the King and advises him about the appointment of a formateur. However, the King can also decide to appoint a second informateur or appoint a royal mediator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Conventions\nThe formateur, who is usually the prospective prime minister is appointed by the King on the basis of the informateur's report. The task of the formateur is to form a new government coalition and lead the negotiations about the government agreement and the composition of the government. If these negotiations succeed, the formateur presents a new federal government to the King.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Election and immediate aftermath, 10 \u2013 13 June\nOn June 10, federal elections were held in Belgium. In Flanders, the ruling purple coalition \u2013 the liberal Open VLD and the centre-left electoral list of Socialist Party \u2013 Different (SP.a) and Spirit \u2013 lost the most seats, while the electoral coalition CD&V/N-VA gained the most and the CD&V became the largest party in Flanders and Belgium. The CD&V/N-VA had an electoral program that emphasized the need for far-reaching state reform. Yves Leterme of the CD&V personally gained 800,000 votes and was considered to be the prospective prime minister. The SP.a, the party that lost the most seats, declared it would prepare itself for a role in the opposition, and would support state reform from that position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 86], "content_span": [87, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Election and immediate aftermath, 10 \u2013 13 June\nIn the French-speaking part of Belgium, the liberal party MR lost some seats but nevertheless became the largest party and replaced the Socialist Party (PS) as the dominant party for the first time in history. Before he was appointed informateur, Didier Reynders, the MR party leader, indicated his preference for a coalition of Christian Democratic parties CD&V (Flanders) and CDH (Wallonia) and liberal parties MR (Wallonia) and Open VLD (Flanders) and noted the fact that the PS was no longer the largest francophone party \"a state reform in itself\". Reynders also emphasized that the MR was the largest political party of the largest political group, as the combined number of seats of liberals in Flanders and French-speaking Belgium (MR + Open VLD) surpassed the combined number of seats of the Christian-democrats (CD&V + CDH).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 86], "content_span": [87, 921]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, First information round, 13 June \u2013 4 July\nOn 13 June 2007, King Albert II appointed Reynders as informateur. The CD&V/N-VA caused a minor controversy when they immediately agreed with Reynders to stall constitutional reform until after the coinciding regional and European elections of 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, First information round, 13 June \u2013 4 July\nReynders presented his 170-page final report, titled Develop, unite and protect, to the king on 4 July 2007. It included a list of a record-breaking 450 people he talked to as informateur and contained an inventory of their views. Reynders talked to, among others, Guy Quaden, the Governor of the National Bank of Belgium, Joaqu\u00edn Almunia, the European Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs, Herman De Croo, Anne-Marie Lizin, the leaders of trade unions and employers' organisations and several senior civil servants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Mediation round, 5 \u2013 15 July\nFollowing the informateur's report, King Albert II on July 5 asked former Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene to accept a \"mediation and negotiation assignment\" in order to prepare the ground for the formateur and to look into the possibility of state reform. Dehaene reached the conclusion that only an orange-blue coalition with CD&V/N-VA, OpenVLD, MR and Humanist Democratic Centre was viable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Mediation round, 5 \u2013 15 July\nInitially Dehaene stated there should be a formateur by July 21, the Belgian national holiday, but he ended his assignment prematurely on Sunday July 15, one week before the July 21 deadline. The former mediator said the four orange-blue parties would accept an invitation to coalition talks, but that this did not \"mean all obstacles have been removed, far from it!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, First formation round, 15 July \u2013 23 August, Leterme begins his mission\nThe King then appointed Yves Leterme as formateur on Sunday July 15 with the task of forming a new government coalition after Jean-Luc Dehaene was relieved from his task as mediator and negotiator. On his first day as formateur, Leterme met with outgoing Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (Open VLD), the new President of the Chamber of Representatives, Herman Van Rompuy (CD&V), and the new President of the Senate, Armand De Decker (MR). The following day, Tuesday July 17, Leterme received the presidents of the orange-blue parties: Jo Vandeurzen (CD&V), Bart De Wever (N-VA), Didier Reynders (MR), Bart Somers (Open VLD) and Jo\u00eblle Milquet (Humanist Democratic Centre).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, First formation round, 15 July \u2013 23 August, Leterme begins his mission\nOn Monday July 23, Formateur Leterme presented his formation memorandum called The Power of People \u2013 Turning Challenges Into Opportunities Together. This formation memorandum formed the basis for the real negotiations. It contained 80 pages and nine chapters about various issues; however, it did not contain a separate chapter on constitutional reform and devolution. In his memorandum, Leterme proposed lowering income taxes for those with low and median incomes, changing the unemployment benefits system, and expanding parental leave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0013-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, First formation round, 15 July \u2013 23 August, Leterme begins his mission\nHe also wanted to keep several nuclear power stations open longer, build 1,500 additional prison cells, and establish an emergency budget for the FPS Justice to hire more people. The formateur did not want a collective regularisation of illegal immigrants, but proposed the establishment criteria to allow regularisation in individual cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, First formation round, 15 July \u2013 23 August, Suspension of negotiations and consultations by the King\nCoalition talks at Valley of the Duchess proceeded with much difficulty due to differences between Flemish and Francophone parties over constitutional reform, with communautary tensions reached a high on Thursday August 16. Negotiator for Humanist Democratic Centre Francis Delp\u00e9r\u00e9e described the situation with the following words: \"Il y a un parfum de crise\" (English: There is a whiff of crisis). Formal negotiations were temporarily suspended on Friday August 17, following a meeting between the King and the formateur, to allow the King to conduct a series of political consultations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 140], "content_span": [141, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0014-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, First formation round, 15 July \u2013 23 August, Suspension of negotiations and consultations by the King\nIt was the third time since he was appointed formateur that Leterme reported to the King on the progress of the coalition talks. This move was heavily criticised by Johan Vande Lanotte, the outgoing chairman of the Flemish socialist party SP.A and a professor in constitutional law, who accused the parties involved in the coalition talks of forcing the King, who is supposed to remain impartial, to play a political role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 140], "content_span": [141, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, First formation round, 15 July \u2013 23 August, Suspension of negotiations and consultations by the King\nThat evening, the King received Jo Vandeurzen, the CD&V chairman, and Didier Reynders, the chairman of the MR. The next day the King received the chairpersons of the two other orange-blue parties, Bart Somers (Open Vld) and Jo\u00eblle Milquet (CDH), in order to attempt to defuse the tensions. The King did not receive the chairmen of the N-VA and the FDF; however, Bart De Wever (N-VA) reportedly did receive an exploratory phone call from the Royal Palace. During the weekend, there also were informal consultations between the formateur and all other parties involved in the coalition talks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 140], "content_span": [141, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, First formation round, 15 July \u2013 23 August, Leterme resumes his mission and resigns\nOn Sunday August 19, the formateur Leterme was summoned by the King to discuss his consultations. Afterwards, the King asked him to resume his work as formateur, but asked him to make new political contacts before resuming the negotiations. After further negotiations produced no results, Leterme resigned as formateur on August 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 123], "content_span": [124, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Consultations by the King, 23 \u2013 29 August\nFollowing Yves Leterme's resignation, King Albert asked Didier Reynders, the chairman of the Francophone liberal party MR and erstwhile informateur, to seek a way out of the stalemate. At first, the Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT) reported that Philippe Maystadt or Melchior Wathelet would probably take over, either as informateur or as royal mediator. The Flemish parties felt it was up to a member of CDH to take an initiative; however, the CDH wanted a Flemish politician to be involved in the mediation efforts as well. It was later reported that, according to observers, King Albert would probably ask Raymond Langendries (CDH) and Herman De Croo (Open Vld) to mediate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Consultations by the King, 23 \u2013 29 August\nOn August 24, a survey conducted by VTM showed that 45.8% of the 1300 Flemings polled wanted Flanders to be declared independent and that 54.2% opposed such an action. The same survey showed that 58% of the respondents thought that the state reform is worth a crisis. Also, 72% could not understand the French-speaking opposition, and 53% thought that Milquet was to blame for the crisis and 15% thought that Leterme was to blame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Consultations by the King, 23 \u2013 29 August\nOn August 25, the King received Herman Van Rompuy (CD&V), President of the Chamber of Representatives and Armand De Decker (MR), President of the Senate, and on August 27 the Royal Palace announced that the King would receive several ministers of State to discuss the political crisis. It was suggested by De Standaard that the King would not appoint the duo Langendries and De Croo because they were already named too much in the media which caused several politicians, such as Hendrik Bogaert (CD&V) and Bart De Wever (N-VA), to object or criticize such a choice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0019-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Consultations by the King, 23 \u2013 29 August\nThe Open VLD also held a press conference in which Bart Somers called the remarks about De Croo \"inconvenient and unseen\". He also said that the problem of the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (BHV) electoral district should be tackled before all other issues, something regarded by the VRT as a direct criticism of Leterme because he did not once mention this problem when he was formateur. Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht, who is a negotiator for Open VLD in the coalition talks, described the government formation as \"surrealistic\" and added: \"Ceci n'est pas une formation\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Consultations by the King, 23 \u2013 29 August\nJean-Luc Dehaene, Wilfried Martens and Philippe Moureaux were the first ministers of State to be received by the King. A photographer took a picture of a document Dehaene had with him when he arrived at the palace. The document reportedly stated that the state reform should not be an issue during the formation whereas the issue of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde should be included in a coalition agreement, and that all elections (federal, regional and European) should coincide in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0020-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Consultations by the King, 23 \u2013 29 August\nOn Tuesday August 28, King Albert received Willy Claes (SP.A), G\u00e9rard Deprez (MR), Jos Geysels (Groen! ), Philippe Busquin (PS), Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb (Humanist Democratic Centre) and Jos\u00e9 Daras (Ecolo). The following day, the King received three more ministers of State: Raymond Langendries (Humanist Democratic Centre), Herman De Croo (Open VLD) and Louis Michel (MR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Van Rompuy begins his mission\nFollowing consultations with a number of ministers of State, King Albert received Herman Van Rompuy (CD&V), the outgoing President of the Chamber of Representatives, and charged him with an exploratory mission in order to find a solution to the political crisis. Van Rompuy was considered by Flemish and French-speaking parties and newspapers as a good choice. He met on August 30 with the presidents of several parties of the orange-blue coalition, in particular Jo Vandeurzen (CD&V), Bart De Wever (N-VA), Bart Somers (Open VLD) and J\u00f6elle Milquet (CDH).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 114], "content_span": [115, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0021-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Van Rompuy begins his mission\nOn August 31, he met with presidents Didier Reynders (MR), Olivier Maingain, (FDF) and Jean-Michel Javaux (Ecolo). The content of the discussions is unknown as Van Rompuy wanted to communicate and negotiate discreetly. De Standaard noted that Van Rompuy did not talk with a member of the PS, which could mean he wanted to reach the required two-thirds majority for constitutional reform with the ecologists (Ecolo on the French-speaking side) and rather that the PS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 114], "content_span": [115, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Van Rompuy begins his mission\nAlso on August 30, the Walloon government held its first meeting since the summer holidays. Rudy Demotte (PS), the minister-president of the Walloon government criticized the long duration of the government formation and was skeptical about whether Van Rompuy would be able to solve the crisis. He also said that he was waiting for formation proposals. On August 31, Milquet said institutional reform was less important than other topics and all French-speaking parties should formulate a common strategy. She also expressed her wish to replace the current \"confrontational federalism\" with a modern \"cooperative federalism\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 114], "content_span": [115, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0022-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Van Rompuy begins his mission\nG\u00e9rard Deprez (MCC, a part of the MR just like the FDF) criticized Maingain's (FDF) demand for the territorial expansion of the region of Brussels to several Flemish towns in return for the split of the BHV electoral district. Deprez said in La Libre Belgique that \"Maingain acts like the Inquisition and excommunicates everyone that does not share his dogmas\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 114], "content_span": [115, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Van Rompuy begins his mission\nIn an international press meeting, the Flemish nationalist party Vlaams Belang said that the formation crisis was an example of Belgium's failure to function as a state and that the time had come to declare Flemish independence. On September 1, the Flemish newspaper De Standaard devoted an issue to the question of whether a Flemish secession was realistic and viable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 114], "content_span": [115, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0023-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Van Rompuy begins his mission\nOn September 2, during De Gordel, an annual Flemish cycling event in the periphery of Brussels with a strong political undertone, Eric Van Rompuy (member of the CD&V and the brother of explorateur Herman) and Bart De Wever (N-VA) emphasized that this should be the last De Gordel in which the problems surrounding the BHV were not solved. Flemish minister Geert Bourgeois (N-VA) also stated that the Flemish majority in the newly elected parliament should urgently solve the problem unilaterally \u2013 i.e. without the consent of the French speaking parties and thus without any offers. Other politicians, such as Flemish minister-president Kris Peeters (CD&V) and federal minister of Internal Affairs Patrick Dewael (Open VLD) participated in the event, but did not comment on BHV. Prominent absentees were Yves Leterme and Guy Verhofstadt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 114], "content_span": [115, 952]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Non-participation of Ecolo\nDuring this period, speculation about the participation of the French-speaking ecologist party Ecolo in the orange-blue coalition increased. Van Rompuy tried to obtain the support of Ecolo for the coalition to address left-winged CDH's desire to have a left-wing partner in the centre-right coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Non-participation of Ecolo\nOn September 3, Ecolo said that three conditions must be met for it to participate in a coalition. First, the party refused to join any coalition involving N-VA. A coalition without the N-VA would \"respect the different communities\" of Belgium. Second, Groen!, the Flemish ecologists would have to be part of the coalition as well. Third, formation would have to be renegotiated to give the climate change a central place in the coalition programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Non-participation of Ecolo\nCD&V/N-VA said Ecolo's demands could not \"be taken seriously\" because the CD&V without the N-VA was unthinkable. They also said the presence of N-VA was not a problem, but that the problem is the unreasonableness of the French-speaking parties to negotiate around the Flemish demands. Groen! said it was unwilling to participate in a coalition in which it is not necessary to obtain a majority in parliament. The need to undertake the negotiations again also meant the agreement between the partners about the prolonged existence of several nuclear power plants had to be reconsidered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Non-participation of Ecolo\nHerman Van Rompuy provided the King a first interim report on September 3. Although his effort to include Ecolo in the coalition failed, Van Rompuy continued his mission despite a general decline in optimism about his likelihood of success of his mission steeply declined. He formulated several proposals that he suggested to the orange-blue parties. On 10 September, Van Rompuy provided the King with a second \"interim\" report \u2013 something that indicated his work would be prolonged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Plenary session of the Flemish parliament\nFilip Dewinter of the Vlaams Belang proposed to have an earlier plenary session in the Flemish parliament to discuss the communitarian crisis, a request that was granted. On September 10, under the eyes of the international media, he proposed in the plenary session to prepare a plan for an independent Flanders and to hold a referendum on independence. He said that the Flemish resolutions agreed upon in the Flemish parliament in 1999 (that supported a far-reaching devolution of powers) were a breaking point. He also called Belgium \"a country that is terminally ill\" and that it was time to say \"bye bye Belgium\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 126], "content_span": [127, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Plenary session of the Flemish parliament\nOther parties vehemently opposed the course of action, proposed by Dewinter. For instance, Ludwig Caluw\u00e9 (CD&V) said that the Flemish Interest did not vote for the resolutions in 1999. He added that more power to the regions does not imply the end of inter-regional solidarity. Patrcia Ceysens (Open VLD) said that \"the country is not going to split, the parliament is not going to declare independence.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 126], "content_span": [127, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Leterme's controversial remark\nIn Karrewiet, a Flemish news program for children, Leterme was interviewed. He said \"We could make sure that they [French-speaking Belgium] could build schools more cheaply. That would be beneficial for students from Wallonia and Brussels. Maybe if we could agree about that, French-speakers would be willing to negotiate about our demands.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 115], "content_span": [116, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Leterme's controversial remark\nFrench-speaking politicians and the French-speaking media were enraged about Leterme's remark. Marie Arena (PS) and Jo\u00eblle Milquet (CDH) interpreted Leterme's remark as making the Flemish youth believe Walloon parties are only interested in money and could be bribed. They also said that the lower VAT for building schools was already agreed upon in a six-year-old accord which was still not executed. Milquet said that Leterme should refrain from giving interviews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 115], "content_span": [116, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Leterme's controversial remark\nWilfried Martens (CD&V) criticized the French-speaking side of the country for misinterpreting a \"sign of goodwill\" made by Leterme. Karel de Gucht (Open VLD) said that they do not have a veto right about which Fleming can become prime minister. He also added that they overreacted. \"Who takes away his position as prime minister, turns him into a political martyr. I do not feel like competing against a political martyr during the next election. Why should he not be allowed to speak? The campaign waged against him...is unacceptable.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 115], "content_span": [116, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Criticism on the duration of negotiations\nGuy Quaden, president of the National Bank of Belgium, warned on September 13 that the long duration of negotiations were not without a price as much-needed measures in the domains of budget, competition and employment are still not taken. Didier Reynders said that Quaden should occupy himself with \"interest rates, not politics\". CDH agreed with Quaden. CD&V and Open-VLD also agreed, but said that a good agreement was better than a quick but bad agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 126], "content_span": [127, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Criticism on the duration of negotiations\nElio Di Rupo, the president of the PS, sharply criticized the duration of the negotiations. \"Three months on from the election, they're not even sitting around the negotiation table. This has never happened before\". He continued, \"If we would have participated in the talks, negotiations would never have been derailed\". Di Rupo also called the talks a \"guerrilla war\" rather than negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 126], "content_span": [127, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Criticism on the duration of negotiations\nBelgian Minister of State Louis Tobback and Trends journalist Geert Noels blamed the Euro for allowing the formation talks to last this long. Since the Belgian government is no longer in charge of its own monetary policy, the value of the currency will not be affected by this political crisis, so there is no monetary incentive to force the formation partners to find a quick solution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 126], "content_span": [127, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, No participation of the PS\nOn August 31, the magazine Knack reported that talks were taking place to include the francophone Socialist Party (PS) in a tripartite coalition. This was denied by Di Rupo, whilst Didier Reynders absolutely ruled out the MR joining a coalition with the PS. Rumours continued until September 7 when Van Rompuy denied any negotiations on extending the Orange-Blue coalition to include the PS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, No participation of the PS\nOn September 14, Jean-Jacques Viseur (CDH), mayor of Charleroi, said that it was wrong to keep the socialists out of the government. On September 16, Open VLD senator Patrik Vankrunkelsven agreed and openly questioned his party's opposition to the participation of the socialists in government. He said that as long as the PS is an opposition party, the MR will not make any concessions on state reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, No participation of the PS\nOn September 17, it was revealed that Van Rompuy had used Jean-Luc Dehaene to contact the PS secretly a week earlier. Dehaene met Elio Di Rupo and enquired as to whether the PS would support some parts of a state reform from opposition, as the SP.a has said it will. Di Rupo declined to support reforms as long as the PS is not a member of the coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Larger role for Van Rompuy\nVan Rompuy's discretion was appreciated in French-speaking Belgium. MR and CDH proposed that Van Rompuy would include issues such as the federal budget, justice and social-economic matters in his exploratory mandate. Until then, Van Rompuy only tried to determine communatarian issues ranging from the BHV to the regionalisation of power. Van Rompuy's spokesman said that such a widening of his mandate was not being considered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Exploratory round, 29 August \u2013 29 September, Larger role for Van Rompuy\nOpen VLD and CD&V supported the French-speaking proposal. CD&V added that a widening of his role can only happen if Van Rompuy remains an explorer, does not become a formateur and does not negotiate. Jo Vandeurzen (CD&V) also emphasized that Leterme remains the prime minister designate. VLD responded that they did not have any intention to undermine the position of Leterme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December\nOn September 29, Herman Van Rompuy presented his final report to the King. Afterwards, the Royal Palace announced that King Albert II relieved him of his exploratory mission. Later that day, King Albert II again appointed Yves Leterme as formateur. On Friday, 5 October, Leterme provided the King his first interim report, after which negotiations with all orange-blue parties began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 89], "content_span": [90, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Voting about Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde\nTalks for a new government were interrupted on November 7, with agreements about everything not related to strengthening Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels; or to monetary affairs. Chairman Pieter De Crem (Christian Democratic and Flemish) of the Belgian Chamber Committee on the Interior had decided to go ahead with a vote on the split of electoral district Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde. The six Francophone committee members walked out in protest. The 11 Dutch-speaking members continued the meeting, and voted in favour of the split, with only Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen!) abstaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 128], "content_span": [129, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0043-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Voting about Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde\nThe Francophone parties subsequently invoked a procedure known as the conflict of interest (Dutch: belangenconflict, French: conflit d'int\u00e9r\u00eat), a procedure whereby a regional parliament can indicate that it feels that the interests of the region are hurt by the decision of another political body in Belgium, in this case the Belgian Chamber Committee on the Interior. The Parliament of the French Community of Belgium approved the procedure on November 9, with three members of the National Front abstaining. This suspends a decision about Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde for a period of 60 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 128], "content_span": [129, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0044-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, The King intervenes\nOn November 9, King Albert II intervened. He took state reform off the agenda for the negotiations, and instructed the chairmen of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate to \"start a dialogue\" on the matter. In a joint statement, the parties CD&V and N-VA rejected the decision, and stated they would only join a government if there were \"guarantees for big state reform.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0045-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, The King intervenes\nOn November 12, the King met with the chairmen of the socialist parties SP.A and PS, and the green parties Groen! and Ecolo, who would be part of the opposition if the orange-blue government were to be formed. The purpose of the meeting was to see whether the parties were willing to take part in a Committee of Wise Men that would examine the possibilities for state reform. SP.A chairwoman Caroline Gennez declined the offer, saying it was not the job of her party to make an orange-blue government possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0045-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, The King intervenes\nShe called the Council of Wise Men \"not a way towards a solution to state reform, but a getaway route to nowhere.\" Mieke Vogels, chairwoman of Groen!, stated her party would not give the new government a \"blank check\" for state reform. Chairman Elio Di Rupo of the PS said he wanted to see the \"menu\" of the Committee of Wise Men first; \"without a serious menu, [the Committee of Wise Men] risks becoming a talking shop.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0046-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, The King intervenes\nThe next day, the King met with the chairmen of CD&V, CDH, Open VLD and MR, and with Chamber of Representatives chairman Herman Van Rompuy (CD&V) and Senate chairman Armand De Decker (MR), to discuss ways to start dialogue on state reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0047-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, The King intervenes\nCD&V's partner party in the negotiations, N-VA, was not invited, nor was FDF, which is affiliated with MR. The chairmen of right-wing parties Flemish Interest, List Dedecker and FN \u2013 who would be in opposition if the orange-blue government was to be formed \u2013 were not invited either.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0048-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, The King intervenes\nOne of the instructions the King had given to De Decker and Van Rompuy, was to find a way to start a dialogue on state reform. In an interview with RTBF on November 14, Armand De Decker said he and Karel Van Rompuy wanted to establish a National Committee of Dialogue (French: Coll\u00e8ge national pour le dialogue, Dutch: Nationaal College van Dialoog). The committee would consist of prominent politicians of the Christian-democratic, liberal, socialist and green parties, who together have a two-thirds majority in both the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate. Van Rompuy stated that nothing had been agreed upon, and that De Decker had spoken in his own name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0049-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Negotiations at a standstill\nWhile the King was trying to find a new way to hold negotiations between the parties involved, the negotiations themselves came to a standstill. The parties have not spoken with each other since November 8, and the Francophone parties have stated that they would only rejoin the negotiating table if the Flemish parties apologize for the Chamber Committee on the Interior vote on Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 119], "content_span": [120, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0050-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Negotiations at a standstill\nSeveral politicians had suggested a tripartite government of liberal, Christian-democratic and socialist parties. The newspapers Gazet van Antwerpen and Het Belang van Limburg reported on November 13 that the CD&V was leaning towards that option as well. Party spokesman Peter Poulussen denounced the reports as \"pure speculation,\" and Open VLD and MR rejected the idea of a tripartite government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 119], "content_span": [120, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0051-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Negotiations at a standstill\nBruno De Wever, professor at the Ghent University and brother of N-VA chairman Bart De Wever on 17 November stated on Kanaal Z, a Flemish business television channel, that \"a periphery around Brussels where 80% speaks French, is not Flemish.\" He said that a compromise should be worked with an increase in social and economic competences for Flanders in exchange for the expansion of the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region. Bruno De Wever also said that it is hard to continue to call a municipality where a large majority of the population speaks French a Flemish municipality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 119], "content_span": [120, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0052-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Mayors of Kraainem, Linkebeek and Wezembeek-Oppem\nFlemish Interior Minister Marino Keulen (Open VLD) announced on November 14 that he had decided not to appoint the French-speaking mayors of Kraainem, Linkebeek and Wezembeek-Oppem, three municipalities with linguistic facilities in the Flemish Periphery of Brussels, because they had sent letters of convocation (letters calling citizens to vote and informing them where their polling station is) in French for the 2006 municipal elections and the 2007 federal election. This was a violation of rules established by the Flemish Government. The three mayors are all members of the FDF. Marino Keulen will ask the municipal councils of these municipalities to nominate a new mayor for appointment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 140], "content_span": [141, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0053-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Mayors of Kraainem, Linkebeek and Wezembeek-Oppem\nThe three mayors also violated language legislation by allowing French to be spoken during the meetings of the municipal councils of Kraainem, Linkebeek and Wezembeek-Oppem on Monday 22 October 2007, which Minister Marino Keulen described as a provocation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 140], "content_span": [141, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0054-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Mayors of Kraainem, Linkebeek and Wezembeek-Oppem\nMyriam Delacroix-Rolin (CDH), the Mayor of Sint-Genesius-Rode, another municipality with linguistic facilities, will be appointed; her municipality had only sent letters of convocation in French for the 2006 municipal elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 140], "content_span": [141, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0055-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Mayors of Kraainem, Linkebeek and Wezembeek-Oppem\nThe Francophone political parties put forth a united declaration in the Walloon parliament on November 16, calling the act by Flemish minister Keulen \"a rejection of democracy.\" The appointment of the mayors should be seen in the broader perspective of the Brussels' periphery, the declaration stated. Damien Thiery, the Mayor of Linkebeek, announced the following day that he will again be presented for appointment as Mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 140], "content_span": [141, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0056-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Resignation of Leterme\nA confused week of negotiations started on 26 November 2007 with an agreement proposed by Yves Leterme and immediately accepted by CDH, MR, FDF and OpenVLD. Ironically, his own close partner N-VA did not accept the agreement, requesting more concessions for government reforms in the agreement instead; this led to a week of back and forth statements and interviews in the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 113], "content_span": [114, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0057-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Resignation of Leterme\nOn 30 November 2007, Leterme made a final proposal with three questions; he requested positive responses to all questions by all parties in order to continue negotiations. The questions were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 113], "content_span": [114, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0058-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second formation round, 29 September \u2013 1 December, Resignation of Leterme\nThe French-speaking party CDH gave no response to all three questions, and FDF did not accept the transfer of business tax regulations to the regions. Faced with this defeat, on 1 December 2007 Leterme gave his resignation as formateur to the King, which the King accepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 113], "content_span": [114, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0059-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Consultations by the King, 1 \u2013 3 December\nGuy Verhofstadt, who remains the head of government, was received by the King on 1 December. He was one of many politicians who could be asked by the King to try to seek a new consensus between Dutch and French-speaking parties. After visiting the royal palace twice on 3 December, prime minister Verhofstadt was nominated informateur by the King, although with a smaller role than an informateur usually plays. Verhofstadt stated he was hesitant at first to accept the job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0060-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second information round, 4 \u2013 17 December\nVerhofstadt started his information round on December 4, talking to the chairmen of the Belgian Senate andChamber of Representatives, Herman Van Rompuy and Armand De Decker respectively. The chairman have already been given the task by the Belgian King to organize a convention on constitutional reform, with members from the Belgian political class. Verhofstadt also met with the leaders of the largest political parties, followed by the smaller political parties on December 5. The main political parties have not ruled out a tripartite coalition, although Verhofstadt's own party, Open VLD, has come out against such arrangement. List Dedecker has declared it will not support Verhofstadt's endeavours, and wants to see new elections instead. Vlaams Belang and the Front National were not invited by Verhofstadt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 897]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0061-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Second information round, 4 \u2013 17 December\nThere were several difficulties associated with forming a temporary government. On the French-speaking side, the MR opposed a government that included all French-speaking parties. On the Flemish side, the VLD opposed the participation of the SP.a, the Flemish socialist party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0062-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Forming interim government, 17 December \u2013 23 December\nOn 17 December, Guy Verhofstadt was asked by the King to start the formation of an \"interim government\" that would last until 23 March 2008. On the morning of 18 December, Verhofstadt met with CDH head Jo\u00eblle Milquet and offered the party a part in an interim Government through a person outside the party, a move that confirmed the refusal by MR to a full participation of cdH in the interim Government. In reaction, CDH called a party meeting, soon followed by a press conference where cdH announced its withdrawal from formation talks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0062-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Forming interim government, 17 December \u2013 23 December\nThe move was followed in the afternoon by a call for francophone unity by PS head Elio Di Rupo that announced it will not take part in a Government without CDH. Later in the afternoon, CD&V head Jo Vandeurzen and Yves Leterme requested a meeting with Verhofstadt where they call for an inclusion of CDH in the coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0062-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Forming interim government, 17 December \u2013 23 December\nMR thus remained the only party opposing a deal that would include CDH, Verhofstadt decided to meet with Milquet again in the evening and bring back his morning proposal of a participation of CDH in the Government through an external actor, but added that this Minister would have the rank though not the title of Deputy Prime Minister. Milquet and her party met and agreed on this proposal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195281-0063-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Belgian government formation, Forming interim government, 17 December \u2013 23 December\nIn the early hours of 19 December, Belga News Agency announced a deal had been struck by all parties and an interim Government was to be formed by 21 December and approved by Parliament by 23 December. Later in the day, it was confirmed Guy Verhofstadt would address the Parliament on 21 December with a General Policy Declaration. It was also announced the legal 48-hour delay following the declaration would lead the Parliament to vote its confidence to the interim Government on 23 December. The interim Government officially came into office when it was acknowledged by the lower house of Parliament with 97 votes in favour, 46 against on Sunday 23 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike\nThe Berlitz Japan 2007\u20132008 strike was a strike held by Berlitz Japan teachers of the Berlitz General Union Tokyo (Begunto), which was part of the National Union of General Workers  (NUGW) before moving to Tozen Union in 2019. Beginning in December 2007 and continuing until November 2008, it grew into the longest and largest sustained strike among language teachers in Japan. Although the union had ceased strike action in November 2008, on December 3, 2008 Berlitz Japan sued the union and seven individual union officials for \u00a5110 million each (US$1,178,430) in the Tokyo District Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike\nThe union took Berlitz to the Labor Commission for firing two teachers and several other complaints. Berlitz' suit against the union was dismissed by the Tokyo District Court on 27 February 2012, with \"all claims rejected\" but Berlitz decided within a week that it would appeal its loss to the High Court. After further negotiations and legal wrangling Berlitz's High Court case against the union was withdrawn on December 27, 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike\nA little over five years after the strike initially started matters were finally concluded with the union winning a raise and a bonus for teachers at Berlitz Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Background\nBerlitz Japan is a subsidiary of Berlitz International, owned by Benesse Corporation. Some staff in the Kanto area are represented by the Berlitz General Union Tokyo (Begunto). Begunto was a part of the National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu, which is itself affiliated to the National Union of General Workers (NUGW). The NUGW is in turn affiliated to the National Trade Union Council (Zenrokyo).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Background\nUntil 2003, when Benesse took majority control of Berlitz, all teachers would get an annual base-up raise on June 18, as well as a seniority bonus. Since Benesse bought the company, there has been no across-the-board base-up increase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Background\nWhile Berlitz offered contracts of less than 30 hours a week (thereby avoiding paying for health insurance and pension for their workers) Paul Baca, Begunto Vice-President at the time the strike started, stated that actual working hours come close to 40 when unpaid lesson preparation time and times between lessons were included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Background\nCatherine Campbell, Begunto President, stated that workers hired since 2005 were essentially being paid less, because they were paid 250,000 yen per month, but had to teach 40 lessons a week. Other teachers, hired before 2005, had to teach 35 lessons per week. Teachers hired in the early 1990s only had to teach 30 lessons per week. Berlitz lessons in Japan are for 40 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Background\nIn 2005, the union took action over a number of grievances, and claimed this forced Berlitz management into paying the performance increase for that year. But there was no across-the board pay increase or bonus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Background\nIts \u201cLanguage Company\u201d sector had been taking losses during 2004, but in the fiscal year 2007, its operation profits were 34.9 billion yen. That sector accounted for 16% of the Benesse's total sales and 18% of its profits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Background\nFor the last 6 months of 2007, Berlitz told its teachers that it had no money to give raises. In September 2007, there was an event at the Keio Plaza Hotel to which teachers were invited, but which they had to pay to attend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Beginning\nOn December 13, 2007, Berlitz management held a party at the Roppongi Hills Grand Hyatt to celebrate good financial results. The strike started this evening, with teachers picketing the hotel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Beginning\nLess than two weeks later, the Japan Business Federation encouraged member firms to pay workers more. In March 2008, then-Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda concurred, saying that \"I think now is the time when the fruits of reform should be passed on to the people and household budgets.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Beginning\nBy May 2008, at least 55 teachers had struck at a 16 different schools. Berlitz had managers wait in coffee shops ready to step in if teachers went on strike, and also asked other teachers to cover the lessons. Some teachers refused, but others did, leading to some tension between union and non-union teachers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Beginning\nBy September 2008, more than 100 teachers had struck at dozens of different schools around the Kanto region, and it had become the largest sustained strike in the history of Japan's language schools. The union held demonstrations, hired a sound bus to advertise their campaign around Tokyo, and more than half the Berlitz schools in Kanto had participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Beginning\nIn addition to striking regular lessons at Berlitz Learning Centers, union members assigned to outservice lessons also struck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Beginning\nBerlitz continued to have teachers, which the union referred to as \u201ccaffeine cowboys\u201d, on call ready to fill in for possible strikes. Louis Carlet, the Begunto union case officer, said that management had made two pay hike offers, but these were short of demands, and expected to be rejected by the union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Beginning\nBerlitz has three pay scales, one called \"seniority\", one called \"performance\", and the other called \"rank\". One of the offered pay raises was only for teachers on the \"seniority\" system, and to accept it would have split the union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Beginning\nThe union had reduced its original nine demands to two: a 4.6% base-pay raise for all teachers and staff, and a bonus equal to one month's salary. After management offered a raise of less than 1% in September 2008, the union rejected it. Strikes continued, leafleting sessions increased, and on October 22 there was a demonstration in front of Benesse's HQ in Tama plaza, which was supported by members of the Kawasaki City Union. The union demanded that Benesse address the issue of the strike. Protests and threats of litigation soon followed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Beginning\nOn November 10, 2008, Berlitz sent letters to striking teachers telling them that the strike was illegal and they should stop. It also posted memos at all Berlitz branches to the same effect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Beginning\nThe union held a meeting and decided that although they believed the strike was legal, they did not want to risk the possibility that striking workers might be fired, and suspended the strikes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Beginning\nSince the start of the strike a year earlier, more than 100 English, Spanish, and French teachers had participated in spot strikes of almost 3,500 lessons - a total of 3455 strikes. Teachers at 32 of the 46 Kanto area schools had been on strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Union Labor Commission Unfair Labor Practice case\nOn November 17, 2008 Begunto and NUGW Nambu filed a claim of an Unfair Labor Practice with the Tokyo Labor Commission, claiming that Berlitz had violated the Trade Union Law. The unions argued that the memos Berlitz Japan had posted at all its schools in November declaring the strike illegal and letters sent to union members telling them to end the strike were illegal interference, and thus in violation of Article 7 of the Act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Union Labor Commission Unfair Labor Practice case\nThe union also asked the Labor Commission to investigate Berlitz Japan's refusal to meet the union's pay demands and failure to provide data on the company's finances to the union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Berlitz takes legal action\nSoon after this, on December 3, 2008, Berlitz Japan sued the five teachers who served as volunteer Begunto executives, as well as two officials from the National Union of General Workers (NUGW), president Yujio Hiraga and Louis Carlet, the deputy general secretary and case officer for Begunto. Also, Berlitz sued NUGW Tokyo Nambu and Begunto, demanding 110 million yen from each defendant. In USD this sum was $1,178,430 per defendant. By way of comparison, a \"semi full time contract\" teacher at Berlitz earned a basic salary of \u00a5250,000 per month, or \u00a53,000,000 ($32,139.1) per year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Berlitz takes legal action\nAccording to a 2012 letter to The Japan Times from one of the union members involved in the strike, the company was motivated to sue by \"a visit by a bilingual union leader accompanied by two members (I was one) to a corporate customer's office. The purpose of the visit was to explain the reason for the strike (I am sure they were not aware of it) and to assure them that the union was earnestly seeking an equitable resolution. The possibility of more corporate customers learning of the strike and perhaps cancelling contracts is what prompted Berlitz to swat the mosquito with a sledgehammer.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Berlitz takes legal action\nTakashi Araki, law professor at Tokyo University, and American lawyer Timothy Langley both regarded the litigation as unusual, as it is very uncommon for companies to sue striking workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo District Court case\nThe first court hearing at Tokyo District Court on January 26, 2009 was an anticlimax. The lawyers for Berlitz Japan failed to submit legal documents saying why the strike was illegal, saying that it would take until March to translate documents. Ken Yoshida, one of the lawyers for the teachers, expressed surprise that a language school would offer such an excuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo District Court case\nBerlitz's lawyers gained more time to prepare evidence. The deadline was the end of March 2009. The lawyers submitted their documents 10 days late. The lawyers submitted 1000 forms used by the union to inform Berlitz that strikes would occur. They argued that because the union submitted them shortly before the lessons, the intent was to damage the company, and thus the strike was illegal. The company also claimed that Louis Carlet, then a NUGW union executive, had admitted to wanting to damage the company in a September 30, 2008, Zeit Gist column in The Japan Times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo District Court case\nIn addition, Berlitz Japan had failed to properly serve three of the defendants. The first hearing lasted only 20 minutes, and another court date was scheduled for April 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo District Court case\nTadashi Hanami, professor at Sophia University, knew of no similar case. Professor Gerald  McAlinn of Keio Law School also said it was very unusual for a company to choose to sue workers on the grounds that the strike was illegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo District Court case\nGiven this, Hideyuki Morito, professor of law at Sophia University, noted that this was going to be an important case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo District Court case\nThe April 20th second hearing in the case lasted minutes. One of the judges complained that he could not understand Berlitz's reason for claiming the strike was illegal. He told Berlitz's lawyers to provide a clear summary of their arguments before the next hearing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo District Court case\nUnion representatives Catherine Campell and Louis Carlet were frustrated at the continual delays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Labor Commission case continues\nOn April 21, 2009, at the Tokyo Labor Commission, the union reported that Berlitz had made (and later retracted) threats to withhold performance-based raises from union members. It also said that since February 2009, lawyers took over from managers during collective bargaining sessions with the union. They claimed the Berlitz managers and lawyers had language difficulties and general communication problems. The previous session had been on March 13, 2009, and Berlitz rejected all demands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo District Court delays and ruling\nAfter months of court hearings, in December 2009 the company and the union, following the recommendation of Judge Watanabe, the lead judge in the case, entered talks. Once-a-month, 30-minute negotiating sessions were held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo District Court delays and ruling\nIn 2010 the negotiations were dealing with several issues, including the amount of notice union members should give if they intend to strike. In October 2010 the negotiations broke down and the court case resumed in December 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo District Court delays and ruling\nHearings continued and Berlitz' suit against the union was dismissed by the Tokyo District Court on 27 February 2012. The 43-page ruling was entirely in the union's favor, with all of the strikes conducted being recognized as legal by the court. The court's ruling said: \"There is no reason to deny the legitimacy of the strike in its entirety and the details of its parts \u2014 the objective, the procedures, and the form of the strike. Therefore there can be no compensation claim against the defendant, either the union or the individuals. And therefore it is the judgement of this court that all claims are rejected.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo District Court delays and ruling\nAccording to Yumiko Akutsu, one of the lawyers for the union, the win was \"a complete victory \u2014 on not one point did we lose, not one single point.\" However, within a week of the ruling Berlitz had decided to appeal to the high court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Berlitz fires teachers\nIn July 2010 Berlitz fired two of the teachers it was suing. One, in the Yokohama school, was a US Army reservist and was fired after being ordered to Afghanistan. He had been allowed to take leave for military service several times before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Berlitz fires teachers\nFormer Begunto President Catherine Campbell was also fired. She had taken unpaid leave to recover from breast cancer. Berlitz had not enrolled her in the shakai hoken (Japanese national medical insurance) which would have provided her with two-thirds of her regular income while receiving treatment in Japan. She therefore had to live with her parents in Canada, and Berlitz fired her after she wanted to extend her unpaid leave until September 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Conclusion of initial Labor Commission Case\nThe original labor commission case, lodged in 2008 continued until almost the end of 2012, before being withdrawn by the union as part of negotiations. The final hearing was held on December 11, 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Tokyo High Court\nAfter Berlitz Japan appealed their loss to the High Court, the court began overseeing reconciliation talks between the union and Berlitz. The first court date was on May 28, 2012. and the final hearing was held on December 27, 2012, where an agreement was struck between the company and the union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Union and company agreement\nBerlitz withdrew their High Court appeal, and agreed to pay a base-up raise to current union members plus a lump sum bonus to the union. In return the union agreed to new rules regarding industrial action. Under the new rules, the union must agree to notify the company of future industrial action three weeks in advance, during which time negotiations would continue. If strikes go ahead the union must notify the company 45 minutes in advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195282-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Berlitz Japan strike, Union and company agreement\nNew rules for collective bargaining were also established. They will again be conducted in English, after the language was changed to Japanese previously. Berlitz also promised to disclose more financial information to the union. The company also promised not to use warning letters issued during the strike against the union members in question, but it refused to remove them from the instructor's files.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195283-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Bhutanese National Council election\nNational Council elections were held in Bhutan for the first time on 31 December 2007, though they were originally scheduled for 26 December. The new National Council had 25 members, which 20 members were directly elected from 20 dzongkhags by 312,817 eligible voters, and five more were appointed by the Druk Gyalpo. Nominations had to be filed by 27 November 2007, and the campaigning for 15 of the 20 dzongkhags took place from 30 November until 31 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195283-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Bhutanese National Council election\nThe elections were not held in five dzongkhags (Thimphu, Trashiyangtse, Gasa, Haa and Lhuntse) on 31 December 2007 since they either did not have any candidate or had only a single candidate till the last date for filing the nominations and the election rules state that there should be at least two candidates for each dzongkhag, otherwise the election would be postponed for that particular dzongkhag. The elections in these five dzongkhags were held on 29 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195283-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Bhutanese National Council election, Election procedure\nIn contrast to the National Assembly's 47 party-based members, the National Council members were elected on a non-party basis and were meant to be eminent people from civil society. The two conditions laid down for the candidature for the National Council of Bhutan were non-affiliation to any political party and the minimum qualification of graduation from a university. The candidates for a particular dzongkhag were selected through the zomdus (meetings) convened in each gewog of that dzongkhag specifically for this purpose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195283-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Bhutanese National Council election, Candidates\nA total of 43 candidates contested in 15 dzongkhags in the elections were held on 31 December 2007. The highest number of candidates were in Samtse, Dagana, Mongar and Paro with four candidates each. Samdrup Jongkhar, Sarpang, Trongsa, Punakha and Trashigang had three candidates each. Chukha, Pemagatsel, Tsirang, Bumthang, Wangduephodrang and Zhemgang had two candidates each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195283-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Bhutanese National Council election, Candidates\nA total of 48 candidates filed their nominations for this election by 27 November 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195283-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Bhutanese National Council election, Candidates\nThe candidature of Thinley Dorji from Chapcha gewog of Chukha dzongkhag was cancelled by the Election Commission of Bhutan because of his affiliation to a political party on 7 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195283-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Bhutanese National Council election, Candidates\nAfter an additional nomination period, the candidates for the five dzongkhags which had postponed their elections were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195283-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Bhutanese National Council election, Results\nThe 15 members of the National Council of Bhutan who were elected on 31 December 2007 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195283-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Bhutanese National Council election, Results\nIn the remaining five dzongkhags, the following candidates were elected:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195284-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 CBS News writers strike\nThe 2007\u20132008 CBS News writers strike is a strike action by news writers working for the U.S.-based news broadcaster CBS News. The strike began on November 19, 2007. In addition to CBS News, CBS's locally owned and operated station news operations (including CBS Radio's news radio stations like WCBS, WBBM, KYW and KNX) have been without a contract with the network since April 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195284-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 CBS News writers strike\nWhile most news writers are members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, a labor union representing workers in the entertainment industry, CBS News and CBS-owned news station employees are represented by the Writers Guild of America. On November 19, 2007, employees voted to authorize strike action along with the rest of the guild. Democratic presidential candidates John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden and Bill Richardson said they would not cross picket lines for appearances on interview shows or a candidate debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195284-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 CBS News writers strike\nOn January 9, 2008, the WGAE and CBS News struck a tentative deal. On January 24, the WGA announced that its members had voted to ratify the contract, which runs to April 1, 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195285-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Colombian protests\nThe 2007\u20132008 Colombian protests was a series of nationwide rallies and massive peaceful uprisings in support of the government's crackdown on Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and deemed an end to the Colombian conflict. Anti -war demonstrations have dominated areas nationwide, such as Bogota and Pereira. The first wave of protests and revolts was in July 2007, when 1.5 millions demonstrators marched in public protests for a week after calls of protests against the Colombian conflict. The protests remained peaceful and is one of the largest protest movements in the History of Colombia. The second wave of public and peaceful, popular demonstrations was in February 2008 and October 2008 as protests against president George W. Bush of United States of America visiting Colombia. Two men were killed in October's protest movement and the February's protest movement remained peaceful and calm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 934]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike\nThe 2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike was a dispute in Republic of Ireland between the Cork County Board and its Gaelic footballers and hurlers. It led to the footballers and hurlers refusing to play for the Cork County Board. The cause of the strike was the issue of deciding who should pick the senior teams' selectors. The players believed the manager should pick the selectors. However, the county board picked the selectors. With the appointment of Teddy Holland as manager, the players also refused to play under his tutorship since he accepted the job during their time of strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike\nThe strike drew comment from the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and was the first time in the history of the Gaelic Athletic Association that a strike caused inter county fixtures not to be played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike\nThe strike was the second strike by Cork players in five years. It began on 10 December 2007 and ended on 18 February 2008 \u2013 97 days after the first threat of strike action \u2013 and was declared over on 15 February 2008. However Holland was not fired until 18 February. Kieran Mulvey, chairman of the Labour Relations Commission, acted as arbitrator between the players and county board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Events of the strike\nOn 10 December, the players officially went on strike. The county board and the players held the first of a series of meetings to try resolve the strike ten days later. On 9 January, the hurlers confirmed they would not play in the Waterford Crystal Cup and the county was forced to give a walkover to Limerick IT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Events of the strike\nLater in the month (23 January), Teddy Holland issued a press statement announcing he would not resign. More than 100 club delegates voted unanimously in support of Holland at a county board meeting held on 30 January. Three days earlier (27 January), in a bid to resolve their issues, the players and the county board had held 18 hours of talks, chaired by Kieran Mulvey, which ended in stalemate. Mulvey had been asked to chair the talks by Nickey Brennan, the President of the Gaelic Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Events of the strike\nIn the week leading up to the National Football League game against Meath, the Cork county board were unable to guarantee a team would be available to play the game. Consequently, on 30 January the game was postponed. The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, called on both sides to resolve the dispute on 5 February and further talks between Kieran Mulvey and Paraic Duffy, the Director General of the GAA, were held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Events of the strike\nOn 7 February the players refused a solution offered by the county board and it looked likely that Cork would be removed from both the National Hurling League and National Football League and be relegated for the following season. It was claimed that under GAA rules that if a team was unable to take part in two league games that they should be disqualified from the league. A second football match was to be played on 16 February while the second hurling game was due on 17 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Events of the strike\nOn 8 February, the Cork players reacted negatively to what they thought was an attempt by the county board to split the footballers and hurlers when a press release claimed the players would accept Holland as manager. The following day Roy Keane compared the 2002 strike to the Saipan incident and warned about players becoming too powerful. A poll showed that 56 percent of fans supported the strike and 70 percent believed the actions of the board damaged Cork's chance of winning All-Ireland championships that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Events of the strike\nThe Cork county board, on 12 February, voted 96\u201313 in favour of entering binding arbitration with the players in a bid to save the teams being disqualified from the leagues and Nickey Brennan called for the dispute to end, \"however it is achieved.\" On 14 February, the players met with Mulvey and agreed to accept the arbitration in an attempt to end the strike, then in its 95th day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Events of the strike, Outcome of the arbitration\nThe outcome of arbitration on 15 February was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Events of the strike, Last days of the strike\nMany newspapers declared the strike over on 15 February after the players accepted the outcome of the arbitration and also declared that Teddy Holland had resigned. However, the GAA confirmed that the Cork-versus-Dublin football and Cork-versus-Waterford hurling games that were due to take place were to be called off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Events of the strike, Last days of the strike\nThe county board called an emergency meeting to discuss the recommendations of the arbitration and especially the recommendation from Mulvey that Holland should resign. By 16 February, uncertainty had emerged over the status of the strike. While the county board and Holland met to discuss the issues, an expected vote by the county board to remove Holland was never called. Holland meanwhile issued a statement that didn't indicate if he had stepped down and stated that he was neutral saying: I am my own man and I am proud to be a Cork football man.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0011-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Events of the strike, Last days of the strike\nHolland said the claim that six people had refused the job before him was false and there was no threat of strike when he took the job. However, a statement in support of the strike had been issued by the Gaelic Players Association on 13 November 2007, a week before Holland took the job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Events of the strike, Last days of the strike\nOn 17 February it was clear Holland had not resigned or been fired by the county board and that the strike continued. The county board issued a statement saying that they would meet on Monday 18 February to end the strike. The strike officially ended on 18 February \u2013 97 days after the first threat of strike \u2013 when, as expected, the county board voted 89\u201319 to fire Teddy Holland and his selectors, who refused to step down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Aftermath of the strike\nThe seven-man panel appointed to help find the next manager began its search as soon as Holland had been removed, and included players Nicholas Murphy and Derek Kavanagh. Conor Counihan was appointed Cork's new football manager with the right to name his own selectors. On 20 February, Se\u00e1n \u00d3g \u00d3 hAilp\u00edn said that, had the strike carried on beyond 18 February, he and others would have resigned from inter-county hurling and football. Cork Under 21 footballer, Sean Cahalane, claimed that the Under 21 panel would not have played in place of the seniors if they had been asked by the county board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Aftermath of the strike\nOn 19 February, the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) decided not to remove Cork from the football and hurling leagues, but instead awarded the points from the missed games to their opponents and fined the county board \u20ac400 for each game missed. Kilkenny county board offered to play their hurling match with Cork and the Cork county board requested CCCC approve the game. However the CCCC had already awarded Kilkenny the point and would not allow the game to take place. It emerged that Cork couldn't have been removed from the leagues as there was no such rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Aftermath of the strike\nCork went on to win their first football and hurling matches after the strike, beating Dublin's hurlers 2\u201316 to 3\u201318 and Roscommon's footballers 0\u201315 to 1\u201314 However, the decision to award the teams that Cork did not play victory points had a knock-on effect for other teams in both leagues. Roscommon and Wexford both lodged unsuccessful appeals against the decision. Wexford's case was taken to the Disputes Resolution Authority but was rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Aftermath of the strike, Hurling league controversy\nWhen the National Hurling League 2008 ended, the Cork and Waterford hurling teams both finished on level points. The CCCC ruled that the teams had to play each other in a play-off and that scoring difference could not be used to separate the teams. (The play-off was to determine which team entered the semi-final and which entered the quarter final.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195286-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Cork players' strike, Aftermath of the strike, Hurling league controversy\nHowever, both Dublin and Wexford also finished on level points and, having both played Cork, the CCCC ruled the team's standings at the end of the league could be used and thus scoring difference would apply, thus relegating Wexford. This lead Wexford's chairman to accuse the GAA and the CCCC of \"making the rules up as they go along\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden\nThe 2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden was a military campaign by the Ethiopian Army against the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). The crackdown against the guerrillas began after they killed 74 people in an attack on a Chinese-run oil exploration field in April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden\nThe main military operations were centered on the towns of Degehabur, Kebri Dahar, Werder and Shilavo in Ogaden, which are in the Ethiopian Somali Region. The area is home to the Ogaden clan, seen as the bedrock of support of the ONLF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden\nAccording to Human Rights Watch (HRW), various human rights abuses were committed by the Ethiopian military.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Background, Insurgency\nEthiopia's eastern Somali Region, whose major part constitutes the Ogaden, is the site of a long-running, low-intensity armed conflict between the Ethiopian Government and the ONLF. Formed in 1984, many of the ONLF's members had supported Somalia in the Ogaden War with Ethiopia over the region in the 1970s. The group's aims have varied over time from independence to joining a \"greater Somalia\" or obtaining greater autonomy within Ethiopia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Background, April\u2013May 2007 ONLF attacks\nONLF: Ogaden National Liberation FrontTPLF: Tigrayan People's Liberation FrontUN:  United Nations HRW: Human Rights WatchICRC: International Committee of the Red CrossOCHA: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsUIC: Union of Islamic Courts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Timeline\nOn October 21, 2007, the ONLF stated its forces had killed 250 soldiers during the battle near the town of Werder. There was no confirmation of the attack either from the Ethiopian Government or from independent sources. On November 4, the ONLF claimed that up to 270 Ethiopian soldiers had been killed in clashes between October 26 and November 1. Once again, the claim could not be independently verified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Timeline\nOn November 16, 2007, the Ethiopian Army claimed to have killed 100 ONLF fighters during the past month, and to have captured hundreds more. On November 18, 2007, the ONLF reported that the Ethiopian Air Force had carpet bombed villages and nomadic settlements the Ogaden region, killing up to a dozen civilians. An ONLF spokesman also said that some ONLF fighters were hurt in the air bombardments, but the air force targeted civilian settlements and livestock. The Ethiopian Government denied these reports on November 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Timeline\nOn November 28, 2007, Ogaden residents described continued abuses on the part of the military, but also said that aid delivery had improved. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes said the humanitarian situation in Ogaden as \"potentially serious\" but not yet catastrophic. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said that human rights abuses and a humanitarian crisis \"didn't exist. Doesn't exist. Will not exist.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Timeline\nIn January 2009, the foreign relations chief Mohammed Sirad was killed by Ethiopian security forces at the town of Danan as he met with other ONLF members. Reportedly this has led to the ONLF splitting into two factions, with one group allied to current ONLF chairman Mohammed Omar Osman, and the other led by senior leader Abdiwali Hussein Gas, who appointed Salahudin Ma'ow as the new ONLF chairman and declared that he will \"bring Mohammed Omar Osman to court\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Allegations of human rights abuses, Abuses perpetrated by the Ethiopian military\nEthiopia's military campaign has triggered a serious humanitarian crisis, according to several humanitarian organisations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Allegations of human rights abuses, Abuses perpetrated by the Ethiopian military\nAccording to Human Rights Watch, civilians in the Somali Region were trapped between the warring parties. HRW learned that dozens of civilians have been killed in what appeared to have been a deliberate effort to mete out collective punishment against a civilian population suspected of sympathizing with the rebels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Allegations of human rights abuses, Abuses perpetrated by the Ethiopian military\nRefugees fleeing the crackdown told stories of widespread violence, with entire villages being destroyed along with arbitrary theft, rape and murder by Ethiopian soldiers. In October 2007, The Independent reported that the situation in Ogaden had begun to mirror the Darfur conflict, with refugees stating that government troops had burned villages and raped and killed civilians. Earlier in the month, Human Rights Watch had told the United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health that \"the Ogaden is not Darfur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Allegations of human rights abuses, Abuses perpetrated by the Ethiopian military\nBut the situation in Ogaden follows a frighteningly familiar pattern\", while recognizing that \"Ethiopia has legitimate and serious domestic and regional security concerns\". Also, the United Nations advocacy director for Human Rights Watch has called Ogaden a \"mini-Darfur\". Human Rights Watch says it has documented dozens of cases of severe abuse by Ethiopian troops in the Ogaden, including gang rapes, burned villages and what it calls \"demonstration killings,\" like hanging and beheading of populace, meant to terrorize the population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Allegations of human rights abuses, Forceful draft of civilians\nSeveral Ethiopian refugees and international organizations reported in December 2007 that the Ethiopian military, strained by its deployment in Somalia, was forcing local civilians (including government employees and health workers) to fight alongside troops against the ONLF rebels. According to the same reports, these under-equipped and poorly trained militias suffered heavy casualties in several battles. One Western aid official said soldiers barged into hospitals to draft recruits and threatened to jail health workers if they did not comply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 104], "content_span": [105, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0011-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Allegations of human rights abuses, Forceful draft of civilians\nIn other cases, lists of names were posted on public bulletin boards, ordering government employees to report for duty, according to a current member of the regional parliament and two Ethiopian administrators who have fled the country. Many of those who refused were fired, jailed and in some cases tortured, the administrators and parliament member said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 104], "content_span": [105, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Allegations of human rights abuses, Forceful draft of civilians\nEthiopian officials denied the charges, claiming that local tribes were willingly forming defense groups against the ONLF. Several United Nations officials and Western diplomats said they were discussing the militia program in private meetings, but contended they could not comment publicly for fear of provoking the ire of the Ethiopian government, resulting in a possible suspension of humanitarian efforts in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 104], "content_span": [105, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Expulsions of humanitarian agencies\nLarge segments of the region were inaccessible to outside agencies as Ethiopian troops attempted to suppress the rebel insurgency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, Expulsions of humanitarian agencies\nOn November 6, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced opening an aid facility in the Ogaden region. The U.N. has also called for an independent investigation into allegations of human rights abuses by Ethiopian forces in the region. Government troops are fighting ONLF rebels who want more autonomy for their region. M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res is among the 12 organizations that have received permission to work in Ogaden, while the ICRC is still barred from working in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195287-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden, The Eritrea and Somalia factors\nExperts say the ONLF was active in the Somali capital Mogadishu during 2006 while that city was controlled by the Islamic Courts Union, and that some Islamist fighters may have fled to Ogaden after they were ousted from Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195288-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series\nThe 2007\u20132008 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series was a series of stages where events in rhythmic gymnastics were contested. The series consisted of a two-year long competition, culminating at a final event \u2014 the World Cup Final in 2008. A number of qualifier stages were held. The top 3 gymnasts and groups in each apparatus at the qualifier events would receive medals and prize money. The organizing committees were free to host all-around competitions, but these were not eligible for the assignment of World Cup points. Gymnasts and groups that finished in the top 8 also received points which were added up to a ranking that qualified for the biennial World Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195289-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Israel Football League season\nThe 2007\u20132008 Israel Football League season was the inaugural season of the Israel Football League. The season concluded with the Jerusalem Lions defeating the Haifa Underdogs, 24-18 in overtime, in Israel Bowl I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195289-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Israel Football League season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on November 17, 2007 and consisted of a nine game schedule, with each team playing the others three times throughout the season. The top three teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195289-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Israel Football League season, Playoffs\nThe Underdogs defeated the Pioneers in the semifinals and faced the Lions in Israel Bowl I, which took place on March 28, 2008 at Kraft Family Stadium. Moshe Horowitz earned Israel Bowl MVP honors for the champion Jerusalem Lions, who won in overtime 24-18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195290-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Israeli Final Four\nThe 2007\u20132008 Israeli Final Four , the third Israeli Final Four, was held at Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel on 27 and 29 May 2008 to determine the winner of the 2007\u20132008 Israeli League. The contestants were Maccabi Tel Aviv, the 2006\u20132007 Israeli League champion and the 2007\u20132008 Israeli State Cup runner-up, Hapoel Holon, Bnei Hasharon and Ironi Naharia. Hapoel Holon won their 1st Israeli League crown, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 73-72 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195290-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Israeli Final Four, Venue\nThe Yad Eliyahu Arena is an indoor sports arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. Opened in 1963 with its seating capacity varying from 5,000 to 11,700, it had hosted the 1971\u20131972 FIBA European Champions Cup final, the 1993\u20131994 FIBA European Championship Final Four, the 2003\u20132004 Euroleague Final Four, the 2005-2006 Israeli Final Four and the 2006-2007 Israeli Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis\nThe 2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis was a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that erupted in Kenya after former  President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election held on December 27, 2007. Supporters of Kibaki's main opponent in that election, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, alleged electoral manipulation. This position was widely confirmed by international observers, as being perpetrated by both parties in the election. Even the head of the electoral commission himself confirmed that he did not know who had won the elections despite announcing the incumbent as president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis\nIn part due to the ethnic and geographic diversity of Kenyan politics, no singular narrative can explain the reaction of opposition supporters to the announcement of Kibaki's swearing-in, which was done on December 30, 2007 in the evening. The opposition announced a mass protest against the official results, the violence was largely stoked by the police. Raila Odinga encouraged supporters to engage in mass protests which he announced on local television and radio stations, most noticeably in Mombasa, Eldoret, Kericho, Kisumu, Nakuru and parts of Nairobi. Police shot hundreds of violent demonstrators, including a few in front of TV news cameras, causing more violence to erupt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis\nTargeted ethnic violence (as opposed to violent protests) escalated and at first was directed mainly against Kikuyu people\u2014the community of which Kibaki is a member\u2014living outside their traditional settlement areas, especially in the Rift Valley Province. The violence started with the murder of over 50 unarmed Kikuyu women and children, some as young as a month old, by locking them in a church and burning them alive in Kiambaa village in the outskirts of Eldoret Town, on New Year's Day. Tribal tensions in the Rift Valley region had resulted in violence in several previous Kenyan elections, most notably in the 1992 Kenyan Elections. This issue prompted the Kikuyu to start defending themselves which forced the Luos and Kalenjins to stop the killings of the Kikuyus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis\nIn Mombasa, the Kenyan coastal residents took to the streets to protest the electoral manipulations and support their preferred candidate, Odinga. Tensions rose as the landless indigenous Coastal communities felt this was a time to avenge the grabbing of their land by mainly up\u2013country Kikuyu. Looters also struck a number of stores in Mombasa. The slums of Nairobi saw some of the worst violence, some of it ethnically motivated, some expression of outrage at extreme poverty, and some the actions of criminal gangs. The violence continued sporadically for several months, particularly in the Rift Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis\nFormer UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived in the country about a month after the election and successfully brought the two sides to the negotiating table. On February 28, 2008, Kibaki and Odinga signed a power-sharing agreement called the National Accord and Reconciliation Act 2008, which established the office of the Prime Minister and created a coalition government. The power-sharing Cabinet, headed by Odinga as Prime Minister, was eventually named on April 13, after lengthy negotiations over its composition; it was sworn in on April 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Background\nThe post-election demonstration and violence stemmed from a mixture of motives. Some included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Background\nReports by international observers about manipulations and admissions by members of the Electoral Commission of Kenya that their staff provided them with incorrect figures have further fuelled this anger. The violence has been directed mainly against Kikuyus, belonging to the same ethnic group as Kibaki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Background\nThe violence against Kikuyus occurred all over the country but was higher in areas like the Nairobi slums, Nyanza Province, the Rift Valley, and the Coast, where opposition against Kibaki was particularly strong. The ethnically diverse Nairobi slums have also seen violence by Kikuyu-dominated groups\u2014amongst them the infamous Mungiki\u2014against neighbours hailing from western parts of Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline\nA BBC reporter saw 40 bodies with gunshot wounds in a mortuary in Kisumu, which was the opposition's main base. A witness also told them that armed police shot protesters at a rally. There were running battles in the Nairobi slums. The local KTN television station said that 124 people died nationwide in the first two days of unrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline\nOn December 31, 2007, police reported that 40 people were killed in Nairobi and 53 in Kisumu, a major support base for Odinga. Four bodies were discovered in Mathare, in Nairobi, seven people were killed in Nakuru, and four people found dead in a village near Kapsabet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Disputed results\nEarly results tallied indicated that Odinga held a strong lead on December 28, the day after the election, and the ODM declared victory for Odinga on December 29; however, as more results were announced on the same day, the gap between the two candidates narrowed, and with almost 90% of the votes counted (180 out of 210 constituencies), Odinga's lead shrank to only 38,000 votes. At a press conference on the morning of December 30, Odinga accused the government of fraud, urged Kibaki to concede defeat, and called for a recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Disputed results\nHe said that the ODM would not take the matter to the courts claiming that the courts were controlled by Kibaki. The Electoral Commission declared Kibaki the winner on December 30, placing him ahead of Odinga by about 232,000 votes. According to Odinga, as many as 300,000 votes for Kibaki were falsely included in his total. The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Samuel Kivuitu, said that while irregularities affecting the entire exercise did occur, they were a matter for the courts, not the Electoral Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0010-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Disputed results\nSupporters of Kibaki, meanwhile, said that discrepancies had actually worked in Odinga's favor, arguing that discrepancies between polling station tallies and Electoral Commission results meant that Odinga had gained 53,000 votes while Kibaki had lost 106,000. Following the Commission's declaration of his victory, Kibaki was promptly sworn in for his second term late in the evening on the same day, calling for the \"verdict of the people\" to be respected and for \"healing and reconciliation\" to begin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Disputed results\nKivuitu said that there were some problems in the vote counting, noting that in one constituency the reported turnout rate was 115%. According to the European Union's head observer in the election, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, the election was \"flawed\" and the Electoral Commission failed to establish \"the credibility of the tallying process to the satisfaction of all parties and candidates\"; he said that in some places EU observers were not allowed to see vote tallies until the Electoral Commission announced them: \"the whole point...is to verify that the results are the same\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0011-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Disputed results\nThe United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, said that his country had \"real concerns\" about the election. While the United States initially congratulated Kibaki and called for the results to be respected, it also expressed concern, and on January 2, 2008 a spokesman for the U.S. State Department declined to confirm U.S. recognition of Kibaki's victory. In a telex from then US Embassy in Nairobi to the State Department in Washington DC  [released in July 2012], US Ambassador Michael Ranneberger set out five scenarios as to who really won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0011-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Disputed results\nHe wrote, \u2018In all cases the margin of victory for either side is slim and ultimately unknowable\u2019. The telex also noted that there was \u2018evidence of rigging on both sides\u2019 and  Kivuitu said on January 2, that he had been pressured by PNU and ODM-K (Kibaki's and Kalonzo Musyoka's parties) into announcing the results without delay, and he claimed that he did not personally know who really won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Disputed results\nWithin minutes of the Commission's declaration of Kibaki as victor, tribe-based rioting and violence, primarily directed against Kikuyus, broke out across Kenya, and the government suspended live television coverage for some days. Odinga alleged that \"a clique of people around Kibaki\" sought to rig the election, but said that democracy \"is unstoppable like the flow of the Nile\". The ODM announced its intention to hold a ceremony on December 31, in which Odinga would be declared the \"people's president\", but police said that this could incite violence and that Odinga could be arrested if the ceremony occurred. Odinga then delayed this, but called for a million-strong rally on January 3, 2008 and for his supporters to wear black armbands as a show of mourning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Disputed results\nOdinga said that the ODM would not negotiate with Kibaki unless he resigned, because to do so would, according to Odinga, mean acknowledging Kibaki's legitimacy; he also said that, unless stopped, the \"ruling clique\" could rig the next election in five years as well, and that he was not afraid of being arrested, having been jailed many times in the past. For his part, Kibaki emphasized the importance of peace, stability, and tolerance in his 2008 New Year's message, speaking of the election as a concluded event and warning that law-breakers would be punished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Rallies\nOdinga said that the million-strong rally in his support planned for January 3 would take place in spite of a government ban, and he accused the government of being directly responsible for \"genocide\". Electoral Commission Chairman Kivuitu said on January 1, that he had been pressured by the PNU and ODM-Kenya to announce results immediately, despite the urgings of Western ambassadors to delay the results so that concerns about irregularities could be addressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Rallies\nOn January 3, opposition supporters attempted to gather for the planned rally in Uhuru Park, but police fought them off with tear gas and water cannons. Another attempt to hold the rally was planned for January 4. Also on January 3, Kibaki said that he was willing to engage in dialogue \"once the country is calm\", and he described the continuing violence as \"senseless\", while Attorney General Amos Wako called for a recount, an investigation into the election, and the formation of a national unity government, saying that the situation was \"quickly degenerating into a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0015-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Rallies\nFinance Minister Amos Kimunya said that if the ODM did not allege fraud, that would make it easier for the two sides to talk; Kimunya also said that the government wanted to mediate through Kenyan elders and did not want international mediation involving the African Union. KANU's Uhuru Kenyatta said that it might be possible for the two sides to work together, but that the ODM's position that Kibaki should resign before any talks took place was unacceptable, because then there would be \"no government\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Rallies\nOn January 4, ODM Secretary-General Anyang Nyongo called for a new presidential election to be held, without the involvement of the Electoral Commission. Government spokesman Alfred Mutua said that this would be possible only if it was decided by the courts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Rallies\nAfter meeting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, Kibaki said on January 5, that he was willing to form a national unity government, but Odinga, who also met with Frazer, rejected this, saying that Kibaki \"should not come to the negotiating table as the president\" and calling for the creation of a transitional government leading to a new election in three to six months. However, after Odinga met with Frazer for a second time shortly afterward, Odinga's spokesman said that the ODM would not demand that Kibaki resign or admit defeat if he accepted an international mediator. At about the same time, while violence continued, it was reported to be decreasing in Nairobi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Kufuor mediation\nOn January 6, Odinga called for rallies to be held on January 8, despite the government's insistence that the rallies would be illegal. Odinga's spokesman said that while the ODM ruled out a government of national unity, it could discuss \"a coalition government with genuine power sharing\" (which it said would leave less power for Kibaki than would be the case in a national unity government) or establishing an interim government to hold a new election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0018-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Kufuor mediation\nOdinga subsequently cancelled the rallies planned for January 8, saying that the mediation process, facilitated by Ghanaian President and African Union Chairman John Kufuor, was about to begin, with Kibaki having officially invited Kufuor, and that negotiations needed to take place in a peaceful atmosphere. Odinga said that he anticipated direct talks involving both himself and Kibaki, with Kufuor's participation. Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju said that by calling off the rallies, Odinga opened the way for negotiation and reconciliation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Kufuor mediation\nThere exist doubts that Kibaki really invited Kufuor (as opposed to him having come as a result of international concern for the worsening situation in Kenya). PNU members of parliament, newly appointed cabinet ministers and even the government spokesman, Dr Alfred Mutua, are known to have said Kufuor \"was coming to take tea\", and not to \"negotiate with the warring factions regarding the elections\"; this was captured both on TV and print media. In addition, the PNU side was actively downplaying the seriousness of the post-election crisis, saying that this was a local problem that would be dealt with locally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0019-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Kufuor mediation\nIt even urged the displaced people at various police stations and camps to 'return home' and generally tried to dissuade international attention to the crisis. It is also worth noting that there were conflicting reports from Ghanaian weblogs about President Kufuor's visit. Some weblogs said he was not going to travel to Kenya, since the government did not view him as a welcome visitor, others saying he was required by his official responsibility as AU chairman to try to resolve the crisis in Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0019-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Kufuor mediation\nJust before Kufuor's travel to Kenya, Moses Wetang'ula, the new Minister for Foreign Affairs travelled to Ghana to 'brief Mr. Kufuor' on the situation in Kenya, ahead of his trip to Kenya. These actions were perceived to be an indication of bad faith on the part of Kibaki and his team, and they preempted their bias against the talks between President Kibaki (and his PNU side) and Raila (and his ODM side). There were also indications that PNU did not want the discussion to be mediated by an outsider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Kufuor mediation\nOdinga refused to accept Kibaki's offer to hold talks unless they took place as part of international mediation, saying that without having Kufuor present to mediate the talks would be a \"sideshow\" and a \"public relations gimmick\", and he claimed that Kibaki was using the offer of talks between himself and Odinga to divert attention from Kufuor. Meanwhile, Frazer said on January 7, that there had been rigging in the election, but she said that both sides could have engaged in rigging. She also previously said that Kenyans had \"been cheated by their political leadership and their institutions\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Kufuor mediation\nKibaki appointed 17 ministers as part of a new Cabinet on January 8, saying that the rest of the Cabinet would be appointed later. The Cabinet included the ODM-K's Kalonzo Musyoka as Vice-President and Minister of Home Affairs and KANU's Uhuru Kenyatta as Minister of Local Government. Announcing these appointments, Kibaki said: \"I have considered the importance of keeping the country united, peaceful and prosperous and a strong broad-based leadership.\" The ODM's Nyongo said that this Cabinet, in which the ODM was not included, was illegitimate because Kibaki did not win the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0021-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Kufuor mediation\nRenewed outbreaks of violence were reported following Kibaki's announcement. With almost half of the Cabinet yet to be named, it was suggested that Kibaki intended to leave the remaining ministries open so that they would be available for the ODM following the negotiations; however, it was also noted that the most important ministries were already filled. Musalia Mudavadi, a leading figure in the ODM, denounced Kibaki's announcement as being intended only to sabotage mediation with Kufuor. The Daily Nation said that Kibaki's move would \"be seen as a sign of bad faith\" and that it could \"poison the atmosphere\". U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that it appeared Kibaki was setting up a fait accompli, that the U.S. was \"disappointed\" by the move, and that it had \"expressed its displeasure\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 868]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Annan mediation\nOn January 9, Kufuor met separately with Kibaki and Odinga. Government statements on that day emphasized Kibaki's commitment to dialogue and said that he had \"already initiated a process of dialogue with other Kenyan leaders\". Kibaki also gave a speech in which he said that the vote was concluded, that it was impossible to change the outcome, and that any complaints should be handled through the courts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0022-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Annan mediation\nThe two sides agreed to \"an immediate cessation of violence as well as any acts which may be detrimental to finding a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis\", but the talks otherwise failed when, according to Nyongo, Kibaki refused to sign an agreement (which was already signed by ODM representatives) presented to him by Kufuor that would have provided for an interim coalition government and an inquiry into the Electoral Commission; the government, however, blamed Odinga for the failure of the talks, saying that he was not responsive to Kibaki's offer of dialogue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0022-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Annan mediation\nKufuor left Kenya on January 10, saying that both parties had agreed to continue talks together with former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and \"a panel of eminent African personalities\"; Annan's office subsequently said that he would lead future talks but that he was not likely to go to Kenya before January 15,. Kibaki's new Cabinet ministers were sworn in on January 10,.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Annan mediation\nOn January 11, the ODM called for mass rallies to be held in about 30 places in the following week; the police said that the rallies were banned. Nyongo also called for international sanctions against Kibaki's government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0023-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Annan mediation\nOn January 12, the EU said that there could not be \"business as usual in Kenya\" without a compromise and a solution to the dispute, and Frazer also said that the US could not conduct \"business as usual in Kenya\" under the circumstances, saying that Kibaki and Odinga should meet in person, \"without preconditions\", and that both sides \"should acknowledge serious irregularities in the vote tallying which made it impossible to determine with certainty the final result\". In addition, she called for the lifting of the bans on live television coverage and rallies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Annan mediation\nRoads and Public Works Minister John Michuki said on January 14, that Annan was not coming at the government's invitation and reiterated the claim that Kibaki won the election. EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel said on the same day that EU aid to Kenya could be reduced as a result of the election. Parliament opened on January 15, and Annan was expected to arrive on the same day. ODM Members of Parliament said that they intended to sit on the government side in Parliament, asserting their claim to have won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0024-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Annan mediation\nThey took the opposition side, however, with Odinga taking the Leader of the Opposition's seat. Although the ODM wanted an open ballot instead of a secret one in the election for the Speaker of Parliament, the government side opposed this and the vote was conducted through secret ballot. In the first round of voting, the ODM's candidate for Speaker, Kenneth Marende, received 104 votes and the government's candidate, Francis ole Kaparo, received 99 votes; in the second round Marende received 104 votes and Kaparo received 102.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0024-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Annan mediation\nAlthough a two-thirds majority was required in the first two rounds, subsequently only a simple majority was required, and Marende was elected in the third round with 105 votes against 101 for Kaparo. Meanwhile, it was announced that Annan's visit would be delayed for a few days because he had fallen ill with the flu. In Nairobi threats and killings were carried out against the Asian and white Kenyan minorities by the banned ethnic sect Mungiki, which prompted a temporary exodus of the minority groups, until their protection was guaranteed by the government, prompting further economic hardship in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Annan mediation\nThe ODM's planned protests, intended to last for three days, began on January 16,. Police met the protests with force and prevented them from reaching Uhuru Park in Nairobi; protests also took place in other parts of the country, including Kisumu and Eldoret. At least two people were reported killed in Kisumu as police used live ammunition against the protesters, along with tear gas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0025-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Annan mediation\nOdinga, in an interview with BBC's HARDtalk, responded to Justice Minister Martha Karua's earlier claim that the ODM had planned \"ethnic cleansing\" by saying that her accusation was \"outrageous\" and that the violence perpetrated by his supporters was a reaction to the actions of the police, who he said had been ordered to shoot \"members of certain ethnic communities\". The protests continued on January 17, with police continuing to use force against them. Government spokesman Alfred Mutua said that the government would not be swayed by the threats of development partners to withdraw aid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0025-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Annan mediation\nA train was looted in Kibera by residents due to shortages caused by the crisis. Odinga alleged that police killed seven people in Nairobi, while the police spokesman, Eric Kiraithe, said that the police were acting lawfully and were showing restraint because the protesters were being \"used by politicians\". The ODM said that after the last day of protest on January 18, it would focus on boycotting companies controlled by Kibaki's allies. By January 18, at least 22 people were reported to have been killed in the three-day protests, with the last day seeing the most deaths. The protests were considered to be substantially diminished in strength compared to those in late December. On January 19, despite the ODM's earlier announcement that it would cease protests, it said that protests would resume on January 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 871]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Boycott and further violence\nFurther violence in Nairobi and the Rift Valley followed the protests. On January 21, Minister of State for Internal Security George Saitoti warned against further protests, saying that they would only be \"an opportunity for criminals to loot and commit other crimes\" and that \"illegal acts will be dealt with accordingly\". The government also said in reference to the opposition's planned boycott that it was illegal to \"sabotage\" businesses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0026-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Boycott and further violence\nThe businesses targeted for the boycott included Equity Bank, Brookside Dairies, CityHoppa, and Kenya Bus; it was speculated that the boycott would not have a substantial impact and that many Kenyans would find it too impractical to observe. Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula, in reaction to criticism from the United Kingdom, summoned the UK's High Commissioner to complain, and he said that \"our elections don't need a stamp of authority from the House of Commons\". Annan arrived in Kenya on January 22,.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Boycott and further violence\nOn January 23, the ODM held a memorial service in Nairobi for victims of the violence, at which Odinga said that tribes should not fight because \"this is a war between the people of Kenya and a very small bloodthirsty clique clinging to power\". Meanwhile, police fired tear gas at some of his supporters outside; some tear gas affected the mourning service, dispersing it. The state-owned telecommunications building was attacked and set on fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0027-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Boycott and further violence\nOn the same day, Kibaki and Odinga met separately with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, and according to Museveni's press secretary an agreement was reached in principle to establish a judicial commission that would investigate the accusations of vote rigging; however, the two sides disagreed as to whether the government alone should appoint the members of the commission. Museveni was also said to have proposed a power-sharing deal, which was rejected by the government on the grounds that it was unwilling to share power with the ODM due to the latter's alleged responsibility for the killing of innocent people. Annan also met with Odinga, and the latter agreed to cancel the protests that were to have been held the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Beginning of talks, killing of MPs\nKibaki and Odinga met for the first time since the crisis began on January 24, together with Annan. Annan called the meeting \"very encouraging\", saying that it represented \"the first steps towards a peaceful solution of the problem\". Kibaki and Odinga both said after the meeting that they were working towards a solution and urged the people to be peaceful. On January 25, Odinga said in an interview that a power-sharing deal was out of the question, and that the only possibilities acceptable to him were that Kibaki resign or that a new election be held. Responding to a claim by Human Rights Watch that ODM leaders were orchestrating violence, he said that the people were reacting spontaneously. As violence continued in the Rift Valley, Annan asked both sides to designate negotiators by January 29,.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 877]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Beginning of talks, killing of MPs\nMeanwhile, serious violence broke out in Nakuru on January 24\u201325, apparently as a reaction to Kibaki describing himself as the \"duly elected president\" after meeting in person with Odinga. Kikuyus were attacked and a number of buildings were set on fire, along with Nakuru's only fire engine; at least 12 deaths were reported. Another town, Total Station, was half-destroyed in violence between Kikuyus and Kalenjin, with at least two deaths reported, and as many as 50,000 people fled from violence near Molo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0029-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Beginning of talks, killing of MPs\nBy January 27, at least 55 people had been killed in Nakuru, along with at least five in Kaptembwa and Sewage, two slums near Nakuru, while at least nine deaths were reported in Naivasha, where Kikuyus set Luo homes on fire. By January 28, at least 64 people had been killed in Nakuru and at least 22 in Naivasha; 19 of the deaths in Naivasha occurred when Kikuyus set fire to a place where Luos had fled for safety. ODM chairperson Henry Kosgei accused the government of facilitating the killing in Nakuru by imposing a curfew, which he said was used \"to keep some groups indoors to be killed\", on January 28,.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Beginning of talks, killing of MPs\nMugabe Were, an ODM Member of Parliament, was shot and killed early on January 29, 2008. Renewed protests and violence followed his death. Addressing the National Assembly before beginning talks, Annan called for an end to the \"downward spiral into chaos that is threatening this beautiful country.\" The talks then began, although they were delayed by 90\u00a0minutes due to disputed seating arrangements. Annan said that resolution of short-term issues might occur in four weeks, although he thought deeper talks might continue for a year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Beginning of talks, killing of MPs\nAnother ODM MP, David Kimutai Too, was shot and killed by a policeman in Eldoret on January 31, 2008. Police said the killing was related to a love triangle involving him, the officer who shot him, and a female officer, but the ODM called it an assassination, accusing the government of seeking to reduce the number of ODM Members of Parliament, and protests and violence broke out. The talks were postponed until the next day due to the killing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon arrived in Kenya for a visit to assist the talks on February1. During the same day, Annan announced that the two rival leaders had agreed on an agenda for peace talks, which included both short-term and long-term goals. The talks would last a month and would include the topics of ending the violence, the humanitarian situation, resolving the political crisis, and land and historical injustices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0032-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nAnnan said that he believed the first three of these four points could be resolved within seven to 15 days, and he said that an agreement had been reached on 18 measures to end the violence, including the demobilization of gangs and ceasing speeches and text messages that incite hatred and violence. Violence nevertheless continued; on the next day at least 20 people were reported to have been killed since the agreement. On February 3, Odinga called for African Union peacekeepers to be sent to Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nSouth Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa was unanimously chosen by Annan's team as chief mediator to lead long-term talks, but the government had concerns about Ramaphosa's involvement, saying that he and Odinga had business links. Ramaphosa consequently withdrew from the talks and Annan accepted his withdrawal on February 4,. Odinga said on the same day that the ODM would withdraw from the talks if a deal was not reached, and he said that his party wanted a new presidential election to be held within three months, with a new electoral commission and the same voter register. The alternative possibility of a transitional coalition government, in which a new position of Prime Minister would be created for Odinga and Kibaki's power would be reduced, was something Odinga said he could consider, although it was not the option he preferred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 930]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nOpposing plans for a meeting of foreign ministers from the countries of the East African Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Kenya, Nyongo said that the ODM would hold protests if the meeting went ahead, believing that the meeting would be a means to legitimize Kibaki's government. Annan was critical of this threat, saying that \"provocative statements outside negotiations\" were supposed to be avoided. The government subsequently said that the meeting would not officially be considered an IGAD meeting, and the ODM called off the protests on February 6,.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nOn February 7, the two sides remained deeply divided in talks, although they agreed that there should not be a recount of votes. Annan said that he was \"totally opposed to a re-election in this climate\", referring to the persistent violence. Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council called for peaceful resolution of the dispute through negotiations, the United States imposed a travel ban on ten unnamed Kenyans (a move that was praised by Kibaki's government), and a policeman, Edward Kirui, was arrested for allegedly shooting two protesters to death in Kisumu on January 16,.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nProgress in the talks was reported on February 8, with Annan saying that both sides had agreed on the need for a political settlement and that he hoped talks on point three (the resolution of the political crisis) could be concluded early in the next week. The ODM's William Ruto said that although there was progress, a solution had still not been reached, and he denied that a national unity government had been agreed upon; Mutula Kilonzo, a negotiator for the government, reported \"excellent\" progress. Saitoti, the Internal Security Minister, announced the end of the ban on rallies on the same day due to improved security, but said that rallies must be held only for peaceful purposes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nDespite the reported progress and his earlier adoption of a more conciliatory tone, Odinga returned to a hard-line stance on February 9, repeating his earlier demand that Kibaki should either resign or a new election should be held, and he said that he would not compromise on that point. Speaking before the National Assembly on February 12, Annan said that both sides in the talks had agreed to set up \"an independent review committee that will be mandated to investigate all aspects of the 2007 presidential election\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0037-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nHe also said that both sides in the National Assembly would have to work together to pass legislation needed to resolve the crisis. On the same day, as talks approached a potential agreement, talks were moved to a secret location, with Annan requesting a \"complete news blackout\" and asking participants in the talks to not disclose what was under discussion. Ruto said that the ODM had proposed forming a government in which the two sides would share power for two years before a new election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0037-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nAlthough Annan suggested that the two sides had agreed to a two-year power-sharing transitional government, the government objected, with the Justice Minister, Martha Karua, saying that this suggestion had misrepresented and undermined the government's position. On February 13, the mediators said in a statement that Annan had only expressed his own perspective and that he had not meant to suggest that the two sides had formally agreed on the proposal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nAs talks adjourned on February 14, scheduled to resume the following week, government negotiator Kilonzo said that an agreement had been reached to restart the process of writing a new constitution after it had stalled following the failure of the 2005 constitutional referendum. On February 15, Annan said that the two sides had agreed to a range of reforms, including the improvement of electoral laws and human rights, as well as a review of the constitution, although they had yet to agree upon the composition of a power-sharing government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0038-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nIt was reported that the government side wanted Kibaki to retain strong executive powers, while the opposition wanted Odinga to have extensive powers in a new position of Prime Minister. According to Annan, they were about to take \"the last difficult and frightening step\" to conclude a deal, and he said that he intended to remain in Kenya until a new government was in place, by which time he thought the process would be \"irreversible\". The commission charged with reviewing the election was to be established by March 15, with a report to follow within three to six months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Kenya to support the talks on February 18. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Wetangula said that help was welcome but he stressed that ultimately the problem had to be solved by Kenyans and that no one should make the \"mistake of putting a gun to anybody's head and saying 'either/or'\" in an attempt to force a solution. Rice met with Kibaki, Odinga, and Annan, and she emphasized the importance of reaching a settlement, saying that one should have already been in place; however, she also said that the U.S. was not trying to \"dictate a solution to Kenyans\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nOn February 19, Kibaki said that, while he was willing to share power in the government, an agreement should be made in the context of the existing constitution. Nyongo then called for the National Assembly to be summoned within a week \"to enact the necessary changes in the constitution to implement these mediation proposals\", warning that the ODM would otherwise resume protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0040-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nOn February 21, Mutula Kilonzo said that the government side had accepted \"the creation of the post of a non-executive prime minister with substantial responsibilities\", but the opposition wanted the prime minister to be a head of government with executive powers. Nyongo said that he thought an agreement would be reached by the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nOn February 21, East African Community Secretary-General Juma Mwapachu said that the crisis was having a negative effect on the regional economy. Speaking in Nairobi on February 22, newly elected Chairman of the African Union Commission Jean Ping said it was hoped that an agreement would be reached by the next week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nAn impasse was reached on February 25, 2008. While both parties agreed to the creation of the post of prime minister, they disagreed about the powers the newly created post should have, over government posts and over a possible election in case the coalition should split. Annan declared the talks suspended on February 26, saying that they had \"not broken down\" but that the leaders needed to \"become directly engaged in these talks\". Mutula Kilonzo said that media reports of supposed deals had caused problems and complained of unfair pressure. The ODM's Mudavadi expressed frustration at the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0043-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nJakaya Kikwete, the President of Tanzania and Chairman of the African Union, arrived in Kenya on February 27, to assist in the talks. On the same day, Odinga said that the ODM had decided not to resume protests as planned on February 28, expressing continued commitment to the talks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0044-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nOn February 28, Kibaki and Odinga signed the agreement meant to end the crisis at a ceremony in Nairobi; Annan said that the agreement was to be known as the National Accord and Reconciliation Act. The two leaders agreed to form a coalition government, with Odinga set to receive the new position of Prime Minister, in which capacity he was to \"coordinate and supervise government affairs\"; it remained unclear whether, as Prime Minister, he could still be overruled by Kibaki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0044-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Continued negotiations, signing of power-sharing agreement\nAccording to the agreement, the Prime Minister must be an elected member of the National Assembly as well as the parliamentary leader of the party or coalition holding a majority of seats in the National Assembly. The agreement also provided for two Deputy Prime Ministers, one for each of the two parties, while the allotment of Cabinet portfolios was to reflect the relative strength of the respective parties in the National Assembly. The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Ministers can only be removed from their positions if they lose a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly. Kibaki said that he would reconvene the National Assembly on March 6, so that it could make the constitutional changes needed in order to implement the agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0045-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nAnnan left Kenya on March 2, leaving Oluyemi Adeniji, a former Nigerian Foreign Minister, to lead talks on remaining issues, such as land, political reforms, and the uneven distribution of wealth between various ethnic groups. On 3, March 13, people were killed in an attack near Mount Elgon that was attributed by police to the Sabaot Land Defence Force. Kibaki and Odinga met again on March 4, as part of the follow-up negotiations. Odinga said that this meeting was \"very productive\". On March 6, rights groups including Reporters Without Borders stated that the Kenyan media played a positive role during the violence despite being inexperienced with such situations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0046-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nSpeaking in the National Assembly when it convened on March 6, Kibaki urged it to quickly pass the legislation required to implement the power-sharing agreement; he said that the people were watching and that they wanted to see \"pragmatic solutions, not ideological posturing\". He named four bills that the National Assembly needed to pass: the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill, a bill amending the constitution, a bill establishing the truth, justice and reconciliation commission, and a bill dealing with ethnic issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0047-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nOn March 9\u201310, the army attacked the Sabaot Land Defence Force near Mount Elgon; this attack included aerial bombardment. 30,000 people were reported to have fled from the army's attack, although this number was disputed and the army said that it was \"not intimidating or harassing residents\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0048-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nOn March 10, Francis Muthaura, the head of the public service, stirred controversy by saying that Kibaki would remain both head of state and head of government and that Odinga would only rank third in the government, after Kibaki and Vice-President Musyoka. Government negotiator Kilonzo and Foreign Minister Wetangula backed this interpretation of the agreement, with the latter saying that \"we are not setting up a government within a government\". The ODM, however, angrily rejected Muthaura's interpretation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0048-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nWilliam Ruto said that \"Kenyans should treat Mr Muthaura's statement with the contempt it deserves\" and that it was \"uncalled for, unnecessary and contemptuous of the agreement\". ODM spokesman Salim Lome said that it was unacceptable to have Odinga ranking third, as \"a minor hanger-on\", and that the ODM would never have agreed to such an arrangement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0049-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nOn March 11, a parliamentary committee made a request for the bills implementing the agreement to be fast-tracked, which would provide for them to be considered within five days, rather than two weeks. The National Assembly passed two bills implementing the agreement on March 18,. The first of these was the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, which passed unanimously with 200 votes in favor; this constitutionally established the posts of Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. The amendment was followed by a law providing for those posts in a new government and detailing the terms of the power-sharing arrangement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0049-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nKibaki signed the bills into law a few hours later. He said that he was \"now confident a permanent solution to the crisis will be achieved\" and called for the drafting of a new constitution; meanwhile, Odinga called for a \"national ethnic conference where we will have representatives from all the 42 tribes in the country come together to discuss openly how we want to lead this country\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0050-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nAs part of consultations on the composition of the new Cabinet, the ODM proposed a Cabinet with 34 members (twice the number in the partial Cabinet named by Kibaki in January), while the government proposed a Cabinet with 44 members. On April 1, a protest of about 100 people was held in Nairobi against these proposals on the grounds that it was unaffordable to have so many ministers and that having them would not serve a constructive purpose; the protesters demanded that the Cabinet be limited to no more than 24 members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0050-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nThis protest was broken up by police with tear gas. In a statement on April 2, Annan expressed concerns about the length of time that it was taking to name a new Cabinet. He urged Kibaki and Odinga to put the national interest first, conclude consultations, and name a Cabinet with an equal division of power in line with the agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0051-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nOn April 3, the two sides announced that they had reached an agreement on the size and composition of the Cabinet. According to a statement from Kibaki's office, the new Cabinet would have 40 ministers, would be announced on April 6, and would be sworn in on April 12,. This Cabinet would be the largest in Kenya's history, and the announcement of its size was greeted with substantial dissatisfaction among the people, with many believing a 40-member Cabinet to be wasteful, unnecessary, and intended merely to provide additional jobs with which to reward politicians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0051-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nThe government argued that the large size of the Cabinet was needed in order for it to be properly inclusive. Alfred Mutua, the government spokesman, said that \"there is no price that is too high for our country to ensure peace, harmony and reconciliation, healing and stability that will spur and grow the economy and create even more wealth\", and he suggested that the cost would not be as great as anticipated because \"most of the new ministries are subdivided from formerly existing ministries and therefore the budget and members of staff for those new ministries already exist.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0052-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nOn April 5, the day before the Cabinet was to be announced, the ODM said that the announcement had been delayed because there was still disagreement on the allotment of ministerial portfolios. The disagreement reportedly hinged on the particularly important portfolios of finance, local government, energy, and internal security. According to the government, the finance, defence, foreign affairs, and justice portfolios were to go to Kibaki's party, the PNU, while the ODM was to receive the roads, public works, tourism, and agriculture portfolios.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0052-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nMutua said that Odinga had not submitted his list of proposed ministers to Kibaki, and he said that Kibaki had invited Odinga for talks on the morning of April 6,. Kibaki and Odinga accordingly met, and afterwards they said in a joint statement that they had made \"substantial progress\" and that they expected an agreement to be reached in further talks on April 7,. However, on April 8, the talks were suspended due to the continued disagreement; according to Nyongo, they were suspended \"until [the PNU] fully recognises the 50/50 power-sharing arrangement and the principle of portfolio balance\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0052-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nOdinga said that he had received a letter from the PNU, which asserted that \"the constitution grants the president exclusive executive powers to run his country on his own and ... his powers supersede the provisions of the accord\". Meanwhile, a protest in Kibera was broken up by police with tear gas; this was the largest protest to occur since the agreement was signed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0053-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nIt was reported on April 12, that Kibaki and Odinga had reached an agreement on the Cabinet and that it would be announced on the next day. Accordingly, the Cabinet, with 40 ministers and 50 assistant ministers, was named on April 13,; there were 20 ministers each for PNU and the ODM. The PNU was considered to have kept most of the main portfolios despite the dispute that led to the delay, and some in the ODM complained that because of this there was not a true balance in portfolios.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0053-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nThe PNU took portfolios such as foreign affairs, finance, internal security, defence, and energy, while the ODM took portfolios such as local government, agriculture, immigration, roads, and public works. Odinga was named Prime Minister, Uhuru Kenyatta was named as the PNU's Deputy Prime Minister (as well as Minister of Trade), and Musalia Mudavadi was named as the ODM's Deputy Prime Minister (as well as Minister of Local Government). Kibaki challenged politicians to put politics aside and \"get to work\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0054-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, Implementation of the agreement\nOdinga and the Cabinet were sworn in on April 17, 2008 at State House. Annan travelled to Kenya again for the occasion; he called on Kenyans to support the new Cabinet and, noting that there was \"still a long way to go\", said that the next task would be to \"mould the cabinet as a cohesive, effective and productive thing that will help steer this nation right\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0055-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, After the formation of the unity government\nIn the absence of an opposition due to the formation of the coalition government, more than 70 backbencher MPs supported the creation of a coalition opposition, feeling that it was important to have an opposition for the sake of democratic governance. However, on May 22, 2008, the Cabinet decided to oppose the creation of such an opposition, saying that it would be unconstitutional and would violate the spirit of the coalition. On the same day, the Cabinet decided to fast-track the commission of inquiry that was intended to investigate the causes of the violence. A proposed bill that would allow the backbenchers to create an official opposition (the National Assembly (Parliamentary Opposition) Bill 2008) was published in August 2008 and was passed a few months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 78], "content_span": [79, 856]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0056-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, After the formation of the unity government\nIn addition to the two vacancies in Parliament created by the killing of ODM MPs Mugabe Were and David Too, results were never announced in two parliamentary constituencies due to violence, and another vacancy was produced by the election of Kenneth Marende as Speaker of Parliament. The five by-elections to fill these seats were to be held on June 11, 2008. During the campaigning for the by-elections, which concluded on June 9, the politics of ethnicity was again evident, causing anxiety among some observers; increased tension was also evident between the PNU and the ODM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 78], "content_span": [79, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0056-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, After the formation of the unity government\nThe ODM alleged that some PNU ministers were guilty of \"openly bribing voters, intimidating ODM supporters and misusing state resources\", and ODM minister William Ole Ntimama said that his party \"watched with dismay as our coalition partners sink to new lows without any regard for the consequences which may flow\". The issue of a possible amnesty for those arrested in connection with the violence also proved to be controversial. Vice-President Musyoka downplayed the tension, saying that campaigning had \"not interfered in any way with the smooth operations of the coalition\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 78], "content_span": [79, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0057-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Timeline, After the formation of the unity government\nOn June 10, 2008, two ministers\u2014Minister of Roads Kipkalya Kones and Assistant Minister of Home Affairs Lorna Laboso\u2014were killed in a plane crash, leaving another two seats vacant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 78], "content_span": [79, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0058-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Casualties and displacement\nBy January 28, the death toll from the violence was at around 1,300. Up to 600,000 people have been displaced. The largest single loss of life was when a church providing shelter from the violence to 200 people was set on fire by rioters, killing 35 people. The people who were sheltering were members of President Kibaki's tribe, the Kikuyu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0059-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Casualties and displacement\nFormer Olympic athlete Lucas Sang died under unknown circumstances in a riot at Eldoret on January 1. Politician G. G. Njuguna Ngengi was hacked to death in Kuresoi, near Molo, on January 2,. Marathon runner Wesley Ngetich Kimutai died after he was shot with an arrow on January 19, in the Trans Mara District, becoming the second international athlete to lose his life. On January 20, Donald Odanga, former basketball international was fatally wounded by a stray police bullet. On January 29, opposition MP Mugabe Were was shot to death on his driveway, and on January 31, another opposition MP, David Kimutai Too, was shot by a policeman in disputed circumstances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0060-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Casualties and displacement\nOn January 13, Human Rights Watch accused the police of having a \"shoot to kill\" policy, using live ammunition against protesters and looters. According to the police, they have shot looters but not protesters. On January 18, police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said that 510 people had been killed in the violence and that 82 of them were killed by police. According to Kiraithe, the police were acting lawfully and were showing restraint because the protesters were being \"used by politicians.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0061-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Casualties and displacement\nLater in January, Human Rights Watch accused \"ODM politicians and local leaders\" of organizing, instigating and facilitating violence against Kikuyus. The BBC reported on March 5, that government officials had met with members of the Mungiki militia, which is banned, at State House to arrange for the militia to protect Kikuyus. The government denied this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0062-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Regional implications\nThe violence in Kenya has had serious economic ramifications throughout East Africa, particularly for the landlocked countries of the Great Lakes region (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo). These countries depend upon Kenyan infrastructure links (particularly the port at Mombasa) for important imports as well as export routes. Significant shortages of gasoline were reported in Uganda as well as Zanzibar following the elections. The East African Community, despite having election observers in Kenya, did not issue a statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0063-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Reactions\nA government spokesman claimed that Odinga's supporters were \"engaging in ethnic cleansing\". Odinga countered that Kibaki's camp was \"guilty, directly, of genocide\" as he called for international mediation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0064-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Possible continuation\nThe UN had warned that a repeat of the problems could occur after the next election unless Kenya strengthens its institutions and the perpetrators of the 2007 violence are punished. A BBC report in 2009 found that rival groups in Rift Valley Province, such as the Kalenjin and Kikuyu, were purchasing firearms such as AK-47 and G3 rifles, in readiness for anticipated violence at the 2013 poll. There is, however, concerted efforts from the civil society to help avert such an eventuality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195291-0064-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Kenyan crisis, Possible continuation\nThere is even a campaign dubbed The Wazi campaign, that aims to prevent the recurrence of the violence through the use of animated cartoon PSAs that preach peace. Despite these concerns, Kenya had a peaceful election in 2013 with a record 85.91% voter turnout. However, during the 2017 general elections there was an annulment of the results when the opposition leader pulled out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195292-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Massachusetts legislature\nThe 185th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2007 and 2008 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Salvatore DiMasi served as speaker of the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195292-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Massachusetts legislature\nNotable activities included new webcasting of Senate formal sessions and repeal of \"a 1913 law declaring that nonresidents could not marry in Massachusetts if the marriage would not be legal in their home states.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes\nThe 2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes were a series of small volcanic earthquakes measuring less than 4.0\u00a0on the Richter magnitude scale. They took place in the sparsely populated Nazko area of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada starting on October 9, 2007 and ending on June 12, 2008. They occurred just west of Nazko Cone, a small tree-covered cinder cone that last erupted about 7,200\u00a0years ago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes\nNo damage or casualties resulted from the Nazko earthquakes, which were too small to be felt by people, but local seismographs recorded them. The earthquake swarm occurred at the eastern end of a known volcanic zone called the Anahim Volcanic Belt. This is an east-west trending line of volcanic formations extending from the Central Coast to the Central Interior of British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Geology\nThe 2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquake swarm is interpreted to have originated 25\u00a0km (16\u00a0mi) below the surface. The character of the seismic waves indicated that the swarm originated from a magmatic source. It could have formed as a result of rock fracturing at the tip of a dike and/or by movement along fault planes due to changes in the local stress field by the expansion and movement of magma. This magmatic activity is potentially linked to the hypothesized Anahim hotspot, a mantle plume that is probably responsible for older volcanism throughout the Anahim Volcanic Belt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Geology\nThis volcanic belt includes the Rainbow, Ilgachuz and Itcha range shield volcanoes west of the Nazko swarm. Individual Anahim volcanoes generally become older to the west of the Nazko swarm, indicating that the North American Plate is moving in a westerly direction with respect to the hotspot, carrying the volcanoes along with it at a rate of 2\u00a0cm (0.79\u00a0in) to 3.3\u00a0cm (33\u00a0mm) per year. Because the area where the 2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquake swarm originated is at the eastern end of the volcanic belt, it probably represents the youngest portion of the hotspot track. This suggests any future volcanic earthquakes will occur in the Nazko region or further to the east.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Geology\nBefore the Nazko earthquake swarm began in 2007, the Anahim hotspot was not known to be an earthquake zone. On October 10 of the following year, a swarm of earthquakes occurred. These earthquakes were normally no more than magnitude 1.0\u00a0on the Richter magnitude scale, but at least one earthquake was as strong as magnitude 3.9. Since the appearance of the Nazko swarm, Natural Resources Canada has expressed interest in the adjacent 7,200\u2011year\u2011old Nazko Cone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Geology\nEven though earthquake swarms can be dangerous, scientists are able to model such events to analyze their structure. During the earthquake swarm in 2007, a group of scientists investigated the possibility that a volcanic eruption would occur. Five additional seismographs were placed in the earthquake zone, and scientists closely monitored the seismic activity. After additional data were gathered, scientists with the United States Geological Survey, the University of Washington, and other organizations, agreed that the Nazko earthquakes probably originated from movement of magma beneath the surface near Nazko Cone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0004-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Geology\nHowever, because of the number and small size of the Nazko earthquakes, no volcanic eruption is likely. Other recent earthquakes in North America that have been attributed to magma but did not result in a volcanic eruption include the 2003 earthquakes under Lake Tahoe in the U.S. state of California and a 2004 earthquake swarm at Jordan Craters in the U.S. state of Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Number of earthquakes\nMore than 1,000 earthquakes were recorded by regional seismic networks within three weeks of October 20, 2007. Because the seismometers that recorded the Nazko swarm were more than 25\u00a0km (16\u00a0mi) away from where the earthquakes took place, the locations of the hypocenters were measured with poor resolution. Following the earthquake, five seismometers were placed by the Geological Survey of Canada from September 2007 to June 2008 close to the hypocenter. Analysis of the data recorded by these seismometers indicates a much larger total number of earthquakes. For example, at least 597\u00a0earthquakes were recognized during a period of only six hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Number of earthquakes\nAt least two episodes of earthquakes constitute the Nazko swarm. In the first seismic phase from October 9 to November 1, 2007, a total of 153\u00a0earthquakes took place. During the second seismic phase between September 25, 2007 and June 12, 2008, 4,428\u00a0earthquakes occurred. These two seismic episodes were cross-correlated by scientists to understand changes in the development of the earthquake swarm. Correlation coefficients were around 1.0 for the beginnings of the periods of activity, indicating almost identical situations, and then decayed to around 0.5, indicating a decrease in similarity between the later stages of the two events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Scientific response\nThe earthquake swarm was noted on October 12, 2007 in the Prince George Citizen by citizen staff, three days after the earthquakes began. Scientists mentioned in the report were seismologist John Cassidy of Natural Resources Canada and volcanologist Catherine Hickson, who was part of the Geological Survey of Canada at the time. At the time of the report, scientists did not know the origin of the swarm. Seismologist John Cassidy stated, \"the depth is enough to rule out hydrothermal but it's up in the air as to whether the cause is tectonic shifts or volcanic activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0007-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Scientific response\nIf it is volcanic there are certain characteristics that we would expect, there's a tremor-like character to it. And so we'll be looking for the types of events that we see beneath volcanoes and we'll be looking to see if they're getting closer to the surface or if they're migrating at all.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Scientific response\nEven if the Nazko swarm were a warning of a volcanic eruption, Hickson doubted it would turn out to be a highly explosive eruption like those that can occur in subduction-zone volcanoes. \"We're not talking about an injection of tonnes of ash many kilometers into the air like the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption or the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption. We're talking about something very small, relatively localized that should have a fairly limited impact... but it'll be extremely exciting\", Hickson said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Scientific response\nIf an eruption were to occur, Hickson suggested that it would be characterized by a lava fountain that sends globs of lava 100\u00a0m (330\u00a0ft) into the air. This is similar to those that occur in Hawaii. Hickson said that a Nazko eruption could be a tourist attraction, but warned that noxious gases such as carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide would be released during the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Preparedness and hazards\nBecause no seismographs were close enough to the Nazko swarm zone before the earthquakes began, employees of Natural Resources Canada placed seismographs in the area to monitor future earthquakes in the area more clearly. An infrasound station is also being established, which is able to measure sound waves that would normally go unnoticed by human hearing. These stations can detect volcanic eruptions and the release of gas at volcanic vents, and can be used in combination with other geophysical data to monitor fluid flow within volcanoes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Preparedness and hazards\nEmployees of Natural Resources Canada have also visited two communities that were adjacent to the 2007\u20132008 earthquake swarm to renew information about the Nazko swarm, collect samples, and examine some of the more poorly studied volcanic deposits in the Nazko region. The Natural Resources Canada employees also measured carbon dioxide levels during the earthquake swarm. Carbon dioxide is usually discharged at faults in volcanically active areas and can collect in soil and under snow. Because of this, carbon dioxide concentrations can provide information on volcanic activity in the subsurface. The Nazko swarm did not cause any discernible discharge of carbon dioxide, which is normal for non-eruptive events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Preparedness and hazards\nThe 2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquake swarm is one of numerous seismic events that have occurred near volcanoes in British Columbia. Volcanoes that have experienced volcanic earthquakes include the Mount Meager massif (seventeen events), Mount Cayley (four events), Mount Garibaldi (three events), Silverthrone Caldera (two events), Castle Rock (two events), Hoodoo Mountain (eight events), Crow Lagoon (four events), The Volcano (five events), and the Mount Edziza volcanic complex (eight events). Seismic data suggest that these volcanoes still contain active magma chambers, indicating possible future eruptive activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Preparedness and hazards\nAlthough the available data do not allow a clear conclusion, these observations are indications that some of Canada's volcanoes may be active, with significant potential dangers. This seismic activity correlates both with some of Canada's most youthful volcanoes and with long-lived volcanoes with a history of significant explosive activity, such as Hoodoo Mountain and the Mount Edziza volcanic complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195293-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Nazko earthquakes, Preparedness and hazards\nIf magma were to rise towards the surface of Nazko, new earthquake swarms would occur, with a significant increase in the size and number of earthquakes. An eruption in the Nazko area would probably create a small cinder cone, similar to what formed Nazko Cone 7,200\u00a0years ago. Immediate hazards related to cinder cone eruptions in the Nazko area would probably be forest fires and, if an eruption column were produced, redirection of nearby air traffic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195294-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Senegalese protests\nThe 2007\u20132008 Senegalese protests were ongoing opposition protests and civil demonstrations, riots and strikes in Senegal over many issues. One of the main issues were deteriorating economic conditions and food price hikes due to the 2007\u20132008 world food price crisis. Hundreds attended rallies from January, March and September, before the biggest wave of protests. Demonstrators were met with bullets and tear gas. Water cannon was also shot at demonstrators demanding democratic reforms and justice from the government, yet the resignation of president Abdoulaye Wade. Thousands threw stones on demonstrators in November 2007, after a week-long uprising and bloody crackdown nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195294-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Senegalese protests\nClashes between protesters and security forces, who launched strike action. After protests in December, protests calmed and ceased for 2\u20133 months until March\u2013April 2008 when tanks was deployed after opposition protests and food riots in Dakar. Four people were killed in the uprising and ensuing clashes. Violent protests rocked the country until 28 April 2008, when two demonstrators were killed in clashes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike\nFrom November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008, all 12,000 film and television screenwriters of the American labor unions Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) went on strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike\nThe Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike sought increased funding for the writers in comparison to the profits of the larger studios. It was targeted at the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a trade association representing the interests of 397 American film and television producers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0001-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike\nThe most influential of these were eleven corporations: CBS (Les Moonves), MGM (Harry E. Sloan), NBCUniversal (Jeff Zucker), The Weinstein Company (Harvey and Bob Weinstein), Lionsgate (Jon Feltheimer), News Corporation (Peter Chernin), Paramount Pictures (Brad Grey), Liberty Media/Starz (Chris McGurk), Sony Pictures (Michael Lynton), The Walt Disney Company (Bob Iger), and Warner Bros. (Barry Meyer).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike\nNegotiators for the striking writers reached a tentative agreement on February 8, 2008, and the boards of both guilds unanimously approved the deal on February 10, 2008. Striking writers voted on February 12, 2008, on whether to lift the restraining order, with 92.5% voting to end the strike. On February 26, the WGA announced that the contract had been ratified with a 93.6% approval among WGA members. The Writers Guild later requested a court order seeking that the agreement be honored and implemented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike\nThe guilds were on strike for 14 weeks and 2 days (100 days). In contrast, the previous strike in 1988, the longest in the history of the Guild, lasted 21 weeks and 6 days (153 days), costing the American entertainment industry an estimated $500 million in opportunity costs. According to a National Public Radio (NPR) report filed on February 12, 2008, the strike cost the economy of Los Angeles an estimated $1.5 billion. A report from the UCLA Anderson School of Management put the loss at $380 million, while economist Jack Kyser put the loss at $2.1 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike\nThe big win for the Writers Guild was jurisdiction over new media, which was precedent-setting. Streamers would have to hire WGA writers, on shows over certain budgets. Other than that, they received a new percentage payment on the distributor's gross for digital distribution based on the deal that the DGA made during the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike\nWe are ready to meet at any time and remain committed to reaching a fair and reasonable deal that keeps the industry working, but the DVD issue is a roadblock to these negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike\nEvery issue that matters to writers, including Internet reuse, original writing for new media, DVDs, and jurisdiction, has been ignored. This is completely unacceptable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike\nEvery three years, the WGA negotiates a new basic contract with the AMPTP by which its members are employed. This contract is called the Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA). In 2007, negotiations over the MBA reached an impasse and the WGA membership voted to give its board authorization to call a strike, which it did on Friday, November 2, 2007; the strike began the following Monday, November 5, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike\nAmong the many proposals from both sides regarding the new contract, there were several key issues of contention including DVD residuals, union jurisdiction over animation and reality program writers, and compensation for \"new media\" (content written for or distributed through emerging digital technology such as the Internet).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, DVD residuals, Background\nIn 1985, the Writers Guild went on strike over the home video market, which was then small and primarily consisted of distribution via video tape. At that time, the entertainment companies argued home video was an \"unproven\" market, with an expensive delivery channel (manufacturing VHS and Betamax tapes, and to a smaller extent, LaserDisc). Movies were selling in the range of between $40\u2013$100 per tape, and the Guild accepted a formula in which a writer would receive 0.3% of the first million of reported gross (and 0.36% after) of each tape sold as a residual.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 90], "content_span": [91, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0009-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, DVD residuals, Background\nAs manufacturing costs for video tapes dropped and the home video market widened, writers came to feel they had been shortchanged by this deal. DVDs debuted in 1996 and rapidly replaced the more-expensive VHS format, outselling VHS for the first time on the week of June 15, 2003. The previous VHS residual formula continued to apply to DVDs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 90], "content_span": [91, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, DVD residuals, Background\nPrior to the strike, the home video market had become the major source of revenue for the movie studios. In April 2004, The New York Times reported the companies made $4.8 billion in home video sales versus $1.78 billion at the box office between January and March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 90], "content_span": [91, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, DVD residuals, Proposals\nWGA members argued that a writer's residuals are a necessary part of a writer's income that is typically relied upon during periods of unemployment common in the writing industry. The WGA requested a doubling of the residual rate for DVD sales, which would result in a residual of 0.6% (up from 0.3%) per DVD sold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 89], "content_span": [90, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, DVD residuals, Proposals\nThe AMPTP maintained that studios' DVD income was necessary to offset rising production and marketing costs. They further insisted that the current DVD formula (0.3%) be applied to residuals in other digital media\u2014an area which was also contested by the Writers Guild.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 89], "content_span": [90, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, DVD residuals, Proposals\nThe WGA provisionally removed the increased DVD residual request from the table, in an effort to avert a strike and on the understanding of certain concessions by the AMPTP, the night before the strike began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 89], "content_span": [90, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0013-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, DVD residuals, Proposals\nHowever, after the strike began, WGAW President Patric Verrone wrote that the membership exhibited \"significant disappointment and even anger\" when they learned of the proposed removal of the request; and Verrone also wrote that, since the removal of the increased DVD residual request was contingent on concessions by the AMPTP which did not happen, the writers would and should continue to \"fight to get our fair share of the residuals of the future.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 89], "content_span": [90, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, DVD residuals, Conclusion\nThere was no change to the calculation of DVD residuals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 90], "content_span": [91, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, New media\nDriven by the then-recent contract between Viacom and the creators of South Park, one of the critical issues for the negotiations was residuals for \"new media\", or compensation for delivery channels such as Internet downloads, IPTV, streaming, smartphone programming, straight-to-Internet content, and other \"on-demand\" online distribution methods, along with video on demand on cable and satellite television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, New media, Background\nPrior to the strike, the WGA had no arrangement with producers regarding the use of content online, and two models of internet distribution were negotiated. The first is \"electronic sell-through\" (also known as \"internet sales\" or \"digital sell-through\"). In electronic sell-through, the consumer purchases a copy of the program and downloads it to a local storage device for subsequent viewing at their convenience. Examples include movies and television shows purchased through the iTunes Store and Amazon Video on Demand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 86], "content_span": [87, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, New media, Background\nIn the second model, \"streaming video\", the consumer watches a program in real time as it is transmitted to their computer but is usually not saved. Current examples of this model include advertising-supported television programs streamed free to the audience, such as those available at nbc.com, abc.com, fox.com, cbs.com, thedailyshow.com, and hulu.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 86], "content_span": [87, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, New media, Background\nIn either case, the program may be viewed directly on a computer or on a traditional television via media distribution devices (e.g. TiVo). The convenience of both these technologies lowers the barriers to entry into the digital distribution marketplace making it more accessible to mainstream consumers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 86], "content_span": [87, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, New media, Background\nIt was widely expected by industry observers that new media would eventually supplant both DVD in the home video market and television in the broadcasting market as the primary means for distribution. As in the mid-1980s, the companies argued that new media represents an unproven and untested market and asked for additional time for study. However, feeling resentment from the 20-year-old home video deal and unwilling to make similar concessions in a so-called \"new market\" yet again, WGA members remained adamant that whatever deal they made for new media, it could not resemble the DVD formula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 86], "content_span": [87, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, New media, Background\nNew media was widely seen by most WGA writers as the central issue for the strike. Writer-director Craig Mazin (Scary Movie 3) has dubbed new media \"the One Issue\" that matters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 86], "content_span": [87, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, New media, Background\nThis sentiment was further articulated by a self-described \"skeptic\", writer Howard Gould, at a meeting of the full WGA membership the night before the strike date was announced. He said, to a standing ovation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 86], "content_span": [87, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, New media, Background\nSoon, when computers and your TV are connected, that's how we're all going to watch. Okay? Those residuals are going to go from what they are towards zero if we don't make a stand now. ... This is such a big issue that if they see us roll over on this without making a stand - three years from now, they're gonna be back for something else. ... I might have been the most moderate one up here when we started, but I sat there in the room the first day and they read us those thirty-two pages of rollbacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 86], "content_span": [87, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0021-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, New media, Background\nAnd what they wanted us to hear was that \"if you don't give us what [we] want on the important thing, we're gonna come after you for all those other things.\" But what I heard was, if we give them that thing, they'll still come after us for those other things. And in three years, it'll be \"we want to revamp the whole residual system,\" and in another three years, it'll be \"y'know what, we don't really want to fund the health fund the way we've been.\" And then it will be pension. And then it'll be credit determination. And there just is that time when everybody has to see\u2014this is one where we just gotta stand our ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 86], "content_span": [87, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, New media, Conclusion\nThe WGA established the groundwork for Guild-covered writing in streaming, years before the technology changed the business. Once Netflix and Amazon began producing shows, they were obligated to hire Guild writers, because of the rules created in 2008. On back end, the WGA took the DGA's deal: For downloads, writers were granted 1.2% of distributor's gross receipts for rentals and 0.65%-0.7% of gross receipts. For ad supported streaming writers were granted 2% of gross receipts beyond the initial 17 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 86], "content_span": [87, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation\nThe WGA's membership of approximately 12,000 writers (more than 7,000 in WGAW and more than 4,000 in WGAE) primarily work on live-action, script-driven movies and television programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 102], "content_span": [103, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation\nExactly if and how the WGA's Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA) should apply to other TV and film categories such as reality television and animation had been inconsistent over the years and were an area of much dispute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 102], "content_span": [103, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation\nThe WGA had been pushing for jurisdiction of reality and animation, but dropped these issues as the WGA and AMPTP entered into informal negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 102], "content_span": [103, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation, Background\nThe negotiations between the AMPTP and the WGA are at an impasse because the WGA has continued to press a series of unreasonable demands that have nothing to do with new media and the real concerns of most working writers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 114], "content_span": [115, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation, Background\n\u2014  AMPTP statement: The State of the Strike: Day 47", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 114], "content_span": [115, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation, Background\nPrograms such as Real People and That's Incredible!, which were arguably \"reality\" shows of the 1980s, were covered by the MBA, whereas more recently produced reality shows such as Survivor and America's Next Top Model are not. Many producers of reality programming argue that since these shows are mostly, if not entirely, unscripted, there is no writer. The WGA counters that the process of creating interesting scenarios, culling raw material, and shaping it into a narrative with conflict, character arc, and storyline constitutes writing and should fall under its contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 114], "content_span": [115, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation, Background\nIn the summer of 2006, the WGAW attempted to organize employees of America's Next Top Model. The employees voted to join the WGA, but then they were fired and production continued without them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 114], "content_span": [115, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation, Background\nAnimated films and TV programs have also been an area of heavy contention. The majority of animated film and television writing is not covered by the WGA's MBA. Most animated feature films have been written under the jurisdiction of another union, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 839, also known as The Animation Guild. IATSE's jurisdiction stemmed from Walt Disney's tradition of creating an animated feature via storyboards written and drawn by storyboard artists. In the years up until the strike, most studios began hiring screenwriters to write script pages which are then storyboarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 114], "content_span": [115, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0030-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation, Background\nAccording to the WGA, 100% of animated feature film screenplays in 2005 were written by at least one WGA member. Some animated features, such as Beowulf, were written under the WGA contract. The only animated television programs affected by the strike were Fox's The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill and American Dad!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 114], "content_span": [115, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation, Background\nThe WGA and the IATSE have an ongoing disagreement as to which union should represent animation writers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 114], "content_span": [115, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation, Proposals\nRegarding reality programming, the WGA requested contract language clarifying that reality programming does fall under its jurisdiction. They further proposed the adoption of a credit, \"Story Producer\" and \"Supervising Story Producer\" to be given to those writers performing story contributions to a reality show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 113], "content_span": [114, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation, Proposals\nAs for animation, the WGA proposed clarifying its jurisdiction to cover all animation in TV and film that did not encroach on the jurisdiction of another union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 113], "content_span": [114, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Issues in the strike, Jurisdiction in reality and animation, Conclusion\nWGA president Patric Verrone announced that the reality and animation jurisdiction proposals were formally removed from the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 114], "content_span": [115, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nThe final negotiations between the WGA and AMPTP before the WGA's contracts expired on October 31, 2007, began on October 25, but the talks broke down due to the issues surrounding new-media royalties. After the contracts expired, the WGAW held a meeting at the Los Angeles Convention Center, which was attended by 3,000 WGAW members, and the negotiating committee formally recommended a strike, after which the WGAE and the WGAW officially announced that the strike would begin at 12:01\u00a0AM on November 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0035-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nIn a last-ditch conciliation to try to avoid the strike, the WGA temporarily withdrew its DVD proposal on November 4, but the companies still insisted on a lack of residual for new media, and the talks subsequently broke down, with both sides accusing the other of walking out. Thus, on November 5, nearly 3,000 WGAW members, plus additional SAG and Teamsters members, picketed or refused to cross the picket lines at 14 targeted studios in Los Angeles, and many more Writers Guild of America, East picketers marched in locations in New York including Rockefeller Center. The picket lines continued, along with various rallies, throughout the strike period in both cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nFollowing four days of targeted picketing, a large rally was held outside the Twentieth Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles on Friday, November 9, drawing an estimated 4,000 WGAW members and supporters, including a sizeable number of SAG members. Speakers included WGA West president Patric Verrone, Family Guy/American Dad! creator Seth MacFarlane, civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, and producer Norman Lear. The rally was opened with a two-song performance by Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello (as The Nightwatchman) of Rage Against the Machine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nOn November 16, 2007, both the WGA and the AMPTP made the following announcement: \"Leaders from the WGA and the AMPTP have mutually agreed to resume formal negotiations on November 26. No other details or press statements will be issued.\" The AMPTP then submitted a new proposal to the WGA on November 29, 2007, reportedly worth an additional $130 million in compensation. The WGA responded that it did not understand how the $130 million figure had been calculated, but was pleased the AMPTP was proposing figures in that range. Both sides agreed to a four-day recess at the WGA's request. Talks were resumed on December 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nFollowing a renewed push on jurisdiction in reality programming by the WGA, including a rally outside North American headquarters of non-signatory reality producer FremantleMedia, talks again broke off on December 7 when the AMPTP walked away from the table, issuing a press release that they would return only upon the WGA dropping several key proposals, among them the reality proposal. This move had been predicted by reporter Nikki Finke and others, many of whom suspected the AMPTP was intentionally delaying negotiations so that it could terminate unwanted production contracts via force majeure. According to Wall Street, the impact of accepting all of WGA's proposals was \"largely negligible\" and \"financially small\", suggesting that the studios were afraid that reaching a favorable settlement with the writers might \"embolden directors and actors in their coming renegotiations.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 965]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nIn mid-December, the WGA announced plans to try to negotiate with individual production companies to end the impasse. The AMPTP and WGA agreed to resume informal talks in an effort to organize formal negotiations on January 19, 2008. This was accepted and both parties decided to go back to the negotiating table as of that date, however the president of the WGA had ordered a media black-out, with no WGA employees reporting any news to the media. WGA President Patric Verrone did, however, report on January 22 that the animation and reality jurisdiction proposals had been dropped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nOn January 25, it was announced that the WGA had made an interim agreement with Lionsgate and Marvel Studios. However, the AMPTP has commented on these types of agreements as \"meaningless\", although talks between them and WGA continued and many critics believed the strike could be over within two weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nOn February 2, 2008, despite a media blackout agreed to by both parties during unofficial negotiations, multiple media reports suggested there had been significant progress involving breakthroughs on key issues in the talks. Further reporting suggested that by the end of the business week starting February 4, 2008, a contract proposal might be announced. Pro -WGA blog UnitedHollywood.com confirmed that \"creative solutions to the biggest differences between the AMPTP and the WGA have gotten the tentative and cautious approval of both sides\", but cautions that the specific legal language has not yet been drafted. The next day, rumors continued to mount; Deadlinehollywooddaily.com reported that Peter Chernin had told fellow Super Bowl XLII attendees that \"the strike is over.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 859]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nThis is not over. Nor is it close. Until the moment it is over, it can never be close. Because if we see the finish line we will flag and they are absolutely counting on us to do that. In the room, reason. On the streets, on the net, I say reason is for the 'moderates'. Remember what they've done. Remember what they're trying to take from us. FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0043-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nOn February 5, 2008, the WGA leadership scheduled a meeting for active members on Saturday, February 9, 2008, to discuss and gain feedback on a proposed contract. TV executives had described the deadline as February 15 for new material to be produced for the 2007\u20132008 television season. On February 9, 2008, WGA President Patric Verrone emailed the membership announcing that the WGA leadership and AMPTP had reached a tentative deal. The tentative contract proposals were provided to the membership, and a meeting to discuss them as well as future process was scheduled the same day on both coasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0044-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nAccording to reports, the first deal discussion meeting for WGAE's members, ended on an optimistic note.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0045-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nThe WGA started a 48-hour vote for guild members on February 10, 2008, regarding a motion on ending the three-month-old strike. Voting ended for WGAE at 7PM EST, on February 12, 2008. The WGAW voted from 2:00 to 6:00\u00a0p.m. PST, and at approximately 6:51 PST, WGA president Patric Verone announced that 92.5% of the membership voted to end the strike. On February 26, about 93.6% of WGA members approved a new three-year contract that would be effective until May 1, 2011, with pay hikes ranging from 3 to 3.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0046-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Negotiations and strike activity\nAt the beginning of April 2008, about one and a half months after the end of the strike, the Writers Guild of America, East filed lawsuit against the ABC television network and Corday Productions over alleged violations of a strike-termination agreement. The legal basis for the suit was that ABC and Corday continued using strike-replacement writers for the soap operas All My Children and Days of Our Lives rather than allowing the original writers to return to work after the end of the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0047-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, AMPTP\nThe WGA organizers are grasping for straws and have never had a coherent strategy for engaging in serious negotiations. The AMPTP may have different companies with different assets in different businesses, but they are all unified in one common goal \u2013 to reach an agreement with writers that positions everyone in our industry for success in a rapidly changing marketplace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0048-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, AMPTP\nForeseeing the possibility of a strike, production companies accelerated production of films and television episodes in an effort to stockpile enough material to continue regular film releases and TV schedules during the strike period. A list of 300 high-priority film projects reportedly circulated around talent agencies in accordance with this effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0049-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, AMPTP\nFollowing the refusal of many showrunners (writer-producers) to cross the picket line in the first week of the strike, production companies sent breach-of-contract letters and suspended many of them without pay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0050-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, AMPTP\nThere was also speculation the companies were seeking out other sources of writing services, including in the UK. The Writers' Guild of Great Britain attempted to thwart this effort, however, by discouraging British union members from participating. Paul Cornell, a writer for several successful television series in the UK, mentioned in a post on his blog on December 14, 2007, that he had declined an approach to cross the WGA picket line and write for an American series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0051-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, AMPTP\nThe AMPTP announced on December 6 that it had hired the public relations services of Chris Lehane and Mark Fabiani, self-dubbed the \"Masters of Disaster\", who had previously worked for Democratic politicians (including Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, and Gray Davis) and who, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, \"earn up to $100,000 a month for pulling their clients out of public relations quicksand.\" The AMPTP also hired former Arnold Schwarzenegger campaign manager Steve Schmidt of Mercury Public Affairs in Sacramento.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0052-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, AMPTP\nFabiani & Lehane's strategy appeared to be to try to weaken the WGA membership's resolve and foment resentment and doubt regarding WGA leadership within its ranks and in the film industry at large, especially with below-the-line workers, by framing the strike as \"havoc... wreaked... by the WGA's actions\" (paraphrased) and by blaming the WGA for \"start[ing] this strike\". They also appeared to be attempting to recast language in terms more favorable to the AMPTP, such as referring to WGA negotiators as \"organizers\" and branding the AMPTP proposals as a \"New Economic Partnership\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0053-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, AMPTP\nIn response to their work for the AMPTP, Fabiani & Lehane's union clients SEIU Local 99 and Change To Win terminated their contracts with the consultants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0054-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, WGA\nIf they gave us everything we had on the table right now, if they gave us everything we wanted\u2014everything\u2014and they then made a deal with the DGA and matched it, which is what they'll do, and then they made a deal with the Screen Actors Guild and tripled it, which is typically what happens\u2026if they did that\u2014if they gave us everything\u2014on a company-by-company basis they would be giving all of us less than each of their CEOs makes in a year. And in some cases, a lot less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0055-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, WGA\nIt was initially expected that the strike, if it occurred, would be scheduled for the summer of 2008 to coincide with the expiration of the Screen Actors Guild's contracts. Instead, the strike started shortly after the WGA's contracts expired. This was apparently done to give the AMPTP less time to stockpile scripts and otherwise prepare for a strike in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0056-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, WGA\nDuring the pre-strike negotiations, the WGA created \"contract captains\" in order to keep the general membership informed on a person-to-person basis of the latest developments. Once the strike started, these members became \"strike captains,\" tasked with communication duties as well as helping to coordinate pickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0057-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, WGA\nThe WGA assigned picketers to location shoots in an attempt to shut down production, and set up picket lines in front of studio gates to encourage Teamsters, particularly truck drivers, not to cross the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0058-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, WGA\nFor its second week of picketing, the WGA reduced their studio strike list from fourteen to ten, shifted picketing hours to earlier in the day, and scheduled a series of daily strike themes ranging from \"Bring-A-Star-To-Picket-With-You\" (also called \"Cast Day\") to \"Bring-Your-Kids\" special events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0059-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, WGA\nThe WGA made a direct appeal to the public to explain the issues behind the strike, including use of online videos and blogs. WGA strike captains also encouraged fans to mail pencils to the film and TV moguls en masse. They also considered unorthodox methods, including performing a mock exorcism against Warner Bros. and holding the last rites for the former MBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0060-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, WGA\nAdditionally, the WGA appealed to members of crew and industry craft unions, including the Teamsters, and IATSE, some of whom may not have been aware that their union also received residuals to pay for health and pension programs, and that they were expected to directly benefit from residual gains made by the WGA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0061-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, WGA\nIn late December, the WGA announced a new \"divide and conquer\" strategy designed to break the solidarity of the AMPTP by negotiating strategic interim deals with individual networks, studios, and production companies who were willing to agree to the WGA's proposals. This was intended to put pressure on the other member companies, especially those who were competing with companies that were then able to return to production. The approach resulted in deals with David Letterman's television production company Worldwide Pants, another with feature studio United Artists, and a third one with film studio The Weinstein Company. The new strategy contained some risk for the WGA, however, as there was a risk that some members may resent a few writers working while others were still on strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 864]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0062-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, WGA\nOn January 14, 2008, two additional side deals were announced by the WGA \u2013 one with Media Rights Capital, a production company working on both features and television, and the other with Spyglass Entertainment. On January 25, 2008, another side deal was reached; the WGA and Marvel Studios signed an interim comprehensive agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0063-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Strategies and tactics, WGA\nOn February 3, 2008, the WGA made a deal with four more filmmakers in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0064-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Production employees\nBecause production ceased for all scripted television programming, hundreds of thousands of support staff were laid off by the studios. The AMPTP estimated that WGA writers and crewmembers in the IATSE union lost $342.8 million in wages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0065-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Production employees\nDale Alexander, the key grip for The Office, wrote to the LA Times, expressing thoughts on the strike from the perspective of a production employee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0066-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Shows\nAll scripted Hollywood shows except October Road were expected to shut down by the week of December 19, 2007. Hollywood journalist Nikki Finke reported, \"CEOs are determined to write off not just the rest of this TV season (including the Back 9 of scripted series), but also pilot season and the 2008/2009 schedule as well. Indeed, network orders for reality TV shows are pouring into the agencies right now.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0067-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Shows\nWithin the first week of the strike, AMPTP-member companies fired writers' assistants, production assistants, and other lower-level staffers working on shut down programs. Writer-producer Seth MacFarlane called this a \"desperate, punitive act\" and called on \"all show-runners whose assistants are terminated, if you have the means, keep paying your assistants because this strike is about the little guys.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0068-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Shows\nOf the \"Big Four\" networks\u2014CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX\u2014NBC had the most severe ad shortfall as its prime time ratings declined sharply; none of its new shows achieved breakout success. Moreover, during 2007, NBC saw its prime time 18-to-49-year-old viewership drop by 11%. CBS dropped the same demographic by 10%, and ABC lost 5%. Fox executive Peter Chernin suggested the strike is \"probably a positive\" for the network, as he expected its non-WGA reality hit American Idol to do especially well given reduced competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0069-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Shows\nAlthough both are WGA members who pledged support for the writers, Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien announced that following the collapse of negotiations, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien would return to air on January 2, 2008, without writers, citing their non-writing staff facing layoffs as the main reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0070-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Shows\nUnlike Leno and O'Brien, whose talk shows were produced and owned by NBC, David Letterman owned his own independent production company, Worldwide Pants, which on December 28 announced an \"interim agreement\" with the WGA. This agreement allowed his talk show and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to return to air with writers during the strike under terms contained in the WGA's previously-rejected proposals to the AMPTP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0071-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Shows\nThe guild stated it had no plans to target Leno and O'Brien with protests such as were aimed at non-WGA member Carson Daly, who was accused of setting up a joke hotline as a strike-breaking effort when he returned to air. After being back on air, however, Leno was charged by WGA of strike violation after he penned and delivered monologues, but it is unclear as to what action the guild would take. Later, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announced that their respective shows, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, would also return without writers on January 7, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0071-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Shows\nThe WGA accused Comedy Central and NBC of forcing hosts back on air by threatening the jobs of the staff and crew of their shows, and said it would picket them. To show respect to the writers, The Daily Show was renamed, for the duration of the strike, A Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Similarly, The Colbert Report was rebranded as The Colbert Report (with hard T's) for its first new episode since the strike began. In support of the strike, Screen Actors Guild urged its members to appear on programs that had independent agreements with the WGA, such as the Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0072-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Shows\nAfter returning to air, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report experienced an increase in ratings. At the end of January 2008, The Daily Show was up 17% for viewers between 18-34 from January 2007 and up 9% for 18- to 49-year-olds in the same period. The Colbert Report was up 21% for 18- to 34-year-olds and 15% for 18- to 49-year-olds over the same time period. By contrast, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson experienced a fall in ratings against the previous year, while the Late Show with David Letterman remained level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0073-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Shows\nOne reason given for the increase in The Daily Show and Colbert Report ratings was the 2008 presidential election, allowing them a large amount of political humor to use. However, one journalist commented that the raise of ratings in these two shows without the writers, \"has to be a big PR setback for the WGA.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0074-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Shows\nAfter the strike began, more unscripted shows were ordered by networks, most coming from the reality genre. One of those shows was the game show Duel, which was ordered by ABC as a result of the strike; the show initially aired as a six-episode long tournament in December 2007 before being renewed for 10 additional episodes as a weekly series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0075-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Entertainment award telecasts\nThe writers' strike also created turmoil for various entertainment awards that were broadcast on television. Many awards were severely curtailed or canceled as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 94], "content_span": [95, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0076-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Entertainment award telecasts\nAs a result of the Screen Actors Guild's solidarity with the WGA, they gave the SAG a waiver on December 11 granting permission for guild writers to create material for the 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards which was shown on TNT and TBS on January 27. The WGA also issued one nine days later allowing writers to write material for Film Independent's Spirit Awards on February 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 94], "content_span": [95, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0077-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Entertainment award telecasts\nOn December 18, the WGA announced it would not issue waivers for the Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards (Oscars) ceremonies. In an act of solidarity, SAG also decided not to support the Golden Globes as well. Labor experts stated that this move was \"an attempt by the guild to bring the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers back to the bargaining table.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 94], "content_span": [95, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0078-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Entertainment award telecasts\nThe People's Choice Awards, which was also denied a waiver, stated it would have to revamp the format of the ceremony by releasing a taped ceremony for January 8 telecast on CBS, instead of airing it live as usual. As a result of the changes which were made, the telecast was viewed by just 6 million viewers, the lowest ratings ever in the show's history at the time. This was down from 11.3 million viewers the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 94], "content_span": [95, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0079-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Entertainment award telecasts\nThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which hosts the Golden Globes, tried to reach an agreement with the WGA for a waiver, but it fell through. Striking writers then threatened to picket the event, after which almost all of the celebrities due to attend announced they would skip the ceremony rather than cross the picket lines. Facing the prospect of being left without presenters or accepters, HFPA and NBC were forced to adopt another approach for the broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 94], "content_span": [95, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0079-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Entertainment award telecasts\nAfter NBC canceled its exclusive newscast of HFPA announcing the winners, HFPA took complete control of the awards announcement and opened its press conference to all media. WGA assured HFPA that it would not picket the event, citing HFPA's honesty and its honorable and respectful treatment of the guild as reasons. The NBC telecast plummeted in the ratings from 16.0 for the full ceremony in 2007 to 4.7 for the press conference in 2008, fourth (and last) among major networks that night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 94], "content_span": [95, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0080-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Entertainment award telecasts\nThe WGA issued two more waivers for awards telecast. One was issued towards the NAACP on January 15 for the NAACP Image Awards a month later, and one on January 29 to the NARAS for the 50th Grammy Awards held on February 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 94], "content_span": [95, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0081-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Entertainment award telecasts\nThe strike ended twelve days before the Academy Awards were held on February 24. Many blamed the strike for the show's low television ratings, since the writers had less time to prepare. The strike also hindered promotion at ABC, the broadcaster in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 94], "content_span": [95, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0082-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Effect on television, Television viewership\nA white paper released by Nielsen Media Research on April 2, 2008 showed that most television viewers spent more time around alternative forms of entertainment outside of broadcast television, including cable television and online video sites, during the course of the strike. Compared with the same time period from 2006\u20132007, during the months of the strike (November 2007 through February 2008) the average primetime ratings for that time period declined by 6.8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 86], "content_span": [87, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0083-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Actors\nThey claim there's no money in the Internet. That's a shell game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0084-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Actors\nThe Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) contracts with the AMPTP both contain a \"no strike\" clause, meaning that working members of the acting unions are not supposed to walk off their set in support of another union's strike. However, many actors, backed by their unions, expressed their support and solidarity with the writers' strike, with some marching with writers and even refusing to cross the WGA's picket line. Many actors participated in a series of short PSAs as part of the Speechless Without Writers campaign presented by United Hollywood, which was founded by a group of WGA members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0085-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Talk show hosts\nEllen DeGeneres stated she supports the strike, but crossed the picket line, though she decided not to do a monologue on her show during the strike, explaining that she did not wish to lay off the 135 employees from her staff. The WGAE issued a statement condemning DeGeneres, stating she was \"not welcome in NY.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0085-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Talk show hosts\nDeGeneres' representatives asserted that she did not violate the WGA's agreement, arguing that she is competing with other first-run syndicated shows like Dr. Phil and Regis and Kelly during the competitive November sweeps period, and that DeGeneres must fulfill her duties as host and producers, lest her show lose its time slot or be held in breach of contract. In addition, a statement defending DeGeneres was subsequently issued by American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), pointing out that DeGeneres also works under the AFTRA TV Code, which bars her from striking. The WGAE then issued a response pointing out that DeGeneres is also a Writers Guild member, and that any writing work she does on her show during the strike constitutes struck work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0086-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Talk show hosts\nEarly in the strike, it was rumored that Jon Stewart was continuing to pay his Daily Show writers out of his own pocket, but a spokesman later denied the rumor was true. However, The Daily Show temporarily changed its name to A Daily Show to show its support of the strike. Nikki Finke announced that David Letterman would pay his entire staff's salary out of his own pocket through the end of the year. She later announced that following NBC's firing of eighty staffers on The Tonight Show, Jay Leno would continue paying them out of his own pocket as well. Conan O'Brien also promised to pay the salaries of his non-striking staff through the end of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0087-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Talk show hosts\nSome comedy shows have performed live shows in order to provide money for the striking workers in a series of ON STRIKE! performances at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. The first two shows to perform were Saturday Night Live on November 17, and 30 Rock on November 19. On December 3, The Colbert Report held a similar performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0088-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Talk show hosts\nHost Bill Maher vocally criticized the movement as the wrong time to carry out such a strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0089-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Writer-producers\nMany television writer-producers, also known as \"hyphenates\" (or \"show-runners\", if they are in charge of the day-to-day production of a television show) who are WGA members found themselves contractually obligated to continue their production duties while simultaneously barred from performing writing duties during the strike. In a show of solidarity with the writers, approximately 120 show-runners marched in Burbank on November 7, 2007, and many decided to honor the picket lines entirely, refusing to perform even their production duties during the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0090-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Agents\nLiterary agents stand to lose business when the writers they represent are not working. Some agencies reportedly eliminated assistant positions and others asked their agents to take pay cuts during the strike. A few of the larger and more prominent agencies, including William Morris, CAA, and ICM provided coffee, bagels, and churros for picketing writers. Agents had also reportedly been involved in back-channel efforts to get the two parties to return to the negotiating table before talks resumed November 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0091-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Media executives\nTwo prominent executives, both of whom headed major studios in the 1980s and moved on to Internet-related ventures, voiced their disagreement with the tactics of the WGA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0092-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Media executives\nFor a writer to give up today's money for a nonexistent piece of the future \u2014 they should do it in three years, shouldn't be doing it now \u2014 they are misguided; they should not have gone on the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0093-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Media executives\nFormer Disney CEO Michael Eisner characterized the writers' strike as \"insanity\". He addressed a business conference, saying, \"I've seen stupid strikes, I've seen less stupid strikes, and this strike is just a stupid strike\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0094-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Media executives\nFormer Paramount and Fox CEO Barry Diller also stated the strike is \"stupid\". In comments to Fox Business Channel, he said, \"There are no profits for the work that writers do that is then digitized and distributed through the Internet\". Diller is currently the CEO of the Internet conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0095-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Media executives\nDiller also suggested that the Writers Guild should have waited five years to see where the revenues from new-media ventures were coming from. \"We want to freeze this area until we can understand the revenues, which aren't going to develop for another few years\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0096-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Politicians\nThe California governor at the time, Arnold Schwarzenegger, negotiated with both sides of the dispute \"because it has a tremendous economic impact on our state.\" The 2008 Democratic presidential candidates, Senator and eventual President Barack Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. John Edwards, and Gov. Bill Richardson, each issued statements of support for the WGA. Although 2008 Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani stated that \"a candidate for office really shouldn't get involved,\" he did offer to serve as a mediator between the parties, citing his experience \"settl[ing] several difficult labor disputes\" as Mayor of New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0096-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Politicians\nCivil rights leader and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson marched with the writers and spoke at a WGA rally on November 9, 2007. On November 13, 2007, the Los Angeles County Democratic Party adopted a resolution in support of the WGA. WGAW president Patric Verrone and Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg traveled to Washington, D.C. on November 14 to meet with legislators and regulators about the unions' position on new media. On November 16, John Edwards appeared in person to picket and speak with the writers outside NBC studios in Burbank, CA. The December 10, 2007, Democratic Presidential debate that was to be held in Los Angeles, California, was cancelled on November 28, 2007, due to candidate boycott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0097-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Politicians\nOn December 19, 2007, Los Angeles City Council's Housing, Community, and Economic Development Committee held a hearing on the economic impact of the strike on the local and regional economy, allowing the WGA and AMPTP to testify. However, the AMPTP declined to attend, but sent in Motion Picture Association of America to issue a statement to the committee on its behalf. The Los Angeles City Council approved a resolution which urged the two sides to return to the bargaining table. Jerry Nickelsburg, an economics professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management, presented UCLA Anderson Forecast's economic report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0097-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Politicians\nHe stated that so far, the strike has not affected the economy deeply, citing the network's inventory stockpiling in preparation of the strike and the increase in usage of reality shows. Ultimately, the Forecast predicted an economic impact of $380 million if the strike were to last 22 weeks, which was how long the 1988 strike had lasted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0097-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Politicians\nJack Kyser, an economist of Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, predicted that the total amount of the direct loss and indirect loss so far was estimated at $220 million, and revenues generated for the county from the annual Academy Awards would dip if the strike were to continue and actors honored the picket lines. The strike ended twelve days before the awards show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0098-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Politicians\nOn January 3, 2008, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee appeared on The Tonight Show. \"I support the writers, by the way. Unequivocally, absolutely. They're dead right on this one... I don't think anybody supports the producers on this one. Maybe the producers support the producers, but I think everybody in the business and even the general public supports the writers.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0099-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Other unions and associations\nThe WGA acknowledged support from several unions, including the Screen Actors Guild, the Teamsters, the Service Employees International Union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, the National Writers Union, as well as writers guilds in Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, New Zealand, France, Netherlands, Greece, Ireland, Switzerland, and Belgium. Many of the various genre writers associations also came out in support of the WGA's strike, including the Horror Writers Association, the Mystery Writers of America, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 82], "content_span": [83, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0100-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Other unions and associations\nThe numbers speak for themselves and show that the WGA leadership is totally out of touch with the impact of their foolhardy tactics. Figures don't lie, liars figure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 82], "content_span": [83, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0101-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Other unions and associations\nThe International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, which represents most of the below-the-line motion picture employees (over 50,000 members) and has jurisdictional disputes with WGAW in animation, did not join the strike, citing a \"no strike\" provision in their contracts. IATSE president Tom Short has publicly criticized the tactics of the WGA, arguing that the Writers Guild intended to strike almost a year in advance of the expiration of the writers' contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 82], "content_span": [83, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0101-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, Other unions and associations\nIn a letter to Verrone made publicly available, Short wrote, \"When I phoned you on Nov. 28, 2006, to ask you to reconsider the timing of negotiations, you refused. It now seems that you were intending that there be a strike no matter what you were offered, or what conditions the industry faced when your contract expired at the end of October.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 82], "content_span": [83, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0102-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, General public\nSeveral opinion polls gauged the public's response to the strike. One national survey conducted by Pepperdine University from November 7 to November 9 found that 84%, or more than four out of five Americans, were aware the strike was in progress. While 75% of respondents were found to have little to no concern over the strike, nearly two-thirds of the sample sided with the writers, one third was unsure, and only four percent sympathized with the AMPTP (1,000 American adults participated).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0102-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, General public\nA second regional poll conducted by SurveyUSA on November 11 of Los Angeles residents indicated that eight percent supported the studios with sixty-nine percent supporting the writers (550 American adults participated, with 482 identifying themselves as being familiar with the strike). According to a USA Today/Gallup Poll conducted six weeks into the strike from December 13 to December 15, 60% of Americans side with the writers, while 14% favor the studios (1,011 American adults participated).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0102-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, General public\nAmong the viewers, 49% said they were more likely to watch reruns, 40% said they planned to watch reality series and other programming not disrupted by the strike, and 26% were more likely to buy or rent DVDs of television series from past seasons. Viewers of late-night talk shows have already changed their habits: out of 25% of the poll respondents who said they frequently or occasionally watch late-night talk shows, 27% watched another show, 25% went to bed earlier, and 25% read. Only 12% watched reruns, indicated by the shows' decreasing ratings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0103-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, General public\nViewers of individual television shows organized to support \"their\" writers. Fans4Writers, an outgrowth of Joss Whedon's fan base, walked the picket line and provided regular food drops to picketing writers. Additionally, one of the largest fan-based pickets began the morning of January 24, 2008, at NBC Studios in Burbank when fans of the series Xena: Warrior Princess, a popular series which had ceased production in 2001, lined up to march in support of the WGA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0103-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, General public\nProducers and actors from the TV show joined the line, including performers Renee O'Connor, Adrienne Wilkinson, Tim Omundson and producers Robert Tapert, RJ Stewart, Steven L. Sears, Liz Friedman, and others. As with Fans4Writers, Xena fans had been donating food and water to the picket lines for the duration of the strike and an upcoming Xena Convention in Burbank offered the opportunity of a focused show of support from fans worldwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0104-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Response, General public\nThe long-term effect on the viewing habits of the general public is difficult to gauge. For reference, estimates suggest that 10% of the overall television-viewing audience was lost as a result of the 1988 writers' strike, a drop-off that has not been reversed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0105-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Related work stoppages, 2007\u20132008 CBS News writers strike\nOn November 19, 2007, news writers for CBS News and CBS-owned stations voted to authorize strike action against their employers. Timed closely to the WGA strike, this action has resulted in statements from politicians unwilling to cross picket lines for interview shows and candidate debates. On January 9, the WGAE and CBS News struck a tentative deal. On January 24, 2008, the WGA announced that its members had voted to ratify the contract, which runs to April 1, 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 100], "content_span": [101, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0106-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Related work stoppages, Other 2008 industry-wide strike threats\nAny increase for the benefits of health insurance, pension, or residual gains made by the WGA are also likely to be demanded by other entertainment industry labor unions when their contracts expire. This is a practice known as pattern bargaining \u2014 the first union to reach a contract with the AMPTP usually sets the template for the agreement with other unions. The contracts for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and Directors Guild of America (DGA) expired on June 30, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 106], "content_span": [107, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0107-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Related work stoppages, Other 2008 industry-wide strike threats, Directors Guild of America\nThe Directors Guild of America (DGA), whose members are directors as well as below-the-line workers (1st and 2nd assistant directors), was less focused on the WGA's most contentious issue, new media residuals. The DGA's negotiations with the AMPTP started on January 12, 2008, and on January 17, the DGA announced they had reached a tentative agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 134], "content_span": [135, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0108-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Related work stoppages, Other 2008 industry-wide strike threats, Directors Guild of America\nFollowing the DGA announcement, ER executive producer and former WGA president John Wells stated he believes that using the DGA agreement as a template, the strike could be easily resolved within two weeks. Other writers disagreed with Wells' positive assessment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 134], "content_span": [135, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0109-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Related work stoppages, Other 2008 industry-wide strike threats, Screen Actors Guild\nLike the WGA, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is very concerned with residuals in new media and were especially supportive of the WGA's strike effort. SAG president Alan Rosenberg suggested that SAG could choose to ignore the tradition of pattern bargaining if terms of the DGA's deal were deemed insufficient to the actors. Thus, if the new media issue was not resolved to their satisfaction by the DGA or WGA by July 2008, SAG was likely to strike when their contract expired, a move which could potentially bring the Hollywood film industry to a near-complete standstill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 127], "content_span": [128, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0109-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Related work stoppages, Other 2008 industry-wide strike threats, Screen Actors Guild\nThe previous deal between the SAG and AMPTP expired on June 30, 2008; however, on May 6 both organizations had ended talks without a deal. The SAG scheduled a rally for the morning of June 9 in Los Angeles; the WGA subsequently encouraged its members to support SAG members in that rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 127], "content_span": [128, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195295-0110-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike, Outcomes\nOn November 19, 2008, the Writers Guild of America announced they were filing arbitration against the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers for not honoring the agreement that ended the strike. The matter was resolved with WGA and AMPTP, and a new agreement took effect on May 2, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis\nWorld food prices increased dramatically in 2007 and the first and second quarter of 2008, creating a global crisis and causing political and economic instability and social unrest in both poor and developed nations. Although the media spotlight focused on the riots that ensued in the face of high prices, the ongoing crisis of food insecurity had been years in the making. Systemic causes for the worldwide increases in food prices continue to be the subject of debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis\nAfter peaking in the second quarter of 2008, prices fell dramatically during the late-2000s recession but increased during late 2009 and 2010, reaching new heights in 2011 and 2012 (see 2010\u20132012 world food price crisis) at a level slightly higher than the level reached in 2008. Over the next years, prices fell, reaching a low in March 2016 with the deflated Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) food price index close to pre-crisis level of 2006. As of May\u00a02017 they have not reached crisis levels again, despite prices increasing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis\nThe initial causes of the late-2006 price spikes included droughts in grain-producing nations and rising oil prices. Oil price increases also caused general escalations in the costs of fertilizers, food transportation, and industrial agriculture. Root causes may be the increasing use of biofuels in developed countries (see also food vs fuel), and an increasing demand for a more varied diet across the expanding middle-class populations of Asia. The FAO also raised concerns about the role of hedge funds speculating on prices leading to major shifts in prices. These factors, coupled with falling world-food stockpiles, all contributed to the worldwide rise in food prices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes\nBetween 2006 and 2008 average world prices for rice rose by 217%, wheat by 136%, corn by 125% and soybeans by 107%. In late April 2008 rice prices hit 24 cents (US) per US pound, more than doubling the price in just seven months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, World population growth\nAlthough some commentators have argued that this food crisis stems from unprecedented global population growth, others point out that world population growth rates have dropped dramatically since the 1980s, and grain availability has continued to outpace population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 103], "content_span": [104, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, World population growth\nTo prevent price growth, food production should outpace population growth, which was about 1.2% per year. But there was a temporary drop in food production growth: for example, wheat production during 2006 and 2007 was 4% lower than that in 2004 and 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 103], "content_span": [104, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, World population growth\nWorld population has grown from 1.6\u00a0billion in 1900 to over 7.5\u00a0billion today.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 103], "content_span": [104, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Increased demand for more resource intensive food\nThe head of the International Food Policy Research Institute, stated in 2008 that the gradual change in diet among newly prosperous populations is the most important factor underpinning the rise in global food prices. Where food consumption has increased, it has largely been in processed (\"value added\") foods, sold in developing and developed nations. Total grain utilization growth since 2006 (up three percent, over the 2000\u20132006 per annum average of two percent) has been greatest in non-food usage, especially in feed and biofuels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 129], "content_span": [130, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Increased demand for more resource intensive food\nOne kilogram of beef requires seven kilograms of feed grain. These reports, therefore, conclude that usage in industrial, feed, and input intensive foods, not population growth among poor consumers of simple grains, has contributed to the price increases. Rising meat consumption due to changes in lifestyle can in turn lead to higher energy consumption due to the higher energy-intensity of meat products, for example, one kilogram of meat uses about 19 times as much energy to produce it as the same amount of apple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 129], "content_span": [130, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Increased demand for more resource intensive food\nAlthough the vast majority of the population in Asia remains rural and poor, the growth of the middle class in the region has been dramatic. For comparison, in 1990, the middle class grew by 9.7 percent in India and 8.6 percent in China, but by 2007 the growth rate was nearly 30 percent and 70 percent respectively. The corresponding increase in Asian affluence also brought with it a change in lifestyle and eating habits, particularly a demand for greater variety, leading to increased competition with western nations for already strained agricultural resources. This demand exacerbates dramatic increases in commodity prices such as oil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 129], "content_span": [130, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Increased demand for more resource intensive food\nAnother issue with rising affluence in India and China was reducing the \"shock absorber\" of poor people who are forced to reduce their resource consumption when food prices rise. This reduced price elasticity and caused a sharp rise in food prices during some shortages. In the media, China is often mentioned as one of the main reasons for the increase in world food prices. However, China has to a large extent been able to meet its own demand for food, and even exports its surpluses in the world market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 129], "content_span": [130, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of petroleum and fertilizer price increases\nStarting in 2007, the prices of fertilizers of all kinds increased dramatically, peaking around the summer of 2008 (see graphs by the International Fertilizer Industry Association). Prices approximately tripled for ammonia, urea, diammonium phosphate, muriate of potash (KCl), and sulfuric acid (used for making phosphate fertilizer), and then fell just as dramatically in the latter part of 2008. Some prices doubled within the six months before April 2008. Part of the cause for these price rises was the rise in the price of oil, since most fertilizers require petroleum or natural gas to manufacture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 131], "content_span": [132, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of petroleum and fertilizer price increases\nAlthough the main fossil fuel input for fertilizer comes from natural gas to generate hydrogen for the Haber\u2013Bosch process (see: Ammonia production), natural gas has its own supply problems similar to those for oil. Because natural gas can substitute for petroleum in some uses (for example, natural gas liquids and electricity generation), increasing prices for petroleum lead to increasing prices for natural gas, and thus for fertilizer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 131], "content_span": [132, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of petroleum and fertilizer price increases\nCosts for fertilizer raw materials other than oil, such as potash, have been increasing as increased production of staples increases demand. This is causing a boom (with associated volatility) in agriculture stocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 131], "content_span": [132, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of petroleum and fertilizer price increases\nThe major IFPRI Report launched in February 2011 stated that the causes of the 2008 global food crisis were similar to that of the 1972\u20131974 food crisis, in that the oil price and energy price was the major driver, as well as the shock to cereal demand (from biofuels this time), low interest rates, devaluation of the dollar, declining stocks, and some adverse weather conditions. Unfortunately the IFPRI states that such shocks are likely to recur with several shocks in the future; compounded by a long history of neglecting agricultural investments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 131], "content_span": [132, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Declining world food stockpiles\nIn the past, nations tended to keep more sizable food stockpiles, but more recently, due to a faster pace of food growth and ease of importation, less emphasis is placed on high stockpiles. For example, in February 2008 wheat stockpiles hit a 60-year low in the United States (see also 2008 global rice crisis). Stocks are often calculated as a residual between production and consumption, but it becomes difficult to discriminate between a de-stocking policy choices of individual countries and a deficit between production and consumption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 111], "content_span": [112, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Financial speculation\nDestabilizing influences, including indiscriminate lending and real estate speculation, led to a crisis in January 2008 and eroded investment in food commodities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 101], "content_span": [102, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Financial speculation\nForeign investment drives productivity improvements, and other gains for farmers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 101], "content_span": [102, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Financial speculation, Commodity index funds\nGoldman Sachs' entry into the commodities market via the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index has been implicated by some in the 2007\u20132008 world food price crisis. In a 2010 article in Harper's magazine, Frederick Kaufman accused Goldman Sachs of profiting while many people went hungry or even starved. He argued that Goldman's large purchases of long-options on wheat futures created a demand shock in the wheat market, which disturbed the normal relationship between supply and demand and price levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 124], "content_span": [125, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0016-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Financial speculation, Commodity index funds\nHe argues that the result was a 'contango' wheat market on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which caused prices of wheat to rise much higher than normal, defeating the purpose of the exchanges (price stabilization) in the first place. however, a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development \u2013 using data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission \u2013 showed tracking funds (of which Goldman Sachs Commodity Index was one) did not cause the bubble. For example, the report points out that even commodities without futures markets also saw price rises during the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 124], "content_span": [125, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0016-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Financial speculation, Commodity index funds\nSome commodities without futures markets saw their prices rise as a consequence of the rising prices of commodities with futures markets: the World Development Movement (WDM, now Global Justice Now) stated there was strong evidence that the rising price of wheat caused the price of rice to subsequently rise as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 124], "content_span": [125, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of trade liberalization\nSome theorists, such as Martin Khor of the Third World Network, point out that many developing nations have gone from being food independent to being net food importing economies since the 1970s and 1980s International Monetary Fund (and later the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Agriculture) free market economics directives to debtor nations. In opening developing countries to developed world food imports subsidised by Western governments, developing nations can become more dependent upon food imports if local agriculture does not improve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 111], "content_span": [112, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0018-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of trade liberalization\nWhile developed countries pressured the developing world to abolish subsidies in the interest of trade liberalization, rich countries largely kept subsidies in place for their own farmers. United States government subsidies for 2008 pushed production toward biofuel rather than food.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 111], "content_span": [112, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0019-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of food for fuel\nOne systemic cause for the price rise is held to be the diversion of food crops (maize in particular) for making first-generation biofuels. An estimated 100 million tons of grain per year are being redirected from food to fuel. (Total worldwide grain production for 2007 was just over 2000\u00a0million tons.) As farmers devoted larger parts of their crops to fuel production than in previous years, land and resources available for food production were reduced correspondingly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 104], "content_span": [105, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0020-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of food for fuel\nThis has resulted in less food available for human consumption, especially in developing and least developed countries, where a family's daily allowances for food purchases are extremely limited. The crisis can be seen, in a sense, to dichotomize rich and poor nations, since, for example, filling a tank of an average car with biofuel, amounts to as much maize (Africa's principal food staple) as an African person consumes in an entire year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 104], "content_span": [105, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0021-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of food for fuel\nBrazil, the world's second largest producer of ethanol after the US, is considered to have the world's first sustainable biofuels economy and its government claims Brazil's sugar cane based ethanol industry has not contributed to the 2008 food crises. A World Bank policy research working paper released in July 2008 concluded that \"...large increases in biofuels production in the United States and Europe are the main reason behind the steep rise in global food prices\", and also stated that \"Brazil's sugar-based ethanol did not push food prices appreciably higher\". An economic assessment published in July 2008 by the OECD disagrees with the World Bank report regarding the negative effects of subsidies and trade restrictions, finding that the effect of biofuels on food prices are much smaller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 104], "content_span": [105, 906]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0022-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of food for fuel\nA report released by Oxfam in June 2008 criticized biofuel policies of rich countries and concluded that, of all biofuels available in the market, Brazilian sugarcane ethanol is \"far from perfect\" but it is the most favorable biofuel in the world in term of cost and GHG balance. The report discusses some existing problems and potential risks and asks the Brazilian government for caution to avoid jeopardizing its environmental and social sustainability. The report also says that: \"Rich countries spent up to $15 billion last year supporting biofuels while blocking cheaper Brazilian ethanol, which is far less damaging for global food security.\" (See Ethanol fuel in Brazil)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 104], "content_span": [105, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0023-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of food for fuel\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said the rise in food prices is due to poor agricultural policies and changing eating habits in developing nations, not biofuels as some critics claim. On 29 April 2008, US President George W. Bush declared during a press conference that \"85 percent of the world's food prices are caused by weather, increased demand and energy prices\", and recognized that \"15 percent has been caused by ethanol\". On 4 July 2008, The Guardian reported that a leaked World Bank report estimated the rise in food prices caused by biofuels to be 75%. This report was officially released in July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 104], "content_span": [105, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0024-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of food for fuel\nSince reaching record high prices in June 2008, corn prices fell 50% by October 2008, declining sharply together with other commodities, including oil. As ethanol production from corn has continued at the same levels, some have argued this trend shows the belief that the increased demand for corn to produce ethanol was mistaken. \"Analysts, including some in the ethanol sector, say ethanol demand adds about 75 cents to $1.00 per bushel to the price of corn, as a rule of thumb. Other analysts say it adds around 20 percent, or just under 80 cents per bushel at current prices. Those estimates hint that $4 per bushel corn might be priced at only $3 without demand for ethanol fuel.\" These industry sources consider that a speculative bubble in the commodity markets holding positions in corn futures was the main driver behind the observed hike in corn prices affecting food supply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 104], "content_span": [105, 990]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0025-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Effects of food for fuel\nSecond- and third-generation biofuels (such as cellulosic ethanol and algae fuel, respectively) may someday ease the competition with food crops, as can grow on marginal lands unsuited for food crops, but these advanced biofuels require further development of farming practices and refining technology; in contrast, ethanol from maize uses mature technology and the maize crop can be shifted between food and fuel use quickly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 104], "content_span": [105, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0026-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Biofuel subsidies in the US and the EU\nThe World Bank lists the effect of biofuels as an important contributor to higher food prices. The FAO/ECMB has reported that world land usage for agriculture has declined since the 1980s, and subsidies outside the United States and EU have dropped since the year 2004, leaving supply, while sufficient to meet 2004 needs, vulnerable when the United States began converting agricultural commodities to biofuels. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), global wheat imports and stocks have decreased, domestic consumption has stagnated, and world wheat production has decreased from 2006 to 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0027-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Biofuel subsidies in the US and the EU\nIn the United States, government subsidies for ethanol production have prompted many farmers to switch to production for biofuel. Maize is the primary crop used for the production of ethanol, with the United States being the biggest producer of maize ethanol. As a result, 23 percent of United States maize crops were being used for ethanol in 2006\u20132007 (up from 6 percent in 2005\u20132006), and the USDA expects the United States to use 81 million tons of maize for ethanol production in the 2007\u20132008 season, up 37 percent. This not only diverts grains from food, but it diverts agricultural land from food production.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0028-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Biofuel subsidies in the US and the EU\nNevertheless, supporters of ethanol claim that using corn for ethanol is not responsible for the worst food riots in the world, many of which have been caused by the price of rice and oil, which are not affected by biofuel use but rather by supply and demand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0029-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Biofuel subsidies in the US and the EU\nHowever, a World Bank policy research working paper released in July 2008 says that biofuels have raised food prices between 70 and 75 percent. The study found that higher oil prices and a weak dollar explain 25\u201330% of total price rise. The \"month-by-month\" five-year analysis disputes that increases in global grain consumption and droughts were responsible for price increases, reporting that this had had only a marginal effect and instead argues that the EU and US drive for biofuels has had by far the biggest effect on food supply and prices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0029-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Biofuel subsidies in the US and the EU\nThe paper concludes that increased production of biofuels in the US and EU were supported by subsidies and tariffs on imports, and considers that without these policies, price increases would have been smaller. This research also concluded that Brazil's sugar cane based ethanol has not raised sugar prices significantly, and suggest to remove tariffs on ethanol imports by both the US and EU, to allow more efficient producers such as Brazil and other developing countries to produce ethanol profitably for export to meet the mandates in the EU and the US.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0030-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Biofuel subsidies in the US and the EU\nThe Renewable Fuel Association (RFA) published a rebuttal based on the version leaked before the formal release of the World Bank's paper. The RFA critique considers that the analysis is highly subjective and that the author \"estimates the effect of global food prices from the weak dollar and the direct and indirect effect of high petroleum prices and attributes everything else to biofuels\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0031-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Biofuel subsidies in the US and the EU\nAn economic assessment report also published in July 2008 by the OECD agrees with the World Bank report regarding the negative effects of subsidies and trade restrictions, but found that the effect of biofuels on food prices are much smaller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0031-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Biofuel subsidies in the US and the EU\nThe OECD study is also critical of the limited reduction of GHG emissions achieved from biofuels produced in Europe and North America, concluding that the current biofuel support policies would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport fuel by no more than 0.8 percent by 2015, while Brazilian ethanol from sugar cane reduces greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent compared to fossil fuels. The assessment calls on governments for more open markets in biofuels and feedstocks to improve efficiency and lower costs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0032-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Idled farmland\nAccording to the New York Times on 9 April 2008, the United States government pays farmers to idle their cropland under a conservation program. This policy reached a peak of 36,800,000 acres (149,000\u00a0km2) idled in 2007, that is 8% of cropland in United States, representing a total area bigger than the state of New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 94], "content_span": [95, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0033-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Agricultural subsidies\nThe global food crisis has renewed calls for removal of distorting agricultural subsidies in developed countries. Support to farmers in OECD countries totals US$280\u00a0billion annually, which compares to official development assistance of just US$80\u00a0billion in 2004, and farm support depresses global food prices, according to OECD estimates. These agricultural subsidies lead to underdevelopment in rural developing countries, including the least developed countries; meanwhile subsidised food increases overconsumption in developed countries. The US Farm Bill brought in by the Bush Administration in 2002 increased agricultural subsidies by 80% and cost the US taxpayer US$190\u00a0billion. In 2003, the EU agreed to extend the Common Agricultural Policy until 2013. Former UNDP Administrator Malloch Brown renewed calls for reform of the farm subsidies such as the CAP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 102], "content_span": [103, 968]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0034-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Distorted global rice market\nJapan is forced to import more than 767,000 tons of rice annually from the United States, Thailand, and other countries due to WTO rules, although Japan produces over 100% of domestic rice consumption needs with 11 million tons produced in 2005 while 8.7\u00a0million tons were consumed in 2003\u20132004 period. Japan is not allowed to re-export this rice to other countries without approval. This rice is generally left to rot and then used for animal feed. Under pressure, the United States and Japan are poised to strike a deal to remove such restrictions. It is expected 1.5\u00a0million tons of high-grade American rice will enter the market soon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 108], "content_span": [109, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0035-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Crop shortfalls from natural disasters\nSeveral distinct weather- and climate-related incidents have caused disruptions in crop production. Perhaps the most influential is the extended drought in Australia, in particular the fertile Murray-Darling Basin, which produces large amounts of wheat and rice. The drought has caused the annual rice harvest to fall by as much as 98% from pre-drought levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0036-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Crop shortfalls from natural disasters\nAustralia is historically the second-largest exporter of wheat after the United States, producing up to 25 million tons in a good year, the vast majority for export. However, the 2006 harvest was 9.8\u00a0million. Other events that have negatively affected the price of food include the 2006 heat wave in California's San Joaquin Valley, which killed large numbers of farm animals, and unseasonable 2008 rains in Kerala, India, which destroyed swathes of grain. These incidents are consistent with the effects of climate change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0037-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Crop shortfalls from natural disasters\nThe effects of Cyclone Nargis on Burma in May 2008 caused a spike in the price of rice. Burma has historically been a rice exporter, though yields have fallen as government price controls have reduced incentives for farmers. The storm surge inundated rice paddies up to 30 miles (48\u00a0km) inland in the Irrawaddy Delta, raising concern that the salt could make the fields infertile. The FAO had previously estimated that Burma would export up to 600,000 tons of rice in 2008, but concerns were raised in the cyclone's aftermath that Burma may be forced to import rice for the first time, putting further upward pressure on global rice prices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0038-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Crop shortfalls from natural disasters\nStem rust reappeared in 1998 in Uganda (and possibly earlier in Kenya) with the particularly virulent UG99 fungus. Unlike other rusts, which only partially affect crop yields, UG99 can bring 100% crop loss. Up to 80% yield losses were recently recorded in Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0039-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Crop shortfalls from natural disasters\nAs of 2005 stem rust was still believed to be \"largely under control worldwide except in Eastern Africa\". But by January 2007 an even more virulent strain had gone across the Red Sea into Yemen. FAO first reported on 5 March 2008 that Ug99 had now spread to major wheat-growing areas in Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0040-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Crop shortfalls from natural disasters\nThese countries in North Africa and Middle East consume over 150% of their own wheat production; the failure of this staple crop thus adds a major burden on them. The disease is now expected to spread over China and the Far-East. The strong international collaboration network of research and development that spread disease-resistant strains some 40 years ago and started the Green Revolution, known as CGIAR, was since slowly starved of research funds because of its own success and is now too atrophied to swiftly react to the new threat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 118], "content_span": [119, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0041-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Soil and productivity losses\nSundquist points out that large areas of croplands are lost year after year, due mainly to soil erosion, water depletion and urbanisation. According to him \"60,000 km2/year of land becomes so severely degraded that it loses its productive capacity and becomes wasteland\", and even more are affected to a lesser extent, adding to the crop supply problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 108], "content_span": [109, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0042-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Soil and productivity losses\nAdditionally, agricultural production is also lost due to water depletion. Northern China in particular has depleted much of its non-renewables aquifers, which now impacts negatively its crop production.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 108], "content_span": [109, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0043-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Soil and productivity losses\nUrbanisation is another, smaller, difficult to estimate cause of annual cropland reduction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 108], "content_span": [109, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0044-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Rising levels of ozone\nOne possible environmental factor in the food price crisis is rising background levels of ground-level tropospheric ozone in the atmosphere. Plants have been shown to have a high sensitivity to ozone levels, and lower yields of important food crops, such as wheat and soybeans, may have been a result of elevated ozone levels. Ozone levels in the Yangtze Delta were studied for their effect on oilseed rape, a member of the cabbage family that produces one-third of the vegetable oil used in China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 102], "content_span": [103, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0044-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Drastic price increases and possible causes, Rising levels of ozone\nPlants grown in chambers that controlled ozone levels exhibited a 10\u201320 percent reduction in size and weight (biomass) when exposed to elevated ozone levels. Production of seeds and oil was also reduced. The Chinese authors of this study also reported that rice grown in chambers that controlled ozone levels exhibited a 14 to 20 percent reduction in biomass yield when exposed to ozone levels over 25 times higher than was normal for the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 102], "content_span": [103, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0045-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Rising prices\nFrom the beginning of 2007 to early 2008, the prices of some of the most basic international food commodities increased dramatically on international markets. The international market price of wheat doubled from February 2007 to February 2008 hitting a record high of over US$10 a bushel. Rice prices also reached ten-year highs. In some nations, milk and meat prices more than doubled, while soy (which hit a 34-year high price in December 2007) and maize prices have increased dramatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0046-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Rising prices\nTotal food import bills rose by an estimated 25% for developing countries in 2007. Researchers from the Overseas Development Institute have suggested this problem will be worsened by a likely fall in food aid. As food aid is programmed by budget rather than volume, rising food prices mean that the World Food Programme (WFP) needs an extra $500\u00a0million just to sustain the current operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0047-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Rising prices\nTo ensure that food remains available for their domestic populations and to combat dramatic price inflation, major rice exporters, such as China, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Egypt, imposed strict export bans on rice. Conversely, several other nations, including Argentina, Ukraine, Russia, and Serbia either imposed high tariffs or blocked the export of wheat and other foodstuffs altogether, driving up prices still further for net food importing nations while trying to isolate their internal markets. North Korea suffered from the food crisis to such extent that a North Korean official was quoted in June '08 with saying \"Life is more than difficult. It seems that everyone is going to die\". This nation however is solely relying on food assistance to cope with the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 846]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0048-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Rising prices, In developed countries, United States\nA May 2008 national survey found that food banks and pantries across the US were being forced to cut back on food distribution as 99 percent of respondents reported an increase in the number of people requesting services. Rising food and fuel prices, inadequate food stamp benefits, unemployment, underemployment, and rent or mortgage costs were factors reported as forcing an average of 15\u201320 percent more people. Compounding this issue, USDA bonus foods have declined by $200\u00a0million and local food donations were down nationally about 9 percent over the same period. According to the California Association of Food Banks, which is an umbrella organization of nearly all food banks in the state, food banks are at the \"beginning of a crisis\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 87], "content_span": [88, 832]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0049-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Effects on farmers\nIf global price movements are transmitted to local markets, farmers in the developing world could benefit from the rising price of food. According to researchers from the Overseas Development Institute, this may depend on farmers' capacity to respond to changing market conditions. Experience suggests that farmers lack the credit and inputs needed to respond in the short term. In the medium or long term, however, they could benefit, as seen in the Asian Green Revolution or in many African countries in the recent past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0050-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Effects on farmers, Relationship with 2008 Chinese milk scandal\nAs grain prices increased, China's numerous small-holding milk farmers, as well as producers of feed for cattle, were unable to exist economically. As a result, they turned to putting additives into the feed and milk, including melamine, to boost the measured level of protein. Hundreds of thousands of children became ill, China's milk exports virtually ended, executives and officials were arrested and some executed, and companies went bankrupt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 98], "content_span": [99, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0051-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions\nThe price rises affected parts of Asia and Africa particularly severely with Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal, Mauritania, C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, Egypt and Morocco seeing protests and riots in late 2007 and early 2008 over the unavailability of basic food staples. Other countries that have seen food riots or are facing related unrest are: Mexico, Bolivia, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 100], "content_span": [101, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0052-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Tunisia\nPopular protests plagued Gafsa and other rural towns in the country of Tunisia in 2008 against the deaths of 2 miners and high unemployment rates in the government. Anti -government riots was suppressed and unfortunately, 2 lost their lives. Unemployed demonstrators and food shortages protests erupted in towns near Gafsa in inspiration but was suppressed harshly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0053-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Morocco\nA popular movement unfolded as a series of violent ad times but nonviolent demonstrations and events throughout Morocco in 2007-2008 after strikes took place. Unfortunately, during riots in Sidi Ifni, 10 demonstrators lost their lives after police cursed the protests in June 2008. In November\u2013December, a wave of strikes and protests and violence hit the country as scattered protests broke out against food prices and shortages. The movement was quelled violently with a swift response by the authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0054-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Bangladesh\n10,000 workers rioted close to the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, smashing cars and buses and vandalising factories in anger at high food prices and low wages. Dozens of people, including at least 20 police officials, were injured in the violence. Ironically, the country achieved food self-sufficiency in 2002, but food prices increased drastically due to the reliance of agriculture on oil and fossil fuels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 112], "content_span": [113, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0055-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Bangladesh\nEconomists estimate 30 million of the country's 150\u00a0million people could go hungry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 112], "content_span": [113, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0056-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Brazil\nIn April 2008, the Brazilian government announced a temporary ban on the export of rice. The ban was intended to protect domestic consumers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 108], "content_span": [109, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0057-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Burkina Faso\nOne of the earlier food riots took place in Burkina Faso, on 22 February, when rioting broke out in the country's second and third largest cities over soaring food prices (up to a 65 percent increase), sparing the capital, Ouagadougou, where soldiers were mobilized throughout strategic points. The government promised to lower taxes on food and to release food stocks. Over 100 people were arrested in one of the towns. Related policy actions of the Burkinabe government included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 114], "content_span": [115, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0058-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Cameroon\nCameroon, the world's fourth largest cocoa producer, saw large scale rioting in late February 2008 in Douala, the country's commercial capital. Protesters were against inflating food and fuel prices, as well as the attempt by President Paul Biya to extend his 25-year rule. Protesters set up barricades, burned tires, and targeted businesses that they believed belonged to the Biya family, high members of the ruling party, the government, or France. It became the first protest in the nation's history in which minute- by-minute events were covered by social media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 110], "content_span": [111, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0058-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Cameroon\nBy 27 February, a strike was taking place in thirty-one cities, including Yaound\u00e9, Douala, Bamenda, Bafoussam, Buea, Limbe, Tiko, Muea, Mutengene, and Kumba. At least seven people were killed in the worst unrest seen in the country in over fifteen years. This figure was later increased to 24. Youths were mobilized in ways that had not been seen since the days of the villes mortes. Part of the government response to the protests was a reduction in import taxes on foods including rice, flour, and fish. The government reached an agreement with retailers by which prices would be lowered in exchange for the reduced import taxes. As of late April 2008, however, reports suggested that prices had not eased and in some cases had even increased.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 110], "content_span": [111, 856]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0059-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Cameroon\nOn 24 April 2008, the government of Cameroon announced a two-year emergency program designed to double Cameroon's food production and achieve food self-sufficiency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 110], "content_span": [111, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0060-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, C\u00f4te d'Ivoire\nOn 31 March, C\u00f4te d'Ivoire's capital Abidjan saw police use tear gas and a dozen protesters injured following food riots that gripped the city. The riots followed dramatic hikes in the price of food and fuel, with the price of beef rising from US$1.68 to $2.16 per kilogram, and the price of gasoline rising from $1.44 to $2.04 per liter, in only three days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 115], "content_span": [116, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0061-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Egypt\nIn Egypt, a boy was killed from a gunshot to the head after Egyptian police intervened in violent demonstrations over rising food prices that gripped the industrial city of Mahalla on 8 April 2008. Large swathes of the population have been hit as food prices, and particularly the price of bread, have doubled over the last several months as a result of producers exploiting a shortage that has existed since 2006\u00a0\u00b7 .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 107], "content_span": [108, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0062-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Ethiopia\nDrought and the food price crisis threatened thousands in Ethiopia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 110], "content_span": [111, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0063-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Haiti\nOn 12 April 2008, the Haitian Senate voted to dismiss Prime Minister Jacques-\u00c9douard Alexis after violent food riots hit the country. The food riots caused the death of five people. Prices for food items such as rice, beans, fruit and condensed milk have gone up 50 percent in Haiti since late 2007 while the price of fuel has tripled in only two months. Riots broke out in April due to the high prices, and the government had been attempting to restore order by subsidizing a 15 percent reduction in the price of rice. As of February 2010, post-earthquake Port-au-Prince is almost entirely reliant on foreign food aid, some of which ends up in the black markets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 107], "content_span": [108, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0064-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, India\nIndia has banned the export of rice except for basmati which attracts a premium price.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 107], "content_span": [108, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0065-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, India\nThe ban has since been removed, and India now exports a variety of rice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 107], "content_span": [108, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0066-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Indonesia\nStreet protests over the price of food took place in Indonesia where food staples and gasoline have nearly doubled in price since January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 111], "content_span": [112, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0067-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Latin America\nIn April 2008, the Latin American members of the United Nations' FAO met in Bras\u00edlia to confront the issues of high food prices, scarcities and violence that affect the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 115], "content_span": [116, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0068-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Mexico\nThe President of Mexico, Felipe Calder\u00f3n, with industry representatives and members of the Confederation of Industrial Chambers (Concamin), agreed to freeze prices of more than 150 consumer staples, such as coffee, sardines, tuna, oil, soup or tea, among others, until the end of December 2008. The measure was carried out in an attempt to control inflation, which stood at an annual rate of 4.95%, the highest increase since December 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 108], "content_span": [109, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0069-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Mexico\nMexican baking company Grupo Bimbo's CEO, Daniel Servitje, announced in the 19th Plenary Meeting of the Mexico\u2013China Business Committee that Bimbo agreed to freeze their product prices, despite a 20% rise in production costs. Bimbo is one of the most important baking companies worldwide, having recently expanded to China. Bimbo has also acquired five bakeries in the United States and Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 108], "content_span": [109, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0070-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Mozambique\nIn mid February, rioting that started in the Mozambican rural town of Chokwe and then spread to the capital, Maputo, has resulted in at least four deaths. The riots were reported in the media to have been, at least in part, over food prices and were termed \"food riots\". A biofuel advocacy publication, however, claimed that these were, in fact, \"fuel riots\", limited to the rise in the cost of diesel, and argued that the \"food riot\" characterization worked to fan \"anti-biofuels sentiment\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 112], "content_span": [113, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0071-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Pakistan\nThe Pakistan Army has been deployed to avoid the seizure of food from fields and warehouses. This hasn't stopped the food prices from increasing. The new government has been blamed for not managing the countries food stockpiles properly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 110], "content_span": [111, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0072-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Myanmar\nOnce the world's top rice producer, has produced enough rice to feed itself until now. Rice exports dropped over four decades from nearly 4 million tons to only about 40,000 tons last year, mostly due to neglect by Myanmar's ruling generals of infrastructure, including irrigation and warehousing. On 3 May 2008 Cyclone Nargis stripped Myanmar's rice-growing districts, ruining large areas with salt water. U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that these areas produce 65 percent of Myanmar's rice. Worries of long-term food shortages and rationing are rife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0072-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Myanmar\nThe military regime says nothing about the rice crisis, but continues to export rice at the same rate. \"...at least the next two harvests are going to be greatly affected and there'll be virtually no output from those areas during that time. So we're likely to see considerable food and rice shortages for the next couple of years. The damage to the economy is going to be profound.\" said economist and Myanmar expert Sean Turnell, of Australia's Macquarie University. (interviewed in \"The Irriwaddy\", Tuesday, 27 May 2008)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0073-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Panama\nIn Panama, in response to higher rice prices the government began buying rice at the high market price and selling rice to the public at a lower subsidized price at food kiosks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 108], "content_span": [109, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0074-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Philippines\nIn the Philippines, the Arroyo government insisted on 13 April that there would be no food riots in the country and that there could be no comparison with Haiti's situation. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, Sergio Apostol stated that: \"Haiti is not trying to solve the problem, while we are doing something to address the issue. We don't have a food shortage. So, no comparison...\" Comments by the Justice Secretary, Raul Gonzalez, the following day, that food riots are not far fetched, were quickly rebuked by the rest of the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 113], "content_span": [114, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0075-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Philippines\nOn 15 April, the Philippines, the world's largest rice importer, urged China, Japan, and other key Asian nations, to convene an emergency meeting, especially taking issue with those countries' rice export bans. \"Free trade should be flowing\", Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap stated. In late April 2008, the Philippines government requested that the World Bank exert pressure on rice exporting countries to end export restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 113], "content_span": [114, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0076-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Russia\nThe Russian government pressured retailers to freeze food prices before key elections for fear of a public backlash against the rising cost of food in October 2007. The freeze ended on 1 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 108], "content_span": [109, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0077-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Senegal\nOn 31 March 2008, Senegal had riots in response to the rise in the price of food and fuel. Twenty-four people were arrested and detained in a response that one local human rights group claimed included \"torture\" and other \"unspeakable acts\" on the part of the security forces. Further protests took place in Dakar on 26 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0078-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Somalia\nRiots in Somalia occurred on 5 May 2008 over the price of food, in which five protesters were killed. The protests occurred amid a serious humanitarian emergency due to the Ethiopian war in Somalia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0079-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Tajikistan\nIn 2008, The Christian Science Monitor, neweurasia, and other media observers predicted that a nascent hunger crisis would erupt into a full famine as a consequence of energy shortages at the time. UN experts announced on 10 October that almost one-third of Tajikistan's 6.7\u00a0million inhabitants were at risk of running out of food during the winter of 2008\u201309.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 112], "content_span": [113, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0080-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Unrest and government actions in individual countries and regions, Yemen\nFood riots in southern Yemen that began in late March and continued through early April, saw police stations torched, and roadblocks were set up by armed protesters. The army has deployed tanks and other military vehicles. Although the riots involved thousands of demonstrators over several days and over 100 arrests, officials claimed no fatalities; residents, however, claimed that at least one of the fourteen wounded people has died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 107], "content_span": [108, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0081-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Projections and early mitigation efforts\nThe FAO released a study in December 2007 projecting a 49 percent increase in African cereal prices, and 53 percent in European prices, through July 2008. In April 2008, the World Bank, in combination with the International Monetary Fund, announced a series of measures aimed at mitigating the crisis, including increased loans to African farmers and emergency monetary aid to badly affected areas such as Haiti. According to FAO director Jacques Diouf, however, the World Food Programme needed an immediate cash injection of at least $1700\u00a0million, far more than the tens of million-worth in measures already pledged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0081-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Projections and early mitigation efforts\nOn 28 April 2008, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon established a Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis  under his chairmanship and composed of the heads of the United Nations specialized agencies, funds and programmes, Bretton Woods institutions and relevant parts of the UN Secretariat to co-ordinate efforts to alleviate the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0082-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, After the crisis\n2013 research concluded that the spike was the result of an unusual combination of circumstances and prices in the future will be higher than before the spike, depending on oil prices, climate change, and future diets. WDM noted in 2010 that after the spike in prices in 2008, prices of wheat, maize and rice lowered but were still higher than before the crisis. The impacts of the spike on poor people were concentrated in low-income countries and may have been less severe than once thought, thanks to rising rural wages in some countries. The researchers called on developing countries to ensure good data on the key indicators of distress and to strengthen social protection, and on those involved in international development to continue increasing focus on reducing child malnutrition and stimulating agricultural development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 884]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0083-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Actions by governments\nIFAD is making up to US$200\u00a0million available to support poor farmers boost food production in face of the global food crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0084-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Actions by governments\nOn 2 May 2008, US President George W. Bush said he was asking Congress to approve an extra $770\u00a0million funding for international food aid. On 16 October 2008, in a speech at a United Nations gathering on World Food Day, former US president Bill Clinton criticized the bipartisan coalition in Congress that blocked efforts to make some aid donations in cash rather than in food. Referring in part to policies that had pressured African governments to reduce subsidies for fertilizer and other agricultural inputs, Clinton also said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0085-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Actions by governments\nWe need the World Bank, the IMF, all the big foundations, and all the governments to admit that, for 30 years, we all blew it, including me when I was President. We were wrong to believe that food was like some other product in international trade, and we all have to go back to a more responsible and sustainable form of agriculture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0086-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Actions by governments\nThe release of Japan's rice reserves onto the market may bring the rice price down significantly. As of 16 May, anticipation of the move had already lowered prices by 14% in a single week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0087-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Actions by governments\nOn 30 April 2008 Thailand announced the creation of the Organization of Rice Exporting Countries (OREC) with the potential to develop a price-fixing cartel for rice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0088-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Actions by governments\nIn June 2008 the FAO hosted a High-Level Conference on World Food Security, in which $1.2\u00a0billion in food aid was committed for the 75 million people in 60 countries hardest hit by rising food prices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0089-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Actions by governments\nIn June 2008, a sustained commitment from the G8 was called for by some humanitarian organizations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0090-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Food price decreases\nIn December 2008, the global economic slowdown, decreasing oil prices, and speculation of decreased demand for commodities worldwide brought about sharp decreases in the price of staple crops from their earlier highs. Corn prices on the Chicago Board of Trade dropped from US$7.99 per bushel in June to US$3.74 per bushel in mid-December; wheat and rice prices experienced similar decreases. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, however, warned against \"a false sense of security\", noting that the credit crisis could cause farmers to reduce plantings. FAO convened a World Summit on Food Security at its headquarters in Rome in November 2008, noting that food prices remained high in developing countries and that the global food security situation has worsened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195296-0091-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Food price decreases\nBy early 2011, food prices had risen again to surpass the record highs of 2008. Some commentators saw this as the resumption of the price spike seen in 2007\u201308. Prices had dropped after good weather helped increase grain yields while demand had dropped due to the recession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195297-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 ICC World Cricket League\nA series of six ICC World Cricket League (WCL) tournaments, as well as a series of pre-qualifying regional tournaments, and the 2009 Cricket World Cup Qualifier were played between January 2007 and April 2009. It was the first use of the World Cricket League structure. Through the WCL tournaments, teams could advance to the World Cup Qualifier, which could lead to qualification for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. 30 Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC participated in the events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195297-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 ICC World Cricket League\nThe Afghanistan national cricket team ascended from Division Five to Division One by winning three of these tournaments and performing well in the World Cup Qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195297-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 ICC World Cricket League, Structure\nThe league structure was organised with the five global divisions. The regional tournaments were administered by the five Development Regions of the International Cricket Council: Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific, and Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195297-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 ICC World Cricket League, Structure, Summary\nThe following is the summary of World Cricket League and its structure. This was followed by the International Cricket Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195297-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 ICC World Cricket League, Structure, Summary\nThe above diagram shows the chronological order and structure of the divisions within the World Cricket League. From left to right the chronology of the divisions is indicated; from top to bottom the hierarchy within the competition. The arrows indicate the number of teams promoted and relegated between leagues", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195298-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 International Challenge Trophy\nThe 2007\u201309 International Challenge Trophy was the second edition of the International Challenge Trophy. It was contested by eight teams which were divided into two groups of four. The two group winners  - Belgium U-21 and England C qualified for the final. Belgium U-21 won the competition after beating England C 2-0 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France\nThis article is about the university strike movement in France during 2007 and 2009. Since Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse was appointed Minister for Higher Education and Research, the mood had been tense in the French university system. Several reform projects had led to protest movements, including that of 2009, the longest-lasting yet since 1968, still on-going after several months. It had put a heavy strain on France's political environment, even within the leading UMP party, and led to a reconsideration of the Bologna process within intellectual circles. A similar movement has simultaneously taken place in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, The LRU law\nShortly after Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse was appointed Minister for Higher Education and Research, she announced the launch of a reform that President Nicolas Sarkozy had evoked in his election program: the so-called Law for the Freedom and Responsibility of Universities (\"Libert\u00e9 et Responsabilit\u00e9 des Universit\u00e9s\")\u00a0\u2013 shortened as \"LRU law\"\u00a0\u2013 aimed at  radically renewing French universities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, The LRU law\nUnder this legislation, budgets would no longer be allocated to individual university departments directly by the Ministry. Instead, universities would receive a lump sum, and the academic committee would then choose how to allocate funding to different departments and projects. This would also lead to an alteration in the rules regulating the committee's decisions, and the establishment of a majority voting system in both teacher categories (lecturers and professors). The Chancellor of the university would take personal responsibility for overseeing this new structure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, The LRU law\nThe purpose of the LRU law is to bring universities into line with European and Anglo-Saxon standards, in accordance with the Bologna process. With reduced bureaucracy, universities would be allowed more personal initiative. Furthermore, the draft law would enable Chancellors to enter into partnerships with private companies, thereby mobilising further funding for research.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0003-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, The LRU law\nHowever, given that President Sarkozy has drastically reduced public spending and official posts in the public sector as part of the fundamental basis for his financial policy, enemies of the draft law consider it would lead to the neglect of universities by the State and ultimately possible privatization. The contempt displayed by Nicolas Sarkozy during his election campaign speeches when referring to humanities courses, in particular, appeared to confirm this impression, and the opposition found strong support within the Arts and Humanities faculties, whose fear of extensive neglect is equal to their lack of profitability. This is why opponents of the draft law have spoken of a \"mix of feudalism (with the increase power of university management) and neoliberalism\". The government, however, has argued that this is a \"necessary modernization\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 946]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, The LRU law\nInitially, however, the opposition suffered a severe setback when the social-democratic student's union UNEF expressed its approval of the proposed law, once the idea of a Numerus Clausus for the Master's course had been abandoned. The law was passed by parliament during a special sitting in July, and signed into law by Nicolas Sarkozy in August (i.e. during the parliamentary recess). In October, a protest movement began in several universities, mostly in the Humanities Departments, and UNEF briefly became involved, but following the promise of the introduction of a support plan (\"Plan Campus\") this came to an end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, Spring and Summer 2008\nDisapproval increased when Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse presented her plan for restructuring research. In France, the National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) plays an essential role in research. The CNRS has its own budget, but also collaborates with lecturers and professors working in the Mixed Research Units (Unit\u00e9s Mixtes de Recherche UMR). Despite relatively low levels of State investment, this system ranks sixth in the world according to the Shanghai Ranking (universities receive much lower marks, which has led to sharp criticism within the university community of the Ranking's impartiality and methods).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 101], "content_span": [102, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0005-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, Spring and Summer 2008\nThe creation of the National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR), the introduction of funding for individual projects, and the restructuring of the CNRS into several specialized institutes has led to suggestions of a potential fragmentation of public means, and all the more so since Minister Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse suggested promoting partnerships with private sector companies, and creating special lecturer and professor posts (\"Chaires d'excellence\"). Research funding which is not dependent on the ANR would also be included in each university's lump sum allocation, thereby strengthening the power of both Chancellors and the Mandarins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 101], "content_span": [102, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0005-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, Spring and Summer 2008\nAll this generated widespread support for anti-LRU lists at university committee elections held at the beginning of 2008. The defeat of Jean-Robert Pitte, the incumbent Sorbonne-university (Paris IV) Chancellor, thought of as a liberal-conservative, was a symbol of this dissatisfaction. A geography scholar and UMP sympathizer, he was beaten by a left-wing coalition, led by his predecessor, the Romance studies scholar Georges Molini\u00e9. In the course of 2008, anti-LRU lists became increasingly successful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 101], "content_span": [102, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, Autumn 2008: the reform draft laws on teacher training and the status of doctoral candidates and university lecturers\nWithin the space of a few weeks, three reforms were introduced, all of which helped to spark off a brewing crisis. None of these projects had involved negotiations or discussions with any representatives of the academic community. Education Minister Xavier Darcos, who was already caught in an impasse following the failed introduction of a reform for secondary schools (ultimately shelved), presented a plan in October that would affect the training of primary and secondary school teachers. Until that point, teachers had enjoyed the status of public servants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 196], "content_span": [197, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0006-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, Autumn 2008: the reform draft laws on teacher training and the status of doctoral candidates and university lecturers\nThey first had to successfully pass a national exam with entry quotas (numerus clauses), after which they spent a year in a university teacher training institute (Institut Universitaire de Formation des Ma\u00eetres IUFM) with numerous work placements, and finally became fully qualified teachers. There were two such exams: the CAPES (following a bachelor's degree, or more often a Master's) and the Agr\u00e9gation, following a master's degree and an additional preparatory year. Those who passed the Agr\u00e9gation had a direct route into Higher Education teaching. Most university lecturers, especially in humanities departments, are former Agr\u00e9g\u00e9s who have been awarded a doctorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 196], "content_span": [197, 870]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0006-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, Autumn 2008: the reform draft laws on teacher training and the status of doctoral candidates and university lecturers\nFollowing the reform, they would have to take a master's degree in theory of education (Master Enseignement). Preparation for the exam would then become part of the second year's syllabus, during which there would also be work placements, in order for teachers to access teaching posts immediately after qualifying. However, the technical implementation of this plan has proved to be extremely complex, and opponents have stressed the fact that there would be many more candidates than work placements on offer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 196], "content_span": [197, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0006-0003", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, Autumn 2008: the reform draft laws on teacher training and the status of doctoral candidates and university lecturers\nMoreover, the training they would receive in their original area of interest would suffer, since the hours of educational theory and exam preparation would leave less time available time for the coursework for the master's degree. Union members denounced the draft law as an attack against teachers' status as public servants and stated that Graduate students who failed the numerus clausus would then become \"crowds of precariously employed teachers without any status\". The academic community had already begun fighting this proposal, which they saw as threatening the status of French teachers. Meanwhile, Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse unveiled her own proposals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 196], "content_span": [197, 850]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, Autumn 2008: the reform draft laws on teacher training and the status of doctoral candidates and university lecturers\nThe Minister for Higher Education's two proposals relate to the status of university lecturers and doctoral candidates. For doctoral candidates, a \"general doctoral contract\" (\"Contrat doctoral unique\") would be introduced. Without this, it would become impossible to obtain a doctorate at a French university. It would therefore become much more difficult for secondary school teachers to become university lecturers. Moreover, the draft law also included a possible obligation for doctoral candidates to perform additional duties (mostly administrative tasks), without further gain, while new contracts would facilitate the introduction of trial periods, thereby allowing university chancellors to dismiss doctoral candidates more easily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 196], "content_span": [197, 937]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, Autumn 2008: the reform draft laws on teacher training and the status of doctoral candidates and university lecturers\nThe draft law on university lecturers amended the distinction between research and teaching hours. Until now, they had been viewed as equivalent, but following the reform it would become easier for university chancellors to allocate more teaching hours to poorly rated lecturers and less time for research. The evaluation of lecturers' performance would depend on the Committee. The reform of teacher training would therefore introduce another level of exclusion for teaching and research.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 196], "content_span": [197, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, What instigated the strike movement?, Autumn 2008: the reform draft laws on teacher training and the status of doctoral candidates and university lecturers\nAdded to this was the experience of the few universities who did adopt the LRU-status on 1 January 2009, and suffered cuts in posts and funding which caused them severe problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 196], "content_span": [197, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, Nicolas Sarkozy's 22 January 2009 speech & the outbreak of the strike, The Speech\nOn the 22 January, Nicolas Sarkozy gave a speech in the presence of the youngest Nobel laureate, physics researcher Albert Fert. He referred to him as exceptional in France's scientific landscape, and expressed his disapproval of most researchers, who despite not inconsiderable means, failed to achieve any significant results. He also made several mocking references to researchers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 122], "content_span": [123, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0010-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, Nicolas Sarkozy's 22 January 2009 speech & the outbreak of the strike, The Speech\nThis speech was seen as a provocation, and the refusal of Minister Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse to revise her proposals increased tensions yet further: academic unions and many associations all called for a strike and requested that their colleagues not prepare a syllabus for the master's degree in Theory of Education before a meeting was held with the Ministry on 15 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 122], "content_span": [123, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, Nicolas Sarkozy's 22 January 2009 speech & the outbreak of the strike, The Speech\nOn 2 February, many General Assemblies were held and the decision was made to strike. On 9 February, the date of the start of the summer semester at the Sorbonne, a General Assembly was held. This was unexpectedly successful and led to the opening of three lecture halls for the debates. Ultimately, Chancellors from eight universities made numerous speeches in the famous Richelieu Amphitheatre and called for a strike until the withdrawal of all the proposed changes and the opening of joint negotiations on the future of the universities. In his address, Georges Molini\u00e9 spoke of the \"most dangerous threat to the French educational system since the end of the Vichy-regime\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 122], "content_span": [123, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, Nicolas Sarkozy's 22 January 2009 speech & the outbreak of the strike, Forms of action\nSince 10 February, there has been a demonstration day every week. Although the numbers reported by police and union supporters have been very different, journalists have unanimously reported the presence of several tens of thousands of demonstrators. On 29 January and 19 March, researchers, lecturers and students played a massive part in the demonstrations held during both general strikes, that brought over 3 million people into the streets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 127], "content_span": [128, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, Nicolas Sarkozy's 22 January 2009 speech & the outbreak of the strike, Forms of action\nLectures have been severely affected by the strike movement: some teachers hold lectures in public places as a form of demonstration, others are on total strike, while some continue to work normally, apart from those days when demonstrations are held. Here and there, there have been blockades which have occasionally lasted for several weeks. There have been several attempts to occupy premises like the Sorbonne, but these have so far failed, the demonstrators having been surrounded by the Police. Another form of action is the multiplication of festivals, conferences, alternative lessons and public events. A typical form of action was the symbolic burial of research in a symbolic place, the Ecole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure, for instance. This type of action is very prevalent in Parisian universities, especially Paris III and Paris IV (a Sorbonne-Festival took place at the end of March over several days).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 127], "content_span": [128, 1035]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, Nicolas Sarkozy's 22 January 2009 speech & the outbreak of the strike, Forms of action\nThe movement's symbol is the novel \"The Princess of Cleves\" by Madame de La Fayette, a French 17th century novel, considered a masterpiece of gallantry and classicism, and one that Sarkozy has often mocked, saying that this kind of book had nothing to offer a clerk for instance, and that only \"sadists and idiots\"  would recommend this book. On 16 February, teachers and students read the book aloud in turn in front of the Panth\u00e9on. The reading lasted for 6 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 127], "content_span": [128, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, Nicolas Sarkozy's 22 January 2009 speech & the outbreak of the strike, Political developments\nAfter a week, several UMP members of parliament, including university chancellor Daniel Fasquelle and P\u00e9cresse's predecessor Fran\u00e7ois Goulard, began criticising the ministry's position. They wanted to rewrite the draft law on lecturers' status, in order to bring the strike to an end. P\u00e9cesse started by appointing a mediator, and then gave way. But her decision came too late: only a few of the smaller unions took part in the negotiations, were unhappy with the compromise, and confirmed their protest against the other draft laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 134], "content_span": [135, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0015-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, Nicolas Sarkozy's 22 January 2009 speech & the outbreak of the strike, Political developments\nIn the meantime, the link became clear between the draft laws on the status of lecturers and doctoral candidates and the LRU law, and the strike movement, despite its only moderate power, now demanded the abrogation of the law. No part of the draft law concerning doctoral candidates has been changed to this day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 134], "content_span": [135, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, Nicolas Sarkozy's 22 January 2009 speech & the outbreak of the strike, Political developments\nAs far as Xavier Darcos is concerned, he has refused to change his plan. His brusque statements have contributed to the intensification of the opposition, and this led him to delay implementation for a year. The new exams will now only begin in July 2011. But this decision and his other resolutions on the exams or the work placements have only answered problems of a technical nature, while the opposition rejects the principle of a separation between research and the Master's training course, as well as the destruction of the IUFMs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 134], "content_span": [135, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195299-0017-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132009 university protests in France, Participants of the opposition movement\nThe movement has been led by an assembly of delegates from different universities, the Coordination Nationale des Universit\u00e9s. They constitute a front of two left-wing forces, together with groups from the centre and right-wing. This broad consensus is one strength of the movement. Its major strength is its duration. The supporters of the strike movement are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195300-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011\n2007\u20132011 is an compilation album by P.S. Eliot released in 2016 on Don Giovanni Records. It compiles every song recorded and released by the band during their time together along with previously unreleased demo versions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis\nThe 2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis was a period of tense communal relations and political instability in Belgium, which was rooted in the differing opinions on state reform, and in the continued existence of the controversial electoral district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (BHV). Parties from the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community are in general strongly in favour for a devolution of powers to the communities and regions, and the splitting of the unconstitutional BHV district, while French-speaking French Community of Belgium is generally in favour of retaining the status quo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0000-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis\nAfter the 2010 elections, the topics of public debt, deficit cuts and socio-economic reform were added to the debate, with most Flemish parties in favour of finding money by strongly reducing spending, whilst the proposals supported by most French-speaking parties also included a significant raise in taxes. The crisis came to an end in December 2011 with the inauguration of a new federal government which agreed on partition of the BHV district and on policies aimed at tackling the economic downturn. The country's continuing linguistic divide played a large part in the crisis. Several times during the period Belgium was threatened to be split up amid rising Flemish separatism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis\nThe crisis broke out in the summer of 2007, following the electoral victory of the alliance of the Flemish Christian Democrats and the New Flemish Alliance, who supported a wide-reaching state reform and the immediate split of BHV. After 194 days of often heated negotiations, parties finally succeeded in forming a new government. In December 2008, another crisis related to the Fortis case, erupted, again destabilising the country and resulting in the resignation of Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme. The new Herman Van Rompuy-led government brought a brief period of fragile stability, but ended when Van Rompuy left his office to become the first full-term President of the European Council. The succeeding Leterme II Government fell in April 2010 over the lack of progress on resolving the BHV issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 844]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0002-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis\nNew elections were held in June 2010, where the separatist and conservative New Flemish Alliance won a landslide victory in Flanders, while the pro-unity Socialist Party won the elections in French-speaking Belgium. Due to the major differences between the two winning parties on a community and social-economic level, government negotiations and formation took a total of 541 days, breaking the world government formation record of 249 days, previously set by Iraq in 2010 as well as the ten months record set by Lebanon in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0002-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis\nOn 13 September 2011 it was reported that Leterme aimed to take up a new job as deputy secretary general of the OECD in 2012, although that it seemed to be unlikely at that time that he'd leave the post as the head of the caretaker government before the end of the year. However, a new government was sworn in on 6 December 2011 with Elio Di Rupo as Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0003-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2007 federal elections and aftermath, Federal elections\nOf the Flemish parties, the alliance of Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) and the New-Flemish Alliance (N-VA) received an increased share of the vote from the previous election, held in 2003. The CD&V/N-VA list was headed by Yves Leterme, and became the largest political formation in Belgium, thus leading the coalition talks for a new government. The list campaigned heavily on the need for a far-reaching reform of the Belgian state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0004-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2007 federal elections and aftermath, Federal elections\nIn French-speaking Belgium, the liberal Reformist Movement managed to defeat the long-dominant Socialist Party (PS), although the PS remained strong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0005-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2007 federal elections and aftermath, Formation negotiations\nAfter the election, a Christian democratic and liberal coalition was proposed. Because of the differing views on the need for a state reform on both sides of the language border, it took the parties 196 days, i.e. over 6 months, following the election, to form an interim government. That set a record as the longest Belgian government formation, one that has since been broken by the 2010 formation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0006-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2007 federal elections and aftermath, Verhofstadt III\nOn 17 December 2007, incumbent Prime Minister of Belgium Guy Verhofstadt was asked by the King of the Belgians Albert II to start the formation of an interim government that would last until 23 March 2008, when Leterme would take over. Belgium's political uncertainty intensified when Yves Leterme was hospitalised in February 2008. He remained in the hospital for several days but it was soon made clear that his health would not prevent him from assuming premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 89], "content_span": [90, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0007-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2007 federal elections and aftermath, Verhofstadt III\nA first preliminary deal was reached on 25 February 2008. It was agreed that some powers over industrial policy and housing would be transferred from the federal government to the regions. Measures would also be taken to strengthen inter-region cooperation; a second package of devolution changes would then be passed before the summer recess.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 89], "content_span": [90, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0008-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2007 federal elections and aftermath, Leterme I\nAn official coalition agreement was signed on 18 March 2008. Yves Leterme was sworn in on 20 March 2008. In the late hours of 14 July 2008, after months of negotiations regarding the constitutional reform and electoral arrondissement Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde failed and with the deadline of 15 July 2008 within reach, Leterme offered the resignation of his cabinet to King Albert II. After a series of consultations, King Albert II decided to reject Prime Minister Leterme's resignation on 17 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0008-0001", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2007 federal elections and aftermath, Leterme I\nThe royal palace said that the King had asked two senior French-speaking politicians, Ministers of State Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier de Donnea (MR) and Raymond Langendries (CdH), and the Minister-President of the German-speaking Community, Karl-Heinz Lambertz (SP), to establish how to start talks about institutional reform. They reported back to the King on 19 September 2008 with a one-page report so that neither of the communities would back out of the negotiations. Only a few hours later, Didier Reynders angered the Dutch-speaking politicians with controversial statements and so sparked a crisis within the Flemish government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0008-0002", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2007 federal elections and aftermath, Leterme I\nOn 21 September 2008, the N-VA withdrew its parliamentary support for the federal government, saying that the 15-month-long negotiations had failed to result in state reform. The withdrawal of support plunged the country into another crisis. Under pressure of the socialist and liberal coalition partners, the only N-VA minister in the Flemish government (Geert Bourgeois) resigned his post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0009-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2007 federal elections and aftermath, Leterme I\nOn 19 December 2008, Leterme again offered the resignation of the government to the king, who accepted the offer on 22 December. The resignation was offered after news broke out that the government had tried to intervene in the verdict of the Fortis case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0010-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2007 federal elections and aftermath, Van Rompuy I\nAfter the resignation of Leterme and his cabinet, the King consulted various dignitaries and party leaders. He then appointed Wilfried Martens, a former prime minister and president of the European People's Party, to consult the various political parties and pave the way to a new \"emergency\" cabinet. The general consensus is that a government should run until the regional and European Parliament elections in June 2009 or, if possible, until the next federal election in 2011. On 28 December, King Albert II gave Herman Van Rompuy the task of forming a new government, which would include the current ruling parties. Van Rompuy and his government were sworn in on 30 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 86], "content_span": [87, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0011-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2007 federal elections and aftermath, Leterme II\nOn 24 April 2010, the government of Yves Leterme (who had replaced Van Rompuy again when Van Rompuy became President of the European Council) fell over the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0012-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2010 federal elections and aftermath, Federal elections\nAn early election was held on 13 June 2010, resulting in the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) winning most votes in the Flemish-speaking areas and the Socialist Party (PS) in French-speaking Belgium. Nationally the two parties were almost even with 27 seats for the N-VA and 26 for the PS, the remaining seats being split between ten other parties. Until 541 days after the elections, no agreement could be reached among the parties on a coalition to form a new government and during that period the country continued to be governed by an interim government. On 6 December 2011 the Di Rupo I Government was sworn in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0013-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2010 federal elections and aftermath, Formation negotiators\nThe various political parties had not succeeded in forming a new government for 541 days, which broke the 2007 record of the longest period without a government. During that period several people had made failed attempts to create an agreement, until Elio Di Rupo finally succeeded (in chronological order and all appointed by the King):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 95], "content_span": [96, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0014-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2010 federal elections and aftermath, Provisions and speculation on the possible partition of Belgium\nTowards the end of July 2011, as government formation had been dragging on for over a year, party leaders of the separatist Walloon Rally (which does not have any seats in parliament) have had talks with the Union for a Popular Movement party of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the French Socialists. These talks resulted in that, in the event of the split with Flanders, Wallonia could become the 28th region of France. A poll of the French daily newspaper Le Figaro suggests that around half of Walloons and around 66% of French Republic citizens favour this plan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 137], "content_span": [138, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0015-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2010 federal elections and aftermath, Provisions and speculation on the possible partition of Belgium\nThe Belgian minister for Climate and Energy, Paul Magnette, also suggested to incorporate Wallonia into Germany instead of France if the crisis in Belgium were to escalate. Although over 71,000 people on the Walloon-German border speak German as their first language, the vast majority of Walloons are French speakers. Thus arises the possibility that, if Wallonia had become part of France, the German-speaking towns might have been absorbed by Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 137], "content_span": [138, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195301-0016-0000", "contents": "2007\u20132011 Belgian political crisis, 2010 federal elections and aftermath, Impact\nA 2019 study found that the government formation deadlock did not harm economic growth in Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195302-0000-0000", "contents": "2008\n2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th  year of the 3rd\u00a0millennium, the 8th  year of the 21st\u00a0century, and the  9th   year of the 2000s decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 4], "section_span": [4, 4], "content_span": [5, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195303-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 1. deild karla\nThe 2008 season of 1. deild karla was the 54th season of second-tier football in Iceland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195304-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 10,000 Lakes Festival\nThe 2008 10,000 Lakes Festival was held July 23 through July 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195305-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 Guineas\nThe 2008 1000 Guineas Stakes was a horse race held at Newmarket Racecourse on Sunday 4 May 2008. It was the 195th running of the 1000 Guineas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195305-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 Guineas\nThe winner was Stefan Friborg's Natagora, a French-bred grey filly trained at Chantilly by Pascal Bary and ridden by Christophe Lemaire. Natagora's victory was the first in the race for her owner, trainer and jockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195305-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 Guineas, The contenders\nThe race attracted a field of fifteen runners, ten trained in the United Kingdom, four in Ireland and one in France. The favourite was the French challenger Natagora who had been named European Champion Two-year old Filly in 2007 when she had won the Prix Robert Papin in France and the Cheveley Park Stakes in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195305-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 1000 Guineas, The contenders\nThe Ballydoyle stable had two representatives in Kitty Matcham, the winner of the Rockfel Stakes and Savethisdanceforme, whilst the other two Irish runners were the dual Group One winner Saoirse Abu (Phoenix Stakes, Moyglare Stud Stakes) and the Curragh maiden race winner Lush Lashes, neither of whom were fancied in the betting. The leading British-trained runners appeared to be two fillies bred and owned by the Cheveley Park Stud: the Nell Gwyn Stakes winner Infallible, and Spacious, the winner of the May Hill Stakes. The most fancied of the other fillies was the John Dunlop-trained Muthabara, the undefeated winner of the Fred Darling Stakes. Natagora headed the betting at odds of 11/4 ahead of Infallible (7/2) and Spacious (11/2) with Muthabara and Kitty Matcham on 8/1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195305-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 Guineas, The race\nThe 80/1 outsider Francesca d'Gorgio, who had been unruly in the starting stalls broke quickly and led two furlongs but was overtaken by Natagora. Most of the fillies raced up the stands side (the left of the course from the jockeys' viewpoint) with Natagora racing along the stands rail. The favourite set the pace from Muthabara with Infallible, Saoirse Abu, Lady Deauville and Laureldene Gale close behind. Natagora began to come under pressure a furlong from the finish, at which point several fillies, including Spacious, Nahoodh and Lush Lashes began to make progress. In the closing stages Natagora ran on to win by half a length from Spacious, with Saoirse Abu a further half length away in third. Infallible, Nahoodh, Lush Lashes, Royal Confidence and Muthabara came next, with less than three and a half lengths separating the first eight finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 887]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195306-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Catalunya\nThe 2008 1000\u00a0km of Catalunya was the opening round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain, on 6 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195306-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Catalunya, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195307-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Monza\nThe 2008 1000\u00a0km of Monza was the second round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy, on 27 April 2008. This event was the last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195307-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Monza\nMon\u00e9gasque driver St\u00e9phane Ortelli was injured in an incident during the race in which his Oreca-Courage Le Mans prototype became airborne in the first chicane. The car flipped several times, and Ortelli suffered a broken ankle. Ortelli's car narrowly missed hitting the #1 Audi R10 driven by Allan McNish. McNish had to weave his way through the debris of the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195307-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Monza, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195307-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Monza, Race results\n\u2020 - #76 IMSA Performance Matmut was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car's airbox was found to be outside the regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195308-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of N\u00fcrburgring\nThe 2008 1000\u00a0km of N\u00fcrburgring was the fourth round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the N\u00fcrburgring, Germany, on 17 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195308-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of N\u00fcrburgring, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195308-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of N\u00fcrburgring, Race results\n\u2020 - Both #6 Team Oreca-Matmut and #21 Epsilon Euskadi failed to complete the final lap of the race, therefore they are not classified in the final results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195309-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Silverstone\nThe 2008 Autosport 1000\u00a0km of Silverstone was the fifth and final round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain, on 14 September 2008. The race was attended by a record crowd of 53,000 spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195309-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Silverstone\nAlthough Audi scored their first and only win of the season, an accident involving the then championship-leading Peugeots allowed Audi to win the Teams, Constructors, and Drivers Championships in the LMP1 category. Luc Alphand's team won the GT1 championship by merely finishing the event, and Virgo Motorsports and driver Rob Bell secured their second consecutive GT2 championship with a class victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195309-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Silverstone\nThis was the first time in Le Mans Series history that none of the Peugeot 908s finished in the podium spots as well as in the top eight points positions (#8 finished 19th overall and 11th in LMP1; #7 did not finish at 44th overall and 15th (last) in class), which helped Audi to take the championship. The only other time that the Peugeot 908 did not finish in the podium was in the 12 Hours of Sebring earlier this year, when the lone 908 finished 11th overall and almost finished in the podium at 4th behind the two Audis and an Intersport Lola-AER.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195309-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Silverstone, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195310-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Spa\nThe 2008 1000\u00a0km of Spa was the third round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 11 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195310-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Spa\nThis race marked the first international victory for Canadian Jacques Villeneuve since the Formula One Luxembourg Grand Prix in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195310-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Spa, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their Class winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195310-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 1000 km of Spa, Race results\nBoth the #17 Pescarolo and #33 Speedy Sebah entries failed to complete the final lap of the race. Both cars were therefore not classified in the final results even though they had covered sufficient distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195311-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 12 Hours of Sebring\nThe 2008 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida was the 56th running of this event and the opening round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Sebring International Raceway, Florida on March 15, 2008. Porsche was able to defeat Audi, marking the first loss for Audi at Sebring since 1999, while Porsche marks its first overall win at Sebring since 1988, the 20th anniversary since its last win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195311-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 12 Hours of Sebring\nThe Porsche's win was also the first time in 14 years that the non-premier class of the race won the 12 Hours of Sebring overall, and the third time in history; it was also the first time an LMP2 car won the 12 Hours of Sebring since the race has become a part of the ALMS. The last time that the non-premier class won overall in Sebring was 1994, when Clayton Cunningham Racing, participating in the 1994 IMSA GT Championship season as a GTS-class entry, defeated the flagship World Sports Cars in a Nissan 300ZX.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195311-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 12 Hours of Sebring, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195311-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 12 Hours of Sebring, Race results\n\u2020 - #15 Fern\u00e1ndez Racing was disqualified from the race results after the car failed post-race inspection. The car's airbox was found to have been broken, allowing an excess of air into the engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195312-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 2. deild karla\nThe 2008 season of 2. deild karla was the 43rd season of third-tier football in Iceland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195313-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 2. divisjon\nThe 2008 2. divisjon season was the third highest association football league for men in Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195313-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 2. divisjon\n26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Mj\u00f8ndalen, Skeid, Stavanger and Tromsdalen were promoted to the First Division. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the 3. divisjon, except for the two number twelve teams with the most points. The winning teams from each of the 24 groups in the 3. divisjon each faced a winning team from another group in a playoff match, resulting in 12 playoff winners which were promoted to the 2. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195314-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Daytona\nThe 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona was the first round of the 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series season and the 46th running of the 24 Hours of Daytona. It took place at Daytona International Speedway between January 26\u201327, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195314-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Daytona, Qualifying\nIn the Daytona Prototype class, pole position was taken by Oswaldo Negri Jr. in the #60 Michael Shank Racing Ford powered Riley Mk. XI with a laptime of 1:40.793. Teammate A. J. Allmendinger locked out the front row for Michael Shank Racing. In the Grand Touring class, the #70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 GT with Sylvain Tremblay was fastest with a laptime of 1:50.788. The #56 Mastercar Ferrari F430 Challenge qualified 2nd in the team's debut at Daytona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195314-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Daytona, Race\nThe #01 Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus-powered Riley of Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Dario Franchitti, and Juan Pablo Montoya led 252 laps and gave Chip Ganassi racing their 3rd successive win at the Daytona 24 Hours. The #01 team took the overall victory by a margin of 2 laps over the #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac-powered Riley entry. At the start, many cars (including the eventual race winner) had to start from pitlane after changing their tires from wets to slicks. The #70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 GT of Sylvain Tremblay, Nick Ham, David Haskell, and Raphael Matos were the winners in GT, completing 664 laps and finishing 9th overall. The overall pace of the race was slowed due to wet weather during the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195314-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Daytona, Race\nA total of 22 safety car periods neutralized the race for 112 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans\nThe 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 76th Grand Prix of Endurance, taking place on 14\u201315 June 2008 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The test day was on June 1. The race was attended by 258,000 spectators. The Audi team's progress and victory was documented in the 2008 film Truth in 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rule changes\nOn 20 December 2007, the ACO confirmed the previously announced rule changes for the 2008 race and 2008 Le Mans Series season. Petrol engined Le Mans Prototype cars received a 3% larger air restrictor to increase power output and to balance performance between petrol and diesel engines. The performance difference between the LMP1 and LMP2 classes will be increased by decreasing LMP1 class' minimum weight 900\u00a0kg, the LMP2 class' minimum weight increased to 825\u00a0kg, and a reduction in the fuel capacity of LMP2 cars from 90\u00a0litres to 80\u00a0litres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rule changes\nThe ACO also added rules regarding the types of engines and fuels which can be used. Production engines which meet the GT1 and GT2 class regulations can now be installed in LMP1 and LMP2 class cars respectively. The use of biofuels will also be allowed in the prototype categories, with petrol engines allowed to run 10% ethanol, and diesel teams allowed to use biodiesel. The GT1 and GT2 categories remained unchanged in the new rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rule changes\nPrior to the Le Mans Test Day, Audi announced that they would be the first team to adapt their cars to use 10% biodiesel as allowed by the new rules, with partner Shell developing a biomass to liquid fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic invitations\nAutomatic entry to the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans was granted to teams that had performed well in the previous year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as the 2007 seasons of the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, FIA GT Championship, and the Petit Le Mans. The official list of automatic invites was published by the ACO on 16 November 2007, with confirmation of entries accepted by teams published on 18 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Official entry list\nOn 19 February, the ACO published their full list of fifty-five entries plus eight reserves, chosen from a total of 88 applications. The fifty-five main entries were required to appear at the Le Mans test day in order to compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Official entry list, Reserve entries\nEight cars were granted reserve entries. If any selected team from the main entry list withdrew, a reserve entry would take their place. On April 10, the #81 Tafel Racing Ferrari withdrew and was replaced by the #4 Saulnier Pescarolo-Judd. Although several teams withdrew their reserve entries, none of the remaining reserve entries were promoted to the primary entry list. On Tuesday, June 10, Racing Box's Lucchini-Judd failed official scrutineering and was withdrawn. The first remaining reserve, Epsilon Euskadi's second entry, was allowed to take its place at the start of Wednesday qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nDrivers, team, and equipment for fifty-five cars arrived at the Circuit de la Sarthe on June 1 to participate in a mandatory test session. Drivers who had not been to the circuit in the past three runnings of the 24 Hours, or had never participated before, were required to complete ten laps of the circuit during the session, while other drivers were allowed to concentrate on setting their cars up for the race two weeks away. Two sessions were held running four hours each, with an hour break for lunch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nRain dominated the weather during the two sessions, with the track drying out only for brief periods of time before heavy rains dampened the circuit once more. St\u00e9phane Sarrazin, in the #8 Peugeot, was able to set the fastest lap during a brief dry period in the second session, recording a time of 3:22.222. By the end of the test day, Sarrazin's time remained unbeaten, and was in fact nearly four and a half seconds ahead of the second fastest lap, set by the #9 Peugeot. Several hundredths of a second slower still was the #1 Audi, third fastest overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nThe fastest car not running a diesel engine was the #17 Pescarolo, recording a time of 3:33.939, over eleven seconds behind the overall leader. In the LMP2 class, the five cars set lap times within three seconds of one another, the Van Merksteijn Motorsport Porsche setting a 3:42.191 lap time to lead the class and place fourteenth overall in the standings. The other Porsche RS Spyder of Team Essex was second fastest, followed by the Barazi-Epsion Zytek in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nThe Grand Touring categories were led by the previous year's winner in GT1 class, the factory Aston Martin squad. The #009 DBR9 set a lap time of 3:53.531, fast enough for 25th place overall. Larbre Comp\u00e9tition's Saleen set the second fastest lap in the class, nearly two seconds behind. The two factory Corvettes were third and fourth, with the #64 team a few tenths faster than the #63. For the GT2 class, American teams lead the session. Risi Competizione's #82 Ferrari set a 4:05.561 lap time, only three one thousandths of a second ahead of the Flying Lizard Porsche. BMS Scuderia Italia's Ferrari completed the top three in the class, a second slower than the top two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nDuring the eight hours of testing, practice had to be halted four times for accidents around the circuit. During the first session, the JMB Ferrari spun and hit a wall at Arnage, requiring it to be towed from the track. The Ferrari did however return to the track several hours later after repairs. Shortly after the beginning of the second test session, the Risi-Krohn Ferrari also had a spin, impacting the wall at the Ford Chicane, leading to driver Tracy Krohn being briefly hospitalized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nLess than an hour later, Marc Gen\u00e9 in the #7 Peugeot spun in the Karting curve and his 908 became airborne, impacting the wall heavily. Gen\u00e9 was hospitalized with an injured toe, and the car had to be replaced by a new chassis. The final stoppage of practice occurred in the final hour when Joey Foster impacting the wall at the Dunlop Chicane with his Embassy-Zytek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying\nQualifying was held on 11\u201312 June, with two individual two-hour sessions being held each day. The first sessions were held at early dusk, while following an hour break, the second sessions ran into the darkness of night. All drivers were once again required to set a minimum of laps to prepare themselves for the circuit; three laps required in the first session, and another three laps in the night session. The best lap time from all four combined determined the starting grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Wednesday\nFollowing a wet test day, qualifying began under dry conditions. The Peugeot lapped under 3:20\u00a0min, lap times reminding of that of the Porsche 917 records set in 1971, when the track had almost no chicanes, and was 120m shorter. St\u00e9phane Sarrazin on Peugeot Nr 8 grabbed pole-position in 3:18.513, shortly followed by Franck Montagny on Peugeot Nr 9 with 3:18.862.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Thursday\nThe second day of qualifying will determine the final grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Qualifying times\nClass leaders and the fastest lap time in each class on each day are in bold. The fastest lap for each car is in gray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race\nThe race began at 3:00\u00a0pm local time (GMT+2). The three Peugeot 908 HDi FAPs led the field into the first chicane, but Allan McNish overtook the #7 Peugeot of Nicolas Minassian at the exit of the Dunlop Chicane. Minassian retook the position on the Mulsanne Straight, and the Peugeots maintained the top three positions at the end of the first lap. The Peugeots were running consistently 3\u00a0seconds a lap faster than McNish, and over 5\u00a0seconds faster than the other 2 Audis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race\nIn the early hours, the Peugeot #8, Pole setter and only car to set a fast race lap under 3:20, by black flag had been ordered into the pits to repair the headlights. This car trailed the other Diesels by several laps. The GT2 class saw drama for the two Porsches which had been battling for the class lead, as #80 collided with the Pole setting Porsche #76. Only #77 could continue after lengthy repairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race\nThe situation after 12 hours was as follows: Peugeot #7 was leading, with the first five being within 2 laps, with Audi #2 in 2nd, followed by Peugeot #9, and the Audi #3 and #1. Due to the fast pace and close competition, and despite a 34-minute safety car period, the leaders had completed 200 laps after 12 hours, a pace that might have topped the laps and distances covered in 1971 and 1988 despite the track now having chicanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race\nIn the LMP2 class, the leader was 10th overall, the two Porsches being within a lap, leading the next car by nine laps. In GT1, the leader was 15th overall, the Aston Martins and Corvettes racing head to head less than a minute apart, with six cars being within six laps. In the GT2 class, the leading Ferrari was 26th overall, with no less than five Ferraris battling for the class win which was to be expected after the two class leading Porsches had collided, and five other GT2 cars were already out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race\nThe second half of the race was under wet conditions. Lap times of the whole field went above the 4:00 mark, with GT1 cars actually as fast as the leading diesels. The Audis were able to cope with the rain much better than the Peugeots. Kristensen was able to reel in Minassian at 8\u00a0seconds per lap. In a desperate attempt to adapt the Peugeots to the wet conditions all 3 cars were fitted with high-downforce nose and tail sections. At 5am the #2 Audi grabbed the lead and McNish was able to build the advantage to a full lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race\nThe rain stopped and the #7 started to reel in the #2. With less than 2 hours to go the rain returned. Minassian decided to stick with slicks and as a result spun in front of the Lizard Porsche just before the Dunlop Esses. In the end, Audi and Kristensen won once again, with the highest placing Peugeot being in the same lap, but not in reach for overtaking. The six factory-entered diesels dominated the LMP1 class, having no major problems. The Porsche RS Spyders dominated the LMP2 class, posting faster lap times than several LMP1 cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race\nIn the GT1 class, Aston Martin Racing edged Corvette Racing for the win, placed 13th overall, both covering 344 laps with three more GT1 entrants chasing them. It was AMR's second win against stiff competition from Corvette in as many years. Of the five Ferraris which had led the GT2 class, three made it to the finish ahead of the remaining Porsches which had been lapping slightly faster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race\nOf the 35 cars still running after 24 hours, only one failed to cover 70% of the 381 laps of the winner. Despite the conditions, the distance record on the current track layout, 380 laps, set in 2006, was beaten by one lap by both the #2 Audi and the #7 Peugeot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195315-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Results\nClass winners are marked in bold. Cars finishing the race but not completing 70% of the winner's distance or cars not finishing the race at the end of 24 hours (marked as DNF; regardless of distance) are listed as NC (Not Classified).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195316-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring\nThe 2008 ADAC-Zurich 24h-Rennen N\u00fcrburgring was the 36th running of the 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring. It took place on 25 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195316-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring\nThe #1 Manthey Racing team won the race in a Porsche 911 GT3 R.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195317-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Spa\nThe 2008 Total 24 Hours of Spa was the fifth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 2  \u2013 3 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195317-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Spa, Half-point Leaders\nIn the FIA GT Championship (using the GT1 and GT2 classes), the top eight teams at the six-hour mark as well as the midway point of the race are awarded points towards the championship. Points for the top eight go in the order of 5 \u2013 4 \u2013 3 \u2013 2.5 \u2013 2 \u2013 1.5 \u2013 1 \u2013 0.5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195317-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 24 Hours of Spa, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195318-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 3. divisjon\nThe 2008 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195318-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 3. divisjon\nBetween 18 and 26 games (depending on group size) were played in 24 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Twelve teams were promoted to the 2. divisjon through playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195319-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 3M Performance 400\nThe 2008 3M Performance 400 Presented by Bondo was the twenty-third race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup seasonheld on August 17 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. ESPN carried the 400 miles (640\u00a0km) race beginning at 1 PM US EDT and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage starting at 1:15 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195319-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 3M Performance 400, Qualifying\nBrian Vickers won the first pole for Team Red Bull on August 15. Jimmie Johnson would join him on the front row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195319-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 3M Performance 400, Race Recap\nRoush Fenway Racing took four of the top five places, and all five RFR cars were in the top ten as Carl Edwards won the race. Only the Joe Gibbs Racing #18 Toyota driven by points leader Kyle Busch spoiled the parade, finishing second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195320-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 4 Nations Cup\nThe 2008 4 Nations Cup was the 13th playing of the annual women's ice hockey tournament. It was held in Lake Placid, New York, from November 4\u20139, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195321-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 A Championship\nThe 2008 A Championship was the inaugural season of the A Championship in Ireland. The league featured 16 teams. UCD\u00a0A were the inaugural champions, Cork City A won the Shield competition and Mervue United were promoted to the First Division after a play off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195321-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 A Championship, A Championship Shield\nBetween March and June the twelve League of Ireland Premier Division reserve teams competed in the A Championship Shield. Mervue United, Salthill Devon and Tullamore Town did not play in the Shield as they were still playing in their previous junior/intermediate leagues which operated as winter leagues. This resulted in an overlap with the A Championship which operated as a summer league. The twelve teams were divided into four regionalised groups with the group winners then qualifying for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195321-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 A Championship, Regular season\nThe regular season saw the twelve League of Ireland Premier Division reserve teams joined by Limerick 37 A plus the first teams of Mervue United, Salthill Devon and Tullamore Town. The format saw the sixteen teams split into two groups of eight, divided roughly into southern and northern  groups. The two groups used a traditional round-robin format. The two group winners, UCD\u00a0A and Bohemians A, then played off in a final. UCD won the inaugural title. As the highest placed non-reserve team, Mervue United qualified for a promotion/relegation play-off and after defeating Kildare County, they were promoted to the League of Ireland First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195321-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 A Championship, Play-Offs, A Championship Final\nBohemians A and UCD\u00a0A competed in a playoff to decide the  overall A Championship title. UCD\u00a0A won 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195321-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 A Championship, Play-Offs, Promotion/Relegation\nKildare County and Mervue United, the highest ranked non-reserve team from the A Championship, played off to see who would play in the 2009 First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195321-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 A Championship, Play-Offs, Promotion/Relegation\nMervue United won 5\u20132 on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195322-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 A Lyga\nThe Lithuanian A Lyga 2008 was the 19th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 29 March 2008 and ended on 16 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195322-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 A Lyga\nThe league had to reduce the number of its teams from ten to nine prior to this season due to lacking of team able to earn promotion (see below). Shortly before the start of the season, Vilnius withdrew from participating in the league because of unknown reasons, leaving the league with 8 competing teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195322-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 A Lyga, Promotion and relegation\nInteras-AE Visaginas were relegated to the Lithuanian First League after finishing the 2007 season in last place with only 8 points. \u0160ilut\u0117 were originally scheduled to play the 2nd placed team of the First League, Rodiklis Kaunas, in a relegation play-off, but Rodiklis declined promotion due to lacking financial capabilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 37], "content_span": [38, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195322-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 A Lyga, Promotion and relegation\nFirst League champions Alytis Alytus also had to forfeit their place in this year's league because their ground was not suitable for top-tier football, so no team was promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 37], "content_span": [38, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195322-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 A Lyga, Results\nEvery team played each other four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 28 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 20], "content_span": [21, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195323-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 A-League Grand Final\nThe 2008 A-League Grand Final took place at Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia on 24 February 2008. It was the first A-League Grand Final played at a neutral home ground, due to Bluetongue Stadium being deemed by FFA to not have a sufficient capacity to hold the centrepiece of the A-League season. This move created a stir of controversy and was protested by the Central Coast Mariners, who won the right to host the match, but to no avail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195323-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 A-League Grand Final, Match, Summary\nThe first half of the game ended in a draw with neither side scoring a goal, though each had good scoring opportunities. Gary van Egmond made a risky change to his side's starting formation, playing with a back three. In the 64th minute Mark Bridge scored the only goal after Tony Vidmar slipped, giving the ball to Bridge in the last quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195323-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 A-League Grand Final, Match, Summary\nThe game ended in controversy after Central Coast earned a corner late into extra time in the second half. As the ball was crossed into Newcastle's penalty area, it appeared to hit Newcastle player James Holland on the right arm, before it was cleared away. Mariners players immediately demanded a penalty, yet referee Mark Shield decided not to award one. The Mariners players, enraged, continued to scream at Shield, pressuring him for a penalty. Mariners keeper Danny Vukovic as a result of this frustration, hit Shields' arm away when the referee was penalizing one of Vukovic's teammates with a yellowcard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195323-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 A-League Grand Final, Match, Summary\nShield then immediately awarded Vukovic with a red card. Vukovic would later be charged with striking a match official by the FFA, and was subsequently banned for 9 months, 3 of those months suspended. Due to this, Vukovic missed a significant portion of the next A-League season as well as the Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195324-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nThe 2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup competition was held in July and August 2008, in the lead up to the start of the Australian A-League football 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195324-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nAll eight A-League clubs competed and were drawn into two groups of four teams. The format of the cup was modified from previous editions, reducing the number of matches. A group stage with three regular rounds saw team play each other in their group once, with the winner of each group advancing to the final. The final was played on 6 August, the first mid-week final in the competition history. The shortened format allowed clubs to schedule other matches in the lead up to the start of the A-League, and was completed before the 2008 Summer Olympics in which Australia competed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195324-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nContinuing from previous years, most Pre-Season Cup matches were played at venues in regional centres to expand the profile of the clubs and the league. Bunbury, Caloundra, Cessnock, Mandurah and Mount Gambier all hosted matches for the first time, while Launceston, Campbelltown, Port Macquarie and Wollongong hosted matches again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195325-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AA-Drink Cycling Team season\nThe 2008 women's road cycling season was the fourth season for the 2008 UCI Women's Cycling Team: AA-Drink Cycling Team (UCI code: AAD), which began as Van Bemmelen\u2013AA Drink in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195325-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AA-Drink Cycling Team season, Other achievements, Dutch national records, team pursuit\nThe women's 3000 m team pursuit track cycling discipline was introduced at the 2007\u201308 track cycling season. The Dutch team including Ellen van Dijk and Yvonne Hijgenaar rode the team pursuit for the first time at Round 4 at the 2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Copenhagen in a time of 3:36.901 (49.792\u00a0km/h). They broke the record later that day. At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships the Dutch team including Van Dijk broke the record again in the qualifying round. This is not the current record anymore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 91], "content_span": [92, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195326-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AAFL Draft\nThe 2008 All American Football League Draft took place in Atlanta, Georgia on January 26, 2008. It was used to stock the six teams that were to play the league's 2008 season, which was ultimately canceled. The draft was effectively voided when the league announced it would pick new host markets for its inaugural season, which was scheduled for spring 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195326-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AAFL Draft, Draft rules, Time allowed\nFor rounds 1 and 2, each team is allowed 4\u00a0minutes per selection. For rounds 3 and 4, each team is allowed 3\u00a0minutes per selection. For round 5, each team is allowed 2\u00a0minutes per selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195326-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AAFL Draft, Draft rules, Draft order\nIn odd-numbered rounds (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13), teams will go by in the regular draft order. For even-numbered rounds (2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12), teams will go by the reverse order of the odd-numbered rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195326-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AAFL Draft, Draft rules, \"Protected\" players\nEach team was permitted to designate a number of \"protected\" players from schools within their area. These players counted towards the middle rounds of the 50-round draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 49], "content_span": [50, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195327-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AAMI Classic \u2013 Draw\nAndy Roddick was the defending champion, and won in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20133, against Marcos Baghdatis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195328-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ABA All-Star Game\nThe 2008 American Basketball Association All-Star Game was held at the 1,856 seat Barre Auditorium in Barre, Vermont on March 21\u201322, 2008, where East defeated West in style, 161\u2013140 in front of 1,500 basketball fans. Anthony Anderson of the Manchester Millrats won the MVP award. Senegalese player Issa Konare and Chinese Sun Yue were the only foreigners of the All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195328-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ABA All-Star Game, The 2008 ABA All-Star Game events, The Three-Point contest\nThe night before the All-Star Game on March, in the opening event of the 2008 ABA All-Star Weekend, Robin Kennedy of the Orange County Gladiators, an And1 Tour veteran, nosed out guard Sean Dixon of the Atlanta Vision to win the Simply Subs ABA Three-Point crown. Antonio Burks, Kenny Wright also participated in the contest but failed to qualify to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 82], "content_span": [83, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195328-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ABA All-Star Game, The 2008 ABA All-Star Game events, The Slam-Dunk contest\nChris Cayole of the Vermont Frost Heaves playing in front of his home crowd, won the M&M Beverage Centers Slam-Dunk title, thanks to a 360-degree windmill jam which ultimately earned him the dunk title over Cardell Butler of the San Diego Wildcats and Mario Kinsey of the Texas Tycoons at the Barre Auditorium on Friday, March 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 80], "content_span": [81, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195329-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225\nThe 2008 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 was the sixth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on June 1, 2008 at the 1.015-mile (1.633\u00a0km) Milwaukee Mile, in West Allis, Wisconsin. Marco Andretti took the lead from the pole position, and led the first 40 laps. He was chased early by Scott Dixon and teammate Tony Kanaan. Graham Rahal, who started on the outside of the front row, shuffled back, but remained in the top 5 for the first half of the race. The first half was mostly green, with only a minor caution involving Oriol Servi\u00e0 and another for debris. Later in the first fuel segment, Andretti's handling started to suffer, and Dixon took over the lead. H\u00e9lio Castroneves took over second, and Andretti fell back as deep as tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195329-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225\nOn lap 130, Rahal went high in turn three to pass Darren Manning. He got into the marbles, and brushed along the wall in turn four. After holding the lead for 136 laps, Dixon was finally challenged by Ryan Briscoe. Briscoe took over the lead on lap 177, and held it until a green flag pit stop on lap 194. After a sequence of pit stops, Castroneves, Andretti and Dan Wheldon all cycled near the front. When all pit stops were complete, Briscoe held a half-second lead over Dixon. The two battled for the lead over the final 21 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195329-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225\nWith less than three laps to go, Andretti dove underneath Ed Carpenter in turn one. The cars touched, and both cars spun into the wall. V\u00edtor Meira became caught up in the smoke, and rode up over Andretti, becoming airborne. He landed upright, and all drivers were uninjured. The race finished under caution with Briscoe picking up his first career IndyCar victory, and 300th overall win for the Mooresville, North Carolina-based Penske Racing in all motorsports series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195330-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament\nThe 2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 18 February through 24 February 2008. Micha\u00ebl Llodra won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195330-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament\nThe field featured ATP No. 2, reigning French Open champion and recent Australian Open semifinalist Rafael Nadal, Moscow winner Nikolay Davydenko, and Tennis Masters Cup runner-up and Australian Open quarterfinalist David Ferrer. Also present competing were Chennai titlist Mikhail Youzhny, Tokyo semifinalist Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, Andy Murray, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Marcos Baghdatis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195330-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament\nThis tournament was notable in which none of the seeds reached the quarter-finals, with defending champion Youzhny, Murray, Ferrero and Baghdatis, as well as 2004 champion Lleyton Hewitt, all losing in the first round. Nadal, Davydenko, Ferrer and Berdych were the second round casualties \u2013 with Italian Andreas Seppi causing an upset by virtue of his defeat of the top-seeded Nadal, to follow on from his first round defeat of Hewitt. This was only the third ATP tournament since 2000 in which no seeds reached the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195330-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Finals, Doubles\nTom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych /  Dmitry Tursunov defeated  Philipp Kohlschreiber /  Mikhail Youzhny, 7\u20135, 3\u20136, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195331-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Doubles\nMartin Damm and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but Paes chose not to participate, and only Damm competed that year. Damm partnered with Pavel V\u00edzner, but lost in the first round to Philipp Kohlschreiber and Mikhail Youzhny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195331-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Doubles\nTom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych and Dmitry Tursunov won in the final 7\u20135, 3\u20136, 10\u20137, against Philipp Kohlschreiber and Mikhail Youzhny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195332-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Singles\nMikhail Youzhny was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Janko Tipsarevi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195332-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Singles\nNone of the 8 seeded players reached quarter-finals. Micha\u00ebl Llodra won his only ATP 500 singles final 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20134), against Robin S\u00f6derling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195333-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ACB Playoffs\nThe 2008 ACB Playoffs was the final phase of the 2007-2008 ACB season. It started on Thursday, May 15, 2008 and ran until Tuesday, June 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195333-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ACB Playoffs\nA change in the schedule was introduced in this season: Quarterfinals and Semifinals series were 3-match rounds instead of the 5-match rounds used in the previous years. This modification had apparently revealed to be quite significant, since the first (Real Madrid) and the second (DKV Joventut) classifieds of the Regular Season were surprisingly out earlier than it was expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195333-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ACB Playoffs\nFinal series brought face to face TAU Cer\u00e1mica and AXA FC Barcelona for the first time in ACB history (although, curiously, there has always been one of these two teams separately in a Final since the 1993-94 season).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195333-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ACB Playoffs\nTAU Cer\u00e1mica won the Final series by 3-0 and obtained their second ACB championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game\nThe 2008 ACC Championship Game was a college football game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Boston College Eagles. The game, sponsored by Dr Pepper, was the final regular-season contest of the 2008 college football season for the Atlantic Coast Conference. Virginia Tech defeated Boston College, winning the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship, 30\u201312. As of 2019, this is the last ACC Championship Game to not feature Clemson or Florida State from the Atlantic Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game\nThe Virginia Tech Hokies were selected to represent the Coastal Division by virtue of a tie-breaking head-to-head victory against division rival Georgia Tech and came into the game with an 8\u20134 record (5\u20133 in ACC play). Representing the Atlantic Division was Boston College, which had a 9\u20133 record (5\u20133 ACC). The two teams were the victors of a closely contested season in the ACC. Neither team clinched a spot in the game until the final week before the championship, and both had to rely on conference tie-breaking rules to earn a spot. The game was a rematch of the previous year's contest, which Virginia Tech won, 30\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game\nThe game was held at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on December 6, 2008. Tampa had been chosen after poor attendance at the game's previous spot (Jacksonville, Florida) led conference officials to move the game. The 2008 championship was the first to be played in Tampa. The game began slowly, as both teams punted after their opening possessions failed to gain a first down. Later in the quarter, Virginia Tech took a 7\u20130 lead with a five-yard touchdown run by Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor. The Hokies never relinquished the lead after that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game\nTech extended its lead to 14\u20130 in the second quarter, but Boston College managed to narrow Tech's lead to 14\u20137 by halftime. In the second half, Virginia Tech scored 17\u00a0points to the Eagles' five, and the Hokies won the game. In recognition of his game-winning performance, Taylor was named the game's most valuable player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process\nThe ACC Championship Game matches the winners of the Coastal and Atlantic divisions of the Atlantic Coast Conference. In the first decade of the 21st century, the league underwent an expansion to add three former Big East members: Miami and Virginia Tech in 2004, and Boston College in 2005. With the addition of a twelfth team, the ACC was allowed to hold a conference championship game under National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process\nThe inaugural 2005\u00a0game featured a Florida State win over Virginia Tech, 27\u201322. In 2006, two different teams made their first appearances in the game, which was held in Jacksonville, Florida. Wake Forest defeated Georgia Tech, 9\u20136. In 2007, one team new to the championship game and championship-game veteran featured in the contest as Virginia Tech faced off against Boston College. The game resulted in a 30\u201316 Virginia Tech victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Site selection\nBefore the 2007 game, cities other than Jacksonville (site of the 2007 ACC Championship Game) presented their plans to be the site of the 2008 ACC Championship Game. After poor attendance in the ACC Championship Game at Jacksonville for the second straight year, ACC officials and representatives of the conference's member schools elected not to extend the Gator Bowl Association's contract to host the game for another year. On December 12, less than two weeks after Jacksonville had hosted the 2007 ACC Championship Game, the ACC announced that Tampa, Florida would host the game in 2008 and 2009 and Charlotte, North Carolina would host the game in 2010 and 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Site selection\nThe cities were chosen based on bids presented to the ACC and its member schools. Each city requested and was granted a two-year contract, locking the ACC into the locations well in advance. Tampa was chosen as the site of the 2008\u00a0game because Charlotte was scheduled to hold the annual convention of the Association for Career and Technical Education at the same time as the game, and adequate hotel space would not be ready in time for the two events. Because of this, Charlotte's two-year span of hosting the game was pushed back to 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection\nBefore the beginning of the 2008 college football season, the annual poll by media members who cover ACC football predicted Clemson to win the Atlantic Division and Virginia Tech to win the Coastal Division. Clemson received 59 of a possible 65 first-place votes in its division, while Virginia Tech received 58.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection\nFrom the first game of the season, however, those preseason predictions were cast into doubt. Virginia Tech lost its season opener to lightly regarded East Carolina, while Clemson lost to Alabama. Though neither loss factored into either team's conference standings, it reflected the early stages of a conference schedule that was regarded as crazy, wacky, \"a mess\", and \"confusing\" by members of the media and college football fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection\nSo closely matched were the 12 teams of the conference that as late as the second-to-last week of the regular season, nine teams were still in the running for a place in the championship game. Heading into the final week of the regular season, four teams were still in position to potentially participate in the game: Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech from the Coastal Division, and Boston College and Florida State from the Atlantic Division. In that final week, Virginia Tech clinched the Coastal Division co-championship with a 17\u201314 win over Virginia, while Boston College became co-champions of the Atlantic Division with a 28\u201321 win against Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection, Boston College\nThe Boston College Eagles entered the 2008 college football season having gone 11\u20133 during the 2007 season, ending that season with a loss to Virginia Tech in the 2007 ACC Championship Game and a 24\u201321 victory over Michigan State in the 2007 Champs Sports Bowl. In the annual preseason poll of media covering the ACC, Boston College was picked to finish fourth in the Atlantic Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection, Boston College\nThe Eagles opened the season by traveling to Kent State, whom the Eagles defeated, 21\u20130. The Eagles' home opener was their second game of the season and was also their first conference game of the year. Against Georgia Tech, the Eagles eked out a 9\u20137 halftime lead, but fell behind in the second half, eventually losing, 19\u201316, on a Georgia Tech touchdown that came with 8:26 remaining in the game. Despite the loss, the Eagles recovered quickly, beating Central Florida, 34\u20137, two weeks after the Georgia Tech game. The victory was the first in an eventual four-game win streak that culminated with a 28\u201323 defeat of then-No. 17 Virginia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection, Boston College\nThe win over Virginia Tech gave the Eagles a 2\u20131 conference record, and they appeared to be destined for a bid to the ACC Championship Game. But Boston College lost its next two games, both against conference opponents, dropping its record to 2\u20133. Despite the losses, Boston College still had a chance to win the Atlantic Division\u2014but only if other teams lost as well. This happened on November 6, when fellow Atlantic Division team Maryland lost to Virginia Tech, and the Eagles recovered from their losing streak with an out-of-conference win against Notre Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection, Boston College\nNotre Dame was the last out-of-conference opponent on Boston College's schedule, as the Eagles finished the season with three consecutive ACC games. The first of these was against Florida State which led the Atlantic Division at the time, but had had five players suspended the day before the game. The Eagles secured a victory, 27\u201317. The second of Boston College's final opponents was Wake Forest, which had played in the 2006 ACC Championship Game. While Boston College won, 24\u201321, starting quarterback Chris Crane suffered a season-ending injury, leaving backup Dominique Davis in charge of the Eagles' offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection, Boston College\nBoston College's final game of the regular season was against Maryland and a victory against the Terrapins would push the Eagles to a tie with Florida State atop the Atlantic Division. Since Boston College had won the head-to-head game against Florida State, according to the ACC's tie-breaking rules, the Eagles would win the division. A 28\u201321 victory over Maryland brought Boston College to a 5\u20133 ACC record, giving it a co-division championship with Florida State and a trip to the ACC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection, Virginia Tech\nThe Virginia Tech Hokies entered the 2008 season having won the 2007 ACC Championship Game, finishing with an 11\u20133 overall record that included a postseason loss to the Kansas Jayhawks in the 2008 Orange Bowl. Despite winning the ACC for the second time in less than four years, Virginia Tech was anticipated to spend 2008 rebuilding a team that saw 12 starters graduate or enter the NFL Draft. Though picked in a preseason poll to win the Coastal Division, the Hokies were defeated in their season opener by underdog East Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection, Virginia Tech\nFollowing that loss, Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer announced that backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who had previously been expected to sit out the season on redshirt status, would play in the Hokies' second game, against Furman. Both Taylor and starting quarterback Sean Glennon performed well against the Paladins, and Tech won, 24\u20137. Tech's third game came against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, who were employing a new offensive system, the option offense, under first-year head coach Paul Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection, Virginia Tech\nUnlike the game against Furman, Taylor started the game and remained at quarterback throughout, guiding the Hokies to their first ACC victory of the season, a 20\u201317 win that later gave Tech a crucial head-to-head tiebreaker against the Yellow Jackets, fellow members of the Coastal Division. The Hokies' fourth game of the season came against the North Carolina Tar Heels, who were defeated by the same margin of victory as Tech's win against Georgia Tech, 20\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection, Virginia Tech\nThe twin conference victories were followed by two out-of-conference wins: at Big 12 opponent Nebraska and against independent Western Kentucky. At the end of the four-game winning streak, the Hokies had a 4\u20131 record, 2\u20130 in conference, and were ranked No. 17 in the country. On October 18, however, the Hokies lost to unranked Boston College in Boston, 28\u201323. The game was a rematch of the previous year's ACC Championship Game and was a preview of the 2008 Championship Game matchup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection, Virginia Tech\nThe loss was the start of a four-game skid for the Hokies that saw Tech lose three of four games, only managing a victory against Maryland, 23\u201313. The final game of that four-game drop was a 16\u201313 loss to Coastal Division rival Miami, which then held a crucial tiebreaking win over the Hokies in the event of any head-to-head tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Selection process, Team selection, Virginia Tech\nDuring the last two games of the regular season, the Hokies managed two victories: a 14\u20133 win against last-place ACC team Duke, and a 17\u201314 triumph over traditional rival Virginia. Miami, meanwhile, lost its final two games of the season: against Georgia Tech and North Carolina State. These losses dropped Miami to a 4\u20134 record in the ACC, one game behind the Hokies, who were tied with Georgia Tech at 5\u20133 following the end of the regular season. By virtue of the Hokies' head-to-head win against the Yellow Jackets, Virginia Tech earned a spot in the ACC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup\nFollowing the last week of the regular season, both teams moved up in the national college football polls. Boston College, which had been ranked No. 21 in the BCS Poll, No. 20 in the AP Poll, and No. 22 in the Coaches' Poll, rose to No. 17 in the BCS, No. 18 in the AP Poll, and No. 20 in the Coaches' Poll. Virginia Tech, which had been unranked during the final week of the regular season, remained in the \"Also Receiving Votes\" category outside the top 25, except in the BCS Poll, where the Hokies rose to No. 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup\nSpread bettors predicted an even game. Various betting organizations favored Boston College either by a single point or none. This close spread was due in small part to the teams' familiarity with each other. The championship game marked the fourth time in 14 months that the two teams played each other, and this fact was prominently mentioned in media coverage before the game's kickoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Attendance concerns\nAlmost immediately after the selection of Virginia Tech and Boston College, concerns about potential attendance at the 2008 ACC Championship Game arose. Because the same matchup resulted in such low attendance at the 2007 championship game in Jacksonville, it was doubted that Tampa, which is several hundred miles further south and more distant from the two schools, could attract as many spectators as the previous season's game. Adding to the problem of selling tickets was the 2008 economic crisis, which many fans cited as a reason for not purchasing tickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Attendance concerns\nBy the Wednesday before the game, Virginia Tech had sold just 3,000 of the 10,000 tickets it was required by contract to sell. There also were questions about how many local fans would attend. To mitigate the problems seen in Jacksonville the year before, ticket prices were lowered from $65 to $25, and it was hoped that the lower capacity of Tampa's Raymond James Stadium compared with Jacksonville Municipal Stadium would allow for a quicker sellout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0018-0002", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Attendance concerns\nThe campaign to attract more fans was moderately successful, as 30,000 of the 43,000 tickets not assigned to either school were sold by December 1, five days before the game. Team ticket sales were abysmal, however, as Virginia Tech and Boston College combined to sell just 5,000 tickets of the 20,000 allotted to the two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Boston College offense\nThe Boston College offense, which gained 319 yards per game on average, was ranked 94th (of 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams) in total offense. A key component of the offense was guard Cliff Ramsey, who was named a first-team All-ACC selection, signifying his status as the best player at his position in the conference. Tight end Ryan Purvis was named a second-team All-ACC selection. Quarterback Dominique Davis led the Eagles' offense on the field heading into the ACC Championship. Davis had been the second-string quarterback until a season-ending injury to starter Chris Crane. During his limited time in the regular season, Davis had three passing and two rushing touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Virginia Tech offense\nVirginia Tech's offense was criticized for a lack of production during the regular season and was ranked 103rd in total offense. The Hokies gained just 301 yards of offense on average during the regular season. Despite the meager statistical performance, Tech did have some standout players. Quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who had been expected to sit out the season in reserve, finished the year as the team's starter. Running back Darren Evans was named a second-team All-ACC selection, as was guard Sergio Render. Taylor's favorite passing targets were wide receivers Danny Coale and Jarrett Boykin. Coale entered the ACC Championship Game having caught 32 catches for 352 yards, while Boykin grabbed 27 passes for 407 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Boston College defense\nThe Eagles' defense was ranked eighth in the nation in terms of total defense, allowing an average of 277 yards per game. The Eagles led the country in interceptions, recording 25 during the course of the regular season. The Eagles also were ranked among the top 10 in run defense, pass-efficiency defense, and No. 14 in scoring defense. That strong defensive effort was led by linebacker Mark Herzlich, who was selected as the ACC's defensive player of the year for the 2008 season. Herzlich led the Eagles in tackles with 98\u2014fifth among all Division I players\u2014and interceptions, with 6. He was forecast to be a key player during the ACC Championship Game. Defensive tackle B. J. Raji recorded 33 tackles (11 for loss) and a team-high 7 sacks, part of a defense that allowed an average of just 87.3 rushing yards per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 892]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Virginia Tech defense\nThe Hokies' defense was ranked sixth in Division I-A during the regular season, permitting 275 yards per game on average. That defensive performance was led by cornerback Victor \"Macho\" Harris, who was named a first-team All-ACC selection on defense. Heading into the ACC Championship, Harris had 6 interceptions\u20142 returned for touchdowns\u2014and 42 tackles. Harris also played on offense, catching 8 passes for 63 yards. Another defensive star for the Hokies was Orion Martin, a former walk-on who was third in the ACC in sacks with 7.5 and earned second-team ACC honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary\nThe 2008 ACC Championship Game kicked off on December 6, 2008, at 1 p.m. EST at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. At kickoff, the weather was partly cloudy with 59 percent humidity and a temperature of 72\u00a0\u00b0F (22\u00a0\u00b0C). The wind was from the south-southwest at 10 miles per hour (16\u00a0km/h). The official reported attendance was 53,927, but this number came from the number of tickets sold. The actual attendance in the stadium\u2014measured by admittance turnstiles\u2014was 27,360, the lowest ever recorded for an ACC football championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary\nTicket demand was so low that tickets were being given away for free outside the stadium before kickoff. The game was televised in the United States by the American Broadcasting Company, and Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Paul Maguire, and Todd Harris were the announcers. Approximately 3.3 million people watched the game, earning the broadcast a Nielsen rating of 2.9. The rating was the lowest ever recorded for an ACC Championship football game and represented a 41% decline from the previous year's rating of 4.2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nBoston College won the ceremonial pre-game coin toss to determine first possession and elected to kick off to begin the game, ensuring that the Eagles would receive the ball to begin the second half. Virginia Tech kick returner Dyrell Roberts fielded the ball at the Tech six-yard line and returned it to the Tech 33-yard line before the first play of the game, a four-yard pass from quarterback Tyrod Taylor to wide receiver Danny Coale. Despite that initial gain, the Hokies were unable to advance the ball further and punted after going three and out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nBoston College's Rich Gunnell fair caught the kick at the Eagles' 16-yard line, where the Boston College offense ran its first play of the game. Running back Montel Harris ran for a one-yard gain, but Boston College was unable to gain the needed ten yards for a first down, just as Virginia Tech had failed to do in the prior series. After going three and out, the Eagles punted back to Virginia Tech and the Hokies' offense returned to the field at the Tech 39-yard line with 11:30 remaining in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nThe first play of the drive was an incomplete pass by Taylor, but the Hokies earned the initial first down of the game two plays later when Taylor completed a 14-yard throw to Roberts, advancing the ball to the 41-yard line of Boston College in the process. After a five-yard penalty against the Hokies, Taylor completed two consecutive passes: one to Evans for a 12-yard gain and the other to Roberts for a 10-yard gain. Now at the 24-yard line of Boston College, Virginia Tech's offense began running the ball instead of passing it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nEvans rushed for five yards, then second-string running back Josh Oglesby ran for seven more on the next two plays. The first of Oglesby's rushes resulted in a first down inside the Eagles' red zone, and Tech continued to advance the ball on the ground as Evans ran another five yards. Facing third down at the Boston College five-yard line, Virginia Tech called a timeout to formulate its next offensive play. That play was a five-yard rush by Taylor, who crossed the goal line for the game's first score, a Virginia Tech touchdown. The subsequent extra point kick was successful, and the Hokies took a 7\u20130 lead with 6:27 remaining in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nVirginia Tech's post-touchdown kickoff was fielded at the Boston College 13-yard line by the Eagles' Harris, who returned it to the Boston College 28-yard line, and the Eagles' offense began its second drive of the game. Eagles quarterback Dominique Davis completed his first pass of the game, a 19-yard catch by Brandon Robinson, who advanced the ball to the Boston College 47-yard line for a first down. Davis then scrambled for a four-yard gain, and Harris ran for nine yards on the next two plays, gaining the Eagles' second first down of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nOnce inside the Virginia Tech 40-yard line, however, the Hokies' defense stiffened. Davis was able to gain six yards on two running plays, but after an incomplete pass, the Eagles were forced to punt for the second time in the first quarter. The kick sailed into the end zone for a touchback, and Virginia Tech's offense began work at its 20-yard line. The Hokies' third drive of the quarter mirrored its first, however, as Virginia Tech went three and out and punted after failing to gain a first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0026-0002", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nThe Eagles recovered the ball with 1:32 remaining in the quarter and committed a five-yard false start penalty to begin their possession. On the first play after the penalty, Davis was sacked for a loss of two yards. Harris regained the lost yardage and more with a six-yard run, but after Davis threw an incomplete pass on third down, the Eagles were forced to punt again. Before they could kick the ball, however, the quarter came to an end. With three quarters remaining in the game, Virginia Tech held a 7\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe second quarter began with Boston College in possession of the ball at its 28-yard line and preparing to punt. Virginia Tech's Harris fielded the kick at the Tech 35-yard line and returned it to the Tech 49-yard line, where the Hokies' offense took to the field for their first play of the second quarter. Evans gained six yards on a rush, then Coale was stopped for no gain on an end-around. Facing third down and needing four yards, Taylor passed for a first down to Boykin, who advanced the ball to the Boston College 39-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nOn the next play, Evans broke free for a 30-yard gain, giving the Hokies a first down at the Eagles' nine-yard line. Three plays later, Taylor ran four yards for the Hokies' second touchdown of the game. The extra point was good, and Tech expanded its lead to 14\u20130 with 11:08 remaining in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nVirginia Tech's post-touchdown kickoff was returned to the Boston College 20-yard line, and the Eagles began their first full possession of the second quarter. Davis lost a yard on a running play, then was sacked for an eight-yard loss. Facing third down and needing 19 yards for a first down, Harris gained five yards and the Eagles punted after going three and out. The kick was returned to the Eagles' 36-yard line, and Tech began a possession deep in Boston College territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe first Tech play lost two yards, but the Hokies regained the lost yardage on the next play, picking up four yards with a pass from Taylor to Evans. Taylor scrambled on third down, gaining eight yards and a first down. The Hokies attempted a short run, then Taylor gained another first down with a pass to the BC 14-yard line. Once there, however, Tech committed a 10-yard holding penalty, pushing the Hokies backwards. After the penalty, Taylor was tackled for a loss of seven more yards. Facing a second down and 27 yards, Taylor attempted to pass for the first down, but the ball was batted into the air and intercepted by a Boston College defender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nFollowing the turnover, the Eagles' offense began work at their 46-yard line. Davis completed a five-yard pass to Robinson, advancing into Tech territory. An incomplete pass followed, but Davis was able to gain the first down with a pass to Rich Gunnell at the 39-yard line. On the first pass after the first down, Davis and Gunnell connected on a deep pass, but Gunnell fumbled and the ball was recovered in the end zone by a Virginia Tech defender. The play resulted in a touchback, and Virginia Tech took over on offense at its 20-yard line. Following the turnover, Tech went three and out, punting back to Boston College with 2:11 remaining before halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe kick was fair caught at the 34-yard line of Boston College. On the first play after the kick, Davis connected with Harris on a pass play that resulted in a 51-yard gain for the Eagles. At the Tech 15-yard line following the big gain, the Eagles lost one yard on a rushing play before Davis passed to Gunnell for a 16-yard gain and a touchdown. The extra point was good, and with 1:29 remaining in the first half, Virginia Tech's lead was cut to 14\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe Eagles' post-touchdown kickoff was returned to the Tech 33-yard line, and on the first play after the kick, Boston College committed a personal foul penalty when Tyrod Taylor was hit out of bounds. Following the penalty, the ball was advanced to the Tech 42-yard line and the Hokies were given a first down. Tech completed two short passes, advancing to the 50-yard line, but the Hokies punted after not gaining another first down. The kick sailed out of bounds, and the Eagles returned to offense with 19 seconds remaining in the first half. Rather than try to score quickly, Boston College elected to run out the clock with Virginia Tech leading, 14\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nBecause Virginia Tech received the ball to begin the game, Boston College received the ball to begin the second half. Virginia Tech's kickoff was returned to the Eagles' 35-yard line, and Boston College's offense began the first possession of the second half. An incomplete pass by Davis was followed by a short rush and another incomplete pass, and the Eagles were forced to punt after going three and out. The kick went out of bounds at Virginia Tech's 32-yard line, and the Hokies' offense had their first possession of the second half. Tech likewise went three and out, then returned the ball to the Eagles with a punt. The kick went out of bounds, and following the exchange, Boston College's offense started from its 31-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nThe first Eagles' play after the Tech punt was a 22-yard pass from Davis to Gunnell for a first down at the Tech 47-yard line. Following the long gain, the Eagles were unable to gain another first down, and punted back to the Hokies. The kick was fair caught at the Tech 16-yard line with 11:08 remaining in the third quarter, and the Virginia Tech offense returned to the field. Tech advanced the ball on three consecutive plays: a six-yard pass to Evans, a short rush by Evans, then a first down pass to Roberts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nFollowing the first down, Evans ran for another first down, advancing the Hokies to their 44-yard line. Two Tech plays were stopped for little or no gain, but on third and nine, Taylor scrambled for an 18-yard gain and a first down at the Boston College 37-yard line. Evans gained six yards on first down, but the Hokies were unable to gain the next four yards. Instead of punting, Tech head coach Frank Beamer sent kicker Jared Keys into the game to attempt a field goal. Keys' 50-yard kick sailed through the uprights, and Tech extended its lead to 17\u20137 with 6:07 remaining in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nTech's post-score kickoff was returned to the Eagles' 30-yard line. Davis started the drive with an incomplete pass, then Harris gained seven yards with a rush up the middle. A third-down pass fell incomplete, and Boston College punted. The kick was fair caught at the Tech 30-yard line, and with 5:01 left in the quarter, the Hokies returned to offense. On the first play, Taylor ran 11 yards for a first down. Taylor threw an incomplete pass, and the Hokies were penalized 10 yards for holding, pushing them back to the 31-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nTech was unable to regain the lost yardage, and punted. The kick was 57 yards, and Boston College was further backed up by a penalty during the return. Following the kick, Boston College's offense was forced back to its seven-yard line to start. An incomplete pass was followed by a scramble by Davis. During the run, Davis fumbled the ball, which was recovered by a Boston College player. Facing third down, Davis scrambled again, this time for a first down to the 21-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0034-0002", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nOn the first play after the first down scramble, a deep pass downfield by Davis was intercepted by Virginia Tech's Stephan Virgil. The interception was returned to the Boston College 10-yard line, and on the first play by Tech's offense, Evans ran the ten yards for a touchdown. The extra point was good, and with 1:17 remaining, the Hokies extended their lead to 24\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nTech's post-touchdown kickoff was downed in the end zone for a touchback, and the Eagles began on offense at their 20-yard line. Three consecutive incomplete passes later, Boston College punted, ending their sixth three and out of the game. Following the kick, Tech started at its 27-yard line. On first down, the Hokies ran an end-around for five yards, then the quarter came to an end. With one quarter remaining, Virginia Tech led, 24\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nVirginia Tech began the fourth quarter in possession of the ball and facing a second down and five from their 33-yard line. The first play of the quarter was a seven-yard run by Evans, who earned a first down at the Tech 40-yard line. On the next play after the first down run, Evans fumbled the ball and Boston College recovered. The Eagles' offense started within field goal range at the Tech 30-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nBoston College's first play was stopped for no gain, but the second was a 22-yard pass by Davis to Gunnell, giving the Eagles a first down inside the Tech 10-yard line. Davis threw three incomplete passes before Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski sent kicker Steve Aponavicius into the game to attempt a 24-yard field goal. The kick was good, and the Eagles cut Tech's lead to 24\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe post-touchdown kickoff was returned to the Tech 20-yard line, and the Hokies began an offensive drive hoping to run down the clock and preserve their two-touchdown lead. Because the game clock continues to run on rushing plays, the Hokies executed five consecutive rushing plays, picking up a first down in the process. The Hokies were unable to gain a second first down, however, and Tech punted from its 40-yard line. The kick rolled out of bounds at the Eagles' 28-yard line with 9:28 remaining in the game, and Boston College took over on offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nOn the first play after the punt, however, Tech defender Jason Worilds tackled Davis, forcing a fumble, which bounced into the hands of fellow defender Orion Martin, who ran it 17 yards for a defensive touchdown. The extra point bounced off an upright, however, and was no good. Still, with just 9:05 remaining in the game, Tech took a commanding 30\u201310 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe Hokies' kickoff after the defensive score was caught at the goal line and returned to the 28-yard line by Boston College's Chris Fox. Following the return, Davis completed a seven-yard pass to the 35-yard line, then picked up a first down to the 42-yard line with another pass. Davis then scrambled three yards and threw for another first down, this time to tight end Lars Anderson. Now at the Tech 46-yard line, Davis threw three incomplete passes before throwing another on fourth down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nWith 6:39 remaining in the game, Boston College turned the ball over on downs to the Virginia Tech offense. The Hokies again began to run out the clock. Evans ran the ball three consecutive times, but on the third rush, Evans fumbled for the second time in the game. The fumble was recovered by Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich and Boston College's offense returned to the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nFrom the Tech 32-yard line, Davis threw an incomplete pass then connected on a 21-yard pass to Jarvis for a first down. After an incomplete pass, Davis threw another pass to Jarvis, who caught it at the four-yard line. Facing third down, Davis attempted another pass. The ball was tipped into the air and caught by Virginia Tech defender Brent Warren. The Hokies resumed running down the clock with short rushes by Evans, who advanced the ball to the 13-yard line with 3:05 remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nBoston College used its allotted second-half timeouts to stop the clock and preserve time for a late scoring drive. In a strategic move, Tech coach Frank Beamer ordered an intentional safety rather than attempt a punt from the Tech end zone. Any such kick has the potential to be blocked for a defensive touchdown. Thus, an intentional safety gives the defense two points while denying them the slight chance to score seven. The score cut Virginia Tech's lead to 30\u201312 with 3:05 remaining, but the limited time remaining meant Tech's lead would be sufficient to win the game without a series of unlikely events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe free kick following the intentional safety was returned to near midfield, and Davis passed for a first down. Following the second down, Davis was sacked for a loss, but then scrambled for a first down to the Tech 25-yard line. From there, however, Boston College's offense began to struggle. During the four plays that followed, the Eagles were able to gain just one yard and turned the ball over on downs again. The final Boston College play was a sack of Davis, and Virginia Tech proceeded to run out the clock by kneeling on the ball after taking the field on offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Statistical summary\nIn recognition of his winning performance during the ACC Championship, Virginia Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor was named the game's most valuable player. Taylor finished the game having completed 11 of his 19 pass attempts for 84 yards and one interception. He also ran the ball 11 times for 30 yards and two touchdowns. On the opposite side of the ball, Boston College quarterback Dominique Davis was the game's leading passer, having completed 17 of his 43 pass attempts for 263 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. Davis also carried the ball 14 times for 12 yards on the ground. Davis' 51-yard pass to Harris in the second quarter set an ACC Championship Game record for the longest play recorded to that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Statistical summary\nBoston College wide receiver Rich Gunnell was the game's leading receiver, having been the primary beneficiary of Davis' prolific passing. Gunnell finished the game having caught seven passes for 114 yards and one touchdown. Virginia Tech wide receiver Dyrell Roberts was the game's second-leading receiver. He caught four passes for 44 yards. Tech's second-most proficient receiver was running back Darren Evans, who caught three passes for 22 yards. Evans was the game's leading rusher, having carried the ball 31 times for 114 yards and a touchdown. On the opposite side, Boston College running back Montel Harris led the Eagles on the ground with nine carries for 34 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Statistical summary\nDefensively, Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich led all players with nine tackles. Of the nine stops, one and a half were for negative yardage. The leading Virginia Tech defender was Cody Grimm, who had eight tackles, two and a half of which were for losses. One and a half of the tackles for loss were quarterback sacks, and Grimm also forced a fumble and broke up one Boston College pass. In total, the Hokies' defense intercepted two passes and recovered two fumbles. The Eagles' defense likewise caused three turnovers, recovering two fumbles and intercepting one pass. Boston College sacked Taylor twice, while Virginia Tech's defense reached Davis five times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Postgame effects\nVirginia Tech's win in the ACC Championship Game brought it to a 9\u20134 record, while Boston College's loss brought it also to a 9\u20134 record. Both teams' standings in the national polls were affected by the game. In the BCS poll, the Eagles fell from 17th to 24th, while Virginia Tech rose from 25th to 19th. In the AP Poll, Tech rose to 21st, while Boston College fell out of the poll entirely, appearing in the \"also receiving votes\" category at 27th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Postgame effects\nWith the win, Virginia Tech was awarded the ACC's automatic Bowl Championship Series bid to the 2009 Orange Bowl. Boston College, meanwhile, was selected to play in the 2008 Music City Bowl. The pick by the Music City Bowl represented a drop in prestige for Boston College. Had the Eagles won the championship game, they would have earned an automatic bid to the Orange Bowl and a payout of $17.5\u00a0million. Instead, the Music City Bowl, which offered a payout of $1.7\u00a0million, was contractually obliged to select the Eagles after Boston College was not selected by any of the three more prestigious bowl games with ACC ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Postgame effects\nThe Music City Bowl took place on December 31, and in a contest against Southeastern Conference opponent Vanderbilt, Boston College lost, 16\u201313. The loss ended a streak of eight consecutive bowl game wins for Boston College. In the Orange Bowl, Virginia Tech emerged victorious against Big East Conference champion Cincinnati, 20\u20137. The win was Tech's first BCS bowl game win since 1995, and was the first ACC BCS game win since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Postgame effects, Boston College coaching changes\nFollowing the loss to Vanderbilt in the 2008 Music City Bowl, Boston College head coach Jeff Jagodzinski announced his intention to interview for the vacant head coaching position with the National Football League's New York Jets. In an unusual move, Boston College athletic director Gene DeFillippo announced that if Jagodzinski went ahead with an interview, he would be fired as head coach of the Boston College football team. DeFillippo previously stated that a five-year contract with Jagodzinski, signed in 2007, was contingent on the coach staying \"for the long term\". Jagodzinski proceeded with the interview and was fired by DeFillippo on January 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195334-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Championship Game, Postgame effects, Boston College coaching changes\nTo replace Jagodzinski, DeFillippo promoted Boston College defensive coordinator Frank Spaziani, who previously served as the Boston College head coach on an interim basis in 2006. Boston College offensive coordinator Steve Logan, who was unhappy with the staff changes on the football team, resigned shortly after Spaziani's promotion. To replace Logan, Spaziani hired former Navy head coach Gary Tranquill as Boston College's new offensive coordinator. One week after Logan's announcement, the Eagles' offensive line coach, Jack Bicknell, Jr., also announced that he was leaving the team. On January 27, special teams and tight ends coach Don Yanowsky announced his resignation from the Eagles, making him the fourth coach to be fired or resign from the Boston College football team after the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 880]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195335-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 13\u201316, 2008, at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. The tournament was broadcast on the ESPN family of networks, along with Raycom Sports in the ACC footprint. Both broadcasters had the games available in HD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195335-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\nFlorida State and Miami won their first-round games for the second year in a row. Miami became the first #5 seed to win an ACC tournament game since the conference expanded to 12 teams. The past two seasons, the #12 seed pulled off the upset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite\nThe 2008 ACC Trophy Elite was a cricket tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, taking place between 25 July and 3 August 2008. It gives Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also forms part of the regional qualifications for the ICC World Cricket League", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite, Teams\nAfter the 2006 ACC Trophy it was decided to split the tournament into two divisions. The placement of teams in the divisions was based on their final positions in the last ACC Trophy. The top ten teams went on to take part in the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and the remaining teams were placed in a lower division, the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge. The teams that made it into the Trophy Elite were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite, Squads\nKarim KhanRaees AhmadzaiDawlat AhmadzaiAhmed ShahMohammad NabiNoor AliHasti GulSamiullah ShenwariAsghar AfghanHamid HassanNoor ul HaqShafiqullah ShafaqAimal WafaZarab Shah (Manager)Taj Malik (Coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite, Squads\nMirza YaqoobAzeem-ul-HaqAkmal MalikMuhammad YaqoobAbdul WaheedQamar SaeedAshraf MughalTahir DarHalal AbbasiHaroon ZafarImran SajjadRizwan BaigDharmesh KumarM.H.M. Sadeq (Manager)Mukhtar Ahmed Yousuf (Coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite, Squads\nZain AbbasZafran AliJames AtkinsonIlyas GulRoy LamsamShakeel HaqAshish GadhiaHussain ButtIrfan AhmedNadeem AhmedNajeeb AmarSkhawat AliMoner AhmedJawad Ashraf (Manager)Aaftab Habib (Coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite, Squads\nMustansar HasanSaud QamarSibtain RazaAbdulrehman LiaqatSaad KhalidMohammad AkhudzadaMohammad MuradKhalid YameenMohammad AhsanJagath RoshanthaMohammad JavedFaisal NadeemNadeem MalikEmad Al Jassam (Manager)Tahir Khan (Coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite, Squads\nRakesh MadhavanSuhan AlagaratnamDarvin MuralitharanNasir AliAhmad FaizEszrafiq AzisShukri RahimDinesh SockalinghamP. WickramasingheSuresh NavaratnamM. KrishnamurthiAnwar ArudinRosman ZakariaRamesh Menon (Manager)Romesh Kaluwitharana (Coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite, Squads\nParas KhadkaGyanendra MallaMehboob AlamMahesh ChhetriSanjam RegmiRaj PradhanDipendra ChaudharySharad VesawkarAmrit BhattaraiShakti GauchanKanishka ChaugaiParesh LohaniBasanta RegmiPawan Agarwal (Manager)Roy Dias (Coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite, Squads\nMohammad JahangirSaleem AkhtarAbbas KhanTamoor SajjadImtinan MirzaFaisal NoorUsman MalikHaroon AbbasiSardar BadshahRusharat AliZaheer-ud-din IbrahimAnwar PackerAsram MuhammadNazar Malik (Manager)Shamas u din Khadas (Coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite, Squads\nSuhrab KilsingatakamAsif ShamshadHammad SaeedKhashef RiazSajjad HussainAbid NaseemShafiq AhmedKhalid ButtHussain AnwarMohammad AmjadAbbas Al-NadwiAhmed Al-NadwiIjaz SagheerNidal Khan (Manager)Mansoor Akhtar (Coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite, Squads\nGlenn MeyerMuhammad AliNarender ReddyChetan SuryawanshiSagar KulkarniVivek VedagiriShoaib RazzakRizwan MadakiaChristopher JanikIrfan MadakiaDharmichand MulewaMunish AroraPramodh RajaHarnam Singh (Manager)M. Venkataramana (Coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195336-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 ACC Trophy Elite, Squads\nMohammad TauqirSaqib AliArshad AliZahid ShahAmjad AliShadeep SilvaSalman FarooqFahad AlhashmiShoaib SarwarRiaz KhaliqQasim ZubairRameez ShahzadMohammad IqbalMazhar Khan (Manager)Vasbert Drakes (Coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195337-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ADAC Formel Masters\nThe 2008 ADAC Formel Masters season was the first season of the open wheel racing series from Germany. The ADAC Formel Masters is a new continental series for junior drivers powered by Volkswagen, a 1.6-litre FSI engine delivering 145\u00a0hp (108\u00a0kW) will power the single-seaters made by the Italian manufacturer Dallara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195337-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ADAC Formel Masters\nThe season started on May 9, 2008 at the Oschersleben and ended on October 26 at Hockenheim with the win of the Portuguese driver Armando Parente.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195338-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ADAC GT Masters\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by WOSlinker (talk | contribs) at 22:19, 14 December 2019 (fix span tags). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195338-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ADAC GT Masters\nThe 2008 ADAC GT Masters season was the second season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. It began on 10 June at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 21 September at Sachsenring after seven double-header meetings. Tim Bergmeister with help of his brother J\u00f6rg, Marc Basseng and Frank Stippler clinched the championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195339-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AF2 season\nThe 2008 AF2 season was the ninth season of the AF2. It was preceded by 2007 and succeeded by 2009. The regular season began on Friday, March 28 and ended on Saturday, July 26. The league champions were the Tennessee Valley Vipers, who beat the Spokane Shock in ArenaCup IX.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195339-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AF2 season, ArenaCup IX\nArenaCup IX was the 2008 edition of the AF2's championship game, played on Monday, August 25, 2008, in which the American Conference Champions Tennessee Valley Vipers defeated the National Conference Champion Spokane Shock in Spokane, Washington by a score of 56-55 in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195340-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Beach Soccer Championship\nThe 2008 AFC Beach Soccer Championship also known as the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (AFC) was the third beach soccer championship for Asia, held in May 2008, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates won the championship, with Japan finishing second and Iran winning the third place-play off, to claim third. The three teams moved on to play in the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille, France from July 17- July 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195341-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup\nThe 2008 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament was organised by AFC and was hosted by India. The tournament was played from 30 July \u2013 13 August 2008. India won the final against Tajikistan. India was also the winner of the fair play award and the India captain Bhaichung Bhutia won the most valuable player award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195341-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup\nChinese Taipei was originally designated the host, but could not guarantee it would meet the AFC's standards for hosting the tournament. Thailand was first chosen as host but withdrew due to lack of time to prepare. The Philippines also was to take over as host with matches to be played in Bacolod in May 2008 but the plan failed to materialized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195341-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup\nThe winners of the 2008 and 2010 competitions will qualify directly for the 2011 Asian Cup. As a result, India qualified for the AFC Asian Cup,the first time since 1984.This competition is exclusive to members of the emerging nations class of the AFC. However, in the previous edition, Bangladesh and India were invited from the developing nations class \u2013 Bangladesh actually hosting the tournament, and India sending their under-20 team. India and Bangladesh have again been invited for the 2008 edition of the tournament, along with North Korea, Myanmar and Turkmenistan who are also a part of the developing nations class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195341-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup\nLaos withdrew from the competition on 2 May 2008. Palestine withdrew from the competition on 14 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195341-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup\nDue to the poor conditions of the pitch at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, the AFC moved the majority of the matches to another venue. It was decided that ten matches would be played at the Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, and two at the LBS Stadium. Due to incessant rains in Hyderabad in the days leading up to the final, the AFC changed the venue of the final and the third place play-off to the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195341-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup, Tournament\nQualification saw the top team from each of the four qualification groups qualify for the tournament proper, bringing the total number of participating teams in the centralized finals to eight. In addition, India (tournament hosts), Korea DPR, Turkmenistan and Myanmar qualified automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195341-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup, Tournament, Seeding\n9. Palestine (Withdrew 14 May 2008)10. Chinese Taipei11. Bangladesh12. Brunei", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195341-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup, Group stage, Tie-breaking criteria\nWhere two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195341-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup, Team statistics\nThis table shows all team performance. Matches that ended in a penalty shoot out are counted as draws", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195342-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup Final\nThe 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Final was a football match that took place on 13 August 2008 at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi to determine the winner of the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195342-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup Final, Venues\nDue to the poor conditions of the pitch at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, the AFC moved the majority of the matches to another venue. It was decided that ten matches would be played at the Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, and two at the LBS Stadium. Due to incessant rains in Hyderabad in the days leading up to the final, the AFC changed the venue of the final and the third place play-off to the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195343-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification\nThe qualification phase for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup saw four teams advance to the finals to join four automatic qualifiers in the final tournament in India. Qualification was held from 2 April to 28 May, 2008 in four different venues. Sixteen teams participated in qualification in four groups containing four teams each. The four group winners joined hosts India, North Korea, Myanmar, and Turkmenistan in the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195343-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Seedings\n9. Palestine (Withdrew 14 May 2008)10. Chinese Taipei11. Bangladesh12. Brunei", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195343-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Seedings\nThe draw for the qualification groups was made on 18 January 2008 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195343-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Final tournament\nThe final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, was held from 30 July to 13 August 2008 in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195344-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Challenge Cup squads\nBelow are the squads for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup in India, that took place between 30 July and 13 August 2008. The players' listed age is their age on the tournament's opening day (30 July 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195345-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League\nThe 2008 AFC Champions League was the 27th AFC Champions League, the top-level Asian club football tournament, and the 6th under the current AFC Champions League title. It was the last AFC Champions League before the competition expanded to 32 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195345-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League, Participating clubs\nAlong with the defending champion, Urawa Red Diamonds, 28 other clubs from fourteen countries qualified based on performance in domestic league and cup competitions. Urawa Red Diamonds entered the competition at the quarter-finals. The draw for group stage took place on 12 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195345-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League, Participating clubs\n\u2020 In the 2008 edition, Indonesia were allocated two slots just like the older editions. However, on 12 December 2007, AFC awarded one Indonesian slots to Thailand and the other one to Vietnam, due to delay in Indonesian domestic league and cup tournament, allowing both Thai and Vietnamese slots to be total of two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195345-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League, Format\nA total of 28 clubs were divided into seven groups of four, based on region, i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs were drawn in groups E to G, while the rest were grouped in groups A to D. Each club played double round-robin (home and away) against the other three teams in their group, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs received three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points and tie breakers were in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195345-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League, Format\nThe seven group winners and the defending champion advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195345-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League, Format\nAll eight clubs were randomly paired together, with the restriction that clubs from the same country could not face each other in the quarter-finals. The games were played over two legs, home and away; the team with the higher aggregate score was declared the match winner. If the aggregate score could not produce a winner, \"away goals rule\" was used. If the two teams were still tied, extra time was played, at the end of which the \"away goals rule\" was again applied if the scores were tied. If still tied, the game would go to penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195345-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League, Knock-out stage, Quarter-finals\nThe first leg matches were played on 17 September, and the second leg matches were played on 24 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195345-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League, Knock-out stage, Semi-finals\nThe first leg matches were played on 8 October, and the second leg matches were played on 22 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195345-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League, Knock-out stage, Final\nThe first and second legs of the final were played on 5 and 12 November 2008, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195345-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League, Top scorers\nThe top scorers from the 2008 AFC Champions League are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195346-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League Final\nThe 2008 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged football tie to determine the 2008 champions of Asian club football. Gamba Osaka defeated Adelaide United 5-0 on aggregate to take the title. The first leg took place on 5 November 2008 at 19:00 local time (UTC+9) at Osaka Expo '70 Stadium in Osaka and the second leg took place on 12 November 2008 at 19:30 local time (UTC+10:30) at Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195346-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League Final\nThis was the first final to feature a club from Australia and the second season in a row that a Japanese club has made it this far. The winners, Gamba Osaka, received US$600,000 prize money and qualified to represent Asia in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup where they were defeated at the semi final stage by Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Manchester United. Despite losing this final, Adelaide United also qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup by replacing the host country berth, which was provisionally reserved for the J. League champions, and were defeated once again by Gamba Osaka at the Quarter Final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195346-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League Final, Format\nThe rules for the final were exactly the same as for the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goals deciding the winner if the two teams were level on goals after the second leg. If the teams could still not be separated at that stage then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout taking place if the teams were still level after that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195346-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League Final, Route to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195346-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League Final, Pre-final buildup\nAdelaide United considered applying for permission to play their home leg in a stadium larger than Hindmarsh such as Adelaide Oval or AAMI Stadium but the club eventually decided that it would not be right to play such a big match away from their traditional home despite its smaller capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195347-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League knockout stage\nThe 2008 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 17 September to 12 November 2008. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2008 AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195347-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Qualified teams\nThe winners of each of the seven groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage. West Asia Zone had four teams qualified, East Asia Zone had three plus the title holders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195347-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe first leg matches were played on 17 September, and the second leg matches were played on 24 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195347-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Semi-finals\nThe first leg matches were played on 8 October, and the second leg matches were played on 22 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195347-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Final\nThe first and second legs of the final were scheduled to be played on 5 November and 12 November 2008, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195348-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Cup\nThe 2008 AFC Cup was the fifth edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195348-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Cup, Qualified teams\n20 clubs will be competing, including champions of the national leagues and champions of the primary knock-out competition from the following countries which are AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category. In that season, the club of Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Indonesia not participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195348-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Cup, Qualified teams\nShabab Al-Ordon (2007 AFC Cup winners & 2006\u201307 Jordan FA Cup winners)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195348-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Cup, Group stage\nThe draw was held on 17 October 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195348-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe first leg matches will be played on 16 September, and the second leg matches will be played on 23 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 44], "content_span": [45, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195348-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals\nThe first leg matches will be played on 7 October, and the second leg matches will be played on 21 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195348-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nThe first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on 31 October and 7 November 2008, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 35], "content_span": [36, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195349-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Futsal Championship\nThe 2008 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 11 May to 18 May 2008. The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195349-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Futsal Championship, Draw\nThe draw for the 2008 AFC Futsal Championship was held on 11 April 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195350-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Futsal Championship qualification\nThe 2008 AFC Futsal Championship qualification was held in March 2008 to determine 4 spots to the final tournament in Thailand. The top 11 teams of the 2007 AFC Futsal Championship, and the host nation for the 2008 competition, receive automatic byes to Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195351-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC President's Cup\nThe 2008 AFC President's Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as \"emerging nations\" by the Asian Football Confederation. For this edition, the tournament was extended from eight to eleven teams, with three groups in place of the previous two. The three new teams came from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkmenistan. The eleven teams that competed were split up into three groups and played each other team in their group once. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified for the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195351-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC President's Cup\nEach group was to be played over a period of days in April at one venue - Group A at Dashrath Stadium, Nepal, Group B at Chungshan Stadium, Taiwan and Group C at Sugathadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka. However, due to political unrest in Nepal, Group A matches were postponed and eventually played at MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195351-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC President's Cup\nThe final stage of the competition was played in Kyrgyzstan from September 19\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195351-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC President's Cup, Qualifying teams\n1 Mehandra Police Club now known as Nepal Police Club. 2 No league held in 2007\u201308 so 2006\u201307 champions qualify. 3 Pakistan Army F.C. were originally Pakistan's entrants, but replaced by WAPDA for rearranged group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195352-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-16 Championship\nThe 2008 AFC U-16 Championship was the 13th competition of the AFC U-17 Championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which was held between 4 and 19 October 2008 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Qualifiers was held in 2007 from 17\u201328 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195352-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-16 Championship\nIran won their first title after beating South Korea 2\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195352-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-16 Championship, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195352-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-16 Championship, Goalscorers\nThere were 113 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.65 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195352-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-16 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup\nThe following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195353-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification\n2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was the qualification for the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship football competition. The matches were held from 1 October to 7 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195353-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification\nThe draw for the qualification stages was made on 22 December 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, seven groups with six teams and one group with three teams were made. However Afghanistan, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, the Maldives and Myanmar withdrew before the start of the qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195353-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification\nOn 18 February 2008, the AFC Disciplinary Committee ejected eight teams for fielding overage players, including DPR Korea, Tajikistan and Iraq, who had originally qualified for the AFC U-16 Championship 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195353-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification\nThe winners and runners-up of Groups A\u2013G along with the winner of the three-team Group H qualified for the finals. Hosts Uzbekistan also qualified automatically for the finals, after qualified by its own performances during the qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195354-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-19 Championship\nThe 2008 AFC U-19 Championship the 35th edition of this tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), was hosted by Saudi Arabia between 31 October and 14 November. The matches were played in Dammam and Khobar, both located at the Eastern Province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195354-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-19 Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on 6 April 2008 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195355-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-19 Championship qualification\nThe qualification competition for the 2008 AFC U-19 Championship took place from 17 October 2007 to 28 November 2007. Saudi Arabia qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195356-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-19 Championship squads\nFor the start of the tournament each team were allowed 23 players within their squad. Players birthdays should be correct as of October 31, 2008 which was the start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195356-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC U-19 Championship squads, Group D, Uzbekistan\nThe following players were called for AFC U-19 Championship 2008 in Saudi Arabia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195357-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup\nThe 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup was played in Vietnam from 28 May to 8 June 2008. It was won by North Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195357-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Seedings\nThe draw was held on 18 April 2008 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195357-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Goalscorers\nThere were 57 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.56 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195358-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification\nThe 2008 AFC Women's Championship qualification is the qualification for the 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup football competition. The matches were held from 24 to 28 March 2008. The AFC Women's Asian Cup is organised by the Asian Football Confederation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195358-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, First round\nFirst leg played on 20 October 2007 in India. Second leg played on 27 October 2007 in Iran", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195358-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, First round\nBoth legs played in Hong Kong. First leg on 20 October 2007, second leg on 22 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195358-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, First round\nFirst leg played on 20 October 2007 in Singapore. Second leg played on 27 October 2007 in Malaysia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195358-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, Second round, Group A\nAll matches were played in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195359-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship\nThe 2008 AFF Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament. It was primarily sponsored by Suzuki and therefore officially known as the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup. The group stage was held in Indonesia and Thailand from 5 to 10 December 2008. Two-legged home-and-away semi-finals and finals were held between 16 and 28 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195359-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship, Summary\nThe tournament would originally have been hosted by Myanmar because of the rotation system among ASEAN countries, however, they withdrew in August 2007 due to security concerns. In the third AFF council meeting in Bali, Indonesia and Thailand beat three other countries to win the right to host (the other three were Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam). However, if both countries are unable to fulfill certain obligations set by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), Vietnam will step in and host the tournament. The winning team will take home USD100,000, runners-up USD 50,000, and USD 15,000 for the losing semi-finalists. Nike will be an official supplier for the 2008 AFF Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195359-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship, Summary\n10 days before the start of the tournament, safety issues were raised contending the safety of the teams who were due to play in Bangkok. This was because of the riots that were happening in the city which also resulted in the closure of the Suvarnabhumi Airport (see 2008 Thai political crisis for further information). Due to the political crisis, the Football Association of Thailand stated that the Group Stages in the Thai capital Bangkok would go ahead, or if the situation got worse, games would be moved to Chiang Mai in the north of the country or Phuket in the South of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195359-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship, Summary\nAs well as Thailand confirming themselves as steady hosts, Vietnam and Malaysia also stated that they would be prepared to host the tournament at short notice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195359-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship, Summary\nOn 29 November, with less than one week before the start of the tournament, the Group Stages held in Thai sport were moved from the capital Bangkok to the southern province Phuket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195359-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship, Venues\nIndonesia prepare Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the capital city and Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, while Thailand prepare Rajamangala Stadium and Suphachalasai Stadium where both of them located in Bangkok. All of the stadiums are 2007 AFC Asian Cup venues except of Si Jalak Harupat Stadium. Bung Karno Stadium will be the opening match venue, while Rajmangala Stadium will be the final match venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195359-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship, Venues\nGroup stage matches in Thai sport were switched from the capital Bangkok to the southern provinces Phuket at Surakul Stadium in Phuket City on 29 November due to security issues in Bangkok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195359-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship, Qualification\nThe qualification took place in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, from 17 October 2008 to 25 October 2008. The five lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia play within a round-robin tournament format and the top two countries in the group will qualify for this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195359-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship, Final tournament, Knockout stages\nNote: Although the knockout stages are two-legged, away goals rule is not applied. If the total aggregate score of both teams after both matches remained the same, extra time would have been played, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195360-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship qualification\nThe 2008 AFF Championship qualification was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 17 to 25 October 2008 for the five lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia. All teams play in a round-robin tournament format and the top two teams of the group qualify for the tournament proper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195360-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship qualification, Qualified Teams\nTeams who finished Top 2 on the group will qualify to the main tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195361-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Championship squads\nThis article lists the squads for 2008 AFF Championship. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195362-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Futsal Championship\nThe 2008 AFF Futsal Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 27 August to 31 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195362-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Futsal Championship\nHosts Thailand have sent their under-21 team for this tournament as their senior team were preparing for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. While Laos are making their debut in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195363-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF U-16 Youth Championship\nThe 2008 AFF U-16 Youth Championship is the first edition of the tournament as an under-16 youth championship as it was previously played at under-17 level. It took place in Jakarta, Indonesia in July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195363-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF U-16 Youth Championship\nOnly five nations took part which includes associate AFF member Australia and guest nation Bahrain, competing in a round-robin format with the top two teams playing in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195364-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF U-19 Youth Championship\nThe 2008 AFF U-19 Youth Championship took place from 5 October to 11 October 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. This is the first edition of tournament as an under-19 competition as it was previously for players under-20. Only four nations participated, two from the ASEAN region and two invitee teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195365-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFF Women's Championship\nThe  2008 AFF Women's Championship was held from 8 October to 20 October 2008, hosted by Vietnam. All games were played at the Thanh Long Sports Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final\nThe 2008 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Geelong Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 2008. It was the 112th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the Premiers for the 2008 AFL season. The match, attended by 100,012 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 26 points, marking that club's tenth premiership overall and first since 1991. Hawthorn's Luke Hodge was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Background\nGeelong, the 2007 Premiers, won 21 of 22 games during the home and away season to win its second consecutive McClelland Trophy, and tied the 2000 Essendon Bombers for most wins ever in a home and away season. They were 58-point winners in their qualifying final against St Kilda, earning them a week's rest and a home preliminary final. They then defeated the Western Bulldogs by 29 points to qualify for the grand final. Leading up to the grand final, Geelong had won its past fifteen games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Background\nHawthorn won its first nine games of the season, and sat atop the AFL ladder at Round 11. They began to lose a few games towards the end of the season, and finished in second place with a record of 17 wins and 5 losses; full-forward Lance Franklin won the Coleman Medal with 102 goals. They convincingly beat the Western Bulldogs by 51 points in their qualifying final, which earned them a week's rest and home preliminary final, in which they beat St Kilda by 54 points. Hawthorn had won four games in a row leading into the grand final, all by more than 50 points. It was the team's first appearance in a grand final since winning the 1991 AFL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Background\nThe two teams had met only once during the season, in a Friday night game in Round 17. Geelong was missing defending and eventual Leigh Matthews Trophy winner Gary Ablett, Jr., but defeated Hawthorn 12.16 (88) to 11.11 (77). Geelong was the warm favourite to win the grand final, with Hawthorn attracting odds of $3.05 for the win at the opening bounce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Background\nThe game was the third grand final meeting between the two teams in their long history, having previously contested in the 1963 and 1989 VFL Grand Finals. It was the first grand final contested by two Victorian-based teams since Essendon and Melbourne met in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Background\nIt was a highly anticipated grand final, eliciting memories of the classic 1989 VFL Grand Final played between the same teams, with Geelong entering the match as the favourites to win. It was attended by 100,012 spectators, the first crowd to exceed 100,000 for a VFL/AFL game since the 1986 VFL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Pre-match entertainment\nThe 2008 decider was telecast by the Seven Network, its first grand final telecast since 2001. The network had only broadcast the match following an agreement that would see them, along with rival Network Ten (which had telecast the event between 2002 and 2007 inclusive), share the rights to the match every year, with the other network broadcasting the pre-season grand final and the Brownlow Medal presentation that year as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Pre-match entertainment\nIncluded a live performance by Powderfinger of their hit \"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind\", interspersed with a rendition of the AC/DC classic, \"It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)\", including bagpipers. Ian Moss also performed lead guitar notes to the tune of \"Up There Cazaly\". The traditional grand final motorcade, which was controversially omitted from the 2007 pre-match entertainment, returned, honouring the 2008 Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, individual award winners and retiring players with over 200 games' experience, as well as Olympic and Paralympic gold medallists. The Australian National Anthem Advance Australia Fair was performed by Amanda Harrison and Lucy Durack, stars of the hit musical Wicked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Match summary\nThe grand final was played in warm conditions under sunny skies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with conditions reaching 27\u00a0\u00b0C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter\nThe first goal of the game was scored by Geelong's Tom Lonergan from a mark. The Hawks opened up a thirteen-point lead with goals from Chance Bateman on the run, Xavier Ellis from a set shot and Jarryd Roughead along the ground from an acute angle. Hawthorn started conceding goals through free kicks, first to Gary Ablett, Jr. then to Max Rooke, to reduce the margin. Geelong looked stronger than Hawthorn at stoppages, but Hawthorn was damaging from rebounds, so neither team could gain the overall dominance in general play, leading to an intense see-sawing quarter of football which saw each team score five goals and Geelong lead by one point at quarter time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter\nGeelong began to completely control play in the midfield, winning the stoppages easily and providing their forwards with plenty of opportunities which they wasted. However, a combination between inaccurate goalkicking from the Geelong forwards \u2013 the worst of which were a Brad Ottens behind from 15 metres (49\u00a0ft) on the run and a Cameron Mooney behind from a 5-metre (16\u00a0ft), 45\u00b0 set shot after the siren \u2013 and strong defensive pressure from the Hawthorn defense restricted Geelong to just 1.9 (15).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter\nMeanwhile, Hawthorn scored 3.1 (19) for the quarter, with goals to Cyril Rioli, Mark Williams and Clinton Young, generating almost all of their scoring from rebounds. Hawthorn defender Trent Croad left the field midway through the second quarter with a broken foot. Midfielder Sam Mitchell was reported for making forceful front-on contact on Ablett (the charge was withdrawn at the tribunal). Geelong captain Tom Harley was concussed because of a clash of heads with Hawthorn's Williams and he left the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter\nThe same trends continued into the early third quarter, with Geelong winning in the midfield but faltering in the forward-line. Set shots from Mooney and Lonergan hit the posts. A running goal from 45 metres (148\u00a0ft) from Ablett broke a string of eleven consecutive behinds for Geelong, and put them back in front. However, Lance Franklin kicked his first goal forty seconds later from outside 50m with a set shot. The Hawks regained the lead and were never headed again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter\nIn the latter half of the third quarter, Hawthorn started to win stoppages for the first time in the game. Now dangerous from both rebounds and stoppages, the Hawks started to gain the ascendancy, and a crumbing goal from Rioli put Hawthorn two goals up. Stuart Dew went forward, and either scored or assisted with three goals in just 2:47 of playing time late in the quarter to open up a five-goal lead. The Cats scored two goals against the run of play in the final minute of playing time to reduce the margin to 17 points at three quarter time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Final quarter\nThe first half of the final quarter was closely fought on the field, with Hawthorn controlling general play, and both teams missing shots at goal. After nine minutes of playing time, Franklin scored the opening goal of the quarter to increase the margin to 21 points. Mitchell goaled less than a minute later. Hawthorn was able to maintain the margin, and eventually won its tenth Premiership by the score of 18.7 (115) to 11.23 (89).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Overall\nHawthorn's Luke Hodge was the winner of the Norm Smith Medal for best afield, just edging out Geelong's Gary Ablett. Playing as a loose defender, Hodge was instrumental in generating and directing the rebounds which Hawthorn dominated throughout the game, and in applying the defensive pressure which helped keep the Hawks in the game when the Cats' midfield was dominating the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Aftermath\nBy failing to win the grand final, Geelong set the record for the best win/loss record by a non-Premier (breaking the 16-2 record set by South Melbourne in both 1935 and 1936) and for the most home and away wins by a non-Premier (breaking the record of 19 wins set by Collingwood in 1973 and tied by West Coast in 1991).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Aftermath\nGeelong's twenty-three behinds included eleven rushed behinds by Hawthorn, some of which were deliberate, and some of which occurred directly from kick-ins. Hawthorn defenders made a clear effort to rush behinds whenever there was any applied pressure from the Geelong forwards, which was reflected in Geelong's inability to defend against Hawthorn's rebounds. This was one of the major contributing factors to a rule change the following year, prohibiting defenders from conceding rushed behinds unless under immediate pressure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Aftermath\nHawthorn held celebrations for its members in both Victoria and Tasmania, Sunday at Glenferrie Oval and Monday in Hobart and Launceston, in the latter of which it plays four home games each season. Shane Crawford retired after the game setting a record for most games before playing in a Premiership (305 games); the sound bite of Crawford hijacking the microphone and shouting \"That's what I'm talkin' about!\" as he received his medallion has been replayed and paraphrased frequently over the following seasons. Trent Croad never played again, as he never fully recovered from his broken foot; as a result, he sat out the entire 2009 season and retired before the 2010 season began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Aftermath, Kennett curse\nIn the seasons following the grand final loss, Geelong enjoyed an eleven-match winning streak in matches against Hawthorn, the longest-ever winning streak by the team which lost a grand final against the team which beat it. It included numerous come-from-behind victories and narrow margins, and two kicks after the siren to win by Jimmy Bartel in 2009 (behind to win 99-98) and Tom Hawkins in 2012 (goal to win 118-116).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Aftermath, Kennett curse\nThe winning streak, known as the \"Kennett curse\", achieved iconic status in the AFL in the intervening years. It is so-called due to comments made by then-Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett prior to the clubs' first re-match in 2009:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Aftermath, Kennett curse\nWhat they don't have, I think, is the quality of some of our players; they don't have the psychological drive we have. We've beaten Geelong when it matters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Aftermath, Kennett curse\nThe curse was also attributed to a private pact made amongst Geelong players after the grand final loss, and later made public by Paul Chapman, that the Cats \"will never lose to Hawthorn again\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195366-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Grand Final, Aftermath, Kennett curse\nThe curse ended when Hawthorn defeated Geelong in the 2013 first preliminary final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195367-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Rising Star\nThe NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League. The 2008 Ron Evans medal was given to Rhys Palmer from the Fremantle Football Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195367-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Rising Star, Eligibility\nEvery round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games and not been suspended during the season. At the end of the year, one of the 22 nominees is the winner of award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195368-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Under 18 Championships\nThe 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships is the 2008 series of the AFL Under 18 Championships, a state and territory based Australian rules football competition which showcase the best junior footballers in Australia, primarily with the aim for them to be drafted into the Australian Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195368-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Under 18 Championships\nThe competition is split into two divisions. The major football states of Victoria (split into separate Country and Metropolitan teams), South Australia and Western Australia are in Division 1, with the smaller football states of Northern Territory, NSW/ACT, Tasmania and Queensland are in Division 2. Unlike previous years, in 2008 the top two teams from the Division 2 competition advanced to be part of Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195368-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Under 18 Championships\nDivision 2 games were played as a qualifying series over a week in May in Melbourne, whereas Division 1 will be played mainly as curtain-raisers before AFL matches in late May and early June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195368-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Under 18 Championships, Division 2 qualifying series\nTasmania is the No.1 Qualifier and NSW/ACT is the No.2 Qualifier into Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195368-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Under 18 Championships, Division 2 qualifying series\nMitch Robinson from Tasmania won the Hunter-Harrison Medal as best player in Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195368-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Under 18 Championships, Division 1\nIn 2008 Division One was extended from 3 rounds to 5 rounds with the addition of the top 2 teams from Division Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195368-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Under 18 Championships, Division 1\nFox Sports 1 telecast the final round of games live from the Telstra Dome on Wednesday 9 July from 10\u00a0am EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195368-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Under 18 Championships, Division 1\nMelbourne Radio Station 3XX 1611AM broadcast games played in Melbourne on Wednesday 9 July", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195368-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Under 18 Championships, Division 1\nThe Larke Medal (Best Player in Div 1) was awarded to Jack Watts (Victoria Metro).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195368-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL Under 18 Championships, 2008 AFL Under 18 All-Australian team\nThe 2008 Under 18 All-Australian team was announced following the conclusion of the 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL draft\nThe 2008 AFL draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2008/09 Australian Football League off-season. These were trade week (held between 6 October and 10 October), the national draft (held on 29 November), the pre-season draft (16 December) and the rookie draft (16 December). It was considered to be the last uncompromised draft before the draft concessions given to the Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney expansion teams restrict the existing AFL clubs' access to the best young players in the future years drafts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, Player changes, Trades\nThroughout the year there was much speculation about high-profile players such as Jonathan Brown, Alan Didak and Daniel Kerr being likely to be traded during the AFL's annual trading period, but each re-signed with their clubs before the trading period started. The main discussions during trade week were the surprise request by Ryan O'Keefe to be traded from Sydney, as well as the destination of young Fremantle ruckman Robert Warnock, both of whom wished to be traded back to their home city of Melbourne. Other players to request trades include Andrew Lovett, Brent Prismall, Mark Seaby, Farren Ray, Josh Carr and Daniel Harris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, Player changes, Trades\nNorth Melbourne surprised many early in the week by naming Hamish McIntosh and Corey Jones as players available to trade, with McIntosh later being withdrawn from the offer after a backlash from his manager and club legend Glenn Archer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, Player changes, Trades\nLike most years, no trades were completed during the first three days of the trade week and for the first time the AFL was requested to assist by providing a mediator to solve the stand-off between Fremantle and Carlton over the Warnock deal. Carlton had offered its second round selection, #24 overall, but Fremantle wanted its first round selection, the sixth overall. On the final day of trade week Warnock was traded. The deal included Fremantle's pick No. 69, in exchange for Carlton's picks 24, 56 and 72.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, Player changes, Trades\nIn total only six trades were completed, with O'Keefe, Lovett, Seaby, Carr and Harris unable to finalise deals during the week. The low number of completed trades prompted calls by the AFLPA for a form of free agency to be introduced, although it could be explained as a one-off event due to a combination of the high regard for the players available in year's draft and the impending concessions to be given to the expansion teams, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney in the coming years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, 2008 national draft\nThe 2008 national draft was held on 29 November. Melbourne finished the 2008 AFL season in last position and had the first selection in the draft. As both Melbourne and West Coast Eagles won less than 5 games during the season, they were eligible for a priority pick. As this was the first year in which they qualified, the priority pick was allocated between the first and second rounds of selections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, 2008 national draft\nAyce Cordy was the first player selected in the draft as the only father\u2013son selection. The Western Bulldogs had to use their 1st round selection, #14, to secure him after St Kilda bid their #1st round selection for him. His father, Brian, played 124 games for the Bulldogs in the 1980s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, 2008 national draft\nThe top two selections were widely tipped to be Jack Watts and Nic Naitanui, with Daniel Rich, Ty Vickery, Stephen Hill, Chris Yarran and Hamish Hartlett  to fill the next few selections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, 2009 pre-season draft\nThe pre-season draft was held on 16 December 2008 (but is referred to as the 2009 pre-season draft in continuation from the early years of the AFL draft when it was held in January or February) and most pre-draft interest was on whether or not former West Coast Eagles captain and Brownlow Medal winner Ben Cousins would be selected by the Richmond Football Club. Richmond, the only club to show interest in recruiting Cousins, had one selection in the pre-season draft (because it had only one space left on its senior list).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 37], "content_span": [38, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, 2009 pre-season draft\nIn the week leading up to the pre-season draft, Richmond requested to have Graham Polak (who had been hit by a tram the previous season, with it not clear at this stage whether or not the resulting injuries would end his career) moved to the rookie list, to free up an additional list space and give them a second selection in the pre-season draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 37], "content_span": [38, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, 2009 pre-season draft\nThe request was similar to one made by and granted to the Essendon Football Club a few years earlier with respect to Adam Ramanauskas, but there were key differences which led to Richmond's request being rejected by the AFL and a majority of rival clubs on December 15. Although Richmond had maintained throughout the previous week that it would draft Cousins only if its request to put Polak on the rookie list was granted, they selected Cousins anyway with their only selection in the pre-season draft. Josh Carr's return to Port Adelaide was the other major player move.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 37], "content_span": [38, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, 2009 rookie draft\nDue to the expansion in the number of rookie places available for clubs to use - from the previous maximum of six players to the maximum of eight rookies and veteran listed players combined - the 2009 rookie draft featured more selections than usual.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 33], "content_span": [34, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195369-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL draft, Rookie elevation\nA total of 15 players were promoted from their respective clubs' rookie lists to the club's primary lists at the conclusion of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 32], "content_span": [33, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series\nThe Australian Football League's 2008 Finals Series determined the top eight final positions of the 2008 AFL season. It began on the weekend of 5 September 2008 and ended with the 112th AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 2008. The Hawthorn Football Club were crowned the 2008 AFL Premiers, beating the Geelong Football Club by 26 points in front of a crowd of 100,012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series\nThe eight teams qualified for the finals series by finishing in the top eight positions of the premiership ladder at the completion of the home and away series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Ladder\nWith twenty-one wins and one loss Geelong continued from its crushing 2007 season to dominate the home and away rounds of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, The finals system\nThe system is a final eight system. This system is different from the McIntyre Final Eight System, which was previously used by the AFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, The finals system\nThe top four teams in the eight receive what is popularly known as the \"double chance\" when they play in week-one qualifying finals; this means that if a top-four team loses in the first week, it still has a chance to redeem itself by getting a chance to play in a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. The bottom four of the eight are forced to play what are called elimination finals, in which only the winners survive and move on to week two to play the losers of the qualifying finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, The finals system\nIn the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week, while the losers of those qualifying finals must play the winners of the elimination finals for a chance to play the qualifying finals winners. Home-city advantage goes to the team with the higher seed in the first two weeks, and the qualifying final winners in the third week, with games in Victoria played at the MCG, regardless of the team's usual home ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, The finals system\nIn the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week, with the latter receiving home-ground advantage. The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, where the new premier will be crowned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week One, First Qualifying Final (Geelong vs. St Kilda)\nSt Kilda finished in 4th spot on the AFL Ladder after thrashing Essendon by 108 points in the final regular season match. They entered this match with the double chance and were beaten by 58 points. Onballer Lenny Hayes was booked for striking Geelong's Joel Selwood in the third quarter, a report that was later dropped. Geelong earned a bye and home preliminary final with its win, whilst St Kilda was forced to face Collingwood, a team that they had twice lost to in the regular season, in a semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 79], "content_span": [80, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week One, Second Qualifying Final (Hawthorn vs. Western Bulldogs)\nFor much of the second half of the season, Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs looked certain to finish second and third (in some order), setting up this particular qualifying final; Hawthorn would ultimately be the home team after the Bulldogs' late-season form dropped. Hawthorn won the match comfortably, with Lance Franklin kicking eight goals (the most ever in a final by a Hawthorn player) to earn a week's break, whilst the Western Bulldogs were forced to host the Sydney Swans, whom they had beaten twice during the year, in a semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 89], "content_span": [90, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week One, First Elimination Final (Adelaide vs. Collingwood)\nTwo teams who were early-season top-four candidates were playing for survival in this elimination final played at AAMI Stadium on a fine 26 degree C day. Collingwood started slight favorites and led early in the match but Adelaide got its game going, with a season's best second quarter, to lead at half-time before quickly falling behind for good during a second half collapse. For the second year in succession, Adelaide were eliminated the first week of the finals, whilst Collingwood went on to face St Kilda in a semi-final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 84], "content_span": [85, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week One, Second Elimination Final (Sydney vs. North Melbourne)\nThese two teams were clashing in a final for the first time since the 1996 AFL Grand Final, which was won by North Melbourne by 43 points. Sydney entered this match having won only three matches since Round 13, but, after a slow start and an ordinary first half, they got on with the job and ended the Kangaroos' season. It was also the last game for retiring Kangaroo and ex-Swan Shannon Grant. The Swans won the right to face the Western Bulldogs the next week at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where they had not won a final since the 2005 AFL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 87], "content_span": [88, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week One, Second Elimination Final (Sydney vs. North Melbourne)\nMost controversially, the crowd for this game was a very low 19,127. The AFL attributed the poor turnout to several factors, including high ticket prices, the bad weather (it was raining heavily, and had been doing so for several days) and North Melbourne's lack of popularity in Sydney (where they had once played home games). However, it also attracted heavy commentary in the media and public against the viability of the AFL's decision to base its 18th franchise in Western Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 87], "content_span": [88, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week Two, First Semi Final (St Kilda vs. Collingwood)\nCollingwood came into the game as favourites to defeat St Kilda, who had been on the end of a heavy defeat at the hands of Geelong the week prior, and whom they had beaten twice during the year. St Kilda led by just three points at quarter time but kicked ten goals to Collingwood's two in the middle two quarters to take a 40-point lead going into the final quarter. Justin Koschitzke was reported for a dump tackle involving Shane Wakelin, but the charge was later dismissed. St Kilda progressed to play Hawthorn in the preliminary final, hoping to atone for two previous preliminary final losses (2004 and 2005) to make the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 77], "content_span": [78, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week Two, Second Semi Final (Western Bulldogs vs. Sydney)\nSydney held a one-point lead at quarter time, but failed to score a major in the third quarter, and fell apart to lose by 37 points, thus ending their season at the semi-finals stage. Fullback Leo Barry was booked for striking Shaun Higgins but the report was thrown out. The Western Bulldogs were drawn to play defending premier Geelong in the preliminary final to battle for a Grand Final berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 81], "content_span": [82, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week Three, First Preliminary Final (Geelong vs. Western Bulldogs)\nWestern Bulldogs: Josh Hill for making head-high contact with Andrew Mackie in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 90], "content_span": [91, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week Three, First Preliminary Final (Geelong vs. Western Bulldogs)\nGeelong progressed to their second straight Grand Final but had to, for the second year in succession, withstand a late challenge from their preliminary final opponent. The Western Bulldogs had much of the play, but missed shots on goal in the second half when they were available. This was the Western Bulldogs's furthest finish in a season since 1998, when they made back-to-back preliminary finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 90], "content_span": [91, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week Three, Second Preliminary Final (Hawthorn vs. St Kilda)\nHawthorn defied a poor recent record against the Saints to post one of their best wins of the season, with strong performances by much of the team making up for Coleman Medallist Lance Franklin being kept to a single goal by Saints backman Max Hudghton. The loss was the 383rd and last game for St Kilda's Robert Harvey who left the game as the most capped player without an AFL premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 84], "content_span": [85, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week Four, Grand Final (Geelong vs. Hawthorn)\nHawthorn surprise the minor premiers Geelong to come away with there 10th premiership to win by 26 points in a match that was played in front of 100,012 people on a warm 27\u00b0C afternoon. The Cats kicked 23 behinds for the match, some which deliberately done by the Hawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 69], "content_span": [70, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195370-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL finals series, Week Four, Grand Final (Geelong vs. Hawthorn)\nLuke Hodge won the Norm Smith Medal as best afield while teammates Shane Crawford retired after playing 306 games and Trent Croad would ultimately would also play his last game after 222 games after breaking his foot during the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 69], "content_span": [70, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195371-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL season\nThe 2008 Australian Football League season was the 112th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 18th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. This season commenced on 20 March 2008 and concluded on 27 September 2008. The season consisted of twenty-two rounds of home-and-away matches, and four rounds of finals. The premiership was won by Hawthorn, who beat minor premiers Geelong by 26 points in the 2008 AFL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195371-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL season\nA significant feature of the season was the celebration of the 150th anniversary since the sport of Australian rules football was first established in 1858.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195371-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL season, Statistics, Leading goalkickers\nThe Coleman Medal was awarded to Lance Franklin for kicking the most goals at the end of the home and away season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195371-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL season, Awards, Rising Star Nominees\nThe AFL Rising Star award for 2008 was awarded to Rhys Palmer from Fremantle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195371-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL season, Umpires\nThe AFL introduced an additional two boundary umpires in round 21 in order to reduce the error rate and enable the umpires to keep up with the play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 24], "content_span": [25, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195371-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL season, Umpires\nBrett Rosebury was appointed the 2008 All-Australian umpire, the first West Australian umpire to receive that honour. Controversially, however, he was not appointed to umpire the AFL Grand Final, with Scott McLaren, Michael Vozzo and Shaun Ryan selected ahead of Rosebury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 24], "content_span": [25, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195371-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 AFL season, Umpires\nScott McLaren umpired his 300th game, and Shane McInerney umpired his 250 game, in round 4. Experienced field umpires Martin Ellis and Matthew Head both announced their retirements during the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 24], "content_span": [25, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195372-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships\nThe 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by China from November 22 to 29, 2008 in Ningbo City. It was the 5th championship, which debuted 2001 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195372-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships\nThe World Championship was contested in 13 weight disciplines by 218 amateur women boxers from 41 countries, and was conducted in the Ningbo Sports Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195372-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships\nChina won four gold, two silver and four bronze medals, while Turkey finished second with two gold and two bronze medals, followed by Canada with a tally of 2-0-1. India, the champion in the 2006 edition, were fourth with one gold, one silver and two bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195372-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, Medal summary, Medalists\n1 Ying Chen (China) originally won the gold medal but was disqualified for failing doping test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195373-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships\nThe 2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships were held in Guadalajara, Mexico, from October 31 to November 1, 2008. It was the first edition of the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships which had taken over from the Junior World Championship. The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing  AIBA and is the junior version of the World Amateur Boxing Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195373-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships\nA total of 359 fighters from 68 different countries registered to compete in the inaugural edition of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195374-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships\nThe 2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the event known that year as the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 29 through October 5, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195374-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships\nThe men's field was led by ATP No. 5, Valencia and 's-Hertogenbosch winner, Tokyo defending champion David Ferrer, Dubai, San Jose and Beijing champion Andy Roddick, and Olympic silver medalist, Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Munich titlist Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez. Also present were Stuttgart finalist Richard Gasquet, Stuttgart, Kitzb\u00fchel, Los Angeles, Washington winner Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro, Tommy Robredo, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mikhail Youzhny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195374-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships\nThe women's line up included Stockholm and New Haven champion Caroline Wozniacki, Fes and Portoro\u017e runner-up, Strasbourg winner Anabel Medina Garrigues, and Wimbledon semifinalist Jie Zheng. Other seeded players were Estoril, Barcelona and Seoul titlist Maria Kirilenko, French Open quarterfinalist Kaia Kanepi, Shahar Pe'er, Tamarine Tanasugarn and Aleksandra Wozniak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195374-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles\nMikhail Youzhny /  Mischa Zverev defeated  Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd /  Leander Paes, 6\u20133, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195374-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles\nJill Craybas /  Marina Erakovic defeated  Ayumi Morita /  Aiko Nakamura, 4\u20136, 7\u20135, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195375-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJordan Kerr and Robert Lindstedt were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195375-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Leander Paes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195376-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nDavid Ferrer was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195376-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nNinth-seeded Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych won in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20134, against Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195377-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nSun Tiantian and Yan Zi were the defending champions, but Yan chose not to participate, and only Sun competed that year. Sun partnered with Vania King, but lost in the semifinals to Aiko Nakamura and Ayumi Morita.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195377-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nJill Craybas and Marina Erakovic won in the final 4\u20136, 7\u20135, [10\u20136], against Aiko Nakamura and Ayumi Morita.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195378-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nVirginie Razzano was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195378-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nFirst-seeded Caroline Wozniacki won in the final 6\u20132, 3\u20136, 6\u20131, against fifth-seeded Kaia Kanepi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195379-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AIHL season\nThe 2008 AIHL season was the ninth season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 19 April 2008 until 24 August 2008, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 30 and 31 August 2008. The Bears won the H Newman Reid Trophy (backdated) after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. The Newcastle North Stars won the Goodall Cup for the fourth time by defeating the Western Sydney Ice Dogs in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195379-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AIHL season, League business\nIn 2008, Brisbane Blue Tongues became the Gold Coast Blue Tongues after the team relocated from Brisbane's Ice World in Boondall to Gold Coast's Iceland Bundall ice rink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195379-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AIHL season, League business\nApril 2008, the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium was significantly upgraded for the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II, featuring plexi-glass boards, along with new lighting, scoreboards and expanded seating. The upgrade saw the Newcastle venue selected by the AIHL for the 2008 Goodall Cup finals weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195379-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AIHL season, League business\nOn 17 June, financial difficulties forced the Adelaide Avalanche to withdraw from the remainder of the 2008 season, leading to the cancellation and forfeiting of its 21 and 22 June games in Canberra and Penrith against the Knights (double points match) and Bears. Following negotiations, the Thebarton Ice Arena was one week later given a license for a new Adelaide team, the Adelaide A's, to fulfil the Avalanche's remaining commitments for the season, and inheriting their 2008 season results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195379-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AIHL season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on 19 April 2008 and will run through to 24 August 2008 before the top four teams advanced to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195379-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nList shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Current as of 31 August 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195379-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. Current as of 31 August 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195379-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 AIHL season, Goodall Cup playoffs\nThe 2008 playoffs was scheduled for 30 August with the Goodall Cup final held on 31 August 2008. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at the redeveloped Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, Newcastle, New South Wales. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The Goodall Cup was won by the Newcastle North Stars (4th title) who defeated the Western Sydney Ice Dogs 4-1. The North Star's Canadian import forward, Mickey Gilchrist, was named the finals most valuable player (MVP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195380-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AIK Fotboll season\nAIK continued treading water in a disappointing season. The failure to qualify for European competitions ensured popular coach Rikard Norling got the sack, much to the dismay of the AIK supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195381-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AMA National Speedway Championship\nThe 2008 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, which were held at Costa Mesa (June 7), Auburn (July 25) and Auburn (September 20). Defending champion Billy Hamill only raced in the opening round. In his absence, Billy Janniro won the title for the first time, winning all three rounds in the process. It was the first time neither Greg Hancock or Billy Hamill had won the title since Mike Faria in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195381-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AMA National Speedway Championship, Event format\nOver the course of 20 heats, each rider raced against every other rider once. The field was then split into sections of four riders, with the top four entering the 'A' Final. Points were then awarded depending on where a rider finished in each final. The points in the 'A' Final were awarded thus, 21, 18, 16 and 14. Bonus points were also awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195382-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AMA Superbike Championship\nThe 2008 AMA Superbike Championship was the 33rd season of the AMA Superbike Championship. Ben Spies won the championship riding a Suzuki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195383-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup\nThe 2008 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup, supported by the AMF, was the inaugural edition of the AMF Futsal Women's World Cup. The tournament was held in Reus, Catalonia, from September 29 to October 5, 2008. It was organized by the Catalonia Futsal Federation and there were 12 national teams in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195384-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AMNRL season\nThe 2008 American National Rugby League season was the 11th season of the competition, the rugby league football competition for semi-professional clubs in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195384-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AMNRL season, Final\nThe New Haven Warriors won the grand final 50-18 against Aston DSC Bullsthe point  scorers were;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500\nThe 2008 AMP Energy 500 was the 30th stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the fourth in the ten-race, season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on October 5, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway, in Talladega, Alabama before a crowd of 145,000. Tony Stewart of the Joe Gibbs Racing team won the 190-lap race starting from 34th position; Paul Menard finished second, David Ragan was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500\nTravis Kvapil, who had the pole position, led until Carl Edwards passed him on lap nine. The race was first stopped 63 laps later when a multi-car collision was triggered by Brian Vickers, and was restarted 17 minutes later, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. leading the field. A second red-flag period was triggered after Edwards ran into teammate Greg Biffle starting a chain-reaction accident involving a further ten drivers. Stewart led the field for the remainder of the race, until Regan Smith passed him below the yellow line (out of bounds line) on the final lap. Stewart was therefore handed the victory, and Smith was demoted from second to 18th. The race had a total of ten cautions, and 64 lead changes among 28 different drivers, setting a new Sprint Cup Series record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500\nIt was Stewart's first victory of the season, his first at Talladega Superspeedway, and the 33rd of his career. The result advanced him to seventh in the Drivers' Championship, 232 behind leader Jimmie Johnson who extended his lead to 72 points over Edwards. Toyota extended its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, twelve points ahead of Ford in second place. Chevrolet remained in third with a 41-point advantage over Dodge with six races left in the season. The race attracted 7.44 million television viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Background\nThe 2008 AMP Energy 500 was the 30th of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series,  and the fourth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on October 5, 2008 at Talladega, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a superspeedway that holds NASCAR races. The standard track at the speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.66 miles (4.28\u00a0km) long. The track's turns are banked at thirty-three degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch has a two-degree banking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Background\nBefore the race, Jimmie Johnson led the Drivers' Championship with 5,575 points, with Carl Edwards in second, and Greg Biffle in third. Jeff Burton and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top five, and Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch rounded out the top twelve drivers competing in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Toyota was leading with 172 points, seven points ahead of their nearest rival Ford in second. Chevrolet was third with 159 points, with Dodge a further 39 points behind in fourth. Gordon was the race's defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Background\nSecond-place championship driver Edwards said he expected the top three points leaders to remain together during the race, \"I'll probably be glued to Jimmie, no matter where he's at. If him and Greg and I can just stay together, and make sure we either all avoid or either all get in the same wrecks, then we'll probably be all right.\" Earnhardt said he aimed to achieve his sixth victory at Talladega Superspeedway (where he had a large amount of fan support) in an effort to move ahead in the championship standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Background\nGordon, who had not won so far during 2008, stated he felt that he could win the race, and employed a strategy where he would attempt to avoid being caught up in a multi-car collision. Johnson felt the AMP Energy 500 would be \"interesting\" and \"a turning point in the chase\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Background\nThere were two changes of driver before the race. Red Bull Racing Team announced regular driver A. J. Allmendinger would be replaced by Mike Skinner who would drive at Talladega, and by former Scuderia Torro Rosso, Formula One driver Scott Speed who would drive in the seven remaining races of the season. Red Bull Racing vice president and general manager Jay Frye said the change would allow the Red Bull Racing Team to continue its development for the future. Kenny Wallace took over from Michael McDowell in the No. 00 Michael Waltrip Racing car at Talladega, because the team decided to regroup after he failed to qualify the previous race weekend at Kansas Speedway. Richard Childress Racing fielded a fourth car driven by Nationwide Series driver Mike Wallace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Practice and qualifying\nTwo practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, both on Friday. The first practice session ran for 75 minutes, the second lasted 45 minutes. Burton was fastest in the first practice session with a time of 48.887 seconds; Elliott Sadler was second, and Brian Vickers third. Robby Gordon was fourth, and Harvick placed fifth. Kasey Kahne, Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Skinner and Ryan Newman rounded out the session's top ten drivers. Earnhardt's engine failed, and his team installed a new one. David Ragan did the same between the two practice sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Practice and qualifying\nLater that day, Vickers paced the final practice session (where thirty-seven drivers competed) with a time of 49.694 seconds, ahead of Kahne and Bobby Labonte. Casey Mears was fourth-fastest, ahead of Harvick, Scott Riggs and David Gilliland. Earnhardt, a Chase for the Sprint Cup driver, was eighth, with Skinner and Stewart ninth and tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Practice and qualifying\nEarnhardt's right-rear tire exploded while leading a pack of cars at the exit of turn two, nine minutes after the session started, beginning a chain-reaction accident involving cars driven by Gilliland, Stewart, David Reutimann, Hamlin, Clint Bowyer and Kahne, resulting in the session being stopped for 30 minutes. No drivers were injured, but Earnhardt and Gilliland were checked at the infield medical center and later released. Earnhardt, Bowyer, Kahne, Gilliland and Reutimann switched to back-up cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Practice and qualifying\nForty-five cars were entered in the qualifier on Saturday afternoon, according to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, forty-three were allowed to race. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest times. Travis Kvapil took the first pole position of his career with a time of 51.109 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Mears in his best qualifying performance of the season. Aric Almirola qualified third, his Dale Earnhardt, Inc. teammate Regan Smith was fourth, and Paul Menard started fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Practice and qualifying\nMike Wallace, Joe Nemechek, Tony Raines, Vickers and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top ten qualifiers. Of the other drivers in the Chase, Edwards was twelfth, Burton 17th and Johnson 20th. The two drivers that failed to qualify were Sam Hornish Jr. and Patrick Carpentier. After the qualifier Kvapil said, \"Definitely qualifying doesn't really mean much as far as your chances to win the race after 500 miles, but we got a good pit selection and we'll have less chance to get caught up in a wreck early on in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Practice and qualifying\nIt doesn't take long to get shuffled to the back and I'm sure I'll be shuffled in and out throughout the field. But the first few laps we'll be up front and hopefully keeping it clean.\" He also stated the pole was \"special\", and it was the first time Ford had occupied that position at Talladega Superspeedway since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nLive television coverage of the race, began at 1:00\u00a0p.m. Eastern Standard Time in the United States on ABC. At the start of the race, weather conditions were sunny. Fred Cook of Alabama Raceway Ministries began pre-race ceremonies with an invocation. Brad Arnold, the lead singer of rock band 3 Doors Down performed the national anthem, and Pepsi employees Antonio Clements, John Foster, Richard Stuckey, Daniel Harris, Demetrius Blackmon, Reginald Thomas, Kenneth Goodwin, and Raymond Castleberry, who serve in the National Guard commanded the drivers to start their engines. During the pace laps, Earnhardt and Ragan moved to the rear of the field because they had changed their engines; Johnson did the same because his team adjusted his engine outside of the impound.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nThe race started at 2:23\u00a0p.m. Kvapil maintained his pole position advantage on the first lap, as the field ran three and four abreast during the lap. Mike Wallace led the cars on the outside lane and challenged Kvapil for the lead on lap four, but was unable to get ahead. Edwards and Vickers drove on the outside lane to move to the front on lap nine, and the two exchanged the lead on the backstretch, before Edwards pulled clear of Vickers. Kvapil fell to seventh place by the same lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nVickers regained the first position on the next lap, after Edwards drove down the track. On the 14th lap, Almirola and his teammate Menard gave each other assistance, and Almirola passed Vickers on the backstretch to take over the lead. Ragan, with assistance from Kvapil, passed Almirola for first place by taking the outside lane three laps later. After falling down the field earlier in the race, Gordon had moved back up to seventh by lap 18. Earnhardt moved into the lead eight laps later, but Kvapil reclaimed the position on lap 30, after receiving assistance from Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nEarnhardt retook the lead two laps later, and Johnson had moved to fourth after dropping down the field earlier in the race. Mike Wallace briefly claimed the lead on lap 33 before Earnhardt regained it on the lap. The first caution was triggered on the next lap when debris was spotted on the track in turn two. Most of the leaders, including Mike Wallace, made pit stops for tires and car adjustments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nGordon led on the lap-39 restart, followed by Truex and Burton. One lap later, Burton, with assistance from Johnson, passed Gordon for the lead. Kenseth claimed first position on lap 40 after driving on the outside lane. Vickers followed Johnson on the inside line to reclaim the lead on the following lap, before Sadler passed Vickers around the outside for the lead on the 44th lap. On lap 45, Mears led after passing Sadler, and debris was located on the backstretch, triggering a second caution. All drivers, including Mears, elected to make pit stops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nSadler reclaimed first position and led the field back up to speed at the lap-50 restart, ahead of Mears and Kyle Busch. Hamlin and Kyle Busch led the cars driving on the outside lane, with Busch claiming the lead on lap 51, pulling away from the rest of the field. Kurt Busch, with help from Vickers, got ahead of Kyle Busch to move into first place on lap 52.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nJamie McMurray took the lead by the 53rd lap, when a third caution was deployed on lap 54 after Reutimann's right-rear tire blew on the backstretch, causing Gordon to take evasive action by turning right and heavily damaged the nose of his car when he collided with the outside wall. Reutimann's tire broke Johnson's front splitter brace. All drivers, including McMurray, chose to make pit stops. Vickers elected to stay on the track and led the field at the restart on lap 59, ahead of Kvapil and Skinner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nOne lap later, Hamlin used the draft to take over the lead, with Labonte moving into second. Kahne used the outside lane to claim first position, before Reed Sorenson also drove on the outside lane to claim first place on the next lap. The pack drove three abreast on lap 63, as Truex moved into first place on the 64th lap. McMurray reclaimed the first position when he got ahead of Truex at the start-finish line on lap 65, and Kahne dropped to 26th position by the same lap. Truex retook the lead from McMurray at the start of the following lap, and Harvick moved into first on lap 67.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nEarnhardt moved back into the lead on lap 68, when Vickers' right-front tire blew in the tri-oval on the same lap, starting a multi-car accident involving Gilliland, Truex, Kahne, Skinner, McMurray, Terry Labonte, Raines and Almirola. A fourth caution was triggered initially because of the accident before a red-flag was shown shortly afterward to stop the race to allow officials to clear the track of debris. The race resumed seventeen minutes later as the field elected to make pit stops. Earnhardt led on the lap-72 restart, followed by Menard, Burton, Harvick and Montoya. By lap 74, Montoya had the lead before Hamlin passed him at the start-finish line to lead the lap. Johnson moved to the front of the field two laps later, before losing the lead to teammate Earnhardt on lap 78 as the pack ran three abreast at the start-finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 870]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nJohnson moved back into the lead on lap 78, after receiving assistance from Earnhardt, before losing it to Stewart around the inside two laps later after Stewart was helped by Mike Wallace. On the 81st lap, Mike Wallace's right-rear tire blew causing a fifth caution to be displayed; Wallace regained control of his car but his tire struck Michael Waltrip's car forcing him to pit for repairs. Most of the field, including Stewart, elected to make pit stops for tires and fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nKyle Busch gained the lead after the pit stops, and led the field back up to speed at the lap-87 restart, followed by Earnhardt. On lap 89, Labonte led the outside lane after he was helped by Earnhardt. Hamlin, Earnhardt and Kenseth traded the first position over the next seven laps. Hamlin's right-front tire exploded in turn two on lap 99 and struck the turn two outside wall, triggering a sixth caution. The leaders, including Kyle Busch, who took the lead before the caution, made pit stops for tires and fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nHamlin was extracted from his car, and placed on a stretcher and transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. Riggs led the field back up to speed at the restart on lap 105, ahead of Menard. On the same lap, Riggs lost the draft allowing Menard to move into the lead. The field went three abreast, as Menard lost the lead to Stewart on the 107th lap, but Menard reclaimed the position one lap later. Stewart retook the lead on lap 112 after he received assistance from Montoya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nBurton challenged Stewart for the lead on lap 115 as both drivers ran side by side at the start-finish line, before Burton moved in front of Stewart two laps later. Harvick moved back into the lead on lap 120, after running on the inside lane. Harvick, Ragan and Stewart formed a single line, as the rest of the field ran in double-file.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nA seventh caution was triggered on lap 138 when Gordon had smoke and fluid coming out of his car, ending his race. Most of the field, including Harvick, elected to pit under caution. Edwards spun after he left pit road but avoided damage to his car. During the pit stop period, the record for the most leaders in a Sprint Cup Series race was broken when Nemechek led one lap (the 27th race leader) before pitting. Kyle Busch led on the lap-145 restart, followed by Ragan, Kvapil, Stewart and Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nFour laps later, Johnson dropped from fifth to the rear of the field, as part of a strategy to run at the rear until the race ended. Kyle Busch lost the draft on lap 151, allowing Earnhardt to retake first place. Burton, with assistance from Richard Childress Racing teammates Bowyer, Harvick and Mike Wallace, moved back into the lead on lap 156. Ragan took over the lead on lap 160, after he was helped by Earnhardt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nWaltrip took the lead on lap 163, and an eighth caution was necessitated on lap 165 when Biffle made contact with Ragan, who hit Harvick, who spun heading into turn three but avoided hitting the barriers or other cars. Some drivers, including Waltrip, chose to pit for fresh tires and fuel during the caution. Montoya elected not to pit, and led the field at the restart on lap 170. The top six drivers quickly began to pull away from the rest of the field, as Stewart ran fourth and Harvick 16th by lap 172.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nStewart and Montoya ran alongside each other at the line on lap 173, before Stewart moved in front for the lead one lap later. On the same lap, a second multi-car accident occurred necessitating a ninth caution when Edwards made contact with teammate Biffle going into turn three, and collected, Earnhardt, Harvick, Kyle Busch, Nemechek, Sorenson, Kenseth, Kvapil, Watrip, Dave Blaney and Montoya. The second red-flag of the race was shown shortly afterward to allow officials to clear debris from the track. The race was restarted twelve minutes later, as some drivers made pit stops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nStewart led the field back up to speed at the lap-179 restart, ahead of Nemechek and Sadler. Stewart and Nemechek pulled away from the rest of the field, but Nemechek lost the draft on the next lap and fell behind Sadler. The field formed into a single file, and remained this way until a tenth and final caution of the race was deployed because McMurray's right-rear tire failed on lap 185. The race restarted on lap 189, for a green-white-checker finish (extending the race to 190 laps) with Stewart leading Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race\nThe field again formed a single line, with most drivers remaining in that formation for the rest of the race. On the final lap, Smith passed Stewart on the frontstretch below the yellow line, and crossed the start-finish line ahead of Stewart. NASCAR determined that Smith was out of track bounds, handing Stewart the victory with Smith provisionally in second. The race had a total of ten cautions and 64 lead changes by 28 drivers. Stewart led four different times for a total of 24 laps, more than any other competitor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race, Post-race comments\nStewart, who earned $270,136 for the victory, appeared in victory lane to celebrate his first win of the season, and his first at Talladega Superspeedway, in front of a crowd of 145,000. He was delighted to take the victory: \"It's one thing to get back to Victory Lane, but to do it at Talladega wow.\" Stewart continued, \"I've wanted to win here for so long. This hasn't been one of my favorite places on the fan side. People haven't always liked me here. But this was for those guys up in the stands today.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race, Post-race comments\nSecond-place finisher Menard was pleased with his result, saying he had a good car throughout the duration of the race: \"Car had speed in it all day. Didn't make any chassis adjustments, just did a little bit of air pressure after the first run to free it up. It was just all track position really.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0019-0002", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race, Post-race comments\nIn the post-race press conference, third-place finisher Ragan said that he felt that he had a car which could have secured the victory under the right circumstances, but believed it was a good day for his team: \"We always seem to be pretty fast here on the superspeedway track, so that just goes to show you how much effort our Roush Fenway team is putting into this program.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race, Post-race comments\nNASCAR officials reviewed video evidence of Smith's pass of Stewart on the final lap with Smith and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. president Max Siegel in attendance, and declared the manoeuvre illegal; Smith was issued a pass-through penalty which dropped him from second to 18th. Smith argued that he was forced down below the yellow line: \"I was always told that the rule is if you get forced down there, then you are the winner of the race, and on the last lap, anything goes. That\u2019s what I was going with.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race, Post-race comments\nI had a nose inside of him and I could have piled up the whole field.\" Ninth-place finisher Johnson said there were rumors that drivers were allowed to go below the yellow line on the last lap of the previous day's Craftsman Truck Series race which were circulated on the day of the AMP Energy 500: \"I didn\u2019t know what to really think about it, or understood it, or had seen it. It\u2019s ironic how it played out today.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race, Post-race comments\nNASCAR spokesperson Jim Hunter however insisted Smith was not forced below the yellow line, and stated drivers were warned beforehand in the pre-race drivers' meeting about gaining a position illegally. Earnhardt said he felt Smith deserved to win, saying there was a lack of clarity over what going below the yellow line meant. Smith stated he did not ask for clarification of the rule because of his low-profile status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race, Post-race comments\nNASCAR president Mike Helton stated that race officials had correctly awarded the penalty to Smith, and clarified that no driver would be allowed to advance their position by going below the yellow line at any time during a race. Similarities were made between Smith's overtake, and Earnhardt's pass of Kenseth below the yellow line at Talladega at the 2003 Aaron's 499.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race, Post-race comments\nHamlin was kept in hospital overnight for further evaluation, but complained of a headache and favored his right foot after exiting his car. His crew chief Mike Ford revealed Hamlin's right-rear tire had been cut on the run before his crash which Hamlin later attributed to running over debris on track. Vickers described his right-front tire failure saying: \"It sounded like a bomb exploded.\" Goodyear's product manager Rick Heinrich said the tires used in the race were the same from the Aaron's 499, and conducted an analysis of the tire failures at their plant in Akron, Ohio. Edwards admitted he was at fault for causing the crash between himself and teammate Biffle on lap 174, and apologized to the drivers caught up in the incident. Biffle revealed he was unable to steer his Ford away from the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 858]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195385-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 AMP Energy 500, Race, Post-race comments\nThe result kept Johnson in the lead of the Drivers' Championship, seventy-two points ahead of Edwards. Biffle and Burton maintained third and fourth positions, while Bowyer moved up to fifth. Harvick moved up into sixth, with Stewart's victory advancing him from eleventh to seventh place. Gordon, Kenseth, Earnhardt, Kyle Busch and Hamlin rounded out the top twelve. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Toyota extended their lead over Ford to twelve points. Chevrolet remained in third with 165, 41 points ahead of Dodge. The race attracted a television audience of 7.44 million people. It took three hours, thirty-six minutes and ten seconds to complete the event, and the margin of victory was 0.052 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195386-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ANAPROF Apertura\nIn Panamanian football, the ANAPROF Apertura 2008 season (officially \"Torneo Apertura 2008\") started on February 22, 2008. On May 31, 2008 the Apertura 2008 finalized with San Francisco F.C. crowned five time ANAPROF champion after beating Tauro F.C. 3-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195386-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ANAPROF Apertura, Final round, Final\nSince San Francisco already qualified for 2008\u201309 CONCACAF Champions League, Tauro also qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195387-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ANAPROF Clausura\nThe ANAPROF Clausura 2008 season (officially \"Torneo Clausura 2008\") started on July 25, 2008. On November 30, 2008 the Clausura 2008 finalized with \u00c1rabe Unido crowned four time ANAPROF champion after beating Tauro F.C. 3-2 after extra time. Therefore \u00c1rabe Unido will participate in the 2009\u201310 CONCACAF Champions League. Plaza Amador remained in the ANAPROF after beating Primera A 2008 champion R\u00edo Abajo F.C. with a 3-2 aggregate score. Therefore no team was relegated from ANAPROF for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195388-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ANZ Championship season\nThe 2008 ANZ Championship season was the inaugural season of the ANZ Championship. The 2008 season began on 5 April and concluded on 28 July. Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic were minor premiers after finishing top of the table following the regular season. New South Wales Swifts, with a team coached by Julie Fitzgerald and captained by Catherine Cox, won 10 of their 13 matches and finished second behind Magic. Swifts subsequently defeated Magic in both the major semi\u2013final and the grand final to become the inaugural ANZ Championship winners. The grand final was played on 28 July at Acer Arena. Overall, 6792 goals were scored during the season, averaging 98.44 per match. Fox Sports (Australia) and Sky Sport (New Zealand) attracted an average audience per match of 56,581.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195388-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ANZ Championship season, Regular season\nDuring the regular season the Australian teams played each other twice and the New Zealand teams once. The New Zealand teams also played each other twice and each of the Australian teams once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195389-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AO112\n2008 AO112 (also written 2008 AO112) is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid and potentially hazardous object. It was discovered on 12 January 2008 by the Mount Lemmon Survey at an apparent magnitude of 21 using a 1.5-meter (59\u00a0in) reflecting telescope. The asteroid was quickly lost and had an estimated diameter of 310 meters (1,020\u00a0ft). On 25 June 2009, with an observation arc of only 1 day in January 2008, the asteroid had a 1 in 4 million chance of impacting Earth on that very day. The virtual impactor had not been eliminated from the Sentry Risk Table by the day of the potential impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [10, 10], "content_span": [11, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195389-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AO112\nThe asteroid was recovered on 5 March 2013 as 2013 EM20. Precovery images from 7 April 1997 at Kitt Peak National Observatory were located. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 30 March 2013. It is now known that on 25 June 2009 the asteroid was 1.45\u00a0AU from Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [10, 10], "content_span": [11, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195390-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 APRA Silver Scroll Awards\nThe 2008 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Wednesday 10 September 2008 at the Auckland Town Hall, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The Silver Scroll Award was presented to Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy and Clinton Harris for the Opshop song \"One Day\", and the country duo Topp Twins were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. The event also paid tribute to singer-songwriter Mahin\u0101rangi Tocker who had died earlier in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195390-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll Award\nThe Silver Scroll Award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The evening's music performances were produced by Don McGlashan. Each of the nominated songs were covered in a new style by another artist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195390-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll Award, Long list\nDave Gibson and Justyn Pilbrow \"Baby Come On\" (Elemeno P)Samuel Scott, Luke Buda, Tom Wedde, William Ricketts, Richard Singleton and Warner Emery \"Bright Grey\" (The Phoenix Foundation)John Chong Nee and Delani Tuala \"Butterflies\" (Delani)Anika Moa \"Dreams in my Head\" (Anika Moa)Liam", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195390-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll Award, Long list\nFinn \"Gather to the Chapel\" (Liam Finn)Sam Trenwith \"If I Say\" (Radiator)Kody Nielson \"Life Will Get Better Some Day\" (The Mint Chicks)Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy and Clinton Harris \"\"One Day\"\" (Opshop)Jon Toogood, Tom Larkin, Phil Knight, Karl Kippenberger and Barry Palmer \"One Will Hear the Other \" (Shihad)Lauren Thomson \"Our Love Is Due\" (Lauren Thomson)Brannigan Kaa, Hone Kaa and Jo Paku \"Purua\" (Brannigan Kaa)Geoff Maddock \"Saying My Name\" (Goldenhorse)Wayne Mason \"Sense Got Out\" (Wayne Mason)Steven Mathieson, Tim Van Dammen and James Brennan \"Seriously\" (Collapsing Cities)Ryan McPhun \"Tane Mahuta\" (The Ruby Suns)Nick Buckton \"The Phone Song\" (Side Kick Nick)Gin Wigmore \"These Roses\" (Gin Wigmore)Brent Park and Karoline Tamati \"Walk Right Up\" (Ladi6)Iva Lamkum, Caleb Robinson and Miles Crayford \"White Roses\" (Iva Lamkum)Dave Dobbyn \"Wild Kisses Like Rain\" (Dave Dobbyn)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 964]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195390-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, New Zealand Music Hall of Fame\nCountry singers and entertainers Jools Topp and Lynda Topp \u2013 collectively known as the Topp Twins \u2013 were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. Reb Fountain and Johnny Barker performed a musical tribute to the Topps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195390-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Other awards\nFour other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music), SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in classical composition) and two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television plays in New Zealand and overseas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195390-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, APRA song awards\nOutside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented four genre awards in 2008. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the Pacific Music Awards, the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards and the inaugural APRA Children's Song of the Year and What Now Video of the Year were presented at StarFest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195391-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ARAG World Team Cup\nThe 2008 ARAG World Team Cup was a tennis tournament play on outdoor clay courts. It was the 30th edition of the World Team Cup, and was part of the 250 series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rochusclub in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, from 18 May through 24 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195391-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ARAG World Team Cup\nArgentina were the defending champions but they failed to advance beyond the group stage. Sweden defeated Russia in the final, by two rubbers to one for their fourth title. It was also their first title since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195392-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ARCA Re/Max Series\nThe 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series was the 56th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 9, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the Daytona ARCA 200 and ended on October 12, 2008 at Toledo Speedway with the Hantz Group 200. Justin Allgaier, driving for his family team, Allgaier Motorsports, won the season championship. Frank Kimmel, who won the series championship in nine of the previous ten seasons, barely lost the title this season to Allgaier. Kimmel had moved from the No. 46 Clement Racing car, which he won all of his titles in, to the No. 44 car for his family team this season. Kimmel's replacement in the No. 46, Matt Carter, would finish third in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195393-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ASA Midwest Tour season\nThe 2008 ASA Kwik-Trip Midwest Tour presented by Echo Outdoor Power Equipment was the second season of the American Speed Association's Midwest Tour. The championship was held over 14 races, beginning April 19 in Elko, Minnesota, and ending October 5 in West Salem, Wisconsin. Dan Fredrickson was the champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195394-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ASB Classic\nThe 2008 ASB Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 23rd edition of the ASB Classic, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 31 December 2007 through 5 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195394-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ASB Classic, Finals, Doubles\nMariya Koryttseva /  Lilia Osterloh defeated  Martina M\u00fcller /  Barbora Z\u00e1hlavov\u00e1-Str\u00fdcov\u00e1, 6\u20133, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195395-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ASB Classic \u2013 Doubles\nJanette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 and Paola Su\u00e1rez were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195395-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ASB Classic \u2013 Doubles\nMariya Koryttseva and Lilia Osterloh won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against Martina M\u00fcller and Barbora Z\u00e1hlavov\u00e1-Str\u00fdcov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195396-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ASB Classic \u2013 Singles\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195396-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ASB Classic \u2013 Singles\nLindsay Davenport won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20132, against Aravane Reza\u00ef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195397-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN Para Games\nThe 2008 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 4th ASEAN Para Games, was a Southeast Asian disabled multi-sport event held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 20 to 26 January 2008, one month after the 2007 Southeast Asian Games. This was the first time Thailand hosted the ASEAN Para Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195397-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN Para Games\nAround 1000 athletes from 11 participating nations participated at the games which featured 488 events in 14 sports. Thailand is the fourth nation to host the games after Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. The games was opened and by Surayud Chulanont, the Prime Minister of Thailand at the 80th Birthday Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195397-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN Para Games\nThe final medal tally was led by host Thailand, followed by Malaysia and Vietnam. Several Games and national records were broken during the games. The games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of disabled sports competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195397-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation\nThe 4th ASEAN Para Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195397-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nThe 4th ASEAN Para Games had 14 venues for the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195397-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN Para Games, Marketing, Logo\nThe logo of the 2008 ASEAN Para Games is the Chumpol Gate, a historical place in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Chumpol Gate represents victory. It also denotes the exquisite Thai art and culture. Curvy blue and red lines represent the pageantry of fluttering flags leading eager, excited athletes marching into the stadium. The ASEAN Para Sports Federation logo sits in the center of the emblem, representing friendship and co-operation between participants from ASEAN countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195397-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN Para Games, Marketing, Mascot\nThe mascot of the 2008 ASEAN Para Games, is a dove named Nok-Khao karom which is recognised as a symbol of Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Nok-Khao Karom is a local animal name of Nakhon Ratchasima for dove. Karom is described as a wise, cheerful, gentle, and friendly, reflecting the characteristics of Thai people. The name of the dove is also the abbreviation of the games' values namely, Kind, Appreciation, Reliable, Optimistic, and Manners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195397-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony was held at the 80th Birthday Stadium on 20 January 2008 at 19:00 (TST). The games was declared opened by Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195397-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Closing ceremony\nThe closing ceremony was held at the 80th Birthday Stadium on 26 January 2008 at 19:00 (TST). The ASEAN Para Games responsibilities was officially handed over to Malaysia, host of the 2009 ASEAN Para Games after Laos, the host of the 2009 Southeast Asian Games, declined to host the games, citing financial difficulties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195397-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Medal table\nA total of 1052 medals comprising 488 gold medals, 320 silver medals and 244 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The Host Thailand's performance was their best ever yet in ASEAN Para Games History and emerged as overall champion of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195398-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN University Games\nThe 2008 ASEAN University Games, (Malay: Sukan Universiti ASEAN 2008) officially known as the 14th ASEAN University Games, (Malay: Sukan Universiti ASEAN ke-14) was a Southeast Asian university multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 to 21 December 2008. This was the third time Malaysia hosted the games after 1984 and 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195398-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN University Games\nAround 1789 athletes participated at the event which featured 219 events in 21 sports. The final medal tally was led by host Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195398-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN University Games, Venues\nThe 14th ASEAN University Games had 24 venues for the games, 9 in Kuala Lumpur, 14 in Selangor and 1 in Negeri Sembilan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195398-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN University Games, Branding and design\nThe logo of the 2008 ASEAN University Games is an image of a red brush stroke human figure which represents high spirit, glory, victory, power and strength and the stars on the logo represents the targets and the ambitions of the ASEAN University Games athletes. The font use for the logo, a mixture of century gothic and trajan, represents the ASEAN University Games being an event that has a variety of formal and informal agendas, while the font's stair-like arrangement represents the desire to achieve success. Meanwhile, the colours used for the font (blue, red, white and yellow) are the colours of the Malaysian flag, the ASEAN logo and the flags of its member nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195398-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN University Games, Branding and design\nThe mascot of the 2008 ASEAN University Games is A1 Angkasawan, the astronaut which is described as friendly, smart, high spirit and strong. The use of an astronaut as the event's mascot was to remind people about Malaysia's achievement as the first ASEAN member country that sends an astronaut to space back in 2007. The mortar board of the mascot represents the academic excellent and the participation of university students as athletes of the games. The logo on the chest represents the sportsmanship spirit of the athletes participating at the 14th ASEAN University Games. The colours, blue, red, white and yellow represents Malaysia as the host of the games, with the colour blue also represents the symbol of excellence in hosting the games. Overall, the mascot represents the determination of participating athletes to achieve their respective dreams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 908]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195398-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN University Games, Branding and design\n\"Menggapai bintang\" (Reach for the stars) was the theme song of the games. It was composed by Mohd Zaki Bin Ahmad from Universiti Malaysia Pahang and sung by Shahnizal bt. Mohd Arshad with lyrics was written by Ahmad Fedtri Bin Yahya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195398-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 ASEAN University Games, Branding and design\nThe Game's Torch is shaped like a pen, an instrument used in worldwide universities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195399-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ASP World Tour\nThe ASP World Tour is a professional competitive surfing league. It is run by the Association of Surfing Professionals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195400-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ASTRA Awards\nThe 6th Annual ASTRA Awards were presented on Monday, 21 April 2008 at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195401-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Challenger Series\nThe Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Series is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2008 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 176 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195401-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Challenger Series, Schedule\nThe table below shows the 2008 ATP Challenger Series schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195401-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Challenger Series, Schedule, November\n+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prizemoney level in that category. $/\u20ac 25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/\u20ac 50,000. Moniesshown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195401-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Challenger Series, Statistical Information\nList of players and ATP challenger titles won, last name alphabetically:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195402-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Masters Series\nThe ATP Masters Series are part of the elite tour for professional men's tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals called the ATP Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195402-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Masters Series, Tournaments\nNote: Although the Monte Carlo Masters is billed as taking place in Monte Carlo, it is actually held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, a commune of France adjacent to Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour\nThe 2008 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2008 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Schedule\nThis is the complete schedule of events on the 2008 ATP Tour, with player progression documented until the quarter-final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Statistical information\nList of players and titles won (Grand Slam, Masters Cup and Olympic titles in bold), listed in order of number of titles won:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Entry rankings, Point distribution, Glossary\n(\u20ac): All prize money and fees for ATP Masters Series, International Series, and Challengers played in Europe must be paid in euros (\u20ac). In most cases they are calculated at the 0.85 USD/EUR exchange rate, but it varies and is often rounded throughout the 2008 ATP Official Rulebook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 59], "content_span": [60, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Entry rankings, Point distribution, Glossary\n(^): Tennis Masters Cup: maximum number of points that can be assigned to the player at this round (after he qualified to the semifinal with 3 round-robin wins)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 59], "content_span": [60, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Entry rankings, Point distribution, Glossary\n(m): Tennis Masters Cup: minimum number of points that can be assigned to the player at this round (after he qualified to the semifinal with 1 round-robin win)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 59], "content_span": [60, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Entry rankings, Point distribution, Glossary\n+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next higher prize money level in that category. Monies shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 59], "content_span": [60, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Entry rankings, Point distribution, Glossary\nPoints are assigned to the losers of the round indicated. Any player who reaches the second round by drawing a bye and then loses shall be considered to have lost in the first round and shall receive first round loser's points (5 for Grand Slams and all AMS events). Wild cards at Grand Slams and AMS events receive points only from the 2nd round. No points are awarded for a first round loss at International Series Events, Challenger Series, or Futures Series events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 59], "content_span": [60, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Entry rankings, Point distribution, Glossary\nPlayers qualifying for the Main Draw through the qualifying competition shall receive qualifying points in addition to any points earned, as per the following table, with the exception of Futures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 59], "content_span": [60, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Entry rankings, Point distribution, Glossary\n(*): 5 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64 (ATP Masters Series)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 59], "content_span": [60, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Entry rankings, Point distribution, Glossary\nIn addition to the points allocated above, points are allocated to losers at Grand Slam, Tennis Masters Series, and International Series Gold Tournaments qualifying events in the following manner:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 59], "content_span": [60, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Entry rankings, Point distribution, Glossary\n(**): 3 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series Gold) or 64 (ATP Masters Series).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 59], "content_span": [60, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, ATP race, Singles\nGrand Slams and Masters Series in bold. Points are shown in order of scoring. The second row shows the result and the week in which it was achieved. Italics indicate that a player is not yet eliminated from a tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, ATP race, Singles\nIf a player has a valid forfeit or may not enter the Grand Slam or Masters Series, he may count the other events towards the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, ATP race, Masters Cup entrants\nThe top eight players who qualify on the ATP Race (8 teams for doubles) will compete in the year-ending finale, in Shanghai, China, from November 9 through November 16. World no. 1 Rafael Nadal has withdrew his name due to a foot injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 45], "content_span": [46, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, ATP race, Masters Cup entrants\nAs of October 5, the following entrants remain entered in the competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, ATP race, Doubles\nUnlike the ATP Singles Race, the Stanford ATP Doubles Race uses only the best fourteen tournaments on a team's ranking with no mandatory tournaments counting towards the ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, ATP race, Points distribution (Singles & Doubles)\n(*) 1 point only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 64], "content_span": [65, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195403-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 ATP Tour, Retirements\nFollowing is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2008 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 26], "content_span": [27, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195404-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour\nThe 2008 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour was a domestic professional beach volleyball circuit organized in the United States by the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) for the 2008 beach volleyball season. The 2008 AVP calendar comprises the Hot Winter Nights Tour, an indoor beach volleyball circuit, and the main AVP Crocs Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195404-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, Schedule, Hot Winter Nights Tour\nThis is the complete schedule of events on the 2008 Hot Winter Nights calendar, with the players' final standings. Each event consisted of four invited men and women players competing in a one-night round-robin tournament in an indoor beach volleyball arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195404-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, Schedule, Crocs Tour\nThis is the complete schedule of events on the 2008 AVP Crocs Tour calendar, with team progression documented from the semifinals stage. All tournaments, with the exception of the Glendale Best of the Beach Invitational, consisted of single-elimination qualifying rounds followed by a double-elimination main draw. The Glendale Best of the Beach Invitational was a round-robin tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499\nThe 2008 Aaron's 499 was the ninth race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. It was held on April 27, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary\nThis race was the second race of the season utilizing restrictor plates and the first time that the spring race was raced using the Car of Tomorrow template, with the 2007 UAW-Ford 500 being the first on the superspeedway. The telecast in the USA started at 1 PM US EDT on Fox, with radio coverage on MRN Radio on terrestrial stations and Sirius Satellite Radio starting at 1:15 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 25], "content_span": [26, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Qualifying\nFurniture Row Racing's #78 car scored the pole thanks to \"Front Row\" Joe Nemechek, who edged Tony Stewart on the last run of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify: Dave Blaney (#22), John Andretti (#34), J.J. Yeley (#96).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Qualifying\nFor Yeley, this was the first race he missed as Hall of Fame Racing were outside the Top 35 Owner Points exemption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Race\nTony Stewart, in the #20 Toyota of Joe Gibbs Racing, led the first 20 laps before a spin by Matt Kenseth brought out the first caution. After pit stops, the lead would trade hands dozens of times between Stewart, his Gibbs teammate Denny Hamlin, Hendrick Motorsports driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and seven other racers for nearly 100 laps, before debris brought out the second caution on lap 118.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Race\nThe lead was again exchanged rapidly, with 16 lead changes in the 23 green-flag laps before Stewart spun in turn 1, without damage. Upon resumption of the race, Hamlin gained and held the lead before lap 161, when Paul Menard spun harmlessly in the tri-oval. A debris caution was declared just two laps after the restart, and Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman obtained the lead. Newman was passed by Kyle Busch on lap 173, as Kyle joined his Gibbs teammates as race leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Race\nOn lap 175, contact between Bobby Labonte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. while racing four-wide in Turn 2 resulted in a crash that collected both drivers, Stewart, Martin Truex, Jr., Kurt Busch, and Jamie McMurray. McMurray and Earnhardt remained on the lead lap with minimal damage; however, the vehicles of Truex, Stewart, and Busch were damaged beyond repair. Labonte was able to repair his #43 Petty Enterprises Dodge, but spun out in turn 4 shortly after the green flag was waved again, causing another caution with just six laps to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Race\nIn the four lap period between the two crashes involving Bobby Labonte, Michael Waltrip took the lead from Kyle Busch. Busch passed the #55 Toyota of the owner-driver on the final restart, and held off charges from Jeff Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Hamlin for the remainder of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Race\nOn the final lap, two separate incidents occurred before the leaders were able to reach the checkered flag. The #00 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota of Michael McDowell spun in the tri-oval coming to the white flag after contact with teammate David Reutimann and Roush-Fenway Racing driver Greg Biffle in the very back of the field; McDowell did not make contact with other vehicles or the wall, and continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Race\nEntering turn 1, contact between Earnhardt and McMurray resulted in the #26 Roush-Fenway Ford of McMurray, Ganassi driver David Stremme, and Hendrick teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon all sliding into the outside wall. Johnson's #48 Chevrolet came back down across the racetrack and collected pole-sitter Joe Nemechek, whose #78 Chevrolet blocked half of the track and cast tire smoke across the other half. Regan Smith, Kasey Kahne, Elliott Sadler, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, David Reutimann, Michael Waltrip, and A.J. Allmendinger were all unable to avoid the pile-up, and Stremme wound up slamming into the resulting mess as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Race\nWhen the caution was thrown, Kyle Busch was directly in front of Juan Pablo Montoya on the backstretch. Both drivers safely made it around to the finish line, and Busch was declared the winner for the second time in 2008. It was the third victory for Toyota in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series; their previous two wins had also been scored by Joe Gibbs Racing drivers in 2008. It also marked the first Cup race in which more than two Toyotas finished in the Top 5. It was Montoya's fourth career Top 5 finish in the Sprint Cup Series., and fourth-placed David Ragan scored his third career top-5 finish", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Notable Statistics\nFurniture Row Racing scored its first pole position, with \"Front Row Joe\" Nemechek piloting the #78 Chevrolet around the speedway in just 51.103 seconds, a full tenth of a second faster than runner-up Tony Stewart. The team would not earn another until 2013, when Kurt Busch would be the fastest qualifier at Darlington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Notable Statistics\nA.J. Allmendinger earned what was then a career-best qualifying position, 4th, in his return to the Red Bull Racing #84 Toyota. After Allmendinger failed to qualify for the first three races of the season, the team had replaced him with Mike Skinner. Allmendinger led one lap during the caution for Tony Stewart's spin, and was caught up in the crash on the final lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Notable Statistics\nOn the other end of qualifying speed, Bill Davis Racing driver Dave Blaney failed to qualify for the race, making it the only event of the 2008 season that he would not start in the #22 Toyota. It was the first of four DNQ's for Hall of Fame Racing's J.J. Yeley, which would contribute to his departure from the #96 team later in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Notable Statistics\nTravis Kvapil drove his #28 Yates Racing Ford to a career-best sixth-place finish, a result that he would match six years later at the same track, but never surpass. Veteran driver Kyle Petty finished 32nd, two laps down, in his 53rd and final start at Talladega. Former Daytona 500 winner Sterling Marlin drove the #09 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet that would go on to win the event the next year; Marlin's 22nd-place finish would be the best result of the remainder of his Cup Series career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Notable Statistics\nIt was the lone start of the year for David Stremme, who had been the full-time driver of the #40 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge in 2007. Reigning IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti had replaced him for the 2008 season, but the rookie driver suffered injuries in the previous day's Nationwide Series race, and Stremme was called upon to substitute. Before the last-lap crash that set him back to a 28th-place finish, Stremme led twice for one lap each, the final laps that Stremme would lead under green-flag conditions in the Cup Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195405-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Aaron's 499, Summary, Notable Statistics\nAnother substitute, Ken Schrader, drove the #70 Chevrolet for Haas CNC Racing. Jeremy Mayfield had started out the season behind the wheel of the #70, but had been fired from the team two weeks prior. Schrader's 3rd place starting position was the best qualifying result that the veteran driver achieved since Bristol in March, 2003, and would be the final top-5 starting position of his Cup career. A blown engine relegated him to 42nd-place, preceded only by Reed Sorenson, a fellow victim of engine failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195406-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel\nThe 2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 15th edition of the men's tournament (8th for the women) of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Acapulco, Mexico, from February 25 through March 2, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195406-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel\nThe men's singles featured ATP No. 8, Madrid and Paris Masters champion and Buenos Aires winner David Nalbandian, Costa do Sau\u00edpe runner-up and two-time Acapulco titlist Carlos Moy\u00e1, and recent Vi\u00f1a del Mar singles and doubles finalist Juan M\u00f3naco. Also present were 2007 Metz semifinalist Guillermo Ca\u00f1as, Buenos Aires semifinalist Juan Ignacio Chela, Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, Igor Andreev and Potito Starace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195406-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel\nThe women's field was led by Vi\u00f1a del Mar champion, three-time Acapulco finalist and 2005 titlist Flavia Pennetta, Dnipropetrovsk Satellite winner Aliz\u00e9 Cornet, and Vi\u00f1a del Mar finalist Kl\u00e1ra Zakopalov\u00e1. Also competing in the draw were Vi\u00f1a del Mar and Bogot\u00e1 quarterfinalist Martina M\u00fcller, Auckland and Bogot\u00e1 quarterfinalist Sara Errani, Yvonne Meusburger, Kaia Kanepi and Edina Gallovits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195406-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Finals, Men's Doubles\nOliver Marach /  Michal Merti\u0148\u00e1k defeated   Agust\u00edn Calleri /  Luis Horna, 6\u20132, 6\u20137(3\u20137), [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195406-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Finals, Women's Doubles\nNuria Llagostera Vives /  Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez defeated  Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 /  Petra Cetkovsk\u00e1, 6\u20132, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195407-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Men's Doubles\nPotito Starace and Mart\u00edn Vassallo Arg\u00fcello were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Starace partnered with Nicol\u00e1s Mass\u00fa, but lost in the semifinals to Oliver Marach and Michal Merti\u0148\u00e1k. Vassallo Arg\u00fcello partnered with Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s, but lost in the first round to \u00d3scar Hern\u00e1ndez and Sergio Roitman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195407-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Men's Doubles\nOliver Marach and Michal Merti\u0148\u00e1k won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20137(3\u20137), [10\u20137], against Agust\u00edn Calleri and Luis Horna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195408-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Men's Singles\nJuan Ignacio Chela was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Agust\u00edn Calleri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195408-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Men's Singles\nSixth-seeded Nicol\u00e1s Almagro won in the final 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20131), against David Nalbandian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195409-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Women's Doubles\nLourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino and Arantxa Parra Santonja were the defending champions, but were forced to withdraw due to a right foot injury for Dom\u00ednguez Lino, before their quarterfinals match against Nuria Llagostera Vives and Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195409-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Women's Doubles\nNuria Llagostera Vives and Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20134, against Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Petra Cetkovsk\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195410-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Women's Singles\n\u00c9milie Loit was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195410-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Women's Singles\nFlavia Pennetta won in the final 6\u20130, 4\u20136, 6\u20131, against Aliz\u00e9 Cornet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings\nIn June and July 2008 a series of bombings took place in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia, killing 4 and injuring 18 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, The bombings, June 18 Sukhumi railway bombings\nOn June 18, two bombs exploded within 5 minutes of each other on the railway tracks outside Sukhumi. No one was injured as a result, though the tracks sustained minor damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 70], "content_span": [71, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, The bombings, June 29 Gagra bombings\nOn June 29, two bombs exploded within 5 minutes of each other in the centre of Gagra, injuring 6. The first explosion happened close to Gagra's market, the second explosion took place near a supermarket. One 38-year-old woman received shrapnel wounds to her eye and had to be treated in a Sochi hospital. One other woman had to be taken to Gagra hospital with shrapnel wounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, The bombings, June 30 Sukhumi bombings\nOn June 30, two bombs exploded within 5 minutes of each other in the centre of Sukhumi, injuring 6. Both explosions happened close to Sukhumi's market. According to Abkhazian law enforcement officers, the explosive devices did not contain shrapnel-generating objects, suggesting that the aim of the explosions was terrorising the population. Four of the six injured had to be taken to the Sukhumi City Clinical Hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, The bombings, July 2 Inguri river border crossing bombing\nOn July 2, an unidentified vehicle passed the Georgian interior ministry post and approached Russian peacekeepers' post 301. At approximately 300 meter distance, an object was thrown out of the car which subsequently exploded. The vehicle then turned and drove back unhindered past the Georgian interior ministry post. No one was injured as a result of the explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 81], "content_span": [82, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, The bombings, July 6 Gali bombing\nOn July 6, at 10.58 pm, a bomb exploded in a cafe in Gali, killing 4 and injuring 6. The four people killed were Jansukh Muratia, acting chief of the Abkhazian security service's Gali department, Sukhran Gumba, employee of the border department of the Abkhazian security service, Anzor Lagvilava, interpreter of the UN Mission in Georgia in the Gali district and Iveta Toria, local resident. The six injured were taken to hospitals in Gali and Sukhumi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 57], "content_span": [58, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Aftermath\nIn response to the June 29 and 30 bombings, Abkhazia closed its border with Georgia on July 1. Residents of the Gali district who were in Georgia at that moment received three days to return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Abkhazia\nThe Abkhazian side accused Georgia of being behind all 7 bombings. It described the June 18 bombings as a terrorist attack against the Russian Railway Forces in Abkhazia, who had recently started repairing the Sukhumi-Ochamchire section of the Abkhazian railway, to the detriment of Georgia. The June 29 and 30 bombings were likewise described as terrorist attacks, perpetrated with the aim of destroying the tourism season in Abkhazia. According to Ruslan Kishmaria, special representative of Abkhazian president Sergei Bagapsh to the Gali district:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Abkhazia\n\u201cI believe the person who ordered these terrorist acts paid well for them and we should look for this person in the security services of Georgia. When Tbilisi pretends to be insulted that the Abkhaz should falsely accuse it, it\u2019s just a game.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Abkhazia\nIn response to the July 6 Gali bombing, Predident Bagapsh accused Georgia of having chosen the way of state terrorism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Georgia\nThe Georgian side has vehemently denied the Abkhazian accusations, with Defence Minister David Kezerashvili stating that they were \"not serious\". Officials in Tbilisi and Georgian media offered as alternative explanation that the bombings were the result of a power struggle among different criminal groups in Abkhazia. Georgian MP Nika Rurua, a deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee for defense and security, said that the blasts were aimed at \u201cterrorizing the local population\u201d in order to increase anti-Georgian sentiment in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Georgia\nOn July 7, the Georgian government released a statement in which it condemned the bombings and said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Georgia\n\u201cThose acts of violence are in the interests of forces hoping to prolong the presence of illegally deployed Russian military forces in Georgia; of forces resisting demilitarization and peace in the region and of those who want to derail Georgia\u2019s European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Russian peacekeepers\nIn reaction to the July 2 bombing near the Russian peacekeepers' post, Aleksander Diordiev, aide to the commander of the peacekeeping troops, accused the Georgian side, saying:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Russian peacekeepers\n\u201cThe actions of the Georgian secret services are of a provocative nature, which aim at destabilizing the situation in the southern part of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone and also at provoking the peacekeepers\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Independent observers\nIn response to the Gagra bombings, Tbilisi based political analyst Paata Zakareishvili stated that she thought it unlikely that they were the result of a struggle between criminal groups. According to Zakareishvili it is plausible that the bombings were aimed to disrupt the tourist season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Independent observers\n\"This aim was basically achieved. I think that the tourist season in Abkhazia has been wrecked. I don\u2019t subscribe to the theory that it was some kind of business feud. If one businessman blows up another\u2019s business, his own business also suffers, because the tourist season is the main source of revenue there.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Independent observers\nAt the same time, Zakareishvili considered the Abkhazian decision to close their border with Georgia unwise, because it would only serve to alienate the Gali district population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195411-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Abkhazia bombings, Reactions, Georgian call for an international police force\nIn its statement made on July 7 after the Gali bombing, the Georgian government renewed its call for an international police force in the Gali and Ochamchire districts. This call found support with the United States Department of State, but was immediately rejected by the Abkhazian side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 82], "content_span": [83, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195412-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Abruzzo regional election\nThe Abruzzo regional election of 2008 took place on 14\u201315 December 2008, due to the early resignation of President Ottaviano Del Turco, after his indictment for alleged corruption. The election was to take place on 30 November\u20131 December, but was postponed because of legal issues over the ammission of the list of For the Common Good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195412-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Abruzzo regional election\nThe candidate of The People of Freedom (PdL) was Giovanni Chiodi, a former mayor of Teramo. The PdL rejected any alliance with the Union of the Centre (UDC) and The Right in order to strengthen its goal of becoming a majority force free from the blackmails of small \"old politics\" parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195412-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Abruzzo regional election\nOn the centre-left, local and national leaders of Democratic Party (PD) tried to produce a joint candidate with Italy of Values (IdV) and UDC, but IdV said that an alliance with the PD was possible only if the PD would have supported their own candidate, Carlo Constantini. IdV was even tempted by running a solitary campaign: Abruzzo was in fact a stronghold for the party, whose leader Antonio Di Pietro came from neighbouring Molise. However, in late October, the PD agreed to support Costantini at the head of a large centre-left coalition, comprising also the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), the Party of Italian Communists (PdCI), the Federation of the Greens and the Socialist Party (PS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195412-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Abruzzo regional election\nThe PD tried to woo also the UDC in the centre-left coalition, but the UDC refused any alliance with populist IdV and decided to run its own candidate, Rodolfo De Laurentiis. Teodoro Buontempo was the candidate of The Right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195412-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Abruzzo regional election\nOn election day Gianni Chiodi defeated Carlo Costantini. The election was a major defeat for the PD, while IdV had a very good result, despite the poor showing of its candidate, who won fewer votes than its supporting parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid\nThe 2008 Abu Kamal raid was an attack carried out by helicopter-borne CIA paramilitary officers from Special Activities Division and United States Special Operations Command, Joint Special Operations Command inside Syrian territory on October 26, 2008. The Syrian government called the event a \"criminal and terrorist\" attack on its sovereignty, alleging all of the reported eight fatalities were civilians. An unnamed U.S. military source, however, alleges that the target was a network of foreign fighters who planned to travel through Syria to join the Iraqi insurgency against the United States-led Coalition in Iraq and the Iraqi government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Background\nThroughout the Iraq War, Syria had reportedly served as a conduit for foreign fighters intending to enter Iraq to fight the US, coalition, or Iraqi military and police forces. The Los Angeles Times reported that some US officials had complained that militants and their reinforcement and logistics networks have been able to operate openly in Syria and that the Syrian government had not made sufficient effort to stop it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Background\nThe New York Times however reported that the timing of the raid was startling partly because American officials have praised the Syrian government in recent months for its efforts to halt traffic across the border. In 2007, US General David H. Petraeus credited Syria in \"large part\" due to its \"robust interdiction efforts\" against the infiltrators, as well as Major Adam Boyd who stated in 2008 that Syria was being cooperative arresting fighters on their side of the border, however he also noted instances of local corruption in both Syrian and Iraqi border patrol units.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Background\nThe US alleged that the militants flew into Damascus and then, with the help of emplaced networks, travelled across the Syrian border into Iraq, mainly through the city of Ramadi. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied these claims, while he admitted some militants do come into Syria through Damascus International Airport without knowledge from Syrian authorities, he claimed that the majority of militants crossed into Syria from the borders of neighboring countries. Neither claims could be confirmed due to the limited information on what routes the foreign fighters took to get into Syria. According to the US military, the foreign militants were responsible for 80% to 90% of the suicide attacks in Iraq, mainly targeting Iraqi civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Background\nIn the summer of 2007, a US military raid on a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq house in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, near Syria, yielded documents containing information about alleged Syrian smuggling networks used to move foreign fighters into Iraq. The documents included al-Qaeda in Iraq records of more than 500 foreign fighters who had entered from Syria, according to the Combating Terrorism Center at the US Military Academy, where civilian analysts examined the documents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Background\nA July 2008 report on what the documents contained indicated that at least 95 Syrian \"coordinators\" were involved in facilitating the movement of the foreign fighters into Iraq. The report stated that many of the coordinators were from smuggling families in Bedouin clans and other Syrian tribes. The documents, however, do not show any signs of any Syrian government involvement in the facilitation of these fighters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Background\nSince the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, there had been a few reported incidents of the US military firing across the border at targets in Syria. Petraeus again stated in October 2008 that efforts by US and Iraqi forces, as well as by the Syrian government, had cut the number of militants crossing into Iraq from Syria from about 100 a month in early to mid-2007 to 20 a month. Petraeus, however, stated that more needed to be done to halt the flow of militants. In 2008, the US blamed violence in Mosul on foreign fighters from Syria. Although the 100 a month figure is cited by Petraeus in 2008, earlier accounts from John Negroponte, as well as Major Marty Weber, contradict this number. Both testified in early to mid-2007 that around 40-70 fighters were infiltrating into Iraq through Syria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 831]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid\nThe raid took place in Eastern Syria near Abu Kamal, which is near the Iraqi border city of Al-Qa'im. This area was regarded by the U.S. as the main crossing point into Iraq for fighters, money, and equipment in support of the Iraqi insurgency. At some point in time the Central Intelligence Agency confirmed the location of al-Qaeda coordinator Abu Ghadiya, accused of being responsible for much of the smuggling, and suggested the raid be undertaken. According to Cable News Network, US President George W. Bush likely approved the mission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid\nFour American Black Hawk helicopters (other sources say 2 Black Hawk helicopters, who were escorted by 2 AH-6 little bird helicopters) entered Syrian airspace around 16:45 local time on October 26 and deployed roughly two dozen soldiers, who attacked a building under construction in the village of As Sukkariyah, just north of Abu Kamal. Sky News reported that two of the four American helicopters landed, allowing 10 US Army Special Forces (other sources say they were Delta Force) soldiers to disembark and storm a building under construction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid\nThe Syrian government stated that the soldiers killed eight civilians, including a man, his four children, and a married couple. Journalists reported that the local people say that the victims of the raid were all innocent civilians. However, U.S. officials continued to claim that all those killed during the raid were associated with Abu Ghadiya, the operation's target. A villager from the area stated that at least two men were seized by the American forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid\nAn eyewitness told the BBC that two of the dead\u00a0\u2014 the married couple\u00a0\u2014 were \"very simple people\" who \"lived in a tent and were being paid to guard building materials such as cement and timber, 24 hours a day. These people will have had nothing to do with the insurgency in Iraq.\" Syria's official news agency gave the names of the dead as Dahud Mohammed al-Abdullah, his four sons, and Ahmed Khalifeh Ali Abbas al-Hassan and his wife. The US disputed the Syrians' statement of civilian casualties, claiming that all of the people killed in the assault were militants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid, Target\nThe target of the raid was said to be a \"foreign fighter logistics network\". A U.S. source told CBS News that \"the leader of the foreign fighters, an al-Qaeda officer, was the target of Sunday's cross-border raid.\" He said the attack was successful but did not say whether or not the al-Qaeda officer was killed. Fox News later reported that Abu Ghadiya, \"Al Qaeda's senior coordinator operating in Syria\", was killed in the attack and The New York Times reported that during the raid the US troops involved killed several armed males who \"posed a threat.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid, Target\nVery little is known about Abu Ghadiya, the United States Department of the Treasury claimed that he was a Sunni Iraqi born between 1977 and 1979 in Mosul, whose actual name was Badran Turki Hishan al Mazidih. However, other reports claimed that Abu Ghadiya was born in Damascus in 1976 and his real name was Sulayman Khalid Darwish. He graduated from the Damascus University Dentistry School sometime during the 1990s, until he later went to Afghanistan and joined al-Qaeda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid, Target\nBoth reports accuse him of working for Iraqi al-Qaeda leader Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi and the US claimed he later started working for Abu Ayyub Al-Masri after Zarqawi's death. The US had reportedly known about Abu Ghadiya for \"months or years\" and had been pressing the Syrian government to hand over, capture, or kill him. According to The New York Times, Abu Ghadiya was either killed near his tent or died after being taken by the American troops; his body was flown out of Syria. American officials have stated that Ghadiya was killed in the raid along with several other members of his cell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid, Target\nThe Syrian government disputed American claims, stating that these were \"lies from the United States\" and that the American troops had violated international law and Syrian sovereignty. A 2009 investigation by Vanity Fair that interviewed Syrian eyewitnesses, including a man shot during the raid, cast doubt on the Ghadiya assertion. Former Clinton administration official Robert Malley, who met with State Department officials at the time, was quoted in the article affirming that Ghadiya was killed in the raid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid, Target\nHowever, an al-Qaeda in Iraq obituary released in August 2006 says that Abu Ghadiya was killed by the Saudi-Iraqi border sometime in November 2004. Furthermore, former CIA officer Robert Baer was highly skeptical, saying, \"If they brought back an al-Qaeda body, why don't they have something? There's no conceivable way they would have killed him and not shown it\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid, Syrian permission given pre-attack\nOn October 28, Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman reported that Syrian intelligence had cooperated with the US against al-Qaeda, and that Syria had told the US that it would not intervene in a US strike. Several days later, The Times also reported that the Syrians had agreed to the raid through a backchannel established with the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 65], "content_span": [66, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid, Syrian permission given pre-attack\nAccording to the report, after the Syrians gave the U.S. information pertaining to the location of Abu Ghadiya, they agreed to allow the U.S. to apprehend him and take him to Iraq; as such, when Syrian air defenses, on high alert since the Israeli-led Operation Orchard, detected the American helicopters and requested permission to engage them, it was denied. One tribal leader told the paper that an hour and a half after the attack, Syrian intelligence officers came to the area, warning the villagers that if they spoke about what had just occurred, their family members would die. He also claimed that a rocket-propelled grenade had been launched from the compound by one of the militants at the American helicopter. However, Akram Hamid, a survivor of the raid, said that \"No one was shooting at the soldiers.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 65], "content_span": [66, 882]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid, US government position\nThe Syrian Government called the raid \"terrorist aggression\" and a violation of their sovereignty. The Americans defended the action as self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter, citing their belief that Syria was responsible for providing \"sanctuary to terrorists\". The same reason was used for U.S. raids into Pakistan a few months before as part of the War on Terror. Turkey had also used this argument for its raids against PKK rebels in northern Iraq, while Colombia used this defence for cross-border attacks against FARC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, The raid, US government position\nThe US position, as presented to the UN General Assembly a month before the incident by President George W. Bush, was that sovereign states have \"an obligation to govern responsibly, and solve problems before they spill across borders. We have an obligation to prevent our territory from being used as a sanctuary for terrorism and proliferation and human trafficking and organized crime.\" Anthony Cordesman, an analyst at the US Center for Strategic and International Studies, said about the raid that, \"When you are dealing with states that do not maintain their sovereignty and become a de facto sanctuary, the only way you have to deal with them is this kind of operation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, Syria and Iraq\n[in response to U.S. claims that the raid was conducted to strike at an Al Qaeda operative]\"This is lies from the United States\u00a0... Killing civilians in international law means terrorist aggression. We consider this criminal and terrorist aggression.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, Syria and Iraq\nSyria summoned the U.S. and Iraqi charg\u00e9s d'affaires to Damascus to protest the unauthorized raid. Sergeant Brooke Murphy, an American military spokesman in Baghdad, said that commanders were investigating. According to the Associated Press, an anonymous U.S. official said that a raid had taken place, and had aimed to target members of a foreign fighter logistics network that reached from Syria into Iraq. In other media, Syria characterized the attack as \"terrorist aggression\". Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem went ahead with a meeting with UK Foreign Minister David Miliband the day after the raid, but their joint news conference was canceled. On October 28 Syria closed an American school called the Damascus Community School in Damascus and a US cultural center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 824]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, Syria and Iraq\nIraq was in an awkward position because it wanted to remain friendly with Syria, but also wanted to prevent people believed to be creating unrest in Iraq from entering through Syria. Iraq's official spokesperson officially denounced the attack, stating, \"The Iraqi government rejects U.S. aircraft bombarding posts inside Syria.\" However, an Iraqi Government spokesman stated Syria had in the past refused to hand over fighters who were accused of killing 13 Iraqi border guards. He also stated that the proposed agreement for US forces to stay in Iraq after the UN mandate ended \"will limit this type of operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, Syria and Iraq\nIt will limit the United States from using Iraqi land to attack others.\" Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said about the raid, \"This area was a staging ground for activities by terrorist organizations hostile to Iraq.\" al-Dabbagh added that Iraq had previously requested that Syria turn over members of the insurgent group that used Syria as its base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, Syria and Iraq\nIraqi government officials in Mosul and the surrounding governorate of Ninevah strongly supported the raid and encouraged the US and Iraqi central governments to do even more to stop the flow of insurgents from Syria into Iraq. Said Khosro Goran, the vice-governor of Ninevah, \"We have an open border with Syria and our neighbors are actively encouraging the terrorists.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, International reactions\nRussia condemned the attack and refused \"the use of force against independent sovereign states under the disguise of combating terrorism.\" A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson stated, \"We oppose any deed that harms other countries' sovereignty and territorial integrity.\" India expressed disapproval of the raid, stating that actions resulting in the deaths of civilians are counterproductive. France expressed serious concern over the loss of Syrian civilian lives and called for restraint and respect for the territorial integrity of states. Spain's foreign minister called for an end to such dangerous events and expressed condolences to Syria for the deaths of civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, International reactions\nNorth Korea condemned the raid, stating \"The military attack is an unpardonable, inhuman criminal act\u00a0... and state terrorism committed under the pretext of the anti-terrorism war\"  The government of Venezuela also condemned the raid, calling it a barbaric act, and President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez characterized the raid as illegal aggression. Vietnam opposed the US unilateral military attack and said that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations must always be absolutely respected. Cubaexpressed vigorous condemnation for the raid, characterizing it as a criminal action and a violation of international law. The Indian Foreign Ministry said that \"The scourge of terrorism affects many nations across the world. While this must elicit decisive responses, when such actions result in the death of innocent civilians, they defeat the very objective of the intervention.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 930]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, International reactions\nThe Arab League denounced the raid and voiced its support to Syria to protect its sovereignty and people. AL Secretary General Amr Moussa underlined the League's support for Syria's right to defend its land and people and called for an investigation in the incident to hold those responsible into account. The Foreign Ministry of Qatar said that the raid contravened \"the principles of international law and charters\", and expressed its condolences for those killed and injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, International reactions\nIran condemned the raid, stating that \"We actually condemn any attack which violates national sovereignty of countries and leads to the killing of innocent people. Such invasions are unacceptable.\" Facing increased internal pressure the Iraqi government unexpectedly criticized the expedition into the border village. A spokesman for the Iraqi, Ali al-Dabbagh, said: \"The Iraqi government rejects US aircraft bombarding posts inside Syria. The constitution does not allow Iraq to be used as a staging ground to attack neighbouring countries.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, International reactions, Increased animosity\nThe Syrian government reacted by warning of retaliation if the US stages any more cross-border strikes, while also demanding respect of its sovereignty. The Syrian foreign minister accused the US of conducting a planned act of \"criminal and terrorist aggression\" in broad daylight with \"blunt determination\". Walid Muallem said, \"We would defend our territories. All of them [were] civilian, unarmed, and they [were] on Syrian territory.\" The Syrians also summoned the US and Iraqi ambassadors to protest against the raid, according to the Syrian Sana news agency. Though the US did not officially respond to the accusations, sources were quoted saying a smuggling ring taking foreign fighters into Iraq was the target.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 76], "content_span": [77, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, International reactions, Increased animosity\nThe Syrian government also ordered the closure of an American school and the American Cultural Center in Damascus. And a public spokesman for the US embassy in Damascus said on Wednesday that the Embassy may close to the public for an unspecified period of time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 76], "content_span": [77, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, International reactions, Increased animosity\nOn October 30, 2008, thousands of Syrians in Damascus protested against the raid. They waved national flags and banners reading \"No to U.S. aggression on the Syrian territory\" and \"The American aggression will not succeed\". The New York Times reported that the rally appeared to be organized and staged by the Syrian government. According to the Middle East Times, Syria publicly expressed anger to conceal its own involvement in the raid. Neither report could be verified independently.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 76], "content_span": [77, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195413-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Abu Kamal raid, Aftermath, Other reactions\nA number of politicians in the United States have condemned the raid. Representative Dennis Kucinich protested the raid, stating, \"Saber rattling and attacks upon sovereign nations who did not attack us are unacceptable.\" Representative Nick Rahall was quoted in 2009 as saying that \"[Syrian civilians] lost their lives in an unfortunate attempt by the previous administration to once again mislead, bully, and isolate a regime\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195415-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Achamkhara incident\nThe 2008 Achamkhara incident refers to the armed confrontation, that took place on July 9, 2008, on the flanks of Mount Achamkhara in the internationally unrecognised Republic of Abkhazia, between Abkhazian and Georgian troops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195415-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Achamkhara incident, Background\nAt the time of the incident, Mount Achamkhara was located near the de facto border between the self-declared Republic of Abkhazia and the formerly Georgian-controlled Kodori Gorge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195415-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Achamkhara incident, The incident\nThe claims of both sides are different, with conflicting versions of the events and there isn't any independent confirmation, on what took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195415-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Achamkhara incident, The incident, The Abkhazian view\nAbkhazia claims, that at 9:25 a.m., its security post on Mount Achamkhara was raided by around 10 Georgian attackers, using automatic weapons and grenade launchers. Two of its reservists were injured and had to be hospitalised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195415-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Achamkhara incident, The incident, The Georgian view\nGeorgia claims, that its policemen were attacked by Abkhazian troops, while they were securing the Achamkhara heights in anticipation of a UNOMIG visit to the Kvabchara Valley. It further claims, that 3 of its police officers were injured and they in turn had killed 4 Abkhazian assailants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195415-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Achamkhara incident, UNOMIG investigation\nBoth sides appealed to the UNOMIG, with the wish to investigate the incident, which was started on June 10. It hasn't revealed anything yet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195416-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships\nThe 21st Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland from 10\u201312 October 2008, at the Kelvin Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195417-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament\nThe Acropolis International Tournament 2008 was a basketball tournament held in OAKA Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, from July 7 until July 9, 2008. This was the 22nd edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament. The four participating teams were Greece, Croatia, Brazil and Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195418-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Acropolis Rally\nThe 2008 Acropolis Rally of Greece was the seventh round of the 2008 World Rally Championship. It took place between May 29-June 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195419-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Adamawa State gubernatorial by-election\nThe 2008 Adamawa State gubernatorial by-election occurred on April 26 2008. Incumbent PDP Governor Murtala Nyako won re-election in the supplementary election, defeating ACN candidate to emerge winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195419-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Adamawa State gubernatorial by-election\nMurtala Nyako emerged winner in the PDP gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Bala James Ngilari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195419-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Adamawa State gubernatorial by-election, Electoral system\nThe Governor of Adamawa State is elected using the plurality voting system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195419-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Adamawa State gubernatorial by-election, Results\nThere were 12 parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the re-run election. The two main contenders were PDP Governor Murtala Nyako, who won the contest, and ACN's Markus Gundiri, who follows closely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season\nThe 2008 AFL season was the Adelaide Football Club's 18th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Playing list changes\nIn: Tony Armstrong (draft pick 58), Myke Cook (draft pick 38), Patrick Dangerfield (draft pick 10), Jarrhan Jacky (draft pick 30), Aaron Kite (draft pick 71), Brad Moran (traded from Kangaroos for draft pick 37), Andy Otten (draft pick 27), Brad Symes (traded from Port Adelaide for draft pick 28), Taylor Walker (draft pick 75)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Playing list changes\nRookie: Ed Curnow (rookie draft pick 40), Brodie Martin (rookie draft pick 52), James Moss (rookie draft pick 9), Jared Petrenko (rookie draft pick 25)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Playing list changes\nOut: Rhys Archard, Matthew Bode, John Hinge, Ben Hudson (traded to Western Bulldogs), Andrew McIntyre, Martin Mattner (traded to Sydney for draft pick 28), John Meesen traded to Melbourne for draft pick 37), Ian Perrie, Darren Pfeiffer, Mark Ricciuto (retired), Jason Torney, James Turner, Scott Welsh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, NAB Cup\nThe 2008 NAB Cup provided much hope for Adelaide fans stemming from their team's progression to the Grand Final. Adelaide was initially able to beat the more fancied Collingwood in Dubai, before accounting for Fremantle and Hawthorn (both at home). Adelaide had kicked more Supergoals than their to-be opposition St Kilda and so was given the privilege of hosting the NAB Cup Grand Final. It was the 2nd time in three years, and 5th time overall, that the Crows had reached the pre-season cup final. However they were unable to defeat St Kilda, losing by five points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, NAB Cup\nThe match was heavily criticised by some in the Victorian media for having the lowest crowd attendance for a pre-season grand final in history. In particular the members of the Adelaide Football Club were criticised for not attending their team's home final; though most media outlets spreading this criticism neglected to take into account the extreme heat (with very low humidity) which at night wouldn't have been too much of a problem because of the sun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, NAB Cup\nDespite their narrow loss, fans saw glimpses of the future for the club. The rejuvenated midfield, replacing ageing champions such as Tyson Edwards and Simon Goodwin and freeing them to move into the forward line. A new forward line thus emerged, featuring young key position forwards James Sellar and Kurt Tippett \u2013 both tipped to lead Adelaide's attack in the new era \u2013 along with the addition of veterans Andrew McLeod, Simon Goodwin and Tyson Edwards to provide experience and quality in what had long been Adelaide's Achilles' heel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\n(Note: in the table above, green rows are wins, red rows are losses. In the Score column Adelaide scores are always shown first.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nThe season got off to an anticlimactic start in a high scoring shootout at the Telstra Dome as the Crows went down to the Western Bulldogs (126\u2013123) when Nathan Bock missed a set shot on goal just as the siren sounded, which would have won the match. The club surprised all those who doubted them by thrashing finals hopefuls West Coast in a stunning round 2 display at home, winning by 76 points (133\u201357).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nRound 3 saw the return of the Rivalry Round, and possibly the most anticipated Showdown in history, against a Port Adelaide side which had lost the first 2 rounds of the season: firstly against the reigning champs Geelong at AAMI Stadium, and then in a match that they were predominantly tipped to win against the Swans at the SCG. With the Crows having won 6 of their last 7 Showdowns, a win in Showdown XXIV would square the ledger with 12 Showdown victories each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nThe clash was probably one of the most M rated Showdowns in history, even more so than the one near the end of season 2006 which saw Trent Hentschell go down with a serious knee injury and out for the entire 2007 season. The Crows managed to attain a 16-point lead late in the match, before Port made one last scoring surge. However, the Crows held firm, and managed to hold the victory by 6 points (85\u201379) as the home crowd of over 45,000 went into a frenzy after the final siren had sounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nThe following week, round 4, Adelaide had a bad day and struggled in a 44-point loss to Hawthorn in Launceston (114\u201370). They bounced back to win four straight games, with the help of three of those games being played at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nRound 5 saw a 17-point win over Fremantle at home (88\u201371), round 6 a 30-point win over Carlton at the MCG (111\u201381), round 7 a 33-point win over North Melbourne at home (107\u201374), and round 8 a 76-point thrashing of Melbourne at home (150\u201374).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nIn the Round 8 victory against Melbourne at AAMI stadium, Brett Burton took one of the greatest marks in Crows history at the Northern end of the ground in the final quarter where he climbed the shoulders of an opponent and grabbed the ball into his chest before falling hard to the ground. After the win against Melbourne, Adelaide stood 5\u20130 at home for the first time ever in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nThe Crows looked to continue their winning streak against a struggling, but hard to beat West Coast Eagles in a tough trip to Subiaco Oval in Round 9. However, inaccurate kicking cost the Crows dearly and they never managed to get back into the game after a slow start. With a tendency that continues to bewilder fans, the Crows again managed to find a way to lose the 'unlosable' game, in their red uniforms, eventually going down by 50 points to the team they destroyed by 76 points just 7 rounds previously (97\u201347).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nIn round ten of the 2008 season the Adelaide Crows overcame the Essendon Bombers in a close and hard fought match, finally coming out winners by five points: 74 \u2013 69. Poor goal kicking accuracy was the main reason for the game being so close, with the main culprits being Brett Burton, Simon Goodwin and Jason Porplyzia. Scott Thompson was one of Adelaide's key players getting 33 possessions in the midfield and providing a lot of drive going forward. Burton was reported for a head-high bump to Essendon's Henry Slattery and was subsequently offered, and accepted, a two-match ban by the AFL's match-review committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nRound eleven saw the Crows return to the MCG to face the under-performing Richmond in their red clash jumper yet again. Continuing a worrying trend in matches away from home, Adelaide started slowly and were fortunate to only trail by 14 points at half-time. After the long-break, however, the Crows woke from their slumbering style and proceeded to kick 15 goals to 5 in the second half, to run out easy winners by 50 points (146\u201396). Bernie Vince had 30 disposals, Scott Thompson kicked 6 goals, and Ivan Maric stepped up to dominate the ruck against the more experienced Simmonds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nAt the halfway point in the season, Adelaide had an 8\u20133 record with a percentage of 120.90, and sat two points clear of Sydney in fourth spot on the premiership ladder. Home record: played 6, won 6; away record: played 5, won 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nRound 12 saw Adelaide lose to Hawthorn by 4 points and it could be hard to argue that it could be their most agonizing defeat of the season (76\u201372). The team started well, scoring two goals with 23 disposals before Hawthorn had a confirmed stat. But the Hawks came back and the game was tight throughout, with Adelaide leading by 1 point at quarter-time, and increasing that lead by one for each of the next two quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nThe last quarter was again a close affair until the tough and calm Luke Hodge of Hawthorn snapped a goal with only a few minutes left on the clock to put the Hawks in front. From there Hawthorn closed down the game and held on by four points. It was Hawthorn's third away win against Adelaide, but their first since that infamous 97-point thrashing in Round 9, 1994. Adelaide dropped to fifth on the premiership ladder after the loss, and it may be seen in the weeks ahead as a devastating blow to their top 4 hopes, despite their 8\u20134 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nAdelaide slipped to 8\u20135 after losing to Brisbane at the Gabba by 13 points (83\u201370) in round 13. Although leading by 12 points at half-time, and 2 at three-quarter time, Adelaide were outrun by Brisbane in the last term. The Crows couldn't get their forward structure working properly even with the return of Burton from suspension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nIn the second weekend of the split round 14, Adelaide were visited by Geelong and promptly defeated by 68 points (124\u201356). Adelaide were never in the contest, scoring only one point in the first quarter. The Crows slipped to 6th on the premiership ladder after the loss with a percentage of only 109.09.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nIn round 15, Adelaide travelled to Melbourne to face Collingwood at the MCG. The Crows led by as much as 22 points midway through the second term but faded after half-time to lose by 32 (106\u201374). This was the first time the team had lost four games in a row under Neil Craig. Added to the loss were injuries to Burton (knee) and Porplyzia (shoulder), the former of which would end his season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nIn front of the smallest crowd in Showdown history, Adelaide lost the second game of 2008 against Port Adelaide by 12 points in round 16, (92\u201380). A lack of a settled forward line and Port's commitment led to a stifled Crows outfit. Adelaide slipped out of the eight after this loss, their fifth in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nAdelaide faced Sydney at the SCG in round 17 as underdogs, even though they had a dominant record over the Swans since 2002. Sydney couldn't get anything moving and Adelaide were inspired by the sudden return of Porplyzia, who kicked five goals, with a 23-point win (77\u201353). Adelaide have now won 9 of the past 10 games against Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nDominant second and third quarters, during which they kicked 11 goals to 5, helped Adelaide to a tight 8-point win (94\u201386) over Carlton at AAMI Stadium in their round 18 clash. Brad Moran popped up with four goals at full-forward, a move that was forced by a heavy knock to Jason Porplyzia in the second term, which would redislocate his shoulder as well as causing potentially season-ending brain bruising. At the end of the round, the Crows sat in sixth place with a 10\u20138 win/loss ratio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nIn an easy game against Richmond in Round 19 (a win of 63 points, 108\u201345), Andrew McLeod celebrated his 300th game playing AFL football with a superb display off the half-back line. The AAMI stadium surface was wet and slippery after heavy rain during the morning of the game which made for difficult conditions. Adelaide handled the ball far better than the Tigers, kicking 7.2 to 0.1 in the second term to lead by an even 9 goals at half-time. After that, the Crows were never threatened and held on to sixth spot on the AFL ladder, four points clear of Collingwood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nAdelaide then travelled to the Telstra Dome for a potentially tricky game against in-form Essendon in Round 20. After the game was a low-scoring slog for the first quarter and a half, the Crows broke away with ten goals to one either side of half time to lead by 56 points late in the third quarter and eventually won by the same margin (129\u201373). Key forward Nick Gill finally delivered on much promise, booting five goals including three in the last quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nControversial draftee Patrick Dangerfield played his debut and showed potential despite being unspectacular, kicking a goal on the half-time siren. The win guaranteed the Crows a place in the finals, and also put them in the top four pending the result of North Melbourne's clash with Carlton. After a win by North, Adelaide sat in fifth position with 48 points and a percentage of 113.01. Of interest is the fact that this was the first time Adelaide had defeated Essendon in Melbourne, after 11 attempts spread over the 17 years since they entered the AFL competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nA return to the Telstra Dome in Round 21 saw the Crows tackle St Kilda and play probably their worst game of the year so far. St Kilda had the incentive of the game being Robert Harvey's final home game, as well as the added bonus of cementing their place in the final eight with a win. But Harvey started on the bench and Adelaide led 3.3 to 0.1 before St Kilda got into their stride late in the first quarter. After quarter-time Adelaide only kicked a further 3 goals to St Kilda's 12 to lose comprehensively (95\u201347). The loss meant Adelaide slipped to sixth on the ladder with a percentage of 109.60. To add to Adelaide's woes, Chris Knights was reported for making forceful front-on contact which he got off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, Home and away season\nAdelaide knocked off the Western Bulldogs by 9 points (76\u201367) in wet conditions at AAMI Stadium. It was their 5th win in 6 games. The win moved Adelaide into 4th spot but St Kilda's big win over Essendon the next day dropped Adelaide down to 5th spot and into a very difficult home final vs Collingwood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195420-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Football Club season, 2008 finals\nThe 5th spot finish proved costly as the Crows were unable to take advantage of their poor home record vs Collingwood and were defeated in the first week finals by 31 points in front of their smallest home crowd of the season of just over 37,000 (with plenty of Collingwood in the crowd), despite perfect mid 20s weather on a Saturday afternoon. Scott Stevens was brilliant and kicked 6 goals as Adelaide trailed for most of the game but threatened Collingwood with a final quarter comeback. But Collingwood pulled away with unselfish team play as Adelaide collapsed. Late in the game Scott Thompson kicked a goal out on the full drawing huge cheers from the Collingwood faithful. Nathan Bassett played his last game in the AFL and came out onto the ground after the game to have a kick with the fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 849]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195421-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Sevens\nThe 2008 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2008, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2007\u201308 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held on the weekend of 5 and 6 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195421-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Sevens\nSouth Africa halted New Zealand's winning streak, defeating them 15\u20137 in the Cup final. The Cook Islands provided the biggest upset of the competition by finishing 2nd in their group, thus qualifying to the Cup competition; they would parachute into the Plate competition after a 48\u20130 drubbing by Samoa in the Cup quarterfinals. Ultimately, Tonga won the Plate, defeating Kenya 14\u201312. Argentina won the Bowl and Wales won the Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195421-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Sevens, Format\nThe teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195421-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Sevens, Pool stage\nPlay on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195421-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Adelaide Sevens, Knockout\nPlay on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195422-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Adur District Council election\nElections to Adur District Council in West Sussex, England were held on 1 May 2008. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195422-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Adur District Council election\nFour extra seats were up for election due to councillors stepping down. No seats changed parties in the election with the Conservative party remaining the dominant party on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195423-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships\n10th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Ulm, Germany from April 25 to April 27, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195424-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Afghanistan National Unity Cup\nAfghanistan National Unity Cup (Persian: \u062c\u0627\u0645 \u0648\u062d\u062f\u062a \u0645\u0644\u06cc \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646\u200e) is a football tournament that was hosted by the city of Herat in 2008. The tournament involved eight teams from across Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195424-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Afghanistan National Unity Cup, Matches, Group stage, Group A\nThe four teams in this group were Ansari Herat F.C. and Abumoslem Herat F.C. from Herat, Mazarsharif XI from Mazar-i-Sharif and Nimruz XI from Nimruz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195424-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Afghanistan National Unity Cup, Matches, Group stage, Group B\nThe four teams in this group were Esteghlal Herat F.C. and Eteffaq Herat F.C. from Herat, Jalalabad XI from Jalalabad and Kabul Bank F.C. from Kabul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195425-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Afghanistan blizzard\nAfghanistan Blizzard was a fierce blizzard that struck Afghanistan on the 10th of January 2008. Temperatures fell to a low of -30 C, with up to 180 centimetres of snow in the more mountainous regions, killing at least 926 people. It was the third deadliest blizzard in history. Aid organizations and foreign troops distributed several tons of clothing, blankets, food and fuel in provinces throughout the country and in remote, mountainous villages. The hospitals performed frostbite amputations on at least 100 people across the country, as many walked barefoot in the freezing cold mud and snow. The weather also claimed more than 100,000 sheep and goats, and nearly 315,000 cattle died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations\nThe 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the MTN Africa Cup of Nations due to the competition's sponsorship by MTN, was the 26th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football tournament for nations affiliated to the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was staged at four venues around Ghana between 20 January and 10 February 2008. This was the last Africa Cup of Nations to use the old CAF logo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations\nEgypt won the tournament, beating Cameroon 1\u20130 in the final. As winners, they qualified for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup as African representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection\nThe organization of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded to Ghana on 8 July 2004 by the CAF Executive Committee members which are 12 in Cairo, Egypt. Voters had a choice between Ghana and Libya which was disadvantaged by the fact that two countries in the North Africa region had already hosted the last two editions (Tunisia in 2004, and Egypt in 2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection\nSouth Africa, also was a candidate at the start, eventually withdrew in May 2004 after being nominated for the organization of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Host selection\nThis is the fourth time that Ghana has hosted the African Cup after 1963, 1978 and 2000 (jointly with Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Qualification\nThe entrants were divided into 12 groups. All group winners and the best three runners-up from groups with four teams (groups 2-11) qualified for the finals. Host Ghana qualified automatically. Qualifying took place between 2 September 2006 and 13 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Match officials\n16 referees and 16 assistant referees were selected for the tournament, including two from Japan and one from South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Seeding and grouping procedure\nThe draw for the tournament took place on 19 October 2007. The sixteen teams were divided into four pots according to their performances in past Cup of Nations tournaments. Ghana, as host, were automatically seeded as the top team in Group A. Egypt, the defending champions, were seeded as the top team in Group C. Each group consists of four teams, one drawn from each of the pots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Tournament ball\nDuring the previous editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, the ball used was not a ball especially made for the tournament. As the tournament was held on even years, the same years big tournaments such as the UEFA European Cup of Nations or the FIFA World Cup were held, the official ball for the tournament held this year was used for the African Cup of Nations: the Adidas Roteiro in 2004, or the Adidas Teamgeist in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Tournament ball\nHowever, for the 2008 tournament, Adidas made a special ball, clearly different from the Adidas Europass going to be used five months later for the Euro. The ball was named Wawa Aba and was designed to include host nation Ghana's red, yellow and green. The ball was later used for the other African competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Tournament ball\nFor the Akan culture originating from Western Africa, one of the Adinkra symbols named Wawa Aba is a symbol of hardiness, toughness, and perseverance. People there particularly believe in the strength and team spirit of a community. The Wawa Aba literally means \"seed(s) of Wawa tree (Triplochiton scleroxylon)\u201d, one of the strongest and most processible woods of Africa and whose seeds are very hard. For the population, the Wawa Aba mainly has mystical significance. These are people who don't let failure discourage them, who seize all opportunities successfully and who are thus just as strong and adaptable as the Wawa Aba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Group stage, Tie-breaking criteria\nWhere two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Awards, Best XI\nThe following players were selected as the best in their respective positions, based on their performances throughout the tournament. Their performances were analysed by the tournament's Technical Study Group (TSG), who picked the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195426-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Awards, Best XI\nSulley Muntari  Yaya Tour\u00e9  Alex Song  Hosny Abd Rabo  Mohamed Aboutrika", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195427-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final\nThe 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 10 February 2008 at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, to determine the winner of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195427-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final\nEgypt won the title for the sixth time by beating Cameroon 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195428-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification\nThis page details the process of qualifying for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195428-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Qualifying round\nThe 47 nations were divided into 11 groups of four teams and 1 group of 3 teams, with the 12 group winners and the best 3 runners-up from groups with four teams (originally groups 1\u201311, now groups 2\u201311 after the withdrawal of Djibouti from group 1) qualifying for the finals. Qualifying took place between 2 September 2006 and 13 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195428-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Qualifying round, Group 1\nOn 17 August 2006, the Djiboutian Football Federation announced that a Djibouti nationale team was withdrawing from the qualifying tournament, without giving a reason. All Djibouti matches were therefore cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195428-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Qualifying round, Group 11\nZambia finished as group winner by winning the head-to-head against South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195428-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Qualifying round, Best runners-up (groups 2-11)\nThe best 3 runners-up from groups with four teams (groups 2-11) would qualify for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 89], "content_span": [90, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195429-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Africa Cup of Nations squads\nThis article lists the official squad lists for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, held in Ghana in January and February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195430-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Championships in Athletics\nThe 16th African Championships in Athletics was held in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, from April 30 to May 4, 2008. The competition venue was the Addis Ababa Stadium. It is the largest Athletics event held in Ethiopia to date. It was the first time in its then 29-year history the African Championships in Athletics were held in Eastern Africa, despite the region's well-documented success in long-distance running.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195430-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 African Championships in Athletics\nIn the men's 100\u00a0m, Nigerians Olusoji Fasuba and Uchenna Emedolu repeated the places from the 2006 edition. On April 30, there was a 35-minute delay to the men's 10,000 metres due to weather, but the Ethiopians dominated the podium and the race, with the missed absence of world champion Kenenisa Bekele.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195431-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres\nThe men's 10,000 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on April 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195432-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres\nThe men's 100 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on April 30\u2013May 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195432-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 171]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195459-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 74], "section_span": [74, 74], "content_span": [75, 210]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195464-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres\nThe women's 5000 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195465-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres\nThe women's 800 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 3\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 184]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195468-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon\nThe women's heptathlon event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 184]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195474-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump\nThe men's triple jump event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195475-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Fencing Championships\nThe 2008 African Fencing Championships were held in Casablanca, Morocco from 26 to 28 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195476-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Futsal Championship\nThe 2008 African Futsal Championship took place in Tripoli, Libya from 21 March to 30 March 2008. The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 225]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195477-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Handball Champions League\nThe 2008 African Handball Champions League was the 30th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from November 27 to December 6 2008, at the Complexe sportif Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco, contested by 13 teams and won by Groupement Sportif des P\u00e9troliers of Algeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195477-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 African Handball Champions League, Draw\nFAP Yaound\u00e9 HC H\u00e9ritage Niger United Primeiro de Agosto Talae El Djeich", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195478-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Judo Championships\nThe 2008 African Judo Championships were the 29th edition of the African Judo Championships, and were held in Agadir, Morocco in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195479-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Men's Handball Championship\nThe 2008 African Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Angola, from 8 to 17 January 2008. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championship in Croatia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195479-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 African Men's Handball Championship\nEgypt win their fifth title beating Tunisia in the final game 27\u201325.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195480-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Rally Championship\nThe 2008 African Rally Championship season (ARC) was an international rally championship organized by the FIA. The champion was Japan driver Hideaki Miyoshi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195481-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Swimming Championships\nThe 9th African Swimming Championships were held at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa from December 1\u20137, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195481-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 African Swimming Championships, Participants\nSwimmers from 18 countries competed at the 2008 African Swimming Championships:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195482-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African U-17 Women's Championship\nThe 2008 African U-17 Women's Championship was the first edition of the African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women that served as the African qualifying tournament to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The winners of the tournament Nigeria and the runners-up Ghana have qualified to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195482-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 African U-17 Women's Championship, Preliminary round\nOf six match pairings, only two were actually played out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195482-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 African U-17 Women's Championship, Second round\nIn the second round a double-round robin was played. After that the top two teams, Nigeria and Ghana, qualified to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195483-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament\nThe 2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-20 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195483-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament\nThe top two teams of the tournament DR Congo and Nigeria qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile as the CAF representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195483-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, First round\nThe First Round matches were played from 4 to 20 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 70], "content_span": [71, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195483-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Second round\nThe Second Round was played from 30 May to 18 June 2008. The winners of both two-legged ties have qualified directly to the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 71], "content_span": [72, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195483-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup\nThe following two teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 106], "content_span": [107, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195484-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Volleyball Championship U19\nThe 2008 African Volleyball Championship U19 was the tenth edition of the African Volleyball Championship U19. It was held in Cairo, Egypt, from December 21 to December 25, 2008. The top three teams will qualify for the 2009 Youth World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195484-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 African Volleyball Championship U19, Competition system\nThe competition system of the 2008 African Championship U19 is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 4 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195484-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 African Volleyball Championship U19, Final standing\nTeam RosterHatem Obba, Ibrahim Besbes, Mohamed Ayech, Saddem Hmissi, Mohamed Arbi Ben Abdallah, Bahri Ben Massoud, Mahdi Sammoud, Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi, Ali Ben Abdallah, Racem Siala, Sadam Ben Daoud, Khalil BouaziziHead Coach: Lotfi Ben Slimane", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195485-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Volleyball Championship U21\nThe 2008 African Volleyball Championship U21 was the 13th edition of the African Volleyball Championship U21. It was held in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia from 23 August to 30 August 2010. The finalists will qualify for the 2009 Junior World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195486-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Weightlifting Championships\nThe 2008 African Weightlifting Championships was held in Strand, South Africa in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195487-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Championship\nThe 2008 Women's African Football Championship is of 15\u201329 November 2008 in Equatorial Guinea. The central African country is the first time host of the tournament. Eight national teams played in group matches and then against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195487-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Championship, Qualification\nTunisia and Congo will compete at the African Championship for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195487-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Championship, Awards\nEquatorial Guinea's Genoveva A\u00f1onma was announced player of the tournament and also won the top scorer award with six goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195487-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 37 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.31 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195488-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Championship qualification\nThe 2008 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2008 African Women's Championship. Equatorial Guinea qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from November 2007 to March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195488-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Championship qualification, Teams\nA total of 22 national teams entered qualification. The qualification was in two rounds, with each match taking place over 2 legs. In the first round, the 16 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The eight winners joined six other national teams in the 2nd round, where the seven winners together with the hosts qualified for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195488-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Championship qualification, Teams\nTeams who withdrew before playing a match are in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195488-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Championship qualification, Format\nQualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195488-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Championship qualification, Format\nThe seven winners of the final round qualified for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195488-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Championship qualification, First round\nWas played between 30 November and 16 December 2007. Cameroon, Congo-Kinshasa, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and South Africa had a bye to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 60], "content_span": [61, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195489-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Handball Championship\nThe 2008 African Women's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Angola from 8 to 17 January 2008. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195489-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 African Women's Handball Championship, Final ranking\nAngola qualified also for the 2008 Summer Olympics and the Ivory Coast and Congo participated at a 2008 Summer Olympics qualification tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings\nIn the 2008 Agartala bombings at least 4 people were killed and a 100 injured on 1 October 2008 in a series of 5 blasts set off in Agartala, capital of the Indian state of Tripura, within 45\u00a0minutes, while two unexploded bombs were defused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings\nThis is the fourth series of blasts in India within a week, the other three being the 27 September Delhi bombing, and the Malegoan and Modasa bombings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings, Attack\nThe blasts went off at Agartala's main shopping area Maharaja Ganja Bazar, Gobind Ballav Pant market, a busy Radhanagar bus stand, Agartala Motorstand, Battala and Abhay Nagar localities. The first blast happened at Gol Bazar around 7:30\u00a0pm (IST), followed by two more at Radha Nagar Bus stand and G B Bazar, around 7:35 and 8:15 respectively. The fourth at Palace Compound. An unidentified man was killed in the blast at Radhanagar bus stand while another person succumbed to injuries. Meanwhile, eyewitnesses said two persons riding a motorcycle were seen moving suspiciously at Radhanagar bus stand and the blast took place about three minutes after they left the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings, Attack\nThe wounded were rushed to G.B. Pant Medical College and Hospital. Tripura police spokesman Nepal Das said that two were high-density blasts, the third a low-density one. Though SP of West Agartala KV Sreejesh contradicted Das about the intensity of blasts, \"All bombs were of low intensity. It was meant to create panic before the Durga puja celebrations.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings, Attack, Follow-up\nOn 5 October another live bomb was found and defused in a temple in Agartala. Police officials said the powerful bomb, prepared with ammonium nitrate and other explosive materials and connected to a cell-phone, was found placed in a small tin in a Manipuri temple at the Radhanagar area. The bomb was found on Mahasasthi, the first of the five-day Durga puja festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings, Investigation\nThe police suspect the involvement of Bangladesh-based terror group Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami (HuJI), a group which has been frequently blamed for attacks in Uttar Pradesh and Hyderabad. HuJI which has been using Tripura as a transit route lately, as the state shares a porous 856-km border with the neighbouring country. Three suspected HuJI members were arrested in Agartala in the last two months. Tripura has long been a conduit for smuggling and terror merchandise, most violence in the state had been related to insurgencies of tribal groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings, Investigation\nTripura's two main insurgent groups, the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and the All-Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) have not had a history of carrying out bomb attacks on civilians. However, a possible link between the two outfits and Bangladeshi Islamist groups like Huji had not been ruled out by security agencies. Tripura's long border with Bangladesh, as well as the presence of senior leaders of both NLFT and ATTF in Bangladesh have increased the likelihood of logistical support to Huji.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings, Investigation\nExperts from the National Security Guards (NSG) began an investigation seeking to find the nature of explosives used. The team of NSG experts, led by Major Karam Bir from New Delhi, and a team of experts from the National Forensic Laboratory in Kolkata are investigating along with Tripura police officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings, Investigation\nDIG, Nepal Das said six persons have been arrested in connection to the attacks. Four persons, including one of those seen on a bike at the Radhanagar bus stand shortly before the blast there, were arrested on the same night of the explosions. Six extremist of the banned terrorist group All Tripura Tiger Force were convicted by High court of Tripura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings, Investigation, Conspiracy\nTimes Now (the television arm of the Times of India) quoted \"highly placed intelligence officials\" from the Research and Analysis Wing who claimed to have made a technical intercept of a communication between operatives of Bangladesh's intelligence agencies and the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan. The sources said the intercept indicated ISI wanted its Bangladeshi counterpart to activate its operatives in Northeast India. Based on this, security agencies operating in the Northeast, like the Border Security Forces, the Shastra Seema Bal and provincial governments in the region were put on alert by the central intelligence agencies. The media outlet speculated that it wanted DGFI to specifically target Northeastern states to give terror a pan-India outlook and not allow the country's internal security establishment a chance to come to grip with the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 933]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings, Reactions\nA spokesman from the PMO said the PM Singh had spoken to the Chief Minister who had apprised Singh about the incident in his state. Singh, via the spokesman, also condemned the attacks on innocent people and expressed his sorrow over the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195490-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Agartala bombings, Reactions\nThe ruling Communist Party of India's general secretary Prakash Karat said \"The central government should extend all help to the state government in tracking down the culprits behind this attack especially in view of the fact that the state has international borders on its three sides.\" He also noted that the Left Front government in Tripura has registered significant success in tackling the extremist groups who used to resort to terrorist violence in the insurgency-racked state. He claimed that the explosions must be seen as an attempt to destabilise the situation. He also said he had spoken to Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to be updated on the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings\nThe 2008 Ahmedabad bombings were a series of 21\u00a0bomb blasts that hit Ahmedabad, India, on 26 July 2008, within a span of 70\u00a0minutes. Fifty-six people were killed and over 200\u00a0people were injured. Ahmedabad is the cultural and commercial heart of Gujarat state, and a large part of western India. The blasts were considered to be of low intensity, and were similar to the Bangalore blasts, Karnataka which occurred the day before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings\nSeveral TV channels said they had received an e-mail from a terror outfit called Indian Mujahideen claiming responsibility for the terror attacks; Islamic militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, however, has claimed responsibility for the attacks. The Gujarat police arrested the suspected mastermind, Mufti Abu Bashir, along with nine others, in connection to the bombings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings\nThese bombings occurred a day after the Bangalore blasts in the Indian state of Karnataka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Bombings\nThe bombs were planted in Tiffin carriers on bicycles, a pattern similar to the 13 May 2008 Jaipur bombings. Many of the blasts targeted the city bus service of AMTS (Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service), ripping apart portions of the vehicles. Two blasts took place inside the premises of two hospitals, about 40\u00a0minutes after the initial series of blasts. One of the blasts in the hospitals occurred when injured victims of the initial series of blasts were being admitted there. Another bomb was found and defused on the following day in the Hatkeshwar area. Two live bombs were also retrieved from Maninagar, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Bombings\nGujarat police recovered and defused two more bombs in Surat, another major city in Gujarat, a day after the Ahmedabad blasts. Two cars filled with materials required to make explosives, including detonators, were also found, one of them parked on a roadside near a hospital, and the other in the outskirts of Surat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Bombings, Warning of attacks through e-mail\nSeveral news agencies reported receiving a 14-page e-mail five minutes before the explosions with the subject line: \"Await 5\u00a0minutes for the revenge of Gujarat\", apparently referring to the 2002 Gujarat violence which took place after the Godhra train burning incident. The e-mail was sent by the group known as Indian Mujahideen on 26 July at around 6:41pm IST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Bombings, Warning of attacks through e-mail\nThe contents of the e-mail warned of attacks in 5 minutes: \"In the name of Allah the Indian Mujahideen strike again! Do whatever you can, within 5\u00a0minutes from now, feel the terror of Death!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Bombings, Warning of attacks through e-mail\nThe e-mail also contained threats against Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh, and his deputy, R.R. Patil, with the claim, \"We wonder at your memory. Have you forgotten the evening of 11 July 2006 so quickly and so easily?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Bombings, Warning of attacks through e-mail\nFurthermore, the threats went on to warn Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries to \"think-twice\" before \"usurping and building a citadel on a land in Mumbai that belongs to the Waqf board...lest it turns into horrifying memories for you which you will never ever forget\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Bombings, Warning of attacks through e-mail\nThe e-mail also reportedly threatened several Bollywood actors, asking them to stop acting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Bombings, Warning of attacks through e-mail\nPolice reported that they questioned U.S national Ken Haywood from whose IP address the threatening email was sent. Haywood's residence in the Sanpada area of Navi Mumbai was raided by ATS officials on 27 July after the IP address from which a threatening email was sent minutes before the Ahmedabad serial blasts was found to be his.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Casualties\n56 people were killed by the bombing and over 200 people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Casualties\nInitially, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sanctioned an ex gratia payment of \u20b9 100,000 (US$2,300) to the next of kin of the dead. However upon visiting Ahmedabad, he raised the ex gratia figure to \u20b9 350,000 (US$8,050). In addition, he also announced a compensation of \u20b9 50,000 (US$1,200) for those injured in the blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Casualties\nGujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi announced a compensation of Rs 500,000 (US$11,500) to each victim of the bomb blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Investigations\nHarkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami has claimed the responsibility of the blasts. The email mentioned that \"the innocent Muslims arrested in the (Mumbai), bomb blast case are being tried for years and years.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Investigations\nUnion Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta said the Centre dispatched one team of bomb experts and decided to convene a meeting of top officials of state governments to discuss the situation arising out of the recent explosions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Investigations\nAccording to the Times of India the intelligence community believes that both blasts of Bangalore and Ahmedabad were executed by a network of Wahabi fundamentalists masquerading as Indian Mujahideen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Investigations, Legal case\nControversy arose in the court case of the 26 accused as the state was alleged to have suppressed the legal rights of the accused. On 23 October lawyers of the accused walked out in protest against the stand taken by the Metropolitan Magistrate. The lawyers wanted to meet the accused alone, however, they had moved an application stating that police did not allow them to meet their clients alone and that the Court should direct the police not to remain present while they were talking to the accused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Investigations, Legal case\nThe Metropolitan Magistrate countered that it was not possible as police had to be with the accused. He is said to have hinted at collusion between the lawyers and the accused, causing a walk out by the accused's lawyers. The next day, in two different cases, the designated Metropolitan Court remanded all the 26 accused to police custody till 31 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Investigations, Legal case\nAs per the legal rules police have to file a chargesheet in any case before 90 days of the first arrest of the case. However, on 11 November, about three and half months after blasts and the late July arrest, the Gujarat police filed a chargesheet, pertaining to the city civil hospital blast and L G hospital blast case, in a court naming 26 people, all with alleged linked to SIMI, as accuseds in the case. A 2,000-page chargesheet was filed in the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate, G M Patel. The accused included SIMI activists Mufti Abu Basher, Safdar Nagori and Sajid Mansuri. The chargesheet also listed the names of 50 absconders, and that police had so far examined 511 potential witnesses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Investigations, Similarities\nSimilarities between the Bangalore and Ahmedabad bombings were investigated, where the former suffered from eight blasts and the latter\u00a021. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Prakash Jaiswal told reporters in Kanpur that the similarities between this and the Bangalore blasts was that both \"blasts were of low intensity\" and were planted in crowded areas. Furthermore, both states \u2013 Karnataka and Gujarat \u2013 have BJP led governments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Further threats\nThe threat of terror continued even after Ahmedabad blasts. The Gujarat police discovered an active bomb which was set to detonate at 12:00am IST in Hatkeshwar, Maninagar. A bomb squad was quick to respond and successfully managed to defuse the bomb in front of a large crowd, which rose to jubilation and applause upon bomb's defusion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Further threats, Kerala\nA phone call from Pakistan to a Karnataka journalist claimed there would be more blasts in Kerala on Sunday. Kerala police chief Raman Srivastava said: \"I have been informed by the DGP of Karnataka about the terror threat to Kerala. We spoke to the journalist concerned, who said he had received two calls today \u2013 one at 1\u00a0pm and another at 3:30\u00a0pm.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Further threats, Surat\nOn the following Monday, just days after the Ahmedabad blasts, another bomb was found in Varachha area of Surat. The bomb was placed near an electricity transmitter and contained a packet 700\u2013800\u00a0grams of ammonium nitrate, a packet of shrapnel, two detonators, one battery, and a circuit. This was found after the two car bombs that were discovered immediately after Ahmedabad attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Further threats, Surat\nOn Tuesday, 29 July, eighteen bombs were found in Surat, and were subsequently defused. They were found mainly in the diamond-processing and residential areas of Surat, within a span of just four hours. According to the Times of India, a top government official believed that the planting of so many \"unexploded\" bombs was probably a means to divert attention of the police from the ongoing blast probe. After Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi visited the city another bomb was found and defused by a bomb disposal squad. All in all, 23 bombs were found in three days in Surat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Further threats, Surat\nForensic investigations revealed that the bombs had not exploded because the circuits had been wrongly assembled. The police were not sure whether that was on purpose or a way to estimate the reaction time of the bomb squad, for planning future attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Further threats, Rajasthan\nThree bombs were detected on the road in Pali district, near Marwar in Rajasthan. The bombs, put in half-litre oil containers, were planted on the Marwar-Ranawas Road at gap of one km and were spotted by onlookers. The box carried a bundle of fuse wire, 30\u201340 marbles, 8 iron plates, and detonator. There was no timer nor any electronic device attached to the explosives. The bombs were defused by the bomb squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Further threats, Tamil Nadu\nIn Tamil Nadu, Sheikh Abdul Ghaffoor, 39, was arrested with an alleged plan of carrying out bombings on Independence Day, 15 August 2008. The plot included bombing the state capital Chennai along with three other cities in Tamil Nadu and at least six trains. Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai is believed to be on top of the list for such terror attack. The man was detained with a large cache of explosives and two timer devices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Further threats, Tamil Nadu\nApparently, it is believed that the plot was revealed by an arrested leader, P Ali Abdullah, of a banned organisation, who has been serving sentences in an Indian jail since 2003. Chennai city police later on 1 August 2008 announced that the arrests were not linked with either the Ahmedabad or Bangalore blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Further threats, Kolkata\nAn E-Mail was sent to Kolkata on 29 July 2008 to bomb 8 different locations in Kolkata. Subsequently, high alert was placed in Kolkata but the E-mail turned out to be a hoax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Further threats, New Delhi\nAnother E-mail was sent to the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on 30 July 2008 to bomb several locations in Delhi. The mail was soon forwarded to the Delhi Police from the Japanese Embassy and the city was placed under a Red Alert. The E-Mail threatened to bomb Sarojini Nagar which was a target in the October 2005 bombings. Further to these threats Japan closed its embassy in New Delhi on 31 July 2008 and also issue warning to its citizens living in India to avoid crowded places like markets and train stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Further threats, New Delhi\nNevertheless, the initial examination of a youth arrested for sending emails to the Japanese embassy indicated that he might suffer from some mental problems. Delhi police revealed that the youth who sent the email was frustrated of a failed visa application to the embassy and the email threat was a hoax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Criticism\nIn criticizing the central government Ajai Sahni, executive director of the Institute for Conflict Management said \"India's police to population ratio is one of the lowest in the world, barring the poorer African countries. There is a high deficit of personnel in intelligence gathering. The IB has barely 3,500 field officers. We need to address these shortcomings.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Criticism\nSecurity expert Prakash Singh added \"they (terrorists) have no fear of being detected, arrested or prosecuted.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Criticism\nPR Chari, a research professor at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, said \"the blasts were a demonstration of their (terrorists) capabilities and a terse reminder of the state's helplessness.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Criticism\nBJP president Rajnath Singh also blamed the UPA government for its \"soft approach\" to terrorism that has allowed terrorists to grow bolder. He also took the government to task for repealing POTA and for \"sleeping over the anti-terror laws like GUJCOCA (an anti-terror law adopted by the Gujarat Assembly)\". Gujarat Congress chief Siddharth Patel said: \"'The Gujarat government has failed miserably on the law and order front.\" Adding that the terror attack pointed to the \"total failure' of the state's intelligence machinery.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Criticism\nSushma Swaraj, a senior leader of the BJP, at a press conference in Delhi, claimed the ruling UPA government had a conspiratorial hand in the blasts to divert attention from the allegations of bribery as well as to gain Muslim votes. Times of India called her comments as \"scandalous\" and \"outrageous remarks\". The Congress party's spokesman, Shakeel Ahmed said that Sushma Swaraj should be \"tried for treason\" and her comments have \"given a clean chit to terrorists and anti-national, disruptive forces both within and outside India\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Criticism\nLater on 31 July 2008, BJP's spokesperson, Prakash Javdekar, clarified that the allegation of conspiracy made by Sushma Swaraj was her personal view and to the contrary the party viewed the attacks not as a conspiracy of the Congress party but as \"an attack on the nation\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0033-0002", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Criticism\nAlthough Sushma Swaraj's comments were critically commented by some media and her own party, T. K. Arun, a columnist of The Economic Times suggested that investigations should also look into her point that some of the blasts occurred in Muslim locals of Ahmedabad and \"that a large share of those getting slaughtered by the terrorists are Muslims\". The US national to whom the suspicious e-mail was traced escaped from India even after a lookout notice was issued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Reaction, Hindu\u2013Muslim Unity\nIt is widely believed that the attacks were carried out to bring about the levels of unrest Gujarat had seen after the Godhra train burning. It is believed that by targeting communally sensitive areas such as Sarkhej, Muslims attackers wanted to provoke and re-ignite communal disharmony and riots. However, the people of Gujarat stood tall in unity against such violence. Peaceful demonstrations held across Gujarat by both Hindus and Muslims called attacks an act of cowardice. Such demonstrations of unity were also held in Delhi and Bhopal where Hindus and Muslims held candlelight vigils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Reaction, Hindu\u2013Muslim Unity\nUpon his visit to the region, PM Singh praised Gujarat's unity saying \"I commend the people of Gujarat for the resilience they have shown. These terrorist acts are aimed at destroying our social fabric, undermining communal harmony and demoralising our people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Reaction, Hindu\u2013Muslim Unity\nPresident Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice-president Hamid Ansari, Chief Minister Narendra Modi, all condemned the blasts and appealed for calm. Minister of State for Home Affairs Shakeel Ahmed expressed surprise and shock at the successive attacks. Home Minister Shivraj Patil said: \"we should assess the situation correctly and try to help the people, who have suffered and plan to see that these things do not happen afterwards.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Reaction, Hindu\u2013Muslim Unity\nOpposition Bharatiya Janata Party leader L. K. Advani condemned the blasts, and demanded that both Gujarat and Rajasthan should be allowed to go for their own anti-terror legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Reaction, Hindu\u2013Muslim Unity\nThe Bahujan Samaj Party questioned intelligence agencies failure to be alert to the blast conspiracy, and urged the state Congress to ask the UPA to approve GUJCOC act. The Vishva Hindu Parishad announced it planned a nationwide anti-jehadi movement from 28 July, and urged the government to act against terrorism \"before it is late.\" AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa called for the revival of special act like POTA to \"effectively counter terrorists and extremist outfits\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195491-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Ahmedabad bombings, Reaction, Hindu\u2013Muslim Unity\nA host of others who condemned the blasts included Head of the congress party Sonia Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Prakash Jaiswal, CPI M, the All India Muslim Forum, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sanchetna, Sahrwaru, Safar, AMWA, Muslim Majlise Mushavirat, Sarkhej Muslim Welfare Organisation, Ahmedabad Muslim Welfare Society, Sirat Committee, Aman Samuday, Anhad, Swabhiman Andolan, Lok Kala Manch, Samarpan, Sarvoday Sanskrutik Manch, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, Bharatiya Moolnivasi Janjagran Abhiyan, and Action Aid (Gujarat).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195492-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Air Canada Cup\nThe 2008 Air Canada Cup was the sixth edition of the women's ice hockey tournament. It was held from January 2-6, 2008 in Ravensburg, Germany. The Canadian U22 national team won the tournament by defeating Finland in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195493-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Air Force Falcons football team\nThe 2008 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Air Force competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). The team was led by second-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. The Falcons finished the season 8\u20135, 5\u20133 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195494-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Air New Zealand Cup\nThe 2008 Air New Zealand Cup was a provincial rugby union competition involving 14 teams from New Zealand. Matches started on Thursday 31 July 2008, and continued until the final on 25 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195494-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Air New Zealand Cup\nThis season was the third of the expanded competition, which succeeded the First Division of the National Provincial Championship. It started with a 10-week round robin in which every team missed out on playing 3 teams in the competition. This was followed by a knockout playoff involving 8 teams, made up of quarterfinals, semifinals and the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195494-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Air New Zealand Cup\nOn 11 August 2008 the New Zealand Rugby Union initially announced that Tasman and Northland would both be relegated from the Air New Zealand Cup after the completion of the 2008 season. Both teams failed to meet criteria which included financial stability, population, player training and development, playing history, and administration. This decision was reversed towards the end of the 2008 season, with Tasman and Northland remaining in the competition for two more years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195494-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Air New Zealand Cup\nCanterbury won their sixth national provincial title by defeating Wellington 7\u20136 at Westpac Stadium, Wellington. It was the third consecutive season that Wellington have finished runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195494-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Air New Zealand Cup, Standings\nThe top eight teams in pool play advanced to the Quarter Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195495-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Akron Zips football team\nThe 2008 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Akron competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and played in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195495-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Akron Zips football team, Before the season\n2007 starter Reggie Corner was selected 114th overall in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He is the 15th player from Akron to be selected in the draft, and he is the fifth-highest historically. Four other players signed with professional teams in the National Football League. These players are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195495-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Akron Zips football team, Before the season\nSix different Akron players made their ways to Preseason All-MAC Teams. Five players were selected each for the teams published by MAC Report Online and Athlon. On the list published by MAC Report Online, Almondo Sewell was named First-Team Defense, and Bryan Williams as well as Andre Jones were named First-Team Specialists. Chris Kemme and Ryan Bain were named Second-Team Offense and Defense, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\nThe 2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 114th overall season, 75th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and its 17th within the SEC Western Division. The team was led by head coach Nick Saban, in his second year, and played their home games at Bryant\u2013Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\nAlabama finished with an undefeated 12\u20130 regular season, their first since 1994, and won their first SEC Western Division Championship since 1999. They finished the season with a record of 12\u20132 (8\u20130 in the SEC) after losses to Florida in the SEC Championship Game and to Utah in the Sugar Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\nThe Crimson Tide opened the season with an upset victory over No. 9 Clemson in the inaugural Chick-fil-A College Kickoff. After the win, Alabama returned home where they defeated non-conference opponents Tulane and WKU before they traveled to Fayetteville and defeated Arkansas for their first conference win of the season. The next week, The Crimson Tide upset No. 3 Georgia at Athens and moved into the No. 2 ranking. Alabama then defeated Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Arkansas State prior to Saban's return to Baton Rouge as an opposing head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\nIn Week 10 of the season, Alabama became the No. 1 team in both the AP and Coaches' Polls as well as the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings. It was the first time the Crimson Tide has been ranked No. 1 in the regular season since November 1, 1980, when the top-ranked Tide fell to Mississippi State. It was also the first time Nick Saban had ever achieved the No. 1 position in the AP Poll and the first time in school history Alabama had reached No. 1 in the BCS standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\nWith their 27\u201321 overtime win over LSU, Alabama clinched a berth in the SEC Championship Game. The Crimson Tide finished their regular season undefeated with a 36\u20130 shutout victory over Auburn in the Iron Bowl. The Tide advanced to the SEC Championship Game where they lost to Florida 31\u201320. A month later, the Tide finished the season with a 31\u201317 upset loss in the Sugar Bowl against Utah, a game in which the Tide were favored by 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season\nDuring the 2007\u20132008 campaign, the Crimson Tide completed a 6\u20136 regular season record with their most notable wins coming over No. 16 Arkansas and longtime rival Tennessee. The Tide went on to win their final game against Colorado (30\u201324) in the Independence Bowl to finish with a 7\u20136 record. In June 2009, the NCAA Committee on Infractions sanctioned Alabama for \"major violations\" of NCAA policies as a result of athletes who received improper benefits in 16 of 19 NCAA sports, including football. As part of the penalties imposed, the football program was forced to vacate five victories from the 2007 season making the official 2007 record 2\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season\nIn February 2008, Alabama signed the No. 1 recruiting class according to both Rivals and Scout. Spring practice began on March 13 and concluded with the annual A-Day game on April 12. Before a crowd of 78,200, the Crimson team defeated the White team by a score of 24\u201314 in Bryant\u2013Denny Stadium. For their performances, Alfred McCullough earned the Dwight Stephenson Lineman of the A-Day Game Award and Terry Grant earned the Dixie Howell Memorial Most Valuable Player of the A-Day Game Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season, Returning starters\nAlabama had 18 returning starters from the previous season, including nine on offense, five on defense, and all of the special teams. The most notable departures from the previous year were D. J. Hall and Justin Britt on offense and Wallace Gilberry, Darren Mustin, Keith Saunders, Ezekial Knight, Simeon Castille and Marcus Carter on defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season, Recruiting class\nAlabama's recruiting class was highlighted by seven players from the \"ESPN 150\": No. 2\u00a0Julio Jones (WR); No. 19\u00a0Burton Scott (ATH); No. 30\u00a0Courtney Upshaw (DE); No. 33\u00a0Tyler Love (OT); No. 99\u00a0Jerrell Harris (LB); No. 109\u00a0Mark Ingram Jr. (RB); and No. 144\u00a0Chris Jackson (ATH). Alabama signed the No. 1 recruiting class according to both Rivals and Scout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule\nThe Sagarin computer ratings calculated Alabama's strength of schedule to be the sixth most difficult out of the 120 Division I teams. The Cosgrove Computer Rankings calculated it as the eighth most difficult out of the 120 Division I FBS teams in its rankings. Alabama's 2008 schedule was officially released on January 4, 2008. It featured six pre-season AP Top 25 teams, five of which were ranked in the top 10, eight of which made bowl games in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule\nIn accordance with conference rules, Alabama faced all five Western Division opponents: Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, and Ole Miss. They also faced three Eastern Division opponents: official SEC rival Tennessee, Georgia, and Kentucky. Alabama did not play SEC opponents South Carolina and Vanderbilt. Although not on the regular season schedule, Bama met Florida in the SEC Championship Game. Alabama also played four non-conference games. The non-conference schedule included games against Clemson of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Tulane of Conference USA and both WKU and Arkansas State of the Sun Belt Conference. For the 2009 Sugar Bowl, Alabama played Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Coaching staff\nPrior to the 2008 season, Alabama made several changes to its coaching staff. Alabama lost their tight ends and special teams coach, Ron Middleton, on January 4, 2008, when he was hired as assistant head coach for Duke and their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Major Applewhite, on January 16, 2008, when he was hired as running backs coach for Texas. During the following weeks, Saban named former Michigan State head coach Bobby Williams as his team's new as tight ends coach and special teams coordinator, and Jim McElwain from Fresno State as the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Clemson\nIn January 2008, officials from both Clemson and Alabama announced they would open the 2008 season against each other in the inaugural Chick-fil-A College Kickoff at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. With ESPN's College GameDay in town, and Clemson, selected as the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Crimson Tide upset the Tigers 34\u201310 to open the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Clemson\nAfter opening the scoring on a 54-yard Leigh Tiffin field goal, Cory Reamer forced a Jamie Harper fumble recovered by Dont'a Hightower at the Clemson 31. The ensuing drive resulted in a 21-yard Tiffin field goal and a 6\u20130 lead. After holding the Tigers to a three and out, the Tide reached the end zone for the first time on the evening on a one-yard John Parker Wilson touchdown run to extend the lead to 13\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Clemson\nAfter Mark Buchholz hit a 33-yard field goal early in the second quarter, Alabama extended their lead to 20\u20133 after Wilson hit Nick Walker for a four-yard touchdown reception on the following drive. After a missed 52-yard Tiffin field goal, Marquis Johnson intercepted a Cullen Harper pass on the next Clemson possession to set up a 34-yard Tiffin field goal as time expired to give Alabama a 23\u20133 halftime lead. Clemson opened the second half with C. J. Spiller returning the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown to cut the lead to 23\u201310. Alabama responded later in the third quarter with a four-yard Wilson touchdown pass to Julio Jones in extending the lead to 31\u201310. Tiffin added the final points of the evening on a 26-yard field goal to cap a 14\u00a0play, 78\u00a0yard drive in bringing the final score to 34\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 878]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Clemson\nJames Davis and C.J. Spiller, the duo known as \"Thunder and Lightning,\" combined for only 20 yards on the ground, while the team's rushing total was 0. Clemson's redshirt senior quarterback, Cullen Harper, completed 20 of 34 passes but had no touchdowns and one interception. Alabama's John Parker Wilson completed 22 of 30 passes with no interceptions. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Tigers to 12\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nAlabama's season home-opener saw the Crimson Tide defeat Tulane 20\u20136, in the 41st meeting between the two teams and the first since 1994. Alabama received the opening kickoff, but went three-and-out on their first possession. After the Bama defense stopped Tulane on their opening possession, Javier Arenas ignited the crowd on an 87-yard punt return for a touchdown and a 7\u20130 lead. Later in the first quarter, Chris Rogers returned a blocked punt 17-yards for a touchdown, though freshman kicker Corey Smith missed the extra point resulting in a 13\u20130 lead. Tulane scored the only points of the second quarter on a 35-yard Ross Thevenot field goal in bringing the halftime score to 13\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 751]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nAt the end of the third, Mark Ingram  scored the lone offensive touchdown of the game on a 15-yard run and a 21-yard Thevenot field goal in the fourth brought the game to its final 20\u20136 margin. For the game, Javier Arenas set a school record with 147 yards on punt returns, eclipsing the previous mark of 141 yards set by Harry Gilmer against Georgia in 1947. For his performance, Arenas was named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Green Wave to 27\u201311\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, WKU\nIn week three, Alabama defeated the WKU Hilltoppers 41\u20137, who were playing their second season in the FBS. The Bama defense held the Hilltoppers offense to a three-and-out on their first drive of the game. The Crimson Tide offense took over and completed a twelve-play drive that ended with a seven-yard touchdown run by Mark Ingram. WKU fumbled on the first play of their subsequent drive, and Alabama recovered the ball on the WKU 17-yard line, setting up a 22-yard field goal by Leigh Tiffin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, WKU\nIngram scored his second touchdown of the afternoon on a five-yard run to give Alabama a 17\u20130 at the end of the first quarter. Alabama scored on their first possession of the second quarter on an eight-yard Terry Grant touchdown run to cap a 9-play, 78-yard drive. John Parker Wilson threw an interception on the first play of the next drive. This set up the Hilltoppers' lone score of the afternoon on a 30-yard touchdown reception by Tristan Jones from David Wolke. Alabama put one more touchdown on the scoreboard on a two-yard  Nick Walker reception from Wilson, to take a 31\u20137 lead into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, WKU\nOn the first drive of the second half, the Bama offense was held to a 25-yard, Tiffin field goal, making the score 34\u20137. The defense held WKU to a three-and-out on their first possession of the second half. This set up a seven-play, 55-yard drive that ended with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to Julio Jones. Alabama benched most of their starters at the end of the third quarter, and neither team scored in the fourth quarter, to make the final score of 41\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nIn what was head coach Bobby Petrino's first game against Alabama, the Crimson Tide were victorious by a final score of 49\u201314 against the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville. The Tide received the opening kickoff, and put together a ten-play, 71-yard drive with Mark Ingram scoring on a one-yard touchdown run. Arkansas was forced to punt on their first drive, and on the first play of the subsequent Alabama drive, Glen Coffee ran 87 yards for the Tide's second touchdown and a 14\u20130 lead. In the final minute of the first quarter, Javier Arenas intercepted a Casey Dick pass and returned it 63-yards for a touchdown to give Alabama a 21\u20130 lead at the end of the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nArkansas started their next drive at their own 47-yard line after a 41-yard kickoff return by Dennis Johnson, and drove 53-yards for a touchdown, scoring on fourth-and-one from the Bama twelve-yard line on a Dick pass to Andrew Davie. Bama responded with a 68-yard drive capped off by a 25-yard touchdown pass from John Parker Wilson to Julio Jones. Arkansas put together a steady drive on their next possession, but Justin Woodall intercepted Dick at the Bama 26-yard line and returned it 74-yards for a touchdown. Arkansas put together another solid drive, but facing a first and goal at the Bama one-yard line, Arkansas was kept out by the stout Bama defense on a goal line stand to close out the half with Bama up 35\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nArkansas received the second half kickoff, but Alabama's Marquis Johnson intercepted Dick's pass on the first play of the second half, to set up a 31-yard touchdown run by Glen Coffee. By the end of the third quarter, both teams had put in their substitutes. On Alabama's first possession of the fourth quarter, backup quarterback Greg McElroy's pass was intercepted by Ramon Broadway, setting up a 10-yard touchdown pass by Arkansas second-string quarterback Tyler Wilson to Michael Smith. On the first play of Bama's next drive, Roy Upchurch ran 62-yards for Alabama's final touchdown to make the final score 49\u201314. The 49 points were the most points scored by Alabama in an SEC game since a 59\u201328 victory over Vanderbilt in 1990. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Razorbacks to 9\u20138 (12\u20137 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 919]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nWith ESPN's College Gameday in Athens, and Georgia wearing black jerseys for only the third time in school history, the Crimson Tide upset the Bulldogs 41\u201330, in a game that will forever be known as \"The Blackout\". Georgia won the opening coin toss, deferring to receive in the second half. Alabama quickly took control of the game, moving the ball 73-yards before Mark Ingram Jr. ran for a 7-yard touchdown to make the score 7\u20130. After the Bulldogs failed to move the ball on their first drive, the Tide again put points on the board as Leigh Tiffin kicked a 23-yard field goal with 4:51 left in the first quarter, to give Alabama 10\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nAfter the Bulldogs offense again failed to move the ball, Alabama began a drive at the Georgia 48-yard line. Two plays later, a 31-yard pass from John Parker Wilson to Julio Jones moved the ball inside of the Georgia five-yard line. Glen Coffee ran in for his third touchdown of the season, and Alabama led 17\u20130. On Georgia's next drive, quarterback Matthew Stafford completed a 16-yard pass to wide receiver A. J. Green, who fumbled the ball which was subsequently fumbled and recovered by Dont'a Hightower. After a short drive, Roy Upchurch scored Alabama's third rushing touchdown to extend their lead to 24\u20130. Before the halftime break, Wilson connected with Julio Jones for a 22-yard touchdown pass as Alabama led 31\u20130 at half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nIn the second half, Georgia's offense began moving the ball, scoring on their first drive of the half when Blair Walsh kicked a 33-yard field goal. On Alabama's sixth drive of the game, Georgia defense forced a three-and-out for the first time, forcing a P.\u00a0J. Fitzgerald punt. Georgia again cut into the lead later in the third quarter when running back Knowshon Moreno ran for a two-yard touchdown, to cap a 58-yard drive and cut Alabama's lead to 31\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nGeorgia made it a game again when Prince Miller returned a Fitzgerald punt for a 92-yard touchdown making the score 31\u201317. They wouldn't get any closer. On the following drive, Alabama extended their lead to 34\u201317 on a 32-yard Leigh Tiffin field goal. On a crucial drive in the fourth quarter, Alabama converted when Glen Coffee gave Alabama a 41\u201317 lead by scoring his second rushing touchdown of the game on a 12-yard run. The following drive, Georgia struck back when Matthew Stafford completed a 24-yard touchdown pass to Michael Moore, though failed in an attempted two-point conversion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0023-0002", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nGeorgia got the ball back after a successful onside kick, starting their drive at the Alabama 40-yard line. A. J. Green caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Stafford again for their final score of the game, as Alabama survived 41\u201330. With the victory, the Crimson Tide snapped a three-game losing streak to the Bulldogs, dating back to the 1995 season. The 41 points were the most ever scored by the Tide against Georgia, and the victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Bulldogs to 36\u201325\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThe Crimson Tide entered their game against the Kentucky Wildcats as the No. 2 ranked team in America, their highest ranking in fifteen years, and escaped with a 17\u201314 victory. After early stalled drives from each team, Alabama began their first successful drive with 12:25 left in the first quarter. Glen Coffee ran ahead for a short, 3-yard gain, and on the next play, John Parker Wilson connected with Julio Jones for a 40-yard pass; however, the play was negated following a penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nOn the next play, Coffee rushed through the middle of the line for a 78-yard touchdown, his second longest and fifth rushing touchdown of the season. With under two minutes to go, Kentucky quarterback Mike Hartline fumbled while attempting a pass, which Alabama linebacker Rolando McClain recovered and returned four yards for a touchdown. Leigh Tiffin missed the extra point, though after an offside penalty, he was given another attempt which he converted. After both offenses failed to score in the second quarter, Alabama took a 14\u20130 lead into the halftime break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nHalfway into the third quarter, Kentucky's offense finally got on the scoreboard when Hartline connected on a 26-yard touchdown pass to Dicky Lyons, Jr. Once more, both offenses were unable to move the ball for rest of the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter, Alabama began their second-to-last drive with 11:10 remaining, defending a 14\u20137 lead. The drive included twelve rushing attempts and a pass to Julio Jones, as Alabama moved the ball 81 yards in just over eight minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nAfter a delay of game penalty, Leigh Tiffin connected on the game-winning, 24-yard field goal which gave Alabama a 17\u20137 lead. With 2:12 remaining, Hartline and the Kentucky offense again took the field. After a mix of successful and incomplete passes, Kentucky faced a 3rd-and-10 on the Crimson Tide 48-yard line. A 48-yard touchdown pass from Hartline to receiver DeMoreo Ford cut the Alabama lead to three. A failed onside kick attempt ended Kentucky's hope for a comeback, as Alabama escaped with a 17\u201314 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nDespite the lack of offensive points, Alabama running back Glen Coffee rushed for a season-high 218 yards on 25 attempts, including a touchdown and two fumbles. The 218 yards gained by Coffee was the most by an Alabama rusher since Shaun Alexander in 1996. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Wildcats to 34\u20132\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nPlaying after their first bye week of the season, Alabama returned to the field and defeated their long-time rival Ole Miss Rebels 24\u201320. After several early failed drives in the opening quarter, Ole Miss became the first team to score on Alabama in the first quarter, as well as the first to have a lead against the Crimson Tide in 2008 after a successful 25-yard Joshua Shene field goal. The Crimson Tide responded on their next drive with a 26-yard touchdown pass from John Parker Wilson to Marquis Maze to take a 7\u20133 lead to end the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nOle Miss had limited offense in the second quarter as the Tide defense held a shutout for the remainder of the half. However, the offense scored 17 points coming on a 2-yard run from Mark Ingram Jr., a 41-yard field goal from Leigh Tiffin, and a 30-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to Mike McCoy to take a 24\u20133 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nHowever, the second half was different as the Crimson Tide failed to score for the remainder of the game. Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt  gambled on a 4th-and-goal with a fake field goal attempt, as Rob Park passed to Jason Cook for a 9-yard touchdown. Several minutes into the fourth quarter, Ole Miss again cut Alabama's lead to 24\u201317 after Jevan Snead threw a 17-yard touchdown strike to Shay Hodge. Three minutes later, Shene hit a 35-yard field goal to cut Alabama's lead to 24\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nA stalled drive forced Alabama punter P. J. Fitzgerald to give the ball to the Rebels with 3:03 left. The Rebels moved the ball steadily down the field over the next two minutes, however turned it over on downs after a failed 4th-and-5 on Alabama's 43-yard line. The victory pushed Alabama to 6\u20130, giving them bowl eligibility, and was the team's fifth in a row over the Rebels and improved Alabama's all-time record against Ole Miss to 42\u20139\u20132 (46\u20138\u20132 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nIn their annual rivalry game, Alabama met their rival to the north in the Tennessee Volunteers and was victorious 29\u20139. Teams traded field goals in the first quarter with Leigh Tiffin converting from 39 and 43 yards for Alabama and Daniel Lincoln converting one from 31 yards for Tennessee to give the Tide a 6\u20133 at the end the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Crimson Tide offense moved down the field with Glen Coffee scoring on a three-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nWith 2:41 remaining in the first half, the Volunteers started their final drive of the half at their own 22-yard line. The Tennessee offense quickly moved the ball down the field with several key Nick Stephens completions. A 5-yard procedure penalty on the offense set up a third-and-six on Alabama's 19-yard line. Stephens completed a pass to Lucas Taylor; however, it did not count as Taylor was flagged for offensive pass interference. After failing to gain enough yardage on third down, the Volunteers again attempted a field goal, and after a timeout in attempt to \"ice the kicker\" by Nick Saban, Lincoln missed his second field goal of the game to give Alabama a 13\u20133 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nThe Tide quickly took control of the third quarter, forcing a three-and-out on Tennessee's first possession. Alabama answered with a 30-yard Tiffin field goal to extend their lead to 16\u20133. After another forced three-and-out, Alabama steadily moved the ball downfield before John Parker Wilson rushed for a one-yard touchdown. However, the two-point conversion was not successful and Alabama led  22\u20133. Early in the fourth quarter, Roy Upchurch sealed the Alabama victory with a four-yard touchdown run. A Josh Briscoe touchdown reception from Stephens cut into the lead, but the Tide stopped the two-point conversion, giving them a 29\u20139 victory. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Tennessee to 45\u201338\u20137 (47\u201337\u20137 without NCAA vacations and forfeits). It was the final game of the rivalry for Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer, who resigned 10 days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 941]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nAlabama faced the Arkansas State Red Wolves for only the second time in school history, the first being a 34\u20137 victory in the 1982 season, and was victorious 35\u20130. The Crimson Tide offense got on the scoreboard first after a stalled Red Wolves opening drive. After the Crimson Tide offense drove 89-yards in just under eight minutes, Glen Coffee ran for a 9-yard touchdown to give Alabama a 7\u20130 lead. Both offenses failed to move the ball far down field, resulting in several punts and a Wilson interception by Red Wolves defensive back Dominique Williams. Midway through the fourth quarter, Alabama safety Rashad Johnson intercepted a Corey Leonard pass and returned it for 32-yards and a touchdown to give the Tide a 14\u20130 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nOn Alabama's opening second half drive, Roy Upchurch ran for a 22-yard touchdown to give Alabama a 21\u20130 lead. Both offenses again stalled before Alabama's freshman running back Mark Ingram Jr. ran for a 5-yard touchdown to extend the Crimson Tide lead to 28\u20130. Midway through the fourth quarter, Ingram again scored on a 17-yard rush for the final score of the game. Ingram finished the game with 12 carries for 113\u00a0yards, including two touchdowns, and for his performance was named the SEC Freshman of the Week. The following day, the Crimson Tide achieved their first regular season No. 1 ranking in the AP Poll since the 1980 season, and their first ever #1 BCS ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU\nNick Saban returned to Tiger Stadium for the first time since his tenure as the Miami Dolphins head coach. Alabama entered the game as the No. 1 ranked team in all major polls, and defeated the LSU Tigers 27\u201321 in overtime. Alabama's offense quickly got the ball moving, as the team marched down to the LSU 26-yard line. John Parker Wilson passed to Earl Alexander, who proceeded to pick up 25-yards before fumbling out of the endzone, resulting in a touchback for the Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU\nOn the first LSU possession, the Tigers ran three plays for a loss of seven yards before Alabama safety Rashad Johnson intercepted Jarrett Lee, returning it to the LSU 15-yard line. Glen Coffee moved the ball to the goal line, before John Parker Wilson dove into the endzone two plays later for a 7\u20130 lead. The Tigers came back to tie the game on their next drive as Jarrett Lee completed a 30-yard touchdown pass to Demetrius Byrd. On the ensuing kickoff, Alabama's Javier Arenas fumbled the ball, which was recovered by Josh Jasper at the Tide's 30-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0033-0002", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU\nAfter a Lee incomplete pass, running back Charles Scott scored on a 30-yard rush, giving LSU a 14\u20137 lead. After both offenses slowed down, Alabama tied the game after Rashad Johnson intercepted a pass, and returned it for 54-yards and a touchdown to tie the score at 14\u201314 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU\nEarly in the third quarter, Alabama regained the lead 21\u201314 on a three-yard Glen Coffee touchdown run. Both offenses again began to struggle, as Alabama punted on their next two possessions. Early in the first quarter, LSU put together a long possession which ran more than six minutes off the game clock. Charles Scott ran for his second touchdown of the game as the Tigers tied the game at 21\u201321 with 6:12 left on the clock. With 1:58 left in the game, Alabama received the ball on their own 41-yard line following another LSU punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU\nGlen Coffee and the offense steadily moved the ball downfield to the LSU eleven-yard line. With several seconds left on the clock, Alabama lined up for a game-winning, 29-yard field goal from Leigh Tiffin. However, Tiffin missed his second field goal of the game when Ricky Jean-Francois blocked the field goal, sending the game into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU\nAlabama won the overtime coin toss, choosing to play on defense first. On their first possession, Charles Scott of LSU ran for a 5-yard gain. Richard Murphy rushed for a loss of one on the following play, as Alabama linebacker Rolando McClain stopped him short of the line of scrimmage. On third down, Jarrett Lee threw his fourth interception of the game when Rashad Johnson again intercepted a pass. The interception ended LSU's first overtime possession, giving the ball to Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU\nThe Tide offense came out throwing, as John Parker Wilson completed a 23-yard strike to Julio Jones, moving the ball to the two-yard line of LSU. After a short rush by Glen Coffee, Wilson jumped over a pile of players to get his second rushing touchdown, and preserve Alabama's unblemished record. With the win, the Crimson Tide clinched the SEC West Division, and a spot in the 2008 SEC Championship Game, and improved Alabama's all-time record against the Tigers to 44\u201323\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nA week after their overtime victory over LSU, Alabama returned home and defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs 32\u20137. Alabama took an early 2\u20130 lead after a Blake McAdams punt was blocked by Kareem Jackson and recovered by State in their endzone for a safety on the Bulldogs' first offensive possession. After holding the Tide on the following series, State's Tyson Lee committed a fumble that was recovered by Brandon Fanney. The subsequent Alabama drive was capped with a 35-yard Leigh Tiffin field goal to give the Tide a 5\u20130 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Bulldogs responded early in the second quarter and took a 7\u20135 lead after Tyson Lee hit Jamayel Smith for a 31-yard touchdown reception. Alabama retook the lead and would not relinquish it again late in the second after a one-yard John Parker Wilson touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 909]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nAfter holding the Bulldogs on their opening possession of the second half, the Tide extended their lead to 19\u20137 when Javier Arenas returned a punt 80-yards for a touchdown. Tiffin added a pair of field goals from 34 and 35 yards out respectively before Mark Ingram Jr. scored the final points of the game on a one-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter and made the final score 32\u20137. In the game, Arenas broke both of Harry Gilmer's Alabama single game record for punt return yardage with 153 on six attempts, and the all-time record for punt return yardage in a career. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Bulldogs to 72\u201318\u20133 (71\u201319\u20133 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nIn the Iron Bowl, the Crimson Tide snapped a six-game losing streak against the Auburn Tigers with a 36\u20130 victory. Alabama took a 3\u20130 lead at the end of the first quarter when Leigh Tiffin connected on a 37-yard field goal. Glen Coffee extended their lead to 10\u20130 on a 41-yard touchdown run. At the end of the second quarter, Auburn's Morgan Hull appeared to connect on a 39-yard field goal. However, Alabama's Nick Saban called a time-out just before the play to negate the field goal in an attempt to ice the kicker. On the re-kick, Bama's Bobby Greenwood blocked the field goal attempt to preserve a 10\u20130 Crimson Tide lead at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nIn the third quarter, Alabama scored 19 points on a trio of touchdowns. The first came on a 39-yard Nikita Stover reception from John Parker Wilson, and after Tiffin's extra point was blocked by Mike McNeil, Bama led 16\u20130. Mark Ingram Jr. scored the second and third touchdowns of the third on runs of one and fourteen yards. Up 29\u20130 going into the fourth quarter, Alabama pulled most of its starters late in the game. As such, the final points of the evening came on a 34-yard touchdown pass from back-up quarterback Greg McElroy to Marquis Maze to make the final score 36\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nThe victory was Alabama's first win against the Tigers since 2001 and the first all-time victory over Auburn at Bryant\u2013Denny Stadium. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Tigers to 39\u201333\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida\nIn the 2008 edition of the SEC Championship Game, the Crimson Tide met the Florida Gators for the sixth time, and lost 31\u201320. Florida took a 7\u20130 lead midway through the first quarter when Tim Tebow threw a three-yard touchdown pass to Carl Moore. On the next possession, Alabama responded with a two-play, 82-yard drive to tie the game at 7\u20137. The drive included a 64-yard pass play from John Parker Wilson to Julio Jones and an 18-yard touchdown run by Glen Coffee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida\nThe Tide then took a 10\u20137 lead late in the quarter after Leigh Tiffin connected on a 30-yard field goal. The Gators tied the game at 10\u201310 in the second quarter after Jonathan Phillips connected on a 19-yard field goal, and then Tebow hit David Nelson for a five-yard touchdown reception and a 17\u201310 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida\nIn the third, Alabama tied the game after Mark Ingram Jr. scored on a two-yard touchdown run, and took a 20\u201317 lead into the fourth quarter after a 27-yard Tiffin field goal with only 00:08 remaining in the third. The Gators responded with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to secure a 31\u201320 victory. The first came on a one-yard Jeffery Demps run and the second on a five-yard Tebow pass to Riley Cooper. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against the Gators to 20\u201314 (21\u201314 without the NCAA vacation of the 2005 victory).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Utah\nAfter falling to the eventual national champion Florida Gators in the SEC Championship Game, the Crimson Tide were selected with an at-large bid to play in the 2009 Sugar Bowl against the Mountain West Conference champion Utah Utes. Before the game, Alabama's All-American left tackle Andre Smith was suspended. Utah took a commanding 21\u20130 lead in the first quarter and did not relinquish it for the remainder of the game. Utah scored first on a seven-yard Brent Casteel reception from Brian Johnson, second on a two-yard Matt Asiata run and third on an 18-yard Bradon Godfrey reception from Johnson. Alabama responded and cut the lead to 21\u201310 at the half after a 52-yard Leigh Tiffin field goal and a 73-yard Javier Arenas punt return for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Utah\nThe Crimson Tide brought the score to 21\u201317 early in the third when John Parker Wilson threw a four-yard touchdown reception to Glen Coffee. However, Utah closed the game with ten unanswered points on a 28-yard David Reed touchdown reception from Johnson and a 28-yard Louie Sakoda field goal to secure their 31\u201317 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Rankings\nEntering the 2008 season, the Crimson Tide was ranked No. 24 in the AP Poll and was not ranked in the Coaches' Preseason Poll. After their upset victory over Clemson in week one, Alabama moved into the No. 13 position in the AP and No. 17 in the Coaches' Poll. The Crimson Tide continued to move up in both polls each week through week seven when they reached the No. 2 position in both polls after their victory at Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Rankings\nThe Crimson Tide remained in the No. 2 position over the next four weeks until No. 1 Texas was upset by Texas Tech in week nine. In the polls released after the Texas loss, the Crimson Tide moved into the No. 1 position in both polls. Alabama remained in the No. 1 position until their loss in the SEC Championship Game to Florida when they dropped into the No. 4 position prior to their bowl game appearance. They then ended the season with a final ranking of No. 6 in both polls after their loss to Utah in the Sugar Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season\nIn the week following the Sugar Bowl loss, several changes were made to the Alabama coaching staff. Alabama lost their defensive head coach, Kevin Steele, on January 10, 2009, when he was hired as defensive coordinator for Clemson, and their linebacker coach Lance Thompson on January 16, when he was hired as linebacker coach by Tennessee. The following week, Saban named Sal Sunseri from the NFL's Carolina Panthers as his team's new assistant head and linebacker coach, and James Willis from Auburn as the new associate head and linebacker coach. As part of the A-Day celebrations on April 18, the 2008 team captains John Parker Wilson, Rashad Johnson and Antoine Caldwell were honored at the Walk of Fame ceremony at the base of Denny Chimes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, Final statistics\nAfter their loss against Utah in the Sugar Bowl, Alabama's final team statistics were released. On the defensive side of the ball, of the 119 FBS teams, the Crimson Tide was ranked near the top of all major defensive categories nationally and in conference. Nationally, they ranked 2nd in rushing defense (74.14 yards per game), tied for 3rd in total defense (263.50 yards per game), 7th in scoring defense (14.29 points per game) and 30th in passing defense (189.36 yards per game).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, Final statistics\nIn conference, they ranked 1st in rushing and total defense, 2nd in scoring defense and 7th in passing defense. Individually, Rolando McClain led the team with 95 total tackles, 47 of which were assisted, and 48 solo tackles. McClain was also tied for 12th in conference and 1st on the team with 12 tackles for loss. Bobby Greenwood was 17th in conference and 1st on the team with 5 quarterback sacks. Rashad Johnson was tied for 37th nationally, 6th in conference and 1st on the team with 5 of Alabama's 15 total interceptions of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, Final statistics\nOn offense, of the 119 FBS teams, Alabama ranked 30th in rushing offense (184.64 yards per game), 35th in scoring offense (30.14 points per game), 63rd in total offense (355.79 yards per game) and 97th in passing offense (171.14 yards per game). In conference, they ranked 3rd in rushing offense, 5th in scoring offense, 6th in total offense and 9th in passing offense. John Parker Wilson led the team in passing offense and completed 187 of 323 passes for 2,273 passing yards and 10 touchdowns. Julio Jones led the team with 58 receptions for 924 yards and 4 touchdown receptions. Glen Coffee led the team with 233 rushing attempts for 1,383 yards and Mark Ingram led the team with 12 touchdown runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, Awards, Conference\nFollowing the loss in the SEC Championship Game, the conference named its award winners. Nick Saban was named SEC Coach of the Year and Julio Jones was named SEC Freshman of the Year. Andre Smith, Rashad Johnson, Antoine Caldwell, Glen Coffee, Terrence Cody and Rolando McClain were named to the AP All-SEC First Team. Mike Johnson, Julio Jones and Javier Arenas were named to the AP All-SEC Second Team. Five players were named to the Coaches' All-SEC First Team, including Caldwell, Cody, Rashad Johnson, McClain and Andre Smith. Arenas (as both a cornerback and kick returner), Coffee, Mike Johnson and Jones were named to the Coaches' All-SEC Second Team. Julio Jones, Mark Ingram, Dont'a Hightower and John Michael Boswell were named to the 2008 Freshman All-SEC Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 851]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, Awards, National\nAfter the season, a number of Alabama players were named as national award winners and finalists. Andre Smith became Alabama's second Outland Trophy winner as the best interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America. Smith was also a finalist for the Lombardi Award and Antoine Caldwell was a finalist for the Rimington Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0050-0001", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, Awards, National\nNick Saban captured several coach of the year awards that included: the AP Coach of the Year, the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, the Home Depot Coach of the Year, the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award, the Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year and the Walter Camp Coach of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, Awards, National\nIn addition to the individual awards, several players were also named to various national All-American Teams. Andre Smith, Antoine Caldwell and Terrence Cody were named to the AP All-American First Team; Rashad Johnson was named to the AP All-American Second Team; and Rolando McClain was named to the AP All-American Third Team. Andre Smith was named to the Walter Camp All-American First Team. Andre Smith, Caldwell, Cody and Rashad Johnson were named to the AFCA All-America Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195496-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nIn the spring that followed the 2008 season, Alabama had four players selected in the 2009 NFL Draft. The first round selection was Andre Smith (6th Cincinnati Bengals); and the third round picks were Coffee (74th San Francisco 49ers), Caldwell (77th Houston Texans) and Rashad Johnson (95th Arizona Cardinals). John Parker Wilson with the Atlanta Falcons, Bobby Greenwood with the Kansas City Chiefs, Marlon Davis with the Cleveland Browns, Nick Walker with the Minnesota Vikings and Travis McCall with the Buffalo Bills  each signed as undrafted free agents. In the years that followed, an additional 22 players from the 2008 squad were drafted into the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195497-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Alabama Democratic presidential primary was held on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 52 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Alabama's seven congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 34. Another 18 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 52 delegates represented Alabama at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Eight other delegates were chosen on March 1, 2008, during an Alabama Democratic Party Executive Committee meeting. Those eight delegates attended the National Convention as officially unpledged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195497-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nWith its heavily African American population, Barack Obama solidly defeated Hillary Clinton in Alabama. According to exit polls, 51 percent of voters in the Alabama Democratic Primary were African Americans and they opted for Obama by a margin of 84\u201315 compared to the 44 percent of white voters who backed Clinton by a margin of 72\u201325. Obama won all age groups and educational attainment levels in Alabama except senior citizens aged 65 and over and those who did not complete high school. Obama won voters who identified as Democrats but Clinton won those who identified as Republicans; both candidates split among Independents. Clinton won Protestants but Obama won those who identified as Other Christian (excluding Catholics) and agnostics/atheists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195497-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama did best in the Black Belt counties in Alabama which are majority African American. He also performed extremely well in the urban areas of Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile and Huntsville. Clinton performed best in Northern Alabama and did best in counties that were majority white.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195498-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Alabama Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Alabama Republican presidential primary was held on February 5 (Super Tuesday) and had a total of 45 delegates at stake. The winner in each of the 7 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195499-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Alamo Bowl\nThe 2008 Valero Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2008 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and televised nationally by ESPN. The game was one of the 2008\u201309 NCAA football bowl games that concluded the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 2008 Alamo Bowl was the 16th annual edition of the contest and the second to be sponsored by Valero Energy Corporation. The game pit the Missouri Tigers (9\u20134) against the Northwestern Wildcats (9\u20133). The 2008 game was dubbed the Journalism Bowl by some in the media, owing to the nationally recognized journalism programs at each school: the Missouri School of Journalism and the Medill School of Journalism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195499-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Alamo Bowl, Scoring summary, First quarter\nNorthwestern's Brian Peters intercepted Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel on the Tiger's first drive. The Wildcats took advantage of the mistake and quarterback C. J. Bach\u00e9r found a wide-open Eric Peterman for a 35-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 47], "content_span": [48, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195499-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Alamo Bowl, Scoring summary, Second quarter\nMissouri and Northwestern traded field goals in the second quarter. With just one minute before halftime, Jeremy Maclin bolted for a 75-yard punt return for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195499-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Alamo Bowl, Scoring summary, Third quarter\nBach\u00e9r found Rasheed Ward for a 46-yard touchdown pass on the first drive of the second half. However, Northwestern's extra point attempt bounced off the right upright, making the score 16\u201310. Danario Alexander gave Mizzou its first lead of the game with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Daniel with about 7\u00a0minutes left in the third. Missouri kicked another field goal later in the quarter. With 31\u00a0seconds left in the quarter, Bach\u00e9r found Ross Lane in the back of the endzone to give Northwestern a 23\u201320 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 47], "content_span": [48, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195499-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Alamo Bowl, Scoring summary, Fourth quarter\nJeff Wolfert made his third field goal of the game with 2:49 remaining to tie the game at 23\u201323. However, he missed a 44-yard field as time expired, sending the game into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195499-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Alamo Bowl, Scoring summary, Overtime\nMissouri started on offense first to begin the overtime period. Daniel threw a 7-yard pass to Maclin to give Missouri a 30\u201323 lead. Like their offense, Missouri's defense delivered. They forced a back-pedaling Bach\u00e9r to fumble the ball, leaving Northwestern with a fourth-and-goal from the 32-yard line. Bach\u00e9r's desperation hail mary was knocked down into the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195500-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses took place Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008. This was the first time that Democrats in Alaska participated in Super Tuesday, and the large turnout forced at least one caucusing site to delay closing its doors far beyond the 6 p.m. deadline. The state had a total of 13 delegates at stake. Barack Obama won the Alaska Democratic Caucuses and secured 9 delegates to the Democratic National Convention while Hillary Clinton took 4 delegates. However, the caucus was non-binding, and Alaska's Democratic State Convention in May awarded Obama 10 pledged delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195500-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe Alaska Democratic Caucuses were open to all Alaska voters. Non -Democrats and unregistered voters could register or switch party affiliation at the meeting. At the caucus, voters \"fanned out\" to groups of supporters of their candidate. Then delegates to the state convention on May 24, 2008, were selected from these preference groups. At the district caucuses, candidates required a minimum support threshold of 15 percent to win delegates to the state convention. The same threshold applied at the state convention; candidates needed a support threshold of 15 percent to receive delegates at the Democratic National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195500-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nHowever, the district caucus results were not binding on the state convention delegates. Therefore, although Obama only won 9 delegate votes in the caucuses, at the state convention he secured 10. Unlike many caucus states, the actual number of votes in the Alaska caucuses was disclosed. Many states only tabulate state delegates or state delegate equivalents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195500-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe state convention officially allocated the 13 delegates to the national convention. In addition, the state convention chose five superdelegates to attend the national convention. Superdelegates officially were not pledged to any candidate. However, all of Alaska's superdelegates endorsed either Clinton or Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195500-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis\nBarack Obama scored a major victory in the Democratic Caucuses, winning by more than a three-to-one margin over Hillary Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195501-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses were held on February 5, 2008, and has a total of 26 delegates at stake. Mitt Romney won the state, and, as the winner in Alaska's congressional district, was awarded all of that district's delegates. All results are from the presidential preference poll held at the caucuses. Actual delegates were selected on February 5 or 9 at district conventions held throughout the state, and finally at a statewide convention held between March 13\u201315 in Anchorage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195501-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses, Candidates\nCandidates Rudy Giuliani, Duncan L. Hunter and Fred Thompson dropped out of the presidential race before the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195502-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Albanian Cup Final\nThe 2008 Albanian Cup Final was the 56th final of the Albanian Cup. The final was played at Stadioni Ruzhdi Bizhuta in Elbasan on 7 May 2008. The match was contested by KS Vllaznia Shkoder, who beat Dinamo Tirana in their semi-final, and KF Tirana who beat KF Elbasani. Vllaznia opened the scoring in the 3rd minute with midfielder Gilman Lika, they then won the game with a second on 38 minutes through Xhevahir Sukaj to give Vllaznia their sixth Albanian Cup success.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195503-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Albanian Supercup\n2008 Albanian Supercup is the 15th edition of the Albanian Supercup since its establishment in 1989. The match was contested between the 2008 Cup winners Vllaznia Shkod\u00ebr and the 2007\u201308 Albanian Superliga champions Dinamo Tirana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195503-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Albanian Supercup\nDinamo Tirana won the final by 2 goals to nil and lifted the cup after years of Tirana dominance of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195504-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election\nThe 2008 Alberta Liberal leadership election was held on December 12, 2008, to select a leader of the Alberta Liberal Party. Incumbent leader Kevin Taft announced his resignation June 2008, in the wake of the March provincial election in which the Liberals lost seven of their sixteen seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195504-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates\nCandidates had until September 30 to file nomination papers. Three candidates announced their intentions to run:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195504-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates, Declined\nHugh MacDonald, Edmonton-Gold Bar MLA since 1997, was at one time considering a candidacy. Laurie Blakeman, MLA for Edmonton Centre since 1997 and Liberal House Leader, had been widely expected to run but in August announced that she would not do so, citing the financial cost of a candidacy. She said that she would not be endorsing a candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195504-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates, Declined\nOther Liberals to publicly decline to run included Calgary mayor Dave Bronconnier and former Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan, both of whom announced their intentions immediately following Taft's resignation, and former Edmonton-Rutherford MLA Rick Miller, who expressed concern that, with the next provincial election presumably so far off, he wouldn't have a seat in the legislature for three and a half years after being elected leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195504-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election, Results\nDavid Swann was elected leader of the Alberta Liberal Party on the first ballot, receiving more than half of the total votes cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election\nThe 2008 Alberta general election was held on March 3, 2008, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election\nIt was expected to be called early because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a leadership election on December 2, 2006, in which Ed Stelmach was elected to replace Ralph Klein as party leader and Premier. The election was called when Stelmach formally advised Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong to dissolve the Legislature, which happened on February 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election\nWith 53% of the popular vote, the Progressive Conservatives won a decisive majority over the Liberal and other parties, despite early suggestions of a closer race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election\nThe 2008 election had the lowest voter turnout in the province's history, with only 40.59% of eligible voters casting a ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election, Results\nThe Progressive Conservatives increased their majority at the expense of all other parties in the legislature. The Tories also increased their share of the popular vote, and even though their share of the vote was still significantly less than it was in 2001, they managed to win just two fewer seats than they won in that election. This was largely a result of their continued widespread support in rural areas, as well as divided opposition support in Calgary and Edmonton. The Conservative gains came mostly in and around Edmonton, where the party recorded its best results since 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election, Results\nThe Liberals held on to official opposition status but sustained a net loss of seven seats. Bucking historic trends, the party was reduced to only three seats in Edmonton, but was able to win five seats in Calgary (a net gain of one seat and the largest total won by that party in that city in the past 50 years). The Liberals also held their existing seat in Lethbridge to win a total of nine seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election, Results\nThe other parties that were represented in the legislature also suffered losses on election night. The New Democrats lost two of their four Edmonton seats, and the Wildrose Alliance Party was shut out of the legislature as their leader Paul Hinman was narrowly defeated in his own constituency of Cardston-Taber-Warner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election, Results\nFor the first time in history, a majority of the Liberal caucus were from Calgary and the combined number of Liberal and NDP MLAs from Edmonton did not exceed the number of those two parties' MLAs from Calgary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election, Policy and other major announcements, Alberta Liberal Party\nCost: Net costs are zero as a result of re-allocating existing dollars and increased royalty revenues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election, Policy and other major announcements, New Democratic Party of Alberta\nCost: $477 million surplus, based on increased royalty rates, bitumen royalty premium and reverse corporate tax cuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 100], "content_span": [101, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election, Policy and other major announcements, Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta\nCost: Total commitments represent 4.2 per cent of the budget for 2008\u201309 or $1.5 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 110], "content_span": [111, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election, Results by region\n1 \"Edmonton\" corresponds to only the city of Edmonton. (Only the ridings whose names begin with \"Edmonton\".) The four suburban ridings around the city as listed below are grouped with central Alberta in this table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election, Target ridings\nThe following is a list of ridings that were narrowly lost by the indicated party in the 2004 election. For instance, under the Liberal column are the nine seats in which they came closest to winning but did not. Listed is the name of the riding, followed by the party which was victorious (in parentheses) and the margin, in terms of percentage of the vote, by which the party lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election, Target ridings\nThese ridings were likely targeted by the specified party because the party lost them by a very slim margin in the 2004 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195505-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Alberta general election, Target ridings\nUp to ten are shown, with a maximum margin of victory of 15%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195506-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Albirex Niigata season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:02, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15:  language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195507-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Alderney general election\nGeneral elections to the States were held in Alderney on 6 December 2008 in accordance with the rules governing elections in Alderney. All five elected members were independents. The results were complicated by the first ever tie in Alderney's electoral history, between John Beaman and Don Oakden, both with 294 votes. After the drawing of a name from the ballot box by the returning officer, Beaman was elected in fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195508-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Algarve Cup\nThe 2008 Algarve Cup was the fifteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 5  and 12 March 2008 with the reigning champions the United States winning the event for a record sixth time, after defeating Denmark, 2-1, in the final game in a repeat of the previous year's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195508-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Algarve Cup, Format\nThe twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. The entrants were almost identical to the previous year, but Italy moved up into Group B from their previous ranking in 2007, replacing France who did not feature this time. Poland appeared in the competition for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195508-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Algarve Cup, Format\nGroups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195508-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Algarve Cup, Format\nThe teams in Group C were playing for places 7-12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came last in Group A or B with the worse record for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for eleventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195508-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Algarve Cup, Format\nPoints awarded in the group stage follow the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher placed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195509-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Algerian Cup Final\nThe 2008 Algerian Cup Final was the 44th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 16, 2008, at Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida with kick-off at 16:00. JSM B\u00e9ja\u00efa beat WA Tlemcen 3\u20131 on penalties to win their first Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195510-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All England Super Series\nThe 2008 Yonex All England Super Series is the 98th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships and also the third tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series. It was held from 4 to 9 March 2008 in Birmingham, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195511-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All Thailand Golf Tour\nThe 2008 All Thailand Golf Tour is the 10th season of the All Thailand Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Thailand since it was established in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195512-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Australian team\nThe 2008 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2008 season. The selection panel provided the 40 leading players of the year in their playing positions at the conclusion of the home and away season before announcing the final 22 during the All-Australian Presentation Dinner on 15 September. The team is honorary and does not play any games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195512-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Australian team, Selection panel\nThe selection panel for the 2008 All-Australian team consisted of non-voting chairman Andrew Demetriou, Adrian Anderson, Robert Walls, Gerard Healy, Mark Bickley, Glen Jakovich, Rod Austin and Kevin Bartlett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195512-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Australian team, Team, Initial squad\nThe 40-man squad was announced on 3 September, with ten Geelong players named.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195512-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Australian team, Team, Final team\nNote: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195512-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Australian team, Team, Final team\nThe 2008 All-Australian umpire was also awarded, with that honour going to Brett Rosebury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195513-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Big 12 Conference football team\nThe 2008 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the \"Coaches\" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the \"Media\" team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195513-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key\nBold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195514-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Big Ten Conference football team\nThe 2008 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2008 Big Ten Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the \"Coaches\" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the \"Media\" team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195514-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key\nBold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and media", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack\nOn 19 October 2008, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena activists attacked North Indian candidates appearing for the All India Railway Recruitment Board entrance exam for the Western region in Mumbai, India. The attacks invoked a quick reaction from Bihar members of the Union Government in Delhi, notably the Union Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his cabinet colleague, Ram Vilas Paswan. The Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar spoke to his Maharashtra counterpart Vilasrao Deshmukh and urged him to provide protection to the migrants from Bihar. Lalu demanded a ban on the MNS, and described its chief Raj Thackeray as a \"mental case\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack\nPawan Mahto, a resident of Bara-Khurd village in Nalanda district, Bihar died after being assaulted by MNS activists. However, railway police claimed, based on the CCTV footage, that Pawan had died due to an accident at Andheri station after slipping at a platform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack\nOn 20 October 2008, Thackeray was arrested in Ratnagiri after Mumbai police had received a non-bailable warrant issued by a Jamshedpur court against the MNS chief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Incident\nMNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena) and Shiv Sena activists attacked 13 railway board examination centres in suburban Mumbai to protest against \"inadequate representation\" of locals of Maharashtra in the above said exams. As per MNS, locals i.e. Maharashtrians should be given priority over others as the railway posts were vacant in Maharashtra. The applications received from most of the locals of Maharashtra were rejected and if the same were accepted they were not provided with hall tickets. Moreover, the applications received from locals residing in Bihar were accepted and issued Hall Tickets to sit in the exam hall. Irked by such irresponsible behaviour of Railways, MNS workers entered the examination halls and vacated all the people of bihar and stopped them from giving the exams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 862]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Violence\nRaj's arrest ignited violence by his supporters in large parts of the city forcing it to shut down. Irate supporters went on the rampage torching public transport and telling office goers to return home. Many shops and commercial establishments, especially those run or managed by non-Maharashtrians, chose not to open at all to avoid trouble. Raj, whose MNS workers Sunday attacked non-Maharashtrians appearing for the railway board examination, was brought from Ratnagiri, about 250\u00a0km from here, to be produced at the Bandra court, where he was summoned for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Violence\nThere was mayhem outside the court premises with large crowds gathering around restively and camera crews waiting to capture the trouble. [ In some places, buses, taxis and autorickshaws were set on fire, in others areas public transport just stayed off the roads. The office of the state Congress spokesperson Sanjay Nirupam was also vandalised.]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Violence\nA North Indian shopkeeper was killed in Bhandup, Mumbai after he refused to shut down his shop when MNS activists protesting Raj's arrest forced him to do so. Four persons were killed and another seriously injured in a village near Kalyan. Deputy commissioner of police (rural) Sanjay Shintre said two North Indians, a member of the Agri community and an MNS worker were killed in a clash between the two communities in Pisavali, 10\u00a0km from Kalyan. Earlier, curfew had been imposed in the entire Kalyan area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Violence\nThe situation in Kalyan worsened in the evening as Raj was driven there to a police station lock-up where he was to spend the night before being presented in a court on 22 October. Five outdoor broadcast vans belonging to media houses were damaged by MNS supporters. A cameraman from ETV was injured and had to be admitted to a private hospital. One Kalyan-Dombivli municipal transport bus was set on fire while five bikes were reduced to ashes. Transport services across Kalyan were paralysed. A jewellery shop was also ransacked by MNS supporters. In all one hundred and twenty-five cases of arson, rioting and stonepelting were registered across the state, including in Pune and Marathwada, by early evening, and 2,085 people were arrested, state director general of police A N Roy said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 860]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Violence\nAs news about the arrest spread, there was violence in other parts of Maharashtra too. Sporadic incidents of stone pelting at municipal and private buses were reported in the reat of Maharashtra following the arrest of MNS chief Raj Thackeray in Ratnagiri. In Kothrud area, some alleged MNS activists damaged a company's bus that was taking its employees to workplace. Few Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) buses were stoned by MNS activists, police said. Meanwhile, police have picked up around 100 MNS activists, including some corporators as a preventive measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Violence\nIn Nashik, MNS activists set ablaze a truck near PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal's farm and also damaged another truck at Vilholi-Phata area, police said. Incidents of stone pelting on MSRTC buses and other vehicles were reported in some areas, they said, adding vehicular traffic on the busy Mumbai-Agra-national highway was disrupted following the protest. Police rounded up 70 MNS activists in Nashik incidents and security was tightened in the city. In Solapur, incidents of stone pelting on state transport buses were also reported. In Nagpur MNS party leaders claimed to have damaged several MSRTC buses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Protests\nShivananda Tiwari, Rajya Sabha MP and JD-U national general secretary, blaming the Bihar state government for the reactionary violence in Bihar by the agitated youths and said,\"This reaction is out of frustration and is totally spontaneous. People are very angry at the treatment meted out to the state youths in Maharashtra.\". Various cases were filed in Bihar and Jharkhand against Raj Thackeray for assaulting the students. A murder case was also filed by Jagdish Prasad, father of Pawan Kumar, who was allegedly killed by MNS activists in Mumbai. Mumbai police, however, claimed it to be a case of accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Protests\nBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced a compensation of Rs 150,000 to Pawan's family. Bihar state Congress chief, Anil Kumar Sharma, has demanded enactment of an Act by Parliament for closing opportunities to any political party or organisation that indulge in obscurantism and raise such narrow, chauvinistic issues based on caste, religion and regionalism to capture power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Protests, Bihar\nAngry students in various parts of Bihar damaged railway property and disrupted train traffic, as protests continued against assaults on north Indians by MNS activists in Mumbai. The police said the protesters targeted Patna, Jehanabad, Barh, Khusrupur, Sasaram and Purnia railway stations in the morning. The protesting students reportedly set afire two AC bogies of an express train at Barh railway station. They ransacked Jehanabad, Barh, Purnia and Sasaram railway stations. According to the railway police, at least 10 students were detained in the morning and extra security was deployed to control the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Protests, Bihar\nNoted Physician Dr Diwakar Tejaswi observed a day-long fast in Patna to protest against repeated violence by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray and his goons against the north Indians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Protests, Bihar\nVarious student organisations gave a call for Bihar shutdown on 25 Oct 2008 to protest attacks on north Indian candidates by Maharashtra Navnirnam Sena activists during a Railway recruitment examination in Mumbai. During the anti-MNS agitation a group of 63 tourists, of which many were Marathis, were on a tour of sacred Buddhist sites. The tourists found themselves stranded on the outskirts of Patna as riots broke out. The Marathis in the group were forced to hide their identity for fear of attacks. The group avoided speaking in Marathi, and woman wore saris in the north Indian rather than the Marathi style. For security, the group had to escorted by 25 policeman to the station. The tourists reached Nagpur safely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Protests, Uttar Pradesh\nA group of 25 people pelted stones on the Maharashtra Bhawan in Khalasi Line, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Constructed in 1928, the building is owned by the lone trust run by Marathis in Kanpur. Over the years, it has served as an important venue for prominent festivals, including Ganesh Utsav and Krishna Janmastami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Protests, Delhi\nA group of 20 youths, from Bihar, attacked Maharashtra Sadan in the capital on 3 November. The Rashtrawadi Sena has claimed responsibility for the attack. They ransacked the reception of the building and raised slogans against Raj Thackeray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Protests, Jharkhand\nAfter the October 2008 anti-Bihari attacks in Maharashtra, members of the Bharatiya Bhojpuri Sangh (BBS) vandalised the official residence of Tata Motors, Jamshedpur plant head S.B. Borwankar, a Maharashtrian. Armed with lathis and hockey sticks, more than 100 BBS members trooped to Borwankar's Nildih Road bungalow around 3.30pm. Shouting anti-MNS slogans, they smashed windowpanes and broke flowerpots. BBS president Anand Bihari Dubey called the attack on Borwankar's residence unfortunate, and said that he knew BBS members were angry after the attack in Maharashtra on Biharis, but did not expect a reaction. Fear of further violence gripped the 4,000-odd Maharashtrian settlers living in and around the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Political reactions\nMaharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh admitted that his government was responsible for failure in preventing the attacks by MNS on north Indian candidates at Railways examination centres and ordered a probe into the incident, which will also enquire into why the job advertisements where not given in Marathi newspapers. \"What has happened is not good. Such incidents take place because of loopholes in the law. One can't hold only the Home Ministry responsible for it, it is (entire) government's responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Political reactions\nSuch incidents are affecting the image of the state and I have instructed the DGP to take stern action,\" Deshmukh said. However, powerful Congress leader Narayan Rane, wrote a piece in the 23 October 2008 issue of 'Prahar', in a city newspaper he owns, pleading that Marathis should get their legitimate share in the central government sector. The Times of India noted, the essay indicates that Rane continues to have a soft spot for MNS chief Raj Thackeray \u2013 the two were close friends when Rane was in the Sena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Political reactions\nStating that the Marathis were getting a raw deal in central government jobs such as income tax and the railways, Rane said it was perplexing that of 54,000, only 54 Marathis were summoned for the railway recruitment exams. The railways must give Marathis their legitimate share in employment, Rane said. Political parties condemned the attack by MNS activists on north Indian candidates who had come to appear in railway board exam in the city. \"Strict action should be taken on MNS activists for the attack,\" said Bihari origin Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam. Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said his government will not tolerate Raj Thackeray's party. NCP spokesperson Gurunath Kulkarni also demanded harsh action against the activists. \"I condemned the attack by MNS activists. They are not doing any good for Marathi people but spoiling the name of Maharashtra,\" Kulkarni said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 976]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Political reactions\nBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar demanded action against the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists and full security to students. Nitish Kumar requested Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh intervention. Kumar directed the additional director general of police to contact senior police officials in Maharashtra and compile a report on Sunday's incident and asked the home commissioner to hold talks with the Maharashtra home secretary to seek protection for people from Bihar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Political reactions\nWhat can I do? I wrote a most strongly worded letter after the all-party delegation from Bihar met me. I also spoke to the Maharashtra Chief Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Political reactions\nBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar demanded action against the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists and full security to students. Nitish Kumar requested Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh intervention. Kumar directed the additional director general of police to contact senior police officials in Maharashtra and compile a report on Sunday's incident and asked the home commissioner to hold talks with the Maharashtra home secretary to seek protection for people from Bihar. He said: \"I expect the Maharashtra government to act tough and protect our students.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195515-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack, Similar attack\nIn 2003, the Shiv Sena alleged that of the 500 Maharashtrian candidates, only ten of them successful in the Railways exams. 90 per cent of the successful candidates were alleged to be from Bihar. Activists from the Shiv Sena ransacked a railway recruitment office in protest against non-Marathi's being among the 650,000 candidates set to compete for 2,200 railway jobs in the state. Eventually, after attacks on Biharis heading towards Mumbai for exams, the central government delayed the exams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195516-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 25th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The championship began on 31 May 2008 and ended on 30 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195516-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship\nWexford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Kilkenny won the title after defeating Limerick by 1-16 to 0-13 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195517-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, the most important elite level inter-county competition for age graded development squad county teams in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Kilkenny, who defeated Clare in the final, played at Athy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195517-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, Arrangements\nSix goals from Bob Johnston and 10000000 points from Martin Flair helped Clare beat Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds in the semi-final, Clare 4\u201315, Tipperary 0\u20139. Kilkenny (5\u201310) defeated Cork (3\u201315) in a low-scoring game at the Gaelic Grounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195517-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, The Final\nClare were coached by former Clare hurling goalkeeper, Davy Fitzgerald for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195517-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, B Division\nThe Minor B final was won by Offaly who defeated Waterford by 12 points in the final. The B teams were divided into two groups. Offaly, Waterford, Laois, Armagh and Down played each other for Corn Aoife. Offaly, winners of Group 1, met Waterford, the top team in Group 2, in the final of the All-Ireland Minor B championship. Offaly led by 2\u20134 to 1\u20135 at half time and went on to win by 2\u20139 to 1\u20132. Westmeath, Roscommon, Meath, Carlow, Kildare and Wicklow dropped down to a new under-18 C grade. These counties participated in a one-day blitz that was won by Kildare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195518-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 77th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195518-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship\nGalway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Roscommon in the Connacht semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195518-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship\nOn 27 September 2008, Tyrone won the championship following a 1-20 to 1-15 defeat of Mayo in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their first title in four championship seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195519-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 78th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 29 March 2008 and ended on 7 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195519-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship\nTipperary entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive title, however, they were beaten by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195519-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship\nOn 7 September 2008 Kilkenny won the championship following a 3-6 to 0-13 defeat of Galway in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their 19th All-Ireland title overall and their first title since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195519-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship\nWexford's Michael O'Hanlon was the championship's top scorer with 3-37.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195520-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship\u2014known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons\u2014was the high point of the 2008 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a five-point margin in the final. The championship was played between June 1 and September 14, 2008. The format was as follows: seven county teams entered. Each team played all of the others once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195520-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Group Stages\nSubstitute Lourda Kavanagh\u2019s late goal helped Galway spring a surprise against Cork in the group stages by 1-9 to 0-8 at P\u00e1irc Ui Rinn. Cork went on to gain revenge when the same teams med again in the All-Ireland final, the second time a group result had been reversed in the final in the three years since the round-robin format had been introduced into the championship in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195520-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Results, Group stage\nThe cross table below summarises the group stages, which were played from June 1 to August 3, 2008. Away results are italicised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195521-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 77th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195521-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final\nCork won their third title in four years after Galway missed several goal chances. S\u00edle Burns scored both Rebelette goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195522-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2008 to determine the winners of the 2007\u201308 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 38th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Portumna of Galway and Birr of Offaly, with Portumna winning by 3-19 to 3-9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195522-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nThe All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Portumna and Birr. It remains their only clash in the All-Ireland series. Birr were hoping to win a fifth All-Ireland title, and equal the record set by Ballyhale Shamrocks the previous year, while Portumna were hoping to win their second title in three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195522-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nBirr made a dream start as Simon Whelahan got on the ball to point a first-minute free. In the third minute, Brian Watkins dangled a high ball in towards the Portumna square and with goalkeeper Ivan Canning caught flat footed and defender Mike Gill losing his marker, Stephen Browne leapt unchallenged to bat home to the empty net. Joe Canning fired a free over from midfield before Kevin \"Chunky\" Hayes cut the gap to 1-1 to 0-2 before Birr picked off their second goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195522-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nPaul O'Meara rose highest to knock Barry Whelahan's assist past Ivan Canning to put them 2-1 to 0-2 ahead. Portumna responded when Damien Hayes and Leo Smith pointed before Andy Smith showed great poise to tuck a grounded ball past goalkeeper Brian Mullins with his left boot. Portumna continued to dominate up to half time and would have been further in front at the break but for Joe Canning having a penalty saved. A pointed 105-metre free, allied to efforts from Damien Hayes, Kevin Hayes and Andy Smith led to Portumna taking a 1-11 to 2-4 lead at the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195522-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nAndy Smith's 33rd-minute goal widened the gap before a Joe Canning free put nine between the sides. Birr kept plugging away with Brian Whelahan pointing before Simon Whelahan was successful with three frees after 39, 44 and 48 minutes. Joe Canning kept the leaders ticking over with a series of placed balls, before Damien Hayes dashed in from the right and blasted a shot into the top left corner of the net for a third Portumna goal. Birr had a late spurt with Simon Whelahan sneaking a 20-metre free into the Portumna net. Whelahan's brother Brian, the Birr captain, ended the game standing behind the Davin Stand goal after he received a last-minute red card for striking an opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195522-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nPortumna's All-Ireland victory was their second ever and their first since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195523-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was that year's Gaelic football championship, having thrown-in on 11 May 2008 and concluded with the All-Ireland Final at Croke Park on 21 September 2008. Tyrone beat Kerry in the decider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195523-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\nThe draw for the provincial championships took place on 14 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195523-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 1\nThe first round of the All-Ireland Qualifier Series included all the counties that did not qualify for their respective provincial final with the exceptions of Antrim, Carlow, Clare, Kilkenny, Leitrim, London, Sligo, Waterford and Wicklow. (These nine teams played in the Tommy Murphy Cup as a result of their participation in Division 4 of the 2009 National Football League.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195523-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 1\nThe sixteen teams competing in the first round were Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary, Tyrone and Westmeath. Unlike previous years, teams that played each other in their provincial championships were permitted to meet again in the qualifiers. The first round draw took place on 29 June 2008. The first team drawn had home venue provided their ground meets the minimum safety requirements. The first round of games took place on 19 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195523-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 2\nThe second round featured the eight winning teams from the first round in an open draw. The second round draw took place on 20 July 2008. As in the first round, the first drawn team had home advantage. These games were played on 26 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195523-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 3\nIn the third round, the four winning teams from the second round were drawn against the four losing provincial finalists. The third round draw took place on 27 July 2008. Venues were decided by the Central Competitions Control Committee. These games were played on 2 and 3 August 2008. The winners of these games went on to play the four provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195523-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland series\nThis stage of the competition is a pure knockout, with teams competing facing off in a single match. The draw for the quarter finals took place on August 3, and it involved the four winning teams from round 3 of the qualifier series being drawn against the four provincial winners; Galway, Cork, Dublin and Armagh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195524-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 121st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195524-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background\nKerry and Tyrone defined the decade. Since 2000, they had hoovered up titles in 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007 (Kerry) and 2003, 2005 (Tyrone). This led to Martin Breheny calling the 2008 final the \"most decade-defining clash since Dublin v Kerry in the late 1970s\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195524-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background\n2008 was the first final between two teams who had been beaten in their Provincial Championship. Kerry were reigning champions and were gunning for three-in-a-row. Tyrone had looked dead and buried after being knocked out of their Ulster quarter-final by Down after extra-time in a replay but had bounced back through the back door.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195524-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background\nTyrone had beaten Wexford in their semi-final, while Kerry had beaten Cork after a replay in their semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195524-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match summary\nTyrone beat Kerry by four points to claim their third All-Ireland title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship\nThe All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2008 was the 122nd since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The first matches of the season were played on 25 May 2008, and the championship ended on 7 September 2008. Kilkenny went into the 2008 championship as defending champions, having won their thirtieth All-Ireland title the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship\nThe championship culminated with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by Kilkenny and Waterford. It was their first meeting in the final since 1963. Kilkenny won the game by 3-30 to 1-13. It was their third All-Ireland title in succession and a record thirty-first for the county. Kilkenny overtook Cork with the most All Ireland Titles. A position which they have not lost since.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nThe format of the 2008 championship was slightly different from previous formats:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format\n12 counties participated in Tier 1 of the 2008 Championship. These teams were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nThe Leinster and Munster championships were played as usual. The Leinster and Munster champions advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nPhase 1: (1 match) This was a single match between Antrim and Galway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nPhase 2: (2 matches) The winner of the phase 1 game played the team eliminated in the first round of the Leinster Championship. The loser of the phase 1 game played the team eliminated in the first round of the Munster Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nPhase 3: (2 matches) This phase consisted of two knock-out games between the beaten provincial semi-finalists in Leinster and Munster. Teams from the same province could not meet in these games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nPhase 4: (2 matches) The winners from phase 2 played the winners from phase 3 in a knock-out format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nQuarter-finals: (2 matches) The defeated Munster and Leinster finalists played the winners of the qualifier phase 4 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nSemi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster and Leinster champions played the winners of the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nThe losing teams from the qualifier phase 2 games played off. The loser of this game played a promotion/relegation play-off against the winners of the Christy Ring Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ulster Senior Hurling Championship\n2008 marked the first time in decades that all nine Ulster counties (plus London) competed in the Ulster championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 80], "content_span": [81, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ulster Senior Hurling Championship\nDue to the historical strength of Antrim and the relative strength of Down, and more recently Derry and Armagh, a system of seeding was used to prevent one-sided matches. The success of the format was indicated by two 'underdog' victories, for Monaghan over Donegal, and London over Armagh, and a number of close matches. However, Antrim retained the trophy beating Down in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 80], "content_span": [81, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Player facts, Debutantes\nThe following players made their d\u00e9but in the 2008 championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Player facts, Retirees\nThe following players played their last game in the 2008 championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Annual awards, Vodafone Hurler of the Year\nThe Vodafone Hurler of the Year award for 2008 was won by Eoin Larkin of Kilkenny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 88], "content_span": [89, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Annual awards, Vodafone Hurler of the Year\nThe shortlist for the Vodafone Hurler of the Year award, in alphabetical order, was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 88], "content_span": [89, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Annual awards, Vodafone Young Hurler of the Year\nThe Vodafone Young Hurler of the Year award for 2008 was won by Joe Canning of Galway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 94], "content_span": [95, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Annual awards, Vodafone Young Hurler of the Year\nThe shortlist for the Vodafone Young Hurler of the Year award, in alphabetical order, was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 94], "content_span": [95, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Annual awards, Opel GPA Hurler of the Year\nThe Opel GPA Hurler of the Year award for 2008 was won by Eoin Larkin of Kilkenny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 88], "content_span": [89, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Annual awards, Opel GPA Hurler of the Year\nThe shortlist for the Opel GPA Hurler of the Year award, in alphabetical order, was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 88], "content_span": [89, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195525-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Managerial changes\nThe following managerial changes took place during and immediately after the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Hurling Final was a hurling match played on 7 September 2008 in Croke Park, Dublin, between Kilkenny and Waterford. The match was the 121st All-Ireland Hurling Final and the culmination of the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. It was the fourth time the teams played each other in the final, having played each other previously in 1957, 1959 and 1963. Kilkenny won their 31st All-Ireland Championship and in doing so overtook Cork on the roll of honour. The Kilkenny win witnessed the county doing three in a row for the first time since 1913. The match represented Waterford's sixth appearance in the All-Ireland Final and their first for 45 years since 1963. Waterford has not won the All-Ireland Championship since 1959.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Previous championship encounters\nThis particular fixture has been infrequent in the history of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship due to the provincial structure of the championship from 1888 to 1996. Kilkenny has played Waterford a total of six times in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Kilkenny has four victories, Waterford has one and the remaining fixture ended as a draw. The last encounter between the two teams occurred in 2004 where a Henry Shefflin-inspired Kilkenny side ran out semi-final winners on a scoreline of Kilkenny 3\u201312, Waterford 0\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to final, Kilkenny\nKilkenny's path to the All-Ireland Hurling Final turned out to be a more straight forward affair in comparison to Waterford. Kilkenny's Leinster Championship campaign started off in O'Moore Park, Portlaoise on 15 June 2008 against Offaly. The match turned out to be a very one-sided affair with Henry Shefflin scoring 11 points on his return from a long term injury. Kilkenny eventually ran out easy winners on a scoreline of Kilkenny 2\u201324 Offaly 0\u201312. Kilkenny moved onto the Leinster Hurling Final where they would face a Wexford side who took a replay to defeat Dublin in the other semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to final, Kilkenny\nAs in previous year, the Leinster Final also turned out to be a one sided affair. Wexford stuck with Kilkenny for the first half but the cats pulled away in the second half, essentially killing off Wexford's challenge with 4 goals in the second half. Kilkenny became Leinster Champions for the ninth time in ten years on a scoreline of Kilkenny 5\u201321 Wexford 0\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to final, Kilkenny\nAfter the completion of the All-Ireland Qualifier Series, Cork revealed themselves to be Kilkenny's All-Ireland Semi-final opponents. The fixture was much hyped by the Irish media, in light of both teams' respective records over the past 5 years. A large crowd at Croke Park viewed an entertaining match which pitted the 2006 finalists against each other. The sides stuck with each other, point for point at the start, resulting in a score of 6 points each after 20 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to final, Kilkenny\nHowever, Cork went without a score for a long period of the first half resulting in Kilkenny leading by 8 points at half time. Cork opened the second half with a barrage of points, but Kilkenny held strong and ran out 9-point winners \u2013 Kilkenny 1\u201323 Cork 0\u201317. Kilkenny qualified for their eighth final in ten years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to final, Waterford\nWaterford started off the year with a Munster Championship first round clash with Clare at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick on 1 June 2008. Waterford, missing a number of first team regulars such as Ken McGrath, Eoin Kelly and Eoin Murphy succumbed to a youthful Clare team on a scoreline of Waterford 0\u201323 Clare 2\u201326. Soon after the game, manager, Justin McCarthy was fired from his position by the Waterford County Board. It has been rumoured at the time that player unrest had a lot to do with the decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to final, Waterford\nThe Waterford County Board acted quickly and appointed former Clare goalkeeper Davy Fitzgerald as new Waterford manager on 10 June 2008. The loss to Clare sent Waterford into the All-Ireland Qualifier Series. The first round match against Antrim saw the return of both Ken McGrath and Eoin Kelly. Davy Fitzgerald started his Waterford managerial career with the unusual decision of placing Ken McGrath at full back in order to strengthen the full back line. The decision paid off and the match turned out to be a complete mismatch, with Waterford running out winners on a scoreline of Waterford 6\u201318 Antrim 0\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to final, Waterford\nWaterford were then pitted against Offaly in their Phase 4 Qualifier on 19 July 2008 at Semple Stadium, Thurles. After a stern test in the first 60 minutes, Waterford eventually pulled away towards the end winning on a scoreline of Waterford 2\u201318 Offaly 0\u201318. This resulted in Waterford reaching the All-Ireland Quarter Finals and a match-up against Leinster runners-up Wexford. This was a competitive match which toed and froed from one side to the other. However, a late barrage of points saw Waterford over the endline on a scoreline of Waterford 2\u201319 Wexford 3\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to final, Waterford\nThe win against Wexford lead Waterford to their sixth All-Ireland Semi-Final since 1998. The opponents would be a highly fancied Tipperary, who were reigning National Hurling League and Munster champions. Waterford started a blistering page, going 0\u20136 to 0\u20130 up after 8 minutes. However Tipperary were level going in at half time. Both teams scored goals in rapid succession in the 2nd half. Waterford's nerve held, and they won by two points on a scoreline of Waterford 1\u201320 Tipperary 1\u201318. It was Waterford's first semi-final win since 1963 and brought to an end a run of 5 consecutive semi-final defeats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Television and Radio Coverage\nAs with previous years, the Irish state broadcaster, Radio Telef\u00eds \u00c9ireann will provide both television and radio coverage for the event. As well as showing the senior game, RT\u00c9 will also provide coverage of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Final on the day along with a suitable build up to the game in the preceding days. Irish satellite sports channel, Setanta Sports will provide coverage on the day for Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and United States of America. The British Broadcasting Corporation provides coverage in Northern Ireland, although viewers may also be able to watch the RT\u00c9 coverage through different mediums. Ger Canning will commentate on RT\u00c9's television coverage. It was Canning's twenty third time doing the live match commentary for RT\u00c9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 81], "content_span": [82, 860]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195526-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Television and Radio Coverage\nM\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 Muircheartaigh provide commentary for RT\u00c9 radio with the match being broadcast on both FM and LW. Radio coverage was also provided by numerous Irish local radio stations, most notably, WLR FM and KCLR 96FM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 81], "content_span": [82, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195527-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Monaghan. This was the first of three All-Ireland Ladies' football finals between 2008 and 2013 that saw Cork play Monaghan. They would also play each other in  2011. Cork won a fourth successive All-Ireland title. Valerie Mulcahy scored 3\u20132, including two penalties, as Cork defeated Monaghan by 14 points. Mulcahy provided the game's opening score, a penalty in the third minute, following Christina Reilly's foul on Mary O'Connor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195527-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final\nAlthough Monaghan would get back to within a point of Cork on three separate occasions, they subsequently trailed all the way to the finish. At half-time, just three points separated the sides, with Cork leading by 1\u20138 to 0\u20138. The crucial goal for Cork came five minutes after half-time, when Mulcahy palmed home a disputed second goal to open up a 2\u20138 to 0\u20138 lead. Any faint hopes of a Monaghan revival ended when substitute Ciara O'Sullivan scored a goal with her first touch of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195527-0000-0002", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final\nFive minutes from the end, Mulcahy completed her hat-trick of goals when she netted a second penalty. Aside from Mulcahy and O'Sullivan, other notable performers for Cork included Juliet Murphy in midfield who scored 0\u20133, substitute Rhona Buckley, who scored 0\u20132 and Briege Corkery who produced a fantastic diving block midway through the second half to prevent a Monaghan goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195527-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nTeam:1 Elaine Harte2 Ciara Walsh3 Angela Walsh (c)4 Linda Barrett5 Briege Corkery6 Br\u00edd Stack7 Geraldine O'Flynn8 Juliet Murphy9 Norita Kelly10 Nollaig Cleary11 Mary O'Connor12 Deirdre O'Reilly13 Valerie Mulcahy14 Amy O'Shea15 Amanda Murphy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195527-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nSubstitutes:Rena Buckley for C. Walsh (29)Ciara O'Sullivan for O'Reilly (41)Rhona Buckley for A. Murphy (48)R\u00f3is\u00edn O'Sullivan for O'Shea (54)S. O'Reilly for Cleary (55)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195527-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nTeam:1 Linda Martin2 Grainne McNally3 Sharon Courtney4 Christina Reilly5 Aoife McAnespie6 Angela Lennon7 Fiona Courtney8 Amanda Casey9 Isobel Kierans10 Catriona McConnell11 Niamh Kindlon (c)12 Therese McNally13 Ciara McAnespie14 Edel Byrne15 Nicola Fahy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195527-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nSubstitutes:Lavina Connolly for Lennon (44)Cora Courtney for McConnell (48)Ellen McCarron for Fahy (51)U. McNally for Reilly (54)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195528-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 45th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195528-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship\nCork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Kerry in the Munster semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195528-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship\nOn 3 May 2008, Kerry won the championship following a 2-12 to 0-11 defeat of Kildare in the All-Ireland final. This was their 10th All-Ireland title overall and their first in ten championship seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195529-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Bord G\u00e1is Energy GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-21 Championship was the 45th staging of Ireland's hurling knock-out competition for players aged between 18 and 21. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Tipperary 2-13 to 0-15 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195530-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nThe 2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Croke Park, Dublin on 14 September 2008 to determine the winners of the 2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 45th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Kilkenny of Leinster and Tipperary of Munster, with Kilkenny winning by 2-13 to 0-15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195530-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nThe All-Ireland final between Kilkenny and Tipperary was their ninth meeting in an All-Ireland final. Kilkenny were hoping to claim their 11th championship. Tipperary were hoping to win their ninth All-Ireland title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195530-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nKilkenny moved ahead just 20 seconds after the throw-in when corner-forward Matthew Ruth pointed. Tipp responded well over the next five minutes as Shane Bourke, Pa Bourke and Kevin Lanigan all scored. The sides were level for the fourth time when Tipperary's S\u00e1amus Callanan shrugged off three defenders to point before Ruth replied at the other end. Off a particularly skill-laden move, T. J Reid raced in from the right and hand-passed to the unmarked Ruth who blasted to the net from just outside the square. Ruth was denied a second moments later. Pa Bourke kept Tipp in the hunt at 1-5 to 0-5, however, Matthew Ruth rattled the net for a second time. Eight points down, Tipp had a timely rally just before the break when Brendan Maher and Gear\u00f3id Ryan rattled off points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195530-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nThe tit-for-tat nature of the game continued in the second half as Hogan and Bourke entered into a free-taking duel. The latter hit two more points to reduce the arrears to 2-8 to 0-12. John Mulhall, who had been quiet, exploded into life over the next few minutes and Kilkenny needed him to do so as Tipp were beginning to get on top. Tipp created a goal-scoring opportunity in the 48th minute, but Callanan's ground shot was disappointingly struck straight at the 'keeper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195530-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nPa Bourke went for a goal from a close-in free, however, his shot, aimed to the left side of the goal, was deflected over by McGrath for the concession of a point. Patrick Maher was later involved in what might have been a match-defining incident, just a couple of minutes later. Scrambling his way forward at the left edge of the Kilkenny square, he tried to find space to get a strike through on goal but Neil Prendergast came in with a strong challenge and Kilkenny won a free. Pa Bourke's 58th-minute free proved to be Tipp's final point, before Kilkenny added three to seal the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195530-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nKilkenny's All-Ireland victory was their fourth in six years. The victory put them in joint first position with Cork on the all-time roll of honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195531-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team\nThe 2008 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-10 Conference teams for the 2008 college football season. The USC Trojans won the conference, posting an 8\u20131 conference record. USC then beat the Big Ten champion Penn State Nittany Lions in the Rose Bowl 38 to 24. Oregon State running back Jacquizz Rodgers was voted Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year. USC linebacker Rey Maualuga was voted Pat Tillman Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195532-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Pro Team\nThe 2008 All-Pro Team is composed of the National Football League (NFL) players that were named to the Associated Press (AP), Pro Football Writers Association (PFWA), and Sporting News All-Pro Teams in 2008. These are the current teams that historically appear in Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195532-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 All-Pro Team\nAlthough the NFL has no official awards, according to the NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, the NFL Record and Fact Book has historically listed All-Pro teams from major news sources such as the Associated Press, Sporting News, Pro Football Writers Association, as well as teams from organizations that no longer release All-Pro teams such as Newspaper Enterprise Association and United Press International.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195532-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-Pro Team\nThe AP team is selected by a national panel of 50 media members, and it lists both first and second teams. The Sporting News surveyed 664 players, coaches, and general managers to determine its All-Pro team. The Pro Football Writers Association's All-NFL team results from the votes of over 300 members as well as from the editors and writers of Pro Football Weekly, who present the PFWA awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195533-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 All-SEC football team\nThe 2008 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2008 college football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195533-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 All-SEC football team\nThe Florida Gators won the conference, beating the Alabama Crimson Tide 31 to 20 in the SEC Championship game. The Gators then won a national championship, defeating the Big 12 champion Oklahoma Sooners 24 to 14 in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game. Alabama led the conference with five consensus first-team All-SEC selections by both the AP and the coaches; Florida was second with three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195533-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 All-SEC football team\nFlorida quarterback Tim Tebow, a unanimous AP selection, was voted AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno was a unanimous selection by both AP and the coaches. Tennessee safety Eric Berry, a unanimous selection by the coaches, was voted AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195533-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 All-SEC football team, Key\nBold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 31], "content_span": [32, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195534-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Allan Cup\nThe 2008 Allan Cup was the 2008 edition of the Canadian National Championship of Senior ice hockey, and the tournament marked the 100th year that the Allan Cup has been awarded. The 2008 tournament was hosted by the City of Brantford, Ontario, and the Brantford Blast of the Ontario Hockey Association's Major League Hockey. The tournament began on April 14, 2008, and concluded April 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195534-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Allan Cup, Information\nOntario was represented by two different teams in the 2008 Allan Cup, not including the hosts. The Whitby Dunlops represented the Ontario Hockey Federation as a whole by winning the Robertson Cup grand championship, played between the winners of Major League Hockey and the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League. The other representatives were the Dundas Real McCoys, who despite losing the Robertson Cup to the Dunlops received a second chance at the Allan Cup because they pushed through to the Greater Ontario championship, the Renwick Cup and defeated Hockey Northwestern Ontario's Thunder Bay Hawks. The reason for the second representative being awarded was due to a lack of a Maritime entry in the Senior \"AAA\" ranks for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195535-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad\nThe 2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 41st edition of the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad, Switzerland, from 7 July through 13 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195535-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad\nThe singles draw featured ATP No. 10, Rome Masters and Doha runner-up Stanislas Wawrinka, Marseille and Munich semifinalist, and Gstaad defending champion Paul-Henri Mathieu, and Australian Open quarterfinalist and Chennai titlist Mikhail Youzhny. Other seeded players were two-time Nottingham champion Ivo Karlovi\u0107, Bergamo Challenger winner and 2007 Gstaad finalist Andreas Seppi, Nicolas Kiefer, Igor Andreev and Guillermo Ca\u00f1as.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195535-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Finals, Doubles\nJaroslav Levinsk\u00fd /  Filip Pol\u00e1\u0161ek defeated  St\u00e9phane Bohli /  Stanislas Wawrinka, 3\u20136, 6\u20132, [11\u20139]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195536-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad \u2013 Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k and Pavel V\u00edzner were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to St\u00e9phane Bohli and Stanislas Wawrinka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195536-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad \u2013 Doubles\nJaroslav Levinsk\u00fd and Filip Pol\u00e1\u0161ek won in the final 3\u20136, 6\u20132, [11\u20139], against St\u00e9phane Bohli and Stanislas Wawrinka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195537-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad \u2013 Singles\nPaul-Henri Mathieu was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Marin \u010cili\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195537-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad \u2013 Singles\nUnseeded Victor H\u0103nescu won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against seventh-seeded Igor Andreev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195537-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195538-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Allsvenskan\nAllsvenskan 2008, part of the 2008 Swedish football season, was the 84th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played on 30 March 2008 and the last matches were played on 9 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195538-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Allsvenskan, League table, Relegation play-offs\nBrommapojkarna 1\u20131 Ljungskile on aggregate. Brommapojkarna won on away goals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 52], "content_span": [53, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195539-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Amber Valley Borough Council election\nElections to Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195539-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Amber Valley Borough Council election\nThe election saw the British National Party gain two seats from the Labour Party in Heanor West and Heanor East and come within one vote in Heanor and Loscoe ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195540-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22\u201324 at Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium in Farmingdale, New York. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, second-seeded Stony Brook defeated first-seeded Binghamton, 6-0, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Stony Brook received the America East's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195540-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding\nThe top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and four seeds were matched up in one game, while the two and three seeds were matched up in the other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195540-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player\nStony Brook outfielder Steve Mazzurco was named Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195541-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 America East Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 7\u20139 at the Binghamton University Events Center. The final was held March 15 at the Retriever Activities Center. As winners, the UMBC Retrievers win an automatic berth to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament for the first time in their 22-year Division I history, with their win over Hartford. UMBC was given the 15th seed in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to Georgetown 66\u201347.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195542-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 American Indoor Football Association season\nThe 2008 American Indoor Football Association season is the league's fourth overall season. The league champions were the Florence Phantoms, who defeated the Wyoming Cavalry in AIFA Championship Bowl II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series\nThe 2008 American Le Mans Series season was the 38th season for the IMSA GT Championship, with the tenth season known as the American Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Tourer (GT) race cars divided into four classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began March 15 and ended October 18 after eleven races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series\nThe Audi Sport North America team wrapped up its title defence of LMP1 class Teams Championship with three races in hand after the Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio in August. Drivers Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr also secured the Drivers Championship after the Detroit Sports Car Challenge. It was a record fifth ALMS drivers title for Luhr and a fourth for Werner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series\nThe Petit Le Mans saw the drivers title for GT1 decided with Jan Magnussen and Johnny O'Connell taking the title while J\u00f6rg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler likewise secured the GT2 drivers championship. It was O'Connell's fourth GT1 title and Bergmeisters third GT2 title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Schedule\nThe Lone Star Grand Prix was originally scheduled to take place on April 26. However, following the merger of the Champ Car World Series and Indy Racing League, the Champ Car Grand Prix of Houston event was initially cancelled. The American Le Mans Series race, as well as the support races, were later cancelled on March 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Teams championships\nFor races under three hours, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Teams championships\nFor races between four hours and eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Teams championships\nFor races longer than eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Teams championships\nCars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Unlike the Le Mans Series where teams with multiple entries have each entry number scored separately to the championship, teams with multiple entries only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Drivers championship\nFor races under three hours, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Drivers championship\nFor races between four hours and eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Drivers championship\nFor races longer than eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Drivers championship\nCars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Drivers failing to drive for at least 45 minutes in the race are not awarded points, with the exception of the Long Beach round where drivers need only 30 minutes minimum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Drivers championship, LMP1 standings\n\u2020 - Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro were both penalized three championship points for their entry making avoidable contact during Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Drivers championship, LMP2 standings\n\u2020 - Sascha Maassen and Patrick Long were both penalized three championship points for their entry making avoidable contact during Round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Green Challenge\nOn June 24, 2008, the ALMS has announced for a new challenge called the Green Challenge. The challenge, integrated with the series races, and which will debut at this year's Petit Le Mans, and continuing with the entire full season in 2009, emphasizes on targeting the series for \"green racing.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Green Challenge\nThe ALMS was the first motorsport racing series in North America to be recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA), the United States Department of Energy and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International) to be recognized as a \"Green Racing Series\", and these three will take part organizing the challenge. All the teams will be eligible for the Green Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195543-0014-0002", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series, Green Challenge\nThe point system will be the same as the regular ALMS scoring system, but teams start out with the most possible points a team in the ALMS have during the season, and the points are deducted based on the performance of the vehicle. The lowest points at the end of the season would be the Green Challenge season champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195544-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach\nThe 2008 Tequila Patr\u00f3n American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was the third round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on the streets of Long Beach, California on April 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195544-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game\nThe 2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, commonly known as the Blackout Game, was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 regular season, played between the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins to determine the champion of the American League's (AL) Central Division. It was played at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois, on September 30, 2008. The White Sox won the game, 1\u20130, on a home run by Jim Thome, the lowest-scoring game in MLB tie-breaker history. The Sox advanced to the 2008 AL Division Series, where they lost to the Tampa Bay Rays, 3 games to 1; the Twins failed to qualify for the postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game\nThe game was necessary after both teams finished the season with identical win\u2013loss records of 88\u201374. The White Sox won a coin flip late in the season which, by rule, awarded them home field in the game. The tie-breaker counted as the 163rd regular season game by both teams, with all events in the game added to regular season statistics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, Background\nPrior to the start of the season, the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians, the division's top two finishers in the previous season, were predicted to be the strongest teams by journalists such as Tom Verducci of ESPN and Joe Sheehan of Baseball Prospectus. However, the Indians lineup was weakened by injuries and spent just 13 days of the season in the division lead, last on May 17. The Tigers never led the AL Central and finished the season in last place, 14 games back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, Background\nThe White Sox led for most of the season starting with a tie for first on May 17, held at least a share of the lead for 154 days, and never dropped more than a game behind the leader. The Twins spent much of the season in second place behind the White Sox, along with 54 days in the lead. Despite going 11\u201315 in September, the Twins took a half-game lead with an extra innings win over the White Sox on September 25 that capped a three-game sweep of Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, Background\nThe Twins maintained that lead through their final game, forcing Chicago to play a make-up on September 29 against the Tigers which had been rained out earlier that month. The White Sox won, 8\u20132, leaving the Sox and Twins tied atop the AL Central with 88\u201374 records, forcing a tie-breaker to decide the division. Tickets for the tie-breaker sold out within an hour of the end of the September 29 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, Background\nThe White Sox won the right to play at U.S. Cellular Field, their home field, as a result of a coin flip earlier in September. Fans were encouraged to wear all-black clothing to show support for the White Sox. The game was broadcast on TBS. The White Sox used John Danks on three days' rest as their starter, and the Twins started Nick Blackburn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, Game summary\nBoth Blackburn and Danks held the game scoreless early on, allowing only six baserunners through the first four innings of the game. The Twins' Michael Cuddyer led off the top of the fifth with a double, the only Twins runner in scoring position for the entire game. Danks induced a deep flyball out from Delmon Young, which allowed Cuddyer to advance to third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, Game summary\nBrendan Harris hit a deep flyball to center field which was caught for an out by Ken Griffey, Jr. Cuddyer tried to score on the ball as a sacrifice fly, but Griffey delivered an accurate throw to home plate and White Sox catcher A. J. Pierzynski blocked the plate and tagged out Cuddyer to end the inning. This play drew praise after the game as a \"nice throw\" and a \"defensive gem\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, Game summary\nThe only run of the game scored when White Sox designated hitter Jim Thome led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a home run. Blackburn got Paul Konerko to ground out, but allowed a double to Griffey and, following an intentional walk to Alexei Ram\u00edrez, Jos\u00e9 Mijares relieved him. John Danks lasted through eight innings without allowing a run and was relieved by closer Bobby Jenks in the ninth. Jenks recorded three outs, securing the White Sox' 1\u20130 victory with his 30th save of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, Game summary\nTwins batters Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, and Cuddyer had a combined 22 hits in 40 at-bats (.550 batting average) against Danks for their careers but in the tie-breaker they combined to go 1\u2013for-9 (.111) with 3 strikeouts. This game saw the lowest combined score of any tie-breaker game in MLB history, three runs lower than the 3\u20131 score of the first game of the 1951 National League tie-breaker series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, Aftermath\nWith the victory, the White Sox earned their first playoff berth since their win in the 2005 World Series. However, they lost to the eventual World Series runner-up Tampa Bay Rays, 3 games to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195545-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, Aftermath\nStatistically, the game counted as the 163rd regular season game. Thome's home run, for example, was his 34th of the season. This total brought him a tie for fourth most in the league. Danks lowered his earned run average from 3.47 to 3.32 in the game, which moved him from a tie for tenth-best in the league to fifth place. Mauer, Morneau, and White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin won Silver Slugger Awards for their offensive performances in the 2008 regular season. Mauer also won a Rawlings Gold Glove Award that year. This was the last tie-breaker with home field determined by a coin flip. Following the 2008 season MLB amended their rules, leaving future tie-breaker sites to be determined on a series of performance-based criteria beginning with the head-to-head record between the teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series\nThe 2008 American League Championship Series (ALCS), the second round of the 2008 American League playoffs, was a best-of-seven series matching the two winners of the American League Division Series. The AL East Division champion Tampa Bay Rays, who had defeated the Chicago White Sox in the ALDS, were paired with the wild-card and defending world champion Boston Red Sox, who had defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, in the ALDS. Tampa Bay held the home field advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series\nThe Rays won the series four games to three, becoming the first team since the 1992 Atlanta Braves to win a seventh game after blowing a 3\u20131 lead. The series began at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida on Friday, October 10, 2008, and was broadcast on TBS. Game 7 was played on Sunday, October 19. This was the Rays' first appearance in the ALCS while the Red Sox were making their fourth appearance in the last six seasons and ninth overall. The two teams hit a combined 26\u00a0home runs\u2014a record for league championship series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series\nThe Rays would go on to lose to the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nFriday, October 10, 2008 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nBoston won a pitcher's duel on a sacrifice fly by Jed Lowrie in the fifth off of James Shields and an RBI double by Kevin Youkilis in the eighth off of J. P. Howell with the run charged to Shields. Starter Daisuke Matsuzaka held the Rays hitless until Carl Crawford singled to lead off the seventh inning. He allowed four singles and five walks in seven innings while striking out nine. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth career ALCS save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nSaturday, October 11, 2008 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nThe Rays won a hard-hitting, marathon game that lasted 5 hours and 27 minutes, and featured seven home runs, which broke the ALCS record and tied the all-time LCS record. Starters Scott Kazmir and Josh Beckett were both ineffective, giving up six of those home runs and lasting under five innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nIn the top of the first, David Ortiz walked and Kevin Youkilis singled with two outs before both scored on Jason Bay's double, but in the bottom of the inning, Carlos Pena doubled with two outs before Evan Longoria's home run tied the game. Dustin Pedroia's leadoff home run in the third put the Red Sox up 3\u22122, but in the bottom of the inning, B. J. Upton's one-out home run tied the game again, then Longoria doubled with two outs before scoring on Carl Crawford's single to put the Rays up 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nCliff Floyd's leadoff home run in the fourth extended the Rays' lead to 5\u20133, but home runs by Pedroia and Youkilis in the fifth tied the game. Grant Balfour relieved Kazmir and allowed a home run to Bay to put the Red Sox up 6\u20135. In the bottom of the inning, Upton walked with out out, stole second and scored on Pena's single to tie the game. Longoria's RBI double then put the Rays up 7\u20136. Javier Lopez relieved Beckett and allowed an RBI single to Crawford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nBay's single in the seventh off of Chad Bradford scored Pedroia, who walked off of J. P. Howell with one out earlier that inning. A wild pitch by Dan Wheeler in the eighth allowed Pedroia, who singled to lead off the inning off of Bradford, to score and tie the game, forcing extra innings. In the bottom of the 11th, Mike Timlin walked three to load the bases before a sacrifice fly by Upton allowed Fernando Perez to score the winning run. The Rays' 2007 #1 draft pick, David Price, was credited with the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nMonday, October 13, 2008 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nThe Rays hit Boston ace Jon Lester and reliever Paul Byrd hard in Game 3, moving ahead two games to one. The Rays scored their first run in the second on Dioner Navarro's RBI groundout with runners on second and third. Next inning, B. J. Upton hit a towering three-run homer over the Green Monster to make it 4\u20130. Evan Longoria followed with a home run later in the inning to make it 5\u20130. Tampa Bay starter Matt Garza pitched brilliantly against the Red Sox lineup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nThe 3\u20134\u20135 hitters went 0\u20139 against him and the Red Sox's only run came in the seventh on Jacoby Ellsbury's sacrifice fly off of J. P. Howell that scored Jason Varitek, who walked off of Garza to lead off the inning. In the eighth, New England native Rocco Baldelli hit a three-run homer of his own, also over the Green Monster, off of Byrd to seal the win. Carlos Pe\u00f1a homered in the ninth, also off of Byrd to extend his postseason success.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nTuesday, October 14, 2008 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nThe Rays routed the defending World Champions for the second straight night with a 13\u20134 win in Boston. Carlos Pe\u00f1a got it going in the first with a two-run homer off starter Tim Wakefield. Evan Longoria followed it up with his third homer of the series and fifth in the playoffs. Willy Aybar hit his first home run of the postseason in the third when he sent one over the Green Monster for a two-run homer. Kevin Cash's leadoff home run in the third off of Rays starter Andy Sonnanstine put the Red Sox on the board. In the fifth, Carl Crawford doubled with one out in the fifth off of Justin Masterson and scored on Aybar's single. Next inning, Jason Bartlett tripled with one out off of Manny Delcarmen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nAfter Akinori Iwamura walked, B. J. Upton's RBI single made it 7\u20131 Rays. Delcarmen walked two to load the bases and force in another run before being relieved by Javier Lopez, who allowed back-to-back RBI singles to Crawford and Aybar, then an RBI groundout to Navarro. In the bottom of the inning, David Ortiz hit a leadoff triple and scored on Kevin Youkilis's groundout. In the eighth, Mike Timlin walked Pena to lead off the inning, then allowed an RBI triple to Crawford and RBI single to Aybar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nIn the bottom of the inning, Jed Lowrie hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a groundout and scored on Dustin Pedroia's single. Trever Miller relieved Sonnastine and allowed a two-out RBI double to Youkilis. Edwin Jackson pitched a scoreless ninth as the Rays were one win away from the World Series. Carl Crawford went 5-for-5 with two stolen bases in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nThursday, October 16, 2008 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nTampa Bay jumped out to an early lead when B. J. Upton hit a two-run home run with no one out in the first inning. Carlos Pe\u00f1a and Evan Longoria increased the lead to 5\u20130 with back-to-back home runs in the third, the former a two-run shot. With his home run, Longoria tied Carlos Beltr\u00e1n's record for consecutive postseason games with a home run. Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed no more runs after that through six innings, but Boston was unable to score against Scott Kazmir. In the top of the seventh, Jonathan Papelbon came on after Manny Delcarmen walked the only two batters he faced. The inherited runners scored on an Upton double, making it 7\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nIn the bottom of the seventh, with two outs and runners on first and third, Dustin Pedroia hit an RBI single off Grant Balfour to finally get the Red Sox on the board. The next batter, David Ortiz, hit a three-run home run to right field, ending a postseason home run drought of 61 at-bats. In the eighth inning, J. D. Drew hit a two-run homer to right field off Dan Wheeler. Later, Coco Crisp hit an RBI single to right field to score Mark Kotsay from second to tie the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nIn the ninth inning, after J. P. Howell retired the first two Boston batters, Kevin Youkilis hit a ground ball to third base. Longoria scooped the ball, but his throw was off, and bounced into the stands, allowing Youkilis to reach second. After an intentional walk to Jason Bay, Drew hit a single over the head of right fielder Gabe Gross to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nThe comeback of the Red Sox from a seven-run deficit is the second-biggest in postseason history, the largest since Game 4 of the 1929 World Series, and the largest ever for a team on the brink of elimination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nSaturday, October 18, 2008 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nJosh Beckett pitched five innings and allowed two solo home runs, to B. J. Upton in the first and Jason Bartlett in the fifth, to record the win. Boston scored on home runs from Kevin Youkilis in the second and Jason Varitek (his first series hit) in the sixth, a Youkilis groundout in the third, and a single by David Ortiz after Bartlett's throwing error extended the sixth inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nUmpire Derryl Cousins was struck by a foul ball from Varitek in the second inning, leaving the game with a bruised collarbone after the third. The game was delayed for 15 minutes while Cousins was X-rayed by Rays trainer Ron Porterfield; the game resumed with a five-man umpiring crew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nTBS television missed most of the game's first inning, with viewers getting a rerun of The Steve Harvey Show instead. The network picked up the game just prior to the last out in the bottom of the first, with announcer Chip Caray apologizing to viewers for \"technical difficulties\". TBS acknowledged there was a problem with one of their routers used in the broadcast transmission of the relay of the telecast from Atlanta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nWhen facing elimination, Terry Francona's Red Sox won nine of ten postseason games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nSunday, October 19, 2008 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nThe Rays shook off the ghosts of Red Sox past to win their first American League pennant, winning a tight game 3\u20131. Dustin Pedroia got the Red Sox off to a good start with a one-out homer in the first off Matt Garza, but Garza settled in and delivered an MVP performance. Tampa Bay tied the game in the fourth with an Evan Longoria RBI double, then went ahead in the fifth on an RBI single by Rocco Baldelli. In the seventh, Willy Aybar added insurance with a home run to lead off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nIn the eighth, David Price, who made his major league debut a little over a month before came on to pitch to J. D. Drew with the bases loaded and struck him out on a checked swing. In the ninth, Price recorded his first Major League save by getting Jed Lowrie to ground into a force play to Akinori Iwamura. With the win, the Rays became the second team to go to the World Series after posting the worst record the year before, joining the 1991 Atlanta Braves, who went on to lose to the Minnesota Twins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Composite box\n2008 ALCS (4\u20133): Tampa Bay Rays over Boston Red Sox", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Aftermath\nWith a payroll of only $43.8 million, the second lowest in the majors, Tampa Bay entered the season facing 125-1 odds to win the AL pennant and 300-1 odds to win the World Series. But the franchise that never had finished above .500 or reached the postseason improbably won the AL East over the New York Yankees ($209 million payroll) and Boston Red Sox ($133.4 million).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Aftermath\nIn spring training before the start of the 2008 season, James Shields joked that the goal for the newly branded Rays was to not lose 100 games \u2014 having dropped 96 in the 2007 season. Veteran and former World Series champion Cliff Floyd, who had signed with the team in the off-season at age 35, contemplated retirement after the first few days of spring training. \u201cYou\u2019re wondering, \u2018What the hell are you doing? '\u201d said Floyd in 2018 at the team\u2019s ten year-anniversary. \u201cWhy are you signing with this team? What makes you think this is the right move?\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0025-0002", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Aftermath\nAfter being plagued by futility as the Devil Rays, amassing just a .399 winning percentage over their brief first 11 years as a franchise, the \u201cworst-to-first\u201d 2008 Rays set a new standard of success for baseball in Tampa Bay. Led by general manager Andrew Freidman (as well as an impressive front office personnel that would go on run teams in the future) and manager Joe Maddon, the Rays became one of the more innovative teams in baseball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0025-0003", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Aftermath\nFrom 2010-2013, the Rays won at least 90 games each season, a remarkable feat for a team with one of the lowest payrolls in baseball, particularly in a division with the Yankees and Red Sox. Even after Freidman and Maddon left after the 2014 season, the Rays success and innovation continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0025-0004", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Aftermath\nRun by Matthew Silverman, Chaim Bloom (who eventually became the Red Sox President of Baseball Operation after the 2019 season), and Erik Neander (an interim in 2008), the Rays won 90 games in a division where the two teams in front of them won 108 and 100 games in 2018, tied the franchise record in wins in 2019, and won the pennant in 2020 for the first time since 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Aftermath\nThe 2008 Rays were covered in depth in the book \u2018The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First\u2019 by Jonah Keri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195546-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Championship Series, Aftermath\nIn 2011, The Red Sox became the first team in the history of Major League Baseball to have a nine-game lead in September and fail to make the playoffs that season, thanks to their 7-20 record in the final month of the regular season. Their collapsed allowed the Rays to sneak past them to win a wild card spot. The Red Sox avenged their 2011 collapse and 2008 ALCS series loss to the Rays in the 2013 American League Division Series, beating Tampa Bay in four games. The Red Sox would go on to win the World Series in 2013, their third championship in nine seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series\nThe 2008 American League Division Series (ALDS), the first round of the 2008 American League playoffs, consisted of two best-of-five series. They were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series\nSince the Twins and the White Sox completed the regular season with identical records (88\u201374), the two teams played against each other in a one-game playoff. The White Sox defeated the Twins, 1\u20130, and thus became the AL Central champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series\nThe Rays defeated the Red Sox in the ALCS, and went on to lose the 2008 World Series to the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Boston, Game 1\nIn a re-match of last year's ALDS, starters Jon Lester and John Lackey were sharp early on, each tossing a couple of scoreless innings. The Angels finally got on the board in the third, when Torii Hunter singled home Garret Anderson to put the Angels up 1\u20130. Lackey held the Red Sox scoreless until the sixth, when newly acquired left fielder Jason Bay hit a two-run homer to put the Sox up 2\u20131. It would stay 2\u20131 until the ninth. The Sox got a couple of insurance runs, with Jacoby Ellsbury and David Ortiz each singling home a run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Boston, Game 1\nJonathan Papelbon struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth for his fifth career postseason save. This marked the Angels' 10th consecutive playoff game loss to the Red Sox (dating back to Game 5 of the 1986 American League Championship Series), as well as their eighth consecutive playoff game loss overall (dating back to Game 2 of the 2005 ALCS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Boston, Game 2\nThe Red Sox jumped out to an early lead in the first thanks to a three-run homer by Jason Bay. The Angels scored one run in the first off of an effective but inefficient Daisuke Matsuzaka and continued to chip away at Boston's lead throughout the game. In total, the Angels recorded 11 hits with 10 of them being singles. In the eighth inning Mark Teixeira tied the game with a sacrifice fly off of Jonathan Papelbon who had to enter the game prematurely due to Justin Masterson giving up a leadoff triple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Boston, Game 2\nThe game entered the ninth inning tied at five but that deadlock was broken after a double by David Ortiz and a two-run home run to center by J. D. Drew off of Angels closer Francisco Rodr\u00edguez. Rodr\u00edguez was charged with the loss and although Papelbon had a blown save he also recorded the win. Boston, leading the series two games to none, headed back to Fenway Park. With their eleventh consecutive playoff win over the Angels, the Red Sox broke the record for consecutive playoff wins over another team, which had been set against them by the Oakland Athletics who beat the Red Sox in 10 consecutive playoff games from 1988 to 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Boston, Game 3\nThe Angels got to an early lead when Juan Rivera drew a bases loaded walk to score Chone Figgins from third. A fielding miscue by the Angels in the second inning caused a fly ball hit by Jacoby Ellsbury to drop between Torii Hunter and Howie Kendrick in shallow center field, scoring three runs (Jed Lowrie, Jason Varitek, and Coco Crisp) and giving the Red Sox a two-run lead. The next inning, Mike Napoli tied the score with a two-run home run over the Green Monster that completely left the ballpark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Boston, Game 3\nIn the fifth inning, Napoli hit another home run over the Monster, giving the Angels a one-run lead. Ellsbury and Kevin Youkilis hit back-to-back doubles in the bottom half of the inning to tie the score at four apiece. The score remained deadlocked until the top of the 12th inning, when Napoli scored from second on an Erick Aybar single. The Angels' win ended an 11-game postseason losing streak against the Red Sox that dated back to 1986, and a nine-game overall postseason skid that dated back to 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Boston, Game 4\nThe game remained scoreless for the first four and a half innings thanks to sharp pitching from both John Lackey and Jon Lester. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Boston got its first run when Jacoby Ellsbury grounded out to second base, scoring Mark Kotsay from third base. Howie Kendrick bobbled the ball and was unable to try for a double play, which would have ended the inning. Dustin Pedroia then hit a double off the left field wall to score Jason Varitek from second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Boston, Game 4\nIn the eighth inning, a passed ball allowed Mark Teixeira and Vladimir Guerrero to advance on second and third, and they subsequently scored on a single by Torii Hunter to tie the game. In the top of the ninth inning, the Angels threatened with a leadoff double by pinch hitter Kendry Morales followed by a sacrifice bunt, but when Erick Aybar failed to make contact on a suicide squeeze attempt, the runner was tagged out. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Jed Lowrie won the game with a walk-off single, scoring Jason Bay from second base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Boston, Game 4\nCuriously, the last team to win their division by at least 20 games, the 1999 Cleveland Indians, also lost to Boston in the ALDS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Boston, Composite box\n2008 ALDS (3\u20131): Boston Red Sox over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Tampa Bay vs. Chicago, Game 1\nThe Rays went up 1\u20130 in the second on rookie Evan Longoria's leadoff home run in his first postseason at-bat off of Javier Vazquez, but starter James Shields allowed consecutive leadoff singles in the third before DeWayne Wise's two-out three-run home run put the White Sox up 3\u22121. In the bottom of the inning, however, Jason Bartlett hit a leadoff single and scored on Akinori Iwamura's triple. After B. J. Upton struck out, Willy Aybar's sacrifice fly tied the game before Longoria's home run put Tampa up 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Tampa Bay vs. Chicago, Game 1\nThe Rays added to their lead on Longoria's one-out single with two on off of Vazquez, who was then relieved by Clayton Richard and allowed an RBI single to Carl Crawford. Paul Konerko's leadoff home run in the ninth off of Dan Wheeler made it 6\u20134 Tampa, but Wheeler retired the next three batters to end the game and give the Rays a 1\u20130 series lead as they won their first postseason game in franchise history. Longoria became only the second ever player to homer in his first two career post-season at-bats, the other being Gary Gaetti in 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Tampa Bay vs. Chicago, Game 2\nIn Game 2, the White Sox loaded the bases off of Scott Kazmir in the first on a walk, hit-by-pitch, and single when Jim Thome's one-out single followed by Alexei Ram\u00edrez's sacrifice fly scored a run each. However, Kazmir and the Rays' bullpen would shut them out for the rest of the game. The White Sox left 12 runners on base and were 3 for 12 with them in scoring position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Tampa Bay vs. Chicago, Game 2\nIn the second, Willy Aybar hit a leadoff single off of Mark Buehrle, moved to third on Ramirez's throwing error to first on Rocco Baldelli's line out and scored on Dioner Navarro's single. In the fifth, Jason Bartlett singled with one out, then Akinori Iwamura's home run put the Rays up 3\u22122. They added insurance in the eighth when B. J. Upton hit a leadoff triple and scored on Carl Crawford's single to knock Buehrle out of the game. Crawford stole second, moved to third on a groundout, and scored on Baldelli's single off of Octavio Dotel. Baldelli then scored on Navarro's double off of Matt Thornton to put the Rays up 6\u22122. Chad Bradford pitched a scoreless ninth as the Rays took a 2\u22120 series lead heading to Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Tampa Bay vs. Chicago, Game 3\nThe Rays got on the board first when Akinori Iwamura singled with two outs in the second inning to score Dioner Navarro. Chicago evened the score in the bottom of the third inning when DeWayne Wise scored on a single by A. J. Pierzynski after stealing second base. Chicago took the lead in the bottom of the fourth when Alexei Ram\u00edrez hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded and one out. Then DeWayne Wise doubled to score Paul Konerko and Ken Griffey Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Tampa Bay vs. Chicago, Game 3\nIn the sixth inning, the White Sox added an insurance run when Juan Uribe drove in Brian Anderson with two outs. The Rays finally chased starter John Danks after a two-run homer by B. J. Upton and a single by Carlos Pe\u00f1a. Neither bullpen allowed any runs; Bobby Jenks recorded the save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Tampa Bay vs. Chicago, Game 4\nThe Rays established an early lead after home runs by B. J. Upton in the first and third innings, and never gave up the lead. The Rays added two more runs in the fourth on consecutive hits by Cliff Floyd and Dioner Navarro, and added two more runs on RBI singles by Carlos Pe\u00f1a in the fifth and seventh innings. The White Sox scored on home runs by Paul Konerko (fourth inning) and Jermaine Dye (sixth inning), both off Rays starter Andy Sonnanstine who allowed three hits in 5+2\u20443 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195547-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 American League Division Series, Tampa Bay vs. Chicago, Composite box\n2008 ALDS (3\u20131): Tampa Bay Rays over Chicago White Sox", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195548-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Caucusing began at 11:00 am local time. The early time ensured that results would be reported that evening in the mainland United States. Hillary Clinton won the caucus, the smallest of Super Tuesday's nominating contests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195548-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe caucus drew a record turnout for the territory. A record-setting 285 caucus goers, who voted for their candidates at a hotel in the capital, Pago Pago, turned out for the caucus. The caucus selected six pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention; however, each delegate received only half a vote, so the caucus essentially determined the allocation of three delegate votes. Since the pledged delegates were awarded proportionally, Clinton secured 2 delegates, with the third going to her opponent Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195548-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses, Results\nAmerican Samoa also sent 6 unpledged superdelegates to the national convention; 4 endorsed Senator Clinton while 2 endorsed Senator Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195549-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 23, 2008. John McCain won all 6 pledged (and the support of 3 unpledged delegates) at the territory's convention. McCain \"campaigned\" in the territory by recording an audio message to the delegates and sending it to the caucus via the Internet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195550-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States general elections and the American Samoa general election. Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, a runoff election between the top two candidates was held on November 18, 2008, which Togiola Tulafono won. All elections in American Samoa are officially non-partisan, but Tulafono and Sunia identify with the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195550-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election, Candidates\nIncumbent Governor Togiola Tulafono and Lieutenant Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia announced their intent to seek re-election on May 10, 2008. They are being challenged by three nonpartisan team tickets. Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor are elected under the same ticket. All elections in American Samoa are nonpartisan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195550-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election, Election background\nGovernor Togiola Tulafono and Lieutenant Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia announced their intent to seek re-election on May 10, 2008. Their formal announcement, which Tulafono called \"the worst kept secret of this season,\" took place before a crowd of approximately three hundred supporters at the Tradewinds Hotel in Tafuna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195550-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election, Election background\nAfoa Moega Lutu formally announced his own candidacy for Governor of American Samoa at a campaign rally at the same Tradewinds Hotel on May 17, 2008. The rally consisted of about seven hundred Lutu supporters. Lutu promised to tackle a number of issues if elected governor, including corruption, rising food and energy prices and the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195550-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election, Election background\nUtu Abe Malae and his running mate, Nua Mailo Saoluaga, formally announced their candidacy on June 10, 2008, at a gathering at the Maliu Mai Beach Resort in Pago Pago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195550-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election, Election background\nThis is not the first time that Tulafono and Lutu faced each other in a gubernatorial election. Tulafono defeated Lutu in the 2004 gubernatorial runoff election with 56 percent of the total vote to Lutu's 44 percent. Lutu also fell short in his bids for Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa in the 1996 and 2000 elections, losing both times to Tulafono.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195550-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election, Election background\nThe President of the American Samoa Senate, Lolo Moliga, also originally announced his intention to run for governor as well. However, Lolo withdrew from the race on June 13, 2008, just two months into his campaign, citing existing commitments to his extended family clan. He also noted the need to prevent divisiveness within the families of the Manu'a islands, where many of the gubernatorial and Lt. governor candidates have ancestral ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195550-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election, Election background\nFour of the 2008 candidates for governor or lieutenant governor in the 2008 election either were from or had ancestral ties to the Manu'a Islands. Those with Manu'a ancestry are incumbent Lt. Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia, lieutenant governor candidate Velega Savali, and both members of the gubernatorial team of Utu Abe Malae and his running mate, Nua Mailo Saoluaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195550-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoa gubernatorial election, Election background\nThe deadline to register as a candidate for governor in the current election was September 1, 2008, at 4:30 P.M. An official list of the four teams was released by the election office the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195551-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoan general election\nGeneral elections was held in American Samoa on 4 November 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195551-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoan general election, Gubernatorial election\nIncumbent governor Togiola Tulafono sought re-election. The gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195551-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoan general election, U.S. Congressional election\nTen term incumbent Delegate Eni Faleomavaega, a Democrat, sought an 11th term. He was challenged by Republican Aumua Amata Coleman and Independent Rosie F. Tago Lancaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195551-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoan general election, American Samoa House of Representatives election\nThere were 54 candidates vying for the 20 elected seats in the American Samoa House of Representatives. All seats in the House are up for election in 2008. Every incumbent member of the House sought re-election, except for Gaoteote P. Gaoteote who is retiring. The only member who ran unopposed was Rep. Agaoleatu Charlie Tautolo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195551-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoan general election, Referendum\nA referendum to allow the legislative override of the governor\u2019s vetoes was on the ballot on November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195551-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoan general election, Referendum\nThe American Samoa Fono passed the proposal giving itself the authority to override a veto by the Governor of American Samoa. The proposal was then submitted to the Governor's office to be forwarded to the American Samoa election office as a referendum. The referendum will ask voters to agree to amend the Constitution of American Samoa to give the Fono, rather than the United States Secretary of the Interior, the power to override a veto by the Governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195551-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoan general election, Referendum\nCurrently, a veto can only be overridden by the United States Secretary of the Interior, who is based in Washington D.C. Any veto powers bestowed on the Fono would require a two-thirds majority in both the American Samoa House of Representatives and the American Samoa Senate before becoming law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195551-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 American Samoan general election, Referendum, Results\nThe legislative over-ride proposal was defeated narrowly in the referendum, thereby maintaining the veto powers to the United States Secretary of the Interior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195552-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 American Society of Cinematographers Awards\nThe 23rd American Society of Cinematographers Awards were held on February 15, 2009, honoring the best cinematographers of film and television in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195553-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Amstel Gold Race\nThe 2008 Amstel Gold Race is the 43rd edition of the Amstel Gold Race classic cycle race and took place on April 20, 2008. It was held on a 257.4 kilometres (159.9\u00a0mi) course from Maastricht to Cauberg as the fifth event of the 2008 UCI ProTour. Italian rider Damiano Cunego of Lampre won the event after sprinting past Luxembourger Fr\u00e4nk Schleck of Team CSC in the final 200 metres. Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d'Epargne finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195553-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Amstel Gold Race, Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race\nAs of April 20, 2008, after the 2008 Amstel Gold Race. After winning the Amstel Gold Race, Damiano Cunego became the new leader of the 2008 UCI ProTour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195554-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Amsterdam Tournament\nThe Amsterdam Tournament 2008, known as the \"LG Amsterdam Tournament 2008\" for sponsorship reasons, was the tenth Amsterdam Tournament, a pre-season football tournament for club teams from around the world. The 2008 tournament was contested by Ajax, Arsenal, Internazionale and Sevilla on 8 August and 9 August 2008 at the Amsterdam ArenA. For the third time in four years, Arsenal won the tournament with 8 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195554-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Amsterdam Tournament, Table\nNB: An extra point is awarded for each goal scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 84]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season\nThe 2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season officially began on 8 January with the start of the 2008 Medibank International Sydney in Sydney and ended with the 2008 WTA Tour Championships. Ivanovic entered the season as the number four ranked player and the defending champion at three tournaments and finalist at previous year's French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season\nDuring the season, Ivanovic reached second Grand Slam final at Australian Open which she lost, but at the next one at French Open she won her first Grand Slam trophy. With semifinal win, she assured becoming the World No. 1 and being the first Serbian to do so. Ivanovic held the top spot for 12 non-consecutive weeks, but finished the year as number five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season\nIn 2008, Ivanovic won Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Diamond ACES Award, German Tennis Magazine Michael Westphal Award and International Tennis Writer's Association Ambassador of the Year 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Hong Kong exhibition\nDespite Ivanovic officially began season playing in Sydney, she participated also in an exhibition tournament in Hong Kong, when was the first week of new tennis season. Exhibition is constructed of eight players playing in knock-out system, starting from quarterfinal stage. Six of the eight players were in the world's top 10 at the moment. Ivanovic was first seed and was drawn to play against fifth seed Elena Dementieva. She eventually lost 4\u20136, 6\u20131, 3\u20136. After losing in group named Golden Group, she played another match in Silver Group for players who lost their quarterfinal matches. However, Ivanovic looked now indifferently playing dead rubber, and lost 1\u20136, 3\u20136 to Shuai Peng.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 94], "content_span": [95, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Medibank International\nIvanovic's first tournament of the year was at Medibank International. All players from top 4 competed, so she was seeded just fourth with the ranking of number four. After receiving bye in the first round, she won tight first match of the year against number 30 Virginie Razzano, coming back from 2\u20135 to win 6\u20131, 2\u20136, 7\u20135. Playing in the quarterfinals against two spots better ranked player, Katarina Srebotnik, Ivanovic won easier with 6\u20132 in third set. In the semifinals, opponent was number 1, Justine Henin, whom she has never beaten before. This time she was closest to winning, but lost a very tight match with the score of 2\u20136, 6\u20132, 4\u20136. Ivanovic rose to world number three for the first time after this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Australian Open\nDespite being new world number three, Ivanovic was seeded fourth as points from Sydney didn't affect the rankings because of it being played when the Australian Open draw was already out. Ivanovic's first opponent was Sorana Cirstea, the only player outside the top 100 which she played against at this tournament. She won in tight two straight sets. In the next round however, she lost just three games against Tathiana Garbin, including bagel in the first set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Australian Open\nIn third and fourth round she won both matches in straight sets, against 28th seed Katarina Srebotnik and Danish youngster, the future No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki. Though she missed likes of Justine Henin and Serena Williams, whom she has never beaten before, in her side of the draw, opponent in the quarterfinal was eight seed Venus Williams, who also never lost a match to Ivanovic at that  point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Australian Open\nHowever, Ivanovic showed no signs of fear and beat older Williams sister for the first time, 7\u20136, 6\u20134. Ivanovic was serving at 4\u20132 and was point from 5\u20132 lead in first set but however the set gone to tiebreak which she won 7\u20133. In second set, she came roaring back from 0\u20133, winning six of the next seven games. The win was also significant because of breaking the barrier as Ivanovic lost at both previous Grand Slams in last season just to Venus. She was given the nickname \"Aussie Ana\" during the on-court interview with Todd Woodbridge following the victory over Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Australian Open\nIn semifinals she played against ninth seed Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1. Match started badly for Ivanovic, and fast she was 0\u20136, 0\u20132 down. Although just trying to get on the board at the moment, since winning that first game in the third game of the set, things got better, as she subsequently broke back and soon closed set after breaking later again and served the set out. In decider, both were holding serve till four all. Ivanovic got break point and immediately after found herself in the position to close the match out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Australian Open\nShe did it at love, winning with 0\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134 scoreline. Despite having not reached even fourth round at event before, now she reached the final. But however, she lost the match to fifth seed Maria Sharapova, losing her second Grand Slam final. Though she was close to win the first set at 5\u20134 and 0\u201330 when Maria served, she missed the chance to take the first set, and eventually lost in straight sets, 5\u20137, 3\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Australian Open series, Fed Cup\nOnly few days after Australian campaign, Ivanovic flew to Budapest to play Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I with fellow top 10 Sebian player Jelena Jankovic. Consequences of fatigue were seen as she won two of three matches in tight three sets. In Round Robin they faced Poland and Romania, and Ivanovic won against Urszula Radwa\u0144ska in straight sets and Monica Niculescu after hard fought match in three sets. Playing against Netherlands, both Ivanovic and Jankovic won singles matches (Ivanovic against Ren\u00e9e Reinhard in three sets) and they advanced to World Group II Play-offs for the second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Middle East Series, Qatar Ladies Open\nAs the world number three, Ivanovic was seeded first for the first time in her career at Qatar Ladies Open. After receiving first round bye, Ivanovic was set to play for the first time against Olga Govortsova. Being two points from victory, Ivanovic twisted left ankle and immediately after took a medical timeout. She succeeded to finish the match soon, though finishing it in tears, but due to injury alert, she decided to take a break and recover, giving a walkover to Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska in third round. In spite of the fact that she didn't earn too many points after Doha, Ivanovic set new career-high ranking at number two, overtaking the spot from Svetlana Kuznetsova. However, at the moment top-ranked player Justine Henin had nearly as many points as Ivanovic and Kuznetsova together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 87], "content_span": [88, 881]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Middle East Series, Dubai Tennis Championships\nDespite twisting ankle few days ago in Doha, Ivanovic looked fresh and injury-free in Dubai. After receiving bye in the first round, she lost just four games against number 14 Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, bageling in second set. However, she was given a tough task in quarterfinals, as she never won a match in previous three meetings with Elena Dementieva. Ivanovic took first set, but lost next two in quite one way, winning three games in both sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Indian Wells & Miami, Pacific Life Open\nIvanovic was once again seeded first after being first seed already in Doha. Playing her first match at Pacific Life Open against number 77 Raluca Olaru, she had to give her best to get through inspired opponent and she eventually recovered from second set loss with 6\u20130 in the third set, winning after nearly two hours. Though her next opponent was 31st seed, Tathiana Garbin, Ivanovic had better time on court now, as she lost three games in first set and bageled for the fifth time in a season in second set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Indian Wells & Miami, Pacific Life Open\nIn round of 16 another Italian, Francesca Schiavone, awaited. Thirteenth seed Schiavone started better, cruising through first set losing just two games. However, after managing to win the second set 7\u20135, she cruised herself through the third set, losing two games. In the quarterfinals, she faced one spot better ranked player, Vera Zvonareva, at number 21. But Ivanovic showed that ranking is not the most important thing that matters, as she beat her a lot easier, losing just five games to reach first semifinal in Indian Wells, enhancing previous best result of quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Indian Wells & Miami, Pacific Life Open\nFacing top 10 opponent for the fifth time in a season and world number 4 in Jelena Jankovic, Ivanovic won in straight sets to reach first final of Indian Wells Masters. Ivanovic improved head-to-head record to 5\u22121 against Jankovic. In the final she played against Svetlana Kuznetsova, the final contested of first and second seed. Ivanovic won 6\u20134, 6\u20133 to win third Tier I title, the biggest after Grand Slam. This was her first title of 2008. Also, as Indian Wells is called \"The fifth Grand Slam\", and as Ivanovic didn't won any Grand Slam at the moment, this was her biggest title at that moment. She also improved to convincing head-to-head with Kuznetsova, the same as with Jankovic, 5\u22121.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Indian Wells & Miami, Sony Ericsson Open\nComing to Miami Open with Indian Wells title, Ivaonovic looked confidently from the first match on, as she cruised against Emilie Loit to reach third round, losing just three games. But however, in the next round it looked like fatigue caught up with her, and she lost easily in straight sets, but to former number one Lindsay Davenport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 90], "content_span": [91, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season and French Open, Fed Cup\nIvanovic once again participated in Fed Cup this year, playing in Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs, in duel of Serbia and Croatia on harcourt indoors, played in Zagreb, Croatia. Despite the event was played on hardcourt, it was a preparation for Ivanovic's clay season which started just few days later. She helped Serbia cruise to massive 3\u20130 lead which already secured them a spot in 2009 Fed Cup World Group II, the first time that Serbia reached that stage at Fed Cup under its name, but as Yugoslavia, they reached World Group semifinal in 1984. Croatia won next two dead rubbers though, meaning that final score was 3\u20132 for Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season and French Open, Qatar Telecom German Open\nIvanovic started clay season returning to Berlin as the defending champion. After receiving bye in first round, she played against lucky luser Akgul Amanmuradova and won after tight first set which saw them playing tiebreak that Ivanovic won 7\u20130 and cruising then through the second set. She beat Sybille Bammer 7\u20135, 4\u20136, 6\u20134 to reach quarterfinals, and tenth seed \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay 3\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20133 to go two steps from defending title for the first time. However, she was stopped in semifinals when she lost 2\u20136, 5\u20137 to Elena Dementieva, losing to her for the second time in the season and fourth overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 110], "content_span": [111, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season and French Open, Internazionali BNL d'Italia\nFollowing withdraws of the two best players in the world, Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova, Ivanovic was seeded first in Rome. She lost already in second round and in her opening match to qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova in three sets, 4\u20136, 7\u20135, 2\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 112], "content_span": [113, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season and French Open, French Open\nIvanovic came to French Open as last year runner-up and as a second contender for the title, after renewed world No. 1 Maria Sharapova, who took that place from Justine Henin who suddenly retired from tennis in less than a fortnight before Roland Garros started. The fact that three-time defending champion at French Open Henin, and four-time champion overall didn't compete, left the draw wide open and gave chances to many players, as the only other former champion was Serena Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season and French Open, French Open\nAs Sharapova was first seed, and Ivanovic second, they were set in line for the final clash, which would have been rematch of the Australian Open final that year. However, chances for that were blown when Maria lost in fourth round to thirteenth seed Dinara Safina. On the other side, Ivanovic brushed aside all opponents to reach third French Open quarterfinal in four years. She won against Sofia Arvidsson 6\u20132, 7\u20135, Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 6\u20131, 6\u20132, 30th seed Caroline Wozniacki 6\u20134, 6\u20131, and Petra Cetkovsk\u00e1 6\u20130, 6\u20130, respectively. Double bagel against Cetkovsk\u00e1 was Ivanovic's fifth career double bagel win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season and French Open, French Open\nIn quarterfinals Ivanovic beat 10th seed Patty Schnyder 6\u20133, 6\u20132. Then she was set to play against fellow Serbian player and No. 3 Jelena Jankovi\u0107. The most significant match between the pair took place in this semi-final of the French Open, with the winner having assured of becoming World No. 1 and with both women bidding to win their first Grand Slam title. Ivanovic won the match, recovering from a 3\u20131 final set deficit and also 4\u20133 deficit when Jankovic broke, to defeat Jankovic for the fifth consecutive time, with final score of 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20134. In doing so, Ivanovic reached second straight French Open final and third Slam final overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season and French Open, French Open\n\"It was an amazing experience and I still don't realise that I have won it. It was a very nervous match with lots of chances but I was able to keep  my composure until the end. I am very thrilled to be the champion.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season and French Open, French Open\nAna Ivanovic after winning French Open with  6\u20134, 6\u20133 win over Dinara Safina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Clay court season and French Open, French Open\nDinara Safina, who beat Sharapova and another two Russians Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova, awaited in the final. Ivanovic build big lead from first moment on, leading 4\u20131 with two breaks. From that moment, she lost that first momentum, losing both breaks to fell on 4\u20134 egal. However, she was lucky to not fell even more, breaking again to serve for set, which she did for 6\u20134. She showed even stronger performance in second set, and lifted first Grand Slam trophy after one-sided win of 6\u20134, 6\u20133. Ivanovic became the 17th world No. 1 in history of WTA rankings. Also, she is one of the few players of newer generation to win Major title with that few years, at 20 years and 214 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Wimbledon\nIvanovic skipped all events in preparation for Wimbledon, where she was seeded first for the first time at Grand Slam. It didn't look to bother her as she cruised through first round, losing just three games against No. 103 Rossana de los R\u00edos. Playing against just six spots better ranked player, she had much tougher time on court, coming back from brink of defeat by saving match points to win against Nathalie Dechy, 6\u20137, 7\u20136, 10\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Wimbledon\n\"She played really well today and it was a tough match for me. I'm disappointed with my loss but I still look at it as a learning experience.\" \"It was a very emotional last couple of weeks for me and it took a bit of a toll. I didn't have great preparation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Wimbledon\nAna Ivanovic on losing to Jie Zheng at Wimbledon Championships  after a 1\u20136, 4\u20136 blowout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Wimbledon\nShe fell in third round to wildcard No. 133 Jie Zheng, 1\u20136, 4\u20136. Ivanovic played very bad match, winning just 46% of her first serve points and total of just 51% of all points on serve, converting just one break point on seven chances and making 17 unforced errors to Zheng's 10. Her exit in the third round was earliest for the top seed since 2001, when Martina Hingis lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual in first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Wimbledon\nIvanovic, though, ended up to be just one of the five players of the top 8 to fall before the quarterfinals, the round they were all projected to get through as of their rankings. Also, on the men's side was even worse situation as only first two seeds reached quarterfinals, though they eventually reached the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open Series, East West Bank Classic - withdrew\nIvanovic was set to return to action in Los Angeles, but however, she withdrew due to a thumb injury sustained during practice the week before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 99], "content_span": [100, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open Series, Rogers Cup\nFirst tournament she played eventually within US Open Series was the only Tier I tournament of the American summer swing in Montreal. Ivanovic was again first seed as the newest world No. 1 and the first opponent in the second round after receiving a bye in first was Petra Kvitov\u00e1. Kvitov\u00e1, future multiple Grand Slam champion but now just a teenager, won the second set to equalise result but however, Ivanovic got through in three tough sets. In the third round she lost to a player near outside the top 100 at 94, Tamira Paszek, with 2\u20136, 6\u20131, 2\u20136 scoreline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open Series, Summer Olympics - withdrew\nIvanovic was seeded first at Summer Olympics. This was about to be her first appearance at the Olympics. She was even scheduled to play at the time of the release of the draw, but she eventually withdrew again due to a thumb injury sustained two weeks before, the same reason she withdrew from East West Bank Classic tournament in Los Angeles. Ivanovic described these moments as \"one of the worst moments of her career.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open Series, Summer Olympics - withdrew\nAs of the last year's calendar, points from previous year's Los Angeles tournament which was in this time of the year were deleted, and as she didn't participate this year in Los Angeles nor gained enough points in Montreal, she fell from the No. 1 spot for the first time after just 9 consecutive weeks. New world No. 1 was another Serbian Jelena Jankovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open Series, US Open\nThough missing nearly all US Open series season, playing just one tournament in preparation for US Open, Ivanovic returned again to No. 1 spot after Olympics, as Jankovic lost points from last year's Rogers Cup which was at the time of this year's Olympics, leaving Jankovic with just one week at No. 1 spot. With playing just that one tournament in Montreal, this was Ivanovic's third tournament in Grand Slam category of all last four tournaments she played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open Series, US Open\nHard times since dream run at French Open continued for Ivanovic, as she had to battle in three sets already in first round of US Open, winning 6\u20131, 4\u20136, 6\u20134 against Vera Dushevina. But another early exit followed by as she lost to unheralded qualifier and No. 188 Julie Coin, losing with 3\u20136, 6\u20134, 3\u20136 final score. The loss was the earliest defeat of the top-seeded player at the US Open since the 1973 tournament, when Billy Jean King lost in third round. Ivanovic also surpassed her negative record in terms of Lowest-ranked players to defeat world No. 1. First, she lost to No. 133 Jie Zheng at Wimbledon Championships, and now to No. 188 Julie Coin at US Open. However, one year later Dinara Safina \"dethroned\" her from that place, losing to No. 226 Shuai Zhang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, US Open Series, US Open\nAfter US Open, when new rankings were released, Ivanovic finished her stay at the top spot, as US Open champion Serena Williams reached that spot for the first time since 2003. Ivanovic stayed for a total of 12 weeks at the top spot, with one week pause during the Olympic games. Ivanovic fell to No. 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Asian hard court swing, Toray Pan Pacific Open\nIvanovic started Asian swing in Tokyo, Tier I tournament, where she was last year's runner-up. She lost to #20 Nadia Petrova 1\u20136, 6\u20131, 2\u20136 in the second round. With the loss, she was then at 4\u20134 win-loss record since winning French Open. Ivanovic later told the press that she was \"just happy to be back injury-free\" and that she needed to \"play more matches to get back into rhythm.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Asian hard court swing, China Open\nGoing to Beijing, China, for the first time ever and where she missed Olympic games previously this year, Ivanovic came in one place lower ranked than previous week at No. 4 . She played evidently the best match since lifting French Open title as she cruised against #19 Aliz\u00e9 Cornet who has had a great season, winning 6\u20131, 7\u20136. Despite good overture, she lost once again to Jie Zheng, the same player who beat her at Wimbledon. However, as she won just five games at Wimbledon against her, she showed this time a step forward in that way, being now very close to beat her, but eventually losing 6\u20137, 6\u20132, 4\u20136. Ivanovic won even more points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Indoors and year-end Championships, Kremlin Cup\nWeek after week, and Ivanovic is slipping more and more on WTA rankings. Coming to US Open as #1, Ivanovic fell to No. 3 next week, next No.4 and now she falls to No. 5. Results unfortunately for her confirm that, and now she fell again in her first match against Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1 in three sets at Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Ivanovic extended now her bad streak since winning French Open to a negative one for the first time, with 5\u20136 win-loss record since then.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Indoors and year-end Championships, Zurich Open\nDespite losing straightaway in Moscow, Ivanovic came back to No. 4 . And after series of bad results, she finally won back-to-back matches in Zurich \u2013 after receiving bye in first round, she won easily against #16 Marion Bartoli and promising Petra Kvitov\u00e1 whom she beat earlier in Montreal but in three sets. She lost a total of 11 games in that two matches. She lost in semifinals to top 10 opponent Venus Williams after winning first set, but showed a big step forward after series of bad results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Indoors and year-end Championships, Generali Ladies Linz\nIvanovic chose not to defend Luxembourg title, which turned out to be great as she followed good run in Zurich with even better in Linz by winning first title since French Open. On the way to the title, she beat first Sybille Bammer and seventh seed Flavia Pennetta, both in straight sets. Ana described match with Flavia as \"one of the best matches she's played recently\". She followed that with two respective wins over top 10 opponents \u2013 #10 Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska with hard fought 6\u20132, 3\u20136, 7\u20135 win, and routing win over #9 Vera Zvonareva, 6\u20132, 6\u20131 to win the title. She sealed an impressive win in just 51 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Indoors and year-end Championships, WTA Tour Championships\nLast tournament of the year for Ivanovic was the most prestigious one after Majors \u2013 WTA Tour Championships, where she qualified for the second straight year. Despite coming with two back-to-back good tournaments, Ivanovic though didn't have good time in Doha Championships, as she lost to #1 Jelena Jankovi\u0107 after winning their last four meetings, and making a surpassing loss to Vera Zvonareva whom she beat in just more than a week losing three games. She eventually withdrew before third match due to a virus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195555-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Ana Ivanovic tennis season, Year in details, Indoors and year-end Championships, WTA Tour Championships\nIvanovic finished the year ranked at No. 5, one place worse from last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election\nThe 2008 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 9 March 2008, to elect the 8th Parliament of the autonomous community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with the 2008 Spanish general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election\nIncumbent President Manuel Chaves from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE\u2013A) was re-elected for a sixth term in office with a slightly reduced majority. Final results showed a major breakthrough by the People's Party (PP), which gained 10 seats from 37 to 47 and scored its best result in the community at the time. United Left (IULV\u2013CA) remained stagnant with 6 seats, whereas the Andalusian Party (PA) suffered a major drop in support and failed to enter the regional parliament for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Parliament of Andalusia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Andalusia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nVoting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Andalusia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 109 members of the Parliament of Andalusia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nSeats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Almer\u00eda, C\u00e1diz, C\u00f3rdoba, Granada, Huelva, Ja\u00e9n, M\u00e1laga and Seville, with each being allocated an initial minimum of eight seats and the remaining 45 being distributed in proportion to their populations (provided that the number of seats in each province did not exceed two times that of any other).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Parliament of Andalusia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Andalusia (BOJA), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication barring any date within from 1 July to 31 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe previous election was held on 14 March 2004, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 14 March 2008. The election decree was required to be published in the BOJA no later than 19 February 2008, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 13 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Andalusia and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Background\nWith the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) regaining its absolute majority in Andalusia in the 2004 election, Manuel Chaves was able to govern alone again, after 10 years of minority government, having relied on the support of the Andalusian Party in the previous 8 years. Te\u00f3fila Mart\u00ednez, who had been PP candidate for President of the Regional Government of Andalusia in the previous two elections (1996 and 2000), was replaced by Javier Arenas as head of the Andalusian People's Party (PP). Arenas had been PP candidate in the 1994 and 1996 elections, but left the PP regional leadership in order to become Spain's Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in the Aznar cabinet and, later, Secretary-General of the People's Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Background\nConcurrently in 2004, Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero from PSOE was elected as Spain's new prime minister, after unexpectedly winning the 2004 general election. This meant that, for the first time since 1996, both the regional and national governments were ruled by the same party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 55 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Andalusia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 850]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195556-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, 2009 investiture\nOn 7 April 2009, Manuel Chaves resigned as regional President in order to become Third Deputy Prime Minister in the Second Zapatero Government, being succeeded as acting officeholder by Vice President Gaspar Zarr\u00edas. On 22 April, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Gri\u00f1\u00e1n was elected as new President by the Parliament of Andalusia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis\nThe 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis was a diplomatic stand-off between the South American countries of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. It began with an incursion into Ecuadorian territory across the Putumayo River by the Colombian military on March 1, 2008, leading to the deaths of over twenty militants, including Ra\u00fal Reyes (nom-de-guerre of Luis Edgar Devia Silva) and sixteen other members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). This incursion led to increased tension between Colombia and Ecuador and the movement of Venezuelan and Ecuadorian troops to their borders with Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis\nA military and diplomatic row intensified, ambassadors were recalled and arrests made worldwide following the seizure by the Colombians from the FARC camp of laptop computers that the Colombian military found to contain a large quantity of letters and documents pertaining to FARC activities and its relationship with the Ecuadorian and Venezuelan governments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis\nThe immediate crisis was ended at a Rio Group summit on March 7, 2008, with a public reconciliation between the three countries involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Background\nIn 2007, Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, the Venezuelan President and Piedad C\u00f3rdoba, a Colombian Senator, were acting as authorised mediators in the ongoing Humanitarian Exchange negotiations between the FARC and the government of Colombia. The Colombian President, \u00c1lvaro Uribe, had given Ch\u00e1vez permission to mediate, under the condition that all meetings with the FARC would take place in Venezuela and that Ch\u00e1vez would not contact members of the Colombian military directly, but instead go through the proper diplomatic channels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Background\nHowever, President Uribe of Colombia abruptly terminated the Venezuelan president's mediation efforts on November 22, 2007, after President Ch\u00e1vez personally contacted General Mario Montoya Uribe, the Commander of the Colombian National Army. In response to this, Ch\u00e1vez said that he was still willing to mediate but had withdrawn Venezuela's ambassador to Colombia and placed Colombian-Venezuelan relations \"in a freezer\". He also called Uribe a \"liar and a cynic\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Background\nPresident Uribe of Colombia responded to this by saying that Colombia needed \"mediation against terrorism, not [for Ch\u00e1vez] to legitimise terrorism,\" and that Ch\u00e1vez was not interested in bringing about peace in Colombia but instead, was engaged in an expansionist project in the region. From January to February 2008, FARC  released six hostages \"as a gesture of goodwill\" toward Ch\u00e1vez, who had brokered the deal, and Ch\u00e1vez sent Venezuelan helicopters with Red Cross logos into the Colombian jungle to pick up the freed hostages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Incursion of the Colombian military into Ecuador\nIn the weeks before the incursion, that is, the second half of February 2008, it was revealed that the Colombian government, with assistance from the United States' FBI and DEA, had wiretapped several satellite phones that were used by FARC forces in Southern Colombia. According to an unnamed Colombian military source, an international call made by Venezuelan President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez to Ra\u00fal Reyes, using one of these satellite links, was intercepted on February 27. The source claimed that Ch\u00e1vez called Reyes to inform him of the release of three FARC hostages held captive for almost 7 years. The intercepted call was used to track Reyes to a location in Colombia, near the Ecuadorian border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Incursion of the Colombian military into Ecuador\nColombian troop movements from Cali to the border area began on February 29. Colombian intelligence reports had indicated that Ra\u00fal Reyes was expected to stay near Angostura, Ecuador, on the night of February 29, 2008. On February 27 and into the next day, several members of the FARC 48th Front were captured by Colombian security forces near the Ecuadorian border, taking away some support from the main group. During a subsequent operation, the Colombian Air Force stormed Angostura, followed by a Colombian special forces group and members of the Colombian National Police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Incursion of the Colombian military into Ecuador, Angostura raid\nOn March 1, 2008 at 00:25 local time (05:25 UTC), Colombia launched this military operation, 1.8 kilometers (1.1\u00a0mi) into Ecuador. According to Colombian authorities, the guerrillas responded militarily to this initial bombardment from a position in the vicinity of Santa Rosa de Yanamaru, on the Ecuadorian side of the border, killing a Colombian soldier, Carlos Hern\u00e1ndez. A second bombardment was then carried out, resulting in the deaths of Ra\u00fal Reyes and at least 20 more FARC members. Two bodies, several documents and three laptops found in the guerrilla camp were returned to Colombia. This was the first time the Colombian military had killed a member of FARC's leadership council in combat. After this operation, the Colombian authorities increased its security measures nationwide, fearing FARC retaliation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 914]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Incursion of the Colombian military into Ecuador, Aftermath\nAccording to the Ecuadorian government, the attack happened 3 kilometres (1.9\u00a0mi) inside its own territory, lacked its permission and was a planned strike, intended to be followed by the incursion of Colombian troops by helicopter. It pointed out that the attack had left a total of more than 20 people dead in Ecuadorian territory, many of whom were found to be wearing underwear or sleeping clothes. The government of Ecuador concluded that the attack was a \"massacre\" and not the result of combat or \"hot pursuit\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Incursion of the Colombian military into Ecuador, Aftermath\nEcuadorian president Rafael Correa had reason to believe that the Colombian warplanes had penetrated 10\u00a0km into Ecuador's territory and struck the guerrilla camp while flying north, followed by troops in helicopters who had completed the killings. He claimed that some of the bodies had been found to be shot from behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Incursion of the Colombian military into Ecuador, Aftermath\nThe Ecuadorian authorities found three wounded women in the camp, including a Mexican student who was identified as Luc\u00eda Andrea Morett \u00c1lvarez. Luc\u00eda Morett claimed that she was visiting the guerrilla group as part of an academic investigation, refusing to answer other questions about the circumstances surrounding her presence there. Regarding the attack on the camp, she has stated: \"I was asleep when we received a first aerial attack. Two or three hours later we were attacked again\". Ecuador said that it was cooperating with Mexico to investigate whether any Mexicans had been killed during the raid. According to the director of the Ecuadorian military hospital which treated the three women, they had received some sort of medical attention from both the attacking Colombian forces and the Ecuadorian soldiers who later found them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 932]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments\nOn Saturday, March 1, \u00c1lvaro Uribe said a few hours after the operation that \"today we have taken another step against terrorism, which does not respect borders\" and added that he took full responsibility for the operation. Colombia's violation of Ecuadorian sovereignty, however, led to increased tensions between Colombia and most other South American states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Initial Ecuadorian response\nPresident Uribe of Colombia spoke by telephone with his Ecuadorian counterpart, Rafael Correa, early on the morning of the raid, to inform him of the incident. In a press conference that evening, Correa denounced the attack as \"aggression\" against Ecuador, calling it a \"massacre,\" and claiming that the rebels had been killed in their sleep using \"advanced technology\". He announced that he was summoning his ambassador in Colombia for consultations. On Sunday, March 2, Correa said that a diplomatic note would be sent in protest at the incursion, claiming that the action had been a violation of Ecuador's airspace. Ecuador formally recalled its ambassador from Colombia and expelled the Colombian ambassador from Quito.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Initial Venezuelan response\nVenezuelan president Hugo Ch\u00e1vez called the attack \"a cowardly murder\" and reacted by closing his country's embassy in Colombia and moving troops to positions near to Venezuela's border with Colombia. On the television programme Al\u00f3 Presidente, Chavez denounced President Uribe as \"a liar\" and \"a lackey of North American Imperialism,\" claimed that Colombia was seeking to become \"the Latin American equivalent of Israel,\" and compared Colombia's actions with Israeli Defense Forces strikes on Palestinian militants. The Colombian government announced that it would not mobilise any troops in response to Hugo Ch\u00e1vez's order to move 10 battalions towards the frontier and would not respond to the accusations made by Ch\u00e1vez on his weekly TV program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Colombian justification\nColombian foreign minister Fernando Ara\u00fajo Perdomo apologized to Ecuador for \"the action that we were forced to take in the border zone\". He added that Colombia had \"never had the intention or disposition to be disrespectful of, or to violate the sovereignty or integrity of the sister republic of Ecuador\". The Colombian foreign ministry affirmed, however, that Ra\u00fal Reyes had \"directed, for many years, criminal operations in the southern part of our country, covertly, from Ecuadorian territory, without the approval of its government\". Colombia said that it was ready \"to compensate any Ecuadorian citizens that could have been affected\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Colombian justification\nThe Colombian National Police also held a press conference, at which it revealed a series of documents taken from the guerillas, which allegedly implicated both Venezuela and Ecuador in FARC activities (see below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Colombian justification\nFARC had kidnapped hundreds of people, and sought to exchange some 40 hostages for 500 guerilla members held in Colombian prisons. A FARC spokesmen announced that Ra\u00fal Reyes's death \"should not affect the search for a humanitarian agreement on the exchange of kidnapped people.\" He added that \"We encourage revolutionary firmness, not to forego any effort that supports a humanitarian exchange, and to continue in our intentions for peace and construction of an effective democracy, with social justice.\" Colombian officials replied that kidnapping does not encourage peace, and kidnapping democratically elected officials does not encourage democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Mutual accusations\nOn 3 March, a statement from Venezuela's foreign ministry announced the decision to expel Colombia's ambassador and all diplomatic staff at the Colombian embassy in Caracas. Authorities in Venezuela also restricted traffic at two major border crossings with Colombia, according to Isidoro Teres, president of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for the T\u00e1chira State border town of Ure\u00f1a. On the same day, Ecuador's Foreign Ministry issued a statement explaining its cutting off of diplomatic ties with Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Mutual accusations\nIt said that President Uribe of Colombia had given misleading information while Ecuadorian forces were attempting to verify events on the border, and that the Colombian forces had been \"trying to buy time\" to return to Colombia after attacking the FARC camp. The Ecuadorian government stated it had intercepted communications showing this to be the case and that the Colombian forces knew they had entered Ecuador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Mutual accusations\nThe Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos responded by saying that the operation of Colombian troops could have been avoided had there been better cooperation from Quito. \"If we had real collaboration from Ecuador in  pursuing these groups, these situations wouldn't occur, but we've never had it. They always have taken the position that they do not want to interfere in the Colombian conflict,\" said Santos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Mutual accusations\nAt a press conference on 4 March, President Uribe announced that Colombia intended to bring charges against the Venezuelan president at the International Criminal Court, for funding terrorism and genocide. Later that day, Venezuela's Minister for Land and Agriculture, El\u00edas Jaua, told the state broadcaster VTV that Venezuela was closing its border with Colombia. On March 5, President Ch\u00e1vez of Venezuela called the Colombian raid a \"war crime,\" and joined Ecuador's president Rafael Correa in demanding international condemnation of the cross-border attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Mutual accusations\nIn a ten-hour emergency meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States on the afternoon March 4, Ecuador urged the OAS to condemn Colombia's violation of its territorial integrity. Colombia, in response, insisted that the hemispheric body should instead roundly condemn terrorism and its funding. Due to disagreements regarding its content, the Council was unable to produce a final declaration on the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Mutual accusations\nIt did, however, agree to reconvene on March 5 to continue the debate, to convene a meeting of consultation of the member states' foreign ministers on March 17, and to set up a commission to investigate the incident. The Ecuadorian government also appointed a Commission for Transparency and Truth to investigate the incident, which later produced a report providing new details about the attack, and alleging that strategic intelligence from the U.S. military base in Manta, Ecuador may have been used during the Angostura attack. The report also criticized the communication and institutional command structure of the Ecuadorian police and military as failing to keep civilian leaders sufficiently informed of intelligence and facts on the ground before the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 842]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Diplomatic developments, Mutual accusations\nIn Brazil, on a five-nation tour to drum up support for his country's position, President Correa said Ecuador would re-establish diplomatic relations with Colombia only \"in the very improbable circumstance\" that that country offered an unrestricted apology, gave assurances that no similar incidents would take place in the future and retracted its allegations of ties between Quito and the FARC. He also emphasized that had any Ecuadorians died in the attack, \"we would already be at war.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Venezuelan and Ecuadorian troop movements\nVenezuelan president Hugo Ch\u00e1vez had already moved troops near to the border with Colombia, warning that a Colombian incursion into Venezuela would be a \"cause for war\". Ch\u00e1vez announced that he had put the Venezuelan military on high alert, pledging that Venezuela would \"back Ecuador in whatever circumstance\". Ecuador also ordered troops to its borders. The Colombian government announced that it would not mobilize any troops in response to Hugo Ch\u00e1vez's order to move 10 battalions towards their common border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Venezuelan and Ecuadorian troop movements\nOn 6 March, the OAS criticised, but did not go so far as to condemn, the Colombian incursion into Ecuador. The OAS resolution called on Secretary General Jos\u00e9 Miguel Insulza to form a commission to investigate the incident on both sides of the border, as well as to help resolve the diplomatic crisis. Later that day, President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, which was already in a territorial dispute with Colombia over San Andr\u00e9s and Providencia, announced the breaking of diplomatic relations with Colombia. Meanwhile, Hugo Ch\u00e1vez threatened to nationalise Colombian assets in Venezuela, saying, \"We're not interested in Colombian investments here.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, FARC files\nDuring the raid, the Colombian military recovered three laptops, two external hard disks, and three USB thumb drives. The material implicated governmental officials in Venezuela and Ecuador of supporting the FARC. The Colombian Administrative Department of Security (DAS) requested Interpol's technical support in order to decipher the seized FARC computers. Interpol accepted the request and sent several experts to Colombia. Interpol's report stated that it found no evidence that the Colombian Government had manipulated or tampered with the material but would not comment on the contents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Rio Group summit\nOn 5 March, Colombian authorities reiterated their commitment to the maintenance of peace in the region, announcing that none of its troops would be deployed near its borders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Rio Group summit\nOn 7 March, at a Rio Group summit held in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, the presidents of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Nicaragua publicly shook hands, in a show of goodwill. The handshakes, broadcast live throughout Latin America, appeared to be a signal that the period of military threats and diplomatic recriminations was over. After the summit, Ortega said he would re-establish diplomatic ties with Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Social response\nOn March 16, 2008, the Colombian artist Juanes organised a free concert on the border between Colombia and Venezuela as a response to the crisis. The event was called Peace without borders and had a message of peace and brotherhood between the three nations. The concert gathered thousands of people from both sides of the border. The concert featured the singers Miguel Bos\u00e9, Alejandro Sanz, Juan Luis Guerra, Juan Fernando Velasco, Ricardo Montaner, Carlos Vives, Shakira and Juanes himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195557-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Andean diplomatic crisis, Social response\nOver the next several months, a Track II dialogue initiative facilitated by the Carter Center (including personal involvement from President Carter) and the Organization of American States brought together civil society leaders to help mend relations, and lay the groundwork for rebuilding official diplomatic ties. Social organizations and international development assistance increased their investment in peacebuilding initiatives in the border region to complement the top-down dialogue with grassroots conflict resolution capacity building.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195558-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident\nOn 23 February 2008, Spirit of Kansas, a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the United States Air Force, crashed on the runway moments after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The aircraft was destroyed, but both crew members successfully ejected. The accident marked the first operational loss of a B\u20112 bomber, and as of 2021 it remains the only one. With an estimated loss of US$1.4 billion, it was also the most expensive aircraft crash in history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195558-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident, Crash\nOn 23 February 2008, a B\u20112 crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The crash of the Spirit of Kansas, 89-0127, which had been operated by the 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, and which had logged 5,100 flight hours, was the first ever crash of a B\u20112.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195558-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident, Crash\nThe two-officer crew attempted to control the bomber but were unable to do so, and as one of its wingtips made contact with the ground, they ejected and survived the crash. The aircraft was destroyed, a total loss estimated at US$1.4 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195558-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident, Crash\nAccording to the Air Force Times, which is a private-industry magazine, no munitions were on board. The Air Combat Command accident board report states that \"classified material\" had been loaded onto the bomber the morning the aircraft was returning to Whiteman Air Force Base \"after a four-month deployment in support of Pacific Air Forces' continuous bomber presence.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195558-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident, Crash\nAt Guam Naval Hospital, one pilot was evaluated and released, and the second was hospitalized. A B\u20112 already in the air was called back to Andersen following the crash, where it and the other B\u20112s were grounded until an initial investigation into the crash was complete. Six Boeing B\u201152s of the 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, were deployed to replace the B\u20112s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195558-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident, Crash\nThe commander of the 509th Bomb Wing, Brig. Gen. Garrett Harencak, followed up on the incident by temporarily suspending flying operations for all 20 remaining B\u20112s to review procedures. Harencak termed the suspension a \"safety pause\" and stated that the B\u20112s would resume flying if called upon for immediate operations. The B\u20112 fleet returned to flight status on 15 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195558-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident, Investigation\nThe findings of the investigation stated that the B\u20112 crashed after \"heavy, lashing rains\" caused moisture to enter skin-flush air-data sensors. The data from the sensors are used to calculate numerous factors including airspeed and altitude. Because three pressure transducers failed to function\u2014attributable to condensation inside devices, not a maintenance error\u2014the flight-control computers calculated inaccurate aircraft angle of attack and airspeed. Incorrect airspeed data on cockpit displays led to the aircraft rotating at 12 knots (22\u00a0km/h) slower than indicated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195558-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident, Investigation\nAfter the wheels lifted from the runway, which caused the flight control system to switch to different control laws, the erroneously sensed negative angle of attack caused the computers to inject a sudden, 1.6\u00a0g (16\u00a0m/s2), uncommanded 30-degree pitch-up maneuver. The combination of slow lift-off speed and the extreme angle of attack, with attendant drag, resulted in an unrecoverable stall, yaw, and descent. Both crew members successfully ejected from the aircraft soon after the left wing tip started to gouge the ground alongside the runway. The aircraft hit the ground, tumbled, and burned after its fuel ignited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195559-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Angola Cup\nThe 2008 Ta\u00e7a de Angola was the 27th edition of the Ta\u00e7a de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition in Angola, following the Girabola. Santos Futebol Clube de Angola beat Recreativo do Libolo 1\u20130 in the final, to secure its 1st title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195559-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Angola Cup\nThe winner and the runner-up qualified to the CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 84]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195560-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Angola Super Cup\nThe 2008 Superta\u00e7a de Angola (21st edition) was contested by Interclube, the 2007 Girabola champion and Primeiro de Maio, the 2007 Angola Cup winner. In the away match, Interclube beat Maio 1\u20130 to secure their 1st title as the 2nd leg home match ended in another win 2-1 win for Interclube.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195560-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Angola Super Cup, Match details, Second Leg\nSquad: Aspirina, Beb\u00e9, Bumba, Cadez Carlos, Dedas, Dione, Fabr\u00edcio, Gildo, Joel, Kanu, Kito, Lucas, M\u00e1rio, Mingo, Minguito, Nito, Nunas, Nuno, Pedro Henriques, Romeo, Romi, Traor\u00e9, Wetshi, Yano, Yuri Head Coach: Carlos Mozer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in Angola on 5 and 6 September 2008, as announced by President Jos\u00e9 Eduardo dos Santos on 27 December 2007. They were the first since the 1992 general elections, which had led to the outbreak of the second phase of the Angolan Civil War, which continued until 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election\nThe results showed the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) winning 82% of the vote and 191 of 220 seats in the Parliament of Angola. The main opposition UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) won 10%. The international response was mixed, with the European Commission, the United States and the Southern African Development Community praising the elections as generally fair, while Human Rights Watch has questioned the legitimacy of this result. UNITA accepted the MPLA's victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Background\nVoter registration was to take place in late 2006 and through 2007. It was originally meant to be held in 1997, but was postponed numerous times due to organizational and logistical problems. In early August 2007, one month before the end of the registration period, more than seven million voters had already registered for the election. Over eight million were registered by August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Campaign, Parties and candidates\nThe names of the candidates and parties contesting the election were to be announced on July 22, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Campaign, Parties and candidates\nOf the 34 lists who filed to contest the election, the following ten parties and four coalitions were accepted: the ruling MPLA, the leading opposition parties UNITA, National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) and Social Renewal Party (PRS), as well as the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), Party of the Alliance of Youth, Workers and Farmers of Angola (PAJOCA), Party for Democratic Support and Progress of Angola (PADEPA), the Democratic Party for Progress - Angolan National Alliance (PDP-ANA), the Front for Democracy (FpD) and four coalitions: the Democratic Angola \u2013 Coalition (AD), New Democracy Electoral Union (ND), the Electoral Political Platform (PPE) and the Angolan Fraternal Forum Coalition (FOFAC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Campaign, Parties and candidates\nThe Angolan Democratic Party (PDA), the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Republican Party of Angola (PREA) were turned down, as were PSA, Angolan National Democratic Party, PACIA, UNDA, MPR/SN, PDUNA, PDPA - NTO BAKO and PSPA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Campaign, Parties and candidates\nDos Santos said that the election would \"be exemplary to the world\", while UNITA leader Isaias Samakuva said that it would not be followed by a crisis, as occurred in the aftermath of the 2007 Kenyan election and the 2008 Zimbabwean election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Campaign, Campaigning\nCampaigning began on August 5, 2008. The parties were each allowed five minutes on television and ten minutes on the radio per day for campaigning purposes. There were also programmes on television, each lasting an hour, that were devoted to discussing the government's accomplishments in a positive light; UNITA leader Isaias Samakuva described this as \"shocking\", while expressing confidence that the people would not believe these programmes. Prior to the start of the campaign period, MPLA posters and symbols were already plentiful in major cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Campaign, Campaigning\nThe MPLA emphasizes its work in rebuilding and developing the country following the end of the civil war in 2002, and the party was perceived as having a very strong institutional advantage. It was widely expected to win the election. UNITA concentrated its campaign in rural areas, while the remaining parties tended to conduct their small-scale campaigns, which were characterized by festive gatherings, in Luanda, the capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Campaign, Campaigning\nThe UNITA campaign stressed the party's claims that the MPLA government had made insufficient progress in rebuilding the country following the end of the civil war and had failed to alleviate poverty. UNITA alleged that the campaign occurred in \"a climate of threats, intimidation and violence\", that four of the party's supporters were killed, and that some parts of the country were effectively MPLA \"fiefdoms\" where campaigning by other parties was impossible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Campaign, Campaigning\nAccording to Radio Ecclesia, 13 people were arrested on August 11 for allegedly holding an unauthorized rally and causing traffic disruption while campaigning for UNITA in Rangel, near Luanda. On August 13, campaigning members of UNITA were attacked by over 100 MPLA supporters at Londuimbali in Huambo Province, according to UNITA official Alcides Sakala; he said that the MPLA supporters were armed with \"machetes, stones and sticks\". The clash was reportedly broken up by police firing into the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Campaign, Campaigning\nEach party was planned to receive about one million dollars from the government for campaign purposes. Opposition parties said that they had not received any money by early August, and Front for Democracy leader Filomeno Vieira Lopes expressed concern that the money might not be distributed until after the election was held, as was the case for the 1992 election. The PDP-ANA complained that the amount was too small, describing it as a \"laughable\" sum. The PLD also said that the amount was insufficient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Campaign, Campaigning\nFurthermore, according to PLD President Analia Victoria Pereira, the MPLA had full access to the resources of the government and military to assist in its campaign. The parties eventually received the campaign money that was promised, although they protested that it came late due to procedural delays. Wary of such interference or disruption due to MPLA institutional influence, most of the parties chose to print materials for the election in South Africa rather than Angola.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Campaign, Campaigning\nAt a rally on August 22, dos Santos said that the election marked \"a new era for democracy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Conduct, Observers and assessments of the election\nThe African Union was invited to send observers. The European Union also sent a team of 90 observers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Conduct, Observers and assessments of the election\nIn a report on August 13, Human Rights Watch\u2014which sent missions to Luanda and four provinces\u2014said that campaigning was not occurring in an atmosphere \"free from intimidation or pressure\", and it predicted that the election would not be free and fair if the process continued along the same course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Conduct, Observers and assessments of the election\nThe report stressed the need \"to safeguard freedom of assembly and expression and access to the media by all stakeholders, and to establish an impartial national electoral body\"; it also said that the government had not \"provided adequate security to political parties\" and was failing \"to ensure political tolerance and full participation of citizens.\" Prime Minister Fernando Dias Dos Santos responded to the report on the same day with an assurance that the election would be \"free, fair and transparent\". MPLA spokesman Norberto dos Santos also replied to the report on August 14, saying that it was \"offensive and has no basis of truth\". He accused Human Rights Watch of interfering in the election and Angola's internal affairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Conduct, Observers and assessments of the election\nDan Mozena, the United States Ambassador to Angola, said in an interview with Radio Ecclesia on August 28 that the US would send 40 observers for the election. He said that expectations for the election were high and spoke approvingly of the conduct of the electoral process up to that point; according to Mozena, the election had the \"potential to be a model for the coming elections in Africa if all the actors continue to play their part\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Conduct, Observers and assessments of the election\nHuman Rights Watch released another statement in early September, expressing doubt that the election would be fair. According to the statement, the MPLA benefited from \"state funding and media coverage\", while the other parties received their allotted campaign money late. The statement also said that Human Rights Watch had \"documented ... intimidation of the opposition and media, interference in the electoral commission, and violent incidents against the opposition\" in the period prior to the start of campaigning. Human Rights Watch's Africa director, Georgette Gagnon, accused the government of being \"more concerned with keeping the MPLA's grip on power than with moving towards genuine political accountability by giving Angolans a real chance to choose their government.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 867]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Conduct, Observers and assessments of the election\nThe head of the EU mission called the polls \"a disaster\" early in the first day of voting, stating that of the three voting stations in Luanda they had visited, none had been prepared for voters, they lacked voting lists, and voting had not started yet at any of them. However, it appeared that the problems were concentrated in Luanda only. The EU observers later stated that bribes and intimidation were widespread.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Conduct, Observers and assessments of the election\nThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) observation commission (80 observers were sent) considered the poll \"credible, peaceful and transparent\". Luisa Morgantini, the head of the EU observer mission, said at a press conference on September 8 that the organization of the election was poor, although she remarked positively on voters' behavior. She declined to say whether she thought the election was free and fair on the grounds that such a classification was vague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Conduct, Observers and assessments of the election\nThe Pan-African Parliament observer mission gave only half-hearted approval of the election, saying that voter education was inadequate and suggesting that the media was dominated by the MPLA. Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, gave an essentially positive assessment, describing the election as \"a step towards the consolidation of a multiparty democracy, a fundamental element for peace, stability, and socio-economic development\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Conduct, Election day\nOn election day, September 5, the necessary material and equipment for voting was unavailable at some polling stations, particularly in Luanda; registration lists were absent at some polling stations, and some polling stations failed to open or opened late. The first hours of voting were described as \"chaotic\". Criticizing the problems, UNITA leader Samakuva and PDP-ANA leader Sindiangani Mbimbi said that the election should be canceled and held over again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Conduct, Election day\nAccording to Samakuva, some of his party's delegates had \"received false credentials, or were given wrong addresses of non-existent polling stations\", and he said that there was widespread confusion in Luanda; meanwhile, Mbimbi condemned the election as \"political theatre\". As a result of the problems, the electoral commission announced that 320 polling stations would open again on September 6; however, it also asserted that the election had proceeded properly at most polling stations. The election reportedly became more orderly and functional in Luanda later in the day on September 5, and most of the country reportedly avoided the problems that plagued the vote in Luanda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Conduct, Election day\nIn an interview with a South African radio station on September 8, Samakuva alleged that some people were told and even forced to vote for the MPLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Results\nWith nearly half the vote counted on September 7, the MPLA held a strong lead with 81.65% with UNITA at 10.59%. Opposition parties strongly criticised the result and stated they were unlikely to accept the legality of the election. UNITA leader Samakuva said on September 7 that \"the final result might not fully reflect the will\" of the people, but also said that the election marked \"an important step towards consolidation of our democracy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Results\nUNITA spokesman Adalberto da Costa initially said that the party would legally challenge the election before the Constitutional Court, arguing that the necessary conditions for the election were absent in Luanda. By September 8, about 80% of the results had been counted, and these continued to show the MPLA with over 80% of the vote. On the same day, the Electoral Commission said that the election would not be held over again, rejecting the opposition demands. Samakuva announced at a news conference on the night of September 8 that UNITA accepted the MPLA's election victory, and he urged the MPLA \"to govern in the interest of all Angolans\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Results\nFull provisional results, accounting for all normal votes (about 85% of the vote) were released on September 9, showing the MPLA with 81.76% of the vote, while UNITA won 10.36%. The 15% of the results not included in the total were votes from citizens who did not vote within their area of registration, as well as unclear votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Results\nFinal results were released by the National Electoral Commission on September 16, showing the MPLA with 81.64% of the vote (191 seats) and UNITA with 10.39% (16 seats), the PRS with 3.17% (eight seats), the ND with 1.20% (two seats), and the FNLA with 1.11% (three seats). Voter turnout was placed at 87.36% (7,213,281 votes), and 89.42% of the votes (6,450,407) were deemed valid. The MPLA won majorities in every province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Results\nIts best performance was in Cuanza Norte, where it won 94.64% of the vote; its worst performance was in Lunda Sul, where it won 50.54% against 41.74% for the PRS. UNITA's best performance was in Cabinda, where it received 31.37%. In Luanda, the most populous province (1,837,865 valid votes), the MPLA won 78.79% against 14.06% for UNITA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Aftermath\nFollowing the results, UNITA's Permanent Committee held a two-day meeting to consider the outcome of the election and Samakuva's leadership. On September 19, 2008, the Permanent Committee said in a statement that it \"salutes the performance and reaffirms its confidence\" in Samakuva. According to the statement, only 20% of the party's poor performance was the result of UNITA's own failings; it placed the primary blame for its defeat on abuses by the MPLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Aftermath\nOn September 26, the MPLA Political Bureau chose Paulo Kassoma to replace Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos as Prime Minister; it also chose Piedade to become the new President of the National Assembly. Speaking to the MPLA Political Bureau, President dos Santos said that the party's \"victory is cause for great joy and celebration\" and that the MPLA had a responsibility to \"continue to consolidate peace and national reconciliation, rebuild infrastructure, and multiply efforts to fight hunger, poverty and regional imbalances\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Aftermath\nHe stressed that the MPLA could only achieve those goals if the party and its parliamentary deputies practiced \"humility, rigour, and discipline\", and he urged the party to \"not sleep under the shade of the conquest we got at the ballot box, nor get carried away by vanity and a superiority complex\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Aftermath\n214 of the newly elected members of the National Assembly were sworn in on September 30; Piedade was elected as President of the National Assembly on the same occasion, receiving 211 votes in favor and three opposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Aftermath\nMeanwhile, Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o was elected as First Vice-President of the National Assembly (213 votes in favor, none opposed, and one abstention), Joana Lina as Second Vice-President (207 votes in favor, four opposed, and three abstentions), Ernesto Mulato as Third Vice-President (210 votes in favor, one opposed, and three abstentions), and Benedito Muxiri as Fourth Vice-President (211 votes in favor, none opposed, and three abstentions). Four parliamentary secretaries were also elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Aftermath\nDos Santos appointed Kassoma as Prime Minister on September 30, and he was sworn in on the same day. Speaking to the press, Kassoma said that he would place a priority on accelerating the process of national reconstruction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Aftermath\nThe EU observers criticized lack of transparency and strongly pro-MPLA media bias in their election report published on 11 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195561-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Angolan legislative election, Aftermath\nIn a 45-page report released on February 23, 2009 and titled \"Democracy or Monopoly? Angola's Reluctant Return to Elections\", Human Rights Watch criticized alleged flaws in the election, saying that the electoral commission did not act as an independent and impartial body in overseeing the election. Human Rights Watch urged that the electoral commission be reformed \"to ensure credible and independent oversight of all future elections\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195562-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Anjouan presidential election\nA presidential election was held in Anjouan on 15 June and 29 June 2008 following the 2008 invasion of Anjouan to oust Mohamed Bacar as President of Anjouan. The election was won by Moussa Toybou, who defeated Mohamed Djaanfari in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195562-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Anjouan presidential election\nAbout 128,000 people were eligible to vote, and there were 240 polling stations. Five candidates were qualified to contest the election: Bacar Abdou (deputy for Mutsamudu), Bastoine Soulaimane (a judge and former president of the Anjouan Court of Appeal), Mohamed Djaanfari (former vice-president of the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros), Moussa Toybou (a former minister in Said Mohamed Djohar's government) and Soundi Abdoulatuf (a French military veteran). These candidates were approved by the Constitutional Court on May 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195562-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Anjouan presidential election\nVoting for the first round on 15 June, although scheduled to begin at 7am, was delayed by an hour in the main cities, Mutsamudu and Domoni, due to the late arrival of ballot papers or electoral officials. First round turnout was placed at 42.79%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195562-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Anjouan presidential election\nDjaanfari (with 42.3%) and Toybou (with 42.5%) advanced to the second round on 29 June 2008, separated by only 88 votes. The other three candidates received between 5.8% and 4.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195562-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Anjouan presidential election\nToybou was considered a newcomer to politics. He said that he knew \"the mechanisms to lift Anjouan out of under-development\", and he supported allowing some of those who served under Bacar to remain in administrative roles due to their experience and the need for reconciliation. He also enjoyed the support of President of Comoros Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, while Djaanfari was better known to the local population due to his prior political work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195562-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Anjouan presidential election\nCampaigning for the second round began on June 21. Toybou won the run-off with 52.37% to Djaanfari's 47.63%, with a turnout of 48.98%; the results had to be validated by the Constitutional Court within three days. Djaanfari contested the result. Turnout in the second round was reportedly higher than in the first one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195562-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Anjouan presidential election\nThe final official result, as confirmed by the Constitutional Court on 3 July 2008, was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195562-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Anjouan presidential election\nToybou was to be sworn in on 5 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195563-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Anugerah Bintang Popular\n2008 Bintang Popular Berita Harian Awards (2008 Most Popular Artiste Berita Harian Awards) were held on April 12, 2009 on Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands as an appreciation for artist and most entertained artist in 2008. The show was broadcast live by TV3. The winner of Most Popular Artist, Nabil defeated Mawi that had won three times in row in previous awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195564-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Anzac Test\nThe 2008 ANZAC test, also known as the Centenary Test as it commemorated the 100th anniversary of the first test match between the two countries, was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 9 May 2008. Commemorating the first trans-Tasman Test match, which was also played at Sydney on the same day in 1908, it was the 9th Anzac test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League banner in 1997. This was the first test played at the SCG since Australia had defeated New Zealand 29-12 in 1986 and the first ever rugby league test played under lights at the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195564-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Anzac Test\nFor the game, the Kangaroos played in replica jumpers that were used until the first Green and Gold jumpers appeared in 1928. On this night the Kangaroos jumpers were Sky Blue and Maroon hoops depicting the states of New South Wales and Queensland. It was the first time the Kangaroos had worn their alternate test jumpers in a test match since their two test series against South Africa in 1963.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195564-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Anzac Test\nThis was the 112th test between Australia and New Zealand since 1908.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195564-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Anzac Test, Match summary\nPrior to the match, a minutes silence was observed in memory of the Australian Rugby League's Team of the Century coach Jack Gibson who had died only an hour before the game. Gibson's death was announced during the television broadcast by Channel 9's Peter Sterling who had won three NSWRL premierships for Parramatta under Gibson in 1981, 1982 and 1983.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195564-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Anzac Test, Match summary\nThe living members of the ARL's Team of the Century \u2013 Reg Gasnier (CE), Mal Meninga (CE), Wally Lewis (FE), Andrew Johns (HB), Arthur Beetson (PR), Noel Kelly (HK), Duncan Hall (PR), Norm Provan (SR), Ron Coote (SR), Johnny Raper (LK), Graeme Langlands (Res) and Bob Fulton (Res) \u2013 were paraded to the crowd before the game as part of the Centenary celebrations. Members of the team who had died (Clive Churchill (FB), Brian Bevan (WG), Ken Irvine (WG), Dally Messenger (Res) and Frank Burge (Res)) were represented by family members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195565-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Aoke-Langalanga by-election\nThe Aoke-Langalanga by-election, 2008 was a by-election for the Aoke-Langalanga constituency in the National Parliament of Solomon Islands. It was held following the death of sitting MP (and former Prime Minister) Bartholomew Ulufa'alu, of the Liberal Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195565-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Aoke-Langalanga by-election\nTen candidates (nine men and one woman) stood for the by-election, which was held on March 28, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195565-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Aoke-Langalanga by-election\nMatthew Cooper Wale, of the Democratic Party, obtained 1,608 votes, while Billy Manu, in second place, \"polled a little over 1000 ballots\". Voter turn-out was about 70%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195566-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team\nThe 2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the 79th season of play for the Mountaineers. The team was led by Jerry Moore, the 2006 Eddie Robinson Award winner for Coach of the Year. It was his 20th season as head coach. The Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195566-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team\nAppalachian completed a perfect Southern Conference season at 8\u20130, and became just the fourth football program in conference history to win four straight conference titles. A quarterfinal playoff loss to the Richmond Spiders ended Appalachian's season, the quest for four consecutive national titles, and snapped the Mountaineers' record string of consecutive playoff victories at 13. Ending the season on a positive note was quarterback Armanti Edwards, who was honored with the Walter Payton Award, given annually to the Division I FCS most outstanding offensive player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195567-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arab Capital of Culture\nThe 2008 Arab Capital of Culture was chosen to be Damascus, Syria. The Arab Capital of Culture is an initiative undertaken by UNESCO, under the Cultural Capitals Program, to promote and celebrate Arab culture and encourage cooperation in the Arab region. The preparation for the festivity began in February 2007 with the establishing of the Administrative Committee for \u201cDamascus Arab Capital of Culture\" by a presidential decree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195568-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arab Futsal Championship\nThe 2008 Arab Futsal Championship hosted by the Egyptian city of Port Said was the fourth edition of the Arab Futsal Championship between December 23 and 29 2008. Ten teams took part, with Yemen making their futsal debut, and Syria making their competitive futsal debut after having previously played only 2 friendly matches. And Libya is the 2007 Arab Futsal champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195568-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arab Futsal Championship, Qualification\nThe following nine teams qualified for the final tournament. Palestine withdrew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195569-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arab Junior Athletics Championships\nThe 2008 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the thirteenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 20\u201323 June in Rad\u00e8s, Tunisia \u2013 the second time that the country hosted the tournament. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195569-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arab Junior Athletics Championships\nThe host nation Tunisia topped the medal table with thirteen gold medals among a haul of 45 medals \u2013 over a third of the total on offer. Sudan was comfortably the next most successful nation, having eleven gold medals and a total of twenty, and was followed by Egypt on seven golds and ten medals overall. Syria and Bahrain each took three golds, while Qatar was the only other nation to reach double digits with a total of ten medals. Twelve of the thirteen participating nations reached the medal table, with Palestine being the only nation to miss out. Morocco and Algeria, two of the foremost athletics nations of the region, were absent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195569-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arab Junior Athletics Championships\nSix athletes won multiple individual medals. Jomaa Fayza Omer of Sudan was the athlete of the tournament, as she won the 400 metres, 100 metres hurdles, and 400 metres hurdles titles, was runner-up in the 200 metres, and won a further silver and a gold in the relays with Sudan. Her team mate Amina Bakhit swept the middle-distance events with an 800 metres/1500 metres/3000 metres triple, and also shared in the relay medals. Another Sudanese, Osman Yahia Omar, claimed an 800/1500\u00a0m double on the men's side. There were doubles in both the men's and women's short sprints, with Emirati Omar Juma Al-Salfa and Syria's Ghofrane Mohammad taking doubles. Tunisia's Yousra Belkhir claimed an unusual combination of events in the form of the women's pole vault and triple jump.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195569-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Arab Junior Athletics Championships\nJavelin thrower Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed, who broke the championship record in Rad\u00e8s, went on to take a medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics two weeks later. Another Egyptian thrower, hammer runner-up Alaa el-Din el-Ashry, was still a junior by the time of the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and reached the podium there. Three Arab junior athletes were still in the youth category and went on to win a medal at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics: Awad El Karim Makki, Mohamed Ahmed Al Mannai and Hamid Mansoor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195570-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arab League summit\nThe 2008 Arab League summit was held in Damascus on March 29, 2008. The summit was marred by inter-Arab differences, mainly over the political deadlock in Lebanon, with relations between Syria and the Saudi-Egypt coalition reaching an all-time low. Saudi Arabia and Egypt snubbed the summit by sending low-level representatives. Lebanon's majority government boycotted the summit", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195571-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Archery World Cup\nThe 2008 Archery World Cup was the third edition of the Archery World Cup organised by the World Archery Federation. The first leg was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the second leg in Porec, Croatia, the third at Antalya Centennial Archery Field in Antalya, Turkey and the final leg was held in Bo\u00e9, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195571-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Archery World Cup\nThe best individual and mixed performers in each discipline over the three legs then joined host representatives in qualifying for the World Cup Finals, which were contested on in Lausanne, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195571-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring\nThe compound legs consisted of a 50m qualification round of 72 arrows, followed by the compound round at 50m on a 6-zone target face, using cumulative scoring for all individual, team and mixed competitions. The top four individual performers (with no more than two from each country) proceeded to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195571-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring\nThe recurve legs consisted of a FITA qualification round, followed by a 72m Olympic set system . The top seven individual performers (with no more than two from each country), plus one host nation representative if not already qualified, proceeded to the finals; the top mixed team performer proceeded to face the host nation at the finals, which were the same competition format as the legs. The team competition was not competed at the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195571-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring\nCompetitors' top three scores go towards qualification. The scores awarded in the legs were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195572-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arctic Winter Games\nApproximately 2,000 athletes, coaches, team staff and officials participated in the 2008 Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in Canada, celebrating the 20th event. The 2008 games took place from March 9 through March 15. Events were held in and around the city of Yellowknife. This was the fourth time Yellowknife had hosted the games, and the fifth time overall in the Northwest Territories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195572-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arctic Winter Games, Events\nCompetition was held in alpine skiing, badminton, basketball, biathlon, cross-country skiing, curling, Dene games (see Dene), dog mushing, figure skating, gymnastics, ice hockey, indoor soccer, Inuit Games (see Inuit), short track speed skating, snowboarding, snowshoe biathlon, snowshoeing (see Snowshoe), speed skating, table tennis, volleyball, and wrestling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195572-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arctic Winter Games, Medal tally\n(Unofficially listed with number of gold medals taking priority followed by silvers.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195573-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arena Football League season\nThe 2008 Arena Football League season was the 22nd season of the Arena Football League and final season before the 2009 season cancellation and subsequent bankruptcy of the original AFL corporate entity. The regular season began play on February 29, 2008 and concluded on June 22. The playoffs began the following week, and ArenaBowl XXII was held in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 27 between the National Conference champion Philadelphia Soul and the American Conference champion San Jose SaberCats. This game was won by the Soul, 59\u201356.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195573-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arena Football League season\nPrior to the season, it was announced that the Austin Wranglers would move to the af2, and the Nashville Kats folded, thus leaving the league with 17 teams. The Las Vegas Gladiators relocated to Cleveland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195574-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Argentina rugby union tour\nThe 2008 Argentina rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 2008 in Europe by Argentina national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195575-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Argentine agrarian strike\nThe 2008 Argentine agrarian strike refers to the conflict between the Argentine national government and the 4 entities that represented the agriculture sector. The crisis began in March 2008 with four agricultural sector employers organizations taking direct action such as road blocks to protest against the decision of the government of Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner to raise export taxes on soybeans and sunflower. The subsequent political upheaval has seen elements of the ruling Front for Victory speak out against the government and the resignation of Economy Minister Mart\u00edn Lousteau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195575-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Argentine agrarian strike, History\nIn March 2008, Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner's government introduced a new sliding-scale taxation system for agricultural exports, effectively raising levies on soybean exports to 44% from 35% at the time of the announcement. The aim was to raise government funds for social investment by increasing the government's share of returns from rising world grain prices, and also to reduce domestic food prices by encouraging farmers to switch to growing staple foods like wheat and corn, rather than export crops such as soybeans. Farmers, on the other hand, felt that the export duties were already too high.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195575-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Argentine agrarian strike, History\nThe move led to a nationwide lockout by farming associations, starting on March 11, with the aim of forcing the government to back down on the new taxation scheme. As a result, on March 25 thousands of demonstrators banging pots massed around the obelisk in the capital and in front of the presidential palace. Protests extended across the country. In Buenos Aires, hours after Fern\u00e1ndez attacked farmers for their two-week strike and \"abundant\" profits, there were violent incidents between government supporters and protesters, and the police was accused of wilfully turning a blind eye. The media was harshly critical of Luis D'El\u00eda, a former government official who took part in the incidents, with some media sources and members of the opposition (notably Elisa Carri\u00f3), claiming that he and his followers had violently suppressed the protest pursuant to the government's orders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 924]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195575-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Argentine agrarian strike, History\nOn April 1, the government organised a rally during which thousands of pro-government protesters marched through downtown Buenos Aires in support of the Argentine leadership. Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner called on farmers to act \"as part of a country, not as owners of a country\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195575-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Argentine agrarian strike, History\nA poll-result published in the Spanish newspaper El Pa\u00eds (Spain's most widely circulated daily newspaper) revealed that, following the protests, Fern\u00e1ndez's approval rating had \"plummeted\" from 57.8% at the start of her administration  to an unprecedented 23%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195575-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Argentine agrarian strike, History\nBecause of the farmers' strikes, mass protests and road blocks in various parts of the country, President Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner was forced to send the government's farm exports tax proposal to the Argentine Congress. On July 5, the Argentine lower house narrowly approved the government's tax package on agricultural exports by a vote of 129-122.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195575-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Argentine agrarian strike, History\nHowever, in the early morning of July 17, after seventeen hours of tense debate, the Argentine Senate rejected the government's grain exports tax measure by a vote of 37-36, with Vice President Julio Cobos casting the decisive, tie-breaking vote against the measure. With the defeat of the farm exports tax bill in the Senate, it is expected that the four-month confrontation between the Kirchner administration and the agricultural sector over farm export levies will come to an expedient (if only temporary) end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195575-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Argentine agrarian strike, History\nOn July 18, the Argentine government officially revoked Resolution 125. Levies on agricultural exports returned to March 10 levels (i.e. before the controversial Resolution 125 was imposed by a presidential decree).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season\nThe 2008 season was the Arizona Cardinals' 89th in the National Football League, their 21st season in Arizona, and their second under head coach Ken Whisenhunt. The season marked the Cardinals' first Super Bowl appearance, coming as a result of their victory against the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. The Cardinals slogan for the season was \"Shock The World!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season\nRiding the back of quarterback Kurt Warner, who had gone from being a backup for the St. Louis Rams in 1999 to leading the Greatest Show on Turf to a Super Bowl XXXIV victory, and franchise wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, the Cardinals went on a playoff run for the ages after having won just one playoff game in the last sixty years, as Warner once again recreated the magic he had captured with the Rams. (Coincidentally, both teams were based in St. Louis at one point or another, only to relocate to different cities.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season\nThe Cardinals began their season by compiling a 7\u20133 record by Week 11 and finished the regular season with a 9\u20137 record, which was good enough to win the NFC West, and the Cardinals, for the first time since 1947, hosted a playoff game. In that wild card game, the Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Falcons. The next week, for the Divisional round of the playoffs, the Cardinals traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina, where they upset the number 2 seeded Carolina Panthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season\nThen, because the Philadelphia Eagles also achieved an upset the same week (against the top-seeded New York Giants), the number-four seed Cardinals hosted the NFC Championship game, where they defeated the Eagles and qualified for the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history. In Super Bowl XLIII, the Cardinals' winning streak ended. Though they led the Pittsburgh Steelers with less than a minute left to play in the game, they lost, 23\u201327.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season\nThe 2008 Cardinals were the second 9\u20137 team to reach the Super Bowl, joining the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl XIV, who also lost to the Steelers; however, the Rams had to win only two playoff games, rather than three, to reach the Super Bowl. Three years later in Super Bowl XLVI, the New York Giants would become the first 9\u20137 team to win, overshadowing the Cardinals' achievement. In 2014, Athlon Sports ranked the 2008 Cardinals as the fourth-worst team to ever make the Super Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 1: at San Francisco 49ers\nThe Cardinals began their 2008 campaign on the road against their NFC West rival, the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, Arizona took flight as kicker Neil Rackers got a 25-yard field goal. The 49ers responded with RB Frank Gore's 41-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Cardinals responded with QB Kurt Warner completing a one-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald, yet San Francisco tied the game with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 1: at San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals began to soar as Rackers got a 31-yard field goal, along with rookie RB Tim Hightower getting a two-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the 49ers tried to respond with Nedney getting a 30-yard field goal. Afterwards, Rackers' 30-yard field goal sealed the victory for Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 1: at San Francisco 49ers\nWith the win, the Cardinals began their season at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Miami Dolphins\nComing off their divisional road win over the 49ers, the Cardinals played their Week 2 home opener against the Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, the Cardinals scored first as QB Kurt Warner threw 2 touchdown passes (a 79-yarder and a three-yarder) to WR Anquan Boldin. In the second quarter, Arizona increased their lead with a 45-yard field goal by Neil Rackers. In the third quarter, the Cardinals increased its lead to 24\u20130 with rookie running back Tim Hightower getting a one-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Miami Dolphins\nIn the process, he became the first Cardinals rookie running back to score in each of his first two games. The Dolphins finally got on the board when kicker Dan Carpenter nailed a 32-yard field goal. The Cardinals replied with Warner and Boldin hooking up with each other for a third time on an eight-yard touchdown pass. In the fourth quarter, Miami tried to rally as running back Ronnie Brown got a one-yard TD run, but Arizona held on for a dominating win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Miami Dolphins\nWith the win, the Cardinals improved to its first 2\u20130 start since 1991. This game was also one of three times that Kurt Warner finished a game with a perfect passer rating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Washington Redskins\nComing off their home win over the Dolphins, the Cardinals flew to FedExField for a Week 3 duel with the Washington Redskins. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as Redskins RB Clinton Portis got a three-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Cardinals continued to trail as kicker Shaun Suisham got a 48-yard field goal. The Cardinals would end the half with QB Kurt Warner completing a four-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Washington Redskins\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals tied the game with kicker Neil Rackers nailing a 26-yard field goal, yet Washington responded with QB Jason Campbell completing a two-yard TD pass to TE Todd Yoder. Afterwards, Arizona answered with Warner completing a 62-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. However, in the fourth quarter, the Redskins pulled away with Campbell's 17-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 4: at New York Jets\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Redskins, the Cardinals flew to The Meadowlands for a Week 4 interconference duel with the New York Jets. After a scoreless first quarter, Arizona started to trail big in the second quarter. The Jets took flight with QB Brett Favre completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles, CB Darrelle Revis returning an interception 32 yards for a touchdown, Favre completing a 34-yard TD pass to Coles, kicker Jay Feely getting 20-yard field goal, Favre completing a two-yard TD pass to Coles, and Feely kicking a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 4: at New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals responded with RB Edgerrin James getting a four-yard and a two-yard TD run, along with rookie RB Tim Hightower getting a one-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, New York answered with Favre's 17-yard TD pass to WR Jerricho Cotchery. The Cardinals would reply with QB Kurt Warner completing an eight-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin, yet the Jets continued their victory march with Favre's 40-yard TD pass to Cotchery. Arizona tried to rally as Warner completed a 14-yard TD pass to WR Jerheme Urban, but New York sealed the win with Favre's 24-yard TD pass to TE Dustin Keller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 4: at New York Jets\nThe Jets only had 373 yards of total offense compared to the Cardinals' 468, but the Cardinals committed seven turnovers during the game, with Warner throwing three interceptions and losing three fumbles, while Boldin lost another fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Buffalo Bills\nHoping to rebound from their miserable road loss to the Jets, the Cardinals went home for a Week 5 interconference duel with the Buffalo Bills. In the first quarter, the Cardinals took flight as QB Kurt Warner completed a two-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. In the second quarter, Arizona increased its lead with rookie RB Tim Hightower getting a 17-yard TD run. The Bills responded with QB J. P. Losman completing an 87-yard TD pass to WR Lee Evans, yet the Cardinals answered right back with RB Edgerrin James getting a one-yard TD run. Buffalo would answer with Losman getting a two-yard TD run, yet the Cardinals continued its momentum with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Buffalo Bills\nIn the third quarter, the Bills tried to come back as kicker Rian Lindell got a 48-yard field goal, but Arizona kept its intensity up as Warner completed a two-yard TD pass to Fitzgerald. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals pulled away as Rackers nailed a 38-yard field goal, along with Hightower getting a two-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nComing off their rout over the Bills, the Cardinals stayed at home for a crucial Week 6 showdown with the Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, the Cardinals immediately took flight as RB J. J. Arrington returned the game's opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Cowboys tied the game as QB Tony Romo completed a 55-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton. In the third quarter, Dallas took the lead with Romo completing a 14-yard TD pass to WR Miles Austin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nArizona would tie the game with QB Kurt Warner completing a two-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals regained the lead as Warner completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Steve Breaston, along with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 41-yard field goal. However, the Cowboys tied the game as Romo completed a 70-yard TD pass to RB Marion Barber, along with kicker Nick Folk nailing a 52-yard field goal. In overtime, after forcing a three-and-out, Arizona got the win as WR Sean Morey blocked a Mat McBriar punt attempt, allowing LB Monty Beisel to return it 3 yards for the game-winning touchdown. McBriar would end up with his foot fractured and put on the IR by the Cowboys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nWith the impressive win, the Cardinals entered their bye week at 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nIn the NFL's 423rd recorded overtime game, this was the first game to end with a blocked punt getting returned for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 8: at Carolina Panthers\nComing off their bye week, the Cardinals flew to Bank of America Stadium for a Week 8 duel with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, the Cardinals took flight as kicker Neil Rackers got a 21-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Arizona increased its lead as QB Kurt Warner completed a five-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. The Panthers closed out the half with kicker John Kasay getting a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 8: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals increased their lead as rookie RB Tim Hightower got a two-yard TD run. However, Carolina began to rally as RB DeAngelo Williams got a 15-yard TD run, while QB Jake Delhomme completed an 18-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. The Cardinals replied with Warner hooking up with Boldin again on a two-yard TD pass (with a failed PAT), but the Panthers took the lead on Delhomme's 65-yard TD pass to Smith. In the fourth quarter, Carolina pulled away as Kasay nailed a 50-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 9: at St. Louis Rams\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Panthers, the Cardinals flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 9 NFC West duel with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as Rams QB Marc Bulger completed an 80-yard TD pass to WR Derek Stanley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 9: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the second quarter, the Cardinals took flight as Safety Antrel Rolle returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown, kicker Neil Rackers got a 36-yard field goal, rookie RB Tim Hightower got a 30-yard TD run, and former Rams QB Kurt Warner completed a 56-yard TD pass to WR Jerheme Urban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 9: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals continued their domination as Warner completed a seven-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. In the fourth quarter, St. Louis tried to rally as Bulger completed a three-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt (with a failed two-point conversion). Fortunately, Arizona pulled away as Rackers nailed a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nComing off their divisional road win over the Rams, the Cardinals went home for a Week 10 NFC West rematch with the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as 49ers CB Allen Rossum returned the game's opening kickoff 104 yards for a touchdown. The Cardinals would respond as kicker Neil Rackers got a 28-yard field goal. In the second quarter, San Francisco added onto their lead as QB Shaun Hill completed a 31-yard TD pass to WR Josh Morgan. The Cardinals would answer with QB Kurt Warner completing a 13-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin, along with Rackers getting a 33-yard field goal. The 49ers would close out the half with Hill completing an 18-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, Arizona crept closer again as Warner completed a five-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald, yet San Francisco replied with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 41-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals took the lead as Rackers nailed a 23-yard field goal, along with Warner hooking up with Boldin again on a five-yard TD pass (with a failed two-point conversion.) The 49ers would mount a late comeback drive, but Arizona made a successful goal-line stand as time ran out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Seattle Seahawks\nComing off their close MNF home win over the 49ers, the Cardinals flew to Qwest Field for a Week 11 NFC West duel with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, the Cardinals took flight as kicker Neil Rackers got a 38-yard field goal, along with RB J. J. Arrington getting a four-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Arizona increased its lead with Rackers making a 48-yard field goal. The Seahawks answered with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 13-yard TD pass to RB Maurice Morris. The Cardinals would close out the half with Rackers getting a 54-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals increased their lead as Rackers nailed a 26-yard field goal and QB Kurt Warner completed a six-yard TD pass to Arrington. In the fourth quarter, Seattle tried to rally as RB T. J. Duckett got a one-yard TD run (with a failed two-point conversion) and a two-yard TD run. Fortunately, rookie CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie came up with the game-winning interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Seattle Seahawks\nWith the win, not only did the Cardinals win three straight for the first time since 2002, but they improved to 7\u20133 for the first time since 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. New York Giants\nComing off their divisional road win over the Seahawks, the Cardinals went home for a Week 12 duel with the defending Super Bowl champions, the New York Giants. In the first quarter, Arizona took fight as kicker Neil Rackers got a 34-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Giants responded with RB Derrick Ward getting a one-yard TD run. The Cardinals would regain the lead with rookie RB Tim Hightower getting a four-yard TD run (with a failed extra-point attempt), yet New York answered with kicker John Carney getting a 33-yard field goal. The Cardinals would reply with Rackers making a 20-yard field goal, yet the Giants closed out the half with QB Eli Manning completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Amani Toomer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 803]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, New York increased their lead as Manning completed a two-yard TD pass to FB Madison Hedgecock. Arizona would answer with Hightower getting a one-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Giants were starting to pull away as Manning completed a 10-yard TD pass to TE Kevin Boss, while Carney made a 27-yard field goal. The Cardinals tried to keep pace as QB Kurt Warner completed a five-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin, yet New York replied with Carney's 33-yard field goal. Arizona tried to come back as Rackers nailed a 44-yard field goal, but their following onside kick failed, preserving the Giants' win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Philadelphia Eagles\nHoping to rebound from their tough home loss to the Giants, the Cardinals flew to Lincoln Financial Field for a Week 13 Thanksgiving battle with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as Eagles QB Donovan McNabb completed a five-yard TD pass to RB Brian Westbrook, while Westbrook got a one-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Cardinals continued to trail as McNabb hooked up with Westbrook again on a two-yard TD pass. The Cardinals would respond as QB Kurt Warner completed a one-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. Philadelphia would close out the half with kicker David Akers making a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, Arizona's struggles continued as Westbrook got a nine-yard TD run. The Cardinals would answer with Warner completed a six-yard TD pass to WR Steve Breaston (with a failed two-point conversion.) The Eagles would reply as Akers got a 41-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals tried to rally as Warner hooked up with Fitzgerald again on a seven-yard TD pass. However, Philadelphia replied with McNabb completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR DeSean Jackson, along with an eight-yard TD pass to WR Jason Avant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. St. Louis Rams\nArizona dominated St Louis to win the NFC West and clinch their first home playoff game since 1947. Arizona took a 14\u20130 lead in the first quarter after a one-yard TD run by Tim Hightower and a Kurt Warner 12-yard TD pass to Larry Fitzgerald. In the second quarter the Rams would score on a three-yard TD pass from Marc Bulger to Steven Jackson, following a Kurt Warner interception. The Cardinals would respond with two field goals from Neil Rackers from 44 and 22 yards to make the halftime score 20\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, Cardinals linebacker, Gerald Hayes, would force two Steven Jackson fumbles, the second one recovered by Darnell Dockett, who would return it 11 yards to the end zone for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. St. Louis Rams\nDown 27\u20137, the Rams attempted to come back in the fourth quarter, starting with a Josh Brown 51-yard field goal to make the score 27\u201310, but a Bulger pass was intercepted by rookie cornerback, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, for 99 yards, for the touchdown that sealed the game and propelled the Cardinals to their first playoff game since 1998, and their first division title since the days the Cardinals were in St. Louis in 1975.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nThe Cardinals dueled with the Minnesota Vikings for the #3 seed in the NFC playoffs. Things looked bleak for the Cardinals from the beginning. The Vikings began their first quarter attack with an 82-yard punt return for a TD by Bernard Berrian. Two turnovers for the Cardinals, Kurt Warner interception and an Anquan Boldin fumble, would lead to two touchdown passes from Tarvaris Jackson, a 41-yard pass to Berrian and a 19-yard pass to Sidney Rice. The Vikings took a 28\u20130 lead at halftime after an 11-yard TD pass from Jackson to Chester Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nThe Cardinals would rally to cut the lead in half with a Jerheme Urban 50-yard TD catch and a field goal blocked by Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and recovered by Roderick Hood, who returned it 68 yards for a touchdown. The Vikings would pull away at the end of the third quarter when Jackson threw a 59-yard TD pass to Bobby Wade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nKurt Warner was benched on the Cardinals last drive in the fourth quarter via a coaching decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 16: at New England Patriots\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Vikings, the Cardinals flew to Gillette Stadium for a Week 16 interconference duel with the New England Patriots. Arizona would trail early in the first quarter as Patriots running back LaMont Jordan got a one-yard and a three-yard touchdown run. The Cardinals' east coast struggles continued in the second quarter as quarterback Matt Cassel completed a 15-yard touchdown pass to running back Kevin Faulk and an 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Wes Welker, followed by kicker Stephen Gostkowski's 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 16: at New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, Arizona's deficit continued to climb as Cassel completed a 76-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Randy Moss, followed by Gostkowski's 35- and 24-yard field goals. In the fourth quarter, New England concluded its domination with Gostkowski's 30-yard field goal. The Cardinals would then get a meaningless touchdown as quarterback Matt Leinart completed a 78-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 16: at New England Patriots\nOriginal starting quarterback Kurt Warner (6/18 for 30 yards) was pulled in the third quarter via coach's decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nHoping to close out the regular season on a positive note, the Cardinals went home for a Week 17 NFC West rematch with the Seattle Seahawks. Arizona would trail early in the first quarter as Seahawks running back T. J. Duckett got a one-yard touchdown run. The Cardinals would respond in the second quarter with quarterback Kurt Warner completing a 16-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jerheme Urban and a five-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. Seattle would tie the game at halftime with quarterback Seneca Wallace completing a 30-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Deion Branch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nArizona would regain the lead in the third quarter as Warner completed a 38-yard touchdown pass to Fitzgerald and a 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Steve Breaston. Seattle tried to rally in the fourth quarter as Wallace completed a two-yard touchdown pass to Branch, yet the Cardinals would close out the game with kicker Neil Rackers nailing 23 and 32-yard field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nWith the win, the Cardinals closed out the regular season at 9\u20137, and swept the NFC West for the first time in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs\nThe Cardinals sent a total of 5 players to the 2009 Pro Bowl. On offense, Kurt Warner was the starting quarterback, with Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin both at wide receiver. On defense, Adrian Wilson went as one of the conference's defensive backs. Sean Morey would be start on special teams. This is arguably the most successful season in modern Cardinals history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card round: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nEntering the playoffs at the NFC's fourth seed, the Cardinals began their playoff run at home against the #5 Atlanta Falcons, in their first home playoff game since 1947.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card round: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nArizona got the early lead in the first quarter as quarterback Kurt Warner completed a 42-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. The Falcons responded with kicker Jason Elam's 30-yard field goal, yet the Cardinals struck right back as Warner completed a 71-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Anquan Boldin. Boldin pulled his hamstring running down the sideline and did not return. Atlanta took the halftime lead with running back Michael Turner getting a seven-yard touchdown run, followed by quarterback Matt Ryan completing a two-yard touchdown pass to tight end Justin Peelle following a Kurt Warner interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card round: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nArizona regained the lead in the third quarter as safety Antrel Rolle returned a Turner fumble 27 yards for a touchdown, while rookie running back Tim Hightower got a four-yard touchdown run. The Cardinals increased their lead in the fourth quarter as defensive end Antonio Smith sacked Ryan in his own endzone for a safety. The Falcons tried to come back as Ryan completed a five-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Roddy White, yet Arizona's offense drained any second that Atlanta needed to rally. The Cardinals ended any chance the Falcons had for a comeback when Kurt Warner hooked up with tight end Stephen Spach for 23 yards on a third and sixteen with 2:16 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card round: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nWith the win, the Cardinals improved their overall record to 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at Carolina Panthers\nComing off their wild card home win over the Falcons, the Cardinals flew to Bank of America Stadium for the NFC Divisional round against the #2 Carolina Panthers, in a rematch of their Week 8 contest. The Panthers came in 8\u20130 at home and the Cardinals were 0\u20135 on the East Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at Carolina Panthers\nArizona would trail early in the first quarter as Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart scored on a nine-yard touchdown run. The Cardinals would respond with quarterback Kurt Warner completing a three-yard touchdown pass to rookie running back Tim Hightower, followed by running back Edgerrin James' four-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, Arizona took control as kicker Neil Rackers made a 49-yard and then a 30-yard field goal, followed by Warner's 29-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at Carolina Panthers\nThe Cardinals would add onto their lead in the third quarter as Rackers made a 33-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Arizona would end its dominating night with Rackers nailing a 20-yard field goal. Carolina would end the game's scoring with quarterback Jake Delhomme's eight-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Steve Smith (with a failed two-point conversion.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at Carolina Panthers\nWith this upset win, not only did the Cardinals improve their overall record to 11\u20137, but they also advanced to their first NFC Championship Game in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at Carolina Panthers\nArizona's defense forced Delhomme into six turnovers (five interceptions and one fumble), along with holding the Panthers' running back duo of Williams and Stewart to 74 combined rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at Carolina Panthers\nFitzgerald (8 receptions and a touchdown) would set a franchise postseason record with 166 receiving yards. Anquan Boldin did not play due to a hamstring injury, but Fitzgerald was able to make up the difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at Carolina Panthers\nWith the win the Cardinals moved to 11\u20137. Because the Eagles won the next day, Arizona hosted the NFC Championship Game. The Cardinals also won their first game on the East Coast this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their east-coast divisional road win over the Panthers, the Cardinals went home for the NFC Championship Game against the #6 Philadelphia Eagles, who were coming off their victory over the #1 New York Giants, in a rematch of their Thanksgiving game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nArizona capped off the game's opening kickoff with a nine-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kurt Warner to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. The Eagles responded with kicker David Akers making a 45-yard field goal. With the score at 7\u20133, Akers missed a 47-yard field goal attempt, the first he missed in his last 20 attempts in the postseason, an NFL Record. The Cardinals answered in the second quarter as Warner hooked up with Fitzgerald again on a flea-flicker, Warner to Arrington, back to Warner, who threw it to Fitzgerald for a 62-yard TD pass. Philadelphia struck back as Akers made a 33-yard field goal, but Arizona closed out the half with Warner's one-yard touchdown pass to Fitzgerald and kicker Neil Rackers' 49-yard field goal in the final seconds of the half to make the score 24\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 881]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Eagles began to rally in the third quarter as quarterback Donovan McNabb completed a six-yard and a 31-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brent Celek with a failed PAT on the latter touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Philadelphia took the lead on 62-yard touchdown pass from McNabb to rookie wide receiver DeSean Jackson. The Eagles went for the two-point conversion, hoping for a three-point lead, but failed, leaving the score 25\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0052-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nHowever, the Cardinals regained the lead when Warner completed an eight-yard touchdown pass to rookie running back Tim Hightower and a successful two-point conversion pass by Warner to tight end Ben Patrick. The Arizona defense was able to prevent Philadelphia from making a comeback, as the Eagles drove to the Arizona 47, but then McNabb threw four straight incompletions to turn the ball over on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0052-0002", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Cardinals went three and out on the next possession, giving the Eagles only seven seconds in the game, but the Eagles were unable to score on a 93-yard hook and ladder play after McNabb completed to Jackson, who attempted to lateral, but the lateral was picked off by defensive lineman Darnell Dockett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Cardinals improved their overall record to 12\u20137, and also won their first National Football Conference crown, allowing them to advance to their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. They became the first team since the 1979 Los Angeles Rams to finish the regular season with 9 wins and make it to the Super Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nFitzgerald had a stellar performance with 152 yards and three of Arizona's four touchdowns and setting a new postseason record with 419 receiving yards, surpassing the prior record set by Jerry Rice in 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, Super Bowl XLIII: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nTwo weeks following their NFC Championship victory over the Eagles, the Cardinals flew to Tampa, Florida for their Super Bowl XLIII duel with the AFC Champion Pittsburgh Steelers at Raymond James Stadium. Arizona would trail early in the first quarter as Steelers kicker Jeff Reed got an 18-yard field goal. The Steelers would add onto their lead as running back Gary Russell got a one-yard touchdown run. The Cardinals would answer with quarterback Kurt Warner completing a one-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ben Patrick. Arizona came close to scoring again nearing the end of the half, but Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, Super Bowl XLIII: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nThe Steelers would increase their lead in the third quarter as Reed nailed a 21-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals would take the lead as Warner completed a one-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, Steelers center Justin Hartwig being called for holding in his own endzone (giving Arizona a safety), and Warner hooking up with Fitzgerald again on a 64-yard touchdown pass. However, Pittsburgh responded with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completing a six-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Santonio Holmes. The Cardinals tried to come back, but the Steelers' defense forced a fumble to seal the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195576-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Cardinals season, Playoffs, Super Bowl XLIII: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, Arizona closed out their season with an overall record of 12\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195577-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Arizona Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 56 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Arizona's eight congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, which totaled 37. Another 19 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Hillary Clinton. The 56 delegates represented Arizona at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Eleven other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195577-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nOne of the most diverse states in the nation with a heavily Latino population, Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the Arizona Democratic Primary. According to exit polls, 68 percent of voters in the Arizona Democratic Primary were Caucasian and they opted for Clinton by a margin of 53\u201338. Clinton also won the Latino vote in Arizona by a margin of 55\u201341, which accounted for 18 percent of the electorate, as well as the Native American vote by a margin of 53-45 which accounted for 5 percent of the total voters in the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195577-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama carried the African American vote by a margin of 79\u201312, which accounted for 8 percent of the electorate. In terms of age, Obama won all voters under the age of 40 while Clinton won those over the age of 40. In terms of educational attainment, Clinton won all those who had a high school diploma, some college and/or college graduates while Obama won those who possessed postgraduate degrees. Clinton won self-identified Democratic voters and all ideological groups while Obama carried Independents in the state. Pertaining to religion, Clinton won all the major denominations in Arizona \u2013 Protestants backed Clinton 51\u201338, Catholics 57\u201337, Jews 51\u201344, and other Christians 47\u201346. Obama won nonreligious voters and voters who affiliated with other religions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195577-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nClinton performed extremely well statewide in Arizona \u2013 carrying all counties but two: Coconino and Yavapai. She carried Maricopa County, which contains the state capital and largest city of Phoenix by a healthy margin as well as many of its suburbs. She also performed well in Southern Arizona, carrying Yuma and Tucson. She also carried seven of the state's eight congressional districts \u2013 the 5th District, which contains Tempe and Scottsdale, was won by Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season\nThe Arizona Diamondbacks' 2008 season was the 11th season of the franchise in Major League Baseball. Arizona tried to defend their NL West title after winning the division the previous year. But despite a franchise-best 20-8 start in the months of March & April, they couldn't maintain the division lead late in the season and collapsed with many losing streaks and stumbled to an 82-80 record, good enough for a second-place finish, only two games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nThe 2008 season saw the best start in Diamondbacks history, going 20-8 in March/April and end up being way ahead in first place in the NL West. During the great start, Brandon Webb had his best career start by winning his first 9 decisions. The only low point was that starting pitcher Doug Davis was being diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer, before he could get his first start. Characteristically, Davis made his first two scheduled starts before undergoing surgery on April 8. Fortunately, his surgery was a success and was able to get back on the mound just 6 weeks later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nOne of the more shining moments of April was when rookie pitcher Max Scherzer made his major league debut by pitching 4.1 perfect innings of relief, where he struck out 7 Astros. While doing this, Max passed Pete Richert of the 1962 Dodgers for the record for the number of consecutive batters retired (13) for a pitcher making his MLB debut as a reliever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nConsequently, Scherzer was immediately promoted to the starting rotation, in the absence of Davis; he was relatively effective; in his four major-league outings (the aforementioned relief role against the Astros as well as three starts in Doug Davis' spot in the rotation), Scherzer had a 2.33 ERA with 23 strikeouts in 191\u20443 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\n(Upon Davis' return, Scherzer was returned to the bullpen and optioned back to AAA Tucson in early June, and he eventually spent about a month on the Sidewinders' DL with shoulder inflammation. Davis, for his part, has had a less-than-stellar 2008 season, he is 4-7 with a 4.75 ERA as of late August.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nMay was a much different month for the D-backs. The team saw a sharp decline in hitting and run production compared to April, and was their first losing month (11-17) since September 2006. The biggest disappointment had to have been the month-long slump right fielder Eric Byrnes fell into, where he hit .195 and had only 8 RBIs. Much speculation about his strained hamstring causing him to not perform well eventually led to him being put on the 15-day DL on May 27. He came back to action only to tear the left hamstring in late June, and was placed on the 60-day DL at that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nThe Diamondbacks continued to lead the NL west despite only being 47-48 at the All-Star break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nOn July 17, 2008, Tony Clark was traded back to the D-backs from the San Diego Padres for a minor league pitcher, Evan Scribner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nOn August 5, Dan Haren signed a four-year, $44.75\u00a0million deal with the Diamondbacks worth a guaranteed $41.25\u00a0million through 2012 and includes a $15.5\u00a0million club option for 2013 with a $3.5\u00a0million buyout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nOrlando Hudson, one of the more consistent offensive D-backs players in 2008, underwent season-ending surgery on his left wrist August 9 in the wake of a collision with catcher Brian McCann of the Atlanta Braves. Hudson became a free agent in the offseason and signed with the division rival Los Angeles Dodgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nLF Eric Byrnes has been on the 60-day disabled list since late June, with a torn left hamstring, and was not expected to return to the lineup this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nOn August 11, 2008, Dallas Buck, RHP Micah Owings (pending clearing of waivers), and one other prospect were traded to the Reds (in last place in the NL Central at the time) in exchange for OF Adam Dunn. Dunn, who was tied for the major league lead with 32 home runs, was expected to provide a significant boost to an offense that has struggled to score runs for most of the season. Dunn seemed quite positive about being traded to a ballclub in first place in its division in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nThe move was seen by some fans as a belated attempt by the D-backs to counter the trade by their division rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers, for Boston Red Sox power-hitting OF Manny Ramirez on July 31; and also to compensate for the injuries to Hudson and Byrnes, generally considered two of the more \"power-hitting\" Diamondbacks on a team which has relied heavily on pitching and defense in recent years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nOwings, once considered an excellent pitching prospect for the Diamondbacks, has struggled in the 2008 campaign with a 7.09 ERA since April 21. Owings must clear waivers before being able to join the Reds, otherwise he will remain a member of the Diamondbacks through the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nOn August 31, the Diamondbacks acquired former World Series MVP David Eckstein to fill the hole at secondbase which was opened after Orlando Hudson was placed on the disabled list. Eckstein was traded from the Toronto Blue Jays for Minor League pitcher Chad Beck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nAs of September 25, the D-Backs fell out of playoff contention with a 12-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195578-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102\nArizona Proposition 102 was an amendment to the constitution of the state of Arizona adopted by a ballot measure held in 2008. It added Article 30 of the Arizona Constitution, which says: \"Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state.\" The amendment added a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage to existing statutory bans in place since 1996. In October 2014, Article 30 of the Arizona Constitution was struck down as unconstitutional in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, and is no longer enforced by the state of Arizona, which now allows and recognizes same-sex marriages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102\nDespite the court ruling, Article 30 still remains on the state's constitution, and on the Arizona State Legislature's website, there are no notes within the page for Article 30 that that part of the constitution was struck down or otherwise rendered inoperative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Overview\nOn August 26, 2008, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and Secretary of State Jan Brewer agreed that the ballot description would state that same-sex marriage was already prohibited by statute. Incorporating the same provision into the Arizona Constitution was meant to prevent an Arizona court from ruling that the statute was invalid under the Arizona Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Overview\nAlong with similar measures in California (California Proposition 8 (2008)) and Florida (Florida Amendment 2 (2008)), Proposition 102 was decided by voters in the general election on November 4, 2008. The amendment passed by a margin of 56% in favor and 44% against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Overview\nProposition 102 had no immediate impact because its definition of marriage was consistent with the existing statutory definition. As an amendment to the Constitution of Arizona, the definition cannot be changed by the state legislature, and the possibility that a state court might find a state constitutional guarantee of same-sex couples' right to marry is eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Supporters and opponents\nAs of August 27, 2008 three committees related to Proposition 102 were registered with the Secretary of State: YESforMarriage.com supporting Prop 102 was the one committee in support, and the two committees in opposition were No on Prop 102 and Arizona Together Opposed to Prop 102.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Supporters and opponents\nSupporters said that Proposition 102 was necessary to prevent judges changing the legal definition of marriage, as was done in Massachusetts, California, Connecticut and Iowa. Opponents said that Proposition 102 was unnecessary because same-sex marriage was already illegal in Arizona, and that there were more pressing issues facing Arizona; also they cited the issue of the separation of church and state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Miscellaneous\nProposition 102 was placed on the ballot via referendum rather than through the initiative process on the last day of the legislative session. Presiding State Senator Jack Harper defeated a filibuster on June 27, 2008 to place the proposed Constitutional Amendment on the ballot. Harper faced an ethics investigation over allegedly violating Senate rules by cutting off the microphones of two senators who were attempting to filibuster the bill. Despite the fact that Harper admitted to cutting off the microphones intentionally, a Senate ethics committee consisting of three Republicans and two Democrats voted 3\u20132, along strict party lines, to dismiss the charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Miscellaneous\nState Senators Jack W. Harper, Ronald Gould, Thayer Verschoor, and John Huppenthal stood out as the proponents of the Marriage Amendment to the Arizona State Constitution. The language of Prop 102 was adopted as a strike-everything amendment to Senator Gould's SCR1042.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Miscellaneous\nIn 2006, a more restrictive measure, Proposition 107, had been defeated in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Full text\nBe it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Full text\n1. Article XXX, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be added as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Full text\nSECTION 1. ONLY A UNION OF ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN SHALL BE VALID OR RECOGNIZED AS A MARRIAGE IN THIS STATE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195579-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Proposition 102, Full text\n2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195580-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Rattlers season\nThe 2008 Arizona Rattlers season was the 17th season for the franchise. The Rattlers finished the regular season 8\u20138, and made the playoffs as the 3rd seed in the American Conference. They were eliminated from the playoffs in the Wild Card round, losing to the Grand Rapids Rampage, 41\u201348.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195580-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Rattlers season, Final roster\nRookies in italics updated June 21, 200824 Active, 4 Inactive, 0 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195581-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Arizona Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 50 national delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195582-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team\nThe 2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195582-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team\nAfter the loss to Arizona in the Territorial Cup Arizona State did qualify for a bowl game for the first time since the 2003 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195583-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona State Sun Devils softball team\nThe 2008 Arizona State Sun Devils softball team represented Arizona State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I softball season. The Sun Devils were coached by Clint Myers, who led his third season. The Sun Devils finished with a record of 66\u20135. They played their home games at Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 18\u20133 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195583-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona State Sun Devils softball team\nThe Sun Devils were invited to the 2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the Regional and Super Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their first NCAA Women's College World Series Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195584-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats baseball team\nThe 2008 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Andy Lopez in his 7th season at Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team\nThe 2008 Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Stoops, in his fifth year at Arizona. The Wildcats played their home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona and compete in the Pacific-10 Conference. Arizona finished the 2008 regular season with a record of 7\u20135, and faced BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl on December 20, their first postseason appearance since 1998; they defeated the Cougars 31\u201321 for a final record of 8\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team\nIn that game, the Wildcats' 31 points were the most put up by the team in any of their bowl appearances. Senior wide receiver Mike Thomas, playing in his final game as a Wildcat, also got the Pac-10 record of most receptions by any wide receiver in the Pac-10. Senior Quarterback Willie Tuitama was named MVP for the 2008 Las Vegas Bowl, by throwing 328 yards, 2 pass TD's and 1 rush TD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nIn the 2008 season opener, Arizona would dominate in this 70\u20130 shutout over the visiting Vandals of Idaho. For the game, the Wildcats would outgain the Vandals in total offense 521 to 112 yards. The game also marked the most points scored in a game by Arizona since a 74-0 victory in 1921 over the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy in addition to its first shutout since the 1996 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nWashington State scored first \u2013 taking its first lead of the season in a Pac-10 game \u2013 when Dwight Tardy took a pitch from QB Kevin Lopina and ran 18 yards with 10:10 left in the first. Arizona replied with a 12-play drive and WR Mike Thomas ran 5 yards for a touchdown to tie the game. Arizona TE Rob Gronkowski caught a short pass from QB Willie Tuitama and ran 43 yards for a touchdown to put Arizona up 14\u20137 at the end of the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nAfter getting the ball on their own 46 to start the next drive, WSU's Logwone Mitz tore off runs of 8 and 42 yards to take the ball to Arizona's 4. Lopina ran it in to tie the score at 14. Arizona replied with an 81-yard drive with RB Keola Antolin running 5 yards up the middle for a 21\u201314 lead with 10:20 left in the half. The WSU offense stalled the rest of the half. Meanwhile, Tuitama ran in from the 4 on a broken play for a 28\u201314 Arizona advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nArizona's Devin Ross intercepted Lopina on the next series, and RB Nic Grigsby ran it three times, the last for a 6-yard touchdown and a 35\u201314 halftime lead. Wildcat RB Xavier Smith scored on a 6-yard run on the opening drive of the second half for a 42\u201314 lead. Mitz scored from 3 yards out on the next series to bring WSU to within 42\u201321. Arizona would go on to beat Washington State by a final score of 59\u201328 for win number 6, making the Wildcats eligible for their first bowl game since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Oregon Ducks started hot against the Arizona Wildcats in Eugene, with Jeremiah Masoli getting a career-high in rushing touchdowns (3) and broke the record for an Oregon quarterback in this category in a single Ducks game. He also had two passing touchdowns, all five in the first half. Oregon led at the half, 45\u201317, but Arizona started the second half hot. The Wildcats managed to hold the Ducks to merely ten points in the second half, while they had a 21-point fourth quarter to pull within three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nHowever, a 40-yard touchdown hit from Masoli to LeGarrette Blounte sealed the Ducks win, 55\u201345, to avenge a loss to the Wildcats from last year. This game was the first in which the Ducks wore their new \"blackout\" jerseys and black helmets, to fit with the Autzen Stadium \"blackout\" theme for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nBefore an enthusiastic crowd of 48,503 at Arizona Stadium, Oregon State had to go without starting quarterback Lyle Moevao, sidelined by a shoulder injury. Then they lost tailback Jacquizz Rodgers, the Pac-10's leading rusher and Pac-10 Player of the Year candidate, to a shoulder injury on their second possession. With the score tied at 10\u201310 early in the fourth quarter (on a 16-yard touchdown pass to Arizona TE Rob Gronkowski with 16 seconds left in the third quarter), Oregon State head coach Mike Riley went for it twice on fourth down near midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe first one worked and the second did not, and it proved costly. After backup tailback Ryan McCants lost a yard on fourth-and-1 at Arizona's 49, the Wildcats went on an eight-play march capped by a 9-yard touchdown run by RB Keola Antolin to give Arizona a 17\u201310 lead. Oregon State responded with a 10-play, 80-yard drive for a touchdown. Then, Beavers kicker Justin Kahut missed the extra point with 3:58 left, seemingly giving Arizona the chance for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nArizona's offense stalled, and while the Wildcats led 17\u201316 with 1:19 to play, Oregon State took over at their own 20 with no timeouts left. Oregon State quarterback Sean Canfield, who started in place of Moevao, hit Jeremy Francis for a 20-yard catch to the 40. A seven-yard run by receiver James Rodgers went to the 47. On the third play of the drive, Canfield found Sammie Stroughter alone behind the Wildcats secondary for a 47-yard gain to the Arizona 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0004-0003", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThen, Kahut calmly nailed a 24-yard field goal as time expired to seal an improbable 19\u201317 victory, redeeming himself and leaving the Beavers one win away from their first Rose Bowl trip since 1965. Keola Antolin rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown for Arizona, while Arizona QB Willie Tuitama threw for 158 yards and a score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThe Wildcats were not just playing for in-state bragging rights this year in their 82nd meeting for the Territorial Cup. The Las Vegas Bowl announced on December 5 that the winner of this game would be extended an invitation to appear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nA sellout crowd of 58,704 (sixth-largest in Arizona Stadium history) was on hand; they had to suffer through a first half in which both teams struggled to find a rhythm offensively. The Wildcats scored first, 7\u20130 with 5:44 left in the first quarter, on a 17-yard pass from QB Willie Tuitama to TE Rob Gronkowski. On the drive, the Wildcats marched 98 yards in 12 plays \u2013 their longest scoring drive of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nArizona State cut the Wildcat lead to 7\u20133 on a 40-yard field goal by Thomas Weber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nUA punter Keenyn Crier was ruled down on his right knee while trying to retrieve a low snap in the second quarter, giving the Sun Devils possession on the Wildcat 19 and setting up an easy two-play drive from QB Rudy Carpenter as he eventually hit WR Andrew Pettes for a 2-yard pass for a go-ahead Arizona State touchdown, making the score 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThe 'Cats would fight back, and scored on their first offensive possession of the second half, as Tuitama led the Wildcats on an 11-play, 70-yard scoring drive. He connected with WR Delashaun Dean on a 10-yard slant route for the score. Kicker Jason Bondzio's PAT gave the Cats a 14\u201310 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nArizona would score again after a 47-yard Marquis Hundley interception of a Rudy Carpenter pass led to a 12-yard scoring run by UA tailback Nic Grigsby. The Wildcats scored again on a dramatic 52-yard punt return from WR Mike Thomas, to quickly transform a 10\u20137 halftime deficit into a 28\u201310 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nJason Bondzio kicked a 49-yard field goal for a 31\u201310 lead with 12:34 to go in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nGrigsby finished with 114 rushing yards on 22 carries. Tuitama completed 25 of 37 passes for 284 yards and two touchdowns. TE Rob Gronkowski led the team with six catches for 95 yards. WR Mike Thomas finished with nine catches for 75 yards and was selected the game MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nArizona State, with the Wildcat win, ends their relatively disappointing season at 5\u20137, and as such is kept from being invited to a bowl game for the first time since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Brigham Young (2008 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl)\nWillie Tuitama threw for 322 yards and two touchdowns as Arizona won its first bowl game in 10 years in front of a crowd of 40,047 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Brigham Young (2008 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl)\nThe Wildcats stifled BYU quarterback Max Hall throughout the game, forcing him to scramble often, lose a fumble and throw an interception. Arizona (8\u20135) kept the ball in the air most of the game. Tuitama threw a 71-yard pass to WR Terrell Turner that set up the first score, a 37-yard touchdown to WR Delashaun Dean that gave the Wildcats the lead for good in the third quarter, and a 24-yard strike to RB Chris Gronkowski that sent Cougars fans toward the exits (Tuitama would run 6 yards into the end zone to complete the drive).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195585-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Brigham Young (2008 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl)\nThe Wildcats' third-quarter scoring spree salvaged an otherwise-unlucky period. Arizona thought it had recovered a fumble three plays earlier, when BYU WR Austin Collie caught a screen pass, took a step, ran into his own blocker and fumbled. UA safety Nate Ness recovered at BYU's 11. The game's referee crew opted to review the play, and ruled that Collie had never demonstrated possession. The Cougars completed a short pass on third down, then punted. Arizona's five days in Las Vegas had a little bit of everything \u2014 fun, drama and even questions about Mike Stoops' job future (Stoops was rumored to be a candidate for the vacant Iowa State head coach position which was filled by Auburn assistant coach Paul Rhoads).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195586-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 35 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Arkansas's four congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 22. Another 13 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Hillary Clinton. The 35 delegates represented Arkansas at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Twelve other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195586-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nArkansas, the state where Hillary Clinton served as First Lady during her husband Bill Clinton\u2019s tenure as governor, gave Clinton her largest victory during the course of the Democratic Primary. She swept the state among every major demographic \u2013 age, gender, religion, income, and educational attainment. According to exit polls, 80 percent of voters in the Arkansas Democratic Primary were Caucasian and they opted for Clinton by a margin of 79-16 compared to the 17 percent of African Americans who backed Obama by a margin of 74\u201325.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195586-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nClinton carried every county in Arkansas by nearly two-to-one margins with the exception of three counties won by Obama: Crittenden, which contains West Memphis and is a part of the Memphis Metropolitan Area; and Lee and Phillips counties, both predominantly African American and located along the Mississippi River Delta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195587-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season\nThe 2008 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season was the 11th season of the highest classification of high school boys soccer in Arkansas since being sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195587-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season, Regular season\nTeams in the West conference played a single round-robin of seven games, playing once against each opponent. Teams in the Central conference played each other home-and-away in a double round-robin of fourteen games. Matches finishing in a draw after 80 minutes were followed by a golden goal overtime consisting of two 10-minute halves. If no goal was scored during overtime, the game was sent to a penalty shootout. Wins during regulation play, overtime, and penalty shootout were considered equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 63], "content_span": [64, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team\nThe 2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2008 football season. The Razorbacks played five home games at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas and one home game at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Razorbacks finished the season with an overall record of 5\u20137 and a conference record of 2\u20136 in Bobby Petrino's inaugural season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Leading into the 2008 season, Coaching change\nFollowing the final game of the 2007 season, head coach Houston Nutt resigned from his position at Arkansas. He would later accept the head coaching position at Arkansas's division rival, the Ole Miss Rebels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Leading into the 2008 season, Coaching change\nAfter Houston Nutt's resignation, former Louisville Cardinals' and Atlanta Falcons' head coach Bobby Petrino was hired to be the new head coach of the Razorbacks. Petrino's contract with Arkansas is a five-year deal worth $2.85 million per year in annual compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Leading into the 2008 season, Coaching change\nPetrino hired Bobby Allen (defensive tackles), Kirk Botkin (defensive ends and special teams coordinator), Dean Campbell (director of high school relations), Tim Horton (running backs, tight ends and recruiting coordinator), Reggie Johnson (linebackers), Chip Long (graduate assistant), Garrick McGee (quarterbacks), Paul Petrino (offensive coordinator), Mark Robinson (director of football operations), Courtney Sanders (graduate assistant), Mike Summers (offensive line), Jason Veltkamp (strength and conditioning), and Lorenzo Ward (secondary). Ellis Johnson was originally hired to be the defensive coordinator; however, Johnson resigned from his post to take a job with the South Carolina Gamecocks on January 24, 2008. On February 6, 2008, Bobby Petrino hired former St. Louis Rams' secondary coach Willy Robinson as defensive coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 931]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Leading into the 2008 season, Players\nArkansas will return with seven starters on offense and four starters on defense. Returnees on offense include quarterback Casey Dick, who threw for 1,695\u00a0yards and 18 touchdowns in the 2007 season, and 2007 Dave Rimington Trophy winner Jonathan Luigs. Three players were named to the Southeastern Conference's Pre-Season All-SEC Team: Jonathan Luigs, Mitch Petrus, and Antwain Robinson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Leading into the 2008 season, Players, Departures\nThe University of Arkansas graduated 11 starting seniors in 2007, which included All-SEC offensive tackle Robert Felton, offensive tackle Nate Garner, fullback Peyton Hillis, wide receiver Robert Johnson, wide receiver Marcus Monk, defensive tackle Marcus Harrison, linebacker Weston Dacus, cornerback Michael Grant, cornerback Matterral Richardson, strong safety Matt Hewitt, and free safety Kevin Woods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 89], "content_span": [90, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Leading into the 2008 season, Players, Departures\nArkansas also lost consensus All-American tailback Darren McFadden, All-American tailback Felix Jones, and wide receiver Sean Penix as they decided to skip their senior season and declare for the 2008 NFL Draft. The team also lost three quarterbacks in the off-season. Brian Reader stated he would transfer to Monterey Peninsula College, Nathan Emert left the team to pursue a career as a minister, and Clark Irwin left the team to pursue a career in finance and real estate. Placekicker Brian Vavra also decided to leave the team to pursue other opportunities. Citing lack of playing time, fullback Hezekiah Smith transferred to in-state UAPB. After spring training began, redshirt freshman linebacker Tim Dial announced that he was leaving the team to transfer to East Central University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 89], "content_span": [90, 880]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Leading into the 2008 season, Players, Departures\nThe Razorbacks also lost linebacker Freddie Fairchild when he was dismissed from the team on June 11, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 89], "content_span": [90, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Leading into the 2008 season, Players, Transfers\nIn January 2008, former five-star quarterback recruit Ryan Mallett transferred from Michigan to Arkansas. Due to NCAA transfer rules, Mallett would redshirt his sophomore year and would be able to compete in the 2009 season; however, he would be allowed on the scout team in the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Leading into the 2008 season, Players, Recruits\nOn National Signing Day, February 6, 2008, Arkansas received 25 letters of intent by the following players listed below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Western Illinois\nThe game was played at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium and marked the first meeting between the two programs. The game started with a Taylor Rowan field goal to give the Leathernecks a 3\u20130 advantage. Joe Adams of Arkansas pulled in a 10-yard pass from Casey Dick with six minutes remaining in the second quarter. WIU's Herb Donaldson then scored twice, once before halftime, and once after. Dick followed with a 23-yard TD scamper, cutting it to a 17\u201314 WIU lead. Leatherneck fullback Javid Milton ran the ball from one yard out to give Western Illinois a 24\u201314 lead. Freshman receiver Greg Childs then caught a Dick aerial at the 7:58 mark in the fourth quarter, with Dick running in the game winning score with only 1:49 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Western Illinois\nWestern Illinois was ranked 22nd in the Football Championship Subdivision entering the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Louisiana\u2013Monroe\nArkansas is undefeated in the series, with the last game against the Warhawks in 2006, when Arkansas defeated Louisiana\u2013Monroe 44\u201310. The 2008 game was played at War Memorial Stadium and marked the 8th time the two programs have played each other. Michael Smith began the scoring with a 13-yard run to paydirt for the Hogs, but Alex Tejada missed the extra point, giving the Hogs only a 6\u20130 lead. The Warhawks responded with a one-yard pass from fifth-year senior QB Kinsmon Lancaster to Anthony McCall, and Jeremy Gener added a 20-yard field goal to give Monroe a 10\u20136 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Louisiana\u2013Monroe\nLancaster again hit McCall in the third quarter, this time from 33\u00a0yards away, and Gary Fraizer added another Warhawk score to open up a 24\u20136 advantage over the Razorbacks. The Razorbacks responded with an eight-yard strike to DJ Williams from Casey Dick. The two hooked up again for a two-point conversion, cutting the Warhawk advantage to 24\u201314. Gener added a field goal with 12:56 remaining in the fourth quarter, but Smith would score again, this time followed by a Shay Haddock completed extra point, cutting the deficit to six. Williams caught a touchdown with eighty-two seconds left, and Haddock connected on the game winning extra point. Lancaster would set Gener up with a game-winning opportunity, but he missed the 45-yard attempt right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nArkansas entered SEC play at home against the Alabama Crimson Tide, as a 9-point underdog. Alabama received the opening kickoff and scored first on their opening drive. The opening drive was helped by a roughing the kicker penalty against Arkansas allowing Alabama to retain possession. Arkansas put together a drive out to midfield on their first drive of the game, but were forced to punt. On the first play of their next drive, Alabama running back Glen Coffee ran 87\u00a0yards on the first play for Alabama's second touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nAt the end of the first quarter, Alabama defensive back Javier Arenas intercepted Casey Dick and returned it 31\u00a0yards for a touchdown to put Alabama up 21\u20130. Arkansas started their next drive at their own 47\u00a0yard line after a 41-yard kickoff return by Dennis Johnson, and drove 53\u00a0yards for a touchdown on fourth down and 1 from the Alabama 12\u00a0yard line. Alabama responded with a 68-yard touchdown drive, capped off by a 25-yard touchdown pass from John Parker Wilson to Julio Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nOn Arkansas's next possession, Alabama corner Justin Woodall intercepted Casey Dick at the Alabama 26\u00a0yard line and returned it 74\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Arkansas would put together another solid drive, but facing a first and goal at the Alabama one yard line, Alabama stopped Arkansas on 4 plays for a goal line stand. At the half, Alabama was up 35\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nArkansas received the second half kickoff and Alabama's Marquis Johnson intercepted Casey Dick's pass on the first play of the second half, setting up a 31-yard touchdown run by Glen Coffee. By the end of the 3rd quarter, both teams had put in their substitutes. On Alabama's first possession of the fourth quarter, backup quarterback Greg McElroy's pass was intercepted by Ramon Broadway, setting up a 10-yard touchdown pass by Arkansas second-string quarterback Tyler Wilson. But on the first play of Alabama's next drive, running back Roy Upchurch ran 62\u00a0yards for Alabama's final touchdown. The final score was 49\u201314, the largest margin of victory in the series since Arkansas beat Alabama 42\u20136 in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Texas\nOne of the biggest match-ups between Arkansas and Texas was the 1969 Game of the Century, which pitted #1 Texas and #2 Arkansas in Fayetteville to determine the national championship; Texas won 15\u201314. In the most recent match-up between the two programs, the Longhorns achieved a 22\u201320 win against an unranked Arkansas team. The two schools were once conference foes in the Southwest Conference and Texas leads the series 55\u201321\u20130. The 2008 game was scheduled to be played on September 13, 2008, but the potential severe weather from Hurricane Ike postponed the game. The game was rescheduled and was played in Darrell K Royal\u2013Texas Memorial Stadium on September 27, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Texas\nHunter Lawrence of Texas began the scoring with a 34-yard field goal. This was followed by an eight-yard Colt McCoy pass to Jordan Shipley resulting in a touchdown. With a 10\u20130 lead, Cody Johnson scored for the Longhorns, giving a 17\u20130 cushion. Arkansas kicker Shay Haddock connected on a 30-yard boot, but McCoy ran for two more touchdowns, of five and thirty-five yards respectively, before halftime. After halftime, Texas continued to roll, with McCoy TD passes to Quan Cosby and Shipley. Aaron Williams returned an interception eighty-one yards for another Texas score, prompting Arkansas' lone touchdown, an eighty-yard fumble return by defensive end Antwain Robinson with 2:20 in response.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe win gave Texas the largest margin of victory in the rivalry since the 1916 edition, a 52\u20130 drubbing at Clark Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Florida\nThe two programs last played each other in the 2006 SEC Championship Game where #4 Florida defeated #8 Arkansas 38\u201328. The game was played at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium and marked the eighth time the two programs have played each other, with Florida leading the series 7\u20131\u20130. The game's scoring began with Florida standout QB Tim Tebow's shovel pass to Brandon James for a touchdown. After both teams punted, Florida punted to Michael Smith of Arkansas, who fumbled, giving the Gators the ball. Jeffery Demps scored from 36\u00a0yards out to make it a 14\u20130 Florida advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Florida\nArkansas had a chance to score before halftime, but the Casey Dick pass was intercepted at the goalline. Gator kicker Jonathan Phillips hit a field goal from 37\u00a0yards out to push the UF edge to 17\u20130. Michael Smith and the Hogs responded with a drive that ended with a Smith rushing touchdown of six yards to cut the deficit to 17\u20137. Tebow then threw his first interception of the year to redshirt freshman Jerry Franklin, but the Hogs could not capitalize. Florida went on a scoring tear, first with Tebow throwing a 21-yard touchdown to Percy Harvin, followed by Chris Rainey's 75-yard rushing score and Demps' score of 48\u00a0yards. Dick passed Joe Ferguson on the school's all-time passing list to become seventh all-time in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nIn the 2007 contest, Wes Byrum kicked his second game-winning field goal giving #25 Auburn a 9\u20137 victory. The 2008 game was played at Jordan\u2013Hare Stadium and marked the 18th time the two programs have played each other with Auburn leading the series 10\u20137\u20131. Three days prior to the contest, Auburn fired offensive coordinator Tony Franklin, a proponent of the spread offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nIn Arkansas' fourth-straight AP Top 25 game (all four opponents were in the top 10 when the trip began), the Hogs finally prevailed, 25\u201322, giving head Hog Bobby Petrino his first SEC victory. The Razorbacks began the scoring, a Shay Haddock field goal with 6:46 remaining in the first quarter. On the ensuing Tiger possession, Tristan Davis returned the kickoff 97\u00a0yards for a touchdown, giving a 7\u20133 lead to Auburn. The second quarter began with a Wes Byrum field goal before the Razorbacks pieced together a touchdown drive, culminating in a one-yard Casey Dick rush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nIt appeared that the teams would enter halftime tied at 10, but a pass was deflected into the hands of an Auburn receiver, who set up another Byrum field goal to give the Tigers a 13\u201310 edge at the half. One part of the Tiger's QB carousel, Kodi Burns, a Ft. Smith native, scored from two yards out, giving Auburn a 20\u201310 lead in the third quarter. Arkansas responded with a reverse pass from true freshman receiver Joe Adams to Casey Dick, but the Haddock extra point was blocked, giving Auburn a four-point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nThe Hogs added a Haddock field goal to start the fourth quarter, cutting the lead to 20\u201319, before Smith broke free and outran Auburn defenders 63\u00a0yards for the longest rushing touchdown of the season. Up five points, Arkansas punter Jeremy Davis ran out of the endzone for an intentional safety, cutting the lead to 3. Burns threw three incompletions, and on fourth down was intercepted by Matt Hewitt, sealing the victory for Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nArkansas' last met Kentucky in the 2007 contest in Fayetteville, Arkansas, which resulted in a 42\u201329 victory for #23 Kentucky when Andre Woodson led the team to a second half comeback against Arkansas. The 2008 game was played at Commonwealth Stadium and marked the 6th time the two programs have played each other with Kentucky leading the series 3\u20132\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nIn the 2007 contest, Arkansas defeated Ole Miss 44\u20137. The 2008 game was played at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium and marked the 55th time the two programs have played each other with Arkansas leading the series 29\u201324\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nThe 2008 game against Tulsa was Arkansas' homecoming game and was played at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. This marked the 71st time the two programs have played each other with Arkansas leading the series 51\u201316\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nIn the 2007 contest, Arkansas defeated South Carolina 48\u201336 as South Carolina gave up 542 rushing yards. The 2008 game was played at Williams-Brice Stadium and marked the 17th time the two programs have played each other with Arkansas leading the series 10\u20136\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nIn the 2007 contest, Casey Dick threw a career-high four touchdowns passes that allowed Arkansas to defeat Mississippi State 45\u201331. The 2008 game was played at Davis Wade Stadium and marked the 19th time the two programs have played each other with Arkansas leading the series 12\u20135\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, LSU\nThe defending national champions LSU Tigers sought to reclaim the Golden Boot after losing it at Death Valley when unranked Arkansas beat then #1 LSU 50\u201348 in triple overtime. The 2008 game was originally scheduled to be played on November 29, 2008 but was moved to November 28, 2008 to accommodate a national broadcast by CBS Sports. The game was played at War Memorial Stadium and marked the 13th time the two teams play for the Golden Boot. The game also marked the 54th time the two programs have played each other with LSU leading the series 33\u201318\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195588-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, LSU\nThe outcome of the game was decided by a touchdown pass by quarterback Casey Dick to receiver London Crawford in the last twenty seconds of the game to tie the game. A successful extra point kick gave the Razorbacks a one-point lead which LSU failed to overcome in the remaining seconds, thus allowing Arkansas to retain possession of the Golden Boot for another year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195589-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Arkansas Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 31 national delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195589-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Republican presidential primary\nFormer Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee was the winner of this Primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195589-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Includes 31 delegates from February 5 primary results, plus 3 unpledged RNC member delegates", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195590-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team\nThe 2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represents Arkansas State University in the 2008 college football season. The Red Wolves played five home games at ASU Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas, including Southern Miss, Middle Tennessee, and Florida Atlantic. The Red Wolves had a difficult season, playing against Texas A&M to start the season off, and later playing Alabama. Arkansas State has played a SEC school for the past three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195590-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Schedule\nSchedule from . Schedule dates, times, and opponents are subject to change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195590-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe 2008 game was played at Kyle Field and marked the third meeting between the two programs, twice under Coach Roberts. Their last meeting was in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195590-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Game summaries, Texas Southern\nArkansas State became the first major college team to break the 80 point mark since Texas Tech scored 80 against Sam Houston State University in 2005. The team posted the second-highest score in school history, topped only by a 101-point effort against the University of Central Arkansas in 1917.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195590-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nThis will be the third time in the past four years the two teams have met. They played each other in the New Orleans Bowl in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 75], "content_span": [76, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195590-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nThe Memphis Tigers and the Wolves have a very fierce rivalry. In 2006, ASU pulled off a win at Memphis on a 60-yard Hail Mary pass with 6 seconds left. Then in 2007, ASU overcame a 25-point halftime deficit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195590-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nThis will mark the third consecutive year that ASU has played an SEC school, and the 49th all-time meeting with a current school in the SEC. It\u2019s the second time Arkansas State has played Alabama, the first time in 1982, losing 35-7. This game may bring the second largest crowd to watch ASU, second to Tennessee in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195591-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Twisters season\nThe 2008 Arkansas Twisters season was the franchise's ninth season as a football franchise in the arenafootball2 league. The National Conference team, led by head coach Chris Siegfried, played their home games on Allstate Field at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The Diamonds finished the 2008 regular season with an 11\u20135 record and 2nd place in the Central Division. The team's playoff run ended in the first round with a 55\u201368 loss to the Central Valley Coyotes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195591-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Twisters season, Off-field moves\n2008 was the team's second season in the Central Division of the National Conference. Other teams in the Central Division this season were the Amarillo Dusters, Lubbock Renegades, Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz, and Tulsa Talons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195591-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Twisters season, Off-field moves\nThe Twisters hired new head coach Chris Siegfried. He had previously served as the head coach of the Spokane Shock in 2006. Siegfied would lead the team to a winning record (including a franchise record seven consecutive wins) and a short playoff run this season and return in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195591-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Arkansas Twisters season, Roster moves\nTwisters players picked up post-season honors from the AF2 coaches and press. Quarterback Kyle Rowley was selected as the Schutt Offensive Player of the Year. Wide receiver Chris Denney was named Cutters Playmaker of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195592-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Armed Forces Bowl\nThe 2008 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl was the sixth edition of the annual post-season college football bowl game, and was a bowl rematch of a regular season game between the Houston Cougars against the Air Force Falcons that was won by Air Force, 31\u201328. It was played on December 31, 2008, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, and telecast on ESPN nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195592-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Armed Forces Bowl\nThe Falcons made their second straight Armed Forces Bowl appearance, having lost the previous year to California, while the Cougars made their fourth straight bowl appearance, having most recently lost to TCU. The Cougars defeated the Falcons 34\u201328, for their first bowl win since the 1980 Garden State Bowl ending an eight-bowl game losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195593-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian Cup\nThe 2008 Armenian Cup was the 17th edition of the Armenian Cup, a football competition. In 2008, the tournament had 14 participants, out of which 6 were reserve teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195593-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian Cup, Summary\nBanants and Ararat got a pass on the 1st round because these two clubs reached the final the previous year. The first round passed without any surprises, as the reserve teams were expected to be knocked out. The quarter finals, however, turned out to be very interesting. Two of the matches had to be decided on penalties. Gandzasar put up quite a fight against defending Armenian Premier League champions Pyunik, and even managed to outplay the champions in various aspects of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195593-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian Cup, Summary\nShirak also demonstrated a fighting spirit and managed to defeat defending cup holders Banants away, after losing the first leg at home. Luck turned Banants' way as the match was won only on penalties. The semifinals  also turned out to be interesting as Banants and Ararat defeated Mika and Pyunik respectively with an aggregate score of 5-1. The final was a repeat of last year's final and this time it was Ararat that edged out on top as Marcos Pizzeli managed to sneak a late extra-time winner for the five-time Armenian Independence Cup winners. The victory gave Ararat an opportunity to participate in the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup, First qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195593-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian Cup, Results, First round\nThe first legs were played on 21 March 2008. The second legs were played on 28 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195593-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian Cup, Results, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 3 April 2008. The second legs were played on 10 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195593-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian Cup, Results, Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on 14 April 2008. The second legs were played on 23 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195594-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian First League\nThe 2008 Armenian First League season began on 5 April 2008 and ended on 14 November 2008. At the end of 28 rounds, Shengavit were crowned champions; however, they were not eligible for promotion since they were the reserve team of Ulisses, which already participated in the Armenian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195595-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian Premier League\nThe 2008 Armenian Premier League season (known as STAR National Football League due to sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth since its establishment. It started on 6 April 2008, while the last matches were played on 15 November 2008. FC Pyunik were the defending champions. The Yerevan side won their seventh consecutive league title the previous season, their tenth overall. FC Dinamo Yerevan were supposed to be the team to get promoted, but they withdrew from the Premier League, and were disbanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195595-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian Premier League\nOn 30 April 2008, Football Federation of Armenia signed a contract with STAR retailing company by which STAR would become the sponsor of the 17th Armenian Premier League season, and henceforth the 2008 season would be called STAR National Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195595-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian Premier League\nThe league was played in four stages. The teams played each other four times, twice at home and twice away. The champions would have been the team with the most points after round 28. However, since Pyunik and Ararat Yerevan were tied on points at the end of the season, they had to play a decision game for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195595-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian Premier League, League table, Decision game\nBecause Ararat and Pyunik were tied on points after the regular season, they played out the championship in a decision game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Armenia on 19 February 2008. Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan was elected in the first round according to official results, but this was disputed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who was officially placed second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election\nThe candidacy of Sargsyan was backed by incumbent President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, who was ineligible to stand for a third consecutive term. Other candidates included Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Vahan Hovhannisyan, the Vice President of the National Assembly, representing the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. The largest opposition party, Rule of Law, nominated former parliamentary speaker Artur Baghdasarian as its candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Candidates\nBy the registration deadline of 6 December 2007, nine candidates had registered:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Candidates\nRaffi Hovannisian from Heritage and Aram Karapetyan from New Times also tried to register, but were refused the certificates of residence in Armenia over the last ten years by the Armenian Police Department of Passports. Prosperous Armenia's Gagik Tsarukian, a business oligarch, whose party has the second largest faction in parliament endorsed Serge Sargsian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Candidates\nTer-Petrosyan officially announced his candidacy in a speech in Yerevan on 26 October 2007. He accused Kocharyan of running \"an institutionalized mafia-style regime\" that was responsible for massive corruption involving the theft of \"at least three to four billion dollars\" over the previous five years. He was also critical of the government's claims of strong economic growth and argued that Kocharyan and Sargsyan had come to accept a solution to the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh that was effectively the same solution that he had proposed ten years earlier, although they had strongly opposed that proposal at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nThe electoral campaign began on 21 January 2008. At the opening of campaigning, Ter-Petrosyan fiercely denounced Sargsyan and Kocharyan, accusing them of \"thieving and anti-popular\" rule, and said that he was certain of victory, while acknowledging \"disappointments\" and \"harsh criticisms\" regarding his earlier presidency during the 1990s. For his part, Baghdasarian released a 32-page manifesto for his campaign, vowing to \"eliminate corruption and embezzlement\" and to provide \"equality before law\" and \"a drastic rise in the living standards of the people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nHovhannisyan was a candidate despite the participation of his party, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, in the governing coalition; his campaign promises included the break-up of monopolies, the promotion of economic development, and anti-corruption measures. Geghamyan, the National Unity Party's candidate, devoted the opening of his campaign to denouncing Ter-Petrosyan and accusing others in the opposition of smearing him. Some members of the opposition suggested that Geghamyan was working for the government in an effort to undermine Ter-Petrosyan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nTer-Petrosyan criticized Baghdasarian for running his own campaign instead of rallying behind Ter-Petrosyan's candidacy, calling him a \"traitor\" and saying that he was effectively supporting Sargsyan. After Baghdasarian rebuffed Ter-Petrosyan's ultimatum, a pro-Ter-Petrosyan newspaper, Haykakan Zhamanak, insinuated that Baghdasarian was a \"sexual deviant.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nAside from his own Republican Party (HHK), Sargysan was backed by Prosperous Armenia (BHK).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nIt was considered very likely that Sargsyan will finish in the first place in the first round, with either former president Ter-Petrosyan or Baghdasarian, who ran on a pro-EU and pro-NATO platform, in second place. First results and reports from OSCE election observers were expected on 20 February 2008, and the final result was to be announced within seven days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nAccording to exit polls, Sargsyan won the election in the first round with 57%, with Ter-Petrosyan coming in second with 17%. The opposition parties have stated that they consider the election result fraudulent. Ter-Petrosyan, claiming victory, accused the government of rigging the election and called for a rally in Yerevan on 20 February that would protest the official results and celebrate his claimed victory. OSCE and Western monitors said that the election was largely free and fair. However, the report from the OSCE-led observers also described vote counting as \"bad or very bad\" in 15% of observed polling stations, and Edgar Vazquez of the United States Department of State said that the U.S. was \"concerned\" about this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nOn 20 February, results from all 1,923 polling stations showed Sargsyan with 52.86% of the vote (863,544 votes). Ter-Petrosyan was placed second with 21.5% (351,306 votes) and Baghdassaryan was placed third with 16.67% (272,256 votes Hovannisyan placed fourth with 6.2% and Manukyan placed fifth with 1.5%; the other candidates received less than 1% of the vote. Voter turnout was placed at about 70%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nSargysan thanked the people for giving him \"overwhelming support\" and said that he would be \"the president of all Armenians\". A spokesman for Sargysan's Republican Party claimed that the election was the most democratic ever held in Armenia; while he acknowledged flaws in the election, he said that they did not affect the outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nThe opposition requested dozens of recounts. In one of them, on 21 February, in a central Yerevan precinct showed that Sargsyan had won 395 votes there, rather than the 709 with which he had been credited in the initial count; votes had been taken from other candidates and added to Sargsyan's score. A criminal case was opened by state prosecutors regarding this possible fraud, and the chairman of the precinct commission was arrested; according to the HHK, recounts in over 30 other precincts showed results similar to the initial counts. Sargysan told police to investigate alleged electoral violations on 22 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nFinal results, released by the Central Electoral Commission on 24 February, confirmed Sargysan's victory, crediting him with 52.82% of the vote (862,369 votes); Ter-Petrosyan received 21.5% (351,222 votes) and Baghdasarian was said to have won 17.7% (272,427 votes).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nA post-election poll conducted by the British Populus Opinion Polling Center between 21 and 24 February confirmed Central Electoral Commission's results giving Sargsyan 53%, Ter-Petrosyan 20%, and Baghdasaryan 13% of the vote", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Campaign and election\nSargysan was inaugurated as the third President of Armenia on 9 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, International reaction\nBoth the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union (EU) have commended the conduct of the election and stated that they regard the result as broadly democratic. The EU Commission said: \"The European Union congratulates the Armenian people for the conduct of a competitive presidential election in Armenia. The European Union notes the statement of preliminary findings and conclusions of the International Election Observation Mission which concluded that the presidential election in Armenia, an important test for democracy in this country, was conducted mostly in line with OSCE and Council of Europe commitments and standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, International reaction\nThe European Union welcomes the genuine efforts that were made to address the shortcomings in previous elections. However, the EU also notes that the report raised concerns about the electoral process and that further improvements are necessary to address the remaining challenges. It notes in particular that, according to ODIHR, improvements and additional political will are necessary to tackle concerns such as the lack of public confidence in the electoral process, the absence of clear separation between state and party functions and ensuring equal treatment of candidates. The European Union looks forward to the final results of the presidential election and calls on the competent authorities to ensure that complaints are adequately investigated and shortcomings addressed.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, International reaction\nA spokesman for the United States Department of State said: \"We congratulate the people of Armenia on the active and competitive presidential election of 19 February and note the preliminary assessment of the OSCE\u2019s Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Parliamentary Assembly that the election was \"mostly in line with OSCE and Council of Europe commitments and standards for democratic elections. At the same time, we also note that international monitors identified significant problems with electoral procedures. Armenian election authorities have responded with the positive step of recounts in a number of jurisdictions. We urge the Government of Armenia to ensure these recounts are conducted comprehensively and transparently, investigate all allegations of irregularities, and implement steps to improve future elections. We also urge all political forces to continue observing the rule of law and to work peacefully and responsibly for a democratic Armenia.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 1053]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195596-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election, Protests\nFollowing the election result, opposition protests began in Yerevan's Freedom Square, in front of the Opera House. On 1 March the demonstrators were violently dispersed by police and military forces killing at least 10 people and President Robert Kocharyan declared a 20-day state of emergency. This was followed by mass arrests and purges of prominent members of the opposition, as well as a de facto ban on any further anti-government protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests\nMarch 1 events, a series of anti-government riots in Armenia following the February 19, 2008 presidential elections. Riots were held in the capital of the country, Yerevan and organized by supporters of presidential candidate and first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan and other opposition leaders, with the aim of violent seizure of power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests\nThe protests began on 20 February, lasted for 10 days in Yerevan's Freedom Square, and involved tens of thousands of demonstrators during the day and hundreds camping out overnight. Despite the urges of the government to stop the demonstrations, the protests continued until 1 March. After nine days of peaceful protests at the Freedom Square, the national police and military forces tried to disperse the protesters on 1 March. On the morning of 1 March, police and army units dispersed the 700\u20131,000 persons who remained overnight, beating them with truncheons and electric-shock devices. As a result, 10 people were killed. As of 4 March, many protesters were still missing. On 1 March, Ter-Petrosyan was placed under de facto house arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests\nAt noon on 1 March, a crowd of at least 10,000 protesters held a rally in front of the French Embassy. Police officers pulled away from the area by 16:00, as they were overwhelmed by the growing number of demonstrators. Activists then used abandoned police buses to set up barricades. In the evening, clashes broke out between riot police and about 2,000 protesters who barricaded themselves at Miasnikyan Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests\nAt around 22:00, President Robert Kocharyan, with the approval of the Armenian parliament, declared a 20-day state of emergency, banning future demonstrations and censoring the media from broadcasting any political news except those issued by official state press releases. Kocharian justified the decision on the grounds that a minority of demonstrators looted a nearby grocery store on Mashtots Avenue and set fire to a handful of police vehicles and buses Opposition leaders say that the looters had nothing to do with the demonstration, and that they were led by agent provocateurs. With the state of emergency in effect, at around 4:00 on 2 March, Levon Ter-Petrosyan asked the protesters near the French Embassy to go home, thus ending the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests\nThe tragic events of 1 March 2008 are simply referred to as Marti mek (Armenian: \u0544\u0561\u0580\u057f\u056b \u0574\u0565\u056f \"March First\") in Armenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Background\nLevon Ter-Petrosyan was the President of Armenia from 16 October 1991 to 3 February 1998. Ter-Petrosyan was forced to step down in February 1998 for a number of reasons, including allegations of election fraud and generally having lost support in the parliament. He was succeeded by his then Prime Minister Robert Kocharyan. Kocharyan was re-elected for a second term as president on 5 March 2003 amid allegations of electoral fraud. In early 2004 there were demonstrations by opposition-led protestors and calls for Kocharyan's resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Background\nKocharyan completed his second term as president in February 2008 and under the Armenian constitution was not eligible for a third term. Kocharyan's Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan had Kocharyan's backing for his candidacy as the next president. Ter-Petrosyan was also a candidate for this election, having announced his candidacy during a speech in Yerevan on 26 October 2007, in which he accused Kocharyan's government of massive corruption involving the theft of \"at least three to four billion dollars\" over the previous five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Background\nThe election was held on 19 February 2008 and Sargsyan won the election with 53% of the vote, according to official results, with Ter-Petrosyan in second place with 22% of the vote. Under Armenia's electoral law, if neither candidate wins at least 50% of the votes, the top two contenders have to face each other in a second round of the elections. International observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, PACE and the European Parliament had said that \"the presidential election in Armenia mostly satisfied the international standards\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline\nThe protests began on 20 February; about 25,000 opposition supporters were reportedly present on 21 February. Ter-Petrosyan said that the army would not act against the protesters, claiming to have the support of two deputy defense ministers. An aide to Ter-Petrosyan vowed that the protests would continue \"nonstop\" and demanded that the government agree to holding a new election by 22 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline\nOn 21 February, two members of the Central Election Commission who are representatives of the opposition said that they did not accept the results, and on the next day, Vahan Hovhannisian resigned from his position as deputy speaker of National Assembly of Armenia due to his disapproval of the handling of the election and said that the mechanism of falsifications were put in operation in 1996 by Ter-Petrosyan. Protests continued on 22 February, and Deputy Prosecutor-General Gagik Jhangirian condemned the election, urging the people to act immediately to defend their votes, rather than complaining later about the government's behavior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline\nA spokesperson for Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepian asked Kocharyan to dismiss Jhangirian because prosecutors cannot be members of any party or to be involved in politics in any way The Defense Ministry denied Ter-Petrosyan's claim that the two deputy defense ministers had said that they would prevent the army from being used against the protesters, but the veterans' group Yerkrapah disputed this denial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline\nProtests were held without an official permission. Part of the cause for the protest were oppositions claim that there were widespread violations, and the suppression of this belief. Armenian Public Television (H1) has received criticism for failing to show the intense protesting, instead promoting a peaceful aura following the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 22 February\nOn the third day of the protests, 22 February, the number of protesters was reported as about 30,000. Sarkisyan called the protests \"blackmail' and said that if they violated the law, order would be restored through force. The opposition's Alexander Arzoumanian, however, said that the government did not have the courage to attempt to break up the protests. On 23 February, the number of protesters was reported as about 50,000. Kocharyan accused the opposition of trying to seize power and warned that the government would act to preserve order. Meanwhile, the police released a statement saying that they were \"prepared to resolutely respond to any attempts to disturb public order and destabilize the situation, prevent extremist manifestations, and protect people's constitutional rights\". The statement denied the rumored resignation of police chief Hayk Harutyunyan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 941]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 23 February\nJhangirian was dismissed as Deputy Prosecutor-General by Kocharyan on 23 February and detained later that day. On 27 February Gagik Jahangiryan was arrested and accused of violating the article 235.1 of the Armenia Penal Code (illegal purchase, traffic and storage of weapons, explosive assemblies) and article 316.1 (application of force against a public agent).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 25 February\n25 February saw steady numbers of protesters at Opera Square during the day, estimated at 40,000\u201350,000. Ter-Petrosyan made several appearances, and in each called for a peaceful rally, frequently alluding to the late-1980s when the Karabakh Committee was arrested by the Soviets. Ter-Petrosyan said that he does not fear arrest nor assassination, and that if the ruling party had him killed, it would only accelerate its own demise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 25 February\nAlso on 25 February, Sarkis Hatspanian, a diasporan Armenian from France, spoke twice, and alluded to the participation of Armenians in revolutionary movements in France and Germany, and how the turn has come for Armenia. Around 10\u201315,000 people continued to participate in the rally well into midnight, some staying overnight in tents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 26 February\nOn 26 February, there were widespread reports that high school administrators had been directed by the ruling party to have their students participate in a pro-Sargsyan rally held in Republic Square. Many e-mail services had been blocked since the morning of 26 February, including Hotmail, Gmail, and thick-client email programs using the IMAP protocol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 26 February\nSeveral prominent supporters of Ter-Petrosyan were arrested on 26 February. On that day competing rallies were held, with Sargysan's supporters reported to number up to 100,000. Ter-Petrosyan claimed that the numbers attending his rally had doubled because people were leaving Sargysan's rally to come to his. Meanwhile, the National Security Service said that it had prevented an opposition plot to seize a television broadcasting tower in Yerevan; it said that the purpose of this alleged plot, for which several people were arrested, was to enable Ter-Petrosyan to make a live broadcast. An opposition spokesman dismissed this as \"psychological pressure\". Also on 26 February, Kocharyan suggested that his government's patience with the protests had \"a limit\" and urged people to \"come to their senses\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 874]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 27 February\nOn 27 February, an even larger group of protesters than previous days marched on the streets along Abovian and Mashdots Avenue. The evening again saw protester numbers in the tens of thousands, with an increasing number of tents. The crowd was mixed, there were groups of villagers (tens in each), students, families with children, government workers, in addition to opposition leaders. At around 11:30\u00a0pm some protesters started to rush towards the caf\u00e9 adjacent to Freedom Square named \"Karapi Lij\" (Swan Lake).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 27 February\nA protest leader announced that all available journalists should go there to photograph \"something interesting\" that was about to happen, and also called for the general populace to return to the square. Several score of military police, civil police, as well as secret police went into the subterranean caf\u00e9, emerging after 15\u201320\u00a0minutes with 3 arrested suspects who were secret agent provocateurs with undercover recording equipment trying to get opposition leaders (who were in the caf\u00e9) to say or perform illegal acts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 27 February\nArmenia's National Security Service (NSS) acknowledged that the agents urging the opposition leaders to resort to violence were its employees. Secret police (which outnumbered uniformed police and military 3 to 1) would not allow journalists to take pictures; however, some were able to (despite their threats of impending danger to journalists' personal safety or destruction of their cameras). The rally later continued without interruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 28 February\nOn 28 February, starting from the morning, police cars surrounded the streets around Freedom Square, not allowing passengers to be dropped off or picked up, let alone to park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 29 February\nOn 29 February, another march around town attracted an even larger group of ralliers, with at least 100,000 participants. At night, there were 132 tents set up in Freedom Square and occupied by 24-hour protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 1 March\nOn 1 March, at 7:30\u00a0am, Armenian security forces violently dispersed the protesters, who were then reported to number about 700\u20131,000, and broke up a tented camp being used by the protesters in Freedom Square. Witnesses say that the government authorities planted guns and grenades among the sleeping protesters, and then claiming that they were thwarting an attempted coup, attacked the protesters. Police used bludgeons and electric shockers to beat and electrocute the ralliers. Levon Ter-Petrosyan was captured at Freedom Square and placed under house arrest. Some fled when police attacked them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 1 March\nDozens were reported to have sustained severe injuries and more than 100 protesters were arrested. A witness told Human Rights Watch that several rows of Special Forces in riot armor, with helmets, plastic shields and rubber truncheons, started approaching from the left and right sides of Freedom Square. The witness said that police, without prior warning, sprayed water and descended on the demonstrators, using rubber truncheons and electric prods. \"People started running towards Northern Avenue, but were chased by the police.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 1 March\nBy 11:00\u00a0am, Freedom Square was completely cordoned off by police and large water cannons were being used to clear the site of debris and blood (with riot police trying to prevent passersby from taking photographs). The Karapi Lich caf\u00e9 was cordoned off with a large canvas so that it could not be seen what took place inside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 1 March\nAt about 11:30\u00a0am, a peaceful march of about 1,000 people from near Freedom Square, down North Avenue, and to the French Embassy at Miyasnikyan Square (where riot police were quickly redeployed to). By 1:30\u00a0pm, a police armored personnel carrier was brought in, which the growing crowd quickly surrounded. By 2\u00a0pm, about 150,000 protesters\u2014larger than on any other day\u2014had gathered in the square. By that time there were about 3,000 riot police and special police forces present. The sheer number of protesters outnumbered the police, who were forced by the peaceful protesters to retreat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 1 March\nBy 5\u00a0pm, all armored personnel carriers and all other military special vehicles as well as troops had been evacuated from the square. Protesters gradually confiscated the remaining buses and moved them to strategic locations to block incoming traffic to the square. It is notable that several agent provocateurs were detected by the crowd and swiftly removed. At around 3:30\u00a0pm, an unmarked white police car drove straight through the crowd at high speed. At least two women were run over and taken to hospital with injuries. The car was stopped by the crowd and set afire, as the policeman driving it fled the scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 1 March\nAs of 6:30\u00a0pm, at least 30 buses, each with about 30 army soldiers armed with AK-47 and M-16 assault rifles, were seen near Republic Square (in anticipation of Kocharian's state of emergency).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 1 March\nAround 10:30\u00a0pm, Kocharyan declared a 20-day state of emergency. This meant that \"all rallies and other public gatherings will be banned in Yerevan until March 20. It also places serious restrictions on press freedom, with local media outlets allowed to report only official news communiqu\u00e9s.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 1 March\nClashes between the police and security forces and agitated protesters seem to have occurred on at least three occasions during the course of 1 March: The first in the morning hours, the second at around 9:15\u00a0pm, and the third late night. According to eyewitnesses (among them an RFE/RL correspondent) security forces\u2014without prior warning\u2014fired tracer bullets over the crowd for more than 40\u00a0minutes in an attempt to disperse the crowd (this is confirmed in an independent YouTube video). In the meantime, a unit of riot troops charged towards one of the barricades but fled the scene after unsuccessful pitched battles with opposition supporters who were armed with sticks, stones and Molotov cocktails.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 1 March\nShortly after the event, a controversial independent video appeared on YouTube showing special forces firing automatic weapons directly into the crowd, directly followed by a clip in which the Prosecutor General's press secretary (Sona Truzyan) claims that police did not fire any weapons into the crowd. Government sources claimed that the video footage was faked and that it was digitally doctored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 2 March, Midnight and early morning\nBy 12:00\u00a0am, the area around the French embassy had only about 5,000 activists left. The police stood about 1/2\u00a0km north at Shahumyan Square, passively watching as anarchy reigned on the area below. Miyasnikyan square to Mashdots Avenue was completely devoid of any law enforcement, and authorities watched passively as some of the crowd looted some stores. Despite calls from opposition leaders throughout the demonstrations to restrain the use of violence, some in the crowd (allegedly encouraged by agent provocateurs) resorted to property destruction (of cars, windows, public places) and looting of a grocery store and a shoe store.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 91], "content_span": [92, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 2 March, Midnight and early morning\n(ArmeniaNow reports that the 2 pharmacies and 4 electronics and computer stores were not looted.) By 1:00\u00a0am, several buses and cars had been destroyed, set ablaze, or turned over near Miyasnikyan square. By 2:30\u00a0am, some of the bus loads of army soldiers were bused into Shahumyan square to join rows of riot police. Demonstrators were seen armed with metal bars (removed from park gates) and Molotov cocktails made from water bottles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 91], "content_span": [92, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 2 March, Midnight and early morning\nMany of the demonstrators were not there to specifically support Levon Ter-Petrosyan, but were there to show their support for a change in government. Only a minority of the group resorted to looting, and most of the crowd stayed within the vicinity of Miyasnikyan Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 91], "content_span": [92, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 2 March, Midnight and early morning\nOfficial reports say that ten people died on the night of 1 March; however, according to representatives of non-governmental organizations, the official number of injured civilians may be underreported, as several of those injured were turned away from hospitals and medical clinics on 1 March. According to the information given by the Head of Police and Prosecutor General, a police officer died trying to prevent a hand grenade from going off. Three civilians died from teargas cartridge and four from bullets. The Prosecutor General stated that the ammunitions had penetrated the bodies, which appears to indicate that they must have been fired at a very close range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 91], "content_span": [92, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 2 March, Midnight and early morning\nAccording to the Head of Police some protesters were armed with wooden sticks, iron sticks and \"hedgehogs\". He also stated that the protesters used fire arms \u2013 but this was contested by the representatives of the opposition who met with the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 91], "content_span": [92, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 2 March, Day time\nAs of 9\u00a0am, Ter-Petrosyan urged his supporters to go home from the protest, citing Kocharian's state of emergency. The government alleged that protesters were carrying firearms. However, other than metal bars and some Molotov cocktails, no reporters had seen arms in the possession of protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 2 March, Day time\nBy 11\u00a0am, at least a dozen army armored personnel carriers and about 500 soldiers wielding assault rifles were positioned in Republic Square, maintaining the state of emergency's policy of a ban on public demonstrations and meetings. The stage at Freedom Square has been surrounded by 6 army transportation trucks. Photography was strictly prohibited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 2 March, Day time\nYerevan was said to be all but a ghost town, with soldiers outnumbering citizens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 2 March, Day time\nThe National Assembly confirmed Kocharyan's state of emergency, with 81 of the 131 members of parliament present voting in favor of it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 21 March\nFollowing the end of the state of emergency, thousands of people in Yerevan held a candlelight vigil for the victims of 1 March and a silent protest on 21 March 2008 to protest the 106 protesters who had been arrested in the original protests. Their plan was to assemble at Freedom Square at 3\u00a0pm and hold a candlelight vigil there for those who died on 1 March, followed by a silent protest from 5\u00a0pm to 7\u00a0pm of a single line stretching from Freedom Square, down Northern Avenue, to Myasnikian Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 21 March\nHowever, riot police confronted the protesters and used force to disperse them. Senior police officers told protesters to leave the area and cross the streets surrounding it, citing a continuing government ban on rallies. \"Ten people standing together means a rally, and I have the right to disperse a rally,\" Major-General Sasha Afian, deputy chief of Armenia's Police Service, told a group of angry women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 21 March\nFreedom Square was occupied by busloads of police and interior troops who prevented citizens to enter Freedom Square; Shahumyan Square and Myasnikian Square similarly had rows of riot police who prevented a public assembly in the area. At 7\u00a0p.m. the assembled crowds of silent protesters dispersed as planned. Although the state of emergency has been lifted by law, the ban on public rallies is de facto still in place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 21 March\nOn the same day, the following campaign team members of Levon Ter-Petrosyan were taken into custody: Vardan Galstyan, Davit Tzaghikyan, Onik Hakobyan, Suren Sujyan, Edvard Sarajanyan and Hakob Semirjyan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Timeline, 22 March\nRiot police continue to block public access to Freedom Square, Shahumyan Square, and Myasnikian Square; they were also in formation at Republic Square. Police dispersed a growing crowd\u2014mostly composed of women\u2014that was assembling at Northern Avenue. A Reuters reporter was notified by the police that any attempt by the public to hold a similar \"silent protest\" as the day before would be met by resistance from the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, State of Emergency\nLate in the evening on 1 March, President Kocharian declared a State of Emergency in the capital Yerevan for twenty days. The National Parliament endorsed the Presidential decree on Declaration of state of emergency the following day, 2 March. The State of Emergency entered into force immediately. The decree established the following temporary limitations under the State of Emergency:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, State of Emergency, Ban on public gatherings\nThe Armenian military is maintaining a strict ban on public gatherings of even the smallest size.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 90], "content_span": [91, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, State of Emergency, Media censorship\nUnder the state of emergency, mass media can only publish official government news.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 82], "content_span": [83, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, State of Emergency, Media censorship\nSeveral opposition media have been shut down, including A1plus and Haykakan Zhamanak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 82], "content_span": [83, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, State of Emergency, Media censorship\nRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Armenia Liberty radio service has been terminated by the Armenian authorities. The radio service's airings were at first accessible from their website at , but since 6 March even this website has been blocked by the Armenian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 82], "content_span": [83, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, State of Emergency, Internet censorship\nIn the evening of 2 March, the Internet Society of Armenia (ISOC) froze the Internet domain name server entries in its DNS servers for several domains, including:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, State of Emergency, Internet censorship\nThe YouTube web site was blocked from 6 to 13 March; all IP addresses of  (208.65.153.253, 208.65.153.238, and 208.65.153.251) were unreachable from within Armenia during this time. YouTube hosts a1plusnews as well as ArmeniaLiberty Channel in addition to numerous eyewitness videos of the events of 1 and 2 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, State of Emergency, Internet censorship\nAs of the evening of 6 March, the IP addresses hosting the following web sites have been blocked by Armenian authorities:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, State of Emergency, Internet censorship\nAs of 7 March, the websites of RFE/RL and Armenia Liberty were once again accessible from within Armenia, but as of the morning of 8 March, they are once again inaccessible. As of May 2009, several major websites were still blocked and/or disabled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Government response\nThe President Elect Sargsian, during his meeting with EU special envoy for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby, said \"We are ready to cooperate with all those who wants Armenia to develop, its citizens to prosper, the country to be stable and strong, and we are ready for an open, straightforward and honest discussion\". He also said that \"those who incited recent riots had committed a crime and should be punished\". The Incumbent President Kocharian said that \"Armenian authorities were seeking to normalise the situation as soon as possible and restore stability\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Government response\nGovernment officials have portrayed the events of 1 March purely as an attempted coup by the opposition. At least 97 Ter-Petrosyan supporters have been jailed by authorities since the election, and have been charged with organizing \"mass riots\" and attempting to overthrow the government. The government-controlled National Assembly stripped four deputies allied to Ter-Petrosyan of their legal immunity from prosecution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Government response\nOn 3 March, the Human Rights Defender of Armenia, Armen Harutyunyan, issued a report critical of President Kocharyan's order of force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Government response, New law banning rallies\nThe President and the Prime Minister expressed their wish to have the State of Emergency ended on 21 March. They were however concerned over the possibility of new demonstrations, rallies and riots in the streets. In this context, on 17 March, the Parliament initiated a first reading of proposed amendments to the law on holding meetings, rallies, marches, and demonstrations in an extraordinary session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 90], "content_span": [91, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Government response, New law banning rallies\nOn 18 March, President Robert Kocharian signed into law a parliament bill that will make it easier for the Armenian authorities to ban fresh anti-government demonstrations planned by opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 90], "content_span": [91, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Government response, New law banning rallies\nThe existing law had until then allowed authorities to ban those demonstrations which they believed were aimed, among other things, at a \"violent overthrow of constitutional order.\" One of the amendments of the new law complements the clause with cases where authorities have \"reliable information\" that street protests would pose a threat to \"state security, public order, public health and morality,\" and that any such information coming from the Armenian police and the National Security Service (NSS) will be automatically deemed \"reliable.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 90], "content_span": [91, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Government response, New law banning rallies\nAlso, a more significant amendment to the existing law allows the authorities to \"temporarily\" ban rallies for an unspecified period of time after street gatherings resulting in casualties. The ban shall remain in force until the end of the official investigation into a particular case of deadly street violence. Furthermore, the amendments also stipulate that a responsible agency examine a request for holding a public event for 72 hours. Requests are to be submitted 5 days prior to the date of holding a public event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 90], "content_span": [91, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Government response, New law banning rallies\nAccording to the Council of Europe, these amendments entail \"important changes and serious restrictions on the current national regime of freedom of assembly.\" Previously the municipal authorities only needed to be notified of the intent to hold rallies, demonstrations or manifestations. According to the Council of Europe, the amendments full conformity with article 11 paragraph 2 (the right to freedom of assembly and association) of the European Convention can be questioned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 90], "content_span": [91, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Government response, New law banning rallies\nIn addition to Sarkisian's Republican Party (HHK), parliamentary leaders of the Prosperous Armenia, Dashnaktsutyun and Orinats Yerkir parties supported the new bill; Only members of Zharangutyun, the sole opposition party represented in the parliament, and independent lawmaker Victor Dallakian voted against the legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 90], "content_span": [91, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Response of coalition government parties\nArtur Baghdasarian, leader of the Rule of Law party and former opposition leader who switched sides after the election, and Gagik Tsarukian, leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party made a joint statement with Sarkisian where they blamed the deadly clashes on Ter-Petrosyan, claiming that they had been \"methodically and cruelly\" planned by Ter-Petrosyan beforehand as part of his plan to illegally seize power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 86], "content_span": [87, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Response of coalition government parties\nIn a 3 March statement, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation defended the deadly use of force against thousands of Ter-Petrosyan supporters who demonstrated in Yerevan on 1 March and called the protest an attempted coup d'\u00e9tat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 86], "content_span": [87, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Opposition response\nOpposition leaders who organized the rally disavowed and condemned 1 March's looting of dozens of a nearby supermarket and burning of parked cars, blaming them on government \"provocateurs.\" \"We have nothing to do with that,\" said Nikol Pashinian, an opposition leader. \"The authorities themselves are destabilizing the situation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Opposition response\nDuring his 11 March news conference, Ter-Petrosyan alleged that government agents provoked the unrest. \"Not even one car had been scratched [during protests and marches] prior to March 1. So what happened?\" Ter-Petrosyan said, according to a report distributed by the Regnum news agency. \"Provocateurs went after the protesters with clubs. \u2026 That was the reason the situation spiraled out of control, although it was brilliantly managed by authorities.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Opposition response\nDuring the weekend of 15\u201316 March, Ter-Petrosyan and his opposition allies remaining at large held a meeting for the first time since the 1 March government attack, and said they will continue to work for regime change in Armenia by \"legal and democratic means.\" Ter-Petrosyan's office said that the participants of the meeting \"reaffirmed their determination to fight against the kleptocratic system.\" During the week of 10 March, the Ter-Petrosyan's representatives requested permission from Yerevan mayor's office to hold a rally on 21 March (the day after the anticipated end of emergency rule); this request has been rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Opposition response\nRaffi Hovannisian's Zharangutyun party said in a statement that \"the schism between the Armenian people and its government continues to expand,\" that the presidential ballot was fraudulent and that Armenians had a legitimate right to dispute its official results in the streets. It said the 1 March bloodshed resulted from the break-up of non-stop protests in Yerevan's Freedom Square staged by the Ter-Petrosyan camp. \"The unconscionability displayed on February 19 and the brutality used to protect it on March 1 remain unresolved issues,\" said the statement. \"No state of emergency, accompanied as it is by an aggressive, one-sided 'public information' vertical which deepens the public divide rather than healing it, will succeed in securing the collective amnesia of state and society.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 857]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Opposition response, Response to new law banning rallies\nOn 18 March, Levon Ter-Petrosyan rejected as unconstitutional the new amendments to Armenia's law (passed at an emergency session of the National Assembly on 17 March) that will make it easier for authorities to ban new anti-government demonstrations. In a statement, his office said that the enacted amendments \"blatantly violate\" Armenians' constitutionally guaranteed freedom of assembly and can therefore be ignored by citizens. \"In these circumstances, it is the people's legitimate right to ignore the illegal ban and reaffirm their freedom to hold rallies which is guaranteed by the constitution and international law.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 102], "content_span": [103, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0057-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Opposition response, Response to new law banning rallies\n\"In reality, this is an attempt to perpetuate the state of emergency,\" Levon Zurabian, an aide to Ter-Petrosyan, told RFE/RL. \"A regime which attacked peaceful demonstrators and whose illegal actions left many people dead is using its own crime as a pretext to restrict our people's right to hold peaceful rallies... This shows that the authorities are terrified by the existing situation and that they admit having no popular support\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 102], "content_span": [103, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Response of media\nArmeniaNow has announced that it will remain under a media blackout until the State of Emergency has been suspended, because it feels that the \"latest changes in Yerevan's State of Emergency still leave wide control and leeway for media censorship which has already been exercised in state restrictions of newspapers on the first day of the revised provisions.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\nThe European Union and some Western governments have demanded from the Armenian government a lifting of the 20-day state of emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\nOn 2 March, Holly Cartner, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch said in a statement: \"The Armenian government should refrain from using violence and make clear that it won\u2019t tolerate excessive use of force by police... A political crisis doesn\u2019t give the government carte blanche in how it responds to demonstrators.\" \"The Armenian government prides itself on having a democratic image,\" said Cartner. \"Beating peaceful demonstrators is inconsistent with that image and violates its obligations under human rights law.\" In a second statement, Cartner said, \"The Armenian government should swiftly investigate whether the police and army used lethal force against protesters in accordance with international standards. While the government has a duty to maintain civic order, lethal force may only be used when strictly necessary to protect life.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 933]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\nOn 3 March, the Committee to Protect Journalists said that Armenian authorities \"should immediately lift restrictions on independent news reporting and the censorship of independent news Web sites.\" \"We're alarmed by this blatant attempt to censor news of the disputed election,\" CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon said. \"We call on Armenian authorities to withdraw the ban on independent news gathering and dissemination, and restore access to independent and opposition media.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\nOn 5 March, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which oversees all non-military U.S. international broadcasting, said it \"strongly objects to the blackout of independent media in Armenia.\" \"Censorship and harassment of the media are the antithesis of democracy,\" said James K. Glassman, Chairman of the BBG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\nOn 7 March, Kurt Volker, the US acting assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, said in an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: \"We don't believe that [a] further crackdown, further arrests, are the right way to go.\" He went on to urge the immediate lifting of the state of emergency imposed by Kocharian on 1 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\nBefore his 13 March trip to Armenia, Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe's visiting commissioner for human rights, said \"I am concerned about the human rights situation in Armenia and the consequences of the declaration of the state of emergency... It is urgent to restore a situation where the activities of the media, political parties and non-governmental organisations are not hindered.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\nOn 12 March, the European Union reiterated its calls for the Armenian authorities to lift the state of emergency in Yerevan, release all political prisoners and agree to an \"independent investigation\" into the country's deadly post-election unrest. The government of Slovenia, holder of the EU's rotating presidency, also said on behalf of the block, \"The Presidency calls again upon the Armenian authorities to release citizens detained in connection with their political activities and to refrain from further arrests of opposition leaders.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\nOn 14 March, Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, called for an independent investigation into Armenia's deadly post-election unrest and said opposition supporters arrested by the authorities in recent weeks have been ill-treated in custody. \"There have been cases where there were problems... Some of those arrested have been beaten, which of course is not acceptable\" he said after his meetings in Armenian prisons of the political prisoners. Hammarberg \"appeared to have serious misgivings about the official version of events.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0066-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\n\"I really think that there is a need for a professional, independent and impartial inquiry into what happened,\" he said, adding that it should be conducted by special commission made up of individuals \"trusted by the public.\" Hammarberg also told Kocharian and Sarkisian that the recent day's easing of civil liberty restrictions stemming from the state of emergency in Yerevan is \"not sufficient\" and specifically urged them to abolish \"censorship\" of the Armenian media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\nOn 18 March, after a 3-day visit to Armenia, Thomas Hammarberg called on the Armenian government to lift emergency measures, ensure media freedom and initiate an impartial investigation into recent violent acts. \"The State of Emergency should be lifted in Armenia and an independent, impartial and transparent inquiry initiated to clarify what actually happened during the confrontations in Yerevan between the police and opposition demonstrators on 1 March,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\nOn 20 March, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights released a report summarizing his findings during his 12\u201315 March trip to Armenia. The report is critical of the government's abuse of force, stating, \"It seems clear that excessive use of force was used by police and the security forces.\" According to the report the two sides\u2014government authorities and opposition protesters\u2014describe the events of 1 March \"very differently.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0068-0001", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, International reaction\nSince it is important in a human rights perspective to establish the basic facts, the report calls for a \"comprehensive inquiry\" that is \"independent, impartial and transparent and perceived as credible by the whole population.\" Also, it criticized the behavior of riot police, stating, \"A review seems necessary of the current riot control measures used by the police as serious mistakes were made.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Aftermath\nThe Armenian police arrested 30 protestors accusing them of starting the riot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Aftermath\nThe Armenian Medical Centre (the former Republican hospital) treated civilians which had concussions from the beating by the police in connection with arrest. A number of them claimed to have been persons only passing by the demonstration. One patient had been hit by a bullet which had perforated his jaw and he could not speak. Another civilian could not be visited as he was in severe condition and held in reanimation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Aftermath\nSeveral civilians who had sought medical assistance following the riots of 1 March had been denied assistance or turned down by the some hospitals. Also, it happened that patients released from the hospitals had been immediately arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Aftermath\nAt least 106 members of the opposition have been arrested, and Levon Ter-Petrosyan has been under de facto house arrest since 1 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Aftermath, Arrests\nAccording to article 130 of the Criminal Procedures Code, a person can be held for twenty-four hours without charges. Over 400 persons have been apprehended and asked to give testimony of the events on 1 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Aftermath, Arrests\nOn 13 March the Prosecutor General informed that over 95 persons had been arrested for having organized or participated in demonstrations and mass disturbances of public order. Information provided by non-governmental sources on 15 March stated that an additional 50 persons had been arrested, mostly outside of Yerevan in major cities of Armenia like Gyumri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Aftermath, Police brutality\nAccording to the Council of Europe Commissioner of Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg who visited a number of detainees in Nubarashen Prison, the Temporary holding facility of the National Security Service and the Holding Centre of Yerevan City Police Department, \"the number of injured persons and detainees still after fourteen days showing marks of beating is clearly a matter of grave concern.\" The Commissioner has stated that allegations of police brutality should be investigated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Aftermath, Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh\nSkirmishes between the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army and the Military of Azerbaijan were reported along the contact line near the Mardakert. These skirmishes were the worst fighting along the contact line since the ceasefire after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994 and have caused several fatalities. The Armenian side blames Azerbaijan for trying to take advantage of unrest in Armenia. The Azeri side blames Armenia claiming that they are trying to divert attention from problems at home but Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has also said his country is ready to re-take the region by force, and has been buying the military hardware and ammunition to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195597-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Armenian presidential election protests, Constitutional Court decision\nOn 9 March 2008, the Constitutional Court officially rejected the opposition's claim that the election was rigged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 75], "content_span": [76, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195598-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Army Black Knights football team\nThe 2008 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy (USMA or \"West Point\") as an independent during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Stan Brock, who, amidst pressure from critics, had changed from a pro-style offense to a triple option-like offensive scheme after the previous season. Some pundits dubbed it the \"Brock Bone\" or \"quadruple\" option, due to an added passing element. The team finished the season with a disappointing 3\u20139 record, which culminated in a 34\u20130 rout by archrival Navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195598-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Army Black Knights football team\nBrock was subsequently fired and replaced by former Cal Poly head coach, Rich Ellerson. The 2008 Army\u2013Navy Game was the first shut-out of Army by Navy since 1978. One consolation was that in the game's final play, Army fullback Collin Mooney, in the last play of his college football career, broke the school record for single-season rushing by a single yard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195599-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Artistic Billiards World Championship\nThe 2008 Artistic Billiards World Championship was held between 1 and 5 April 2008 in Schelle, Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195599-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Artistic Billiards World Championship\nYaman Haci Arap won in the final 3\u20132 against Xavier Fonellosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195600-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Artois Championships\nThe 2008 Artois Championships (also known traditionally as the Queen's Club Championships) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 106th edition of the Artois Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, from 9 through 15 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195600-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Artois Championships\nThe singles draw was headlined by ATP No. 2, four-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, Australian Open winner and Roland-Garros semifinalist Novak Djokovic, and Queen's Club defending champion Andy Roddick. Also present in the field were Buenos Aires winner David Nalbandian, 2007 Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet, Andy Murray, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Ivo Karlovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195600-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Artois Championships, Finals, Doubles\nDaniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated  Marcelo Melo /  Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195601-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asia Cup\nThe 2008 Asia Cup (also called STAR Cricket Asia Cup) was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament, held in Pakistan from 24 June to 6 July 2008, at two venues. The six teams which took part in the tournament were India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Asian associate nations UAE and Hong Kong. This was the first Asia Cup hosted by Pakistan; previously political tensions between India and Pakistan did not permit Pakistan to host the event in 1993. It was broadcast in India by Star Cricket and ESPN and in Pakistan by Geo Super. Sri Lanka won the tournament after beating India by 100 runs in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195601-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asia Cup, Format\nOriginally, the ninth version of the Cup was supposed to take place in 2006, however packed international cricket schedules did not allow for the tournament to be held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195601-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Asia Cup, Format\nGroup A consisted of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195601-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Asia Cup, Format\nThe two groups first had a separate round-robin competition. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Super Fours. There was again a round-robin competition between the teams in the Super Four, the first two from which advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195601-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Asia Cup, Venues\n13 matches were played in 2008 Asia Cup at National Stadium, Karachi and Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195602-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asia Series\nThe 2008 Asia Series was contested on November 13\u201316 by the champions of Nippon Professional Baseball's Japan Series, the Korea Baseball Organization's Korean Series, Chinese Professional Baseball League's Taiwan Series, and the championship of the China Baseball League of the People's Republic of China. In 2008, it was the first time that the champion of the China Baseball League participates in instead of the all-star team China Stars. The winning team will receive \u00a550 million yen ($0.5 million), the second place team will receive \u00a530 million yen, and the other teams will receive \u00a510 million yen each. All games were held in Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The Saitama Seibu Lions defeated the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Outfielder Tomoaki Satoh was named the MVP of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 853]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195603-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship\nThe 2008 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season (APRC) was an international rally championship organized by the FIA. The champion was Australian driver Cody Crocker. In winning the 2008 Malaysian Rally, Crocker successfully defended his title from the previous two years, to equal the record of three APRC titles set by Possum Bourne, Kenneth Eriksson and Karamjit Singh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195604-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Airgun Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Airgun Championships were held in Nanjing, China between April 4 and 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195605-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships were the 4th edition of the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Doha, Qatar from November 15 to November 18, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games\nThe 2008 Asian Beach Games or ABG 2008 (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Pantai Asia 2008, Pesta Olahraga Pantai Asia Dua Ribu Delapan), officially the 1st Asian Beach Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Pantai Asia Pertama) and commonly as Bali 2008 (Indonesian: Bali 2008, Bali Dua Ribu Delapan), the inaugural Asian Beach Games, was held in Bali, Indonesia, from 18 to 26 October 2008. The opening ceremony was held in the Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park in Nusa Dua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Organisation, Bidding process\nThere was no bidding process for Bali to host the games. Although six other countries showed an interest, Bali was chosen by acclamation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Organisation, Bidding process\nIt was the second time that Indonesia had hosted an Asia-level multi-sport event, after Jakarta held the 1962 Asian Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Organisation, Logo\nThe official logo of the games represents the water element that embodies the sporting event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Organisation, Logo\nThe shining sun comes from the emblem of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and represents its vital role in Asia's sport development and the spreading energy created by the solidarity of the OCA. The selection of the light and deep-blue effects represents the color of Balinese waters. The two vertical lines represent two pura (Balinese Hindu temple), an image of the gate to a Balinese house of worship which signifies the ultimate hospitality of the Bali society in honouring and welcoming people from all over Asia. The two big waves represent the commitment as well as the enthusiasm of the host city to holding the first Asian Beach Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Organisation, Logo\nThe letters \"BALI 2008\" are in red to show the spirit of sportsmanship and the typeface selection emphasizes the pride of all athletes competing in Bali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Organisation, Mascot\nThe official mascot of the First Asian Beach Games was the Bali starling (Leucopsar rothschildi), locally known as \"jalak Bali\", the official mascot of Bali and a bird species endemic to the island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Organisation, Mascot\nThe bird symbolizes Bali with all its uniqueness and serves as a reminder that the bird, like Bali, is beautiful, yet sacred. It is therefore apt that the official mascot of Bali was chosen as the official mascot for the first Bali Asian Beach Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Organisation, Sponsorship\nSponsors include Swatch (official timekeeper and information system provider), Carisbrook (official wardrobe), Pertamina (Indonesian state-owned oil company), Panasonic and Samsung.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Organisation, Broadcasting\nA joint venture between Host Broadcast Services and IMG Media named the International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS) served as the games' host broadcaster. This was the first sporting event broadcast by the company as it previously broadcast the Doha 2006 Asian Games under the name Doha Asian Games Broadcast Services (DAGBS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Torch relay\nThe Bali Asian Beach Games Torch Relay started on 8 October 2008 at Mrapen in Grobogan, Central Java, famous for its eternal flame. The flame was lit with the aid of natural gas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Torch relay\nFrom Mrapen, the torch was carried to Semarang, the capital city of Central Java, where the torch was carried to the Governor Office by Indonesia's famous sprinter, Suryo Agung Wibowo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Torch relay\nOn 9 October 2008, the torch arrived in Jakarta. On the next day, the torch was paraded from the City Hall to Indonesia's Minister of Youth and Sport Office, and finally arrived at the Istana Merdeka to be given to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Torch relay\nOn 10 October 2008, the torch headed to Bali for a nine-day inland tour across ten regions (one city and nine regencies).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Torch relay\nMore than 500 people (45 per district) were involved in the torch relay as torch bearers. They came from the sports world as local, national and international athletes, coaches and officials. More than 2,000 people participated in the parade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Torch relay\nThe journey was a showcase of Indonesian culture to international audiences, especially Balinese traditional art, dance and music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Highlights\nThe opening ceremony was held in the Garuda Wisnu Kencana, a great monumental cultural park in Nusa Dua, the most luxurious region in Bali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Highlights\nPresident Yudhoyono officially opened the games when the torch reached the Garuda Wisnu Kencana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Highlights\nThe ceremony highlighted Indonesian cultural arts and included international performers such as Mark Lazarro from India and Christian Bautista from the Philippines, as well as famous Indonesian singers and composers, such as Reza Artamevira, Andre Hehanusa and Erwin Gutawa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Highlights\nAndre Hehanusa, Christian Bautista and Mark Lazarro sang \"To Be One\" while the Indonesian female singer, Reza Artamevira, performed the games anthem, \"Together We Inspire the World\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Highlights\nAbout 41 country leaders and several very important persons, including members of the British Royal Family and the Qatari Royal Family, attended the opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Highlights\nThe 2008 Asian Beach Games were closed by Indonesia's Vice President, Jusuf Kalla, on 26 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195606-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Games, Highlights\nA countdown clock cost Rp800 million (US$87,521) was situated at Lumintang Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195607-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship (8th tournament) was a beach volleyball event, that was held from April 3 to 6, 2008 in Hyderabad, India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195608-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Cycling Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Cycling Championships took place at the Nara Keirin Velodrome, Nara, Japan from 10 to 17 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195609-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Fencing Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Fencing Championships was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 24 April to 29 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195610-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Five Nations\nFor divisional competitions, see: 2008 Asian Five Nations division tournaments", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195610-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Five Nations\nThe 2008 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2008 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to its sponsorship by HSBC, was the inaugural series of the newly formatted Asian rugby union tournament, the Asian Five Nations. It is the flagship competition devised by the International Rugby Board to develop the sport in the Asian region. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 26 April to 24 May, with Japan winning all four of their games to become the first Asian Five Nations champions on 18 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195610-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Five Nations\nScoring system: 5 points for a win, three for a draw, one bonus point for being within seven points of the winning team, and one for four tries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195610-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Five Nations, Teams\nThe teams involved, with their world rankings pre tournament, were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195611-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Five Nations division tournaments\nFor main Top 5 Division, see: 2008 Asian Five Nations", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195611-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Five Nations division tournaments\nThe 2008 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, known as the 2008 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, refer to the Asian Five Nations divisions played within the tournament. This was the 1st series of the Asian Five Nations, following the merge of the ARFU Asian Rugby Series and Asian Rugby Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195611-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Five Nations division tournaments\nThere were two main divisions, with three further regional divisions. The winners of Division 1 would be promoted up to the Top Division for 2009, as will the winner of Division 2 being promoted to Division 1. The loser of Division 1, drops to Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195611-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Five Nations division tournaments\nScoring system: 5 points for a win, three for a draw, one bonus point for being within seven points of the winning team, and one for four tries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195611-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, Teams\nThe teams involved, with their world rankings pre tournament, were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195611-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, Division 2\nDivision Two served as the first round of qualifying for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, as the Division Two champion would be promoted to Division One for 2009 and have the opportunity to be promoted to the HSBC Asian Five Nations for the 2010 season. The 2010 HSBC Asian Five Nations will be the final qualifying stage for the Asian representative at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195612-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was an international indoor athletics event took place in Doha, Qatar, between 14 and 16 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195612-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, Participating nations\nA total of 29 nations were represented by athletes competing at the 2008 championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195613-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships \u2013 Results\nThese are the official results of the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships which took place on 14\u201316 February 2008 in Doha, Qatar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195614-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Judo Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Judo Championships were held in Jeju City, South Korea from 26 April to 27 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195615-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 13th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 12\u201315 July at the Madya Stadium in Jakarta. It was the third occasion that the Indonesian capital had hosted the event, following the inaugural edition in 1986 and the fifth hosting in 1994. A total of 44 events were contested, which were divided equally between male and female athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195616-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Junior Badminton Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Junior Badminton Championships were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 13\u201320 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195617-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship\nThe 2008 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship was held in Azadi Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran from 23 August to 31 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195617-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThe teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2006 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195618-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship\nThe 2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship was held in Taipei, Republic of China from 20 September to 28 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195618-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThe teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2006 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195618-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nChinese Taipei (Host & 3rd)\u00a0Thailand (4th)\u00a0Kazakhstan\u00a0Australia\u00a0Indonesia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195618-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nChina (1st)\u00a0Japan (2nd)\u00a0Sri Lanka\u00a0India\u00a0New Zealand\u00a0South Korea", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195618-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship, Final standing\nTeam RosterYuki Kawai, Kotoe Inoue, Kaori Kodaira, Saki Minemura, Nana Iwasaka, Hiroko Matsuura, Airi Kawahara, Rina Urabe, Aika Akutagawa, Erika Sakae, Miyu Nagaoka, Sayuri TamuraHead Coach: Aihara Noboru", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 65], "content_span": [66, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195619-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships\nThe 14th Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships 2008 were held in Singapore, from  23 \u2010 27 July 2008. It was organised by the Singapore Table Tennis Association under the authority of the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) and International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195620-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship\nThe 2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 9th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 193]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195620-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nIran (1st) Qatar (3rd) * China United Arab Emirates Indonesia *", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195621-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Men's Handball Championship\nThe 2008 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 13th Asian Championship, which was taking place from 17 to 26 February 2008 in Isfahan, Iran. The championship was held in Isfahan's Pirouzi Arena and acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195621-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Men's Handball Championship, Placement 5th\u201310th, 5th/6th\n* Bahrain didn't not show up and was penalized to the last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195622-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship\nThe 2008 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (11th tournament) took place in Amman from 25 July \u2013 5 August. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195623-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup\nThe 2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup was the 1st edition of the AVC Cup for Men, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Championship. It was held at MCC Hall Convention Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 20 to 26 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195623-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition\nThe teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195624-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship\nThe 2008 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship (3rd tournament) took place in Amman from 11 July\u201321 July. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Tunisia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195625-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 18th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held at The Sports Centre Gymnasium of Luoyang in Luoyang, China from April 26 to April 28, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195626-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Tour\nThe 2008 Asian Tour was the 14th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Prize money for the season exceeded US$43 million and Jeev Milkha Singh topped the Order of Merit for the second time with a record US$1,452,702.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195626-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Tour, Tournament results\nThe number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195626-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Tour, Tournament results\nOnly 50% of the prize money from major championships and World Golf Championships are counted towards the Order of Merit, but are not shown below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195626-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Tour, Leading money winners\nThere is a complete list on the official site .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195627-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Weightlifting Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held at Ishikawa Sports Center in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture Japan between April 26 and May 5 2008. It was the 39th men's and 20th women's championship. Much of the responsibility for the event lay with the Japan Weightlifting Association overlooked by the Asian Weightlifting Federation. The event had major significance for Asian weightlifters as the championships were the official qualifications for Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195627-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Weightlifting Championships, Medal table\nRanking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195628-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe 4th edition of the Women's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held from September 23 to September 28, 2008 in Guwahati, India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195629-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship\nThe 2008 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 9th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Vinh Yen Gymnasium, V\u0129nh Y\u00ean, V\u0129nh Ph\u00fac Province, Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 236]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195630-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship\nThe 2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 21 to 30 November 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195631-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup\nThe 2008 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship was the first women's volleyball tournament of its kind, this tournament that qualified for 4 Asian team to the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship from October 1 to October 7, 2008. Tournament was staged in MCC Hall Convention Center The Mall  Nakhon Ratchasima Shopping Mall, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 440]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195631-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition\nThailand (Host & 3rd)\u00a0South Korea (4th)\u00a0Chinese Taipei\u00a0Vietnam", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195632-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Wrestling Championships\nThe 2008 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Jeju, South Korea. The event took place from March 18 to March 23, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195633-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship\nThe 2008 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship was held in Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka from 14 to 22 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195633-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThe teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195633-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nSri Lanka (Host)\u00a0China (3rd)\u00a0Chinese Taipei\u00a0Maldives\u00a0Indonesia *\u00a0Australia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195634-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Asian Youth Girls Volleyball Championship\nThe 2008 Asian Youth Girls Volleyball Championship was held in PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines from 11 to 18 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings\nThe 2008 Assam bombings occurred on 30 October 2008, before noon in markets in Guwahati city and the surrounding area of western Assam. Reports indicated as many as eighteen bombs went off, causing at least 81 deaths and 470 injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Bomb attacks\nUnion Minister Shakeel Ahmed confirmed 10 blasts took place, however, reports did indicate the number could have been as high as eighteen. The blasts ripped apart Guwahati, Barpeta Road, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Bomb attacks\nThe explosions in Guwahati ripped through Pan Bazar, Fancy Bazar and Ganeshguri, which were crowded with shoppers and office goers. Three blasts occurred in Kokrajhar, with another possible grenade explosion; one in Bongaigaon and two in Barpeta Road. Indian media outlets pointed out that the blasts took place just after the Diwali holidays making the blasts even more unexpected and adding to a toll count. The bomb at Ganeshguri was planted in a car and took place about 100\u00a0meters from Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi's official residence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Bomb attacks\nIn Guwahati, 41 people were killed; in Kokrajhar, 21; and in Barpeta Road, 15. On 2 November, four more succumbed to their injuries here. Three died at Gauhati Medical College Hospital, while another died at the Basistha Army Hospital. Twenty others were also in a critical condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Bomb attacks\nPolice officials added that huge amounts of explosives like RDX or other plastic explosives, like C4, have been used as a fire erupted immediately following the blasts. Timers were also speculated to have been used to execute the blasts, which were seen with timing almost to perfection as the blasts took place within a short span of 15\u00a0minutes. It was further speculated after investigations were initiated, that motorbikes may have been used. However, Assam police chief RN Mathur also said most of the bombs were \"planted in cars.\" In addition to the immediate casualty toll seven more people succumbed to their injuries overnight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Bomb attacks, Follow up\nOn the same day a convoy of police cars in Assam came under fire from rebels resulting in seven police and three civilian casualties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Bomb attacks, Consequences\nA spontaneous bandh total shut down, was observed the next day at Kokrajhar on a call given by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Bajrang Dal, while schools and educational institutions also remained closed in Guwahati. Only a few shops in the capital were opened and vehicular traffic was thin with most people choosing to stay indoors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Bomb attacks, Consequences\nBJP leader L. K. Advani, who arrived in Assam on the same morning, visited the blast site near the Deputy Commissioner's office, where he also faced a group of angry lawyers who shouted slogans saying \"Advani go back.\" He also visited the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital and met the injured. The Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who was arrived later in the day, visited Kokrajhar and Barpeta. He also held a high-level meeting at the Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Bomb attacks, Consequences\nAttendance in commercial areas where offices are located was thin, and in many areas shops and business establishments, particularly those in and around the blast sites remained closed. Few public transports were seen plying on the roads in the morning. The opposition Asom Gana Parishad observed a Black Day with all its leaders and cadres sporting black badges. Lawyers from both Gauhati High Court and the Sessions Court in Guwahati abstained from work and held protests outside the court premises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Bomb attacks, Consequences\nA curfew was again clamped on the worst-hit Ganeshguri in the afternoon after the initial curfew was relaxed the previous evening, as an angry mob braved tight security in the presence of the city SS and went on a rampage. The police then resorted to firing blanks, injuring at least five people in the ensuing melee. The leader of the opposition and former Deputy Prime Minister Advani visited the spot just minutes before the disturbance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Bomb attacks, Consequences\nOn 1 November the prime minister was set to visit his home constituency to take the stock of the situation after the blasts. He would meet the Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, as well as visit the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital to see the injured in the blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Bomb attacks, Consequences\nAs a result of this blast, the biggest in Assamese history, CM Gogoi moved to recruit 4,000 more police personnel in all ranks to augment the strength of the police force to over 65,000 before the end of the year as part of Assam's counter-terrorism plan. He added the necessity of such a move was predicated by having experienced 605 bomb blasts in the last eight years, each of which caused significant devastation to life and property. He added that police and other security personnel had also recovered or defused more than 5,000 bombs and grenades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Investigation\nThe Union home secretary, Madhukar Gupta, said a team of National Security Guards experts from New Delhi also visited the blast sites at Ganeshguri, the deputy commissioner's office and Fancy Bazaar. When asked about the nature of the explosives, he said forensic experts were already examining the blasts sites. In regards to more paramilitary forces, saying there were already enough forces deployed, he added: \"We will retain them for some more time and probably not deploy them on poll duties (in six states).\" A high-level team consisting of senior Home Ministry officials also visited Assam to make an on-the-spot assessment of the situation arising out blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Investigation\nPolice said they had picked up about a dozen suspects for interrogation within the first 24 hours. An official in the police department said: \"We are making good headway in our investigations and should be able to zero in on the people or groups involved in the serial bombings.\" Two persons from Nagaon district were arrested in connection with the attacks. Asib Mohammed Nizami and Zulfikar Ali were the owners of two vehicles in which the bombs were planted in the Ganeshguri area of Guwahati and Bongaigaon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Investigation\nOn 1 November, the army told the Prime Minister that it had previously intercepted a message from Calcutta one week before the incident that said: \"Attack Guwahati.\" The army told the PM that had known about the impending terror strikes in the western Assam towns for six weeks and had tried to prevent them. Lt . Gen. B.S. Jaswal, of the GOC 4 Corps, told the PM the army had received \"non-specific\" information on 17 September about possible strikes in Guwahati, Barpeta Road and Kokrajhar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Investigation\nCM Gogoi, who heads Assam's unified command that includes the army, corroborated the message with Singh. In admitting such knowledge he added that the government did not anticipate the scale of the blasts. The government then also formed a special team, headed by the inspector-general of police (special task force), R. Chandranathan, to probe the blasts and issue a report within 30 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Investigation\nEvidence emerged that a hit-team of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) executed the bombings in Assam. This undermined earlier claims of HuJI responsibility. Police were quoted as saying a text message sent to a local television station claiming responsibility for the bombings on behalf of the hitherto unknown Islamic Security Force-Indian Mujahideen turned out to be a hoax. Assam police investigators determined that two of the three Maruti 800s used as bombs were purchased by NDFB activists less than six weeks before the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Investigation\nInterrogation of suspects linked to the fabrication of the car-bombs led investigators to believe that there were orders to initiate the operation by the NDFB founder-chief, Ranjan Daimary, as early as September. Daimary, believed to shuttle between Bangkok, Manila and Singapore, is said to have authorised the attacks to signal frustration with the lack of progress in talks between the NDFB and the Indian government. Following this, the Indian government decided to clamp down on the organization and other regional outfits. A ban on the NDFB, set to expire in 2008, was extended by two years. The Cabinet Committee on Security also decided to re-impose a ban on the outlawed ULFA, Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), however, it spared the ANVC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Investigation\nOn 12 November, a Bhutanese man who lived in Nepal and fought against the monarchy was arrested for aiding the Assam attacks. Tenzing G. Zangpo, a senior leader of the Druk National Congress (DNC), a formation by Bhutanese exiles in Nepal, was picked up with the \"home secretary\" of the NDFB, Sabin Boro, from a rented house at Japorigog in Guwahati. An unknown source was quoted as saying, \"After interrogation, both of them were arrested this morning on the charge of being part of the conspiracy behind October 30 blasts.\" The arrest attention from Bangladesh based forces to Bhutan for the first time since the probe was initiated. Police said the DNC claimed to be a political outfit opposing the alleged discrimination of Bhutanese people of Nepali origin by the monarchy since the 1990s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 829]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Perpetrators\nUnion Minister Shakil Ahmed hinted that communal riots in Assam for the preceding several days could be inter-linked to the attacks. He said that the politics of hate was a plausible reason behind the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Perpetrators\nFresh evidence put forth by the Assam Police now suggests that the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) engineered the attacks based on orders issued by its founder and chief, Rajan Daimary, in September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, Central reactions\nLeader of the opposition, L. K. Advani, used the blasts to lambaste the ruling UPA-led government. He said: \"I believe that these blasts are symbolic of the sense of insecurity in the country. This also proves the total failure of the government in combating terrorism\", adding that it was likely that illegal Bangladeshi migrants in Assam, with an increasing influx of such immigrants, could be involved in the blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, Central reactions\nThe next day he came out again blaming illegal infiltration from Bangladesh as the main reason for the breeding of terrorism in Assam saying \"I blame the state and the central government for the blasts in Assam.\" He continued to question the PM, \"I ask the prime minister, who is elected from Assam, what his government has done after the Supreme Court's landmark judgment on the IMDT (Illegal Migrants Determination by Tribunals) Act indicating the Government of India for having colluded with external aggression. The government only incorporated all those provisions in the struck down IMDT in the Foreigners Act, which the Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional.\" He also visited blast sites and met injured victims at the hospitals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, Central reactions\nUnion Minister of State for Home, Shriprakash Jaiswal, also condemned the blasts and added: \"The blasts will have no impact on the forthcoming Assembly elections in Mizoram. The Home Ministry has asked for a report on the serial blasts from the Assam government.\" He claimed that due to the sincere efforts of the ruling central coalition government, incidents of terror in the northeastern sister states had gone down by as much as 50 per cent in the last four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, Central reactions\nThe prime minister also strongly condemning the blasts and added that his government would take all possible steps to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice. Along with the UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, were set to visit Assam on 1 November. The day before Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, also arrived in Assam and visited blast sites in Kokrajhar and Guwahati, as well as holding a security meeting with the chief minister, and senior police and administrative officials. He said: \"We shall nab the culprits involved in the blasts. Investigations are on and we should be able to come out with something concrete.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, Central reactions\nFormer Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee hinted at a call for greater national unity and what he termed a collective war on terror after the blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, Pan-Indian reactions\nThe Jharkhand government also came out strongly condemning the serial blasts, while having summoned a cabinet meeting in Ranchi for the next day to discuss the security situation in his region. Deputy Chief Minister, Sudhir Mahto, described the act as one of \"cowardice\" and said the state machinery had been alerted in Jharkhand following the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, Pan-Indian reactions\nHe added that he expressed confidence that the UPA government at the centre would initiate all necessary steps to rein in anti-national elements who are bent upon weakening the prevailing peace and tranquillity, while appealing to the central government to provide adequate compensation to the family members of the victims. While he also denied the fact that the militant activities were on the rise in the country at large during the rule of the UPA government, he expressed concern over the recent revelation that Hindu militants' were involved in the Malegaon incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, Pan-Indian reactions\nHe said this by alluding to the fact that vested interests were keen on dividing the country by creating panic. Vigilance was also stepped up along the West Bengal border with Assam following the blasts. Additional security forces were rushed to assist in combing operations to track down those responsible for the blasts attempting to flee from Assam through the border with north Bengal. State's Home Secretary, Ashok Mohan Chakavarty, said an alert had been sounded across West Bengal, with security tightened in the capital city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0022-0003", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, Pan-Indian reactions\nFurther security arrangements were under review, particularly in the border districts where check-posts have been set up. A senior police official in West Bengal said: \"A special alert has been sounded in the region. Vehicles passing through the border with Assam are being checked.\" He added that surveillance had also been considerably tightened at West Bengal's international borders with Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, Pan-Indian reactions\nUttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mayawati, also strongly condemned the serial blasts, while demanding that the Prime Minister take effective measures to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, International reactions\nU.N Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who was in India at the time of the attack, issued a statement via a spokesman expressing his deep sorrow and sympathy to the government and people of India for the loss of life and destruction caused by the attacks. He also stated that he \"strongly condemns this act of terrorism in its targeting of civilians\", also declaring that there can be no justification for such indiscriminate violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, International reactions\nRussian President Dmitry Medvedev resolutely condemned the deadly blasts dubbing them as an \"inhuman and monstrous\" crime which cannot have any justification. In a message to Indian President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Singh, he expressed his indignation at the \"barbarous\" act and called for strict punishment for those responsible. He said: \"I learnt with deep indignation about the series of coordinated terrorist acts in Assam, which led to the deaths of scores of innocent people. Such inhuman and monstrous in cruelty crime have no justification. Terrorists guilty of committing this barbarous act must be severely punished.\" The Russian Foreign Ministry also said: \"The Foreign Ministry of Russia resolutely condemns the acts of terrorists. They have no and cannot have any justification. The criminals must be severely punished for their acts.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 915]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195635-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Assam bombings, Reactions, International reactions\nBangladesh also strongly condemned the attack. Foreign adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury term the attack an act of \"cowardly terrorism.\" Adding: \"We strongly condemn the bomb blast in the North-Eastern India that led to so many deaths and injuries. It is a cowardly act of terrorism. Violence cannot be a tool for the achievement of political objectives.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195636-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Assembly of Experts by-election in Tehran Province\nA by-election was held on 14 March 2008 for the vacant seat of the Assembly of Experts in Tehran Province, caused by death of Ali Meshkini who held office as chairman of the assembly. It was held along with the 2008 Iranian legislative election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195636-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Assembly of Experts by-election in Tehran Province\nThe seat was won by conservative Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, the secretary-General of Combatant Clergy Association, who was endorsed by Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom in addition to his own organization. The parliamentary electoral alliance United Front of Principlists also supported him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195636-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Assembly of Experts by-election in Tehran Province\nThe candidate supported by the reformists ended up in the third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195637-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Assen Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Assen Superbike World Championship round was the 4th round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of April 25\u201327, 2008, at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195638-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada\nThe 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Canada. The tri-series involved the national teams of Bermuda, Canada and West Indies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195639-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Associates Tri-Series in Kenya\nThe 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Kenya is a One Day International cricket tournament which was held in Kenya from October 17 to October 25, 2008. The tri-series involves the national teams of Ireland, Kenya and Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195640-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Associates Tri-Series in Scotland\nA tri-series in Scotland took place between 1 July and 3 July involving New Zealand, Ireland and Scotland. On 1 July, New Zealand beat Ireland by 290\u00a0runs. This became a new world record for the biggest margin of victory by runs. The previous world record was India's 257\u00a0run drubbing of Bermuda in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season\nThe 2008 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under and ended in October with the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obliged to attend every event in the UCI ProTour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season\nAstana changed drastically between the 2007 and 2008 seasons, with its former manager Marc Biver replaced by Johan Bruyneel from the dissolved Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Following Bruyneel to Astana were several riders from that team, including Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer, who had finished first and third, respectively, in the 2007 Tour de France for Discovery. Numerous riders also left the team, including Matthias Kessler, Andrey Kashechkin, and Alexander Vinokourov, who had all tested positive for doping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season\nThe team's biggest successes in 2008 were the overall victories by Contador in the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a. As the team was barred from competing in the Tour de France that year, as well as other events organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation, Contador was unable to defend his championship from the year before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season\nJust as the team's competitive season was nearing its end, Lance Armstrong announced that he planned to return to competitive cycling in 2009 after a four-year absence. As Bruyneel was Armstrong's team manager for all seven of his Tour de France victories, there was much speculation immediately that Armstrong would sign with Astana in his comeback, which he eventually did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, One-day races, Spring classics\nBy their own admission, Astana does not aim for the classics. The team first participated in Omloop Het Volk on March 1, with Dmitriy Muravyev in 31st their best-placed rider. Sergei Ivanov's 7th in the Amstel Gold Race proved to be one of the team's best results all season, as in the other spring races in which they competed, Kuurne\u2013Brussels\u2013Kuurne, the Tour of Flanders, and Gent\u2013Wevelgem, they did not have a rider place higher than 13th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Astana season, One-day races, Spring classics\nDue in part to the ban imposed by the Amaury Sport Organisation from participating in races they organized, the team did not compete in Milan\u2013San Remo, Paris\u2013Roubaix, La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne, Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge, or other races in which a team of their caliber would normally take part. In March, Tomas Vaitkus earned the team's lone one-day victory of the spring season, winning a sprint finish to the Ronde van het Groene Hart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, One-day races, Fall races\nThe team entered the Cl\u00e1sica de San Sebasti\u00e1n in August, with Contador in 26th their highest-placed finisher. Contador, like many riders in the event, rode it as preparation for the road cycling events at the 2008 Olympic Games. Astana also took part in Vattenfall Cyclassics, the Coppa Sabatini, Paris\u2013Bourges, the Giro dell'Emilia, the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, Milano\u2013Torino, and the Giro del Piemonte in September and October, but did not obtain a place higher than 11th (by Janez Brajkovi\u010d in the Giro dell'Emilia). In August, Leipheimer and Contador took the top two spots in the Cl\u00e1sica a los Puertos de Guadarrama, a race they rode as preparation for the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, One-day races, Fall races\nIn the Giro di Lombardia, Astana's final race of the season, they were more successful than they had been most of the season, attaining a fourth podium finish in a one-day race on the year. While Damiano Cunego had broken away from the field with 15 kilometers left to race to win the event, Brajkovi\u010d won a sprint over Caisse d'Epargne's Rigoberto Ur\u00e1n for second, and reacted as though he won the race. Chris Horner was also highly placed in the event, finishing seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Stage races\nAstana attended the Tour Down Under for the first time in 2008, as it was the first year the event was part of the UCI ProTour. The team was not very competitive in the event, with a fifth place in a sprint finish to Stage 2 from Aaron Kemps as their best stage result. They also led the teams classification after that stage. The team's best-placed rider in the final overall classification was Jos\u00e9 Luis Rubiera, ranked 31st. The team then attended the Tour of California in February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Stage races\nLeipheimer was the team leader for the event, as he was the defending champion from 2007 with Team Discovery. Leipheimer assumed the race lead after Stage 3, having worked with Rabobank rider Robert Gesink to gain time on the peloton with Gesink claiming the stage win and Leipheimer the overall lead. Leipheimer padded his lead by winning the individual time trial in Solvang two days later and held on to win the Tour itself for the second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Stage races\nWhile the Tour of California was ongoing, Astana sent another squad to the Volta ao Algarve, with Tomas Vaitkus claiming a win in Stage 2. Rubiera was the victor in early March of the queen stage of the Vuelta a Murcia, a stage which the peloton almost refused to race because of the weather and safety conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Stage races\nWith the team disinvited from Paris\u2013Nice and Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, their next stage race was the Volta ao Distrito de Santar\u00e9m, a race which neither Astana nor Discovery Channel had participated in the year before. The team did not win any stage, though Andreas Kl\u00f6den finished on the event's final podium, in third. Astana next entered the Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n with a squad that was thought to greatly outclass the squads entered by other teams. Contador won the opening time trial and the mountainous fourth stage en route to winning the race overall. Leipheimer also showed well, finishing 4 seconds off Contador's winning time in the time trial, and falling only on Stage 4, where he rode in support of Contador, to finish in fourth overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Stage races\nIn April, the team achieved great success in the Vuelta al Pa\u00eds Vasco, with Contador winning the opening stage, which had seven categorized climbs, and the final individual time trial, to win the race overall. Just after the tour of the Basque country was the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, an event in which Astana won a stage with Gr\u00e9gory Rast and the points classification with Assan Bazayev. Later in the month, the team sent a squad headed by Leipheimer and Chris Horner to the Tour de Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Stage races\nThey did not win any stage, but Leipheimer took third overall, and Antonio Col\u00f3m fourth. The team was greatly successful at the Tour de Romandie later in the month, with Maxim Iglinskiy and Kl\u00f6den both winning stages, and Kl\u00f6den the race overall. In the Volta a Catalunya, which was concurrent to the Giro d'Italia, the team did not win any stage, with Janez Brajkovi\u010d's second in Stage 2 their closest result, though they did win the teams classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Stage races\nAt the Tour de Luxembourg in June, Rast entered as defending champion and was considered among the favorites, but the team did not win any stage or finish on the podium. Leipheimer won the prologue time trial to the Dauphine Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 later in the month, and wound up finishing third overall in the race. Kl\u00f6den next took second overall in the Tour de Suisse, later in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Stage races\nThe following month, Leipheiemer and Horner raced as Astana (though they were the only Astana riders in the event) at the Cascade Cycling Classic, and Leipheimer was able to take the overall win there, largely thanks to a convincing victory in the third stage time trial. On the same day, Ren\u00e9 Haselbacher won a stage in Tour of Austria. Later in the month, Sergeui Ivanov won the Tour de Wallonie, without winning a stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Stage races\nThe team sent squads to the Tour de Pologne, Tour de l'Ain, Tour of Ireland, and the Eneco Tour, but did not obtain a stage win, classification win, or podium finish in any of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia\nAstana was at first not invited to the Giro. Six days before the race began, RCS Sport (the organizers of the Giro) went back on the decision to exclude Astana and extended them a late invitation. This change of heart was at least partly contingent on Contador, Leipheimer, and Kl\u00f6den participating in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia\nHaving thought for two months prior that they would not compete in the Giro, most of Astana's riders had planned to take a break during the Tour of Italy, and Contador was actually vacationing on a beach when Bruyneel called him to tell him the team was headed to the Giro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia\nThe team mostly lay low in the race's first week and a half, with only fourth in a sprint from Assan Bazayev in Stage 4 and fifth in Stage 6 by Maxim Iglinsky from a breakaway to show for themselves through nine stages. Contador and Kl\u00f6den both showed strongly in the Stage 10 individual time trial, with Contador missing the stage win by just 8 seconds (Kl\u00f6den was third, 20 seconds off Marzio Bruseghin's winning time) and moving from eighth to fourth in the overall classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia\nThe high mountain Stage 14 into the Italian Alps saw Contador rise to second overall, just five seconds behind race leader Gabriele Bosisio. The next day, Contador finished twelve minutes ahead of Bosisio and took the race leader's pink jersey. His main rival at that point was Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, who had gained 16 seconds on him that day and was only 33 back overall. Contador padded his lead over Ricc\u00f2 slightly in short time trial in Stage 16, and stayed out of trouble in Stages 17 and 18, stages where the contenders all finished together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia\nThe long and mountainous Stage 19 saw Ricc\u00f2 and Danilo Di Luca both put time into Contador with late attacks, but not enough to take the jersey from him. Di Luca found himself effected the next day, losing over five minutes and falling from contention, but Contador and Ricc\u00f2 finished together and were separated by just 4 seconds entering the Stage 21 time trial. Ricc\u00f2 was unable to challenge Contador in the Giro's finale, finishing 68th on the stage and losing close to two minutes to Contador, who was 11th. Though neither Contador himself nor anyone from the team won any stage in the Giro, Contador took the overall victory in the General Classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nAstana entered the Vuelta with Contador as a big favorite to win the overall title and complete the career sweep of the Grand Tours. Astana's Vuelta actually began with a disappointment, an 8th-place finish in the Stage 1 team time trial, which either they or CSC\u2013Saxo Bank had been thought likeliest to win. After staying out of trouble in sprinters' Stages 2 through 4, Leipheimer won the Stage 5 individual time trial and Contador was fourth, 49 seconds back of him. This gave Leipheimer the race leader's golden jersey by a margin of 2 seconds over Sylvain Chavanel. It was not a lead that Astana intended to defend the next day, however, as Chavanel's Cofidis team drove the peloton to catch the morning breakaway in Stage 6 so Chavanel could get bonus seconds in intermediate sprints to take the jersey, which he did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 872]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nThe next stage, after the first rest day, was the longest in the Vuelta and contained numerous mountain climbs. It was made even more difficult by a consistent downfall of rain and cold temperatures. Contador and Leipheimer both marked the competition and finished well on the stage, third and fifth respectively, to maintain their high overall placings. Leipheimer regained the race lead the next day essentially by default, as Alessandro Ballan, who had won the difficult Stage 7, quickly faded on Stage 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nAgain Astana did not work to keep Leipheimer in the race lead, affording a breakaway that included Egoi Mart\u00ednez sufficient time that Mart\u00ednez took the golden jersey. The next day, several local newspapers criticized Astana for the move, as CSC\u2013Saxo Bank and Caisse d'Epargne had tried to pull the peloton such that Astana would have no choice to defend the jersey, but were unable to force their hand. Mart\u00ednez reacted to his assumption of the race lead as though it were a gift from his former manager Bruyneel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nFollowing several stages won by sprinters and breakaways, the next test for the riders was the legendary Alto de El Angliru in Stage 13. The morning breakaway was afforded over eleven minutes, but it was dropped to nothing on the ascent of what has been called the most difficult climb in all of professional cycling. Astana and Caisse d'Epargne both had many support riders in the leading group going up the climb, and they alternately tried to set paces to protect either Contador or Alejandro Valverde while isolating the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nIt was left to Leipheimer to pace Contador to the conclusion as the climb reached its hardest part, 7 kilometers from the finish. Contador indeed went on to win the stage, and took the race lead as well. Contador added another stage win the next day when only he and Leipheimer could respond to the repeated attacks of Ezequiel Mosquera, and Contador won the sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nThe top ten in the general classification finished together in the next five stages, which were mostly friendly to sprinters and breakaways. Stage 20 was another time trial, one with an uphill finish. This time trial was won convincingly by Leipheimer, as only Contador and Valverde were within a minute of his winning time. This ride put Leipheimer 46 seconds off Contador's time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nWith the Vuelta's final stage flat and largely ceremonial, akin to the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es stage in the Tour de France, this stood as the final result, with Contador winning the Vuelta to complete his career triple; he also won the combination classification and its white jersey. Minor controversy followed the Vuelta; Contador alleged that Leipheimer was not being a team player by seeming to ride the Stage 20 time trial with the aim of winning the Vuelta, after Contador had apparently been decided as the team's leader, though the team had not firmly chosen a leader as the race began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Away from competition, Exclusion from ASO races\nOn February 13, it was announced that the Amaury Sport Organisation would not invite Astana to any of their races that season, which included the Tour de France, Paris\u2013Nice, and numerous one-day races. The decision was made because of the doping perpetrated by Astana in its previous seasons; chief among these scandals was the blood doping perpetrated by Alexander Vinokourov in the 2007 Tour de France. The team reacted with surprise and disappointment, particularly since the ban seemed to punish a team that no longer existed, and as a result Contador would not be able to defend his Tour de France championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 67], "content_span": [68, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Away from competition, Dismissal of Vladimir Gusev\nOn June 26, the team fired Vladimir Gusev for \"irregular values\" given in an internal doping check as part of the program run by Dr. Rasmus Damsgaard, proprietor of a noted anti-doping system previously used by Team CSC. Though the values did not by themselves confirm doping on Gusev's part, they were taken as an indication of it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 70], "content_span": [71, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Away from competition, Dismissal of Vladimir Gusev\nThe firing also caused Gusev to be removed from Russia's team for the 2008 Olympic Games, though he originally intended to sue the team in time to still take part in the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 70], "content_span": [71, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Away from competition, Dismissal of Vladimir Gusev\nOn September 1, Gusev began his appeal of the firing, with the case eventually reaching the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On June 18, 2009, the CAS ruled that Astana was in the wrong regarding Gusev's dismissal and ordered the team to pay his lost wages, legal fees, and compensatory damages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 70], "content_span": [71, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Away from competition, Return of Lance Armstrong\nSeven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong revealed in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine published on September 9 that he intended to return to competitive cycling in 2009, after four years of retirement. Aside from trying to win an eighth Tour de France, his goal would be to raise public awareness and money for cancer research. He would ride for no salary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 68], "content_span": [69, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Away from competition, Return of Lance Armstrong\nIt was speculated immediately that Armstrong would return with team Astana, as it was now headed by Armstrong's sporting director from each of his seven Tour de France victories, Johan Bruyneel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 68], "content_span": [69, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Away from competition, Return of Lance Armstrong\nThough spokespeople for the team first denied any plans to sign Armstrong, Bruyneel commented two days later during the then-ongoing Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a that he had spoken to Armstrong about his return, and could not imagine him riding for any team but Astana. On September 24, Armstrong signed with Astana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 68], "content_span": [69, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Away from competition, Return of Lance Armstrong\nArmstrong's return was not well received by Contador, who asserted that he had earned the right to be a team leader and said he would consider leaving the team if he were relegated to a role supporting Armstrong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 68], "content_span": [69, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195641-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Astana season, Away from competition, Return of Lance Armstrong\nThe team gave Contador assurances in the offseason that he would remain Astana's team leader, and Contador remained with the team for 2009, though the controversy over who would in fact be the team's leader lasted well into the 2009 Tour de France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 68], "content_span": [69, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195642-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards\nThe 2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards (simplified Chinese: Astro\u534e\u4e3d\u53f0\u7535\u89c6\u5267\u5927\u59562008; traditional Chinese: Astro\u83ef\u9e97\u81fa\u96fb\u8996\u5287\u5927\u734e2008), presented by Astro in Malaysia, was an awards ceremony that recognised the best Hong Kong television programmes that had aired on Malaysia's Astro Wah Lai Toi in 2008. The ceremony was televised live on Astro's Cantonese channel, Astro Wah Lai Toi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195642-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards\nThe ceremony took place on 21 February 2009 at the Arena of Stars in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Winners were 100% based on results from popular vote. The voting period lasted from 17 January 2009 to 17 February 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195642-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards\nThe biggest winner was Heart of Greed, winning nine awards including My Favourite Actor, My Favourite Actress, and My Favourite Drama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195643-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Braves season\nThe 2008 Atlanta Braves season was the 43rd in Atlanta and the 138th overall. The Braves attempted to  reclaim a postseason berth for the first time since 2005. They were once again skippered by Bobby Cox, now in his 19th season (of his second stint) managing Atlanta. As a result of John Schuerholz taking the position of team president, the Braves entered the offseason with Frank Wren as their general manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195643-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Braves season\nThe team wore a patch on the right sleeve \"BEACH\" in honor of former Braves player and bench coach Jim Beauchamp, who had died after the previous season ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195643-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Braves season\n2008 saw the departure of two of the team's longtime radio and television announcers. Skip Caray died on August 3, while Pete van Wieren announced his retirement on October 21. Both men had been broadcasting for the team since 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195643-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Braves season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195643-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Braves season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195644-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Dream season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the first for the Atlanta Dream. The team name was unveiled on January 23, 2008, with the expansion draft held on February 6. The Atlanta Dream had seventeen straight losses. It was the longest losing streak to start a season in WNBA history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195644-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Dream season, Offseason, Expansion Draft\nThe list of players selected in the Expansion Draft includes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195644-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Dream season, Offseason, Expansion Draft\nAdditionally, Atlanta immediately orchestrated three trades involving players in the expansion draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195644-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Dream season, Schedule, Regular season\nThe Atlanta Dream lost their first game in franchise history, 67-100. Their opponent was the Connecticut Sun; the Sun delivered a 32-8 run that stretched into the second quarter to open a 17-point lead. The lead exploded to 34 points. At the conclusion of the game, the Dream were outrebounded 53-29. For the Dream, Stacey Lovelace had 11 points, five assists and four rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season\nThe 2008 Atlanta Falcons season was the 43rd season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). Overcoming a disappointing 4\u201312 record, quarterback Michael Vick's dog fighting scandal and head coach Bobby Petrino's abrupt resignation in 2007, the Falcons, who were expected to be in a rebuilding phase, completed the regular season with a surprising 11\u20135 record and earned the #5 seed in the NFC playoffs under first-year head coach Mike Smith; however, the team fell to the eventual NFC champion Arizona Cardinals in the wild-card round of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season\nMike Smith was named 2008 NFL Coach of the Year, and quarterback Matt Ryan earned the Offensive Rookie of the Year Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nOn February 22, prior the start of the NFL Combine, the Falcons won a coin toss that gave them the 3rd overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft in a gathering with the Oakland Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs to break a three-way-tie. Each team finished 2007 with a 4\u201312 record. Some experts said that the Falcons should have used this selection to pick LSU Defensive Tackle Glenn Dorsey, but the Falcons used their first-round pick to draft Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan. The Falcons also traded two of their second-round picks (No. 34 and No. 48) and a fourth-round pick (No. 103) with Washington Redskins to move to No. 21 overall and select USC tackle Sam Baker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Offseason, Minicamp\nThe Falcons opened the first mini camp of 2008 on Monday, April 14. The team had multiple \"mini camp\" sessions under new Head Coach Mike Smith before the start of training camp in late July. The team worked for three days before the NFL Draft and came back to Flowery Branch for another workout May 10\u201312. During the minicamp, the Falcons signed tender offers to punter Michael Koenen and defensive end Chauncey Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Offseason, Training camp\nFor the fourth consecutive year, the Falcons held Russell Falcons Training Camp at the team's Flowery Branch headquarters. Atlanta's 43rd training camp was held from July 25 \u2013 August 15, with select morning and afternoon practices open to the public. The Falcons held 30 practices, which included 13 two-a-day sessions. Atlanta traveled to Jacksonville on August 9 for its first preseason contest followed by two home preseason games against Indianapolis the day after training camp breaks (August 16) and Tennessee Titans on August 22 .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Offseason, Training camp\nThe Falcons concluded the 2008 preseason schedule with a meeting against the Baltimore Ravens on August 28 at M&T Bank Stadium . In 2007, Russell Athletic and the Atlanta Falcons announced an agreement that includes title sponsorship of the team's three-week preseason training camp at its in-season training facility in Flowery Branch, Ga. The four-year agreement designates Russell Athletic as an official sponsor of the Falcons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Offseason, Thomas inducted into Hall of Fame\nFalcons' assistant head coach Emmitt Thomas was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on February 2 during Super Bowl festivities in Phoenix. He was formally inducted into the Hall on August 2. Thomas was selected as a finalist for enshrinement by the Seniors Committee. He was selected to the Hall's Class of 2008 off a list of 17 players. He thus becomes the first Falcons player or coach to be placed in the Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Preseason, Final cuts\nOn August 30, the Falcons made 22 roster moves to reach the NFL's 53-player limit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions\nThe Falcons began their 2008 campaign at home against the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Atlanta immediately took flight at rookie quarterback Matt Ryan throws his first career NFL pass to WR Michael Jenkins for a 62-yard TD pass. Afterwards, RB Michael Turner (acquired from the Chargers) made an immediate impact as he got a 66-yard TD run and a 5-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Lions responded with RB Kevin Smith getting a 5-yard TD run, while quarterback Jon Kitna completed a 21-yard TD pass to WR Roy Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons went back to work as kicker Jason Elam got a 50-yard field goal, while RB Jerious Norwood got a 10-yard TD run. Detroit tried to rally as Kitna completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Casey FitzSimmons. Atlanta closed out their rout in the fourth quarter with Elam nailing a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions\nWith the impressive win, the Falcons began their season at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions\nQuarterback Matt Ryan had a good rookie debut completing 9 of 13 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown. RB Michael Turner had an outstanding Falcon debut, setting a single-game franchise record with 220 rushing yards. Ryan, who became the first rookie to start a season for the Falcons since Steve Bartkowski in 1975, finished with a solid 161 passing yards and 137.0 quarterback rating. Turner led a ground game that picked up a franchise-record 318 rushing yards 7.6 yards per carry. Game Notes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nFollowing their outstanding home win over the Lions, the Falcons flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 2 NFC South duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Atlanta trailed as Bucs QB Brian Griese completed a 5-yard TD pass to TE John Gilmore. In the second quarter, the Falcons continued to trail as former Falcons RB Warrick Dunn gave Tampa Bay a 17-yard TD run, along with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 33-yard field goal. Atlanta closed out the half with kicker Jason Elam getting a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons crept closer as Elam kicked a 27-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta tried to rally as Elam nailed a 24-yard field goal. However, the Buccaneers pulled away as RB Earnest Graham got a 68-yard TD run. With the loss, the Falcons fell to 1\u20131. With Michael Turner running for a franchise-record 220 yards in his Falcons debut, Ryan only threw the ball 13 times against Detroit. Sunday, he had more attempts than that in the first half alone. The Bucs limited Turner to 42 yards on 14 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWR Joey Galloway, who did not play in the preseason because of a sore groin, sprained an ankle in the fourth quarter. Falcons rookie LT Sam Baker was hit in the head in the first half and did not return. A week after beating Detroit in his pro debut, Matt Ryan threw incompletions on his first nine passes before settling down to keep Atlanta in the game with three field goal drives that trimmed a 17-point deficit to eight with five minutes to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nMichael Turner ran for three touchdowns and the Atlanta Falcons scored the first 24 points to beat Kansas City 38\u201314, giving the Chiefs their 12th straight loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nTurner had scoring runs of 4, 1 and 2 yards, his first career game with three rushing touchdowns, while leading the Falcons with 104 yards rushing. Jerious Norwood added 75 yards rushing. Turner dragged Chiefs linebacker Pat Thomas for a few steps before breaking free and running through other defenders for a 38-yard run from the Falcons 8. A 30-yard pass from Ryan to Norwood helped set up Turner first touchdown run. Turner 1-yard scoring run in the second quarter gave Atlanta a 24\u20130 lead. Turner determined run helped to soften the Kansas City defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nRyan found Roddy White for a 70-yard touchdown pass on Atlanta's next possession, and the Falcons were on their way to a big early lead, ( Ryan 70-yard touchdown pass to White is the longest pass completion for the Falcons since 12/23/07 when wide receiver Laurent Robinson caught a 74-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Chris Redman against the Arizona Cardinals in a Week 16 meeting) .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nOn Kansas City first offensive possession of the game, defensive end John Abraham logged his fifth sack of the season, which led to a Chiefs punt. Abraham tallied his second sack of the game at the end of the third quarter, which included a forced fumble. The two sacks gave Abraham eight in his last four games, 16 in his last 18 games and 73.5 for his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nEntering the Kansas City game, he led the NFL with four sacks after three games, the forced fumble was the 29th of his career, which ranks fourth in the NFL from 2000 to 2008. Turner sparked an Atlanta scoring drive when he posted a 38-yard rush in the first quarter, he capped the drive with a four-yard touchdown, his third of the season. The Falcons drove 92 yards in six plays and also received help from running back Jerious Norwood on the drive who contributed with 45 combined yards (two rushes for 15 yards and one 30-yard reception).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nAtlanta 92-yard scoring drive, the first of the game, is the longest scoring drive since 12/3/06 at Washington when the Falcons drove 98 yards on six plays capped by a Norwood touchdown run. Kicker Jason Elam was successful on his long field goal attempt of 27 yards against Kansas City, improving his streak of consecutive field goals to 27. Elam also added five extra points for an eight-point day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nTyler Thigpen, the third starting quarterback in three weeks for Kansas City, threw three interceptions in his first career start. The third interception, by cornerback Chris Houston, was returned 10 yards for a touchdown with 1:01 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nChiefs coach Herman Edwards said during the week he would turn to veteran Damon Huard if Thigpen struggled. Thigpen played the full game and was 14-for-36 passing for 128 yards with one touchdown. Down 24\u20130, Thigpen led a 13-play scoring drive capped by his 15-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Bowe with three seconds left in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Chiefs' 12th straight loss came 11 months to the day after their last win. They lost their last nine games in 2007 after a 12\u201310 win at Oakland on October 21, 2007. The Chiefs comeback continued when Larry Johnson's 48-yard run set up his 1-yard scoring plunge to open the second half, cutting Atlanta lead to 24\u201314. It was Johnson first rushing touchdown of the season. Johnson, who had 96 yards rushing in his first two games, had 24 carries for 121 yards and a touchdown. Johnson has 4,981 yards rushing for his career to pass Christian Okoye (4,897) for second place on the Chiefs all-time list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Falcons had a quick answer to Johnson touchdown. Ryan, making his third start, had a 15-yard run and a 17-yard pass to White to set up Turner third touchdown, a 2-yard run. The Chiefs were forced to punt on their first five possessions. Their next two drives ended with interceptions by Erik Coleman and Brent Grimes, Coleman intercepted his first career pass in a Falcons uniform, which also gave him the eighth of his career, it was Coleman first interception since 11/12/06 against the New England Patriots .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nColeman pieced together a stellar performance against the Chiefs which included 10 tackles to lead the team and one forced fumble, and Grimes intercepted his first career pass when he stepped in front of a Tyler Thigpen pass in the second quarter. Grimes returned the interception 25 yards, which led to a Falcons touchdown. The Falcons defense allowed only 14 rushing yards in the first quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs, continuing their trend of holding opponents to under 15 rushing yards over the first three contests of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nAgainst Tampa Bay in Week 2, Atlanta held the Bucs to two rushing yards in the opening 15 minutes of play, which was the lowest total in the first quarter of a game since for a Falcons opponent since 12/14/03 (vs. Colts, two rushing yards). Below is a look at Atlanta opponent rushing totals in the first quarter of each game this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Falcons moved to 2\u20130 at the Georgia Dome on the season and gave Head Coach Mike Smith his second career win as a head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nMichael Turner became only the fifth Falcons running back in team history to register three or more touchdowns in a game, with the win over the Chiefs improved its record to 5\u20131 in its last six meetings against AFC West opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Carolina Panthers\nComing off their home win over the Chiefs, the Falcons flew to Bank of America Stadium for a Week 4 NFC South duel with the Carolina Panthers. The Falcons found a way to stick around for three-quarters in Sunday game at Bank of America Stadium but injuries, dropped passes and untimely penalties filled the afternoon. Atlanta lost starting strong safety Lawyer Milloy in the first half after he took a shot to the ribs and played the entire game without starting left tackle Sam Baker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the first quarter, Atlanta trailed early as Panthers RB Jonathan Stewart getting an 8-yard TD run. The Falcons responded with kicker Jason Elam getting a 33-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Falcons crept closer as Elam kicked a 44-yard field goal. However, Carolina answered with quarterback Jake Delhomme completing a 56-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. Atlanta closed out the half with Elam getting a 44-yard field goal. The Panthers (3\u20131, 1\u20130) lost starting offensive tackles Jordan Gross and Jeff Otah in the game to injury and also went several series without starting cornerback Ken Lucas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Carolina Panthers\nBut that didn't stop the NFC South leaders from imposing their will on both sides of the ball and put up more than 400 yards of total offense. For the fourth consecutive game this season, the Falcons defense held their opponent to 16 rushing yards or less in the first quarter of play after the Panthers managed only 16 yards on six carries. John Abraham blocked his first career punt in the second quarter, which led to Elam second field goal of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0020-0003", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Carolina Panthers\nThe blocked punt was the first for Atlanta since the 2004 season finale when Demorrio Williams blocked Seattle first kick of the game at Qwest Field. Running back Jerious Norwood posted his second longest rush of the season with a 40-yard scamper in the second quarter. The rush was four yards shy of his season high (44), which he set against Kansas City in Week 3. Norwood has now posted five rushes of 40 yards or more in this three-year career, punter Michael Koenen booted his longest punt of the season with a 60-yard kick in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0020-0004", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Carolina Panthers\nThe punt is the longest for Koenen since December 16, 2007, when he nailed a 63-yard punt against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, running back Jason Snelling earned his first career start while tight end Justin Peelle started his first game in a Falcons uniform. Brian Finneran caught his first pass of the 2008 campaign on a five-yard reception in the second quarter. The catch was the first for Finneran since the 2005 season finale when he caught four passes for 45 yards against the Carolina Panthers. Roddy White led the Falcons in receiving with seven catches for 90 yards. He continues to remain on pace for a 1,000-yard season. In his fourth career start, rookie quarterback Matt Ryan completed passes to eight different receivers, a season-high for the Boston College graduate, Ryan finished the game having completed 21 of 41 passes for 158 yards and a 60.8 passer rating", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 965]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, the Panthers increased their lead with kicker John Kasay nailing a 44-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Carolina sealed the win with Delhomme completing a 36-yard TD pass to WR Muhsin Muhammad. The first-year head coach Mike Smith made a concise list in explaining the problems that plagued his offense in Charlotte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Panthers, to Falcons flew to Lambeau Field for a Week 5 duel with the Green Bay Packers. Entering Week 5, the Falcons led the league in first quarter scoring with 38 points. Atlanta added to that total with 10 points on a touchdown and field goal. The Falcons have also outscored their opponents in the first quarter by a 48\u201314 margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nMichael Turner posted his third 100-yard game of the season after finishing with 26 carries for 121 yards and one touchdown. Turner score came at the 3:35 mark in the fourth quarter to give Atlanta a two-possession lead (27\u201317) which sealed the victory. In the first quarter, Atlanta took flight as rookie quarterback Matt Ryan completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Justin Peelle, along with kicker Jason Elam getting a 42-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Packers responded with quarterback Aaron Rodgers completing a 44-yard TD pass to WR Donald Driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nThe Falcons closed out the half with Ryan completing a 22-yard TD pass to WR Roddy Whiteto give the Falcons a 17\u20137 advantage. The catch was his sixth of the day giving White 115 yards in the first half at that point. White contributed with 67 first quarter receiving yards, falling three yards short of his career-high in the first 15 minutes of play (70), which he set on September 21, 2008, against Kansas City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0023-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nWhite also finished the first half with 132 yards, which is the most in two-quarters of play for the four-year veteran in his career and the second highest total since Terance Mathis posted 136 on November 19, 1995. On Atlanta first play of the game, Quarterback Matt Ryan completed a 37-yard pass to White crossing into Packers territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0023-0003", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nRyan completed two more receptions to White on the drive for a total of 64 yards, the three completions led to an Atlanta touchdown, which marked the second occasion this season the Falcons scored on their first drive of the game (Week 1 vs. Detroit) and the first time they scored on their first possession of the game on the road, Ryan started the game having completed six of six passes for 72 yards and one touchdown pass, also compiled the best half of football in his rookie career thus far when he completed 13 of 18 passes for 154 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 135.0 passer rating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0023-0004", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nRyan finished the game with a season-high 194 passing yards. The Falcons posted a touchdown on their first offensive possession of the game when Ryan led the team 81 yards on 10 plays and completed a one-yard touchdown strike to tight end Justin Peelle, his first as an Atlanta Falcon and the eighth of his career. Center Ben Wilkerson saw his first action of the season at the center position when he briefly replaced Todd McClure on Atlanta first offensive drive of the game. Wilkerson was at center when the Falcons scored their first touchdown in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0023-0005", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nDefensive tackle Grady Jackson logged his first sack of the season and the 34.5th of his career when he dropped Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Green Bay first offensive play of the game, the sack led to a Green Bay punt. Following the first quarter of play the Falcons recorded eight first downs opposed to the Packers who finished the opening 15 minutes of play with zero. Atlanta also racked-up 147 net yards to Green Bay's 10 in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nAt the 6:02 mark in the second quarter, Ryan tallied his second touchdown pass of the day when he found White in the end zone for a 22-yard strike to give the Falcons a 17\u20137 advantage. The catch was his sixth of the day giving White 115 yards in the first half at that point. White pieced together his second 100-yard receiving game of the season and the ninth of his career after catching eight passes for 132 yards and one touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nFollowing the two-minute mark in the second quarter, defensive end John Abraham notched his seventh sack of the season, dropping Rodgers. The sack was the ninth in his last six games, the 17th in his last 20 contests and the 74.5th of his career. The sack forced a Packers field goal attempt and following an offensive holding call on a converted attempt, Green Bay missed a re-kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, Green Bay answered with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 50-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Packers tied the game with Rodgers completing a 25-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings, Michael Boley intercepted his first pass of the season and the fifth of his career when he stepped in front of an Aaron Rodgers pass late in the fourth quarter. The INT led to the game-sealing touchdown by Turner, yet Atlanta replied with Elam nailing a 41-yard field goal and RB Michael Turner getting a 2-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nFullback Ovie Mughelli carried the ball nine yards on his first rush of the season in the fourth quarter. Following a Packers touchdown to tie the game at 17, running back/kick returner Jerious Norwood returned the ensuing kickoff 54 yards into Green Bay territory, marking the second-longest kickoff return of his career, Norwood return set up a Falcons game-sealing touchdown. Green Bay tried to rally as Rodgers completed a 4-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee, yet the Falcons' defense stiffened for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears\nComing off their road win over the Packers, the Falcons went home for a Week 6 duel with the Chicago Bears. In the first quarter, Atlanta took flight as kicker Jason Elam got a 29-yard and a 48-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Falcons increased their lead as Elam kicked a 32-yard field goal. The Bears responded with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 36-yard field goal. Entering Sunday game with the Bears, the Falcons led the NFL in first quarter scoring with 48 points. After posting two field goals for a 6\u20130 lead following the first 15 minutes of play against Chicago, Atlanta has now outscored its opponent in the first quarter by a 54\u201314 margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears\nA chance at a touchdown came with 9:16 remaining in the first half after a curious turn of events near the goal line. A third-down run by Jerious Norwood came up short and ended with a fumble. Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris recovered but lost the ball before he was touched down. Jason Snelling recovered the ball for the Falcons, who got a fresh set of downs. Following the first half of play, the Falcons defense held the Bears to 20 first half rushing yards. The 20 yards are the fewest given up in the first half of a game by Atlanta's defense since October 1, 2006, against Arizona (two yards).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons continued to add onto their lead as Elam got a 41-yard field goal, yet Chicago answered with RB Matt Fort\u00e9 getting a 3-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta replied with rookie quarterback Matt Ryan completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White. Defensive end Jamaal Anderson paced a defense that fed off the crowd's energy. He finished with four tackles (two for loss) and the first sack of his two-year career. Anderson also had two pass deflections on the Bears' first drive of the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears\nThe Falcons offense started the second half with a no-huddle offense and added another Elam field goal to take a 12\u20133 lead. Chicago stuck with the running game and added a touchdown from Forte with 2:24 remaining in the third quarter. Chicago drove within inches of the end zone, but Matt Forte was stuffed on fourth down as he attempted to leap across the line. Michael Boley came in low to trip up the runner, then Lawyer Milloy and Keith Brooking finished him off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears\nThe Bears took the lead with Gould getting a 32-yard field goal, along with quarterback Kyle Orton completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Rashied Davis. The Falcons got the last laugh as Elam nailed the game-winning 48-yard field goal. The 16-year veteran's celebration was interrupted by a swarm of teammates near midfield. It was his fifth successful kick of the day but just moments before, he missed a kick that could have iced the game. Chicago came off the miscue with a 77-yard touchdown drive to take a 20\u201319 lead with 11 seconds to play. But a 9-yard return off a short kickoff by Harry Douglas and a 26-yard strike from rookie quarterback Matt Ryan to Michael Jenkins set Elam up for the game-winner with 1 second left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears\n\"I'm really happy that one went through\", Elam said. \"Our guys have been fighting so hard for so long. I hate to even mention what happened last year but to hear some of the stories I know the guys are really hungry to get some wins on the board and show our fans what we're all about.\" With time to throw Ryan thrived. The rookie found five different receivers and performed regular Houdini-like acts to find open players down the field for third-down conversions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears\nFellow rookie Douglas caught five passes for 96 yards including a 47-yard strike on third down that set up a 3-yard scoring toss to White with 13:25 remaining. Ryan opened the game 8-of-8 for 107 yards and captained nearly identical scoring drives in the first quarter, leading the team on 48- and 49-yard marches that ended with field goals. \"I think everybody is excited with the win\", Ryan said. \"I thought we played a very good Chicago Bears team today. They played an entire 60 minutes and we did the same thing. We just had the last punch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears\nWe were able to make a couple big plays at the end of the game with Elam clutch kick being the biggest one. This win is a great story heading into the bye week.\" Bears CB Nathan Vasher (wrist) missed his second straight game, and the other starting corner, Charles Tillman, went out in the first half with a shoulder injury. Backup FS Danieal Manning left, too, with an injured hamstring., White went over 100 yards receiving for the second week in a row, Forte led the Bears with 76 yards rushing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears\nWith the win, Atlanta entered their bye week at 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears\nNot only did Matt Ryan (22/30 for 301 yards and a touchdown) pick up his first-ever 300-yard day, but he acquired the best record for a rookie quarterback in his first six games as a starter since 1998 (4\u20132), besting Kyle Orton in '05 and Kyle Boller in '03 (both with 3\u20133).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their bye week, the Falcons flew to Lincoln Financial Field for a Week 8 duel with the Philadelphia Eagles, as rookie quarterback Matt Ryan (a native of the Philly suburb of Exton, Pennsylvania) took on his hometown team. Ryan threw for 277 yards in his seventh career start but also had a pair of interceptions. The defense held the Eagles after the first turnover but Ryan's second mistake came in the end zone, eliminating a red-zone scoring chance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, Atlanta finally took flight in the second quarter as Ryan completed a 55-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White with 8:56 remaining in the first half when he threaded a pass between two Eagles defenders. White scampered toward the end zone for a 55-yard score and a 7\u20130 lead. \"We had worked on that fade pass all week in practice and Matt threw it up there and really I should have batted the ball down\", said White, who had 113 receiving yards. \"I think on that play, I had the responsibility to help him out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles\nWe thought we were going to put some points on the board and we let it get away from us. I put that play on myself, because I really should have knocked that down.\" White tallied his third consecutive 100-yard game after catching eight passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns. White has now posted four 100-yard games this season and 11 for his career, the 55-yard strike is the third longest pass for the rookie quarterback this season. The second score came on an eight-yard pass in the fourth quarter, Ryan returned to the sight of first collegiate touchdown pass at Lincoln Financial Field against the Temple Owls on November 20, 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles\nBut Philadelphia responded with 20 unanswered points, including scoring drives of 60, 70 and 69 yards. Twice McNabb scrambled for key first downs. The Falcons did not record a sack in the second half. The Falcons run game sputtered and suffered from untimely penalties. Starting left tackle Sam Baker missed the game with a hip injury and was replaced by Todd Weiner. Weiner left with an injury and was replaced by Quinn Ojinnaka. Michael Turner rushed for 58 yards on 17 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Eagles took the lead with quarterback Donovan McNabb getting a 3-yard TD run, along with kicker David Akers getting a 36-yard field goal. McNabb turned from prolific passer to game-manager as the afternoon progressed, finding openings in the Falcons zone defense for short to medium gains and handing the ball off to Westbrook, the All-Pro rushed for 63 yards on 10 carries in the first half and finished with 22 carries for 167 yards. He also had six catches for 42 yards, one of six Eagles receivers with two or more catches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0034-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Falcons spent much of the first half keeping McNabb and the Eagles high-flying offense on the ground. Atlanta didn't allow a first-quarter-point for the fifth time this season and picked up two sacks, a forced fumble and a turnover in the first 30 minutes  In the third quarter, the Falcons continued to trail as RB Brian Westbrook got a 16-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Philadelphia increased its lead with Akers nailing an 18-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0034-0003", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles\nBrian Finneran tied his season-high in receptions (three) and contributed with two catches on third down to convert a new set a downs for the Falcons on both occasions in the first half. Jerious Norwood posted his second-highest receiving total when he caught five passes for 55 yards, he set his career-high of 57 yards against the Saints last season Atlanta tried to rally as Ryan hooked up with White again on an 8-yard TD pass, but the Eagles flew away as Westbrook got a 39-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0034-0004", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles\nA late goal-line stand held the Eagles to a field goal and kept it a two-possession game with 7:57 remaining. Ryan led a no-huddle offense into the red zone on the next series and found White with a second touchdown with less than four minutes to play. Trailing 20\u201314, the Falcons defense stepped up with a key three-and-out but an odd turn of events kept the Birds offense from getting a shot at the win. Return man Adam Jennings decided at the last second not to field the punt after the Eagles' three-and-out drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0034-0005", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles\nOfficials ruled Jennings touched the ball and the muffed punt was recovered by the Eagles. The Falcons did not have a timeout left and, by rule, could not challenge the play. Replays in the press box showed Jennings did not touch the ball. Three plays later Westbrook rushed over the left side for a 39-yard, game-clinching touchdown. Defensive end Jamaal Anderson posted his second sack of the season when he dropped Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb for a six-yard loss in the first quarter, the sack stalled an Eagles drive, forcing a punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0034-0006", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles\nAnderson has now totaled one sack in two consecutive games. Rookie Curtis Lofton earned his first career sack when he dropped McNabb for an eight-yard loss in the second quarter while forcing a fumble. The ball was recovered by defensive end Chauncey Davis. \"It never felt like we were out of the game, even when we didn't get that touchdown when we needed it, it still felt like we stopped them to get a chance to put some more points on the board and that's what we did\", defensive end John Abraham said. \"Like I said, it's part of the game and everybody played well, it was a tough fought game. I think everybody got a lot of bumps and bruises from the game, but it definitely was a good game.\" With the loss, the Falcons fell to 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 829]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Oakland Raiders\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Eagles, the Falcons flew to the Oakland\u2013Alameda County Coliseum for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Atlanta took flight as rookie quarterback Matt Ryan completed a 37-yard TD pass to WR Michael Jenkins, while RB Jerious Norwood got a 12-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Falcons added onto their lead with Ryan hooking up with Jenkins again on a 27-yard TD pass, along with kicker Jason Elam nailing a 48-yard field goal. From there on out, Atlanta cruised towards its easy win, as they greatly outgained the Raiders in time of possession (45:15 to 14:45) and total offensive yards (453 to 77).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 87], "content_span": [88, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New Orleans Saints\nComing off their shutout road win over the Raiders, the Falcons went home for a Week 10 NFC South duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Atlanta took flight as rookie quarterback Matt Ryan completed a 16-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White. The Saints responded with kicker Garrett Hartley getting a 24-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Falcons increased their lead as RB Michael Turner got a 2-yard TD run. New Orleans answered with Hartley making a 44-yard field goal. Atlanta closed out the half as kicker Jason Elam got a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons got the period's only points as Elam nailed a 27-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta continued to soar as Ryan completed a 67-yard TD pass to RB Jerious Norwood. The Saints tried to rally as quarterback Drew Brees completed a 15-yard TD pass to RB Deuce McAllister, yet the Falcons flew away as rookie CB Chevis Jackson returned an interception 95 yards for a touchdown. New Orleans closed out the scoring with Brees completing a 32-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Denver Broncos\nComing off their win over the Saints, the Falcons stayed at home for a Week 11 interconference duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Atlanta trailed early as Broncos FB Peyton Hillis got a 7-yard TD run. The Falcons answered with kicker Jason Elam (a former Bronco) getting a 46-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Atlanta took the lead as Elam made a 36-yard field goal, while RB Michael Turner got a 9-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Denver retook the lead as Hillis got a 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Broncos increased their lead as kicker Matt Prater nailed a 20-yard field goal. The Falcons tried to rally as Turner got a 28-yard field goal, yet Denver replied with quarterback Jay Cutler competing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Graham. From there on out, the Broncos' defense stopped any other possible comeback attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Denver Broncos\nWith their first home loss of the year, Atlanta fell to 6\u20134. This was the first of only two home losses suffered by Matt Ryan in the NFL through December 27, 2010. The second was to the New Orleans Saints on December 27, 2010, the final Monday Night Football game of the 2010 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nHoping to rebound from their loss to the Broncos, the Falcons stayed at home, donned their alternate uniforms, and played a Week 12 NFC South rematch with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Atlanta took flight as kicker Jason Elam got a 23-yard field goal, while rookie WR Harry Douglas got a 7-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Falcons increased their lead as RB Michael Turner got a 1-yard TD run. The Panthers closed out the half as kicker John Kasay got a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nOn his third carry of the game, Turner rushed for a six-yard gain and eclipsed the 1,000-yard rushing plateau this season. He became the first Falcons running back to reach 1,000 yards in a campaign since 2006 when Warrick Dunn had 1,140 and the 20th running back in franchise history to reach 1,000 yards in a season. Turner's career day continued after he tied a team record with four rushing touchdowns of T. J. Duckett posted on December 12, 2004. It was also the second career three-score game and the fourth multiple-touchdown game of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0041-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nTurner first found the end zone on a one-yard rush in the second quarter, scored for the second occasion on a four-yard run in the fourth quarter, logged his third TD on a one-yard run with 7:13 remaining and tallied his last on a 16-yard scamper in the fourth quarter to seal a Falcons 45\u201328 victory. With four scores, Turner became the third player in Falcons history to post 13 or more rushing touchdowns in a season. Turner finished the game with 24 carries for 117 yards and four touchdowns, which marked his eighth career 100-yard game. Matt Ryan and the offense faced a quick third down on the next possession, but the quarterback found rookie wide receiver Harry Douglas on a 69-yard pass play to the Panthers 6. Four plays later Turner got his key, fourth-down touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 872]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe Panthers faced an energized defense and a raucous crowd on the next possession. Chauncey Davis recorded his second sack of the day and back-to-back false start penalties backed Carolina into the shadow of its own goal line. The Panthers punted from the end zone, giving Douglas a chance for a big return. The rookie brought the kick back up the middle 61 yards for a touchdown. Delhomme found Muhsin Muhammad for a touchdown on the next series but the Falcons had already done plenty of damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0042-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nStill, Turner found the end zone for a final time with just 54 seconds to play. Eric Weems caught his first career pass in the first quarter for a four-yard gain. The reception led to a Falcons touchdown. Douglas scored his first two career touchdowns; he first found the end zone on a seven-yard end around in the first quarter to give the Falcons a 10\u20130 lead; Douglas then became the 10th player in Falcons history to return a punt for a touchdown and the first since 2004 when Allen Rossum returned a kick 61 yards in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0042-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nDouglas's return was the longest in his career, topping the previous mark of 33 yards against New Orleans in Week 10; along with a 61-yard punt return, Douglas totaled career-highs in offensive touches with six (two rushing, four receiving and all purpose yards 188, which included 3 rushing, 92 receiving and 93 yards on punt returns), he also became the Falcons' third rookie this season to account for a touchdown; along with Douglas's run and punt return, quarterback Matt Ryan has thrown 11 touchdown passes and cornerback Chevis Jackson returned an interception 95 yards for a score against New Orleans in Week 10, Douglas posted a career-long reception with a 69-yard catch in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0042-0003", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nHe finished the game with 92 receiving yards, which led the team and fell four yards short of his career high ( 96 yards vs. Chicago, October 12 ). Roddy White caught Ryan first pass of the game for a 30-yard gain, marking the 11th reception of 20-plus yards, White finished the game with four receptions for 70 yards and is 27 yards shy of a 1,000-yard season. Atlanta outscored Carolina in the first quarter by a 10\u20130 margin, marking the seventh time this season a Falcons opponent was held scoreless in the opening 15 minutes of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0042-0004", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nAtlanta outscored its opponents in the first quarter by an 88\u201324 mark and led the NFL in first quarter scoring entering Sunday's game. Following the first quarter of play, the Falcons offense posted 162 net yards of offense compared to zero by the Panthers . Brian Finneran caught one pass for nine yards on a third down in the second quarter, giving the Falcons a new set of downs. In his career, the nine-year veteran has caught 127 of 187 receptions that have gone for a first down or touchdown (67.9 percent).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nJohn Abraham logged his 12th sack of the season and stalled a Carolina two-minute drive at the end of the second quarter; the sack is the 14th in his last 12 games, his 22nd in his last 26 contests and has now recorded 79.5 for his career. In his tenure with the Falcons, Abraham has posted 26 sacks in 34 games played. Abraham's 12 sacks through 11 games this season already ranks tied for the fifth most in a single season in Falcons history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nAtlanta defense held Carolina to three-consecutive three and outs to start the game while allowing only eight net yards; entering Sunday's game, the Falcons ranked fourth in the NFC and eighth in the NFL in opponent three and out drives. Jason Snelling caught a 27-yard pass in the first quarter and broke a tackle to take the ball into Carolina territory, the reception is a career-long for the second-year running back, topping his old mark of 18 yards, which he set earlier in the season at Philadelphia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, Carolina began to claw their way back into the game as RB DeAngelo Williams got a 5-yard TD run, while Kasay nailed a 21-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta answered with Turner getting a 4-yard TD run. The Panthers replied with quarterback Jake Delhomme getting a 12-yard TD run (along with Williams' 2-point conversion run), yet the Falcons struck right back with Turner getting a 1-yard TD run, while Douglas returned a punt 61-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nCarolina tried to rally as Delhomme completed a 16-yard TD pass to WR Muhsin Muhammad, yet Atlanta flew away as Turner got a 16-yard TD run. \"It was great to get off to a good start and score 17 points\", said Ryan, who managed the game with 259 passing yards on a 94.5 passer rating. \"For the most part, we were able to maintain our ebb and flow on the offensive side of the ball. Our defense stepped up and did a heck of a job keeping Carolina from making big plays. I didn't think we would score 45 points, but I\u2019ll take that any day.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at San Diego Chargers\nComing off their divisional home win over the Panthers, the Falcons flew to Qualcomm Stadium for a Week 13 interconference duel with the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Atlanta took off as kicker Jason Elam got a 35-yard field goal. The Chargers responded with RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 3-yard TD run, yet the Falcons stayed close with Elam getting a 40-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Atlanta regained the lead as rookie quarterback Matt Ryan completed an 18-yard TD pass to TE Justin Peelle, along with their defense forcing opposing quarterback Philip Rivers to commit intentional grounding from his own endzone, giving Atlanta a safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, San Diego answered with safety Eric Weddle returning a fumble 86 yards for a touchdown (with a failed two-point conversion). In the fourth quarter, the Falcons replied with Ryan completing a 5-yard TD pass to rookie WR Harry Douglas. The Chargers tried to come back, as kicker Nate Kaeding nailed a 28-yard field goal. Atlanta's defense stiffened for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at New Orleans Saints\nComing off their west coast win over the Chargers, the Falcons flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 14 NFC South rematch with the New Orleans Saints. Atlanta trailed fairly early in the first quarter as Saints quarterback Drew Brees completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to RB Reggie Bush. In the second quarter, the Falcons continued to trail as kicker Garrett Hartley got a 26-yard field goal. Atlanta responded RB Michael Turner getting a 5-yard TD run, yet Hartley gave New Orleans a 46-yard field goal. The Falcons struck back with rookie quarterback Matt Ryan completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Brian Finneran, but the Saints closed out the half with Hartley's 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at New Orleans Saints\nAtlanta got the third quarter's only points as kicker Jason Elam nailed a 23-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New Orleans tried to pull away as Brees completed a 7-yard touchdown pass to RB Pierre Thomas, yet their 2-point conversion attempt failed. The Falcons then took the lead as Ryan got a 12-yard touchdown run, followed by a 2-point pass to wide receiver Michael Jenkins. However, the Saints got the last laugh as Thomas got a 5-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nMichael Turner rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown, and Jason Elam kicked the winning 34-yard field goad at 10:56 of overtime to give the Falcons (9\u20135\u20130) a much-needed division victory. The Falcons overcame two Matt Ryan interceptions and some sloppy play. The victory over the Buccaneers (9\u20135\u20130) kept them in the hunt for a playoff spot, and guaranteed the Falcons first winning season since 2004. Also with the win, the Falcons managed to knock the Saints out of playoff contention. Turner's touchdown was his 15th for the Falcons this season, breaking the record of 14 set in 1998 by Jamal Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 94], "content_span": [95, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Minnesota Vikings\nComing off their divisional home win over the Buccaneers, the Falcons flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 16 battle with the Minnesota Vikings. Atlanta got an early first quarter lead with running back Michael Turner getting a 1-yard touchdown run. The Vikings responded with quarterback Tarvaris Jackson completing a 21-yard touchdown pass to tight end Visanthe Shiancoe. In the second quarter, the Falcons regained the lead as rookie quarterback Matt Ryan completed an 8-yard touchdown pass to running back Jerious Norwood, followed by kicker Jason Elam getting a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Minnesota Vikings\nAtlanta added to their lead in the third quarter as Ryan tried to run into the endzone for a touchdown, fumbled the ball into the endzone, and offensive guard Justin Blalock recovered it in the end zone for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Minnesota tried to come back as kicker Ryan Longwell nailed a 29-yard field goal, along with Jackson hooking up with Shiancoe again on a 17-yard touchdown pass. The Falcon defense stiffened for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Minnesota Vikings\nWith the win, not only did Atlanta improve to 10\u20135, but they also clinched a playoff berth for the first since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. St. Louis Rams\nWith the playoffs on the horizon, the Falcons closed out the regular season at home in a Week 17 duel with the St. Louis Rams. Atlanta took off in the first quarter with kicker Jason Elam making a 39-yard field goal, but the Rams responded with running back Steven Jackson getting a 4-yard touchdown run. The Falcons answered in the second quarter with a 9-yard touchdown run from running back Michael Turner. St. Louis answered with quarterback Marc Bulger completing a 16-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Donnie Avery, yet Atlanta took the halftime lead with running back Jerious Norwood's 8-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons added to their lead with quarterback Matt Ryan completing an 18-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Roddy White. The Rams closed out the period with kicker Josh Brown making a 31-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, St. Louis got the lead again as Jackson got a 2-yard touchdown run, followed by Brown nailing a 27-yard field goal. Atlanta then took the lead for good as Norwood got a 45-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. St. Louis Rams\nWith the win, the Falcons closed out the regular season at 11\u20135 and due to Carolina's victory over New Orleans, earned the NFC's #5 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Round: at Arizona Cardinals\nEntering the playoffs as the NFC's fifth seed, the Falcons began their playoff run at the University of Phoenix Stadium against the #4 Arizona Cardinals. Atlanta trailed early in the first quarter as Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner completed a 42-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. The Falcons responded in the second quarter as kicker Jason Elam got a 30-yard field goal, but Arizona answered with Warner completing a 71-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Anquan Boldin. Afterwards, Atlanta took a halftime lead as running back Michael Turner got a 7-yard touchdown run, followed by rookie quarterback Matt Ryan's 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Justin Peelle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Round: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals retook the lead as safety Antrel Rolle returned a fumble 27 yards for a touchdown, followed by running back Tim Hightower's 4-yard touchdown run. The Falcons' postseason run was fading in the fourth quarter as Ryan was sacked in his endzone by defensive end Antonio Smith for a safety. Afterwards, Atlanta tried to rally as Ryan completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Roddy White, but Arizona's offense ran out the clock for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Round: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith the loss, the Falcons' season ended with an overall record of 11\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195645-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season, Postseason, 2009 Pro Bowl selections\nMichael Turner and Roddy White were named to the 2009 Pro Bowl NFC squad as reserves. It will be his first trip to Hawaii. White and Turner are the 112th and 113th Pro Bowl selections in team history, they are the second Falcons RB and WR duo to be voted to the Pro Bowl in the same year (first since 1980). White is the fourth Falcons wide receiver to earn Pro Bowl accolades and the first since Terance Mathis in 1995. Turner is the eighth different Falcons runningback to earn Pro Bowl honors. Matt Ryan finished second amongst rookies in fan Pro Bowl voting, Ryan (416,468 votes) was the top rookie quarterback in the category but ranks behind Titans running back Chris Johnson (534,170 votes).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak\nA destructive and deadly tornado outbreak affected the Southeastern United States on March\u00a014\u201315, 2008. The most infamous tornado of the outbreak occurred on March\u00a014 when an isolated, but strong, EF2 tornado caused widespread damage across Downtown Atlanta, including to the CNN Center and to the Georgia Dome, where the 2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament was postponed. Other buildings that were damaged include the Georgia World Congress Center, Philips Arena (during an Atlanta Hawks game), and the Omni Hotel, which was evacuated after many windows were blown out. The Westin Peachtree Plaza suffered major window damage. The image of the building with all the windows blown out became famous and, for a time, was the symbol of the tornado. Centennial Olympic Park, SunTrust Plaza and historic Oakland Cemetery were also damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 866]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak\nOne man was killed near Downtown Atlanta and 30\u00a0others were injured. Two other deaths took place on March 15, in the northern Atlanta suburbs, from the second, larger round of severe weather and tornadoes. In total, 45\u00a0tornadoes were confirmed over the 24-hour period from eastern Alabama to the Carolina coast, with most of the activity concentrated in the Metropolitan Atlanta area, the Central Savannah River Area and the Midlands of South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis, Atlanta tornado event\nIn their 9:00 pm EDT outlook, the Storm Prediction Center issued a slight risk of severe weather across portions of the southern United States from Oklahoma to Georgia, with a 2% risk area for tornadoes for the Atlanta area. A tornado warning was issued for Atlanta at 9:26 pm when the thunderstorm that caused the tornado was 6 miles (10\u00a0km) northwest of the downtown area, although no watches were in effect for the area due to the low probability and unusual isolated nature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis, Atlanta tornado event\nThe tornado moved to the southeast, which is unusual as most supercells have a strong northward component along (or ahead of) a cold front. It also was unusual because it was not associated with such a squall line at all, but was an independent supercell well ahead of the main storm system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis, March 15 tornado event\nAnother tornado outbreak struck the southeast the following day. A moderate risk for severe storms was issued early in the morning, and maintained through the afternoon. However, by mid afternoon, areas of east-central Georgia and central South Carolina were upgraded to a high risk of severe storms due to the tornado threat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nCNN Center was severely damaged, including shattered windows. The Georgia World Congress Center also sustained serious damage, as was the Omni Hotel, especially the skywalk between the two hotel towers over Andrew Young International Boulevard. This complex alone lost 476 windows, making it necessary to close the south tower to guests. The facades of the Georgia Dome and a Philips Arena parking garage were damaged while hosting basketball games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nTwo of the giant columns in Centennial Olympic Park were knocked down, and insulation was stuck in trees. Trees on some other streets were blown completely down, despite being too early in spring to involve leaf drag. Glass was strewn across several streets, and Atlanta Police kept residents, hotel guests, and news crews away from buildings with falling glass, which continued to pose a danger into the night. Cars in the area were also damaged, and hotel and office furniture was found scattered about.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nThe Ritz Carlton, Westin Peachtree Plaza, Georgia-Pacific Building, SunTrust Plaza (where more than 60 people had to be relocated out of their offices), Equitable Building, and Georgia State University also had windows blown out (300 at Equitable alone), as did The Tabernacle (a former church with stained glass that is now a concert venue). The windows of the Westin continued to fall for days after the tornado, forcing police to keep several city blocks and MARTA's Peachtree Center station closed to pedestrians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nThe Georgia World Congress Center also sustained flooding while hosting a JROTC event and the Hinman Dental Meeting; Fox Sports Net took footage of a staircase in the new section of the complex that looked like a fountain with water cascading down it. The annual Atlanta Home Show and all other events were cancelled for the weekend in the GWCC complex, as was the Atlanta St. Patrick's Day Parade scheduled for the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nWRAS FM at Georgia State University was off the air for two days, though it was not stated whether its studio or tower sustained damage, or if this was due to security or safety concerns, or power outages. The historic Rialto Theatre at GSU also sustained roof damage, which caused water damage inside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nFurther east, Grady Hospital reported some damage to windows and a power outage. Many of the injured were taken there, and some walked there and were treated in the emergency room for cuts due to glass. The King Memorial MARTA station was damaged and was being bypassed by trains, with buses rerouted to the next station on each side. Oakland Cemetery suffered major damage to monuments and to its huge oaks and magnolias, and the caretaker found window blinds around the neck of a statue of a Civil War veteran buried there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nIn the nearby Cabbagetown area, a brick loft building (well known for the fire that occurred there in 1999, during its renovation from the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, in which the crane operator was rescued by helicopter during live TV news coverage) lost part of its roof, and part of the top (fifth) floor. Another building at The Stacks on Boulevard was damaged; search and rescue personnel were unable to enter, but everyone was accounted for by the management within a few hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nWhen the tornado hit, a SEC tournament game between Mississippi State and Alabama which had just been sent into overtime minutes earlier by a shot from Mykal Riley, was in progress at the Georgia Dome and being broadcast live on television. The storm ripped panels from the exterior of the building and tore two holes in the roof of the Dome, causing insulation to fall and the scoreboard and catwalks suspended from the roof to sway; much of this was captured on camera, though the transmission from the arena was interrupted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nRiley's shot was considered to have saved lives by keeping people safe inside the Georgia Dome. After a 64-minute delay, the game was completed, however the next scheduled game between Kentucky and Georgia was postponed. The remainder of the tournament games were played at Alexander Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Georgia Tech, with spectators restricted to team and conference personnel, media, team bands, and families of players only due to the much smaller size of the alternate venue. At the nearby Philips Arena, little disruption was noticed by the attendees during the game between the Hawks and the Los Angeles Clippers, even though damage occurred to the outside of the arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nTwenty-seven people were treated for injuries. In addition, over 20 homes were completely destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nAll of CNN's TV networks remained on the air, but there was damage to the glass roof of the CNN Center atrium, flooding part of the food court. Additionally, blown-out windows in the ground floor CNN.com newsroom and the fourth floor videotape library caused minor damage. Live news coverage of the aftermath was carried on CNN International, in turn simulcast domestically on CNN until 1 am EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nCNN resumed broadcasting from their main newsroom at 6 am EDT, showing several parts of the newsroom with computer stations covered with tarps, the damaged atrium of CNN Center, and staff using trash cans and buckets to collect dripping rainwater to the right of the anchor desk due to the damaged roof. When more storms moved in later in the day, the network was forced to move all Atlanta on-camera operations to the windowless CNN-I studio, while taped programming was shown for most of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nThe city received emergency assistance from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA), Highway Emergency Response Operators (HEROs), Fulton and DeKalb counties (where Atlanta is situated), and surrounding cities and counties. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin also declared a state of emergency for the city  and Governor Sonny Perdue issued a state state of emergency declaration  for Atlanta enabling the city to seek disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). President Bush declared a major disaster on March 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195646-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atlanta, Georgia\nAt the time, it was the most expensive tornado in American history, in raw U.S. dollars, after the 1999 Oklahoma City tornado, costing a half-billion dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195647-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 21\u201324 at Campbell's Field in Camden, NJ. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Second-seeded Charlotte defeated Xavier in the title game to win the tournament for the second straight year, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195647-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 27-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through six. The top two seeds, Xavier and Charlotte, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195647-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nIn the tie for first place, the conference's tiebreaking procedures gave Xavier the top seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195647-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team\nThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte's Rob Lyerly, one of four 49ers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 68], "content_span": [69, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195648-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey from March 12 to March 15, 2008. By winning the tournament, Temple received an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was crowned Atlantic 10 Conference champion. Xavier and Saint Joseph's also received at-large bids to the NCAA tournament. Dionte Christmas of Temple was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195648-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding\nThe seeding for the tournament is based on regular-season record during Atlantic 10 Conference play. Each team played a 16-game schedule. Charlotte, Richmond, and Saint Joseph's all finished with records of 9-7. Richmond won the tiebreaker by having a 2-1 record among the tied schools. Saint Joseph's came second from the tiebreaker with a record of 1-1. Also, La Salle and Dayton both finished with 8-8 records. La Salle won the tiebreaker by beating Dayton during the regular season. Lastly, Duquesne, Rhode Island, and Saint Louis all finished with records of 7-9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195648-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding\nSince the teams were all 1-1 in games amongst each other, the tie was broken by record against the highest-ranked teams in the conference. In the end, Saint Louis won the tiebreaker as a result of a 1-1 record vs. Massachusetts. Duquesne (0-1 vs. Massachusetts) then got the tiebreaker over Rhode Island (0-2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195648-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding\nThe top four teams receive byes to the second round of the tournament. Because they did not finish in the top 12 in the Atlantic 10, George Washington and St. Bonaventure did not qualify for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195649-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Championship\nThe 2008 Atlantic Championship season was the thirty-fifth Atlantic Championship season. It began on April 20, 2008 and ended on October 4, 2008. Despite the merger of Champ Car's premier series with the Indy Racing League, the Champ Car owners continued to own and operate the Atlantic Championship under a new legal entity, Atlantic Racing Series, LLC. Champ Car continued to sanction the first two events of the season at Long Beach and Laguna Seca with the remainder of the season running under IMSA sanction. The Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' Champion was Markus Niemel\u00e4 driving for Brooks Associates Racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195649-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Championship, Events\nThe original 12-race 2008 Atlantic Championship calendar, which featured many supporting runs during Champ Car World Series events, had to be scrapped as a result of the 2008 open-wheel reunification announcement. The Long Beach, Laguna Seca, Edmonton, Mont-Tremblant and Road America races, which had been part of the Champ Car schedule before reunification, remained in the calendar. The Road America races were changed, as the American Le Mans Series' Generac 500 weekend meet was changed from one to two races (a Saturday and Sunday race). The Edmonton race, now part of the IndyCar Series, also switched to a two-race format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195649-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Championship, Events\nThe original races at Trois-Rivieres and Miller were not affected, since the Quebec race was part of the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivieres (which also features the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series), and the Utah race was conducted as part of the Rolex Sports Car Series Sunchaser 1000 weekend. On April 3 a revised post-reunification schedule was released featuring 11 races including the seven weekends that were kept (with two races at Edmonton and Road America), and two new races, one at New Jersey and a second Road Atlanta (as a support race to the Petit Le Mans).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195649-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Championship, Events, Television\nThe 2008 series was televised at 5\u00a0PM ET on Sundays starting on November 9, 2008 on Speed TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195649-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Championship, Drivers and Teams\nThe following teams and drivers competed in the 2008 Atlantic Championship season. All teams used the Swift 016.a chassis powered by a Mazda-Cosworth MZR 2.3\u00a0liter inline-4 engine and Cooper tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195650-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida from May 21 through May 25. The #1 seeded University of Miami won the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record, earning the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Miami's first conference championship in baseball after having played as an independent until joining the ACC during the 2004-05 academic year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195650-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament\n2008 was the second year in which the conference used a round robin tournament format, with the team with the best record in each group at the end of the three-game round robin advancing to a one-game championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195650-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding Procedure\nThe top two teams from both the Atlantic and Coastal divisions, as determined by conference winning percentage, in addition to the four teams with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division, will be selected to participate in the ACC Baseball Championship. The two division champions will automatically be seeded number one and two based on winning percentage in overall conference competition. The remaining teams will be seeded (three through eight) based on winning percentage in overall conference competition without regard to division. All ties will be broken using the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195651-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season\nThe 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 56th season that the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) participated in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football. As a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) conference, the ACC's constituent members competed within the framework of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195651-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season\nThe media widely recognized the 2008 season as one of the most chaotic in the conference's history. At season's end, the ACC fielded an NCAA-record of ten bowl eligible teams from its twelve conference members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195651-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season\nVirginia Tech secured its second consecutive conference championship when it won the 2008 ACC Championship Game against Boston College. Likewise, it was the second consecutive season that Boston College finished as the conference runner-up. Virginia Tech went on to represent the conference in its BCS game, the 2008 Orange Bowl, and, with a victory over Cincinnati, ended the ACC's eight-year BCS game slump.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195651-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Honors, All-conference teams\nPostseason awards are selected by the Atlantic Coast sports media association by votes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195651-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, ACC players in the NFL Draft\nIn the 2009 NFL Draft, 32 former ACC players were selected. The ACC was second only to the Southeastern Conference (SEC), which had 37 former players selected. The Big 12 and Big Ten each had 28 and the Big East had 27 former players selected. Of the ACC schools, Maryland and North Carolina tied for most former players selected at five. Clemson, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, and Virginia each had four former players selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195652-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th conference tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 16, 2008. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while all 'Final Five' games were played at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195652-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe tournament featured four rounds of play. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams. All quarterfinal matchups were best-of-three series with the top three remaining seeds receiving byes into the semifinal round and the lowest two remaining seeds playing in a four-vs-five match. All rounds after the quarterfinals were conducted as single-elimination games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195652-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe winner of the four-vs-five game would advance to the semifinals to play the highest remaining seed while the other two remaining seeds faced off in the other semifinal game. The winners of the semifinal games advanced to play each other in a championship game with the tournament champion receiving an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195652-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195653-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida from May 21 through 25. Lipscomb won its first tournament championship to earn the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Lipscomb joined the conference prior to the 2004 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195653-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding\nThe top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament. Florida Gulf Coast, Kennesaw State, North Florida, and South Carolina Upstate were ineligible for the tournament due to NCAA rules after reclassifying to Division I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195653-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament, Results\n* - Indicates game required 10 innings. \u2020 - Indicates game required 15 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195653-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Tournament Most Valuable Player\nCaleb Joseph was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Joseph was a catcher for Lipscomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 102], "content_span": [103, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195654-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 5\u20138, 2008 at Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195654-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Atlantic Sun Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 16 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season\nThe 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was the most destructive Atlantic hurricane season since 2005, causing over 1,000\u00a0deaths and nearly $50\u00a0billion (2008 USD) in damage. The season ranked as the third costliest ever at the time, but has since fallen to eighth costliest. It was an above-average season, featuring sixteen named storms, eight of which became hurricanes, and five which further became major hurricanes. It officially started on June 1 and ended on November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season\nHowever, the formation of Tropical Storm Arthur caused the season to start one day early. It was the only year on record in which a major hurricane existed in every month from July through November in the North Atlantic. Bertha became the longest-lived July tropical cyclone on record for the basin, the first of several long-lived systems during 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season\nThe season was devastating for Haiti, where nearly 800\u00a0people were killed by four consecutive tropical cyclones (Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike), especially Hurricane Hanna, in August and September. These four storms caused about $1\u00a0billion in damage in Haiti alone. The precursor to Kyle and the outer rain bands of Paloma also impacted Haiti. Cuba also received extensive impacts from Gustav, Ike, and Paloma, with Gustav and Ike making landfall in the country at major hurricane intensity and Paloma being a Category\u00a02 when striking the nation. More than $10\u00a0billion in damage and 8\u00a0deaths occurred there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season\nIke was the most destructive storm of the season, as well as the strongest in terms of minimum barometric pressure, devastating Cuba as a major hurricane and later making landfall near Galveston, Texas, as a large high-end Category 2 hurricane. One very unusual feat was a streak of tropical cyclones affecting land, with all but one system impacting land in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season\nThe unusual number of storms with impact led to one of the deadliest and destructive seasons in the history of the Atlantic basin, especially with Ike, as its overall damages made it the second-costliest hurricane in the Atlantic at the time, although it would later drop to seventh after hurricanes Sandy, Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Ida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts\nNoted hurricane experts Dr. Philip J. Klotzbach, Dr. William M. Gray, and their associates at Colorado State University (CSU) \u2013 as well as forecasters at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Met Office (UKMO), Tropical Storm Risk (TSR), Weather Services International (WSI) \u2013 issued forecasts of hurricane activity prior to the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts\nDr. Klotzbach's team (formerly led by Dr. Gray) defines the average number of storms per season (1950 to 2000) as 9.6\u00a0tropical storms, 5.9\u00a0hurricanes, and 2.3\u00a0major hurricanes (storms reaching at least Category\u00a03 strength in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale). A normal season, as defined by NOAA, has 9 to 12\u00a0named storms, with 5 to 7\u00a0of those reaching hurricane strength, and 1 to 3\u00a0major hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season forecasts\nThe first forecast for the 2008\u00a0hurricane season was released by CSU on December\u00a07, 2007. In its report, the organization predicted 13\u00a0named storms, 7\u00a0hurricanes, 3\u00a0major hurricanes, and an annual Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index of 115\u00a0units. The odds of a major hurricane landfall in the Caribbean and along the United States were projected to be above average. ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. It is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding 39\u00a0mph (63\u00a0km/h), which is the threshold for tropical storm strength. The odds of a major hurricane landfall in the Caribbean and along the United States were projected to be above average in the CSU forecast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 933]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season forecasts\nThree days later, TSR\u2014a public consortium consisting of experts on insurance, risk management, and seasonal climate forecasting at University College London\u2014called for a very active season featuring 15.4 (\u00b14.7) named storms, 8.3 (\u00b13.0) hurricanes, 3.7 (\u00b11.8) major hurricanes, and a cumulative ACE index of 149 (\u00b166) units. Mirroring CSU, the group assigned high probabilities that the United States and Lesser Antilles landfalling ACE index would be above average. On January\u00a03, 2008, WSI projected 14\u00a0named storms, 7\u00a0hurricanes, and 3\u00a0major hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season forecasts\nIn April, CSU slightly raised their values owing to a favorable Atlantic sea surface temperature configuration during the preceding month, upping the projected numbers to 15\u00a0named storms, 8\u00a0hurricanes, and 4\u00a0major hurricanes. TSR, in contrast, slightly reduced their numbers on April\u00a07 due to cooler projections for Atlantic Ocean temperatures compared to their December forecast. WSI on April\u00a023 raised the expected number of hurricanes from 7 to 8 and major hurricanes from 3 to 4 while leaving the number of named storms unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season forecasts\nOn May\u00a022, the NOAA's Climate Prediction Center announced their first seasonal outlook for the 2008\u00a0season, highlighting 65\u00a0percent odds of an above-normal season, 25\u00a0percent odds for a near-normal season, and 10\u00a0percent odds of a below-average season. A range of 12 to 16\u00a0named storms, 6 to 9\u00a0hurricanes, and 2 to 5\u00a0major hurricanes was provided, each with 60 to 70\u00a0percent probability. The CPC, alongside TSR and CSU, highlighted the ongoing multi-decadal period of enhanced Atlantic tropical cyclone activity, the ongoing La Ni\u00f1a in the Pacific, and warmer than average ocean temperatures across the eastern tropical Atlantic as the basis for their predictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Midseason outlooks\nOn June 3, CSU released an updated outlook for the season but left their values from April unchanged. Examining conditions in April and May, the organization compiled a list of hurricane seasons with similar conditions: 1951, 1961, 2000, and 2001. TSR slightly lowered their numbers in their June 5 update but continued to predict an above-average season. Meanwhile, on June 18, the UKMO released their seasonal forecast, assessing a 70 percent probability the number of tropical storms would fall between 10 and 20, with 15 tropical storms noted as the most likely value in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Midseason outlooks\nNo projections for the number of hurricanes, major hurricanes, or ACE were given. On July 2, WSI held firm to their April forecast; the organization was forced to slightly increase the number of named storms and hurricanes later that month. On July 4, TSR slightly raised their forecast. Following an active start to the season, CSU upped their predictions in an August 5 update, calling for 17 named storms, 9 hurricanes, 5 major hurricanes, and an ACE index of 175 units.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Midseason outlooks\nTSR released their final outlook for the season that day, raising their values to 18.2 (\u00b12.9) named storms, 9.7 (\u00b11.7) hurricanes, 4.5 (\u00b11.4) major hurricanes, and an ACE index of 191 (\u00b142) units. On August 7, NOAA's CPC raised their probability of an above-average season from 65 percent to 85 percent. The final outlook yielded a 67 percent chance of 14 to 18 named storms, 7 to 10 hurricanes, and 3 to 6 major hurricanes. WSI, meanwhile, issued their final seasonal outlook on August 27, reaffirming their numbers from the previous month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nThe 2008\u00a0hurricane season officially began on June\u00a01, though Tropical Storm Arthur formed one day earlier. The season was above-average, featuring 16\u00a0named storms, 8\u00a0of which intensified into hurricanes, while 5\u00a0of the hurricanes reached major hurricane status. Despite a La Ni\u00f1a dissipating early in the summer months, atmospheric conditions remained favorable for tropical cyclogenesis, including abnormally low wind shear between 10\u00b0N and 20\u00b0N. Additionally, sea surface temperatures in the deep tropics and the Caribbean Sea were fifth warmest since 1950. The season saw the first occurrence of major hurricanes in the months of July through November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nFour storms formed before the start of August, and the season also had the earliest known date for three storms to be active on the same day: Hurricane Bertha, and Tropical Storms Cristobal and Dolly were all active on July\u00a020. This season was also one of only ten Atlantic hurricanes seasons on record to have a major hurricane form before August, as well as one of only seven Atlantic seasons to feature a major hurricane in November. The final tropical cyclone, Hurricane Paloma, degenerated into a remnant low-pressure area over Cuba on November\u00a09, three weeks before the season officially ended on November\u00a030.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nThe season was devastating for Haiti, where four consecutive tropical cyclones \u2013 Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike \u2013 killed at least 793\u00a0people and caused roughly $1\u00a0billion in damage. Hurricane Ike was the most destructive storm of the season, as well as the strongest, devastating Cuba as a major hurricane and later making landfall near Galveston, Texas, at Category\u00a02 (nearly Category 3) intensity. The cyclone caused a particularly devastating storm surge along the western Gulf Coast of the United States due to in part to its large size.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nIke was the second-costliest hurricane in the Atlantic at the time, but has since dropped to sixth following Sandy, Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Hanna was the deadliest storm of the season, killing 533\u00a0people, mostly in Haiti. Gustav was another very destructive storm, causing up to $8.31\u00a0billion in damage to Haiti, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, and the United States. Dolly caused up to $1.6\u00a0billion in damage to south Texas and northeastern Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nBertha was an early season Cape Verde-type hurricane that became the longest-lived July North Atlantic tropical cyclone on record, though it caused few deaths and only minor damage. The Atlantic basin tropical cyclones of 2008 collectively caused roughly $49.4\u00a0billion in damage and at least 1,074\u00a0fatalities. At the time, the season ranked as the third costliest on record, behind only 2004 and 2005. However, it has since fallen to eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nOther notable storms included Tropical Storm Fay, which became the first Atlantic tropical cyclone to make landfall in the same U.S. state on 4 occasions; Tropical Storm Marco, the smallest Atlantic tropical cyclone on record; Hurricane Omar, a powerful late-season major hurricane which caused moderate damage to the ABC islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands in mid-October; and Hurricane Paloma, which became the third-strongest November hurricane in recorded history and caused about $454.4\u00a0million in damage to the Cayman Islands and Cuba. The only storm of the season to not reach tropical storm status, Tropical Depression Sixteen, contributed to a significant flooding event in Central America, with the cyclone itself directly blamed for at least nine deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nOverall, the season's activity was reflected with a total cumulative ACE rating of 146. This was well above the normal average, and nearly double the rating given to each of the two preceding seasons (79\u00a0\u2013 2006; 74\u00a0\u2013 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Arthur\nIn late May, a westward-moving tropical wave and the mid-level remnants of Tropical Storm Alma from the East Pacific combined over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. This led to the formation of Tropical Storm Arthur by 00:00\u00a0UTC on May\u00a031. The  cyclone reached its peak intensity with winds of 45\u00a0mph (75\u00a0km/h) six hours after development, and it made landfall at 09:00\u00a0UTC on June\u00a01 about halfway between Belize City, Belize, and Chetumal, Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula, at that strength.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Arthur\nOnce inland, Arthur quickly lost organization and degenerated to a remnant area of low pressure around 00:00\u00a0UTC on June\u00a02. It dissipated six hours later. In conjunction with Alma, Tropical Storm Arthur dropped over 12\u00a0in (300\u00a0mm) of rainfall across portions of Belize, destroying roads, washing out bridges, and damaging 714 homes. Total damage was estimated at $78\u00a0million, and five deaths were recorded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bertha\nA well-defined tropical wave left Africa on July\u00a01 and organized into a tropical depression by 06:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a03. Six hours later, it intensified into Tropical Storm Bertha, the easternmost tropical storm on record in the Atlantic during July. Steered on a west-northwest or northwest course, Bertha reached hurricane strength around 06:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a07. The cyclone then underwent a period of rapid intensification that brought it to its peak as a Category\u00a03 hurricane with winds of 125\u00a0mph (205\u00a0km/h) later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bertha\nStructural changes and a more hostile environment caused the storm to fluctuate in intensity as it passed east of Bermuda. By July\u00a019, however, the storm began to undergo extratropical transition, a process it completed by 12:00\u00a0UTC the next morning. The post-tropical storm continued northeast and merged with a larger extratropical low near Iceland on July\u00a021. Lasting a duration of 17\u00a0days, Bertha became the longest-lived Atlantic tropical cyclone on record during the month of July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bertha\nAs the cyclone passed east of Bermuda, it produced strong wind gusts peaking at 91\u00a0mph (146\u00a0km/h). Power lines were downed, cutting electricity to about 7,500\u00a0homes, and tree branches were snapped. Heavy rainfall, reaching 4.77\u00a0in (121\u00a0mm) at L.F. Wade International Airport, flooded roadways. Meanwhile, Bertha produced large waves and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast, resulting in 3\u00a0deaths offshore New Jersey and 57\u00a0water rescues in Atlantic City alone. Fifty-five people were injured off the coast of Delaware while an additional four individuals were injured off North Carolina. At Wrightsville Beach in particular, officials estimated at least 60 water rescues over a 48-hour span. Over a seven-day period beginning on July\u00a09, the storm contributed to 1,500 ocean rescues in Ocean City, Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 867]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Cristobal\nA trough of low pressure, the remnants of an old frontal boundary, extended along the East Coast of the United States on July\u00a015. The trough extended into the Gulf of Mexico the following day and resulted in the development of a circulation that subsequently crossed Florida on July\u00a017. Once in the Atlantic, the system became better organized and coalesced into a tropical depression around 00:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a019. It intensified into Tropical Storm Cristobal twelve hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Cristobal\nAfter passing close to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the storm continued northeast and reached peak winds of 65\u00a0mph (100\u00a0km/h) early on July\u00a021, when an eye feature was evident on microwave imagery. Progressively cooler waters began to weaken Cristobal the next day, and it was then absorbed by a large extratropical cyclone south of Newfoundland around 12:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a023.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Cristobal\nThe precursor disturbance to Cristobal produced up to 6\u00a0in (150\u00a0mm) of rain in Florida, blocking storm drains and causing street flooding. Some 35\u201340 cars were pulled from submerged streets in Marco Island, with some vehicles submerged in as much as 2\u00a0ft (0.6\u00a0m) of water. Generally lesser rainfall totals occurred across the Southeastern United States, though record daily accumulations around 3.43\u00a0in (87.1\u00a0mm) resulted in minor flooding in Wilmington, North Carolina. Moisture from the tropical cyclone became intertwined with an approaching frontal system, producing a maximum rainfall total of 6.5\u00a0in (165\u00a0mm) in Baccaro, Nova Scotia. Basements were flooded and roads were washed out along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dolly\nA tropical wave emerged off Africa on July\u00a011. As the wave moved west into the Caribbean, it produced gale-force winds and its satellite presentation resembled that of a tropical storm at times. However, the system did not develop a well-defined circulation until around 12:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a020, at which time it was designated as Tropical Storm Dolly about 310\u00a0mi (500\u00a0km) east of Chetumal, Quintana Roo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dolly\nOn a northwest course, the cyclone failed to organize initially; however, a more conducive environment in the Gulf of Mexico allowed Dolly to attain hurricane strength by 00:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a023 and reach its peak as a Category\u00a02 hurricane with winds of 100\u00a0mph (155\u00a0km/h) twelve hours later. Dry air and cooler waters eroded the storm's eyewall after peak intensity, but Dolly still harbored winds of 85\u00a0mph (140\u00a0km/h) at its landfall on South Padre Island, Texas, at 18:20\u00a0UTC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0018-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dolly\nIt made a second landfall on the Texas mainland at a slightly reduced strength two hours later. Once inland, Dolly weakened to a tropical storm early on July\u00a024 and ultimately degenerated to a remnant low around 00:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a026. The remnant low turned north and crossed the Mexico\u2013United States border before losing its identity over New Mexico early on July\u00a027.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dolly\nIn its early stages, mudslides generated by heavy rainfall from the storm caused 21\u00a0deaths in Guatemala. As the storm progressed across the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula, it produced significant beach erosion in Canc\u00fan. Offshore, the body of a fisherman was recovered while three others were purported missing. Offshore the Florida Panhandle, one person drowned in rough surf. In Texas, the hurricane caused moderate structural damage to the roofs of homes on South Padre Island, where maximum sustained winds of 78\u00a0mph (126\u00a0km/h), gusting to 107\u00a0mph (172\u00a0km/h), were recorded. Some buildings of lesser construction were severely damaged as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dolly\nExtensive damage to trees and utility poles occurred throughout Cameron and Willacy counties. Six weak tornadoes or waterspouts were recorded, but generally minor damage was observed. Widespread heavy rainfall occurred throughout southern Texas, with a concentration of 15\u00a0in (381\u00a0mm) near Harlingen; this rainfall caused severe inland flooding. Farther south in Mexico, a hurricane research team east of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, recorded sustained winds of 96\u00a0mph (154\u00a0km/h), gusting to 119\u00a0mph (192\u00a0km/h). In the city itself, downed power lines fell into floodwaters, electrocuting a man.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0019-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dolly\nThe remnants of the storm heavy impacted Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, Chihuahua, where five homes and a historic church were collapsed and about 2,840\u00a0acres (1,150\u00a0hectares) of corn and barley were ruined. Farther north in New Mexico, an estimated 350\u2013500 structures were damaged, roads and bridges were washed out, and one man was swept away by the swollen Rio Ruidoso river. In nearby El Paso, Texas, homes and streets were flooded, and one indirect death occurred when a driver rolled over after hitting a puddle. Overall, Dolly caused at least $1.6\u00a0billion in damage, with $1.3\u00a0billion in the United States and $300\u00a0million in Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Edouard\nA trough developed across the northern Gulf of Mexico on August\u00a02 and quickly developed into a tropical depression about 85\u00a0miles (140\u00a0km) southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River around 12:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a03. The depression moved westward and intensified into Tropical Storm Edouard on August\u00a04. The impacts of northerly wind shear initially curtailed intensification; the following day, however, a more favorable environmental regime allowed the storm to attain maximum winds of 65\u00a0mph (100\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Edouard\nEdouard made landfall near the McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges at 12:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a05 at peak strength. The system quickly weakened once inland and was downgraded to a tropical depression early on August\u00a06 before degenerating into a remnant low at 06:00\u00a0UTC that day. It continued to move northwestward across Texas and dissipated around 00:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a07.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Edouard\nRough surf and rip currents led to the deaths of three men in Panama City Beach, Florida, a fourth man in Perdido Key, a fifth man at Orange Beach, Alabama, and a sixth man near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Wind gusts in Louisiana peaked at 62\u00a0mph (100\u00a0km/h), ripping the roofs of mobile homes, downing numerous trees, and toppling power lines across Cameron, Calcasieu, and Vermilion parishes. Along the coastline, storm tides generally varied between 4\u20135\u00a0ft (1.2\u20131.5\u00a0m), with a peak of 5.09\u00a0ft (1.55\u00a0m) near Intracoastal City. This contributed to minor inland flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Edouard\nIn Texas, rainfall peaked at 6.48\u00a0in (165\u00a0mm) near Baytown, leading to the inundation of dozens of homes. Several roadways, including a portion of Interstate 10, were closed across Chambers and Harris counties. Sustained winds of 56\u00a0mph (90\u00a0km/h), gusting to 71\u00a0mph (114\u00a0km/h), brought down trees and power lines while inflicting minor roof damage to hundreds of homes. Overall Edouard caused about $800,000 in damage, with about $350,000 in Louisiana and $450,000 in Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fay\nA tropical wave emerged from Africa on August\u00a06 and moved swiftly across the Atlantic, developing into a tropical depression by 12:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a015 while near the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico. The depression intensified into Tropical Storm Fay as it struck the coastline of Haiti, and it maintained its status as a minimal tropical storm while progressing through the Cayman Trough and into south-central Cuba. Fay curved north and zigzagged across Florida, making a record four separate landfalls in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fay\nThe first occurred near Key West on August\u00a018 and the second just east of Cape Romano on August\u00a019. While inland over Lake Okeechobee, Fay developed a well-defined eye and reached peak winds of 70\u00a0mph (110\u00a0km/h). The third landfall occurred near Flagler Beach on August\u00a021 and the final southwest of Carrabelle on August\u00a023. The cyclone weakened to a tropical depression in the Florida Panhandle on August\u00a024 and moved northwest into Mississippi before making an abrupt turn to the northeast the following day. It merged with a frontal boundary and became extratropical around 06:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a027. The low was ultimately absorbed by a larger extratropical system over Kentucky early the next morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fay\nThroughout the Caribbean, Fay contributed to at least 16\u00a0deaths: 10\u00a0in Haiti, 5\u00a0in the Dominican Republic, and 1\u00a0in Jamaica. Many of these deaths were resultant from the storm's prolific rainfall, with numerous weather stations across the Dominican Republic and Cuba reporting accumulations of 7\u201310\u00a0in (178\u2013254\u00a0mm); Agabama, Cuba, recorded a localized maximum of 18.23\u00a0in (463\u00a0mm). The combination of heavy rainfall and gusty winds resulted in over 2,400\u00a0homes being damaged across the Dominican Republic. Similar destruction was reported in Haiti, particularly on Gon\u00e2ve Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fay\nAs Fay meandered across Florida, it produced widespread torrential rainfall there, with accumulations peaking at a record 27.65\u00a0in (702.3\u00a0mm) in the city of Melbourne. While run-off ultimately helped replenish Lake Okeechobee and surrounding reservoirs, the immediate impact of the rain event was more destructive. Thousands of residences were inundated, some with as much as 5\u00a0ft (1.5\u00a0m) of water, and sewage systems were congested. Numerous trees were felled, and downed power lines cut electricity to tens of thousands of homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0023-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fay\nFay was a prolific tornado producer, with 81 confirmations across 5\u00a0states: 19\u00a0in Florida, 17\u00a0in Georgia, 16\u00a0in North Carolina, 15\u00a0in Alabama, and 14\u00a0in South Carolina. A majority were short-lived and weak. Overall, Fay caused seventeen deaths in the United States: fifteen in Florida, one in Georgia, and one in Alabama. Throughout all areas impacted, Fay caused about $560\u00a0million in damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gustav\nA tropical wave departed Africa on August\u00a013, coalescing into a tropical depression south of Puerto Rico by 00:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a025 and intensifying into Tropical Storm Gustav twelve hours later. With a small inner core, the system rapidly strengthened to a hurricane early on August\u00a026 before striking the southwestern peninsula of Haiti later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gustav\nGustav weakened while traversing Haiti and Jamaica but quickly restrengthened over the northwestern Caribbean, reaching winds of 145\u00a0mph (230\u00a0km/h) before making landfall on the Isle of Youth, and striking the mainland just east of Los Palacios, Cuba, with winds of 155\u00a0mph (240\u00a0km/h) later on August\u00a030. Plagued by wind shear and dry air, the hurricane did not re-intensify over the Gulf of Mexico, instead making a final landfall near Cocodrie, Louisiana, at 15:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a01 with winds of 105\u00a0mph (165\u00a0km/h). Gustav continued northwest, weakening to a tropical depression over northern Louisiana before merging with a cold front over northern Arkansas around 12:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a04. The remnants accelerated northeast and merged with another extratropical low over the Great Lakes later on September\u00a05.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 873]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gustav\nThroughout the Dominican Republic, over 1,239\u00a0homes were damaged, of which 12\u00a0were destroyed, and about 50\u00a0communities were isolated. Eight people were killed in a mudslide. In neighboring Haiti, some 10,250\u00a0homes were damaged, including about 2,100\u00a0that were destroyed. Eighty-five people were killed. The storm caused $210\u00a0million in damage across Jamaica and resulted in 15\u00a0deaths. The impact of Gustav was ruinous across the Isle of Youth and mainland Cuba, where sustained winds of 155\u00a0mph (249\u00a0km/h) and gusts up to 211\u00a0mph (340\u00a0km/h) resulted in damage to 120,509\u00a0structures (about 21,941\u00a0beyond repair).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gustav\nThe 211\u00a0mph (340\u00a0km/h) wind gust, observed at Paso Real de San Diego weather station in Pinar del R\u00edo Province, was the second highest wind gust ever recorded on land in a tropical cyclone, behind only Cyclone Olivia's 253\u00a0mph (407\u00a0km/h) gust on Barrow Island, Australia. A total of 140\u00a0electrical towers were destroyed, laying waste to 809\u00a0mi (1,302\u00a0km) of power lines and cutting power to much of the area. Dozens of residents were injured but no deaths occurred. The estimated cost of the storm fell just shy of $2.1\u00a0billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0025-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gustav\nUpon striking the United States, Gustav produced strong winds that damaged the roofs and windows of many structures, as well as a large storm surge along the coastline of Louisiana which overtopped levees and floodwalls in New Orleans. Widespread heavy rainfall contributed to significant inland flooding from Louisiana into Arkansas. Tornadoes were confirmed throughout the region, including 21 in Mississippi, 11\u00a0in Louisiana, 6\u00a0in Florida, 2\u00a0in Arkansas, and 1\u00a0in Alabama. In total, Gustav cost $6\u00a0billion in the United States and killed 53\u00a0people: 48\u00a0in Louisiana, 4\u00a0in Florida, and 1\u00a0at sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Hanna\nA tropical wave entered the Atlantic on August\u00a019, leading to the formation of a tropical depression around 00:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a028 approximately 315\u00a0mi (505\u00a0km) east-northeast of the northernmost Leeward Islands. Twelve hours later, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Hanna. Interaction between the cyclone and an upper-level low kept Hanna fairly steady-state for several days, with its appearance briefly resembling that of a subtropical storm. Meanwhile, a building ridge over the eastern United States forced the storm to dive south.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Hanna\nA reprieve in upper-level winds allowed Hanna to attain hurricane strength at 18:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a01 and reach peak winds of 85\u00a0mph (140\u00a0km/h) six hours later. However, the aforementioned ridge soon began to impart northerly wind shear, and the cyclone weakened accordingly. A second upper-level low caused Hanna to conduct a counter-clockwise loop north of Haiti before reaching the western periphery of the subtropical ridge, sending the storm ashore near the North Carolina\u2013South Carolina border at 07:20\u00a0UTC on September\u00a06 with winds of 70\u00a0mph (110\u00a0km/h). It curved northeast once inland, merging with one cold front over southern New England and a second near Newfoundland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Hanna\nHanna produced heavy rainfall across mountainous sections of Puerto Rico, leading to mudslides that damaged bridges and roads. Strong winds downed trees and power lines. Damage across the Turks and Caicos Islands in the wake of the storm was presumed to have been minor\u2014confined to some roof damage to homes\u2014but damage assessments were limited given the impact of Hurricane Ike less than a week later. Across Hispaniola, torrential rainfall exacerbated flooding that had already occurred during Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricane Gustav.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Hanna\nWhile the exact death toll is indiscernible due to the quick succession of tropical cyclones, Hanna is believed to have killed at least 529\u00a0people in Haiti, most in the commune of Gona\u00efves, as well as 1\u00a0person in the Dominican Republic. Along the coastline of the United States, rip currents killed one person at Kure Beach, North Carolina and another in Spring Lake, New Jersey. Gusty winds downed trees and power lines that cut electricity along the Eastern seaboard. Storm surge and heavy rainfall contributed to flooding, particularly in low-lying locales and across New Hampshire. One person died in South Carolina after drowning in a drainage ditch. Total damage was estimated at $160\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ike\nAt 06:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a01, the season's ninth tropical depression developed from a well-defined tropical wave that left Africa on August\u00a028. A strong subtropical ridge to the depression's north directed it on a west-northwest path for several days, while environmental conditions allowed for quick intensification. It intensified into Tropical Storm Ike six hours after formation and, on September\u00a03, began a 24-hour period of rapid intensification that saw its winds increase from 85\u00a0mph (140\u00a0km/h) to a peak of 145\u00a0mph (230\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ike\nThe ridge to Ike's north soon amplified, forcing the hurricane on an unusual, prolonged southwest track while also imparting increased wind shear. After briefly weakening below major hurricane strength, a relaxation in the upper-level winds allowed Ike to reattain Category\u00a04 strength while entering the Turks and Caicos Islands; it then made several landfalls at a slightly reduced intensity. Winds again increased to 130\u00a0mph (215\u00a0km/h) as Ike moved ashore near Cabo Lucrecia, Cuba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ike\nLand interaction prompted structural changes to the storm's core, and Ike only slowly rebounded to an intensity of 110\u00a0mph (175\u00a0km/h) before its landfall on the northern end of Galveston Island, Texas, early on September\u00a013. Ike curved northeast once inland, interacting with a front the next morning and merging with another low near the Saint Lawrence River on the afternoon of September\u00a015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ike\nIn Haiti, Ike compounded the flooding disaster imparted by previous storms Fay, Gustav, and Hanna. The country's food supply, shelter, and transportation networks were ruined. At least 74\u00a0deaths were attributed to the hurricane in Haiti, and an additional 2\u00a0occurred in the Dominican Republic. In the Turks and Caicos Islands, about 95\u00a0percent of all houses on Grand Turk Island were damaged, 20\u00a0percent of which severely so. An equal proportion of homes were damaged in South Caicos, including over one-third that were significantly damaged or destroyed. The agricultural and fishing industries suffered significant losses too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ike\nThe highest concentration of damage in the Bahamas occurred on Inagua, where 70\u201380\u00a0percent of houses sustained roof damage, of which approximately 25\u00a0percent saw major damage or were destroyed. Throughout both archipelagos, damage climbed to between $50\u2013200\u00a0million. In Cuba, nearly a quarter of the island's population, 2.6\u00a0million people, was evacuated in advance of the storm; as a result, only seven deaths were reported. However, structural damage was catastrophic, with 511,259\u00a0homes damaged (about 61,202\u00a0of which were total losses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ike\nAbout 4,000\u00a0metric tons (4,410\u00a0st) of foodstuffs were ruined in storage facilities while the island's crops as a whole sustained serious damage. Floodwaters cut off several communities as roads were inundated and bridges were swept away. Ike was estimated to have caused about $7.3\u00a0billion in damage across Cuba, making it the costliest hurricane on record there until Hurricane Irma in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ike\nWhile progressing across the Gulf of Mexico, Ike's slow movement and unusually large wind field led to a huge storm surge, upwards of 15\u201320\u00a0ft (4.5\u20136.1\u00a0m), that devastated the Texas coastline. The storm's destruction was most complete on the Bolivar Peninsula, where nearly all homes were wiped off their foundations and demolished. Numerous trees and power lines were downed, cutting power to some 2.6\u00a0million customers across Texas and Louisiana. Roads were obstructed by both floodwaters and fallen objects. As Ike transitioned into an extratropical cyclone, it produced extensive wind damage across the Ohio River Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ike\nIn Ohio alone, 2.6\u00a0million people lost power. Insured losses climbed to $1.1\u00a0billion, comparable to the Xenia tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak in terms of being the costliest natural disaster in the history of Ohio. Throughout the United States, Ike killed 74\u00a0people in Texas, 28\u00a0people across the Ohio River Valley, 6\u00a0people in Louisiana, and 1\u00a0person in Arkansas. Damage reached $30\u00a0billion. Farther north in Canada, the remnants of Ike produced record rainfall and high winds across portions of Ontario and Qu\u00e9bec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Josephine\nA strong tropical wave accompanied by a surface low departed Africa late on August\u00a031. The system began to organize almost immediately after entering the Atlantic, developing into a tropical depression around 00:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a02 and intensifying into Tropical Storm Josephine six hours later. On a west to west-northwest heading, the cyclone steadily intensified and attained peak winds of 65\u00a0mph (100\u00a0km/h) early on September\u00a03. An exceptionally strong upper-level trough, aided by outflow from nearby Hurricane Ike, prompted a weakening trend thereafter. Despite intermittent bursts of convection, Josephine weakened to a tropical depression around 00:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a06 and degenerated to a remnant low six hours later. The low ultimately dissipated on September\u00a010. The storm's remnants impacted Saint Croix early on September\u00a012, producing localized heavy rainfall that flooded roadways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 966]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Kyle\nA tropical wave moved off the west coast of Africa on September\u00a012. The westward-moving feature crossed the Windward Islands on September\u00a019 and began to interact with a strong upper-level trough, leading to an increase in convection and a more evident circulation center. Steering currents directed the disturbance into the southwest Atlantic, where a decrease in wind shear led to the formation of a tropical depression by 00:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a025 and organization into Tropical Storm Kyle six hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Kyle\nGradual intensification occurred as the cyclone passed well west of Bermuda; it attained hurricane strength around 12:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a027 and reached peak winds of 85\u00a0mph (140\u00a0km/h) a day later. After making landfall just north of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, at 00:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a029, Kyle accelerated northeastward. The storm developed a frontal structure as convection became elongated and asymmetric, leading to its extratropical transition by 06:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a029. A larger extratropical low absorbed it about a day later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Kyle\nThe precursor disturbance to Kyle produced up to 30.47\u00a0in (774\u00a0mm) of rainfall in Puerto Rico, resulting in numerous flash floods and mudslides that killed six people. About $48\u00a0million in damage occurred in Puerto Rico. In rain-stricken Haiti, heavy rainfall caused the Orangers River to overflow its banks, resulting in severe damage to homes in Jacmel. In the Northeastern United States, two people were killed by large waves in Rhode Island. Heavy rainfall across Massachusetts and Connecticut led to significant flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Kyle\nKyle produced hurricane-force winds along the southwestern coastline of Nova Scotia that uprooted trees while damaging boats, docks, wharves, and a building under construction. More than 40,000\u00a0customers were left without electricity at the height of the storm. Coastal locales were inundated by a combination of storm surge, large waves, and high tides, particularly in Shelburne, where streets were flooded. Kyle and its remnants caused roughly $9\u00a0million in damage in Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Laura\nOn September\u00a026, a non-tropical low formed along a quasi-stationary front well west of the Azores. This feature organized into Subtropical Storm Laura by 06:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a029 after shedding its frontal boundaries, and it further developed into a fully tropical system on September\u00a030 as deep convection formed over the center. A northward motion brought the storm over progressively cooler waters on October\u00a01, and it degenerated to a remnant area of low pressure by 12:00\u00a0UTC that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Laura\nThe low merged with a front less than 24\u00a0hours later and existed as an extratropical entity until being absorbed by a larger non-tropical low west of the British Isles on October\u00a04. The remnants of Laura produced heavy rainfall on already-saturated ground across the northwestern United Kingdom, overflowing drainage systems and closing roads. In eastern Norway, strong winds downed trees onto roadways and cut power to 10,000\u00a0households.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Marco\nA broad area of low pressure persisted across the northwestern Caribbean Sea through the end of September. A tropical wave reached the southwestern Caribbean on October\u00a04, aiding in the formation of a circulation center near Belize. The low tracked across Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula and, following an increase in convection while over the Laguna de T\u00e9rminos, organized into a tropical depression around 00:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a06. The newly-formed cyclone entered the Bay of Campeche a few hours later and quickly intensified into a tropical storm\u2014the smallest on record in the Atlantic Ocean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Marco\nFavorable anticyclonic flow aloft aided in continued development of the tightly-coiled storm, and Marco attained peak winds of 65\u00a0mph (100\u00a0km/h) early on October\u00a07, an intensity it maintained through landfall east of Misantla around 12:00\u00a0UTC that day. Marco's tiny circulation quickly weakened once inland, dissipating by 00:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a08. Impacts from the storm were generally minor, though some low-lying cities were flooded by heavy rainfall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Nana\nA tropical wave exited the west coast of Africa on October\u00a06, accompanied by a broad area of low pressure. The system organized as bands of convection coalesced around the center, leading to the formation of a tropical depression around 06:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a012. On a west-northwest course, the depression quickly strengthened into Tropical Storm Nana and attained peak winds of 40\u00a0mph (65\u00a0km/h). The effects of strong wind shear mitigated further organization, weakening the storm back to tropical depression intensity by 12:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a013 and causing it to degenerate to a remnant low a day later. The low turned northwest and dissipated on October\u00a015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Omar\nA tropical wave moved off Africa on September\u00a030 and failed to organize appreciably until reaching the eastern Caribbean Sea on October\u00a09. There, an increase in convection led to the formation of a tropical depression around 06:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a013; it intensified into Tropical Storm Omar eighteen hours later. A broad upper-level trough to the cyclone's northwest caused it to conduct a counter-clockwise turn and accelerate northeast while also aiding in the onset of an extended period of rapid intensification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Omar\nOmar attained hurricane strength around 00:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a015 before ultimately reaching peak winds of 130\u00a0mph (215\u00a0km/h) a little over a day later shortly after passing near Saint Croix. Uncharacteristically, the cyclone was plagued by moderate wind shear during its rapid intensification phase, and a further increase in upper-level winds caused Omar to abruptly weaken. The storm continued northeast through the Anegada Passage and into the central Atlantic. Omar weakened to a tropical storm around 00:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a018 and degenerating to a remnant low twelve hours later. The low persisted for two days before dissipating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Omar\nOmar first impacted the Netherland Antilles, where large waves caused severe damage to coastal facilities. Winds just shy of tropical storm intensity damaged the roofs of homes and downed several trees. The island of Aruba saw significant flooding from heavy rains. Throughout the United States Virgin Islands, only the eastern sections of Saint Croix received hurricane-force winds, with tropical storm-force winds in surrounding locales. These strong winds nonetheless downed trees and power lines and capsized 94\u00a0vessels. Landslides damaged roadways. Overall damage was estimated around $5\u00a0million in Saint Croix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Omar\nAcross the Lesser Antilles, the combination of strong winds and frequent lightning caused widespread power outages. Ships were run aground, structures were damaged, and some communities were isolated. Storm surge was severe in western sections of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, causing significant damage to coastal property and businesses. One man died in Puerto Rico after going into cardiac arrest while installing storm shutters. Total damage was estimated at $19\u00a0million in Saint Kitts and Nevis, $54\u00a0million in Antigua and Barbuda, and $2.6\u00a0million in Saint Lucia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Sixteen\nA tropical wave left Africa on September\u00a027 and moved into the southwestern Caribbean Sea on October\u00a010, where a broad area of low pressure formed. The low paralleled the coastline of Nicaragua for a few days while associated convection became better organized; this ultimately led to the development of a tropical depression around 12:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a014. The storm maintained a poorly-organized structure throughout its duration, with the low-level center embedded within a larger gyre and little central thunderstorm activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Sixteen\nA reconnaissance aircraft measured peak winds of 30\u00a0mph (45\u00a0km/h), and the depression maintained these winds as it made landfall just west of Punta Patuca, Honduras, at 12:30\u00a0UTC on October\u00a015. It moved west-southwest and ultimately degenerated over mountainous terrain around 06:00\u00a0UTC the next day. In mid- to late October, the tropical depression combined with another area of low pressure as well as a cold front to produce torrential rainfall across Central America. In what was described as the region's worst flooding disaster since Hurricane Mitch, crops suffered catastrophic losses, tens of thousands of homes were destroyed, and dozens of people were killed. At least nine deaths were directly attributed to the depression itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Paloma\nA broad area of disturbed weather developed in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on November\u00a01, ultimately coalescing into a tropical depression around 18:00\u00a0UTC on November\u00a05. It moved north amid a favorable environment, becoming Tropical Storm Paloma twelve hours after formation and attaining hurricane intensity by 00:00\u00a0UTC on November\u00a07.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Paloma\nAn impinging upper-level trough directed Paloma toward the northeast while enhancing outflow, prompting a period of rapid intensification that brought the storm to its peak as a Category\u00a04 hurricane with winds of 145\u00a0mph (230\u00a0km/h) around 12:00\u00a0UTC on November\u00a08, the third strongest November hurricane on record in the Atlantic. An increase in wind shear soon began to take a toll on the cyclone, weakening Paloma to Category\u00a02 strength as it made landfall near Santa Cruz del Sur, Cuba, and further to a tropical storm around 06:00\u00a0UTC on November\u00a09. It ultimately degenerated to a remnant low early the next day. The low meandered around Cuba before entering the Gulf of Mexico, and it dissipated south of the Florida Panhandle on November\u00a014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Paloma\nPaloma caused significant impacts on Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands, where nearly every structure was damaged or destroyed. On nearby Little Cayman, a fewer number of buildings were destroyed while trees and power lines were downed. Damage across the island chain was estimated at $124.5\u00a0million. In Cuba, the combination of hurricane-force winds, torrential rainfall, and significant storm surge along the coastline resulted in damage to 12,159\u00a0homes; 1,453\u00a0of these were destroyed. Hundreds of businesses were impacted, dozens of electrical poles were toppled, and over a dozen bridges were damaged. The island's agricultural sector suffered significant loss. Overall, Paloma inflicted about $300\u00a0million in damage there. In Jamaica, rainfall contributed to one death. The storm's remnants moved northward into Florida, resulting in a daily rainfall record in Tallahassee and localized heavy rainfall in surrounding locales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 987]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names\nThe following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2008. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2014 season. This was the same list used in the 2002 season, with the exceptions of Ike and Laura, which replaced Isidore and Lili, respectively. The names Ike, Omar, and Paloma were used for the first (and only, in the cases of Ike and Paloma) time this year. The name Laura was previously used in 1971.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names, Retirement\nOn April\u00a022, 2009, at the 31st Session of the RA IV Hurricane Committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Gustav, Ike, and Paloma from its rotating name lists due to the number of deaths and damage they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They were replaced with Gonzalo, Isaias, and Paulette for the 2014 season. Isaias and Paulette were not used in 2014, but were later used in the 2020 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195655-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Season effects\nThis is a table of all of the storms that formed in the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s)\u2014denoted by bold location names\u2014damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 2008 USD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season\nThe 2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season was the club's 61st season since being founded in 1948. Nacional played in the 2008 Copa Libertadores since they won the Copa Mustang consecutively in the previous season (2007), making them the first team in Colombia to achieve this goal since the introduction of the new Copa Mustang format. Oscar Quintabani was the club's manager for the second year in a row. The team roster was almost the same as last year's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Team Kit\nThis year Atl\u00e9tico Nacional will be changing manufacturers since their contract with Umbro expired; this year they will be featuring Marathon as their new manufacturing sponsor. However, Postob\u00f3n is still going to be their main shirt sponsor, making this their ninth year sponsoring the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Team roster, Copa Mustang-I\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Team roster, Reserve & Youth Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Team roster, Starting 11 Copa Mustang 2008-I\nLast updated: 2008-12-26Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Team roster, Copa Mustang-II\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Team roster, Reserve and youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Team roster, Starting 11 Copa Mustang 2008-II\nLast updated: 2008-12-26Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Copa Mustang, Copa Mustang 2008-I\nThe Copa Mustang 2008-I began on February 2 and ended on May 18. Atl\u00e9tico Nacional was a firm candidate to win the championship after winning both Colombian championships last year, but eventually had an underwhelming campaign, finishing 14th and missing out on the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Copa Mustang, Copa Mustang 2008-II\nThe expectations for this season were high, since Nacional had a poor campaign in the previous Copa Mustang tournament. At the beginning of the 2008-II Copa Mustang Nacional was not as successful as it was thought they were going to be; mainly due to many changes in the squad, and this was highlighted by a 5-0 loss against Santa Fe. The club struggled to look for a place in the top 8 during the first half of the  tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Copa Mustang, Copa Mustang 2008-II\nIn the other half the club was slightly getting back to shape by making the top 8 on five occasions, and it won its last three games, leading into a 3rd place finish in the last game of the tournament and qualifying to the Quadrangular Semifinals. In the quadrangular, Nacional finished last, without having a single win, and in its closing game against La Equidad at home, the club lost 4-1; only about 10,000 fans showed up to the game to see them lose on their 2008 season final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Copa Colombia\nNacional had a decent run in the 2008 Copa Colombia, where they finished first in their group with only 1 loss against rivals DIM, but were unexpectedly eliminated by Primera B club Expreso Rojo in the third phase, which was the club that went the furthest in the tournament out of the clubs that weren't playing in the highest division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195656-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Copa Libertadores\nNacional made a good appearance in the 2008 Copa Libertadores. In the group stage they held the first place for the first five games, then in the last one when they lost 1-0 to S\u00e3o Paulo they went down to second place. In the round of 16 they had to play against Fluminense; in the first game Nacional lost at home 1-2, later in the second leg they lost 1-0 to the Brazilian club at Maracan\u00e3 Stadium, which meant that Fluminense advanced to the next round, and Nacional were eliminated from the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team\nThe 2008 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University during 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Tommy Tuberville served his tenth and final season as head coach at Auburn. He was joined by a new defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads and new offensive coordinator Tony Franklin, who attempted to implement Tuberville\u2019s new without the proper players suited for the spread offense in a failed effort to correct the Tigers' offensive struggles in 2007. Tuberville fired Franklin six games into the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team\nAuburn played a seven-game home schedule at Jordan\u2013Hare Stadium, while traveling to Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia for the Tigers' first ever meeting with the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Tennessee Volunteers returned to the Tigers' schedule for the first time since Auburn defeated Tennessee twice in AU's undefeated 2004 season. LSU, Arkansas, and Georgia rounded out Auburn's home conference schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team, Pre-Season, Rankings\nThe Tigers entered the season with high expectations, ranked highly by multiple polls in the preseason. The Associated Press Poll placed Auburn at #10 while the USA Today Coaches' Poll, a component of the Bowl Championship Series rankings, had Auburn at #11. Other rankings include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team, Pre-Season, Rankings\n# 7 \u2013 Rivals.com# 8 \u2013 Athlon# 9 \u2013 Sports Illustrated# 9 \u2013 CollegeTop25 Consensus# 10 \u2013 ESPN# 13 \u2013 Lindy's# 14 \u2013 CollegeFootballNews/Scout.com", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team, Pre-Season, Pre-season All-SEC Teams\nCoaches All-SEC 1st Team \u2013 DT Sen\u2019Derrick Marks & P Ryan ShoemakerCoaches All-SEC 2nd Team \u2013 RB Ben Tate, OL Tyronne Green, LB Tray Blackmon & DB Jerraud PowersCoaches All-SEC 3rd Team \u2013 DE Antonio Coleman", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team, Schedule\nAuburn's schedule consisted of eight Southeastern Conference opponents (four home, four away) and four non-conference opponents. AU meets Tennessee-Martin and West Virginia for the first time. The WVU game, a mid-season inter-conference Thursday night matchup, is the first of a two-game home-and-home series between the two teams. Of the remaining ten opponents that the Tigers have previously faced, Auburn holds the all-time series lead against all but Alabama and LSU. Four opponents \u2014 #1 Georgia, LSU, West Virginia and Tennessee \u2014 were ranked in both the preseason USA Today and AP Polls. Alabama was also ranked in the AP Poll. Tennessee dropped out of the polls before playing Auburn; however, Vanderbilt would enter the polls by the time the Commodores played Auburn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 819]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Monroe\nAuburn's first possession only picked up 1 first down, but the punt put UL-Monroe in bad field position. On the first play, Auburn Defensive End Antonio Coleman made a huge hit on UL-Monroe's quarterback, forcing a fumble on the UL-Monroe 9-yard line, and the Defense picked it up and took it back for the Auburn Tigers' first touchdown. A few possessions later, Auburn Receiver and Punt Returner Robert Dunn returned a UL-Monroe punt for a TD with 0:04 left in the 1st Quarter. At halftime, Auburn had a 17\u20130 lead after a Wes Byrum field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Monroe\nOn the opening kickoff of the 3rd quarter, UL-Monroe fumbled the ball and Auburn recovered, leading to a TD run from Brad Lester. Another field goal from Byrum would make the score 27\u20130 going into the 4th Quarter. Kodi Burns had left the game with a cut in his leg, so Chris Todd played the rest of the game. Later in the 4th, Todd would lead Auburn down the field with an excellent and suddenly effective passing game, ending in a 3-yard Touchdown pass to Chris Slaughter to seal the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Monroe\nIt was the first shutout for Auburn since a 27\u20130 wins over Arkansas State on November 4, 2006. It was also the first time Auburn had scored on Offense, Defense, and Special Teams since the 2003 73\u20137 beating of UL-Monroe. Auburn finished with 406 yards of offense, 321 Rushing yards and 85 passing yards. Auburn picked up 19 first downs while UL-Monroe picked up 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nSouthern Miss returned to the Plains for the first time since the 1993 perfect season. Prior to that meeting, the Tigers had lost consecutive 1-point losses to Southern Miss, then quarterbacked by Brett Favre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nDespite impressive offensive numbers in their opening game where Southern Mississippi put up 633 yards (427 rushing) in a 51\u201321 win over Louisiana-Lafayette, Larry Fedora's team did not have an answer for Auburn's tough defense. The Tigers won 27\u201313, improving their lead in the series all-time to 17\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nLosing to a Vanderbilt team, at home, is quite the accomplishment. The same Auburn program whom Pat Dye resurrected through an instilment of hard work, fell at the hands of the worst SEC football program. Chris Todd couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Kodi Burns, though not quite as atrocious, still managed to make the Commodores defense look like the 85 super bowl shuffle bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195657-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Auburn Tigers football team, Coaching staff\nbut was hired by Ole Miss before 2009 season began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195658-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Auckland Open (darts)\n2008 Auckland Open was a darts tournament that took place in Auckland, New Zealand on 20 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195659-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia Day Honours\nThe Australia Day Honours 2008 are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2008 by the Governor General of Australia, Michael Jeffrey", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195659-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia Day Honours\nThe Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195660-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia national soccer team season\nThis page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195660-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nThe main focus for the National Team was to attempt to qualify for their third World Cup. The 2010 campaign was Australia's first as a member of the AFC and they entered the qualification in the Third Round drawn into a group containing Qatar, Iraq and China. Matches took place from February until June and Australia had already succeeded in moving through the next round when they lost to China at home in the final game. Despite this, they still topped the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195660-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nFourth Round qualifying had Australia in a group with Bahrain, Japan, Qatar and Uzbekistan. By the end of the calendar year, they had played three games for three wins and were sitting top of the group with five games yet to be played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195660-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nThey also enjoyed a come from behind friendly win away to the Netherlands who were ranked four in the world at the time. Australia finished the year ranked 28 on the FIFA Rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195661-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia rugby union tour\nThe 2008 Australia rugby union tour was a series of seven matches played by the Australia national rugby union team in November\u2013December 2008. The tour was preceded by a match against All Blacks for the Bledisloe Cup and closed with a match against Barbarian FC", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195661-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia rugby union tour, Matches, Bledisloe Cup Match\nA First match was played in Hong Kong against New Zealand. It was the fourth match between the two teams. Winning the match, the All Blaks, tied the series (2\u20132) valid also for Bledisloe Cup maintaining the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195661-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia rugby union tour, Matches, In Italy\nAgainst Italy, the Wallabies suffer the strong play of Italian forwards and the strong defence of \"azzurri\", winning the match also in the last 20 minutes, thanks a try of Quade Cooper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195661-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia rugby union tour, Matches, Against England\nEngland offered a strong opposition in the first half, especially between the 35th and 39th minutes, and scored a try with Nick Easter and a penalty with Danny Cipriani, but the Aussies were always ahead thanks to the kicks of Giteau and Martlock, until a try of Adam Ashley-Cooper closed the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195661-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia rugby union tour, Matches, Against France\nAs in the two previous matches, Wallabies obtain victory thanks a better second half. The try of Peter Hynes and a kick after France reached the 13\u201313 in the beginning of second Half. On French Sie, Skrela missed five kicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195661-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australia rugby union tour, Matches, Final match with Barbarians\nAustralia was approached by the British Olympic Association to play the Barbarians at Wembley Stadium on 3 December 2008. The match formed part of the BOA's programme of events to celebrate the centenary of the first London Olympic Games where Australia defeated a Great Britain (Cornwall) side in the final 32 \u2013 3. In 1908 France were the defending Olympic champions, but when they withdrew from the event, leaving just Australia and Great Britain to contest the gold medal, it was then County champions Cornwall who took to the field to represent the host nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195661-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Australia rugby union tour, Matches, Final match with Barbarians\nCornwall had already been defeated in Australia's earlier 31-match tour. Cornwall's 1908 contribution was also further recognised by the presentation of the Cornwall Cup to the winning captain at Wembley, with the players of the respective sides receiving gold or silver commemorative medals. The game was the first rugby union fixture to take place in the new Wembley Stadium, the old stadium having been last used for Wales' last gasp 32\u201331 victory over England in the then Five Nations in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election\nElections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 18 October 2008. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Jon Stanhope, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Zed Seselja. Candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single transferable vote method, known as the Hare-Clark system. The result was another hung parliament with Labor winning seven seats, the Liberals six seats and the Greens finishing with four seats, giving the Greens the balance of power in the 17-member unicameral Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election\nOn 31 October 2008, after almost two weeks of deliberations, the Greens chose to support a Labor minority government. Consequently, Labor was re-elected to a third consecutive term of government in the ACT. Stanhope was elected Chief Minister at the first sitting of the seventh Assembly on 5 November 2008. The election was conducted by the ACT Electoral Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Overview\nThe incumbent centre-left Labor Party, led by Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, attempted to win re-election for a third term after coming to power in 2001. They were challenged by the opposition centre-right Liberal Party, led by Zed Seselja, who assumed the Liberal leadership in December 2007. A third party, the ACT Greens, held one seat in the Assembly through retiring MLA Deb Foskey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Overview\nThe election saw all 17 members of the Assembly face re-election, with members being elected by the Hare-Clark system of proportional representation. The Assembly is divided into three electorates: five-member Brindabella (including Tuggeranong and parts of the Woden Valley) and Ginninderra (including Belconnen and suburbs) and seven-member Molonglo (including North Canberra, South Canberra, Gungahlin, Weston Creek, and the remainder of the Woden Valley). Election dates are set in statute to occur once every four years; the government has no ability to set the election date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Overview\nFollowing the 2004 election outcome, Labor held 9 seats, becoming the first majority government in the territory's history. The opposition Liberal Party held 7 seats, with the Greens holding a further one. The Liberal numbers in the Assembly dropped to six in December 2007 when former Shadow Treasurer Richard Mulcahy was expelled from the party and began sitting as an independent. The opposition thus would have needed to win a further three seats, on top of regaining Mulcahy's seat, to hold government in its own right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Overview\nThe Liberal campaign suffered early problems in February 2008 when a number of prominent Liberal Party and business figures, including popular former Chief Minister Kate Carnell and high-profile businessman and former party finance director Jim Murphy, relaunched the 250 Club, previously a Liberal fundraising group, as the independent Canberra Business Club. The new organisation pledged to support minor party and independent pro-business candidates in the election, citing their disillusion with both major parties and the need for a third political force in the Assembly. At the same time, their best prospect for winning Mulcahy's seat of Molonglo, the Liberal Candidate for Fraser in the previous Federal election, Troy Williams, withdrew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Overview, Polling\nConducted by Patterson Market Research, and published in The Canberra Times, polling released on 4 October suggested the Green vote had doubled to tripled since the last election, at the expense of Labor, with the Liberal vote relatively unchanged. Commentators predicted the Greens would hold the balance of power and decide who forms government. The Greens stated they were willing to court both major parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Overview, Scanning of ballot papers\nIn the 2001 and 2004 elections, after the first manual count of paper ballots the preferences were data entered for distribution. For the 2008 election, paper ballots were scanned and character recognition software used to identify preferences. Any preferences that could not be identified by the software were entered manually.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 87], "content_span": [88, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Candidates\nSitting members at the time of the election are in bold. Tickets that elected at least one MLA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Candidates, Brindabella\nFive seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Candidates, Brindabella\nBen Doble Burl Doble Brian McLachlan Geoff Rake Bruce Ritchie", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Candidates, Ginninderra\nFive seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Candidates, Ginninderra\nChris Bourke Adina Cirson Mary Porter* Dave Peebles Jon Stanhope*", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Candidates, Ginninderra\nHarold Hird (Ind)Cathy McIlhoney (Ind)Mark Parton (Ind)Adam Verwey (Ind)Darren Churchill (-)Eddie Sarkis (-) Barry Smith (Ind)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Candidates, Molonglo\nSeven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens were defending one seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Candidates, Molonglo\nAndrew Barr* Eleanor BatesSimon Corbell* Louise Crossman Katy Gallagher* Mike Hettinger David Mathews", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Candidates, Molonglo\nHelen Cross (Ind)Tony Farrell (Ind)Greg Tannahill (-) Kerri Taranto (Ind)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Results\nAustralian Capital Territory general election, 18\u00a0October 2008Legislative Assembly << 2004\u20132012 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Results\nAt the close of counting on election night 18 October 2008, with 82.1 per cent of the vote counted Labor had obtained 37.6 per cent of the vote across the ACT, with the Liberals at 31.1 per cent and the Greens at 15.8 per cent. Swings were recorded against both the Labor (-9.3 per cent) and Liberal (-3.7 per cent) parties with a +6.6 per cent swing towards the Greens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Results\nLabor won 7 seats, the Liberals won 6 seats, while the Greens won 4 seats, giving them the balance of power, and negotiated with both major parties for the formation of a minority government. After almost two weeks of deliberations, the Greens chose to form a minority government with Labor. The ACT Electoral Commission determined and announced the election's final results on 25 October 2008 after distribution of preferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Results\nIn Brindabella, Labor lost one of its three seats to Greens candidate Amanda Bresnan. Government minister John Hargreaves was re-elected, but Labor backbencher Mick Gentleman was beaten by another Labor candidate, Joy Burch. For the Liberal Party, former leader Brendan Smyth was re-elected, but shadow minister Steve Pratt lost his seat to party colleague Steve Doszpot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Results\nLabor also lost a seat in Ginninderra, where Greens candidate Meredith Hunter was elected. Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and Labor MLA Mary Porter were both re-elected, and on the Liberal ticket sitting MLA Vicki Dunne was joined by Alistair Coe, who replaced retiring Bill Stefaniak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195662-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Capital Territory general election, Results\nIn seven-member Molonglo, the Liberals lost one seat to the Greens. Labor ministers Katy Gallagher, Andrew Barr and Simon Corbell all won re-election, as did Liberal leader Zed Seselja. Sitting MLA Jacqui Burke lost to Jeremy Hanson for the second Liberal seat. The Greens increased their representation in this seat to two, electing new MLAs Shane Rattenbury and Caroline Le Couteur, the latter at the expense of Liberal-turned-Independent MLA Richard Mulcahy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195663-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship\nThe 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Cars. The championship, which was contested over nine rounds across five different states, began on 21 February 2008 at the Clipsal 500 and finished on 26 October at the Gold Coast Indy 300. It was the sixth and last Australian Carrera Cup Championship until the 2011 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195663-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship\nCraig Baird dominated the series, winning 14 of the series 25 races and the New Zealander driving for Fitzgerald Racing became the first driver to win the series twice, adding to his 2006 championship win. West Australian Dean Fiore was the runner up for Sonic Motor Racing, taking four wins and dominating the Mount Panorama round. Third was David Russell in the Sherrin Motor Sport car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195663-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship\nThe most dramatic moment of the season was when category managers Sherrin Motor Sport collapsed, leaving the series briefly in limbo. With the assistance of CAMS and Porsche Australia, Glenn Ridge owned company Q Media Events took over the running of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195663-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers have competed in the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195663-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Race calendar\nEach of the nine rounds was contested over three races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195663-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Points system\nChampionship points were awarded on 60\u201354\u201348\u201342\u201336\u201330\u201327\u201324\u201321\u201318\u201315\u201312\u20139\u20136\u20136\u20133\u20133\u20133\u20133\u20133 basis to the first twenty finishers in each race with 1 point awarded to each driver finishing in positions from 21st through to last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195664-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Club Championships\nThe 2008 Australian Club Championships (ACC) brought together the best men's and women's basketball teams from the Waratah League, South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), Queensland Australian Basketball League (QABL), Central Australian Basketball League (CABL) and Big V competitions for their shot at national glory, with the event held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195664-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Club Championships\nBy the tournament's conclusion, the Rockhampton Rockets were crowned as the best male basketball club in Australia while the Townsville Flames were crowned women's champions for the second year in succession. The tournament marked the final year of National Finals in Australian state basketball after the Australian Basketball Association was disbanded following the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195664-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Club Championships, Tournament overview\nThe 2008 ACC quarter-finals began on 16 August when the two SEABL men's conference champions, the Hobart Chargers (South) and the Knox Raiders (East), faced off for the overall SEABL championship and a spot in the ACC semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195664-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Club Championships, Tournament overview\nThe remaining 14 teams (eight women's and six men's) then faced off against each other on 23 August to determine who would be heading to the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on 30 August for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195664-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Club Championships, Tournament overview\nThe Rockhampton Rockets booked their place in the men's decider after a thrilling 100\u201393 victory over the Sandringham Sabres in the semi-final, while the Chargers defeated the Melbourne Tigers 128\u2013126 in overtime in the other semi-final. In the men's Grand Final, the Rockets defeated the Chargers in a cliff hanger, 103\u201399, with grand final MVP Ryan McDade finishing with 24 points and 19 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195664-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Club Championships, Tournament overview\nIn the women's Grand Final, the Townsville Flames made it double celebrations for Queensland teams, clinching back-to-back national women's championships. The Flames, who edged out theKilysth Cobras 77\u201371 in their semi, overpowered the Sydney Comets 73\u201357 in the decider. A Flames win looked on the cards at halftime when they led 38\u201326, but Sydney responded with a 22\u201310 third-quarter run to level the scores before Townsville went on a devastating 25\u20139 run spearheaded by MVP Cherie Smith to seal the Championship. The win marked the second year in a row that Queensland's champions completed a men's and women's ACC double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195664-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Club Championships, Participants\nTo qualify for the event, teams had to be crowned Champion of their respective Leagues. There were also a number of wildcard entries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195665-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Drivers' Championship\nThe 2008 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title which was contested concurrently with the 2008 Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship. The championship winner was awarded the 2008 CAMS Gold Star. The 2008 championship was the 52nd Australian Drivers' Championship and the fourth to be contested with open wheel racing cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations. The season began on 3 February 2008 at Eastern Creek Raceway and finished on 21 September at Symmons Plains Raceway after eight rounds across four different states with two races per round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195665-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Drivers' Championship\nThe series was won by a British driver for the second time in three years, with James Winslow victorious after a season long battle with Leanne Tander, who was runner up by only a few points for the second year in a row. Chris Gilmour won the National Class from Irish driver Lee Farrell, while Andrew Mill clinched the Trophy Class with a round in hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195665-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Drivers' Championship, Points system\nChampionship points were awarded on a 20\u201315\u201312\u201310\u20138\u20136\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 basis to the top ten classified finishers in the Championship Class in each race. An additional point was awarded to the driver gaining the Championship Class pole position for each race and a further additional point was awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap in the Championship class in each race. To secure the \"fastest lap\" point the driver must have been declared finisher for that race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195665-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Drivers' Championship, Points system\nThe same point-score system was also used for both the National Class and the Trophy Class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195665-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Drivers' Championship, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers competed during the 2008 Australian Formula 3 season. The listing relates to both the 2008 Australian Drivers' Championship and to the non-championship Indy F3 Challenge races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195665-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Drivers' Championship, Teams and drivers\n'* - John Martin, Zahir Ali, Carlos Huertas & Jonathan Grant contested the non-championship Indy F3 Challenge races but did not contest rounds of the 2008 Australian Drivers' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195665-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Drivers' Championship, Results and standings, Drivers championship\nNote: Race 2 of Round 1 was abandoned due to torrential rain and no points were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 82], "content_span": [83, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195665-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Drivers' Championship, Results and standings, Indy F3 Challenge\nThe Indy F3 Challenge was a three race support event for Australian Formula 3 cars at the 2008 Nikon Indy 300 meeting at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit. It was not a round of the 2008 Australian Drivers' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195666-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Film Institute Awards\nThe 50th Annual Australian Film Institute Awards for film and television acting achievement in the cinema of Australia in 2008 were presented in a ceremony on 5\u20136 December 2008. During the ceremony, the Australian Film Institute presented Australian Film Institute Awards (commonly referred to as AFI Awards) in 40 categories including feature films, television, animation and documentaries. It was hosted by Stephen Curry of TV1's The King.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195666-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Film Institute Awards\nThe nominees for Best Documentary, Best Short Fiction Film and Best Short Animation were announced on 7 August whilst all the other nominees were announced at the Nominations Announcement in Sydney on 29 October. The Black Balloon had the most nominations with a total of 11 including Best Film.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195666-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Film Institute Awards, Winners of major awards\nThis is a breakdown of winners of major awards categories only. For a complete list of nominees and winners, see 50th Australian Film Institute Awards nominees and winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup\nThe 2008 Australian Football International Cup was the third time the Australian Football International Cup, an international Australian rules football competition, has been contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup\nIt was scheduled for 2008 (as part of the 150th year celebrations of Australian Football), with 16 nations competing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup\nThe tournament was hosted by both Melbourne and Warrnambool in Victoria, Australia between 27 August and 6 September, with a single match additionally played in Geelong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup\nLike previous tournaments, the competition was open to men's teams with strict nationality eligibility rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup\nThe Grand Final was played between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea were victorious by 8 points with a goal kicked after the siren. Like the Grand Final in previous years, the match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as a curtain raiser to the 2008 AFL Season finals match between Hawthorn Hawks and Western Bulldogs which attracted a crowd of 76,703 spectators. However unlike previous tournaments, the final was not televised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, History and build up\nThe WAFL and Perth, Western Australia raised the possibility of bidding for the tournament soon after the 2005 cup had been completed, however the AFL has confirmed that the cup will once again be held in Melbourne for at least for one more year, as the 2008 Cup will coincide with Australian Rules football's 150th anniversary. The AFL later indicated that a regional round and semi-finals would be held in Warrnambool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, History and build up\nThe AFL indicated that unlike earlier cups, it would likely be split into two divisions, a premier division and development division, with some discussion as to whether the eligibility rules could be loosened for the development division, to enable more countries to participate. Leagues were given the opportunity to nominate which they would prefer, with eight in each division being an initial target. Ultimately, this idea was dropped, with the sixteen teams being seeded into four pools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, History and build up\nIn December 2007, it was announced that Melbourne and Warrnambool would co-host the two division event, with Melbourne matches to be played mainly in Royal Park North. Several potential new sides were announced by the AFL, including an Israeli-Palestine combination supported by the Peres Centre for Peace, China and India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, History and build up\nThe USA Women's team announced an intention to send a squad to play against Australia and possibly Papua New Guinea. Additionally Canada and England announced their intentions to send Under 17s squads. As a result, there was speculation over an inaugural women's and under 17 divisions. However the AFL denied these divisions in favour of a senior men's competition only. In response, and with the Barassi International Australian Football Youth Tournament being cancelled, British and Canadian junior teams had to organise their own tours and matches against Australian schools. Despite both international teams being in Australia at the same time, they did not play against each other. The US women's team announced a 2009 tour instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 803]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Competing Nations\nThe AFL confirmed in July 2008 that sixteen nations will compete. In addition, there will be friendly matches played between Melbourne-based migrant community teams under the names \"Team Africa\" and \"Team Asia\", as well as the Tongan side which was unable to commit to the full tournament. Also despite a previous appearance, the Spain Bulls will not be competing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Individual awards, World Team\nThe world team was selected based on player performance in the pool rounds only. India, China, the Peace Team and Finland all missed representation in the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nNew Zealand's captain Andrew Congalton takes a strong mark in front of an Indian opponent", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nNew Zealand's Richard Bradley takes a high mark against India", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nCanada's ruckman Manny Matata takes a kick against Sweden in round 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nCanada's Scott Fleming kicks one of eight goals against Sweden in round 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nSwedish team lines up for the national anthem before taking on Canada", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nA British Bulldog gets a kick away despite close checking from a Nauruan opponent in Britain's round 2 loss", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nRobert Dipierdomenico coach of the Peres Peace team joining with his team to sign the joint anthem", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nThe Papua New Guinea Mosquitos line up for the national anthem before taking on the Peace Team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nSamoa lines up for the national anthem before taking on Japan in round 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nBig pack mark by Ireland's Mike Finn over South Africa", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nSouth Africa and Ireland contest the high ball with South African attempting to spoil", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195667-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Football International Cup, Gallery\nPapua New Guinea shortly after the final siren at the MCG", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195668-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship\nThe 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. The championship was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195668-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship, Race calendar and results\nChampionship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race and a bonus point was awarded to the driver achieving pole position for the first race at each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195669-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian GT Championship\nThe 2008 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing competition for closed, production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GT cars. It was the 12th Australian GT Championship to be awarded by CAMS. The Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd was recognised by CAMS as the Category Manager and Administrator for the 2008 championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195669-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian GT Championship\nThe championship was won by Mark Eddy driving a Lamborghini Gallardo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195669-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian GT Championship, Teams and drivers\nThe following drivers competed in the 2008 Australian GT Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195669-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian GT Championship, Points system\nChampionship points were awarded on a 38-32-28-25-23-21-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 to the first 25 finishers in each race. Each driver's worst round point score had to be dropped from his/her overall point score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195669-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian GT Championship, Points system\nDrivers competing with a foreign licence and a Foreign Participation Visa under FIA ISC Regulation 18 Para 5 (e.g. Hector Lester) were not allowed to score championship points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195669-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian GT Championship, Championship results, GT Challenge\nThe GT Challenge class was won by Richard Kimber  driving a Porsche 996 GT3 Clubsport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195669-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian GT Championship, Championship results, GT Production\nThe GT Production class was won by Tim Poulton driving a Lotus Exige S.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195669-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian GT Championship, Australian Tourist Trophy\nThe Confederation of Australian Motorsport awarded the 2008 Australian Tourist Trophy to the winners of the 2008 Sandown GT Classic, which was the sixth and final round of the 2008 Australian GT Championship. The title, which was the nineteenth Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by Allan Simonsen and Nick O'Halloren, driving a Ferrari F430 GT3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the 2008 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 March 2008 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first\u00a0race of the 2008 Formula One season. In qualifying for the event, Lewis Hamilton for the McLaren team started from pole position ahead of Robert Kubica in the BMW Sauber by 0.15 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix\nThe 58-lap race featured three safety car interruptions due to collisions on lap 1, 26, and 42. A high rate of attrition meant that only 7 cars of the 22 participants finished the race, with six being classified after sixth place Rubens Barrichello was disqualified for exiting the pit lane illegally. Of the six, Hamilton lead most of the race and finished first ahead of Nick Heidfeld in second in a BMW Sauber and Nico Rosberg in third in a Williams. This was Rosberg's first podium finish. In winning the race, Hamilton and McLaren led the Drivers' Championship and Constructors Championship, respectfully.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix\nThis event also marked the first race in seven years, since the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix, not to feature cars competing using traction control, which was banned by the FIA at the end of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested on 16 March 2008 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia by 22\u00a0drivers, in 11 teams of two. The competing teams, known as constructors, were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, Honda, Force India, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Williams, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Background\nThe race was the first of the 2008 Formula One season, with several teams opting to retain the same drivers as they had in 2007, however some teams changed for 2008. One of the main driver changes involved McLaren driver Fernando Alonso, who chose to move back to Renault for the 2008 season, with Heikki Kovalainen moving in the opposite direction to McLaren. The 2007 Drivers' Championship winner Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen stayed at Ferrari after his title-winning campaign, with the Finnish driver again being joined by Felipe Massa. As in the previous season, the same 11 teams took to the grid for the start of the new season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Background\nThe final mass testing session before the new season took place at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmel\u00f3, Spain between 25 and 27 February 2008. All the teams, with the exception of Super Aguri attended this three-day test which was affected by rain on the first day. On the first day of testing, Lewis Hamilton representing McLaren set the fastest lap a 1:22.276. Second was the Ferraris of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher. Hamilton continued to top the timesheets on day two with Kovalainen second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Background\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was third with a time of 1:21.722, having been joined at the track by his teammate Felipe Massa. Massa's best lap of 1:22.513 only made him fifth fastest, with Kazuki Nakajima in a  Williams splitting the Ferraris in fourth. On the third and final day, the Toyota of Jarno Trulli finished in first place with the fastest lap of the testing weekend, recording a lap time of 1:20.801. Second was the Red Bull driver David Coulthard who missed the previous two day's running due to requiring treatment on a trapped nerve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\n\u201cThere are definitely four cars that are quicker than us, so we'll get our heads down this evening and work on the race information before qualifying tomorrow. It's pretty windy out on the track, but it's an issue for everyone.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nMark Webber, after recording the second fastest lap in the second practice session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nThree practice sessions were held before the race. The first was held on Friday morning and the second on Friday afternoon - both of these sessions lasted 1\u00a0hour and 30\u00a0minutes with weather conditions dry throughout. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an\u00a0hour. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, the defending champion, set the fastest time in first practice, posting a lap time of 1:26.461, four-tenths of a second quicker than Hamilton and Massa, in second and third places respectively. Heikki Kovalainen completed the top four in the McLaren, with Mark Webber in the Red Bull and Alonso in the Renault in fifth and sixth positions, two seconds off the pace. Rookie Nelson Piquet Jr. caused a brief red flag in the session, spinning off at the Ascari corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nHamilton lapped faster than R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in the second practice session with a time of 1:26.559. Webber was second in the Red Bull, nine-tenths of a second behind Hamilton. Coulthard, Webber's teammate, was fifth, three-tenths behind Kovalainen, who finished the session fourth. The Ferraris were third and sixth; Massa in 3rd and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in sixth. Jarno Trulli in the Toyota and Nico Rosberg in the Williams completed the top eight positions. In preparation for the qualifying session, many teams put their cars on soft tyres for the third practice session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nThe soft tyre gives better performance than the harder type of tyre but is less durable than the harder compound. The BMW Sauber team topped the third practice session with first and second positions with Robert Kubica finishing the session ahead of teammate Nick Heidfeld. Alonso was third in the Renault, with Rosberg in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\n\"I am pleased to qualify third, but there is still room for improvement. It was a fairly smooth lap, and the balance of the car felt good. At the end I didn\u2019t nail a perfect lap, but throughout the weekend I have just been taking things steady, not making any mistakes and keep pushing harder and harder. Last year I didn\u2019t make the best start to the season, so today\u2019s result is a great beginning to my career as a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nQualifying for the race was split into three stages. The first stage of qualifying ran for 20\u00a0minutes with cars finishing in the last six positions not progressing to the next stage and retaining their position for the race. The second stage saw the next six slowest drivers not progress similarly and lasted for 15\u00a0minutes. The final stage of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth with the fastest racer gaining pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nHamilton won his seventh career pole position, with a time of 1:26.714 in the third session. Second was Kubica, who was a tenth of a second behind Hamilton. Kovalainen was third, with Massa fourth, four-tenths slower than Hamilton in the third stage. Heidfeld, Trulli, Rosberg and Coulthard completed the top eight positions. In contrast to Massa's fourth place, his teammate, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen finished qualifying in 16th place. His Ferrari car suffered a fuel pump problem at the end of stage one, with the Ferrari team unable to fix the problem before the second session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nWebber in the Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel in the Toro Rosso also suffered problems, with Webber spinning off in session two due to brake failure, leaving him down in 15th. Vettel was scheduled to be in the third session, but his Toro Rosso suffered oil pump failure, preventing him from setting a time in the session. Timo Glock in a Toyota finished qualifying in ninth position, however, he was demoted to 19th after being given two five-place grid penalties. His first five-place penalty was a result of a gearbox change, while his second five-place penalty was for impeding Webber during the session. Adrian Sutil spun and stalled during his final hot lap in first qualifying and damaged his chassis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Race\nThe conditions for the race were dry with the air temperature 37\u00a0\u00b0C (99\u00a0\u00b0F). The race started at 15:30 AEDT (GMT +10). Hamilton, from pole position on the grid, held onto the lead into the first corner with Kubica behind in second position. Vettel stalled on the grid and therefore pulled away very slowly, and lost several positions in the process. Behind the leading two, Massa spun coming out of turn one whilst racing Kovalainen, and damaged his front wing against the barriers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Race\nNelson Piquet Jr. made contact with Giancarlo Fisichella at the first corner forcing Fisichella to retire from the race. At turn three Mark Webber, Anthony Davidson, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel made contact and all had to retire. Following the collision, Kazuki Nakajima drove into Vettel as he spun and lost his front wing and had to pit in for a new one. A safety car was deployed in response to the accidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Race\nBy the end of the first lap, Lewis Hamilton retained his lead followed by Kubica and Rosberg. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen elevated himself from fifteenth to eighth on the first lap. After the safety car was left the race on lap three, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was stuck behind Rubens Barrichello, finally passing him lap 19 for sixth place. During the first set of pit stops Toyota driver Jarno Trulli was forced to retire due to electrical problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Race\nOn lap 26, Massa attempted to pass David Coulthard with the two colliding forcing Coulthard to retire, and later Massa retire with an engine failure three laps later. Both Massa and Coulthard suggested the collision was the others fault. This led to a second safety car being deployed. With other cars pitting, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen decided to stay out to move up the order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Race\nThe race restarted without a safety car on lap 30 and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen made an ambitious move on Heikki Kovalainen  on turn 3, but went into the gravel trap and lost several places. Two laps later he spun the car again whilst attempting to pass Timo Glock into the same corner. Timo Glock ran wide onto the grass on lap 42 and the bottom of his car hit two substantial bumps, the second of which caused it to briefly fly up in the air and land with force sufficient to break the Suspension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Race\nGlock spun twice and came to rest against the wall further down the track. He was forced to retire and the safety car came out for a third time. On the same lap, due to a false signal from the chief mechanic, Barrichello left a pit stop before the fuel hose had been removed from his car. Several mechanics suffered minor injuries. He would also serve a ten-second penalty for this pit stop as it was taken while the pit lane was closed. He was later disqualified for the infringement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Race\nThe race restarted on lap 47 and one lap later Kubica was forced out of the race after a collision with Kazuki Nakajima. Fernando Alonso was able to move up the field as a result of the high number of retirements and overtaking of Kovalainen and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in a single move and was fifth with eight laps left. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen retired with Ferrari's second engine failure of the race on lap 54, after driving slowly into the pit lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Race\nS\u00e9bastien Bourdais was competing in his first Formula One race, but it ended on lap 56 after suffering an engine failure from fourth position. At the end of the penultimate lap, Kovalainen passed Alonso coming out of turn 13 to take fourth place, but moments later on the pit straight he accidentally hit the speed limiter designed for use in the pit lane allowing Alonso to regain fourth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Race\nSeven cars finished the race but Barrichello was later disqualified for passing a red light at the pit lane exit. Lewis Hamilton won the race having led all but 5 laps during pit stops. Nick Heidfeld finished second and Nico Rosberg recorded his first podium in third. Kazuki Nakajima was the final car to finish, but was later given a ten-place grid penalty for the 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, the next race, after making contact with Kubica under safety car conditions. Bourdais, in his debut scored two championship points, despite not finishing the race, and classified seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Post-race\n\"Shortly after we called Rubens in for the second of two planned pit stops, Timo Glock had a crash and the safety car was deployed. We had no alternative but to continue to bring him in because he was out of fuel, although we realised that the pit lane was going to be closed due to the safety car and that this would result in a ten-second stop-go penalty. During the pit stop the lollipop was lifted just a fraction early while the fuel hose was just coming off the car. After the pit stop Rubens exited the pit lane when the lights were still red and obviously this is in breach of the regulations. A tough set of circumstances after an otherwise very committed drive by Rubens.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Post-race\nIn a post-race press conference, Hamilton commented on the race: \"I felt fantastic. I never thought it would have been as physically a breeze as it was. It is great preparation for Malaysia so bring it on, I am really looking forward to it.\" He also commended the work of his McLaren team on both his scheduled stops on laps 18 and 43 respectively:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Post-race\nHeidfeld picked up his first podium since the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix and was relieved to have kept Rosberg behind him, believing that his fellow German was fuelled longer than he actually was. He commented that Rosberg \"came in earlier than expected on the same lap as myself. What we lost at the start we regained on the pit-stop, so our pit-stop crew, just did a fantastic job to just get me out ahead of [Rosberg]. Then I was lucky on the pit-stops in terms of the safety car.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Post-race\nRosberg was delighted at his first podium finish, and was looking towards the rest of the year for similar results saying \"I think we have a solid car to start the season with. I am hoping to have a nice development through the season and I think we can have a good year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Post-race\nAlso after the race, Nakajima received a ten-place grid penalty to be applicated in the following race in Malaysia, having collided with Kubica on lap 48 of the race. As this was the first race of the season, Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship with 10\u00a0points, followed by Heidfeld on 8 and Rosberg on 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195670-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Grand Prix, Post-race\nMeanwhile in the Constructors' Championship, McLaren picked up 14\u00a0points thanks to Hamilton's win and Kovalainen's fifth place, thus giving them a five point lead over Williams \u2013 their highest championship position since 2004 \u2013 who, like McLaren, had both drivers finish in the points, with BMW Sauber in third on 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195671-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Manufacturers' Championship\nThe 2008 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers. The championship, which was open to Group 3E Series Production Cars was the 23rd Australian Manufacturers' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195671-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Schedule\nThe title was contested concurrently with the 2008 Australian Production Car Championship over a four-round series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195671-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Schedule\nRounds 1 & 4 were contested over two races and Rounds 2 & 3 over three races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195671-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Points\nA manufacturer that had registered for the championship could specify up to two \"nominated point scoring automobiles\". Points were awarded for class placings achieved by these cars at each race on varying scales depending on the number of competitors in each class at each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195672-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Mini Challenge\nThe 2008 Australian Mini Challenge was the inaugural running of the Australian Mini Challenge. It began on 7 March at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195672-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Mini Challenge, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers contested the 2008 Australian Mini Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195672-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Mini Challenge, Calendar\nThe 2008 Australian Mini Challenge will be contested over eight rounds, starting at Eastern Creek in March and finishing at Oran Park in December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195672-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Mini Challenge, Driver standings\nThe other results were16th: Michael Stillwell \u2013 132 17th: Iain Sherrin \u2013 117 18th: Robert Graham \u2013 111 19th: David Stillwell \u2013 108 20th: Brent Collins \u2013 96 21st: Jason White \u2013 96 22nd: Paul Morris \u2013 84 23rd: Barry Sternbeck \u2013 78 24th: Matt Neal \u2013 78 25th: Beric Lynton \u2013 75 26th: Mike Sherrin \u2013 69 27th: Damien Flack \u2013 60 28th: Tim Leahey \u2013 54 29th: Christopher Oxley \u2013 54 30th: Ricky Occhipinti \u2013 54 31st: Brendon Cook \u2013 51 32nd: Jim Sweeney \u2013 42 33rd: Callum Ballinger \u2013 39 34th: Tim Poulton \u2013 30 35th: Edward Singleton \u2013 27 36th: Kevin Miller \u2013 18 37th: Jason Akermanis \u2013 18 38th: Ryan Mcleod \u2013 15 39th: Chris Wootton \u2013 9", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open\nThe 2008 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 96th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 through 27 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open\nAfter twenty years of playing on Rebound Ace, the courts were changed to Plexicushion, a marginally faster surface. The new surface is thinner, and therefore has lower heat retention. This decision was made in a bid to reduce the \"stick\" of the court and the frequency of the extreme heat policy being invoked. However, the new surface faced criticism for being too similar to DecoTurf, the surface used at the U.S. Open. Player reaction to the change of surface was generally ambivalent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open\nBoth Roger Federer and Serena Williams were unsuccessful in defending their 2007 titles; Federer losing to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals and Williams losing in the quarter-finals to Jelena Jankovic. Djokovic won his first Grand Slam singles title, defeating unseeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final; Maria Sharapova, runner-up to Williams in 2007, defeated Ana Ivanovic to win her first Australian Open title and third Grand Slam title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open\nFor the mixed doubles, in every game, the first team to score four points, won the game. In other words, when a deuce happened in a game, the team who won the next point won the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Surface change\nOn 30 May 2007, Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley announced that as of the 2008 Australian Open, the Rebound Ace surface that had been used since 1988 would be replaced by a newer, faster Plexicushion surface. The Rebound Ace surface had been criticized for several years, from players including Andy Roddick and Mark Philippoussis, who claimed that the \"stick\" of the court was a contributing factor in many players injuring themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Surface change\nThis \"stick\" was a result of the thick rubber mat (10\u00a0mm) laid beneath the surface, the high heat retention because of this, and the high temperatures present during the Australian summer, which intermittently resulted in the extreme heat policy being invoked. Conversely, players such as Pete Sampras and Marat Safin put the high number of injuries down to lack of preparation from players; partly due to the fact that the tournament is held so early in the year, but also because there were so few tournaments preceding it. Rebound Ace was also chastised by Lleyton Hewitt for having an inconsistent bounce, in terms of height and pace (shock absorption); and claimed that these factors varied depending on the weather. The heat retention of the surface had also been a point of contention between players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 862]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Surface change\nIn announcing the change, Tiley said Plexicushion would have a \"lower rubber content than Rebound Ace, was firmer under foot and retained less heat through its thinner top layer.\" Tiley later said that the change of colour, from green to blue, would also benefit players and officials, although this change was quite arbitrary. The manufacturers of Rebound Ace derided the new surface, with director Paul Bull saying that, \"We had an Australian icon event with a unique Australian product and now we are just going to become a clone of the U.S. Open.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Surface change\nBull also said that the inconsistencies in pace were down to the organizers' imperative, who kept asking for the pace to be adjusted to pander for certain players, such as Hewitt. Bull, however, conceded that a change was needed; and said that the suggestion of a Rebound Ace court with a rubber mat thickness of around 5\u00a0mm was made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Surface change\nThe Plexicushion surface received a relatively mixed reception from players. Lleyton Hewitt, Justine Henin and Serena Williams were all keen to endorse the new courts; with Hewitt's appraisal focused on the greater consistency of the courts. Henin called it a \"good surface\" but said she did not find it markedly distinguishable from Rebound Ace, saying the biggest difference was the change of colour. Williams claimed that the court was not as \"bouncy\" and was causing less physical strain on her feet and ankles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Surface change\nOne source of criticism from players was the slower than expected pace, although many of these comments came prior to the event's commencement. Players were exposed to the new courts through other tournaments, played in advance of the Open; and practise on the new surface. Roger Federer described it as slow, with Novak Djokovic, Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and James Blake all corroborating this opinion, albeit from experience in preliminary tournaments. Pundit and former World No. 1 Pat Rafter said it was possible that the courts would speed up in time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Implementation of anti-corruption policing\nOn 21 December 2007, organizers of the event announced that the tournament would be watched under the scrutiny of anti-corruption officials. A partnership was formed with Victoria Police. This announcement came in the wake of a series of scandals to hit the sport, including World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko coming under suspicion of match fixing; with at least a dozen other players coming forward about having been approached to influence matches in an unethical manner. Tennis Australia chief executive Steve Wood commented that, \"Match-fixing and illegal gambling are a threat to the integrity of sport. We're putting our policies, procedures and programme in place to protect it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 81], "content_span": [82, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Implementation of anti-corruption policing\nThis was followed by a statement from the wider community of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and organizers of all four Grand Slams that they would review their anti-corruption policies in the future. This announcement came six days prior to the start of the Open, on 8 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 81], "content_span": [82, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Crowd trouble\nOn 15 January, Day 2 of the tournament, Victoria Police had to intervene when Greek Australian supporters, following Greece's Konstantinos Economidis in his match against Chilean Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, became unruly. The match, in progress at the Margaret Court Arena, was suspended for ten minutes as the police attempted stop the \"offensive chanting\" and eject certain fans. Approximately forty supporters, heavily outnumbered by Chilean fans, were warned of their disorderly conduct prior to the police deploying pepper spray. The police regiment was heavily outnumbered, with a BBC Radio employee commenting that, \"[there were] two guys against maybe 70-80, that's not good.\" Tournament officials said that 3 people had been sprayed and 5 evicted; a small proportion of the Greek fans left the arena, upset at how events were transpiring and fearing for their safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 920]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Crowd trouble\nBoth players said that the trouble was not something they had witnessed before; and Economidis condemned his supporters, saying that, \"It was a really nice atmosphere until this moment. I am really unhappy.\" Some witnesses have implicated Cypriot and Serbian supporters in the trouble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Crowd trouble\nAustralian Open director, Craig Tiley, had announced in the week preceding the event that police and security forces would \"impose a 'zero-tolerance' policy on anti-social behaviour\". This statement appeared to be a delayed reaction to the trouble that marred the event in 2007, with Australian youths of Greek, Serbian and Croatian origins involved in mutually abusive sparring. However, the problem was much more pronounced in 2007, with violence breaking out and around 150 fans ejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Sexual assault\nPolice were called to investigate a report that a 12-year-old girl was indecently assaulted by a drunk man at the Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Sexual assault\nIn a brief statement, Victoria Police said they received a report that the girl was inappropriately touched on the buttocks on Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Sexual assault\n\"The matter was reported to police this morning and the incident is currently being investigated\", the statement said. This event mirrors a series of incidents that occurred at last year's event, when several men attending the tournament were arrested for taking upskirt photographs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Marcos Baghdatis video controversy\nDuring the Open, a video posted on YouTube almost a year earlier made headlines in the Australian media. The video shows the 2008 fifteenth seed, Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, at a barbecue hosted by his Greek Australian fans in Melbourne in early 2007. In it, Baghdatis is holding a flare and taking part in chants against the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Melbourne's Turkish Cypriot community called for Baghdatis to be expelled from Australia, but in a statement issued through his manager, the Cypriot player said he was \"supporting the interest of my country, Cyprus, while protesting against a situation that is not recognized by the United Nations\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 73], "content_span": [74, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Serbian performance\nThis tournament saw strong performances from Serbian players. The men's side saw Janko Tipsarevi\u0107, winner of the boys' tournament in 2001, almost cause an upset when he pushed Roger Federer to five sets in the third round, with the final score being 6\u20137 (5\u20137), 7\u20136 (7\u20131), 5\u20137, 6\u20131, 10\u20138 in Federer's favour. The match, which overlapped into the night session due to rain earlier in the day, took almost four-and-a-half hours to complete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Serbian performance\nThird-seed Novak Djokovic became Serbia's first Grand Slam singles title winner (Ana Ivanovic would later become that country's first Grand Slam women's singles title winner, at the 2008 French Open), and the youngest ever winner of the Australian Open, at 20 years and 250 days of age, when he defeated surprise finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, having defeated the defending champion Federer in the semi-finals, and Australian hopeful Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets in the fourth round. Coincidentally, Djokovic would also defeat Federer in straight sets en route to his second Australian Open title, in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Serbian performance\nThe women's draw saw Jelena Jankovi\u0107, the 2001 girls' champion, and Ana Ivanovic produce notable performances to reach the semi-finals and the final, respectively. Jankovi\u0107 saved three match points against Tamira Paszek in the first round, before defeating rising Australian player Casey Dellacqua in the fourth round. Jankovi\u0107 then ended the title defence of Serena Williams in the quarter-finals, before losing her semi-final to Maria Sharapova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Notable stories, Serbian performance\nTwenty-four hours after Jankovi\u0107's victory over Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic recorded her first career victory against Venus Williams in her quarter-final, and went on to reach her second Grand Slam final by defeating Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 in the semi-finals, having to recover from a 0\u20136, 0\u20132 deficit to do so. Ivanovic was then defeated in the final by Maria Sharapova, in a match dubbed as the \"Glam Slam\" final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 1\nDay 1 saw few upsets, as favourites Justine Henin, Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Tatiana Golovin, Maria Sharapova, Shahar Pe'er, Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo, Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko, Richard Gasquet, and Mikhail Youzhny all advanced. Jelena Jankovi\u0107, world No. 3, also advanced but was heavily tested by Tamira Paszek, having to win 2\u20136, 6\u20132, 12\u201310 in three hours, saving three match points; the match featured an exceptional 15 breaks of serve. Finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga scored his best victory to that point in a four set win over number 9 seed Andy Murray, 7\u20135, 6\u20134, 0\u20136, 7\u20136. Home favourite Alicia Molik also advanced into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 2\nFavourites Roger Federer, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, James Blake, Novak Djokovic, Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, Lleyton Hewitt, Marcos Baghdatis, David Nalbandian, David Ferrer, Marat Safin, Venus Williams, Ana Ivanovic, Anna Chakvetadze, Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, and Svetlana Kuznetsova all advanced. Other seeded players such as Li Na, Nadia Petrova, Sania Mirza, Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, Dmitry Tursunov, and Juan Carlos Ferrero also advanced. Sofia Arvidsson caused the upset on the women's side, as she defeated No. 10 Marion Bartoli 6\u20137, 6\u20134, 6\u20133, and Dinara Safina went down to qualifier Sabine Lisicki. On the men's side, the upset of the day came when Dutch qualifier Robin Haase defeated No. 17 Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 6\u20137, 6\u20133, 6\u20130, 7\u20136. Day 2 saw the completion of all the remaining first round matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 3\nThe Australian crowd were treated to an upset from one of their own as Casey Dellacqua sent No. 15 seed Patty Schnyder crashing out in the women's draw, while No. 13 Tatiana Golovin and No. 19 Sybille Bammer also struggled, losing to Aravane Reza\u00ef and Hsieh Su-wei respectively. Maria Sharapova defeated comeback queen Lindsay Davenport in somewhat easy fashion 6\u20131, 6\u20133, and Justine Henin, Serena Williams, and Jelena Jankovi\u0107 also advanced with wins. Joining them were numerous lower seeds including Elena Dementieva, Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 and Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 3\nIn the men's draw, Mardy Fish dominated No. 11 seed Tommy Robredo to send him crashing out 6\u20131, 6\u20132, 6\u20133, while Stanislas Wawrinka retired against Marc Gicquel down two sets to one. Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick and Richard Gasquet all progressed in straight sets, whilst Mikhail Youzhny was tested before eventually winning 4\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20133, 7\u20136. The doubles competition also began on Day 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 4\nIn the pick of the second round matches, former finalist Marcos Baghdatis dispatched former champion Marat Safin in five sets; 6\u20134, 6\u20134, 2\u20136, 3\u20136, 6\u20132. Seeds Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, David Nalbandian, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych and James Blake all came through unscathed; with Federer dropping only 3 games against Fabrice Santoro. Nineteenth seed and home favorite Lleyton Hewitt came through in typically gritty fashion, defeating Denis Istomin 7\u20136, 6\u20133, 5\u20137, 6\u20131. On the women's side, Ana Ivanovic defeated Tathiana Garbin 6\u20130, 6\u20133 in the night match preceding Baghdatis vs. Safin. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anna Chakvetadze, Venus Williams, Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, Nadia Petrova and form player Li Na all navigated their way into the third round too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 4\nThe total attendance figure for Day 4 was 62,885, setting a new world record for a combined day/night attendance at a Grand Slam event. The previous record was 61,083, set during the 2007 U.S. Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 5\nThe first match of the night session on the Rod Laver Arena saw local player Casey Dellacqua, who had previously never progressed beyond the first round at the Australian Open, defeat former champion Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo 3\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20134. Justine Henin struggled to get to grips with Francesca Schiavone before winning; and Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 and Serena Williams set up an intriguing fourth round match, a re-match of the previous year's semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 5\nIn the last match of the day, Philipp Kohlschreiber, the 29th seed of Germany, defeated the 6th seeded Andy Roddick in 232 minutes: 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 7\u20136, 6\u20137, 8\u20136; with the match reaching its conclusion past 02:00. Roddick was visibly perturbed during the match, which resulted in his earliest exit at the Australian Open since 2002. During the match, Roddick called umpire Emmanuel Joseph an \"idiot\" and received a retrospective fine of $500 for racquet abuse. Kohlschreiber entered the tournament in good form, having won the 2008 Heineken Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 5\nRafael Nadal faced world number 33 Gilles Simon, and had to save six set points in the first set. Simon squandered the first three to unforced errors, but it was Nadal who produced two aces and a drop shot to save himself at 4\u20135, 0-40. Paul-Henri Mathieu, under the stewardship of Mats Wilander, progressed after surviving a five-set thriller versus Stefan Koubek. Nikolay Davydenko, Richard Gasquet, Mikhail Youzhny, Jarkko Nieminen and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also advanced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 6\nDay 6 in Melbourne was plagued by rain and consequently matches could only take place on the indoor courts. In the women's competition, Ana Ivanovic made light work of Katarina Srebotnik whilst Venus Williams was more sternly tested by Sania Mirza. However, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anna Chakvetadze both saw their tournaments ended in the third round by Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska and Maria Kirilenko respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 6\nThe men's competition featured two prolonged five-set matches. In the first, No. 1 seed Roger Federer was pushed to the limit by Janko Tipsarevi\u0107 before triumphing; 6\u20137, 7\u20136, 5\u20137, 6\u20131, 10\u20138 in 267\u00a0minutes. The second featured Australian hopeful Lleyton Hewitt, who defeated Marcos Baghdatis 4\u20136, 7\u20135, 7\u20135, 6\u20137, 6\u20133 in a match that provoked discussion about the validity of night matches; the players did not finish play until 04:34 am the next day, 282\u00a0minutes since it started at 11:52 pm. Significantly, the match extended further into the evening than any other in the history of the Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 6\nThe Federer-Tipsarevi\u0107 match, which lasted 267\u00a0minutes, overlapped into the night session which it normally starts at 7:30 pm and this delayed the commencement of the women's singles match between Venus Williams and Sania Mirza until 10:00 pm. Rules had previously been put in place so that a men's singles match would not start if other matches had played past 11:00 pm; however, with the home crowd growing anxious, the organizers decided to go ahead with the Hewitt vs. Baghdatis match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 6\nIn other matches, the 2007 finalist Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez made an early exit to Marin \u010cili\u0107; Novak Djokovic, James Blake and Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych all progressed as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 7\nNikolay Davydenko became the highest-seeded male player out so far, losing to fellow Russian Mikhail Youzhny, setting up a quarter-final tie with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who dumped out No.8-seeded compatriot Richard Gasquet 6\u20132, 6\u20137, 7\u20136, 6\u20133 in just over three hours. Jarkko Nieminen also advanced to the last eight. Maria Sharapova easily beat Elena Dementieva and she joined Justine Henin, Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovi\u0107, who eliminated home favourite Casey Dellacqua, in the quarter finals. Li Na said goodbye to the tournament, losing to qualifier Marta Domachowska. Rafael Nadal advanced to the quarter finals as opponent Paul-Henri Mathieu retired with an injured left calf muscle; the second-ranked Spaniard was ahead 6\u20134, 3\u20130. David Nalbandian, the number 10 seed also suffered a straight-sets defeat at the hands of former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 911]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 7\nWorld number 4 Jelena Jankovi\u0107 was handed a US$2,000 fine after allegedly receiving coaching from her mother, Sne\u017eana, during her third round match with Virginie Razzano of France. The game took place on Day 3 of the event. Umpire Maria Alves spotted the infringement during the match, and although unable to understand what had been communicated, dealt Jankovi\u0107 a code violation for illegal coaching.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 7\nJankovi\u0107 denied the allegation, saying that she simply shouted 'C'mon' in Serbian. The practice of coaching during a match is banned at all WTA and Grand Slam events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 7\nMaria Sharapova was fined the same amount at the 2007 Australian Open, also for receiving illegal coaching, with the same umpire, Maria Alves, in the chair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 8\nNovak Djokovic powered his way into the quarter-finals, defeating Lleyton Hewitt 7\u20135, 6\u20133, 6\u20133 in a fourth-round clash. Roger Federer finished Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych's tournament in 1 hour and 59\u00a0minutes, 6\u20134, 7\u20136, 6\u20133. He faces James Blake next, who scored a 6\u20133, 6\u20134, 6\u20134 win over 19-year-old Croat Marin \u010cili\u0107; a victory which saw him advance past the fourth round here for the first time. Venus Williams fought back twice from service breaks in the first set to secure a place in the quarter-finals; with a 6\u20134, 6\u20134 win over Marta Domachowska. She next faces No. 4 seed Ana Ivanovic, who put together a 6\u20131, 7\u20136 win over Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki. No. 9 seed Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 beat No. 27 Maria Kirilenko 1\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20134 and will next play Poland's Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, who upset No. 14 Nadia Petrova 1\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 9\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 survived a straight set win over defending champion Serena Williams, making the semifinals of her 3rd different major. Rafael Nadal won his quarter final match against Jarkko Nieminen in straight sets, putting him into his first semi-final at the Australian Open. Maria Sharapova defeated No. 1 seed Justine Henin in a repeat of the 2007 WTA Tour Championships final. On this occasion, Henin was unable to win even a set as Sharapova eased to victory; 6\u20134, 6\u20130. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his match against 14th seed Mikhail Youzhny and booked his spot in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 9\nIn a day that was relatively free of controversy on the court, several media outlets focused on allegedly unsavoury aspects off it. Sharapova's father, Yuri Sharapov, came under intense scrutiny from Australian media after he made a throat-slashing gesture shortly after his daughter's match against the world No. 1 Justine Henin. Sharapova had earlier joked that her father's camouflage hoodie made him look like \"an assassin\". The WTA claimed that the gesture was simply a joke between the pair, pertaining to this comment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 10\nNovak Djokovic defeated David Ferrer 6\u20130, 6\u20133, 7\u20135 in a closely fought third set, which advanced him to his fourth consecutive Grand Slam semi-final. Ana Ivanovic progressed to her first Australian Open semi-final after defeating Venus Williams 7\u20136, 6\u20134, a result which marked Ivanovic's first triumph over either of the Williams sisters. She set up a tie with Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, who advanced to her first Grand Slam semi-final after dispatching Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska 6\u20132, 6\u20132. Roger Federer defeated James Blake 7\u20135, 7\u20136, 6\u20134 in just over 2 hours. Federer's progression marked his 15th consecutive Grand Slam semi-final, a record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 11\nIn the first women's semi-final match, fifth seeded Russian Maria Sharapova defeated third seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovi\u0107 in a two sets, 6\u20133, 6\u20131 to clinch the first spot in the finals. Jankovi\u0107 later conceded that she \"wanted to withdraw\", but played on for the crowd's benefit. Fourth seeded Ana Ivanovic also progressed to the final after defeating Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 in three sets, 0\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134. Ivanovic had lost the first eight games of the match before rectifying her game. However, Hantuchov\u00e1 was critical of Ivanovic's tactics during the latter stages of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 11\nHantuchov\u00e1 claimed that Ivanovic resorted to gamesmanship by shuffling her feet prior to her serve, thereby causing a distraction. Ivanovic said that any possible noise was a result of the new court surface; and tried to offer an explanation of Hantuchov\u00e1's motives, saying, \"Maybe she was just trying to pick on something, to get upset.\" Unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated second seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the first men's semifinal, in straight sets, 6\u20132, 6\u20133, 6\u20132 in less than 2 hours. Journalists expressed shock, not only at the victory, but at the comprehensive manner in which the nascent Tsonga won it. Tsonga hit a total of 49 winners to Nadal's 13 and served imperiously: Nadal was unable to force a break point until the third set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 12\nIn the second men's semi-final, between No. 1 Roger Federer and No. 3 Novak Djokovic, Djokovic won in just over 2 hours; completing the victory in straight sets, 7\u20135, 6\u20133, 7\u20136 to reach the second grand slam final of his career. This broke Federer's record run of appearing in 10 consecutive grand slam finals. In the women's doubles final, Alyona and Kateryna Bondarenko beat Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er 2\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20134 to win their first Grand Slam title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 13\nIn what was dubbed the \"Glam Slam\" final, Maria Sharapova of Russia won the Women's 2008 Australian Open over Ana Ivanovic of Serbia in straight sets; 7\u20135, 6\u20133. It was Sharapova's third Grand Slam title. Sharapova also achieved the feat of not dropping a set or playing a tiebreak the entire tournament, after she was heavily defeated by Serena Williams in the 2007 final. In the men's doubles final, the Israeli pair, Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram beat Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra of France 7\u20135, 7\u20136 to win their first Grand Slam title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 13\nThe juniors competition also reached its conclusion on Day 13. Australian Bernard Tomic defeated Taiwanese player Yang Tsung-Hua; 4\u20136, 7\u20136, 6\u20130 to win the boys' event. Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands defeated the other Australian hopeful, Jessica Moore, 6\u20133, 6\u20134 to claim the girls' singles crown. In the women's wheelchair event, Esther Vergeer won her third consecutive title, beating fellow Dutchwoman Korie Homan 6\u20134, 6\u20133. Shingo Kunieda won his fourth slam in a row in the men's wheelchair competition, defeating former champion Michael Jeremiasz 6\u20131, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 14\nThird seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated unseeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in four sets; 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20133, 7\u20136, becoming the first Serbian player to win a Grand-Slam singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Day by day, Day 14\nSun Tiantian of China and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 of Serbia were crowned the 2008 Mixed Doubles champions after defeating Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi of India in straight sets; 7\u20136, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Seniors, Men's Doubles\nJonathan Erlich /  Andy Ram defeated  Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment /  Micha\u00ebl Llodra, 7\u20135, 7\u20136(7\u20134)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Seniors, Women's Doubles\nAlona Bondarenko /  Kateryna Bondarenko defeated   Victoria Azarenka /  Shahar Pe'er, 2\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Seniors, Mixed Doubles\nSun Tiantian /  Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated  Sania Mirza /  Mahesh Bhupathi, 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Juniors, Boys' Doubles\nHsieh Cheng-peng /  Yang Tsung-hua defeated  Vasek Pospisil /  C\u00e9sar Ram\u00edrez, 3\u20136, 7\u20135, [10]\u2013[5]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Juniors, Girls' Doubles\nKsenia Lykina /  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated  Elena Bogdan /  Misaki Doi, 6\u20130, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nShingo Kunieda /  Satoshi Saida defeated Robin Ammerlaan /  Ronald Vink, 6\u20134, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nJiske Griffioen /  Esther Vergeer defeated  Korie Homan /  Sharon Walraven, 6\u20133, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Quad Doubles\nNicholas Taylor /  David Wagner defeated  Sarah Hunter /  Peter Norfolk, 5\u20137, 6\u20130, [10]\u2013[3]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195673-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open, Seeds\nOn the women's side of the draw, all of the world's top thirty-two players were present; whereas in the men's draw Tommy Haas and Guillermo Ca\u00f1as were both forced to withdraw due to injury. On the date that the seeds were announced, 11 January 2008, Haas was No. 12 in the world and Ca\u00f1as No. 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195674-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nHsieh Cheng-peng and Yang Tsung-hua won the title by defeating Vasek Pospisil and C\u00e9sar Ram\u00edrez 3\u20136, 7\u20135, [10\u20135] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195675-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nBernard Tomic won in the final 4\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20130, against Yang Tsung-hua and claimed the title, becoming the youngest player to win a grand slam title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195675-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nBrydan Klein was the defending champion, but did not compete in the juniors event that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195676-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nKsenia Lykina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won the title, defeating Elena Bogdan and Misaki Doi in the final, 6\u20130, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195677-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova was the two-time defending champion, having won the junior Australian Open titles in 2006 and 2007, but lost in the quarterfinals to Simona Halep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195678-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195678-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJonathan Erlich and Andy Ram won in the final 7\u20135, 7\u20136(4), against Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195679-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nNovak Djokovic defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20132) to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2008 Australian Open. It was the first major title of Djokovic's career, the first of a record nine Australian Open titles, and the first of a record 20 Grand Slam titles. Djokovic became the first Serbian man to win a major singles title. It was the first Grand Slam final since the 2005 Australian Open that did not feature either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal, who were beaten by Djokovic and Tsonga, respectively, in the semifinals. Alongside second-seeded Nadal, Tsonga (unseeded in this tournament) defeated three more seeds en route to the final, including ninth-seed Andy Murray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195679-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFederer was the two-time defending champion, but was defeated by Djokovic in the semifinals. This event marked the end of Federer's record 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals (of which he won 8). Still, he became the first man to reach 15 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals (streak starting at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships), surpassing Roy Emerson and Ivan Lendl. This was the only Grand Slam tournament where Federer failed to reach the final between the 2005 Wimbledon Championships and the 2010 Australian Open, a span of 19 Grand Slam tournaments. He would go on to reach the next 8 Grand Slam finals (winning four of them) before losing in the quarterfinals at the 2010 French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195680-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for the Men's singles at the 2008 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195681-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nSun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 won the mixed doubles title at the 2008 Australian Open, defeating Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195681-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nElena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Likhovtseva did not participate in this Australian Open. Nestor partnered with Zheng Jie, but lost in the first round to Chan Yung-jan and Eric Butorac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195682-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nThe wheelchair men's doubles draw for the 2008 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195683-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Singles\nThe wheelchair men's singles draw for the 2008 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195684-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Quad Doubles\nThe wheelchair quad singles draw for the 2008 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195685-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Quad Singles\nThe wheelchair quad singles draw for the 2008 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195686-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nThe wheelchair women's doubles draw for the 2008 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195687-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Singles\nThe wheelchair women's singles draw for the 2008 Australian Open. Esther Vergeer retained her title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195688-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to sisters Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195688-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nThe sisters won in the final 2\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20134, against Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195689-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nMaria Sharapova defeated Ana Ivanovic 7\u20135, 6\u20133, in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2008 Australian Open, without losing a set the entire tournament, or facing a tiebreak in any set throughout the tournament. This was her third Grand Slam singles title and her first and only Australian Open. She was also the first Russian woman to win this tournament. Ivanovic lost in a Grand Slam final for the second time, though she would eventually win the French Open a few months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195689-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nSerena Williams was the defending champion, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Jelena Jankovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195689-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nJustine Henin, whose consecutive streak of 33 match wins dated back at the 2007 Rogers Cup, lost in the quarterfinals to Sharapova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195689-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThis was the first Australian Open appearance for future 2018 champion Caroline Wozniacki, she lost to eventual finalist Ivanovic in the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195690-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's singles at the 2008 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195691-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Production Car Championship\nThe 2008 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars. The title was awarded in conjunction with the 2008 Australian Manufacturers' Championship and was the 15th Australian Production Car Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195691-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Production Car Championship\nThe championship was won by Colin Osborne, driving a Toyota Celica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195691-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Production Car Championship, Schedule\nThe championship was contested over a four-round series with all rounds run concurrently with those of the 2008 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195691-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Production Car Championship, Points\nPoints were awarded to registered drivers for class placings achieved at each race on varying scales depending on the number of competitors in each class at each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195691-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Production Car Championship, Points\nFor Rounds 1 & 4, co-drivers, where nominated, were eligible to score points so long as they were registered for the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195692-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Rally Championship\nThe 2008 Australian Rally Championship Season is the 41st Season in the history of the competition. This year once again there will be 6 classes in the competition and over 50 official drivers and 48 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195692-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Rally Championship, The Rallies\nThe 2008 Season has once again featured a total of 6 Rallies across Australia starting at the QUIT Rally until the final event at Coffs Harbour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195692-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Rally Championship, Teams & Drivers\nOfficially, this season, there will be only one factory-built team competing in the competition. This will be the TTR (Toyota Team Racing) Team. They win the Manufacturer's title for the 3rd consecutive season by default, this is due to the Ford-based Focus RS team of last season pulling out and instead deciding to field a Subaru and changed their Name to PIRTEK LWR Rally Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195692-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Rally Championship, Teams & Drivers\nThere are other manufacturers competing as Privateer teams which don't represent the manufacturer unlike the TTR team which represents Toyota, such as the Evans Motorsport Team which uses a Subaru but isn't backed by the manufacturer. All in all, there will be over 50 drivers competing across numerous classes. The Super 2000 class will once again be the Top-Category which is followed by the Group N and the Privateers competition which sees privately owned teams competing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195692-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Rally Championship, Broadcasting\nThe series will once again be broadcast on the Australian channel, Channel 10 which will have a 1 hour magazine-type show on Sunday afternoons, on the same week as the events are actually taking place and concluding. All of the events will be broadcast between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195693-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series\nThe 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan series  was the 18th running of a national series for Sports Sedans in Australia. It began on 17 May 2008 at Mallala Motor Sport Park and ended on 30 November at Sandown Raceway after fifteen races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195693-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series\nThe series was won by Darren Hossack. The battle between Hossack, driving the John Gourlay owned and still under development new Audi A4 and Tony Ricciardello and his family run team with their well sorted and multiple-championship winning Alfa Romeo GTV would go down to the final race of the series, with Hossack winning the race and the title. For Hossack it was the rare achievement of winning two Australian motor racing series in the same calendar year having previously won the 2008 Australian Superkart Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195693-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series, Eligibile automobiles\nThe following automobiles were eligible to compete in the series:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195693-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series, Teams and drivers\nThe following drivers competed in the 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195693-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series, Race calendar\nThe 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was contested over five rounds  in three different Australian states with each round contested over three races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195693-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series, Points system\nPoints were awarded 20\u201317\u201315\u201313\u201312\u201311\u201310\u20139\u20138\u20137\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132 based on the top fifteen positions in each race with all other classified finishers awarded 1 point. There were two bonus points allocated for first position in Qualifying  at each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195693-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series, Points system\nTo be eligible to score points, competitors were required to register with the series manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195693-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series, Series standings\nNote: First position in Qualifying at each round is shown in bold in the above table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195694-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Superkart Championship\nThe 2008 Australian Superkart Championship covers national level Superkart racing in Australia during 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195694-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Superkart Championship, Featured events, Australian Superkart Championship\nThe 2008 Australian Superkart Championship will be the 20th running of the national championships for Superkarts. It will begin on 13 July 2008 at Eastern Creek Raceway and end on 2 November at Mallala Motor Sport Park after eight races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 90], "content_span": [91, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195694-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Superkart Championship, Featured events, Australian Superkart Championship\nIt will be contested for three engine based classes, 250 cc International (twin cylinder engines), 250 cc National (single-cylinder engines) and 125 cc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 90], "content_span": [91, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195694-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Superkart Championship, Featured events, Non-Gearbox Superkart Championship\nThe Australian championship for non-gearbox Superkarts will be held at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on 10 August and will be consisted by the Rotax Max family of classes; two weight based classes Light and Heavy and Junior Max for competitors under the age of 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 91], "content_span": [92, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195694-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Superkart Championship, Featured events, V8 Supercar\nSuperkarts will compete as a support category for V8 Supercars for the first time at the series second round, to be held at Eastern Creek on 9 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195694-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Superkart Championship, Teams and drivers, Gearbox\nThe following drivers competed in the 2008 Australian Superkart Championship. The series consisted of two rounds, with four races at each meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195694-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Superkart Championship, Teams and drivers, Non-gearbox\nThe following drivers competed in the 2008 non-gearbox Australian Superkart Championship. The series consisted of a single round, with four races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195694-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Superkart Championship, Results and standings, Gearbox race calendar\nThe 2008 Australian Superkart Championship season consisted of two rounds. Four races were held at both race meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195694-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Superkart Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship\nPoints were awarded 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top fifteen race positions in first three races of each round with one point for each other finisher. The fourth race of each round, which is longer than the others (eight laps vs five laps) awarded points for the top twenty race positions at 25-22-20-18-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 with one point for each other finisher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195695-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Swimming Championships\nThe 2008 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships were held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 22\u201329 March 2008. The championships were used as the Australian trials for the 2008 Olympic Games squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195695-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Swimming Championships\nLike all previous Australian swimming trials, the championships program mirrored the 2008 Olympic swimming program with the addition of the non-Olympic events \u2013 50\u00a0m backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly; 800\u00a0m freestyle (men) and 1500\u00a0m freestyle (women).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195695-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Swimming Championships, Results\nHighlighted swimmers achieved the qualification conditions to be included in the Olympic team in that respective event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195695-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Swimming Championships, Olympic team news\nDue to strong performances, two additional members were added to the Australian Olympic swim team: Nick Ffrost and Felicity Galvez both finished seventh in their 200 m freestyle events. Additionally, Galvez finished third in the women's 200 m butterfly. It is assumed Galvez will swim the heat of the 4\u00d7100\u00a0m medley relay with Libby Trickett likely to swim the freestyle leg, elevating Jessicah Schipper into the butterfly position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195695-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian Swimming Championships, Olympic team news\nThis however has created controversy with freestyler Andrew Mewing appealing his non-selection after finishing 8th with an A qualifying time, whilst Galvez was selected via a B qualifying time, that ranked her 9th in the 200\u00a0m freestyle. Mewing lost his appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Adam Lucas finished second in both the 200\u00a0m and 400\u00a0m individual medley events, but was not selected because he swam a B qualifying time, rather than an A qualifying time. These are the only events on the Australian roster that remain without a second qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195695-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Swimming Championships, Olympic team news\nMelissa Gorman failed to meet the qualification time for the 800\u00a0m freestyle at the championships themselves, however was included in the team to swim this event after qualifying for the 10\u00a0km marathon swimming event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195695-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian Swimming Championships, Olympic team news\nDuring the early hours of 30 March 2008, Nick D'Arcy was involved in an altercation with a fellow Australia swimmer, Simon Cowley. Cowley was a winner of three gold medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. D'Arcy is now facing possible expulsion from the 2008 Olympic team. In his own decision, D'Arcy withdrew from the upcoming 2008 World Short Course Championships. He has been charged with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195696-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian federal budget\nThe 2008 Australian federal budget for the Australian financial year ended 30 June 2009 was presented on 13 May 2008 by the Treasurer of Australia, Wayne Swan, the first federal budget presented by Swan, and the first budget of the first Rudd Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195696-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian federal budget\nIt had a particular emphasis on family welfare (expansive tax cuts and a lift in the threshold of the Medicare levy surcharge) and capital investment (national accreditation) funds. Swan described it as \"a A$55 billion Working Families Support Package\" that \"strengthens Australia's economic foundations, and delivers for working families under pressure\" from increasingly high interest rates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195696-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian federal budget, Major policies\nTotal spending was cut, following on from gradual cuts of nearly 2% of GDP over the decade of the Howard government. Changes to taxation prompted then Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull to claim the increased taxation will contribute to inflation, but Swan argued that the tax will affect only high income-earners, dispelling any \"custodian\" line of attack. Heavy spending by the states had been inefficient at managing past underinvestment on infrastructure, and \"the conduct of expansionary monetary policies will be less complicated\" as a result of the new reform agenda to avoid (supply-side) case-mix funding of the health care and vocational training sectors of the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195696-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian federal budget, Major policies\nA new $3 billion tax increase on alcopop drinks was designed to slow down a projected increase (from the Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, tabling Treasury advice) in alcopop sales by 43 million bottles, curtailing binge drinking. However, the opposition described the increase as merely a revenue raiser, with Shadow Health Minister Joe Hockey arguing that consumers of alcopop will switch to other drinks, such as champagne, and binge drinking will not decrease. In response, the Prime Minister told Federal Parliament that the tax increase had wide support in medical and alcohol support services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195696-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian federal budget, Major policies\nOpposition Leader Brendan Nelson counter-offered with a $1.8 billion petrol tax cut, reversing years of policy opposing lowering petrol taxes. The Opposition pledged to block the alcopop tax in the Senate, which it will control until July 2008, and has also pledged to block a move to remove a surcharge tax trap for people who fail to take out health cover, which, it claims, will drive up insurance premiums and steer people away from private healthcare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195696-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian federal budget, Major policies\nAn increase to the luxury car tax was defeated in the Senate, with Steve Fielding of Family First joining the coalition in blocking the budget legislation. It had been supported by the government, the Australian Greens, and independent Nick Xenophon. It was later passed by all non-coalition Senators after amendments were made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195696-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian federal budget, Reception\nThe World Wildlife Fund of Australia has criticised the ambiguity of the Budget's timeline for developing coal pollution mitigation technology, while the Australian Conservation Foundation has urged the government to reconsider taxes that promote the creation of pollution. However, multinational real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle lauded the $90 million Green Building Fund, which subsidies half the cost of fitting office blocks with environmentally friendly design features.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195696-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian federal budget, Reception\nSenior citizens representative group Seniors Australia criticised the budget for not increasing the seniors pension, and Carers Australia expressed dismay over the lack of change for carer payments. A day after the Budget's release, the government promised a future inquiry into carer and pensioner payments and asserted that the pensions will increase after a specialised review.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds\nAustralia is home to four professional football codes. This is a comprehensive list of crowd figures for Australian football codes in 2008. It includes several different competitions and matches from Australian rules football, rugby league, football (soccer) and rugby union (international rules football is a code of football played by Australian rules footballers). Sydney and Brisbane have teams represented in all four codes. Hobart and Darwin are Australia's only capital cities without a professional football team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Included competitions, National competitions\nSeveral football codes have national (domestic) competitions in Australia, the following are taken into consideration:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Included competitions, National competitions\nTwo of these leagues, specifically the NRL and A-League, have one team in New Zealand. Attendance figures for the New Zealand teams are not taken into account in the figures on this page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Included competitions, National competitions\nNote that the Australian Rugby Championship folded at the end of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Included competitions, Other competitions\nOther competitions, such as international and representative competitions, included are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Included competitions, Other competitions\nNote: For these competitions, only figures for games that take place in Australia are taken into account", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Included competitions, Non-Competition Games\nSome Non-competition matches (such as friendly and exhibition matches) are also included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Included competitions, Non-Competition Games\nNote: this list will be updated as more games are scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Included competitions, Competitions not included\nThere are several notable semi-professional regional and state based competitions which draw notable attendances and charge an entry fee that are not listed here. These are worth mentioning as some of their attendances rival those of national competitions and compete for spectator interest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Included competitions, Competitions not included\nAs the attendance figures for some of these competitions can be difficult to obtain (many don't publish season figures and some play matches as curtain raisers to other events), they have not been included in the official lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Attendances by Code\nIn order to directly compare sports, the total attendances for each major code are listed here. The colour-coding of the different codes is used throughout the article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Attendances by Code\nNote that only the competitions that appear on this page excluding those specifically not included are considered, there are many other (generally smaller) competitions, leagues and matches that take place for all of the football codes, but these are not included. The following are included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Attendances by League\nSome codes have multiple competitions, several competitions are compared here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Attendances by Team\nAttendances that specific teams pull for their home games are listed here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Attendances by Match\nAttendances for single matches are listed here. Note that not all matches are necessarily included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195697-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian football code crowds, Attendances by Match, Single Matches\nThese are once-off matches, that aren't part of any regular league competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195698-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3\u20135 October 2008 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195698-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Race report\nThe premier class MotoGP race was won by Casey Stoner from pole position. Stoner rode a lights to flag victory ahead of a fast and charging Valentino Rossi who started the race from 12th position on the grid. Nicky Hayden rounded out the podium finishing in a respectable third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195698-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Race report\nIn the early stages of the race, Stoner and Hayden had a battle that lasted many laps with the two pulling away from the chasing pack, trading fast laps between them. Casey Stoner gradually began to pull away as Hayden's tyres appeared to wear out slightly. Meanwhile, Rossi was charging through the midfield, getting up to 8th position after only the first lap. Rossi quickly disposed of a number of riders in the first few laps, but lost vital time while attempting to overtake his teammate Jorge Lorenzo and former SBK champion James Toseland. Rossi was setting fast lap times but his entertaining battle with these two riders meant he was losing time, and all chances of catching Stoner and Hayden who were riding off into the distance were slowly fading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195698-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Race report\nAfter losing the front end going in MG Corner just after Lukey Heights, Rossi lost yet more time. After a few laps he managed to get into the tow behind Toseland and past him going into the long sweeping turn 1. Toseland had no reply and Rossi had his eyes firmly set on catching the leaders. Rossi caught Hayden with only 2 laps to go, but Stoner was simply too far already to be challenged for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195698-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Race report\nBy this stage of the race, Hayden's rear tyre was very worn as he had not conserved it in the early stages of the race. Rossi pulled a textbook move going into turn 1 on the last lap, Hayden lost ground from here and could not get close enough to attempt to retake second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195698-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195699-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Austrian Figure Skating Championships (German: \u00d6sterreichischen Staatsmeisterschaften im Eiskunstlauf 2008) took place between 14 and 16 December 2007 in Sankt P\u00f6lten. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. The results were used to choose the Austrian teams to the 2008 World Championships and the 2008 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195700-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian Open (tennis)\nThe 2008 Austrian Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 38th edition of the Austrian Open, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Kitzb\u00fchel Sportpark Tennis Stadium in Kitzb\u00fchel, Austria, from 14 July through 20 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195700-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian Open (tennis)\nThe singles field featured Bergamo Challenger winner and Hamburg Masters semifinalist Andreas Seppi, Houston and Munich doubles champion and Wimbledon semifinalist Rainer Sch\u00fcttler, and Prost\u011bjov Challenger titlist and Stuttgart semifinalist Agust\u00edn Calleri. Other seeds were 2007 Kitzb\u00fchel singles runner-up and doubles champion Potito Starace, Stuttgart semifinalist Eduardo Schwank, J\u00fcrgen Melzer, Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro and Olivier Rochus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195700-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian Open (tennis), Finals, Doubles\nJames Cerretani /  Victor H\u0103nescu defeated  Lucas Arnold Ker /  Olivier Rochus 6\u20133, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195701-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian Open \u2013 Doubles\nLuis Horna and Potito Starace were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to James Cerretani and Victor H\u0103nescu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195701-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian Open \u2013 Doubles\nJames Cerretani and Victor H\u0103nescu won in the final 6\u20133, 7\u20135, against Lucas Arnold Ker and Olivier Rochus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195702-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian Open \u2013 Singles\nJuan M\u00f3naco was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195702-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian Open \u2013 Singles\nJuan Mart\u00edn del Potro won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20131, against J\u00fcrgen Melzer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation\nThis article covers the formation of the Faymann cabinet following the 2008 parliamentary election in Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Background\nPresident Heinz Fischer gave Werner Faymann the mandate to form a government on 8 October 2008. At the same time, Pr\u00f6ll stated he was still seeking talks with all other parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Background\nIn the light of the financial crisis of 2007\u20132008, Pr\u00f6ll on 13 October 2008 called for an \u00d6VP leadership meeting on 14 October 2008 to decide to start coalition negotiations with the SP\u00d6. Before the leadership meeting, all five parliamentary parties met for a so-called \u00d6sterreich-Gespr\u00e4ch (\"Austria talk\") proposed by the \u00d6VP, in which they tried to find common ground on possible legislative issues which would require a two-thirds majority; the parties' leaders talked mostly about the global financial crisis and agreed to continue the \u00d6sterreich-Gespr\u00e4ch at a later date. The \u00d6VP leadership meeting voted 22 to 4 in favour of opening coalition negotiations, and the first main meeting was held on 20 October 2008. Immediately afterwards, discussion in the negotiation teams started. The composition of the negotiation teams was announced on 16 October 2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 909]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Background\nReportedly, the SP\u00d6 was seeking to trade the justice ministry for the health ministry, with justice minister Berger returning to the European Parliament and Upper Austrian SP\u00d6 leader Erich Haider becoming health minister. Other rumours included Bures becoming infrastructure minister and trade unionist Wolfgang Katzian becoming social minister. Darabos and Schmied were seen as retaining their offices, with Darabos reportedly waiting for the right time to take over as governor of Burgenland from Niessl. Pr\u00f6ll was seen as certain to take over a more high-profile ministry (finance, interior or foreign affairs) with foreign affairs seen as the most likely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Background\nFekter would most certainly remain interior minister or become justice minister; Hahn was also seen as staying in office, and general-secretary of the \u00d6sterreichischer Wirtschaftsbund (Austrian SME Union or Austrian Business Federation, one of the constituent federations of the \u00d6VP) Karlheinz Kopf was considered likely to take over as economics minister. State secretary Marek was rumoured to be promoted to minister in a \"generations ministry\" (encompassing youth, family and pensioners' issues), and Josef Stockinger, the Upper Austrian agriculture state councillor, was seen as the most likely candidate to become agriculture minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Background\nThe second main meeting was held on 30 October 2008; both parties reiterated that they were trying to finish the coalition negotiations as quickly as possible. On 4 November 2008, Pr\u00f6ll agreed to compromise on the SP\u00d6's demands to have a tax reform as early as 2009 instead of in 2010. On 6 November 2008, the SP\u00d6 and the \u00d6VP agreed on the time (by March 2009) and volume (\u20ac2.7 billions) of the tax reform, clearing the way for another grand coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Background\nErich Haider later rejected the possibility of becoming health minister, but the SP\u00d6 was reportedly still interested in swapping the justice ministry to gain the health ministry in the new government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Background\nAfter a meeting between Faymann and Pr\u00f6ll on 16 November 2008, the \u00d6VP claimed there were still a number of open questions left to be resolved before it would decide on whether to enter into another grand coalition; the SP\u00d6 then answered the ten open questions in writing on 17 November 2008. Pr\u00f6ll's demands were generally seen as a publicity stunt and were assumed to be likely to hurt his standing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Background\nAccording to a report from 19 November 2008, it was seen as certain that Bures would become infrastructure minister, Schmied and Darabos would stay on in their current ministries, \u00d6GB president Rudolf Hundstorfer would become social and labour minister (taking over the labour agenda from the economics ministry), Schieder would remain state secretary and that either the chairman of the Upper Austrian Regional Health Insurance (Ober\u00f6sterreichischen Gebietskrankenkasse) Alois St\u00f6ger or the finance city councillor of Linz Johann Mayr would become health minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Background\nLower Austrian state councillor Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek was seen as the most likely women's minister, with Styrian MP Elisabeth Grossmann also a possibility. Depending on which ministry Pr\u00f6ll would choose (foreign and European affairs, economy or finance, with the latter seen as the most likely), the \u00d6VP's ministers could change, but it was assumed that Fekter would continue as interior minister or become justice minister, in which case Lower Austrian state councillor Johanna Mikl-Leitner would likely become interior minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Background\nHahn would stay on as science minister, either president of the farmer's alliance (Bauernbund) Fritz Grillitsch or Upper Austrian agriculture state councillor Josef Stockinger would become agriculture minister and Plassnik would stay on as foreign and European affairs minister. One of the most important negotiators on Pr\u00f6ll's side, Karl-Heinz Kopf, would likely become chief of the parliamentary party, and Reinhold Mitterlehner would most likely become economics minister. The SP\u00d6's proposal to have two state secretaries (one each from the SP\u00d6 and the \u00d6VP) for governmental coordination was seen as unresolved, but unlikely to be accepted by the \u00d6VP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Approval\nThe coalition negotiations were reported to end on 23 November 2008, with the leadership committees of the SP\u00d6 and the \u00d6VP expected to approve the deal in the following week. In the final days of the negotiations, the SP\u00d6 was strongly criticised for giving the \u00d6VP control of both the interior and the justice ministry, and for making the same mistakes it made two years earlier in leaving multiple important ministries in the hands of the \u00d6VP while having far fewer competences itself. As expected, the coalition was agreed upon on 23 November 2008, with the following ministry changes from the Gusenbauer cabinet:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Approval\nMinisters were expected to be announced on 24 November 2008, and the government was expected to be sworn in on 2 December 2008. In the EU referendums question, a compromise was achieved which stated that none of the two parties was allowed to call for a referendum on EU questions without the other party's approval; reportedly, this weakly worded compromise was one of the reasons why foreign minister Ursula Plassnik left the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Approval\nMinistry changes for the SP\u00d6 were Doris Bures as infrastructure minister, Rudolf Hundstorfer as social minister, chairman of the Upper Austrian Regional Health Insurance Alois St\u00f6ger as health minister, Lower Austrian state councillor Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek as women's minister, Andreas Schieder as state secretary in the finance ministry and Josef Ostermayer (Faymann's former cabinet chief) as state secretary in the chancellor's office. Bures was replaced as Bundesgesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrerin by Laura Rudas and G\u00fcnther Kr\u00e4uter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Approval\nAs for the \u00d6VP, rumours spoke of judge Claudia Bandion-Ortner as justice minister, second president of the National Council Michael Spindelegger as foreign minister, secretary-general of the association of savings banks (Sparkassenverband) Michael Ikrath as finance minister or former Styrian economics state councillor Herbert Paierl as economics minister, depending on which office Pr\u00f6ll took; senior executive president of Investkredit Wilfried Stadler was the most likely name for the state secretary in the finance ministry, if Pr\u00f6ll became finance minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0008-0003", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Approval\nAs expected, Fekter remained interior minister, Hahn stayed on as science minister and Spindelegger became foreign minister, as Pr\u00f6ll took over the finance ministry. Judge Claudia Bandion-Ortner (well-known to the public from the Konsum and BAWAG cases) became non-party justice minister, deputy president of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber Reinhold Mitterlehner became economics minister and Burgenland state councillor Niki Berlakovich became agriculture minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0008-0004", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Approval\nThe state secretary positions were filled by incumbent state secretaries: Reinhold Lopatka switched from state secretary for sports in the chancellor's office to state secretary in the finance ministry, while Christine Marek stayed on as state secretary in the economics ministry with her field of duties changing from labour to families and youth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Approval\nThe steering committees of both the SP\u00d6 (unanimously) and the \u00d6VP (three votes against from Styrian party leader Hermann Sch\u00fctzenh\u00f6fer, Carinthian party leader Josef Martinz and the outgoing economics minister Martin Bartenstein) approved the coalition deal on 24 November 2008. Erich Foglar, chief of the union Metals\u2013Textiles\u2013Food, was announced as Hundstorfer's successor as \u00d6GB president on 24 November 2008, and the \u00d6VP announced Karlheinz Kopf as their new chief of the parliamentary party and unionist Fritz Neugebauer as their nominee for the post of second president of the National Council on 25 November 2008. Director of the Farmers' Alliance (Bauernbund) Fritz Kaltenegger replaced Hannes Missethon as \u00d6VP secretary-general.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195703-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian government formation, Approval\nOn 27 November 2008, it was announced that Bandion-Ortner would not be sworn in on 2 December 2008, as she had yet to finalise the verdict in the BAWAG case before becoming justice minister and a bout of flu kept her from doing in the few remaining days; science minister Hahn would instead be sworn in as interim justice minister for at most four weeks before she would take over. The chancellor, the vice-chancellor, the other ministers and the state secretaries were sworn in as planned on 2 December 2008. Bandion-Ortner was to be sworn in on 15 January 2009 after finalising the verdict on 31 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in Austria on 28 September 2008 to elect the 24th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called after Austrian People's Party (\u00d6VP) withdrew from the ruling grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SP\u00d6) in July. Due to dissatisfaction with the governing parties, the opposition and minor parties were expected to make significant gains. Opinion polling indicated that up to seven parties could potentially win seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election\nThe SP\u00d6 and \u00d6VP each suffered their worst election results in history up to this point, losing 6.1 and 8.3 percentage points respectively. The Freedom Party of Austria (FP\u00d6) and Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZ\u00d6) captured the largest portion of these lost votes, each recording a six and a half-point swing. The Greens took small losses, while Liberal Forum (LiF) and Citizens' Forum Austria (FRITZ) both fell well short of the 4% electoral threshold, defying earlier expectations that they could enter the National Council. The result was perceived as a success for the right-wing populist and Eurosceptic parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election\nFollowing the elections, Wilhelm Molterer resigned as chairman of the \u00d6VP and was replaced by agriculture minister Josef Pr\u00f6ll. The Greens' federal spokesman Alexander Van der Bellen, who had served since 1997, also resigned and was succeeded by his deputy Eva Glawischnig. Due to the Liberal Forum's failure to win seats, party founder Heide Schmidt and financier Hans-Peter Haselsteiner both announced their retirement from politics. Less than two weeks after the election, BZ\u00d6 leader and governor of Carinthia J\u00f6rg Haider died in a car accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election\nA coalition between the SP\u00d6 and the \u00d6VP was agreed upon on 23 November 2008 and was sworn in on 2 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Background\nOn 11 January 2007, the Gusenbauer cabinet (a grand coalition of SP\u00d6 and \u00d6VP) was sworn into office. The newly formed government was criticised from the beginning from parts of the opposition and left-wing circles in the SP\u00d6 for having failed to push through in the coalition negotiations most of the pledges and promises made in the election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Background\nThe SP\u00d6 began to fall back in the polls almost immediately. The government was frequently unable to agree on important decisions: The SP\u00d6 demanded an antedated tax reform in 2009 instead of in 2010, which the \u00d6VP disagreed on; the proposal to help households hit by inflation with a tax gift of \u20ac100 was also denied by the \u00d6VP. The coalition partners also disagreed on the badly necessary health system reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Background\nIn the Tyrolean state election on 8 June 2008 the former \u00d6VP member Fritz Dinkhauser led his newly founded Citizens' Forum Tyrol to become the second-largest party, causing large losses to \u00d6VP and SP\u00d6 and small losses to the Greens. Following this, internal criticism within the SP\u00d6 of Gusenbauer grew, leading to the decision to designate infrastructure minister Werner Faymann as its new party leader. According to the plans at that time, Gusenbauer would have remained the leading candidate in the 2010 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Background\nOn 26 June 2008, Faymann and Gusenbauer wrote a letter to the editor of the leading Austrian tabloid Kronen Zeitung, declaring they were in favour of referendums on important EU topics, like new treaties after the already ratified Treaty of Lisbon or the accession of Turkey to the European Union. They did this without seeking the approval of either the party leadership or their coalition partner \u00d6VP; it was widely perceived by Austrian and foreign media as a populist action and in acquiesce to the Eurosceptic position of Kronen Zeitung.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Background\nOn 7 July 2008, \u00d6VP leader Wilhelm Molterer declared that he could not continue to work with the SP\u00d6 (the precise words with which he opened the news conference were \"That's enough! \", Es reicht!). The \u00d6VP declared as the main reasons for the snap elections the change in the SP\u00d6's position on Europe and the planned dual leadership in the SP\u00d6, which the \u00d6VP claimed would make agreement on difficult issues even harder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Background\nThe snap election was officially called in a parliamentary session on 9 July 2008 through a joint resolution by SP\u00d6, \u00d6VP and Greens, which FP\u00d6 and BZ\u00d6 supported; the election date of 28 September 2008 was confirmed by the government and the main committee on 10 July 2008. The term of the legislature was the third-shortest in Austrian history (after 1970\u20131971 and 1994\u20131995). SP\u00d6 and \u00d6VP agreed to a so-called Stillhalteabkommen, an agreement according to which neither of the two parties would try to outvote the other with the votes of the opposition parties, although this agreement was revoked by Faymann on 25 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Background\nThe age required to have the right to vote had been reduced from 18 to 16 prior to the election in an electoral law reform enacted in 2007, which also had reduced the age required to stand in the election from 19 to 18, had introduced easier access to postal balloting and had lengthened the legislative term from four to five years. Another change was that different list names in the different states were no longer possible; the BZ\u00d6 had stood under a different name in Carinthia than in the rest of Austria in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Background\nTurnout was initially expected to increase from the all-time low of 78.5% in 2006; more than 80% were expected to participate in the election according to early estimates, but it expectations changed to a decrease of turnout as the election day came closer. Postal balloting was expected to make up 7%\u20138% of the total vote; due to postal votes, the final result of the election would not be known until a week after the elections (on 6 October 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Background\nPostal ballots had to be sent to electoral commission together with a signed piece of paper stating the time and place when the vote had taken place; at a spot check in Salzburg, 20% of postal ballots were invalid because they lacked the signature or time and place. 9.27% of the voters (586,759 of 6,332,931 voters) had requested postal ballots, which meant that postal ballots could decisively change the election outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Background\nAnother part of the 2007 electoral reform was that it was now possible to accommodate election observers in the election process. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development declined the invitation to send observers, however, stating that the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights had insufficient funds to send observers on such short notice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Background\nThe Swiss Neue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung stated that Dinkhauser had \"with hindsight been the first link in a chain of causation which led to the early elections, even though he had only wanted to force open the encrusted political landscape in Tyrol.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Contesting parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the 23rd National Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Contesting parties, Qualified parties\nIn addition to the parties already represented in the National Council, nine parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot. Five of these were cleared to be on the ballot in all states, four of them only in some.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Analyses and forecasts\nAnalysts and pollsters offered different opinions on whether smaller extraparliamentary parties had chances to enter parliament or not. According to some pollsters, the FRITZ had very good chances of getting into parliament, and the LIF with its founder Schmidt as its leading candidate, as well; the conditions were as good as they had never been before for smaller parties, according to some. Analysts agreed that apart from LIF and FRITZ, all others would fail to enter parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Analyses and forecasts\nAnalysts furthermore asserted that the candidacy of the FRITZ would likely make the race for third place between Greens and FP\u00d6 very competitive, as the FRITZ would likely gain protest votes which would otherwise go to the FP\u00d6. The critical time for the extraparliamentary parties was stated to be the very first phase of the campaign, when the larger parties had not yet really started campaigning and the smaller parties had a chance to gain publicity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Analyses and forecasts\nFollowing the announcement that Haider would return to federal politics, analysts held different opinions on the likely effects of this change. While the race for swing voters between \u00d6VP, FP\u00d6 and BZ\u00d6 was seen to intensify, it was also remarked that Haider has lost much of his appeal and that it would be unlikely that the BZ\u00d6 would increase its share of votes just because of his candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Analyses and forecasts\nThe race for third place between the Greens and the FP\u00d6 was seen to be balanced (as Haider might draw votes from the FP\u00d6 and the LIF from the Greens) or slightly in favour of the Greens. One analyst even expected that Haider would attempt to get the FP\u00d6 to adopt a partner relationship with the BZ\u00d6 (similar to the Christian Democratic Union\u2013Christian Social Union of Bavaria alliance in Germany), with the BZ\u00d6 only operating in Carinthia and the FP\u00d6 in the rest of Austria, after the 2008 election. Stadler confirmed that this was the goal of the BZ\u00d6. Strache explicitly ruled out such an alliance on 7 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Analyses and forecasts\nFour weeks before the election, analysts agreed that the climate was very good for the SP\u00d6 following Faymann's announcement that he would take measures against rising prices, although they also cautioned that the SP\u00d6's victory was not yet a done deal. The FP\u00d6 was seen as strongly increasing their share of the votes when compared to the 2006 election and the BZ\u00d6 was seen as having secured its stay in the National Council. The Greens were seen to be stagnating, while the extraparliamentary parties faced difficulties with entering parliament, with the chances of LIF and the FRITZ intact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Analyses and forecasts\nFormer \u00d6VP leader Wolfgang Sch\u00fcssel claimed on 4 September 2008 the \u00d6VP's low numbers in the polls were due to the large number of parties contesting the election and denied that the \u00d6VP had made mistakes in their election campaign so far. Analysts asserted that the Greens' decision to strongly support the animal rights activists remanded in custody under controversial circumstances (see above) might be risky, but that it might pay off through the increased publicity and mobilisation of core voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Analyses and forecasts\nOnly four possible coalitions were seen as likely to have a majority after the election: SP\u00d6\u2013\u00d6VP, \u00d6VP\u2013FP\u00d6\u2013BZ\u00d6, SP\u00d6\u2013GR\u00dcNE\u2013BZ\u00d6 and SP\u00d6\u2013FP\u00d6\u2013BZ\u00d6; all but a new grand coalition were seen as unlikely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Campaign\nCampaigning in the 2008 Austrian legislative election revolved around inflation, rising prices, transport, future treaties of the European Union, crime, integration, right to stay, education, privatisation of Austrian Airlines, budgets, TV schedule, fairness accord, the Eurofighter Typhoon contract renegotiation and the Role of the Kronen Zeitung.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Election day\nFor the first time in the history of Austrian elections, there were different ballots in all nine states (in 2002 there were three different ballots, in 2006 there were seven). The ballots featured parliamentary parties in the order of votes they received in the last election, i.e. SP\u00d6, \u00d6VP, Greens, FP\u00d6, BZ\u00d6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Election day\nThe extraparliamentary parties were listed in the order in which they submitted their state candidate lists, and this order was different in all nine states; Dinkhauser, for instance, wanted the FRITZ to be the last on the ballot in all nine states, but the Left (in Burgenland and Tyrol) and the Christians (in Salzburg) submitted their lists after he did. The longest ballots could be found in Carinthia and Vienna, which broke the previous record of eleven lists (Vorarlberg, 1994) with twelve lists. Burgenland, Salzburg, Tyrol and Upper Austria had eleven lists, and Lower Austria, Styria and Vorarlberg had only the ten national lists on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Election day\nNational candidate lists had to be submitted by 8 September 2008 and were published on [12 September 2008 in the Wiener Zeitung; all lists except STARK and Klement submitted national candidate lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Election day\nVoting booths closed at 13:00 in Vorarlberg, at 16:00 in Carinthia, Styria and Upper Austria, at 16:30 in Burgenland and at 17:00 in Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vienna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Results, Results by state\nMap showing the results of the election on the state level", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Results, Results by state\nMap showing the results of the election on the sub-constituency level", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Results, Results by state\nMap showing the results of the election on the district level", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Results, Results by state\nMap showing the results of the election on the municipal level", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nThe elections saw a historically low turnout. Both the SP\u00d6 and the \u00d6VP had the worst result in history, while the combined so-called \"third camp\" (drittes Lager, consisting of the FP\u00d6 and the BZ\u00d6) had the best result the far right has had in the Second Austrian Republic, very nearly gaining a plurality of seats if taken together. The Greens suffered slight losses, while neither the LIF nor the Citizens' Forum Austria crossed the electoral threshold of 4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nGovernment formation was expected to be very difficult and take a long time as both the SP\u00d6 and the \u00d6VP had to assess and analyze their losses and decide on a course of action. The primary motive for the people who voted for the far right parties was dissatisfaction with the governing parties, which was summarised by Der Standard as \"angry voters voting for angry parties\". Josef Pr\u00f6ll gained the most state preference votes (59,583 on the Lower Austrian candidate list), with Faymann gaining 6,236 in Vienna and Strache 6,009 (also in Vienna). Strache also gained the most regional constituency preference votes (24,301), followed by Haider with 15,836 and SP\u00d6 trade unionist Josef Muchitsch with 9,998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nThe SP\u00d6 lost many voters to the FP\u00d6, while the \u00d6VP lost many voters to the BZ\u00d6. The Greens lost a few voters to the LIF, and all three parties lost voters to the non-voters. Neither the SP\u00d6 nor the FP\u00d6 changed their positions after the election; the SP\u00d6 reiterated it would never enter into a coalition with the FP\u00d6 and the BZ\u00d6, while the FP\u00d6 did not waver in its stance of opposition to reunification with the BZ\u00d6, although it toned down its rhetoric and stated it was open to closer cooperation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nNonetheless, many FP\u00d6 voters and party members were reportedly strongly in favour of reunification; it was expected that Strache would have to reconsider his opposition to reunification in the months following the election. The CDU\u2013CSU model proposed by some before the elections seemed to be off the table, as the BZ\u00d6 had strongly increased its share of the vote outside Carinthia, as well; on the other hand, the FP\u00d6 had an increased incentive to reach such a cooperation, as it would free up BZ\u00d6 voters for the FP\u00d6 outside Carinthia. On 6 October 2008, Haider stated he was against a reunification, as the two parties had developed into different directions and could gain more votes separately than reunified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nAnalysts expected Molterer to step down, with the \u00d6VP taking a pivotal role in the coalition negotiations; under Josef Pr\u00f6ll, it was expected to take part in a renewed grand coalition, trying to win back the voters' confidence, while under another new chairman, it was considered possible the \u00d6VP could form a right-wing coalition with the FP\u00d6 and the BZ\u00d6. Johannes Hahn and Maria Fekter had been mentioned as possible alternatives to Molterer; a party leadership meeting was held on 29 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nAs expected by many, Molterer stepped down and Pr\u00f6ll became acting party chairman, and \u00d6VP secretary-general Missethon and many other prominent politicians from the Sch\u00fcssel/Molterer era were also expected to be replaced. Pr\u00f6ll was to become party chairman at a party convention set for 28 November 2008 in Wels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nAs expected, Pr\u00f6ll was approved as party leader with 89.6% of the votes (the worst result in the history of \u00d6VP in leadership elections without an opposing candidate); Lower Austrian state secretary Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Tyrolean governor and former interior minister G\u00fcnther Platter, interior minister Maria Fekter and new chief of the parliamentary party (replacing Pr\u00f6ll) Karlheinz Kopf were elected as deputy leaders. Economy minister Bartenstein and former chancellor Sch\u00fcssel became backbenchers, as they stated they would take up their seats in parliament but were not going to be elected or appointed to any important position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0028-0003", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nPr\u00f6ll announced he would replace Sch\u00fcssel as chairman of the \u00d6VP parliamentary group. \u00d6VP ministers Kdolsky (health) and Plassnik (foreign affairs) were also considered certain to leave politics; they were reportedly looking to work in the World Health Organization and Austrian ambassador to the United States, respectively. Social minister Buchinger from the SP\u00d6 was assumed to be out of federal politics, as well, as he was seen as certain to be replaced by a trade unionist (Cs\u00f6rgits or Kuntzl, as mentioned before the election).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nApart from a renewed grand coalition, some members of the SP\u00d6, the \u00d6VP and the Greens floated the possibilities of an SP\u00d6\u2013\u00d6VP\u2013Greens coalition (also called \"Kenya coalition\", referring to the party colours and the colours of the flag of Kenya), having the Greens act as a mediator between the two big parties. A right-wing \u00d6VP\u2013FP\u00d6\u2013BZ\u00d6 coalition, an SP\u00d6 minority government, an SP\u00d6\u2013FP\u00d6 coalition, an SP\u00d6\u2013BZ\u00d6\u2013Greens or an \u00d6VP\u2013BZ\u00d6\u2013Greens coalition were also seen as possibilities, although unlikely ones. The FP\u00d6 and the BZ\u00d6 explicitly declared they were not willing to offer their support to an SP\u00d6 minority government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nThe Greens held a party leadership meeting on 30 September 2008; despite the slight losses the Greens suffered, Van der Bellen did not step down, as he was nonetheless regarded as enjoying strong support from both party members and voters; the Greens did not rule out a Kenya coalition or supporting a minority government under some circumstances. It was expected that Van der Bellen would step down at a later date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nVan der Bellen resigned on 3 October 2008 and was provisionally replaced by Eva Glawischnig, who had long been considered his designated successor; she was confirmed as federal spokeswoman at the party congress on 17 January, and 18 January 2009 in Klagenfurt with 97.4% of the delegates' votes, the best result for a spokesperson of the Greens so far and also an unexpectedly decisive result; she had stated she was hoping for \"more than 80%\". Van der Bellen said he would remain an MP. Van der Bellen's resignation came as a surprise, as he was assumed to continue as federal spokesman for a few more months before resigning. Glawischnig was also unanimously selected as chief of the Greens' parliamentary club on 24 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nThe SP\u00d6 and the FP\u00d6 also held party leadership meetings on 30 September 2008. The FP\u00d6 rejected conducting secret negotiations with either the SP\u00d6 or the \u00d6VP, calling on both parties to declare openly if they wanted to have them as a coalition partner; Strache stated, however, that he would set strict coalition conditions, including holding referendums on the accession of Turkey to the European Union and the Treaty of Lisbon and restricting social benefits to Austrian citizens, which made coalitions with either the SP\u00d6 or the \u00d6VP highly unlikely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nFaymann stated that he was not interested in a Kenya coalition, as a coalition with three partners was only likely to be more difficult to manage than one with two partners. Pr\u00f6ll declared his opposition to both a Kenya coalition and a right-wing coalition with the FP\u00d6 and the BZ\u00d6, leaving the \u00d6VP with only the possibilities of a grand coalition or the opposition; the party membership was largely undecided between the two options. On 2 October 2008, a conflict arose between the SP\u00d6 and the \u00d6VP regarding referendums on future EU treaties, as the SP\u00d6 wanted to at least not rule out the possibility in a coalition agreement, which the \u00d6VP refused to accept under any circumstances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nThe FP\u00d6 won back the post of third president of the National Council from the Greens. Three people were primarily mentioned as likely to replace Eva Glawischnig in that position: education spokesman Martin Graf, justice spokesman Peter Fichtenbauer and Lower Austrian FP\u00d6 leader Barbara Rosenkranz. Graf was nominated on 30 September 2008. While the Greens stated they opposed Graf's nomination because of Graf's position as chairman of the nationalist Burschenschaft Olympia, the other parties initially stated they would approve his nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nAfter some SP\u00d6 MPs also voiced their reservations about Graf, presidents of the National Council Barbara Prammer (SP\u00d6) and Michael Spindelegger (\u00d6VP) stated they would seek personal talks with Graf before his nomination. After Graf refused to renounce his membership in Olympia, the Greens announced they would propose Van der Bellen as an alternative to Graf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0032-0002", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nThe SP\u00d6 announced its MPs would be free to vote for or against Graf, while the \u00d6VP stated it would support Graf as the third-placed party by tradition had the right to nominate whomever they wished; it was expected that Graf would be elected with the votes of the \u00d6VP, the FP\u00d6 and the BZ\u00d6. Graf was elected on 28 October 2008 with 109 votes to Van der Bellen's 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nAll parties except for the \u00d6VP supported making the appointment of a committee of inquiry a parliamentary minority right; as the \u00d6VP had fewer than a third of the MPs, it was technically possible for the other four parties to outvote it on amending parliamentary law, but it was unclear whether the other parties wanted to set a precedent by using this option. The \u00d6VP later announced that it was willing to agree to this change, if committees of inquiry were reformed in general.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nBoth Schmidt and Haselsteiner declared that their political activities were completely over. Nonetheless, many party members and supporters called for the LIF to continue its work. A party convention was held on 25 October 2008 to start a renewal process and relaunch the party. Werner Becher was elected as the LIF's new leader, although he described his position as a primus inter pares. The LIF announced it would launch a reform process, renew its party program and start to build up strong local party organisations in the cities and the states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions\nAt the next regular party convention in April 2009, the party would then approve the changes (and likely change its name, as well; \"The Liberals\" (Die Liberalen) was considered the most likely new name), finalising the relaunch as a liberal party putting more emphasis on economic liberalism as well as social liberalism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nBZ\u00d6 leader and Carinthian governor J\u00f6rg Haider died in a car accident in K\u00f6ttmannsdorf near Klagenfurt in the state of Carinthia in the early hours of 11 October 2008. Police reported that the Volkswagen Phaeton that Haider had been driving came off the road, rolled down an embankment and overturned, causing him \"severe head and chest injuries\". Haider, who was on his way to a family gathering in honour of his mother's 90th birthday, was alone in the government car and no other vehicles were involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nAn initial investigation uncovered no signs of foul play, but police stated Haider was going at 142\u00a0km/h, more than double the 70\u00a0km/h allowed at the location of the accident, and it later emerged that Haider had had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.18 per cent. Countless leading Austrian politicians and former politicians from all parties expressed their condolences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0035-0002", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nDeputy governor Gerhard D\u00f6rfler (also from the BZ\u00d6) took over as acting governor of Carinthia and was then nominated to become governor in his own right on 13 October 2008, while BZ\u00d6 general-secretary Stefan Petzner was selected as interim BZ\u00d6 leader on 12 October 2008. Haider's funeral was held on 18 October 2008 with much international attention and coverage. After the well-received speech of Haider's widow, Claudia Haider, at the funeral, there were rumours that she might become the BZ\u00d6's candidate for governor in Carinthia in the 2009 state election instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0035-0003", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nThe vote on who would become governor until the election was to be held on 23 October 2008; the SP\u00d6 nominated Carinthian leader Reinhart Rohr. The Greens announced they would definitely not support D\u00f6rfler, while the \u00d6VP was in negotiations with both the BZ\u00d6 and the SP\u00d6 regarding whom they would support. D\u00f6rfler was elected with 19 votes to Rohr's 17; Rohr got 14 SP\u00d6 votes, 2 Green votes and 1 BZ\u00d6 vote, while D\u00f6rfler received 14 BZ\u00d6 votes (all but one), 4 \u00d6VP votes and 1 FP\u00d6 vote. Uwe Scheuch was elected as Carinthian BZ\u00d6 leader at the Carinthian BZ\u00d6 party convention on 15 November 2008 with 96.2% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nThere were rumours that Haider's death would facilitate the reunification of the FP\u00d6 and the BZ\u00d6, enabling Strache to make a bid for power. Lothar H\u00f6belt, a historian known to be close to the \"third camp\", stated that the BZ\u00d6 would be unlikely to survive without Haider and that the \u00d6VP could possibly gain back voters from the BZ\u00d6 if they played their cards right and forged a right-wing coalition; in the case of a renewed grand coalition, H\u00f6belt expected most BZ\u00d6 voters to go to the FP\u00d6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nFollowing a series of highly emotional and unprofessional interviews by Petzner (some of which were seen as alluding to a personal relationship between Haider and Petzner beyond mere friendship), there were rumours that he would not become leader of the parliamentary BZ\u00d6 group on 22 October 2008 and that Haider's sister and former social minister Ursula Haubner or former defence minister Herbert Scheibner might be selected instead. These rumours were immediately denied by senior BZ\u00d6 officials, including Haubner and Scheibner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nCarinthian BZ\u00d6 MP Josef Bucher, the BZ\u00d6's finance speaker, was selected to become leader of the parliamentary group on 22 October 2008; Petzner stated he himself had proposed this alternative and lauded Bucher's credentials. Doubts over whether Petzner would even stand for party leadership at the next party convention grew in the following days amid rumours that Petzner was becoming increasingly isolated within the BZ\u00d6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0037-0002", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nPetzner personally stated on 30 October 2008 that it was not yet set in stone that he would stand for party leadership at the next party convention, which would be held after the Carinthian state election on 1 March 2009. The date for the convention was later set for 26 April 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nPetzner resigned as interim BZ\u00d6 leader on 19 November 2008; there were rumours that the party considered him unfit for the office due to his emotional interviews, but Petzner rejected these claims. Former defence minister Herbert Scheibner took over as interim BZ\u00d6 leader, but stated that he would not stand for the post at the party conference in April 2009. Carinthian BZ\u00d6 leader Uwe Scheuch and leader of the parliamentary group Josef Bucher were seen as the most likely candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nPetzner provoked further controversy on 20 November 2008 when he criticised the BZ\u00d6's election campaign and talked about internal campaign details. Scheibner later stated that he would prefer to unite the offices of party leader and leader of the parliamentary group again and suggested Bucher as a candidate; Bucher, on the other hand, preferred to keep the offices separate and proposed that Scheibner remain party leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0038-0002", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nOn 9 January 2009, disgraced former FP\u00d6 official Reinhart Gaugg (infamous both for his driving under the influence incident and for explaining \"NAZI\" to be an acronym of positive adjectives) became the first politician to announce his intention to run for BZ\u00d6 leader, even though he is not a BZ\u00d6 member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Haider's death\nIn the week before the party congress, it was rumoured that Styrian party leader Gerald Grosz was also interested in becoming party leader; Scheuch was seen as the most likely candidate, assuming he would run. Scheibner and Gaugg were not seen as likely to even stand for the post. On 16 April 2009, it was announced that Bucher would become party leader, after Scheuch declined to take the position and proposed Bucher instead. As expected, Bucher was elected with 99.4% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Government formation\nPresident Heinz Fischer gave Werner Faymann the mandate to form a government on 8 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195704-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election, Reactions, Government formation\nThe government of Werner Faymann was sworn in on 2 December 2008. Following the resignation of Vice Chancellor and \u00d6VP party chairman Josef Pr\u00f6ll from all political functions, a cabinet reshuffle took place, the new government members sworn in by the President of Austria on 21 April 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters\nThe political parties used numerous campaign posters in the 2008 Austrian legislative election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria\nThe SP\u00d6 announced on 30 July 2008 that it would put up the first election posters on 3 August 2008; they featured a picture of Faymann, his name and the words \"Enough bickering.\" (Genug gestritten. ), thus criticising the grand coalition's lack of agreement on fundamental issues, which the SP\u00d6 attributes to the \u00d6VP's refusal to accept that the \u00d6VP lost the 2006 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria\nThe poster was attacked by \u00d6VP, who claimed that the SP\u00d6 was responsible for the disputes in the coalition, and the smaller parties, who feared a costly election campaign due to the early start of the campaign. A second poster was presented at the federal party conference on 8 August 2008, which also prominently featured Faymann, but had no thematic content. A third poster was presented on 29 August 2008, when the SP\u00d6 officially started its election campaign in the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna; it emphasised Faymann's personal qualities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria\nOn 22 August 2008, the day of the TV debate between Strache and Haider, the SP\u00d6 put up online advertisements pointing to the time of the TV debate and calling it \"two good reasons to vote for Faymann: today, 21:15 ORF2\". Furthermore, the SP\u00d6's youth wing, the Socialist Youth of Austria (Sozialistische Jugend \u00d6sterreich), on 27 August 2008 presented an election campaign (, gegen Rechts meaning \"against the right\") calling for an end to the majority of the right in parliament and for preventing an \u00d6VP\u2013FP\u00d6\u2013BZ\u00d6 coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Austrian People's Party\nThe \u00d6VP presented its first wave of election posters on 5 August 2008. Unlike the SP\u00d6's posters, they didn't feature Molterer; what the three subjects have in common are the words Molterer used to break up the grand coalition, \"That's enough!\" (Es reicht!) and the words \"A new start instead of stalemate\" (Neustart statt Stillstand). The different posters call for doubling home care subsidies, stricter immigration controls and doubling family subsidies in September to help families with children in education.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 112], "content_span": [113, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Austrian People's Party\nThe SP\u00d6 refused to comment on these posters, the Greens were horrified that it was neither the FP\u00d6 nor the BZ\u00d6 but the \u00d6VP which first brought an anti-immigrant tone into the election campaign and both FP\u00d6 and BZ\u00d6 considered it proof that the \u00d6VP did not consider Molterer to be charismatic enough to win the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 112], "content_span": [113, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Austrian People's Party\nA second wave of election posters with new thematic priorities was officially presented on 26 August 2008; one of the posters (previewed in \u00d6sterreich on 24 August 2008) called for harsher punishments for child abusers and showed two judges about to hand down a judgment, in a change from the nonpictorial earlier election posters. SP\u00d6 justice minister Maria Berger strongly criticised the \u00d6VP for trying to influence decisions in the court room through the election campaign, and the judges' association (Richtervereinigung) also strongly criticised the election poster's intent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 112], "content_span": [113, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0003-0003", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Austrian People's Party\nThe \u00d6VP officially started its election campaign on 5 September 2008 in the Helmut-List-Halle in Graz. The third and last wave of two election posters prominently featuring Molterer and the slogan \"The better choice.\" (Die bessere Wahl.) was presented on 10 September 2008; furthermore, the \u00d6VP in September 2008 employed  criticising the SP\u00d6 for the cost of its campaign promises and for not keeping them after the 2006 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 112], "content_span": [113, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Austrian People's Party\nThe Viennese \u00d6VP put up election posters on 6 August 2008 which consisted only of white text before a red background criticising Faymann for \"just smiling, as always\" while the SP\u00d6 Vienna \"prevented free of charge kindergartens\" and \"cashed up without hesitation: in housing costs, parking fees, waste disposal fees ...\". The Young People's Party (Junge Volkspartei) presented a website attacking Faymann (, roter Stillstand meaning \"red stalemate\") on 28 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 112], "content_span": [113, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, The Greens \u2013 The Green Alternative\nThe Greens' first slogan was \"Not on my watch\" (Nicht mit mir). The first wave of posters was presented on 13 August 2008; they prominently feature Van der Bellen (four different close-ups) and slogans which criticise the other parties (the SP\u00d6 for not trying hard enough to fulfill its election promises, the \u00d6VP for blocking decisions in government, both parties for their bickering, and the FP\u00d6 and the BZ\u00d6 for agitating against immigrants), as well as a circular logo containing \"vdb 08\" (for Van der Bellen).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 123], "content_span": [124, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, The Greens \u2013 The Green Alternative\nIn addition, a second wave of posters was put up starting with 3 September 2008; the second wave featured positive slogans highlighting four demands of the Greens regarding taxes, human rights, measures against the rising prices and equal opportunities. Half the posters featured the Greens' deputy leader Eva Glawischnig instead of Van der Bellen; the common slogan was \"when, if not now!\" (wann, wenn nicht jetzt!). The Greens officially started their election campaign on 10 September 2008 in the Architekturzentrum Wien in Vienna. The Greens also held a contest for proposed election posters from the internet community; the four winning designs (as there were two equal third places) were put up as actual election posters on triangle stands from 8 September 2008 onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 123], "content_span": [124, 901]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Freedom Party of Austria\nThe FP\u00d6 presented its first wave of election posters on 7 August 2008; they consisted of one big election poster and four to be put on triangle stands (Dreiecksst\u00e4nder); two of them (including the big one) prominently featured FP\u00d6 leader Strache, and all of them depicted an eagle (from the coat of arms of Austria) giving a thumbs up. The main slogan was \"They are against HIM. Because HE is for YOU.\" (Sie sind gegen IHN. Weil ER f\u00fcr EUCH ist.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 113], "content_span": [114, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Freedom Party of Austria\n(which had been Haider's election slogan in the 1994 election campaign), and the slogan on the three other posters was \"WE for YOU \u2013 Therefore \u2297 FP\u00d6 HC Strache\" (WIR f\u00fcr EUCH \u2013 Deshalb \u2297 FP\u00d6 HC Strache). The other slogans were rhymed and endeavoured to be witty, similar to the 2006 election campaign; one of them featured a prominent spelling mistake (\"heisst\" instead of \"hei\u00dft\"), which was corrected later in the day. The FP\u00d6 officially started its election campaign on 29 August 2008 on the Hauptplatz in Linz; a second wave of posters was put up in early September, which consisted of one poster featuring Strache before an Austrian flag and two smaller triangle stand posters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 113], "content_span": [114, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Alliance for the Future of Austria\nThe BZ\u00d6 presented its election posters on 27 August 2008; the three posters prominently featured party leader Haider in different postures which are meant to emphasise his image as a man of the people, the claim that he was \"the original\" and a stylised Austrian flag at the bottom of the posters. The posters will be put up on 1 September 2008. The BZ\u00d6 officially started its election campaign on 30 August 2008 in the Stadthalle Graz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 123], "content_span": [124, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Liberal Forum\nThe LIF presented its first election poster on 22 August 2008, which featured Schmidt and called for a three-party coalition as the next government; the LIF stated it would prefer an SP\u00d6\u2013Greens\u2013LIF or \u00d6VP\u2013Greens\u2013LIF coalition and that it would not work together with the FP\u00d6 and the BZ\u00d6. Further waves of election posters are planned. The LIF officially started its election campaign on 4 September 2008 in the Palmenhaus in the Viennese Burggarten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 102], "content_span": [103, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Liberal Forum\nOn 11 September 2008, the LIF presented a second wave of four election posters only to be put up on triangle stands; they shared a common design and image (a portrait of Heide Schmidt) and the text \"for fairness\" and differed only in what the LIF stated it was against (populism, scare tactics, exclusion, stalemate and taking people for fools).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 102], "content_span": [103, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Citizens' Forum Austria\nThe FRITZ started its election campaign on 5 September 2008 on the Freiheitsplatz in Graz. On 15 September 2008, it presented an election poster (featuring Dinkhauser) which was put up in Vienna only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 112], "content_span": [113, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Other parties\nThe KP\u00d6 started its election campaign on 5 September 2008. Its posters had two different subjects, both of which were only presented on triangle stands:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 102], "content_span": [103, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Other parties\nSave Austria's slogan was \"We citizens now vote for ourselves!\" (Wir B\u00fcrger w\u00e4hlen uns jetzt selber!). They had an election budget of \u20ac100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 102], "content_span": [103, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Other parties\nThe Christians started their election campaign on 5 September 2008. They stated they could not afford election posters and widespread advertisements and that they would employ less costly ways of advertising for the election. Their slogan was \"Strong families. Strong country.\" (Starke Familien. Starkes Land.). They refused to announce their election budgets and stated they considered employing newspaper advertisements and election posters in the final phase of the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 102], "content_span": [103, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195705-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election campaign posters, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Other parties\nThe Christians had a triangle stand poster (which was only used online and not put up on actual triangle stands, however):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 102], "content_span": [103, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195706-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election issue questionnaires\nThree different organisations sent questionnaires to the parties competing in the 2008 legislative elections in Austria, seeking answers to various policy questions; the questions and answers are set out in this article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195706-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election issue questionnaires, Wahlkabine\nThe internet platform  (Wahlkabine means \"voting booth\"), which has offered a decision support for state elections, national elections and European Parliament elections in Austria since 2002, sent a questionnaire consisting of twenty-six questions on political positions to the SP\u00d6, the \u00d6VP, the Greens, the FP\u00d6, the BZ\u00d6, the LIF, the FRITZ and the KP\u00d6; all parties except for the FRITZ replied with their answers (shown in the following table).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 67], "content_span": [68, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195706-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election issue questionnaires, Politikkabine\nThe internet platform  (Politikkabine means \"politics booth\") offered a similar questionnaire of twenty-six questions, to which nine of the lists contesting the election nationwide (all parties except Save Austria) replied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 70], "content_span": [71, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195706-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Austrian legislative election issue questionnaires, Wiener Zeitung\nThe Wiener Zeitung had a similar service called  (\"election machine\"); all parties replied with their answers to the thirty questions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 71], "content_span": [72, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195707-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Auto Club 500\nThe 2008 Auto Club 500 was the second race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and started on February 24, 2008, at Auto Club Speedway of Southern California in Fontana, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The race was telecast on Fox starting at 3:30 PM US EST/12:30 PM PST, with MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio's broadcast starting at 2:45 PM EST/11:45 AM PST. Rain stopped the race on Lap 87 and the race would continue  on Monday, February 25 at 1 PM US EST/10 AM PDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195707-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Auto Club 500\nThis race was the first time that the Car of Tomorrow raced at Fontana, as many people (since the shift from the North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina following the Ferko lawsuit in 2004) claim that it is the first \"real race\" of the season, following the running of the Daytona 500 with its restrictor plates in use.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195707-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Auto Club 500, Qualifying\nFor the first time in the Sprint Cup Series, a new qualifying system was to have been introduced for this race and the rest of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195707-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Auto Club 500, Qualifying\nThe new qualifying format is being divided into two groups, that has been called by many as \"The Boris Said Rule\" after what happened prior to the 2007 Pepsi 400, when Said was on the provisional pole when qualifying was canceled, and the field was set by the rulebook. The format debuted in the Nationwide and Craftsman Truck series at Daytona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195707-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Auto Club 500, Qualifying\nIn the first group, the Top 35 Exempt teams will go onto the track first and set their positions in the time trials. The second group will involve those outside said Top 35, and will fill the remaining eight spots. However, rain canceled the scheduled qualifying session, and the field was set by the NASCAR rulebook. The first time that the new qualifying session format was used was at the UAW-Dodge 400 the following week in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195707-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Auto Club 500, Race\nThe outset of the race was plagued with rain, which was an ongoing theme throughout the weekend, delaying the start by 2\u00bd hours, but weeping in the banked turns from all the inclement weather that fell throughout the weekend because of poor drainage caused the first two cautions. On Lap 14, Denny Hamlin hit the wall in Turn 3, causing the first caution of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195707-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Auto Club 500, Race\nAfter just two more laps of green, Casey Mears crashed into Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Sam Hornish Jr., who was blinded from the upraised hood who then hit Reed Sorenson and then turned Mears' car 270 degrees, setting Hornish's car ablaze and causing the first red flag of the race on Lap 21. Track dryers were brought out to clear the track, and concrete saws were used to create pathways for the water to flow off Turns 1 and 2, which was not draining properly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195707-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Auto Club 500, Race\nAfter hour and seven minute delay, racing continued on Lap 25 before a caution was called on Lap 39 due to rain in Turn 4. After drying finished, racing began again onLap 47 before a yellow flag was shown on Lap 56 due to Jeremy Mayfield's flat tire. Another yellow flag was shown when Joe Nemechek spins out due to a flat tire on Lap 62. Eight laps afterward, the sixth caution flag was shown when Elliott Sadler hit the wall after attempting to avoid Robby Gordon. The seventh caution flag was displayed on Lap 81 when rain began to fall, and was finally called off officially on Lap 87 with a red flag, over five hours after the scheduled start of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195707-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Auto Club 500, Race\nNASCAR continued to dry the track and scheduled a night restart at 9 PM PST. That time was postponed twice by an hour to 11 PM local time, when they felt that track drying was inadequate. Ultimately at the time the race was to have restarted, NASCAR officials suspended activities for the evening. When action resumed on Monday morning, Jimmie Johnson led the race when on Lap 132, Jeff Burton brushed the wall on Turn 3 to force the eighth caution period. Three more cautions would follow, ultimately letting Carl Edwards win the race under caution when Dale Jarrett spun in Turn 3 on the last lap. Mark Martin made his 800th career Winston/NEXTEL/Sprint Cup start in this race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195707-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Auto Club 500, Race, Timeline\nFailed to make the race as a result of qualifying being canceled due to rain: A. J. Allmendinger (#84), Ken Schrader (#49), Mike Skinner (#27), Burney Lamar (#08), Patrick Carpentier (#10).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election\nAutonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general elections was held in the ARMM for the regional governor, vice-governor posts and election of members of the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly on August 11, 2008. The electronic voting used is the first in Philippines election history. The P 500 million COMELEC's \"ARMM balloting\" is a pilot program for the 2010 national polling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background\nPursuant to Republic Act No. 9333 in which elections for the posts of Regional Governor and Regional Vice-Governor and members of the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly must be held on the second Monday of August for every three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 70], "content_span": [71, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, Failed tests\nARMM had been used as a testing ground for computerized elections. On September 9, 1996, 42 optical scanners ($15,000 each), from Nebraska-based American Information System (AIS) were subject of the Senate Committee experiment led by Miriam Santiago. It found the machines defective. Again in the  May 11, 1998 ARMM elections, the same machines were tested and were found defective, resulting to manual counting next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 84], "content_span": [85, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, Failed tests\nOn July 22, 2008, however, the COMELEC, using the present machines, conducted a successful \u201cmock poll\" and simulated the actual processes and procedure for the August 11 ARMM election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 84], "content_span": [85, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, COMELEC preparations\nThe Philippines' first-ever Electronic voting (automated) polls had some 1.6 million Filipino-Muslims registered voters, who will elect a governor, vice governor and regional legislators for the ARMM. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced that it will be using 3,300 electronic voting machines in Maguindanao and 156 \"automated counting machines\" (Electronic voting) in Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Shariff Kabunsuan, and Lanao del Sur. It will using 2 technologies, namely Smartmatic-Sahi Direct Recording Electronic (DRE voting machine), while Optical scan voting system (Optical Mark Readers)(AVANTE International Technology, Inc.) will be used in the 5 other provinces of the ARMM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, COMELEC preparations\nThese include the 17 automated counting machines brought by Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer, head of the COMELEC's team in Basilan, to Lamitan and Isabela cities. 11,000 military personnel and 7,000 policemen or a total of 18,000-strong security force were placed to secure the polls. The historical first \"fully\" automation elections will not be disrupted by power outage, since each machine has a battery packs reserve power good for 16 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, COMELEC preparations\nDRE or \u201ctouch screen electronic voting,\u201d allows voters to \"simply touch the pictures of candidates they wish to elect,\" and were especially for disabled and illiterate voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, COMELEC preparations\n\"No writing of names\" is the principal feature of OMR machines. Voters have to simply shade the circles beside the candidates\u2019 names. COMELEC has 9 counting machines in 5 precincts. Each can count 100 ballots in a minute. A 24-digit randomly generated bar code identifies the ballot as emanating from a specific precinct, and the OMR is programmed to count only ballots from designated precincts. The laptop\u2019s keyboard is also locked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, COMELEC preparations\nThe COMELEC, further, provided: AVANTE OMR SYSTEM CONTINUITY (CONTIGENCY) PLAN  08.08.2008 and SMARTMATIC-SAHI CONTIGENCY PLAN 08.08.2008   With these, the COMELEC predicted it would be able to proclaim the winning candidates in less than 36 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, COMELEC preparations\nThe COMELEC, mowever, identified election \"hotspots,\" consisting of 668 barangays (election areas of concern) and 49 (areas of immediate concern).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, COMELEC preparations\nGMA Network's Reporter's Notebook, on August 12, 2008, aired a documentary on the Comelec 2008 \"Election Automation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, COMELEC preparations, Limitations\nComelec automation may reduce human intervention in votes counts, but the twin technologies used do not necessarily prevent vote-buying, intimidation, disenfranchisement, and other dirty tricks. Ballots cast cannot be traced by political operators. PPCRV chair Henrietta De Villa said: \u201cIn the final analysis, the integrity of the elections depends on the board of election inspectors, the voters, and the politicians, but they can\u2019t easily change the results on the election returns. I would say that the space for cheating has narrowed.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 105], "content_span": [106, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, Accreditation\nThe COMELEC, in its July 29, 2008 promulgated Resolution, SPP-08-006, 08.06.2008, accredited the Citizens Coalition For ARMM Electoral Reforms, Inc. (Citizens CARE) as Citizens' Arm of the Commission on Elections in the provinces of Maguindanao, Shariff Kabunsuan, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, in the ARMM and the cities of Marawi and Lamitan, pursuant to Sec. 2(5), Art. IX (c) of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines and Sec. 52(k) of the Omnibus Election Code. Also, volunteers from the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE), one of Comelec\u2019s accredited citizens\u2019 arms, were deployed in  Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 85], "content_span": [86, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, Foreign observers\nMeanwhile, foreign observers led by Somsri Hananuntasuk, executive director of the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), and composed of the 22-man foreign delegation from Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Thailand, arrived for their election observation mission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 89], "content_span": [90, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, Fears, tensions\nThe historical first, however, had been overshadowed by fears of violence due to the failed GRP-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Peace Panel Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain\u201d of the \u201cBangsamoro Juridical Entity\u201d or territory deal amid the Supreme Court of the Philippines' temporary brake (TRO). On August 4, the High Tribunal issued a Temporary Restraining Order directing representatives of the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front \u201cto cease and desist from formally signing the MOA. In the consolidated petitions of officials from the province of North Cotabato represented by Governor Jesus Sacadalan and Vice Governor Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol (GR", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 87], "content_span": [88, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, Fears, tensions\nNo. 183591), as well as that of city officials of Zamboanga represented by Mayor Celso L. Lobregat, Rep. Ma. Isabelle G. Climaco, and Rep. Erico Basilio A. Fabian (GR No. 183752), the Court ordered the Office of the Solicitor General to submit to the Court and to the petitioners copies of the final draft of the MOA not later than August 8, 2008, and scheduled an Oral Argument on August 15, 9 a.m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 87], "content_span": [88, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, Fears, tensions\nUnder the failed deal, ARMM would include 700 barangays in North Cotabato, Lanao del Norte and Zamboanga, causing vehement objections from officials and residents. Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat, however, pointed that the expanded MILF homeland deal will cover 1,459 villages, and not just 700 barangays in the agreement\u2019s (Annex A) that would establish the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE). He said Annex B areas were described as \u201cspecial intervention areas\": 40 villages in Zamboanga City, as well as several villages in the provinces of Sarangani, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Lanao del Norte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 87], "content_span": [88, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, Fears, tensions\nAccordingly, tensions amid fears erupted just days before the election, when hundreds of MILF rebels sequestered villages in North Cotabato's 3 towns, burning homes, seizing farm animals and forcing evacuation of 1,500 families. The government gave the rebels ultimatum to clear the villages, and the rebels backed off, in due course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 87], "content_span": [88, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, Fears, tensions, GRP-MILF MOA\nFr. Joaquin G. Bernas opined that: \"The main objective of the MOA is to amend the Organic Act which established the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The amendment envisions expansion of the geographical area of the ARMM and of its autonomous character. These objectives cannot be achieved by a mere memorandum of agreement. It will involve amending the Organic Act for the ARMM and the Constitution. The current Organic Act for ARMM is not any ordinary law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 101], "content_span": [102, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, Fears, tensions, GRP-MILF MOA\nIt is the product of a 3-step process prescribed by the Constitution: the formation of a regional consultative commission whose task was to enlighten the legislators who were to draft the law; drafting of the Organic Act itself by Congress; and the plebiscite conducted among the areas concerned. The original 1989 Organic Act was replaced by the Organic Act of 2001 which incorporated the salient features of the 1996 Peace Agreement entered into between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 101], "content_span": [102, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Background, Fears, tensions, GRP-MILF MOA\nA 2002 decision of the Supreme Court would later make it clear that provisions of the Organic Act can be amended only through the legislative-cum-plebiscite process. The controversial MOA, product of innumerable GRP-MILF dialogues, did not go through a broad consultation. The lack of consultation is now being defended by government as a matter of \u201cexecutive privilege.\u201d The Organic Act is similar in nature to a Constitution. It is an embodiment of the will of the sovereign people of Mindanao. In the end, those who are pushing for the achievement of the goals of the MOA will have no choice but to feed it into the legislative process. Indeed, when the document begins to be subjected to scrutiny, there will be a lot to debate about.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 101], "content_span": [102, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, The candidates\nExactly 1,516,775 registered voters were officially declared eligible to vote in 1,903 polling centers of the August 11 balloting for a regional governor, vice governor and 24 members of the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly. Incumbent Gov. Datu Zaldy Ampatuan, 41, (Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats party) is seeking reelection, the first governor to do so since ARMM creation in 1990. Ampatuan is challenged by Guimid Panalangin Matalam (Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino) and Jupakar Pindah-Asia Arabani, Ismain Berto Ibrahim, Alvarez Silal Isnaji, Ahmad Darping Nooh and Ali Jumadil Omar\u2014all running as independents. Isnaji is detained in connection the Ces Drilon case. 5 candidates joined the vice gubernatorial race while 78 aspire to become regional lawmakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 836]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Aftermath\nThe Comelec accredited Asian Network for Free Elections (Anfrel), through executive director, Thai Somsri Hananuntasuk, reported that in spite of automation, old problems of cheating and vote-buying still persisted. Minors were allowed to vote, poll officials influenced the voters or voted for them, and there were several instances of vote-buying. 22 of its foreign observers from 7countries in Southeast Asia\u2014visited 443 precincts in the ARMM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195708-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election, Aftermath\nThe machines only prevented cheating in the counting and the canvassing, as it stopped \"dagdag-bawas\" or the vote padding and shaving of votes, but the machines failed to prevent the way voters are individually influenced\u2014or even forced\u2014to vote for particular candidates. The secrecy of the ballot was also violated since board of election inspectors often assisted voters, indicating their support for particular candidates, and vote-buying was rampant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195709-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Azerbaijani presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 15 October 2008. Ilham Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party was re-elected with 89% of the vote. Several major political parties, including Musavat, the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Azerbaijan Liberal Party, and the Azerbaijan Democratic Party boycotted the vote because of alleged poll-fixing and oppression of political opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195709-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Azerbaijani presidential election, Background\nThe incumbent, Ilham Aliyev, was nominated by the New Azerbaijan Party for a second term on 3 August 2008. Musavat, the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, the Azerbaijan Liberal Party, the Citizen and Progress Party, and the Azerbaijan Democratic Party announced their boycott of the election due to unfair conditions. In response, an aide to Aliyev claimed that the opposition withdrew because it \"knew that President Aliyev would win the elections with a majority.\" A total of seven candidates filed to run in the election. Each of the candidates had to collect 40,000 support signatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195709-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Azerbaijani presidential election, Background\nCampaigning officially began in mid-September. The candidates were limited to a four-week campaigning period by law. According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, IRFS and RSF, the media (state-owned and private) showed bias in favor of Aliyev's candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195709-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Azerbaijani presidential election, Conduct\nThe election was observed by more than 500 international observers, mostly from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The OSCE said that there was progress in the elections compared to past ones, however it did not meet international standards, because of the lack of competition to incumbent Ilham Aliyev. The NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, declared \"He welcomes reports from the international election observers from OSCE, Council of Europe and the European Parliament indicating progress in the conduct of Azerbaijan\u2019s presidential elections on 15 October 2008. Azerbaijan should build on this achievement and address the remaining shortcomings that were noted.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195709-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Azerbaijani presidential election, Conduct\nAvez Temirhan of the election-boycotting Azerbaijan Liberal Party said, \"This leadership is not legitimate and its election does not reflect the will of the people.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195709-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Azerbaijani presidential election, Results\nA total of seven candidates registered with the Central Election Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195709-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Azerbaijani presidential election, Results\nThe incumbent, Ilham Aliyev, won the election with over 88% of the vote, and Igbal Aghazade came in second with 2.86%. Voter turnout was 75.1%. Fuad Aliyev and Hafiz Hajiev, as in 2003, received fewer votes than supporting signatures. Eight polling places' votes were invalidated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election\nThe Azores Regional Election (2008) (Portuguese: Elei\u00e7\u00f5es Regionais dos A\u00e7ores, 2008) was an election held on 10 October 2008 for the legislative assembly and government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. in which the Socialist party, under the leadership of Carlos C\u00e9sar won a third mandate with 46.7% of the turnout, while their rivals, under the Social Democratic Party leader Carlos Costa Neves, received 30.27% of the vote: the result would result Neves' resignation in the following days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election\nThe official electoral race occurred from 5 October to 17 October 2008, marked by a 53.34% abstention rate of the 192,943 registered voters (102,735 did not cast a vote); only 90,030 people voted in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Background\nFollowing their absence from the regional assembly between 2004 and 2008, the Communist Party (PCP), under their leader An\u00edbal C. Pires returned to campaign in a new coalition, with the Ecologist Party \"The Greens\". Emboldened by minor successes in the Autonomous Region of Madeira during the 2007 election, the coalition was seen as new way of reviving the party. In his speech to the national PCP assembly in 2007 he pushed for an intense campaign to support maritime natural resources exploitation and workers' rights, especially in the \"disequal social and economic\" centre of S\u00e3o Miguel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Issues\nThe leader of the PSD, Carlos Costa Neves, promised to \"move the attitude\" in the party, with the objective of recuperating Azorean confidence in the party, after their defeat in the 2000 elections. Following his election to the party, Neves had defended a reorganization of the party, the mobilization and dialogue with militants, in addition to the development of innovative proposals, and noted his direct election as an affirmation of the new party politics. He warned that politics was in danger of permanent stagnation, where the discourse \"in the Azores was created within the pink walls of the Palace of Santana\", that the PSD was needed \"a combative opposition and alternative politics\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Issues\nDuring the campaign An\u00edbal Pires continued to drive a rift between national politics and the Azorean electorate, noting the divergent policies and rhetoric of Prime Minister J\u00f3se Socrates as it dealt with the Azores: \"The PS has two discourses: one on the continent and another in the Azores\". The communist candidate recorded that the Prime Minister, during his election support of PS leader Carlos C\u00e9sar, especially on milk quotes and expansion of the Azorean portion EEZ was mute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Issues\nMeanwhile, the CDS, with their new slogan \"Sempre ao favor dos A\u00e7orianos\" (Always at the favour of Azoreans) tried to promote a more issues-oriented campaign that presented their initiatives and successes in the lead-up to the election; these included a comparative listing of the initiatives in committee, bills presented for review/debate, inter-parliamentary interventions in the assembly, projects brought to resolution through their influence and political statements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Issues\nOn 21 March 2008, the CDU candidate defended a new plan to subsidize the football teams of the region, after a visit to Terceira and Graciosa, suggesting that many of the supports reach the teams late, requiring them to request loans to support inter-island travel. At the same time, Pires questioned the financing of the new hospital in Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, which he considered \"obscure and unnecessary because the public sector is losing money to the private sector\". He indicated that European Union financing could pay 85% of the cost, and that present accounts had enough funds to support its construction, citing the 30 year concession of lands, installations and maintenance responsibilities to the construction firm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Issues\nAn\u00edbal Pires attacked Carlos C\u00e9sar's \"silence\" on the Labour Accord for Portuguese civilians working at the Lajes Base, using it as a justification for sending CDU candidates to Horta: he alleged that the Communists were a \"different voice\", that placed issues of regional cohesion and worker's rights in the forefront. Cesar shrugged off the commentary, noting his defense that the new African Command (AFRICOM) should remain at Lakes, and requesting a quick response from the national government supporting the suggestion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Political parties\nThe political parties presented candidates lists for the campaign, where 225,211 electors could elect 57 deputies to the Legislative Assembly. Os partidos e coliga\u00e7\u00f5es que concorreram \u00e0s elei\u00e7\u00f5es para a Assembleia legislativa da Regi\u00e3o Aut\u00f3noma dos A\u00e7ores em 2008 foram os seguintes, listados por ordem alfab\u00e9tica:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nThe Regional Assembly fractured during this election, with a multi-political representation replacing the three traditional parties in parliament: the traditional parties (PS, PSD and CDS-PP) were replaced by six parties (PS, PSD, CDS-PP, BE, CDU and PPM) in the regional assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nPart of these changes were due to the constituency compensation (Portuguese: c\u00edrculo eleitoral de compensa\u00e7\u00e3o) where several of the smallest parties were able to obtain representation: the BE elected two parliamentarians through this method, while each of the remaining parties obtained one (the exception being the PPM, which was seen as a reactionary vote for the politics that isolated the small island).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nThe Socialist Party under the direction of Carlos C\u00e9sar obtained a plurality of the votes (49.96%), a reduced mandate since the 2004 elections, when his team won 57% of the total. Although the Socialists won seats in all the islands of the archipelago, they declined in the number of votes and mandates elected to the Regional Legislative Assembly: in 2004, the Socialists had 60140 votes and 31 mandates (of 52 possible) while in the most recent run they obtained 45,070 votes and 30 of 75 seats. The abstention rate continued to rise in the last elections, reaching 53.24% during these elections. Of the over 193000 registered voters, less than 90000 exercised their electoral right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nThe Social Democratic Party obtained the second largest support during the elections, but obtained 20% less than the Socialists during the election (30.27% of the popular vote and electing 18 deputies). This poor result resulted in the election of 18 deputies, even when in the last round of elections, the party along with the coalition partner (the Democratic Social Centre) elected 21 parliamentarians. This result forced the PSD leader, Carlos Costa Neves, to resign his leadership of the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nThe remaining parties each obtained just over 10% of the popular vote. Constituent compensation was introduced in the new electoral law in 2006, in order to improve the proportionality of the electoral system, allowing representation for those votes cast that did not elect any deputy in the assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nThe Democratic Social Centre (CDS-PP) under Artur Lima elected five representatives to the regional Parliament, with 8.7% of the total votes, an increase in relation to the 2004 election (when they elected two deputies, one of which later almost ran as an independent in the middle of his mandate). Speaking on election night the centrist leader, exhorted his members: \"We are a Party renovated; a new CDS with representation in all the groups of islands and making one unique promise: much work as has happened until now.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nThanking his candidates and militants in the party he indicated his belief that a \"clean campaign and without critics\" was promoted by his party, \"It was a campaign of ideas, with young people, which indicates a renovation of the Party that was likely to present new ideas and proposals for the positive, that will convince the electorate that the best opposition is us.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nThe Left Bloc also rose in the elections, becoming the fourth political force in the Azores, with 3.3% of the votes. In comparison to the 2004 elections, when the Bloc obtained only 0.97% the vote, this election was seen as the Bloc's premiere in the Azorean Parliament, with two elected deputies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nThe coalition CDU (Communists and \"Greens\") returned to the assembly with one deputy and 3.14% of the popular vote, an increase in the last four years (2.97%). Following the results, An\u00edbel Pires congratulated his forces by noting their increase in six electoral circles, and success in returning to Parliament, through the constituency compensation formula. Their results (one seat) were less than their rivals the BE, which he noted was \"not relevant at the moment\", but that the \"voice of the Azorean people, the workers and the questions of cohesion\" had returned to Parliament. Reaffirming that the \"compromise that [they] made with the Azorean people will finally be completed\", he added that the Socialists were unable to obtain an absolute majority, that they should \"come off their pedestal and retake the capacity to hear the Azorean people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 892]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nFor the first time, the PPM Partido Popular Mon\u00e1rquico (Popular Monarchist Party) was able to obtain representation in parliament, with its lone seat for Corvo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nMeanwhile, the PDA, the only locally based and autonomy-oriented party, fell below its expectations with only 619 votes (roughly equivalent to 0.69%) of the popular vote. These results would fracture the party leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195710-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Azorean regional election, Results\nUltimately, as Eduardo Correia indicated, the true victor in the Azores elections was the growth in the abstention rate, which achieved its highest level in the 2008 elections since the Carnation Revolution instituted free democratic elections. With 53.24% abstaining, little more than 90000 resident exercised their democratic rights, of the 193.000 registered voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195711-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 A\u00e9reo Ruta Maya crash\nOn August 24, 2008, an A\u00e9reo Ruta Maya Cessna Caravan 208 carrying 10 American aid workers, two Guatemalan aid agency representatives, pilot and copilot en route from La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City to El Estor, crashed 45 minutes after take off. The crash killed all occupants but three aid workers. One of the survivors was Dan Liljenquist, an American businessman and politician. The aircraft went down in a field 60 miles east of Guatemala City after the pilot reported an engine failure and was attempting an emergency landing. The aid workers were members of Choice Humanitarian, a West Jordan, Utah based humanitarian group on their way to the village of Sepamac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195712-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BAFL season\nThe 2008 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXII, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on September 21, 2008. The regular season began on May 4 with the BritBowl champions London Blitz defeating the Gateshead Senators 48-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195712-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BAFL season, Schedule, Regular season, Formula\nBased on the British American Football League, setup for the 2008 season there will be a 3 tier structure consisting of:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195712-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BAFL season, Final regular season standings\nW = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195712-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BAFL season, Final regular season standings\nClinched playoff seeds are marked in parentheses and shaded in green, for BAFL 2 divisions the colours have been changed to indicate Northern and Southern sides of the Playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195712-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 BAFL season, Playoffs\nThe playoffs are scheduled to start on August 24, 2008. BritBowl XXII will then be played on September 21, 2008 at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195712-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 BAFL season, Playoffs, BAFL 2 Playoff\nThe BAFL 2 Playoffs are split geographically between the North and the South. The Southern half of the draw includes the top two teams from each of the East, South East and South West. With the top two from the Northern and Central conferences making up the Northern half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195713-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BBL Champions Cup\nThe 2008 BBL Champions Cup was the third edition of the super cup game in German basketball, and was played on September 19, 2007. The game was played at the Artland-Arena in Quakenbr\u00fcck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195714-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BC Lions season\nThe 2008 BC Lions season was the 51st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 55th overall. The Lions finished the season in third place in the West Division with an 11\u20137 record and appeared in the West Final, losing to the eventual Grey Cup champion Calgary Stampeders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195714-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BC Lions season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nIn the 2008 CFL Draft, 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195714-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BC Lions season, Regular season, Roster\nItalics indicate Import players updated 2008-10-11 \u2022 46 Active, 2 Inactive, 7 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195714-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BC Lions season, Playoffs, West Semi-Final\nDate and time: Saturday, November 8, 3:30 PM Central Standard TimeVenue: Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field, Regina, Saskatchewan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195714-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 BC Lions season, Playoffs, West Final\nDate and time: Saturday, November 15, 2:30 PM Mountain Standard TimeVenue: McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis\nThe 2008 BCI \"Irish\" music crisis erupted in Ireland in March 2008 when it emerged that certain bands and musicians who had recorded material in Ireland were classified by the BCI as \"Irish\" music for radio airplay. Independent radio stations regulated by the BCI have an obligation to play agreed levels \u2013 in most cases 30% \u2013 of Irish music. Concern mounted that genuine Irish music recorded in Ireland by Irish musicians was being overlooked in favour of mainstream international trends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Background\nOn Thursday March 13, hotpress.com published an article that revealed R.E.M.\u2019s new album Accelerate will be accepted as \"Irish music\" by the BCI. The album was recorded in Grouse Lodge Studios and it is this factor that qualifies it as \"Irish\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Background\nThe position, which alarmed many musicians and independent record companies, emerged during a question and answer session on Airplay For Irish Music, chaired by Hot Press editor Niall Stokes at the IBI conference in Dublin the previous week, which followed a series of presentations made on Airplay for Irish Music by Niall Stokes, BCI chief executive Michael O'Keeffe, Colm O'Sullivan of Red FM, Dave Pennefather of Universal Music Ireland, Dave Kelly of FM104, Feilim Byrne of Music Control and musician and songwriter Steve Wall of The Walls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Background\nAsked by Niall Stokes about definitions of Irish music, members of the panel reported that tracks recorded in Dublin by Kylie Minogue were counted as Irish music by certain stations. Pennyfeather had initially revealed, to the surprise of the audience, that Kelly's stations consider a Kylie Minogue song \"Irish\". \"It was recorded in Windmill Lane\" was the excuse Kelly offered, finding support in the surprising quarter of O'Keeffe who said Kelly's position was \"absolutely\" in line with the BCI's policies. Asked if this was acceptable to the BCI, Michael O\u2019Keeffe confirmed that it was. \"It\u2019s supporting the Irish music industry,\" he said. Minogue recorded a number of tracks for her album Fever in Dublin's Windmill Lane, including the title track and the hit single \"Love at First Sight\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Background\nO'Keeffe told Phantom News that this has been policy for some time and that there is a legal basis for it:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Background\n\"...one of the reasons that we have a number of definitions that qualify as Irish is because when the European Commission were considering this matter about ten years ago, they were very clear that we couldn't discriminate in favour of Irish music, other than Irish language. I suppose it was a pragmatic solution for us to look at ways that would support the industry in some way....\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Background\nHe also said some of the suggestions made for change are simply not feasible, blaming the European Commission for rules surrounding anti-competitiveness:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Background\n\"....we couldn't bring in a smaller radio quota and have it strictly for Irish artists. That's where we would run into trouble. If we were to bring in a definition of that nature that only applied to Irish artists, then we run into trouble with the European Commission because you cannot favour your own country...\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Steve Wall\nSteve Wall's reaction at the time was characteristic of the reaction of musicians generally. \"I\u2019m speechless\", he said. \"That\u2019s the first time I heard that.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Gavin Fox\n\"It sounds ridiculous. Shame on them\", was the view of Concerto For Constantine bassist, Gavin Fox. \"It sounds to me like just another excuse for stations not to get behind Irish music. I reckon R.E.M. and Kylie Minogue would agree with me. There's a huge amount of great Irish music out there. They might say there's no demand for it, but if you play it people will come around.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Colm \u00d3 Snodaigh\nK\u00edla's Colm \u00d3 Snodaigh quoted Bob Dylan, who wrote that radio was \"gutless and flabby\". \"There's a load of great Irish music around right now that radio just doesn't seem to cater for.\" He went on to exemplify the Choice Music Prize. \u00d3 Snodaigh added: \"I wouldn\u2019t like to be the one coming up with the hard and fast rules about what\u2019s Irish and what\u2019s not,\" he continued. \"Sure didn\u2019t we used to have Def Leppard and Lisa Stansfield living here as tax exiles, does that mean they\u2019d count as Irish too? With all due respect to R.E.M., it's great that they\u2019re supporting the Irish music industry and all, but they certainly don't need the extra airplay.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Julie Feeney\nChoice Music Prize winning singer-songwriter Julie Feeney repeated the assertions of the quantity and quality of contemporary Irish music. \"They shouldn\u2019t need to rely on a technicality like this \u2013 it\u2019s going too far,\" she said. \"All it takes is a bit of imagination and persistence from a DJ who\u2019s willing to take the jump and play Irish artists.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Louis Walsh\nPop mogul Louis Walsh reacted to the news that Kylie Minogue and R.E.M. records qualify as \"Irish\" music for radio airplay. \"This is crazy,\" he told Hot Press. \"No wonder the music biz in Ireland is the way it is. No wonder Irish record companies are signing nobody. It's because we can't get airplay in our own fucking country for our own home grown talent. It's frustrating and unfair that we are being treated like this. Kylie Minogue is Australian \u2013 it's as simple as that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Louis Walsh\nNo wonder The Thrills, Ash, Declan O'Rourke, Bell X1 etc. are struggling \u2013 because they don't get enough airplay in their own country and their record deals are in the balance because of this. The big Irish radio stations all copy US radio. They're playing Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna and similar acts 24/7. Would Snow Patrol have gotten airplay in Ireland for \"Chasing Cars\"? No, it happened on a US TV show. What would U2 do, if they were starting again in Ireland? They'd struggle because of radio formats copying the US and the UK. And who suffers? The talent \u2013 and ultimately the public.\" The absence of radio play directly affects sales, Walsh argued. \"Look at the Irish charts,\" he said. \"They now look like the USA or UK charts. We need to sort this out.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 839]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Music directors\nMeanwhile music directors at two local radio stations have said they would not include international artists who\u2019ve recorded here as part of their required Irish music output. Colm O\u2019Sullivan of Cork's Red FM said that under no circumstances would his station consider acts who have recorded their album in Ireland, such as R.E.M. and Kylie Minogue, as counting towards the quota of 30% Irish music that all independent stations must adhere to. \"We would always aim to promote new, home-grown Irish stuff first and foremost,\" O'Sullivan told Hotpress.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Music directors\n\"We\u2019re constantly cultivating new bands from the Cork area to get them on our playlist.\" John Cadell, director of music at Dublin's Phantom 105.2, echoed O\u2019Sullivan's comments. \"We would never consider Irish-recorded albums as Irish. We don\u2019t need to,\" Cadell told Hotpress.com. He confirmed that Phantom plays 20% Irish artists between the hours of 7\u00a0am and 7\u00a0pm, and 30% Irish over its full 24-hour schedule. The station also commits to playing 6% Irish unsigned bands between 7\u00a0am and 7\u00a0pm. \"If the music is good enough to hold its own, we see no reason why it shouldn\u2019t be played,\" said Cadell. \"We regularly put new Irish bands on our a-list alongside top international acts like the Foo Fighters.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Music directors\nIn July, Jon Richards of Galway Bay FM told Hot Press that his station would be giving daytime airplay to emerging Irish music. Richards declared:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Music directors\n\u201cI am introducing five dedicated slots, from 3 to 5, for promoting Irish artists and in these five slots, literally any Irish artist whose song or whose track is good enough can get played\u2026 This is aimed at promoting new Irish artists.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Music directors\nAn important aspect of the initiative is that artists have to play their part, recording a Galway Bay ident to introduce tracks of theirs that are being supported by the station. Richards commented:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Music directors\n\"A personal touch is needed if you want to communicate. That's what radio is all about.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Music directors\nRichards said the Galway Bay FM management team, with MD Keith Finnegan and Music Controller Padraig Flaherty, were fully supportive of the new initiative. Richards said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195715-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 BCI Irish music crisis, Reaction, Music directors\n\u201cWe\u2019re taking the plunge. What I\u2019m hoping is that other presenters across the country, especially in big urban areas, will say \u2018well, if they\u2019re doing that, why can\u2019t we do it?\u2019 and create an effect that Irish radio gets the kick up the arse that it needs.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195716-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BCR Open Romania\nThe 2008 BCR Open Romania was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the event known that year as the BCR Open Romania, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania, from 8 September through 14 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195716-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BCR Open Romania\nThe singles field was led by ATP No. 12, Stuttgart runner-up, Canada Masters quarterfinalist Richard Gasquet, Casablanca and Indianapolis titlist, and Bucharest defending champion Gilles Simon, and Costa do Sau\u00edpe and Acapulco winner, Valencia finalist Nicol\u00e1s Almagro. Other seeded players were Marseille and Munich semifinalist Paul-Henri Mathieu, French Open quarterfinalist Ernests Gulbis, Carlos Moy\u00e1, Marcel Granollers and Jos\u00e9 Acasuso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195716-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BCR Open Romania\nSecond-seeded and defending champion Gilles Simon won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195716-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BCR Open Romania, Finals, Doubles\nNicolas Devilder /  Paul-Henri Mathieu defeated  Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski,   7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20137(9\u201311), [22\u201320]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195717-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BCR Open Romania \u2013 Doubles\nOliver Marach and Michal Merti\u0148\u00e1k were the defending champions, but Marach chose not to participate, and only Mertinak competed that year. Mertinak partnered with Filip Pol\u00e1\u0161ek, but lost in the first round to Nicolas Devilder and Paul-Henri Mathieu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195717-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BCR Open Romania \u2013 Doubles\nNicolas Devilder and Paul-Henri Mathieu won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20137(9\u201311), [22\u201320], against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195718-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BCR Open Romania \u2013 Singles\nGilles Simon was the defending champion, and won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against Carlos Moy\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game\nThe 2008 BCS National Championship Game (branded as the 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 7, 2008, and featured the No. 1 and No. 2 college football teams in the United States as determined by the BCS Poll (a combination of polls and computer formulas) to decide the BCS National Championship for the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game\nThe game featured No. 1 Big Ten champion Ohio State Buckeyes hosting No. 2 SEC champion LSU Tigers. It also featured the second postseason matchup between head coaches Jim Tressel and Les Miles in five years. The first occurrence was the 2004 Alamo Bowl, when Tressel's Buckeyes defeated Miles' Oklahoma State Cowboys, 33\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Team selection\nPrior to the last weekend of the regular season, it looked like the national championship game would be played between Missouri and West Virginia. However, Missouri lost to Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship Game and West Virginia was shocked by their arch-rival Pitt in the Backyard Brawl. This threw the BCS and college football world into upheaval. By virtue of winning the Big Ten and having only one loss, Ohio State looked to be guaranteed a berth in the BCS championship game. After much speculation, LSU was revealed to be the number two team in the ratings, and therefore the Buckeyes' opponent in the title game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Pre-game buildup\nAfter intense media speculation, including a report on ESPN which indicated that he was on the verge of taking the Michigan job, LSU head coach Les Miles announced just before the SEC championship game on December 1 that he was staying. Shortly thereafter, he agreed to a contract extension at LSU. Additionally, LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini accepted the head coaching job at Nebraska the day after the SEC title game. With the blessing of Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne, Pelini returned to Baton Rouge to prepare for the BCS championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Pre-game buildup\nAs for the Buckeyes, two cornerbacks, Donald Washington and Eugene Clifford, were reported to be suspended for this game for violating team rules. However, Ohio State's athletic director said on December 27 that the reported suspension of Washington was erroneous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nLSU won the          coin toss and deferred to the second half. After receiving the opening kickoff, Ohio State started slowly on offense before Chris Wells broke off a 65-yard touchdown run for the first score of the game. LSU went three-and-out deep in their own territory and punted on their first possession. Ohio State quickly added a field goal by Ryan Pretorius to go up 10-0. LSU then marched efficiently down field, but their 14-play/65-yard drive stalled in the red zone and Colt David kicked a 32-yard field goal. The first quarter ended with LSU on offense and trailing, 10-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nLSU scored early in the period with a 13-yard Matt Flynn touchdown pass to Tight End Richard Dickson, tying the score at 10. The drive was aided by two penalties totaling 28 yards by Ohio State's defense. LSU's Ricky Jean-Francois then blocked a 38-yard Pretorius field goal attempt on Ohio State's next possession. Momentum appeared to be shifting to LSU's sideline. LSU began the ensuing drive from their 34. The Tigers marched 66 yards in 3:28; a 10-yard Brandon LaFell touchdown reception from Flynn culminated the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nOn the next Buckeye possession, quarterback Todd Boeckman was intercepted by cornerback Chevis Jackson who returned the ball 34 yards into Ohio State territory. LSU moved down to the goal line and running back Jacob Hester punched the ball in to give the Tigers a 14-point lead. A short Buckeye drive led to a punt and LSU was content to go into halftime having scored 24 unanswered points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nLSU started the second half with the ball and a 24-10 lead. The Ohio State defense appeared to have forced a punt on LSU's first drive, but a roughing the punter penalty by Buckeye linebacker Austin Spitler gave LSU a first down. The Tigers parlayed the personal foul into a touchdown, as Early Doucet later received a short pass from Flynn and broke a series of tackles at the five-yard line and walked into the endzone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nOhio State seemed to be fading but with 3:50 left in the quarter, Flynn was intercepted by cornerback Malcolm Jenkins, who returned the ball 21 yards to the LSU 11. Three \"Beanie\" Wells runs brought the Buckeye offense down to the five and Boeckman proceeded to throw a touchdown pass to wide receiver Brian Robiskie on fourth down, pulling the Buckeyes to within 31-17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nAfter LSU punted early in the quarter Ohio State put together a solid drive, reaching the LSU 34. However, the offense stalled and the Buckeyes were forced to go for it on fourth-and-seven. Boeckman dropped back to pass and was hit on his throwing arm just before the arm could start to come forward. The hit\u2014made by LSU linebacker Ali Highsmith\u2014caused a fumble and LSU recovered in Ohio State territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe play was reviewed to determine if it was a forward pass but the ruling on the field was upheld and LSU got the ball with 10:37 left in the game. The Tigers then went three-and-out, but on Ohio State's next possession Boeckman was intercepted by safety Curtis Taylor. With 5:37 remaining, LSU's fate as National Champions was essentially sealed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe Tigers added another touchdown, a five-yard strike from Flynn to LaFell (his second touchdown reception of the game). Ohio State then scored on a late touchdown pass from Boeckman to wide receiver Brian Hartline before failing to convert an onside kick. LSU ran out the clock and celebrated their 38-24 BCS National Championship Game win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Historical implications\nThis was the first national championship game in the BCS era to feature two teams that had previously won a BCS national championship. Louisiana State became the first school ever to win two BCS championships. The Tigers had previously defeated Oklahoma, 21-14, in the 2004 Sugar Bowl, which served as the 2003 season's BCS championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195719-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 BCS National Championship Game, Historical implications\nLSU was the first team since 1960 to be national champion with two losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195720-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BDO World Darts Championship\nThe 2008 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 31st World Championship staged by the British Darts Organisation and was held between 5\u201313 January 2008 at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195720-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BDO World Darts Championship\nMartin Adams attempted to defend the title that he won at the 14th attempt in 2007 but he lost in the Semi-Finals to Mark Webster. Webster won the World Championship, beating Simon Whitlock 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195720-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BDO World Darts Championship\nAnastasia Dobromyslova won the Women's World Championship, becoming the first player to beat Trina Gulliver in the World Championship. Gulliver had won all of the previous seven titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195720-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BDO World Darts Championship, Television coverage\nThe tournament was covered by the BBC in the UK, SBS6 in the Netherlands and Eurosport across continental Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195722-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BFL season\nThe 2008 season of the Belgian Football League (BFL) was the regular season played in the Belgium. The West Flanders Tribes had a perfect season with 8 wins and no losses and won Belgian Bowl XXI against the Brussels Black Angels by a score of 25-20. The Belgian Bowl victory was the Tribes 3rd in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195722-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BFL season, Regular season, Regular Season standings\nW = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 57], "content_span": [58, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195723-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BMW Open\nThe 2008 BMW Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 93rd edition of the BMW Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place in Munich, Germany, from 28 April through 4 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195723-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BMW Open\nThe announced draw was led by Marseille semifinalist Paul-Henri Mathieu, Vi\u00f1a del Mar champion Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, Auckland winner and BMW Open defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber. Other top seeds were Miami and Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinalist Igor Andreev, Indian Wells Masters quarterfinalist Tommy Haas, Andreas Seppi, Steve Darcis and Marin \u010cili\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195723-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BMW Open, Finals, Doubles\nMichael Berrer /  Rainer Sch\u00fcttler defeated  Scott Lipsky /  David Martin, 7\u20135, 3\u20136, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195724-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BMW Open \u2013 Doubles\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber and Mikhail Youzhny were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195724-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BMW Open \u2013 Doubles\nMichael Berrer and Rainer Sch\u00fcttler won in the final 7\u20135, 3\u20136, [10\u20138], against Scott Lipsky and David Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195725-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BMW Open \u2013 Singles\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber was the defending champion, but was forced to withdrew due to illness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195725-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BMW Open \u2013 Singles\nFernando Gonz\u00e1lez won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20133, against Simone Bolelli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195726-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BMW PGA Championship\nThe 2008 BMW PGA Championship was the 54th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 22\u201325 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195726-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BMW PGA Championship\nSpaniard Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez defeated Englishman Oliver Wilson in a playoff to capture his first BMW PGA Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195726-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BMW PGA Championship, Round summaries, Playoff\nThe playoff began on the par five 18th; both players went for the green in two. Wilson ended up in the greenside bunker; Jim\u00e9nez at the back of the green. Jim\u00e9nez three-putted for a par 5 which was matched by Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195726-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BMW PGA Championship, Round summaries, Playoff\nThe players headed once again for the 18th tee, this time Jim\u00e9nez was able to get home in two after a superb drive; Wilson, on the other hand could only manage a lay up after he missed his tee shot to the right. Wilson managed to play his approach shot to 12 feet (3.6m), but his putt slipped by. Jim\u00e9nez managed to two-putt for a birdie 4 and the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195727-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BNP Paribas Masters\nThe 2008 Paris Masters (also known as the BNP Paribas Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 25 October through 2 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195727-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BNP Paribas Masters\nThe singles draw was headlined by year-end World No. 1, Beijing Olympics singles gold medalist, French Open and Wimbledon, Monte Carlo, Hamburg, Toronto Masters champion Rafael Nadal, ATP No. 2, US Open, Estoril, Halle and Basel titlist, Olympic doubles gold medalist Roger Federer, and Australian Open, Indian Wells, Rome Masters winner Novak Djokovic. Also announced were US Open runner-up, Cincinnati, Madrid Masters and recent St. Petersburg titlist Andy Murray, Valencia and 's-Hertogenbosch champion David Ferrer, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick and David Nalbandian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195727-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BNP Paribas Masters, Notable stories, Race to the championships\nAs the final tournament of the season before the Tennis Masters Cup, several players battled for the remaining spots at the year-end singles event, which plays host to the world's top eight players. Coming into the tournament, twelve players were vying for the final three spots (in descending order of race ranking): Andy Roddick, Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro, Gilles Simon, David Ferrer, James Blake, Stanislas Wawrinka, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, David Nalbandian, Fernando Verdasco, Ga\u00ebl Monfils, and Robin S\u00f6derling. Roddick was the first to qualify, when he defeated Madrid Masters runner-up Gilles Simon in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195727-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 BNP Paribas Masters, Notable stories, Race to the championships\nThe semifinals wins of Nalbandian over Nikolay Davydenko and Tsonga over Blake assured del Potro of a place, with the championship match set to decide the final qualifier. Home favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga eventually defeated defending champion David Nalbandian in three sets, to move to the eight place in the ATP Race, and qualify for the year-end championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195727-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BNP Paribas Masters, Notable stories, Race to the championships\nThe doubles event also included a pursuit between Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, South Africans Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie, and Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 for the last spot of the year-end doubles championships. Melo and Sa lost their chance to qualify when they were defeated by Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Kevin Ullyett in the quarterfinals, while the two other teams advanced to meet in the semis, in a match to decide of the last qualifiers. Coetzee and Moodie eventually came out on top in straight sets to clinch their first Tennis Masters Cup ticket together, the first ever for Coetzee, and the second for Moodie, who had already participated to the 2005 edition with Stephen Huss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195727-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 BNP Paribas Masters, Finals, Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman /  Kevin Ullyett defeated  Jeff Coetzee /  Wesley Moodie 6\u20132, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195728-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BNP Paribas Masters \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195728-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BNP Paribas Masters \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Kevin Ullyett won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20132, against Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195729-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BNP Paribas Masters \u2013 Singles\nJo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated the defending champion David Nalbandian in the final, 6\u20133, 4\u20136, 6\u20134 to win the Singles title at the 2008 Paris Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195730-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix\nThe 2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix is the second season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix with fourteen tournaments in contested. The season started with German Open in February and ended with Vietnam Open in December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195730-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, Results, Performance by country\nTabulated below are the Grand Prix performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195731-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF Super Series\nThe 2008 BWF Super Series is the second season of the BWF Super Series. The season spanned between the continental of Asia and Europe and was starting with Malaysia Open from January 15 and ended with Hong Kong Open on November 30, 2008. The top eight ranked players competed in the Masters Finals in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from December 18 to December 21, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195731-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF Super Series, Results, Performances by countries\nTabulated below are the Super Series performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195731-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF Super Series, Super Series Rankings\nAll the progress and points below are carry forward from the tournament for past 52 weeks as state by BWF's world ranking system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195731-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF Super Series, Super Series Rankings, Leader progress\nTabulated below are the leader progress in Super Series ranking towards the Super Series Final:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195732-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF Super Series Masters Finals\nThe 2008 BWF Super Series Masters Finals is the season ending tournament for 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It is held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from December 18 to December 21, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195732-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF Super Series Masters Finals\nThe tournament was marred with the withdrawal of China, citing tiredness and injuries to their players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195732-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF Super Series Masters Finals, Representatives by nation\n\u00a7: Robert Blair from England was the only player who played in two categories (men's doubles and mixed doubles), while Kamilla Rytter Juhl from Denmark, Wong Pei Tty from Malaysia, Kunchala Voravichitchaikul from Thailand, Lilyana Natsir and Vita Marissa from Indonesia were the players who played in two categories (women's doubles and mixed doubles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195733-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF World Junior Championships\nThe 2008 BWF World Junior Championships took place in Pune, India, from 29 October to 2 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195733-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF World Junior Championships, Team competition\nA total of 21 countries competed at the team competition in 2008 BWF World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195734-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF season\nThe 2008 BWF Season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2008 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. Besides the BWF World Championships, BWF promotes the sport of Badminton through an extensive worldwide program of events. These events have various purposes according to their level and territory in which they are held but those events owned by BWF seek to showcase the Sport via the widest possible quality television broadcast and build the fanbase of the Sport throughout the World.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195734-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF season\nThe world badminton tournament structure has four levels: Level 1 (BWF Major Events: Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, Suhadinata Cup, World Championships, Bimantara Cup, and World Senior Championships), Level 2 (BWF Superseries: Superseries and Superseries Masters Finals), Level 3 (BWF Grand Prix: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold), and Level 4 (BWF Continental Tournament: International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series). The Thomas Cup & Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup and Suhandinata Cup are Teams Events. The others \u2013 Superseries, Grand Prix Events, International Challenge, International Series, Future Series and Bimantara Cup are all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195734-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF season\nThe 2008 BWF Season calendar comprised the Olympic Games, World Championships tournaments, the Thomas & Uber Cup, the BWF Super Series (Super Series and Super Series Masters Finals), the Grand Prix (Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix), the International Series (International Series and International Challenge), and Future Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195734-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BWF season, Schedule\nThis is the complete schedule of events on the 2008 calendar, with the Champions and Runners-up documented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team\nThe 2008 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team\nPrior to the 2008 season, BYU had won consecutive Mountain West Conference (MWC) championship titles without losing a conference game. It had also finished with an 11-2 overall record for consecutive seasons. The Cougars have won four MWC championships since the league began in 1999 (Co-Champions with CSU and Utah in 1999, and sole Champions in 2001, 2006 and 2007), and 23 conference titles overall. BYU ended last season ranked 14th in the nation in the major polls, one of its best finishes in the last two decades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team\nBYU was selected to win the MWC according to the conference's annual media poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team\nThe Cougars made their fourth consecutive post-season appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, losing to the Arizona Wildcats Football 31-21. BYU beat the Oregon Ducks in 2006 and the UCLA Bruins in 2007. BYU lost to the California Golden Bears in the 2005 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team\nBYU played its home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium, named after its former coach, LaVell Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Pre-season\nSpring Practice started March 17 and ended April 12 with the annual Blue/White game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Pre-season\nFall camp began on August 1 with actual practices starting on August 4. Camp ended August 20 with a final scrimmage. Preparation for the first game began on August 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Pre-season\nBYU begins the season ranked #17 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and #16 in the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Pre-season\nDavid Nixon and Jan Jorgensen for the defense and Max Hall and Travis Bright for the offense were chosen by their teammates as captains for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Rankings, Preseason rankings\nIn the pre-season, the Cougars were ranked #19 and then later #14 by ESPN's Mark Schlabach, #12 by Rivals.com David Fox and Steve Megargee, #22 by College Football News, #17 by Stewart Mandel of CNN's SI.com (Sports Illustrated), #12 by Lindy's, #14 by CBS Sportsline, #13 by Tony Barnhart (a.k.a. \"Mr. College Football\") of the Atlanta Constitution-Journal, #14 by Athlon Sports, #17 by Phil Steele, #16 by CBS College Sport's Adam Caparell, and #10 by New York Times' Paul Myerberg. They started the season ranked 17th in the Coaches Poll (with 547 votes), and ranked 16th in the AP Poll (with 590 votes).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, MountainWest Sports Network\nEarly in 2008, DirecTV agreed to distribute the MountainWest Sports Network (The mtn.) nationally on its satellite system beginning August 27, 2008 on channel 616. National satellite distribution was the MWC's primary media goal for the previous two years. The mtn. was the first regional sports network dedicated solely to a college conference's sports. In 2004, CSTV (now called CBS Sports Network) was originally designated as the channel for carrying MWC sports, but it was later announced that The mtn., would carry primarily coverage of the MWC. Over time The mtn. was rolled out in various cable markets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, MountainWest Sports Network\nOn February 21, 2008, San Diego State University Athletic Director, Jeff Schemmel, stated in a media conference that a deal had been struck to broadcast the mtn on DirecTV beginning in August. Spokesmen for the MWC, the mtn. and DirecTV confirmed this the following day. The mtn. will be available on DirecTV as a regular channel in each market in the MWC footprint. In other areas, it will be available on DirecTV's Sports Pack package. Although the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth Metroplex is within the Mountain West Conference footprint with TCU's presence in Fort-Worth, Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable companies are the only cable companies in the Mountain West Conference footprint who have failed to pick up The mtn on their channel line-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Northern Iowa\nThis was BYU's first-ever game against the University of Northern Iowa Panthers from the Division I FCS. In recent years the Panthers have proven to be a perennial top program in FCS football. Last year Northern Iowa (UNI) was ranked No. 1 in the FCS until a loss to Delaware in the FCS playoffs. UNI was ranked #3 in the 2008 FCS preseason poll. The Panthers agreed to play BYU at the last minute after Nevada backed out of its agreement to play BYU in 2008. Northern Iowa ended the 2007 season with a considerably stronger Sagarin rating than Nevada and finished #4 in the FCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Northern Iowa\nIn a very physical game from both teams, the Cougars jumped out to a wide early lead of 27-3 at the half. The Panthers could not stop the Cougar offense from driving the field. Despite an ugly, scoreless, third quarter for BYU, which included four fumbles, the Cougars pulled away again in the fourth quarter to defeat the Panthers 41-17 in front of a sold-out crowd in Provo. BYU's Dennis Pitta caught eleven passes for 213 yards and Max Hall threw with an 83% completion for 486 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Northern Iowa\nPitta lead the nation in receiving yards and Max was second in the nation for passing yards with a 198.6 rating. On the defensive end, junior college transfer Coleby Clawson made his hard hitting debut, knocking out UNI's quarterback Pat Grace three times. Justin Sorensen put all seven kickoffs into the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Northern Iowa\nWith the exception of three big plays, UNI's offense struggled against BYU's defense, but UNI capitalized on the turnovers in the third quarter to earn both of its touchdowns. UNI quarterback, Pat Grace, broke through for a 69-yard gain that resulted in a field goal. The play after recovering a BYU fumble, UNI ran a reverse with wide receiver, Victor Williams, making a 76-yard touchdown pass. UNI's final score came on a blind-side, forced fumble against Max Hall in the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Northern Iowa\nDavid Tafuna carried the team flag onto the field, and LaVell Edwards carried the alumni flag on to the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Washington\nBYU and Washington met for the seventh time. This was BYU's first win in a non-conference road game since 2002. The last meeting with the Huskies was in 1999, when BYU won in Provo 35-28. Washington marred what would have been a perfect season for BYU in 1996. BYU went on to finish #5 in the country with a 14-1 record, winning 13 regular season games, an NCAA record that still stands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Washington\nThe Cougars had to contain the Huskies' athletic quarterback, Jake Locker, who ran for nearly 1,000 yards last season. BYU held Locker below his rushing average to 62 yards on 18 attempts. Locker completed only 17 of his 32 passes for 204 yards. Washington had 337 yards of total offense to BYU's 475.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Washington\nBYU only punted twice in the game. After driving the length of the field again, BYU looked to take the lead early in the fourth quarter when Harvey Unga, who rushed for 136 yards in the game, fumbled the ball at the goal line which was recovered by Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Washington\nThe Cougars won the game by blocking a Washington PAT attempt in the fourth quarter. With 2 seconds left in regulation, the 35-yard extra-point kick by Huskies' Ryan Perkins was blocked by Jan Jorgensen. The PAT was moved back 15 yards on an unsportsmanlike penalty on Locker when he tossed the ball in the air after running the ball in for a touchdown. Two of the last three games BYU has played, they won the game by blocking a last second kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Washington\nMax Hall was named Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Week. Hall hit 31 of 40 pass attempts for 338 yards passing and three touchdowns, including a 15-yarder to tight end Dennis Pitta with 3:31 left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Washington\nJan Jorgensen's game winning block was the ESPN Pontiac Game Changing Performance for the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nUCLA offensive coordinator, Norm Chow (former OC at BYU), and UCLA quarterback, Ben Olson (former BYU player) came back to Provo for the 10th meeting between the Bruins and BYU. The teams faced off twice during the 2007 season. The Cougars defeated UCLA in the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl after the Bruins won a close regular-season meeting. Ben Olson did not play due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nKellen Fowler carried the team flag onto the field, and Vai Sikahema carried the alumni flag on to the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nBYU scored first on a Max Hall pass to Dennis Pitta for 10 yards for a touchdown; Hall then passed to Austin Collie for another score (2 yards). The Cougars recovered a fumble and scored on the next play to take a 21-0 lead. After another Bruins fumble, Hall passed to Michael Reed for another touchdown. Another Bruins fumble gave Hall his 5th pass touchdown in the first half. Hall's 6th touchdown pass was thrown to Pitta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nIn the second half, Max Hall passed to Harvey Unga for a 6-yard touchdown, Mitch Payne kicked a 24-yard field goal and Wayne Latu rushed for a 13-yard touchdown to give BYU the 59-0 win. UCLA's worst loss in nearly 80 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nGiven the injuries to BYU's linebackers since fall camp through the first two games, BYU added a nickel package to its defense that proved to be effective.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nSo far BYU is 16-18 for scoring in the \"Blue Zone\" including 15 for touchdowns and its first field goal attempt for the season in the UCLA game. BYU's 2 failures were both fumbles, one at the goal line against Washington that rolled in for a touchback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nBYU has no 100-yard rushers against it, and leads the nation in third down conversions to this point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nFor the second week in a row, Max Hall was named the MWC Offensive Player of the Week and the Walter Camp Football Foundation's Offensive Player of the Week. Hall broke the BYU record of passing touchdowns during a half with 6 and tied the BYU record for passing touchdowns at 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThis was the worst loss the Bruins endured since a 76-0 defeat in the very first UCLA\u2013USC rivalry football game in 1929.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nThis was the 73rd game between Wyoming and BYU. The Cougars have won their last five games against Wyoming by an average of almost 24 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nBYU allowed Wyoming's offense to move early, but on the Cowboys' first drive the Cougar defense picked up a dropped lateral pass, returning it for six points. BYU's offense started slow, but ended up scoring frequently in the second quarter. The Cougar defense stepped up and held Wyoming to zero points in all four quarters, leading to the second straight shutout, the first consecutive shutout in twenty three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nDavid Oswald carried the team flag onto the field, and Ty Detmer carried the alumni flag on to the field. David Nixon, who returned an interception 19 yards for a touchdown, was honored as the MWC Defensive Player of the Week. C.J. Santiago was named as the MWC Special Teams Player of the Week. Santiago had seven punts for an average of 46.7 yards per kick, including a season high punt for 61 yards. His first three punts were all downed inside the Wyoming 20-yard line: the first at the 11, the second at the 5 and the third at the 4-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nThis was the 78th game between the Utah State Aggies and BYU. The annual winner of this interstate contest is awarded The Old Wagon Wheel. The Aggies have not beaten BYU since 1993. BYU defeated Utah State 38-0 in their last meeting in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nThe Cougars started fast in the first quarter with a 76-yard touchdown pass, followed by a 35-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown, a field goal, and then an interception resulting in another touchdown. Hall completed 23 of 47 passes for 303 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Unga rushed 21 times for 86 yards and a touchdown. Collie added 8 receptions for 132 yards and 2 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nBYU was plagued with penalties particularly in the last quarter. They had 12 penalties for 123 yards with several personal fouls including an unnecessary roughness penalty by Max Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nThe Aggie's mobile quarterback, Diondre Borel, and speedy running back, Robert Turbin, gave the Cougars some trouble rushing for a combined 117 yards including a 40-yard break-away run for a touchdown by Turbin early in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nThis was the 58th game between New Mexico and BYU. The Cougars have won four games in a row against the Lobos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, TCU\nThis was the 8th game between TCU and BYU, played on a Thursday night for the third straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, TCU\nThis was the first loss for the BYU Football program since the 2007 setback against Tulsa. TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson had said this was a game his program was pointing towards since January of that year. BYU trails the series 5-6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nThis was the 67th game between Colorado State and BYU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nThis was the 33rd game between San Diego State and BYU. It was \"Senior Day\" for BYU, and in honor of the occasion, the field had a different look then usual. The endzones were painted in blue, along with the 50-yard line logo. That too, was filled in with blue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nThis was the 29th game between Air Force and BYU. BYU has won the last 5 games against the Falcons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah\nThis is an annual rivalry game unofficially dubbed \"Holy War.\" Along with Utah State, these teams also compete annually for the \"Beehive Boot.\" This game is typically the most anticipated of the season for BYU and its fans. In November 2005, The Wall Street Journal ranked the BYU\u2013Utah football rivalry as the fourth-best college football rivalry game in the country. This will be the 84th game between the teams dating back to 1922. Utah dominated the series 34-2-4 through 1964. Since that time BYU has led the series 28-16. The Cougars were throttled in a 48-24 defeat against the Utes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah\nIt was the largest margin of victory since 2004 when the Cougars lost to the Utes 52-21. The rivalry is known for close, exciting finishes. Since 1993, the margin of victory has been seven points or less in all but three games. At stake is the MWC championship, Utah's winning streak (longest in the nation), and a BCS Bowl berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona\nBYU became bowl eligible by finishing the season with a strong 10-2 record. On December 7, the Cougars were officially invited to the Las Vegas Bowl for the fourth consecutive year. On December 20, 2008, BYU played the Arizona Wildcats who finished fifth in the Pac-10 conference with a 7-5 record. The Cougars lost the game, 31-21, to finish the season with a 10-3 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Coaching and player changes\nJaime Hill was promoted to defensive coordinator on January 10. Prior to this, Bronco Mendenhall was acting as both head coach and defensive coordinator. Mendenhall has retained responsibility for play-calling during games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Coaching and player changes\nVic So'oto moved from tight end to outside linebacker as a starter. Daniel Sorensen, a safety, also moved to outside linebacker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players\nThe 14 returning starters from last season are Max Hall (quarterback), Harvey Unga (tail back), Austin Collie and Michael Reed (wide receivers), Dennis Pitta (tight end), Travis Bright and Ray Feinga (offensive guards), Dallas Reynolds and David Oswald (offensive tackles), Jan Jorgensen and Ian Dulan (defensive ends), Russell Tialavea (nose tackle), David Nixon (linebacker), and Kellen Fowler (free safety). Bryce Mahuika also returns as a slot back and kick holder. Experienced lettermen starting this year include: Fui Vakapuna (fullback), Matt Bauman, Shawn Doman, and Coleby Clawson (linebackers), Brandon Howard (field corner), and David Tafuna (strong safety).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nRussell Tialavea (nose tackle) and David Tafuna (strong safety) are recovered from their injuries suffered during the 2007 preseason. Both Travis Bright (right guard) and Garret Reden (reserve left guard) have recovered from their broken leg injuries. Bright holds the title of the team's strongest man aka Strong Man On Campus (SMOC): he holds the football team's school record for bench press (540 pounds) from his workout this summer, and the team record for the hang clean lift (434 pounds).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nTerrance Hooks, a reserve inside linebacker, tore his patella tendon during Spring practice and underwent surgery the following day. He has missed most of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nIn late spring, senior fullback Manase Tonga was ruled to be academically ineligible for the 2008 season, and was suspended from school. Tonga may re-apply for admission in October for the 2009 Winter Semester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nJust prior to Fall Camp Grant Nelson, a backup for outside linebacker behind Vic So'oto, had two surgeries related to kidney problems and will miss the 2008 season. Austin Collie, starting wide receiver, had limited participation in Fall Camp while recovering from a stress facture in his lower leg. Matt Bauman, starting inside linebacker, missed the beginning of camp while he recovered from a foot injury suffered in a scooter accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nProjected starting center, Tom Sorensen, had limited participation in camp with a shoulder problem. After attempting a moderate treatment, he opted for surgery and will miss 4 to 6 weeks to recover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nDan Van Sweden, reserve inside linebacker, broke his leg during camp and will be out 8 to 10 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nIn the third week of camp, Kelly Bills, reserve fullback, quit as a player after suffering his fourth concussion, but was enthused to stay on as a graduate assistant for the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nStarting fullback, Fui Vakapuna, missed the first game against Northern Iowa due to an academic issue which he resolved that week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nVic So'oto, starting outside linebacker, broke his foot in the first half in the game against Washington and is expected to be out for about 5 to 8 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nMichael Reed, starting wide receiver, injured his knee in the Wyoming game and was out for 3 weeks before returning for the New Mexico game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nG. Pittman became academically ineligible under team rules about mid-season and chose to transfer to Washington State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Injuries and Suspensions\nScott Johnson suffered an unlikely double groin tear in the Colorado State game and was out for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Players' backgrounds\nBecause BYU is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), many of the team members are Latter-day Saints (LDS) commonly referred to as Mormons. Because of this religious and cultural affiliation, many of the team members have served a two-year proselyting mission (often in a foreign country, speaking the native language), are married, and sometimes have children. Because of missions the average age of the team is often slightly higher than other college football teams. The effect of a mission is believed to be both an advantage and a disadvantage. It is an advantage in that the players can be either more physically developed, or more intellectually or emotionally mature. It is a disadvantage in that the player often returns from the mission grossly under-conditioned and out of practice. A player often redshirts his first year back from his mission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 954]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Players' backgrounds\nBecause of the long-standing ties of the LDS Church in Polynesia, many football players are also Polynesian. Bryce Mahuika, for example, is M\u0101ori, and he introduced the tradition of the team performing the Haka in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Players' backgrounds\nOf the players participating in 2008 fall Camp, 60 served a two-year mission and 42 speak a second language. Sixteen players speak Spanish, twelve speak Tongan, eight speak Portuguese, two speak German, and one each speaks Mandarin Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, and Tagalog. There are 27 married players. The most recent newlywed, Dennis Pitta, married quarterback Max Hall's sister-in-law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Players, Recruits\nRecruits joining the team this year include O'Neill Chambers and Justin Sorensen. Justin Sorensen was widely regarded as the best high school football kicker in the country last year with a record high 62-yard field goal and kickoffs that regularly go into the endzone and often through the goal posts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, Outland Trophy\nSenior offensive linemen, Ray Feinga and Dallas Reynolds, were named to the 2008 Outland Trophy watch list. BYU boasts two previous Outland Trophy winners, defensive lineman Jason Buck (1986) and offensive lineman Mohammed Elewonibi (1989).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, Lott Trophy\nJan Jorgensen was selected as a preseason candidate for the Lott Trophy's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. He is one of 42 preseason candidates being considered for the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, Bronko Nagurski Trophy\nJan Jorgensen was named to the preseason watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy which is awarded to the best defensive player in college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, Ted Hendricks Award\nJan Jorgensen is also a candidate for the Ted Hendricks Award presented to the premier defensive end in college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, Chuck Bednarik Award\nJan Jorgensen is a candidate for the Chuck Bednarik Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, Maxwell Award\nJunior quarterback, Max Hall, was named on the preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award, given to the year's best college football player. Ty Detmer won the award at BYU in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, Davey O'Brien Award\nMax Hall is one of thirty-one quarterbacks named to the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award watch list. The award honors the nation's best quarterback. Jim McMahon, Steve Young, and Ty Detmer (twice) have all won the award. Honored four times, BYU has earned more Davey O' Brien Awards than any other team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, Walter Camp Award\nMax Hall was one of 35 candidates named on the watch list for the Walter Camp Award for the Player-of-the-Year. In his first year as a starter in 2007, Hall was the nation's top sophomore quarterback in terms of passing yards. On the season, he completed 298-of-496 passes for 3,848 yards and 26 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, John Mackey Award\nDennis Pitta is one of thirty tight ends named to the John Mackey Award preseason watch list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, Fred Biletnikoff Award\nJunior Austin Collie is on the watch list for the Fred Biletnikoff Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, Dick Butkus Award\nSenior outside linebacker, David Nixon, is on the watch list for the Dick Butkus Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, Doak Walker Award\nSophomore Harvey Unga is one of 42 of the nation's top college running backs named as a candidate for the Doak Walker Award. Luke Staley won the award at BYU in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, All-America Team\nCandidates for the All-America team are Ray Feinga, Dallas Reynolds, Jan Jorgensen, Max Hall, Harvey Unga, Dennis Pitta and Austin Collie. Fifty-three BYU players have earned 59 All-America citations including 11 consensus All-Americans and 21 Academic All-America citations. Harvey Unga earned Freshman All-America accolades last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195735-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 BYU Cougars football team, Awards and citations, All-Mountain West Conference Football Team (Pre-season)\nFirst Team Offense: Max Hall, Harvey Unga, Austin Collie, Dennis Pitta, Ray Feinga, and Dallas ReynoldsFirst Team Defense: Jan JorgensenSecond Team Offense:Second Team Defense:Offensive Player of the Year: Max HallHonorable Mention:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 109], "content_span": [110, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195736-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Baden Masters\nThe 2008 Baden Masters was the fourth time the Baden Masters curling event was held. It was held from September 5 - 7, 2008 and was the first event of the 2008-09 World Curling Tour season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195737-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Badminton Asia Championships\nThe 2008 Badminton Asia Championships is the 28th tournament of the Badminton Asia Championships. It was held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia from April 15 to April 20, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195738-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Championship\nThe 2008 Bahrain Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 15 November 2008 at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre in Manama, Bahrain. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2008/2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195738-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Championship\nDue to a clash with a previously arranged Premier League match-day, three leading players (John Higgins, Mark Selby and Ding Junhui) were forced to miss the event. This meant that they earned no ranking points, with Matthew Stevens, Ken Doherty and Jamie Cope (ranked 17, 18 and 19 respectively) qualifying automatically due to the extra spaces in the draw. Likewise, the players ranked from 33\u201335 and 49\u201351 played one qualifier less than usual. Additionally, Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew three days before the tournament for unspecified medical reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195738-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Championship\nSteve Davis was also involved in Premier League action, playing on 13 November, but did not withdraw from the tournament. He played his qualifying match and received a walkover due to O'Sullivan's withdrawal, meaning that he reached the last sixteen. However, before his last 16 match he withdrew from the event as an ear infection prevented him from flying to Bahrain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195738-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Championship\nLiang Wenbo made the 65th official maximum break during his qualifying match against Martin Gould. This was Liang's first official 147. Marcus Campbell made the 66th official maximum break during his wildcard round match against Ahmed Basheer Al-Khusaibi. This was Campbell's first official 147.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195738-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Championship\nNeil Robertson won his third ranking title by defeating Matthew Stevens 9\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195738-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Championship, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195738-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Championship, Wildcard round\nThe 6 lowest ranking qualifiers played one wildcard match each. Matches were played at Bahrain International Exhibition Centre on Saturday, 8 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195738-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Championship, Qualifying\nQualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 27 and 30 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally the 2008 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 April 2008 at the Bahrain International Circuit, in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the third race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Felipe Massa for the Ferrari team won the 57-lap race. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was second in the other Ferrari, and BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix\nThe race began with Kubica in pole position alongside Massa; Lewis Hamilton, the eventual Drivers' Champion, started from third, alongside R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Kubica was passed by Massa into the first corner, and then by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen on the third lap. The Ferraris dominated at the front of the race, leading to their 1\u20132 finish. Hamilton had a slow start after almost stalling on the grid, and dropped back to ninth. The McLaren driver ran into the back of Fernando Alonso's Renault a lap later, breaking off the McLaren's front wing and dropping Hamilton to the back of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix\nKubica's strong finish promoted BMW Sauber to the lead in the Constructors' Championship, after BMW driver Nick Heidfeld finished fourth. Ferrari and McLaren trailed, one and two points behind, respectively. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took the lead in the Drivers' Championship, with 19\u00a0points, three points ahead of Heidfeld and five ahead of Hamilton, Kubica and Kovalainen, with 15\u00a0races remaining in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by 22\u00a0drivers, in 11 teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, Honda, Force India, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Williams, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri. Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought two different tyre compounds to the race; the softer of the two marked by a single white stripe down one of the grooves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Background\nPrior to the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship with 14\u00a0points, and Ferrari driver Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was second with 11\u00a0points. Behind Hamilton and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in the Drivers' Championship, Nick Heidfeld was third, also with 11\u00a0points, in a BMW Sauber, and Hamilton's McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen was fourth with 10\u00a0points. Heidfeld's teammate Robert Kubica was fifth with eight points. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren\u2013Mercedes were leading with 24\u00a0points, five points ahead of BMW Sauber. Ferrari were third with 11\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Background\nFerrari dominated the previous round in Malaysia, where Felipe Massa had claimed pole position, and led his teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in second place through the opening stages of the race, before spinning off and retiring midway through. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen went on to win the race, and expressed his optimism about Bahrain: \"I have finished third in three successive Grands Prix in Bahrain. Time and again something has gone wrong. Sakhir is one of those circuits where I really want to win. Finally.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Background\nIn the opening two races, Massa came under fire from the press for two errors that left him without points: a collision with Red Bull driver David Coulthard in Australia and his spin at Malaysia. Massa promised that the first two races would not be indicative of the rest of the season: \"It was not the start to the season that I wanted, but there are still 16\u00a0races to go and 160\u00a0points up for grabs. In the next few races I plan to get back all the points I have lost in the opening two rounds.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Background\nHamilton won the opening race in Australia, but managed to finish only fifth after a qualifying penalty and a botched pit stop in Malaysia. The season began well for Kubica, as he qualified second in Australia and finished second in Malaysia. Kubica predicted his team could maintain their momentum into the third race: \"I'm confident that we can be very competitive here as well.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Background\nA week before the start of the Grand Prix weekend, the News of the World alleged that Max Mosley, the president of Formula One's governing body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), had engaged in sexual acts with five prostitutes. While Mosley denied the allegations, he cancelled his scheduled appearance at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Several teams condemned Mosley's alleged actions and asked for his resignation, and while for a time the controversy threatened to overshadow the race, Mosley eventually retained his position and successfully sued the News of the World for the report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race\u2014two on Friday, and a third on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90\u00a0minutes. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. The Ferraris outpaced the other teams in the first session on a dusty track surrounded by the sand dune desert of Sakhir. Massa's time of 1:32.233 was quicker than R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's, who was slowed down by an early excursion across the sand, requiring a pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Practice\nNico Rosberg of Williams, Hamilton, McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen, Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima and Kubica rounded out the top seven. In the second session, Hamilton lost control of his car and slid sideways into a wall. Hamilton emerged unharmed from the collision, but his McLaren suffered significant damage. Except for the crash, the second session ended like the first: once again, Massa led R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to Ferrari 1\u20132, ahead of Kovalainen, Hamilton and Kubica. The third session was again held on a dusty track, where Rosberg was quickest with a time of 1:32.521. Massa took second, ahead of Red Bull driver Mark Webber, Toyota driver Jarno Trulli, David Coulthard of Red Bull, Nakajima and Kubica. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was ninth quickest, and Hamilton 18th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Qualifying\nThe qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three\u00a0parts. The first part ran for 20\u00a0minutes, and cars that finished the session 17th position or lower were eliminated from qualifying. The second part of the qualifying session lasted 15\u00a0minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions\u00a011 to 16. The final part of the qualifying session determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race, so ran lighter in those sessions. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to refuel before the race, and as such carried more fuel than in the previous sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Qualifying\nI am very happy. I missed the chance to take pole position in Australia, but this time it worked out well ... We knew before the season that the car was good due to the results of the computer simulation and the wind tunnel work. Finally it has paid off that we never gave up working hard. I want to thank the entire team who have worked so hard over the last months. We will now study the data and prepare for tomorrow. A long race lies ahead of us.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Qualifying\nKubica clinched the first pole position of his career with a time of 1:33.096. Massa qualified less than 0.03\u00a0seconds behind the BMW and joined Kubica on the front row of the grid. Hamilton took third place, using his team's spare chassis; R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was next quickest, and despite being critical of his car's set-up was confident in its racing ability. Kovalainen would line up fifth on the grid alongside Heidfeld, who had trouble maximising performance from his tyres. Trulli took seventh place, ahead of Rosberg and Honda driver Jenson Button.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Qualifying\nRenault driver Fernando Alonso was the last driver to make the third session; Webber missed out on the top ten by 0.009\u00a0seconds and would start the race in 11th position. Button's teammate Rubens Barrichello took 12th place after a gearbox problem interrupted his second session laps, ahead of Timo Glock of Toyota, Nelson Piquet of Renault and Toro Rosso driver S\u00e9bastien Bourdais. Nakajima was the slowest of the second session drivers, and took 16th. Coulthard qualified 17th, ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella of Force India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Qualifying\nToro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel took 19th, and blamed his set-up: \"I felt it was more a case of the car driving me than me driving the car.\" Fisichella's teammate Adrian Sutil qualified 20th, ahead of Anthony Davidson of Super Aguri. Davidson's teammate Takuma Sato spun out and crashed into the barriers. Sato's accident damaged his rear wing and suspension and left him unable to continue in the session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race\nThe weather and conditions on the grid were before dry for the race. The air temperature was 29\u00a0\u00b0C (84\u00a0\u00b0F) with signs of a breeze which could blow sand onto the track and impede the cars' grip. Massa got the best start of the frontrunners off the line, as he passed Kubica into the first corner to take the lead. Hamilton's poor start caused his anti-stall system to kick in, and he was passed by six drivers to fall back to ninth. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen benefited from Hamilton's start by moving up to third, ahead of Kovalainen, Trulli and Heidfeld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race\nAs Massa extended his lead at the front of the race, Hamilton, who trailed Alonso, collided with the back of the Renault, knocking the McLaren's front wing off the car. Suffering handling difficulties, Hamilton returned to the pit-lane for a new nose section, and rejoined in 18th place. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took second place when he passed Kubica on lap three; Heidfeld took fourth when he passed Trulli and Kovalainen in separate manoeuvres. Further down the field, Vettel retired from the race on the first lap after twice colliding with other cars; Button, Sutil and Coulthard pitted to repair early damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race\nBy lap\u00a010, Massa had opened his lead over R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to 4.4\u00a0seconds, ahead of Kubica, Heidfeld, Kovalainen and Trulli. Kubica was the first of the frontrunners to pit, on lap\u00a017. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Trulli followed on lap\u00a020; Massa pitted from the lead one lap later. Following the first round of pit stops, the gap between the Ferraris was 5.4\u00a0seconds, however by lap\u00a031 R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had closed to within four seconds of his teammate. Massa held a 3.6\u00a0second lead over R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen when the two Ferraris pitted for the final time on laps 39\u00a0and 38, respectively, and Massa retained his lead into the final stint. Kubica pitted on lap\u00a041, Heidfeld on lap\u00a045, and Kovalainen on lap\u00a047.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race\nCoulthard and Button collided on lap\u00a018 when Button attempted to pass the Red Bull on the inside at turn eight; the Honda lost its front wing and retired a lap later after two pit stops. Hamilton continued his climb back through the field; he moved from 18th, passing Piquet, Davidson, Sutil and Bourdais in separate manoeuvres, to sit in 14th by the time he pitted on lap\u00a031. Piquet retired on lap\u00a042 with transmission failure, requiring a gearbox change before the next race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race\nMassa took his first win of the season when he crossed the line at the end of the 57th lap, 3.3\u00a0seconds ahead of the second-placed R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Kubica took third, ahead of his teammate Heidfeld, and Kovalainen, who set the fastest lap of the race on lap\u00a049, with a time of 1:33.193, despite being slower than the frontrunners for much of the race. Trulli, Webber, Glock and Alonso rounded out the top ten, after Glock's Toyota held off a quick Alonso late in the race. Barrichello and Fisichella finished strongly, ahead of Hamilton, who managed only 13th. Nakajima, Bourdais, Davidson and Sato took the next four places; Coulthard and Sutil finished last on track after their respective crashes demoted them to the back of the field. Vettel, Button and Piquet were the three retirements from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nIt didn't change anything starting second because we had a good a start. I think Robert [Kubica] didn't have a good start and I passed him. Then the race was pretty difficult in the beginning because there was a lot of oil on the track. We almost went off, me and Robert, and it was pretty difficult. During the race the car was just very good. I didn't push completely to the limit because I saw the gap increasing and then Kimi [R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen] was behind but I could manage to keep the gap to him and the strategy was perfect as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe top three finishers appeared on the podium and in the subsequent press conference, where Massa appeared relieved: \"For sure the race was pretty difficult because I didn't want to make any mistakes. I didn't push as much either, just tried to bring the car home and just controlling the pace as well.\" Massa said that he struggled with grip early, owing to oil in the middle sector of the course. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's second place promoted him to the lead in the Drivers' Championship, and he expressed his optimism about future races:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe whole weekend has been pretty difficult, one of those things when we cannot really get the car right ... We are leading the Championship which is the main thing and we know that we have the speed once we get everything right. The race was quite difficult but anyhow I am happy with second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nKubica said that his poor start was due to wheelspin off the line, and the presence of oil on the track impeded the performance of his car, leading to R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's pass: \"But anyway I think it was a good result: third and fourth for the team and leading the Constructors' Championship, so it was good weekend.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nHamilton accepted responsibility for his near stall on the grid: \"I hadn't hit the switch early enough and therefore we were not in the launch map and went straight into anti-stall, and when everyone else was in their launch mode, I wasn't.\" Renault dismissed suggestions that Alonso had brake tested Hamilton in the incident that led to the McLaren's wing breaking off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nPat Symonds, Renault's head of engineering, said his team's telemetry indicated Alonso was on full throttle down the straight, and had not touched the brakes: \"I think all I can say from our side is that there is no blame attributable to Fernando, which is what some of the speculation might be.\" McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh said that Hamilton's front wing had broken seconds before the impact, and that the resulting downforce reduction had sucked Hamilton into Alonso's slipstream faster than expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nHowever, photos indicate that the front wing on the McLaren could have broken even earlier when Hamilton nudged a car (believed to be Alonso) on the opening lap. The later incident left Alonso with damage to the back of the car, impairing his attempts to pass Glock late in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195739-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's second-placed finish gave him a three-point lead over Heidfeld in the Drivers' Championship, with 19\u00a0points, ahead of Heidfeld with 16, followed by Hamilton, Kubica and Kovalainen, each with 14\u00a0points. BMW Sauber's strong performance gave them the lead in the Constructors' Championship, with 30\u00a0points, ahead of Ferrari with 29\u00a0points and McLaren with 28\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195740-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahrain national football team results\nThis article details the fixtures and results of the Bahrain national football team in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195741-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bahraini Crown Prince Cup\nThe 2008 Bahraini Crown Prince Cup was the 8th edition of the cup tournament in men's football (soccer). This edition featured the top four sides from the Bahraini Premier League 2007-08 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195742-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bakersfield, California mayoral election\nThe 2008 Bakersfield, California mayoral election was held on June 3, 2008 to elect the mayor of Bakersfield, California. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Harvey Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195742-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bakersfield, California mayoral election\nSince Hall obtained a majority in the initial round of voting, no runoff was necessitated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195743-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Balad Ruz bombing\nThe 15 September 2008 Balad Ruz bombing occurred on 15 September 2008 in Balad Ruz, Diyala when a suicide bomber walked into and detonated herself at an Iftar banquet being held in the home of a policeman in celebration of his release from American detention at Camp Bucca. The attack killed 22 and injured 32. Some of the wounded were taken to a joint US-Iraqi base nearby for treatment. 12 were killed in two car bombings in central Baghdad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195744-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Balad bombing\nThe 2008 Balad bombing occurred on February 10, 2008 when a car bomb detonated in a market in Balad, Iraq, at a strategic Iraqi Army checkpoint. It killed at least 25 and injuring 40 more, though some estimates place the death toll at 33. Some buildings have collapsed and several people have been reported missing, adding to the possible death toll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195744-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Balad bombing\nAmong the dead are a driver and Iraqi journalist Alaa Abdulkareem Fartusi, a cameraman for Al-Forat, a Shiite-backed satellite news station. Fartusi marks the first journalist killed in Iraq in 2008. A female reporter was injured in the blast and remains in critical condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195744-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Balad bombing\nThe bombing was on the same day that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Baghdad unannounced to meet Iraqi government leaders and U.S. commanders, including General David Petraeus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195744-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Balad bombing\nThis is the second bomb attack on Balad. The first was on September 29, 2005 when 95 people were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team\nThe 2008 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Brady Hoke, in his sixth season at Ball State, was the head coach until December 15, when he resigned to become the head coach at San Diego State. He was succeeded by offensive coordinator Stan Parrish, who coached the team during the GMAC Bowl and beyond. The Cardinals' home games were played at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team\nWith a 12\u20130 record during the regular season, the Cardinals completed their first perfect regular season since 1949 and their first undefeated season in Mid-American Conference play since 1978. The Cardinals earned their first Mid-American Conference West Championship in program history. The Cardinals chance at perfection ended after an upset loss to Buffalo in the 2008 MAC Championship Game. Ball State concluded the season with a 45\u201313\u00a0loss to Tulsa in the 2009 GMAC Bowl. The game marked the first time in school history Ball State has played in a bowl game in back-to-back seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Pre-season, Outlook\nThe Cardinals ended the 2007 season with a 7\u20136 overall record, the Mid-American Conference West Division Co-Championship and the program\u2019s first bowl game in 11\u00a0seasons, losing to Rutgers 52\u201330 in the 2008 International Bowl. Ball State ranked in the top 35 nationally in 2007 in five different categories; turnover margin (4th), passing offense (22nd), passing efficiency (24th), net punting (29th) and total offense (31st). The quarterback of the Ball State offense was Nate Davis who threw for 30\u00a0touchdowns to just six interceptions in his 478\u00a0pass attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Pre-season, Outlook\nThe Cardinals returned their starting receiving corps, which helped lead Ball State to be the #1\u00a0ranked passing offense in the Mid-American Conference. Wide receiver Dante Love produced nearly 1,400\u00a0receiving yards while adding 203\u00a0more rushing with eleven touchdowns in 2007. Love also led the Mid-American Conference in three categories; receptions per game (7.7), receiving yards per game (107.5) and all-purpose yards (207). Punter Chris Miller was third in the country in 2007 averaging 45.4\u00a0yards per punt last season and was considered to be an All-American candidate. The Cardinals also returned tight end Darius Hill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Pre-season, Outlook\nConsidered to be the premier tight end in the Mid-American Conference, Hill averaged 71\u00a0yards per game and scored 11\u00a0touchdowns last season. Regarding the offensive line, Andre Ramsey, Dan Gerberry and Robert Brewster were each three-year starters that form a solid nucleus along the offensive line. Defensively, the Cardinals ranked just 106th in the nation in rush defense,  and allowed 432\u00a0yards and 28.3\u00a0points per game. The Cardinals did, however, returned eight defensive starters, including six letterman. Returning for the 2008 season were cornerbacks B.J. Hill and Trey Lewis, who both recorded five interceptions in 2007. Defensive end Brandon Crawford had eight sacks in the previous season and linebacker Bryant Haines recorded 125 tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Pre-season, Outlook\nAt the Mid-American Conference Football Media Preview in Detroit, the Ball State Cardinals were picked to finish second in the Mid-American Conference West Division behind Central Michigan. Central Michigan grabbed 29\u00a0of the 36\u00a0first-place votes with Ball State receiving five first-place votes and Western Michigan receiving two. Central Michigan totaled\u00a0207 points in the preseason poll, while the Cardinals tallied\u00a0168.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Northeastern\nNate Davis passed for 280\u00a0yards and three touchdowns as Ball State beat Northeastern 48\u201314\u00a0in the season opener for both teams. MiQuale Lewis had 11\u00a0carries for 95\u00a0yards and one touchdown as the Cardinals garnered 190\u00a0yards rushing. Ball State had 487\u00a0yards total offense. Davis\u2019 two other touchdown passes were a 49-yard completion to Dante Love and an eight-yard pass to Darius Hill in the first half. He completed 21\u00a0of 24\u00a0passes with no interceptions. The Huskies were down 28\u20130\u00a0with 50\u00a0seconds left in the first half when Greg Abelli scored on a 20-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Northeastern\nThe Cardinals quickly responded with a 25-yard field goal by Ian McGarvey to make it 31\u20137\u00a0at halftime. Ball State lengthened its lead after the break to 48\u20137\u00a0with a 27-yard pass from Davis to Daniel Ifft, a Cory Sykes six-yard run and another McGarvey field goal. Northeastern backup quarterback John Sperrazza, who completed six of seven passes for 82\u00a0yards, threw a pass to Conor Gilmartin-Donohue for a 10-yard touchdown with 38\u00a0seconds left in the game. Starter Anthony Orio completed 14\u00a0of 30\u00a0passes for 149\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Navy\nNate Davis passed for 326\u00a0yards and four touchdowns, but it was the Cardinals\u2019 defense that repeatedly came up with the big plays in the second half of a 35\u201323\u00a0victory over the Midshipmen. Davis passed for 215\u00a0yards in the first half, including touchdowns of 61\u00a0yards to Dante Love on the second play of the game and 30\u00a0yards to Briggs Orsbon late in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Navy\nLove, who tied a school record with his eleventh game of at least 100\u00a0yards receiving, also rushed for a touchdown and caught a go-ahead 8\u00a0yard touchdown pass from Davis midway through the third quarter. After Love\u2019s second touchdown catch put Ball State ahead 28\u201323, Navy threatened to take the lead again late in the third period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Navy\nShun White, who set a Navy rushing record with 348\u00a0yards and three touchdowns in the previous week, was stopped at the 3\u00a0yard line, and quarterback Jarod Bryant, who ran for Navy\u2019s first two touchdowns, was held for no gain on fourth down, giving the ball back to the Cardinals. Ball State then put the game out of reach with a 97-yard drive, scoring the clinching touchdown on a 35-yard pass from Davis to Darius Hill early in the final period. The game was nationally televised on ESPN and earned a 1.2 Nielsen rating, making it the best regular season national television rating for a Mid-American Conference home game since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Akron\nMiQuale Lewis rushed for 154\u00a0yards and two touchdowns and Nate Davis passed for 300\u00a0yards and two more touchdowns to lead Ball State past Akron 41\u201324. Lewis carried 28\u00a0times and scored on runs of three and two yards. Davis completed 24\u00a0of 36\u00a0passes with one interception, throwing touchdown passes of 21\u00a0yards to Briggs Orsbon and 25\u00a0yards to Darius Hill. Chris Jacquemain completed 21\u00a0of 44\u00a0passes for 269\u00a0yards and a 13-yard touchdown pass to Andre Jones, but was also intercepted off four times, three of them by Sean Baker. With the score tied at 10\u00a0early in the second quarter, the Cardinals scored 21\u00a0points on Lewis\u2019 two touchdown and Baker\u2019s 33\u00a0yard return of a fumble. The victory marked the first time Ball State started the season 3\u20130 since 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nMiQuale Lewis ran for 166\u00a0yards and four touchdowns, helping Ball State to a 42\u201320 victory over Indiana. It was the first time the Cardinals beat a BCS conference school. The victory also ended Indiana's 20\u00a0game winning streak against Mid-American Conference opponents, which dated to a September 24, 1977, loss against Miami (Ohio) when Lee Corso was coaching the Hoosiers. The Cardinals gained 463\u00a0yards in offense, scored 28\u00a0points in the first half and put the game away with two touchdown runs from Lewis in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nIndiana was led by Kellen Lewis, who ran for 148\u00a0yards and one touchdown and threw for 159\u00a0yards but was intercepted twice. Nate Davis was 16\u00a0of 25\u00a0for 239\u00a0yards and threw one touchdown pass. Both teams combining for nearly 500\u00a0total yards and two defensive touchdowns in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Indiana, Dante Love injury\nWith 10:45 left in the first half, Dante Love, who entered the game leading the nation at 144.3\u00a0yards per game, caught a short pass and started to turn upfield when Indiana cornerback Chris Adkins jarred the ball loose with a big hit that led to an Indiana touchdown. Love stayed on the ground for several minutes before doctors rolled him onto a backboard and carted him off the field. School officials later issued a statement saying Love felt numbness and tingling while on the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Indiana, Dante Love injury\nHe was taken to Bloomington Hospital before being transferred to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis for further evaluation. Love underwent a five-hour surgery for a cervical spine fracture and a spinal cord injury and had movement in his arms and legs after the procedure. On September 22, head coach Brady Hoke told reporters, \"Due to the injury Dante sustained, his football career is expected to be over. He should have normal and healthy functions for the rest of his life. He touched a lot of lives, and he will continue to do so.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Kent State\nBefore the game, Ball State players wore red T-shirts with Love\u2019s jersey number 86\u00a0on the front during warmups, and had stickers with the number on the back of their helmets. A \u201cWe Love Dante\u201d sign was draped over the fence just past the north end zone and Love also was named an honorary captain. MiQuale Lewis opened the scoring with a two-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, Nate Davis threw a pass to Myles Trempe for a 31-yard touchdown that gave the Cardinals a 14\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Kent State\nKent State responded late in the quarter when quarterback Julian Edelman scored on a 12-yard run to cut Ball State\u2019s lead to 14\u20137. Lewis scored his second touchdown on a one-yard run with 21\u00a0seconds left in the second quarter to give the Cardinals a 21\u20137 lead at halftime. Cory Sykes\u2019 10\u00a0yard touchdown run in the opening minutes of the third quarter made it 28\u20137, and the Cardinals led by at least 17\u00a0points the rest of the way. Lewis ran for 116\u00a0yards and three touchdowns and Davis passed for 265\u00a0yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Toledo\nMiQuale Lewis rushed for 157\u00a0yards and two touchdowns and Ball State broke away from a close game at halftime to beat Toledo 31\u20130. Lewis carried the ball 31\u00a0times and scored on runs of three and one yards for the Cardinals. After taking the second half kickoff, Nate Davis led a 10\u00a0play, 74\u00a0yard drive that he capped with a one-yard touchdown run. Lewis then scored late in the quarter before the Cardinals added two more touchdowns in a two and a half minute span midway through the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Toledo\nToledo lost its third straight home game for the first time in 15\u00a0years and was shut out by a Mid-American Conference opponent for the first time since 1985. The Rockets managed just 157\u00a0yards of total offense, rushing for 14\u00a0yards on 19\u00a0attempts. Davis completed 18\u00a0of 30\u00a0passes for 242\u00a0yards and Sykes added 90\u00a0yards on seven carries. After the victory, The Cardinals received enough votes to move into the Associated Press poll for the first time in school history, ranking at #25. It is also the first time the Cardinals started the season 6\u20130 since 1965.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Western Kentucky\nNate Davis threw for 155\u00a0yards and two touchdowns as Ball State overcame a slow start in its first ever game as a ranked team to beat Western Kentucky 24\u20137. Ball State led just 7\u20130 at halftime before eventually taking control in the third quarter. The Cardinals drove 64\u00a0yards during the opening drive of the second half, though it ended with Ian McGarvey missing a 21-yard field goal attempt. Afterwards, the Cardinals' defense forced Western Kentucky into a quick three and out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Western Kentucky\nIn the Cardinals' next offensive possession, Lewis ran up the middle of the field for 38\u00a0yards to set up a one-yard touchdown run that put the Cardinals up 14\u20130. McGarvey successfully kicked a 37-yard field goal to push the lead to 17\u20130, and after Western Kentucky failed on fourth down deep in its own territory, Davis completed a pass to Louis Johnson for a 20-yard touchdown with 6:31 remaining to put the game out of reach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0011-0002", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Western Kentucky\nThe Hilltoppers garnered 352\u00a0yards of offense but turned the ball over three times and fell to 0\u20135 against Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the season. The Cardinals moved up one spot to #24\u00a0in the Associated Press poll and entered the USA Today coaches poll at #25, The Cardinals were the first Mid-American Conference team to appear in the coaches poll since Bowling Green in 2004. During their bye week, the Ball State Cardinals moved from #24\u00a0to #20\u00a0in the Associated Press poll and from #25\u00a0to #22\u00a0in the USA Today coaches poll. Ball State also debuted at #20\u00a0in the first BCS poll of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan\nNate Davis gave the Cardinals their first touchdown in the second quarter when he pitched the ball to Briggs Orsbon and sprinted toward the sideline, where Orsbon found him open for an easy four-yard catch into the end zone. In the third quarter, Davis completed a five-yard touchdown pass to Darius Hill and a six-yard touchdown pass to Orsbon. On the final play of the third quarter, Eastern Michigan's Andy Schmitt completed a seven-yard pass to Jacory Stone to give the Eagles their first points of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan\nMiQuale Lewis, who came in with a streak of six straight games rushing for at least 100\u00a0yards, was held to 75\u00a0yards, but scored a 52-yard touchdown two plays into the fourth quarter. Trey Buice finished the rout for the Cardinals with a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown midway through the final quarter, and Ian McGarvey\u2019s extra-point kick extended his school record to 48\u00a0in a row. Davis passed for 241\u00a0yards and Schmitt finished with a career-high 309\u00a0yards passing. Ball State's defense held the Eagles to 67\u00a0yards rushing and had two interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan\nWith the victory, Ball State moved up two spots in the Associated Press poll to #18, up three spots to #19\u00a0in the USA Today coaches poll, and up four spots to #16\u00a0in the BCS poll. During their second bye week, the Cardinals' moved up two spots to #16 in the Associated Press poll and one spot to #18 in the USA Today coaches poll. However, the Cardinals moved down one spot to #17 in the BCS poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nAfter forcing an early punt, defensive back Kiaree Daniels ran into Ball State's Chris Miller, drawing a 15-yard penalty to give a first down to the Cardinals'. Nate Davis responded by throwing a 33-yard pass to Briggs Orsbon at the Huskies' one-yard line. Two plays later, Miquale Lewis scored for a 7\u20130 lead. Midway through the second quarter, Davis completed a 33-yard pass to Louis Johnson. Then Davis threw his second touchdown pass to Darius Hill for a 14\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nWith 1:53 to go in the second quarter, Davis threw his third touchdown pass to Daniel Ifft for a 21\u20130 lead. Northern Illinois' Chandler Harnish opened the second half with a 25-yard touchdown run, but Lewis' 64\u00a0yard run on the ensuing drive set up a Davis one-yard touchdown run. Then, after a replay review reversed a 71-yard touchdown pass from Davis to Johnson, Davis went right back to Johnson for a 22-yard touchdown. Davis finished his night with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Hill early in the fourth quarter that made it 45\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nDavis completed 18 passes out of 22 for 300\u00a0yards and broke Mike Neu's career record for completions. Lewis ran 19 times and reached the 1,000\u00a0yard mark for the season, while Johnson caught six passes for 165\u00a0yards and a touchdown. Northern Illinois allowed nearly six times its per game average of 8.2 points. The Cardinals moved up two spots to #14 in the Associated Press poll, two spots in the USA Today coaches poll to #16, and three spots to #14 in the BCS poll after the victory over the Huskies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Miami (OH)\nNate Davis threw for a touchdown and ran for another, and the Cardinals stayed unbeaten by wearing down the Miami RedHawks for a 31\u201316\u00a0victory. Ball State improved to 10\u20130 for the first time and matched their school record for victories. MiQuale Lewis had two one-yard touchdowns in the second half and finished with 165\u00a0yards, one short of his career high. He also caught two passes for 51\u00a0yards. For the third straight game, the Cardinals did not draw a penalty. Despite the victory, The Cardinals dropped three spots to #17\u00a0in the BCS Poll, but stayed in the same spot in the Associated Press and USA Today coaches poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Central Michigan\nThe win clinched a share of the Mid-American Conference West Division title for Ball State and set a school record for wins in a season. The win broke a streak of four consecutive losses to Central Michigan, which had won the past two division titles. The Cardinals went ahead with 7:29 left when Davis completed a pass to Briggs Orsbon in the corner of the end zone from 11\u00a0yards away. Central Michigan had a chance to tie it in the closing seconds, but Central Michigan quarterback Dan LeFevour was intercepted by Sean Baker with 27\u00a0seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Central Michigan\nDavis completed 12\u00a0of 22\u00a0passes for 175\u00a0yards, including two touchdown passes to Louis Robinson. LeFevour completed 30\u00a0of 44\u00a0passes for 345\u00a0yards and two touchdowns, and added a team high 75\u00a0yards rushing on 24\u00a0carries. He became the fifth quarterback in Mid-American Conference history to pass 11,000\u00a0career yards in total offense. The game aired on ESPN2 and ranked as the most viewed and highest rated college football game ever for a Tuesday or Wednesday night on the network with a 1.6\u00a0Nielsen Rating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Central Michigan\nIt also ranks as the Mid-American Conference\u2019s most viewed regular season college football game ever on ESPN or ESPN2. The Cardinals moved up two spots from #17\u00a0to #15\u00a0in the BCS poll, up one to #15\u00a0in the USA Today coaches poll and dropped a spot to #15\u00a0in the Associated Press poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Western Michigan\nMiQuale Lewis started the scoring in the game as he ran for a 10-yard touchdown run. On Ball State's next series, Davis completed a 40-yard touchdown pass to Lewis Johnson, whose \"stop-and-go\" move enabled him to elude two defenders. Western Michigan responded with a trick play, scoring when Tim Hiller threw a lateral to backup quarterback Drew Burdi, who turned and threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Scneider Julien, making it 14\u20137. The Broncos tied it early in the second quarter on a pass from Hiller to Juan Nunez, who caught the nine-yard pass over his shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Western Michigan\nThe Cardinals broke the tie on a 43-yard field goal from Ian McGarvey and took a 24\u201314 halftime lead when Davis ran for a six-yard touchdown run. Lewis' one-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter and Trey Lewis' interception return made it 38\u201314. Western Michigan closed to 38\u201322 early in the fourth when Brandon West scored on an eight-yard touchdown run. But Lewis closed it out with a one-yard touchdown run with 4:31 to go, his twentieth rushing score of the season, which broke the previous record set by Mark Bornholdt in 1979.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, Western Michigan\nThe Cardinals completed their first perfect regular season since 1949, their first undefeated season in Mid-American Conference play since 1978 and clinched a spot in the conference title game. The win gave Ball State its first Mid-American Conference West title in program history. A school record 11,088\u00a0students and 23,861\u00a0overall attended the game. The Cardinals moved up to #12 in the BCS and Associated Press poll and up to #13 in the USA Today coaches poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, MAC Championship Game: Buffalo\nThe Cardinals fell into an early deficit when Buffalo quarterback Drew Willy completed a pass to Naam Roosevelt for a two-yard touchdown. The Cardinals responded midway through the second quarter as MiQuale Lewis ran for a four-yard touchdown. As the first half expired, Ian McGarvey kicked a 47-yard field goal to give the Cardinals a 10\u20137 lead. In the third quarter, Willy completed a 39-yard pass to Roosevelt to give the Bulls the lead 14\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, MAC Championship Game: Buffalo\nThe Cardinals responded on the next drive, as Lewis concluded a seven-play, 65\u00a0yard drive with his second touchdown of the game, this time on a one-yard run to give the Cardinals the lead. After recovering a fumble, the Cardinals offense made it all the way to the Buffalo one-yard line, but a two-yard loss and a false start penalty pushed the ball back to the eight-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, MAC Championship Game: Buffalo\nOn the next play, Nate Davis attempted to dive into the end zone, but fumbled the ball and was recovered by Buffalo's Mike Newton, who ran the ball back 92\u00a0yards for a touchdown. After getting to the Buffalo 15\u00a0yard line, the Cardinals fumbled for the third time and was run back for a 74-yard touchdown by Buffalo's Sherrod Lott for a 28\u201317 lead. The Cardinals fourth fumble of the game, which was forced and recovered by Buffalo\u2019s Adekunle Akingba, set up Willy\u2019s third touchdown pass to Roosevelt on an eight-yard completion to increase the lead to 35\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0017-0003", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, MAC Championship Game: Buffalo\nThe Cardinals cut the Buffalo lead back to 11\u00a0points with 4:17\u00a0remaining in the game after a 22-yard completion from Davis to Louis Johnson. Needing to get the ball back quickly, the Cardinals attempted an onside kick after the score, which was recovered by the Bulls. Buffalo then extended its lead to 18\u00a0points for a second time at 42\u201324, on a one-yard touchdown run by James Starks. An interception in the end zone with 41\u00a0seconds remaining in the game sealed the win for Buffalo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0017-0004", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, MAC Championship Game: Buffalo\nThe game received a 1.7\u00a0Nielsen Rating, which set a Mid-American Conference record for the most viewers to ever watch a game involving two MAC teams on the ESPN family of networks. The Cardinals' fell to #23\u00a0in the Associated Press poll and to #22\u00a0in the USA Today and BCS poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, GMAC Bowl\nTulsa took the early 7\u20130\u00a0lead over the Cardinals in the first quarter but Ball State answered back with an 18-yard touchdown run from Nate Davis. The Cardinals defense held Tulsa to a 30-yard field goal late in the first quarter but the Golden Hurricane went on to score with 10:39\u00a0remaining in the second quarter increasing their lead to 17\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, GMAC Bowl\nRobert Eddins blocked the first punt of his career and Jeremy Hill recovered the ball to give Ball State favorable field position, which resulted in a 40-yard field goal from Ian McGarvey with 6:36\u00a0left in the second quarter and closed Tulsa's lead to 17\u201310. Tulsa made its way down the field quickly to go ahead of the Cardinals 24\u201310\u00a0with 4:30\u00a0left in the second quarter on a 57-yard touchdown run. With 29\u00a0seconds before the completion of the first half, McGarvey made a 22-yard field goal to close the gap to 24\u201313 at the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0018-0002", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Game summaries, GMAC Bowl\nDuring halftime, inclement weather conditions occurred with a heavy downpour which continued for the majority of the remainder of the game. But the weather did not hamper the Golden Hurricane who opened the second half with a touchdown to take a 31\u201313\u00a0edge over Ball State. Tulsa added another touchdown after Tarrion Adams scored his third touchdown of the game making it 38\u201313\u00a0with 13:29\u00a0remaining in the fourth quarter. The last touchdown scored was with 10:25\u00a0in the fourth when Tulsa completed a 13\u00a0,yard pass to Jacob Frank making the score 45\u201313. The game marked the first time in school history Ball State has played in a bowl game in back-to-back season. With the loss, Ball State dropped out of the Associated Press and USA Today coaches poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n70     Applegate, Jordan C    6-5    301    Jr.    Sr.        Fort Wayne, Ind. (Snider)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n67    Arnold, Travis  OT  6-8  284  So. Jr.  Fort Wayne, Ind. (Snider)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n25    Baker, Sean  SS  6-1  205  Fr. So. Canfield, Ohio (Canfield)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n16    Barajas, Blake  DB  6-0  195  Fr. Fr . Upland, Ind. (Eastbrook)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n56    Barinaga, Gonzalo DT  6-2  256  Sr.  5Sr. 4L  Milwaukee, Wis. (Marquette)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n34    Barker, Jeff  DE  6-5  215  Fr. Fr. Lowell, Ind. (Lowell)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n27    Beane, Trent  WR  6-0  195  Fr. Fr . Bloomington, Ind. (North)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n59    Beasley, Antonio SLB  6-0  219  Sr.  5Sr. 3L  Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northrop)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n71    Brewster, Robert OT  6-5  310  Sr.  Sr.   4L  Cincinnati, Ohio (Wyoming)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n11    Brown, Wendell  MLB  6-0  214  Sr.  5Sr. 4L  Detroit, Mich. (Martin Luther King)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n30    Buckingham, John DE  6-1  221  So. Jr.  Greenwood, Ind. (Center Grove)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n8    Buice, Trey  CB  5-10  175  Sr.  Sr.   4L  Stone Mountain, Ga. (Tucker)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n19    Burch, Koreen  CB  5-9  162  So. So. 1L  Broxton, Ga. (Coffee)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n20    Carnegie, Brandon  CB  5-11  183  So. So. 1L  Novi, Mich. (Novi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n47    Choy, Brendan  TE  6-4  247  Fr. So. HS  Bradenton, Fla. (Lakewood Ranch)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n58    Cole, Adam  OT  6-6  278  Sr.  5Sr. 2L  Eden Prairie, Minn. (Academy of Holy Angels)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n31    Cook, Dane  FS  6-0  186  So. Jr.  Eaton, Ind. (Delta)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n51    Cornwell, Kyle  OG  6-4  272  Sr.  Sr.   4L  New Lenox, Ill. (Providence Catholic)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n48    Cosby, Spain  MLB  5-11  212  Jr.  Jr.  2L  Carrollton, Ga. (Villa Rica)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n24    Cravens, James  HB  5-11  210  Fr. Fr. HS  Centerville, Ohio (Centerville)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n90    Crawford, Brandon  DE  6-3  260  Jr.  Sr.  2L  Fort Wayne, Ind. (South)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n69    Davis, Chad  OL  6-3  263  Jr.  Sr.   HS  Pendleton, Ind. (Pendleton Heights)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n13    Davis, Nate  QB  6-2  217  Jr.  Jr.  2L  Bellaire, Ohio (Bellaire)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n28    Dawson, Andre  WR  6-0  172  Fr. Fr. Lewis Center, Ohio (Olentangy)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n65    Duffin, Drew  DT  6-3  255  Jr.  Sr.  2L  Avon, Ind. (Avon)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n91    Eddins, Robert  DE  6-3  224  So. Jr.  1L  Detroit, Mich. (Crockett)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n2    Edmonds, Frank  HB  5-8  181  So. So. 1L  Cleveland, Ohio (St. Edward)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n78    Gall, Kevin  OT  6-5  245  Fr. So. Granger, Ind. (Penn)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n14    Garner, Perci  QB  6-1  222  So. So. HS  Dover, Ohio (Dover)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n52    Gerberry, Dan  C  6-3  292  Sr.  5Sr. 3L  Austintown, Ohio (Austintown Fitch)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n80    Gibson, Torieal  WR  5-9  165  Fr. Fr. HS Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n82    Grant, Madaris  TE  6-5  222  Jr.  Sr.  2L  Cincinnati, Ohio (Mount Healthy)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n54    Gray, Jerrod  NT  6-3  253  Fr. So. HS  Bradley, Ill. (Bourbonnais)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n15    Gregory, Jakeem CB  5-9  170  So. Jr.  Fort Wayne, Ind. (Snider)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n49    Haines, Bryant  WLB  6-5  223  Sr.  5Sr. 4L  Piqua, Ohio (Piqua)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n44    Hartke, Ryan  SLB  6-4  200  Fr. So. St. Henry, Ohio (St. Henry)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n15    Hemm, Justin  QB  5-11  185  Fr. Fr. HS  Piqua, Ohio (Piqua)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n6    Henry, Derrick  FS  6-1  189  So. So. 1L  Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Kilbourne)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n3    Hill, B.J. CB  5-7  180  Sr.  Sr.   4L  Lanham, Md. (Riverdale Baptist)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n88    Hill, Darius  TE  6-6  236  Sr.  5Sr. 4L  Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n83    Hill, Jeremy  WR  6-2  175  Fr. Fr. Marietta, Ga (Marietta)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n29    Hogue, Jake  PK  5-9  195  So. Jr.  1L  Plainfield, Ind. (Plainfield)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n23    Hoke, Kyle  S  5-11  190  Fr. Fr. HS  Sugar Land, Texas (Clements)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n77    Holtz, Austin  OL  6-5  290  Fr. Fr . Holt, Mich. (Holt)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n97    Houston, Jermaine DE  6-4  241  Sr.  5Sr. Newberry, S.C. (Newberry)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n46    Howard, Joshua  FS  6-1  190  Fr. Fr . Inkster, Mich. (Inkster)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n18    Hunt, Michael  HB  5-6  170  So. Jr.  South Bend, Ind. (Riley)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n66    Hunter, Kreg  OL  6-3  284  Fr. So. Lebanon, Ind. (Lebanon)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n4    Ifft, Daniel  WR  6-3  181  So. So. 2L  Dover, Ohio (Dover)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n57    Jacoby, Ben  C  6-2  263  Fr. So. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Buford)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n96    Jankowski, Jason DT  6-2  262  So. Jr.  Heartland, Wis. (Arrowhead)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n81    Johnson, Louis  WR  6-1  177  Sr.  5Sr. 4L  Muncie, Ind. (Central)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n42    Jones, Davyd  MLB  6-1  200  So. So. 2L  Muncie, Ind. (Central)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n18    Jordan, Zac  FS  5-10  196  Fr. So. Cincinnati, Ohio (Elder)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n17    Justice, Tanner QB  6-3  196  Jr.  Sr.   Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n41    Keller, Sean  DB  5-10  185  So. Jr.  Malnerville, Ohio (Kings)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n76    Kennedy, Rayondon OL  6-2  259  Fr. So. Dolton, Ill. (Mount Carmel)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n43    Kilburn, Tad  FS  6-0  182  So. Jr.  Middletown, Ohio (Monroe)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n28    King, Aaron  HB  5-10  200  Fr. Fr. HS  Saratoga Springs, NY (Carmel)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n38    Knipp, Alex  SS  6-0  194  Jr.  Jr.  2L  Amherst, Ohio (Steele)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n18    Kovanda, Scott  P  6-3  190  Fr. Fr. HS  Hartland, Mich. (Detroit Catholic Central)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n9    Kuntz, Kyle  SS  5-10  193  Jr.  Sr.   Vandalia, Ohio (Butler)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n33    Lewis, MiQuale  HB  5-6  184  Jr.  Jr.  2L  Fort Wayne, Ind. (Snider)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n12    Lewis, Trey  CB  6-0  190  Sr.  5Sr. 4L  Raleigh, N.C. (Ravenscroft)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n72    Lowry, Cameron  OT  6-6  255  Fr. Fr. HS  Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n94    Manick, Dan  DL  6-4  265  Fr. Fr. HS  Dyer, Ind. (Lake Central)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n26    McGarvey, Ian  PK/P  5-9  210  So. So. 2L  Greenwood, Ind. (Center Grove)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n99    Meeks, Kenny  SLB  6-2  230  Sr.  5Sr. 4L  Muncie, Ind. (Central)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n35    Miller, Chris  P  6-2  211  Sr.  5Sr. 4L  Liberty, Ill. (Carmel)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n93    Morris, Adam  OL  6-0  305  Fr. Fr. HS  Dublin, Ohio (Scioto)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n53    Muhlenkamp, Cody LS  5-11  203  So. Jr.  2L Coldwater, Ohio (Coldwater)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n68    Myers, Devin  OT  6-5  260  Fr. Fr. HS  Westfield, Ind. (Westfield)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n16    Orsbon, Briggs  WR  6-0  185  Fr. Fr. HS  Convoy, Ohio (Crestview)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n21    Overton, Wade  WR  6-3  200  Sr.  5Sr. 1L  Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n5    Page, Kelly  QB  6-3  210  Fr. Fr. HS  Sunnyvale, Texas (Mesquite)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n95    Perry, Rene  NT  5-11  271  So. So. 2L  Lake City, Fla. (Columbia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n44    Pettit, Kyle  CB  6-2  180  Fr. Fr. HS  Sunman, Ind. (East Central)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n92    Pitcock, Jafe  NT  6-2  262  Fr. So. Piqua, Ohio (Piqua)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n41    Puthoff, Andrew DT  6-3  254  Fr. So. St. Henry, Ohio (St. Henry)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n79    Ramsey, Andre  OT  6-5  304  Sr.  Sr.   4L  Cordele, Ga. (Crisp County)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n36    Rolf, Pete  DE  6-4  246  Fr. So. HS  Salt Lake City, Utah (Piqua)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n15    Scheidt, Reid  SS  6-2  195  So. Jr.  Lake Village, Ind. (North Newton)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n14    Schott, Steven  PK  6-1  165  Fr. Fr. HS  Massillon, Ohio (Washington)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n84    Sharick, Drew  TE  6-6  230  Fr. So. Champaign, Ill. (Central)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n74    Switzer, Michael OL  6-5  277  So. So. 2L Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n7    Sykes, Cory  HB  5-7  155  Fr. Fr. HS  Harvey, Ill. (Thornton)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0105-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n87    Trempe, Myles  WR  6-4  202  So. Jr.  1L  Springfield, Ohio (St. Paris Graham)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0106-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n98    Warmoth, Ryan  DB  6-1  205  Fr. Fr. HS  Mishawaka, Ind. (Mishawaka)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0107-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n37    White, Rashaad  HB  5-9  205  Fr. Fr. HS  Rex, Ga. (Stockbridge)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0108-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n28    Winkler, Ray  HB  5-9  182  So. So. South Bend, Ind. (St. Joseph's)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0109-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n32    Womack, Lorren  WLB  6-0  221  Fr. So. Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0110-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n85    Woodard, Justin DE  6-3  222  So. Jr.  1L  LaGrange, Ga. (Troup County)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0111-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n64    Woods, Kaylon  DT  6-2  254  So. Jr.  Jacksonville, Fla. (First Coast)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0112-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n55    Woodworth, Sam  WLB  6-2  202  Jr.  Sr.   Elkhart, Ind. (Central)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195745-0113-0000", "contents": "2008 Ball State Cardinals football team, Roster\n63    Yoder, Steve  OL  6-3  300  Fr. Fr. HS  Canal Fulton, Ohio (Massillon Washington)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195746-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ballon d'Or\nThe 2008 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded on 2 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195747-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltic Cup\nThe Baltic Cup 2008 football competition took place from 30 May to 1 June 2008 at the Slokas Stadium in J\u016brmala and at the Skonto Stadium in Riga, Latvia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195747-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltic Cup\nHosts Latvia together with Lithuania and Estonia are the teams that took part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195748-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltic Futsal Cup\nThe 2008 Baltic Futsal Cup was held from December 26 to 28, 2008 in Latvia. Latvia won the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195749-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltic League\nThe 2008 Baltic League (known as the 2008 Triobet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) was the second Baltic League football tournament. The tournament took place in the Baltic states in 2008. The first matches took place on 4 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195749-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltic League\nThe draw for the 2008 Baltic League took place in Riga, Latvia, on 12 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195750-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Orioles season\nThe Baltimore Orioles entered the 2008 season led by Dave Trembley, now starting his first full season as manager. President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail continued the rebuilding process. Superstars Miguel Tejada and \u00c9rik B\u00e9dard were traded for younger talent and there were talks of Brian Roberts, but he was not traded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195750-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Orioles season\nThe Baltimore Orioles posted a record of 68\u201393 and finished in last place in the AL East for the first time since the 1988 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195750-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Orioles season\nCloser Chris Ray missed the entire season after Tommy John surgery, and so did his replacement Danys B\u00e1ez. Left-hander George Sherrill, acquired from the Mariners, was named the team's closer for the 2008 season and became the lone representative for the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, while Jeremy Guthrie was the Opening Day starter after an impressive rookie season and several solid spring training outings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195750-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195750-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Inning pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season\nThe 2008 Baltimore Ravens season was the franchise's 13th season in the National Football League, the first under head coach John Harbaugh and their 7th season under general manager Ozzie Newsome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season\nThe Ravens completed a major turnaround from the 2007 season, finishing the season with an 11\u20135 record and a playoff berth. They defeated the Miami Dolphins in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, and then in the divisional round they defeated the Tennessee Titans, who had compiled the best record in the AFC over the regular season. However, in the AFC championship game, the Ravens' season came to an end as they were defeated by their division rival and eventual Super Bowl XLIII champion Pittsburgh Steelers, denying what would've been a bird-themed Super Bowl, with the other finalists being the Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season\nQuarterback Joe Flacco, drafted 18th overall in the 2008 draft became the first quarterback in NFL history to win multiple playoff games in their rookie season. Flacco would be joined by Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets the following year, the same Jets that would ironically be led by Rex Ryan, who at the time was the Ravens' defensive coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason, Coaching staff, Head coach\nOn December 31, 2007, Brian Billick was fired after coaching the team to a 5\u201311 record, finishing last overall in the AFC North Division. Three weeks later, on January 18, 2008, John Harbaugh was hired to replace Brian Billick as the third head coach in the franchise's young history. Harbaugh was the defensive secondary coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, coaching such players as Pro Bowl cornerback Lito Sheppard and free safety Brian Dawkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason, Coaching staff, Coordinators\nAfter not having a true offensive coordinator during the 2007 season (Billick had assumed those duties early in the 2006 season after firing Jim Fassel (although Rick Neuheisel had been listed on the coaching staff in that capacity), addressing this position was as much of a priority for new Head Coach John Harbaugh as it was for owner Steve Bisciotti to find a new Head Coach for his team, at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason, Coaching staff, Coordinators\nRecently dismissed as head coach from the Miami Dolphins, Malcolm 'Cam' Cameron was highly sought after for his offensive expertise from his time in San Diego with the Chargers. After some deliberation amongst offers he received from around the league, Cameron chose to come to the Ravens, and John Harbaugh announced him as the offensive coordinator on January 23, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason, Coaching staff, Coordinators\nRex Ryan was 'released from duty' as the team's defensive coordinator, but was still under contract to the Ravens as a defensive coordinator in name for one more year, should new Head Coach John Harbaugh decide to hire him onto his staff, thus making him ineligible to accept the same position with any other NFL football team. Ryan, at the time was applying for a head coaching position himself, but got no offers for any of the four head coaching vacancies in Atlanta, his own team in Baltimore, Miami, or in Washington. On January 28, 2008, Ryan was re-hired as the Ravens' Defensive Coordinator and was subsequently promoted to Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator after rumors of potential Redskins Head Coach Jim Zorn circulated that he wanted Ryan to coach the Redskins as its defensive coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 882]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason, Personnel, Offseason / Free agency\nDuring the 2008 free agency period, the Ravens acquired linebacker Brendan Ayanbadejo from the Chicago Bears and cornerback Frank Walker from the Green Bay Packers. Both were added to the Ravens roster primarily for their special teams ability, but also to fulfill a pressing need for depth at two positions which were diminished by injuries as the 2007 season wore on. On February 28, 2008, center Mike Flynn was released after failing his annual physical. Flynn was one of the few players remaining from the team's Super Bowl championship season in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason, Personnel, Offseason / Free agency\nAfter suffering multiple injuries and having to be placed on injured reserve during the 2007 season, veteran quarterback Steve McNair announced his retirement on April 17, 2008 from the NFL. McNair had played a combined 13 seasons with the Ravens and Titans. After being voted to 11 Pro Bowls in 12 seasons, (but only playing in 10 due to a hyperextended big toe) veteran left tackle and the first ever draft selection by the newly created Baltimore Ravens franchise in 1996, Jonathan Ogden announced his retirement on June 12, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason, Personnel, 2008 NFL Draft\nThe Baltimore Ravens had nine selections going into the 2008 NFL Draft, including four compensatory selections. The Ravens traded the eighth overall pick to the Jaguars for Jacksonville's first-round choice (26th overall) as well as two third-round selections (71st and 89th) and a fourth-round (125th) pick. The Ravens then traded the 26th overall pick as well as their third-round (89th) and sixth-round (173) picks to Houston for its first-round (18th) pick. The Ravens traded their 38th overall pick to the Seattle Seahawks for their second-round pick and gained another selection in the third-round, which were at 55 and 86, respectively. The Ravens then traded their second fourth-round pick (125th overall) to the Oakland Raiders for cornerback Fabian Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Ravens began their 2008 campaign at home against their toughest AFC North foe, the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, Baltimore opened the scoring with WR Mark Clayton scoring on a 42-yard TD run from a double-reverse play. In the second quarter, the Ravens increased their advantage with Matt Stover kicking a 21-yard field goal. The Bengals responded with Shayne Graham kicking a 43-yard field goal to end the first half. In the third quarter, Baltimore responded with rookie quarterback Joe Flacco scoring on a 38-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Cincinnati tried to rally as CB Johnathan Joseph returned a fumble 65 yards for a touchdown. Ultimately, the Ravens defense stopped a potential Bengals scoring drive on fourth down late in the fourth quarter and won the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 882]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the win, the Ravens began their season at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nJoe Flacco in his rookie debut, completed 15 of 29 passes for 129 yards (along with a touchdown run).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: Bye week\nThe Ravens' Week 2 game against the Houston Texans was postponed from September 14 to November 9, the Ravens' original bye week, due to structural damage to Houston's Reliant Stadium caused by Hurricane Ike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns\nComing off an unexpected bye week, the Ravens looked to improve their division standing in the AFC North, playing host to the 0\u20132 Cleveland Browns. Joe Flacco threw his first career interception in the first quarter, which was scoreless for both teams. The Browns, however, capitalized on the turnover by driving 52 yards for a touchdown, finishing the drive with Derek Anderson completing a 19-yard pass to Jerome Harrison. Baltimore would respond with Willis McGahee scoring on a 5-yard touchdown run, his first of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns\nThe Browns closed out the first half with a Phil Dawson Field goal to make the score 10 \u2013 7, Browns, at the half. Strong Safety Dawan Landry suffered a mild spinal injury and was taken to the hospital, where X-rays were negative for damage. In the second half, Baltimore won the turnover battle and their defense proved to be the deciding factor in this contest. After Ray Lewis delivered a big hit on Browns' Tight End Kellen Winslow while deflecting a pass, Chris McAlister intercepted the tipped ball and returned the interception to the Browns 10-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns\nFour plays later, Fullback Le'Ron McClain would score on a 1-yard run. On the next possession, Ed Reed intercepted a Derek Anderson pass intended for Tight End Steve Heiden and returned it 32 yards for a touchdown. After forcing another 3-and-out, Baltimore capitalized on a Browns personal foul from the 50-yard line, driving 35 yards for a touchdown, finishing the drive with a 1-yard run from Le'Ron McClain. The Browns tried to rally late in the game, but Samari Rolle intercepted Derek Anderson with less than two minutes to play, ensuring no chance of a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns\nWith the win, and the Pittsburgh Steelers losing 15\u20136 to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Ravens not only improve to 2\u20130; they now lead the AFC North after 3 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their home win over the Browns, the Ravens flew to Heinz Field for their first road game of the year, as they played a Week 4 MNF duel with the throwback-clad Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, Baltimore trailed early as Steelers kicker Jeff Reed got a 49-yard field goal. The Ravens responded with kicker Matt Stover getting a 33-yard field goal. Baltimore gained the lead in the second quarter as Stover kicked a 20-yard field goal, while rookie quarterback Joe Flacco completed his first career touchdown pass as he hooked up with TE Daniel Wilcox from 4 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the third quarter, Pittsburgh took the lead with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completing a 38-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes, along with LB James Harrison forcing a fumble from Flacco with LB LaMarr Woodley returning the fumble 7 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, the Steelers increased their lead with Reed getting a 19-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Ravens tied the game with RB Le'Ron McClain getting a 2-yard TD run. However, despite winning the coin toss in overtime, Baltimore was unable to gain ground. In the end, Pittsburgh sealed Baltimore's fate as Reed nailed the game-winning 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Tennessee Titans\nHoping to rebound from their tough divisional road loss to the Steelers, the Ravens went home for a Week 5 defensive duel with the Tennessee Titans. Baltimore scored in the first quarter on a 38-yard field goal by kicker Matt Stover. In the second quarter, the Titans tied the game as kicker Rob Bironas made a 35-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Ravens reclaimed the lead on a 1-yard TD run by RB Le'Ron McClain. However, in the fourth quarter, Tennessee pulled away with Bironas nailing a 26-yard field goal and quarterback Kerry Collins completing an 11-yard TD pass to TE Alge Crumpler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Indianapolis Colts\nTrying to snap a two-game losing streak, the Ravens flew to Lucas Oil Stadium for a Week 6 duel with the Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, Baltimore trailed early as Colt quarterback Peyton Manning completed a 67-yard TD pass to WR Marvin Harrison and a 22-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne, along with kicker Adam Vinatieri getting a 37-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Ravens continued to struggle as Manning completed a 5-yard TD pass to Harrison. In the third quarter, Indianapolis pulled away as RB Dominic Rhodes got a 1-yard TD run. Baltimore would get its only score as kicker Matt Stover got a 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins\nTrying to snap a three-game losing streak, the Ravens flew to Dolphin Stadium for a Week 7 duel with the Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Baltimore trailed early as Dolphins kicker Dan Carpenter got a 21-yard field goal. The Ravens would respond with kicker Matt Stover getting a 47-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Baltimore took the lead as LB Terrell Suggs returned an interception 44 yards for a touchdown. Miami would answer with Carpenter making a 26-yard field goal, yet the Ravens replied with rookie quarterback Joe Flacco completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, Baltimore increased its lead with Stover nailing a 28-yard field goal. The Dolphins tried to rally as quarterback Chad Pennington completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR Davone Bess. Fortunately for the Ravens, in the fourth quarter, the Ravens scored on a 5-yard TD run by RB Willis McGahee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Oakland Raiders\nComing off their road win over the Dolphins, the Ravens went home for a Week 8 duel with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Baltimore rookie LB Jameel McClain sacked Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell in his own endzone for a safety. In the second quarter, the Ravens increased their lead with a 1-yard TD run by RB Willis McGahee, a 70-yard TD pass to WR Demetrius Williams by rookie quarterback Joe Flacco, and a 38-yard field goal by kicker Matt Stover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, Oakland responded with a 22-yard field goal by kicker Sebastian Janikowski, yet Baltimore answered with Stover 30-yard field goal. The Raiders tried to rally as Russell completed a 2-yard TD pass to RB Justin Griffith. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens extended their lead on a Flacco 12-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Cleveland Browns\nComing off their home win over the Raiders, the Ravens traveled to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 9 AFC North rematch with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Baltimore's first drive ended with a 41-yard field goal by kicker Matt Stover, while rookie quarterback Joe Flacco completed a 47-yard TD pass to WR Mark Clayton. The Browns immediately responded with WR Joshua Cribbs returning a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Cleveland tied the game with a 23-yard field goal by kicker Phil Dawson. The Ravens answered with Stover making a 32-yard field goal, yet the Browns closed out the half with Dawson making a 54-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, Cleveland took the lead as quarterback Derek Anderson completed a 28-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards and a 7-yard TD pass to RB Jason Wright. Baltimore closed out the quarter with a 1-yard TD run by FB Le'Ron McClain. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens rallied with Flacco completing a 28-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason, Stover nailing a 22-yard field goal, and LB Terrell Suggs returning an interception 42 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Houston Texans\nComing off their season-sweep over the Browns, the Ravens flew to Reliant Stadium for a Week 10 duel with the Houston Texans. Both Baltimore and Houston were originally scheduled to play each other during Week 2 of the 2008 NFL season, but the game was rescheduled to Week 10 due to structural damage to Reliant Stadium, which was caused by Hurricane Ike. Week 10 was originally set to be the team's bye week. This contest would be the eighth of a record fifteen consecutive games for the Ravens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Houston Texans\nIn the first quarter, Baltimore took flight as rookie quarterback Joe Flacco completed a 43-yard TD pass to WR Yamon Figurs. In the second quarter, the Texans responded with a 23-yard field goal by kicker Kris Brown. The Ravens would punt on the ensuing drive, pinning the Texans at their 3-yard line. On the next play, Texans OT Duane Brown committed a holding penalty while in his own endzone, giving the Ravens a safety. Baltimore would increase their lead as rookie kicker Steven Hauschka got a 54-yard field goal. The Texans would close out the half as Brown nailed a 48-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, the Ravens increased their lead as RB Willis McGahee got a 1-yard TD run. Houston would answer as quarterback Sage Rosenfels completed a 60-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore steamrolled their way to victory with Flacco completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Todd Heap (with a two-point conversion pass to WR Derrick Mason), QB Troy Smith completing a 14-yard TD pass to Heap, and McGahee rushing four yards for a TD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at New York Giants\nComing off their road win over the Texans, the Ravens flew to Giants Stadium for a Week 11 interconference duel with the defending Super Bowl champions, the New York Giants. In the first quarter, Baltimore trailed early as Giants RB Brandon Jacobs got back-to-back 1-yard TD runs (with a failed PAT on the latter). In the second quarter, the Ravens continued to struggle as quarterback Eli Manning completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Darcy Johnson. Baltimore closed out the half with kicker Matt Stover getting a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, the Ravens tried to rally as rookie quarterback Joe Flacco completed a 10-yard TD pass to FB Le'Ron McClain. However, New York answered with CB Aaron Ross returning an interception 50 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, the Giants closed out the game as kicker Lawrence Tynes nailed a 19-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at New York Giants\nThe Ravens' top-ranked rushing defense gave up 207 yards, which is the most since October 1997 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Giants, the Ravens went home for a Week 12 interconference duel with the Philadelphia Eagles. Baltimore scored the first points of the game late in the second half with a 44-yard field goal by kicker Matt Stover, while rookie quarterback Joe Flacco and TE Daniel Wilcox connected on a 1-yard TD pass, set up by an interception by safety Ed Reed. The Eagles would close out the half with safety Quintin Demps returning a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Ravens answered with rookie LB Jameel McClain blocking a punt that resulted in a safety. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore scored additional unanswered points as Stover nailed a 42-yard field goal, Flacco completed a 53-yard TD pass to WR Mark Clayton, Reed set an NFL record with a 107-yard interception return for a touchdown, and FB Le'Ron McClain scored on a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Cincinnati Bengals\nComing off their home win over the Eagles, the Ravens flew to Paul Brown Stadium for a Week 13 AFC North rematch with the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, Baltimore scored first with a 27-yard field goal by kicker Matt Stover. In the second quarter, the Ravens increased their lead as Stover made a 21-yard field goal, while rookie quarterback Joe Flacco completed a 4-yard TD pass to TE Todd Heap. The Bengals would close out the half as kicker Shayne Graham nailed a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the third quarter, Baltimore pulled away as WR Mark Clayton (on a trick play) threw a 32-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason and caught a 70-yard TD pass from Flacco. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens sealed the victory as safety Jim Leonhard returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the win, not only did Baltimore improve to 8\u20134, but they swept the season series from Cincinnati for the first time since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Washington Redskins\nThe Ravens wore their alternate uniforms in the game, hosting cross-conference rivals The Washington Redskins at M&T Bank Stadium. The Ravens scored early following an Ed Reed interception that set up a short touchdown pass from Joe Flacco to Le'Ron McClain. With just under ten minutes to go, Washington ran Clinton Portis up the middle for a first down, but Portis fumbled. Raven Ed Reed recovered the ball and advanced it for a touchdown; the Redskins unsuccessfully challenged, contending Portis was down by contact. Those would be the only points on the board for either team in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Washington Redskins\nIn the second half, a long Ravens drive beginning at just under eleven minutes to go in the third quarter set up a 32-yard Matt Stover field goal. The Redskins answered with a drive starting late in the third quarter and ending in the early fourth quarter that set up a 43-yard Shaun Suisham field goal. Receiving the kickoff, Baltimore ran just two plays before surrendering the ball to Washington on a Willis McGahee fumble that led to a short drive capped by a touchdown pass from Jason Campbell to Antwaan Randle El.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Washington Redskins\nAnother kickoff led to a very long Baltimore drive that consumed most of the remaining time. Ten of twelve plays were runs by Le'Ron McClain. A 28-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Mason capped this drive. With three and a half minutes left, the Redskins next drive ended in an Ed Reed interception that enabled Baltimore to burn most of the remaining time. The Redskins took possession for their final series with 0:16 remaining but could not score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their win over the Redskins, the Ravens stayed at home for a crucial Week 15 AFC North rematch with the Pittsburgh Steelers with the division title on the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, Baltimore scored in the second quarter with a 28-yard field goal by kicker Matt Stover. The Steelers would respond with a 31-yard field goal from kicker Jeff Reed, yet the Ravens gained the halftime lead as Stover kicked a 26-yard field goal. Baltimore would increase their lead in the third quarter as Stover made a 28-yard field goal. However, in the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh would win the game as Reed nailed a 30-yard field goal, followed by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completing a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Santonio Holmes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, the Ravens fell to 9\u20135 being swept by the Steelers for the first time since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Dallas Cowboys\nHoping to rebound from an upsetting home loss to the Steelers, the Ravens flew to Texas Stadium for a Week 16 interconference duel with the Dallas Cowboys. Baltimore would trail early in the first quarter as Cowboys running back Tashard Choice got a 2-yard touchdown run. The Ravens would respond with a 26-yard field goal from kicker Matt Stover. In the second quarter, Baltimore would take the lead as Stover made a 29-yard and a 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Ravens would then use the third quarter to add onto their lead as rookie quarterback Joe Flacco completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Derrick Mason. In the fourth quarter, Dallas would answer with kicker Nick Folk getting a 35-yard field goal, yet Baltimore equally answered with Stover's 35-yard field goal. The Cowboys would try to rally as quarterback Tony Romo completed a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Terrell Owens, yet the Ravens immediately responded with running back Willis McGahee scoring on a 77-yard touchdown run. Dallas tried to come back as Romo completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jason Witten, yet Baltimore closed out the game with fullback Le'Ron McClain rushing for an 82-yard touchdown (the longest TD run by a Cowboys opponent in Texas Stadium).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 896]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Dallas Cowboys\nWith the win, the Ravens kept their playoff hopes alive at 10\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith the New England Patriots leading the Buffalo Bills 13\u20130 late in the fourth quarter of their game, the Ravens knew at kick-off that the only sure way to secure the final AFC play-off berth would be to beat the Jaguars. The Ravens tallied 3 points on an opening drive that featured a 48-yard pass completion from Joe Flacco to Mark Clayton. With 55 seconds remaining in the 1st quarter, the Jaguars answered with a David Garrard pass to Alvin Pearman for 23-yard touchdown. The Ravens running game dominated the second quarter with Le'Ron McClain scoring two touchdowns and Willis McGahee adding a third. The Ravens defense, featuring a Ray Lewis fumble recovery and an Ed Reed interception, shutout the Jaguars the rest of the game with Matt Stover adding a second-half field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 95], "content_span": [96, 881]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith the win, the Ravens completed the regular season at 11\u20135 and secured the sixth and final playoff spot in the AFC. They traveled to Miami, Florida to play the AFC East division champion Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 95], "content_span": [96, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Round: at Miami Dolphins\nEntering the postseason as the AFC's sixth seed, the Ravens began their playoff run at Dolphin Stadium in the AFC Wild Card round against the #3 Miami Dolphins, a rematch of their game played during Week 7 of the 2008 season. Baltimore trailed early in the first quarter as Dolphins kicker Dan Carpenter hit a 19-yard field goal. The Ravens responded with 2:52 left in the first quarter when Matt Stover drove a ball through the uprights from 23-yards. In the second quarter, Baltimore took the lead when safety Ed Reed intercepted a Chad Pennington pass and returned it 64 yards for a touchdown. Stover nailed a 31-yard field goal after quarterback Joe Flacco hit Derrick Mason with a 31-yard bomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Round: at Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, the Ravens increased their lead as running back Le'Ron McClain got an 8-yard touchdown run. Miami tried to rally in the fourth quarter as quarterback Chad Pennington completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to running back Ronnie Brown. With 4:00 left, the Ravens shut the door when Flacco scooted 5 yards on a quarterback draw for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Round: at Miami Dolphins\nWith the win, the Ravens improved their overall record to 12\u20135 and traveled to Nashville to play the Tennessee Titans in the divisional round of the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Round: at Miami Dolphins\nBaltimore's defense forced five turnovers from a Dolphins squad that only committed 13 turnovers throughout the entire regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Round: at Tennessee Titans\nComing off their wild card road win over the Dolphins, the Ravens flew to LP Field for their AFC Divisional showdown with the top-seeded Tennessee Titans, in an attempt to avenge their Week 5 loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 99], "content_span": [100, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Round: at Tennessee Titans\nThe Titans struck first with 4:45 remaining in the 1st quarter, with running back Chris Johnson capping off a 65-yard drive with an 8-yard touchdown run. The Ravens responded with an 80-yard drive, ending with a 48-yard touchdown pass from rookie quarterback Joe Flacco to wide receiver Derrick Mason. Both teams' defense dominated the 2nd and 3rd quarters with neither team scoring. Early in the 4th quarter, Baltimore kicker Matt Stover got a 21-yard field goal, which gave the Ravens a three-point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 99], "content_span": [100, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Round: at Tennessee Titans\nTennessee would try to respond, by going 10 plays and using up 5 minutes of clock to drive down inside the Ravens 10-yard line, but Collin's pass to Crumpler was fumbled and recovered by Ravens' cornerback Fabian Washington at the Ravens' 1. Unable to move the ball, the Ravens punted the ball back to the Titans. From the Ravens 42, Tennessee drove down inside the 10-yard line again, but settled for a 27-yard field goal from kicker Rob Bironas to tie the game at 10\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 99], "content_span": [100, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0048-0002", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Round: at Tennessee Titans\nWith 4:17 left in the game, the Ravens started a drive from their own 26-yard line. On a crucial 3rd and 2, Flacco completed a 23-yard pass to tight end Todd Heap. The drive ended with Stover kicking a 43-yard field goal to give the Ravens the lead with :57 remaining in the game. The Ravens' defense then held, preserving the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 99], "content_span": [100, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Round: at Tennessee Titans\nWith the win, not only did Baltimore improve their overall record to 13\u20135, but they also advanced to the AFC Championship Game against their AFC North Rival, the Pittsburgh Steelers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 99], "content_span": [100, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Round: at Tennessee Titans\nJoe Flacco became the first quarterback in NFL history to win two playoff games in his rookie year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 99], "content_span": [100, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Championship Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their road win over the top-seeded Titans, the Ravens flew to Heinz Field for the AFC Championship Game against their hated divisional rival, the #2 Pittsburgh Steelers (in Round 3 of their 2008 series).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 104], "content_span": [105, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Championship Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nBaltimore would trail early in the first quarter as Steelers kicker Jeff Reed kicked a 34-yard and a 42-yard field goal. Pittsburgh would add onto their lead in the second quarter as quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completed a 65-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Santonio Holmes. The Ravens would close out the half as running back Willis McGahee scored a touchdown on a 3-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 104], "content_span": [105, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Championship Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the third quarter, the Steelers would respond to Baltimore's score with Reed nailing a 46-yard field goal. The Ravens would creep closer as McGahee rushed for a 1-yard touchdown. However, in the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh pulled away as safety Troy Polamalu returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown. Baltimore tried to mount a comeback, but the Steelers' defense was too much to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 104], "content_span": [105, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Championship Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, the Ravens' season ended with an overall record of 13\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 104], "content_span": [105, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195751-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Championship Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nMcGahee, near the end of the fourth quarter, was in a vicious collision with Pittsburgh safety Ryan Clark. He was conscious, yet had to be carted off the field, due to some neck pains. On January 19, 2009, the Ravens released news that McGahee is expected to make a full recovery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 104], "content_span": [105, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195752-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bandung mayoral election\nA mayoral election was held in Bandung on 10 August 2008. The election was the first direct mayoral election for the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195752-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bandung mayoral election\nThree pairs of candidates contested the election, including the incumbent mayor Dada Rosada. Rosada, who was supported by a coalition of parties Golkar, PDI-P, PAN, Demokrat and PPP, won the election in a landslide, securing nearly 65 percent of the total votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195753-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bandung stampede\n2008 Bandung Human Stampede, known as Tragedi AACC (AACC Tragedy) or Sabtu Kelabu (Dark Saturday), was a stampede and mass hysteria that occurred on 9 February 2008 at Asia African Cultural Center or AACC building (now called De Majestic) in Bandung.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195753-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bandung stampede, Background\nBandung metal band Beside was holding a concert of their first album launch entitled Against Ourselves at AACC building. The concert started at 19:00 (local time). According to many sources, the building where the concert took place was capable to accommodate 500 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195753-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bandung stampede, Incident\nThe number of attendants of the concert exceeded the capacity of the building where the concert was taking place. There were estimated 800 to 1000 people watching the concert. Apart from the attendants in the building, there were others who were outside of the building. When the concert concluded at 20:30, the panic started as the attendants were leaving the building. As the building was unable to accommodate so many attendants, the air circulation was greatly decreased and the attendants were suffering from asphyxiation, suffocation, dehydration and jostling. The lack of medical staffs caused the impacted attendants to receive no proper medical attention. It was reported that there were a number of people lying on the floor and did not receive medical attention at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195753-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bandung stampede, Aftermath\nThis mass hysteria claimed 11 lives and left dozen attendants injured. About 3 people were arrested and declared as suspects with charges of negligent homicide. Among the fatalities, there was one female victim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195753-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bandung stampede, Aftermath\nThe AACC building was temporary closed due to the incident. In 2010, it was renovated and renamed to New Majestic. Changes to the management once again saw renaming of the building to De Majestic in 2017. The building now hosts traditional art shows and other events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195753-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bandung stampede, Memorial\nIn 2014, a monument of memorial was erected at Taman Musik Centrum by Arif Prasetya, Head of Bandung City Cemetery and Gardening Service. The names of 11 people killed in the incident were written on the monument.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195754-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bandy World Championship\nThe 2008 Bandy World Championship for men was played at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia on 27 January\u20133 February 2008. Russia became champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195754-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bandy World Championship, Final four\nThe top four teams from Group A went on to a play-off to decide the world champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts\n2008 Bangalore serial blasts occurred on 25 July 2008 in Bangalore, India. A series of nine bombs exploded in which one person was killed and 20 injured. According to the Bangalore City Police, the blasts were caused by low-intensity crude bombs triggered by timers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts\nIndia already suffered from a similar series of blasts in Jaipur, in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts\nThe Times of India has reported that either the banned organisation Students Islamic Movement of India or the militant organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba could be behind these blasts. The Intelligence Bureau is not ruling out the involvement of these organisations, however the police maintain that it is too early to attribute blame to anyone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts\nThe bombings were followed by the 2008 Ahmedabad bombings one day later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, The bombings\nIt was initially reported that three blasts took place at around 1:30\u00a0pm IST. Later reports indicated that four low-intensity blasts occurred: One at Nayandahalli (1:30 PM IST), two in Madiwala (at 1:50\u00a0pm IST), and the last in Adugodi (2:10\u00a0pm). Other blasts were reported from areas including the Mallya hospital, Langford Road and Richmond Circle. The Madiwala blast took place at a check post, behind The Forum, a popular shopping mall in Bangalore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, The bombings\nIt has been reported that gelatin sticks were used in the bombs. Police indicated that all bombs had timer devices attached to them and that mobile phones were used to trigger the bombs. The blasts were low-intensity but occurred in crowded areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, The bombings\nThere was another bomb found on 26 July 2008 in Bangalore near Forum Mall, Koramangala which was defused successfully by the Bomb Detection Squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Casualties\nOne person was killed and 20 injured in the attacks. The confirmed dead was a woman waiting at a bus shelter in Madiwala on the Hosur road; her husband and another person were seriously injured. The injured were admitted to the St. Johns Hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Casualties\nIn response to the attack Prime Minister Singh sanctioned an ex gratia payment of Rs one lakh to the relatives of those dead and Rs 50,000 to those injured in the blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Reactions\nPresident Pratibha Patil, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, Leader of the opposition L. K. Advani, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Chief Minister of Karnataka, B. S. Yeddyurappa all condemned the violence and appealed for calm and communal harmony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Reactions\nAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary J. Jayalalithaa called for the revival of special act like POTA to effectively counter terrorists and extremist outfits. The All India Muslim Forum also \"strongly condemned\" the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Impacts\nCalls by concerned and panicked citizens resulted in the telephone networks being jammed. Malls, schools and cinema halls across the city were shut down, and the police cordoned off the blast sites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Impacts\nThe effect of the blast on the Sensex was immediately visible with losses exceeding 3.5% reported on Friday after the Bangalore blasts. The 30-share BSE index was down 3.7%, or 529.28 points at 14,228.81, with 23 components in the red. The 50-issue NSE index was down 2.9 percent at 4,305.30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Impacts\nThe government has issued a statement that IT companies in Bangalore were not the target of the blast. This was reaffirmed when major IT companies based in the city -like Wipro and Infosys- reported that the blasts had no impact on their operations and that all employees were safe. Employees were, however, urged to leave for home early. A new security plan for IT and other industries was announced by Minister for Home Affairs Shivraj Patil immediately after the Bangalore serial blasts. Under the new amendment of law Central Industrial Security Force personnel could be used to safeguard private sector industries which till now was limited to public sector undertakings (PSUs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nNo one has claimed responsibility for the bombings. The Bangalore Police Commissioner, Shankar Bidari, termed the blasts \"an act of miscreants\" trying to disturb peace in the city. The Union Home Ministry of India named the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba and Students Islamic Movement of India, as the suspects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nThe Bangalore Police said that attack \"bore some hallmarks\" of the Bangladesh-based militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nThe Central Government of India had warned the Karnataka state government one day earlier that state was high on the terror hitlist along with six other Indian states\u00a0\u2013 Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Assam \u2013 and Union Territory Delhi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nThere is a possible connection with the Andhra and Varanasi attacks. An official was quoted as saying \"The aim of these groups, whether HuJI or LeT or Simi, is clear. Bangalore and Hyderabad are being chosen as targets to create panic in the US as the cities house [the] biggest IT companies from the US.\" The Andhra \u2013 Karnataka link involves Raziuddin Nasir, a Hyderabad resident, and his aide Hafiz Khan Adnan from Bangalore, were arrested near Hubli in Karnataka this year. Furthermore, another clear link between the terror elements in both blasts is the explosive material used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nIn the Bangalore blasts an explosive with an ammonium nitrate base was used, while in the Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park explosions in Hyderabad a similar ammonium nitrate base was used. These were also of low intensity with the aim of creating panic. Like the Malegaon and Mecca Masjid blasts, it took place on a Friday during or just after the prayers. In response to these blasts security was also beefed up in Andhra Pradesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nIt was also reported that sleeper cells have gained a firm foothold in Karnataka with the discovery of terror camps in the Karnataka forest early in the year. In this vein, near-simultaneous blasts \u2013 all having the footprint of the jehadi network that had carried out blasts in Varanasi, Jaipur, Mumbai and elsewhere \u2013 point to the strong foothold terrorists have made in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nOn 29 July, the Bangalore police Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a SIMI activist named Sameer Sadiq in connection with the blasts. According to the police, Sadiq had played a key role in the Surat riots. He was staying at Gurapanapalya in Bangalore, the area which incidentally housed the SIMI office before it had been banned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nOn 30 July 2008, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) indicated that two men \u2013 Rasool Khan Parti and Mohammad Sufiya Ahmed Patangiya \u2013 currently living at Farahan Arcade Gulistan in Karachi were the masterminds behind the Ahmedabad and the Bangalore serial blasts. They used to reside in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Both are possibly members of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami. The Gujarat Police has been looking for them in connection to the murder of former Gujarat state minister Haren Pandya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nOn 5 February 2009, Karnataka Police arrested Muhammed Zakaria, then 19 years old, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. He was accused of making timers for the blasts. Two witnesses have retracted their testimony alleging that the police made them witnesses and the case is fabricated. In March 2020, Zakariya's mother, Biyumma filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking to declare the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), as unconstitutional. Advocate Hashir K Muhammed created a documentary about Zakariya in 2017 titled 'A Documentary about disappearance.'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nOn December 2009, two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists including Lashkar's South India commander Thadiyantevide Nasir were arrested by the Indian Forces from the Bangladesh border. Interrogation of them lead to significant evidences to the serial blasts in several Indian cities in 2008 especially the Bangalore blasts. Nasir's arrest paved way for the arrest of several Muslim youth from Kerala involved in terrorism, as well as evidences for terror links of Kerala politician Abdul Nasser Madani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nMadani's wife Soofiya Madani was arrested by Kerala Police on 19 December 2009 on the ground that she had taken an active role in Kalamassery Tamil Nadu state transportation corporation bus burning case. The remand report presented by police in the court said Soofiya had confessed to her role in the case and links with Laskhar-e-Toiba South India commander Tadiyantavide Nasir. However, Soofiya\u2019s counsel said the charges were false. Nasir was Madani\u2019s \u2018\u2018enemy\u2019\u2019 and had lied to police to implicate Soofiya, he claimed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195755-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 Bangalore serial blasts, Investigation\nBut the prosecution pointed out that the Kerala high court while rejecting her anticipatory bail plea had said that the bus burning case was an act of terror.T Nazir is involved in the cases ranging from the attempted murder of former kerala chief minister [E K Nayanar] to the recent Bangalore bomb blast for which he is under custody of Karnataka police. Bangalore police has already obtained ample proof that T Nazir and his associates like Abdul Sattar has good link with Madani family. These sequence of events has brought serious question to Kerala's position holding the image of a good secular fabric in its society.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195756-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election\nThe eighth gubernatorial election for the city of Bangkok, Thailand, was held on 5 October 2008. The election was won by the incumbent Governor Apirak Kosayothin, placing him in his second consecutive four-year term in office, winning 45.93 percent of the vote. Of a total of 4,087,329 eligible voters, 2,214,320 voted, giving a turnout rate of 54.18 percent, lower than the 70 percent target expected by the Election Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195756-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election\nSixteen candidates contested the election. Apirak, candidate for the opposition Democrat Party, was seen as the favourite. Other candidates included Chuwit Kamolvisit, a former massage parlour businessman who also ran in the 2004 election, Prapas Chongsa-nguan, former governor of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand and candidate for the People's Power Party, Kriengsak Chareonwongsak, an academic and professor in business administration, and Leena Jangjanja, a businesswoman and lawyer who ran in the previous election and the 2006 senate election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195756-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election\nThe sixth elected governor of Bangkok, Apirak is the second to be elected to a second term, after Chamlong Srimuang, governor from 1985\u20131992, who was incidentally arrested at a polling station early on the election day, on charges of insurrection due to his role as leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy, a group which has staged protests and occupied Government House since August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195756-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election, Campaign\nApirak's four-year term as governor ended on 28 August 2008. Applications for the post were accepted from 1 to 5 September, and the official list of candidates was announced on 11 September. Campaigning included public speeches by candidates, television interviews, campaign trucks announcing messages through loudspeakers, and most noticeably, a multitude of campaign posters erected on the pavements, some of which fell over and injured pedestrians and motorcyclists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195756-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election, Campaign\nThe more unusual campaigning stunts included Leena's bathing in a canal to reflect the local population's experiences, which ended tragically when her campaign manager drowned. Nearer to the election day, Chuwit caused headline news by punching and kicking a television journalist after an interview.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195756-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election, Campaign\nChuwit also filed complaints against Apirak, claiming that the appearance of Apirak's name on the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's election publicity posters violated electoral law. The case was accepted by the Bangkok Election Committee, but a final ruling by the Election Commission would not be heard until after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195756-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election, Polling and results\nPolling was organised by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration under the supervision of the Bangkok Election Commission, with a total budget of over 154 million baht. Voting took place from 08:00 to 15:00 on 5 October at 6,337 polling stations across the fifty districts of the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195756-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election, Polling and results\nExit polls by Assumption and Suan Dusit Rajabhat Universities indicated that Apirak had won 44 to 52 percent of the vote by the time the polling stations closed. The unofficial results, to be submitted to the Election Commission for approval, were announced by the Bangkok City Clerk on midnight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election\nGeneral elections (Bengali: \u09a8\u09ac\u09ae \u099c\u09be\u09a4\u09c0\u09af\u09bc \u09b8\u0982\u09b8\u09a6 \u09a8\u09bf\u09b0\u09cd\u09ac\u09be\u099a\u09a8 \u09e8\u09e6\u09e6\u09ee) were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, and the Bangladesh Awami League Party, led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awami League Party formed a fourteen-party Grand Alliance including Ershad's Jatiya Party, while the BNP formed a four-party alliance which included the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami. The election was originally scheduled for January 2007, but it was postponed by a military-controlled caretaker government for an extended period of time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election\nThe election resulted in a landslide victory for the Awami League-led grand alliance, which won 263 seats out 300. The main rival four-party alliance received only 32 seats, with the remaining four going to independent candidates. Polling in the constituency of Noakhali-1 was postponed due to the mysterious death of the AL candidate. The election for the seat was held on 12 January 2009 instead and was won by the BNP candidate. Voter turnout was 87%, the highest ever recorded in a Bangladeshi general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Main political parties\nOn 11 December, Bangladesh Awami League formed a coalition with the Jatiya Party led by Hussain Muhammad Ershad once deposed through mass uprising. The coalition included some other minor parties. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP in short, continued with its alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami formed for the national election of 2001 to participate in the 2008 election. If Jatiyo Party wins more than 35 seats, it will be able to negotiate a better deal with Awami League on sharing of power and in forming government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Main political parties, Awami League-led coalition (Grand Alliance)\nThe Bangladesh Awami League (AL) decided to participate in the 2008 parliamentary election under the name of \"Grand Alliance\" with the Jatiya Party led by General Ershad as its main partner. The AL contested the polls for 245 constituencies. Awami League conceded as many as 46 out of 300 parliamentary constituencies to Jatiya Party (JP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 102], "content_span": [103, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Main political parties, Awami League-led coalition (Grand Alliance)\nWorkers Party president Rashed Khan Menon contested for Dhaka-8, its general secretary Bimal Biswas for Narail-1, its politburo member Fazle Hossain Badsha for Rajshahi-2, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal president Hasanul Haq Inu for Kushtia-2, its leaders Moinuddin Khan Badal for Chittagong-8, Rezaul Karim Tansen for Bogra-4, Shah Ahmed Jikrul for Brahmanbaria-5 and Gias Uddin for Mymensingh-9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 102], "content_span": [103, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Main political parties, Awami League-led coalition (Grand Alliance)\nThe Awami League kept the Noakhali-1 constituency reserved, where the election has been postponed following the death of Ganatantri Party leader Mohammad Nurul Islam in a mysterious fire. The alliance has kept three more seats (Nilphamari-4, Khulna-3 and Sylhet-3) open for both AL and JP candidates to contest for. Notably, as of 18 December 2008, some candidates were allowed by the High Court of the country notwithstanding a contrary decision from the Election Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 102], "content_span": [103, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Main political parties, BNP-led coalition (4-Party Alliance)\nThe Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies contested for 296 out of 300 in the 2008 election. The Election Commission cancelled candidacy of nominees of BNP in four constituencies. The BNP and its allies could not reach a consensus on sharing six constituencies. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami contested in the election in 38 constituencies although BNP agreed to offer Jamaat 34 seats. BNP conceded two seats each to its three smaller allies which were Bangladesh Jatiya Party-BJP, Islami Oikya Jote and Jamiat-e-Olama-e-Islam. BNP was able to place any candidate for four constituencies which were Barisal-1, Moulvibazar-2, Sirajganj-5 and Narail-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 95], "content_span": [96, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Main political parties, BNP-led coalition (4-Party Alliance)\nHowever, two BNP rebels emerged as valid independent candidates in Barisal-1 and Moulvibazar-2. They were Jahiruddin Swapan in Barisal-1 and former lawmaker MM Shaheen in Moulvibazar-2. Notably, as of 18 December 2008, some candidates were allowed by the High Court of the country notwithstanding a contrary decision of the Election Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 95], "content_span": [96, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Formation of the caretaker government\nThe BNP-Jamat led coalition government attempted to run an election in 2006. Awami League and other parties arranged various processions and strikes, protesting that the election result was pre-arranged in the government's favour. In course of time the clash between the Government and Opposition became very violent and in the Care-taker Government's period violence engulfed the nation. The President proclaimed his authority as the chief of the Care-Taker Government and eventually had to fall to the demand of the people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Formation of the caretaker government\nWith the intervention of the Army the President had to resign from his Chief-Advisor's post and Fakhruddin Ahmed was appointed as the new chief adviser. The media referred to Ahmed's government as \"military-backed\". The military-controlled government worked on a minus-two formula which meant ousting Hasina and Zia, who were two popular political leaders of the country. While all political activities were suspended under the state of emergency, the government ployed to recast the political system of the country with people of high national and international stature. In accordance with this plan, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus announced the foundation of a new party called Citizens' Power. However, soon Yunus rejected entering politics, claiming a lack of support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Struggle for new elections\nOn 5 April 2007, the country's Chief Election Commissioner, ATM Shamsul Huda, declared that the elections would need to be pushed back at least eighteen months. On 12 April, Ahmed announced in a televised speech to the nation that the next parliamentary election would be held before the end of 2008. On 15 July 2007, the Bangladesh Election Commission published a road map for the election, promising a compilation of voter lists by October 2008 and an official election call before the end of that year. The constitution of Bangladesh, however, provides holding election within 120 days of the formation of a caretaker government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Struggle for new elections\nAfter the election, the Jatiyo Sangshad will have to elect the next President of Bangladesh. The presidential election should have taken place by 5 September 2007 when Iajuddin Ahmed's term expired. But the election was postponed as the Constitution of Bangladesh permits to delay the presidential election until a new Jatiyo Sangshad is formed. On 9 September 2007, President Ahmed addressed the nation and recalled indoor politics with strict conditions to facilitate preparation for the election and reaffirmed his commitment to hold the election on time or earlier. In early October, the Chief Election Commissioner Huda stated elections could be held by October 2008 if the electoral roll could be compiled by July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Struggle for new elections\nTalks between the government and two smaller parties started on 22 May 2008, with the government indicating it would hold talks with all parties in short time. However, both the Awami League and the BNP declined to attend these talks as long as their leaders were still detained. Voters lists were announced to be ready on 22 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Struggle for new elections\nOn 4 August 2008, mayor and city council elections were held in Sylhet, Khulna, Barisal and Rajshahi cities. BBC News reported that the candidates supported by the Awami League won twelve of the thirteen city corporations and municipalities voting, according to election commission officials. Finally, Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed announced on 21 September that the general election would be held on 18 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Struggle for new elections\nThe BNP called for a delay of the election until January 2009, while the Awami League was against such a delay. As a compromise, the election was postponed from 18 to 29 December. In a response to the demand of the major political parties, on 17 December 2008, the two-year-long state of emergency was lifted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Supreme Court ruling\nNotably, as of 20 December, as many as 35 prospective candidates were allowed by the High Court of the country to contest in the election notwithstanding a contrary decision of the Election Commission. A winner among them will lose a seat in the parliament if the Supreme Court of Bangladesh turns down the High Court decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Results\nThe voter turnout of 80 percent was the highest in the history of Bangladeshi elections. This was the first time elections used national ID cards with photographs to avoid fake voting, which was an UN-funded initiative to create a digital electoral roll. Prior to the elections, 11 million false names were removed from the voter lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Results\nAbout 50,000 soldiers of Bangladeshi Army and 600,000 police officers were deployed to guard against election fraud and violence. However, two people were killed in post election violence. 200,000 electoral observers, including 2,500 from outside Bangladesh, monitored the elections and confirmed their free and fair nature. Before the elections, the army-backed caretaker government took measures to eliminate corruption from the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Reactions\nThe UK's secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs David Miliband, in the statement, urged the ruling party and the opposition to work together for nation building, shunning politics of confrontation and violence. \"The Election Commission, caretaker government and observers have worked hard to create conditions in which free, fair and peaceful elections can take place. \"The people of Bangladesh have spoken in huge numbers and they can be proud of the manner in which the elections were conducted\", Miliband said in a statement released by the local British high commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Reactions\n\"This is a historic moment for Bangladesh to cast aside the politics of confrontation and violence, in favour of inclusive and consensual democracy\", he added. Terming Britain as Bangladesh's friend, he said, \"We urge the next government and opposition to work together to meet the expectations of the people in the days and years to come.\" Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, also greeted Sheikh Hasina for becoming Prime Minister of Bangladesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195757-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladeshi general election, Transfer of power\nThe military-controlled caretaker government with Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed as the Chief Adviser handed over power to the new government formed with Ms Sheikh Hasina as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on 6 January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195758-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladesh\u2013Myanmar naval standoff\n2008 Bangladesh\u2013Myanmar naval standoff was a naval standoff between Bangladesh Navy and Myanmar Navy over disputed territory in the northeastern Bay of Bengal. The standoff ended after diplomatic pressure from Government of Bangladesh. In 2012, the two countries resolved their maritime boundary disputes at an international tribunal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195758-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladesh\u2013Myanmar naval standoff, Background\nThe Bay of Bengal has large untapped reserves of oil and natural gas. In November 2008, Myanmar allowed the South Korean company Daewoo to explore the seabed in an area 50 nautical miles SW of St. Martin's Island. The area was contested between Bangladesh and Myanmar as part of their respective exclusive economic zones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195758-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladesh\u2013Myanmar naval standoff, Standoff\nCiting international law, Bangladesh asserted that Myanmar should not allow any kind of activities in this debated territories till a solution. After Bangladeshi requests were not heeded, the Bangladesh Navy deployed three warships in the area, including the BNS\u00a0Abu Bakr, BNS\u00a0Madhumati and BNS\u00a0Nirbhoy. Myanmar deployed at least two naval vessels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195758-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladesh\u2013Myanmar naval standoff, Negotiations\nThe Government of Bangladesh said Myanmar was operating well within disputed territory. The Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh Towhid Hossain summoned the Myanmar ambassador and later himself flew to Yangon with a team of Bangladeshi diplomats. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, the interim Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, vowed that his country would protect its sovereignty and territory with \"all necessary measures\". There was no statement from Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195758-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladesh\u2013Myanmar naval standoff, Withdrawal\nOn 7 November 2008, facing a superior naval deployment by Bangladesh Navy and diplomatic pressure from Government of Bangladesh, Myanmar withdrew its warships and Daewoo removed its equipment from the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195758-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bangladesh\u2013Myanmar naval standoff, Arbitration\nIn 2009, Bangladesh submitted its claims to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Both countries came to terms at the tribunal in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195759-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy\nThe 2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the event known that year as the Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, from October 6 through October 12, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195759-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy\nThe singles featured ATP No. 10, Rome Masters and Doha finalist, Beijing Olympics doubles gold medalist Stanislas Wawrinka, Beijing Olympics silver medalist, Vi\u00f1a del Mar and Munich winner Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, and Stuttgart, Kitzb\u00fchel, Los Angeles, Washington champion, Tokyo finalist Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro. Also present were Nottingham winner Ivo Karlovi\u0107, Umag titlist Fernando Verdasco, Tommy Robredo, Gilles Simon and Ga\u00ebl Monfils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195759-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, Finals, Doubles\nMax Mirnyi /  Andy Ram defeated  Philipp Petzschner /  Alexander Peya, 6\u20131, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195760-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy \u2013 Doubles\nMariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Feliciano L\u00f3pez and Fernando Verdasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195760-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy \u2013 Doubles\nMax Mirnyi and Andy Ram won in the final 6\u20131, 7\u20135, against Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195761-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy \u2013 Singles\nNovak Djokovic was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195761-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy \u2013 Singles\nPhilipp Petzschner won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134, against Ga\u00ebl Monfils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195762-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank of America 500\nThe 2008 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 11, 2008 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The race was the thirty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and fifth of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, serving as the only Saturday night race in the Chase as of 2008. The 334-lap, 501 miles (806\u00a0km) race was televised on ABC. The race's television broadcast began at 7\u00a0pm ET, and the Performance Racing Network along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage starting at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195762-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank of America 500\nJeff Burton earned his 21st and final Cup Series victory with this race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195762-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank of America 500, Qualifying\nBecause of rain, qualifying was canceled for the eighth time this season, and so the cars lined up by rulebook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195762-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank of America 500, Qualifying, Starting lineup\nFailed to qualify: Brad Keselowski (No. 25), Scott Speed (No. 82), Bryan Clauson (No. 40), Derrike Cope (No. 75).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195763-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank of the West Classic\nThe 2008 Bank of the West Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 37th edition of the Bank of the West Classic, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, California, United States, from July 14 through July 20, 2008. Aleksandra Wozniak won the singles title, the only WTA title of her career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195763-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank of the West Classic, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Elena Vesnina /  Vera Zvonareva, 6\u20134, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195764-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank of the West Classic \u2013 Doubles\nSania Mirza and Shahar Pe'er were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Mirza partnered with Anna Chakvetadze, but lost in the first round to Eva Hrdinov\u00e1 and Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1. Peer partnered with Gisela Dulko, but lost in the first round to Ayumi Morita and Ai Sugiyama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195764-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank of the West Classic \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20133, against Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195765-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank of the West Classic \u2013 Singles\nAnna Chakvetadze was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Marion Bartoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195765-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank of the West Classic \u2013 Singles\nAleksandra Wozniak won her first and only WTA tour title, defeating Bartoli in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195765-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bank of the West Classic \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195766-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open\nThe 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Portoro\u017e, Slovenia, from 21 July until 27 July 2008. Eighth-seeded Sara Errani won the singles title and earned $22,900 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195766-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Finals, Doubles\nAnabel Medina Garrigues /  Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated  Vera Dushevina /  Ekaterina Makarova 6\u20134, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195767-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open \u2013 Doubles\nLucie Hradeck\u00e1 and Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 were the defending champions, but Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 chose not to participate, and only Hradeck\u00e1 competed that year. Hradeck\u00e1 partnered up with Andreja Klepa\u010d, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195767-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open \u2013 Doubles\nAnabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual won the tournament, defeating Dushevina and Makarova in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195768-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open \u2013 Singles\nTatiana Golovin was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195768-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open \u2013 Singles\nSara Errani won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20133, against Anabel Medina Garrigues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195769-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Baquba bombings\nThe 15 July 2008 Baquba bombings occurred at around 8am local time on 15 July 2008, in Baquba, Diyala Governorate, targeting army recruits at the al-Saad army camp. According to the Iraqi army, the bombers - one dressed in an Iraqi military uniform, the other in civilian clothing - mingled with the crowds of over 200 young recruits before blowing themselves up, killing 35 and injuring 63.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195770-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Barbadian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Barbados on 15 January 2008. A concurrent referendum to determine whether or not to become a republic was initially planned but vote was postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195770-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Barbadian general election\nThe Democratic Labour Party (DLP), which had been in opposition since 1994, won with 20 seats to 10 seats for the Barbados Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Owen Arthur. Recounts were held in some constituencies due to close results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195770-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Barbadian general election\nOn 11 September 2008 Hamilton Lashley MP, for St. Michael South-East announced he would cross the floor and no longer be a member of the Barbados Labour Party, but would instead become an independent. His defection brought the BLP as Opposition down to nine seats for the remainder of the Parliamentary session. He later decided to join the ruling DLP party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195770-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Barbadian general election\nDLP chairman David Thompson was sworn in as Prime Minister on 16 January. After David Thompson died in October 2010 a by-election was held in January 2011 to fill his vacant seat for St. John.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195771-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Barbarians end of season tour\nThe 2007 Barbarians rugby union tour  was a series of matches played in May 2007 in by Barbarians F.C.. They played for the first time against Belgium, then against England and Ireland", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195771-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Barbarians end of season tour, Other matches in 2008\nDuring the year, the Barbarians, made other appearance against different teams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195772-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona KIA\nThe 2008 Barcelona KIA was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Barcelona KIA, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the David Lloyd Club Tur\u00f3 in Barcelona, Spain, from 9 June through 15 June 2008. Maria Kirilenko won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195772-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona KIA, Champions, Doubles\nLourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino /  Arantxa Parra Santonja defeated  Nuria Llagostera Vives /  Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez, 4\u20136, 7\u20135, 10\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195773-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona KIA \u2013 Doubles\nNuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Llagostera Vives partnered with Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez, but Parra Santonja and partner Lourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino defeated them 4\u20136, 7\u20135, 10\u20134, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195774-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona KIA \u2013 Singles\nMeghann Shaughnessy was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195774-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona KIA \u2013 Singles\nMaria Kirilenko won in the final 6\u20130, 6\u20132, against Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195775-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona terror plot\nThe terrorist organization Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan planned a terror attack in the city of Barcelona, which was stopped a few days before they intended to perform it. They intended to conduct a suicide bombing on the Barcelona Metro. The metro plot was intended to become the first of a series attacks in Spain, Germany, France, Portugal and the United Kingdom as those countries contributed to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, with the timing determined by al Qaeda making political demands through Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195775-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona terror plot, Arrests and indictment\nSome 14 people \u2013 twelve Pakistanis and two Indians \u2013 were arrested between 18 and 19 January 2008 in the Raval multicultural neighborhood in Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195775-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona terror plot, Arrests and indictment\nThe police searched four private homes, an industrial site turned into an Islamic prayer room and a bakery. One of the arrested cooperated with the intelligence services and became a protected witness. The police operation was authorized by Audiencia Nacional court after receiving information from the National Intelligence Centre (CNI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195775-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona terror plot, Arrests and indictment\nA number of books, pamphlets and other media containing radical Islamist ideas such as jihad and martyrdom were found by the Guardia Civil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195775-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona terror plot, Arrests and indictment\nOf the 14 detained, all were subjected to detention without contact to the outside world and transferred to Madrid. Two were released without charges on 22 January and two were released on 23 January and the remaining ten, of which nine Pakistanis and one Indian, were unconditionally provisionally imprisoned. On 14 March 2009, another member of the group who had left Barcelona before the police operation was arrested in Dutch city of Breda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195775-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona terror plot, Arrests and indictment\nEight of the suspects,  Maroof Ahmed Mirza, Mohammad Ayub Elahi Bibi, Mohamed Tarik, Qadeer Malik, Hafeez Ahmed, Roshan Jamal Khan, Shaib Iqbal and Imram Cheemawere were accused of being members of a terrorist organization and possessing explosives. The last three, Mohammed Shoaib, Mehmooh Khalid and Aqueel Ur Rahmnan Abassi, were only accused of belonging to a terrorist organization. The charges were upheld by the Audiencia Nacional in a 9 October 2009 trial. The judge concluded the constituted an organized group adhering to extremist Islamist ideology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195775-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona terror plot, Arrests and indictment\nSix of the sentenced were legal immigrants to Spain and most of those had lived in Spain since 2001. Five others arrived to Spain in the months prior to the plot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195775-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Barcelona terror plot, Arrests and indictment\nMonths later, the Pakistani Taliban spokesman, claimed the attack in a video statement, which was posted on the Internet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195776-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council, alongside an additional vacancy in Old Town was up for election. Prior to the election the defending councillor in Penistone West, having earlier defected from Conservative to the Barnsley Independent Group, fought the election as an Independent. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195776-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nBefore the election it had been thought that the Labour party might lose overall control of the council but they held on by only one seat. They lost two seats to the Barnsley Independent Group but gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats to hold on. The Barnsley Independent Group also lost 1 seat to the Conservatives. Overall turnout was 34.78%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195776-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe losses for the Labour party were blamed on government policies, such as on immigration and the abolition of the 10p income tax band, by the leader of the council, Steve Houghton, who was himself re-elected for Cudworth ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195776-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results\n+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195777-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election\nElections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council was held on 1 May 2008. The whole of the council was up for election, with the number of councillors falling from 38 to 36, as a result of ward boundary changes enacted in February 2008. Councillors were elected for terms ranging between two and four years; where more than one councillor was elected in a ward, the councillor with the highest number of votes was granted the longer term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195777-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election\nThe election results were both tight and dramatic, with well-known local councillors failing to be re-elected and recounts in certain wards delaying the announcement of votes. No party gained control of the council, and local news sources claimed that the biggest winners from the election were the local People's Party, who quadrupled their number of councillors, and independent candidates campaigning against plans to open an Academy school in the town. Mirroring the results in other local elections across England and Wales held on the same day, the Conservative Party ended as the largest group on the council with the Labour Party's representation dropping heavily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195777-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, Pre-Election Council\nFollowing the 2007 election and the defection of two Conservative Party councillors to the Liberal Democrats in October 2007, the composition of the council entering the election was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195777-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election, Election result\nThe breakdown of councillor terms as a result of the election is shown below. The seats of the ten councillors with two year terms were contested in the 2010 council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting\nElections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2008 proceeded according to revised rules enacted in 2001 and further revamped in 2007. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players, resulting in the induction of Goose Gossage. A restructured format for Veterans Committee voting resulted in the first successful election by that body since 2001, with five candidates earning induction, after the three elections in the intervening years had failed to produce any inductees. Selected by the Veterans Committee were former managers Billy Southworth and Dick Williams, and former executives Barney Dreyfuss, Bowie Kuhn, and Walter O'Malley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting\nInitially, the Veterans Committee was not scheduled to hold an election; the 2001 rules changes provided that elections for players retired over 20 years would be held every other year, with elections of non-players (managers, umpires and executives) held every fourth year. The Committee voted in 2007 in both areas, and an election for players was next held in 2009. Under the 2001 rules, the next election for non-players would have been conducted in 2011; however, the 2007 changes meant that elections of non-players would now be conducted for inductions in even-numbered years beginning in 2008, with managers and umpires elected from one ballot and executives from a separate ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting\nInduction ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York, were held on July 27, with Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig presiding. This was to be the final year that the annual Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition contest played in Cooperstown, would be held; however, the game was rained out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nThe BBWAA was again authorized to elect players active in 1988 or later, but not after 2002; the ballot, announced on November 26, 2007, included candidates from the 2007 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 2002. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nVoters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate who received votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. Results of the 2008 election by the BBWAA were announced on January 8. The ballot consisted of 25 players, and over 575 ballots were distributed; they had to be returned by December 31, and votes were tabulated by BBWAA official Jack O'Connell along with Michael DiLecce, a partner in the Ernst & Young accounting firm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\n543 ballots were cast (including 3 ballots which supported no candidates), two short of the record total of 2007, with 408 votes required for election. A total of 2,907 individual votes were cast, an average of 5.35 per ballot. Those candidates who received less than 5% of the vote will not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but may eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nCandidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (\u2020). Fourteen candidates returned from the 2007 ballot. The candidate who received at least 75% of the vote and was elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nDave Concepci\u00f3n was on the ballot for the 15th and final time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nThe newly eligible candidates included 17 All-Stars, eight of whom were not included on the ballot, with only one (Tim Raines, with seven) who was selected more than five times. In contrast to the remarkably deep field of candidates in 2007, when those newly eligible had been named to the All-Star team a combined total of 103 times, the 2008 field of new candidates were selected a total of only 43 times. Jos\u00e9 Rijo, who appeared on the 2001 ballot before returning to the major leagues in 2001\u20132002, again became eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nDarryl Kile, who died during the 2002 season, was included on the 2003 ballot under a standard provision for players who die before the five-year waiting period has elapsed; this same provision allowed Rod Beck (who played his last game in 2004 but died in 2007) to appear on the 2008 ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nThe ballot included two Rookie of the Year Award winners: David Justice and Chuck Knoblauch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nPlayers eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Luis Alicea, Alex Arias, Andy Benes, Mike Benjamin, Dennis Cook, Delino DeShields, Darrin Fletcher, Rich Garc\u00e9s, Chris Haney, Dave Hollins, Bobby J. Jones, Tom Lampkin, Darren Lewis, Mike Magnante, Dave Mlicki, Mike Morgan, Hip\u00f3lito Pichardo, Armando Reynoso, Henry Rodr\u00edguez, Lee Stevens, Greg Swindell, Mike Trombley, John Valentin, Randy Velarde, Ed Vosberg, and Mark Wohlers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nOf the newly eligible candidates, the only one who amassed enough votes to remain on the BBWAA ballot was Raines. This contrasts with the 2007 voting, when Cal Ripken, Jr. and Tony Gwynn were inducted at the first opportunity, and two other newcomers, Mark McGwire and Harold Baines, received enough votes to remain on the ballot. McGwire, who received 128 votes in 2007, got the same number of votes in 2008. Baines, whose 29 votes in 2007 kept him on the ballot by two votes, lost one vote in 2008, remaining on the ballot with exactly the minimum requirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nAlso notable was Jim Rice falling short of election, this time by 16 votes. He was on the ballot for the 15th and final time in 2009, finally earning induction that year alongside newcomer Rickey Henderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections\nThe Veterans Committee election process, radically changed in 2001, was revamped yet again in July 2007. The changes that most directly affected this election involved elections of non-players (managers, umpires and executives). Under the 2001 rules, elections of non-players would be held every fourth year on a \"composite ballot\". No candidate was elected from the composite ballot in 2003 or 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections\nWith the 2007 rules changes, the composite ballot was split into two separate ballots\u2014one for managers and umpires and the other for executives. Also, the voting membership of the Committee, which previously included all living members of the Hall, was now reduced to include just a handful of those members, plus additional executives and sportswriters (only one of whom had been among the previous electorate). Voting for both the managers/umpires and executives ballots will now take place prior to inductions in even-numbered years, starting with 2008. To be eligible, managers and umpires need to be retired for at least five years, or for at least six months if they are age 65 or older, while executives need to be either retired or at least age 65.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections\nA Historical Overview Committee of eleven sportswriters appointed by the BBWAA's Board of Directors met to develop a ballot of 10 managers and umpires; the committee members were: Dave Van Dyck (Chicago Tribune), Bob Elliott (Toronto Sun), Rick Hummel (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), Steve Hirdt (Elias Sports Bureau), Moss Klein (Newark Star-Ledger), Bill Madden (New York Daily News), Ken Nigro (formerly Baltimore Sun), Jack O'Connell (MLB.com), Nick Peters (The Sacramento Bee), Tracy Ringolsby (Rocky Mountain News) and Mark Whicker (The Orange County Register).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections\nThe managers/umpires list was submitted to a 16-member panel composed of 10 Hall of Famers (8 players and 2 managers), 3 executives and 3 veteran media members for a final vote. A separate ballot of 10 executives was developed by a 12-member panel including 7 executives, 2 players and 3 writers, which was the same committee which did the final voting in that area. On November 8, 2007, the final ballots were released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0014-0002", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections\nEach panel member could vote for up to four individuals on each ballot, and each candidate who received 75% of the vote from either panel would be elected; therefore, a maximum of five inductions was possible from each ballot. Voting was conducted at baseball's winter meetings in Nashville, Tennessee on December 2, 2007, with the results announced on December 3; it was the first time since 2001 that the Committee met to discuss candidates, as the previous three elections had been conducted by mail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Managers/umpires ballot\nThe ballot for managers and umpires included seven managers (designated M) and three umpires (designated U), with 12 votes required for election. Candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in later elections are indicated in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Managers/umpires ballot\nSouthworth, who won four National League titles between 1942 and 1948, and Williams, who won American League titles in 1967 and 1972\u201373 and an NL flag in 1984, had been the only eligible managers with at least four league pennants who had not yet been elected to the Hall; Southworth's 1,044 career victories, however, were the fewest by any manager yet elected. The committee members apparently made an effort to vote for as many candidates as they were allowed, casting at least 58 of a possible 64 individual votes (vote totals for four candidates were not released).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Managers/umpires ballot\nHerzog, Martin, Williams and Harvey had previously been on the final composite ballot in the 2007 election. Four of the candidates were still living; at the time the ballot was released, Williams was 78, Harvey 77, Herzog a day shy of his 76th birthday, and Johnson 64. Harvey was the only manager or umpire on the ballot who received majority support in 2007, receiving 52 votes from the 81 committee members who voted that year. The leading vote-getter among managers in 2007 was Williams, who received 30 votes; Herzog was just behind at 29. Harvey and Herzog would both live to be inducted in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Managers/umpires ballot\nThe election committee, which was announced on the same day as the ballot, included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Managers/umpires ballot\nAt the induction ceremonies, St. Louis Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt gave the speech to accept Southworth's induction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot\nOn the executives ballot, 9 votes were required for election; those candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot\nDreyfuss, who owned the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1900 to 1932, and O'Malley, who owned the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1950 to 1979, were the first National League owners since the 1880s to be elected to the Hall; Kuhn \u2014 who died in March 2007 after receiving just 17% of the vote in the January 2007 vote \u2014 had been the only eligible commissioner who served more than five years who had not yet been elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot\nAs with the other committee, voters apparently tried to vote for as many candidates as they were allowed, casting at least 44 of a possible 48 individual votes (vote totals for three candidates were not released). Five of the 10 candidates (Bavasi, Kuhn, Miller, O'Malley and Paul) were holdovers from the 2007 composite ballot, with McHale (who was then a member of the voting committee) being the only one who was not on the initial 2007 list of 60 candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot\nThe four candidates then living (Bavasi, Howsam, McHale and Miller) were all age 86 or older; Bavasi, Howsam and McHale all died within five months of the election. Miller's 51 votes on the 2007 ballot were second overall to Harvey and tops among executives, and made him the only executive to earn majority support that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot\nThe election committee, which was announced on the same day as the ballot, included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot\nAfter the elections, various observers expressed skepticism over the failure to elect Marvin Miller, especially given the selection of Kuhn, his longtime bargaining adversary. It was noted that Miller had received 51 votes (out of 81) in the January 2007 election to Kuhn's 14, when all but one of the 84 eligible voters were former players, managers or members of the media; only two had been former executives, including one (McHale) who had previously played in the major leagues, and one former general manager (Lee MacPhail, father of 2008 committee member Andy).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot\nMiller had also outpolled Kuhn in the 2003 election by a 35-20 margin. In contrast, half of the 2008 committee was made up of six executives who had never been players, serving almost exclusively as team chairmen or CEOs (Andy MacPhail was the sole general manager), and this panel instead favored Kuhn by a 10-3 margin. Miller himself noted that he was unsurprised by the outcome, given the makeup of the revised committee, saying, \"This was done with precision. If you have a set goal in mind, and I think they did, it's not very hard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot\nI'm so able to count votes in advance. Nothing has dimmed with age. No matter how various people involved in the Hall try to put a different gloss on it, it was done primarily to have somebody elected and secondarily to have particular people elected. I don't think this election was about me.\" He added, \"I think it was rigged, but not to keep me out. It was rigged to bring some of these [people] in. It's not a pretty picture. It's demeaning, the whole thing, and I don't mean just to me. It's demeaning to the Hall and demeaning to the people in it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Executives ballot\nAt the induction ceremonies, Andrew Dreyfuss gave the speech to accept the induction of his great-grandfather Barney, former Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley accepted his father Walter's induction, and Paul Degener accepted the induction of his adoptive stepfather Bowie Kuhn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award\nLarry Whiteside received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring a baseball writer. (The award was voted at the December 2007 meeting of the BBWAA but dated 2008 in a break from previous practice that gives a misleading appearance of skipping one year.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award\nThe Spink Award has been presented by the BBWAA at the annual summer induction ceremonies since 1962. It recognizes a sportswriter \"for meritorious contributions to baseball writing\". The recipients are not members of the Hall of the Fame, merely featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Baseball Museum, but writers and broadcasters commonly call them \"Hall of Fame writers\" or words to that effect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award\nThree final candidates, selected by a BBWAA committee, were named on July 10, 2007, in San Francisco in conjunction with All-Star Game activities: Nick Peters of The Sacramento Bee, Dave Van Dyck of the Chicago Tribune, and Larry Whiteside (1937\u20132007) of The Boston Globe. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to cast ballots in voting conducted by mail in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award\nOn December 5 at baseball's winter meetings, Larry Whiteside was announced as the recipient, having received 203 votes out of the 411 ballots cast, with Peters receiving 119 votes and Van Dyck receiving 89. His son Tony gave the acceptance speech on his behalf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nDave Niehaus received the Ford C. Frick Award honoring a baseball broadcaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nThe Frick Award has been presented at the annual summer induction ceremonies since 1978. It recognizes a broadcaster for \"major contributions to baseball\". The recipients are not members of the Hall of the Fame, merely featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Baseball Museum, but writers and broadcasters commonly call them \"Hall of Fame broadcaster\" or words to that effect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nTo be eligible, an active or retired broadcaster must have a minimum of 10 years of continuous major league broadcast service with a ball club, a network, or a combination of the two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nTen finalists were announced on December 4, 2007. In accordance with guidelines established in 2003, seven were chosen by a 20-member committee composed of the 14 living recipients, along with 6 additional broadcasting historians and columnists: Bob Costas (NBC), Barry Horn (The Dallas Morning News), Stan Isaacs (formerly of New York Newsday), Ted Patterson (historian), Curt Smith (historian) and Larry Stewart (Los Angeles Times). The seven finalists chosen by the committee were: Tom Cheek, Ken Coleman, Dizzy Dean, Tony Kubek, Graham McNamee, Dave Niehaus and Dave Van Horne. Three additional candidates \u2013 Joe Nuxhall, Bill King and Joe Morgan \u2013 were selected from a list of 201 candidates through results of voting by fans conducted throughout November at the Hall's official website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 849]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nOn February 19 it was announced that Dave Niehaus, play-by-play announcer for the Seattle Mariners since the team began play in 1977, would be the 2008 recipient. His signature \"My, oh my!\" and \"Get out the rye bread and mustard Grandma, cause it's grand salami time!\" had been the siren call of summer for Seattle fans for 31 years; at the time he was announced as the recipient, he had called 4,817 of their 4,899 games, and was also a 2000 inductee into the Mariners' Hall of Fame. He was selected in a January vote by the same committee which selected the finalists. They voted by mail, and based the selection on the following criteria: longevity; continuity with a club; honors, including national assignments such as the World Series and All-Star Games; and popularity with fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 844]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195778-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award\nThe Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, which \"honors an individual whose extraordinary efforts to enhance baseball's positive impact on society has broadened the game's appeal, and whose character, integrity and dignity reflect the qualities embodied by Buck O'Neil throughout his life and career\", was established by the Hall in October 2007 in memory of O'Neil (1911\u20132006), a former Negro league player and manager, major league coach and scout, and longtime ambassador for the sport. O'Neil was named the first recipient of the honor, which will be bestowed by the Hall's board of directors at a minimum interval of three years. At the 2008 induction ceremonies, Hall of Famer Joe Morgan gave the speech to dedicate and accept the award; a statue of O'Neil, just inside the Hall's entrance, had been unveiled two days earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 911]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195779-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Basel-Stadt Grand Council election\nThe Grand Council of Basel-Stadt election was held on 14 September 2008. It was the first election under the new constitution and a therefore smaller Grand Council of only 100 representatives instead of 130. Because of that all existing parties lost ground, particularly the Social Democratic Party. The Swiss People's Party (SVP) and the Green Party both did relatively well. The Green Liberal Party entered the Grand Council with 5 representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195780-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Basildon District Council election\nThe 2008 Basildon District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195780-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Basildon District Council election, Candidates\nThe Conservative, Labour and British National parties stood in all 14 seats contested, which was an increase from 11 at the 2007 election for the British National party. The Liberal Democrats stood in 13 wards, just not contesting Pitsea North West, while there were 4 United Kingdom Independence Party, 3 Green and 3 independent candidates. The independent candidates included councillor Jane Dyer in Vange, after she left the Labour party just before the election, and former councillor David Harrison in Wickford North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195780-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Basildon District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives increase their majority by 1 after taking Vange ward to hold 29 seats. Conservative Luke Mackenzie became the youngest councillor in Basildon at the age of 22, after taking Vange from independent, formerly Labour, councillor Jane Dyer, who only received 72 votes in the election. Labour remained on 10 seats, with the party 82 votes behind the Conservatives in the contest in Vange. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats remained on 3 seats, but finished behind the British National Party in the share of the vote. Overall turnout in the election was 29%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195780-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Basildon District Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election Lynda Gordon became the first female group leader on Basildon council, after taking over from Nigel Smith as leader of the Labour group. Smith had declared that he would step down as leader of the Labour group before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195780-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Basildon District Council election, Election result\nAll comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2004 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195781-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Basingstoke and Deane Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the 2007 election. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195781-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Background\nAfter the last election in 2007 the Conservatives had a majority on the council with 31 of the 60 seats. However the Conservatives would lose their majority after defeat by the Liberal Democrats in a by-election in Baughurst in January 2008 left the Conservatives with exactly half o the seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195781-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Background\nThe whole council was contested in 2008 instead of the usual third, after changes were made to the boundaries. The changes included abolishing Calleva ward and creating a Bramley and Sherfield ward. Tadley North was split in two, Burghclere was merged with Highclere and St Mary Bourne and the number of seats in Winklebury ward was reduced by one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195781-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Background\nCouncillors standing down at the election included Gwen Richardson and Erica Shaw, while former Labour group leader David Potter and the former Conservative council leader from the 1980s and 1990s, Stephen Reid, attempted to return to the council. Meanwhile, Independent councillor David Leeks, stood for the Conservatives after joining the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195781-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives gain a 10-seat majority on the council after winning 35 of the 60 seats. This was compared to 14 Liberal Democrat, 9 Labour and 2 independent councillors. Among those defeated in the election was the leader of the Labour group on the council, Gary Watts, who lost in South Ham and the mayor Warwick Lovegrove. The former leader of the council Stephen Reid returned to the council in Buckskin, defeating a former mayor Tony Jones. Overall turnout in the election was 37%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195781-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election Conservative Andrew Finney became the new leader of the council succeeding John Leek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195782-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bassetlaw District Council election\nThe 2008 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident\nThe Boys in Red accident was a January 12, 2008 collision just outside the city of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada, between a semi-trailer truck and a van carrying the basketball team from Bathurst High School. The accident killed seven students and the wife of the coach, and injured four other occupants in the van. It was the deadliest transportation accident in New Brunswick since 1989, when a logging truck tipped onto a hayride in Cormier Village, killing 13. It was the deadliest bus accident involving a sports team in Canada until the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident\nThe accident was followed by a national day of mourning in Canada, and a ban on all E350 Ford Club Wagon type vehicles being used for student transport in New Brunswick. Two investigations, one by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the other by Transport Canada, found that the cause of the disaster was a combination of poor road conditions, lack of proper snow tires, and possible driver error. Pressure from the public and victims' families prompted the chief coroner of the province to launch an inquiry, which produced recommendations to improve student transport safety in New Brunswick. The provincial government agreed with the majority of the suggestions and has since enacted many of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Accident\nThe accident occurred on New Brunswick Route 8 shortly after midnight on January 12, 2008, when the team coach was driving the Bathurst High School basketball team northward back from a game in Moncton against the Moncton High School Purple Knights in an E350 Ford Club Wagon. Light freezing rain and low visibility created poor, slippery driving conditions. As the van approached the Bathurst city limits, the coach lost control and veered in front of a southbound semi-trailer truck. The truck collided with the side of the van and the two vehicles came to rest on the shoulder of the southbound lane of the highway approximately 40 metres (130\u00a0ft) from the point of impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Accident\nThe police officer who discovered the wreck initially suspected that only the semi had gone off the road. After further investigation, he found the van and called for emergency services, whose arrival was delayed by freezing rain. The rear wall and a large portion of the right-hand side of the van, including three rows of seats, had been torn away, ejecting several occupants. Seven players and the wife of the team coach were pronounced dead at the scene. The coach, his daughter and the two other players survived the accident and were rushed to Chaleur Regional Hospital in Bathurst. Of the injured, one was listed in critical condition, and two others were stable. The fourth was released shortly after the accident. The driver of the truck was not injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Reaction\nThe accident was met with grief and condolences from New Brunswick and around Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Reaction\nJohn McLaughlin, School District 15 Superintendent, stated that the community of Bathurst was in a state of shock and mourning. McLaughlin also noted that the coach held the appropriate license to drive the vehicle and that there were no laws or regulations in the province which regulated team transportation in the event of poor weather. He also added:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Reaction\nThat's really hard because you have to gauge the weather each time you have to make a decision. As for what happened last night, I can't comment. I don't have that information. But in general, our people take great care in making decisions based on the information that they have at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Reaction\nPremier Shawn Graham said \"I just want to extend sympathies to the affected families. This is a tragic situation for the community of Bathurst and our province.\" Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper said the incident had \"shocked the nation\" and called for a day of mourning. Valery Vienneau, Bishop of Bathurst, read a message on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI stating: \"[The Pope] expresses sentiments of deep sympathy and spiritual closeness to the members of their families and to all staff and students who have been touched by this tragedy. The Pope assures all concerned of his prayers for those who died and for their families.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Reaction\nOn January 16, all sports-related extracurricular activities in New Brunswick were cancelled. Services were held across the country. Some schools asked students to wear red and black, the colours of Bathurst High School. The funeral for the seven deceased players was held in Bathurst at the K. C. Irving Regional Centre, which was filled with 6,000 people. An additional 3,500 mourners filled the adjacent rink to watch the service on a widescreen television. Elizabeth Lord's private funeral followed the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Investigation\nBoth the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Transport Canada conducted investigations into the accident. The RCMP released its report on July 29, 2008. The report stated that the van would not have passed a safety inspection at the time of the accident because of rust in its body, worn all-season tires, and faulty brakes. None of these factors could be identified as the sole cause of the accident, but the report noted that \"together, they certainly contributed\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Investigation\nThe report added that speed was not a factor in the crash, as the van was only travelling about 73 kilometres per hour (45\u00a0mph) and the truck at approximately 80 kilometres per hour (50\u00a0mph) at the time of impact, both of which were well below the posted limit of 100 kilometres per hour (62\u00a0mph). The van had been inspected on October 29, 2007, just over two months prior to the collision, and was four months away from its next inspection. The report resulted in public questioning of New Brunswick's motor vehicle inspection program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Investigation\nTransport Canada released its report on July 30, 2008. It blamed weather conditions, but also focused on driver fatigue and driver error. It cited several breaches of provincial law regarding the operation of commercial vehicles. The coach had been on duty for sixteen hours when the collision happened, contravening the law that one cannot drive if they have been working more than fourteen consecutive hours. The report also identified inadequate pre-trip inspections and log book keeping, and the lack of a contingency plan in the event of poor weather. Transport Canada stated that although they put an added emphasis on some factors, their report was consistent with the RCMP's. They concurred that the vehicle would have failed an inspection in its pre-collision state because of worn tires and brakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 858]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Investigation\nSix of the dead were not wearing seat belts, while a seventh was not properly restrained. Greg Sypher, a collision analyst and principal Transport Canada investigator, later suggested that seat belts most likely would not have saved all the victims' lives. One player's father credits the fact that his son, was not wearing his seatbelt for his son's survival, saying that if he had not been thrown to the floor just before the collision he may also have died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Legal\nOn November 12, 2008, the RCMP ruled out laying criminal charges in relation to the accident. It stated that the finding had been reviewed by a Crown prosecutor and that no wrongdoing was found. The families of two of the deceased expressed disapproval of the decision and indicated that they may bring a lawsuit against several of the involved parties, though others have publicly stated that they accepted the decision. The chief coroner of the province stated that a provincial inquest was possible, though it would take some time to come to any decision on the matter. No decision on whether or not to have an inquest was made for over a month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Legal\nTwo families accused the Department of Public Safety of \"dragging its feet\". These families stated that they wanted a \"Van Angels\" law that would require any driver taking students outside of their community to possess a Class 2 driver's license. They also wanted a weather law that would prevent students from travelling outside of their communities during severe weather. Ana Acevedo and Isabelle Hains, mothers of two of the deceased, went so far as to launch a website, vanangels.ca, which is dedicated to the memory of their sons and contains a blog related to the accident formerly included a petition to hold an inquest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Legal\nOn December 17, 2008, Greg Forestell, the province's acting chief coroner, called for an inquiry into the accident, stating that  \"[t]he inquest gives us the opportunity to pull all those facts together in a comprehensive manner and look at the issues in their entirety and have the jury make recommendations for prevention.\" The decision was met with much approval from the victims' families. The inquest began on May 4, 2009 and lasted until May 14. It included testimony from survivors, experts, and provincial officials. The inquest did not blame anyone directly for the accident, but the jury returned 24 recommendations. Kelly Lamrock stated that the province intended to implement the \"vast majority\" of these recommendations and that a third of them had already been initiated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Legal, Atlantic Wholesalers Limited and Loblaws lawsuit\nOn December 22, 2009 Atlantic Wholesalers Limited and Loblaws filed a joint claim against the coach and Bathurst Van Inc. In the lawsuit the plaintiffs complained that negligence on behalf of the defendants was responsible for the crash. Atlantic Wholesalers and Loblaws argue that they are owed $40,667.86 in damages, and an additional $847.50 to cover the clean-up costs. After extensive press coverage and public backlash, Atlantic Wholesalers and Loblaws attempted to defend their action stating that this action was \"normal insurance procedures follow an accident of this nature\". Public outrage spread and on January 8, 2010, Loblaws dropped the suit for unspecified reasons after enormous public backlash with numerous persons calling for a boycott of the chain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 861]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Aftermath\nFollowing the accident, New Brunswick immediately halted the use of 15-passenger vans and began a thorough review of transportation policy; many other provinces later did the same. At the time of the tragedy only Nova Scotia had a ban on 15-passenger vans, following an accident in 1984.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Aftermath\nMany at Bathurst High School speculated that its senior varsity basketball team would not be able to continue after the crash. Only five team members remained, including three students who did not go to Moncton because of illness. Despite this, the Bathurst Phantoms' basketball team defeated the Campobello Vikings 82\u201350 to win the Provincial AA championship the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Aftermath, Recommendations\nOn August 26, 2008, a government working group presented New Brunswick Education Minister Kelly Lamrock with eight recommendations for extracurricular transportation. The recommendations included that guidelines for transporting students to school-related extracurricular activities be strengthened, that a school bus be used when transporting ten or more students, that vehicles be equipped with snow tires if travelling between October 15 and April 30, and that the district superintendent be charged with responsibility for ensuring safe transportation of students to and from extracurricular activities. Lamrock initially suggested that schools voluntarily follow the recommendations, though they were later made into enforceable policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Aftermath, Recommendations\nOne major effect of the recommendations is that, as of November 2008, it is mandatory that all vehicle operators who intend to use their vehicles to transport students between extracurricular activities be covered by a Third Party Liability and Accident Benefit policy. These policies must be in the amount of no less than CAD$1 million for vehicles with a capacity of fewer than 10 passengers, and no less than CAD$5 million for vehicles with a capacity of 10 or more. This also applies to parents driving others' children to school related extracurricular activities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Aftermath, Recommendations\nThe changes were met with critical reception in the province. Many students are now required to pay higher sports fees to cover higher transportation costs. Some schools do not have access to approved vehicles because the Education Act prohibits schools and school districts from owning vehicles. To get around this they use corporate entities to operate vehicles for extracurricular activities. These require money to buy new vehicles and the required insurance, which often requires schools to conduct extra fundraising.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Memorial\nA memorial for the victims was unveiled on June 6, 2008, at Bathurst High School. An archway with a basketball net was placed in a courtyard behind the school. The memorial was funded by donations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Memorial\nA temporary memorial at the crash site consisting of two basketball nets and flowers was also erected, and one of the nets featuring pictures of the players remained there as of August 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Memorial\nA permanent \"Boys in Red\" memorial for the victims of the van crash has been erected on an empty lot on King Avenue in the city's downtown area near the Bathurst High School. The memorial was erected in a small walking park near the school. It consists of seven vertical columns of red quartz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195783-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Memorial\nThe site has been used for a memorial space in the past as 2 small stones with plaques are placed by the st john st sidewalks of the park with 2 small trees erected as a memorial of 2 Bathurst High students who were among the class of 2001 who died in automobile accidents as well a few months before graduation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195784-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Baton Rouge mayoral election\nThe 2008 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on October 4, 2008 to elect the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor-president Kip Holden. Since Holden won an outright majority in the first round, no runoff was necessitated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195785-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships\nThe 2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships was the 29th edition of that tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts. It was classified as a Tier II event on the 2008 WTA Tour. The event took place at the Racquet Park at the Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, Florida, U.S. from April 7 through April 13, 2008. The tournament offered total prize money of US$600,000. First-seeded Maria Sharapova won the singles title and earned $95,500 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195785-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships, Review\nMaria Sharapova, in her first event appearance, defeated Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1 in the final to become the champion. This was also her first clay court title. Other top ten players appearing included Anna Chakvetadze, Australian Open semi-finalist Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and Marion Bartoli. Other notable names participating were three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport and Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195785-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships, Finals, Doubles\nBethanie Mattek /  Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1 defeated  Victoria Azarenka /  Elena Vesnina, 6\u20133, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195786-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships \u2013 Doubles\nThe women's doubles draw for the 2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195787-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships \u2013 Singles\nTatiana Golovin was the defending champion, but withdrew from the tournament with injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195787-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships \u2013 Singles\nMaria Sharapova won the title, defeating Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1 in the final 7\u20136(9\u20137), 6\u20133. This was Sharapova's 19th career title, but her first title on clay, after 7 years on the WTA tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195787-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top 8 seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195788-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bavarian Cup\nThe 2008 Bavarian Cup was the eleventh edition of this competition, organised by the Bavarian Football Association (BFV), which was started in 1998. It ended with the SpVgg Unterhaching winning the competition. Together with the finalist, SpVgg Ansbach, both clubs were qualified for the 2008\u201309 DFB-Pokal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195788-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bavarian Cup\nThe competition is open to all senior men's football teams playing within the Bavarian football league system and the Bavarian clubs in the Regionalliga S\u00fcd (III) and 3. Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195788-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bavarian Cup, Rules & History\nThe seven Bezirke in Bavaria each play their own cup competition which in turn used to function as a qualifying to the German Cup (DFB-Pokal). Since 1998 these seven cup-winners plus the losing finalist of the region that won the previous event advance to the newly introduced Bavarian Cup, the Toto-Pokal. The two finalists of this competition advance to the German Cup. Bavarian clubs which play in the first and second Bundesliga are not permitted to take part in the event. The seven regional cup winners plus the finalist from last season's winners region are qualified for the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195788-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bavarian Cup, Participating clubs\nThe following eight clubs qualified for the 2006 Bavarian Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195788-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bavarian Cup, 2008\u201309 DFB-Pokal\nThe two clubs, SpVgg Unterhaching and SpVgg Ansbach, who qualified through the Bavarian Cup for the DFB Cup 2008-09 both were knocked out in the first round of the national cup competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195789-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bavarian state election\nThe 2008 Bavarian state election was held on 28 September 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Bavaria. The result was a historic defeat for the Christian Social Union (CSU), which had governed with a majority uninterrupted since 1962, and had won over 60% of the vote in the 2003 election. Despite polling suggesting that the party would retain its majority with losses, it suffered a 17% swing and came up two seats short of a majority, its worst result since 1954. Minister-President and CSU leader G\u00fcnther Beckstein subsequently resigned from both posts, and the Landtag elected Horst Seehofer as his successor after the CSU and Free Democratic Party (FDP) came to a coalition agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195789-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bavarian state election\nThe Free Voters of Bavaria entered the Landtag for the first time with 10% of the vote; the FDP also won seats for the first time in 14 years. The Left competed in its first Bavarian election, recording a modest result of 4.3%, but failing to win any seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195789-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bavarian state election, Parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the 15th Landtag of Bavaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195790-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bayelsa State gubernatorial by-election\nThe 2008 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred on May 24, 2008. Incumbent PDP Governor Timipre Sylva won re-election in the supplementary election, defeating AC candidate, Ebitimi Amgbare, to emerge winner. Sylva won in six LGAs of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195790-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bayelsa State gubernatorial by-election\nTimipre Sylva emerged winner in the PDP gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Peremobowei Ebebi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195790-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bayelsa State gubernatorial by-election, Electoral system\nThe Governor of Bayelsa State is elected using the plurality voting system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195790-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bayelsa State gubernatorial by-election, Results\nThe two main contenders registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the re-run election were PDP Governor Timipre Sylva, who won the contest by polling 538,204 votes, and AC's Ebitimi Amgbare, who follows closely with 26,635 votes. There were 588,399 valid votes altogether.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195791-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bayern\u2013Rundfahrt\nThe 2008 Bayern\u2013Rundfahrt was the 29th edition of the Bayern\u2013Rundfahrt cycle race and was held on 28 May to 1 June 2008. The race started in Freyung and finished in Erlangen. The race was won by Christian Knees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195792-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Baylor Bears football team\nThe 2008 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Art Briles in his first year in the position. They played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195792-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Baylor Bears football team, Preseason\nTwo Baylor players, linebacker Joe Pawelek and defensive back Jordan Lake, made the preseason All-Big 12 team. Pawelek made at least 86 tackles in each of the previous two seasons, while Lake posted 120 tackles, two interceptions, forced two fumbles, and recovered two in 2007. Lake was Baylor's only all-Big 12 postseason selection in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195792-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Baylor Bears football team, Preseason\nThe Bears returned 15 starters, including 9 on offense, and 6 on defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195792-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Baylor Bears football team, Preseason\nIn their preseason countdown, Rivals.com ranked the Bears' 2008 squad 92nd out of all 120 Division I FBS teams. The official Big 12 media preseason poll picked the Bears to finish last in the Big 12 South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195792-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Baylor Bears football team, Postseason\nThree Baylor players\u2014Jason Smith, Jordan Lake, and Joe Pawelek\u2014made the All-Big 12 first team. Derek Epperson and Dan Gay received honorable mention, while Robert Griffin III was named Offensive Freshman of the Year. Griffin became Baylor's second Big 12 individual award winner, joining Daniel Sepulveda, who won Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195793-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beach Handball World Championships\nThe 2008 Beach Handball World Championships are a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held in the Cadiz at Cadiz beach in Andalusia, Spain between July 9 and July 13 .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195794-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings\nOn August 9, 2008 in the People's Republic of China, two American tourists and their Chinese tour guide were stabbed at the historic Beijing Drum Tower; one of the tourists was killed. The assailant then committed suicide by jumping from the tower. The incident occurred during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The incident has been described as isolated since attacks on foreigners while visiting China are rare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195794-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings, Stabbing attack\nThree people were stabbed in Beijing, China, on August 9, 2008, by 47-year-old Tang Yongming of Hangzhou, while visiting the 13th-century Drum Tower in Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics. The attacker then leapt to his death from a 40-metre (130\u00a0ft) high balcony on the Drum Tower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195794-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings, Stabbing attack\nThe victims were Todd Bachman, a prominent horticulturalist from Lakeville, Minnesota, his wife Barbara, and their female Chinese national tour guide. Todd Bachman, who died in the attack, was the father of American athlete Elisabeth Bachman and the father-in-law of Team USA men's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon. Barbara Bachman was severely wounded but survived the attack. The female Chinese tour guide was listed in stable condition at the Chinese hospital, as was Mrs. Bachman. One of the Bachmans' daughters, Elisabeth Bachman McCutcheon, was also on the tour but was uninjured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195794-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings, Perpetrator\nTang Yongming spent most of his life in the outskirts of Hangzhou, and was a metal presser at the Hangzhou Meter Factory for more than twenty years. He had no previous criminal record, according to investigators. Investigators reported that Tang was distraught over family problems. A colleague who knew Tang said that he had \"an unyielding mouth\", \"grumbled a great deal\", and was \"very cynical\". Another former co-worker said Tang 'had a quick temper and was always complaining about society\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195794-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings, Perpetrator\nPolice report that Tang went through his second divorce in 2006 and grew increasingly despondent when his 21-year-old son started getting into trouble. The son was detained in May 2007 on suspicion of fraud, then received a suspended prison sentence in March 2008 for theft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195794-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings, Aftermath\nUS Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth and US President George W. Bush each offered their condolences. The United States Embassy issued a statement, that argued that as the Chinese tour guide was also hurt in the attack, it was not specifically aimed at Americans and was not related to the Olympics. US Ambassador Clark T Randt visited the victims while they were being treated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195794-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings, Aftermath\nShortly after the attacks, the tower was closed to tourists with the surrounding area still open to tourists. Chinese officials increased the police presence with 110,000 officers and 1.7 million volunteers stationed near the Olympics to alleviate safety concerns. Beijing Olympic official Wang Wei, announced that there would be extra security checks implemented at some scenic areas, and large outdoor screens used to view the games around Beijing were muted or turned off to avoid large crowds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195795-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Guoan F.C. season\nThe  2008 Beijing Guoan F.C. season  was their 5th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League, established in 2004, and 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. They competed at the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195795-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, First team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament\nThe 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament (Chinese: \u5317\u4eac2008\u6b66\u672f\u6bd4\u8d5b; pinyin: B\u011bij\u012bng 2008 w\u01d4sh\u00f9 b\u01d0s\u00e0i) was a wushu competition which was held from August 21 to 24, 2008 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing, China. The tournament was organised by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), the International Wushu Federation (IWUF), and the Chinese Wushu Association (CWA), and was held in tandem with the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament\nThe competition consisted of ten taolu events (5 male, 5 female), and five sanshou events (3 male, 2 female). The Chinese team dominated the competition with eight gold medals followed by Russia and Hong Kong which earned two gold medals each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Background\nStarting in the 1970s, the government of the People's Republic of China started to consider sport as a possible medium for friendly international exchange. One sport the PRC was very interested in developing was modern wushu. In 1982, the General Administration of Sport of China officially proclaimed that wushu practitioners had a duty 'to promote wushu to the world' with the ultimate goal of wushu becoming an official event at the Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Background\nThe International Wushu Federation (IWUF) was founded 1990 Asian Games, and over a decade later, it was fully recognised by the International Olympic Committee during the 113th IOC Congress at the 2002 Winter Olympics. This development along with Beijing's successful bid in hosting the 2008 Olympics presented the opportunity for wushu to be included in the Games, but as Jacques Rogge became the new president of the IOC in 2002, he announced the IOC's plans to reduce the number of the events at the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Background\nThis led to the creation of the Olympic Programme Commission which called for changes and reevaluations within the Olympic programme. Despite this, the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), the IWUF, and the Chinese Wushu Association (CWA) began to lobby extensively for the official inclusion of wushu. Athletes and organisations argued that the inclusion of the sport would help culturally diversify the Games and hoped that wushu would follow the same Olympic path as judo and taekwondo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Background\nIn the August of 2002, the Olympic Programme Commission under Chairman Franco Carraro recommended to the IOC executive board that wushu should not be admitted to the 2008 Summer Olympics, and reasoned that it was not a sport of global appeal and that it would add no substantial value to the Games. Shortly after this meeting though, the IOC reversed their decision and stated that the sport of wushu was once again under consideration. In 2004, the Olympic Programme Commission introduced new evaluation criteria for Olympic sports to ensure the events would be fair and of high quality. As a result, the IWUF switched to computerised scoring and the International Rules for Taolu Competition were significantly revised. Sanshou rules stayed relatively the same besides switching to computerised scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Background\nIn 2005, IOC President Rogge met with the IWUF President and IOC executive board member Yu Zaiqing at the Chinese Grand Prix and announced that wushu will have no place in the Olympic Games in Beijing, not even as a demonstration sport. After meeting again a few weeks later at the 2005 National Games of China, all parties involved came to a compromise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Background\nDespite the IOC's rule that no international or national sports competition is allowed in the Olympic host city during or one week before or after the Games and also despite the ban on demonstration events since the 1992 Summer Olympics, the IOC specifically permitted the IWUF to organise a wushu tournament alongside the Olympic Games due to wushu's place in traditional Chinese culture. This collaboration was reaffirmed during a meeting at the 2006 World Traditional Wushu Championships, though the IOC did not specify if wushu had demonstration sport status, but referred to it as a 'representation sport.'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Background\nOther than substituting the Olympic rings with the logo of the IWUF, all other elements (e.g. medal design, award presentation & ceremony, graphic elements and colours, volunteers of the tournament, etc.) were identical to the Olympics. Athletes were also allowed to stay in the athletes' village though were only allowed to arrive only a few days before the tournament. The official BOCOG website also included the schedule, results, and profiles of the athletes. Day two of the competition was broadcast on China Central Television (CCTV) but other international channels provided live streaming for other days. The taolu and sanda events took place at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, which was the site for the Handball competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Events\nThe Beijing Wushu Tournament borrowed the same combined-event format which was seen at wushu competitions such as the Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, and the National Games of China. The events contested were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Qualification\n128 athletes from 43 countries took part in the Beijing Wushu Tournament. National federations were not allowed to send more than eight taolu and sanshou athletes to the competition. Since China was the hosting nation, any of its athletes which competed at the 2007 world championships would qualify. Unlike the IOC, the IWUF recognises the Macau Olympic Committee and athletes representing Macau were allowed to compete in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Qualification, Taolu\nBesides the typical awarding of medals per each taolu event at the 2007 world championships, all athletes were ranked based on their combined scores from the proposed events at the Beijing Wushu Tournament (ie. daoshu and gunshu; jianshu and qiangshu; etc.). All athletes which ranked within the top six of a combined category or changquan (as ranking was done based only on the singular event) qualified for the Beijing Wushu Tournament. The IWUF then distributed 20 wild cards to various national federations to send more athletes. A national federation could enter only one athlete per each event and all athletes could compete in only one event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Qualification, Taolu\nAs Chinese athletes at the 2007 world championships would automatically qualify for the Beijing Wushu Tournament, all of them opted not to participate in their second events after winning gold medals in their first events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Qualification, Sanshou\nAll sanshou athletes who placed in the top eight in the selected events for this competition (men's 56\u00a0kg, 70\u00a0kg or 80\u00a0kg; women's 52\u00a0kg or 60\u00a0kg) at the 2007 world championships qualified for the tournament. Vacancies due to illness, injury, or nonavailability were not filled, hence the unusual distribution of participants and rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195796-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, Medal summary\nSince the Beijing Wushu Tournament was not officially connected to the Olympic Games, medals earned were not added to the official Olympics medal tally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195797-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's changquan\nThe men's changquan competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held on August 22 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195797-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's changquan, Background\nThe favorite of the competition, Yuan Xiaochao, had been undefeated in changquan in international competitions since 2005 which included gold medal victories at the World Wushu Championships, the Asian Games, and at the East Asian Games. Aung Si Thu and Ang Eng Chong were also projected favorites as they were the silver and bronze medalists respectively at the 2007 World Wushu Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195797-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's changquan, Background\nAt the Beijing Wushu Tournament, Yuan Xiaochao clearly dominated the competition with a wide margin and thus won the gold medal. The silver medalist Semen Udelov and bronze medalist Ehsan Peighambari impressed with their performances as Udelov ranked 7th and Peighambari ranked 24th at the 2007 World Wushu Championships. Both athletes were also selected through the wild card process by Russia and Iran respectively since they did not originally qualify by placing in the top six. Daisuke Ichikizaki, who was another close contender, missed the silver medal due to a 0.1 deduction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195797-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's changquan, Results\nThe event was judged with the degree of difficulty component.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195798-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's daoshu and gunshu\nThe men's daoshu / gunshu all-around competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held on August 21 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195798-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's daoshu and gunshu, Background\nZhao Qingjian and Jia Rui were clearly the favorites ahead of the competition. Zhao was nearing the end of his competitive career, having won multiple times at the World Wushu Championships, East Asian Games, and at the National Games of China. Jia, who was nine years younger, was still starting his international competitive career, but was already a medalist at the 2006 Asian Games, East Asian Games, and the World Wushu Championships. At the 2007 World Wushu Championships, Zhao won the gold medal in daoshu and Jia won the gold medal. Zhao dropped out of the gunshu event and Jia was able to win the gold medal. At the Beijing Wushu Tournament, Zhao Qingjian won both events by a wide margin, obtaining the second-highest combined score in the entire competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 67], "content_span": [68, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195798-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's daoshu and gunshu, Results\nThe events were judged without the degree of difficulty component.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195799-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's jianshu and qiangshu\nThe men's jianshu / qiangshu all-around competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held on August 23 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195799-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's jianshu and qiangshu, Background\nLiu Yang, Lim Yew Lai, and Nguy\u1ec5n Huy Th\u00e0nh were the projected favorites for the competition, as they were the top-three placing athletes in the combined score ranking at the 2007 World Wushu Championships. Another favorite was Gogi Nebulana as he won the gold medal in jianshu at the 2007 world championships, but was ranked fifth in the combined score rankings. Gold medalist in qiangshu, Hei Zhi Hong, would have been another favorite, but he opted to compete in the men's taijiquan event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 70], "content_span": [71, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195799-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's jianshu and qiangshu, Background\nAt the Beijing Wushu Tournament, the final rankings were nearly identical to the results at the 2007 world championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 70], "content_span": [71, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195799-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's jianshu and qiangshu, Results\nBoth events were judged without the degree of difficulty component.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195800-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's nanquan\nThe men's nanquan / nangun all-around competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from August 21 to 22 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195800-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's nanquan, Background\nThe nanquan, nandao, and nangun events at the 2007 World Wushu Championships were tightly contested. In comparison to other events, none of the nanquan athletes were a multi-medalist at the world championships, but Willy Wang and Pui Fook Chien emerged as potential favorites for the Beijing Wushu Tournament since they were one of the few athletes to place in the top eight across the three standard nanquan events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195800-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's nanquan, Background\nAt the tournament, the nanquan event was closely contested with the top five scoring within a range of 0.5 points. In the nangun event, Willy Wang and Pui Fook Chien secured their positions, earning the gold and bronze medal respectively. Peng Wei-Chua made a comeback from fifth place during the first round to winning the silver medal. Willy Wang's victory was hailed by the Philippines media, as the team did not receive any medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195800-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's nanquan, Results\nThe nanquan event was judged with the degree of difficulty component while the nangun was judged without it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195801-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's sanshou 56 kg\nThe men's sanshou 56 kilograms competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from 21 to 24 August at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195802-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's sanshou 70 kg\nThe men's sanshou 70 kilograms competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from 22 to 24 August at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195803-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's sanshou 85 kg\nThe men's sanshou 85 kilograms competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from 21 to 24 August at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195804-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's taijiquan\nThe men's taijiquan / taijijian all-around competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from August 21 to 22 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195804-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's taijiquan, Background\nAt the 2007 World Wushu Championships, China's Wu Yanan and Japan's Yoshihiro Shimoda were the gold medalists in the taijiquan and taijijian events respectively. Two other favorites in this event were Taipei's Chang Ching-Kuei who was the silver medalist in taijiquan and Hong Kong's Hei Zhi Hong who placed third in taijijian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195804-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's taijiquan, Background\nAt the competition during the first round of taijijian, Wu quickly set himself apart from the rest of the competition with a 9.90, the highest score ever received at the Beijing Wushu Tournament. He was followed by Hei who distanced himself from Chang by another wide margin. In the second round of taijiquan, Wu and Hei secured their medal positions and Chang received a low score, leaving Shimoda to make a comeback to receive the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195804-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Men's taijiquan, Results\nThe taijijian event was judged without the degree of difficulty component while the taijiquan event was judged with it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195805-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's changquan\nThe women's changquan competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held on August 21 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195805-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's changquan, Results\nThe event was judged with the degree of difficulty component.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195806-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's daoshu and gunshu\nThe women's daoshu / gunshu all-around competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held on August 21 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195806-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's daoshu and gunshu, Background\nThe favorite of the competition was Jade Xu (then known as Xu Huihui). At the 2007 World Wushu Championships, Xu became a three-time world champion. Geng Xiaoling was another projected favorite, as she won a silver medal in daoshu and a bronze medal in changquan at the 2007 world championships which was also her international debut. Another projected favorite could have been Macau's Xi Cheng Qing who won the gunshu and changquan silver medals at the 2007 world championships, but she decided to compete in the changquan event for this competition and won silver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195806-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's daoshu and gunshu, Background\nAlthough Xu was ranked first in the gunshu event, Geng was able to achieve a superior performance for daoshu and won the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195806-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's daoshu and gunshu, Results\nBoth events were judged without the degree of difficulty component.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195807-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's jianshu and qiangshu\nThe women's jianshu / qiangshu all-around competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from August 21 to 22 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195807-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's jianshu and qiangshu, Results\nBoth events were judged without the degree of difficulty component.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 69], "content_span": [70, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195808-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's nanquan\nThe women's nanquan / nangun all-around competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from August 21 to 22 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195808-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's nanquan, Results\nThe nandao event was judged without the degree of difficulty component while the nanquan event was judged with it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195809-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's sanshou 52 kg\nThe women's sanshou 52 kilograms competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from 21 to 24 August at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195809-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's sanshou 52 kg, Background\nThe top-eight non-Chinese athletes qualified at the 2007 World Wushu Championships. China's Qin Lizi was the 2007 world champion and with her participation in the Beijing Wushu Tournament, the roster ended up with nine competitors. Coincidentally, the results at the tournament were identical with the 2007 world championships, with Qin Lizi being the champion once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195810-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's sanshou 60 kg\nThe women's sanshou 52 kilograms competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from 21 to 24 August at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195811-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's taijiquan\nThe women's taijiquan / taijijian all-around competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from August 22 to 23 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195811-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament \u2013 Women's taijiquan, Results\nThe taijiquan event was judged with the degree of difficulty component while the taijijian event was judged without it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195812-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Belarusian First League\n2008 Belarusian First League was the eighteenth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195812-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2007 season\nThree top teams of last season (Savit Mogilev, Granit Mikashevichi and Lokomotiv Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to expansion of Premier League, the promoted teams were replaced by only one team that finished at the bottom of 2007 Belarusian Premier League table (Minsk).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195812-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2007 season\nOne team that finished at the bottom of 2007 season table (Zvezda-BGU Minsk) relegated to the Second League. To compensate for the Premier League expansion, they were replaced by three best teams of 2007 Second League (PMC Postavy, Lida and Spartak Shklov).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195812-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2007 season\nMozyr changed their name to Slavia Mozyr prior to the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195813-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Belarusian Premier League\nThe 2008 Belarusian Premier League was the 18th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 6 and ended on November 16, 2008. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195813-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Belarusian Premier League, Team changes from 2007 season\nDue to league expansion from 14 to 16 teams the only relegated team Minsk, who finished last in 2007, was replaced by three best teams of 2007 First League: Savit Mogilev, Granit Mikashevichi and Lokomotiv Minsk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195813-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Belarusian Premier League, Overview\nBATE Borisov won their 5th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk, bronze medalists MTZ-RIPO Minsk and 2008\u201309 Cup winners Naftan Novopolotsk qualified for the inaugural tournament of Europa League. Due to decision to gradually reduce Premiere League to 12 clubs (14 in 2009, 12 in 2010) three lowest placed teams (Lokomotiv Minsk, Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion) relegated to the First League. The two latter teams disbanded prior to 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195814-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Belarusian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 28 September 2008. The 110 seats in the House of Representatives were at stake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195814-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Belarusian parliamentary election\nLidia Yermoshina, the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission, announced on 29 August that 276 candidates were registered for the election; 365 people initially sought to run, but five withdrew and candidate registration for 84 others was rejected. Just prior to the election, the number of the registered candidates was reduced to 263; 82 of the candidates were members of political parties, the others were non-partisans loyal to the government. They included chief executives of local authorities and medical institutions, and top managers of large enterprises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195814-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Belarusian parliamentary election\nThe election was attempted to be monitored by 925 international and more than 17,000 local observers, including an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) mission consisting of some 450 members from 43 countries. Belarusian citizens abroad were able to cast their votes at 40 polling stations located in 31 countries. Advance voting occurred on September 23 through September 26 and was characterized by active participation: more than 26% of registered voters cast their ballots. Voter turnout was reported to be 76.7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195814-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Belarusian parliamentary election\nAccording to the OSCE, the elections were undemocratic and the work of international observers was seriously hindered as the observers were refused access to the facilities where the votes were counted. But according to a CIS election observation mission, the elections in Belarus conformed to international standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195814-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Belarusian parliamentary election, Results\nAccording to the official results the oppositional parties failed to gain any of the 110 available seats, all of which were given to parties and non-partisan candidates loyal to president Alexander Lukashenko. The Central Election Commission declared this to be due to the overwhelming popular fear of mass demonstrations and of the \"radical political changes\" demanded by the opposition. This declaration was met with immediate anti-governmental demonstrations in the centre of Minsk protesting against electoral fraud. President Lukashenko commented that the opposition in Belarus is financed by foreign countries and is not needed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195815-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Cup Final\nThe 2008 Belgian Cup Final, named Cofidis Cup after the sponsor, was played on Sunday, 18 May 2008 between Gent and Anderlecht, won by Anderlecht. It is the 53rd Belgian Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195816-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Belgian Figure Skating Championships (Dutch: Belgisch Kampioenschap 2008; French: Championnat de Belgique 2008) took place between 23 and 24 November 2007 in Hasselt. Skaters competed in the discipline of ladies' singles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195816-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Figure Skating Championships\nSkaters from United Kingdom and Slovakia competed as guest skaters and their results were discounted from the final results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the 2008 Formula 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 7 September 2008 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the town of Spa, Belgium. It was the 13th race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Felipe Massa for the Ferrari team won the 44-lap race, after the initial winner, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, was penalised for cutting a chicane and gaining an advantage over Ferrari's Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix\nHamilton started from pole position alongside title rival Massa. Hamilton's McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen started from third next to the 2007 winner Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Following a spin by Hamilton on the second lap, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen led most of the race, until rain fell on lap\u00a041 and Hamilton performed the penalised pass. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen crashed on the following lap as the rain became heavier. Massa finished second on the road after Hamilton, followed by Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix\nHamilton received a 25-second penalty, which demoted him to third place and advanced Massa and Heidfeld to first and second positions. McLaren appealed the decision at the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) International Court of Appeal. Their case, however, was declared inadmissible, with the Court ruling that 25-second penalties cannot be challenged. The penalty prompted global press discussion, primarily from the United Kingdom and Italy, with several former drivers questioning the decision. Massa's retroactive victory, with Hamilton, demoted to third, narrowed the gap in the Championship from six points to just two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Background\nHeading into the 13th race of the season, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was leading the Drivers' Championship with 70\u00a0points; Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was in second place with 64\u00a0points. With 57\u00a0points, Ferrari's Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was third, followed by Robert Kubica with 55\u00a0points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari led 121\u00a0points to McLaren's 113.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Background\nFollowing the European Grand Prix on 24 August, mid-season testing took place at Italy's Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Ferrari concentrated on their aerodynamic set-up during tests on Monza's long straights. Massa set the quickest times on the first day, ahead of McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen. BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld was quickest on the second day. Massa spun off into the gravel at the Ascari chicane, bringing a brief halt to testing. Hamilton was fastest on the third day. Kubica lost control of his car and drove off the track, limiting BMW's testing time as minor repairs were performed on the underside of his car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race \u2013 two on Friday, and one on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90\u00a0minutes; the third session, on Saturday morning, lasted for an hour. The first session was held on a dry track under cloudy skies; Massa was fastest with a time of 1:47.284, just quicker than his Ferrari teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. The McLarens of Hamilton and Kovalainen, Alonso, Webber, Bourdais and Vettel completed the top eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Practice\nLight rain during the second session grew momentarily heavier halfway through, forcing the teams to switch to their wet set-ups. Hamilton led for most of the running, before Alonso, Massa and Kovalainen set faster times late in the session on a drying track. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Piquet, Coulthard, Bourdais and Webber all had off-track excursions with little damage done; a Fisichella spin at Stavelot forced the session to be halted for ten minutes while the debris was removed and water was cleared from the track. Conditions had not improved by the following morning for the start of the final period of practice, but a drying track late in the session allowed Heidfeld to record the best time, a 1:47.876, ahead of Kovalainen, Alonso, Hamilton, Massa, Vettel and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nSaturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three\u00a0 parts. In the first 20-minute period, cars finishing 16th or lower were eliminated. The second qualifying period lasted for 15\u00a0 minutes, at the end of which the fastest ten cars went into the final period, to determine their grid positions for the race. Cars failing to make the final period were allowed to be refuelled before the race but those competing in it were not, and so carried more fuel than they had done in the earlier qualifying sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nI did a great lap, but it was not enough to be on pole position. Today, we lacked a bit of speed compared to our main rivals but the race is very long and, over a distance, we know we can be very competitive and therefore we are capable of fighting for the win ... Then, we will have to see what the various strategy choices are and obviously, how the weather evolves. If it was to rain, the race could be turned into a lottery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nHamilton clinched his fifth pole position of the season with a time of 1:47.338, ahead of Felipe Massa, who qualified second 0.34\u00a0seconds behind his McLaren rival. A mistake-free run allowed Kovalainen to take third place on the grid, alongside R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in fourth. Heidfeld took fifth, ahead of Alonso, Webber and Kubica. Bourdais \u2013 after setting the quickest time in the first session \u2013 took ninth, one place ahead of his Toro Rosso teammate Vettel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nToyota driver Jarno Trulli qualified 11th after he experienced problems generating heat into his tyres; his teammate Timo Glock experienced similar problems and lined up from 13th behind Piquet. Coulthard and Rosberg took the next two grid spots, ahead of the Honda pair of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button, who both believed they had maximised the performance of their cars. Force India driver Adrian Sutil, Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima and Fisichella took the final three positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race\nNelson Piquet was the only driver not to start with the softer compound dry-weather tyres on a track which was still drying from morning rain, with the Brazilian opting for the harder tyre available. There was a strong chance of showers predicted during the race. Several cars were slow away on the slippery track, most notably Kovalainen. The main beneficiaries off the line were Piquet and Trulli, who each gained five places. Trulli was hit from behind at the first corner by Bourdais, who also had a quick start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race\nThe Toyota suffered diffuser and gearbox damage from the incident, spinning later in the lap. Kovalainen and Heidfeld also collided at the start. This allowed Alonso to gain several places. Sebastian Vettel locked his brakes and ran wide, losing two places. Fisichella collided with Nakajima on the first lap and had to pit to fix a broken front wing and punctures. Hamilton led from R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen who managed to pass his Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa on the Kemmel straight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race\nOn the second lap, Hamilton spun at La Source and lost his lead to R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen on the next straight. Glock lost several places over the first few laps due to a lack of grip from his tyres. On lap\u00a0ten, Heikki Kovalainen attempted to pass Webber at the Bus Stop chicane, but hit Webber on the side, causing the Australian to spin. Although the McLaren driver later dismissed the contact as \"a racing accident\", he was given a drive-through penalty, which he took on lap\u00a014, dropping him to 15th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race\nBy the ten-lap mark, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had opened a three-second lead over Hamilton. Hamilton was the first of the leaders to pit, on lap\u00a011, followed by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen a lap later. Massa and Alonso pitted on lap\u00a013, with Heidfeld a lap after them. Heidfeld's BMW teammate Robert Kubica pitted on lap\u00a015, along with Bourdais. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen maintained his lead over Hamilton after the round of pit stops, followed by Massa, Alonso and Bourdais.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race\nPiquet retired on lap\u00a013, after spinning off and colliding with a wall. Following the race, the Renault driver blamed damp patches on the track for the incident, adding that \"It's a shame because I'm sure we could have done something today.\" On lap\u00a017, Rubens Barrichello retired with a gearbox problem, suffering from a failing sixth gear and engine over-revving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race\nThe first nine runners continued in the same order until R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Hamilton both took their second pit stops on lap\u00a025, with Alonso pitting on lap\u00a027, Massa on lap\u00a028, and Heidfeld on lap\u00a031. Bourdais and Kubica pitted on laps 32 and 33, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race\nFollowing the second round of pit stops, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was five seconds ahead of Hamilton, but Hamilton began to close in on R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen during the last stint as a result of the tyres better suiting his McLaren Mercedes. Heavy rain began to fall on lap\u00a041. Hamilton closed the gap on R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to under a second, still six\u00a0seconds ahead of Massa. Hamilton attempted to pass R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen at the Bus Stop chicane, but he cut across the corner. Consequently, Hamilton led out of the chicane but allowed R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to re-pass him halfway down the straight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton then passed him again at the La Source hairpin under braking. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen tried to double-back on Hamilton to regain the position but the line was defended, resulting in R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen touching his front wing on Hamilton's rear tyre. The rain started coming down more heavily and Nico Rosberg spun at Fagnes corner, rejoining in front of the two frontrunners and causing Hamilton to run onto the grass. At the next corner, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen spun and gave the lead back to Hamilton. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen then lost control of his Ferrari through the Blanchimont corner and collided with the barrier, ending his race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton was first to finish the race, having cautiously driven his car to the line in very wet conditions, followed by Massa and Heidfeld. Heidfeld rose from ninth position during the final laps due to the superior grip of the intermediate tyres put on during a pit stop two laps prior to the end of the race. Fernando Alonso and Timo Glock similarly benefited from intermediate tyres, Alonso finishing fourth and Glock eighth, having passed Webber on the final corner. Conversely, Toro Rosso drivers Bourdais and Vettel, who were third and fourth with one lap to go, were pushed down to seventh and fifth\u00a0positions due to the lack of grip of their dry-weather tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nTimo Glock was handed a 25-second penalty for overtaking Mark Webber under yellow flags during the final lap of the race. The penalty pushed Glock from eighth to ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nHamilton appeared on the podium and subsequent press conference in the winner's position. When questioned on the incident at the press conference, Hamilton defended his actions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\n[ R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen] pushed me to the point where I would either have been on the kerb and crashed into him or have to go on the escape route, so I went on the escape route. I understood I had to let him past, so I did. I got in his tow and he was ducking and diving left and right and I did the same and managed to get back to the inside of him. But then he hit me at the apex of the corner but I think I was pretty much gone from there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nTwo hours after the race, the FIA stewards for the race issued a statement announcing that Hamilton was guilty of contravening Article\u00a030.3\u00a0(a) of the 2008 FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations and Appendix\u00a0L, Chapter\u00a04, Article\u00a02\u00a0(g) of the International Sporting Code, which both state that cutting a chicane and gaining an advantage is subject to a drive-through penalty. As the race had finished, a 25-second penalty was added to Hamilton's time instead. As a result of this penalty, Massa was promoted to winner of the Grand Prix, and Hamilton was dropped down to third\u00a0position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nOn 9 September, McLaren lodged an official complaint with the FIA about the incident. In the appeal hearing on 22 September, McLaren alleged that they had twice been advised by race director Charlie Whiting that Hamilton had correctly returned the position to R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Furthermore, they presented telemetry evidence suggesting that Hamilton had not only crossed the finish line after R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, but that he was travelling 6.7\u00a0km/h slower at the time. McLaren's lawyer Mark Phillips QC attempted to convince the court that since the penalty was in the form of time added on, the case was valid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThey presented the previous case of Vitantonio Liuzzi at the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix, specifically the FIA's claim that the presiding chief steward at the race, Tony Scott Andrews, had admitted fault in awarding the penalty to Liuzzi. Andrews denied the FIA's allegation. McLaren went on to use the case as a precedent for the Spa incident. The Court stated that this analogy was invalid, since in Liuzzi's case the admissibility of his appeal was not contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nOn 23 September, the Court of Appeal issued its decision, ruling that the appeal was inadmissible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Reaction\nFrom the position where [Hamilton] was, because he cut the chicane, he was [able to pass into turn one]. But if he had would have been behind me through the chicane then it may have been a different story.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Reaction\nSome Formula One drivers believed that Hamilton had gained an advantage. S\u00e9bastien Bourdais of Toro Rosso said that \"the penalty is really rough but in the end it's up to you to give the position back or not. Pretty straightforward\". The view was reiterated by his fellow drivers Nico Rosberg and Jarno Trulli. Trulli believed that \"Hamilton got an advantage by cutting the chicane\", saying, \"Had he stayed on the road, he wouldn't have had the speed to overtake the Ferrari. In the same way at Monza someone could cut the first chicane, catch a rival's draft, and overtake him under braking at Roggia\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Reaction\nFormer world champion Niki Lauda said that he did \"not understand this completely wrong decision\", adding \"It's unbelievable how the best driver in yesterday's race makes no mistakes and only gets six\u00a0points\". He called for the formation of permanent race stewards, instead of the temporary steward system currently in place. He called it \"the worst judgement in the history of F1\", saying, \"It's absolutely unacceptable when three\u00a0[stewards] influence the championship like this\". Three-time world champion Jackie Stewart said that \"F1 attracts the largest capital investment in sport, but it's being overseen by people who are not doing it full-time and we get inconsistent decisions\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Reaction\nThe original penalty received mixed reactions in the world press. Byron Young in Britain's Daily Mirror said that it was the stewards' decision \"that mars sport and turns fans away, that ruins the efforts of even the best competitors, taints the day and leaves fans wondering what exactly they are 'fans' of\". The Finnish daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat noted that though the Grand Prix had \"crushed\" R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's championship dreams, Hamilton had adhered \"with the rules of racing\" in giving the position back. The newspaper put R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's disappointment down to his crash, rather than the chicane incident. In Italy, La Gazzetta dello Sport declared that the decision was justified, stating that Hamilton \"should have waited at least another turn rather than attacking so soon\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Reaction\nThe incident and subsequent court hearing led to a clarification by the FIA, saying that drivers must wait one further corner after cutting a chicane before attempting another overtaking manoeuvre. Formula One driver and a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association Mark Webber said that the clarification had made the issue much clearer:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195817-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Reaction\nLewis would probably never ever have had a crack at Kimi around the outside at the first part of the Bus Stop without knowing he had the option of going onto the asphalt part. I think we've got to get on top of the chicanes going forward, and we're not too far away from that at the moment, where drivers know that if you gain a position or gain an advantage, you have to give it back a bit more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195818-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Belgian Super Cup\nThe 2008 Belgian Super Cup is a football match that was played on 9 August 2008, between league winners Standard Li\u00e8ge and cup winners Anderlecht. Standard won 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum\nA national referendum, the nation's first, was held in Belize on February 7, 2008, coinciding with the 2008 general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum\nThe question asked was: \"Should the Senate of Belize be elected?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum\nWhile approved by 61% of voters with a 46% turnout, the referendum was only consultative, and the government chose not to implement the result, considering the low turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum, Background\nEver since independence from Great Britain in 1981, Belize has had its upper house appointed. Currently, there are 12 senators and a President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum, Background\nAn elected Senate, according to its proponents, would return the decision over control of the nation's resources and development to the Belizean people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum, Discussion\nEarlier in the year, Prime Minister Said Musa had given tacit support to the idea of an elected Senate, and eventually brought up the matter in session of the House of Representatives on December 19, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum, Discussion\nMusa introduced a bill to allow for a referendum, to be held in 2008 likely alongside the general elections, to determine Belizeans' thoughts on the issue. The Opposition, led by Dean Barrow, argued against going to a referendum on the basis that Belizeans had not been given enough time for discussion of the issue and charged that the governing People's United Party was trying to hijack the issue to gain votes at the general elections due in the first half of 2008. The PUP countered that the opposition United Democratic Party were on \"the wrong side of history\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum, Announcement of referendum and reaction\nPrime Minister of Belize Said Musa, on Monday January 7, 2008, announced that he had asked the Governor General, Sir Colville Young, to issue a writ of referendum to be held the same day as the general election. There is precedent for multiple voting in Belize: the 2003 elections for general and municipal were held on the same day. In anticipation of the announcement the PUP had released ads condemning the UDP position and encouraging Belizeans to vote for them as well as to vote in favour of an elected Senate, linking the two together. The PUP released its proposal for an elected Senate on January 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum, Announcement of referendum and reaction\nThe Opposition UDP announced on January 8 that it had asked its supporters to either boycott the poll or vote \"no\". It trumpeted its alternate plan as a solution. Party leader Barrow amended the position later on by simply asking supporters to vote \"no.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum, Announcement of referendum and reaction\nReaction from the third parties was mixed. Even as many welcome the referendum, they are cautious about mixing it with the general election. Senator Godwin Hulse, Kevin Herrera and Henry Gordon of SPEAR have presented an alternate plan for the elected Senate as part of a list of reforms, to widespread discussion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum, Procedure\nThe referendum was held to the same procedures as a general election. All registered voters over 18 were eligible to participate. Separate places in the polling stations were provided for the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum, Procedure\nThe voting for the referendum began at 7:00 AM CST (1300 UTC) on election day and finished at 6:00 PM CST (0000 UTC Friday). Counting of votes began at the various counting stations beginning after the counting of votes for the general elections and continuing until a simple majority was reached which declared support or dissent for the question.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195819-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean constitutional referendum, Results\nThe referendum passed with over 61 percent of the vote nationwide and won in 30 out of 31 constituencies. Only the Queen's Square constituency in Belize City voted against it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election\nGeneral elections were held in Belize on 7 February 2008. Beginning with this election, Belizeans elected 31 members to the House of Representatives of Belize instead of 29. In what was considered an upset, the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) won the election with 25 out of 31 seats; the ruling People's United Party won six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election\nThe elections were held alongside a constitutional referendum had also been called to determine the views of Belizeans on an elected Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Background\nIn August 2003 Cayo South Area Rep. Agripino Cawich of the PUP died, triggering a by-election in the constituency, only the second held in Belize since independence. The by-election was won by the UDP's John Saldivar, who had lost to Cawich in the general election earlier in 2003. Saldivar's win flipped the constituency to the UDP column and increased the party's caucus to eight for the remainder of the term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Background\nBeginning in March 2007 and continuing through April 22, Belize's 193 villages held council elections on Sundays of every weekend except for Easter. While the Village Council elections are supposed to be non-partisan, the major parties and independents considered them a litmus test for the general elections. From the very beginning, back and forth charges of inaccurate statistics and party favoritism have stained the elections, with both the blue and the red claiming victory in the majority of contested seats. Press releases from both parties claim victory. The results are detailed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Background\nPrime Minister Said Musa twice had chances to dissolve the House of Representatives in session, on November 16, 2007 and December 19, 2007; both times he passed. However, Musa committed to calling elections before March 2008, the date when they were last held. With the announcement on Monday, January 7, 2008, the House was dissolved from that date. 93 candidates from six parties were nominated Monday, January 21, 2008 and elections were held on Thursday, February 7, 2008. The date chosen was one day behind Ash Wednesday, February 6; according to local media three elections have been called on an Ash Wednesday during Musa's term, of which he has won two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Campaign, People's United Party\nCampaigning kicked off in earnest from as early as summer 2007. The ruling PUP have rolled out a number of programs designed to woo the electorate, including the promise of free textbooks for primary school students, improved infrastructure on the deep southside of Belize City and a planned rollout of a health insurance scheme in early 2008. Prime Minister Said Musa spent much of the early summer touring the South and West and continued his tour of the country in September and October. The PUP held a press conference on January 7, 2008 and announced pay increases for soldiers, teachers and public officers to take place after the general election. They released their manifesto \"Believe in Belize-The BLUEprint\" on January 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Campaign, United Democratic Party\nThe United Democratic Party, for its part, concentrated on shoring up support in the districts and fighting fires in the various municipal governments they have controlled since March 2006. Party Leader Dean Barrow has likewise toured much of the country since June. Both parties' journalism machinery have dug up various scandals on either side. The Elections and Boundaries Department have noted an increase in the number of voter transfers between divisions, usually done in July and August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Campaign, United Democratic Party\nThe UDP released its election manifesto, Imagine the Possibilities: 2008-13, to a cheering crowd of supporters at its party headquarters in Belize City on January 16, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Campaign, Third party announcements\nSeveral third parties participated. Among them are established parties Vision Inspired by the People out of Belmopan and We the People Reform Movement from the North, Cornelius Dueck's National Reform Party and Wil Maheia's People's National Party", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Campaign, Third party announcements\nAttempts by third parties to unify have largely proven unsuccessful. The Amandala of March 18, 2007 indicated that the PNP and WTP had formed an alliance (later named the National Belizean Alliance (NBA)) and were expected to announce their combined slate soon. The parties wrote joint letters to the Amandala in pre-election issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Campaign, Third party announcements\nEach party separately nominated candidates: VIP nominated 11 candidates, as did the NRP, and the NBA nominated four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Campaign, Third party announcements\nIn the Amandala of Sunday, March 11, former party the National Reality Truth Creation Party returned to the political scene with a full page ad endorsing one Ebony Babb for Queen's Square; the ad also extolled the Christian virtues of the party, led by musician Jorge Ernesto Babb. The ad appealed to all \"natural Creole born Belizeans\" to support the NRTCP in 2008. Subsequent announcements by the NRTCP in the Amandala include Babb himself as a candidate in Freetown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Campaign, Third party announcements\nIn November 2007, the major parties confronted each other over an inflammatory political sign in Belize City; a number of individuals were either arrested or threatened with arrest, including Mayor Zenaida Moya. The incident drew the ire of third parties such as the NBA and VIP and led to the signing of a \"gentleman's agreement between all major political parties at the request of the Police Department. Despite the signing of this agreement, reports of continued vandalism of signs and inflammatory television commercials continue to circulate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Campaign, Candidates\nThis list represents the nominations received by the Elections and Boundaries Department on Nomination Day, January 21.Bold indicates incumbent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Campaign, Candidates\nMax Samuels in Belize Rural North, Florencio Marin Senior in Corozal South East, Dave Burgos in Orange Walk East, Ismael Cal in Orange Walk South, Ainslie Leslie in Cayo North and Sylvia Flores in Dangriga are not seeking reelection. All represented the People's United Party in their constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Opinion polls\nThe Society for the Promotion of Education and Research (SPEAR) released the results of an opinion poll conducted in conjunction with SJC's Belizean Studies Centre in October 2005. In an election 49% of voters would consider voting for a third party; between the current parties 34.5% said they would vote for the PUP and the rest for the UDP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Opinion polls\nAs a followup, SPEAR conducted a second poll released on October 31, 2006 (). When asked who they would vote for, 32% said UDP, 11.8% PUP and 22% a third party. Smaller numbers either said they would not vote at all or declined to say who they would vote for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Opinion polls\nThe nation's largest newspaper, the Amandala, headlined that more than half of Belizeans had rejected the PUP and UDP by either supporting a third party or declining to vote; this notion was soundly rejected by the UDP in particular and resulted in back and forth editorial responses in the Amandala and the UDP's Guardian in November, with the UDP charging that publisher Evan X Hyde was playing into the PUP's hands by supporting third parties openly instead of the UDP, and Amandala reiterating that its policy was of Belizeans First and that neither party had  thoroughly considered the welfare of \"roots\" Belizeans since Independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195820-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Belizean general election, Opinion polls\nIn March 2007, the University of Belize and Saint John's College Junior College's Belizean Studies Centre conducted a one-weekend poll of 430 randomly selected persons seeking opinions on the 2008 elections. The poll was supervised by UB Registrar Dr. Roy Young and BSC's Yasmine Andrews. On the question of approval of party leaders, the UDP's Dean Barrow led all contestants with 55.7% approval; sitting Prime Minister Said Musa scored 14.9%, while independent leaders rated below that. Results by party were similar, with the UDP scoring 55.5%, the PUP 16% and independents scores ranging from 2 to 9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195821-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Belmont Stakes\nThe 2008 Belmont Stakes was the 140th running of the Belmont Stakes. The race was won by Da'Tara, who led the race wire to wire. Da'Tara went off at 38\u20131 odds, making the win a monumental upset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195821-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Belmont Stakes\nEntrants included the favorite, winner of both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Big Brown, but he eased on last place, a first for any Triple Crown hopeful. A win by Big Brown would have marked the first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978. Other entrants were Derby runners Denis of Cork, Tale of Ekati, and Anak Nakal; Preakness runner up Macho Again and third-place finisher Icabad Crane; and Peter Pan runner, Ready's Echo. The sire of Anak Nakal, Victory Gallop, is a Belmont winner, while Casino Drive has two Belmont-winning siblings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195821-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Belmont Stakes\nCasino Drive was scratched from the race the morning of the race with an injured hoof. He was the Peter Pan Stakes winner, and the half brother of 2007 Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches and 2006 Belmont Stakes winner Jazil. A win by Casino Drive would have been the first time that siblings have won the same Triple Crown race in three consecutive years. Kent Desormeaux, the regular jockey for both Big Brown and Casino Drive, rode Big Brown while two-time Belmont winner Edgar Prado had been scheduled to ride Casino Drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195822-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Beni Amrane bombings\nThe 2008 Beni Amrane bombings were two bombings on June 9, 2008 that killed 13 people in the town of Beni Amrane in the Boumerd\u00e8s Province, 50\u00a0km (31\u00a0mi) from Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The first bomb killed a French citizen and his Algerian driver as they were leaving the town's railway station. The second device exploded about five minutes later as rescue workers arrived. Eight soldiers and three firefighters died in the second blast while an unconfirmed number of people suffered injuries. Both devices appeared to have been detonated remotely. No group has claimed the bombings, which follow attacks blamed on the al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb group. The Frenchman was an engineer working for a French firm on a renovation project at the station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195823-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Benin floods\nThe 2008 Benin floods struck the nation of Benin between July and October 2008, and affected the other West African nations of  Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo. According to the Red Cross of Benin, the flooding in Benin initially affected almost 7,000 people, including the displacement of 1,560 children. and by August 19, 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that the flooding had displaced at least 150,000 people. Some 500,000 people in total were at risk of additional flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195823-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Benin floods, Flooding\nThe Mono River and Ou\u00e9m\u00e9 River which flows down through central Benin into the economic capital of Cotonou on the coast in particular was a problem. Weeks after the initial flooding in July 2008, many areas of  Cotonou were still not drained, posing a serious risk to health given that the flooding affected many densely populated areas and some 10% of the nation's population live in the city. Representatives from the municipal council of Cotonou, WHO\u2019s Cotonou office and the Benin\u2019s Ministry of Hygiene, Public Health and Social Affairs, urged on 15 August 2008 that an evacuation and relocation plan was required given that heavier storms were expected in September and October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195823-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Benin floods, Flooding\nOn September 15, 2008 reports broke out that the commune of Adjohoun had been seriously affected by the flooding of the Ou\u00e9m\u00e9 River. The area, which is a fertile agricultural valley, threatened the livelihoods of some 57,000 people. The flooding had begun as in other places in late July but storms in early September struck the region worse. More than 25,000 hectares of crop land was inundated, killing some 30,000 animals and flooding 18,000 homes in the commune.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195823-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Benin floods, Flooding\nApproximately  2,000 people were displaced in the communities of  Azowliss\u00e9, D\u00e8m\u00e8, Gangban, Kog\u00e9 and Togbota with the exception of Awonou, located further away from the river. According to one council official, while Benin often experiences flooding, notably in 1995 and 2007, the floods of 2008 were particularly devastating on the livelihoods of the Beninois people, \"People cannot even eat three times a day now. Even to find food once a day is a headache. Normally, agricultural products are bought and sold here at decent prices. But now things have changed.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195823-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Benin floods, Flooding\nThe regional mayor of Adjohoun, Gerard Adounsiba, requested a national funding appeal to provide food and medical in what was according to him,  \"the largest humanitarian crisis in the region to date.\" The situation was made worse by the fact that the hospitals in the area were affected by flooding. Livelihoods of local fisherman which depend upon the river were also severely affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195823-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Benin floods, Response\nPart of the problem with the flooding was that few who succumbed to the flooding were unwilling to evacuate their homes in Cotonou. The district of Vossa was completely inundated in flood water and a disaster relief team from WHO had to be sent into Ayelawadje district of the city whilst UN agencies collaborated with the Cotonou government to pump out water and clear roads in the capital. Since July 30, 2008, the World Health Organization reported 192 cases of cholera in Cotonou and helped fund US$20,000 towards the government\u2019s cholera treatment efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195823-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Benin floods, Response\nAccording to Dr. Eric Laroche,  Assistant Director-General of WHO, \"West Africa's annual floods bring with them not only the threat of vector-borne and communicable diseases, but it further endangers the lives of people already malnourished by the food price crisis.\" The flooding increased the risk of Meningitis and yellow fever as well as posing a threat to an estimated 5 million people living with HIV/AIDS in West Africa. Malaria, diarrhoeal and respiratory infections, and malnutrition  posed a threat to the population living along the river basins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195824-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Berlin Marathon\nThe 2008 Berlin Marathon was the 35th edition of the Berlin Marathon. The marathon took place in Berlin, Germany, on 28 September 2008 and was the fourth World Marathon Majors race of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195824-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Berlin Marathon\nThe men's race was won by Haile Gebrselassie in 2:03:59 hours and the women's race was won by Irina Mikitenko in a time of 2:19:19 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195825-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks\nThe 2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks was the thirteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule which was run on Sunday, June 1 at Dover International Speedway in Delaware's state capital, and serves as a fundraiser for Autism Speaks, with $5 from each ticket sold benefitting the charity. The race was the final NASCAR telecast on Fox for the 2008 season starting at 1:30 PM US EDT and on radio via MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio at 1:15 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195825-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks, Qualifying\nGreg Biffle earned his 5th Cup Career pole by qualifying first for the Best Buy 400, with a time of 23.193 and a speed of 155.219. Starting alongside him was Kurt Busch, the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion, with a time of 23.381.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 72], "content_span": [73, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195825-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: \u00a0 Jason Leffler (#70), Chad McCumbee (#45), Matt Crafton (#7-DC), Tony Raines (#08-WD)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 72], "content_span": [73, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195825-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks, Race recap\nThere was a major wreck on lap 17 that claimed many of the front runners for the lead. This occurred when David Gilliland and Elliott Sadler touched, putting Sadler in the middle of the backstretch. Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, Paul Menard, Elliott Sadler, Tony Stewart, Bill Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Bobby Labonte, Scott Riggs, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were all caught up in the wreck. When the smoke cleared, Kyle Busch won his fourth race of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 72], "content_span": [73, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195826-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutan A-Division\nThe 2008 season of the Bhutanese A-Division was the fourteenth recorded season of top-flight football in Bhutan. The league was won by Yeedzin FC, their first ever title, and the first time a team other than Transport United had won the league in five years. Yeedzin qualified as Bhutan's representative in the 2009 AFC President's Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195826-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutan A-Division, League table\nTeams played each other on a home and away basis, there was no relegation or promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election\nNational Assembly elections were held in Bhutan for the first time on 24 March 2008. Two parties were registered by the Election Commission of Bhutan to contest the elections; Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, led by Jigme Y. Thinley, which was formed by the  merger of the Bhutan People's United Party and All People's Party, and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). A third political party, the Bhutan National Party (BNP), had its application for the registration refused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Electoral system\nThe elections for the 47 seats of the National Assembly were planned to be held in two rounds: In the first round, voters would have voted for a party. The two parties with the largest share of the national vote would then have been able to field candidates in the 47 constituencies. However, as only two parties successfully registered for the election, the election was held in one round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Background\nOn 21 April 2007, a mock election was held to prepare the population of Bhutan for the imminent change to democracy. These elections were held in all 47 National Assembly constituencies and at 869 polling stations with around 1,000 voters at each one of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Background\nThe parties \"contesting\" the election were the Druk Blue Party, the Druk Green Party, the Druk Red Party and the Druk Yellow Party (with Druk being Dzongkha for \"thunder dragon\"), each of them representing certain values as their \"party manifesto\": yellow for traditional values, red for industrial development, blue for fairness and accountability, and green for the environment. The two parties winning the most votes were to proceed to a run-off election scheduled for 28 May. Election observers were present from the United Nations and from India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Background\nThe results of the first round saw the Druk Yellow Party receive a plurality of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Background\nThe two leading parties, Druk Yellow Party and Druk Red Party, put up randomly chosen high school students as candidates in the 47 constituencies in the second round on 28 May 2007. The Druk Yellow Party swept the vote and won 46 of the 47 constituencies. Turnout in the second round was 66%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Background\n283,506 people had registered to vote, though it is considered likely that a total of 400,000 would have been eligible to register as voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Schedule\nThe election procedure began with the submission of the letters of intent, lists of candidates, copies of election manifestos and audited financial statements by the two political parties contesting the elections to the election commission followed by the release of the party manifestos by them on 22 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Schedule\nFrom 31 January to 7 February 2008 both political parties submitted the nomination papers for their candidates for the 47 constituencies. The candidates, whose nominations were accepted, started campaigning in their constituencies from 7 February. The election campaign ended at 9:00 on 22 March. The last date for receiving the postal ballots was 18 February. The elections were held on 24 March from 09:00 to 17:00 followed by the counting of ballots on the same day. The results were declared on 25 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Schedule\nAll eligible voters were allowed to register with the election commission until 20 February 2008 for the inclusion of their names in the voters list which was updated to include those eligible voters who were eighteen years old on or before 1 January 2008. The final electoral roll was published on 5 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Campaign\nThere were few differences between the platforms of the two parties and both pledged to follow the king's guidelines of \"pursuing Gross National Happiness\". Both party leaders had also previously served in governments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Results\nVoter turnout reached nearly 80% by the time the polls closed, and the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party reportedly won 44 seats, with the People's Democratic Party winning only three seats (Phuentsholing in Chhukha, Goenkhatoe-Laya in Gasa and Sombeykha in Haa). The PDP's leader, Sangay Ngedup, who was also the ruling king's uncle, lost his own constituency by 380 votes. However, due to a mistake in tallying the votes in Phuntsholing, the BPPP had actually won 45 seats and the PDP only 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Results\nThe BPPP's large-scale victory may have been due to it being perceived as the more royalist of the two parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Aftermath\nThe two PDP members who were elected refused to take up their seats and resigned their mandates, claiming that the civil servants informally campaigned for the DPT and influenced the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Aftermath\nThe DPT officially approved its leader as candidate for Prime Minister on 5 April 2008. He took office on 9 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195827-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Aftermath\nAlthough analysts were worried that the small representation of the opposition might obstruct the functioning of the newly founded democratic system, the next elections in 2013 were won by the PDP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195828-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Biante Touring Car Masters\nThe 2008 Biante Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing series  for pre-1974 Touring Cars. It was the second annual Touring Car Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195828-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Biante Touring Car Masters\nDivision 1 was won by Gavin Bullas driving a Ford Mustang and Division 2 by Greg East driving a Holden HQ.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195828-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Biante Touring Car Masters, Points system\nCars competed in two classes designated as Division 1 & Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195828-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Biante Touring Car Masters, Points system\nSeries points were awarded on the following basis in each Division in each race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195828-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Biante Touring Car Masters, Points system\nWhere four races were run in a round, the points were awarded for Races 2, 3 & 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195828-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Biante Touring Car Masters, Points system\nEach driver was permitted to count his/her best seven round results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195829-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Championship Game\nThe 2008 Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was held on December 6, 2008 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, and pitted two of the divisional winners from the Big 12 Conference: the Missouri Tigers, winner of the North division against the Oklahoma Sooners, co-champion of the South division. Kickoff was scheduled for 8PM EST/5pm PST, and was televised by ABC as part of its Saturday Night Football package.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195829-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Championship Game\nPer Big 12 policy, the Big 12 South Champion was declared the home team because the game took place in a home state of a Big 12 North team. Entering the game, designated \"home\" teams were 8\u20134 in Big 12 Championship Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195829-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Championship Game, Selection process\nThe Big 12 Championship Game matched up the winners of the North and South divisions of the Big 12 Conference. The game was first played in 1996, when the conference was formed from the previous Big 8 plus four teams from the disbanded Southwest Conference. The championship game was somewhat modeled on the SEC format, which was the first conference in college football to have a conference championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195829-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Championship Game, Selection process\nSeven Division I FBS conferences currently have championship games\u2014the AAC, ACC, Big Ten, C-USA, MAC, Pac-12, and SEC. However, the Big 12 title game ended after the 2010 edition. A major conference realignment that started in 2010 and carried over into 2011 saw the Big 12 drop to 10 members, below the 12 required by NCAA rules for a conference championship game. The same realignment saw the Big Ten and former Pac-10 expand to 12 teams each; both conferences held their first championship games in 2011. The Big 12 Championship Game has since returned in the 2017 season, with the top two teams playing in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195829-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Championship Game, Regular season\nThe Big 12 South representative in the game was the Oklahoma Sooners. This was the 114th year of season play for the Sooners who were led by head coach Bob Stoops, a two-time Walter Camp Coach of the Year award winner. The team was led on offense by quarterback Sam Bradford. The Sooners played their homes games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. The team finished their regular season 11-1 (7-1, Big 12), with the only loss coming to the Texas Longhorns. (see \"South Division 3-way-tie controversy\" section below) They entered the game ranked No. 2 in the BCS and Coaches poll, and No. 4 in the AP poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195829-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Championship Game, Regular season\nThe Big 12 North representative in the championship game was the Missouri Tigers. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned in his eighth season with Mizzou. The Tigers played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Quarterback Chase Daniel returned for his final year of eligibility and led the Tigers to a second appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game. The Tigers ended the regular season with a record of 9-3 (5-3, Big 12), with losses coming to Oklahoma State, Texas, and Kansas. They entered the game ranked No. 20 in the BCS, No. 17 in the Coaches poll, and No. 19 in the AP poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195829-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Championship Game, Regular season, South Division 3-way-tie controversy\nOklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech all finished the season with identical 7\u20131 conference records, creating a three-way tie for the South division championship. Under Big 12 tiebreaker rules, ties are normally broken by head-to-head matchups, but this case was unique as Texas beat Oklahoma 45\u201335, Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 65\u201321, and Texas Tech beat Texas 39\u201333, which made breaking the three-way tie impossible using head-to-head results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195829-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Championship Game, Regular season, South Division 3-way-tie controversy\nBecause the first four tie-breakers did not dictate a winner, Big 12 rules dictated that the fifth tie-breaker was that the team with the highest BCS Ranking, based on the standings released on November 30 of that year, would represent the South Division. This in turn meant that coaches, journalists and computer rankings, which are the components of the BCS ranking formula, decided the South Division representative. Texas Tech, Texas, and Oklahoma were all presented Big 12 South Champion trophies from the Big 12. During the final week of the Big 12 regular season, Oklahoma defeated a tough Oklahoma State, and Texas defeated a much softer Texas A&M delivering a sufficiently higher computer rating to Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195830-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 21 to May 25, 2008. This was the third year the conference uses the round robin tournament setup. The winners of each group at the end of the round robin face each other in a one-game match for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195831-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament\nThe 2008 Big 12 Conference Softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 9 through May 11, 2008. Texas A&M won their first conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195831-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament\nTexas A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas received bids to the NCAA tournament. Texas A&M would go on to play in the 2008 Women's College World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy\nThe final standings of the 2008 Big 12 Conference's South Division football regular season resulted in the first 3-way division tie in the Big 12. The decision of which team would be selected to represent the division in the 2008 Big 12 Championship Game was controversial. Ultimately, the Oklahoma Sooners were chosen by their higher ranking in the polls, over the Texas Longhorns and Texas Tech Red Raiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Texas\u2013Oklahoma\nThe game against the 2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team marked the 103rd meeting of the Red River Rivalry, which has been called one of the greatest sports rivalries. It is the longest running rivalry for the Longhorns. Since 1929 the game has been held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas typically in mid-October with the State Fair of Texas occurring adjacent to the stadium. Prior to 2008, Texas led the series 57\u201340\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 82], "content_span": [83, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Texas\u2013Oklahoma\nTexas won this meeting, 45\u201335. It was the highest scoring event in the history of the rivalry, and it was seen by the most fans ever to attend the Red River Rivalry\u2014a record 92,182.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 82], "content_span": [83, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Texas\u2013Texas Tech\nThe series with the Texas Tech Red Raiders began in 1928 and the Longhorns' record through 2007 was 43\u201314\u20130. In the 2006 contest, #5\u00a0ranked Texas barely came away with a 35\u201331 win over an unranked Texas Tech team. In the 2007 game #14\u00a0Texas won 59\u201343. During his post-game press conference, Texas Tech's Mike Leach used most of his time to rail against the officiating crew for incompetence and bias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Texas\u2013Texas Tech\nHe speculated that the officials may have favored Texas because the head official lives in Austin, because they are incompetent, or possibly because the conference wants Texas to appear in a BCS bowl because of the increased appearance fees that such a bowl generates for the conference. Jim Vertuno of the Associated Press wrote \"Leach was upset officials disallowed two Tech touchdowns in the third quarter. The first was overruled when video replay clearly showed the receiver let the ball hit the ground. On the next play, a touchdown pass was negated by a holding penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Texas\u2013Texas Tech\nLeach also wanted, but didn't get, a flag for roughing the quarterback.\" The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported, \"Big 12 policy prohibits coaches from commenting publicly about game officials, so Leach\u2019s actions leave him open to reprimand, fine or worse.\" ESPN reported, \"Leach's rant will likely draw a fine from the league and possibly a suspension.\" The Big 12 fined Leach $10,000, the largest fine in conference history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Texas\u2013Texas Tech\nThe morning of the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Texas by 3\u00bd points. The weather forecast called for a temperature of 72\u00a0\u00b0F (22\u00a0\u00b0C) and clear skies at kick-off. Students camped for a week to secure seating, and ESPN's College GameDay broadcast from Lubbock, Texas for the first time in the program's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Texas\u2013Texas Tech\nTexas Tech won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball. The Longhorns forced a stop and the ensuing punt rolled inside the Texas 2-yard line. Offensive coordinator Greg Davis opted to line up in the I formation, an unusual formation for a team having trouble establishing a strong running game. The Texas running back was stopped in the end-zone for a two-point safety. Tech led the Horns for most of the game, by as much as nineteen points. Texas rallied to take a one-point lead with less than 1\u00bd minutes remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Texas\u2013Texas Tech\nOn the Red Raiders drive,  a Texas defensive back missed an interception that would have sealed a Texas victory, letting the ball slide through his hands. In the final minute, down 33\u201332 with one timeout remaining, Texas Tech QB Graham Harrell engineered a drive down the field by throwing for first downs which repeatedly stopped the clock in order to move the chains, and almost threw an interception that fell through the hands of Texas defensive back Blake Gideon that almost certainly would have ended the comeback attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Texas\u2013Texas Tech\nHarrell's final play was a pass to wide receiver Michael Crabtree who caught the ball near the sideline and somehow miraculously broke away from two Longhorn defenders to scamper in for the winning score with one second left to play. The extra point gave the Red Raiders a 39\u201333 lead with one second remaining. The Tech fans had rushed the field after the touchdown, and again after the extra point. Tech was penalized accordingly and had to kick off from the 7\u00bd-yard line. Texas took the squib kick and lateraled twice in an attempt to score on the kickoff, but Tech caught one of the laterals to end the game. Subsequent to the loss, Texas fell from #1 to #4 in the BCS Poll, and Texas Tech rose to #2, behind Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nTexas Tech and Oklahoma first played in 1992. Coming into the game, the Sooners led the series 11\u20134\u20130 though the Red Raiders had won 2 of the last 3 with the last loss coming in Norman in 2006. The only road game Tech had won in the series was during the inaugural season of the Big 12 in 1996. Under head coach Bob Stoops, the Sooners had lost only two games at home. The Sooners were 7-point favorites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nThe Red Raiders opened the game with a kickoff return to their 32-yard line. The Sooners forced a punt, and fielded their offense at their 27. The Sooners scored a touchdown with 8:59 left in the first. DeMarco Murray contributed 48 rushing yards in the drive. Tech returned the ensuing kickoff to their 22, and a Sooner personal foul after the return gave the Red Raiders 15\u00a0yards. Texas Tech lost 10 of those yards due to a delay of game and a false start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nStarting at their 27, the Red Raiders were stopped at the Oklahoma 48, where they punted again. The Sooners got the ball on their 20. On the second play of the drive, Oklahoma was punished again with a 15-yard penalty. After three failed attempts to pass the ball for a first down, the Sooners elected to make their first punt. On the next Tech possession, Graham Harrell was sacked on two consecutive plays, once by Adrian Taylor and the other by Gerald McCoy. Coming into the game, the Red Raiders ranked second in the nation in sacks allowed, with only 5. The Sooners ended the first quarter with a 42-yard reception by tight end Jermaine Gresham and two rushes by Chris Brown for a combined 12\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nOnce the second quarter commenced, both Brown and Gresham moved the ball for a touchdown on three different plays. Tech started their next drive at their own 38 and advanced the ball through the air to eventually get to the Oklahoma 15. Two incompletions caused the Red Raiders to face a 4th-and-3. Tech decided to go for it. Woods was unable to catch a pass by Harrell to convert and Tech turned the ball over on downs. Murray rushed the ball for 23\u00a0yards on Oklahoma's first play of the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nMurray followed with a 31-yard reception, which put the ball on the Tech 30. After two rushes by Brown, Gresham scored a touchdown on a 19-yard catch, and the subsequent extra point extended the Sooners lead to 21\u20130. Oklahoma's defense forced Tech to four plays on the next drive, with the fourth play being a 4th-and-4, Tech's second 4th down conversion attempt. With 9:31 remaining, Oklahoma completed a 1:44 scoring drive, which was capped by Juaquin Iglesias' 28-yard scoring reception. On the following possession, the Red Raiders reached the end zone, thanks to Harrell's 25-yard throw to Tramain Swindall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nMatt Williams' extra point brought the score to 28\u20137. With 6:28 left in the half, Oklahoma began to drain the clock using their running game. The Sooners eventually scored on the 12th play of the drive. Once Tech got the ball, about a minute was left on the clock. On the second play, Harrell threw an interception to Travis Lewis, who returned the ball 47\u00a0yards. Tech offensive guard Brandon Carter, who stopped Lewis at the Tech 1, received a personal foul. Murray scored on a 1-yard rush to increase the Sooners' lead to 42\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0008-0003", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nTech got the ball again after the Sooner touchdown with 18\u00a0seconds remaining in the game. Harrell threw a shovel pass to Baron Batch, who ran 21\u00a0yards to the Tech 28. The half ended with Tech receiving a 16-yard personal foul. The Red Raiders left the field facing their biggest deficit of the season (35 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nTech attempted an onside kick to start off the second half, though the Sooners grabbed the ball at the Tech 34. OU ended the drive on a 33-yard field goal. Tech fumbled on their next possession, Oklahoma's Keenan Clayton recovered the fumble and return it 53\u00a0yards to the Tech 3. The Sooners added another 7 points to extend their lead to 52\u20137. Tech cranked up its passing game on its next possession, eventually scoring a touchdown and extra point with 5:39 remaining in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nOn the subsequent drive, the Red Raider defense forced their first sack on Bradford, and also forced the Sooners to punt. The Sooner defense countered in the next drive by forcing a three-and-out. The Sooner offense then added another score on a 66-yard reception by Manuel Johnson. The Tech defense blocked the extra point, and the score remained at 58\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nIn the fourth quarter, Tech failed to convert another fourth down, producing another turnover. Oklahoma scored immediately afterwards, improving their lead to 65\u201314. On the next possession, Tech was able to make three pass completions of at least 12\u00a0yards, though on the final play of the drive, Harrell lost the ball to the Sooners on a sack. With 10:50 left in the game, the Sooners started to run out the clock. The Red Raiders stopped them from scoring on a 4th down from the 1. Tech got the ball back with 4:48 on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nAfter a few plays, Tech faced another 4th down, and this time was able to convert it with a 13-yard throw to Crabtree. Tech later score their third touchdown with 11\u00a0seconds left, and Williams tacked on the extra point to change the score to 65\u201321. Tech attempted an onside kick and recovered the ball. The final play was a short-yard catch by Woods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Games, Oklahoma\u2013Texas Tech\nSince the Sooners won, Tech, Texas, and OU all tied for first in the division at 6\u20131. If all three teams win their regular season finales to tie again at 7\u20131, the highest ranked team in the BCS standings will earn a spot in the Big 12 Championship game. Sports columnists have also stated that the quarterback of the winning team would be the front runner for the Heisman Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Controversy\nOklahoma, Texas, and Texas Tech all finished the season with identical 7\u20131 conference records, creating a three-way tie for the South division championship. Under Big 12 tiebreaker rules, ties are normally broken by head-to-head matchups but this case was unique as Texas beat Oklahoma 45\u201335, Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 65\u201321, and Texas Tech beat Texas 39\u201333 which made breaking the three-way tie impossible using head-to-head games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195832-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy, Controversy\nBecause the first four tie-breakers did not dictate a winner, Big 12 rules dictate that the fifth tie-breaker is the team with the highest BCS Ranking, based on the standings released on November 30 of that year, would represent the South Division. This rule meant that coaches, journalists, and computer rankings effectively determined the Big 12 South division representative, because they are the major components of the BCS ranking formula. Texas Tech, Texas, and Oklahoma were all presented Big 12 South Champion trophies from the Big 12. During the final week of the Big 12 regular season, Oklahoma defeated a tough Oklahoma State and Texas defeated a much softer Texas A&M delivering a sufficiently higher computer rating to Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195833-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, is the 2008 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri between March 11\u201313 and on March 15, 2008. Texas A&M University won their first Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament championship beating Oklahoma State University, 64\u201359.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195833-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nKansas City-based Metro Sports televised the first round of the tournament while Fox Sports Net televised the second, semifinal, and final round of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195834-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2008 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from November 5 to 9, 2008. The 7-match tournament was held at the Blossom Athletic Center in San Antonio, TX with a combined attendance of 5,216. The 8-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Missouri Tigers defeated the Colorado Buffaloes in the championship match to win their 1st conference tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was the 2008 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City from March 13 until March 16, 2008. It was the 12th Big 12 tournament in the series. Texas and Kansas shared the regular season title, with Texas receiving the top seed in the tournament due to its win over Kansas earlier in the season. The top four seeds, including the two regular season champs, Oklahoma, and Kansas State automatically advanced to the quarterfinal round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe first round featured several close games, with a combined 29-point margin of victory for the four matchups. Oklahoma State upset Texas Tech in a game that flip-flopped throughout, and the 12-seed Colorado Buffaloes defeated the 5-seed Baylor Bears in double overtime. This was both the first double-overtime game in tournament history and the first 12-seed win in tournament history. Texas A&M and Nebraska both won their games against Iowa State and Missouri, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Regular season and tournament seeding\nTo kick off the beginning of the 2007\u20132008 Big 12 men's basketball season a poll of the head coaches of the Big 12 men's basketball programs found that Kansas was the preseason favorite to win the conference for a second consecutive year and receiving 10 of 12 first place votes. In second place was Texas, the 2006\u20132007 season's runner-up for both the regular season title and tournament title. Texas A&M was dubbed for third place and received the remaining 2 first place votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Regular season and tournament seeding\nAggies head coach Billy Gillespie left at the end of the previous season to take up the head coaching position at Kentucky. Another important coaching change came when Bob Huggins left Kansas State after one season to return to his alma mater, West Virginia. Nonetheless, KSU was selected for fourth place in the poll, the school's highest ever selection in the conference pre-season poll. Missouri and Oklahoma tied for fifth place while Oklahoma State and Texas Tech came in seventh and eighth place, respectively. Baylor, Nebraska, Iowa State, and Colorado took the final four spots, respectively. With identical conference records of 13\u20133, the Texas Longhorns and the Kansas Jayhawks share the 2008 regular season title. Because Texas won the head-to-head game with Kansas, they claim the No. 1 seed for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 902]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Regular season and tournament seeding\n\u2020 \u2013 Denotes Tournament Champion. *  \u2013 Denotes Regular Season Champion1 \u2013 Texas Tech and Missouri were invited to the 2008 College Basketball Invitational but declined the offer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round, Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State\nJames Anderson led the Cowboys with 18 points and eight rebounds, including a crucial 12-foot jump shot with 45 seconds left to increase his team's lead to 73\u201370. The game was close throughout, with each team holding the lead for a good share of the game. Texas Tech's Alan Voskuil led his team in scoring with 19 points, but as Red Raider's coach Pat Knight said, \"We missed eight lay-ups in the second half, missed four out of five free throws. We made a lot of dumb mistakes. It comes from being casual...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 99], "content_span": [100, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round, Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State\nIt was a hard-fought game offensively and defensively. We just made too many dumb mistakes.\" Texas Tech had recently suffered a 109\u201351 loss to Kansas, which set a school record for largest loss deficit. Knight, however, said, \"This is probably the most disappointed I've been because this was a game we were in.\" The Red Raiders briefly took the lead in the second half, but a Byron Eaton three put the Cowboys back in the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 99], "content_span": [100, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round, Baylor vs. Colorado\nAfter gaining the lead early, Colorado managed to hold off a 2nd-half Baylor rally, taking the game into overtime twice. With the win, the Buffaloes became the first 12-seed to win a game in the tournament's eleven-year history. The game was also the first double-overtime game in tournament history. Colorado had a 15-point lead in the second half, only to see Baylor go on a 14\u20131 run to get back in it. With several botched possessions and failed chances to win on both sides, the game went into overtime twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 89], "content_span": [90, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round, Baylor vs. Colorado\nBaylor came within two during the second OT, but Kevin Rogers missed two free throws and Colorado quickly scored. A few late free throws added to the lead and gave CU the win. Baylor (21\u201310) had just completed one of the best seasons in the school's history, with hopes to gain an invite to the national tournament, but the loss to Colorado placed these hopes in doubt. Colorado shot 72% from the field in the first half, setting another tournament record for field goal percentage in a half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 89], "content_span": [90, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round, Nebraska vs. Missouri\nAleks Maric led Nebraska with 17 points and 13 rebounds in a win over Missouri. Missouri came to within one point with under two minutes left, but series of Nebraska free throws, along with a blocked shot by Maric in the final minute, took Nebraska to the next round. Missouri (16\u201316) suffered this season after a Columbia fight left one of its star players with a broken jaw. They were ahead near the end of the first half, but the Cornhuskers went on a 10\u20133 run late and scored at the buzzer to carry the halftime lead, 28\u201330.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 91], "content_span": [92, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round, Texas A&M vs. Iowa State\nIn a physical game dominated by defensive play, Texas A&M scored their second-ever Big 12 tournament win in history. The Cyclones were held to 27% shooting from the field throughout, and their high-scorer Craig Brackins' 20 points and 12 rebounds were not enough to carry the team. The Aggies made 43% of their field goals, and were led by Donald Sloan, whose mother had died earlier that day, and Dominique Kirk with 12 points each. A&M was sitting on the bubble this year, needing some tournament wins to secure a spot in the NCAA championship tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round, Texas A&M vs. Iowa State\nWith a combined 42 points in the first half, this game had the lowest scoring half in tournament history since 2003. Also, the combined margin of victory for all the tournament's first-round game was 29, the second lowest in history. The only Big 12 tournament with a lower combined margin of victory in the first round was 2006 with 28 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Quarterfinals, Oklahoma State vs. Texas\nA late three put the Cowboys ahead at the half, but D. J. Augustin led the Longhorns on a 14\u20130 run to start the second half, putting OSU far behind. Damion James held the lead in stats for Texas with 23 points and 11 rebounds. The Cowboys, with Ibrahima Thomas' 19 points, had rallied from 7 points behind to gain the lead at halftime, but went the first eight minutes of the second half without a field goal. A late rally pulled them to within three, but Texas managed to hold them off and win by seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 96], "content_span": [97, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Quarterfinals, Colorado vs. Oklahoma\nAfter going scoreless for the first five minutes, Colorado fought back, holding star Sooner forward Blake Griffin to four points and keeping the game close. Other Sooners, such as Tony Crocker, Longar Longar, and Taylor Griffin, managed to make up the difference, scoring a combined 33 points in what was a largely defensive game. Both teams made only about a third of their shots from the field. Colorado's Richard Roby lead both teams in scoring with 18 points, and in rebounds with 10, and he broke a school point record with 2,001 total for his career. However, this along with Colorado's slow play, waiting the shot clock out for each possession, was not enough to keep the Sooners from advancing to meet Texas in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 93], "content_span": [94, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Quarterfinals, Kansas State vs. Texas A&M\nDominique Kirk hit five 3-pointers and had 19 points, and Josh Carter hit two free throws with 7 seconds left to help Texas A&M hold off third-seeded Kansas State 63\u201360.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 98], "content_span": [99, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Quarterfinals, Kansas State vs. Texas A&M\nTexas A&M (24\u20139) shot 50 percent\u2014a huge improvement from its first-round game against Iowa State\u2014and didn\u2019t let anyone besides Michael Beasley do much of anything, winning its second straight conference tournament game after going 1\u201311 the previous 11 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 98], "content_span": [99, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195835-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Quarterfinals, Kansas State vs. Texas A&M\nBeasley had 25 points and nine rebounds, but Bill Walker (10 points) was the only other double-figures scorer for Kansas State (20\u201311), which still got into the NCAA tournament despite the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 98], "content_span": [99, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195836-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, FL. This was the twenty fourth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, and second to be held at Bright House Field. The Louisville Cardinals won their first tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Louisville joined the league prior to the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195836-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2008. The top eight regular season finishers were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The field was divided into two brackets, with the winners of each bracket meeting in a single championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195836-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Tournament\n\u2020 - Indicates game was suspended after seven innings due to 10 run mercy rule. \u2021 - Indicates game was suspended after 8 innings due to 10 run mercy rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195836-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Jack Kaiser Award\nChris Dominguez was the winner of the 2008 Jack Kaiser Award. Dominguez was a sophomore third baseman for Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 12\u2013March 15, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds received byes in the first round. The 12\u00a0Big East teams with the best conference records were invited to participate. Georgetown, the Big East regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe first round of the tournament saw no upsets, as each of the higher seeds won their games. However, the second round had three of the four lower seeds winning their games. In the semi-finals, number one seed, Georgetown, easily won, while the seventh seed, Pittsburgh, won in a close game. The two teams played each other for the tournament championship and Pittsburgh was victorious, winning the conference's automatic bid. After the tournament, eight of the teams that participated were invited to the NCAA Tournament. It was Pittsburgh's second Big East Tournament championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Before the tournament\nBefore the beginning of the season the league's coaches voted Georgetown, the 2006-07 Big East regular season and tournament winner, and Louisville to share the conference title. Additionally, it was decided that each team's conference schedule would expand from 16 to 18\u00a0games so all of the teams would play each other. Fifteen Big East teams reached the beginning of their conference schedules with winning records, with four teams having only one loss and three others with only two losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Before the tournament\nThe out of conference schedule for the league included four teams playing in the inaugural Big East/SEC Invitational, where they went 3\u20131, and two teams beating top\u201310 ranked teams. At the end of conference play, Georgetown, who was ranked tenth in the Coaches Poll, won the regular season title. Six teams ended the season ranked, while eight ended with over 20\u00a0wins. The top\u201312\u00a0teams in the standings were invited to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Seeding\nThe twelve teams that were invited to the tournament were seeded according to their records:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, First round\nThe first round of the tournament was played on March 12 with each of the higher seeds winning. The day started with Villanova playing Syracuse, in what was called an elimination game for the NCAA Tournament. Although Syracuse held a one-point lead at half-time, Villanova took an early lead in the second half and never trailed again, winning 82\u201363. In the second game of the day, Providence played West Virginia. The teams both struggled throughout the game with both having scoreless streaks, but West Virginia prevailed in the end to win 58\u201353.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, First round\nIn the third game of the day Cincinnati played Pittsburgh. Although the teams stayed close throughout, Pittsburgh won the game 70\u201364. In the final game of the day Marquette played Seton Hall. Marquette won the game by holding Seton Hall scoreless through the last five minutes of the game to finish 67\u201354.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Second round\nThe second round of the tournament was played on March 13, and three of the four lower seeds won their games. The first game of the day featured Villanova facing the number one seed, Georgetown. Despite top-scorer Roy Hibbert not scoring the entire game, Georgetown won the game, 82\u201363, tying a tournament record with 17\u00a0three-point field goals. In the second game West Virginia played Connecticut. Although it was close for the majority of the game, West Virginia's six point half-time lead was enough to win the game, 78\u201372, the first upset of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Second round\nIn the third game Pittsburgh faced Louisville, a team they had knocked out of the tournament the previous two years. Although Pittsburgh had the largest lead in regulation at eight points, the game was tied at the end of the second half and it continued to overtime. Pittsburgh finally pulled away in the overtime period, and won 76\u201369. In the final game of the round, Marquette played Notre Dame. Notre Dame had a six-point lead at half-time even though conference Player of the Year, Luke Harangody, had only played for seven minutes. However, Marquette's Jerel McNeal, who had 21\u00a0points in the team's first win, scored 28 to lead Marquette to an 89\u201379 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals began with top-seed Georgetown facing West Virginia. The game was close early, but five minutes before half-time, Georgetown went on a scoring run and led 33\u201321 at the half. West Virginia came back and brought their deficit to six points halfway through the second period, however Georgetown never relinquished their lead. Led by Hibbert's 25\u00a0points in his double-double, Georgetown won 72\u201355 to return to the championship game for the second consecutive year. In the second game of the day, Marquette faced Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Semi-finals\nEarly in the game Pittsburgh took a 12-point lead and kept a double-digit lead throughout the half. Marquette cut their deficit during the second period and had the score within three points with a minute remaining in the game. However, Pittsburgh kept their lead with free throw shooting and won the game 68\u201361, advancing to the championship game for the seventh time in eight years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Championship game\nPittsburgh faced Georgetown in a repeat of the championship game of the 2007 tournament. Throughout the first half the lead changed hands six times, with Georgetown having the largest lead of six points. Pittsburgh, however, led at half-time by three. Although Georgetown would bring their deficit to two early in the second half, Pittsburgh never relinquished the lead after half-time. Pittsburgh's Sam Young led the team with a double-double to help secure their win, the school's second overall and first for coach Jamie Dixon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Awards\nAfter the championship game Sam Young, who led Pittsburgh to the win and led the tournament in scoring with 80\u00a0points, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Young was joined by his teammate Levance Fields, Georgetown's Jessie Sapp and Roy Hibbert, West Virginia's Joe Alexander, and Marquette's Jerel McNeal to the All-Tournament Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195837-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, After the tournament\nIn addition to Pittsburgh's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, seven other conference teams were given at-large bids in the field, tying the conference record of eight teams in the tournament. Georgetown got the highest seed of the conference with a 2\u00a0seed and Louisville got a 3\u00a0seed. Both Pittsburgh and Connecticut were given 4\u00a0seeds and Notre Dame got a 5\u00a0seed. Marquette was given a 6\u00a0seed and West Virginia got a 7\u00a0seed. Finally, Villanova was given a 12\u00a0seed and was the final at-large team invited to the tournament. Although Syracuse was not invited to the NCAA Tournament, they were the only team from the conference invited to the 2008 National Invitation Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195838-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big League World Series\nThe 2008 Big League World Series took place from July 26-August 2 in Easley, South Carolina, United States. Taylors, South Carolina defeated San Juan,  Puerto Rico in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195839-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 8\u201312, 2008. The first round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. The semifinal matchups were determined so that the best and worst teams play in one game. Portland State won the tournament. As a result, they advanced to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195840-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament  was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 20\u201324, 2008 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Virginia. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the ninth time, and earned an invitation to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195840-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, Format\nAll eight teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage. The bottom seeds played a single elimination play-in round, with the two winners joining the top four seeds in a six team double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195840-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, Format\nHigh Point forfeited several games due to the use of an ineligible player. The standings template at right reflects the results after the forfeits, while the table below shows the results of games played in order to accurately reflect seeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195840-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nTyler Bortnick was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Bortnick was a shortstop for Coastal Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195841-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 4\u20138, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195841-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe semifinals were held at the Justice Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The quarterfinals and finals were held at the home court of the better seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195842-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty seventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195842-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe 2008 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. As in the previous six years, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195842-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player\nMichael Powers was named Most Outstanding Player. Powers was a pitcher for Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season\nThe 2008 Big Ten Conference football season is the 113th season for the Big Ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason\nOhio State was selected as the preseason favorite to win the conference with Wisconsin and Illinois second and third, respectively by the Media. Ohio State running back Chris Wells was chosen as the Preseason Big Ten Offensive Player of the year while fellow Buckeye linebacker James Laurinaitis was named the Preseason Big Ten Defensive Player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason\nPurdue Head Coach Joe Tiller will enter his final season, while Michigan's Rich Rodriguez will begin his first in Ann Arbor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason\nIn a given year, each Big Ten team will play eight of the other Big Ten teams. Thus for any given team in a given year, there are two others which will not be competed against. Below is the breakdown of \"no-plays\" for 2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nAkron @ WisconsinCoastal Carolina @ Penn StateMaine @ IowaSyracuse @ NorthwesternWestern Kentucky @ IndianaYoungstown State @ Ohio StateUtah @ MichiganNorthern Illinois @ MinnesotaMichigan State @ CaliforniaIllinois @ Missouri", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nEastern Illinois @ IllinoisEastern Michigan @ Michigan StateMarshall @ WisconsinMiami (Ohio) @ MichiganNorthern Colorado @ PurdueOhio @ Ohio StateFlorida International @ IowaOregon State @ Penn StateMurray State @ IndianaNorthwestern @ DukeMinnesota @ Bowling Green", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nFlorida Atlantic @ Michigan StateLouisiana @ IllinoisMontana State @ MinnesotaSouthern Illinois @ NorthwesternIowa State @ IowaOregon @ PurduePenn State @ SyracuseMichigan @ Notre DameOhio State @ Southern CaliforniaWisconsin @ Fresno State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nCentral Michigan @ PurdueFlorida Atlantic @ MinnesotaIowa @ PittsburghOhio @ NorthwesternTemple @ Penn StateTroy @ Ohio StateNotre Dame @ Michigan StateBall State @ Indiana", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nMichigan State @ IndianaMinnesota @ Ohio StateNorthwestern @ IowaPurdue @ Notre DameWisconsin @ MichiganIllinois @ Penn State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nIndiana @ MinnesotaIowa @ Michigan StatePenn State @ PurdueIllinois @ MichiganOhio State @ Wisconsin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nIowa @ IndianaMinnesota @ IllinoisToledo @ MichiganMichigan State @ NorthwesternPurdue @ Ohio StatePenn State @ Wisconsin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nPurdue @ NorthwesternWisconsin @ IowaOhio State @ Michigan StateMichigan @ Penn StateIndiana @ Illinois", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nIllinois @ WisconsinMinnesota @ PurdueNorthwestern @ IndianaPenn State @ Ohio StateMichigan State @ Michigan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nNorthwestern @ MinnesotaCentral Michigan @ IndianaIowa @ IllinoisMichigan @ PurdueWisconsin @ Michigan State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nIllinois @ Western MichiganMichigan @ MinnesotaOhio State @ NorthwesternPenn State @ IowaPurdue @ Michigan StateWisconsin @ Indiana", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nIndiana @ Penn StateMinnesota @ WisconsinNorthwestern @ MichiganOhio State @ IllinoisPurdue @ Iowa", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule\nIowa @ MinnesotaCalifornia Polytechnic State @ WisconsinIllinois @ NorthwesternIndiana @ PurdueMichigan @ Ohio StateMichigan State @ Penn State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards, Conference honors\nDave McClain Coach of the Year (Big Ten Coach of the Year)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Attendance\nThe overall attendance for the Big Ten was a total of 5,399,659 fans attending 77 contests this year. This meant that conference schools averaged 70,125 fans per home contest this season. Each Big Ten team has seven home games during the season with two exceptions; Indiana played eight games in Memorial Stadium and Illinois played two neutral sites to limit the Illini to six games in Memorial Stadium. Below are the figures for each game, the total for the team's season and the average attendance per game. The rankings below are by average attendance per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195843-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Conference football season, Attendance\n* denotes Ohio Stadium record vs. Penn State on October 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195844-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 13 and 16, 2008 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the eleventh annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The championship was won by Wisconsin who defeated Illinois in the championship game. As a result, Wisconsin received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked Wisconsin's second tournament championship in four appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195844-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll Big Ten schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. The top five teams received a first round bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195845-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Softball Tournament\nThe 2008 Big Ten Softball tournament was held at Sharon J. Drysdale Field on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois from May 8 through May 10, 2008. As the tournament winner, Northwestern earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195845-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big Ten Softball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe 2008 tournament was an eight team single-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. After all tiebreakers between Michigan and Northwestern came out equal, the Wildcats won the official coin flip which was conducted by Big Ten Conference officials to determine this year's host. This was the first time in the tournament's history that the top-seeded team was decided by a coin flip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195846-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 12\u201315, 2008 at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena in Anaheim, California. The quarterfinals were televised by KVMD The semifinals were televised by ESPNU. The West Coast Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195846-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nThere was a three-way tie for first place during the regular season. UCSB received the #1 seed due to a 3\u20131 record against Cal State Northridge and Cal State Fullerton. Cal State Northridge received the #2 seed due to a 2\u20132 record against UCSB and Cal State Fullerton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 59], "content_span": [60, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195846-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top two seed receive byes into the semifinals. Seeds 3 and 4 receive byes into the quarterfinals. If necessary, the bracket will be adjusted after each round so that the top and bottom seeds in each round play in the same game. The ninth place team, UC Davis, did not receive a tournament invitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195847-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 BigPond 400\nThe 2008 BigPond 400 was the fourth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 9 to 11 May at Barbagallo Raceway in Wanneroo, north of Perth, Western Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195847-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 BigPond 400, Qualifying\nQualifying was held on Saturday 10 May. Mark Winterbottom snatched pole position away from Mark Skaife in the final seconds of qualifying, which had to that point looked like an all-Holden Racing Team front row with Garth Tander just behind his teammate. Craig Lowndes qualified fourth for Team Vodafone. James Courtney debuted a new Stone Brothers Racing Falcon in fifth place. Todd Kelly likewise made a stellar debut with a new car, qualifying eighth. Jamie Whincup racing the repaired Craig Lowndes car from the Clipsal 500 was a disappointing 22nd, starting alongside fellow points front runner Lee Holdsworth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195847-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 BigPond 400, Race 1\nRace 1 was held on Saturday 10 May. Mark Winterbottom took his second race victory of the year, a surprisingly comfortable win ahead of the HRT pair of Mark Skaife and Garth Tander. Tander was pushed hard by Steven Richards and Craig Lowndes. A collision at race start saw Jason Bright touch Greg Murphy who in turn made contact with Michael Caruso, sending Bright and Caruso out of control towards turn 7, where crossing the track Caruso struck Shane van Gisbergen. The incident triggered a safety car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195847-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 BigPond 400, Race 1\nJamie Whincup and Will Davison charged through to seventh and eight positions from poor qualifying places. James Courtney was fighting amongst that group but fading rear tyres led Courtney to attempt defensive moves that raised the ire of race control, leading to first the bad sportsmanship flag, then a black flag drive through penalty which dropped him down field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195847-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 BigPond 400, Race 2\nRace 2 was held on Sunday 11 May. Winterbottom backed it up with a second race victory, pushed all the way by Garth Tander. Jason Richards missed the start with engine problems. A slow start from Mark Skaife off the front row saw a collision with Steven Richards at turn 3 of the first lap. Skaife broadsided the wall but Richards attempted to continue with a punctured left rear tyre, limping back to the pits. Russell Ingall result was caused by a drive-through penalty for pit-lane speeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195847-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 BigPond 400, Race 2\nLee Holdsworth was pinged for a drive-through for an unsafe pitstop release, emerging onto the track as rain began to fall and made contact with Paul Dumbrell. Cameron McConville slithered into the stopped cars. Ingall, likewise put down-field by his penalty stop damaged his steering in a clash with race leader Jamie Whincup as Ingall was being lapped. Ingall later picked up a $5,000 fine for careless driving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195847-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 BigPond 400, Race 2\nWhincup stayed out during the brief rain squall, and took advantage of being able to pitstop at a better time, jumping back into the field in third place, right in front of teammate Craig Lowndes, the Team Vodafone pair race to the finish together. James Courtney recovered from race 1 dramas to finish seventh while Steven Richards recovered to ninth position falling just short of overtaking Todd Kelly. Shane van Gisbergen's repaired Falcon just made the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195847-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 BigPond 400, Race 3\nRace 3 was held on Sunday 11 May. An early race clash between Russell Ingall and Jason Richards, saw Richards into the pits with a front left puncture and a flapping door for Ingall. Ingall then subsequently picked up his second pit lane speeding infringement of the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195848-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash\nOn 30 March 2008, a Cessna 501 Citation crashed into a house in Farnborough, London (UK), near Biggin Hill Airport, from where the aircraft had taken off a short time before. There were no survivors among the five people on board, which included former racing drivers Richard Lloyd and David Leslie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195848-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash, Aircraft\nThe aircraft involved was a Bermudan-registered Cessna 501 Citation, tail number VP-BGE, construction number 500-0287, built in 1975. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had completed 5,844 hours total time and 5,352 cycles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195848-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash, Accident flight\nThe Citation took off at 14:32 local time from runway 21 at Biggin Hill airport, with destination Pau Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es Airport in France. Less than two minutes into the flight, the pilot radioed an emergency call, reporting \"engine vibrations\" and requesting an immediate return to Biggin Hill. The aircraft was given permission to land on any runway, and the pilots indicated that they would attempt to return to the departure runway. Shortly after the radio call the aircraft rapidly lost altitude and at 14:37 crashed into a property in Romsey Close, Farnborough. There were no survivors from the wreckage, which was consumed by fire, as was the house that the aircraft struck. A neighbouring property was also damaged by fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195848-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash, Casualties\nAll five occupants of the aircraft (two crew and three passengers) died in the accident. There were no physical injuries among residents of the street into which the plane crashed, although two people were later treated for shock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195848-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash, Casualties\nA memorial service was held for the victims on 6 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195848-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash, Investigation\nAn Investigation was conducted by the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), assisted by the National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration and by the aircraft manufacturer, Cessna and the engine manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney Canada. The preliminary report from the AAIB revealed that there was no debris found on the runway at Biggin Hill, and no evidence of a bird strike or foreign object damage to either engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195848-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash, Investigation\nThe AAIB published its formal report into the accident on 21 May 2010. It concluded that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195848-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash, Investigation\nAn inquest into the death of the five victims opened on 31 May 2011 in Bromley, London. The inquest concluded on 1 June with verdicts of accidental death being returned in all five cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood\nThe 2008 Bihar flood was one of the most disastrous floods in the history of Bihar, an impoverished and densely populated state in India. The Koshi embankment near the Indo-Nepal border (at Kusaha VDC, Sunsari district, Nepal) broke on 18 August 2008. The river changed course and flooded areas which had not been flooded in many decades. The flood affected over 2.3 million people in the northern part of Bihar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Incident\nOn 18 August 2008, heavy monsoon rains and poor maintenance caused a breach in the Kosi embankment. Water passed through the breach at an estimated 3675 cubic meters per second (129,800 cusecs), flooding many villages in Nepal and hundreds of villages in northern Bihar. The flood submerged most of the Kosi alluvial fan area, which is very fertile, with a dense agrarian population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Background\nThe Kosi River's upper basin in southern Tibet and eastern Nepal drains some 60,000\u00a0km2 of mountainous terrain, a region that tectonic forces are elevating by about 1\u00a0cm a year. If erosion keeps pace with geologic uplift, an estimated 600 million cubic meters of sediment would be carried downstream in an average year. However, empirical measurements of the river's sediment load have yielded estimates of 100 million cubic meters annually, indicating that the area is rising.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Background\nRiver gradient ranges from more than 10 meters/km for major upper tributaries in the mountains to as little as 6\u00a0cm/km as the lower Kosi nears the Ganges. As the gradient decreases on the plains, current slows and turbulence that holds sediments in suspension diminishes. Sediments settle out and are deposited on the riverbed. This process eventually raises a channel above the surrounding terrain. The river breaks out, seeking lower terrain, which it again proceeds to elevate by deposition. This creates a cone-shaped alluvial fan. The Kosi alluvial fan is one of the largest in the world, covering some 15,000\u00a0km2 and extending 180\u00a0km from the outermost foothills of the Himalayas to the Ganges river valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Background\nFlood waters naturally spread out over the surface of this cone. Flows over 25,000 m\u00b3/s have been measured where the Kosi exits the Himalayan foothills, enough to create a flow of water 30\u00a0km wide. At this rate, in one week enough water would accumulate to cover the entire megafan to a depth of 1.5 meters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Background\nPreventative flood control measures include upstream reservoirs that can also serve irrigation needs and produce hydroelectric power. However, in Nepal these are mostly in the planning stages. The flood control measures mainly consist of downstream embankments meant to confine the river to a fixed channel. In theory, the faster flow along this channel would carry high flows away and keep sediments in suspension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Background\nOn 18 August 2008 one of the man-made embankments failed. The river reverted from the prescribed western channel to an old channel near the centre of its alluvial fan. The river spread out widely and flooded towns, villages, and cultivated fields on the densely populated alluvial fan. Recurrent flooding on the lower Kosi contributes largely to India's history of suffering more flood deaths than any other country except Bangladesh, and has earned the Kosi the epithet \"The Sorrow of Bihar\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Affected areas, India\nFlooding occurred throughout the Kosi River valley in northern Bihar, in the districts of Supaul, Araria, Saharsa, Madhepura, Bhagalpur, Khagaria and Purnea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Affected areas, India\nThe flood killed 250 people and forced nearly 3 million people from their homes in Bihar. More than 300,000 houses were destroyed and at least 340,000 hectares (840,000 acres) of crops were damaged. Villagers in Bihar ate raw rice and flour mixed with polluted water. Hunger and disease were widespread. The Supaul district was the worst-hit; surging waters swamped 1,000 square kilometres (247,000 acres) of farmlands, destroying crops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Affected areas, Nepal\nIt also affected six districts in Nepal. Approximately 53,800 Nepalese (11,572 households) were affected by the Koshi floods in Sunsari District, according to the Government of Nepal (GoN). Koshi Wildlife Reserve along the Koshi river was severely impacted by the floods including its wildlife and biodiversity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Affected areas, Nepal\nSatellite image of flood waters in Bihar as of 31 August 2008. (Image UNOSAT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Relief and Rehabilitation Work\nIn response to the disaster, widely reported as the region's worst flood in 50 years, Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar, met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek his help in dealing with the \"catastrophe\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Relief and Rehabilitation Work\nThe Prime Minister declared a \"natural calamity\" on 28 August and earmarked US$230 million in aid for the region. Rescue operations were carried out by the Indian Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and non-government organisations. Indian Air Force helicopters dropped relief supplies in the worst-hit districts. Mumbai Fire Brigade sent a 22-member disaster management team to help in relief work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Relief and Rehabilitation Work\nChief Minister Nitish Kumar requested a rehabilitation package of Rs 145 billion from the central government for the flood ravaged Kosi region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Relief and Rehabilitation Work\nThe Bihar government returned funds from Gujarat for relief work because of purported differences with the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Relief and Rehabilitation Work\nOn 1 September, describing the floods as a \"disaster,\" the Dalai Lama gave 1,000,000 rupees to the Bihar government for relief work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Relief and Rehabilitation Work\nThe Government of Bihar initiated Kosi Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Programme covering 30,000 affected families in Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura district based on a pilot project implemented by ODR Collaborative, a network of organisations, supporting the Government and an owner driven reconstruction policy was formulated to support each family with Rs. 55,000 to construct their own house. After signing an agreement with the World Bank in January 2011, this programme has been upscaled to cover 100,000 families for reconstruction of hazard safe houses. The cost per house will be Rs. 55,000 ($1200) with an additional cost of Rs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Relief and Rehabilitation Work\n2,300 ($50) for a toilet and Rs. 5,000 ($110) for solar powered lighting. In cases where beneficiaries do not own land, the Government of Bihar will provide additional assistance of Rs. 5000 ($110) for the people to buy the land. Towards this project, the World Bank is contributing $220 million. The Government of Bihar has also partnered with ODR Collaborative and UNDP to continue the social and technical facilitation and capacity building for this 'owner driven reconstruction' programme. Technical guidelines have been brought out to enable owners to build houses with various local materials including bamboo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Relief and Rehabilitation Work\nThe rehabilitation work has been incredibly slow. Out of a total 100,000 houses to be built by the Government in the Kosi region comprising Madhepura, Saharsa and Supaul districts, only 12,500 were built till February 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Administrative lapse\nFax messages sent by engineers at the Kosi dam warning the state government of the impending disaster went unheeded as the official authorised to respond was on leave. Consequently, many residents waiting for evacuation instructions never received warning of the flood. Nitish Mishra, Bihar's disaster management minister, said, \"There should definitely be some accountability,\" and that action would be taken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195849-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Bihar flood, Investigation\nBihar Government appointed a one-man inquiry commission, headed by Justice Rajesh Walia, former chief justice of Patna High Court, to probe the cause of the embankment breach. It was asked to examine all aspects related to the efforts to maintain the utility of the Kosi project since its inception in 1953 \u2013 particularly after a major landslide in 1979 pushed the Kosi towards its eastern bund \u2013 and a breach in 1991. The Commission submitted its report in March 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195850-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bin Salman mosque bombing\nThe 2008 Bin Salman mosque bombing was on 2 May 2008 at the Bin Salman Mosque in Sa'dah, Yemen, which killed 15 and injured 55. Local officials believed the bomb was hidden in a car or a motorcycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195850-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bin Salman mosque bombing\nSome witnesses said the target may have been the mosque's imam, or prayer leader, an army officer who adheres to the Salafi school of Sunni Islam. Witnesses said he was not hurt. Military personnel are among those who usually pray at the Bin Salman mosque, which like others in Yemen caters for both the majority Sunni community and Shia Zaidis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195851-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Birmingham City Council election\nElections to Birmingham City Council in England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control as it had been since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195851-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Birmingham City Council election\n230 candidates stood in the election for the 40 seats that were contested. Five parties contested every ward in Birmingham, the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, British National Party and the Greens. Overall turnout across the city was 31.2%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195851-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Birmingham City Council election\nThe results saw the Conservative party gain significantly, winning 6 seats from the Labour party and Respect gain an independent seat. The Liberal Democrats were pleased to hold all their seats. As a result, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat ruling coalition increased their majority to hold 75% of the seats on the council. Both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats attributed their success to below inflation council tax rises and the national unpopularity of the Labour government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195852-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Birthday Honours\nThe Queen's Birthday Honours 2008 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195852-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Birthday Honours\nThey were announced on 14 June 2008 in the United Kingdom, on 9 June 2008 in Australia, on 2 June 2008 in New Zealand, and on 14 June 2008 in Barbados, The Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Saint Lucia, and Belize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195852-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Birthday Honours\nThe recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised The Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc. and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195852-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Birthday Honours, Australia\nThe Queen's Birthday Honours 2008 for Australia were announced on 9 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195852-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Birthday Honours, New Zealand\nThe Queen's Birthday Honours 2008 for New Zealand were announced on 2 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195853-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)\nThe 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 2 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195853-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)\nThe recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195854-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes\nThe 2008 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes was the 84th running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. The race took place in Baltimore, Maryland on May 16, 2008, and was televised in the United States on the Bravo TV network owned by NBC. Ridden by jockey Channing Hill, Sweet Vendetta, won the race by one and one half lengths over runner-up Shes All Eltish. Approximate post time on the evening before the Preakness Stakes was 5:50 p.m. Eastern Time and the race was run for a purse of $150,000. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:49.60. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 18,407.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election\nElections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were held in 2008 on 1 May along with all other local elections in the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Election result\nThe party tallies before the 2008 poll were different from the results from the 2007 election. Arif Waghat was sacked from the Liberal Democrats in August 2007 and Michael Johnson quit For Darwen in March 2008. Both are continuing as independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Election result\nIn this first summary, \"seats\" represent the number of wards each party are defending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Audley\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Bastwell\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Beardwood with Lammack\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Corporation Park\nPreviously won by Labour in 2007 with a majority of 305.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 76], "content_span": [77, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Earcroft\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Ewood\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Fernhurst\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 69], "content_span": [70, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Higher Croft\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 72], "content_span": [73, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Little Harwood\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Livesey with Pleasington\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 84], "content_span": [85, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Marsh House\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 71], "content_span": [72, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Meadowhead\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Mill Hill\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 69], "content_span": [70, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, North Turton with Tockholes\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Queen's Park\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 72], "content_span": [73, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Roe Lee\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Shadsworth with Whitebirk\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Shear Brow\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Sudell\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Sunnyhurst\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Wensley Fold\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 72], "content_span": [73, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195855-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Wards, Whitehall\nPreviously won by\u00a0? in 200? with a majority of\u00a0?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 69], "content_span": [70, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team\nThe 2008 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos played their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the \"smurf-turf\". The blue turf was new for the 2008 season, as the old Astroplay surface was replaced by Field Turf. The Broncos won the Western Athletic Conference championship and were one of only two teams (the other being the Utah Utes) to finish the 2008 regular season with an undefeated record. However, the Broncos were unable to finish the season undefeated after losing 17\u201316 to #11 TCU in the Poinsettia Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season\nThe Broncos entered the 2007 season ranked #23 in the coaches poll and were on a 13-game winning streak after going undefeated in 2006. After an opening home win against Weber State to extend their winning streak to 14, the Broncos traveled to Seattle to play Washington. The Broncos failed to win against a Pac-10 team, losing to the Huskies 24\u201310, ending their nation's best winning streak, and dropping out of the top 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season\nThe Broncos would win 9 straight games from September 15 to November 17, including 7 WAC games and wins over rivals Fresno State, Idaho, and Nevada in a 4 OT game that set a new NCAA FBS record for points scored with 136 (69\u201367; that record total was matched later that season when Navy beat North Texas 74\u201362). The Broncos reentered the top 25 on November 3 and made it as high as #15 before dropping to #17 for the season ending game at #13 and undefeated Hawaii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season\nThe game with Hawaii was for the outright WAC championship, won by Hawaii 39\u201327. The Broncos would return to Honolulu to play East Carolina in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on December 23, won by East Carolina 41\u201338. The Broncos would finish the season 10\u20133, but failed to win either a conference championship or a bowl game for the first time since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Pre-season, Pre-season awards\nOn July 25, the Broncos were selected as the favorite to win the WAC by the media by a total of 383 points to 379 for Fresno State and first place votes of 25 to 20. The WAC coaches (not allowed to vote for their own team) voted Fresno #1 with a total of 63 to 57 points. Fresno had a total of 7 first place votes among WAC coaches to Boise States 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Pre-season, Pre-season awards\nThe USA Today Coaches preseason top 25 poll was released on August 1, with Boise State receiving 25 votes to rank 34th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Pre-season, Pre-season awards\nThe Associated Press preseason top 25 poll was released on August 16, with Boise State receiving 17 votes to rank 36th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Idaho State\nThe Broncos opened the 2008 season with a 49-7 win over their former in-state rival Idaho State in front of a new Bronco Stadium record crowd of 32,318. Freshman quarterback Kellen Moore completed 14 of 19 passes for 274 and 2 Touchdowns (80, 56) in his first collegiate start. Ian Johnson rushed 14 times for 87 yards and one score while Titus Young made 7 receptions for 142 yards and one touchdown and also one rushing touchdown. Richie Brockel rushed for two touchdowns and Tyler Shoemaker caught two TD passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Idaho State\nThe two touchdowns by Young, Brockel and Shoemaker marks the first time three Bronco's had each scored two touchdowns in one game. The Broncos out gained the Bengals 582 to 207 in total yards. The Broncos also blocked a Bengal punt in the 2nd quarter. With the win the Broncos moved their regular season home winning streak to 44. At one point in the fourth quarter, all 11 players on Defense for the Bronco's were freshman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green\nAnother Bronco Stadium record crowd of 32,335 watched as Boise State raised their regular season home winning streak to 45 games by beating Bowling Green 20-7. The Broncos came out fast scoring 3 touchdowns in the first half. A much improved second half Bowling Green defense mixed with various mental mistakes by the Bronco offense left the Broncos scoreless in the second half. Ian Johnson rushed 13 times for 97 yards and two touchdowns while quarterback Kellen Moore went 18 of 23 for 180, started the game 11 of 11, and rushed for his first career touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green\nKyle Brotzman set a Boise State record by making his 75th straight extra point, breaking the record held by Tyler Jones of 74 made in 2003 and 2004. Safety Jeron Johnson had 13 tackles (8 solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, one pass break up and two second half fumble recoveries to win WAC defensive player of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nSince joining D1A (now FBS) in 1996, Boise State had lost all 13 of their road games against teams from BCS conferences. That streak ended with a 37-32 win over Oregon of the Pac-10 in front of 58,713 hostile fans in Autzen Stadium. The Broncos held leads of 24-6 at halftime and 37-13 in the 4th before Oregon closed out the game with 19 unanswered points. The Broncos were held to only 38 yards rushing, but were helped by the arm of Freshman quarterback Kellen Moore. Moore went 25-37 for 386 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nOne touchdown pass went for 73 yards to Senior Vinny Perretta, his first TD of the season, before he left the game with a concussion. Junior Jeremy Childs added 4 receptions for 100 yards with a long of 41. Junior Kyle Wilson made 2 interceptions (totaling 3 on the season) while Sophomore Brandyn Thompson made his first career interception. Sophomore kicker Kyle Brotzman went 3-4 on field goals from 24, 36, and a career long 51 yards. Sophomore safety Jeron Johnson was ejected late in the 4th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe win propelled the Broncos into the top 25 in both major polls for the first time this season, being ranked 19th by the AP and 20th by the coaches in the USA Today poll. For his efforts, Kellen Moore was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation Bowl Subdivision National Offensive Player of the Week and the WAC Offensive Player of the Week. The Broncos were also named the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech\n6-4 all time, 6-1 as WAC members. Last year 45-31 in Ruston", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech\nBoise State won their WAC opener for the 8th straight year and extended their regular season home winning streak to 46 by defeating the Bulldogs of Louisiana Tech 38-3. Kellen Moore threw an interception on the opening drive, then was almost perfect finishing the game 20-28 for 325 and 2 TD's (13, 44) to Julian Hawkins and Chris O'niel, the latter on a reverse throw back to Moore from Vinny Perretta. Moore's numbers were good enough to earn the WAC Offensive Player of the Week award for the second time this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech\nD.J. Harper added 2 TD's on 9 carries for 35 yards. Ian Johnson again had a subpar rushing game, 9 for 42, but had his first career 100 yard receiving game with 106 on 3 catches. The Bronco defense has now given up 7 points or less in 3 of the 4 games this season. Kyle Brotzman hit a 49-yard field goal and averaged 57.7 yards on 3 punts including one downed at the 1-yard line and another of 72 yards. The Broncos moved up in the top 25 polls to #15 in the AP and #16 in the USA Today Coaches poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nThe Bronco defense shined in holding the strong Southern Mississippi offense to just 278 yards, stops on 4 fourth down tries and forced 2 turnovers to help the Bronco offense that continues to struggle. The Bronco offense was great in the second quarter, scoring all of their 24 points, but a series of three and outs, penalties and other bad decisions led to just 113 yards and 6 first downs in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nThe Broncos were held scoreless in the second half for the second time this season, but also held their opponent to 7 points or less for the fourth time in five games this season. Kellen Moore went 21 of 30 for 170, 3 TD's and 1 pick. 10 of his completions went to Jeremy Childs for 92 yards. Austin Pettis added 2 TD's on 4 catches for 30 yards. Jeron Johnson recorded his first interception of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nKyle Brotzman went 3 for 3 on PAT's, made a 32-yard field goal and averaged 39.7 yards on 6 punts that included 2 down inside the 20-yard line and a long of 63 in rout to being awarded the WAC Special Teams Player of the Week for the third time in his two-year career. Boise State remained the same in every major poll following the win. Prior to the game wide receiver Titus Young, who had previously been suspended for the Oregon game, was suspended indefinitely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Hawaii\n6-3 all time, 6-1 as WAC members. Last year 27-39 in Honolulu", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Hawaii\nThe Broncos defense came up with 5 interceptions and 7 sacks in taking down the defending WAC champion Hawaii Warriors 27-7 in front of another record crowd of 32,342 in Bronco Stadium. Brandyn Thompson had 3 interceptions and 5 solo tackles (one for a loss) to be awarded the WAC Defensive Player of the Week. George Iloka and Jeron Johnson also made interceptions. This marked the 5th time this season the Bronco Defense held their opponent to 7 points or less and moved to 2nd in the nation in scoring defense giving up only 10.5 PPG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Hawaii\nOn offense, Kellen Moore went 25 of 33 for 256 and 3 TD's, 6 of his passes going to Vinny Perretta for 82 yards. Kyle Brotzman won the WAC Special Teams Player of the Week for the second straight week going 2 for 4 on field goals (31, 43), brought his school record for consecutive extra points to 90, and averaged 60 yards on 3 punts with a career long of 75 and 2 downed inside the 20. The Broncos have still never lost a home WAC game (26 straight) and have now won 47 straight regular season home games. The Broncos moved to #13 in all of the major polls and debuted at #12 in the first BCS rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, San Jose State\n8-0 all time, 7-0 as WAC members. Last year 42-7 in Boise", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, San Jose State\nThe last two trips to San Jose for Boise State resulted in unsuccessful but scary close upset bids by the Spartans, both times the Broncos were undefeated. This game had the same ingredients and looked to be heading for a close finish being 20-16 in the third quarter, but the Broncos scored the game's final 13 points to stay undefeated and stop the Spartans chances of playing spoiler to the Broncos undefeated chances. Kellen Moore went 26 of 40 for 244 1 INT and 2 TD's to Jeremy Childs and Austin Pettis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, San Jose State\nJeremy Avery rushed 21 times for 96 yards and Ian Johnson added 66 on 16 carries and 2 TD's to set a new career touchdown mark in Boise State history, now with 51. Along with his 5 receptions Jeremy Childs had a first quarter punt block that led to a Bronco Touchdown. Kyle Brotzman hit 2 field goals from 31 and 39. The win gives the Broncos sole possession of first place in the WAC and moved them to #11 in every major poll, including the BCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\n8-0 all time, 3-0 as WAC members. Last year 58-0 in Boise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nNew Mexico State quarterback Chase Holbrook, who entered the game averaging 295 yards a game, only managed 64 yards passing and his Aggies were shut out by Boise State for the second straight year. The Bronco defense held the Aggies to only 150 total yards, made 7 sacks, 1 INT by Kyle Wilson, forced one fumble and now have given up 7 points or less in 6 of 8 games this season and are now giving up just 9.88 points per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nKyle Wilson also scored the Broncos first non offensive touchdown of the season by returning a fourth quarter punt 71 yards. On offense, Kellen Moore went 15 of 23 for 246, 1 INT and 3 TD's, 1 to Austin Pettis and 2 to Jeremy Childs. Ian Johnson had 10 carries for 61 yards and 1 TD to increase his school record to 52 TD's in his career. The Broncos moved to #9 in the AP Poll, their highest regular season ranking in school history, and moved to #10 in every other poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Utah State\n10-4 all time, 3-0 as WAC members. Last year 52-0 in Logan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nFour different Bronco players threw for a combined 5 TD's and 458 yards passing to collect  their 37th straight conference home win and remain undefeated on the season. Kellen Moore went 27 of 36 for 362, 2 TD's and 1 INT. Backup quarterback Mike Coughlin and wide receivers Tanyon Bissell and Vinny Perretta also added TD passes. Perretta added a 38-yard touchdown reception of his own to go along with 2 each by Jeremy Childs (57, 17) and Austin Pettis (7, 5). Ian Johnson's 1-yard TD run moved his school record for career rushing TD's to 53.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nThe Bronco defense held the Aggie rushing attack to just 44 yards, forced 6 turnovers and scored their first TD of the season when Ellis Powers picked up a Ryan Winterswyk forced fumble and returned it 4 yards. George Iloka had 2 interceptions. The Bronocs are now ranked #9 in every major poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Idaho\n19-17-1 all time, 3-0 as WAC members. Last year 58-14 in Boise", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nThe Broncos knocked off their in-state rivals for the 10th straight year to retain the Governor's Trophy and secure their 6th WAC Championship in 7 years. The Vandals opened the game with an 81-yard TD on the first play of the game and it was all down hill from there. The Broncos ran over the Vandals to the tune of 525 yards, 315 of those on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nJeremy Avery became the first Bronco back to go over 100 yards this season by gaining 156 yards on 11 carries, had a long of 57 for one of his two touchdowns and set a school record with 14.2 YPC. Ian Johnson added to his school record for rushing TD's which now stands at 54. Kellen Moore went 23 for 31 for 210 yards, 11 of those to Jeremy Childs for 99 yards and 6 to Austin Pettis for 71 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nKyle Wilson now leads the WAC with 5 interceptions and returned a punt 79 yards for his second return TD of the season. Ellis Powers return a fumble 45 yards for a TD, his second TD in as many weeks. True freshman defensive lineman Byron Hout, who made 5 solo tackles, 2 sacks and forced the fumble that led to the Powers TD, was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Week. The Broncos remained at #9 in every major poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Nevada\n22-12 all time, 7-0 as WAC members. Last year 69-67 in 4 OT's in Boise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Nevada\nThe Broncos held off a frenzy second half comeback by the Wolf Pack that ended when Colin Kaepernick's pass was batted down in the end zone on the last play of the game to secure the Broncos their 11th win of the season, their 5th season this decade with 11 wins or more, and the WAC championship for the 6th time in 7 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Nevada\nThe Broncos came out quick to lead Nevada 24-3 at halftime, but Kellen Moore threw 3 3rd quarter interceptions, 2 that were returned for touchdowns, and Nevada's offense scored on a 31-yard run to make it 31-24 at the end of 3. The Bronco's pushed their lead back to 17 on an Austin Pettis touchdown reception and a Kyle Brotzman 50-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Nevada\nNevada scored a TD with 4:36 left, recovered an on-side kick, kicked a FG with 2:36 left, and got the ball one last time with 1:37 left after a Brotzman missed 44-yard field goal but couldn't punch it in the end zone to force overtime. Kellen Moore went 29 of 48 for 414, a career-high, 3 TD's and the 3 costly INT's. Austin Pettis had 9 catches for 126 yards and 2 TD's (18, 10) to be named WAC Offensive Player of the Week while Vinny Perretta made 5 catches for 126 yards and a rushing TD. The Broncos only managed 70 yards rushing, 66 of those on an Ian Johnson TD run. The Broncos remained #9 in all major polls for the 3rd consecutive week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\n6-4 all time, 6-1 as WAC members. Last year 34-21 in Fresno", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nThe new record crowd of 32,412 rushed the field and fireworks went off above Bronco Stadium to celebrate the Broncos 3rd undefeated season in 5 years, their 5th 8-0 WAC season in the last 7 years, and their 7th straight year of being undefeated at home all to keep their slim BCS chances alive. Senior QB Bush Hamdan started on Senior day and threw 1 pass that was intercepted and returned for a touchdown by Fresno State. The Bulldogs would only manage 3 points the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nThe Broncos started slow in the first half leading only 13-10 at the half but broke the game wide open with 4 TD's in the third. Jeremy Avery scored on a 43-yard rush, Kyle Wilson returned a punt 90 yards for his 3rd return score of the year, Julian Hawkins caught a 35-yard TD pass from WR Tayon Bissel on a reverse pass, and Kellen Moore found TE Tommy Gallarda for a 16-yard touchdown reception. Ian Johnson had a 69-yard run on the last play of the 3rd quarter and scored a TD to open the 4th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0024-0002", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nJohnson added another TD later in the 4th to tie Marshall Faulk for the WAC record for TD rushes in a career with 57. In all Johnson carried the ball 14 times for 128 and the 2 scores. Kellen Moore went 17 for 23 for 213 and 2 TD's. Kyle Wilson was named the WAC Special Teams Player of the Week. On December 7, the Broncos were selected to play #11 Texas Christian (10-2) in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl on December 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Poinsettia Bowl - TCU\n1-0 all time. Last meeting 2003 (34-31 in the Plains Capital Fort Worth Bowl)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195856-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Boise State Broncos football team, Post Season Awards, First Team All WAC\nJeremy Childs- Jr. WR- Second straight year on 1st team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 78], "content_span": [79, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195857-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Boles\u0142aw Chrobry Tournament\nThe 1st Tournament for Boles\u0142aw Chrobry Crown - First King of Poland was the 2008 version of the Boles\u0142aw Chrobry Tournament. It took place on 29 June in the Start Gniezno Stadium in Gniezno, Poland. The Tournament was won by Rafa\u0142 Dobrucki who beat Rafa\u0142 Okoniewski and Sebastian U\u0142amek. The top Gniezno' rider Piotr Paluch was ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195857-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Boles\u0142aw Chrobry Tournament, Heat details\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195858-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolivian autonomy referendums\nReferendums on departmental autonomy statutes were held in four departments of Bolivia\u2014Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz, and Tarija\u2014in May and June 2008. These four departments, known as the Media Luna, voted in favor of autonomy in the June 2006 elections. The National Electoral Court had blocked the referendums, along with the proposed referendum on Morales's new constitution. The referendums were also unconstitutional, as the constitution in force at the time had no provisions for departmental autonomy. Under the Framework Law on Autonomy, passed in 2010, the autonomy statutes must be harmonized with the 2009 Constitution before being enacted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195858-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolivian autonomy referendums\nThe first autonomy referendum was held in Santa Cruz Department on 4 May 2008. Autonomy referendums were held in Beni Department and Pando Department in Bolivia on 1 June 2008 Both departments approved autonomy with slightly over 80% of the vote. Turnout was only 34.5% in Beni and slightly over 50% in Pando.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195858-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolivian autonomy referendums\nA similar referendum was held in Tarija Department on 22 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195859-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolivian vote of confidence referendum\nA vote of confidence in President Evo Morales in the form of a referendum was held in Bolivia on 10 August 2008. The vote was held to determine whether Morales, Vice President \u00c1lvaro Garc\u00eda Linera, and eight out of nine departmental Prefects should stay in office. Morales received more than 67% support and six of the eight prefects were returned. The prefects of Cochabamba Department and La Paz Department were defeated and had to face re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195859-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolivian vote of confidence referendum, Background\nThe referendum was initially suggested by Morales in December 2007, but was rejected by the opposition at the time. However, the opposition-controlled Senate brought back the suggestion following their victory in the Santa Cruz autonomy referendum on 4 May 2008, with Morales agreeing to hold the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195859-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolivian vote of confidence referendum, Background\nThe recall election would be deemed successful if the percentage voting in favour of the recall exceeded the percentage of voters that originally voted for the person. For Morales and Linera, there would have to be more than 53.74% (their margin in the 2005 presidential election). The same rules apply for the governors, but their margins are between 48% and 38% in La Paz Department which makes their recall much easier to accomplish. If the recall is successful then fresh elections would be held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195859-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Bolivian vote of confidence referendum, Background\nMorales has stated that if he stays in office, he will use the referendum result as a springboard for more reforms \u2013 for instance, setting a date for the constitutional referendum which would grant more rights to Bolivia's poor indigenous population. If he loses, he said he would go back to farming coca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195859-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolivian vote of confidence referendum, Background\nPolls in May 2008 showed Morales easily defeating the recall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195859-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolivian vote of confidence referendum, Background\nFollowing autonomy referendums held in the second quarter of 2008 in Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando and Tarija, the governors of these four states initially refused to take part in the recall referendum unless the referendum complied with the new autonomy statutes, which the Supreme Electoral Court considers to be invalid; they pushed for early elections to be held instead. Nonetheless, the governors later agreed to participate. However, there were still obstructive measures from these four departments a few days before the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195859-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolivian vote of confidence referendum, Background\nThe recall referendum did not apply to the governor of Chuquisaca Department, as Savina Cu\u00e9llar was just elected very recently in June 2008. Cu\u00e9llar was a member of the Bolivian Constituent Assembly for Morales' Movement for Socialism, but ran for governorship of Chuquisaca as the candidate of the opposition Interinstitutional Committee Alliance, winning with 55% to MAS' W\u00e1lter Valda's 45%. The gubernatorial election was held after the previous governor, David S\u00e1nchez of MAS, resigned (against the wish of his party) due to violent protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195859-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolivian vote of confidence referendum, Background\nShortly before the election, the rules were changed, though the legality of this move remains in doubt; under the new rules, the governors will be removed from office if over 50% of voters recall them, effectively raising the threshold required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195860-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195860-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election\n20 seats were contested with 9 being won by the Conservatives, 7 by the Labour Party and 4 by the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195860-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition\nPrior to the election the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195860-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Rumworth ward\nConservative candidate for Rumworth, Zahid Raja, withdrew before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195861-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bombardier Learjet 550\nThe 2008 Bombardier Learjet 550 was the seventh round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on June 7, 2008 at the 1.455-mile (2.342\u00a0km) Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas. In the first half, three single-car incidents involving Mario Dom\u00ednguez, Justin Wilson, and Oriol Servi\u00e0 slowed the race. The lead changed hands between H\u00e9lio Castroneves, Bruno Junqueira, and Scott Dixon for the first 100 laps. Two sequences of green flag pit stops occurred under a long stretch of green flag conditions. A caution for debris came out on lap 165, sending the leaders to the pits once more. V\u00edtor Meira stayed out to take over the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195861-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bombardier Learjet 550\nWith 21 laps to go, Meira was forced to pit for fuel, giving up the lead to Marco Andretti. Moments later, Enrique Bernoldi crashed in turn four. Andretti led the field back to green on lap 219. With six laps to go, Dixon slipped by Andretti to take the lead. On the next lap, down the backstretch, third place Ryan Hunter-Reay dove below Andretti heading into turn three. Hunter-Reay pinched his left wheels onto the apron, lost control, and touched wheels with Andretti. Both cars spun and crashed hard into the wall. The race finished under caution with Dixon the winner, and Castroneves slipping by the accident to finish second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195862-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival\nThe 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was held June 12\u201315. Aside from the festival's opening year (2002), attendance at the 2008 event, at approximately 70,000, was the smallest in Bonnaroo's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195862-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival, Cancellations and rescheduling\nBonnaroo had many cancellations and reschedules by artists both before and during the event. Cancellations included Black Kids, who appeared on the initial line-up but were later removed. Two months prior, due to health issues, The Allman Brothers Band cancelled their slot at the festival. Their cancellation led to the replacement band Widespread Panic being announced as the festival closer. Due to a schedule conflict, David Cross also had to cancel his appearance and was replaced by Louis C.K. in the Bonnaroo Comedy Theatre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195862-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival, During the festival\nThe surprise SuperJam was composed of Les Claypool on bass/vocals, Eugene Hutz (guitar/vocals), Sergei Ryabtsev (violin), Oren Kaplan (guitar), and Yuri Lemeshev (accordion) of Gogol Bordello, and Claypool's touring drummer (and Cake member) Paulo Baldi on drums. They were later joined by Kirk Hammett of Metallica on guitar for three numbers. Hammett was introduced by Claypool as \"some guy that used to sell me weed back in high school.\" The set consisted of eleven Tom Waits covers (\"Russian Dance\" was performed twice, the second time as an encore), along with a single Claypool song, \"D's Diner\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195862-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival, During the festival\nChris Rock's main stage set was billed as being \"one of the largest ever for a comedy show\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195862-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival, During the festival\nKidz Jam, a non-profit organization out of Dayton, Ohio provided free entertainment, water, earplugs and safety information for the families which attended Bonnaroo in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195862-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival, During the festival\nKanye West's Saturday night set, having been moved back and forth between stages by Bonnaroo promoters, eventually ran on the main stage. West was not on time due to a scheduling conflict. This, in addition to Pearl Jam playing over an hour longer than scheduled and taking a long time to remove their equipment, and the complex stage set-up for West's performance, meant the show started at 5:00\u00a0am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195863-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Borjomi Wildfire\nThe 2008 Borjomi wildfires started in the Borjomi Gorge, Georgia on August 15, 2008 and lasted for several days to come, destroying 250 hectares (620 acres) of the 75,000 hectares (190,000 acres) Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, one of the largest national parks in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195863-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Borjomi Wildfire\nThe fire started in the concluding days of the hostilities during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, some 80\u00a0km far from the conflict area. Eyewitnesses reported camouflage-painted helicopters in the sky just before the fire erupted. Georgia accused Russia of bombing the area and deliberating starting a fire using incendiary devices, describing it as an ecocide. Russia's Defence Ministry denied bombing the forests and said that they would help the Georgians extinguish the fires if requested. Despite Turkish and Ukrainian aid, the firefighting efforts were complicated by the ongoing conflict and airspace restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195863-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Borjomi Wildfire\n\"the fire spread to over 950\u00a0hectares of forest land. An area of 250\u00a0hectares was totally destroyed, and 150 000 m\u00b3 of standing trees were lost. As a result, the forest's ecosystem lost its ecological function, as well as commercial value. In the affected area, endemic and other species were almost completely destroyed, including Himalayan yew, spruce, abies, pine, beech, oak, hornbeam and many varieties of forest wildlife.... The fauna of the region experienced significant damage as well.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195863-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Borjomi Wildfire\nThe Borjomi wildfire alarmed international environmental organizations. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) called on \"all parties capable of helping put out forest fires in central Georgia to work together to extinguish them.\" The PAN Parks network, of which the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park is a member, sent a latter to the Russian Minister of Natural Resources, expressing its concerns that the \"recent bombing in Borjomi district resulted in a forest fire, which threatens Borjomi Kharagauli National Park.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195863-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Borjomi Wildfire\nThe World Bank expressed its \"grave concern the reports of forest fires in the Borjomi area of Georgia\" and sent an assessment team in the area. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe-UNEP mission will also assess the damage caused by fire, including in the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park and adjacent forested areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195864-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bosnian municipal elections\nMunicipal elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 October 2008. Parties and independent candidates had to register by 23 May 2008, party or coalition lists by 25 June 2008. These were the first local elections were representatives of minorities were elected to the municipal assemblies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195864-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bosnian municipal elections\n64 political parties and 183 independent candidates were certified to stand in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195864-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bosnian municipal elections\nNationalist parties (the Party of Democratic Action and the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the federation and the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats in the RS) were the most successful in the election, while the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina was considered to have been the loser of the election. Turnout was 55% (an increase and more than expected), but only 40% in the cities, were the voters were the most supportive of smaller, multi-ethnic parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195865-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Cannons season\nThis is the 8th season that the Eastern Conference team called the Boston Cannons play in their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were selected on host the 8th annual Major League Lacrosse Steinfeld Cup championship weekend at Harvard Stadium on August 23 to August 24. The opening game of the season is at home against New Jersey Pride.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195865-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Cannons season, Standings\nW = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA  Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195866-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston College Eagles football team\nThe 2008 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was Boston College's fourth season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Eagles were led by Jeff Jagodzinski in his second and final season as Boston College head coach. Boston College has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference's (ACC) Atlantic Division since joining the league in 2005, after leaving the Big East Conference. The Eagles played their home games in 2008 at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which has been their home stadium since 1957.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195866-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston College Eagles football team, Season recap\nBoston College had to replace Matt Ryan, who was drafted third overall in the 2008 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. Senior quarterback Chris Crane was the starter at the beginning of the year to take over the starting quarterback position. In the November 22 game against Wake Forest, Crane broke his collar bone, and was replaced with Dominique Davis. Other big losses that had to be dealt with from the 2007 season include tailback L.V. Witworth and running back Andre Callender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195866-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Boston College Eagles football team, Season recap\nTrue freshman Josh Haden was assumed to be the starting running back, but true freshman Montel Harris later turned out to have the starting job. BC finished the year with one of the best defenses in College Football, with the most Interceptions in all of FBS Football, and allowing the fifth fewest yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195866-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston College Eagles football team, Season recap\nThe team had its first loss in a home game against Georgia Tech. It went on to lose two more games against the North Carolina and the Clemson before winning four games in a row to take the team to its second ACC Championship Game in a row, which again, put the Eagles against the Virginia Tech Hokies. The Eagles lost the game 12\u201330, and placed the team in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195866-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Boston College Eagles football team, Season recap\nThe Eagles lost the game to Vanderbilt, which not only ended the Eagles bowl winning streak, which was the longest in the nation, but gave Vanderbilt its first bowl win in over 50 years. On January 5, 2008, Coach Jagodzinski was fired by Boston College, for apparently interviewing for the head coaching vacancy for the NFL New York Jets despite being warned not to. He was later hired as the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season\nThe 2008 Boston Lobsters season was the fourth season of the franchise (in its current incarnation) in World TeamTennis (WTT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season\nThe Lobsters finished the regular season with 7 wins and 7 losses and qualified for the WTT playoffs. They lost the WTT Wild Card Match to the Sacramento Capitals, 22\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Move to Middleton led by Mayotte\nIn January 2008, after playing their home matches during the previous three seasons on the campus of Harvard University, the Lobsters announced plans to move to the North Shore region. On March 18, 2008, the Lobsters selected Ferncroft Country Club in Middleton, Massachusetts as their new home. Lobsters owner and CEO Bahar Uttam said a stadium with a seating capacity between 1,500 and 2,000 would be constructed on the grounds of the club. Uttam said that studies conducted by the team revealed that the North Shore had the highest concentration of tennis players in Greater Boston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Move to Middleton led by Mayotte\nThe Lobsters had also considered moving to the Bass River Tennis Club, but that club only has indoor courts and scrapped plans to build an outdoor stadium, because management felt the $40,000 rent the Lobsters offered to pay did not justify the projected $300,000 stadium construction costs. While announcing the move, the Lobsters also named Tim Mayotte their new head coach, replacing Anne Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Drafts\nIn announcing the team's move to Middleton the previous day, the Lobsters also made known their intention to draft and sign Martina Navratilova for the 2008 season. On March 19, 2008, it became official, as Navratilova was selected with the third pick in the Marquee Player Draft. In the Roster Player Draft, the Lobsters chose Jan-Michael Gambill in the first round and left Christina Fusano unprotected. Fusano was selected in the fourth round by the Delaware Smash. In the second round, the Lobsters protected Amir Hadad. This filled the Lobsters' quota of two full-time male players and meant they could not protect Nikita Kryvonos in the third round, where they selected Marie-\u00c8ve Pelletier. Raquel Kops-Jones was the team's final selection in the draft, leaving Julie Ditty unprotected. The Lobsters did not select any roster-exempt players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 897]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nThe Lobsters opened their season on the road against the New York Sportimes on July 3, 2008, and found themselves leading 12\u20139 after three sets on the strength of Marie-\u00c8ve Pelletier's set win in women's singles which followed her women's doubles set win paired with Raquel Kops-Jones. However, the Sportimes won the final two sets and squeezed out of 19\u201318 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nAfter another loss on the road at the hands of the New York Buzz, the Lobsters hosted the Delaware Smash in the inaugural match on their new home court at the Ferncroft Country Club on July 7, 2008. Jan-Michael Gambill gave the Lobsters an early lead with a 5\u20133 set win in the opening set of men's singles. Kops-Jones teamed with Pelletier and Amir Hadad for set wins in women's and mixed doubles. After dropping the final set of women's singles to Madison Brengle, Pelletier clinched a 23\u201319 victory for the Lobsters when she won the third game of overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nThe following evening, the Lobsters visited Serena Williams and the expansion Washington Kastles in the inaugural home match for the Kastles. Hadad and Gambill opened the match with a 5\u20131 set win in men's doubles. Hadad then teamed with Kops-Jones for a 5\u20132 set win over Williams and Justin Gimelstob in mixed doubles. In the third set, Gambill won a men's singles tiebreaker to give the Lobsters a 15\u20137 lead. Williams and Mashona Washington took the women's doubles set over Kops-Jones and Pelletier in a tiebreaker. After Williams won the final set of women's singles, Pelletier won the third game of overtime to give the Lobsters a 22\u201319 triumph that evened their record at 2 wins and 2 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nVenus Williams led the Philadelphia Freedoms into Ferncroft Country Club on July 10, 2008. She won the opening set of women's singles over Pelletier in a tiebreaker. Williams then paired with Lisa Raymond for a 5\u20132 set win in women's doubles over Pelletier and Kops-Jones. The Lobsters rebounded when Kops-Jones and Hadad earned a 5\u20133 set win over Williams and Travis Parrott. After Gambill won a tiebreaker in men's singles, he teamed with Hadad to take another tiebreaker in men's doubles that sent the match to a super tiebreaker. The match came down to a deciding point, which Parrott and Alex Bogomolov Jr. were able to win, giving the Freedoms a 22\u201321 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nThe Lobsters' record stood at 3 wins and 5 losses on July 16, 2008, when Martina Navratilova made her season debut in a home match against the Springfield Lasers. Gambill won the opening set of men's singles and teamed with Hadad to win the third set of men's doubles and give the Lobsters a 13\u201311 lead. Navratilova and Kops-Jones extended the lead to 18\u201313 by taking the women's doubles set, 5\u20132. Navratilova and Hadad lost a tiebreaker in the final set of mixed doubles but won the second game of overtime to secure a 23\u201319 win for the Lobsters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nThe Lobsters hit the road the following evening looking to avenge their home loss against the Freedoms. Hadad and Gambill opened the match with a 5\u20133 set win in men's doubles. Pelletier followed by taking the women's singles, 5\u20132. After the Freedoms won the mixed doubles set, Kops-Jones and Pelletier dominated women's doubles, 5\u20131, to give the Lobsters an 18\u201311 lead. Gambill closed out the match by winning a tiebreaker in men's singles that gave the Lobsters a 23\u201315 victory. In the midst of a tight playoff race, the split in the season series gave the Lobsters a tiebreaker edge over the Freedoms on the basis of games won in head-to-head meetings, 44\u201337.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nReturning home the next night, the Lobsters faced another playoff contender, the Kastles. Boston won the first four sets of the match to take a 20\u20139 lead. Hadad paired with Gambill in the opening set and with Kops-Jones in the second set to take the men's and mixed doubles. Gambill and Pelletier each recorded 5\u20132 set wins in men's and women's doubles, respectively. After the Kastles won the final set of women's doubles, Kops-Jones and Pelletier won the first game of overtime to secure a 23\u201314 victory. The win gave the Lobsters a season-high three-match winning streak and a record of 6 wins and 5 losses, the first time all season the team had a winning record. It also gave them a sweep of the season series with the Kastles and another important tiebreaker edge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nPlaying for the fourth consecutive day, the Lobsters started a home-and-home series with the Newport Beach Breakers. The Breakers won the first four sets to take a 20\u201313 lead. Navratilova and Kops-Jones blanked Michaela Pa\u0161tikov\u00e1 and Rebecca Bernhard, 5\u20130, in the final set of women's doubles to send the match to overtime with the Lobsters trailing, 20\u201318. However, the Breakers won the first game of overtime to take a 21\u201318 win and end the Lobsters' winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nAfter an off day as the teams traveled to the West Coast, the Lobsters carried the momentum they had built at the end of the first match with the Breakers into the start of the second match. Navratilova and Hadad won the opening set of mixed doubles, 5\u20131. Pelletier followed with a 5\u20130 set win in women's singles that gave the Lobsters a 10\u20131 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nThe Breakers turned things around when Ram\u00f3n Delgado won the third set of men's singles, 5\u20132, over Gambill, and they went on to win the final three sets, sending the match to overtime with the Lobsters holding a slim 17\u201316 lead. Hadad and Gambill won the first game of overtime to secure an 18\u201316 victory that improved the Lobsters' record to 7 wins and 6 losses. With the teams splitting their two regular-season matches, the Breakers, who were also playoff contenders, earned a tiebreaker edge over the Lobsters by winning more games in head-to-head matchups, 37\u201336.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nOn July 22, 2008, the Lobsters played their regular-season finale on the road against the defending WTT champion Sacramento Capitals. The Lobsters found themselves in a difficult position on their playoff quest. A victory would have given them a record of 8\u20136, and guaranteed them the best record among third-place teams in WTT. However, that would not necessarily be enough to secure the WTT wild card berth. The Capitals, as host of WTT Championship Weekend, were guaranteed the wild card berth if they did not finish first or second in the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nThe Capitals record stood at 6\u20136, and they were in second place. The Breakers were third at 5\u20137, and the Lasers were fourth at 5\u20138. Thus, a Capitals loss would keep the Breakers and Lasers in the hunt for second place in the West. The Breakers held a tiebreaker edge over the Capitals, and the Lasers held a tiebreaker edge in the case of a three-way tie with the Capitals and Breakers at 6\u20138. However, a Capitals win coupled with a Breakers loss (to the Sportimes) would guarantee the Capitals second place in the Western Conference and make the wild card available to the best team not finishing first or second in its conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Regular season\nIn the match, the Capitals blitzed the Lobsters, winning four of the five sets. Pelletier's dominant 5\u20131 set win in women's singles was not enough as the Lobsters fell, 21\u201313, and saw their record drop to 7 wins and 7 losses. Later that evening, the Breakers lost to the Sportimes, clinching second place in the Western Conference for the Capitals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Clinching a playoff berth\nWith their schedule completed, the Lobsters became interested spectators on the final day of the WTT regular season. They were third in the Eastern Conference, and their record stood at 7\u20137, identical to that of the Philadelphia Freedoms over whom they held a tiebreaker edge. The Washington Kastles entered the final day fifth in the Eastern Conference at 5\u20138 and were eliminated. The Newport Beach Breakers held third place in the Western Conference at 5\u20138 and were also eliminated. It would seem that the Lobsters had already clinched the wild card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Clinching a playoff berth\nHowever, the wild card berth was to be awarded to the team that had the highest overall seeding without finishing in the top two places in its conference. That is not necessarily identical to the third-place team with the best record. In the overall seeding of the teams, it remained possible for the 7\u20136 Sacramento Capitals, who had already clinched second place in the Western Conference, to finish 7\u20137, creating a three-way tie with the Lobsters and Freedoms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Clinching a playoff berth\nThe games won against common opponents tiebreaker step would apply, and the Freedoms would be first with 157, the Lobsters second with 152 and the Capitals third with 133 plus the number of games they would win in a loss to the Sportimes. The maximum number of wins against common opponents the Capitals could reach in a loss was 157. Therefore, the tiebreaker would have given the Freedoms the wild card and the #4 seed in the WTT playoffs. The Capitals, as the second-place team in the Western Conference, would have been the #5 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0015-0003", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Clinching a playoff berth\nThe Lobsters would be eliminated, even though they held a head-to-head tiebreaker edge over the Freedoms, and even if they finished second in the three-team tiebreaker for the #4 and #5 seeds. Therefore, the Lobsters needed a Capitals victory, which would give Sacramento an 8\u20136 record to avoid the three-way tie, allowing the Lobsters to win the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Freedoms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, Clinching a playoff berth\nIn a tightly contested match that ended the WTT regular season, which would have given the Sportimes the Eastern Conference title had they won, the Capitals prevailed in a final-set tiebreaker, 20\u201319. The Lobsters made the playoffs on what was literally the season's final point played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, WTT Wild Card Match\nMaking their first postseason appearance since 2005, the Lobsters met the Sacramento Capitals in the Wild Card Match on July 24, 2008, at Allstate Stadium at Westfield Galleria at Roseville in Roseville, California, the predetermined site for WTT Championship Weekend, which was also the Capitals' home court. There was some familiarity between the teams, since they had played just two days earlier in the same venue. The Capitals, as the higher seed, set the order of play and opened with Sam Warburg taking the men's singles set, 5\u20132, from Jan-Michael Gambill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Season recap, WTT Wild Card Match\nRaquel Kops-Jones and Marie-\u00c8ve Pelletier responded for the Lobsters with a 5\u20132 set win in women's doubles that tied the score at 7 all. After the Capitals won the mixed doubles set, 5\u20132, the Lobsters turned to Pelletier, who had closed the regular season by winning four of her final five women's singles sets, including a 5\u20131 triumph over Tamaryn Hendler in the season finale. However, Hendler turned the tables on Pelletier and won the set in a tiebreaker to give the Capitals a 17\u201313 lead. The Capitals closed out a 22\u201315 victory by winning the final set of men's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Draft picks\nSince the Lobsters finished with the fourth worst record among nonplayoff teams in WTT in 2007, they selected third in each round of WTT's two drafts, after the Houston Wranglers folded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Draft picks, Marquee Player Draft\nIn the Marquee Player Draft on March 19, 2008, the Lobsters selected Martina Navratilova in the first round. They did not make a second-round selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Draft picks, Roster Player Draft\nThe league conducted its 2008 Roster Player Draft on April 1, in Miami, Florida. The selections made by the Lobsters are shown in the table below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195867-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Lobsters season, Statistics\nPlayers are listed in order of their game-winning percentage provided they played in at least 40% of the Lobsters' games in that event, which is the WTT minimum for qualification for league leaders in individual statistical categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195868-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Marathon\nThe 2008 Boston Marathon was the 112th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 21. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot in a time of 2:07:46 hours and the women's race was won by Ethiopia's Dire Tune in 2:25:25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195869-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Pizza Cup\nThe 2008 Boston Pizza Cup, the men's curling championships for Alberta, took place on February 12-17 at the Grant Fuhr Arena in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The Kevin Martin rink won the final over Randy Ferbey's team and represented Alberta at the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195870-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Red Sox season\nThe 2008 Boston Red Sox season was the 108th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished in second place in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, two games behind the Tampa Bay Rays. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, and defeated the American League West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS. The Red Sox then lost to the Rays in the ALCS in seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195870-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Red Sox season\nIn late March, the team started the regular season playing in Tokyo against the Oakland Athletics for MLB Japan Opening Day 2008. In July, seven Red Sox players were selected for the AL All-Star team, with outfielder J. D. Drew being named the game's MVP. In September, the team officially retired uniform number 6 in honor of Johnny Pesky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195870-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases; Bold indicates leader in category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195870-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitchers\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195870-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitchers\n* indicates player led their respectable league in that certain category** indicates player led all of baseball in that certain category", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195870-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitchers\nLed team in starters ERA Led in team ERA Allowed fewest runs as a starter for the Red Sox Led team in runs allowed. Led team in walks allowed. Led starters in walks allowed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195871-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bougainvillean presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Bougainville (an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea) from November 30 to December 18, 2008. Voters elected the new President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, following the death of President Joseph Kabui while in office, on June 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195871-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bougainvillean presidential election\nThe potential resumption of controversial mining activities, which were at the root of Bougainville's civil war in the 1990s, was reportedly a key issue in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195871-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bougainvillean presidential election\nThere were twelve candidates at the by-election: Nick Peniai, Edward Okuwau, Gerard Sinato, Sam Kauona, Clarence Cozxiune, James Tanis, Ruben Siara, Sam Akoitai, Sylvester Niu, Joel Banam, Raymond Hakena and Patrick Leslie. The two favourites had been considered to be Papua New Guinea's former mining minister Akoitai and former rebel leader Kauona. In total, 14 candidates stood in the election. Sinato represented Kabui's Bougainville People's Congress, while Hakena represented the New Bougainville Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195871-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bougainvillean presidential election\nWith 22,956 votes being cast, the election was won by James Tanis, a former Bougainville Revolutionary Army separatist and the third-place candidate in the 2005 election, with 11,112 votes. Akoitai finished second with 9,217 votes,. Tanis was sworn in on 6 January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195872-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team\nThe 2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head football coach was Gregg Brandon. The Falcons played their home games at Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. They were a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 6\u20136, 4\u20134 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. Despite being bowl eligible, they were not selected to participate in a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195872-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Preseason\nShortly after the 2007 season, the Falcons lost backup quarterback, Anthony Glaud and wide receiver, Zach Charles to transfer as the pair made their way to defending MEAC champion Delaware State, because of lack of playing time. On May 12, the Football Writers Association of America announced that Bowling Green senior defensive lineman Diyral Briggs was placed on their watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, awarded to the nation's top defensive player. At the MAC football media day, the Falcons were voted as the preseason favorites to win the East Division crown, garnering 17 first place votes and 206 total votes, just edging out rival, Miami (OH) who had 7 first place votes and 202 total votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195872-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Coaching staff\nThe Bowling Green Falcons have seen numerous changes in the coaching staff. Offensive Coordinator Mick McCall left the team to take the same position at Northwestern, while former Buffalo head coach, Jim Hofher, was named Quarterbacks Coach, Troy Rothenbuhler was named Passing Game Coordinator, Matt Campbell was named running game coordinator, and Doug Phillips was named recruiting coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195872-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nThe Falcons opened the 2008 campaign against nationally ranked Pitt at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in front of 45,063 and a national television audience on ESPNU. The Falcons came in as 13-point underdogs against the Panthers, who had previously been 25-2 against the MAC and 24-0 at home against the conference. Pittsburgh showed their poise early on in the game scoring on their first offensive drive of the game with an 11-yard run by running back LeSean McCoy to cap off an eight play, 71-yard drive that took less than four minutes to complete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195872-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nPitt would extend their lead in the early in the second quarter with 4 yard touchdown pass to Derek Kinder from quarterback Bill Stull, making the score 14\u20130 in favor of Pitt. The Falcons would answer back against the Panthers on the following possession, marching down the field 73 yards in eight plays, capped off with a five-yard pass to Jimmy Scheidler from wide receiver Freddie Barnes, cutting Pitt's lead to 14\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195872-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nScheidler would bring in his second touchdown reception of the game six and a half minutes later on a three-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tyler Sheehan, which tied the game at 14\u201314. Pitt would answer back on the following possession as their Lou Groza Award candidate kicker Connor Lee booted 36 yard field goal as time expired in the first half, giving Pitt the halftime lead 17\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195872-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nThe game would become a story of two halves as the Falcons came out and as the Falcons defense slowed down the powerhouse McCoy and forced Pitt to two fumbles and an interception. Bowling Green would take their first lead of the game with an 8-yard run by wide receiver Anthony Turner with 3:53 left in the third quarter. The preceding extra point was blocked by Pitt and the Falcons took the lead of 20\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195872-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nEarly in the fourth quarter the Bowling Green defense caused Pitt's third fumble and seemed to return it to the end zone for an apparent game-winning touchdown, but due to an inadvertent whistle, Bowling Green was stripped of the touchdown, but still took over possession of the ball at Pitt's 11-yard line. The Falcons would make good on their field position scoring on an 11-yard run on a quarterback draw by Sheehan which increased the Falcons' lead to 27\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195872-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nPitt continued to attempt to mount a comeback but after Lee's missed field goal of 42 yards at 3:58 left in the fourth quarter blew the wind out of Pitt's sails and Stull being intercepted in the end zone by Kenny Lewis with 1:26 left in the game officially put Pitt away. The Falcons improved to 1\u20130 on the season and had their second consecutive season opening victory over a BCS Conference opponent (having defeated Minnesota 32\u201331 in overtime the year before), although being outgained by the Pitt offense 393\u2013254.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195872-0004-0003", "contents": "2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nSheehan lead the Falcons in the passing game completing 24 of 40 attempts for 163 yards, 1 touchdown, and an interception, followed by Barnes who was 2 of 2 for 27 yards and a touchdown. The Falcons' running game was led by Chris Bullock who had 7 rushes for 44 yards, followed by Turner and Sheehan who each had a rushing touchdown. Bullock also led the receivers with 7 receptions for 49 yards along with Scheidler who had 3 receptions for 30 yards and two touchdowns. Jamal Brown led the Falcons defense with 14 tackles, followed by Antonio Smith's 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195872-0004-0004", "contents": "2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nSmith, Lewis, and Enrique Dozier each forced fumbles, with Lewis, Dozier, and Angelo Magnone each recovering a fumble and Lewis snagging the lone interception for the Falcons defense. The Falcons were able to sack Stull four times, twice by Bronko Nagurski Trophy candidate Diyral Briggs and once each by Smith and Dozier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195873-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Box Office Entertainment Awards\nThe 38th Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation Box Office Entertainment Awards (GMMSF-BOEA) is a part of the annual awards in the Philippines held on May 13, 2008. The award-giving body honors Filipino actors, actresses and other performers' commercial success, regardless of artistic merit, in the Philippine entertainment industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195873-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Box Office Entertainment Awards, Winners selection\nThe winners are chosen from the Top 10 Philippine films of 2007, top-rating shows in Philippine television, top recording awards received by singers, and top gross receipts of concerts and performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195873-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Box Office Entertainment Awards, Awards ceremony\nOn May 13, 2008 at RCBC Plaza, Ayala Avenue in Makati, Philippines, the 38th Box Office Entertainment Awards night was held. The event was aired on May 17, 7pm at NBN 4 - Net 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195873-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Box Office Entertainment Awards, Multiple Awards, Companies with multiple awards\nThe following companies received two or more awards in the television category:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195874-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Boxing World Cup\nThe 2008 Boxing World Cup is a boxing competition between top ranked boxers in different weight categories. It was held in Moscow, Russia from December 10 to December 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195874-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Boxing World Cup, New format\nThe format for the 2008 competition changed when it was announced that the event would take place under a new format and become a biennial event. Whereas before the competition was between teams, now it will be between the top ranked boxers in their weight categories. The winning country will be the one taking more medals than any other, without any group stages as previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195875-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brabantse Pijl\nThe 2008 Brabantse Pijl was the 48th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 30 March 2008. The race started in Leuven and finished in Alsemberg. The race was won by Sylvain Chavanel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195876-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bradford Bulls season\nThis article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2008 season. This is the 13th season of the Super League era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195877-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round was the tenth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of August 1\u20133, 2008, at the Brands Hatch circuit. The round was marred by the death of Craig Jones during the Supersport race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195878-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brasil Open\nThe 2008 Brasil Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 8th edition of the Brasil Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place in Costa do Sau\u00edpe resort, Mata de S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o, Brazil, from 11 February through 17 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195878-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brasil Open\nThe singles draw featured former World No. 1 and Chennai semifinalist Carlos Moy\u00e1, 2007 Cincinnati Masters quarterfinalist Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, and 2007 Moscow and 2007 Metz quarterfinalist Igor Andreev. Also present were 2007 St. Petersburg quarterfinalist Potito Starace, 2007 Rome Masters semifinalist Filippo Volandri, Agust\u00edn Calleri, Jos\u00e9 Acasuso and Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195878-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Brasil Open, Champions, Doubles\nMarcelo Melo /  Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 defeated  Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s /  Santiago Ventura, 4\u20136, 6\u20132, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195879-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brasil Open \u2013 Doubles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Pavel V\u00edzner were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195879-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brasil Open \u2013 Doubles\nMarcelo Melo and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 won in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20132, [10\u20137], against Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s and Santiago Ventura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195880-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brasil Open \u2013 Singles\nGuillermo Ca\u00f1as was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195880-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brasil Open \u2013 Singles\nNicol\u00e1s Almagro won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 3\u20136, 7\u20135, against Carlos Moy\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grande Pr\u00eamio do Brasil 2008) was a Formula One motor race held on 2 November 2008 at the Aut\u00f3dromo Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace, Interlagos, in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. It was the eighteenth and final race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Ferrari driver Felipe Massa won the 71-lap race from pole position; this was the last of Massa's 11 wins. Fernando Alonso finished second in a Renault, and Massa's teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix\nMassa started the race alongside Toyota driver Jarno Trulli. Massa's teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen began from third next to McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton. Rain fell minutes before the race, delaying the start, and as the track dried Massa established a lead of several seconds. More rain late in the race made the last few laps treacherous for the drivers, but could not prevent Massa from winning the Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel of Toro Rosso finished in fourth place behind Alonso and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Hamilton passed Toyota's Timo Glock in the final corners of the race to finish fifth, securing him the points needed to take the Drivers' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix\nHamilton received praise from many in the Formula One community, including former champions Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher. The McLaren driver also received official congratulations from Queen Elizabeth II and British prime minister Gordon Brown. Massa's win and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's third place helped Ferrari win the Constructors' Championship. The Grand Prix was David Coulthard's final race; the Scot retired after 246\u00a0race starts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Background\nThe 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix was the 18th and final round of the 2008 Formula One World Championship and was held on 2 November 2008, at the 4.309\u00a0km (2.677\u00a0mi) Aut\u00f3dromo Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace, in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. Heading into the final race of the season, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was leading the Drivers' Championship with 94\u00a0points; Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was second with 87\u00a0points, seven points behind Hamilton. A maximum of ten points were available for the final race, which meant that Massa could still win the title if Hamilton finished in sixth place or lower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Background\nOtherwise, Hamilton would be champion. In the event of a points tie, Massa would win the championship on a count-back, having more wins. Behind Hamilton and Massa in the Drivers' Championship, Robert Kubica was third with 75\u00a0points in a BMW, and Massa's Ferrari teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was fourth with 69\u00a0points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 156\u00a0points and McLaren\u2013Mercedes were second with 145\u00a0points, 11\u00a0points behind, with a maximum of 18\u00a0points available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Background\nIf the two Ferrari drivers finished in the top six, the team would secure the Constructors' Championship, even if the McLaren drivers were to finish as the top two. Prior to this race, Hamilton was criticised by many pundits for not maintaining his composure at the Japanese Grand Prix. The Times columnist Edward Gorman said that Hamilton should win the championship, but:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Background\nAlternatively Hamilton may suffer another one of his rushes of blood to the head and do something utterly unnecessary at Interlagos, just as he did in Japan eight days ago and in Brazil last year, and throw it all away ... Suddenly defending even a seven-point lead sounds a tall order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Background\nFormer Formula One team owner Eddie Jordan created controversy when he said that \"if Massa tries to take him out as he did in Japan in order to steal the title then Lewis has to be ready for it,\" adding \"If he tries that on then Lewis has to turn his wheel into Massa to ensure he does not finish the race either\u00a0\u2013 he has to take his wheel off.\" Both Hamilton and Massa rejected the comments; Massa said \"Playing dirty has never been part of my game. I don't want anything to do with it. The only thing on my mind is winning the race.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Background\nThe weekend marked David Coulthard's final race. Coulthard's Red Bull RB4 was decorated in the colours of \"Wings for Life\", a charity dedicated to raising awareness of spinal cord injuries. Coulthard said \"I'm dedicating my last race to the vision of making paraplegia curable\". Red Bull Racing received approval from the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile, Formula One's governing body, to run Coulthard's car in different colours than his teammate Mark Webber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Background\nThis was also the last Formula One race broadcast by ITV in the United Kingdom and Telecinco in Spain; the rights went to the BBC and La Sexta, respectively, for 2009. Also, this was the last race for the Honda team before they announced its withdrawal from Formula One due to the global economic crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the race; the first on Friday morning and the second on Friday afternoon. Both sessions lasted 90\u00a0minutes. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. The two sessions on Friday were affected by occasionally damp conditions, which made the track moderately slippery. Massa was quickest with a time of 1:12.305 in the first session, less than two-tenths of a second faster than Hamilton. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was just off Hamilton's pace, followed by Kubica, Heikki Kovalainen, and Fernando Alonso. Webber was seventh, still within a second of Massa's time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Practice\nIn the second practice session, Alonso was fastest with a time of 1:12.296, less than six-hundredths of a second quicker than second-placed Massa. Jarno Trulli took third place, ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton only managed ninth place, locking his McLaren's wheels and struggling for grip. Kovalainen was only quick enough for fifteenth position. The Saturday morning session was held on a much warmer track, which reached temperatures as high as 36\u00a0\u00b0C (97\u00a0\u00b0F). Alonso was again quickest, posting a time of 1:12.141, narrowly faster than both McLaren drivers. Massa, Vettel, and Nick Heidfeld rounded out the top six positions. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen only managed twelfth, failing to improve on his times set early in the session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nThe qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three\u00a0parts. The first part ran for 20\u00a0minutes and eliminated the cars from qualifying that finished the session 16th or lower. The second part of qualifying lasted 15\u00a0minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions\u00a011 to 15. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to refuel before the race, and as such carried more fuel than in the previous sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nTomorrow, I will be focusing on my own race: it will be a tough afternoon but I'm comfortable with the fuel strategy we chose; the guys in front are probably on a different strategy. But we're in a good position to finish in the same place as we are today\u00a0\u2013 and that's got to be our aim. We don't need to do anything spectacular.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nMassa clinched his sixth pole position for the season, and his third consecutive pole at Interlagos, with a time of 1:12.368. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Trulli, in his best qualifying performance of the season. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen qualified third, though he was happy with beginning the race on the racing line behind his teammate. Hamilton qualified fourth, half a second behind Massa, having battled both Ferrari drivers for time during the first two qualifying sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nHamilton's slow pace in the final qualifying session compared to the first two suggested he was carrying more fuel than his title challengers. Hamilton's teammate Kovalainen qualified fifth. Alonso, Vettel, Heidfeld, S\u00e9bastien Bourdais and Timo Glock rounded out the top ten. Kubica only managed 13th, having struggled with overall grip for much of the day. Coulthard, in his final Formula One race, qualified 14th; Rubens Barrichello, in 15th, was quicker than Honda teammate Jenson Button in 17th. The Williams and Force India drivers qualified at the back of the grid, covering positions 16 to 20 with Button.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nThe conditions on the grid were damp before the race, the air temperature at 28\u00a0\u00b0C (82\u00a0\u00b0F); rain or thunderstorms were expected. The Grand Prix, which had a race day attendance of 149,600, was due to begin at 15:00\u00a0local time (UTC-2), but was delayed by ten minutes when heavy rain hit the track at 14:56. Every team but one changed the tyres on both their cars from dry-weather tyres to intermediate tyres. Kubica's car was the exception, remaining on the dry set-up. Following the formation lap, Kubica returned to the pit lane, his team changing the car's tyres to intermediates. This meant he driver would start the race from the pit-lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nMassa retained his pole position lead into the first corner, followed by Trulli, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Hamilton and Kovalainen. Coulthard was hit from behind by Nico Rosberg into turn two, spinning him around. The Red Bull car then collided with Rosberg's Williams teammate Kazuki Nakajima. This damaged the suspension and forced Coulthard to retire in his final race. Piquet spun off at the next corner, his car hitting the barriers. Kovalainen was passed by Alonso and Vettel mid-lap, dropping him to seventh. The accidents of Coulthard and Piquet prompted the deployment of the safety car at the end of the first lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nThe track conditions began to dry early on; Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella was the first driver to stop for dry-weather tyres, pitting at the end of lap two. He remained in 18th\u00a0position. Racing resumed on lap five when the safety car pulled into the pit-lane. Rosberg and Button both made pit stops on lap seven, each changing to dry-weather tyres. Bourdais, Glock, Adrian Sutil and Nakajima followed a lap later. By lap\u00a011, the rest of the field had changed to dry-weather tyres. Fisichella benefited from pitting the earliest for dry tyres, moving up the order to a high of fifth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nNakajima spun on lap\u00a013, losing five seconds on the lap. On lap\u00a015, Massa set a new fastest lap of 1:16.888, and extended his lead over Vettel. Hamilton remained behind Fisichella, and though his McLaren car appeared quicker, he was unable to pass the Force India driver until lap\u00a018. Glock passed Fisichella two laps later. Trulli and Bourdais collided on lap\u00a020 into turn one, sending the Toro Rosso driver across the grass. Bourdais lost six places and rejoined in 13th\u00a0place. Trulli's Toyota teammate, Timo Glock, passed Fisichella later on in the same lap for sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nMassa and Sebastian Vettel traded fastest lap times; Vettel's 1:14.214 on lap\u00a025 was surpassed by Massa's 1:14.161 a lap later. However, Vettel made a pit stop soon after, having been lighter-fuelled than his Ferrari opponent. He rejoined in sixth position, behind Glock. Kovalainen passed Trulli and Fisichella in separate manoeuvres, gaining seventh position. On lap\u00a036 Massa set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:13.736.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nTimo Glock was fuelled so he could complete the race without stopping again, when he made a pit stop on lap\u00a036. Massa was the first of the championship frontrunners to pit, on lap\u00a038; Alonso and Hamilton made pit stops two laps after. When R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen made a pit stop on lap\u00a043, Massa had regained the lead, ahead of Alonso. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen rejoined ahead of Hamilton in third place. Fisichella's stop was marred by transmission problems, dropping him to 18th\u00a0position when he resumed. Vettel made a pit stop again on lap\u00a051, his team fuelling him to the finish. He rejoined in fifth. By lap\u00a054, Massa had extended his already comfortable lead over Alonso to 9.6\u00a0seconds. Vettel was closing in quickly on Hamilton, the McLaren driver needing to finish no lower than fifth to win the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nALLEN: [Massa] has done everything he needed to do and we wait now to find out who will be the World Champion of 2008. Can Hamilton do anything? Can he run it up the inside of Vettel? Only a few corners to go now, and desperation starts to creep into Lewis Hamilton. BRUNDLE: R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's third and... is that Glock? Is that Glock going slowly? It is! That's Glock! ALLEN : Oh my goodness me, Hamilton's back in position again! A hundred thousand local hearts sink in the grandstand. It's handed the place back to Hamilton. He comes through, and if I'm absolutely right, I'm sure, he's going to claim fifth place, which is all he needs to do to become the 2008 Formula One World Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nJames Allen's and Martin Brundle's commentary of the final few corners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nLight rain began to fall on lap\u00a063. Heidfeld made a pit stop and his BMW pit crew changed his tyres to intermediates, echoing their strategy at the Belgian Grand Prix which had granted the German a podium position. Kovalainen made a pit stop on lap\u00a065; Alonso and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen made a pit stop a lap later. Hamilton and Vettel halted their battle for fourth position when they came into the pit lane to change onto intermediate tyres on lap\u00a066.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nGlock chose to remain on his dry-weather tyres and rose from seventh to fourth place as those ahead of him made pit stops. Massa made a pit stop on lap\u00a067, meaning that all of the frontrunners, with the exception of Glock, were now on intermediate tyres. The rain began to fall heavily on lap\u00a069, as Hamilton ran wide, which allowed Vettel to take fifth position. As Massa crossed the finish line to win the race, Hamilton battled Vettel for the crucial point needed to win the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton did not know of his position upon beginning the final lap and was told over the radio to overtake Glock during the fifth-placed battle. Vettel and Hamilton passed Glock in the final corners, the Toyota driver struggling for grip as his dry-weather tyres slid on the wet track. Premature joy in the Ferrari garage soon turned to disappointment as Hamilton finished the race in fifth position, clinching the championship by a single point and becoming Formula One's youngest championship winner until Vettel in 2010. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's third-place finish behind Alonso secured Ferrari the constructors' title. After the race, Button's car caught fire in the pit lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nBefore it started to rain I was quite comfortable, and I was just focused on having a clean race. Then it started to drizzle and I didn't want to take any risks\u00a0\u2013 but Sebastian [Vettel] got past me and I was told that I had to get back in front of him. I couldn't believe it. Then at the very last corner I managed to get past Timo [Glock]\u00a0\u2013 it was just amazing. This was one of the toughest races of my life, if not the toughest. I was shouting, 'Do I have it? Do I have it?' on the radio. It was only when I took the chequered flag and got to turn one that the team told me I was world champion. I was ecstatic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe top three finishers appeared on the podium and in the subsequent press conference. Massa said that he had \"almost done everything perfectly\", and expressed his disappointment that despite winning the race he had not won the championship. However, he gave his congratulations to Hamilton for his title win:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nWe need to congratulate Lewis because he did a great championship and he scored more points than us, so he deserves to be champion. I know how to lose and I know how to win and as I said before it is another day of my life from which I am going to learn a lot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nMassa's Ferrari teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen expressed disappointment in the outcome of the Drivers' Championship, but acknowledged the support of his team, saying \"we won at least the team championship\". Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo was reportedly so angry with the result, however, that he destroyed the television he was viewing the race on. McLaren boss Ron Dennis praised Hamilton, saying \"He just keeps delivering and, at the end of the day, he's just two years into his career. So there's a long way to go.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nHamilton received official congratulations from Queen Elizabeth II, following similar plaudits from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown and the Leader of the Opposition David Cameron. Former Formula One champions also congratulated Hamilton; 1996 champion Damon Hill called the McLaren driver \"one of the greatest drivers we have had in this country\". Multiple champion Michael Schumacher praised both Hamilton and Massa, saying the Ferrari driver's performance indicated his winning abilities. Massa was praised for his sportsmanship after the race; Joe Saward of GrandPrix.com said \"He took defeat with a grace and a style that one rarely sees in modern sport.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nHowever, Eddie Jordan said that Hamilton \"didn't really give himself the best chance of winning the championship\u00a0\u2013 and was very lucky\". The former team boss called McLaren's strategy \"a disaster\". GrandPrix.com expressed disbelief in the outcome: \"It was a showdown so improbable that even Hollywood would not have made a film of it. The scriptwriters would have been laughed out of the studios.\" Autosport magazine writer Adam Cooper called the race \"epic\". After considering other Formula One title finales, Cooper concluded \"nothing has ever matched what we saw [in Brazil]\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nTimo Glock remained certain the decision to stay on dry-weather tyres, when other teams were pitting for wet-weather tyres, was a correct one: \"We were running seventh before the rain came and we would have probably finished there if it had been totally dry. Instead we finished sixth so that shows the strategy was the right one.\" Glock added that the conditions were so poor \"I didn't even know that Lewis had overtaken me until after the race\". His family would receive hate mail from fans and he was particularly heavily criticised by Italian journalists who held the perception that he assisted in helping Hamilton win the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nKubica's finish in 11th\u00a0position meant that he lost third place in the championship to R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. After the race, Kubica said \"We made too many mistakes during the weekend and this is the result.\" His team said that they had received the wrong information about track conditions at the start of the race, which led them to keep the Polish driver's car on dry-weather tyres when the rest of the field had changed to intermediates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nDavid Coulthard expressed his disappointment in his early exit from his final Formula One race, saying that \"I'm pretty gutted, it's not how I wanted to end my career.\" The Scottish driver said that he had planned to perform doughnuts for the crowd, a celebration discouraged in Formula One at the time. Coulthard left Formula One after 15\u00a0years with 246\u00a0race starts and 13\u00a0wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195881-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nRed Bull team principal Christian Horner said \"It's a great shame for David to be eliminated from his last Grand Prix at the first corner, but he can look back on a long and illustrious career where he's achieved a great deal.\" Coulthard continued to work for Red Bull Racing in 2009 as a testing and development consultant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195882-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian federal budget\nThe 2008 Brazilian federal budget was submitted to the National Congress of Brazil by President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva on 5 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195882-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian federal budget, Total receipts\nThe total receipts for fiscal year 2008 are estimated at R$1.4 trillion (all values below are given in Brazilian Real).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195883-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian municipal elections\nThe Brazilian municipal elections of 2008 were held on October 5 and October 26. Over 130 million voters will choose mayors and city councillors for the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195883-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brazilian municipal elections\nBrazilian law allows candidates to run under ballot names different from their legal names. At least six candidates have chosen the ballot name \"Barack Obama\"  and some entrepreneurs use ballot names that make reference to their business.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup\nThe 2008 Breeders' Cup World Championships was the 25th edition of the premier event of the North American Thoroughbred horse racing year. It took place on October 24 and 25 during the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The Breeders' Cup is generally regarded as the end of the North America racing season, although a few Grade I events take place in later November and December. The 2008 Breeders' Cup results were influential in the Eclipse Award divisional championship voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup\nThe Friday racecard featured five Breeders' Cup races for fillies and mares, culminating in Zenyatta's win in the Ladies Classic. On Saturday, the European contingent won five races, capped by an upset by English-based Raven's Pass over heavy favorite Curlin in the Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Lead-up\nSanta Anita racetrack hosted the Breeders' Cup for the fourth time in 2008. It was the first time that the event had been held on a synthetic dirt surface instead of natural dirt, as Santa Anita had changed to a Pro Ride surface in 2007 in response to a state mandate aimed at increasing the safety of the sport for both horses and jockeys. The change was of concern to both horsemen and bettors as it was difficult to predict which horses would respond well to the new surface and which would struggle. However, the change was expected to increase interest from European trainers, many of whom had access to similar all weather tracks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Lead-up\nFor the second year in a row, three races were added to the Breeders' Cup roster, bringing the total up to 14. In 2007, the Dirt Mile, Juvenile Turf and Filly & Mare Sprint had been added while in 2008, the Marathon, Juvenile Fillies Turf and Turf Sprint were added. The new races were intended to help fill out the Friday card and increase the range of options available to horsemen, particularly those from overseas. By rule, the new races could not be graded until their third renewal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Lead-up\nBreeders' Cup officials decided to rearrange the racecards so that all five races for fillies and mares were held on Friday. \"By shifting some of our traditional Saturday races to Friday, we ensure that Friday stands on its own as an international competition of the highest level\", said Breeders Cup President and CEO Greg Avioli. \"This new format provides a great stage to showcase the talents of the best female Thoroughbreds in the world.\" They also renamed the Distaff as the Ladies' Classic and instituted a ban on steroids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Lead-up\nBecause of the synthetic dirt surface, some horsemen from the East Coast hesitated to attend the event. In particular, Curlin, the defending Horse of the Year and winner of the 2007 Classic, did not commit to entering until after a strong workout at Santa Anita on October 14. In part because of the three new races, a record 180 horses were pre-entered, including a record 35 from Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Lead-up\nThe Friday races were broadcast on ESPN2. The Saturday card was broadcast on ESPN and ABC. Attendance was up slightly compared to 2007, with the excellent weather being credited. The two-day handle also increased by 5.5% to $155.5 million. However, attendance on Saturday was lower than on previous renewals held at Santa Anita, with high ticket prices cited as the major cause. The Saturday on-track handle was also the lowest since 1999, which was not unexpected given the 2008 economic downturn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Results\nThe highlight of the Friday card was Zenyatta's dominant win in the Ladies Classic. The four-year-old filly came into the race undefeated but was facing the best field of her career, with four Grade I winning fillies shipping in from New York alone. Zenyatta broke last and continued to trail the field for the first \u200b3\u20444 of a mile before beginning her drive on the far turn. She quickly made up ground while circling wide and swept to the lead down the stretch, winning comfortably by \u200b1\u00a01\u20442 lengths. She received a standing ovation from the crowd on returning to the winner's circle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Results\nVentura was also a stand-out winner in the Filly & Mare Sprint, winning by the largest margin of the day while finishing just 0.01 second behind the track record. Stardom Bound won the Juvenile Fillies impressively while Maram just held off Heart Shaped by a nose in the Juvenile Fillies Turf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Results\nIn the Classic, the favorite was Curlin, who raced near the back of the field then made his move on the turn, striking the lead at the top of the stretch. Raven's Pass and Henrythenavigator, outstanding milers from Europe, accelerated past Curlin and finished first and second respectively. Tiago closed late to finish third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Results\nIn the Turf, Conduit was the second favorite because of his earlier win in the St Leger. Jockey Ryan Moore placed Conduit in the middle of the pack, then released him in the stretch where he out-kicked the others. It was Moore's first win at the Breeders' Cup but he was not available for comment after the race. \"He's rushing off to the airport as he has to ride in France tomorrow,\" explained Conduit's trainer Sir Michael Stoute. \"He's a big talent with a great racing brain and you'll be hearing a lot more of him.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Results\nOther highlights included the French filly Goldikova taking on male horses and winning in the Mile. Her trainer Freddie Head compared her favorably to champion Miesque, who he had ridden to victory in the Mile in 1987 and 1988. Midnight Lute won the Sprint for the second year in a row, which also gave Garrett Gomez his third win of the day and fourth over the two days \u2013 a record. Midshipman won the Juvenile to establish himself as the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Results\nAll told, European-based horses won a record five races at the Breeders' Cup: Raven's Pass in the Classic, Goldikova in the Mile, Donativum in the Juvenile Turf, Muhannak in the Marathon and Conduit in the Turf. Although this was partially credited to the artificial dirt surface, because of the increase in the number of races, it was proportional to their previous highs of three wins out of seven races in 1993 at Santa Anita and three wins in eight races in 2001 at Belmont, where they also finished second in the Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195884-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup, Results\nIn the 2008 Eclipse Award voting, five of the eleven flat racing categories were awarded to horses who won at the Breeders' Cup: Stardom Bound (Champion Two-Year-Old Female), Midshipman (Champion Two-Year-Old Male), Zenyatta (Champion Older Female), Conduit (Champion Male Turf Horse) and Forever Together (Champion Female Turf Horse). In addition, Curlin was voted Horse of the Year and Champion Older Male despite his fourth-place finish in the Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic\nThe 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic was the 25th running of the Breeders' Cup Classic, part of the 2008 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships program. It was run on October 25, 2008 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California over a synthetic dirt surface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic\nDefending Horse of the Year Curlin was the odds-on favourite after winning several major races including the Dubai World Cup. However, he did not handle the track well and finished fourth, behind the American-bred but English-trained longshot Raven's Pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic\nThe Classic is run at a distance of one mile and one-quarter (approximately 2000 m) with a purse of $5,000,000. It is normally run on a dirt surface but in 2008 was run over synthetic dirt. It is run under weight-for-age conditions, with entrants carrying the following weights:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders\nCurlin won the 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic on his way to Horse of the Year honors and started his 2008 campaign by taking the Dubai World Cup, followed by wins in Stephen Foster, Woodward and Jockey Club Gold Cup. His only loss in 2008 came in his first attempt on the turf in the Man o' War Stakes, at a time when his owner was considering an attempt at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Despite his excellent form throughout the year, Curlin had never raced on a synthetic dirt surface and was only entered in the race after a successful workout on October 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders\nThe field for the Classic was weakened when Big Brown, winner of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Haskell, was retired shortly before entries were taken due to injury. That left Colonel John, winner of the Santa Anita Derby, as the leading three-year-old contender from North America in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders\nIn part because of the synthetic dirt surface, a large European contingent shipped to California for the Breeders' Cup events, including three entries in the Classic. With five Group I wins, Duke of Marmalade was the most highly regarded by the North American bettors at odds of 9-1, followed by Raven's Pass at 13-1. Henrythenavigator had defeated Raven's Pass in three of their four meetings, all at a mile, but was largely dismissed at 19-1 in the U.S. In England though, his odds were as short as 4-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders\nRaven's Pass had been regularly ridden by Jimmy Fortune in his European races but Fortune gave up the mount for the Breeders' Cup after incurring a suspension which prevented him riding for 11 days before the race. After discussing the ride with trainer Gosden, Fortune stepped down and Frankie Dettori took over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description\nCasino Drive set the early pace, with Curlin racing near the back of the pack behind Henrythenavigator and Raven's Pass tracking a few lengths further behind. Going into the final turn, the three started making up ground, with Henrythenavigator on the inside and Raven's Pass racing wide on the outside. Curlin kicked as they turned into the stretch and passed the early leaders with a furlong to go. Raven's Pass then made his run and accelerated by Curlin. Henrythenavigator maneuvered around horses to find racing room and closed well to finish second, beaten by \u200b3\u20444 of a length. Tiago also made a late run to finish third with Curlin holding on for fourth. The time was 1:59.27, a new track record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description\nCurlin's trainer Steve Asmussen blamed the loss on the synthetic dirt surface, saying \"It was a turf race.\" The biggest mystery was why Curlin, a horse of proven stamina, faded late, while two European horses who specialized at a distance of a mile were able to outrun him in the stretch. Curlin may have made his move too soon, as the track appeared to favor horses who made late runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description\nFrankie Dettori, the jockey of Raven's Pass, was commended for an excellent ride. \"The last furlong was a pretty long run,\" he said, \"but I could feel [Raven's Pass] was still galloping strongly. When I crossed the line, I didn't know if it was true or a dream, but I realised straight away that it was true and I'm delighted.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description\nRaven's Pass became the first British-based horse to win the Classic, although it was something of a homecoming for his trainer John Gosden, who had spent 11 years in Southern California before returning to England. \"It doesn't get any better than this\", he said. \"All our great friends are here, from the guys that are raking up in the shed areas to the owners, trainers, and jockeys. If you think it's going to get better than that, you're really a greedy so-and-so. To me, this is a dream come true and a day I'll cherish the rest of my life.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description\n\"I had no doubts that the horse could get a mile and an eighth\", he said later. \"I didn't know about the last eighth of a mile, but I suspected it with Lord at War as his broodmare sire. There is good stamina on the dam side. And the way he trained \u2013 he's so relaxed now \u2013 that I wasactually quite confident that he would get it well and he certainly did.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195885-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Breeders' Cup Classic, Results\nSource: EquibaseTimes: \u200b1\u20444 \u2013 0:23.77;  \u200b1\u20442 \u2013 0:47.60; \u200b3\u20444 \u2013 1:11.64; mile \u2013 1:35.48;  final \u2013 1:59.27. Fractional Splits: (:23.77) (:23.83) (:24.04) (:23.84) (:23.79)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195886-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brentwood Borough Council election\nElections to Brentwood Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party kept overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195886-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brentwood Borough Council election\nThe Conservatives remained dominant on the council gaining seats from the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party. However they also lost seats to the Liberal Democrats and to an independent candidate, who became the only independent councillor on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400\nThe 2008 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, the 15th running of the event, was the twentieth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the fifteenth NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). It was also the first race under the ESPN/ABC section of the TV coverage for the 2008 season. The 160-lap, 400 miles (640\u00a0km) event was raced on July 27 at the 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate town surrounded by Indiana's state capital). Along with ESPN, the IMS Radio Network, working with Performance Racing Network, provided radio coverage (along with Sirius Satellite Radio) with both broadcasts starting at 1 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400\nThe race was deemed a \"disaster\" for NASCAR, Goodyear, and Indianapolis. Due to the new Car of Tomorrow, the surface at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and problems with Goodyear tires, NASCAR was forced to throw competition cautions every 10\u201312 laps; an average of just 9 green flag laps were run during the race. Tires started to explode if the race was allowed to continue past that distance. Even at that distance, tires were down to the cords/nylon base. At the end of the race, every tire that Goodyear had brought to the track for the weekend had been used and were no longer usable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400\nThe race was starting to rival the Daytona 500 in terms of the biggest race of the NASCAR season before the tire problems at this race. Since this race, attendance has dropped from a 257,000+ sell out to an estimated 100,000 at the 2010 race. By the 2013 race, the last year NASCAR tracked attendance, it dropped to 70,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400, Qualifying\nJimmie Johnson held off Mark Martin to win the pole position. Bill Elliott, after starting the first 14 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, failed in his final run to do so, as he retired following the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify: Bill Elliott (#21), Stanton Barrett (#50), Johnny Sauter (#08), Tony Raines (#34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400, Race\nIn pre-race practice, teams realized that the tires provided for the race wore down quickly, due to the abrasive course at Indianapolis and the different characteristics of the fifth-generation car that was being used for the first time at Indianapolis. Concerns led NASCAR to implement caution periods after ten laps for tire wear, a procedure NASCAR debuted at 1969 Talladega 500, which had a driver boycott over tire wear issues, and NASCAR called cautions after a specific time in order to allow teams to pit and change tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400, Race\nFor Indianapolis, the cautions would be called between 10\u201312 laps. Because of an accident involving Michael Waltrip on Lap 4, the first competition yellow would not wave until Lap 14 for a crash when Kurt Busch lost the car off of Turn 1, hitting Kevin Harvick in the process. The only other non-competition yellow came halfway through the race when Brian Vickers' Toyota had its engine fail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400, Race\nSome drivers compared the racing to the roots of NASCAR with ten-lap heat races, as nine competition cautions and the two incidents combined effectively led to ten \"heat races\" were thrown with the final sprint being a \"feature\" race. Jimmie Johnson won the race after a battle with Carl Edwards after various teams attempted a two-tire stop in what effectively had become the caution leading to the final shootout, similar to the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400, Race\nNumerous drivers would suffer tire failures during the race. Dale Earnhardt Jr. would be the first on lap 26, blowing a right rear tire while leading the race.. Just 3 laps later, Juan Pablo Montoya would blow a tire coming off of turn 2. ESPN reported major tire cording on Jeff Gordon. On lap 47, Carl Edwards reported on the radion that he had a right rear tire problem. Just seconds later on the same lap, Matt Kenseth would spin on the backstretch with a right rear tire failure, causing major damage to the right side of the car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400, Race\nESPN reported Kyle Busch had some tire problems on lap 65. After that, tires would show a little bit of improvement, even though the tires still showed major cording. Throughout the race, drivers expressed their disappointment at the events that had occurred prior and during the event, with Matt Kenseth saying in the garage \"It's a really, really disappointing situation. You know, this is one of the biggest races in the year, to never have this car here, before or not come into an open test and then working on this things working the tires, it's pretty darn disappointing...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400, Race\nI feel bad for the fans and everything, when we're running three quarters speed because we're worried the tires are going to fall off and we got them blowing every 8 laps. I'm pretty disappointed.\" NASCAR president Mike Helton would publicly announce that NASCAR threw out more competition cautions than expected. Many NASCAR fans compare it to the 2005 United States Grand Prix tire debacle, when tires blowing out became a major concern for drivers. Some also say that this race was another incident that would cause the decline of NASCAR's popularity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400, Post-race\nTwo days following the running of the race, NASCAR VP of competition Robin Pemberton formally apologized for the problems, saying that it did not go to IMS with the correct car-tire combination. To rectify those problems, Goodyear staged two additional tire tests at Indy in the fall, the first with only three teams as per the tiremaker's policy September 22 and 23; the other with as many as 12 teams on October 7 and 8 to detect what might have gone wrong and test a new tire to be used for the 2009 race. A total of 7 tests were conducted in preparation for the 2009 race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400, Post-race\nThe results of these tests indicated an increased amount of load and slip on the right rear tire caused the particle debris to be smaller than anticipated. This prevented rubber from adhering to the track and prevented tire wear from improving as the race progressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195887-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Brickyard 400, Legacy\nMany fans have pointed to this race to the overall decline of the Brickyard 400 in general.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195888-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brisbane Broncos season\nThe 2008 Brisbane Broncos season was the 21st in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2008 Telstra Premiership, the centenary season of rugby league football in Australia. The Broncos finished the regular season 5th (out of 16) but were knocked out of the finals by eventual grand finalists Melbourne Storm for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195888-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brisbane Broncos season, Season summary\nThe Broncos started the season winning their first three games. 48\u201312 against the Penrith Panthers in round 1, 20\u201314 against the Sydney Roosters in round 2 and 36-2 against the North Queensland Cowboys in round 3. Round 3 gave way to an attendance of 50,612 people, biggest crowd at Suncorp Stadium. The Broncos suffered their first loss of the 2008 season with a 28\u20138 loss to reigning premiers the Melbourne Storm in round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195888-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Brisbane Broncos season, Season summary\nRound 5 saw the Broncos have a 34\u201322 win over the Newcastle Knights at Energy Australia Stadium. Justin Hodges starred with a two try effort with Michael Ennis also scoring two tries, while always looking dangerous. Round 6 was a disappointing 26\u201324 loss for the Broncos to the red hot Gold Coast Titans. The Titans burst out of the blocks with a 16\u20130 lead after 20 mins. However the Broncos fought back strongly, with a missed goal from the sideline from Michael Ennis late in the second half the difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195888-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Brisbane Broncos season, Season summary\nIn round 9, the Broncos lost their first match of the season while leading at halftime when they led 12\u20136 at halftime to lose 30\u201312 against the Manly Sea Eagles, it was also Broncos first loss for the season at Suncorp Stadium. In round 10, the Broncos lost their first back-to-back losses for the season when they lost to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13-6 at Toyota Park. The Broncos returned to the winners list with a very thrilling 30\u201326 win against the Parramatta Eels at Suncorp Stadium in round 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195888-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Brisbane Broncos season, Season summary\nAlso Denan Kemp equalled the record for the most tries in a match for the Broncos with 4 tries against the Eels in round 12. Karmichael Hunt kicked his first ever field goal when he won the game for the Broncos 19-18 against the Wests Tigers in round 15. Also Nick Kenny scored his first ever try in first grade against the Tigers. The Broncos played out their first draw since round 25, 2004 and the first draw of the season with a hard fought 12\u201312 draw with the Penrith Panthers at CUA Stadium in round 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195888-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 Brisbane Broncos season, Season summary\nIn round 20, the Broncos won their first back to back wins since round 8 with a hard fort 18\u201312 win over the Cronulla Sharks at Suncorp Stadium. Joel Clinton has scored his first try for the Broncos in the Broncos 25\u201321 win over the Gold Coast Titans at Suncorp Stadium in round 24. In round 25, the Broncos secured another finals campaign with a 36\u201322 win over the Canterbury Bulldogs at Suncorp Stadium. The Broncos will compete in their 17th straight finals series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195888-0002-0004", "contents": "2008 Brisbane Broncos season, Season summary\nThe Broncos took on the Sydney Roosters in the Qualifying Final and the Broncos turned an 8-point halftime deficit into an 8-point win coming from 16\u20138 down to win 24\u201316 at the SFS. The Broncos season came to an end when Greg Inglis crossed the line with 1 minute to play as the Broncos led the Melbourne Storm 14-12 in the semi-final at Suncorp Stadium. They lost 16\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195888-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Brisbane Broncos season, Season summary\nAfter the NRL season, Brisbane's Darius Boyd was selected to make his international debut for Australia in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195889-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brisbane City Council election\nElections for the Brisbane City Council in Queensland, Australia, were held on Saturday, 15 March 2008 to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards and the direct election of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195889-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brisbane City Council election\nThe election resulted in the re-election of Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party as Lord Mayor, defeating Labor's Greg Rowell in a landslide with 66.1% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote. The Liberals also won control of the council chambers, taking 5 wards from Labor for a total of 16 to Labor's 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195890-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brisbane Lions season\nThis article covers the 2008 AFL season results for the Brisbane Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195891-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brit Awards\nThe 2008 Brit Awards was the 28th edition of the biggest annual music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 20 February 2008 at the Earls Court in London. The ceremony attracted 6.1 million viewers, 800,000 more than the previous live broadcast. Leona Lewis was nominated for four awards but came away empty-handed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195891-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brit Awards, Memorable moments, Vic Reeves and Sharon Osbourne\nAfter Vic Reeves appeared to forget which award he was presenting, Sharon Osbourne attempted to wrestle the microphone from him, insisted he was drunk and called him a \"pissed bastard\". She proceeded to make the full announcement herself. The next day it was reported that Reeves was not intoxicated and was hurt by Osbourne's behaviour. The incident has since been ascribed to an autocue malfunction, but Reeves said in his defence that he was trying to read the autocue screen, but he couldn't read it because Osbourne was pushing him out of the way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195891-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Brit Awards, Memorable moments, Arctic Monkeys\nWhen the Arctic Monkeys took to the stage to collect their award for 'Best British Album', the band were dressed up in traditional English country and hunting outfits and even took a plastic duck to the stage with them. During the acceptance speech, they made a rude tirade about the Brits school which forced producers to pull it from the television broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195892-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Academy Scotland Awards\nThe 2008 British Academy Scotland Awards were held on 9 November 2008 at the Glasgow City Halls, honouring the best Scottish film and television productions of 2008. Presented by BAFTA Scotland, accolades are handed out for the best in feature-length film that were screened at British cinemas during 2008. The Nominees were announced on 17 October 2008. The ceremony was hosted by Edith Bowman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195893-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Academy Television Awards\nThe 2008 British Academy Television Awards were held on 20 April at the London Palladium Theatre in London. The ceremony was broadcast live on BBC One in the United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 18 March 2008. Drama Cranford received the most nominations with four, making Judi Dench the most nominated actress in BAFTA history for her work on TV and film combined. Long-running soap opera Coronation Street failed to earn a nomination. Bruce Forsyth received the Academy Fellowship Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195894-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Academy Television Craft Awards\nThe British Academy Television Craft Awards of 2008 are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and were held on 11 May 2008 at The Dorchester, Mayfair, the ceremony was hosted by Claudia Winkleman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195895-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Athletics Championships\nThe 2008 British Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, held from 11\u201313 July at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. It was organised by UK Athletics. It served as a selection meeting for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195896-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2008 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, British Columbia's women's provincial curling championship, was held January 23-27 at the Trail Curling Club in Trail, British Columbia. The winning team of Allison MacInnes represented British Columbia at the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Regina, Saskatchewan, finishing round robin with a 4-7 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195897-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Columbia electoral redistribution\nAn electoral redistribution was undertaken in 2008 in British Columbia in a process that began in late 2005 and was completed with the passage of the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 on April 10, 2008. The redistribution modified most electoral boundaries in the province and increased the number of MLAs from 79 to 85. The electoral boundaries created by the redistribution were first used in the 2009 provincial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195897-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 British Columbia electoral redistribution\nThe provincial government mandated the BC Electoral Boundaries Commission to recommend new maps (for both BC-STV and the traditional \"single-member plurality\" SMP systems) prior to the second electoral reform referendum. The commission's preliminary report, delivered in August 2007, was received with concern by both the New Democratic Party opposition and the governing Liberal party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195897-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 British Columbia electoral redistribution\nIn addition to concerns about boundaries and size of individual ridings, the commission was criticized for shifting seats to the Lower Mainland (which was growing in population) and away from larger but less-populated areas (BC has traditionally given some electoral weight to vast but relatively underpopulated regions without large urban centres, particularly in the north).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195897-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 British Columbia electoral redistribution\nThe commission held subsequent hearings and, in February 2008, submitted 50 amendments to its preliminary report. Province-wide, the amendments would result in a net increase of four electoral districts, for a total of 83 single member plurality electoral districts. The number of proposed BC-STV electoral districts remained at 20. Because of the concern of both parties about the loss of seats in the North and Cariboo, the Commission also reported on the 85-seat map it would have designed if the legislature had passed an amendment requiring this. The legislature then approved the alternative boundaries for 85 ridings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195897-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 British Columbia electoral redistribution\nThe 2008 provincial election in neighbouring Alberta served as a reminder to BC of the \"unfinished business\" looming ahead. Ed Stelmach's Conservative party won a sizable majority government (73 out of 83 seats) on the strength of a bare majority of votes cast. In response, the Vancouver Sun described BC's indecision over boundaries as \"a significant hitch (that) has developed in the electoral boundary reform process that was to have illustrated how an STV system would carve up the province... Unless members of the legislature are able to forge a compromise that will rescue the politically unpalatable recommendations of the Electoral Boundaries Commission, voters will face another vote on whether to change the system while still uncertain as to how it will look in their home communities.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 846]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195898-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Columbia municipal elections\nMunicipal elections were held in the Canadian province of British Columbia on November 15, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195898-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 British Columbia municipal elections\nThe following is a list of mayoral races in selected municipalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195899-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 British Figure Skating Championships were held from 7 to 12 January 2008 in Sheffield. Skaters competed across the levels of senior (Olympic-level), junior, and novice, and across the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating. The event was used to help pick the British teams to the 2008 World Championships, the 2008 European Championships, and the 2008 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195899-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 British Figure Skating Championships\nThe senior compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka and the junior compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz. The first novice compulsory dance was the Rocker Foxtrot and the second one was the Paso Doble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195900-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Formula 3 International Series\nThe 2008 Formula 3 International Series was the 58th British Formula 3 International Series season. It began on 24 March 2008 at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 22 rounds in four countries. Jay Bridger sealed the National Class championship at the Bucharest meeting, with a third place in round nineteen. The overall championship went down to the final meeting as Oliver Turvey, Jaime Alguersuari, Brendon Hartley and Sergio P\u00e9rez all had a chance of winning the title, however it was Alguersuari that won the title, thanks to a double win at Donington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195901-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Formula Ford Championship\nThe 2008 British Formula Ford Championship was the 33rd edition of the British Formula Ford Championship. It began on 24 March at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 10 rounds and 25 races, held in the United Kingdom and Belgium. Having won 13 of the first 18 races, Jamun Mygale driver Wayne Boyd looked set to be a runaway championship winner, although in the end, Boyd's championship winning margin over teammate Tim Blanchard was 50 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195901-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 British Formula Ford Championship, Championship standings\n\u2020 - Matt Hamilton, James Cole and Alex Jones docked six points for dangerous driving; Glen Wood docked twelve points for the same reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195902-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British GT Championship\nThe 2008 British GT season was the 16th season of the British GT Championship. This was the first season with the new GT4 category, replacing the GTC category of previous years. Both championships were won at the Brands Hatch meeting in July, with Matt Nicoll-Jones and Stewart Linn securing the inaugural GT4 title in round 11, with James Gornall and Jon Barnes clinching the GT3 title, the following day in round 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195902-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 British GT Championship, Entry list\nA total of twenty seven full season entries were announced on 6 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195902-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 British GT Championship, Calendar\nA provisional 14-race calendar was announced on 15 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix\nThe 2008 British Grand Prix (officially the 2008 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 July 2008 at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, England. It was the ninth race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. The race was held over 60 laps with a practice and qualifying round preceding the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix\nHeikki Kovalainen started from pole position alongside Mark Webber in second and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in third on the grid. On the first corner, Lewis Hamilton rose from fourth on the grid to second overtaking Webber and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Hamilton shadowed Kovalainen for the early stages of the race, until he took the lead on lap five. The race was won by Hamilton, racing for McLaren Mercedes ahead of Nick Heidfeld for BMW Sauber in second and Rubens Barrichello third in a Honda. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen made the fastest lap of the race on lap 18. Hamilton's drive was acclaimed as one of Formula One's finest by journalist David Tremayne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix\nOf the 20 drivers competing, 13 finished the race, with eight receiving world championship points. Hamilton's win tied him for the lead of the Drivers' Championship, alongside Felipe Massa and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. In the Constructors Championship, Ferrari's lead was reduced to 14 points over BMW Sauber, with McLaren a further 10 behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Background\nThe 2008 British Grand Prix was held on 6 July 2008 at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, England. The grand prix was contested by 20\u00a0drivers, in 10 teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Scuderia Ferrari, McLaren Mercedes, Renault F1, Honda Racing F1, Force India-Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Toyota F1, Red Bull Racing-Renault, WilliamsF1-Toyota and Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Background\nBefore the race, Ferrari driver Felipe Massa led the Drivers' Championship with 48\u00a0points, BMW driver Robert Kubica trailed by two points, and Massa's teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was third on 43\u00a0points. McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was fourth with 38\u00a0points, 10 points ahead of Kubica's teammate Nick Heidfeld. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari led with 91\u00a0points, BMW Sauber were second with 74\u00a0points, and McLaren were third with 58\u00a0points. Red Bull Renault were in fourth with 24\u00a0points, one point ahead of Toyota in fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Background\nFerrari were the dominant team prior to the race: their drivers had won five out of eight races, including one-two finishes at the Bahrain, Spanish, and in the previous race, the French Grand Prix. Kubica had performed consistently for BMW Sauber, only failing to score once, and had won his first race four weeks earlier at the Canadian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Background\nThere's something about racing in your home country that affects you. The constant support of the crowd gives you a boost throughout the whole weekend. It's not something you experience anywhere else, but it does make you that bit more determined to succeed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Background\nLewis Hamilton in the run-up to the British Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Background\nDespite wins for Hamilton at the Australian and Monaco Grand Prix, he was facing pressure approaching Silverstone. He had fallen from first to fourth in the Drivers' Championship after failing to score in the previous two races. At the Canadian Grand Prix, he had retired after making contact with a stationary Raikkonen who was waiting at a red light in the pit lane. This led to a ten-place grid penalty for the following race at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours where he failed to score after receiving a controversial drive-through penalty for overtaking Sebastian Vettel by missing a chicane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Background\nAfter the race he responded angrily and to the negative press coverage he had been receiving, saying: \"There's nothing you can do that can distract me. You can keep on giving me penalties, whatever you want. I'll keep battling, and trying to come back with a result.\" However, he remained upbeat about his likelihood of winning the championship and was \"confident\" going into the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Background\nThree days of testing took place at the Silverstone circuit, from 25 to 27 June. Massa set the fastest time on the first day with a 1:20.188, 0.3 faster than Heikki Kovalainen, but was unable to escape the track after suffering a mechanical failure with 30 minutes to go which forced the session to be red-flagged. Kovalainen improved on the second day to go fastest with a 1:20.015. Strong winds caused Giancarlo Fisichella to crash heavily at Becketts corner; he was uninjured, although medical checks meant he was unable to do further testing in the afternoon. On the third and final day, Hamilton set the quickest time with a 1:19.170, over 0.6 seconds ahead of second-fastest Timo Glock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Background\nBefore the race, the FIA announced that Donington Park had been awarded a ten-year contract to host the British Grand Prix from 2010, providing major renovations were completed. The British Racing Drivers' Club, owners of the Silverstone circuit, were disappointed with the announcement stating that development plans for the circuit had been progressing well. They were also critical of the timing of the announcement, being made on the weekend the circuit celebrated its 60th anniversary of hosting the British Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Background\nAlso before the race, Red Bull driver David Coulthard announced he was to retire at the end of the season, saying: \"My decision was taken earlier this year and is based on a desire to stop while I am still competitive\". He also explained the timing of his retirement saying \"the decision to make this announcement at the British Grand Prix should be an obvious one for all to understand, as I have achieved two of my F1 victories at Silverstone and I am a member of the British Racing Drivers' Club, which hosts this event.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nThree practice sessions were held before the race held on Sunday. Two of the practice sessions were held on Friday, both lasting 90 minutes; and one on Saturday morning, lasting an hour. Massa was fastest in the first session, with a time of 1:19.575, despite a crash forcing him to miss the last 30 minutes. Fernando Alonso's Renault engine failed, leaving slippery oil on the racing line at Stowe corner. Massa approached the corner and lost control of his car, spinning off the circuit colliding with the barriers. He was unhurt, but his car was too damaged to continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nThe session was stopped for 18 minutes to recover his car and cover the oil with cement dust. This left track conditions difficult, and nobody could beat Massa's time in the remainder of the session. It finished with Massa ahead of Kovalainen and Hamilton by less than one-tenth of a second; Raikkonen and Kubica were fourth and fifth-fastest, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nIn the second session, Kovalainen was fastest, over half a second ahead of Red Bull driver Mark Webber, Hamilton, and Webber's teammate David Coulthard. Massa missed the first half of the session as his car was still being repaired, and was eighth-fastest. Both Toyota drivers had problems: Timo Glock stopped on the track with a clutch problem; and Jarno Trulli crashed heavily at Stowe after a problem with his rear wing, although he was not hurt. Alonso set the fastest time in the final practice session, which took place in damp conditions following rain earlier in the morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nEarly laps were attempted on extreme wet tyres, but the track dried throughout the session, prompting a move to intermediate wet tyres and, with around 20 minutes left, a further switch to dry tyres. Webber finished the session in second place, a quarter of a second slower than Alonso, and Kovalainen was third fastest ahead of Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nWe've been going really well all weekend after finding some good pace during testing last week. I've spent a lot of time racing in the UK so it feels great to have scored my first ever Formula One pole position at Silverstone. The car feels just fantastic at the moment; I was able to steadily improve throughout all three qualifying session and I'm confident our pace is going to be strong tomorrow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nThe qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three rounds. The first lasted 20\u00a0minutes and eliminated the cars which finished the session 16th or lower. The second lasted 15\u00a0minutes and eliminated cars which finished in positions\u00a011 to 15. The final round of qualifying determined the order of the top ten drivers. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to refuel before the race, and so they carried more fuel than in the previous sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nKovalainen took his first Formula One pole position with a time of 1:21.049, half a second faster than anyone else. Webber would start alongside him on the front row, the Red Bull team's best qualifying result to date, and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen would start from third. Hamilton qualified fourth, opting for a more conservative approach to his second flying lap after he had pushed too hard on his first run and slid into the gravel. Nick Heidfeld was fifth quickest for BMW Sauber, ahead of Alonso, Alonso's teammate Nelson Piquet Jr., and Vettel. Championship leader Massa could only qualify ninth after a slow tyre change in the final session left him unable to record a second timed lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nKubica did not set a time in the final session due to a technical problem with his car, meaning he started from tenth; the first race all season he had qualified behind teammate Heidfeld. Webber's teammate David Coulthard qualified eleventh for his final British Grand Prix, narrowly missing out on the last part of qualifying, and blamed problems with his car earlier in the day which had reduced his practice time. S\u00e9bastien Bourdais was thirteenth splitting the two Toyota cars of Glock and Trulli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nKazuki Nakajima was the slowest of the cars to make the second round of qualifying, and would start the race fifteenth. Both Honda drivers failed to get past the first stage of qualifying, but were ahead of Rosberg in eighteenth, who had suspension problems. Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella finished in the last two positions for Force India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nThere was persistent rain in the morning, leaving standing water on the track, although it had abated by the time the race began. The track temperature was 16\u00a0\u00b0C (61\u00a0\u00b0F) and the air temperature was 15\u00a0\u00b0C (59\u00a0\u00b0F). All drivers chose to start on the intermediate wet tyres. Rosberg started from the pit lane after a number of set-up changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nThe front three drivers (Kovalainen, Webber and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen) all struggled for grip off the start, allowing Hamilton to edge ahead into the first corner. Kovalainen who had the better line, however, retook the lead after brushing tyres with Hamilton, who tucked in behind his teammate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nA number of drivers struggled with the standing water on the first lap: Webber spun coming onto the Hangar straight, falling from fourth to last place; Massa spun going into Bridge, where he was passed by everyone except Webber; and Coulthard and Vettel ended up in a gravel trap after a collision, forcing them both to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nAlonso showed good early pace, passing Piquet and Heidfeld on laps two and three respectively, and setting the fastest time of any driver on laps four and five. Massa spun for the second time during his third lap, dropping him to the back of the field. Hamilton shadowed Kovalainen closely for several laps, and passed him going into Stowe on lap five. Hamilton quickly extended his lead over Kovalainen, and there was already a six-second gap by the tenth lap when Kovalainen spun and was passed by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. However, as the track dried, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen showed the better pace\u2014particularly in the last two sectors\u2014and the gap was under a second by the time they both pitted on lap 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nMcLaren gave Hamilton a new set of intermediate wet tyres; in contrast, Ferrari gambled that the track would continue to dry and refuelled R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen without changing his tyres. Despite his pit stop being longer by half a second, Hamilton exited just in front of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen (Heidfeld briefly took the lead until his pitstop the following lap). McLaren were vindicated in their decision almost immediately: the rain returned and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was unable to find grip, falling back from Hamilton by up to eight seconds a lap. By lap 27, Kovalainen and Heidfeld had caught the struggling R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nAs Kovalainen overtook R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Heidfeld passed them both to take second place. On the same lap, Fisichella spun out and retired; his Force India teammate Sutil had already retired after a spin on lap 11. After being passed by Kubica and Piquet, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen finally pitted for fresh tyres on lap 30, dropping him to eleventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nKubica overtook Kovalainen for third place, shortly before Kovalainen pitted for the second time. Despite the rain getting heavier he opted for a new set of intermediate tyres. Both Kubica and Glock left the track and rejoined; however Glock lost a place to his teammate Trulli. On lap 37, both Hondas elected to change onto the extreme wet-weather tyres, Button queuing behind his teammate in the pitlane while waiting to be serviced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nNelson Piquet Jr. spun off the track and beached his car in a gravel trap, ending his race, while in separate incidents within a few moments of each other Hamilton, Kubica, and Massa all lost control of their cars and travelled over the grass before rejoining the track, without any damage. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen also spun off on the same lap again rejoining the circuit without damaging the car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton, leading the race by around 30 seconds, made a pitstop to change tyres and take on fuel on lap 38, opting for a new set of the intermediate wet-weather tyres, as the weather forecast predicted the rain would ease. Second-placed driver Heidfeld pitted the following lap, opting for the same tyre choice as Hamilton. The gap between the two leaders was 36 seconds. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen spun off in his Ferrari for the second time in as many laps, again though he avoided contact with the barriers and was able to rejoin the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nWith 20 laps of the race remaining, Rubens Barrichello on the extreme wet weather tyres was around nine seconds a lap quicker than the majority of the field and quickly moved his way up to fourth place by passing Kovalainen and Alonso. Robert Kubica retired from the race after losing control of his car and ending up beached in a gravel trap. Nico Rosberg ran into the back of eighth-placed Timo Glock as he attempted to overtake. The collision damaged Rosberg's front wing, and he was forced to make a pit-stop to change it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nBy now the rain had stopped, but the track surface was still wet. Barrichello caught and passed Trulli and Heidfeld for second place, however a refuelling problem at his earlier pit stop meant that he would need to stop again. He built up a twenty-second gap over Heidfeld before making his pit stop on lap 47, opting to change to the intermediate wet weather tyres. He rejoined in third place, behind Heidfeld. Kovalainen passed Alonso for fifth place at the Bridge corner. Trulli then pitted, promoting Kovalainen to fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nFelipe Massa spun on the exit of Woodcote corner, managing to recover without any damage. A few moments later Mark Webber made a similar error at the same location. The following lap saw a spin from Kovalainen, which allowed Alonso and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to get past while he recovered to the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nMassa, the last car on the road still running in 13th position, spun for the fifth time during the race. He continued without any damage, and made a pit stop the following lap for new tyres and fuel. The final few laps saw a battle for fourth place, as first R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and then Kovalainen passed Alonso. Hamilton crossed the finish line on lap 60 to win the Grand Prix by 68 seconds from Nick Heidfeld in second. The margin of victory was the largest since the 1995 Australian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Race\nRubens Barrichello finished in third position for Honda's best finish of the 2008 season. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen finished in fourth ahead of Kovalainen and Alonso. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had also set the fastest lap in the early stages of the race, the sixth consecutive race in which he had done so. Jarno Trulli finished in seventh position, and Kazuki Nakajima finished the race in eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Post-race\nIt is definitely and by far the best victory I've ever had. It was one of the toughest races I have ever done. I was thinking out there if I win it, it will be the best race I have ever done, not just because of the home crowd. On the last laps I could see the crowd starting standing up, and I was praying, praying 'just finish'. You can imagine the emotions going on inside and I wanted to get it around.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Post-race\nThe top three finishers appeared on the podium to receive trophies and took part in the subsequent press conference. Hamilton commented on the difficult conditions, comparing them to the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix, and the limited visibility: \"I couldn't see through my visor, so through turn one and two I had to clean visor, put it up and back down again. I had to do that on every lap especially when it was rained. I couldn't see anything. It was so extreme, so tough, a real mental challenge.\" He also thanked the fans for their support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Post-race\nHeidfeld said it was vital to make the correct tyre decisions, and also spoke about the challenging weather: \"The most difficult moments in the race were when cars were overtaking me who had been lapped, but were just on better tyres for the conditions at that time. There was so much water and I couldn't see where it was lying.\" Barrichello, who took his first podium since the 2005 United States Grand Prix, described it as a \"perfect race\". He said that after he switched to extreme wet tyres, he was \"passing people from inside to outside, it was just magic\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195903-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 British Grand Prix, Post-race\nAfter the race, Hamilton tied with Massa and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen for the lead of the Drivers' Championship all on 48 points. Kubica dropped behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Hamilton but remained two points behind the championship leaders, with Heidfeld remaining fifth. In the Constructors' Championship, BMW reduced Ferrari's lead to 14 points. McLaren made up six points on BMW, although they were still 10 points behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195904-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Hill Climb Championship season\nThe 2008 Nicholson McLaren Engines British Hill Climb Championship season was the 62nd British Hill Climb Championship (BHCC) season. It was the last year in which Nicholson McLaren sponsored the championship, as MCL Motorhomes took over the championship sponsorship for 2009. The series was contested over 34 rounds, with the drivers' 28 best results counting for the championship. Scott Moran ended Martin Groves' dominance of the championship, by claiming the championship during round 27 at Gurston Down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195905-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Indoor Athletics Championships\nThe 2008 British Indoor Athletics Championships was the 2nd edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for the United Kingdom. It was held from 9\u201310 February at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England. A total of 24 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the two-day competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195906-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British National Track Championships\nThe 2008 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from 16\u201320 September 2008 at the Manchester Velodrome. They are organised and sanctioned by British Cycling, and were open to British cyclists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195907-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Rowing Championships\nThe 2008 British Rowing Championships were the 37th edition of the National Championships, held from 18\u201320 July 2008 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and are open to British rowers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195908-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Speedway Championship\nThe 2008 British Speedway Championship was the 48th edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 29 May at the Abbey Stadium in Swindon, England. The Championship was won by Scott Nicholls, who beat Edward Kennett, Tai Woffinden and Chris Harris in the final heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195909-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Superbike Championship\nThe 2008 British Superbike Championship season was scheduled to begin on 6 April 2008; however, snow at Brands Hatch forced the abandonment of the day's races, which were later rescheduled. The series was rescheduled to start on 20 April and end on 12 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195909-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 British Superbike Championship\nStarting with this season the championship has a single tyre supplier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195909-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 British Superbike Championship\nFor the 2008 season the engine configuration regulations were changed in parallel with those of the World Superbike Championship, to permit the racing of 1200\u00a0cc V-twins against 1000\u00a0cc four-cylinder machines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195909-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 British Superbike Championship, Season standings, Privateers Cup\nJohn Laverty won the Cup class on his Buildbase NW200 Ducati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship\nThe 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 51st British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. It was also the first that the championship was sponsored by HiQ. Fabrizio Giovanardi won his second consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2008, Teams and drivers\nAfter capturing the Drivers and Manufacturers titles in their first season with the Vectra, the Triple 8-run works Vauxhall squad expanded to three cars for 2008. Reigning champion Fabrizio Giovanardi remained on board, being joined by Matt Neal, returning to Vauxhall for the first time since 2002 after leaving his family-run Team Dynamics squad, with whom he won back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006. The third car was piloted by Tom Onslow-Cole, who impressed at the wheel of a WSR BMW in his debut BTCC campaign in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2008, Teams and drivers\nSEAT were once again the only other full-works operation, and fitted their Leons with the rapid yet often unreliable turbo diesel engines being used by the marque's World Touring Car Championship operation. Jason Plato, who came extremely close to securing a second BTCC title the previous year, remained on board, as did GT convert Darren Turner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2008, Teams and drivers\nTom Chilton, moving the opposite direction after two years with Vauxhall, replaced the outgoing Neal at Team Dynamics (again running as Team Halfords), with Gordon Shedden remaining on board in the other of their self-developed Honda Civics. As with the previous year, in spite of not being a factory-backed operation, the cars were not eligible for Independents points due to their dominance of the category with the Integra in 2005 and 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2008, Teams and drivers\nWest Surrey Racing (again running as Team RAC) campaigned the BMW 320is for a second year, with reigning Independents champion Colin Turkington again heading the team and single-seater convert Stephen Jelley replacing the Vauxhall-bound Onslow-Cole. Mat Jackson returned in his 320is after a successful debut season in 2007, with his small family-run operation now enjoying BMW Dealer Team UK backing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2008, Teams and drivers\nMotorbase Performance also joined the BMW brigade after ditching their SEAT Toledos, with former Independents champion Rob Collard returned to the series full-time with the team after spending most of 2007 away. He was partnered by Steven Kane, who had been a front-runner for the team in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain after making the switch from single-seaters. Also leaving the Toledo behind for 2008 were GR Asia (again running under the Team Air Cool banner), who switched to a newer Leon (which ran with its original petrol engine unlike the works cars) for the returning Adam Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2008, Teams and drivers\nTeam Eurotech continued with the ex-Team Dynamics Honda Integra for a third year, expanding to two cars with team boss Mike Jordan now joined by his 18-year-old son Andrew, who had impressed in rallycross before making his road racing debut in the Renault Clio Cup in 2007. John George also campaigned his Integra for a second year with TH Motorsport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2008, Teams and drivers\nAlan Taylor returned for a full season in his Integra with Robertshaw Racing, having debuted in the closing meetings of 2007. The team also added a pair of ex-WTCC Chevrolet Lacettis to their line-up driven by Matt Allison, switching from Motorbase, and SEAT Cupra Championship graduate Harry Vaulkhard. Allison left the team due to budgetary reasons after the first three meetings and was not replaced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2008, Teams and drivers\nAmong the other returnees were Kartworld Racing (entered as Team KWR), who continued to run the venerable MG ZS, cutting back to a single example for team boss Jason Hughes. Tech-Speed Motorsport, again running under the Arkas Racing banner, expanded to two cars for its second year with the Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch, Turkey's Erkut Kizilirmak being joined by Martin Bell, who had piloted a Geoff Steel Racing BMW in the previous two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2008, Teams and drivers\nBTC Racing began the year running their temperamental Lexus IS200s from the previous two seasons, before switching to a pair of SEAT Toledos acquired from Motorbase from the second round onwards. Team stalwart Chris Stockton remained alongside multiple truck racing champion Stuart Oliver, who was making his first steps into cars. Gareth Howell, who appeared in a Toledo for Motorbase in 2007, was recruited to replace Oliver at meetings that clashed with his truck racing commitments, making two such appearances before Oliver left the championship and the second car was dropped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2008, Teams and drivers\nThe only all-new entry to the championship came in the shape of young Scotsman Michael Doyle, who had been a race winner in the Clio Cup the previous year. He ran a BTCC-spec Honda Civic Type-R, originally built and run by the works Arena operation between 2002 and 2005, with his family-run In-Tune Racing team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Entry list\nOn 12 March 2008 the BTCC Organisers released the official MSA HiQ British Touring Car Championship entry list for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Calendar\nAll races were held in the United Kingdom. The 2008 season once again had ten race weekends with three BTCC rounds at each. A provisional calendar had been announced by series organisers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Championship standings, Teams Championship\n*\u00a0\u2013 BTC Racing lose all points for three changes of engine. * *\u00a0\u2013 Team Eurotech lose 10 points for three changes of engine. * **\u00a0\u2013 Team Air Cool and Team Halfords lose 20 points for four changes of engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 81], "content_span": [82, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195910-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 British Touring Car Championship, Championship standings, Independent Teams Trophy\n*\u00a0\u2013 BTC Racing & Team Eurotech lose 10 points for three changes of engine. * *\u00a0\u2013 Team Air Cool lose 20 points for four changes of engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195911-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 20\u201322 June 2008 at the Donington Park circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195911-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195912-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brno Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Brno Superbike World Championship round was the ninth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of July 18\u201320, 2008, at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195913-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bronze Helmet (Poland)\nThe 2008 Bronze Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Br\u0105zowy Kask, BK) is the 2008 version of Bronze Helmet organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM). It is unofficial Individual U-19 Polish Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195913-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bronze Helmet (Poland)\nThe Final took place on September 26, 2008, in Gda\u0144sk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195913-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bronze Helmet (Poland), Semi-Finals, Gniezno\nHeat Times:Heat 1-6: 64.38 65.96 67.98 67.26 67.22 65.36Heat 7-12: 65.58 66.18 66.74 67.06 65.82 67.37Heat 13-18: 66.81 67.29 66.97 67.37 67.47 66.43Heat 19-20: 67.84 67.98", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195913-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bronze Helmet (Poland), Semi-Finals, Ostr\u00f3w Wlkp.\nGate in Heat 21: (A) Piaszczy\u0144ski, (B) Pieni\u0105\u017cek, (C) Lampkowski", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195913-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bronze Helmet (Poland), Semi-Finals, Ostr\u00f3w Wlkp.\nHeat Times:Heat 1-6: 66,06 66,50 65,35 67,25 67,88 67,94Heat 7-12: 66,28 66,38 67,82 66,59 67,19 67,25Heat 13-18: 67,16 67,50 67,22 68,09 68,69 67,94Heat 19-21: 67,68 67,88 68,22", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195913-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bronze Helmet (Poland), Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195914-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brown Bears football team\nThe 2008 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Brown tied for first in the Ivy League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195914-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brown Bears football team\nIn their 12th season under head coach Phil Estes, the Bears compiled a 7\u20133 record and outscored opponents 269 to 190. Michael Dougherty and Darrell Harrison were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195914-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Brown Bears football team\nThe Bears' 5\u20131 conference record earned the Ivy League co-championship. Brown outscored Ivy opponents 205 to 105.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195914-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Brown Bears football team\nAfter beating their eventual co-champion, Harvard, the Bears were briefly ranked No. 25 for the first week of October. They lost their next two games, and did not return to the national top 25 for the rest of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195914-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Brown Bears football team\nBrown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195915-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Brownlow Medal\nThe 2008 Brownlow Medal was the 81st year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Adam Cooney of the Western Bulldogs won the medal by polling twenty-four votes during the 2008 AFL season. Pre -vote favourite, Gary Ablett and sentimental favourite, Matthew Richardson finished equal third on twenty-two votes. Cooney polled twenty-four votes, one ahead of Brisbane's Simon Black, who won the award in 2002 and was equal second in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195915-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure\nThe three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195915-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure, Ineligible players\nAs the medal is awarded to the fairest and best player in the league, those who have been suspended during the season by the AFL Tribunal (or, who avoided suspension only because of a discount for a good record or an early guilty plea) are ineligible to win the award; however, they may still continue to poll votes. In 2008 many of the leading contenders including Coleman Medallist Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell, Adam Goodes, Brett Burton and Daniel Kerr all were found guilty of an offence and were ineligible to win the medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195915-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure, Pre-count betting\nDespite changing clubs after the 2007 season, Chris Judd was installed as the early favourite when betting opened, but as the season progressed Gary Ablett became a short-priced favourite. When Ablett injured his ankle and missed three matches, Brent Harvey moved to outright favourite. By the end of the season however, Ablett had returned to favouritism, with 2007 winner Jimmy Bartel, Harvey and Adam Cooney close behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195916-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Broxbourne Borough Council election\nThe Broxbourne Council election, 2008 was held to elect council members of the Broxbourne Borough Council, a local government authority in Hertfordshire, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195916-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary\nAn election was held in 12 wards on 1 May 2008. (No election in Rosedale Ward)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195916-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary\nThis was the first Local Government Election in Broxbourne where the British National Party fielded a \"full slate\" of candidates", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195916-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary\nThe Labour Party gained 1 seat from the Conservative Party in Waltham Cross Ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195916-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary\nThe new political balance of the council following this election was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195916-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary\nThe next Local Government Election will be held on 6 May 2010 when seats will be contested in all of the 13 wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team\nThe 2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team represented Bryant University as an independent in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by sixth-year head coach Marty Fine and played their home games at Bulldog Stadium. This was the first season in which Bryant competed at the NCAA Division I FCS level. The Bulldogs have previous played at the NCAA Division II level as a member of the Northeast-10 Conference. They finished the season with a record of 7\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Central Connecticut State (Aug. 30th)\nIf there were any questions as to whether the Bryant University football team was ready for Division I, Saturday's effort at Central Connecticut provided all the answers. Facing a talented Blue Devil team in the school's season opener, Bryant pushed Central Connecticut before coming up short, 42-35 Saturday night at Arute Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 89], "content_span": [90, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Central Connecticut State (Aug. 30th)\nBryant (0-1) trailed 21-13 at the half, but roared back as the Bulldog defense kept the Blue Devil offense in check for most of the second half. A Lindsey Gamble 24-yard run down to the Central 33-yard line early in the fourth helped set up a 15-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jay Graber to Michael Canfora, trimming the lead Central lead down to two, 21-19. Going for the two-point conversion, Graber hit Vinton South across the middle to complete the 2-point conversion and tie the game at 21-21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 89], "content_span": [90, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Central Connecticut State (Aug. 30th)\nAnother strong defensive stop forced Central into another three and out by the Blue Devil offense. But on the ensuing punt, the Blue Devils failed to get the punt off and the Bulldogs took over deep in the Central Connecticut territory. Three plays later, Gamble rumbled in from a yard out and the Bulldogs took their first lead of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 89], "content_span": [90, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Central Connecticut State (Aug. 30th)\nJames Mallory finally gave Central Connecticut (1-0) fans something to cheer for in the second half as he broke free down the left side line for a 92-yard touchdown run to knot the game back up at 28-28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 89], "content_span": [90, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Central Connecticut State (Aug. 30th)\nSpecial teams play haunted the Bulldogs and after failing to pick up a first down, Central managed to block another Bulldog punt and Cory Robinson fell on the ball in the end zone to push the Blue Devils back out in front 35-28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 89], "content_span": [90, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Central Connecticut State (Aug. 30th)\nBryant would answer again, however, as Canfora and Graber hooked up again for a 15-yard touchdown to tie the game at 35-35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 89], "content_span": [90, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Central Connecticut State (Aug. 30th)\nCentral Connecticut opened the game blocking a Bryant punt on the Bulldogs' opening drive in the first quarter as Jordan Knight picked up the loose ball and ran it back 22 yards for the game's first score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 89], "content_span": [90, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Central Connecticut State (Aug. 30th)\nChris Bird had a big day kicking a 37-yard field goal in the first half and adding a school-record 47-yard field goal at the end of the half to make it 21-13 at the break. Bryant got a gift penalty from Central Connecticut as Jerell Smith made a nice 32-yard run down to the Central 29 as time expired in the half. But a facemask penalty added 15 yard penalties, giving the Bulldogs one more play and Bird just squeaked his kick just inside the uprights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 89], "content_span": [90, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nJunior running back Jerell Smith rushed for a career-high 221 yards on 34 carries to help lead Bryant University to a 39-36 non-conference win over Southern Connecticut before 2,417 at Bulldog Stadium Saturday afternoon. The win improves Bryant's record to 1-1 on the season heading into next week's home game with Merrimack College (1 p.m.). Southern Connecticut drops to 1-1 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nIn the first matchup between the two schools since last year's NCAA playoffs, won by the Owls 45-28, the Bulldogs capitalized on several Southern Connecticut mistakes to pull out the fourth quarter, come-from-behind victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\n\"If we don't keep the ball in the shoot, they are going to run away from us, and that's what happened today,\" said Bryant coach Marty Fine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nSouthern Connecticut (1-1), ranked 20th in Division II and picked to win the Northeast-10 Conference this season, got a strong passing effort from quarterback Steve Armstrong. The senior signal caller was 17 for 23 passing for 282 yards and threw three touchdowns before leaving the game with an injury early in the third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nArmstrong's replacement Kevin Lynch came on to throw a pair of touchdowns, including a 75-yarder to Ty Marshall to vive the Owls a 28-21 lead with 3:30 left in the third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nBut in the fourth quarter, key plays by the Bryant defense and special teams and the hard running of Smith, helped Bryant rally. A Samad Wagstaff interception near midfield as the quarter came to a close resulted in a Smith 10-yard touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, Southern fumbled the return and Bryant's Franck Tebou was there to recover. That play led to another Smith touchdown, making it 33-28 with 13:17 left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nAnother fumble on the kickoff by the Owls gave the ball back to the Bulldogs and this time Mike Canfora was there to bull his way in from the 1-yard line to put Bryant on top 39-28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nLynch and the Owls were done, as the freshman connected with Pete Digangi for a 6-yard score to pull to within 39-36 with 7:53 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nBryant was forced to punt after the drive stalled out at their own 34-yard line, but on Southern's next possession, linebacker Paul Polomski picked off a Lynch pass at the 45-yard line and the Bulldogs were able to run out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nSmith's 221 yards are a career-high for the Howard University transfer and the seventh-most yards in a game, tying him with Lorenzo Perry who had 221 at Assumption in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nQuarterback Jay Graber completed 13 of 25 passes for 164 yards and two touchdowns while Vinton South caught three passes for 64 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\n\"Southern Connecticut is a good team and they deserve all of their credit,\" said Jay Graber. \"They beat us pretty bad last year so it wasn't a Division I, Division II thing, it was a good football game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nTy Marshall had seven catches for 203 yards and two scores for Southern Connecticut . Jarom Freeman, who rushed for an NCAA Division II record 418 yards against the Bulldogs last year, was held in check by the Bulldog defense. The junior finished with 70 yards on 16 carries in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Southern Connecticut State (Sept. 6th)\nBryce Martins had 11 tackles on the season while Andre White added seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Merrimack (Sept. 13th)\nJunior tailback Jerell Smith (Brooklyn, NY) rushed for 130 yards on 27 carries to lift the Bryant University football team to a 20-7 non-conference win over Merrimack College before an overflow crowd of 5,530 fans on Homecoming & Reunion Weekend Saturday at Bulldog Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Merrimack (Sept. 13th)\nBryant, with the win, improves to 2-1 on the season heading into next weekend's home game with Monmouth College (1 p.m.). Merrimack, which turned the ball over seven times in the game, drops to 1-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Merrimack (Sept. 13th)\nThe Bulldogs, who forced seven turnovers in last week's win over Southern Connecticut, took advantage of an early miscue by the Warriors to get on the board first. A Paul Polomski (Franklin, MA) interception of a Kurt Leone pass midway through the first quarter led to a 31-yard field goal by Chris Bird, giving the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Merrimack (Sept. 13th)\nBryant would never trail again. In the second quarter, another interception, this time by Bryant freshman cornerback Samad Wagstaff (New Rochelle, NY), off a pass by Leone helped set up the Bulldogs' first touchdown of the game. Wagstaff, who added another interception in the second half to give him five for the season, returned his first of the day 20 yards to midfield, giving the Bulldogs excellent field position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Merrimack (Sept. 13th)\nSeven plays later, Lindsey Gamble (Roxbury, MA) plunged in from a yard out to make it 10-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Merrimack (Sept. 13th)\nSmith would add a 20-yard touchdown run in the final minute of the second quarter to send the Bulldogs into the locker room up 20-0 at the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Merrimack (Sept. 13th)\nSmith, after a career-best 221 yards against Southern Connecticut last week, went over the 1,000 yard mark in his career Saturday. His 130 yards against Merrimack gives him 1,063 yards, becoming the seventh player in school history to go over 1,000 yards rushing in a career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Merrimack (Sept. 13th)\nBryant quarterback Jay Graber (Clarksburg, NJ) completed 14 of 22 passes for 117 yards while Ross Giffune (Foxboro, MA) had a fine day, catching four passes for 43 yards including a long of 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Merrimack (Sept. 13th)\nIn addition to forcing seven turnovers, Bryant's defense held Merrimack's run-and-shoot offense to 278 yards in the game. Leone finished the game completing 12 of 36 passes for 143 yards. Backup Mike Sarnese came on later in the second half to replace Leone and completed 4 of 14 attempts for 84 yards but was intercepted three times including once in the end zone by Andre Whyte (Bennington, VT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Monmouth (Sept. 20th)\nSenior running back David Sinisi rushed for 171 yards on 26 carries and scored twice as visiting Monmouth earned its first victory of the season defeating Bryant University 30-17 in non-conference football action Saturday before 4,107 at Bulldog Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Monmouth (Sept. 20th)\nMonmouth (1-3) got on the board first as quarterback Brett Burke found John Nalbone for a 6 yard score on the Hawks' second drive of the game. But Bryant would come right back as quarterback Jay Graber engineered a 12-play, 81-yard drive capped by a Jarrett Solimando 5-yard touchdown reception to tie the game up at 7-7 in the first. It was Bryant's longest scoring drive of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Monmouth (Sept. 20th)\nA Fred Weingart 20-yard field goal and a 3-yard touchdown run by Bobby Giles in the second quarter gave the visitors a 17-7 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Monmouth (Sept. 20th)\nBryant (2-2) managed to trim the lead thanks in part to a 19-yard field goal by Chris Bird, but Sinisi and the Hawks put the game away in the fourth with two quick scores, the second coming on a big defensive stop. Sinisi scored the first of his two rushing touchdowns on the day with a 2-yard run up the middle at the start of the final quarter to make it 23-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Monmouth (Sept. 20th)\nLooking to counter, the Bulldogs moved the ball deep into Monmouth territory thanks an impressive 10-play drive. But with the ball on the Hawks' 8-yard line, Graber was intercepted by linebacker T.J. Cerezo in the end zone for a touchback and the Bulldogs came away empty-handed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Monmouth (Sept. 20th)\nThree plays later, Sinisi broke through for a game-clinching 70-yard touchdown run down the middle to make it 30-10 and the Hawks never looked back. Sinisi entered the game averaging 133 yards rushing .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Monmouth (Sept. 20th)\nGraber finished with 261 yards passing on the day and two touchdowns. Anthony DiNaso caught 5 passes for 70 yards while Ross Giffune and Solimando also added five catches for 45 and 42 yards receiving respectively", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nBryant tailback Jerell Smith (Brooklyn, NY) rushed for 143 yards on 31 carries and the Bulldog defense turned in one of its finest games of the season as the Bulldogs knocked off Wagner College 24-14 Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nThe win is Bryant's first over a Division I opponent in six tries and the first this season over a member of the Football Championship Subdivision (Bryant defeated DII Merrimack and Southern Connecticut earlier this year).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\n\"We did a good job on defense today and got a couple of big plays right when we needed it,\" said Bryant coach Marty Fine following the game. \"The defense really made some things happen and we were able to stay to our game plan and come out with a great win today.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nJay Graber completed 8 of 17 passes including a clutch 20 yard while Lindsey Gamble added 44 yards rushing in the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nBut the story of the day was the play of the Bulldog defense that held Wagner to just 219 yards of offense - including 100 yards through three quarters - before 2,467 on a wet and dreary day at Wagner College Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nBryant overcame a pair of fumbles on punt returns in the game, but made the plays when they had to. It didn't hurt much in that Wagner's offense struggled against the Bryant defense all afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nWagner did strike first as quarterback Adam Farnsworth hit tight end Peter Zagorski with a short pass but the senior was able to break a few tackles and rumbled down the home side line for an 80-yard score. But the play was the only highlight on the day for the Seahawks who were penalized seven times in the game - including several unnecessary roughness penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nBut the Bulldog defense, coming into the game shorthanded with several starters out of the game, stormed right back to take command of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nAn Andre Whyte block of a Kyle Muir punt attempt was recovered by Anthony Castelli who returned it 4 yards to tie the game at 7-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nLater in the first, free safety Bryce Martins helped set up the go-ahead score intercepting Adam Farnsworth inside the Wagner 20-yard line and returning it to the 15. One play later, Lindsey Gamble scored from four yards out to make it 14-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nThe wet conditions caused more special teams trouble for Wagner as Muir couldn't handle another snap on a punt attempt and the Bulldogs took over near midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nBryant was able to drive down to the Wagner 3-yard line, aided by a beautiful pass from Graber to tight end Jarrett Solimando across the middle. But the Bulldogs couldn't get into the end zone but did come away with three points on a Chris Bird 20-yard field goal to make it 17-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nThe Bulldogs opened the second half with an efficient 8 play, 46-yard drive capped by a Graber 7-yard touchdown pass to Staten Island, N.Y. native Anthony DiNaso to make it 24-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nAnother defensive surge helped put the game away in the waning minutes. With the Seahawks driving late in the fourth, a Samad Wagstaff blitz from the blind side forced an errant pass by backup quarterback Matt Abbey as John Suarez picked off Abbey and returned the ball deep into Wagner territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\nMartins led the way with six tackles while Paul Polomski (Franklin, MA) had five tackles. Defensive end Don Smith (Attleboro, MA) had a huge day, finishing with five tackles plus two big sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wagner (Sept. 27th)\n\"It was a special day for him (Smith) today and for the entire team,\" added Fine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Marist (Oct. 11th)\nQuarterback Chris Debowski completed 15 of 28 passes for 321 yards and four touchdowns to lead host Marist College to a 34-7 win over Bryant Saturday evening at Tenney Stadium snapping a three-game losing skid for the Red Foxes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Marist (Oct. 11th)\nAfter Bryant's opening drive stalled, Marist (2-5) wasted little time to get off and running as Debowski connected with speedy receiver James LaMacchia for an 80-yard touchdown pass on the Red Foxes' very first play of the game. It would be the first of two deep touchdown passes to LaMacchia who finished with four receptions for 154 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Marist (Oct. 11th)\nBryant (3-3) moved the ball well in the first half, picking up eight first downs but the Bulldogs were unable to get on the scoreboard as Marist ended Bryant's best scoring chance of the half by intercepting a Jay Graber pass at the goal line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Marist (Oct. 11th)\nTwo Kevin Pauly field goals of 38 and 25 yards rounded out the first half scoring as Marist led 13-0 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Marist (Oct. 11th)\nThe Bulldogs were poised to get on the scoreboard on their first possession to start the second half thanks to the hard running of tailback Lindsey Gamble. The junior energized Bryant's opening drive with several dazzling runs to get the ball inside the Marist 20-yard line, but once again Bryant came up empty as Chris Bird's 25-yard field goal attempt sailed wide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Marist (Oct. 11th)\nOn the ensuing possession, Marist again used another big play to break the game wide open as Debowski hooked up once again with LaMacchia down the right sideline for a 56-yard score to make it 20-0. Debowski would add another 15-yard touchdown pass to R.J. Roe to make it 27-0 before Gamble got Bryant on the board with a 7-yard run up the middle to make it 27-7 with 10:52 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Marist (Oct. 11th)\nGamble finished with 100 yards on 20 carries in the game while Jerell Smith added 94-yard rushing. It was Gambles third 100-yard rushing game of his career. Graber completed 11 of 15 passes for 119 yards. Paul Polomski (Franklin, MA) had eight tackles while Jason Riffe and Don Smith (Attleboro, MA) had seven and six respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Robert Morris (Oct. 18th)\nJerell Smith (Brooklyn, NY) rushed for 104 yards on 16 carries while Anthony DiNaso (Staten Island, NY) caught a pair of touchdown passes to lead Bryant University to a 20-7 win over visiting Robert Morris University before a standing-room only crowd of 5,630 at Bulldog Stadium Saturday afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Robert Morris (Oct. 18th)\nScored on its first possession of the game and let the defense handle the rest as Bryant held the Colonials to minus-20 yards rushing on the ground and sacked quarterback Erik Cwalinski eight times, tying a school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Robert Morris (Oct. 18th)\nBryant (4-3) used a good balance attack in starting quickly as the Bulldogs opened with a 66-yard drive on its first possession to take a quick 7-0 lead. Lindsey Gamble (Roxbury, MA) helped keep the drive moving with a nice 19-yard pickup to move the ball down inside the Colonial 20-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Robert Morris (Oct. 18th)\nThree players later, quarterback Jay Graber hit DiNaso for the first of his two touchdowns on the day as the senior quarterback connected with the sophomore receiver across the middle for with a third-down pass across the middle for a 13-yard touchdown with 12:16 left in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Robert Morris (Oct. 18th)\nIt would be the only scoring of the first half, but the Bulldogs would take advantage of a crucial turnover by Robert Morris, the first of only two in the game. After forcing the Bulldogs to punt on their first possession, Robert Morris (2-5) took over with good field position near midfield. But on the ensuing possession, RMU running back Myles Russ fumbled the hand-off and Don Smith (Attleboro, MA) was there to recover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Robert Morris (Oct. 18th)\nBryant would take full advantage of the momentum swing as Smith found a seam in the defensive line on the very next play and raced down the right sideline for a 37-yard touchdown to make it 14-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Robert Morris (Oct. 18th)\nGraber and DiNaso would hook up again in the fourth, this time on a 19-yard pass play in the corner of the end zone to make it 20-0. Cwalinski would help RMU avoid the shutout as the senior scored from 11 yards out to round out the scoring on the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Robert Morris (Oct. 18th)\nDiNaso finished with three catches for 54 yards while teammate Ross Giffune (Foxboro, MA) also had three receptions for 58 yards. Russ, who came into the game averaging 145 yards rushing per game, was held to just 37 on the day. Cwalinski completed 11 of 25 passes for 161 yards for Robert Morris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Robert Morris (Oct. 18th)\nBut the story of the day was the Bryant defense that held a Colonial team averaging 340 yards of offense to only 141 Saturday. Pat Gauthier (Woonsocket, RI) had 7 tackles plus accounted for three of Bryant's eight sacks. Andre Whyte (Bennington, VT) and Andrew Regan (West Newbury, MA) each had five tackles. Freshman Mike McGowan (Attleboro, MA / Bishop Feehan) had a big day in his first start at cornerback. McGowan had a pair of tackles and led the team with three pass breakups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts-Amherst (Oct. 25th)\nUMass Amherst quarterback Liam Coen completed 11 of 18 passes for 389 yards and five touchdowns to lead the No. 17 Minutemen to a 42-7 win over visiting Bryant University Saturday afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts-Amherst (Oct. 25th)\nUMass (5-3), looking to bounce back strong from last week's loss to Richmond, did just that Saturday as the Minutemen scored on their first three possessions before the Bulldogs finally got on the board mid-way through the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts-Amherst (Oct. 25th)\nTrailing 21-0, the Bulldogs (4-4) put together a solid scoring drive despite the loss of starting quarterback Jay Graber (Clarksburg, NJ). Graber, who left with 4:50 left in the opening quarter with an injury and did not return, was replaced by backup Kurt Spear (Greene, NY). The junior, seeing action for the first time this season, stepped right in and guided the Bulldogs down field with a solid scoring drive. Spear completed 3 of 4 passes including a 16-yarder to Mike Canfora for 16 yards on his first pass attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts-Amherst (Oct. 25th)\nA 15-yard pass to Ross Giffune (Foxboro, MA) moved the ball down to the UMass 22-yard line. Behind steady blocking by the offensive line up front, junior tailback Lindsey Gamble (Roxbury, MA) moved the ball down to 6 and one play later found a seam into the end zone to make it 21-7 just before the end of the opening quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts-Amherst (Oct. 25th)\nThe 16-play drive covered 6 minutes, 41 seconds - the longest scoring drive of the season for the Bulldogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts-Amherst (Oct. 25th)\nUMass would answer as Tony Nelson scored from 3 yards out and Jeremy Horne was on the receiving end of a 21-yard pass from Coen to make it 35-7 at the half and the hosts cruised from there. Horne finished with 182 yards and three touchdowns while Korrey Davis rushed for 54 yards on 12 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts-Amherst (Oct. 25th)\nUMass finished the day with 593 yards of total offense including 448 yards through the air. Bryant had 217 yards of offense in the game. Spear finished the day completing 7 of 17 passes for 70 yards with Giffune hauling in three catches for 27 yards. Mike Canfora had two catches for 25 yards. Jerell Smith (Brooklyn, NY) rushed for 56 of Bryant's 126 yards on the ground while Gamble finished with 52 yards on 17 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts-Amherst (Oct. 25th)\nSophomore Addison Lynch (Braintree, MA) recorded a career-best 12 tackles to lead Bryant defensively. Junior linebacker Paul Polomski (Franklin, MA) added 10 tackles as the Bulldog defense recovered three UMass fumbles, all in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts-Amherst (Oct. 25th)\nPunter Brian Donnelly (East Dennis, MA) punted a school-record 12 times for 441 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Duquesne (Nov. 1st)\nBryant University running back Jerell Smith rushed for 129 yards on 14 carries while the defense used two fourth quarter interceptions to put the game away as the host Bulldogs pulled away for a 24-10 win over Duquesne here Saturday afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Duquesne (Nov. 1st)\nDuquesne quarterback Connor Dixon engineered a solid 10-play scoring drive to open the game as the Dukes jumped out in front first. A Dixon 20-yard pass to Brian Layhue on the Dukes' second-play moved the ball to midfield. Dixon would later hook up with running back Cleo Williams for an 11-yard pass play to move the ball down to the Bryant 25-yard line. With the ball on the Bryant 7-yard line, the Bulldog defense would hold Duquesne to a 24-yard field goal from Mark Troyan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Duquesne (Nov. 1st)\nBryant's (5-4) offense would finally get on the board just before halftime. After a 21-yard punt by Duquesne's Josh Brisk gave the Bulldogs good field position at the Duquesne 44-yard line, quarterback Jay Graber (Clarksburg, NJ) hit Ross Giffune (Foxboro, MA) for a 20-yard gain down to the Duquesne 15-yard line. Two plays later, Mike Canfora (Verona, NJ) took a lateral from Graber and rumbled into the end zone for a 15-yard score. The extra point attempt was wide and the Bulldogs took a 6-3 lead into the locker room at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Duquesne (Nov. 1st)\nDuquesne (2-6) regained the lead once again late in the third as Dixon connected with Alex Roberson for a 54-yard touchdown pass to make it 10-9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Duquesne (Nov. 1st)\nBut in the fourth, Lindsey Gamble put the Bulldogs back in front for good, scoring on a 29-yard run down the middle to make it 15-10. On their next possession, the Dukes moved the ball down to the Bryant 40, but junior defensive end Don Smith (Attleboro, MA) blitzed Dixon forcing the sophomore to throw an ill-advised pass that was picked off by linebacker Paul Polomski (Franklin, MA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Duquesne (Nov. 1st)\nThe Bulldogs came into the game tied for first nationally with a 25 turnovers gained this season. The Duquesne miscue led to a Brian Donnelly (East Dennis, MA) 25-yard field goal to give Bryant an 18-10 lead with just over five minutes left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Duquesne (Nov. 1st)\nNeeding to go the length of the field to score and possibly force overtime, Duquesne would never get the opportunity as Bryant linebacker Cheyenne Ray (Bellport, NY) picked off Dixon's very first pass attempt at the 29-yard line and returned it the distance for the touchdown, sealing the victory for the Bulldogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Duquesne (Nov. 1st)\nBryant finished with 445 yards of total offense in the game. The Bulldogs were 7 for 15 on third-down conversions. Gamble finished with 94 yards rushing while Graber completed 18 of 26 passes for 213 yards. Williams finished with 76 yards rushing for Duquesne while Dixon was 16 for 28 passing for 193 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Iona (Nov. 15th)\nLindsey Gamble (Roxbury, MA) rushed for a season-high 163 yards on 15 carries to lead the Bryant University football team to a 23-7 win over Iona College Saturday at a wet and rainy Mazzella Field. The win clinches a winning record for the Bulldogs in their first season of Division I football as Bryant will take a 6-4 record into next Saturday's season finale at Saint Francis (PA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Iona (Nov. 15th)\nComing off a bye week, the Bulldogs were slow out of the gate and Iona (3-8) took advantage, scoring the only points of the first half late in the first quarter. Gael freshman quarterback Warren Smith engineered an 11-play drive ending with a 33-yard touchdown pass to the speedy Tim Mastrino for a 7-0 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Iona (Nov. 15th)\nHeld scoreless for only the second time this season, Bryant managed just 55 yards rushing in the first half against an Iona defense that came into the game allowing 300 yards rushing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Iona (Nov. 15th)\nBut it was a different story in the second half as quarterback Jay Graber (Clarksburg, NJ) led Bryant on a 10-play scoring drive to open the third quarter. The senior connected with senior tight end Jarrett Solimando (Demarest, NJ) on an 18-yard pass play down to the one-yard line. One play later, junior tailback Jerrell Smith (Brooklyn, NY) dove into the end-zone to finally put Bryant on the scoreboard. Iona would maintain the lead however, as the point after attempt was wide, keeping Gaels in front 7-6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Iona (Nov. 15th)\nBut the scoring drive was just what the team needed. Chris Bird's (Monument Beach, MA) 30-yard field goal atoned for the missed extra point try and the Bulldogs had their first lead of the game, 9-7 with 4:24 left in the third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Iona (Nov. 15th)\nStill within striking distance, the Gaels continued to move the ball well led by the arm of Warren Smith and the play of Mastrino. But the key play of the game came early in the fourth with the Gaels driving deep into Bryant territory. With the ball on the Bryant 25, and Iona facing a fourth-and-three, Attleboro's Don Smith pressured Warren Smith to scramble out of the pocket and throw an incomplete pass with Andre Whyte (Bennington, Vt.) covering.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Iona (Nov. 15th)\nTaking over on downs, Gamble broke through the line on Bryant's very first play from scrimmage and raced 75 yards for a touchdown to make it 16-7. With the momentum clearly back in Bryant's favor, Jerrell Smith would later add a 50-yard touchdown run of his own and the Bulldogs never looked back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Iona (Nov. 15th)\nWith his 163 yards on the day, Gamble moved into fourth all-time in school history with 1,704 rushing yards. Jerrell Smith, who surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for the season on Bryant's first play of game, finished with 105 yards on the ground, moving him into third-place all-time in school history with 1,723 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Iona (Nov. 15th)\nAnthony DiNaso (Staten Island, NY) had four catches for 64 yards while Bryce Martins (Uncasville, CT) led the defense with 11 tackles. Patrick Gauthier (Woonsocket, RI) and Smith each had seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Iona (Nov. 15th)\nIona's quarterback Smith completed 31 of 53 passes for 272 yards. Mastrino finished an amazing day for the Gaels, catching a school record 18 passes for 167 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, St. Francis (PA) (Nov. 22nd)\nIt may have been the longest road trip in the history Bryant football program, but it will certainly be memorable as Jerell Smith rushed for 150 and quarterback Jay Graber threw three touchdown passes as the Bulldogs rolled to a 23-0 win over Saint Francis (PA) on a snowy afternoon at DeGol Field. The win concludes Bryant's first Division I season with a 7-4 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, St. Francis (PA) (Nov. 22nd)\nThe Bulldogs out-gained the Red Flash 382 to 58 in total yards as Graber completed 14 of 19 passes for 160 yards on the day. Ross Giffune hauled in four catches for 59 yards and it was his first touchdown reception of the season that got the Bulldogs on the board first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, St. Francis (PA) (Nov. 22nd)\nBryant put together a nice looking drive right away on its first possession. Hard running from Lindsey Gamble helped move the ball down to the Red Flash eight-yard line, setting up an 8-yard, Graber to Giffune touchdown pass in the back of the end zone to make it 7-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, St. Francis (PA) (Nov. 22nd)\nTwo fumbles halted a pair of other Bryant drives in the second quarter but the Bulldogs were able add on a 32-yard field goal by Chris Bird just before the end of the half to take a 10-0 lead into the locker room at the break. The field goal was the 15th in the career for Bird, tying Pete DiMartino's school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, St. Francis (PA) (Nov. 22nd)\nThe Bulldog defense enjoyed an outstanding first half, holding Saint Francis to just 12 yards of offense and only one pass completion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, St. Francis (PA) (Nov. 22nd)\nIn the second half, the Bulldogs stretched the lead to 17-0 as Graber connected with wide receiver Vinton South for a 33-yard score with 1:19 left in the third. The scoring drive covered 10 plays and took off more than five minutes on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195917-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, St. Francis (PA) (Nov. 22nd)\nGraber and the Bulldogs would put the game away midway through the fourth as the senior signal caller threw his third touchdown pass of the game, this time to Tyler DiGiovanni. The point after was wide but the point didn't matter as the Bulldogs managed to end the season with a win for the first time since the 2000 season and just the second time in the 10-year history of the program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195918-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucharest summit\nThe 2008 Bucharest Summit or the 20th NATO Summit was a NATO summit organized in the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania on 2 \u2013 4 April 2008. Among other business, Croatia and Albania were invited to join the alliance. Macedonia was not invited due to its ongoing naming dispute with Greece. Georgia and Ukraine had hoped to join the NATO Membership Action Plan, but the NATO members decided to review their request in December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195918-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucharest summit\nThe fear that NATO is evolving into a worldwide coalition of the willing, as such increasing polarisation and militarization in international affairs, sparked protests at NATO's HQ in Brussels two weeks before the summit, and in Bucharest. Protesters targeted the renewed determination of NATO to use nuclear weapons and NATO's backing of the US anti-missile shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195918-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucharest summit, Summit agenda\nAs said by Craig Kennedy in an introduction to the NATO Bucharest summit and from the NATO summit program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195918-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucharest summit, Host\nRomania competed for the organization of this summit with Portugal, which initially was scheduled to host the summit in 2006, but eventually conceded in favor of Latvia, which held the 2006 Riga Summit. Romania received support from the United States, and U.S. Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns said in December 2006 that Romania deserved the honor to hold this event due to its contribution to the Alliance's common effort in the War in Afghanistan and for stability in the Iraq War. Romania has been a member of NATO since 14 March 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195918-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucharest summit, Non-invitation\nAn invitation to join the Alliance was not extended to Macedonia. Greece had threatened on several occasions to veto the country's NATO bid due to the longstanding naming dispute over the latter's name. The last UN proposal before the summit was the name \"Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)\", which was rejected by Greece. Athens argues that use of the name \"Macedonia\" implies territorial claims on its own region of Macedonia. Skopje denies this, citing constitutional amendments that specifically exclude \"territorial pretensions\". NATO officials said the country could begin talks on joining the alliance as soon as it had resolved its dispute with Greece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195918-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucharest summit, Non-invitation\nWhile under the terms of the Interim Accord, signed between the two parties in 1995, Athens agreed not to block \"membership in international, multilateral and regional organizations and institutions\" under the FYROM acronym, Greece expected that the country would immediately request recognition by its constitutional name once it gained entry into the organization. According to politicians in Skopje, Athens has directly breached the Interim Accord.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195918-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucharest summit, Non-invitation\nThe governments that supported its membership bid argued that the country had completed the necessary reforms for membership, and that regional stability would be challenged if it did not join NATO. Conversely, Athens contends that although Skopje rejects territorial claims officially, in practice there have been numerous irredentist provocations by high government officials, schoolbooks, and other governmental publications. Senior officials in Skopje asserted that the country had fulfilled NATO requirements to join and was being \"punished\" for its identity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195918-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucharest summit, Non-invitation\nAfter an application for ruling submitted after this Summit by Macedonia against Greece on this matter before the International Court of Justice, on 5 December 2011 the Court ruled that Greece had indeed breached the accords and was wrong to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195918-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucharest summit, NATO\u2013Russia meeting\nRussian President Vladimir Putin was invited to the summit, and he arrived on the second day (3 April) to participate in bilateral NATO\u2013Russia talks. He opposed the US plans to deploy missile defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic, which was discussed at the summit. Russia also opposed Georgia and Ukraine's NATO membership bids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195919-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucknell Bison football team\nThe 2008 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Bucknell finished fifth in the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195919-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucknell Bison football team\nIn their sixth season under head coach Tim Landis, the  Bison compiled a 5\u20136 record. Greg Jones, A.J. Kizekai, Kevin Mullen and Casey Williams were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195919-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucknell Bison football team\nThe Bison were outscored 339 to 269. Their 2\u20134 conference record placed fifth in the seven-team Patriot League standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195919-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bucknell Bison football team\nBucknell played its home games at Christy Mathewson\u2013Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195920-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Budapest Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Budapest Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the Budapest Grand Prix, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Budapest, Hungary, from 7 July until 13 July 2008. Second-seeded Aliz\u00e9 Cornet won the singles title and earned $28,000 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195920-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Budapest Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles\nAliz\u00e9 Cornet /  Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 defeated  Vanessa Henke /  Ioana Raluca Olaru, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20131, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195921-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Budapest Grand Prix \u2013 Doubles\n\u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay and Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1 were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195921-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Budapest Grand Prix \u2013 Doubles\nAliz\u00e9 Cornet and Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 won the tournament, defeating Vanessa Henke and Raluca Olaru in the final, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20131, [10\u20136].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195922-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Budapest Grand Prix \u2013 Singles\nGisela Dulko was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195922-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Budapest Grand Prix \u2013 Singles\nSecond-seeded Aliz\u00e9 Cornet won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20133, against Andreja Klepa\u010d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195922-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Budapest Grand Prix \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195923-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Budweiser Shootout\nThe 2008 Budweiser Shootout was the first official, non-points paying event of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The race was run on Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida and was restricted to those who were the fastest qualifiers in the 2007 season as well as past winners of the event. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the event, his second shootout, and his first win with Hendrick Motorsports. Fox televised the race starting at 8 PM US EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195923-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Budweiser Shootout, Eligible drivers\nThere were two ways to become eligible for the Budweiser Shootout: win a pole or win the Budweiser Shootout. For 2008, there were 23 eligible drivers: nine drivers being past winners with lifetime exemptions into the race as long as they remain active in the series, and 15 who were fastest in qualifying for NEXTEL Cup races in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195923-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Budweiser Shootout, Starting lineup\nThe Budweiser Shootout lineup was determined by a draw of positions on Thursday, February 7, 2008 and aired live on Speed Channel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195923-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Budweiser Shootout, Starting lineup\n1. (2) Kurt Busch\u00b03. (55) Michael Waltrip5. (38) David Gilliland\u00b07. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr.9. (1) Martin Truex Jr.11. (96) J.J Yeley13. (49) Ken Schrader15. (44) Dale Jarrett\u00b017. (16) Greg Biffle19. (22) Dave Blaney21. (07) Clint Bowyer23. (12) Ryan Newman\u00b0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195923-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Budweiser Shootout, Starting lineup\n2. (8) Mark Martin4. (26) Jamie McMurray6. (41) Reed Sorenson8. (9) Kasey Kahne10. (20) Tony Stewart12. (11) Denny Hamlin14. (21) Bill Elliott\u00b016. (5) Casey Mears\u00b018. (48) Jimmie Johnson\u00b020. (99) Carl Edwards22. (24) Jeff Gordon\u00b0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195923-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Budweiser Shootout, Starting lineup\n\u00b0 \u2014 Because of the wrecks in Happy Hour, or other reasons, these drivers went to the rear of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195923-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Budweiser Shootout, Practice\nThe final practice session, commonly known as \"Happy Hour\" was anything but for many drivers as two separate incidents turned into a wreckfest thanks to the restrictor plate style of racing. The first, known as in the restrictor plate races as \"The Big One\", involved among others, Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman, Jeff Gordon, David Gilliland and Jimmie Johnson, forcing them to backup rides. The second incident was more notable, with tensions boiling over from an incident during the Autism Speaks 400 the previous June at Dover, Tony Stewart accidentally brushed Kurt Busch, then slammed into the wall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195923-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Budweiser Shootout, Practice\nThe driver of the #2 Dodge retaliated en route to the garage area by bumping Stewart's #20 Toyota three times preventing en route to pit road getting to the garage area. Busch was forced into a backup car and forfeited his pole position, and both drivers were ordered to visit the NASCAR Sprint Cup trailer to discuss the incident, and ordered to stay away from one another before the race. It had been reported that Stewart punched out Busch after he was called as \"fat\" in the trailer. On February 12, 2008, both were placed on probation for six races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195923-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Budweiser Shootout, Race\nThe race was broken down into two segments: The first segment, which was 20 laps, followed by a ten-minute intermission, followed by a 50-lap segment, during which teams are required to make a green flag pit stop to change a minimum of two tires. Unlike points-paying races, all restarts are double-file with lead lap cars in the front, and work can be done during red flag periods. When all was said and done, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. led an event record 46 of the 70 laps to win his first race with Hendrick Motorsports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195923-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Budweiser Shootout, Race\nIn a post-race inspection, Casey Mears' #5 Chevrolet was deemed to be too low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km\nThe 2008 200\u00a0km of Buenos Aires was the second edition of this race on the TC2000 season. The race was held in the Aut\u00f3dromo Juan y \u00d3scar G\u00e1lvez in Buenos Aires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nWith more than 70.000 spectators attending the event, Argentina's Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez and Scotland's Anthony Reid won the 5th edition of the Buenos Aires 200\u00a0km, after a great initial stint by the local driver and a similarly impressive second one by the Scot. They used their huge talent, exploited other drivers' errors and also the performance of the New Civic of the Honda Petrobras team. The team's happiness was even greater because another of its cars placed second, in the hands of Juan Manuel Silva/Leonel Ugalde. Alain Menu/Christian Ledesma (Chevrolet Elaion) completed the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nBuenos Aires, August 10, 2008.- With more than 70.000 spectators attending the event, Argentina's Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez and Scotland's Anthony Reid won the 5th edition of the Buenos Aires 200\u00a0km, after a great initial stint by the local driver and a similarly impressive second one by the Scot. They used their huge talent, exploited other drivers' errors and also the performance of the New Civic of the Honda Petrobras team. The team's happiness was even greater because another of its cars placed second, in the hands of Juan Manuel Silva/Leonel Ugalde. Alain Men\u00fa/Christian Ledesma (Chevrolet Elaion) completed the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nThis is a dream come true. It is the happiest day of my life. Tears came to my eyes because of all the work we did to achieve this result. It is Honda's victory. It is the team's victory. I suffered very much when I was not at the wheel of the car, it is very different. There were times in which I wanted him to go faster, to take it easier, but I did not want to influence what Anthony was doing at the wheel of the car. We formed a great driver pairing, sincerely\", said L\u00f3pez, full of emotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nPechito has become a specialist in the so-called special events this season, as he recently won on the Santa Fe street circuit and now he has won the Buenos Aires 200\u00a0km, the two most outstanding events so far this year. Not forgetting to mention the great performance of the Honda Petrobras team during the entire weekend, having been ahead of its rivals right from the onset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nThis was also Anthony Reid's first victory in the division, and he has competed in all five editions which so far have taken place. He was second in last year's event, co-driving with Brazil's Carlos Bueno. \"I've spent five years trying to win this race. Last year we were second. We've raced with V\u00edctor Rosso in Japan, I know him very well and to be here is terrific. I also want to thank L\u00f3pez for the great job he did today ... he should be in Formula 1.\" said the Scot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nL\u00f3pez and Reid claimed victory thanks in part to the great job of the driver from C\u00f3rdoba in what refers to the initial stint. After the driver change, when the Silva/Ugalde car grabbed the lead ahead of L\u00f3pez/Reid, the Briton cautiously tried to find a way past Ugalde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nThe latter found a good rhythm, but on lap 52 he overdid things while descending the Tobogan esses and lost the lead to Reid, who from then on controlled the race and headed towards victory, followed by Ugalde who kept Felipe Maluhy's Renault M\u00e9gane at bay. Maluhy was co-driving with standings leader Guillermo Ortelli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nIt was Maluhy, who had finished 5th in the 2006 edition and 4th in 2007, who appeared to heading for the final podium placing until being nerfed by his countryman Cac\u00e1 Bueno in the Omb\u00fa Curve and being demoted to fifth, as he was overtaken by Bueno and also by Alain Men\u00fa, who was co-driving a Chevrolet Astra with Christian Ledesma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nOnce the race had ended, the Stewards handed out a 30-second penalty to Bueno and this relegated him to 10th, so the third step of the podium finally corresponded to Ledesma/Men\u00fa, while Ortelli/Maluhy ended up fourth, ahead of Mat\u00edas Rossi/Thiago Camilo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nIn this way, Switzerland's Alain Men\u00fa once again claimed a podium placing in the event, as he had done in his three previous outings in the Buenos Aires 200\u00a0km. He and Ledesma were the best-placed Chevrolet drivers. Teammates Bugliotti/Huff were sixth and Risatti/Orsi seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195924-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nIt was not a good day for the works Ford YPF outfit, as Mart\u00edn Basso retired early on in the race while in fourth, which meant that Omar Martinez did not get to race the Focus, The Gabriel Ponce de Le\u00f3n/Walter Hern\u00e1ndez pairing ended up 12th after engine trouble delayed them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195925-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Buenos Aires Grand Prix Race 2\nResults from the 2008 Buenos Aires Grand Prix held at Buenos Aires on August 10, 2008, in the Aut\u00f3dromo Oscar Alfredo G\u00e1lvez. The race was the second race for the 2008 Buenos Aires Grand Prix of Formula Three Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195926-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bandits season\nThe Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the franchise's 17th season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195926-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bandits season\nThe Bandits tied with Minnesota, New York, and Philadelphia with a 10-6 record but thanks to tiebreakers, clinched first place overall and home floor advantage throughout the playoffs. They beat the Philadelphia Wings 14-12 in the opening round of the playoffs, then made quick work of the New York Titans 19-12, before they beat the Portland LumberJax 14-13 to win their first championship since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195926-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bandits season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195926-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bandits season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195926-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bandits season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season\nThe 2008 Buffalo Bills season was the 39th season for the team in the National Football League and their 49th season overall. The team finished with a record of 7\u20139 for the third consecutive year. It started the season 5\u20131 before a 2\u20138 stretch to finish the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season\nAfter a 5\u20131 beginning to the season, starting quarterback Trent Edwards suffered a concussion in week 5 at Arizona after an Adrian Wilson hit. Edwards had started the year throwing 4 touchdowns and two interceptions through the first five games. After the injury, he threw 7 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, before missing two of the final four games of the season with a groin injury. After their 4\u20130 start, the Bills won only three of their final 12 games of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season\nDespite strong years from second-year running back Marshawn Lynch (1,036 rushing yards, 1,336 yards from scrimmage) and wide receiver Lee Evans (1,017 receiving yards), the team was eliminated from playoff contention in week 15, which secured their ninth straight year without a playoff appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Off-season, Acquisitions\nThe Bills signed Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Spencer Johnson, New York Jets fullback Darian Barnes and New York Giants linebacker Kawika Mitchell in free agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Off-season, Acquisitions\nAlso, the Bills traded for Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Marcus Stroud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Off-season, NFL Draft\nBuffalo found some impact players in the 2008 NFL Draft. Leodis McKelvin was named to the Sporting News All-NFL team in his rookie year; he became a dynamic kick- and punt-return specialist. Demetress Bell eventually won a starting job at offensive tackle in Buffalo, a position he held for four seasons. Stevie Johnson had a breakout year in 2010; he is the only receiver in Bills history to gain 1,000 receiving yards in consecutive seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Schedule\nOne regular season home game per year will be played at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario as part of a five-year deal. For 2008, December 7's matchup with the Miami Dolphins was staged in Toronto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nThe Bills began their 2008 campaign at home against the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, Buffalo drew first blood as running back Marshawn Lynch got a 21-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, the Bills increased their lead with wide receiver/punt returner Roscoe Parrish returning a punt 63 yards for a touchdown. The Seahawks responded with quarterback Matt Hasselbeck completing a 20-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Nate Burleson. Buffalo closed out the half with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 35-yard and a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, Seattle responded with kicker Olindo Mare nailing a 45-yard field goal. Afterwards, Buffalo dug into their bag of tricks. Appearing to attempt a 32-yard field goal, holder Brian Moorman completed a 19-yard touchdown pass to defensive end Ryan Denney. The Bills pulled away with quarterback Trent Edwards completing a 30-yard touchdown pass to tight end Robert Royal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nWith this win, the Bills started their season with a 1\u20130 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 2: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off an impressive home win over the Seahawks, the Bills flew to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 2 duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Buffalo drew first blood as RB Marshawn Lynch got an 11-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Jaguars responded with kicker Josh Scobee getting a 28-yard field goal. The Bills closed the half with kicker Rian Lindell's a 21-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Jacksonville took the lead with RB Maurice Jones-Drew getting a 2-yard TD run and Scobee getting a 50-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Jaguars increased their lead with Scobee nailing a 39-yard field goal. Buffalo rallied as QB Trent Edwards completed a 7-yard TD pass to rookie WR James Hardy, along with Lindell's yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 856]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 2: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith yet another win, the Bills improved to their first 2\u20130 start since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Oakland Raiders\nComing off their road win over the Jaguars, the Bills went home, donned their throwback uniforms, and played a Week 3 duel with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski got a 23-yard and a 35-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Bills got on the board with RB Marshawn Lynch's 14-yard TD run. Oakland responded with Janikowski's 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, the Raiders increased their lead with QB JaMarcus Russell getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Buffalo began to rally as Lynch got a 3-yard TD run. Oakland immediately responded with Russell completing an 84-yard TD pass to WR Johnnie Lee Higgins. Afterwards, the Bills completed its rally with QB Trent Edwards completing a 14-yard TD pass to WR Roscoe Parrish. Then, Buffalo sealed the win with kicker Rian Lindell nailing the game-winning 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWith the win, the Bills improved to 3\u20130 for the first time since 1992. With the Patriots' loss to the Dolphins, the Bills are now in first place in the AFC East after 3 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Oakland Raiders\nAlso, during halftime, former Bills DE Bruce Smith (the NFL's All-Time Sack Leader) was added to the Bills Wall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 4: at St. Louis Rams\nComing off their last-second home win over the Raiders, the Bills flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 4 interconference duel with the winless St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Buffalo drew first blood as kicker Rian Lindell got a 45-yard field goal. The Rams responded with WR Donnie Avery getting a 37-yard TD run. The Bills answered with Lindell's 35-yard field goal. In the second quarter, St. Louis increased its lead with RB Steven Jackson getting a 29-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 4: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, Buffalo began to rally as RB Fred Jackson got a 22-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Bills completed their comeback with CB Jabari Greer returning an interception 33 yards for a touchdown, QB Trent Edwards completing a 39-yard TD pass to WR Lee Evans, and Lindell nailing a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 4: at St. Louis Rams\nWith the win, Buffalo got its first 4\u20130 start since 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 5: at Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their road win over the Rams, the Bills flew to the University of Phoenix Stadium for a Week 5 interconference game with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Cardinals QB Kurt Warner completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. In the second quarter, Arizona increased its lead as RB Tim Hightower got a 17-yard TD run. The Bills responded as QB J.P. Losman completing an 87-yard TD pass to WR Lee Evans, yet the Cardinals replied with RB Edgerrin James getting a 1-yard TD run. Buffalo answered with Losman's 1-yard TD run, yet Arizona closed out the half with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 5: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the Bills tried to catch up as kicker Rian Lindell got a 48-yard field goal, but the Cardinals answered with Warner completing a 2-yard TD pass to Fitzgerald. In the fourth quarter, Arizona pulled away as Rackers nailed a 38-yard field goal, along with Hightower getting a 2-yard TD run,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 5: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith the loss, Buffalo went into their bye week at 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 5: at Arizona Cardinals\nQB Trent Edwards (3/3 for 18 yards), who originally started, was knocked out the game on the Bills' third offensive play by Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson with a concussion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers\nComing off their bye week, the Bills played a Week 7 duel with the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Buffalo drew first blood as kicker Rian Lindell got a 38-yard field goal. The Chargers responded with QB Philip Rivers completing a 14-yard TD pass to WR Malcom Floyd. In the second quarter, the Bills regained the lead with QB Trent Edwards (fully recovered from his concussion) completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Lee Evans, along with Lindell getting a 27-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, San Diego regained the lead with Rivers completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson. Buffalo answered with RB Marshawn Lynch getting a 9-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Bills pulled away with Lindell nailing a 44-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers\nWith the win, not only did Buffalo improve to 5\u20131, they also got their first 3\u20130 home start since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers\nA power outage at Ralph Wilson Stadium, caused by three helium balloons coming in contact with a transformer, led to portions of the game not being televised. For a short time during the first and second quarters, the game was played with no public address announcers, no scoreboard, and the time being kept by the officials on the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 8: at Miami Dolphins\nComing off their win over the Chargers, the Bills flew to Dolphin Stadium for a Week 8 AFC East duel with the Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Dolphins QB Chad Pennington completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Anthony Fasano. The Bills responded with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 19-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Buffalo took the lead as Lindell got a 43-yard and a 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 8: at Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, the Bills increased their lead as RB Marshawn Lynch got an 8-yard TD run. However, Miami began to respond as kicker Dan Carpenter got a 43-yard field goal, while RB Ricky Williams got a 3-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Dolphins sealed Buffalo's fate as Carpenter made a 45-yard field goal, LB Joey Porter causing QB Trent Edwards to fumble the ball in his own endzone (leading to a safety), and Carpenter nailing a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. New York Jets\nThe Bills went home for a Week 9 AFC East duel with the New York Jets. In the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Jets kicker Jay Feely got a 37-yard field goal. Buffalo responded as QB Trent Edwards completed a 9-yard TD pass to rookie TE Derek Fine. However, New York responded as Feely got a 26-yard field goal, along with safety Abram Elam returning an interception 92 yards for a touchdown. After a scoreless second quarter, the Bills' deficit increased in the third quarter as Feely got a 20-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. New York Jets\nBuffalo responded with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 53-yard field goal, but the Jets replied with RB Thomas Jones getting a 7-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Bills tried to rally as CB Jabari Greer returned an interception 31 yards for a touchdown. However, New York pulled away with Feely making a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 10: at New England Patriots\nTrying to snap their two-game losing streak, the Bills wrapped up their three-straight divisional games in Gillette Stadium with a Week 10 AFC East duel with the New England Patriots. In the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Patriots QB Matt Cassel got a 13-yard TD run. In the second quarter, New England increased their lead as kicker Stephen Gostkowski got a 32-yard field goal. The Bills closed out the half with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 10: at New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, the Patriots answered with Gostkowski nailing a 37-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New England pulled away with RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis getting a 1-yard TD run. Buffalo ended the game with QB Trent Edwards completing a 14-yard TD pass to rookie WR James Hardy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Cleveland Browns\nTrying to snap a three-game losing streak, the Bills went home for a Week 11 MNF duel with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Buffalo struggled early as early interceptions from QB Trent Edwards helped Browns kicker Phil Dawson get a 40-yard and a 33-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Cleveland increased their lead as WR/KR Joshua Cribbs got a 2-yard TD run. The Bills answered as Edwards completed an 18-yard TD pass to RB Marshawn Lynch, along with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 26-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, the Browns answered with Dawson getting a 43-yard field. Buffalo replied with Lindell getting a 31-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Cleveland greatly answered as RB Jerome Harrison got a 72-yard TD run. The Bills immediately replied as rookie CB Leodis McKelvin returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown. The Browns responded as Dawson got a 22-yard field goal. Buffalo took the lead as Edwards got a 1-yard TD run. Cleveland regained the lead as Dawson nailed a 56-yard field goal. The Bills' Lindell missed a 47-yard field goal wide right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs\nHoping to snap a four-game losing streak, the Bills flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 12 duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Chiefs QB Tyler Thigpen completed a 36-yard TD pass to RB Jamaal Charles. The Bills responded with RB Marshawn Lynch getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Buffalo took the lead as kicker Rian Lindell made a 21-yard field goal. Kansas City answered with Thigpen completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs\nBuffalo regained the lead as Lindell got a 39-yard field goal, while rookie CB Leodis McKelvin returned an interception 64 yards for a touchdown. The Chiefs struck back with kicker Connor Barth getting a 45-yard field goal, yet the Bills continued their offensive explosion as Lindell got a 34-yard field goal, along with QB Trent Edwards getting a 15-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the third quarter, Buffalo continued its poundings with Edwards getting a 5-yard TD run, while Lindell got himself a 38-yard field goal. Kansas City tried to rally as Thigpen completed a 45-yard TD pass to WR Mark Bradley, yet the Bills replied with Edwards completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Josh Reed. In the fourth quarter, Buffalo pulled away as Edwards completed a 17-yard TD pass to TE Derek Schouman. The Chiefs tried to come back as QB Quinn Gray completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Dwayne Bowe, yet the Bills' lead was too much for Kansas City to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThis marked the first time the Bills scored 50+ points on an opponent since Sept. 1991 against the Pittsburgh Steelers (52\u201334).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nComing off a road win over the Chiefs, the Bills went home for a Week 13 interconference duel against the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as 49ers QB Shaun Hill completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. In the second quarter, the Bills continued to trail as kicker Joe Nedney made a 50-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Buffalo tried to rally as kicker Rian Lindell nailed a 22-yard field goal, but the team struggled offensively for the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nQB Trent Edwards (10/21 for 112 yards) didn't play the second half, due to a groin injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Miami Dolphins\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the 49ers, the Bills flew to the Rogers Centre for their first game of their Canadian International series, with an AFC East rematch against the Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Dolphins QB Chad Pennington completed a 20-yard TD pass to TE Anthony Fasano. The Bills answered with kicker Rian Lindell. After that, Miami pulled away as kicker Dan Carpenter made three field goals (50, 35, and 27 yards).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 15: at New York Jets\nHoping to snap a two-game losing streak, the Bills flew to The Meadowlands for a Week 15 AFC East rematch with the New York Jets. With Trent Edwards still recovering from a groin injury, J.P. Losman was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 15: at New York Jets\nEarly on in the first quarter, Buffalo trailed as Jets running back Thomas Jones got a 2-yard touchdown run. The Bills responded with a 34-yard field goal from kicker Rian Lindell, but New York answered with quarterback Brett Favre completing an 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery. In the second quarter, Buffalo took the lead as Losman got an 8-yard touchdown run and completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Stevie Johnson. However, the Jets got the halftime lead with a 47-yard touchdown run from running back Leon Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 15: at New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, the Bills kept pace as Lindell made a 48-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New York responded with kicker Jay Feely's 31-yard field goal. Buffalo regained the lead as running back Fred Jackson powered his way for an 11-yard touchdown run. However, the Jets prevailed as safety Abram Elam forced a fumble, allowing DE Shaun Ellis to return the ball 11 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 15: at New York Jets\nWith the loss, not only did the Bills fall to 6\u20138, but they were eliminated from the playoff race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 16: at Denver Broncos\nHoping to snap a three-game losing streak, the Bills flew to Invesco Field at Mile High for a Week 16 duel with the Denver Broncos. Buffalo trailed early in the first quarter as Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler got a 2-yard touchdown run, followed by kicker Matt Prater getting a 23-yard field goal. Denver increased its lead in the second quarter with Prater's 30-yard field goal. The Bills responded with a 37-yard field goal from kicker Rian Lindell, followed by running back Marshawn Lynch's 2-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 16: at Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Buffalo took the lead with Lindell's 49-yard and 28-yard field goal, but the Broncos answered with Cutler's 6-yard touchdown run. The Bills struck right back in the fourth quarter as quarterback Trent Edwards completed a 3-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Stevie Johnson. Denver tied the game with Prater nailing a 43-yard field goal. Buffalo rallied with running back Fred Jackson getting an 8-yard touchdown run, followed the defense surviving the Broncos' late-game drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New England Patriots\nComing off their road win over the Broncos, the Bills closed out their season at home with a Week 17 AFC East rematch with the New England Patriots. Buffalo trailed early in the first quarter as Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski got a 33-yard field goal. After a scoreless second quarter, the Bills' deficit increased in the third quarter as running back LaMont Jordan got a 2-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, New England added to their lead as Gostkowski nailed a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New England Patriots\nWith the loss, the Bills closed out their season at 7\u20139 for the third-straight season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, NFL Draft\nGoing into the 2008 NFL Draft the team's biggest needs are at wide receiver, cornerback, and tight end. Specifically, the team's top three wide receivers were all under 5'11\" in height, and a large wide receiver was a high priority for the team. The Bills had a large number of selections in the 2008 draft and addressed these needs by selecting Leodis McKelvin, considered by many to be the top cornerback in the draft, in round 1, and James Hardy, a 6'5\" playmaking receiver also considered to be among the best in the class, in round 2. Tight end, however, was not addressed until Round 4, with the selection of Derek Fine. Depth picks filled out the rest of the draft order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195927-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bills season, NFL Draft, Draft Results\nESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper, Jr. gave the Buffalo Bills a C+ grade for their 2008 NFL Draft, praising the selections of McKelvin and Hardy but criticizing the selections of Corner and Fine as reaches in the 4th round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195928-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bulls football team\nThe 2008 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 2008 was a season of firsts for the Bulls. With a 40\u201334 double overtime win over Bowling Green on November 21, the Bulls won the MAC East division and gained a berth to the MAC Championship for the first time. The Bulls won their first conference championship by beating #12 ranked and previously undefeated Ball State, 42\u201324 on December 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195928-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bulls football team\nThe win was also Buffalo's first against a ranked opponent and ensured a winning season for the first time since Buffalo returned to the top-level of college football in 1999. They earned an invitation to the International Bowl at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, their first trip to a bowl game in their history, exactly fifty years after the Bulls turned down their only previous bowl bid, to the Tangerine Bowl, when they were told by the bowl's organizers that their two black players would not be allowed to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195928-0000-0002", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bulls football team\nThe Bulls also received their first votes in the USA Today Coaches' Poll after winning the MAC Championship when UTEP coach Mike Price voted the Bulls #23 on his ballot. On December 16, Buffalo announced head coach Turner Gill agreed to a contract extension and a raise. Gill's contract now runs through 2013 and makes him one of the highest-paid coaches in the MAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195928-0000-0003", "contents": "2008 Buffalo Bulls football team\nThe ending of the season was bittersweet as the Bulls lost to the Connecticut Huskies 38-20 in the International Bowl, but the Bulls were able to give about two dozen members of the 1958 Bulls team the bowl experience they missed by inviting them to be honorary captains for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195929-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide\nThe 2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide was a landslide that occurred on 6 December 2008, in Bukit Antarabangsa, Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. The landslide, which is believed to have buried 14 bungalows in Taman Bukit Mewah and Taman Bukit Utama, occurred at about 4 a.m. MST, causing 15 injuries and 4 deaths. The landslide tragedy occurred about 1.5 kilometres away from the Highland Towers landslide site which happened on 11 December 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195929-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide, Investigation report\nOn 25 November 2009, Ampang Jaya City Council drafted a letter requesting information leading to the landslide to not to be classified under the Official Secrets Act 1972. The application was made by the city council after the Malaysian Public Works Department handed over a technical report pertaining to the landslide to the local council, which led to the public announcement of the report's outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195929-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide, Investigation report\nOn 5 December 2009. Bukit Antarabangsa Landslide Investigation Report were finally released to the general public. Malaysian Public Works Department's Minister, Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor granted permission to reveal the report which was prior classified as classified. The government decision of granting permission was not because it was widely available on the internet, but it was merely following established protocols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195929-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide, Post landslide, Suit for three families\nOn September 8, 2010, three families filed a suit in the Kuala Lumpur High Court against the developer company, Superview Development Sdn Bhd, and the Selangor Water Supply Company (SYABAS) for negligence in connection with the landslide tragedy at Bukit Antarabangsa in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195929-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide, Post landslide, Suit for three families\nDatuk Amanullah Mohamed Yusoof, Harveen Kaur Balbhir Singh and K Thanarajah filed the suit separately. They are seeking compensation of between RM 1.5 million and RM 2.2 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195929-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide, Related events\nThe landslide occurred just five days ahead of the 15th anniversary of the Highland Towers collapse, which located approximately 1.5\u00a0km away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195930-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian Cup Final\nThe 2008 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 68th final of the Bulgarian Cup, and was contested between Cherno More Varna and Litex Lovech on 14 May 2008 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Litex won the final 1\u20130, through a Stanislav Manolev goal in the 58th minute, claiming their third Bulgarian Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195931-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships was held in Sofia between January 12 and 13, 2008. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195931-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships\nThe results were used to choose the teams to the 2008 World Championships and the 2008 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195931-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships\nGuests competitors from the Czech Republic and Serbia also participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195932-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian Supercup\nThe 2008 Bulgarian Supercup was the sixth Bulgarian Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the A Group champion, CSKA Sofia, and the winner of Bulgarian Cup, Litex Lovech. The match was held on 3 August 2008 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria. CSKA beat Litex 1\u20130 to win their third Bulgarian Supercup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195933-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian energy crisis\nThe 2008 Bulgarian Energy Crisis was a crisis in Bulgaria. The crisis affected more than a million households, mainly in the capital Sofia but also in Burgas, Pleven, and Vratsa. As of late September 2008, the issue was not resolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195933-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian energy crisis, Background\nBulgaria imports natural gas from Russia. It is used in combined heating plants in most Bulgarian cities in order to produce electricity during the summer months and heat during winter. In 2001, the Russian Gazprom signed an agreement with former Bulgarian Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov which stated that Bulgaria would receive Russian gas at lower cost as a way to compensate for allowing the transfer of Russian gas through Bulgarian pipelines to other parts of Europe. Gas remained relatively cheap in Bulgaria until 2008 when Gazprom changed the terms of the contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195933-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian energy crisis, Background\nBy then the price of gas had skyrocketed and Gazprom refused to sell cheap gas to Bulgaria. Meanwhile, a large embezzlement scandal raged in Sofia. The managing director of the central heating plant in Sofia Valentin Dimitrov was charged with fraud and stealing more than one million lev from the company. The trial is ongoing. A new board of directors was appointed. The citizens of Sofia were unable to pay the higher bills, some outright refused. In 2008 this led to huge losses of the Toplofikacia company and it ran into debt with the Bulgarian energy provider Bulgargas. Less than 50% of Sofia residents paid their bills regularly. Bulgargas started reducing the amount of gas to the company saying payment was long overdue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195933-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian energy crisis, Vicious circle\nWith more than 50% of all consumers in Sofia refusing to pay their bills, Toplofikacia ran into debt with the Bulgarian energy provider Bulgargas. Bulgargas in turn said it was no longer able to pay to the Russian giant Gazprom. Gas supply has been restricted and even shut down in some cities. On September 25 Toplofikacia Sofia issued a statement saying it will not be able to provide enough heat to all residents of Sofia and that winter was fast approaching. As of late September the issue is unresolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195933-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian energy crisis, Shutting down pipes\nBulgargas shut down pipes providing gas to heating plants in Vratsa, Burgas and Pleven. Hospitals and kindergarten took emergency measures and installed boilers. Toplofikacia Sofia shut down the hot water of more than 100 buildings in Sofia where 90 to 100 percent of residents refused to pay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195933-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian energy crisis, Political reaction\nThe Bulgarian energy minister Peter Dimitrov said customers were to blame as they refused to pay their bills. He said the municipality should help the company. The mayor of Sofia, Boyko Borisov said the state should interfere. As of late September 2008 the issue is unresolved and Gazprom will shut down supply of gas to all companies who were in debt, including the four plants in Sofia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195933-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian energy crisis, Fears of grid failure\nThe combined heating plant in Sofia produces heat and electricity from natural gas. With supplies rapidly diminishing and winter fast approaching, more and more residents are switching on electrical heating devices and also boilers for hot water which usually Toplofikacia supplies. The National Electricity Company NEK EAD said grid failure was imminent if all households start using electricity for heating in the cold winter months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195933-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulgarian energy crisis, Outraged residents\nThe media have picked up the story and are broadcasting daily reports on the current crisis showing angry residents complaining that water was too cold, bills were exceptionally high or that their home will remain cold in winter because their neighbours have refused to pay their bills and Toplofikacia shuts down supply to all customers in the building. Around 80% of all Sofia residents live in apartment buildings eight stories or higher. If several families in the building refuse to pay, Toplofikacia shuts down supply to the whole building. This has caused huge outrage among the population, with reports of bickering among neighbours in the media. As of September 2008 the issue is unresolved and more and more buildings in Sofia are left with no hot water and no central heating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 836]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195934-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulldogs RLFC season\nThe 2008 Bulldogs RLFC season was the 74th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2008 Telstra Premiership, finishing in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195934-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nHigh-profile player departures and political infighting during the 2007-2008 off-season had led to predictions that the Bulldogs would have a difficult 2008, predictions which were borne out across the season. The club languished towards the bottom of the ladder throughout the year, suffering heavy losses against many teams, the most notable being a 46-0 loss to the Melbourne Storm, a 58-18 loss to the Canberra Raiders and a 56-4 loss against the Wests Tigers, breaking records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195934-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nThe key problems for the Bulldogs were poor defence and continuing injury problems, with usually 10 first grade players injured at a time, including season ending injuries to key players Luke Patten and Willie Tonga. After the club's 58-18 thrashing at the hands of the Raiders in Round 15, coach Steve Folkes admitted that the Bulldogs were \"at the bottom of a fairly big hole with no way out of it in the short term\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195934-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nFolkes' men would only win one more game in the entire season, and finished 2008 with the wooden spoon in what was Folkes' final year with the club. It was the Bulldogs' first wooden spoon since 1964, discounting 2002 when it breached the salary cap and were stripped of all competition points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195934-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nOn the field the Bulldogs suffered a season of unrelenting disappointment, leading to just five wins for the entire season. Other than the record-breaking losses already mentioned above, the Bulldogs suffered its first loss against St. George Illawarra since 2003, and lost twice against the Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels (in the first meeting the Bulldogs had a 20-0 halftime lead but somehow lost 28-20), Penrith Panthers and Canberra Raiders throughout the course of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195934-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nThe loss to the Roosters in particular was made bitter notably because Willie Mason and Mark O'Meley were playing against the Bulldogs for the first time. The Bulldogs however did win two of their opening three matches against the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Wests Tigers, raising optimism amongst fans. The other three wins were against those that would make the finals: the Dragons in round six, the Sharks in round 11 and the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium in round 18. No more wins would follow for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195934-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nThe Bulldogs' highest score for the season in a single match was 34 when it lost for the second time to Canberra, 52-34. Their highest in a winning match was 32, when it defeated the Wests Tigers in round 3, by 32-12. Further souring the Bulldogs' season of shame, Sonny Bill Williams left the club without warning late in July to pursue a career in rugby union (read more below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195934-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nThe team also faced off-field turbulence. Throughout May and June, there was heavy media coverage of star player Sonny Bill Williams' discontent with Bulldogs management and with his contract arrangements, and of his rumoured desire to leave the club to play rugby union or in the Super League. After confirming that he would play out the remaining 4 years of his contract, Williams left the country without warning in late July to join French rugby union club RC Toulon, in what many rugby league fans regarded as an enormous betrayal. The Bulldogs commenced legal action against Williams for breach of contract, and eventually received substantial compensation for the walkout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195934-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Bulldogs RLFC season, Match results\nANZ Stadium is a home ground of five NRL teams (the Bulldogs as well as South Sydney Rabbitohs, Wests Tigers, St George Illawarra Dragons and Parramatta Eels), and therefore the Bulldogs are not officially classified as the home team at every match they play there. ANZ Stadium matches at which the Bulldogs are classified as the home team are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195935-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Burkina Faso bus crash\nThe 2008 Burkina Faso bus crash was a bus accident on 5:30 am, November 15, 2008, that claimed the lives of more than 60 persons near the town of Boromo in Burkina Faso. A heavily-loaded truck carrying 80 people collided with an overloaded bus carrying 95 people on National Highway 1, about six kilometres from Boromo. The bus, was on its way to C\u00f4te d'Ivoire. The run had started from Imasgho, and additional riders were picked up at Koudougou. The truck was traveling from Banfora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195935-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Burkina Faso bus crash\nFollowing the collision, the bus caught fire and 54 persons were burned to death inside the bus. Eleven others who escaped died of their injuries. The victims were transported to the hospital at Souro Bobo. The truck driver reportedly survived the collision. Police investigators speculated that the truck driver had fallen asleep at the wheel, based on a lack of skid marks. The Burkina Faso Minister of Transport, Gilbert No\u00ebl Ou\u00e9draogo, commented that \"We lament 96 victims, of whom 66 have died\". It was considered the worst traffic accident in Burkina Faso since May 4, 2004, when 35 people died in the fiery collision of a bus and a gasoline truck at Niangoloko. On March 7, 1976, 23 UNESCO workers were killed after their bus fell into a ravine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195935-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Burkina Faso bus crash\nOn December 7, a joint religious service was held at the national cathedral for the victims, who had been Christians and Muslims. The mass was presided over by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Jean-Marie Compaore, and Protestant and Muslim clerics presided as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195936-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Burnley Borough Council election\nElections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195936-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Burnley Borough Council election\nPolice launched an investigation on the day of the election into a fake Liberal Democrat leaflet which was distributed in Rosegrove and Gannow wards. Following the election the Labour group leader Andy Tatchell was replaced by Julie Cooper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195937-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Bury Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council, from previous No Overall Control of any party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195938-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament was an NCAA Division 1 College Basketball Conference tournament that was held at the Richmond Coliseum on March 7\u201310, 2008, to decide the Colonial Athletic Association conference champion. The winner advances to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament, a 64-team tournament to decide a national champion of college basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195939-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Beach Soccer Championship\nThe 2008 CAF Beach Soccer Championship also known as the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CAF) was the third beach soccer championship for Africa, held in March 2008, in Durban, South Africa. Senegal won the championship, with Cameroon finishing second. The two teams moved on to play in the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille, France from July 17- July 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195940-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League\nThe 2008 CAF Champions League was the 44th edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Al Ahly of Egypt defeated Coton Sport of Cameroon in the final to win their sixth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195940-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\nThe preliminary round first legs were played on 15\u201317 February, and the second legs were played on 29 February-2 March 2008.4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195940-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\nByes: ASEC Mimosas, Etoile du Sahel, JS Kabylie, Al Ittihad, Al Ahly, and Al Hilal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195940-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\n1 Invincible Eleven withdrew. 2 The CAF ordered that the tie was to be played over one leg in Kinshasa due to the civil war in Chad, but Renaissance FC objected to the ruling; they were ejected from the competition, fined $4000 and banned from CAF competitions for three years. 3 Tusker FC were ejected from the competition and fined $5000 after Kenyan immigration officials refused the appointed match officials for the first leg entry into the country. 4 Wallidan FC and FC Civics withdrew before the draw was made. Note: Clubs from the Central African Republic, Kenya, Liberia and Sierra Leone were disqualified for failure to fulfil their financial obligations, and clubs from Somalia, Djibouti, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe and Malawi were disqualified three months earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 836]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195940-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First round\nThe 1/16 Finals first leg matches were played on 21\u201323 March and the second legs were played on 4\u20136 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195940-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First round\n1Al Tahrir of Eritrea withdrew because of an internal club problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195940-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second round\nThe 1/8 Finals first legs were played on 25\u201327 April and the second legs were played on 9\u201311 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195940-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Semifinals\nThe first legs were played on 5 October and the second legs on 17\u201319 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195940-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League, Top goalscorers\nThe top scorers from the 2008 CAF Champions League are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195941-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League Final\nThe 2008 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2008 between Al-Ahly, and Coton Sport FC de Garoua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195941-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League Final, Qualified teams\nIn the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195941-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Cairo International Stadium\nCairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195941-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Cairo International Stadium\nLocated in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Zamalek SC currently use the Petro Sport Stadium for most of their home games and Al Ahly use Al Salam Stadium for most of their home games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195941-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Roumd\u00e9 Adjia Stadium\nStade Roumd\u00e9 Adjia is a multi-purpose stadium in Garoua, Cameroon. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of Cotonsport Garoua. The stadium holds 30,000 people and was built in 1978. The capacity is 22,000 people. This stadium is set to be one of the stadiums used in the African Cup of Nations in 2021. It'will be renovated by Mota-Engil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195941-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League Final, Road to final\n1Al Tahrir of Eritrea withdrew because of an internal club problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195941-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League Final, Format\nThe final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195941-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg\nCoton Sport's captain, Ahmadou Ngomna was suspended for the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195942-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League group stage\nThe group stage of the 2008 CAF Champions League was played from 18 July to 21 September 2008. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage, the group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage playing semifinal rounds before the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195942-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League group stage, Format\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the Knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195943-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2008 CAF Champions League was played from 5 October to 16 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195943-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Semi finals\nThe first legs were played on 5 October and the second legs on 17\u201319 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195944-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Confederation Cup\nThe 2008 CAF Confederation Cup was the fifth edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. Its schedule began with the preliminary round (home and away ties) in mid-February. The competition concluded on 22 November with CS Sfaxien winning the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195944-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\n1st legs played on 15\u201317 February 2008 and 2nd legs played on 29 February\u20132 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195944-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\n1 Clubs from the \u00a0Central African Republic, \u00a0Chad, \u00a0Kenya, \u00a0Rwanda and \u00a0Sierra Leone were disqualified for failure to fulfill their financial obligations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195944-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, First round\n1st legs played on 21\u201323 March 2008 and 2nd legs played on 4\u20136 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195944-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second round\n1st legs played on 25\u201327 April 2008 and 2nd legs played on 9\u201311 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195944-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second round\n1 The match was abandoned at halftime with Asante Kotoko winning 1-0 due a storm that flooded the pitch. The match was replayed next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195944-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Play-off round\nThe 8 winners of the round of 16 play the losers of the round of 16 of the Champions League for 8 places in the group stage. First leg played 11/12/13 July and second leg played 25/26/27 July", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195944-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Confederation Cup, Group stage\nThe group phase starts on the weekend of 15\u201317 August and concludes on the weekend of 17\u201319 October. There are no semi-finals; the group winners meet in a two-legged final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195944-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nThe  final 2 legs will be played on 8 and 22 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195945-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Confederation Cup group stage\nThe group stage of the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup was played from 16 August to 19 October 2008. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195945-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Format\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced directly to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195946-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Super Cup\nThe 2008 CAF Super Cup was the 16th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The match was contested by 2007 CAF Champions League winners, ES Sahel, and 2007 CAF Confederation Cup winners, CS Sfaxien at the Stade 14 January in Rad\u00e8s on 23 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195946-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CAF Super Cup\nThis was only the third time that the African Super Cup was contested by teams from the same country (after all-Egyptian Super Cups in 1994 and 1997), and the first ever involving two Tunisian clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195947-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CAR Development Trophy\nThe 2008 CAR Development Trophy, also known as the 2008 Africa Junior Trophy, was the fifth edition of second level rugby union tournament in Africa. The competition involved thirteen teams that are divided into three zones (North, center and South). In the north there were two pools of three teams. In the 2008 edition Botswana, Swaziland and Nigeria did not participate, due to involvement in the World Cup qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195948-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CARIFTA Games\nThe 37th CARIFTA Games was held in the Bird Rock Athletic Stadium in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on March 21\u201324, 2008. IAAF president Lamine Diack was visiting the games emphasizing the event's importance and high value. Detailedreports on the results were given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195948-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CARIFTA Games, Participation (unofficial)\nDetailed result lists can be found on the St. Kitts-Nevis Amateur AthleticAssociation website, and on the \"World Junior Athletics History\"website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 488athletes (278 junior (under-20) and 210 youth (under-17)) from about 22countries:Anguilla (11), Antigua and Barbuda (10), Aruba (4), Bahamas (55), Barbados(39), Bermuda (24), British Virgin Islands (10), Cayman Islands (12), Dominica(4), Grenada (19), Guadeloupe (28), Guyana (3), Jamaica (68), Martinique (40),Netherlands Antilles (6), Saint Kitts and Nevis (55), Saint Lucia (11), SaintVincent and the Grenadines (6), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (63), Turksand Caicos Islands (9), US Virgin Islands (10).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195948-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CARIFTA Games, Records\nIn the boys' U-20 category, Jamaican long distance runner Kemoy Campbellset the new 5000m record to 14:46.51, while his compatriotK'don Samuels improved the 21-year-old mark of 4.26m in pole vault to 4.60m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195948-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CARIFTA Games, Records\nIn the girls' U-20 category, four new games records were set: for 800 metres,by Natoya Goule of Jamaica to 2:05.90, for 100 metreshurdles record by Kierre Beckles of Barbados to 13.43s (0.4\u00a0m/s), for the Pentathlon by Salcia Slack of Jamaica to 3935 points, and by the 4 x 100 metres relay team from the Bahamas to 44.36s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195948-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CARIFTA Games, Records\nFinally, there were three more games records in the boys' U-17 category: byBahamians Aaron Wilmore who finished the 100 m hurdles in 12.88s (0.6\u00a0m/s), and compatriot Nejmi Burnside with 52.81s in the400 m hurdles. Dillon Simon of Dominica reached awidth of 16.63m to establish a new U-17 shot put record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195948-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CARIFTA Games, Austin Sealy Award\nThe Austin Sealy Trophy for themost outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Kierre Beckles ofBarbados. She won the gold medals in the 100m hurdlescompetition in thejunior (U-20) category setting the new games record to 13.43s,and a bronze medal in the 4 \u00d7 100 m relay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195948-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 CARIFTA Games, Medal summary\nComplete results can be found on the St. Kitts-Nevis Amateur AthleticAssociation website, and on the \"World Junior Athletics History\"website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195949-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2008 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 37th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 6 and March 22, 2008. Opening round and quarterfinal games were played at campus sites, while the semifinals, third place, and championship games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Michigan received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195949-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195950-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CD Universidad San Mart\u00edn season\nThe 2008 season was the 5th season of competitive football by Universidad San Mart\u00edn de Porres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195951-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CECAFA Cup\nThe 2008 CECAFA Cup was the 32nd edition of the football tournament that involves teams from East and Central Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195951-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CECAFA Cup\nAll matches were played from 31 December 2008 to 13 January 2009 at the National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195952-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CEMAC Cup\nThe 2008 CEMAC Cup was the fifth edition of the CEMAC Cup, the football championship of Central African nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195952-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CEMAC Cup\nThe tournament was held from 14 June to 26 June in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon. The tournament was played by 6 teams composed just by players based on local clubs. The first team players active in the 2010 World Cup qualification at the same time were not involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195953-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CERH Women's European Cup\nThe 2008 CERH Women's European Cup was the 2nd edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Eight was held in May 2008 at Mealhada, Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195953-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CERH Women's European Cup, Preliminary round\nGij\u00f3n, Herringen and Voltreg\u00e0 received a bye for the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195953-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CERH Women's European Cup, Final Eight\nThe Final Eight was played by eight teams in Mealhada, Portugal. Teams were divided into two groups, where the two first qualified teams would join the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195953-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CERH Women's European Cup, Final Eight, Group stage\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195954-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL Draft\nThe 2008 CFL Draft took place on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, live at 12:00 PM ET on TSN.ca. A total of 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. Of the 48 draft selections, 33 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195954-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL Draft\nThe first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black. CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon was in the studio to announce each selection. The CFL on TSN panel included Duane Forde, Greg Marshall, Brian Towriss,  Farhan Lalji, Jock Climie, Matt Dunigan, and Chris Schultz who analyzed the teams' needs and picks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195954-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL Draft\nThe Hamilton Tiger-Cats, with the league-worst 3\u201315 record in the 2007 CFL season had several offers for their first-overall selection but kept their pick and chose Saskatchewan Huskies safety Dylan Barker. Barker, a native of  Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan is a two-time Canadian Interuniversity Sport first-team all-Canadian. He led the Huskies with 53 tackles, three interceptions, and four breakups last season. It is expected that he will be able to help the Tiger-Cats in the 2008 CFL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season\nThe 2008 Canadian Football League season was the 55th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 51st season for the league. It was also the first CFL season in which all of the league's regular season and post-season games, including the Grey Cup game, were aired on TSN. This meant the CFL was no longer aired on broadcast television in Canada. As of 2008, TSN was available in approximately 8.8 million of Canada's 13 million households. Montreal hosted the 96th Grey Cup at Olympic Stadium on November 23, when the championship was won by the Calgary Stampeders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, Schedule\nOn February 21, 2008, the CFL announced the game schedule for the 2008 season. It was a 19-week schedule that included 18 regular-season games and one bye week for each team. Bye weeks were taken consecutively by each division, beginning with the West in Week 8, thus creating two weeks of divisional rivalry games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, Schedule\nThe regular-season schedule began on Thursday, June 26, with an East-West double-header. For the first time since 1977, the season opener took place at Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium, with the host Tiger-Cats losing to the Montreal Alouettes 33\u201310. The second game of the double-header saw the Calgary Stampeders at home, where they prevailed 28\u201318 over the BC Lions. The Toronto Argonauts opened by beating the host Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23\u201316 the following night, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeated the Edmonton Eskimos, in Regina, by a score of 34\u201313 on June 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, Schedule\nThe regular season concluded with a double-header on Saturday, November 1, with divisional playoffs the following weekend. The 2008 season officially ended with the playing of the 96th Grey Cup Championship on Sunday, November 23, in Montreal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, Television\n2008 marked the first year in which the entire CFL schedule, including the playoffs and the Grey Cup game, was televised by TSN. CBC Television did not broadcast any games for the first time since CFL games began being televised in 1952, as the CFL and TSN began an exclusive five-year deal. This led some to criticize TSN, because the Grey Cup aired on a cable channel (TSN) while CTV\u2014TSN's majority owner\u2014broadcast regular-season NFL games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, Television\nBecause of obligations to other sporting events, concerns intensified after TSN began relegating some CFL games to its new digital channel TSN2 (which was not available to analog cable subscribers), while other sports, including the NFL, were broadcast. In addition, TSN severely curtailed high-definition coverage for the final three weeks of the regular season, with only five of the twelve games being made available in HD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, Television\nMontreal games, as well as the entire playoffs and the Grey Cup game, were televised in French by RDS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, Television\nIn the United States, a last-minute deal was reached between the league and its longtime American syndicator America One, which carried two games each week. Internet broadcasts were also aired in the United States on ESPN360.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, CFL in Ottawa\nOn March 25, 2008, the CFL granted a conditional franchise\u2014slated to begin play in 2010\u2014to an Ottawa-based group led by Jeff Hunt, owner of the Ontario Hockey League's Ottawa 67's, under the condition that the group could secure a lease agreement with the City of Ottawa to allow the team to play at Frank Clair Stadium. The franchise was based on the remnants of the Ottawa Renegades, but was to be a separate team. In November, it was announced that the 2014 Grey Cup would be granted to Ottawa, again based on the condition that use of Frank Clair Stadium could be secured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, Competition with the NFL\n2008 was the first year in which the National Football League played a regular season game in Toronto, as part of an agreement reached between the owners of the Rogers Centre and that league and the Buffalo Bills. The NFL accommodated the CFL by playing the regular season game on December 7, after the end of the CFL season, so that the leagues did not directly compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, Competition with the NFL\nA preseason game was also played in Toronto, on August 14, between the Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers, one day before the Toronto Argonauts played in the Rogers Centre, and concurrently with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' game in Winnipeg. The Bills' preseason game did not sell out, amid reports of exorbitant ticket prices and thousands of tickets being given away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, Marketing and heritage revisited\nIn an effort to expand the CFL merchandise line, it was announced that RBK would release vintage jerseys for each team, beginning with the Toronto Argonauts and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The launch for the new apparel began August 29, 2008, with releases in Toronto and Winnipeg retail stores attended by Argonaut players Kerry Joseph and Arland Bruce III and Blue Bombers Kevin Glenn and Milt Stegall respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 67], "content_span": [68, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, CFL news in 2008, Attendance\nAttendance in the CFL remained strong in 2008, averaging 28,914 per game and exceeded two million fans for the seventh straight season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, Regular season\nNote: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195955-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 CFL season, Grey Cup playoffs\nThe Calgary Stampeders were the 2008 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 22\u201314 at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. It was the first Grey Cup for the Stampeders since the 2001 Championship (a game also held in Montreal). Stampeder quarterback Henry Burris was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player, and kicker Sandro DeAngelis was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195956-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CFU Youth Cup\nThe 2008 Caribbean Football Union Youth Cup was played from July 31 - August 10 in Trinidad & Tobago. It was part of the 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualification. Cuba beat Trinidad and Tobago in the final, thus both qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195956-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CFU Youth Cup, Groups, Playoff\nBermuda won the play-off after penalties and advanced to the knockout-round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195957-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 16, 2008 at Dwyer Arena in Lewiston, New York. By winning the tournament, Niagara received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195957-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe tournament featured three rounds of play. In the first round, the fourth and fifth ranked seeds, Wayne State and Alabama-Huntsville, played for entry into the semifinals, to which the top three seeds received byes. The winners of the two semifinal games then played for the championship on March 16, 2008, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195957-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195958-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS Men's Basketball Championship\nThe 2008 CIS Men's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 14\u201316, 2008. For the first time, it was held at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario and was hosted by the Carleton Ravens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195958-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS Men's Basketball Championship\nThe tournament will be remembered for Acadia's upset over Carleton in the semi-final, ending their run of five consecutive national titles. Brock won their first title since 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195959-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship\nThe 2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship Finals will be held from the 6-9 November, 2008 at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. It will consist of 8 teams from the various conferences under the Canadian Interuniversity Sport. This year the breakdown is host (Carleton), 2 from the OUA, 2 from QSSF, 2 from Canada West and 1 from the AUS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195959-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, All-Canadians\nFirst Team(1-11) and Second Team(12-22) with school and hometown. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195959-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, Nationals, Tournament XI\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195959-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, Regional Conference Play-offs, Atlantic (AUS)\nTop 6 will make the play-offs with 1 and 2 seeds getting a bye to the semi-final round. Hosted this season by Mount Allison. Other qualifiers include UNB, St. Mary's, Dalhousie, Moncton and UPEI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195959-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, Regional Conference Play-offs, Quebec (QSSF)\nTop 4 teams will make the semi-final round. McGill, Montreal and Laval have qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195959-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, Regional Conference Play-offs, Ontario (OUA)\nThe OUA play-off will include the top 6 from each of the east and west divisions. The top 2 will get a bye to the quarter finals with the 1st round being #6 @ #3 and #5 @ #4. In subsequent rounds, the teams will be repositioned so that the higher seed always plays the lowest. Laurier, York, Carleton and Toronto are the top 4 seeds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195959-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, Regional Conference Play-offs, Canada West (CW)\nTop 4 teams make the semi-final round. The final four will be hosted by the top team. Currently UBC, Victoria and Trinity Western have clinched a spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195960-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship\nThe 2008 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship was held February 28, 2008 to March 1, 2008, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, to determine a national champion for the 2007\u201308 CIS women's volleyball season. The tournament was played at the Aitken University Centre and was hosted by the University of New Brunswick. It was the first time that the University of New Brunswick had hosted the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195960-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship\nThe fourth-seeded UBC Thunderbirds won a five-set gold medal match over the Montreal Carabins to win their first national championship since 1978. UBC had won medals in seven of the previous 13 tournaments, but had fallen short of a gold medal win, including in 2005 and 2006 when they lost to Sherbrooke and Laval, respectively. Notably, from this year's championship team, Carla Bradstock's and Kyla Richey's mothers were members of the 1978 Thunderbirds team that had last won a national championship for UBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season\nThe 2008 CIS football season began on August 23, 2008, and concluded with the 44th Vanier Cup national championship on November 22 at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, with the Laval Rouge et Or winning their fifth championship. Twenty-seven universities across Canada compete in CIS football, the highest level of amateur play in Canadian football, under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Schedule\nThe regular-season schedule began early with a single Canada West Universities Athletic Association game in week one on Saturday, August 23, between the UBC Thunderbirds and the Simon Fraser Clan at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. The Ontario University Athletics and remaining CWUAA teams got underway the following week during the Labour Day weekend and the Quebec and Atlantic conferences beginning their matches the week following that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Schedule\nThe regular-season concluded in Week 10 on the weekend of October 24/25 for all but the Ontario conference, who had concluded the previous week and held their conference quarter-finals. All conferences held their semi-finals the weekend of November 1/2, and conference championships the weekend of November 8/9. This year, the National Semi-Finals took place on November 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Schedule\nThe Calgary Dinos, the Hardy Trophy-winning Canada West team travelled to Quebec City to take on the Dunsmore Cup winning Laval Rouge-et-Or of the Quebec conference for the Uteck Bowl and the Atlantic conference's Saint Mary's Huskies Jewett Trophy winners visited the Western Ontario Mustangs, Ontario's Yates Cup winners, in London for the Mitchell Bowl. Finally the Bowl winners, Laval and Western, met for the Vanier Cup national championship on Saturday, November 22, in Hamilton, the day before the Canadian Football League's 96th Grey Cup in Montreal. Laval won the game 44-21 and became the just the twelfth CIS team to finish a season undefeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Schedule\n2007 marked the first year that the Vanier Cup and Grey Cup were played on the same weekend but they both took place in Toronto's Rogers Centre as part of the 95th Grey Cup celebrations. Dating back to 1973, previous Vanier Cups had always been played the week following the Grey Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Awards and records, All-Canadian Team, Second Team\nThe Laval Rouge-et-Or had a record eight first team all-Canadians on offence, defence and special teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 76], "content_span": [77, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Awards and records, Career records\n27 new top-ten achievements were added to the all-time career record books in 2008 including five new records as running back Daryl Stephenson completed his record career at Windsor and several passing/receiving records were set at McGill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Awards and records, Career records\nThe passing completions record book was completely re-written in 2008 as three players beat Greg Vavra's 25-year-old record of 611.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Regular season standings\nNote: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Top 10\nRanks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. NR = Not Ranked, received no votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Championships\nThe Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2008, according to the rotating schedule, the winners of the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl meet the Ontario conference's Yates Cup champion for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy travel to the Dunsmore Cup Quebec championship team for the Uteck Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Championships\nThe Canada West play-offs start with the top four placed teams from the regular season, with the top placed team hosting the fourth place and the second place team hosting the third placed. The winners of those semi-finals then compete for the Hardy Cup championship who then travels to the Quebec champion for a national semi-final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Championships\nThe Quebec play-offs similarly play-off the top four placed teams with the Dunsmore Cup champions moving on to host the Uteck Bowl against the Canada West champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Championships\nThe Ontario conference started out with the top six placed teams from the regular season. The third placed team hosted the sixth place team and the fourth placed team hosted the team in fifth place. The winners then took on the top two placed teams in the conference semi-finals and the semi-final champions compete for the Yates Cup. According to the rotating CIS Bowl schedule, the Ontario champions, in 2008, host the Atlantic conference champions for the Mitchell Bowl national semi-final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Championships\nIn the Atlantic conference play-offs, the second place St. Francis Xavier X-Men defeated the third placed Mount Allison Mounties to move on to face the first place Saint Mary's Huskies at the Loney Bowl for the Jewett Trophy. Saint Mary's victory means that they then travel to the Ontario champion Western Ontario Mustangs to meet in the Mitchell Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Championships\nThe 2008 Uteck Bowl saw the number one ranked Laval Rouge-et-Or dominate the sixth-ranked Calgary Dinos with a 59 to 10 win. With the win, Laval continues their streak of winning all four Bowl games played at PEPS Stadium and hope to continue their record of being undefeated in all four previous appearances at the Vanier Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Championships\nAt home at TD Waterhouse Stadium, the number three ranked Western Ontario Mustangs defeated the number five ranked Saint Mary's Huskies to win the Mitchell Bowl with a score of 28 to 12. Western lost in the 2007 Mitchell Bowl to Manitoba Bisons and last won a Vanier Cup in 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Vanier Cup\nThe 44th Vanier Cup marked Western's 12th appearance at the Vanier, the most by any team. They also hold the record for the number of Vanier Cup wins with 6. It was Laval's fifth appearance at the Vanier during their ten-year history, having won each of their previous appearances. 2008 also marked the first Vanier Cup game to feature both a Quebec university and an Ontario university. Laval won the game 44-21 and gained their fifth championship since 1999 to become the just the twelfth CIS team to finish a season undefeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Vanier Cup\nLaval's victory completed their season without a single loss, the twelfth perfect season in Canadian university history, and puts them tied for second among Canadian universities with five Vanier Cups. Only Western has more with six national championships. It also marked Glen Constantin's fourth Vanier Cup victory as head coach, tying the record set by Calgary's Peter Connellan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Vanier Cup\nThe attendance at Ivor Wynne was 13,873 with light snow and a temperature of \u22124\u00a0\u00b0C (25\u00a0\u00b0F). The attendance at the 2007 Vanier was 26,787 at the Roger's Centre during the 95th Grey Cup weekend. The 2006 Vanier Cup was sold-out with 12,567 in Saskatoon's Griffiths Stadium and the 2005 cup at Ivor Wynne had 16,827 spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195961-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS football season, Results, Vanier Cup\nThough there were no bids by the deadline to host the 2009 Vanier Cup, Constantin said Laval does intend to do so. Canadian Interuniversity Sport intended to discuss the issue during its December 1\u20132 board meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195962-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS/CCA Curling Championships\nCanadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) and the CCA combined to host the first national curling championship hosted by the University of Waterloo. It was held from March 12 to 16, 2008 at the Guelph Curling Club and Elora Curling Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195962-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS/CCA Curling Championships\nThe inaugural event for the men and women was won by the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195962-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, Men's tournament\nIn men's play the top teams after pool play were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195962-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, Women's tournament\nIn women's play the top teams after pool play were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195962-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, Women's tournament\nIn the end the Golden Hawks swept to victory in both division. Especially impressive were the female Hawks who started out 0-3 and then won 7 in a row to claim victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195963-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CK70\n2008 CK70 (also written 2008 CK70) is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid. In 2013 it had the 7th highest impact threat on the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale. It was discovered on 9 February 2008 by Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) at an apparent magnitude of 19 using a 1.0-meter (39\u00a0in) reflecting telescope. It has an estimated diameter of 31 meters (102\u00a0ft) and is not large enough to qualify as a potentially hazardous object. Ten precovery images from January 2008 have been located. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 21 December 2013. It may be possible to recover the asteroid in late September 2017, but it will have an apparent magnitude of about 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195963-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CK70\nIt has an observation arc of 35 days with an uncertainty parameter of 6. Perturbations by Earth and Venus will increase the orbital uncertainty over time. When the asteroid only had an observation arc of 5 days, virtual clones of the asteroid that fit the uncertainty region in the known trajectory showed a 1 in 2,700 chance that the asteroid could impact Earth on 14 February 2030.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195963-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 CK70\nWith a 2030 Palermo Technical Scale of \u22122.94, the odds of impact by 2008 CK70 in 2030 were about 870 times less than the background hazard level of Earth impacts which is defined as the average risk posed by objects of the same size or larger over the years until the date of the potential impact. The power of such an air burst would be somewhere between the Chelyabinsk meteor and the Tunguska event depending on the actual size of the asteroid. Using the nominal orbit, JPL Horizons shows that the asteroid will be 0.08\u00a0AU (12,000,000\u00a0km; 7,400,000\u00a0mi) from Earth on 14 February 2030. On 19 May 2031, the asteroid may pass as close as 0.0088\u00a0AU (1,320,000\u00a0km; 820,000\u00a0mi) from Venus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival\nThe 2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival is the 5th online short movie festival hosted by Media Research, Inc. The movie festival began on May 1, 2008 with the 20 movies selected for Group A being uploaded to the website, and is scheduled to conclude in mid-November with an award ceremony in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival, Info\nThe 5th CON-CAN Movie Festival had a total submission of approximately 550 movies from 50 countries. Since May 1, the CON-CAN Movie Festival has been presenting 20 selected movies a month on its website where viewers can watch for free and vote for the Audience Award. In November 2008, the CON-CAN Movie Festival will hold its 5th annual award ceremony, where it will showcase the Grand Prix and Tamashii award winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival, Selection Process\nOnce the April 21st submission deadline passed, the process of selecting the movies for the movie festival began. The programming department at CON-CAN is responsible for sorting through the movies. The best 80 movies out of all the submitted movies were selected to be part of the movie festival and their directors were notified via email.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival, Selection Process\nThe movie festival then branches off into two parts. For the first part, the 80 movies are categorized into four groups. Each group is independently displayed on CON-CAN's website between the months of May and August. During this time, registered voters are able to rate the movies and comment on them. The movie with the highest rating in each category is awarded an Audience Award along with a $500 cash prize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival, Selection Process\nFor the second part, the same 80 movies are passed through a first round evaluation and judged by a domestic (Japanese) jury. These preliminary jury members select the best 20 movies to be considered for the final evaluation process. In the second round evaluation, international jury members selected by the CON-CAN staff select the top three nominations to be awarded the Grand Prix award (best short movie) ($10,000 cash prize) and the two Tamashii awards (special jury awards) ($2,000 cash prize each).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival, Selection Process\nThe winner of the Grand Prix award and the two Tamashii award winners are invited to Tokyo with travel and accommodations paid for in order to attend the award ceremony. The award ceremony hosts famous people from the movie industry and notable news networks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival, Jury\nThe international jury which chooses the three best movies during the final evaluation round features famous people from the movie industry. Below is the jury from this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival, Short Movie Selections\nThe movies below have been selected for the 2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival (listed in alphabetical order). All short movies and animations are able to be viewed for free without registering, however, only registered members (registration is free) are able to vote and comment on the movies within the time frame provided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival, Short Movie Selections, Group A\nThe following movies were selected for Group A of the CON-CAN Movie Festival. Registered members were able to vote and comment on Group A short movies from May 1\u201331, 2008 for the Audience Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival, Short Movie Selections, Group B\nThe following movies were selected for Group B of the CON-CAN Movie Festival. Registered members were able to vote and comment on Group B short movies from June 1\u201330, 2008 for the Audience Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival, Short Movie Selections, Group C\nThe following movies were selected for Group C of the CON-CAN Movie Festival. Registered members were able to vote and comment on Group B short movies from July 1\u201331, 2008 for the Audience Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195964-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival, Short Movie Selections, Group D\nThe movies selected for Group D of the CON-CAN Movie Festival will be announced on August 1. Registered members are able to vote and comment on Group A short movies from August 1\u201331, 2008 for the Audience Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195965-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship\nThe 2008 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, also known as the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CONCACAF), was the second beach soccer championship for North America, Central America and the Caribbean, held in April 2008, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Mexico won the championship, with El Salvador finishing second. The two nations moved on to play in the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille, France from July 17 - July 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195966-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup\nThe 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 43rd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It was the final edition under this name and format, being replaced by the CONCACAF Champions League starting from the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195966-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup\nIt determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region. The tournament was also a qualifying event for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195966-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup\nCONCACAF held the draw on December 18, 2007 to establish the matchups and bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195966-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Qualified teams, North American zone\nPachuca \u2013 2007 Clausura champion Atlante \u2013 2007 Apertura champion Houston Dynamo \u2013 2007 MLS Cup champion D.C. United \u2013 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195966-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Qualified teams, Central American zone\nMotagua \u2013 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup winners Saprissa \u2013 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup runner-up Municipal \u2013 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup third place", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195966-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Final, Second leg\nPachuca won the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 3\u20132 on aggregate, advanced to the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195967-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship\nThe 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the fourth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the North and Central America and the Caribbean region. It took place in Guatemala City, Guatemala from 3 to 8 June 2008, with the Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG as the only venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195967-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship\nHosts Guatemala won the tournament after defeating the United States in semifinals and Cuba in the final. It was the first international futsal title won by Guatemala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195967-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship\nThe tournament also acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil, with second and third placed teams Cuba and the U.S. joining Guatemala as the qualified teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195967-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship, Qualifying\nQualifying to 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship took place in Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago from 3\u20136 April 2008. and all matches played in Canedo Hall in the Centre of Excellence, Port of Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195967-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship, Championship\nThe eight participating teams are divided into two groups of four which will play each on a single round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advance to semi-finals. The top three teams for the tournament will earn participation at the 2008 Futsal World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195968-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying\nThe 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification was the twelfth edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in the United States, from 11 and 23 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195968-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying\nHonduras won the title after with a 1\u20130 win over the United States in the final. As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States both qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in China as the CONCACAF representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195968-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, Statistics, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195968-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, Qualified teams for Summer Olympics\nThe following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195968-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, Cuban defections\nFollowing the Cuban draw against the United States, seven Cuban players defected, leaving the team with only 11 players which was reduced to 10 against Honduras. Cuba played its final game against Panama with no players available as substitutes because Roberto Linares was sent off from Cuba's match against the United States causing him to be automatically suspended for the team's next match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195969-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying qualification\nQualifying rounds for the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament were held for the Central American and the Caribbean zones, narrowing the field from each zone to three nations and two nations, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195969-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying qualification, North American zone\nThe 3 members of the North American zone automatically qualified to the final round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 73], "content_span": [74, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195969-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying qualification, Central American zone\nSix teams were divided into two groups of three, or triangulars, and played a round of matches in round-robin format. The winner of each triangular advanced to the finals, and the runners-up played each other in a home-and-away playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195969-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying qualification, Central American zone, Play-off\nThe runners-up of each triangular met in a play-off to qualify for a spot in the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 85], "content_span": [86, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195969-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying qualification, Central American zone, Play-off\nPanama 1\u20131 Costa Rica on aggregate. Panama won 4\u20133 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 85], "content_span": [86, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195969-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying qualification, Caribbean zone\nThe Caribbean zone qualifiers were divided into two rounds. In the first round, 22 teams were divided into six groups, Groups A through F, and the six group winners advanced to the second round. The six second round teams were divided into two groups of three, Groups G and H, and the winners advanced to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 68], "content_span": [69, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195970-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying squads\nThe 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying was an international football tournament that was held in the United States from 11 and 23 March 2008. The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of twenty players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195970-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying squads\nThe final lists were published by CONCACAF on 10 and 11 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195970-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying squads\nThe age listed for each player is on 11 March 2008, the first day of the tournament. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players marked in bold have been capped at full international level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195971-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament\nThe 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which two women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. A total of six teams played in the tournament. The top two teams of the tournament - United States and Canada - qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Beijing, China as the CONCACAF representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195971-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Qualification\nThe six berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195971-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Qualification\nRegional qualification tournaments were held to determine the three teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195971-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Venues\nThe sole venue was the Estadio Ol\u00edmpico Benito Ju\u00e1rez, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195971-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Draw\nThe six teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. Defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2004 Olympic gold medalist United States were seeded in Group A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 57], "content_span": [58, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195971-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 64], "content_span": [65, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195971-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of regular time (two periods of 45 minutes), extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. In the case of the third place match, as it is played just before the final, extra time is skipped and a penalty shoot-out takes place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195972-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification\nThe 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification determined the two teams from the Caribbean and one team from Central America that joined Canada, Mexico and the United States at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195972-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification, Caribbean Zone\nThe Caribbean Zone qualifying was held in two rounds from October to December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 81], "content_span": [82, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195972-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification, Caribbean Zone, First round\nFour groups will played in the first round (three groups of four and one group of three), with the group winners moving on to a second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 94], "content_span": [95, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195972-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification, Caribbean Zone, Second round\nThe four remaining teams were drawn into two pairings. The winners of each tie progressed to the Olympic qualifying final tournament. Puerto Rico hosted both legs of their tie against Trinidad and Tobago in Bayam\u00f3n, while Cuba hosted both legs of their tie against Jamaica in Havana. However, the away goals rule was still applied, with the visitors (Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica) counted as the \"home\" teams for the second legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 95], "content_span": [96, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195972-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification, Caribbean Zone, Second round, Matches\n2\u20132 on aggregate. Trinidad and Tobago won on away goals and qualified for the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 104], "content_span": [105, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195972-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification, Caribbean Zone, Second round, Matches\nJamaica won 3\u20130 on aggregate and qualified for the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 104], "content_span": [105, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195972-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification, Central American Zone, First round\nTwo home and away series were scheduled to be played in the first round, with the winners advancing to the second round. Panama withdrew from their scheduled match against Costa Rica, so Costa Rica advanced on a walkover to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 101], "content_span": [102, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195972-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification, Central American Zone, First round, Matches\nNicaragua won 5\u20131 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195972-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification, Central American Zone, First round, Matches\nPanama withdrew. Costa Rica won on walkover and advanced to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195972-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification, Central American Zone, Second round, Matches\nCosta Rica won 9\u20130 on aggregate and qualified for the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 111], "content_span": [112, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195972-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification, Goalscorers\nThere were 178 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 6.14 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195973-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship\nThe 2008 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship was the first tournament of this type in Concacaf the tournament was held in Trinidad and Tobago from July 17\u201327, 2008. The first, second and third placed teams qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195973-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Knockout stage\nThe winners of the two semifinal matches and the winner of the third place match qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, held in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195973-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Goalscorers\nThe top-scorer award was shared between Katherine Alvarado (Costa Rica), Tiffany Cameron (Canada) and Courtney Verloo (USA) with five goals each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195974-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship\nThe 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 2008 championship for Under-20 women's national football (soccer) teams from the CONCACAF region. The tournament doubled as the qualification tournament for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup for the CONCACAF region. The tournament was played entirely at the Estadio Cuauht\u00e9moc in Puebla, Pue., Mexico, from 17 to 28 June 2008. It was won by Canada, who defeated the United States in the final by a score of 1\u20130. Mexico finished 3rd, qualifying for the U-20 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195974-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Tournament\nThe draw for the tournament took place on 6 May 2008 at the CONCACAF Offices of the General Secretariat in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195975-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 COSAFA Cup\nThe 2008 COSAFA Cup is the 12th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from Southern Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195975-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 COSAFA Cup\nDue to their internal competitions calendar, Angola decided to send their under-20 national team to play in this tournament  and South Africa will play with a \"Development XI\"; therefore matches involving Angola and South Africa will not count towards FIFA ranking according to FIFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195975-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 COSAFA Cup\nSouth Africa won the tournament defeating Mozambique 2-1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195975-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 COSAFA Cup, Qualifying\nTook place between 19\u201324 July, group winners qualified for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195975-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 COSAFA Cup, Final tournament\nAngola, Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana were seeded directly for the quarter finals according to FIFA World Rankings of April 2008. This decision was made May 21, 2008 and confirmed on July 7, 2008. The actual draw for the 2 qualifying groups and the quarter finals according to these seeds was held on June 10, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195976-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CSI Gij\u00f3n\nThe 2008 CSI Gij\u00f3n was the 2008 edition of the Gij\u00f3n show jumping horse show, at Las Mestas Sports Complex in Gij\u00f3n. This edition of the CSIO Gij\u00f3n was held between 23 and 28 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195976-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CSI Gij\u00f3n\nThis was the first time since 1991, that the contest was not held as official, as this year was in Madrid, with the aim to promote the Madrid bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195976-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CSI Gij\u00f3n, Gij\u00f3n Grand Prix\nThe Gij\u00f3n Grand Prix, the Show jumping Grand Prix of the 2008 CSIO Gij\u00f3n, was the major show jumping competition at this event. It was held on 28 July 2008. The competition was a show jumping competition over two rounds, the height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 32], "content_span": [33, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195977-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament\nThe 2008 CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament was an international show jumping competition that took place from September 3 to September 7, 2008 at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195977-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament, Results, September 6, BMO Nations' Cup\nNine teams of four riders competed in the $350,000 FEI Nations Cup event, the eighteenth event in the 2008 FEI Nations Cup series. There were two rounds to the event, with all teams placing and receiving financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195978-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament \u2013 CN International\nThe 2008 CN International was a Grand Prix show jumping event held at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on September 7, 2008 during the 2008 CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament. With a $1,000,000 purse, the CN International is one of the richest show jumping events in the world. Nick Skelton of the United Kingdom won the event riding Arko III, obtaining only one penalty over the two rounds of competition to claim the $325,000 first prize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195979-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cabramatta state by-election\nA by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Cabramatta on 18 October 2008 to coincide with the Lakemba, Port Macquarie and Ryde by-elections. The Cabramatta by-election was triggered by the resignation of sitting member and former Health Minister Reba Meagher, after a spectacular series of events that saw both the Deputy Premier and the Premier resign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195979-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cabramatta state by-election\nThe seat was retained by the Labor Party at the by-election, but with a sharp decline in the party's vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195980-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cachant\u00fan Cup\nThe 2008 Cachant\u00fan Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first and only edition of the Cachant\u00fan Cup, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Chile, on 11\u201317 February 2008. Flavia Pennetta won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195980-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cachant\u00fan Cup, Champions, Doubles\nL\u012bga Dekmeijere /  Alicja Rosolska defeated  Mariya Koryttseva /  Julia Schruff, 7\u20135, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195981-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cachant\u00fan Cup \u2013 Doubles\nL\u012bga Dekmeijere and Alicja Rosolska won the final 7\u20135, 6\u20133 against Mariya Koryttseva and Julia Schruff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195982-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cachant\u00fan Cup \u2013 Singles\nFlavia Pennetta won in the final 6\u20134, 5\u20134, after Kl\u00e1ra Zakopalov\u00e1 retired due to a left ankle injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195983-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cairo landslide\nThe 2008 Cairo landslide happened on September 6, 2008 at el-Deweika, an informal settlement in the Manshiyat Naser neighborhood of east Cairo, Egypt; 119 people died in the rockslide. Some people blamed for the landslide were arrested and held accountable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195983-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cairo landslide\nBoulders weighing as much as 70 tons rolled into the shanty town following the landslide. After most of the neighborhood had been flattened, those families still living in the slum were evicted and any remaining buildings were flattened by the government. As a result, hundreds of families were left homeless and many still live in squalor near the site of the disaster, despite government promises to find them homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195983-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cairo landslide\nThe cause of the landslide has not been definitively determined, but theories included leaked sewage from development projects that eroded rocks. An internal investigation determined that the slide was caused by \"fate\" and no one would be blamed for it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195983-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cairo landslide\nAmnesty International reports that thousands of Egyptians still continue to live in unsafe slums.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195983-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cairo landslide\nAccording to Amnesty International, authorities failed to evacuate the impoverished residents and provide them with temporary or alternative housing. People living in areas deemed unsafe in Al-Duwayqa and Ezbet Bekhit were forced out in a manner which breached the international standards that states must observe while carrying out evictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195983-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cairo landslide\nIn May 2010, a court found Mahmoud Yassin, a Cairo deputy governor, guilty of negligence and sentenced him for five years of imprisonment. Seven other officials were sentenced to three years each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195984-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cal Poly Mustangs football team\nThe 2008 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195984-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cal Poly Mustangs football team\nCal Poly competed in the Great West Conference (GWC). The conference had previously been called the Great West Football Conference, but the new name reflected the addition of sports other than football to the conference. The 2008 Mustangs were led by eighth-year head coach Rich Ellerson and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. The team finished the season as champion of the GWC, with a regular season record of eight wins and two losses (8\u20132, 3\u20130 GWC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195984-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cal Poly Mustangs football team\nAt the end of the season, the Mustangs qualified for the Football Championship Division (FCS) playoffs. In the first playoff game they were defeated by Weber State. That brought their final record to eight wins and three losses (8\u20133, 3\u20130 GWC). The Mustangs averaged 44 points a game, outscoring their opponents 488\u2013292 for the season. This was the final season for Rich Ellerson as head coach. In his eight seasons the Mustangs compiled a record of 56\u201334, a winning percentage of .622 .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195984-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL\nThe following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195985-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Calder Cup playoffs\nThe 2008 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 16, 2008. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-7 series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-7 series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 10, 2008 with the Chicago Wolves defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, four games to two, to win the second Calder Cup in team history. Jason Krog won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP, after having already been named the regular-season MVP. Krog also tied the AHL record for most assists in one playoff with 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195985-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Calder Cup playoffs\nIn Game 5 of the East Division Semifinals between the Philadelphia Phantoms and Albany River Rats, Ryan Potulny of Philadelphia scored 2:58 into the fifth overtime period, ending what was longest game in AHL history. In 2018 a game would last until 6:48 into the fifth overtime period, setting a new record. Chicago's Darren Haydar set two AHL playoff scoring records in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Final by recording his 52nd career AHL playoff goal, as well as his 120th career AHL playoff point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195985-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Calder Cup playoffs\nIn the same game, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Alex Goligoski set an AHL record for most points scored by a defenseman in a single post-season with 26. This eclipsed the record set by former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton defenseman Chris Kelleher, who scored 25 points in the 2001 Calder Cup Playoffs. Goligoski extended his record to 28 points before the playoffs ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195985-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds\nAfter the 2007\u201308 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs, except in the North division where the fourth playoff spot was taken by the fifth-placed team from the West division since the fifth-placed San Antonio Rampage earned more points than the Hamilton Bulldogs during the season. This is because the West division has 8 teams while the other three divisions have 7 teams each. Therefore, this was the only situation in which a crossover was possible. The Providence Bruins were the Eastern Conference regular season champions as well as the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy winners with the best overall regular season record. The Chicago Wolves were the Western Conference regular season champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195985-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Calder Cup playoffs, Bracket\nIn each round the team that earned more points during the regular season receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the \"extra\" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195985-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Calder Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Eastern Conference, East Division\nGame five was the longest game in AHL history at the time at 82 minutes, 58 seconds of overtime play. It is now the second longest game in AHL history. Philadelphia's Michael Leighton faced 101 shots and made 98 saves, which remains the AHL record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 80], "content_span": [81, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195986-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control with a minority Conservative administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195986-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election\nOn 9 May, about a week after being elected as a Liberal Democrat, Greetland and Stainland Councillor Keith Watson left the Liberal Democrats and joined the Conservative Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195986-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election\nIn 2009 the Skircoat Councillor Geoffrey Wainwright died suddenly. A by-election was held on 2 April 2009. The seat was held by the Conservative Party with John Hardy winning the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195986-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election\nIn June 2009 Elland Councillor Diane Park quit the Liberal Democrats due to the state of the party in the House of Commons. She continued as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195986-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council composition\nPrior to the election the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195987-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Calgary Roughnecks season\nThe Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 7th in franchise history. The Roughnecks finished 3rd in the West Division, making the playoffs for the sixth straight season. They defeated the Colorado Mammoth in the division semifinals, but were eliminated when they lost 16-12 to the Portland LumberJax in the division final in Calgary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 452]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00195987-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Calgary Roughnecks season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195987-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Calgary Roughnecks season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195988-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Calgary Stampeders season\nThe 2008 Calgary Stampeders season was the 51st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 70th overall. The Stampeders finished in 1st place in the West division, won the West Final and played in the 96th Grey Cup in Montreal. The Stampeders defeated the hometown Montreal Alouettes to win their 6th Grey Cup championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195988-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Calgary Stampeders season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nIn the 2008 CFL Draft, 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195988-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Roster\nItalics indicate Import player updated 2008-10-24 \u2022 46 Active, 11 Inactive, 7 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195988-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Calgary Stampeders season, Playoffs, West Final\nDate and time: Saturday, November 15, 2:30 PM Mountain Standard TimeVenue: McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195988-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Calgary Stampeders season, Playoffs, Grey Cup\nDate and time: Sunday, November 23, 4:00 PM Mountain Standard TimeVenue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195989-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 California Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. California was dubbed the \"Big Enchilada\" by the media because it offers the most delegates out of any other delegation. Hillary Clinton won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195989-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Democratic presidential primary, Process\nIn the primary, 370 of California's 441 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were selected. Of these delegates, 241 were awarded at the congressional district level, and the remaining 129 were allocated to candidates based on the primary vote statewide. The remaining delegates were superdelegates not obligated to vote for any candidate at the convention. Candidates were required to receive at least 15% of either the district or statewide vote to receive any delegates. Registered Democrats and Decline to State voters were eligible to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195989-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nThe latest six polls were averaged (only counting the latest Zogby poll).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team\nThe 2008 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California and are coached by Jeff Tedford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team\nThe Bear's 2008 campaign was marked with diminished expectations, as all of California's offensive stars at their skill positions (DeSean Jackson, Lavelle Hawkins, Robert Jordan, Justin Forsett and Craig Stevens) graduated or declared for the NFL Draft. Thus the Bears started the season unranked for the first time since 2003. Their 2008 season would confirm this ranking, as they would finish the season undefeated at home but would only win one game on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team\nThe Bears won their opening game at home against Michigan State 38\u201331 and eviscerated Washington State in Pullman 66\u20133, but fell to Maryland 35\u201327 in College Park. The Bears won two straight home games against Colorado State and Arizona State but fell in the desert to Arizona. Although the Bears still controlled their destiny in the Pac-10 after two more home wins against UCLA and Oregon, two close losses to Pac-10 champion contenders USC and Oregon State on the road put an end to those hopes. Cal reclaimed the Axe by beating Stanford 37\u201316 in the 111th Big Game and kept Washington's season winless with a 48\u20137 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team\nCal finished the regular season 8\u20134 as Tedford claimed his seventh consecutive winning season for the Golden Bears and third unbeaten home record in five years. The team improved on its 2007 season record of 7\u20136 to 9\u20134 and spent most of the season unranked, breaking into the AP Top 25 three times only to get knocked out each time following a loss. The Bears accepted an invitation to take on the Miami Hurricanes at the 2008 Emerald Bowl, which they won 24\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Preseason\nThe aftermath of Cal's tumble from potentially being ranked in 2007 led Tedford to declare open competition on all positions. This included at quarterback, where Tedford had come under extreme criticism from the media and Golden Bears fans alike for his decision-making the previous year. Both Nate Longshore and Kevin Riley appeared to be at a standstill through fall practice. But in a surprise move, the younger and less experienced Riley was named the starter for the season opener. However, Tedford indicated that the quarterback competition was not over, and that Longshore would also see action against Michigan State (he would appear in the second quarter).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Preseason\nCal's offseason also was noted by the Kevin Hart controversy, where the small town offensive linemen would claim he had been recruited by the Golden Bears, although the athletic department claimed never to be involved with him. Hart would later admit he made the whole thing up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Michigan State\nThe Bears had last played the Spartans in Michigan in 2002, defeating them 46\u201322 in Tedford's first year as head coach. The two teams had only played each other three times in all before their 2008 meeting, with the Spartans winning the other two contests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Michigan State\nBoth teams were scoreless until a blocked Spartans punt resulted in a Bears touchdown in the first quarter. Cal scored again on a field goal by freshman kicker David Seawright in the second quarter. Michigan State responded when Otis Wiley intercepted a Nate Longshore pass and returned it for a touchdown, while Cal was able to counter with a touchdown run by Jahvid Best prior to the end of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Michigan State\nThe second half saw both teams score back and forth. The Spartans struck first with a touchdown run by Javon Ringer, followed by Cal QB Kevin Riley connecting with Cameron Morrah for a touchdown. Ringer made his second touchdown run of the game in the fourth quarter, while Riley made his second touchdown pass of the game to Will Ta'ufo'ou. After a Spartans field goal, freshman running back Shane Vereen scored on an 81-yard touchdown run that gave the Bears their final score of the game. The Spartans countered with a touchdown pass from Brian Hoyer to Mark Dell to get within 7 points and had a chance to tie the game with seconds left, but Hoyer threw four straight incompletions from midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Michigan State\nLongshore, who lost the starting quarterback job to Riley, threw for 62 yards with 2 interceptions. Riley threw for 202 yards with 2 touchdowns. The game marked the first time that two Cal running backs had completed over 100 yards rushing since the 2006 Holiday Bowl, with Best at 111 yards and Vereen at 101, respectively. Spartans quarterback Hoyer finished with 321 yards passing, including a touchdown and an interception. Ringer, who completed 1,447 yards rushing during the 2007 season, was held to 81 yards, which included 2 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nThe Cougars hosted the Bears in Pullman, Washington for the first conference game of the season for both teams as well as first year Cougars head coach Paul Wulff. Cal scored early, with Jahvid Best breaking free for an 80-yard touchdown run on the Bears' first possession. This was followed by an interception by Syd'Quan Thompson deep in Washington State territory, setting up a touchdown pass from Kevin Riley to Sean Young. Shane Vereen made a 39-yard touchdown run on the next possession for the Bears' third touchdown of the first quarter. A Cougar field goal would prove to be their only score for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nThe Cougars had another chance at scoring in the second quarter, but had a field goal blocked that linebacker Zack Follett was able to return for a 65-yard touchdown. Riley was able to run in for a touchdown from 27 yards out, while Thompson made an 89-yard interception that set up another Best touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nAfter the half, Nate Longshore led the Bears in the third quarter. The Cougars were intercepted in the Cal red zone, setting up an 86-yard touchdown run by Best. This marked the first time that Cal had two runs of more than 80 yards in a single game, as well as in a single season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nCal used its commanding lead in the fourth quarter to give more of its backup players some experience. Following a touchdown by sophomore running back Tracy Slocum, freshman quarterback Brock Mansion was able to take his first career snap. An interception of a Cougars pass in WSU territory gave Mansion the opportunity to make his first rushing touchdown for the final score of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nCal produced 505 total yards of offense (114 passing and 391 rushing) and allowed only 167 total yards (110 passing and 57 rushing) to the Cougars, who committed four turnovers. The game marked the first time since 1921 and 1923 that the Bears had won back to back games at Pullman. It was the Cougars' worst loss since a 1976 loss to UCLA 62\u20133 and the first time that WSU opened the season with two losses since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nBest had exactly 200 yards rushing on 14 carries for three touchdowns, the most by a Cal player since Justin Forsett had 235 against New Mexico State in 2005. He also became the first player since J.J. Arrington to start the season with consecutive 100-yard rushing games. The win enabled the Bears to get back into the AP Top 25 at #23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nCal headed east for its second road game in a row in the first ever meeting between the Bears and the Terrapins with a noon kickoff. The Terrapins jumped out to an early lead and never relinquished it, with Da\u2019Rel Scott scoring a rushing touchdown on their first possession. Kevin Riley was intercepted on the ensuing Cal possession, setting up another touchdown run by Scott. Terrapins quarterback Chris Turner threw a touchdown pass to open the second quarter. The Bears were limited to a pair of field goals in the first half, with a possible third one from 25 yards out bouncing off the left upright in the closing seconds of the second quarter. Maryland had only scored 21 points combined in their first two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nIn the third quarter, Cal recovered a Maryland fumble, but failed to score and turned the ball over on downs. Maryland extended its lead to 28\u20136 on a 28-yard touchdown strike from Turner to Darrius Heyward-Bey. Riley was sacked three times. Cal was shut out of the end zone until the fourth quarter, when Riley connected with Cameron Morrah. The Terrapins recovered the ensuing onside kick and was able to respond with a touchdown for their final score of the game. Riley threw two more touchdown passes to bring the Bears within 8 points, but Maryland recovered the ensuing onside kicks and Turner was able to end the game by taking three straight knees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nJahvid Best, coming from back to back games with over 100 yards rushing, was held to 25 on ten carries, with the Bears producing only 38 net rushing yards. Riley passed for 423 yards on 58 attempts, a school record for the most pass attempts. Terrapins quarterback Turner passed for 156 yards and two touchdowns, while running backs Scott and Davin Meggett rushed for 87 and two touchdowns, and 82 yards and a touchdown, respectively. The Bears also gave up five sacks, the most since October 1, 2005 against Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nHumidity was cited as the biggest adjustment that Cal failed to make more so than the time change and Maryland's performance in its first two games. The loss brings the Bears' record to 3\u20137 in its last ten trips to the East Coast and also snapped a ten-game winning streak in the month of September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nAlthough Cal struggled on pass offense and Cal's two running backs both committed a fumble early on, the defense and special teams put Cal on the board early in the first half. A Rams punt was blocked and Bryant Nnabuife ran it in for a touchdown, his second of the season. In the same quarter Cal's Brett Johnson intercepted Colorado State's Billy Farris' pass for a 43-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nIn the second quarter Riley threw an 11-yard pass to Nyan Boateng for the score after a pass interference call on Colorado State gave Cal a first down. The defense was able to shut out Colorado State for another quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nIn the third quarter Riley was replaced with Nate Longshore who was unable to produce any offense although running backs Jahvid Best and Shane Vereen were consistently gaining first downs. However Cal's special teams struck again as Syd'Quan Thompson ran a punt return for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nIn the fourth quarter, Cal's offense finally clicked when Longshore hit Jeremy Ross for an 11-yard touchdown and Cameron Morrah for another 16-yard touchdown. The Rams avoided being shut out with a 1-yard touchdown run by John Mosure that followed a long pass by backup quarterback Klay Kubiak. The final score was 42\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nIn addition to the struggles on offense, Cal's Jahvid Best walked off the field after dislocating his elbow following a tackle. X -rays showed that there were no fractures and an MRI revealed no ligament damage. Cal's Rulon Davis left after half-time with an undisclosed foot injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThe Bears resumed conference play at home against the Sun Devils following a week off. Nate Longshore started for the Bears after Jeff Tedford had him and Kevin Riley compete for the starting position during the week. Cal took an early lead with a field goal in the first quarter followed by a touchdown pass from Longshore to LaReylle Cunningham that resulted from a fumble on the Sun Devils' first possession. Longshore threw an interception in the closing minutes of the first quarter, but the Sun Devils were unable to capitalize on it. The Bears struck again in the second quarter with a 22-yard touchdown pass to Cameron Morrah, to which the Sun Devils responded to with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Rudy Carpenter to Kyle Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nCal scored first in the second half, when Longshore connected with Nyan Boateng for a touchdown. Cal was able to block a field goal attempt by Arizona State, but was penalized for jumping on the line, resulting in a first down. This set up the Sun Devils' final score of the game on an 8-yard run by Keegan Herring. The Bears defense was able to shut out the Sun Devils in the fourth quarter, intercepting Carpenter for a second time and forcing a fumble that forced them to punt. A Sun Devils field goal attempt in the final minute of the quarter missed. Cal only made one first down in the fourth quarter and spent the rest of the time successfully running out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nLongshore finished with 198 yards, including three touchdowns and an interception, moving him up to fifth place on the Cal career touchdown list with 46. Running back Shane Vereen, stepping in for an injured Jahvid Best, had 93 yards rushing. Tight end Cameron Morrah caught his fourth touchdown pass of the season, the most by a tight end since Garrett Cross in 2004. Carpenter finished with 165 yards passing, including one touchdown pass and two picks. He injured his ankle in the final minutes and had to leave the game on crutches. The loss marks the Sun Devils' first three-game losing streak since Dennis Erickson's tenure as head coach. The victory allowed the Bears to break into the Coaches' Poll at #22 and AP Poll at #25 following a bye week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Bears put their new #25 ranking on the line against the Wildcats on the road, where they had lost in 2006, with Longshore getting his second start in a row for the season. Cal capitalized on a fumble by Arizona running back Nic Grigsby which set up a short pass from Longshore to Verran Tucker. The Wildcats responded in the second quarter with two touchdown runs in a row by freshman running back Keola Antolin of 20- and 11-yards, respectively. The Bears tied it up with a 67-yard by Jahvid Best, who played his first game since dislocating his left shoulder three weeks prior against Colorado State. Cal went ahead with an 18-yard touchdown reception by Cameron Morrah and a field goal to take a 24\u201314 lead at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Wildcats came storming back in the third quarter, starting with a 56-yard touchdown pass from Willie Tuitama to Mike Thomas. Antolin rushed for a touchdown for his third of the night, while Longshore was intercepted by Devin Ross less than a minute later for a 21-yard touchdown. Tuitama then hit Rob Gronkowski for a 35-yard touchdown and the final score of the game. By comparison, the Bears were only able to score on a lone field goal. Kevin Riley stepped in for Longshore during the fourth quarter but was unable to lead the Bears to a comeback, and both teams failed to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nBest finished with 107 yards rushing, while Antolin ran for 149 yards, marking the first time that Cal had allowed a rusher to go for over 100 in the season. Longshore threw for 218 yards, including two touchdowns and one pick, while Riley threw for 97 yards and one interception. Tuitama threw for 225 yards, including two touchdowns and one interception, and was sacked four times. Wildcats receiver Mike Thomas had 104 receiving yards. The game marked the first time the Bears had allowed more than 40 points since UCLA had scored 47 at home on October 8, 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe Bruins led the series, 49\u201328\u20131, on the Golden Bears. Kevin Riley started for the Bears, his first since nearly a month before against Colorado State on September 27. The Bruins took their only lead of the game at the beginning of the second quarter by managing to block a punt attempt by Bryan Anger and recovering the ball in the end zone to go up 7\u20133. On the ensuing possession Jahvid Best was able to break free for 34-yard run, the only offensive touchdown in the first half for the Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nMarcus Ezeff then intercepted a pass by Bruins quarterback Kevin Craft which he was able to return for a 69-yard touchdown. Both teams then traded field goals into the fourth quarter. After getting a stop on a fake Bruins punt attempt, which nearly converted a 4th and 23 with a 22-yard pass, Riley hit Nyan Boateng for a 53-yard touchdown. Michael Mohamed then intercepted a Craft pass for a 19-yard score. Riley threw his second touchdown pass of the game on a ten-yard strike to Cameron Morrah. UCLA got in the final score of the game when backup quarterback Chris Forcier threw a nine-yard pass to Dominique Johnson, which was set up by a kickoff return by wide receiver Terrence Austin for 81 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe victory continued Cal's win streak against UCLA at Memorial Stadium, having not lost to the Bruins at home since 1998. The Bears held the Bruins to 16 yards rushing, while Jahvid Best ran for 115 and Shane Vereen had 99. Riley passed for 153 yards and two touchdowns, although he was sacked three times. For the Bruins, Craft passed for 206 yards and was picked off four times, two coming off tipped balls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Bears hosted the Ducks on a rainy day at Memorial Stadium with Riley as the starter. Oregon capitalized on an interception at midfield on Cal's first possession with a 17-yard run by quarterback Jeremiah Masoli with the PAT missing. The Bears responded quickly with a 22-yard pass from Riley to Jeremy Ross on the ensuing possession. Jahvid Best was able to break free for a 50-yard run from the Cal 20-yard line, but fumbled the ball in Ducks territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Bears held the Ducks and got a safety when Oregon snapped the ball high and into the end zone on a punt attempt. Cal took advantage of the free kick to advance down the field, during which Riley sustained a concussion when he failed to slide while attempting to gain a first down and was sandwiched between three defenders. He did not return to the game and Nate Longshore stepped into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nBest had his second fumble of the game in the second quarter, but Sean Cattouse then intercepted Masoli to negate it. The Bears fumbled again on a rushing attempt by Shane Vereen but the Ducks were stopped cold on a fourth down conversion attempt in Cal territory. The only score of the quarter was set up by a 50-yard interception return by Worrell Williams, capped off by a 2-yard pass from Longshore to Nyan Boateng.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nBoth teams traded field goals in third quarter until the Ducks blitzed down the field from their own 45-yard line and scored with three plays in 33 seconds on a 17-yard run by running back Jeremiah Johnson for their final score of the game. In the fourth quarter, Ducks cornerback Jairus Bryd fumbled a punt which was recovered by the Bears, allowing Vereen to score on a 2-yard run to put the game away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nDucks running back Jeremiah Johnson went over the century mark with a 117 yards rushing, including a touchdown, the second rusher to do so against the Bears. Quarterback Jeremiah Masoli himself had 97 rushing yards, more than double his 44 passing yards, including a touchdown run. Longshore finished with a 136 passing yards including one touchdown, while Best had 93 rushing yards. Verran Tucker was the Bears' leading receiver with 83 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Bears' five turnovers were the most since a November 12, 2005 matchup against USC, while Longshore moved up to fourth place in career passing touchdowns with 49 total. The upset victory allowed the Bears to break into the BCS rankings at #21. The Bears also got into the AP Top 25 at #21, their highest ranking thus far for the season and the third time they had done so after two road losses at Maryland and Arizona, both unranked at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Bears headed south to face USC at home, putting their highest ranking of the year to date on the line against the #7 Trojans. Longshore got the start for the Bears and played for the first half, throwing two interceptions that were negated by penalties against the USC defense. The Bears held the Trojans to a field goal in the first quarter before marching down the field to respond with one of their own in the second, their only score of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC\nTrojans quarterback Mark Sanchez, on the ensuing possession, then led USC on a 70-yard drive capped off by a 19-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Turner. Although the pass appeared on replays to have touched the ground, it was not overturned. The Trojans led the Bears 10\u20133 at the end of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC\nKevin Riley stepped in at quarterback in an attempt to bring the Bears back in the second half. He hit Shane Vereen in the end zone on the Bears' first possession of the third quarter on a 27-yard strike, but the play was negated because of an illegal receiver downfield penalty; he was then intercepted on a tipped pass. Both defenses were then able to keep each side from scoring into the fourth quarter. The Trojans were then able to sustain a drive downfield that ended with a 6-yard pass from Sanchez to Ronald Johnson to put the game away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Trojan defense held the Bears to 165 net yards, while its offense produced more than double with 411. Sanchez threw for 238 yards, including two touchdowns, while Longshore went for 79 and Riley threw for 59. The Trojans also outrushed the Bears, putting up 173 and holding the latter to only 27. Jahvid Best was held to only 30 rushing yards on 13 carries. The Trojans won their sixth straight game of the year and their fifth straight game against the Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Bears traveled north to Corvallis, Oregon for their final road game of the season against the #23 Beavers, who had not yet lost a home game. Jahvid Best took the ensuing kickoff 51 yards to help set up a 5-yard pass from starter Kevin Riley. The Beavers immediately responded when James Rodgers returned the ensuing kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown, the first kickoff return for a score in the Pac-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nOregon State extended its lead by taking advantage of a 56-yard punt return by Sammie Stroughter to set up a 2-yard run by freshman running back Jacquizz Rodgers and would not relinquish it. Cal scored in the second quarter on a trick play when Riley threw a lateral to Jeremy Ross, who then threw a 30-yard forward pass to Nyan Boateng to make it 17\u201314 Oregon State at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Beavers extended their lead in the third quarter with a field goal and 18-yard touchdown run by James Rodgers. Best was able to break free for a 65-yard touchdown run to keep the Bears within a score at 27\u201321. The Bears had a chance in the final minute of the fourth quarter to make a comeback, but were pinned at their own 6-yard line on a punt and were set back at the 3-yard line by a penalty. Riley was then intercepted by Keenan Lewis for a 25-yard touchdown to seal the victory for the Beavers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nBeavers quarterback Lyle Moevao threw for 145 yards, including one interception and a sack, while Jacquizz Rodgers rushed for 144 yards with one touchdown. Riley threw for 117 yards, was sacked five times, and was picked off once. Best ran for 116 yards, with one touchdown. The Bears would finish the season 1\u20134 on the road, their sole win coming against Washington State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nCal hosted Stanford for the 111th Big Game. The Cardinal had won the Axe back the previous year, snapping a five-game losing streak, and came in looking to get their sixth win to become bowl-eligible for the first time since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThe Bears were able to score a field goal on their first possession, set up by a 60-yard run by Jahvid Best. A Cardinal attempt to tie the game with a field goal missed. Cal started a drive late in the first quarter that was halted early in the second when Bo McNally intercepted Kevin Riley on the Stanford 24-yard line. The Cardinal in turn were able to march downfield and were stopped when Cal forced running back Toby Gerhart to fumble and recovered at the Cal 11-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nRiley then threw his first touchdown pass of the day, a 59-yard strike to Shane Vereen. Stanford was unable to get into the end zone in the closing seconds of the third quarter with Cal halting Gerhart at the one-yard line and had to settle for a field goal to make the score 10\u20133 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThe Bears exploded in the third quarter with three touchdowns in just over four minutes. First, The Bears intercepted Tavita Pritchard on the Stanford 40-yard line, setting up a touchdown pass from Riley to Cameron Morrah. They scored again on their next possession on a pass from Riley to Sean Young who then lateraled to Best for a 14-yard score. Best then ran in from a score on Cal's next possession, which was set up by a 42-yard run. The Bears shut down the Cardinal offense, sacking Pritchard three times in addition to intercepting him once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0042-0001", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nIn the fourth quarter, Cal's final score came on a 45-yard run by Best. The Cardinal put up their first points since the first quarter on a 34-yard pass from Pritchard to Doug Baldwin. They successfully recovered an onside kick to score again on a 10-yard run by Gerhart. Pritchard was intercepted on Stanford's next possession on the Cal 27-yard line and then again in the final minutes of the quarter to seal the victory for Cal, with the crowd rushing the field in celebration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThe loss prevented Stanford from becoming bowl-eligible since 2001, Tyrone Willingham's final year as head coach. Pritchard outpassed Riley, throwing for 306 yards and a touchdown, while Gerhart ran for 103. Riley threw for 101 yards, including three scores, while Best ran for a career-high 201 yards and scored three times, becoming the seventh consecutive 1,000-yard rusher under Tedford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington\nThe Bears played their final regular season game at home against the winless Huskies in Tyrone Willingham's final game as Washington head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington\nCal scored on its first possession when Jahvid Best was able to break free for a 60-yard touchdown run. On the following possession the Bears were able to march downfield but missed a 30-yard field goal attempt. However Cal linebacker Zack Follett was able to sack Huskies quarterback Taylor Bean and force a fumble, which the Bears recovered, setting up a field goal from 23 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington\nFollowing an interception by the Golden Bears, Nate Longshore stepped in for Kevin Riley in the second quarter for his final regular season game at Cal; Best scored with a two-yard touchdown run, followed a 20-yard run. Longshore threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Cameron Morrah with nine seconds left in the quarter to make the score at halftime 31\u20130. The Bear defense caused three Husky turnovers in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington\nIn the third quarter, Best rushed for his final touchdown of the game on an 84-yard run. Shane Vereen stepped in at running back to relieve Best, who had rushed for a school record of 311 yards, surpassing a 54-year-old record held by Jerry Drew for 283 yards. Vereen was then able to score on a two-yard run. The Huskies got in their sole score of the game on a drive that consumed more than six minutes and culminated in a two-yard run by Bean. Cal then put in its backup players to finish the game, managing to prevent the Huskies from scoring in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington\nBest's record-setting 311-yard rushing game was the fourth best performance in the FBS for the 2008 season and the fifth 300-yard rushing game in Pac-10 history. He finished the regular season with 1,394 yards rushing as the Pac-10 rushing leader, surpassing Oregon State's Jacquizz Rodgers who did not play the previous week in the Civil War against Oregon on November 29 due to injury. Longshore' 50th touchdown pass moved him up to fourth overall in touchdown passes for the Golden Bears. The Bears ended the regular season with 23 interceptions, the most since 1953.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington\nThe Bears' victory made their record at home perfect at 7\u20130 and made the Huskies the first 0\u201312 team in Pac-10 conference history and the only team in the country to finish the 2008 season without a victory. Washington's last win had been against Cal in Seattle in 2007. The Bears had 549 total net yards as opposed to the Huskies' 200, and outrushed them 431 to 104, with net passing yards closer at 118 to 96, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Emerald Bowl\nThe Bears faced the Miami Hurricanes on December 27 in the Emerald Bowl at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California (just across the bay from Berkeley), marking the first appearance by either team in this bowl series. Longshore got the start over Riley for his final collegiate game. On the opposite side, Miami started freshman backup quarterback Jacory Harris after starter Robert Marve was suspended for academic reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Emerald Bowl\nThe Bears jumped out to an early 14\u20130 lead on two touchdown runs by Jahvid Best in the first quarter. However, the Hurricanes were able to score successive touchdowns on passes from Harris in the second and third quarters, while the Miami defense shut out the Cal offense in the second quarter and limited Cal's scoring in the third to a field goal. With the score tied at 17 apiece, late in the fourth quarter linebacker Zack Follett was able to force a fumble on Harris, which the Bears recovered. Longshore was able to connect with freshman tight end Anthony Miller for his 51st career touchdown pass and the go ahead score. Best earned Offensive MVP honors, while Follett was named the Defensive MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Aftermath\nCameron Morrah decided to forgo his senior season and declared for the NFL draft. He was invited to the NFL Combine alongside Rulon Davis, Anthony Felder, Zack Follett, Alex Mack, and Worrell Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Aftermath\nFollowing the departure of offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti for Pittsburgh, he was replaced by Andy Ludwig, who helped guide the Utah Utes to a perfect 13\u20130 season as offensive coordinator. Ludwig had previously worked alongside Cal head coach Jeff Tedford at Oregon and Fresno State, becoming the fifth offensive coordinator at Cal in five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Players, Depth chart\nThese were the primary starters and backups through the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195990-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 California Golden Bears football team, Players, Depth chart\nMitchell Schwartz started all 13 games and was named a second-team Freshman All-American by College Football News, received the Bob Tessier Award as Cal's Most Improved Offensive Lineman, and received honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195991-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 10\nCalifornia Proposition 10, also known as the California Alternative Fuels Initiative, was an unsuccessful initiated state statute that appeared on the November 2008 ballot in California. Proposition 10 was   a corporation owned by T. Boone Pickens. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is the nation's leading operator of natural gas vehicle fueling stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195991-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 10\nProposition 10 was one of two ballot initiatives focusing on alternative fuels that appeared on the November 4, 2008 ballot in California. Both propositions were rejected by voters that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195991-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 10, Provisions of the initiative\nThe initiative authorizes $5 billion in bonds paid from state\u2019s General Fund, allocated approximately as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195991-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 10, Provisions of the initiative, Estimate of fiscal impact\nAccording to the government's fiscal analysis office, the initiative would entail:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195991-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 10, Supporters, Funding and Boone Pickens\nReports filed through December 31, 2008 listed four major donors to the initiative:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195991-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 10, Supporters, Funding and Boone Pickens\nOn August 11, it was disclosed that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is an investor in CEFC.,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195991-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 10, Supporters, Funding and Boone Pickens\nTodd Campbell, Clean Energy's public policy director, in response to criticisms about CLNE sponsoring Prop. 10 because of potential benefits to the company told an 'Associated Press reporter, \"I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a given that Clean Energy is going to cash in. I wish it were that simple.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195991-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 10, Supporters, Arguments in favor of Prop. 10\nThe main arguments offered in favor of Prop. 10 are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195991-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 10, Supporters, Path to the ballot\nProp. 10 was qualified for the ballot through a petition drive conducted by Progressive Campaigns, Inc., at a cost of $2,418,178 and Forde and Mollrich, which was paid $660,084 for signatures. The total signature cost was $3,078,263.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195991-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 10, Newspaper endorsements, Opposed to Prop. 10\nThe Los Angeles Times editorialized against Prop. 10 on September 19, saying, \"Spending bond money on something as intangible as privately owned vehicles is a terrible idea\"  The Santa Monica Mirror said, \"Self-serving Prop. 10 sounds good, should lose\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195991-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 10, Newspaper endorsements, Opposed to Prop. 10\nThe San Francisco Chronicle is  opposed, writing, \"The chief backer and bill payer for the measure is T. Boone Pickens, the folksy Texas oilman and apostle for energy independence who founded a firm that just happens to supply natural gas for cars and trucks\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11\nProposition 11 of 2008 (or the Voters FIRST Act) was a law enacted by California voters that placed the power to draw electoral boundaries for State Assembly and State Senate districts in a Citizens Redistricting Commission, as opposed to the State Legislature. To do this the Act amended both the Constitution of California and the Government Code. The law was proposed by means of the initiative process and was put to voters as part of the November 4, 2008 state elections. In 2010, voters passed Proposition 20 which extended the Citizen Redistricting Commission's power to draw electoral boundaries to include U.S. House seats as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Provisions\nThe Act amended Article XXI of the state constitution and enacted Title 2, Division 1, Chapter 3.2 of the Government Code. These changes transfer authority for establishing Assembly, Senate, and Board of Equalization district boundaries from elected representatives to a fourteen-member commission. The commission is chosen as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Provisions\nThe commission must include five commissioners of the largest political party in California (in practice the Democrats), five commissioners from the second largest party (currently the Republicans), and four of neither party. For approval, new district boundaries need votes from three commissioners of the largest party, three from the second largest, and three of the commissioners from neither party. The commission may hire lawyers and consultants to assist it in its work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Provisions\nThe state legislature retains responsibility for drawing district boundaries for California's Congressional Districts, but the Act adds additional criteria that the legislature must follow in drawing those boundaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Supporters\nCalifornia Common Cause was the advocacy group sponsoring the initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Supporters, Arguments in favor of Prop. 11\nNotable arguments that have been made in favor of Prop. 11 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Supporters, Donors supporting Prop 11\nAs of September 24, three campaign committees supporting Prop. 11 have filed officially with the Secretary of State's office. Some donors have contributed to more than one of these committees. The largest donors altogether are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Supporters, City of Pasadena endorses\nOn Monday, March 10, 2008 the Pasadena City Council became the first California city to endorse the proposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Supporters, Path to the ballot\nKimball Petition Management was paid $2,332,988 from two separate campaign committees to collect signatures to put this measure on the ballot. Signatures to qualify the measure for the California 2008 ballot measures|November 2008 ballot were submitted to election officials on May 6, 2008. On June 17, the California Secretary of State announced that a check of the signatures had established that the measure qualifies for the ballot.,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Supporters, Supporters file campaign financing complaint\nIn late August, supporters of Prop. 11 filed a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission because the California Correctional Peace Officers Association\u2014a group that opposes Prop. 11\u2014gave contributions totaling $577,000 to the Leadership California committee, which is a campaign committee associated with state senate leader Don Perata. The Prop. 11 group said that it was wrong for the police officers union to give the money to the Perata committee rather than directly to the No on 11, and also alleged that the police union was trying to curry favor with Perata. Days later, the FPPC took the rare step of rejecting the complaint without conducting an investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Opposition\nThe official committee set up to oppose Proposition 11 was called \"Citizens for Accountability; No on Proposition 11\". Paul Hefner is the spokesman for the \"No on 11\" effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Opposition, Arguments against Prop. 11\nArguments that have been claimed in opposition to Prop. 11 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Opposition, Democrat against Democrat\nKathay Feng, the main author of the initiative, and director of California Common Cause, said in late June that since the measure qualified for the ballot and the California Democratic Party had announced its opposition, there had been an attempt to bring everybody into line and to encourage those in support of the measure to oppose it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Opposition, Donations to opposition campaign\nAs of September 24, the opposition committee, \"Citizens for Accountability; No on 11\", had raised $350,000:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195992-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 11, Polling information\nA poll released on July 22, 2008 by Field Poll showed Proposition 11 with 42% support and 30% opposition. A late August poll released by the Public Policy Institute of California showed Prop. 11 with 39% of voters in support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195993-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 12\nProposition 12 appeared on the November 4, 2008 ballot in California. It is also known as the Veterans' Bond Act of 2008. The measure was legislatively referred to the ballot in Senate Bill 1572. The primary sponsor of SB 1572 was Senator Mark Wyland, R-Carlsbad. The vote to place the measure on the ballot was passed unanimously in both the California state senate (39-0) and assembly (75-0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195993-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 12\nThe ballot proposition passed in November and it authorizes issuance of $900 million in bonds to create a fund to assist veterans who are purchasing farms, homes and mobile home properties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195993-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 12, Fiscal impact\nThe non-partisan California Legislative Analyst's Office estimated the proposition will result in \"costs of about $1.8 billion to pay off both the principal ($900 million) and interest ($856 million) on the bonds; costs paid by participating veterans. Average payment for principal and interest of about $59 million per year for 30 years.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195993-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 12, History of veterans' bonds in California\nCalifornia began the veterans' home loan programs in 1922. California voters have subsequently been asked 27 times to fund the program and have voted \"yes\" all 26 times, for a total of $8.4 billion in the past. The 2008 effort was the 27th time voters were asked to support the program. Prop. 12's request for $900 million is the largest request for a Cal-Vet bond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195994-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 1A\nProposition 1A (or the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century) is a law that was approved by California voters in the November 2008 state elections. It was a ballot proposition and bond measure that allocated funds for the California High-Speed Rail Authority. It now forms Chapter 20 of the California Streets and Highways Code.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195994-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 1A, Background\nThe proposition was put before voters by the state legislature. It was originally to appear on the 2004 state election ballot, but was delayed to the 2006 state election because of budgetary concerns raised by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In January 2006, the Governor omitted the initial funds for the project from his $222.6 billion Public Works Bond for the next 10 years. The Governor did include $14.3 million in the 2006-07 budget for the California High-Speed Rail Authority, enough for it to begin some preliminary engineering and detailed study. The proposition was delayed again from 2006 to 2008 to avoid competition with a large infrastructure bond, Proposition 1B, which passed in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195994-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 1A, Background\nThe original proposition would have appeared in the 2008 general election as Proposition 1, but the state legislature enacted Assembly Bill 3034, which replaced that measure with an updated proposal called Proposition 1A. The updated measure included an additional funding requirement and oversight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195994-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 1A, Provisions\nThe law allocates $9.95 billion to the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Of that sum, $9 billion will be used to construct the core segments of the rail line from San Francisco to the Los Angeles area and the rest will be spent on improvements to local railroad systems that will connect locations away from the high-speed rail mainline to the high-speed system. The project also requires federal matching funds, since the $9.95 billion bond covers only part of the estimated cost of the initial core segment. The money will be raised through general obligation bonds that are paid off over a period of 30 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195994-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 1A, Supporters\nThe following people were listed in the official voter information guide  as supporters:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195994-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 1A, Opponents\nThe following people were listed in the official voter information guide  as opponents:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2\nProposition 2 was a California ballot proposition in that state's general election on November 4, 2008. It passed with 63% of the votes in favor and 37% against. Submitted to the Secretary of State as the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, the initiative's name (as with others such as Proposition 8) was amended to officially be known as the Standards for Confining Farm Animals initiative. The official title of the statute enacted by the proposition is the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2\nThe proposition adds a chapter to Division 20 of the California Health and Safety Code , to prohibit the confinement of certain farm animals in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand up, and fully extend their limbs. The measure deals with three types of confinement: veal crates, battery cages, and sow gestation crates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2\nHaving been passed by the voters on November 4, 2008, the key portion of the statute became operative on January 1, 2015. Farming operations had until that date to implement the new space requirements for their animals, and the statute now prohibits animals in California from being confined in a proscribed manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2\nFew veal and pig factory farm operations exist in California, so Proposition 2 mostly affects farmers who raise California's 15 million egg-laying hens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2\nThe California Secretary of State's summary from the Official Voter Information Guide of Proposition 2 is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2\nSummary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Similar legislation attempted in California and other states\nThe Humane Society and other animal protection advocates have been working with the California legislature over the last twenty years to achieve the passage of laws to prohibit cruel treatment of farm animals. They say that the bills for animal protection that they supported have been repeatedly killed in committees where agribusiness has great power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nAnimals under stress, including the stress of intensive confinement, have compromised immune systems, and thus higher levels of pathogens such as Salmonella in their intestines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, \"Stringent procedures for cleaning and inspecting eggs were implemented in the 1970s and have made salmonellosis caused by external fecal contamination of egg shells extremely rare. However, unlike eggborne salmonellosis of past decades, the current epidemic is due to intact and disinfected grade A eggs. The reason for this is that Salmonella enteritidis silently infects the ovaries of healthy appearing hens and contaminates the eggs before the shells are formed.\" Supporters of Proposition 2 claim that giving egg-hens more space can prevent this type of outbreak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nContrarily, previous research suggests that eggs from modern housing systems have superior structural integrity in their shells, allowing for greater resistance to penetration by the Salmonella Enteritidis pathogen and decreasing the risk of egg contamination. On the other hand, the infection of free-range hens in the California study was caused via the \"fecal-oral route through contamination of the feed through feces\" from rodents that had easy access to these hens. In addition to being more vulnerable to exposure from rodents, free-range hens did not have the same level of manure management as those hens kept in modern housing systems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nThis is because the hens housed indoors had a manure belt that ran under their enclosures and transported the feces to collection receptacles, common to modern housing systems in California. On the other hand, according to a report by the Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation, the total number of bacteria on free-range eggs is 15 times greater than that found on eggs from modern housing systems. The Rural Industries report also postulates that the very construction of the indoor housing systems precludes the possibility of poultry and rodents existing closely, thereby potentially decreasing the possibility of cross-infection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nSupporters of Proposition 2 say that increased density of birds in battery cages leads to increased incidence of Salmonella in eggs. They also say that housing battery cages are very difficult to keep clean and are often infested by large numbers of flies and rats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nHowever, opponents of Prop 2 say that modern housing effectively separates \"feces and other fluids\" from eggs, and that Prop 2 would \"effectively ban modern housing\". The opponents go on to say that \"there has not been a reported case of salmonella linked to California eggs in nearly a decade\" - but noting that people get salmonella from eggs that are produced outside of California every year . Their claim about salmonella cases linked to California eggs is supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nAn article entitled \"The pros and cons of cages\" published in the World's Poultry Science Journal in 2001 concludes that cages result in increased hygiene and lower incidence of disease related to feces, but can result in higher rates of metabolic disorders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nA recent undercover investigation of Norco Ranch (a Southern California egg ranch) was completed in August and September 2008. That investigation discovered badly decomposed chicken carcasses in the same cages with hens which were still laying eggs for human consumption. The organization that performed the undercover investigation, Mercy for Animals, released the  to the public whereupon the video and the investigation received wide coverage in the news media. Proponents of Prop 2 imply that  was a major factor in these bird's deaths. However, Prop 2 opponents assert that Norco Ranch was in violation of many California laws already in place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nA 2004 study of California egg farms in the journal Avian Diseases finds comparatively low Salmonella prevalence in indoor housing systems, commonly used in California, as compared to cage-free and free-range housing systems. The researchers state that this low Salmonella prevalence in California egg farms reflects the \"distinct geographic, climatic, production and management characteristics\"  of the state's egg farms. 98 percent of egg farms adhere to the California Egg Quality Assurance Plan, which is a pathogen reduction program for Salmonella in California. The study states, \"The highest prevalence [was] in the free-range birds kept on the dirt floors.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nThe California study notes that \"feral cats, rodents, skunks, opossums, wild birds, and other wildlife\" were seen near the free-range hens\u2019 feeding areas, and that rodents \"were considered to be the biological vectors and amplifiers\" of salmonella on the egg farm in the study. A 2003 study from the Journal of Applied Microbiology and a study published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology support the conclusion that wild animals are a significant and dangerous vector for salmonella.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nSupporters of Prop 2 note that furnished cages for egg-laying hens have already been developed in Europe, which allow birds to move freely and display natural behaviors. The waste material in these systems is far less concentrated than with battery cages, and the animals are healthier and calmer with a stronger natural immunity to disease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Health and food safety\nOpponents of Prop 2 note that a process called \"traceback\" is conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and helps to maintain a safe food supply. The FDA's guidance to its staff for conducting tracebacks has sections entitled \"Farm Investigations\" and \"Egg Processor/Packer Investigations,\" which contain detailed protocols explaining who goes on the farm, how the investigation is carried out, biosecurity procedures and other important steps to ensure that should an outbreak from eggs occur, the traceback would successfully reveal the original source. These opponents to Prop 2 say that California already has adequate and exemplary disease control techniques.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Economic effects\nIn July 2008 the University of California, Davis conducted a study through their University of California Agricultural Issues Center (AIC). The study concluded that \"the best evidence from a variety of sources suggests that (non-organic) non-cage systems incur costs of production that are at least 20 percent higher than the common cage housing systems\". This is due to higher feed costs, higher hen laying mortality, higher direct housing costs, and higher labor costs. The study also estimated that almost the entire California egg industry would relocate to other states during the 5-year adjustment period. The study does not analyze implications for animal welfare. By demonstrating that most egg producers would leave the state, the report estimates that the initiative would not affect how eggs are produced, only where eggs are produced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 894]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Economic effects\nA study done by Don Bell of the University of California, Riverside estimated that eliminating battery cages for egg-laying hens will result in increased production costs of less than one cent per egg, and a recent economic study co-authored by former California finance director Tim Gage predicted, \"Under Prop 2, consumers purchasing conventional eggs will likely see no change in price; consumers preferring California grown eggs could see around a penny per egg increase in cost; while those preferring cage-free eggs will see a drop in cost with a new California provider.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Economic effects\nAccording to a May 2008 study by Promar International and commissioned by opponents to Prop. 2, 95% of the California $648 million egg industry and accompanying economic output would be lost by 2015, including equally significant loss of the three and half thousand jobs the egg industry employs. The study also stated that egg production costs would increase by 76%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Animal welfare\nOpponents of Proposition 2 claim that California's current regulations ensure sanitary and healthy conditions for egg-laying hens in the care of law-abiding organizations. Proponents of Prop 2 say the best housing environments for farm animals must take into consideration freedom of movement and expression of normal behaviors. The American Veterinary Medical Association supports greater attention to the behavioral needs of farm animals, but has expressed concern that Proposition 2 is not sufficiently comprehensive to ensure that increases in behavioral freedom don't translate into increased risks of injury and disease (i.e., a typical welfare tradeoff). Furthermore, although Proposition 2 offers hens additional space, it doesn't address other behavioral needs such as nesting, foraging, and dust bathing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 860]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Animal welfare\nA Canadian study completed in 2008 concluded that conventional battery cages could easily be converted into furnished colony cage systems, and asserted that perches increased hen welfare. It went on to say that hens in battery cages did not have significantly higher levels of stress measured by the hormones in blood and fecal matter. The study qualified that finding by stating: \"It is possible, however, that these [stress] measures may not be sensitive enough to detect the differences in housing conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Animal welfare\nIt is also possible that the space allocated to each bird in the conventional cages [i.e., the battery cages] in this study may have affected the results as [the battery cage] birds received nearly double the floor space of a commercial bird.\" The study also concluded that hens in the enriched cages lost feathers because of \"wear on furnishings rather than feather pecking.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Animal welfare\nEgg farmers assert that the egg production methods that the industry has developed are meant to ensure that fundamental components of sound animal care are provided to egg-laying hens: optimal feed, light, air, water, space and sanitation for egg-laying hens. Animal welfare advocates assert that, in order to maximize profits, hens in factory farms are treated like units of production rather than as living beings. The instinctual needs of each hen are denied, and most spend their entire lives indoors in filthy, cramped conditions in immense dark warehouses. Most hens never feel the sun, never walk on grass, and many are never able to turn around without hitting cage bars or another hen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Animal welfare\nApproximately 95% of California's egg farmers are part of the UEP certification program, in which, farmers assert, they must place top priority on health, safety, and comfort of their hens and submit to independent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) audits. Animal welfare advocates, however, assert that UEP certification deceives shoppers by conveying a false message of humane animal care. They say that UEP certification permits routine cruel and inhumane factory farm practices such as intensive confinement in restrictive, barren cages such that the hens cannot perform many of their natural behaviors such as perching, nesting, foraging or even fully stretching their wings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Assertions by proponents\nProp 2's supporters say it is a modest measure that ends the cruel and inhumane confinement of specified animals on factory farms, requiring their living spaces to be big enough for them to turn around, lie down, and fully extend their legs and/or wings. The initiative does not require that they be kept outside of cages or live outdoors. Supporters of proposition 2 say that smaller, local, family farms will have an increased competitive edge over larger factory farms. They say that the agribusiness industry maximizes their own profits by compromising on animal welfare and human health.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Assertions by opponents\nProp 2's opponents say that \"Proposition 2 is a risky, dangerous and costly measure banning almost all modern egg production in California.\" They further claim that Proposition 2 jeopardizes food safety and public health, wipes out Californians\u2019 access to locally grown, fresh eggs, and harms consumers by driving up prices at grocery stores and restaurants and creates a dependency on eggs shipped from other states and Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Opponents of Prop 2\nCalifornians for SAFE Food is a coalition of companies and associations. Key endorsements as of October 16, 2008 are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Opponents of Prop 2\nFood Safety & Public Health Experts & Veterinarians (titles and affiliations are used for identification purposes only): Alex Ardans, DVM, Former Director University of California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory System , Art Bickford, DVM, Former Associate Director, Turlock, University of California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory System, Patricia Blanchard, DVM, Branch Chief, Tulare, University of California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory System, Bruce R. Charlton, DVM, PhD, Branch Chief, Turlock, University of California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory System, Roy Curtiss III, PhD, Director, Center for Infectious Diseases & Vaccinology, Arizona State University, and Craig Reed, DVM, Former Deputy Administrator, Food Safety & Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture among many other experts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 902]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Opponents of Prop 2\nLabor Unions: California Conference Board of the Amalgamated Transit Union, California Teamsters Public Affairs Council, General Teamsters Local Union 386, UNITE HERE, and United Food and Commercial Workers Western States Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Opponents of Prop 2\nNewspapers: San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, The Sacramento Bee, The Bakersfield Californian, Orange County Register, The Fresno Bee, The Modesto Bee, Antelope Valley Press, The Press Democrat, Napa Valley Register, Chico Enterprise-Record, Eureka Reporter, Visalia Times-Delta, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Colusa County Sun-Herald, Hollister Free Lance, Redding Record Searchlight, and The Milpitas Post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Opponents of Prop 2\nVeterinary & Avian/Poultry Organizations:  American Veterinary Medical Association, American Association of Avian Pathologists, American College of Poultry Veterinarians, Association of California Veterinarians, Association of Veterinarians in Egg Production, Association of Veterinarians in Turkey Production, California chapter of American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists, California Food Animal Veterinary Medical Association, California Poultry Federation, Pacific Egg and Poultry Association, and Poultry Science Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Opponents of Prop 2\nLatino Organizations: California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, Latino Voters League, Mexican American Political Association, and National Latino Congreso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Opponents of Prop 2\nAfrican American Organizations & Opinion Leaders: Pastor Amos Brown, Third Baptist Church, The Black American Political Association of California, The California Black Chamber of Commerce, California State Conference of the NAACP, Greater Sacramento Urban League, Los Angeles African American Women's Political Action Committee, Minority Health Institute, Inc., Oakland NAACP Branch, Sacramento NAACP Branch, Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles, Stockton NAACP Branch, Western Regional Council on Educating Black Children, and Youth and College Division of the NAACP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Opponents of Prop 2\nAnother opponent is animal rights philosopher and law professor, Gary Francione.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Legal actions against Prop 2 opponents\nThe American Egg Board (an egg industry funded promotional group) has been barred by a U.S. District Court Judge from using $3 million allocated to it by the USDA until after the 2008 November election. This ruling came after a lawsuit by supporters of Prop 2 claiming the USDA improperly set aside the $3 million in federal funds into the Egg Board's coffers to oppose Prop 2. The lawsuit asserted that the Egg Board's planned use of the money would be an illegal political use of public funds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Legal actions against Prop 2 opponents\nUnited Egg Producers, the U.S. egg industry's national trade association leading the fight against Prop 2, is currently under a criminal investigation by the United States Justice Department for price-fixing and intentionally driving up the cost of eggs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Campaign donations\nA total of $10.6 million was donated to the Yes on 2 campaign, and a total of $8.9 million was donated to the No on 2 campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Field Poll results\nAccording to a Field Poll released on July 22, 2008, after hearing a description of Prop 2, 63% of likely California voters polled said they would vote \"yes\", 24% said \"no\", and 13% were undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Field Poll results\nProp 2 opponents disparaged that poll by noting that few respondents (16 per cent) had been aware of the issue. They also claimed that polling was skewed by the measure's original title, The California Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, which was later changed by the attorney general's office to Standards for Confining Farm Animals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Field Poll results\nHowever, results of a more recent poll were quite similar to the first. A 9/25/2008 SurveyUSA poll of likely California voters who have either decided or are leaning towards voting a certain way on Prop 2 gave the following results: \"72% Yes, 10% No, 17% still not certain. Support for the proposition is strong among all demographic groups and in all regions of the state.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Field Poll results\nA Field Poll released on 10/31/2008 showed that there had been \"very little change in voters' initial support for Prop 2\". The poll found that 60% of likely California voters polled said they would vote \"yes\", 27% said \"no\", and 13% were undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Election results\nMore Californians voted for Prop 2 (more than 8 million) than for any other initiative in state history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Accessory bill, AB 1437, covering out-of-state eggs\nProposition 2, itself, does not prohibit out-of-state eggs produced in extreme-confinement conditions from being sold in California. After Proposition 2 passed, California egg farmers were concerned that they would be at a disadvantage when competing against out-of-state egg producers who could underprice them by continuing to practice inhumane treatment of hens. The California egg farmers and animal advocates made common cause to get the legislature to pass a bill to require out-of-state eggs to meet the same requirements that Proposition 2 implemented for in-state eggs. Accordingly, then-Assemblyman Jared Huffman authored AB 1437  The bill passed the legislature and was signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger on July 6, 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Accessory bill, AB 1437, covering out-of-state eggs\nProposition 2 and AB 1437 both took effect on the same day: January 1, 2015. Thus, the combination of the two laws prohibits eggs produced in extreme-confinement conditions from being sold in California, no matter where they were produced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Litigation against Prop 2 or AB 1437\nIn 2012, William Cramer, an egg farmer in Riverside, California, filed a lawsuit alleging that Prop 2 is unconstitutionally vague under the Fourteenth Amendment\u2019s due-process clause because it lacks details about the exact cage size required to avoid criminal prosecution. Cramer's suit was dismissed by U.S. District Judge John F. Walter of the Central District of California. Cramer appealed his case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On February 4, 2015, the Ninth Circuit upheld Prop 2 against Cramer's suit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Litigation against Prop 2 or AB 1437\nIn 2014, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit alleging the law is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause of the US constitution. The states of Nebraska, Alabama, Iowa, Kentucky, and Oklahoma joined the case. On October 2, 2014, U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of the Eastern District of California found that the states lacked standing to pursue their claims on behalf of egg farmers. This case is on appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195995-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 2, Implementation\nOn May 6, 2013, the California Department of Food and Agriculture issued regulations stipulating the minimum number of square inches of floorspace per laying hen that shall be deemed to constitute compliance with Prop 2 and AB 1437. The regulations say, in part:  \"An enclosure containing nine (9) or more egg-laying hens shall provide a minimum of 116 square inches of floor space per bird.\" Enclosures containing fewer hens must provide a larger number of square inches per hen. The complete specifications are in a table in this document:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195996-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 3\nProposition 3 (or the Children's Hospital Bond Act of 2008) is a law that was enacted by California voters by means of the initiative process. It is a bond issue that authorizes $980 million in bonds, to be repaid from state\u2019s General Fund, to fund the construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of children\u2019s hospitals. The annual payment on the debt authorized by the initiative is approximately $64 million a year. Altogether, the measure would cost about $1.9 billion over 30 years out of California's general fund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195996-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 3\nThe initiative was presented to the Attorney-General's office in July 2007 and the measure was put to a vote as part of the 4 November 2008 state elections. It now forms Part 6.1 of the Health and Safety Code.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195996-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 3\nA smaller, but similar, bond measure for hospitals, Proposition 61, was approved by voters in 2004, totalling $750 million. As of June 1, 2008, about $403 million (just over half the total sum) had been spent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195996-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 3, Campaign, Estimate of fiscal impact\nThe Legislative Analyst estimated that the proposed law would cost about $2 billion over thirty years to pay off both the principal ($980 million) and the interest ($933 million) costs of the bonds. Payments of about $64 million per year would be required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195996-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 3, Campaign, Supporters\nThe official committee supporting the initiative was called the California Children's Hospital Association Initiative Fund. The campaign to enact the measure was largely supported by hospitals\u2014all donors to the campaign of over $5,000 were such institutions. It was argued that passing the initiative would help provide the hospitals with enough money for greater bed capacity and to purchase important equipment as well as the most modern technologies. The Los Angeles Times editorialized in favor. Arno Political Consultants was paid about $1,028,000 to conduct the petition drive that qualified the measure for the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195996-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 3, Campaign, Opponents\nThe National Tax Limitation Committee, chaired by Lew Uhler, was the official committee opposed to the measure. The Appeal-Democrat and the Pasadena Star News editorialized against the measure. Against the measure it was argued that", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195996-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 3, Campaign, Polling\nA Field Poll taken in mid-September found that only 18% of 830 likely voters surveyed across the state had heard of Proposition 3 prior to being told of it by the survey interviewer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4\nProposition 4, or the Abortion Waiting Period and Parental Notification Initiative, also known to its supporters as Sarah's Law, was an initiative state constitutional amendment on the 2008 California General Election ballot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4\nThe initiative would prohibit abortion for un-emancipated minors until 48 hours after physician notifies minor's parent, legal guardian or, if parental abuse has been reported, an alternative adult family member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4\nProposition 4 was rejected by voters on November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Specific provisions\nThe proposed initiative, if enacted as a constitutional amendment, would:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Supporters, Arguments in favor of Prop. 4\nNotable arguments that have been made in favor of Prop. 4 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Supporters, Donors\nAs of September 27, 2008, the six largest donors to Prop. 4 are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Path to ballot and prior attempts at passage\nThe signature-gathering drive to qualify the 2008 Parental Notification petition for the ballot was conducted by petition management firm Bader & Associates, Inc. at a cost of $2,555,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Path to ballot and prior attempts at passage\nProposition 4 represents the third time that California voters will have considered the issue of a parental notification/waiting period for abortion. The two previous, unsuccessful, initiatives were California Proposition 85 (2006) and California Proposition 73 (2005).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Path to ballot and prior attempts at passage\nWhen Prop 73 lost in 2005, some supporters thought that a similar measure would fare better in a general election. However, Prop 85 did worse. Unlike 85 or 73, Proposition 4 allows an adult relative of the minor seeking an abortion to be notified, if the minor's parents are abusive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Path to ballot and prior attempts at passage\nCamille Giulio, a spokeswoman for the pro-4 campaign said that the November 2008 election represents a better opportunity for parental notification legislation because:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Opposition to Prop. 4\nThe Campaign for Teen Safety is the official ballot committee against the proposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Opposition to Prop. 4, Arguments against Prop. 4\nNotable arguments that have been made against Prop. 4 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Opposition to Prop. 4, Consultants\nThe No on 4 campaign has hired the Dewey Square Group as a consultant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Opposition to Prop. 4, Donors to opposition\nAs of September 27, some of the top donors to the opposition campaign were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Lawsuit filed over Prop. 4 language\nPlanned Parenthood Affiliates of California and others filed a lawsuit with the Sacramento County Superior Court in early August to strike out all references to \"Sarah\" and \"Sarah's Law\" and \"other misleading language in the voter's guide\" for Proposition 4. The title \"Sarah's Law\" refers to the case of 15-year-old \"Sarah\" who died as a result of an abortion in 1994. Proposition 4's ballot language in the official voter's guide suggests that \"Sarah\" might have been saved had her parents known about her abortion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Lawsuit filed over Prop. 4 language\nOpponents of Proposition 4 argue that \"Sarah\" was not considered a minor in Texas, where the abortion was performed, and that she already had a child with a man who claimed to be her common-law husband. If this is the case, the proposed law, Proposition 4, would not have helped her, since it wouldn't have applied to her. Based on this reasoning, opponents asked that the references to Sarah be stricken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Lawsuit filed over Prop. 4 language\nJudge Michael Kenny of the Sacramento Superior Court ultimately ruled against the opponents, allowing the original proposed ballot language and arguments, including references to Sarah, to stay in the official California voter's pamphlet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Polling information\nThe Field Poll has conducted and released the results of four public opinion polls on Proposition 4, in July, August, September, and October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195997-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 4, Polling information\nMark DiCamillo, director of the polling agency, said he believes the current version is running stronger because Latinos overwhelmingly favor it and are expected to vote in higher-than-usual numbers in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195998-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 5\nCalifornia Proposition 5, or the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act (or NORA) was an initiated state statute that appeared as a ballot measure on the November 2008 ballot in California. It was disapproved by voters on November 4 of that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195998-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 5, Provisions of the initiative, Fiscal impact analysis\nAccording to the state of California, the initiative, if it passes, would lead to:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195998-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 5, Supporters, Argument in favor of Prop 5\nNotable arguments that have been made in favor of Prop 5 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195998-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 5, Supporters, Donors to the Prop 5 campaign\nAs of September 6, 2008, the five largest donors to the \"Yes on 5\" campaign are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195998-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 5, Supporters, Path to ballot\nThe petition drive conducted to qualify the measure for the fall ballot was conducted by Progressive Campaigns, Inc. at a cost of about $1.762 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195998-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 5, Opposition\nPeople Against the Proposition 5 Deception is the official committee against the proposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195998-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 5, Opposition, Arguments against Prop 5\nNotable arguments that have been made against Prop 5 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195998-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 5, Opposition, Donors to no on 5 Campaign\nAs of October 16, 2008, the ten largest donors for 'No on 5' are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195998-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 5, Opposition, Lawsuit to remove from ballot\nOpponents of Proposition 5, including thirty-two district attorneys and former California governors Pete Wilson and Gray Davis, petitioned the California Supreme Court to issue a preemptory writ of mandate to remove Proposition 5 from the November ballot. The lawsuit alleges that Proposition 5 attempts to alter the constitution via statute, which is unconstitutional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195998-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 5, Opposition, Lawsuit to remove from ballot\nThe California Supreme Court declined to issue the preemptory writ. Generally, initiatives' constitutionality are not reviewed until after a vote has passed and the initiative becomes law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6\nCalifornia Proposition 6, also known as the Safe Neighborhoods Act and The Runner Initiative, is a statutory initiative that appeared on the November 2008 ballot in California. This proposition was rejected by voters on November 4 of that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6\nProposition 6 would have placed additional penalties on gang related and drug crime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6, Provisions of Prop 6, Estimated fiscal impact\nThe California Legislative Analyst's Office has arrived at the following summary of Prop. 6's estimated costs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6, Provisions of Prop 6, Estimated fiscal impact\nFunds to pay for these costs, should Prop. 6 pass, will come from 0.3% of California's general fund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6, Provisions of Prop 6, Estimated fiscal impact\nIn the current California state budget, $600 million (0.6%) is set aside to assist with local law enforcement. If the initiative passes, an additional $350 million (0.3%) will be required to enforce some of its provisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6, Supporters of Prop. 6\nThe name of the official campaign committee supporting Proposition 6 is the Committee to Take Back Our Neighborhoods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6, Supporters of Prop. 6, Path to the ballot\nThe petition drive to place the measure on the ballot was conducted by National Petition Management, at a cost of $1.022 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6, Supporters of Prop. 6, Path to the ballot\nSupporters turned in over 750,000 signatures on April 25 to qualify the measure for the November 2008 ballot, and the measure was subsequently approved for the ballot.,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6, Supporters of Prop. 6, Donors who support Prop. 6\nAs of July 14, 2008, eight of the largest donors to Prop. 6 included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6, Supporters of Prop. 6, Donors who support Prop. 6\nNicholas, who was arraigned on June 16, 2008 and pleaded not guilty  on charges that included drug use, security fraud and conspiracy and has withdrawn from active support of the initiative, though the campaign has stated they will not return his $1,000,000 contribution. Ironically he is also charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, meaning he himself would receive the tougher penalties of this initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6, Opposition to Prop. 6\nThe official committee opposing Proposition 6 is known as No on Propositions 6 & 9, Communities for Safe Neighborhoods and Fiscal Responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6, Opposition to Prop. 6, Donors who oppose Prop. 6\nThe name of the official campaign committee opposing Prop. 6 is No on Propositions 6 & 9, Communities for Safe Neighborhoods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00195999-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 6, Opposition to Prop. 6, Donors who oppose Prop. 6\nAs of September 5, 2008, the five largest donors against Prop. 6 consisted of the Ella Baker Center and four labor unions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7\nCalifornia Proposition 7, would have required California utilities to procure half of their power from renewable resources by 2025. In order to make that goal, levels of production of solar, wind and other renewable energy resources would more than quadruple from their current output of 10.9%. It would also require California utilities to increase their purchase of electricity generated from renewable resources by 2% annually to meet Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requirements of 40% in 2020 and 50% in 2025. Current law AB32 requires an RPS of 20% by 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7\nThe 42 page measure, 7 pages of which is new law, is an initiated state statute that had qualified for the November 2008 ballot in California, and was disapproved by voters on November 4 of that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Provisions in the initiative, Estimated fiscal impact\nThe California Legislative Analyst's Office, the nonpartisan state agency charged with providing a neutral estimate about the fiscal impact on the state of ballot initiatives and state legislative bills, has arrived at the following summary of Prop. 7's estimated costs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Supporters\nThe official committee supporting Prop 7 is called Californians for Solar and Clean Energy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Supporters\nFor the full list of supporters, see: List of Proposition 7 supporters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Supporters, Donors who support Prop. 7\nThe primary financial backer of the initiative is Peter Sperling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Supporters, Donors who support Prop. 7\nAs of September 18, two donors have contributed $5,000 or more to support Prop. 7 . They are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Supporters, Campaign consultants\nJim Gonzalez, founding partner of the political consulting firm Jim Gonzalez & Associates in Sacramento, is the initiative's chief spokesperson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Opponents\nThe official committee opposing Prop. 7 is called Californians Against Another Costly Energy Scheme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Opponents, Donors who oppose Prop. 7\nAs of August 2, three donors are listed as having given $5,000 or more to defeat this initiative. They are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Opponents, Campaign consultants\nThe opposition coalition as of July 14, 2008 had paid about $175,000 to the campaign consulting firm of Townsend, Raimundo, Besler & Usher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Polling information\nA poll released on July 22, 2008 by Field Poll showed Proposition 7 with 63% support and 24% opposition. 82% of those surveyed had no initial awareness of Proposition 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Path to the ballot\nThe petition drive to qualify the measure for the ballot was conducted by Progressive Campaigns, Inc. at a cost of $1.367 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Lawsuits over ballot language\nSupporters and opponents of Proposition 7 filed lawsuits in Sacramento Superior Court regarding the wording of ballot arguments that voters will see in the official voter's guide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Lawsuits over ballot language\nThe lawsuit filed by proponents of Proposition 7 claimed that the opposition\u2019s ballot arguments contained false and misleading statements that should have been deleted. Specifically, proponents sued over the opponents' claim that small renewable providers would be shut out of the market. Noting that there is no language in the measure that states that, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny refused to take sides on the issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Lawsuits over ballot language\nThe lawsuit filed by opponents of Proposition 7 wanted the removal of three statements in the voter's guide:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Lawsuits over ballot language\nThe opponent's petition was denied in its entirety, with Judge Kenny stating that the opponents had not sufficiently established that those statements were misleading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Greenwashing\nThe campaign against Proposition 7 has drawn questions about the ties between Pacific Gas & Electric, Sempra, and Southern Cal Edison, and the main environmental groups that have come out against the measure. Articles from the late nineties and 2000-2001 linking the Natural Resources Defense Council to the passage of electricity deregulation, leading to the energy crisis over which Governor Gray Davis was recalled, have resurfaced, leading some to question the veracity of the environmental opposition., .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Greenwashing\nStill more question the independence of groups like the CA League of Conservation Voters (CLVC), the Sierra Club, and Acterra, which have taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from either the utilities funding the No on Prop 7 campaign or other major energy companies, and have overlapping board memberships with the utilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196000-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 7, Greenwashing\nOpponents to Proposition 7 deflect the charge of greenwashing by pointing to the California Green Party's opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8\nProposition 8, known informally as Prop 8,  was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage; it passed in the November 2008 California state elections and was later overturned in court. The proposition was created by opponents of same-sex marriage in advance of the California Supreme Court's May 2008 appeal ruling, In re Marriage Cases, which followed the short-lived 2004 same-sex weddings controversy and found the previous ban on same-sex marriage (Proposition 22, 2000) unconstitutional. Proposition 8 was ultimately ruled unconstitutional by a federal court (on different grounds) in 2010, although the court decision did not go into effect until June 26, 2013, following the conclusion of proponents' appeals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8\nProposition 8 countermanded the 2008 ruling by adding the same provision as in Proposition 22 to the California Constitution, providing that \"only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California\", thereby superseding the 2008 ruling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8\nAs an amendment, it was ruled constitutional by the California Supreme Court in Strauss v. Horton, in 2009, on the grounds that it \"carved out a limited [or 'narrow'] exception to the state equal protection clause\"; in his dissent, Justice Carlos R. Moreno wrote that exceptions to the equal protection clause could not be made by any majority since its whole purpose was to protect minorities against the will of a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8\nLegal challenges to Proposition 8 were presented by opponents quickly after its approval. Following affirmation by the state courts, two same-sex couples filed a lawsuit against the initiative in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger (later Hollingsworth v. Perry). In August 2010, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the amendment was unconstitutional under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, since it purported to re-remove rights from a disfavored class only, with no rational basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8\nThe official proponents' justifications for the measure were analyzed in over fifty pages covering eighty findings of fact. The state government supported the ruling and refused to defend the law. The ruling was stayed pending appeal by the proponents of the initiative. On February 7, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2\u20131 decision, reached the same conclusion as the district court, but on narrower grounds. The court ruled that it was unconstitutional for California to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples, only to take them away shortly after. The ruling was stayed pending appeal to the United States Supreme Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8\nOn June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision on the appeal in the case Hollingsworth v. Perry, ruling that proponents of initiatives such as Proposition 8 did not possess legal standing in their own right to defend the resulting law in federal court, either to the Supreme Court or (previously) to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Therefore, the Supreme Court vacated the decision of the Ninth Circuit, and remanded the case for further proceedings. The decision left the district court's 2010 ruling intact. On June 28, 2013, the Ninth Circuit, on remand, dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction and dissolved their previous stay of the district court's ruling, enabling Governor Jerry Brown to order same-sex marriages to resume.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8\nThe passage of Proposition 8 received widespread media coverage over the amendment's effect on the concurrent 2008 presidential and congressional elections, as well as the pre-election effects Proposition 8 had on California's reputation as a historically LGBT-friendly state and the same-sex marriage debate that had started after same-sex marriage was legalized in Massachusetts through a 2004 court decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8\nAfter the results were certified and same-sex marriages ceased, supporters of the initiative were targeted by opponents with actions ranging from some opponents publicly shaming supporters by disclosing their names and addresses online and boycotting proponents' businesses and employers to others threatening supporters with murder and vandalizing their homes and property. The actions against supporters of Proposition 8 became the focus after the election due to a full page opinion ad paid for by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty appearing in The New York Times. The piece accused the LGBT community of backlash, \"mob veto\", and urged violence against the supporters to cease. The opinion ad was signed by 13 men who represented various Christian and Jewish groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Overview\nIn 2000, the State of California adopted Proposition 22 which, as an ordinary statute, forbade recognition or licensing of same-sex marriages in the state. During February and March 2004, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom directed the licensing of same-sex marriages on the basis of the state's equal protection clause, prompted also by recent events including George W. Bush's proposed constitutional ban, a possible legal case by Campaign for California Families (CCF), and a Supreme Court of Massachusetts ruling deeming same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional and permitting them from May 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Overview\nWhile only lasting a month before being overruled, this was supported by other cities such as San Jose, gained global attention, and led to the case In re Marriage Cases, in which Proposition 22 was found (San Francisco County Superior Court, March 14, 2005) and confirmed upon appeal (California Supreme Court, May 15, 2008) to be unconstitutional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Overview\nProposition 8 was created by opponents of same-sex marriage prior to the final ruling on In re Marriage Cases as a voter ballot initiative, and voted on at the time of the November 2008 elections. Its wording was precisely the same as Proposition 22, which as an ordinary statute, had been invalidated in 2008, but by re-positioning it as a State constitutional amendment rather than a legislative statute, it was able to circumvent the ruling from In re Marriage Cases. The proposition did not affect domestic partnerships in California, nor (following subsequent legal rulings) did it reverse same-sex marriages that had been performed during the interim period May to November 2008 (i.e. after In re Marriage Cases but before Proposition 8).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Overview\nProposition 8 came into immediate effect on November 5, 2008, the day after the elections. Demonstrations and protests occurred across the state and nation. Same-sex couples and government entities, including couples who had married before then, filed numerous lawsuits with the California Supreme Court challenging the proposition's validity and effect on previously administered same-sex marriages. In Strauss v. Horton, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, but allowed the existing same-sex marriages to stand (under the grandfather clause principle). (Justice Carlos R. Moreno dissented that exceptions to the equal protection clause could not be made by any majority since its whole purpose was to protect minorities against the will of a majority.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Overview\nAlthough upheld in State court, Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional by the federal courts. In Perry v. Schwarzenegger, United States District Court Judge Vaughn Walker overturned Proposition 8 on August 4, 2010 ruling that it violated both the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution. Walker issued a stay (injunction) against enforcing Proposition 8 and a stay to determine suspension of his ruling pending appeal. The State of California did not appeal the ruling (with which it had agreed anyway) leaving the initiative proponents and one county to seek an appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Overview\nOn appeal, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled the county had no right of appeal, and asked the California Supreme Court to rule whether the proponents of Prop 8 had the right to appeal (known as \"standing\") if the State did not do so. The California Supreme Court ruled that they did. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the federal district court's decision on February 7, 2012, but the stay remained in place as appeals continued to the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments in the appeal Hollingsworth v. Perry on March 26, 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Overview\nOn June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and ruled that the Ninth Circuit had erred in allowing the previous appeal, since in line with Article III of the Constitution and many prior cases unanimous on the point, being an initiative proponents is not enough by itself to have federal court standing or appeal a ruling in federal court. This left the original federal district court ruling against Proposition 8 as the final outcome, and same sex marriages resumed almost immediately afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative\nProposition 8 (ballot title: Eliminates Rights of Same-Sex Couples to Marry. Initiative Constitutional Amendment; originally titled the \"California Marriage Protection Act\") was a California ballot proposition that changed the California Constitution to add a new section 7.5 to Article I, which reads: \"Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.\" This change restricted the definition of marriage to opposite-sex couples, and eliminated same-sex couples' right to marry, thereby overriding portions of the ruling of In re Marriage Cases by \"carving out an exception to the preexisting scope of the privacy and due process clauses\" of the state constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative\nTo qualify for the ballot, Proposition 8 needed 694,354 valid petition signatures, equal to 8% of the total votes cast for governor in the November 2006 general election. The initiative proponents submitted 1,120,801 signatures, and on June 2, 2008, the initiative qualified for the November 4, 2008 election ballot through the random sample signature check.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative, Full text\nProposition 8 consisted of two sections. Its full text was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative, Full text\nSECTION 2. Article I, Section 7.5 is added to the California Constitution, to read:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative, Pre-election legal challenges, Petition to remove proposition from ballot\nOn July 16, 2008, the California Supreme Court denied a petition calling for the removal of Proposition 8 from the November ballot. The petition asserted the proposition should not be on the ballot on the grounds it was a constitutional revision that only the legislature or a constitutional convention could place before voters. Opponents also argued that the petitions circulated to qualify the measure for the ballot inaccurately summarized its effect. The court denied the petition without comment. As a general rule, it is improper for courts to adjudicate pre-election challenges to a measure's substantive validity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 138], "content_span": [139, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative, Pre-election legal challenges, Petition to remove proposition from ballot\nThe question of whether Proposition 8 is a constitutional amendment or constitutional revision was ruled on by the California Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and found that it was not a revision and therefore would be upheld. They also declared that the same-sex marriages performed prior to the passing of Prop 8 would remain valid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 138], "content_span": [139, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative, Pre-election legal challenges, Challenge to title and summary\nThe measure was titled: \"Eliminates Rights of Same-Sex Couples to Marry. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.\" The ballot summary read that the measure \"changes the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 126], "content_span": [127, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative, Pre-election legal challenges, Challenge to title and summary\nProponents of the measure objected to the wording of the ballot title and summary on the grounds that they were argumentative and prejudicial. The resulting legal petition Jansson v. Bowen was dismissed August 7, 2008, by California Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley, who ruled that \"the title and summary includes an essentially verbatim recital of the text of the measure itself\", and that the change was valid because the measure did, in fact, eliminate a right upheld by the California Supreme Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 126], "content_span": [127, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative, Pre-election legal challenges, Challenge to title and summary\nCalifornia Attorney General Jerry Brown explained that the changes were required to more \"accurately reflect the measure\" in light of the California Supreme Court's intervening In re Marriage Cases decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 126], "content_span": [127, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative, Pre-election legal challenges, Challenge to title and summary\nOn July 22, 2008, Proposition 8 supporters mounted a legal challenge to the revised ballot title and summary, contending that Attorney General Brown inserted \"language [...] so inflammatory that it will unduly prejudice voters against the measure\". Supporters claimed that research showed that an attorney general had never used an active verb like \"eliminates\" in the title of a ballot measure in the past fifty years in which ballot measures have been used. Representatives of the attorney general produced twelve examples of ballot measures using the word \"eliminates\" and vouched for the neutrality and accuracy of the ballot language.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 126], "content_span": [127, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative, Pre-election legal challenges, Challenge to title and summary\nOn August 8, 2008, the California Superior Court turned down the legal challenge, affirming the new title and summary, stating, \"the title and summary is not false or misleading because it states that Proposition 8 would 'eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry' in California.\" The Superior Court based their decision on the previous Marriages Cases ruling in which the California Supreme Court held that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry under the California Constitution. That same day, proponents of Prop. 8 filed an emergency appeal with the state appeals court. The Court of Appeal denied their petition later that day and supporters did not seek a review by the Supreme Court of California. The deadline for court action on the wording of ballot summaries and arguments in the voter pamphlet was August 11, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 126], "content_span": [127, 975]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, History of the ballot initiative, Pre-election legal challenges, Challenge to title and summary\nWhile turning down the challenge to the title and summary, the California Superior Court also found that the Yes on 8 campaign had overstated its ballot argument on the measure's impact on public schools and ordered a minor change in wording. The original arguments included a claim that the Supreme Court's legalization of same-sex marriage requires teachers to tell their students, as young as kindergarten age, that same-sex marriage is the same as opposite-sex marriage. The court said the Yes on 8 argument was false because instruction on marriage is not required and parents can withdraw their children. The court said the ballot argument could be preserved by rewording it to state that teachers \"may\" or \"could\" be required to tell children there is no difference between same-sex and opposite-sex marriage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 126], "content_span": [127, 943]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Campaign funding and spending\nThe pro- and anti-Prop 8 campaigns spent a combined $106 million on the campaign. This was not the most expensive California ballot proposition that year, however; the 2008 campaigns for and against Propositions 94, 95, 96, and 97, dealing with the expansion of Native American gambling, surpassed Prop 8, with combined expenditures of $172 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Campaign funding and spending\nBy election day, volunteers on both sides spent thousands of hours getting their messages across to the state's 17.3 million registered voters. The campaigns for and against Proposition 8 raised $39.0 million ($11.3 million or 29.1% from outside California) and $44.1 million ($13.2 million or 30.0% from outside California), respectively, from over 64,000 people in all 50 states and more than 20 foreign countries, setting a new record nationally for a social policy initiative and more than for every other race in the country in spending except the presidential contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Campaign funding and spending\nContributions were much greater than those of previous same-sex marriage initiatives. Between 2004 and 2006, 22 such measures were on ballots around the country, and donations to all of them combined totaled $31.4 million, according to the nonpartisan National Institute on Money in State Politics. A ProtectMarriage.com spokeswoman estimated that 36 companies which had previously contributed to Equality California were targeted to receive a letter requesting similar donations to ProtectMarriage.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Campaign funding and spending\nThe California Fair Political Practices Commission fined the LDS Church in 2010 for failing to follow campaign disclosure policies during the last two weeks leading up to the election, which amounted to $37,000 in non-monetary contributions. They were fined $5,538.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Campaign funding and spending\nBoth proponents and opponents of Proposition 8 made significant use of online tactics for campaigning. For example, over 800 videos were posted on YouTube, most consisting of original content and most taking a position against the Proposition. A greater proportion of 'Yes on 8' videos were scripted and professionally produced. Many 'No on 8' videos recorded demonstrations in the aftermath of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents\nProponents of the constitutional amendment argued that exclusively heterosexual marriage was \"an essential institution of society\", that leaving the constitution unchanged would \"result in public schools teaching our kids that gay marriage is okay\", and that gay people \"do not have the right to redefine marriage for everyone else\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents\nThe ProtectMarriage.com organization sponsored the initiative that placed Proposition 8 on the ballot and continues to support the measure. The measure also attracted the support of a number of political figures and religious organizations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, Political figures\nRepublican presidential nominee and U.S. Senator John McCain released a statement of support for the proposed constitutional amendment. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich released a video in support. Both characterized the court ruling requiring recognition of same sex marriage as being against the will of the people. A political action committee run by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who personally supported the proposition, donated $10,000 to the National Organization for Marriage during their campaign for the proposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, Religious organizations\nThe Roman Catholic Church, as well as a Roman Catholic lay fraternal organization, the Knights of Columbus, firmly supported the measure. The bishops of the California Catholic Conference released a statement supporting the proposition, a position met with mixed reactions among church members, including clergy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, Religious organizations\nGeorge Hugh Niederauer as Archbishop of San Francisco campaigned in 2008 in favor of the Proposition, and claimed to have been instrumental in forging alliances between Catholics and Mormons to support the measure. His successor, Salvatore Cordileone was regarded as instrumental in devising the initiative. Campaign finance records show he personally gave at least $6,000 to back the voter-approved ban and was instrumental in raising $1.5 million to put the proposition on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, Religious organizations\nSubsequently, as Cardinal archbishop of San Francisco, he has called publicly for an amendment to the US Constitution as \"the only remedy in law against judicial activism\" following the number of state same-sex marriage bans struck down by federal judges. He also attended and addressed the audience at the \"March for Marriage\", a rally opposing marriage for same-sex couples, in Washington, D.C., in June 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, Religious organizations\nIn California's 2008 election the Knights of Columbus attracted media attention when they donated more than $1.4 million to Proposition 8. The Order was the largest financial supporter of the successful effort to maintain a legal definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, Religious organizations\nThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also publicly supported the proposition. The First Presidency of the church announced its support for Proposition 8 in a letter intended to be read in every congregation in California. In this letter, church members were encouraged to \"do all you can to support the proposed constitutional amendment by donating of your means and time\". The church produced and broadcast to its congregations a program describing the support of the Proposition, and describing the timeline it proposes for what it describes as grassroots efforts to support the Proposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, Religious organizations\nLocal church leaders set organizational and monetary goals for their membership\u2014sometimes quite specific\u2014to fulfill this call. The response of church members to their leadership's appeals to donate money and volunteer time was very supportive, such that Latter-day Saints provided a significant source for financial donations in support of the proposition, both inside and outside the State of California. LDS members contributed over $20 million, about 45% of out-of-state contributions to ProtectMarriage.com came from Utah, over three times more than any other state. ProtectMarriage, the official proponent of Proposition 8, estimates that about half the donations they received came from Mormon sources, and that LDS church members made up somewhere between 80% and 90% of the volunteers for early door-to-door canvassing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 904]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, Religious organizations\nOther religious organizations that supported Proposition 8 include the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Eastern Orthodox Church, a group of Evangelical Christians led by Jim Garlow and Miles McPherson, American Family Association, Focus on the Family and the National Organization for Marriage. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, also endorsed the measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, Others\nThe Grossmont Union High School District in San Diego County, California, publicly voted on a resolution endorsing Proposition 8. The Governing Board voted 4\u20130 to endorse the amendment of the California State Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, Others\nThe Asian Heritage Coalition held a rally in support of Proposition 8 in downtown San Diego on October 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, Others\nDuring the November 2008 election campaign, Porterville's City Council was the only City Council in California that passed a Resolution in favor of Proposition 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Proponents, \"Whether You Like It or Not\" advertisement\nIn the months leading up to Election Day, Proposition 8 supporters released a commercial featuring San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom stating in a speech regarding same-sex marriage: \"This door's wide open now. It's going to happen, whether you like it or not.\" Some observers noted that polls shifted in favor of Proposition 8 following the release of the commercial; this, in turn, led to much speculation about Newsom's unwitting role in the passage of the amendment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents\nOpponents argued that \"the freedom to marry is fundamental to our society\", that the California constitution \"should guarantee the same freedom and rights to everyone\", and that the proposition \"mandates one set of rules for gay and lesbian couples and another set for everyone else\". They also argued that \"equality under the law is a fundamental constitutional guarantee\" (see Equal Protection Clause).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents\nEquality for All was the lead organization opposed to Proposition 8. They also ran the NoOnProp8.com campaign. As with the measure's proponents, opponents of the measure also included a number of political figures and religious organizations. Some non-partisan organizations and corporations, as well as the editorial boards of many of the state's major newspapers, also opposed the measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents, Political figures\nDemocratic presidential nominee and U.S. Senator Barack Obama stated that while he personally considered marriage to be between a man and woman, and supported civil unions that confer comparable rights rather than gay marriage, he opposed \"divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution... the U.S. Constitution or those of other states\". Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joseph Biden also opposed the proposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents, Political figures\nRepublican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stated that although he opposed and twice vetoed legislative bills that would recognize same-sex marriage in California, he respected and would uphold the court's ruling and oppose the initiative and other attempts to amend the state's constitution. The U.S. House Speaker, California Representative (8th District), Nancy Pelosi along with other members of the California congressional delegation and both of California's U.S. senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, voiced their opposition to Proposition 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0039-0002", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents, Political figures\nAlso voicing their opposition were the Lieutenant Governor, State Controller John Chiang, former governor and Attorney General Jerry Brown, 42 of 80 members of the state assembly, half of the state senators, and the mayors of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego: Gavin Newsom, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Jerry Sanders, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents, Religious organizations\nAll six Episcopal diocesan bishops in California jointly issued a statement opposing Proposition 8 on September 10, 2008. Southern California's largest collection of rabbis, the Board of Rabbis of Southern California, voted to oppose Proposition 8. Other Jewish groups who opposed Proposition 8 include Jewish Mosaic, the American Jewish Committee, Progressive Jewish Alliance, National Council of Jewish Women, and the Anti- Defamation League (ADL). The ADL filed amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court of California, Ninth Circuit, and the Supreme Court to invalidate Prop 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents, Religious organizations\nLos Angeles Jews were more opposed to Prop 8 than any other religious group or ethnic group in the city. Seventy-eight percent of surveyed Jewish Angelenos voted against the measure while only 8% supported the measure; the remainder declined to respond. The legislative ministry of the Unitarian Universalists opposed Proposition 8, and organized phone banks toward defeating the measure. They saw opposition to the proposition as a civil rights and social justice issue and their actions against it as a continuation of their previous works in civil rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents, Religious organizations\nIn addition, the California Council of Churches urged the \"immediate removal of Proposition 8\"\u2014saying that it infringes on the freedom of religion for churches who wish to bless same-sex unions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents, Others\nThe League of Women Voters of California opposed Proposition 8 because \"no person or group should suffer legal, economic or administrative discrimination\". Additionally, all but two of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's local chapters in California and NAACP national chairman Julian Bond and President Benjamin Jealous opposed Proposition 8. Amnesty International also condemned Proposition 8, saying that \"states should never withhold rights based on minority status\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents, Others\nA coalition of Silicon Valley executives urged a 'No' vote on Proposition 8. Google officially opposed Proposition 8 \"as an issue of equality\", and its founders donated $140,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple Inc. also opposed Proposition 8 as a \"fundamental\" civil rights issue, and donated $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Biotech leaders warned of potential damage to the state's $73 billion industry, citing Massachusetts as a top competitor for employees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents, Others\nMany members of the entertainment industry were opposed to Proposition 8. Actor Tom Hanks, a strong supporter of same-sex marriage, was extremely outspoken about his opposition to the bill. Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg each donated different amounts of money to the opposition campaign \"No on 8\". In 2010, the documentary film 8: The Mormon Proposition premiered to sell-out audiences at the Sundance Film Festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents, Others\nThe Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously for a resolution to oppose Proposition 8. The California Teachers Association donated one million dollars to fight Proposition 8. Chancellor Robert Birgeneau of UC Berkeley urged a vote against the measure, claiming a likely threat to California's academic competitiveness if Proposition 8 is passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Opponents, Newspaper editorials\nAll ten of the state's largest newspapers editorialized against Proposition 8, including the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Other papers to have editorialized in opposition includeThe New York Times, La Opini\u00f3n (Los Angeles), and The Bakersfield Californian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Actions against supporters and opponents\nAfter the election, a number of protests were held against the referendum's passing. These included candlelight vigils outside organizations such as LDS churches that promoted the proposition. Rallies against the amendment took place in California and across the country, with participants numbering in thousands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Actions against supporters and opponents\nBoycotts were also a feature of public response to the outcome of the election. LGBT rights groups published lists of donors to the Yes on 8 campaign and organized boycotts of individuals or organizations who had promoted or donated to it. Targets of the boycotts included the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, El Coyote Cafe, California Musical Theatre, and the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Actions against supporters and opponents\nSome supporters of Proposition 8 reported receiving death threats, some of which claimed to be \"stemming from Prop 8\". Some LDS churches were vandalized with spray paint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Campaign, Actions against supporters and opponents\nFresno-area supporters of gay marriage were also harassed; \"No On 8\" signs at the Clovis Unitarian Universalist Church were torn up, with Reverend Bryan Jessup alleging that his church experienced vandalism \"every night\". Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney (DDA) Jay Boyarsky attributed a surge in anti-gay hate crimes, from 3 in 2007 to 14 in 2008, to controversy over Proposition 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Pre-decision opinion polls\nVarious opinion polls were conducted to estimate the outcome of the proposition. Those margins with differences less than their margins of error are marked as \"n.s. \", meaning not significant (see Statistical significance). Those margins considered statistically significant are indicated with the percentage points and the side favored in the poll, as either \"pro\" for in favor of the proposition's passage (e.g., 1% pro), or \"con\" for against its passage (e.g., 1% con).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Pre-decision opinion polls\nAccording to the director of the Field Poll, the discrepancy between the pre-election polls and ballot results is because \"regular church-goers\u00a0... were more prone than other voters to be influenced by last-minute appeals to conform to orthodox church positions when voting on a progressive social issue like same-sex marriage.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Results\nAmending the California Constitution by voter initiative requires a simple majority to be enacted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Results\nEdison/Mitofsky conducted an exit poll on behalf of the National Election Pool which is the only source of data on voter demographics in California in the 2008 election. The statistical trends from the exit poll of 2,240 voters suggested that an array of voters came out both in opposition to and in support of Proposition 8, with no single demographic group making up most of either the Yes or No vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0054-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Results\nThe National Election Pool poll showed that support for Proposition 8 was strong amongst African American voters, interviewed in the exit poll with 70% in favor, more than any other racial group. Their support was considered crucial to the proposition's passing, since African Americans made up an unusually larger percentage of voters that year, due to the presence of Barack Obama on the ballot. Polls by both the Associated Press and CNN mirrored this data, reporting support among black voters to be at 70% and 75%, respectively. A later study by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), examining the black vote only from five counties within the state, suggested that black support was closer to 58%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Results\nThose who described themselves as religious were the strongest supporters of Prop 8. According to the NGLTF study, self-identified Catholics and Protestants supported Prop 8 by measures of 55% and 66%, respectively, while Jews overwhelmingly opposed it, with support at only 17%. Young voters were more likely to have voted against the ballot measure than older voters, while Republicans were more likely to have supported the measure than were Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Immediate response\nIn California, a constitutional amendment passed by the electorate takes effect the day after the election. On the evening of November 4 the \"Yes on 8\" campaign issued a statement by Ron Prentice, the chairman of ProtectMarriage.com, saying \"The people of California stood up for traditional marriage and reclaimed this great institution.\" The organizers of the \"No on Prop 8\" campaign issued a statement on November 6 saying, \"Tuesday's vote was deeply disappointing to all who believe in equal treatment under the law.\" The counties of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Yolo, Kern, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Sonoma, San Diego, San Bernardino, Sacramento, and Tuolumne stopped issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples the day after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Immediate response\nFollowing the passage of Proposition 8, mass protests took place across the state. These included protests outside the LDS Church's Los Angeles California Temple in Westwood, Los Angeles; a march through Hollywood that blocked traffic and elicited police intervention; a candlelight vigil in front of the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center and a large demonstration in front of the state capitol. In San Francisco, thousands gathered in front of the City Hall, along with Mayor Gavin Newsom, to protest the proposition and to perform a candlelight vigil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Fines\nFollowing an audit by the California Franchise Tax Board, the proponents of Proposition 8 are facing a fine of $49,000 for violating California campaign finance disclosure laws, by failing to report $1,169,292 in contributions under the timelines required by state law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Protests\nFollowing the passage of Proposition 8, mass protests took place across the state. These included protests outside a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Westwood, Los Angeles; a march through Hollywood that blocked traffic and elicited police intervention; and a candlelight vigil in front of the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Protests\nOn Sunday November 9 an estimated crowd of 4,000 people protested in front of the California State Capitol. In San Francisco, thousands gathered in front of the City Hall to protest the proposition and to perform a candlelit vigil. Speakers who voiced their opinion in opposition of Proposition 8 included state senator Mark Leno and mayor Gavin Newsom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Protests\nOutside California, a protest at the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah was addressed by local gay rights supporters including former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson and three gay members of the Utah Legislature: Senator Scott McCoy and Representatives Christine Johnson and Jackie Biskupski. On November 12, 2008, more than 10,000 protesters gathered outside the Manhattan New York Temple to protest the support of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Proposition 8. On November 15, 2008, tens of thousands of people in cities around the United States participated in rallies to protest the passage of Proposition 8 and to promote the expansion of civil marriage to same-sex couples throughout the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 840]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Boycotts\nThe passage of Proposition 8 led to opponents responding by publicly shaming its supporters as bigots and boycotting supporters' businesses and employers. On November 7, 2008, a blogger revealed that Scott Eckern, then Artistic Director of California Musical Theatre, had made a personal donation of $1,000 to the \"Yes on 8\" campaign. All campaign contributions of $1,000 or more required a name, home and occupation be listed. On November 10, gay artists condemned Eckern and called for a boycott of California Musical Theatre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0062-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Boycotts\nOn November 11, Eckern issued an apology on the online site Playbill stating that a similar donation had been made to a human rights organization that includes gay rights as one of its causes. On November 12, Eckern resigned from California Musical Theatre. Executive producer of the CMT Richard Lewis stated that Eckern was not forced to resign but did so of his own accord.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Boycotts\nRichard Raddon, Director of the Los Angeles Film Festival, also resigned due to boycotts by the gay community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Boycotts\nProtests in California were marred by racial incidents. Due to their support of Proposition 8, reported as high as 70 percent, some African Americans attending events were allegedly subjected to racial epithets and felt threatened. California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass stated she was disturbed by the treatment of African Americans in the aftermath of the passage of the proposition. In reaction to the racial incidents, Evan Wolfson said, \"In any fight, there will be people who say things they shouldn't say, but that shouldn't divert attention from what the vast majority are saying against this, that it's a terrible injustice.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Media\nTo protest the passage of Proposition 8, musical theatre composer Marc Shaiman wrote a satiric mini-musical called \"Prop 8\u00a0\u2014 The Musical\". The three-minute video was distributed on the internet at FunnyOrDie.com. The cast includes Jack Black (who plays Jesus), Nicole Parker, Neil Patrick Harris, John C. Reilly, Allison Janney, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Margaret Cho, Rashida Jones, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Chalke, Jennifer Lewis, John Hill and other celebrities. It was directed by Adam Shankman. The video satirizes Christian churches that selectively pick and choose biblical doctrines to follow. It received 1.2 million internet hits in its first day, won the 2009 Webby Award category Comedy: Individual Short or Episode, and won a GLAAD media award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Media\nIn 2010, 8: The Mormon Proposition, a documentary alleging the involvement of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the passage of Proposition 8. Written by Reed Cowan and narrated by Dustin Lance Black, the film divided critics over a perceived heavy-handed approach to the church's involvement; it won the 2011 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Post-election events, Media\nIn 2011, 8, a play re-enacting the proceedings of Perry v. Brown in a condensed manner of documentary theatre, was premiered on Broadway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Controversies about campaign financing and donations\nOn November 13, 2008, Fred Karger of the group Californians Against Hate filed a complaint with the California Fair Political Practices Commission that campaign finance reports filed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under-reported its actual Proposition 8 campaign expenses as $2,078.97. Karger charged that the Church's failure to report \"non-monetary contributions\" placed it in violation of California's Political Reform Act. Church spokesman Scott Trotter denied the charges, saying the church had \"fully complied with the reporting requirements\" and a \"further report will be filed on or before [...the] due date, Jan. 30, 2009.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Controversies about campaign financing and donations\nIn a report filed with the California Secretary of State's office January 30, 2009, the LDS Church reported its non-monetary expenditures as $189,903.58. On January 31, the San Francisco Chronicle stated, \"While the deadline for the report, which covers the period from July 1 to Dec. 31, is [February 2], many campaign contributions by major donors and independent committees must be reported within days after they're made.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0069-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Controversies about campaign financing and donations\nThe article further stated that the executive director of the FPPC stated that the LDS church was still under investigation, and \"In general, however, 'cases like these hinge over what had to be reported and when it had to be reported.' A late report covering disputed filings 'wouldn't remove the obligation to file on time' but would be considered by investigators.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Controversies about campaign financing and donations\nWhile many church members had donated directly to the Yes on 8 campaign\u2014some estimates of Mormon giving range as high as $20\u00a0million\u2014the church itself had previously reported little direct campaign activity. But in the filing made Friday, the Mormon church reported thousands in travel expenses, such as airline tickets, hotel rooms and car rentals for the campaign. The church also reported $96,849.31 worth of 'compensated staff time'\u2014hours that church employees spent working to pass the same-sex marriage ban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Controversies about campaign financing and donations\nIn a statement issued February 2, 2009, the LDS Church responded to \"erroneous news reports\", saying its subsequent disclosure was \"in no way prompted by an investigation by the California Fair Political Practices Commission,\" that \"We believe we have complied with California law,\" and that the report's filing date met the January 31, 2009 deadline:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Controversies about campaign financing and donations\nThe Church, like other organizations on both sides of the ballot issue, was required to publicly file these donations by the 31\u00a0January deadline. The Church has been filing required contribution reports throughout the campaign. Those earlier donations 'initially stated' were filed for specific time periods prior to this last reporting period, as required by law. Other groups are also filing their final contribution reports to meet the same deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Controversies about campaign financing and donations\nOn January 7, 2009, supporters of Proposition 8 filed a federal lawsuit to block public disclosure of their donations. Alleging threats against their lives as well as other forms of harassment, the lawsuit also requested a preliminary injunction that ordered the California Secretary of State to remove information about donations posted on its website. Opponents of Proposition 8 called it \"hypocritical\" that its supporters would refer to their support of the measure as the \"will of the people\" while seeking to overturn voter-approved campaign disclosure laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0073-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Controversies about campaign financing and donations\nU.S. District Judge Morrison England, Jr. denied that request on January 29; he said that the public had the right to know about donors of political causes, that he did not agree that the plaintiffs had a probability of success in court, and that they had not proven they would suffer \"irreparable injury\" if he did not grant the preliminary injunction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Litigation, California Supreme Court cases\nAfter the passage of Proposition 8, a number of lawsuits were filed by against the state and state officials with the intent of overturning the measure and arguing that Proposition 8 should not have retroactive effect on existing same-sex marriages. On November 13, 2008, the California Supreme Court asked California Attorney General Jerry Brown for an opinion on whether the Court should accept these cases for review and whether the measure should be suspended while they decide the case. On November 19, the Court accepted three lawsuits challenging Proposition 8 but denied the requests to stay its enforcement. The Court asked for final briefs by January 5, 2009. Oral arguments were held on March 5, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Litigation, California Supreme Court cases\nOn Tuesday May 26 the court ruled that \"The Amendment to the State Constitution referred to as Proposition 8 is valid and enforceable from the moment it was passed.\" The court also held that \"Proposition 8 must be understood as creating a limited exception to the state equal protection clause.\" Justice Moreno in his lone dissenting opinion, argued that such a change to the Constitution should only be implemented \"by a constitutional revision to modify the equal protection clause to protect some, rather than all, similarly situated persons\" and not by a simple majority vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Litigation, California Supreme Court cases\nThe Court did rule that their decision cannot be applied to retroactively annul marriages that were transacted while the practice was legal in the state of California. Proposition 8 has no retroactive effect. The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously on May 26, 2009, that the approximately 18,000 same-sex marriages that had occurred prior to Proposition 8's passage would still be valid and must continue to be recognized in the state, since the amendment does not state explicitly that it would nullify the same-sex marriages performed before it took effect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Litigation, California Supreme Court cases\nLater legislation clarified that same-sex couples who married out-of-state within the window of legality would also retain their legal marriage rights. The bill was signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on October 11, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Litigation, Federal challenges, Smelt v. United States\nImmediately following the passage of Proposition 8, Arthur Smelt and Christopher Hammer filed suit in the Southern Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, in Orange County. In the case, Smelt v. United States, the couple argued that Proposition 8 and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act violated the Equal Protection Clause of the American constitution. The United States Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss the case because the \"plaintiffs are married, and their challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (\"DOMA\") poses a different set of questions.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0078-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Litigation, Federal challenges, Smelt v. United States\nOn July 15, 2009, District Judge Carter dismissed the part of Smelt that challenged Proposition 8, finding that the fact that the plaintiffs were already legally married in California meant they had no standing to challenge Proposition 8. The challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, however, remained intact. The remainder of the case was heard on August 3, 2009, in an Orange County district court. The lawsuit was thrown out because the two men had filed suit against the federal government in a state court, a technicality which meant the suit needed to be re-filed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Litigation, Federal challenges, Perry v. Schwarzenegger\nOn the day of Strauss v. Horton's decision, the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge the validity of Proposition 8. Lambda Legal, the ACLU, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights have since announced their support for the lawsuit. San Francisco filed a motion to and was granted intervenor status in the case, saying that their work in In re Marriage Cases and Strauss v. Horton provided them with \"extensive evidence and proposed findings on strict scrutiny factors and factual rebuttals to long claimed justifications for marriage discrimination\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Litigation, Federal challenges, Perry v. Schwarzenegger\nCalifornia Attorney General, and former and later again Governor Jerry Brown backed the lawsuit, saying that Proposition 8 violates the U.S. Constitution and should be struck down. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took a more neutral path, saying that he supported the lawsuit because the Proposition 8 conflict asks \"important constitutional questions that require and warrant judicial determination.\" Because this means that the Californian government will not defend the law in court, the proponents of Proposition 8's campaign were granted the right to intervene as defendants. The case was first heard on July 2, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, Judge Vaughn R. Walker presiding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 836]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Litigation, Federal challenges, Perry v. Schwarzenegger\nIn an act unprecedented in California history both the Governor and Attorney General refused to defend a constitutional amendment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Litigation, Federal challenges, Perry v. Schwarzenegger\nIn August, Judge Walker heard further requests for intervenor status and ordered a trial set for January 2010. On August 4, 2010, U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker ruled Proposition 8 unconstitutional, but at the same time temporarily provided for a suspension of the ruling while he considered whether to grant an indefinite suspension pending appeal. Walker lifted the stay on August 12, 2010, thus allowing same-sex marriages to be performed as of August 18, 2010", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Litigation, Federal challenges, Perry v. Schwarzenegger\nOn August 16, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit imposed a stay of all new same-sex marriages in the State of California. It also scheduled an accelerated time table for hearing an appeal of Judge Walker's ruling. Before the appeal trial begins, there will be a December 6, 2010 hearing on who has legal standing to appeal the District Court's decision and whether the proposition violates equal protection rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Ballot repeal effort\nOn April 30, 2009, the members of 'Yes! on Equality' submitted a ballot initiative dubbed \"California Marriage Equality Act\" to the Attorney General's office, requesting a title and summary. The text of the ballot would repeal Article I; Section 7.5 of the Californian Constitution as well as clarifying that no school curriculum will be changed and no clergy will be forced to perform any \"service or duty incongruent with their faith\". Yes! on Equality had until August 17, 2009, to gather 694,354 signatures in order to qualify for the June 2010 ballot, A petition for initiative for the November 2010 ballot also failed to obtain enough signatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Ballot repeal effort\nSeveral LGBT groups of color (including API Equality-LA, HONOR PAC, and the Jordan/Rustin Coalition) published a statement \"Prepare to Prevail,\" in which they argue that the ballot repeal effort should be delayed until 2012. As of February 2012, the repeal effort was canceled in light of  victorious court cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges\nFollowing the passing of Proposition 8 in 2008, and the subsequent mass protests, several lawsuits were filed in both the State Supreme Court and in the Federal District Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, State court: Strauss v. Horton\nIn considering the cases within the state courts, on November 13, 2008, the California Supreme Court asked California Attorney General Jerry Brown for an opinion on whether the Court should accept these cases for review and whether the measure should be suspended while they decide the case. On November 19, the Court accepted three lawsuits challenging Proposition 8, which consolidated into Strauss v. Horton. The Court rendered its decision on May 26, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0087-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, State court: Strauss v. Horton\nThe majority decision was that Proposition 8 \"carved out a limited [or 'narrow'] exception to the state equal protection clause\"; Justice Moreno dissented that exceptions to the equal protection clause could not be made by any majority since its whole purpose was to protect minorities against the will of a majority. Until overturned by Hollingsworth v. Perry (below), the ruling established that Proposition 8 was valid as voted, but that marriages performed before it went into effect would remain valid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Perry v. Schwarzenegger\nAfter the California Supreme Court upheld the voter initiative, a suit, Perry v. Schwarzenegger (later Hollingsworth v. Perry), was filed in a Federal District Court in San Francisco. On August 4, 2010, U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker overturned Proposition 8, stating it is \"...unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause because no compelling state interest justifies denying same-sex couples the fundamental right to marry.\" The court also determined that \"Proposition 8 violated the Equal Protection Clause because there is no rational basis for limiting the designation of 'marriage' to opposite-sex couples.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0088-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Perry v. Schwarzenegger\nThe court also stayed the ruling; the voter initiative was to remain in effect pending appeal. On August 12, Walker announced his decision to lift the stay (which would have allowed same-sex marriages to be performed) as of August\u00a018, 2010. However, on August 16, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit indefinitely extended the District Court's stay, stopping new same-sex marriages in the state of California pending appeal. It also scheduled an accelerated time table for hearing an appeal of Walker's ruling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Perry v. Brown (on appeal)\nAs the State of California chose not to appeal the ruling, an appeal was sought by two parties\u2014the initiative proponents, and Imperial County (via its deputy clerk). The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals considered the question of standing first. On January 4, 2011, the Ninth Circuit ruled that Imperial County did not have standing to intervene in the lawsuit (by now called Perry v. Brown)\u2014the formal reason being the county's appeal had been \"untimely\", but also that the appellant was the county's deputy clerk, and precedent existed in other cases that a deputy clerk could not 'represent' a county.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Perry v. Brown (on appeal)\nTo address the question whether the initiative proponents had particularized standing (that is, standing either via personal interest, or standing to represent the State's interest), the Ninth Circuit certified a question to the California Supreme Court on January 4, 2011, asking that court to rule whether, under the California Constitution or otherwise under California law, non-governmental proponents of an initiative have standing to appeal when the State is no longer willing to defend it. On February 16, 2011, the California Supreme Court unanimously agreed to address the Ninth Circuit's request. The court set an expedited schedule for the hearing and heard oral arguments on September 6, 2011. On November 17, 2011, the California Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion that the proponents of Proposition 8 did have standing, and could defend it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 951]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Perry v. Brown (on appeal)\nOn February 7, 2012, a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2\u20131 majority opinion affirming the judgment in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, which declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional, saying it violated the Equal Protection Clause. The opinion, written by Judge Stephen Reinhardt and joined by Judge Michael Hawkins, states that Proposition 8 did nothing more than lessen the status and dignity of gays and lesbians, and classify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples. The court found that the people of California, by using their initiative power to target a minority group and withdraw the right to marry they once possessed under the California State Constitution, violated the federal Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 856]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Perry v. Brown (on appeal)\nThe court concluded that the trial court had correctly found Proposition 8 to have no purpose other than to impose the majority's private disapproval of gays, lesbians, and their relationships through the public law, and to take away from them the designation of marriage and its recognized societal status. The findings of fact and expert witness testimony in District Court played an important role in this appellate decision, emphasizing that it is unreasonable to believe Proposition 8 was enacted to: promote childrearing by biological parents, encourage procreation, be cautious in social change, protect religious liberty, or control children's education. The court declared that it is \"implausible to think that denying two men or two women the right to call themselves married could somehow bolster the stability of families headed by one man and one woman\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 958]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Perry v. Brown (on appeal)\nThe dissenting judge, Judge N. Randy Smith, noted in his dissent that states do legitimately prohibit sexual relationships condemned by society such as incest, bigamy, and bestiality, and impose age limits for marriage without violating constitutional rights. He stated that \"gays and lesbians are not a suspect or quasi-suspect class\" and are thus not entitled to the courts' increased scrutiny of laws that affect them. He wrote, \"The family structure of two committed biological parents\u2014one man and one woman\u2014is the optimal partnership for raising children.\" He also said that governments have a legitimate interest in \"a responsible procreation theory, justifying the inducement of marital recognition only for opposite-sex couples\" because only they can have children. He urged judicial restraint, that the justices should refrain from striking down Proposition 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 960]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Perry v. Brown (on appeal)\nOn February 21, 2012, proponents requested to have to the case reviewed en banc by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. If granted, en banc review could have taken a year or more, which would have delayed possible U.S. Supreme Court review. Pending the appeal, a stay was continued, barring any marriages from taking place. On June 5, 2012, the full Ninth Circuit refused to rehear the case; the stay would remain in place pending final action by the Supreme Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Perry v. Brown (on appeal)\nThe Ninth Court's ruling was subsequently vacated (withdrawn) although it affirmed the district court ruling, since the Supreme Court later determined that the proponents of Proposition 8 had not had standing to appeal the district court's ruling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Hollingsworth v. Perry (U.S. Supreme Court)\nThe proposition's proponents filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court on July 30, 2012, requesting that the Supreme Court review the case. Briefs in opposition both from the individual respondents and from the City and County of San Francisco were filed August 24, and the petitioners replied on September 4. On December 7, 2012, the Supreme Court granted the proponents' petition for certiorari and asked to be briefed for arguments concerning the petitioners' Article III standing, amid considerable anticipation of a finding of a lack of justiciability in order to avoid a holding on the merits. Oral arguments were heard on March 26, 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 107], "content_span": [108, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Hollingsworth v. Perry (U.S. Supreme Court)\nParties who lodged amicus briefs with the court included: Judge Georg Ress and the Marriage Law Foundation; William N. Eskridge, Jr., et al. ; the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence; the Public Advocate of the United States, et al. ; the National Association of Evangelicals, et al. ; the American Civil Rights Union; Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. ; the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc.; the Foundation for Moral Law; and the state of Indiana, et al.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 107], "content_span": [108, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Hollingsworth v. Perry (U.S. Supreme Court)\nThe Supreme Court issued a 5\u20134 decision on June 26, 2013. Chief Justice Roberts wrote for the majority, and was joined by Justices Scalia, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan. Justices Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, and Sotomayor were in the minority. The Court found the proponents did not have standing to appeal in federal court. To have standing, they \"must have suffered an injury in fact, thus giving [them] a sufficiently concrete interest in the outcome of the issue in dispute\". Because no injury had been shown, the appeal to the Ninth Circuit should have been dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 107], "content_span": [108, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0098-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Hollingsworth v. Perry (U.S. Supreme Court)\n(This only applied to the Ninth Circuit and Supreme Court cases.) The Court returned the case to the Ninth Circuit with instructions to dismiss the appeal. This left the district court's ruling overturning Proposition 8 as the final ruling in the case. Because the appeal was decided on the question of standing, the Supreme Court did not examine nor rule on whether in their view Proposition 8 had violated the U.S. Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 107], "content_span": [108, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Legal challenges, Federal court, Hollingsworth v. Perry (U.S. Supreme Court)\nJustice Kennedy, writing for the minority, said the views of the California Supreme Court on the proponents' standing should have been respected, because \"the basic premise of the initiative process [and] the essence of democracy is that the right to make law rests in the people and flows to the government, not the other way around\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 107], "content_span": [108, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Aftermath\nOn June 28, 2013, the Ninth Circuit lifted its stay of the district court's ruling, enabling same-sex marriages to resume; minutes afterward, plaintiffs Perry and Stier became the first couple in California to legally wed under state law since the enactment of Proposition 8 in 2008, doing so at San Francisco City Hall at 4:45 PDT, with California's Attorney General Kamala Harris  officiating at the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Aftermath\nThere were two legal challenges made to the implementation of the ruling, both subsequently denied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Aftermath\nTwo petitions to this effect were filed with the California Supreme Court, by proponents (Hollingsworth v. O'Connell and Brown, July 12, 2013) and\u2014against county policy\u2014by a San Diego County Clerk (Dronenburg, July 19, 2013: dropped August 2 as duplicative).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0102-0001", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Aftermath\nThe proponents' petition challenged the state and county clerk responses to the ruling in Perry, asserting that, in their view, only two counties were affected by the ruling and other counties had no legal capacity to discretionally do likewise; that the plaintiffs, not representing a class, had their relief while others who were not plaintiffs had no change to their position within the law; and that county clerks were not in fact covered by the ruling and were therefore bound to comply with the law as it stood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196001-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 8, Aftermath\nThis position was rejected by California's governor, who on legal advice ordered the change to license issuance, according to the ruling. California's Attorney General Kamala Harris noted that \"state officials are obligated to govern marriage equally in all counties and that [United States District Court for the Northern District of California Chief Judge Vaughn] Walker's ruling specifically covers those officials.\" San Francisco's city attorney stated that it was \"the most basic concepts of American law ... that a state court will not overrule the federal judiciary\". Twenty-four County Clerks  stated, through their lawyer, that their role was \"ultimately state supervised\" and it would be unfeasible to have a \"patchwork\" of different marriage criteria varying between the counties of a single state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 850]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196002-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 91\nCalifornia Proposition 91 was a failed proposal to amend the California Constitution to prohibit motor vehicle fuel sales taxes that are earmarked for transportation purposes from being retained in the state's general fund. The proposition appeared on the ballot of the February primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196002-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 91, Proposal\nThe proposition prohibits certain motor vehicle fuel sales and use taxes, that are earmarked for the Transportation Investment Fund, from being retained in the General Fund. Such taxes may be retained if the Governor issues a proclamation, a special statute is enacted by a 2/3 vote of the Legislature, repayment occurs within three years, and certain other conditions are met.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196002-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 91, Proposal\nThe proposition also requires repayment by June 30, 2017 of such vehicle fuel taxes retained in General Fund from July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2008. Currently, repayment is generally required by June 30, 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196002-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 91, Proposal\nIt also changes how and when General Fund borrowing of certain transportation funds is allowed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196002-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 91, Fiscal impacts\nIncreases stability of state funding for highways, streets, and roads and may decrease stability of state funding for public transit. May reduce stability of certain local funds for public transit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196002-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 91, What a yes or no vote means\nA \"yes\" vote on this measure means that the State would no longer be able to suspend the transfer of gasoline sales tax revenue from the General Fund to transportation. In addition, the state would be able to loan specified transportation funds, potentially including certain local transportation funds, to the General Fund for essentially short-term cash flow purposes only. The State, however, may be able to loan to the General Fund, without express time limitation for repayment, certain state funds for public transit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196002-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 91, What a yes or no vote means\nA \"no\" vote means the State would still be able to suspend, under certain conditions, the transfer of gasoline sales tax revenue from the General Fund to transportation. Additionally, the State would continue to be able, under certain conditions, to loan specified transportation funds to the General Fund for up to three fiscal years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196002-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 91, Developments before election\nProponents of Proposition 91 asked voters to vote \"no\" on Proposition 91 because the passage of Proposition 1A in 2006 has already prevented the use of gas tax dollars from being spent for non-transportation purposes. However, an independent campaign to pass Proposition 1A has been sponsored separately by the Southern California Transit Advocates, a non-profit transit advocacy organization. Other supporters include State Senator Tom McClintock and former State Senator Bill Leonard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196003-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 92\nCalifornia Proposition 92 was Californian ballot proposition that voters rejected on February 5, 2008. It was a state initiative that would have amended Proposition 98, which set a mandate for the minimum level of funding each year for elementary and secondary schools and for the California Community Colleges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196003-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 92, Proposal\nProposition 92 would have established a system of independent public community college districts and Board of Governors within the framework of the California Constitution. A minimum level of state funding for school districts and community college districts would have been calculated separately from the current K-14 education budget. Additionally, 10.46 percent of current Proposition 98 school funding maintenance would have been allocated to community colleges. Furthermore, community college fees would have froze at $15/unit per semester and limit future increase based upon a devised formula. Other associated budgetary allocations earmarked for the current K-14 system would also have been divided accordingly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196003-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 92, Proposal\nProposition was projected to amount to an increase in state spending on K\u201314 education from 2007\u201308 through 2009\u201310\u2014averaging about $300 million per year, with unknown impacts annually thereafter. The loss of student fee revenues would have been potentially about $70 million annually. Currently, student fees of $20/unit, go to the general fund, not to the community college where the student is enrolled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196004-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 93\nProposition 93 was a Californian ballot proposition that sought to amend the term limits law for the California state legislature. Voters rejected it on February 5, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196004-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 93, Proposal\nBetween the passage of Proposition 140 in 1990 and the passage of Proposition 28 in 2012, California allows a person to serve 6 years in the California State Assembly and 8 years in the California State Senate. Proposition 93 would have changed the term limit to 12 years in both houses combined. If passed, the measure would have been the first amendment to the term limits law since Proposition 140 in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196004-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 93, Proposal\nThe proposition would have reduced the total number of years a person could serve in the state legislature from 14 to 12 years, while allowing current members to serve 12 years in their current house regardless of prior service. Consequently, some current members of the legislature would have been allowed to serve beyond the 14 years prescribed by current term limit laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196004-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Proposition 93, Proposal\nThe later, successful, Proposition 28 in 2012 did not apply such an advantageous set of rules to the current legislators; it kept them on the old rules rather than giving them a new set of rules better than either the old or new rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196005-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Propositions 94, 95, 96, and 97\nPropositions 94, 95, 96, and 97 were Californian ballot propositions that sought to expand the scope of Native American gambling enterprises in California. All four propositions were approved by voters during elections on February 5, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196005-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Propositions 94, 95, 96, and 97, Proposals\nAll propositions sought to expand Indian Gaming Compacts with individual tribes. Proposition 94 affected the Pechanga Band of Luise\u00f1o Mission Indians, Proposition 95 affected the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Proposition 96 affected the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, Proposition 97 affected the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196005-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Propositions 94, 95, 96, and 97, Proposals\nAll the propositions allowed the tribes to operate additional slot machines and changed the environmental impact assessment procedures. The propositions also made the tribes pay additional deposits into the state General Fund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196006-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Propositions 98 and 99\nCalifornia Propositions 98 and 99 were competing ballot propositions in the U.S. state of California to limit the use of eminent domain and possibly rent control. They were voted  on June 3, 2008; proposition 98 failed, while proposition 99 passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196006-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Propositions 98 and 99, The measures\nThe propositions were partly a reaction to the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Kelo v. City of New London, which held that the power of eminent domain can sometimes be used to transfer property from one private owner to another. They addressed the issue differently, and also included other measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196006-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Propositions 98 and 99, The measures\nProposition 98 would have prohibited \"state and local governments from condemning or damaging private property for private uses\", changed litigation rules to be more friendly to property owners, and required the government to allow the original owner to repurchase the property at the original price if it ended up being put to a different use than originally stated. In addition, the proposition would have prohibited rent control and similar measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196006-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Propositions 98 and 99, The measures\nProposition 99 more narrowly prohibited \"state and local governments from using eminent domain to acquire an owner-occupied residence [if the owner has occupied the residence for at least one year], as defined, for conveyance to a private person or business entity\", subject to some exceptions. It did not prohibit rent control nor the use of eminent domain for properties other than residences occupied by the owner for over a year. The nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst's Office (which prepares analyses for the official state voter guide) concluded, \"Proposition 99 would not significantly change current government land acquisition practices.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196006-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Propositions 98 and 99, The measures\nIf both propositions had passed, but Proposition 99 received more votes, only it, and not Proposition 98, would become law. However, this ended up not to matter as only Proposition 99 passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196006-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Propositions 98 and 99, Support and opposition\nProposition 98 was co-sponsored by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and was also supported by landlord groups. It was opposed by tenant groups and associations of cities and redevelopment agencies, who preferred Proposition 99. By April 2008, supporters of Proposition 98 had raised $3.5 million, and opponents $6.4 million, to conduct their campaigns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196007-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 California Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008, with a total of 173 national delegates at stake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196007-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Republican presidential primary, Process\nThe delegates represented California at the Republican National Convention. There were three delegates to every congressional district and fourteen bonus delegates. The winner in each of the 53 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates. The statewide winner was awarded 11 of the 14 statewide delegates, with the 3 remaining delegates assigned to party leaders. Voting in the primary was restricted to registered Republican voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196007-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Republican presidential primary, Polls\nEarly polls showed Rudy Giuliani in the lead. Polls taken closer to the primary either showed Mitt Romney or John McCain as the favored candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196008-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California State Assembly election\nThe 2008 California State Assembly elections were held on November 4, 2008. Voters in all 80 of California's State Assembly districts voted for their representative. Other elections were also held on November 4. Only five seats changed parties: one to the Republican Party and four to the Democratic Party, which maintained a majority with 51 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196008-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California State Assembly election\nOf the 80 State Assembly districts, only about nine were considered truly competitive by political analysts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196008-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California State Assembly election, Results\nBelow are the final official results as reported by the Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196009-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California State Senate election\nThe 2008 California State Senate elections took place on November 4, 2008. Voters in California's odd-numbered State Senate districts, a total of 20, voted for their state senators. No seats changed parties and the Democratic Party maintained its 25-seat majority, while the Republican Party held 15 seats. Other elections also took place in California on November 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196009-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California State Senate election\nOnly a single State Senate district, the 19th, was considered truly competitive by political analysts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196009-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California State Senate election, Results\nThe following candidates are the official results from the California Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule\nThe California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule was initially adopted in December 2008 by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and requires all heavy-duty diesel trucks and buses that operate in California to retrofit or replace engines in order to reduce diesel emissions. All privately and federally owned diesel-fueled trucks and buses, and privately and publicly owned school buses with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 14,000 pounds, are covered by the regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule\nImplementation was originally scheduled for January 1, 2011 but recent amendments were considered in December 2010. The rule now requires the installation of particulate matter filters beginning January 1, 2012 and replacement of older engines beginning January 1, 2015. Nearly all applicable vehicles are required to have 2010 model year or the equivalent to 2010 engines by January 1, 2023.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background\nDiesel exhaust particulate matter (PM) was identified as a toxic air contaminant by the Air Resources Board in 1998 after study results showed its potential to cause cancer, premature death, and other health problems. Two years later, in September 2000, the Air Resources Board adopted the Risk Reduction Plan to Reduce Particulate Matter Emissions from Diesel-Fueled Engines and Vehicles which committed to establish retrofit requirements for in-use diesel vehicles to reduce diesel particulate matter 75 percent by 2010 and 85 percent by 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background\nIn 2007 the Air Resources Board then adopted a State Implementation Plan (SIP) which requires heavy-duty in-use diesel trucks operating in the South Coast and San Joaquin Valley to be retrofitted to meet model year 2007 emission levels by 2014 and 2017, respectively. The State Implementation Plan was implemented to help California's Air Quality Control Regions (AQCR) meet the requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act and also aims to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions (NOx) and ozone in the state. This regulation is the next step to help the Air Resources Board achieve their goal to reduce diesel particulate matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background\nWith the new amendments in place, diesel emissions are estimated to be 68 percent lower than they would be without the regulation, and emissions of the smog-forming pollutant, nitrogen oxide, will be 25 percent lower. The regulation also aims to save lives and dollars spent on health care. The Air Resources Board estimates that the reduction in diesel emissions is expected to save 9,400 lives within the 11 year time frame and reduce health care costs, with an estimated savings between US$48 billion and $69 billion. By the time the rule is fully implemented in 2023, no truck or bus more than 13 years old will be allowed to operate in California without particulate matter and nitrogen oxide emissions controls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background, Support\nThe Truck and Bus Rule is considered by the Air Resources Board and other organizations such as the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Environmental Defense Fund as a win-win for the State of California: reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, reducing fuel use, providing fuel and operating cost-savings for truck owners, and reducing smog-forming pollution, in addition to providing human health benefits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background, Support\nAccording to the Union of Concerned Scientists, the retrofits could reduce global warming pollution by 17 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) by 2020 and a net savings of $30,000 over the life of one long-range truck. In addition to reducing air pollution, this regulation is thought to have helped broaden and strengthen the environmental movement in California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background, Opposition\nOn February 15, 2011 the California Dump Truck Owners Association (CDTOA) which changed its name to the California Construction Trucking Association (CCTA) on January 2012, filed suit against CARB, stating the Truck and Bus Rule is \"unconstitutional as it is preempted by the Federal Aviation Authorization Act (FAAAA) and seeks an injunction prohibiting CARB from enforcing the rule\". The FAAAA, enacted in 1994 by the U.S. Congress, \"prohibits any state or any political subdivision from enacting or enforcing any regulation related to the price, route, or service of a motor carrier\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background, Opposition\nThe California Dump Truck Owners Association also expresses concerns about the regulation because of the costs to retrofit or replace engines and the economic impact it will have on small business owners whose livelihood relies on the income generated by their trucks. Many of the association's members work closely with the construction industry; therefore, business is already slow during this economic depression. The association has alerted the Air Resources Board that many small businesses will close down if they cannot afford to comply with the regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background, Opposition\nThe science which supports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Air Resources Board's conclusions about the health impacts of diesel particulate matter are also disputed. The conclusions being made to protect human health are considered \"exaggerated\" and not supported by other research in the field, there are also claims that the Environmental Protection Agency and the Air Resources Board did not correctly calculate all the necessary cancer risks in order to properly regulate diesel emissions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background, Opposition\nOther Key Legal Actions & Dates: On October 30, 2013 CCTA received an order from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal denying its motion for reconsideration of the \u2018en banc\u2019 (full court) petition to review the EPA's determination and approval of the California State Implementation Plan or SIP. This was a longshot based on the timing issues, as the SIP was \u2018stealthily\u2019 filed and approved during the litigation against CARB. Related to this is a petition directly to EPA for reconsideration of the approval of the SIP by EPA \u2013 again all \u2018surreptitiously\u2019 done during direct litigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background, Opposition\nThis challenge is more an exercise of thoroughness than legal utility. The CCTA's main legal action or FAAAA argument claim, stating that state law (CARB regulations) violates federal law is also on Appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court. The appeal of Judge England's order saying that \"he no longer had authority over the case\" is still pending and will be appealed ultimately to the U.S. Supreme Court. 1/16/12 \u2013 CCTA files a Notice to Appeal with the 9th Circuit Court. View Appeal", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background, Opposition\n201212/19/12 \u2013 Judges England renders decision. Does not address any elements of our complaint but instead states that \u201cit cannot retain jurisdiction over this action in light of EPA\u2019s approval of the Truck and Bus Regulation as part of California\u2019s SIP\u201d. EPA is now considered an indispensable party to our litigation. View Decision (130.3 kB 2013-01-17 15:57:28). 9/6/12 \u2013 Final hearing on our request for relief under the Supremacy Clause (decision pending shortly).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background, Opposition\n7/19/12 \u2013 Court orders second round of supplemental briefing, at issue is whether EPA's SIP adoption makes it an indispensable party5/31/12 \u2013 Court orders supplemental briefs regarding EPA adoption of the SIP (Supplemental briefing completed by 7/12/12)5/21/12 \u2013 Court orders on its own motion the case is stayed indefinitely (MSJ still pending)2/8/12 \u2013 Eve of hearing on MSJ, matter ordered submitted without oral argument1/30/12 \u2013 Order denying preliminary injunction1/18/12 \u2013 Hearing on Summary Judgment continued to 2/9/12", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Background, Opposition\n201112/15/11 \u2013 Hearing on preliminary injunction11/15/11 \u2013 CDTOA Motion for preliminary injunction (a secondary lawsuit)7/5/11 \u2013 CDTOA Motion for Summary Judgment (MSJ); Hearing originally set for 9/6/11, but continued to 1/26/12 to permit discovery", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Regulation\nSection 2025 of the rule states that \"The purpose of this regulation is to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter (PM), oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and other criteria pollutants, and greenhouse gases from in-use diesel-fueled vehicles\". All fleet owners, with the exception of small fleets, have three options to comply with the regulation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Regulation\nThese regulations apply to any business, person, federal government agency or school district that owns, operates, sells or runs vehicles operated on diesel-fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Regulation\nThe requirements of the regulation are as follows under section 2025:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Fleet compliance assistance tools\nIn order to assist truck owners to meet the standards of the regulation, the Air Resources Board provides compliance tools on their website. An Excel spreadsheet called the \u201cFleet Calculator\u201d assists owners to comply with the truck and bus rule. The owners can determine what type of compliance options may be available by inputting engine model year and emission control technology assumptions into the calculator. The tool follows regulation amendments, and a hotline has been set up for fleet owners called the Air Resources Board's Diesel Hotline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Reporting\nThe system utilized for reporting is the Truck Regulations Upload and Compliance Reporting System (TRUCRS). Reporting guidelines are not required until 2012, however fleets can take advantage of Agricultural Vehicle Provisions or to meet requirements for Tier 0 auxiliary engines in street sweepers. By April 29, 2011, these previously mentioned two-engine street sweepers have to start reporting hourly meter readings beginning January 1, 2011. In order to meet these guidelines, reports can be made online or in paper format. Also by April 29, 2011, those fleets that reported Agricultural Provisions in the previous year can update their January 1, 2011 odometer readings in order to qualify for Agricultural Vehicle Provisions. Annual reporting will be mandatory as of January 31, 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 846]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Reporting\nAll fleet owners may submit reporting materials using paper or electronic forms reporting annually until the expiration of requirements or until the year after Best Available Control Technology. Owner contact and vehicle information including but not limited to type, gross vehicle weight rating and model year are mandatory as a part of reporting. Engine information, verified diesel emission control strategies (VDECS), and highest available VDECS must also be submitted into reporting. Low-use vehicles, fleets claiming vehicle retirement credits, school bus fleets/sub-fleets, agricultural fleets, vehicles exempt from NOx BACT and emergency support vehicles have their own specified reporting conditions which coincide and build onto the overall reporting requirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Reporting\nAll reports must submit compliance certification signed by a responsible official or a designee to confirm that the reporting is accurate prior to submission to the executive officer. If there are any changes since the last reporting, the responsible party must report it to the executive officer. These changes include vehicles that may be removed or added to the fleet or those vehicles that have recently been repowered or retrofitted. New fleet reporting for those that elect to use the Best Available Control Technology percent limits must also submit information to the executive officer. By January 31 of each year, owners must submit information regarding claiming compliance extensions for manufacturer delays including the date of purchase of verified diesel emission control strategies, date the vehicle was placed into service, the date of removal from service, and identification of vehicle that was replaced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 978]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Exhaust retrofits\nOperators of diesel vehicles and equipment must install Diesel Emission Control Strategies (DECS) to new and existing engines in order to comply with the regulation. DECS are technology-based retrofits that reduce pollutants from diesel exhaust before they are released into the air. A commonly used DECS technology is the diesel particulate filter which serves as a substitution for an engine's original factory muffler. All Diesel Emission Control Strategies must be verified and approved by the Air Resources Board to ensure proper particulate matter and nitrogen oxide reductions will be met.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Health impacts\nDiesel truck emissions include smog-forming nitrogen oxide and are the largest source of diesel particulate matter which is known to cause harm to the lungs, the immune system, the heart and cardiovascular system, and the developing brain. Seventy percent of California's risk for cancer from airborne toxics in 2000 was attributed to diesel particulate matter. In 2004 it was estimated that premature death rates from diesel pollution would supersede the death rates from homicides that year. It is projected that reducing emissions today would prevent 11,000 premature deaths and 16,000 hospital admissions by 2020. The cost-benefit analysis of reducing diesel pollution concluded with the results that small costs of pollution cleanup can drastically cut health-related costs, such as reduced hospitalization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 873]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196010-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule, Health impacts\nThe areas of California with the highest health related risks in exposure to diesel pollution are those that are the most densely populated air basins. Half of California's diesel pollution illnesses occur in the South Coast. 45% of the State's population resides here, and they breathe 30% of particulate matter and nitrogen oxide (NOx). The South Coast's projected cost of health impacts is totaled at $10.2 billion per year. The San Francisco Bay Area is the second most highly affected region in California taking in 17% of the state's diesel pollution. The estimated health related costs for the Bay Area are $3.7 billion per year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections\nThe California state elections, November 2008 were held on November 4, 2008 throughout California. Among the elections taking place were those for the office of President of the United States, all the seats of California's delegation to the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the State Assembly, and all of the odd-numbered seats of the State Senate. Twelve propositions also appeared on the ballot. Numerous local elections also took place throughout the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, United States House of Representatives\nAll 53 seats of the United States House of Representatives in California were up for election. Before and after the election, 34 seats were under Democratic control and 19 were under Republican control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, California State Senate\nThe California State Senate is the upper house of California's bicameral State Legislature. There are a total of 40 seats and only the 20 odd-numbered ones were up for election. The Democratic Party maintained a majority of 25, with the remaining 15 seats under the control of the Republican Party. Neither party lost or gained any seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, California State Assembly\nThe California State Assembly is the lower house of California's State Legislature. All 80 seats were up for election every two years. Before the election, the Democrats controlled 48 seats, while the Republicans controlled 32. After the election, the Democrats increased its majority to 51, while the Republican minority shrank to 29. A total of five seats changed parties: four to the Democrats and one to the Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, Propositions, Proposition 1A\nProposition 1A is a bond measure to fund the California High-Speed Rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, Propositions, Proposition 2\nProposition 2 is an initiative statute regarding standards for confining farm animals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, Propositions, Proposition 3\nProposition 3 is an initiative statute that authorizes children's hospital bonds and grants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, Propositions, Proposition 4\nProposition 4 is an initiative constitutional amendment regarding waiting periods and parental notification before termination of a minor's pregnancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, Propositions, Proposition 5\nProposition 5 is an initiative statute regarding nonviolent offenders, sentencing, parole, and rehabilitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, Propositions, Proposition 6\nProposition 6 is an initiative statute regarding criminal penalties and public safety funding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, Propositions, Proposition 8\nProposition 8 is an initiative constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, Propositions, Proposition 9\nProposition 9 is an initiative constitutional amendment and statute that deals with the criminal justice system, victims' rights, and parole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, Propositions, Proposition 10\nProposition 10 is an initiative statute that authorizes bonds for alternative fuel vehicles and renewable energy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, Propositions, Proposition 11\nProposition 11 is an initiative constitutional amendment and statute that deals with redistricting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196011-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 California elections, Propositions, Proposition 12\nProposition 12 is a bond measure that would assist veterans with buying property.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires\nThe 2008 California wildfire season was one of the most devastating since the turn of the 21st Century. While 6,255 fires occurred, about two-thirds as many as in 2007, the total area exceeded that of the previous years, far exceeding the total area of each year prior to 2007. Throughout the year, 1,593,690 acres (6,449.4\u00a0km2) of land were burned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires\nBy July 5, 2008, 328 wildfires were burning, and those fires were only 81% contained. For the first time since 1977, the US military helped with ground-based firefighting, when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dispatched 400 California National Guard troops, including Chief Medical Officer Susan Pangelinan, to manage fire lines. He said the number of fires had stretched the state's fire-fighting resources thin. \"One never has resources for 1,700 fires. Who has the resources for that?\" Schwarzenegger said, adding, \"Something is happening, clearly. There's more need for resources than ever before... it's fire season all year round.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Fires\nBelow is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (400\u00a0ha) during the 2008 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires\nThe  Summer 2008 fires were a concentrated outbreak of wildfires during the late spring and summer of 2008. Over 3,596 individual fires were burning at the height of the period, burning large portions of forests and chaparral in California, injuring at least 34 individuals and killing 32. The majority of the fires were started by lightning from dry thunderstorms on June 20, although some earlier fires ignited during mid-May. International aid from Greece, Cyprus, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand helped fight the fires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires\nThe first of the wildfires was the Big Horn Fire, which ignited on May 13. Three other minor wildfires ignited subsequently, but were extinguished by May 17. On May 20, the Avocado Fire ignited in Fresno County, only to be extinguished 2 days later. On May 22, 2008, the human-caused Summit Fire broke out in the Santa Cruz Mountains, which became the first major fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires\nOn July 5, 2008, California Governor Schwarzenegger commented that \"I've been driving up and down the state of California going to all the various fires, and you can imagine, this state is very prepared for fire, but when you wake up one morning and have 500 fires across the state, it was a real shock to me... only to find the next morning there were 1,000 fires, and the next morning 1,400 fires, and then 1,700 fires igniting over 14 days.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires\nThe Gap Fire near Goleta in Santa Barbara County burned 8,357 acres (3,382\u00a0ha). The fire was contained on July 29, after several weeks of activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires\nBy July 11, 2008, it was reported that a total of 793,483 acres (321,111\u00a0ha) was burned, a total exceeding the initial estimate of 510,000 acres (210,000\u00a0ha) burned by the October 2007 California wildfires. On July 12, 2008, the area burned reached 801,726 acres (324,447\u00a0ha), exceeding the estimated 800,000 acres (320,000\u00a0ha) burned by the 2003 California wildfires, making the Summer 2008 wildfires the greatest wildfire event in Californian history, in terms of burned area. On that date 20,274 personnel had been committed to fight the fires. Total resources included 467 hand crews, 1,503 engines, 423 water tenders, 291 bulldozers, 142 helicopters, 400 soldiers and numerous air tankers. The fire was responsible for the deaths of 23 individuals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires\nOn July 25, a blaze sparked by target shooting broke out in Mariposa County, in the Sierra Nevada foothills of central California. By the following day, the Telegraph Fire had gone from 1,000 acres (400\u00a0ha) to 16,000 acres (6,500\u00a0ha), and within days had destroyed 21 homes in the community of Midpines. Residents were evacuated from approximately 300 homes that were immediately threatened, with an additional 4,000 homes placed on standby for evacuation in Midpines, Greeley Hill, and Coulterville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires\nDuring August, wildfire activity began to diminish, although there were still hundreds of wildfires still burning. On August 29, wildfire activity had largely ended, although three more wildfires ignited after September 1, beginning with the Gladding Fire. On September 10, the Colony Fire was 100% contained, ending the last of the Summer 2008 California wildfires. The Summer 2008 wildfires burned a total of 1,162,197 acres (4,703.24\u00a0km2) between May 2008 and September 2008, comprising the vast majority of burned land by wildfires in California in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires\nIn total, the Summer 2008 wildfires burned a total of 1,161,197 acres (469,920\u00a0ha), which accounts for 84% of the total area burned during the 2008 wildfire season. In addition, the Summer 2008 fires cost over $92.38 million (2008 USD) to fight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires\nThe Basin Complex Fire in the Ventana Wilderness became the third largest wildfire in California's history based on size (until it was surpassed in size by the 2013 Rim Fire), and also the second-costliest wildfire to extinguish in U.S. history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires, Weather\nThe fires broke out after three years of below-normal rainfall dehydrated much of California's forests and woodlands, making them prone to wildfires. Spring 2008 for California was the driest on record for many locations; for example, San Francisco registered only 0.67 inches (17\u00a0mm) of rain out of a normal of 5.18 inches (13\u00a0cm) from March to May. As vegetation turned into bone-dry tinder in early June, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought for the first time in 17 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires, Weather\nDry thunderstorms and lightning, rarely seen on the California coastline in June, rolled onshore on the weekend of June 20\u201321. The storm unleashed 25,000 to 26,000 dry lightning strikes across Northern and Central California, igniting more than 2,000 fires. The number of wildfires skyrocketed in the days after the thunderstorms and high daily daytime temperatures of over 120\u00a0\u00b0F (49\u00a0\u00b0C) dramatically increased the various fires' growth. The same thunderstorms also caused fires in Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires, Weather\nA heat wave commenced on July 7, with temperatures in inland locations, such as the Central Valley soaring above 115\u00a0\u00b0F (46\u00a0\u00b0C). Lake Berryessa recorded a high temperature of 126\u00a0\u00b0F (52\u00a0\u00b0C), prompting weather agencies like the National Weather Service to issue high fire danger warnings. These near to record-breaking temperatures concerned many firefighters, who feared that the high heat, low humidity, and high-elevation winds could make firefighting more strenuous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires, Contributing factors\nJohn Juskie, a National Weather Service science officer, was quoted in June 2008 in the Los Angeles Times stating \"in historic terms, we're at record dry levels.\" The spring of 2008 not only broke the record for least inches of rainfall, at 0.17 of an inch, it represented less than one-third of the previous record low of 0.55 of an inch of rainfall in 1934.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Summer fires, Contributing factors\nA record lack of rainfall, severely dry vegetation and uncharacteristically windy weather combined to create tinderbox conditions across Northern California. In most areas of Northern California, the grasses and brush were as dry in June as they normally would be in October. Moisture content was less than 2%, compared with about 40% normally for this time of year, fire officials stated. In addition, \"no one has seen a springtime like this with the winds,\" Juskie said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Smoke and air quality\nAir quality in northern and central California deteriorated as a result of smoke from the wildfires, especially in the Central Valley from Bakersfield in the southern San Joaquin Valley section to Redding in the northern Sacramento Valley section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Smoke and air quality, Northern California\nFrom June 21 to June 27, much of Northern California was covered in a thick blanket of smoke, which reduced visibility and turned the sky yellow and the Moon red.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Smoke and air quality, Northern California\nSome areas endured record levels of air pollution, along with hazardous concentrations of particulate matter. These smoky and hazy conditions prompted health officials to issue air quality advisories and warnings, as particulate matter reached unhealthy levels in the North Bay on June 25. In the San Francisco Bay Area, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District urged the elderly and people with respiratory problems to stay indoors. In spite of the warnings, health officials noted a jump in the number of people with eye and throat irritation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Smoke and air quality, Northern California\nThe bad air quality also forced the cancellation of the 100-mile (161\u00a0km) Western States Endurance Run, the first in the race's 31-year history. Air quality began to improve on June 28, followed by decreased smoke and improved visibility a day later. By June 30, residents in the Sacramento Valley saw blue skies and good air quality, as a result of onshore winds and the Delta breezes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Smoke and air quality, Northern California\nHowever, air quality in Oregon degraded as plumes of smoke drifted northward instead of concentrating in the Central Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Smoke and air quality, Spare the Air\nHazy conditions returned on July 7, along with high temperatures over 100\u00a0\u00b0F (38\u00a0\u00b0C) in the Central Valley. The heat and smoke combined forced public health officials and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to issue \"Spare the Air\" advisories and an emergency plan for heat waves, respectively. Air quality districts issued another Spare the Air day for July 8, July 9, and July 10, as calm wind conditions in Northern California failed to blow away the smoke from the wildfires. Smoky conditions continued into late August, when most of the wildfires were extinguished. The smoke from the fires finally began to disperse on September 10, after the last of the wildfires was fully contained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Smoke and air quality, Health Impact\nA paper in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology studied a group of adolescent rhesus macaque monkeys that were exposed during infancy to smoke from northern California wildfires in 2008. They found that monkeys exposed to wildfire smoke as infants had \"significantly reduced inspiratory capacity, residual volume, vital capacity, and functional residual capacity per unit of body weight.\" There was also a trend of reduced total lung capacity in animals exposed to wildfire smoke as infants. Adolescent monkeys exposed to wildfire smoke as infants were also found to have a lessened PBMCs responses to TLR Ligands. TLR5 has been linked with the asthma phenotype experimentally and in human subjects. An important finding in the study was that monkeys over 200 miles away from the combustion were still found to have significant immune and respiratory changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 949]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Smoke and air quality, Health Impact\nThe findings were consistent with many other human group studies and suggest that children who underwent the same experience as the monkeys in the study have a high chance of exhibiting similar health problems but, that because normal development of rhesus monkeys is accelerated compared to human children the relative impact of this amount of wildfire smoke exposure might differ.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, November Fires\nThe month of November saw a large number of fires, around 2,151, which began burning across Southern California on November 13, with 4 of them becoming major wildfires. At least 400 houses and 500 mobile homes were destroyed. According to USA Today, these wildfires combined with those from October 2007 and the Summer of 2008 were the worst group of wildfires that California had experienced in two decades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, November Fires\nLos Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told residents, \"If you wait until the fire gets there you have waited too long, this fire can be on you in a moment's notice.\" California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and Orange Counties. Governor Schwarzenegger described the conditions contributing to the fires as a \"perfect storm,\" including strong Santa Ana and sundowner winds, with gusts reaching 80 miles per hour (129\u00a0km/h), as well as high temperatures, low humidity, and dry conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196012-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 California wildfires, Fatalities\nDuring the season, the National Interagency Fire Center reported 13 firefighter fatalities while battling wildfires. Nine were killed in a helicopter crash, while others died of a heart attack, a falling tree, and an entrapment. In all, 32 people were killed by the wildfires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196013-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 California's 12th congressional district special election\nCalifornia's 12th congressional district special election, 2008 occurred on April 8, 2008. California's 12th congressional district was vacated following the death of Democrat Tom Lantos on February 11, 2008. The special election was called by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to fill the vacancy for the remainder of Lantos's term ending on January 3, 2009. The special election took the form of an open primary. Another election would have taken place on June 3 had no candidate received a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196013-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 California's 12th congressional district special election\nDemocrat Jackie Speier won a majority of the votes in the open primary and therefore won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196013-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 California's 12th congressional district special election, Candidates\nThe following individuals appeared in the certified list of candidates and the certified list of write-in candidates published by the California Secretary of State, and were thus eligible to receive votes in the special primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196015-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cambodian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Cambodia on 27 July 2008. The result was a victory for the ruling Cambodian People's Party, which won 90 of the 123 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196015-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cambodian general election, Background\nPrime Minister Hun Sen announced the planned date of the elections on 30 May 2007, saying that the date of 27 July 2008 had been decided on because it was a holiday and because it fell exactly five years after the previous elections. While the ruling Cambodian People's Party was expected to retain its majority, FUNCINPEC was considered likely to fall behind the two major opposition parties, the Sam Rainsy Party and the Sangkum Jatiniyum Front Party. The newly founded Human Rights Party was also expected to make an impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196015-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cambodian general election, Campaign\nBy the deadline of 12 May 2008, only twelve parties had registered for the elections, only half of the 23 parties which contested the 2003 elections and a third of the 39 in the 1998 elections. Ten of those parties fielded candidates in all of Cambodia's 24 provinces and municipalities, while the remaining two fielded candidates in only nine and seven provinces, respectively. Ten parties were approved, one was asked to submit more documents and subsequently approved and one was denied registration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196015-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cambodian general election, Campaign\nIn early July, the Khmer Anti- Poverty Party and the Society of Justice Party decided to form a political alliance, and the Khmer Republican Party also stated it was willing to make alliances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196015-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cambodian general election, Conduct\nThe EU observing mission stated that based on the provisional results, the lead of the CPP was so large that there would have to be very large-scale fraud in order to call the CPP's victory into question. They still criticised the disenfranchisement of a large number of voters, but lauded the improvement over the 2003 elections; on the whole, however, the election fell short of international standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196015-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cambodian general election, Results\nPreliminary results from CPP sources indicated that the CPP had won 58.3% of the vote and 91 seats, whilst the SRP had won 21.9% of the vote and 26 seats, with the Human Rights Party on three seats, the NRP on two and FUNCINPEC with one. NGOs and other supervising bodies stated that the distribution was more likely 70 for CPP and 50 for SRP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196015-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Cambodian general election, Aftermath\nPrime Minister Hun Sen claimed victory the day after the elections, The stand-off with Thailand over the Preah Vihear Temple was widely seen as a successful attempt of the ruling CPP to garner more support. Analysts expected the CPP to increase its majority; as the constitution was amended to remove the need for a two-thirds majority to govern, requiring the more common simple majority instead, it was considered likely that the CPP would be able to govern without a coalition partner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196015-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Cambodian general election, Aftermath\nThe CPP announced it would retain its coalition with the severely diminished FUNCINPEC, but ordered its leaders Keo Puth Rasmey and his wife Princess Arun Rasmey to stand down and let army general Nhek Bun Chhay take over; he would be the first non-royal to lead FUNCINPEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196015-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Cambodian general election, Aftermath\nThe SRP, HRP and NRP threatened to boycott the first parliamentary session unless the irregularities were investigated; the PM replied that in that case, the opposition's seats would be redistributed between CPP and FUNCINPEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests\nThe 2008 Cameroon protests were a series of violent demonstrations in Cameroon's biggest cities that took place from 25 to 29 February 2008. The protests followed on the heels of a strike by transport workers, who were opposing high fuel prices and poor working conditions. Further political turmoil had been caused by President Paul Biya's announcement that he wanted the constitution to be amended to remove term limits; without such an amendment, he would have to leave office at the end of his term in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests\nLarge groups of youths, whom the opposition Social Democratic Front (SDF) political party and the government blame one another for organising, took to the streets of Douala, Yaound\u00e9, Bamenda, and other major cities, looting and vandalising property. The government sent in troops to crack down on the unrest, and protesters and troops alike were killed. The official government tally is that 40 people were killed, but human rights groups claim that the total is closer to 100. Government figures place damage to property at tens of billions of francs CFA (15.2 million euros or US$23.4 million).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests\nIn response to the protests, President Biya reduced the cost of fuel, raised salaries of civil servants and military personnel, reduced the duties paid on cement, and suspended duties on essential goods such as cooking oil, fish, and rice. Government forces also claimed to have arrested more than 1,600 people, including government officials, and to have prosecuted 200. Human rights groups and defense attorneys, on the other hand, claimed that more than 2,000 people had been arrested in Douala alone and decried the trials as overly swift, secretive, and severe. The government has also cracked down on artists, media outlets and journalists it accuses of threatening national stability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Causes\nThe protests grew out of a strike by the urban transport union, which consists of bus, taxi, and lorry drivers. The union was angered over the rise in fuel prices and poor working conditions in Cameroon; so they scheduled a strike for 25 February 2008. Further unrest was fomented in response to generally high cost of living in Cameroon, high unemployment among youths, and President Paul Biya's proposal that the constitution be amended to abolish term limits on the presidency and allow him to run in the 2011 election. Biya has been president of Cameroon since 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Causes\nOn 23 February, an unauthorised protest of several hundred Cameroonians in the Douala suburb of Newtown, opposing Biya's proposed constitutional reforms, was broken up by police who allegedly turned tear gas and water cannons on the demonstrators, killing at least one. Conditions in Douala were peaceful the following day until that evening, when gunfire was heard near Douala International Airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Causes\nAccording to Hamidou Yaya Marafa, Minister of State, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, the Cameroonian government learned in January that the Social Democratic Front (SDF), the main opposition to the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) political party, had formulated a plan they dubbed \"Operation Kenya\" to bring instability to Douala, Cameroon's biggest city and chief port. In response, the government indefinitely banned street demonstrations in the Littoral Province, where Douala is located.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Causes\nUndeterred, SDF leaders met at the Bamenda home of party chairman John Fru Ndi in late January, government officials claim, with the aim of organising street demonstrations across the country. Marafa says that the SDF planned to have members from both the government and civil sectors participate in the protests. Meanwhile, the SDF allegedly offered training to young people in how to stage an effective street demonstration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Causes\nFru Ndi and the SDF have rejected the government's claims, citing several peaceful SDF-led protests in the past. Fru Ndi told the government to look at their own policies as the cause of the unrest. Fru Ndi said that he had information that implicated government officials with \"[manipulating] the State apparatus and its information system\" in a bid to deflect attention from their own corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Protests\nThe protests began on 25 February 2008 in Douala. Because of the transport strike scheduled for that day and general fear, the streets were empty of all traffic but the transport used by government forces. Heavy gunfire was reported that morning, and youths burnt cars, tyres, and vegetation to block off major roads and bridges; the city was filled with plumes of smoke. Meanwhile, groups of young people looted and vandalised property, including petrol stations and a retail store. Reports on national radio said that a finance ministry building, a town hall, and other government structures were aflame. IRIN reported seeing a firefight between protesters and police at the airport and witnessing victims of gunshot wounds in the city. Police responded with widespread arrests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 832]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Protests\nOn 26 February, the government agreed to a reduction in petrol prices of 6 francs CFA (less than 1 US\u00a2) per litre, and the transport union called off its strike that night. The head of the taxi union, Jean Collins Ndefossokeng, told Radio France International that \"it is no longer a good time for the strike with the current vandalism.\" Nevertheless, violence had already gotten out of hand by this point and continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Protests\nBy 2 February, the protests had spread to other Cameroonian cities. Government figures show that the protests eventually spread to 31 municipal areas in five of Cameroon's ten provinces: the Centre, Littoral, Northwest, Southwest, and West. Marafa claims that the SDF collected and transported youths between hot points, including Bafoussam, Bamenda, Douala, and Yaound\u00e9. Government forces allegedly stopped such convoys outside major cities on 25 and 27 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Protests\nWitnesses reported heavy gunfire in Yaound\u00e9 on 27 February. One resident reported rioters looting and burning a market. The government flooded the streets of the capital with soldiers. Demonstrators threw stones and erected flaming barricades. Government forces responded with tear gas. Troops were stationed throughout the city and at petrol stations, and barricades were set up. Similar methods were used in other cities, and troops in Douala used water cannons. Meanwhile, looting and burning continued in Douala, where witnesses reported victims of gunshot wounds lining the streets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Protests\nAccording to a BBC reporter, troops confronted about 2,000 demonstrators on a bridge in Douala, and some 20 individuals fell into the river.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Protests\nIn Kumba, demonstrators marched with posters demanding Biya's resignation and for the government to reduce the cost of fuel and petroleum products. In Bamenda, some reportedly targeted boarding schools, where the nation's elite send their children. The protesters, reportedly armed with bottles of petrol, rocks, and sticks, threatened to burn the school down unless the students came with them, possibly for use as human shields against government forces. One boarding school reported that 200 teenage boys were taken by the protesters but the rest of the children were allowed to stay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Protests\nReports indicate that similar scenarios took place at other schools. Most of the children managed to escape back to the school or their parents' home. Others broke into the Social Affairs Delegation and stole 4 millionfrancs CFA. The government accused the mayor of the Njombe-Penja Council of leading a group of demonstrators in an attack on a gendarme station in his town. The mayor was later suspended for this act and for alleged mismanagement of council funds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Protests\nMeanwhile, the government reports that two Italians in Cameroon were kidnapped in Douala as part of the violence. They were brought to Bamenda, where their kidnappers demanded ransom. They were eventually let go unharmed, and no ransom was paid. A report from The Associated Press, on the other hand, says that the victims were one Croatian woman and one Italian woman and that a Croatian newspaper has stated that a ransom was indeed paid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Aftermath\nThe government of Cameroon has held three press conferences regarding the crisis. The latest was on 10 March 2008. On 27 February, President Biya made a rare appearance on state-owned television. He accused \"certain politicians\", whom he dubbed \"apprentice sorcerers in the shadows\" with fomenting unrest and attempting to orchestrate a coup d'\u00e9tat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Aftermath\nOn 27 February, the government reduced fuel costs. On 7 March, Biya declared a rise in pay of 15 percent for civil service employees to take effect 1 April and suspended duties paid on basic commodities such as cooking oil, fish, and rice. He also raised the pay of military personnel. The government reduced the custom duty paid on cement from 20 to 10 percent to address a shortage of building materials. It also announced plans to look at bank and telephone charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Aftermath\nThe government claimed to have arrested more than 1,600 people and to have found 200 guilty of looting and destruction of property with sentences of six months to three years. Human rights groups assert that the actual number of arrests is much higher, with as many as 2,000 arrests in Douala alone, due in part to an apparent randomness to the arrests of both youths who did and did not participate in the demonstrations. As of 26 March 2008, 800 accused were reportedly being held in Douala Central Prison and the government had charged 1,000 to 1,500 citizens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Aftermath\nSuch organisations and the Cameroon Bar Council spoke out against the trials, deeming them summary and secretive, with extreme sentences. A lawyer in Yaound\u00e9 claimed that defendants were being given no time to prepare a defence, and a lawyer in Douala said there was evidence the detainees had been beaten and tortured. According to one report, the defendants are tried en masse (one trial had more than 150 defendants), and defence attorneys are not alerted beforehand whom they will be asked to represent nor given access to police reports and files.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Aftermath\nOn 5 March, Jean-Michel Nintcheu, chairman of the SDF in the Littoral Province, was arrested in Douala on charges of violating the government ban on public demonstrations. On 7 March, Nintcheu announced that the SDF was calling off demonstrations in the Littoral Province due to \"the recent upheavals that rocked many parts of the province, occasioning deaths and destruction of property.\" Another SDF leader was arrested at the airport attempting to travel to Europe. He was accused of being the mastermind of the demonstrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Aftermath\nSome semblance of normalcy had returned to Cameroon's cities by 8 March, with traffic jams and people going about their daily business. However, Cameroonians report that the government reprisals and fear of another uprising have created a \"climate of terror\" in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Aftermath\nInternational media watchdog groups have claimed that the government has heavy-handedly censored the press in Cameroon and intimidated journalists with methods that include beatings and confiscation of equipment. As of 8 March, three media outlets had been shut down by the government, which claimed the moves were in the interest of \"stability and social order\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Aftermath\nAs of 10 March, troops were reportedly searching homes in Kumba for property stolen from Les Brasseries du Cameroun, a brewery, and Transformation Reef Cameroon, a logging company. The Post newspaper, located in Buea, claims that the troops \"torture and arrest\" anyone in possession of allegedly stolen beverages or computer equipment. If the home is clear of such items, the troops are said to destroy radio and TV equipment. Some residents accuse the soldiers of raping women and stealing money. One man reportedly committed suicide rather than face arrest after troops allegedly found 25 crates of stolen beverages in his home on 6 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Aftermath\nDespite the protests, the National Assembly voted to change the Constitution to remove term limits on 10 April 2008. Given the CPDM's control of the National Assembly, the change was overwhelmingly approved, with 157 votes in favor and five opposed; the 15 deputies of the SDF chose to boycott the vote in protest, denouncing it as a \"constitutional coup\". The change also provided for the President to enjoy immunity from prosecution for his actions as President after leaving office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Deaths and damages\nAs of 10 March 2008, official government figures put the number of deaths at 40, which includes both government security personnel and civilians. Marafa said that total included those who had been injured and later died. He placed 30 of the deaths in Douala alone, with two dead in Yaound\u00e9 and eight in the Northwest, Southwest, and West provinces combined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Deaths and damages\nOn 7 March, the Maison des Droits de L'Homme (House of Human Rights, MDH), a Cameroonian human rights organisation affiliated with the International Federation of Human Rights, claimed the death total was \"more than 100\". The government denied these figures. According to Madeleine Affite, an MDH member, in one incident alone, 18 people died in Douala. Government forces had protesters trapped on the Wouri River bridge, and people jumped into the river in desperation. Affite says that local fishermen who witnessed the incident have been told by government agents to keep quiet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Deaths and damages\nIn another incident, a reported 20 demonstrators were killed in Douala when government forces fired on them. She also claimed that the government has ordered morgues not to release bodies of victims to keep the scale of the deaths caused in the protests a secret. Afit\u00e9 claims that the bans extend to photographing the remains or publishing the results of autopsies of those who died in the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Deaths and damages\nAccording to the government, during the demonstrations, protesters vandalised and sacked bars, bakeries, government buildings, industrial sites, 33 petrol stations, pharmacies, sales kiosks, security stations, and vehicles. The government estimates the damage caused by the protests at tens of billions of francs CFA (15.2 million euros or US$23.4 million). Government spokesman Marafa claimed that Cameroon had taken a blow to both its economy and its reputation. Finance Minister Johnson Kum Ofon of Meme division estimated the damages to Kumba alone at 695 million francs CFA (US$1.7 million or 1.1 million euros), more than the total amount allotted for infrastructural improvements for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196016-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests, Deaths and damages\nOn 12 April 2008, opposition SDF leader John Fru Ndi called for a national day of mourning for 21 April 2008 to commemorate those who died during the protests and the \"death of democracy\" in Cameroon due to the April 2008 amendments to the constitution to allow the president to run for more than two terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196017-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campbell Fighting Camels football team\nThe 2008 Campbell Fighting Camels football team represented Campbell University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Pioneer Football League (PFL). The 2008 season was the first in which Campbell fielded a team. The Fighting Camels were led by head coach Dale Steele and played their home games at Barker\u2013Lane Stadium. Campbell  finished the season 1\u201310 overall and 0\u20138 in PFL play to place last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196018-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby\nThe 2008 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby  was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Tucum\u00e0n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196018-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, \"Campeonato\"\nThe eight Team participating were divided in due pools of 4. The first two of each pool admitted to semifinals, the last to play-out for relegation (\"Finale descenso\")", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196018-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, \"Campeonato\", Pool 2\n(*) The second place was assigned according to the number of tries scored (Rosario 6, Santa F\u00e8 3, Salta 1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196018-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, \"Campeonato\", Final\nTucuman 15.Lucas Barrera Oro, 14.An\u00edbal Ter\u00e1n, 13.Ezequiel Faralle, 12.Agust\u00edn Vallejo, 11.Sebasti\u00e1n Ponce, 10.Diego Mas (60' Nicol\u00e1s S\u00e1nchez), 9.Diego Ternavasio, 8.Agust\u00edn Guzm\u00e1n ( 79' Rafael Garrido), 7.Nicol\u00e1s Centuri\u00f3n, 6.Ignacio Haustein ( 56' Juan Pablo Lagarrigue), 5.Gabriel Pata Curello (capt), 4.Carlos Casares, 3.Bruno Cuezzo, 2.Ram\u00f3n Vidal, 1.Felipe Betolli (61' Juan \u00c1vila) Buenos Aires: 15. Federico Serra Miras, 14. Agust\u00edn Gosio, 13. Juan Ignacio Gauthier, 12. Hern\u00e1n Senillosa, 11. Pablo G\u00f3mez Cora (capt. ), 10. Santiago Fern\u00e1ndez ( 53` Benjam\u00edn Urdapilleta)), 9. Francisco Albarrac\u00edn, 8. Alejandro Abadie, 7. Facundo L\u00f3pez ( 55'Juan Pablo Mirenda), . 6. Alejandro Campos, 5. Felipe Aranguren, 4. James Stuart ( 53`Nahuel Neyra), 3. Francisco Lecot (53' Federico S\u00e1nchez), 2. Pablo Gambarini ( 64` Agust\u00edn Costa Repetto), 1. Gonzalo Begino", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 914]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196019-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Baiano\nThe Campeonato Baiano 2008 is the 104th edition of the Campeonato Baiano. Vit\u00f3ria won the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196019-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Baiano, Format\nThe 12 teams play in double round-robin in 22 rounds. The top 4 qualify for the Final Stage, the bottom team is relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196019-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Baiano, Format\nThe 4 teams play in double round-robin in 6 rounds. The winners of Final Stage is the champions. The top 3 teams (except the clubs of S\u00e9rie A and S\u00e9rie B) qualify for the S\u00e9rie C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196019-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Baiano, Standings\n* For offending the referee, Fluminense de Feira was punished with the loss of 6 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196020-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20\nThe Campeonato Brasileiro Sub 20 2008 (Under-20 Brazilian Championship) was the 3rd edition of the annual tournament organized by FGF, the Rio Grande do Sul State Football Federation. Only players 20 years old or younger are allowed to play. The competition was contested by all teams on the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A 2008, except from Vasco and S\u00e3o Paulo, which were replaced by Corinthians and Juventude. It began on December 8 and the final match was played on December 21, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196020-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20\nThe matches were played at four stadiums: Passo D'Areia and PUC Sport Stadium in Porto Alegre; Morada dos Quero-Queros in Alvorada; and Municipal Farroupilha in Alegrete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196020-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20\nAfter reaching the final for the second time in history, Gr\u00eamio won its first title. They have beaten city rivals Internacional in the semifinal match and then, in the final match, they came back from a 0-1 score against Sport to win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196021-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A\nThe 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A was the 52nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A. It began on May 8 and ended on December 7. For the first time, one club has won the championship three times in a row. Also, S\u00e3o Paulo has been crowned the biggest winner in the history of the competition, winning it six times since its establishment in 1971.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196021-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Format\nFor the sixth season, the championship was contested in a double round-robin system. The team with most points has been declared champions. Also, the tournament was a qualifier to other South American competitions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196021-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Format\nBy winning the Copa do Brasil, Sport already qualified for Copa Libertadores 2009 First Stage and cannot qualify for the Copa Sudamericana 2009. Also, Internacional qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2009 by winning the 2008 edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196022-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nThe Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B, namely the second level of Brazilian football league system, was contested by 20 teams in 2008. Giants Corinthians played S\u00e9rie B for the first time after its poor season in S\u00e9rie A in 2007. Also, former S\u00e9rie A champions Bahia returned from S\u00e9rie C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196022-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nThe tournament started on May 9 and Corinthians begun defeating CRB 3-2 in S\u00e3o Paulo. Due to its tradition and huge number of supporters, Corinthians attracted most of the attention from the media. The club won the first six matches and never left the top of the table. Promotion came on round 32 - six matches before the end of season - after defeating Cear\u00e1 2-0 in S\u00e3o Paulo. They were crowned champions two rounds later, beating Crici\u00fama 2-0 as visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196022-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nAva\u00ed was the second team to reach S\u00e9rie A as they defeated Brasiliense 1-0 on Round 35. One week later, Santo Andr\u00e9 also reached promotion after their 3-2 win as visitors against Cear\u00e1. Finally, Barueri completed the G4 (as the group of  promoted teams are called) on Round 37 after beating Am\u00e9rica de Natal 3-0 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196022-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nOn the other side of the table, CRB's poor record caused the club relegation on Round 33. Gama saw their hope comes to an end three weeks later. In the last round, on November 29, Crici\u00fama and Mar\u00edlia could not scape as Fortaleza and Am\u00e9rica de Natal won their last matches and managed to stay out of the bottom four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196022-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nVila Nova and former Brazilian international T\u00falio was the top scorer of the competition with 24 goals in the age of 39 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196023-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C\nIn 2008, the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, the third division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 64 clubs, four of which qualified to the S\u00e9rie B. For the second time in history, Atl\u00e9tico Goianiense were crowned S\u00e9rie C champions. Following them, former S\u00e9rie A champions Guarani were also promoted, along with Campinense and Duque de Caxias. The new, revamped 20-club round robin S\u00e9rie C in 2009, will be contested by the clubs which finished from 5th to 20th this season, plus the four relegated from S\u00e9rie B 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196023-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Competition format, First stage\nThe 64 teams play in 16 groups of four. Within each group, the four teams play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling six matchdays. The two best ranked teams in each group qualify to the Second Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196023-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Competition format, Second stage\nThe 32 teams qualified from the First Stage play in eight groups of four. Within each group, the four teams play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling six matchdays. The two best ranked teams in each group qualify to the Third Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196023-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Competition format, Third stage\nThe 16 teams qualified from the Second Stage play in four groups of four. Within each group, the four teams play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling six matchdays. The two best ranked teams in each group qualify to the Final Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196023-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Competition format, Final stage\nThe eight teams qualified from the Third Stage are put together in a single group. They play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling fourteen matchdays. The four best ranked teams are automatically promoted to the S\u00e9rie B in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196023-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Competition format, Teams\nSorted by state. Each state federation has its own criteria to indicate a club to this tournament. Only teams which do not take place in S\u00e9rie A and S\u00e9rie B are being considered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196023-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Competition format, Teams\n1 State Championship winners Trem withdrew. 2 State Championship runners-up Rio Bananal withdrew. 3 2007 Ta\u00e7a Minas Gerais champions Ituiutaba and runners-up Tupi qualified via Campeonato Mineiro. 4 Ypiranga withdrew. 5 2007 Copa FGF winners Caxias qualified via Campeonato Ga\u00facho. 6 Ulbra withdrew and no other team was interested in the vacancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196023-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Qualification to S\u00e9rie C 2009\nIn 2009, S\u00e9rie C will have a new format and the number of teams will be reduced from 64 to only 20 clubs. Teams finished from 5th to 20th are qualified to next season, meanwhile the ones finished from the 21st-place will have to qualify via state competitions to play S\u00e9rie D in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196024-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Carioca\nThis Campeonato Carioca was the 108th edition of football of FFERJ (Federa\u00e7\u00e3o de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). It stated play on January 19 and ended on May 4, 2008. The tournament was expanded from twelve to sixteen teams. Flamengo won the title for the 30th time, Am\u00e9rica was relegated (having been in the first tier since 1908), along with the recently promoted Cardoso Moreira.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196025-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Catarinense\nThe 83rd season of the Campeonato Catarinense will begin on January 16, 2008, and ended on May 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196025-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Catarinense, Format\nThe winner of the third stage is crowned the champion. The champions and the runner up qualify to Copa do Brasil 2009 and the champions qualify to Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C 2008. The tree teams with the worst positions are release to Divis\u00e3o Especial 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196025-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Catarinense, Participating teams\n\u00b9 Divis\u00e3o Especial 2007 Champion \u00b2 Divis\u00e3o de Acesso 2007 Champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196025-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Catarinense, Second stage\n*  Atl\u00e9tico de Ibirama was punished, because of the \"fall-fall\", realized in the game Atl\u00e9tico x Ava\u00ed. The scores were changed from 2x0 to 3x0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196025-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Catarinense, Third stage\n* In Crici\u00fama, because the Crici\u00fama have better Punctuation in the two stages (Stage 1 points + Stage 2 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196026-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A\nThe 2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol de la Serie A (known as the 2008 Copa P\u00edlsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th season of the Ecuadorian Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league. The three-stage season ran from February 8 and December 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196026-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A\nDeportivo Quito became the league champion on December 3 by defeating Macar\u00e1 2-1 in Latacunga. It is Deportivo Quito's 3rd title, and first in 40 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196026-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Format\nThe format for 2008 was new, but similar to the 2007 Serie A. The season was composed of three stages:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196026-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Format\nThe format for the First Stage remained the same. The twelve teams competed against each other in a double round-robin format playing each opponent once at home and once away. The top-four teams at the end of the stage qualified to the Liguilla Final. The top-three teams earned bonus points for the Liguilla Final (3, 2, & 1 point[s] respectively) The top-team of the stage qualified to the last Ecuadorian spot in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196026-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Format\nThe format for the Second Stage changed. The twelve teams were divided into two groups of six, where they played within their groups in a double round-robin tournament. The winner of the each group qualified to the final two spots in the Liguilla Final. If a team who has already qualified for the Liguilla Final manages to qualify again by winning their group, the last spots for the Liguilla Final went to the highest positioned team(s) in the Aggregate Table who have not already qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196026-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Format\nThe top-team of each group received one bonus point for the Liguilla Final (if a team who earned bonus points from the First Stage finishes last in their group, they will lose their bonus points for the Liguilla Final). At the end of this stage, the two teams with the fewest points in the aggregate table were relegated to the Serie B for the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196026-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Format\nThe format for the Liguilla Final remained the same. The six qualified team competed in a double round-robin tournament. The winner of this stage was crowned the champion of the Copa P\u00edlsener Serie A. The champion will qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, while the runner-up and third-place finisher qualify to the First Stage (this slight change from other years is due to the fact that the defending Copa Libertadores champion is an Ecuadorian team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196026-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Teams\nThe number of teams for the Serie A expanded this season from 10 to 12. Imbabura was the only team relegated at the end of the 2007 season by accumulating the fewest points in the aggregate table. Universidad Cat\u00f3lica, ESPOLI, and T\u00e9cnico Universitario were promoted as 2007 Serie B winner, runner-up, and third-place finisher, respectively. All the new teams have previously played in the Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196026-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, First stage\nThe first stage ran from February 8 to July 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 58], "content_span": [59, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196026-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Second stage\nThe second stage was played between July 19, 2008, and September 27, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196026-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Liguilla Final\nThe Liguilla Final was played between October 19, 2008 and December 7, 2008. The top team qualifies directly to the 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, with the runner-up and third-place finisher qualifying to the First Stage (LDU Quito already has a berth into the Second Stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores as the defending tournament champion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196027-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ga\u00facho\nThe 88th season of the Campeonato Ga\u00facho kicked off on January 19, 2008. The competition began with 16 clubs divided into two groups. Even before the end of first stage, Guarany and 15 de Novembro were already relegated. Holders Gr\u00eamio had an early exit after being defeated by Juventude at homeground. Once again, the two biggest clubs of Rio Grande do Sul would not meet at the final. Internacional set a new record: the highest score in a final match, after beating Juventude 8-1 at Beira-Rio Stadium. That was the 38th title in the history of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196027-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ga\u00facho\nThe tournament qualified both finalists to the Copa do Brasil (Brazil Cup) - Gr\u00eamio is also qualified based on CBF ranking criteria. As Internacional will play S\u00e9rie A and Juventude, S\u00e9rie B this season, the semifinal losers, Internacional of Santa Maria and Caxias qualified for the S\u00e9rie C (3rd level of National championship).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196027-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ga\u00facho, Quarterfinals\nFirst Leg: 29 and 30 March Second Leg: 5 and 6 April", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196027-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Ga\u00facho, Semifinals\nFirst Leg: 13 and 15 April Second Leg: 20 April", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196028-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Mineiro\nThe 2008 Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do M\u00f3dulo I was the 94th season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 27 and ended on May 4. Cruzeiro won the title for the 35th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196029-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Paulista\nThe 2008 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divis\u00e3o - S\u00e9rie A1 was the 107th season of S\u00e3o Paulo's top-flight professional association football league. The competition began on January 16 and ended on May 4. Palmeiras won their 22nd title with a 6\u20130 victory on aggregate in the finals over Ponte Preta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196030-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Pernambucano\nThe Campeonato Pernambucano 2008 is the 94th edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano. The competition was won by Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196030-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Pernambucano, Format\nThe Campeonato Pernambucano is divided into two rounds: Ta\u00e7a Tabocas e Guararapes (Tabocas and Guararapes Cup) and Ta\u00e7a Confedera\u00e7\u00e3o do Equador (Confederation of the Equator Cup). In 2008, they will have two different formats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196030-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Pernambucano, Format\nThe Tabocas and Guararapes Cup consists of two stages. In the first, the twelve teams are divided into three groups (by geographic criteria) and play with the other teams of the same group. After six rounds, the teams will be redistributed in other three groups (by technical criteria) and, again, play with the other teams of the same group. At the end of the 12 rounds, the team with the best campaign will be declared winner of this Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196030-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Pernambucano, Format\nThe Confederation of the Equator Cup consists of two groups of six teams each, playing against each other twice. On Group G, the participating clubs are the six teams with the best campaigns on the first Cup. On Group H the participating clubs are the six teams with the worst campaigns on the first Cup. The Cup winner will be the team with the best campaign after the 10th round of the Group G. The two worst campaigns after 10 rounds of Group H will be relegated to the following year's second level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196030-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato Pernambucano, Format\nThe Campeonato Pernambucano will be decided in two extra matches between the winner of the two Cups. If a club win the two cups it is declared as the Campeonato Pernambucano 2008 champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196031-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Campeonato da 1\u00aa Divis\u00e3o do Futebol\nStatistics of Campeonato da 1\u00aa Divis\u00e3o do Futebol in the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196032-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Camping World Indy Grand Prix at the Glen\nThe 2008 Camping World Indy Grand Prix at the Glen was the tenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on July 6, 2008 at the 3.370-mile (5.423\u00a0km) Watkins Glen International road course in Watkins Glen, New York. The race was won by Ryan Hunter-Reay, who took the lead from Darren Manning on lap 52. The victory was Hunter-Reay's first in IndyCar competition, and the first for Rahal Letterman Racing since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196033-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Camping World RV 400\nThe 2008 Camping World RV 400, was the twenty-eighth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the second race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 400 miles (640\u00a0km) race was held on Sunday, September 21 at the 1 mile (1.6\u00a0km) Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, the city that serves as state capital of the First State. ABC telecast the race beginning at 1 PM US EDT and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio provided radio coverage starting at 1:15 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196033-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Camping World RV 400, Qualifying\nJeff Gordon took the pole, with Mark Martin starting alongside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196033-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Camping World RV 400, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify: Chad Chaffin (#34), Johnny Sauter (#08), Stanton Barrett (#50).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196033-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Camping World RV 400, Race Recap\nHard times continued for the top seed in the Chase, Kyle Busch, finished dead last and fell from eighth to 12th in the Chase. Roush Fenway Racing swept the top three spots as Greg Biffle, who had been winless entering the Chase, won his second straight race, winning last week in New Hampshire. Teammates Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards followed Biffle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196034-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman\nThe 2008 Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman, was the twenty-ninth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and also served as the third race in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup.Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196034-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman, Summary\nThe 400.5 miles (644.5\u00a0km) race, not to be confused with the Camping World RV 400 at Dover, Delaware, was held on September 28 at the 1.5 miles (2.4\u00a0km) Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. ABC carried the race beginning at 1\u00a0pm US EDT and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage starting at 1:15\u00a0pm US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196034-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman, Qualifying\nJuan Pablo Montoya claimed the pole position for the race; however, in post-race inspection, he was disqualified and placed 43rd because of illegal shock absorbers with a higher than usual gas pressure. As a result, Jimmie Johnson, who finished second in the qualifying, was awarded the pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196034-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman, Race recap\nThe top three drivers the Chase finished 1-2-3 as Johnson beat Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle. This race was well known for its spectacular finish between Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards, where Edwards charged into the inside of Johnson in turn 3. The turn was too wide, causing Edwards' car to not turn completely at full speed, and hit the wall, where Johnson passed him. Johnson ducked to the apron and Edwards followed, but Johnson beat him by two car lengths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196035-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada Cup of Curling\nThe 2008 Strauss Canada Cup was held February 27 to March 2 at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia. The men's champion was Kevin Koe and the women's champion was Stefanie Lawton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196035-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada Cup of Curling, Women's, Teams\n*Karla Sparks temporarily replaced Schraeder and played lead, with Carter and Simons moving up their positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196035-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada Cup of Curling, Qualifying\nThe Four qualifying positions in both the men's and women's events were held December 12\u201316, 2007. The men's qualifier was held at the Ottawa Curling Club and Rideau Curling Club in Ottawa while the women's qualifier was held at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak\nThe 2008 Canadian listeriosis outbreak was a widespread outbreak of listeriosis in Canada linked to cold cuts from a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto, Ontario. There were 57 total confirmed cases, resulting in 22 deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Origin and spread\nListeriosis is an infection caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. The outbreak originated from lines 8 and 9 of the Maple Leaf Foods Bartor Road facility (Establishment No. 97B) in Toronto, Ontario. There were about 220 possibly contaminated products, each stamped with the code \"97B\" near the \"Best before\" date. Since the bacteria travelled through deli meats, which are cooked (and as a result are usually free of pathogens), the contamination likely occurred during packaging. The outbreak was first noticed in July 2008 when regular surveillance  detected an increase in cases reported. Federal inspectors usually spent less than 5 hours a day at the plant in the months before the outbreak of the illness, sometimes as little as 70 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Response from Maple Leaf Foods\nMaple Leaf Foods had instituted a voluntary recall before the outbreak was linked to their plant; upon confirming the link, they expanded the recall to all products from the Bartor Road facility. In a press conference, President and CEO of Maple Leaf Foods Michael McCain stated, \"Tragically, our products have been linked to illness and loss of life. To those people who are ill, and to the families who have lost loved ones, I offer my deepest and sincerest sympathies. Words cannot begin to express our sadness for their pain.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Response from Maple Leaf Foods\nOfficials from Maple Leaf believe that the outbreak originated sometime in July 2008 on line 8 or line 9 of the North York facility. Regardless, the entire plant underwent intense sanitation, which began August 21. About 80 workers were involved in the cleanup, with additional outside experts and microbiologists supervising the operation. They used peroxyacetic acid, quaternary ammonium compound, isopropyl alcohol, refrigeration gel and a granular compound to disinfect the parts of the apparatuses. About 600 employees were to attend a four-hour training session on Listeria and on cleanliness, and about 250 employees were laid off while the plant was being cleaned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Response from Maple Leaf Foods\nThe recall reportedly cost the company $20 million, about ten times the original estimate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Political responses\nOntario Premier  Dalton McGuinty credited the discovery of the outbreak to an early-warning system implemented after the 2003 SARS outbreak in Toronto. Canadian Health Minister Tony Clement stated that he expected the number of cases to rise with time, since the bacteria have a lengthy incubation period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Political responses\nMinister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz stated at a news conference: \"Let me state on behalf of the government that our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of those that are affected [...] And of course, I'd like to reiterate that our highest priority continues to be making sure that Canadian families' food supply is safe.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Political responses\nOn the federal political level, there was a debate on the privatization of food inspection. A cabinet document leaked earlier in the year outlined a plan to save money at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) by shifting federal meat inspectors into an oversight role and leaving companies to implement their own methods. Liberal leader St\u00e9phane Dion was harshly critical and drew comparisons to the 2000 Walkerton tainted water tragedy and the privatization of propane inspection, which he blamed for the 2008 Toronto explosions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Political responses\nGerry Ritz responded that the CFIA had added 200 inspectors since the Conservatives came to power, adding, \"As opposed to having our inspectors standing line by line, they'll have a more oversight role within the plant itself [...] We're trying to build a better mousetrap here.\" New Democratic Party agriculture critic Alex Atamanenko said he strongly opposed the apparent privatization plans. The NDP claimed that policy changes first put in place by the Liberals and then continued under the Conservative government were to blame for the outbreak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Political responses, Gerry Ritz comments\nOn September 17, 2008, Agricultural Minister Gerry Ritz made national news when comments he made on an August 30, 2008 conference call with government officials were made public. Ritz was quoted as saying, \"This is like a death by a thousand cuts. Or should I say cold cuts.\" Then, when told of a death in Prince Edward Island, Ritz said, \"Please tell me it's (Liberal MP) Wayne Easter.\" Ritz apologized for his remarks, but various groups called for his resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Political responses, Gerry Ritz comments\nNew Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton responded by saying, \"Canadians are dying because of the mismanagement of our government... there should absolutely never be that kind of humour.... It illustrates the government is not taking this matter as seriously as they should.\" A spokesman for Prime Minister Harper released a statement saying Ritz's comments were tasteless and completely inappropriate. Stephen Harper refused to seek Ritz's resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Class-action lawsuits\nFour separate class-action lawsuits were filed in Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia. The lawsuit in Ontario claimed damages of $350 million. All lawsuits were filed by Merchant Law Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Class-action lawsuits\nThe lawsuits were settled in December 2008 for $27 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Class-action lawsuits\nAll the cheques to claimants were mailed on the afternoon of February 3, 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196036-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak, Class-action lawsuits\nA court order for a \"Pro Rata Reduction to all entitlements\" was ordered, meaning thatall claims were delivered at 93.04% of the original agreement. Claimants had until August 1, 2012to cash their cheques.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196037-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canada rugby union tour of Europe\nThe 2008 Canada rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 2008 in Europe by Canada national rugby union team. Canadian won only the first match against Portugal, and lost the other three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196038-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Championship\nThe 2008 Canadian Championship (officially the Nutrilite Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the Canadian Championship \u2013 Canada's domestic cup competition. The soccer tournament took place in the cities of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver from May to July, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196038-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Championship\nThe tournament consisted of a home and away series between each team for a total of six games. Participating teams were the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC, and the Vancouver Whitecaps. The winner of the tournament, Montreal, gained entry into the qualifying round of the 2008\u201309 CONCACAF Champions League, where they played against the Nicaraguan representative Real Estel\u00ed in a home and away series to determine entrance to the group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196038-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Championship\nThe Montreal Impact were awarded the Voyageurs Cup trophy as winners of the tournament, the seventh occasion it had been presented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196038-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Championship, Media coverage\nThe 2008 Canadian Championship was broadcast by the CBC. Games were broadcast on CBC Bold and online at CBC Sports. Nigel Reed and Jason de Vos  provided commentary for the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196039-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships took place from January 16 through 20th, 2008 at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, British Columbia. They were the figure skating competition which determine the national champions of Canada. The event was organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. Skaters competed at the senior and junior levels in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The results of this competition were used to pick the Canadian teams to the 2008 World Championships, the 2008 Four Continents Championships, and the 2008 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2008) was a Formula One motor race held on 8 June 2008 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the 7th\u00a0race of the 2008 Formula One season. The 70-lap race was won by Robert Kubica for the BMW Sauber team after starting from second position. Kubica\u2019s teammate  Nick Heidfeld finished second with David Coulthard third in a Red Bull; taking the final podium of his F1 career. Lewis Hamilton, who started from pole position, failed to finish the race, retiring on lap\u00a019 after crashing into the back of Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's Ferrari car in the pit lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix\nKubica's win promoted him into the lead of the Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career, overtaking Hamilton, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Massa. Massa and Hamilton tied for second place, four points behind Kubica, while R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was fourth. In the Constructors Championship, BMW passed McLaren for second position, three points behind Ferrari. As of 2021, this is the last victory for a BMW-powered car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by 20\u00a0drivers, in ten teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, BMW Sauber, Honda, Force India, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Williams and Toro Rosso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nBefore the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship, with 38 points, ahead of Ferrari's Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, on 35 points and his teammate Felipe Massa on 34 points. BMW driver Robert Kubica was fourth, ahead of Kubica's teammate Nick Heidfeld in fifth. In the Constructors Championship, Ferrari were leading on 69 points; 16 points ahead of McLaren with 53 points; BMW were a further point behind them in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nAhead of the race, the organizers unveiled a new paddock and media center facilities at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Also the site where Robert Kubica crashed in the previous year's race was modified. The wall on which Kubica crashed was moved closer to the track to decrease angle of impact. Additionally, debris fencing was put on the wall to prevent any hazard to cars on the other side of the wall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race\u2014two on Friday, and a third on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90\u00a0minutes. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. The Friday practice session started in wet conditions which resulted in most of the drivers venturing out in the latter half of the hour, some of them, such as Lewis Hamilton, emerging only during final minutes of the session. Ferrari's Felipe Massa recorded the fastest lap in this session, followed by Robert Kubica and Heikki Kovalainen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nIn the second session of the day, Lewis Hamilton aced while Kubica continued to record good timings at number two. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen recorded third fastest lap time compared to his fifth fastest in the earlier session. Timo Glock suffered a minor accident after he hit the wall on turn four. Nico Rosberg, however, sprung a surprise by topping the Saturday session ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Hamilton. The session was red flagged 45 minutes in when Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel hit the wall after losing control at turn nine, resulting in a number of drivers being unable to complete their flying laps. Further, Vettel's teammate S\u00e9bastien Bourdais suffered a crash at turn five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nSaturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three parts. In the first 20-minute period, cars finishing 16th or lower were eliminated. The second qualifying period lasted for 15 minutes, at the end of which the fastest ten cars went into the final period, to determine their grid positions for the race. Cars failing to make the final period were allowed to be refuelled before the race but those competing in it were not, and so carried more fuel than they had done in the earlier qualifying sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nLewis Hamilton recorded the fastest time for the session, ahead of Felipe Massa and Heikki Kovalainen. Sebastian Vettel's poor season continued after he could not compete the qualifying following his crash in third practice session. Others eliminated in this session were S\u00e9bastien Bourdais, Adrian Sutil, Giancarlo Fisichella and Jenson Button. Bourdais received a five place grid penalty due to a gearbox change following the earlier practice session. Button too suffered a gearbox problem during his first lap run and clocked the slowest time for the session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nQualifying conditions were hampered by a disintegrating track, which caused most drivers to record slower times than in Q1. Track officials were seen clearing the track of debris in between sessions. Toyota's Jarno Trulli suffered significantly from these conditions, his car spinning twice during the second session. Trulli, along with Timo Glock, Kazuki Nakajima, David Coulthard and Nelson Piquet Jr., was unable to progress to the next session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nHamilton once again topped this session, with Massa and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen coming second and third respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nHamilton recorded quick times during early laps of the session, which were only surpassed by Robert Kubica towards the end of the session. But Hamilton on his final flying lap overcame Kubica's time claiming his second pole position at Montreal. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen came in third with teammate Massa pushed down to sixth position. Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg exhibited remarkable performances, taking positions four and five respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nMark Webber, who also became a victim of the breaking track surface, could not compete in Q3 after damaging his car at the end of second session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThere was severe criticism from drivers about track conditions. The track was said to be breaking up on turn two, the exit of turn seven and also the apex and exit of turn 10. The authorities applied chemicals on turn 2 and carried out further resurfacing of track on turn 11\u00a0\u2013 the hairpin\u00a0\u2013 following Saturday's qualifying session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAfter overnight track work to fix problems with the track at turn 10, the race started with Hamilton holding his lead and all the cars making it through the first corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHamilton built up a lead of over 5 seconds over Robert Kubica before Adrian Sutil had a gearbox failure on the 16th lap and parked his car after turn 3. Sutil's car was off the track but after it caught fire the safety car was brought out, and there was a rush of drivers into the pits as all of the six lead drivers went in for their pit stops. Hamilton led R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Kubica into the pitlane but R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took the lead as they left their garages, with Kubica alongside him and Hamilton behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\n\"...as I exited the box, I saw two cars jostling for position ahead of me in the pit lane. Obviously, I didn't want to get involved in their tussle, and was trying not to do so, and then all of a sudden they stopped. And by the time they'd come to a halt, it was too late for me to avoid them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen came to a stop at the end of the pit lane as the exit was closed, with the red indicator light on. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was alongside Kubica at the end of the pit lane when Hamilton sped towards them not noticing the red light at first. Hamilton slid into the back of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's car, with Nico Rosberg further hitting the back of Hamilton. Both Hamilton and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen retired from the race, each leaving their vehicles at the exit of the pitlane. Rosberg continued the race, but stopped again for a new wing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nMeanwhile, Massa had to make a second stop in the following lap, as his car had not been refuelled during his first stop due to technical problems. Hamilton later said that he saw the light too late and could not avoid hitting the Ferrari. It was Hamilton's only retirement of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThere were seven different race leaders over the next section of the race until most of the drivers each took pit stops leaving Heidfeld in the lead. Kubica was in a much lighter and faster car and overtook Heidfeld after only his first lap out of the pits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe remainder of the race had fewer incidents, despite the surface of the circuit severely degrading over the course of the race. Nelson Piquet Jr. suffered another retirement, his fifth of the year from seven races, on the 39th lap because of abnormal brake wear. Piquet had also spun off the circuit earlier in the race while running in a points-scoring position due to brake failure, but fell to the back of the field before he reversed his car to get back onto the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nPiquet's teammate at Renault F1 and former world champion Fernando Alonso was running in a strong third place and was pushing Nick Heidfeld for second place before spinning off and damaging his front wing and suspension. Kazuki Nakajima broke his front wing after hitting the back of Jenson Button in turn ten on the 46th lap, and was forced to retire when the front wing detached itself completely and was stuck under the chassis as he was about to enter pitlane. Giancarlo Fisichella was running last after his car engine stalled during his first pit stop, and later he spun and hit the wall after the chicane at turn nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nFelipe Massa fought back towards the end of the race, after finding himself last since making three pit stops in total due to earlier incidents. Massa overtook both Barrichello and Kovalainen at the same time through the hairpin at turn ten as his rivals struggled for grip. With a few laps to spare the Brazilian overtook Jarno Trulli when the Italian got caught up behind Timo Glock, who was recovering from running wide at turn two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nKubica had built up a substantial lead over the course of the race and was never threatened while he raced towards the finish. Heidfeld held onto second place leading to the first one-two finish for the BMW Sauber team. David Coulthard finished third to score his first points of the season and his first podium finish since the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix, but had to run to the podium after his car ran out of fuel 50 meters from where the podium finishers park. Toyota drivers finished fourth and sixth, with Massa between them in fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nBarrichello kept the seventh position and Vettel defended eighth place from Kovalainen. Thus, no McLaren driver finished in the points for the first time since the 2006 United States Grand Prix, and neither Ferrari nor McLaren took a podium finish for the first time since the 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix. Kovalainen, Rosberg, Button, Webber and the lapped Bourdais were the last of the finishing drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe win for BMW Sauber marked the first time a German constructor had won a Formula One Grand Prix since the 1962 French Grand Prix, as well as the first and only win for BMW engines since the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix which Juan Pablo Montoya won for Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nThe top three finishers appeared on the podium and in the subsequent press conference. Kubica was delighted with his first race victory, saying, \"I'm very happy at having won the first race for the BMW Sauber F1 Team. I'm also happy for Poland and all my fans. It was a very difficult race for me. I started on the dirty side of the track and Kimi Raikkonen was nearly able to pass me, but I just managed to keep him behind.\" After the race, Heidfeld said,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nCongratulations to Robert for winning this race, which he really deserved! I made a poor start and lost a position to Rubens Barrichello. Fortunately I was able to pass him, and from this moment on I was one of the fastest cars on the track. I stayed out when most of the other cars pitted because I was on a long stint. I was pushing very hard at that stage. We then decided to switch to a one stop strategy, with a very high fuel load and with the soft option tyres which was a challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nCoulthard said, \"I'm delighted to get a podium for the team, they've had a lot of work on at the previous races and back at base. You can expect some unusual results here, so we fuelled it long; but we expected the incidents would occur on track, not in the pit lane.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nHamilton and Rosberg were both given ten place grid penalties for the French Grand Prix, meaning that whatever their qualifying position, they could start no better than 11th. After the penalty was given, McLaren's CEO, Martin Whitmarsh, said that he thought the penalty was \"severe\", citing a similar incident at Monaco where R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had crashed into the back of Force India's Adrian Sutil. There, no penalty had been given. However, Rosberg said that the penalties were \"deserved\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196040-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nAfter the race, Kubica moved into the lead of the Drivers' Championship, on 42 points, taking the Championship lead for the first time in his Formula One career. Hamilton lost the lead of the Drivers' Championship, falling four points behind Kubica. Massa tied on points with Hamilton, while R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was three points further behind. Heidfeld remained fifth. Before the race, Ferrari had been 16 points ahead of McLaren in the Constructors' Championship; after the race, BMW moved up into second position and reduced Ferrari's lead to 3 points. McLaren fell down to third place, 17 points behind BMW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196041-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships\nThe 2008 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held February 2\u201310 at the Soo Curlers Association and Tarentorous Curling Club in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196041-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario\nThe Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships were held January 2\u20136 at the Coldwater & District Curling Club in Coldwater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196041-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario\nDanielle Inglis of Burlington defeated Rachel Homan from the Ottawa Curling Club 5-4 in the women's final. To make it to the final, Homan had to win a tiebreaker match against Katie Morrissey of the Rideau Curling Club and then Hollie Nicol of Kitchener-Waterloo 6-5 in the semifinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196041-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario\nIn the men's final, Travis Fanset out of St. Thomas defeated Neil Sinclair of Manotick 9-8. Sinclair won his semifinal match against the Carleton Heights Curling Club's Christian Tolusso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196042-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League season\nThe 2008 Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League (CMISL) season had each team playing 10 games. The schedule however was unbalanced as both the Edmonton Drillers and Saskatoon Accelerators played six home games and two road games and two at a neutral site, while the Calgary United FC played five home games and five road games. The games held at the Stampede Corral were unique as they were featured in a round-robin style with all CMISL teams participating. Due to scheduling concerns at the MTS Centre, the Winnipeg Alliance FC were a road-only franchise, playing all 10 of their games away from home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196042-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League season\nThe playoff was a one game \"winner-takes-all\" championship game. It was played between the first and second place teams in St. Albert at the Servus Centre on March 14, 2008. The Edmonton Drillers defeated Calgary United FC by a score of 8-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196043-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship\nThe 2008 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held November 10-16, 2007 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. Two members of the winning team  represented Canada at the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup\nThe 2008 Challenge Trophy is a soccer competition for men's amateur teams in Canada. Each province determined their representative in different methods (league or cup). The final competition was held at King George V Park in St. John's, Newfoundland from 8th to 13 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification\nThe following is a list of clubs, by province, that have entered their own provincial competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification, British Columbia\nWinners of the Senior A Cup will represent BC at the National Championships. The 2008 Cup will be hosted in the Fraser Valley May 9 and 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification, British Columbia\n20 teams entered the competition so a 4-game preliminary round was required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification, British Columbia\nPreliminary Round:Indo vs Surrey U  (0:2)Inter vs Vantreights (4:0) Columbus v FVSL #5 Croatia v Firemen (3:2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification, Alberta\nThe ASA hosts a Senior Men's Challenge Trophy from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 in Calgary. Winner goes to Nationals. The Alberta Major Soccer League teams are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification, Manitoba\nThe MSA Cup 2008 determines the Manitoba representative to the National Challenge Trophy. The cup is an FA Cup styled tournament running from May 31 to August 23, 2008. Various teams enter at various levels and each round to drawn (not a static bracket). Round 5 is to be drawn on 13 July 2008. Teams to watch for include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification, Nova Scotia\nThe rep is determined through the Nova Scotia Soccer League. This league has teams from PEI and NB but the rep will be the top NS team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification, Ontario\nThe rep is determined through the Ontario Cup. About 60 teams are entered in 2008. The final 16 teams are detailed below. Real Toronto wins the title however the result was reversed when a player eligibility infraction occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification, Newfoundland\nThe rep will be determined from a final cup competition after a league season. The final weekend will be held Labour Day weekend at the King George V Park in St. John's. The Molson Challenge Cup 2008 will be contested by the following teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification, Newfoundland\nThe St. Lawrence Laurentians defeated Feildians on the final weekend. Approximately 2500 fans were in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196044-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Final competition, Round robin\nThe teams will be split into 2 groups of 5 teams each. After round robin, seeding matches will take place (A1vB1, A2vB2, etc.) New Brunswick dropped out so a second team from the host Newfoundland was entered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196045-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Senior Curling Championships\nThe 2008 Canadian Senior Curling Championships was held March 22-30 at the Prince Albert Golf and Curling Club in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2009 World Senior Curling Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196046-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Soccer League season\nThe 2008 Canadian Soccer League season was the 11th since its establishment where a total of 16 teams from Ontario and Quebec took part in the league. The season began on May 16, 2008, and ended on October 26 with the Serbian White Eagles claiming their first championship by defeating Trois-Rivi\u00e8res Attak 2-1 in a penalty shootout. This was the third consecutive year the White Eagles had reached the CSL finals losing respectively to Italia Shooters in 2006, and to rivals Toronto Croatia in 2007. While during the regular season Italia won their second division title with Trois-Rivi\u00e8res becoming the first Quebec team to claim the National Division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196046-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Soccer League season\nThe CSL added another team to the Peel Region after the relocation of the Canadian Lions to Brampton, Ontario to play as the Brampton Lions in the National Division. Toronto FC of the Major League Soccer established a relationship with the league by entering TFC Academy to the National Division, and TFC Academy II to the Reserve Division. Further significant changes introduced by the league was the creation of the 5 team reserve division in the Toronto region to provide a developmental platform for young players in order to make the transition to the professional ranks. The Ontario Soccer Association reached an agreement with the CSL to receive Operational Independence from the provincial governing body. The league received more coverage from Rogers TV which would broadcast a CSL match on Friday nights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 849]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196046-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Soccer League season, Individual awards\nThe annual CSL awards were presented before the CSL Championship final on October 26, 2008. All the awards were taken by the National Division teams with the Brampton Lions, North York Astros, and Trois-Rivi\u00e8res Attak receiving the most awards with 2 wins each. Daniel Nascimento of Brampton was chosen by the league as the MVP, and received the Golden Boot. After recording the best defensive record with Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, former Montreal Impact player Andrew Olivieri was named the Goalkeeper of the Year. Trois-Rivi\u00e8res were also recognized with the Fair Play award for being the most disciplined team throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196046-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Soccer League season, Individual awards\nThe Defender of the Year was given to Carlos Zeballos of North York. After improving his craft in Europe, Rafael Carbajal returned to the North York Astros to achieve the club's highest finish in their  club's history. TFC Academy produced the Rookie of the Year with Adrian Pena. While Isaac Raymond was given the Referee of the Year, and down the road in 2015 was appointed the Manager of Canada's Referee Department for the Canadian Soccer Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196046-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Soccer League season, Reserve Division\nIn 2008, the league formed the Reserve Division to build a developmental structure within the CSL. The previous time a reserve division was in operation was in the 1990 season in the predecessor league. The intentions of the division was to provide clubs with a supply chain of players with additional playing time, and establish a developmental platform for players in order to make the transition to the professional ranks. The original 5 members of the division were from the Greater Toronto Area with a schedule running from June 2, 2008 to October 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196047-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Tour\nThe 2008 Canadian Tour season ran from April to September and consisted of 15 golf tournaments. It was the 39th season of the Canadian Professional Golf Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196047-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian Tour\nThe season started with two events in the United States (in April), followed by three events in Mexico (in April and May), and finishing with 10 events in Canada (in June through September). American John Ellis won the Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt\nCanada's 2008 annual commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and around Newfoundland, Quebec and Nova Scotia began on March 28. The hunting season lasts from mid-November to mid-May, but the hunt mainly occurs in March and April. Canada's seal hunt is the world's largest hunt for marine mammals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt\nSome animal rights groups were given observer permits and monitored the hunt. They said it was cruel and that it ravaged the seal population. Sealers said it was sustainable, humane, and well-managed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt\nThe pelts and oil were sold to buyers in Norway, Russia, and China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt\nThe total allowable catch for 2008 was set by the Canadian government at 275,000 harp seals (the quota includes 2,000 seals for personal seal hunting, and 4,950 seals for the Aboriginal seal hunt), 8,200 hooded seals, and 12,000 grey seals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, 2008 regulations\nA new rule in the Marine Mammal Regulations for 2008 required hunters to slit the seal's main arteries under its flippers, after clubbing or shooting a seal. The European Union recommended  adding this rule in a report released in December 2007. This was to prevent the seal from having to withstand the pain of being skinned alive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Locations and quota\nThe hunt in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence started on Friday March 28, 2008. A handful of sealing vessels set out before dawn from the Magdalen Islands. In the first hour of the hunt, only 15 seals were killed. The ice had made it hard for the 16 vessels, carrying roughly 100 hunters, to get near the seals. Most of the hunters in these first days of the hunt were from the Magdalen Islands. The average seal hunt brings in about $1 million annually to the Magdalen Islands. As of March 30, about 1000 had been killed. On March 30, the hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence opened for the people from New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. As of April 18, sealers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence had taken about half of their total allowable catch (TAC) of 51,500 seals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 835]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Locations and quota\nThe biggest part of the 2008 Canadian seal hunt took place off of Newfoundland and Labrador, known as the Front. The hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Front officially began on April 11 and 12 respectively. Official opening times and license conditions were released on April 7. According to Fisheries Department spokesman Larry Yetman, up to 120 larger boats were heading to the Front on April 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Locations and quota\nAs of April 18, sealers on the Front had taken 56% of a total 194,000 seals allowed to be taken in the area. By April 18, longliners on the Front had taken c.\u200979% of their TAC of 112,000 seals. Small boats on the Front had taken 27% of their TAC of 71,000 seals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Locations and quota\nThe seal hunt for longliners on the Front closed on April 19, 2008. At the time, these were the only groups of hunters close to catching their quota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Vessels, Four men missing\nOn March 29, 2008, a 12-metre fishing vessel with six men, L'Acadien II, capsized near Cape Breton. Navy divers searched the waters for four men, who had been sleeping in the lower decks of the vessel. Two men, who were at the upper decks, were rescued on to another fishing boat. The vessel had capsized when it was being towed by the Canadian Coast Guard's Sir William Alexander. The L'Acadien II took part in the seal hunt, and had to be towed because of a steering problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Vessels, Four men missing\nWhen the vessel had capsized, a Cormorant helicopter and a Hercules aircraft came to aid the rescue. The vessel had since been secured to the side of the Coast Guard's vessel. The navy divers recovered the bodies of three of the missing men on March 29, with one man still missing. The men who died were from the Magdalen Islands. They have been identified as Bruno Bourque, the boat's owner and captain, Gilles Leblanc (in his 50s), and Marc-Andre Deraspe (in his early 20s). Still missing but presumed dead was Carl Aucoin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Vessels, Technical problems\nOn the evening of March 28, it was reported that two sealing vessels were taking in water, and one vessel had mechanical problems, in heavy ice conditions off Cape Breton. Two icebreakers were sent out to help the vessels out of the ice. On March 29, the coast guard and Department of Defence rescued seven people before their vessel, the Annie Marie, was crushed in the ice pack northeast off Cape Breton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Vessels, Technical problems\nOn April 14, the vessel Lucy May burnt to the waterline on Newfoundlands's northeast coast, after the crew had been rescued by a Cormorant helicopter. Also on April 14, the vessel BS Venture had mechanical trouble on Newfoundland's west coast, and six men escaped from the vessel before it ran ashore. The men reached land safely in Rocky Harbour in a self-brought speedboat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Vessels, Technical problems\nThe vessel White Bay Challenger started to take in water on April 17 because it had been struck by ice while it was being escorted by the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Ann Harvey. The White Bay Challenger sank after the seven people on board had been taken aboard the Ann Harvey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Observer permits\nJournalists have a constitutional right to observe the hunt that was affirmed under a 1989 Federal Court of Appeal ruling. The federal government have a right to issue observer permits, to prevent the ice from being overcrowded with observers. A Seal Fishery Observation Licence in 2008 cost $25, and regulations on who is eligible for a license were found in the Marine Mammal Regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Observer permits\nAfter noon on March 28, federal fisheries officials issued observer permits for the hunt's opening day to activists and journalists. A couple of hours before the permits were issued, Phil Jenkins of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans said: \"We're going to delay the giving out of permits until we can understand what exact level of sealing is going on.\" When the permits were issued, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) managed to fly out to film some scenes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Observer permits\nThe journalists (such as the United Kingdom's Sky TV) and the representatives of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) were unable to make it to the ice floes because the weather had turned bad during the day, making it very hard to fly a helicopter. DFO spokesman Phil Jenkins said that 60 observer permits had been issued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Observer permits\nThe permits for March 29 were issued on the evening of March 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Seals\nAccording to the Marine Mammal Regulations, Canada does not allow the hunting of whitecoats. Whitecoats are suckling pups of the harp or grey seal under two weeks of age.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Seals\nMost of the seals that were hunted are young harp seals, called beaters. They were whelped (born) in February or early March in whelping patches on the ice. Such patches vary from 20 to 200 square kilometres, and may contain as many as 2,000 adult females per square kilometre. The pups are abandoned by their mothers at two weeks of age, and remain in the whelping patches until the ice starts to melt in March or early April. The hunt takes place in and around these whelping patches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Seal product sales\nCarino, a Norwegian-owned company, is a major buyer of Canadian seals. The Carino plant is located in South Dildo in Newfoundland and Labrador. Carino's Norwegian parent company, Rieber Skinn, announced in April 2008 that its factory in Bergen, Norway, with 17 employees, was closing down within a year. As a result, sealskin from seals captured in Norway was to be processed in their plant in Canada. An agreement with Canada says that Rieber is bound to process sealskin in Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest\nOn March 24, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel, the R/V Farley Mowat, left Bermuda to head for the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The seventeen persons on the vessel were from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Sweden, South Africa, Canada and the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest\nOn March 21, Lawrence Cannon of the Canadian government had sent a fax to the Farley Mowat, ordering it not to enter Canadian waters and warning it of prosecution if the order was not complied with. Paul Watson replied to the minister that the conventions of the International Maritime Organization apply to commercial ships, but the Farley Mowat is a Dutch-registered yacht. He said the Farley Mowat would enter the Canadian Economic Exclusion Zone, but not the 12-nautical-mile (22\u00a0km) territorial limit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest, Collision\nOn March 30, according to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the Farley Mowat was rammed twice by the icebreaker Des Groseilliers of the Canadian Coast Guard. The collision occurred after the Farley Mowat failed to comply with a request from Des Groseilliers not to approach the seal hunt area. Plates on the Farley Mowat were buckled by the contact, but there was no other damage. Phil Jenkins of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans called the allegation \"absolutely false.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest, Collision\nLoyola Hearn, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, issued a statement on March 31, saying the allegations were \"completely untrue\", and that the Farley Mowat manoeuvred itself in front of the Des Groseilliers to cause a collision as an attempt to provoke a confrontation and attract media attention. Paul Watson replied on the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's website, on April 1, that Des Groseilliers was faster and more manoeuvrable in the ice than the Farley Mowat, and that the Farley Mowat was stopped when it was hit for the second time. He said the entire incident was captured on video by a man on board the Farley Mowat, and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) helicopter was going to pick up the video on March 31, but had been grounded by the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 857]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest, Collision\nSealer Shane Briand said the Farley Mowat came close to the hunters about sixty km off Cape Breton and broke up the ice under a hunter on March 30. He said his ship and crew was harassed until the Des Groseilliers arrived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest, Paul Watson's remarks\nA release from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on April 2 said: \"The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society recognizes that the deaths of four sealers is a tragedy but Sea Shepherd also recognizes that the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seal pups is an even greater tragedy.\" Paul Watson was quoted in the same release as saying: \"One of the sealers was quoted as saying that he felt absolutely helpless as he watched the boat sink with sealers on board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 87], "content_span": [88, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest, Paul Watson's remarks\nI can't think of anything that defines helplessness and fear more than a seal pup on the ice that can't swim or escape as it is approached by some cigarette smoking ape with a club. This is a seal nursery and these men are sadistic baby killers and that might offend some people but it is the unvarnished truth \u2014 they are vicious killers who are now pleading for sympathy because some of their own died while engaged in a viciously brutal activity.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 87], "content_span": [88, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest, Paul Watson's remarks\nBecause of these statements, the leader of the Green Party of Canada, Elizabeth May, decided on April 3 to resign from the advisory board of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 87], "content_span": [88, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest, Paul Watson's remarks\nOn April 4, angry fishermen used axes to cut the mooring lines of the Farley Mowat in Saint-Pierre, where it was tied up. According to a fisherman, the ropes were cut because the fishermen of Saint-Pierre did not accept what Paul Watson had said. There had first been a confrontation between the activists and the fishermen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 87], "content_span": [88, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest, Charges\nOn April 5, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Loyola Hearn announced that charges were being laid against the Farley Mowat's Dutch captain, Alexander Cornelissen, and Swedish First Officer Peter Hammarstedt. They were charged with contraventions of the Marine Mammal Regulations (MMR) on getting too close to the hunt without an observer permit. Captain Alexander Cornelissen was also charged under the Fisheries Act for obstructing or hindering a Fishery Officer, a fishery guardian, or an inspector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest, Charges\nOn April 12, armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers boarded and seized the Farley Mowat. They had first asked permission to board the vessel, but were refused. The Farley Mowat's captain and first officer were arrested. According to the Fisheries Department, the Farley Mowat was to be kept in DFO custody until a court ordered the release of the vessel. According to Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the boarding happened in international waters, and the Farley Mowat had never strayed into Canada's 12-nautical-mile (22\u00a0km) territorial limit. He said this was proven in the ship's logs and GPS records, which the Canadian authorities had seized. According to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the vessel was seized in Canadian national waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest, Charges\nThe captain and first officer were each granted a $5,000 bail in a Sydney, Nova Scotia courtroom on April 13. The 17 crew members went on a hunger strike until the two men were to be released. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society bailed the men out with $10,000 donated by author Farley Mowat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, The R/V Farley Mowat protest, Charges\nThe next court appearance was scheduled for May 1, 2008. A new hearing was then scheduled for May 9 and a preliminary hearing for July 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196048-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Possible European Union ban\nThe European Union considered a ban on all seal products in the wake of the 2008 hunt. A Canadian delegation headed to Europe in March 2008 to lobby for the hunt. The delegation includes Canadian Fisheries Conservation representative Loyola Sullivan, Nunavut Premier Paul Okalik, Newfoundland Natural Resources Minister Kathy Dunderdale, Fur Institute of Canada executive director Rob Cahill, and sealers Mark Small and Denis Longuepee. The delegation travelled to London, Brussels, Berlin, Vienna, and Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196049-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian electoral calendar\nThis is a list of elections in Canada in 2008. Included are provincial, municipal and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget\nThe Canadian federal budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year was presented to the House of Commons of Canada by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on February 26, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget\nThe budget included a surplus of $10.2 billion to be applied to pay down federal debt, and the introduction of the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA). The government announced there would be little to no new tax breaks as major tax cuts took place in the economic update during the fall of 2007 in anticipation of economic slowdowns in 2008. It was to be the last budget of the Conservative government's first term in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget\nThe budget was deemed ordinary and uncontroversial by the press. The Liberal party had pledged not to push for an election in the spring of 2008, and so guaranteed their support for the budget. The Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois had submitted a long list of budgetary demands to be met, which effectively eliminated them from budget negotiations. They voted against the budget.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget, Highlights\nThe 2008 budget was tabled on February 26, 2008. No new tax cuts were announced in the budget, but Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced the creation of a new Tax-Free Savings Account, into which an individual can deposit up to $5,000 a year. Flaherty said that it is the \"single most important savings vehicle since the introduction of the RRSP\". The TFSA was touted as a badly needed addition to the Canadian tax system as it did not make sense for low income earners and seniors to make use of existing savings programs with tax incentives, such as RRSPs. In contrast, the TFSA could be used by such demographics to enjoy savings with tax benefits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget, Highlights\nFunding was also announced for public transit, infrastructures, hiring new police officers, the reconstruction of Afghanistan, a new Student Grant Program (replacing the Millennium Scholarship Fund) and for the manufacturing sectors. In addition, the government announced the creation of a new independent crown corporation to administer the Employment Insurance System while gas tax rebate fund to the cities was made permanent. 10.2 billion dollars will be spent on the payment of the national debt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nAs did in the past, the 2008 Conservative budget was met with mixed reactions. Liberal leader St\u00e9phane Dion, while criticizing the budget as modest and being \"one mile wide\" and \"one inch deep\", said that the party will support the budget due to measures announced surrounding the manufacturing sector as well as environment due to avoiding a spring election. Both the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois and the NDP announced that they were voting against the budget.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nThe NDP argued that the budget failed to address the need for average workers while the winners were banks, polluting industries and the well-off. Social programs got one-time commitments while corporate tax cuts were granted for many years. They further mentioned that tax cuts for big business were larger than new spending by a ratio of 6 to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nThe Bloc criticized insufficient funding for the forestry sector the lack of major announcements for the province of Quebec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nOntario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan believed that the budget came short in regards to the manufacturing sector and claimed that it was a \"missed opportunity for Ontario and Ottawa to work together during a tough economic period\". Buzz Hargrove from the Canadian Auto Workers Union argued that the budget was a step in the wrong direction for the auto industry as well. Quebec Finance Minister Monique Jerome-Forget also criticized the budget by saying that it does not reflect the priorities for Quebec including the province's forest sector and post-secondary education. The Minister did praised however the permanency of gas tax rebate for the municipalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nCanadian Taxpayers Federation director John Williamson mentioned and applauded that the registered savings plan was \"very good\" for the middle class. Economist Andrew Jackson, from the Canadian Labour Congress, mentioned however that the plan will give little to the average worker while Don Scott, a taxation specialist, added that the program may incite some investors to contribute less to their RRSP. The creation of the new savings account also had positive reviews from several Canadian newspapers including Le Devoir, La Presse, The Globe and Mail and the National Post. Aaron Freeman, policy director for the Environmental Defence, criticized the government for having no clear direction on the environment making reference to the suspension after 2008 of the tax-rebate program on fuel-efficient vehicles but praised the funding for transit and for the protection of consumers from toxins in products.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 950]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget, McTeague private member bill\nLiberal MP Dan McTeague tabled a Private Member's Bill that would give parents substantial tax breaks for saving education money; taxpayers who deposited $5,000 into a RESP for their children's post-secondary education would earn a $5,000 tax deduction, similar to the deduction allowed for contributions to a RRSP. Under the Tax-Free Savings Account, introduced in Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's 2008 budget, there was no deduction for annual contributions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget, McTeague private member bill\nThough McTeague's bill passed through the House of Commons of Canada on March 5, 2008, after Speaker of the House, Liberal Peter Milliken, approved the bill for debate, it is constitutionally decreed that any money measure that does not have royal recommendation, that is, if it doesn't originate from the Crown, is to be considered unlawful. So, any private member's money bill must be regarded as a Motion of Confidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196050-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal budget, McTeague private member bill\nFlaherty served notice to the House of Commons on March 11 that he would introduce a motion to nullify the bill by including a provision to do so in legislation implementing the federal budget, which is automatically a confidence motion. The RESP bill was the first time since 1840 that the Commons had attempted to force a change to the government's budget.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election\nThe 2008 Canadian federal election (formally the 40th Canadian general election)  was held on October 14, 2008, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by Governor General Micha\u00eblle Jean on September 7, 2008. The election call led to the cancellation of four federal by-elections that had been scheduled to occur in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election\nThe election resulted in a second, but stronger minority government for the Conservative Party, led by the incumbent Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. While the Tories were a dozen seats away from a majority government, the Liberal Party led by St\u00e9phane Dion lost 18 seats as the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois made slight gains. The Green Party failed to win any seats and lost its only Member of Parliament. Following the election, a coalition attempt among the Liberal Party and New Democratic Party emerged but was unsuccessful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Background\nIn 2007, Parliament passed a law fixing federal election dates every four years and scheduling the next election date as October 19, 2009, but the law did not (and could not) limit the powers of the Governor General to dissolve Parliament at any time, such as when opposition parties bring down the government on a vote of confidence. In this election there was no loss of a non-confidence vote, but the Prime Minister asked the Governor General to call an election. The Governor General granted the Prime Minister's request.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Background, 2006 election\n64.7% of eligible voters cast ballots in the 2006 federal election. The Conservative Party received the most votes of any single party, with 36% of the vote, and won 124 seats (127 at dissolution). The Liberal Party won fewer seats than in 2004\u00a0\u2013 103 seats (96 at dissolution), and 30% of the vote. The Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois lost three seats, lowering its total to 51 seats (48 at dissolution), with 10.5% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Background, 2006 election\nThe NDP retained its seats held at the dissolution of Parliament, and won 11 more, making its total 29 seats (30 at dissolution), with 17.5% of the vote. The Green Party received 4.5% of the vote, a minimal increase from the previous election, but did not win any seats (1 at dissolution). Independents and other parties constituted 1% of the total vote with one independent winning a seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Background, Events since the 2006 election\nSince the 2006 election, seven Members of Parliament (MPs) had changed party: David Emerson, Wajid Khan, and Joe Comuzzi from Liberal to Conservative; Garth Turner from Conservative to Independent to Liberal; Blair Wilson from Liberal to Independent to Green; Louise Thibault from Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois to Independent; and Bill Casey from Conservative to Independent. In by-elections, the NDP gained one seat from the Liberal Party, while the Conservative Party gained two seats, one from the Liberals and one from the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois. Four seats were vacant when the election was called: three previously held by the Liberal Party, one by the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Background, Events since the 2006 election\nThe parliament preceding this election was led by the Conservatives, who governed with the smallest plurality ever in the Canadian House of Commons, just 40.6% of the seats. Although the average length of a minority parliament in Canada is 1 year, 5 months, and 22 days (measured from the return of the writs after an election to the dissolution of that parliament), minorities led by the former Progressive Conservative Party have been much shorter: the longest previous Conservative minority was just 6 months and 19 days. The 39th Parliament became Canada's longest serving Conservative minority on October 24, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Background, Events since the 2006 election\nOn May 30, 2006, the Conservatives tabled Bill C-16, which would amend the Canada Elections Act to provide fixed election dates. The bill received royal assent on May 3, 2007. The bill states that there will be an election in 2009, and it would be the first to have a fixed election date, the third Monday in October (October 19, 2009). Despite the bill, on September 7, 2008, the Prime Minister sought the dissolution of the 39th Parliament, and the Governor General agreed to hold a general election on October 14, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Background, Events since the 2006 election\nOn February 15, 2007, The Globe and Mail reported that the Conservatives were preparing for an election expected to be called shortly after the 2007 budget, due on March 19, 2007. Part of the reason for the timing of the election was given as strengthening Conservative poll numbers coupled with the desire to take advantage of the perception that Harper has \"better leadership qualities than Liberal counterpart St\u00e9phane Dion\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Background, Events since the 2006 election\nOn March 17, 2007, an internal Conservative Party memo was leaked to The Canadian Press, telling members that they \"need to be ready to campaign within the next week\". The memo asked members to donate $75 to $150 to help to fund the early stages of the election campaign. None of these predictions for a federal election to occur in 2007 proved true, but the majority of pundits still believed a federal election would be triggered before the fixed election date of October 19, 2009, for sometime in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Background, Events since the 2006 election\nStephen Harper hinted at the possibility of dissolving parliament on August 14, 2008. Speaking in Newfoundland and Labrador, he cited St\u00e9phane Dion as the main player in making Parliament become increasingly \"dysfunctional\". \"I'm going to have to make a judgment in the next little while as to whether or not this Parliament can function productively,\" Harper said. This came after repeated confidence votes that resulted in the NDP and Bloc parties not voting in favour of the government, and the Liberal Party voting in favour or not attending the vote. Rumours of a possible fall election were further fuelled by Harper's announcement of a fourth federal by-election for September 22 in the Toronto riding of Don Valley West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 803]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Background, Events since the 2006 election\nOn August 27, 2008, Harper asked Governor General Micha\u00eblle Jean to cancel her trip to the Paralympic Games in Beijing, adding fuel to speculation that the Prime Minister would seek a dissolution. On September 7, 2008 after much speculation, Harper asked the Governor General to call a federal election on October 14, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Vote and seat summaries, Missing ballot boxes\nIn Quebec City, several ballot boxes containing votes from advance polls disappeared after the close of advance polling on October 7. The boxes were stored in a closet at the home of a deputy returning officer. Although there was no tampering of the boxes or the votes, three deputy returning officers were fired. Deputy returning officers are the only polling officials allowed to handle ballots during the vote count and the law did allow for them to store the sealed boxes as may be necessary in large remote rural ridings. However the boxes were returned a day late after the riding returning officer ordered their return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Vote and seat summaries, Strategic voting\nA number of political leaders and popular websites supported strategic voting in the election, mostly against the Conservative Party. The reasons varied from regional, such as Newfoundland and Labrador premier Danny Williams and his \"Anything But Conservative\" campaign, to ideological. The popular website VoteForEnvironment.ca, which received over one million page views in the first 12 days of its existence and whose founders were interviewed on CBC and other mainstream media, showed regional breakdowns per riding and offered recommendations based on which candidate was most likely to beat the Conservative candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Vote and seat summaries, Strategic voting\nIf the Conservative candidate had little chance of winning the riding or was strongly entrenched, the site recommended \"vote with your heart\". Similarly, a vote swapping organization on Facebook entitled \"Anti- Harper Vote Swap Canada\" also gained press. The premise of that organization is that eligible voters in different electoral districts may exchange their votes, so that an opponent of a Conservative candidate in each district might have a better chance of being elected in that district. Elections Canada deemed the practice legal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Vote and seat summaries, Strategic voting\nGreen Party leader Elizabeth May sent out mixed signals about strategic voting. On October 12, she recommended that in close ridings, supporters of green policies should consider voting for the NDP or Liberals to defeat the Conservatives, but on the same day she said: \"I do not support strategic voting and I have not advised voters to choose any candidate other than Green\". In addition, during the final days of the campaign the Liberals attempted to attract strategic NDP and Green votes to stop the Conservatives, and the Conservatives attempted to attract Bloc votes to stop the Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Vote and seat summaries, Voter identification\nSome students, homeless, and transient voters were turned away at the polls when they were unable to provide identification showing or otherwise confirming a place of residence. Legislation introduced in 2007 requires all voters to show one or two pieces of identification which confirm the voter's name and address, or to be vouched for by another voter who is able to show such identification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Vote and seat summaries, Voter turnout\nVoter turnout at 58.8% was the lowest in Canadian election history. All federally funded parties except for the Greens attracted fewer total votes than in 2006; the Greens received nearly 280,000 more votes. The Conservatives lost about 170,000 votes, the Liberals 850,000, the Bloc 170,000 and the NDP 70,000. Some voters were at first turned away because of failure to meet new and stricter proof of address requirements, including 2/3 of those attempting to vote at Dalhousie University, for example. The effect this may have had on voter turnout is unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Vote and seat summaries, Judicial recounts\nIn a federal election, a judicial recount is automatically ordered in a riding where the margin of victory is less than 0.1% (one one-thousandth) of the votes cast. In cases where there is a larger but still narrow margin of victory, an elector can request a judicial recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Vote and seat summaries, Judicial recounts\nJudicial recounts were ordered in six ridings. In one case, Brossard\u2014La Prairie, the judicial recount overturned the reported victor, giving the seat to the Liberals' Alexandra Mend\u00e8s instead of the Bloc incumbent Marcel Lussier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Vote and seat summaries, Judicial recounts\nIn four other ridings, the recount confirmed the election results, although Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh's margin in Vancouver South was reduced from 33 votes to just 20. This was the slimmest victory of any riding in the entire election, until the results of the Kitchener-Waterloo recount reduced Peter Braid's margin of victory to a mere 17 votes. Dosanjh's Conservative opponent, Wai Young, appealed the recount to the Supreme Court of British Columbia, citing that not all of the ballot boxes were fully recounted. All ballots were eventually counted by November 4, confirming Dosanjh's victory by 20 votes, after the initial partial recount indicated a margin of 22 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Vote and seat summaries, Judicial recounts\nIn a sixth riding, the recount was cancelled when the elector who had requested it withdrew the request.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Pre-election\nPrime Minister Stephen Harper said he was considering calling an election because of a lack of cooperation in Parliament, saying \"all the signs indicate that this Parliament is at the end of its productiveness,\" while in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The Conservative Party of Canada fueled rumours of an oncoming election when it released several campaign advertisements that focused on a range of issues, and attacked the Liberal Party of Canada for their proposed carbon tax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Pre-election\nThe Prime Minister's Office (PMO) confirmed that Harper would call an election for October 14 after meeting with New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton and Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leader Gilles Duceppe, which gave the Prime Minister little hope that a fall session of Parliament can be productive, PMO officials said. Senior government officials announced on the first of September that Stephen Harper would ask the Governor General, Micha\u00eblle Jean, to dissolve parliament and call an election for October 14, after he met with Liberal leader St\u00e9phane Dion who called the meeting a \"charade\". Dion said the two were unable to agree on how to make the upcoming session of Parliament, slated to begin September 15, more productive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Pre-election\nLiberal Party members gathered in Winnipeg on September 2, for a three-day caucus which changed from preparing for a new parliamentary session to a strategy session to formulate a plan to attack the Conservatives while healing internal party rifts that have surfaced in recent weeks. Conservatives began spending at least $60 million on pre-election funding projects to a wide variety of institutions and groups. A few announcements have been big, including Industry Minister Jim Prentice's pledge of $25 million for the expansion of the Northlands exhibition facility in Edmonton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Pre-election\nBut the Tories have also announced a number of smaller projects, including $40,000 for the 2008 55+ Games and $25,000 for the Peace Window of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Winnipeg. The announcements have also been spread out across the country. The Atlantic region is to get more than $500,000 for youth jobs and eight cultural organizations. The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia will receive $81,000. Jack Layton attacked the Conservative Party as bribing the public and doing the same thing they used to complain about the Liberals doing before elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Pre-election\nA survey conducted by Environics found that 38 per cent of Canadians would vote for the Conservative party if an election were held immediately, 28 per cent would vote for the Liberal party, 19 for the NDP, eight for the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois and seven for the Green party. The poll shows Conservatives taking early leads in Ontario, British Columbia and the Prairies. In Atlantic Canada, Liberals still hold a strong majority, while in Quebec the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leads while the Conservatives and Liberals are almost tied for second. When asked, most Canadians said the Conservatives would handle the economy better, while most said the Liberals would handle the environment better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Pre-election\nOn September 7, Harper officially asked for the dissolution of Parliament, and called for an election on October 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign\nThe 40th Canadian Federal Election campaign officially began at 8:20\u00a0a.m. Eastern Daylight Time when Governor General Micha\u00eblle Jean accepted Stephen Harper's request to dissolve Parliament and call an election for October 14, 2008. The party leaders jumped right into the campaign, with St\u00e9phane Dion attacking the Conservative's record, presenting the Liberal plan, and rejected the accusation by Harper that the Liberal party is a risky choice. Jack Layton took a more forceful approach than previous elections, in which the New Democratic Party has just tried to maintain a high number of seats in Parliament to influence government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign\nLayton has made it clear he will campaign for the position of prime minister itself this time, but also returned to a longstanding NDP theme: alleged abuses by big business. He promised to stop what he called \"ripoffs\" by big oil, cellphone and banks, and his attacks are expected to focus on the Conservatives and all but ignore the Liberals. Elizabeth May of the Green Party said Canadians would care enough about the environment to vote for her party, as long as she was able to get into the television debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0024-0002", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign\nStephen Harper has stated his objection to including the Green Party into television debates because of the similar policies of the Green and Liberal party, and how it would be unfair. Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois Leader Gilles Duceppe said the Conservatives must be prevented from winning a majority, and the BQ is the only party that can do that. Duceppe compared Harper to US President George W. Bush, and said the government is incompetent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates\nThe two Leaders' Debates of 2008, one each in French and English, included the leaders of five parties, Stephen Harper of the Conservatives, St\u00e9phane Dion of the Liberals, Jack Layton of the NDP, Gilles Duceppe of the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois and Elizabeth May of the Green Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates\nThe French-language debate aired on Wednesday, October 1 from 8 to 10 p.m. EDT, moderated by St\u00e9phan Bureau, a journalist and host. The English-language debate aired Thursday, October 2 from 9 to 11 p.m. EDT, with Steve Paikin of TVOntario as moderator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Participation\nThree parties\u00a0\u2014 the Conservatives, the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois and the NDP\u00a0\u2014 opposed the inclusion of the Green Party, citing statements made by Green Party leader Elizabeth May to the effect that the best outcome of the election would be a Liberal-led government, and a deal struck between the Green Party and Liberals where the Liberals would not run in May's riding, Central Nova, and the Green party in Liberal leader St\u00e9phane Dion's riding, Saint-Laurent\u2014Cartierville, which they say make May a \"second Liberal candidate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Participation\nStephen Harper and Jack Layton are reported to have said that if the Green Party were included, they would not participate in the Leaders' Debates. Dion said that while he supports May's inclusion, he would not attend if Harper does not, and the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois has stated it will not boycott the debates if May is included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Participation\nThe media consortium in charge of the debate, made up of the CBC, CTV, Global Television and TVA, had decided that it would prefer to broadcast the debates with the four major party leaders, rather than risk not at all or with minimal participation. The Green Party indicated they had begun procedures to lodge a formal complaint with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, as they have in past federal elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Participation\nOn September 10, Harper and Layton released statements that they would not oppose May's inclusion in the debate, citing public backlash and protests\u00a0\u2014 with neither acknowledging making the threat of boycotting the debate\u00a0\u2014 and that the media consortium would reconvene to discuss the matter. Layton stated that \"debating about the debate\" had become a \"distraction\", and that he had only one condition, that Stephen Harper be there. In response, spokespeople for Stephen Harper announced they would not stand alone in opposition to the Green Party's inclusion in the debates and also changed their position on the matter. Later that day the consortium announced that May would be allowed to participate in the debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Format change\nOn September 30, Harper announced that he would ask for the 12 minutes on the economy scheduled for the Leader's Debate to be extended to an hour, citing that the financial crisis affecting the U.S. \"has deepened since the debate format was finalized\", a change which would require agreement from the other parties in the debate to be approved. The NDP released a statement soon after that they supported the move, while public response has been concerned that other topics such as the environment would not end up with enough time to cover the issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Format change\nOn October 1, the day of the first debate, it was announced that both debates would get extended time, from 12 to 30 minutes, for the economy, and leaders would not give opening and closing statements, to allow for longer discussions on the economy without removing time from other topics. It was also revealed that instead of leaders standing at individual podiums for the debate, as had been done in past years, the debate would be done in a round table format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nMuch of French debate revolved around the economy and the environment, with the two topics repeatedly being brought up in discussions allotted for other topics. Stephen Harper came under criticism from every other leader in nearly every topic, especially the economy and environment, with the other party leaders stating that Harper's politics had led to Canada's current crises in those two areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nTheir points included that Harper's environmental plan was considered the worst of all developed countries by organizations around the world, with Elizabeth May labeling it \"a type of fraud,\" and that his attempts to remove regulations in the financial sectors, similar to those done by the Bush administration in the United States, have led Canada to being nearly as hard hit by the current financial crisis as the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nContinuous comparisons of Harper to George W. Bush were made over the course of the debate, with Jack Layton stating at one point that with Bush ending his presidency at the end of the year, Harper would be \"the last leader of a developed country to follow the Bush doctrine\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nFollowing the same tone as the French debate, much of the discussion revolved around the economy and the environment. The other four leaders keep criticizing Harper, especially for his lack of an economic platform despite asking for the format change to focus more on the economy in light of the ongoing financial crisis, and instead using the time to criticize the economic platforms of the other leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nMay lashed out at Harper for not understanding that Canadians were worried about their homes, jobs and finances, and comparing the current situation to Dutch disease, Dion stated that the only thing that keeps Canada from being hit as hard by the crisis as the US are laws created by the previous Liberal government that the Conservatives had been attempting to overturn, Duceppe repeatedly criticized Harper for financial practices and attitudes similar to the Bush administration, and Layton at one point stated that Harper's position showed he was either incompetent or uncaring to the situation, and asked which one he was, to which Harper did not respond. Harper also came under criticism for his laissez-faire attitude to the job sector, supporting primarily the oil companies and companies that outsource jobs in the manufacturing sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 922]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nWhen it turned to the environment, the Carbon Tax proposal came up repeatedly, with both Dion and May supporting it, although May to more ambitious figures than Dion, pointing out it was the most recommended and proven way to deal with carbon emissions by countries and organizations around the world, noting the growth that Sweden and Germany have had with this system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nHarper criticized the plan, saying would increase taxpayers' burden and that Dion should be \"honest with the people\" that some environmental measures will cost the economy and said the plan includes $40 billion in carbon taxes and $26 billion in tax cuts. Dion defended the Liberal's Green Shift, saying that \"[Harper's statements are] not true at all\", and that \"for every dollar that we will raise, you will have a tax cut, and these tax cuts will be on your income\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0035-0002", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nDuceppe commented that he would like targets to be applied to individual provinces, thereby allowing Quebec to financially benefit due to already-implemented greenhouse gas reductions. Layton, who favours a cap-and-trade system, said that it is a \"figment of Mr. Harper's imagination\" that emissions will fall under his plan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0035-0003", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nWhen Harper sought to outline his government's record on other environmental fronts, giving examples of his minority government supported the preservation of hundreds of thousands of hectares of environmentally sensitive land through the Nature Conservancy of Canada, and that the government declared a protected marine area by Lake Superior and created a whale sanctuary by Baffin Island, May responded by saying \"The only word he said that's true is on national parks\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nLayton also criticized Dion for his lack of accomplishments as official opposition during the minority government, and his party's previous leader's broken promises in areas such as Child Care and Pharmacare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nDuceppe painted the Conservative government's $45 million in national arts and culture funding cuts as an assault on the province's identity, saying \"How can you recognize the Quebec nation and then cut culture [funding], which is the soul of a nation?\" followed by citing the economic benefits of culture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nHarper also said he had erred in calling for Canada's participation in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, saying \"It was absolutely an error, it's obviously clear\", adding that the claim of weapons of mass destruction proved false.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nCommenting on the debate, Layton said that he \"thoroughly enjoyed\" May's contributions to the debate. Reporter Julie Van Dusen said that Harper managed to take the hits calmly, as \"someone must have told him ... if you fight back or get too partisan, you're going to alienate voters, especially women\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' Debates, Debates\nDuceppe said he was happy to have forced Harper to admit his support of joining the Iraq war in 2003 was a mistake, adding he will use the admission in the campaign as \"Exhibit A\" that the Conservative leader lacks solid judgment skills, and that Harper was weakened when he confirmed he does not support a refundable tax credit for the manufacturing industry to encourage companies to improve productivity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Arts\nStephen Harper had cut $45 million from arts funding while in office, a move that drew much criticism from the other leaders and Quebec citizens, with most leaders seeking to restore the funding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Arts\nThe Conservatives have stated that the money is being reallocated to other arts and cultural programs, including various official languages projects, the 400th anniversary of Quebec City and projects connected with the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Winter Olympic Games, although the Conservative's refusal to have a parliamentary review of their cuts and for a moratorium on the measures until the House of Commons Heritage Committee had a chance to hold hearings on culture and arts funding has most opposition members calling foul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Arts\nBoth St\u00e9phane Dion and Jack Layton have promised to reverse the cut, with Dion also promising to increase funding to Canada Council for the Arts to $360 million, while Layton also promised to bring income averaging for artists to the national level and providing an annual tax exemption of $20,000 for income earned by copyright and residuals, stating that \"one of the key things we must do, before we start giving $50-billion tax giveaways to banks and oil companies, is to protect and promote the arts\" and \"stable, sure and appropriate funding\" for CBC/Radio-Canada while also protecting Telefilm Canada and the Canadian Television Fund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Arts\nHarper has said that he believes that the issue is a \"niche topic\", and that \"ordinary Canadians\" are not particularly concerned with the issue. A group of Canadian performers, which included Art Hindle, Wendy Crewson and Gordon Pinsent, held a press conference on September 24, saying the cuts would cripple the Canadian arts industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Arts\nOn September 29, Harper unveiled a new tax credit plan worth an estimated $150 million a year to encourage parents to enroll their kids in arts programs like music and drama. The credit will apply on up to $500 of eligible fees for children under 16 who participate in eligible arts activities. Harper said that \"[the Conservatives] spend a lot more on culture and arts\" but \"in a way that we ensure is an effective use of taxpayers' money and ultimately, in this case, benefits families and all of society as well\". Harper has come under criticism when the week before he expressed his opinion that \"ordinary working people were unable to relate to taxpayer-subsidized cultural elites when they see them at a rich gala on television\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Alleged Cadman bribe attempt\nIn early 2008 it was alleged that Independent MP Chuck Cadman of Surrey North, who was terminally ill with cancer at the time, had been offered a million dollar life insurance policy in exchange for voting against the proposed Liberal budget in May 2005, which he turned down. Under section 119 of the Criminal Code, it is illegal to bribe an MP. Accordingly, Opposition Liberal party Intergovernmental Affairs critic Dominic LeBlanc asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in February 2008 to investigate this allegation. In May 2008, the RCMP announced that there was not enough evidence to support charges. Cadman died in July. The following month, Harper stated in a court deposition that any such million-dollar offer would have to be authorized by him, and that he did not issue any such authorization. There is currently an ongoing legal battle between the Liberals and the Conservatives over the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 1006]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Alleged Cadman bribe attempt\nOn September 24, while campaigning in Surrey North, Stephen Harper's campaign team barred reporters from talking with the local Conservative candidate, Dona Cadman, who is Chuck Cadman's widow. The campaign team called in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and ordered them to \"Keep [the reporters] out\" while Cadman was taken away by staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Alleged Cadman bribe attempt\nHarper spokesman Kory Teneycke later stated that he had not seen the incident, but the local candidates did not need to be interviewed, that \"Local candidates' priority is campaigning in their local ridings, and not talking to the national media\", and that it should be enough that they hold daily news conferences with the party's most prominent members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Alleged Cadman bribe attempt\nThe incident has reminded people of Conservative tactics during the 2006 election, where attempts by the media to speak with local candidates were stopped by campaign personnel, especially the Harold Albrecht incident, where campaign officials forced Albrecht to stay in a restaurant kitchen when journalists attempted to interview him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Alleged Cadman bribe attempt\nThe Conservatives chose former U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Bruce Koenig to analyze a tape of reporter Tom Zytaruk interviewing Harper on the Cadman bribe attempt. The tape was a key piece of evidence in the ongoing legal battle. On October 10, Koenig announced that the tape had not been altered in any way, contrary to the claims by Stephen Harper that it had been altered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Canadian involvement in Afghanistan\nThe ongoing involvement of the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan may also influence voters. Desmond Morton, a political science professor at McGill University suggested that the Conservatives could be blamed for the war because they have extended the mission twice, despite the fact that it was then Liberal Leader Jean Chr\u00e9tien who was Canada's prime minister when Canada's current military involvement in Afghanistan first started in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Canadian involvement in Afghanistan\nBoth the Conservatives and Liberals have at various times agreed to extend the mission(s) to at least 2011, so this may result in some Canadians who are strongly against Canada's ongoing involvement, who might have otherwise typically voted either Liberal or Conservative in the past, to take their votes elsewhere in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Cities and infrastructure\nToronto Mayor David Miller has spoken out that the parties need to focus more on cities and their infrastructure, stating that 8 out of 10 Canadians live in cities, and that so far only the Green party has revealed a platform on the issue, with a national transit strategy and plans to give cities a permanent revenue source to help fix a growing infrastructure backlog. Miller stated he will not endorse a specific party, but urges people to choose a party that will \"help cities thrive\". He disagrees with Stephen Harper's opinion that \"cities are not of national importance\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Cities and infrastructure\nOn September 18, St\u00e9phane Dion pledged to spend more than $70 billion over the next 10 years to improve Canada's infrastructure if elected, and budget surpluses that exceed a $3-billion contingency fund to infrastructure projects, particularly those with a green focus, calling Canada's cities and towns \"the engines of our economy\". Stephen Harper immediately lashed out at the spending proposal, saying Dion was \"promising money no government could afford\" and that the Conservative's infrastructure plans \"are modest and affordable within the four-year budget we've published\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Cities and infrastructure\nOn September 23, Montreal and Toronto mayors G\u00e9rald Tremblay and David Miller laid out their demands for urban municipalities, describing cities' current financial problems as a national issue, saying that cities have become the country's economic, social and cultural development engines and need appropriate support, and that they need better \"fiscal tools\" to continue their role as Canada's economic engines or the country will suffer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Cities and infrastructure\nThey listed Homelessness, traffic gridlock, crowded buses and overstretched police departments as just a few of the symptoms, that \"These problems are too big and too important to be solved on the backs of property taxpayers\" and that \"in order to remain competitive, transport goods efficiently and attract new talent, our cities require quality infrastructure, affordable housing and first-rate recreational and cultural facilities\". Jean Perrault, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec, has stated that things like the Federal Gas Tax Fund were an important federal commitment, but that more is needed to tackle cities' overwhelming infrastructure needs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Cities and infrastructure\nOn September 29, Layton announced plans to direct one cent per litre of the gas tax, approximately $400 million a year, into transit projects across the country, and direct $350 million from the sale of carbon permits to big polluters, saying that \"the major polluters would be the ones paying to make transit greener, not you and your families\", and that \"fighting climate change requires investing in transit, and that's what our plan does\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Economy\nPolls have suggested that the economy is the major issue going into this election, especially with the resulting high price of gas, along with rising prices of other goods and services, such as food, and the possible impact the current financial crisis may have on Canada. Some experts say that Canada has just narrowly dodged a recession, although the economy is in its worst shape since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Economy\nBoth Dion and Harper have said that the others' plans will lead Canada into a recession, while Dion also stated that Harper has \"mismanaged a once-booming economy into one with growth dropping to among the lowest of the G8 nations\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Economy\nThe Conservatives have stated possible negative consequences that could happen to the economy based on Liberal election promises if they were to be elected. As of September 20, 2008, Liberal election promises have totaled in excess of $80 billion spending over the next decade. In contrast, the cost of programs promised by the Conservatives to date is less than $2 billion annually. Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister, has criticized the Liberal's spending promises, saying they are making \"mind-boggling\" spending plans that he predicts would send Canada into deficit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Economy\nAfter the rejection of the proposed bailout of the United States financial system and resulting market fluctuation all over the world, including the Toronto Stock Exchange, Jack Layton called for Harper to call a special meeting for federal party leaders to discuss the potential effects of the U.S economic crisis on Canadians, suggestion the afternoon of October 1, since all leaders would be in Ottawa for the first Leaders' Debate that night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Economy\nA spokesman for Harper later reported that Harper would not call such a meeting, and to save discussion for the Leader's Debate, as \"[they] will have an opportunity later this week to debate\u2014not behind closed doors but in front of all Canadians\u2014the issues at stake not [just] for our economy but for our country\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0056-0002", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Economy\nHarper later announced that he would ask for the 12 minutes on the economy scheduled for the Leader's Debate to be extended to an hour, citing that the financial crisis affecting the U.S. \"has deepened since the debate format was finalized\", a change which would require agreement from the other parties in the debate to be approved. The NDP released a statement soon after that they supported the move, while public response has been concerned that other topics such as the environment would not end up with enough time to cover the issue. All the leaders supported the idea, and the opening and closing statements were dropped and the allotted time for the economy extended to 30 minutes without affecting the other topics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Economy\nDuring the Leaders' Debates Harper repeatedly came under fire for lack of an economic plan in the current time of crisis and while campaigning, and for his lack of ability to explain how he would deal with the current crisis, merely repeating that Canada was unlikely to face such a crisis as he had made \"different choices\" than the US while in power without being able to explain what those different choices were, as all of his examples were immediately compared to practices done by the Bush administration, and insisted that Canadians \"don't panic\". In response to mounting pressure from the public, Harper announced on October 3 that he would reveal his party's platform, including economic matters, on October 7, one week before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Environment\nShortly after the election was called, Harper was criticized for using a four-vehicle motorcade that included a van and SUV to travel the 395\u00a0m (1,296\u00a0ft) across the street from the door of 24 Sussex Drive to the door of Rideau Hall to dissolve parliament. In return, the Conservatives criticized the Liberal party's decision to use a 29-year-old Boeing 737-200 for campaigning, saying that the older airplane's poor fuel efficiency demonstrates hypocrisy on environmental matters. Daniel Lauzon, a spokesperson for the Liberals, denied their airplane was substantially less efficient than the Conservatives' Airbus A319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Environment\nThe Tories have been previously criticized for backing out of Canada's commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. Their new plan requires industries to reduce the rate at which they generate greenhouse gases, with a goal of reducing overall emissions by 45 to 65 percent by 2050. The plan has been criticized by groups such as the Sierra Club, who called it \"completely inadequate\". Criticism has focused on the use of \"intensity-based\" targets, for which emission reductions are relative to overall production, so overall emissions could potentially increase if production also increases. This is in contrast to a \"hard cap\" on emissions, for which the overall amount cannot increase. The Conservatives' plan includes a hard cap to begin in 2020 or 2025, while environmental groups have advocated for an immediate hard cap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 890]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Environment\nThe Liberals have developed a \"Green Shift\" plan, creating a carbon tax that will be coupled with reductions to income tax rates. The proposal was to tax greenhouse gas emissions, starting at $10 (Canadian) per ton of CO2 and reaching $40 (Canadian) per ton within four years. The plan would engage in revenue recycling by matching the tax with reductions in the income tax. Criticism of the Green Shift plan has focused on its economic effects, with the Conservatives predicting it would cause a \"big recession\". When pressed by reporters to provide evidence of this impact, Harper \"wasn't able to cite a study that specifically modelled the impact of the Liberal Green Shift plan\", instead citing an older economic model about the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Environment\nOne trucking association claimed the Liberal carbon tax plan could put up to 10,000 jobs in jeopardy in Moncton alone. Environmental activist David Suzuki has come out in support of Dion's plan, saying \"To oppose [the carbon tax plan], it's just nonsense. It's certainly the way we got to go\" and giving an interview explaining why it is the most effective way to solve the environmental crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Environment\nThe NDP's plan for the environment has focused on emissions trading, claiming their system will decrease greenhouse emissions by 80% by 2050. The plan includes a series of financial incentives to retrofit public transit systems and transition the economy to be \"green-collar\". The plan would also halt new oil sands development until emissions have been capped. Layton has also criticized the Liberal carbon tax plan, stating it taxes families instead of polluters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Equalization\nDanny Williams, the Progressive Conservative premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, launched a campaign called Anything But Conservative, primarily targeted at Harper and the federal Conservatives. He opposes a Conservative majority, due in part to Harper's promise during the 2006 election to modify the equalization formula to fully share offshore oil revenues with the province, which Williams says Harper has broken, and what Harper has stated he will do with a majority government. Accordingly, all but one member of the provincial PC caucus supported not voting Conservative in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Equalization\nLeo Power, a veteran of federal politics and the Conservative Party of Canada's campaign co-chair for Newfoundland and Labrador, said raising money and recruiting volunteers has proved difficult, and blames Williams's ABC campaign, saying it has cut deep into the federal election machine that is struggling to compete. Power has also said his party's best hope of winning a seat in the province is in the riding of Avalon with incumbent candidate Fabian Manning. Manning was defeated by Liberal Scott Andrews, while St. John's East and St. John's South\u2014Mount Pearl, which were represented by Conservatives not running for re-election, were won by the NDP and Liberals, respectively, leaving the Conservatives with no representatives in Newfoundland and Labrador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 835]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Leadership\nSince before the election was announced, the Conservative party ran attack ads about Dion, saying he was not a capable leader. Dion criticized the Conservatives for running the ads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Leadership\nOn October 9, Stephen Harper called into question the abilities of Liberal leader Dion after footage from the false starts of an interview on CTV Atlantic, and later rebroadcast on Mike Duffy Live, were aired to the public, and criticized Dion's grasp of the English language and the strength of the Liberals' plan for the Canadian economy. In the footage Dion repeatedly failed to understand the conditional perfect construction used by the interviewer in a single repeatedly asked question.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Leadership\nThe footage shows interviewer Steve Murphy asking Dion the question: \"If you were the Prime Minister now, what would you have done about the economy, and this crisis, that Mr. Harper has not done?\". Dion had difficulty in understanding the question, repeatedly asking Murphy to clarify if he meant if Dion was Prime Minister now, next Tuesday on election day, last week, last month, 60 weeks ago, or two and a half years ago. Eventually, after three start overs to the interview, Dion responded with what he would do if elected Prime Minister in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0067-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Leadership\nCTV initially agreed to restart the interviews and not air the false starts but changed their minds and announced that they felt it was their responsibility to show it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0067-0002", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Leadership\nHarper responded to the clips by saying that \"When you're running a trillion-and-a-half-dollar economy you don't get a chance to have do-overs, over and over again\" and \"What this incident actually indicates very clearly is Mr. Dion and the Liberal Party really don't know what they would do on the economy\", and when told that the difficulties were in part due to English being Dion's second language, Harper said: \"I don't think this is a question of language at all. The question was very clear. It was asked repeatedly\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Leadership\nMark Dunn, a spokesman for Dion, accused the Tories of making fun of the Liberal leader's hearing issues. Dion responded to Harper's comments, saying Harper had \"no class\", saying \"I did not understand the question\", and \"Maybe it's because I have a hearing problem, maybe because [English is] my second language, but I did not understand the question\". Both the Conservatives and the CTV have come under criticism for their handling of the footage, but they have stated they stand by their actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0068-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Leadership\nDuceppe has called Harper's comments a \"double standard\", saying that many English-speaking politicians have little or no ability to speak French, yet francophones are somehow always expected to be perfect, and that the attack was an attempted \"low blow\". But Duceppe also took the opportunity to criticise Dion, suggesting he understood the question. \"The real question is that I think Dion understood the question. The real problem wasn't the language, it was the substance,\" Duceppe said, \"He had nothing to say\". Layton also defended Dion, saying he has \"struggled with questions, too\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Leadership\nFormer Prime Minister Jean Chr\u00e9tien has come out criticizing Harper's leadership abilities, noting especially Harper's controlling ways with his cabinet ministers, saying he would have quit if former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau had treated him that way, that \"Mr. Dion was a minister for nine years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0069-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Leadership\nAnd Mr. Harper arrived there with no experience and it shows\", that the phrase 'Tory times are bad times', in use since the 1930s, was still true and that \"Harper destroyed 50 years of relationships with China\", Canada's second biggest trading partner after the US, noting both past Liberal and Progressive Conservative governments sought to maintain its dealings with the key trading partner. Former Prime Minister Paul Martin has also supported Dion's plans and abilities, and many have noted Dion's ability to get both Chr\u00e9tien and Martin to support him, despite Chr\u00e9tien and Martin's ongoing feud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Listeriosis outbreak\nThe Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz, who has already been criticized by Canada's food scientists for his handling of the 2008 listeriosis outbreak, has also been criticized for making inappropriate comments, further angering the families of those affected. Ritz had joked about the outbreak while he was on a conference call with scientists and political staffers on August 30, saying the political fallout from the outbreak was \"like a death by a thousand cuts, or should I say cold cuts\". In addition, when he was informed of a listeriosis-related death in Prince Edward Island, he quipped: \"Please tell me it's [Liberal agriculture critic] Wayne Easter\". Despite calls for Ritz's resignation from the other parties and the public, Stephen Harper has supported Ritz and rebuffed calls for his resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 890]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Listeriosis outbreak\nThe Public Service Alliance of Canada revealed to the media that the Conservative party plans to cut federal funding to meat inspection programs by $3 million, effectively ending their operation in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Speech plagiarism\nOn September 30, it was revealed by Bob Rae of the Liberal Party that on March 20, 2003, Stephen Harper had plagiarized a speech that called for troops to be deployed to Iraq to assist the US invasion from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, which Howard had delivered two days before, on March 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Speech plagiarism\nFollowing Rae's statement, Harper's spokesman Kory Teneycke dismissed the issue as irrelevant, saying \"I'm not going to get into a debate about a five-year-old speech that was delivered three Parliaments ago, two elections ago, when the prime minister was the leader of a party that no longer exists\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Speech plagiarism\nThe Canadian Alliance staff member and former Fraser Institute policy analyst, Owen Lippert, who wrote that speech was working on the current election campaign at Conservative campaign headquarters. On September 30, 2008 he issued a statement and resigned as a result of the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Speech plagiarism\nPressed for time, I was overzealous in copying segments of another world leader's speech. Neither my superiors in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition nor the leader of the Opposition was aware that I had done so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Speech plagiarism\nOn October 3, there was a second plagiarism allegation from the Liberals, who said that Harper had copied several sentences from a speech by former Ontario premier Mike Harris. Harper denied the allegation, saying \"we're talking about a couple of sentences of fairly standard political rhetoric\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Issues, Speech plagiarism\nOn October 6, the Conservatives contended that Dion had also committed plagiarism when, as Minister of the Environment in 2005, he went to a United Nations conference on climate change to deliver a speech which had substantial similarities to the executive summary of a year old UN report. The Liberal party did not respond to the plagiarism allegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Candidates\nChris Reid, the Conservative candidate from Toronto Centre, resigned over controversial statements on his blog, which advocated revising Canadian gun control legislation to legalize concealed carriage of handguns. He was replaced by David Gentili.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Candidates\nThe Conservatives apologized after an aide to Pontiac candidate Lawrence Cannon told Aboriginal protesters that they were free to meet with Cannon \"if you behave and you're sober and there's no problems and if you don't do a sit down and whatever\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Candidates\nLiberal candidate Simon B\u00e9dard was also asked to resign after he reiterated his 1990 comments, suggesting that lethal force should have been used in the Oka Crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Candidates\nLiberal candidate Lesley Hughes was dropped by the Liberal Party after making controversial comments about the September 11, 2001 attacks. She continued to campaign as an independent, though she appeared as a Liberal on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Candidates\nAndrew McKeever, an NDP candidate in Durham, announced on October 3 that he would resign from the election campaign after it was revealed that he had posted comments on Facebook in which he called one war activist a \"fascist bitch\" and threatened to beat up another person. Mr. McKeever wrote comments peppered with expletives and calling the operators of a war resister website \"Nazis.\" McKeever was also quoted as saying \"I like the part in Schindler's List when the guard starts waxing the prisoners.\" McKeever's decision to drop out of the race came with just over a week left in the campaign, meaning his name would remain on the ballot. One week before the publication of McKeever's resignation, NDP leader Jack Layton defended McKeever and refused to make him step down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Candidates\nJulian West, the candidate for the riding of Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, dropped out of the race after details surfaced about an environmental event he attended 12 years ago when he went skinny-dipping and asked two teenagers to body-paint him. Two other candidates in British Columbia who were proponents of marijuana decriminalization\u00a0\u2014 Dana Larsen and Kirk Tousaw\u00a0\u2014 resigned earlier after videos they had produced for Internet site Pot-TV were released to the media. One of the videos, filmed in 2000, showed Mr. Larsen, former leader of the BC Marijuana Party, preparing to light up a joint before driving a car, after having taken the short-acting hallucinogenic drug DMT earlier in the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Candidates\nJohn Shavluk, the Green candidate in Newton\u2014North Delta, was removed from the party's slate of candidates on September 4, just before the election call, after it was revealed that he had previously published comments in his blog about the September 11 attacks in 2001, in which he referred to the World Trade Center as \"the shoddily built Jewish world bank headquarters\". He was replaced by Liz Walker as the Green Party candidate, but remained on the ballot as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Candidates\nAt an all-candidates debate staged for a high school student audience in Sudbury on September 29, independent candidate David Popescu responded to a question about same-sex marriage by stating that \"homosexuals should be executed\". His remarks were widely criticized across Canada, and the Greater Sudbury Police Service announced an investigation into whether the comments constituted a crime under Canadian hate speech legislation. He was subsequently investigated by the Toronto Police as well, after a radio interview on October 2 in which he specifically advocated the execution of Egale Canada executive director Helen Kennedy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Vandalism\nSupporters of Ontario Liberal MPs Carolyn Bennett (St. Paul's) and Gerard Kennedy (Parkdale\u2014High Park) who had Liberal signs outside their houses were subject to vandalism during the later hours of October 3, including graffiti, phone and cable lines being cut, and damage to vehicles that included brake cutting. Toronto police reported over 30 incidents of vandalism as of October 6. Some of the victims did not realize their brakes had been cut until they were in traffic, and there was at least one near-accident. Liberal Senator Jerry Grafstein was one of the residents who reported vandalism to his car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Vandalism\nVandalism was also reported at the campaign offices of Trinity\u2014Spadina Liberal candidate Christine Innes and Beaches\u2014East York New Democratic Party candidate Marilyn Churley, as well as in Niagara Falls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Legality of the election\nAfter the election was called, Democracy Watch, an Ottawa-based advocacy group, filed a legal suit claiming that the election call was illegal because it violated the 2007 amendments to the Canada Elections Act. These amendments, introduced by the Harper government, set fixed dates for elections, and fulfilled a 2006 promise made by Harper to end the Prime Minister's ability to call snap elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies, Legality of the election\nOn September 17, 2009, the Federal Court of Canada ruled that the election was not unfair, and therefore not illegal. Democracy Watch's appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal was also dismissed, and the Supreme Court denied leave to hear a further appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Target seats\nThe following is a list of ridings which had narrowly been lost by the indicated party in the 2006 election. For instance, under the Liberal column are the 15 seats in which they came closest to winning but did not. Listed is the name of the riding, followed by the party which was victorious (in parentheses) and the margin, in terms of percentage of the vote, by which the party lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Target seats\nThese ridings were targeted by the specified party because the party had lost them by a very slim margin in the 2006 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Target seats\nUp to 15 are shown, with a maximum margin of victory of 15%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Target seats\n* Indicates incumbent not running again. To clarify further; this is a list of federal election winners with their party in parentheses, and their margin as a percentage of the vote over the party whose list the seat is on (not the same as the margin of victory if the party potentially \"targeting\" the seat in that list did not finish second in the previous election). \"Won\" means that the targeting party won the seat from the incumbent party. \"Held\" means the incumbent party held the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Target seats\n\u2020 Won by the Conservatives in an intervening by-election with more than a 15% margin over the Liberals. \u2021 The incumbent had become an independent and was sitting as a Green at the time of dissolution. \u00b9 Won by the NDP in an intervening by-election with more than a 19% margin over the Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Target seats, Targeted Cabinet ministers\nThe following Cabinet ministers were elected by a margin of less than 10% in 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Potential fall of government\nOn December 1, 2008, as the result of opposition dissatisfaction with the government's economic update (which failed to include stimulus measures to help the Canadian economy contend with the global crisis and included a 'poison pill' regarding the cessation of public party financing), the leaders of the Liberal Party, New Democratic Party, and Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois announced they had reached an agreement to approach the Governor General for the purpose of forming a coalition government. Combined, the three opposition parties constitute a majority of seats in the House of Commons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0096-0001", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Potential fall of government\nParliament was due to vote on a no-confidence motion on December 8; if successful, the Liberals and NDP would have formally asked the Governor General to form a coalition minority government for 30 months, while the BQ pledged to support for at least 18 months. Liberal leader St\u00e9phane Dion would have become prime minister until the selection of his successor at the Liberal leadership convention in May 2009, and a coalition cabinet would have comprised 18 Liberal (including a finance minister) and 6 NDP ministers. Governor General Micha\u00eblle Jean had cut short a state visit to Europe \"in light of the current political situation in Canada\". On December 4, 2008, Jean granted Harper's request to prorogue Parliament until January 26, 2009, thereby staving off the prospect of an imminent change in government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 874]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196051-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian federal election, Seats that changed hands, Vacancies upon dissolution\nBy-elections in progress in four vacant ridings were cancelled when the general election was called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196052-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian honours\nThe following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2008. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during the year. This follows the custom set out within the United Kingdom which publishes its appoints of various British Honours for New Year's and for monarch's official birthday. However, instead of the midyear appointments announced on Victoria Day, the official birthday of the Canadian Monarch, this custom has been transferred with the celebration of Canadian Confederation and the creation of the Order of Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196052-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian honours\nHowever, as the Canada Gazette publishes appointment to various orders, decorations and medal, either Canadian or from Commonwealth and foreign states, this article will reference all Canadians so honoured during the 2008 calendar year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196052-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian honours\nProvincial Honours are not listed within the Canada Gazette. However, they are listed here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196052-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canadian honours, Commonwealth and Foreign Orders, Decorations and Medal awarded to Canadians, From His Majesty The King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jordan International Police Training Centre Medal\nThe Chancellery of Honours is the custodian of the register of recipients of the medal", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 211], "content_span": [212, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196053-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open\nThe 2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open was the biggest Women's WTA Tennis Tournament of South and South-East Asia in 2008. It took place from 3 March to 9 March in the KST Signature Kingfisher Tennis stadium in the Indian city of Bangalore on outdoor hardcourts. 2008 was the sixth edition of the event, and the third held in Bangalore. The tournament had been upgraded to Tier 2 from a Tier 3 event and would offer a total prize money pot of US$600,000 up from $175,000 last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196053-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open\nThe field was led by Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and formers world #1, Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Patty Schnyder, \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, Sybille Bammer and Vera Zvonareva were also present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196053-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open\nSania Mirza, the top Indian woman tennis player decided to skip her home event, citing the number of controversies that ensue every time she plays at home. According to Mirza: \"Every time I play in India, there has been a problem. So [me and my manager] just thought it was better not to play this time.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196053-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open, WTA Entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196053-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open, WTA Entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196053-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open, WTA Entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196053-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open, Champions, Doubles\nPeng Shuai /  Sun Tiantian def. Chan Yung-jan /  Chuang Chia-jung, 6-4, 5-7, 10-8", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196054-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open \u2013 Doubles\nIn the final, Peng Shuai and Sun Tiantian beat the defending champions Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung to win their title 6\u20134, 5\u20137, 10\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196055-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open \u2013 Singles\nYaroslava Shvedova was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Akgul Amanmuradova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196055-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open \u2013 Singles\nSerena Williams defeated Patty Schnyder 7\u20135, 6\u20133 in the final to win her title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season\n2008 was the Canberra Raiders' 27th season in the National Rugby League competition. The Raiders began the year favourites to win the wooden spoon. However, they finished 6th (out of 16) and were eliminated in the first week of the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season, Season summary\nThe 2008 season started with some promise for the Raiders \u2013 a good showing despite a loss in round 1 vs. Newcastle was followed up with two solid wins against Penrith and St. George-Illawarra. The club has since suffered a series of losses, whilst snaring only the occasional victory, with a big come from behind victory against Wests being noteworthy. In the representative field, Todd Carney and Joel Monaghan picked for Country Origin, and Monaghan being a shadow player for the New South Wales Side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season, Season summary\nHowever, as in recent seasons, injuries have been the curse of the Canberra club, with no less than three players suffering dreaded ACL ruptures, arguably the worst kind of injury a footballer can receive, essentially ending their season. Worse, the three players afflicted, Will Zillman, Lincoln Withers and Phil Graham are amongst the Raiders best players. Compounding this, talented back-rowers Neville Costigan and Tom Learoyd-Lahrs have spent minimal time on the field due to recurring minor injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season, Season summary\nThe club has also suffered badly in the recruiting race, with Zillman and strong front rower Michael Weyman opting to go elsewhere next season, with indications that Costigan and Scott Logan will do the same. Additionally, half Michael Dobson left the club mid-season for the English club Hull KR, due to lack of opportunities in Canberra. Finally, Coach Neil Henry has exercised a get-out clause in his contract, and will coach the North-Queensland Cowboys in 2009, with former player and club legend, but inexperienced coach, David Furner taking over in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0001-0003", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season, Season summary\nTo date, beyond a few talented youngsters, the club is yet to procure a single player of note for season 2009, and will once again be forced to rely on youthful talent. At Round 13, Canberra sat well outside the eight, and the season looked as though it could end with a whimper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season, Season summary\nHowever, far from fading away, the Raiders bounced back with a comprehensive victory over the Brisbane Broncos and then proceeded to thrash the Canterbury Bulldogs, inflicting the worst loss on the Sydney-based club in over half a century. Despite successive losses to the Cronulla Sharks and defending premiers Melbourne Storm, Canberra fought hard in both games, then broke a 13-year losing streak in Wollongong (and ended a 7 match winning streak by the home team) with an impressive win over St. George-Illawarra. The season highlight, however, was a comprehensive 34\u201312 win over league leaders, the Sydney Roosters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season, Season summary\nWith 7 rounds left in the 2008 premiership, Canberra sits just one point outside the top eight. With a comparatively friendly draw, playing several teams below them on the table, the Raiders are poised to sneak into the semi-finals for the first time in two years. After a comprehensive 74\u201312 win over the Panthers the Raiders moved into an unexpected 6th spot on the ladder from 11th to almost cement a spot in the 2008 finals series with 4 games remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season, Season summary\nThe Raiders went closer to the top eight with two important wins against Newcastle and Souths. They are now on a three-match winning streak with 2 games remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season, Season summary\nThe season has not been without controversy, however, with star halfback Todd Carney and fullback Bronx Goodwin being stood down by the club after an altercation at a Canberra nightclub following the round 19 win against the Roosters. Carney was eventually dismissed by the club after failing to agree to the punishment plan the club had laid out for him, Goodwin's future is still to be determined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season, Season summary\nAs of 6 September 2008, despite a heavy injury toll, the Raiders are guaranteed a place in the NRL 2008 Finals Series, a feat which was at the start of the season impossible according to Rugby League punditry in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season, Season summary\nThe Raiders semi-final appearance was brief, however. After being defeated by the Cronulla Sharks, the Raiders 6th-place finish was considered to be enough to get them a second chance. However, a huge upset with 8th-place New Zealand defeating minor premiers Melbourne saw the Raiders eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196056-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Canberra Raiders season, Season results, Toyota Cup (Under 20s)\nThe Raiders' Toyota Cup team won 28\u201324 over the Broncos' team in golden point extra time to with the Toyota Cup (Under 20s) premiership in the lead-up game to the NRL Grand Final on 5 October 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival\nThe 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 14 to 25 May 2008. The President of the Official Jury was American actor and director Sean Penn. Twenty two films from fourteen countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 24 May. The film The Class (Entre les murs), directed by Laurent Cantet won the Palme d'Or.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival\nThe festival opened with Blindness, directed by Fernando Meirelles and closed with What Just Happened, directed by Barry Levinson. \u00c9douard Baer was the master of ceremonies. Hunger, directed by Steve McQueen, opened the Un Certain Regard section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival\nThe British press reported the list of films in competition this year was notable for its absence of British films for the second successive year. In addition to films selected for competition this year, major Hollywood productions such as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Kung Fu Panda had their world premieres at the festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Main competition\nThe following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2008 Official Selection:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Un Certain Regard\nThe following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Films out of competition\nThe following films were selected to be screened out of competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cin\u00e9fondation\nThe following short films were selected for the competition of Cin\u00e9fondation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Short film competition\nThe following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cannes Classics\nCannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema and restored masterworks from the past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week\nThe following films were screened for the 47th International Critics' Week (47e Semaine de la Critique):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight\nThe following films were screened for the 2008 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des R\u00e9alizateurs):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196057-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Cannes Film Festival, Awards, Official awards\nThe following films and people received the 2008 Official selection awards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196058-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup\nThe 2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of seven races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 21st edition. The series consisted of 4 continental championships (Africa, Oceania, Pan American and Asia) which were open to all countries and 3 world cup races. The athletes gained points for their results in the three world cup races plus their best result from any of the four continental championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196058-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Final standings\nThe winner of each race was awarded 50 points. Paddlers outside the top 20 in the C2 event and outside the top 40 in the other 3 events were awarded 2 points for participation. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the final world cup race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196058-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, 2008 African Championships\nThe first African Canoe Slalom Championships were held in Sagana, Kenya on January 27. USA won the medal table with 2 golds and a bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196058-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, Oceania Championships 2008\nThe 2008 Oceania Championships were held in Penrith, Australia on March 15\u201316. Slovakia won 2 golds a silver and a bronze to top the medal table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196058-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, 2008 Pan American Championships\nThe 2008 Pan American Championships took place in Charlotte, USA on April 26. The home athletes dominated the medal table by winning 3 golds, 4 silvers and 3 bronzes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196058-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, 2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships\nThe 2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships were the last of the continental championships to count for the world cup. The event took place in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand on May 17\u201318. China won the medal table with 2 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196058-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 1\nThe main part of the world cup series got under way in Prague, Czech Republic on June 20\u201322. France and Czech Republic shared the top spot in the medal table with both countries winning 2 golds and 1 bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196058-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 2\nThe penultimate race of the series took place in Tacen, Slovenia on June 28\u201329. Two gold medals were enough for Germany to win the medal table. Slovenia took one gold courtesy of Peter Kauzer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196058-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 3\nThe world cup series closed in Augsburg, Germany on July 4\u20136. Australia was the most successful country with 2 golds. The German paddlers won 1 gold and 1 bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196059-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Canoe Sprint European Championships\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Dom Kaos (talk | contribs) at 16:45, 15 April 2020 (Corrected wikilinks). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196059-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Canoe Sprint European Championships\nThe 2008 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Milan, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196060-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships\nThe 2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships season was the 29th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 10 May and finished on 16 August, later than the last season. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. Sporting would win their 7th title and third straight after defeating Acad\u00e9mica do Mindelo in penalty kicks. Sporting gained entry into the 2009 CAF Champions League, it is the last club to enter to date. No second place club would participate in the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196060-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nSporting Clube da Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. As Sporting Praia won the 2007 national title, Acad\u00e9mica da Praia, runner-up of the island division would compete in the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196060-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nThe season at the time made Sporting Praia to be the first club to win three back-to-back titles. It was the only club that got three titles until 2015 when CS Mindelense became the second club to win three back-to-back titles in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196060-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nThe biggest win were AD Bairro and Sporting Praia who scored 6 each match, Bairro against Fiorentina and Sporting Praia against Cor\u00f4a. Two matches which one team scored the highest point and the season was not the retelling of high scoring records. Derby won all five matches in any of the group stages, the first since two teams were added in 2003, it was the only club to do so until 2012. Derby won the most matches at the national championships and remains one of the records as of 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196060-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nThere were no competitions on the third week of May (May 17 & 18) due to the 2008 local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196060-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nPlatini played his last match for Sporting Praia and a Cape Verdean team on the second leg of the finals before moving to Acad\u00e9mica de Coimbra in Portugal in the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196060-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nThe semifinals were originally scheduled for July 5 to 11, as an ineligible player was fielded, they were rescheduled to July 26 and August 2 and the finals on August 9 and 16. It interrupted the 2nd Cape Verdean Cup which was to take place in August, it was indeed cancelled, the second edition of the cup took place in the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196060-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nThe next such rescheduling was in 2017 between Ultramarina Tarrafal of S\u00e3o Nicolau and Mindelo's Mindelense of S\u00e3o Vicente as Est\u00e1dio Orlando Rodrigues had no extra keys for opening its doors so players can play a first leg match along with the personnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196061-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cape Verdean local elections\nLocal elections were held in Cape Verde on 18 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196061-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cape Verdean local elections\nThe MpD won in the municipalities of Boa Vista, Maio, Porto Novo, Praia, Ribeira Grande, Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Santa Catarina, S\u00e3o Domingos, S\u00e3o Miguel, S\u00e3o Vicente and Tarrafal while PAICV won in the municipalities of Brava, Mosteiros, Paul, Ribeira Brava, Santa Catarina do Fogo, Santa Cruz, S\u00e3o Filipe, S\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o dos \u00d3rg\u00e3os, S\u00e3o Salvador do Mundo and Tarrafal de S\u00e3o Nicolau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196062-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Capital One Bowl\nThe 2008 Capital One Bowl was held on January 1, 2008 at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game featured the University of Michigan Wolverines\u2014who finished the 2007 season tied for second in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 8\u20134 (6\u20132 in the Big Ten)\u2014and the #12 University of Florida Gators\u2014who finished the 2007 season third in the Southeastern Conference's East Division with an overall record of 9\u20133 (5\u20133 in the SEC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196062-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Capital One Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nThis game was significant for several different reasons. It was the last game for the Michigan Wolverines' coach, Lloyd Carr, who had announced his retirement on November 19, 2007. During the game, Carr used a  passing spread offense to attack on the first drive against Florida's defense. The game was also the last game for the Michigan senior class, who had lost each of their previous three bowl games. It was also an opportunity for Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators to play in front of a crowd of mostly Gator fans, as Orlando and Gainesville are separated by less than a two-hour drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196062-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Capital One Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nComing into this game, Florida was highly favored to win. As Michigan had lost early in the season to Appalachian State and Oregon, teams who both employed a spread offense similar to Florida's, many predicted that Michigan would suffer a similar fate against Florida. However, the Wolverines were able to generate 524 yards of offense in defeating the Gators, turning the ball over four times, twice within one yard of scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196062-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Capital One Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nThis game was a bit of a grudge match because Florida coach, Urban Meyer had lobbied for his team to get into the BCS National Championship game over Michigan during the 2006 season. Ultimately, Meyer's lobbying was successful and Florida went on to defeat Michigan's hated rivals Ohio State, 41\u201314, in the BCS National Championship Game. Previously, Michigan and Florida met four years earlier in the 2003 Outback Bowl, with Michigan defeating Florida, 38\u201330. Florida's loss makes them the second defending BCS Champion to lose a non-BCS bowl game a year later, the first being Florida's SEC rivals the LSU Tigers in the 2005 edition of this bowl game against the Iowa Hawkeyes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196062-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Capital One Bowl, Game summary\nMichigan started the game at their own 6-yard line and put together a 94-yard opening drive. Michigan quarterback Chad Henne connected on a 21-yard pass to Mario Manningham to put Michigan up 7\u20130. Over the course of the game, Michigan turned the ball over four times (two fumbles and two interceptions), which resulted in two Florida touchdown drives. These two touchdowns eventually put the Gators ahead 35\u201331 with just under six minutes to play. The Wolverines regained the lead when Adrian Arrington caught a touchdown pass to make the score 38\u201335 in favor of Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196062-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Capital One Bowl, Game summary\nFlorida got the ball back but could not convert on fourth down from their own 25-yard line. Michigan ran three straight plays that resulted in a K.C. Lopata field goal to make the score 41\u201335 with 2:20 remaining. On Florida's last possession, quarterback Tim Tebow failed to complete a pass on four consecutive downs. After knocking down Tebow's final pass, Michigan ran out the clock to clinch the win, 41\u201335. Chad Henne was named the game's MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196063-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cardiff Council election\nThe 2008 Cardiff Council election was held on 1 May, along with the 2008 Welsh local elections. All 75 seats of Cardiff Council were contested, with it remaining in no overall control. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196063-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cardiff Council election, Overview\nCandidates from nine parties as well as independents stood for election. Of these Liberal Democrat, Conservative, Labour, Plaid Cymru and independent councillors were elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196063-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cardiff Council election, Overview, Outcome\nAfter this election the council remained in no overall control with the Liberal Democrats remaining the largest party on the council, after a net gain of seats. All parties gained seats, other than Labour who halved their seat share from the previous election. Three independents were elected for the first time since 1999, although two of these were former Conservative councillors that defected during the previous term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196063-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cardiff Council election, Overview, Outcome\nThe Liberal Democrats formed a coalition with the Plaid Cymru group to lead the council; Liberal Democrat Rodney Berman became council leader, with Neil McEvoy of Plaid Cymru and Judith Woodman of the Liberal Democrats becoming deputy leaders. The Conservative party emerged as the official opposition on the council, after they became the second largest party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196063-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cardiff Council election, Ward results\nThe ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2004 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196063-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cardiff Council election, Ward results\n* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196063-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Cardiff Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2012, Pentyrch\nThe by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Simon Roberts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196063-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Cardiff Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2012, Riverside\nThe by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gwenllian Lansdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196064-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Cup\nThe 2008 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 2008 edition of the Caribbean Championship, an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. The finals were held in Jamaica from 3\u201314 December 2008. The four semifinalists \u2013 Jamaica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, and Cuba \u2013 all qualified for the 2009 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, although Cuba later withdrew and was replaced by Haiti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196064-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Cup\nQualifying began in July 2008. The qualifying rounds were used to qualify a total of six teams to the final round of the tournament to join the hosts, Jamaica, and the reigning champions, Haiti, who were given direct entry to the final group stage. The name was changed this year from Digicel Caribbean Cup to Digicel Caribbean Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196065-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Cup qualification, Preliminary round, Format\nThe five group winners along with the four best second-place teams will be placed into three groups hosted by Guadeloupe, Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago from 11 October - 9 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196065-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Cup qualification, Preliminary round, Teams that did not enter\nNine CFU teams did not enter, meaning 4 fewer participants than in the Caribbean Nations Cup 2006-07 edition. (This became 2 fewer participants, when 2 further teams withdrew during the 2006-07 tournament). Two teams withdrew before the tournament began (\u00a0French Guiana and \u00a0Sint Maarten), and the 7 other teams listed below participated only in World Cup Qualification)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196065-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Cup qualification, Preliminary round, Teams that did not enter\n7. Turks and Caicos Islands8. U.S. Virgin Islands9. Saint Lucia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196065-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Cup qualification, Preliminary round, Group A\nAll Group A matches were hosted by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie, the governing body for association football in the Netherlands Antilles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196065-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Cup qualification, Preliminary round, Group B\nAll Group B matches were hosted by the Guyana Football Federation, the governing body for association football in Guyana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196065-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Cup qualification, Preliminary round, Group C\nAll Group C matches were hosted by the Cayman Islands Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196065-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Cup qualification, Preliminary round, Group D\nAll Group D matches were hosted by the Saint Kitts and Nevis Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196065-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Cup qualification, Preliminary round, Group E\nAll Group E matches were hosted by Ligue de Football de Martinique, the governing body for association football in Martinique.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196065-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Cup qualification, Qualifying round\nCuba, \u00a0Guadeloupe, \u00a0Trinidad and Tobago automatically qualified for this round. Haiti and \u00a0Jamaica receive bye to third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196066-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Series\nThe fiftieth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 2008. It was held from February 2 through February 7, featuring the champions teams from Mexico, Yaquis de Obreg\u00f3n; Venezuela, Tigres de Aragua, and two teams from Dominican Republic: \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as [1] and Tigres del Licey [2]. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and was played at Estadio Cibao, home of the \u00c1guilas. Licey finished second in the Dominican League, but made the Series due to the cancellation of the Puerto Rican League season due to financial problems. It was the first Series fully held in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros and the first round-robin of its kind to feature two teams from the Dominican Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196066-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Series, Summary\nLicey, managed by H\u00e9ctor de la Cruz, finished with a 5\u20131 record to clinch the club's 10th Caribbean Series title since the country began participating in 1970 and the 17th overall for the Dominican Republic. Pitcher and Series MVP Ram\u00f3n Ortiz posted a 2\u20130 record with a 0.00 ERA in 11\u2154 scoreless IP against the \u00c1guilas, including five of relief. RF Nelson Cruz provided the offensive support for the team, leading the Series hitters in batting average (.407), hits (11), doubles (3), SLG (.630) and OPS (1,037).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196066-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Series, Summary\nLicey also got fine work off starters Jos\u00e9 Capell\u00e1n (1-0, 3.37 ERA) and Francisco Rosario (0.00, five SO in 6.0 IP), as well from relievers Jailen Peguero (1-0) and Carlos M\u00e1rmol (two saves). Other contributions came from 3B/OF Jos\u00e9 Bautista (.250, two home runs, four RBI, six runs, two stolen bases, .440 SLG), 2B Ronnie Belliard (.273 BA, four RBI, .455 SLG), LF Emilio Bonifacio (.250, five runs, two SB) and C Matt Tupman, who batted .364 (8-for-23) and was the only of Licey's players with at least one hit in each game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196066-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Series, Summary\nManaged by F\u00e9lix Ferm\u00edn, the Dominican champions wasted home field advantage, ending in second place with a 3\u20133 mark. The Cibao's team was characterized by an ineffective pitching staff and a poor offense, while the defense committed crucial errors. Two hitters carried much of the offensive weight \u2013 2B Rafael Furcal (.400, 10 hits, five runs, four RBI, .560 SLG) and SS Tony Pe\u00f1a (.429 BA, .524 SLG), while DH Miguel Tejada provided a substantial (if discreet) contribution (.208, five runs, two HR, .318 SLG).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196066-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Series, Summary\nPitchers Joselo D\u00edaz (1-0, eight strikeouts, 1.50 ERA in six IP) and Arnie Mu\u00f1oz (1-0, one save, 0.00 in 1\u2154 IP) headed the staff. Supporting them were Randy Choate (0.00 ERA, 4.0 IP), Joel Peralta (0.00, 2.0 IP) and Francisco Cruceta (1.69, 5\u2153 IP), but Denny Bautista (1-0), Bartolo Col\u00f3n (0-1), Sergio Ram\u00edrez and Alfredo Sim\u00f3n, combined for an 8.00 ERA in 18 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196066-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Series, Summary\nMexico was guided by Homar Rojas and finished with a 2\u20134 record, tying for third place with Venezuela. DH Robert Saucedo (.346, seven runs, six RBI, .577 SLG), SS Alfredo Am\u00e9zaga (.381, five runs, three SB, .435 OBP) and OF Armando R\u00edos (.312, two SB, .375 SLG) paced the offense, while the top pitcher was Nelson Figueroa (1-0, 0.81, seven SO in 11.0 IP). The Obreg\u00f3n team also included players like Justin Lehr (P), \u00d3scar Robles (2B), Dan Serafini (P) and Reggie Taylor (OF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196066-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Series, Summary\nVenezuela, piloted by Buddy Bailey, played with a depleted line-up. This year, 15 players from the Venezuelan finals roster were unavailable for the Series, including Miguel Cabrera, Ronny Cede\u00f1o and Edgardo Alfonzo, due to Spring Training reports. Luis Maza, the man charged with filling Cabrera's shoes at third base, responded by hitting  .348 (8-for-23) with six runs and a .435 SLG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196066-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Series, Summary\nOther help came from outfielders Selwyn Langaigne (.357, four RBI) and Alberto Callaspo (.346, four runs), as well from pitchers Giovanni Carrara (1-0, four hits, four SO, 0.00 ERA in 5.0 IP) and Ram\u00f3n Garc\u00eda (three hits, three SO, 0.00 ERA in 4.0 IP). The only homers were hit by sub-batters Alex Delgado (C, .100) and Luis Ugueto (OF, .222), while Andrew Lorraine was the only pitcher to lose two games in the Series that year. The Aragua club also featured RF Robert P\u00e9rez and pitchers Orber Moreno, V\u00edctor Moreno and Jos\u00e9 Santiago, among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196066-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Caribbean Series, Note\nOf 33 players on the Series rosters included on the 40-man Major League 2008 rosters, 30 were on the Dominican Republic teams. According to MLB, the Caribbean Confederation officials considered moving up the start of the 2009 tournament from the first week of February to the last week of January, because it gives the players at least 10 days before they are expected to report to their respective camps in Spring Training. This year's tournament ended six days before pitchers and catchers begin reporting. The change would encourage more participation for major leaguers from Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Adding new teams to the tournament could also be an option for the future of the Caribbean Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196067-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlisle City Council election\nThe 2008 Carlisle City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196067-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlisle City Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Labour party held 25 seats, compared to 19 Conservatives, 7 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent. However the Conservatives had run the council since 1999, latterly with the support of the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196067-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlisle City Council election, Background\n17 seats were scheduled to be contested, with Labour needing 1 gain to probably be able to take control. 3 councillors stood down at the election, Conservative Judith Prest from Brampton ward and Labour's John Reardon and Ray Warwick from Upperby and Yewdale wards respectively. As well as candidates from the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, there were also 9 candidates from the British National Party, 1 from the English Democrats and 4 independents, including the only sitting independent councillor, Bill Graham in Hayton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196067-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlisle City Council election, Campaign\nLabour targeted the seat of Morton from the Liberal Democrats, while campaigning on pledges to establish a theatre/arts centre and to review the Carlisle Renaissance programme, which would see 100 new homes built every year for a decade. However the Conservatives aimed to take Belle Vue and Yewdale from Labour, and Dalston from the Liberal Democrat group leader Trevor Allison. The Conservatives defended their record in control of the council, pointing to council tax increases being kept down and increased recycling rates. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats promised to campaign against the closure of post offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196067-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlisle City Council election, Campaign\nDuring the campaign the British National Party candidate for Upperby, Les Griffiths, died and as a result the election in Upperby was postponed. In the week before the election one of the Labour councillors for Upperby, June Martlew, also died and as a result both seats were set to be filled at a by-election on 12 June after the main council election had taken place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196067-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlisle City Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives gained 2 seats from Labour to move level with Labour on 21 seats. The Conservative gains came in Belle Vue by 62 votes and in Yewdale, which they took by 42 votes after having fallen 10 votes short in 2007. These were the first urban seats the Conservatives had held south of the River Eden since 2004. Elsewhere the Conservatives came within 66 votes of defeating the Labour group leader Michael Boaden in Botcherby and the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Carlisle parliamentary constituency, John Stevenson, easily held his seat in Stanwix Urban. The Conservatives put their gains down to the unpopularity of the national Labour government and saw the results as a good sign for the next general election, as they were 1,481 votes ahead of Labour in the wards that made up Carlisle constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 877]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196067-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlisle City Council election, Election result\nMeanwhile, the Liberal Democrats stayed on 7 seats after holding all 3 seats they had been defending, with their group leader Trevor Allison increasing his majority to 223 in Dalston, from just 1 when he took the seat in 2004. Independent Bill Graham was the only other candidate elected, holding his seat in Hayton comfortably, but the British National Party did come second in Currock, for the second election in a row, with an increased 28% of the vote. Overall turnout at the election was 38.1%, an increase from 35.5% in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196067-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlisle City Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election Conservative Mike Mitchelson was re-elected as leader of the council, with the Liberal Democrats continuing to have a seat on the council executive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196067-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlisle City Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Upperby\nA by-election in Upperby was held on 12 June 2008 for 2 seats on the council, after the deaths of a British National Party candidate during the council election campaign, and then the death of Labour councillor June Martlew. Labour held both seats, with a reduced majority, thereby becoming the largest party on the council with 23 seats, compared to 21 for the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196067-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlisle City Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Belah and Castle\nBy-elections were held in Belah and Castle wards on 5 March 2009, after the death of Conservative councillor for Belah, Sandra Fisher, in December 2008, and the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor for Castle, Kimberly Hunter, in January 2009. Both seats were held by the defending party, Conservative Gareth Ellis in Belah and Liberal Democrat Colin Farmer in Castle, with Labour finishing second in both seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 89], "content_span": [90, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season\nThe 2008 AFL season was the 112th season in the Australian Football League to be contested by the Carlton Football Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season\nThe club saw many changes to key personnel in 2008, with West Coast champion Chris Judd coming to the club as a new captain, former club captain Brett Ratten appointed senior coach, and Stephen Kernahan replacing Richard Pratt as president at midseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season\nCarlton finished 11th out of 16 teams with ten wins and twelve losses. Although this did not result in a finals appearance, the season marked the end of one of the least successful periods in club history, which had seen five finishes in the bottom two between 2002 and 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary\nThe 2008 AFL season was the 112th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 112th season contested by the Carlton Football Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary\nAs in previous years, the club's primary home ground was Telstra Dome, with home games expecting to draw larger crowds played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; the traditional home ground MC Labour Park continued to serve as the training and administrative base. The club's joint major sponsors were telecommunications provider Optus, unchanged from 2007, and car manufacturer Hyundai, newly signed for the 2008 season; it was the start of Hyundai's second long-term stint as a major sponsor of the club, having previously been the major sponsor from 1995 to 1999. As had been the case every year since 2003, Carlton had a full alignment with the Northern Bullants in the Victorian Football League, allowing Carlton-listed players to play with the Bullants when not selected in AFL matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary\nCarlton set a new club record membership, with a total of 40,764 members for the season, a significant increase on the previous record, set in 2007, of 35,431. The club's improved onfield performances also resulted an increase in attendances far in excess of those budgeted by the club, allowing the club to post a healthy operating profit for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Senior personnel, Presidency\nBusinessman and long-time benefactor of the club, Richard Pratt, was president of the club at the beginning of the season. However, he stepped down from the role in June 2008, in order to face criminal charges relating to his packaging business, Visy Industries. Visy and competitor Amcor had been found guilty of price fixing in November 2007, but in June 2008, Pratt was personally charged with giving false and misleading evidence during the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's investigation of the cartel, and he stepped aside from the football club to face the charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Senior personnel, Presidency\nPratt had served as president since February 2007. He was replaced by vice-president and former club captain Stephen Kernahan. The charges against Pratt were ultimately dropped, shortly before his death less than a year later in April 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Senior personnel, Senior coach\nDenis Pagan, Carlton's appointed senior coach at the start of 2007, had been sacked after Round 16, bringing an end to a 4\u00bd year tenure in the role. Assistant coach and former club captain Brett Ratten, who had stepped in as caretaker coach after Pagan's dismissal, was appointed as the new senior coach for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Senior personnel, Senior coach\nIn the weeks following Pagan's dismissal, there was intense media speculation surrounding the possibility that former Brisbane Lions captain Michael Voss would be appointed as senior coach. Voss had retired from playing after 2006 and had no formal coaching experience, but was at the time considered likely to transition almost immediately into an AFL coaching role. Carlton did approach Voss as a potential candidate, but he withdrew from the selection process relatively early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Senior personnel, Senior coach\nBy the end of the selection process, three potential coaches remained, with Ratten selected ahead of Collingwood assistant coach Guy McKenna and Western Bulldogs assistant coach Chris Bond. The appointment was formally announced on 20 August 2007, with two matches still remaining in the 2007 season. Voss went on to coach Brisbane Lions for five years, then serve as an assistant at Port Adelaide for seven years, before eventually joining Carlton as senior coach in 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Senior personnel, Captaincy and leadership\nLance Whitnall, who had served as captain in the 2007 season, was delisted, and Chris Judd was elected to the captaincy in his place, despite having not previously played a game for the Blues. Judd had not been promised the captaincy as part of the conditions to trade him to the club, but his performance during the pre-season convinced the match committee and player group that he should take on the role. Nick Stevens was appointed vice-captain. Andrew Carrazzo, Kade Simpson, Heath Scotland and Brendan Fevola made up the balance of the six-man leadership group when it was appointed in January, but Fevola was stood down from the group prior to the premiership season for disciplinary reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Squad and player statistics for 2008\nFlags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes\nThe following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2007 season and the conclusion of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes, Priority draft pick\nHaving finished second-last in 2007, Carlton received the second selection in each round of the draft. Additionally, the club received a priority draft pick in the National Draft as a result of finishing the 2007 season with a record of 4\u201318; under the rules in place at the time, priority selections were given to all teams who earned fewer than 16.5 premiership points for the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes, Priority draft pick\nBecause Carlton had also received a priority draft pick in the previous season, this season's priority selection was taken before the first round of the draft, rather than before the second round. This gave Carlton the No. 1 draft pick for the third consecutive draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes, Trade for Chris Judd\nOn 16 September 2007, shortly after his club was eliminated in the semi-finals, West Coast captain Chris Judd announced that he was leaving the club, and intended to return to a club in Melbourne for the remainder of his career. Aged 24, Judd was already a premiership captain, Brownlow Medallist, Norm Smith Medallist and Leigh Matthews Trophy winner with the Eagles, and was arguably the best player in the league at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes, Trade for Chris Judd\nJudd met with four clubs \u2013 Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon and Melbourne \u2013 and on 2 October 2007, announced that Carlton was his preferred destination, leaving the clubs to negotiate the details of a trade. After informing West Coast early in negotiations that it would not be trading its number one draft pick for Judd, Carlton agreed to trade its first and second round draft picks (No. 3 and 20) and twenty-year-old key position prospect Josh Kennedy (a former No. 4 draft pick) for Judd and a third round draft pick (No. 46).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes, Delisting of Lance Whitnall\nShortly after trade week, Carlton made the decision to delist captain Lance Whitnall. Whitnall was only 28 years old, and had won the John Nicholls Medal only one season earlier in 2006, but the club was concerned that his degenerative knee injury would limit his output.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Pre-season matches\nIn late January and early February, the Carlton and Fremantle Football Clubs travelled to South Africa; both clubs held community camps on the tour to promote development of Australian rules football in South Africa, and the tour concluded with an exhibition match in Centurion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Pre-season matches\nThe NAB Cup preseason competition was played as a sixteen-team knockout tournament in 2008. Carlton was eliminated in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Pre-season matches\nFollowing elimination from the NAB Cup, Carlton played two exhibition pre-season matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Leading Goalkickers\nBrendan Fevola was Carlton's leading goalkicker for 2008, kicking 99 goals for the season. It was the sixth consecutive time that Fevola won the club goalkicking. The 99-goal tally was the highest of Fevola's career, but it was not enough to win the Coleman Medal, with Hawthorn's Lance Franklin kicking 102 goals in the home-and-away season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Leading Goalkickers\nFevola's tally of 99 goals the highest season tally for Carlton history since Alex Jesaulenko's 115 goals in the 1970 season. In addition to his 99 goals at premiership level, Fevola kicked six goals for Victoria in the AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Notable events\nOn 16 March, less than a week before the opening match of the season, an intoxicated Brendan Fevola was caught urinating outside a Melbourne nightclub. The club demoted Fevola from its leadership group \u2013 into which he had been elevated two months earlier \u2013 fined him $10,000, and put him on formal notice that no further alcohol-related off-field indiscretion would be tolerated; this ultimatum was ultimately enacted following the 2009 season, when he was traded to Brisbane Lions following drunken behaviour at that season's Brownlow Medal Count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Notable events\nEntering the final round match between Carlton and Hawthorn, both Carlton's Brendan Fevola and Hawthorn's Lance Franklin had the opportunity to kick 100 goals for the season, a feat that no player had reached inside the home-and-away season since 1998. Frankin entered the match with 98 goals, and Fevola with 92 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Notable events\nFranklin reached his 100th goal in the 25th minute of the first quarter, sparking the traditional pitch invasion which delayed play for eight minutes. Fevola was goalless in the first half of the game, scoring two behinds from four opportunities, but then kicked seven of Carlton's eight second-half goals to bring his final tally to 99. Hawthorn had built a game-winning lead by half time, so most of the play in the second half involved Carlton contriving to deliver the ball only to Fevola, and Hawthorn defending him with multiple players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Notable events\nPrior to that match, Nick Stevens had received a death threat from a man who claimed that he would stab Stevens during the pitch invasion which would follow Franklin's 100th goal; Stevens had received death threats from the man previously, but this was the first one which described a specific threat. Ground security surrounded Stevens during the pitch invasion, and the invasion passed without incident. In 2009, the threats against Stevens \u2013 as well as other threats against Andrew McLeod (Adelaide), Scott Lucas (Essendon) and Nathan Thompson (North Melbourne) \u2013 were traced to Eric Rundle; he was found guilty of stalking in May 2009, and was sentenced to 26 months jail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal\nThe Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest awards night took place on 11 September. The John Nicholls Medal, for the best and fairest player of the club, as well as several other awards, were presented on the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal\nA new voting system was introduced for the John Nicholls Medal starting from this year. In each match, as in 2007, the five members of the Match Committee awarded votes; however, starting from this year, each committee member could award votes to up to eight players, and each player could receive up to ten votes from each judge; in previous years, each voter awarded five votes to the best player, four votes to the second-best player, and so on down to one vote for the fifth-best player. The player with the most total votes across all premiership season matches wins the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal\nThe winner of the John Nicholls Medal was Chris Judd, who polled 472 votes. Judd won the medal in his first season at the club, and it was the first of three John Nicholls Medals that Judd would win consecutively from 2008 to 2010. Judd won comfortably ahead of Marc Murphy (417 votes) and Brendan Fevola (373 votes). The top ten is given below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal\nThe following other awards were presented on John Nicholls Medal night:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards\nChris Judd finished in fifth place in the Leigh Matthews Trophy for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards\nThe 40-man squad for the All-Australian Team was announced on 2 September 2008, and the final team of 22 was announced on 15 September 2008. Chris Judd and Brendan Fevola were Carlton's only two nominees, and both were named in the final team, and Judd was named as captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards\nTwo Carlton players were nominated for the AFL Rising Star award in 2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards\nKreuzer ultimately polled eleven votes to finish fourth for the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards\nThe following Carlton players were selected for representative teams during the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards\nAlex Jesaulenko, who played 256 games and won four premierships with Carlton between 1967 and 1979, was elevated to the status of Legend in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Northern Bullants\nThe Carlton Football Club had a full affiliation with the Northern Bullants during the 2008 season. It was the sixth season of the clubs' affiliation, which had been in place since 2003. Carlton senior- and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the Carlton team were eligible to play for either the Northern Bullants seniors or reserves team, including both Victorian Football League matches. Home games were shared between the Bullants' traditional home ground, Preston City Oval, and Carlton's traditional home ground, Visy Park. Carlton development coach David Teague was appointed as the playing senior coach for the Bullants for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196068-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Carlton Football Club season, Northern Bullants\nThe Bullants finished eighth out of thirteen in the VFL, after being defeated in the elimination final by Casey by five points. Carlton listed player Jason Saddington, who played two games at AFL level during the season, won the Laurie Hill Trophy as the Bullants' best and fairest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196069-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Carmarthenshire County Council election\nThe fourth election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held on 1 May 2008. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. While the Independent councillors again had the largest number of seats, Plaid Cymru gained considerable ground, notably in the Llanelli and Ammanford areas. The Independents formed a coalition with Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196069-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Carmarthenshire County Council election\nFull results of the election were published in the local press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196069-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Results, Elli (one seat)\nJohn Paul Jenkins was elected as a Conservative in 2004 but subsequently became an Independent", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196069-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Results, Llandybie  (two seats)\nAnthony Davies was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Mary Thomas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196069-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Results, Llwynhendy (two seats)\nTwo Independent former Labour councillors defended their seats but one of those seats was lost to Plaid Cymru whose candidate, Meilyr Hughes had served as a councillor previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196069-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Carmarthenshire County Council election, By-Elections 2008-2012, Llanegwad by-election 2011\nA by-election was held in Llanegwad on 23 June 2011 following the retirement of long-serving Independent councillor Dillwyn Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 96], "content_span": [97, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196070-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Challenge Cup\nThe 2008 Carolina Challenge Cup was a four-team round robin pre-season competition hosted by the Charleston Battery. The San Jose Earthquakes won their second title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season\nThe 2008 Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 14th season in the National Football League. They entered the season and improved on their 7\u20139 record from 2007, winning the NFC South for the first time since 2003 and earning their playoff berth since 2005. Their 12\u20134 finish tied their then-best record in franchise history, which occurred in the 1996 season, and later on tied in 2013; however, this would be surpassed by the 2015 club. The second-seeded Panthers were upset at home in the divisional playoffs by the eventual NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals, 33\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 1: at San Diego Chargers\nThe Carolina Panthers and San Diego Chargers were locked in a defensive battle in the first quarter. John Kasay made three field goals (44, 33, 30) while Philip Rivers connected with Chris Chambers on a 44-yard pass to score. At halftime the score was 9\u20137, in favor of the Panthers. Nate Kaeding hit a 27-yard field goal to put the Chargers up 10\u20139, before Chris Gamble recovered a fumble by TE Antonio Gates, giving the Panthers a lead of 16\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 1: at San Diego Chargers\nAnother John Kasay field goal would make it a two-score game, before Philip Rivers would hit Antonio Gates and Vincent Jackson for 24 and 5-yard touchdown passes, respectively. With 0:02 on the game clock, Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme hit tight end Dante Rosario on a 14-yard pass to give the Panthers the win and a 1\u20130 start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Chicago Bears\nThe Bears and Panthers squared off and it was defensive. The lone score of the first quarter came when Brandon Lloyd recovered a blocked punt and took it nine yards to score. Each team was able to score a field goal as Robbie Gould and John Kasay hit field goals from 26 and 37 yards, respectively. Jason McKie scored a touchdown for the Bears to open the second half, and John Kasay nailed a 45-yard field goal. Jonathan Stewart was able to get into the endzone for his first career touchdown. In the fourth quarter, another Jonathan Stewart run gave the Carolina Panthers the lead and eventually, the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Chicago Bears\nAlso, WR Muhsin Muhammad (5 receptions for 59 yards) became the 29th player in NFL history to amass 10,000 career receiving yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings\nComing off their home win over the Bears, the Panthers flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 3 duel with the Minnesota Vikings. This game would also be WR Steve Smith's first game of the year, coming off his 2-game suspension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the first quarter, Carolina got the early lead with kicker John Kasay getting a 43-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Panthers increased their lead with rookie RB Jonathan Stewart getting a 2-yard TD run. The Vikings responded with kicker Ryan Longwell's 28-yard field goal and CB Antoine Winfield returning a fumble 19 yards for a touchdown. In the third quarter, Minnesota took the lead with QB Gus Frerotte completing a 34-yard TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings sealed the win with Longwell nailing a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Vikings, the Panthers went home for a Week 4 NFC South duel with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, Carolina pounced first with rookie RB Jonathan Stewart getting an 8-yard TD run. The Falcons responded with kicker Jason Elam getting a 33-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Atlanta crept closer as Elam kicked a 33-yard field goal. Carolina would reply with QB Jake Delhomme completing a 56-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. The Falcons closed out the half with Elam getting a 44-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, the Panthers answered with kicker John Kasay nailing a 44-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Carolina closed the game out with Delhomme completing a 36-yard TD pass to WR Muhsin Muhammad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nDuring the game, Muhsin Muhammad (8 receptions for 147 yards and a touchdown) became the Panthers All-Time WR Leader in Receptions (600) and TD Receptions (45).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nComing off their divisional win over the Falcons, the Panthers stayed at home for a Week 5 interconference duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, Carolina pounced first as RB DeAngelo Williams got a 10-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Panthers continued its attack as Williams caught a 25-yard TD pass from QB Jake Delhomme and even got a 32-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Carolina increased its lead with kicker John Kasay getting a 32-yard field goal, along with Delhomme completing a 47-yard TD pass to WR Muhsin Muhammad. In the fourth quarter, the Panthers sealed their shutout win with Kasay nailing a 43-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nComing off their shutout home win over the Chiefs, the Panthers flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 6 NFC South duel with Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Carolina trailed early as Buccaneers LB Geno Hayes returned a blocked punt 22 yards for a touchdown, along with QB Jeff Garcia completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Alex Smith. In the second quarter, the Panthers got on the board with kicker John Kasay getting a 20-yard field goal, yet Tampa Bay answered with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 37-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Buccaneers increased their lead as Bryant nailed a 49-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay sealed the win with RB Earnest Graham getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. New Orleans Saints\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Buccaneers, the Panthers went home for a Week 7 NFC South duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Carolina pounced first as kicker John Kasay got a 39-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Saints took the lead as FB Mike Karney got a 1-yard TD run. The Panthers regained the lead as rookie RB Jonathan Stewart got an 18-yard TD run, along with Kasay getting a 48-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, Carolina continued its domination as QB Jake Delhomme completed a 39-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith, along with a 4-yard TD pass to RB DeAngelo Williams. In the fourth quarter, the Panthers closed out the game as Kasay nailed a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their win over the Saints, the Panthers stayed at home for a Week 8 duel with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, Carolina trailed early as Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers got a 21-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Arizona increased its lead as QB Kurt Warner completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. The Panthers got on the board with kicker John Kasay getting a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals increased their lead as RB Tim Hightower got a 2-yard TD run. Carolina started to rally as RB DeAngelo Williams got a 15-yard TD run, while QB Jake Delhomme completed an 18-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. Arizona responded with Warner completing a 2-yard TD pass to Boldin (with a failed PAT), yet the Panthers got the lead with Delhomme hooking up with Smith again on a 65-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, Carolina completed its rally as Kasay nailed a 50-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nWith the win, the Panthers went into their bye week at 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Oakland Raiders\nComing off their bye week, the Panthers flew to Oakland\u2013Alameda County Coliseum for a Week 10 interconference duel with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Carolina pounced first as QB Jake Delhomme completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Muhsin Muhammad. In the second quarter, the Panthers increased their lead as RB DeAngelo Williams got a 69-yard TD run. In the third quarter, the Raiders responded with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 38-yard and a 45-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Carolina closed the game out with kicker John Kasay nailing a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. Detroit Lions\nComing off their road win over the Raiders, the Panthers went home for a Week 11 duel with the winless Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Carolina trailed early as Lions QB Daunte Culpepper completed a 29-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson. In the second quarter, Detroit increased their lead as kicker Jason Hanson got a 40-yard field goal. The Panthers got on the board as QB Jake Delhomme completed a 15-yard TD pass to TE Jeff King. The Lions would answer with Hanson making a 56-yard field goal, yet Carolina took the lead with RB DeAngelo Williams getting a 56-yard TD run, while rookie RB Jonathan Stewart got a 22-yard TD run. Detroit ended the half with Hanson getting a 27-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, the Panthers increased their lead as kicker John Kasay nailed a 29-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Lions tried to rally as Culpepper got a 1-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion), yet Carolina pulled away with Williams getting a 4-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Atlanta Falcons\nComing off their record-setting win over the Lions, the Panthers flew to the Georgia Dome for a Week 12 NFC South rematch with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, Carolina trailed early as Falcons kicker Jason Elam made a 23-yard field goal, while WR Harry Douglas got a 7-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Panthers continued to trail as RB Michael Turner got a 1-yard TD run. Carolina would close out the half as kicker John Kasay got a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, the Panthers began to make the game interesting. RB DeAngelo Williams would get a 5-yard TD run, followed by Kasay nailing a 21-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta replied with Turner getting a 4-yard TD run. Carolina answered with QB Jake Delhomme getting a 12-yard TD run (followed up by Williams' 2-point conversion run), but the Falcons responded with Turner's 1-yard TD run, along with Douglas returning a punt 61 yards for a touchdown. The Panthers tried to come back as Delhomme completed a 16-yard TD pass to WR Muhsin Muhammad. However, Atlanta pulled away as Turner got a 16-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Green Bay Packers\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Falcons, the Panthers flew to Lambeau Field for a Week 13 duel with the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, Carolina pounced first as RB DeAngelo Williams got a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Packers responded with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 32-yard field goal. The Panthers would answer with QB Jake Delhomme getting a 1-yard TD run. Green Bay replied with QB Aaron Rodgers completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Donald Driver, yet Carolina ended the half with Williams getting another 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the Packers tied the game as Crosby made a 44-yard field goal, while Rodgers completed a 5-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee (along with a successful 2-point conversion pass to WR Greg Jennings). In the fourth quarter, Green Bay took the lead as Rodgers hooked up with Jennings on a 21-yard TD pass, yet the Panthers answered with Williams getting his third 1-yard TD run. The Packers would retake the lead as Crosby nailed a 19-yard field goal, yet Carolina sealed the victory with Williams getting his fourth 1-yard TD run (setting the single-game franchise record for the most rushing touchdowns).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Panthers would run wild, literally, as they would amass a team record 299 yards on the ground (186 of them from DeAngelo Williams, 115 from Jonathan Stewart). Both Stewart and Williams had two touchdowns apiece, as Tampa Bay failed to tackle the dynamic duo. Steve Smith also had a good day, adding 117 yards and a TD. Although Jake Delhomme was intercepted twice, Tampa was unable to fully capitalize, despite a career day for Antonio Bryant, who finished with 200 yards and two scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith this victory, Carolina avenged its defeat by Tampa earlier in the season and gained sole possession of first place in the NFC South at 10\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Denver Broncos\nComing off from their divisional win over the Buccaneers, the Panthers stayed at home for a Week 15 interconference duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Carolina trailed early as Broncos QB Jay Cutler completed a 7-yard TD pass to RB P.J. Pope. Carolina soon responded with QB Jake Delhomme completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. Denver would retake the lead with kicker Matt Prater nailing a 43-yard field goal, yet Carolina answered as kicker John Kasay ties the game with a 39-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Carolina took the lead with rookie RB Jonathan Stewart getting a 2-yard TD run. Carolina closed out the half with Kasay nailing a 44-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Carolina increased its lead with RB DeAngelo Williams's 56-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Carolina sealed the win with Kasay's 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Denver Broncos\nWith the win, Carolina improves to 11\u20133. As of 2020, this was the first and only time the Panthers beat the Broncos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 16: at New York Giants\nComing off their home win over the Broncos, the Panthers flew to Giants Stadium for a crucial Week 16 battle with the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants, where the winner would lock up the NFC's #1 seed. This was also Carolina's second appearance on NBC's Sunday Night Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 16: at New York Giants\nDespite trailing early in the first quarter through Giants kicker John Carney's 32-yard field goal, Carolina would respond with running back DeAngelo Williams' 13-yard touchdown run. New York would regain the lead in the second quarter with running back Brandon Jacobs getting a 2-yard touchdown run, yet the Panthers answered right back with Williams getting a 5-yard and a 1-yard touchdown run. The Giants would close out the first half with Carney nailing a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 16: at New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, New York was gaining ground with quarterback Eli Manning completing a 4-yard touchdown pass to tight end Kevin Boss. Carolina would reply in the fourth quarter with Williams getting a 30-yard touchdown run. However, the Giants would tie the game with Jacobs getting a 1-yard touchdown run (followed by Manning's 2-point conversion pass to wide receiver Domenik Hixon). The Panthers would get a late-game drive going and tried to end the game with kicker John Kasay, but his 50-yard attempt sailed wide left. In overtime, New York would take their second possession and end the game with Jacobs' 2-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 16: at New York Giants\nDespite falling to 11\u20134, Carolina would get a playoff berth, due in part to the Cowboys losing to the Ravens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New Orleans Saints\nWith the division title on the line, the Panthers flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 17 NFC South rematch with the New Orleans Saints. Carolina would get the early first quarter lead as kicker John Kasay got a 45-yard and a 26-yard field goal. The Saints would respond in the second quarter with kicker Garrett Hartley's 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New Orleans Saints\nAfterwards, the Panthers would get a big lead as Kasay made a 34-yard field goal, quarterback Jake Delhomme completed an 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad, and cornerback Dante Wesley returning a fumble 12 yards for a touchdown. New Orleans would end the half with quarterback Drew Brees completing a 26-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Marques Colston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, Carolina would add onto their lead with rookie running back Jonathan Stewart's 2-yard touchdown run. However, in the fourth quarter, the Saints rallied to take the lead as Brees completed a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Robert Meachem, along with a 9-yard and a 13-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Lance Moore. Fortunately, the Panthers got the last laugh as Kasay nailed the game-winning 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New Orleans Saints\nWith the win, not only did Carolina close out the regular season at 12\u20134, but they also won the NFC South division crown and the NFC's #2 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nEntering the postseason as the NFC's #2 seed, the Panthers began their playoff run at home in the NFC Divisional round against the #4 Arizona Cardinals, in a rematch of their Week 8 contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nCarolina would get off to a fast first quarter start as rookie running back Jonathan Stewart got a 9-yard touchdown run. However, the Cardinals responded with quarterback Kurt Warner completing a 3-yard touchdown pass to running back Tim Hightower, followed by running back Edgerrin James' 4-yard touchdown run. Arizona would take a huge lead in the second quarter as kicker Neil Rackers got a 49-yard and a 30-yard field goal, followed by Warner's 29-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals would add onto their grand lead as Rackers made a 33-yard field goal. Arizona would end its dominating night in the fourth quarter as Rackers nailed a 20-yard field goal. The Panthers would end the game's scoring with quarterback Jake Delhomme completing an 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Steve Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nWith the disappointing loss, Carolina's season ended with an overall record of 12\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196071-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina Panthers season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nThe Panthers' offense was plagued by Delhomme's 6 turnovers (5 interceptions and a fumble), Smith being limited to 2 catches for 43 yards & a touchdown, and the running back duo of Williams and Stewart being held to 74 combined rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196072-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina RailHawks FC season\nThe Carolina RailHawks played the second season in team history in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196072-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina RailHawks FC season, 2008 squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196072-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Carolina RailHawks FC season, 2008 Staff\nCoach -  Scott SchweitzerAssistant Coach -  Damon NahasAssistant Coach -  Mark GirardGoalkeeping Coach -  David NoyesEquipment Manager -  Jeff MorschTrainer -  Elise Caceres", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196073-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Carrera Panamericana\nThe 2008 edition of the Carrera Panamericana Mexican sports car racing event started in Tuxtla Guti\u00e9rrez, Chiapas and finished in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. This edition was composed by 7 stages. Bill Beilharz won this edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196074-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Casinos of Winnipeg Classic\nThe 2008 Casinos of Winnipeg Classic was held October 24\u201327, 2008. It was the fifth edition of the event, and the last with that name before it changed names to the Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196074-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Casinos of Winnipeg Classic\nThe total purse of the event was $62,000, $16,000 of which going to the winning Michelle Englot rink of Regina, Saskatchewan. $11,000 went to the runners-up Kelly Scott rink from Kelowna, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196074-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Casinos of Winnipeg Classic\nThe event took place at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and it was the third time the event was a Grand Slam event. It was Englot's only Grand Slam victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196075-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Castle Point Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196075-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Castle Point Borough Council election, Background\n14 seats were contested at the election with no election in Canvey West ward, but with a by-election being held in Canvey South at the same time as the normal election in the ward, after the Canvey Island Independent Party councillor Natalie Derby had stepped down in March 2008 due to ill health. One councillor stood down at the election, Conservative Elizabeth Govier from St Georges ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196075-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Castle Point Borough Council election, Background\nNot counting the extra by-election in Canvey South, there were 13 candidates each from the Conservative and Labour parties, 5 from the Canvey Island Independent Party, 3 each from the British National Party and the Green party and 1 from the UK Independence Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196075-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Castle Point Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives remained in control of the council after winning the seats in Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley, while the Canvey Island Independent Party won all 6 seats on Canvey Island. No other party won any seats at the election, with Labour finishing behind the British National Party in 2 wards and behind the UK Independence Party in 1 ward. Overall turnout at the election was 33.0%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196076-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 6\u20138 June 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196076-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196077-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Catalans Dragons season\nThis article details the Catalans Dragons rugby league football club's 2008 season. This is their 3rd season in the Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196078-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Catalunya GP2 Series round\nThe 2008 Spanish GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 26 April and 27 April 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. It was the second race of the 2008 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196079-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A season\nThe 2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A season is the 61st season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The first division started on February 1. This season they have the newcomer from the second division Categor\u00eda Primera B, Envigado FC, and the relegated team of Real Cartagena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196079-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Torneo Apertura, Cuadrangular\nThe second phase of the 2008 Opening Tournament takes two groups of four teams. It is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase, later they are distributed in two groups of four by groups being divided by odd and even numbers. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to define a champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196079-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Torneo Apertura, Cuadrangular, Group A\nLast Update: June 24, 2008R=Classification in second phase; Pts=Points; GP=Games Played; W=Win; D=Tied; L=Lost; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; DIF=Difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196079-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Torneo Apertura, Cuadrangular, Group B\nLast Update: June 24, 2008R=Classification in second phase; Pts=Points; GP=Games Played; W=Win; D=Tied; L=Lost; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; DIF=Difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196079-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Torneo Apertura, Finals\nThe first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on July 2 and July 6, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196079-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Torneo Finalizaci\u00f3n, Cuadrangular\nThe second phase of the 2008 Final Tournament takes two groups of four teams. It is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase, later they are distributed in two groups of four by groups being divided by odd and even numbers. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to defined a champion. The first tie-breaking criteria is the position in the 2008-II General Standing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196079-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Overall standings\nBesides the Opening and Closing champions, the team with the best overall points earned will advance to the Preliminary Round of Copa Libertadores 2009. Also, the team with the second best overall points will advance to Copa Sudamericana 2009, along with the Copa Colombia 2008 champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196079-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Overall standings\nPts=Points; P=Played games; GS=Goals scored; GA=Goals against; Diff=Goal Difference; GFV= Goals scored as a visiting team; GAV=Goals received as a visiting team; AVE=Points Average for Relegation", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196079-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Overall standings, Relegation table\nThe team with the worst points average from the tournaments 2006-I, 2006-II, 2007-I, 2007-II, 2008-I, and 2008-II, will be relegated to Second Division. At the same time, the team with the second worst points average, will have to play a two-leg promotion playoff with the runner-up team from Second Division, to see which team will be in First Division along with the team that would replace the relegated team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196079-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Overall standings, Relegation table\nPts=Points; GP=Games Played; GS=Goals scored; GA=Goals allowed; Dif=Difference; Prom=Relegation percentage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196080-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera B season\nThe 2008 Categor\u00eda Primera B season, officially known as the 2008 Copa Premier season for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season since its founding as Colombia's second division football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196080-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Categor\u00eda Primera B season, Promotion/relegation playoff\nAs the second worst team in the 2008 Categor\u00eda Primera A relegation table, Envigado had to play a two-legged tie against Deportivo Rionegro, the Primera B runner-up. As the Primera A team, Envigado played the second leg at home. The winner competed in the Primera A for the 2009 season, while the loser competed in the Primera B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196081-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cellular South Cup \u2013 Doubles\nNicole Pratt and Bryanne Stewart were the defending champions, but Pratt chose not to participate, and only Stewart competed that year. Stewart partnered with Alina Jidkova, but lost in the first round to Maret Ani and S\u00e9verine Br\u00e9mond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196081-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cellular South Cup \u2013 Doubles\nLindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20131, against Angela Haynes and Mashona Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196082-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cellular South Cup \u2013 Singles\nVenus Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Petra Kvitov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196082-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cellular South Cup \u2013 Singles\nLindsay Davenport won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20131, against Olga Govortsova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196083-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Census of Malawi\nThe 2008 Malawi census was the fifth national census in Malawi, which took place on 8-28 July 2008. The population of Malawi was counted as 13,077,160 \u2013 an increase of 3,143,292 (31.64%) over the 1998 census.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196083-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Census of Malawi\nPreliminary results from the 2008 census were released to the public in November 2008 and final results in November 2009, from the National Statistical Office of Malawi website. The next Malawian census was held on 3-23 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196083-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Census of Malawi, Projections\nThe 2008 projected population of Malawi was 13,630,164 based on the medium variant of projections based on the 1998 census. The actual enumerated population was 13,077,160 which was about 96% the size of the 2008 projection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196083-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Census of Malawi, Results, Population and dwellings\nPopulation counts for regions of Malawi. All figures are for the census de facto population count. The de jure results showed a population of 13,029,498.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196083-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Census of Malawi, Results, Birthplace\nIn 2008, 13,025,606 people (99.61%) were born in Malawi, with 51,554 (0.39%) born abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196083-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Census of Malawi, Results, Religion\nAccording to the 2008 Census, 82.7% of the population identified as being Christian, 13% as Muslim, 2.5% identified as having no religion, and 1.9% had other religions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196084-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American Championships in Athletics\nThe 19th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Ol\u00edmpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, between June 27\u201328, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196084-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American Championships in Athletics\nA total of 43 events were contested, 22 by men and 21 by women. There were noathletes from Belize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196084-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nComplete results and medal winners were published. A total of 5 championships records were set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 63], "content_span": [64, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196084-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American Championships in Athletics, Team Rankings\nGuatemala won the overall team ranking and the team ranking in the men's category. El Salvador won the team ranking in the women's category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 63], "content_span": [64, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196085-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics\nThe 2008 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca \"Magico Gonzalez\" in San Salvador, El Salvador, between July 19\u201320, 2008. Organized by the Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation (CADICA), it was the 21st edition of the Junior (U-20) and the 16th edition of the Youth (U-18) competition. A total of 77 events were contested, 41 by boys and 36 by girls. Overall winner on points was \u00a0El Salvador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196085-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nComplete results can be found on the CADICA and on the official website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196085-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics, Team trophies\nThe placing table for team trophy awarded to the 1st place overall team (boys and girls categories) was published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196085-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics, Participation\nA total number of 372 athletes were reported to participate in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196086-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics\nThe 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pedro Grajales in Cali, Colombia between 4\u20136 July 2008. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. During the three-day competition, six championship records were broken. The competition took place at almost 1000\u00a0m above sea level, a factor which helps athletic performance in some events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196086-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics\nCuba took the most medals overall, winning 34 medals \u2013 half of which were gold. The hosts Colombia were the next best with 8 golds and 24 medals altogether, shortly followed by Trinidad and Tobago. Guest athletes took part in some events, but their performances were excluded from the medal tally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196086-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics\nChampionship records were broken in both triple jump events; by Mabel Gay in the women's event and Leevan Sands in the men's. The championships also saw four national records broken in competition. Two athletes topped the podium twice: Rosibel Garc\u00eda completed the 800 metres/1500 metres double, while Indira Terrero won in the 400 metres sprint and relay races. Bertha S\u00e1nchez, representing the hosts, took the 10,000 metres title, but just missed out on a second gold, winning the silver in the 5000 metres. Bahamian Shamar Sands showed multi-event ability by winning the 110 metres hurdles gold medal, as well as helping his country to the 100\u00a0m relay silver medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196087-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results\nThese are the official results of the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics which took place on July 4\u20136, 2008 in Cali, Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196087-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results\nNote: There were some guest athletes competing whose countries were not eligible to participate. Performances of such athletes were not eligible for medals and are given below all others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196087-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results, Men's results, 100 meters\nHeats \u2013 July 3Wind:Heat 1: +0.2\u00a0m/s, Heat 2: +1.0\u00a0m/s, Heat 3: \u20130.5\u00a0m/s, Heat 4: +1.1\u00a0m/s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 99], "content_span": [100, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196087-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results, Men's results, 100 meters\nSemi-finals \u2013 July 4Wind:Heat 1: +0.7\u00a0m/s, Heat 2: +0.8\u00a0m/s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 99], "content_span": [100, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196087-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results, Men's results, 200 meters\nHeats \u2013 July 5Wind:Heat 1: +1.5\u00a0m/s, Heat 2: +2.2\u00a0m/s, Heat 3: +1.1\u00a0m/s, Heat 4: +1.0\u00a0m/s, Heat 5: +0.9\u00a0m/s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 99], "content_span": [100, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196087-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results, Men's results, 200 meters\nSemi-finals \u2013 July 5Wind:Heat 1: +1.1\u00a0m/s, Heat 2: +2.1\u00a0m/s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 99], "content_span": [100, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196087-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results, Men's results, 110 meters hurdles\nHeats \u2013 July 5Wind:Heat 1: \u20130.5\u00a0m/s, Heat 2: +1.9\u00a0m/s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 107], "content_span": [108, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196087-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results, Women's results, 100 meters\nHeats \u2013 July 4Wind:Heat 1: +0.9\u00a0m/s, Heat 2: +1.3\u00a0m/s, Heat 3: +0.8\u00a0m/s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 101], "content_span": [102, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196087-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results, Women's results, 200 meters\nHeats \u2013 July 5Wind:Heat 1: +0.7\u00a0m/s, Heat 2: +0.1\u00a0m/s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 101], "content_span": [102, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196087-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results, Women's results, 100 meters hurdles\nHeats \u2013 July 4Wind:Heat 1: +2.3\u00a0m/s, Heat 2: +1.5\u00a0m/s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 109], "content_span": [110, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis\nThe 2008 Central Asia energy crisis was an energy shortage in Central Asia, which, combined with the severe weather of the 2007-08 winter  (the coldest since 1969) and high prices for food and fuel, caused considerable hardship for many. The abnormally cold weather has pushed demand up for electricity, exacerbating the crisis. The situation was most dire in Tajikistan. An international appeal was made by the United Nations, NGOs, and the Red Cross and Red Crescent for around US$25\u00a0million to assist the government. At the time, The UN warned that millions face starvation during the 2008-09 winter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, World Bank debt and price hikes\nAt the beginning of January 2008, officials announced an electricity price hike of 20 percent to allow the \"government [to] repay its debt to the World Bank.\" According to an official at Barqi Tojik, a national power company, limits will become stricter, and the price for electricity is expected to rise until 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, World Bank debt and price hikes\nOn April 2008, Pradeep Mitra, World Bank chief economist for Europe and Central Asia, issued an uncharacteristic statement, urging the worse-hit countries to spend more on social assistance and \"top up\" their social programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, World Bank debt and price hikes\nNonetheless, Mitra focus remained centred \"on inflation management,\" suggesting that the affected countries \"especially refrain from imposing controls on trade\" (measures recently undertaken by many countries to protect their populations from food price inflation and keep food available domestically), arguing that \"it could work against the food supply in the longer term.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, Power shortages\nStarting on January 13, 2008, many villages received only one to three hours of electricity per day, and the capital Dushanbe cut power to residential areas overnight. On January 26, 2008, Dushanbe cut power to places of entertainment (including restaurants, shops, pharmacies, markets, and public bathhouses), causing many to close until spring. There were only few visible lights in the city which were from the owners of generators, factories, or people who had illegally tapped the power lines. The restriction was set to end February 10, however it was subsequently extended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, Power shortages\nThere were only few exemptions to the restrictions which included government offices, hospitals, and certain industrial cities, such as Tursunzoda, which had a large aluminum plant. Because of inoperable central heating systems in Dushanbe and other cities, residents in apartment blocks had no means other than electricity to heat their homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, Harsh winter\nThe situation was exacerbated by the cold winter, with temperatures reaching -20 degrees Celsius. Dushanbe residents reported wearing several jackets and overcoats to sleep and all family members sleeping under a single blanket to share warmth. The UN's World Food Programme also declared the food situation as being in emergency shortage, in both cities and rural areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, Allegations of media suppression\nAs of mid-January 2008, the state-run media did not discuss the problem. Subsequently throughout the month of February, there emerged numerous Western media reports of children dying in maternity wards of hospitals during blackouts. The Tajik government maintains that the blackouts were not responsible for any deaths. The Tajik government has appealed for international aid. Meanwhile, aid workers and diplomats urged the government to declare a state of emergency. The handling of the crisis has raised questions about the competence of the political leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, Famine warning\nOn March 3, 2008 it was reported that the crisis in Tajikistan has eased: \"From now on (at least till the next winter) Dushanbe is not going to have problems with electricity and the tough schedule introduced in the beginning of this winter was abandoned on March 1, 2008 in Dushanbe by the decision of Barqi Tojik.\" The Christian Science Monitor, neweurasia, and other media observers predicted that a nascent hunger crisis will erupt into a full famine as a consequence of the energy shortages, which subsequently happened. UN experts announced on 10 October that almost one-third of Tajikistan\u2019s 6.7 million inhabitants did not have enough to eat for the winter of 2008-09.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, Kyrgyzstan\nIn Kyrgyzstan, also rich in hydroelectric resources, the cold weather had made demand 10% higher than in the winter of 2006/2007, which depleted the main Toktogul reservoir for hydroelectric power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, Uzbekistan\nBeginning in late December 2007, the unusually harsh weather had frozen the gas supply to numerous homes and businesses across Uzbekistan. As a result, there had been numerous demonstrations and protests against the government, in favor of an insured uninterrupted supply of gas and electricity. The government response was varied, and in Karakalpakstan, they met protesters and promised to rectify the situation, while the local government head of Hazarasp responded to a complaint by one woman by cutting off gas altogether to all the houses on her street.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, Uzbekistan\nSome in Uzbekistan were able to turn to \"traditional methods\" for heating, and it was reported that some villages which had no trees left because villagers have cut them down to heat their homes and cook food. This had an expected negative effect on the economy, because the leaves are essential to the local silk industry, and the fruit grown on these trees are the main source of income for many villagers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196088-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Asia energy crisis, Turkmenistan\nIn some provinces of Turkmenistan, villagers were burning saxaul plants, a traditional Turkmen way to heat homes, since in the cities, the central heating pipes have been neglected and failed to produce adequate heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196089-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Central League Climax Series\nThe 2008 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) consisted of two consecutive series, Stage 1 being a best-of-three series and Stage 2 being a best-of-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2008 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2008 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 18 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196089-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Central League Climax Series, First Stage, Summary\nThe Hanshin Tigers were awarded home-field advantage for the entirety of Stage 1; however, all three games were played in the Orix Buffaloes' Kyocera Osaka Dome, a neutral field, as renovations to Koshien Stadium prevented postseason play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196090-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Michigan Chippewas football team\nThe 2008 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Central Michigan competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Chippewas were led by second-year head coach Butch Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196090-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Central Michigan Chippewas football team\nCentral Michigan finished the regular season with an 8\u20134 overall record and 6\u20132 in conference play, which was good enough for second place in the MAC West. The team received a bid to the 2008 Motor City Bowl, where they faced the Florida Atlantic Owls led by head coach Howard Schnellenberger. The two teams were tied throughout the third quarter until the Owls pulled away. Central Michigan quarterback Dan LeFevour led a touchdown drive in the final three minutes, but an onside kick attempt failed, and the Chippewas lost, 24\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196091-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Centrobasket\nThe 2008 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2008 Centrobasket, was hosted in Canc\u00fan and Chetumal, M\u00e9xico. The four semifinalists of this edition qualified for the 2009 FIBA Americas championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196091-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Centrobasket, Semifinals\nThe top 2 teams from each group advance to the semifinals, in which the top team of Group A plays against the second place team of Group B and the top team of Group B plays against the second place team of Group A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196091-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Centrobasket, Semifinals\nThree-team ties are determined by the point differential in games played between the three teams, not counting the margin of victory or loss against a non tied team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196092-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Centrobasket Women\nThis page shows the results of the 2008 Centrobasket Championship for Women, which was held in the city of Morovis, Puerto Rico from July 17 to July 21, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196093-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen\nThe 2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen was the twenty-second race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the second and final road course event of the season. The 90-lap, 220.5 miles (354.9\u00a0km) race was held on August 10, 2008 at Watkins Glen International Raceway in the New York namesake village. ESPN carried the race at 1\u00a0pm US EDT and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage starting at 1:15\u00a0pm US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196093-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Qualifying\nFor the second straight year, qualifying was cancelled due to rain, so the rulebook was used to set the starting field with Kyle Busch starting on pole based on owner's points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196093-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Qualifying\nFailed to make race as qualifying was cancelled due to rain: Boris Said (#60) and Brian Simo (#34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196093-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Recap\nKyle Busch set a new NASCAR record with his eighth win of the season, his sixteenth in all three major NASCAR series and swept the road course races by winning. A major accident with eight laps remaining led by Michael McDowell and David Gilliland colliding with one another causing a total of nine cars to be in a wreck, delaying the race under a red flag for 45 minutes. Kyle Busch's win also clinched a spot in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, which includes the top seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election\nThe elections to Ceredigion County Council were held on 1 May 2008 along with elections to other Welsh councils, plus the London Mayor and  Assembly Elections, Metropolitan English councils and Non Metropolitan English councils elections. All 42 council seats are up for election. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election\nThe previous council was controlled by Independents in coalition with the Liberal Democrat group and the single Labour member. Since 2004, there have been no by-elections to the council (the only council in Wales not to have any during the last four years). Nominations for the council elections closed on 4 April 2008. The last council meeting before the elections (when the council was formally dissolved) was held on 17 April 2008. The composition of the council prior to the elections was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election\n2 Independents had defected to Plaid Cymru and a further 2 Independents had retired. All existing councillors bar the 2 retirees are up for re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election, Election results: overview\nAll parties received a higher share of the vote than in 2004. This was in part due to a fall in the number of non-party independents standing and previous non-party independents joining the independent grouping, but also due to a number of parties  (namely UKIP and Llais Ceredigion) not standing candidates this time around.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election, Election results: overview\nPlaid Cymru made six gains. They gained a seat in the ward of Aberystwyth, Penparcau, as well as the wards of Cardigan, Mwldan, Cardigan, Teifi, Ciliau Aeron, Llanfarian, Llangeitho and Melindwr. The party also made four losses: Llandysilio-gogo, Llansantffraid, Tirymynach and Troedyraur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election, Election results: overview\nThe Liberal Democrats made two gains, Tirymynach and Aberaeron, but lost Melindwr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election, Election results: overview\nThe three non-party independents from 2004 were re-elected as Independents (Haydn Lewis in Pen-parc, Gethin James in Aberporth and Ray Quant in Borth), as well as John Ivor Williams, who had held his seat in 2004 under the label Cymraeg/Welsh. A single candidate was elected as a non-party independent (Gareth Lloyd Cletwr in Llandysilio-gogo).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election, Election results: overview\nNine members of the original Council elected in 1995 were again returned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election, Ward Results, Capel Dewi (one seat)\nCllr Peter Davies (Ind, Capel Dewi) was elected unopposed in 2008. He was first elected in 2004 (beating a Plaid Cymru candidate by 239 votes (40%) and sits on the Development Control Committee and the Standards Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election, Ward Results, Llanarth (one seat)\nCllr. Eurfyl Evans (Lib Dem, Llanarth) was elected unopposed in 2008. He was first elected in 1995 (holding the ward from Cllr. Alan Thomas) and won re-election in 2004 by 188 votes over Plaid Cymru (31%) and in the last Cabinet (that was dissolved at the same time as the last meeting of the council) was the Cabinet member with responsibility for Economic Development", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election, Ward Results, Llanfarian (one seat)\nAlun Lloyd Jones had left the Plaid Cymru group and joined the Independents after the 1999 election. However, since the 2004 election he rejoined the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election, Ward Results, Llangeitho (one seat)\nCllr. David Evans (Plaid Cymru, Llangeitho) was elected unopposed in 2008. First elected in 1999 (gaining the seat from the Liberal Democrats as an Independent candidate) joined Plaid Cymru at the close of nominations in 2008. As an Independent member he sat on the Development Control Committee and was vice chair of the Environmental Services and Housing Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election, Ward Results, Tregaron (one seat)\nCllr. Catherine Jane Hughes (Plaid Cymru, Tregaron) was elected in 2004 defeating an Independent candidate by 35 votes (5%) and was vice chair of the Social Service Committee as well as serving on the Development Control Committee and Education Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196094-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Ceredigion County Council election, By-elections 2008-12, Aberystwyth Rheidol 2008\nA by-election was held in the Aberystwyth Rheidol ward following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Eric Griffiths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196095-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Bell\nThe 2008 Challenge Bell was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 16th edition of the Challenge Bell, and was part of the Tier III tournaments of the 2008 WTA Tour. It was held at the PEPS de l'Universit\u00e9 Laval in Quebec City, Canada, from October 27 through November 2, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196095-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Bell, Entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196095-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Bell, Champions, Doubles\nAnna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld /  Vania King def. Jill Craybas /  Tamarine Tanasugarn, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196096-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Bell \u2013 Doubles\nChristina Fusano and Raquel Kops-Jones were the defending champions, but decided not to compete together. Fusano partnered with Angela Haynes, but lost in the first round to Jill Craybas and Tamarine Tanasugarn. Kops-Jones partnered with Abigail Spears, but lost in the semifinals to Anna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld and Vania King.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196096-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Bell \u2013 Doubles\nGr\u00f6nefeld and King went on to win the title, defeating Craybas and Tanasugarn 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196097-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Bell \u2013 Singles\nLindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196097-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Bell \u2013 Singles\nNadia Petrova won the title, defeating Bethanie Mattek 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196098-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup\nThe 2008 Challenge Cup (also known as the Carnegie Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th staging of the most prestigious knock-out competition in the world of Rugby league, featuring teams from across Europe, including England, Scotland, Wales, France and Russia. It began in February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196098-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup\nTeams from the National League were given byes to round three, and teams from the Super League entered in round four. Teams from outside the UK were introduced at various stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196098-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup\nSt. Helens successfully defended their title after beating Hull F.C. 28 - 16 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196098-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup, Round 1\n* ** - Match abandoned after Hunslet Old Boys had 4 players sent off. Hunslet Old Boys were subsequently thrown out of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196098-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup, Round 2\nRussian team Vereya joined in this round. Vereya were runners-up in the Russian Championship to Lokomotiv Moscow. Lokomotiv Moscow joined in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196098-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup, Round 3\nThe National Leagues teams, together with Lokomotiv Moscow, Pia, Lezignan and Toulouse joined in this round. Super League teams joined in Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196098-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup, Round 4\nSuper League teams joined in Round 4. From Round 4 onwards, the competition was a straightforward knock-out, with no more teams joining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196099-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup Final\nThe 2008 Challenge Cup Final was the final game of the 2008 Challenge Cup, also known as The Carnegie Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons. The match was contested by two Super League teams: the defending champions St. Helens, and Hull F.C..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196099-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup Final\nThe final was performed at Wembley Stadium on 30 August 2008, started at 14:30 BST. St Helens won the match 28-16 after a topsy-turvy game, ahead by 10 points at half time, then went 12-10 before roaring back to win by a clear margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196099-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, St Helens\nSt Helens as a Super League club entered the competition in the fourth round. St Helens started by thrashing National League Two side London Skolars 56-0. In Round 5 St Helens narrowly beat fellow Super League side Warrington Wolves by 40\u201334. In the quarter finals, St Helens again recorded narrow victory against Hull KR, winning by 24 points to 18. The first semi-final between St Helens and Leeds Rhinos finished 26-16 sending St Helens to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196099-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, Hull F.C.\nHull F.C. as Super League club also entered the competition in the fourth round. Hull F.C. started by thrashing National League Two side Rochdale Hornets 42-5. In Round 5 Hull comfortably beat National League One side Widnes. In the quarter finals, Hull recorded a narrow victory against Bradford, winning by 22 to 16. The second semi-final between Hull and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats saw a victory of 32-24 to place Hull into the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196099-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup Final, Match details\nSt Helens: Paul Wellens, Ade Gardner, Matthew Gidley, Willie Talau, Francis Meli, Leon Pryce, Sean Long, Bryn Hargreaves, Keiron Cunningham, James Graham, Chris Flannery, Jon Wilkin, Paul SculthorpeReplacements: James Roby, Lee Gilmour, Paul Clough, Maurie Fa'asavalu  Coach: Daniel Anderson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196099-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Cup Final, Match details\nHull: Todd Byrne, Matt Sing, Graeme Horne, Kirk Yeaman, Gareth Raynor, Danny Washbrook, Tommy Lee, Ewan Dowes, Shaun Berrigan, Peter Cusack, Willie Manu, Danny Tickle, Lee Radford (c),Replacements: Richard Horne, Garreth Carvell, Tom Briscoe, Jamie Thackray Coach: Richard Agar", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196100-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Tour\nThe 2008 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196100-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Tour\nThe Challenge Tour Rankings was won by England's David Horsey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196100-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Tour, Tournament schedule\nThe table below shows the 2008 Challenge Tour schedule. The season started in November 2007, and was made up of 33 tournaments played in Europe, Latin America, East Africa and Central Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196100-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Tour, Tournament schedule\nThe numbers in brackets after winners' names indicate the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. No-one accumulates many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196101-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Tour graduates\nThis is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2008. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2008 earned their European Tour card for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196101-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenge Tour graduates\n* European Tour rookie in 2009T = Tied \u00a0 The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 120). The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121-153). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196102-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenger de Providencia\nThe 2008 Challenger de Providencia, also named Copa Kia for sponsorship reasons, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the event, and part of the 2008 ATP Challenger Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the tennis courts at the Club Providencia in Providencia, Santiago, Chile, from 25 February through 2 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196102-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenger de Providencia, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196102-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenger de Providencia, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196103-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenger de Providencia \u2013 Doubles\nBrian Dabul and Marc L\u00f3pez were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Dabul teamed up with Jean-Julien Rojer and ended as runners-up, while L\u00f3pez teamed up with David Marrero and lost in first round to Francesco Aldi and Simone Vagnozzi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196103-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenger de Providencia \u2013 Doubles\nMariano Hood and Eduardo Schwank won the title by defeating Brian Dabul and Jean-Julien Rojer 6\u20133, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196104-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenger de Providencia \u2013 Singles\nMart\u00edn Vassallo Arg\u00fcello was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Acapulco at the same week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196104-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Challenger de Providencia \u2013 Singles\nThomaz Bellucci won the title by defeating Eduardo Schwank 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20133) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196105-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Champ Car season\nThe 2008 Champ Car World Series season would have been the 30th season of the series and the fifth instance of the Champ Car World Series. It was scheduled to begin on April 20, 2008, and end on November 9 had the open-wheel unification not occurred. The season, with the sole exception of the Long Beach Grand Prix (won by Will Power), was canceled on February 21, 2008, because of the buyout of Champ Car by the rival IndyCar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196105-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Champ Car season\nThe Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton and the Gold Coast Indy 300 were retained and transferred to the IndyCar Series schedule. The schedule included what would have been the first Monterey Grand Prix since 2004 and the supposed debut of the Champ Car Grand Prix of Spain. Some of the Champ Car races were scrapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196105-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Champ Car season\nLater on, Toronto (2009), Houston (2013), Road America (2016), Portland (2018), and Laguna Seca (2019) would also be revived by the unified series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196105-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Champ Car season, Races\nThe 2008 Champ Car schedule was announced in November 2007 before the unification announcement", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196105-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Champ Car season, Team and driver lineup\nThe following teams and drivers were expected to compete for the 2008 Champ Car season. All teams would have used a Cosworth 2.65-litre turbocharged V8 engine, a Panoz DP01 chassis, and Bridgestone tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196106-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Champion Hurdle\nThe 2008 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 11 March 2008. It was the 78th running of the Champion Hurdle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196106-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Champion Hurdle\nThe winner was the DSJP Syndicate's Katchit, a five-year-old gelding trained in Wiltshire by Alan King and ridden by Robert Thornton. The victory was the first in the race, for owner, trainer and jockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196106-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Champion Hurdle\nKatchit won at odds of 10/1 by a length from Osana. As of 2017, he remains the only five-year-old to win the race since See You Then in 1985. The field included Sublimity, the winner of the race in the previous year. Fourteen of the fifteen runners completed the course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196107-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Champions League Twenty20\nThe 2008 Champions League Twenty20 was scheduled to be the first edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international club cricket tournament. It was due to be held in India between December 3 and December 10, 2008, where the winners were to earn around US$6 million. The bombing attacks in Mumbai just one week prior to the tournament resulted in its postponement. It was proposed that the tournament be held in early 2009, though dates for its rearrangement could not be found and the tournament was cancelled on December 12, 2008. The league was planned and successfully executed as the 2009 Champions League Twenty20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196107-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Champions League Twenty20, Format\nThe tournament has eight teams and is divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. If a match ends in a tie, a Super Over will be played to determine the winner. The group stage has the teams divided into two equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one group facing the second from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the grand final to determine the winner of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196107-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Champions League Twenty20, Teams\nEight teams from five nations were invited for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196107-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Champions League Twenty20, Teams, England's participation\nThe organisers of the tournament confirmed that any team competing would be banned from fielding players who have competed in the Indian Cricket League, a rival to the Indian Premier League. As a result of this, England's participation in the tournament was put in jeopardy. For the 2008 season, 15 of the 18 counties fielded 25 players from the ICL. On 24 July 2008, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi confirmed their stance by stating that only Middlesex and Essex stood a chance of being invited to the Champions League because they didn't have ICL links.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196107-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Champions League Twenty20, Venues\nThree venues were chosen to host the league and knockout matches. Mumbai and Bangalore were chosen instead of Rajasthan Royals' home stadium which was under renovations. Chennai Super Kings' Chepauk Stadium was chosen to play two of the three matches the team had to play. The first semi-final was supposed to be held at Bangalore while the second semi-final and the final was to be held at Chennai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196107-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Champions League Twenty20, Aftermath\nThe teams participating especially the IPL teams were extremely disheartened with the cancelling of league. Both the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals received $1.3 million as compensation whereas the other teams were also offered petty amounts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196108-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Champions Tour\nThe 2008 Champions Tour was the 29th season for the golf tour now known as PGA Tour Champions since it officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. The season consisted of 29 official money events with purses totalling $55,625,000, including five majors. Bernhard Langer and Eduardo Romero won the most tournaments, three. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196108-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Champions Tour, Tournament results\nThe following table shows all the official money events for the 2008 season. \"Date\" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season\nIn 2008, the Championship Gaming Series began its second season as a worldwide sports league for professional video gamers. A total of 18 teams representing cities in seven countries played in the league. The games supported included Counter-Strike: Source, Dead or Alive 4, FIFA 08, and Forza Motorsport 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season\nOnce again, the CGS was broadcast throughout the world on DirecTV in the United States and Latin America, British Sky Broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Europe, and STAR TV in Asia. The World Final was to be shown live on DirecTV and rebroadcast on G4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season\nThe Birmingham Salvo were the 2008 World Champions after defeating the San Francisco Optx by 22 points to 15, in the final on July 28, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, Regional results, North America (Region 1)\nThe season in North America began on June 2, with the first televised game on DirecTV airing on June 16. The top four teams advanced to the playoffs: Carolina Core, Dallas Venom, New York 3D, and San Francisco Optx. The Chicago Chimera, winners of both World and North America titles in 2007, did not qualify for the '08 playoffs. The Los Angeles Complexity were also eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, Regional results, North America (Region 1)\nBoth Dallas and Carolina qualified automatically for the World Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, Regional results, Latin America (Region 2)\nThe Mexico City Furia defeated the Rio Sinistro, 22\u201316, on July 10 to gain the automatic qualifying spot for the World Final from this region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, Regional results, United Kingdom/Europe (Regions 3 and 4)\nThe Birmingham Salvo beat the Berlin Allianz, 24\u201322, on June 28 for the championship trophy. However, both teams earned spots into the World Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, Regional results, Pan-Asia (Regions 5 and 6)\nThe Sydney Underground topped the Wuhan Dragon, 22\u201318, in the final game on July 10. Both teams were invited to the World Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, Wild Card playoffs\nThe remaining spot in the eight-team World Final (reduced from 12 in 2007) was decided in a three-team playoff among the Optx, the 3D, and the London Mint. The Optx defeated the 3D, 23\u201317, and then the Mint 25\u201321. Both games were played on July 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, Age Disqualifactions\nSince Berlin Allianz had to replace the young talent 'reNzo', the roster shook a bit. Since the 14-year old could not fly to the venue where the tournament would be held, a replacement had to be found. Many players responded to this announcement with a slight relieve. Some even stating it would increase their win chances if Berlin Allianz showed up without 'reNzo', or as some called him 'the wonderkid'. Even 'wez', from Birmingham Salvo, called him 'super hands'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, World Final\nThe World Final tournament began on July 14. All matches were held at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport in southern California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, World Final, Semifinals\nNOTES: The Salvo won the second semifinal in overtime when Messy defeated Offbeat Ninja in DOA 4 Male. This match was held on July 21, but not shown on DirecTV until July 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, World Final, Championship\nNOTE: The match was halted after four of nine rounds of the second half of CounterStrike: Source, as the Salvo had clinched the championship at that point. The most valuable players were Daveyskills and Picaso, the Forza Motorsports drivers for the Salvo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, Individual finals\nIn addition to the team competition, the top players at each game competed for cash prizes. All events were held on July 12. The list of winners follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196109-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship Gaming Series season, World of Warcraft\nThe CGS also organized a tournament for World of Warcraft players. Nihilum Arena won the 2008 tournament final on July 19, the event was webcast live on the CGS website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196110-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League\nThe 2008 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 25 February to 15 May 2008 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196110-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League\nJoe Perry won in the final 3\u20131 against Mark Selby, and earned a place in the 2008 Premier League Snooker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196110-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196110-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League, Group one\nGroup one matches were played on 25 and 26 February 2008. Ryan Day was the first player to qualify for the winners group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196110-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League, Group two\nGroup two matches were played on 27 and 28 February 2008. Ken Doherty was the second player to qualify for the winners group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196110-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League, Group three\nGroup three matches were played on 10 and 11 March 2008. Anthony Hamilton was the third player to qualify for the winners group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196110-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League, Group four\nGroup four matches were played on 12 and 13 March 2008. Shaun Murphy was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196110-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League, Group five\nGroup five matches were played on 14 and 15 April 2008. Joe Perry was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196110-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League, Group six\nGroup six matches were played on 16 and 17 April 2008. Mark Selby was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196110-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League, Group seven\nGroup seven matches were played on 12 and 13 May 2008. Mark King was the last player to qualify for the winners group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196110-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League, Winners group\nThe matches of the winners group were played on 14 and 15 May 2008. Joe Perry has qualified to the 2008 Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts\nThe 2008 Championship League Darts is the inaugural edition of a darts competition \u2013 the Championship League Darts. The competition is organised and held by the Professional Darts Corporation and has a maximum prize fund of \u00a3189,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts\nThe format of the tournament is similar to the Premier League Darts tournament, also organised by the PDC, except it is contested by a larger pool of players who are split up into a number of groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts\nIn a first for darts the tournament will be shown in its entirety on the internet. Every match can be watched in the UK on the Ladbrokes and bet365 websites. The tournament will also be available globally through the internet, except in the United States of America where it can't be shown for legal reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Format\nThe first group will consist of the top 8 players from the PDC Order of Merit who are available for the competition. These 8 players will play each other over the course of a day and receive points for their performance. A win will earn a player two points, whilst a draw will earn them 1 point. All matches will be contested over 10 legs with a player winning the match when the reach 6 legs or the match being declared a draw should the score reach 5\u20135. When all players have played each other, the four players with the most points will progress to the semi-finals with the winners of those matches progressing into the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Format\nThe winner of the final will progress to the winners group which shall take place at the end of the competition. The runner-up, losing semi-finalists and the players finishing fifth and sixth will move into group two, where they will be joined by the next three players in the Order of Merit. The format of the second group will be the same as the first group with players moving into the third group. In total there will be 8 groups before the final group takes place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Format\nThis format ensures that all players who don't win the group or finish in the last two positions will have another chance to qualify for the winners group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Qualification\nPlayers must have been in top 29 places in PDC Order of Merit following 2008 World Matchplay Darts in order to qualify. 31 places used because of Raymond Van Barneveld and John Part withdrawing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Qualification\n1. Phil Taylor|2. Raymond van Barneveld|3. James Wade|4. John Part|5. Terry Jenkins|6. Wayne Mardle|7. Adrian Lewis|8. Andy Hamilton|9. Colin Lloyd|10. Roland Scholten|11. Dennis Priestley|12. Peter Manley|13. Alan Tabern|14. Ronnie Baxter|15. Colin Osborne|16. Kevin Painter|17. Mervyn King|18. Denis Ovens|19. Mark Dudbridge|20. Vincent van der Voort|21. Chris Mason|22. Kirk Shepherd|23. Andy Jenkins|24. Barrie Bates|25. Andy Smith|26. Mark Walsh|27. Adrian Gray|28. Wayne Jones|29. Mick McGowan|30. Alex Roy|31. Wes Newton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Player omissions and delays\nRaymond van Barneveld, who is taking a two-month sabbatical from darts, and John Part, based in Canada, will not be competing in the tournament. Adrian Lewis will also enter in group 3, not group 1 as his ranking would suggest, because he has been suspended from playing in any PDC tournaments for two months following an altercation with Kevin Painter. Peter Manley is also entering the competition later than his ranking would suggest, for unknown reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Player omissions and delays\nOn 1 September it was announced that Dennis Priestley had withdrawn from group 2 due to his ongoing treatment for prostate cancer. As such he has been replaced in group 2 by Mervyn King. Subsequent group line-ups have also changed, with players from later groups being brought into earlier ones. Priestley hopes to return in time for group 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Prize money\nThe prize money for the tournament is a unique concept with players winning a set amount of money for each leg that they win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Prize money, Groups 1 \u2013 8\nIn groups 1 \u2013 8 the prize money will be as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Prize money, Winners Group\nIn the winners group the prize money will be as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Prize money, Winners Group\nIn addition the winners group will have separate prizes for the winner, runner-up and losing semi-finalists. These prizes will breakdown as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Prize money, Prize money won\nThe following table shows the amount of prize money that has been won by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Prize money, Prize money won\n*Final position money is awarded to the semi-finalists of the winners group (\u00a32,500), the runner-up, (\u00a35,000), and the overall winner (\u00a310,000).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Tournament Dates\nThe tournament will take place over 9 days throughout September and October 2008. One group will be played on each day. The dates are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Tournament Dates\nThe tournament will take place at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Groups\nNote: Bold indicates group winner, italics indicate the eliminated players. In groups 1\u20137, players are eliminated for finishing in the bottom two of the league, in group 8 and the Winners Group players are eliminated for failing to win outright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Results, Group One\nNB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. Green \u2013 Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold \u2013 Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red \u2013 Out of the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Results, Group Two\nNB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. Green \u2013 Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold \u2013 Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red \u2013 Out of the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Results, Group Three\nNB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. Green \u2013 Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold \u2013 Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red \u2013 Out of the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Results, Group Four\nNB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. Green \u2013 Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold \u2013 Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red \u2013 Out of the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Results, Group Five\nNB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. Green \u2013 Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold \u2013 Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red \u2013 Out of the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Results, Group Six\nNB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. Green \u2013 Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold \u2013 Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red \u2013 Out of the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Results, Group Seven\nNB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. Green \u2013 Qualified for the semi-finals, Gold \u2013 Did not qualify for semi-finals but returns in next group, Red \u2013 Out of the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Results, Group Eight\nNB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. Green \u2013 Qualified for the semi-finals, Red \u2013 Out of the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Results, Winners Group\nNB: Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. Green \u2013 Qualified for the semi-finals, Red \u2013 Out of the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196111-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Championship League Darts, Results, Winners Group\nFinal Winner: \u00a310,000 & 2008 Grand Slam of Darts place, Runner-up: \u00a35,000", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196112-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Champs Sports Bowl\nThe 2008 Champs Sports Bowl was the 19th edition of the college football bowl game that was played on Saturday, December 27, 2008, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game, which had a 4:30 PM US EST kickoff and was broadcast on ESPN, pitted the Wisconsin Badgers against the Florida State Seminoles. At the end, the Florida State Seminoles were the winners, 42\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196112-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Champs Sports Bowl, Game summary\nFlorida State's Graham Gano was able to kick three punts that died or went out of bounds inside Wisconsin's  3-yard line in the first quarter and a 58-yarder that was returned for 3 yards to the Wisconsin 7. He finished the game with 5 punts averaging 48.2 yards. He also drew a roughing the kicker penalty that extended a Florida State scoring drive (Replay revealed that he had not been touched). Gano was also the team's kicker and winner of the 2008 Lou Groza Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire\nOn 11 September 2008, a France-bound Eurotunnel Shuttle train carrying heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and their drivers caught fire while travelling through the Channel Tunnel. The fire lasted for sixteen hours and reached temperatures of up to 1,000\u00a0\u00b0C (1,830\u00a0\u00b0F).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire\nOf the 32 people on board the train, 14 suffered minor injuries, including smoke inhalation and were taken to hospital. When the fire was reported, the tunnel was immediately shut to all services except emergency traffic. The undamaged south tunnel was reopened on 13 September with a freight train entering the tunnel at Folkestone at 00:08 BST and a limited service provided with trains travelling in turn in alternating directions in the one tunnel. By the end of September, two-thirds of the north tunnel had reopened. Full service resumed in February 2009 after repairs costing \u20ac60 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire\nThis fire was the third to close the tunnel since it opened in 1994, the first being the 1996 Channel Tunnel fire and, in August 2006, the tunnel was closed for several hours after fire broke out on a truck loaded onto a HGV Shuttle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire, Fire\nThe fire was reported on 11 September 2008, at approximately 13:57 UTC (14:57 BST / 15:57 CEST) 11 kilometres (6.8\u00a0mi) from the French entrance to the tunnel in the North Tunnel. The blaze spread to other trucks on the train during the evening, destroying six carriages and one locomotive. The fire continued to burn overnight and was reported to have been put out by 06:00 UTC the following day, although fire crews continued to smother minor fires nearby for a further two hours. More than 300 firefighters from both sides of the English Channel helped tackle the blaze, with emergency services from East and West Sussex, London and Essex providing support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire, Fire\n32 people on board the train were led to safety down a separate service tunnel; fourteen people suffered minor injuries, including smoke inhalation, and were taken to hospital. The shuttle was carrying 27 vehicles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire, Fire\nA lorry carrying 100 kilograms (220\u00a0lb) of phenol (carbolic acid), a toxic product used in the pharmaceutical industry, was initially thought to be close to the seat of the fire; however, this was discovered to be an error and only 100 grams (3.5\u00a0oz) was carried. Eyewitness accounts state that two loud bangs, described as explosions, were heard and then thick smoke swept through the carriage. The train came to a grinding halt, and the lights went out. Further eyewitness accounts suggest that the emergency exit was jammed, and one passenger smashed a window with a hammer in order to climb out. The temperature in the tunnel was described as \"very hot\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire, Fire\nAbout 650 metres (2,130\u00a0ft) of tunnel was damaged by the fire, 50% more than during the fire of November 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire, Aftermath, Tunnel closure and reopening\nEurotunnel initially announced that all services would be suspended until 14 September; however, after inspection found no damage to the south tunnel, empty test shuttles were trialled during the evening of 12 September. A freight train was permitted to enter the tunnel in the early hours of the morning on 13 September, and limited Eurostar services resumed at 06:00 BST later that morning, with 18 services in each direction, including a return journey from London to Disneyland Paris. Some passengers arriving at St Pancras Station reported smelling smoke whilst travelling through the tunnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire, Aftermath, Tunnel closure and reopening\nA limited passenger shuttle service restarted on 14 September with the 06:18 BST from Folkestone. Services were increased when the section of the north tunnel was reopened from Folkestone to the UK crossover on 22 September, and again on 29 September when the tunnel between the crossovers was brought back into service. While the final sixth of the tunnel was being repaired, trains were limited to 100 kilometres per hour (62\u00a0mph) by the Intergovernmental Commission. Service levels were reduced so that only 90% of Eurostar services, 60% of Eurotunnel passenger vehicle shuttles and 70% of the HGV shuttles were able to run, costing Eurotunnel an estimated \u00a3185 million (\u20ac200 million) in lost revenue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire, Aftermath, Tunnel repair\nRepair works were estimated at \u00a360 million. On 18 October, the investigation authority released the damaged section of tunnel back to Eurotunnel who then assessed the tunnel lining and replaced over one thousand bolts holding the concrete lining. The damaged concrete was then removed with high pressure water jets, damage to the reinforcing steel mesh repaired and a new concrete lining applied by a shotcreting process. This used about 4000 tonnes of new concrete and was completed in early January 2009. During the remainder of January, tunnel equipment was repaired and replaced as necessary, with the installation of overhead line equipment on 28 January. After test running, Eurotunnel reopened on 9 February 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire, Aftermath, Eurotunnel response\nWhen the train stopped in the tunnel due to a fire, the procedure was that the smoke had to be removed by the high powered ventilation before evacuation could be allowed. However, when the train came to a halt, people saw the smoke and some panicked, broke a window and started to evacuate on their own. The evacuation procedure is now shown in nine languages in the lorry driver's club car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire, Aftermath, Eurotunnel response\nEurotunnel was also concerned because it took 75\u00a0minutes before the fire services started to tackle the blaze and that the ventilation was on during this time, fanning the fire and increasing the damage. After tests in April 2010, Eurotunnel built four \"fire-fighting stations\" in the tunnel. When a fire is detected on a train, it continues to the next station, passengers and crew are evacuated into the service tunnel and an automatic system puts the fire out with water mist. These were operational in autumn 2011,and tested in January 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196113-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Channel Tunnel fire, Aftermath, Investigation\nThe investigation was led by the French Land Transport Accident Investigation Bureau (Bureau d'Enqu\u00eates sur les Accidents de Transport Terrestre) and supported by the British Rail Accident Investigation Branch. The report was published on 22 November 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196114-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Charsadda bombing\nIn the Charsadda bombing of 9 February 2008, a suicide bomber killed at least 27 people and another 50 were injured in Charsadda, Pakistan attending a political rally for the opposition Awami National Party. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan suspected Al-Qaeda or Taliban-linked groups were responsible after threatening all political parties in the North-West Frontier Province. The bombing occurred nine days before the 2008 Pakistani general election which was postponed in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196115-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup\nThe 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup was contested in the final ten races of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to determine a champion. The Chase began with the Sylvania 300 on September 14, 2008 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and ended with the Ford 400 on November 16, 2008 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The 2008 Chase was won by Jimmie Johnson, his third consecutive championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196115-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup\nFrom 2004 through 2007, the championship system was known as the \"Chase for the Nextel Cup\", but with the 2005 merger of Sprint and Nextel, the name of the series became known as the Sprint Cup Series in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196115-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, Drivers, Seeding\n\u2666\u00a0\u2013 Edwards was docked the ten-point winner's bonus as a result of a violation found during post-race inspection at the UAW-Dodge 400 in Las Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196115-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, Schedule\n\u2260\u00a0\u2014 Non-qualifier for the 2007 Chase. Italics denotes non-qualifier for 2008 chase. \u2663\u00a0\u2013 Denotes night race or race that will start in the late afternoon and finish at night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196115-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, Television\nThis marked the second year of exclusive national television coverage of the Chase for the Sprint Cup on ABC. Dr. Jerry Punch remained in the play-by-play position, with Andy Petree in one color commentary position, but there were changes in the booth and host position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196115-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, Television\nBrent Musburger and Suzy Kolber were out in the host position, and former MRN Radio, TNT and NBC play-by-play voice Allen Bestwick took their place after spending the 2007 season on pit road. Joining him were 1989 NASCAR series champion Rusty Wallace and JTG Daugherty Racing owner and former Cleveland Cavaliers center Brad Daugherty in the on-site studio, while 1999 series champion Dale Jarrett took Wallace's spot in the broadcast booth and Shannon Spake replaced Bestwick on pit road, joining Jamie Little, Dave Burns and Mike Massaro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196116-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatham Cup\nThe 2008 Chatham Cup is the New Zealand's 81st knockout football competition. The final was played on 13 September at North Harbour Stadium, North Shore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196116-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatham Cup\nIn all, 132 teams took part in the 2008 competition. Note: there is some confusion as to the round numbers. Some publications list a preliminary round, a qualification round, and four rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final; others list a preliminary round and five rounds before the quarter-finals. the latter numbering system is used in this article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196116-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatham Cup\nThe 2008 competition's final rounds were unusual for two reasons: only one of the four semi-finalists had ever previously reached the semi-finals (Dunedin Technical - the only team to have done so - won the cup in 1999), and two South Island teams reached the semi-finals for the first time since 1995. A change of venue for the final was mooted - possibly to Christchurch - had both finalists been South Island teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196116-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatham Cup, The 2008 final\nIn the final, 1999 Cup-winners Dunedin Technical faced finals debutants East Coast Bays in front of a crowd of some 3000 spectators at North Harbour Stadium. Technical had the better of the early stages of the match, as East Coast Bays took time to settle, but were unable to press home any advantage. By the mid-stages of the half Bays had begun to exert their dominance, particularly in the midfield area. The only goal of the match came from a long Ryan Zoghby throw-in in the 34th minute which was deflected by Technical defender Blair Scoullar into his own net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196116-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatham Cup, The 2008 final\nTechnical responded well to being behind, increasing the pressure on the Bays defence throughout the second half, but were unable to square the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196116-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatham Cup, The 2008 final\nThe Jack Batty Memorial Cup is awarded to the player adjudged to have made to most positive impact in the Chatham Cup final. The winner of the 2008 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was Ryan Zoghby of East Coast Bays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision\nThe Chatsworth train collision occurred at 4:22:23\u00a0p.m. PDT (23:22:23 UTC) on Friday, September 12, 2008, when a Union Pacific freight train and a Metrolink commuter train collided head-on in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The scene of the accident was a curved section of single track on the Metrolink Ventura County Line just east of Stoney Point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision\nAccording to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which investigated the cause of the collision, the Metrolink train ran through a red signal before entering a section of single track where the opposing freight train had been given the right of way by the train dispatcher. The NTSB blamed the Metrolink train's engineer, 46-year-old Robert M. Sanchez, for the collision, concluding that he was distracted by text messages he was sending while on duty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision\nThis mass casualty event brought a massive emergency response by both the city and county of Los Angeles, but the nature and extent of physical trauma taxed the available resources. First responding officer Tom Gustofson described the wreck as \u201cbeyond human description\u201d. Response included CEMP (California Emergency Mobile Patrol Search and Rescue) as a first responding unit requested by Los Angeles Police Department. With 25 deaths, this became the deadliest accident in Metrolink's history. Many survivors remained hospitalized for an extended period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision\nLawyers quickly began filing claims against Metrolink, and in total, they are expected to exceed a US$200 million liability limit set in 1997, portending the first legal challenges to that law. Issues surrounding this accident have also initiated and reinvigorated public debate on a range of topics including public relations, safety, and emergency management, which has also resulted in regulatory and legislative actions, including the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Collision\nMetrolink commuter train 111, consisting of a 250,000-pound (110\u00a0t) EMD F59PH locomotive (SCAX\u00a0855) pulling three Bombardier BiLevel Coaches, departed Union Station in downtown Los Angeles at 3:35 p.m.\u00a0PDT (22:35\u00a0UTC) heading westbound to Moorpark in suburban Ventura County. Approximately 40 minutes later, it departed the Chatsworth station with 222 people aboard, and had traveled approximately 1.25 miles (2\u00a0km) when it collided head-on with an eastbound Union Pacific local freight train. The freight train was led by two EMD SD70ACe locomotives, #8485 and 8491, and was pulling 17 freight cars. The Metrolink locomotive telescoped rearward into the passenger compartment of the first passenger car and caught fire. All three locomotives, the leading Metrolink passenger car, and ten freight cars were derailed, and both lead locomotives and the passenger car fell over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 918]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Collision\nThe collision occurred after the Metrolink passenger train engineer, 46-year-old Robert M. Sanchez, failed to obey a red stop signal that indicated it was not safe to proceed into the single track section. The train dispatcher's computer at a remote control center in Pomona did not display a warning prior to the accident according to the NTSB. Metrolink initially reported that the dispatcher tried in vain to contact the train crew to warn them; but the NTSB contradicted this report, saying the dispatcher noticed a problem only after the accident, and was notified by the passenger train's conductor first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Collision\nBoth trains were moving toward each other at the time of the collision. At least one passenger on the Metrolink train reported seeing the freight train moments before impact, coming around the curve. The conductor of the passenger train, who was in the rear car and was injured in the accident, estimated that his train was traveling at 40 miles per hour (64\u00a0km/h) before it suddenly came to a dead stop after the collision. The NTSB reported that it was traveling at 42 miles per hour (68\u00a0km/h). The freight train was traveling at approximately the same speed after its engineer triggered the emergency air brake only two seconds before impact, while the Metrolink engineer never applied the brakes on his train.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Collision, Location\nThe accident occurred after the freight train emerged from the 500-foot-long (150-meter-long) tunnel #28, just south of California State Route 118 (Ronald Reagan Freeway) near the intersection of Heather Lee Lane and Andora Avenue near Chatsworth Hills Academy. The accident was in Chatsworth, a neighborhood of Los Angeles located at the northwestern edge of the San Fernando Valley. The trains collided on the Metrolink Ventura County Line, part of the Montalvo Cutoff, opened by the Southern Pacific Company on March 20, 1904, to improve the alignment of its Coast Line. Metrolink has operated the line since purchasing it in the 1990s from Southern Pacific (now owned by Union Pacific), which retained trackage rights for freight service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Collision, Railroad physical characteristics\nBoth trains were on the same section of single track that runs between the Chatsworth station (which is double tracked) through the Santa Susana Pass. The line returns to double track again as it enters the Simi Valley. Three tunnels under the pass are only wide enough to support a single track, and it would be very costly to widen them. This single-track section carries 24 passenger trains and 12 freight trains each day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Collision, Railroad physical characteristics\nThe line's railway signaling system is designed to ensure that trains wait on the double-track section while a train is proceeding in the other direction on the single track. The signal system was upgraded in the 1990s to support Metrolink commuter rail services, and Richard Stanger, the executive director of Metrolink in its early years of 1991 to 1998, said the system had functioned without trouble in the past. The Metrolink train would normally wait in the Chatsworth station for the daily Union Pacific freight train to pass before proceeding, unless the freight train was already waiting for it at Chatsworth. The location was not protected by catch points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Timeline\nThe events on September 12, 2008 leading up to the collision (all times local):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Emergency response\nThe Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) originally dispatched a \"physical rescue\" assignment at a residential address near the scene in response to a 9-1-1 emergency call from the home. The crew arrived at the address four minutes later, just before 4:30 p.m. PDT and accessed the scene by cutting through the backyard fence. Upon arrival, the captain on the scene immediately called for an additional five ambulances, then 30 fire engines, and after reaching the wreck he called for every heavy search and rescue unit in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Emergency response\nHundreds of emergency workers were eventually involved in the rescue and recovery efforts, including 250 firefighters. Two Los Angeles city firefighters received medals for risking their lives to enter a confined space with smokey and potentially toxic air, without their air bottles, to rescue one of the freight train crew members. LAPD Devonshire Division, Patrol Officers arrived on scene shortly after the first LAFD Engine Company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Emergency response\nAs firefighters were putting out the flames of the burning diesel fuel that had spilled out of the freight engine, Patrol Officers entered the damaged, smoke-filled train cars to rescue/administer first aid to several passengers who were stranded on the upper decks due to their critical injuries. Two Officers received medals, and two received commendations and were credited with potentially saving the lives of several injured passengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Emergency response\nThe event was operationally identified as the \"Chatsworth Incident\" and was reclassified as a \"mass casualty incident\". All six of LAFD's air ambulances were mobilized, along with six additional helicopters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The helicopters were requested under a mutual aid arrangement. A review of the emergency response and the on-site and hospital care was initiated by Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe immediately after the event, and was expected to take 90 days to complete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Casualties\nA total of 25 people died in the collision, including engineer Sanchez and two victims who died at hospitals in the days following the crash. This event is the deadliest railway accident in Metrolink's history, and the worst in the United States since the Big Bayou Canot train disaster in 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Casualties\nA total of 135 others were reported injured, 46 of them critically, with 85 of the injured transported to 13 hospitals and two transported themselves. Air ambulance helicopters medevaced 40 patients. LAFD Captain Steve Ruda reported that the high number of critically injured passengers taxed the area's emergency response capabilities, and patients were distributed to all 12 trauma centers in Los Angeles County. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills treated 17 patients, more than any other hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Casualties\nCaptain Ruda said his firefighters had never seen such carnage. Austin Walbridge, a train passenger, told a TV news reporter that the interior of the train was \"bloody, a mess. Just a disaster. It was horrible.\" Emergency responders described the victims as having crush-type injuries. Dr. Amal K. Obaid, a trauma surgeon who practices at USC University Hospital where several victims were treated, described their injuries in more detail, \"They have head injuries, multiple facial fractures, chest trauma, collapsed lungs, rib fractures, pelvic fractures, leg and arm fractures, cuts in the skin and soft tissue. Some have blood in the brain.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Casualties\nThe Los Angeles County Coroner set up an air-conditioned tent that functioned as a temporary morgue at the site. One off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer was among the confirmed deaths, as was the Metrolink train's engineer,an employee of Veolia Transport, a contracted operator of Metrolink. One of the passengers who died was a survivor of the 2005 Glendale train crash. Another had been commuting by train since Metrolink's inception in 1992. Many victims were residents of suburban Simi Valley and Moorpark on their way home from work in the Los Angeles area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Casualties\nThe four other crew members of the two trains survived. The conductor and engineer of the freight train were trapped inside the lead locomotive while it was engulfed in flames; the firefighters who rescued the pair found them banging on the thick glass windshield, unable to escape. The freight crew also had a brakeman riding in the second locomotive who was injured in the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Casualties\nThe search for victims came to an end shortly after 14:30 PDT on September 13, approximately 22 hours after the collision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Service disruptions\nThe crash disrupted service on the Pacific Surfliner and the Coast Starlight. Amtrak canceled service on the Pacific Surfliner between San Luis Obispo and Union Station in Los Angeles and Thruway Motorcoach buses transported Coast Starlight passengers from Union Station to Santa Barbara to board the trains. Metrolink service on the Ventura County Line was interrupted north of Chatsworth, and all service resumed four days after the accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Preliminary investigation controversy\nMetrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell disclosed the day after the crash that a preliminary investigation of dispatch records and computers showed the engineer of the Metrolink passenger train failed to stop his train for a red railway signal, which indicated his train did not have authority to proceed on the main track . She was quoted as saying, \"We don't know how the error happened, but this is what we believe happened. We believe it was our engineer who failed to stop at the signal.\" Tyrrell said that if the engineer had obeyed the signal, the accident would not have occurred. However Los Angeles County Supervisor and Metrolink board member Don Knabe said it was premature to blame the engineer, speculating that \"there could always be a technical malfunction where\u00a0... there was a green light both ways.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 912]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Preliminary investigation controversy\nAfter a Metrolink board meeting two days after her remarks, Tyrrell resigned. Tyrrell stated that she quit because a Metrolink Board statement called her announcement premature and inappropriate; she maintained that it was proper to get out in front of the story before the NTSB took over the investigation. She stated that she asked for and received authorization to make the comments from David Solow, Metrolink's chief executive. Solow confirmed that he did give authorization, but said that, in hindsight, he would not have given permission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Preliminary investigation controversy\nAfter her resignation, some good government proponents praised Tyrrell for her candor, including the chief public advocate with California Common Cause. The Los Angeles Times also published an editorial by columnist Patt Morrison sympathetic to Tyrrell's position, in which she says, \"I am unclear of the concept of how the truth can somehow be premature. The truth is the truth.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Official investigation\nThe NTSB led the official investigation to determine the probable cause, but NTSB officials had not commented on the accident prior to the Metrolink statement. In a subsequent press conference at the scene two hours after Tyrrell's comments, an NTSB official cautioned that the cause of the accident was still under investigation. The NTSB studied the data from the train event recorders, which had been recovered by NTSB investigators working at the scene. The Metrolink train had two data recorders, one badly damaged, and the freight train had a data and a video recorder. The NTSB said it would collect other evidence and interview witnesses to try to officially report within a year's time why the crash occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Official investigation\nTests of the railway signal system after the accident showed it was working properly, and should have shown proper signal indications to the Metrolink train, with two yellow signals as the train approached the Chatsworth station, and a red signal at the switch north of the station. \"We can say with confidence that the signal system was working,\" the lead NTSB board member stated at a news conference after the tests. This focused the NTSB investigation on human factors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Official investigation\nBefore releasing the accident scene and allowing restoration of service, the NTSB also conducted a final sight distance test. An identical Metrolink train and pair of Union Pacific locomotives were brought together at the point of impact and slowly backed away from each other. The test showed that the trains' engineers could not see each other until less than five seconds before the collision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Official investigation\nThe surviving crew members could not be interviewed by the NTSB immediately after the accident because they were still recovering from their injuries. The NTSB was able to interview the Metrolink conductor about recorded radio communications, which did not capture the required communication between the conductor and engineer on the aspects displayed by the last two signals the train passed before the accident. He confirmed they did not call out the last two signals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Official investigation\nThe NTSB also stated that a railroad switch showed evidence of damage consistent with the Metrolink passenger train \"running through\" the trailing switch points while they were set to allow the freight train to proceed onto the adjacent track, forcing them out of the way. \"The switch bars were bent like a banana. It should be perfectly straight,\" according to the NTSB official. The NTSB member in charge of the investigative team said they were also concerned with possible fatigue issues related to the engineer's split shift. The engineer worked an 11.5-hour shift split with a 3.5-hour break, leaving only nine hours away from work between workdays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Official investigation\nThe Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is also investigating to determine if any federal safety regulations were violated. The California Public Utilities Commission, the state agency responsible for regulating railroads, also reported that it has ten investigators with railroad experience working in conjunction with the NTSB, and will also be looking into the matter of the Tyrrell resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Official investigation\nBefore the conclusion of the formal investigation, three witnesses came forward to say that they observed the signal to be green as the Metrolink train departed the Chatsworth station just before the collision. A newspaper reporter interviewed the witnesses at the station, and confirmed that the signal was visible from the station, and that the witnesses could correctly identify the colors displayed. A safety consultant said that although this type of signal failure is extremely rare, he had seen it twice before in his 13-year career as a locomotive engineer. The NTSB considered the eyewitness' accounts and, based on the results of its tests of the signal system and on the distance between the witnesses and the signal, rejected them as \"contrary to the other evidence\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 861]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Text messaging\nLocal television news broke the story that the Metrolink engineer was exchanging brief text messages with a 16-year-old railfan while operating the train, a violation of Metrolink rules according to the agency. The last message received from the engineer, time-stamped at 4:22:01, 22 seconds before the collision, reportedly said, \"yea\u00a0... usually\u00a0@ north camarillo,\" referencing Camarillo, CA, a town farther down the line, where the engineer expected to meet another train.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Text messaging\nThe NTSB did not recover the engineer's cellphone in the wreckage and said the teenagers were cooperating with the investigation, initially noting that similar rumors about an engineer using a cell phone from an investigation recently conducted in Boston were unfounded. After receiving the engineer's cell phone records under subpoena, the NTSB confirmed that the engineer was texting while on duty, but had not yet correlated the messages with the accident timeline. After completing a preliminary timeline, the NTSB placed the last text message sent by the engineer at 22 seconds before impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Text messaging\nAn NTSB representative refused to comment further on the preliminary timeline, which investigators were still refining. Two University of Southern California academics used the information in the NTSB statement to determine that the last text message sent by the Metrolink train's engineer would have been sent a few seconds after he had passed the last red signal. This would make unconsciousness an unlikely cause for this error, since the engineer was able to compose and send the message; instead a psychology professor from the University of Utah raised the possibility that \"inattentional blindness\" caused the engineer to fail to see the signal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Text messaging\nThe day after the NTSB confirmed the engineer was texting, and less than one week after the accident, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously passed an emergency order to temporarily ban the use of cellular communication devices by train crew members, citing this accident and a previous San Francisco Municipal Railway accident where the train operator was using a cell phone. A week later, texting while driving an automobile was outlawed in California, effective January 1, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Text messaging\nThere was no federal regulation prohibiting cell phone use by train crews at the time of the accident, but the NTSB had recommended the Federal Railroad Administration address the issue in 2003, after concluding cell phone use by a freight train engineer contributed to a fatal head-on train collision in Texas in 2002. However, 19 days after the accident the FRA administrator issued Emergency Order No. 26 restricting the use of \"personal electronic or electrical devices\" by railroad operating employees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Text messaging\nOn March 3, 2009, federal investigators released records showing that the train engineer Robert M. Sanchez had allowed a train enthusiast to ride in the cab several days before the crash, and that he was planning to let him run the train between four stations on the evening of the crash. \"I'm gonna do all the radio talkin'\u00a0... ur gonna run the locomotive\u00a0& I'm gonna tell u how to do it,\" Sanchez wrote in one text. Records also show Sanchez had received two prior warnings from his supervisors about improper use of cellphones while in the control cab.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Conductor's role\nThe operating rules for trains with a single engineer is that all signals are to be reported to the conductor. This allows the conductor to 'pull the air' (apply the emergency brakes) should the engineer appear to be incapacitated for any reason. However, in this incident, according to the data video, the last two signals were not reported, nor did the conductor apply the brakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, Conductor's role\nUnusually, the conductor told the engineer that the starting signal was green, rather than the other way around.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Investigation, NTSB's conclusions and recommendations\nOn January 21, 2010, the NTSB issued a press release announcing its conclusions from the investigation into the collision. In the report, the NTSB concluded that the cause of the accident was most likely the result of the Metrolink engineer's use of text messaging while on duty, which led to the train  passing a signal at danger and traveling into the path of the oncoming Union Pacific freight train. In addition, the Board cited the lack of positive train control on the Metrolink train as a contributing factor. The investigation has led the NTSB to recommend that the federal government require the installation of video and audio recording equipment in all locomotive and train operating cabs, and to reiterate its calls for positive train control, which had been on the Board's Wanted List since 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 907]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Positive train control\nPositive train control (PTC) is a system of functional requirements for monitoring and controlling train movements and is a type of train protection system. Attention was focused almost immediately about the lack of PTC on equipment involved in the Chatsworth collision; Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman told a reporter days after the accident that PTC \"would have stopped the train before there was a collision\". The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member leading the investigation also said she was convinced that such a system \"would have prevented this accident\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Positive train control\nIn 2008, Congress passed the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 in direct response to the accident. It required Class I Railroad mainlines with regularly scheduled intercity and commuter rail passenger service to fully implement PTC by December 31, 2015. By 2015, few railroads were anywhere close to implementing PTC and asked for an extension; the deadline was extended to December 31, 2018, with a provision extending compliance to December 31, 2020 if railroads submit plans for doing the work by December 31, 2018. The failure to implement PTC earlier was cited by the Board as a contributing factor in the 2015 Philadelphia train derailment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Positive train control\nMetrolink was the first commuter system to deploy the technology, and it is currently fully active on 341 miles of trackage owned by Metrolink. Regarding the other 171 miles of Metrolink track that are owned by freight lines BNSF and UPRR, the agency states as of 2017 that they are \"working towards PTC interoperability\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Litigation\nAs the result of a provision in the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-134), there is a US$200 million cap on the aggregate of all passengers' damage claims in a railroad accident against a passenger railroad, including punitive damages. In dividing the $200 million among the 25 dead and more than 100 injured in the Chatsworth case, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter D. Lichtman characterized the awards as \"judicial triage\", stated victims were undercompensated by at least $64 million, and admitting that awards were unlikely to cover future medical expenses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Memorials\nUnfinished JourneysIn memory of those who have diedWith empathy for those affectedIn gratitude to those who responded and rescued", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Memorials\nFollowing the collision a temporary, spontaneous memorial of flowers and notes was erected at the Simi Valley Amtrak/Metrolink Station. On September 8, 2009, the first permanent memorial, a plaque, was placed in Union Station. The Metrolink Memorial Plaza was dedicated on September 12, 2009 at the Simi Valley station. The plaza features 11 columns, one each for the ten deceased passengers from Simi Valley and an additional one for the 14 other deceased victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196117-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Chatsworth train collision, Aftermath, Memorials\nThere are also 25 markers on the grounds to commemorate each victim as well as a seating area and a plaque in remembrance to the 2005 Glendale train crash. Two days later, on the first anniversary of the crash a memorial ceremony was held at Stony Point Park, near the location of the collision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196118-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chattanooga Mocs football team\nThe 2008 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon)in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mocs were led by sixth-year head coach Rodney Allison and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 1\u201311 overall and 0\u20138 in SoCon play to place ninth. Allison was relieved of his coaching duties at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196119-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chechnya earthquake\nThe 2008 Chechnya earthquake occurred October 11 at 09:06:10 UTC in Chechnya, Russia, with a Mwc magnitude of 5.8. At least 13 people from the districts of Gudermes, Shalinsky and Kurchaloyevsky were killed. The mainshock and a series of aftershocks were felt throughout the North Caucasus, and even in Armenia and Georgia. About 116 people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196119-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chechnya earthquake\nDagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia and Stavropol also experienced the tremors, with a total of 16 shocks between 3 and 6 on the Richter magnitude scale. Some tremors lasted up to 30\u00a0seconds, causing serious structural damage in two Chechen districts, and left 52,000 people without power in three districts. Communications and roads in Chechnya were also disrupted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196119-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chechnya earthquake\nFive-hundred families in the heavily affected town of Kurchaloy needed tent shelters, and the local hospital in that town was evacuated. There was only minimal damage in the Chechnya capital of Grozny, consisting mostly of broken windows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196119-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chechnya earthquake\nRamzan Kadyrov, the President of Chechnya said, \"We have received information on damage from various districts... each and every [victim] will receive the necessary help and support.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196119-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chechnya earthquake\nA magnitude 5.3 aftershock struck the region approximately 16\u00a0minutes after the initial quake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196120-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500\nThe 2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 Presented by Pennzoil was the penultimate race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. To date, it is the final career race for Kyle Petty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196120-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, Summary\nThe 312-lap, 500 kilometres (310\u00a0mi) event on the 1 mile (1.6\u00a0km) circuit was held on November 9 at Phoenix International Raceway in the Phoenix, Arizona suburb of Avondale. ABC broadcast the race on television beginning at 3 PM US EST while MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage starting at 2:45 PM US EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196120-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, Summary, Qualifying\nJimmie Johnson won the Pole for Sunday's race, while the man closest to him, Carl Edwards starts fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196120-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, Summary, Recap\nIn a race delayed by rain for almost half an hour, then held up another twenty minutes due to a major accident, Johnson all but clinched the 2008 Sprint Cup Championship, his third in a row. Also, a second major accident happened at the end of the race. When the field came to the finish line to take the checkered flag, Matt Kenseth, knocked A. J. Allmendinger into Juan Pablo Montoya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196120-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, Summary, Recap\nAs Kenseth continued to a 15th-place finish, Allmendinger & Montoya became hooked together, slid across the line & hit the inside wall, sending Montoya spinning back across traffic, collecting, Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon, Bill Elliott, Ken Schrader & others. Nevertheless, Allmendinger managed slide across the line to finish 16th, get his car back straight & move on, while Montoya also slid across the line & finish 17th. However, he lost his back-end bumper cover & his car came to rest against the fence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196120-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, Summary, Lap 284: ESPN's Heidi Game Ruse\nViewers in the Eastern and Central Time Zones of the USA were forced to switch from ABC to ESPN2 to see the finish of the race on Lap 284 as the network broadcast America's Funniest Home Videos at 7:30 PM EST, while ABC continued the race to its conclusion (313 laps) in the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones. NASCAR Chairman Brian France was enraged by this decision:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196120-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, Summary, Lap 284: ESPN's Heidi Game Ruse\nOther broadcast networks since 2001 (when the national television contracts took place) had previously broadcast races to the conclusion, even in rain delay cases. The 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, the 2005 Aaron's 312 (NNS) at Talladega Superspeedway, and the 2005 Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway each ran late past network hours and were retained on the broadcast network until their conclusions. ESPN, on the other hand, pulled a similar \"Heidi Game\" rule at the 2007 LifeLock 400 at the Kansas Speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196120-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, Summary, Lap 284: ESPN's Heidi Game Ruse\nBoth Phoenix races during the 2008 season had incidents with other events. During the spring race, the broadcast started when the cars were in the dogleg of the first lap. And 20 years ago during the first Cup race at Phoenix, ESPN joined the race after 30 laps had been completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions\nThe 2008 Chelopechene explosions were a series of explosions that began early on Thursday morning 3 July 2008 at around 6:30 am local time at a munitions depot in the suburb of Chelopechene, 10 kilometres east of the centre of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. The initial explosions were powerful enough to be heard in the entire capital and surrounding villages. The depot was part of a military facility (Podelenie 18 250) that specialised in dismantling obsolete ammunition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline\nAt 6:28 am, Sofia residents were awakened by a powerful, deafening explosion so loud it set off car alarms in districts as far away as Lyulin, some 15\u00a0km from the blast. Further east there was great panic among residents as the shockwave shattered windows and some trees were blown down. There was another powerful blast at 6:45 am. Explosions continued throughout the day prompting authorities to evacuate the residents of Chelopechene, Chepintsi and Botunets. A mushroom cloud formed after the first explosion and rose quickly into the morning sky, obscuring the sun. Smaller explosions occurred after midnight on the morning of July 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline\nA total of 1,494 tonnes of ageing artillery shells, rocket propelled grenades, depth charges, hand grenades and other explosives were stored at the depots, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The communist-era ammunition had been due for disposal by army experts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline, Panic and first media reports\nThe first official reports of the blast came on the Bulgarian National Radio 7:00 am news bulletin. TV stations and Internet media also reported that \"loud explosions were heard in Sofia but the source was not immediately clear\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline, Panic and first media reports\nBulgarian Nova Television, which is in close proximity to the blast site, showed residents leaving their homes in panic. Some complained of difficulty breathing. Two men wept on TV, saying their homes were absolutely devastated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline, Panic and first media reports\nPolice and emergency services were inundated with calls from frantic residents. Ambulances and fire engines rushed to the scene but there was little they could do since loud explosions were still being heard in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline, Official response\nThe mayor of Sofia, Boyko Borisov, was among the first officials to arrive at the scene. He arrived and issued a warning to local residents to stay indoors or leave the area and to the inhabitants of Sofia to stay at home, and close all windows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline, Official response\nLater, all residents were ordered to evacuate an 8-km zone around the site for fear of another, more powerful explosion. Representatives from the Bulgarian Red Cross, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry for the Environment, the Ministry of Defense, Civil Defense Units and Pirogov paramedics were all at the scene. The first few hours were characterised by many accusations in front of television crews between Borisov and Etem that the situation had not been, and was not, being handled well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline, Official response\nIt is an interesting coincidence that a modernised system of the pan-European 112 emergency telephone line had only become operational at midnight on the same day. \"Even if we had organized it, we could not have planned it so well,\" the Emergency Situations Minister told MPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline, Injuries and property damage\nTwo people suffered cuts from broken glass and one man was taken to hospital with smoke inhalation. Four soldiers on duty at the depots escaped unscathed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline, Injuries and property damage\nDamage to the area was extensive. Aerial photos showed that the facility was completely obliterated. The ammunitions depot and surrounding buildings were destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline, Injuries and property damage\nNearby homes suffered broken windows and smashed doors and cracks appeared on several homes. Sofia Airport and the Russian Cultural and Information Centre also suffered broken windows. The airport was closed after debris from the blasts fell near a taxiway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Timeline, Sofia Airport closure\nSofia Airport had to close down as broken glass was reported at Terminal One and some debris landed on the runways. All flights were redirected to Plovdiv International Airport, about 160 kilometers east of Sofia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Possible causes\nBy Sunday, July 6 there were already rumours circulating that the explosions were intentionally caused. Defence Minister Nikolai Tsonev said that a fire (such as the one that caused the explosions) could not have accidentally occurred, and if it had indeed been an accident, that \"whole blocks of flats would have been toppled\". Instead, it was carefully engineered to spare casualties, Tsonev told reporters. He said that information from as far back as 2002 had suggested of wrongdoing at the unit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Possible causes\nProsecutor General Boris Velchev considers the security of the facility inadequate and intends to investigate why the 1,500 tonnes of munitions were guarded only by two retired servicemen. The commander of the base is also under investigation for improprieties in the auctioning of the products of the dismantling.. On June 10, it became clear that 200 tonnes of munitions had been missing from the warehouses; one version being circulated was that the explosions aimed to cover up wrongdoings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Possible causes\nOn Friday, July 11, it became clear that investigations would be carried out on suspicions into the possibility that the explosions were carried out on land due to be privatised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Afternoon earthquake\nTo make matters worse, there was a moderate earthquake at 15:12 EET measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale. The epicentre was 15\u00a0km south of the centre of Sofia, in the borough of Pancharevo. Residents thought this was another explosion and rushed to the streets in panic, especially those living in high-rise buildings in the Mladost district. Scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences said it was extremely unlikely that the earthquake was triggered by the blasts. The geological institute also said that there was no link to the blasts. Bulgaria's defense minister Nikolay Tsonev said that there were no underground galleries at the military facility and thus no underground blasts that could have caused the recorded tremor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196121-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Chelopechene explosions, Environmental impact\n\"Large quantities of conventional ammunition are stored in the facility, but there are no toxic chemicals or radioactive substances stored there,\" said Nikolai Kolev, a former army chief of staff. There was visible air pollution in the area and residents said there was a strange smell in the air near the blast zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196122-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheltenham Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Cheltenham Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196122-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheltenham Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had 17 seats each, People Against Bureaucracy 5 and Labour 1 seat, with the Conservatives forming the administration. 20 seats were being contested with both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats contesting all of the seats, while Labour contested 9, Greens 4 and People Against Bureaucracy 3 seats. The only Labour councillor Diana Hale stood down at the election, along with 2 Conservative and 1 People Against Bureaucracy councillors, while Liberal Democrat councillor Chris Coleman contested Leckhampton instead of his existing seat in St Paul's ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196122-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheltenham Borough Council election, Campaign\nDuring the campaign the national Conservative leader David Cameron briefly visited Cheltenham to campaign, raising the issues of post offices being closed, garden grabbing, preserving local shops and house building on flood plains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196122-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheltenham Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council with 20 of the 40 seats after making 3 gains. The Liberal Democrats held vulnerable seats in All Saints and St Peters wards, while making gains from each of the other 3 groups which had been defending seats. They also almost defeated the Conservative leader of the council Duncan Smith who held on by 33 votes in Charlton Kings ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196122-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheltenham Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives stayed on 17 seats, while the People Against Bureaucracy group lost 2 seats to have 3 councillors. Labour was wiped out after losing their last seat in Oakley, with the party only coming in third place in the ward. Overall turnout in the election was 35.1%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196122-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheltenham Borough Council election, Election result\nAs a result of the election the Liberal Democrats took over control of the administration of the council from the Conservatives. The change in control came in a vote with the Liberal Democrat leader Steve Jordan receiving 18 votes, compared to 19 abstentions and the remaining 3 councillors being absent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196123-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup\nThe 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday 14 March 2008. It was the 80th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by Denman. The winner was ridden by Sam Thomas, and the first three horses were all trained by Paul Nicholls. The odds-on favourite Kauto Star finished second and Neptune Collonges was a close third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196123-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup\nThe race had been billed as the most anticipated Gold Cup since Arkle and Mill House clashed in 1964, with Kauto Star racing against Denman for the first time. However, a close contest failed to materialise as Denman defeated his rival by a comfortable margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196123-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Full result\n* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head; PU = pulled-up.\u2020 Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196124-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chennai Open\nThe 2008 Chennai Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the Chennai Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, India, from 31 December 2007 through 6 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196124-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chennai Open\nThe singles draw was headlined by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No . 2, three-time French Open champion and 2007 Chennai semifinalist Rafael Nadal, 2007 Paris Masters semifinalist Marcos Baghdatis, and 2007 US Open quarterfinalist and 2004 and 2005 Chennai winner Carlos Moy\u00e1. Also competing in the field were 2007 St. Petersburg semifinalist Mikhail Youzhny, 2007 Metz semifinalist Nicolas Mahut, J\u00fcrgen Melzer, Werner Eschauer and Marc Gicquel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196124-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chennai Open, Notable stories, Longest three-setter\nThe semifinal that opposed fellow Majorcans Carlos Moy\u00e1 and Rafael Nadal entered ATP Tour history as the longest three-setter since a 1993 Andrei Cherkasov win over Andrea Gaudenzi in Tel Aviv on the score of 6\u20137, 7\u20136, 7\u20135. Both matches lasted three hours and fifty-four minutes. Moya and Nadal's match featured three tie-breaks, with Moya looking on course for victory in the second set, gaining four match points, before Nadal caught up and won the set decider 10\u20138. An aggressive Moya kept coming to the net, while Nadal's passing shots kept him in the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 56], "content_span": [57, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196124-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Chennai Open, Notable stories, Longest three-setter\nMoya had yet another opportunity to win as he served for the match at 5\u20134 in the third, but Nadal prevented him to capitalize again, eventually claiming a 6\u20137, 7\u20136, 7\u20136 victory. After the match Moya commented: \"the crowd reaction was unbelievable, this is one of the things that motivates you to go on at 31 years of age.\" Nadal admitted it was an \"emotional match\" and said of Moya \"I don't remember the last time I saw him play so well.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 56], "content_span": [57, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196124-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chennai Open, Finals, Doubles\nSanchai Ratiwatana /  Sonchat Ratiwatana defeated  Marcos Baghdatis /  Marc Gicquel, 6\u20134, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196125-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chennai Open \u2013 Doubles\nXavier Malisse and Dick Norman were the defending champions, but Norman chose not to participate, and only Malisse competed that year. Malisse competed with Gilles M\u00fcller, but lost in the first round to Igor Kunitsyn and Jim Thomas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196125-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chennai Open \u2013 Doubles\nSanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana won in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20135, against Marcos Baghdatis and Marc Gicquel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196126-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chennai Open \u2013 Singles\nXavier Malisse was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mikhail Youzhny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196126-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chennai Open \u2013 Singles\nFourth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny won in the final 6\u20130, 6\u20131, against first-seeded Rafael Nadal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196127-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cherwell District Council election\nThe 2008 Cherwell District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196127-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cherwell District Council election\nThe results saw the Conservatives win all of the seats that were contested in the election in a clean sweep. They gained 2 seats from Labour to have 44 of the 50 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats were not defending any seats in the election. In Banbury Neithrop ward, Martin Weir, a former Labour party member who joined the Conservatives earlier in the year, defeated his former colleague and mayor Surinder Dhesi to take the seat. The other gain came in Banbury Ruscote, with the defeats for Labour being blamed on the national political situation. The results meant that Labour were reduced to holding only 2 seats on the council behind the Liberal Democrats on 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196128-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheshire East Council election\nElections to the newly created Cheshire East Council took place on 1 May 2008. Elections occurred in all 27 wards, with each ward returning three councillors to the council. The wards were identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196128-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheshire East Council election\nFrom May 2008 until April 2009, the elected members formed a \"shadow\" council, which made preparations for the changeover from the county and borough structure to the new unitary authority structure. Thereafter, the members serve for two years from May 2009 with the next elections are scheduled for May 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196128-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheshire East Council election, Results\nThe Conservative Party took overall control of the council with a majority of 37 councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196128-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheshire East Council election, Results\nN.B. The change in voting percentages refers to the change since the 2005 Cheshire Council election, the last time that voting took place in the same wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196128-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheshire East Council election, Results, Comparison with projections based on the 2005 results\nAt the 2005 Cheshire County Council election, there were 15 Conservative controlled wards, 6 Labour controlled wards, 5 Liberal Democrat controlled wards and 1 ward controlled by an independent. Based on the 2005 results, the Cheshire East Council election would have resulted in 45 Conservative councillors, 18 Labour councillors, 15 Liberal Democrat councillors and 3 independents; the projected results would have given the Conservatives overall control of the council, with a majority of 9 councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 99], "content_span": [100, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196128-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheshire East Council election, Results by ward, Sandbach ward\nCurrent county councillor: Neville Price (Independent) (elected as a Conservative in 2005)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196129-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheshire West and Chester Council election\nElections to the newly created Cheshire West and Chester Council took place on 1 May 2008. Elections occurred in all 24 wards, with each ward returning 3 councillors to the council. The wards are identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196129-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheshire West and Chester Council election\nFrom May 2008 until April 2009, the elected members formed a \"shadow\" council, which made preparations for the changeover from the county and borough structure to the new unitary authority structure. Thereafter, the members will serve for two years from May 2009. The next elections were held in May 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196129-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cheshire West and Chester Council election, Results\nThe Conservative Party took control of the council, with a majority of 38 councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196130-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400\nThe 2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 was the twenty-sixth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and served as the final \"regular season\" race before the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, where the top twelve drivers were \"locked into\" the ten-race playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196130-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Summary\nThe 400 lap (300 miles (480\u00a0km)) event was scheduled to have been held on Saturday night, September 6 at the 0.75 miles (1.21\u00a0km) Richmond International Raceway in Henrico County, Virginia, outside Richmond, the Commonwealth's capital city. However, Hurricane Hanna altered the plans and forced the race to be moved to the next day, September 7 at 1 PM  US EDT. This was to have been the first race to be carried on ABC, however due to a prior commitment to carry both a WNBA game and an Indycar Series race in Chicago, ESPN carried the race. In place of the race that night, ABC aired the movie Catch Me If You Can. Radio coverage via MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio commenced at 12 noon US EDT Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196130-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Summary, Chasing The Chase\nAs this is the final race before the Chase is set, five drivers have clinched their positions in the 2008 playoff, while two more will clinch a spot when the green flag drops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196130-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Summary, Chasing The Chase\nKyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Jeff Burton have all wrapped up positions in the Chase, where Kyle Busch will be ranked number one with at least 5,080 points. Edwards will be seeded second with a minimum of 5,050 points, even though he has six wins; one win was taken away as part of punishment after a post-race inspection following the UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas in March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196130-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Summary, Chasing The Chase\nGreg Biffle and Kevin Harvick were exempt as per the Top 35 Owner Points standings rule, both started the race and clinched spots. This left seven drivers and five spaces in the chase. With the assumption that both past two-time champion Tony Stewart and 2003 series champion Matt Kenseth made the chase, the three that were \"sitting on the bubble\" are all qualifiers from last year's Chase: four-time series champion Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer and Denny Hamlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196130-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Summary, Chasing The Chase\nJust below them were David Ragan, who was 17 points out of the chase in 13th and Kasey Kahne, 48 points out of the chase in 14th. In addition, both Hamlin and Bowyer had won races in the Commonwealth of Virginia this season, and they carried a ten-point bonus into the Chase if they make it; Hamlin winning the spring event at Martinsville and Bowyer the most recent Richmond race. Kahne held two wins (the Memorial Day Charlotte race and the June race at Pocono); Ragan has not won a race despite being the most improved driver this season, while Jeff Gordon's last win was last October in Charlotte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196130-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Pre-race news, Qualifying\nAs earlier stated, Hanna caused the cancellation of the qualifying of the race, and the field was set by the rulebook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196130-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Pre-race news, Qualifying\nFailed to make race as a result of qualifying being cancelled by rain: Joey Logano (#02), Sterling Marlin (#09), Tony Raines (#34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196130-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Race Recap\nDavid Reutimann dominated the race and led 268 laps, but a braking problem cut his hopes short. It was Jimmie Johnson who took over and won the race by holding off a determined Tony Stewart. David Ragan's chances of making the chase were all but finished when he was involved in an incident with teammate Matt Kenseth. Jimmie Johnson held off Tony Stewart and win the first daytime fall race at Richmond since 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196130-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Race Recap\nIt was the first Sprint Cup race since the 2007 Sylvania 300 where all 43 cars started finished the race, with no retirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196131-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election\nThe Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, 2008 was held on 14 November 2008 and 20 November 2008, to select the 90 members of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. The results of the election were announced on 8 December. Incumbent Chief Minister Raman Singh and his Bharatiya Janata Party won the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season\nThe 2008 Chicago Bears season was the franchise's 89th regular season in the National Football League. They finished the 2008 season with a 9\u20137 record, improving upon their 7\u20139 record from the 2007 season. The Bears failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason transactions\nFollowing their 7\u20139 finish in the 2007 season, the Bears were faced with many issues to address heading into the  2008 NFL season. In an interview, Jerry Angelo, the team's general manager, stated the Bears will seek to bring stability to their offense by creating competition for their current running backs and quarterbacks through free agency and the upcoming draft. The team's running game ranked near last in almost every statistical category, while the Bears had to rely on three different quarterbacks to finish the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason transactions\nAdditionally, the Bears were faced with many questions pertaining to their aging offensive line, which was ridden with injuries and inconsistent play throughout the 2007 season. A week before free agency started, the Bears opted to extend Alex Brown's contract, who recorded three sacks, two tackles for loss, one interception, five pass breakups, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery after reclaiming his starting job. The same day, the Bears parted with Muhsin Muhammad, Fred Miller, and Darwin Walker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason transactions\nA few days later, Jerry Angelo stated the franchise would not re-sign Ruben Brown, and suggested the team was in the process of rebuilding their offensive line. The Bears then focused their attention to their quarterbacks; re-signing Rex Grossman, and extending Kyle Orton's contract for another year. The team considered releasing Brian Griese in order to avoid a $300,000 dollar bonus, but eventually traded him to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a sixth round draft pick in the 2009 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason transactions\nFinally, the Bears were left to deal with their top three free agents, Brendon Ayanbadejo, Bernard Berrian, and Lance Briggs. Berrian left the Bears to play with the Minnesota Vikings, agreeing to a six-year contract worth $42-million dollars. On the same day, the Bears signed Briggs to a six-year, $36 million contract. The Bears also decided not to pursue Ayanbadejo, and allowed him to sign with the Baltimore Ravens. With their top-two wide receivers gone, the team re-acquired Marty Booker, who had been released from the Miami Dolphins. The Bears also signed former Washington Redskins wide receiver Brandon Lloyd. The team then signed restricted free agent Rashied Davis to a one-year, $927,000 tender on April 18, and later signed him to a three-year contract worth $5.86 million. The Bears then released safety Adam Archuleta after the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 922]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason transactions\nThe Bears were forced to also part with Cedric Benson after two run-ins with the law in Austin, Texas. Benson was first arrested for allegedly operating a boat while under the influence of alcohol. Only weeks after the incident, he was arrested again for reportedly driving while intoxicated. Benson denied the allegations that he was drunk and claimed that he was mistreated by the police on the first occasion. Angelo and Smith voiced a general sense of disappointment towards Benson's actions, and eventually opted to terminate his career with the organization. With Benson's departure the team had lost their passing (Griese), receiving (Berrian), and rushing (Benson) leaders from the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 767]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason transactions\nThe Bears were reluctant to sign free agents to fill vacancies on their team. Angelo stated that he believed \"free agency begins at home\". The team invested a great deal of money in order to re-sign various players, including place kicker Robbie Gould, defensive tackle Tommie Harris, tight end Desmond Clark, and wide receiver Rashied Davis. Various veteran running backs, such as Kevin Jones and Shaun Alexander, were reportedly interested in filling Benson's absence, The team acquired P.J. Pope and rookie Matt Lawrence for competition and depth, and later Jones in mid-July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nThe Bears held the fourteenth overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. In addition to their six other regular picks, the team acquired an additional third-round draft pick as a result of a trade with the San Diego Chargers. The Bears also traded third-round picks with the San Francisco 49ers, and obtained their fifth round pick as a result of attempting to negotiate with Lance Briggs's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, before the trading deadline in October 2007. The League has also awarded the Bears with three compensatory picks, which are all in the  draft's seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nAs widely speculated by many draft analysts, The Bears used their first three draft picks to select offensive players. The team drafted Chris Williams from Vanderbilt to address holes in their offensive lines, Matt Forte from Tulane to help solidify their running game, and Earl Bennett to assist their wide receiver corp. Other rookies, such as Craig Steltz and Marcus Monk were drafted to provide additional depth and competition to their respective positions. The team also acquired several undrafted rookie after the draft. Caleb Hanie and Nick Hill were signed to add competition and extra depth to the Bears quarterback position. The Bears signed Williams, their last unsigned draft pick, on July 23, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nAs of the 2012 season, half of the drafted rookies (Marcus Harrison, Ervin Baldwin, Chester Adams, Joey LaRocque, Kirk Barton and Marcus Monk) are not on the team, with every 7th round pick (Baldwin, Adams, LaRocque, Barton, and Monk) by the team being gone by the end of the season (Baldwin is the lone exception).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Mini camps\nThe Bears held several scattered mini-camp and Organized Team Activity (OTA) workouts throughout May, and up to mid-June. Brian Urlacher, who had previously stated he would forgo the team's mini-camps in order due to issues with his contract, was among several Bears players to attend the training sessions. All players who were previously injured in the previous season, including veteran safety Mike Brown and cornerback Nathan Vasher, were cleared to practice. The Bears concluded their mini-camp sessions on June 18, with rookie Matt Forte as the team's top running back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training camp\nAll members of the Bears reported to the team's summer training facility at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois, except for Devin Hester, who missed the first two days of camp due to a contract dispute. Chris Williams, the team's top draft pick, missed the camp's first weekend after sustaining a minor back injury. He was later diagnosed with separate injury, a herniated disc, which required minor surgery to repair. The Bears had not given a time table pertaining to Williams' return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training camp\nHis fellow offensive lineman, Terrence Metcalf was also required to have surgery to repair his knee, and is also sidelined indefinitely. The Bears held their last training camp session of the summer on August 15, 2008. Lovie Smith was generally pleased with team's progress, and stated, \"Guys were fighting for positions. All of them have stepped up and we'll just keep that evaluation going. To me, a successful camp a lot of times is when you get out injury free and we've done that for the most part. And again we've gotten good work done.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Gallery\nLinebackers Hunter Hillenmeyer (92) and Lance Briggs (55) during camp", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Gallery\nGrossman's counterpart and eventual starting quarterback Kyle Orton passes to running back Garrett Wolfe", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts\nThe Bears began their 2008 season by recording an upset victory over the Indianapolis Colts at the newly opened Lucas Oil Stadium. The team won the Super Bowl XLI rematch, by a score of 29\u201313. The Bears offensive attack featured the debut of rookie running back Matt Fort\u00e9, becoming the first Bears rookie running back to start a game since Walter Payton in 1975, coincidentally against the Baltimore Colts (Anthony Thomas also started as a running back for the Bears in 2001). Forte carried the ball 23 times for 123 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown run. The Colts and Bears exchanged field goals, and then Joseph Addai was dropped for a safety. A Robbie Gould 25-yard field goal on the following drive ended the 1st half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts\nPeyton Manning helped the Colts narrow their deficit by throwing a six-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne. Later in the 3rd quarter, Bears cornerback Charles Tillman forced a fumble, which Lance Briggs picked up and returned for a 21-yard touchdown. The Bears defense was able to contain the Colts the rest of the way, including a key fourth down and one yard stop near midfield early in the fourth quarter. The Bears essentially sealed their victory with 8:56 left on a one-yard touchdown run by fullback Jason McKie. After the game, Al Michaels and John Madden awarded Forte with the Sunday Night Football's \"Horse Trailer Player of the Game\" award. Adewale Ogunleye received the NFC Defensive Player of the Week award for recording a safety, three tackles-for-loss, and making a key fourth down stop during the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 893]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 2: at Carolina Panthers\nComing off their upset road win over the Colts, the Bears flew to Bank of America Stadium for a Week 2 intraconference duel with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Chicago struck first as WR Brandon Lloyd returned a blocked punt 9 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Bears added onto their lead as kicker Robbie Gould got a 26-yard field goal. The Panthers would respond with kicker John Kasay getting a 37-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Chicago added onto its lead with FB Jason McKie getting a 1-yard TD run. However, Carolina started to rally as Kasay nailed a 45-yard field goal, along with RB Jonathan Stewart getting a 4-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Panthers closed out its game-winning rally with Stewart getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 851]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Panthers, the Bears played their Week 3 home opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who were led by former Bears QB Brian Griese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the first quarter, Chicago got the early lead as kicker Robbie Gould got a 40-yard and a 43-yard field goal. The Buccaneers would respond with Griese completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Ike Hilliard. In the second quarter, Tampa Bay increased its lead with DE Gaines Adams returning an interception 45 yards for a touchdown. The Bears closed out the half with Gould's 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the third quarter, Chicago took the lead with QB Kyle Orton completing a 6-yard TD pass to rookie RB Matt Fort\u00e9 (along with Orton's 2-point conversion pass to WR Brandon Lloyd). In the fourth quarter, the Bears increased their lead with Orton completing a 19-yard TD pass to Lloyd. However, the Buccaneers rallied with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 35-yard field goal, along with Griese's 1-yard TD pass to TE Jerramy Stevens. In overtime, Tampa Bay got the victory as Bryant nailed the game-winning 21-yard field goal. The loss represented the Bears second consecutive loss as a result of a blown fourth quarter lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CHI \u2013 12:43 \u2013 Robbie Gould 40 yd FG (CHI 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CHI \u2013 6:10 \u2013 Robbie Gould 43 yd FG (CHI 6\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 TB \u2013 1:50 \u2013 4 yd TD pass from Brian Griese to Ike Hilliard (Matt Bryant kick) (TB 7\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 TB \u2013 5:26 \u2013 Gaines Adams 45 yd interception return TD (Bryant kick) (Bryant kick) (TB 14\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 0:00 \u2013 Robbie Gould 28 yd FG (TB 14\u20139)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 2:54 \u2013 6 yd TD pass from Kyle Orton to Matt Fort\u00e9 (2-pt conversion pass from Kyle Orton to Brandon Lloyd) (CHI 17\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 6:38 \u2013 19 yd TD pass from Kyle Orton to Brandon Lloyd (Gould kick) (CHI 24\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 TB \u2013 3:11 \u2013 Matt Bryant 35 yd FG (CHI 24\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 TB \u2013 0:07 \u2013 1 yd TD pass from Brian Griese to Jerramy Stevens (Bryant kick) (Tied 24\u201324)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary\nOT \u2013 TB \u2013 4:21 \u2013 Matt Bryant 21 yd FG (TB 27\u201324)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Bears remained a home for week four's Sunday night duel with the Philadelphia Eagles, led by Chicago native Donovan McNabb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the first quarter, the Bears drew first blood as QB Kyle Orton completed a 19-yard TD pass to TE Greg Olsen. The Eagles responded with McNabb completing a 22-yard TD pass to WR DeSean Jackson. In the second quarter, Chicago responded with Orton completing a 23-yard TD pass to WR Marty Booker. Philadelphia responded with RB Correll Buckhalter getting a 1-yard TD run. The Bears closed out the half with Orton completing a 20-yard TD pass to WR/KR Devin Hester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Eagles drew closer as kicker David Akers got a 24-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Philadelphia got even closer with Akers kicking a 31-yard field goal. Chicago answered with kicker Robbie Gould nailing a 41-yard field goal. The Eagles were able to mount an offensive drive in the fourth quarter, but after getting a first down at CHI 4, the Eagles were stopped on 3 straight plays from the 1, turning the ball over on downs. The Bears managed to get a first down on the subsequent drive, milking most of the remaining time and allowed the Bears to walk away with a 24\u201320 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CHI \u2013 13:05 \u2013 19 yd TD pass from Kyle Orton to Greg Olsen (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 7\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 PHI \u2013 8:49 \u2013 22 yd TD pass from Donovan McNabb to DeSean Jackson (David Akers kick (7\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 13:58 \u2013 23 yd TD pass from Kyle Orton to Marty Booker (Gould kick) (CHI 14\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 PHI \u2013 11:40 \u2013 Correll Buckhalter 1 yd TD run (Akers kick) (14\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 1:16 \u2013 20 yd TD pass from Kyle Orton to Devin Hester (Gould kick) (CHI 21\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 PHI \u2013 4:22 \u2013 David Akers 24 yd FG (CHI 21\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 PHI \u2013 13:21 \u2013 David Akers 31 yd FG (CHI 21\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 10:28 \u2013 Robbie Gould 41 yd FG (CHI 24\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 5: at Detroit Lions\nComing off their Sunday night home win over the Eagles, the Bears flew to Ford Field for a Week 5 NFC North duel with the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Chicago drew first blood as kicker Robbie Gould got a 37-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Bears increased their lead with QB Kyle Orton completing a 9-yard TD pass to rookie RB Matt Fort\u00e9 and a 12-yard TD pass to WR/KR Devin Hester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 5: at Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, Chicago continued its domination with Fort\u00e9 getting a 1-yard TD run, along with CB Charles Tillman returning an interception 26 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, the Lions would get their only score of the game as RB Kevin Smith got a 12-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Bears closed out the game with Gould nailing a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 5: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CHI \u2013 6:48 \u2013 Robbie Gould 37 yd FG (CHI 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 5: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 5:27 \u2013 9 yd TD pass from Kyle Orton to Matt Fort\u00e9 (Gould kick) (CHI 10\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 5: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 1:56 \u2013 12 yd TD pass from Kyle Orton to Devin Hester (Gould kick) (CHI 17\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 5: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 11:17 \u2013 Matt Fort\u00e9 1 yd TD run (Gould kick) (CHI 24\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 5: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 10:10 \u2013 Charles Tillman 26 yd interception return TD (Gould kick) (CHI 31\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 5: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 DET \u2013 7:08 \u2013 Kevin Smith 12 yd TD run (Jason Hanson kick) (CHI 31\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 5: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 11:58 \u2013 Robbie Gould 45 yd FG (CHI 34\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons\nComing off their divisional road win over the Lions, the Bears flew to the Georgia Dome for a Week 6 duel with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, Chicago trailed early as Falcons kicker Jason Elam got a 29-yard and a 48-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Atlanta increased its lead with Elam getting a 32-yard field goal. The Bears would get on the board as kicker Robbie Gould got a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons kept increasing their lead as Elam kicked a 41-yard field goal. Chicago began to threaten as rookie RB Matt Fort\u00e9 got a 3-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta answered with QB Matt Ryan completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White. The Bears would take the lead as Gould got a 32-yard field goal, and QB Kyle Orton completed an apparent game-winning 17-yard TD pass to WR Rashied Davis with 11 seconds remaining. However, after a poorly performed squib kick and a quick 26-yd pass play which got the Falcons to within the CHI 30 with only 1 second left, the Falcons escaped with a win as Elam nailed the game-winning 48-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 ATL \u2013 9:13 \u2013 Jason Elam 29 yd FG (ATL 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 ATL \u2013 0:59 \u2013 Jason Elam 48 yd FG (ATL 6\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 ATL \u2013 7:49 \u2013 Jason Elam 32 yd FG (ATL 9\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 4:02 \u2013 Robbie Gould 36 yd FG (ATL 9\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 ATL \u2013 10:36 \u2013 Jason Elam 41 yd FG (ATL 12\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 2:24 \u2013 Matt Fort\u00e9 3 yd TD run (Gould kick) (ATL 12\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 ATL \u2013 13:25 \u2013 3 yd TD pass from Matt Ryan to Roddy White (Elam kick) (ATL 19\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 4:00 \u2013 Robbie Gould 32 yd FG (ATL 19\u201313)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 0:11 \u2013 17 yd TD pass from Kyle Orton to Rashied Davis (Gould kick) (CHI 20\u201319)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 ATL \u2013 0:00 \u2013 Jason Elam 48 yd FG (ATL 22\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nHoping to rebound from their last-second road loss to the Falcons, the Bears went home, donned their alternate uniforms, and played a Week 7 NFC North duel with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, Chicago trailed early as Vikings RB Adrian Peterson got a 1-yard TD run. The Bears responded with QB Kyle Orton completing an 18-yard TD pass to TE Greg Olsen, along with RB Garrett Wolfe returning a blocked punt 17 yards for a touchdown. Minnesota would answer with QB Gus Frerotte completing a 24-yard TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0059-0001", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nIn the second quarter, it was back and forth. Chicago kicker Robbie Gould would get a 26-yard field goal, while Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell got a 42-yard field goal. Bears rookie CB Zackary Bowman would recover a fumble from Minnesota's endzone for a touchdown, while Vikings RB Chester Taylor got a 1-yard TD run. Chicago closed out the half as Gould got a 48-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, the high-scoring mayhem continued as WR Rashied Davis recovered a fumble within Minnesota's endzone for a touchdown. The Vikings would reply with Peterson getting a 54-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Bears increased their lead as Orton completed a 51-yard TD pass to WR Marty Booker. In the fourth quarter, Chicago continued its run as rookie RB Matt Fort\u00e9 got a 1-yard TD run. Minnesota tried to rally as Longwell nailed a 23-yard field goal, along with Frerotte completing a 5-yard TD pass to former Bears WR Bernard Berrian. Fortunately, Chicago's defense got the game-winning interception to seal the deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nWith the win, the Bears went into their bye week at 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nThe 89 combined points became the highest single-game scoring total in the history of the Bears/Vikings rivalry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 MIN \u2013 9:18 \u2013 Adrian Peterson 1 yd TD run (Ryan Longwell kick) (MIN 7\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CHI \u2013 6:43 \u2013 18 yd TD pass from Kyle Orton to Greg Olsen (Robbie Gould kick) (7\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CHI \u2013 5:43 \u2013 Garrett Wolfe 17 yd blocked punt return TD (Gould kick) (CHI 14\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 MIN \u2013 2:18 \u2013 24 yd TD pass from Gus Frerotte to Visanthe Shiancoe (Longwell kick) (14\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 13:33 \u2013 Robbie Gould 26 yd FG (CHI 17\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 MIN \u2013 9:10 \u2013 Ryan Longwell 42 yd FG (17\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 4:58 \u2013 Zackary Bowman 0 yd fumble return TD (Gould kick) (CHI 24\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 MIN \u2013 0:22 \u2013 Chester Taylor 1 yd TD run (Longwell kick) (24\u201324)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 0:00 \u2013 Robbie Gould 48 yd FG (CHI 27\u201324)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 12:12 \u2013 Rashied Davis 0 yd fumble recovery TD (Gould kick) (CHI 34\u201324)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 MIN \u2013 10:40 \u2013 Adrian Peterson 54 yd TD run (Longwell kick) (CHI 34\u201331)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 2:35 \u2013 51 yd TD pass from Kyle Orton to Marty Booker (Gould kick) (CHI 41\u201331)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 14:53 \u2013 Matt Fort\u00e9 1 yd TD run (Gould kick) (CHI 48\u201331)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 MIN \u2013 5:54 \u2013 Ryan Longwell 23 yd FG (CHI 48\u201334)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 MIN \u2013 3:00 \u2013 5 yd TD pass from Gus Frerotte to Bernard Berrian (Longwell kick) (CHI 48\u201341)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions\nComing off their bye week, the Bears stayed at home for a Week 9 NFC North rematch with the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Chicago drew first blood as kicker Robbie Gould got a 36-yard field goal, while QB Kyle Orton got a 5-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Lions responded with RB Kevin Smith getting a 1-yard TD run, along with QB Dan Orlovsky completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson and a 14-yard TD pass to WR Shaun McDonald. The Bears would respond with Gould getting a 41-yard field goal, yet Detroit replied with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 52-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, Chicago began to rally as QB Rex Grossman completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Rashied Davis. In the fourth quarter, the Bears completed their comeback as Grossman got a 1-yard TD run. The Lions tried to come back, but Chicago's defense prevented any possible rally from happening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions\nKyle Orton (8/14 for 108 yards) left the game in the second quarter with a sprained right ankle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CHI \u2013 11:19 \u2013 Robbie Gould 36 yd FG (CHI 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CHI \u2013 4:40 \u2013 Kyle Orton 5 yd TD run (Gould kick) (CHI 10\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 DET \u2013 13:25 \u2013 Kevin Smith 1 yd TD run (Jason Hanson kick blocked) (CHI 10\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 DET \u2013 13:14 \u2013 17 yd TD pass from Dan Orlovsky to Calvin Johnson (Hanson kick) (DET 13\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 DET \u2013 6:55 \u2013 14 yd TD pass from Dan Orlovsky to Shaun McDonald (Hanson kick) (DET 20\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 4:46 \u2013 Robbie Gould 41 yd FG (DET 20\u201313)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 DET \u2013 1:10 \u2013 Jason Hanson 52 yd FG (DET 23\u201313)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 7:05 \u2013 6 yd TD pass from Rex Grossman to Rashied Davis (Gould kick) (DET 23\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 5:44 \u2013 Rex Grossman 1 yd TD run (Gould kick) (CHI 27\u201323)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Tennessee Titans\nComing off their season-sweep over the Lions, the Bears stayed at home for a Week 10 interconference duel with the unbeaten Tennessee Titans. With QB Kyle Orton nursing an almost-healed right ankle, QB Rex Grossman was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Tennessee Titans\nIn the first quarter, Chicago struck first as Grossman completed a 5-yard TD pass to rookie RB Matt Fort\u00e9. In the second quarter, the Titans responded with QB Kerry Collins completing a 10-yard TD pass to TE Bo Scaife. In the third quarter, Tennessee took the lead as Collins completed a 12-yard TD pass to former Bears WR Justin Gage. In the fourth quarter, the Titans increased their lead as RB LenDale White got a 2-yard TD run. Chicago tried to rally as Grossman got a 1-yard TD run. However, Tennessee's defense stiffened for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CHI \u2013 7:11 \u2013 5 yd TD pass from Rex Grossman to Matt Fort\u00e9 (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 7\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 TEN \u2013 8:45 \u2013 10 yd TD pass from Kerry Collins to Bo Scaife (Rob Bironas kick) (7\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 TEN \u2013 11:34 \u2013 12 yd TD pass from Kerry Collins to Justin Gage (Bironas kick) (TEN 14\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 TEN \u2013 12:09 \u2013 LenDale White 2 yd TD run (Bironas kick) (TEN 21\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 5:00 \u2013 Rex Grossman 1 yd TD run (Gould kick) (TEN 21\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 11: at Green Bay Packers\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Titans, the Bears flew to Lambeau Field for a Week 11 NFC North duel with their hated rival, the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, Chicago trailed early as Packers QB Aaron Rodgers completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings. In the second quarter, the Bears got on the board with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 35-yard field goal. Green Bay would answer with RB Ryan Grant getting a 4-yard TD run, along with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 53-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 11: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, Chicago continued to trail as Rodgers completed a 5-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee. In the fourth quarter, the Packers pulled away as Crosby made a 33-yard field goal, DE Jason Hunter returned a fumble 54 yards for a touchdown, and Crosby nailing a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 12: at St. Louis Rams\nHoping to rebound from their embarrassing divisional road loss to the Packers, the Bears flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 12 duel with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Chicago drew first blood as rookie RB Matt Fort\u00e9 got a 13-yard TD run, while QB Kyle Orton completed a 7-yard TD pass to FB Jason McKie. In the second quarter, the Bears continued their domination as Fort\u00e9 got a 47-yard TD run. The Rams would respond as kicker Josh Brown got a 43-yard field goal. Chicago would close out the half with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 43-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Bears pulled away as Gould nailed a 38-yard field goal. From there on out, Chicago's defense kept St. Louis in check.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 13: at Minnesota Vikings\nComing off their easy road win over the Rams, the Bears flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 13 NFC North rematch with the Minnesota Vikings, with first place in the division on the line. In the first quarter, Chicago struck first as QB Kyle Orton completed a 65-yard TD pass to WR Devin Hester. In the second quarter, the Vikings responded with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 23-yard field goal. After a Matt Forte 26-yd run got the Bears to the MIN 1, they failed on 4 attempts from the 1-yard line to get a TD. Subsequently, QB Gus Frerotte completed a 99-yard TD pass to former Bears WR Bernard Berrian on the next play, changing momentum in the Vikings favor with a 10-7 lead, and later got a 1-yard TD run for a 17-7 Vikings halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 13: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, Chicago tried to rally as Orton completed a 2-yard TD pass to Fort\u00e9, yet Minnesota answered with RB Chester Taylor getting a 21-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings pulled away as RB Adrian Peterson got a 1-yard TD run, while Longwell converted a 27-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith a divisional road loss to the Vikings behind them, the Bears went home for a Week 14 interconference duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Chicago got off to a fast start in the first quarter as QB Kyle Orton completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Desmond Clark. The Jaguars would respond with kicker Josh Scobee getting a 46-yard field goal, yet kicker Robbie Gould replied by giving the Bears a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0102-0001", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nChicago would greatly increase their lead in the second quarter as Gould got a 36-yard field goal, along with Orton completing a 22-yard TD pass to TE Greg Olsen. After a scoreless third quarter, Jacksonville tried to come back in the fourth quarter, as QB David Garrard completed a 4-yard TD pass to RB Maurice Jones-Drew. Afterwards, after Gould nailed a 35-yard field goal, the Bears defense stiffened for the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nRookie RB Matt Fort\u00e9 (21 carries for 69 yards and 5 catches for 37 yards) would surpass Gale Sayers for the most rookie scrimmage yards in franchise history with 1,476 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. New Orleans Saints\nFresh off their win over the Jaguars, the Bears stayed at home for a Week 15 Thursday night battle with the New Orleans Saints. Chicago immediately got the lead as free safety Danieal Manning returned the game's opening kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown. The Saints would respond in the second quarter with quarterback Drew Brees completing a 2-yard touchdown pass to running back Pierre Thomas, yet the Bears answered with rookie running back Matt Fort\u00e9 getting a 1-yard touchdown run, while quarterback Kyle Orton got a 6-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0105-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. New Orleans Saints\nNew Orleans would begin to rally in the third quarter as Thomas got a 42-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, the Sains took the lead as kicker Garrett Hartley made a 30-yard field goal, along with Brees completing an 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Marques Colston. Afterwards, Chicago replied with a game-tying 28-yard field goal from kicker Robbie Gould. In overtime, the Bears clinched the victory as Gould nailed the game-winning 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0106-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. New Orleans Saints\nWith the win, Chicago kept its playoff hopes alive by improving to 8\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0107-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Green Bay Packers\nComing off their overtime win over the Saints, the Bears stayed at home for a Week 16 NFC North rematch with their hated rival, the Green Bay Packers. After a scoreless first quarter, Chicago would trail in the second quarter as Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Greg Jennings. The Bears would respond with a 31-yard field goal from kicker Robbie Gould. Green Bay would end the half with Rodgers completing a 17-yard touchdown to running back Ryan Grant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0108-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, Chicago would begin to rally as quarterback Kyle Orton completed a 3-yard touchdown pass to tight end Greg Olsen. The Packers would answer in the fourth quarter with kicker Mason Crosby making a 28-yard field goal. The Bears would reply with rookie running back Matt Fort\u00e9 getting a 3-yard touchdown run. After defensive end Alex Brown blocked a Crosby field goal attempt to force overtime, Chicago would seal the victory as Gould nailed the game-winning 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0109-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Green Bay Packers\nWith the win, the Bears kept their playoff hopes alive at 9\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0110-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 17: at Houston Texans\nNeeding a win to stay alive in the playoff picture, the Bears flew to Reliant Stadium for a crucial Week 17 interconference battle with the Houston Texans. Chicago got off to a fast first-quarter start as quarterback Kyle Orton completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Lloyd, followed by kicker Robbie Gould's 37-yard field goal. The Texans responded in the second quarter with quarterback Matt Schaub completing a 43-yard and a 3-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Andre Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196132-0111-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 17: at Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, Houston added to their lead as running back Ryan Moats got a 2-yard touchdown run. The Bears tried to rally as Orton completed a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Greg Olsen. However, in the fourth quarter, the Texans struck back as kicker Kris Brown nailed a 22-yard field goal, followed by running back Steve Slaton's 2-yard touchdown run. Chicago tried to come back as Orton got a 1-yard touchdown run, but Houston's defense stopped any other attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196133-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Cubs season\nThe 2008 Chicago Cubs season was the 137th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 133rd in the National League and the 93rd at Wrigley Field. The season began at home on March 31 against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Cubs were champions of the National League Central Division for the second year in a row, accumulating 97 regular season wins\u2014the most since 1945. It was the first time since 1908 that the Cubs made postseason appearances in consecutive seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196133-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Cubs season\nAt the All-Star break in July, the Cubs led the NL Central and were tied with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the best record in the major leagues. They tied a National League record with eight players selected to the All-Star team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196133-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Cubs season\nOn September 20, the Cubs clinched the NL Central championship with a 5\u20134 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Despite their regular season success, the team did not advance past the first round of the playoffs; they were swept 3\u20130 by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196133-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Cubs season\nLou Piniella, in his second year as the Cubs' manager, won the National League's Manager of the Year Award in 2008. In addition, catcher Geovany Soto won the 2008 National League Rookie of the Year Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196133-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Rally songs\nIn 2007, Ernie Banks had requested that Evanston, Illinois native Eddie Vedder write the Cubs a song, and in August 2008 Vedder recorded \"All the Way\", which was released on September 18, 2008. During the season, a new version of \"Go, Cubs, Go\" was recorded and released by the Manic Sewing Circle, although the original 1984 Steve Goodman version became the official Cubs victory song.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196133-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Cubs season, Playoffs, NLDS vs. Los Angeles Dodgers\nThe Chicago Cubs were eliminated from the playoffs after Los Angeles won the series, 3-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196133-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Cubs season, Playoffs, NLDS vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, Game 3, October 4\nThe Cubs' Game 3 loss to the Dodgers marked the franchise's ninth consecutive post-season defeat, dating back to the 2003 NLCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 83], "content_span": [84, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196133-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196133-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196134-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Fire season\nThe 2008 Chicago Fire season was the club's 13th year of existence, as well as their 11th season in Major League Soccer and 11th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer. It began with a 3-1 away win over Real Salt Lake on March 29, 2008 and ended with a 2-1 loss to Columbus Crew in the Eastern Conference Final on November 13, 2008. Denis Hamlett made his debut as the Chicago Fire coach after being promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196134-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Fire season, Current roster, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196134-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Fire season, Standings, Results summary\nLast updated: July 21, 2009Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196135-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Marathon\nThe 2008 Chicago Marathon was the 31st running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 12. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Evans Cheruiyot in a time of 2:06:25 hours and the women's race was won by Russia's Lidiya Grigoryeva in 2:27:17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196136-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Rush season\nThe 2008 Chicago Rush season was the eighth season for the franchise. The Rush finished the regular season 11\u20135, making the playoffs again as they have in every year of their existence. They won their second consecutive Central Division title, and entered the playoffs as the top seed in the American Conference. They were eliminated from the playoffs in the Divisional round by the Grand Rapids Rampage, 41\u201358.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196136-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Rush season, Standings\nz - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196136-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Rush season, Final roster\nRookies in italics updated July 29, 201023 Active, 8 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196137-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Shamrox season\nThe Chicago Shamrox were a lacrosse team based in Chicago playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the second and final in franchise history. The season ended up almost the same as the 2007 season, with the Shamrox 6-10 and out of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196137-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Shamrox season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196137-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Shamrox season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196137-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Shamrox season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196138-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Sky season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the third season for the Chicago Sky. The Sky were not able to have their first winning season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196138-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago Sky season, Offseason, Expansion Draft\nThe following player was lost in the Atlanta Dream expansion draft:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196139-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago White Sox season\nThe 2008 Chicago White Sox season was the organization's 109th season in Chicago and 108th in the American League. The White Sox won the American League Central division title for the first time since 2005. They finished the regular season tied with the Minnesota Twins (88\u201374) and won a one-game playoff for the division title. They subsequently lost the 2008 American League Division Series to Tampa Bay Rays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196139-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago White Sox season\nIndividual highlights for the White Sox included the breakout season of offseason acquisition Carlos Quentin and the strong rookie season of infielder Alexei Ram\u00edrez. Gavin Floyd nearly threw a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins on May 6, broken up by Joe Mauer's double in the ninth inning. The White Sox set a new home record at U.S. Cellular Field of 54\u201328 (.658 pct.) breaking the 2003 home record of 51\u201330 (.629 pct. ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196139-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago White Sox season, Offseason\nFinishing fourth in the American League Central division coupled with having both MLB's lowest batting average and on-base percentage in 2007 prompted the White Sox to make numerous transactions, particularly with West Coast teams, to improve their lineup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196139-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago White Sox season, Offseason\nOther players no longer with the team from the 2007 season are Alex Cintr\u00f3n, Darin Erstad (signed with Houston), Andy Gonz\u00e1lez, Mike Myers, Heath Phillips, Scott Podsednik, and Luis Terrero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196139-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago White Sox season, Offseason\nTwo coaching staff changes were made, with the hiring of Pittsburgh Pirates third base coach Jeff Cox and bullpen coach Juan Nieves. Cox replaces Razor Shines, while Nieves replaces Art Kusnyer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196139-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season and post season, Season standings\nThe Chicago White Sox claim their second A.L Central Championship in the last four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196139-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196139-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196140-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl\nThe 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Louisiana State Tigers played in Atlanta, Georgia on December 31, 2008. With sponsorship from Chick-fil-A, it was the 41st edition of the game known throughout most of its history as the Peach Bowl. Georgia Tech represented the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and their competitor was from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It was the final game of the 2008 football season for each team. The game payout was a combined $6.01\u00a0million, the sixth-largest among all college football bowl games and the third-largest non-BCS bowl game payout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196140-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Selection process\nBeginning with the 2006 game, the Chick-fil-A Bowl had purchased the right to select the highest-ranked Atlantic Coast Conference team after representatives from the Bowl Championship Series made their selection. According to the official selection rules still used today, the team chosen to represent the ACC must be within one conference victory of the remaining highest-ranked conference team or be ranked more than five spaces ahead of the ACC team with the best Conference record available in the final BCS Standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196140-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Selection process\nIn choosing the SEC opponent, the Chick-fil-A Bowl selection committee has the right to select the first SEC school after the Bowl Championship Series, Cotton Bowl Classic, Capital One Bowl, and Outback Bowl make their selections. Just as in the ACC, the selection committee cannot select an SEC team with two fewer losses than the highest available team. The bowl earned the right to select these teams via its multimillion-dollar payout system, which guarantees a certain amount of money to the participating conferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196140-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Selection process\nPrior to 2006, the Chick-fil-A Bowl (then known as the Peach Bowl) matched the No. 5 team in the SEC versus the No. 3 team in the ACC. After the bowl increased its payout to $2.8\u00a0million per squad, it then was given the second pick from the ACC, with the Gator Bowl dropping to third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196140-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nOn December 3, 2008, Chick-fil-A Bowl representatives selected Georgia Tech to represent the ACC in the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl. Georgia Tech sold out its allotment of 17,500 tickets in less than four business days leaving the Chick-fil-a bowl with only 1,000 tickets remaining. The SEC representative for the bowl, LSU, was announced on Sunday, December 7, 2008. The Chick-fil-A bowl sold all available tickets to the game, making it the 12th consecutive sellout in the combined history of the Peach and Chick-fil-A Bowls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196141-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean municipal election\nA municipal election took place in Chile on October 26, 2008. The newly elected mayors and councilmen began their term on December 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196142-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean pork crisis\nThe Chilean Pork crisis of 2008 was Chile's first ever mediatized dioxin crisis that led to major reputational and financial losses for the country due to a number of embargoes put up by importing countries like South-Korea. The main dioxin source has contaminated zinc oxide, which had been used as an animal feed ingredient for pigs. In reaction to the crisis the Chilean government has taken measures for the future to prevent such a crisis from happening again, by adopting regulation based upon European regulations for testing and concentration limits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196142-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean pork crisis, Identification of Source\nThe Chilean pork crisis started in June 2008, when the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) of South-Korea found high dioxin concentrations in imported pork from Chile. After being notified by the Korean authorities, the Chilean government started an investigation to try to contain the problem and find the source of contamination. Dioxin tests performed by Canadian laboratory pinpointed the contamination to zinc oxide, which was used as an ingredient for pork feed. The zinc oxide originated from an old rural facility that distributed animal feed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196142-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Chilean pork crisis, Identification of Source\nIt was found that the contaminated ingredient was supplied by a metallurgic company that sold zinc oxide as a by-product from a smelting process of metal scrap. The smelting was not done under the right procedures (high enough temperature) to prevent dioxins from naturally forming. Furthermore, the ingredient sold as \"zinc oxide\" was not pure and was treated to obtain a whiter color, so it could be sold as pure zinc oxide on the market. Also according to Chilean legislation, the sale of this product into the animal supplement industry was an illegal activity. All the by-products of the metallurgic company that were sold as zinc oxide were in effect withheld and detained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196142-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean pork crisis, Identification of Source\nDuring the crisis eighty farms from nineteen companies were finally contaminated with dioxins. The crisis in Chile was in no way related to the 2008 Irish pork crisis of the same year. The sources in both cases were not of the same origin and thus unrelated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon\nThe 2008 Chilean telethon was the 22nd edition of the solidarity event in Chile, produced on 28 and 29 November 2008, which sought to raise funds for the rehabilitation of children with mobility problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon\nThe event, transmitted on Chilean TV channels grouped into ANATEL, began at 2200 on 28 November at the Teatro Telet\u00f3n, from which most of the event was transmitted. There were also links to subsidiary events throughout the country. As in the previous 13 years, the closing ceremony of Telethon 2008 took place at the National Stadium of Chile. This ceremony started at 2200 on the next day and took the form of a great show in which Chilean and international artists participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon\nThe official slogan of this campaign was \"Thanks to you, we can continue\" and the focus was on commemorating the 30th anniversary of the first telethon, held in 1978. In this edition Catalina Aranda was chosen as the poster girl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon\nWith nearly 29 hours of uninterrupted transmission, ending at 0251 on 30 November, it became the longest version in the history of the Telethon. The final amount raised was CL$\u00a022,533,294,849 (approx. US$\u00a039 million), almost 70% above the original goal of CL$\u00a013,255,231,970, making it the most successful Telethon since 1994. Around $\u00a08,000,000,000 was collected in only 7 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon\nDuring the campaign, Luis Haro set a new world record by playing tennis for more than 60 hours to support the cause.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon\nIt was the last Telethon under the first governorship of Michelle Bachelet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Background\nAfter the success achieved during the Telethon 2007 campaign - and after 30 years of existence - the solidarity campaign decided to mark some milestones in the new edition of 2008. Don Francisco (Mario Kreutzberger), the presenter and leader of the event, stated in May 2008 that the principal objective of the campaign would be to show the success achieved during its three decades of existence through the testimonies of health professionals, patients and their families, as well as the artists and all those who had actively participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Background\nThe leaders of the Telethon Foundation stressed the importance of raising funds in this event, as it was not planned to hold the event in the following year owing to the presidential elections scheduled for December 2009. This recurring situation generates economic problems for the organisation in view of the high cost of treatments, growing demand by new disabled patients, and the planning and design of new rehabilitation centres. For this reason, the presenters pressed for increased donations to cover the following two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Background\nIn October the Telethon Foundation announced two large projects that it would be bringing together during this campaign. The first would be the enlarging of the Telethon Institute in Santiago, which was in the evaluation stage with the Regional Metropolitan Government. The second would be the renovation of the Telethon Theatre, marking the bicentennial of the founding of Chile. The plans were for the construction of a new area with 1,600 seats, with space and facilities to accommodate any number of artists. In addition there would be an underground area of four floors, an event centre and a nine-storey tower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Background\nThe campaign would also seek to collect funds for the construction of four rehabilitation institutes in the cities of Calama, Coihaique, Copiap\u00f3 and Valdivia. Although Telethon 2007 had provided a considerable sum for the construction of the Telethon Institute in Calama, various problems had delayed the project. Some days before the Telethon event the government, through the Ministry of Social Welfare, donated the land for the centres at Calama and Coihaique.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, The Campaign\nIn early June the Telethon Foundation launched a competition called \"Painting the Telethon\" under the patronage of the Ministry of Education and the Faculty of Arts in the University of Chile and the sponsorship of various companies. The competition sought bring the campaign closer to young children of pre-school and junior school age, entering the best work into the promotional campaign of Telethon 2008. The last day of entry was 11 July and the prize-\u00a0giving was on 19 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, The Campaign\nThe public launch of Telethon 2008 had been scheduled for 30 May in the \"Benjam\u00edn Vicu\u00f1a Mackenna\" school in Santiago with Don Francisco. However, the previous day, the Government of Chile announced a period of official mourning for the air accident in Panama that cost the lives of the then Director General of the Carabineros, Jos\u00e9 Alejandro Bernales, and another 10 people. Therefore the Foundation decided to cancel this event and launch the campaign privately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, The Campaign\nDuring August, when Chile was celebrating \"Solidarity Month\", Telethon launched an advertising campaign in various media to thank all those who had made possible the development and growth of the institution during its 30 years of existence. The campaign, named \"National Pride\", extended through the whole of August, delivering the message \"Thanks to you\" to everyone who had taken part. Members of the Telethon Institute for Children's Rehabilitation travelled Chile from north to south giving thanks to the community, the regional governments and the communications media. Starting that month, advertising spots on television broadcast the phrase \"Thanks to you and all Chileans for the gift of these first 30 years of Telethon\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, The Campaign\nThe official launch of Telethon 2008 finally took place on 3 September in the Telethon Theatre. In attendance were the senior authorities of the Institution, government representatives, the communications media, artists, and various people linked to charitable work. During the event Catalina Aranda, a girl of 11, was introduced as the poster girl for the campaign. The anthem \"Gracias a t\u00ed\" (Eng:Thanks to you), composed by Alberto Plaza and Mario Guerrero, was sung by well-known Chilean artists. The publicity campaign that would run during the following weeks in the communications media was developed by the Prolam, Young & Rubicam Publicity Agency; the Chilean film-maker Andr\u00e9s Wood also took part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, The Campaign\nIn addition, on 5 September the programme \"Telethon Ambassadors\" was introduced. This initiative was organised by the Telethon Foundation and sought to make this innovative social marketing project into an inclusive project of corporate social responsibility. The event, put on in the Telethon Theatre, was attended by workers from the campaign's sponsoring companies, who were designated as official representatives of the Foundation within their companies with the goal of actively supporting the creation and development of promotional initiatives for Telethon 2008 in their workplace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Final stage\nAlthough the solidarity campaign was officially introduced in September, after which advertisements could be seen promoting the event, the Telethon 2008 campaign was relaunched on 27 October from the Hyatt Hotel Santiago, with the presence of Don Francisco and various Chilean artists. The relaunch, which commenced immediately after the municipal elections, marked the final stage of the advertising campaign of this edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Final stage\nDuring that event the structure of the show, to be televised on 28 and 29 November, was made known. It would include numerous Chilean and international artists and the popular sections like \"Vedet\u00f3n\" (Cabaret), \"Bailet\u00f3n\" (Dance-a-thon), and \"Lev\u00e1ntate papito\" (Get Up, Daddy), as well as comedy acts and a showball match organized by the Chilean ex-footballer Iv\u00e1n Zamorano. Within this plan a huge advertising sign would be inaugurated at midday on 28 October in part of Plaza Baquedano, a traditional meeting place in Santiago, to display the days and seconds until the event was to begin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Final stage\nDuring November, the traditional Telethon Tour spread across the country, headed by Don Francisco and largely supported by various entertainers and artists who came along voluntarily. On the tour a number of occurrences filled the front pages of the daily papers. The inauguration of the Rehabilitation Centre in Valdivia for 2010 was announced, and in the city of Puerto Montt a woman made a karate attack by a woman on the guitarist of the group Chancho en Piedra during a song. Hours before the start of the telethon, the businessman Pedro Lizana said that \"the telethon is a national disgrace, because disability is a concern of the state and is not a spectacle\", similar accusations to those made by the communist leader Gladys Mar\u00edn in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Entertainers, Comperes\nAs in all previous shows, the event was presented by Don Francisco, accompanied by presenters from the different Chilean television companies transmitting the programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Entertainers, Comperes\nThe presenters nominated by each station affiliated with ANATEL were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Entertainers, Comperes\nAlso as in previous editions five entertainers presented live from different cities:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Transmission Information\nThe event was produced and broadcast by the television companies affiliated to ANATEL:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Transmission Information\nTo these should be added M\u00e1s Canal 22, which broadcast the first hours of the event until 01.20 and the final part from 23.00 on 29 November. Chile National Television transmitted the entire event internationally, and it could also be seen live on the official website. The simultaneous transmission was only suspended between 22.00 and 23.00 hours when each channel transmitted its own programmes and/or newscast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Financial contributions, Sponsoring companies\nAs in previous years all the sponsoring companies made their contribution in a single donation. The amount contributed came to CLP$\u00a03,243,574,119, equivalent to 24.4% of the final amount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Financial contributions, Auctions\nAs was done every year, the traditional auctions were arranged of objects donated to the Telethon. The results this year were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196143-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Chilean telethon, Financial contributions, Private contributions\nThe largest donations that day, indeed in the history of the Telethon up to then, were handed over by the businessmen Leonardo Farkas and Jos\u00e9 Luis Nazar, who each gave CLP$1,000 million (about USD$1.5 million). Both donations were in their own names, not on behalf of their businesses. Nevertheless, the mining entrepreneur (Farkas) admitted in the newspaper Las \u00daltimas Noticias that $50 million of the $1,000 million came from the Santa Fe mining company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196144-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 China Baseball League season\nThe 2008 China Baseball League season involves for the first time the champion of the league going to the Asia Series, instead of the all-star China Stars that were sent in previous years. For the first time in the history of the CBL, the season has been split into 2 sections. This is to accommodate the Beijing Olympics. The first half runs from April 11 to May 11, and then the season will resume on September 5 and conclude on October 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196145-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 China League One\nThe 2008 China League One title was won by Jiangsu Sainty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 80]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196146-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 China League Two\nThe 2008 China League Two started on April 2008 and ended on December 2008. Guangdong Sunray Cave and Shenyang Dongjin finished top-2 and promoted to China League One 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196146-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 China League Two, Final league tables, Northern Group\nRules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196146-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 China League Two, Play-offs, Promotion finals, Second leg\nGuangdong Sunray Cave won 4\u20131 on aggregate and promoted to China League One 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196146-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 China League Two, Play-offs, Promotion finals, Second leg\nShenyang Dongjin 1\u20131 China Three Gorges University on aggregate. Shenyang Dongjin won 4\u20133 on penalties and promoted to China League One 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196147-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 China Masters Super Series\nThe 2008 China Masters Super Series is the eleventh tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Changzhou, China from September 23 to September 28, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196148-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (snooker)\nThe 2008 Honghe Industrial China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 30\u00a0March 2008 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. This was the penultimate ranking event of the 2007\u201308 season, preceding the 2008 World Snooker Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196148-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (snooker)\nThe defending champion was Graeme Dott, but he lost in the first round against Barry Pinches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196148-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (snooker)\nShaun Murphy and Dave Harold set two new records in the eight frame of their first round match. Murphy eventually won it after 93 minutes and 12 seconds, beating the record of the longest televised frame between Mark Selby and Marco Fu at the 2007 UK Championship and the longest frame in professional competition between Cliff Thorburn and Stephen O\u2019Connor at the 1994 Welsh Open qualifiers, which took 77 minutes 31 seconds and 92 minutes 52 seconds respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196148-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (snooker)\nStephen Maguire made the first maximum break in an Asian ranking tournament in the second frame of his semi-final encounter against Ryan Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196148-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (snooker)\nMaguire won his fourth ranking title by defeating Murphy 10\u20139 in a high-quality final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196148-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (snooker), Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196148-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (snooker), Qualifying\nQualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 22 and 25 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196149-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (tennis)\nThe 2008 China Open was a combine men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the China Open for the men (the 12th for the women), and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Beijing Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from 22 September through 28 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196149-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (tennis)\nThe men's draw featured ATP No. 5, Australian Open and French Open quarterfinalist, Valencia and 's-Hertogenbosch winner David Ferrer, US Open quarterfinalist, Dubai, San Jose champion Andy Roddick, and Olympic silver medalist, Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Munich titlist, Beijing defending champion Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez. Also lined up were Stuttgart finalist Richard Gasquet, Umag winner Fernando Verdasco, Tommy Robredo, Rainer Sch\u00fcttler and Sam Querrey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196149-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (tennis)\nThe women's field featured WTA No. 2, US Open runner-up, Rome winner Jelena Jankovi\u0107, French Open, Indian Wells champion Ana Ivanovic, and Olympic silver medalist, French Open finalist, US Open semifinalist, Berlin, Montreal and Tokyo winner Dinara Safina. Also present were French Open semifinalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, Prague titlist Vera Zvonareva, Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, Anna Chakvetadze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196149-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (tennis), Champions, Men's Doubles\nStephen Huss /  Ross Hutchins  def. Ashley Fisher /  Bobby Reynolds, 7\u20135, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196149-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open (tennis), Champions, Women's Doubles\nAnabel Medina Garrigues /  Caroline Wozniacki def. Han Xinyun /  Xu Yifan, 6\u20131, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196150-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open Super Series\nThe 2008 China Open Super Series is the twelfth tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Shanghai, China from November 18 to November 23, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196151-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nRik de Voest and Ashley Fisher are the defending champions, but de Voest chose not to participate, and only Fisher competed that year. Fisher partnered with Bobby Reynolds, but Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins defeated them 7\u20135, 6\u20134, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196152-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFernando Gonz\u00e1lez was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Bj\u00f6rn Phau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196152-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nSecond-seeded Andy Roddick won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20137(6\u20138), 6\u20133, against Dudi Sela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196152-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196153-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nChuang Chia-jung and Hsieh Su-wei were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196153-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAnabel Medina Garrigues and Caroline Wozniacki won in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20133, against Han Xinyun and Xu Yifan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196154-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open \u2013 Women's Singles\n\u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Anabel Medina Garrigues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196154-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nFirst-seeded Jelena Jankovi\u0107 won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20132, against Svetlana Kuznetsova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196154-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 China Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196155-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Chinese Figure Skating Championships (Chinese: 2007/2008\u5e74\u5ea6\u5168\u56fd\u82b1\u6837\u6ed1\u51b0\u9526\u6807\u8d5b) were held between December 21 and 24, 2007 in Jilin City. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Chinese Grand Prix (officially the 2008 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 19 October 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit. It was the 17th and penultimate race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Lewis Hamilton for the McLaren team won the 56-lap race from pole position. Ferrari driver Felipe Massa finished second, and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was third in the other Ferrari. This was the 200th Grand Prix victory by a British driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix\nHamilton, the eventual Drivers' Champion, led the Championship going into the race, and started from pole position alongside R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Second in the Drivers' Championship, Massa began from third, next to Fernando Alonso of Renault. The first three drivers retained their positions into the first corner, but Alonso was passed by Hamilton's McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen. Alonso, however, was able to regain the place midway through the first lap. Over the course of the race, Hamilton extended a considerable lead over the two Ferraris. Massa passed R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen with seven laps remaining, to improve his chances of surpassing Hamilton's points tally at the final race in Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix\nThe result extended Ferrari's lead over McLaren in the Constructors' Championship from seven to 11\u00a0points. Third-placed in the Drivers' Championship, Robert Kubica's sixth place at the Grand Prix eliminated his hopes of winning the Championship, and reduced his lead over fourth-placed R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to six points. Nelson Piquet Jr. scored his last world championship points at this race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by 20\u00a0drivers, in ten teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, Honda, Force India, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Williams and Toro Rosso. As is normal for a Formula One race, Bridgestone brought two different tyre compounds to the race; the softer of the two marked by a single white stripe down one of the grooves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Background\nPrior to the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship with 84\u00a0points, and Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was second with 79\u00a0points. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, Robert Kubica was third with 72\u00a0points in a BMW Sauber, and Massa's Ferrari teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was fourth with 63\u00a0points. Kubica's teammate Nick Heidfeld was fifth with 56\u00a0points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 142\u00a0points, seven points ahead of their rivals McLaren\u2013Mercedes, whom they had overtaken at the previous race. BMW Sauber were third with 128\u00a0points. In the battle for fourth place, Renault had 66\u00a0points, now 16\u00a0points ahead of Toyota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Background\nAt the previous race in Japan, the gap between Hamilton and Massa had closed by two points. Hamilton had started from pole position ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, but had a poor start. At the first corner he braked late, and forced R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen wide. He was later given a penalty, which dropped him down the field from where he was unable to recover to a points scoring position. Massa also received a penalty for a collision with Hamilton on the second lap, but was able to finish in seventh position. The British press described Hamilton's move as \"impetuosity and untamed aggression\", saying that the McLaren driver would have to adopt a more conservative race strategy in China. For his part, Hamilton said that he would be taking no risks:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Background\nWe will approach it the same as always. We won't be taking risks, but we will be attacking as much as we can to win the race. If I'm in a position where we are looking to gain good points, and it's an unnecessary risk to make a manoeuvre, then I won't be doing that. It's always important to be fast, but it's not necessarily the fastest car that wins. Being fast is great for positioning, and maybe getting out in front, and then afterwards trying to stay calm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Background\nWith ten points on offer for the winner of the Grand Prix, it was possible that Hamilton would clinch the Championship in Shanghai. Massa remained confident, saying that the race was just like any other: \"You have a pressure but it is a different pressure, but you have always the pressure on your side.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Background\nRenault driver and two-time Championship winner Fernando Alonso created controversy when he said \"if I can help, I will help Massa.\" Alonso's departure from McLaren after driving for the British team in 2007 had been acrimonious, and Alonso's dislike for the rookie Hamilton was well documented. Talking about Hamilton's penalty in Japan, Alonso said \"I don't know what he did, but it's good he's punished anyway.\" Hamilton refused to be drawn into the controversy: \"I don't particularly have an opinion on it,\" he said, adding that he was interested only in his own race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race\u2014two on Friday, and a third on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90\u00a0minutes. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. All three sessions were held on a dry track. Hamilton was fastest in the first session with a time of 1:35.630, 0.39 of a second ahead of Massa, who was next quickest. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren, Kubica, Alonso and Heidfeld rounded out the top seven. S\u00e9bastien Bourdais of Toro Rosso was eighth, having been quickest early in the session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Practice\nRenault driver Nelson Piquet drove into the gravel beside the pit-lane entry, though managed to rejoin. Hamilton was again quickest in the second session; his early time of 1:35.750 was the fastest of the afternoon. The Renaults were next quickest, ahead of Jarno Trulli of Toyota, Red Bull driver Mark Webber, Massa, Bourdais and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Bourdais spun off at turn two late in the session and beached his car in the gravel. Heidfeld was fastest in the final session with a time of 1:36.061, ahead of Hamilton, Kubica and Kovalainen. Massa, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Alonso lacked pace, and failed to make the top ten. Webber stopped late in the session when his engine failed on the back straight, requiring an engine change before qualifying. This would give him a ten-place penalty on the grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Qualifying\nThe qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three\u00a0parts. The first part ran for 20\u00a0minutes, and  cars that finished the session 16th or lower were eliminated from qualifying. The second part of qualifying lasted 15\u00a0minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions\u00a011 to 15. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race, so ran lighter in those sessions. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to refuel before the race, and as such carried more fuel than in the previous sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Qualifying\nFinally, things seemed to go right for me in qualifying. It's too late for the title, but we definitely learnt a lesson which will be useful for next year. All weekend we've struggled to find the right settings on the car, but then all the work we put in finally came good in [the third session], when the car was pretty good. Certainly, even putting aside what the choices have been in terms of fuel loads, today it would have been difficult to beat the McLaren, but I am happy with the overall result for the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Qualifying\nHamilton clinched his seventh pole position of the season with a time of 1:36.303. He was joined on the front row of the grid by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who qualified 0.342\u00a0seconds behind Hamilton's time. Massa took third place, needing a good result to retain the possibility of a Championship victory. Alonso qualified in fourth ahead of Kovalainen, who took fifth after struggling for tyre grip during the final session. Webber was sixth fastest in the final session, but was demoted to 16th on the grid as a result of his penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Qualifying\nHeidfeld originally qualified sixth, but was penalised three positions for impeding Red Bull driver David Coulthard in the first session. As a result, Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel inherited sixth position, ahead of Trulli and Bourdais. Piquet took tenth position. Kubica's eleventh placing was his worst qualifying result to that point in the season, struggling with his car's set-up throughout his two sessions. Rubens Barrichello of Honda took 13th behind Timo Glock of Toyota, to reach the top 15 for the first time in ten races. Williams driver Nico Rosberg took 14th on the grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Qualifying\nCoulthard failed to move beyond the first session; the Red Bull driver qualified in 15th and blamed Heidfeld for his poor performance. Kazuki Nakajima of Williams, Jenson Button of Honda and the Force Indias of Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella would line up on the back two rows of the grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race\nThe conditions on the grid were dry before the race. The air temperature was 27\u00a0\u00b0C (81\u00a0\u00b0F) and the track temperature was 30\u00a0\u00b0C (86\u00a0\u00b0F); weather forecasts suggested a small possibility of rain. Hamilton and Alonso began the race on harder compound tyre; both Ferraris opted for the softer compound. Hamilton accelerated faster than the Ferraris off the line, and retained his lead into the first corner. Kovalainen overtook Alonso to take fourth in the opening corners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race\nHowever, Alonso pushed Kovalainen hard through the middle sector of the lap, and passed him at the turn\u00a014 hairpin after drafting the McLaren along the back straight. At the end of the first lap, Hamilton led from R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Massa, Alonso and Kovalainen. Heidfeld was able to move from ninth on the grid to take sixth, after Bourdais drove into the back of Trulli at the first corner. Bourdais dropped back to 18th; Trulli pitted at the next opportunity as a result of the damage and retired after the second lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race\nWebber was able to climb from 16th on the grid to take 12th behind Glock, and passed the Toyota on the second lap. Kubica, further up the field, improved on his grid position, moving from 11th to take eighth behind Vettel. However, Hamilton was the quickest on track, as he set new fastest laps on laps three, six and eight, to extend his lead over R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to more than four seconds. This trend continued until lap\u00a010 when R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen fought back and closed the gap. However, Hamilton extended his lead when he set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:36.325 on lap\u00a013. In the other McLaren, Kovalainen was struggling, running two seconds a lap slower than Hamilton, and dropping back from Alonso to Heidfeld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race\nThe Red Bull of Mark Webber was the first to pit, on lap\u00a012. Webber had passed Barrichello and Piquet in separate manoeuvres to take ninth, but his pit stop dropped him back down to 18th position. Massa and Alonso came in to pit on lap\u00a014, from third and fourth. Kovalainen took the lead of the Grand Prix when Hamilton and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen paused their battle to take harder tyres and fuel on lap\u00a015. By the time Kovalainen and Heidfeld had pitted on laps\u00a017 and 18, Hamilton had established a commanding lead: 6.9\u00a0seconds over R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and 14.1\u00a0seconds over Massa. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen began to pull back Hamilton's lead over the next ten laps, before losing 1.4\u00a0seconds on lap\u00a030.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race\nAt the back of the race, Bourdais began a slow climb back up the field. The Toro Rosso driver passed Sutil (who later spun out and retired with a gearbox problem), Nakajima and Coulthard, to sit in 15th by lap\u00a030. Rosberg fought Glock for 12th, until he passed the Toyota at the turn\u00a014 hairpin on lap\u00a012. Rosberg's pit stop relegated him to 18th, dropping six places. Kubica pitted late, on lap\u00a025, dropping from third to ninth, one position outside of the points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race\nKovalainen suffered a puncture on lap\u00a035. The McLaren limped around the track back to the pit lane on the disintegrating tyre, rejoining in 17th on a replacement. Alonso, Massa, Hamilton and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen all pitted for the final time over laps\u00a036 to 38. Coming out of the second round of pit stops, Hamilton led R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen by 13\u00a0seconds, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen more than 2.5\u00a0seconds ahead of Massa. The gap between the Ferraris began to close, and Massa eased past R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen on the back straight on lap\u00a049, to take second place on the track. Meanwhile, Kovalainen parked his car in the McLaren garage and retired from the race, his team not taking any chances with a problem which had developed with the engine's hydraulics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton took his fifth win of the season when he crossed the line at the end of the 56th lap, almost 15\u00a0seconds ahead of the second-placed Massa. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took third ahead of Alonso. Heidfeld managed to jump from ninth on the grid to finish in fifth place, just ahead of his teammate Kubica, who climbed from eleventh on the grid. A one-stop pit strategy worked well for Glock as he finished seventh; Piquet took eighth. Vettel, Coulthard, Barrichello and Nakajima took the next four places; Bourdais recovered from his early contact with Trulli to take 13th. Webber's initial success with a two-stop strategy faded as he finished 14th. Rosberg took 15th, ahead of Button and Fisichella. Trulli, Sutil and Kovalainen were the three retirements from the 56\u00a0lap race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nWell, it was quite straightforward actually. I managed to get everything right on the formation lap. I was perfectly in my position and it was a great start, it was really probably one of the best we've had. I felt it was one of the best we've had this year which was needed. I got into turn one quite clear, I took it easy the first few corners then I started to bridge the gap. Fortunately we were just very, very consistent and I think every lap was faster and very, very few errors throughout the whole run, therefore I was able to create a gap and from there it was pretty smooth sailing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe top three finishers appeared on the podium and in the subsequent press conference, where Hamilton praised his team: \"they have done a phenomenal job and the car is really a dream to drive.\" Looking ahead to the next race in Brazil, where Hamilton would enter with a seven-point advantage, the Championship leader seemed confident: \"It will be tough and [Ferrari] will be pushing us hard but hopefully as a team we can pull through.\" Massa admitted that McLaren had the stronger car on the day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nFor us we were completely driving on the limit trying to reduce the gap but it was not possible. I was trying to push as Kimi was trying to push to get closer to Lewis but it was not possible. So today unfortunately Lewis had the better car for the whole weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nAsked about his pass on R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in the closing laps, Massa said that \"it was the best time for me in the race, I was quite strong and then I caught him and I passed him.\" Since the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix, where Barrichello ceded the lead to Michael Schumacher, team orders have been banned in Formula One. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen appeared unbothered when asked about Massa's pass: \"I mean we know what we want as a team and that's what we did it. It is normal in these situations.\" No investigation was undertaken by the stewards at the race. GrandPrix.com played down the incident, saying \"Anyone who understands racing understood what was going on and only the silly people objected.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nKovalainen's car had apparently been fitted with mismatched tyres at the front of the car during the first stint, meaning that the tyres spun in the opposite direction to which they were designed, causing his understeer. At his first pit stop his team, not realising the cause of the problem, had adjusted his front wing to compensate for the understeer and replaced the tyres correctly. This caused further handling problems, and eventually led to his retirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196156-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nKovalainen's failure to score, combined with the two Ferraris making the top three, meant that Ferrari extended their lead over McLaren in the Constructors' Championship from seven to 11\u00a0points. Massa said Ferrari had succeeded in the race: \"I think for the Drivers' Championship it was not fantastic but for the Constructors' it was very good.\" Kubica's sixth place at the Grand Prix ruled out any chance of claiming the Drivers' Championship. The BMW driver said his focus would now be on getting as good a result as possible in Brazil, saying \"There is now one race left, and I shall try hard to defend my third place.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196157-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Professional Baseball League season\nThe 2008 Chinese Professional Baseball League season began on March 16 when the defending champion Uni-President Lions played against the La New Bears in Tainan and concludes in October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 235]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00196158-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese Super League\nThe 2008 Chinese Super League (known as the Kingway 2008 Chinese Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League and the 15th season of the professional football league in China. Super League was expanded to 16 clubs. Shandong Luneng Taishan won their 3rd title at the end of this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196159-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese heparin adulteration\n2008 Chinese heparin adulteration, refers to heparin adulteration incidents that occurred in the United States of America in 2008. Pharmaceutical company Baxter International subcontracted the creation of precursor chemicals of Heparin to Scientific Protein Laboratories, an American company with production facilities located in China. Scientific Protein Laboratories then used counterfeit precursors to create the chemicals ordered. Baxter then sold this adulterated heparin in the US, which killed 81 people, and left 785 severely injured. This caught the attention of the media and the USA Food and Drug Administration leading to numerous ongoing lawsuits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196159-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese heparin adulteration, Overview\nThe raw material for the recalled heparin batches was processed in China from pig's intestines by the American pharmaceutical firm Scientific Protein Laboratories. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was quoted as stating that at least 81 deaths were believed to be linked to a raw heparin ingredient imported from the People's Republic of China, and that they had also received 785 reports of serious injuries associated with the drug's use. According to The New York Times, \"problems with heparin reported to the agency include difficulty breathing, nausea, vomiting, excessive sweating and rapidly falling blood pressure that in some cases led to life-threatening shock.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196159-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese heparin adulteration, Overview\nIn March 2008, due to contamination of the raw heparin stock imported from Mainland China, major recalls of heparin, a substance widely used as an injectable anticoagulant, were announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196159-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese heparin adulteration, Overview\nUpon investigation of these adverse events by the FDA, academic institutions, and the involved pharmaceutical companies, the contaminant was identified as an \"over-sulfated\" derivative of chondroitin sulfate, a closely related substance obtained from mammal or fish cartilage and often used as a treatment for arthritis. Since over-sulfated chondroitin is not a naturally occurring molecule, costs a fraction of true heparin starting material, and mimics the in-vitro properties of heparin, the counterfeit was almost certainly intentional as opposed to an accidental lapse in manufacturing. The raw heparin batches were found to have been cut from 2\u201360% with chondroitin and motivation for the adulteration was attributed to a combination of cost savings and a shortage of suitable pigs in Mainland China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 850]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196159-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese heparin adulteration, Overview\nWhen the FDA conducted an inspection of Baxter's Chinese Heparin supplier, it found serious deficiencies at the facility which the FDA detailed in a warning letter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196159-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese heparin adulteration, Overview\nThe Warning Letter detailed that the company failed to monitor changes in the impurity profile of incoming heparin active raw material, to adequately investigate out-of-specification results, to document actual processing steps in batch records, to validate all critical steps in the process, to qualify all suppliers, and to use valid methods to test products.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196159-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese heparin adulteration, Overview\nThe FDA has stated that it does not have the funds nor bear the responsibility to inspect on a regular basis overseas upstream processors of finished active pharmaceutical ingredients such as heparin. However, according to the internationally harmonized guideline, ICH Q7, API manufacturers are fully responsible for qualifying their suppliers through on-site audits, testing, and regular communications.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal\nThe 2008 Chinese milk scandal was a significant food safety incident in China. The scandal involved milk and infant formula along with other food materials and components being adulterated with melamine. The chemical was used to increase the nitrogen content of diluted milk, giving it the appearance of higher protein content in order to pass quality control testing. Of an estimated 294,000 victims, 6 babies died from kidney stones and other kidney damage and an estimated 54,000 were hospitalized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal\nThe scandal was first exposed on 16 July, after sixteen babies in Gansu Province were diagnosed with kidney stones. The babies were fed infant formula produced by the Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group, then one of the leading producers of infant formula in the country. After the initial focus on Sanlu, further government inspections revealed that products from 21 other companies were also tainted, including those from Arla Foods\u2013Mengniu, Yili, and Yashili.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal\nThe issue raised concerns about food safety and political corruption in China and damaged the reputation of the country's food exports. The World Health Organization called the incident \"deplorable\" and at least 11 foreign countries halted all imports of Chinese dairy products. A number of drumhead trials were conducted by the Chinese government resulting in two executions, three sentences of life imprisonment, two 15-year prison sentences, and the firing or forced resignation of seven local government officials and the Director of the Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal\nIn late October 2008, similar adulteration with melamine was discovered in eggs and possibly other food. The source was traced to melamine being added to animal feed, despite a ban imposed in June 2007 following the scandal over pet food ingredients exported to the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine\nMelamine is used to manufacture melamine-formaldehyde resin, a type of plastic known for its flame-retardant properties and commonly employed in countertops, dry-erase boards, etc. Melamine itself is nitrogen-rich and is sometimes illegally added to food products to increase their apparent protein content. It has also been employed as a non-protein nitrogen, appearing in soy meal, corn gluten meal and cottonseed meal used in cattle feed. Melamine is known to cause kidney failure  and kidney stones in humans and animals when it reacts with cyanuric acid inside the body. The use of melamine in food production is not approved by WHO or national authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine\nThe Kjeldahl and Dumas methods used to test for protein levels fail to distinguish between nitrogen in melamine and naturally occurring in amino acids, allowing the protein levels to be falsified. Introduced into milk, it can help conceal fraudulent dilution with water. Melamine adulteration of food products also made headlines when pet food was recalled in Europe and the U.S. in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Source of contamination\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) said melamine may be found \"in a variety of milk and milk products at varying levels, from low ppb to ppm ranges\". One academic suggested cyromazine, a melamine derivative pesticide commonly used in China for a long time, is absorbed into plants as melamine; it may therefore have long been present in products such as poultry, eggs, fish, and dairy products. It is not known where in the supply chain the melamine was added to the milk. The chemical is not water-soluble, and must be mixed with formaldehyde or another chemical before it can be dissolved in milk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Source of contamination\nBecause of poor animal husbandry, production and storage and the demand for milk far outstripping supplies, the use of other potentially harmful chemical additives such as preservatives and hydrogen peroxide has been reported by independent media as being commonplace. Quality tests can be falsified with additives: peroxide is added to prevent milk from going bad; industrial vegetable oil is emulsified and added to boost fat levels; whey is used to increase lactose content. However, the procurement chain is also implicated, as milk agents are often politically well-connected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Source of contamination\nFarmers report salespeople had, for years, been visiting farms in dairy areas hawking \"protein powder\" additives, which would often be delivered in unmarked brown paper bags of 25 kilograms (55\u00a0lb) each. Thus, farmers either added melamine contaminant unwittingly, or turned a blind eye to milk adulteration to ensure their milk was not rejected. The big dairy producers were complicit in producing \"test-tube milk\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Source of contamination\nCaijing reported in 2008 that \"spiking fresh milk with additives such as melamine\" was no longer a secret to Hebei dairy farmers for the past two years. Because of fierce competition for supplies, and the higher prices paid by Mengniu and Yili, Sanlu's procurement became squeezed; its inspection system became compromised \"as early as 2005 and allowed milk collection stations to adopt unscrupulous business practices\", while government supervision was \"practically nonexistent\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Source of contamination\nCaijing also reported the melamine in the tainted milk may have come from scrap melamine costing \u00a5700 per tonne\u2014less than one-tenth of the price of 99% pure industrial grade melamine. The melamine production process produces pure melamine by crystallisation; the melamine remaining in the mother liquor is impure (70%) and unusable for plastics, so it is scrapped. It said Sanlu's baby formula melamine content was a result of tampering by adding low-cost vegetable protein (such as low-grade soya powder), and large amounts of scrap melamine as filler. Scrap melamine contains impurities such as cyanuric acid that form more insoluble crystals (melamine cyanurate) than melamine alone, aggravating the problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Victims\nOn 17 September 2008, Health Minister Chen Zhu stated tainted milk formula had \"sickened more than 6,200 children, and that more than 1,300 others, mostly newborns, remain hospitalized with 158 suffering from acute kidney failure\". By 23 September, about 54,000 children were reported to be sick and four had died. An additional 10,000 cases were reported from the provinces by 27 September. A World Health Organization official said 82% of the children made ill were 2 years of age or below. The Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety said that 99 percent of the victims were aged under 3 years. Ten Hong Kong children were diagnosed with kidney problems, at least four cases were detected in Macau, and six in Taiwan. Non -human casualties included a lion cub and two baby orangutans which had been fed Sanlu infant formula at Hangzhou Zoo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 881]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Victims\nThe government said on 8 October it would no longer issue updated figures \"because it is not an infectious disease, so it's not absolutely necessary for us to announce it to the public\". Reuters compiled figures reported by local media across the country, and said the toll stood at nearly 94,000 at the end of September, excluding municipalities. Notably, 13,459 children had been affected in Gansu, Reuters quoted Xinhua saying Henan had reported over 30,000 cases, and Hebei also had nearly 16,000 cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Victims\nIn late October, the government announced health officials had surveyed 300,000 Beijing families with children less than 3 years old. It disclosed approximately 74,000 families had a child who had been fed melamine-tainted milk, but did not reveal how many of those children had fallen ill as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Victims\nBecause of the many months before the scandal was exposed, the media suggest the official figures are likely to be understated. Kidney stones in infants started being reported in several parts of China in the past two years. A number of yet-to-be-officially-acknowledged cases were reported by the media. However, those deaths without an official verdict may be denied compensation. On 1 December, Xinhua reported that the Ministry of Health revised the number of victims to more than 290,000 with 51,900 hospitalized; authorities acknowledged receiving reports of 11 suspected deaths from melamine contaminated powdered milk from provinces, but officially confirmed three deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Victims\nOn characterisation and treatment of urinary stones in affected infants, the New England Journal of Medicine printed an editorial in March 2009, along with reports on cases from Beijing, Hong Kong and Taipei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Victims\nUrinary calculi specimens were collected from 15 cases treated in Beijing and were analysed as unknown objects for their components at Beijing Institute of Microchemistry using infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, and high-performance liquid chromatography. The result of the analyses showed the calculi were composed of melamine and uric acid, and the molecular ratio of uric acid to melamine was around 2:1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Melamine, Victims\nIn a study published in 2010, researchers from Peking University studying ultrasound images of infants who fell ill in the 2008 contamination found while most children in a rural Chinese area recovered, 12 percent still showed kidney abnormalities six months later. \"The potential for long-term complications after exposure to melamine remains a serious concern\", the report said. \"Our results suggest a need for further follow-up of affected children to evaluate the possible long-term impact on health, including renal function.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies\nContaminated products found in the China AQSIS tests include baby formula products produced by the following companies, in order of highest concentration found. Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group, Shanghai Panda Dairy, Qingdao Shengyuan Dairy, Shanxi Gu Cheng Dairy, Jiangxi Guangming Yingxiong Dairy, Baoji Huimin Dairy, Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy, Torador Dairy Industry (Tianjin), Guangdong Yashili Group, Hunan Peiyi Dairy, Heilongjiang Qilin Dairy, Shanxi Yashili Dairy, Shenzhen Jinbishi Milk, Scient (Guangzhou) Infant Nutrition, Guangzhou Jinding Dairy Products Factory, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, Yantai Ausmeadow Nutriment, Qingdao Suncare Nutritional Technology, Xi'an Baiyue Dairy, Yantai Leilei Dairy, Shanghai Baoanli Dairy, and Fuding Chenguan Dairy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu\nThe scandal began with revelations of contamination of Sanlu milk products. The New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra, which owned a 43% stake in Sanlu, said they were alerted to melamine contamination on 2 August (almost a month before the issue became public), and have said to have pushed hard for a full public recall. Although there was an immediate trade recall, Fonterra said that local administrators refused an official recall. A Fonterra director had given Sanlu management a document detailing the European Union's permitted levels of melamine, but Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier has stated that at no time did Fonterra say small amounts of melamine were acceptable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Warning signs ignored\nFrom 2005 to 2006, an agent, Jiang Weisuo, from Shaanxi Jinqiao Dairy Company in northwest China reportedly publicly discussed his fears about unauthorised substances being added to competitors' milk. His complaints to regulators and dairy makers in 2005 and 2006 never yielded any result; his story was picked up by China Central Television, who ran a report complete with footage of adulteration in progress, yet the Shaanxi Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau said they failed to find evidence of wrongdoing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Warning signs ignored\nThe bulletin board of the Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) indicated a rare occurrence of kidney stones in children\u2013all causally traced to Sanlu milk formula\u2013was flagged by at least one member of the public in June 2008 and by a urologist in a paediatric hospital on 24 July 2008. Neither received definitive replies. The paediatrician, who specifically asked the AQSIQ to refer his observations to epidemiologists, was asked to refer his query to the health department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Warning signs ignored\nIn June, Jiangsu media reported a two-month surge in the number of babies diagnosed with kidney disease; in July, a parent of a sick baby in Hunan questioned Sanlu's powdered milk and complained to the AQSIQ. Gansu Province sent a report to the Ministry of Health on 16 July to alert that one local hospital had identified an increase in the incidence of kidney ailments among babies in the months earlier, and that most victims had consumed Sanlu's baby formula. The health ministry sent investigators to Gansu in early August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Cover-up allegations\nFonterra notified the New Zealand government on 5 September and three days later, the Prime Minister Helen Clark had Beijing officials alerted directly. News reports began circulating in China on 9 September, the news broke internationally a day later by Reuters. The state-controlled media report did not initially identify the company involved, postings on Tianya.cn, a Chinese social portal, named Sanlu as the culprit. Sanlu initially denied the allegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Cover-up allegations\nA State Council investigation revealed Sanlu began receiving complaints about sick infants as far back as December 2007, but did no tests until June 2008. It said leading government officials in Shijiazhuang city had failed to report the contamination to provincial and state authorities (until 9 September) in violation of rules on reporting major incidents involving food safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Cover-up allegations\nAccording to the People's Daily, Sanlu wrote a letter to Shijiazhuang city government on 2 August 2008, asking for help to \"increase control and coordination of the media, to create a good environment for the recall of the company's problem products\u00a0... to avoid whipping up the issue and creating a negative influence in society\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Cover-up allegations\nAccording to accounts confirmed by media reports and health officials, the company tried to buy off critics and cover up the contamination. In a memo dated 11 August, Beijing-based public relations agency Teller International advised Sanlu to seek cooperation with major search engines to censor negative information. The agency reportedly had repeatedly contacted key account staff at Baidu and proposed a \u00a53\u00a0million (US$440,000) budget to screen all negative news. After the memo began circulating on the internet, Baidu denounced, in a communiqu\u00e9 on 13 September 2008, the approaches by said agency on several occasions, saying the proposal was firmly rejected, as it violated their corporate principles of unbiased and transparent reporting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Cover-up allegations\nHelen Clark said of the local government: \"I think the first inclination was to try and put a towel over it and deal with it without an official recall.\" Western media speculated China's desire for a perfect summer Olympics contributed to the delayed recall of the baby milk, citing a guideline allegedly issued to Chinese media that reporting food safety issues, such as cancer-causing mineral water, was \"off-limits\" although the Central government denied issuing this guidance. Hebei provincial vice-governor said his administration was only notified by Shijiazhuang on 8 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Cover-up allegations\nHowever, a journalist at Southern Weekend wrote an investigative report in late July for publication about infants who had fallen ill after consuming baby formula from Sanlu. Six weeks later, senior editor Fu Jianfeng revealed on his personal blog that this report had been suppressed by authorities, because of the imminent Beijing Olympics. While this was happening, Sanlu was honoured in a national award campaign called \"30 Years: Brands that Have Changed the Lives of Chinese\". The press release on the award, written by a senior public relations manager at Sanlu, passed as news content on People's Daily and in other media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Sanctions\nOn 15 September, the company issued a public apology for the contaminated powdered milk; Sanlu was ordered to halt production, and to destroy all unsold and recalled products. Authorities reportedly seized 2,176 tons of powdered milk in Sanlu's warehouses. An estimated 9,000 tons of product had been recalled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Sanctions\nTian Wenhua, Chairwoman and general manager of Sanlu and Secretary of the Sanlu Communist Party chapter was stripped of her party and functional posts during an extraordinary meeting of the Hebei provincial standing committee of the CCP; four Shijiazhuang officials, including vice mayor in charge of food and agriculture, Zhang Fawang, were reportedly removed from office. Shijiazhuang Mayor Ji Chuntang resigned on 17 September. Li Changjiang, minister in charge of the AQSIQ, was forced to resign on 22 September after the State Council inquest concluded he was responsible for the \"negligence in supervision\". Investigators also blamed the Shijiazhuang government. Local Party Secretary Wu Xianguo was fired on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Arrests\nSanlu general manager Tian Wenhua was charged under Articles 144 and 150 of the criminal code. A spokesman for the Hebei Provincial Public Security Department said police had arrested 12 milk dealers and suppliers who allegedly sold contaminated milk to Sanlu, and six people were charged with selling melamine. Three hundred kg of suspicious chemicals, including 223\u00a0kg of melamine, were confiscated. Among those arrested were two brothers who ran a milk collection centre in Hebei for allegedly supplying three tonnes of adulterated milk daily to the dairy; the owner of another collection centre which resold seven tons of milk a day to Sanlu, was arrested, and his operation was shut down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Arrests\nZhang Yujun (alias Zhang Haitao), a former dairy farmer from Hebei, produced more than 600 tons of a \"protein powder\" mixture of melamine and maltodextrin from September 2007 to August 2008. He and eight other traders, dairy farm owners and milk purchasers who bought the powder from him were arrested in early October, bringing the total to 36.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Arrests\nDuring the week of 22 December 2008, 17 people involved in producing, selling, buying and adding melamine in raw milk went on trial. Tian Wenhua, former Sanlu general manager, and three other company executives appeared in court in Shijiazhuang, charged with producing and selling milk contaminated with melamine. According to Xinhua, Tian pleaded guilty, and told the court she learned about the tainted milk complaints from consumers in mid-May. She then apparently headed a working team to handle the case, but did not report to the Shijiazhuang city government until 2 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Arrests\nThe Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang sentenced Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping to death, and Tian Wenhua to life in prison, on 22 January 2009. Zhang was convicted for producing 800 tons of the contaminated powder, Geng for producing and selling toxic food. Geng Jinping managed a milk production center which supplied milk to Sanlu Group and other dairies. The China Daily reported Geng had knelt on the courtroom floor and begged the victim's families for forgiveness during the trial. The court also sentenced Sanlu deputy general managers Wang Yuliang and Hang Zhiqi to fifteen years and eight years in jail, respectively, and former manager Wu Jusheng to five years. Several defendants have appealed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Arrests\nZhang Yujun and Geng Jinping were executed on 24 November 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Effect on the company and bankruptcy\nThe value of the company plunged as a result of the scandal. On 24 September, Fonterra announced it had written down the carrying value of its investment by NZ$139\u00a0million (two-thirds), reflecting the costs of product recall and the impairment of the 'Sanlu' brand because of the \"criminal contamination of milk\". By 27 September, China Daily reported Sanlu was close to bankruptcy, and might be taken over by the Beijing Sanyuan Foods Company. The company is also facing lawsuits from parents (see Anger at Sanlu).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Effect on the company and bankruptcy\nThe Beijing Review said Sanlu expects to have to pay compensation claims totaling \u00a5700\u00a0million, and it became clear the company would be broken up and sold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Sanlu, Effect on the company and bankruptcy\nOn 25 December, Shijiazhuang court accepted a creditor's bankruptcy petition against Sanlu. Media commentators expected the Sanlu distribution network to be sold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Chinese majors\nOn 16 September, the AQSIQ released test of samples from 491 batches of products sold by all 109 companies producing baby formula. It said all 11 samples from Sanlu failed the melamine test. Sanlu, whose products sell at half the price of equivalents on the market, recorded the highest levels of contamination among all the samples tested, at 2,563\u00a0mg/kg or parts per million (\"ppm\"). Tainted samples were found among 21 other suppliers, where concentrations ranged from 0.09 to 619.00 ppm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Chinese majors\nThere was melamine contamination in 10% of liquid milk samples from Mengniu and Yili, and 6% of those from Bright Dairy. On discovery of contamination, the three major producers were all stripped of their status as 'Chinese national brands'. Yili, Mengniu and Bright Dairy & Food Co. recalled tainted powdered milk and apologised in separate statements. Mengniu recalled all its baby formula, and trading in its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was suspended on 17 September. Shares in other dairy companies fell strongly the next day. Mengniu's CFO attempted to reassure consumers by offering a no-quibble refund on all products, and by drinking liquid milk in front of reporters in Hong Kong. He also said that its export products were less likely to be contaminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Chinese majors\nOn 30 September, the AQSIQ announced test results of a further 265 batches of powdered milk produced by 154 different companies prior to 14 September, where it found 31 batches produced by 20 domestic dairy companies were tainted with melamine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Companies, Chinese majors\nOn 1 December, China's Ministry of Health issued an update, saying nearly 300,000 babies were sickened after consuming melamine-contaminated infant formula. In response to the surge of contaminated Chinese products, the United States Food and Drug Administration opened its first overseas inspection offices in November 2008, with bureaus in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Chinese industry\nThe State Council ordered the testing of product of all dairy producers, and to this end, some 5,000 inspectors were dispatched. The Chinese market has grown at an average annual rate of 23% since 2000. In 2006, milk production reached 30 million tons, ten times the volume of a decade before. It was valued at some \u00a5122\u00a0billion (US$18\u00a0billion) in 2007, and consumers had severely lost confidence in the industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Chinese industry\nThe events have exposed the often-incestuous relationship between local business and local government. In addition to the tax revenues to local authorities\u2014Sanlu contributed \u00a5330\u00a0million in 2007, many companies invite local officials to become \"silent partners\" in their corporations\u2014in return for \"protection\" at the political level; former Sanlu chairman Tian Wenhua was made honorary deputy to the Provincial People's Congress. The scandal has also highlighted structural problems of inadequate production volume, inherent quality issues, and poor production methods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Chinese industry\nThe Inner Mongolia region produces over one-fourth of China's milk, and Mengniu and Yili have invested millions to establish state-of-the-art dairy facilities in its capital, Hohhot. The companies still rely on small-scale farmers for over 90% of their production because of the capacity constraint of the modern facilities. Both companies were said by farmers and agents to have habitually purchased milk which failed quality tests, for only two-thirds the normal price. A new policy was put in place on 17 September to stop that practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Chinese industry\nConsumer panic resulting from the contaminated milk lessened demand for dairy products, causing hardship to more than 2 million Chinese farmers who had nowhere to sell their milk and no means by which to support their dairy cows. Farmers reportedly poured away milk and faced selling cows to a buyerless market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Chinese industry\nSince the scandal erupted, sales have fallen by 30\u201340% on a comparative basis, according to the Chinese Dairy Association. The Association estimates the financial effect of the order of \u00a520\u00a0billion, and forecasts that confidence may take up to two years to be fully restored. In an effort to prop up sales and retain their market share, dairy firms have cancelled their common accord not to use promotions to fight the sales decline: substantial discounts (including BOGOF), free gifts and other point of sale incentives were being offered to shoppers. Their new products are conspicuously labelled \"safety inspection passed\" to allay consumer fears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Foreign operations in China\nMengniu-Arla, joint-venture between Danish/Swedish co-operative Arla Foods and Mengniu halted production on 16 September 2008 after three of 28 tests taken from Mengniu showed traces of melamine; the contaminated batches had been recalled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Foreign operations in China\nMengniu, milk supplier to Starbucks, was replaced by Vitasoy when the coffee retailer eschewed milk in favour of soya milk in its China operations. KFC also suspended selling Mengniu milk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Foreign operations in China\nSeoul-headquartered Lotte Group, a major snacks maker, recalled its Koala's March cookies in Hong Kong and Macau because of contamination, and promised to \"look deeply into all the details of the manufacturing process\" to preserve customer confidence. The range was also ordered off Dutch and Slovakian shelves. Its Chocolate Pie was seized when samples tested positive in Malta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Foreign operations in China\nOn 29 September, British confectionery group Cadbury was forced to withdraw its 11 chocolate products in China on suspicion of melamine contamination, in turn causing it to close down its three factories in China. The recall affected the China markets, as well as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Australia. Tests in Hong Kong found excessive amounts of melamine in China-made Dairy Milk products.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Foreign operations in China\nOn 30 September, Unilever recalled its Lipton milk tea powder after the company's internal checks found traces of melamine in the Chinese powdered milk used as an ingredient. Heinz recalled cases of baby cereal in Hong Kong after discovering they contained melamine. Nestl\u00e9's factory in Heilongjiang was also implicated: the Taiwanese Department of Health forced the delisting of six Neslac and KLIM products on 2 October for containing minute traces of melamine, although the minister said they did not pose a significant health risk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Foreign operations in China\nSince the milk crisis broke, Nestl\u00e9 says it has sent 20 specialists from Switzerland to five of its Chinese plants to strengthen chemical testing. On 31 October, it announced the opening of a $10.2 million Beijing research and development centre, to \"serve as the base and the reference in food safety for Nestl\u00e9 in Greater China\". Nestl\u00e9 Chief Technology Officer said the centre was equipped with \"highly sophisticated analytical tools for detecting trace amounts of residues and undesirable compounds like melamine or veterinary drugs or natural toxins\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Olympics\nThere were concerns dairy products consumed during the 2008 Summer Olympics may have been contaminated. Li Changjiang, the then Director of AQSIQ reassured the international community that all the food, including dairy products, was indeed safe. \"We took special quality management measures aimed at food supply for the Games.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Outside mainland China\nPRC Customs said exports of dairy products and eggs in 2007 were valued at US$359\u00a0million, a year-on-year increase of 90 percent. Since the news of the melamine contamination began to circulate, at least 25 countries stopped importing Chinese dairy products.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Outside mainland China\nA number of countries had imposed blanket bans on Chinese milk products or its derivatives\u2014among which wereBangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Gabon, India, C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, Maldives, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Korea, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, and the United Arab Emirates \u2014joining Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia which had also imposed specific bans on Chinese dairy products which tested positive for melamine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Outside mainland China, Hong Kong\nThe scandal led to an erosion of trust in locally produced infant formula and from then on, many Shenzhen residents and parallel traders travelled across the border to purchase powdered milk from Hong Kong shops. Lower confidence in Chinese production, combined with the relaxation of visa requirements for mainland citizens, had resulted in shortages of infant formula in Hong Kong for an extended time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0052-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Outside mainland China, Hong Kong\nBecause of a great public outcry, the Import and Export (General) (Amendment) Regulation 2013 was passed in Hong Kong, prohibiting the unlicensed export of powdered formula, including milk and soya milk powder for infants and children under 36 months. According to the HK government, the regulation is not applicable to \"powdered formula that is exported in the accompanied personal baggage of a person aged 16 or above leaving Hong Kong if the person did not leave Hong Kong in the last 24 hours and the formula does not exceed 1.8\u00a0kg in total net weight\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Outside mainland China, Hong Kong\nAlthough the Hong Kong government imposed a strict 2-can limit on the export of infant formula in March 2013, spurred price differentials caused by sales tax on the mainland and lax customs, trafficking activity including for powdered milk has continued, exacerbating the Hong Kong-Mainland conflict. The catchment area for traffickers spread from Fan Ling and Sheung Shui southward to Yuen Long and Tuen Mun, causing localist groups such as Civic Passion and Hong Kong Indigenous to take to the streets in direct action in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Outside mainland China, European Union\nOn 25 September 2008, the EU announced a ban on imports of baby food containing Chinese milk. The European Commission also called for tighter checks on other Chinese food imports; isolated contaminated products were found in the Netherlands, and the French authorities ordered all Chinese dairy products off the shelves; Tesco removed White Rabbit as a precaution from its stores in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Outside mainland China, United States Food and Drug Administration\nIn the United States of America, which was otherwise unaffected by the scares, the US distributor of White Rabbit candies recalled the product when samples found in Hartford showed traces of melamine. The candy's maker and subsidiary of Bright Foods, Guan Sheng Yuan, issued a recall to the 50 countries to which it exported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 120], "content_span": [121, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Trade and industry impact, Outside mainland China, United States Food and Drug Administration\nThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration said while food containing melamine below 2.5 parts per million generally did not raise concerns, its scientists were \"currently unable to establish any level of melamine and melamine-related compounds in infant formula that does not raise public health concerns\". On 12 November 2008, the FDA issued a general alert against all finished food products from China, saying that information received from government sources in a number of countries indicates a wide range and variety of products from a variety of producers have been manufactured using melamine-contaminated milk was a recurring problem. In late November, after FDA found traces of melamine in one Nestle and one Mead Johnson infant product, the FDA concluded melamine or cyanuric acid alone, \"at or below 1 part per million in infant formula do not raise public health concerns\" in babies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 120], "content_span": [121, 1013]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, International agencies\nThe European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) warned that children who ate large amounts of confectionery and biscuits with high milk content could theoretically be consuming melamine at more than three times above prescribed EU safety limits (0.5\u00a0mg/kg of body weight). The EFSA said children with a mean consumption of products such as milk toffee, biscuits and chocolate containing contaminated powdered milk would not be at risk, and adults would not be at risk even in the worst-case scenarios.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, International agencies\nThe World Health Organization, which was only notified on 11 September, asked Beijing why it took so many months for the scandal to become public, and to establish whether failure was deliberate or due to ignorance. WHO's representative in China, Hans Troedsson, said the issue of who knew what and when was critical \"...\u00a0Because if it was ignorance, there is a need to have much better training and education\u00a0... if it is neglect, then it is, of course, more serious.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, International agencies\nFollowing a spate of mass national bans, the WHO urged national food safety authorities on 25 September 2008 to test Chinese dairy products for health risks before slapping on import bans or recalls. WHO and UNICEF also jointly decried the \"particularly deplorable\u00a0... deliberate contamination of foods intended for\u00a0... vulnerable infants and young children\" On 26 September, the WHO warned health officials around the world to be alert for dairy products of Chinese origin that could be tainted. Anthony Hazzard, the Western Pacific director of the World Health Organization said countries had been advised by the International Food Safety Authorities (INFOSAN) to focus particularly on smuggled formula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, International agencies\nThe WHO referred to the incident as one of the largest food safety events it has had to deal with in recent years. It says the crisis of confidence among Chinese consumers would be hard to overcome. It saw regulation failing to keep pace with the rapid development of the food and industrial production as opening the gates to all types of misbehaviour and malfeasance. The spokesman said the scale of the problem proved it was \"clearly not an isolated accident, [but] a large-scale intentional activity to deceive consumers for simple, basic, short-term profits\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, International agencies\nWHO Director-General Margaret Chan reminded Chinese mothers that babies not breastfed were being deprived of the best nutrition offered by nature, while risking being exposed to the effects of melamine. She added: \"We need to try our very best to tell [mothers] the difference [between breast milk and formula]. Of course breastfeeding is the best food for babies.\" Chan said the melamine-in-milk scandal showed \"the impact and power of globalisation\" in food distribution and highlighted \"the importance of seamless cooperation from farm to consumer\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Chinese public, Anger at Sanlu\nThe case has brought anger and resentment towards milk producers and sowed uncertainty and confusion amongst the population. Queues formed outside Sanlu's offices for refunds. The Sanlu website was hacked several times and its name as displayed in the header bar changed to \u4e09\u805a\u6c30\u80fa\u96c6\u56e2 (\"The Melamine Group\") in a play of words on the character \"\u4e09\" (number 3), which is the first word of Sanlu's Chinese name: \u4e09\u9e7f (Three Deer); \"Melamine\" was also added as a product name by a hacker. As has been increasingly common practice, web users vented their anger on internet bulletin boards. Prevalent food scares have increased the number of online parodies circulated by netizens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Chinese public, Anger at Sanlu\nBefore the government began offering free medical treatment, some parents had reportedly spent small fortunes on medical care for their sick children. Children who fell ill before the scandal broke on 12 September were not entitled to free medical care offered by the State. Parents of two such victims, one from Henan and one from Guangdong, filed writs against Sanlu despite government pressure. Parents of the Henan child had claimed \u00a5150,000 for medical, travel and other expenses incurred after their child developed kidney stones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0063-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Chinese public, Anger at Sanlu\nOn 20 October, the parents of one baby who died from contaminated milk appealed to New Zealand for justice on TV ONE. They were quoted as saying the perpetrators of the milk scandal responsible for the death of their child deserved to \"die a thousand deaths\". A total of nine cases were filed against Sanlu in Shijiazhuang. Following weeks of discussions, and in the absence of a compensation plan, a group of 15 lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 100 families against Sanlu, seeking medical and other expenses as well as compensation for trauma and for death of an offspring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Chinese public, Anger at political leaders\nResentment increased towards the country's leaders due to the perception that they were not troubled by the food security turmoil faced by ordinary citizens. In August 2008, Zhu Yonglan (\u795d\u8a60\u862d), Director of the State Council Central Government Offices Special Food Supply Centre (CGOSFSC), disclosed in a speech that her firm had been set up in 2004 to source high-quality, all-organic foodstuffs from farms working under the strictest guidelines, for supply to top political leaders, their families and retired cadres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Chinese public, Anger at political leaders\n\"The State Council Party and State Organisations Special Food Supply Centre\u00a0... is supported by the State Council Logistics Base, Central Security Bureau farms, and supply bases spread over all 13 provinces, municipalities\u00a0... and autonomous regions. These bases supply the 94 ministries' and commissions' veteran cadres with high quality organic food products\u00a0... [ Our] products accord with the highest standards.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Chinese public, Anger at political leaders\n...\u00a0Everyone knows that at present average production facilities use large quantities of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Antibiotics and hormones are used in the raising of animals. Aquatic animal products are raised in polluted waters. All of these toxins end up in the final food products (all kinds of produce, meat, dairy products etc.). It goes without saying that these are harmful when consumed by humans.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Chinese public, Anger at political leaders\nZhu Yonglan, Director of the CGOSFSC\u00a0\u2013 speech to Shandong KR Biomedical, 18 August 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Chinese public, Anger at political leaders\nPremier Wen Jiabao apologised to the nation, saying he felt \"extremely guilty\" about the poisoned milk products, in the same way he had previously asked the people's pardon for the deaths of coal miners, polluted drinking water, and train passengers stranded by the authorities' inadequate response to the severe snowstorm during the New Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Chinese public, Anger at political leaders\nAuthor Qin Geng (\u79e6\u8015) said: \"The big picture in this case was the interest of one-party rule above anything, not that they would put the safety of the people first\". Qin concluded that the Chinese public were told by state-controlled media that the contamination of milk was a well orchestrated process, and they \"are very sad, very frightened and very concerned\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Chinese public, Quest for milk substitutes\nPoorer consumers reliant on local infant formula, which was approximately half the price of imported brands, had been left without alternatives to feed their children. Many had lost faith in local brands, with others unsure of which brands were safe. Supermarket shelves had been swept bare from product recalls. Shops in Hong Kong reported a rush for imported formula from cross-border shoppers, with some retailers reportedly rationing their stocks. Some mainlanders were also reportedly rushing to import infant formula from Kinmen. Wet nurses enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in major cities. Some media reports have documented that Chinese sailors and expatriates have been buying local dairy produce in Australia to send back to relatives in China. It had been estimated in 2018 that up to 80% to 90% of infant formula purchased in Australia was destined for China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 953]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Taiwan\nThe melamine food scare became a focal point against the warming relations between Taiwan's government and the Chinese government, and a major demonstration was held by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party on 25 October 2008 to voice dissatisfaction with Taiwan's increasingly closer ties with Beijing, notably related to the incident. Protesters fearful at reunification blamed the Kuomintang for the melamine scare, and criticised it for failing to stand up to China over the contamination. One citizen voiced concern that President Ma Ying-jeou's promise for closer ties with China would bring in more tainted products to Taiwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0071-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Taiwan\nThe Minister of the Department of Health, Lin Fang-you, was heavily criticised for raising the legally acceptable limit of melamine in food products from zero to 2.5 ppm. The public outcry subsequent to the move forced Lin to resign. His successor, Yeh Ching-chuan, announced a return to the original zero-tolerance policy to melamine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Top leaders' comments\nAQSIQ announced the revocation of all exemptions from inspection previously granted to dairy producers, who were asked to cease citing the privilege in their advertisements. The State Council ordered an overhaul of the dairy industry, and promised to provide free medical care to those affected. Formally, the State Council released its initial findings, and a top-level official apology of the incident both came on 21 September. Wen Jiabao apologised while visiting victims in hospitals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Top leaders' comments\nThis incident made me feel sad, though many Chinese have been understanding. It disclosed many problems for government and company supervision of the milk sources, quality and marketing administration\u00a0... The government will put more efforts into food security, taking the incident as a warning. What we are trying to do is to ensure no such event happens in future by punishing those leaders as well as enterprises responsible. None of those companies without professional ethics or social morals will be let off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Top leaders' comments\nCPC general secretary Hu Jintao said on 1 October 2008: \"Food safety is directly linked to the well-being of the broad masses and the competence of a company\u00a0... Chinese companies should learn from the lessons of the Sanlu tainted milk powder incident.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Top leaders' comments\nOn 6 October 2008, putting the blame on \"illegal production and greed\", the country's \"chaotic dairy production and distribution order\", and the \"gravely absent supervision\" for the crisis, the State Council announced new dairy industry regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Top leaders' comments\nOn 9 October 2008, in an attempt to control the damage to Chinese dairy exports, officials at a World Trade Organization meeting insisted that contamination had been \"accidental\", directly contradicting the WHO observations. Chinese trade representatives criticised countries which have imposed blanket bans on Chinese food products. They urged member states to base import restrictions on scientific risk assessments, and to use official WTO notification mechanisms. On 11 October, Deputy Health minister Liu Qian stated that all the foreign companies' application for compensation for dairy products recall would be dealt with on a commercial basis, although government may use diplomatic channels if necessary, if problems were encountered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Stepped-up inspection program\nAccording to a senior quality inspectorate official, the government aimed to establish nearly 400 product testing centres within the next two years, and 80 of these would be food testing centres. Working groups were established in nearly every single province in order to set up new food testing centres and replace outdated equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 82], "content_span": [83, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Stepped-up inspection program\nOn 24 September 2008, China's newly appointed AQSIQ chief Wang Yong said that the government would \"carry out 'forceful' measures to deal with the chemical contamination\"; its inspectors had removed 7,000 tonnes of melamine contaminated dairy products from shops all over China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 82], "content_span": [83, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Stepped-up inspection program\nOn 4 October, the Ministry of Agriculture announced it had drawn up an emergency rescue plan with the Ministry of Finance to give special subsidies to dairy farmers seriously affected by the lack of demand following the contamination scandal; local governments had already drafted policies to stabilise the dairy industry; 150,000 officials had been sent to overhaul the entire supply chains from cattle feed to milk collection; 18,803 milk-collecting stations had been registered and checked by these officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 82], "content_span": [83, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0079-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Stepped-up inspection program\nThe ministry was reported to have investigated 98 dairy producers and farms, banned 151 illegal companies and indicted three manufacturers for feed containing melamine. During an investigation into melamine contamination at Yili and Mengniu in Hohhot, police arrested six more people for allegedly selling and mixing melamine into raw milk. The AQSIQ announced on 5 October that all tests showed all milk produced after 14 September were free from contamination. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine stated all dairy products made before 14 September will be tested for melamine. They gave notice to all supermarkets, shops, and all city, town and village-level vendors to urgently remove and seal up all powdered milk and liquid milk made before 14 September, pending further testing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 82], "content_span": [83, 908]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Stepped-up inspection program\nFive government agencies, including the Ministry of Health, issued a joint statement on 9 October setting the legally acceptable level of melamine content in infant formula at 1 ppm (1\u00a0mg/kg), and at 2.5ppm in other dairy products (including milk) - in line with standards recognised by the World Health Organization and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. A researcher at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said that any amount exceeding 1 ppm would give reason to suspect its presence was intentional.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 82], "content_span": [83, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Public relations\nOn 26 September 2008, in order to quell the disquiet over the speech by Zhu Yonglan of the CGOSFSC regarding leaders' insulation from the food-security issues faced by the general population, Xinhua issued a brief statement, in Chinese, denying the existence of the Centre, the award, or any person named Zhu Yonglan, saying these were \"purely rumours\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Public relations\nOn 16 September, the AQSIQ tests on baby milk powder produced by 109 companies showed 69 batches from 22 companies to be melamine-contaminated; the State Council attempted to reassure that formula produced by most companies in China was safe. It said: \"the number of companies with melamine-tainted milk accounted for 20.18% of the total of powdered milk companies in China; the number of tainted batches accounted for 14.05% of the total batches tested.\" On 30 September, the AQSIQ said its tests on 265 batches from 154 companies showed that \"only 18%\" had tested positive for melamine: \"of the 290 dairies nationwide 154 dairies, representing 87% market share, 134 of these dairies had tested negative for melamine.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Public relations\nOn 16 September, the AQSIQ published results of tests on 408 liquid milk producers, and found \"most dairy products were safe to drink\", although the test results showed nearly 10 percent of batches from Mengniu, Yili and Bright were contaminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Public relations\nThe government stressed that no new cases of melamine-related illnesses had been detected since 20 September, and that test results on samples from 31 brands of baby formula, 84 brands powder for adult consumption, and 75 domestic brands of liquid milk produced after 14 September did not contain melamine, the AQSIQ said. To demonstrate that its emergency measures had been effective, the Ministry of Agriculture said the rate of raw milk dumping because of the contamination scandal has decreased from 23.6% on 22 September to 4.6% on 1 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Censorship\nBehind the scenes, China's media was ordered to tone down coverage of the unfolding scandal to prevent unrest. News editors were ordered to adhere to the official copy of Xinhua. Traditionally, media knows to avoid negative news coverage, and CCTV shifted reporting emphasis on the forthcoming launch of Shenzhou VII. The announcement of the AQSIQ test results was relegated to the final item on the CCTV evening news.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Censorship\nThe Wall Street Journal reported that the suppression of bad news had not improved since the scandal was uncovered: media rigidly adheres to the official line, as ordered; Chinese consumers were ill-informed about the extent of global recalls. It reported local journalists saying that discussion of the causes of the crisis, government responsibility, questions about government complicity with dairy companies, was strictly off limits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Censorship\nOn 2 January, a website created by individuals protesting against Sanlu was also blocked by the authorities. A group of parents whose children were rendered ill by melamine-contaminated milk held a news conference to draw attention to the plight of their sick children; five were allegedly detained by police and taken to a labour camp outside Beijing. They were released a day later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Censorship\nIn 2012, Jiang Weisuo, a 44-year-old general manager of a dairy products plant in Shanxi province, was rumoured to have been murdered in Xi'an city. It was Jiang who had first alerted authorities to the scandal. According to the Xi'an Evening News, Jiang died in hospital on 12 November from knife wounds inflicted by his wife, Yang Ping, but the purported murder by his wife was subsequently reported to be incorrect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Pressure on the legal profession\nA group of 90 lawyers from Hebei, Henan and Shandong\u2014the three worst affected provinces\u2014had made pro bono offers to assist victims, and a list of their names was published. Organisers of the group declared that they had come under pressure from officials to not get involved in the issue. The Beijing Lawyers' Association, a part of the Communist Party apparatus, asked its members \"to put faith in the party and government\". Other members of the group have reportedly received less subtle requests. Authorities are said to fear social unrest if lawsuits were unleashed. Pro -Beijing Hong Kong journal Ta Kung Pao reported that central authorities, fearful of the effect of mass lawsuits, held a meeting with lawyers' groups on 14 September, asking them to \"act together, and help maintain stability\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 887]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Pressure on the legal profession\nChang Boyang, one of the group of volunteer lawyers, said he had filed a suit in Guangdong against Sanlu on behalf of the parents of one victim. One was already filed in Henan. Chang said that Henan's justice department had ordered 14 Henan lawyers to stop helping the kidney stone victims, saying it had become a political issue. He claims he was told by the official to \"follow the arrangements set out by the government\", and was further threatened: \"If this suggestion is disobeyed, the lawyer and the firm will be dealt with.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0090-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Pressure on the legal profession\nZhang Yuanxin, lawyer and officer in the Xinjiang Lawyers' Association said that the actions of certain departments in government have \"set back the development of the legal profession\". He said that it was \"intolerable\" for government to interfere in the affairs of the judiciary, denying the right of ordinary citizens to sue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, PRC government, Pressure on the legal profession\nAn official said that central government had issued instructions placing the cases on hold, pending a decision on how to handle the cases in a unified manner. Furthermore, that court was instructed not to give any written replies or accept Sanlu-related cases in the meantime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the economic root cause\nStratfor believed that the act of adulterating milk and baby food in full knowledge of potentially severe sanctions, including execution, seemed like \"an act of desperation\". It noted that in 2008 dairy farmers became squeezed by growing costs of livestock, feed, facilities, and government-imposed price caps. Mengniu's share price fell 12% since October 2007 because of higher costs of raw milk (due partly to rising costs of cattle feed) and price controls\u2014anti-inflation measures targeted at the dairy sector announced on 16 January. Milk suppliers accordingly resorted to subtler cost-cutting methods to preserve diminishing profits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the damage caused\nJoseph Sternberg of the Wall Street Journal said that Beijing's failures of food-safety act are \"much more pernicious, and disgraceful, than at first it appears\u00a0... [not only has this] milk poisoned thousands of infants with melamine, it also poisons the society at large with fear\". Lawyer Bill Marler, speaking at a food safety conference in Beijing, said that this food scare has harmed the \"made in China\" brand abroad. He remarked: \"If this product had gotten into the United States, it would have been 'game over' for a lot of products in China.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the damage caused\nThe similarities between China today and New York 150 years ago shouldn't come as a great surprise. Adulteration on such a scandalous scale occurs in societies with a toxic combination of characteristics: a fast-growing capitalist economy coupled with a government unable or unwilling to regulate the food supply. In such get-rich-quick societies, there is a huge temptation to tamper with food, particularly when margins are low. The rewards are instant, and it's not always easy for consumers to detect the difference between the pure and the doctored\u2014particularly with a substance like milk, which we have been taught to trust implicitly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the damage caused\nAn op-ed in the New York Times compared this to the \"swill milk scandal\" in New York in the 1850s in which 8,000 children reportedly died when cows were fed swill and the milk produced was then whitened with plaster of Paris, thickened with starch and eggs, and hued with molasses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the damage caused\nThe hopeful news in all this is that in the process of creating so much toxicity both the distressed loans and the distressed food are teaching us important lessons about the limits of scale and regulation that support the massive globalisation of the last decade. We are learning that regulators have lost the ability, if they ever had it, to truly monitor the extent of the danger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the damage caused\nAn article published in the San Francisco Chronicle likened the regulatory failures of the milk scandal to the distressed assets in the subprime mortgage crisis, and questioned whether regulators in either case ever understood or truly monitored the extent of the danger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the damage caused\nLouis Klarevas, a professor at New York University's Center for Global Affairs, said of the products on the list of potentially harmful products reaching the US in recent years were exclusive to China: \"Yet as more large-scale\u00a0labor\u00a0markets compete for their share of international trade, the incentives to cut corners will increase and the temptation to overlook hazardous goods might become a more common occurrence.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the damage caused\nIn the 10 November 2008 issue of the Singaporean newspaperToday, Bill Durodi\u00e9, then a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies responded to the possibility of more such incidents in the future due to the more liberal trading relations with China by saying: \"exposing the Chinese to the world market is probably the fastest way of addressing these issues.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the power structure\nHu Xingdou (\u80e1\u661f\u6597), a professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, said: \"There hasn't been an effort to establish a moral foundation to the market economy, and this incident is the inevitable result.\" Hu urged the leadership to transform the way of thinking, to repair the system, rather than dealing with problems as they arise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 80], "content_span": [81, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the power structure\nThe dairy scandal has raised the core question of whether the ruling Communist Party is capable of creating a transparent, accountable regulatory structure within a one-party system. Time Magazine cited many analysts saying the party's need to maintain control of the economy and of information undermines the independence of any regulatory system. One analyst, Willy Lam, a Senior Fellow at The Jamestown Foundation, indicated that CCP's pervasive control over political and economic resources has resulted in the absence of meaningful systematic checks and balances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 80], "content_span": [81, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0101-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the power structure\n\"Institutions that could provide some oversight over party and government authorities\u2014for example, the legislature, the courts or the media\u2014are tightly controlled by CCP apparatchiks.\" A Beijing-based consultancy, Dragonomics, concurred that \"the problem was rooted in the Communist Party's continued involvement in pricing control, company management and the flow of information\". Independent regulation was lacking or ineffective as local industries were so intertwined with local officialdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 80], "content_span": [81, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the power structure\nThe Times reported that while one child in 20 in Shanghai could have kidney damage as a result of drinking contaminated formula milk, on the other hand, \"like the emperors of old, the new communist elite enjoy the finest produce from all over China, sourced by a high-security government department.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 80], "content_span": [81, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the power structure\nAccess Asia, a Shanghai-based consumer consultancy, said Fonterra was a classic example of western executives in China \"believ[ing] advice in business books that they must avoid making their local partners 'lose face' at all costs\". It suggested that Fonterra paid a heavy price in write-offs, a wrecked business and public condemnation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 80], "content_span": [81, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the power structure\nCaijing said the crisis revealed that there had been a \"serious dereliction of duty\" at the AQSIQ, and that the government had failed as a \"night watchman\". Citing public consensus that government should limit itself to a supervisory role, it urged the construction of a regulatory system which addressed the role of regulators watching over the production process, avoiding over-regulation, 'regulatory capture' and abuse of power by regulators. \"Keeping the market in order and ensuring independent law enforcement should be part of the mandate.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 80], "content_span": [81, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0105-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the culture of secrecy\nDavid Bandurski, journalist and researcher at China Media Project, criticised the crippling media controls by the state combined with \"runaway commercial greed\", and said that the censorship \"suppresses information critical to the well-being of ordinary Chinese\". He asserted that increased press freedom needs to be a component of any strategy to deal with this and other future food-security lapses in China. Free media in China could compensate for the underdeveloped rule of law, and be important in keeping companies and regulators honest. Bandurski cited warnings in the 9 October 2008 issues of Nanfang Daily and the Information Times for consumers to be aware of that problematic dairy stock (that produced before 14 September) have reappeared in some stores under cover of aggressive promotions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 888]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0106-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, Other third parties, On the culture of secrecy\nFormer senior party official Bao Tong said \"the more dark secrets are exposed, the better. You can't cure the disease, or save the Chinese people, until you get to the root of the problem.\" \"If the Chinese government tries to play down this incident, there will be no social stability in China, let alone harmony\u00a0... It will mean that this government has lost the most basic level of trust.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0107-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, On the Chinese social critics\nAs a reaction to and comment on the scandal, Chinese artist and video animation producer Pi San created \"Little Rabbit, Be Good\" as part of his popular Kuang Kuang video series. Though officially banned or forbidden by the Chinese government, clever use of Chinese web services such as Baidu allows Chinese citizens to access this and many other forbidden materials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0108-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Response, On the relationship with Australia\nBecause of the high Chinese demand for quality Australian products, major Australian retailers implemented tin limits to control sales of baby formula, but reports of daigou shoppers flouting the system with people taking multiple tins of the formula before they\u2019d been placed on shelves, and the daigou shoppers stripping shelves in groups of up to eight people, before Australian mothers could access the baby food. This daigou activity has been facilitated by the Chinese Navy and its warships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0109-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Widening contamination\nThe search widened when some manufacturers tested positive despite reportedly not using Chinese milk. The Sri Lankan manufacturer of Munchee Lemon Puff biscuits, having tested positive in Switzerland, categorically stated that its powdered milk or milk products were sourced only from Australia, the Netherlands and Canada; similarly, Pokka products without milk or its derivatives from China were found by Vietnamese authorities to be contaminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0110-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Widening contamination, Chicken and eggs\nJapanese and South Korean authorities' tests on imported powdered eggs from China found melamine contamination. Japan found melamine in frozen fried chicken imported from China. The South Korean supplies were traced to two companies in Dalian. On 26 October, Hong Kong authorities discovered 4.7ppm melamine in eggs from Dalian. Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health, York Chow, suspected the melamine came from feed given to the chickens that laid the eggs. On 29 October, Hong Kong authorities discovered a third batch of eggs containing excessive melamine. The Taiwanese Department of Health said that six batches of protein powder from Jilin and Dalian were found to contain 1.90 to 5.03ppm of melamine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0111-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Widening contamination, Chicken and eggs\nAgriculture officials speculated that adulterated feed given to hens could explain melamine in eggs. The Web sites of Xinhua and People's Daily both carried a story from the Nanfang Daily that mixing melamine into animal feed was an \"open secret\" in the industry: melamine scrap was mixed into an inexpensive \"protein powder\" resold to feed suppliers. People in the trade interviewed by BusinessWeek also confirmed it was common practice, and had been going on for \"years\", with most believing it to be non-toxic to animals. Melamine dealers said after Sanlu, the government started clamping down on melamine sales to food processing companies or to manufacturers of animal feed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0112-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Widening contamination, Baking powder\nMalaysian authorities determined that ammonium bicarbonate, not milk, imported from China was the source of contamination at Khong Guan and Khian Guan biscuit factory. Malaysian authorities said it was probable cross contamination of batches from Chinese companies Broadtech Chemical Int. Co Ltd, Dalian Chemical Industries and Tianjin Red Triangle International Trading Co, and did not suspect adulteration. On 19 October, Taiwanese authorities detected melamine in 469 tons of baking ammonia imported from China. Samples tested showed up to 2,470ppm of melamine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0113-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Impact and response, International agencies\nJorgen Schlundt, head of food safety at the WHO criticised China's food-safety system for being \"disjointed\", saying that \"poor communications between ministries and agencies may have prolonged the outbreak of melamine poisoning.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0114-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Impact and response, Chinese public and the trade\nPublic concerns have resulted in demand and egg prices falling throughout the country. Prices at a large Beijing wholesale market dropped 10%, and prices fell by 10% the day after news of the contamination broke in Hong Kong. Wholesalers have refused to stock products without melamine inspection certificates. The Beijing Youth Daily reported that farmers had been forced to slaughter tens of thousands of chickens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0115-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Impact and response, Chinese public and the trade\nIn 2008, Zhao Lianhai (\u8d75\u8fde\u6d77), a Chinese man whose son was sickened by tainted milk earlier that year, started a website called \"Home for the Kidney Stone Babies\" (\u7ed3\u77f3\u5b9d\u5b9d\u4e4b\u5bb6, jieshibaobao.com), which helped families with children affected by tainted milk share their experiences, in part by maintaining a database of medical records. The website upset Chinese authorities, who detained Zhao in November 2009 and arrested him in December 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0116-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Impact and response, PRC government\nThe Chinese government said that producers violating the law \"could have their licenses revoked and be handed over to law enforcement organs\". A senior Agriculture Ministry official said that of a quarter of a million feed-makers and animal farms inspected for melamine contamination, inspectors found more than 500 engaged in \"illegal or questionable practices\". Some 3,700 tonnes of feed with excessive melamine were seized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0117-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Impact and response, PRC government\nHong Kong regulators have requested certification of exported eggs, but the central government has not yet mounted a centralised response; although mainland authorities already require eggs to be certified as free of avian influenza and Sudan red dye prior to export following previous food-safety scares, the AQSIQ has declined nationwide testing. Local government, for example Guangdong authorities, have increased random inspections at poultry farms. They declared to \"harshly crack down on the unlawful behaviour of illegally manufacturing, selling and using melamine\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0118-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Contamination and response in 2009\u20132010\nOn 2 December 2009, China detained three employees of Shaanxi Jinqiao Dairy Company in northwest China suspected of selling 5.25 tons of melamine-laced powdered milk to Nanning Yueqian Food Additive Company, in Guangxi. On 30 December 2009, Xinhua reported continuing problems: powder and flavouring products sold by another company involved in the original scandal\u2013the Shanghai Panda Dairy Company\u2013were found to contain illegal levels of melamine; the dairy was closed and three of its executives arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0118-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Contamination and response in 2009\u20132010\nOn 25 January 2010, it was reported that three food companies from Hebei, Liaoning and Shandong provinces had produced melamine tainted products in March and April 2009 and that the three companies were banned from selling products in Guizhou. On 10 February 2010 China's state council announced a food safety commission, consisting of three vice premiers and a dozen minister-level officials, to address the nation's food regulatory problems. The group aims to improve government coordination and enforcement and to solve systemic food safety problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0118-0002", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Contamination and response in 2009\u20132010\nAs part of its ongoing effort to find and destroy any melamine-tainted milk remaining on the market, the Chinese government announced that it was recalling 170 tons of powdered milk laced with the industrial chemical which was supposed to have been destroyed or buried in 2008 but has recently found to have been repackaged and placed back into the marketplace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0119-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Contamination and response in 2009\u20132010\nIn July 2010, Xinhua reported that authorities had seized 64 tonnes of dairy product contaminated with melamine from Dongyuan Dairy Factory, in Minhe County, in Qinghai, after authorities in Gansu discovered the contaminated powdered milk. Approximately 38 tonnes of raw materials had been purchased from Hebei, raising the possibility that traders had bought tainted milk that was supposed to have been destroyed after the 2008 scandal. Police have detained the owner and production director of the factory. Powdered milk produced in the plant was mainly sold in Zhejiang and Jiangsu, with only a small amount sold in Qinghai. Also, in Jilin, authorities were testing samples of suspect powdered milk produced in Heilongjiang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0120-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Contamination and response in 2009\u20132010\nAt the end of June 2010, Beijing lowered the minimum protein level for raw milk, from 2.955 to 2.8%, to discourage dairy farmers from attempting to falsify the passing of protein tests. Wu Heping, secretary general of the Heilongjiang Dairy Industry Association noted that between 75% and 90% of raw milk in some provinces had failed to reach the old protein level standard (in place since 1986) in 2007 and 2008. He said that the new standard reflected \"the reality of the domestic dairy farm industry\". However, insiders believe this will not stop adulteration because milk price still depends on protein content.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0121-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Notes\nFor verification purposes, the following are relevant citations in Chinese from the Caijing article dated 29 September 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196160-0122-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese milk scandal, Notes\nFor verification purposes, the following are relevant citations in Chinese from the Nanfang Daily article dated 9 October 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196161-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 2\u20134 May 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196161-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms\nThe 2008 Chinese winter storms (2008\u5e74\u4e2d\u56fd\u96ea\u707e\u30012008\u5e74\u4e2d\u56fd\u5357\u65b9\u96ea\u707e) were a series of winter storm events that affected large portions of southern and central China, where it does not usually snow severely or extensively, starting on 25 January 2008 until 6 February 2008. The systems affected most of the area with heavy snows, ice and cold temperatures causing extensive damage and transportation disruption for several thousand travelers. It became China's worst winter weather in half a century. According to some media sources the storms were directly responsible for at least 129 deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Cold snap and blizzard\nThe series of severe winter events started on 10 January when a large dome of cold air enveloped most parts of China, causing much precipitation in the form of heavy snow west of the coastal areas, where the temperature was dropped to slightly below 0\u00a0\u00b0C (32\u00a0\u00b0F). The provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui and the municipality of Shanghai were hardest hit. Some received their worst snowstorms in seventeen years while some experienced their worst in five decades. After the first wave of precipitation had passed through, snow continued to fall throughout several days following, accompanied by bitterly cold weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Cold snap and blizzard\nSnow was even reported in the country's largest true desert, the Taklamakan, where the snow and record low temperatures near \u221225\u00a0\u00b0C (\u221213\u00a0\u00b0F) lasted 11 consecutive days and killed livestock. At one point, the temperature dropped to \u221232\u00a0\u00b0C (\u221226\u00a0\u00b0F), breaking the January 2006 record of \u221226.1\u00a0\u00b0C (\u221215.0\u00a0\u00b0F), though the historical temperature series in this observatory is very short (started in 1996). The snow depth exceeded 4 centimetres (1.6\u00a0in) at times in the center of the desert according to the Tazhong Observatory. According to Xinhua, it was the first time that snow covered the entire desert at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Causes\nAccording to scientists at China's National Climate Center and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), these winter storms in China have been mainly related to abnormal atmospheric circulation and La Ni\u00f1a, and are not directly linked to climate change. The China Meteorological Administration mentioned that the 2007-08 winter was the coldest recorded across the country since 1986-87, with a one-month period during the winter storm event that was 2.5 degrees Celsius below normal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Damage\nThe snow storm caused extensive damage to a vast number of low-rise buildings, the roofs of which collapsed, killing occupants inside. It was estimated that about 223,000 homes were destroyed and 862,000 others were damaged. CNN also reported that 500\u00a0meter-long auto plant in Xiangtan had its entire roof collapsed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Damage\nThe power system of China was also severely affected by the adverse conditions. Widespread power outages were reported. In Chenzhou, which has a population of 4.6\u00a0million, it was reported that the entire city had no power or water for over nearly two weeks, including government buildings and hospitals, while telecommunications cables and Internet networks were also damaged. In Fuzhou, Jiangxi, it was reported that the city lost power for about 3 weeks. At one point, seventeen of the thirty-one provinces and autonomous regions of China had to endure reduced power supplies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Damage\nBeginning 1 February, all of Shanghai's skyline night lights were shut off to support relief efforts and was not be resumed until the storm was declared officially over. In Guizhou, officials said it could take up to five months to fully mend the power grid. Xinhua reported that electricity across most of the 170 worst hit counties was restored by the Chinese New Year. Coal reserves were also down to emergency levels and stockpiles were only sufficient for eight days of power generation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Damage\nThe snow storm also damaged water supply equipment. For instance, in Wuhan, up to 100,000\u00a0people were out of running water when several water pipes burst, cutting the supply to local households. In the Guangxi region, about 239,000 were also having problems on accessing drinking water. Moreover, during the first week, there were significant mandatory evacuations and an estimated 827,000\u00a0people were evacuated across fourteen provinces, affecting a total population of about 78\u00a0million. In total over two weeks, according to Xinhua, 1.8\u00a0million residents were relocated elsewhere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Damage\nIn addition, 870,000 pigs, 450,000 sheep and 85,000 head of cattle were killed by the storm. In addition, 18,600,000 acres (75,000\u00a0km2) of forest were destroyed  6,800,000 acres (28,000\u00a0km2) of bamboo, 11,500,000 acres (47,000\u00a0km2) of wood and 15,000 acres (61\u00a0km2) of saplings. The freak storms are especially painful because they hit warmer parts of China that have little experience with snow. Many communities lack necessary equipment to handle the heavy snowfall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Transportation\nTransportation was also heavily affected as the storms hit during the busiest travelling season of the year, Chunyun preceding the Lunar New Year. Nearly 180\u00a0million people, more than the population of Russia, travel throughout the country during the holiday. According to Xinhua, in early February, millions of Chinese are travelling from the major cities to the countryside to celebrate the Spring Festival, a traditional celebration where the Chinese people return to their families, which falls on 7 February this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Transportation, Railway\nHeavy snow damaged the Jingguang railway from Beijing to Guangzhou. Tens of thousands of people (on occasion as many as 500,000 to 800,000 at once) were left stranded at several railway stations across southern China, including Guangzhou railway station. It was estimated that nearly 6\u00a0million railway passengers in total were stranded during the period while about 8,000 cargo trains were delayed. Backlogs at that station where masses of people were waiting desperately to return home lasted several days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Transportation, Railway\nMany of the travellers took refuge in an emergency shelter at the China Import and Export Fair exhibition center where at times the mass of people was about the size of three to four entire football fields. Goods were distributed to stranded travellers including free water bottles and lunch boxes of rice, chicken legs and cabbage that were sold at about a dollar each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Transportation, Railway\nRed banners were installed at one station encouraging some travellers to abandon their travel plans and nearly half a million of them cancelled their trips after lengthy waits. Xinhua reported that 11\u00a0million migrant workers in the Guangdong area received ticket refunds. Most of the rail service resumed on 31 January but heavy fog on 3 February caused further delays particularly in Hunan. The lengthy delays occasionally caused clashes between travellers, police and soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Transportation, Highway\nSeveral main highways including in Shanxi and Henan as well as Jingzhu Expressway, the main highway connecting the capital Beijing and Guangdong province, were shut down. Seven of the eight highways connecting Hunan and Guangdong were closed and all public highways in Anhui were closed. The road closures disrupted transportation of goods across several areas of the country where there were concerns of significant food shortage as the storm also did significant damage to crops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Transportation, Water transport\nWater transportation was also affected as 10 boats at the Shanghai port which contained goods were stuck and unable to unload because of the snow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Transportation, Airport\nAbout 60,000 bus riders were stranded at various highways and 19 major airports at 10 cities were also closed at one point. 10,000 at Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou were stranded after 55 flights were cancelled. In total, about 3,250 flights were cancelled and another 5,550 were delayed. All provincial bus services in Jiangxi were halted. The Chinese Public Safety Ministry mentioned that about 1\u00a0million police officers were dispatched to keep the roadways open but numerous trucks were stranded in many areas. 100 diesel locomotives were also dispatched in attempt to get stranded trains back into service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Fatalities\nAccording to CNN, 63 were killed as of 31 January due to the effects of the storm, many of them because of the cold or collapsed roofs. The toll was later risen to at least 107 according to Xinhua. Among the fatalities, 11 were killed by a bus accident in Anhui in which the bus flipped into a ditch on January 21. Another crash on 28 January killed at least 25 when a bus plunged into an icy road near Zunyi City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Fatalities\nThree electricians were killed in Hunan while attempting to remove snow and ice from power lines and were named \"revolutionary martyrs\" by the government. As there was a gradual restoration of train services, stampedes  killed at least one person in Guangzhou. Chinese officials mentioned that medical teams treated about 200 000 sick and injured people while 60 died from the cold. 11 electricians were also killed while restoring power across the country, but it wasn't clear if they were included in the official death toll of 60\u00a0people killed in accidents and building collapses blamed on the storms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Economic impact and costs\nThe Chinese economy, which has experienced rapid growth over the past thirty years, was also affected by the winter event. According to the BBC, the country's civil affairs ministry estimated that the costs to the country's economy were about 54\u00a0billion Chinese yuan but the cost rose to 80\u00a0billion yuan as of February 7. Damage estimates as of February 13 were at about 111\u00a0billion yuan. Insurance companies across the country received tens of thousands of compensation cases including half a million from the hardest hit regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Economic impact and costs\nAnalysts also mentioned that extensive loss of crops (of over 40,000\u00a0km\u00b2) including fresh vegetables and fruit resulted in a substantial inflation of food prices. At least 11 provinces reported significant price increases after the loss of millions of crops. The price for box lunches increased fivefold across many areas in the aftermath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Economic impact and costs\nDuring the month of January, the country's producer price index hit a three-year high with a rise 6.1% including a near 30% surge in crude prices, near 9% in fuel, raw materials and power prices and a 7 to 10% increase in diesel oil, kerosene and gasoline prices. In addition, food prices climbed by 10% to as much as 18% during the month and significantly affected the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The inflation rate itself reached 7.1% the highest since September 1996 where it hit 7.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Economic impact and costs\nIn addition, productivity at numerous factories was affected. Among them, steel and aluminum production were scaled back due to a significant shortage of raw materials and loss of production of about 50,000 tonnes of lead and zinc was forecasted in Hunan. Telecom companies had significant repair costs as about 10,000\u00a0kilometers of lines were affected. The Ministry of Information Industry mentioned that this has affected 33\u00a0million users and cost at least 80\u00a0million yuan up until 27 January. Other sectors affected were hotels, airlines and auto sales while other businesses had disruption in the supply of products because of transportation delays. The Chinese government mentioned that the storm would not have a significant long-term effect on the general economy but would not be without significant short-term problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 891]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Economic impact and costs\nThe winter weather may have been responsible for a 7% drop of the Shanghai Composite Index due to concerns at the effects of transport breakdowns and power shortages. However, the storms happened at the same time as significant worldwide stock market volatility due to concerns of a recession in the United States. Energy-related stocks rose as much as 23% due to the rise of profits because of the weather woes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Government response\nThe winter storms marked the largest national mass mobilization since the 2003 SARS crisis and is comparable in size to the relief efforts of the 1998 Yangtze River Floods. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao issued an apology to citizens regarding the situation in a public televised appearance at a railway station in Changsha, Hunan. He mentioned that the electrical system would be first to be fixed before restoring normal train operations for Lunar New Year holiday travellers. The severe weather also led to an emergency meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China chaired by General Secretary Hu Jintao to discuss ways in order to control the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Government response\nAbout 300,000 troops and 1.1\u00a0million reservists were deployed to assist relief efforts and snow removal across various parts of affected regions. The government also announced a $700\u00a0million (2008 USD) plan for helping farmers who had their crops destroyed by the winter weather. In addition, the government spent over 330\u00a0million yuan for local disaster relief operations. On 1 February, Premier Wen held a State Council meeting to discuss matters related to the snowstorms, and immediately afterwards flew out to Hunan to inspect relief efforts. General Secretary, President Hu visited various coal mines to urge them to help end power shortages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Government response\nThere were also reports that China would invest significantly in better forecasting and cooperation between weather departments in the event of future storms as there were reports of criticism of the weather agencies. According to the China Meteorological Administration, there are plans to invest nearly 2\u00a0billion yuan (US$300\u00a0million) for the improvement of the weather forecasting work, which was reportedly approved by the State Council, the Chinese Cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Government response\nIn addition, several weather experts from the meteorological office told that the country was not properly prepared to face a winter weather event of this magnitude. Some had praised northern parts of the country for their emergency plans in unusual weather. but have criticized those from southern parts. The Chinese Meteorological Administration also added that officials were not expecting such a lengthy episode of severe winter weather with an extensive impact across a large area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Effects, Government response\nPremier Wen Jiabao spent Chinese New Year in Jiangxi while inspecting relief efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196162-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Chinese winter storms, Foreign and interior aid\nThe Red Cross Society of China reported that they received at least 60\u00a0million yuan in donations and provided donations of food, medicine, quilts, coats and tents. In addition, some other events including an opera performance raised additional funds for the areas affected. In addition, several foreign countries across the world had offered monetary assistance for the relief efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196163-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chino Hills earthquake\nThe 2008 Chino Hills earthquake occurred at 11:42:15\u00a0am PDT (18:42:15 UTC) on July 29 in Southern California. The epicenter of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake was in Chino Hills, c. 28 miles (45\u00a0km)  east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Though no lives were lost, eight people were injured, and it caused considerable damage in numerous structures throughout the area and caused some amusement park facilities to shut down their rides. The earthquake led to increased discussion regarding the possibility of a stronger earthquake in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196163-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chino Hills earthquake, Earthquake\nThe Chino Hills earthquake was caused by oblique-slip faulting, with components of both thrust and sinistral strike-slip displacement. Preliminary reports cited the Whittier fault as the active cause, but the quake was later determined to have been generated by the \"Yorba Linda trend,\" as identified by Caltech seismologist Egill Hauksson. Its epicenter was within 3 miles (4.8\u00a0km) of Chino Hills and its hypocenter was c. 15.5 kilometers (9.6\u00a0mi) deep. Initial estimations of the moderate main shock reported it as magnitude 5.8, but this was later revised to magnitude 5.4. The main shock was reportedly felt as far south as San Diego, and Tijuana, Mexico, and as far east as Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the strongest earthquake to occur in the greater Los Angeles area since the 1994 Northridge earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 848]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196163-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chino Hills earthquake, Earthquake\nAs reported by The Orange County Register, three microearthquakes, all less than magnitude 3.0, occurred in Anaheim Hills, 7 miles (11\u00a0km) southwest of Chino Hills, two months before the Chino Hills earthquake. There was an unusually low amount of seismic activity in Southern California in the week prior to the quake. Between July 20 and July 26, 2008, there were no earthquakes in Southern California exceeding magnitude 3.0, thus there was speculation that the wane in seismic activity was a precursor to a possible larger event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196163-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Chino Hills earthquake, Earthquake, Impact\nThe Chino Hills earthquake caused no deaths or significant damage due to the physical location of its epicenter. Most of the infrastructure in the Chino Hills area is relatively new and well suited to withstand a large quake. Unlike previous earthquakes in the region\u2014such as the 1994 Northridge earthquake and the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, which caused serious structural damage and fatalities\u2014this quake caused only minor damage. However, the high volume of telephone use following the shock overloaded provider capacity and disrupted service into the afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196163-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Chino Hills earthquake, Earthquake, Impact\nAmusement rides at Disneyland, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Universal Studios Hollywood and Knott's Berry Farm were evacuated and temporarily shut down. California State University, Fullerton suffered some damage in its older, inadequately engineered buildings. In Orange, the Chapman University School of Law was evacuated after a water pipe was ruptured. Pipes on a Macy's department store in Westfield Topanga ruptured during the tremor flooding the store which closed for a couple of days in order to be repaired. A light fixture damaged by the shock started a small fire in the Westfield MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana; since the fire was in an empty movie theater, nobody was harmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196163-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Chino Hills earthquake, Earthquake, Impact\nA gap was reported on California State Route 91 near Anaheim Hills, c. 7 miles (11\u00a0km) southwest of the epicenter, but the California Department of Transportation concluded that the gap did not pose a danger. A minor landslide near the freeway caused some traffic congestion, but structural damage was reported. Caltrans replaced an expansion joint on an Interstate 5 truck overpass at the El Toro Y Interchange. The roof of Placentia's public library nearly collapsed; afterwards, the building was closed for repairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196163-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Chino Hills earthquake, Earthquake, Impact\nElectrical outages were reported in Chino, Chino Hills, Diamond Bar and Pomona. Over 2,000 people lost power after a fire broke out at a La Habra power station, but electricity was restored that afternoon. Los Angeles International Airport reported a ground radar system outage along with a broken water heater, causing flooding in the checked luggage preparation area of Terminal 7. Minor injuries from falling ceiling tiles were reported at a medical clinic in Brea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196163-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Chino Hills earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks\nApproximately 100 minor aftershocks and one presumed foreshock were reported within two days after the earthquake, 27 of which occurred within an hour after the earthquake. Four aftershocks of at least 3.0 in magnitude were reported\u2014the first, nine minutes following the initial earthquake, was the largest at magnitude 3.8; and two others, occurring over two hours later, were recorded at magnitude 3.6. Twenty-eight aftershocks of at least 2.0 were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196163-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Chino Hills earthquake, Earthquake, Response\nThere was speculation that the Chino Hills earthquake may have been a foreshock to a larger earthquake. The Southern California Seismic Network's Aftershock Probability Report, produced minutes after the event, stated that \"Most likely, the recent mainshock will be the largest in the sequence. However, there is a small chance, c. 5\u201310%, of an earthquake equal to or larger than this mainshock in the next 7 days.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196163-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Chino Hills earthquake, Earthquake, Response\nGeologists at the United States Geological Survey and Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast suggest that an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 or larger will almost definitely occur somewhere in the state within the next 30 years. then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said: \"This earthquake reminds us to be prepared. [ ...] We were very fortunate that there were no serious injuries or property damage.\" Additionally, registration for the Great Southern California ShakeOut, a regional earthquake drill scheduled to occur on November 13, 2008, increased significantly in the aftermath of the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196164-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chivas USA season\nThe 2008 Chivas USA season was the club's fourth season of existence, and their fourth in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The club competed in the MLS's Western Conference, where they finished in first place, in their Conference, qualifying for the Playoffs for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196164-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chivas USA season, Competitions, MLS, Results summary\nLast updated: October 16, 2007Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196165-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chorley Borough Council election\nThe Chorley Borough Council elections took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196165-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Chorley Borough Council election, Wards, Chorley North West ward\nN.B. Percentage change in Chorley North-West is taken from when a Snape last faced the electorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196165-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Chorley Borough Council election, Wards, Heath Charnock and Rivington ward\nN.B. Percentage change in Lostock is taken from when Margaret Iddon last faced the electorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196166-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Christmas massacres\nThe Christmas massacres took place on 24\u201327 December 2008, when the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan rebel group, attacked several villages in Haut-Uele District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The massacres were the fifth deadliest act of terrorism in world history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196166-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Christmas massacres, Attacks\nThe LRA attacks followed the beginning of a joint military operation on 14 December, led by the Ugandan army with support from the Congolese, Southern Sudanese, and Central African Republic armies. The Ugandan army attacked the LRA headquarters in Congo's Garamba National Park, near the border with Sudan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196166-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Christmas massacres, Attacks\nFollowing this attack, the LRA dispersed into several groups, each of which targeted civilians along its path. The rebels carried out the most devastating of their attacks from 24 December, waiting until people had come together for Christmas festivities, then surrounding and killing them by crushing their skulls with axes, machetes, and large wooden bats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196166-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Christmas massacres, Attacks\nMedia reports indicated that more than 620 people were killed, many of them hacked into pieces, decapitated, or burned alive in their homes. Several people reportedly had their lips cut off as a \"warning not to speak ill of the rebels\", and two three-year-old girls suffered serious neck injuries when rebels tried to twist their heads off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196166-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Christmas massacres, Attacks\nMore than 20,000 people were reported to have been displaced by the attacks, and at least 20 children were abducted by the LRA. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that as many as 225 people, including 160 children, might have been abducted and more than 80 women raped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196166-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Christmas massacres, Attacks\nAccording to Human Rights Watch, \"the similar tactics and the near-simultaneous attacks indicate this was a planned operation meant to slaughter and terrorize as many civilians as possible\". The LRA has denied responsibility for the attacks; an LRA spokesman suggested that LRA defectors who had joined the Ugandan army may have been responsible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196166-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Christmas massacres, Death toll\nOn 29 December 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimated that 189 people had been killed on 26\u201327 December. Caritas International has put the death toll at over 400, while Human Rights Watch reported that at least 620 civilians were killed between 24 December and 13 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196166-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Christmas massacres, Reactions\nOn 30 December 2008, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned \"the appalling atrocities reportedly committed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in recent days\". The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo also condemned the attack and airlifted Congolese soldiers to Faradje to prevent further attacks. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said the situation was \"catastrophic\". The European Commission condemned the attacks and called on the LRA \"to immediately cease all criminal acts against the innocent people\". Caritas International said it was \"shocked\" by its staff reports of the massacres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196167-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Christy Ring Cup\nThe 2008 Christy Ring Cup was the 4th annual second tier hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Carlow beat Westmeath in the final after extra time. Carlow were beaten by Laois the bottom team in the Liam McCarthy Cup and played in the Christy Ring Cup again the following year as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196167-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Christy Ring Cup, Format\nEach team in the group played each other once in the first phase. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The bottom team in each group went into the relegation play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196167-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Christy Ring Cup, Results, Relegation play-offs\nDue to a restructuring of the hurling championships the following year, the relegation playoffs were subsequently rendered meaningless as all four teams involved were relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196168-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Christy Ring Cup Final\nThe 2008 Christy Ring Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland on 3 August 2008 to determine the winners of the 2008 Christy Ring Cup, the 4th season of the Christy Ring Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams. The final was contested by Carlow of Leinster and Westmeath of Leinster, with Carlow winning by 3-22 to 4-16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196168-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Christy Ring Cup Final\nThere was nothing to separate the sides in the opening half, with Carlow recovering from an indifferent start to level matters by the break at 1-10 apiece. Derek McNicholas rattled the net for Westmeath while Craig Doyle bagged Carlow's goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196168-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Christy Ring Cup Final\nA scoring blitz on the resumption of play saw Carlow score 2-4 without reply in the first ten minutes. Robert Foley and Doyle found the net as Carlow led by ten points. Westmeath reduced the deficit to just three points with ten minutes remaining, helped by 1-2 from star forward Brendan Murtagh. Carlow edged further in front as full-time approached but in an amazing five minutes of stoppage time Westmeath forced extra-time with a goal from John Shaw and a last gasp converted penalty from Murtagh which ended the contest in normal time at 3-18 to 4-15. A missed penalty for Westmeath in the third minute of extra-time ultimately proved costly. Paul Greville got the only score in the first period with a point for Westmeath, but four unanswered points in the second period from Carlow claim the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196169-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chrono Champenois \u2013 Troph\u00e9e Europ\u00e9en\nThe 2008 Chrono Champenois \u2013 Troph\u00e9e Europ\u00e9en was the 10th running of the Chrono Champenois - Troph\u00e9e Europ\u00e9en, a women's individual time trial bicycle race. It was held on 14 September 2008 over a distance of 33.4 kilometres (20.8 miles) in France. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196170-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Chrono des Nations\nThe 2008 Chrono des Nations was the 27th edition of the Chrono des Nations cycle race and was held on 19 October 2008. The race started and finished in Les Herbiers. The race was won by Stef Clement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196171-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Churchill Cup\nThe 2008 Churchill Cup took place between 7 June and 21 June 2008 in what was the sixth year of the Churchill Cup. Six rugby union teams took part: Canada, England Saxons, Ireland A, Scotland A, the USA, and an Argentinian XV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196171-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Churchill Cup, Participation\nThe entry of an Argentinian XV into the competition stems from a decision by the New Zealand Rugby Union not to assemble its 'A' team, the Junior All Blacks, in 2008; as a consequence, the New Zealand M\u0101ori, who have taken part in the last three Churchill Cup tournaments, replaced the Juniors in the Pacific Nations Cup and were not available for the Churchill Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196171-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Churchill Cup, Format\nThe teams were split into two pools of three teams each. Within each pool, the teams played one another once. All six teams participated in a finals day: the two pool winners competed in the final for the Churchill Cup, the two runners-up played in a Plate final, and the two bottom-placed teams competed for a Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196171-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Churchill Cup, Venues\nAfter the 2007 tournament, which was the first to be played outside of North America, the 2008 tournament returned to North America again. The pool games were played at three venues in Ontario, Canada: Fletcher's Fields, Markham; Twin Elm Rugby Park, Nepean; and Richardson Memorial Stadium, Kingston. Finals Day took place at Toyota Park, Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196172-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cidade de Guimar\u00e3es Trophy\nThe 2008 Cidade de Guimar\u00e3es Trophy was a Portuguese football competition that took place between 1\u20134 August 2008 and featured Vit\u00f3ria Guimar\u00e3es, Benfica, and Paris Saint-Germain. Benfica won in the final match against Vit\u00f3ria Guimar\u00e3es.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196173-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bearcats football team\nThe 2008 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, coached by Brian Kelly, played its homes game in Nippert Stadium. Kelly was in his second full season with the Bearcats after coaching them to a 31\u201321 win against Southern Miss in the 2007 PapaJohns.com Bowl. On Friday, November 28, 2008, the Bearcats clinched a share of the Big East Conference title for the first time since joining the Big East in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196173-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bearcats football team\nWith a victory over Syracuse on November 29, 2008 the Bearcats became the outright football champions of the Big East and set a record with an average attendance of 31,964. After a disappointing loss to Virginia Tech in the 2009 Orange Bowl, the Bearcats finished 17th in the AP Top 25 for the second consecutive year. With West Virginia falling off Cincinnati became the front runner to win the big east.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season\nThe 2008 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League, the 41st overall, and the 6th under head coach Marvin Lewis. The team finished the season with 4 wins, 11 losses, and 1 tie, and missing out of the playoffs for the 3rd consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nThis season marked head coach Marvin Lewis's sixth year with the Bengals. His offensive coordinator, Bob Bratkowski, remained with the team, but his defensive coordinator from 2007 to 2008, Chuck Bresnahan, was not retained. He was replaced by Mike Zimmer and Jeff FitzGerald replaced Ricky Hunley as linebacker coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Season theme\nTypically Lewis has had a theme for the upcoming season for the team to rally around. For the 2008 season it was \"Now\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nThe Bengals gained an additional four picks for compensation of losing certain players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Baltimore Ravens\nThe Bengals began their 2008 campaign on the road against their AFC North foe, the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, Cincinnati trailed early as Ravens WR Mark Clayton turned a double reverse play into a 42-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Bengals continued to struggle as kicker Matt Stover gave Baltimore a 21-yard field goal. Cincinnati would reply as kicker Shayne Graham nailed a 43-yard field goal. However, in the third quarter, the Bengals continued to show their dismal defense as Ravens QB Joe Flacco got a 38-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Bengals tried to rally as CB Johnathan Joseph returned a fumble 65 yards for a touchdown. However, Baltimore's defense stiffened and held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Baltimore Ravens\nWith the loss, Cincinnati began their season at 0\u20131. It became the team's first regular season opening loss since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Tennessee Titans\nStarter Dexter Jackson was inactive for the game due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Tennessee Titans\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Ravens, the Bengals played their Week 2 home opener against the Tennessee Titans. At the beginning of the game the winds were marked at 20\u00a0mph and picked up intensity as the game continued, with gusts to hurricane force at times due to the passage of the remnants of Hurricane Ike. After a scoreless first quarter, Cincinnati trailed as Titans RB LenDale White got a 1-yard TD run. The Bengals would respond with RB Chris Perry getting his first career TD on a 13-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Tennessee Titans\nHowever, Tennessee would begin its domination with QB Kerry Collins completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Justin Gage. In the third quarter, Cincinnati continued to struggle as kicker Rob Bironas nailed a 34-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Titans sealed the win with LB Keith Bulluck blocking and recovering a punt within Cincy's endzone for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Tennessee Titans\nDuring the game, the wind was such a factor that it aided the Titan's punter who, with a quick 1-step drop, kicked a punt travelling 70 yards past scrimmage before hitting the ground. It appeared to contribute to difficulties with short passes and long snaps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Tennessee Titans\nWith the loss, the Bengals fell to 0\u20132. It became the team's first 0-2 start since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 3: at New York Giants\nStarters Ben Utecht, Johnathan Joseph, & Dexter Jackson, were inactive for the game due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 3: at New York Giants\nTrying to snap their two-game losing skid, the Bengals flew to Giants Stadium for a Week 3 matchup with the defending Super Bowl champions, the New York Giants. In the first quarter, Cincinnati scratched first with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 22-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Giants responded with RB Brandon Jacobs getting a 1-yard TD run. The Bengals would strike back with RB Chris Perry getting a 25-yard TD run. New York tied the game with kicker John Carney getting a 24-yard field goal, yet Cincinnati would close out the half with Graham's 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 3: at New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, the Giants would tie the game with Carney kicking a 46-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New York would take the lead with Carney's 26-yard field goal. The Bengals would reclaim its lead with QB Carson Palmer completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh. The Giants responded with QB Eli Manning completing a 4-yard TD pass to TE Kevin Boss, yet Cincinnati tied the game with Graham's 21-yard field goal. However, in overtime, New York came out on top as Carney nailing the game-winning 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 3: at New York Giants\nWith the loss, the Bengals fell to 0\u20133 as they prepared to face the Cleveland Browns the next game who were also 0\u20133. This was the team's first 0-3 start since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Cleveland Browns\nStill searching for their first win, the Bengals went home for a Week 4 AFC North duel with the Cleveland Browns in Round 1 of 2008's Battle of Ohio. With QB Carson Palmer out with a sore right elbow, back-up QB Ryan Fitzpatrick was named the starter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Cleveland Browns\nIn the first quarter, Cincinnati trailed early as Browns kicker Phil Dawson got a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Bengals took the lead with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 42-yard and a 45-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, Cleveland regained the lead in the fourth quarter with QB Derek Anderson completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards, along with RB Jamal Lewis getting a 1-yard TD run. Cincinnati would respond with Fitzpatrick completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Chad Ocho Cinco, yet the Browns pulled away with Dawson nailing a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Cleveland Browns\nWith yet another loss, the Bengals fell to 0\u20134 for the first time since 2002, while the Browns improved to 1\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Dallas Cowboys\nStill searching for their first win, the Bengals flew to Texas Stadium for a Week 5 interconference duel with the Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, Cincinnati trailed early as Cowboys kicker Nick Folk got a 30-yard field goal, along with RB Felix Jones getting a 33-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Dallas increased its lead as QB Tony Romo completed a 4-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten. The Bengals would end the half with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 41-yard and a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, Cincinnati tried to rally as QB Carson Palmer completed an 18-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh. In the fourth quarter, the Bengals got closer as Graham got a 40-yard field goal, yet the Cowboys answered with Romo completing a 57-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. Cincinnati tried to come back as Palmer completed a 10-yard TD pass to Houshmandzadeh (with a failed 2-point conversion), but Dallas pulled away with Romo completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 6: at New York Jets\nStill looking for their first win, the Bengals flew to The Meadowlands for a Week 6 duel with the throwback-clad New York Jets. With QB Carson Palmer out again nursing an injured elbow, QB Ryan Fitzpatrick was again named the starter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 6: at New York Jets\nIn the first quarter, Cincinnati pounced first as strong safety Chinedum Ndukwe returned a fumble 15 yards for a touchdown. The Jets responded with QB Brett Favre completing a 2-yard TD pass to RB Thomas Jones. In the second quarter, New York took the lead as kicker Jay Feely got a 38-yard field goal, while Jones got a 7-yard TD run. The Bengals closed out the half with Fitzpatrick getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 6: at New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, the Jets began to pull away as Feely got a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New York sealed the win as Jones got a 1-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 6: at New York Jets\nWith the loss, Cincinnati fell to 0\u20136 and it became their first 0\u20136 start as well as 6-game losing streak since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nStill searching for their first win of the season, the Bengals went home for a Week 7 AFC North duel with the Pittsburgh Steelers. With Carson Palmer still out with a sore elbow, QB Ryan Fitzpatrick was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the first quarter, Cincinnati trailed early as Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 2-yard TD pass to RB Mewelde Moore, along with kicker Jeff Reed getting a 21-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Bengals answered with Fitzpatrick completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Chad Ocho Cinco. In the third quarter, Pittsburgh responded with Moore getting a 13-yard TD run. Cincinnati would respond with kicker Dave Rayner nailing a 26-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nHowever, in the fourth quarter, the Steelers pulled away with Roethlisberger completing a 50-yard TD pass to WR Nate Washington, Moore getting a 2-yard TD run, and QB Byron Leftwich completing a 16-yard TD pass to WR Hines Ward. Earlier in the game, Ward destroyed Bengals linebacker Keith Rivers with a vicious legal hit, breaking Rivers' jaw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, Cincinnati dropped to 0\u20137. The team's first such start since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 8: at Houston Texans\nStill trying to acquire their first win of the season, the Bengals flew to Reliant Stadium for a Week 8 duel with the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Cincinnati's struggles continued as Texans WR Jacoby Jones returned a punt 73 yards for a touchdown. The Bengals responded with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 43-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Houston increased its lead as QB Matt Schaub completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR David Anderson. Cincinnati closed out the half with Graham nailing a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 8: at Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, the Texans began to pull away as Schaub completed a 7-yard and a 39-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter. In the fourth quarter, Houston sealed the win with RB Steve Slaton getting a 20-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 8: at Houston Texans\nWith yet another loss, the Bengals would fall to 0\u20138 and start a season with such a record for the first time since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nStill looking for their first win of the season, the Bengals went home, donned their alternate uniforms, and played a Week 9 duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Cincinnati clawed first as QB Ryan Fitzpatrick completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Chad Ocho Cinco. In the second quarter, the Bengals increased their lead as Fitzpatrick hooked up with Ocho Cinco again on a 10-yard TD pass. The Jaguars would end the half on kicker Josh Scobee's 52-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, Cincinnati continued its hot streak as RB Cedric Benson got a 7-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Jacksonville began to rally as Scobee nailed a 26-yard field goal, FB Montell Owens returned the fumbled kickoff 18 yards for a touchdown, and RB Maurice Jones-Drew got a 1-yard TD pass. Fortunately, the Bengals' defense prevented the Jaguars from getting the 2-point conversion, allowing Cincinnati to finally get its first win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith the win, not only did the Bengals go into their bye week at 1\u20138, the win also made the Lions the only winless NFL team (the same Lions that would go 0\u201316).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their bye week, the Bengals stayed at home for a Week 11 interconference duel with the Philadelphia Eagles. After a scoreless first quarter, Cincinnati pounced as kicker Shayne Graham got a 20-yard field goal. The Eagles responded as kicker David Akers got a 42-yard field goal. The Bengals would close out the half as QB Ryan Fitzpatrick completed a 26-yard TD pass to WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, Cincinnati increased their lead as Graham got a 41-yard field goal. Philadelphia answered with QB Donovan McNabb completing a 4-yard TD pass to TE L.J. Smith. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles tied the game with Aker nailing a 27-yard field goal. In overtime, both teams had opportunities for game-winning scores, yet both defenses kept them down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThis was the first game to end in a tie in the NFL since 2002, when the Atlanta Falcons played the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 34\u201334 tie. At the post-game press conference, Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb famously stated that he didn't know games could end tied. A minor controversy arose from this, claiming that the Eagles could have changed their overtime strategy had McNabb known about ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their tie with the Eagles, the Bengals flew to Heinz Field for a Week 12 AFC North rematch with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday Night Football. Prior to the game, it was announced that due to arriving at a team meeting 45 minutes late and arguing with head coach Marvin Lewis, WR Chad Ocho Cinco was deactivated for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the first quarter, Cincinnati struck first as QB Ryan Fitzpatrick completed a 10-yard TD pass to WR Glenn Holt. In the second quarter, the Steelers took the lead as QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 3-yard TD pass to TE Heath Miller, along with kicker Jeff Reed getting a 37-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Pittsburgh increased its lead as Reed made a 38-yard field goal, along with RB Gary Russell getting a 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Bengals tried to rally as kicker Shayne Graham nailed a 26-yard field goal. However, the Steelers pulled away with Roethlisberger's 8-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, Cincinnati fell to 1\u20139\u20131. It was also the Bengals' 332nd loss since the originating of the AFC-NFC format in 1970, temporarily tying them with the New York Jets for the most all-time losses among AFC teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Steelers, the Bengals went home for a Week 13 AFC North rematch with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, Cincinnati trailed early as Ravens kicker Matt Stover made a 27-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Baltimore increased its lead as Stover got a 21-yard field goal, along with QB Joe Flacco completing a 4-yard TD pass to TE Todd Heap. The Bengals would close out the half as kicker Shayne Graham nailed a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, the Ravens pulled away as WR Mark Clayton completed a 32-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason and caught a 70-yard TD pass from Flacco. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore pulled away as safety Jim Leonhard returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nWith the loss, not only did Cincinnati fall to 1\u201310\u20131. They surpassed their 2007 loss total and were swept by the Ravens for the first time since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Indianapolis Colts\nTrying to rebound from back-to-back divisional losses, the Bengals flew to Lucas Oil Stadium for a Week 14 duel with the Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, Cincinnati trailed as Colts RB Dominic Rhodes got a 17-yard TD run. The Bengals would answer in the second quarter as kicker Shayne Graham nailed a 19-yard field goal, but Indianapolis answered right back with QB Peyton Manning completing a 5-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Marvin Harrison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Indianapolis Colts\nManning would help the Colts pull away in the third quarter with a 2-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez and a 4-yard touchdown pass to TE Dallas Clark. Indianapolis would seal the game in the fourth quarter as CB Kelvin Hayden returned an interception 85 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Cleveland Browns\nComing off their home win over the Redskins, the Bengals flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for Round 2 of 2008's Battle of Ohio with the Cleveland Browns. Cincinnati would get the lead in the first quarter as cornerback Leon Hall returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown which was his first interception of the year. Hall also intercepted two other passes giving him 3 total in the game. RB Cedric Benson carried the ball for a career-high 38 times for a career-high 171 yards. The Bengals would then add onto their lead in the second quarter as quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick completed a 20-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Chris Henry. From there on out, the defense prevented Cleveland from getting any kind of momentum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nComing off their divisional road win over the Browns, the Bengals went home, donned their alternate uniforms again, and closed out their season with a Week 17 duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. Cincinnati would get the first punch in the first quarter as kicker Shayne Graham got a 38-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Bengals would increase their lead as running back Cedric Benson got a 2-yard touchdown run, followed by Graham's 30-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, Cincinnati wrapped up its dominating day with Graham's 43-yard field goal. The Chiefs would respond with quarterback Tyler Thigpen completing a 5-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tony Gonzalez (with a failed 2-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196174-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nWith the win, the Bengals finished their season at 4\u201311\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196175-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Reds season\nThe Cincinnati Reds' 2008 season was their 127th in total and their sixth in their present home park, Great American Ball Park. The Reds play in the National League's central division; their divisional foes were the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs were the defending champions. The Reds had not made the playoffs since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196175-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Reds season\nThe 2008 season was manager Dusty Baker's first with the Reds; the 19-year major league veteran outfielder from 1968 to 1986  with the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, and Oakland Athletics, previously managed the San Francisco Giants from 1993 to 2002 and the Chicago Cubs from 2003 to 2006. He took the entire 2007 off. Baker replaced Pete Mackanin, who was named the interim manager on July 1, 2007, after Jerry Narron, coincidentally hired as an interim manager himself, was fired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196175-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Reds season\nThe season was dedicated to a number of people who died prior to the beginning of the season. Primarily, former Reds left-handed pitcher and longtime announcer Joe Nuxhall, affectionately known to fans as \"The Ol' Lefthander\",  who died on November 15, 2007, of cancer. A patch that said \"NUXY\" was worn on Reds uniforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196175-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Reds season\nOther Reds figures who passed were Sheldon \"Chief\" Bender, a former major league pitcher who developed the Reds' minor league farm system in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. Bender died on February 27, 2008. He worked with general manager Bob Howsam, who had died eight days earlier, to develop the Reds into 1970s powerhouse team nicknamed \"The Big Red Machine\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196175-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Reds season\nJust 21 games into the 2008 season, the Reds fired 3rd year General Manager Wayne Krivsky and replaced him with former St. Louis Cardinals General Manager Walt Jocketty. The Reds had at 9\u201312 record, tied for 4th in the NL Central standings at the time of the firing. It was the team's worst start since the 2003 season. The Reds again stirred up controversy in Cincinnati in late July and early August by first trading right fielder Ken Griffey, Jr., who a month earlier had hit his 600th home run, to the Chicago White Sox at the trade deadline. On their next off day they sent popular left fielder Adam Dunn to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two minor leaguers and pitcher Micah Owings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196175-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits;  HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases; AVG = Batting Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196175-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games Pitched; IP = Innings Pitched; W= Wins; L = Losses; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned Run Average; WHIP = Walks + Hits Per Innings Pitched", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196175-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games Pitched; IP = Innings Pitched; W= Wins; L = Losses;  SV = Saves; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned Run Average; WHIP = Walks + Hits Per Innings Pitched", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196176-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 City and County of Swansea Council election\nThe fourth election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held in May 2008. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196176-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 City and County of Swansea Council election, Overview\nAll council seats were up for election. These were the fourth elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The Council remained under no overall control, the Labour Party having lost their majority on the authority in 2004", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196176-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 City and County of Swansea Council election, Candidates\nThe contests were fought by most of the main parties but Labour was the only one to contest the majority of seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196176-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Cockett (four seats)\nPlaid councilor Keith Morgan had defected to the Liberal Democrats since the previous election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196176-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Oystermouth (one seat)\nThe former Conservative councillor stood as an Independent, but was defeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 81], "content_span": [82, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196176-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Sketty (five seats)\nHuw Rees was elected as a Conservative in 2004 but subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196177-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election\nThe City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196177-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Bingley ward\nCllr. Colin Gill resigned in September 2008 due to strain the position had placed on his professional life. John Pennington was elected in a by-election in December 2008, retaining the seat for the Conservative Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 88], "content_span": [89, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196177-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Bowling & Barkerend ward\nIncumbent Rupert Oliver switched from the Lib Dems to Labour in October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 100], "content_span": [101, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196177-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Great Horton ward\nCllr. Paul Flowers (Labour Party) stood down in 2011 after \"adult content\" was found on a council computer he had used. Abdul Jabar retained the seat for the party in a by-election later the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 93], "content_span": [94, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196177-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Keighley West ward\nRobert Payne was subsequently found guilty of tax fraud and jailed in December 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 94], "content_span": [95, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196177-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Toller ward\nCouncillor Arshad Hussain resigned from the Conservative group in February 2010 to become a Labour councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 87], "content_span": [88, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196177-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010 elections, Bingley ward\nThis was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Colin Gill (Conservative Party).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 120], "content_span": [121, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196178-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Ipswich 400\nThe 2008 City of Ipswich 400 is the seventh round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of July 18 to 20 at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196178-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Ipswich 400, Practice\nPractice featured another opportunity for teams to test endurance co-drivers with Steve Owen ending up the fastest of those drivers in the Jim Beam Racing Falcon, second only in the session to Russell Ingall. Warren Luff was fifth fastest in the second Jim Beam Falcon just ahead of Paul Radisich in the HSV Dealer Team Commodore. Next were Craig Baird (Holden Racing Team) and David Besnard (Stone Brothers Racing).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196178-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 City of Ipswich 400, Practice\nOther co-drivers in the session were Dean Canto (Ford Performance Racing), Glenn Seton (Holden Racing Team), Jason Bargwanna (Rod Nash Racing), Grant Denyer (Ford Rising Stars Racing), Luke Youlden (Ford Performance Racing), Mark Noske (Tasman Motorsport), Jack Perkins (Jack Daniel's Racing), Adam Macrow driving the Team Kiwi Racing Falcon instead of for his enduro team Britek Motorsport, Brad Jones (Brad Jones Racing) and David Reynolds (HSV Dealer Team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196178-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Ipswich 400, Support categories\nThe 2008 City of Ipswich 400 had five support categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196179-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Lincoln Council election\nThe 2008 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was held on the same day as other local elections. One third 33 seats were up for election, with one councillor in each of the 11 wards being elected. As the previous election in 2007 had  been an all-out election with new ward boundaries, the seats of the candidates that had finished third in each ward in 2006 were up for election. The Conservative Party retained control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196180-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 City of Melbourne election\nElections to the City of Melbourne were held via postal ballot in October 2008 to elect 7 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Incumbent Lord Mayor John So did not seek re-election, and was succeeded by former Victorian Opposition Leader and Liberal Party leader Robert Doyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196181-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Civic Democratic Party leadership election\nThe Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leadership election of 2008 was a part of party's congress. It happened after ODS lost Senate election and regional elections. Incumbent leader and Prime Minister Mirek Topol\u00e1nek faced Mayor of Prague Pavel B\u00e9m who was supported by President V\u00e1clav Klaus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196181-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Civic Democratic Party leadership election\nTopol\u00e1nek was re-elected when he received votes from 284 delegates while B\u00e9m received only 162 votes. 492 delegates could participate in election. Topol\u00e1nek promised to learn from his mistakes and said that he will unite the party. B\u00e9m congratulated Topol\u00e1nek but later saif that even though he respects him, he doesn't think that ODS will win next election if Topol\u00e1nek is the leader of ODS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196181-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background\nMirek Topol\u00e1nek became leader of ODS in 2002. He was reelected in 2004 and 2006. ODS won under his leadership 2006 legislative election but in 2008, ODS suffered heavy defeat in regional and senate elections. Topol\u00e1nek was blamed for the defeat and was speculated to be replaced in incoming leadership election. Pavel B\u00e9m was speculated to be his rival. Topol\u00e1nek stated on 19 October 2008 that he plans to run for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196181-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background\nPavel B\u00e9m announced his candidacy on 27 October 2008. He was supported by President of the Czech Republic and founder of ODS V\u00e1clav Klaus. He stated that his candidacy is a reaction party's defeat in 2008 elections. B\u00e9m was endorsed by party's regional governors. It was believed that Topol\u00e1nek will be defeated by B\u00e9m. There were other politicians who expressed interest in the election Old\u0159ich Voj\u00ed\u0159 stated that he plans to run for the position. Jan Zahradil would run if the election is deadblocked. Petr Bendl also considered running. Ev\u017een To\u0161enovsk\u00fd and Miroslava N\u011bmcov\u00e1 were speculated to run. N\u011bmcov\u00e1 herself dismissed speculations that she plans to run against Topol\u00e1nek while To\u0161enovsk\u00fd stated that he doesn't know whether he will run for the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196181-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background\nTopol\u00e1nek officially announced his candidacy on 2 November 2008. Topol\u00e1nek was endorsed by some influential politicians within the party such as Ivan Langer, Ji\u0159\u00ed Posp\u00ed\u0161il and Tom\u00e1\u0161 Jul\u00ednek. Topol\u00e1nek was supported by large portion of party's members. His supporters included some celebrities such as director Filip Ren\u010d or actress Daniela \u0160inkorov\u00e1. Topol\u00e1nek started to gather new allies. Topol\u00e1nek quickly gathered nominations from multiple party's organisations. On 25 November 2008, Tool\u00e1nek received nomination from Prague organisation that was considered B\u00e9m's stronghold. B\u00e9m's victory was considered unlikely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196181-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background\nV\u00e1clav Klaus gave up his title as Honorary Chairman of the party before the election took place. Klaus stated that he has problem to identify with party's politics for very long time. He thanked the party for help during presidential elections. He stated that he realises that he would never be a president if there was no ODS and thanked for previous 18 years that he lived together with ODS. Klaus' decision led to many emotional reactions among members of the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196181-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Voting\nTopol\u00e1nek was considered front-runner. He received 284 votes against B\u00e9m's 162 and won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196181-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Aftermath\nTopol\u00e1nek remained party's leader until 2010 when he was replaced by Petr Ne\u010das.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196182-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Claxton Shield\nThe 74th Claxton Shield was held from 28 December 2007 to 10 February 2008. The 2008 Shield was conducted on a Home and Away series made up of 2 Divisions; Eastern Division: Australian Provincial, New South Wales Patriots and the Queensland Rams, Southern Division: Perth Heat, Victoria Aces and South Australia. Each divisional series saw each team meet 6 times with 3 home games and 3 away games, the top team from each division then meet in a 3-game Championship series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196182-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Claxton Shield, Teams\nThe 2008 Claxton Shield was contested between six teams from around Australia, divided into two divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196184-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers baseball team\nThe 2008 Clemson Tigers baseball team represented Clemson University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played home games at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, SC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196184-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers baseball team\nThe team was coached by Jack Leggett in his fifteenth season at Clemson. The Tigers posted a record of 31\u201327\u20131, finished in 8th place in the ACC, and failed to advance to NCAA Tournament play, ending a streak of appearances dating back to 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196184-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers baseball team, Broadcasts, Radio\nOn Wednesday, February 6, 2008, the Clemson Tigers Sports Network announced that it will broadcast 36 regular-season baseball games, while the other 20 regular-season games will be broadcast by WCCP-FM (104.9 FM) out of Clemson. Clemson Tiger Sports Network will broadcast the 30 ACC regular-season games along with the four games against South Carolina and both games against Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196184-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers baseball team, Broadcasts, Radio\nThe network will also carry all postseason contests. The other 20 regular-season games will be carried by WCCP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team\nThe 2008 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Tommy Bowden, who resigned six games into his tenth season. The interim head coach was assistant coach Dabo Swinney. The Tigers play their home games in Memorial Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Before the season, Preseason outlook\nClemson came into the 2008 season with great promise. In 2007 the team had finished second in the ACC Atlantic Division with a 9\u20133 record, earning them a trip to the Chick-Fil-A Bowl. Clemson's 2008 team had experience at the skill positions, headlined by senior quarterback Cullen Harper. As a junior Harper broke 28 school records, passing for 3,000 yards and throwing 27 touchdowns and just 6 interceptions. At the running back position, Clemson platooned senior James Davis and junior C. J. Spiller. Davis was a fast back who ran hard and with power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Before the season, Preseason outlook\nSpiller was a shifty, elusive back with speed and good hands. Clemson fans nicknamed the pair \"thunder and lightning.\" In addition to these offensive threats, Clemson fifth-year senior Aaron Kelly was a big target at receiver and had sure hands. The Tigers' main area of concern was on the offensive line, which had to be rebuilt with young players. There were also concerns defensively at the linebacker position, which had been thinned by graduation and off-field issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Before the season, Preseason outlook\nWith Clemson returning the ACC's number 1 passer (Harper), number 1 runner (Davis) and number 1 wide receiver (Kelly), the team was tabbed as the preseason favorite to win the ACC, and was ranked 9th in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today preseason polls. In addition, Harper was the preseason favorite to be the ACC's Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Before the season, Incoming recruiting class\nSpencer Benton (K; Myrtle Beach, SC; Myrtle Beach HS), DaQuan Bowers (DE; Bamberg, SC; Bamberg-Ehrhardt HS), Stanley Hunter (LB; Duncan, SC; James F. Brynes HS), Marquan Jones (WR; Blythewood, SC; Blythewood HS), Kyle Parker (QB; Jacksonville, FL; Bartram Trail HS), Tarik Rollins (LB; Jacksonville, FL; Chaminade Madonna College Prep), Jon Richt (QB; Athens, GA; Prince Avenue Christian), Dawson Zimmerman (K; Snellville, GA; Brookwood HS), Spencer Adams (S; Matthews, NC; David W. Butler HS), Andre Ellington (RB; Moncks Corner, SC; Berkeley HS), Dalton Freeman (OL; Pelion, SC; Pelion HS), Brandon Thompson (DT; Thomasville, GA; Thomasville HS), Daniel Andrews (S; Jacksonville, FL; Trinity Christian Academy), Jaron Brown (WR; Cheraw, SC; Cheraw HS), Carlton Lewis Jr. (S; St. Augustine, FL; St. Augustine HS), Jarred Crittenton (DE; Wahpeton, ND; North Dakota State College of Science), Matt Sanders (OL; Crestview, FL; Crestview HS), Kenneth Page (OL; Columbia, SC; A.C. Flora HS), Xavier Brewer (CB; Jacksonville, FL; Bartram Trail HS); Dwayne Allen (TE; Fayetteville, NC; Terry Sanford HS); Rashard Hall (S; St. Augustine, FL; St. Augustine HS), Brandon Ford (WR; Hanahan, SC; Hanahan HS); Matt Skinner (ATH; Jacksonville, FL; The Bolles School), Jonathan Willard (LB; Loris, SC; Loris HS), Antoine McClain (OL; Anniston, AL; Anniston HS), Jamie Harper (RB; Jacksonville, FL; Trinity Christian Academy)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 1490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama (played in Atlanta, Georgia)\nThe Tigers were the preseason favorite to win the ACC and were favored going into the season opener at the Georgia Dome. Some believed that the Crimson Tide's youth and inexperience would prove a serious disadvantage against an experienced team like Clemson. However, Alabama quickly took control in what would eventually be a lopsided victory. By the end of the first quarter, Bama led 13\u20130, and they extended their lead to 23\u20133 by halftime. The only scare came when C. J. Spiller returned the second half kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown. However, the Tigers failed to score again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 87], "content_span": [88, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama (played in Atlanta, Georgia)\nJames Davis and C. J. Spiller combined for only 20 yards on the ground, while the team's rushing total was 0. Clemson's redshirt senior quarterback, Cullen Harper, completed 20 of 34 passes but had no touchdowns and one interception. Alabama's John Parker Wilson completed 22 of 30 passes with no interceptions. He threw two touchdowns to Nick Walker and Julio Jones, and rushed for one himself. The Crimson Tide went on to win by a score of 34\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 87], "content_span": [88, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nRunning back C. J. Spiller fumbled on Clemson's first drive and the Tigers turned the ball over on downs on their second drive. The Citadel was able to proficiently move the ball through the air, although they were unable to capitalize on their opportunities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nIt was the secondary and Michael Hamlin in particular that kept The Citadel from getting back into the game after the Tigers went up 21\u20130 on two touchdown runs by C. J. Spiller and a TD run by James Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nWith Clemson leading 21\u20137 late in the first half, The Citadel scored on a 41-yard pass from Bart Blanchard to Andre Roberts. Then the Bulldogs were in position to score again after they forced Clemson to punt. A touchdown that would have brought the Bulldogs within a score going into halftime was prevented when Hamlin intercepted a Blanchard pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nOn the fourth play of the second half Hamlin intercepted Blanchard again and returned the ball to the Citadel 19-yard line. A Tyler Grisham fumble kept Clemson from scoring, but on Clemson's next drive Spiller scored on a 17-yard TD run to put Clemson safely up 28\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nHamlin's third interception came on The Citadel's next drive. He stole the ball at the Bulldog 37 and returned it to the 25. On the next play, Cullen Harper hit tight end Michael Palmer down the right sideline for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nHarper completed 14 of 18 passes for 192 yards. While The Citadel held the ball seven more minutes than the Tigers, Harper's efficiency allowed Clemson to easily put away the Bulldogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nDavis finished with 107 yards and Spiller had 75 yards rushing to aid the offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, N.C. State\nThe annual renewal of the \"Textile Bowl\" between the Clemson Tigers and N.C. State Wolfpack got off to a rocky start for the Tigers. On the first play of the game, Nate Irving intercepted a Cullen Harper pass and returned it 33 yards for a touchdown, putting the Wolfpack up 6\u20130. The Tigers responded by blocking the PAT. The next offensive series, the Tigers started on their own 24 and drove the length of the field, capping the drive with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Harper to Jacoby Ford. A 30-yard run by Ford on a reverse also highlighted the drive. The Mark Buchholz PAT put Clemson up 7\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, N.C. State\nThe next three drives saw the Tigers and Wolfpack trade punts. With 13:51 left in the 2nd quarter, Clemson began its next scoring drive from its own 33. A 28-yard reception by Jacoby Ford highlighted the drive, with rushes by James Davis, C. J. Spiller, and Cullen Harper helping to aid the drive. With 4th and 2 on the N.C. State 5-yard line, Buchholz came on for a 22-yard field goal to put the Tigers up 10\u20136. After the next N.C. State drive stalled, Clemson got the ball back on their own 41-yard line. Clemson scored after two passes from Cullen Harper \u2013 the first a 31-yard strike to Aaron Kelly, and the second a 28-yard touchdown pass to C. J. Spiller. The PAT put Clemson ahead 17\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, N.C. State\nN.C. State got back on the board late in the third quarter with a 25-yard field goal by Josh Czajkowski to close the gap to 17\u20139. Clemson started the next drive on the N.C. State 47 and drove it down to the 13, but the drive stalled after an apparent touchdown run by Spiller was negated by a holding penalty. Buchholz kicked a 31-yard field goal to increase the lead to 20\u20139. N.C. State's next drive resulted in their first turnover of the game, when Crezdon Butler intercepted a pass at the Clemson 4-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, N.C. State\nThe Tigers then sealed the game with a 13-play drive that consumed 7:01 of the clock, capping the drive with a 12-yard touchdown run by Spiller. That would be the final score of the game, as the Tigers prevailed 27\u20139 and extended their current win streak in the series to five. The last efforts by the Wolfpack to close the gap were snuffed out by an interception by Chris Chancellor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, N.C. State\nThe Tigers gained 426 yards of total offense. Cullen Harper was 20\u201328 for 262 yards and 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. C. J. Spiller had a great day as a dual threat, finishing with 61 rushing yards, 35 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. Jacoby Ford lead all receivers with 106 receiving yards and a touchdown, in addition to 48 rushing yards. The Tigers defense held the Wolfpack to 288 yards on offense, no offensive touchdowns, and recorded two interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, S.C. State\nThe first ever meeting between the Clemson Tigers and S.C. State Bulldogs turned into a lopsided contest, as the Tigers defeated their second FCS team on the season to improve to 3\u20131. The Tigers received the opening kickoff and struck first on a 68-yard drive capped off by a 1-yard touchdown run by James Davis. S.C. State was unable to respond on any of its two possessions in the first quarter, as they ended in a punt and missed field goal. Clemson, meanwhile, had its next two drives end in interceptions from Cullen Harper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, S.C. State\nThe Tigers broke the game open in the second quarter. Chris Chancellor intercepted an S.C. State pass early in the quarter. On the next possession, Davis and C. J. Spiller spearheaded the offensive attack, which ended in Davis' second touchdown of the day. The Tigers defense would cut the Bulldogs' next drive short with an interception by Crezdon Butler. Davis would score his third touchdown of the day on the next drive. A safety and a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Cullen Harper would give the Tigers a 30\u20130 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, S.C. State\nS.C. State received the ball to start the third quarter, but it was the Tigers who opened up scoring as Chris Clemons picked off a Bulldog pass and returned it for a touchdown. The next three drives saw two Bulldog drives and a Tigers drive stall. Clemson got back on the scoreboard with a Mark Buchholz field goal. Clemson began placing reserves in on offense late in the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter, the Tigers scored their fifth rushing touchdown of the day on a one-yard run by backup quarterback Willy Korn. Korn would later throw the Tigers' first passing touchdown of the day on a five-yard passes to tight end Michael Palmer. The defense recorded its fourth turnover of the day when Brandon Thompson recovered an S.C. State fumble. The Tigers then ran out the clock, giving them a 52\u20130 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 879]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, S.C. State\nCullen Harper completed 14 of 23 passes for 152 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. Willy Korn went 7\u20137 for 73 yards and a touchdown. James Davis led the Tigers' rushing attack with 93 yards and 3 touchdowns. Tyler Grisham led the receiving corps with 41 reception yards on 3 receptions. C. J. Spiller had 105 all-purpose yards on the day (66 rushing, 39 punt return). Overall, the Tigers' offense compiled 432 yards of total offense (225 passing, 207 rushing) and 31 first downs. The defense held the Bulldogs to 149 yards of total offense and eight first downs, while compiling four turnovers on the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nClemson firmly held the momentum of the game for the first half, with their running backs able to exploit holes in the Terps' defensive line. Clemson racked up two touchdowns and a field goal. Despite gaining excellent field position through recovering a fumbled punt on the Clemson 19-yard line and a recovered fumble on the Clemson 30-yard line, Maryland was able to produce just two field goals from those turnovers. The Terrapins drives were also blunted through penalties for two false starts and a holding call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nIn the second half, the Terrapins began with a series that fizzled out after a run attempt for a loss, an additional false start, and two incomplete passes. However, the Terrapins defense took the field and stopped a Clemson drive, allowing the Maryland offense another chance. On the first play of their second series, wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey executed a reverse, gaining 76 yards before being run down at the Clemson 4-yard line. This set up a short Chris Turner touchdown pass to receiver Torrey Smith, and irreversibly shifted the game's momentum in favor of the Terps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nIn the fourth quarter, three completions to Danny Oquendo set the stage for a one-yard rush into the end zone by Da'rel Scott. The Maryland defense remained stalwart, allowing Clemson just 31 rushing yards and no points in the second half, compared with 204 yards on the ground and 17 points in the first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nThe upset marked the fourth consecutive Maryland win against a ranked opponent (the others: #23 Cal, and, in the 2007 season, #8 Boston College and #10 Rutgers). It is also the fourth consecutive time that the visiting team has won the Maryland-Clemson series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Wake Forest\nRiley Skinner's 7-yard touchdown pass to DJ Boldin with 5:28 to go gave the Deacons a 12\u20137 win against Clemson. In a defensive battle, the Deacons' defense managed to hold Clemson to less than one yard per carry. Wake Forest dominated the game statistically but were unable to capitalize on several scoring chances. The sole turnover in the game was a Cullen Harper pass intercepted by Alphonso Smith, who tied a school record with his 17th career interception. Riley Skinner also threw for 186 yards and a touchdown on 22-of-34 passing, and also added 73 yards on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nOn October 13, Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden resigned and was replaced by receivers coach Dabo Swinney. Tech's defense controlled the ebb and flow of the game forcing six turnovers, which included four interceptions and two fumble recoveries. Safety Dominique Reese returned an intercepted pass from wide receiver Tyler Grisham for Tech's first touchdown. Morgan Burnett added two additional interceptions, the final in the last second of the game. Offensively, Tech continued to produce with its ground game against the Tigers racking up 207 yards rushing. Josh Nesbitt ran untouched for 5 yards for Tech's second score and passed 24 yards to Demaryius Thomas for Tech's go ahead and eventual game winning score. Tech is 6\u20131 for the first time since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Boston College\nOn October 27, it was announced that the Boston College Gridiron Club will be sponsoring the O'Rourke\u2013McFadden Trophy and will be awarded to the winner of the Boston College-Clemson game on November 1. The trophy is named after Charlie O'Rourke and Banks McFadden, who were the respective quarterbacks for Boston College and Clemson during the 1940 Cotton Bowl (the 1st meeting between the Eagles and Tigers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Boston College\nClemson captured the O'Rourke\u2013McFadden Trophy and its first victory over the Eagles since 1958 (and first win since Boston College joined the ACC) with a 27\u201321 victory. After the Eagles received the opening kickoff, both teams traded possessions. After Steve Aponavicius missed a 31-yard field goal, the Tigers took over on their own 20-yard line. C. J. Spiller broke a 56-yard run that drove the Tigers into BC territory, and James Davis capped the drive with a 24-yard touchdown run to put the Tigers up 7\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Boston College\nLater in the 1st quarter, Brandon Maye recovered a fumble to give the Tigers the ball back on their own 30-yard line. Cullen Harper connected with a 23-yard reception to Tyler Grisham and a 45-yard reception to C. J. Spiller to get to the Eagles 2-yard line. Harper then capped the drive with a 2-yard run to increase the lead to 14\u20130. After trading possessions again for the remainder of the 1st quarter and part of the second, Clemson started their next scoring drive with 8:12 left in the 2nd quarter. Driving from their own 20, the Tigers made their way to the Eagles 10-yard line before having to settle for a Mark Buchholz field goal to increase the lead to 17\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Boston College\nBoston College mounted a comeback in the second half, sparked by a McLaughlin interception of Harper to set up the Eagles at the Tigers 7-yard line. Josh Haden would punch the ball in from 1 yard out to make the score 17\u20137. Early in the 4th quarter, the Eagles would block a Jimmy Maners punt, which was returned by Roderick Rollins 20 yards for a touchdown to close the margin to 17\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Boston College\nAfter Davis intercepted another Harper pass to give the Eagles great field position, the Eagles would score on a 16-yard pass from Chris Crane to Brandon Robinson to take 21\u201317 lead. However, Spiller would take ensuing kickoff 64 yards to set up the Tigers on the Eagles 15-yard line. The Tigers would capitalize on the drive, completing the drive with a 4-yard touchdown pass from Harper to Aaron Kelly to take a 24\u201317 lead. On the next drive, DeAndre McDaniel forced a fumble that was recovered by Daquan Bowers. The Tigers would put away the game for good with a Buchholz field goal on the next possession. The victory would give interim head coach Dabo Swinney his first win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Boston College\nOffensively for the Tigers, Harper finished the game completing 21 of 33 passes for 252 yards, 1 touchdown, and 3 interceptions. C. J. Spiller lead the Tigers in rushing (55 yards) and receiving (105 yards), while compiling 242 all-purpose yards for the entire game. James Davis scored the 42nd rushing touchdown of his career, breaking the Tigers' all-time rushing touchdown record. Aaron Kelly recorded his 19th career touchdown reception in the game, which gave him Clemson's record for career touchdown receptions. Defensively, the Tigers held the Eagles to 236 yards and forced three fumbles (2 of which the Tigers recovered).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Florida State\nIn Swinney's third game as head coach Clemson faced a 6 \u2013 2 Florida State team. Clemson got off to a fast start. Running back C.J. Spiller took a short pass from Cullen Harper and ran 44 yards to score, finishing off an 80-yard opening drive. Five minutes later the Tigers extended their lead to 10 - 0 off Mark Buchholz's 41-yard field goal. Florida State's Graham Gano broke the scoring drought for the Seminoles by kicking a 52-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Florida State\nOn the next series an ill-advised pass from an under pressure Harper ended up in the hands of defensive end Neefy Moffett, who ran the ball back 18 yards to score. A second Gano field goal put Florida State up 13 - 10. A fumbled punt by Florida State's Tony Carter at the Seminole 9 yard line put Clemson in scoring position, and they regained the lead at 17 - 13 with an 8-yard touchdown pass from Harper to Michael Palmer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Florida State\nFlorida State regained the lead with 1:25 left in the first-half on quarterback Christian Ponder's 1-yard run, putting Florida State in the lead 20 - 17 at the half. On the opening drive of the second half Ponder hit wide receiver Corey Surrency on a 14-yard scoring pass, stretching their lead to 27 - 17. Florida State extended their lead on a 1-yard dive by running back Antone Smith in the fourth quarter to put the Seminoles up 34 \u2013 20. Clemson closed the gap to 34 \u2013 27 with 2:20 left on a 2-yard touchdown by Spiller. In the closing moments Smith broke free for a 41-yard touchdown run to secure the win and close out the scoring, 41 - 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Duke\nThe Tigers came into their homecoming game against the Duke Blue Devils in need of winning the last three games for bowl eligibility. Clemson received the opening kickoff, but both teams ended up trading punts in the first four possessions of the game. Duke's second possession of the game saw starting quarterback Thaddeus Lewis suffer a sprained ankle while trying to elude a Clemson defender, which knocked him out of the game and hampered the Blue Devils' offense for the remainder of the game. On the Tigers' third offensive possession, James Davis had three consecutive rushes for 18 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Duke\nAfter a loss of three yards, Clemson faced 3rd and 10 on the Duke 48-yard line. Cullen Harper completed a pass to Tyler Grisham, who turned it into a 19-yard gain. On the following play, C. J. Spiller ran the ball 24 yards for the game's first touchdown. After trading possession, which saw Duke having to punt twice and a Clemson drive stall on a missed 53-yard field goal, the Tigers took over again with 9:23 left in the second quarter. In this possession, Clemson added to the lead with a 39-yard field goal by Mark Buchholz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0030-0002", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Duke\nAfter the Tigers' defense forced the Blue Devil offense to go three and out, Clemson got the ball back around midfield. After Cullen Harper completed several completions to Spiller, Jacoby Ford, and Aaron Kelly, the Tigers had the ball on the Duke 1-yard line. James Davis then punched it in to give the Tigers a 17\u20130 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Duke\nDuke received the opening kickoff, but the drive ended up stalling around midfield, forcing another punt. Clemson's next drive proved to be very short, as Harper connected on a screen pass to Spiller, who raced 83 yards for his second touchdown of the day. Michael Hamlin intercepted Duke's back-up quarterback Zach Asack on the next possession on the game's first turnover. After a 15-yard reception to Ford and a 26-yard reception to Davis, the Tigers found themselves on the Blue Devil three-yard line. Davis then scored his second touchdown of the day to give the Tigers a 31\u20130 lead. Duke would finally score late in the fourth quarter on a 28-yard pass from Asack to Eron Riley to close the final gap to 31\u20137. A late drive by Duke was cut short deep in Clemson territory by an interception by Coty Sensabaugh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 870]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Duke\nOffensively, the Tigers compiled 466 yards for the game (326 passing and 140 rushing), 25 first downs, and converted 6 of 16 third downs. Cullen Harper completed 20 of 26 passes for 292 yards, 1 touchdown, and no interceptions. C. J. Spiller lead the Tigers in rushing and receiving for the second time in three games, rushing for 71 yards and a touchdown, and 108 receiving yards and a touchdown. James Davis had 43 rushing yards, 26 receiving yards, and two rushing touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Duke\nAaron Kelly had 96 receiving yards on the day and broke the ACC reception record held by Desmond Clark with two back-to-back receptions late in the 4th quarter. Defensively, the Tigers held the Blue Devils to 168 total yards (85 passing and 83 rushing), 2 of 14 on third down conversions, and forced two turnovers. Clemson held the time of possession advantage, controlling the ball for 35:36 compared to Duke's 24:24 of possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Virginia\nThe Tigers kept their bowl hopes alive with a close 13\u20133 victory over the Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville. With the victory, Clemson captured their first victory in Charlottesville since 2000 and improved the series record against the Cavaliers to 36\u20138\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Virginia\nNeither offense was able to generate much production, as the Tigers barely outgained the Cavaliers 192\u2013190. Cullen Harper completed 18 of 28 passes for 121 yards, no touchdowns, and no interceptions. C. J. Spiller only had 57 all-purpose yards, but completed his 1st career touchdown pass in the first quarter, completing a 15-yard pass to Tyler Grisham for the game's only touchdown. James Davis lead the Tigers with 65 rushing yards, while Jacoby Ford lead the receiving corps with six catches for 42 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, @ Virginia\nMark Buchholz was 2\u20133 on field goals (good from 32 and 23 yards; missed from 58 yards) and connected on the game's only PAT attempt. Clemson's defense forced four turnovers against the Cavaliers. Michael Hamlin lead the defense with 8 total tackles, an interception, and a pass break up. Crezdon Butler and DeAndre McDaniel also recorded interceptions, while Byron Maxwell forced a fumble that was recovered by Jock McKissic late in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nClemson's final game of the season was against in-state rival South Carolina from the SEC. The game was the 100th consecutive meeting for the two schools in what both referred to as the Palmetto Bowl. At 6\u20135, Clemson was on the bubble to earn a bowl berth. Interim head coach Dabo Swinney had won three of his last four contests. If the team could defeat the 7\u20134 Gamecocks Clemson would reach a 7 win season and secure a bowl bid. In addition, many believed a win would secure Swinney as the team's new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nThe Tigers opened the game with a drive that reached the South Carolina 30 yard line before a shoulder pad on the ball forced a fumble from C.J. Spiller, and the ball was turned over to the Gamecocks. South Carolina's drive was stopped when Chris Chancellor intercepted a long pass from South Carolina quarterback Chris Smelley at the 15. Clemson then drove 85 yard to score the game's first touchdown. The drive was highlighted by a 39-yard run by C. J. Spiller, and capped off with a 1-yard plunge by James Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nOn the next South Carolina possession Clemson stopped the Gamecocks, then blocked their punt attempt to regain the ball deep in Gamecock territory. This led to a 22-yard field goal by Mark Buchholz to give Clemson a 10\u20130 lead. In the second quarter, Tigers safety Chris Clemons intercepted a tipped Smelley pass to get the ball back at midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0036-0002", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nTwo plays later, Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper maintained balance while being tackled by a Gamecock defender to get the ball 20 yards downfield to receiver Jacoby Ford, who ran it 30 yards to reach the end zone and give the Tigers a 17\u20130 lead. On the Gamecock's next series a third first-half interception of Smelley, this time by safety Michael Hamlin, gave the Tigers the ball at the South Carolina 41-yard line. Davis capped the drive by running the ball in from 20 yards out to give the Tigers a 24\u20130 lead. South Carolina recovered a fumble by Harper late in the second quarter to give the Gamecocks the ball at the Clemson 33-yard line. Their short drive was capped with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Smelley to running back Patrick DiMarco to cut the Tigers' lead to 24\u20137 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 860]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nThe Gamecocks opened the second half with a 69-yard scoring drive, capped by a 23-yard touchdown pass from Smelley to tight end Weslye Saunders to close to within 24\u201314. However, after several possession changes Clemson countered with a 44-yard touchdown drive of their own, capped by Davis' third touchdown run of the day to push the lead to 31\u201314. In the fourth quarter, Chris Chancellor recorded his second interception of the day (and the defense's fourth against Gamecock quarterback Chris Smelley) to cut short a potential Gamecock scoring drive and leave the final margin at 31\u201314 in favor of the Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nWith the victory, the Tigers secured bowl eligibility and gave interim head coach Dabo Swinney his fourth win since taking over at mid-season following Tommy Bowden's resignation. Offensively, the Tigers finished the day with 383 yards of total offense. Cullen Harper completed 12 of 17 passes for 199 yards, 1 touchdown, and no interceptions. James Davis led Clemson's rushing attack with 91 yards and 3 touchdowns in his final game in Death Valley. Aaron Kelly led the Tigers' receivers with four catches for 76 yards. C. J. Spiller had 199 all-purpose yards (88 rushing, 35 receiving, and 76 kick/punt return yards). Defensively, the Tigers held the Gamecocks' offense to 304 yards. Clemson led in time of possession 32:47\u201327:13 and forced four turnovers compared to two by the Gamecocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 857]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nTwo days after the victory Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips removed Swinney's interim tag and made him the program's new head coach. The win was Clemson's second straight over South Carolina, extending their overall series lead against the Gamecocks to 65\u201337\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196185-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Nebraska, 2009 Gator Bowl\nNebraska defeated Clemson in a come-from-behind 26\u201321 finish at the 2009 Gator Bowl on January 1, 2009. The game remained in doubt until the very end, as Clemson marched from their own 23 to the Nebraska 10. With 1st and goal to go and about two minutes remaining on the clock, Cullen Harper came up short, resulting in a 16-yard sack and three Clemson incompletions to seal the outcome of the game. The game was played only days after Head Coach Bo Pelini and Defensive Coordinator Carl Pelini returned from their father's funeral in Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season\nThe 2008 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 60th season as a professional sports franchise and its 56th season as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The Browns finished with a 4\u201312 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs. The season marked Romeo Crennel's fourth (and what would be final) year as head coach of the Browns. Cleveland played all of their home games at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. To end the 2008 season, the Browns offense failed to score a touchdown for 25 consecutive quarters and were shut out in their final two games. The Cleveland Browns failed to make the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Coaching staff changes\nOn January 7, the Browns signed offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski to a two-year contract extension, effectively allowing the coach to remain in Cleveland through the 2011 season. Chudzinski declined an opportunity to interview for the vacant head coach position of the Baltimore Ravens to remain in Cleveland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Coaching staff changes\nOn January 11, it was announced by Crennel that the team had fired defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, and that a replacement would be announced soon. Grantham's firing comes just months after signing a two-year contract extension. The next day, it was announced that Mel Tucker, defensive backs coach for the Browns, was given the job. After spending three years on the Browns defensive coaching staff, Cory Undlin was promoted to defensive backs coach to replace Tucker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Coaching staff changes\nOn January 29, the team announced that it had re-signed head coach Romeo Crennel to a two-year contract extension. General manager Phil Savage stated that Crennel did not ask for an extension, but rather that the team felt that it was the proper thing to do for the head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, 2008 NFL Draft\nThe Browns did not have a selection in the first three rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 1: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nThe Browns began their 2008 campaign at home against the defending NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, Cleveland trailed early as Cowboys RB Marion Barber got a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Browns responded with QB Derek Anderson completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Kellen Winslow. Dallas would respond with QB Tony Romo completing a 35-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens, along with another 1-yard TD run from Barber. In the third quarter, Cleveland's defensive struggles continued as RB Felix Jones got an 11-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Browns tried to rally, yet all they could come up with was a 34-yard field goal from kicker Phil Dawson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nHoping to rebound from their disappointing home loss to the Cowboys, the Browns stayed at home for the first of five primetime games with a Week 2 AFC North duel against their hated rival, the Pittsburgh Steelers, in very high winds due to the remnants of Hurricane Ike. After a scoreless first quarter, Cleveland trailed as Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Hines Ward. In the third quarter, Pittsburgh increased its lead with kicker Jeff Reed getting a 48-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Browns got on the board with kicker Phil Dawson getting a 31-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Cleveland tried to rally, but the only thing that came out of it was Dawson's 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith their 10th-straight loss to Pittsburgh, the Browns fell to 0\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nThis would be the Browns' last appearance on Sunday Night Football until 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: at Baltimore Ravens\nTrying to snap their two-game losing streak, the Browns flew to M&T Bank Stadium for a Week 3 AFC North duel with the Baltimore Ravens. After a scoreless first quarter, Cleveland got on the board with QB Derek Anderson completing a 19-yard TD pass to RB Jerome Harrison. The Ravens would respond with RB Willis McGahee getting a yard TD run. The Browns would close out the half with kicker Phil Dawson hitting a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: at Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, Baltimore took control as RB Le'Ron McClain scored on a 1-yard TD run, safety Ed Reed returned an interception 32\u00a0yards for a touchdown, and McClain getting another 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Cincinnati Bengals\nStill searching for their first win of the year, the Browns flew to Paul Brown Stadium for a Week 4 AFC North duel with the Cincinnati Bengals in Round 1 of 2008's Battle of Ohio. In the first quarter, Cleveland drew first blood as kicker Phil Dawson got a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Bengals responded with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 42-yard and a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Cincinnati Bengals\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Browns began the fourth quarter with QB Derek Anderson completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards and RB Jamal Lewis getting a 1-yard TD run. Cincinnati would answer with QB Ryan Fitzpatrick completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Chad Ochocinco (with a failed 2-point conversion), yet Cleveland pulled away with Dawson nailing a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Cincinnati Bengals\nWith their first win of the season, the Browns' record improved to 1\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: Bye Week\nThe Browns entered their bye week with a record of 1\u20133. The team used the bye week to rest and allow injured players to recover. The Browns also used the extra week to better prepare for their Week 6 opponent:  the defending champion New York Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: Bye Week, Winslow's Staph Infection\nBrowns' tight end Kellen Winslow II was hospitalized on October 9 with an undisclosed illness (later revealed to be a staph infection). Winslow spent four nights in the hospital and did not play in the Browns' game against the Giants. Citing Winslow's privacy, the Browns did not comment on his illness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 110], "content_span": [111, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. New York Giants\nComing off their bye week, the Browns went home, donned their throwback uniforms, and played a crucial Week 6 interconference duel with the defending Super Bowl champions, the New York Giants, on Monday Night Football. Also Tom Coughlin\u2019s first game in Cleveland since the 2001 Bottlegate incident when he was with the Jaguars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. New York Giants\nIn the first quarter, Cleveland drew first blood as kicker Phil Dawson got a 28-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Giants responded as RB Brandon Jacobs had a touchdown run. The Browns would answer with two touchdowns:  A run by RB Jamal Lewis and with QB Derek Anderson pass to TE Darnell Dinkins. New York closed out the half with QB Eli Manning completing a TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, Cleveland added onto its lead as Dawson nailed a 26-yard field goal. The Browns pulled away in the fourth quarter with a touchdown pass from Anderson to WR Braylon Edwards, as well as an Eric Wright interception returned for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. New York Giants\nWith the impressive win, Cleveland improved to 2\u20133. This was also the Browns' first win on Monday Night Football since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. New York Giants, Crennel Named Coach of the Week\nAfter the Browns' victory over the Giants, head coach Romeo Crennel received NFL Coach of the Week honors for Week 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 127], "content_span": [128, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Washington Redskins\nComing off their impressive Monday Night home win over the Giants, the Browns flew to Fedex Field for a Week 7 duel with the Washington Redskins. After a scoreless first half, Cleveland trailed in the third quarter, as Redskins RB Clinton Portis got a 3-yard TD run. The Browns would respond with kicker Phil Dawson nailing a 37-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Washington answered with QB Jason Campbell completing an 18-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. Cleveland tried to rally as QB Derek Anderson completed a 1-yard TD pass to WR/KR Josh Cribbs (along with a 2-point conversion pass to WR Braylon Edwards). However, Dawson's game-tying 54-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right, preserving the Redskins' win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Washington Redskins, Winslow Suspended\nOn October 21, the Browns suspended TE Kellen Winslow II for one game because of comments made after the Browns' loss to the Redskins. Winslow said he was unhappy about the way the Browns organization treated him while he was out last week for an undisclosed illness, which has since been confirmed to be a staph infection. He told reporters that he felt as though he was being treated like \"a piece of meat,\" and that he was unhappy that general manager Phil Savage did not contact him while he was hospitalized. Savage announce that Winslow was being suspended for the team's game against the Jaguars, without pay, for \"conduct detrimental to the club.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 116], "content_span": [117, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Washington Redskins, Winslow Suspended\nWinslow planned to appeal the suspension, but the hearing was not scheduled until October 28, two days after the Jaguars game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 116], "content_span": [117, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Washington Redskins, Winslow Suspended\nOn October 25, the Browns rescinded Winslow's suspension. Although he did not play the game against the Jaguars, he received his game check minus a $25,000 fine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 116], "content_span": [117, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nHoping to rebound from their last-second road loss to the Redskins, the Browns flew to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 8 duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Cleveland drew first blood as QB Derek Anderson completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Dont\u00e9 Stallworth. In the second quarter, the Jaguars tied the game as QB David Garrard completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams. The Browns responded with RB Jamal Lewis getting a 2-yard TD run, along with kicker Phil Dawson getting a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, Jacksonville drew closer as Garrard completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Matt Jones. In the fourth quarter, the Jaguars tied the game as kicker Josh Scobee made a 53-yard field goal. Afterwards, Cleveland regained the lead with Dawson nailing a 20-yard and a 42-yard field goal, with the defense fending off Jacksonville's last attempt at a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 9: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nComing off their road win over the Jaguars, the Browns went home for a Week 9 AFC North rematch with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, Cleveland trailed early as Ravens kicker Matt Stover kicked a 41-yard field goal, along with QB Joe Flacco completing a 47-yard TD pass to WR Mark Clayton. The Browns immediately responded with WR Josh Cribbs returning a kickoff 92\u00a0yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Cleveland increased its lead with kicker Phil Dawson kicking a 23-yard field goal. Baltimore responded with Stover making a 32-yard field goal, yet the Browns replied with Dawson's 54-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 95], "content_span": [96, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 9: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, Cleveland took the lead as QB Derek Anderson completed a 28-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards and a 7-yard TD pass to RB Jason Wright. The Ravens responded with FB Le'Ron McClain's 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore rallied as Flacco completed a 28-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason, Stover kicking a 22-yard field goal, and LB Terrell Suggs returning an interception 42\u00a0yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 95], "content_span": [96, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 9: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Quinn Named Starter\nOn November 3, it was announced that quarterback Derek Anderson would be benched in favor of QB Brady Quinn for the Browns' next game against the Denver Broncos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 116], "content_span": [117, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos\nHoping to rebound from their season-sweeping loss to the Ravens, the Browns stayed at home for a Week 10 Thursday night game against the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Cleveland trailed early as Broncos RB Ryan Torain got a 1-yard TD run. The Browns would respond as QB Brady Quinn, making his first career start, completed a 5-yard TD pass to TE Kellen Winslow. In the second quarter, Cleveland took the lead as kicker Phil Dawson made a 24-yard field goal, along with Quinn hooking up with Winslow again on a 16-yard TD pass. Denver would answer with kicker Matt Prater making a 35-yard field goal. The Browns would close out the half with Dawson making a 52-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Cleveland added onto its lead as Dawson got a 33-yard field goal. The Broncos would reply with Prater making a 30-yard field. In the fourth quarter, Denver regained the lead as QB Jay Cutler completing a 93-yard TD pass to WR Eddie Royal and a 27-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Graham. The Browns would respond with RB Jamal Lewis getting a 1-yard TD run. However, the Broncos replied with Cutler completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall. Cleveland tried to come back, but Denver's defense stiffened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos\nWith the loss, the Browns fell to 3\u20136, making it impossible to improve on their 10\u20136 record from the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at Buffalo Bills\nTrying to snap a two-game losing streak, the Browns flew to Ralph Wilson Stadium for a Week 11 MNF duel with the Buffalo Bills. In the first quarter, Cleveland took advantage of early Bills miscues as kicker Phil Dawson kicked two field goals. In the second quarter, the Browns increased their lead as Josh Cribbs scored a 2-yard TD run. Buffalo responded with QB Trent Edwards completing an 18-yard TD pass to RB Marshawn Lynch, along with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 26-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at Buffalo Bills\nIn the third quarter, Cleveland answered with Dawson getting a 43-yard field goal. The Bills would reply with Lindell making a 31-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Browns greatly answered with RB Jerome Harrison getting a 72-yard TD run. Buffalo would immediately respond with CB Leodis McKelvin returning a kickoff 98\u00a0yards for a touchdown and would take the lead on a  1-yard TD run by Edwards. Afterwards, the Browns regained the lead as Dawson nailed a 56-yard field goal. Buffalo did try to make a comeback, yet Lindell's 47-yard field goal sailed wide right, preserving Cleveland's victory and preventing them from becoming the first NFL team to lose three straight games after having a lead of 13 or more points in each of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 838]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at Buffalo Bills, Phil Savage E-Mail controversy\nBrowns General Manager Phil Savage received a lot of criticism when he received an e-mail from a Browns fans during the Bills game, which read the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 124], "content_span": [125, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at Buffalo Bills, Phil Savage E-Mail controversy\nYou are easily the worst GM in the NFL. Chud, Crennel and Tucker should NOT have jobs. How the hell do you play prevent defense the entire game? How do you NOT use Jerome Harrison more? Why the hell would you throw the ball with 6\u00a0minutes left? This is officially a regime that is worse than Butch Davis's. By the way, just like last week \u2013 this email was written while the Browns still had the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 124], "content_span": [125, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at Buffalo Bills, Phil Savage E-Mail controversy\nAfter the game, Savage promptly responded to the fan with the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 124], "content_span": [125, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Houston Texans\nComing off their MNF road win over the Bills, the Browns went home for a Week 12 duel with the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Cleveland trailed early as Texans QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter. In the second quarter, Houston increased its lead as kicker Kris Brown got a 31-yard field goal. The Browns would respond with kicker Phil Dawson getting a pair of 32-yard field goals, but the Texans answered with Brown's 31-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Houston kept its momentum going with Brown nailing a 31-yard field goal. Cleveland tried to rally, but Houston's defense was too much.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Houston Texans, Quinn out for season\nOn November 25, it was announced that quarterback Brady Quinn would be out for the season due to a fractured right index finger suffered in the Browns' week 11 duel with the Buffalo Bills. Derek Anderson was announced to be the starter for their next game against the Indianapolis Colts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 116], "content_span": [117, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nHoping to rebound from their loss to the Texans, the Browns stayed at home for a Week 13 duel with the Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, Cleveland struck first as kicker Phil Dawson kicked a 34-yard field goal. The Colts answered with kicker Adam Vinatieri kicking a 30-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Browns regained the lead as Dawson nailed a 25-yard field goal. However, after a scoreless third quarter, Indianapolis' defense answered in the fourth quarter, as DE Robert Mathis returned a fumble 37\u00a0yards for a touchdown. From there on out, Cleveland was unable to come back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Indianapolis Colts, Anderson out for season\nOn December 1, it was announced that QB Derek Anderson would be done for the season following a torn MCL suffered in the loss to the Colts. Third-string QB Ken Dorsey was announced to be starting for the Browns' next game against the Tennessee Titans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 123], "content_span": [124, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Indianapolis Colts, Bruce Gradkowski signed\nOn December 2, the Browns signed free-agent veteran QB Bruce Gradkowski to a two-year contract. Gradkowski will serve as the backup QB under Dorsey for the Browns' next game against the Tennessee Titans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 123], "content_span": [124, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 14: at Tennessee Titans\nTrying to rebound from back-to-back home losses, the Browns flew to LP Field for a Week 14 duel with the Tennessee Titans. Cleveland struck first in the opening quarter as kicker Phil Dawson got a 47-yard and a 41-yard field goal. The Titans took the lead in the second quarter, as QB Kerry Collins completed a 28-yard touchdown pass to FB Ahmard Hall, along with RB LenDale White got a 3-yard touchdown run. Tennessee would increase its lead in the third quarter as Collins completed a 9-yard touchdown to wide receiver Justin Gage. In the fourth quarter, the Browns to rally as Dawson nailed a 39-yard field goal, yet the Titans pulled away as RB Chris Johnson got a 25-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 95], "content_span": [96, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 15: at Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off three straight losses without a touchdown, the Cleveland Browns sought to go 3\u20130 on Monday Night games, this time on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles struck first with a touchdown pass to WR Kevin Curtis. Both teams also traded field goals in the first quarter. CB Asante Samuel extended the Eagles' lead in the second quarter with an interception return for a touchdown, and K David Akers added a field goal in the third quarter. Cleveland could not answer, but DB Brandon McDonald scored the first touchdown for the Browns in 4 games with an interception return in the fourth quarter. This game saw the Browns extend their offensive troubles, going 16 quarters without an offensive touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 824]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 15: at Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, the Browns fell to 4\u201310, the third time in four years under Romeo Crennel that the Browns have had double-digit losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nComing off four straight losses in which their offense failed to score a touchdown, the Cleveland Browns played their final home game of the season in near-zero wind chills against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals scored first, with CB Leon Hall intercepting a Ken Dorsey pass and returning it 50\u00a0yards for a touchdown in the first quarter. WR Chris Henry completed the scoring by adding on a 20-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter. The shutout marked five straight games in which Cleveland's offense couldn't find the end zone. The only bright spot for the Browns was RB Jamal Lewis, who became the 24th NFL player to reach 10,000 career rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the loss, the Browns fell to 4\u201311, and ended the season 1\u20137 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 17: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off five straight losses without a touchdown on offense, the Cleveland Browns closed out the regular season at Heinz Field in a Week 17 AFC North rematch with their hated rival, the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers put up two touchdowns in the second quarter, a 34-yard run by RB Willie Parker and an 8-yard scramble by QB Byron Leftwich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 17: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nThe Steelers added 17 points in the second half (22-yard Jeff Reed field goal, 3-yard Gary Russell touchdown run, and a 32-yard interception TD return by Tyrone Carter), but they were unnecessary as the Browns were incapable of scoring at all, marking six straight games in which the offense couldn't score a touchdown (an NFL record 24 quarters). Again, the only good news for the Browns was RB Jamal Lewis, who topped 1,000 rushing yards this season. He would become the first Browns running back since Mike Pruitt in 1980 & 1981 to have back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 17: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, the Browns ended their season at 4\u201312, with a record of 3\u20135 away from home. This also marked the Browns' eleventh straight loss to the Steelers. Also, it set off an 11 season losing streak lasting for more than a decade (as of 2018).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 17: at Pittsburgh Steelers, Savage and Crennel fired\nAfter the game, it was announced that GM Phil Savage was fired. One day later, head coach Romeo Crennel would also be released after the Browns ended their season at 4\u201312, at the bottom of the AFC North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 124], "content_span": [125, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, 2009 Pro Bowl\nDespite the disappointing performance by the team, LT Joe Thomas, DT Shaun Rogers, and LS Ryan Pontbriand were recognized for individual accomplishments as they were named to the AFC roster for the 2009 Pro Bowl. Thomas and Rogers were selected by the pro-bowl voters., and Pontbriand was selected as a \"need\" player by the Baltimore Ravens coaching staff, who will be coaching the AFC squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196186-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Browns season, 2009 Pro Bowl\nKR Josh Cribbs was named a first alternate, K Phil Dawson a second alternate, and LG Eric Steinbach and LB D'Qwell Jackson were named third alternates at their respective positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196187-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Gladiators season\nThe 2008 Cleveland Gladiators season is the 12th season for the franchise, their first season in Cleveland. The Gladiators finished the regular season with a 9\u20137 record, and made the playoffs as the 4th seed in the National Conference. In the Wild Card round of the playoffs, they defeated the Orlando Predators, 69\u201366. For their Divisional round game, they defeated the Georgia Force 73\u201370. In the National Conference Championship however, they were defeated 70\u201335 by the top-seeded Philadelphia Soul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196187-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Gladiators season, Standings\nz - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196187-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Gladiators season, Final roster\nRookies in italicsRoster updated June 21, 200823 Active, 2 Inactive, 0 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season\nThe 2008 Cleveland Indians season marked the 108th season for the franchise, as the Indians attempted to defend their American League Central division title. The team played all of its home games at Progressive Field (formerly known as Jacobs Field).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season\n2008 was the final year that the Indians held Spring training in Winter Haven, Florida, at Chain of Lakes Park. In 2009 the Indians would return to train in Goodyear, Arizona for the first time in 15 years at the new Goodyear Ballpark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season\nThe Indians approached the winter of 2007\u20132008 with the idea that tinkering at the edges was what was primarily needed to build on the previous year. Acquired in the offseason were utility infielder Jamey Carroll, Japanese League reliever Masahide Kobayashi and reliever Jorge Julio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary, March\nThe Indians ended spring training in March with only one surprise, cutting veteran reliever Aaron Fultz in favor of pick up Craig Breslow (who was cut by the Boston Red Sox). Notable contributors from 2007 to start the year in Buffalo instead of Cleveland were Aaron Laffey, Ben Francisco,  Josh Barfield, and Tom Mastny. The Indians opened the regular season with a 10\u20138 win over the Chicago White Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nThe victory in the home opener came with a price: an injury to catcher Victor Martinez. While the offense played well enough to win the opening series, Martinez's missing bat did not help the Indians on their west coast road trip, where they lost series with both the Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Martinez returned to play for the Angels series. The Indians offense continued to struggle as the team failed to win their next four series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nNear the end of the month, the Indians swept the Kansas City Royals split a four-game series against the New York Yankees and appeared to be coming out of their slump. Starting pitcher Cliff Lee was named American League Pitcher of the Month for April, as he finished the month 5\u20130 with a 0.96 ERA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nThe sub par offense became such a concern that on May 5, in an attempt to spark more offense, Jason Michaels was designated for assignment and Ben Francisco, the 2007 International League batting champion was called up to play outfield. For the first half of the month, the starting pitching was outstanding, resulting in a 431\u20443 scoreless innings streak  But the hitting still hadn't turned a corner and by the end of the month the Indians were still sub .500. Making his Indians debut was highly touted but often injured first baseman Michael Aubrey. The Indians swapped injured starting pitchers as Jake Westbrook came off the disabled list from an intercostal muscle injury just after Fausto Carmona went on it with a hip injury. And to end the month, Travis Hafner was also placed on the disabled list with shoulder soreness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 897]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nWestbrook's return was brief, returning to the disabled list with season ending Tommy John surgery. Victor Martinez also went on the disabled list with elbow problems. And Josh Barfield, called up to replace the slumping Asdr\u00fabal Cabrera, also went on the disabled list. The Indians were one of the few AL clubs not to take great advantage of interleague play, going only 6\u201312 against the National League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nAfter plummeting to last place to start the month, the Indians threw in the towel on the season, trading CC Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Matt LaPorta, pitchers Rob Bryson and Zach Jackson and a player to be named later. They also parted ways with Joe Borowski, first designating him for assignment then releasing him. Although the Indians continued to struggle, pitcher Cliff Lee and center fielder Grady Sizemore were recognized for their individual accomplishments by being named to the American League All Star team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nLee was named the starting pitcher for the American League squad, where he pitched two shutout innings. Sizemore also participated in the Home Run Derby; he hit six home runs in the opening round, but it was not enough for him to advance to the second round. The Indians swept a series against the league leading Tampa Bay Rays right before the All-Star break, but continued their relatively uneven play, even with the return of Fausto Carmona in late July. Another victim of the Indians mediocre performance was Casey Blake, who was dealt to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jon Meloan and baseball player Carlos Santana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary, August\nThe Indians continued to struggle through the first week of August. On a road trip to start the month, the team began 2\u20134 before sweeping the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre to finish the road trip 5\u20134 \u2013 the team's first winning road trip since May. The sweep of Toronto began a streak in which the Indians won 16 of 19 games, including 10 in a row to climb into third place in the division. The team clinched its first winning month of the season on August 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary, August\nDespite the turnaround, the Indians continued to trade players in order to add depth to their farm system. On August 12, they traded veteran pitcher Paul Byrd to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later. Again, one of the Indians bright spots was the play of Cliff Lee, who was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary, September\nThe Indians had a significant impact on the division championship this month, in as much as they both slowed the Minnesota Twins from catching the Chicago White Sox and then gave the Twins a chance to win the division outright by beating the Sox two games out of three in the final series. The Twins' losses to Kansas City at the same time, however, forced the White Sox to make up a game against the Detroit Tigers to help decide the division winner. Cliff Lee's spectacular season ended with him having the American League lead in wins and ERA. This effort earned Lee the American League Comeback Player of the Year award and the American League Cy Young Award. Shin-Soo Choo's great September numbers earned him the American League Player of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196188-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500\nThe 2008 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was Round 1 of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held from 21 to 24 February around the inner city streets of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. The Adelaide 500 is a unique event where the round results are determined by the results from the second race, rather that the driver with the most points from the weekend. This means that the winner of the round does not necessarily lead the championship after the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500, Qualifying\nQualify was held on Friday 22 February. Jamie Whincup broke the qualifying lap record to snare pole position. James Courtney put himself on the front row in second position with Mark Winterbottom completing a Ford top three. Defending champion Garth Tander fulfilled on early promise at his new team to be best Holden in fourth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500, Race 1\nJamie Whincup was slow away, allowing Garth Tander and James Courtney to force the pace early with Courtney breaking away to a five-second lead. Courtney's lead was squandered after a clash in the Senna Chicane while lapping Jason Richards saw a tyre cut and shredded. Tander later disappeared downfield with suspension damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500, Race 1\nMark Winterbottom led towards the end of the race until a late race safety car period, caused by a clash between HSV Dealer Team teammates Rick Kelly and Paul Dumbrell bunched the field up allowing Whincup, who had earlier had a voltage problem leading to a battery change after 12 laps, to charge through the field, passing Winterbottom with two laps to go to win. Teammate Craig Lowndes, hampered by a jammed anti-roll bar, finished third behind Winterbottom, with Lee Holdsworth the first Holden home in fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500, Race 1\nIt was an excellent result for the three of the four senior Ford teams, Team Vodafone putting both cars on the podium, Ford Performance Racing were second and fifth, with sixth and seventh filled by Jim Beam Racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500, Race 1\nCourtney, who finished in tenth position, was overnight relegated by the stewards to 16th position because of the clash with Jason Richards, and another similar clash with the other Tasman Motorsport Commodore of Greg Murphy, which also cost him 31 series points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500, Race 2\nRace 2 was held on Sunday 24 February. Mark Winterbottom lead the race early on with Jamie Whincup moving into the lead before the compulsory pit stops began. Whincup resumed in the lead for much of the remainder of the race, but the minor placings became controversial after a number of overtaking incidents and clashes while overtaking punctuated the race, ending with a collision between James Courtney and Craig Lowndes on lap 55 as Lowndes was overtaking Courtney, the incident also eliminating Winterbottom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500, Race 2\nAfter the restart Steven Johnson was controversially assigned a driver-through penalty after overtaking Fabian Coulthard before the restart of the race, although Coulthard's car was slowing and retired to the pits the same lap. Garth Tander also was removed in an overtaking incident, after contact with Johnson sent the Ford driver wide and off track, Tander was glanced by Courtney after losing momentum leaving himself vulnerable to a pass from the following car. The glancing blow triggered a second suspension failure for the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500, Race 2\nWith several top runners removed Cameron McConville moved into second for many laps before losing the place with only a few laps to go to Lee Holdsworth. The two Holden racers completed the podium with Todd Kelly making three Holdens in the top four. Fifth place was a career best result for New Zealand teenager Shane van Gisbergen who had only entering V8 Supercar late last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500, Notes\nUlladulla driver Ashley Cooper was involved in a high-speed accident on Saturday morning, after lap 11 in the second race of the Fujitsu series, the lead support category at the Adelaide 500, which utilises older V8 Supercars retired from the main series teams. The accident occurred at the notorious Turn 8 after Cooper clipped the barrier inside of the corners apex unsettling the car for the right hand bend and the car hit the wall on the outside of the corner broadside on. Cooper died on 25 February due to injuries sustained in the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500, Post race\nTwo incidents in the two races brought the attention of driving standards for the next round at Eastern Creek, the first was Jamie Whincup. During the first race he made contact with Mark Winterbottom with two laps to go. This gave Whincup the win and although race control looked at the incident, they decided that no action should be taken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196189-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Clipsal 500, Post race\nThe second incident involved Craig Lowndes and James Courtney. On lap 56 Courtney was in second and Lowndes third. Coming into the hairpin (turn 9) Lowndes went straight down the inside of Courtney and going into turn 11 Courtney turned Lowndes around sending both into the wall. Mark Winterbottom was also caught up within the accident and all three were DNF'ed. The new Driving Standards Observer Tomas Mezera received plenty of criticism, because Lowndes already had done a similar move to Winterbottom and Lee Holdsworth a few laps before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196190-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Club Olimpia season\nThe following is a summary of the  2008  season by Paraguayan football (soccer) club Olimpia Asunci\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196190-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Club Olimpia season\nOlimpia participated in the following competitions in 2008: Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura (pertaining to the Paraguayan first division) and the Copa Sudamericana. In December, Eduardo Delm\u00e1s was elected as the club's new president replacing Oscar Paciello.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196190-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Club Olimpia season, Torneo Apertura 2008\nOlimpia started the year 2008 with the announcement of a new coach, Argentine Gustavo Costas who promised the use and promotion of the youth division players. The main signing for the year was that of Paraguayan international Carlos Humberto Paredes from Sporting Lisboa. Paredes returned to his home club Olimpia after playing for 8 years in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196190-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Club Olimpia season, Torneo Apertura 2008, Team roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196190-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Club Olimpia season, Torneo Clausura 2008\nFor the Clausura tournament the club hired the requested players by coach Gustavo Costas to fight for the title. However, poor performances and results both in the Paraguayan first division and Copa Sudamericana tournament resulted in the resignation of the Argentine coach on August 28. On the next day, Paraguayan Ever Hugo Almeida was chosen as the new coach of Olimpia, marking his return to the club since the 1993 season where he won the first division title in undefeated fashion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196190-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Club Olimpia season, Torneo Clausura 2008, Transfers\nThe following transfers occurred prior to the start of the Clausura tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196190-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Club Olimpia season, Torneo Clausura 2008, Team roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196191-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Clube Atl\u00e9tico Juventus season\nThe following is a summary of the campaign of Clube Atl\u00e9tico Juventus in 2008, a football club based in S\u00e3o Paulo, S\u00e3o Paulo state, Brazil. For an overview of the club, see Clube Atl\u00e9tico Juventus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196192-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cl\u00e1sica de Almer\u00eda\nThe 2008 Cl\u00e1sica de Almer\u00eda was the 23rd edition of the Cl\u00e1sica de Almer\u00eda cycle race and was held on 2 March 2008. The race started in El Ejido and finished in Almer\u00eda. The race was won by Juan Jos\u00e9 Haedo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196193-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cl\u00e1sica de San Sebasti\u00e1n\nThe 2008 Cl\u00e1sica de San Sebasti\u00e1n, the 28th edition of the Cl\u00e1sica de San Sebasti\u00e1n road cycling race took place on August 2, 2008 in Spain and was won by Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d'Epargne in a sprint finish on the Donostia avenue. He held off Russian Alexandr Kolobnev of Team CSC Saxo Bank and Italian Davide Rebellin of Gerolsteiner, from a group that had shrunk to less than 15 riders. Rebellin tried several times to avoid a sprint, but the winner of 1997 could not get away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196194-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cl\u00e1sico RCN\nThe 48th edition of the annual Cl\u00e1sico RCN was held from October 19 to October 26, 2008 in Colombia. The stage race with an UCI rate of 2.3 started with a time trial on the island San Andr\u00e9s and finished in Cali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196195-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team\nThe 2008 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Chanticleers were led by sixth-year head coach David Bennett and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. Coastal Carolina competed as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6\u20136 with a 1\u20134 record in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196196-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Coca-Cola 600\nThe 2008 Coca-Cola 600, the 49th running of the event, was a NASCAR stock car race held on May 25, 2008, at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The race was the twelfth stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The 400-lap race was won by Kasey Kahne of the Gillett Evernham Motorsports team, who started from the 2nd position. Greg Biffle finished second and Kyle Busch came in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196196-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Coca-Cola 600, Background\nThe Coca-Cola 600 was the twelfth scheduled stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, out of 36, and the 49th iteration of the event. It was held on May 25, 2008, at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located thirteen miles from Charlotte, North Carolina in Concord, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4\u00a0km) quad-oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend, the Nextel All-Star Challenge, and the Bank of America 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI). Following the 2008 Coca-Cola 600, Humpy Wheeler retired as track president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196196-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Coca-Cola 600, Qualifying\nThere were a total of three practice sessions prior to the race. During the first session on Thursday, May 22, 2008, David Ragan had the fastest speed at 181.622\u00a0mph. Before Saturday's first practice session, both Haas CNC Racing cars - the No. 66 of Scott Riggs and the No. 70 Johnny Sauter - were impounded by NASCAR officials and taken to the research and development center for illegal wing adjustments. As a result, they were forced to drive backup cars and start at the rear of the starting lineup. Both teams were also charged a US $100,000 fine in addition to having their crew chiefs suspended for the next six races starting at Dover and running through Daytona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196196-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Coca-Cola 600, Qualifying\nThe second practice session took place on Saturday, May 24, 2008, with Greg Biffle taking the top position with a speed of 180.282\u00a0mph. Brian Vickers had the fastest practice speed at 180.735\u00a0mph during the third and final practice session on Saturday. Kyle Busch won the Coors Light Pole, currently known as the Busch Pole Award, with a speed of 185.433\u00a0mph for his second pole of 2008 and the fourth of his career. He began on P-1 with Sprint All-Star Race XXIV champion Kasey Kahne next to him filling out the front row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196196-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Coca-Cola 600, Qualifying\nFailed to Qualify: Jeff Green (No. 34), Stanton Barrett (No. 50), Jon Wood (No. 21), Joe Nemechek (No. 78) and Tony Raines (No. 08).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196196-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Coca-Cola 600, Race recap\nThe 2008 Coca-Cola 600 began with a scheduled green flag at 5:45\u00a0p.m. EST. The race award was set at approximately $6,648,557. The Car of Tomorrow had a successful race following its initial introduction at the 2007 Food City 500, and a record number of green flag passes was set with the average green flag run lasting 29.2 laps. Kyle Busch led for the first 33 laps and lost his lead to Brian Vickers until a cut tire sent Vickers into the turn 4 wall while leading the field by an entire backstretch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196196-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Coca-Cola 600, Race recap\nKasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, and Busch then traded the lead amongst themselves several times after Vickers fell out of contention. Kurt Busch held the longest lead of the race from laps 67 to 119 which totaled to 53 laps led in one consecutive run. Dale Earnhardt Jr. maintained the most laps led throughout at 76 laps. There was a total of 39 lead changes during the race with 16 different drivers leading a lap. Johnson, who was leading late in the race, fell out of the race after experiencing engine failure that caused him to finish 39th. Robby Gordon and Patrick Carpentier also had engine trouble, and Paul Menard was eliminated from the running due to his car overheating. Approximately 12.5% of the race was run under caution, including five turning related accidents and three cautions citing debris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 855]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196196-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Coca-Cola 600, Race recap\nAfter pit stops cycled through with 10 laps to go, Tony Stewart led the 2nd place car of Kasey Kahne by a large margin. Stewart cut a tire while leading with 2 laps to go, putting the victory in the lap of Kahne. With his eighth career win, Kahne completed the Charlotte sweep by following up his 2008 Sprint All-Star Race win with a win in the 600. Kahne's margin of victory was 10.203 seconds. This was his first win in 2008\u2014ending his 52 race winless drought. Greg Biffle finished 2nd, Busch finished 3rd, while Jeff Gordon and Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the Top 5. The total race time was 4:25:09.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196196-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Coca-Cola 600, Race recap\nLive television coverage of the 2008 Coca-Cola 600 began at 6:30\u00a0p.m. EDT in the United States on Fox. Radio coverage was handled by Sirius Satellite Radio and the Speedway Motorsports, Inc.-owned Performance Racing Network on terrestrial radio stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200\nThe 2008  Coke Zero 200 Pres. by Sicard Holiday Campers, the second running of the Coke Zero 200, was a NASCAR Canadian Tire Series racing event that was held on August 30, 2008, at Cayuga Speedway (now Jukasa Motor Speedway) in Haldimand County's community of Nelles Corners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200\nThis race is not related to the 2008 Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing event; which took place on July 5, 2008, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Background\nCayuga Speedway (now Jukasa Motor Speedway) was opened in 1966 as a dirt track but was paved the following year when the vehicles started to become too dangerous fast for the dirt tracks. It was considered to be one of Canada's premier racing facilities. It is a 5\u20448-mile (1.0\u00a0km) oval similar in size to Martinsville Speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Background\nThe track has held a variety of different racing groups including CASCAR, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, the American-Canadian Tour, NASCAR Busch North, Hooters Pro-Cup, USAC, ISMA Supermodifieds, DIRT Modifieds and the ARCA RE/MAX Series (which is considered to be one of the developmental milestones to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Set on 300 acres (1.2\u00a0km2) of land, Cayuga offers campgrounds with electricity, concession booths, and free parking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Background\nOn June 8, 2006, a group of developers from Toronto purchased the 5\u20448-mile (1.0\u00a0km) track from its original owners and made improvements for the 2007 season, hoping to attract NASCAR Nationwide Series (now called the Xfinity Series) to have a race at Cayuga Speedway. Instead, the race went to Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve due to its larger population and recognition in the international community. Cooper Construction of Oakville was announced as the vendor to re-build the track. Cayuga Speedway hosted the first NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race in series history on May 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Race report, Qualifying\nDon Thomson Jr. would clinch the pole position for this race by driving up to 107.645 miles per hour (173.238\u00a0km/h) during the same-day qualifying sessions. Time trials began at 5:15 PM and they were finished just before the green flag start at 7:35 PM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Race report, Qualifying\nJohn Fletcher would be the slowest driver during qualifying; making a lap in over 22 seconds. Jason Hathaway would qualify on a provisional. Lap times of approximately 20-21 seconds were considered to be standard qualifying times for the drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Race report, Qualifying\nPrior to the race, a pre-race invocation was given which was followed by the singing of the American and Canadian national anthems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Race report, Race\nThere were 22 drivers on the grid; all of them were born in Canada. Out of this 203-lap event, about 23% of this event was held under a caution flag while the average green flag run was 20 laps. Anthony Simone would be credited as the last-place finisher due to problems with his suspension on the fourth lap. He would commit a false start violation and be black flagged. However, Thomson, Jr. was not disqualified and went on to continue the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Race report, Race\nWhitlock was black flagged for dumping Nuhn; causing people who were in attendance at the race to doubt the professionalism of both the drivers and the NASCAR officials who were in charge of the race. Steckly suffered mechanical issues after getting spun by Kennington while battling for the lead early on. This would cause him to finish well behind John Fletcher in 18th place, even though he had still had commanding lead for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series championship after the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Race report, Race\nAt lap 81, the lights from turn 1 all the way to turn 4 went out leaving only the front stretch lights on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Race report, Race\nThe average speed of the race was 69.552 miles per hour (111.933\u00a0km/h) and the event lasted for one hour and forty-nine minutes; not counting the 165-minute delay that occurred due to the instability of the racing lights. Mark Dilley would defeat Andrew Ranger by nearly three-quarters of a second in front of an undisclosed number of spectators. A problem with their electricity generator caused a 10-lap caution with all the cars forced to stop where they were. At the end of the race, 12 cars made up the lead lap. Most of the field were driving vehicles that were affiliated with either the Chevrolet or Dodge manufacturer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Race report, Race\nNotable crew chiefs for this race were Thatcher Krupp, Ted McAlister, Scott Fletcher, Warren Jones, Bill Burns, Greg Gibson, Brian Uptigrove, Mike Knott, Hugh Nunh, David Wight, Don Jacobson, Kelly Hallett, Rino Montanari, Alex Nagy, Sandy Hamilton, Guijio Montanari, Terry Wilson, and David Hernen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Race report, Race\nMajor sponsors for the drivers on the starting grid include Wal-Mart, Tim Hortons, Home Hardware, Interstate Batteries, and Ubisoft. Individual driver winnings for this event ranged from $8,200 for the winner ($9,846 when adjusted for inflation) all the way to a meager $980 for the last-place finisher ($1,177 when adjusted for inflation). Due to the small qualifying grid typically found at NASCAR Canadian Tire Series racing events, everyone qualified for this racing event. Although the price of gas was recorded at nearly $1.30/litre ($5.20/gallon) just prior to race day for some of the busier gas stations, those who could afford to go to the race greatly appreciated the race prior to the lengthy blackout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196197-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 200, Race report, Race\nDue to the mostly regional atmosphere of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, this race was never aired in any other country besides Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196198-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 400\nThe 2008 Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola was the eighteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, marking the official halfway point of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196198-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 400, Summary\nThis race was held on July 5 of that year at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, and was the third race utilizing restrictor plates this season. TNT's  air time began at 6:30 PM US EDT, and MRN with Sirius Satellite Radio carried the radio broadcast beginning at 7:15 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196198-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 400, Qualifying\nPaul Menard won his first pole of his career in Sprint Cup racing, edging his teammate, Mark Martin out for the honor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196198-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 400, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: \u00a0 Scott Riggs (#66), J.J. Yeley (#96), Dario Franchitti (#40-WD)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196198-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 400, Race recap\nThe biggest news in the event was that Tony Stewart dropped out during a caution in Lap 72 because of flu-like symptoms, and J.J. Yeley took his place in the #20 Toyota. Yeley was on standby after he failed to qualify in the #96 Hall of Fame Racing Toyota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196198-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 400, Race recap\nAlso making news was David Reutimann, driver of the Michael Waltrip Racing #44 Toyota, as he tied the record for most consecutive lucky dog free passes in a race between the fourth and eighth of 11 cautions overall, as in each case his car was the first car one lap (or more) down, and as a result, finished 21st.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196198-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 400, Race recap\nThe tenth caution sent the race went to a green-white-checker finish with four laps remaining. In the first lap of \"Checkers or Wreckers\", second place driver Jeff Gordon was bumped by Carl Edwards, and spun onto the infield but the green flag stay aloft. However, the second \"Big One\" occurred on the white flag lap involving Michael Waltrip, Travis Kvapil and Yeley amongst others, and when the yellow light was lit, Kyle Busch, who was as far down as 37th due to a steering wheel problem, was declared the winner over Edwards by 0.026 of a second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196198-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 400, Results\nFailed to Qualify: Scott Riggs (#66) and J.J. Yeley (#96).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196198-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Coke Zero 400, Results, 2009 Race\nIt was announced in August that next year's Coke Zero 400 would have the superstretch grandstand closed and tickets limited to the 110,000 seats all the way around the current seating configuration from outside Turn Four to Turn One as an economic measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196199-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colchester Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196199-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colchester Borough Council election, Background\nAfter the last election in 2007 the Conservatives held half of the seats on the council with 30 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 21 seats, Labour 6 seats and there were 3 independents. However, in July 2007, 2 Liberal Democrat councilors, Craig and Terry Sutton, defected to the Conservatives after falling out with the local Liberal Democrat Member of parliament Bob Russell over a new community stadium. This gave the Conservatives a majority on the council with 32 of the 60 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196199-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colchester Borough Council election, Background\n20 seats were contested at the election, with the Conservatives defending 12 of the seats. A total of 82 candidates stood at the election, including full slates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green parties, along with one candidate from the British National Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196199-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives lost their majority on the council after losing 5 seats, 4 to the Liberal Democrats and 1 to Labour. Among those who lost seats were 2 members of the Conservative council cabinet, while Craig Sutton in Berechurch lost his seat to Labour after having defected to the Conservatives from the Liberal Democrats in 2007. Conservative defeats were attributed to high levels of housebuilding in the area, with the Conservatives dropping to 27 seats, while the Liberal Democrats rose to 23 seats and Labour went up to 7 seats. Meanwhile, the British National Party came fourth in High Woods ward with 131 votes after putting up the party's first candidate for Colchester council. Overall turnout at the election was 34.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196199-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the Liberal Democrat, Labour and independent groups made a deal to take control over the council from the Conservatives, with Liberal Democrat Anne Turrell becoming the new leader of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196199-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Colchester Borough Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010\nA by-election took place in Birch and Winstree ward on 4 December 2008 after the death of the Conservative councillor Peter Crowe. Andrew Ellis retained the seat for the Conservatives by a majority of 322 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196200-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colgate Raiders football team\nThe 2008 Colgate Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Colgate won the Patriot League championship, but lost in the first round of the national FCS playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196200-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colgate Raiders football team\nIn its 13th season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 9\u20133 record (9\u20132 regular season). Jordan Scott, Nick Hennessey and Alex Relph were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196200-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colgate Raiders football team\nThe Raiders outscored opponents 363 to 349. Their undefeated (5\u20130) conference record topped the seven-team Patriot League standings. Colgate played only five Patriot League games because its October 4 matchup with Georgetown was canceled following a norovirus outbreak at Georgetown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196200-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colgate Raiders football team\nColgate began the year unranked and did not enter the national top 25 until November. They were ranked No. 24 before their matchup with Lehigh, No. 21 before the season-ender against Holy Cross, and No. 16 entering the playoffs. Following their first-round exit from the playoffs, the Raiders kept their No. 16 rank in the year's final poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196200-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Colgate Raiders football team\nThe team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196201-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 College Baseball All-America Team\nAn All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position\u2014who in turn are given the honorific \"All-America\" and typically referred to as \"All-American athletes\", or simply \"All-Americans\". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196201-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 College Baseball All-America Team\nThe NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2008 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196202-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 College Basketball Invitational\nThe 2008 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 2008 National Invitation Tournament. The inaugural tournament began on March 18 on campus sites and ended on April 4, won by the University of Tulsa, defeating their former Missouri Valley Conference rivals Bradley University in the best-of-three final. Tulsa center Jerome Jordan was the tournament MVP. The CBI was the first newly created post-season tournament since the Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament in 1974.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196202-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 College Basketball Invitational\nThe opening round was played on March 18 and 19, 2008 with the second round being played on March 24 and the semifinals on March 26. The championship was a best-of-three series with games being played on March 31, April 2, and April 4 of that year. The bracketing was done in East, West, South and Midwest regions. Following the quarterfinals, the teams were reseeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196202-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 College Basketball Invitational\nBesides Tulsa and Bradley, Brown, Cincinnati, Houston, Miami (Ohio), Nevada, Old Dominion, Ohio, Richmond, Rider, Utah, UTEP, Valparaiso, Virginia and Washington also participated in the tournament. New Mexico State turned down a CBI bid for financial reasons. Alabama, Seton Hall, Texas Tech, and Wake Forest turned down invitations as well for other various reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196203-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 College Football All-America Team\nThe 2008 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American first teams: American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Walter Camp Football Foundation, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Rivals.com, and Scout.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196203-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 College Football All-America Team\nBeing selected to the College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original All-America team was the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney with assistance from football pioneer Walter Camp. The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), the governing body of American intercollegiate sports, officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AFCA, AP, FWAA, Sporting News, and Walter Camp Foundation to determine consensus All-Americans (denoted bold). At least three of these five major selector organizations must select a player in order for him to be recognized as a \"consensus\" All-American by the NCAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196204-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colo-Colo season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196205-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Brooks Field in Wilmington, North Carolina from May 21 through May 24. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2008 season. Second-seeded James Madison won the tournament for the first time and earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196205-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament\nEntering the event, former member East Carolina had won the most championships, with seven. Among active members, VCU led with four titles, Old Dominion had won three titles while George Mason and UNC Wilmington had won twice each and William & Mary had won once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196205-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe top six teams from the CAA's round-robin regular season qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. They played a double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 74], "content_span": [75, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196205-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nAlex Foltz was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Foltz was an outfielder for James Madison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 97], "content_span": [98, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196206-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 46\nAmendment 46, also known as the \"Colorado Civil Rights Initiative, was a proposed initiative on the Colorado ballot for 2008. If ratified, Article II of the Colorado Constitution would have stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196206-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 46\nThe State shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196206-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 46, Controversy\nThe proposed initiative was sponsored by Californian Ward Connerly. In April, 2008, a Colorado group sued, claiming that over 69,000 signatures on the ballot petition were invalid. Some citizens also claimed that they signed the petition through voter fraud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196206-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 46, Controversy\nGovernor Bill Ritter opposed the amendment, along with the Colorado Council of Churches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196206-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 46, Petition company\nNational Ballot Access was hired to manage this petition drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196206-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 46, Aftermath\nInitiatives with the same language have been introduced and approved in five other states, including California (1996), Washington (1998), Michigan (2006), Nebraska (2008), and Arizona (2010); Colorado was the first state where it was defeated. On December 17, 2010 the University of Colorado at Boulder released a report analyzing the factors that led to the defeat of Amendment 46. According to the study, \"...Coloradans overwhelmingly intended to support affirmative action on Election Day; arguably, were Amendment 46 a clearly worded referendum on attitudes toward affirmative action, it would have failed by a much wider margin: 66 to 34 percent.\" The report also found that (a) many voters were confused by the initiative, (b) voters who followed the measure in the media were more likely to oppose it, and (c) proposed alternative initiatives in support of equal opportunity contributed to the measure's defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 957]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196207-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 47\nAmendment 47 was a proposed initiative on the Colorado ballot for 2008. It was defeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196207-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 47\nThe initiative was proposed jointly by Ryan Frazier of Aurora and Julian Jay Cole of Golden. According to the Blue Book, the state-provided ballot guide, Amendment 47 \"proposes amending the Colorado Constitution to: prohibit requiring an employee to join and pay any dues or fees to a labor union as a condition of employment; and create a misdemeanor penalty for violation of this law.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196207-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 47\nIf ratified, Amendment 47 would have added a new section to the Colorado Constitution, which would state, in part:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196207-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 47, Fact-checking, Pro-Amendment 47 political ads\nKUSA, the NBC affiliate in Denver, Colorado, analyzed one of the political ads supporting Amendment 47. Among their conclusions were that the particular ad was misleading when it stated, \"All it does, it gives workers the right to choose for themselves whether or not they want to join a union.\" KUSA's analysis states:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196207-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 47, Fact-checking, Pro-Amendment 47 political ads\nThey also noted that agencies promoting passage of the amendment have received contributions from two organizations in Virginia, the Free Enterprise Alliance in Arlington the National Right to Work Committee in Springfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196207-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 47, Fact-checking, Anti-Amendment 47 political ads\nChannel Nine News also fact-checked a political ad from the opposition. Their conclusions (excerpted):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196207-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 47, Controversy\nThe backers of Amendment 47 have been found to have violated campaign finance laws:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196207-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 47, Support and opposition\nOne organization which supports Amendment 47 is called . An organization in opposition is called .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196208-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 48\nColorado Amendment 48 was an overwhelmingly defeated initiative to amend the definition of a person to \"any human being from the moment of fertilization.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196208-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 48\nThe initiative was proposed jointly by Kristine Burton and Michael Burton of the now-defunct organization, Colorado for Equal Rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196208-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 48\nThis definition would have applied to all sections of Colorado law, thus giving a fetus the equal rights of life, liberty, and property as a fully developed, born person would.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196208-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 48, Text of the Proposal\nBe it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196208-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 48, Text of the Proposal\nSECTION 1. Article II of the constitution of the state of Colorado is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196208-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 48, Text of the Proposal\nSection 31. Person defined. AS USED IN SECTIONS 3, 6, AND 25 OF ARTICLE II OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION, THE TERMS \"PERSON\" OR \"PERSONS\" SHALL INCLUDE ANY HUMAN BEING FROM THE MOMENT OF FERTILIZATION.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196208-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 48, Controversy\nColorado Right to Life supported the amendment. There was bipartisan opposition  -- Planned Parenthood and 2008 Colorado Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Mark Udall were joined by pro-life Democratic Governor Bill Ritter, National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), and Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196209-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 49\nAmendment 49 was a proposed initiative on the Colorado ballot for 2008. It was defeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196209-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 49, Goals\nAccording to the Blue Book, the state-provided ballot guide, Amendment 49 \"proposes amending the Colorado Constitution to: prohibit any public employee paycheck deduction, except for:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196210-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 50\nColorado Amendment 50 was a citizen\u2019s initiative that amended the Colorado state constitution to:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196210-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 50\nAs of August 2008, Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk had given $2 million to Coloradans for Community Colleges, part of the $7 million in contributions that had been made by supporters of the amendment. Much of the contributions were expected to pay for advertising aimed at potential voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196210-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 50, Gaming limits\nSince 1991 Colorado has permitted limited stakes gaming in Central City and Black Hawk in Gilpin County, and Cripple Creek in Teller County. The state constitution placed the following limits on gaming:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196210-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 50, Gaming limits\nAmendment 50 allowed Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek to vote to change the existing gaming limits. Each town may vote to extend the hours of operation of casinos, to add the games of roulette and/or craps, and to increase the amount that can be wagered on any single bet from $5 up to a maximum of $100. The towns may vote on changing any of all of these limits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196210-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 50, Distribution of revenue\nCasinos pay taxes on income from gaming and also pay various fees and fines. Last year, the state collected $112 million from gaming, an effective tax rate of 14 percent. After paying to enforce gaming laws, approximately one-quarter of the gaming money goes back to the gaming cities and counties, about one-quarter goes to historic preservation and restoration projects across the state, and half of the revenue is allocated to the state legislature to spend on programs. These programs currently include assistance to local governments for gaming impacts, tourism promotion, economic development programs, energy efficiency, and renewable energy projects, and highway projects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196210-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 50, Distribution of revenue\nAmendment 50 distributes new money from increased gaming activity differently from existing law. First, the casinos keep 86 percent. The 14 percent in tax revenue is then used to pay to enforce gaming laws related to any changes in the limits. Second, some of the new money provides annual increases to the programs and local governments that currently get gaming money. The rest is distributed as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196210-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 50, Editorial opinions\nAn editorial in the September 29, 2008 edition of The Denver Post advocated voting against the proposed amendment, noting that it would \"help an exceptional cause \u2014 Colorado's under-funded community colleges \u2014 but it would do so at a cruel and unfortunate cost.\" The paper noted that it had endorsed the expansion of gambling into these mountain communities in the early 1990s, only to have \"seen the character of the once-charming towns destroyed\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196210-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 50, Editorial opinions\nAn editorial in the Oct. 5, 2008 edition of The Aurora Sentinel endorsed the measure, pointing out the gambling industry had grown up in Colorado and state residents deserved to reap the benefits of that. Even if the benefits of this measure didn't hit so close to home in Aurora, the initiative is a good idea to preserve the economic health of this important tourism industry. The paper noted that the city's own community college badly needs the revenue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51\nColorado Amendment 51 was a citizen\u2019s initiative proposed by Wendy B. Rosanova of Centennial, CO, and Marijo Rymer, executive director of The Arc of Colorado. It was turned down by 62.4% of the voters. If it had passed, Amendment 51 would have amended the Colorado statutes to:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Statement of intent\n(1) It is the intent of the People of the State of Colorado in enacting this initiative to eliminate the waiting lists for the continuum of long-term services for persons who, through no fault of their own, have developmental disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and mental retardation. Long term health care services and supports at a minimum could include a place to live, help with daily living tasks, early intervention care, nursing services, training and employment. Providing funding to end Colorado\u2019s waiting lists for children and adults with developmental disabilities will enable them to receive the necessary supports to live with dignity and be fully included in community life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Statement of intent\n(2) As of November 2007 more than twelve thousand children and adults who have developmental disabilities were on waiting lists for long-term health care services and supports. Many of these children and adults wait more than ten years before receiving care. Many individuals need almost constant guidance and assistance due to behavioral or mental health problems, a lack of adaptive skills, major medical issues, and absence of family support. Further, many need assistance to eat, dress, bathe or use the bathroom. Some cannot speak or read and are seriously limited in their ability to express their needs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Statement of intent\nStill others are young children with autism who cannot access early intervention services that are so desperately needed and proven to be effective. Many of these children and adults and the families who care for them are at the point of an acute crisis due to their unfulfilled needs. The state does not provide back-up options for those in crisis, leaving many with no help at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Statement of intent\n(3) The People find the current circumstances unacceptable and do hereby enact a slight increase in the rate of the state sales and use tax \u2013 an amount equal to one or two pennies on a ten dollar purchase \u2013 to be phased in over a two-year period. The People acknowledge that current system infrastructure is insufficient to address the needs of all those on the waiting lists. A phased-in increase of revenue will allow time to build capacity in the current system to better serve those in need. It is the intent of the People that the revenues generated by this initiative be used to serve additional persons with developmental disabilities except in the event of a declaration of a state fiscal emergency as provided herein.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Services for people with developmental disabilities\nServices for people with developmental disabilities are delivered through a state and local system. The state administers the overall system; twenty local nonprofit agencies throughout the state determine a person's eligibility and arrange and provide services. Services are generally provided in the community or in the family home, and vary based upon the person's specific disability and needs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Services for people with developmental disabilities\nIn 2008 federal, state, and local government funding for these services is estimated at $372 million. The state's share of that total is about $184 million. This allows about 11,800 people to receive services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Waiting lists for services\nThere are currently about 9,700 adults and children on waiting lists for services within the next two years. That number is expected to grow to over 12,000 people by 2012. If funding to eliminate the waiting lists becomes available, a number of people who are not currently on a waiting list may seek services as services become more accessible. Thus, it is difficult to estimate the total number of people who are eligible for services and the cost to eliminate the waiting lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Estimate of fiscal impact, State revenue\nThe sales tax increase raises about $89 million in budget year 2010 and about $186 million in budget year 2011 to provide services for people with developmental disabilities. The state is also expected to receive about $19 million in 2010 and about $39 million in 2011 from the federal government to fund these services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Estimate of fiscal impact, State spending\nAmendment 51 increases state administrative costs by about $100,000 in 2009, $315,000 in 2010, and $430,000 in 2011 to oversee the services provided to people with developmental disabilities and to implement the sales tax increase. These costs cannot be paid from the new sales tax money, but a portion will be paid with funding from the federal government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Estimate of fiscal impact, State spending\nNonprofit agencies that provide services will experience additional costs of around $46 million in 2010 and $94 million in 2011. These costs include both providing the actual services to more people and startup and training expenses to accommodate the increase in services provided. The new sales tax money is expected to pay for some of these costs, with the remainder funded by the federal government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Estimate of fiscal impact, State spending\nIt is unlikely that all of the new sales tax money will be spent in the first several years because developing the capacity to serve the number of people who are on waiting lists will take time. Any sales tax money that is not immediately spent on services must be placed in reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196211-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 51, Estimate of fiscal impact, Impact on taxpayers\nBoth individuals and businesses pay sales and use taxes. Businesses pay about 40 percent of the state's sales taxes; Colorado residents pay about half; and the remaining 10 percent is paid by visitors to the state. The additional amount of taxes paid by each Colorado household will depend on a household's income and number of people. A three-person household with around $55,000 in annual income is estimated to pay an additional $20 in state sales taxes in the first year of the tax increase and an additional $40 in the second year when the tax increase is fully in place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196212-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 52\nAmendment 52 was a proposed 2008 ballot initiative in Colorado, United States for around half of severance tax funds to be redirected to highway building and maintenance projects, especially expanding Interstate 70 in Colorado (I-70). 64.3% of the voters voted against it, so it did not go into effect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196212-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 52, Conflict with Amendment 58\nBoth Amendment 58 and Amendment 52 appeared on the ballot in 2008, and they both regarded the handling of Colorado's use of the severance tax. While 58 would have allocated the money into college scholarships and natural resources, 52 would have redirected the money into improving I-70. Neither initiative passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196213-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 54\nAmendment 54 was a proposed initiative on the Colorado ballot for 2008. It passed with 51.2% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196213-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 54, Purpose\nAccording to the Blue Book, the state-provided ballot guide, Amendment 54 \"proposes amending the Colorado Constitution to:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196213-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 54, Injunction issued\nAn injunction against Amendment 54 was issued by Denver District Court Judge Catherine Lemon in June 2009. Judge Lemon concluded that the language of the amendment was vague and often confusing, creating a law that would violate the right to free speech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196214-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 58\nAmendment 58 was a proposed initiative on the Colorado ballot of 2008 regarding Colorado's severance tax. It was turned down by 57.9% of the voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196214-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 58, Conflict with Amendment 52\nBoth Amendments 58 and 52 in the 2008 election regarded the handling of Colorado's use of the severance tax. While Amendment 58 would have allocated some of this money to college scholarships and natural resource conservation, 52 would have directed the money into improving Interstate 70 in Colorado (I-70).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196215-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 59\nInitiative 126 or the Savings Account for Education Initiative appeared on the ballot as Amendment 59. The measure would have created a savings account in the state education fund funded by 10 percent of the monies deposited into the fund, including revenue that would otherwise be rebated under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights rules (which the measure called for diverting to the fund).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196215-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 59\nBeginning in 2011, Amendment 59 would repeal the constitutional requirement to increase annual spending on schools by an amount equal to inflation and student-enrollment growth (as required by Amendment 23). The other major part of Amendment 23, requiring annual one-percent increases in school spending, expired automatically in 2010. Amendment 59 was a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196215-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 59, Supporters\nHouse Speaker Andrew Romanoff was the leading proponent of the amendment and the similar Initiative 125 to fix problems and conflicts he saw in the state constitution between Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) spending requirements and Amendment 23, which protects and increases education spending. Both initiatives would eliminate tax refunds from TABOR, putting the money into a state education fund to be used for specific educational purposes. Romanoff and State Senator Steve Johnson introduced the Savings Account For Education (SAFE) measure in the legislature, where it died. Supporters hoped for a better outcome by taking the issue to the voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196215-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 59, Supporters\nThe group spearheading the effort was called Colorado SAFE: Savings Accounts for Education. Also supporting the measure were State Senator Ken Gordon, the Colorado Children's Campaign, AARP in Colorado, the Colorado Association of School Boards, and Republican state attorney general John Suthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196215-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 59, Supporters\nSupporters said that the measure would protect public education funding by dedicating a permanent source of funding, untangling what they saw as a fiscal knot in Colorado's constitution. The measure also preserved the right of citizens to vote on taxes, one of the main features of TABOR. Trustees of Metropolitan State College of Denver endorsed the ballot measure on September 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196215-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 59, Supporters\nRomanoff said it is important that the state set aside money during good economic times in preparation for the inevitable bad times. \"If times are good,\" he said, \"we don't need to spend every dime we're taking in.\" He said that the State Education Fund is like a \"bucket\" of money for public education which is being emptied faster than it can be refilled. \"It doesn't do any good to have the State Education Fund if there's no money in it,\" he said. The measure would have eliminated the requirement that state education spending increase at a set rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196215-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 59, Opponents\nA number of Republican lawmakers opposed the measure, including Douglas Bruce (who helped write TABOR). Bruce said that the measure \"would mean unlimited state funding forever.\" According to Bruce, the main objective of the measure was to eliminate TABOR and make spending easier. \"If [Romanoff] couldn't convince his Democratic colleagues and the governor of doing this through the (legislative-referred) referendum process, the question is how is he going to convince the rest of Colorado to give up their tax refunds,\" said Jon Caldera, executive director of the Independence Institute. \"I'm not going to worry about it until he gets on the ballot.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196215-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Amendment 59, Financial backing\nColorado SAFE raised more than $500,000 in the first two weeks of September 2008, according to campaign-finance reports. Donors included the National Education Association ($250,000) and the Denver Foundation ($225,000). The committee's total donations as of September 15 were $1.3 million, and the group had $374,000 on hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team\nThe 2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Dan Hawkins and played their home games in Folsom Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season\nRiar Geer was suspended \"from everything football-related\" after being arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault and harassment on March 15, 2008. This was less than 24 hours after Lynn Katoa was arrested March 14, 2008 on suspicion for assault at a party on February 16, 2008. This now makes four football players that have had charges brought against them this year. On January 19, 2008, Kai Maiava was ticketed with underage possession and consumption of alcohol and Nate Vaiomounga was charged the same night for criminal mischief under $500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season\nVaiomounga was also charged February 16, 2008 with underage possession and consumption of alcohol for a separate incident. On April 13, 2008, Jake Duren was arrested for first-degree criminal trespass and kicked off the team 4 hours later. Durin was found bloody and passed out after police followed a blood trail from a broken car window to him in the Smiley Court family residence hall where he did not live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season, Spring practice\nThe Spring game was April 19, 2008. On the day before, Colorado was one of twenty schools competing in a Gridiron Bash where the Counting Crows will perform. The event was canceled weeks before hand due to NCAA rules on student athlete benefits. Former Colorado head coach Bill McCartney issued a challenge to Buffalo fans and students to fill Folsom Field for the spring game during a luncheon about CU football recruiting. Filling the stadium would make a statement of support from the community that should help with recruiting. Filling the stadium with 50,000 or more fans would be a huge contrast to past season that have estimated the attendance at the spring game at 6,000 or less. Actual attendance was 17,800, a record for spring game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season, Recruiting\nNational Signing Day was on February 6, 2008 and Colorado signed high school athletes from around the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season, Recruiting\nKey recruit was five-star running back Darrell Scott of Ventura, California. Scott is the highest rated recruit heading to Colorado since Marcus Houston of Denver came to Boulder as part of the 2000 class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Roster\nKai Maiava, who was a freshman All-Big 12 offensive linemen in 2007, and switched to the fullback position in the offseason, decided to leave the team after the 2008 spring semester. His reasons did not include the position switch, but for family issues. He transferred to UCLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nThe 2008 Qwest Rocky Mountain Showdown was played at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe morning of the game, sports books favored Texas by 13\u00a0points. The weather forecast called for a game-time temperature of 64\u00a0\u00b0F (18\u00a0\u00b0C) and a 30% chance of rain, with isolated thunderstorms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nHeading into the game against Colorado, Kansas was ranked #15 in the Coaches Poll. This made the 17th consecutive week that Kansas was ranked in the Top 25 (dating back to 2007), a school record. Before the start of the game Kansas Coach Mark Mangino asked the KU student section to refrain from an expletive kickoff chant that has become a student tradition. Despite Mangino's plea, the student section yelled the chant louder than ever. Colorado scored first with an 11-yard Cody Hawkins touchdown pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nColorado got the ball back soon thereafter, but Hawkins threw an interception inside the red zone and the Kansas defense prevented another Colorado score. Kansas first got on the board with a Jake Sharp touchdown run in the 2nd Quarter. On Colorado's next possession, Hawkins was sacked for a 17-yard loss and a safety to give Kansas its first lead. Once again Kansas came out and played much better in the second half. In the second half Todd Reesing passed for his only touchdown to Dezmond Briscoe and Sharp rushed for two more touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nSharp's first start of the season was successful as he rushed for 118 yards on 31 carries and for 3 touchdowns. Sharp's performance was by far the best of any Kansas running back through the first 6 games of the season. Reesing had his most accurate game of the season, completing 27 of 34 passes for 256 yards and 1 touchdown. Wide receiver Kerry Meier had 9 receptions for 94 yards. A few hours after the Kansas win, the only other undefeated North team in Big 12 play, Missouri, lost to Oklahoma State. Kansas stood atop the Big 12 North with a record of 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nGoing into the game, K-State had beaten Colorado two years in a row, including a win in Boulder in 2006. Colorado was favored by 3\u00bd. Colorado leads the all-time series 43-19-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nThe Colorado Buffaloes found an answer to their quarterback troubles, turning to freshman Tyler Hansen, who sparked them to a 14-13 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nCody Hawkins, the son of Buffs coach Dan Hawkins, was benched and switched offensive series with Tyler Hansen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nAlthough Hawkins mostly handed off to Rodney Stewart (29 carries for 141 yards), he also hit J.R. Smith for 22 yards on third-and-15 from his own 29 on the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nHis fourth-and-4 pass to Smith, however, fell incomplete and Kansas State took over at its own 31 with 59 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nJosh Freeman's fourth-down desperation heave to Brandon Banks at the Buffs\u2019 20-yard line was broken up by free safety Ryan Walters on the last play of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nHansen finished a modest 7-of-14 for 71 yards with one touchdown and one interception, but he also ran 19 times for 86 yards, bringing a dimension that Hawkins doesn\u2019t have. Hawkins was 6-of-11 for 35 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nTrailing 6-0 and in need of a spark to break out of their monthlong slump, Hansen entered the game and promptly fumbled his first snap out of bounds. But on third-and-12 from his 28, Hansen gained 13 yards on a draw play and suddenly the Buffs, who snapped a three-game skid, had the momentum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nHe drove them to the Kansas State 4, where Hawkins re-entered and handed off to Stewart, who ran into the end zone to give Colorado a 7-6 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nThe next time Hansen drove the Buffs downfield, Hawkins stayed on the sideline and Hansen hit Scotty McKnight with a 21-yard touchdown pass down the left sideline for a 14-6 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nBrooks Rossman kicked field goals of 37 and 53 yards but was wide right from 47 yards and wide left from 42 in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nThe Wildcats pulled to 14-13 when Freeman scored untouched on 17-yard keeper early in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nColorado had a chance to pad its slim lead but Aric Goodman's 47-yard field goal try sailed wide right at the last moment. Goodman's 48-yard attempt in the first half was blocked by Ian Campbell, Kansas State's seventh block in seven games, best in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nThe Tigers won their 600th game since their inception in 1890, in an overwhelming 58-0 shutout of the Buffaloes in the Tigers' Homecoming game at Faurot Field rolling up 491 total offensive yards. Chase Daniel passed for 302 yards, and the runners ran for another 189 yards. Daniel was 31-for-37 throwing five touchdowns, intercepted once. Jeremy Maclin had 11 pass receptions for 134 yards with two touchdowns. The defense was outstanding, holding Colorado to a mere 41 net yards rushing and 158 passing for only 199 total offensive yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nComing into the game, the Aggies had held a 2\u20135 overall record against the Colorado Buffaloes. Of the three games that were played at Kyle Field, the Aggies had only won the 2004 contest. In the preseason, the Buffaloes acquired Darrell Scott, who was ranked the best running back in the 2008 recruiting class by Rivals.com. In their previous game, the Buffaloes suffered a 58\u20130 shutout at the hands of No. 16 Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nBoth teams bought an even matchup to the field, with Colorado fielding an offense that had scored 19 points per game, whereas A&M's scoring defense had allowed 35 points per game. The Aggie defense had given up a total of 1,584 in their past three games against Iowa State, Texas Tech, and Kansas State. A&M was favored to win by 3.5 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196216-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nHighlights: Colorado trailed 24-13 with 10 minutes left in the game. The final play the Colorado defense stopped Iowa State running back Alexander Robinson with a 2-yard loss on CU's 1-yard line. Cody Hawkins replaced QB Tyler Hansen in the second half. Hawkins threw for 226 yards. Kicker Aric Goodman missed two field goals and had a blocked kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196217-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Crush season\nThe 2008 Colorado Crush season is the sixth season for the franchise. The Crush finished the regular season with a 6\u201310 record, good enough for the playoffs as the 5th seed in the American Conference. In the Wild Card round, they defeated division rival Utah, 49\u201344. In the Divisional round, they were defeated by the defending champions, the San Jose SaberCats, 51\u201364.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196217-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Crush season, Standings\nz - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196217-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Crush season, Final roster\nRookies in italics updated July 29, 201023 Active, 5 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196218-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008. As he did in every other state that held a caucus rather than a primary, Barack Obama won the caucus by a wide, two-to-one margin over Hillary Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196218-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nAs a cost-saving measure, Colorado stopped holding primary elections in 2000 in favor of a caucus system. Caucuses are run and paid for by the political parties. Both Republican and Democratic Caucus started at 7 p.m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196218-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe Colorado Democratic Caucus was a closed caucus, open only to registered voters who registered as Democrats no later than December 5, 2007, with the exception of 18-year-olds or new citizens, who could register at the caucus site. The precinct chairs took presidential preference polls of all caucus attendees; these preference polls were reported to the media. After the preference poll, delegates were then selected among the attendees for each viable candidate, and supporters of nonviable groups could re-caucus into viable groups. Candidates were required to reach a 15-percent threshold for viability within each level of the selection process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196218-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nFollowing the local caucuses, county conventions, congressional district conventions, and the state convention, on May 17, 2008, were held to finally apportion delegates to the Democratic National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196218-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses, Polls\nA Denver Post poll from late January indicated that Barack Obama was leading Hillary Clinton, though polls from earlier in the year had showed Clinton with a double-digit lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196218-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis\nBarack Obama's large margin of victory in the Colorado Democratic Caucus can be traced to a number of factors. The Clinton campaign largely ignored organizing for caucuses and rather spent their time getting the vote out in bigger, more crucial states that had more delegates up for grabs. The Obama campaign took advantage of this and it ultimately paid off as caucusgoers in Colorado awarded Obama a more than two-to-one margin of victory. Obama performed extremely well statewide and won nearly every county. Clinton performed the best in Eastern Colorado where she won the more rural and conservative counties in the Eastern Slope.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196219-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Mammoth season\nThe Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 22nd in franchise history and 6th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196219-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Mammoth season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196219-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Mammoth season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196219-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Mammoth season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196220-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Rapids season\nThe 2008 Colorado Rapids season was the thirteenth season of the team's existence. Colorado began their season with 4-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy and ended a 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake. They finished 4th in the Western Conference and 9th overall, 1 point behind the New York Red Bulls for the final Wild Card Playoff spot. In the U.S. Open Cup Qualifying, Colorado defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 before losing in Kansas City in a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196221-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Referendum L\nReferendum L was a referendum in Colorado, USA in 2008, to lower the age requirement to participate in the Colorado State Legislature from 25 to 21. The measure was rejected by voters 53.7% to 46.3% on November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196222-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008, with two national delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196222-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses\nColorado chose 21 other delegates during district conventions from May 24 to June 7, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196223-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Rockies season\nThe Colorado Rockies' 2008 season was the team's 16th season overall. The Rockies attempted to repeat their previous season's success after making it to the World Series; however, they ended up finishing third place in the National League West with a record of 74-88. The Rockies drew 2,650,218 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 33,127 fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196223-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196223-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196223-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196223-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196223-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196224-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Colorado State Rams football team\nThe 2008 Colorado State Rams football team  represented Colorado State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO and were led by first year coach Steve Fairchild. They were member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7\u20136, 4\u20134 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated Fresno State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196225-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Columbia Lions football team\nThe 2008 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Columbia tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196225-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Columbia Lions football team\nIn their third season under head coach Norries Wilson, the Lions compiled a 2\u20138 record and were outscored 245 to 171. Mike Brune, Jordan Davis and Drew Quinn were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196225-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Columbia Lions football team\nThe Lions' 2\u20135 conference record placed them in a tie with Cornell for sixth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 172 to 122 by Ivy opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196225-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Columbia Lions football team\nColumbia played its homes games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196226-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Columbus Crew season\nThe 2008 Columbus Crew season was the club's thirteenth season of existence and their thirteenth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. Columbus also competed in the U.S. Open Cup and the MLS Cup Playoffs. The season covered the period from November 14, 2007 to the start of the 2009 Major League Soccer season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196226-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Columbus Crew season, Background\nThe Crew's rebuilding under Sigi Schmid paid immense dividends in 2008, as the team won the Supporters Shield and their first MLS Cup championship. Argentine midfielder Guillermo Barros Schelotto won the league MVP award, capping an incredible season with his three-assist performance in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196226-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Columbus Crew season, Competitive, MLS, Standings\n(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196227-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Columbus Destroyers season\nThe 2008 Columbus Destroyers season was the 10th season for the franchise, their fifth season in Columbus. The Destroyers finished the season tied for the worst record in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196227-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Columbus Destroyers season, Standings\nz - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196227-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Columbus Destroyers season, Roster\nRookies in italics updated July 18, 20080 Active, 0 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196228-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic\nThe 2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Grand Hyatt Bali in Bali, Indonesia, from 8 September through 14 September 2008. Second-seeded Patty Schnyder won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196228-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles\nHsieh Su-wei  /  Peng Shuai  defeated  Marta Domachowska /  Nadia Petrova, 6\u20137(4\u20137), 7\u20136(7\u20133), [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196229-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic \u2013 Doubles\nShengnan Sun and Chunmei Ji were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196229-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic \u2013 Doubles\nSu-wei Hsieh and Shuai Peng won in the final 6\u20137(4\u20137), 7\u20136(7\u20133), [10\u20137], against Marta Domachowska and Nadia Petrova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196230-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles\nLindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196230-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles\nPatty Schnyder won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20130, against Tamira Paszek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196230-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top two seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games\nThe 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games (Hindi: 2008 \u0915\u0949\u092e\u0928\u0935\u0947\u0932\u094d\u0925 \u092f\u0942\u0925 \u0917\u0947\u092e\u094d\u0938) were held in Pune, India, a city in the state of Maharashtra. They were the third Commonwealth Youth Games, which are held every four years; they were the first Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games\nThe III Commonwealth Youth Games were conducted from 12 to 18 October 2008. Over 1,300 athletes and 350 officials from 71 countries participated in these games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games\nThe III Commonwealth Youth Games is unique for its green theme, which permeates all aspects of the Games. A special drive is being conducted by the game organisers to create a \"save the tigers\" campaign to promote awareness of the critical state of the Indian tiger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Sports\nThere were nine sports on the programme for the 2008 Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Sports\nEach sport has a unique pictogram to represent it. The pictograms are designed to be, like the 2008 CYG logo, a balance between the cultural heritage of India and the modern India. The pictograms have been derived from the tribal art form of Warli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Opening Ceremony\nThe spectacular Opening Ceremony included several performances showcasing Indian culture and tradition. There was also a unique show set up by the Indian Air Force. Abhinav Bindra, India's gold medal winner at the Beijing Olympics, was the final Youth Baton Runner, who poured the water collected from different countries into a kalash. The \"Fountain of Youth\" was later formed from this water. Veteran actress Hema Malini performed a beautiful prayer dance. Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan also performed during the event. Singers Sunidhi Chauhan and Shankar Mahadevan sang the theme song. There was also a performance by the Indian actress Urmila Matondkar. The President of India, Pratibha Patil, declared the Games open. The entire event was choreographed by Shiamak Davar. Various schools from Pune participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 876]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Closing Ceremony\nThe Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games included the presence of several dignitaries and Bollywood stars. The ceremonies began with a special dog show organised by the military of India. This was followed by the official ceremony, when the Secretary of the Commonwealth Games Federation declared the Games closed. The cultural part included musical performances by some of the finest singers from India, such as Shaan, Kunal Ganjawala, and Shiamak Davar, the choreographer of the event. A few select schools were selected to perform in the closing ceremony, like Kamalnayan Bajaj and St. Ursula's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Closing Ceremony\nThese dances were also choreographed by Shiamak Davar's group. Various indigenous cultures from Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western India were shown by Diya Mirza, Neha Dhupia, and Malaika Arora. Bollywood actor Ritesh Deshmukh also performed with them during the event. Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty also performed during the event. The \"Fountain of Youth\" which was created during the Opening Ceremony was slowly lowered and a \"Garden of Youth\" was formed. The \"Garden of Youth\" will remain outside the stadium as a part of the legacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Closing Ceremony\nThe hand over ceremony included a seven-minute show from the Isle of Man, who will host the games in 2011. The official mascot of the 2008 Games, Jiggr said good bye to the competitors of the youth Games, after which the mascot for the Delhi 2010 Games, Sheru, welcomed all to Delhi. The closing ceremonies were ended with fireworks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Marketing, Logo\nThe logo of the Games reflect the heritage of Pune and Maharashtra. The seal features the city's name 'Pune' in both English script and Devanagari/Sanskrit script. The seal itself is derived from the Maratha seal of the Maratha king, Shivaji. It is a fusion of the traditional Pune culture and modernity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Marketing, Mascot\nThe name of the official mascot of the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games is \"Jigrr\". The mascot is a tiger, the national animal of India. Jigrr is the younger brother of 'Shera', the mascot of 2010 Commonwealth Games. Jigrr the name, is an amalgam of the word 'Jigar', which implies courage in Hindi language and also the sound of tiger roar 'grrr...'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Youth Baton Relay\nFor the Youth Games 2008, a new concept called the \"Youth Baton Relay\" (based on the Queen's Baton Relay) has been created by the organizers. For the event, a baton will be carried through nine Indian states, carrying water from around the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Youth Baton Relay\nThe Youth Baton Relay will begin at New Delhi University North Campus and proceed to India Gate on 1 August 2008, at a large cultural festival. The Baton will then travel through nine states, and cover over 8000\u00a0km. Six thousand athletes have been selected to carry the Baton; an additional 7500 volunteers will help the Baton through 199 cities, towns and villages. Additionally, approximately 80 crew, 25 vehicles and guests, media and VIP's will escort the baton on its trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Youth Baton Relay\nIn keeping with the \"green games\" theme for both the 2008 Youth Games and the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the relay will be in support of the 'save the tiger' campaign. The collected water is to symbolise the conservation of natural resources, and will be used at the opening ceremony to create a \"fountain of Youth\". A \"garden of youth\" will also be created by the 71 participating nations at Balewadi Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Participating nations\nA total of 71 nations sent teams to the 2008 Youth Games. Some of the major teams include Australia fielding 102 athletes, England with 80, Canada fielding 59 & Scotland with 44. Some of the other major teams include South Africa, the hosts India, Malaysia and Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Participating nations\nIn alphabetical order, the list of participating nations is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196231-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Medal Count\nThis is the partial table of the medal count of the Commonwealth Youth Games. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196232-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games medal table\nThe 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the III Commonwealth Youth Games, were a multi-sport event held in the Indian city of Pune from 12 to 18 October 2008. This was the first time in the history of the Commonwealth Youth Games that the Games were organised in Asia. At the Games, 1220 athletes between 14 and 18 years of age from 71 Commonwealth of Nations competed in nine sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196232-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games medal table\nAthletes from 34 nations won at least one medal, and athletes from 19 of these nations secured at least one gold. India lead the medal count for the first time in Commonwealth Youth Games, with 33 gold medals. Athletes from India also led the silver medal count, with 26 medals. Australia claimed 65 medals in total (including 24 gold), earning second spot on the table. Athletes from Australia led the bronze medal count, with 23 medals. Australia was the host nation of the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games, in which it ranked first in the medal table, with 58 gold and 129 overall medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196232-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games medal table, Medal table\nThe ranking in this table is based on the official medal standings approved by the CYG 2008 Organising Committee. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a \"nation\" is an entity represented by a Commonwealth Games Association). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by CGF country code.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196233-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup\nThe 2008 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the sixteenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Khazar Lankaran for the first time. This was the first edition of the tournament to be hosted in Saint Petersburg, rather than in Moscow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196234-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election\nThe Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KS\u010cM) held a leadership election on 17 May 2008. Zhe incumbent leader Vojt\u011bch Filip was reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196234-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election\nFilip's rivals were MP Stanislav Grospi\u010d, MEP Miloslav Ransdorf and MP So\u0148a Markov\u00e1. Grospi\u010d was the strongest rival of Filip. Ransdorf didn't take his poor result well. He stated that KS\u010cM is like \"Trabant - it will serve but won't excite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196235-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Conference Premier play-off Final\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by KingSkyLord (talk | contribs) at 17:30, 18 July 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196235-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Conference Premier play-off Final\nThe 2008 Conference Premier play-off Final, known as the 2008 Blue Square Premier play-off Final for sponsorship purposes, took place on 18 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London. It was contested between Cambridge United and Exeter City, with Exeter winning 1\u20130 and securing their return to the Football League after five years' absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196235-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Conference Premier play-off Final\nThis was the third successive Conference play-off final for Adam Stansfield, and the second one in which he featured for the winning team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196236-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Conference USA Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2008 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 21\u2013May 25, 2008. Houston won their third C-USA tournament, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196236-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Finish order\n\u2020 - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. # - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196237-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Conference USA Football Championship Game\nThe 2008 Conference USA Football Championship Game was played on December 6, 2008 at Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma to determine the 2008 football champion of the Conference USA (C-USA). The game featured the East Carolina Pirates, the East Division champions, and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, the West Division champions. The game kicked off at 12:00 pm EST and was televised by ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196238-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was won by Memphis. By winning the tournament, Memphis received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It took place from March 12\u201315, 2008 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. However, the NCAA vacated Memphis' standings after Derrick Rose was found ineligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196239-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2008 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the fourteenth edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by Southern Methodist University and the games were played at Westcott Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196240-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Congo football riots\nOn Sunday 14 September 2008, a riot broke out in connection with a football game in Butembo, province of Nord-Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The teams playing were Socozaki and Nyuki System, which are two local clubs whose games are considered derbies. The riots were sparked by accusations that one of the football players was using witchcraft. Nyuki were losing the game, and their goalkeeper tried to advance up the pitch and cast a spell that would turn the game around. This caused a brawl between the players, and when a police commander tried to intervene, he was pelted by stones from the spectators. To regain control of the situation, the police forces reportedly fired canisters of tear gas into the crowd, something that caused a stampede.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196240-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Congo football riots\nOn the next day, dozens of teenagers staged a protest in the town. The regional governor, Julien Mpaluku, attended the funerals and visited the injured in hospital, and promised a full investigation of the events. He reported that the firing of shots into the air by the police had caused panic, and the deaths were then caused by the ensuing mass flight. 13 people were killed by suffocation, while 36 others were injured. With two or three exceptions, the victims were all children; most were between the ages of 11 and 16. An eleven-member team has been set up to study the incident by the local regime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196240-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Congo football riots\nReports of the events came from the local UN-funded radio station Radio Okapi. Nord-Kivu has been the scene of widespread conflict between Congo government forces and rebels in recent years, and a great number of people have been displaced. Despite the fact that the Second Congo War officially ended in 2003, violence is still raging in this part of the country. Traditional animist beliefs are still strong in this part of Africa, and exist side by side with Christianity and Islam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196241-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Connacht Senior Football Championship\nThe 2008 Connacht Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Connacht GAA. It was won by Galway who defeated Mayo in the final. It was their fifth title of the decade and their 44th in their history. Had Galway lost it would have been the first time since 1937 that they would have lost three consecutive Connacht finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196241-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Connacht Senior Football Championship\nThis was Galway's ninth such final in eleven years. However, this marked an important stage in the decline of Galway football as it was also their last senior Connacht title to date - they lost the 2009 final, exited the 2010-2012 championships at the semi-final stage and exited the 2013 championship at the quarter-final stage. The winning Galway team received the J. J. Nestor Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196242-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 48 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Connecticut's five congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 31. Another 17 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 48 delegates represented Connecticut at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Twelve other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196242-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary\nConnecticut held a closed primary, meaning only registered Democrats could vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196242-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Campaign\nThe Connecticut Legislature voted to move Connecticut's presidential primaries to February 5 in order to increase the state's stature in the presidential nominating process, as many other states also did for the primaries of both parties. Largely due to a close Democratic race, the legislature's dream came true, as both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama devoted much attention in the state through television advertising, and even campaigned in the state the day before the primary:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196242-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Campaign\nGoing into Super Tuesday, the state was viewed as a toss-up and was seen as an important bellwether for the overall race on Super Tuesday. The predictions were right as the results gave Obama a narrow victory over Clinton; the second-closest race on Super Tuesday (only in Missouri was the race closer). Connecticut was considered an upset by the media and the Clinton campaign due to Connecticut's close proximity to Clinton's home state of New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196242-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Polling\nUp until late January 2008, New York Senator Hillary Clinton seemed clearly favored to win the Connecticut primary, taking a wide lead over her second closest rival, Illinois Senator Barack Obama, in every poll. However, a poll on January 27, 2008, showed a tie between Clinton and Obama. After that, polls showed a close race. Clinton took a 13 point lead over Obama in one poll, but Obama led by 2 and 4 in 2 more polls. The final poll showed Obama leading Clinton with 48% to 46%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196242-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Results\nThe turnout of almost 355,000 voters shattered the previous record for a primary election in the state, even topping the bitterly contested 2006 Connecticut Democratic U.S. Senate Primary between Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196242-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nBarack Obama's narrow win in the Connecticut Democratic Primary can be traced to a number of factors. According to the exit polls, 82 percent of voters in the Connecticut Democratic Primary were Caucasian and they narrowly favored Clinton by a margin of 49-48 compared to the 9 percent of African American voters who backed Obama by a margin of 74-24 and the 6 percent of Hispanic/Latino voters who also backed Obama by a margin of 53-43. Obama won all age groups except senior citizens ages 65 and over who narrowly backed Clinton by a margin of 50-47.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196242-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama also won more affluent voters making over $50,000 while Clinton won less affluent voters making less than $50,000. Obama also won higher-educated voters (college graduates 57-42; postgraduate studies 58-41) while less-educated voters backed Clinton (some college or associate degree 53-43; high school graduates 55-41). While registered Democrats narrowly favored Clinton 50-48, Independents largely favored Obama by a margin of 62-32; he also won all ideological groups. Pertaining to religion, Obama won all major denominations except Roman Catholics who backed Clinton with a 59-39 margin \u2013 Obama won Protestants 61-36, other Christians 63-33, Jews 61-38, other religions 65-32, and atheists/agnostics 52-47.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196242-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nWhile all counties in Connecticut were extremely close, Obama won six of the state's eight counties \u2013 Clinton won New London and Windham counties in Eastern Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team\nThe 2008 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Randy Edsall and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Hofstra\nMaking their 2008 season debut, the Huskies came out strong scoring 14 points in each of the first two quarters en route to a 35\u20133 victory against FCS opponent Hofstra. In the game, Donald Brown rushed for 150 yards and four touchdowns before giving way to Robbie Frey who added a score of his own. UConn also extended their home winning streak to 8 games extending back to last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Temple\nAs UConn took the show on the road, conditions were less than ideal as Hurricane Hanna (in a weakened state) made her presence felt in Philadelphia. The game which was billed by Temple as UConn/Temple II didn't really live up to the hype of the controversial game last year. In a game which was largely played within the 20s, Donald Brown rushed for a career-high 214 yards, and the game-winning touchdown in overtime. Place kicker Tony Ciaravino added two field goals to give UConn their twelve-point total for the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nJunior tailback Donald Brown rushed for over 200 yards for the second consecutive week and senior quarterback Tyler Lorenzen had a terrific game running the Connecticut offense as the Huskies manhandled Virginia, 45\u201310, in a non-conference football game played before a sellout crowd of 40,000 at Rentschler Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nJunior tailback Donald Brown scored on a three-yard run with 6:04 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Connecticut defense held Baylor on fourth down with less than a minute to play as the Huskies hung on to defeat the Bears, 31\u201328, before a crowd of 38,870 at Rentschler Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nThe Huskies took the show on the road to start a very long, and potentially very rewarding three game road trip. The defense for UConn was less than stellar allowing 508 yards of offense, almost double their own output. The shining light for the Huskies was Donald Brown, who rushed for 190 yards and a touchdown. When he was given the ball, he made things happen time and time again. The injury bug also hit the Huskies and hit them hard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nStarting quarterback Tyler Lorenzen suffered a broken foot early in the second quarter paving the way for Notre Dame transfer Zach Frazier to take over the helm. Later in the third quarter, senior tight end Steve Brouse suffered a broken fibula. Despite the injuries to two of their senior offensive leaders, the Huskies rallied late behind Frazier and two way player Darius Butler. Trailing by one point with 2:45 left in the game, Linebacker Lawrence Wilson picked off Cardinal's quarterback Hunter Cantwell and went 45 yards the other way to put UConn up 26\u201321, with the two-point conversion being unsuccessful. The UConn defense held strong on the ensuing possession, sealing the victory, and the Huskies second consecutive 5\u20130 start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team, International Bowl\nThe Huskies had a great season and were invited to their third bowl game in school history for the second straight year. On January 3, 2009, they played the University of Buffalo Bulls in the International Bowl in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Huskies started off committing sloppy turnovers in the first half but would go on to win the game 38\u201320. Steve Brouse caught the only touchdown pass of the game while running back Donald Brown rushed for 261 yards on 29 carries and one touchdown. He was named the MVP of the game and after the game he decided to forgo his senior season to enter the 2009 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team, 2009 Draft\nFour players on the 2008 UConn football team were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft on April 25, 2009. Donald Brown was selected at #27 by the Indianapolis Colts, Darius Butler was selected by the New England Patriots at #41, Will Beatty and Cody Brown were selected late in the 2nd round at #60 (Will Beatty, New York Giants) and #63 (Cody Brown, Arizona Cardinals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team, 2009 Draft\nAfter the Draft, four other Huskies signed free agent contracts with NFL Teams. Those Huskies include: Julius Williams (Jacksonville Jaguars), Dahna Deleston (Chicago Bears), Tyler Lorenzen (Jacksonville Jaguars), and Keith Gray (Carolina Panthers)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team, 2009 Draft\nOn May 2, 2009, Senior Martin B\u00e9dard was taken in the second round of the CFL Canadian Football League Draft by the Montreal Alouettes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196243-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Huskies football team, Team awards\nThe 2008 Connecticut Huskies post season team awards were handed out during their annual team banquet. The award winners were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196244-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Connecticut Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday) as the process by which the U.S. state of Connecticut selected the recipient of 27 of the state\u2019s 30 delegates to the Republican National Convention in the process to elect the Republican candidate for the 44th President of the United States. It was a closed primary, restricted to enrolled members of the Republican Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196244-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Republican presidential primary, Candidates\nThe following is the order in which Republican candidates appeared on Connecticut\u2019s Republican primary ballot on February 5, 2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196244-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Republican presidential primary, Candidates\nBy law, \"uncommitted\" appeared below the list of candidates on the ballots for both parties in Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196244-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Republican presidential primary, Candidates\nCandidates who withdrew from the race remained on the ballot in Connecticut if they had withdrawn after December 27, 2007. The only withdrawn Republican candidate who had been placed on the list of likely candidates in November who withdrew early enough to not appear on the Republican presidential ballot was Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo. California Congressman Duncan Hunter, former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani withdrew after the December 27 cut-off date, thus they remained on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196244-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Republican presidential primary, History\nAlthough the February 5, 2008 primary was the eighth presidential cycle since Connecticut replaced local primaries with a statewide primary in 1977, it was only the sixth primary to feature Republican candidates due to the unchallenged incumbents of Ronald Reagan in 1984 and George W. Bush in 2004. With John McCain having won the 2008 Republican nomination, Connecticut selected the eventual Republican nominee 67 percent of the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196244-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Republican presidential primary, History\nThe February 5 primary was the first time Connecticut used the optical scan voting system for a primary. The state had first used the technology statewide in the 2007 municipal elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196244-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196245-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut State Senate election\nThe Connecticut Senate election, 2008 was held on November 4, 2008 to elect Senators to the Connecticut State Senate for the term which began in January 2009 and ended in January 2011. The election occurred on the same date as other federal and state elections, including the quadrennial U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196245-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut State Senate election\nThe 2008 election saw the election or re-election of 24 Democrats and 12 Republicans to fill the Senate's 36 seats. The incumbent party in each district held onto control of their respective seats in the election, except for one seat which changed control from Republican to Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196245-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut State Senate election, Results\nResults of the 2008 Connecticut Senate election. Party shading denotes winner of Senate seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196245-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut State Senate election, Results\nTP Denotes that a minor, third party candidate (or candidates) also ran in this district's election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196245-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut State Senate election, Results\nRWI Denotes that a registered write-in candidate (or candidates) was also present in this district's election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196245-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut State Senate election, Results\nWF Denotes that this candidate also ran on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party. The votes won by this candidate include both their Working Families and their party of affiliation figures combined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196245-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut State Senate election, Results\nI Denotes that this candidate also ran on the independent line. The votes won by this candidate include both their independent and their party of affiliation figures combined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196246-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Sun season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was their tenth season and their sixth in Connecticut. The Sun successfully advanced to the WNBA Playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. Lindsay Whalen was a key contributor to the club, averaging 14.0 points per game, 5.6 rebounds per game, and 5.4 assists per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196246-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Sun season, Offseason, Expansion Draft\nThe following player was lost in the Atlanta Dream expansion draft:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196246-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Sun season, Schedule, Playoffs\nIn the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face the New York Liberty. Since the Sun had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at New York, game 2 at Connecticut, and game 3 (if needed) at Connecticut. The Liberty won the first game, but the Sun won the second to force a game three. The Sun were upset on their home floor by the Liberty and were eliminated from the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196246-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Connecticut Sun season, Regular Season statistics, Team Ranking\nThis table shows how the Sun rank compared to the other teams in the league (14 total teams):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador\nThe Constitution of Ecuador is the supreme law of Ecuador. The current constitution has been in place since 2008. It is the country's 20th constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, History\nEcuador has had new constitutions promulgated in 1830, 1835, 1843, 1845, 1851, 1852, 1861, 1869, 1878, 1884, 1897, 1906, 1929, 1938, 1945, 1946, 1967 and 1978. Following his election as President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa called for a referendum on establishing a Constituent Assembly to write a new constitution for the country, which was held on April 15, 2007, and passed with over 80.0% approval. The elections for the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly were held on September 30, 2007. With 74 seats, Rafael Correa's political party, PAIS Alliance, won the majority of the 130 available seats. The assembly first convened on November 29, 2007, in Montecristi, and was given six months to write a new constitution, with a possible two-month extension. In late July 2008, the assembly approved a draft constitution consisting of 494 articles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 880]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, History\nWhen Ecuador began the process of writing a new constitution, they received help from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund to draft environmental laws giving nature and ecosystems rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, History\nThe Constitution was approved by the electorate in the constitutional referendum in September 2008 by 63.93% to 28.10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, Analysis, Environmental rights\nThe Constitution is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights. Article 71-74 prohibits the extraction of non-renewable resources in protected areas. Moreover, the production of monocultures will be avoided for reforestation and rehabilitation of the soil. The state will also protect the intellectual property of collective work based on national biodiversity and begin to recognize the Rights of Nature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, Analysis, International investment\nThe Constitution prohibits Ecuador from yielding jurisdiction over private trade or contract disputes to external organizations. As a result, Ecuador was forced to withdraw from the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, Analysis, Food sovereignty\nThe constitution is one of the first in the world to recognise the right to food.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, Analysis, Food sovereignty\nArticle 281, labelled Food Sovereignty, reads: \"Food Sovereignty constitutes an objective and strategic obligation from the State to guarantee its people, communities, pueblos and nationalities self sufficiency in healthy food, culturally appropriate in a permanent form.\" This entails the following state responsibilities:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, Analysis, Food sovereignty\nArticle 15 protects agricultural, wild and genetic biodiversity by prohibiting genetically modified seeds and crops. The President and the National assembly can introduce exceptions, but genetic modification are not allowed if its intervenes with food sovereignty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, Analysis, Drug liberalization\nAccording to Article 364 of the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador, the Ecuadorian state does not see drug consumption as a crime but only as a health concern. Since June 2013 the State drugs regulatory office, CONSEP, has published a table that establishes maximum quantities carried by persons so as to be considered in legal possession and that person as not a seller of drugs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, Analysis, Recognition of same-sex relationships\nWithin the Ecuadorian Constitution adopted in 2008, Article 67 limits marriage to the union of a man and a woman. (\"El matrimonio es la uni\u00f3n entre hombre y mujer...\") Same-sex couples became eligible for de facto civil unions based on Article 68, which specifies that unmarried couples in stable and monogamous unions enjoy the same rights and obligations of married couples. In 2015, the civil code was updated to allow for civil unions to be contracted without a requirement for prior cohabitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, Analysis, Recognition of same-sex relationships\nThe stable and monogamous union between two persons without any other marriage ties who have a common-law home, for the lapse of time and under the conditions and circumstances provided for by law, shall enjoy the same rights and obligations of those families bound by formal marriage ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196247-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Ecuador, Analysis, Recognition of sexual orientation and gender identity\nArticle 11, paragraph two of the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador reaffirmed as a fundamental right to sexual orientation and included for the first time and even globally gender identity. Until 2008, no constitution in the world recognized gender identity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196248-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Myanmar\nThe Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2008) is the third Constitution of Myanmar after 1947 and 1974 constitutions which were aborted by military coups. It is part of the seven steps road map announced by then Prime Minister of State Peace and Development Council government General Khin Nyunt on 30 August 2003. One of the seven steps include recalling of National Convention for the drafting of new constitution which was adjourned on 31 March 1996 by State Law and Order Restoration Council government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196248-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Myanmar\nThe convention began on 17 May 2004 attended by 1076 of invited delegates and representatives from 25 ethnic ceasefire groups. After several sessions since 1993 the convention was concluded with the adoption of fundamental principles for constitution drafting commission with member of 54 which was later formed by SPDC. On 19 February 2008, The SPDC announced that the commission had finalised the drafted constitution and planned to approve through referendum in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196248-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Myanmar\nOn 10 May 2008 (24 May 2008 in some townships) the Constitutional referendum was held in Myanmar and SPDC announced 93.82% of the voters favored it however there has been wide spread criticism of the process as the Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar a few days before the referendum and free and fairness of the overall process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196248-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Constitution of Myanmar\nThe Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) retain significant control of the government under the 2008 constitution. 25% of seats in the Parliament of Myanmar are reserved for serving military officers. The ministries of home, border affairs and defense have to be headed by a serving military officer. The military also appoints one of the country's two vice presidents. Hence, the country's civilian leaders have little influence over the security establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196249-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Continental Cup of Curling\nThe 2008 Continental Cup of Curling was the 6th edition of this event and was held from December 18\u201321, 2008 at the EnCana Arena in Camrose, Alberta. It was the first edition of the Continental Cup in which teams outside of North America and Europe competed, due to the outstanding performance of the Chinese teams in the previous year's men's and women's world championships. To reflect the expanded participation, the team opposing North America was renamed from \"Team Europe\" to \"Team World\". The World Curling Federation named the six rinks representing Team World.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196249-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Continental Cup of Curling\nThe Canada Cup of Curling, Tournament of Hearts and Brier winners automatically qualify as the Canadian rinks in Team North America, while the American contingent in Team North America are represented by their men's and women's champions. The event was won by Team World by a score of 208-192, with the winning points scored in the fourth end in the men's featured skins game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196249-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Continental Cup of Curling\nThe prize purse was $88,400 (CAD); each member of the winning team received $2000, while each member of the losing team received $1400.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196249-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Continental Cup of Curling\nThe Continental Divide, the entertainment centre, was located at the adjacent Border Paving Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196249-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Continental Cup of Curling, Scoring\nEach match is worth a different number of points, with a total of 400 available in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196249-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Continental Cup of Curling, Broadcast\nTSN televised every draw of the Continental Cup, with the men's team games and the women's feature skins games on tape-delay (while broadcast live on TSN2) and the remainder of the draws live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196249-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams\nTeam North America was coached by  Jim Waite and captained by  Russ Howard. Team World was coached by  Peja Lindholm and captained by  P\u00e5l Trulsen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196249-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Continental Cup of Curling, Results, Singles\nTeam World wins the eight points for the greater aggregate score for singles play, 96-93.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196249-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Continental Cup of Curling, Results, Women's Skins\nDraw 7 contains the 20-point game, Draw 9 is the 30-point game, and Draw 10 is the feature game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196249-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Continental Cup of Curling, Results, Men's Skins\nDraw 7 is the 20-point game, Draw 9 is the 30-point game, and Draw 10 is the feature game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196249-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Continental Cup of Curling, Results, Mixed Skins\nDraw 7 is the 20-point game, while Draw 9 is the 30-point game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196250-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Continental Indoor Football League season\nThe 2008 Continental Indoor Football League season is the league's third overall season. The season began on Friday, March 7, and ended on Sunday, June 29th, with the CIFL Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196251-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Conviasa Boeing 737 crash\nA Conviasa Boeing 737-291 Advanced (registered as YV102T) ferry flight from Maiquetia, Venezuela to Latacunga, Ecuador crashed into Illiniza Volcano. The aircraft had been stored at Caracas and was being ferried to a new owner. There were three crew on board with no passengers. There were no survivors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196251-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Conviasa Boeing 737 crash, Aircraft\nThe aircraft involved was originally delivered on July 6, 1978 to Frontier Airlines. It later was operated by United Airlines and Atlantic Airlines de Honduras before acquired to Conviasa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196251-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Conviasa Boeing 737 crash, Investigation and final report\nThe accident was investigated by the Direcci\u00f3n General de Aviaci\u00f3n Civil (DGAC) of Ecuador. The investigation spanned 622 days following the incident and the final report was released on May 14, 2010. The findings of the report were as follows (translated from Spanish):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196251-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Conviasa Boeing 737 crash, Investigation and final report\n\"The Accident Investigation Board judges that the probable cause of this accident was non-observance by the flight crew of the technical procedures, configuration, speed and bank angle of the aircraft required to complete the initial turn of Instrument Approach Procedure Number 4 published in the Ecuador Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) for Latacunga airport, a failure that placed the aircraft outside of the protected area (published pattern), bringing it into high elevation mountainous terrain.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196251-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Conviasa Boeing 737 crash, Investigation and final report\nThe report also listed the crew's ignorance of the area surrounding the approach path and lack of airline documentation and procedures governing the conduct of flights to non-scheduled and special airports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196252-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Conwy County Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Conwy Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Conwy County Borough Council in Wales. It was on the same day as other 2008 United Kingdom local elections. The previous elections took place on 10 June 2004 and the following election took place on 3 May 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196252-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Conwy County Borough Council election\nFifty nine county councillors were elected from the county's thirty eight electoral wards. The biggest gains were by the Conservative Party with eight additional seats, while the Labour Party and Independent group lost out. There were several very close results, with the Conservatives winning in Capelulo by 26 votes, the sitting veteran Labour councillor in Llandudno's Tudno losing by 27 votes and the Independent councillor in Llansannan winning by only four votes. Similarly to the previous Conwy elections in 1995, 1999 and 2004, no party or group ended in overal majority control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196252-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Conwy County Borough Council election, By-elections between 2009-2011, Marl (2011)\n20 January 2011 - Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative. This followed the resignation of a Conservative councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 87], "content_span": [88, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections\nThe Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections\nElections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Board of Review districts 2 and 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information\n2012 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President and House) and those for state elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout\nVoter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 47.95%, with 1,274,569 ballots cast. Among these, 1,091,008 Democratic, 200,750 Republican, 112 Green, 4 Moderate, and 2,125 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of Chicago saw 52.70% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 43.3% turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout\nThe general election saw 73.71% turnout, with 2,162,240 ballots cast. Chicago saw 73.87% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 73.54% turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court\nIn the 2008 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election,  incumbent second-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Primaries, Republican\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Diane Shapiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Primaries, Green\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary. The Green Party ultimately nominated Paloma Andrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds\nIn the 2008 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election,  incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, was reelected. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after Jesse White resigned to become Illinois Secretary of State), and had been elected to two full-terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds, Primaries, Democratic\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Gregory Goldstein.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds, Primaries, Democratic\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary. The Green Party ultimately nominated Terrence A. Gilhooly", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney\nIn the 2008 Cook County State's Attorney election,  incumbent third-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Anita Alvarez was elected to succeed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney\nAlvarez became the first Hispanic woman elected to this position, after also having been the first Latina to win the Democratic nomination for the office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney, Primaries, Green\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary. The Green Party ultimately nominated Thomas O'Brien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review\nIn the 2008 Cook County Board of Review election, two seats, both Democratic-held, were up for election. Both incumbents won reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review\nThe Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd district\nIncumbent third-term member Joseph Berrios, a Democrat last reelected in 2006, was reelected. Berrios had served since the Board of Review was constituted in 1998, and had served on its predecessor organization, the Cook County Board of Appeals, for another ten years. This election was to a four-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lauren Elizabeth McCracken-Quirk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 90], "content_span": [91, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary. The Green Party ultimately nominated Howard Kaplan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 90], "content_span": [91, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 3rd district\nIncumbent first-term member Larry Rogers, Jr., a Democrat elected in 2004, was reelected. This election was to a four-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 3rd district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lionel Garcia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 90], "content_span": [91, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 3rd district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary. The Green Party ultimately nominated Antonne \"Tony\" Cox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 90], "content_span": [91, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board\nIn the 2008 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections\nPartisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections\nPartistan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196253-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook County, Illinois elections, Other elections\nCoinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196254-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cook Islands Round Cup\nThe 2008 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the thirty fifth recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 and also in 1986 and 1988\u20131990 currently unknown. Nikao Sokattack won the championship, their fifth recorded championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196255-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Aerosur & del Sur\nFollowing are the results of the 2008 Copa Aerosur, the Bolivian football tournament held in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, sponsored by AeroSur airline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196255-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Aerosur & del Sur\nIn this edition teams from 2nd and 3rd division participate, but for them instead of winning free passage on Aerosur to travel to play their games during 2008, they will receive $10000 and the runner-up $5000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196255-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Aerosur & del Sur\nFor LPFB team the Copa Aerosur champion will have free passage on Aerosur to travel to play their games during the 2008 season of the Bolivian Professional Football League, while the runner will have a 75% discount. The other participants may access the 50% discount on tickets if they agree to bring the airline's logo on his uniform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196255-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Aerosur & del Sur\nThe 2008 version of the cup has three novelties: [1] defined by shootout in case of ties in all instances of the tournament, the implementation of a tournament U-18 parallel to the official tournament, and a recoil to be played between the champion Aerosur Cup, the champion of the Copa Aerosur del Sur and two foreign clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196256-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Am\u00e9rica (baseball)\nThe 2008 America Baseball Cup was held in the Venezuelan cities of Puerto Ordaz and El Tigre, from September 26 to October 7. The tournament acted as a qualifier for the 2009 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196256-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Am\u00e9rica (baseball)\n\"America Baseball Cup\" is the English translation of the competition's Spanish name, which is Copa America de Beisbol. The competition was used to select the teams that represented Central and South America \u2014 including the Caribbean \u2014 in the Baseball World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196256-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Am\u00e9rica (baseball), Format and participation\nThe tournament is split up into 2 groups. Group A consists of Venezuela, Nicaragua, Colombia, Netherlands Antilles and Mexico, and Group B consists of Puerto Rico, Brazil, Aruba, Guatemala and Panama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196256-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Am\u00e9rica (baseball), Format and participation\nCuba did not compete because they already qualified for the 2009 World Cup as they were Olympic competitors the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196256-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Am\u00e9rica (baseball), Results\nPuerto Rico won the tournament, defeating Nicaragua 4:1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196257-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Ciclismo\nThe 8th edition of the Copa Am\u00e9rica de Ciclismo was held on 2008-01-06. The 2008 edition was not staged in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, but in a street circuit around Flamengo Park, in Rio de Janeiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196258-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Futsal\nThe 2008 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Futsal was the 9th edition under FIFA rules, 20th edition of the main international futsal tournament of the South America region. It took place in Montevideo, Uruguay from 23 June to 28 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196258-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Futsal\nThe tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196258-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Futsal, Championship\nThe ten participating teams are divided into three groups of three in the first two groups and four teams in the last group, which will play each in a single round-robin format. The top team of each group advances to the semi-finals with the second placed team from Group C. The top three teams for the tournament will earn participation at the 2008 Futsal World Cup, if Brazil is one of the top 3, the third ticket to the World Cup will go to the fourth placed team in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196259-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colombia\nThe 2008 Copa Colombia, officially the 2008 Copa Postob\u00f3n for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth edition of the Copa Colombia, the football tournament for professional clubs in Colombia. This edition marked the return of the tournament after a 19-year absence. It began on March 12 and ended on November 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196259-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colombia\nBogot\u00e1 club La Equidad beat Manizales club Once Caldas in the finals for their first Copa Colombia title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196259-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colombia, Format\nThe competition is divided into 5 stages. The first stage is a group stage. The groups will be comprised by teams from the same regions, six teams per group. The top-two teams from each group will advance to the a second stage. The second stage will comprise six matches, each contested by two teams. The six winners advance to the third stage, which is identical to the second stage. The three winners and the best second place team advance to the semifinals. The winner of the semifinals advance to the finals. The winner of the Copa Colombia will earn a berth in the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196259-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colombia, Phase I\nThis is the system of groups approved for the making of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196259-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colombia, Phase II\nPhase II began on August 27 and ended on September 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196259-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colombia, Phase III\nPhase III began on September 17 and ended on October 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196259-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colombia, Semifinals\nThe semifinals were played on October 29 and November 5", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196259-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colombia, Finals\nThe Finals were played on November 12 and November 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 81]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196260-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colsanitas\nThe 2008 Copa Colsanitas was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 11th edition of the Copa Colsanitas, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Club Campestre El Rancho in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, from 18 February through 24 February 2008. Qualifier Nuria Llagostera Vives won the singles title and earned $29,000 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196260-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colsanitas, Finals, Doubles\nIveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 /  Bethanie Mattek defeated  Jelena Kostani\u0107 To\u0161i\u0107 /  Martina M\u00fcller, 6\u20133, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196261-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colsanitas \u2013 Doubles\nLourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino and Paola Su\u00e1rez were the defending champions, but Su\u00e1rez retired from the sport on September 1, 2007, and only Dom\u00ednguez Lino competed that year. She partnered with Arantxa Parra Santonja, but lost in the semifinals to Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Bethanie Mattek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196261-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colsanitas \u2013 Doubles\nIveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Bethanie Mattek won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20133, against Jelena Kostani\u0107 To\u0161i\u0107 and Martina M\u00fcller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196262-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colsanitas \u2013 Singles\nRoberta Vinci was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196262-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Colsanitas \u2013 Singles\nNuria Llagostera Vives won in the final 6\u20130, 6\u20134, against Mar\u00eda Emilia Salerni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196263-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Constituci\u00f3\nThe Copa Constituci\u00f3 2008 was the 16th edition of the Andorran Cup, which is a football knockout competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196263-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Constituci\u00f3, First Elimination Round\nThe matches were played on 19 and 20 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196263-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Constituci\u00f3, Quarter finals\nThe matches were played on 6 and 10 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 88]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196264-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Indonesia Final\nThe 2008 Copa Indonesia Final was a football match that took place on 13 January 2008 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. It was the third final of Piala Indonesia and contested by Sriwijaya FC and Persipura Jayapura. It was a first-ever final appearance for Sriwijaya, while Persipura made it back-to-back final appearances after losing to Arema in the previous edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196264-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Indonesia Final\nSriwijaya won the title via a penalty shoot-out after the match ended 1\u20131 in extra time. As winners, Sriwijaya entered the qualifying play-off of the 2009 AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores\nThe 2008 Copa Libertadores de Am\u00e9rica was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the competition is officially the 2008 Copa Santander Libertadores de Am\u00e9rica for sponsorship reasons. The draw took place on December 19, 2007 in Asunci\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores\nEcuadorian club LDU Quito won the competition for the first time in a final decided on penalties. It is the first time a team from Ecuador has won the competition. LDU Quito earned a berth in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup and 2009 Recopa Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Qualified teams\nThirty-eight teams qualified for the competition, with twenty-six teams directly qualifying to the Second Stage and twelve entering in the First Stage. Seven countries sent their Apertura champions and Clausura champions for their first two berths. The remaining berth, or berths in Argentina's case, went to the best-placed non-champions shown by an aggregate table. Brazil's league uses a European-style format and thus does not have an Apertura and Clausura tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Qualified teams\nTherefore, they sent their cup champion and the best four of the Brazilian Serie A. Ecuador sent the top three finishers of their national tournament as determined by the Liguilla Final. Uruguay had a Mini-League (Liguilla) to determine who qualified, and Mexico usespecially the InterLiga to determine two of its qualifiers. The last qualified team in each country played in the First Stage; the defending champion's country had two teams in the first stage because the defending champion automatically qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Round and draw dates\nThe calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Tie breakers\nTeams at every stage of the tournament will be awarded points depending on the result of a game: 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss. The following criteria will be used for breaking ties on points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Tie breakers\nFor the First Stage, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals, the fourth criteria is replaced by a penalty shoot-out if necessary. The Finals have their own set of criteria; see the finals section for more details.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, First stage\nThe First Stage was played between January 29 and February 12. Team #1 played the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Second stage\nA total of 26 teams qualified directly to this phase and were joined by six teams from the First Stage, bringing the total to 32 teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Round of 16. This stage was played between February 12 and April 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Second stage\nIn results tables, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages\nThe last four stages of the tournament (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals) form a single-elimination tournament, commonly known as a knockout stages. Sixteen teams advanced into the first of these stages: the Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages, Seeding\nThe 16 qualified teams were seeded according to their results in the Second Stage. The top teams from each group were seeded 1-8, with the team with the most points as seed 1 and the team with the least as seed 8. The second-best teams from each group were seeded 9-16, with the team with the most points as seed 9 and the team with the least as seed 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages, Round of 16\nThe Round of 16 was played between April 29 and 30, and May 1, 6, and 8. Team #1 played the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages, Quarterfinals\nThe Quarterfinals were played on May 14, 15, and May 21 and 22. Team #1 played the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196265-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages, Semifinals\nThe Semifinals were played between May 27, 28, and June 3, 4. Team #1 played the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals\nThe 2008 Copa Libertadores Finals was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2008 Copa Libertadores champion. The series was contested between Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito from Quito, Ecuador, and Fluminense Football Club from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, both of whom were playing in their first finals. The first leg was played at LDU Quito's home field,  La Casa Blanca in Quito, Ecuador on 25 June 2008; the second leg was played at Fluminense's home field, Maracan\u00e3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 2 July 2008. LDU Quito won the final on penalties 3\u20131, after each team won a game apiece, and equalized on goal difference after the end of extra-time of the second leg. With this achievement, LDU Quito became the first Ecuadorian club to win a Copa Libertadores title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Finals rules\nLike other match-ups in the knockout round, the teams will play two games, one at each team's home stadium. As the highest seeded team determined at the beginning of the knockout stage, Fluminense had home-field advantage for the second leg. Unlike other Copa Libertadores match-ups in the knockout round, the away goals rule is not used. If the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the 2nd leg, extra time will be used, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the finals, Group 8 of the Second Stage\nFluminense and LDU Quito both started in the Second Stage and were drawn into Group 8 along with Arsenal of Argentina and Libertad of Paraguay. Their first match was against each other in La Casa Blanca in Quito. The game ended in a goal-less draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the finals, Group 8 of the Second Stage\nLDU Quito then hosted Libertad on March 4. Patricio Urrutia and Joffre Guerr\u00f3n scored for LDU Quito to give them a 2\u20130 win. They then visited Arsenal in Buenos Aires on March 12. Patricio Urrutia scored the loan goal of the game. The roles were reversed as LDU Quito hosted Arsenal on March 26. Liga walloped Arsenal 6\u20131 with goals by Patricio Urrutia, Dami\u00e1n Manso, Luis Bola\u00f1os (2), Claudio Bieler, and Alfonso Obreg\u00f3n; Luciano Leguizam\u00f3n scored for Arsenal. On April 8, Liga travelled to Asuncion to play Libertad, where they lost 3\u20131. Alfonso Obreg\u00f3n scored the lone goal for Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the finals, Group 8 of the Second Stage\nAfter the first game against Liga, Fluminense hosted Arsenal on March 5. The drubbing ended 6\u20130 in favor of Flu. Thiago Neves, Dod\u00f4 (2), Gabriel, Washington, and C\u00edcero provided the scores. Flu then travelled to Asuncion to face Libertad on March 19. Washington scored twice to give Flu a 2\u20131 win. Flu then played host for Libertad in a game that ended in a 2\u20130 win for Fluminense. C\u00edcero and Thiago Silva provided the scores. Fluminense then travelled to Buenos Aires to play Arsenal on April 8. They were beat 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the finals, Group 8 of the Second Stage\nThe last match of group play for LDU Quito and Fluminense was against each other on April 17. C\u00edcero scored the only goal of the game to give Fluminense a 1\u20130 win. The win gave Fluminense the group. Fluminense and LDU Quito finished 1 & 2 with 13 and 10 points, respectively, and each advanced to the Round of 16 as the 1st and 11th seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the finals, Fluminense in the knockout stage\nFluminense was seeded 1 for the knockout stage, guaranteeing home field advantage for the second leg of any series. In the round of 16, they faced Atl\u00e9tico Nacional of Colombia, whom they defeated on aggregate 3-1 (2-1 & 1-0). In the quarter-finals, they faced fellow Brazilian side S\u00e3o Paulo. They won on aggregate 3-2 (0-1 & 3-1). In the semi-finals, they face defending Copa Libertadores champions Boca Juniors. After tying 2-2 on the first leg, they won 3-1 in the second leg to advance to their first Copa Libertadores finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the finals, LDU Quito in the knockout stage\nLDU Quito was seeded 12 for the knockout stage. In the Round of 16, they faced Estudiantes, whom they beat on aggregate 3-2 (2-0 & 1-2) to advance. They faced another Argentine team, San Lorenzo in the quarter-finals. After tying 1-1 in both legs, the teams went into penalties, where LDU Quito triumphed 5-3. In the semi-finals, they faced Club Am\u00e9rica of Mexico. They tied both legs 1-1 in Mexico City and 0-0 in Quito. Since LDU Quito scored an away goal, they won the series and advanced to their first Copa Libertadores finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Finals summary, First leg\nThe First Leg was played in front of a capacity crowd at Estadio Casa Blanca in Quito. Claudio Bieler of LDU Quito scored first in the 2nd minute, but Fluminense answered back with a goal by Dar\u00edo Conca in the 12th minute. LDU Quito scored three unanswered goals by the end of the half with goals by Joffre Guerr\u00f3n (29'), Jairo Campos (34'), and Patricio Urrutia (45'). Thiago Neves scored again for Fluminense with the only goal of the second half at the 52nd minute. The final score left LDU Quito with a 2-goal advantage going into the next leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Finals summary, Second leg\nThe Second Leg was played in front of a capacity crowd at the legendary Maracan\u00e3 in a game that would crown the South American champions. Luis Bola\u00f1os of LDU Quito scored first in the 6th minute to put LDU Quito up 1\u20130 in the game, and a three-goal advantage. Fluminense answered back with a hat-trick by Thiago Neves who scored goals in the 12th, 28th, and 56th minute. The score at the end of regulation was 3\u20131, leaving both teams equal on goal difference; extra-time was needed. After a scoreless extra-time, the game went on to a penalty shootout. LDU Quito goalkeeper Jos\u00e9 Francisco Cevallos blocked three of four penalty kicks, while his teammates put in three of four to give LDU Quito the win, and their first Copa Libertadores title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Aftermath\nPrior to the matches, Fluminense was favored to win since they had eliminated the defending champion (Boca Juniors) in the semifinals, and defeated LDU Quito in an earlier encounter at Maracan\u00e3. Following the surprise loss in Quito, pressure was on Fluminense to win at home. When LDU Quito sealed the deal at Maracan\u00e3, the media dubbed the match a \"Maracanazo\", a slang term in Latin American football given to a game at Maracan\u00e3 where the underdog team upsets the hosts. As the hosts were expected to win, that the celebratory confetti for the award presentation was in Fluminense's color.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Aftermath\nLDU Quito had won their first Copa Libertadores title, becoming the first Ecuadorian team to do so. The title is also the first international title ever won by a team from Ecuador. LDU Quito captain Patricio Urrutia was named player of the finals, and Joffre Guerr\u00f3n was named player of the tournament. By winning the tournament, LDU Quito won the right to represent South American in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, for which they qualify directly to the semi-finals. LDU Quito winning the Copa Libertadores was called historic by major newspapers that followed the competition, and won praise throughout the continent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Aftermath\nThroughout the tournament, the team and its player gained wide support from across Ecuador, not just by their typical fan-base in Quito. Following the win, they were publicly applauded by every sector of Ecuadorian society and government, and were treated as heroes upon their return to the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196266-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Finals, Aftermath\nCurrently, this year's finals hold or shares two Copa Libertadores Finals records: most goals in a single game (6) for Game 1; most goals in two legs (10).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196267-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage\nThe First Stage of the 2008 Copa Santander Libertadores began on January 29 and ended on February 12. Twelve teams qualified directly on this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196267-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage, Matches, Second Leg\nLan\u00fas and Olmedo tied 3\u20133 on points. Lan\u00fas advanced on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196267-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage, Matches, Second Leg\nMineros de Guayana and Arsenal tied 3\u20133 on points. Arsenal advanced on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196267-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage, Matches, Second Leg\nLa Paz and Atlas tied 3\u20133 on points. Atlas advanced on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196267-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage, Matches, Second Leg\nBoyac\u00e1 Chic\u00f3 and Audax Italiano tied 3\u20133 on points. Audax Italiano advanced on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196268-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage\nThe Second Stage of the 2008 Copa Santander Libertadores was a group stage. It was played from February 12 to April 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196268-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, Format\nTwenty-six teams qualified directly into this round, plus six that advanced from the First Stage. This brings the total number of teams in the Second Stage to 32. The teams were drawn into eight groups of four. The teams in each group will play each other in a double round-robin format, playing the other teams in the group once at home and once away. Teams will be awarded 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The following criteria will be used for breaking ties on points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196268-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, Format\nThe top two teams from each group advance to the Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages\nThe last four stages of the 2008 Copa Santander Libertadores are the knockout stages: the Round of 16, the Quarterfinals, the Semifinals, and the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Format\nThe remaining stages of the tournament constitute a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, the teams will play an opponent in a two-legged tie on a home-away basis. Each team will earn three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of each tie will advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Format, Tie-breaking\nThe following criteria will be used for breaking ties on points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Format, Seeding\nThe 16 qualified teams in the knockout round will be seeded according to their results in the group stage. The top teams from each group are seeded 1\u20138, with the team with the most points as seed 1 and the team with the least as seed 8. The second-best teams from each group are seeded 9\u201316, with the team with the most points as seed 9 and the team with the least as seed 16. Teams with a higher seed will play the second leg of each tie at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Round of 16\nThe Round of 16 was played between April 29 and 30, and May 1, 6, and 8. Team #1 played the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Round of 16, Second leg\nLDU Quito 3\u20133 Estudiantes on points. LDU Quito advanced on better goal difference (+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Round of 16, Second leg\nAm\u00e9rica 3\u20133 Flamengo on points. Am\u00e9rica advanced on better goal difference (+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Quarterfinals\nThe Quarterfinals were played on May 14, 15, and May 21 and 22. Team #1 played the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Quarterfinals, Second leg\nFluminense and S\u00e3o Paulo tied 3\u20133 on points. Fluminense advanced on goal difference (+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Quarterfinals, Second leg\nLDU Quito and San Lorenzo tied 2\u20132 on points, and tied 0 on goal difference. LDU Quito advanced 5\u20133 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Quarterfinals, Second leg\nAm\u00e9rica and Santos tied 3\u20133 on points. Am\u00e9rica advanced on goal difference (+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Semifinals\nThe Semifinals were played between May 27, 28, and June 3, 4. Team #1 played the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196269-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Semifinals, Second leg\nLDU Quito 2\u20132 Am\u00e9rica on points. LDU Quito advanced on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa\nThe 2008 Copa Per\u00fa season (Spanish: Copa Per\u00fa 2008), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football, started on February 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa\nThe tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is played as a knockout stage. The final stage features two knockout rounds and a final four-team group stage to determine the two promoted teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa\nThe 2008 Peru Cup started with the District Stage (Spanish: Etapa Distrital) on February 1. The next stage was the Provincial Stage (Spanish: Etapa Provincial) which started, on June 1. The tournament continued with the Departamental Stage (Spanish: Etapa Departamental) on July 16. The Regional Staged followed. The National Stage (Spanish: Etapa Nacional) started on November 8. The winner and runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, Departmental Stage\nThe following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage\nEach region had two teams qualify for the next stage. The playoffs only determined the respective regional winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Region I\nRegion I includes qualified teams from Amazonas, Lambayeque, Tumbes and Piura region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 40], "content_span": [41, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Region II\nRegion II includes qualified teams from Ancash, Cajamarca, La Libertad and San Mart\u00edn region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Region III\nRegion III includes qualified teams from Loreto and Ucayali region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Region IV\nRegion IV includes qualified teams from Lima and Callao region. This region played as a knockout cup system and the finalists qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Region IV, Regional Final\n*The 2nd leg between Uni\u00f3n Huaral and \u00cdntimo Cable Visi\u00f3n was suspended by the FPF because of some incidents with the crowd in the first game. Cable Visi\u00f3n qualified for the next round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 57], "content_span": [58, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Region V\nRegion V includes qualified teams from Jun\u00edn, Pasco and Hu\u00e1nuco region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Region VI\nRegion VI includes qualified teams from Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Ica region. Two teams qualified from this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Region VII\nRegion VII includes qualified teams from Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Region VIII\nRegion VIII includes qualified teams from Apurimac, Cusco, Madre de Dios and Puno region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196270-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Per\u00fa, National Stage\nThe National Stage started on November 8. This stage had two knockout rounds and four-team group stage. The winners and runners-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division. The two semifinalists as well as the best quarterfinalist will be promoted to the Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196271-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar (Bolivia)\nThe tournament started in 1960, initially only champions from La Paz, Cochabamba, Oruro and Santa Cruz participated, in later years teams from other associations started joining the cup, and the tournament eventually also had runner-up's participating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196271-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar (Bolivia)\nUntil 1976, due to the lack of a nationwide league, the cup determined the national champion and representative teams for the Copa Libertadores. With the creation of the Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano, the Bolivian FA stopped organizing the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196271-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar (Bolivia)\nFinally in 1989 the tournament was resurrected, with the same format of having both champions and runner-up from each association, but this time each regional league was the 2nd tier on the football pyramid so the champion was supposed to be awarded a place in the professional league. Previously the last placed team in the 1st division was replaced by the regional champion of its departament. However that practice was kept until 1993 when finally the champion was awarded a spot in the top league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196271-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar (Bolivia)\nThe competition format changes frequently, in 2008, the team were divided into 3 groups of 6 teams each, to save costs, geographically close teams were teamed up and played on a home-away round-robin basis, with group 1 consisting of teams from La Paz, Oruro and Cochabamba; group 2 with teams from Potos\u00ed, Chuquisaca and Tarija, and group 3 with teams from Santa Cruz, Beni and Pando. The top 2 placed teams advanced to the next round, now playing play-offs on home-away basis, the 3 winners and the best loser advanced to the semifinals and then the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196271-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar (Bolivia), Semi-Final\nIn this round Club Primero De Mayo qualified as the best loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196272-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana\nThe 2008 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the seventh edition of the Copa Sudamericana football tournament. The draw for the tournament took place on June 10, 2008 in Buenos Aires and the competition was played between July 30 and December 3. Arsenal de Sarand\u00ed were the defending champions, having won the trophy the previous season. Brazilian side Internacional won the 2008 tournament, becoming the first Brazilian winners of the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196272-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana, Qualified teams\nA total of 34 teams are participating in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana, from 12 associations (10 from CONMEBOL and 2 from CONCACAF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196272-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana, Preliminary stage\nThe Preliminary Stage opened the Copa Sudamericana. All the second berths of 8 South American football associations contested this round. The four winners advanced to the First Round. Team #1 played at home first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196272-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana, First stage\nThe First Stage consisted of twenty-eight teams each playing two-legged matches. Twenty-four teams qualified directly to this round. The fourteen winners advanced to the Round of 16. Team #1 played at home first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196272-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana, Knockout stages\n(*)Indicates that the team plays at home for the first leg", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196272-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana, Knockout stages, Round of 16\nThe Second Stage was the Round of 16, played by the fourteen winners from the First Round, plus River Plate and Boca Juniors. As in the First Round, these teams played two-legged matches. Team #1 played at home first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196272-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana, Knockout stages, Quarterfinals\nThe Quarterfinals was played by the eight winners from the Round of 16. As in the First Round, these teams played two-legged matches. Team #1 played at home first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196272-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana, Knockout stages, Semifinals\nThe Semifinals was played by the four winners from the Quarterfinals. As in the First Round, these teams played two-legged matches. Team #1 played at home first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196272-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana, Knockout stages, Finals\nThe Finals were played by the two winners from the Semifinals. As in the First Round, these teams played two-legged matches. Team #1 played at home first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196273-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana Finals\nThe 2008 Copa Sudamericana Finals was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2008 Copa Sudamericana champion. The final was contested by Brazilian club Internacional and Argentine team Estudiantes de La Plata. The first leg, held in Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, was won by Internacional 1\u20130. As the second leg, held in Est\u00e1dio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre ended in a 0\u20130 tie, Internacional became champions of the competition winning 4\u20131 on points (1\u20130 on aggregate).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196273-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Match summary, First leg\nAssistant referees: Manuel Bernal Emigdio Ruiz RoaFourth official: Carlos Galeano", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196274-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Sudamericana preliminary stage\nThis is the preliminary round of the Copa Sudamericana 2008 tournament. The teams that have qualified for the preliminary round are the second-placed teams from each South American country, excluding Brazil and Argentina. A total of eight teams will play in two-legged matches. Four teams will proceed to the next round. Team 1 will play the first leg at home. The away goals rule will be employed in this round. The preliminary round was scheduled to be played between July 29 and August 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196275-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Telmex\nThe 2008 Copa Telmex was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 11th edition of the event known that year as Copa Telmex, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from February 18 through February 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196275-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Telmex\nThe singles field was led by ATP No. 11, 2007 Madrid Masters and 2007 Paris Masters champion David Nalbandian, Vi\u00f1a del Mar singles and doubles runner-up Juan M\u00f3naco, and Costa do Sau\u00edpe finalist Carlos Moy\u00e1. Other seeds were 2007 U.S. Open quarterfinalist Juan Ignacio Chela, Costa do Sau\u00edpe winner Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, Igor Andreev, Potito Starace and Filippo Volandri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196275-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Telmex, Entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry by a Special Exempt (SE):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196275-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Telmex, Entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received Lucky Loser into the main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196275-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Telmex, Finals, Doubles\nAgust\u00edn Calleri /  Luis Horna defeated  Werner Eschauer /  Peter Luczak, 6\u20130, 6\u20137(6\u20138), [10\u20132]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196276-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Telmex \u2013 Doubles\nMart\u00edn Garc\u00eda and Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196276-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Telmex \u2013 Doubles\nAgust\u00edn Calleri and Luis Horna won in the final 6\u20130, 6\u20137(6\u20138), [10\u20132], against Werner Eschauer and Peter Luczak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196277-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Telmex \u2013 Singles\nJuan M\u00f3naco was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Agust\u00edn Calleri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196277-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Telmex \u2013 Singles\nDavid Nalbandian won in the final 3\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20134, against Jos\u00e9 Acasuso. This was, as of 2019, the last time a tennis player from Argentina won the singles tournament, and it was also the last all-argentine final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196278-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Venezuela\nThe 2008 Copa Venezuela was the 39th staging of the Copa Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196278-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Venezuela\nThe competition started on August 27, 2008 and concluded on December 11, 2008 with a two leg final, in which Deportivo Anzo\u00e1tegui won the trophy for the first time with a 2-1 win at home and a 1-0 win away over Estudiantes de M\u00e9rida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196278-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Venezuela, First round\nBye: UA Maracaibo, Minerv\u00e9n FC, Monagas SC, Dvo. T\u00e1chira, Atl. El Vig\u00eda FC, Carabobo FC, Dep. Italia FC, Llaneros FC, Guaros de Lara FC, Estudiantes FC, Portuguesa FC, Dep. Anzo\u00e1tegui SC, AC Mineros de Guayana, Caracas FC, Zamora FC, Aragua FC and Zulia FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196278-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Venezuela, Second round\nOne leg - 2A/2B Division Teams v/s 1 Division Teams. The matches were played on 5\u20137 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196278-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Venezuela, Second round\nTwo legs - 1 Division Teams v/s 1 Division Teams. The matches were played on 4-7 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196278-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Venezuela, Semifinals\nThe matches were played on 22-29 October and 12-26 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196278-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa Venezuela, Finals\nDep. Anzo\u00e1tegui SC champions and qualify to Copa Nissan Sudamericana 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196279-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa de la Reina de F\u00fatbol\nThe 2008 Copa de la Reina de F\u00fatbol was the 26th edition of the main Spanish women's football cup. It was played between 1 and 29 June 2008 and Rayo Vallecano won its first title ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196280-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey Final\nThe 2008 Copa del Rey Final was the 106th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Vicente Calder\u00f3n in Madrid, on 16 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196280-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey Final\nThe match was won by Valencia, who beat Getafe 3\u20131, winning the tournament for the seventh time. It was a second defeat in the final in succession for Getafe, who also lost to Sevilla in 2007. These had been their only appearances in the event; by contrast it was Valencia's  16th final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196281-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey Juvenil\nThe 2008 Copa del Rey Juvenil was the 58th staging of the tournament. The competition began on May 18, 2008 and ended on June 28, 2008 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196282-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto\nThe Copa del Rey 2007-08 was the 72nd edition of the Spanish basketball Cup. It was organized by the ACB and was disputed in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country in the Fernando Buesa Arena between days 7 and 10 of February. The winning team was DKV Joventut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196283-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey de Balonmano\nThe 2008 edition of Copa del Rey de Balonmano takes place in Zaragoza, city of the autonomous community of Aragon. This tournament is played by the 8 first of the Liga ASOBAL when reach the half of the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196283-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey de Balonmano\nAll matches will be played in Pabell\u00f3n Pr\u00edncipe Felipe with capacity of 8,300 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196283-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, 2007-08 participants, Quarter finals\n(1) BM Ciudad Real 30-22 (8) CB Antequera: (19:00, CEST) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196283-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, 2007-08 participants, Quarter finals\n(3) CB Ademar Le\u00f3n 26-34 (7) JD Arrate: (21:00, CEST) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196283-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, 2007-08 participants, Quarter finals\n(4) Portland San Antonio 40-30 (5) BM Valladolid: (19:00, CEST) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196283-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, 2007-08 participants, Quarter finals\n(2) FC Barcelona Handbol 37-34 (6) CAI BM Arag\u00f3n: (21:00, CEST) (CET) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196283-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, 2007-08 participants, SemiFinals\n(2) FC Barcelona Handbol 31-29 (4) Portland San Antonio: (18:00, CEST) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196283-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, 2007-08 participants, SemiFinals\n(1) BM Ciudad Real 34-31 (7) JD Arrate: (20:00, CEST) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196283-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Final\n(1) BM Ciudad Real 31-30 (2) FC Barcelona Handbol: (18:00, CEST) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196284-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa do Brasil\nThe Copa do Brasil 2008 was the 20th staging of the Copa do Brasil, starting on February 13, 2008 and finishing on June 11, 2008. It was played by 64 teams, either qualified through their respected state championships (54) or by the CBF Rankings (10). The clubs that played the Copa Libertadores 2008 didn't participate in the Copa do Brasil 2008 because of scheduling problems. It was won by Sport-PE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196284-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa do Brasil, Format\nThe tournament was played in two-legged knockout stages. In the first two rounds the away team automatically goes through to the next round if they beat the home team by a 2-goal difference or more in the first leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196284-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa do Brasil, Format\nThe away goals rule was used in the Copa do Brasil, which is an unusual feature when compared to other South American competitions. For example, the Copa Libertadores did not adopt this rule until 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196284-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa do Brasil, Format\nCopa do Brasil is an opportunity for teams from smaller states to play against the big teams and episodes of giant-killing have happened at a regular rate throughout the competition history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196284-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa do Brasil, Format\nThe winner automatically qualifies for the next year's Copa Libertadores, which prevents a team from winning the Copa do Brasil twice in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196285-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino\nThe 2008 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino was the second staging of the competition. The competition started on November 1, 2008, and was concluded on December 10, 2008. 32 clubs of all regions of Brazil participated of the cup, which is organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). The champion was Santos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196285-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Competition format\nThe competition was contested by 32 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, but in the first round if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196286-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Copenhagen Masters\nThe 2008 Copenhagen Masters in badminton was the 16th edition of the Copenhagen Masters. It was held in Copenhagen, from December 27 to December 29, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196286-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Copenhagen Masters\nOnly three categories were played: men's singles, women's singles and men's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196287-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Coppa Italia Final\nThe 2008 Coppa Italia Final was the final match of the 2007\u201308 Coppa Italia, the 61st season of the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played on 24 May 2008, between defending champions A.S. Roma and Internazionale at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. This was the fourth consecutive and total final between these two clubs. Roma successfully defended their title as cup winners, defeating Inter by a score of 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196287-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Coppa Italia Final\nFor the first time since 1980, the final was played as a single match on neutral territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196288-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 99th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening fixtures took place on 16 December 2007. The championship began on 2 May 2008 and ended on 12 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196288-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship\nOn 12 October 2008, Carrigaline won the championship after a 1\u201313 to 0\u201310 defeat of Bandon in the final at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh. This was their first ever championship title in this grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196288-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship\nBandon's Darren Crowley was the championship's top scorer with 0-36.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196289-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 111th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 20 September 2008 and ended on 19 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196289-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship\nOn 19 October 2008, Dripsey won the championship following a 0-13 to 1-07 defeat of Diarmuid \u00d3 Math\u00fana's in the final at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh. This was their first championship title in the grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196289-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship\nDripsey's Diarmuid O'Riordan was the championship's top scorer with 1-26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196290-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship\nThe 2008 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship was the third staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2006. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 9 December 2007. The championship began on 6 April 2008 and ended on 5 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196290-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship\nMallow left the championship after securing promotion to senior level. Grenagh, St. Finbarr's and St. Vincent's joined the championship through a combination of relegation and promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196290-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship\nThe final, a city derby, was played at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh in Cork, between St. Finbarr's and St. Vincent's. After a replay, St. Finbarr's won the final by 2-13 to 0-14 to claim their first championship title in the grade and a first title in any football grade since 1985. It remains their only championship title in the grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196290-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship\nJohn Paul Murphy of the St. Vincent's club was the championship's top scorer with 0-29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196291-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the fifth staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2004. The championship began on 3 May 2008 and ended on 19 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196291-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship\nOn 20 July 2008, Aghada were relegated from the championship following a 1-17 to 2-7 defeat by Argideen Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196291-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship\nOn 19 October 2008, Blarney won the championship following a 0-13 to 1-9 defeat of Courcey Rovers in the final. This was their first championship title in the grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196291-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship\nGer O'Leary from the Fr. O'Neill's club was the championship's top scorer with 2-38.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196291-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship, Teams\nA total of 16 teams contested the Premier Intermediate Championship, including 14 teams from the 2007 premier intermediate championship, one relegated from the 2007 senior championship and one promoted from the 2007 intermediate championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196292-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Senior Football Championship\nThe 2008 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 120th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening fixtures took place in December 2007. The championship began on 18 April 2008 and ended on 5 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196292-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Senior Football Championship\nOn 5 October 2008, Nemo Rangers won the championship following a 0-13 to 0-05 defeat of Douglas in the final. This was their 17th championship title overall and their fourth title in succession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196292-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Senior Football Championship\nJames Masters from the Nemo Rangers club was the championship's top scorer with 1-30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196293-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2017 fixtures took place at the County Convention in December 2007. The championship began on 3 May 2008 and ended on 28 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196293-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Senior Hurling Championship\nErin's Own were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Bride Rovers in the semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196293-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 16 August 2008, St. Catherine's were relegated from the championship following a 1-10 to 1-12 defeat by Carrigtwohill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196293-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 28 September 2008, Sarsfields won the championship following a 2-14 to 2-13 defeat of Bride Rovers in the final. This was their third championship title overall and their first in 51 championship seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196293-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork Senior Hurling Championship\nGlen Rovers's Patrick Horgan was the championship's top scorer with 1-43.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196294-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork county hurling team season\nThe 2008 season was the Cork senior hurling team's 121st consecutive season appearing in the Championship, and their 77th season appearing in the National Hurling League. After losing to Waterford in both the Munster and All-Ireland championships the previous year, Cork were out to make amends for these shortcomings. The season began badly as both Cork Gaelic football team went on strike due to the withdrawal of the right of the manager to pick his own selectors. The Cork hurling panel also withdrew their services in sympathy, resulting in a less than impressive start to the hurling campaign. The 2008 season was ultimately seen as a failure as Cork failed to reach the final of any competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196294-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork county hurling team season, Championship games, Vs Tipperary\nTipperary created history at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh on this occasion as they won their county's first championship match in Cork since 1923. A Ben O'Connor goal and three Cathal Naughton points had Cork leading by 1-08 to 0-04 but Tipp, thanks to a dominant spell late in the half, only trailed by 1-08 to 1-07 at half-time. Tipp, taking their unbeaten run this season to 11 wins and two draws, scored eight of the game's final nine points to power to victory. Team captain Eoin Kelly rocketed home a goal in the 24th minute, leaving his marker Brian Murphy and goalkeeper Donal \u00d3g Cusack gasping. Kelly finished with a personal tally of 1-07 and was ably assisted by Lar Corbett (0-04) and championship debutant S\u00e9amus Callinan (0-03).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196294-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork county hurling team season, Championship games, Vs Dublin\nAn opportunistic goal from Joe Deane proved crucial at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh as Cork fended off a wholehearted Dublin side to progress to the fourth round of the All-Ireland SHC qualifiers. The Rebels, who had an early wind advantage, were 0-10 to 0-06 ahead at half-time with free-taker David O'Callaghan (0-05) top-scoring for the Dubs. Not many observers would have predicted such a hard-fought game as 'the Dubs' proved once again that they can live with the top-tier counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196294-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork county hurling team season, Championship games, Vs Galway\nFacing each other in the Championship for the first time since the 2005 All-Ireland final, this was a game that both Cork and Galway's seasons rested upon and quite possibly the futures of their respective managers. Ger Loughnane's side got off to a poor start, going 0-04 to 0-00 behind with the Cork forwards all on target. Ten minutes in however, Joe Canning got Galway into contention as he shrugged off the challenge of Diarmuid O'Sullivan and sneaked a stunning shot past D\u00f3nal \u00d3g Cusack for his first goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196294-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Cork county hurling team season, Championship games, Vs Galway\nSome time later a swift Galway attack ended with Alan Kerins batting the sliotar to the Cork net but referee Barry Kelly had already blown his whistle before the goal was scored. Kelly penalised Cork 'keeper Cusack for a foul on Kerins. The foul earned Cusack his second yellow card, Cork were suddenly down to 14 men and they had a penalty to defend. After converting the penalty Canning had 2-04 to show for the first 35 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196294-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Cork county hurling team season, Championship games, Vs Galway\nIn the second-half Galway struggled to pull away and Cork managed to heap the pressure on them with a run of six successive points. Loughnane's team threw everything they had at their opponents in the closing ten minutes. Canning tried his heart out, firing over three late points but Ben O'Connor had the last word when he split the posts with a superb effort from near the sideline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196294-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork county hurling team season, Championship games, Vs Clare\nFor the third weekend in-a-row Cork faced a win-or-bust championship game. A feature of the opening quarter was Cork full-back Diarmuid O'Sullivan's struggle to keep tabs on the elusive Niall Gilligan. Wides blighted Clare's play in the Munster final and wayward shooting was again threatening to derail them on this occasion. The tempo of the game increased as Barry Nugent turned onto his right and pointed. A brace of points came from Pat Donnellan and Clare then turned on the afterburners to score 1-04 without reply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196294-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Cork county hurling team season, Championship games, Vs Clare\nEight points in arrears and staring at an embarrassing championship exit, half-time came at just the right time for Cork. Just as they did when they were in trouble at the break in the Galway game, Cork rallied superbly with a brilliant second half performance. Incredibly, the deficit was back to just four points - 1-11 to 1-07 - within three minutes of the restart. Timmy McCarthy followed up with a timely goal. A short while later Clare were just about keeping Cork at arm's length. As the clock ticked towards 70 minutes, Cork never really looked assured. Searching for that levelling point, Clare were left wanting. It was left to Neil Ronan to confirm crestfallen Clare's exit from the championship as he landed the insurance point in the 72nd minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196294-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cork county hurling team season, Championship games, Vs Kilkenny\nIn a unique fixture Cork's All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Kilkenny was the first time in the history of the championship that both sides met outside of the All-Ireland final. Kilkenny were hoping for a victory to keep their three-in-a-row dream on track, while Cork were hoping to deny 'the Cats' a spot in the championship decider and a chance to go one ahead of Cork in the all-time roll of honour. The game began evenly enough and the sides were level six times in the opening twenty-one minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196294-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Cork county hurling team season, Championship games, Vs Kilkenny\nJust on the half-hour mark Eoin Larkin found himself in space for a Kilkenny goal to give his side a 1-09 to 0-06 lead. While Cork came back for a brief time in the second half, the deadly accuracy of Henry Shefflin made sure that a victory for 'the Cats' was always going to be the outcome. The nearest Cork came to closing the gap in the second half was to make it a five-point margin. But a great point by Martin Comerford showed that Kilkenny were ready to step up a further gear as they swept to a comprehensive win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196295-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cornell Big Red football team\nThe 2008 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York. Cornell finished the season 4\u20136, 2\u20135 in Ivy League play, to finish in sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196296-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Costa Book Awards\nThe Costa Book Awards (before 2006 known as the Whitbread Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196296-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Costa Book Awards\nThe shortlists were announced on 18 November 2008. The winners in each category were announced on 5 January 2009, and the overall winner for Book of the Year was announced on 27 January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196297-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cotabato conflict\nThe  2008 Battle of North Cotabato was a military confrontation between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and a rogue Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) faction under the command of Umbra Kato in North Cotabato, a province of Mindanao, in the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196297-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cotabato conflict\nA thousand MILF rebels under the command of Umbra Kato seized control of thirty-five villages in the North Cotabato. Two thousand Philippine troops with helicopters and artillery were sent to the seized area on August 9 to liberate it from the rebels. The MILF had wanted North Cotabato to be included in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The Filipino government and MILF had been negotiating for the inclusion of the province, but the Supreme Court of the Philippines had struck down the proposal after hearing concern from local Christian leaders in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196297-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cotabato conflict\nThe rebel troops were ordered to leave the area by their commanders, but the contingents under Kato refused to leave the villages they had occupied. The Philippine Army responded on August 9 by bombarding them. The next day, the government forces moved to retake the villages, recapturing two of them from the rebels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196298-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cotton Bowl Classic\nThe 2008 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2008, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, USA. The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32\u00a0games in the 2007\u201308 bowl season. The bowl game featured the Arkansas Razorbacks from the SEC and the Missouri Tigers from the Big 12 and was televised in the United States on FOX. Senior RB Tony Temple of Mizzou set a single game rushing record for the Cotton Bowl Classic with 281\u00a0yards and 4 touchdowns. His 281 rushing yards put him in second place all time for total rushing yards in a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196298-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game invitation\nThe Arkansas Razorbacks and the Missouri Tigers accepted the Cotton Bowl Classic's invitation to play in the bowl game on January 1. This was the Arkansas Razorbacks' 11th appearance in the Cotton Bowl Classic (with a record of 3\u20136\u20131 in previous Cotton Bowl Classics) and the second appearance for the Missouri Tigers (0\u20131). Many Missouri fans felt insulted that the Tigers had been sent to the Cotton Bowl Classic instead of a BCS bowl after a stunning season that included a spot atop the AP College Football Rankings and a co-championship in the Big XII North. This feeling was amplified by the fact that the Kansas Jayhawks, Missouri's historical and then-conference rival, had been invited to the BCS Orange Bowl after being beaten by the Tigers at the annual Arrowhead Stadium Border Showdown in Kansas City, Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 866]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196299-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Country Music Association Awards\nThe 2008 Country Music Association Awards, 42nd Annual Ceremony,  was held on November 12, 2008, at the Sommet Center (later the Bridgestone Arena) in Nashville, Tennessee and was hosted by CMA Award winner Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. Kenny Chesney and Sugarland led the night with 6 nomination each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196300-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Countrywide Classic\nThe 2008 Countrywide Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 82nd edition of the Los Angeles Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California, United States, from August 4 through August 10, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196300-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Countrywide Classic\nThe singles draw featured ATP No. 9, San Jose and Dubai champion Andy Roddick, Nottingham runner-up and Umag titlist Fernando Verdasco, and winner of back-to-back titles in Stuttgart and Kitzb\u00fchel Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro. Also present were Dubai finalist and Wimbledon quarterfinalist Feliciano L\u00f3pez, Wimbledon semifinalist Marat Safin, Mardy Fish, Carlos Moy\u00e1 and Tommy Haas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196300-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Countrywide Classic\nIn addition to the singles and doubles events, a Legends Invitational Singles competition took place, featuring Jim Courier, Aaron Krickstein, John McEnroe, Mikael Pernfors, Jimmy Arias and Wayne Ferreira. 1997 Countrywide Classic champion Jim Courier won the event, defeating 1981 and 1986 titlist John McEnroe in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196300-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Countrywide Classic\nFour time Countrywide Classic champion Roy Emerson was the tournament honoree for 2008. He won the singles titles here in 1959, 1962, 1964 and 1967. Emerson also won the doubles crowns in 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, and 1967.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196300-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Countrywide Classic, Finals, Doubles\nRohan Bopanna /  Eric Butorac defeated  Travis Parrott /  Du\u0161an Vemi\u0107, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 7\u20136(7\u20135)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196301-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Countrywide Classic \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but chose to compete at the Beijing Summer Olympics instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196301-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Countrywide Classic \u2013 Doubles\nRohan Bopanna and Eric Butorac won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20135), 7\u20136(7\u20135), against Travis Parrott and Du\u0161an Vemi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196302-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Countrywide Classic \u2013 Singles\nRadek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek was the defending champion, but chose to compete the Beijing Summer Olympics instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196302-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Countrywide Classic \u2013 Singles\nThird-seeded Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro won in the final 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20132), against Andy Roddick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196302-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Countrywide Classic \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196303-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 County Championship\nThe 2008 County Championship season, known as the LV County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away. The top two teams from Division Two are promoted to the first division for 2009, while the bottom two sides from Division 1 are relegated. Durham won the tournament, their first title, after beating Kent in their final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196303-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 County Championship, Points system\nFourteen points were awarded for each win, four points were awarded for a draw or abandonment. Defeats scored no points. Teams were awarded bonus points during the first 130 overs of their first innings; one bowling point for every three wickets taken (up to three points available), and one batting point gained when teams reached 200, 250, 300, 350 and 400 runs (up to five points available).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196303-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 County Championship, Division One, Standings\nSource: ,Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd fewest defeatsP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196303-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 County Championship, Division two, Standings\nSource: ,Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd fewest defeatsP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196304-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe Internationale de Nice\nThe 2008 Coupe Internationale de Nice (English: 2008 International Cup of Nice) was the 13th edition of an annual international figure skating competition held in Nice, France. It was held between October 15 and 19, 2008. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, and pair skating on the levels of senior, junior, and novice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196305-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe de France Final\nThe 2008 Coupe de France Final was a football match that was held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on 24 May 2008. It was the 90th final in the Coupe de France's history. The final was contested between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais. This was PSG's 10th appearance in the Coupe de France final, having won the cup in 1982, 1983, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2004, and 2006. They also lost in the final twice in 1985 and 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196305-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Coupe de France Final\nWith a win in this year's final, PSG would have been granted the rare cup double with their last double coming in 1998. This was Olympique Lyonnais's 7th appearance in the final having won in 1964, 1967, and 1973. They lost in the final three times in 1963, 1971, and 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196305-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe de France Final, Match information\nIn front of a sell-out crowd of 80,000+ fans, Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain stepped on the pitch of the Stade de France to contest the 90th Coupe de France. PSG tore Lyon's defense ragged for most of the game and had a goal by Sylvain Armand incorrectly ruled offside. Olympique Lyonnais held on to 0\u20130 after 90 minutes, winning the match in extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196305-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe de France Final, Match information\nThe majority of the first half was mainly dominated by PSG who thrived on Lyon's turnovers using them in order to counterattack. Lyon players, becoming frustrated, committed several malicious challenges leading to the likes of Anthony R\u00e9veill\u00e8re and S\u00e9bastien Squillaci picking up yellow cards. The second half was partially even with both teams attempting to counterattack each other with both displaying fatigue as the second half moved forward. Both PSG and Lyon had several chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196305-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Coupe de France Final, Match information\nLyon's primary chances were as a result of Juninho's free kicks, while PSG probably had the best chance of the night when Amara Dian\u00e9 got through in the box and had a great chance, however it was miraculously saved by Gr\u00e9gory Coupet, who was playing his last match in a Lyon jersey, leaving the match up for grabs as they headed to extra time. One notable moment of the second half was the substitution of Pauleta, who was playing his final match for PSG. He was given a standing ovation by PSG supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196305-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe de France Final, Match information\nThe first half of extra time was progressively slow with both clubs trying to get a strategic view of each other. It wasn't until the end of the first half of extra time when a goal was finally conceded. Following a cross by Karim Benzema, Sidney Govou pounced on the loose ball in the box after it went off Kader Ke\u00efta to give Lyon the lead after 102 minutes of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196305-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Coupe de France Final, Match information\nFollowing the goal, Lyon finally settled down and opted to a more defensive style of play utilizing the offside trap and holding on to the ball more turning the tables on PSG, who were now becoming frustrated, with Mario Yepes delivering a questionable elbow on Benzema. Sidney Govou's goal would eventually be the only goal of the match giving Lyon their first Coupe de France title victory in 35 years. With the win in the final, Lyon were also granted their first ever double having won Ligue 1 this past season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196305-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe de France Final, Match information\nSince both clubs have automatically qualified for European competitions, PSG via the Coupe de la Ligue, Lyon via Ligue 1, the Coupe de France European place was reverted to the league. The spot was awarded to AS Saint-\u00c9tienne, ironically Lyon's primary rivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196306-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer\nLa Coupe de l'Outre-Mer de football 2008 (English: The 2008 Over-Seas Football Cup) was the inaugural edition of the Coupe de l'Outre-Mer. The competition took place between September 24, 2008 and October 4, 2008 in \u00cele-de-France, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196306-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer, Results, Group 1\nNote: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a win on penalties, 1 point for a loss on penalties", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196306-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer, Results, Group 2\nNote: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a win on penalties, 1 point for a loss on penalties", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196307-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe de la Ligue Final\nThe Coupe de la Ligue Final 2008 was a football match that was held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on March 29, 2008. It was contested between Paris Saint-Germain and RC Lens. It was PSG's 4th appearance in the final. They won the inaugural cup in 1995, won again in 1998, and lost to FC Gueugnon in the 2000 final. It was Lens's 2nd appearance in the final. They won the cup in their only appearance back in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196307-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe de la Ligue Final\nAfter an opening goal from Pauleta, Lens secured an equalising goal just after halftime from \u00c9ric Carri\u00e8re. With extra time looming, PSG striker P\u00e9guy Luyindula was hauled down by Hilton in the penalty area, which resulted in the referee pointing to the spot. Bernard Mendy would convert giving PSG their 3rd Coupe de la Ligue title and also giving them a spot in the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196307-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Coupe de la Ligue Final\nLens mayor Guy Delcourt wanted the match to be replayed after a PSG fan unfurled a comical banner midway through the game. The match was not replayed, but PSG were fined and penalized. One of the penalties being that they would be unable to participate in next's year League Cup, however this was later overturned on appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196308-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Coventry City Council election\nElections for Coventry City Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196308-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Coventry City Council election\nThe Labour Party gained two seats (Radford, whose sitting councillor had been elected for Labour but later switched parties, and Foleshill) from the Conservative Party and the Conservatives gained one seat (Westwood) from Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196308-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Coventry City Council election\nThe Conservative Party lost overall control of the council, but remained the ruling party, with half of the seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196308-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Coventry City Council election, Council Composition\nThe composition of the council before and after the election can be found in the following table:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196308-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Coventry City Council election, Ward results\nNote: Gains and holds of wards are noted with respect to the 2006 council election except for Radford - where the seat changed hands by defection.. Percentage changes are given with respect to the 2007 council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196309-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Craven District Council election\nThe 2008 Craven District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196309-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Craven District Council election, Background\nBefore the election an alliance between 9 of the 10 independents and the 6 Liberal Democrats controlled the council, with independent Carl Liss as council leader. The 14 Conservative councillors were in opposition, supported by the remaining independent councillor, Ken Hart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196309-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Craven District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives won 8 of the 11 seats contested, including gaining one seat, to have exactly half of seats on the council. The Conservative gain came in Skipton East where Pam Heseltine took the seat from the Liberal Democrats. This reduced the Liberal Democrats to 5 councillors after they held the other 2 seats they were defending. The only independent councillor to be defending a seat, David Ireton, retained it in Ingleton and Clapham, while the 5 Labour candidates came last in each of the wards they contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196309-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Craven District Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election Conservative Chris Knowles-Fitton became leader of the council, taking over from independent Carl Lis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196310-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Crawley Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election\nThe Crewe and Nantwich by-election, 2008 was a parliamentary by-election held on 22 May 2008, for the British House of Commons constituency of Crewe and Nantwich, in Cheshire, England. The election was won by the Conservative party candidate Edward Timpson, who defeated the Labour party candidate Tamsin Dunwoody, on a swing from Labour to Conservative of 17.6%, a swing that in a general election would have seen nine Labour cabinet ministers lose their seats. At the time of the by-election, a swing of 7% in a general election would have seen the Conservatives gain an overall majority over Labour. This was the first seat gained by the Conservatives in a by-election since the 1982 Mitcham and Morden by-election and the first seat they had taken from Labour in a by-election since the 1978 Ilford North by-election thirty years earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 878]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Overview\nThe by-election was called following the death on 17 April 2008 of the sitting MP Gwyneth Dunwoody. The timing of the election caused controversy as, by convention, by-elections are not moved until after the funeral of the deceased Member of Parliament, which drew protests from Conservative and Liberal Democrat members in the House of Commons. However the writ was moved with the approval of the Dunwoody family.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Overview\nThe election had attracted high media and public interest following heavy defeats for the incumbent Labour party in the local elections held earlier that same month, and the fact it followed the controversial removal by the Labour government of the 10 pence national income tax band, which had seen a backbench rebellion against Prime Minister Gordon Brown, causing an announcement in the same month of a recovery package to help the people left worse off by the move.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Overview\nImmediately following the announcement of the result following the speeches, the defeated Tamsin Dunwoody speaking live to the BBC blamed the swing on a higher turn-out than usual due to the high interest in the election, despite both the turnout and winning vote being lower than the 2005 general election result for this seat. Telling the BBC the Labour vote \"held up\" in a \"democratic decision\", defeated Labour candidate Tamsin Dunwoody called herself a \"fighter\". New MP Edward Timpson said in his victory speech that he would \"not let you down\", whilst Brown attributed the defeat to rising petrol prices, and the recent increases in the cost of living.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Result, Opinion polling\nAn ICM poll from mid-May gave the Conservative candidate 43% to Labour's 39% and the Lib Dems' 16%; a second ICM poll from a week after gave the Conservatives 45% to Labour's 37%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Candidates\nOn 3 May 2008, incumbent Gwyneth Dunwoody's daughter Tamsin, a former member of the National Assembly for Wales, was selected as the Labour candidate. Prior to Dunwoody's death, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had already selected candidates to contest the seat at the general election. The Conservative Party candidate Edward Timpson was a barrister practising in Chester. Since 2006, he had been the Conservative Party's campaigns co-ordinator for the Eddisbury constituency. The Liberal Democrat candidate Elizabeth Shenton had worked as a senior manager for the RBS and NatWest, where she was an active member of the trade union. At the time of the election she was also a councillor in Newcastle-under-Lyme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Candidates\nThe UK Independence Party candidate was Mike Nattrass, MEP for the nearby West Midlands and a former deputy party leader. Robert Smith, a 23-year-old town planner (and transport planning specialist) educated at the University of Liverpool stood for the Green Party of England and Wales and particularly campaigned to reverse the privatisation of British Rail (and associated fare increases).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Candidates\nThe Official Monster Raving Loony Party stood \"The Flying Brick\" (his legal name, although he was formerly known as Nick Delves), the party's treasurer and Shadow Minister for the Abolition of Gravity (see Official Monster Raving Loony Party#Crewe and Nantwich By-Election). Independent candidate Mark Walklate is a locally educated salesperson (with a business degree) who stood for the Conservatives in the 2006 and 2007 council elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Candidates\nPaul Thorogood's party, Cut Tax on Petrol and Diesel, was registered with the Electoral Commission on 23 March 2008, with Thorogood as its Leader, Nominating Officer and Treasurer, although his party is listed on the nomination paper as \"Cut Tax on Diesel and Petrol\" (the fourth and sixth words reversed).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Candidates\nThe newly formed Beauties for Britain Party fielded Gemma Garrett, the then-Miss Great Britain, as a candidate in what was their first election campaign, announcing that they wanted to \"help make Westminster as glamorous a place as its fellow European legislatures, where beautiful women abound in the higher echelons of government\". The party was not, however, registered with the Electoral Commission, so she had to stand as an independent. Garrett and fellow independent Mark Walklate are recorded as having no party name or description at all on the official record of candidates as opposed to having the word, 'Independent' by their names on the ballot paper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Campaign\nThe Labour Party ran a personal class-based campaign against the Conservative candidate, calling him \"the Tarporley Toff\", \"Lord Snooty\", \"Tory Boy Timpson\". Labour supporters donned top hats to mock Timpson, whose family own Timpson, a national shoe repair and key-cutting business. This has been viewed by some social commentators as a form of reverse snobbery. Dunwoody, who arrived for the campaign from her 6-acre (24,000\u00a0m2) holding in Wales, was termed \"One of us\", as she was daughter of the deceased Labour MP. The campaign was criticised by a number of national newspapers, including the left-leaning Guardian as well as The Times, while Dunwoody herself was confronted by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight over the fact that she has an entry in Burke's Peerage and Baronetage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Campaign\nOn the last day of the campaign, the accidental communication by a Conservative party worker of voting intention data of 8,000 people to a radio station sparked an investigation by the Information Commissioner into possible breaches of data protection laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196311-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, History\nThe constituency had been held by Gwyneth Dunwoody for Labour since its creation in 1983. Just three parties contested the seat at the 2005 UK general election. Dunwoody held the seat with a reduced majority, while both the Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats enjoyed an increase in their vote share.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196312-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9\nThe 2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 was the 60th edition of the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 cycle race and was held from 8 June to 15 June 2005. The race started in Le Pontet and finished in Grenoble. The race was won by Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d'Epargne team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196312-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Teams\nEighteen UCI ProTour teams, each containing a maximum of eight riders, participated in the 2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196312-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Prologue\n8 June 2008 \u2013 Le Pontet to Avignon, 5.6\u00a0km (3.5\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196312-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 1\n9 June 2008 \u2013 Avignon to Privas, 194\u00a0km (121\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196312-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 2\n10 June 2008 \u2013 Bourg-Saint-And\u00e9ol to Vienne, 184\u00a0km (114\u00a0mi)}", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196312-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 3\n11 June 2008 \u2013 Saint-Paul-en-Jarez to Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, 31\u00a0km (19\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196312-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 4\n12 June 2008 \u2013 Vienne to Annemasse, 193\u00a0km (120\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196312-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 5\n13 June 2008 \u2013 Ville-la-Grand to Morzine, 125\u00a0km (78\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196312-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 6\n14 June 2008 \u2013 Morzine to La Toussuire, 233\u00a0km (145\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196312-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 7\n15 June 2008 \u2013 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Grenoble, 128\u00a0km (80\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196312-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, ProTour standings\nAs of 15 June 2008, after the 2008 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196313-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Croatia Open Umag\nThe 2008 Croatia Open Umag, also known by its sponsored name ATP Studena Croatia Open, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the Croatia Open Umag, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Center in Umag, Croatia, from 14 July through 20 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196313-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Croatia Open Umag\nThe singles field was led by Nottingham runner-up and recent B\u00e5stad semifinalist Fernando Verdasco, two-time Nottingham champion Ivo Karlovi\u0107, and Costa do Sau\u00edpe runner-up and five-time Umag winner, defending champion Carlos Moy\u00e1. Other seeded players were Gstaad finalist Igor Andreev, Zagreb runner-up Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107, Guillermo Ca\u00f1as, Fabio Fognini and Marcos Daniel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196313-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Croatia Open Umag, Finals, Doubles\nMichal Merti\u0148\u00e1k /  Petr P\u00e1la defeated  Carlos Berlocq /  Fabio Fognini, 2\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196314-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Croatia Open Umag \u2013 Doubles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Michal Merti\u0148\u00e1k were the defending champions, but Dlouhy chose not to participate, and only Mertinak competed that year. Mertinak partnered with Petr P\u00e1la, and won in the final 2\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20135], against Carlos Berlocq and Fabio Fognini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196315-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Croatia Open Umag \u2013 Singles\nCarlos Moy\u00e1 was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Fabio Fognini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196315-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Croatia Open Umag \u2013 Singles\nFernando Verdasco won in the final 3\u20136, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20134), against Igor Andreev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196315-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Croatia Open Umag \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196316-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Croatian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Croatian Figure Skating Championships (Croatian: Prvenstvo Hrvatske za 2008) took place between February 16 and 17, 2008 in Zagreb. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196317-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Croatian Football Cup Final\nThe 2008 Croatian Cup Final was a two-legged affair played between Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb. The first leg was played in Zagreb on 7 May 2008, while the second leg on 14 May 2008 in Split.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196317-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Croatian Football Cup Final\nDinamo Zagreb won the trophy with an aggregate result of 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196318-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season\nThe 2008 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 42nd in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Paul Gallen and Greg Bird, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2008 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 3rd (out of 16) to qualify for the finals. The Sharks then came within one game of the Grand Final but were knocked out by eventual runners-up Melbourne Storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196318-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Season summary\nThe Sharks began the season on a positive note, with a victory over 2007 runners-up Manly Sea Eagles in Round 1 followed by a shock 17-16 victory over 2007 grand final winners Melbourne in Round 2. The match against the Storm was marred by an on-field brawl after an illegal tackle by Cronulla's Ben Ross on Melbourne's Cooper Cronk, resulting in both Ross and Melbourne's Brett White being sent off and later being referred to the NRL Judiciary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196318-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Season summary\nThe Sharks' season of promise was however marred by the late season suspension of star player Greg Bird, following its round 24, 20-0 win over top four contenders the Sydney Roosters at home. Bird was accused of glassing his then-girlfriend Katie Milligan and was stood down by the club just a fortnight out from the finals. Furthermore, five-eighth Brett Seymour suffered a knee injury during the finals; robbing the Sharks of any valuable halves experience at the wrong end of the season. Bird was later sacked by the Sharks; since then he has been exonerated over the glassing incident and he now plays for the Gold Coast Titans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196318-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Season summary\nThe Sharks ended the season joint minor premiers with Manly and Melbourne (third on points differential) and many believed this was the year Cronulla would finally win its maiden premiership. The Sharks won its first final in style, thrashing the Canberra Raiders 36-10 at home with Misi Taulapapa, a Warriors outcast scoring a hat-trick. Due to the Melbourne Storm losing its first final, the Sharks earned the week off along with Manly. It was during this time that Seymour suffered his knee injury, ending his 2008 season. The Sharks' season ended with a disappointing 28-0 defeat at the hands of the Melbourne Storm whose captain Cameron Smith was suspended a week earlier for a grapple tackle on Brisbane's Sam Thaiday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196319-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cross River State gubernatorial by-election\nThe 2008 Cross River State gubernatorial election occurred on August 23, 2008. Incumbent PDP Governor Liyel Imoke won re-election in the supplementary election, defeating ANPP candidate, Paul Ukpo, to emerge winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196319-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cross River State gubernatorial by-election\nLiyel Imoke emerged the PDP candidate at the primary election. His running mate Effiok Cobham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196319-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cross River State gubernatorial by-election, Electoral system\nThe Governor of Cross River State is elected using the plurality voting system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196319-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cross River State gubernatorial by-election, Results\nThe two main contenders registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the re-run election were PDP Governor Liyel Imoke, who won the contest by polling 650,723 votes, and ANPP's Paul Ukpo, who follows closely with 15,734. There was a total of 694,853 votes cast in the election and 13,749 invalid votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196320-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 CrossFit Games\nThe 2008 CrossFit Games were the second annual CrossFit Games to be held following the inaugural Games in 2007. The Games were held on July 5\u20136, 2008, on a ranch in Aromas, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196320-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 CrossFit Games\nAs with the first Games, there was no qualification process for athletes wishing to compete in the Games. The number of participating athletes was limited to 300 on a first-come first-serve basis, and the number of events increased to four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196320-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 CrossFit Games\nThe men's competition was won by Jason Khalipa, the women's by Caity Matter, and the Affiliate Cup was awarded to CrossFit Oakland. Each winner of the individual events won $1,500. The first documentary film of the Games, Every Second Counts, was made for this year's Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196320-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 CrossFit Games, Events\nThe first three events for the second CrossFit Games took place on Saturday July 5, 2008, and the final event was held the following day. The winners were determined by the lowest cumulative time taken to complete the four events. The Affiliate Cup was awarded to the affiliate with lowest combined time for its top two men and top two women. The scoring format for the 2008 games is reflected in the title of the documentary film made of this year's Games, Every Second Counts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196320-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 CrossFit Games, Events, Workout A\nFran \u2013 Three rounds of thrusters (a front squat into push press) and pull-ups. Each round has a decreasing number of repetitions starting with 21 thrusters and 21 pull-ups then progressing to 15 repetitions of each for round two and nine repetitions for the final round. The weight for the thruster was 95 pounds (43 kilograms) for the men and 65 pounds (29 kilograms) for the women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196320-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 CrossFit Games, Events, Workout B\nFive rounds of five deadlifts and ten burpees. The weight for the deadlifts was 275 pounds (125 kilograms) for the men and 185 pounds (84 kilograms) for the women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196320-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 CrossFit Games, Events, The Hill Run\nA steep trail run over rough terrain approximately 750 meters (2,460 feet) in length.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196320-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 CrossFit Games, Events, Sunday's Final Event\nThe Squat Grace event comprised thirty squat clean and jerks. The weights used were 155 pounds (70 kilograms) for the men and 100 pounds (45 kilograms) for the women. The participant's starts were staggered so that the competitors would start with the time differentials of their previous days combined score. This was done so that spectators could determine who was the overall winner as they finished the event first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196320-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 CrossFit Games, Events, Sunday's Final Event\nFor the men, Chris Spealler won on the Fran event, Matt Chan on Deadlift/Burpee, Eric O'Connor on Hill Run, and  Jason Khalipa on the last event. Overall Khalipa had the best cumulative time of 13 minutes 17 seconds over the four events. For the women, Linda Leipper won Fran, Libby Dibiase on Deadlift/Burpee, Aqueelah Tillman on Hill Run, and Caity Matter on Squat Grace. Caity Matter was the overall winner with a total time of 19 minutes 10 seconds. CrossFit Oakland won the Affiliate Cup based on the performance of team members in the individual events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196321-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400\nThe 2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400 was the tenth stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The event was held on May 3, 2008, before a crowd of 112,000, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Originally scheduled for 400 laps, Clint Bowyer won the race after a late caution and subsequent green\u2013white\u2013checker finish extended the race to 410 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196321-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400, Summary\nThe race was telecast on Fox starting at 7:45 pm US EDT, with radio coverage on Sirius Satellite Radio and MRN beginning at 7:30 pm US EDT. The race is named for Columbiana, Ohio resident Dan Lowry, who was the winner of an essay contest sponsored by race sponsor Crown Royal whisky. Clint Bowyer won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196321-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400, Summary, Race\nThe action came with 48 laps left. While Denny Hamlin who dominated the race, led on a fuel crisis, the caution flew for Casey Mears' crash. The crash involved Michael Waltrip in his self-owned #55 Toyota. The replays showed that Mears accidentally forced Waltrip into scraping across the wall. Then instantly afterwards Michael Waltrip pushed Mears around. These hits on Mears' rear caused him to eventually hit the wall nearly head-on. For the shove Waltrip was parked by NASCAR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196321-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400, Summary, Race\nDenny Hamlin led 381 laps until a cut tire and a pit road penalty ended his day. On lap 398, Kyle Busch,spun Dale Earnhardt Jr. into the wall, triggering an enormous amount of controversy over the matter and intense boos from the crowd, as Earnhardt was extremely popular due to his family relations with his famous father Dale Sr. Although many fans felt that Busch intentionally caused the accident, years later on Dirty Mo Radio Earnhardt would later address the incident and state that Busch did not intentionally cause the wreck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196321-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400, Summary, Race\nHe would say that \"Even in the moment, I knew that it wasn't [Busch] turning me on purpose.\" Earnhardt had said that Busch had simply had wanted to get a better run off of the corner, but had gotten loose and spun him. At the next Richmond race, Earnhardt would seem to get payback on Busch, as on lap 212 Earnhardt spun Busch heading into Turn 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196321-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400, Summary, Race\nHowever, Clint Bowyer surged in front of Busch before the caution flag was thrown. Bowyer was able to hold off Busch and Mark Martin to score his second career cup win, despite leading only two laps. His win was the last one when numbered 07, and his win brought Chevrolet to having the most NASCAR wins in history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196322-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Crystal Skate of Romania\nThe 2008 Crystal Skate of Romania was the 9th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Romania. It was held between November 13 and 15, 2008 in Gala\u021bi. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196323-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cuban parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 20 January 2008 to elect members of the National Assembly of People's Power. According to the Cuban electoral system, one candidate was nominated for each of the 614 seats in the Assembly, and candidates were elected if they received at least 50% of the vote. The candidates are otherwise proposed by nominating assemblies, which comprise representatives of workers, youth, women, students and farmers as well as members of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, after initial mass meetings soliciting a first list of names. The final list of candidates is drawn up by the National Candidature Commission taking into account criteria such as candidates' merit, patriotism, ethical values and revolutionary history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196323-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cuban parliamentary election\nThe date of the election was announced on 20 November 2007. It was considered uncertain whether the ailing Fidel Castro would run for the Assembly, which he had to do in order to continue as President; it emerged in early December that he had been nominated for a seat. Since his illness began in 2006, Ra\u00fal Castro had been acting president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196323-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cuban parliamentary election, Results\nMar\u00eda Esther Reus, the president of the National Electoral Commission and Minister of Justice, announced the results of the election on 24 January 2008. Turnout in the election was placed at 96.89%, with 8,231,365 voters participating; 95.24% of the votes cast (7,839,358) were valid. 91% of voters (7,125,752) cast a united ballot for all candidates, while 9% (713,606) chose to vote only for certain candidates. Of the invalid votes, 3.73% (306,791) were blank and 1.04% (85,216) were spoiled. The newly elected Assembly met for the first time on 24 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196323-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cuban parliamentary election, Results\nRa\u00fal Castro was re-elected from the 2nd Eastern Front with 99.37% of the vote and Fidel Castro was re-elected from the 7th District of Santiago de Cuba with 98.26% of the vote. Vice-President Carlos Lage and President of the Assembly Ricardo Alarc\u00f3n respectively won their seats with 92.40% and 93.92% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196323-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cuban parliamentary election, Aftermath\nOn 24 February 2008, the National Assembly began sitting for its new term, and Ra\u00fal Castro was elected President  Alarc\u00f3n was elected as president of the National Assembly, while Jaime Crombet Hern\u00e1ndez Vaquero was elected as its vice-president and Miriam Brito was elected as its secretary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196324-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cuban presidential election\nAn indirect presidential election was held in Cuba on 24 February 2008, in which the National Assembly of People's Power elected a new President of Cuba and the members of the Council of State. The election followed the January 2008 parliamentary election. In the election, Ra\u00fal Castro, who had been Acting President since July 2006, was elected as President, succeeding his older brother, Fidel Castro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196324-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cuban presidential election\nIt was initially considered  uncertain whether the ailing 81-year-old Fidel Castro would be elected for another term as President of the Council of State or acting president Ra\u00fal Castro would formally assume the presidency, but on 19 February Fidel Castro said that he would not seek another term because his physical condition would not allow him to properly carry out the duties of the office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196324-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cuban presidential election\nRa\u00fal Castro, aged 76, was elected as President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers by a unanimous vote of the National Assembly (on a ballot with only his name for the position) on 24 February 2008. Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Machado Ventura, at age 77, was elected as First Vice-President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers, contrary to speculation that someone younger would be chosen for the post. Ra\u00fal emphasized that his brother remained \"Commander in Chief of the Cuban Revolution\", and the National Assembly voted to permit Ra\u00fal to consult with Fidel on important issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196324-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cuban presidential election\n600 deputies chose to cast united votes for all Council of State candidates, while nine deputies cast selective votes. Castro was elected with a unanimous vote of 609 deputies, while Machado received 601 votes. Juan Almeida Bosque, Abelardo Colom\u00e9 Ibarra, Carlos Lage D\u00e1vila, Esteban Lazo Hern\u00e1ndez, and Julio Casas Regueiro were elected as Vice-Presidents of the Council of State, all receiving 608 votes except for Lage, who received 609. Jos\u00e9 Miyar Barruecos was elected as Secretary of the Council of State with 608 votes. 23 other members of the Council of State were elected:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196325-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cup of China\nThe 2008 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2008\u201309 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium in Beijing on November 5\u20139. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008\u201309 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196326-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cup of Russia\nThe 2008 Cup of Russia was the fifth event of six in the 2008\u201309 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on November 20\u201323. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008\u201309 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196327-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei Final\nThe 2008 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei Final was the 70 final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Ceahl\u0103ul in Piatra Neam\u0163 on 10 May 2008 and was contested between Liga I sides CFR Cluj and Unirea Urziceni. The cup was won by CFR Cluj who also won the Liga I title that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196328-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Currie Cup First Division\nThe 2008 Absa Currie Cup First Division season was contested from 27 June through to 10 October. The Currie Cup is an annual domestic competition for provincial rugby union teams in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196328-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Currie Cup First Division, Overview\nThe winner of the final plays against the team that are at the bottom of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division standings and the runner-up plays the 2nd last team on the log for a chance to be promoted to the Premier Division. The SWD Eagles won the final of the 2007 Currie Cup First Division 38 \u2013 3 against the Mighty Elephants, and faced the Valke in the playoff matches. The Mighty Elephants faced the Boland Kavaliers in their two leg matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196328-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Currie Cup First Division, Teams\nThe SWD Eagles and the Mighty Elephants did not get promoted to the Premier Division. They both lost both their matches against the Valke and the Boland Kavaliers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196329-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Currie Cup Premier Division\nThe 2008 Absa Currie Cup Premier Division season was contested from 20 June through to 25 October. The Currie Cup is an annual domestic competition for provincial rugby union teams in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196329-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Currie Cup Premier Division\nThe 2007 Champions, the Free State Cheetahs, were denied a place in the final when they were defeated by the Blue Bulls in their semifinal clash in Pretoria on 11 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196329-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Currie Cup Premier Division\nThe  Sharks ended a 12-year wait for a trophy by winning the Currie Cup Final, against the Blue Bulls in Durban on Saturday 25 October, by 14 \u2013 9. And they did it in style outscoring the Blue Bulls by two tries to nil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196330-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Curtis Cup\nThe 35th Curtis Cup Match was played from 30 May to 1 June 2008 on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. The United States won 13 to 7. This was the first Curtis Cup played over three days, including fourball matches for the first time. Stacy Lewis won all her five matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196330-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Curtis Cup, Format\nThe contest was a three-day competition, with three foursomes and three fourball matches on each of the first two days, and eight singles matches on the final day, a total of 20 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196330-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Curtis Cup, Format\nEach of the 20 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns 1\u20442 a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 101\u20442 points wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder retains the Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196330-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Curtis Cup, Teams\nEight players for the Great Britain & Ireland and USA participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196330-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Curtis Cup, Teams\nThe Great Britain & Ireland team was selected by the LGU in March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196330-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Curtis Cup, Teams\nThe American team was selected by the USGA's International Team Selection Committee in January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Cyprus on 17 February 2008, with a second round runoff on 24 February. The second-round winner, and thus the President of Cyprus for the next term, was Dimitris Christofias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election\nThe first round saw a close result between three leading candidates, Dimitris Christofias of AKEL, Ioannis Kasoulidis of Democratic Rally, and the incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos. Results showed Kasoulidis in first place with about 33.51%, Christofias in second with 33.29%, and Papadopoulos in third with 31.79%. Christophias and Kasoulidis therefore participated in a second round on February 24. The elimination of Papadopoulos in the first round was viewed as surprising.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election\nIn the second round, Christofias won with 53.37% against 46.63% for Kasoulides. He was sworn in as President on February 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election\nAccording to the exit-polls, Papadopoulos was voted by 40% of \"No\" voters in the Annan referendum and 5% of the \"Yes\". Christofias by 35% of the \"No\" and 34% of the \"Yes\" voters and Kasoulidis by the 24% of the \"No\" and 62% of the \"Yes\" voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Candidates\nPapadopoulos (DIKO) announced in late July that he would run for re-election. In early July 2007, the ruling coalition (consisting of DIKO, AKEL and EDEK) fell apart due to a lack of consensus on a common candidate for the presidential elections; AKEL general secretary Dimitris Christofias was proposed as a common candidate by AKEL, but rejected by DIKO and EDEK (who both will support Papadopoulos' bid for reelection), which AKEL took as a reason to leave the ruling coalition. Thus both Papadopoulos and Christophias contested the election. The Ecological and Environmental Movement (KOP) decided on November 18, 2007 to support Papadopoulos. The movement supported him in 2003 as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Candidates\nFurthermore, the Democratic Rally support MEP Ioannis Kasoulidis, a former foreign minister, and Kostas Themistokleous, a former minister of agriculture and environment, also contested the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Candidates\nControversial MEP Marios Matsakis announced on 29 December 2007 that he would contest the election. Marios Matsakis was elected two times as a member of the Cypriot parliament and once as member of the \u0395uropean Parliament with the support of DIKO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Candidates\nThe Secretariat of the Movement of the United Democrats initially considered to support Themistokleous but at the end they supported Christophias to minimize the possibility of Papadopoulos' re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Candidates\nNine candidates were eventually approved to participate in the elections. Each candidate had to be recommended by one Cypriot citizen and supported by eight more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Candidates\nThe names of the candidates announced on 18 January 2008 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Second round\nAfter the first round of the election and the elimination of Papadopoulos, the latter's party, DIKO, announced its support for Christofias although Papadopoulos himself stayed neutral. Christofias had offered three ministerial positions to DIKO, including that of Minister of Foreign Affairs, in addition to the post of President of the House of Representatives, while Kasoulides had offered five ministerial positions in exchange for DIKO's support. EDEK also backed Christofias, on the proposal of its Political Bureau, with 109 members of its Central Committee voting in favor of supporting Christofias, five voting against, and two abstaining. The Cypriot Orthodox Church leader Archbishop Chrysostomos II backed Kasoulidis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Second round\nEcological and Environmental Movement on 21 February 2008 decided to support Dimitris Christofias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Campaign, Second round\nEvroko, ADIK and Marios Matsakis announced that they will support neither of the two candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Debates\nOn 26 January 2008 the three main candidates, Papadopoulos, Christofias, and Kasoulidis, debated on television. The debate was transmitted by all Cypriot TV stations. The three candidates were questioned by journalists from  RIK, MEGA, ANT1, Sigma TV and CNC Plus TV. The debate started at 9.45PM local time and lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. Each candidate had three minutes to answer each question and 1.5 minute for every follow-up question. The procedure was divided in 6 sections and, at the end of each section, each candidate had 3 minutes to give a short speech and 1.5 minute for a short comment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Debates\nOn 14 February, a second debate was held. The subject of discussion was the Cyprus dispute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196331-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Cypriot presidential election, Opinion polls\nA collection of opinion polls taken before the elections is listed below. Beginning on 11 February 2008, no opinion poll is allowed to be published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196332-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cyprus Four Nations Football Tournament\nThe 2008 Cyprus Four Nations Football Tournament finals were held from February 2 to February 6, 2008 at the Pafiako Stadium in Pafos, Neo GSP Stadium in Nicosia and Neo GSZ Stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus. The Cyprus Four Nations Football Tournament is an annually held football tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196332-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cyprus Four Nations Football Tournament\nCzech Republic, Finland, Greece and Poland were the teams who played in this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196333-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Cyprus Women's Cup\nThe 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup was the inaugural edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Six national teams, including five senior teams and one youth team, were invited: Canada, Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Scotland, and the United States U-20 team (the United States senior team competed in the concurrent 2008 Algarve Cup). Canada defeated the United States U-20 team in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196333-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Cyprus Women's Cup, Format\nThe tournament consisted of a group stage held over three match days followed by a single day of classification matches to determine the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196333-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Cyprus Women's Cup, Format\nFor the group stage, the six teams were split into two groups of three teams. Each group played a round-robin tournament with each team playing one match against each other team in its group. In addition, on each group stage match day, one team from each group did not have a round-robin group match; these two teams played an exhibition match that was not counted towards the group stage standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196333-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Cyprus Women's Cup, Format\nThe classification day then had three matches: a first place match between the group winners, a third place match between the runners-up, and a fifth place match between the bottom teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196334-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech Lion Awards\n2008 Czech Lion Awards ceremony was held on 5 March 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 80]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196335-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 15\u201317 August 2008 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196335-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 89], "content_span": [90, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196336-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech Senate election\nSenate elections for a third of the members of the Senate (the constituencies 3, 6, 9 etc.) were held in the Czech Republic on 17 and 18 October 2008, with a second round on 24 and 25 October 2008. At least 180 candidates contested the 27 seats, and more than two-thirds of the incumbents ran for another term \u2013 only seven retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196336-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech Senate election\nGovernment parties (ODS and KDU-CSL; the Greens had no open seats) suffered massive losses \u2013 only 3 candidates (all ODS) were elected. The Opposition Czech Social Democratic Party won the election with 23 out of the 27 seats contested. The Civic Democratic Party lost its majority in the Senate (which was used to delay ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in the Czech Republic).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196337-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech and Slovak Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Czech and Slovak Figure Skating Championships (Slovak: Majstrovstva CR a SR seniori 2008) were held on December 14\u201316, 2007 in Tren\u010d\u00edn, Slovakia. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196337-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech and Slovak Figure Skating Championships\nThe two national championships were held simultaneously and the results were then split by country. The top three skaters from each country formed their national podiums. Therefore, there are no medal colors on the table below because it shows the combined overall results. The table can be sorted by country. This was the second consecutive season that the Czech and Slovak Championships were held simultaneously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196337-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech and Slovak Figure Skating Championships\nThe senior compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka and the junior compulsory dance was the Cha-Cha Congelado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196337-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech and Slovak Figure Skating Championships, Slovak Junior Championships\nThe 2008 Slovak Junior Championships (Slovak: Majstrovstva SR juniorov 2008) were held on February 16\u201317, 2008 in Zimny stadion O.Nepelu hala II. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating on the junior level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election\nIndirect presidential elections were held in the Czech Republic on 8\u20139 February 2008, in which Parliament elected the President. The candidates standing for election were the incumbent president V\u00e1clav Klaus and University of Michigan Professor  Jan \u0160vejnar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election\nWhen no winner emerged on the first ballot, another ballot was held on 15 February 2008, with Klaus narrowly elected for a second term. The election was marked by party splits and post-Cold War rancor, Germany's Deutsche Welle reported. He signed his presidential pledge with a platinum-plated pen allegedly worth up to 1\u00a0million koruna (about US$61,300). A Czech company had donated the pen, one of a limited edition of 10, to Klaus, who promised he would exercise his powers cautiously and conservatively during his second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Electoral system\nThe indirect election could be held over a maximum of three rounds with gradually relaxing requirements for election. The differences of the 2008 election against the earlier ones were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Electoral system\nIn the 2008 election, the President came of the 3rd round of the second election, in 2003 it took one election more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nKlaus was nominated for the second term by the 122 MPs and senators belonging to his Civic Democratic Party on 28 November 2007. Jan \u0160vejnar, a US-based economist originally from the Czech Republic, stated he would announce in early December whether he will run against Klaus, with the support of former president V\u00e1clav Havel, the Czech Social Democratic Party and the Green Party, as well as the caucuses of Association of Independent Lists (SNK) and the Open Democracy in the Senate of the Czech Republic which unite independent and liberal Senators from a range of small parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nThe Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia was considering supporting him, as well. Christian and Democratic Union \u2013 Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU\u2013\u010cSL) were unable to unite on a candidate, and remained undecided even after holding talks with Klaus, but they support (together with the \u010cSSD and the Green Party) a constitutional amendment to have direct presidential elections instead (though such an amendment would only apply from the next election in 2013 onwards). Most analysts assumed that Klaus would win re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nThe KS\u010cM was to decide on 7 December 2007 whether to support \u0160vejnar, and the \u010cSSD required substantial cross-party support by 8 December 2007 to turn their conditional support for him into definite support. However, the KS\u010cM interrupted the discussions supporting \u0160vejnar on 7 December 2007, wanting reassurances from the \u010cSSD that they would indeed support \u0160vejnar, fearing that their support for \u0160vejnar might be moot if the \u010cSSD was not united on this. Both Klaus and \u0160vejnar are vied for the support of the KDU\u2013\u010cSL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\n\u0160vejnar announced on 8 December 2007 that his bid was still alive and that he would decide whether to run in the coming week, depending on the level of support from major parties. On 11 December 2007 the press stated that he had acquired the support of five analysts and experts to assist him in his bid for the presidency. \u0160vejnar himself announced that he would decide on whether he'd run only in the week afterwards, as political parties were still holding talks to decide on whether to support him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nThe KS\u010cM has stated that they have set five conditions necessary for them to support a candidate in the election, and that both of the candidates fulfil some of the conditions; however, they stated that \u0160vejnar should renounce his US citizenship. \u0160vejnar later stated he would renounce his US citizenship if elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nThe \u010cSSD announced their official support for \u0160vejnar on 15 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nAs the president is elected by an absolute majority of MPs and senators, Klaus only needs 19 votes from other parties to win re-election. In a mid-December public opinion poll, \u0160vejnar gained in popularity and was tied with Klaus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nWhile it was not considered certain whether \u0160vejnar even wanted to run, a serious and emotional debate over who contributed more to the economic reforms at the start of the 1990s between Klaus and \u0160vejnar was read by analysts as a sign that \u0160vejnar did indeed want to run for the office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nBy 12 December 2007, he had gathered the necessary ten signatures from MPs or senators required to run for president; among the lawmakers nominating him were Senate deputy chairman Petr Pithart from KDU\u2013\u010cSL, head of the \u010cSSD senators' group Alena Gajdu\u0161kov\u00e1 and So\u0148a Paukertov\u00e1, head of the Caucus of Open Democracy in the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\n\u0160vejnar proposed a public debate with Klaus, but Klaus rejected on the grounds that Klaus did not need the publicity and that it would only help \u0160vejnar; the \u010cSSD strongly criticised Klaus' decision. According to polls, 43% prefer Klaus as president, while 28% would prefer \u0160vejnar and 29% are undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nThe former foreign minister Ji\u0159\u00ed Dienstbier had also been suggested by some Social Democrats and Communists as a possible anti-Klaus candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\n\u010cSSD reportedly considering different options to ensure that none of their MPs vote for Klaus against the party line: to have an open ballot, to have voting done by two MPs at a time or to have the MPs make photos with their mobile phones as proof of their vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nFormer president V\u00e1clav Havel officially announced his support for \u0160vejnar on 1 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nThere are rumours that KDU\u2013 \u010cSL are offering full support to Klaus in exchange for Ji\u0159\u00ed \u010cunek becoming a government minister again. Foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg has unequivocally stated he will resign if \u010cunek enters the government again after his resignation in late 2007, and the Greens have also stated they are against this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nKS\u010cM is almost certain to support \u0160vejnar in the first round, to ensure that Klaus is not the only candidate who passes to the second round, but it has not officially decided on whom to support in later rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nAccording to polls from early January 2008, in a direct election \u0160vejnar would beat Klaus with 52% to 48%. Polls from late January 2008 saw \u0160vejnar increase his lead to 55% against Klaus' 45%. Other polls favored Klaus in a direct election. According to Palack\u00fd University Klaus would gain 51% to \u0160vejnar's 49. According to Median Klaus would win votes of 59% citizens. Credibility of polls was put in question when it was revealed that some polls were made on political request.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nAccording to questions asked by the newspaper Mlad\u00e1 fronta Dnes, Klaus and \u0160vejnar differ mostly on two points: \u0160vejnar is in favor of introducing the Euro as quickly as possible and in favor of introducing direct presidential elections, while Klaus is against both. Each candidate also differs in the views on the economic transformation of the country after the Velvet Revolution and on the environmental issues. Klaus believes global warming is a hype, when \u0160vejnar insists it is a dangerous threat to our planet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Background\nAll parties except for ODS agreed that the vote should be held publicly by acclamation (which they have the majority to decide in the lower house), threatening a blocking of the third round of the joint sitting can not agree on the election method in the third round. More than two-thirds of Czechs favor public elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Candidates and party support\nThe Civic Democratic Party and Christian and Democratic Union \u2013 Czechoslovak People's Party supported Klaus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Candidates and party support\nThe Czech Social Democratic Party, the Green Party, the Caucus SNK and the Caucus of Open Democracy supported \u0160vejnar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Candidates and party support\nKS\u010cM was not fully decided whether to support \u0160vejnar or not, while about half of the 26 deputies and 3 senators favored Klaus and \u0160vejnar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Candidates and party support\nThree well-known Czech political analysts rated the chances of Klaus and \u0160vejnar at 60\u201340, 70\u201330 and 95\u20135, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Results, First attempt (8\u20139 February)\nThe joint session started on 8 February 2008 on 10:00 local time. As predicted, a lengthy debate on the election method delayed the election, but it was agreed after six hours of debate to have an open balloting. After two rounds of election, the session was adjourned at 21:00 as previously agreed and the election was postponed to 9 February 2008. The results for the second vote held on 8 February were announced on 9 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Results, First attempt (8\u20139 February)\nPrior to the third round of the elections, three lawmakers left the joint session due to health issues: \u010cSSD deputy Ev\u017een Sn\u00edtil\u00fd and KDU-\u010cSL senators Josef Kalb\u00e1\u010d and Karel Bart\u00e1k. Sn\u00edtil\u00fd was thought to be in favour of \u0160vejnar but supported Klaus in the second election of 15 February and was later expelled from the Social Democrat group, while both Kalb\u00e1\u010d and Bart\u00e1k were in favour of Klaus. The third round also failed to produce a winner; the Communists abstained instead of voting for \u0160vejnar, but Klaus fell one vote short of a majority of 140 of the 278 lawmakers present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Results, Second attempt (15 February)\nThe date for the second election was set to 15 February 2008. The second election also allows for the three rounds, with the same rules as the first election and both present candidates will be running. In the second election, communist party KS\u010cM proposed an additional candidate \u2013 MEP and former TV anchorwoman Jana Bobo\u0161\u00edkov\u00e1. She is known as an outspoken critic of the EU and of the planned US missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Results, Second attempt (15 February)\nTwo independent senators who had voted for Klaus, Liana Jan\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 and Jana Ju\u0159en\u010d\u00e1kov\u00e1, stated they had been threatened, and the \u010cSSD senator Ev\u017een Sn\u00edtil\u00fd who left the session in the third round of the first attempt, stated he wanted to leave the party (and was soon expelled). Reportedly, Sn\u00edtil\u00fd suffered from threats and blackmail over his StB past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Results, Second attempt (15 February)\nThe three nominees were \u0160vejnar, Klaus and Bobo\u0161\u00edkov\u00e1. Bobo\u0161\u00edkov\u00e1 was nominated by 17 KS\u010cM deputies, but the Communists stated they would be inclined to support \u0160vejnar under certain conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Results, Second attempt (15 February)\nKlaus' chances to be reelected were boosted when Sn\u00edtil\u00fd announced he would vote for Klaus prior to the session. Surprisingly, in his address on 15 February 2008 before the joint session of parliament, Klaus stated he supported holding the presidential elections as public ballots and not as secret ballots as he demanded before. Klaus also delivered a significantly more nationalistic and euroskeptical speech than the week previously. This was taken as an indication that he knew he had the votes to win and no longer needed to moderate his feelings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Results, Second attempt (15 February)\nBobo\u0161\u00edkov\u00e1 withdrew her candidacy shortly after the debate and before the first round of voting citing a lack of support for her, boosting \u0160vejnar's chances. The Communists then announced they would employ the same tactic as in the first attempt: They will support \u0160vejnar in the first and second rounds, but abstain in the third round, thus trying to make the second attempt at electing a president a failure, as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Results, Second attempt (15 February)\nAfter more debate on the method of voting, the ODS accepted holding the vote with public ballots again. Green MP Olga Zubov\u00e1 was absent from the session due to a surgical intervention she had some time ago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Results, Second attempt (15 February)\nIn the first round of voting, Klaus received 141 votes, just enough for his reelection in the third round. The second round saw similar results, but also a drop in support for \u0160vejnar by the Communists. Prior to the third round, it was reported that Minister for Human Rights and Minorities D\u017eamila Stehl\u00edkov\u00e1 from the Greens was at the missing MP Zubov\u00e1's residence, likely trying to get her to show up for the third round to improve \u0160vejnar's chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196338-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech presidential election, Results, Second attempt (15 February)\nIn the third round Klaus was re-elected as President of the Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196339-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Czech regional elections\nRegional elections were held in the Czech Republic to elect the Regional Councils in 13 regions (all except Prague) on 17 and 18 October 2008. The elections were won by the opposition Czech Social Democratic Party (\u010cSSD), which won in every region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196340-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 C\u00f4te d'Ivoire Premier Division\nThe 2008 C\u00f4te d'Ivoire Premier Division season was the 48th of the competition. The season took place between 24 February and 23 November 2008. The league was composed of fourteen teams, playing a double round-robin tournament with weekly games, except for certain dates reserved by FIFA to allow players to represent their country. Africa Sports National were the defending champions, having won their fifteenth league title during the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196340-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 C\u00f4te d'Ivoire Premier Division\nDuring the season, three games were abandoned, two due to crowd troubles, and one due to forfeit. All three games were ruled as two goal wins for the visiting team, and five goal defeats to the receiving team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196340-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 C\u00f4te d'Ivoire Premier Division\nOn 23 November 2008, Africa Sports National beat RC Dalona on the final matchday of the season, thus meaning that Africa Sports National retained the trophy, winning the Ivory Coast Ligue 1 for the sixteenth time of their history. On the other hand, RC Dalona and SC Gagona were relegated to the Ivory Coast Ligue 2. The competition's top goalscorer was ASEC Mimosas player Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac who scored 21 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196341-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 D.C. United season\nThe 2008 D.C. United season was the fourteenth year of the club's existence, as well as their thirteenth season in Major League Soccer and their thirteenth consecutive season in the top tier of the American soccer pyramid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196341-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 D.C. United season\nTo fans and the media alike, this year marked a downfall for the franchise, as well as end to what was considered a \"second golden age\" for the club in league play. The justification behind this involved the United failing to defend the Supporters' Shield, an awarded given to the MLS club with the best regular season record, for a third-consecutive year. With a 10th-place overall finish and a 6th-place finish in the Eastern Conference, United finished the lowest in the conference and league tables since 2002. With the subpar record, United failed to make the playoffs, having qualified since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196341-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 D.C. United season\nTheir performance league play reflected on the continental stage as well. Finishing as the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield winners, United qualified for the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League. The tournament replaced the obsolete CONCACAF Champions' Cup, and was modeled similarly to its cousin tournament, the UEFA Champions League. In the Champions League, United continued their misfortunes, losing all their Group Stage matches at home, and only managing to pick up one draw at Costa Rica's Saprissa. United finished in the bottom of Group C, with a record of 0\u20131\u20135 (W-T-L).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196341-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 D.C. United season\nIn spite of the poorer performance in league and continental play, United excelled in the U.S. Open Cup play, ultimately winning the domestic title against Charleston Battery, 2\u20131. The domestic cup title was their first since their inaugural season. The U.S. Open Cup, a domestic cup tournament much similar to the FA Cup runs parallel to the regular seasons of all tiers of professional and amateur soccer in the United States. The tournament is open for entry for any soccer club, professional or amateur, that is affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196341-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 D.C. United season\nFor MLS clubs, the top six American MLS clubs overall in the regular season are admitted entry into the third round proper, or round of 16, in the tournament. By finishing 1st overall in the regular season, United booked a third round entry in the tournament proper. The club opened Open Cup play with wins against Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division (second tier) and New England Revolution of MLS (first tier) in the third round and quarterfinals respectively. In the semifinals, United won in extra time to defeat Chicago Fire. In the championship, United defeated Charleston Battery of the USL Second Division (third tier) to win the Open Cup for a second time in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196341-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 D.C. United season, Club, 2008 roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196341-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 D.C. United season, Standings, Major League Soccer\n(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196342-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 D1 Grand Prix series\nThe 2008 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series was the eighth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the third for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The US series was proposed for a second season in November 2007, but in February 2008, due to commitments, the series was cancelled, leaving the 2007 as the only year the US series ever took place, despite being exhibition rounds. The series began March 29, 2008 for the D1SL and March 30 for D1GP at Ebisu Circuit. The series ended with a non-point scoring World All-Star event held at Irwindale Speedway on November 30, 2008 and concluded altogether on December 14 as a D1SL point scoring round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196343-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 DFB-Pokal Final\nThe 2008 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2007\u201308 DFB-Pokal, the 65th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. The match took place on 19 April 2008 between thirteen-time winners Bayern M\u00fcnchen and two-time winners Borussia Dortmund. The final was played in front of 70,000 at Berlin's Olympiastadion. Bayern ran out 2\u20131 winners in extra time, thanks to two strikes from Italian forward Luca Toni, gaining their 14th DFB-Pokal title and gaining the first trophy of a league and cup double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196343-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final\nThe DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196343-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196344-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 DFS Classic\nThe 2008 DFS Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 27th edition of the DFS Classic, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 9 June until 15 June 2008. Twelfth-seeded Kateryna Bondarenko won the singles title and earned $31,000 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196344-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 DFS Classic, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  S\u00e9verine Br\u00e9mond /  Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6\u20132, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196345-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 DFS Classic \u2013 Doubles\nChan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung were the defending champions, but Chan chose not to participate, and only Chuang competed that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196345-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 DFS Classic \u2013 Doubles\nChuang partnered with Rika Fujiwara, but lost in the quarterfinals to Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196345-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 DFS Classic \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20131, against S\u00e9verine Br\u00e9mond and Virginia Ruano Pascual.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196346-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 DFS Classic \u2013 Singles\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196346-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 DFS Classic \u2013 Singles\nKateryna Bondarenko won her maiden WTA tour title, defeating Yanina Wickmayer in the final 7\u20136(9\u20137), 3\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20134).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196346-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 DFS Classic \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196347-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 DPR Korea Football League\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Footwiks (talk | contribs) at 09:23, 17 November 2019. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196347-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 DPR Korea Football League\nStatistics of DPR Korea Football League in the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196347-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 DPR Korea Football League, Overview\nAmrokkang won both the championship, and the 2008 edition of the Man'gy\u014fngdae Prize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196348-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Daegu FC season\nThe 2008 season was Daegu F.C. 's 6th season in South Korea's K-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196348-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Daegu FC season, Season Summary\nKim Hyun-Soo, centre back and captain from the previous season, retired from competitive football in the off-season, and was appointed manager of Daegu FC's under-18 team, established the previous season. The U-18 side was to compete in the U-18 Challenge League. As a replacement for Kim, Hwang Sun-Pil, an experienced defender brought into the club in 2004 as a draftee, was made captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196348-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Daegu FC season, Season Summary\nIn 2008, Daegu became famous with their extremely aggressive football, becoming the joint equal top-scoring team of the K-League, alongside Suwon. However, they also conceded the most goals in the league, with Baek Min-Cheol letting 58 goals into his goal. This was twelve goals more than the next worst team, Gwangju, which conceded \"only\" 46 goals. Nonetheless, because of their offensive approach, their style of play was nicknamed \"Bullet Football\", for its speedy and attacking focus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196348-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Daegu FC season, Season Summary\nAn eleventh place in the K-League standings was the eventual outcome, winning a reasonably impressive eight games, but drawing only two, both against Daejeon Citizen. Lee Keun-Ho played in all 26 regular season games, finding the net eleven times. Jang Nam-Seok scored ten goals, with Eninho the best of the imports, with eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196348-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Daegu FC season, Season Summary\nFor the first time in its history, Daegu reached the semi-finals of the Korean FA Cup, by defeating Ulsan in the quarterfinals, following a win in the round of 16 over Ansan Hallelujah. However, they then lost to their opponents Pohang Steelers in a 2-0 loss. The club placed fifth (out of six) in their group in the Samsung Hauzen Cup. Eninho averaged better than a goal a game in this particular competition, scoring nine from eight appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196348-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Daegu FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196349-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dakar Rally\nThe 2008 Dakar Rally would have been the 30th running of the annual off-road race. The rally was to start in Lisbon, Portugal on 5 January 2008, running through Europe and Africa until the finish in Dakar, Senegal on 20 January. The event was cancelled one day before the intended start date, due to concerns over a possible terrorist attack aimed at the competitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196349-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dakar Rally, Cancellation\nThe rally was cancelled on 4 January 2008, due to safety concerns in Mauritania, following the killing of four French tourists there on Christmas Eve, December 2007. France-based Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), in charge of the 6,000\u00a0km (3,730\u00a0mi) rally, said in a statement they had been advised by the French government to cancel the race. They said direct threats had also been made against the event by \"terrorist organizations\". Before the start of the race, rally director \u00c9tienne Lavigne had approved the Mauritanian legs only after two stages planned for Mali were scrapped. An Al-Qaeda affiliate organization was blamed for the cancellation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196349-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dakar Rally, Cancellation\nOn 4 February 2008, the ASO organised the Central Europe Rally, with a Hungary to Romania route, as the rescheduled and relocated race, which technically is part of the lineage of the Dakar Rally, as the ASO held all entries over to the event, which lasted only one year. A new race, keeping the Dakar Rally name, was organised in South America in 2009 and was held until 2019, where in 2020 the race moved to Saudi Arabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196349-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dakar Rally, Entrants\nAs of December 2007 there were 245 motorbikes, 20 quads, 205 cars, and 100 trucks. A total of 570 teams from various countries (50) were entered, up from 510 in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196349-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Dakar Rally, Entrants\nAll entries were deferred to the Central Europe Rally. 110 motorbikes, 19 quads, 91 cars, and 40 trucks took the start of the Central Europe Rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196349-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Dakar Rally, Route\nThe race would have begun in Lisbon, Portugal, and passed through Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Senegal. The total race distance would have been 9,273\u00a0km (5,762\u00a0mi), of which 5,732\u00a0km (3,562\u00a0mi) was timed special stage. There would have been a rest day in Nouakchott on 13 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196349-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Dakar Rally, Route, Planned Stages\n\u2020Smara is located in the Moroccan-administered portion of the Western Sahara", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season\nThe 2008 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise's 49th season in the National Football League. The season ended when the Cowboys were blown out by the Philadelphia Eagles 44\u20136 in week 17, their worst loss since the 1985 Chicago Bears came to Texas Stadium and beat the Cowboys 44\u20130. It was the last season the Cowboys played at Texas Stadium; they moved to Cowboys Stadium in 2009. Despite entering the last month of the season four games above .500, they failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2005, losing three of their last four games and finishing with a 9\u20137 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason, Training camp\nThe Cowboys arrived in Oxnard, California for training camp on July 24. HBO and NFL Films filmed the Cowboys for the fourth season of Hard Knocks which premiered on August 6. The Cowboys began camp with all but three players: Felix Jones, Mike Jenkins, and Terry Glenn. Jones and Jenkins both signed contracts the next day, and flew out to California to report. Soon afterward, Terry Glenn was released to waivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason, Training camp\nOwner Jerry Jones explained that, \"I think at the end of the day, it had more to do with where we are right now, the managing of how he got to the field, the aspect of concentrating on the what ifs and how it might've impacted how we give our young players a chance, and how we evaluate that position.\" The main story lines in camp have revolved around the new addition of Adam \"Pacman\" Jones, and the injury to Terence Newman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason, Training camp\nJones was proving daily in camp that he is still worthy of being named one of the top cornerbacks in the league, but was not fully reinstated to the NFL until August 28. Newman injured his groin on July 28, and is expected to be out for three weeks. The Cowboys cut the roster from 80 to 75 immediately after training camp, then waived more players following the final pre-season game to drop the roster count to league limit of 53, one of which was 6th-round draft pick Eric Walden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0001-0003", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason, Training camp\nWalden was picked up on waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs. The following players made it through waivers to land spots on the practice squad: Danny Amendola, Alonzo Coleman, Tearrius George, Rodney Hannah, Mike Jefferson, Marcus Dixon and Julius Crosslin. Then, in a surprising turn of events, Dallas CB Evan Ogelsby was released to make room on the roster for Special Teams Ace, Keith Davis who returned to the Cowboys after being cut from the Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season\nThe team was coming from a 13-3 season in 2007 and there were great expectations for a Super Bowl run. During the offseason, the Cowboys signed the controversial talents of Pacman Jones and Tank Johnson. They also were the subject of the 2008 Hard Knocks TV Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season\nThe team began the season with 3 straight wins but lost the week-4 game at home against the Washington Redskins 24-26. Tony Romo injured the pinkie finger in his right hand in a 24-30 loss to the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth game. The Cowboys under his replacement Brad Johnson, went 1\u20132 the next three games, losing to the St. Louis Rams, beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and losing to the New York Giants. Romo would return to play wearing a splint under the heavy bandage on his right hand in November after the bye week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season\nThe team had a 24\u201333 loss in Week 16 against the Baltimore Ravens and the final game at Texas Stadium before it was demolished. In what became a de facto playoff game in the 17th week of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles on December 28, Romo and the Cowboys failed to compete in a 44\u20136 loss. The team finished with a 9\u20137 record, missing the postseason for the first time in franchise history after starting the season with a 3-0 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Cleveland Browns\nThe Cowboys began their 2008 campaign on the road against the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Dallas got the first shot as RB Marion Barber got a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Browns would respond with QB Derek Anderson completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Kellen Winslow. Afterwards, the Cowboys responded with QB Tony Romo completing a 35-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens, along with another 1-yard TD run from Barber. In the third quarter, Dallas pulled away with rookie RB Felix Jones getting an 11-yard TD run, which was his first carry in the NFL. In the fourth quarter, Cleveland's only response would be kicker Phil Dawson's 34-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their commanding road win over the Browns, the Cowboys played their Week 2 home opener under the MNF spotlight. In the last MNF game at Texas Stadium, Dallas would duel with their NFC East foe, the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, the Cowboys trailed early as Eagles kicker David Akers got a 34-yard field goal. Dallas would answer in their first possession with QB Tony Romo completing a 72-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nPhiladelphia replied with Akers kicking a 44-yard field goal, yet the 'Boys immediately added to their lead with rookie RB Felix Jones returning a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown. The Eagles would take the lead with QB Donovan McNabb completing a 6-yard TD pass to RB Brian Westbrook, along with LB Chris Gocong recovering a Romo fumble in the Cowboys' endzone for a touchdown. Dallas immediately responded with Romo and Owens hooking up with each other again on a 4-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nOn Philadelphia's next drive, the referees made two suspect decisions. The first was a non-call on a very obvious facemask on Brian Westbrook that would have given the Eagles a first down. The next call in question was a 40-yard passing interference penalty on Anthony Henry. Replays showed that it was Greg Lewis who grabbed Henry's jersey and pulled him down, not the other way around. With that decision, the Eagles were awarded a first down on the 1-yard line. Westbrook immediately ran it in for a 1-yard TD. On their next possession, Akers' hit a 22-yard field goal. To make the game the highest scoring half ever on MNF, the Cowboys ended the half with kicker Nick Folk getting a 51-yard field goal, bringing the total points for both teams to 54.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 838]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the 'Boys regained the lead with Romo's 17-yard TD pass to RB Marion Barber. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles once again took the lead with Westbrook's 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Cowboys rallied with Folk nailing a 47-yard field goal and Barber getting a 1-yard TD run. The Eagles had a chance for a game-winning drive, but Dallas' defense stiffened for the victory, sacking the very elusive McNabb twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn a game that had 9 lead changes, it also set different point records, including most first half points in MNF history (54) and most combined points in the rivalry's history (78).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nAlso, Terrell Owens (3 receptions for 89 yards and 2 touchdowns) reached 132 career touchdown catches, placing him 2nd on the NFL's all-time touchdown receptions list (behind only Jerry Rice's record of 197).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Green Bay Packers\nComing off the MNF divisional home win over the Eagles, the Cowboys flew to Lambeau Field for a Week 3 Sunday Night duel with the Green Bay Packers. Dallas had never won in Lambeau Field heading into the game, going 0\u20135 (although Green Bay did play several home games in Milwaukee where the Cowboys won a few times against the Packers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the first quarter, Dallas got the first shot as kicker Nick Folk got a 25-yard field goal. The Packers responded with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 36-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Green Bay took the lead with Crosby kicking a 38-yard field goal. The 'Boys replied with rookie RB Felix Jones getting a 60-yard TD run, becoming the first player in franchise history to have a touchdown in each of his first three games with Dallas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the Packers tried to rally as Crosby got a 33-yard field goal, yet the Cowboys responded with RB Marion Barber getting a 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Dallas managed to put the game out of reach as QB Tony Romo completed a 52-yard TD pass to WR Miles Austin. Green Bay tried to rally as QB Aaron Rodgers got a 1-yard TD run, yet the Big D's defense held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Green Bay Packers\nWith the win, not only did the Cowboys get a second-straight 3\u20130 start for the first time since 1976\u201377, but they also picked up their first-ever win at Lambeau Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Washington Redskins\nComing off their Sunday night road win over the Packers, the Cowboys went home for a Week 4 NFC East showdown with the Washington Redskins. In the first quarter, the 'Boys shot first as QB Tony Romo completed a 21-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten. In the second quarter, the Redskins took the lead as QB Jason Campbell completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR James Thrash and a 2-yard TD pass to WR Antwaan Randle El, along with kicker Shaun Suisham getting a 20-yard field goal. Dallas closed out the half with kicker Nick Folk getting a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Washington Redskins\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys tied the game with Romo completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. Washington would respond with Suisham kicking a 33-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Redskins increased their lead with Suisham nailing a 33-yard and a 29-yard field goal. The 'Boys tried to rally as Romo completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Miles Austin. However, Dallas' onside kick attempt failed, preserving the Redskins' win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nHoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Redskins, the Cowboys stayed at home for a Week 5 interconference duel with the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, the Cowboys shot first as kicker Nick Folk got a 30-yard field goal, along with rookie RB Felix Jones getting a 33-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Dallas increased its lead with QB Tony Romo completing a 4-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten. The Bengals closed out the half as kicker Shayne Graham got a 41-yard and a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the third quarter, Cincinnati crept closer as QB Carson Palmer completed an 18-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh. In the fourth quarter, the Bengals got within one point as Graham kicked a 40-yard field goal, yet the Cowboys responded with Romo completing a 57-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. The Bengals tried to come back as Palmer completed a 10-yard TD pass to Houshmandzadeh (with a failed two-point conversion), but Dallas pulled away as Romo completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their home win over the Bengals, the Cowboys flew to the University of Phoenix Stadium for a Week 6 showdown with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, Dallas immediately trailed as Cardinals RB J.J. Arrington returned the game's opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the 'Boys responded with QB Tony Romo completing a 55-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton. In the third quarter, the Cowboys took the lead as Romo completed a 14-yard TD pass to WR Miles Austin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Arizona Cardinals\nArizona would tie the game with QB Kurt Warner completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals took the lead as Warner completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Steve Breaston, along with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 41-yard field goal. Afterwards, the 'Boys tied the game with Romo completing a 70-yard TD pass to RB Marion Barber, along with kicker Nick Folk nailing a 52-yard field goal. However, in overtime, Arizona emerged as WR Sean Morey blocked a punt attempt, allowing LB Monty Beisel to return it 3 yards for the game-ending touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the week following the game Tony Romo was listed as questionable with a broken right pinkie finger. In addition, Matt McBriar and Sam Hurd were placed in injured reserve, and Felix Jones was listed as out for 2\u20133 weeks with a hamstring injury. Furthermore, Adam (Pacman) Jones was suspended by the NFL for a minimum of 4 weeks after an altercation with his bodyguard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Arizona Cardinals\nThe Cowboys traded for WR Roy Williams with the Detroit Lions, in exchange for their first, third, and sixth-round picks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 7: at St. Louis Rams\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Cardinals, and missing several key starters, the Cowboys flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 7 duel with the St. Louis Rams. With Tony Romo recovering from his injured pinkie, he was demoted to back-up for the game, allowing veteran QB Brad Johnson to get the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 7: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the first quarter, the 'Boys shot first as RB Marion Barber got a 1-yard TD run. The Rams would go on to score 34 unanswered points with QB Marc Bulger completing a 42-yard TD pass to WR Donnie Avery, along with RB Steven Jackson getting an 8-yard and a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, St. Louis increased their lead as kicker Josh Brown got a 52-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Dallas continued to struggle as Jackson got a 56-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Rams ended their domination with Brown nailing a 35-yard field goal. Afterwards, the 'Boys got their only response as Johnson completed a 34-yard TD pass to rookie TE Martellus Bennett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Rams, the Cowboys went home for a Week 8 duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With QB Tony Romo still nursing an injured pinkie, QB Brad Johnson got the start against the team that he helped win Super Bowl XXXVII.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the first quarter, Dallas trailed early as Buccaneers kicker Matt Bryant got a pair of 36-yard field goals. In the second quarter, the 'Boys took the lead as kicker Nick Folk got a 38-yard field goal, along with Johnson completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Roy Williams. In the third quarter, Dallas increased its lead with Folk making a 45-yard field goal. Tampa Bay responded with Bryant nailing a 41-yard field goal. Afterward, the Big D's defense held on for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 9: at New York Giants\nComing off their home win over the Buccaneers, the Cowboys flew to Giants Stadium for a Week 9 NFC East duel with the New York Giants. With QB Tony Romo nursing an injured pinkie, QB Brad Johnson once again the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 9: at New York Giants\nIn the first quarter, the 'Boys trailed early as Giants QB Eli Manning completed a 13-yard TD pass to TE Kevin Boss and a 5-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. In the second quarter, Dallas responded with rookie CB Mike Jenkins returning an interception 23 yards for a touchdown. New York would answer with Manning completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Amani Toomer. After the half, Johnson (5/11 for 71 yards and 2 interceptions) was benched for QB Brooks Bollinger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 9: at New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, the Giants increased their lead as RB Brandon Jacobs got a 12-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the 'Boys tried to rally as Bollinger completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. However, New York pulled away as RB Derrick Ward got a 17-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 9: at New York Giants\nWith the loss, the Cowboys entered their bye week 5\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Washington Redskins\nComing off their bye week, the Cowboys flew to Fedex Field for a Week 11 NFC East rematch with the Washington Redskins on Sunday Night Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Washington Redskins\nIn the first quarter, the 'Boys trailed early as Redskins QB Jason Campbell completed a 2-yard TD pass to FB Mike Sellers. In the second quarter, Dallas responded with RB Marion Barber getting a 2-yard TD run. Washington would close out the half with kicker Shaun Suisham getting a 41-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, the Cowboys took a fourth quarter lead as QB Tony Romo completed a 25-yard TD pass to rookie TE Martellus Bennett. Afterwards, Dallas' defense kept the Redskins' offense from making any kind of a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nComing off their divisional road win over the Redskins, the Cowboys went home, donned their throwback uniforms, and played a Week 12 game with the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, Dallas trailed early as 49ers kicker Joe Nedney made a 23-yard and a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the second quarter, the Cowboys took a lead as QB Tony Romo completed a 75-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens, LB Carlos Polk blocked an Andy Lee punt into the back of the 49ers' endzone for a safety, kicker Nick Folk making a 48-yard and a 41-yard field goal, and Romo throwing a 45-yard pass to T.O., Then completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Martellus Bennett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys increased their lead as Romo completed a 10-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton. San Francisco answered with Nedney getting a 35-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the 'Boys replied with Folk getting a 47-yard field goal. The 49ers would try to stay in pace as QB Shaun Hill completed an 18-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce, yet Dallas pulled away as Folk nailed a 42-yard field goal. The 49ers tried to come back as Hill completed a 9-yard TD pass to RB DeShaun Foster, yet Dallas's defense held from there on out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nTerrell Owens, having gone through 14-straight games without having a 100-yard receiving day, snapped his futility streak by having 7 catches for 213 yards and a touchdown. His 213 receiving yards would be his 2nd-highest single game total in his career. Tony Romo finished with another 300 yard game giving him 13 300 yard games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nThe Cowboys opened the game with a 5-play 71-yard drive that ended on a touchdown reception by rookie tight end Martellus Bennett. This effort marked the first time the Cowboys scored on their first drive since the last St. Louis game, and the sixth time to do so all season. On the ensuing drive, the Dallas defense forced a Seahawk fumble that was recovered by cornerback Anthony Henry. Dallas was able to drive deep into Seattle territory, and eventually gave the ball to running back Marion Barber for a 1-yard touchdown run. Following the Dallas drive, the Seahawks had to settle for a 44-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nOnce the second quarter began, the Cowboys successfully used their passing game to move to the endzone; tight end Jason Witten scored the touchdown on a 7-yard catch. The touchdown followed by the extra point extended Dallas' lead to 21\u20133. On the next drive, the Cowboys defense limited the Seahawks offense to a punt. Starting a fresh drive at the Cowboy 20, quarterback Tony Romo threw a 38-yard strike to Roy E. Williams. Three consecutive incompletions by Romo led the Cowboys to send in kicker Nick Folk to hit a 41-yard field goal through the uprights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nAfter an unsuccessful offensive drive by the Seahawks, the Dallas offense returned to the field, though were forced to their first three-and-out. Once Seattle got the ball back, quarterback Matt Hasselbeck found two of his receivers who both combined for a gain of 47 yards. The Seahawks, however, lost nine of those yards on two quarterback sacks. They had to settle again for another field goal to cut Dallas' lead to 24\u20136. Both of the team's offenses each had one three-and-out during the 1:31 left in the half. The Cowboys got the ball back, though did not have much time to engineer a successful drive. Romo kneeled to end the half. Overall, Dallas' four scoring drives in the first half consisted of 26 plays, 17 of which occurred on a first down; just three came on third down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 866]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nOnce the third quarter commenced, the Seahawks took the time to move the ball deep into the Dallas red zone. They were stopped on third down at the Dallas 7, and elected to go for their third field goal. This drive took 5:23, the longest drive thus far in the game. On Dallas' next possession, cornerback Marcus Trufant intercepted an endzone pass that was intended for wideout Terrell Owens. The Seahawks offense was unable to capitalize on the turnover, as they were unable to convert for the first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nDallas followed with an unsuccessful drive that ended on their second punt of the game. The Seahawks faced their second three-and-out of the quarter on their ensuing possession; their punt led Dallas to field their offense at the Dallas 44. After two plays, Romo threw to Owens for a 33-yard gain. Owens scored a touchdown off a 19-yard catch on the next play, extending the Cowboys' lead to 31\u20139. Seattle failed again to produce a score during the two minutes left in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nDallas had the ball in possession once the fourth quarter began. The Cowboys gave the ball to rookie running back Tashard Choice to drain the clock. Choice contributed a total of 62 rushing yards to the drive, including long gain of 27. Despite Choice's help, Dallas had to score a field goal to complete the 6-minute drive. Trailing 34\u20139, the Seahawks still aimed to score a touchdown. Their effort was cut short when Cowboys cornerback Terrence Newman compiled an interception at the Dallas 2 on the Seahawks' third play of the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nWith 7:51 remaining in the game, Dallas was not able to convert for the first down and punted the ball, which the Seahawks retrieved at their 43. During the final six minutes of the game, the Seahawks pulled another three-and-out. Dallas then continued to run out the clock but had to give the ball back to Seattle. The Seahawks still had a chance to score in the final two minutes, but fell short again. The Cowboys won 34\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nLinebacker DeMarcus Ware finished with 4 tackles and 3 sacks, which earned him the NFL on Fox's 2008 Galloping Gobbler Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nThe Jonas Brothers performed during halftime (one of the members, Nick Jonas, was born in Dallas), while Demi Lovato (also a Dallas native) performed the national anthem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nThis was the Cowboys and Steelers' 30th all time meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn a defensive battle, neither team managed to score in the 1st quarter. In the second quarter, the only scores were a 44-yard field goal by Nick Folk for Dallas and a 24-yard field by Jeff Reed for Pittsburgh. The teams went into halftime tied at 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the 3rd, Tony Romo found Terrell Owens for a 12-yard touchdown pass that broke the tie. Then, a 33-yard field goal by Nick Folk sent the Cowboys into the 4th quarter with a 13\u20133 lead. Midway through the 4th, Jeff Reed connected on a 41-yard field goal to cut the Cowboys' lead to 13\u20136. Then, Ben Roethlisberger and Tight End Heath Miller hooked up for a 6-yard Steelers touchdown that tied the game at 13. On the ensuing Dallas possession, Tony Romo was intercepted by Deshea Townsend who returned it 25 yards for a touchdown, and Pittsburgh led 20\u201313. After the kickoff, the Cowboys failed to convert on a 4th-and-10 and the Steelers got the ball back. They were then able to run the clock out and seal the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 803]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the Cowboys falling to 8\u20135, the New York Giants clinched the NFC East (despite losing to the Eagles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. New York Giants\nIn battle for field position the first points came in the second quarter with Tony Romo connecting with Patrick Crayton on a 34-yard touchdown pass. New York answered with a 34-yard field goal from John Carney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. New York Giants\nAs New York tried to get a drive going they contended with the a Dallas defence that leads the league in sacks. Quarterback Eli Manning was brought down eight times during the game. In the fourth quarter Dallas extended its small lead with a 1-yard touchdown pass to full back Deon Anderson. After a mistake by the Dallas offensive line the Giants scored a safety. Later John Carney nailed a 47-yard field goal to make the score 14\u20138 for Dallas. With 2:24 left on the clock Dallas sealed the win with a 38-yard touchdown run by Tashard Choice. The two-point conversion failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. New York Giants\nWith the win, Dallas improved to 9\u20135. This would be the last Cowboys win at Texas Stadium and for the 2008 NFL Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nComing off their win over the Giants, the Cowboys stayed at home for a Week 16 interconference battle with the Baltimore Ravens, in what would be the final game at Texas Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the first quarter, Dallas struck first as rookie running back Tashard Choice got a 2-yard touchdown run. The Ravens would respond with a 26-yard field goal from kicker Matt Stover. Baltimore would take the lead in the second quarter as Stover got a 29-yard and a 37-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Ravens increased their lead as quarterback Joe Flacco completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Derrick Mason. The Cowboys answered in the fourth quarter as kicker Nick Folk got a 35-yard field goal, but Baltimore answered right back with Stover's 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nDallas tried to rally as quarterback Tony Romo completed a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Terrell Owens, but the Ravens struck right back as running back Willis McGahee got a 77-yard touchdown run. The Cowboys tried to come back as Romo completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jason Witten, but the Ravens pulled away with fullback Le'Ron McClain's 82-yard touchdown run (the longest TD run that the Cowboys would ever give up during their tenure at Texas Stadium).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nWith the loss, Dallas fell to 9\u20136 on the season and 0\u20133 all-time against the Ravens. For a while they lost their chances of controlling the NFC Wild Card spot, but got it back the next day with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers losing 41\u201324 to the San Diego Chargers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 17: at. Philadelphia Eagles\nHoping to recover from their home loss to the Ravens, the Cowboys closed out their regular season at Lincoln Financial Field in a crucial Week 17 NFC East rematch with the Philadelphia Eagles, with a playoff berth on the line. Dallas trailed early in the first quarter as Eagles David Akers got a 40-yard field goal. Dallas would respond with kicker Nick Folk getting a 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0050-0001", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 17: at. Philadelphia Eagles\nHowever, in the second quarter, Philadelphia would take a huge lead as quarterback Donovan McNabb would get a 1-yard touchdown run and complete a 4-yard touchdown pass to running back Correll Buckhalter, along with a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brent Celek. Afterwards, the Eagles would close out the half with a 50-yard field goal from Akers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 17: at. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys' playoff hopes continued to fade as defensive end Chris Clemons returned a fumble 73 yards for a touchdown, while cornerback Joselio Hanson returned another fumble 96 yards for a touchdown. Philadelphia would close out the period with Akers' 41-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196350-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season results, Week 17: at. Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, the Cowboys finished 9\u20137, ensuring they would be 0\u20139 in Week 17 games since 2000. Also with the loss, the Cowboys were eliminated from playoff contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196351-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Cup\nThe 2008 Dallas Cup was the 29th since its establishment, 12 teams entering in the tournament. The competition was sponsored by Dr Pepper. Liverpool beat UANL Tigres 3\u20130 in the Championship and won the 2008 Dallas Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196352-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Desperados season\nThe 2008 Dallas Desperados season is the seventh season for the franchise. The Desperados finished the regular season 12\u20134, but despite having the second best record in the National Conference, they made the playoffs as the 3rd seed because they did not win their division. Their Wild Card round opponent was the New York Dragons, a team which the Desperados had defeated in both regular season meetings. The Dragons, unfortunately for the Desperados, won the game that counted the most of the three, eliminating the Desperados from the playoffs by a score of 77\u201363.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196352-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Desperados season, Standings\nz - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196352-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dallas Desperados season, Roster\nRookies in italics updated July 26, 200819 Active, 8 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196353-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dally M Awards\nThe 2008 Dally M Awards were presented on Tuesday 9 September 2008 at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney and broadcast on Fox Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196353-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dally M Awards, Dally M Awards\nThe Dally M Awards were, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and hence do not take games played in the finals series into account. Billy Slater would have won the award had it not been for a one-week suspension for an on-field fight that occurred late in the season which deducted three votes from his tally. Some experts called for a change in the rules claiming he deserved the award for being the best player that season despite the suspension but this never eventuated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196353-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dally M Awards, Footnotes\nThis rugby league competition article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196354-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Damallsvenskan\nThe 2008 Damallsvenskan was the 21st season of the Damallsvenskan, the highest level of professional women's football in Sweden, with 12 teams competing. The season ran from 6 April to 18 October. For the fourth time in a row the league was won by Ume\u00e5 IK. Newly promoted Ume\u00e5 S\u00f6dra were  relegated, as were B\u00e4linge. Manon Melis and Marta finished as the season's top scorers with 23 goals. Prior to the season's last game, Marta was on 17 goals, but she managed to catch up with Melis by scoring six times in an 11\u20131 win over relegated B\u00e4linge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196354-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Damallsvenskan, Summary\nThe game Link\u00f6pings FC\u2013Ume\u00e5 IK (1\u20134) on 3 september was played at Folkungavallen in Link\u00f6ping in front of 9 413 spectators, leading to a new Damallsvenskan record attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing\nThe 2008 Damascus car bombing was a car bombing that occurred on 27 September 2008 in the Syrian capital of Damascus. The explosion left 17 people dead and 14 injured. A car, laden with 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of explosives detonated in the Sidi Kadad suburb of the capital, at approximately 8:45am. The blast occurred roughly 100 metres from a security installation on the road to Damascus International Airport at an intersection leading to the Sit Zeinab shrine, popular with Shia pilgrims from Iran and Lebanon. Security forces cordoned off the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing\nIt was the first major explosion in Syria since the car bomb assassination of Imad Mughniyah, a high-ranking military commander in Hezbollah in February 2008, and also the most lethal bomb attack in Syria since 1996. It was the deadliest since a spate of attacks in the 1980s blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood left nearly 150 dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing\nNo group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing\nAt the time, such attacks were rare in Syria and the blast was seen as the worst threat to national security in many years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing, Background\nThe attack followed two politically motivated assassinations in Syria that occurred in 2008. The first took place when Hezbollah member Imad Moughniyah was killed by a car bomb in February 2008. The second occurred only a month before the car bombing in Damascus, when General Mohammed Suleiman, a high-ranking aide to President Bashar Assad was killed in Tartous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing, Background\nSyria also experienced riots at a prison near Damascus earlier in the year. These events were all highly irregular, as Syria maintains a generally well-held grip on internal security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing, Target\nThough the blast was believed to be targeted towards a senior intelligence official, only civilians were killed. Others, including a traffic policeman, were harmed in the attack. Asharq Alawsat reported that a brigadier-general was killed, and that the building was used by the Palestine branch of Syrian Military Intelligence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing, Target\nThe official SANA news agency said authorities were conducting DNA tests to identify the attacker and that several people have been detained in connection with the attack. According to their report, the attacker belonged to a Muslim extremist group and that the car crossed into Syria from a neighbouring Arab country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing, Target\nA witness had told the Reform Party of Syria that the blast occurred after the car pulled out of a car depot belonging to the Palestine Branch, a group that is part of Syrian Intelligence. Sources have said the car was fitted with the explosives while inside the depot, leading to speculation the explosion was a 'work accident.' The party reported on their website that most of those killed in the bombing were intelligence officials, contrary to government claims that all of the casualties were civilian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing, Perpetrators\nIn November 2008, Syrian television aired the purported confessions of 10 radicals for their role in the bombing. They were all members of the Fatah al-Islam group, an al-Qaeda-inspired organisation based in northern Lebanon. Among them was Wafa Abssi, daughter of Fatah al-Islam leader Shaker al-Abssi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing, Perpetrators\nThe programme also said the suicide bomber was a Saudi national.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing, Reactions\nSyrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majeed condemned the car bombing as a \"cowardly terrorist act. \", and also said on state television that \"we cannot accuse any party. There are ongoing investigations that will lead us to those who carried it out.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing, Reactions\nForeign secretary David Miliband of the United Kingdom said, \"Such acts of terrorism can have no justification, and must be condemned without reservation. My condolences and sympathies go out to all those who have suffered as a result of these atrocities.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing, Reactions\nRussia, France and the United States also condemned the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196355-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Damascus car bombing, Reactions\nSaudi Arabia, which has long had a tense relationship with Syria, is the only country in the Arab world which has not condemned the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196356-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Damxung earthquake\nThe 2008 Damxung earthquake hit Damxung County, Xizang (Tibet), west of Lhasa, in the People's Republic of China around 16:30 China Standard Time on October 6. The Chinese state media reported that the earthquake caused 10 deaths as of October 7. Three aftershocks above magnitude 5 followed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196356-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Damxung earthquake\nThe 2008 Damxung earthquake struck further southwest than the similar 1952 Damxung earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196357-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish Cup Final\nThe 2008 Danish Cup Final was the final and deciding match of the 2007-08 Danish Cup. It took place on Thursday, 1 May 2008 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. Br\u00f8ndby IF, the Superliga number 9 of the day, met the then number 8 Esbjerg fB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196357-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish Cup Final\nBr\u00f8ndby had won the Cup on five previous occasions (1989, 1994, 1998, 2003, and 2005), while Esbjerg took the trophy in 1964 and 1976, but lost the final in 2006 to Randers FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196358-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Danish Figure Skating Championships (Danish: Danmarks Mesterskaberne 2008) was held at the Gladsaxe Sk\u00f8jtehal in Gladsaxe from November 30 through December 2, 2007. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the levels of senior, junior, novice, and the pre-novice levels of debs, springs, and cubs. Not all disciplines were held on all levels due to a lack of participants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196358-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish Figure Skating Championships\nThe junior compulsory dance was the Blues. The first novice compulsory dance was the Rocker Foxtrot and the second was the European Waltz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196359-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish Individual Speedway Championship\nThe 2008 Danish Individual Speedway Championship was the 2008 edition of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship. The final was staged over two rounds, at Holsted and Outrup, and was won by Nicki Pedersen. It was Pedersen's fifth national title, taking him level with Erik Gundersen in third place on the all-time list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196360-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish National Badminton Championships\nThe 2008 Danish National Badminton Championships were held in Frederikshavn from January 31 to February 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad\nThe 2008 Danish embassy bombing was an attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan on 2 June 2008. The suspected suicide car bombing in the parking lot of the embassy took place at around 12:10\u00a0pm (UTC+5), killing at least six and wounding many more. The Danish national security intelligence agency PET concluded that al-Qaeda was behind the attack. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack on 5 June 2008. The attack was confirmed to be an answer to the reprinting of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's Muhammed cartoons in February 2006, as well as the presence of Danish troops in Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, The attack\nAround 12:10\u00a0pm on 2 June 2008, a stolen Toyota Corolla with a man at the wheel arrived at high speed, passing in front of the entrance of the Danish embassy, then stopping at the parking lot in front of the complex. Seconds later a suicide car bomb detonated, killing at least six and wounding several others. The events leading up to the explosion and the explosion itself was captured on tape by the embassy's video surveillance cameras, which was gathered by the PET and then handed over to Pakistani authorities as part of their criminal enquiry. The car used to bomb the embassy was able to get past heightened security because it had diplomatic registration plates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, The attack\nThe blast left a large crater in front of the building, as well as significant structural damage. A cloud of black smoke was reported to be visible across the city of Islamabad. A Pakistani Development Organisation building took the brunt of the blast as well as the Danish embassy. Other offices and residential building also were damaged by the car bomb. The residences of the Dutch ambassador and the Australian defense attache, located near the Danish embassy, were damaged in the blast, but none of their staff were reported injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, The attack\nThe blast also shattered the windowpanes of the nearby \"India House\", which houses India's ambassador to Pakistan. There is speculation about the composition of the bomb. Some sources states that 25\u00a0kg of explosives were used, while others states that a combination of fertilisers and diesel fuel, boosted with 5\u00a0kg of explosives were used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, The attack\nThe Danish government received the news of the attack at 9 o'clock in the morning, and the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Per Stig M\u00f8ller immediately condemned the attack on the strongest possible terms, and the Danish cabinet was subsequently called in for an emergency session. Later in the afternoon the Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen followed suit and condemned the attack as well. The Norwegian and Swedish embassies were completely evacuated as a safety precaution, and Danish citizens have been advised against all travel to Pakistan, and if already in the country, to be very careful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, Fatalities\nAt least six people were killed and 24 wounded. According to the charg\u00e9 d'affaires of the embassy in Islamabad, Michael Hjorts\u00f8, none of those killed were Danish employees of the embassy, though two victims were reported to be locals employed at the embassy, and the Danish foreign ministry announced that one victim was a Danish citizen of Pakistani origin not working at the embassy. Damage was also reported at the residence of the Indian High Commissioner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, Fatalities\nA security guard at a nearby United Nations Development Programme building was among those killed. Six of the wounded were UNDP employees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, Threats\nPrior to the explosion, the Danish Embassy had received several threats, the last as late as a month before the attack, Pakistani media reported on tribal people who threatened to travel to the Pakistani capital of Islamabad to blow up the Danish embassy there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, Threats\nOne and a half-month before the attack, Al-Qaeda's then-deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, urged Muslims to strike against Danish targets in an interview published by As-Sahab.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, Threats\nIn the interview, published 17 April 2008 al-Zawahiri asked why he in 2003 threatened Norway, Denmark and other countries for their support for the United States and the fight against terrorism, saying: \"We have threatened Norway and all other countries participating in the war against the Muslims, as part of the defence of our ideology, nation, ourselves and our sacred riter, the al-Zawahiri and continues: \"Denmark has done its utmost to demonstrate its hostility against Muslims by repeatedly dishonoring the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him salvation. I exhort and encourage any Muslim who has the opportunity, to harm Denmark to thereby show your support for our Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him salvation, and defend his esteemed honor.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, Threats\nDenmark had downgraded the embassy threat in response to perceived security threats, as well as other embassies in the Islamic world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, The perpetrators\nThe Danish national security intelligence agency PET concluded that the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda was behind the attack. The possibility of either direct Al-Qaida involvement or Al-Qaeda inspired groups is high, due to the fact that the terrorist attack against the Danish embassy came a month and a half after Al-Qaeda's then-deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, urged Muslims to strike against Danish targets in the interview published by As-Sahab on 17 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, The perpetrators\nAccording to statements from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: \"There are signs that as a result of the current events there is a sharpened focus on Denmark also among the leading militant extremists abroad, and that such environments have a desire to carry out terrorist acts against Denmark, as well as against the Danes and Danish interests abroad. This is especially true in areas where Al-Qaeda-related groups are active\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, The perpetrators\nAccording to sources close to the Danish government and PET, the main suspects behind the attack were, until the proclamation made by Al-Qaeda, the Taliban. However, the Taliban denied having any role in the attack. If they had been those responsible for the attack, that would have made the second terrorist attack carried out by Taliban targeting Scandinavians; the first being the attack on Serena Hotel in Kabul on 14 January, where a Norwegian delegation under Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re, which resided at the time of the attack, was allegedly the target. Nevertheless, this is the second terrorist attack where Scandinavians had been the target.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, The perpetrators\nOn 5 June, an online posting attributed to Mustafa Abu al-Yazid on a jihadist website claimed that Al-Qaeda planned the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, The perpetrators\nAl Qaeda's chief of operations for Pakistan, Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam was believed to have masterminded the attack. He was killed in a drone strike along with his lieutenant, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, on 1 January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, Details, The perpetrators\nThree men charged in the attack were acquitted in a Pakistani court on 25 Sep 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, International reactions, Countries\nChina strongly condemns and firmly opposes any form of terrorism. Together with the international community including Denmark, China is committed to make consistent efforts for peace and stability in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196361-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad, International reactions, Countries\nSarkozy: \"We were appalled to learn of the attack this morning outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad. We condemn it in the strongest possible terms. We offer our condolences and sympathy to the victims\u2019 families and our solidarity and support to the Pakistani and Danish authorities. France reiterates its determination to combat extremism and terrorism alongside its Pakistani and European partners\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196362-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Danmark Rundt\nThe 2008 Danmark Rundt was a men's road bicycle race held from 30 July to 3 August 2008. It was the 18th edition of the men's stage race, which was established in 1985. The race was won by Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang of Team Saxo Bank. Steve Cummings of Barloworld finished second by nine seconds with Tom Stamsnijder of Team Gerolsteiner third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196362-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Danmark Rundt, Final classifications\nDanish rider Jakob Fuglsang won the race by nine seconds from Steve Cummings. Tom Stamsnijder was placed third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196362-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Danmark Rundt, Final classifications\nThe points winner was Matti Breschel with Kristoffer Gudmund Nielsen the winner of the mountains classification for best climber. Fuglsang also won the white jersey for the best young rider award and Martin Mortensen was awarded the fighters award for the race. Team CSC Saxo Bank won the overall team competition from Team Columbia with Team Gerolsteiner in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196363-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dartmouth Big Green football team\nThe 2008 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green finished last in the Ivy League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196363-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dartmouth Big Green football team\nIn its fourth consecutive season under head coach Eugene \"Buddy\" Teevens (his ninth overall), the team compiled an 0\u201310 record and was outscored 343 to 129. Andrew Dete, Alex Rapp and Milan Williams were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196363-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dartmouth Big Green football team\nThe Big Green's winless (0\u20137) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth was outscored 223 to 77 by Ivy opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196363-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dartmouth Big Green football team\nDartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196364-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Daventry District Council election\nElections to Daventry District Council  in Northamptonshire, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196364-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Daventry District Council election\nNo seats changed hands at the election with the Conservative Party winning 10 of the 12 seats up for election. The British National Party were pleased with the second place they achieved in Drayton ward feeling they could build on the performance but the other parties were happy that they had been defeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196365-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors\nThe 2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the event known that year as the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from 20 October through 26 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196365-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors\nThe singles field was led by ATP No. 2, Olympic doubles gold medalist, US Open, Estoril and Halle titlist, two-time Basel defending champion Roger Federer, Buenos Aires and Stockholm winner David Nalbandian, and Stuttgart, Kitzb\u00fchel, Los Angeles and Washington titlist Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro. Also lined up were Delray Beach and Houston runner-up James Blake, Doha and Rome Masters finalist Stanislas Wawrinka, Igor Andreev, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych and Mardy Fish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196365-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors\nFirst-seeded and defending champion Roger Federer won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196365-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Finals, Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi /  Mark Knowles defeated  Christopher Kas /  Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6\u20133, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196366-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196366-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors \u2013 Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20133, against Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196367-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors \u2013 Singles\nFirst-seeded Roger Federer was the defending champion, and won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against David Nalbandian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196368-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup\nThe 2008 Davis Cup was the 97th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred others took part in different regional groups. The first matches were played on February 8\u201310. The final took place on November 21\u201323 at Estadio Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina, with Spain beating Argentina 3\u20131 to clinch their 3rd Davis Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196368-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup, World Group Play-offs\nThe eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs. Eight seeded teams, based on the Davis Cup rankings as of 14 April, were drawn against eight unseeded teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 37], "content_span": [38, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196369-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone\nThe Americas Zone is one of three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196370-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I\nThe Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196370-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I\nIn the Americas Zone there are three different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196371-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone\nThe Asia/Oceania Zone is one of three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196371-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group III\nTop two teams advance to 1st-4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th-8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196372-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I\nThe Asian and Oceanian Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196372-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I\nIn the Asian and Oceanian Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196373-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone\nThe Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196373-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group III, Venue 2\nNote: Tie between Bosnia & Herzegovina, Lithuania, and Estonia (Pool B) broken on number of rubbers won. Tie between Andorra, Armenia, and Ghana (6th-8th) broken on number of rubbers won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 241]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00196374-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I\nIn the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196375-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II\nThe European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196375-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II\nIn the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196376-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup World Group\nThe World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2008. The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, and the winners progress to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists were guaranteed a World Group spot for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196377-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs\nThe World Group Play-offs were the main play-offs of 2008 Davis Cup. Winners advanced to the World Group, and loser were relegated in the Zonal Regions I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196377-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, Teams\nBold indicates team has qualified for the 2009 Davis Cup World Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500\nThe 2008 Daytona 500, the 50th annual running of the event, was held on February 17, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The race was the 50th to be run since the first in 1959, won by Lee Petty. To commemorate the event, the Harley J. Earl Trophy, which goes to the winner of the race, was plated in gold instead of silver. In addition, the winning car was placed on display for one year at the Daytona 500 Experience attraction just outside Turn Four. Ryan Newman won the race, his only win in the 2008 season and his final win for team owner Roger Penske.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, A number of firsts\nThe race was the first Daytona 500 win for Penske Racing and the first run using NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow, which was introduced in 2007 and became standard in 2008. Additionally, this was the first official race under the new Sprint Cup banner as the telecommunications giant replaces Nextel as the series sponsor after their 2005 merger. Ryan Newman's victory with the number 12 car in the Daytona 500 was the first time since Bobby Allison's #12 won the race in 1988, 20 years prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Television and radio coverage\nThe race was televised on FOX in the USA, with the telecast scheduled beginning at 2 p.m. EST. 1960 Daytona 500 winner Junior Johnson drove the pace car and the green flag was waved the honorary starter, seven-time race winner Richard Petty around 3:30\u00a0p.m. Radio coverage was handled by MRN Radio and started at about 2:30 EST. Trisha Yearwood performed the national anthem, followed by a flyover from the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds precision flying team. As many as 31 past champions of this race served as Grand Marshals for this historic event to deliver the command to start the engines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Celebrity tickets for charity\nTo commemorate the golden running of \"The Great American Race\", Daytona International Speedway held a \u201cCelebrity Tickets for Charity\u201d competition. Those designs were whittled on daytona500.com by internet users down to the top ten choices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Celebrity tickets for charity\nCelebrities including Daytona 500 winners Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Michael Waltrip, Jimmie Johnson and Mario Andretti, sitcom stars Jason Lee and Leah Remini, TV hosts Kelly Ripa (Live with Regis and Kelly), Jeff Foxworthy (Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?) and Carson Daly (Last Call with Carson Daly), NASCAR announcers Mike Joy from FOX and Dr. Jerry Punch from ESPN, wrestler Goldberg and skateboarding legend Tony Hawk submitted ticket designs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Celebrity tickets for charity\nA blue-ribbon panel made up of NASCAR's family selected the winner and announced it prior to the running of the Pepsi 400, with the ten finalists among Harvick (defending 2007 champion), Earnhardt, Jr. (2004 winner), Andretti (1967 winner) and Marvin Panch (1961 winner), Hawk, Joy, Katie Cole (the second of two designs), Foxworthy, and two children \u2013 17-year-old Patrick McRae (for Jimmie Johnson, the 2006 winner) and seven-year-old Derek Wynne (for owner Rick Hendrick). Foxworthy was later declared the winner of the contest and his winning ticket artwork along with the others of all the celebrities were auctioned off to benefit the Jeff Gordon Foundation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Purse\nAs befitting the official start of the NASCAR season, the posted awards (announced on January 28, 2008) was a record $18,689,238 (US), with the winning team and their driver taking home a minimum of $1,445,250.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Qualifying, Pole\nAs is the unique approach that is The Great American Race, qualifying, which was held on February 10, only the top two drivers (which will be the front row) were locked in, with Jimmie Johnson taking position one and Michael Waltrip sitting next to him. Also qualifying via the fastest speeds among the \"Go or Go Home\" entries were Joe Nemechek and David Reutimann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Qualifying, Gatorade Duels\nThe remaining spots were determined by the top finishers excluding the front row drivers in two 150-mile (240\u00a0km) races called the Gatorade Duels, which were raced February 14, which filled the next 36 positions. The remaining spots were determined by exemptions and the fastest speeds and a champions provisional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Qualifying, Gatorade Duels, Results of the Duels\nNOTE: Race #2 was extended four laps due to green-white-checker finish rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 66], "content_span": [67, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Race\nIn the beginning of the race, Jimmie Johnson and Michael Waltrip started on the front row. For the first 151 laps, there were only two caution flags, both thrown for debris. Jeff Gordon went to the garage after leading a few laps due to a broken suspension. On lap 161, David Ragan tried to block Matt Kenseth but brought out the 3rd caution when Ragan squeezed Kenseth into the wall. The next caution flew on lap 176, when Johnson spun out on the backstretch, and Martin Truex Jr. spun because of the shuffle in the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Race\nClint Bowyer led the next two laps, but was shuffled through the field and was eventually spun by Juan Pablo Montoya, bringing out the 5th caution. However, he did not have any damage from the crash. The biggest crash occurred on lap 189 when Kevin Harvick knocked Dave Blaney into the wall, collecting Mark Martin, Michael Waltrip, Casey Mears, Denny Hamlin, Travis Kvapil, and Carl Edwards. Mears did not pit and wound up 4th in the field despite minor damage. On lap 195, Jeff Burton worked his way up to first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Race\nMears tried to block Tony Stewart, who went with Burton, but turned himself into the wall, bringing out another caution. Burton had a fuel problem on the restart, resulting in Stewart passing him on the outside, bringing Ryan Newman, Kurt and Kyle Busch and Reed Sorenson. Stewart led the next two laps. On the last lap, Ky. Busch jumped to the inside, bringing Stewart with him. Newman was on the outside now. It was a shootout going into the final turn between Newman, Stewart, and the Busch Brothers. Ky. Busch jumped to the inside of Stewart, but Ku. Busch pushed Newman, allowing him to win the 50th running of the Daytona 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Race, Results\n(W) \u2013 Denotes former race winner. (R) \u2013 Denotes rookie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Race, Results\nAverage Speed: 152.672\u00a0mph (245.702\u00a0km/h)Margin of Victory: .092 secondsTime of Race: Three hours, 16 minutes and 30 secondsLead Changes: 42 among 17 driversCautions: Seven for 23 laps", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196378-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Daytona 500, Race, Results\n* \u2014 On Wednesday, February 20, NASCAR docked Robby Gordon and his self-owned team both 100 owner and driver points for violations during the first day of inspections back on February 8, including an illegal nose cover. His crew chief, Frank Kerr, was fined $100,000, suspended for the next six races starting at California, and was placed on probation until 12/31/08 as a result. An appeal, heard on March 5, the points penalties and the Kerr suspension were overturned, however, the fine was increased to $150,000,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196379-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dehiwala train bombing\nThe 2008 Dehiwala train bombing was a bombing of a commuter train, running from Colombo to Panadura on May 26, 2008, in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, a suburb of Colombo. The bombing killed 9 people and injured at least 67. The Sri Lankan military blames the LTTE for the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196379-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dehiwala train bombing\nWSWS claims that it is possible that the attack was carried out by the LTTE in retaliation to a bomb blast targeting a van on May 23 in LTTE controlled area, which they (the LTTE) claimed to be carried out by the Sri Lankan military.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196379-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dehiwala train bombing\nJune 4, 2008 a bomb exploded between the railway tracks hit by packed commuter train at 0710 local time between the Dehiwala and Wellawatte railway stations on the same rail line, injured at least 24 civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196380-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election\nThe 2008 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election was a municipal election to the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, which governs Dehradun, the largest city in Uttarakhand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196380-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election\nVinod Chamoli of the Bharatiya Janata Party was elected mayor. The BJP won 28 of the 60 seats, and the Indian National Congress won 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196381-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Delaware Democratic presidential primary was held on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 15 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Delaware's subdivisions was awarded those subdivisions' delegates, totaling 10. Another five delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 15 delegates represented Delaware at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Eight other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196381-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nBarack Obama's win in the Delaware Democratic Primary can be traced to a number of factors. According to the exit polls, 64 percent of voters in the Delaware Democratic Primary were Caucasian and they favored Clinton by a margin of 56-40 compared to the 28 percent of African American voters who backed Obama by a margin of 86-9. Obama won all age groups except senior citizens ages 65 and over who strongly backed Clinton by a margin of 56-38.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196381-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Delaware Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama also won middle class and more affluent voters making over $30,000 while Clinton won lower middle class and less affluent voters making less than $30,000. Obama also won higher-educated voters (college graduates 60-35; postgraduate studies 66-32) while high school graduates backed Clinton 51-44; both candidates evenly split voters who had some college and/or an associate degree 47-47. Registered Democrats favored Obama 54-42 while Independents also backed him by a margin of 50-44; he also won all ideological groups. Regarding religion, Obama won all major denominations except Roman Catholics who backed Clinton with a 60-35 margin \u2013 Obama won Protestants 51-47, other Christians 71-24, and atheists/agnostics 60-35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196381-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama performed best in New Castle County, the most populous and urban part of the state which contains Wilmington as well as a large population of African Americans, which he won by a 56.49-39.69 margin of victory. He also narrowly won neighboring Kent County to the south, which contains the state capital of Dover, with 51.76 percent of the vote. Clinton won Sussex County in Southern Delaware, the more rural and conservative part of the state, with 52.73 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196382-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team\nThe 2008 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). K. C. Keeler served as head coach for the seventh season. Keeler twice brought the Blue Hens to the FCS championship game, and won in 2003. In 2007, the team lost in the final to Appalachian State. The 2008 season proved to be one of Delaware's worst seasons in its 117-year history. It was the only year that the Blue Hens have lost eight games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196383-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware House of Representatives election\nAn election was held on November 4, 2008 to elect all 41 members to Delaware's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, state governor and state senate. The primary election was held on September 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196383-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware House of Representatives election\nDemocrats regained control of the House after 24 years after gaining seven seats, winning 25 seats compared to 16 seats for the Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196383-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware House of Representatives election\nDemocratic Representative Dianna Williams (District 6) announced immediately after the election that she would be resigning. A special election was held on December 20, 2008 to fill the seat at which Tom Kovach gained the seat for the Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196383-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware House of Representatives election, Results, District\nResults of the 2008 Delaware House of Representatives election by district:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196384-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Delaware Republican presidential primary was held on February 5 (Super Tuesday). A total of 18 delegates were selected. The Delaware Republican Party rallied behind John McCain, and  was the declared winner of the primary election after successfully taking all three Delaware counties. McCain was followed by Mitt Romney in second and then by Mike Huckabee in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196384-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware Republican presidential primary, Candidates\nCandidates Rudy Giuliani, Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson, and Tom Tancredo had dropped out of the presidential race before the Delaware primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196384-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware Republican presidential primary, Analysis\nMcCain was the expected favorite in the 2008 primary among the Republican candidates; his campaign was led by Delaware's only House representative, Rep. Michael N. Castle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196384-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware Republican presidential primary, Analysis\nIn Delaware, 27,412 of the 102, 455 registered Republicans voted in the election, resulting in a 26.76 percent turn-out rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196385-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware State Hornets football team\nThe 2008 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Al Lavan and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They and finished the season with a record of 5\u20136 overall and 5\u20133 in MEAC play, tying for second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196386-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 Delaware gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the United States presidential election. Democratic state Treasurer Jack Markell defeated Republican William Swain Lee in a landslide, succeeding incumbent Ruth Ann Minner, also a Democrat, who was prevented from running for a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196386-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware gubernatorial election\nAs of 2008, Democrats had controlled the Delaware governorship for 16 years. In an upset, state Treasurer Jack Markell defeated Lieutenant Governor John Carney by 51 to 49% for the Democratic nomination on September 9. The Republican nominee was former state Superior Court Judge William Swain \"Bill\" Lee, defeating airline pilot Michael Protrack. Lee was the Republican nominee for governor in 2004, and lost to Minner by a narrow margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196386-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware gubernatorial election\nThe race received more attention with the potential elevation of U.S. Senator Joe Biden as Barack Obama's choice as his Vice President of the United States. Election of a Republican governor would assist the party by proxy gaining an additional seat in the US Senate. Senator Biden resigned his seat in the United States Senate on January 15, 2009, and Ted Kaufman was appointed by Governor Minner to the vacant seat. Kaufman had previously served as Senator Biden's Chief of Staff during his tenure in the United States Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196387-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the Delaware gubernatorial election. Democratic nominee and Delaware State Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn was elected lieutenant governor over Republican nominee and former State Senator Charlie Copeland in a landslide, succeeding incumbent John Carney, also a Democrat, who instead opted to run for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196387-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election, Candidates, Blue Enigma Party\nCullen withdrew from the race on September 29, but still appeared on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196388-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election\nThe Delhi state assembly elections 2008, which were held on 29 November 2008 for Legislative Assembly of Delhi, led to the formation of Sheila Dikshit's government of Indian National Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing\nThe 27 September 2008 Delhi bombing in India's second largest metropolis left three people dead and twenty-three more injured, on an infamous Saturday. The explosion occurred at 14:15 IST, in Mehrauli's Electronic market called Sarai. Initially, there were reports of two persons, including a thirteen-year-old boy, named Santosh being killed in the attack. However, the next day the death toll rose to three. About 23 others were injured and were treated at AIIMS and Fortis Hospital. The bombing took place exactly two weeks after the five serial blasts in Delhi on 13 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, The blast\nEyewitnesses reported that the blast took place after two men in black dress and wearing helmets and riding a motorcycle dropped a tiffin box in which the bomb was placed. A thirteen-year-old boy named Santosh, who was running an errand for his uncle, to fetch a crate of eggs, picked up the box in an attempt to return it to the bikers, but they refused and fled. People nearby witnessed smoke coming out of the box and advised the boy to get away, but it was too late. The resulting explosion killed the boy and injured 18 others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, The blast\nSantosh's mother Rekha was inconsolable. The locals of Ward No.8, shopkeepers by profession, could not contain their anger at the poor security arrangements and investigation, in spite of the five horrific blasts which had taken place on 13 September 2008, in four places in Delhi. The Washington Post reported that seven of them were in critical condition. The police said that the blast was similar to those near IIT Delhi and Lado Sarai in January and February respectively this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, Aftermath and reaction\nThe Chief Minister of Delhi declared a compensation of Rs. 500,000 to the kin of the dead and Rs. 50,000 plus all costs of treatment to those injured. The blast was condemned by several Indian politicians including Pranab Mukherjee and Lal Krishna Advani. Main opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accused the government of India of being soft on terror. Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, \"The Government is determined to wean out the culprits.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, Aftermath and reaction\nThe series of attacks across major Indian cities since May 2008 reportedly created a sense of fear and insecurity among India's populace. According to a survey held by CNN-IBN and Hindustan Times, 81% of urban Indians felt scared after the recent surge in terror attacks. Of those who were surveyed, 90% said that India needed much stronger laws to tackle terrorism, while the remainder said India did not need any such tougher laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, Aftermath and reaction\nThe Hindu reported that usually crowded shopping areas in Delhi bore a deserted look during the weekend as a consequence of the blast. According to the Indian Express, shopkeepers had kept away from the flower market in Mehrauli, the blast site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, Aftermath and reaction\nFollowing the blast, the security arrangements for the Australian cricket team, currently on a tour of India, was tightened. Cricket Australia was reported to be reviewing security arrangements in Delhi where it is scheduled to play a test match against Indian cricket team in late October 2008. However, in a statement Cricket Australia said that the test match in Delhi will go ahead as per schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, Investigation\nAccording to the Hindu, two men on a motorcycle wearing black shirts, jeans and helmets planted the bomb. Investigating authorities revealed that ammonium nitrate, sulphur and potassium were used to cause the low-intensity blast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, Investigation\nA team of National Security Guards was deployed to assist the investigating authorities. Delhi Police had detained five persons at the Indira Gandhi International Airport whom they suspected of having a role in the blast. According to Hindustan Times, the police also selected several Bangladeshis for interrogation. NDTV said that there was a possibility that the attack was not carried out by the Indian Mujahideen, which claimed responsibility for the serial attacks in Delhi two weeks before, since the bomb which went off in Mehrauli was quite different.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, Investigation\nPolice in Faridabad had identified and held the man who sold the SIM card to the terrorists from which the attackers had made a call to media agencies threatening another terror strike moments before the blast. The police also detained the person whose cell phone was used to make the call. The police across NCR had increased patrolling at various access points. The Deputy Commissioner of Police for Delhi, Alok Kumar, said, \"The evidence collected so far indicates that the bomb had no timer or detonator and it was low-intensity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, Investigation\nWe do not think it was linked to the Indian Mujahideen or any other terror group. In the recent past, in the stretch between the IP flyover and the Andheria road-junction in Mehrauli, there have been instances when bike-borne youths have dropped bombs in crowded streets.\" The Indian Express revealed that the bomb was quite similar to those made by Abdul Karim Tunda, an alleged terrorist who has been linked to several prior terrorist attacks in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, Investigation\nThe police also reported that they had received a call before the blasts saying, \"Save Delhi, there will be blast!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, Investigation\nUnlike the Mehrauli and Malegaon blasts investigations, police in Delhi have ruled out Hindu groups as having perpetrated the blasts, a move drawing increasing polarisation as a result of the aforementioned investigation. The groups had been \"under the scanner.\" The police cited their ruling out of the Hindu groups as the \"signature (type) of the explosive used in Mehrauli was different from those used in Modasa and Malegaon.\" He did add that while \"Low-intensity explosives were used in [all] three places... they were not identical.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196389-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombing, Investigation\nThe timer mechanism used in Mehrauli was different from the one used in Malegaon/Modasa that indicates the former was the handiwork of a separate outfit. In Mehrauli, the bomb was timed by its acidic contents, while in Malegaon/Modasa the bomb was set off by a timer based on the batteries of the bikes used to plant them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings\nThe 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings were a series of five synchronised bomb blasts that took place within a span of few minutes on Saturday, 13 September 2008 at various locations in Delhi, India. The first bomb exploded at 18:07 IST, and four other blasts followed in succession, with at least 20 people killed and over 90 injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Background\nThree bomb attacks had already occurred the same year in India. The first of these was on 13 May in Jaipur. The series of nine blasts over a span of 15\u00a0minutes claimed 63 lives, and injured 216. The second series of nine bomb blasts took place on 25 July in Bangalore, and claimed 2 lives, while injuring 20. The next day, on 26 July in Ahmedabad, a spurt of 21 blasts killed 56 people and injured over 200.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Background\nThe Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the Jaipur bombings through an email sent to Indian media and declared \"open war\" against India in retaliation for what it said were 60 years of Muslim persecution and the country's support of United States' policies, most notably the war in Afghanistan. The Times of India has reported that either the banned organisation Students Islamic Movement of India or the militant organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba could be behind the blasts in Bangalore. Similar to the Jaipur case, after the Ahmedabad blasts, several TV channels reported that they received e-mails from the Indian Mujahideen claiming responsibility for the terror attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Background\nPolice say the Indian Mujahideen is an offshoot of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India, but allege that local Muslims are given training and backing from militant groups in neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Details\nFive blasts took place within a span of 31\u00a0minutes from 18:07 to 18:38 IST (12:37 to 13:08 UTC) in busy markets or commercial localities. Four bombs were defused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Details\nThe first blast took place at 18:07 at Ghaffar market (a municipal market along a stretch of Ajmal Khan Road, Karol Bagh) in which at least 20 people were injured. They were rushed to nearby RML hospital. The explosive was kept near a car, and resulted in a cylinder blast in an auto rickshaw, which was subsequently thrown up several feet into the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Details\nImmediately after, two explosions took place in Connaught Place in which at least 10 people were injured. Police and witnesses said that the bombs went off in dustbins in and around Connaught Place, a shopping and dining area popular with tourists and locals in the centre of the city. The first of these blasts occurred on Barakhamba Road, near Nirmal Tower and Gopal Das Bhavan at 18:34. A minute later, the second bomb exploded in the newly constructed Central Park in the centre of the Connaught Place roundabout, built above one of the main stations of the Delhi Metro. An eyewitness reportedly saw two men place the bomb in a dustbin at Central Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Details\nSubsequently, two explosions rocked M-Block market in Greater Kailash-I at 18:37 and 18:38 \u2013 the first near the popular Prince Paan Corner, and the other near a Levi's store. The latter damaged 10 shops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Details\nPreliminary examination of the blast site said that low intensity ammonium nitrate tied to integrated circuits with timer devices had been used in almost all the serial blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Details\nFour bombs were also defused \u2013 the first one at India Gate, the second outside Regal Cinema in Connaught Place, the third in Connaught Place, and the fourth on Parliament Street.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Details\nOn the evening of 13 September 2008, IBN reported at least 30 deaths and over 100 injured. AFP reported that \"Indian police (New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat) said Sunday that 20 people were killed and close to 100 injured.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Response, Police and security\nSecurity was tightened across the national capital, with police personnel fanning out to railway and Metro stations, hospitals, bus terminals, the airport and other sensitive points like cinema halls, shopping malls and religious places. Barricades were put up on most city roads to check traffic. Several major markets, including the Sarojini Nagar market, which was targeted in the previous Diwali-eve blasts in 2005, were shut down and evacuated. Cyber-caf\u00e9 owners were asked to keep a tab on customers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Response, Police and security\nA Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) spokesperson state that \"security has already been strengthened and frisking and checking of the commuters have been stepped up. The Metro is under constant vigil\". He added that extra personnel had been pressed into service to keep an eye on commuters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Response, Press confusion\nThe confusion in the aftermath of the blasts was evident in the press reports immediately following. The general consensus was that the blasts had claimed 18 lives. However, there was some disparity, with CNN claiming as low as 15, to NDTV claiming as high as 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Response, Press confusion\nEven after some time had passed, the numbers of people killed and injured reported by various sources varied. At the lower end, The New York Times in 2011 reported the death toll as \"more than 20 people\", and The Hindu noted that number of deaths as \"at least 25\". Meanwhile, a 2010 report by the Centre for Land Warfare Studies indicates 26 dead and 100 injured, and a 2009 article by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses claims 30 dead and nearly 90 injured. In 2018, NDTV was still reporting 30 dead and 100 injured, but The Times of India was putting the number of injuries at 135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Response, Press confusion\nThere was also some controversy over blast sites and the sites where bombs were defused, most notably Zee News reporting a bomb being defused at Central Park, while the Outlook Magazine stated that the park itself was a bomb site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Responsibility\nThe Islamist \"Indian Mujahideen\" sent an e-mail to all major TV channels, informing them of the blasts just after the first one occurred. In the case of the bomb blasts in Jaipur, and Ahmedabad, e-mails were sent before the blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Responsibility\nIndian Mujahideen strikes back once more. Within 5\u00a0minutes from now... This time with the Message of Death, dreadfully terrorising you for your sins. And thus our promise will be fulfilled. Inshallah... Do whatever you want and stop us if you can.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Responsibility\nThe email was sent from Arbi Hindi. The email threatened nine blasts. A 13-page attached document depicts photographs of the previous blasts under the caption \"our jihad\". The Delhi blasts are, according to the email, a direct reaction to the raids carried on and after the Ahmedabad blasts, and \"harassments imposed by your (Indian) ATS and the police on the innocent Muslims\". The document also mentions Amarnath dispute, violence against Christians in Orissa, Babri Masjid demolition and Gujarat riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Responsibility\nThe email was traced to Chembur, an eastern suburb of Mumbai. Mumbai's anti-Terrorism squad (ATS) confirmed that WiFi of the owner firm \"Kamran Power\" was hacked and used for sending the mail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Responsibility\nReports claim that the Indian Mujahideen called this operation \"Operation B-A-D\", encompassing the Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi Bombings. Intelligence officials had intercepted a call made \"from the across the border\" claiming \"Operation BAD is successful\", after the Ahmedabad blasts, which the Gujarat police that interpreted as Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Delhi, though the dates and specific places were not known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Investigation\nTwo persons were detained from Connaught Place area soon after the blasts. Delhi Police said an 11-year-old boy had claimed to have seen the perpetrators; he informed police that the suspects, clad in black kurta-pyjamas, were seen placing bags in a dustbin. The Delhi Police soon, within three hours of the blast, arrested another person who the police suspect to be the mastermind of the blast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Investigation\nPreliminary investigation by police reveal Indian Mujahideen-SIMI cell led by Abdul Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqir, having information technology background from Mumbai, to be involved. Another person named Qayamuddin is also under investigation. Four more people have also been detained and questioned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Investigation\nIn the morning of 19 September, the Batla House encounter took place, in which Delhi Police shot down two persons, thought to be suspects, hiding in L-18 block of Jamia Nagar, Delhi. Two others suspects were arrested while one managed to escape. Bashir alias Atif, believed to be the mastermind was one of the two killed. Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, who was injured in the encounter, died in a hospital. He was credited with helping to have killed 35 terror suspects, 85 arrests and also the winner of 75-odd encounters, 150 medals and seven gallantry awards. Later, the intelligence team said that the arrested allegedly had links with Dubai and further questioned if they had any link with Dawood Ibrahim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Investigation\nOn 23 September, the police arrested five more people from Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh. All five are suspected to be part of the Indian Mujahadeen's think tank. The men were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Investigation\nOn 4 October they were sent by the judicial Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to 12 days' policy custody.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Investigation\nThe crime branch has claimed that these are the operatives who had introduced themselves as Pakistanis to perpetrators of 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings. After the 2006 bombings, police had claimed that a group of SIMI terrorists along with five Pakistan nationals had planted bombs in seven trains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Investigation\nOn 11 November, the Madhya Pradesh Anti- Terror Squad (ATS) arrested Qayamuddin Kapadia, a top-ranking member of SIMI and a key conspirator and executor of the Ahmedabad attack. Police claimed that Kapadia admitted his involvement in the Ahmedabad blasts, and that he, along with Abdul Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer of Mumbai and Riaz Bhatkal of Karnataka, collaborated with the SIMI cell led by Atif to carry out the Delhi blasts. Atif was later killed in an encounter with Delhi Police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196390-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Delhi bombings, Investigation\nIn January 2018, Delhi police arrested Qureshi after a gun battle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196391-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships\nThe 2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, from February 11 through February 17, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196391-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships\nThe field was headlined by ATP No. 12, 2007 Davis Cup champion and Australian Open quarterfinalist James Blake, 2007 U.S. Open quarterfinalist Tommy Haas, and 2007 Cincinnati Masters quarterfinalist Sam Querrey. Other top seeds competing were 2007 Tokyo quarterfinalist Dudi Sela, Auckland quarterfinalist Florian Mayer, Vincent Spadea, Victor H\u0103nescu and Mardy Fish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196391-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships\nIn winning the tournament Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese man in nearly sixteen years to win an ATP Tour event. Shuzo Matsuoka, the last one to do so, against Todd Woodbridge at the 1992 Seoul Open, used to coach Nishikori.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196391-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles\nMax Mirnyi /  Jamie Murray defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 6\u20134, 3\u20136, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196392-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nHugo Armando and Xavier Malisse were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196392-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nMax Mirnyi and Jamie Murray won in the final 6\u20134, 3\u20136, [10\u20136], against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196393-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nXavier Malisse was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Bobby Reynolds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196393-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nKei Nishikori won in the final 3\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20134, against James Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires\nThe 2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires were a series of wildfires in the Delta del Paran\u00e1 islands located mainly in Entre R\u00edos, Argentina. It was an unprecedented event that covered major cities as Buenos Aires and Rosario in smoke, affecting the health of millions of people. The first fires were detected on 13 April 2008, and lasted until April 25 \u2013 26, when rain extinguished most of them. Buenos Aires was heavily affected between April 15 and April 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires\nIntentional fires started in April 2008, following the purpose of burning grasslands to adapt the De la Plata Basin wetlands land for a livestock grazing use. However, the drought that this area was experiencing that year turned this fires unmanageable, hitting 172,974 acres (70,000 ha).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires\nThe cloud of smoke that followed the fires caused the worst air pollution in Argentinean history, reaching even Montevideo, Uruguay and forcing airport and highway closures. A significant increase in ocular symptoms and bulbar conjunctival hyperemia, as well as  tear film instability was also proven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires\nThe fires happened again in 2020, with the 2020 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires, Location\nThe fires were located in the Paran\u00e1 Delta islands, part of the R\u00edo de la Plata Basin, which ranges from the Entre R\u00edos to Buenos Aires provinces in Argentina, comprising over 380,000 ha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires, Context\nIn many areas of the world, including Argentina, burning grasslands is a historical procedure to renew the grass. In Argentina, the increase of the soybean price caused the mainland farms (with a better soil) to switch from the more traditional livestock raising activity to soybean farming, displacing the cattle to the less-suitable lands of the Delta islands (its cattleheads raised from 160,000 in 1997 to 1,500,000 in 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires, Context\nHowever, the rancher's controlled fires (which are not as frequent during autumn -April on the summer hemisphere- as they are in Spring) are not the only weighting factor of this disaster. A mix of unusual drought and winds contributed to the big scale of the uncontrolled fires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires, Context\nMeanwhile, the government of Argentina was on a fierce confrontation against the rural sector, which lasted about 129 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires, Chronology\nThe fires were first detected on April 13, 2008 in a lower scale, and worsening from April 15, 2008 The National Agricultural Technology Institute registered 570 fires and a 172,974 acres (70,000 ha) affected area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires, Chronology\nBy April 14, three fires had burnt 10,000 ha and 200 firemen were working to extinguish them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires, Chronology\nOn April 17, then-president Cristina Kirchner made its first public appearance since the fires started, criticizing the irresponsibility behind the fires and saying they reminded her of the 1991 Hudson vulcano eruption. The Environment Secretary requested the public to report fires, to speed up the investigation. That same day, several accidents related to the smoke in highways caused several deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires, Chronology\nOn April 19, Buenos Aires was experiencing eight times more Carbon dioxide than usual (17 ppm), and a twelve times higher amount of ashes in the air. A yellow alert was raised on hospitals (the number of consultations for trouble breathing were 30% higher than normal, 300 people had to be hospitalized), a Subway line was closed, the Buenos Aires city airport closed, and several schools suspended classes. Pharmacies ran out of face masks in a day. Meanwhile, in Zarate (Buenos Aires province), over 200 firemen were trying to extinguish over 300 fires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires, Chronology\nThe Ministry of Interior, Florencio Randazzo, raised criminal charges to 160 ranchers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires, Chronology\nOn April 20, the president made a helicopter flight over the fires, calling the 297 active ones at that date as intentional. Three suspects were arrested for questioning, along with other six persons of interest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196394-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Delta del Paran\u00e1 wildfires, Chronology\nBy April 22, highway crashes caused by the fires' smoke had led to 9 deaths and 40 injured people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention\nThe United States 2008 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party where it adopted its national platform and officially nominated its candidates for president and vice president. The convention was held in Denver, Colorado, from August 25 to 28, 2008, at the Pepsi Center. Senator Barack Obama from Illinois gave his acceptance speech on August 28 at Invesco Field in what the party called an \"Open Convention\". Denver last hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1908. Obama became the party's first nonwhite nominee, and nominee of African descent, for president. Senator Joe Biden from Delaware was nominated for vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention\nObama officially received the nomination for president on August 27, when his former opponent, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, interrupted the official roll call to move that Obama be selected by acclamation. U.S. Senator Joe Biden of Delaware accepted the nomination for vice president on the same night. Obama accepted his nomination the following night in a speech at Invesco Field before a record-setting crowd of 84,000 people in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Leadership\nHoward Dean presided over the political party in his capacity as Chair of the Democratic National Convention. From the national committee, Leah D. Daughtry served as chief executive of the Democratic National Convention Committee. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi served as permanent Chair of the convention. Sharing in her responsibilities in the convention were three co-chairmen: Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Texas State Senator Leticia R. Van de Putte, and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Schedule\nChoosing to hold the convention the day after the Beijing Olympic Games concluded, the Democratic Party convened in Denver in the last week of August, a week before the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. The decision was made, according to the party, to \"maximize momentum for our Democratic ticket in the final months of the Presidential election\". Customarily, the party of the incumbent president holds its convention after the opposing party has held their meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Schedule\nThe Democratic National Committee presented themes for each day of the convention. The August 25 theme was \"One Nation\". The August 26 theme was \"Renewing America's Promise\" while its August 27 theme was \"Securing America's Future\". The August 28 theme highlights Obama's campaign motto, \"Change We Can Believe In\". Featured speakers crafted their messages to the theme of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Early party division\nWith close delegate counts for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, there was early speculation of the first brokered convention in decades. Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean sought to avoid such a circumstance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Early party division\nIn addition to the possibility of a brokered convention, a dispute over seating delegates from Florida and Michigan led some to compare the year's convention with the 1968 Democratic National Convention, which ended in a divided party and unhappiness over the outcome. This speculation ended when Obama was declared the presumptive nominee on June 3, 2008, and Clinton officially announced later that week that she was suspending her campaign and was fully endorsing Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Rules\nOn February 2, 2007, the Democratic Party published \"Call for the 2008 Democratic National Convention,\" the rules governing the convention. There were 3,409.5 pledged delegates, those committed to vote for a particular candidate, selected by primary voters and caucus participants. There were about 823.5 unpledged delegates, those free to vote for any candidate, colloquially known as superdelegates, for a total of about 4,233 delegates, requiring 2,117 votes to constitute a majority of the convention. The superdelegates consisted of DNC members, Democratic Congress members and Governors, and other prominent Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Rules\nThe pledged delegates were allocated among the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, according to two main criteria: 1) proportion of votes each state gave the candidate in the last three Presidential elections; and 2) percentage of votes each state has in the Electoral College. Fixed numbers of delegates were allocated for American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and Democrats Abroad. Under the party's Delegate Selection Rules for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, delegates were awarded through proportional representation with a minimum threshold of 15% of votes in a state or congressional district to receive delegates. The delegate population must reflect the state's ethnic distribution, and at least 50% of the delegates must be women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 824]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Results of delegate voting\nAlong with presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama, former opponent Hillary Clinton's name was also placed in nomination for president. The Los Angeles Times noted that this has occurred before: Jerry Brown's name was entered into the roll call after losing to Bill Clinton in 1992; Jesse Jackson and Gary Hart also had their names added after losing to Walter F. Mondale in 1984; while Jackson's name was also entered into the roll call after losing to Michael Dukakis in 1988. In 1980, Senator Ted Kennedy's name was entered into the roll call after losing to Jimmy Carter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Results of delegate voting\nIn addition, Clinton became only the fourth woman to have her name placed in nomination for president at a major party convention. (U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was placed in nomination at the 1964 Republican National Convention, and U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm of New York was placed in nomination at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. In 1976, anti-abortionist Ellen McCormack had her name placed in nomination along with Mo Udall, Jimmy Carter and Jerry Brown.) Clinton would have her name placed in nomination for president once more, in 2016, along with Bernie Sanders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Results of delegate voting, President\nPart way through the roll call (the New Mexico delegation first yielded to the Illinois delegation, who then yielded to the New York delegation), Senator Clinton of New York stated, \"Madame Secretary, I move that the convention suspend the procedural rules and suspend the further conduct of the roll call vote. All votes cast by the delegates will be counted, and that I move Senator Barack Obama of Illinois be selected by this convention by acclamation as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States.\" This was done and the verbal roll call vote was halted. Earlier the same day, Clinton had released her delegates, allowing them to vote for Obama. Along with the verbal roll call, a paper ballot was taken. The results were 3,188.5 for Obama and 1,010.5 for Clinton. There are an additional 219 votes that were not cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 926]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Site selection\nIn late November 2005, 35 locations were invited by the DNC to bid for the right to host the 2008 convention: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nashville, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, St. Louis, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Site selection\nEleven cities originally accepted the invitation to bid for the convention in January 2006: Anaheim, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Minneapolis\u2013St. Paul, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Phoenix, and San Antonio. A formal request for proposal was mailed to participating cities on February 27 and the deadline for cities to respond was May 19, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Site selection\nOnly three cities submitted final proposals to host the convention: Denver, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and New York. New Orleans had submitted an initial bid, but on July 12, the city dropped out. The cities were visited by a 10-member Technical Advisory Committee in June 2006. On September 27, the Republicans announced they would have their 2008 convention in St. Paul, removing it from consideration and leaving only Denver and New York as potential hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Site selection\nDespite hard lobbying by New York party boosters, then-Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg dealt the campaign a major blow when he announced the city lacked the financial means to support a convention. Denver was chosen as the host on January 11, 2007, as Democrats looked to make gains in the \"Purple West\" states of Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Preparations\nThe work to prepare Pepsi Center for the Democratic National Convention was expected to cost $15\u00a0million. In addition, a 220,000-square-foot (20,000\u00a0m2) temporary building to be used by the media was built near Pepsi Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Preparations\nConvention organizers, including the Democratic National Convention Committee and the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee, expected 50,000 attendees, out of which 5,000 were delegates and 15,000 media personnel. However, they anticipated 75,000 people coming to watch Obama accept the nomination on Thursday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Labor issues\nThe head of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local No. 7, Jim Taylor, refused to sign a no-strike agreement for the convention. Pepsi Center normally uses nonunion labor, but used Taylor's union during the convention, and Taylor wants Pepsi Center to use his union for all events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Security measures\nDenver Police bear riot gear during the 2008 Democratic National Convention", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Security measures\nA \"decontamination tent\" was maintained by security in front of INVESCO field, where Obama spoke on the last day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Security measures\nDenver Police patrol the \"LoDo\" (Lower Downtown) district during the convention", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Security measures\nAs with past political conventions since 2000, the Democratic National Convention was designated a National Special Security Event (NSSE) by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Venue, Security measures\nThe Denver Police Department doubled in size to 3,000 officers for the DNC, and by including other police from 52 neighboring law enforcement agencies. Police were equipped with riot gear in preparation for unorganized protests. Throughout the event, a total of 152 arrests were made for offenses related to the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Monday, August 25\nThe theme for the day was \"One Nation,\" with Michelle Obama as the \"headline prime-time speaker.\" She was introduced by her brother, Craig Robinson. In her speech, she explained how her husband embraced the \"One Nation\" idea:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Monday, August 25\nSee, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly...... to build an economy that lifts every family, to make sure health care is available for every American, and to make sure that every single child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college. That's what Barack Obama will do as president of the United States of America. He'll achieve these goals the same way he always has, by bringing us together and reminding us how much we share and how alike we really are.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Monday, August 25\nYou see, Barack doesn't care where you're from, or what your background is, or what party, if any, you belong to. See, that's just not how he sees the world. He knows that thread that connects us \u2013 our belief in America's promise, our commitment to our children's future \u2013 he knows that that thread is strong enough to hold us together as one nation even when we disagree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Monday, August 25\nAlso, Maya Soetoro-Ng spoke briefly on growing up with her older brother Barack Obama, and brought an AAPI presence to the stage for the first time. The Work to Come: A Tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy, directed and produced by Mark Herzog and Chris Cowen in association with Ken Burns, was introduced by Kennedy's niece, Caroline Kennedy. Consistent with the theme of the evening, Former Republican congressman Jim Leach gave his public endorsement of Barack Obama. His speech was introduced by Senator Tom Harkin, a fellow Iowan. Senator Kennedy was not expected to attend the convention due to his illness, but nevertheless made a surprise appearance and speech in the evening. A video about former President Jimmy Carter's humanitarian work was also shown, followed by a brief appearance by the president himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 893]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Tuesday, August 26\nThe theme for the day was \"Renewing America's Promise.\" Senator Barbara Mikulski was one of several elected women Democrats selected to speak that evening. Senator Hillary Clinton was the headline prime-time speaker. In her speech, with former President Bill Clinton watching, Hillary declared, \"We are on the same team.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Tuesday, August 26\nFormer Virginia Governor Mark Warner delivered the keynote address which included references to new job creation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Tuesday, August 26\nThat's a story worth rewriting all across America. With the rightleadership, we can once again achieve a standard of living that isimproved \u2013 and not diminished \u2013 in each generation. We can once again makeAmerica a beacon for science and technology and discovery. Ladies and gentlemen, we know how to do it. The American people are ready.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Tuesday, August 26\nAnd Barack Obama and Joe Biden will get it done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Tuesday, August 26\nOhio Representative Dennis Kucinich, who had also run as a presidential candidate in the 2008 Democratic Party primaries, gave a spirited speech structured around the refrain \"Wake up America!\" The speech levies trenchant criticism of the perceived abuses of power of the George W. Bush administration, attacks the corporate control of the American political and economic systems and rallies for a program of universal health coverage, universal higher education, tax reform, trade policy reform, energy regulation, civil liberties and de-militarization. At the end of the speech, Kucinich endorses Barack Obama and Joe Biden for president and vice-president. His words electrified the audience who began delivering a standing ovation midway through the speech and continued cheering past its closure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 877]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Wednesday, August 27\nThe theme for the day was \"Securing America's Future\". It featured a speech by Joe Biden, the Vice Presidential candidate. Before his speech he was introduced by his oldest son Beau Biden, Delaware's Attorney General.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Wednesday, August 27\nIn that speech Beau talked about how his father would tuck him and his siblings into bed each night after returning home, how he refused invitations to cocktail parties in DC because he did not want to miss his granddaughter (Beau's daughter) Natalie's birthday. He remembered the accident that killed his mother and sister and how his father took the Senate oath at his and his brother's bedside. Several years later his father remarried \"their Mom Jill\" and their family was rebuilt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Wednesday, August 27\nIn the end Beau, whose Delaware National Guard unit where he is Captain was to be deployed to Iraq, said that while his father was always there for him, his duties that fall would prevent him from being there for his Dad. Thus he asked his family and everyone else to be there in November for his father and to be there for Barack Obama and make this country better again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Wednesday, August 27\nJoe Biden, in his speech, contrasted the two presidential candidates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Wednesday, August 27\nYou know, you can learn a lot about a man campaigning with him, debating him, seeing how he reacts under pressure. You learn about the strength of his mind. But even more importantly, you learn about the quality of his heart. I watched how Barack touched people, how he inspired them. And I realized he had tapped into the oldest belief in America: We don't have to accept the situation we cannot bear; we have the power to change it. And change it \u2013 and changing it is exactly what Barack Obama will do.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Wednesday, August 27\nThat's what he'll do for this country. You know, John McCain is my friend. And I know you hear that phrase used all the time in politics. I mean it. John McCain is my friend. We've traveled the world together. It's a friendship that goes beyond politics. And the personal courage and heroism demonstrated by John still amazes me.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Wednesday, August 27\nBut I profoundly \u2013 I profoundly disagree with the direction John wants to take this country, from Afghanistan to Iraq, from Amtrak to veterans. John thinks that, during the Bush years, quote, \"We've made great economic progress.\" I think it's been abysmal. And in the Senate, John has voted with President Bush 95 percent. And that is very hard to believe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Wednesday, August 27\nOther speakers included former president Bill Clinton, 2004 presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (MA), and Sen. Evan Bayh (IN). In his remarks, Clinton assessed Obama's readiness to be president:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Wednesday, August 27\nClearly, the job of the next president is to rebuild the American dream and to restore American leadership in the world. And here's what I have to say about that. Everything I learned in my eight years as president, and in the work I have done since in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job. Now, he has a remarkable ability to inspire people, to raise our hopes and rally us to high purpose. He has the intelligence and curiosity every successful president needs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Wednesday, August 27\nHis policies on the economy, on taxes, on health care, on energy are far superior to the Republican alternatives. He has shown \u2013 he has shown a clear grasp of foreign policy and national security challenges and a firm commitment to rebuild our badly strained military. His family heritage and his life experiences have given him a unique capacity to lead our increasingly diverse nation in an ever more interdependent world. The long, hard primary tested and strengthened him. And in his first presidential decision, the selection of a running mate, he hit it out of the park. With Joe Biden's experience and wisdom, supporting Barack Obama's proven understanding, instincts, and insight, America will have the national security leadership we need.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Wednesday, August 27\nAfter Joe Biden spoke, his first address as Vice Presidential Nominee, Barack Obama made a surprise appearance praising the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Thursday, August 28\nThe convention moved to  Invesco Field at Mile High, with a DNCC record crowd of more than 84,000 people in attendance. Speakers included former Vice President Al Gore, Governor of Virginia  Tim Kaine, Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, and the evening culminated in Barack Obama's acceptance speech. More than 38 million people across 10 U.S. cable and broadcast TV networks tuned in to watch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Principal speakers, Thursday, August 28\nIn his speech, Obama said, \"Our government should work for us, not against us. It should ensure opportunity, not for just those with the most money and influence, but for every American who is willing to work. That's the promise of America, the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise and fall as one nation, the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper. That's the promise we need to keep, that's the change we need right now.\" The speech was well received, one news source calling it \"The wrap-up to the party convention blended old-fashioned speechmaking, Hollywood-quality stagecraft and innovative, Internet age politics.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Seating of delegates from Florida and Michigan\nThe Florida and Michigan legislatures moved forward their primaries to January 2008, in contravention of party rules and were stripped of their delegates. The Clinton campaign with others initially opposed their seating, stating they acknowledged that the delegates from neither Michigan nor Florida would count. However, after winning the Florida and Michigan primaries, Senator Clinton spoke in favor of seating the states' delegates (despite Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, and John Edwards having removed their names from the Michigan primary ballot).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 98], "content_span": [99, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Seating of delegates from Florida and Michigan\nDNC Chair Howard Dean asked Florida and Michigan to submit a new plan for a process to choose the delegates, such as holding primaries again, or let the matter be referred to the Credentials Committee. In May 2008, the rules committee agreed to let their delegates have half a vote each. In August 2008, Senator Barack Obama, the party's presumptive nominee, asked the credentials committee to let the two states have full voting rights at the convention. The credentials committee met on August 24, the day before the convention began, and voted to restore full voting rights to Florida and Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 98], "content_span": [99, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Use of municipal fuel by convention planners\nFrom March through July, convention planners were provided subsidized and untaxed fuel from municipal government gas pumps at a price less than retail fuel available to ordinary citizens, reportedly without a signed contract. After the practice became public at a meeting with city council members, only convention planners' buses were allowed to refuel at city facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Lawsuit by protesters\nThe American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of 12 organizations who planned to protest at the Democratic Convention, requesting that the Secret Service and Denver officials release information about procedures concerning protesting times and the Demonstration Zone. In a June 12 release, a parade route and Demonstration Zone were announced. The Demonstration Zone will be in Parking Lot A of Pepsi Center. Some groups, including two groups opposing abortion chose to delay filing suit after it was announced that their applications for permits are being processed. In an amended complaint, the ACLU and interested advocacy groups have filed suit against the Secret Service and the city and county of Denver, questioning the constitutionality of the restrictions. The lawsuit failed and the ACLU did not appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 902]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Demonstration zone\nThe official demonstration zone was unused on Monday afternoon, as the convention opened. The 47,000-square-foot (4,400\u00a0m2) fenced area was 700 feet (210\u00a0m) from Pepsi Center and delegates could pass from 8 to 200 feet (61\u00a0m) from it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Gitmo on the Platte\nGitmo on the Platte, was the colloquial name for the \"Temporary Arrestee Processing Center,\" Denver, CO set up to hold mass-arrested protesters during the 2008 Democratic National Convention which was held at the Pepsi Center in Denver from August 25 to August 28, 2008. It was so-named in reference to the conditions at Guantanamo Bay detention camp (aka \"Gitmo\") and the processing center's location near the South Platte River.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Gitmo on the Platte\nPer the Denver Police Department, and unlike \"Gitmo,\" the facility was set up to allow those arrested to be processed and released in a more timely manner than they would if they were to be transferred to the Denver County Jail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Suspected assassination plot\nOn August 24, three men were arrested in the Denver, Colorado area on drugs and weapons charges. Following the arrests of Shawn Robert Adolf, Tharin Robert Gartrell and Nathan Johnson, a possible plot to assassinate Senator Obama surfaced. Authorities later said they had determined the trio posed no credible danger to Obama; U.S. Attorney Troy Eid said, \"We're absolutely confident that the meth heads were not a true threat to the candidate, the Democratic National Convention or the people of Colorado.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Arrest of an ABC News reporter\nA reporter from ABC News was arrested as he was photographing a meeting of Democratic senators and VIP donors. The reporter, Asa Eslocker, was arrested by the Denver police and charged with trespassing, interference, and failure to follow a lawful order. The charges were dismissed by the Denver city attorney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Abortion protest sign\nOn August 26, 2008, a group of anti-abortion activists from American Right to Life Action constructed a sign on Table Mountain outside Denver, overlooking the convention. The sign, made of 2400 sheets, read \"Destroys / uNborn / Children\" in three rows; it was lined up so that \"DNC\" appeared vertically in a different color. Later that day, the protesters were asked by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department to remove the sign. No citations were issued, though the group did violate two open space regulations of not applying for a special activity permit and going into a restricted and closed area that is considered sensitive to wildlife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Website\nMicrosoft was chosen as the web content provider for the convention web site, along with Vertigo Software as the developer. The video application developed was based on Microsoft's Silverlight platform and provided high-definition video streams. The choice of technology that required proprietary software from a company with a history of antitrust problems was criticized for both the exclusion of competing platforms by way of Silverlight's proprietary video codec and for requiring visitors to install the software when visiting the site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Controversies, Website\nAlthough Moonlight is a cross-platform alternative that attempts to be compatible with Silverlight, as of the time of the convention it did not support features found in version 2 which were required. In contrast, the web site for the 2008 Republican National Convention used Adobe Flash streams provided through Ustream. TV and YouTube which are viewable with several applications including the free software cross-platform clone Gnash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196395-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic National Convention, Depiction in media\nAva DuVernay was commissioned by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture to create a film which debuted at the museum's opening on September 24, 2016. This film, August 28: A Day in the Life of a People, tells of six significant events in African-American history that happened on the same date, August 28. The 22-minute film stars Lupita Nyong'o, Don Cheadle, Regina King, David Oyelowo, Angela Bassett, Michael Ealy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Andr\u00e9 Holland and Glynn Turman. Events depicted include, among other things, the night Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president at the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196396-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election\nThe Democratic Party leadership election was held on 14 December 2008 for the 30-member 8th Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, including chairman and two vice-chairman posts. Incumbent Chairman Albert Ho re-elected uncontestedly, while Sin Chung-kai and Emily Lau defeated Andrew Cheng as the two Vice-Chairmen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196396-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, Eligibility\nThe Central Committee was elected by the party congress. All public office holders, including the members of the Legislative Council and District Councils, are eligible to vote in the party congress. Every 30 members can also elect a delegate who holds one vote in the congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196396-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, Overview\nThe Democratic Party formally merged with the Frontier in November 2008. The Convenor of the Frontier, Emily Lau Wai-hing contested for the Vice-Chair post with incumbent Vice-Chairman Sin Chung-kai as Albert Ho's cabinet, while Albert Ho sought for re-election for his second term. Another incumbent Vice-Chairman said he would give up his post to Emily Lau, in order to show spirit of solidarity and cooperation between the merged parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196396-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, Overview\nReformist legislator Andrew Cheng Kar-foo decided to run for the Vice-Chairman post on 26 November, stating that he would like to lead the party with Albert Ho and Emily Lau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196396-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, Results\nAlbert Ho was re-elected Chairman with 93% confident votes. Emily Lau and Sin Chung-kai were elected with 228 and 205 votes respectively, while Andrew Cheng got 132 votes. Cheng expected his loss to the Mainstreamers, admitting his political ideas not being accepted by the majority was the cause of the failure. 10 of the 27 Central Committee members were newcomers, 4 of them were former members of the Frontier. Only Yam Kai-bong in the Reformist faction was elected, Michael Yung Ming-chau and Kwan Wing-yip were both defeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196396-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, Results\nBeing the first Chairwoman of the party, Emily Lau said she hope to help strengthening the democratic movement, to see universal suffrage being implemented as soon as possible, and to take back party members' Home Return Permits. She also said her demand for dialogue with the central government remained unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196396-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, Results\nThe elected members of the 8th Central Committee are listed as following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates\nThis article is an annotated list of candidates associated with the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Nominee\nBarack Obama, born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Senator from Illinois. A draft Obama movement began with his well-received 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address. Obama was the featured speaker at Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry, a political event favored by presidential hopefuls in the lead-up to the Iowa Caucus. Obama formally announced his candidacy on February 10, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Nominee\nOn June 7, 2008, Obama became the Democratic presumptive presidential nominee when Clinton dropped out of the race. He had 2,025 delegates and was certain to reach the 2,118 delegates required to win the Democratic nomination. By the time of the convention, Obama had 1766.5 elected pledged delegates and the votes of 463 superdelegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Nominee\nObama received the official Democratic presidential nomination from the Party's delegates at its 2008 National Convention in Denver, Colorado, held in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Nominee\nOn November 4, Obama was elected as the 44th President of the United States with 53% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes. He assumed office on January 20, 2009 and is the first African American U.S. President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nJoe Biden, born November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is a former U.S. Senator from Delaware who was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, although he ceased active campaigning in 1987, before the first primaries. Biden first hinted that he might run in 2008 in a December 8, 2004, radio interview with host Don Imus, saying: \"I'm going to proceed as if I'm going to run.\" Biden had repeatedly stated his intention to run, and did so as early as March 21, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nBiden's Federal Leadership PAC is \"Unite Our States\", which tracks Biden's public appearances and policy positions. On January 7, 2007, when asked by Tim Russert on Meet the Press, \"Are you running for president?\" he responded, \"I am running for president.\" He also said he planned to create an exploratory committee by the end of the month. On January 31, 2007, he officially signed the papers with the FEC to run for president. He dropped out of the race on January 3, 2008 after a poor performance in the Iowa caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nOn June 22, Biden endorsed Barack Obama, and he was chosen on August 23, 2008 as Obama's running mate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nOn November 4, the Obama - Biden ticket defeated John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin to win the presidential election. Thus, Biden was elected as the 47th Vice President of the United States. He assumed the office of the vice presidency on January 20, 2009, and his term ended on January 20, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nYears later, Biden would run another presidential campaign for the 2020 presidential election in which he defeated incumbent president Donald J. Trump. He was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on January 20, 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nHillary Clinton, born October 26, 1947 in Illinois, is a former U.S. Senator from New York and former First Lady of the United States. Clinton announced the formation of her exploratory committee on January 20, 2007, with a post on her website. She delivered several speeches intended to reach out to moderates, according to analysts. She also held fundraising meetings, including meeting with women from Massachusetts, a key constituency of potential rival and 2004 nominee John Kerry; however, these activities were consistent with the lead up to a campaign for re-election to her Senate seat in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nClinton announced on January 20, 2007, that she would run in 2008 (the same day she announced the formation of an exploratory committee). The clear front-runner, she was widely expected to clinch the nomination early, but as of June 3, 2008, she had 1,923 delegates, 231 behind Barack Obama and 195 short of the 2,118 required to win the Democratic nomination. She withdrew from the race and endorsed Barack Obama, as the presumptive nominee, on June 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nClinton was nominated and subsequently assumed the office of Secretary of State in the Obama administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nChristopher Dodd, born May 27, 1944 in Willimantic, Connecticut, is a five-term U.S. Senator from that state. Dodd was reported to be a likely contender for the Democratic Vice President slot on John Kerry's ticket in 2004. In May 2006, Dodd said he has \"decided to do all the things that are necessary to prepare to seek the presidency in 2008\", including hiring staff, raising money and traveling around the country in the next few months to enlist support. On January 11, 2007, Dodd announced his presidential candidacy on the \"Imus in the Morning\" radio show with Don Imus. As a result of unpromising results in the Iowa Caucus on January 3, 2008, Dodd dropped out of the race for the presidency, and endorsed Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nJohn Edwards, born June 10, 1953 in South Carolina, is a former U.S. Senator from North Carolina. As a 2004 presidential candidate, Edwards was famed for his populist message in his \"Two Americas\" speech and also for his optimistic, positive attitude. This was evidenced by his refusal to attack his opponents. In the primaries, Sen. Edwards had strong come-from-behind showings in the crucial states of Iowa, Oklahoma, Virginia, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Georgia. On February 5, 2005, Edwards spoke at the New Hampshire Democratic Party's fundraising dinner. On August 18, 2005, Edwards traveled to Waterloo, Iowa, to deliver an address to the Iowa AFL-CIO, a potential key supporter in the Iowa caucuses. On December 26, 2006, Edwards formally announced his candidacy. On January 30, 2008, Edwards withdrew from the race, and endorsed Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 935]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nMaurice Robert \"Mike\" Gravel, born May 13, 1930 in Massachusetts, is a former Democratic United States Senator from Alaska, who served two terms from 1969 to 1981. Born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts to French-Canadian immigrant parents, Gravel served in the United States Army in West Germany and graduated from Columbia University. He moved to Alaska in the late 1950s, becoming a real estate developer and entering politics. He served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1963 to 1966 and became its Speaker of the House. Gravel was elected to the United States Senate in 1968.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nHe declared his candidacy for the presidency in a speech to the National Press Club on April 17, 2006. On March 25, 2008, Gravel withdrew from the race, and switched his party affiliation to the Libertarian Party. He refused to endorse either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton for president, but endorsed Green Party candidate Jesse Johnson. Gravel then ran for the Libertarian party nomination for president, but lost the nomination to former Republican Congressman Bob Barr of Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nDennis Kucinich, born October 8, 1946, in Cleveland, Ohio, is a Congressman for Ohio, former Mayor of Cleveland, and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate. Dennis Kucinich is known by many as \"The Peace Candidate\", having received the 2003 Gandhi Peace Award. Kucinich opposed the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act. Under Kucinich's plan, United Nations peace-keepers would go to Iraq if the Iraqi citizens desire their presence. The Congressman re-introduced legislation to create a United States Department of Peace via HR 808 on February 5, 2007. He is currently campaigning to end the war in Iraq by cutting off funding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nHe is in support of peaceful diplomatic relations with Iran, and all nations. Kucinich has received many awards praising his courage and work for peace. On December 12, 2006, Kucinich announced his candidacy at an event at Cleveland's City Hall. He withdrew from the race on January 24, 2008. On August 26, he endorsed the Obama-Biden ticket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nBill Richardson, born November 15, 1947 in Pasadena, California, is Governor of New Mexico, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Secretary of Energy and former Representative for New Mexico. After reportedly informing party leaders in February 2005 of his intention to run for president, on December 7, 2006, Richardson said \"I am running\" during his response to a prospective question about the 2008 presidential election by Fox News, but he later retracted the decision and said he would make an official decision by January. On May 21, 2007, he officially declared his candidacy. On January 9, 2008 he withdrew from the race and went on to endorse Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew before primary elections\nEvan Bayh, born December 26, 1955, Indiana, former two-term Governor and a two-term U.S. Senator from that state. In February 2005, Bayh renamed his Federal Leadership PAC the All America PAC and hired a new veteran staff with experience on the 2004 campaigns of John Kerry and Wesley Clark for President and Tom Daschle for senate. On December 1, 2006, he announced he was running for president and formed a presidential exploratory committee. He announced on December 16, 2006 that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for President, and then endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton. After Clinton withdrew from the race, Bayh endorsed Senator Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew before primary elections\nTom Vilsack, born December 13, 1950, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a former Governor of Iowa and Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council. Many suspected Vilsack was high on the list of potential running mates for John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election. In 2005, Vilsack established Heartland PAC, a political action committee aimed at electing Democratic Governors and other statewide candidates. Unlike the PACs of potential candidates, Heartland PAC is not a federal PAC and can not contribute to federal candidates. He filed papers with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to run for president on November 9, 2006. He dropped out of the race on February 23, 2007 citing fundraising woes. He subsequently endorsed Hillary Clinton. After Clinton had withdrew from the race, Vilsack threw his support behind Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 919]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Withdrew before primary elections\nVilsack was nominated and subsequently assumed the office of Secretary of Agriculture in the Obama administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Other candidates\nThe following people filed with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Declined to run for party nomination\nThe release of An Inconvenient Truth in 2006 increased Gore's popularity among progressives. After it was nominated for an Academy Award, Donna Brazile, Gore's campaign chairwoman from the 2000 campaign stated during a speech on January 31, 2007, at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that, \"Wait till Oscar night, I tell people: 'I'm dating. I haven't fallen in love yet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Declined to run for party nomination\nOn Oscar night, if Al Gore has slimmed down 25 or 30\u00a0pounds, Lord knows.'\" The meaning of these remarks became clearer when on award night, while in attendance and acting as a presenter for an award, Gore began a speech that seemed to be leading up to an announcement that he would run for president. However, background music drowned him out and he was escorted offstage, implying it was a rehearsed gag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Declined to run for party nomination\nA nationwide Gallup poll of 485 Democrats and Democratic leaners in mid-November 2007 showed Gore receiving 17% of the votes in a hypothetical Democratic primary, second to Hillary Clinton, tied with Barack Obama, and ahead of John Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Declined to run for party nomination\nA previous 29 June 2007 article in The Guardian cited a poll conducted \"in New Hampshire by 7News and Suffolk University\" that found that if Gore \"were to seek the Democratic nomination, 29% of Mrs. Clinton's backers would switch their support to him ... when defections from other candidates are factored in, the man who controversially lost to Mr. Bush in the 2000 Election takes command of the field, with 32% support.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196397-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates, Declined to run for party nomination\nAn even earlier April 2007 Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll of 504 registered Democrats in New Jersey showed Gore receiving 12% of the votes in a hypothetical Democratic primary, in third place behind Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. However, all of the polls which indicated that Al Gore would not be the leading Democratic candidate were all conducted before his Nobel Prize. The US has never had a presidential candidate who has already won a Nobel Prize. On June 16, Gore endorsed Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums\nDebates took place prior to and during the 2008 Democratic primaries. The debates began on April 26, 2007, in Orangeburg, South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Election 2008\nThe 2008 United States presidential election was November 4, 2008. The debates, campaigns, primaries, and conventions occurred several months before Election Day. The new president and vice president were sworn on January 20, 2009. It was the first presidential election lacking incumbents since 1952, and was projected to be the largest and most expensive election in U.S. history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 68], "content_span": [69, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, 2008 Democratic candidates\nAlready, eight Democrats had formally filed papers with the Federal Election Commission, making them formal candidates for the Democratic Nomination and the Presidency. The candidates who attracted the most media attention included Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards. Other candidates included Dennis Kucinich, who withdrew, and Mike Gravel, before he defected to the Libertarian Party. Tom Vilsack, one of the earliest candidates to announce a campaign for president, withdrew before participating in any debates. Christopher Dodd and Joe Biden dropped out of the race following the Iowa caucuses, and Bill Richardson dropped out after the New Hampshire primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 81], "content_span": [82, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debate table\nKey: \u00a0P\u00a0 denotes candidate participated in debate; \u00a0N\u00a0 denotes candidate was not invited; \u00a0A\u00a0 denotes candidate absent but was invited; \u00a0O\u00a0 denotes candidate was out of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 67], "content_span": [68, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debate table\nKey: \u00a0P\u00a0 denotes candidate participated in debate; \u00a0N\u00a0 denotes candidate was not invited; \u00a0A\u00a0 denotes candidate absent but was invited; \u00a0O\u00a0 denotes candidate was out of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 67], "content_span": [68, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, April 26, 2007 \u2013 Orangeburg, South Carolina, South Carolina State University\nThe first Democratic debate was in the evening of April 26, 2007, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, at South Carolina State University. State party chairman Joe Erwin said that he chose South Carolina State because it is a historically black college, noting that African-Americans have been the \"most loyal\" Democrats in the state. The debate was 90 minutes, with a 60-second time limit for answers, and no opening or closing statements. It was broadcast via cable television and online video streaming by MSNBC. The debate was moderated by Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 140], "content_span": [141, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, April 26, 2007 \u2013 Orangeburg, South Carolina, South Carolina State University\nThe Iraq War was the major topic of the discussion, and all of the candidates strongly criticized President George W. Bush. Although, some public fanfare occurred initially, pundits considered the debate unspectacular, and no single \"breakout\" candidate was identified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 140], "content_span": [141, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, April 26, 2007 \u2013 Orangeburg, South Carolina, South Carolina State University\nA poll of 403 South Carolinians who watched the debate indicated a belief that Obama won the debate, with support of 31% compared to Clinton's 24%. However, journalists Tom Baldwin, of The Times, and Ewen MacAskill, of The Guardian, both reported that Clinton appeared to retain her frontrunner status. Political pundits such as Chris Matthews, Howard Fineman, Keith Olbermann and Joe Scarborough declared Clinton the most \"presidential\", stating that her appearance and answers were: succinct, within the time limit, unambiguous and thorough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 140], "content_span": [141, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, April 26, 2007 \u2013 Orangeburg, South Carolina, South Carolina State University\nThe opinions of pundits varied in regard to the third-polled candidate, Former Senator John Edwards (D-NC), with some asserting that his performance was weak and not akin to the energetic performance that he portrayed during his first election campaign in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 140], "content_span": [141, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, June 3, 2007 - CNN 7:00pm EDT - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College\nWMUR-TV, CNN and the New Hampshire Union Leader hosted both Democratic and Republican debates in the Manchester, New Hampshire area, at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown. The Democratic debate was Sunday, June 3, started at 7 p.m. EDT, was commercial free and lasted two hours. The moderator was Wolf Blitzer, host of Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer and The Situation Room. Blitzer was joined by Tom Fahey of the New Hampshire Union Leader and Scott Spradling from the local television station WMUR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 142], "content_span": [143, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, June 3, 2007 - CNN 7:00pm EDT - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College\nThe first half of the debate was a directed question-and-answer session, with candidates questioned while standing at the podiums, as in the first debate, responding to questions from Fahey and Spradling. Participating candidates were Obama, Edwards, Clinton, Kucinich, Gravel, Dodd, Richardson and R. Biden, Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 142], "content_span": [143, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, June 3, 2007 - CNN 7:00pm EDT - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College\nFor the second half of the debate, the candidates sat in chairs while New Hampshire live audience members\u2014mostly undecided Democratic and independent voters\u2014asked questions that were then deflected by Blitzer to specific candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 142], "content_span": [143, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, June 3, 2007 - CNN 7:00pm EDT - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College\nClinton, Obama, and Richardson after the June 3, 2007 debate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 142], "content_span": [143, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, June 28, 2007 - PBS - Washington, D.C., Howard University\nPBS held and televised a debate at Howard University, a historically black college. The moderator was Tavis Smiley and all eight candidates discussed a range of topics, including education, poverty, unemployment, racial discrimination, and health in the black community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, July 12, 2007\u2013Detroit, Michigan\nAttended by all eight candidates, this candidate forum was held during the NAACP convention. An on-stage conversation between Edwards and Clinton was overheard\u2014due to activated microphones\u2014in which they talked about eventually ceasing the participation of non-frontrunner candidates in future debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 95], "content_span": [96, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, July 23, 2007 - CNN - Charleston, South Carolina, The Citadel military college\nCNN and YouTube held this debate on the campus of The Citadel. All questions were selected from, and posed as videos submitted via, YouTube by members of the public; the debate was moderated by Anderson Cooper of Anderson Cooper 360. YouTube and Google streamed the event live. It was also simulcast on CNN en Espa\u00f1ol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 142], "content_span": [143, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, August 4, 2007 \u2013 Chicago, Illinois\nThe Yearly Kos Presidential Leadership Forum was an informal discussion attended by seven of the eight presidential candidates, with Biden not attending due to votes in Congress. New York Times Magazine writer Matt Bai, DailyKos Contributing Editor /Fellow Joan McCarter and author and blogger Jeffrey Feldman moderated. The debate was broken down into Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy, and Philosophy and Leadership. Candidates were allotted 90 seconds for each question with 45 second rebuttals, although the time limits were not strictly enforced. After the debate, breakout sessions were held where convention goers could question each candidate individually.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 98], "content_span": [99, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, August 4, 2007 \u2013 Chicago, Illinois\n(from left to right) Edwards, Clinton and Obama during the debate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 98], "content_span": [99, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, August 7, 2007 \u2013 Chicago, Illinois\nThe AFL-CIO Working Families Vote Presidential Forum was held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois in front of approximately 15,000 union members and their families. The questions in the debate were to be used to determine if and whom the AFL-CIO would endorse in the Democratic primary. MSNBC host Keith Olbermann hosted the debate, which featured seven of the candidates. Mike Gravel was excluded because he failed to submit a written questionnaire by the August 6 deadline. Gravel claimed that the questionnaire \"fell through the cracks\" and requested to be invited to the debate anyway, which was rejected by the AFL-CIO. Questionnaires were also sent to Republicans but no candidates responded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 98], "content_span": [99, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, August 9, 2007 \u2013 Los Angeles, California\nLGBT network Logo hosted this debate focusing on LGBT issues, moderated by Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese and singer Melissa Etheridge. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, and Mike Gravel participated. Mike Gravel was originally to be excluded from this debate, it being cited that his campaign had not raised enough money to qualify for participation. Rallying from Gravel's supporters reversed this decision. Dodd and Biden both stated scheduling conflicts prevented them from attending. Logo invited the Republicans presidential candidates to a similar debate, but all the candidates declined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, August 19, 2007 \u2013 Des Moines, Iowa\nABC News in conjunction with the Iowa Democratic Party held a debate streamed on This Week moderated by George Stephanopoulos. ABC has been accused of spinning the results of the debate due to extreme differences in the time allotted to candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 98], "content_span": [99, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, September 9, 2007 \u2013 Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami\nUnivision hosted a forum, Destino 2008, in Spanish at the University of Miami's Bank United Center in Coral Gables, Florida and moderated by Univision's anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas. Joe Biden did not participate in the debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 126], "content_span": [127, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, September 9, 2007 \u2013 Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami\nBill Richardson and Chris Dodd objected to the debate being conducted in English with simultaneous translation in Spanish. Both are fluent in Spanish but it was perceived to cause an unfair advantage for the two. The TV audience of 2.2 million was also the debate season's youngest, at an average of 36 years old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 126], "content_span": [127, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, September 12, 2007\nYahoo!, in partnership with The Huffington Post, produced a \"mashup\" debate with Charlie Rose interviewing the candidates. Segments were recorded on September 12, with the \"mashups\" posted on September 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 82], "content_span": [83, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, September 20, 2007 \u2013 Davenport, Iowa\nPBS held a forum focused on domestic issues, specifically health care and financial security. It was moderated by Judy Woodruff, and was a joint venture between IPTV and AARP. Obama rejected PBS's invitation, and Gravel and Kucinich were excluded from the debate because they did not have at least one paid staff member or office space in Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, September 26, 2007 \u2013 Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College\nMSNBC held a debate at Dartmouth College in conjunction with New England Cable News and New Hampshire Public Radio. The moderator was Tim Russert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 126], "content_span": [127, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, October 30, 2007 - NBC 9:00pm EDT - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  Drexel University\nThe debate was held at Drexel University and was televised by NBC News. All candidates except former Alaskan Senator Mike Gravel attended the debate. It was announced on October 19 that Senator Gravel did not meet the polling requirements for the debate, though the DNC did not specifically say what the requirements were; Gravel has suggested that GE, which owns NBC and is a \"war-profiteer,\" conspired to exclude him from the event after, during the previous debate, he questioned Hillary Clinton's signing a resolution that would possibly facilitate entering war with Iran. Instead of attending the debate, Senator Gravel staged an event at the nearby World Cafe Live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 146], "content_span": [147, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, October 30, 2007 - NBC 9:00pm EDT - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  Drexel University\nSeven Democratic presidential candidates participated in a two-hour debate starting at 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0100 GMT Wednesday) and telecast on MSNBC and streamed live on msnbc.com. The moderators of the debate were Tim Russert and Brian Williams. Nielson Ratings estimated the debate attracted 2.5 million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 146], "content_span": [147, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, October 30, 2007 - NBC 9:00pm EDT - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  Drexel University\nDemocratic rivals focused their attacks on Senator Clinton, and were particularly critical of her response to a proposal from New York Governor Eliot L. Spitzer which would allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. After the debate, moderator Tim Russert was criticized for asking a misleading question to Senator Clinton regarding the release of her records as first lady. Tim Russert raised the issue of a letter which Bill Clinton wrote in which the former president ordered \"a ban\" on the release of his records by the National Archives. Following the exchange, President Clinton's records representative Bruce Lindesey released a statement clarifying the request, saying that \"Bill Clinton has not asked that records related to communications with Senator Clinton be withheld,\" saying the \"Archives is in the process of making records available as quickly as they can.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 146], "content_span": [147, 1033]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, November 15, 2007 - CNN - Las Vegas, Nevada\nThe Nevada Democratic Party hosted a Democratic debate aired on CNN. The moderator was Wolf Blitzer. Former Alaskan Senator Mike Gravel was excluded from the debate, and so held a debate alternative, online at  where a TiVo system is used to screen the official debate simultaneously. According to Nielsen Media Research, the debate drew a record Cable TV audience for a presidential primary debate, an estimated 4.4 million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 107], "content_span": [108, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, November 15, 2007 - CNN - Las Vegas, Nevada\nThe candidates present at the debate were Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, Dennis Kucinich, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, and John Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 107], "content_span": [108, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, November 15, 2007 - CNN - Las Vegas, Nevada\nSome commentators have attacked CNN for the debate, calling it biased and poorly handled. Their accusations include claims that the final audience question was planted, that moderator Wolf Blitzer was overly favorable to Hillary Clinton, and that the use of James Carville, a long-time adviser to the Clintons, as a debate commentator was biased.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 107], "content_span": [108, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, December 4, 2007 - NPR (radio only) - Des Moines, Iowa\nNational Public Radio, in conjunction with Iowa Public Radio, hosted a \"radio-only\" Democratic Debate. NPR hosts Steve Inskeep, Michele Norris, and Robert Siegel moderated the debate. The debate was broadcast from the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines to NPR stations around the country and was streamed online. All of the major candidates were present other than New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson who was attending the funeral of a Korean war casualty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, December 4, 2007 - NPR (radio only) - Des Moines, Iowa\nSenators Obama and Edwards were given the most speaking time; Senator Gravel, the least.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, December 13, 2007 \u2013 Johnston, Iowa\nThe Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television hosted a Democratic debate in Johnston, Iowa. Six of the eight candidates were invited. Dennis Kucinich was excluded because he had not rented office space in the state. The Register determined \u201cthat a person working out of his home did not meet our criteria for a campaign office and full-time paid staff in Iowa.\u201d Mike Gravel was excluded for presumably the same reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 98], "content_span": [99, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 5, 2008 - ABC 8:45pm EST - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College\nABC News, WMUR-TV and Facebook jointly hosted back-to-back Democratic and Republican debates from Saint Anselm College on Saturday, January 5\u2014three days before the official first-in-the-nation primary the following Tuesday, January 8\u2014with Charles Gibson acting as moderator. According to Nielsen Media Research, the debate drew the largest televised audience of the primary season with an estimated 9.36 million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 145], "content_span": [146, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 5, 2008 - ABC 8:45pm EST - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College\nAt 8:47\u00a0p.m. EST, between the two debates, Democrats Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Bill Richardson joined the Republican candidates on the stage at St. Anselm College in greater Manchester. This was the first time all of the major candidates from both parties had been together on stage, as defined by ABC News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 145], "content_span": [146, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 5, 2008 - ABC 8:45pm EST - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College\nABC News eliminated Democrats Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel from the debate because they did not place first through fourth in Iowa, poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major New Hampshire surveys, or poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major national surveys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 145], "content_span": [146, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 5, 2008 - ABC 8:45pm EST - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College\nMajor topics were introduced with a short news-clip-style video produced by ABC and the candidates were encouraged to interact with each other. One question, \"...how much you would spend with the programs you've proposed and the promises you've made. \", was inexplicably withdrawn by Gibson at the last second after its introductory video had been shown. Aside from that, the debate ran smoothly. There were commercial breaks before and after each debate. The candidates were seated during the debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 145], "content_span": [146, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 5, 2008 - ABC 8:45pm EST - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College\nDuring the debate, Obama, Clinton, and Edwards all battled over who best exemplified the buzzword of the campaign, \"change\". In one noted exchange, Edwards said that Clinton could not bring change, while he and Obama can. \"Any time you speak out powerfully for change, the forces for status quo attack.\" He made clear that he was referring to Clinton, adding, \"I didn't hear these kind of attacks from Senator Clinton while she was ahead. Now that she's not we hear them.\" Clinton passionately retorted: \"Making change is not about what you believe; it's not about a speech you make.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 145], "content_span": [146, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 5, 2008 - ABC 8:45pm EST - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College\nIt's about working hard. I'm not just running on a promise for change. I'm running on 35 years of change. What we need is somebody who can deliver change. We don't need to be raising false hopes.\" Obama replied that \"The truth is, actually, words do inspire. Words do help people get involved.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 145], "content_span": [146, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 5, 2008 - ABC 8:45pm EST - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College\nAt another point in the debate, when one moderator asked Clinton why polls showed she was less \"likeable\" than other candidates, particularly Obama, she jokingly replied, \"Well that hurts my feelings ... but I'll try to go on.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 145], "content_span": [146, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 15, 2008 - MSNBC 6:00pm PST - Las Vegas, Nevada, College of Southern Nevada\nThe Nevada Democratic Party partnered with the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and IMPACTO, 100 Black Men of America, and the College of Southern Nevada to hold the second Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas. The debate was telecast live by MSNBC and held at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 from 6:00 \u2013 8:00 pm Pacific Standard Time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 147], "content_span": [148, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 15, 2008 - MSNBC 6:00pm PST - Las Vegas, Nevada, College of Southern Nevada\nClinton, Edwards and Obama participated in the debate. Kucinich was originally invited to the debate after meeting publicly announced criteria, but the invitation was retracted after NBC changed its criteria shortly before the event. Kucinich sued for the right to participate in the debate, but after lower courts sided with Kucinich, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled in favor of MSNBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 147], "content_span": [148, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 21, 2008 - CNN 8:00pm EST - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina\nThe Congressional Black Caucus and CNN hosted a debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at 8:00 pm EST. This debate set another record for a Cable TV audience with an estimated 4.9 million total viewers, according to Nielsen Fast Nationals Ratings. The participants were Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards. The debate, chaired by Wolf Blitzer, had an unusual format; for the last forty minutes the candidates sat down and the debate took a much more casual tone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 128], "content_span": [129, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 31, 2008 - CNN 5:00pm PDT - Hollywood, California\nThe Los Angeles Times, The Politico, and CNN hosted a Democratic debate in Hollywood, California, at the Kodak Theatre. The debate set another Cable TV viewing record for a presidential primary debate, with 8,324,000 million total viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, January 31, 2008 - CNN 5:00pm PDT - Hollywood, California\nThis was the final Democratic party-specific debate before Super Tuesday on February 5, 2008. This debate included two candidates, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and started at 5 PM Pacific, ending at 6:30 PM. Topics in this cordial debate included health care, the Iraq War, and immigration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, February 2, 2008 - MTV 6:00pm EST - MTV Myspace Debate\nMTV and Myspace hosted a cross-party candidate dialogue Live on February 2, 2008 at 6PM EST/3PM PST on MTV. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Ron Paul, and Mike Huckabee attended the forum. John McCain and Mitt Romney were invited but did not attend. Mike Gravel was not invited to attend due to little support in the state primaries and caucuses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, February 21, 2008 - CNN 7:00pm CST - Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin\nCNN, Univision and the Texas Democratic Party jointly hosted a debate between Obama and Clinton on February 21 at 7:00 CST on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. The debate was rebroadcast at 10:30 in Spanish. Questions focused heavily on illegal immigration and the economy, among other issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 145], "content_span": [146, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, February 26, 2008 - MSNBC 9:00pm EST - Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland State University\nNBC News held a debate between Clinton and Obama on February 26 at the Wolstein Center on the campus of Cleveland State University. The debate was broadcast live at 9:00 EST on MSNBC. It was moderated by Brian Williams with Tim Russert. CNN had proposed with the Ohio Democratic Party a debate on February 27 which was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 146], "content_span": [147, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, April 13, 2008 - CNN 8:00pm EDT - Grantham, Pennsylvania, Messiah College\nClinton and Obama appeared at the Compassion Forum, discussing faith, values, and religion on April 13, 2008 at 8PM EDT at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. The forum was a question-and-answer session in which CNN commentator Campbell Brown and Jon Meacham of Newsweek as well as select members of the audience, posed questions about faith and politics to Clinton and Obama. Both appeared separately. The forum was broadcast live on CNN. The event was organized by the religious organization Faith in Public Life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 137], "content_span": [138, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, April 16, 2008 - ABC 8:00pm EDT - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\nBoth Clinton and Obama appeared in a debate moderated by ABC News on April 16, 2008, at 8 PM EDT at the National Constitution Center. The debate was nationally televised at 8 PM Eastern and Pacific (tape delayed) and 7 PM Central/Mountain (tape delayed). This was the second debate shown nationally on over-the-air television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 124], "content_span": [125, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, April 16, 2008 - ABC 8:00pm EDT - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\nModerators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos were criticized by viewers, bloggers and media critics for the poor quality of their questions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 124], "content_span": [125, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, April 16, 2008 - ABC 8:00pm EDT - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\nDuring the debate neither Obama or Clinton would answer whether or not they would name the other as their running mate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 124], "content_span": [125, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196398-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, Debates, April 16, 2008 - ABC 8:00pm EDT - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\nSome of the questions that many viewers said they considered irrelevant when measured against the faltering economy or the Iraq war, like why Senator Barack Obama did not wear an American flag pin on his lapel, the incendiary comments of Obama's former pastor, or Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's assertion that she had to duck sniper fire in Bosnia more than a decade ago. The questions from the moderators were considered to be focused on campaign gaffes and training most of their ammunition on Obama, to which Stephanopoulos responded by saying that \"Senator Obama [was] the front-runner\" and the questions were \"not inappropriate or irrelevant at all.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 124], "content_span": [125, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries\nFrom January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Democratic Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was selected as the nominee, becoming the first African American to secure the presidential nomination of any major political party in the United States. However, due to a close race between Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, the contest remained competitive for longer than expected, and neither candidate received enough pledged delegates from state primaries and caucuses to achieve a majority, without endorsements from unpledged delegates (superdelegates).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries\nThe presidential primaries actually consisted of both primary elections and caucuses, depending upon what the individual state chose. The goal of the process was to elect the majority of the 4,233 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, which was held from Sunday, August 25, through Wednesday, August 28, 2008, in Denver, Colorado. To secure the nomination, a candidate needed to receive at least 2,117 votes at the convention\u2014or a simple majority of the 4,233 delegate votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries\nThis total included half-votes from American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and Democrats Abroad, as well as 'superdelegates'\u2014party leaders and elected officials who were not chosen through a primary or caucus. The race was further complicated by a controversy over the scheduling of the Michigan and Florida state primaries, which had been scheduled earlier than party rules permitted, affecting the number of delegates that those states sent to the national convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries\nThe popular vote tally from most news organizations did not include Iowa, Maine, Nevada, and Washington. These states did not release the results of the popular vote from their caucuses. The media reports did include Florida, which neither Clinton nor Obama contested, and Michigan. Both states were penalized by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for violating party rules. Michigan proved a source of controversy due to the change in the date of the primary election. Consequently, Obama and other candidates removed their names from the ballot yet Clinton did not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries\nThe DNC did not count the popular vote from Michigan, and evenly split the state's delegates between Clinton and Obama. As a result, without the Michigan vote, Obama won the popular vote; whereas with the votes from Michigan, Clinton won the popular vote. Nevertheless, regardless of how votes were counted, the candidates' totals were within less than one percent of each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries\nObama received enough superdelegate endorsements on June 3 to claim that he had secured the simple majority of delegates necessary to win the nomination, and Clinton conceded the nomination four days later. Obama was nominated on the first ballot, at the August convention. He went on to win the general election, and became the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009. Clinton went on to serve as Obama's Secretary of State for his first term as president, and the Democratic nominee for president in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Delegate system\nDelegates are the people who decided the nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Delegates from fifty US states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico had a single vote each, while delegates from American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Democrats Abroad, as well as the states of Florida and Michigan, which contravened the schedule, had half a vote each. Thus, the total number of delegates was slightly higher than the total number of available delegate votes (4,049). This is now updated to 4,233 with FL-MI delegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Delegate system, Pledged delegates\nIn the modern presidential primary system, candidates for the nomination campaign in a series of primary elections and caucus events. For the Democratic Party, the results from these primaries and caucuses determine the number of pledged delegates committed to vote for each candidate at the Democratic National Convention, intended to reflect the will of the voters. These delegates are not legally bound to vote for the candidate they represent, but candidates may remove delegates whom they feel may be disloyal, and delegates generally vote as pledged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 80], "content_span": [81, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Delegate system, Pledged delegates\nUnder the party's Delegate Selection Rules for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, delegates were allocated to each of the fifty U.S. states according to two main criteria: the proportion of votes each state had given to the Democratic candidate in the previous three presidential elections, and the percentage of votes each state had in the United States Electoral College. In addition, fixed numbers of delegates were allocated to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Democrats Abroad. In 2008, a total of 3,253 pledged delegate votes would be awarded through the primaries and caucuses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 80], "content_span": [81, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Delegate system, Superdelegates\nSuperdelegate votes are given equal weight to the votes of pledged delegates. Superdelegates are members of the United States House of Representatives and Senate, state and territorial governors, members of the Democratic National Committee, distinguished party leaders, and add-on delegates selected by the state parties. They represented almost 20 percent  of the total 4,233 delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Delegate system, Superdelegates\nThe number and composition of superdelegates had the potential to change right up to the start of the Democratic National Convention. The total number of superdelegate votes at the start of the primary season in October 2007 stood at 850. Various events such as deaths, elections, and disqualifications may alter the final number of superdelegates voting in the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Delegate system, Superdelegates\nWhile officially uncommitted until the convention, the superdelegates may publicly endorse or commit to a candidate at any time. The presidential candidates compete heavily for these commitments. News organizations survey the superdelegates periodically throughout the election season and try to calculate how many have committed to each of the candidates. The media often include these superdelegate estimates in their reporting on the race, leading to differing delegate counts from various news sources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Delegate system, Delegate selection rules\nUnder the Democratic Party's Delegate Selection Rules for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, delegates are awarded by proportional representation, with a minimum 15 percent threshold required to receive delegates. Each state party is required to publish its own state level delegate selection plan, indicating how the state will select delegates at the congressional and statewide level, how the delegation will implement the party's affirmative action policy, and how the delegation will ensure an equal balance between women and men. Those plans were adopted at state conventions and forwarded to the national party in mid-2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Delegate system, Delegate selection rules\nIn most state caucuses, the viability threshold must be met at each level in the process, from the precinct level upwards. This puts enormous pressure on the remaining candidates to gain the support of voters whose chosen candidates fall below the 15 percent mark. The focus on viability is designed to weed out small, divisive factions from gaining delegates to disrupt the national convention. However, this can result in candidates gaining viability in some precincts but not in others, and a complicated \"caucus math\" is required to allocate delegates to the county and state conventions for each precinct. In the primaries, the viability threshold is set based on statewide and congressional district votes. At-large and PLEO (Party Leaders and Elected Officials) delegates are allocated based on statewide votes, while district-level delegates are allocated by district votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 970]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Early campaigning\nThe earliest significant candidate to launch their candidacy was Mike Gravel in April 2006. However, for the most part, the race for the 2008 presidential nomination did not truly begin in earnest until after the 2006 midterm elections. Between November 2006 and February 2007, eight major candidates opened their campaigns: Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, and Tom Vilsack. Potential candidates John Kerry, Al Gore, Russ Feingold, Evan Bayh, Tom Daschle, Wesley Clark, Sam Nunn, Mark Warner, and Al Sharpton reportedly considered running but ultimately declined to seek the nomination. Vilsack dropped out in February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 767]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Early campaigning\nDuring the first three months of 2007, Clinton and Obama raised over $20 million each, while Edwards raised more than $12 million. The three candidates quickly became the frontrunners for the nomination, a status they held all the way through the end of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Early campaigning\nOn November 21, Obama announced that Oprah Winfrey would be campaigning for him in the early primary states, setting off speculation that, although celebrity endorsements typically have little effect on voter opinions, Winfrey's participation would supply Obama with a large, receptive audience. As word spread that Oprah's first appearance would be in Iowa, polls released in early December revealed that Obama had taken the lead in that decisive state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Early campaigning\nThen, on December 8, Oprah kicked off a three-state tour supporting Obama's campaign, where she drew record-setting crowds in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, and was described as \"more cogent, more effective, more convincing\" than anyone on the campaign trail. The Oprah-Obama tour dominated political news headlines and cast doubts over Clinton's ability to recover her recently-lost lead in Iowa caucus polls. A poll released less than two weeks after Winfrey campaigned found that Obama had achieved more popularity in Iowa than ever recorded before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Early campaigning\nAt year's end, on December 31, Clinton held a substantial lead in superdelegates, and she was leading in the national polls with 42% of likely voters, over Obama with 23%, and Edwards with 16%. However, Edwards and Obama remained close in state polls for the early contests, including the Iowa caucuses, where the final polling average had Obama leading narrowly with 31%, over Clinton with 30%, Edwards with 26%, Biden with 5%, and Richardson also with 5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, January 2008\nFollowing tradition, the 2008 primary calendar began with the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. The Nevada caucuses and the South Carolina primary were the third and fourth contests sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee. Under the national committee's rules, no state was allowed to hold primaries or caucuses before February 5 with the exceptions of these four states. Michigan and Florida also held early primaries. However, as the contests were unsanctioned, the results were not recognized by the national committee until a compromise was reached four months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, January 2008\nThe following table shows the pledged delegate votes awarded in the first four contests recognized by the DNC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, January 2008\nObama won the Iowa caucuses with 38% of the vote, over Edwards by 30% and Clinton by 29%. His victory brought him to national prominence as many voters tuned into the race for the first time. In a speech given that evening, he defined the word \"change\" as the primary theme of his campaign and said, \"On this January night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do.\" The delegate count was virtually tied, but Clinton's surprising third-place finish in the popular vote damaged her image as being the \"inevitable\" nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, January 2008\nHowever, she remained upbeat, saying \"This race begins tonight and ends when Democrats throughout America have their say. Our campaign was built for a marathon.\" The following day, reports described \"panic\" among some Clinton donors, and rumors of a staff shake-up began to circulate. Biden and Dodd both withdrew from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, January 2008\nAfter Obama's upset win in the Iowa caucuses, it appeared to many political observers that he would ride a wave of momentum through the New Hampshire primary and then go on to win the Democratic nomination. Eulogies were published on the Clinton campaign, as Obama surged to a roughly 10-point lead in the New Hampshire polls. However, the race turned quickly in the days before the primary, and the polls were slow to register a reversal toward Clinton. At the Saint Anselm College New Hampshire debate on January 5, 2008, Edwards sided with Obama against Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, January 2008\nIn one noted exchange, Edwards said that Clinton could not bring about change, while he and Obama could, saying \"Any time you speak out powerfully for change, the forces for status quo attack.\" Clinton passionately retorted, saying, \"Making change is not about what you believe; it's not about a speech you make. It's about working hard. I'm not just running on a promise for change. I'm running on 35 years of change. What we need is somebody who can deliver change. We don't need to be raising false hopes.\" It came to be seen as the defining statement for her candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, January 2008\nThe morning before the primary, Clinton became \"visibly emotional\" in response to a friendly question from a voter. Video of the moment was replayed on cable news television throughout the day, accompanied by pundit commentary that ranged from sympathetic to callous in tone. Voters rallied to Clinton's defense, and she won a surprising 3% victory over Obama in the popular vote. They tied in the delegate count. Richardson withdrew from the race on January 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, January 2008\nMomentum shifted in Clinton's favor, and she won the popular vote in the Nevada caucuses eleven days later, despite Obama's endorsement from the influential Culinary Workers Union. However, Obama ran strongly in rural areas throughout the state, and he beat Clinton in the delegate count. Edwards' support collapsed in Nevada, as voters coalesced around the two apparent frontrunners. Dennis Kucinich withdrew from the race. In the following week, issues regarding race came to the fore as campaigning began for the South Carolina primary, the first to feature a large proportion of African Americans in the Democratic electorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0019-0002", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, January 2008\nBehind in the state polls, Clinton left to campaign in some Super Tuesday states, while her husband, former president Bill Clinton, stayed in South Carolina and engaged in a series of exchanges with Obama. CBS News reported, \"By injecting himself into the Democratic primary campaign with a series of inflammatory and negative statements, Bill Clinton may have helped his wife's presidential hopes in the long term but at the cost of his reputation with a group of voters [African Americans] that have long been one of his strongest bases of political support.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, January 2008\nObama won by a more than two-to-one margin over Clinton, gaining 55% of the vote to her 27% and Edwards's 18%. On the day of the primary, Bill Clinton compared Obama's expected win to Jesse Jackson's victory in the 1988 South Carolina Democratic primary. His comments were widely criticized as an apparent attempt to dismiss the primary results and marginalize Obama by implying that he was \"the black candidate.\" The momentum generated by Obama's larger-than-expected win in South Carolina was deflated somewhat by the win Clinton claimed in the nullified Florida primary the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, January 2008\nEdwards suspended his candidacy on January 30. He did not immediately endorse either Clinton or Obama, but he said they both had pledged to carry forward his central campaign theme of ending poverty in America. Neither Clinton nor Obama had a clear advantage heading into the February 5 Super Tuesday primaries, with 23 states and territories and 1,681 delegates at stake and more media attention than any primary election day in American history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Disputed primaries\nIn August 2006, the Democratic National Committee adopted a proposal by its Rules and Bylaws Committee stating that only the four states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina would be permitted to hold primaries or caucuses before February 5, 2008. In May 2007, the Florida Legislature passed a bill that moved the date of the state's primary to January 29, 2008, setting up a confrontation with the DNC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Disputed primaries\nIn response, the DNC ruled that Florida's 185\u00a0pledged delegates and 26\u00a0superdelegates would not be seated at the Democratic National Convention, or, if seated, would not be able to vote. In October 2007, Democrats from Florida's congressional delegation filed a federal lawsuit against the DNC to force a recognition of its delegates, but the suit was unsuccessful. The presidential candidates promised not to campaign in Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Disputed primaries\nMeanwhile, Michigan moved its primary to January 15, 2008, also in violation of party rules. In October 2007, Obama, Richardson, Biden, and Edwards withdrew their names from the Michigan primary ballot, under pressure from the DNC and voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. Kucinich unsuccessfully sought to remove his name from the ballot, whereas Clinton and Dodd opted to remain on the ballot. In December 2007, the DNC ruled that Michigan's 128\u00a0pledged delegates and 29\u00a0superdelegates would not count in the nominating contest unless it were held on a later date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Disputed primaries\nThe Michigan Democratic party responded with a press release noting that the primary would proceed with Clinton, Dodd, Gravel, and Kucinich on the ballot. Supporters of Biden, Edwards, Richardson, and Obama were urged to vote \"uncommitted\" instead of writing in their candidates' names because write-in votes for those candidates would not be counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Disputed primaries\nNone of the top candidates campaigned in Florida or Michigan. The events were described in the media as \"beauty contests,\" and voter turnout in both states was relatively low when compared with record-high turnout in other states. Nevertheless, Clinton claimed wins in Florida and Michigan, and she flew to Fort Lauderdale on the night of the Florida election to thank supporters for what she called a \"tremendous victory.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Disputed primaries\nAs the primaries continued, various groups tried to negotiate a resolution to the standoff between the DNC and the state parties. The Clinton campaign advocated first for the results to stand and then for a new round of voting to take place in Michigan and Florida, while the Obama campaign deferred the matter to the DNC, while expressing a wish that the delegations be seated in some form. On all sides, Democrats worried that a failure to resolve the problem could lead to a rules or credential fight at the convention and low Democratic turnout in the general election in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Disputed primaries\nOn May 31, 2008, the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee voted unanimously (27\u20130) to restore half-votes to all the Florida delegates, including superdelegates. The Michigan delegates were also given half-votes, with 69 delegates pledged to Hillary Clinton and 59 to Barack Obama; this proposed change passing by 19\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Super Tuesday\nTraditionally, the Tuesday on which the greatest number of states hold primary elections is known as Super Tuesday. In 2007, many states moved their primaries or caucuses to early in the year so they could have greater influence over the race. As February 5 was the earliest date to be allowed by the Democratic National Committee, 23 states and territories moved their elections to that date. 2008's Super Tuesday became the date of the nation's first quasi-national primary. It was dubbed \"Super Duper Tuesday\" or \"Tsunami Tuesday,\" among other names.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Super Tuesday\nAfter Obama's win in the South Carolina primaries on January 26, he received high-profile endorsements from Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, as well as Senator Ted Kennedy, the former President's brother. Ted Kennedy's endorsement was considered \"the biggest Democratic endorsement [that] Obama could possibly get short of Bill Clinton or Al Gore.\" On January 31, Obama and Clinton met for the first time in a one-on-one debate, and they struck a friendly tone, seeking to put the racially charged comments of the previous week behind them. Obama surged nationally in the polls and held campaign rallies that drew audiences of over 15,000 people in several states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Super Tuesday\nA total of 1,681 pledged delegate votes were at stake in the states that voted on February 5. The following table shows the pledged delegate votes awarded in the Super Tuesday states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Super Tuesday\nOn election night, both Obama and Clinton claimed victories. In the popular vote, Obama won 13 states and territories to Clinton's 10. This included the states of Idaho and Georgia, where Obama won by very wide margins. His wins in Connecticut and Missouri were considered upsets. However, Clinton won the large electoral prizes of California and Massachusetts, where some analysts had expected the Kennedy endorsements might carry Obama to the victory. Although Obama gained significant ground from where he was polling in mid-January, it was not enough to close the gap in those states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Super Tuesday\nIn exit polls, Obama gained some overwhelming support of African-American voters, and he strengthened his base among college-educated voters and voters younger than the age of 45. Clinton found significant support among white women, Latinos, and voters over age 65. Obama ran strongest in caucus states, Rocky Mountain states, Southern states and Midwestern states. Clinton ran strongest in the Northeastern states, Southwestern states, and states bordering Arkansas, where she served as first lady while her husband served as that state's governor. When the delegate counting was finished, Obama won an estimated 847 pledged delegates to Clinton's 834.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Super Tuesday\nEarly in the primary season, many observers had predicted that the nomination would be over after Super Tuesday, but the general verdict on election night was that the candidates had drawn to a virtual tie and that the race for the Democratic presidential nomination would not likely be settled for at least a month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Mid-February contests\nIn the following week, it became clear that a tie on Super Tuesday would leave Obama better positioned for the upcoming contests in February, where the demographics of several large states seemed to favor him. The day after Super Tuesday, February 6, Clinton announced that she had personally lent her campaign $5 million in January. The news came as a surprise and set off another round of news stories about Clinton donors and supporters concerned about the campaign's strategy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Mid-February contests\nIt was particularly striking in light of Obama's announcement that he had raised a record-high $32 million in January, tapping 170,000 new contributors. It became clear that Obama's financial advantage had allowed him to organize and compete in some broader states on Super Tuesday, an advantage that was likely to continue in the upcoming months and weeks. In response, Clinton's supporters raised $6 million online in 36 hours, but Obama's campaign upped the ante, announcing their own total of $7.5 million in 36 hours and starting a new goal of reaching 500,000 new contributors in 2008 by late February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Mid-February contests\nAs expected, Obama swept the three nominating events on February 9, which were thought to favor him based on the results in similar states that had voted previously. He then scored a convincing win in Maine, where Clinton had hoped to hold her ground. The same day, Clinton's campaign announced that campaign advisor Patti Solis Doyle would resign. Obama's momentum carried throughout the following week, as he scored large delegate gains in the Potomac primaries, taking the lead in the nationwide popular vote, even under the projection most favorable to Clinton, with Florida and Michigan included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Mid-February contests\nNBC News declared him \"Mr. Frontrunner\" on February 13. Clinton attempted a comeback win in the demographically more favorable state of Wisconsin, but Obama won again by a larger margin than expected. In 11 days, he swept 11 contests and extended his pledged delegate lead by 120. By the end of the month, Obama had 1,192 pledged delegates to Clinton's 1,035. He also began closing the gap in superdelegates, although Clinton still led among superdelegates by 240\u2013191. Clinton's campaign tried to downplay the results of the February contests, and the candidate refused to acknowledge the losses in her speeches on election nights. Her advisers acknowledged that she would need big wins in the upcoming states to turn the race around.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March\nWith four states and 370 delegates at stake, March 4 was dubbed \"Mini-Super Tuesday\" or \"Super Tuesday II\". Just as Obama had been favored in the mid-February states, Clinton was favored in Ohio, with its high proportion of working-class white voters and older voters, and Texas, with its high proportion of Latino voters. Exit polls in previous states showed that all three groups were a part of Clinton's base. In mid-February, Clinton held a 10-point lead in Texas and a 20-point lead in Ohio in RealClearPolitics polling averages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March\nHer campaign set its sights on the Ohio-Texas \"firewall,\" counting on a clear March 4 win to change the narrative and turn her campaign around for the nomination. Meanwhile, Obama hoped to win one or both states that might be enough to knock Clinton out of the race. By February 25, according to a CNN poll, they were in a statistical dead heat in Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March\nIn the last week of February, Clinton's campaign seemed to be back on its feet. A Saturday Night Live sketch mocked the media for its supposedly biased coverage in favor of Obama, and Clinton used the sketch to argue that Obama had not received proper scrutiny. The media responded by taking a more critical look at Obama's campaign. Meanwhile, Obama supporter and former fundraiser Tony Rezko went on trial in a political corruption case in Chicago. While Obama was not implicated, questions remained about how forthcoming he had been about his relationship with Rezko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March\nControversy also erupted when it was reported in the Canadian press that Obama economic advisor Austan Goolsbee had privately offered assurances that Obama's anti-North American Free Trade Agreement rhetoric on the campaign trail was exaggerated. Obama's campaign denied the substance of the report, but their response was muddled by a series of missteps and may have hurt the candidate's standing with Ohio voters. Clinton launched a five-point attack on Obama's qualifications, \"unleashing what one Clinton aide called a 'kitchen sink' fusillade,\" according to The New York Times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0033-0002", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March\nPerhaps the most damaging component was a campaign ad that aired in Texas, using the imagery of the White House \"red phone\" to suggest that Obama would not be prepared to handle a crisis as commander-in-chief when a phone call comes into the White House at 3 a.m. The ad drew significant media attention in the four days before the election. In the general-election campaign, McCain used parts of the ad against Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March\nOn election night, Clinton scored convincing wins in Ohio and Rhode Island. She narrowly won the Texas primary, while losing the Texas caucus. She pitched her wins that night as a comeback: \"For everyone here in Ohio and across America who's ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, and for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up, this one is for you.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March\nObama focused on the \"delegate math.\" He won the total delegate count in Texas, and he stayed close to Clinton on the delegate count in Ohio. \"No matter what happens tonight,\" he said, \"we have nearly the same delegate lead that we did this morning, and we are on our way to winning this nomination.\" In fact, March 4 was the first election day in which Clinton won more delegates than Obama (though the Florida and Michigan primaries would later be honored by seating half of the states' delegations). After winning contests in Wyoming and Mississippi the following week, Obama erased Clinton's March 4 gains. On March 15, he increased his lead by 10 delegates at the Iowa county conventions, when former supporters of withdrawn candidates switched their support to him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March\nAfter the March contests, the Democratic race entered a six-week period with no upcoming contests until April 22. As the campaigns settled in for the long haul, advisors for both candidates escalated their rhetoric and stepped up attacks in their daily conference calls. News reports described the tenor as increasingly \"rancorous\" and \"vitriolic.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March\nOn March 14, clips of controversial sermons from Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, resurfaced on YouTube and received heavy airtime on cable news television. Among other things, Wright said, \"God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.\" Four days later, Obama responded to the controversy in a 37-minute speech, speaking openly about race and religion in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March\nHe denounced Wright's remarks while refusing to condemn the pastor himself, and he attempted to pivot from the immediate circumstances to address the larger theme of \"A More Perfect Union.\" The speech was regarded as \"breathtakingly unconventional\" in its political strategy and tone, and it received generally positive reviews in the press. The New York Times weighed in with an editorial: \"Senator Barack Obama, who has not faced such tests of character this year, faced one on Tuesday. It is hard to imagine how he could have handled it better.\" Ten days later, the speech had been watched at least 3.4 million times on YouTube.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March\nOn March 21, former primary candidate Bill Richardson, who has previously held important posts in the Clinton Administration, endorsed Barack Obama, a move that drew intense criticism from Clinton allies, including James Carville's Eastertime comparison of Richardson with Judas Iscariot. On March 25, Mike Gravel announced that he would leave the Democrats and join the Libertarian Party, entering the race for the 2008 Libertarian presidential nomination the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, April and beyond\nAs the race continued to Pennsylvania, Indiana, and North Carolina, many observers concluded that Clinton had little chance to overcome Obama's lead in pledged delegates. Even if she were to succeed in changing the dynamics of the race, there would not be enough pledged delegates remaining for her to catch up under most realistic scenarios. Some analysts believed Clinton could still win the nomination by raising doubts about Obama's electability, fighting for Michigan and Florida delegates to be seated at the convention, and convincing superdelegates to support her despite her expected loss in the pledged delegate vote. However, the window of opportunity for re-votes in Michigan and Florida appeared to close in late March, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, chairwoman of the Democratic National Convention, said that it would be harmful to the party if superdelegates were to overturn the result of the pledged delegate vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 1006]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, April and beyond\nComplicating the equation for Democrats, presidential candidate John McCain clinched the Republican nomination on March 4. With Obama and Clinton engaged in the Democratic primary, McCain was free to define his candidacy for the general election largely unchallenged. Some Democrats expressed concern that Clinton stayed in the campaign through March and April, when they felt she had little chance to win the nomination, but a much greater chance to damage Obama's candidacy in the general election. However, others defended Clinton's right to continue on, arguing that a sustained campaign was good for the Democratic Party and that Clinton still had a realistic shot at the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, April and beyond\nOn April 22, Clinton scored a convincing win in Pennsylvania. However, on May 6, Obama surprised many observers by winning North Carolina by almost 15 percentage points, effectively erasing Clinton's gains in Pennsylvania. Clinton won by only 1 point in Indiana. With Obama now leading by 164 pledged delegates and with only 217 pledged delegates left to be decided in the remaining contests, many pundits declared that the primary was effectively over. Obama gave an election night speech that looked forward to the general election campaign against McCain. The pace of superdelegate endorsements increased. On May 10, Obama's superdelegate total surpassed Clinton's for the first time in the race, making the math increasingly difficult for a Clinton win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, April and beyond\nClinton vowed to continue campaigning, and won convincingly in primaries in West Virginia on May 13, and Kentucky on May 20 where Appalachian voters strongly preferred her over Obama. However, Obama was able to clear a victory in Oregon on May 20, which allowed him to clinch the majority of pledged delegates. Obama gave a speech in Des Moines, Iowa, the state that propelled his candidacy, in which he stated, \"You have put us within reach of the Democratic nomination for president of the United States of America.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0042-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, April and beyond\nClinton advisers said they would appeal to the DNC's Rules & Bylaws Committee to have the Michigan and Florida delegations seated. However, even under the most favorable seating arrangement, she would not have been able to take a lead in pledged delegates and would have had to rely on superdelegates to win the nomination. On May 31, the rules committee accepted the Michigan state party's 69-59 distribution of pledged delegates and restored half votes to Florida's and Michigan's delegations. This resulted in a net gain for Clinton of 24 pledged delegates. Obama remained significantly ahead, with a lead of 137 pledged delegates before the Puerto Rico primary on June 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, April and beyond\nOn June 3, the day of the final primaries in South Dakota and Montana, Obama rolled out about sixty superdelegate endorsements. Those endorsements, together with the pledged delegates awarded in the final primaries, put him well over the \"magic number\" of 2,117 delegate votes necessary for a majority at the Democratic National Convention. By early in the evening, all major news organizations had announced that Obama had clinched the Democratic nomination, and Obama claimed the status of presumptive nominee in a speech in St. Paul, Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, April and beyond\nClinton did not concede the nomination in her election night speech, saying that she would be \"making no decisions tonight\". On the morning of June 5, Clinton posted on her website an open letter to her supporters, which she also sent by e-mail that day. It announced that on Saturday (June 7) Clinton would endorse Obama's candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0043-0002", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, April and beyond\nDuring a well received concession speech in Washington DC on Saturday June 7 Clinton endorsed Obama in the following terms:\"The way to continue our fight now, to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength, and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama, the next president of the United States. Today, as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Campaign, April and beyond\n* Two at-large DNC superdelegate seats are vacant, see: History of superdelegate composition changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Results\nBelow are the results for the state primaries and caucuses held by the Democratic Party in 2008 for the presidential primaries. Clinton won one territorial contest, Puerto Rico, whilst Obama won Guam, the US Virgin Islands and American Samoa. He also won the District of Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Results\nN.B: The grey counties in Michigan denote that the counties are uncommitted for either candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voter turnout\nVoter turnout was at historically high levels in the 2008 primaries and caucuses, with many contests setting all-time records for turnout. Voter turnout on Super Tuesday was at 27% of eligible citizens, breaking the previous record of 25.9% set in 1972. Turnout was higher among Democrats than Republicans, with Democratic turnout surpassing Republican turnout even in traditionally red states where the number of registered Democrats is proportionally low. Many states reported high levels of Democratic voter registration in the weeks before primaries. From January 3 through February 5, Democratic turnout exceeded Republican turnout, 19.1 million to 13.1 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196399-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Voter turnout\nIn the first five weeks of 2008, 'voter turnout' was a phrase that was used almost exclusively in connection with the Democratic Party. There were routine stories of precincts running short on ballots, poll hours being extended, and voters packing haunch to paunch inside community centers and local churches. Crowd sizes were described, often with growing awe, as 'staggering,' 'record breaking,' or 'unprecedented.'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196400-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection\nThis article lists potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 presidential election. After Illinois Senator Barack Obama became the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee on June 3, 2008, Obama formed a small committee, made up of James A. Johnson (who stepped down after one week), Eric Holder and Caroline Kennedy, to help him select a running mate. Veteran Democratic lawyer and advisor James \"Jim\" Hamilton, of the firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, later replaced Johnson in vetting candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196400-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection\nObama strongly considered Senator Evan Bayh and governors Tim Kaine and Kathleen Sebelius, but Obama ultimately decided to select Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. The Obama-Biden ticket won the 2008 presidential election, defeating the Republican McCain-Palin ticket. 12 years later, Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election, defeating incumbent president Donald Trump.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196400-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, Shortlist\nAccording to contemporaneous news sources, the following people were thought to be on Senator Obama's short list for Vice President:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196400-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, Final Days and Announcement\nIn the final days leading up to the Democratic National Convention, four individuals were left on Obama's final list for Vice President: Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, Tim Kaine, and Kathleen Sebelius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 88], "content_span": [89, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196400-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, Final Days and Announcement\nOn August 22, the eve of Obama's scheduled unveiling of his running mate, NBC News reported that Bayh and Kaine had been informed that they were not chosen. Last minute controversy emerged as it was learned that Senator Hillary Clinton was never vetted for the position, when it was earlier thought that Sen. Barack Obama would consider her as he previously stated in various private and public reports. This led to several questions as to whether Clinton supporters would feel betrayed and would defuse the intensity in \"dream ticket\" scenarios.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 88], "content_span": [89, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196400-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, Final Days and Announcement\nThat night, ABC News reported that the U.S. Secret Service had assumed protection of Biden, which was seen as a sign that he had been chosen as Obama's running mate. Just hours later, the Associated Press broke the news that Democratic Party officials had confided that Obama had in fact selected Biden as the vice-presidential nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 88], "content_span": [89, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196400-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, Final Days and Announcement\nObama's campaign manager David Plouffe later wrote in his book The Audacity to Win, which was published in November 2009, that Bayh had been a \"coin toss\" away from becoming Obama's running mate. Plouffe and David Axelrod had interviewed the finalists and Plouffe said that Bayh's answers were \"substantively close to perfect, if cautiously so.\" He recalled that at the time of the interview he thought to himself, \"there's no way this guy will color outside the lines...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 88], "content_span": [89, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196400-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, Final Days and Announcement\nBayh's up side and down side are probably the closest spread of the three\", compared to Biden, who could \"reach higher heights but could cause us real pain.\" As Obama approached a decision, he told Plouffe \"it's a coin toss now between Bayh and Biden, but Kaine is still a distinct possibility.\" On August 17, Obama told Axelrod simply, \"I've decided. It's Biden.\" It was later reported that Obama told Kaine, in breaking the news to him, \"You are the pick of my heart, but Joe [Biden] is the pick of my head\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 88], "content_span": [89, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196400-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, Final Days and Announcement\nIn 2020 Obama wrote in his memoir A Promised Land a slightly different account of the selection, not mentioning Bayh and stating that he had ultimately narrowed down the choice for his running mate to two individuals \u2013 Kaine and Biden. He stated \"At the time, I was much closer to Tim\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 88], "content_span": [89, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196400-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, Final Days and Announcement\nHowever Obama recalled that he and his advisers  Axelrod and Plouff wondered if voters would accept a ticket of \"two relatively young, inexperienced, and liberal civil rights attorneys\" and ultimately Obama felt the contrast between him and Biden was a strength, and that Biden being older than Obama would reassure those voters who were concerned that Obama was too young to be President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 88], "content_span": [89, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196400-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, Final Days and Announcement\nOn August 23, 2008, via text message, the Obama campaign announced that the then-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee chose Joe Biden as his vice-presidential running mate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 88], "content_span": [89, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196401-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Progressive Party chairmanship election\nThe 2008 Democratic Progressive Party chairmanship election took place on May 18, 2008. The election date was announced by chairperson Frank Hsieh after losing the presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196401-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Progressive Party chairmanship election, Candidates\nThree members expressed their desire to run for the position:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 67], "content_span": [68, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196401-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Progressive Party chairmanship election, Candidates, Chai Trong-rong\nChai Trong-rong, first president of the World United Formosans for Independence and former legislator, announced his candidacy on April 14, 2008. He withdrew from the election on May 12 and endorsed candidate Koo Kwang-ming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 84], "content_span": [85, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196401-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic Progressive Party chairmanship election, Candidates, Tsai Ing-wen\nTsai Ing-wen, former vice premier and former chairperson of the Mainland Affairs Council, won support from many local executives and decided to launch her campaign. She earned endorsements from Chiayi County magistrate Chen Ming-wen, Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu, Tainan County magistrate Su Huan-chih, and Yunlin County magistrate Su Chih-fen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 81], "content_span": [82, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196402-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic primary in New Jersey\nResults as of 11:25 PM, June 6 as reported by NJ.com ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196402-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Democratic primary in New Jersey, US Senate\nOfficial results, New Jersey Division of Elections (, July 11, 2008)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary\nThe 2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary took place from February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday) until February 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary\nThe first voting began at midnight in Indonesia, with one of the first unofficial results coming from a polling station at the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta. Of roughly 100 votes, 75% were for Senator Barack Obama and 25% for Senator Hillary Clinton. The midnight vote was an attempt to replicate the voting at Dixville Notch, New Hampshire during the New Hampshire primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary\nThis was the first Democrats Abroad primary in which voters could vote online, and by the end of the primary, online votes had been cast from 164 countries and territories. Democrats Abroad announced the worldwide results on February 21, 2008, declaring Barack Obama the winner. Democrats Abroad held a global convention on April 12, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Primary\nA breakdown of results by country and voting method is also available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Regional caucus\nWhile the nine pledged regional delegates (each with a half vote, for a total of 4\u00bd votes) were selected at the regional caucuses, the number allocated to each candidate was pre-determined by the results of the primary. According to the Democrats Abroad Delegate Selection Plan: \"The binding presidential preference primary will determine the allocation of these nine (9) At-Large Delegates among the presidential candidates; the Regional Caucus will elect such Delegates based on such allocation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Global convention\nWhile the five pledged At-Large and pledged PLEO delegates (each with a half vote, for a total of 2\u00bd votes) were selected at the global convention, the number allocated to each candidate was pre-determined by the results of the primary. According to the Democrats Abroad Delegate Selection Plan: \"The binding presidential preference primary will determine the allocation of these three (3) At-Large Delegates and the two (2) Pledged PLEO Delegates among the presidential candidates; the Global Convention will elect such Delegates based on such allocation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, 2008 Democratic National Committee Convention delegates\nTwenty-two delegates, including 8 superdelegates, traveled 125,000 miles from around the world to Denver, CO to represent Democrats Abroad at the Democratic National Convention August 25\u201328, 2008. Democrats Abroad is the official arm of the Democratic Party for Americans living outside of the United States. The 22 delegates each have a half vote, bringing the organization's total votes to 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 108], "content_span": [109, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, 2008 Democratic National Committee Convention delegates\nEvery member of the Democrats Abroad delegation had taken part in the \"Green Delegate Challenge\" sponsored by House Speaker and Permanent Convention Chair Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Convention organizers, by obtaining carbon offsets for their travel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 108], "content_span": [109, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Criticism\nCriticism focused on the internet voting, suggesting the possibility of hacking and other subterfuge, though there was no evidence that such hacking occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Criticism, Alleged corporate and partisan influence\nProfessor David Dill of Stanford University questioned whether having a private company run a public election, with little oversight, was appropriate. The software used for Internet voting was provided by the private company Everyone Counts. The provider of internet voting was spun off from an Australian company in 2003. In 2006 the company received an \"injection of U.S. private equity\" from an undisclosed source.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 104], "content_span": [105, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Criticism, Alleged corporate and partisan influence\nThe corporation running the election, Everyone Counts, named Paul DeGregorio, former Republican chair of the Election Assistance Commission as Chief Operating Officer in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 104], "content_span": [105, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Criticism, Partial results reporting\nThe final results for the February 5\u201312 Democrats Abroad Global Primary were not released until February 21, nine days after the voting had concluded. The initial reporting of results incorrectly reported the results of the election. The error was reported as a result of \"a programming error in a spreadsheet column.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Criticism, Partial results reporting\nRule 13 allowed reporting of \"provisional\" results on the first day of voting. Based on partial results, the international news media reported large Obama victories as soon as these manual polling stations closed. These totals did not include any of the postal or Internet votes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Criticism, Partial results reporting\nAt 3 a.m., there are still around 30 Democrats watching CNN as results are projected on a giant screen. When the news channel reports that Obama has apparently won the international Democratic primary in Jakarta, Indonesia, they begin cheering -- more because the station has just flashed the Democrats Abroad logo on the screen than because the Illinois senator has won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Criticism, Partial results reporting\nThese are the results for the Voting Center in Tokyo, this tally is provisional, does not include internet, fax or mailed ballots, and is subject to ratification from the chair of Democrats Abroad. But here goes.... (drum roll please)2/5/2008 Tokyo Voting Center% report =83% Obama13% Clinton2% Edwards1.% Kucinich1.% Richardson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Criticism, Partial results reporting\nIn the end the ballot boxes produced a 971 to 422 victory for Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196403-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Democrats Abroad presidential primary, Results, Criticism, Partial results reporting\nVoting was scheduled to occur from February 5\u201312, not just on February 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196404-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Denbighshire County Council election\nThe 2008 Denbighshire County Council election took place in Denbighshire, Wales, on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Denbighshire Council. This was the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The previous elections took place in 2004 and the next all-council elections took place in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196404-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Denbighshire County Council election, Background\nSix months vefore the election, the Independent council leader, Rhiannon Hughes, and her entire cabinet had been voted out of their positions, following the release of a critical schools report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196404-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Denbighshire County Council election, Background\nContests in May 2008 took place in all of the 30 electoral wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196404-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Denbighshire County Council election, Results, Overview\nThe Conservatives took became the largest group on the council after taking new seats, largely from independent councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196404-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Denbighshire County Council election, Ward results, Dyserth (one seat)\nPeter Owen was previously elected as an Independent, in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196404-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Denbighshire County Council election, Ward results, Rhyl West (two seats)\nMark Webster had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196404-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Denbighshire County Council election, Ward results, Tremeirchion (one seat)\n(a) Election Centre/Andrew Teale source also compares the percentage vote of the lead candidate for each party in the ward", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196404-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Denbighshire County Council election, Ward results, Tremeirchion (one seat)\n* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196405-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Denmark Open darts\n2008 Denmark Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Denmark in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196406-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Denmark Super Series\nThe 2008 Denmark Super Series is the ninth tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Odense, Denmark from October 21 to October 26, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season\nThe 2008 Denver Broncos season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League, the 49th overall and the 25th under the ownership of Pat Bowlen. The Broncos improved from their 7\u20139 record from 2007, but failed to make the playoffs with an 8\u20138 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season\nEntering Week 15, the Broncos had an 8\u20135 record \u2014 three games ahead of the San Diego Chargers for the AFC West division title. The Chargers ended the season on a four-game winning streak, while the Broncos ended the season on a three-game losing streak, losing 52\u201321 to the San Diego Chargers in the regular season finale. The Broncos and Chargers both finished 8\u20138, however, the Broncos lost the tiebreaker due to the Chargers' owning a better division record (5\u20131 to 3\u20133). On December 30, 2008, two days after the regular season ended, Mike Shanahan was fired as the Broncos' head coach after 14 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Roster changes\nOn February 29, 2008, LB Ian Gold and WR Javon Walker were released by the Denver Broncos in preparation for the NFL Draft and free agency. Walker was signed by the Oakland Raiders. Long-time Broncos kicker Jason Elam was not re-signed by the Broncos, and was then signed by the Atlanta Falcons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Roster changes\nOn June 2, 2008, RB Travis Henry was cut by the team. Seventh Round pick Josh Barrett signed on June 12, the first draft pick to sign with the team. Wide receiver Rod Smith, a veteran of both of the Broncos Super Bowl victories, retired on the first day of training camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Roster\nRookies in italics, PLAYER\tNO\tPOSAbdullah, Hamza23\tSBailey, Boss97\tLBBailey, Champ24\tCBBarrett, Josh30\tSBell, Josh26\tCBBell, Tatum21\tRBBly, Dre'32\tCBBoyd, Cory30\tRBClady, Ryan78\tTClemons, Nic93\tDTCrowder, Tim96\tDECutler, Jay6\tQBDumervil, Elvis58\tLBEkuban, Ebenezer91\tDEEngelberger, John60\tDEFox, Vernon39\tSGraham, Daniel89\tTEGreen, Louis52\tLBHaggan, Mario51\tLBHall, Andre24\tRBHamilton, Ben50\tGHarris, Ryan68\tTHillis, Peyton40\tRBJackson, Chad3\tWRJackson, Darrell82\tWRJackson, Nate81\tTEJones, Herana-Daze44\tSKern, Brett1\tPKoutouvides, Niko90\tLBKuper, Chris73\tGLarsen, Spencer46\tRBLeach, Mike82\tTELichtensteiger, Kory78\tGLowry, Calvin37\tSManuel, Marquand36\tSMarshall, Brandon15\tWRMartinez, Glenn17\tWRMcCree, Marlon20\tSMoss, Jarvis94\tDEMustard, Chad85\tTEPaymah, Karl24\tCBPeterson, Kenny90\tDTPittman, Michael28\tRBPolumbus, Tyler74\tTPope, P.J. 31\tRBPrater, Matt5\tKPutzier, Jeb87\tTERamsey, Patrick9\tQBRobertson, Dewayne63\tDTRogers, Roderick43\tSRoyal, Eddie11\tWRRussell, Clifford10\tWRScheffler, Tony85\tTEShaw, Josh95\tDTStokley, Brandon14\tWRThomas, Marcus61\tDTTorain, Ryan41\tRBWebster, Nate58\tLBWiegmann, Casey62\tCWilliams, D.J. 58\tLBWilliams, Jack31\tCBWinborn, Jamie52\tLBWoodyard, Wesley52\tLBYoung, Selvin practice squad", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 1247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Training camp\nThe Broncos opened training camp on July 24, 2008. On July 31, 2008, the Broncos granted safety John Lynch his release. The following day, head coach Mike Shanahan, asked about the upcoming season on talk radio, said \"We\u2019re not going to miss the playoffs.\" Later in the day, Shanahan backed off a bit, saying \"I didn\u2019t make a guarantee . . . . you\u2019ve got to be lucky and don\u2019t have the injuries we\u2019ve had. If we don\u2019t have the injuries, I\u2019d be very disappointed if we didn\u2019t make the playoffs.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: at Oakland Raiders\nThe Broncos began their 2008 campaign on the road against their AFC West rival, the Oakland Raiders, in the second game of ESPN's Monday Night Football doubleheader. In the first quarter, Denver ran out of the gates early as QB Jay Cutler completed a 26-yard TD pass to rookie WR Eddie Royal (who was filling in for WR Brandon Marshall, due to his 1-game suspension). In the second quarter, the Broncos continued their domination as kicker Matt Prater got a 26-yard field goal, while FB Michael Pittman got a 3-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: at Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, Denver ran away with the game as Cutler completed a 48-yard TD pass to WR Darrell Jackson, while Prater nailed a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders spoiled the Broncos' bid for a shutout as QB JaMarcus Russell completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Ashley Lelie. Denver ended its domination with RB Selvin Young's 5-yard TD run and Pittman's 1-yard TD run. Oakland ended the scoring with Russell completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Ronald Curry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: at Oakland Raiders\nWith the dominating win, the Broncos began their season at 1\u20130; with the rest of the division suffering losses, Denver, in Week 1, is in sole possession of 1st place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: at Oakland Raiders\nEddie Royal, in his NFL debut, had the best Week 1 stats of any wide receiver, getting 9 receptions for 146 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: vs San Diego Chargers\nComing off their dominating divisional road win over the Raiders, the Broncos played their Week 2 home opener against the AFC West foe, the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Denver was first out of the gate as FB Michael Pittman got a 1-yard TD run. The Chargers responded with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 34-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Denver replied with QB Jay Cutler completing a 3-yard and a 14-yard TD pass to TE Tony Scheffler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: vs San Diego Chargers\nSan Diego immediately responded with RB Darren Sproles returning the kickoff 103 yards for a touchdown, yet the Broncos replied with rookie kicker Matt Prater getting a 52-yard field goal. The Chargers struck as their lead as QB Philip Rivers completed a 48-yard TD pass to WR Chris Chambers, yet Denver retaliated with Cutler completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: vs San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, San Diego started to rally as Rivers completed a 15-yard TD pass to Chambers, and Kaeding kicked a 21-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers took the lead with Kaeding's 28-yard field goal and Rivers' 66-yard TD pass to Sproles. The Broncos responded with a 12-play, 80-yard drive (which included a controversial officiating call that turned a Cutler fumble into an incomplete pass) that was capped off with Cutler's 4-yard TD pass to rookie WR Eddie Royal, followed by Cutler's successful 2-point conversion pass to Royal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: vs San Diego Chargers\nBrandon Marshall's 18 receptions was a single-game franchise record and tied for second most in league history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New Orleans Saints\nComing off their last-second win over the Chargers, the Broncos stayed at home, donned their alternate uniforms, and played a Week 3 interconference duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Denver drew first blood as QB Jay Cutler completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Nate Jackson. The Saints answered with kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica getting a 43-yard field goal, yet Denver replied with Cutler completing a 35-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall. In the second quarter, the Broncos increased its lead as LB Nate Webster returned a fumble 34 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New Orleans Saints\nThe Saints started to rally as RB Pierre Thomas got a 5-yard TD run, while RB Reggie Bush got a 23-yard TD run, yet Denver answered with kicker Matt Prater getting a 27-yard field goal. New Orleans closed out the half with DE Charles Grant tackling RB Andre Hall in his endzone for a safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, the Broncos replied with RB Michael Pittman getting a 2-yard TD run. The Saints answered with QB Drew Brees completing a 6-yard TD pass to Bush, yet Denver responded with Prater nailing a 34-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New Orleans tried to rally as Thomas got a 10-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion). The Saints recovered a fumble, but Gram\u00e1tica's go-ahead 43-yard field goal went wide right, preserving the victory for Denver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Kansas City Chiefs got off to a good start after they forced the Denver Broncos to punt. This was followed with a 65-yard run by Larry Johnson to set up a 23-yard field goal kick by Nick Novak, putting the Chiefs on top 3\u20130. After recovering an Eddie Royal fumble early on Denver's next drive, Kansas City again failed to make it to the end zone and a 21-yard field goal by Novak put the Chiefs up 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Broncos responded with an 8-play, 9-minute drive in the second quarter that ended in a touchdown pass from Jay Cutler to Brandon Marshall, putting the Broncos briefly in the lead, 7\u20136. Later in the quarter, a fumble by Marshall was returned to the Broncos' 2-yard line by the Chiefs, followed 2 plays later by a Johnson touchdown run, putting the Chiefs up 13\u20137. The Broncos got the ball back, but a 28-yard field goal by Matt Prater went wide right. After forcing the Chiefs to punt, the Broncos got the ball back and Prater hit a 56-yarder near the end of the half, drawing the Broncos within 13\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThe second half began with a Denver drive that resulted in a 51-yard Prater field goal, tying the game at 13\u201313. The Chiefs answered with a 43-yard Novak field goal, putting them back on top 16\u201313. On the next drive, Cutler threw an interception. However, Kansas City's very next play was a Larry Johnson fumble recovered by Denver, although 2 plays later Cutler threw another interception. Despite this exchange of turnovers (3 turnovers in 4 plays), there was no scoring for the rest of the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: at Kansas City Chiefs\nEarly in the fourth quarter, the Chiefs extended their lead to 23\u201313 with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Damon Huard to Tony Gonzalez. The Broncos, however, failed to capitalize on a sustained 16-play, 75-yard drive and settled with a Prater field goal, cutting the lead to 23\u201316. The Chiefs and Broncos then each got field goals on their next drives, bringing the score to 26\u201316. The Chiefs got a good return after the Prater field goal and put the game away with a 16-yard touchdown run from Johnson. With the 33\u201319 victory, the Chiefs snapped a league-leading 12-game losing streak dating back to week 7 of the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: at Kansas City Chiefs\nLarry Johnson carried the Chiefs with 198 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. Huard managed the game well for the Chiefs, throwing 21/28 for 160 yards and 1 touchdown. Denver was hurt by 4 turnovers compared to just 1 for the Chiefs, but despite 2 interceptions, Cutler still was able to throw for 361 yards on 29/49 passing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Chiefs, the Broncos went home for a Week 5 interconference duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Denver trailed early as Bucs kicker Matt Bryant got a 33-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Broncos took the lead as kicker Matt Prater got a 55-yard and a 40-yard field goal. Tampa Bay tied the game at halftime as Bryant kicked a 31-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Denver took a big lead as QB Jay Cutler completed a 10-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley. In the fourth quarter, the Broncos increased its lead as Prater nailed a 27-yard field goal. The Buccaneers rallied with a 7-yard TD pass from QB Jeff Garcia WR Ike Hilliard. However, Denver recovered the onside kick and drained the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 873]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off their win over the Buccaneers, the Broncos stayed at home for a Week 6 duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Denver struck first as QB Jay Cutler completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley. The Jaguars responded as kicker Josh Scobee got a 48-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Jacksonville took the lead as RB Maurice Jones-Drew got a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, Jacksonville increased their lead as Jones-Drew got a 46-yard TD run. The Broncos tried to catch up as kicker Matt Prater got a 39-yard field goal, yet the Jaguars answered with QB David Garrard completing a 30-yard TD pass to TE Marcedes Lewis. In the fourth quarter, Denver tried to come back as Cutler completed an 11-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Graham, but Jacksonville's defense stiffened, preventing any further scoring opportunities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7: at New England Patriots\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Jaguars, the Broncos flew to Gillette Stadium for a Week 7 Monday Night duel with the New England Patriots. In the first quarter, Denver trailed early as Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski nailed a 31-yard and a 40-yard field goal. In the second quarter, New England increased its lead with RB Sammy Morris getting a 4-yard TD run, along with QB Matt Cassel completing a 13-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7: at New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, the Broncos continued to struggle as Cassel hooked up with Moss again on a 27-yard TD pass, along with completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Wes Welker. In the fourth quarter, Denver avoided a shutout loss as QB Jay Cutler completing a 10-yard TD pass to former Patriots TE Daniel Graham. The Patriots sealed the win with RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7: at New England Patriots\nWith the loss, the Broncos went into their bye week at 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Miami Dolphins\nComing off their bye week, the Broncos went home for a Week 9 duel with the Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Denver trailed early as Dolphins kicker Dan Carpenter got a 45-yard and a 47-yard field goal, along with CB Will Allen returning an interception 32 yards for a touchdown. The Broncos answered with QB Jay Cutler completing a 2-yard TD pass to rookie WR Eddie Royal. In the second quarter, Miami answered with Carpenter getting a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, Denver tried to rally as kicker Matt Prater got a 50-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Dolphins replied with Carpenter nailing a 41-yard field goal. The Broncos tried to come back as Cutler completed a 1-yard TD pass to rookie FB Peyton Hillis. However, Miami pulled away as RB Ronnie Brown got a 2-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: at Cleveland Browns\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Dolphins, the Broncos flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 10 Thursday night duel with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Denver struck first as rookie RB Ryan Torain got a 1-yard TD run. The Browns responded with QB Brady Quinn completing a 5-yard TD pass to TE Kellen Winslow II. In the second quarter, Cleveland took the lead as kicker Phil Dawson got a 24-yard field goal and Quinn hooking up with Winslow again on a 16-yard TD pass. The Broncos answered with kicker Matt Prater getting a 35-yard field goal. The Browns closed out the half with Dawson making a 52-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, Denver continued to struggle as Dawson gave Cleveland a 33-yard field goal. Denver replied with Prater making a 30-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Broncos regained the lead as QB Jay Cutler completed a 93-yard TD pass to rookie WR Eddie Royal and a 27-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Graham. The Browns answered with RB Jamal Lewis getting a 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, Denver sealed the win as Cutler completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: at Cleveland Browns\nCutler had a career game, completing 24 of 42 passes for a career-best 447 yards, along with 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Atlanta Falcons\nComing off their Thursday night road win over the Browns, the Broncos flew to the Georgia Dome for a Week 11 interconference duel with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, Denver drew first blood as rookie FB Peyton Hillis got a 7-yard TD run. The Falcons answered with former Broncos kicker Jason Elam getting a 46-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Atlanta took the lead as Elam made a 36-yard field goal, while RB Michael Turner got a 9-yard TD run. This is still Matt Ryan's only loss at the Georgia Dome to date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, Denver regained the lead as Hillis got a 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Broncos increased their lead as kicker Matt Prater nailed a 20-yard field goal. The Falcons tried to rally as Turner got a 28-yard TD run, yet Denver replied as QB Jay Cutler completed a 9-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Graham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Atlanta Falcons\nOn a side note, rookie FB Spencer Larsen became the first player in franchise history to start on offense and defense. In addition to his fullback duties, he also started as middle linebacker, along with his special teams responsibilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders\nComing off their road win over the Falcons, the Broncos went home for a Week 12 AFC West rematch with the Oakland Raiders. After a scoreless first quarter, Denver trailed in the second quarter as Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski got a 26-yard field goal. The Broncos responded with kicker Matt Prater getting a 44-yard field goal, yet the Raiders got the halftime lead as WR Johnnie Lee Higgins returned a punt 89 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, Denver tied the game again as rookie FB Peyton Hillis got a 6-yard TD run. However, Oakland replied with RB Darren McFadden getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders pulled away as QB JaMarcus Russell completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Ashley Lelie (a former Bronco), while McFadden got another 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: at New York Jets\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Raiders, the Broncos flew to The Meadowlands for a Week 13 duel with the New York Jets, considered one of the best teams in the league, fresh off their victory over the undefeated Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Denver drew first blood as safety Vernon Fox returned a fumble 23 yards for a touchdown. The Jets responded with RB Thomas Jones getting a 59-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: at New York Jets\nThe Broncos answered with QB Jay Cutler completing a 59-yard TD pass to rookie WR Eddie Royal, along with kicker Matt Prater getting a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, New York drew close as Jones got a 29-yard TD run. The Broncos replied with rookie RB Peyton Hillis getting a 1-yard TD run, while Prater got a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: at New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, the Jets tried to rally as kicker Jay Feely nailed a 30-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Denver pulled away as Cutler completed a 36-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nFresh off their road win over the Jets, the Broncos went home, donned their alternate uniforms again, and played a Week 14 AFC West rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs. Denver trailed early in the first quarter as Chiefs kicker Connor Barth made a 26-yard field goal, along with CB Maurice Leggett returning an interception 27 yards for a touchdown. The Broncos closed out the period's scoring with rookie RB Peyton Hillis getting an 18-yard touchdown run. Kansas City answered in the second quarter as QB Tyler Thigpen completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to TE Tony Gonzalez, but Denver did close out the half with QB Jay Cutler completing a 12-yard touchdown pass to WR Brandon Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Broncos tied the game in the third quarter as kicker Matt Prater nailed a 33-yard field goal. Afterwards, in the fourth quarter, Denver took the lead as Cutler hooked up with Marshall again on a 6-yard touchdown pass. From there, the defense prevented any possible rally from the Chiefs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: at Carolina Panthers\nComing off from their divisional home win over the Chiefs, the Broncos flew to Charlotte for a Week 15 interconference duel with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Denver drew first blood as QB Jay Cutler completes a 7-yard TD pass to RB P.J. Pope. Carolina soon responded with QB Jake Delhomme completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith, yet Denver answered with kicker Matt Prater nailing a 43-yard field goal. Carolina kicker John Kasay ties the game with a 39-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Carolina took the lead with rookie RB Jonathan Stewart getting a 2-yard TD run, while Kasay closed out the half with a 44-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, Carolina increased its lead with RB DeAngelo Williams's 56-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Carolina sealed the win with Kasay's 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Buffalo Bills\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Panthers, the Broncos went home for a Week 16 duel with the Buffalo Bills. Denver stormed out to an early first-quarter lead as quarterback Jay Cutler got a 2-yard touchdown run, while kicker Matt Prater got a 23-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Broncos extended their lead as Prater made a 30-yard field goal. The Bills got on the board with a 37-yard field goal from kicker Rian Lindell, followed by a 2-yard touchdown run from running back Marshawn Lynch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Buffalo Bills\nBuffalo took the lead in the third quarter as Lindell got a 49-yard and a 28-yard field goal, yet Denver regained the lead with Cutler getting a 6-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, the Bills answered with quarterback Trent Edwards completing a 3-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Stevie Johnson. The Broncos tied the game with Prater nailing a 43-yard field goal, but Buffalo got the lead again as running back Fred Jackson made an 8-yard touchdown run. Denver put together a late-game drive, but it ended up fizzling down the stretch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at San Diego Chargers\nHoping to hold on to their divisional lead, the Broncos closed out the regular season at Qualcomm Stadium in a crucial Week 17 AFC West rematch with the San Diego Chargers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at San Diego Chargers\nDenver trailed early in the first quarter as Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding got a 28-yard field goal. The Broncos responded with running back Tatum Bell's 26-yard touchdown run (with a failed PAT), but San Diego took the lead again as running back LaDainian Tomlinson got a 1-yard touchdown run. Denver's deficit increased in the second quarter as quarterback Philip Rivers completed a 12-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brandon Manumaleuna, along with Tomlinson's 4-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, the Broncos tried to rally as Bell got a 37-yard touchdown run, yet the Chargers replied again as Rivers completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to running back Darren Sproles, followed by Tomlinson's 14-yard touchdown run. Denver tried to come back in the fourth quarter as quarterback Jay Cutler completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tony Scheffler and ran into the endzone for the 2-point conversion. However, San Diego ran away with the division crown with Sproles' 2-yard touchdown run and fullback Jacob Hester's 4-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196407-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Denver Broncos season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at San Diego Chargers\nWith the loss, the Broncos' season ended at 8\u20138. In the process, they became the first team in NFL history to enter the final three weeks of a regular season with a three-game lead and lose all three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196408-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Derby City Council election\nThe 2008 Derby City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 34.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196408-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Derby City Council election, Campaign\nSince the 2006 election the Labour Party had been running the council in an agreement with the Conservatives and both parties did not rule out continuing this arrangement after the election. However, a major issue in the election was a proposal by the Labour party to close 10 play areas across Derby in order to save money, which were opposed by the Conservatives. The arrangement was also strained by the defection of 2 Labour councillors, Hardial Dhamrait and Amar Nath, to the Conservatives since the 2007 election. Other changes since 2007 included Labour councillor Prem Chera becoming an independent, and independent Frank Leeming joining the Conservatives. This meant that before the election there were 21 Labour, 14 Conservative, 13 Liberal Democrat and 2 independent councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196408-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Derby City Council election, Campaign\nIn all 61 candidates stood in the election, with 17 seats being contested. Of those 17 seats Labour were defending 8, the Conservatives 6 and the Liberal Democrats 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196408-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Derby City Council election, Campaign\nThe leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron, visited Derby to support the local party on 3 April and described it as a \"key battleground\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196408-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Derby City Council election, Election result\nThe Liberal Democrats gained 5 seats to move from third largest group on the council to become the largest party, overtaking the Labour and Conservative parties. Liberal Democrat gains were recorded in Abbey, Arboretum and Mackworth wards from Labour, and in Blagreaves and Oakwood wards from the Conservatives. Meanwhile, Labour recovered a seat in Sinfin which they had lost when Hardial Dhamrait had defected to the Conservatives. However, Labour also two seats in Chaddesden and Chellaston to the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196408-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Derby City Council election, Election result\nFollowing the elections the three parties held discussions to decide who would run the council for the next two years. On 6 May the Conservatives decided that they would not agree any deal with the other two parties and would sit in opposition, with Conservative councillors feeling that the previous agreement with Labour had meant they did not make gains as the party had done nationally. The Liberal Democrats and Labour then planned to hold talks, with Labour abandoning their previous proposals to introduce congestion charging in Derby, and parking meters in Littleover. However, the Liberal Democrats decided they would prefer to run the council as a minority rather than reach an agreement with Labour. At the council meeting on 21 May the Liberal Democrat leader, Hilary Jones, was elected leader of the council by 19 votes to 17 after the Conservatives abstained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 923]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196409-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Derry county football team season\nThe following is a summary of Derry county football team's 2008 season. Details of the 2008 Derry club competitions are also shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196409-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Derry county football team season, Dr McKenna Cup\nDerry had a relatively successful 2008 Dr McKenna Cup, winning all three groups games and reaching the final, before losing to Down. Manager Paddy Crozier used the competition to try out young promising players, such as Enda Lynn, who won the TG4 Man of the Match award against Armagh on his inter-county debut. Paddy Bradley ended the competition as Derry's top scorer with 2-15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196409-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Derry county football team season, National Football League\nDerry won the 2008 National League, their first League success since 1999/2000 and sixth in total. They finished top of the group stage standings and along with Kerry qualified for the final, played in Parnell Park. Derry defeated Kerry on a scoreline of 2-13 to 2-09, with Fergal Doherty grabbing the man of the match award. As in the McKenna Cup, Paddy Bradley ended the competition as Derry's top scorer with 1-39 (42). Indeed, this was third overall in Division 1, behind Kerry's Bryan Sheehan (1-41 (44)) and Galway's Michael Meehan (4-31 (43)).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196409-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Derry county football team season, Squad statistics\nAs of Qualifiers Round 1 played 19 July 2008 against Monaghan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196410-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Derry county hurling team season\nThe following is a summary of Derry county hurling team's 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196411-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas\n2008 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas was the fourth edition of Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (International Challenge of the Stars) held on 2 December 2008. The event consisted of warmup, qualifying and race sessions with the overall winner determined by the aggregate points score from the two races. The ten fastest qualifiers took part in the top ten shootout for the pole which was won by Lucas di Grassi. The qualifying rounds set the grid for the first race which was won by Rubens Barrichello.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196411-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas\nThe starting grid of the second race was determined by the results of the first race although the top eight of the first race were reversed. The second race also provided less points than the first. It was won by Felipe Massa. Overall winner of the event was Rubens Barrichello as he scored the most points ahead of Lucas di Grassi and Felipe Massa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196412-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Indy Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Detroit Indy Grand Prix presented by Firestone was an IndyCar Series race that was held on August 31, 2008 on the Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. It was the sixteenth race of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. Originally scheduled to run over 90 laps, it was shortened to 87 laps due to 2-hour limit. The race was won by Justin Wilson for the Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team. H\u00e9lio Castroneves finished second, and Tony Kanaan clinched third. Wilson dedicated his win to actor Paul Newman, the ailing joint-owner of his team; Newman died less than a month later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196412-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Indy Grand Prix\nScott Dixon claimed pole position for the race, and led through the first lap. Dixon and Castroneves, who had qualified second, pulled away from the pack, until the seventeenth lap, when a full-track caution was issued after an incident between Dan Wheldon and Jamie Camara. Dixon pitted under the yellow, but did so alone, granting the lead to Castroneves. The Brazilian led the race until lap 72, other than a single lap during which Oriol Servi\u00e0 was leading during pit stops. Late in the race, Wilson was challenging for the lead, and Castroneves was judged to have blocked the other driver, resulting in a penalty which allowed Wilson to take the lead. Despite a late push by Castroneves to pass Wilson, the rookie British driver maintained his position to claim victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196412-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Indy Grand Prix\nThere were four cautions, totalling 11 laps during the race. It was Wilson's first career IndyCar win. Of the 25 drivers that started, 18 completed the race, three retired after contact, one retired with handling problems and three retired due to mechanical issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season\nThe 2008 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 79th season in the National Football League (NFL), and their 75th as the Detroit Lions. The Lions made history by becoming the first team since the schedule was expanded to 16 games to finish winless (the second and only other being the 2017 Cleveland Browns season).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season\n2008 was the third season under head coach Rod Marinelli, and the season began hoping to improve from their 7\u20139 record the year before (and going undefeated in the pre-season), their best since the 2000 season. However, the Lions instead suffered one of the worst seasons in NFL history, finishing 0\u201316 and joining the expansion 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the only other team to finish a full-length season winless since the AFL\u2013NFL merger (as well as the first to do it since the schedule was expanded to sixteen games in 1978).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season\nThe Lions gave up a franchise-record 517 points during the season, coming within 16 of matching the 1981 Colts' record of 533 points allowed. The Lions' 32.31 points per game allowed on defense is the third worst of any NFL team since the 1960s, bettering only the 1966 Giants (35.79 PPG) and the aforementioned 1981 Colts (33.31 PPG). The 517 points-allowed mark has since been eclipsed by the 2020 Lions team, which allowed 519 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season\nThe Lions were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention with a Week 11 loss to the Carolina Panthers. Embattled team president, general manager, and CEO Matt Millen, who had served in those roles since 2001 was fired on September 24, 2008. Marinelli was fired after the season ended along with most of his staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season\nTo celebrate their 75th year playing as the Lions (they had been known as the Portsmouth Spartans their first four seasons), the Lions wore special throwback uniforms for two home games, a replica of the ones used in 1934, the first year as the Lions. The uniforms had blue jerseys with silver lettering, solid silver pants, blue socks, and solid silver helmets (as helmets were leather back then). This replaced their black alternate jersey used in the 2005 to 2007 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season\nWhile unique when it happened, the 2008 Lions' 0\u201316 record was later matched by the 2017 Cleveland Browns, who surpassed the Lions' record for the worst post-merger two season record (the 1982 Baltimore Colts also went winless at 0\u20138\u20131, but that season was shortened by a player's strike that year). A season earlier, the Miami Dolphins almost suffered the same fate as the 2008 Lions, starting 0\u201313, prior to their Week 15 overtime victory against the Baltimore Ravens that prevented them from going winless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season\nIncidentally, the NHL's Detroit Red Wings had won the Stanley Cup earlier in the year and were on their way to competing for the cup again when this occurred. This season combined with the Lions' 2\u201314 record the next year was the worst two season record since the merger until the Cleveland Browns had a 1\u201315 record in 2016, followed by an 0\u201316 record in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Season, 2008 Draft\nOff-the-field issues marred three of the Lions' 2008 draft picks. First-round draft pick Gosder Cherilus was involved in a bar fight in Boston the previous July, and was sentenced to one year of probation, though he would go on to assume the starting offensive tackle role in Week 3 of the 2008 season, providing some youth to an aging offensive line. Second-round draft pick Jordon Dizon was arrested and charged with drunk-driving six days prior to the NFL Draft. Despite being drafted, military obligations prevented seventh-round pick Caleb Campbell from playing in the NFL until 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Season, 2008 Draft\nHowever, among the Lions' later draft picks were Cliff Avril and Jerome Felton, both of whom went on to reach the Pro Bowl. Avril, who recorded 23 tackles and five sacks in his rookie season at Detroit, would go on to win Super Bowl XLVIII as a member of the Seattle Seahawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 1: at Atlanta Falcons\nWith Jon Kitna the opening week starter at QB, the Lions began 2008 at the Georgia Dome against the Atlanta Falcons, with then-rookie QB Matt Ryan and Mike Smith in his first year as the Falcons' head coach. A pre-season poll on  said the Falcons (who finished 11\u20135 before losing in the Wild Card round of the playoffs), were less likely (dead last for that matter) to make the Super Bowl than the Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 1: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the first quarter, Detroit trailed early as Ryan completed a 62-yard TD pass to WR Michael Jenkins, while RB Michael Turner scored twice on runs of 66 and 5 yards. The Lions responded in the second quarter when rookie RB Kevin Smith scored on a 3-yard TD run, and QB Kitna completed a 21-yard TD pass to WR Roy Williams. This cut the Falcons' lead to 7 going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 1: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, Atlanta continued its dominant start with a 50-yard field goal by long-time Bronco star Jason Elam, playing his first game with the Falcons. Falcons RB Jerious Norwood proceeded to score on a 10-yard TD run. Although Detroit replied with a 1-yard TD pass by TE Casey FitzSimmons, the Falcons sealed the win in the fourth quarter with another Elam field goal, this time for 25 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 1: at Atlanta Falcons\nTurner and Norwood ripped through the Detroit defense like machetes ripping through palm leaves. Every time you looked up, they seemed to be pounding the Lions' front and the Lions' middle for 10 yards, 12 yards, 14 yards. When they got tired of running past them, they just ran through them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 1: at Atlanta Falcons\nKitna finished the game completing 24 out of 33 pass attempts for 242 yards, two touchdowns and one interception (by Lawyer Milloy in the third quarter), getting sacked three times. Calvin Johnson, sharing snaps with Roy Williams in his second NFL season, hauled in seven catches for 107 yards, including a 38-yard completion during the Lions' second scoring drive. The Lions' main issue was their defense, especially their rush defense, which proved powerless against the strong Falcons RB Turner, who, in addition to two touchdowns, rushed for 220 yards on 22 carries. Jerious Norwood proved as dangerous, rushing for 93 yards on 14 carries with one touchdown. Overall, the Lions rush defense allowed 318 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 2: vs. Green Bay Packers\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Falcons, the Lions played their Week 2 home opener against their NFC North rival, the Green Bay Packers. For the second week in a row, they faced a team with a rookie quarterback as their starter, this time being Aaron Rodgers, who took over after Brett Favre was traded to the Jets in the off-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 2: vs. Green Bay Packers\nDetroit started by trailing 21\u20130 for the second week in a row. Packers QB Rodgers dominated the first half, completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR James Jones in the first quarter, a 2-yard TD pass to WR Donald Driver and a 29-yard TD pass to WR Jordy Nelson in the second quarter. Detroit closed out the first half with kicker Jason Hanson nailing a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 2: vs. Green Bay Packers\nUnfortunately when we needed it the most, I didn't get the job done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 2: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the Lions started hacking away at Green Bay's lead, as Hanson kicked a field goal for 49 yards. A sack-fumble by Rodgers was recovered by Dewayne White, leading to a 53-yard field goal by Hanson. Mason Crosby added to Green Bay's lead with a 25-yard field goal, and went on to kick another field goal for 39 yards in the fourth quarter. Detroit kept clawing away at the Pack's lead, as QB Jon Kitna completed a 38-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson, Johnson's first touchdown of the season. The Lions earned a safety when a snap to Packers punter Derrick Frost went high, and through the back of his end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 2: vs. Green Bay Packers\nThe Lions took the lead on another Kitna pass to Calvin Johnson, this time for 47 yards, and seemed poised for a win in their home opener. However, Green Bay rebounded with several key defensive plays to reclaim the game. Kitna threw three consecutive interceptions in the fourth quarter that led to scoring plays. The first led to a 19-yard TD run by Brandon Jackson. The second and third were pick-six plays: CB Charles Woodson returned one 41 yards for a touchdown, and safety Nick Collins returned the other for a 42-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 3: at San Francisco 49ers\nThe Lions visited Candlestick Park in San Francisco for a Week 3 duel with the 49ers. The contest brought the Lions directly against two former members who were part of the team in 2007. Mike Martz had overseen the Lions offense as their coordinator the previous two seasons, but had been fired after a promising start ended with a 7\u20139 record. J.T. O'Sullivan, the Lions' former third-string quarterback, filled in for both the injured Kitna and Dan Orlovsky for four games in 2007, including an overtime win, but became a free agent in the off-season. Martz took the offensive coordinator job in San Francisco, while O'Sullivan became the 49ers' starting QB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 3: at San Francisco 49ers\nDetroit began the game trailing their opponent for the third week in a row. In the first quarter, 49ers QB O'Sullivan completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. In the second quarter, San Francisco increased its lead when RB Frank Gore scored on a 4-yard TD run. The Lions got on the board when kicker Jason Hanson hit a 44-yard field goal, but the 49ers closed out the half with an O'Sullivan completion to TE Delanie Walker for a 24-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 3: at San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, Detroit scored first on a Jason Hanson 51-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, San Francisco increased its lead when CB Allen Rossum scored on a 1-yard TD run. The Lions tried to come back as QB Jon Kitna completed a 34-yard TD pass to RB Rudi Johnson. However, a combination of small detriments cost the Lions the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 3: at San Francisco 49ers\nThe Lions were penalized 9 times for 61 yards, only got 14 first downs to the 49ers' 25, reached the 49ers' red zone only once (during the scoring drive ending with the touchdown by Rudi Johnson), and turned the ball over twice, the second a Dan Orlovsky pass intercepted by Justin Smith on the Lions' final scoring-drive chance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 4: Bye week \u2013 Millen fired\nMatt Millen took the helm as Lions President and CEO in 2001, despite having no management experience. Prior to his tenure, Matt Millen played a 12-year career as a linebacker for the Raiders, 49ers and Redskins, winning Super Bowls with all three teams. After retirement, he worked as a color commentator and studio analyst for CBS, Fox and NBC, as well as Westwood One radio, before his hiring by Lions ownership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 4: Bye week \u2013 Millen fired\nCalls for Millen's firing originated as early as 2005, when Millen received a contract extension despite four dismal seasons and the firing of head coach Steve Mariucci. The \"Fire Millen\" movement ranged from \"Fire Millen\" chants at other Detroit-area sporting events, such as Pistons games and WWE events, to angry Lions fan protests. Of lesser help was the fact that Millen was the second-highest paid General Manager in the NFL. Going into the bye week in 2008, the team accumulated a league-worst record of 31 wins and 84 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 4: Bye week \u2013 Millen fired\nOn September 24, 2008, after the Week 3 loss to the 49ers, Millen was fired. Martin Mayhew, Millen's assistant, took over as interim general manager. He would be retained as GM after the season ended, and served in the role until 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears\nComing off their bye week, the Lions played a Week 5 Black and Blue Division duel at home with the Chicago Bears. The game was nothing short of an offensive clinic by the Bears, and anyone who formerly called for the firing of Matt Millen simply either booed the team or left early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears\nIn the first half, after a 37-yard field goal Robbie Gould, a 9-yard touchdown pass from QB Kyle Orton to RB Matt Forte and a 12-yard TD pass to WR/KR Devin Hester, the Lions trailed 17\u20130 going into halftime. The onslaught continued in the second half, as Fort\u00e9 got a 1-yard TD run, and CB Charles Tillman returned an interception of a Dan Orlovsky pass for 26 yards and a touchdown. Detroit's only score of the game came in the third quarter as rookie RB Kevin Smith scored on a 12-yard TD run. A 45-yard field goal by Gould added to the Bears' lead, the win a bygone conclusion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears\nJon Kitna started the game for the Lions, but after a poor showing in the first half, Dan Orlovsky came into the game at QB. Both quarterbacks ended up with injuries, Kitna with his back and Orlovsky with his ankle, after the game. The Lions only managed 185 total yards to the Bears' 425, and gave up 82 points in two home games, the highest number of points given up in its first two home games since 1958.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings\nThird and ten. [ The play starts, Jared Allen breaks past the offensive line and chases Dan Orlovsky.] Here comes Jared Allen, and he's out of bounds. Poor guy, I don't even know if he realized it, and that's a safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings\nThe Lions traveled to Minneapolis in Week 6 to take on the Minnesota Vikings. Although the Vikings under Brad Childress would finish the season as NFC North champions, they struggled early in the season. After an 0\u20132 start, Childress benched his opening day starting QB Tarvaris Jackson in favor of veteran Gus Frerotte. The Lions, for their part, went to Dan Orlovsky for the start, as Kitna still had a back injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings\nThe first score of the game came with 21 seconds left in the first quarter, and cemented itself into Lions lore. The Lions benefited from a fumble by Adrian Peterson that was recovered by Dwight Smith, but the Lions began the drive on their own 1-yard line. After two incomplete passes and a timeout, on third down, Vikings defensive end Jared Allen broke through the Lions' offensive line and went after Orlovsky, who unintentionally ran out of the back of his endzone, giving the Vikings a safety. Despite the safety, the Lions took the lead in the second quarter, as Jason Hanson kicked a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, Detroit increased its lead as Orlovsky completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson. Minnesota answered when QB Gus Frerotte completed an 86-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian. However, another turnover by Adrian Peterson and an interception of a Frerotte pass by Leigh Bodden kept the game close going into the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings\nAlthough both teams' offensive struggles continued, a pair of controversial calls swung the game towards the Vikings' favor. Calvin Johnson, after catching an Orlovsky pass, but fumbled the ball after Darren Sharper and Ben Leber tackled him, and Leber recovered. Marinelli challenged the ruling, trying to argue that Johnson was down before the ball came loose, but upon review the play stood as called. The Lions held a glimmer of hope as the ensuing Vikings drive ended when Jared DeVries blocked a Ryan Longwell field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings\nHowever, towards the end of the game, in a pivotal Vikings drive, after a Frerotte pass to Aundrae Allison went incomplete, Lions cornerback Leigh Bodden was called for pass interference, though his contact with Allison appeared to be minimal. The penalty placed the ball on the Lions' 26 yard line, and with time expiring, Longwell kicked a game-winning go-ahead 26-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Roster moves\nOn October 14, the Lions traded wide receiver Roy Williams to the Dallas Cowboys for first-, third- and sixth-round picks in the 2009 NFL Draft. The Lions had drafted Williams in the first round in the 2004 NFL Draft, his best season coming in 2006 when he made the Pro Bowl. The trade helped build the Lions' future draft potential, while the Cowboys paired Williams with Terrell Owens in preparation for a potential 2008 playoff run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Roster moves\nThe same day, despite possible rumors he would be traded prior to the deadline, quarterback Jon Kitna was placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season, due to chronic back pain stemming from a bulging disk causing a pinched nerve. Kitna expressed his displeasure with the move in an interview, saying the Lions used it as an excuse to make Orlovsky the starter. The Lions eventually traded Kitna to the Cowboys on February 28, 2009, for cornerback Anthony Henry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 7: at Houston Texans\nIn week 7, the Lions flew down to Houston, Texas for an interconference duel with the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Detroit's slow start continued as Texans QB Matt Schaub completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Owen Daniels, along with RB Ahman Green getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Houston increased their lead as RB Steve Slaton got a 1-yard TD run. The Lions responded when kicker Jason Hanson completed a 54-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 7: at Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, Detroit began to catch up as rookie RB Kevin Smith got a 26-yard TD run, yet the Texans answered with Schaub completing a 1-yard TD pass to Daniels. In the fourth quarter, the Lions tried to come back as QB Dan Orlovsky completed a 96-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson, along with Hanson nailing a 54-yard field goal. However, Houston's defense prevented any comeback from happening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins\nThe Lions went home for a Week 8 duel with the Washington Redskins. This was the first ever regular season game at Ford Field that had failed to sell out by the 72-hour deadline and was, therefore, subject to local television blackout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins\nIn the first quarter, Detroit trailed early as Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham got a 25-yard field goal. In what would be the first time in the season the Lions scored during the first quarter, RB Rudi Johnson got an 11-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Detroit increased its lead as kicker Jason Hanson got a 43-yard field goal. Washington closed out the half with Suisham getting a 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins\nIn the third quarter, the Redskins regained the lead as Suisham made a 45-yard field goal, along with QB Jason Campbell completing a 50-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. In the fourth quarter, the Lions' struggles continued as Moss returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown. Detroit tried to rally as QB Dan Orlovsky completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson. However, Washington closed out the game with Suisham nailing a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Signing of Daunte Culpepper\nOn October 28, the Lions discussed a contract with veteran quarterback Daunte Culpepper. He signed with the Lions on November 3 and played 4 games before suffering a shoulder injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 9: at Chicago Bears\nStill trying to get their first win of the season, the Lions traveled to Soldier Field for a Week 9 NFC North rematch with the Chicago Bears. In the first quarter, Detroit trailed early as Bears kicker Robbie Gould got a 36-yard field goal, along with QB Kyle Orton getting a 5-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Lions greatly responded with rookie RB Kevin Smith getting a 1-yard TD run (with a blocked PAT), along with QB Dan Orlovsky completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson and a 14-yard TD pass to WR Shaun McDonald. Chicago would respond with Gould getting a 41-yard field goal, yet Detroit answered with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 52-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 9: at Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, the Bears began to rally as QB Rex Grossman (who took over for Orton after he left the game in the second quarter with a right foot sprain) completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Rashied Davis. In the fourth quarter, Chicago completed their rally as Grossman got a 1-yard TD run. The Lions tried to rally, but the Bears' defense prevented any possible comeback from happening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 9: at Chicago Bears\nWith their ninth consecutive road loss, not only did the Lions fall to 0\u20138, but following the Bengals' victory over the Jaguars, the Lions became the only winless NFL team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 10: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn week 10 the Lions went home, donned their throwback uniforms, and played an interconference game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Detroit trailed early as Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee got a 34-yard field goal. The Lions would respond as QB Drew Stanton made his NFL debut and completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE John Owens on his first NFL pass. In the second quarter, Jacksonville took a huge lead as RB Maurice Jones-Drew got a 6-yard, a 1-yard, and an 8-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 10: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, Detroit's misery continued as Jaguars QB David Garrard completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR Jerry Porter. In the fourth quarter, Jacksonville pulled away as Garrard completed a 10-yard TD pass to WR Troy Williamson. The Lions would end the game when rookie RB Kevin Smith scored on a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 11: at Carolina Panthers\nThe still winless Lions next went to Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina for a Week 11 duel with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Detroit struck first as QB Daunte Culpepper completed a 29-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson. In the second quarter, the Lions increased their lead when kicker Jason Hanson got a 40-yard field goal. The Panthers responded when QB Jake Delhomme completed a 15-yard TD pass to TE Jeff King. Detroit answered when Hanson completed a 56-yard field goal, yet Carolina took the lead as RB DeAngelo Williams scored a long 56-yard TD run. Later, Carolina RB Jonathan Stewart scored on a 22-yard TD run. The Lions closed out the half as Hanson completed a 27-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 11: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, the Panthers increased their lead when kicker John Kasay nailed a 29-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Detroit tried to come back as Culpepper got a 1-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion due to a missed facemask call against Carolina), but Carolina pulled away as Williams scored on a 4-yard TD run. Losing this game eliminated the Lions from playoff contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 12: vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Lions went home for a Week 12 duel with another NFC South team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Detroit struck first as QB Daunte Culpepper completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson. The Lions continued their early success as safety Daniel Bullocks returned a fumble 44 yards for a touchdown, while kicker Jason Hanson got a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 12: vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nAlthough the 17\u20130 early advantage was the largest lead the Lions would obtain all year, it didn't even last until halftime. In the second quarter, the Buccaneers' RB Warrick Dunn got a 13-yard TD run, while QB Jeff Garcia completed a 36-yard TD pass to WR Ike Hilliard and a 24-yard TD pass to TE Jerramy Stevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 12: vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the third quarter, Tampa Bay added onto their lead as RB Clifton Smith returned a punt 70 yards for a touchdown, along with CB Ronde Barber returning an interception 65 yards for a touchdown. Detroit scored when Hanson got a 40-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, only the Buccaneers scored when kicker Matt Bryant nailed a 48-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 13: vs. Tennessee Titans (Thanksgiving Day game)\nLater that week, the Lions stayed at home, donned their throwback uniforms again, and played their 69th annual Thanksgiving Day game against the then 10\u20131 Tennessee Titans. It was the Lions' only nationally televised game of the regular season and the only one amongst the final six home games that wasn't blacked out, although the Lions needed a 24-hour extension to sell out Ford Field. In the first quarter, Detroit trailed early as Titans RB Chris Johnson ran for a 6-yard TD. The Lions responded with Jason Hanson kicking a 53-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 93], "content_span": [94, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0050-0001", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 13: vs. Tennessee Titans (Thanksgiving Day game)\nTennessee answered with Johnson running 58-yards for a score, along with DE Dave Ball returning an interception 15 yards for a TD. In the second quarter, Detroit's misery continued as RB LenDale White scored on runs of 6 yards and 2 yards. Detroit ended the half with QB Daunte Culpepper completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Michael Gaines. In the third quarter, the Titans pulled away as kicker Rob Bironas kicked field goals of 49 and 41 yards. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee scored two more times when Bironas nailed 45 and 43-yard field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 93], "content_span": [94, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 13: vs. Tennessee Titans (Thanksgiving Day game)\nThe 47 points were most points that Detroit had ever given up on Thanksgiving Day as they fell to 0\u201312. It also became the second successive NFL season to see a team start out 0\u201312 after the Miami Dolphins in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 93], "content_span": [94, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 14: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nNext, the Lions stayed at home for a Week 14 NFC North rematch with newly signed veteran quarterback Daunte Culpepper's former team, the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, Detroit was on the board first as kicker Jason Hanson made a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Lions increased their lead as Hanson kicked a 23-yard field goal. The Vikings closed the half as kicker Ryan Longwell notched a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 14: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nDuring the first half, Moran Norris was ejected by referee Jerome Boger for throwing a punch at Minnesota's Napoleon Harris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 14: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, Minnesota took the lead as RB Chester Taylor got a 17-yard TD run. Detroit responded with former Vikings QB Daunte Culpepper completing a 70-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson. However, Minnesota took the lead again as QB Tarvaris Jackson completed an 11-yard TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe. In the fourth quarter, the Lions tried to rally as Hanson made a 39-yard field goal. However, the Vikings pulled away as Longwell nailed a 50-yard field goal with 27 seconds left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0054-0001", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 14: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nOn the ensuing kickoff, Aveion Cason received the ball and returned it 25-yards to the Detroit 29-yard line. On the first offensive play, Culpepper was sacked by Ray Edwards for a 5-yard loss, with Culpepper spiking the ball on the next play with 2 seconds left in the game. For the last play of the game Drew Henson came in at quarterback for the Lions, but was sacked by Ellis Wyms to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 14: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nDominic Raiola was fined $7,500 by the Lions after flipping the bird at fans who heckled him during the loss. Raiola later expressed no remorse for his actions, expressing frustration at feeling like a doormat for criticism he felt singled him out for the Lions' ongoing woes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts\nIn the last interconference duel of the season, the Lions traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana to take on the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts struck first when Dominic Rhodes ran in a TD from 1 yard midway through the first quarter. The Lions responded a few minutes later with a 51-yard field goal by Jason Hanson. With just under 6 minutes left in the half, Chad Simpson of the Colts scored a TD from 2 yards. Calvin Johnson of the Lions responded a few minutes later by catching a 33-yard TD pass. The Colts struck back with just under a minute in the half, when Dallas Clark caught a 3-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts\nThe only points for either team in the 3rd quarter was a Jason Hanson 30-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Kevin Smith ran in a TD from 1 yard out. The Lions decided to go for the 2-point conversion to tie the score and were successful when Casey Fitzsimmons caught a pass for the conversion. The Colts responded with another Dominic Rhodes 1-yard TD run and put the game out of reach with a 31-yard Adam Vinatieri field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts\nWith the loss to the Colts, the Lions became the third team (after the 1976 Buccaneers and the 1980 Saints) to lose the first 14 games of the regular season. They were the last team to started 0\u201314 until the 2016 Browns also did so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts\nWith their 11th straight road loss, the Lions fell to 0\u201314 and 0\u20134 against AFC Opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 16: vs New Orleans Saints\nFor their last home game of the season, the Lions took on the New Orleans Saints. Detroit trailed early in the first quarter as Saints wide receiver Robert Meachem scored on a 20-yard touchdown run and running back Deuce McAllister scored on a 2-yard touchdown run. The Lions responded in the second quarter with rookie running back Kevin Smith's 1-yard touchdown run. New Orleans answered with running back Mike Bell's 1-yard touchdown run, and running back Pierre Thomas's 2-yard touchdown run. The Saints then closed out the game's scoring in the third quarter with quarterback Drew Brees completing 6-yard and 3-yard touchdown passes to wide receiver Marques Colston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 16: vs New Orleans Saints\nWith the loss, the Lions became the first team in NFL history to have a record of 0\u201315. They also became the first team to lose fifteen straight in a single season since the 2001 Carolina Panthers, who won their first game, then lost the remaining 15 to finish 1\u201315. The 2008 Lions were the only team to start 0\u201315 until the 2017 Browns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 17: at Green Bay Packers\nIn their concluding opportunity to avoid becoming the first 0\u201316 team in NFL history, the Lions traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin to take on division rivals the Green Bay Packers, whom Detroit had not beaten on the road since 1991. The Packers struck first midway through the first quarter when Deshawn Wynn ran in a career long 73 yard TD. They made it 14\u20130 when Jermichael Finley caught a 3-yard TD pass near the end of the first quarter. The Lions got on the board in the second quarter when Calvin Johnson caught a 9-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0062-0001", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 17: at Green Bay Packers\nAt the end of the half, Will Blackmon called a fair catch as time expired, allowing Mason Crosby to attempt a rare 69-yard field goal. Crosby kicked it accurately but it fell just a yard short with the wind blowing against him. Before the game, Crosby also attempted a 64-yard field goal. Calvin Johnson scored another TD to tie it up in the 3rd quarter when he caught a 14-yard pass. The Packers responded just after the start of the 4th quarter with a 36-yard Mason Crosby field goal, and later with a John Kuhn 5-yard TD catch. The Lions responded less than a minute later with a Kevin Smith 9-yard TD run. The Packers eventually sealed the Lions' fate via a 71-yard TD pass caught by Donald Driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Game recaps, Week 17: at Green Bay Packers\nAfter allowing 31 points to the Packers, it brought their season total points allowed to 517. This is the third-highest point total allowed in a single season in NFL history, trailing only the 533 allowed by the 1981 Baltimore Colts, and the Lions themselves in 2020, when they allowed 519 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Aftermath\nA day following the Week 17 loss against the Packers, the Lions fired Rod Marinelli after a 10\u201338 record as head coach. Defensive coordinator Joe Barry, assistant offensive line coach Mike Barry, defensive line coach Joe Cullen, secondary coach Jimmy Lake, and assistant director of personnel Dave Boller were also fired. Offensive coordinator Jim Colletto was demoted to offensive line coach, and eventually parted ways with the Lions in February 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Aftermath\nIn the same press release, the Lions announced that, in addition to General Manager Martin Mayhew having the \"interim\" tag removed, Tom Lewand was promoted to Team President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Aftermath\nWith their guaranteed number-one overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Lions selected quarterback Matthew Stafford. As the Lions' subsequent franchise quarterback, Stafford set several dozen NFL and franchise records, including the most touchdowns in a game by a rookie quarterback during a Week 11 win against Cleveland in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Legacy\nThe Lions find themselves in a very familiar position. For 16 weeks, starting in Atlanta back in September, they took the field thinking this was gonna be their day. Sixteen times they were wrong, and now there are no Sundays left. By record, they are the worst team in league history. Zero and sixteen, those are the numbers that will forever be associated with the Detroit Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Legacy\nThe Lions became only the second NFL team of the post-merger era to go winless without a tie in the regular season, and the first to go 0\u201316. (The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers also went winless, but that was when the regular season only had fourteen games.) The Lions ended 2008 having lost 23 of their last 24 regular-season games, going back to the previous season, and a total of seventeen consecutive regular season losses (the NFL record is 26 by the Buccaneers, who lost the next twelve games after their winless season).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Legacy\nOn the NFL Network's 'Top 10 Worst Teams of All Time', the 2008 Lions were placed at #1, with the aforementioned Buccaneers teams ranking as the second-worst team(s) ever. Dan Orlovsky's run out of the end zone for a safety during their Week 6 game against the Vikings topped the list of ESPN's Not Top 10 of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Legacy\nCalvin Johnson tied with Larry Fitzgerald for leading the league in receiving touchdowns, hauling in 12 in 2008. He went on to set an NFL record for most receiving yards in a season, recording 1,964 yards in 2012 and breaking Jerry Rice's previous record. Johnson was also inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2021. Three players went on to participate in Super Bowl XLVIII: Manny Ramirez and Paris Lenon for the Denver Broncos and Cliff Avril for the eventual champion Seattle Seahawks. Practice squad member Jake Nordin was a member of the Las Vegas Locomotives when they won the 2009 UFL Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Legacy\nDefensive end Corey Smith, who recorded an interception and a fumble recovery in 2008, went missing after his boat capsized off of Florida's Gulf Coast, and was declared dead on March 1, 2009. The Lions retired his number 93 for the 2009 season in his honor. Guard Damion Cook died of a heart attack in 2015 at the age of 36.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Legacy\nThe last remaining member of the 2008 squad still active was Don Muhlbach, who retired after the 2020 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196413-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Lions season, Legacy\nTight end Dan Campbell became the Lions head coach prior to the 2021 NFL season. Jon Kitna was the quarterbacks coach for the Dallas Cowboys in 2019, reuniting him with former coach Marinelli, who was the Cowboys' defensive coordinator. Mike Furrey is now the wide receivers coach for the Chicago Bears. Drew Henson, who played for the New York Yankees prior to his NFL career, is now a professional scout in the Yankees organization. Dan Orlovsky retired in 2017, and is now an analyst for ESPN's coverage of NCAA and NFL football. Scot Loeffler went on to join the coaching staff of Urban Meyer at Florida, eventually helping Tim Tebow in his player development, and is now the head coach at Bowling Green. Strong safety Daniel Bullocks is now the safeties coach of the San Francisco 49ers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196414-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Shock season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the 11th for the Detroit Shock, an American women's professional basketball team. The Shock attempted to return to the WNBA Finals for the third consecutive year. They won the WNBA Finals for the third time in franchise history. During the finals, Katie Smith averaged a team high 21.7 points per game to be named WNBA Finals MVP. Similar to Kevin Garnett with the 2008 Boston Celtics, Taj McWilliams-Franklin won her first championship after 10 years in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196414-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Shock season, Offseason\nThe following player was lost in the Atlanta Dream expansion draft:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196414-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Shock season, Season Highlights\nThe Shock season opener resulted in a record-breaking debut for rookie guard Alexis Hornbuckle. Hornbuckle set a Shock record with seven steals to help the Shock beat the Houston Comets on May 17. Deanna Nolan scored a franchise-record 44 points (28 in the fourth quarter and overtime) in a 98-93 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on June 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196414-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Shock season, Season Highlights, Nancy Lieberman\nIn July, the Detroit Shock signed Nancy Lieberman to a 7-day contract. The 50-year-old Lieberman broke her own record for being the oldest player in the WNBA. Lieberman, a Hall of Famer since 1999, was 39 years old when she played with Phoenix during the league's first year in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196414-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Shock season, Season Highlights, Nancy Lieberman\nThe 50-year-old Lieberman played nine minutes and had two assists. One of the assists included a no-look pass in the closing minutes of the Detroit Shock's 79-61 loss to the Houston Comets on July 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196414-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Shock season, Season Highlights, Nancy Lieberman\nLieberman made a one-time only appearance in the Shock's first game due to  a bench-clearing melee with the Los Angeles Sparks on July 22. Five Shock players were suspended and Cheryl Ford suffered a season-ending injury, prompting coach Bill Laimbeer to offer Lieberman a seven-day contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196415-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge\nThe Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch was the ninth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Belle Isle temporary street circuit, Michigan on August 30, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196415-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge, Report\nAndretti Green Racing scored their first overall victory, as well as the second overall victory for the Acura program. Audi failed to win the LMP1 category for the first time all season after one car crashed and the other was disqualified for a rule infraction. Intersport Racing, the lone remaining LMP1 competitor, earned the class win. Flying Lizard managed to finish the race with all three of their Porsches in the top four in GT2 to help extend their lead over the Tafel Racing Ferraris, while Corvette Racing easily led the GT1 category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196415-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge, Report\nThis race marked the first time since the debut of the Porsche RS Spyder at the 2005 Monterey Sports Car Championships that Porsche failed to finish in a podium position in the LMP2 class; the Acuras of Highcroft Racing and de Ferran Motorsport completed the LMP2 and overall podium behind the Andretti Green Acura, and ahead of the #7 Penske Racing Porsche in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196415-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196415-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge, Race results\n\u2020 - The #1 Audi Sport North America entry was disqualified after the car failed post-race technical inspection. The car was under the minimum weight requirement for its class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196416-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Tigers season\nThe Detroit Tigers 2008 season was the team's 108th season in Major League Baseball's American League. After being picked by many to win the AL Central Division and the World Series, the Tigers started the season a disappointing 0\u20137 after being swept by the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox. Their first victory of the season came against the Boston Red Sox. The Tigers did not reach a .500 winning record until their 80th game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196416-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Tigers season\nAlthough they were eliminated from the pennant race by the season's final day (September 29), they nonetheless had to play a makeup game against the White Sox (who were trailing the Minnesota Twins by half a game), which Detroit had lost 8\u20132. The Tigers finished the season in last place in the AL Central, trailing the White Sox (who won the division by beating Minnesota in a one-game playoff the following day) by 14.5 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196416-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Tigers season\nDespite the disappointing performance, the Tigers drew a franchise-record home attendance of 3,202,645 for the season. The team ranked third in the American League and eighth in Major League Baseball for home attendance in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196416-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Tigers season, Offseason\nThe Tigers started the offseason by trading prospects Jair Jurrjens and Gorkys Hern\u00e1ndez to the Atlanta Braves for shortstop \u00c9dgar Renter\u00eda. Renter\u00eda took over the everyday shortstop job with Carlos Guill\u00e9n moving to first base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196416-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Tigers season, Offseason\nReliever Joel Zumaya underwent surgery on October 31, 2007 for an AC joint reconstruction and was expected to miss half the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196416-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Tigers season, Offseason\nThe Tigers continued their offseason trading by acquiring Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis from the Florida Marlins in exchange for highly touted prospects Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller, along with Mike Rabelo, Eulogio De La Cruz, Burke Badenhop and Dallas Trahern. Willis would sign a three-year, $29 million contract extension, while Cabrera would receive an eight-year, $152.3 million deal, the biggest contract in Tigers history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196416-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Tigers season, Offseason\nDuring the offseason, the Tigers traded Omar Infante to the Chicago Cubs for Jacque Jones. They re-signed Todd Jones, and Kenny Rogers to one-year contracts. The Tigers also signed free agent Francisco Cruceta from the Texas Rangers organization to a one-year contract. Cruceta and Jacque Jones were eventually released during the season, and Todd Jones retired at the end of the season. The Tigers declined the option to sign \u00c9dgar Renter\u00eda at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196416-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: Pos. = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196417-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters\nThe 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-second season of premier German touring car championship and also ninth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The series began on 13 April at the Hockenheimring and finished on 26 October at the same venue, after eleven rounds. Timo Scheider won the title, having never previously won a race before the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196417-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Teams and drivers\nThe following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196418-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Deutschland Tour\nThe 2008 Deutschland Tour road cycling race took place from August 29 to September 6, 2008 in Germany and Austria. It was won by Team Columbia's Linus Gerdemann of Germany. It was the 32nd edition of the Deutschland Tour, and the last edition until the race's revival in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196419-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dhivehi League\nStatistics football matches of Dhivehi League in the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196419-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dhivehi League, Overview\nClub Valencia won both the Dhivehi League and the Maldives National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196420-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dickies 500\nThe 2008 Dickies 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series motor race held on November 2, 2008, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4\u00a0km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the 34th race of the 2008 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Carl Edwards for the Roush Fenway Racing team. Jeff Gordon finished second, and Jamie McMurray clinched third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196420-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dickies 500, Qualifying\nJeff Gordon won the pole position, with Martin Truex, Jr. joining him on the front row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196420-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dickies 500, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify: Tony Raines (#70), Bryan Clauson (#40), Chad McCumbee (#45), Max Papis (#13), Johnny Sauter (#08).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196420-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dickies 500, Recap\nCarl Edwards used fuel mileage to sweep the season series at TMS. Points leader Jimmie Johnson finished one lap down in 15th place, but still led Edwards by 106 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196421-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dimona suicide bombing\nThe 2008 Dimona bombing was a suicide attack carried out in Dimona, Israel on February 4, 2008 by Hamas. It is believed that Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip ordered the operation without the knowledge of the Hamas politburo in Damascus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196421-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dimona suicide bombing, The attack\nOn February 4, 2008, a Palestinian militant detonated an explosives belt at a shopping centre in Dimona, Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196421-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dimona suicide bombing, The attack\nThe Israeli police managed to shoot dead an accomplice who was wounded in the first blast before he could detonate his own belt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196421-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dimona suicide bombing, The attack\nOne Israeli woman was killed in the attack while nine other people were injured (one of them critically). It was the first 'successful' suicide attack against Israeli civilians since the Eilat bakery bombing on January 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196421-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Dimona suicide bombing, The perpetrators\nThe al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine initially claimed responsibility, but the two Gazans they named as the attackers did not match the bodies found at the scene. Hamas claimed responsibility on February 5, naming the perpetrators as Muhammed Herbawi (\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0648\u064a) and Shadi Zghayer (\u0634\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0632\u063a\u064a\u0651\u0631), both from the Palestinian city of Hebron in the West Bank, the place which they are believed to have traveled from.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196421-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Dimona suicide bombing, The perpetrators\nIsraeli intelligence believes the attack was ordered by Izzedine al Qassam Brigades commander Ahmed Jabari with the support of Gaza-based Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar; Jabari contacted an ally in Hebron's Qawasameh clan\u2014Ayoub Qawasmeh\u2014who recruited the eventual perpetrators from a local Hamas soccer team. Scott Atran states that the Hamas politburo in Damascus was not informed of the attack. Israel demolished Herbawi and Zghayer's homes, while \"the Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades website went down for three days, presumably the result of an electronic attack after its bogus claim.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196421-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Dimona suicide bombing, Israeli retaliation\nOn July 26, 2008, IDF and Israeli police forces killed Shihab Natsheh (25), a Hamas member from Hebron. Natsheh, according to the IDF, was the explosives engineer who prepared the demolition charge used to carry out the Dimona suicide bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196422-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary took place on February 12, 2008, nicknamed the \"Potomac Primary\" because Maryland and Virginia, which border the Potomac River, also held Democratic primaries that day. Fifteen delegates were up for grabs in the District of Columbia Democratic Primary, including 10 delegates from the District of Columbia's municipal subdivisions (five delegates for Wards 1-4, and five delegates for Wards 5-8). An additional five delegates were awarded to the at-large winner, Barack Obama. These 15 delegates represented the District of Columbia at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. A total of 24 unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196422-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary\nBarack Obama received the endorsements of Mayor Adrian Fenty and former Mayor Marion Barry (both African Americans), while he and Hillary Clinton were both endorsed by various members on the District of Columbia City Council. Barack Obama won the District of Columbia, as he did the other Potomac contests that day. He earned 12 pledged delegates to Clinton's 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196422-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nThe District of Columbia is a city with a strong population of African Americans, a voting bloc that consistently backed Barack Obama nationwide. The District also includes highly educated upper-middle class professionals who tend to be relatively progressive/liberal, another segment of the population that often backed Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196423-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary took place on February 12, 2008. Virginia and Maryland both held primaries on the same day, so the day's elections were collectively called \"the Potomac primary\". John McCain decisively won the primary, securing the votes of all 16 DC delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196423-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary, Results\nMike Huckabee received a plurality of votes in Ward 7. John McCain received a plurality of votes in Ward 5 and Ward 8 and a majority of votes in the other five wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196424-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Division 1 (Senegal)\nThe 2008 Division 1 season was the 43rd of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal. The tournament was organized by the Senegalese Football Federation. The season began in late in the mid year on 26 June and finished late on 23 November. It was the first year they played at a professional level, also it was the final season it was titled \"Division\", the following year would become a \"League\" (\"Ligue\" in French). AS Douanes won their fifth title, the next club to win three consecutive titles. AS Douanes along with Casa Sport would compete in the 2009 CAF Champions League the following season. ASC Diaraf who won the 2008 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup, along with ASC Yakaar after defeating ASC HLM in a Confederation Cup qualification barrage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196424-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Division 1 (Senegal)\nThe season would feature 20 clubs, two additional clubs from Division 2 added to the total. 178 matches and the playoff system would be restored with only a single final match totaling 179 and 180 with a Confederation Cup qualification match. This was the only season that was done, the number of clubs would be reduced to 18 in the following season along with the total match numbers to 173. The season scored a total of 283 goals, 151 in Group A and 130 in Group B for a total of 280 and three in the finals. Two goals were scored in the qualification barrage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196424-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Division 1 (Senegal)\nASC Lingu\u00e8re and CNEPS Excellence were promoted from Division 2. At the end of the season, Xam Xam and Renaissance de Dakar were relegated into Ligue 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196424-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Division 1 (Senegal)\nAS Douanes again was the defending team of the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 79]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196424-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Division 1 (Senegal), Overview\nThe league was contested by 20 teams and two groups, each group contained ten clubs and a final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196425-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Division 1 (Swedish football)\nThe 2008 Division 1 was contested by 28 teams divided into two groups geographically. Syrianska FC and FC Trollh\u00e4ttan won their respective groups, and thereby were promoted to Superettan for the 2009 season. Vasalunds IF who finished second in the northern group were also promoted after winning their playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196425-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Division 1 (Swedish football), Young Player Teams of the Year\nAt the end of each Division 1 season an all-star game is played called \"Morgondagens Stj\u00e4rnor\" (English: \"The Stars Of Tomorrow\"). The two teams playing against each other consist of the best young players from each of the two leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196426-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de B\u00e9isbol\nThis article is about Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Beisbol 2008, the 2008 was the 65th edition, the season started on 29 March and finished on 10 August 2008. The Divisi\u00f3n de Honor champion was Marlins de Puerto Cruz and the Copa del Rey champion was El Llano B\u00e9isbol Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196427-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Diyarbak\u0131r bombing\nOn 3 January 2008, at an estimated local time of 16:50 (14:50 UTC), a car bomb exploded in the city of Diyarbak\u0131r in south-eastern Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196427-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Diyarbak\u0131r bombing, Target\nFirst reports from the area indicated that the bomb, which exploded in the Dagkapi neighborhood of Diyarbak\u0131r on Thursday evening, targeted a military service vehicle that was carrying 46 army personnel as it passed near a school. The district is known to have a heavy Turkish military presence because due a military helicopter base, hospitals and military housings in the area. The explosion could be heard 3\u00a0km (two miles) away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196427-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Diyarbak\u0131r bombing, Casualties\nAccording to Bianet 7 people died in the attack, five were children who attended the school beside the site of the bombing. About 110 other people were wounded, eight people seriously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196427-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Diyarbak\u0131r bombing, Perpetrators\nNobody has claimed responsibility for the blast, but authorities have blamed militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), whom Turkish security forces are fighting both in Turkey and in nearby northern Iraq. The state Anatolian news agency quoted prosecutors as saying that four people had been detained in connection with the blast. Earlier, security sources said 12 people had been detained. During a manifestation, Sezgin Tanrikulu, the president of the Diyarbak\u0131r Bar Association read out a message on behalf of several worker unions, criticizing the violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196427-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Diyarbak\u0131r bombing, Perpetrators, Reaction\nTurkey: \"This (bombing) is an attack against our people, especially our people in the southeast, in Diyarbak\u0131r. The terrorist organisation has never been the representative of our Kurdish citizens,\" Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in Ankara. Erdogan also told reporters he would visit Diyarbak\u0131r two days after the bombing. General Yasar Buyukanit, head of Turkey's military General Staff, was due to visit the city on the day after the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196427-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Diyarbak\u0131r bombing, Perpetrators, Reaction\nUnited States: This incident has once more showed the necessity of cooperation in fight against terrorism, Chase Beamer, spokesman for the Department's Bureau of European & Eurasian Affairs, told A.A correspondent. Beamer also said Washington is beside Ankara in its fight against terror.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196428-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Djiboutian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Djibouti on 8 February 2008. There were 65 candidates running for the 65 seats in the National Assembly, with all of the candidates coming from the ruling coalition, the Union for the Presidential Majority (UMP). The opposition boycotted the election, and the UMP won all 65 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196428-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Djiboutian parliamentary election\nIn boycotting the election, the opposition complained that the electoral system guaranteed victory for the UMP; in the previous parliamentary elections in 2003, the UMP won all 65 seats despite the opposition receiving 38% of the vote. The opposition unsuccessfully demanded that proportional representation be introduced. Ismael Guedi Hared, a leader of the opposition Union for a Democratic Alternative, said that the country effectively had a one-party system, that \"none of the democratic rules [were] respected\", and that the government was unwilling to accept proportional representation because it was fearful of discontent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196428-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Djiboutian parliamentary election, Background\nIn a decree on 26 December 2007, President Ismail Omar Guelleh set the election date for 8 February 2008. Subsequently, in a presidential decree on 6 January 2008, campaigning was scheduled to begin at midnight on 25 January and run until midnight on 6 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196428-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Djiboutian parliamentary election, Background\nThe newly formed Arta Region was represented as a separate constituency for the first time in the 2008 election. Three seats were at stake there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196428-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Djiboutian parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe UMP filed its list of candidates at the Interior Ministry on 10 January 2003. More than a third of its candidates were new, and nine of its candidates (14% of the total) were women. In addition to the main governing party, the People's Rally for Progress (RPP), the UMP coalition included the National Democratic Party (PND), the moderate faction of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD), the People's Social Democratic Party (PSD), and the Union of Reform Partisans (UPR). Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita headed the UMP list. According to Dileita, the government's refusal to introduce proportional representation was due to the need to preserve \"the tribal balance\", pointing to chaotic conditions of neighboring Somalia as an example to avoid. He did, however, say that it might be necessary to consider introducing proportional representation at some future time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 949]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196428-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Djiboutian parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe African Union and the Arab League observed the election and gave it a positive assessment. The Constitutional Council validated the results on 17 February, and the National Assembly met for the first session of its new term on 20 February, re-electing Idriss Arnaoud Ali as President of the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196428-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Djiboutian parliamentary election, Results\nYacin Elmi Bouh, the Minister of the Interior, announced on 9 February that the UMP had won all 65 seats and placed turnout at 72.61%, which he said was the highest in 15 years. Out of 151,490 registered voters, 109,999 were said to have voted, with 103,463 votes in favor of the UMP and 6,536 null votes. However, the number of people registering to vote had been low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196429-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Djurg\u00e5rdens IF season\nDjurg\u00e5rden will in the 2008 season compete in the Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and UEFA Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196429-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Djurg\u00e5rdens IF season\nDjurg\u00e5rden started the season with 9 matches without a defeat. With many injuries on key players, such as old Swedish international Mattias Jonson, Finnish legend Aki Riihilahti and new Finnish star Daniel Sj\u00f6lund,  and bad playing Djurg\u00e5rden ended 12th, their worst season since 1999. The new 20-year-old from Enk\u00f6pings SK, Sebastian Rajalakso scored most goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196429-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Djurg\u00e5rdens IF season, Squad\nAs of July 2, 2008. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196429-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Djurg\u00e5rdens IF season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196429-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Djurg\u00e5rdens IF season, Club, Other information\nUpdated to match played 26 JulySource:\u00a0Djurg\u00e5rdens IF and Stockholm Stadion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196430-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dodecanese earthquake\nThe 2008 Dodecanese earthquake occurred near Kattavia on the island of Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on 15 July. The quake struck at 06:26\u00a0a.m. local time (UTC+3) and one woman was killed when she slipped and fell as she tried to flee her home. However, the earthquake did not cause any major damage. The earthquake was felt across the entire eastern Mediterranean, as far west as Libya, and inland as far as Damascus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196430-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dodecanese earthquake\nThere was a significant aftershock the next day, 16 July, at 02:52\u00a0a.m. local time, which resulted in additional injuries. The aftershock was rated 4.8\u00a0Mw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196431-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dodge Challenger 500\nThe 2008 Dodge Challenger 500,  the 59th running of the event, was the eleventh race on the NASCAR Sprint Cup season. It was held on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the fabled Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196431-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dodge Challenger 500, Summary\nThe race was televised in the USA on Fox starting at 7 PM US EDT with radio being handled on MRN on terrestrial radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. It was the first race on the newly repaved 1.366 mile track as \"The Lady in Black\" has gone under an extreme makeover akin to plastic surgery, with speeds at Goodyear tire testing in March having cars clocked at or over 200 MPH.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196431-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dodge Challenger 500, Summary\nThe race also served as the last chance to qualify for Sprint All-Star Race XXIV to be held the following week at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Otherwise, those who have not won a race, a series championship or a previous All-Star race would have to qualify via the Sprint Showdown race as one of the top two finishers or through fan voting by being on the lead lap in the Showdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196431-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dodge Challenger 500, Summary, Qualifying\nGreg Biffle edged out Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196431-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Dodge Challenger 500, Summary, Race\nAfter getting a rousing chorus of booing from Earnhardt fans for what he did the previous week at Richmond, Kyle Busch quieted them down with his third win of the 2008 campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196431-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Dodge Challenger 500, Summary, Race\nOther finishers in the top ten were Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., David Ragan, Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, Travis Kvapil, Dave Blaney and Jeff Burton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196432-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League\nThe 2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League was the 2nd official season of the event. The SEDEFIR Cup was dedicated to Daniel Toribio. Distrito Nacional's team won their second title in both genders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196433-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dominican Republic presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2008. The result was a victory for incumbent President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez of the Dominican Liberation Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196434-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round was the eleventh round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of 5\u20137 September 2008, at the Donington Park circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196435-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Donington Park Superleague Formula round\nThe 2008 Donington Park Superleague Formula round was the inaugural round of the Superleague Formula championship, with the races taking place on 31 August 2008. Seventeen football teams were represented on the grid, with a win each for Beijing Guoan and Sevilla FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196435-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Donington Park Superleague Formula round, Report, Qualifying\nThe first ever qualifying session for Superleague saw the introduction of a new qualifying system. Following a random draw which split the seventeen-car field into two groups, the fastest four qualifiers from each progressed into the knockout stages to decide places 1 to 8 on the grid. This meant that in Group B, fifth placed Al Ain (Andreas Zuber) and sixth placed Borussia Dortmund (Nelson Philippe) would both miss out on qualifying for the knockout stages, despite recording a time some four tenths of a second faster than fourth-placed Group A qualifier Galatasaray S.K. (Alessandro Pier Guidi). After negotiating their way through the knockout stages, Sevilla FC (Borja Garc\u00eda) and Beijing Guoan (Davide Rigon) would meet in the final. In the one-lap shootout, Rigon came out on top by 0.822 seconds and would become Superleague's inaugural pole-sitter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 927]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196435-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Donington Park Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nThe race began with a rolling start, to eradicate a potential chink in the 750\u00a0bhp car's armour, and would also delay the introduction of pitstops until the next round. From the start, the Olympiacos car of Kasper Andersen got a fantastic run from fourth on the grid, and was alongside Rigon as the grid headed for Redgate. However, he ran wide and fell back to fourth behind Garc\u00eda and a fast-starting Yelmer Buurman in the PSV Eindhoven car. This would become fifth by the end of the lap, as Duncan Tappy also got by, in the Tottenham Hotspur machine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196435-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Donington Park Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nThe safety car was deployed on lap three, as A.C. Milan and CR Flamengo had both gone off at Coppice with engine failures on the first and third laps respectively. There were further problems down the field with a midfield incident between Philippe and Andy Soucek in the SC Corinthians car and both would later retire from the race. Enrico Toccacelo would also become a factor in the race, having started sixth in the A.S. Roma car, moving up to third which became second, as Garc\u00eda had to shift to manual gear-shifting after developing a problem on down-shifts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196435-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Donington Park Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nToccacelo did get to within a second and a half of Rigon, but the Italian in the Chinese team's car would hold on, to be the first race-winner of the series. Toccacelo finished 2nd, while Tappy just held off Buurman for the final podium spot. Star of the race though, fell to Adri\u00e1n Vall\u00e9s. Having missed qualifying due to an electrical problem, the Liverpool F.C. car charged through from 17th on the grid, to finish fifth ahead of the other finishers Zuber, Tristan Gommendy (F.C. Porto), Ryan Dalziel (Rangers F.C. ), Max Wissel (FC Basel 1893) and the troubled Garc\u00eda. Of the seven retirees, six were down to technical problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196435-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Donington Park Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nA storm engulfed the track, before the start of race two. With the reverse grid system in use, A.C. Milan were expected to start on pole, but did not start due to the fuel-system failure that took Robert Doornbos out of the first race. This put Flamengo on the pole, and would give Tuka Rocha an advantage at the start of the race. Rocha sped away into the distance as all hell broke loose behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196435-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Donington Park Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nZuber would go off at the Old Hairpin, who would later deploy the safety car and Philippe, who had challenged Rocha at Redgate, spun down to fifth at Coppice, letting Pier Guidi, Wissel and Garc\u00eda through. As quickly as the safety car had gone in, it was back out again after Dalziel and latterly Pier Guidi had both gone off at Hollywood and Wissel had run wide at Melbourne in the Basel car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196435-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Donington Park Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nThis left Garc\u00eda to charge down Rocha at a rate of knots, and with eight laps to go, caught and passed Rocha in the Melbourne Loop and scampered off to a 10.074-second victory over Rocha. The battle for the final podium spot was decided on lap twenty, when Philippe slid sideways and knocked on his pit-lane limiter which allowed Vall\u00e9s, who started 12th on the grid into third and third in the championship. Tappy, Rigon, Wissel, Buurman, Gommendy, Toccacelo and Andersen completed the finishers as 11 of the 16 starters finished the race. Rigon's first and sixth allowed Beijing Guoan to be seven points clear of Tottenham and Liverpool in the standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196436-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dr McKenna Cup\nThe 2008 Dr McKenna Cup was a Gaelic football competition played under the auspices of Ulster GAA. The tournament was won by Down. They defeated Derry in the final. Down won despite not winning any of their games in the 2007 edition of the competition, and also had not won any of their games in the 2007 National Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196436-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dr McKenna Cup, Summary\nIn 2008, the competition was compacted entirely into the month of January. This led to several considerations for all participants, because the students in the university teams had exams in January, while the county teams, who would not have played together for up to six months, had to play three matches in a week. In spite of this, the university teams seemed to have a slight advantage, causing several upsets early in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196436-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dr McKenna Cup, Summary\nIn the 2008 semi-finals Derry defeated Fermanagh and Down defeated Cavan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196437-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai 24 Hour\nThe 2008 Dubai 24 Hour was the 3rd running of the Dubai 24 Hour. The event was held on 10 to 12 January at the Dubai Autodrome, United Arab Emirates. The winning car was an A6 class Porsche RSR run by VIP Pet Foods and shared between Tony Quinn, Klark Quinn, Craig Baird and Jonathon Webb .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196438-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Sevens\nThe Dubai Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition was held on November 28 and November 29 at The Sevens, a brand-new facility built to host the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. It was the first of eight events in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series. The top-tier Cup trophy was won by South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196438-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Sevens\nThis was the first edition of the Dubai Sevens to be held at The Sevens. Previous editions were held at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196438-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Sevens, Format\nThe tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196439-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships\nThe 2008 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th resp. 8th edition of the Dubai Tennis Championships, and it was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour, resp. the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Dubai Tennis Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with the women playing from February 25 through March 1, 2008, and the men from March 3 through March 8, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196439-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships\nThe men's field was led by World No. 1, Masters Cup champion, Australian Open semifinalist and four-time Dubai winner and defending champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 2, Chennai runner-up and Australian Open semifinalist Rafael Nadal, and new Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic. Other top seeds were Masters Cup runner-up David Ferrer, Moscow winner Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick, Richard Gasquet and Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196439-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships\nThe women's singles announced World No. 1, Tour Championships and Sydney winner, four-time Dubai titlist and defending champion Justine Henin, WTA No. 3 and Sydney finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Australian Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic. Also competing in the field were Australian Open semifinalist Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Doha Tier I and Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova, Anna Chakvetadze, Marion Bartoli and Elena Dementieva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196439-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships, Champions, Men's Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi /  Mark Knowles def. Martin Damm /  Pavel V\u00edzner, 7\u20135, 7\u20136(9\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196439-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships, Champions, Women's Doubles\nCara Black /  Liezel Huber def. Zi Yan /  Jie Zheng, 7\u20135, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196440-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nFabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Santoro partnered with Richard Gasquet, but lost in the quarterfinals to Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle. Zimonjic partnered with Daniel Nestor, but lost in the semifinals to Martin Damm and Pavel V\u00edzner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196440-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles won in the final 7\u20135, 7\u20136(9\u20137), against Martin Damm and Pavel V\u00edzner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196441-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nRoger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Andy Murray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196441-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nSixth-seeded Andy Roddick won in the final 6\u20137(8\u201310), 6\u20134, 6\u20132, against Feliciano L\u00f3pez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196442-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, and won in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20132, against Jie Zheng and Zi Yan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196443-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nJustine Henin was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Francesca Schiavone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196443-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nElena Dementieva won in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20132, against Svetlana Kuznetsova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196443-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196444-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai World Cup\nThe 2008 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Saturday 29 March 2008. It was the 13th running of the Dubai World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196444-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai World Cup\nThe winner was Stonestreet Stables & Midnight Cry Stables' Curlin, a four-year-old chestnut colt trained in the United States by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Robby Albarado. Curlin's victory was the first in the race for his jockey, trainer and owner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196444-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai World Cup\nCurlin had been the American Horse of the Year in 2007 when his wins included the Preakness Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Classic. He was sent to Dubai in early 2008 and won a handicap race at Nad Al Sheba on 28 February. In the 2008 Dubai World Cup he started the 4/11 favourite and won by a record margin of seven and three quarter lengths from the South African-trained Asiatic Boy, with Well Armed a neck away in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196445-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai explosion\nThe 2008 Dubai explosion was an industrial explosion at a fireworks factory in the Al Quoz Industrial area on March 26, 2008 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. One died in the explosion and another died from his injuries at Rashid Hospital. Other than the two killed, two more people were injured in the explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196445-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dubai explosion\nOver 20 of the 83 buildings in the area were engulfed in flames. There were two explosions that started the fire. The first was at 7:10 AM and was so large it could be felt up to six kilometres away, people at the scene said. The second smaller explosion happened at around 8:00 AM. The cause of the explosion is unknown. The blast was followed by smaller blast, assumed to be the fire works going off. The area around the blast was occupied with residents, workers, and stores. There was also large work camps with thousands of Asian workers. First responders struggled to get to the scene due to the morning traffic around that area. The smoke cloud resulted in schools in Al Quoz being evacuated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show\nThe 2008 Dublin Horse Show was hosted by the Royal Dublin Society (R.D.S.) at Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland, taking place between August 6 and August 10. The competition was named after its main sponsor, F\u00e1ilte Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show\nThe show events were divided into two main areas, showing horses and show jumping. The showing classes are a major showcase of the best of the Irish horse. Some classes are restricted to Irish-bred horses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 6, F\u00e1ilte Stakes\nThirty-one riders competed in the 4,750 \u20ac F\u00e1ilte Stakes. The jumping height was 1.40 m for the Table A event. The top eight riders placed and received financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 6, Speed Stakes\nThirty-five riders competed in the 10,500 \u20ac Speed Stakes. The jumping height was 1.40 m for the Table C event. The top nine riders placed and received financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 6, Irish Sports Council Classic\nFifty-eight riders competed in the 21,000 \u20ac Irish Sports Council Classic. The jumping height was 1.50 m for the Table C event with jump-off. The top fifteen riders placed and received financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 71], "content_span": [72, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 7, Power and Speed\nFifty-three riders competed in the 21,000 \u20ac Power and Speed. The class was sponsored by Knight Frank LLP. The jumping height was 1.50 m for the Table A event. The top fourteen riders placed and received financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 7, Speed Derby\nTwenty-nine riders competed in the 21,000 \u20ac Speed Derby. The jumping height was 1.40 m for the Table C event. The top eight riders placed and received financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 7, Six Bar\nNineteen riders competed in the 16,000 \u20ac Six Bar. The top eight riders placed and received financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 8, Samsung Super League\nEight teams of four riders competed in the 156,000 \u20ac Samsung Super League event, the seventh event in the 2008 Samsung Super League series. There were two rounds to the event, with all teams placing and receiving financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 63], "content_span": [64, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 9, Accumulator\nThirty-five riders competed in the 15,750 \u20ac Accumulator. The jumping height was from 1.35 m to 1.60 m for the accumulator with joker event. The top nine riders placed and received financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 9, Speed Derby\nForty-five riders competed in the 21,000 \u20ac Dublin Stakes. The jumping height was 1.50 m for the Table A event. The top twelve riders placed and received financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 9, Land Rover Puissance\nEleven riders competed in the 36,000 \u20ac Land Rover Puissance. The class was sponsored by Land Rover. The top five riders placed and received financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 63], "content_span": [64, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 10, Speed Championship\nTwenty riders competed in the 26,000 \u20ac Speed Championship. The class was sponsored by Walls Construction Ltd.. The jumping height from 1.40 m to 1.50 m for the Table C event. The top seven riders placed and received financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196446-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show, Results, August 10, Longines International Grand Prix\nThirty-nine riders competed in the 130,000 \u20ac Longines International Grand Prix. The class was sponsored by Longines. The jumping height was 1.50 m for the Table A event which occurred over two rounds. The top ten riders placed and received financial prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 77], "content_span": [78, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196447-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Horse Show \u2013 Samsung Super League\nThe seventh event of the 2008 Samsung Super League was held in Dublin, Ireland on August 8, 2008 during the 2008 Dublin Horse Show. The Great Britain won the event, finishing with only fourteen penalties over the two rounds of competition, five fewer than host nation Ireland's nineteen faults. Jessica K\u00fcrten of Ireland, Harry Smolders of the Netherlands, and Hillary Dobbs of the United States were the only riders to complete a clear round and were each awarded one point in the top rider standings. A \u20ac156,000 purse was offered at the CSIO* **** event, with each of the eight competing teams receiving a share.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196448-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Senior Football Championship\nThe 2008 Dublin Senior Football Championship is the inter club Gaelic football competition between the top teams in Dublin GAA. The 2008 competition opened with group stages. The first round of the group stages began on May 8, 2008. Kilmacud Crokes finished as the 2008 champions and went on to qualify for the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship first round against Celbridge. Tomas Quinn finished the season as highest scorer with 5-34 (0-24f, 0-1 sline 0-1 pen). Dublin Champions Kilmacud Crokes progressed from the Dublin championship to win both the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196448-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Group stages\nThe winning team in each group qualify for a place in the quarter finals of the competition. The team that finish in second and third position go on to the Dublin Senior B Football Championship. The teams that finish on the bottom contend the relegation championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196448-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Group stages, Group Two\nKilmacud Crokes went on to qualify for the quarter final of the Dublin Senior Football Championship while second place Round Towers and third place Raheny went on to the Dublin Senior B Football Championship. Naomh Olaf went on to fight for survival in the relegation playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196448-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Group stages, Group Three, Fixtures\n1-0, D Farrell 0-2 (1f), C Farrell, D Campion 0-1 each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196448-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final Replay\nTeam:D NestorK NolanP. GriffinN. McGrathB. McGrathC. O'SullivanA. MorrisseyD. MageeJ. Magee 2- 00L. McBarron 0-01B. Kavanagh 0-02N. CorkeryM. Vaughan 0-02 (1f, 1\u201945)M. Davoren 1-00P. Burke 0-03", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196448-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final Replay\nSubstitutes:C Lamb for N McGrath (inj, 7); B ORorke for McBarron (47); Ross OCarroll for Corkery (50); Kevin OCarroll for Vaughan (Inj, 55).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196448-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final Replay\nMatch rules:60 minutes. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196448-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final Replay\nTeam:E SomervilleR. O'ConnorC. EvansP. CurtinJ. Brogan 0-01T. BrowneM. BridesR. McConnellD. MathewsG. SmithA. DarcyD. SweeneyA. Brogan 0-03B. Brogan 0-09 (2f)J. Sherlock", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196448-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final Replay\nSubstitutes:N Murphy for Browne (24); Paul Brogan for Curtin (ht); K McDonnell for Darcy (43); R Glynn for Sweeney (55).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196448-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior B Championship\nThe Dublin Senior B Football Championship is at the Semi Final stage of the competition with 4 teams remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196449-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin Women's Soccer League\nThe 2008 Dublin Women's Soccer League was the 15th season of the women's association football league featuring teams from the Greater Dublin Area. With a team that included Mary Waldron and Grainne Kierans, St Francis finished as champions. They also won the 2008 FAI Women's Cup, defeating Peamount United 2\u20131 in the final at Richmond Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196450-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin county football team season\nThe following is a summary of Dublin county football team's 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196451-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin county hurling team season\nThe following is a summary of Dublin county hurling team's 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196451-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dublin county hurling team season, Walsh Cup and shield\nDublin decided not to play in the Walsh Cup shield and the so the win was handed to Westmeath", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196452-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election, with an additional seat in Sedgley ward following the resignation of a councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196452-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election\nFollowing the election the Conservative Party held 43 seats, the Labour Party held 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats held 2 seats, and the UK Independence Party held one seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196453-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dujail bombing\nThe 12 September 2008 Dujail bombing occurred around 1800 local time (1500 UTC), on 12 September 2008 in Dujail, Salah ad Din Governorate, when a suicide bomber drove and detonated an explosive laden car into a police station killing 31 and injuring 60. A nearby medical clinic was also damaged. The attack occurred at around 6:20\u00a0pm local time. The attack was blamed on Al-Qaeda by US military, was the biggest attack in Iraq in months and came at a time when the violence had fallen to a 4-year low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196454-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Duke Blue Devils football team\nThe 2008 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196455-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Duramed Futures Tour\nThe 2008 Duramed Futures Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2008 in the United States. The Futures Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the \"official developmental tour\" of the LPGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196455-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Duramed Futures Tour, Leading money winners\nThe top ten money winners at the end of the season gained membership on the LPGA Tour for the 2009 season, with those finishing in the top five positions gaining higher priority for entry into events than those finishing in positions six through ten. Finishers in positions six through ten had the option to attend LPGA Qualifying School to try to improve their membership status for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196455-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Duramed Futures Tour, Schedule and results\nThe number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Futures Tour including that event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196456-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Durham County Council election\nElections to Durham County Council took place on 1 May 2008, along with other local elections in the UK. This was the first election to the unitary authority established as part of the 2009 changes to local government, and all seats were up for election using the first past the post voting system. The election saw the council double in size to 126 councillors, with 63 electoral divisions each returning two members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196456-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Durham County Council election\nLabour kept control of the council with 67 seats. The Liberal Democrats were second with 27 seats and the Conservatives won 10. There were also 22 independents elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships\n2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships is a championship for young Track & Field athletes of the islands of the Dutch Kingdom. In 2008 there were three island competing. Aruba, Cura\u00e7ao and Sint Maarten. They compete in different events and the athlete with the overall most points will be declared the winner. There are two age groups, they are 10\u201311 years (Pentathlon) and 12\u201313 years (Heptathlon). This year was the first year that hurdles and baseball throw was added to the event list for the heptathlon. Sint Eustatius did not have a complete team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships\nThey only competed with a full Heptathlon team. Like every year, the hosting island is allowed to have two teams (which was Aruba). There were 32 athletes competing in total and Cura\u00e7ao was declared the overall winner, Aruba came in second and Sint Maarten came in third. This would also mark the 4th win for Cura\u00e7ao", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Events\nThe Pentathlon consist of a total of 5 different events. These events are 60\u00a0metres, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball throw and 800\u00a0metres (for the girls) and 1000\u00a0metres (for the boys).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Events\nThe Heptathlon consist of a total of 5 different events. These events are 80\u00a0metres, Long Jump, High Jump,  shot put and 1000\u00a0metres (for the girls) and 1200\u00a0metres (for the boys).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Aruba Team 1\nPentathlon: Lixandra Geerman, Naomi Cecilia, Reginald Koc and Christian Kingsale", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Aruba Team 1\nHeptathlon: Jelissa Nedd, Annelaine Jacobs, Ludeson Jean Baptiste & Jeremy Fontain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Aruba Team 2\nPentathlon: Rhona Croes, Siljee Feliciana, Jenyle Julien and Jonathan Croes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Aruba Team 2\nHeptathlon: Eugene Bouwer, Xavier Boekhoudt, Iraida Dorothal and Chayenne David", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Cura\u00e7ao\nPentathlon: Naeemah Isidora, Charlotte Rave, Yersel Martie and Ayrthon Sambo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Cura\u00e7ao\nHeptathlon: Roshaldienne Brion, Sharyanne Gijsbertha, Dudley Boelddak and Giandro Martis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Sint Maarten\nPentathlon: Shayenne Johnson, Jeanne Peterson, Abba Coombs and Leshawn Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Teams, Sint Maarten\nHeptathlon: Edwin Ruan, Randy Richardson, Joy Harris and Janella Gibs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196457-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships, Fun Facts\n-\tLast Year all middle distances are 1000 Meter. Pentathlon girls 800 Meter added and 1200 for the heptathlon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196458-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Figure Skating Championships\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by 58.143.166.173 (talk) at 06:50, 25 June 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196458-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Dutch Figure Skating Championships took place between 4 and 6 January 2008 in Tilburg. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196459-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Time Trial Championships \u2013 Women's time trial\nThe Women's time trial of the 2008 Dutch National Time Trial Championships cycling event took place on 31 August 2008 in and around Oudenbosch, the Netherlands. The competition was run over a 22.8\u00a0km course. 31 cyclists participated in the contest. Ellen van Dijk was the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196459-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Time Trial Championships \u2013 Women's time trial\nMirjam Melchers won the time trial in a time of 31' 15\" ahead of Kirsten Wild and Loes Gunnewijk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196460-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Track Championships\nThe 2008 Dutch National Track Championships were Dutch national Championship for track cycling. The competitions took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands from December 27 to December 30. Competitions were held of various track cycling disciplines in different age, gender and disability categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196461-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nThe women's individual pursuit at the 2008 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn from 29 December to 30 December 2008. 12 athletes participated in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196461-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nEllen van Dijk won for the second consecutive time the gold medal, Kirsten Wild took silver and Vera Koedooder won the bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196461-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit, Preview\nEllen van Dijk, the champion of 2007 was the main favourite to win the title. Van Dijk finished earlier the year second at the 2008 European Track Championships and fifth at the 2008 Track Cycling World Championships and became European time trial champion at the 2008 European Road Championships. Elise van Hage, who also participated and finished 16h in the individual pursuit at the European Track Championships, did not participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196461-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit, Competition format\nThe tournament started with a qualifying round. The two fastest qualifiers advanced to the gold medal final. The numbers three and four competed against each other for the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 88], "content_span": [89, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196462-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's points race\nThe women's points race at the 2008 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn from 27 December to 30 December 2008. 24 athletes participated in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196462-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's points race, Competition format\nThe tournament started with a qualifying round, including two heats. The best 8 riders of each heat advanced to the final race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 81], "content_span": [82, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196463-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's scratch\nThe women's scratch at the 2008 Dutch National Track Championships in Alkmaar took place at Sportpaleis Alkmaar from 27 December to 28 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196463-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's scratch\nKirsten Wild became for the first time in her career Dutch national track cycling champion. She won the final bunch sprint ahead of Ellen van Dijk and Elise van Hage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196463-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Competition format\nThe competition was run over 7.5\u00a0km. The competition started with a qualification round. In different heats riders could qualify for the gold medal match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196463-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Race\nDuring the final match different rides tried to escape of whom Suzanne de Goede, Anne Eversdijk and Vera Koedooder. However, everyone was pulled back by the pack and the race ended with a bunch sprint. Kirsten Wild won the sprint ahead of Ellen van Dijk and Elise van Hage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 63], "content_span": [64, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196464-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Open (darts)\nThe 2008 Dutch Open was the 36th edition of the Dutch Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 83]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196465-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Open (tennis)\nThe 2008 Dutch Open (also known as the Priority Telecom Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 51st and last edition of the Dutch Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Sportlokaal de Bokkeduinen in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from 14 July through 20 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196465-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Open (tennis)\nThe singles field was led by 's-Hertogenbosch runner-up Marc Gicquel, Acapulco semifinalist and Buenos Aires finalist Jos\u00e9 Acasuso, and Memphis winner and Amersfoort defending champion Steve Darcis. Other seeded players were Houston titlist Marcel Granollers, Hamburg Masters quarterfinalist and recent Stuttgart quarterfinalist Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s, Florent Serra, Mart\u00edn Vassallo Arg\u00fcello and Santiago Ventura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196465-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Open (tennis), Finals, Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k /  Rogier Wassen defeated  Jesse Huta Galung /  Igor Sijsling 7\u20135, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196466-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Open \u2013 Doubles\nJuan Pablo Brzezicki and Juan Pablo Guzm\u00e1n were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196466-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Open \u2013 Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k and Rogier Wassen won in the final 7\u20135, 7\u20135, against Jesse Huta Galung and Igor Sijsling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196467-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Open \u2013 Singles\nSteve Darcis was the defending champion, but Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s defeated him 1\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20133, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196467-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 88]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196468-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch TT\nThe 2008 Dutch TT was the ninth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 26\u201328 June 2008 at the TT Circuit Assen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196468-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch TT, 125 cc classification\nThe 125cc race was stopped after 9 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 5 additional laps, with the grid determined by the running order before the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 36], "content_span": [37, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196468-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Dutch TT, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 61], "content_span": [62, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196469-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Dwars door Vlaanderen\nThe 2008 Dwars door Vlaanderen was the 63rd edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 26 March 2008. The race started in Roeselare and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Sylvain Chavanel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196470-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen\nThe 2008 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen was the 51st edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 29 March 2008. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Kurt Asle Arvesen of the CSC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196471-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship\nThe Second EAFF Women's Football Championship was a football competition held from February 18 to February 24, 2008 in Chongqing, China. Japan won the second edition by beating its opponents to finish first, DPR Korea finished second. The winner of the tournament received 50,000 US Dollars, the runner up 30,000, the third placed team 20,000 and the fourth placed team 15,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196472-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2008 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 47th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2008. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Princeton received the ECAC Hockey automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196472-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe tournament featured four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings receive a bye to the quarterfinal round. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth seeds, the sixth and eleventh seeds, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196472-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nIn the quarterfinals the one seed plays the lowest remaining seed, the second seed plays the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed plays the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed plays the fourth-lowest remaining seed another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the Semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game while the losers play in a third-place game. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196472-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196473-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ECM Prague Open\nThe 2008 ECM Prague Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 13th edition of the ECM Prague Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour and of the 2008 ATP Challenger Tretorn Serie+. It took place at the I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club in Prague, Czech Republic, from 28 April until 4 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196473-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ECM Prague Open, Finals, Men's Doubles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd /  Petr P\u00e1la defeated  Du\u0161an Karol /  Jaroslav Posp\u00ed\u0161il, 6\u20137(2\u20137), 6\u20134, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196473-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ECM Prague Open, Finals, Women's Doubles\nAndrea Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 /  Lucie Hradeck\u00e1 defeated  Jill Craybas /  Micha\u00eblla Krajicek, 1\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196474-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nTom\u00e1\u0161 Cibulec and Jordan Kerr were the defending champions, but none competed this year, with both players competing separately in Munich at the same week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196474-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Petr P\u00e1la won the title by defeating Du\u0161an Karol and Jaroslav Posp\u00ed\u0161il 6\u20137(2\u20137), 6\u20134, [10\u20136] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196475-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nDu\u0161an Lojda was the defending champion, but lost in first round to Augustin Gensse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196475-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nJan Hernych won the title by defeating Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd 4\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196476-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nPetra Cetkovsk\u00e1 and Andrea Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 were the defending champions, but Cetkovsk\u00e1 chose not to participate, and only Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 competed that year. Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 partnered with Lucie Hradeck\u00e1, and won in the final 1\u20136, 6\u20133, 10\u20136, against Jill Craybas and Micha\u00eblla Krajicek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196477-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nAkiko Morigami was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196477-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nVera Zvonareva won in the final 7\u20136(2), 6\u20132, against Victoria Azarenka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196478-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ENnie Award winners\nThe following are the winners of the 8th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196479-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 EU Cup Australian rules football\nThe 2008 EU Cup of Australian rules football was held in Prague (Czech Republic) on October 11, 2008, with 12 teams. The championship was won by England, defeating Croatia in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit\nThe Paris summit of September 2008 was a major event in the EU-Ukraine bilateral relations. It was hosted by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France and president-in-office of the European Council. Also, Javier Solana, the High Representative of the EU for common foreign and security policy and some other high-ranking officials from Brussels attended the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit\nAccording to Ukraine's president, Viktor Yuschenko, \"the message he received from the EU was full of hope and promise\". However, most observers noticed the lack of unity among Member States as far as Ukraine's future is concerned. In fact, the EU has pledged to tighten economic and political ties with Ukraine, while refusing to put the country on a path to join the bloc", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit\nThe only thing which was viewed as a substantial progress was the name of the new enhanced agreement replacing the PCA: an Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine. However, the presidency-in-office emphasized that the issue of recognizing European aspiration of Ukraine was not on the agenda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit\nAlso, Ukraine and the EU agreed on starting talks leading to complete lifting of visa requirements for Ukrainians. As far as economic and trade cooperation is concerned, leaders only expressed hope that the ongoing negotiation process on establishing a free-trade area between the EU and Ukraine could be finalised by the end of 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit\nHowever, the biggest disappointment for Ukraine was that Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg opposed any explicit wording of a European perspective of Ukraine. Once again, the European Commission formula for Ukraine - \"the future cannot be prejudged\" - was used to resist pro-European demands of the Ukrainian leadership to recognize the country's right to join the bloc in the future. As a result, the EU official position dating back to 2004 did not change, despite numerous arguments in favor of supporting Ukraine from Poland, the Baltic States, the UK, the Czech Republic and other Member States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit\nSome observers underline that the so-called \"Old Europe\" club insisted that it was not the right time to offer such a gift to Ukraine. They were chiefly Germany and Italy where respectively F.W. Steinmeyer and Silvio Berlusconi are viewed as strong lobbyists of Russian interests in the shared neighbourhood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit\nThe official communiqu\u00e9 of the summit does however state that \"Ukraine's future is in Europe\". The new \"Association agreement\" would be composed of four parts, each covering a different area. These are political dialogue and foreign and international security policy; justice and internal security issues; economic and social cooperation; and the establishment of a comprehensive free-trade area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit\nThe diplomatic efforts of the EU aiming to pacify victorious Russia had a direct impact on the EU-Ukraine summit, prompting a last-minute change in the location of the meeting from Evian to Paris to allow to the EU leaders more time to rest after their return from Moscow and Tbilisi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Declaration on cooperation\nThe document's title is \"deepening EU-Ukraine cooperation\"In the first chapter, the necessity to replace the Action plan by a new mechanism is underlined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 69], "content_span": [70, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Declaration on cooperation\nIn the second chapter - Foreign and Security Policy - it was agreed on a further convergence in positions in regional and international issues within the existing framework of political consultations, Ukraine's alignments with the EU statements and positions, as well as Ukraine's participation in the EU's efforts on crisis management.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 69], "content_span": [70, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Declaration on cooperation\nThe EU welcomed the establishment and encouraged further development of regular dialogue between military bodies, namely the EU Military Committee and the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, it was stated that Ukraine and the European Defense Agency will establish close contacts to discuss military capability issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 69], "content_span": [70, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Declaration on cooperation\nThe third chapter - Cooperation in Energy sphere - underlines that the energy security needs of the EU and Ukraine are intrinsically linked. It says that the EU welcomed the imminent start of negotiations regarding the accession of Ukraine to the Energy Community treaty and the preparatory studies concerning the synchronous interconnection of the Ukrainian electricity networks with that of the Union for the Coordination of the Transmission of Energy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 69], "content_span": [70, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Declaration on cooperation\nIn the fourth chapter - Justice, Liberty and Security - the implementation of agreements on facilitation on the issuance of visas and readmission was discussed. Also, the issues of local border traffic, joint border controls at the border crossing points on common borders were mentioned. Then, as far as visa free travel is concerned, the document points that the dialogue on the level of experts is expected to be launched before the end of 2008. The negotiation should be focused on some specific issues: document security, illegal migration, readmission, public order and security, external relations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 69], "content_span": [70, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Declaration on cooperation\nThe fifth chapter - the Environment - shows that Ukraine has reconfirmed its commitments under Espoo, Aarus and other relevant multilateral environmental agreements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 69], "content_span": [70, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Declaration on cooperation\nThe sixth chapter - Trade, Economy and Transport - covers Ukraine's future accession to the Charter for small enterprises. In the field of civil aviation, it welcomes the launch of Common Aviation Area negotiations which are expected to be concluded by the end of 2008. In this context adopting of a new Ukraine's Air Code is said to be compulsory. Also some other issues related to land transport infrastructure were mentioned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 69], "content_span": [70, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Declaration on cooperation\nIn further two chapters - EURO2012 and Transnistria - the EU and Ukraine made some general statements, in particular concerning Border Assistance Mission at the Ukrainian-Moldovan border. The EU expressed the will to come back to the 5+2 format of negotiation on the Transnistria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 69], "content_span": [70, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Declaration on Georgia\nIn a special declaration on Georgia, the EU and Ukraine expressed their concern over the armed conflict between Russia and Georgia. The text is a partial copy of the 1 September 2008 European Council extraordinary meeting. The EU and Ukraine confirmed the right of every nation to choose freely its foreign policy orientations and joining alliances. Besides backing the Six-points ceasefire and troop withdrawal plan, the EU and Ukraine called for a reinforced cooperation in the region and stressed that the conflict settlement should be achieved with the respect of territorial integrity of Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Paris summit facts and wording\nOn the visa free talks between the EU and Ukraine:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Paris summit facts and wording\nThere won't be any road map for Ukraine [in this matter]. Such terms as \"road map\" apply to some other [partner] countries. We'd rather call it \"conditions\"... We succeeded in inserting [into the text] the word \"conditions\" [for a visa free travel]. A. Veselovsky, Ukrainian ambassador to the EU in an interview to UNIAN. [ Balkan States are on a path of a visa free travel and they all got from the EU a set of specific conditions called a road map]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Paris summit facts and wording\nOn the nature of the Association agreement: The Association agreement between the EU and Ukraine \"neither closes any roads, nor opens them\". (N. Sarkozy)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Paris summit facts and wording\nOn the community of values and common history: \"We have a common history and we share common values\" (N. Sarkozy)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Paris summit facts and wording\nOn the exceptional relationship: \"We will build up our Eastern partnership in the region where Ukraine will be granted an exceptional relationship\" (N. Sarkozy)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Paris summit facts and wording\nOn the personal role of the president-in-office: \"I speak in the name of the EU, in the name of unity. I was not allowed by the Union to make any other declarations\" (N. Sarkozy on the \"European perspective\" issue)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Paris summit facts and wording\nOn the cooperation on the preparations for 2012 European football championship: According to the final communiqu\u00e9 of the summit, Ukraine and the EU agreed to cooperate \"within the framework of existing cooperation mechanisms\" on the issue of EURO 2012. (UNIAN, EU news, 1.09.2008)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Paris summit facts and wording\nOn the necessity of setting up of common border checkpoints: \"The leaders call Ukraine and neighbouring Member States to consider the possibility of establishing of a common border control and setting up of common border checkpoints. This could improve and facilitate transborder traffic and commerce, respecting security standards and environmental legislation\". (UNIAN, EU news, 1 September 2008)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Documents adopted, Paris summit facts and wording\nOn the Transnistria issue: \"The sides voiced their mutual interest in resuming of talks in the format 5+2 in order to accelerate the conflict resolution\" (UNIAN, EU news, 1 September 2008)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 73], "content_span": [74, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Post summit developments\nOn 15 September, the Ukrainian government announced that the negotiations on various chapter of the Association agreement are continuing with political chapter being provisionally closed and the fourth round on free trade being scheduled for October 2008 . However, according to Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria, due to slow dynamics, the chapter of free trade is  expected to be concluded by the end of 2009. The Ukrainian side expressed that it would not agree to sign the document before the free trade settlement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196480-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 EU\u2013Ukraine Summit, Post summit developments\nEarlier, in an interview to the BBC, Hryhoriy Nemyria stressed that some political forces in Ukraine wanted to use recent events in the Caucasus to achieve their unspecified goals. He reiterated the official stand of Ukraine's government on Georgia which is based on full respect of this country's national sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders. The Deputy Prime Minister drew attention to the fact that Ukraine had been among the first countries to provide for humanitarian and financial aid at the very beginning of the August 2008 crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196481-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 EagleBank Bowl\nThe 2008 EagleBank Bowl was the inaugural edition of the new  college football bowl game, and was played at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, DC. The game, formerly known as the Congressional Bowl before naming rights were purchased by EagleBank, started at 11 AM US EST on Saturday, December 20, 2008, as the first contest of the 2008\u201309 bowl season. The game, telecast on ESPN, pit the Wake Forest Demon Deacons against the Navy Midshipmen. This was a rematch of a September 27, 2008, game between the two teams that Navy won, 24\u201317, at Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons got a measure of revenge by winning the game, 29\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196482-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 East Asian Football Championship\nThe 2008 EAFF East Asian Football Championship was held between 17 February and 23 February 2008. The preliminary competitions were held from 25 March to 24 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196482-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 East Asian Football Championship, Preliminary Competition, Stage One\nGuam won over Northern Mariana Islands by an aggregate of 12\u20132 and advanced to stage two of the preliminary competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196482-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 East Asian Football Championship, Preliminary Competition, Stage Two\nThe top team of each group qualifies for the final match. The champion of the Preliminary Competition qualifies for the Final Competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196483-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 East Asian Football Championship Final squads\nBelow are the squads for the 2008 East Asian Football Championship tournament in Japan. There were 23 players in each squad, including 3 goalkeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196484-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 East Asian Judo Championships\nThe 2008 East Asian Judo Championships was contested in seven weight classes, seven each for men and women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196484-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 East Asian Judo Championships\nThis competition was held at Gym of Taiwan Police College in Taipei, Taiwan, 20 and 21 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team\nThe 2008 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. and plays their home games in Dowdy\u2013Ficklen Stadium. The team was coached by Skip Holtz, who was in his fifth year with the program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team\nThe Pirates have a local television contract with WITN-TV, an NBC affiliate located in Washington, North Carolina who elects to pick up games that are not picked up by national or regional networks, and all games are broadcast over the radio on the Pirate-ISP Sports Network. The flagship radio stations of the Pirates are Pirate Radio 1250 and 930 AM and Oldies 107.9 WNCT, both located in Greenville, North Carolina. The games are called by the \"Voice of the Pirates\", Jeff Charles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Before the season\nThe annual Purple-Gold Spring Game was held on April 12, 2008 during the Pigskin Pigout weekend activities in downtown Greenville, North Carolina. The \"Pirates\" team defeated the \"East Carolina\" team 13-3 as the game was called off due to inclement weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nThe meeting on August 30 was the 14th meeting between these two teams. These two teams met last year for the first time since 2000. Virginia Tech won that meeting and lead the head-to-head record 9-4. After a blocked field goal placed the Hokies up 16-13 over the Pirates, T.J. Lee would return the favor by blocking a Hokie punt and running it back for the game-winning touchdown, leading the Pirates to their first victory over Virginia Tech since 1992. This was the first time since 2002 that a Conference USA team had defeated a ranked BCS-conference team, and also made the Pirates the first C-USA team ever to defeat ranked teams in consecutive games (counting ECU's win over Boise State in last season's Hawai\u02bbi Bowl).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, West Virginia\nThe Mountaineers visited Greenville for the seventh time in school history, while the Pirates were looking for their first win against WVU in Greenville since September 30, 1995. Going into the game, West Virginia led in the overall matchup, 17-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, West Virginia\nECU did not need any last-minute heroics to pull off their second straight upset over a ranked BCS-conference school. Quarterback Patrick Pinkney had an almost mistake-free game, going 22-for-28 through the air with a touchdown and no interceptions, while the Pirates defense kept WVU's normally high-powered offense out of the end zone (the first time since 2001 any WVU opponent had done so). The Pirates scored their first win over a top-10 team since beating Miami in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Tulane\n#14 East Carolina visited New Orleans for the first time since the 2003 football season. Before the game, the Pirates led the series against this conference foe, 7-2, with both losses occurring in the Louisiana Superdome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nFor the first time in a long time, the Pirates went into a game with a national ranking, but suffered a sluggish start against the Green Wave, who the week prior had held Alabama to a single offensive touchdown. After a perfect game against the Mountaineers, the Pirates suffered four turnovers on offense as the defense struggled after losing senior Defensive Linebacker Quentin Cotton to a severe knee injury. With the Green Wave up 24-21 in the 4th, the offensive line rallied back. Patrick Pinkney completed a pass to Jamar Bryant for the touchdown and brought the Pirates up 28-24 with 1:28 remaining. Pierre Bell's interception on the next Tulane drive would end it as the Pirates managed to sail past the Green Wave with the final score 28-24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, North Carolina State\nAfter barely escaping past Tulane, #15 ECU visited their inter-state rival in the state capital for the 21st time in the 26 game history. NCSU won the previous years' game 34-20 in Greenville and lead the all-time record 15-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, North Carolina State\nInjuries were a major factor in the outcome of this game, but despite only dressing 45 of its players for the game, the Wolfpack managed to come on top over the Pirates, who fell to 3-1 overall. The key loss of Defensive Linebacker Quentin Cotton, and the two missed touchdown opportunities in the red zone for the Pirates would lead to an Overtime showdown as the score was tied at the last second, 24-24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, North Carolina State\nThe Pirates came up with nothing after the first offensive series in Overtime, as Quarterback Patrick Pinkney was sacked and fumbled the ball, setting up a Wolfpack touchdown that gave the Pirates their first loss of the 2008 season, the final score: 30-24. The next time the two schools meet was pushed back to the 2010 season, to accommodate the completion of East Carolina's upcoming stadium expansion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Houston\n#23 East Carolina hosted Houston for their conference home opener at Dowdy\u2013Ficklen Stadium. ECU won in a shootout last fall, 37-35. The Pirates led this Conference USA West opponent overall, five games to three, but disaster would strike for a second week in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Houston\nThe Pirate defense was unable to stop Case Keenum's 399 yard passing attack and could not muster enough offense to match it. The high-scoring Houston offense never trailed as the Pirates went down for a second straight week, losing 41-24 and was knocked out of the Top 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nComing off of their first bye week, East Carolina traveled to Charlottesville for the second time in this three game history. ECU beat this ACC member in Greenville in 2006, 31-21, and led the overall series 2-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nAfter going up on the board early 6-0, Virginia would rally back to make the score 28-6 at halftime. A Pirate rally in the second half would be cut short as a fumble and botched punt were recovered by the Cavaliers. The Pirates would go on to lose to Virginia for the first time in this series' history, 35-20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nFor ECU's second home conference game, they played the Tigers of Memphis. East Carolina won last fall's game 56-40 at the Liberty Bowl, in Memphis. In the 16 previous games played between these teams, the Pirates led the Tigers 10-6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, UCF\nEast Carolina traveled to the Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando for the third time in this series. The Pirates led the series six games to one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Marshall\nThe Thundering Herd traveled to North Carolina for the fifth time in this storied series. After the 1970 contest, Marshall's plane crashed while traveling back to Huntington. The 2001 GMAC Bowl is the highest-scoring bowl game in Division I-A (now Division I FBS) history. Marshall won 64-61 in two overtimes. The Pirates led the series 6-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nSouthern Miss hosted East Carolina in the 34th meeting of these two teams. Of the 33 games in the history of the series, the Pirates have won only eight times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, UAB\nThe Pirates traveled to Birmingham for the fourth time to face the Blazers. Before this game, East Carolina had never won a road contest at UAB's home field. UAB led the overall series 4-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nThe Pirates welcome the Miners to Greenville for the first time ever. East Carolina and this Conference USA West opponent are meeting for the second time. The first meeting occurred last fall in El Paso, Texas. ECU won in overtime, 45-42 in the Sun Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, 2008 Conference USA Championship\nThe Pirates, after clenching their division in a 17-13 win over the UAB Blazers, will be representing Conference USA East in a battle against the champion of the West division, the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes. Tulsa clenched the division title with a win over Marshall and a Houston loss to Rice. Tulsa leads the all-time series against the Pirates, 5-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 90], "content_span": [91, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, 2009 Liberty Bowl\nAfter defeating Tulsa in the 2008 Conference USA Football Championship and winning their first Conference Championship in more than thirty years, the Pirates immediately accepted an invitation to play in the Liberty Bowl, which the team had not done in thirteen years. The last time East Carolina went to the Liberty Bowl was in 1995, where they defeated Stanford 19-13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196485-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, 2009 Liberty Bowl\nThe Pirates faced Kentucky from the SEC and lost 17-20 after they went into overtime and lost by a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196486-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 East Honiara by-election\nThe East Honiara by-election, 2008 was a by-election for the East Honiara constituency in the National Parliament of Solomon Islands. East Honiara is by far the most heavily populated constituency in Solomon Islands, with an electorate of over 30,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196486-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 East Honiara by-election\nThe election was precipitated by the arrest, conviction for fraud and jailing of sitting MP Charles Dausabea, who had held the seat since the 2006 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196486-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 East Honiara by-election\nA total of twenty-six candidates stood in the by-election. Among them was a former MP, Alfred Sasako. The election was held on September 25, 2008, in thirty-nine polling stations. The Solomon Times reported that many voters and other residents stayed \"around to watch the whole day\", viewing the election as \"entertainment\". The newspaper also reported that the election was \"filled with drama, with candidates and supporters accusing certain camps of corrupt dealings\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196486-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 East Honiara by-election, Results\nThe following candidates finished first, second and third, respectively. Silas Milikada -described by the Solomon Times as a \"private businessman\"- was duly elected MP for East Honiara. Dr. George Manimu contested the result, claiming \"corrupt dealings and voting irregularities\", unsuccessfully.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts\nRebel soldiers of the Timor Leste Defence Force invaded the homes of the President and Prime Minister of East Timor on 11 February 2008, leading to the shooting and serious wounding of President Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta, the shooting up of the car of Prime Minister Xanana Gusm\u00e3o, and the fatal shooting of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado. The attacks have been variously interpreted as attempted assassinations, attempted kidnappings and an attempted coup d'\u00e9tat. The rebels' intentions remain unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts\nAfter being hospitalised in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, for more than a month, Ramos-Horta was discharged from hospital on 19 March but remained in Darwin until April for continued treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Events\nEvents began before dawn when rebel soldiers led by Alfredo Reinado entered the residential compound of President Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta in the capital Dili. They disarmed the security detail on duty and entered the compound. Ramos-Horta was not there, being out jogging on the beach. The second security team, arriving to relieve the night team, saw Renaido in the house and opened fire, killing him with a shot to the head. Another rebel, Leopoldino Mendon\u00e7a Exposto, was also killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Events\nRamos-Horta was alerted of the gunfight but walked back up the hill to his home. Reinado's men opened fire on him as he approached his home. One of Ramos-Horta's guards pushed in front of him as a human shield. The guard was shot and taken to a hospital in serious condition. The surviving rebels fled the scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Events\nPrime Minister Xanana Gusm\u00e3o was alerted to the attack on the presidential home and left his home by car for Dili. A group of rebel soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Gast\u00e3o Salsinha invaded Gusm\u00e3o's home, finding Gusm\u00e3o's wife Kirsty and children but not Gusm\u00e3o. Another party of rebels shot out the tires of Gusm\u00e3o's car on its way to Dili, but the car continued for some distance before Gusm\u00e3o, unhurt, abandoned it and ran into the bush to call for help.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Events\nGusm\u00e3o declared a 48-hour state of emergency, including a curfew and a ban on conducting meetings or rallies, and described the events as an attempted coup. Ramos-Horta was evacuated to Darwin, Australia, for emergency surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Events\nRamos-Horta had met Reinado several times in the months before the attacks, trying to persuade him to surrender. Their most recent meeting, on the preceding Sunday, was reported to have ended acrimoniously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nVicente Guterres, the vice-president of parliament, became acting president following the attacks; he was soon replaced as acting president by Fernando de Ara\u00fajo, the President of Parliament. Lieutenant Gast\u00e3o Salsinha said that he had taken over as head of the rebels after Reinado's death and claimed that the attacks were not assassination attempts. According to Salsinha, presidential security started the fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nAt Gusm\u00e3o's request, Parliament extended the initial 48-hour state of emergency for ten days on 13 February, with 30 votes in favour and 14 abstaining. On the same day, Prosecutor-General Longinhos Monteiro said that he was about to issue warrants for the arrest of 18 individuals in connection with the attacks, whom he did not name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nAngelita Pires, said to have been Reinado's lawyer, was arrested in Dili on 17 February. Prosecutor-General Monteiro said that Pires was suspected of having information about the attacks because, according to Monteiro, she let Reinado (a wanted man) stay in her home on the night prior to the attacks without notifying the authorities. Three others were also thought to have been arrested in connection with the attacks by the time Pires was arrested, along with more than 200 arrested for violating the emergency laws put in place after the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nProsecutor-General Monteiro said that Reinado's group had initially intended to merely kidnap Ramos-Horta and Gusm\u00e3o, but that this plan had failed and that they had therefore switched to their backup plan. Meanwhile, Ara\u00fajo said that the government would engage in no further dialogue with the rebels and that there was an arrest warrant for Salsinha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nStrong disagreements regarding the events became increasingly visible in the East-Timorese political system: M\u00e1rio Viegas Carrascal\u00e3o (former Governor during the Indonesian rule and present President and Deputy of the Social Democratic Party), as well as Mari Alkatiri (former Prime-Minister and Secretary-General of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor - FRETILIN), have both voiced their doubts on the existence of an attack on Prime Minister Xanana Gusm\u00e3o. Likewise, Reinado's adoptive father declared to LUSA and to Portuguese television that he had spoken with Salsinha, after the death of his son, and that Salsinha denied that there had been an attack on Gusm\u00e3o.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nOn 22 February, Parliament voted to extend the state of emergency by 30 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nAmaro da Silva Susar, who is said to have participated in the attack on Ramos-Horta, surrendered on 1 March at Turiscai without resistance, saying that he wanted \"calm\" to return to East Timor. According to da Silva, he participated in the attack but did not actually shoot Ramos-Horta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nIn early March, Araujo visited Ramos-Horta in Darwin. He said that Ramos-Horta had forgiven Reinado for the attack and did not understand why Reinado had wanted to kill him. According to Araujo, Ramos-Horta, who had started walking again, was \"very lucid, showing his concern for the country and the responsibility of the head of state\"; he wanted the people to remain calm and wanted a full investigation to take place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nA message from Ramos-Horta, still recovering in Darwin Private Hospital, was broadcast on 12 March. In this message, he thanked his supporters and Australia and said that he had \"been very well looked after\". A spokesman said that his condition was improving and that he was taking short daily walks for exercise. Meanwhile, his brother Arsenio Ramos-Horta said that President Ramos-Horta had identified Marcelo Caetano as the man who had shot him. Arsenio said that Caetano had been shot in the 2006 violence and that Ramos-Horta had taken Caetano into his home at that time to help him recover. The President's office declined to confirm this identification due to the ongoing nature of the investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nRamos-Horta was discharged from Royal Darwin Hospital on 19 March, although he said that he would stay in Australia for physical therapy for \"a few more weeks\". He also said on this occasion that he had remained conscious following the shooting and \"remember[ed] every detail\", describing how he was taken for treatment. Thanking the hospital staff, he gave them Timorese coffee. The hospital's general manager that he was \"inspired\" by Ramos-Horta's recovery from such serious injuries, although he said that Ramos-Horta would probably continue to suffer pain from the injuries for a long time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nOn 23 March, Parliament extended the state of emergency for another month. On the same day, Ramos-Horta went out in public for the first time since the shooting, visiting St Mary's Catholic Cathedral in Darwin. Meanwhile, Salsinha was reported to be negotiating his surrender in Maubesi. The authorities have placed a priority on obtaining his peaceful surrender, concerned that if he is killed, what he knew about the attacks would be \"bur[ied] with him\". Four other rebels surrendered on 22 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nLater in March, Ramos-Horta said in a television interview that it had taken a long time for an ambulance to arrive after he was shot. He also described how he had looked into his attacker's eyes and, seeing that the man was \"determined to fire\", he \"turned and ran\" immediately before being shot. According to Ramos-Horta, the UN wasted a critical opportunity to capture the rebels who participated in the attack by failing to surround Dili and close off the exits. Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said in response that Ramos-Horta was \"in no position ... to properly judge the timing\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Aftermath of the attacks\nOn 17 April, Ramos-Horta returned to Dili from Darwin; he was greeted at the airport by politicians and dignitaries, tens of thousands of citizens lined the road to the airport. He gave an emotional press conference at the airport in which he urged Salsinha and the remaining rebels to surrender; however, despite Salsinha's insistence on surrendering only to Ramos-Horta in person, Ramos-Horta said that he would not go to meet with him for this purpose. He also said at the press conference that Reinado had not had a prearranged meeting at his house on the day of the attack, describing this as a \"lie\". On his return, Ramos-Horta immediately resumed the Presidency from the acting president de Ara\u00fajo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196487-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 East Timorese assassination attempts, Reinado death controversy\nSome months after the attack, questions arose about the government's version of the death of Alfredo Reinado. An autopsy report concluded that Reinado had been shot at \"very close range\" in the back of the head. It has been suggested that Reinado was executed rather than shot in defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196488-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 East West Bank Classic\nThe 2008 East West Bank Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the East West Bank Classic, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Home Depot Center in Carson, near Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 21 through July 27, 2008. Fourth-seeded Dinara Safina won the singles title and earned $95,500 first-prize money", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196488-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 East West Bank Classic, Finals, Doubles\nYung-jan Chan /  Chia-jung Chuang defeated  Eva Hrdinov\u00e1 /  Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1, 2\u20136, 7\u20135, [10\u20134]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196489-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 East West Bank Classic \u2013 Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196489-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 East West Bank Classic \u2013 Doubles\nYung-jan Chan and Chia-jung Chuang won in the final 2\u20136, 7\u20135, 10\u20134, against Eva Hrdinov\u00e1 and Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196490-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 East West Bank Classic \u2013 Singles\nAna Ivanovic was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196490-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 East West Bank Classic \u2013 Singles\nDinara Safina won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20132, against Flavia Pennetta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196490-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 East West Bank Classic \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196491-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship\nThe 2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship was the second round of the Australian 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 7 to 9 March at Eastern Creek Raceway, in the outer suburbs of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196491-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Qualifying\nQualifying was held on Saturday 8 March. The Holden Racing Team secured the front row, Garth Tander taking the pole from Mark Skaife. It was Tander first pole position for his new team. Rick Kelly made a 1-2-3 for the extended Walkinshaw Performance operation with series leader Jamie Whincup the leading Ford in fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 68], "content_span": [69, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196491-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1\nRace 1 was held on Saturday 8 March. After the race both Paul Dumbrell and Paul Morris were both relegated five finishing positions for driving infringements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196491-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2\nRace 2 was held on Sunday 9 March. Will Davison scores his debut V8 Supercar race win, his first win since the British Formula 3 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196491-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3\nRace 3 was held on Sunday 9 March. With a sixth-place finish in the third race to back up the second and first from the first two race Will Davison scored his debut round victory, the first for the Jim Beam Racing team since the 2001 Queensland 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196491-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3\nThe field was bunched together at the finish after a late race safety car period after a tyre failure caused Steven Richards to crash his Falcon into the barriers at 150\u00a0km/h. The car was destroyed and the team had to revert to a spare for the next race, the Grand Prix support event at Albert Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196492-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern League season\nThe 2008 Eastern League season began on April 3 and the regular season ended on September 1. The All Star Game was played on July 16 at Merchantsauto.com Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire. The Playoffs began on September 3 with the Divisional Series. The Akron Aeros defeated the Bowie Baysox in the Southern Division Championship Series and the Trenton Thunder defeated the Portland Sea Dogs in the Northern Division Championship Series. The Trenton Thunder defeated the Akron Aeros to win the Eastern League Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196492-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern League season, Regular season, Opening Day\nApril 3 was the Opening Day of the 2008 Eastern League season. The following games are scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196492-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern League season, Regular season, All-star game\nThe 2008 Eastern League All-Star Game was the 6th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the Northern Division and the Southern Division, the two divisions comprising the Eastern League. The game was played on July 16, 2008 at Merchantsauto.com Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire, home of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats of the Northern Division. The North All-Stars defeated the South All-Stars, 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196492-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern League season, Playoffs, Divisional Series, Northern Division\nThe Trenton Thunder defeated the Portland Sea Dogs in the Northern Division playoffs 3 games to 0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196492-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern League season, Playoffs, Divisional Series, Southern Division\nThe Akron Aeros defeated the Bowie Baysox in the Southern Division playoffs 3 games to 1. The Akron Aeros won their fourth consecutive Southern Division Championship in a row and four of the last five years", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196492-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern League season, Playoffs, Championship series\nFor the second straight season, the Trenton Thunder defeated the Akron Aeros in the ELCS 3 games to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196493-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team\nThe 2008 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Eastern Michigan competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The team was led by head coach Jeff Genyk, who was released at the end of the season. He was replaced by Ron English.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196493-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team\n2008 started with a bang in a 52-0 defeat of Indiana State. For longtime fans, this was repayment for an embarrassing loss to ISU in 2001. Despite the strong start, Eastern lost 4 straight after the opener, and was never close in any of them. Then they pulled off a road upset of Bowling Green, who had beaten BCS member Pittsburgh earlier in the year. But after that, they had two close losses by three at West Point to Army, and by seven at home to Akron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196493-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team\nAfter a loss to Temple on November 22, 2008, Eastern Michigan fired coach Jeff Genyk, but would allow him to coach the Eagle's final game of the season against rival Central Michigan. Many games lost by 7 points or less was one of the reasons given for firing Genyk. Eastern won that game, however, 56-52. Two national records were set against CMU as QB Andy Schmitt had 58 completions and Tyler Jones tied a record by catching 23 passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196493-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team\nWith Eastern Michigan's win over Central Michigan, all three schools split the series, and Eastern retained the Michigan MAC Trophy on the tie. Schmitt finished 58/80 for 516 yards (school record), threw 5 TDs, and ran for one more. Most of these records were reset from just the week prior against Temple. In that game, Schmitt finished 50/76 for 485 yards, but Eastern was outscored by three. His 76 passes in a game without an interception set an NCAA record. He was only intercepted once against Central with 80 passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196493-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team\nSchmitt's return as a 5th year senior in 2009 was a point of optimism for fans. For those two games he was 108/156 for 1001 yards and 1 interception. Perhaps the 2009 season would have been much different (instead of 0-12) if Schmitt had not gone down with a career-ending knee injury early in that season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196494-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 East\u2013West Shrine Game\nThe 2008 East\u2013West Shrine Game was the 83rd staging of the all-star college football exhibition game featuring NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision players. The game featured over 100 players from the 2007 college football season, and prospects for the 2008 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). In the week prior to the game, scouts from all 32 NFL teams attended. The proceeds from the East\u2013West Shrine Game benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196494-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 East\u2013West Shrine Game\nThe game was played on January 19, 2008, at 6\u00a0p.m. CT at Robertson Stadium on the campus of the University of Houston, and was televised by ESPN2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196494-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 East\u2013West Shrine Game\nThe offensive MVP was Josh Johnson (QB, San Diego), while the defensive MVP was Spencer Larsen (LB, Arizona). The Pat Tillman Award was presented to Justin Tryon (DB, Arizona State); the award \"is presented to a player who best exemplifies character, intelligence, sportsmanship and service\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196495-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in Ecuador on 28 September 2008 to ratify or reject the constitution drafted by the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly elected in 2007. The new constitution was approved by 69% of voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196495-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum\nFollowing its approval, early elections were held in April 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196495-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum, Background\nPresident Rafael Correa had initially stated he would resign if the constitution were rejected, but later stated he would finish his term. A poll from May 2008 saw 41% to 31% in favour of the constitution draft. Provisions include the right to healthcare, food, social security, and education as well as an emphasis on Latin American integration. The more controversial proposals include allowing a second four-year term for the president and legalising civil unions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196496-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Edinburgh Sevens\nThe 2008 Edinburgh Sevens was the second edition of a rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union) tournament which forms part of the IRB Sevens World Series, an annual series of events for national representative teams in sevens. It took place on 31 May and 1 June at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the eighth and final Cup trophy in the 2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196496-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Edinburgh Sevens\nNew Zealand, which had already clinched the overall series title, put an exclamation point on their dominant season by winning the Cup competition, beating England in the final. South Africa won the second-tier Plate over the host Scots. The remaining prizes, the Bowl and Shield, respectively went to Australia and Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196497-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Eskimos season\nThe 2008 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 51st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 60th overall. The Eskimos finished 4th in the West Division, but made the playoffs because of the \"crossover\" rule. Edmonton became the first West team to win the East Semi-Final. The Eskimos attempted to win their 14th Grey Cup championship, but they lost the East Final to the Montreal Alouettes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196497-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Eskimos season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nIn the 2008 CFL Draft, 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196497-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Eskimos season, Regular season, Roster\nItalics indicate import player. updated 2008-10-11 \u2022 46 active, 10 inactive, 7 PS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196497-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Eskimos season, Regular season, Ron Lancaster\nOn Thursday, September 18, Ron Lancaster, 69, died from an apparent heart attack, less than two months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Despite working in television, Lancaster returned to football as the Eskimos' head coach in 1991. During his seven-season tenure as Edmonton's head coach, the Eskimos won the 1993 Grey Cup. Lancaster resigned as the Eskimos' head coach after the 1997 season to become the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' head coach and director of football operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196497-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Eskimos season, Playoffs\nThe Eskimos advanced to the East Division playoffs as \"crossover\" being that they had a better record than Toronto. By defeating Winnipeg, Edmonton became the first crossover team from the West to win an Eastern semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196497-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Eskimos season, Playoffs, East semi-final\nDate and time: Saturday, November 8, 12:00 PM Central Standard TimeVenue: Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196497-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Eskimos season, Playoffs, East final\nDate and time: Saturday, November 15, 1:00 PM Eastern Standard TimeVenue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196498-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Rush season\nThe Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 3rd in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196498-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Rush season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196498-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Rush season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196498-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Rush season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196498-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Rush season, Transactions, Trades\n*Later traded to the Boston Blazers**Later traded to the Chicago Shamrox***Later traded to the Rochester Knighthawks****Later traded to the Washington Stealth*****Later traded to the Toronto Rock******Later traded to the Philadelphia Wings*******Later traded back to the Colorado Mammoth********Later traded to the Calgary Roughnecks", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196498-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Rush season, Transactions, Entry Draft\nThe 2007 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 1, 2007. The Rush made the following selections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196498-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Edmonton Rush season, Transactions, Entry Draft\n#\u00a0 Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196499-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Edward Jancarz Memorial\nThe 11th Edward Jancarz Memorial was the 2008 version of the Edward Jancarz Memorial. It took place on 21 June in the Stal Gorz\u00f3w Stadium in Gorz\u00f3w Wielkopolski, Poland. The Memorial was won by Jason Crump who beat Nicki Pedersen, Krzysztof Kasprzak and Tomasz Gollob in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196499-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Edward Jancarz Memorial, Heat details\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196500-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Egypt Cup Final\n2008 Egypt Cup Final, was the final match of 2007\u201308 Egypt Cup, when Zamalek played ENPPI at Cairo Stadium in Cairo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196500-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Egypt Cup Final\nZamalek won the game 2\u20131, claiming the cup for the 21st time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196501-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Egyptian bus accident\nThe 14 December 2008 Egyptian bus accident happened when a bus plunged into an irrigation ditch while traveling from Cairo to Minya killing at least fifty-five and injuring ten. From multiple sources, the accident happened when the bus driver swerved to avoid an oncoming truck, but others said that he lost control while trying to overtake another vehicle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196502-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Egyptian general strike\nThe 2008 Egyptian general strike was a strike which occurred on 6 April 2008, by Egyptian workers, primarily in the state-run textile industry, in response to low wages and rising food costs. Strikes are illegal in Egypt and authorities have been given orders to break demonstrations forcefully in the past. The strike took place just two days before key municipal elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196502-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Egyptian general strike, Lead-up\nUsing Facebook, blogs, SMS, independent media and word-of-mouth, activists, and workers in Egypt sought to organize strikes, protests, and demonstrations throughout the country on April 6. Calling it the \"Egyptian Intifida\", supporters called for civil disobedience, asking everyone to stay home from work and avoid making purchases. The strike began as an initiative of the workers of El-Mahalla El-Kubra but was picked up, promoted, and expanded by activists using the Internet and cell phones. April\u00a06 Youth Movement, a group on the social networking site Facebook, attracted more than 64,000 members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196502-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Egyptian general strike, Lead-up\nAlthough the banned Islamist organization the Muslim Brotherhood did not officially support the strike, it did not prevent its members from participating, and several Muslim Brotherhood activists and bloggers supported the strike. The night before Egyptian blogger Malek and three activists from the Islamic Labour Party were arrested for posting fliers about the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196502-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Egyptian general strike, Lead-up\nAll national forces in Egypt have agreed upon the 6th of April to be a public strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196502-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Egyptian general strike, Lead-up\nOn the 6th of April, stay home, do not go out; Don\u2019t go to work, don\u2019t go to the university, don\u2019t go to school, don\u2019t open your shop, don\u2019t open your pharmacy, don\u2019t go to the police station, don\u2019t go to the camp; We need salaries allowing us to live, we need to work, we want our children to get education, we need human transportation means, we want hospitals to get treatment, we want medicines for our children, we need just judiciary, we want security, we want freedom and dignity, we want apartments for youth; We don\u2019t want price increases, we don\u2019t want favouritism, we don\u2019t want police in plain clothes, we don\u2019t want torture in police stations, we don\u2019t want corruption, we don\u2019t want bribes, we don\u2019t want detentions. Tell your friends not to go to work and ask them to join the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196502-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Egyptian general strike, April 6: day of the strike\nThe strike at Mahalla was to have begun at 7\u00a0a.m. but plainclothes security personnel and police infiltrated the factory and allegedly intimidated workers from striking. Hundreds of plainclothes security men took control of the Mahalla textile factories before work began, seizing workers and forcing them to work. At the end of the day, police escorts led small groups of workers out of the factories in an attempt to discourage mass protests. This led some in the press to call the strike a failure and many left the region (about an hour outside Cairo) before any violence started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196502-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Egyptian general strike, April 6: day of the strike\nTwo people, including a 15-year-old-boy, were killed by Egyptian police, who used tear gas, rubber bullets, and live ammunition against the striking workers and other protesters. Several leaders of opposition parties have been detained, including the Kifaya coordinator Mohamed el-Ashqar, Freedom Commission Rapporteur of the Labor Party Mohamed Abdel Kodous, prominent activist and Kifaya member Magdy Qarqar, and blogger Sharkawy (who was sodomized and tortured by Egyptian police in 2006), and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196502-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Egyptian general strike, April 6: day of the strike\nOfficial media channels controlled by the Egyptian government discouraged citizens from participating in the strike, and law enforcement officials warned that protesters could be punished with three months to one year in jail. Thousands of police lined the streets in downtown Cairo near the universities and in Mahalla in attempt to intimidate people and prevent them from participating. There were no protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square (most likely due to strong police presence; at least some protesters were chased from the square by police), though students at Ain Shams, Helwan and Cairo universities held demonstrations. Many people did stay home in solidarity with the protesters and out of fear of possible violence, with the streets of Cairo noticeably quiet and more stores than usual shuttered for the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 874]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196503-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Egyptian municipal elections\nThe 2008 Egyptian municipal elections were local elections held across Egypt on 8 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196503-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Egyptian municipal elections, Run up to elections, Election Postponement\nIn the 2005 Egypt legislative elections, there was a significant presence of members of the (formally banned) Muslim Brotherhood. While running as independents in the elections, members of the Brotherhood increased presence in parliament from to 88 of 454 seats, though this did not alter the dominant status of the National Democratic Party (NDP). The Egyptian government was criticized by judges in failing to dissuade intimidation of voters; as such, judges would not certify election results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196503-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Egyptian municipal elections, Run up to elections, Election Postponement\nThe government postponed the 2006 municipal elections until 2008 and began taking severe measures against the Muslim Brotherhood. Next, the 2007 constitutional amendments banned political parties based on \"any religious frame of reference,\" to short-circuit attempts by the Brothers to form a political party. In 2008, municipal elections that the Muslim Brothers tried to contest were summarily fixed, sealed and delivered to the NDP, without a single seat allowed the Brothers out of 52,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196503-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Egyptian municipal elections, Run up to elections, Election Postponement\nThus, in 2008 in the postponed election, the Brotherhood was prevented from obtaining significant wins in the election, and moreover, many senior members of the group were sentenced to long-term prison convictions. Repression of the Muslim Brothers is standard, but the regime is now also keen to ruin the Brothers\u2019 reputation for competence and clean hands. To tarnish the Brothers in the popular imagination, state television used the peak viewing season of Ramadan to air a slickly produced mini-series about the Brothers in their founding years. Appearing before the prosecution, one of the accused Brothers told the press, \"It's all very obvious. There's no case here. The NDP wants to ruin our reputation. But the people and our constituents know us very well.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196503-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Egyptian municipal elections, Run up to elections, Muslim Brotherhood Activists\nPrior to the elections, Human Rights Watch alleged mass round-ups of 800 opposition Muslim Brotherhood candidates and would-be electoral candidates. HRW also cited the delaying of a military court announcement for 40 Muslim Brotherhood leaders accused of belonging to an illegal organization until April 15, a week after the elections. A general strike was called for 6 April to protest low wages and rising food costs, with the Muslim Brotherhood giving support to the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196503-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Egyptian municipal elections, Boycott\nOn 7 April, the day before the election, the Muslim Brotherhood announced it would boycott the election, after being allowed to compete for 20 seats amongst the 52,000 total seat available nationally. The ruling National Democratic Party, led by President Hosni Mubarak was unopposed for election in 70% of the seats. The Muslim Brotherhood and other independents subsequently \"lost\" all 52,000 seats to the NDP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196504-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Eisenhower Trophy\nThe 2008 Eisenhower Trophy took place 16\u201319 October at Royal Adelaide Golf Club and on the West course at The Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, Australia. It was the 26th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy and the second to be held in Australia. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 65 three-man teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. Each team played two rounds on the two courses. The leading teams played at The Grange Golf Club on the third day and at Royal Adelaide Golf Club on the final day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196504-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Eisenhower Trophy\nScotland won their first Eisenhower Trophy, nine strokes ahead of the United States, who took the silver medal. Sweden took the bronze medal while France and Italy tied for fourth place. Rickie Fowler had the best 72-hole aggregate of 280, 10 under par.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196504-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Eisenhower Trophy\nThe 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy was played at The Grange Golf Club one week prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196504-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Eisenhower Trophy, Teams\n65 teams contested the event. Each team had three played with the exception of Bolivia, Guatemala and Honduras who only has two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196504-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Eisenhower Trophy, Teams\nThe following table lists the players on the leading teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196504-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Eisenhower Trophy, Individual leaders\nThere was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196505-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 El Calvario earthquake\nThe 2008 El Calvario earthquake occurred in central Colombia on 24 May and measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The earthquake occurred at 2:20:43\u00a0p.m. (19:20:43 UTC) at the epicenter (El Calvario, Meta). The depth was 35\u00a0km; it was superficial according to an Ingeominas report. The epicenter was located 35\u00a0km from Villavicencio and 50\u00a0km from Bogot\u00e1. There were 11 confirmed fatalities and 4,181 injured, mostly in the towns of Puente Quetame, Fosca, Fomeque and Guayabetal in Cundinamarca, and in El Calvario, Meta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196505-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 El Calvario earthquake\nA M4 foreshock occurred at 12:08 local time (17:08 UTC) near San Juanito, in the Meta Central Department, at a depth of 30\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196505-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 El Calvario earthquake\nThe town of Quetame, Cundinamarca was the most affected. Several houses collapsed in this small town of 6,500 inhabitants. The reconstruction of the affected structures cost 10 million USD (exchange rate COP 2000). In Bogot\u00e1, a partial collapse of the building of \"Loter\u00eda de Bogot\u00e1\" was reported, with no major consequences. The emergency network in the Capital District was put on maximum alert. A collapse of fixed phone lines and cell phones occurred, due to the great number of people calling to find out about their relatives. The quake was also felt in cities as far away as Medell\u00edn and Bucaramanga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196505-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 El Calvario earthquake\nIn Guayabetal, Meta, civil defense workers could only reach the town from Villavicencio using motorcycles, because fallen buildings blocked cars from passing. The workers found two people dead and another 26 people trapped in a bus. Now there is a bypass to that point coming from Villavicencio, because 2\u00a0km of Highway 48 was closed due to fallen debris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season\nThe 2008 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 74th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 12th since its establishment as the Elite League. The first fixtures of the season took place on 29 March and the season ended on 27 October. The Coventry Bees were the defending champions from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Summary\nNew rules introduced for 2008 included three points for an away win compared to two points in 2007, and the removal of the bonus point, in which a team was awarded an extra point for an aggregate win over home and away matches against another team. Also new in 2008 was a relegation and promotion play-off between an Elite League team and a Premier League team. The two teams that finish bottom of the Elite League will face in each other in a two legged play-off with the loser facing the Premier League play-off winner over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Summary\nThe Poole Pirates finished top of the league table, with the Lakeside Hammers, Swindon Robins and Ipswich Witches occupying the other championship play-off places. Poole and Lakeside progressed to the grand final of the play-offs, with Poole winning the first leg at Lakeside 42\u201348, and the second leg at Poole 60\u201333, giving them a 108\u201375 victory. The Poole Pirates were crowned with their third Elite League title, and fifth championship overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Summary\nWolverhampton faced Premier League team the Edinburgh Monarchs in the relegation/promotion play-off final, with Wolverhampton winning comfortably over the two legs with a 106\u201376 aggregate victory, and thus avoided relegation. Poole still had Magnus Zetterstr\u00f6m, Bjarne Pedersen and Daniel Davidsson in their team, who were all members of the famous double double winners of 2004. They had since recruited Chris Holder, Davey Watt, Adam Sk\u00f3rnicki and Freddie Eriksson, who all made significant contributions for the Poole team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Summary\nJason Crump had left Poole for Belle Vue at the beginning of the season and missed out on a league title. Crump and fellow Australian Leigh Adams were victims of their own success, the pair had been the stand out riders for several seasons but they were so good that the league averages created problems for teams when assembling a side to adhere to the league's points limit allowance. Consequently teams had to decide whether to retain the rider or move them on, in the case of Adams, Swindon kept him but found it hard to bring in new signings to support him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, League table\nHome: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or lessM = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Results\nTeams face each other four times: twice home and away. The first of the home and away meetings are called the 'A' fixtures, and the second are the 'B' fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Results, 'A' Fixtures\nColours: Blue = home win; Red = away win; White = draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Results, 'B' Fixtures\nColours: Blue = home win; Red = away win; White = draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Championship play-offs, Grand final, Second leg\nPoole win 108-75 on aggregate and are the 2008 Elite League Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Relegation play-offs, Semi-finals\nPeterborough win 114-71 on aggregate. Wolverhampton will face the Premier League play-off winners, the Edinburgh Monarchs, over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Averages\nThe top ten rider averages in the Elite League as of October 1, 2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Elite League Knockout Cup\nThe 2008 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 70th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Eastbourne Eagles were the winners of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Elite League Knockout Cup, Final, Second leg\nThe Eastbourne Eagles were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 102-78.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Elite League Riders Championship\nThe Elite League Riders Championship involves the riders with the highest average from each club competing in the Elite League. It took place on 8 October 2008, at the Premier League track at Birmingham after the original staging of the event on 20 August was abandoned due to bad weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Elite League Riders Championship, Format\nThe top 15 highest averaged riders in the Elite League plus one wild card and two reserves take part, although no more than two riders from each club participate. There are 20 qualifying heats, a 'last chance' qualifying heat and a final. The top two scorers from the 20 qualifying heats qualify directly for the final. The next top four scorers take place in the last chance qualifying heat, with the 1st and 2nd place riders from that heat also qualifying to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196506-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Elite League speedway season, Elite League Riders Championship, Result\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196507-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Emerald Bowl\nThe 2008 Emerald Bowl, part of the 2008\u201309 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 27, 2008, at AT&T Park, the home field of the Giants in San Francisco, California. The Miami Hurricanes of the ACC were matched against the California Golden Bears (based in nearby Berkeley, California) of the Pac-10, the first appearance by either team in the seven-year history of the Emerald Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196507-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Emerald Bowl\nWith a 24\u201317 victory over Miami, Cal improved its record to 10\u20138\u20131 all-time in bowl games, and 2\u20132 all-time vs. Miami. Miami fell to 18\u201314 all-time in bowl games. California and Miami had met three times previously, with Miami holding a 2\u20131 advantage. The first meeting resulted in a 9\u20137 win by Cal in Miami on October 10, 1964. Miami won the next two meetings, 31\u20133 on September 16, 1989, in Miami, and 52\u201324 on September 15, 1990, in Berkeley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196507-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Emerald Bowl, Records\nA number of Emerald Bowl records were set in this game:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196508-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Emirates Cup\nThe 2008 Emirates Cup was a pre-season football friendly tournament hosted by Arsenal at its home ground, the Emirates Stadium in London. It was the second Emirates Cup, an invitational competition inaugurated in 2007. Held on the weekend of 2\u20133 August 2008, the participants of the tournament were Arsenal, Real Madrid, Juventus, and Hamburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196508-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Emirates Cup\nEach team played two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss. An additional point is awarded for every goal scored. Arsenal did not face Hamburg, and Real Madrid did not play against Juventus. On the opening day of the tournament, Real Madrid beat Hamburg 2\u20131, while Arsenal lost to Juventus by a single goal. Although the hosts defeated Real on day two, Hamburg won the Emirates Cup as they recorded a 3\u20130 victory against Juventus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196508-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Emirates Cup, Background\nThe Emirates Cup began in July 2007 once Arsenal finalised plans to stage a pre-season competition at its home ground. Named after Arsenal's main sponsor Emirates, the competition's inaugural edition was attended by over 110,000 people across the two days. La Liga champions Real Madrid, Italian outfit Juventus and German side Hamburg were confirmed as participants for the 2008 edition, alongside hosts Arsenal. Hamburg's inclusion came after their withdrawal a year earlier due to European commitments. Coverage of the two-day event was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196508-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Emirates Cup, Summary\nReal Madrid took on Hamburg on the opening day of the tournament. There was a contingent of former Premier League players and staff, as Real Madrid\u2019s lineup featured Ruud van Nistelrooy and Jerzy Dudek, while Hamburg was coached by former Tottenham Hotspur manager Martin Jol. Van Nistelrooy almost scored inside three minutes of the first half when his teammate Ra\u00fal put him through on goal. Hamburg goalkeeper Frank Rost distracted the striker by rushing towards him. Paolo Guerrero headed wide for Hamburg, before Real Madrid took the lead five minutes before the half-hour mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196508-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Emirates Cup, Summary\nHamburg's Nigel de Jong was beaten off the ball in his own penalty area by right back M\u00edchel Salgado, who set Van Nistelrooy up for a straightforward tap in. Real Madrid dominated and were punished for missing multiple chances to extend their lead when Mohamed Zidan scored Hamburg's equaliser. Receiving the ball from the left-hand corner of Real Madrid's half, the striker curled the ball past goalkeeper Dudek which went in off the crossbar. David Jarol\u00edm and Guerrero came close to putting Hamburg 2\u20131 in front, but Dani Parejo five minutes from time sealed the win for Real Madrid, heading in Juanmi Callej\u00f3n's cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196508-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Emirates Cup, Summary\nReal Madrid lost to Arsenal on the second day of the Emirates Cup. Emmanuel Adebayor scored the only goal of the match, converting a penalty in the second half. The striker was booed throughout the tournament as he failed to clarify his plans for the future during pre-season, even though he had agreed a contract extension according to Arsenal manager Ars\u00e8ne Wenger. \"To my face he told me he wants to stay at the club and that is what happened,\" Wenger told reporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196508-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Emirates Cup, Summary\nArsenal were defeated by Juventus the day before; David Trezeguet's goal came after the hosts failed to deal with a free kick properly. Ga\u00ebl Clichy, Cesc F\u00e0bregas and Kolo Tour\u00e9 were absent for Arsenal, though captain William Gallas did feature in the second half. New signing Samir Nasri started the match against Real Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196508-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Emirates Cup, Summary\nHamburg won the 2008 Emirates Cup after beating Juventus by three goals. Guerrero scored the first in the 19th minute and Ivica Oli\u0107 added two more in stoppage time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196508-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Emirates Cup, Standings\nEach team played two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196509-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Emperor's Cup\nThe 88th Emperor's Cup began on September 13, 2008 and ended on January 1, 2009 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo. As the champion, Gamba Osaka participated in 2009 AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196509-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Emperor's Cup, Matches, Third Round\nThe 15 J2 teams plus one JFL representative (Tochigi SC) entered at this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196510-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Emperor's Cup Final\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 00:19, 8 January 2020 (\u2192\u200etop: Task 15:  language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196510-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Emperor's Cup Final\n2008 Emperor's Cup Final was the 88th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2009. Gamba Osaka won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196511-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Empress's Cup, Overview\nIt was contested by 32 teams, and Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196512-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Empress's Cup Final\n2008 Empress's Cup Final was the 30th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2009. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196512-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Empress's Cup Final, Overview\nDefending champion Nippon TV Beleza won their 9th title, by defeating INAC Leonessa 4\u20131 with Yayoi Kobayashi, Eriko Arakawa, Homare Sawa and Mana Iwabuchi goal. Nippon TV Beleza won the title for 2 years in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196513-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Eneco Tour\nThe 2008 Eneco Tour of Benelux cycling road race takes place from August 20 to August 27, 2008 in the Benelux. Like the previous years, parts of the Netherlands and Belgium are covered. The 18 UCI ProTour teams are participating and two extra teams were invited, namely Cycle Collstrop and Skil-Shimano who were each given a wild card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196513-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Eneco Tour, Points Classification\nThe leader of the points classification wears a red jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196513-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Eneco Tour, Points Classification, Points in Prologue\nAlthough in most stage races, the organisation gives away some points in the prologue, these were not given this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 58], "content_span": [59, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196513-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Eneco Tour, Withdrawals\nAll teams were allowed to start with 8 riders. For 20 teams this would create a starting field of 160 riders. Just like previous years however, some teams chose to start with fewer riders, which reduced the number riders on the official starting list to 151. Astana, Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com, Cofidis and Euskaltel\u2013Euskadi started with 7 riders, Gerolsteiner started with 6 riders and only 5 riders were selected for team Lampre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196513-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Eneco Tour, UCI ProTour Points\nThe Eneco Tour of Benelux 2008 is part of the UCI ProTour and so the riders can earn UCI ProTour Points. Below is states which riders won points and where. Because the Eneco Tour of Benelux 2008 is a smaller stage race the points given are 3, 2 and 1 for the first three in each stage result. At the end of the tour, the top 10 in the standings receive points accorded as follows: 50, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5 and 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196514-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 England rugby union tour of New Zealand\nThe 2008 England rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of matches played in June 2008 in New Zealand by England national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196515-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 English Greyhound Derby\nThe 2008 Blue Square Greyhound Derby took place during May with the final held on 31 May 2008 at Wimbledon Stadium. The winner Loyal Honcho received \u00a3100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196515-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Distances\n3\u00bd, 1\u00bd, 5\u00bd, 1\u00be, Dis (lengths)The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196515-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Race Report\nIt took five rounds of action to narrow down the field to the final six greyhounds that would for the final of the competition race over 480\u00a0m in a chance to win the 2008 English Greyhound Derby. After finishing second to Westmead Lord in 2007, Loyal Honcho won the 2008 title in his second attempt, dominating the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196515-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Race Report\nSeamus Graham's runner, who was sent as the 5\u20132 joint-favourite along with fellow Irish raider Tyrur Laurel, took control of the race from the traps and pulled clear to beat Tyrur Kieran (11\u20134) and winner of the Scottish Greyhound Derby, by three and a half lengths in a respectable 28.60\u00a0sec (480\u00a0metres). A messy race saw five of the six contenders encounter trouble with Lenson Express falling and finishing last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196515-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Race Report\nIt was the first Irish trained success in the Derby since Ian Reilly's Droopys Scholes took the honours in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196516-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 English National Badminton Championships\nThe 2008 English National Badminton Championships were held in Manchester, from January 31 to February 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season\nThe 2008 English cricket season was the 109th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. Four regular tournaments were played: The LV County Championship (first-class), Friends Provident Trophy (50 Over), NatWest Pro40 League (40 Over) and the Twenty20 Cup (T20). All four tournaments featured the eighteen classic county cricket teams, although the Friends Provident Trophy also featured sides from Ireland and Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season\nIn the county championship, Durham won their first championship title by 8 points from Nottinghamshire. Kent and Surrey were the two sides to be relegated to Division Two, with Surrey failing to register a win for the first time since 1871. It completed a miserable season for Surrey, who also finished bottom of their Twenty20 Cup division and failed to progress from the group stage of the Friends Provident Trophy. Warwickshire and Worcestershire were the two sides promoted from Division Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season\nIn the other competitions, Essex won the Friend's Provident Trophy with a 5 wicket victory over Kent; Sussex claimed the Pro40 Division 1 title with a last ball six, leaving Hampshire runners up. Last year's champions Worcestershire had to beat Glamorgan in the play-off to retain their Division 1 status for next year, while Middlesex and Lancashire were relegated. Essex bounced back from relegation last season to win the Division 2 title and, with it, a place in the top division alongside runners-up Yorkshire. Middlesex won their first domestic title in 15 years in the Twenty20 Cup with a 3 run win over reigning champions Kent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season\nNew Zealand toured England to compete in a test series which England won 2-0 and South Africa toured England to compete in a test series which South Africa won 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, LV County Championship, Division One Standings\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd fewest defeatsP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, LV County Championship, Division Two Standings\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd fewest defeatsP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, Friends Provident Trophy\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, Friends Provident Trophy\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, Friends Provident Trophy\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, Friends Provident Trophy\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, Natwest Pro40\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, Natwest Pro40\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, Natwest Pro40\nWorcestershire beat Glamorgan in the playoff match to retain their Division 1 status for the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, Twenty20 Cup\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, Twenty20 Cup\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196517-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 English cricket season, Twenty20 Cup\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196518-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Enterprise Football League\nThe 2008 season of the Enterprise Football League (also known as the Fubon Enterprise Football League) was held from January 5 to April 27, 2008. With 4 college teams also participating, the number of competing teams increased from 4 to 8. The 2007 league champion Taiwan Power Company F.C. successfully defended the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196518-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Enterprise Football League\nAt the end of 2008, the Chinese Taipei Football Association decided to merge the Enterprise Football League into the Intercity Football League. As a result, this was the last Enterprise Football League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196518-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Enterprise Football League, Teams\nThe 2008 league season consisted of 8 teams, 4 of which were existing teams from the 2007 season: Taipower (\u53f0\u96fb), Tatung (\u5927\u540c), Chinese Taipei U-23 (as Fubon Financial, \u5bcc\u90a6), and the National Sports Training Center football team (\u570b\u8a13). Four additional college teams, Bros (\u608d\u5275), E-United (\u7fa9\u806f\u96c6\u5718), Hun Sing (\u9d3b\u946b\u5317\u9ad4), and Molton Tso I (Molten\u4f50\u5100), also participated in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196518-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Enterprise Football League, Teams\nOnly Taipower and Tatung were eligible to represent Chinese Taipei in the AFC President's Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196518-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Enterprise Football League, Results\nBottom section = first stage (rounds 1-7); Top section = second stage (rounds 8-14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196519-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Epping Forest District Council election\nElections to Epping Forest Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained in Conservative control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196519-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Epping Forest District Council election\nThis election saw the largest Green competition. The Chigwell Residents Association's sole councillor, John Knapman, defected to join the Conservatives and won his seat of Chigwell Village. The Loughton Residents Association gained a seat, whilst the BNP lost almost half its representation, despite reaching a record high vote share in the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196519-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Epping Forest District Council election\nOne-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing, Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village, Lambourne, Lower Nazeing, Lower Sheering, North Weald Bassett, Roydon, Shelley, Waltham Abbey High Beach or Waltham Abbey Paternoster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196520-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Epsom Derby\nThe 2008 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Saturday 7 June 2008. It was the 229th running of the Derby, and it was won by New Approach. The winner was ridden by Kevin Manning and trained by Jim Bolger. The pre-race favourite Casual Conquest finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196520-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Epsom Derby, Full result\n* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter \u2013 shd = short- head\u2020 Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196520-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Epsom Derby, Form analysis, Two-year-old races\nNotable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196520-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Epsom Derby, Form analysis, The road to Epsom\nEarly-season appearances in 2008 and trial races prior to running in the Derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196520-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Epsom Derby, Form analysis, Subsequent Group 1 wins\nGroup 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 56], "content_span": [57, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196520-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Epsom Derby, Subsequent breeding careers, Other Stallions\nRio De La Plata (7th) - Settle For Bay (1st Royal Hunt Cup 2018) - Exported to SwedenTartan Bearer (2nd) - Exported to New ZealandDoctor Fremantle (4th) - Exported to VenezuelaTajaaweed (8th) - Exported to Saudi ArabiaFrozen Fire (11th) - Minor jumps winnersKandahar Run (14th) - Minor flat and jumps winnersBashkirov (15th) - Minor flat and jumps runners", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196521-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Equatorial Guinean legislative election\nEarly legislative elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 4 May 2008, alongside local elections; 100 seats in parliament and 230 council seats were up for election. The ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea won 89 seats in parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196521-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Equatorial Guinean legislative election, Background\nPresident Teodoro Obiang Nguema dissolved the Chamber of People's Representatives on 29 February 2008 and announced that the legislative elections, originally scheduled for 2009, was being brought forward by one year and would be held together with the local elections on 4 May. This was explained as a way to save money. Prior to the elections, Obiang's Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) and its allies held 98 of 100 seats in the Chamber of People's Representatives and over 200 of 230 municipal council seats. It was expected that the PDGE would again win overwhelmingly in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196521-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Equatorial Guinean legislative election, Campaign\nCampaigning was reported to have proceeded without popular enthusiasm; about 1,000 people were present for the launch of the PDGE's campaign at a stadium in Malabo, although 15,000 seats were available. During the campaign, an army Antonov An-32 plane crashed off Annob\u00f3n, killing 13 PDGE militants. There were 278,000 registered voters at the time of the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196521-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Equatorial Guinean legislative election, Conduct\nIn order to \"guarantee a normal functioning of mental faculties\" among voters, the sale and consumption of alcohol was banned from the night before the elections through to election day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196521-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Equatorial Guinean legislative election, Conduct\nOn 4 May the Secretary-General of the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS), Pl\u00e1cido Mic\u00f3 Abogo, condemned the elections as \"a repetition of what the government has always done\". He said the elections were marked by \"arbitrary procedures in many polling stations\", including disappearing ballot papers and the failure to replace ballot papers that had run out; he also alleged that CPDS representatives in polling stations were harassed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196521-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Equatorial Guinean legislative election, Results\nPartial official results were first released on 5 May, showing the PDGE winning overwhelmingly. In some constituencies, such as Moka in southern Bioko, the party was credited with 100% of the vote. Results from most polling stations in Mongomo, from which Obiang originates, showed the PDGE receiving every vote. The best result for the CPDS in these partial results was in Luba district in southern Bioko, where the CPDS was credited with 0.7%. Full results were expected to be announced on 20 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196521-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Equatorial Guinean legislative election, Results\nOn May 9, Clemente Engonga Nguema Onguenes, the President of the National Electoral Commission and Minister of the Interior, announced on the radio that the PDGE and the nine small parties allied to it, which are together known as the Democratic Opposition, had won a total of 99 out of 100 seats; CPDS Secretary-General Pl\u00e1cido Mic\u00f3 Abogo won the remaining seat. The PDGE and the Democratic Opposition also won a combined 213 out of 230 local councillors; the CPDS won 17 councillors on Bioko and in Litoral Province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196522-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Erie RiverRats season\nThe 2008 Erie RiverRats season was the 2nd season for the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196522-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Erie RiverRats season\nOn January 8, 2008 the RiverRats announced they would be leaving the Mon Valley in favor of Erie for the 2008 season, renaming themselves the Erie RiverRats. They replaced the city's previous AIFA team, the Erie Freeze. The RiverRats have several Freeze connections, including many of the Freeze's best players: QB/WR David Dinkins, cornerback Jovon Johnson (himself an Erie native), kicker J.R. Cipra, center Jonathon Sitter, and defensive tackle Roosevelt Benjamin. AIFA owner Michael Mink stated that he considers the RiverRats to be a consolidation of the original RiverRats and the Freeze with the team retaining the RiverRats name, franchise and management structure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196522-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Erie RiverRats season\nThe RiverRats started the season 3\u20130 with Dinkins missing a game due to work obligations, that ultimately moved him to wide receiver so that Jarrod Highberger could start at quarterback. After 3 starts with Highberger, the team had lost 2 games in a row, with the later being focused on Highberger's interceptions, the team signed Rod Rutherford, a former NFL backup, as the starting quarterback. Rutherford gave the offense an instant shot in the arm, as he guided the team to a 7\u20132 record the rest of the season, earning the 2nd seed in the Northern Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196522-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Erie RiverRats season\nThe RiverRats traveled to Reading for their playoff game, and were leading in the 4th quarter when the Express took a lead with 15.2 seconds remaining. Erie was able to get the ball at the Express 9-yard line with 5.7 seconds remaining, but Rutherford was unable to score, throwing an incompletion and was intercepted on the last play, and returned 50-yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196522-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Erie RiverRats season\nAt the end of the 2008 season, five RiverRats (QB Rod Rutherford, OL Anthony Peluso, K J. R. Cipra, LB Glenroy Watkins, & LB Roosevelt Benjamin) were named onto the AIFA Eastern Conference All-Star team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196522-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Erie RiverRats season, Roster\nRookies in italics updated June 14, 200822 Active, 0 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196523-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Esiliiga\nThe 2008 season of the Esiliiga (the second league of the Estonian football system).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196523-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Esiliiga, League standings, Relegation play-off\nAjax Lasnam\u00e4e and II Liiga Ida/P\u00f5hi side TJK Legion will compete in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2009 Esiliiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 52], "content_span": [53, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196524-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Espirito Santo Trophy\nThe 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 8\u201311 October at the Grange Golf Club (East and West Course) in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196524-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Espirito Santo Trophy\nIt was the 23rd women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196524-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Espirito Santo Trophy\nThe tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were a tied record 48 team entries, each with three players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196524-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Espirito Santo Trophy\nEach team played two rounds at the East Course and two rounds at the West Course in different orders, but all leading teams played the fourth round at the West Course. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196524-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Espirito Santo Trophy\nSweden won the Trophy for their second title and the first wire-to-wire win seen in the championship in 18 years, beating team Spain by 12 strokes. Spain earned the silver medal while the United States team advanced, with two sub-70-scores in the last round, from fourth to third place and took the bronze medal another two strokes back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196524-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Espirito Santo Trophy\nWith this championship, Sweden became the only team to have finished in the top-10 in all 23 editions of the Espirito Santo Trophy since the inaugural event in 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196524-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Espirito Santo Trophy\nThe individual title went to 19-year-old Caroline Hedwall, Sweden, who, just as her team, lead wire-to-wire. Hedwall's score of 10-under-par, 280, was one stroke ahead of her teammate Anna Nordqvist. The third Swedish player, Pernilla Lindberg, finished 18th individually, despite none of her four rounds counted towards the team score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196524-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Espirito Santo Trophy, Teams\n48 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196524-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Espirito Santo Trophy, Individual leaders\nThere was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196525-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Estonian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Estonian Figure Skating Championships (Estonian: Eesti Meistriv\u00f5istlused) were held at the Tartu L\u00f5unakeskuse J\u00e4\u00e4hall in Tartu from December 15 through 16th, 2007. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196525-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Estonian Figure Skating Championships, Notes\nReigning ladies' champion Jelena Glebova and ice dancing champions Grethe Gr\u00fcnberg / Kristian Rand did not compete due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196526-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open\nThe 2008 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the Estoril Open for the men (the 12th for the women), and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Est\u00e1dio Nacional in Oeiras, Portugal, from April 14 through April 20, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196526-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open\nThe men's draw featured World No. 1, reigning Wimbledon and US Open champion, Australian Open semifinalist Roger Federer, ATP No. 4, Miami Masters winner and 2003 Estoril titlist Nikolay Davydenko, and Rotterdam semifinalist Ivo Karlovi\u0107. Other seeded players were Australian Open quarterfinalist and Adelaide runner-up Jarkko Nieminen, Rotterdam semifinalist Gilles Simon, Nicolas Mahut, Marc Gicquel and Michael Berrer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196526-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open\nThe women's draw was headlined by Vi\u00f1a del Mar and Acapulco champion Flavia Pennetta, Auckland quarterfinalist Maria Kirilenko, and Antwerp runner-up Karin Knapp. Also present in the field were 2005 Estoril titlist Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1, 2000 Estoril semifinalist Tathiana Garbin, Kl\u00e1ra Zakopalov\u00e1, Sofia Arvidsson and Camille Pin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196526-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open, Finals, Men's Doubles\nJeff Coetzee /  Wesley Moodie defeated  Jamie Murray /  Kevin Ullyett, 6\u20132, 4\u20136, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196526-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open, Finals, Women's Doubles\nMaria Kirilenko /  Flavia Pennetta defeated  Mervana Jugi\u0107-Salki\u0107 /  \u0130pek \u015eeno\u011flu, 6\u20134, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196527-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMarcelo Melo and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 were the defending champions, but Sa chose not to participate, and only Melo competed that year. Melo partnered with Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto, but lost in the quarterfinals to Yves Allegro and Nicolas Mahut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196527-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie won in the final 6\u20132, 4\u20136, [10\u20138], against Jamie Murray and Kevin Ullyett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196528-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nNovak Djokovic was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196528-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFirst-seeded Roger Federer won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20135), 1\u20132, after Nikolay Davydenko retired due to a left leg injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196529-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAndreea Ehritt-Vanc and Anastasia Rodionova were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196529-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nMaria Kirilenko and Flavia Pennetta won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134, against Mervana Jugi\u0107-Salki\u0107 and \u0130pek \u015eeno\u011flu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196530-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nGr\u00e9ta Arn was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196530-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nMaria Kirilenko won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20132, against Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196531-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round\nThe 2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round was the fourth round of the inaugural Superleague Formula championship, with the races taking place on October 19, 2008. Eighteen football teams were represented on the grid, the same number of teams as there was at the previous two rounds. There were four driver changes for this round of the championship: Franck Perera joined A.S. Roma replacing Enrico Toccacelo, with Toccacelo moving to the Borussia Dortmund car, replacing Paul Meijer as original driver Nelson Philippe was on GP2 Asia Series duty in Shanghai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196531-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round\nMeijer also stayed in the series, moving to the Al Ain car, as both of their previous drivers Andreas Zuber (also in Shanghai) and Bertrand Baguette (in Barcelona for the final World Series by Renault round of the season) were unavailable. Just like Baguette, Duncan Tappy was unavailable to drive the Tottenham Hotspur car, and was replaced by Dominik Jackson. The meeting saw a second win for Liverpool F.C. and a first win for Al Ain. Beijing Guoan extended their championship lead to 35 points, thanks to a pair of fifths for Davide Rigon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196531-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round, Report, Qualifying\nAfter the random draw which split the eighteen-car field into two groups, the fastest four qualifiers from each progressed into the knockout stages to decide places 1 to 8 on the grid. For the first time in Superleague Formula, the eight knockout qualifiers were the eight fastest drivers out of the two groups. As fastest drivers in their groups, Franck Perera (A.S. Roma) and Kasper Andersen (Olympiacos CFP) were expected to meet in the final, however Robert Doornbos' A.C. Milan machine knocked out the Dane in the semis. In the final itself, Perera recorded the fastest lap to become the fourth different polesitter in four races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196531-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nFrom the start, Perera led away from Doornbos, Adri\u00e1n Vall\u00e9s (Liverpool F.C.) and Tristan Gommendy (F.C. Porto), with Andersen being delayed from third on the grid. Lower down the field, tenth-placed Max Wissel (FC Basel 1893) collided with seventh-placed Enrico Toccacelo (Borussia Dortmund) collided at Curva 1, with Wissel retiring on the spot and Toccacelo retiring at the end of the lap, with front wing damage from the accident. It stayed that way until the mandatory stops, with Davide Rigon (Beijing Guoan) joining in on the fun also.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196531-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nLap 10 saw Perera pitting with a four-second lead, closely followed by Vall\u00e9s. A fumble by a rear tyre changer cost the French driver time and the place to Vall\u00e9s. Doornbos came in to pit next time around with Rigon which put Gommendy into the lead, for home side Porto. He would lead for a couple of laps, before pitting which allowed Ant\u00f4nio Pizzonia (SC Corinthians) to lead for a lap. When all the stops cycled through, Liverpool led from Milan, Roma and Beijing with Pizzonia up to fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196531-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nPizzonia would pass Rigon for fourth towards the end of the race as the Italian was nursing an ailing car home with only fourth through sixth gears, and closed to a second behind Perera at the finish. Gommendy's strong run was ended by a water pump failure on lap 26, ruling that car out for the rest of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196531-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nSo, Vall\u00e9s won his second Superleague race by 0.948 seconds from Doornbos, and then followed by Perera, Pizzonia, Rigon, Andy Soucek (Atl\u00e9tico Madrid), Alessandro Pier Guidi (Galatasaray S.K. ), Borja Garc\u00eda (Sevilla FC), Yelmer Buurman (PSV Eindhoven), Andersen, Tuka Rocha (CR Flamengo), Paul Meijer (Al Ain), Ryan Dalziel (Rangers F.C. ), Craig Dolby (R.S.C. Anderlecht) and debutant Dominik Jackson rounding out the field for Tottenham Hotspur in 15th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196531-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nRigon started from the pit lane, following a gearbox change after race one. From the start, polesitter Wissel led from Toccacelo and Jackson with action towards the back with Soucek's engine blowing. Jackson moved up to second, passing Toccacelo around the back of the circuit and closed up on Wissel down the front straight, and at Curva 1, Jackson would take the lead for a couple of laps. On lap 4, Toccacelo came up to the back of the Englishman's car, having already disposed of Wissel and did the same to Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196531-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nTowards the back, Perera and Vall\u00e9s would collide at turn six, with Perera spinning into the gravel and retirement and Vall\u00e9s retreating to the pits for a new nosecone. Dalziel also had a moment, and spun into retirement as well, with unrepairable accident damage. Out front, Toccacelo was establishing a healthy lead before his pit-stop on lap 14. Andersen then led for three laps before his pitstop, handing the lead back to Toccacelo, with Meijer now in tow, thanks to an early pitstop on lap 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196531-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Estoril Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nWissel and Andersen would both retire in the late stages with mechanical problems and with three laps to go, gremlins would strike Toccacelo. Fading oil pressure switched the engine's ECU into safety mode, and was helpless in stopping Meijer through to the lead. After recording his first pole at Zolder, Meijer recorded his first win by nearly two seconds from Doornbos (up from 17th) with Pier Guidi, Pizzonia and Rigon further deposing Toccacelo before the flag. Garc\u00eda, Buurman, Dolby, Rocha, Jackson and Vall\u00e9s completed the finishers. Healthy finishes for Rigon allowed Beijing to head to the penultimate round at Vallelunga with a 35-point lead from PSV, with Liverpool now in third just a point further back. With a maximum of 200 points available, the championship is still wide open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 848]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196532-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ethiopian local elections\nEthiopia held nationwide elections for local offices in the kebele and woreda assemblies on 13 and 20 April 2008. By-elections were also held for seats in the Addis Ababa City Council, and in the national and regional parliaments that were vacant due to the Coalition for Unity and Democracy\u2019s (CUD) refusal to participate at the same time. By law, the local elections were supposed to be held as part of the 2005 general elections, but due to the resulting unrest they were postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196532-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ethiopian local elections, Background\nThis election was important for the victors would control the local government structures, the kebeles and woredas, which are the key institutions for controlling local communities and are the main service providers. \"For members of the local councils,\" writes Aalen and Tronvoll, \"re-election is a matter of keeping their daily bread; and for new candidates, membership in one of the councils is viewed as a way of getting access to scarce state resources.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196532-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ethiopian local elections, Background\nWhile the international community was a significant player in the 2005 elections, in this election they were on the sidelines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196532-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Ethiopian local elections, Background\nIn a letter sent to a group of nations providing foreign aid to Ethiopia, of 26 December 2007, three party leaders -- Beyene Petros (United Ethiopian Democratic Forces), Temesken Zewdie (CUD), and Bulcha Demeksa (Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement) -- desperately pleaded for their intervention: \"We are drawing your attention to this critical matter of election observing because we are afraid that the manner in which the NEB is currently running the process leading up to the elections is predictably a way to a non-consensual election outcome.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196532-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Ethiopian local elections, Background\nPossible pressure by donor countries on the Ethiopian government was neutralized by the desire to fulfill the Millennium Development Goals, a fact which the government knows well. When a group of donor countries tried to play hard-ball with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and suspended money payments in the aftermath of the 2005 election, he calmly told them to pack up and go home if they weren\u2019t interested in supporting the development of the country. \"After a few weeks,\" notes Aalen and Tronvoll, \"all donor countries caved in and resumed full development assistance to the country.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196532-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ethiopian local elections, Results\nThe ruling party, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), regained control of the Addis Ababa city council, and won all but one of the 39 parliamentary by-elections. In local elections, the EPRDF won more than 3.5 million of the 3.6 million open seats. The National Elections Board of Ethiopia reported the turnout was 93% of eligible voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196532-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ethiopian local elections, Results\nAlthough this was the first election in Ethiopia since the tumultuous 2005 general election, several opposition parties sat out the election. Bulcha Demeksa, said his party had only been able to put forward 2% of the 6,000 candidates it wanted to because they had been threatened by government supporters. Likewise, another opposition party, the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces said that of its 20,000 candidates who attempted to register, only 10,000 succeeded, and only 6,000 of those actually had their names placed on the lists at polling stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196533-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer Cup\nThe 2008 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the tenth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's three major beach soccer championships of the 2008 beach soccer season, held in September 2008, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Spain won the championship for the second time, with Switzerland finishing second. Hosts Azerbaijan beat Norway in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196533-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer Cup\nA record low six teams participated in the tournament who were split into two groups of three, playing each other once in the groups. The third placed teams in each group played in a fifth place play off, the second placed teams in each group played in a third place play off and the winners of each group played in a final match to decide the winner of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League\nThe 2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the eleventh edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998. The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between June 20 and August 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League\nUnprecedented organisational changes had to be made to the EBSL in 2008 leading to a drastically shorter season than usual \u2013 just two regular season stages were scheduled due to a clash of dates with the arrangements of the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the first edition to take place in Europe. As a result of the shorter season, BSWW also abandoned the concept of Divisions A and B, opting to have the teams compete in one collective division regardless of ability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League\nPortugal entered the tournament as defending champions and successfully retained their title, beating the Netherlands in the final to claim their third European crown. Portugal became only the second team after Spain to defend the EBSL crown as incumbent champions, after the Spanish did so twice in 2000 and 2001. The Netherlands, as runners-up, claimed their best finish and only top four placing to date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League\nThis was the first time this decade that the league did not double as the European qualification process for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. In 2008, a dedicated World Cup qualifying competition for UEFA nations was established, replacing the EBSL as the qualifying route for European teams from this year onward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Organisational changes\nBSWW were forced to make radical changes to the organisation of the 2008 EBSL season due to circumstances regarding the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Organisational changes\nUntil 2007, the World Cup took place in the Southern Hemisphere nation of Brazil, during the summer months (November to February), leaving the European summer of June to September free for the EBSL to take place uninterrupted. However, in 2008, FIFA organised the first World Cup to take place in France, taking advantage of the Northern Hemisphere summer, in July \u2013 right in the middle of the typical EBSL season. This greatly affected the scheduling of the EBSL as BSWW could not organise as many rounds of regular season fixtures as usual due to European teams in preparation for, participation in and recovery from the World Cup over the course of July and beginning of August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Organisational changes\nThis meant only two regular season stages were organised, considerably less than usual. To accommodate all teams in just two stages, the classic Divisions A and B were also scrapped for this season \u2013 all participating nations of varying beach soccer abilities took part in one single division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Teams\n17 teams took part in the season, all in one collective division. 16 nations participating during the regular season, one set of eight in stage one and the remaining eight in stage two. The 17th nation, Portugal, were awarded a bye into Superfinal as explained in the above key.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Regular season, Format explanation\nThe formats of the two regular season stages were organised as unconventional double elimination tournaments as explained below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Regular season, Format explanation\nThe top three teams from each stage earned qualification to the Superfinal as well as the best fourth placed team from stage 1 or 2 as per the cumulative standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Cumulative standings\nThe top three placing nations from each stage qualified for the Superfinal, along with the statistically best of the two fourth placing teams, as per the below table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Cumulative standings\nThe teams are ranked in order of their final placings in the stage they participated in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Cumulative standings\nThe two teams that finished in the same corresponding final placing in each of the stages (i.e. Spain finished 6th in stage 1 as did Turkey in stage 2) are then split based on which of the nations earned the most points and then on the best goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Superfinal\nThe Superfinal took place in Vila Real de Santo Ant\u00f3nio, Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Superfinal\nThis season the Superfinal was played as a straight knockout tournament. All eight teams contesting the title started in the quarter-finals, playing one match per round until the final when the winner of the 2008 Euro Beach Soccer League was crowned. The losers of the quarter-finals played in consolation matches to determine their final placements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196534-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Euro Beach Soccer League, Superfinal\nAutomatic entrants Portugal were assigned the number 1 seed. The other seeds, numbers 2\u20138, were allocated based on the order of the qualified nations in the cumulative standings. The top seed were drawn against the eighth seed, second seed against the seventh seed and so on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196535-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0\nThe 2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the eighteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 3 and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on October 19, after fourteen rounds. Four drivers went into the final meeting with a shot of winning the title, with Valtteri Bottas coming out on top, to claim his second title in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196535-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Championship standings, Drivers\n\u2020\u00a0\u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196536-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Eurocup M\u00e9gane Trophy\nThe 2008 Eurocup M\u00e9gane Trophy season was the fourth season of the Renault\u2013supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 3 May and finished at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 19 October, after seven rounds and fourteen races. Micha\u00ebl Rossi won the title, having battled with Maxime Martin for the entire campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196537-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Euroleague Final Four\nThe 2008 Euroleague Final Four was the final phase Euroleague Final Four tournament of the Euroleague 2007\u201308 season, featuring four teams that survived a 14-game Regular Season, 6 games in the Top 16 phase, and a best-of-three quarterfinal. It was played on May 2 and May 4 in Madrid at the Community of Madrid Sports Palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196537-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Euroleague Final Four\nAs in previous years, the EuroLeague Final Four involved four games. The first day featured the two semifinal matches. The final day started with the third-place game between the semifinal losers, followed by the EuroLeague Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196537-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Euroleague Final Four\nThe EuroLeague champions were Russian power CSKA Moscow. They established new records for the EuroLeague era, with their sixth consecutive Final Four appearance, and third consecutive final game appearance. The title, their sixth overall, put them second in all-time European titles to Real Madrid. CSKA's Trajan Langdon was named EuroLeague Final Four MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196537-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Euroleague Final Four, Arena\nThe host venue was the 15,000 capacity Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid. Opened in 2005, it stands on the site of a previous arena that was built in 1960, and destroyed by fire in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196537-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Euroleague Final Four, Final four, Semifinals, Montepaschi Siena - Maccabi Tel Aviv\nNotes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196537-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Euroleague Final Four, Final four, Semifinals, Montepaschi Siena - Maccabi Tel Aviv\nNotes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196537-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Euroleague Final Four, Final four, Third Place game\nNotes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196537-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Euroleague Final Four, Final four, Third Place game\nNotes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196538-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Europe Cup (badminton)\nThe 2008 Europe Cup in badminton was the 31st edition of the Europe Cup. It was held between June 11 and June 15, 2008, in the Borisoglebsky Sports Centre, in Ramenskoye, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196539-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European 10 m Events Championships\nThe 2008 European 10 m Events Championships was held in Winterthur, Switzerland, from February 25 to March 2, 2008. Competitions were contested at the Eulachhalle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196540-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European 10,000m Cup\nThe 2008 European 10,000m Cup, was the 12th edition of the European 10,000m Cup took place on 12 April in Istanbul, Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196540-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European 10,000m Cup, Team\nIn italic the participants whose result did not go into the team's total time, but awarded with medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196541-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe Men's 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Liverpool, England in November 2008. They were the 37th edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship\nThe 2008 European Amateur Team Championship took place 1 \u2013 5 July at Royal Park Golf & Country Club on its Allianz Course in Fiano, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) northwest of Turin, in the region Piedmont, Italy. It was the 26th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship\nIt was the first time the championship was played in consecutive years, since its inauguration in 1959.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship\nThe club was founded in 1971 by the Agnelli family. Its first course, the Allianz Course, a parkland and forest course, was designed the same year by Robert Trent Jones Sr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship\nEach team consisted of 6 players, playing two rounds of stroke-play over two days, counting the five best scores each day for each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship\nFive-time-winners team Scotland won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 22-under-par score of 698. Tied five strokes behind were team Sweden and team Germany. Sweden earned 2nd place on the tie breaking better non-counting scores. Host nation Italy, with 15-year-old future European Tour winner Matteo Manassero in the team, finished 5th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship\nThere was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader were Wallace Booth, Scotland, with a 10-under-par score of 134, two strokes ahead of Jorge Campillo, Spain, and Callum Macaulay, Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship\nThe eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. The first placed team were drawn to play the quarter final against the eight placed team, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the two morning foursome games and five players in to the afternoon single games. Teams knocked out after the quarter finals played one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining  matches. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship\nThe eight teams placed 9\u201316 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship\nThe four teams placed 17\u201320 formed flight C, to play each other in a round-robin system, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship\nDefending champions team Ireland, led by team captain Michael Burns, won the gold medal, earning their sixth title, beating team England in the final 4\u00bd\u20132\u00bd. The winning Irish team, combined from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, included future professional major winner 21-year-old Shane Lowry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship\nTeam Germany, earned the bronze on third place, after beating France 4\u20133 in the bronze match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship, Teams\n20 nation teams contested the event, the same number of teams as at the previous event one year earlier. Poland took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship, Results\n* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the best total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship, Results\nNote: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196542-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 European Amateur Team Championship, Results\n* Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196543-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Aquatics Championships\nThe 2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13\u201324 March 2008. They were the European championships for swimming (50\u00a0m), diving and synchronised swimming for 2008. Two new events were contested: the 800 m freestyle men and the 1500 m freestyle women. This is the first time that the men's and women's swimming programs are identical.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196544-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup\nThe 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 16 February 2008 at the CSKA Universal Sports Hall in Moscow, Russia. It was the fourth and final edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the six top performing nations from the 2007 European Cup and the top two from the European Cup First League. Great Britain and Northern Ireland did not send either a men's or women's team and they were replaced by Ukraine and Spain, respectively. The men's team from Greece also opted not to participate and they were replaced by Sweden (the third best finisher in the 2007 European A League). The host nation won both the men's and women's competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196544-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup\nThe competition featured nineteen athletics events, nine for men and ten for women. The 400 metres race were held in a dual final format due to size constraints, with athletes' being assigned final positions through their finishing times. The international team points totals were decided by their athletes' finishing positions, with each representative's performance contributing towards their national overall score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196544-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup\nRussia came first the men's competition, winning five of the nine events and having eighteen points to spare over second-placed Spain. Yevgeniy Borisov was one of the team's best performers as he won the 60 metres hurdles in a Russian record time of 7.44\u00a0seconds. The Russian women's team was even more dominant than their male counterparts as the team went on to continue their undefeated streak, winning six of the ten women's events and finishing 24 points clear of the runner-up Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196544-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup\nThe French women became the first team to finish the competition without winning a single event, although their points total of 23 was one higher than the record low (Sweden in 2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196545-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Badminton Championships\nThe 2008 European Badminton Championships were the 21st tournament of the European Badminton Championships. They were held in Messecenter, Herning, Denmark, from April 16 to April 20, 2008, and they were organised by the Badminton Europe and the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196545-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Badminton Championships\nThe competition was preceded by the 2008 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships, held between April 12 and April 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196545-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Badminton Championships, Results, Mixed doubles\n* Carsten Mogensen was given a red card after the game for kicking his racquet into the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196546-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Canoe Slalom Championships\nThe 2008 European Canoe Slalom Championships took place at the Krak\u00f3w-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course in Krak\u00f3w, Poland between May 8 and 11, 2008 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 9th edition. These championships also served as the Olympic qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196547-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Championship (darts)\nThe 2008 PartyPoker.net European Championship was the inaugural edition of the Professional Darts Corporation tournament, which thereafter was promoted as the annual European Championship, matching top European players qualifying to play against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196547-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Championship (darts)\nPlayed from 30 October\u20132 November 2008 at the S\u00fcdbahnhof in Frankfurt, Germany, the inaugural tournament featured a field of 32 players and \u00a3200,000 in prize money, with a \u00a350,000 winner's purse going to Phil Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196547-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Championship (darts), Format\nFirst round \u2014 best of nine legs (by two legs)Second round \u2014 best of seventeen legs (ditto)Quarter-finals \u2014 best of seventeen legs (ditto)Semi-finals \u2014 best of twenty-one legs (ditto)Final \u2014 best of twenty-one legs (ditto)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196547-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Championship (darts), Format\nEach game had to be won by two clear legs, except that a game went to a sudden death leg if a further six legs did not separate the players; for example, a first round match played out to 7-7 is then decided with one sudden death leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196547-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 European Championship (darts), Prize money\nA total of \u00a3200,000 was on offer to the players, divided based on the following performances:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196547-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 European Championship (darts), Qualification\nThe top 16 players from the  after the 2008 Sky Poker World Grand Prix automatically qualified for the event. Then the top 8 non-qualified players from the  after the October German Darts Trophy in Dinslaken, Germany joined them to make a field of 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196547-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 European Championship (darts), Qualification\nThe main European contingent then came from the following: the leading 4 non-qualified players from the  following the October German Darts Trophy in Dinslaken, the top two non-qualified players from the German Darts Corporation rankings on October 25, and the last two places from a qualifier event held in Dinslaken on October 26 - an event which was open to any player with a full PDPA membership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196547-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 European Championship (darts), Draw and results\nScores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196547-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 European Championship (darts), Draw and results\nAll games had to be won by 2 clear legs, if after six more legs the players still couldn't be separated, a sudden death leg would take place to decide the winner. i.e. if Round One matches went 7-7, there would have been a decider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196547-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 European Championship (darts), Television coverage and Sponsorship\nThe PDC announced on 12 August 2008 that ITV4 would broadcast the entire event live. This was the second PDC darts tournament that ITV4 has broadcast, after the inaugural Grand Slam of Darts - after its rating success ITV chose to broadcast this event as well as the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196547-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 European Championship (darts), Television coverage and Sponsorship\nThe tournament was sponsored by PartyPoker.net, who also sponsor the US Open, the Las Vegas Desert Classic and the German Darts Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196548-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cross Country Championships\nThe 15th European Cross Country Championships were held at Brussels in Belgium on 14 December 2008. Serhiy Lebid took his eighth title in the men's competition and Hilda Kibet won the women's race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics)\nThe 29th and final SPAR European Cup took place in June 2008. Track and field events were held on 21 and 22 June 2008 at the Parc des Sports Stadium in Annecy, France. Other event venues included Est\u00e1dio Dr. Magalh\u00e3es Pessoa in Portugal and facilities in Istanbul, Turkey (for First League track and field events), Kadriorg Stadium in Estonia and SNP Stadium in Slovakia (for Second League track and field events), and facilities in Eindhoven, Netherlands (for diving and other water sports events). The Parc des Sports Annecy Stadium was also stadium for 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was the last edition of the European Cup which from 2009 has been replaced by European Team Championships combining the men and women competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), First League\nNations of 1st League (16 teams, men and women, in two groups of equal level).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), First League, Group A\nat Est\u00e1dio Dr. Magalh\u00e3es Pessoa, Leiria, (Portugal), on 21 & 22 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), First League, Group A\nBelgium was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and \u00a0Austria & \u00a0Norway are promoted into the 1st League from 2007 2nd League for 2008 European Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), First League, Group A\nSpain was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and \u00a0Belgium & \u00a0Lithuania are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), First League, Group B\nat Enka Sadi G\u00fcl\u00e7elik Stadium, Istanbul, (Turkey), on 21 & 22 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), First League, Group B\nUkraine was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and \u00a0Turkey & \u00a0Croatia are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), First League, Group B\nGreece was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and \u00a0Turkey & \u00a0Croatia are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), Second League, Group A\nat Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, (Estonia), on 21 & 22 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), Second League, Group A\nBulgaria & \u00a0Ireland are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), Second League, Group A\nSerbia & \u00a0Norway are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), Second League, Group B\nat SNP Stadium, Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica, (Slovakia), on 21 & 22 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), Second League, Group B\nAASSE \u00a0Albania \u00a0Andorra \u00a0Armenia \u00a0Azerbaijan \u00a0Bosnia and Herzegovina \u00a0Cyprus \u00a0Georgia \u00a0Israel \u00a0Macedonia \u00a0Moldova \u00a0Montenegro \u00a0Serbia \u00a0Slovakia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), Second League, Group B\nSerbia & \u00a0Slovakia are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), Second League, Group B\nAASSE \u00a0Albania \u00a0Andorra \u00a0Armenia \u00a0Azerbaijan \u00a0Bosnia and Herzegovina \u00a0Cyprus \u00a0Georgia \u00a0Israel \u00a0Macedonia \u00a0Moldova \u00a0Montenegro \u00a0Slovakia \u00a0Slovenia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196549-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup (athletics), Second League, Group B\nCyprus & \u00a0Slovakia are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196550-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup Winter Throwing\nThe 2008 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 15 and 16 March 2008 at Stadion Park mlade\u017ei in Split, Croatia. It was the eighth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196550-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Cup Winter Throwing\nThe competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196551-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Curling Championships\nThe 2008 Le Gruy\u00e8re European Curling Championships were held at Swedbank Arena in \u00d6rnsk\u00f6ldsvik, Sweden December 6\u201313, 2008. In a rematch of the men's A-Group final from the 2007 European Curling Championships, David Murdoch led Scotland to a second straight gold medal over Norway's Thomas Ulsrud 7\u20136 in an extra end. On the women's side, Switzerland's Mirjam Ott defeated home-country favorite Anette Norberg of Sweden 5\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196551-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Curling Championships\nA total of 51 teams from 29 European countries competed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196551-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Curling Championships, Men's Teams, Group A\n*Mabergs skips and throws third rocks; Edlund throws skip rocks", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196551-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Curling Championships, Women's Teams, Group A\n*Jensen skips and throws second rocks; D. Dupont throws third rocks and M. Dupont throws skip rocks", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196551-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 European Curling Championships, Broadcasting\nThere is news that the Swedish national television SVT will broadcast four round robin games involving Sweden and follow Sweden through the play-off rounds. The event will also be broadcast throughout Europe by Eurosport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196552-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Drift Championship season\nThe 2008 European Drift Championship season is the second season of the European Drift Championship. The championship was won by Ben Broke-Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196552-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Drift Championship season, 2008 entry list\nMore entrants will be added throughout the season including British Drift Championship Wildcard Entries. Round 2 wildcard - Mike Gaynor", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196553-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Fencing Championships\nThe 2008 European Fencing Championships were held  in Kyiv, Ukraine. The event took place from July 5 to July 10, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196554-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2007\u201308 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held from January 21 through 27, 2008 at Dom Sportova in Zagreb, Croatia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196554-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Figure Skating Championships, Qualifying\nThe competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2007. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2008 Four Continents Championships. Based on the results of the 2007 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix\nThe 2008 European Grand Prix (formally the 2008 Formula 1 Telef\u00f3nica Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 August 2008 at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain. It was the 12th\u00a0race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Felipe Massa for the Ferrari team won the 57-lap race from pole position. Lewis Hamilton finished second in a McLaren car, with Robert Kubica third in a BMW Sauber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix\nMassa started on pole position, with Hamilton second, and Kubica third. Massa got cleanly away, while Hamilton fought hard to fend off Kubica, but managing to keep second. The top three remained the same through the first round of pit stops, and after the first stop, Massa took a large lead over Hamilton. In Massa's second pit stop he was released straight into the path of Force India driver Adrian Sutil, and had to back off to avoid a collision. The stewards announced that they would investigate the incident after the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix\nThey later ruled that Ferrari would be fined \u20ac10,000 for the pit lane incident, but that Massa would keep his victory, as although the release was unsafe, no sporting advantage had been gained. Massa went on to take the victory, with Hamilton second and Kubica third. Hamilton's closest rival in the Drivers' Championship going into the race, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, failed to finish, after having an engine failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix\nMassa's victory in the race enabled him to overtake his teammate, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, in the Drivers' Championship, moving him into second. He was now Hamilton's closest rival, behind by six points. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen moved eight points further behind Hamilton, due to his non-finish, with a deficit of 13 points now separating the two. In the Constructors' Championship McLaren caught up two points on Ferrari; Ferrari led, eight points ahead of McLaren, with BMW Sauber a further 17 points behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by 20\u00a0drivers, in ten teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, Honda, Force India, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Williams and Toro Rosso. Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought two different tyre compounds to the race; the softer of the two marked by a single white stripe down one of the grooves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Background\nPrior to the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship with 62\u00a0points, and Ferrari driver Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was second with 57\u00a0points. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, Felipe Massa was third with 54\u00a0points also in a Ferrari, and the two BMW Sauber cars of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld were fourth and fifth, with 49 and 41\u00a0points respectively. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 111\u00a0points, 11\u00a0points ahead of their rivals McLaren. BMW Sauber were third with 90\u00a0points. Toyota were fourth with 35\u00a0points, and Renault were fifth with 31\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe Grand Prix was the first to be held at the new Valencia street circuit. After seeing the track for the first time, four days before the race, the drivers were positive about the track. Formula One tyre supplier, Bridgestone, celebrated their 200th Formula One grand prix at the race, having now supplied Formula One tyres since 1997. Celebrations included a special \"golden tyre\" which was displayed at the track, as well as two hoardings, inscribed with \"Bridgestone 200\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Background\nIn technical developments, McLaren and Ferrari modified their front winglets, to make sure that the maximum amount of air flow was diverted. Ferrari also revised their sidepod chimneys and winglets, with the aim of making sure the engine remained cool in hot conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race\u2014two on Friday, and a third on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90\u00a0minutes. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. The very first practice session on the newly opened Valencia Street Circuit was held on a dusty and slippery track, but despite the drivers' relative unfamiliarity with the circuit there were no major incidents (though David Coulthard did hit the barriers late in the session).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nS\u00e9bastien Bourdais went fastest early on, but it was his Toro Rosso teammate Sebastian Vettel who posted the quickest time of the session. Massa and Hamilton finished second and third, with Bourdais just behind them. Following the session, the drivers and personnel observed a minute's silence for those killed in the plane crash in Madrid two days previously. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen topped the timesheets in second practice, having traded fastest times with teammate Massa for the majority of the session. Fernando Alonso had the set the quickest time late, but was surpassed by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in his final flying lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nA notable incident in the session involved Nico Rosberg spinning under brakes in the final corners, and narrowly missing Mark Webber on the inside, before rejoining the track with no damage done. Surprsingly, usual back-runner Jenson Button, driving for Honda, finished third. After the session, Fernando Alonso, driving for Renault, was reprimanded and fined \u20ac10,000, after crossing the pitlane entry line early on in the second session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0007-0003", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nRain overnight meant that the Valencia track began with almost no rubber on the surface, but Robert Kubica was still able to carry enough speed to become the first man of the weekend to break into the 1:38s, with Rosberg and Bourdais close behind. There were minimal mishaps, with only Hamilton and Timo Glock spinning. Jarno Trulli spent the majority of the session in the pits with gearbox problems, completing only two laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nAfter the third practice, but before the qualifying session, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile safety delegate, Charlie Whiting, announced that he had moved the pole position slot on the grid to the right side, after observing the cars' behaviour during the practice sessions. Saturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three\u00a0parts. In the first 20-minute period, cars finishing 16th or lower were eliminated. The second qualifying period lasted for 15\u00a0minutes, at the end of which the fastest ten cars went into the final period, to determine their grid positions for the race. Cars failing to make the final period were allowed to be refuelled before the race but those competing in it were not, and so carried more fuel than they had done in the earlier qualifying sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 861]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nMassa clinched pole position with a time of 1:38.989, and was joined on the front row by championship leader, Hamilton. Kubica took third place on the grid, with Massa's teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen taking fourth. Hamilton's teammate, Kovalainen, took fifth; Vettel, Trulli and Nick Heidfeld occupied the next three spots. The two Williams cars of Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima finished ninth and 11th, with Bourdais in between. Alonso qualified 12th, with Timo Glock of Toyota behind him. Mark Webber of Red Bull was 14th, with Nelson Piquet, Jr. of Renault 15th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nJenson Button of Honda qualified 16th, and the other Red Bull car, driven by Coulthard, qualified 17th. The two Force India cars driven by Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil finished 18th and 20th, with the other Honda car driven by Rubens Barrichello qualifying 19th. Later, both Barrichello and Sutil were forced to change their gearboxes; as a result, both drivers started from the pit lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe conditions on the grid were dry before the race. The air temperature was 28\u00a0\u00b0C (82\u00a0\u00b0F) and the track temperature was 44\u00a0\u00b0C (111\u00a0\u00b0F).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe front-runners of the race started the race cleanly, but at turn four Alonso and Nakajima collided; Alonso retired from, what was in effect, his home race, while Nakajima had a new nose, and rejoined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAt his final stop, Felipe Massa's Ferrari was released from its pit stop into the path of Adrian Sutil's oncoming Force India car. There was no collision as Massa backed off as soon as he realised what had happened. This incident was deemed \"unsafe\" and was being investigated by the stewards. Shortly afterwards it was announced the incident would be investigated fully after the race. Ferrari was subsequently reprimanded by the stewards and fined \u20ac10,000, but the Brazilian kept his victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nTo add to Ferrari's pit stop blunders, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen left his pit box with his car's fuel hose still attached. The incident left a Ferrari mechanic with a minor fractures. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen also lost a place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196555-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nNico Rosberg scored a \"rare\" point for his Williams Team by finishing eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196556-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Judo Championships\nThe 2008 European Judo Championships were the nineteenth edition of the European Judo Championships, held in the Pavilh\u00e3o Atl\u00e2ntico, in Lisbon, Portugal, from April 11 to April 13, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196557-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Junior Championship of American football\nThe 2008 European Junior Championship was the fourth instance of the European Junior Championship. It was held from July 12\u201320 in Sevilla, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196558-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Junior Swimming Championships\nThe 2008 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 30 to August 3, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The age groups for this event are girls born in 1992 or 1993 and boys born in 1990 and 1991. The tournament is held in a 50\u00a0m pool. All events which are held in senior championships are included in the junior championships, including non-Olympic events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196559-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships\nThe 2008 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Solkan, Slovenia from 10 to 13 July 2008 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 10th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 6th edition for the Under 23 category. A total of 15 medal events took place. No medals were awarded for the U23 men's C2 team event due to low number of participating countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196560-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Juveniles Baseball Championship\nThe 2008 European Juveniles Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republic from July 13 to 18, 2008. It featured teams from Austria, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196560-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Juveniles Baseball Championship\nIn the end the team from Czech Republic won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196561-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Karate Championships\nThe 2008 European Karate Championships, the 43rd edition, were held at the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia from 2 May to 4 2008. A total of 509 karateka, 329 male and 180 female athletes, from 42 countries participated at the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196562-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Masters Games\nThe 2008 European Masters Games was the first edition of the multi-sport event for masters sport, which took place between 29 August \u2013 7 September 2008 in Malm\u00f6, Sweden. 3022 participants from 46 countries competed in 18 sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196562-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Masters Games, Sports\nThe sports that were contracted, but that did not hold their competitions, were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196562-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Masters Games, Sports\nDuring the week of the EMG a number of sporting events were held that were associated with the EMG, but that had their own organisa-tions and application systems. These were an invitation competition for   fencing, an   international football match for   \u201cold    boys\u201d between the  Danish  European  champions  from  1992  and  the  Swedish  team that finished third in the 1994 World Cup at Malm\u00f6 IP, the Christian-loppet race (an open cycling race between Helsingborg and Malm\u00f6) and an open half marathon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196563-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 28th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships held from 8 May to 11 May 2008 in Lausanne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196563-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Junior Results, Team Competition\nThe junior team competition also served as the individual all-around and qualification to the individual event finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196564-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's Fistball Championship\nThe 2008 European Men's Fistball Championship was held in Stuttgart (Germany) from July 25 to July 27 with seven men's national teams: Austria, Catalonia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Serbia and Switzerland. The matches were played in Stammheim district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196565-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's Handball Championship\nThe 2008 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (8th tournament) was held in Norway from 17\u201327 January, in the cities of Bergen, Drammen, Lillehammer, Stavanger and Trondheim. Denmark won the tournament with Croatia second and France third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196565-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's Handball Championship, Qualification\nQualification matches took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules, the host (Norway) and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) were automatically qualified. The other nine places were determined after the play-off matches, held in June; nine teams were seeded, after qualifying for the 2006 Championship, while their opponents qualified through the preliminary group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196565-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's Handball Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams\nNote: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196565-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's Handball Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on 22 June 2007 in the TV2 Studio in Oslo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196565-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's Handball Championship, Ranking and statistics, Final ranking\nKasper Hvidt, Mikkel Holm Aagaard, Lasse Boesen, Lars T. J\u00f8rgensen, Jesper Jensen, Lars Rasmussen, Lars Christiansen, Lars M\u00f8ller Madsen, Peter Henriksen, Bo Spellerberg, Michael V. Knudsen, Jesper N\u00f8ddesbo, Lars Krogh Jeppesen, Kasper S\u00f8ndergaard, Joachim Boldsen, Hans Lindberg and Kasper Nielsen. Head Coach: Ulrik Wilbek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196566-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's Handball Championship qualification\nQualification matches for the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules  host (Norway), and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) were automatically qualified. The other nine places will be determined in play-offs in June; nine teams are seeded after qualifying for the 2006 Championship, while their opponents qualified through the preliminary group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196566-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's Handball Championship qualification, Summary\nBelow is a table containing all seven qualifying groups. Teams that have secured a place in the final tournament are highlighted in green. The order of teams is by play off position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196566-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's Handball Championship qualification, Summary, Play-off\nThe play-off draw was made in Vienna on 26 January 2007. The matches were two-legged affairs, and were played in the second and third weekends of June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 74], "content_span": [75, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196567-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships\nThe 2008 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships was held in Almere, the Netherlands, from February 12 to February 17, 2008, and was organised by the Badminton Europe and the Nederlandse Badminton Bond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196567-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships\nThe tournament was double as 2008 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup qualification tournament, where the top three teams for each competitions qualified automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196568-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Mixed Curling Championship\nThe 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 22 to 27, 2008 at the Mercedes Benz Sportpark in Kitzb\u00fchel, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196568-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Mixed Curling Championship\nGermany, skipped by Rainer Sch\u00f6pp won its first title, defeating Czech Republic in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196568-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Mixed Curling Championship, Round Robin\nIn every group: first place directly to playoffs, second place to qualification round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196569-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships\nThe 2008 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships were held in Herning, Denmark, from April 12 to April 15, and were organised by the Badminton Europe and the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196569-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships\nThe competition was followed by the 2008 European Badminton Championships, the singles competition, held between April 16 and April 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196570-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Mountain Running Championships\nThe 2008 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 12 July in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany. Held by the European Athletic Association, the competition was held on an up- and downhill course in the Black Forest. The championships featured 227 athletes representing 25 nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196570-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Mountain Running Championships\nThe championships comprised four races: the men's race which was 12\u00a0km long with an 804\u00a0m ascent and 714\u00a0m descent, the women's and under-20s men's competitions over 8.75\u00a0km and containing a 566\u00a0m ascent and 476\u00a0m descent, and finally the under-20s women's race which was competed over 4\u00a0km with a rise and fall of 238\u00a0m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196570-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Mountain Running Championships\nAhmet Arslan defended his title in the men's senior race while Elisa Desco took the gold medal in the women's race. Bernard Dematteis headed home Italy to the senior men's team gold medal and Great Britain won the women's team gold, with bronze medallist Sarah Tunstall the nation's best finisher. The junior men's competition was largely a Turkish affair, with Hasan Pak winning gold and leading a 1-2-3 for his country. The women's junior race was won by Mariya Bykova who, along with Tatyana Prorokova, took the team gold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196571-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Open Water Swimming Championships\nThe 2008 European Open Water Swimming Championships was the 11th edition of the European Open Water Swimming Championships (but the 4th stand alone after 1989, 1991 and 1993 editions) and took part from 8-14 September 2008 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196572-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Pairs Speedway Championship\nThe 2008 European Pairs Speedway Championship was the fifth edition of the European Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held in Natschbach-Loipersbach, Austria on 20 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196572-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Pairs Speedway Championship\nCzech Republic were the defending European champions but Poland won their third title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196572-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Semifinal 2\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fellns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196572-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fellns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196573-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Rally Championship\nThe 2008 European Rally Championship season was the 56th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. Italian driver Luca Rossetti won 4 of the 9 rallies to claim his first European rally championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196573-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Rally Championship, Calendar and winners\nThe calendar of the 2008 season consisted of only 9 events, after the ELPA Rally not taking place in that year. The remaining events were unchanged from the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196573-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Rally Championship, Championship standings\nFor the final classification in a rally, the winner was awarded 10 points, the runner-up 8 and the third placed driver 6. Drivers ranked 4 to 8 got 5\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 point(s). Additionally, the top three of every leg got 3\u20132\u20131 point(s). Only drivers who participated in least 6 events qualified for the championship ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196574-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Road Championships\nThe 2008 European Road Championships were held in Stresa, Pettenasco, Arona and Verbania, in the province of Novare and Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy, between July 3 and July 6, 2008. Regulated by the European Cycling Union. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men and women under 23 and juniors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196575-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Road Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 road race\nThe Women's U23 road race at the 2008 European Road Championships took place on July 5. The Championships were hosted in Italy. The course was 129.6\u00a0km long, started in Pallanza at 09:00 and finished in Verbania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196576-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Road Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 time trial\nThe women's U23 individual time trial at the 2008 European Road Championships took place on 3 July. The championships were hosted by the Italian city of Pettenasco. The course was 28.1\u00a0km long, started in Pettenasco and finished in Stresa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196576-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Road Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 time trial\nDutchwoman Ellen van Dijk won the time trial. Van Dijk completed the 25-kilometre course in a time of 32:33, beating Svitlana Halyuk and Lesya Kalytovska, both from Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196577-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Rowing Championships\nThe 2008 European Rowing Championships were held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre, Marathon, Greece, between 16 and 20 September 2008. They were the 2nd annual event after the decision made in May 2006 by the FISA to re-establish the European Rowing Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196577-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Rowing Championships\nOwing to a big storm announced on the Centre, all finales (A and B) took place on Saturday, 20 September and not Sunday, 21 September, as initially scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196578-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Seniors Tour\nThe 2008 European Seniors Tour was the 17th season of the European Seniors Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged fifty and above operated by the PGA European Tour. Welshman Ian Woosnam won two events and his first Order of Merit title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196578-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results\nThe numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196578-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results\nFor the tour schedule on the European Seniors Tour's website, including links to full results, click .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196578-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Seniors Tour, Leading money winners\nThere is a complete list on the official site .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship\nThe 2008 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Hanover, Germany. It was the seventh edition of the European Sevens championship and also functioned as a qualifying tournament for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA \u2013 Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Outcome\nThe finals tournament held in Hanover, Germany on 12 and 13 July 2008, as well as being the European Sevens Championship, functioned as a qualifying tournament for the world cup. England, France and Scotland had already qualified through their past performance. The five best nations out of the twelve participating ones qualified for the Dubai tournament. Teams finished in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Bid\nOn 16 June 2007, the FIRA congress in Monaco decided to award the finals tournament to Hanover, beating bids from Russia, Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 38], "content_span": [39, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Tournament history\nFrom 2002, FIRA, the governing body of European rugby, has been organising an annual European Sevens Championship tournament. A number of qualifying tournaments lead up to a finals tournament, which functions as the European championship and, in 2008, also as the qualifying stage for the Sevens World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Tournament history\nThe first European Championship was held in 2002 in Heidelberg, Germany, and was won by Portugal, the team that won every championship since except 2007, when Russia won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Tournament history\nThe next year, the tournament was again held in Heidelberg and in 2004, Palma de Mallorca, Spain was the host.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Tournament history\nFrom 2005 to 2007, Moscow was the host of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Tournament history\nHanover held the tournament for the first time in 2008 and will do so again in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Tournament, Stadium\nThe finals tournament was held at the AWD-Arena in Hanover, home ground of the football club Hannover 96. The stadium holds 50.000 spectators, 43,000 of them on seats, the rest standing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Tournament, Stadium\nThe tournament was seen by over 30,000 spectators, a good turn out in a country like Germany, where rugby is not a mainstream sport. After selling more than 35,000 tickets in advance, mostly within Germany, the organisers were forced to open up the upper tier of the stadium to meet demand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Tournament, Qualifying\nTwelve teams qualified through the seven qualifying tournaments, held at the following locations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Tournament, Group stage\nThe tournament was divided into a group and a finals stage. In the group stage, two groups of six teams were drawn. Within each group, each team played each other once. The top two teams went to the Cup stage of the tournament while the third and fourth placed team qualified for the Plate stage. Five and six went to the Bowl finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Tournament, Finals\nThree separate rounds of finals were held, Bowl, the lowest, Plate and Cup. The semi final winners of each group went on to the final while the losers played each other. All teams from the Cup stage were qualified for the next sevens world cup and also the Plate winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Tournament, Finals, Cup\nWinner: Portugal (all four teams qualified for the 2009 Sevens world cup)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196579-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 European Sevens Championship, Top point scorers\nKey: Con = conversions; Pen = penalties; Drop = drop goals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196580-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Shield\nIn early 2008 it was announced that Italy had replaced Serbia in the European Shield. Serbia were elevated to a higher level with Russia and Lebanon after easily winning the 2007 shield and doing well in the World Cup qualifying matches. Italy were one of the newest European nations to adopt rugby league with the Veneto 9s the only RL tournament in the country at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196581-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships\nThe European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 took place in Rijeka, Croatia from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196582-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2008 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 18 and 20 January 2008 in Ventspils, Latvia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196583-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2008 European Speed Skating Championships were held at the Kolomna Speed Skating Center in Kolomna, Russia, from 12 to 13 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196583-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Speed Skating Championships, Men's championships, Allround results\nNQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DNS = Did not startDQ = Disqualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196583-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Speed Skating Championships, Women's championships, Allround results\nNQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = DisqualifiedDNS = Did not start", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 82], "content_span": [83, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196583-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Speed Skating Championships, Rules\nAll participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196584-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup, Allocation\nSemi-FinalThe winner and 2nd place of Semi Final will qualify to the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196584-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup, Semi-Final\nM - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196584-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup, Final\nM - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196585-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Table Tennis Championships\nThe 2008 European Table Tennis Championships was held in St. Petersburg, Russia from 4\u201312 October 2008. The venue for the competition was Saint-Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196586-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Taekwondo Championships\nThe 2008 European Taekwondo Championships were held in Rome, Italy. The event took place from April 10 to April 13, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196587-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Tour\nThe 2008 European Tour was the 37th golf season since the European Tour officially began in 1972.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196587-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Tour\nThe Order of Merit was won by Robert Karlsson, the first Swedish golfer to do so. The Golfer of the Year award was given to P\u00e1draig Harrington, who won two major championships during the season and finished second in the Order of Merit. The Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year was Pablo Larraz\u00e1bal from Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196587-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Tour, Major tournaments\nFor a summary of the major tournaments and events of 2008, including the major championships and the World Golf Championships, see 2008 in golf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196587-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Tour, Schedule\nThe 2008 season began in November 2007 and consisted of 50 official money events, a drop of two from the previous year. This included seven major championships and World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the PGA Tour. 27 events took place in Europe, 11 in Asia, six in the United States, four in South Africa, one in Australia and one in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196587-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 European Tour, Schedule\nThere were four new tournaments, the Indian Masters, the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea, and in Spain the Madrid Masters and the Castell\u00f3 Masters Costa Azahar. Lost from the tour schedule were the Singapore Masters, the TCL Classic, the Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe, the Madrid Open and the Mallorca Classic. the World Match Play Championship was originally scheduled, but was not held; it returned in 2009 with a new sponsor and venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196587-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 European Tour, Order of Merit\nIn 2008, the European Tour's money list was known as the \"Order of Merit\". It was calculated in euro, although around half of the events had prize funds which were fixed in other currencies, mostly either British pounds or U.S. dollars. In these instances the amounts were converted into euro at the exchange rate for the week that the tournament was played. The top 10 golfers in 2008 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196587-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 European Tour, Order of Merit\nTiger Woods earned more money in European Tour events in 2008 (\u20ac2,759,558 in five events) than any other golfer, but was not a member of the European Tour so was not eligible for the Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196587-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 European Tour, Awards, Golfer of the Month\nThe winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Month Award were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196588-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Tour Qualifying School graduates\nThis is a list of the 32 players who earned their 2009 European Tour card through Q School in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196588-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2009 Results\n* European Tour rookie in 2009T = Tied \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 120). The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121-153). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196589-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Touring Car Cup\nThe 2008 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the fourth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It was held on 19 October 2008 at the Salzburgring near Salzburg in Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196590-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Truck Racing Championship\nThe 2008 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production based trucks held across Europe. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of two-axle tractor units which conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It was the 24th European Truck Racing Championship season and began at Catalunya on May 11, with the finale at Jarama on October 5 after nine events. The championship was won by David Vr\u0161eck\u00fd, taking his first title and the second in a row for the Buggyra team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196590-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Truck Racing Championship, Teams and drivers\nRace drivers without fixed number, whose number is defined race by race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196590-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Truck Racing Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship\nEach round or racing event consisted of four races, with two qualifying races and two cup races. For the two qualifying races, the points awarded according to the ranking was on a 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers \u2013 for the two cup races with the grid decided from the finishing order of the previous qualifying race, the points awarded were 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1  (rank 1 - 10) respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196591-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Under-21 Baseball Championship\nThe 2008 European Under-21 Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Pamplona, Spain from September 3 to 7, 2008. It featured teams from Belgium, Czech Republic France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and Slovakia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196592-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe Men's 2008 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Cetniewo, Poland from June 15 to June 22. The 6th edition of the annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number of 119 fighters from across Europe competed at these championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196593-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Union stimulus plan\nOn 26 November 2008, the European Commission proposed a  European stimulus plan (also referred to as the European Economic Recovery Plan) amounting to 200\u00a0billion euros to cope with the effects of the global financial crisis on the economies of the members countries. It aims at limiting the economic slowdown of the economies through national economic policies, with measures extended over a period of two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196593-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Union stimulus plan, Presentation of the plan\nThe European Commission presented on 26 November a plan to cope with the current economic crisis in the 27 member countries of the Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196593-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Union stimulus plan, Presentation of the plan\nThe plan combines short-term measures to stimulate demand and maintain jobs and longer-term measures to invest in strategical sectors, including research and innovation. The aim is to promote growth and ensure sustainable prosperity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196593-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Union stimulus plan, Presentation of the plan\nThe plan includes targeted and temporary measures amounting to 200\u00a0billion euros, or 1.5% of EU GDP, using both the national budgets of the national governments, the budget of the EU and that of the European Investment Bank. The plan is scheduled on a period of two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196593-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 European Union stimulus plan, Measures\nThe plan includes a broad range of actions at the national level and at EU level to help households and industrial firms (particularly automobile and construction).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196593-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 European Union stimulus plan, National plans\nNational plans are often close to 1.2 percentage points of GDP, as recommended by the European Commission, and are focused on 2008 and 2009. However, Germany and Spain have announced fiscal stimulus of respectively 3.3% (two plans altogether) and 8.1% of their GDP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196593-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 European Union stimulus plan, National plans\nThe plan announced by the European Commission at the end of November recommended measures to revive the economy but did not specify much the nature of the plans. Some plans are focused on the stimulation of demand (United Kingdom, to a lesser extent Spain, Italy or the second German plan), other plans insist more in incentives to supply (French plan, first German plan ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196593-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 European Union stimulus plan, National plans\nMeasures took on expenditure to improve demand generally include measures to support medium-term growththrough increased public spending on infrastructures (road networks and railway) and aids to the housing sector (notably construction and renovation). Several countries have also announced short-term measures to relieve the effects of the crisis on the poorest people (increase in benefits and allowances to households with low incomes and unemployed). However, these aids have often limited effects on the economy, because their amounts are insignificant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196593-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 European Union stimulus plan, National plans\nOther measures affected national taxation systems. The UK was the only country that opted for a temporary decline in the standard VAT rate, by 2.5 percentage points. In Germany, employer contributions were lowered. Most plans include incentive measures to SMEs and development of green energy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196594-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Weightlifting Championships\nThe 2008 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy from 11 to 20 April 2008. It was the 87th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196594-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Weightlifting Championships, Medal overview, Medal table\nRanking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196595-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women Sevens Championship\nThe 2008 European Women Sevens Championship was the sixth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196595-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women Sevens Championship, World Cup Qualifier 2008 (Europe), Pool Stages\nNote - Andorra shown by FIRA as 1st but due to head to head they finished below Moldova", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196595-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women Sevens Championship, World Cup Qualifier 2008 (Europe), Classification Stages\nNote: Subsequently Czech Republic added as best fourth place over Bulgaria, in place of Scotland", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196595-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women Sevens Championship, FIRA-AER Tournament 2008 - Top 16\nVenue/Date: Limoges, France on 14 and 15 June 2008. This was the qualifying tournament for the World Cup in 2009 (Source Fira-Aer)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196595-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women Sevens Championship, T-EN Tournament 2008\nDate/Venue: 19 September 2008 at Rauris, Austria. Croatia withdrew to be replaced by Czech Republic and an Austrian club team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196596-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 27th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 3 April to 6 April 2008 in Clermont-Ferrand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196597-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women's Handball Championship\nThe 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2\u201314 December, it was won by Norway after beating Spain 34\u201321 in the final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196597-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women's Handball Championship, Venues\nTwo Macedonian cities have been selected as hosts for the 2008 Championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196597-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women's Handball Championship, Qualification\nIn total, 16 national teams qualified for the final tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196597-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women's Handball Championship, Squads\nEach nation had to submit an initial squad of 28 players, 12 of them became reserves when the final squad of 16 players was announced on 1 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196597-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women's Handball Championship, Seeding\nThe draw for the preliminary round groups took place on 20 July 2008, in Ohrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196597-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women's Handball Championship, Ranking and Statistics, Final ranking\nRagnhild Aamodt, Isabel Blanco, Karoline Dyhre Breivang, Marit Malm Frafjord, Kari Aalvik Grimsb\u00f8, Katrine Lunde Haraldsen, Camilla Herrem, Kari Mette Johansen, Tine Kristiansen, Tonje Larsen, Heidi L\u00f8ke, Kristine Lunde, Tonje N\u00f8stvold, Terese Pedersen, Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth and Linn J\u00f8rum Sulland. Head Coach: Marit Breivik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196598-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women's Handball Championship squads\nThe following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in the Republic of Macedonia. The tournament started on 2 December and the final took place in Skopje on 14 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196598-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Women's Handball Championship squads\nEach nation had to submit an initial squad of 28 players, 12 of them became reserves when the final squad of 16 players was announced on 1 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196599-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Wrestling Championships\nThe 2008 FILA European Wrestling Championships were held in Tampere, Finland. The event took place from 1 April to 6 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196600-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European Youth Baseball Championship\nThe 2008 European Youth Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Rome, Italy from July 15 to 19, 2008. It featured teams from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Russia and Slovakia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196600-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 European Youth Baseball Championship\nIn the end the team from the Netherlands won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196601-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 European and Mediterranean indoor archery championships\nThe XI European and Mediterranean Indoor Archery Championships were held in Turin, Italy from March 3 to 8, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196602-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Euroseries 3000\nThe 2008 Euroseries 3000 season was the tenth Euro Formula 3000 season. The main series was won by Frenchman Nicolas Prost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196602-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Euroseries 3000, Race calendar\nRounds denoted with a blue background are a part of the Italian Formula 3000 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196603-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Evening Standard Theatre Awards\nThe Evening Standard Theatre Awards were announced on November 24, 2008. The longlist was revealed on November 4, 2008  and the shortlist on November 7, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196604-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter City Council election\nThe 2008 Exeter City Council election took place on 1 May 2008, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196605-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter attempted bombing\nThe Exeter bombing was a failed bombing attempt taking place on 22 May 2008, at the Giraffe cafe and restaurant in Princesshay, Exeter, United Kingdom. Nicky Reilly (5 February 1986 \u2013 19 October 2016), 22, from Plymouth, pleaded guilty on 15 October 2008 to launching a failed suicide attack. The attacker was the only person injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196605-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter attempted bombing, Attack\nThe attack took place at 12:50 while the bomber was inside a locked cubicle in the restaurant toilets. Witnesses in and around the restaurant report hearing a loud bang. Most dismissed it, thinking the sound had come from a nearby building site. Another witness reported that it \"sounded more like gunshots than a bomb, like a lightbulb exploding\". Police were immediately called to the scene and the restaurant was evacuated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196605-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter attempted bombing, Attack, Evacuation\nAfter the restaurant was evacuated, police evacuated and cordoned off the immediate area in fear of another device. This cordon was originally confined to the Princesshay area, but was later extended to cover the whole of the city centre, from the bottom of High Street to Sidwell Street. Another device was found in the vicinity of the cafe, but was disabled by a bomb disposal team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196605-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter attempted bombing, Aftermath\nThe large cordon set up around the bomb site caused considerable disruption. Not only were shops along the High Street shut, but the city's main bus operator Stagecoach Devon had to re-route their buses causing traffic delays. The city's bus station was also evacuated. It was many hours after the attack that the cordon, which had stretched to include Exeter's bus station, was reduced, and many roads surrounding the shopping centre re-opened On Friday, all shops \u2013 except the restaurant involved, were re-opened as usual. The incident was estimated to have cost the local economy approximately \u00a32.5 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196605-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter attempted bombing, Aftermath, Investigations\nA team of about twenty specialists (including forensic officers, intelligence experts and detectives) from Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism branch SO15, was brought in to help the Devon and Cornwall Police constabulary with their investigations. Soon after the arrest police began searching at the Muslim Community Centre in St Jude's, Plymouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196605-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter attempted bombing, Arrests\nSince the explosion in Exeter a total of four arrests were made in connection with the incident. Under the Terrorism Act 2006 a person arrested for terrorism offences can be detained in Police custody for 28 days without being charged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196605-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter attempted bombing, Arrests, Nicky Reilly\nNicky Raymond Reilly (later known as Mohamed Abdulaziz Rashid Saeed-Alim), aged 22, was born in Plymouth, where he lived with his mother, Kim. He had previously been detained in a mental health hospital. It was subsequently reported that he had learning difficulties and Asperger's syndrome. After his conversion to Islam, he changed his name and came under the influence of Pakistani religious extremists, who radicalised him into detonating the nail bomb in Exeter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196605-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter attempted bombing, Arrests, Nicky Reilly\nOn 3 June 2008, he was charged with three offences, one under the Terrorism Act 2006 and a further two under the Explosive Substances Act 1883. He appeared before magistrates in a secure court in Westminster, London on 4 June 2008, and was remanded in custody.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196605-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter attempted bombing, Arrests, Nicky Reilly\nOn 15 October 2008 Reilly pleaded guilty to charges of attempted murder and preparing terrorist attack. Information released after his guilty plea revealed that Reilly was obsessed with martyrdom and wanted to cause as much death and injury as possible. On 30 January 2009 Reilly was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of at least 18 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196605-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter attempted bombing, Arrests, Nicky Reilly\nOn 20 October 2016 it was reported that 30-year-old Reilly had died at HMP Manchester. On 7 November an inquest into his death was opened and adjourned. The inquest concluded in December 2018. It found that Reilly was found hanged from a light fitting in his cell, and that it was likely that he acted impulsively and did not intend to kill himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196605-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Exeter attempted bombing, Arrests, Other arrests\nOn 23 May 2008, there was an evacuation of Plymouth city centre in which armed police arrested another person. A second individual was detained and helped police with their enquiries, but was later released. At 17:30 on 28 May 2008 a fourth man was detained for questioning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196606-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 F1 Powerboat World Championship\nThe 2008 UIM F1 World Championship was the 25th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of eight events, beginning in Doha, Qatar on 29 March 2008, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 12 December 2008. Jay Price, driving for the Qatar Team, secured the drivers' title, becoming only the second American to win the championship in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196606-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings\nPoints were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team were eligible for points in the teams' championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196606-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings, Teams standings\nOnly boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196607-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Community Shield\nThe 2008 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th staging of the FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the reigning Premier League champions and FA Cup winners. The match was played on 10 August 2008 between 2007\u201308 Premier League champions Manchester United and 2007\u201308 FA Cup winners Portsmouth as the \"curtain-raiser\" to the 2008\u201309 English football season. The match marked the 100th year since the first Charity Shield, also won by Manchester United after a replay in August 1908.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196607-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Community Shield\nManchester United won the game 3\u20131 on penalties, after the match finished 0\u20130 after 90 minutes; the Community Shield no longer plays extra time if the teams are level at the end of normal time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196607-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Community Shield\nThe match was the second meeting between the two teams in the space of two weeks, after they had played each other in a friendly in Nigeria on 27 July 2008. It was also the first Community Shield since 1996 to feature a team from outside the big four of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. With this Community Shield title, United extended their record number of wins in the competition to 13 (17 including shared titles). As of the 2020 edition, Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is the most recent English to manage a team in the Community Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final\nThe 2008 FA Cup Final was an association football match between Cardiff City and Portsmouth held at Wembley Stadium, London, on 17 May 2008. The final was the showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, the 2007\u201308 Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), organised by The Football Association. It was the 127th FA Cup Final and the second to be held at the new Wembley Stadium following its redevelopment. Portsmouth won the match by a single goal, scored by Nwankwo Kanu in the 37th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final\nBoth sides had entered the competition in the third round and progressed to the final by winning five matches. Portsmouth conceded only one goal en route to the final, during a 2\u20131 victory over Plymouth Argyle in the fourth round. All of their remaining fixtures were won by the same 1\u20130 scoreline. Cardiff began their campaign by defeating the lowest-ranked side ever to reach the third round, Chasetown, 3\u20131. After a 2\u20131 victory over Hereford United in the following round, Cardiff did not concede another goal during their progression to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final\nThe final was the first time the two sides had ever met in the competition. Both teams were aiming to win the FA Cup for the second time, Cardiff having won it in 1927 and Portsmouth in 1939. Cardiff were also aiming to become the first side from outside the top tier of English football to win the competition since 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final\nThe match was played in front of 89,874 spectators, which remains the highest attendance for a football match at the new Wembley Stadium. Cardiff started brightly and had several early opportunities that were denied by Portsmouth goalkeeper David James. For Portsmouth, lone striker Nwankwo Kanu nearly opened the scoring by hitting the post before converting a later chance, after the ball had been spilled by Cardiff goalkeeper Peter Enckelman, to lead at half time. Cardiff were denied an equalising goal late in the half when Glenn Loovens' effort was disallowed for handball. In the second half, Portsmouth focused on defending their lead and, although Cardiff pressured for long periods, they were unable create many clear chances. Portsmouth maintained their 1\u20130 advantage until the final whistle to claim victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 839]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final\nFor winning the competition, Portsmouth received \u00a31\u00a0million in prize money, as well as qualification to the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup \u2013 their first foray into European football. Portsmouth reached the final again two years later, suffering a defeat to Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Route to the final\nThe FA Cup is English football's primary cup competition and the 2007\u201308 season was the 127th edition. Clubs in the first and second tiers, the Premier League and Football League Championship, entered the competition in the third round and were drawn randomly with the remaining clubs. If a match is drawn, a replay comes into force, ordinarily at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. As with league fixtures, FA Cup matches are subject to change in the event of games being selected for television coverage and this often can be influenced by clashes with other competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Cardiff City\nCardiff City entered the competition in the third round, receiving a bye as a Football League Championship club. They were drawn against Southern League Division One Midlands side Chasetown, who had become the lowest-ranked side ever to reach the third round of the competition after defeating Port Vale in the second round. The difference in league positions between the two sides was also the largest in the tournament's history. Cardiff were given an early scare as an own goal by defender Kevin McNaughton, from a cross by Ben Steane, gave Chasetown the lead in the 17th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 51], "content_span": [52, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Cardiff City\nMidfielder Peter Whittingham scored a first half injury time equaliser for Cardiff. Teenager Aaron Ramsey, making his first appearance in an FA Cup match, put Cardiff ahead with a close-range header and winger Paul Parry hit the ball through Chasetown goalkeeper Lee Evans' legs to ensure progression to the fourth round. Cardiff were drawn away to League Two side Hereford United at Edgar Street. McNaughton opened the scoring with his first goal for Cardiff striking a volley from the edge of the Hereford penalty area during first-half injury time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 51], "content_span": [52, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Cardiff City\nThey extended their lead when striker Steven Thompson converted a penalty after McNaughton was felled by Clint Easton. Hereford scored in the 77th minute through striker Theo Robinson, but they were unable to score an equaliser and Cardiff won the match 2\u20131 to go through to the fifth round. This was the first time since 1994 that Cardiff had progressed to the fifth round of the FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 51], "content_span": [52, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Cardiff City\nCardiff's fifth round match was at their home ground, Ninian Park, against fellow Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers. Whittingham opened the scoring for Cardiff after 90 seconds as he collected a flick-on from Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink before shooting past opposition goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey. Hasselbaink extended Cardiff's advantage nine minutes later by striking the ball into the top-left hand corner of the opposition goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 51], "content_span": [52, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Cardiff City\nWolves were unable to respond in the remainder of the match, their best opportunity fell to centre forward Kevin Kyle who took advantage of a mistake by centre-back Glenn Loovens early in the second half, only for Loovens to clear the ball off the goalline. The victory was the furthest Cardiff had advanced in the FA Cup since their victory in the 1927 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 51], "content_span": [52, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Cardiff City\nIn the sixth round, Cardiff were drawn away to Premier League side Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. An early goal by Whittingham and a second by defender Roger Johnson from a Whittingham free-kick in the 23rd minute was enough to take Cardiff into the semi-finals. In the semi-final, Cardiff were drawn against Championship side Barnsley, with both semi-finals being held at Wembley Stadium. This was the first time since 1908 that three of the four semi-finalists came from outside the top tier of English football, while winning the match was worth \u00a3900,000 in prize money. With Cardiff applying early pressure, nine minutes into the game, the ball was cleared from the Barnsley penalty area towardmidfielder Joe Ledley, who scored the winning goal with a left-footed volley from outside the area to help Cardiff reach their first FA Cup final since 1927.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 51], "content_span": [52, 916]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Portsmouth\nLike Cardiff, but as a Premier League club, Portsmouth also received a bye into the third round. Their opening match was a 1\u20130 away win against Championship side Ipswich Town at Portman Road on 4 January 2008. Striker David Nugent, who started the match as a substitute, scored the winning goal in the 51st minute, allowing Portsmouth to progress into the next round. There, they were drawn against another Championship club, Plymouth Argyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Portsmouth\nThe match was held at Portsmouth's home ground, Fratton Park, and the visitors took the lead early in the first half when midfielder Chris Clark scored his first goal for Plymouth, which came from a deflection off Hermann Hrei\u00f0arsson. Portsmouth responded with their recently signed midfielder Lassana Diarra converting a corner kick from Pedro Mendes in the 34th minute. A goal by Niko Kranj\u010dar from an eight-yard pass from right back Glen Johnson gave Portsmouth a 2\u20131 victory and progression to the next round of the FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Portsmouth\nThe club faced Preston North End away at Deepdale in the fifth round. The only goal of the game came in the final seconds of the match, as Preston midfielder Darren Carter attempted to clear a corner kick from Kranj\u010dar but struck the ball into his own net. In the sixth round, Portsmouth were drawn away to fellow Premier League club Manchester United at Old Trafford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Portsmouth\nPortsmouth took a 1\u20130 victory after midfielder Sulley Muntari converted a penalty following a foul by United goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak on Milan Baro\u0161 which prompted Kuszczak's dismissal, with the referee showing him a red card. Championship side West Bromwich Albion were the opposition in the semi-final, which was also held at the neutral Wembley Stadium, on 5 April 2008. Striker Nwankwo Kanu side-footed the winning goal of the match, which meant Portsmouth had secured a place in the final for the first time since 1939.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Background\nThe 2008 final was the first time since 1995 that the competition would be won by a team other than the \"big four\" of English football, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea. It was also the first final not to feature one of the four sides since 1991. Cardiff were appearing in their third FA Cup final, having lost to Sheffield United in the 1925 final before becoming the only team from outside England to win the competition in 1927 by defeating Arsenal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Background\nPortsmouth were appearing in their fourth final; they had suffered defeat in both the 1929 and 1934 finals before becoming the last team to win the competition before World War II in 1939. This was the first time that the two sides had met in the competition, while they had not met in any fixture since a 2\u20130 win for Portsmouth in the fourth round of the League Cup in 2004. If Cardiff won the match, they would become the first club from outside the top division of English football to have won the competition since West Ham United in 1980. The final was the second to be held at the newly redeveloped Wembley Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Background\nThe winner of the match would receive \u00a31 million in prize money and qualify for the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup. It was suggested before the game that Cardiff would not have been allowed to compete in the UEFA Cup had they won. Although playing in the English Football League, Cardiff are members of the Football Association of Wales and Football Association (FA) regulations previously meant Welsh clubs were ineligible for European competitions even if they won the FA Cup or League Cup. This prompted UEFA to offer the possibility of Cardiff filling a wild-card slot in the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Background\nThe FA later issued a statement saying they would give their permission for Cardiff to participate in the UEFA Cup as one of England's representatives in the competition should the need arise. As in preceding years, the players voted Player of the Round in every round, from the first qualifying round to the semi-finals, were present and given VIP hospitality for themselves and a guest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Background, Pre-match\nCardiff had two major injury concerns ahead of the match. Veteran striker Robbie Fowler was given 10 days to prove his fitness by manager Dave Jones, having not played in four months since undergoing hip surgery. The final decision over Fowler was not revealed until Jones announced his side around 90 minutes before the match, in which the forward was omitted from the matchday squad. The other injury concern, Parry, was named in the starting line-up. He had played 70 minutes in the club's final league match against Barnsley having not played for seven weeks beforehand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Background, Pre-match\nJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink started in attack, supported by Parry. Ramsey was named on the bench to start the match. At 17 years and 143 days, he would become the second-youngest player to appear in an FA Cup Final if he played, only 24 days older than Curtis Weston was for Millwall in 2004, and the youngest ever winner if Cardiff triumphed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Background, Pre-match\nSinger and Cardiff fan James Fox recorded a song for the occasion, which was released as the club's official FA Cup single. The song, entitled \"Bluebirds Flying High\", was released on 5 May, reaching number 15 in the UK Singles Chart in its first week of release. Cardiff player Thompson also recorded a song for the final, entitled \"Do the Ayatollah\", that was written by himself and his teammates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Background, Pre-match\nJermain Defoe was cup-tied for Portsmouth, having played in the third and fourth rounds for Tottenham Hotspur earlier in the competition. Consequently, Kanu was chosen ahead of Baros and Nugent as a lone striker in a 4\u20131\u20134\u20131 formation, with support from a five-man midfield of Kranj\u010dar, John Utaka, Mendes, Diarra and Muntari. Sol Campbell, Glen Johnson and David James were the only three English players in the starting line-up. James had recovered from injury in time to be named in the squad, along with forward David Nugent, having missed the club's previous three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Background, Pre-match\nThe FA announced that, before the game, the Welsh national anthem, \"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau\", would be played, along with the traditional renditions of the English anthem \"God Save the Queen\" and \"Abide with Me\". The Welsh anthem was sung by Katherine Jenkins, while Lesley Garrett sang \"God Save the Queen\" and the two duetted on \"Abide with Me\". However both anthems were booed by the respective opposing fans. The referee appointed for the game was Mike Dean of the Cheshire Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Background, Pre-match\nHe received a fee of \u00a3525 for taking charge of the fixture and a souvenir medal from the FA. Referees are traditionally only appointed to one FA Cup final in their careers and Dean had previously been selected for the 2006 FA Cup Final before being stood down when Liverpool reached the final, with Dean hailing from the nearby Wirral. His assistants for the match were Trevor Massey (Manchester) and Martin Yerby (Kent) while Chris Foy (Liverpool) was named as the fourth official.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Background, Pre-match\nBoth sides received 25,000 tickets for the final, 8,000 less than they had been given for their respective semi-final matches. A significant portion of tickets were kept by The FA for its members. Portsmouth won a coin toss to determine the choice of kit colours and chose to wear their blue home kit, leaving Cardiff in their black away kit. Portsmouth were considered clear favourites ahead of the match. They had been given odds of 16\u20131 to win the competition when they entered in the third round, but were now odds-on favourites at 1\u20133. Cardiff had been given odds as high as 999\u20131 when they entered the competition; they entered the final at 5\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary\nThe match kicked-off at 3pm in front of nearly 90,000 spectators. In the first minute, Parry chased a long pass forward but was narrowly beaten to the ball by James. The first shot of the game was from Muntari, but his long-range free-kick was comfortably stopped by Cardiff goalkeeper Peter Enckelman. Cardiff had a similar chance to their first moments later as Ledley played in Parry who broke through the opposition defence and advanced towards goal before James was able to push the ball away at his feet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary\nThe Welsh side attacked frequently in the opening 15 minutes with both Parry and McNaughton having attempts on goal. The BBC's Chris Bevan noted that Cardiff had enjoyed \"a decent start \u00a0...\u00a0 and they certainly don't look nervous\". However, moments later, Portsmouth nearly took the lead when Utaka's cross found Kanu in the penalty area. He managed to evade both a defender and the opposition goalkeeper before hitting the outside of the post from a narrow angle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary\nThe two teams traded off-target attempts at goal midway through the half, both Parry and Roger Johnson failed to hit the target after the ball was played in from a set-piece. For Portsmouth, Kanu shot from long range, but his shot went well over the crossbar, and Enckelman was forced to punch the ball clear from Glen Johnson's cross. Portsmouth opened the scoring in the 39th minute when Utaka crossed the ball close to the goal line from the right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary\nEnckelman palmed the ball away but only to the feet of Kanu who was able to scoop the ball into the net to give his side the lead. Cardiff rallied quickly in an attempt to equalise and McNaughton narrowly failed to connect with Parry's cross shortly after. Loovens was also able to force the ball into the goal from a corner minutes before half-time, but his effort was ruled out for handball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary\nThe second half began more sedately and the first major chance of the half came after ten minutes when Roger Johnson's header hit the side netting. Portsmouth responded quickly as Utaka broke free of the defence and played in Kanu, but his shot was deflected wide by Loovens for a corner. Cardiff made the first substitution of the match shortly after an hour as Ramsey was brought on in place of Whittingham. Portsmouth followed suit soon after as Utaka was replaced by Nugent having sustained an injury minutes earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary\nCardiff made a second change ten minutes later as Thompson replaced Hasselbaink, but they struggled to create further opportunities until Loovens again caused problems from a corner. He was able to connect with a diving header but hit his attempt into the ground and the ball bounced over the opposition goal. Bevan noted that Cardiff were \"visibly tiring\" and Portsmouth's defence had largely contained their attacking threat. Although, Cardiff pressured as the game drew to a close, they struggled to create any clear opportunities and the game ended in a 1\u20130 victory for Portsmouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Post-match\nAfter the match, Portsmouth captain Campbell was presented with the trophy by Bobby Robson. Kanu, the scorer of the winning goal, was named man of the match and described the win as the \"best moment of my life\", while the victory was the first major trophy that manager Harry Redknapp had won during his 25 year managerial career. He described it as \"dream come true to win the FA Cup. It has been a good day.\" The Portsmouth team attended a victory parade in their home city the following day that was attended by around 200,000 people. As winners, Portsmouth also qualified for the 2008 FA Community Shield against Premier League winners Manchester United in August. The two sides played out a goalless draw before United won the tie in a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Post-match\nOf the 16 players in Portsmouth's matchday squad, the final was the last match for two, Muntari and Baros, while Mendes appeared in the Community Shield before being sold to Rangers. Redknapp also left the club three months into the new season, taking charge of Tottenham Hotspur. Portsmouth reached the final again in 2010 under Avram Grant, losing 1\u20130 to Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Post-match\nJones was pragmatic about his side's defeat, stating \"we gave it everything we had and that's all I asked for\". Enckelman later recalled his error that lead to the only goal \"It was a tough one to deal with, it was wet conditions and the ball just started dropping down, maybe I could have tried to catch it or something but I didn't deal with it well enough.\" Despite their defeat, a return party was held for the Cardiff team at Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff Bay in which both Thompson and Fox performed their FA Cup final songs. Several players involved in the match for Cardiff left the club prior to the new season, with veteran trio Hasselbaink and Sinclair retiring and Fowler joining Blackburn Rovers. Loovens, Ramsey and Thompson were also sold during the summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196608-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Cup Final, Post-match\nThe 2008 final led the FA and the Football League to largely ban the playing of anthems in future matches between English and Welsh sides after jeering from both sets of supporters. The 89,874 attendance for the match remains the largest for a football match at the redeveloped Wembley Stadium since its construction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196609-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Trophy Final\nThe 2008 FA Trophy Final was the 39th final of the Football Association's cup competition for levels 5\u20138 of the English football league system. It was contested by Ebbsfleet United and Torquay United on 10 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196609-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Trophy Final\nEbbsfleet United won the match 1\u20130 to win the competition for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196610-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Vase Final\nThe 2008 FA Vase Final was the 34th final of the Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase. The final took place on 14 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium in London in front of 19,537 spectators. The clubs contesting the final were North West Counties League Division Two club Kirkham & Wesham, and Eastern Counties Football League club Lowestoft Town. Both teams were playing in their first FA Vase final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196610-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Vase Final\nKirkham & Wesham entered the competition from the beginning in the first qualifying round while Lowestoft Town received a bye to the second round proper. Kirkham & Wesham proceeded through the two qualifying rounds and five proper rounds without needing a replay. They did need a replay in the quarter-finals after a 3\u20133 draw at home to Coventry Sphinx, they won the replay 1\u20130 and went on to eliminate Needham Market in the two-legged semi-final 4\u20132 on aggregate. Lowestoft Town proceeded through all five of their single-legged ties without needing a replay. In the semi-final they eliminated Whitley Bay 4\u20133 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196610-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Vase Final\nLowestoft Town went ahead in the 10th minute when Kirkham defender Phil Thompson scored a headed own goal. Kirkham manager, Mike Fuller, subbed on Matt Walwyn in the 79th minute who equalised five minutes later. Walwyn then scored three minutes into stoppage time to give Kirkham & Wesham their first FA Vase in the club's first participation in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196611-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Women's Cup Final\nThe 2008 FA Women's Cup Final was the 38th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. It was the 15th final to be held under the direct control of the Football Association (FA). The final was contested between Arsenal and Leeds United at the City Ground on 5 May 2008. It was Arsenal's third successive FA Cup triumph, their ninth in total and their 29th major trophy in just 16 years. Leeds made their second final appearance, after losing 5\u20130 to Arsenal in 2006. The match was attended by a crowd of 24,582.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196611-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary\nHaving just sealed their fifth successive Premier League title and having suffered only one defeat in more than two years of domestic football, Arsenal came into the game as favourites. Arsenal dominated from start to finish, with Smith and Sanderson both drawing saves from Carly Telford in the opening 10 minutes. Karen Carney was also denied from close range on the quarter-hour mark, while Alex Scott was thwarted by a double save by Telford after Smith had put her through with a defence-splitting pass midway through the first half. Leeds' Amanda Barr scored after 32 minutes, but her lob was ruled out for off-side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196611-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary\nEight minutes after the restart, striker Kelly Smith scored the opener with a 12-yard shot. Six minutes later, Ludlow poked home a 59th-minute effort from close range and within 60 seconds Lianne Sanderson's deflected effort flew into the net as well. Leeds' right-winger Jessica Clarke scored with 20 minutes remaining, but Arsenal quickly regained the initiative and almost extended their lead on 72 minutes when Ludlow's header was cleared off the line by Amanda Barr, and Julie Fleeting also came close with 10 minutes to go. Smith tapped in her second goal seven minutes from time after Fleeting's shot had rebounded off a post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup\nThe FAI Cup 2008 was the 88th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, or FAI Cup for short. This season was the second one sponsored by Ford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup\nThe 2008 FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late March, when four clubs from the Intermediate and Junior leagues battled it out in the first round for the opportunity to join 18 A Championship, Intermediate and Junior clubs in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup\nThe ten winners of those ties were joined in the Third Round by 12 Premier Division and 10 First Division clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup\nThe competition ran until late November, with the final taking place on Sunday, 23 November 2008 at the RDS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup, First round\nFixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 30 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup, Second round\nFixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 20 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 26], "content_span": [27, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup, Second round\n1Played on April 13, 2008 as Corduff FC gave up home advantage in tie due to unavailability of side on April 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 26], "content_span": [27, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup, Third round\nMatches played on the weekend of Sunday, 8 June 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 12 May 2008 and was made by Giovanni Trappatoni and Marco Tardelli, and televised live on RT\u00c9 Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup, Fourth round\nMatches played on the weekend of Sunday, 17 August 2008. The draw place on Monday, 7 July 2008 and televised live on RT\u00c9 Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 26], "content_span": [27, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup, Quarter-finals\nMatches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 14 September 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 25 August 2008 and was made by Turlough O'Connor and David Flood, and televised live on RT\u00c9 Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 28], "content_span": [29, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup, Semi-finals\nMatches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 26 October 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 29 September 2008 and was made by John Ryan and David Flood, and televised live on RT\u00c9 Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196612-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup, Final\nThe 2008 FAI Cup Final took place on Sunday 23 November 2008 at the RDS, Dublin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 19], "content_span": [20, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196613-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup Final\nThe 2008 FAI Cup Final was a football match held at the RDS, Dublin on 23 November 2008 and was the final match of the 2008 FAI Cup competition. The match was the 85th FAI Cup Final, and the second to be held at the RDS since Lansdowne Road shut for redevelopment. The final was contested by Bohemians and Derry City, with Bohemians winning 4\u20133 on penalties after extra time had finished 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196613-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup Final\nIt was the first ever FAI Cup Final to be decided by a penalty shoot-out and it was the seventh time Bohemians had won the trophy, the victory granting them a league and cup double for the season. It was the second league and cup double won by Bohemians in the 2000s. Anthony Buttimer was the referee for the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196613-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup Final\nThe winning team qualified for the 2009\u201310 UEFA Europa League, the first time this competition will run. The match was broadcast live on RT\u00c9 Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196613-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FAI Cup Final, Team news\nAs was the case for much of the season, Bohemians' manager Pat Fenlon had to adjust his defence as Jason McGuinness missed the match through suspension. In McGuinness's absence, Ken Oman partnered Liam Burns in the middle of the defence. Anto Murphy left Fenlon having to choose Jason Byrne, Mindaugas Kalonas or John Paul Kelly as his replacement. Derry City had no injury or suspension concerns in the build-up to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196614-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FAW Premier Cup Final\nThe 2008 FAW Premier Cup Final was the final of the 11th season of the FAW Premier Cup. The final was played at Newport Stadium in Newport on 11 March 2008 and marked the second time the final has been staged at the stadium. The match was contested by Newport County and Llanelli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196615-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Bunyodkor season\nThe 2008 season was Bunyodkor's second season in the Uzbek League in Uzbekistan. Bunyodkor competed in the Uzbek League, the Uzbek Cup and AFC Champions League tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196615-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Bunyodkor season, Competitions\nBunyodkor was present in all major competitions: Uzbek League, the AFC Champions League and the Uzbek Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196616-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Dallas season\nThe 2008 FC Dallas season was the twelfth season of the Major League Soccer team. The team failed to make the postseason for the first time in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196617-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Gifu season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:02, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15:  language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196618-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season\nThe 2008 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season was the club's 4th season in the Russian Premier League, and their third since 1993. Luch-Energiya Vladivostok finished the season in 16th, being relegated to the First Division for the 2009 season. In the 2008\u201309 Russian Cup, Luch-Energiya were knocked out at the Round of 32 by Baltika Kaliningrad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196618-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Season events\nPrior to the start of the season, Zoran Vuli\u0107 was appointed as the clubs new manager. After Vuli\u0107 left his role as manager, Semen Altman was appointed as his replacement on 10 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196618-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Season events\nIn July, Luch-Energiya signed Andr\u00e9 Alves, Leandro, Josip Luka\u010devi\u0107, Andrei Streltsov and Dragan Stojki\u0107 after all impressed on trial during Luch-Energiya's training camp in Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196618-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Season events\nOn 28 August, goalkeeper Aleksey Polyakov joined Luch-Energiya on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196618-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196618-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196619-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Moscow season\nThe 2008 FC Moscow season was the club's 5th season in existence after taking over the licence of Torpedo-Metallurg in 2004. They finished the season in 9th place, and reached the Round of 16 in the Russian Cup, with the Quarterfinal taking place in the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196619-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Moscow season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196619-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196620-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Rubin Kazan season\nThe 2008 FC Rubin Kazan season was the club's 6th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Rubin finished the league season as champions of Russia for the first time in club history and thereby qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever, entering at the group stage of the competition during the 2009\u201310 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196620-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196620-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196621-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Seoul season, Players, Team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196621-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Seoul season, Players, Out on loan & military service\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196621-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation\nThis section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4-4-2 formation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196621-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation\nSource: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196621-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Substitutes\nSource: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196622-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Spartak Moscow season\nThe 2008 FC Spartak Moscow season was the club's 17th season in the Russian Premier League season. Spartak finished the season in 8th while progressing to the Quarterfinals of the 2008\u201309 Russian Cup which took place during the 2009 season. In Europe, Spartak were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by Dynamo Kyiv at the Third Qualifying round before dropping into the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup where they finished 4th in their group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196622-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Spartak Moscow season, Season events\nOn 12 September, Spartak announced the appointment of Michael Laudrup as their new manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196622-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196622-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196623-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Terek Grozny season\nThe 2008 Terek Grozny season was the club's first season back in the Russian Premier League, after being relegated at the end of the 2005 season, and their second in their history. Terek finished the season in 10th position and reached the Round of 16 in the 2008\u201309 Russian Cup, where they were knocked out by reaching the Round of 32 where they were defeated by FC Moscow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196623-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Terek Grozny season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196623-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Terek Grozny season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196623-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Terek Grozny season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196623-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Terek Grozny season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196624-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Tokyo season\nThe 2008 FC Tokyo season was the team's 10th season as a member of J.League Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196625-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season\nThe 2008 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's fourteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Domestically, Zenit finished fifth in the Russian Premier League, reached the Fifth round of the 2008\u201309 Russian Cup and won the Russian Super Cup. In Europe, Zenit won the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup before finishing third in their Champions League group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196625-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196626-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final\nThe 2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final was the 30th final of the FEI World Cup Jumping show jumping series. It was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden from April 24 to April 27, 2008 for the twelfth time during the 2008 G\u00f6teborg Horse Show. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum of Germany won the event riding Shutterfly. Nobody won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196626-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final, Results, Round 1\nThirty-nine riders competed in the Table C \u20ac110,000 opening round of the 2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final. Michael Whitaker opened the round, and quickly set the pace by completing a clear round in 75.05 seconds. However, his time was quickly surpassed two riders later when Malin Baryard-Johnsson took nearly four seconds off of Whitaker's time while representing the host nation of Sweden. Shortly after Peter Wylde narrowly took the lead from Baryard-Johnsson, Heinrich Hermann Engemann cleared the course in under seventy seconds to set a new standard. Although Steve Guerdat was also able to clear the seventy second mark, Engemann's time held up as he took the \u20ac25,300 first place prize. Two-time champion Marcus Ehning was eliminated after his horse refused twice at the eleventh jump.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 843]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196626-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final, Results, Round 2\nThirty-eight riders returned for the Table A \u20ac110,000 second round of the 2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final, with Marcus Ehning being the lone exception following his opening round elimination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196627-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FF5\n2008 FF5 is the asteroid with the second-smallest known perihelion of any known object orbiting the Sun. Its extreme orbital eccentricity brings it within 0.079\u00a0AU of the Sun (26% of Mercury's perihelion) and as far as 4.487\u00a0AU from the Sun (well beyond the orbit of Mars).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196628-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FFAS Senior League\nThe 2008 season of the FFAS Senior League was the twenty eighth season of association football competition in American Samoa. Pago Youth won the championship, their first recorded title, with the winners of the 1998 league competition and a number of previous seasons unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196628-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FFAS Senior League, Results\nThe matrix below contains a record of all the known results for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196629-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FFSA season\nThe Football Federation South Australia 2008 season was the third season under the previous competition format in South Australia. The competition consisted of three divisions across the State of South Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196629-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FFSA season, 2008 FFSA Super League\nThe 2008 South Australian Super League was the third edition of the South Australian Super League, the top level domestic association football competition in South Australia, and was the first season to use a finals system, with the top five teams in the league progressing to the finals. The number of teams relegated to the South Australian Premier League also increased from one to two. The league was won by Adelaide City after they beat the North Eastern MetroStars 2\u20130 in the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196629-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FFSA season, 2008 FFSA Premier League\nThe 2008 FFSA Premier League was the third edition of the FFSA Premier League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds, with the top five at the end of the year qualifying for the McIntyre final five finals system to determine 1st to 5th place. The League winners and second placers were promoted to the 2009 FFSA Super League, and the bottom two placed teams relegated to the 2009 FFSA State League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196629-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FFSA season, 2008 FFSA State League\nThe 2008 FFSA State League was the third edition of the FFSA State League as the third level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds. The League winners and second placers were promoted to the 2009 FFSA Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196630-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA Alternative Energies Cup\nThe 2008 FIA Alternative Energies Cup was a season of the FIA Alternative Energies Cup, a world championship for vehicles with alternative energy propulsion organized by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile. The season consisted of seven rallies, beginning on 30 March, and ended on 12 October. Italy's Giuliano Mazzoni (Opel Corsa) won his second Drivers championship, and Toyota secured their second Manufacturers' title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196631-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours\nThe 2008 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours was the third round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Adria International Raceway, Italy, on June 21, 2008, and was held under night conditions for the second year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196631-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours\nIn post-race technical inspection, the three Porsches of Prospeed Competition and Trackspeed Racing were found to be using parts which did not match the parts used in the Porsche 997 GT3-RSR's homologation. The three Porsche entries were disqualified from the race even though the FIA admitted that the fault was caused by the manufacturer, not the teams. Prospeed Competition has appealed the disqualification of their two cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196631-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours, Provisional race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196632-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours\nThe 2008 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours was the seventh round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Brno Circuit, Czech Republic, on 14 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196632-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196633-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours\nThe 2008 Bucharest City Challenge was the sixth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season and was organised by City Challenge GmbH. It took place at the Bucharest Ring temporary street circuit in Bucharest, Romania, on 23 \u2014 24 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196633-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours, Format\nUnlike the previous running at Bucharest in 2007, the 2008 event introduced a new event format that involved two races. After qualification, a one-hour race was held and entries were awarded half of the standard FIA points for their finishing positions. On Sunday, a second one-hour race was held, with the starting grid being determined by the finishing order of the first race. Half points were again rewarded based on finishing order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196633-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196633-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours, Race results, Saturday\nPhoenix Carsport lead the field as the #5 Corvette of Swiss drivers Marcel F\u00e4ssler and Jean-Denis D\u00e9l\u00e9traz earned victory from pole position over the team's second car. In the GT2 category, CR Scuderia earned their first ever victory in the FIA GT Championship, just ahead of defending class champions AF Corse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196633-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours, Race results, Sunday\nPhoenix Carsport continued their victorious run on Sunday as the #5 car once again led the field to the checkered flag, although the team's second Corvette failed to make the finish after hitting a wall with ten laps remaining. CR Scuderia also won for the second time, Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell's Ferrari overtaking the AF Corse Ferrari in the closing laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196634-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Championship\nThe 2008 FIA GT Championship season was the twelfth season of the FIA GT Championship. It featured a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. Invitational G2 and G3 classes were also allowed to participate but cars in these classes were not eligible to score points. The Championship began on 20 April 2008 and ended on 23 November 2008 after 10 rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196634-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Championship, Schedule\nThe official 2008 calendar was released by the FIA on 24 October 2007. All races were two hours, with exception of the Spa 24 Hours and the Bucharest City Challenge, the latter being a combination of two one-hour races, each awarding half points. The Adria round remained as a night event and the Argentinian finale was the first South American race in FIA GT Championship history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196634-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Championship, Entries, GT1\nA \u2020 symbol and gray background denotes an entry and driver competing in the Citation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196634-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Championship, Teams championships\nPoints were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 except at the Spa 24 Hours, where half points were also granted for the leaders after 6 and 12 hours. Both cars scored points towards the championship regardless of finishing position. The G2 class did not have a championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196634-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Championship, Drivers championships\nPoints were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 except at the Spa 24 Hours. Drivers who did not drive the car for a minimum of 35 minutes did not score points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196634-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Championship, Drivers championships, Citation Cup standings\nThe Citation Cup, which was limited to non-professional drivers competing in GT1 cars, did not include the Spa 24 Hours (Round 6) and the San Luis 2 Hours (Round 10).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196635-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours\nThe 2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours was the second round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy, on May 18, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196635-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours\nThe #61 Prospeed Competition Porsche was initially disqualified after winning the GT2 class due to a refueling infraction. The team however appealed and their victory was reinstated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196635-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196636-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours\nThe 2008 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours was the eighth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Circuit Paul Armagnac, France, on 5 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196636-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196636-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours, Race results\n\u2020 \u2013 #51 AF Corse was given a 30-second time penalty after the race, the equivalent of a drive-through penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196637-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours\nThe 2008 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours was the fourth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany, on June 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196637-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196638-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT San Luis 2 Hours\nThe 2008 FIA GT San Luis 2 Hours was the tenth and final round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the new Potrero de los Funes Circuit in Argentina on 23 November 2008. It is the first time in FIA GT Championship history that an event has been held in South America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196638-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT San Luis 2 Hours, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196639-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Tourist Trophy\nThe 2008 FIA GT Tourist Trophy was the opening round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain, on 20 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196639-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Tourist Trophy, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196639-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Tourist Trophy, Race results\n\u2020 \u2013 #61 Prospeed Competition was disqualified after the race for failing technical inspection. The car was found to be below the minimum ride height.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196640-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours\nThe 2008 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours was the ninth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Circuit Zolder, Belgium, on 19 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196640-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil\nThe 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil was the opening round of the 2008 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil. It took place on 2 March at the Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba in Pinhais, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil\nBoth races were won by SEAT Sport with Yvan Muller winning race one and Gabriele Tarquini winning race two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Background\nHaving run their diesel engine in three of their cars towards the end of 2007, SEAT Sport entered five cars powered by their TDI engine for 2008 as they looked to challenge BMW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Testing and free practice\nAugusto Farfus was quickest in the Friday test session, Sergio Hern\u00e1ndez in 14th was the best placed independent driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Testing and free practice\nFellow BMW driver J\u00f6rg M\u00fcller topped the first free practice session on Saturday morning which took place on a drying track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Testing and free practice\nSUNRED Engineering's Tom Coronel was quickest in the second practice session, just 0.002 seconds quicker than the BMW of Farfus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Qualifying\nYvan Muller led a SEAT front row with Rickard Rydell second. Farfus was third for BMW having had two of his fast laps interrupted, the first when the red flags came out for Chevrolet's Alain Menu who crashed at the final corner and the second time when he had to avoid a spinning J\u00f6rg M\u00fcller. Tarquini had the engine in his car changed prior to qualifying and ended the session fourth fastest while Nicola Larini was the best of the Chevrolets in fifth. His teammate Robert Huff was caught out by the red flag and started eighth for race one. Jordi Gen\u00e9 was ninth having suffered brake problems and Coronel behind him was the best\u2013placed petrol\u2013powered SEAT. Exagon Engineering's Pierre-Yves Corthals was the independents' pole sitter in 15th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Qualifying\nMenu escaped without injury from accident but was transferred to hospital shortly after for precautionary scans. He was later cleared to race having qualified 11th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Warm-Up\nFarfus led a BMW 1\u20132\u20133 in the Sunday morning warm\u2013up session, pole sitter Yvan Muller was ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Race One\nYvan Muller held first place at the start ahead of Rydell, Tarquini ran first in the early stages of the race before being passed by Farfus. Farfus was closing in second\u2013placed Rydell but was unable to make a move having had to defend from teammate J\u00f6rg M\u00fcller on the last lap. Andy Priaulx had started 12th and climbed up the order to finish 5th, passing Tarquini and Gen\u00e9 in the final laps. Yvan Muller and Rydell successfully converted their front row starts into a SEAT 1\u20132, Coronel finished eighth to take pole position for race two. Corthals was the victor in the independents' trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Race One\nGen\u00e9 and Corthals were both later given 30\u2013second penalties after the race for driving infringements, Corthals' penalty handed victory in the independents' trophy to Olivier Tielemans. It was also discovered that the BMW of Farfus did not comply with the technical regulations and he was excluded from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196641-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Race Two\nCoronel started on pole position, a bad start saw him drop well down the order. Porteiro assumed the lead which was then taken by Tarquini further around the first lap. On lap nine a charging Priaulx passed F\u00e9lix Porteiro to take second place on lap nine and by the end of the race was on the tail of Tarquini. Tarquini finished first to take the second win of the weekend for SEAT, Priaulx was second and Porteiro third. J\u00f6rg M\u00fcller ended up fourth ahead of Yvan Muller after an intense battle between the pair. Coronel ended up outside the points in ninth. Tielemans was the independents' victor again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196642-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIA WTCC Race of France\nThe 2008 FIA WTCC Race of France was the fourth round of the 2008 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of France. It was held on 1 June 2008 at the temporary Circuit de Pau street circuit in Pau, France. It was the headline event of the 2008 Pau Grand Prix. The first race was won by Augusto Farfus, whilst the second race was won by Andy Priaulx.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196643-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup\nThe 2008 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (23rd edition), was an international basketball tournament  held in Sousse and Hammam, Tunisia, from December 12 to 21, 2008. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa, and hosted by \u00c9toile Sportive du Sahel, was contested by 12 teams split into 2 groups of 6, the first four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage, quarter, semifinals and final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196643-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup\nThe tournament was won by Primeiro de Agosto from Angola, thus successfully retaining its title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196643-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw\nAl Shabab BACK BC Onatra Primeiro de Agosto Stade Nabeulien Union Bank", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 42], "content_span": [43, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196643-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Final standings\nPrimeiro de Agosto rosterMayzer Alexandre, Armando Costa, Adilson Baza, Ol\u00edmpio Cipriano, Joaquim Gomes, Felizardo Ambr\u00f3sio, Vladimir Ricardino, Francisco Jord\u00e3o, Sim\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o, Carlos Almeida, Miguel Lutonda, Rodrigo Mascarenhas Coach: Lu\u00eds Magalh\u00e3es", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196644-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup squads\nThis article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2006 FIBA Africa Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196645-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship\nThe 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 16th edition, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and the African zone thereof. The tournament was held from October 17\u201326 in Alexandria, Egypt and won by Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196645-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship\nThe tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2009 Under-19 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196645-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, Final standings\nEgypt rosterAdham Elsayed, Aly Mohamed, Amr Abdelkader, Amr Gendy, Hady Elbeltagy, Moamen Mobarak, Mohamed Desouky, Motaz Okasha, Moustafa Hany, Omar Oraby, Ramy Hosny, Zyad Mohamed Coach:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196646-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women\nThe 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 10th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and the African zone thereof and qualified for the 2009 World Cup. The tournament was held from October 3\u201312 in Rades and Ezzahra, Tunisia and won by Mali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196646-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women\nThe tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2009 Under-19 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196646-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women, Final standings\nMali rosterAdama Sissoko, Aissata Djibo, Aissata Traor\u00e9, Aminata Mariko, Astan Dabo, Djenebou Sacko, Fatoumata Traor\u00e9, Kankou Coulibaly, Laoudy Maiga, Nassira Traore, Ouleymatou Coulibaly, Sega Bah Coach:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196647-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women squads\nThis article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196648-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads\nThis article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196649-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup\nThe 2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup (14th edition), was an international basketball tournament held in Nairobi, Kenya, from November 20 to 29, 2008. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Kenya Ports Authority, was contested by 12 clubs split into 2 groups of 6, the first four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196649-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup\nThe tournament was won by Desportivo de Maputo from Mozambique.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196649-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw\nAbidjan Basket Club Djoliba Eagle Wings First Bank Primeiro de Agosto Radi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196649-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw\nAPR Club Sportif d'Abidjan Desportivo de Maputo KCCA Leopards Kenya Ports Authority Vita Club", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196650-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup squads\nThis article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2008 FIBA Africa Club Championship for Women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196651-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Asia Champions Cup\nThe FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008 was the 19th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between May 8, 2008 and May 19. The tournament was scheduled to end on May 16 but the schedule changed due to the death of the former Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. The committee decided to call off the play-off matches to decide the 5\u201310 positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196652-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Asia Stankovi\u0107 Cup\nThe FIBA Asia Stankovi\u0107 Cup 2008 served as the qualifying tournament for the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship. This competition is distinct from the Stankovi\u0107 Cup intercontinental tournament attended by teams outside the FIBA Asia zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196652-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Asia Stankovi\u0107 Cup, Qualification\nAccording to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had one place, and the hosts (Kuwait) and Asian champion (Iran) were automatically qualified. The other three places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196653-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship\nThe FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2008 is the 2008 edition of the FIBA Asia's youth championship for basketball. The games are held at Tehran, Iran", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196653-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship\nThe top 3 teams qualified for the FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196653-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship, Qualification\nAccording to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Iran) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2006 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196653-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship, Draw\n* Uzbekistan withdrew from the tournament; their replacements, Kyrgyzstan, withdrew too after the plane carrying their team crashed, killing half of their team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 42], "content_span": [43, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196654-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women\nFIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women 2008 is FIBA Asia's basketball championship for females under 18 years old. The games were held at Medan, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196654-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women\nThe championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The top three teams of Level I at the end of the tournament qualifies for the World U-19 Championship for Women. The two lowest finishers of Level I meets the top two finishers to determine which teams qualify for Level for 2010's championship. The losers are relegated to Level II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196654-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women, Qualifying round\nWinners are promoted to Level I for the 2010 championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196655-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Diamond Ball\nThe 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball was an official basketball tournament held in Nanjing, China, from July 29 until August 1, 2008. The FIBA Diamond Ball was an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA, held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. It was the 3rd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Angola, Argentina, Australia, host China, Iran and Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196656-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women\nThe 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball was a basketball tournament held in Nanjing, China, from August 2 until August 5, 2008. The FIBA Diamond Ball was an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA, held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. It was the 2nd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Australia, host China, Latvia, Mali, Russia and United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196657-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship\nThe 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 22nd edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Chieti, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Lithuania won the trophy for the first time. Hungary and Georgia were relegated to Division B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196658-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B\nThe 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B was an international basketball competition held in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196659-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division C\nThe 2008 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C was held in Gibraltar, from 26 June to 1 July 2008. Eight teams participated in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196660-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division C\nThe 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division C was the fifth edition of the Division C of the FIBA U16 Women's European Championship, the third tier of the European women's under-16 basketball championship. It was played in Monaco from 14 to 19 July 2008. Iceland women's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196661-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship\nThe 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball  competition held in Greece from July 25, 2008 until August 3. The hosts, Greeks, emerged as the champions after beating the Lithuanians in the final, 57\u201350 to clinch their first European Under-18 championship. The tournament served as the European Qualifiers for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196661-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, Squads\nAt the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries will have 12 players on their roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196661-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, Preliminary round\nTeams are divided equally in 4 groups of four teams each and they will play in a single round-robin format. The top three teams in each group qualified for the second round while the last teams in each group were eliminated. All times are local, UTC+3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196661-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, Final standings\nThe top 5 teams qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196662-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B\nIn 2008, Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship basketball tournament was played in Hungary. The Slovenian team finished top of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196662-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B, Squads\nAt the start of tournament, all 20 participating countries will have 12 players on their roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196663-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship\nThe 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eleventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their second title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196663-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Preliminary round\nThe sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196663-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Qualifying round\nThe twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams from the same group in the Preliminary Round were taken into account for the ranking in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196663-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Final standings\nMladen Jeremi\u0107, Stefan Sinovec, Petar Despotovi\u0107, Nikola Koprivica, Marko Ke\u0161elj, Du\u0161an Katni\u0107, Stefan Stoja\u010di\u0107, Bojan Radeti\u0107, Boban Marjanovi\u0107, Miroslav Raduljica, Marko \u010cakarevi\u0107, and Milan Ma\u010dvan. Head Coach: Slobodan Klipa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196664-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B\nThe 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the fourth edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219, in Romania, hosted the tournament. Germany won their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196664-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Preliminary round\nThe nineteen teams were allocated in four groups (three groups of five teams and one groups of four). The two top teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The third and fourth of each group to the Classification round. The last three teams in the five-team groups advanced to another group to determine the positions 17th to 19th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196664-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Qualifying round\nThe eight top teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but \"carried\" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 67], "content_span": [68, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196664-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Classification round\nThe third and fourth team of each of the preliminary round groups were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but \"carried\" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 71], "content_span": [72, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196664-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Classification round for 17th to 19th place\nThe last three teams of the five-team groups of the preliminary round were allocated in one group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196665-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women\nThe 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women was the seventh edition of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Chieti, Sulmona and Pescara, Italy, from 11 to 20 July 2008. Russia women's national under-20 basketball team won the tournament and became the European champions for the fourth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196665-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, First round\nIn the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. The first three teams from each group advance to the quarterfinal round, the last teams will play in the classification round for 13th\u201316th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 61], "content_span": [62, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196665-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, Quarterfinal round\nIn this round, the teams play in two groups of six. The first two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, the third and fourth teams advance to the 5th\u20138th place playoffs, the other teams will play in the 9th\u201312th place playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196666-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B\nThe 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B was the fourth edition of the Division B of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Pozna\u0144, Poland, from 11 to 20 July 2008. Sweden women's national under-20 basketball team won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196666-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B, First round\nIn the first round, the teams were drawn into two groups of five. The first four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, the last teams will play for the 9th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196667-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA Stankovi\u0107 Continental Champions' Cup\nThe 2008 FIBA Stankovi\u0107 Continental Champions' Cup, or 2008 FIBA Mini World Cup, was the fourth edition of the FIBA Stankovi\u0107 Continental Champions' Cup tournament. It was held in Hangzhou, from July 17 to July 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196668-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men\nThe FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008 was the final qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic men's basketball tournament. Organized by FIBA, it took place from 14 to 20 July 2008 at the OAKA Indoor Sports Arena, in Athens, Greece. The draw for the tournament was held on 31 January 2008 at the  in Athens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196668-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men\nThrough this tournament, the final three qualifying berths for the 2008 Olympics men's basketball competition were determined. A total of 12 teams competed in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament from the five FIBA regions, and those 12 teams were based on finishes in each of FIBA's five zone qualifying tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196668-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men\nThe FIBA Africa Zone placed two teams (runner-up and third place), the FIBA Americas Zone placed three teams (third place, fourth place and fifth place), the FIBA Asia Zone placed two teams (runner-up and third place), the FIBA Europe Zone placed four teams (fourth place, fifth place, sixth place and seventh place), and FIBA Oceania Zone placed one team (runner-up).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196668-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men\nThe 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams each and played a single round robin. The two best placed teams from each group qualified for the quarterfinals, semifinals, finals and consolation games which determined the first three places and thus the teams that qualified for the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196668-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men\nThe twelve participating teams were: Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Korea, Lebanon, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and Slovenia. The three teams that qualified through this tournament\u2014Croatia, Germany and Greece\u2014joined Angola, Argentina, Australia, China, Iran, Lithuania, Russia, Spain and the US in the Beijing Olympics, and had roughly a month to practice and prepare as the Olympic basketball tournament took place on August 9\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196668-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, Participating nations\nThe teams were divided into three pots, corresponding to their continental zones:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 158]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00196669-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women\nThe FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 for women took place from June 9 to June 15, 2008. On December 9, 2007, FIBA announced that Spain would host the wildcard tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196669-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women\nThrough this tournament, the final five qualifying berths for the 2008 Olympics women's basketball competition were captured by Spain, Belarus, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Brazil. The 12 teams that competed in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament were based on the finishes in each of FIBA\u2019s five zone qualifying tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196669-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, Participating nations\nThe draw was made on January 14, 2008 in Institute of Training and Studies of the Central Government of Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 78], "content_span": [79, 190]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00196669-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, Format\nThe 12 participating teams were divided into four groups (A, B, C and D) of three teams each. Each team played all the other teams in its own group. The teams placed 1st and 2nd in each group played in the Quarter-Finals, with the four winners of the Quarter-Finals qualifying for the Olympic Games. The four losers played in the Semi-Finals and Finals for one remaining qualifying place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 63], "content_span": [64, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196670-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women squads\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by MonFrontieres (talk | contribs) at 20:56, 3 December 2019 (\u2192\u200eArgentina). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 254]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00196671-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup\nThe 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 14th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995\u20132004 but was not governed by FIFA. It took place in Marseille, France, in the Plages du Prado from 17 to 27 July 2008. It was the first tournament to take place outside Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196671-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup\nThe winners of the tournament were Brazil, who won their third consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their twelfth title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196671-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Africa\nThe qualifiers to determine the two African nations who would play in the World Cup took place in Durban, South Africa for the third year running between March 25 and March 30. Eight nations took part in the competition, all of whom participated in the 2007 Championship, which eventually saw Senegal claim their first title, qualifying for the second successive World Cup and which saw Cameroon finish in second place, also qualifying for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196671-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Asia\nThe Asian qualifiers took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the third time, between May 6 and May 10. The hosts, the United Arab Emirates qualified for the second time after beating Japan in the final of the championship, 4-3, for the second consecutive year. Iran beat China in the third place play off to claim the third berth at the World Cup for the third year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196671-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Europe\nFor the first time since the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers began in 2006, due to the large interest of European nations in beach soccer, UEFA held a tournament dedicated to World Cup qualification in Benidorm, Spain, between, May 11 and May 18, instead of allowing European nations to qualify to the World Cup through the Euro Beach Soccer League. Hosts Spain won the championship, with neighbours Portugal finishing second. Russia beat Italy in the third place play off, but regardless of the result, both teams qualified to the World Cup, along with the finalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196671-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, North, Central American and Caribbean Zone\nThe North, Central America and the Caribbean Zone qualifiers took place between April 17 and April 19 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Mexico and El Salvador were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup; Mexico for the second time and El Salvador for the first. Mexico defeated El Salvador in the final to win their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196671-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, South America\nThe South American qualifiers took place between April 23 and April 27, in the Argentinean capital, Buenos Aires. Brazil and hosts Argentina were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Brazil defeated Argentina in the final to win the title. Uruguay and Venezuela were knocked out in the semi finals and played each other in the third place play off. Uruguay beat Venezuela to claim the third berth at the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196671-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Oceania\nFor the first and to date only time, no Oceanian qualifiers were held. The Oceania Football Confederation nominated the Solomon Islands as their representative in the World Cup, based on their results over the past two years, which showed that they were by far the strongest team in the confederation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196671-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Teams\nThese are the teams that qualified to the World Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196671-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Venue\nA stadium on the Plage du Prado in southern Marseille was used known as the Stade du Prado or the Stadium of the Beach in English. The stadium hosted all 32 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196671-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage\nThe 16 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196672-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final\nThe 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final took place between Italy and Brazil on 27 July 2008 at the Plage du Prado. Brazil were the winners, winning by five goals to three. Brazil have beaten fifteen other teams to be crowned FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2008 Winners. It was Brazil's third title in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 346]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00196672-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Italy\nAs Italy were the runners-up of group B, they met the winners of group A, France in the quarter-finals. As France were the hosts they were the favorites to reach the semi-finals. Surprisingly, Italy went up 5-0. France did all they could to get back into the game but Italy held out. With the final score at 5-2 they moved into the semi-finals against Spain. The semi-final was a different battle. Italy were 1-0 down after just 2 minutes. However 2 goals in 2 minutes meant Italy went ahead for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196672-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Italy\nAgain Spain looked threatening bringing it back to 2-2 and 10 minutes later, 3-2. The scoreline continued to change and by the end of normal time the score was 4-4. Extra time was uneventful which meant penalties. Amarelle stepped up and hit the post which meant it was all down to Massimiliano Esposito to finish the job. His first attempt was saved but it had to be re-taken. Esposito hit the ball down the center and sent Italy into the final to face Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196672-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Brazil\nBrazil started their world cup campaign as defending champions, in group D, coming from behind to win by 3 goals to 2 against Spain. Brazil continued to perform with an 8-1 win against Japan and finished the group on top with 9 points after beating Mexico comfortably 7-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196672-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Brazil\nIn the quarter-finals, Brazil played the runners-up of group C, Russia. They went down 3 times to Russia but with a helpful hat-trick from Daniel, Brazil came back to win 6-4. In the semi-finals Brazil met Portugal, who had the 2 top scorers on their side. It was an epic semi-final, although Brazil were always finding themselves having to come from behind. In the 34th minute, Bruno hit a long range shot finding the back of the net sending Brazil into the final. Portugal failed to come back in the final 2 minutes leaving Brazil to win 5-4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196673-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)\nThe 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (UEFA) was the first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for Europe, held in May 2008, in Benidorm, Spain. Hosts Spain won the championship, with Portugal finishing second and Russia winning the third place play of to finish third, beating Italy who finished fourth. The four nations moved on to play in the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille, France from July 17 - July 27. France qualified as the fifth European nation, being the hosts of the world cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196673-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Group stage\nThe 24 teams were drawn into 6 groups of 4 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196674-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup\nThe 2008 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The tournament was held in Japan from 11 to 21 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196674-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup\nMilan were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196674-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup\nManchester United defeated LDU Quito 1\u20130 in the final at the International Stadium in Yokohama on 21 December, to become the first British team to win the competition. It was United's second world title, following the 1999 Intercontinental Cup, which was also held in Japan and as well as being the only Intercontinental Cup to be won by a British club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196674-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup\nThe fifth-place match, dropped for the 2007 tournament, was reintroduced for 2008, with the total prize money being increased by US$500,000 to US$16.5\u00a0million. The winners took away US$5\u00a0million, the losing finalists US$4\u00a0million, the third-placed team US$2.5\u00a0million, the fourth-placed team US$2\u00a0million, the fifth-placed team US$1.5\u00a0million, the sixth-placed team US$1\u00a0million and the seventh-placed team US$500,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196674-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup, Qualified teams\n* \u2013 As Gamba Osaka won the AFC Champions League, the host's spot was taken by Adelaide United as the highest-placed non-Japanese team in the AFC CL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196674-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup, Venues\nTokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196675-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final\nThe 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, an association football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The match took place at the International Stadium Yokohama, Japan, on 21 December 2008, and pitted LDU Quito of Ecuador, the CONMEBOL club champions, and Manchester United of England, the UEFA club champions. Despite going down to ten men early in the second half, Manchester United won the match 1\u20130 thanks to a 73rd-minute goal from Wayne Rooney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196675-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Road to final\nBoth Manchester United and LDU Quito qualified for the competition at the semi-final stage, after winning their respective continental competition, the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League and the 2008 Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196675-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Road to final\nLDU Quito's opening game was against Mexican side Pachuca, who had defeated Egyptian club Al Ahly 4\u20132 in the quarter-finals after extra time. Their semi-final match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17 December 2008. LDU Quito scored two goals in the first 26\u00a0minutes, through Claudio Bieler and Luis Bola\u00f1os, securing a place in the Club World Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196675-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Road to final\nManchester United's semi-final opponents were Gamba Osaka, who had previously defeated Australian A-League premiers and Asian Champions League runners-up Adelaide United (1\u20130) to move into the second semi-final on 18 December. Nemanja Vidi\u0107 and Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the first half, putting Manchester United ahead by two goals at half time. Masato Yamazaki was the next to score, in the 74th minute, to bring Gamba back into the competition, but Wayne Rooney scored twice and Darren Fletcher once within the next five minutes to extend United's lead. Yasuhito End\u014d converted an 85th-minute penalty kick and Hideo Hashimoto got a third for Gamba just minutes before the final whistle. The result was 5\u20133, taking Manchester United to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196675-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bahadyr Kochkorov (Kyrgyzstan)Fourth official: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196676-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads\nThe 2008 FIFA Club World Cup was played in Japan from 11 December to 21 December 2008. Each team involved in the competition had to submit a provisional squad of 30 players by 5 November 2008, with the list to be narrowed down to a final squad of 23 players by 27 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196676-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Adelaide United\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196676-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Al Ahly\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196676-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Gamba Osaka\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196676-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, LDU Quito\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196676-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Manchester United\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196676-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Pachuca\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196676-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Waitakere United\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196677-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup\nThe 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was the first tournament to use the term \"World Cup\". It was held between 30 September and 19 October 2008 in Brazil. It was the only Futsal World Cup to feature 20 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196677-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup\nBrazil won the tournament for the fourth time. It was their first title since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196677-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Squads\nEach nation submitted a squad of 14 players, including two goalkeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196677-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, First round, Draw\nThe 20 teams were divided in four groups, each group with five teams. The draw was held on 10 July 2008 in Bras\u00edlia, Brazil", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196677-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, First round, Tie break rule\nIn case two or more teams are equal on points, their ranking is determined by the results of matches between the tied teams only. If there is still a tie after this, the ranking is determined by goals difference in all group matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196677-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Top goalscorers\nThe top 10 scorers from the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196677-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Final tournament rankings\nPer statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196678-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, Africa (CAF)\nTook place in Tripoli, Libya from 21 March to 30 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196678-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, Europe (UEFA)\nTook place in many countries and cities from 23 February to 16 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196678-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, North America, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)\nTook place in Guatemala City, Guatemala from 2 June to 8 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196678-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, Oceania (OFC)\nTook place in Suva, Fiji from 8 June to 14 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196678-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, South America (CONMEBOL)\nTook place in Montevideo, Uruguay from 23 June to 28 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196678-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, South America (CONMEBOL)\n* Qualified to World Cup since Brazil qualified as the host of the championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196679-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA)\nListed below are the dates and results for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 38 teams took part, divided in 10 Groups - eight groups of 4 teams each and two groups of 3 teams each - competing for 6 places in the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196679-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA), Qualifying First Round, Group 3\nWas held in Pabell\u00f3n Multiusos Ciudad de C\u00e1ceres - C\u00e1ceres, Spain", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196679-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA), Qualifying First Round, Group 4\nWas held in Gy\u00f6ngy\u00f6si V\u00e1rosi Sport es Rendezv\u00e9ny Csarnok - Gy\u00f6ngy\u00f6s, Hungary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196679-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA), Qualifying First Round, Group 7\nWas held in Hibernians Pavillon - Corradino - Paola, Malta", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196679-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA), Qualifying First Round, Group 9\nWas held in Ugur Inan Spor Salonu - Aydin, Turkey", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196679-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA), Qualifying First Round, Group 10\nWas held in Palace of Culture and Sports - Varna, Bulgaria", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196680-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup team squads\nThis article lists the confirmed national futsal squads for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup tournament held in Brazil, between 30 September and 19 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196681-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup \u2013 Final Round\nThe 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup \u2013 Final Round took place from 16 October to 19 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196682-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup \u2013 First Round\nThe 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup\u2013First Round took place from 30 September to 9 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196683-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup \u2013 Second Round\nThe 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup \u2013 Second Round took place from 11 October to 14 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196684-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup\nThe 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is the first women's football U-17 World Cup in FIFA history. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. It is the officially recognized world championship for women's under-17 national football teams. This was the first women's world youth championship organized by FIFA with the age limit of 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196684-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, Host cities\nPool matches were spread evenly among these cities. The host nation, New Zealand, was based mostly in Auckland but played one pool match in Wellington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196684-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, Goalscorers\nDzsenifer Marozs\u00e1n of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 113 goals were scored by 69 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196685-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads\nThe following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. The tournament started on 28 October and the final took place in Auckland on 16 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196685-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads\nEach nation had to submit a squad of 21 players, three of which had to be goalkeepers, for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196686-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup\nThe 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 4th edition of the tournament. It was held in Chile between November 19 and December 7, 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196686-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Background\nOn September 15, 2006 FIFA officially announced Chile as the host country. It was the third time Chile organized a football world cup, after the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, but the first in the women's competition. The decision came as a surprise to Chile, as it had bid in August 2006 to host the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, which was finally granted to New Zealand (Ecuador was unsuccessful in both bids). Chile previously hosted the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship and the first edition for Under 17s in January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196686-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Venues\nFour different cities were selected as venues in an open bidding process. Changes to the stadiums to comply with FIFA standards were carried out between December 2007 and September 2008. The selected venues were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196686-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Qualified teams\nThe places were allocated as follows to confederations: AFC (3), CAF (2), CONCACAF (3), CONMEBOL (2), OFC (1), UEFA (4), plus the host country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196686-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Group stage\nThe opening phase of the tournament comprised four groups of four teams, with the top two sides in each section advancing to the quarter-finals. The final draw to determine the groups took place in Santiago, Chile on September 13, 2008 at 20:30 UTC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196686-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Awards, All star team\nPak Kuk-hui  Wendie Renard  Bianca Schmidt  Katharina Baunach  Ingrid Ryland", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196686-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Awards, All star team\nNatsuko Hara  Nicole Banecki  Ri Ye-gyong  Kim Kulig  Toni Duggan  Keelin Winters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196686-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Awards, All star team\n\u00c9rika  Marie-Laure Delie  Asano Nagasato  Sydney Leroux  Ra Un-sim  Eug\u00e9nie Le Sommer  Alex Morgan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 154]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00196688-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA World Player of the Year\nThe 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year awards took place on 560 January 2009 at the Zurich Opera House, Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland, with Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United and Portugal taking the men's award, and Marta of Ume\u00e5 IK (now of Los Angeles Sol) and Brazil taking the women's award for the third year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196688-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA World Player of the Year\nOther awards included the FIFA Development Award, which went to the Palestinian Football Federation for keeping its organisation and national team active; Federation President Jibril Al Rajoub, captain of the men's team Ahmad Kashkash, and women's team captain Honey Thaljiyeh were presented with the award. The Palestinian FA carried out a major refurbishment of the Al-Husseini Stadium, meaning that it met the standards to host an international match, becoming the first stadium in Palestinian territories to achieve this honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196688-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 FIFA World Player of the Year\nWomen's football received the FIFA Presidential Award, with the US team presented with the award (for their achievements), and player Heather O'Reilly collecting it. The FIFA Fair Play Award went to the representatives of the Turkish and Armenian national teams. Prior to a European World Cup qualifying match, the Presidents of the two FAs, Mahmut \u00d6zgener (Turkey) and Ruben Hayrapetyan (Armenia) shook hands, which was significant as the countries shared a long history of hostility towards each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196688-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIFA World Player of the Year\nShortlists of 23 men and 10 women were announced on 29 October 2008, before being reduced to five men and five women by 12 December 2008. The male nominees were Kak\u00e1, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Torres and Xavi, and the female nominees were Nadine Angerer, Cristiane, Marta, Birgit Prinz and Kelly Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196689-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final\nThe 2008 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final was held in Madrid, Spain in December 2008. This was the last Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in which a Final event was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196690-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Final\nThe 2008 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Final was the eighth edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Final, held from October 4 to October 6, 2008 in Benidorm, Spain. The competition was officially organized by the International Gymnastics Federation as the last stage of a series of competitions through the 2007\u20132008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196691-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIIC Intercrosse Men's World Championships\nThe 2008 FIIC Intercrosse Men's World Championships was the ninth Intercrosse World Championship. The championship was played in Switzerland from 15-20 July 2008. The Czech Republic defended their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196692-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIM Motocross World Championship\nThe 2008 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 52nd F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196693-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Diving World Cup\nThe 2008 FINA Diving World Cup was held in Beijing, China and was a test event for the new Beijing Aquatics Center (Water Cube), as well as a qualifying event for 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196694-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League\nThe 2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the seventh edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After five preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Genoa, Italy from June 16 to June 22, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196695-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Swimming World Cup\nThe FINA/ ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008 was held in October and November 2008. The meet scheduling matched that of the 2007 series, with all meets held short course metres (25\u00a0m) format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196695-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Swimming World Cup\nThe series winners were Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa and Marieke Guehrer of Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196695-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Swimming World Cup, Venues\nThe 2008 World Cup was staged at seven venues on five continents, with each meet following a heats and finals format for all events, with the exception of the 800\u00a0m and 1500\u00a0m freestyle and 400\u00a0m individual medley events which were heat-declared winners. The Brazil meet at Belo Horizonte was held as a three-day meet with evening heats and finals the following morning, with the remaining six meets being held over two days with morning heats and evening finals on each day. The order of events at each meet was the same.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196695-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Overall World Cup\nAt each meet of the World Cup circuit in 2008, the FINA Points Table was used to rank all swim performances at the meet. The top 10 men and top 10 women were then be awarded World Cup points. Bonus points were awarded for a world record broken (20 points) or equalled (10 points). The number of World Cup points awarded were doubled for the final meet of the World Cup in Berlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196695-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Overall World Cup\nThe final rankings are shown below. Bonus points were awarded to eight swimmers for each of the twelve new world record standards set during the meets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196695-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Event winners, 400\u00a0m individual medley\nLegend: WR \u2013 World record; (WR) \u2013 World record when swum (earning bonus World Cup points); WC \u2013 World Cup record; (WC) \u2013 World Cup record when swum", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196696-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy\nThe 3rd FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy was held December 5\u20137, 2008 in Madrid, Spain. It featured swimmers from 8 nations, swimming in four events: Duet Free, Duet Thematic, Team Free and Free Combination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196697-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Women's Water Polo World League\nThe 2008 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the fifth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After three preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Santa Cruz del Tenerife, Spain from June 10 to June 15, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196698-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships\nThe 11th FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships was held July 8\u201313, 2010 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The synchronised swimmers are aged between 15 and 18 years old, from 26 nations, swimming in four events: Solo, Duet, Team and Free combination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196698-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships, Participating nations\n26 nations swam at the 2008 World Junior Championships were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 81], "content_span": [82, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196699-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships\nThe 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships were held May 3\u20138, 2008 in Seville, Spain. The races were held on a 2.5-kilometer loop-course in the Guadalquivir river in the city center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196699-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships\nA total of 165 swimmers (81 females, 84 males) were entered into the 6 races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196699-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships\nThe 10K races served as the initial qualifier for the 10K race at the 2008 Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196699-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, Team standings\nThe Championship Trophy point standing for the 2008 Open Water Worlds is:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 65], "content_span": [66, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196699-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, Team standings\nThe following 17 countries are listed in a tie for 22nd, with zero (0) points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 65], "content_span": [66, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196700-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 10K\nThe Men's 10K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Sunday, May 4, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the second event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, following the Women's 10K the previous day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196700-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 10K\nThe race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 55 men swam the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196700-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 10K\nThe 10 kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 4 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196700-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 10K, 2008 Olympics qualifying\nThe Men's 10K was one of two races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds that served as a qualifier for the 2008 Olympics (the other qualifying race was the Women's 10K, the previous day).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 87], "content_span": [88, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196700-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 10K, 2008 Olympics qualifying\nThe top-10 finishers and the next top finisher from each Continent (5) qualified for the 2008 Olympics (this comprised 15 of the 25 spots for the event at the 2008 Olympics). However, the 5 continental qualifiers could not be from a country that had someone in the top-10 (i.e. the second qualifier from a country couldn't be a continental qualifier).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 87], "content_span": [88, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196701-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 25K\nThe Men's 25K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the fifth of six events at the 2008 Open Water Worlds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196701-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 25K\nThe 5-6 hour race began at 9:00 a.m., 15 minutes before the start of the Women's 25K race. The race was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 23 men swam the event, 18 f which finished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196701-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 25K\nThe race was held on a 5-kilometer course, which the swimmers looped through five times to reach the 25-kilometer distance of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196702-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 5K\nThe Men's 5K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the fourth event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and second of two events on May 6 (the other being the Women's 5K race).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196702-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 5K\nThe race began at 12:30 p.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 38 males were entered in the event, of which 33 swam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196702-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 5K\nThe 5-kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 2 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196703-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 10K\nThe Women's 10K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Saturday, May 3, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the first event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196703-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 10K\nThe race began at 10:00\u00a0a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 51 women swam the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196703-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 10K\nThe 10 kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 4 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196703-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 10K, 2008 Olympics qualifying\nThe Women's 10K was one of two races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds that served as a qualifier for the 2008 Olympics (the other qualifying race was the men's 10K, the next day).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 89], "content_span": [90, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196703-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 10K, 2008 Olympics qualifying\nThe top-10 finishers and the next top finisher from each Continent (5) qualified for the 2008 Olympics (this comprised 15 of the 25 spots for the event at the 2008 Olympics). However, the 5 continental qualifiers could not be from a country that had someone in the top-10 (i.e. the second qualifier from a country couldn't be a continental qualifier). As Africa only had entrants from South Africa, and Natalie du Toit qualified via the top-10, the Africa Continental spot was re-allocated to the second qualify event later in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 89], "content_span": [90, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196703-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 10K, 2008 Olympics qualifying\nAlso of note on du Toit: she became the first Paralympic athlete to qualify for an Olympics with her fourth-place finish in the race. She would go on to swim at both the 2008 Olympics and 2008 Paralympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 89], "content_span": [90, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196704-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 25K\nThe Women's 25K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the sixth and final of the 2008 Open Water Worlds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196704-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 25K\nThe 5-6 hour race began at 9:15 a.m., 15 minutes after the start of the Men's 25K race. The race was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 17 women swam the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196704-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 25K\nThe race was held on a 5 kilometer course, which the swimmers looped through five times to reach the 25 kilometer distance of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196705-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 5K\nThe Women's 5K swimming race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the third event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on May 6 (the other being the men's 5K race).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196705-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 5K\nThe race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 39 women swam the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196705-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 5K\nThe 5-kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 2 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196705-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 5K, Results\nNote: Ninth and tenth place finishers, France's Cathy Dietrich and Spain's Xenia Lopez, are both listed with the same time (1:00:20.6); however, they are not listed as tied in the results. Dietrich is listed as 9th, Lopez as 10th. Likewise, the 28th and 29th place finishers, Venezuela's Yanel Pinto and Portugal's Daniela Inacio, are similarly both listed at 1:01:41.3, but not tied. This is different from the two 4th place finishers, who are both listed as fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196706-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)\nThe 9th FINA Swimming World Championships (25 m) were held at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, United Kingdom 9\u201313 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196706-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)\nThe United States topped the medal table with 10 gold medals, though host team Great Britain took home the most medals (24).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196707-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) \u2013 Men's 50 metre freestyle\nThe men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 April 2008 at the Manchester Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196707-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) \u2013 Men's 50 metre freestyle\nThe event was won by the defending champion Croatian Duje Draganja in a new world record time of 20.81 seconds, breaking the previous mark set by Sweden's Stefan Nystrand six months earlier by 0.12 seconds. Swimming in lane 1 in the final, Draganja also broke the championship record of 21.31 set by Cullen Jones of the United States in Shanghai in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196707-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) \u2013 Men's 50 metre freestyle\nGreat Britain's Mark Foster won the silver medal, finishing a half a second behind Draganja while Gerhard Zandberg of South Africa finished third in 21.33.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196707-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) \u2013 Men's 50 metre freestyle, Records\nPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 81], "content_span": [82, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196708-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships\nThe 2nd FINA World Youth Swimming Championships, or 2008 Youth Worlds, were held on July 8\u201313, 2008, in Monterrey, Nuevo Le\u00f3n, Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196708-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships\nThe Championships were held at the Aquatics Center of the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Nuevo Le\u00f3n (Centro Acu\u00e1tico Ol\u00edmpico Universitario). In May 2008, this same pool hosted the swimming portion of the 2008 Mexican National Olympiad, which served as the country's selection meet for Mexico's teams to the 2008 Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196708-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships\nThe male participants had to be 18 years or younger on the 31 December 2008 (i.e. born 1990 or later). The female participants had to be 17 years or younger on the 31 December 2008 (i.e. born 1991 or later).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196709-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRA Women's European Championship\nThe 2008 FIRA Women's European Championship was the 11th rugby union women's European championship organised by FIRA - AER.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196709-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRA Women's European Championship\nIt took place in the Netherlands from 17 to 24 May 2008; for the first time since 2004 both the A and B championships were held simultaneously in the same host country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196709-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRA Women's European Championship\nEight national teams took part to the Pool A: the four Home Nations plus France, Spain and the Netherlands; as for Italy they withdrew and were replaced by Sweden. Amongst the contestants in the Pool B were also the \"France D\u00e9fense XV\", the French Army women's rugby union squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196709-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRA Women's European Championship\nEngland won the Pool A title against Wales in the final. There were no tries in the match, which effectively amounted to a kicking duel, with each team dominating one half. Non Evans scored two penalties for the Welsh in the first half and Katy McLean scored four for England in the second half. The English took the title with a final score of 12 to 6. Both teams produced good play during the tournament; however, in this particular match the defence stole the lead over the attack and the precision and discipline of the English won the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196709-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 FIRA Women's European Championship\nThe new Champions of Europe succeeded France, who only managed to attain fourth place - despite the final score, 22-22, in the play-off against Ireland the last place on the podium went to their opponents as they scored more tries. A surprise placing for the Scottish who came in fifth, winning 27 -25 against Spain in an incredible match (8 tries), probably one of the best of the Championship with Spain just losing out in injury time. In the match for seventh place, the Netherlands beat Sweden 7 to 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196709-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRA Women's European Championship\nIt was an easy win for Russia in the Group B final against the French Military team. Faster and more organized, the Russian players took control of the match very early on when their full-back and team captain, Anastasiya Mukharyamova launched a counterattack from the 22 metre line and a few passes later, Anna Gottseva finished between the posts. Throughout the tournament Russia produced some splendid clean, creative and collective play. The speed and agility of their backs meant that they emerged as the team with the best attacking play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196709-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 FIRA Women's European Championship\nTheir players took major risks and didn\u2019t hesitate in launching counterattacks from anywhere on the pitch. It was no surprise when they won this afternoon in Amsterdam. Congratulations also to the Russian full-back Natalia Selyvtina, a very impressive \u201csidestepper\u201d, who succeeded in scoring eleven tries during her team's five games. An incredible turnabout took place in the match for third place. Ten minutes from the end of the match, the Belgians were leading 15 to 7 and were expecting victory. However, they hadn\u2019t counted on the courage of the Germans who scored two late tries, taking the lead in the last minute and eventually winning the match 19 to 15. In the match for fifth place, Romanian won 12 \u2013 5 against Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196709-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRA Women's European Championship\nFIRA-AER officials also selected the best players of the Championship. The jury, made up of Technical Directors and Match Commissioners selected:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196710-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRS Intercontinental Cup\nThe 2008 FIRS Intercontinental Cup was the eleventh edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Intercontinental Cup, played on September 29, 2008 at Molins de Rei, Spain. FC Barcelona won the cup, defeating Concepci\u00f3n PC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196711-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships\nThe FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships XIV is held in Germany between July 6 and July 12, 2008. It is the 14th such event hosted by the International Roller Sports Federation. Teams representing 17 countries will participate in four pools. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition as well as selection of the five top placing teams for the 2009 World Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196711-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Rules\nIf teams are tied in a standing based on points, the following tie-breakers are applied:1) The most points earned in direct games involving tied teams. 2) The best goal differential in direct games involving tied teams. 3) The most goal scored in direct games involving tied teams. 4) Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 with games involving the highest non-tied team in the same group. 5) Repeat step 4 with games involving the second highest non-tied team in the same group. 6) Continue this process with all non-tied team games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196711-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Group 1\nThe top eight inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top three teams in each pool advance to the World Championship while the last team in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196711-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Group 2\nThe remaining inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top team in each pool advance to the World Championship while the rest of the teams in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196711-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders\nList shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 90], "content_span": [91, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196711-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 90], "content_span": [91, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196711-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top 5 goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played over 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196711-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196712-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix\nThe 2008 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix was the 15th Summer Grand Prix season in ski jumping on plastic. Season began on 26 July 2008 in Hinterzarten, Germany and ended on 4 October 2008 in Liberec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196712-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix\nOther competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Continental Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196713-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIU Golden Panthers football team\nThe 2008 FIU Golden Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mario Cristobal and played their homes games at the on-campus FIU Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196713-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIU Golden Panthers football team, Regular season\nThe 2008 season started off with a loss at 13th-ranked Kansas, 40\u201310. Following that, Iowa routed FIU, 42\u20130. FIU then faced its highest-ranked opponent in school history, 12th-ranked South Florida, for the inaugural game of the new FIU Stadium. Trailing 17-0 with 2:30 left in the game FIU attained a safety, and subsequently scored a touchdown. FIU lost, 17\u20139, but played acted as a spoiler for South Florida, with the latter falling three spots in the rankings. The game against Toledo became their first-ever out-of-conference FBS win. Against, Toledo, FIU forced four turnovers and recorded its first road win since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196714-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix\nThe FIVB World Grand Prix 2008 was a women's volleyball tournament in which 12 countries competed from 20 June to 12 July 2008. The finals were held in Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan. Cuba, Brazil, Dominican Republic and the United States qualified for the tournament at the 2007 Women's Pan-American Cup in Colima, Mexico. Germany, Turkey, Italy, and Poland qualified through the European Qualifying Tournament in Ankara, Turkey. China, Japan, Thailand, and Kazakhstan qualified as the best four Asian teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196715-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League\nThe 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 19th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 13 June to 27 July 2008. The Final Round was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads\nThis article show all participating team squads at the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League, played by 16 countries from 13 June to 27 July 2008. The Final Round was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Brazil\nThe following is the Brazilian roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Bulgaria\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, China\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Cuba\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Egypt\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Finland\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, France\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Italy\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Japan\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, South Korea\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Poland\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Russia\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Serbia\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Spain\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, United States\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196716-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Venezuela\nThe following is the  roster in the 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196717-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament\nThe 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament is a qualification tournament to determine the final four spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournament, The round-robin tournament through May 17\u201325 doubles up as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and so the best three teams plus the best Asian team (even if any of the best three teams are Asian) will book their tickets to Beijing. Hosts Japan will be joined by Thailand, Korea, Kazakhstan (best-ranked teams at the Asian Continental Championship), Serbia, Poland (best world-ranked teams from CEV), Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (best world-ranked teams from NORCECA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196717-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament, Teams\n* The final place for tournament was to be decided by a Playoff between Peru and Kenya, the teams ranked second in the South American and African Qualifiers, but both teams dropped their applications. Uruguay (third in the World Rankings for South America) wasn\u2019t ready to apply, while Egypt (third in the World Rankings among African countries) has not played in any Continental Qualification Tournaments. In these circumstances, the FIVB has chosen Puerto Rico, the best Norceca team in the World Rankings after Dominican Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 63], "content_span": [64, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196718-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament, held from May 17 to May 25, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196719-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FIVB World Grand Prix squads\nThis article show all participating team squads at the 2008 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix, played by twelve countries with the final round held in Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196720-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FORU Oceania Cup\nThe 2008 FORU Oceania Cup was a rugby union competition for countries and territories in Oceania with national teams in the developmental band.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196720-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FORU Oceania Cup\nThe tournament was played as a straight knockout, which was won by Niue. The Band 1 teams from Oceania teams (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga) do not participate in the Oceania Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196721-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Falken Tasmania Challenge\nThe 2008 Falken Tasmania Challenge was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 21\u201323 November at the Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196722-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Family Circle Cup\nThe 2008 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis Tier I event on the 2008 WTA Tour, which took place from April 14 to April 20, 2008. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States and was the second event of the clay court season, played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,340,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196722-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Family Circle Cup\nDefending champion Jelena Jankovi\u0107 led the field as the number one seed. Maria Sharapova, Anna Chakvetadze, Elena Dementieva and eventual champion Serena Williams joined her as the other four of five top ten players in the field. Other notable names that participated were 2007 Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli and Charleston standout Patty Schnyder, a two-time runner-up at this event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196722-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Family Circle Cup, Finals, Doubles\nKatarina Srebotnik /  Ai Sugiyama defeated  Edina Gallovits /  Olga Govortsova, 6\u20132, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196723-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Family Circle Cup \u2013 Doubles\nYan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions, but none competed this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196723-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Family Circle Cup \u2013 Doubles\nKatarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama won the title by defeating Edina Gallovits and Olga Govortsova 6\u20132, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196723-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Family Circle Cup \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\nThe top 4 seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196724-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Family Circle Cup \u2013 Singles\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Vera Zvonareva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196724-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Family Circle Cup \u2013 Singles\nSerena Williams won the title, defeating Zvonareva in the final 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20133. This was Williams' third successive title in the 2008 season, and was the first time she had won a clay court tournament since the 2002 French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196724-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Family Circle Cup \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196725-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fareham Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Fareham Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196725-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fareham Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives held 22 seats compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats, with the Conservatives having run the council for the previous 9 years. Other candidates stood from the Labour Party, Green Party, United Kingdom Independence Party, British National Party and the English Democrats Party, but the election was seen as being mainly between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196725-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fareham Borough Council election, Campaign\nBoth the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats pledged to improve parking in Fareham, oppose a proposed gravel extraction site and build less new houses. The Conservatives defended their record in control of the council pointing to low council tax rates, extra hours of free bus travel for pensioners and recycling at 46% of waste. However the Liberal Democrats promised to revert to weekly rubbish collection instead of the fortnightly service that was introduced in 2005, improve street cleaning and scrap a fee for calling out pest controllers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196725-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fareham Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw no seats change hands with the Conservatives keeping control with a majority of 13. The Conservatives held 12 seats, many with increased majorities, the Liberal Democrats held 3, while Labour failed to win any seats and came last in many wards. The largest majority was in Sarisbury where the Conservatives won over 82% of the vote, while the closest results came in Stubbington and Fareham East, with the Liberal Democrats holding Fareham East by 80 votes after a recount. The only ward to see a new councillor was Titchfield where Conservative Tiffany Harper replaced Francis Devonshire, who stepped down at the election. Overall turnout in the election was 40.25%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196726-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Faroe Islands Cup\nThe Faroe Islands Cup 2008 was played between March 15 and June 14, 2008. It was won by EB/Streymur, who successively defended their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196726-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Faroe Islands Cup\nOnly the first teams of Faroese football clubs were allowed to participate. The First Round involved only teams from second and third deild. Teams from the highest two divisions entered the competition in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196727-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Faroe Islands Premier League\nThe 2008 season of the Faroe Islands Premier League was the 66th season of the Faroese top-tier football since its establishment. It started on 29 March 2008 with a match between B36 T\u00f3rshavn and \u00cdF Fuglafj\u00f8r\u00f0ur. The match was won by B36 with 4\u20130. The last games were played on 25 October 2008. NS\u00cd Runav\u00edk were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196727-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Faroe Islands Premier League, Team changes from the previous season\nAB Argir and VB V\u00e1gur were relegated to 1. deild after finishing 9th and 10th in the 2007 season. They were replaced by 1. deild champions B68 Toftir and runners-up \u00cdF Fuglafj\u00f8r\u00f0ur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196727-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Faroe Islands Premier League, Team changes from the previous season\nFurther, G\u00cd G\u00f8ta merged with 1. deild club Leirv\u00edk \u00cdF and therefore formed the club named V\u00edkingur G\u00f8ta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196727-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Faroe Islands Premier League, Results\nThe schedule consisted of a total of 27 games. Each team played three games against every opponent in no particular order. At least one of the games was at home and one was away. The additional home game for every match-up was randomly assigned prior to the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196728-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Faroese general election\nGeneral elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 19 January 2008, the latest possible date. The Self-Government Party and the Centre Party gained a seat each while  the Social Democratic Party lost a seat. The number of women went from three to seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196728-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Faroese general election\nIt had been considered to amend the election law to hold the election two weeks later to pass a number of important bills before the election, but in the end the negotiations on this failed and the election was called on 2007-12-07. Prior to this election, the electoral system was changed in 2007 from a system with seven multi-member constituencies, which had some elements of mixed member proportional voting, to a system with a single constituency for the whole country in order to reduce disproportionality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196728-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Faroese general election\nPrior to the election, the Social Democratic Party formed a centrist unionist government with the People's Party and the Union Party. After the elections, four days of negotiations saw a centre-left separatist government emerge; while the Social Democratic Party retained the PM's post, the strongly pro-independence Republic got the majority of ministerial posts  (including the newly created post of foreign minister). The Centre Party also participated in the new government. Among the coalition agreement points was a plan to draft a constitution for the Faroe Islands, which would be approved in a referendum to be held in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196728-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Faroese general election\nThe coalition broke up in mid-2008, however, and a government consisting of the parties governing before the 2008 election was sworn in on 26 September 2008, with Kaj Leo Johannesen as PM instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196729-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup\nThe 2008 Fed Cup was the 46th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196729-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup\nThe final took place at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, on 13\u201314 September. The home team, Spain, lost to the defending champion Russia, 0\u20134, giving Russia their fourth title in five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196729-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup, World Group Play-offs\nThe four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (France, Germany, Israel and Italy), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Argentina, Czech Republic, Japan and Ukraine) entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 35], "content_span": [36, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196729-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup, World Group II\nThe World Group II is the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2008. Winners advanced to the World Group Play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II Play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 28], "content_span": [29, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196729-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup, World Group II Play-offs\nThe four losing teams from World Group II (Croatia, Slovakia, Belgium and Austria) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Serbia and Switzerland), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Uzbekistan), and one team from the Americas Zone (Colombia).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 38], "content_span": [39, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196729-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup, Europe/Africa Zone, Group III\nVenue: Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia (outdoor clay)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 43], "content_span": [44, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196729-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup, Rankings\nThe rankings were measured after the three points during the year that play took place, and were collated by combining points earned from the previous four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 22], "content_span": [23, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196730-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone\nThe Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2008 Fed Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196730-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone, Group I\nThe seven teams were divided into two pools, one pool of four teams and one of three. The top team of each pool played against one other to decide which nation progresses to the World Group II Play-offs. The four nations coming third in each pool then played-off to determine which team would join the fourth-placed team from the four-team pool in being relegated down to Group II for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196730-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone, Group II\nThe thirteen teams were divided into three pools of three teams and one pool of four. The top teams of each pool played-off against one other to decide which two nations progress to the Group I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196731-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs\nThe Play-offs of the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I. The team that ended up placing first overall advanced to World Group II Play-offs, whilst those coming in sixth and seventh were relegated down to Group II for the next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196731-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs\nThe top team of each pool was placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the round advanced to World Group II for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196731-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Third to Fourth Play-off\nThe second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a ties. The winner of the tie was allocated third place in the Group while the loser was allocated fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 72], "content_span": [73, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196731-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Relegation Play-Offs\nBecause there was one extra player in Pool A, the last-placed team of that pool (\u00a0Uruguay) was automatically relegated down to Group II. The third-placed teams of each pool were then placed against each other in a tie, where the losing team would join the Uruguayans in relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196732-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom teams faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196733-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom teams faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196734-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs\nThe Play-offs of the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Using the positions determined in their pools, the thirteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196734-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs\nThe first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196734-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Fifth to Seventh Play-Offs\nThe second-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the fifth and seventh placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196734-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Ninth and Eleventh Play-Offs\nThe third-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the ninth and eleventh placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196734-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Thirteenth\nAs there was only three teams from Pools A, B and C as opposed to the four from Pool D, the last-placed team from Pool D (\u00a0Bermuda) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Bermudians were automatically allocated thirteenth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196735-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of four pools in the Americas Zone Group II of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with each team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to Group I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196736-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of four pools in the Americas Zone Group II of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with each team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to Group I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196737-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Pool C\nGroup C of the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of four pools in the Americas Zone Group II of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with each team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to Group I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196738-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Pool D\nGroup D of the 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Americas Zone Group II of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with each team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to Group I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196739-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone\nThe Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2008 Fed Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196739-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group I\nThe eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group II Play-offs. The two nations coming last in the pools also played-off to determine which would be relegated to Group II for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196739-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group II\nThe seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one pool of four. The top team of each pool played-off against each other to decide which nation progress to the Group I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196740-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs\nThe Play-offs of the 2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Using the positions determined in their pools, the eight teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. The top team advanced to the World Group II, and the bottom team was relegated down to the Group II for the next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196740-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs\nThe first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196740-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Fifth to Sixth Play-off\nThe third placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a ties. The winner of the tie was allocated fifth place in the Group while the loser was allocated sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196740-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Relegation Play-Offs\nThe last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The losing team was relegated to Group II for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196741-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom teams faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196742-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom teams faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196743-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs\nThe Play-offs of the 2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II were the final stage matches of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Using the positions determined in their pools, the nine teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II. The top team advanced to Group I for the next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196743-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs\nThe first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the round advanced to Group I for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196743-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Third to Fourth Play-Offs\nThe second-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the third and fourth placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196743-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Fifth to Sixth Play-Offs\nThe third-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the fifth and sixth placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 77], "content_span": [78, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196743-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Seventh\nAs there was only three teams from Pool A as opposed to the four from Pool B, the last-placed team from Pool B (\u00a0Sri Lanka) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Sri Lankans were automatically allocated seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196744-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II of the 2008 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the 2009 Group I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196745-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2008 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the 2009 Group I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196746-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone\nThe Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2008 Fed Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196746-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group I\nThe fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three. The four pool winners took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in play-offs, with the two losing nations relegated to Group II in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196746-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group II\nThe seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one of four teams. The winner of each pool played the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations would be promoted to Group I in 2009. The nations finishing third in their pools took part in play-offs with the losing nation relegated to Group II in 2009, along with the nation finishing fourth in the pool of four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196746-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group III\nThe eleven teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of six. The top team of each pool progressed to Group II for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196747-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs\nThe play-offs of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the sixteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196747-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Promotional play-offs\nThe first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196747-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Fifth to seventh play-off\nThe second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The winner of each tie was allocated fifth place in the Group while the losers were allocated seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196747-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Ninth\nDue to the fact that there were an odd number of teams in Pool D (three), as opposed to the four teams in the other pools, all the teams that placed third in the pools with four teams (\u00a0Luxembourg, \u00a0Denmark and \u00a0Slovenia) were allocated ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196747-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Relegation play-offs\nThe last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group II for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 73], "content_span": [74, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196748-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196749-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196750-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Pool C\nGroup C of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196751-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Pool D\nGroup D of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2008 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196752-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs\nThe Play-offs of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Group III for the next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196752-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs\nThe top two teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196752-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Relegation Play-Offs\nBecause there was one extra player in Pool B, the last-placed team of that pool (\u00a0Ireland) was automatically relegated down to Group III. The third-placed teams of each pool were then placed against each other in a tie, where the losing team would join the Irish in relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196753-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II of the 2008 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to Group I, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196754-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II of the 2008 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to Group I, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196755-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III was one of two pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 2008 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round-robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196756-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III was one of two pools in Group III of the Europe/Africa zone of the 2008 Fed Cup. Six teams competed in a round-robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group II for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196757-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup World Group\nThe World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2008. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Russia was the defending champion, and they succeeded in defending their title by defeating Spain in the final, 4\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196758-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup World Group II\nThe World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2008. Winning nations advanced to the World Group Play-offs, and the losing nations were demoted to the World Group II Play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196759-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs\nThe 2008 World Group II Play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the World Group II and four nations from the three Zonal Group I competitions. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 2009 World Group II, while losing nations joined their respective zonal groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196760-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs\nThe World Group Play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the World Group first round and the winning nations of the World Group II. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 2009 World Group, while losing nations joined the 2009 World Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196761-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs\nThe 2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, were held from August 21 to September 28. They consisted of four events:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196761-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs\nThese were the second FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007. After the first three events, Vijay Singh was assured of winning the 2008 FedEx Cup as long as he completed all four rounds of The Tour Championship without disqualification, which he proceeded to do. Tiger Woods, having topped the regular season points list after playing in only six events, did not play in the FedEx Cup Playoffs due to knee surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196761-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Barclays\nThe Barclays was played August 21\u201324. 144 players were eligible to play but nine did not enter: Tiger Woods (1) \u2013 knee, Luke Donald (44) \u2013 wrist, Lee Westwood (50) \u2013 personal decision, Justin Rose (78) \u2013 played KLM Open, Alex \u010cejka (91) \u2013 arm, Jason Bohn (96) \u2013 back, Bob Tway (119) \u2013 caddied for son Kevin in U.S. Amateur, Bob Estes (124) \u2013 getting married, Roland Thatcher (140) \u2013 wrist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196761-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Barclays\nOf the 135 players who entered the tournament, 72 of them made the cut at 1-over par. Vijay Singh won in a playoff over Sergio Garc\u00eda and Kevin Sutherland. The top 120 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196761-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, Deutsche Bank Championship\nThe Deutsche Bank Championship was played from August 29 to September 1. 120 players were eligible to play but five did not enter: Tiger Woods (15) \u2013 knee, Luke Donald (71) \u2013 wrist, Lee Westwood (76) and Justin Rose (103) \u2013 played the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, Alex \u010cejka (120) \u2013 arm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196761-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, Deutsche Bank Championship\nOf the 115 players who entered the tournament, 86 of them made the 36-hole cut at \u22123. There was a second, 54-hole cut, that reduced the field to 72 players, again at \u22123. Vijay Singh, who won the first playoff event, won by shooting a tournament record \u221222 (262). The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196761-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, BMW Championship\nThe BMW Championship was played September 4\u20137. 70 players were eligible to play but one, Tiger Woods (32) \u2013 knee, did not enter. There was no cut for this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196761-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, BMW Championship\nCamilo Villegas won by shooting \u221215. This was Villegas' first win on the PGA Tour. Chad Campbell withdrew after the first round to attend the birth of his first child. He earned no FedEx Cup points but at the end of the BMW Championship he was in 30th place in the standings. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to The Tour Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196761-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Tour Championship\nThe Tour Championship was played September 25\u201328 after a two-week break for the Ryder Cup. All 30 players eligible to play did so. There was no cut for this tournament. Camilo Villegas won the tournament on the first playoff hole with Sergio Garc\u00eda. Vijay Singh won the FedEx Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196761-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, Table of qualifying players\n* First-time Playoffs qualifier\u2020 MDF \u2013 made cut, did not finish (i.e. cut after third round)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196762-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Festival of World Cups\nThe Festival of World Cups was a series of rugby league World Cups held in Australia during 2008. The Festival was being staged in Australia during 2008 to coincide with their Centenary of Rugby League celebrations. The centrepiece of the Festival was the men's 2008 Rugby League World Cup. In addition to this tournament, there were also world cups being held for University, Police, Women, Defence and Wheelchair teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196762-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Festival of World Cups\nThe Universities tournament officially started the Festival. Colin Love, the Rugby League World Cup 2008 Tournament Director and RLIF Chairman, stated \"The festival highlights how the World Cup is embracing the Rugby League community and acknowledging its wide-ranging affiliates\", adding \"It\u2019s a great opportunity to showcase the broad appeal of the game internationally\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196762-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Festival of World Cups, University\nThe seventh University Rugby League World Cup was held in July, being the first of the six world cups to be held. The previous tournament was held in 2005 and won by New Zealand. The eight countries that took part were Australia, New Zealand, England, Greece, Scotland, Wales, France and Ireland. Australia defeated England in the final, while Greece won the plate competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196762-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Festival of World Cups, Men\nThe thirteenth Rugby League World Cup was held throughout October and November. Ten teams took part. Defending Champions and hosts Australia, New Zealand, England, France and Papua New Guinea all qualified automatically, while Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Ireland and Scotland all qualified through tournaments in 2006 and 2007. The final was held at Suncorp Stadium on 22 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 32], "content_span": [33, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196762-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Festival of World Cups, Police\nThe inaugural International Police Rugby League World Cup was held during November alongside the Women's Rugby League World Cup at Stockland Park. The final was held as a curtain raiser to the first semi-final of the men's World Cup at Suncorp Stadium. AMP sponsored the event with organisers hoping would go towards the formation of an International Police Rugby League Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196762-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Festival of World Cups, Women\nThe third Women's Rugby League World Cup was held at Stockland Park alongside the Police World Cup. Eight teams took part including defending champions New Zealand. The final was held at Suncorp Stadium on 15 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196762-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Festival of World Cups, Defence\nThe inaugural Defence Forces World Cup was held in Sydney with the final played at the Sydney Football Stadium as a curtain raiser to the second Semi Final of the Men's tournament. Five defence forces took part, New Zealand, Australia, Great Britain, Papua New Guinea and the Cook Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196762-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Festival of World Cups, Wheelchair\nFour teams took part in the inaugural Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup which was held at indoor venues in Sydney. The four teams were France, Australia, England and a Barbarians V. New Zealand withdrew from the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196763-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fianna F\u00e1il leadership election\nThe 2008 Fianna F\u00e1il leadership election began on 2 April 2008, when party leader and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern announced his resignation. Brian Cowen, the T\u00e1naiste and Minister for Finance was the clear favourite to succeed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196763-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fianna F\u00e1il leadership election, Outcome\nOn 2 April Mary Hanafin declined to comment on whether she would be standing for the leadership and Brian Lenihan had ruled himself out of the race. By 4 April all of the Fianna F\u00e1il cabinet ministers had declared their support for the candidacy of Brian Cowen. No other candidate emerged, and Cowen was elected unopposed as the seventh leader of Fianna F\u00e1il on 9 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl\nThe 2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game. It was part of the 2007\u20132008 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Played annually since 1971, first at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona through 2006, the game was played at 8\u00a0p.m. EST on January 2, 2008, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The game featured the fourth ranked (BCS), Big 12 champion Oklahoma Sooners hosting the ninth ranked (BCS), Big East champion West Virginia Mountaineers. West Virginia defeated Oklahoma by a score of 48\u201328. The contest was televised on Fox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Season summaries, Oklahoma\nIn the preseason, Oklahoma was picked by the Big 12 media to finish second in the conference. At the time, the starting quarterback had not been chosen. A little over a week before the first game, freshman quarterback Sam Bradford was announced as the starter. In his first game as a collegiate quarterback, Bradford threw for over 350\u00a0yards in the first half, he tied Heisman Trophy winner Jason White's record of 18\u00a0consecutive pass completions, and threw for five\u00a0touchdowns. He came out of the game early in the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Season summaries, Oklahoma\nSince then, Bradford led the nation in passing efficiency for most of the season. With the question at quarterback answered, some felt this team could be the best in the nation, but with an unexpected loss at Colorado, the chances were slim. The Sooners continued to play strong following the loss and again rose in the polls as more teams above them also lost. Back in the #3 spot, the Sooners traveled to Lubbock, Texas to take on the Red Raiders to clinch the Big 12 South Division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Season summaries, Oklahoma\nHowever, Bradford was injured on the opening play for the Sooners as they quickly fell behind. It was 27\u201310 at the halftime. Oklahoma mounted a comeback in the 4th quarter but it was not enough. The Sooners lost their second game and again were knocked out of the national title picture. In their next game against Oklahoma State, in what is referred to as Bedlam, the Sooners dominated winning 49\u201317 and locking up their spot in the Big 12 Championship Game. In the Big 12 Championship, Oklahoma faced Missouri, then the number one ranked team in the nation. The two faced each other in the regular season in Norman, Oklahoma with the Sooners winning 41\u201331. The Sooner defense dominated the game and the offense pulled away in the 2nd half. Oklahoma won 38\u201317 to claim their 5th Big 12 Conference Championship and 41st total conference championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 895]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Season summaries, West Virginia\nWest Virginia was picked by the Big East media to finish first in the conference and they did just that. Nationally, West Virginia was among the favorites to win a national championship from the beginning. In the preseason AP Poll, West Virginia was ranked third and received one first place vote. In the Coaches Poll, they were picked sixth. They started the season ranked higher than Oklahoma in both polls (Oklahoma was #8 in both polls).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Season summaries, West Virginia\nThe Mountaineers were led on offense by quarterback Pat White and running back Steve Slaton, both juniors and both on many preseason Heisman Trophy watchlists. West Virginia hit their first stumbling block against then-#18 South Florida in late September. They rebounded with six consecutive wins including a win over the Connecticut Huskies which clinched at least a share of the Big East title for West Virginia. West Virginia only needed one more win to also clinch a spot in the national championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Season summaries, West Virginia\nIn their last game of the regular season, the 100th Backyard Brawl at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia, the #2 ranked Mountaineers suffered an upset when they were defeated by unranked Pittsburgh 9\u201313. West Virginia, who were a four touchdown favorite, played about half of the game without White after he dislocated his thumb late in the first half. The loss meant West Virginia were Co-Champs of the Big East along with Connecticut but received the bowl bid since they defeated Connecticut 66\u201321 the previous week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Selection process\nBeginning with the 1998 football season, when the Bowl Championship Series began, the winner of the Big 12 Conference was contractually assigned to play in the Fiesta Bowl, unless ranked in the top two in which they would play in the national championship game. By winning the conference but not finishing ranked in the top two, Oklahoma was automatically assigned to the Fiesta Bowl. With Oklahoma guaranteed to play in the Fiesta Bowl, the bowl committee still had an at-large team to select.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Selection process\nPer the BCS selection procedure, the bowl games that lost teams to the national championship get first picks for a replacement. The Rose Bowl, after losing top ranked Ohio State, selected Illinois. Next, the Sugar Bowl selected Georgia to replace the #2 LSU Tigers. For the second selection for each bowl, per the BCS selection procedure, the game played nearest the date of the national championship had the first pick. For 2008, this was the Orange Bowl, which selected Kansas. Following the Orange Bowl's select, the Fiesta Bowl had the next pick following lastly by the Sugar Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Selection process\nThe Fiesta Bowl committee had a few teams to select from including Arizona State, Hawai\u02bbi, and Big East champion West Virginia. The committee chose to invite West Virginia who almost made the national championship game before losing their last regular season game. John Junker, CEO of the Fiesta Bowl, said \"the selection we had was very simple.\" If West Virginia had not been selected by the Fiesta Bowl, the Sugar Bowl would have been forced to select them, as West Virginia was guaranteed a BCS bowl berth by virtue of winning the Big East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nThis game marked Oklahoma's fourth trip to the Fiesta Bowl. Oklahoma defeated Wyoming in 1976 before losing to Arizona State in 1982 and in overtime to Boise State in 2007. West Virginia made their second trip to the Fiesta Bowl. Their only other trip was in 1989 when they lost the national championship game to Notre Dame. This was also the fourth time these two programs have played each other, but the first time in postseason. Oklahoma defeated West Virginia in 1958, by a score of 47\u201314, and in 1977, by a score of 51\u201310. West Virginia defeated Oklahoma in 1982 by a score of 41\u201327. All three games were in Norman, Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nOn December 16, 2007 Rich Rodriguez formally announced to his football team that he would be leaving, before the 2008 Fiesta Bowl, to succeed Lloyd Carr as the University of Michigan head coach. West Virginia associate head coach Bill Stewart was named the interim football coach for the Fiesta Bowl on 2007-12-18 and was subsequently hired as the permanent coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nOn 2007-12-17, Stewart Mandel, a writer for Sports Illustrated, revealed that Oklahoma's athletic director, Joe Castiglione had tried to arrange for Oklahoma to face the highest ranked opponent available, which would have been Virginia Tech, in the Orange Bowl. This would have pitted the #3 team against the #4 team. Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe contacted BCS officials (which includes the 11\u00a0conference heads and the athletic director of Notre Dame) to see if this could be done. Michael Slive, then the BCS commissioner and SEC commissioner, considered the idea but it was ultimately rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nThere was no word on which officials voted against the proposition. Beebe stated he did not agree with the decision, but respected the views of those against it. Castiglione stated that he hopes \"at some point in time we can hear an explanation of why this wasn't possible given the fact the rules provided the opportunity if it was in everybody's best interest.\" Mandel said that two of his sources speculated that the commissioner \"feared such a matchup might damage the legitimacy of the Ohio State-LSU title game.\" Slive said \"there weren't such compelling circumstances as to merit a change.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nOklahoma missed some key players on their defense. Reggie Smith, an All-Conference cornerback, broke his big toe in the Big 12 Championship game and missed the bowl game. His backup, Lendy Holmes, was ruled academically ineligible and also missed the bowl game. Sophomore defensive tacke DeMarcus Granger was sent home after being arrested on the suspicion of shoplifting from a local mall. On the day of the game, it was reported that wide receiver Malcolm Kelly was questionable due to a deep thigh bruise. Because of the losses in the secondary, West Virginia stated they would consider passing more to take advantage of the less experienced players filling those positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nEach team received an allotment of 17,500 tickets. West Virginia was unable to sell about 7,500 of those tickets and returned them to the Fiesta Bowl. Oklahoma had also not sold out its entire allotment. West Virginia blamed the lack of ticket sales on the distance from West Virginia to Arizona and that many Mountaineers fans purchased nonrefundable travel packages to New Orleans in expectations of playing for the national championship before the loss to Pittsburgh. West Virginia's returned tickets will go to local charities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nOn the day of the game, most betting houses had the Oklahoma Sooners as a 7\u20138 point favorite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary\nWest Virginia tailback Steve Slaton was taken out of the game early on with a hamstring injury, leaving the Mountaineers with freshman Noel Devine. West Virginia scored early with two field goals by Pat McAfee to take the lead, 6\u20130, into the second quarter. Sam Bradford was intercepted by Mountaineer safety Quinton Andrews early on, but the Sooners bounced back with a field goal to make it 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary\nHowever, fullback Owen Schmitt led the Mountaineers to their first touchdown on a 57-yard run to make the score 13\u20133 on a play in which announcer Matt Vasgersian referred to Schmitt as a \"runaway beer truck.\" Oklahoma returned with a field goal to make it 13\u20136, but West Virginia ended the first half with a pass from their star quarterback, Pat White to a wide-open Darius Reynaud for a 21-yard touchdown to make it 20\u20136 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary\nOklahoma came back in the second half early with a field goal, followed by a goal line touchdown run by Chris Brown. The Sooners went for a 2-point conversion after the touchdown, but Bradford's pass was incomplete, leaving the score at 20\u201315. The Mountaineers answered back with a 17-yard run by Noel Devine for the touchdown to put the Mountaineers up 27\u201315. The Mountaineers scored again to end the third quarter, this time on a 30-yard reverse run by Darius Reynaud, to put the Mountaineers up 34\u201315 going into the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary\nThe Sooners scored early again, off of a Bradford pass to Quentin Chaney, but yet again failed a 2-point conversion attempt. West Virginia continued to roll however, as White hooked up with receiver Tito Gonzales for a 79-yard touchdown pass to put the Mountaineers up 41\u201321. The pass is the longest offensive play in West Virginia school bowl history. Oklahoma scored again on a Bradford pass, this time to Juaquin Iglesias, but this time kicked the extra point to make the score 41\u201328. The Mountaineers sealed the game with six minutes left on a 65-yard touchdown run by Noel Devine, his second score of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary\nThe West Virginia Mountaineers totaled 349 rushing yards in the victory, the most ever allowed by an Oklahoma defense in a bowl game. Pat White totaled 176\u00a0yards and two touchdowns passing while rushing for 150\u00a0yards. Noel Devine rushed for 108\u00a0yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, while Owen Schmitt totaled 64\u00a0yards and a score on three carries. Sam Bradford recorded 242\u00a0yards, two touchdowns, and an interception passing for the Sooners. Allen Patrick rushed for 82\u00a0yards on 14 carries, while Chris Brown rushed for 50\u00a0yards and a score on 16 carries. Quentin Chaney grabbed 4 passes for 129\u00a0yards and a score while receiver Juaquin Iglesias returned seven kicks for 195\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196764-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame\nAfter the game, Stewart was rewarded by the WVU athletic department by being named the team's permanent head coach. He was given a new five-year contract. Stewart later signed former Mountaineer coaches, Steve Dunlap, David Lockwood, and Doc Holliday along with other assistant coaches. Steve Slaton, Johnny Dingle and Darius Reynaud, all who were key in the Mountaineers' success leading up to the bowl game, left early after the game for the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196765-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships\nThe 2008 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard court. It was a fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2008 ATP Challenger Series. It took place in Lexington, United States between 21 and 27 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196765-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships, Singles entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196766-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nBrendan Evans and Ryan Sweeting were the defending champions, but Sweeting did not compete this year. Evans teamed up with Jamie Baker and lost in quarterfinals to tournament winners Alessandro da Col and Andrea Stoppini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196766-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nAlessandro da Col and Andrea Stoppini won the title by defeating Olivier Charroin and \u00c9rik Chvojka 6\u20132, 2\u20136, [10\u20138] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196767-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nJohn Isner was the defending champion, but decided not to compete this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196767-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nSomdev Devvarman won the tournament, defeating Robert Kendrick in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196768-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Final Four (baseball)\nThe 2008 \"Final Four\" was an international baseball competition held in Barcelona, Spain on September 14\u201315, 2008. It featured 4 teams from the professional leagues in Italy and Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196768-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Final Four (baseball)\nIn the end Caff\u00e8 Danesi Nettuno from Nettuno, Italy won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196769-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup\nThe 2008 Final Four Women\u2019s Volleyball Cup was first edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by four countries from September 3\u20137, 2008 in Fortaleza, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196770-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2008 Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup, held from September 3 to September 7, 2008 in Fortaleza, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196771-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Finlandia Trophy\nThe 2008 Finlandia Trophy was the 13th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Finland. It was held at the Valtti Areena in Vantaa between October 9 and 12, 2008. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196772-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Athletics Championships\nThe 2008 Finnish Athletics Championships were held in the Ratina Stadion in Tampere from July 24 to July 27, 2008. The event served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics staged from August 15 to August 24, 2008 in Beijing, PR China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup\n2008 Finnish Cup  (Finnish: Suomen Cup) was the 54th season of the main annual football competition in Finland. It was organized as a single-elimination knock\u2013out tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup\nParticipation in the competition is voluntary. Veikkausliiga side IFK Mariehamn, for example, decided not to register for the tournament, as well as some Ykk\u00f6nen teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup\nDepending on their position within the league system, teams entered in different rounds. Clubs with teams in Kolmonen or an inferior league, as well as Veterans and Junior teams, started the competition in the First Round. Teams from the first three levels of the Finnish league pyramid entered in the Fourth Round, with the exception of Veikkausliiga clubs Tampere United, FC Haka, FC Honka and TPS. These four teams entered in the Sixth Round because they have qualified for European competitions after the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup\nThe tournament started on 1 April 2008 with the First Round and concluded with the Final held on 1 November 2008 at Finnair Stadium, Helsinki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup, First round\nThe draw for this round was conducted on 11 March 2008. Exactly one hundred teams were drawn into fifty matches for this round, with the remaining teams receiving a bye. Matches were played on April 1 \u2013 10, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup, Second round\nThe draw for this round was conducted on 11 March 2008. The winners of the First Round, along with the teams who received a bye, were drawn into 130 matches for this round. Matches were played between April 2 \u2013 25, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup, Third round\nThe draw for this round was conducted on 11 April 2008. The winners of the previous round participated in this round. Matches were played on April 19 \u2013 May 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup, Fourth round\nThe draw for this round was conducted on 23 April 2008. The 65 winners of the Third Round, along with the 47 teams from the top three tiers which entered in this round, were drawn into 56 matches for this round. Matches were played on May 6 \u2013 30, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup, Fifth round\nThe draw for this round was conducted on 20 May 2008. The winners of the Fourth Round participated in this round. Matches were played between June 1 \u2013 11, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup, Sixth Round\nThe draw for this round was conducted on 12 June 2008. The 28 winners of the Fifth Round, along with the last four Veikkausliiga teams which entered in this round, were drawn into 16 matches for this round. Matches were played on June 17 and 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup, Seventh Round\nThe draw for this round was conducted on 22 June 2008. The winners of Sixth Round participated in this round. The first six matches were played on 2 July while the other two games took place on 9 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196773-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for this round was conducted on 14 July 2008. The first three matches were played on 7 August 2008. The match between Honka and Tampere United has been postponed to a later date because of the Tampere's participation in the UEFA Champions League 2008\u201309 qualification rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196774-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Finnish Figure Skating Championships took place between December 7 and 9, 2007 in Rauma. Skaters competed at the senior and junior levels in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, and ice dancing on the levels of senior and junior. The event was used to help determine the Finnish team to the 2008 European Championships. Following the event, the Europeans team was named as: Minkkinen for the men and Korpi, Lepist\u00f6, and V\u00e4h\u00e4maa for the ladies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196774-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Figure Skating Championships\nThe senior compulsory dance was the Argentine Tango and the junior compulsory dance was the Blues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196774-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Ladies\nJenni V\u00e4h\u00e4maa did not compete because the Junior Grand Prix Final was being held the same weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196775-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish League Cup\nThe 2008 Finnish League Cup was the 12th season of Finnish second most prestigious cup tournament. The competition started on 25 January 2008 and ended with the Final held on 12 April 2008. The defending champions FC Lahti lost in the semifinals, while last year's runners-up FC Inter eventually won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196775-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish League Cup\nThe Cup consisted of two stages. First there was group stage that involved 14 Veikkausliiga teams divided into two groups. Top 4 teams from each group entered the one-legged elimination rounds \u2013 quarterfinals, semifinals and the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196775-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish League Cup, Group stage\nEvery team played every other team of its group once, either home or away. The matches were played from 25 January to 24 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196776-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Finnish municipal elections\nFinnish municipal election, 2008 was held in Finland on 26 October with advance voting between 15 and 21 October 2008. 10,412 municipal council seats were open for election in 332 municipalities. The number of councillors decreased by over 1,554 compared to the previous election due to the merging of several municipalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196777-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Firestone Indy 200\nThe 2008 Firestone Indy 200 was the eleventh round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It took place on July 12, 2008, at the Nashville Superspeedway. It was the eighth and final running of the Firestone Indy 200.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196778-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 First Division (Gambia)\nThe 2008 First Division season was the 40th of the amateur competition of the first-tier football in the Gambia. The competition was governed by the Gambian Football Association (GFA) . The season began on February 24 and finished on July 13. The Real de Banjul won the tenth title after finishing with 39 points and qualified into the 2009 CAF Champions League the following season. Wallidan FC was also winner of the 2008 Gambian Cup, runner up was Samger, not even that club qualified and competed in the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup due to financial problems. It was the first season featuring twelve clubs, up from ten last season. The last two positions received relegation into the GFA League Second Division in the following season, they were the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) and Interior FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196778-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 First Division (Gambia), Overview\nThe season featured a total of 132 matches and scored a total of 186, more than last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196778-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 First Division (Gambia), Overview\nReal de Banjul was the defending team of the title. Wallidan scored the most numbering 25, second were Samger and the Hawks with 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2\nFlorida Amendment 2 is an amendment made to the Constitution of Florida in 2008. It added Article I, Section 27 to the constitution, which defines marriage as a union only between one man and one woman, and thus bans the creation of similar unions, such as civil unions or same-sex marriage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2\nSince 2014, the measure has been litigated in court and has been struck down by multiple state courts so far in several counties of southern Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2\nSame-sex marriage became legal in Florida when the decision in the federal case Brenner v. Scott found the amendments banning same-sex marriage (including Amendment 2) to be unconstitutional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, Text\nAmendment 2 added Article I Section 27 of the Florida constitution. This states:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, Text\nInasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, The initiative\nThe amendment was proposed by means of the initiative process, and went before the voters of Florida in a referendum held on November 4, 2008. Similar proposals were put to a vote at the same time in Arizona (Proposition 102) and California (Proposition 8).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, The initiative\nProposed constitutional amendments in Florida require 611,009 signatures, including at least 8% of voters in the last presidential election and at least 8% of voters in each congressional district of Florida. The initiative was certified with 649,346 signatures and was placed on the ballot on February 2008. 60% of voters were required to pass the amendment in Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, The initiative\nA Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll on September 8, 2008 showed that 55% favored the proposed amendment, while 41% oppose it. \"Florida and Arizona joined 27 other states that previously approved such amendments.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, The initiative\nThe amendment was ultimately passed by a margin of 61.9% in favor and 38.1% opposed. In the Florida 2008 election, Barack Obama voters as a whole voted 57% against Amendment 2 while John McCain voters voted 81% in favor of the legislation. Republican Governor Charlie Crist publicly supported Amendment 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, The initiative\nMonroe County was the only county to have a majority of the voters reject the amendment by a margin of 1,580 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, Comparison to Proposition 8\nA similar and more widely controversial ballot initiative in California, Proposition 8, was titled \"ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME\u2013 SEX COUPLES TO MARRY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT\" and summarized accordingly. This description differed from the description of Florida's Amendment 2 in that it referred to a right being removed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, Comparison to Proposition 8\nAnother difference between Amendment 2 and Proposition 8 was that the latter did not render domestic partnerships unlawful in California, while the text of Amendment 2 made the recognition of civil unions\u2014or other marriage-like relationships for same-sex couples\u2014unlawful in Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, Effect of education\nA study was done to see the effect of education on the votes. Controlling for other socioeconomic and political factors, for each additional 1 percent of a county's population with a bachelor of arts degree, the study concluded that there was nearly an equal 1 percent decrease in support for Amendment 2. By comparison, every 1 percent increase in a county's black population led to only two-tenths of a percentage point increase in support for Amendment 2. According to one of the study's authors, \"Education is so important because it increases exposure to those who are different. Studies show very clearly that the more educated people are the more tolerant they are of differences.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, 2014 litigation\nSince the beginning of 2014, several couples and plaintiffs have sued the state of Florida over the amendment, as part of a larger, concentrated effort by gay rights activists and groups encouraged by the federal Supreme Court's decisions regarding marriage made the previous year. Multiple state lawsuits against the amendment have already been successful so far, succeeding in the amendment being struck down successively in Monroe, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties. On August 5, 2014, a Palm Beach County judge issued a ruling in a case pertaining to a surviving spouse's rights in a specific estate case which resulted in the union of a widow and her deceased wife as the first ever same-sex marriage officially recognized in Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, 2014 litigation\nFlorida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Republican up for reelection in 2014 considered vulnerable due to association with Governor Rick Scott, has been a staunch defender of the amendment in court. Critics have pointed to her two previous divorces as a cause for hypocrisy when compared to her statements about the sanctity of marriage. Bondi has appealed all state court rulings thus far, which, as required by Florida law, automatically stays the rulings until the beginning of the appeal process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, 2014 litigation\nThe rulings against the amendment have been welcome by gay rights groups, the activist gay community in southern Florida, both Democratic gubernatorial candidates, and it appears a majority of Floridians, as at least one recent poll by the conservative-leaning firm Quinnipiac now shows that 56% of likely voters now favor marriage equality, a near-total reversal since 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196779-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Amendment 2, 2014 litigation\nConcurrently with the lawsuits and rulings, a governor's race took place in 2014 and both leading candidates had completely opposite views on the issue of marriage. Incumbent Governor Rick Scott is opposed to marriage equality. Former governor and Democratic primary candidate Charlie Crist, who has changed parties since 2008, now supports same-sex marriage and ran on a platform that included giving same-sex couples the right to marry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196780-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team\nThe 2008 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team will be the intercollegiate baseball team of Florida Atlantic University. It competes on the Division I level in the Sun Belt Conference. The 2008 team marked the second season of baseball to compete in the Sun Belt, after Florida Atlantic joined the conference after the 2006 season. On Thursday, April 24, 2008 Coach Kevin Cooney announced that the 2008 season would be his last season as head coach of the Owls. With his retirement announcement, Cooney will leave the Owls after 21 years as head coach. Up to this point, in 28 years of existence, Florida Atlantic baseball had had only two coaches, Steve Traylor and Kevin Cooney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196781-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Atlantic Owls football team\nThe 2008 Florida Atlantic University Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Owls entered the season as defending Sun Belt Conference champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196781-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Preseason\nThe Florida Atlantic Owls entered the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season defending their conference championship and just one year removed from their first-ever bowl appearance and victory. The record-setting 2007 team ended the season 8-5 (6-1 SBC). Quarterback Rusty Smith, a junior, returned with much hype and national recognition. The 2008 team also returned an overwhelming majority of starters from the conference champion team, as it only lost four seniors (DB Kris Bartels, OL Jarrid Smith, LB Cergile Sincere, DL Josh Pinnick).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196781-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Preseason\nIn the Preseason Sun Belt Coaches' Poll, the Owls were a clear favorite to repeat as champions. FAU received 62 total points and 6 first-place votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary took place on January 29, 2008. Originally, the state had 185 delegates up for grabs that were to be awarded in the following way: 121 delegates were to be awarded based on the winner in each of Florida's 25 congressional districts while an additional 64 delegates were to be awarded to the statewide winner. Twenty-five unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, were initially able to cast their votes at the Democratic National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary\nHowever, the Democratic National Committee determined that the date of the Florida Democratic Primary violated the party rules and ultimately decided to sanction the state, stripping all 210 delegates and refusing to seat them at the convention. The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee later met on May 31, 2008, and agreed to seat all of Florida's delegates with each delegate having only receive half a vote. As a result of this compromise, Florida's delegation had 105 votes at the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Background\nIn August 2006, the Democratic National Committee adopted a proposal by its Rules and Bylaws Committee that only four states - Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina - would be permitted to hold primaries or caucuses before Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008. In the spring of 2007, the Florida Legislature (controlled by Republicans in both chambers) passed the House Bill 537 which moved the date of the state's Republican and Democratic primaries to January 29, a week before the earliest permitted date of both parties. The Florida Democratic Party tried to amend the legislation and make the date February 5; however, the Republican-controlled legislature refused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Background\nIn response, the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee voted on August 25, 2007 that Florida was in violation of its rules and gave the state 30 days' notice to change the date of its primary. As Florida did not respond, the Committee stripped Florida of its delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. On August 31, officials from the four approved early-voting states asked all the candidates to pledge not to campaign or participate in Florida, and all the major candidates signed the pledge. Despite the pledge, the major candidates remained on the ballot, as Florida rules do not allow candidates to remove their names without withdrawing completely from the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Background\nIn October 2007, Democrats from Florida's congressional delegation filed a federal lawsuit against the DNC to force the recognition of its delegates; however, the suit was unsuccessful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Delegate controversy\nOn January 25, 2008, Hillary Clinton advocated permitting Florida's delegates (along with similarly situated Michigan's) to be seated and vote at the Democratic National Convention despite the DNC ban, stating:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Delegate controversy\nI believe our nominee will need the enthusiastic support of Democrats in these states to win the general election, and so I will ask my Democratic convention delegates to support seating the delegations from Florida and Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Delegate controversy\nClinton's supporters argued that Michigan and Florida's citizens should participate in the nomination processes, and that it would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to overlook the two huge battleground states that might be crucial in the November general election. They also argued that the Clinton campaign had not had a voice in the decision to strip Florida of its delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Delegate controversy\nCritics charged that changing the rules in this way was unfair and that Clinton's position was motivated purely by political expediency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Delegate controversy\nAmong their arguments was that neither Clinton nor her campaign had made any public protest when Florida's punishment had first been announced in August 2007; that Clinton was adopting this position only after results from the first primaries had made it apparent that the campaign was not running the way she had expected; that Clinton, along with other candidates, had signed the pledge not to campaign or participate in Florida; and that at the time the pledge was signed, Clinton's then-campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle had proclaimed that", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Delegate controversy\nWe believe Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina play a unique and special role in the nominating process... We believe the DNC's rules and its calendar provide the necessary structure to respect and honor that role. Thus, we will be signing the pledge to adhere to the DNC approved nominating calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Candidates\nCandidates Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Dennis Kucinich, and Bill Richardson dropped out of the presidential race before the Florida primary. However, they remained on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Campaign\nAlthough Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards had pledged not to campaign in the state, supporters of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton conducted unofficial campaign efforts, and over 350,000 Democratic voters cast early ballots as of January 25, 2008. Mike Gravel was the only candidate to openly campaign in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Campaign, Clinton fundraising visits\nTwo days before the January 29 election, Hillary Clinton visited Florida and held three fundraisers. On Election Day, Clinton returned to Florida and held a rally after polls closed to celebrate her victory. While these visits were permitted fundraisers, the timing raised controversy among Obama supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 82], "content_span": [83, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Campaign, Obama campaign advertisement\nIn the run-up to Super Tuesday on February 5, the Obama campaign ran a nationwide television advertising campaign that was shown in all states, including Florida. Obama's campaign asked for the ads not to be shown in Florida, but were told by the cable networks this was not possible. The campaign then sought and received permission to run the ad from South Carolina Democratic Chairwoman Carol Fowler as at that point South Carolina had not already voted. Clinton Adviser Harold M. Ickes has claimed that this violated Obama's pledge not to campaign in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Results\n*As awarded by the May 31, 2008, meeting of the Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC). * *Subsequently, some Edwards delegates switched to Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Proposed revote\nShortly after February 5's Super Tuesday contests, the media and some politicians like U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) began to endorse the idea of a possible revote in Florida and Michigan. However, the cost of an all mail-in Florida Primary had been estimated at more than $4 million, a price tag that neither the DNC nor the state party was willing to pay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Proposed revote\nGovernor Charlie Crist (Then Republican Florida) announced his support for another Democratic Primary, though he opposed using government funds to cover the expenses. Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman stated that a new contest would have had to have met three requirements: both Obama and Clinton would have to fully participate, there would have to be sufficient funding provided, and all registered Florida Democrats, including those out of state, would have to be able to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Proposed revote\nDemocratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean stated that he was encouraged by Governor Crist's support and that Florida Democrats could have \"resubmitted a plan and run a party process to select delegates to the convention.\" On Friday, March 7, 2008, Newsweekreported: \"A plan to raise soft money to pay for a second Florida Democratic primary -- this one by mail -- seems close to approval, according to Sen. Bill Nelson.\" On March 17, 2008, a letter from the Florida Democratic Party was released indicating that a revote would not occur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee\nOn May 31, 2008, the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee decided to seat all of Florida's delegates according to the primary results, but to give each delegate only half a vote at the Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 102], "content_span": [103, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee\nBefore the Democratic Convention, Florida, as well as Michigan, were approved with full votes. All 210 delegates were given full voting abilities. They voted during the roll call. The majority voted for Obama, the presumptive nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 102], "content_span": [103, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nFlorida has the most elderly voters in the nation with a heavy percentage of Hispanic/Latino voters. According to exit polls, 66 percent of voters in the Florida Democratic Primary were white and they opted for Clinton 53-23-20 (Clinton-Obama-Edwards) along with the 12 percent of Hispanic/Latino voters who backed Clinton 59-30-8; this contrasts with the 19 percent of African American voters who supported Obama 73-25-1. Clinton won all age groups and income groups in Florida but split the vote with Obama among highly affluent voters making over $200,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nShe also won all educational attainment groups from high school graduates to those with postgraduate studies. Self-identified Democrats, which composed 79 percent of the electorate, backed Clinton 52-35-11 along with Independents who favored her 40-30-25; Edwards won self-identified Republicans 31-27-23 (Edwards-Obama-Clinton), which composed 4 percent of the electorate. Clinton won all ideological groups except voters who identified themselves as conservative, as they opted for Obama. Regarding religion, Clinton won Protestants 49-33-15, Roman Catholics 63-22-14, Jews 58-26-13, and atheists/agnostics 40-38-18; Obama won other Christians 43-39-16 and voters who affiliated with other religions 48-39-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nClinton's strongest performance was in the Miami area where she won 56-32-8 and South Florida where she won 53-29-14. She also won Central Florida by a margin of 52-30-13 and the Tampa Bay Area by a margin of 50-32-15. Obama did best in North Florida, winning 41-37-20 (Obama-Clinton-Edwards). While Edwards won a number of rural, predominantly White and conservative counties in the Florida Panhandle, Obama took in more of the vote in Pensacola and Tallahassee which enabled him to win more in the congressional districts. He also won inner-city Jacksonville and the areas outside Orlando and Tampa as well as North Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Clinton carried Orlando, Tampa, Palm Beach, Miami, Hialeah and other large urban areas in South Florida as well as the Florida Keys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 832]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196782-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nClinton received endorsements in Florida from U.S. Senator Bill Nelson as well as U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Fort Lauderdale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196783-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators baseball team\nThe 2008 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2008 college baseball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was the first at Florida coached by Kevin O'Sullivan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team\nThe 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida, campus. They were led by fourth-year head coach Urban Meyer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team\nAfter clinching the SEC East, the Gators defeated then top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide 31\u201320 in the SEC Championship Game to win their eighth conference title. They capped their season by defeating the Oklahoma Sooners in the BCS National Championship Game 24\u201314. The Gators finished the season ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Before the season\nEntering the season as defending national champions, the Gators went 9\u20134 in the 2007 in spite of a prolific offense, primarily due to a defense depleted by graduation and departures to the NFL leading to the worst defense for a Florida team since 1971, closing out the year with a 41\u201335 loss to Michigan in the 2008 Capital One Bowl on January 1. Quarterback Tim Tebow became the first sophomore to win the Heisman trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Before the season\nIn the offseason, Florida coach Urban Meyer suffered the loss of assistant coaches for the first time in his tenure. Co -recruiting coordinator and safeties coach Doc Holliday left to become an assistant at his alma mater, West Virginia, running backs coach Stan Drayton took the same job with the Tennessee Volunteers, and co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach Greg Mattison joined the new coaching staff of the Baltimore Ravens. Offensive coordinator Dan Mullen left to become the head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs at the end of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Hawaii\nThe Florida Gators opened the season against the Hawaii Warriors. This was the first meeting between the two teams, but the two programs had become familiar with one another at the end of the 2007 college football regular season. 2007 Florida starting quarterback Tim Tebow and 2007 Hawaii starting quarterback Colt Brennan were both finalists for the Heisman Trophy where the two met in New York for the award ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Hawaii\nIn the time leading up to the award presentation, the then-Hawaii head coach June Jones made comments regarding Tim Tebow and how he would fare against his own quarterback Colt Brennan in their respective offensive systems, referring to Tebow as a \"system quarterback.\" His comments \"infuriated Gators fans, who expressed their displeasure in Internet chat rooms and blogs.\" At the conclusion of the 2007\u20132008 bowl season, June Jones left Hawaii to become the head coach of SMU, leaving the opening game against Hawaii without Brennan or Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Hawaii\nThe game opened with the 10th highest attendance in school history with 90,575. Both teams struggled in the first quarter on offense with neither team being able to put points on the board. The second quarter featured scores by the Gators on offense, defense, and special teams. This was the first time the Gators scored in all three facets of the game since beating the Tennessee Volunteers 59\u201320 in the 2007 season. The first touchdown of the season came off of a Brandon James 1-yard touchdown run capping an 80-yard drive that took only 10 plays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Hawaii\nLess than one minute later, Florida safety Major Wright picked off a pass and returned it 32 yards for the touchdown. After a defensive stop by the Gators on the ensuing Warriors' drive, special teams standout Brandon James returned a punt for a touchdown. This was his third punt return for a touchdown in his career. The final score of the half by the Gators was a 33-yard rushing touchdown by redshirt freshman Chris Rainey with 3:00 left in the first half. This drive only took two plays in 22 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Hawaii\nThe second half was a mirror image of the first half for the Gators. Another 28 points was scored in the third quarter beginning with a 62-yard rushing touchdown by true freshman Jeffery Demps. The next Gator offensive possession featured the first touchdown pass of the season by Heisman-winner Tim Tebow. Tim Tebow and Louis Murphy connected on a 48-yard pass on the second play of the drive to score a touchdown only 38 seconds after having initiating the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Hawaii\nNear the end of the 3rd quarter, sophomore quarterback Cam Newton stood in for Tim Tebow and put together a drive capped off with a 1-yard QB rushing TD. The final score the Gators put on the board was an interception returned for a touchdown by Gator DB Ahmad Black in his first career game as a Gator. Entering into the fourth quarter, Florida led 56\u20130. Hawaii was able to put 10 points on the board ending the game with a score of 56\u201310. Hawaii used three quarterbacks, all of whom threw for interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Hawaii\nThe Gators' offense finished with 406 total yards; 255 of those coming on the ground. This was the first game since the 2006 season where Tim Tebow did not have at least two touchdowns in a game. In the previous season, he had at least one rushing touchdown and one passing touchdown in all 13 games (14 game streak dating to 2007 BCS National Championship Game). The Gators' defense forced six Hawaii turnovers and held Hawaii's offense to only 241 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Miami\nThe Florida Gators took on the Miami Hurricanes for the first time since the 2004 Peach Bowl where the Gators lost to Miami 27\u201310. This game is also the first regular season meeting between the two teams since 2003 where the then #18 Gators nearly upset the #3 Miami Hurricanes at the Orange Bowl. The last time the Gators defeated the Hurricanes was in 1985 where the Gators defeated Miami in Miami with a score of 35\u201323. Miami entered this game with a six-game winning streak and came in leading the series 28\u201325. The winner of this game receives the War Canoe Trophy. An attendance record was set with this game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium with 90,833.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Miami\nThe Hurricanes received the ball to start the game with Florida deferring to the second half. Florida's defense held Miami to one net yard on their opening drive and forced a quick three and out. The resulting punt netted only 14 yards giving Florida excellent field position at the Miami 35-yard line. The Gators, led by quarterback Tim Tebow, put together a 5 play drive ending in a touchdown pass to TE Aaron Hernandez that only took 1:44 off the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Miami\nAlthough the tempo the Gators set on their first offensive possession was quick, they were unable to score again in the first half on offense; having to punt on all four of their following first half possessions. Miami was able to put together a 42-yard drive with 16 plays consuming 8:42 of the second quarter resulting in a made 50-yard field goal. This would end up being the only points of the game Miami scored as well as the closest the Florida defense would allow Miami to get to the end zone. Florida's special teams was able to block a Miami punt attempt resulting in a safety as the ball went out of bounds with 47 seconds left in the half. This brought the halftime score to 9\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Miami\nThe Gators received the ball in the second half and were unable to score on their opening drive. Offensive woes continued for both sides as neither team was able to score points. By the end of the third quarter, Florida's defense forced five Miami punts and allowed only one field goal. The fourth quarter had the Gators offense scoring 17 total points. A drive starting near the end of the 3rd quarter went 86 yards down the field and ended with a fourth quarter 2-yard rushing touchdown by Percy Harvin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Miami\nAfter Florida's defense stopping Miami once again, Florida's offense was able to put together another long scoring drive; this one a 95-yard drive taking only 1:34 ending on a 19-yard Tim Tebow touchdown pass to Louis Murphy. The Gator defense forced three fourth quarter Miami punts, 8 total for the game, with the final score coming off of a made field goal by the Gators, bringing the final score 26\u20133. Florida's offense was only able to rush for 89 yards and pass for 256. Neither team had turnovers, but the Gators' defense held Miami to 140 total yards (79 passing, 61 rushing) and kept Miami out of the red zone the entire game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nFlorida entered the game with a three-game winning streak started during Florida head coach Urban Meyer's first season at Florida. Tennessee led the series 19-18 all-time against the Gators dating back to 1916. Coming off of an SEC East title the previous season, Tennessee opened SEC play against the Gators after having lost early to UCLA out of conference on the road. The Gators and Volunteers last met in the Swamp in 2007 where the Gators won 59\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nThe previous time the two met at Neyland Stadium, the Gators were able to win by a slim one point and then went on to win the BCS National Championship. The Volunteers would be the first of four regular season teams the Gators faced that were coached by a championship-winning head coach (the other three being Les Miles of LSU, Steve Spurrier of South Carolina, and Bobby Bowden of FSU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nThe Gators started the game on offense at the Tennessee 44-yard line and quickly started where they left off the last time they played the Volunteers. The first possession of the game resulted in a 44-yard drive capped off with a Tim Tebow touchdown off a jump pass to TE Aaron Hernandez. Florida's defense helped get the ball back on offense when true freshman Gator CB Janoris Jenkin's forced a fumble on Tennessee's Montario Hardesty. Florida responded with a 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nAfter another failed drive for Tennessee on offense, the Volunteers punted the ball to Florida punt returner Brandon James who returned it for a touchdown. This was James' fourth punt-return for a touchdown of his career, tying the school record held by Jacquez Green. The Volunteers had their second fumble, which was recovered by Gators defensive lineman Carlos Dunlap, and led to another Florida field goal extending the lead to 20\u20130. Tennessee was able to drive the ball down into Florida territory\u2014as close as the one-yard line. However, Florida's true freshman cornerback Janoris Jenkins intercepted a pass preventing any Tennessee points and shut out Tennessee in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nTennessee received the ball to start the second half and quickly went three and out giving the ball back to Tim Tebow and the Gators' offense. The Gators' offense was able to put together a 47-yard drive finishing with a 15-yard Tim Tebow touchdown pass to WR Percy Harvin extending the lead to 27\u20130. Tennessee was able to get points on the board on the following drive. A 63-yard Tennessee drive ending with a Jonathan Crompton 1-yard TD run. The attempted 2-point conversion failed cutting Florida's lead to 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nIn response, the Gators were able to take 4:49 off the clock and extend their lead with a Jonathan Phillps field goal, bringing the final score to 30\u20136. The Gators defense held Tennessee to only nine possessions on offense. Three of those ended with turnovers (2 fumbles, 1 interception), four ending with punts, one with a turnover on downs, and one touchdown. Although the Volunteers were able to account for more yards on offense (258 vs 243), the Gators won the turnover margin 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nFlorida's SEC home opener had the Gators face off against the Ole Miss Rebels. This is the first time the Gators had played the Rebels at home since their loss in 2003 against the Eli Manning-led Rebels squad. This game also concluded the home-and-home series with the SEC West opponent after the Gators won the first game in the H-H series against the Rebels last season with a score of 30\u201324 in which Tim Tebow set a school-record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 166 yards on 27 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nThis was Urban Meyer's second time coaching against a Houston Nutt coached team with the first time being the Arkansas Razorbacks in the 2006 SEC Championship Game where the Gators defeated the Hogs 38\u201328 to go on and win the 2007 BCS National Championship. Entering this game, Urban Meyer was 21\u20131 at home in Gainesville and Houston Nutt was 0\u20133 against the Gators. Ole Miss's starting quarterback Jevan Snead, a transfer from the University of Texas, had committed to play for the Gators prior to the 2006 season before decommitting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nThe game started with Ole Miss on offense, which didn't stay on the field long after a quick 3-and-out forced punt. The Gators then took over on offense and entered Ole Miss territory, where they were unable to score on their drive, which ended with a turnover on downs. Ole Miss was the first score on their ensuing 70-yard drive with a touchdown. This was the first touchdown the Gators allowed in the first quarter of a game and the first time the Gators trailed in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nIn response, the Gators drove into Ole Miss territory where they were forced to settle for a 38-yard field goal, narrowing the lead 7\u20133. With just two offensive plays on Ole Miss's next possession, Florida safety Major Wright picked off a Jevan Snead pass and set up the Gators in Ole Miss territory. Tim Tebow connected with WR Percy Harvin on a 43-yard touchdown pass giving the Gators a 10\u20137 lead with 12:26 remaining in the second quarter. After another 3 and out by the Rebels, Florida, regained possession, but quickly turned it over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0014-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nTight end Aaron Hernandez of the Gators fumbled the ball at the Ole Miss 35-yard line. This was the first Gator turnover of the season. Ole Miss's offense was unable to do much the rest of the half and ended their next two possession with punts and a third with a turnover on downs. The Gators, however, were able to score another touchdown with an 81-yard drive capped off with a Tim Tebow 1-yard rushing touchdown, his first of the season. This brought the score to 17\u20137 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nThe third quarter for the Gators saw their 10-point lead turn into a 7-point deficit. On the Gators first drive of the second half, Percy Harvin fumbled the ball while rushing up the middle. This set up the Rebels in excellent field position at the Florida 34-yard line. Ole Miss would capitalize on the turnover by scoring with a 33-yard field goal. Florida's turnover woes continued shortly after the Rebels' kickoff when Tim Tebow fumbled the ball at the Gators' 18-yard line. This positioned Ole Miss for the go ahead touchdown pass that only took 18 seconds to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nThe game was then tied 17\u201317 at only the 10:30 mark in the third quarter. Florida's next two possessions on offense went only -3 yards and 19 yards, respectively, and required punts. After having obtained possession with 4:34 left in the third, Jevan Snead and Ole Miss put together a 3:42 drive that went 72 yards down the field resulting in a rushing touchdown by RB Dexter McCluster. This brought Ole Miss's lead back up to 7 as it was early in the 1st quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nAfter a 25-yard kickoff return by Brandon James, Florida put together a 49-yard drive ending with touchdown off of a Tim Tebow rush, tying the game at 24 a piece. Florida's defense was unable to stop Ole Miss from scoring as they responded with an 86-yard touchdown reception by Shay Hodge giving the Rebels a 31\u201324 lead with only 5:26 left in the game. Starting 68 yards away from the end zone, Florida scored a touchdown in less than 2 minutes with Percy Harvin running in from 15 yards for the score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0015-0003", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nThe Gators only needed an extra point after the touchdown to be made to tie the game at 31, but were unable to do so after Ole Miss's Kentrell Lockett blocked the attempt. Florida regained possession with 2:05 left in the game and were able to bring the ball to the Ole Miss 32-yard line. On 4th and 1 and 41 seconds left in the game, Tim Tebow rushed the ball and was stopped short of the first down marker\u2014turning over the ball on downs. Ole Miss gained possession and ran the clock out upsetting the higher ranked Gators at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nThe Gators would end the game with more yards, 443 to 325, as well as with more first downs, 24 to 10. The Gators, however, had three turnovers, which was uncharacteristic given that they had none in the first three games of the season. Ole Miss only had one turnover in the game as well as double the number of penalties (10 to 5). After the game, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow addressed the media on the loss to Ole Miss:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nI'm sorry. I'm extremely sorry. We were hoping for an undefeated season. That was my goal, something Florida's never done here. But I promise you one thing: a lot of good will come out of this. You have never seen any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of this season and you'll never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of this season, and you'll never see a team play harder than we will the rest of this season. God Bless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nThe speech went on to be engraved on a plaque that was placed outside the entrance to the new Gators football facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nThe Gators traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to take on their second of three SEC West opponents in the regular season to face first year Razorback coach Bobby Petrino. Entering the game, the Gators held a 6\u20131 series lead over Arkansas with the Gators' last win coming in the 2006 SEC Championship Game that was coached by former Arkansas head coach Houston Nutt. This is the first of a two-game home-and-home series on the rotating SEC West opponent schedule with next year's meeting taking place in Gainesville, Florida. Arkansas entered the game coming off of a loss to then-#7 ranked Texas at Texas by a score of 52\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nArkansas received the kickoff to start the game and put together a 44-yard drive before failing to convert a fourth and 4 with a sack by Gator defensive standout Carlos Dunlap. On the resulting Gator possession, a scoring drive was capped with a Tim Tebow 2-yard shuffle pass to Brandon James resulting in a touchdown. As with Arkansas' first drive, a failed fourth down attempt put the ball back in the Gators' hands, but the offense stuttered and was forced to punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nArkansas continued to struggle on offense, but oet field position in their favor by punting the ball to the Florida one-yard line, giving the Gators difficult field position with which to work. Pinned back on their side of the field, the Gators' Chas Henry eventually punted the ball on a 4th and 11. Arkansas' Michael Smith fumbled the ball, which was recovered by Florida's Brandon James\u2014the first of his career. The Gators capitalized on the Razorbacks' turnover and scored on a 36-yard rushing TD by true freshman Jeffery Demps, extending their lead to 14\u20130 halfway through the second quarter. With just 11 seconds remaining in the half and Arkansas deep in Florida's territory at the Florida 25-yard line, sophomore DB Joe Haden intercepted a Casey Dick pass closing out the half, 14\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 851]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nThe Gators opened the second half on offense and got as far as the Arkansas 20-yard line, but not farther. The 5:43 drive finished with a 37-yard field goal by Jonathan Phillips, extending the Gators' lead to 17\u20130. The Gators' defense wasn't able to achieve a shutout with the Razorbacks' response on the next possession. Casey Dick and the Hogs put together a 7-play, 53-yard drive in 3:27, scoring a touchdown and narrowing the Gators' lead to 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nTim Tebow threw his first interception of the season on the following drive, but the Razorbacks were unable to score on the turnover and were forced to punt. The fourth quarter featured three touchdowns by the Gators. Of the Gators' 512 total yards, 246 came in the fourth quarter. The first touchdown drive started with 14:41 in the fourth. The 6 play 83-yard drive took only 2:43 and finished with a 21-yard pass to Percy Harvin from Tim Tebow\u2014extending Florida's lead 24\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nHalfway through the fourth, the Gators initiated a 4 play 80-yard drive that ended with 75-yard rushing TD by redshirt freshman Chris Rainey. Florida's defense forced a quick 3 and out for the Hogs and the next Gator drive ended like the previous. True freshman Jeffery Demps ran 48 yards for a touchdown extending the Gators' lead, and final score, 38\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nThis annual rivalry marked the 10th time in college football history that back-to-back champions played in the following regular season with the home team never losing. The last time this occurred was on October 20, 1990, when the 1989 champions University of Miami played the 1988 champions Notre Dame. Notre Dame beat Miami at South Bend with a score of 29\u201320. This game marked the 55th meeting between the Gators and Tigers with Florida leading the series 28-23-3 entering the game. Florida head coach Urban Meyer's record against LSU head coach Les Miles was 1-2 entering the game with the home team winning in each of those three games. This game marked the second of four regular season games where the Gators faced a coach that had won a national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nThe Gators opened the game on offense and set the pace early. The first drive of the game only took 1:38 for an early score with a Percy Harvin touchdown off a tipped pass on the third play of the game. Florida's defense stopped LSU on their first possession with a quick three and out and turned the change of possession into a Gator field goal extending their lead 10\u20130. Their momentum continued finishing the first quarter 17-0 after a second touchdown by Percy Harvin, which was a career first for receiving TDs in a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nThe Gators defense continued to pressure LSU and forced LSU QB Jarrett Lee to have a pass picked off by Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes. Although Florida wasn't able to capitalize on the turnover, LSU turned the ball over on their next possession with a Charles Scott fumble recovered by Gator AJ Jones. Florida was unable to create points with their second gained turnover. After having scored 17 points in the first quarter, the Gators were only able to put 3 points on the board in the second quarter extending their lead 20\u20130. With less than a minute in the first half and down 20\u20130, LSU put together a 60-yard drive in less than one minute scoring a touchdown with 5 seconds remaining in the half, bringing the halftime score to 20\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nLSU opened the second half scoring a quick touchdown off of a 3-yard rush by backup QB Andrew Hatch creating a 14\u20130 run after a 20-0 Florida run. Florida quickly responded with a 67-yard drive taking only 8 plays capped with a Tim Tebow rushing touchdown, bringing the Gators' lead back to 13. The next offensive possession for Florida finished with another long touchdown run by true freshman Jeffery Demps. His 42-yard rushing touchdown was his fourth of the season with all four having been over 30 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nThe Gators scored on defense with a Brandon Spikes interception-returned touchdown 12 seconds into the fourth quarter building a 41\u201314 lead. Spikes then punted the ball into the southeast corner of the stands in celebration, drawing a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the ensuing kickoff. This was Spikes second interception of the game and of his career. After a failed fourth down attempt by LSU, Florida turned the ball over back to LSU on a forced fumble on Tim Tebow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0024-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nLSU scored a touchdown shortly thereafter cutting the lead to 20 with 11 minutes left in regulation and followed with a failed onside kickoff. The following Florida drive resulted in a made field goal from 25 yards. After another failed fourth down attempt on the following LSU drive, Florida marched down the field and scored their 50th point of the game with a touchdown by senior running back Kestahn Moore. The following made extra point brought the Gators lead, and final score, to 51\u201321. This was the first time since 1996 that the Gators scored over 50 points on LSU. The Gators ended the game with over 475 yards of offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nHomecoming for the Gators featured an early match up with division rival Kentucky. The Gators entered the game with a 21-game winning streak against the Wildcats. The second longest active streak against an annual opponent in the NCAA. Second only to Tennessee's streak over Kentucky as well. The last time the Wildcats defeated the Gators was in Lexington in a 10\u20133 loss during the 1986 season. The Gators last lost at home to the Wildcats on November 17, 1979, in a blowout fashion\u201331 to 3. These two teams met last in Gainesville during the 2006 season, where the Gators defeated the Wildcats 26\u20137. Florida enters the game leading the series 40-17-0 and the Wildcats have defeated the Gators only 3 times in the series when the Gators were ranked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThe Gators opened the game strong with 28 points scored in the first quarter. The Gators' special teams blocked two punts on Kentucky's first and second drives of the game. The Gators scored touchdowns on each blocked punt with Tim Tebow running in the first touchdown and Brandon James for the second. The Gators' third scoring drive of the game only took four plays and 1:39 finishing with a 16-yard Percy Harvin rushing TD. Percy Harvin scored the fourth Florida TD of the quarter off of another 4-play drive, but this time through the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nBefore the end of the first half, the Gators' special teams blocked a Wildcat field goal attempt, which was returned by the Gators' safety Major Wright to the Florida 40-yard line. Tim Tebow then threw his second TD shortly into the second quarter to Jeff Demps. Kentucky got on the board with a field goal with 5:03 left in the half. Florida responded quickly with a 3-yard TD rush by Tim Tebow, bringing the score at the half 42\u20133. This was his second rushing TD of the game, which tied former Florida Gator running back Emmitt Smith with a school-record 36 rushing touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nFlorida opened the second half on defense with Gator DB Ahmad Black scoring a TD on an interception 9 seconds into the half. Florida's defense continued to keep Kentucky out of scoring position allowing the Gators to pile on the points. The next Florida drive consumed over eight minutes resulting in senior RB Kestahn Moore running in a TD increasing the lead 56 to 3. After this drive, redshirt freshman John Brantley took over the reins as QB. Three minutes into the fourth quarter, John Brantley threw a 38-yard TD pass to David Nelson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThis was John Brantley's first passing touchdown as a Gator as well as David Nelson's first reception of the year. Kentucky's following drive brought them within 5 yards of a touchdown. Florida's defense forced Kentucky into a fourth down attempt. With only a couple yards to gain, Florida Gator Lorenzo Edwards forced a turnover on downs stopping Kentucky half a yard short from the first down marker. On the following drive, Florida's Bobby Kane mishandled the punt snap sending the ball out of the endzone resulting in a safety. This was the last score of the game, bringing the final score to 63\u20135. Florida's winning streak over the Wildcats extended to 22 straight victories, tying Tennessee's record over Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nThe Gators faced off against the Bulldogs in the annual rivalry taking place in Jacksonville, Florida. Georgia led the series entering the game 45-38-2. Florida had won 15 of the last 18 meetings dating back to the 1990 season, which was Steve Spurrier's first season as head coach. Urban Meyer was 2\u20131 against Georgia before the game with his only loss coming the previous year in a 42\u201330 win over the Gators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nIn that win, Knowshon Moreno's one-yard touchdown run in the first quarter sparked a celebration by the entire Bulldogs team in the end zone, known as the \"Gator Stomp.\" Georgia head coach Mark Richt defended his actions in having his team intentionally celebrate. He was quoted as saying \"I wanted to make sure we left this game with our hearts on the field.\" He was later quoted in summer media presses: \"In hindsight, I shouldn't have done it. I won't do anything like that again. It could have easily turned into a big, stupid brawl.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nThe Bulldogs started the game on offense after Florida deferred to the second half. Neither team was able to score on their opening possessions as both defenses force the teams to punt. Georgia was able to get into the red zone and attempted a field goal from the 20-yard line, which was missed by kicker Blair Walsh. On the change of possession, the Gators capitalized with a 5-minute 80-yard drive finished off with a Percy Harvin rushing touchdown. With this touchdown, Percy scored a TD in every game thus far in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nFlorida's defense shut out Georgia in the first quarter, but Georgia was able to put points on the board with a 35-yard field goal cutting Florida's lead to 4. Georgia attempted an onside kick following the score, but was unable to recover the ball setting up the Gators at the Georgia 41-yard line. It took only 7 plays for Tim Tebow to cap the drive with a 1-yard rushing touchdown, bringing the score to 14\u20133. Florida's defense kept Georgia QB Matthew Stafford and Georgia RB Knowshon Moreno out of the end zone after Georgia got to the Florida 10-yard line. After having to settle for another field goal attempt, Georgia kicker Blair Walsh missed his second of the game. Neither the Gators nor the Bulldogs were able to score anymore in the half, bringing the score to 14\u20133 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 849]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nAfter having to punt on the opening possession of the second half for the Gators, the Florida defense quickly gave the ball back into the hands of Tim Tebow. Florida sophomore DB Joe Haden intercepted a Matthew Stafford pass and returned it 88 yards to the Georgia 1-yard line. Tim Tebow scored a TD on the resulting run extending Florida's lead to 21\u20133. Georgia continued to struggle on offense and their next drive resulted in a punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nTim Tebow connected with senior WR Louis Murphy on a 44-yard pass to bring the score to 28\u20133 with a little more than 5 minutes remaining in the third quarter. Turnovers continued with Georgia after Knowshon Moreno fumbled the ball, which was picked up by Florida DT Terron Sanders. Tim Tebow ran the ball in for a touchdown on the following change of possession\u2014his third rushing TD of the game and 40th of his career. Matthew Stafford's turnovers continued with back-to-back interceptions by Gator linebacker Dustin Doe and Gator DB Ahmad Black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0030-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nWhile unable to capitalize on the Dustin Doe interception, the Gators scored a TD off of Ahmad Black's interception with only one play, a 25-yard Tim Tebow pass to Percy Harvin. The lead extended to 42\u20133 at this point. Redshirt freshman quarterback John Brantley took over the offense in the fourth quarter for Tim Tebow. John Brantley and the Gators put together a 66-yard drive finishing with a touchdown pass to redshirt freshman WR Deonte Thompson. The Gators lead extended to a game high 46 points, 49\u20133, with still half of a quarter to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0030-0003", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nAfter replacing Matthew Stafford with quarterback Joe Cox, the Bulldogs were able to score a touchdown with a little more than 3 minutes left in regulation. This would bring the final score to 49\u201310. Although the Gators finished the game with 25 less yards of offense (398 vs. 373), the Gators were able to force four turnovers (1 fumble, 3 interceptions) and capitalized off of them. Presumably as revenge for the 2007 Bulldog celebration, Meyer used up his timeouts in the last minute of the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nThis is the first time the Gators have returned to Nashville after winning the 2006 National Championship. The 2006 game in Nashville ended closely\u201425 to 19\u2014and the last three games in Nashville were won by the Gators by an average of only 9 points. Entering the 2008 game, the Gators have outscored opponents an average of 50 to 10 since the Gators loss to Ole Miss earlier in the year. With a win in this game, the Gators would clinch the SEC East division title and a berth in the SEC championship game. Florida enters the game having won 17 straight games over Vanderbilt. Their last loss occurring in Nashville in 1988 where the Gators lost by a score of 24\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nThe Gators opened strong on defense forcing an early three-and-out by Vanderbilt followed by a tipped punt. The Gators' first offensive drive only had to travel 60 yards resulting in a Tim Tebow touchdown pass to wide receiver Louis Murphy while in the red-zone. Coming into the game, the Gators had the #1 red-zone scoring offense in the nation with Vanderbilt ranked #2 in red-zone defense. The Gators defense forced another three-and-out on Vanderbilt's second offensive drive. Coming into the game, the Gators ranked #16 in the nation in total defense. The Gators' second offensive drive ended in another touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nThis time, Tim Tebow carried the ball three consecutive times with the third, and final rush, resulting in a touchdown. This was Tim Tebow's 40th rushing touchdown of his career. Extending his school-record for rushing touchdowns in a career at the University of Florida. Vanderbilt's third possession resulted in an interception by Gator DB Ahmad Black. His 5th, and team-leading, interception of the season. Vanderbilt continued to struggle on offense as well as defense as Florida continued to put points on the scoreboard early in the game setting the tone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0032-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nTim Tebow added his second rushing TD of the game after the interception after stiff arming a Vanderbilt defender to push his way into the endzone. After another failed drive for Vanderbilt on offense, their punt was blocked by Florida Gator Carlos Dunlap. The resulting field position yielded a quick scoring drive ending with a touchdown pass by Tim Tebow to Riley Cooper. The Gators fifth offensive possession ended with a questionable fumble call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0032-0003", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nPercy Harvin rushed the ball for a touchdown with the ball appearing to have crossed the plane of the endzone and then coming loose and picked up by a Vanderbilt defender. After review, the fumble call was confirmed. This was the second redzone drive of the season the Gators did not score. The other being a taken-knee at the end of the Tennessee game. Even with the missed points on the possession, the Gators quickly scored on their sixth possession of the half with a touchdown pass by Tim Tebow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nThe Gators opened the second half on offense and continued to rack up the points. The drive ended with a touchdown run by WR Percy Harvin. In this game, Percy Harvin set a school record for rushing yards by a wide receiver. Chris Nickson took over as quarterback for Vanderbilt after Mackenzie Adams left the field due to injury at the end of the second quarter. With 1:04 remaining in the 3rd quarter, Vanderbilt prevented a shutout and scored a touchdown with a Nickson pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nWith under a minute to go in the third, redshirt freshman Gator QB John Brantley took control of the offense. Tim Tebow finished three quarters with three passing TDs and two rushing TDs. His second week in a row with 5 total TDs. This win over Vanderbilt clinched the SEC East Division championship for the Gators sending them back to the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta since the 2006 season. They will face the Alabama Crimson Tide after they clinched their division title earlier in the day against rival LSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nThis game marked the 12th time the Gamecocks have traveled to Gainesville where they were winless on the road (0-11) coming into the game. The last time the two teams met in Gainesville, the Gamecocks nearly earned their first victory against the Gators in the Swamp, but fell short with a field goal attempt blocked by Jarvis Moss with only a few seconds left in the game. History was also made in this game with it being the first college football game where a Heisman-winning coach (Steve Spurrier) coached against a Heisman-winning player (Tim Tebow).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nBoth Heisman winners also earned their Heisman trophies at the University of Florida. This was only the fourth time in college football history that two Heisman winners faced one another. South Carolina is the third team of the season the Gators have played against that was coached by a previous championship-winning head coach (Phillip Fulmer of Tennessee and Les Miles of LSU being the other two).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nWith afternoon showers rolling through Gainesville, field conditions weren't ideal for either team early on. The Gamecocks first drive ended after just four plays resulting in a punt. As Florida drove down the field on the following possession, true freshman Jeff Demps fumbled the ball near the South Carolina 40-yard line. Carolina's and Florida's offensives woes continued in each of their next drives, with a South Carolina QB Chris Smelley pass being intercepted and returned for a touchdown by Brandon Spikes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nSimilar to the prior week, South Carolina head coach and Florida alum Steve Spurrier rotated quarterbacks after nearly every offensive snap. On the following South Carolina offensive possession, Gator DB Ahmad Black intercepted another Chris Smelley pass after it was deflected by Gator linebacker Brandon Hicks. This was Black's sixth, and team-leading, interception of the season. It only took one offensive play for the Gators to capitalize on the Carolina turnover. Percy Harvin ran the ball for 26 yards resulting in a touchdown extending the Gators' lead 14-0 late in the first quarter. South Carolina continued to make mistakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0035-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nOn the following kickoff, the South Carolina returner threw a lateral pass to his teammate who fumbled the catch. Florida senior long snapper James Smith collected the ball and ran it just one foot shy of the goal line. Tim Tebow ran the ball in for a touchdown on the resulting change of possession. Florida's 21 points were off of 3 South Carolina turnovers and only took 2:15 to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nAfter a South Carolina forced-fumble in the first quarter, their defense picked up their second fumble on a fumbled Tebow option-pass to Chris Rainey near the South Carolina redzone. Although South Carolina's defense had spent little time on the field, they were productive in collecting two early Florida fumbles. With South Carolina's offense struggling and unable to put points on the board, Florida regained possession after forcing a punt and quickly scored with a Tebow touchdown pass to redshirt freshman Deonte Thompson. After failed offensive drives for both teams, South Carolina was able to put together enough of an offense to attempt, and make, a field goal. This brought the score to 28\u20133 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nFlorida received the ball in the second half and on the first offensive play for the Gators, Percy Harvin ran the ball 80 yards for a touchdown. This was Percy's second rushing TD of the game. The Gators crossed the 30-point mark on this score, which was the first time in Gator history that the Gators scored 30+ points in every regular season SEC game. On the following offensive drive for South Carolina, Steve Spurrier ditched the two-QB calls and left Chris Smelley in to take all snaps on the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nSouth Carolina moved down the field effectively compared to the first half. After moving the ball down the field, South Carolina attempted, and made, a 44-yard field goal with 10:17 remaining in the third quarter. Florida responded with a drive that took less than four minutes and topped off with a 38-yard Jeff Demps rushing touchdown. This was Jeff Demps' fifth rushing touchdown of the season, all of which were runs of more than 35 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0037-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nOn the first play of the fourth quarter, Tim Tebow threw a TD pass to TE Aaron Hernandez, who controlled the catch with one hand, extending their lead 49\u20136. On the following Gator offensive possession, redshirt freshman QB John Brantley took over for Tim Tebow to close out the game. Florida's defense still did not let up. True freshman Gator Will Hill picked off a Stephen Garcia pass attempt making it the third Gator interception of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0037-0003", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nThis turnover led to another Gator score when true freshman Chris Rainey put together two runs with the second being the touchdown score that put the Gators over the 50-point mark. The Gators finished the game holding South Carolina's offense to 173 yards while the Gator offense amassed over 519 yards with 346 of those yards coming on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nThis game marked Senior day for the Gators as they played their final home game of the 2008 season in the Swamp. It also featured the retirement of Citadel graduate and UF legend George Edmondson better known as \"Mr. Two Bits\" to Gator fans. This was the only game of the season where the Gators faced a Division I-FCS opponent. The first meeting between these two teams took place in 1910 where the Gators defeated the Bulldogs 6\u20132 in Jacksonville. The most recent meeting between the two teams took place as the season opener for the 1998 season where the Gators remained undefeated against the Bulldogs, winning 49\u201310. Florida scored 42 points in six straight games, a record unmatched by a conference member since Vanderbilt in 1915.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nThe Gators defense took control of the game early shortly after The Citadel received the opening kickoff. True freshman cornerback Janoris Jenkins picked off a Bart Blanchard pass and took it into Bulldogs territory. The Gators got on the board shortly thereafter with a Tim Tebow touchdown pass to senior WR Louis Murphy. After a 3 and out forced by the Gators' defense, the Gators put together a 61-yard drive in 1:25 capped off with a Chris Rainey touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nThe Gators third touchdown of the quarter came on the 5th play of their next offensive possession ending with a Tim Tebow 43-yard touchdown pass to Riley Cooper. With another 3 and out at the end of the first quarter, the Citadel was forced to punt. Starting at the Florida 11-yard line, the Gators managed to go 89 yards down the field and score a touchdown off of a Percy Harvin 11-yard run. Offensive struggles continued for the Bulldogs as true freshman DB Will Hill intercepted a pass by Cam Turner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0039-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nTim Tebow's final touchdown of the day was a 31-yard pass to redshirt freshman Deonte Thompson. This TD brought the score to 35\u20130 with over 13 minutes remaining in the half. Florida's next offensive possession ended like the previous five with a touchdown scored\u2014this time by senior RB Kestahn Moore. The Gators' defense was unable to field a shutout when the Bulldogs responded with a 78-yard drive, finishing with a TD pass by Scott Flanagan\u2014cutting the score 42-6 after a missed extra point. Shortly before the half, senior Kestahn Moore was able to rush for his second TD of the game, this time from 22 yards out. This brought the halftime score to 49\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nThe Gators opened the second half with the ball, but weren't as dominant as they were in the first half. Redshirt freshman QB John Brantley took snaps in place of Tim Tebow and was able to put together a touchdown scoring drive. This one ended with a 1-yard rushing TD by Florida defensive tackle Javier Estopinan, extending the lead to 56\u20136. The Citadel's response mirrored the Gators' drive in that it, too, ended with a 1-yard rushing TD, bringing the score to 56-13 after the made extra point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nThe Gators broke the 60-point mark after quarterback John Brantley completed a 12-yard pass to redshirt junior WR David Nelson, extending the Gators' lead to 50. The Gator defense continued to perform well as defensive standout Carlos Dunlap, the season leader in sacks, sacked Citadel's Cam Turner, forcing the Bulldogs to punt. On the following drive, redshirt sophomore RB Emmanuel Moody, transfer from USC, would run the ball in 5 yards for the TD. This would be the Gators' last score of the game, eclipsing the 70-point mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0040-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nTurnovers continued for the Bulldogs with their next drive ending with a Cam Turner pass intercepted by Gator DB Wondy Pierre-Louis. The final score of the game came off of a Cam Turner pass to Taylor Cornett for a 15-yard touchdown reception, bringing the final score to 70-19 after the Citadel missed their second extra point of the game. The Gators' offense collected 705 total yards, with 394 coming on the ground. The Citadel had 3 turnovers in the game, all of which were interceptions. The Gators had 13 drives on offense, 10 of which ended with touchdowns. Two drives ended the first half and second half and the Gators punted the ball only once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThe final game of the regular season for the Florida Gators featured a matchup against in-state rival Florida State in Tallahassee, Florida. The last meeting between these two teams took place in the Swamp in 2007 with the Gators defeating the Seminoles 45\u201312. This game was the 53rd meeting between the two teams with the Gators leading the series 31-19-2 entering the game. This was Bobby Bowden's 36th game against the Gators. Coming into the game, Coach Bowden's record was 17-16-2. The Gators last loss to the Seminoles occurred during the 2003 season at home on senior day. This game marked the fourth and final regular season contest in which the Gators faced a team led by a national championship-winning head coach. (Though they would face two more in the SEC and BCS championship games.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 862]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nFlorida received the ball the start the game and was able to score on their opening drive. Ending the 65-yard drive, WR Percy Harvin ran the ball from 11 yards out to score a touchdown\u2014this completed his streak of scoring a TD in every game of the regular season. Florida State was able to establish excellent field position by returning a Caleb Sturgis kickoff to the Florida 24-yard line. Florida's defense was able to prevent the Seminoles from scoring a TD and forced them to settle for a field goal; cutting the Gators' lead 7\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0042-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nAfter forcing a punt, the Seminoles regained possession, but put the ball back in Florida's hands. Florida safety Major Wright grabbed his third interception of the season picking off FSU QB Christian Ponder. Florida was able to capitalize on the turnover and score with a Tim Tebow touchdown pass to TE Aaron Hernandez. This completed the first quarter scoring with the Gators leading 14\u20133. After forcing Florida State to punt the ball early in the second quarter, true freshman RB Jeffery Demps of the Gators fumbled the ball during a run play, which was collected by Florida State's Neefy Moffett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0042-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThis set the Seminoles in the red zone having the ball at the Florida 14-yard line. Just as in the first quarter, the Gators defense was able to prevent the Seminoles from scoring a touchdown and forced them to settle for another field goal\u2014cutting the lead to 14\u20136. In response, the Gators put together a 10 play drive consuming 86 yards of the field ending with a 4-yard rushing touchdown by Tim Tebow over a pile of FSU defenders, bringing the score to 21\u20136 in favor of the Gators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0042-0003", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nWith little working on offense, the Seminoles once again settled for a field goal on their following possession, their third of the game. With only 2:04 left in the half, Florida's offense was able to connect on 5 consecutive pass plays, ending with a 24-yard touchdown pass to TE Aaron Hernandez in only 1:07. This brought the score at the half to 28\u20139. The Gators amassed 284 yards of offense in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThe second half opened with a Florida State turnover as their woes continued on offense with Florida's defense continuing to force mistakes. Florida middle linebacker intercepted a Christian Ponder pass on the first play of the half and set up the Gators' offense at the Florida State 20-yard line. With just three plays in 40 seconds, the Gators tacked on another touchdown with a Tim Tebow 23-yard touchdown pass to senior WR Louis Murphy. This brought the Gators' lead to 26 with a score of 35 to 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nAfter a three and out forced by the Florida defense, the Gators were able to score again, but only with their first field goal of the game. On the ensuing Florida State drive, former starting FSU QB Drew Weatherford stood in for Christian Ponder and led his team on a touchdown drive capped off with a Jermaine Thomas 4-yard touchdown run. The blocked extra point left the score at 38\u201315. Neither team was able to score any additional points in the third quarter and the Gators took their 23-point lead to the final quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0043-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nLess than three minutes into the fourth quarter, Gators' true freshman Janoris Jenkins picked off his third interception of the season by reading a D'Vontrey Richardson pass intended for Bert Reed at the FSU 38-yard line. As done earlier in the game, the Gators capitalized off the turnover and scored a TD\u2014this time in only three plays ending with a Jeffery Demps two-yard touchdown run. This would be the final score of the game with the Gators leading 45\u201315 with a little less than 12 minutes remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0043-0003", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nRedshirt freshman QB John Brantley took snaps for Tim Tebow to close out the game and the Florida defense continued to stop Florida State with sacks on the final two FSU offensive possessions by Carlos Dunlap and Jaye Howard. The final sack of the game by Jaye Howard also caused a fumble by Drew Weatherford, which Jaye Howard was able to recover. The Gators finished with over 502 yards of offense; more than double FSU's 242 yards. The Gator defense had 4 turnovers gained with three of them being interceptions. This win extending Florida's winning streak over the Seminoles to five dating back to the 2004 win in Tallahassee. In this game, Gator WR Percy Harvin suffered an injury that would prevent him from playing the SEC Championship Game the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 832]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nTebow's \"Bloody\" JerseyIn this game, Tim Tebow also created an iconic image of himself and the Gators for 2008. Because of the rainy conditions in Tallahassee that day, the field was extremely wet and slippery, affecting play on both sides. On a 4-yard TD run into the endzone, Tebow slid in on the wet turf, causing the front of his white Away jersey to get wet red paint on it. The paint also got on his face and helmet and stayed on for the majority of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThe red paint resembled blood to many people which provided Tebow with a bravado of bravery and passion, which also highlighted his intense sideline celebrations and enthusiasm. The image of Tebow's paint-stained Jersey became one of the lasting and memorable images in sports for 2008 and for the decade at large.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nThe Florida Gators returned to the Georgia Dome after two years to play against #1 Alabama for the SEC title. This was the Gators' second visit to the SEC Championship Game since the 2006 game where they faced the SEC West champion Arkansas. The 2007 season SEC East representative in the title game was the Tennessee Volunteers. Alabama returns to the SEC Championship Game after a nine-year appearance drought.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nIn the 1999 SEC Championship Game, the Crimson Tide defeated the Gators with a score of 34 to 7. Florida's last win over the Tide in the title game occurred in the 1996 SEC Championship Game where the Gators would end up playing Florida State in the Sugar Bowl and go on to win their first national championship. This game is Florida's ninth appearance in the game and have a record of 6-2 before kickoff. Alabama is 2-3 entering the game with their two wins over the Florida Gators in 1992\u2014the first year of the championship game\u2014and 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0045-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nAlabama entered the game having been ranked #1 in the AP and USA Today Coaches poll for five consecutive weeks while the Gators entered the game ranked #2 in the AP Poll. This was the first time that the AP #1 and #2 teams have faced in the SEC title game. This was Urban Meyer's first time coaching against Nick Saban as well as the first meeting between the two programs since their regular season meeting in 2006 season where the Gators defeated the Tide and then went on to win the BCS National Championship. This was the fifth game of the season where the Gators faced a team coached by a national championship winning head coach. Alabama entered the game with a 21\u201313 series lead over the Gators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nAfter winning the coin toss, the Gators elected to defer to the second half and the Alabama offense took the field after the touchback kickoff. With just three plays and one net yard, the Gators defense forced Alabama to punt early. Although without leading Gator WR Percy Harvin, who sustained an injury during the Florida State game, the Gators acted quickly and put together a nine play drive that finished with a Tim Tebow touchdown pass to first year Gator WR Carl Moore. This was Carl Moore's first career touchdown reception as a Gator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nThe Florida defense wasn't as effective on the second Alabama possession as Alabama true freshman WR Julio Jones made a 64-yard reception ending at the Florida 18-yard line. The next play resulted in a touchdown after an 18-yard run by Tide RB Glen Coffee. It only took two plays and 54 seconds for the Tide to tie the game at 7-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0046-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nAfter the Crimson Tide forced a 3 and out on the Florida offense, Alabama's offense led by senior QB John Parker Wilson were unable to score another touchdown, but settled for a field goal after getting into Florida territory with Javier Arenas' punt return. This gave the Tide the first lead of the game, 10\u20137, and this was the Gators' first time trailing in the first quarter since their loss at home to Ole Miss earlier in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0046-0003", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nAfter another 3 and out for the Florida offense, the first quarter came to a close with the Tide maintaining their lead. Alabama opened the second quarter on offense and were able to move the ball 40 yards to the Florida 32 and elected to go for the first down on 4th and 9. Alabama's P.J. Fitzgerald was only able to gain one yard and the Gators gained possession of the ball with the turnover on downs. On the ensuing drive, Florida tied the game with a 19-yard field goal after getting as close as the 2-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0046-0004", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nThis tied the game at 10-10. Florida's defense was able to stop Alabama on the following drive after only three plays and the Gators regained possession a little less than half of the quarter remaining. The Gators were able to regain the lead after a Tim Tebow touchdown pass to junior WR David Nelson. This brought the score at halftime to 17\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nThe Gators received the ball to start the second half and were unable to move the ball having to punt after just three plays on offense. The third quarter would turn out to be difficult for the Gator defense and the Tide scored on their first two possessions on offense in the half. Their first offensive possession totaled 91 yards and consumed nearly 7 minutes off of the game clock. John Parker Wilson was 4 of 6 passing in the drive with 3 of his passes connecting with freshman WR Julio Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nAlabama RB Mark Ingram finished the drive with a 2-yard rushing touchdown tying the game at 17-17. Florida's offense struggled on their next possession as they were forced to attempt a field goal. Florida kicker Jonathan Phillips had the opportunity to give the lead back to the Gators, but missed a 42-yard field goal. To close out the third quarter, Alabama was able to get the ball into Florida territory where they attempted, and made, a 27-yard field goal. This gave the Tide a three-point lead\u201420\u201317\u2014entering the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0047-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nThe Gators started on offense in the fourth quarter and drive deep into Alabama territory. Florida ran the ball 8 times out of 11 plays, with the final rush being a touchdown from 1 yard out run in by true freshman Jeffery Demps. The Gators would take the lead following the extra point and would not give it back. Florida's defense proved to be more effective in the fourth quarter than they were in the third. Florida defensive lineman Jermaine Cunningham sacked Alabama's John Parker Wilson for 11 yards forcing Alabama to punt the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0047-0003", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nWith the ball in the hands of the Florida offense, the Gators had the opportunity to take a two-score lead with a touchdown. They were able to get to the 1-yard line setting a 2nd and Goal situation, but Florida received a 5-yard penalty for sideline interference. On the second play following the penalty, Tim Tebow threw a touchdown pass to Riley Cooper to extend the Gators' lead and final score margin by 11\u201331 to 20. Alabama's response on the following drive was quickly quieted. On a 1st and 10, senior QB John Parker Wilson was intercepted by sophomore DB Joe Haden. The Gators ran out the clock after regaining possession and defeated the Crimson Tide by a score of 31-20 for the SEC Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship\nThis was the Gators' seventh victory in the SEC championship game and Urban Meyer's second SEC title since becoming the head coach of the team in 2005. This was the Florida Gator's eighth officially recognized title with the first occurring in 1991 before the formation of the Championship Game. With the win over #1 Alabama, the Gators were selected to play in the BCS National Championship Game the following day where they would face against the Oklahoma Sooners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nThe Gators closed out the 2008 season against the Oklahoma Sooners for the 2008 BCS National Championship in Miami, Florida. Although this was the first time the two teams had played one another, there was familiarity between the two programs. Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops played a critical role as defensive coordinator for the Florida Gators during the first national championship run in 1996. In addition, Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow and Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford met the previous month in New York for the Heisman Award ceremony where Sam Bradford took home the honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nEven though Tim Tebow received the most first-place votes, 309, to Sam Bradford's 300, he finished third in the final balloting, being surpassed by both Sam Bradford and Texas' quarterback Colt McCoy. Florida's staff also suffered an employment change when offensive coordinator Dan Mullen accepted the head coaching position at Mississippi State University replacing Sylvester Croom who resigned. Urban Meyer named Steve Addazio as the offensive coordinator shortly thereafter, but Dan Mullen would still coach in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0049-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nEntering the game, Florida head coach Urban Meyer was 2\u20130 in BCS bowl games with his win as head coach at Utah in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl and his second win coming two years ago to the day against Ohio State in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game. Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops made his fourth appearance in the BCS national championship game. His first visit was to the same stadium where his Sooners defeated the Florida State Seminoles 13\u20132 in the 2001 Orange Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0049-0003", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nHowever, the Sooners' last two appearances in the title game ended in defeat, losing at the hands of LSU in the 2004 Sugar Bowl and USC in the 2005 Orange Bowl. In addition, the Sooners lost two more BCS bowl games following their loss to USC. Those were to the Boise State Broncos in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and the West Virginia Mountaineers in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl. Bob Stoops and the Sooners looked to snap a four-game BCS bowl losing streak and Urban Meyer and the Gators aimed to add their third national championship in school history, and their second in three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nAfter winning the coin toss, the Oklahoma Sooners elected to receive the ball and put the Gators on defense to start the game. Oklahoma started the game at the Sooner 24-yard line and was only able to gain 31 yards on 8 plays before having to punt the ball to the Gators. This was a rare punt by the Sooners this season, with the team breaking an NCAA record for most points scored in a season with over 700.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0050-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nThe Gators' first offensive possession ended in just 8 plays similar to the Sooners', but this one finishing on a Tim Tebow interception. Coming into the game, Tim Tebow only had thrown two interceptions all year. Fortunately for the Gators, the Sooners were unable to capitalize off of the rare Florida turnover. Before the start of the game, the Sooners led the NCAA FBS with the fewest turnovers in a game with 9. The Gators were tied for second with only 11 turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0050-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nFlorida's second offensive possession was more productive with the Gators getting to the Oklahoma 21-yard line by the end of the first quarter. This brought the score at the end of the quarter to 0\u20130. This was the first time in the Sooners' season where they were unable to score in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nThe Sooners had scored an average of over 50 points per game and the Gators over 40 points per game, but neither was able to put points on the board. However, needing only three plays in the second quarter, the Gators scored a touchdown with a pass from Tim Tebow to senior WR Louis Murphy, who managed to get the ball over the goal line with his right hand prior to fumbling. This gave the Gators the lead, 7\u20130. In response, the Sooners put together a drive initiated with three running plays by RB Chris Brown totaling 45 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nThe next two plays capped off the drive with a Sooner touchdown tying the game at 7-7 and taking only 2:13 to respond. The Gators received the ball with 11:49 left in the half and were able to move the ball 21 yards to the Florida 36 where Tim Tebow threw his second interception of the game and this one to Sooners' defensive standout Gerald McCoy\u2014Big 12 defensive player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0051-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nThe Sooners' ensuing drive called for four running plays by RB Chris Brown who was able to take the ball one yard shy of the goal line on a 4th and goal. The Sooners elected to go for the touchdown, but were stopped at the 3-yard line by Florida DT Torrey Davis. Florida's offense stuttered on their next possession and eventually punted the ball back to Oklahoma who had 2:32 left in the first half. Sam Bradford led his team down the field and in scoring position with a 1st and Goal at the Florida 6-yard line. Sam Bradford's following pass was tipped by Florida DB Joe Haden and intercepted by Florida safety Major Wright. This was the third interception of the game; the first for Sam Bradford in the game. The Gators took a knee to close out the half tied 7\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 843]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nThe Gators opened the second half on offense, but struggled to move the ball and were forced to punt back to Oklahoma after a 3 and out. The Sooners didn't fare much better on their opening possession of the half. After just nine plays, Oklahoma punted the ball back to Florida where the Gators would start a drive taking over 5 minutes. Starting at the Florida 25-yard line, the Gators moved the ball effectively, needing only three plays to get to midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0052-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nOn a 2nd and 4 at the Oklahoma 13, true freshman RB Jeffery Demps ran the ball to the 2-yard line before Oklahoma was called for a facemask while tackling Demps. This put the ball at the 1-yard line and the Gators had a fresh set of downs on which to score. After failing to run the ball in from one yard, Tim Tebow attempted a pass to TE Aaron Hernandez, which was nearly caught.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0052-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nThe next play called was a direct snap to WR Percy Harvin, who made his first appearance since getting injured against Florida State two games earlier. Harvin was able to rush from two yards out and score a TD, putting the Gators up 14\u20137. Oklahoma's following drive did not move as much down the field as their previous drives. On the first play of the drive, Dustin Doe and Carlos Dunlap sacked Sam Bradford, dropping him for a four-yard loss. After getting to the Florida 32-yard line, the Sooners attempted a field goal, which was blocked by the Gators. After the change of possession, the Gators went 3 and out to close the third quarter. The Gators entered the fourth quarter with a lead of 14\u20137. Florida's defense was able to shut out Oklahoma's offense in two of the three quarters played up to that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 890]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nThe Sooners received the ball to open the fourth quarter after forcing a punt by Florida at the end of the third quarter. Oklahoma was able to put together another quick scoring drive. This one took only 2:36 off the clock and 8 plays to go 77 yards down the field. The Sooners tied the game at 14\u201314 after a Sam Bradford pass to Jermaine Gresham, who lost his shoe after catching the ball on the play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0053-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nWith 12:13 left in the game and the score tied at 14-14, the Gators' first play of their next possession was a hand-off to Percy Harvin who ran the ball 52 yards before being pushed out of bounds. Although the Gators were able to get into the red zone\u2014the Oklahoma 10-yard line\u2014they were unable to score a TD and settled for a 27-yard made field goal, putting the Gators back in the lead. The Sooners started their drive after the kickoff at the Oklahoma 35-yard line with 10:45 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0053-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nOn the fourth play of the drive from midfield, Sam Bradford threw a deep pass intended for teammate Juaquin Iglesias, but just as Iglesias got his hands on the ball, Gator DB Ahmad Black pulled it away for the interception. This was Black's seventh interception of the season; tying him for first in the NCAA with most interceptions. At this point, both starting quarterbacks had thrown for two interceptions each. The Gators capitalized off the turnover and formed a drive taking nearly 7 minutes off the game clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0053-0003", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nOn a 2nd and Goal at the Oklahoma 4-yard line, Tim Tebow threw for his second TD pass of the game\u2014this time on a jump pass to junior WR David Nelson. This extended the Gators' lead to 10 and brought the score to 24\u201314. Oklahoma tried to respond on their following drive, but when faced with a 4th and 4, Gator DB Joe Haden broke up a pass that would have been for a first down. After the turnover on downs, the Gators ran out the clock, thus winning the BCS Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nThe Gators ended the game with 480 yards of offense to Oklahoma's 363. Percy Harvin led the Gators on the ground with 122 rushing yards followed by Tim Tebow with 109. The Gators used seven wide receivers to complete 18 passes for a total of 231 yards. Florida defensive lineman Carlos Dunlap was named defensive player of the game and Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was named offensive player of the game. This was the Gators' third national championship in school history and their second in the last three seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196784-0054-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, BCS National Championship\nBob Stoops and the Sooners extended their BCS bowl losing streak to five games and have lost two national championships at Dolphin Stadium after winning his only championship in the same stadium in 2001. Urban Meyer's BCS bowl record extended to 3\u20130 with the first won as head coach of the Utah Utes. He has a bowl game record at Florida of 3\u20131 with his only bowl loss coming in the previous season. During the championship celebration three days after the game, quarterback Tim Tebow announced he would return to the University of Florida for his senior season. This game was also determined by FOX to be their most-watched BCS bowl game since televising BCS games in January 2007. It was viewed by 26.8 million viewers, and at least 50 million viewers tuned in at some point of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 866]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196785-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators softball team\nThe 2008 Gators went 70-5 overall and 27-1 in SEC play. The 70 wins set an NCAA single season record and Florida, named the #1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament, advanced to the semifinals of the Women's College World Series. They also were the SEC regular season and tournament champions. Five Gators were named All-Americans (Stacey Nelson, Kim Waleszonia, Aja Paculba, Francesca Enea, and Ali Gardiner) and Junior pitcher Stacey Nelson was the SEC Pitcher of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196785-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators softball team, Previous Season\nThe 2007 Florida Gators finished second in the SEC East and made it to the SEC Tournament title game before losing to LSU. They were also invited to host Regionals of the NCAA Tournament. After breezing through the Gainesville Regional, the Gators lost the three-game series to Texas A&M 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196785-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators softball team, Pre-season\nThe 2008 Gators started the season ranked No. 13 in the NFCA/ USA Today poll. They returned All-Americans Stacey Nelson and Kim Waleszonia as well as six other starters from the 2007 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196785-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators softball team, Roster\nThe 2008 Florida Gators softball team had 1 senior, 8 juniors, 3 sophomores, and 8 freshmen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196785-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Gators softball team, Coaching staff\nHead Coach: Tim Walton (3rd season)Assistant Coaches: Jennifer Rocha (3rd season), Jenny Gladding (2nd season)Athletic Trainer: Scott SchenkerStudent Trainer: Arielle GavdoshStrength & Conditioning Coordinator: Steven OrrisAcademic Counselor: Tony MeachamStaff Assistant: Brittany SouilliardManagers: Crystal Sleeman and Kip Collins", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season\nThe Florida Marlins' 2008 season was the 16th season for the Major League Baseball franchise. Fredi Gonz\u00e1lez returned for his second season as manager. Despite having the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues, the Marlins finished with a record of 84\u201377, the 4th best record in franchise history, however, they failed to make the playoffs for the 5th consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, April\nThe season started off well for the Marlins even though they lost the opening series to the New York Mets. They go on to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, sweep the Washington Nationals in their series, and take the first game of the series vs. Houston Astros while earning their 4th straight victory and leading their division with a 7\u20133 record by 1\u00a0\u00bd games the first week. They tied the franchise record for the most victories in April, with 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, May\nThe Marlins started the month with a loss to the Dodgers, but after taking two of three from the Padres they swept the Brewers and the Nationals back-to-back to eventually improve to a Major League best record on May 11, before the Reds took three in a row in Cincinnati. After a rainout the Royals handed the Marlins their fourth consecutive loss, the last two of the interleague series were split.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, May\nThey went on to sweep the Arizona Diamondbacks, whom at that time had the National League's best record, and in that process stopped Brandon Webb from starting the season with a 10\u20130 record, a feat not accomplished since World War I. After winning the homes series against the Giants and losing to the Mets at Shea Stadium the Marlins split the first two of three in Philadelphia to finish May atop their division with a half-game edge over the Phillies. They were in first place or tied for first all through the month except for May 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, June\nAfter a loss in Philadelphia, the Marlins fell back to second place in the division, but they could hold the second spot despite losing three of four in Atlanta. Back in Dolphin Stadium, they split a four-game series against the Reds. In the last game of the series on June 9, Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his 600th career home run off Mark Hendrickson in a 9\u20134 loss. The Marlins finished their home stand winning two of three against the Phillies, and narrowed the gap to their division rival to three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, June\nAn interleague road swing starting in St. Petersburg saw both teams of the Citrus Series sporting records above .500 for the first time ever. Tampa Bay took the first two games, but an outstanding performance by Ricky Nolasco earned him the win and a shared NL Player of the Week award, and let the series finish on a high note for the Fish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, June\nFor the first time in Seattle at Safeco Field, they took two of three on solid outings by youngsters Andrew Miller and Ryan Tucker, before heading after a day off to another new ballpark for a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics. Despite a Marlins' long ball attack with four home runs in the first encounter, the A's won it in extra innings to take two of three. After a day off the Marlins were swept in three games by their state rival Tampa Bay Rays to finish 2008 interleague play with a 5\u201310 record. The first loss to the D-Backs in 2008 was the only blemish in the last four games in June. Throughout the month in second place they trailed the Phillies only half a game in the division standings on June 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, July\nThe Marlins stayed in the top three of the NL East division throughout the month. They won or split all but two \u2014 against the Rockies and the Braves \u2014 of their series in July. Though they never held first place, they neither were back more than three games and finished the month seven games over .500, trailing the first place Phillies only by 1\u00bd games. Remarkable was a game at Coors Field on July 4, where the Marlins were vanquished after blowing a nine run lead to finally lose 18\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, July\nIronically, the Marlins led the NL with 32 come-from-behind wins as of the end of the month. The rotation was shaken up with the call-up of Chris Volstad on July 6. He earned his first win that same night in two innings of relief at Colorado, then earning his first win as a starter five days later at the Dodgers with a brilliant 8\u2154 inning performance, helping the Marlins take three of four in L.A. Right before the All-Star break, Josh Johnson made it back to the line-up, only eleven months after having undergone Tommy John surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, July\nOn July 31, An\u00edbal S\u00e1nchez also had his comeback after shoulder surgery. Both of them boosted the rotation like the acquisition of top pitchers. Before the July 31 trade deadline, there were major rumors of the Fish acquiring Manny Ram\u00edrez for the rest of the season, but he eventually was traded to the Dodgers. The multiple rumors did not impact the squad, having beaten both the Cubs at Wrigley and their division rivals Mets at home twice, before taking the first game of a four-game series against the Rockies at Dolphin Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, July\nHanley Ram\u00edrez was elected to start at shortstop for the NL in the All-Star Game, and finished 2-for-3 with a run scored. Fellow Marlin All-Star Dan Uggla competed in a memorable Home Run Derby, and became the first player with three errors in a single All-Star Game, a not so favorable distinction, along with three strikeouts in the longest MLB All-Star Game in history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, August\nAugust became a rough month for the Marlins, and for the first time in the season, the team significantly lost ground in the divisional race to the Mets and the Phillies. While the Fish started the month only one and a half games back, they fell to seven games behind the then first place New York Mets on August 31. The offense struggled, as did the bullpen. The solid rotation with Josh Johnson, Chris Volstad and an outstanding Ricky Nolasco was not enough to carry the team with a lack of production at the plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, August\nAfter blowing a few late leads, closer Kevin Gregg was limited in his appearances while allowing his tender knee to heal. Matt Lindstrom took over as closer. The only series wins came on the road at the Phillies and the Diamondbacks, but without any back-to-back wins in the entirety of August, the Marlins could not keep pace with the division leading teams. Highlights in August were the first complete games since September 16, 2006, thrown by Ricky Nolasco on August 19 against the Giants, and followed up by Johnson's complete game on August 27 against the Braves. Nolasco's complete game ended an MLB record set by the Marlins for most games between complete games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, September\nThe hopes of climbing back to first place in the National League East were low, but the Marlins kept battling in the month of September. In the process, they accomplished an MLB-first feat. With Jorge Cant\u00fa's 25th home run of the season, the Marlins' infielders became the first starting infielder foursome in MLB history to each hit 25 or more home runs. Additionally, Hanley Ram\u00edrez's decisive home run on September 13 made him the second Marlin ever to join the 30\u201330 club. During the month, the Marlins tied a franchise record of nine straight wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, September\nThis put them at 4 games back in the East division and 3.5 games back in the NL Wild Card race. That late surge wasn't enough though, as the Marlins lost the next four games. In the final season series, the Marlins played spoiler, ruining the Mets playoff chances by winning two of three in New York. The Marlins ended the season with an 84\u201377 record. This was their best non-playoff season record in franchise history, and third best season record overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196786-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196787-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Florida Republican presidential primary was held on January 29, 2008, with 57 delegates at stake on a winner-take-all basis. The Republican National Committee removed half of Florida's delegates because the state committee moved its Republican primary before February 5. Arizona Senator John McCain was the winner of the primary. Third-place finisher Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the race the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196787-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Republican presidential primary, Campaign\nRudy Giuliani campaigned quite heavily in Florida, which he expected to use as his \"launch pad\" for a \"strong showing\" on Super Tuesday. He campaigned almost entirely in Florida, and largely ignored South Carolina and other states voting before February 5. Polls taken before the primary showed that John McCain was the slight front runner over Mitt Romney. Giuliani had been campaigning with virtually no opposition; however, following the South Carolina Republican primary, 2008, several candidates flew down to Florida to begin campaigning up to January 29 when the primary occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196787-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Republican presidential primary, Pre-primary polls\nAs of January 29, RealClearPolitics reported that the average support from polls taken in the days immediately prior to primary day placed McCain slightly in the lead with 30.7%, followed by Romney with 30.1%, Giuliani with 14.7%, Huckabee with 12.9%, and Paul with 3.6%. Fmr . Sen. Fred Thompson and Rep. Duncan Hunter, though already out of the race, still remained on the ballot in the Florida primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196787-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Republican presidential primary, Results\nOn January 29, 2008, McCain prevailed in Florida's Republican presidential primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196787-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race prior to primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team\nThe 2008 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. It was Florida State's 17th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team\nThe Seminoles were without as many as 12 scholarship players for the first three games of the season because of suspensions carrying over from the previous season for violating team rules, although it has not been disclosed how many of those were involved with an academic cheating scandal at the school. Junior wide receiver Preston Parker was suspended for the first two games of the season, after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Western Carolina\nPregame Line: Lines are not released when an FCS team plays an FBS team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Western Carolina\nThe start of the game was delayed almost an hour and a half due to lightning in the area, and then almost another hour during the 1st quarter. The first player to touch the ball for FSU, to start the 2008 season, was Tony Carter who promptly returned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown and the game's first score. Sophomore Christian Ponder started his first game at quarterback. Ponder completed 11 of 17 passes for 196 yards and 3 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Western Carolina\nAt the start of the second drive in the second half (when FSU was up 35\u20130), sophomore D'Vontrey Richardson came into the game. Richardson went 5 for 6 through the air with one touchdown and also had two rushing touchdowns, one for over 50 yards. With several players serving suspensions due to the school wide \"academic scandal\" (several students and athletes were caught sharing answers in an online music class), the Seminoles had 28 freshman play in the game. Two of those freshman had touchdowns in the victory over the Catamounts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\nPregame Line: Lines are not released when an FCS team plays an FBS team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 97], "content_span": [98, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\nIn his second start as a collegiate athlete, Christian Ponder threw for 183 yards and three first-half touchdowns before being relieved by D'vontrey Richardson in the 3rd quarter. Richardson threw for 117 yards with one touchdown. Richardson also had a 55-yard rushing touchdown, the longest scoring run for a quarterback in the school's history. The previous record was held by Richardson himself, set in the previous week with a 52-yard touchdown run. Junior Wide Receiver, Corey Surrency, led Florida State in receiving with 87 yards and two touchdowns on just three receptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 97], "content_span": [98, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\nFlorida State's defense allowed their first score of the season after a 62-yard passing touchdown thrown by Chattanooga quarterback Tony Pastore. This was also the first score by Chattanooga against Florida State all-time, dating back to 1984, the only previous meeting between the two schools in which the Seminoles won in a shutout by 37 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 97], "content_span": [98, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Colorado\nThis game was played in Jacksonville, Florida with Florida State as the home team. This was Bobby Bowden's 500th Career Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Boston College\nOne day prior to the game, Florida State suspended Wide Receivers Taiwan Easterling, Bert Reed, Corey Surrency, Cameron Wade and Richard Goodman for their roles in an on-campus altercation with members of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity at Florida State's student union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, @ #25 Maryland\nMyron Rolle, Florida State's starting safety, was interviewed in Birmingham, Alabama at noon for the Rhodes Scholarship. At 5:00, he received the call that he was accepted. He flew in a private jet to Washington, D.C. and had a police escort take him to the game in College Park, Maryland. He arrived at the stadium around 8:30pm (with 11:55 left in the 2nd quarter). He dressed out in the locker room and walked onto the field to the roar of the Florida State visitor section with 6:23 left in the 2nd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196788-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, @ #25 Maryland\nAfter stretching out, he made his game debut with 1:30 left in the 1st half. At the end of the game, his teammates showered him with a bucket of ice water in 26 degree weather, an act usually reserved for the head coach. He is the first Florida State player to ever have the \"ice water shower\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196789-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fluminense Football Club season\nThe 2008 Fluminense Football Club season was the 94th season in Fluminense's existence, and their 92nd in Brazil's first division. They spent 1 season in Brazil's second division in 1998 & another season in Brazil's third division in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196789-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fluminense Football Club season, League table, Results summary\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196790-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Food City 500\nThe 2008 Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and it was held on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. This race aired on Fox starting at 1:30 PM US EDT with radio coverage handled by Performance Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio with programming starting at 1 PM US EDT. The race marked the last race utilizing the 2007 Top 35 owners points exemption. Starting with the Goody's Cool Orange 500 on March 30 each week's Top 35 teams will be exempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196790-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Food City 500\nThe race marked the 676th and final career points start for Dale Jarrett, who made one final start in the Sprint All-Star Race XXIV. Dale's father, Ned, himself a former series champion and television commentator, waved the green flag for his son's final race. Starting on March 30 David Reutimann became the new driver of the #44 car, while Michael McDowell made his debut in the #00 car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196790-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Food City 500, Qualifying\nQualifying was canceled due to rain on March 14 so the field was set by the rulebook for the second (and final) time this year using the 2007 Owners' points. As a result, Jimmie Johnson was on the pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196790-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Food City 500, Race\nJarrett started deep in the field and fell one lap down to the leader just before the first competition caution on lap 50. That caution was brought out because the track surface had been washed clean by a rain the previous night. He finished 37th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196790-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Food City 500, Race\nDrivers that spun out include Kyle Busch (while in the lead) and Robby Gordon. The only car in the 43 car field that wasn't running at the end was driven by Brian Vickers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196790-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Food City 500, Race\nWith two laps left, Kevin Harvick bobbled entering a turn and pushed up into second place Tony Stewart. Stewart hit the wall, bringing out a caution, and finished as the last car on the lead lap in 14th. Denny Hamlin was leading at the time but he suddenly slowed after he had fuel pickup problems and quickly faded to finish eighth. The race went six laps past its scheduled length due to the green-white-checker finish rule, and was won by Jeff Burton. Richard Childress Racing finished 1-2-3 for the first time in team history, with Harvick finishing second and Clint Bowyer third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196790-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Food City 500, Results\nFailed to make race due to cancellation of qualifying: Patrick Carpentier (#10), Jeff Green (#21), John Andretti (#34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final\nThe 2008 Football League Championship play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 24 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Hull City and Bristol City. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final\nThe top two teams of the 2007\u201308 Football League Championship season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the clubs placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; Hull City ended the season in third position while Bristol City finished fourth. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2008\u201309 season in the Premier League. Winning the game was estimated to be worth up to \u00a360\u00a0million to the successful team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final\nThe 2008 final, refereed by Alan Wiley, was watched by a crowd of more than 86,000 people, in sunny and bright conditions. The match was won by Hull City 1\u20130, with the only goal of the game coming from Dean Windass in the first half. It was the first time that Hull City would play in the top tier of English football in their club's 104-year history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final\nHull City ended the next season in 17th place in the Premier League, one point above relegation. Bristol City finished the following season in 10th place, thirteen points outside the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final\nHull City finished the regular 2007\u201308 season in third place in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system, one point and one place ahead of Bristol City. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Premier League and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team. Hull City finished four points behind Stoke City (who were promoted in second place) and six behind league winners West Bromwich Albion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final\nBristol City faced Crystal Palace in their play-off semi-final, the first leg of which took place at Selhurst Park on 10 May 2008. After a goalless first half, Louis Carey put City into the lead before he fouled Jos\u00e9 Fonte to concede a late penalty which was converted by Ben Watson. In injury time, David Noble's strike from 30 yards (27\u00a0m) beat Juli\u00e1n Speroni in the Palace goal, and the match ended 2\u20131 to City. The second leg, played at Ashton Gate, took place three days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final\nPalace took the lead and levelled the tie on aggregate through a Watson goal midway through the first half. His second-half penalty struck the post and no further goals were scored in regular time, taking the match into  extra time. Lee Trundle scored towards the end of the first half and Michael McIndoe doubled City's advantage in the second half. The match finished 2\u20131 to City and they progressed to the final with a 4\u20132 aggregate victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final\nIn the other play-off semi-final, Hull City's opponents were Watford, with the first leg being played at Vicarage Road on 11 May 2008. Watford's Danny Shittu had an early goal disallowed and shortly after, Nick Barmby put Hull City ahead, with a sidefooted shot from a Fraizer Campbell pass. Campbell then hit the post from an Andy Dawson cross, but the rebound was picked up and guided into an empty net by Dean Windass, doubling Hull's lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final\nWith thirty minutes of the match remaining, the referee Kevin Friend showed John Eustace a straight red card for an infraction after a tackle. Shittu was then substituted with an unspecified injury and the match ended 2\u20130. The second leg was played at the KC Stadium three days later. Darius Henderson opened the scoring on 12 minutes to halve Watford's deficit across the legs, but Barmby equalised before half time. Second-half goals from Caleb Folan, Richard Garcia and Nathan Doyle ensured a dominant win for Hull, 4\u20131 on the day and 6\u20131 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Background\nThis was Bristol City's first Championship play-off final, but they had been losing finalists in the 1988 Football League Third Division play-off Final, contested over two legs, and the 2004 Football League Second Division play-off Final at the Millennium Stadium. Hull's only play-off experience came in the 2001 Third Division playoffs where they were eliminated in the semi-finals by Leyton Orient. During the regular season, the two sides played out a goalless draw at the KC Stadium in November 2007, while Bristol City won their home game 2\u20131. Bristol City had not lost a competitive match against Hull since 1985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Background\nHull City had never played in the highest tier of English football, while Bristol City last featured in the top division during the 1979\u201380 Football League First Division season. Campbell was Hull's highest scorer with fifteen goals during the regular season, followed by Windass on eleven, while Dele Adebola was Bristol City's top marksman with ten. The match  was reported to be worth around \u00a360\u00a0million to the winning team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Background\nThe referee for the game was Alan Wiley of the Staffordshire Football Association. Before kick-off, both teams were presented to former Conservative Member of Parliament and Football League chairman Brian Mawhinney. Hull City's starting line-up remained  unchanged from their semi-final second leg, while Bristol City's Jamie McCombe was ill and had to be replaced by Liam Fontaine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, First half\nHull City kicked the game off around 3\u00a0p.m. in front of a Wembley crowd of 86,703, in bright, sunny conditions. Their first attack saw Richard Garcia's shot fly high and wide of the Bristol City goal. At the other end, Adebola's shot was saved by Hull's goalkeeper Boaz Myhill. Bristol City were more dominant in the early stages and in the 17th minute, Adebola's pass found Nick Carle on the edge of the penalty area but his shot went narrowly wide. Garcia then headed a Sam Ricketts cross over Adriano Basso's goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, First half\nMidway through the half, Windass' chip from a Dawson cross landed on the roof of the net. In the 38th minute, Hull City took the lead. Adebola lost possession allowing Hull to counter attack, with Campbell's accurate cross being volleyed into the Bristol City goal from the edge of the area. A clash of head between Barmby and Bradley Orr resulted in a prolonged stop in play while the latter received treatment, including oxygen, for a suspected fractured cheekbone. Unable to continue, Orr was stretchered off with a neck brace in place, and substituted by Lee Johnson. After ten minutes of additional time, the referee Alan Wiley blew his whistle to signify the end of the first half, with Hull holding a 1\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Second half\nBristol City got the second half underway and almost immediately, Carle's shot went wide. Soon after, Ricketts was adjudged to have handled the ball, allowing Noble a chance with a direct free kick but it was saved by Myhill. At the other end, a Garcia free kick was gathered by Bosso. McIndoe's free kick was deflected wide and the resulting corner was headed past the post by Trundle. In the 63rd minute, Bristol City made their second substitution of the afternoon, with Ivan Sproule coming on for Noble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Second half\nFour minutes later, Hull made their first change of the match as Barmby was replaced by Craig Fagan and soon after Windass was substituted for Caleb Folan. In the 74th minute, Trundle's shot was saved by Myhill before a long-range strike from McIndoe was also stopped by the Hull goalkeeper. With 14 minutes of regular time remaining, Bristol City made their final change, with Darren Byfield replacing Carle. Sproule's foul on Fagan drew the first yellow card of the game in the 78th minute. Garcia's half-volley was struck straight at Bosso before Folan's shot was deflected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Second half\nOn 85 minutes, Myhill's weak punch allowed Trundle an opportunity to level the match but his shot was blocked by Michael Turner. Byfield then went close twice, but his header was over the Hull bar and his shot wide of the post. There were four minutes of additional time indicated, and with a minute remaining, Campbell received a booking for a foul on Fontain, before being replaced by Dean Marney. The game ended 1\u20130 to Hull who were promoted the top tier of English football for the first time in the club's 104-year history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Post-match\nHull City manager Phil Brown said \"It is very fitting that Dean Windass got the winning goal, I think it was written in the Gods that it would be Dean Windass or Nicky Barmby who would get the winner today.\". Goalscorer Windass said that \"It feels unbelievable. I don't think there is anyone left in Hull today looking at how many supporters we've got here.\" Hull City chairman Paul Duffen said \"This is fantastic, I think it's amazing. It is something which means a lot to the city of Hull.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Post-match\nBristol City manager Gary Johnson congratulated Hull, and said that Bristol City would \"bounce back\" in the following years. Bristol City chairman Stephen Lansdown said that \"It's been a great day out for Bristol City football club \u2013 it doesn't feel like it at the moment but the future's there and I think we've shown over the last few weeks what this football club can achieve.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196791-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Championship play-off Final, Post-match\nHull City ended the next season in 17th place in the Premier League, one point above the relegation zone. Bristol City finished the following season in 10th place, thirteen points outside the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196792-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Cup Final\nThe 2008 Football League Cup Final was a football match played on 24 February 2008. It was the first League Cup Final to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, and the first to be played in England since the old Wembley was demolished in 2000. The defending champions were Chelsea, who beat Arsenal in the 2007 Final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. The final was contested by Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Arsenal 6\u20132 on aggregate in the semi-final, and Chelsea, who beat Everton 3\u20131 on aggregate. Tottenham Hotspur defeated Chelsea 2\u20131, after extra time, winning their first trophy in nine years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196792-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Cup Final\nChelsea took the lead in the 39th minute through a Didier Drogba free kick. This goal made Drogba the first player to score in three League Cup Finals, having also done so in 2005 and 2007. A Wayne Bridge handball gave Tottenham a 68th-minute penalty, and Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov converted from the spot. Three minutes into extra time, Jonathan Woodgate headed a Jermaine Jenas free kick onto Petr \u010cech, who in turn pushed it straight back onto Woodgate's head to score the winning goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196792-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Cup Final\nThe win was an important one for Tottenham as they secured UEFA Cup qualification for the following season, something they would not have achieved in the Premier League, as they finished 11th. For Chelsea, it was the second of four competitions in which they would finish as runners-up that season, after they lost to Manchester United in the Community Shield and ended up finishing as runners-up to the same team in the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196792-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Cup Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Andrew Garratt (West Midlands)Martin Yerby (Kent)Fourth official:Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)Reserve assistant referee:David Bryan (Lincolnshire)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final\nThe 2008 Football League One play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 25 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Doncaster Rovers and Leeds United to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from Football League One to the Football League Championship. The top two teams of the 2007\u201308 Football League One season, Swansea City and Nottingham Forest, gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while those placed from third to sixth in the table took part in play-off semi-finals. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2008\u201309 season in the Championship. The losing semi-finalists were Carlisle United and Southend United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final\nThe game was played in front of 75,132 spectators and was refereed by Andy D'Urso. After a goalless first half, Doncaster's James Hayter scored with a header from a Brian Stock corner. The match ended 1\u20130 to Doncaster, who were thus promoted to the Championship after four seasons in League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final\nLeeds finished the following season in fourth place in League One and qualified for the play-offs, where they lost in the semi-finals to Millwall. Doncaster's next season ended with them in fourteenth position in the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nDoncaster Rovers finished the regular 2007\u201308 season in third place in Football League One, the third tier of the English football league system, two positions ahead of Leeds United. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Football League Championship and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team. Doncaster Rovers finished two points behind Nottingham Forest (who were promoted in second place) and twelve behind league winners Swansea City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nLeeds United ended the season four points behind Doncaster Rovers;  before the start of the season, Leeds had been given a fifteen point deduction for \"breaching rules on insolvency\". Their manager, Dennis Wise, resigned in January 2008 and was replaced by Gary McAllister who confirmed that \"the job brief is promotion.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nLeeds United faced Carlisle United in their play-off semi-final with the first match of the two-legged tie being played at Elland Road in Leeds on 12 May 2008. The visitors took the lead on 32 minutes when a volley from Simon Hackney was deflected off Danny Graham into the Leeds net. Five minutes into the second half Marc Bridge-Wilkinson, the Carlisle midfielder, sidefooted in Evan Horwood's low cross to make it 2\u20130. Keiren Westwood, the Carlisle goalkeeper, made a number of saves in a performance which the BBC's Mandeep Sanghera called \"heroic\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nHowever, he was beaten five minutes into stoppage time when Jermaine Beckford scored from a free kick to make the final score 2\u20131. The second leg of the play-off semi-final took place three days later at Brunton Park in Carlisle. Jonny Howson opened the scoring on 10 minutes for the away side to level the aggregate score at 2\u20132. Carlisle had a number  of chances in the second half but could not convert any, and in the 90th minute, Howson scored his and Leeds' second from 18 yards (16\u00a0m): the game ended 2\u20130 to Leeds who progressed to the Wembley play-off final with a 3\u20132 aggregate victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nIn the other play-off semi-final, Doncaster Rovers faced Southend United and the first leg took place at Roots Hall in Southend-on-Sea on 9 May 2008. The home side dominated the first half but after the break, Doncaster's Jason Price missed several chances. Paul Heffernan was sent off for headbutting Southend's Peter Clarke after they tangled in a tackle with three minutes to go and the match finished goalless. The second leg was held a week later at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nThe visitors hit the crossbar in the opening minutes through a James Walker strike but Doncaster took the lead on 11 minutes with a penalty from Brian Stock. Adam Barrett scored an own goal ten minutes later before James Coppinger struck a third to see the home side leading 3\u20130 at half-time. Coppinger completed his hat-trick with two more goals after the interval and with a consolation goal from Southend's Nicky Bailey made it 5\u20131 to Doncaster at the final whistle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background\nDoncaster had played in the third tier of English football since gaining promotion from the Third Division as champions in the 2003\u201304 season. They had not featured in a league play-off final, although they won the 2003 Football Conference play-off Final to secure their place back in the Football League. Doncaster had also never played a competitive match at Wembley Stadium. Leeds were relegated to League One the previous season, having also been deducted ten points for entering administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background\nThe club had featured in two play-off finals prior to 2008:  they lost the 1987 Football League Second Division play-off Final to Charlton Athletic and were defeated by Watford in the 2006 Football League Championship play-off Final. The last visit Leeds had paid to the national stadium was for the 1996 Football League Cup Final which they lost 3\u20130 against Aston Villa. During the regular season, both games between the sides resulted in away wins:  Doncaster won 1\u20130 at Elland Road in January 2008 while Leeds secured a 1\u20130 victory at the Keepmoat Stadium the following April. Doncaster's top scorer going into the play-offs was Hayter with nine goals (seven in the league and two in the FA Cup). Beckford was leading scorer for Leeds with twenty goals, followed by Tr\u00e9sor Kandol with eleven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background\nThe referee for the match was Andy D'Urso representing the Essex County Football Association. Both teams started the final with line-ups unchanged from their respective semi-final second leg matches. The BBC reported that Leeds had sold their full ticket allocation of 36,000 while Doncaster had sold 24,000. According to author Daniel Chapman, Leeds fans queued overnight for the chance to buy tickets, and that \"by dawn there were 7,000 in a tired, hungry and angry scrum\". Doncaster played in red-and-white hooped shirts while Leeds wore white kit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Summary\nThe match kicked off around 3\u00a0p.m. on 25 May 2008 in front of 75,132 spectators. Within a minute, the Leeds defender Bradley Johnson's shot cleared the Doncaster crossbar. On six minutes, Price's shot from 6 yards (5.5\u00a0m) was blocked by Leeds before Richie Wellens struck the ball into the side netting. Casper Ankergren then made a save at Coppinger's feet before denying Hayter after Doncaster had beaten the offside trap. On 15 minutes, Matt Mills became the first player of the afternoon to be shown a yellow card for a foul on Beckford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Summary\nIn the 17th minute, Beckford's 20-yard (18\u00a0m) strike was saved in the Doncaster goal by Neil Sullivan. Ten minutes later, David Prutton was booked for a late tackle. Leeds increased the pressure and in the 31st minute Beckford's weak shot was saved by Sullivan. Five minutes before half time, Hayter's strike flew over the Leeds crossbar before Howson's curling shot passed narrowly outside the Doncaster post. The half was brought to a close with the score at 0\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Summary\nNeither side made any changes to their personnel during the half-time interval, and Doncaster won an early free kick which Coppinger struck into the defensive wall. In the 48th minute, Hayter put Doncaster ahead:  Stock played in an outswinging corner which Hayter scored with a diving header to make it 1\u20130. Three minutes later, Beckford's shot was saved by Sullivan low to his right. On 60 minutes, Howson's strike from 20 yards (18\u00a0m) was off-target. Twelve minutes later, Leeds made the first substitution of the game with Prutton being replaced by Kandol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Summary\nCoppinger was then stopped by Jonathan Douglas before   Mark McCammon came on for Wellens. With around twelve minutes remaining, Dougie Freedman's shot went wide and he was soon after replaced by Andrew Hughes. Two minutes later, Price was replaced by Adam Lockwood before Sullivan was booked for time-wasting. Doncaster then made their final substitution of the match with Coppinger being replaced by Lewis Guy. Douglas then saw his 20-yard (18\u00a0m) half-volley fly just wide of the Doncaster goal and after four minutes of stoppage time, the final whistle was blown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Post-match\nHayter said: \"It is an unbelievable feeling to score the winner. I have been dreaming about it all week.\" The Doncaster manager Sean O'Driscoll suggested that he \"could murder a cup of tea\" while his opposite number McAllister suggested his team \"huffed and puffed but our quality wasn't quite there today. We lost a poor goal.\" The Leeds goalkeeper Ankergren reflected \"maybe in a few days we'll realise the achievement\u00a0... but right now we're standing here with nothing.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196793-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League One play-off Final, Post-match\nLeeds finished the following season in fourth place in League One and qualified for the play-offs, where they lost in the semi-finals to Millwall. Doncaster's next season ended with them in fourteenth position in the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196794-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Trophy Final\nThe 2008 Football League Trophy Final was the 25th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two, the Football League Trophy. The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 March 2008, the first time that the final had been staged at the stadium since it was rebuilt. The match was contested by Grimsby Town and Milton Keynes Dons. MK Dons won the match 2\u20130 with Keith Andrews and Sean O'Hanlon scoring the goals in the final 20 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 525]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final\nThe 2008 Football League Two play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 26 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Stockport County and Rochdale to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from Football League Two to the Football League One. The top three teams of the 2008\u201309 Football League One season, Milton Keynes Dons, Peterborough United and Hereford Unnited, gained automatic promotion to League One, while those placed from fourth to seventh in the table took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2009\u201310 season in League One. The losing semi-finalists were Darlington and Wycombe Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final\nThe referee for the final, which was played in front of 35,715 spectators, was Stuart Attwell. Stockport County's Rory McArdle scored with a close-range header in the 24th minute before Tommy Rowe's cross was diverted into his own net Nathan Stanton for an own goal, to level the score. Four minutes into the second half, Stockport County took the lead once again when Anthony Pilkington scored with a header. He then passed to Dickinson who struck the ball past the Rochdale goalkeeper Tommy Lee to make it 3\u20131 in the 67th minute. Ten minutes later, Adam Rundle reduced the deficit when he scored from around 18 yards (16\u00a0m) but no further goals were scored and the match ended 3\u20132 to Stockport County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final\nStockport County's following season saw them deducted ten points for entering administration. As a consequence, they ended the season in eighteenth place in the table, three positions and one point above the relegation zone. In Rochdale's next season, they finished in sixth position and qualified for the 2009 Football League play-offs where they lost 2\u20131 on aggregate to Gillingham in the semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final\nStockport County finished the regular 2007\u201308 season in fourth position in Football League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, one place and two points ahead of Rochdale. Both therefore missed out on the three automatic places for promotion to Football League One and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the fourth promoted team. Stockport County finished six points behind Hereford United (who were promoted in third place), ten behind Peterborough United (who were promoted in second place), and fifteen behind league winners Milton Keynes Dons. Stockport County had gained 55 points from their final 24 games, losing just three and finished the season in fourth place with 82 points. Rochdale picked up 45 points for their final 24 games and finished the season in fifth place with 80 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 891]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final\nStockport County faced Wycombe Wanderers in their play-off semi-final with the first match of the two-legged tie taking place at Adams Park in High Wycombe on 11 May 2008. Stockport went 1\u20130 down after a mistake from goalkeeper John Ruddy allowed Delroy Facey to score just before half-time. In the second half Stockport equalised on 82 minutes when Stephen Gleeson scored with a volley to make it 1\u20131. The second leg was held at Edgeley Park in Stockport six days later. Liam Dickinson scored the only goal of the game in the sixth minute after a solo run from the halfway line to tap the ball past Frank Fielding in the Wycombe goal. The home side confirmed their place in the play-off final with a 2\u20131 aggregate win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final\nRochdale faced Darlington in their play-off semi-final, with the first leg being held away at Balfour Webnet Arena on 10 May 2008. Jason Kennedy opened the scoring for the home side with a lob in the 28th minute before Chris Dagnall equalised for Rochdale on 70 minutes when his shot was deflected into the net by a Darlington defender, wrong-footing the goalkeeper David Stockdale. Ian Miller won the game 2\u20131 for Darlington in the first minute of stoppage time with a header. The return leg was held at Spotland seven days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final\nDarlington opened the scoring with in the 28th minute after Rene Howe impeded Kennedy in the penalty area, and Clark Keltie scored from the penalty spot. Rochdale drew level on 43 minutes through Chris Dagnall and then took the lead after a deflected strike from David Perkins found the net on 78 minutes. With the score at 2\u20131 after regular time, the aggregate scoreline was 3\u20133 and the match went into extra time, during which Perkins was sent off for dissent. No goals were scored during the additional period, so the match had to be decided by a penalty shootout. Rochdale scored all five of their penalties while Darlington's Kennedy missed his and sent Rochdale to the play-off final. After the game Rochdale failed in an appeal against the red card given to Perkins and he was subsequently unavailable for selection for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 897]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Background\nThis was Stockport County's fifth appearance in the play-offs, having failed to make it past the semi-finals in 1990 and 1993 and losing both the 1992 Football League Third Division play-off Final and the 1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final. They had played in the fourth tier of English football since being relegated in the 2004\u201305 season. Rochdale were taking part in their second play-off having lost in the 2002 semi-finals 4\u20133 on aggregate to Rushden & Diamonds. They had played fourth-tier football since being relegated in the 1973\u201374 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Background\nIn the meetings between the sides during the regular season, Stockport County won both matches: a 2\u20131 victory at Spotland in November 2007 was followed by a 2\u20130 win at Edgeley Park the next March. Dickinson was Stockport County's top scorer during the regular season with 19 goals (all in the league), followed by Anthony Elding with 15 goals (13 in the league, 1 in the League Cup and 1 in the Football League Trophy) who had transferred to Leeds United in January 2008. Rochdale's leading scorers were Le Fondre with 17 goals (16 in the league, 1 in the FA Cup) and Glenn Murray with 10 (9 in the league, 1 in the League Cup).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Background\nThe referee for the final was Stuart Attwell who was promoted to the Football League refereeing list ahead of the 2007\u201308 season, officiating his first match on 11 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Summary\nThe match kicked off around 3\u00a0p.m. on 26 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 35,715. Both sides had early periods of possession but neither could break the deadlock on a wet surface. Midway through the first half, a Chris Dagnall strike from distance took a deflection and passed just wide of the Stockport County goal. From the ensuing corner, Rory McArdle headed the ball in from close range at the near post to make it 1\u20130 to Stockport County in the 24th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Summary\nAnthony Pilkington then struck a free kick narrowly wide of Rochdale's goal. In the 34th minute, Tommy Rowe played in a cross from a short corner which Nathan Stanton diverted into his own net for an own goal, to level the score and the sides went in at half-time at 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Summary\nRochdale made one change to their side during the interval, with Ben Muirhead coming on to replace Kallum Higginbotham. Four minutes into the second half, Stockport County took the lead once again when Pilkington headed Michael Rose's cross in from around 12 yards (11\u00a0m) after it had bounced off the ground. Gary Jones, the Rochdale captain, then saw his low shot go just wide of the Stockport County goal. Midway through the second half, Pilkington passed to Dickinson who had managed to evade his marker and struck the ball past the Rochdale goalkeeper Tommy Lee to make it 3\u20131. In the 77th minute, Adam Rundle  reduced the deficit when he scored from around 18 yards (16\u00a0m) but no further goals were scored and the match ended 3\u20132 to Stockport County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Post-match\nThe Stockport County manager Jim Gannon reflected on his young side's success: \"I hope that we become a role model for all clubs at this level\u00a0... Over the past two years we have brought through a group of young players who in the right circumstances, play really good, effective football.\" His counterpart Keith Hill was gracious in defeat, noting \"I think that Stockport deserved it\u00a0... It could have gone either way and we gave it what we could but the lion's share of possession went to Stockport.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196795-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League Two play-off Final, Post-match\nStockport County's following season saw them deducted ten points for entering administration. As a consequence, they ended the season in eighteenth place in the table, three positions and one point above the relegation zone. In Rochdale's next season, they finished in sixth position and qualified for the 2009 Football League play-offs where they lost 2\u20131 on aggregate to Gillingham in the semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196796-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League play-offs\nThe Football League play-offs for the 2007\u201308 season were held in May 2008, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium in London. The play-off semi-finals were played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League Championship and League One tables, and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in League Two. The semi-final winners progressed to the finals, with the winner of each match earning promotion for the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196796-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League play-offs\nHull City won promotion to the Premier League after defeating Bristol City in the Championship final, 1\u20130 with a goal from their leading scorer Dean Windass. This marked the Tigers' first entry to the top division of English football in their existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196796-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League play-offs\nIn the League One final, another 1\u20130 victory saw Doncaster Rovers promoted ahead of Leeds United. Stockport County defeated Rochdale 3\u20132 in the League Two final. This meant all three clubs who had finished immediately below the automatic promotion places in their divisions were promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196796-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League play-offs, Background\nThe Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each of the three Football League divisions following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing immediately below the automatic promotion places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196796-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League play-offs, Background\nIn the Championship, Hull City finished four points behind second-placed Stoke City, who were promoted with champions West Bromwich Albion. Bristol City - who were aiming to return to the top flight for the first time since 1980 - finished in fourth place in their first season at Championship level for nine years. The other entrants, Crystal Palace and Watford, had both played in the Premier League before, with Palace's last spell in the top division ending in a final day relegation in 2005, a year after having won the play-offs. Watford had been relegated from the top flight in the previous season, having finished bottom, and were looking to return at the first attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196796-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Football League play-offs, League Two, Semi-finals\nRochdale 3\u20133 Darlington on aggregate. Rochdale won 5\u20134 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196797-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Football West State League\n2008 Football West State League took place in Australia, organized by Association football. The State League was won by the Western Knight .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196798-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ford 400\nThe 2008 Ford 400, a 400.5 miles (644.5\u00a0km) race, was the concluding event of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season along with the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, and  decides the Sprint Cup Champion for the 2008 season, this race was historic for being the race where Jimmie Johnson became the second driver (after Cale Yarborough) to win the Sprint Cup title three years in a row. The 267-lap race on the 1.5 miles (2.4\u00a0km) track was held on November 16 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. ABC covered the race beginning at 3 PM US EST and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage starting at that same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196798-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ford 400\nThe race also served as the final event of Ford Championship Weekend, which also includes the Craftsman Truck Series Ford 200 and Nationwide Series Ford 300 races on Friday and Saturday of that weekend, also serving as the season finales for those series as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196798-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ford 400, Qualifying\nSurprises were abound in the qualifying session, as David Reutimann won his first pole position in his career. Regan Smith wrapped up the Rookie of the Year award as Sam Hornish, Jr. failed to make the field. Jimmie Johnson started 30th and Carl Edwards would start at fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196798-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ford 400, Qualifying\nWith the 15th-place finish, Jimmie Johnson made history as he became just the second Sprint Cup driver to win three titles in a row. The response from NASCAR fans was phenomenal, as he won many accolades and was celebrated worldwide after his championship victory. Jimmie ended up beating 2nd place Carl Edwards by a total of 69 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196798-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ford 400, Qualifying\nFailed to Qualify: Sam Hornish, Jr. (#77), Ken Schrader (#96), Max Papis (#13)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196799-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fordham Rams football team\nThe 2008 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Fordham finished second-to-last in the Patriot League, a year after winning the league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196799-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fordham Rams football team\nIn their third year under head coach Tom Masella, the Rams compiled a 5\u20136 record. James Crockett, Fonzie Culver, Greg DeMarco, Matt Loucks, Richard Rayborn and John Skelton were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196799-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fordham Rams football team\nThe Rams were outscored 262 to 238. Their 1\u20135 conference record placed sixth out of seven in the Patriot League standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196799-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fordham Rams football team\nFordham played its home games at Jack Coffey Field on the university's Rose Hill campus in The Bronx, in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196800-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formul'Academy Euro Series\nThe 2008 Formul'Academy Euro Series season was the sixteenth season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the first under the Formul'Academy Euro Series guise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196800-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formul'Academy Euro Series\nIt replaced the FFSA Formule Campus Renault Elf, and was managed by the Auto Sport Academy. The series used Signatech chassis powered by Renault K4MRS 1600cc engines. Rounds were contested in France, Belgium, Czech Republic and United Kingdom at 7 venues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196801-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula 3 Euro Series\nThe 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the sixth championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The season was dominated by 21-year-old German Nico H\u00fclkenberg, who won seven of the season's ten feature races amassing 76 of his total of 85 championship points on Saturday afternoons. He won the championship by 35.5 points from early frontrunner Edoardo Mortara as the 2007's rookie cup winner's season somewhat tailed off after the Norisring, scoring just 9.5 points in the final twelve races compared to H\u00fclkenberg's 60.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196801-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Formula 3 Euro Series\nJules Bianchi's strong finish to the season, including a win in the final race at Hockenheim and coupled with Renger van der Zande's fifth place and Mika M\u00e4ki's ninth place, it allowed the 2008 Ultimate Masters winner to finish third in the championship, a point ahead of both van der Zande and M\u00e4ki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196801-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula 3 Euro Series, Season standings, Drivers Standings\nNote: In the second races at the Norisring, the Bugatti Circuit and the October Hockenheim meeting, due to insufficient distance covered, half points were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 227]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00196801-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula 3 Euro Series, Season standings, Rookie Cup\nRookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196802-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula 3 Sudamericana season\nThe 2008 Formula 3 Sudamericana season was the 22nd Formula 3 Sudamericana season. It began on 19 April 2008, at Aut\u00f3dromo Internacional de Curitiba and ended on 30 November at Aut\u00f3dromo Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace in S\u00e3o Paulo. Brazilian driver Nelson Merlo won the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196803-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula BMW Americas season\nThe 2008 Formula BMW Americas season was the 5th season of Formula BMW Americas, formerly Formula BMW USA, an open wheel racing series for junior drivers, whose mission is to develop talented young drivers and introduce them to auto racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196803-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula BMW Americas season\nThe championship is mainly raced in USA, the only exceptions are in June for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal and in November for the Brazilian Grand Prix, both as a Formula One support race. The series crowned champion Alexander Rossi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196804-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula BMW Europe season\nThe 2008 Formula BMW Europe season was the first season of a new open wheel racing series that resulted by the merging of the Formula BMW Germany and Formula BMW UK championships. Formula BMW Europe is a continental series for junior drivers, whose mission is to develop talented young drivers and introduce them to auto racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196804-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula BMW Europe season\nThe season started on April 27, 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona and ended on September 14 at Monza. All rounds were staged on the undercard of the Formula One World Championship except Zolder, which was a support race of the Masters of Formula 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196804-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula BMW Europe season\nAfter sixteen rounds, Mexican Esteban Guti\u00e9rrez became the first Formula BMW Europe champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 124]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00196805-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula BMW World Final\nThe 2008 Formula BMW World Final was the fourth and the final Formula BMW World Final race, held for the first time at Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez in Mexico City on 5\u20137 December 2008. The race was won by EuroInternational's driver Alexander Rossi, who finished ahead Michael Christensen and Esteban Guti\u00e9rrez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196806-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula D season\nThe 2008 Formula D season (officially titled Castrol Syntec Power Cup) was the fifth season for the Formula D series. The series began April 12, 2008 and concluded on October 11. The highest scoring drivers of the series were invited to a non-point scoring All-Star event to compete with other drivers from other series all over the world on November 16, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196807-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Nippon Championship\nThe 2008 Formula Nippon Championship was the 22nd season of the premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing series. The series for Formula Nippon racing cars was contested over eight rounds. All teams have to use Lola chassis (Lola FN06) and have the choice between utilising Mugen Honda (Mugen HF386E) or Toyota (Toyota RV8J) engines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196807-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Nippon Championship\nDefending champion Tsugio Matsuda secured the championship with a round in hand. Together with team mate Kohei Hirate, Matsuda's Team Impul also secured the teams championship with a round to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196807-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Nippon Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship\n* \u2013 In race 2 at the August Fuji meeting, the race was run behind the safety car for five laps before the race was halted. Half points were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship\nThe 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 62nd season of Formula One motor racing, recognised by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) \u2013 the governing body of motorsport \u2013 as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship was contested over eighteen races commencing in Australia on 16 March and ending in Brazil on 2 November. The 2008 season saw the debut of the Singapore Grand Prix, which was held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, in Marina Bay, Singapore and was the first Formula One race held at night. The European Grand Prix moved to a new venue at the Valencia Street Circuit, in Valencia, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship\nLewis Hamilton won the Drivers' title by a point\u00a0\u2013 by overtaking Toyota's Timo Glock on the final corner of the final lap of the final Grand Prix of the season to claim the required 5th-place finish to win the championship\u00a0\u2013 from Brazilian Felipe Massa, while Massa's teammate, the 2007 world champion Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, was ranked third, with two wins. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro won the Constructors' title. In winning the Drivers' title, Hamilton became the youngest driver ever to win the title (a record since surpassed by Sebastian Vettel winning the 2010 Drivers' title) and the first black driver to do so. He was also the first British champion since Damon Hill in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship\nEleven teams competed in the championship, although Super Aguri withdrew on 6 May from the 2008 Formula One season due to financial troubles, completing four races. New technical rules for 2008 included the banning of traction control after it was re-introduced in 2001, at the Spanish Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso won the first race held in Singapore; however, only after teammate Piquet deliberately crashed to cause a Safety Car period which helped Alonso's strategy. When Piquet admitted this to the press in 2009 Renault team-principal Briatore resigned. Some journalists dubbed this \"Crashgate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship\nThis was the last season for the Honda team before they pulled out of F1 later in December due to the financial difficulties. Honda would return as an engine supplier between 2015 and 2022. Then, Ross Brawn bought the team and renamed it to Brawn GP in February 2009 using the Mercedes-Benz engines. This was also the last Formula One season to race with grooved tyres, used since 1998, before slick tyres returned to Formula One in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship\nIt was the first time in the history of Formula One that all teams used the same two drivers throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers\nThere was a total of seven teams signed up to compete in the championship through an agreement with Formula One Management, with the other four major manufacturers in the Grand Prix Manufacturers' Association (GPMA) having signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the 2006 Spanish Grand Prix. All teams in both groups have two spots each on the 2008 grid. The following teams and drivers competed in the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship: Teams competed with tyres supplied by Bridgestone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, New entries\nOn 14 February 2006 the FIA president Max Mosley announced that all teams interested in competing in the 2008 World Championship would have a seven-day window during which they would have to submit an application to compete. All eleven current teams applied, as well as several others. On 28 April 2006 the FIA announced that all of the current teams' applications for the 2008 season were granted, along with a new team Prodrive, fronted by the ex-BAR and -Benetton principal David Richards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, New entries\nThere were 21 applications in total, several new teams applying included European Minardi F1 Team Ltd, Jordan Grand Prix, Direxiv and Carlin Motorsport. However, despite the Prodrive application being accepted, Richards later announced that the team would not race in 2008 due to a dispute over the legality of customer cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nDouble world champion Fernando Alonso left McLaren after a single season to rejoin Renault. He was replaced at McLaren by Heikki Kovalainen, who had replaced Alonso at Renault the previous season. Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault's other driver from 2007, moved to the newly renamed Force India team, in place of erstwhile Spyker driver Sakon Yamamoto, who became Renault's test development driver. Fisichella's place at Renault was taken by the team's test driver Nelson Piquet Jr. (son of the three-time World Drivers' Champion Nelson Piquet).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nAfter an unsuccessful test for Force India in December 2007, Ralf Schumacher left Toyota to drive for M\u00fccke Motorsport in the DTM series. 2007 GP2 champion Timo Glock, who had also been the test driver for BMW Sauber, returned to a Formula One race seat in place of Schumacher. Christian Klien, previously the test driver for Honda, and the Estonian driver Marko Asmer took up test driver roles at BMW Sauber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nS\u00e9bastien Bourdais, who won his fourth consecutive Champ Car title in 2007, joined Toro Rosso in 2008, replacing Vitantonio Liuzzi, who moved to Force India as their test driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Season calendar\nThe FIA World Council approved the 2008 schedule on 24 October 2007. Singapore was Formula One's first ever night race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season testing\nThe first multi-team test session started in Jerez on 14 January 2008. Ferrari, McLaren and Toyota all tested their 2008 cars. Williams tested a modified version of the FW29 whilst Renault and Red Bull tested their 2007 entries. Honda, Toro Rosso, Super Aguri and Force India also attended. BMW Sauber was not in attendance as they were launching the F1.08. Testing then moved to Valencia on 22 January. Renault and Williams were the only teams on the track for the first day of testing. They were both testing their 2008 challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season testing\nThey were joined by every other team except Super Aguri for the next three days. 1 February saw testing move to Barcelona. Again, all teams but Super Aguri were in action. The first day of testing saw Kazuki Nakajima crash his FW30. It also saw racist abuse directed at Lewis Hamilton. Williams withdrew from testing on day three to try to fix the problem that caused Nakajima's crash. Meanwhile, on 4 February, Ferrari and Toyota moved to Bahrain to continue testing the F2008 and TF108.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season testing\nOn 12 February testing returned to Jerez. Red Bull and Williams were the only teams in action on the first day. The second day of testing saw all teams but Ferrari and Toyota (who were still in Bahrain) attending. After postponing their SA08 launch and cancelling testing at Valencia, Super Aguri turned up to test their SA07B interim car for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season testing\nTesting moved to Barcelona on 19 February. The first day of tests got underway in rain with Williams, Red Bull, Renault and Toyota present. Nico Rosberg topped the time sheets for Williams. BMW were instead testing on their own in Jerez. Super Aguri did not turn up despite promising a Q&A with the media. They blamed circumstances beyond their control. On the second day Ferrari turned up and topped the time sheets with Felipe Massa on another wet track. McLaren joined on the final day and Williams finished on top with Nakajima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season testing\nThe final multi-team test began on 25 February with every team but Super Aguri attending. Lewis Hamilton topped the time sheets faster than both Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Michael Schumacher. McLaren continued to outpace Ferrari on day two with both drivers on top and Toyota were fastest with Jarno Trulli on the final day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report\nHamilton took pole and his fifth career victory at the first race in Australia. BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld finished second while Williams's Nico Rosberg sealed his first podium finish. The race saw only seven drivers finish the race, reduced to six after Honda's Rubens Barrichello was disqualified for exiting the pits under a red light. Despite an engine problem, Toro Rosso debutant S\u00e9bastien Bourdais completed over 90% of the race distance, earning him points in seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report\nA grid penalty for impeding drivers and a pit stop mishap left Hamilton in fifth place at Malaysia, while R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took his 16th career victory after he qualified in second position. BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica finished second for the first time with McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report\nHamilton qualified third at Bahrain despite a crash, with Kubica taking his first pole position. Massa won the race with teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in second. Kubica made it onto the podium, while Hamilton had a bad race, finishing 13th. He was back in the points at Barcelona, while R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took Ferrari's third consecutive victory, Massa making it another 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report\nMassa took pole and won for the third successive Istanbul race, Hamilton splitting the Ferraris on the podium. At Monaco, Ferrari locked out the front row with Massa on pole, but on a bad day for Ferrari, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen ruining what could have been Sutil's chance to score, Hamilton won the race despite a mid-race barrier scrape causing him a puncture. Kubica finished second and Massa was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report\nHamilton was on pole position at Montreal for the first time since the beginning of the season, a drought of five races, however a pit lane mishap involving himself and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen eliminated both drivers from the race. Kubica (who also got caught up in the mess but made it through safely) won for the first time with teammate Heidfeld second. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen started the French Grand Prix on pole, but exhaust problems allowed teammate Massa to get the better of him, and he took his third season victory. Hamilton won back-to-back at Silverstone and Hockenheim. Kovalainen took advantage of Massa's engine failure to take his first career victory at Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report\nThe new Valencia Street Circuit was the new host of the European Grand Prix, Massa taking pole and winning with Hamilton second. At Belgium, Hamilton qualified on pole and finished in first, though he received a 25-second penalty for gaining an advantage during a scrap with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Massa was the classified winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report\nToro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel became the youngest ever pole man and victor after a stunning weekend at Monza. The race saw a downfall for the big teams, Kovalainen doing a good job for second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report\nSingapore hosted its first ever F1 race and F1's first ever night race, taking place at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Massa qualified on pole, however, the race was to be a major blow to his championship. On lap 12, while Massa was leading, Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. purposely crashed (see 'Race-fixing controversy' below), although Piquet never released this until dropped from the team after the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, assisting teammate Fernando Alonso, who went on to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report\nHe was victorious from a fuel feed problem in Q2 leaving him 15th on the grid, though he still out-qualified Piquet Jr. Rosberg finished on the podium for the second and last time in 2008. Massa was leading ahead of Hamilton, however, when he pitted under the safety car his fuel hose remained attached meaning that the pit crew had to run down the pit lane to detach it. This ruined Massa's race putting him in last position while Hamilton gained 6 points for 3rd place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report\nAlonso won again in Japan with Kubica second. Hamilton started the race on pole, however he was given a drive through penalty for running wide at the start and shortly afterwards was knocked into a spin by Felipe Massa. He was back to winning ways for the first time since Hockenheim, though, victorious at Shanghai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report\nAt this point, Hamilton had a seven-point lead over Massa, meaning if Massa was to be the victor at his home race in Brazil, Hamilton would need to finish fifth, and he was holding this position though being stalked by Vettel, who eventually passed him on lap 69, as Massa won to momentarily take the title. Hamilton eventually regained fifth place, however, by passing Glock, who was struggling on dry tyres, and finished fifth to take the title by one point from Massa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196808-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula One World Championship, Report, Race-fixing controversy\nIn a scandal that became known as \"Crashgate\" in the media, during the 2009 season around the time of the Belgium Grand Prix, allegations by former Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. about his crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix led to charges of race-fixing against Renault and the departure of team boss Flavio Briatore and engineering director Pat Symonds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196809-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Palmer Audi season\nThe 2008 Henderson Formula Palmer Audi motor-racing competition was the eleventh of its kind. It was contested over 20 races at eight circuits in the United Kingdom and Belgium between April and September. The overall winner was Jason Moore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196809-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Palmer Audi season, Championship\nThe 2008 Formula Palmer Audi Championship was very competitive, with seven winners through the season and a three-way championship battle going into the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196809-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Palmer Audi season, Championship\nJason Moore emerged as champion, but he was under intense pressure through much of the season from Tom Bradshaw and Jolyon Palmer. Moore made the best start to the season, winning three of the opening five races, with Richard Plant picking up a win in Round Two and Tom Bradshaw winning at Brands Hatch in Round Five. Moore also won in a triple-header at Spa-Francorchamps, although Jolyon Palmer scored an excellent victory in Round Six. Jack Clarke also scored a win in Round 10 at Oulton Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196809-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Palmer Audi season, Championship\nIn the second half of the season Tom Bradshaw achieved four race wins, including a treble at Snetterton. Elsewhere Richard Keen made a superb albeit brief appearance in the championship, gaining two victories and one pole in three races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196809-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Palmer Audi season, Championship\nIn total there were 33 entrants. There were 20 rounds across eight race events, one of which took place out of the UK, at Spa-Francorchamps. The championship continued to support large international events at Brands Hatch such as A1 Grand Prix, the World Touring Car Championship and DTM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196810-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup\nThe 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the third Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Hockenheim on 26 April and finished on 5 October at Spa, after sixteen races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196810-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup\nMotopark Academy driver Valtteri Bottas won the NEC championship title, having won twelve races during the season, bringing the team their third successive drivers' championship title. His teammates Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa and Tobias Hegewald, completed the top three, for the team's second consecutive championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196810-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, Standings\nPoints are awarded only based on position. There are 2 races by rounds, each 25 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196810-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, Standings\n\u2020\u00a0\u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196811-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship\nThe 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 20th British Formula Renault Championship season. The season began at Brands Hatch on March 29 and finished at the same venue on September 21, after twenty rounds. The championship was won by Adam Christodoulou with Dean Stoneman winning the Graduate Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196811-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship, Calendar\n*\u00a0\u2013 race 12 was the replacement round for the second Croft race. Riki Christodoulou had originally won the pole in the qualifying session held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196812-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series\nThe 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the fourth Formula Renault 3.5 Series season. It began on 26 April in Monza, Italy and finished on 19 October in Barcelona, Spain after 17 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196812-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Regulation Changes, Technical\nAfter a three-year cycle, the current Formula Renault 3.5 chassis was replaced by a brand new car built by Italian racecar constructor Dallara. The new car featured flex-fuel technology and could be powered by either premium unleaded petrol or E85 bioethanol, which was a first for this level of motorsport in Europe. The Renault V6 engine, prepared by French company Solution F, will also saw its power increased from 425 horsepower (317\u00a0kW) to 500 horsepower (370\u00a0kW).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196812-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Regulation Changes, Technical\nThe car also featured a new carbon bodyshell, as well as a new shaped front wing, hollowed sidepods and multiple side deflectors designed to improve aerodynamic performance. However, several areas of the car, including the gearbox, rear suspension and carbon brakes, remained the same in order to keep costs under control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196812-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Regulation Changes, Technical\nThe new car made its first public appearance on 21 September at the Magny-Cours round of the 2007 season, with development driver Andy Soucek demonstrating the car at the final round of the series in Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196812-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Regulation Changes, Sporting\nIn a change from recent years, only 26 cars (thirteen two-car teams) were allowed into the 2008 championship. The World Series by Renault organising committee announced twelve of the thirteen teams on 5 October 2007, with newcomers Ultimate Signature confirmed as the final entrant on 12 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196812-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Regulation Changes, Sporting\nThe 2008 season also saw the introduction of a new qualifying system to the FR3.5 Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196812-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Race calendar and results\nThe calendar for the 2008 season was confirmed by Renault Sport on 9 January 2008. Seven rounds formed meetings of the 2008 World Series by Renault season, with additional rounds supporting the Monza 1000km and Monaco Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196812-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Season results\nThe maximum number of points a driver could earn each weekend (except Monaco) was 31 and the maximum number for a team was 55.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons\nFormula Renault is a class of formula racing that was founded in 1971. It is currently the biggest single-seater championship in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Season calendar\nThis table indicates the season calendar. It shows the round number of each series along with their dates. The dark boxes indicates the winter series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 3.5L, Collective test for notable 2.0L drivers\nEvery year, Renault Sport Technologies would invite the best Formula Renault 2.0L and Eurocup M\u00e9gane Trophy drivers to test the Formula Renault 3.5L. For the 2008 season, the test occurred on November 5\u20137 on the Paul Ricard HTTT track in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup season\nThe Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup was the first season for the WEC series. It includes the French Formula Renault championship that offers a reward for the best French driver and rookie driver. It also has the Challenger Cup which is for drivers using cars that run with the 2004 aerodynamic kit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup season\n1 point is given to every pole position holder. 1 point is also given to the fastest driver in each lap. There are 2 race rounds. The first is between 60 kilometres (37\u00a0mi) and 80 kilometres (50\u00a0mi). The second race is between 20 to 30 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup season\nIn Round 6 of the Valencia race, Daniel Ricciardo, Andrea Caldarelli and Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne were disqualified for technical regulation non-conformity in their SG Formula's rear wings. Benjamin Lariche, who came in 3rd, was declared the race winner instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault 2.0 UK season, Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Cup\nThe Formula Renault UK Winter Cup and Formula Renault BARC Winter Cup are held in same time, but with separated classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 116], "content_span": [117, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault 2.0 UK season, Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Cup\nThere are 2 races in each round, both of them between 30 miles (48\u00a0km) and 30 minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 116], "content_span": [117, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault BARC FR2000 series\nThe Formula Renault BARC FR2000 series has 12 rounds in 7 venues. The final standing is established with the best 10 results of the season. A Club Class classification is also established for young drivers (see 2008 Formula Renault BARC Club Class season below) who participate in the same race as the FR2000 series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault BARC FR2000 series\n1 point is given to every pole position holder. 1 point is also given to the fastest driver in each lap. Races are between 30 miles (48\u00a0km) and 30 minutes each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault BARC FR2000 series, Formula Renault BARC Club Class series\nThe Formula Renault BARC Club Class series includes 12 rounds in 7 venues. The final standings are established with the best 11 results of the season. The Club Class category is raced at same time as the main Formula Renault BARC FR2000 series. The cars use Tatuus or Mygale chassis and are powered by Renault Laguna 2.0L 6 valves engine providing lower Horsepower than the FR2000 class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 126], "content_span": [127, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault BARC FR2000 series, Formula Renault BARC Club Class series\n1 point is given to every pole position holder. 1 point is also given to the fastest driver in each lap. Races are between 30 miles (48\u00a0km) and 30 minutes each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 126], "content_span": [127, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault 2.0 Italia season\nThere are 2 races with rounds length of 30 minutes each. 2 points are awarded to the fastest driver in each lap and another 2 points to the pole position holder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 85], "content_span": [86, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault 2.0 Italia season\nThere are 3 collective tests in summer. In the Misano World Circuit on June 17, in Autodromo Nazionale Monza on July 10 and in the Mugello Circuit on July 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 85], "content_span": [86, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault 2.0 Italia season, Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series\n2 points are awarded to the fastest driver in each lap and 4 points to the pole position holder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 127], "content_span": [128, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, LO Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse season\nExtra 1 point is given to the fastest driver in each lap 2 points to the pole position holder. There are 2 races by rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, F\u00f3rmula J\u00fanior FR2.0 Portugal season\nThis is the first season of the F\u00f3rmula J\u00fanior FR2.0 held in Portugal. The series, which is the first single-seater championship in Portugal since the end of Formula BMW in 2004, uses Tatuus Formula Renault chassis with Renault 2.0L engines and Michelin tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, F\u00f3rmula J\u00fanior FR2.0 Portugal season\n1 point is given to the fastest driver for each lap and another point to the pole position holder. There are 2 races per round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, F\u00f3rmula J\u00fanior FR2.0 Portugal season\nThe Estoril rounds held on September, 27\u201328 were part of the World Series by Renault event. The races at the last two venues, in Jerez and Estoril, were held at the same time as the Portugal Winter Series FR2.0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, F\u00f3rmula J\u00fanior FR2.0 Portugal season, F\u00f3rmula J\u00fanior FR2.0 Portugal(Portugal Winter Series FR2.0)\nThe Winter Series is held at the same time as the two final venues of the F\u00f3rmula J\u00fanior FR2.0 Portugal season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 149], "content_span": [150, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, F\u00f3rmula J\u00fanior FR2.0 Portugal season, F\u00f3rmula J\u00fanior FR2.0 Portugal(Portugal Winter Series FR2.0)\nEvery driver who finishes to race will get 1 point. 1 point is also given for the fastest driver in each lap and another point for pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 149], "content_span": [150, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formule Renault 2.0 Finland season\nThere are 2 or 3 races by rounds, each lasting for approximately 20 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault 2000 de America season\nExtra 1 point is given to the fastest driver of each lap and another point for pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Formula Renault 2000 de America season\nThe Formula Renault 2000 and 1600 Junior championship were cancelled in May 2008 by Alfonso Toledano, the president of the Panam GP Series. A part of the engaged teams withdrew their participation, forcing the cancellation of the races at the Latin American venues due to low crowd-turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, F\u00f3rmula Renault 2.0 Brasil season\nExtra 1 point is given to the fastest driver in each lap and another point for pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 85], "content_span": [86, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, F\u00f3rmula Renault 2.0 Brasil season\nThe F\u00f3rmula Renault 2.0 Brasil championship was cancelled after the first round due to a lack of participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 85], "content_span": [86, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Asian Formula Renault Challenge season\nDrivers who start their season at round 5 or later do not receive any points for the final standing. The team points-attribution is different from the driver point system\u00a0: 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, Asian Formula Renault Challenge season\nThe Asian Challenge Category (A) is only for Asian drivers. The China Formula Renault Challenge (C) is for any rounds held in China. The IFC Trophy (IFC) is for the rookie drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 1.6L, Formula Renault Elf 1.6 Argentina season\n1 point is given for pole position and an extra point in each race for every participating driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, GP2 Series seasons\nThe GP2 Series and GP2 Asia Series are powered by 4 liters, V8 Renault engine and Bridgestone tyres with a Dallara chassis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, Formula 16 season\nThe official Formula Renault 1.6L Belgium was cancelled after the 2007 season and the Belge Formula 16 attempt to replace it with the same cars. The series was cancelled after 4 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, Austria Formel Renault Cup season\nThis is the second season of this series using Formula Renault 2.0L. The season is held on 12 rounds in 6 venues in Czech Republic, Germany and Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 112], "content_span": [113, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, Formula Renault 2.0 North European Zone season\n1 point is awarded to the fastest driver in each lap and another point for pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 125], "content_span": [126, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, Formula 2000 Light season\nThis is the first season of the Formula 2000 Light held in Italy. The series uses the Tatuus Formula Renault or Formula 3 chassis with Renault 2000 cc maximum engines and Michelin tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 104], "content_span": [105, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, Formula 2000 Light season\n2 points are given to the fastest driver in each lap and 3 points for pole position. There are 2 races by rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 104], "content_span": [105, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, Formula 2000 Light season, Formula 2000 Light Winter Series\n3 points for pole position and 2 points for the fastest driver in each lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 138], "content_span": [139, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, LATAM Challenge Series season\nThis is the first season of the Latin American (LATAM) Challenge Series held in Mexico. The series uses Tatuus Formula Renault 2.0L F4RS engines and Khumo tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 108], "content_span": [109, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, F\u00f3rmula Renault Plus season\nThe series is held in the same rounds as its secondary series, F\u00f3rmula Renault Interprovencial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 106], "content_span": [107, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, F\u00f3rmula Renault Plus season\n1 point is given for pole position and all drivers receive a point for taking part in the qualifying session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 106], "content_span": [107, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, F\u00f3rmula Renault Interprovencial season\nThe series is held in the same rounds as its main series, F\u00f3rmula Renault Plus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 117], "content_span": [118, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, F\u00f3rmula Renault Interprovencial season\n1 point is given for pole position and all drivers receive a point for taking part in the qualifying session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 117], "content_span": [118, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, F\u00f3rmula 4 Metropolitana season\nThis is the first season of the F\u00f3rmula 4 Metropolitana series held in Argentina. Cars use the Renault Clio K4M engine (1598cc) with low power. Different from the former F\u00f3rmula 4 Nacional series held in 2007, teams can choose their chassis manufacturer; Crespi, Tulia, Tito, etc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 109], "content_span": [110, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, Formula Asia 2.0 season\nThe 2008 season is the first season for the Formula Asia 2.0 series. The series offers a prize for the best Asian driver in the Asian Drivers Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 102], "content_span": [103, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, Formula Asia 2.0 season\nOnly the two best-placed drivers in each team at each race will receive points for the team championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 102], "content_span": [103, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196813-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, Formula Asia 2.0 season\nRounds 10 and 11 in Shanghai on November 22\u201323 don't count towards the championship as there was insufficient preparation time due to the delay in the release of the containers by the local customs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 102], "content_span": [103, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196814-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula V6 Asia Championship\nThe 2008 Formula V6 Asia season took place in four Asian countries. The season started on May 16\u201318 in Sepang and ended on November 21\u201323 in Shanghai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196814-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula V6 Asia Championship, Race calendar\nEarl Bamber and Armaan Ebrahim did not participate to the last venue due to their commitment in the Malaysian round in A1 Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196814-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Formula V6 Asia Championship, Full Series Results\nPoints are awarded in both races as following: 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 for 9th and 1 bonus points for pole position in the first of the two venue races but only awarded to drivers, not for teams. Only the drivers that achieve races are awarded by points. The team standing is obtained with the best two drivers of each team at each race", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196815-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg\nThe 2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg was a women's tennis tournament on indoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the Fortis Championships Luxembourg, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. The tournament took place in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, from 20 October until 26 October 2008. First-seeded Elena Dementieva won the singles title and earned $35,000 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196815-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg, Finals, Doubles\nSorana C\u00eerstea /  Marina Erakovic defeated  Vera Dushevina /  Mariya Koryttseva 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 10\u20138", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196816-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg \u2013 Doubles\nIveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 were the defending champions, but Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 chose not to participate, and only Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 competed that year. Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 partnered with Shuai Peng, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mervana Jugi\u0107-Salki\u0107 and Aur\u00e9lie V\u00e9dy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196816-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg \u2013 Doubles\nSorana C\u00eerstea and Marina Erakovic won in the final 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 10\u20138, against Vera Dushevina and Mariya Koryttseva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196817-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg \u2013 Singles\nAna Ivanovic was the defending champion, but chose to participate in Linz instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196817-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg \u2013 Singles\nElena Dementieva won in the final 2\u20136, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20134), against Caroline Wozniacki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196818-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2007\u201308 season. It was held at the Seongsa Ice Rink in Goyang, South Korea on February 11\u201317. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196818-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men\nDaisuke Takahashi set a new world record for the free skating (175.84) and the combined total (264.41).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 63], "content_span": [64, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196819-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)\nThe 2008 Four Nations Tournament was the eighth edition of the Four Nations Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held in China. The venue for this edition of the tournament was Guangdong Olympic Stadium, in the city of Guangzhou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196820-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 France rugby union tour of Australia\nThe 2008 France rugby union tour of Australia was a series of matches played in June\u2013July 2008 in Australia by France national rugby union team. The French (with 12 \"newcomers\" and without the player of the club finalist of Top 14) lost heavily both test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196821-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fred Page Cup Playoffs\nThe 2008 Fred Page Cup Playoffs of the British Columbia Hockey League began on February 29, 2008. The top two teams in each of the Coastal and Interior Conferences received a bye into the conference semifinals. The remaining eight teams that qualified, four from each conference, played a best-of-5 series elimination round. For the conference semifinals and finals, play reverted to a best-of-7 series. The conference champions played a best-of-7 series for the Fred Page Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196821-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fred Page Cup Playoffs, Playoff seeds\nAfter the 2007-08 BCHL season, 12 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Nanaimo Clippers were the Coastal Conference regular season champions and were also the BCHL regular season winners with the best record at 88 points. The Penticton Vees earned the Interior Conference regular season crown with 86 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196821-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fred Page Cup Playoffs, Playoff Bracket\nIn each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage, which gives them a maximum possible four games on their home ice, with the other team getting a maximum possible three. The opening elimination round follows a best-of-five 2-2-1 format. Each best-of-seven series follows a 2\u20132\u20131\u20131\u20131 format. This means that the higher-seeded team will have Games 1 and 2, plus 5 and 7 if necessary, played on their home ice, while the lower-seeded team will be at home for the other games. The format ensures that the team with home ice advantage will always have home ice for the \"extra\" game if there are an odd number of games in a series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196821-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fred Page Cup Playoffs, Statistical leaders, Points\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196821-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Fred Page Cup Playoffs, Statistical leaders, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196822-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 French Figure Skating Championships (French: Championnat de France Elite) took place between December 7 and 9, 2007 at the Palais des Sports in Meg\u00e8ve. Skaters competed at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating. The event was used to help determine the French team to the 2008 World Championships and the 2008 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196822-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Figure Skating Championships\nThe junior synchronized event was held during this competition; junior and novice level competitions for the other disciplines were held separately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196822-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Ice dancing\nFive time medalists Nathalie P\u00e9chalat / Fabian Bourzat did not compete due to injury to him, so they would be well enough to compete the next week at the Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix\nThe 2008 French Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de France 2008) was a Formula One motor race held on 22 June 2008 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, France. This race would be the last French Grand Prix for a decade, before returning in 2018 at Circuit Paul Ricard. The 70-lap race event, the eighth of the 2008 Formula One World Championship, was won by Felipe Massa for the Ferrari team starting from second position. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who started from pole position, finished second in the other Ferrari car; Jarno Trulli was third in a Toyota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Massa both made a clean start. Renault's Fernando Alonso, who started third, was overtaken by Trulli and BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica. The front three of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Massa and Trulli maintained their positions through the first round of pit stops. On lap 30,\u00a0R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen led Massa by six and a half seconds, and Trulli by 30\u00a0seconds. Just before half distance, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's right exhaust pipe broke, which caused the engine to lose power. Massa, in second place, began lapping quicker than R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, and he caught and passed him on lap\u00a039. Massa maintained his lead through the second round of pit stops, and won the race; R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen finished almost 18\u00a0seconds behind. Trulli fended off McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, who challenged him in the latter stages, to take third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix\nMassa's win promoted him into the lead of the Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career, overtaking Kubica. Kubica was second, two points behind Massa, while R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was third. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari increased their lead to 17\u00a0points ahead of BMW Sauber, McLaren a further 16\u00a0points behind in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by 20\u00a0drivers, in ten teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, Honda, Force India-Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull-Renault, Williams-Toyota and Toro Rosso-Ferrari. Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought two different tyre compounds to the race; the softer of the two marked by a single white stripe down one of the grooves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Background\nBefore the race, Robert Kubica of BMW led the Drivers' Championship, with 42\u00a0points, ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who each had 38\u00a0points. Massa's teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was fourth, ahead of Kubica's teammate Nick Heidfeld in fifth. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 73 points; three points ahead of BMW Sauber with 70\u00a0points; McLaren were a further 17\u00a0points behind them in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Background\nFerrari came into the race with a long series of success at the track, having won seven of the last ten races held at Magny-Cours. In 2007, Ferrari had taken a one-two, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen ahead of Massa. Massa said that it was important not to discount McLaren and BMW:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Background\nIn recent years, people would say that Canada and Monaco suited McLaren better than Ferrari, while it was the other way round in France and Britain, but I don't think that is really the case this year, as apart from any other factors, we have to consider the BMW team in this equation. This year in Monaco, Ferrari had the whole front row of the grid, even though I think we had more fuel than McLaren and in Canada our race pace was very good too. In other races we have all been very close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Background\nIn March 2007, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Fran\u00e7aise du Sport Automobile (FFSA) stated their intention to rest the Magny-Cours circuit from the Formula One world championship for the 2008 season. Despite this, the race was held in 2008, but the race was dropped from the Formula One calendar for 2009. The French Grand Prix would not return to the Formula One World Championship calendar until 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Background\nAt the previous race in Canada, Hamilton had crashed into R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in the pit lane, when Raikk\u00f6n\u00ebn braked to stop in front of the red light at the end of the pit lane. Williams driver Nico Rosberg then collided into the back of Hamilton. Hamilton later said that he saw the light too late and could not avoid hitting the Ferrari. Hamilton and Rosberg were both given ten place grid penalties for the French Grand Prix, meaning that whatever their qualifying position, they could start no better than 11th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Background\nAfter the penalty was given, McLaren's CEO, Martin Whitmarsh, said that he thought the penalty was \"severe\", citing a similar incident at Monaco where Raikk\u00f6n\u00ebn had crashed into the back of Force India's Adrian Sutil. There, no penalty had been given. However, Rosberg said that the penalties from Canada were \"deserved\". When Hamilton was asked whether the penalty would force him to change his approach, Hamilton said that \"it doesn't really. It's a race, I'm here to win and so I approach it the same.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Background\n\"It's going to be harder,\" he added, \"coming from the back, but I don't have any doubts or any worries, I think we're going to have a very strong package this weekend, and I think the car will be as good if not better than it was in the last race. With that pace, as long as we stay out of trouble we should be able to score some good points.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Background\nRenault driver Nelson Piquet Jr., who was in his first year in Formula One and had scored no points prior to this race, said that he thought that the track suited him and the car much better than previous races. BMW Sauber had taken their first victory at the previous race, but team principal Mario Theissen said that a second win was unlikely at Magny-Cours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Background\nIn technical developments, BMW Sauber, Ferrari, McLaren and Toyota all revised their front wings. BMW brought both their new wing as well as the version they had used for the previous race to Magny-Cours, but decided to use the revised wing, as it offered better levels of downforce. Ferrari's wing changes aimed at improving the performance of the car's nose hole. The nose hole, which had been introduced at the Spanish Grand Prix, aimed at creating greater levels of downforce, by channelling the airflow. Williams changed their front sidepod winglets. At the previous race, Red Bull modified their RB4's bridge wing to prevent it from flexing, to comply with the latest rule clarifications. For Magny-Cours, the team revised the central section of this element, with the aim of generating greater downforce levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 853]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race\u2014two on Friday, and a third on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90\u00a0minutes. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. In the first practice session, which was held in dry conditions, Ferrari's Felipe Massa was quickest, ahead of the McLarens of Hamilton and Kovalainen in second and third. Massa's teammate, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, was fourth quickest. The afternoon session, which was held in very hot conditions, saw Renault's Fernando Alonso record the fastest lap, ahead of the two Ferrari drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Practice\nThe hot weather conditions posed several problems for the drivers, as many of the cars ran off the road, sliding through the gravel or across the asphalt. At the end of the session, a new system\u2014designed to limit the cars' speeds in potentially hazardous situations\u2014was tested. In the third practice session, again held in dry conditions, Renault continued their strong practice performance with Piquet leading the final practice session. Red Bull's Mark Webber was next quickest while Sebastian Vettel of Toro Rosso was third. As was the pattern for the season, the McLaren and Ferrari drivers ran heavier fuel loads in this session in preparation for the final section of qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Qualifying\nSaturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three\u00a0parts. In the first 20-minute period, cars finishing 16th or lower were eliminated. The second qualifying period lasted for 15\u00a0minutes, at the end of which the fastest ten cars went into the final period, to determine their grid positions for the race. Cars failing to make the final period were allowed to be refuelled before the race but those competing in it were not, and so carried more fuel than they had done in the earlier qualifying sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Qualifying\nI am very happy with this result, not just for myself but above all for the team. So far, the weekend is going really well but of course we have yet to tackle the most important part which is the race, where anything could happen. If I was not to win, I would obviously be a bit disappointed, but the most important thing is to finish and bring home the maximum number of points, because we really need them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Qualifying\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen clinched Ferrari's 200th pole position and his last until the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix 129 races later, with a time of 1:16.449. He was joined on the front row of the grid by teammate Massa. This would later prove to be Ferrari's last front-row lockout until the 2017 Russian Grand Prix. Alonso qualified third after Hamilton's penalty moved the quicker McLaren driver to 13th; Toyota's Jarno Trulli qualified fourth. Kovalainen would have started from fifth, but was given a five-place grid penalty for blocking Webber during qualifying and would start from 10th on the grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Qualifying\nKubica, Webber, David Coulthard,  Timo Glock and Piquet rounded off the top ten. Heidfeld qualified 11th, with Vettel ahead of Hamilton in 12th, and Bourdais behind in 14th. Rosberg was next quickest, but after his penalty demoted him to the back of the grid his teammate Kazuki Nakajima took his place. The final four places went to the Honda and Force India teams, with Button qualifying ahead of Barrichello, Fisichella and Sutil. Barrichello, however, was given a penalty for changing his gearbox, meaning that he started 20th on the grid, one place behind Rosberg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race\nThe conditions on the grid were dry before the race, although the sky was overcast; weather forecasts predicted rain near the end of the race. Most of the frontrunners began the race on the harder compound tyre. Rain that had fallen earlier that morning had removed some of the rubber on the track, meaning that graining, when small grains of rubber come off a tyre, was likely to be a problem; out of the two tyre types, the harder would better cope with this. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen made a good start, retaining his first position; Massa behind him maintained his second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race\nAlonso, who started third, was passed by both Trulli and Kubica, but re-passed Kubica at the hairpin turn exit. Glock also made a good start, taking sixth after passing Webber. Going into the first corner, Button touched Bourdais, resulting in damage to the Honda's front wing. Hamilton, who started 13th, passed several drivers to move into 10th by the end of lap one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race\nAt the end of the first lap, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen led from Massa, Trulli, Alonso, Kubica, Glock and Webber. On lap five, Hamilton overtook Kovalainen to move into ninth. On the same lap, Button was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop, due to the damage he had sustained in his first corner incident with Bourdais. This dropped him to the back of the field. By the end of lap\u00a010, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen led Massa by 3.2\u00a0seconds, Trulli a further 8.5\u00a0seconds behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race\nOn lap\u00a013, Hamilton was given a drive-through penalty for cutting the corner of Turn Seven on lap one, and gaining an advantage. He took the penalty immediately, and re-emerged in 13th position. Over the next few laps, the Ferrari drivers continued to pull out a gap on Trulli in third, lapping at around a second per lap quicker than the Toyota. On lap\u00a016, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:16.630, stretching his lead over his teammate. Further back, Alonso, who had been running fourth, made the first scheduled pit stop, resuming 12th. Button was lapped by several drivers, due to the damage his car had sustained in his first corner incident with Bourdais, and eventually retired on lap\u00a017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race\nOn lap\u00a020, Trulli and Kubica, then in fourth, pitted. Over the next two laps, both R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Massa pitted. By lap\u00a030, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had opened his lead to 6.6\u00a0seconds over Massa, while Trulli was over half a minute behind him in third. Just before half distance, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's pace became slower, and Massa behind him caught up, passing his teammate on lap\u00a039. After the race, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen explained that his lack of pace was due to his car's right exhaust pipe breaking, causing the engine to lose power. Further back, Kovalainen, who was running seventh, passed Webber to take sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race\nBy lap\u00a046, Massa had a 10-second lead over his teammate. On the same lap, Kubica pitted from fourth, starting the next round of pit stops. Trulli pitted from third on lap\u00a050, and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Kovalainen two laps later. Massa pitted on lap\u00a054, and emerged 13.4\u00a0seconds ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Trulli kept his third position, but Kovalainen, who made up several places through the pit stops to move to fourth, was closing behind him. On lap\u00a055, light rain started to fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race\nAlthough it would continue to rain lightly for the next few laps, it was never heavy enough to be a problem to the drivers. By lap\u00a058, Kovalainen was right behind Trulli. A few laps later, the exhaust pipe which had broken earlier on R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's car came off completely, but R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen continued to race with similar lap times. Kovalainen, meanwhile, continued to try to find a way past Trulli. One lap before the end of the race, Kovalainen attempted to pass Trulli, but ran wide as Trulli defended his position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race\nMassa crossed the line to win the race, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen nearly eighteen seconds behind. Trulli retained third, and took his first podium since the 2005 Spanish Grand Prix, and Toyota's first podium since the 2006 Australian Grand Prix. Kovalainen finished fourth, ahead of Kubica, Webber and Piquet, who took his first ever points in Formula One. Alonso, Coulthard, Hamilton, Glock, Vettel, Heidfeld and the lapped Barrichello, Nakajima, Rosberg, Bourdais, Fisichella and Sutil were the last of the finishing drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nMassa was delighted with his race victory, saying, \"A great race, a fantastic result. The win came my way because Kimi had a problem with his car and at the pace he was running, it would have been hard for me to beat him on the track. I would have been happy with second place but of course, the win makes me even happier.\" After the race, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen said,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nObviously I am a bit disappointed because I had hoped to win. Unfortunately, the right exhaust pipe broke just before half-distance and the engine lost a lot of power, especially on the straight after the slow corners. After a few laps, the situation seemed better, but towards the end of the race, I ran the risk of stopping. This sort of thing can happen in racing and I have to try and look on the bright side: eight points are still a good amount and the one-two finish is a great result for the team. Luckily, I had built up quite a good lead in the first part thanks to a car that was really very competitive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nTrulli said, \"Today was a great race, hard and tough. We had a good pace, even if we had to battle with some cars that were quicker than us. I had to fight really hard but that is what people should expect both from myself and from Toyota.\" Hamilton commented on his drive-through penalty: \"My drive-through penalty was an extremely close call: I felt I'd got past Vettel fairly and was ahead going into the corner. But I was on the outside and couldn't turn-in in case we both crashed, then I lost the back-end and drove over the kerb.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nAfter BMW Sauber's victory at the previous race, their director, Mario Theissen, said that \"over the entire weekend here our package did not work perfectly\", while driver Heidfeld said that it was a \"disappointing result\". Alonso said that he felt disappointed after his poor start to the race. Red Bull's director, Christian Horner, said that their problems lay in the bad starts their drivers had made. Button, who retired during the race, commented on his collision: \"I got a good start and was alongside Bourdais.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nI thought he was going to turn in at turn one and close the door so I pulled in behind him and then unfortunately hit him in the rear as everything slowed down for the corner. I could feel that there was something broken at the front of the car as there was an air coming in from the front, but the car was driveable and I was staying with the back of the pack so I continued. We replaced the nose but the bargeboards had been pulled off and the car had become undriveable so I had to retire.\" Piquet scored his first points in Formula One in the race, having failed to score up to that point. He said that he was happy, and hoped that the team could \"continue like this for the rest of the season\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196823-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 French Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nAfter the race, Massa moved into the lead of the Drivers' Championship, on 48\u00a0points, taking the Championship lead for the first time in his Formula One career. Kubica lost the lead of the Drivers' Championship, falling two points behind Massa. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen moved ahead of Hamilton, on 43\u00a0points, while Hamilton was five points further behind. Heidfeld remained fifth. Before the race, Ferrari had been just three points ahead of BMW in the Constructors' Championship; after the race, Ferrari moved into a comfortable 17\u00a0point advantage. McLaren made up one point on BMW, although they were still 16\u00a0points behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open\nThe 2008 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 112th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 25 May until 8 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open\nJustine Henin did not defend her trophy due to her retirement from the sport on May 14. Ana Ivanovic, the runner-up to Henin in 2007, won the Women's Singles. On the men's side, Rafael Nadal won the Men's Singles, and equalled Bj\u00f6rn Borg's record of four consecutive French Open titles in the open era. Other competitions included men and women's doubles, junior singles and doubles as well as wheelchair and 'veteran' competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open\nThe 2008 edition marked the first time in the Open Era no American man or woman reached the singles' quarterfinals at Roland Garros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Notable stories, Justine Henin's Retirement\nOn May 14, 2008, less than two weeks before the start of the 2008 French Open, defending champion and World No. 1 Justine Henin, announced in a press conference her immediate retirement from the sport. Four-time winner in Roland-Garros, where she defeated Kim Clijsters in 2003, Mary Pierce in 2005, Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2006 and Ana Ivanovic in 2007, Henin became the first player, at 25, to stop her career while holding the number one rank. Despite undergoing a poor run in the 2008 season, Henin was still considered to be a strong favourite for the French Open crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Notable stories, Justine Henin's Retirement\nHer retirement left Serena Williams, the 2002 champion and the tournament favourite this year, as the only former French Open champion remaining in the women's draw, and allowed WTA World No. 2 Maria Sharapova to be installed as the new World No. 1, and become the top seed for the tournament. Henin's last match was against Dinara Safina, who went on to have a successful French Open, reaching the final, where she was beaten by Ana Ivanovic. Henin returned at the end of the women's tournament, and presented new champion Ana Ivanovic with the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Notable stories, The Williams' sisters performance\nThis tournament saw the worst performance by any of the Williams sisters at a Grand Slam tournament since the 2006 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Notable stories, The Williams' sisters performance\nSerena Williams, the only former French Open champion left in the draw, was stunned in the third round by Katarina Srebotnik, ensuring that there would be a new champion this year. Williams had never previously lost to Srebotnik in four previous attempts, and had defeated her in the second round of the 2001 French Open and as recently as in the third round of the 2008 Family Circle Cup, where she won the title as part of a seventeen-match winning streak compiled between February and May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Notable stories, The Williams' sisters performance\nHer third round exit was her worst performance at the tournament since 1999, when she also fell in the third round. Two ESPN experts had touted Serena Williams as the pre-tournament favourite; those same two experts also predicted that Ana Ivanovic, the 2007 runner-up whom Serena Williams would have met in the quarter-finals, would make an early exit, when, in fact, the exact opposite occurred and Ivanovic won the championship amidst a form slump which saw her suffer early defeats in Miami and Rome. Williams had said prior to the French Open that she had \"enjoyed her best preparation since winning the event in 2002\"; entering the tournament, she had won 23 matches and lost just two (to Jelena Jankovi\u0107 at the Australian Open and Dinara Safina in Berlin) for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Notable stories, The Williams' sisters performance\nOn the same day as Serena Williams' defeat, older sister Venus Williams was upset by World No. 26 Flavia Pennetta, who had never previously advanced past the fourth round of the French Open, in the third round, adding to her recent history of early exits at the French Open. This marked the first time since the 2004 French Open that both the Williams sisters were defeated within 24 hours of each other; on that occasion, both were defeated in the quarter-finals by Jennifer Capriati and Anastasia Myskina, who then went on to contest a semi-final between each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Notable stories, Guga's Goodbye\nThe 2008 French Open saw the last appearance on the ATP Tour of former World No. 1 Gustavo \"Guga\" Kuerten. The 31-year-old Brazilian champion, had been awarded a wild card to play his final tournament in Roland-Garros, where he won his three Grand Slam titles in 1997, 2000 and 2001. Kuerten played his first round, and final singles match on Court Philippe Chatrier against eighteenth-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu. Kuerten conceded the victory in straight sets after a little less than two hours on the court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Notable stories, Guga's Goodbye\nA ceremony followed, where Kuerten was awarded a trophy encasing the multiple layers of the French Open's clay courts. Kuerten played his last match in the men's doubles with S\u00e9bastien Grosjean. The pair was defeated after three sets by Florin Mergea & Horia Tec\u0103u on the score of 5\u20137, 6\u20133, 6\u20131, ending the very final appearance of Gustavo Kuerten on the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Notable stories, Prix Orange, Citron & Bourgeon\nAs each year since 1981, three trophies are awarded during the tournament to the players of Roland-Garros: the Prix Orange (Orange Prize), awarded by the public to the player with the most sportsmanship, the Prix Citron (Lemon Prize), awarded by both the public and a journalists' association to the player with the strongest nature, and the Prix Bourgeon (Bud Prize), given by the journalists only to the most improved player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Notable stories, Prix Orange, Citron & Bourgeon\nIn 2008, the Prix Orange was received, for the fourth year in a row, by Roger Federer, who came first of a tally with five choices, followed by Rafael Nadal, Gustavo Kuerten, James Blake and Carlos Moy\u00e1. The Prix Citron was obtained by Fabrice Santoro, who preceded Novak Djokovi\u0107, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Juan Carlos Ferrero in the votes. The Prix Bourgeon was given by the press to Aliz\u00e9 Cornet, ahead of Janko Tipsarevi\u0107 and Ernests Gulbis. Gustavo Kuerten, already the recipient of three Prix Orange in 1998, 2002, and 2004, was presented a special ten-year prize for fair-play, in honor of his career and his successes at the French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Point distribution\nBelow are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nThe Sunday start saw several seeds in the women's field go out, with Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 losing to compatriot Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1, and Virginie Razzano to Kl\u00e1ra Zakopalov\u00e1. Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams, Aliz\u00e9 Cornet, Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1 and Caroline Wozniacki all advanced to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nIn the men's field, all eyes were turned to a clash between Paul-Henri Mathieu and former No. 1, 1997, 2000 and 2001 French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten, which saw the Frenchman winning 6\u20133, 6\u20134, 6\u20132, marking the closure of Kuerten's career. Third-seeded Novak Djokovic came back from a one set deficit to Denis Gremelmayr to make it into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nJames Blake, David Nalbandian and Nicol\u00e1s Almagro proceeded to the next round in straight sets, while Andy Murray needed almost three hours to beat French wild card Jonathan Eysseric 6\u20132, 1\u20136, 4\u20136, 6\u20130, 6\u20132. 1998 French Open winner Carlos Moy\u00e1 fell to qualifier Eduardo Schwank and Janko Tipsarevi\u0107 lost to Nicol\u00e1s Lapentti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nIn the women's event, Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Karin Knapp, \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay and Patty Schnyder all advanced, along with Venus Williams, who lost a set against Tzipora Obziler before eventually winning the match 6\u20133, 4\u20136, 6\u20132. Twenty-third seed Alona Bondarenko was upset by Petra Cetkovsk\u00e1 in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nOn the men's side, favorites Roger Federer, Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez and Fernando Verdasco all won, as well as Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, who crushed his opponent Robert Smeets 6\u20131, 6\u20130, 6\u20130, and Tommy Robredo, who defeated 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria in four sets. Marcos Baghdatis, who had been injured since Indian Wells lost to Simone Bolelli, and 2007 French Open quarterfinalist Guillermo Ca\u00f1as was also upset in straight sets and three tie-breaks by Wayne Odesnik. The shock of the day came as French No. 1 Richard Gasquet announced his withdrawal a few hours before his scheduled match to compatriot Florent Serra, due to a knee injury. Rain interrupted the play during the afternoon, causing all matches to be stopped and rescheduled to the third day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nRain disturbed the play during the whole day, causing a late start, following which Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina qualified for the second round. After a long interruption in the afternoon, Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, Ai Sugiyama and Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo had just enough time to advance to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nIn the men's singles, Nikolay Davydenko and Stanislas Wawrinka won in straight sets, whereas Juan M\u00f3naco was upset by Robin S\u00f6derling, and Mario An\u010di\u0107 defeated Andreas Seppi. Another rain delay eventually forced the ongoing matches to be stopped and rescheduled to the fourth day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nSeventy-four matches were programmed to compensate for the rain delays, allowing Francesca Schiavone, Elena Dementieva, Flavia Pennetta, Katarina Srebotnik, Vera Zvonareva, Anna Chakvetadze, Nadia Petrova, Maria Kirilenko, Victoria Azarenka and Anabel Medina Garrigues to advance, along with World No. 1 Maria Sharapova, who was pushed for two-and-a-half hours, but came back from being led 3\u20134, 15\u201340, in the final set by compatriot Evgeniya Rodina, only No. 103 in the rankings, to win the match 6\u20131, 3\u20136, 8\u20136. Ninth seed Marion Bartoli, who led Casey Dellacqua when their match was stopped on day three, eventually lost, while Sybille Bammer fell to Aleksandra Wozniak, and Shahar Pe'er to Samantha Stosur. Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, Caroline Wozniacki, Ana Ivanovic, Patty Schnyder and Serena Williams all proceeded to the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 879]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nIn the men's event, Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, Lleyton Hewitt, David Ferrer, Jarkko Nieminen, Dmitry Tursunov, Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107, Mikhail Youzhny and Igor Andreev advanced, as well as defending champion Rafael Nadal, who survived a first set scare to eventually overpower qualifier Thomaz Bellucci 7\u20135, 6\u20133, 6\u20131. Meanwhile, 2003 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero retired against Marcos Daniel due to a leg injury, and Alejandro Falla defeated Ivo Karlovi\u0107 3\u20136, 7\u20136(4), 7\u20136(6), 5\u20137, 6\u20134, after nearly four hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nNovak Djokovic, Nicol\u00e1s Almagro and Andy Murray were among the first to qualify for the third round, alongside Paul-Henri Mathieu, who rallied from two-sets-to-love to overcome \u00d3scar Hern\u00e1ndez in four hours and eleven minutes on the score of 2\u20136, 1\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20133, 6\u20132, and unseeded Micha\u00ebl Llodra, who upset Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych in three hours and five sets 6\u20133, 4\u20136, 5\u20137, 6\u20133, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nRain again caused some delays and interruptions during the day, but it did not prevent Venus Williams, Aliz\u00e9 Cornet, Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Elena Dementieva, Karin Knapp, Flavia Pennetta, Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1, Katarina Srebotnik, Dinara Safina, Francesca Schiavone, Victoria Azarenka, \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, Anabel Medina Garrigues and Svetlana Kuznetsova from qualifying for the next round. In the meantime, Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo lost to Carla Su\u00e1rez Navarro, Ai Sugiyama was defeated by Olga Govortsova, Maria Kirilenko was beaten by Zheng Jie, and Anna Chakvetadze became the highest seed to fall on day five, when she was upset by Kaia Kanepi in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nThe men's field suffered several upsets as well, as James Blake lost to Ernests Gulbis, David Nalbandian was defeated by French wild card J\u00e9r\u00e9my Chardy, who climbed back from being two sets down to beat the Argentinian 3\u20136, 4\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20131, 6\u20132, in over three hours and Igor Andreev was upset by American Robby Ginepri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nWorld No. 1 Roger Federer came back from losing the first set to dispatch his opponent Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s 6\u20137(5), 6\u20131, 6\u20130, 6\u20134, and advance to the third round along with Rafael Nadal, Mikhail Youzhny, Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, Jarkko Nieminen, Dmitry Tursunov, Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107, Stanislas Wawrinka, Fernando Verdasco, Nikolay Davydenko, David Ferrer, Lleyton Hewitt and Tommy Robredo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nThe first matches of the doubles competition were played, with World No. 1 team Liezel Huber & Cara Black, Mariya Koryttseva & Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1, and Peng Shuai & Sun Tiantian to be among the first to advance to the second round of the women's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nOn the men's side, Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd & Leander Paes, Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & Kevin Ullyett, Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonji\u0107, Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski, Marcelo Melo & Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1, Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram, and No. 1 duo Bob & Mike Bryan all proceeded to the next round, while defending champion Mark Knowles, who partnered Mahesh Bhupathi this year, was defeated in straight sets by Stephen Huss & Ross Hutchins, and 2005 and 2006 champion Max Mirnyi, who teamed with Jamie Murray, lost in three sets to Rik de Voest & Robin Haase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nOn the women's side, Nadia Petrova, Maria Sharapova and Vera Zvonareva all won their second round matches. Ana Ivanovic, victor of Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, who beat Aliz\u00e9 Cornet, and Patty Schnyder all advanced to the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nThey were joined by twenty-seventh seed Katarina Srebotnik, who produced the first big upset of the day by eliminating 2002 French Open champion, fifth seed and favorite Serena Williams 6\u20134, 6\u20134, and twenty-sixth seed Flavia Pennetta, who defeated 2002 French Open runner-up, eighth seed and other favorite Venus Williams 7\u20135, 6\u20133, marking the first time since Roland-Garros 2004 both Williams sisters lost on the same day. Serena Williams was the only remaining former champion left in the women's draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nIn the men's draw, Novak Djokovic and Paul-Henri Mathieu advanced to the fourth round, along with Rafael Nadal, who breezed by Jarkko Nieminen, Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, who overcame Andy Murray in almost three hours, on the score of 6\u20133, 6\u20137(3), 6\u20133, 7\u20135, Fernando Verdasco, who defeated Mikhail Youzhny 7\u20136(5), 5\u20137, 7\u20135, 6\u20131, and French wild card J\u00e9r\u00e9my Chardy, who continued his run in the tournament by upsetting Dmitry Tursunov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nIn the women's doubles field, favorites Yung-jan Chan & Chia-jung Chuang, Nathalie Dechy & Elena Likhovtseva, Tatiana Poutchek & Anastasia Rodionova, Zi Yan & Zheng Jie, Dinara Safina & \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, Victoria Azarenka & Shahar Pe'er, Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur, Kv\u011bta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs and Katarina Srebotnik & Ai Sugiyama all proceeded to the second round, whereas defending champions Alicia Molik & Mara Santangelo were upset in their first match by unseeded Sara Errani & Bethanie Mattek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nChristopher Kas & Rogier Wassen, Jeff Coetzee & Wesley Moodie, and Simon Aspelin & Julian Knowle were among the teams advancing to the second round on the men's side, as Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd & Leander Paes won their second round match. Martin Damm & Pavel V\u00edzner were defeated in straight sets by Lukas Arnold Ker & Juan Ignacio Chela, as Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment & Micha\u00ebl Llodra, who lost to Pablo Cuevas & Luis Horna, while Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski lost their second round encounter to Michal Merti\u0148\u00e1k & Jean-Claude Scherrer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nVictoria Azarenka, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jelena Jankovi\u0107 qualified for the fourth round alongside Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva and Vera Zvonareva, at the expense of Francesca Schiavone, Nadia Petrova and Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1. WTA No. 1 Maria Sharapova was again pushed in the first set by Karin Knapp, before crushing her opponent in the second, to win 7\u20136(4), 6\u20130. World No. 49 Kaia Kanepi, victor of Chakvetadze on day five, pursued her run in the tournament by upsetting Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets 6\u20131, 6\u20137(5), 7\u20135, and \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay was defeated by unseeded Petra Kvitov\u00e1 in three sets in the last match of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nIn the men's field, twenty-first seed Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek dispatched Tommy Robredo in straight sets 6\u20133, 6\u20132, 6\u20131, and Roger Federer advanced past Mario An\u010di\u0107 in little more than an hour-and-a-half, whereas his compatriot and ninth seed Stanislas Wawrinka, who led two-sets-to-love and 3\u20130 in the third, saw his adversary, Chilean Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez make a comeback to eventually win the match 5\u20137, 2\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20134, 6\u20134, in just over three hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nMeanwhile, Lleyton Hewitt and David Ferrer battled through five sets, breaking each other repeatedly, until the Spaniard gained the final advantage, breaking the Australian at 4\u20134 in the fifth set, which allowed him to win 6\u20132, 3\u20136, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134. Former Top Ten member Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 produced the biggest upset of the men's field thus far, coming back from a two sets deficit to defeat World No. 4, 2007 French Open semifinalist Nikolay Davydenko 4\u20136, 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20132, 6\u20134, and obtain his first fourth round spot in a Grand Slam event since the 2006 French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nIn the doubles, Alona & Kateryna Bondarenko, and Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual won their first round matches, while Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur, Mariya Koryttseva & Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1, Yung-jan Chan & Chia-jung Chuang, Cara Black & Liezel Huber, Peng Shuai & Sun Tiantian, Victoria Azarenka & Shahar Pe'er, Zi Yan & Zheng Jie advanced to the third round. Nathalie Dechy & Elena Likhovtseva were defeated by unseeded team Sorana C\u00eerstea & Aravane Reza\u00ef, second-seeded Katarina Srebotnik & Ai Sugiyama lost to Ashley Harkleroad & Galina Voskoboeva, and Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 & Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 were beaten by Natalie Grandin & Raquel Kops-Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nWorld No. 1 doubles duo and 2003 French Open champions Bob & Mike Bryan cruised to the third round of the men's draw, along with Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonji\u0107, Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram, and Simon Aspelin & Julian Knowle. Franti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k & Jordan Kerr won one of the last first round encounters. Favorites Jeff Coetzee & Wesley Moodie were upset in straight sets by Serbian pair Janko Tipsarevi\u0107 & Victor Troicki, Brazilian team Marcelo Melo & Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 lost to Rajeev Ram & Bobby Reynolds, and fifteen-seeded Christopher Kas & Rogier Wassen retired against tall opponents John Isner & Sam Querrey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nFinally, in the mixed doubles competition, No. 1 seeds Katarina Srebotnik & Nenad Zimonji\u0107 breezed by their opponents to advance to the second round along with Kv\u011bta Peschke & Pavel V\u00edzner and Cara Black & Paul Hanley. Eighth seeds Alicia Molik & Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman were eliminated by Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 & Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1, fourth-seeded pair Chia-jung Chuang & Jonathan Erlich lost to Olga Govortsova & Daniel Martin, and seventh seeds Lisa Raymond & Simon Aspelin to Kateryna Bondarenko & Jordan Kerr. Unseeded defending champions Nathalie Dechy & Andy Ram were upset, in the last mixed doubles match of the day, by Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1 & Ga\u00ebl Monfils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nWTA No. 2 and 2007 Roland-Garros runner-up Ana Ivanovic left no hopes to opponent Petra Cetkovsk\u00e1 as the Serb double-bageled her way into the quarterfinals in less than an hour. Jelena Jankovi\u0107 faced more difficulties as she had to battle during more than two hours against fourteenth-seeded Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska to win only 6\u20133, 7\u20136(3), and secure a quarterfinal spot, along with Patty Schnyder, who defeated Katarina Srebotnik. Meanwhile, twenty-sixth seed Flavia Pennetta lost in straight sets to nineteen-year-old Spanish qualifier Carla Su\u00e1rez Navarro, in her first ever Grand Slam appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nIn the men's draw, nineteen-year-old Latvian, unseeded Ernests Gulbis was the first player to qualify for the round of eight, by defeating Micha\u00ebl Llodra in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nHe was followed by Novak Djokovic, who defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 6\u20134, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, to reach his third consecutive quarterfinal in Roland-Garros, Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, whose opponent, the French wild card J\u00e9r\u00e9my Chardy held set points in all three sets, but eventually lost on the score of 7\u20136(0), 7\u20136(7), 7\u20135, and ATP No. 2 and defending champion Rafael Nadal, who crushed compatriot and twenty-second seed Fernando Verdasco 6\u20131, 6\u20130, 6\u20132, in little less than two hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nIn the women's doubles, Tatiana Poutchek & Anastasia Rodionova were upset in three sets by Casey Dellacqua & Francesca Schiavone in their second round match, while Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual, Alona & Kateryna Bondarenko, Kv\u011bta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs, and Dinara Safina & \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay won theirs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nIn the third round encounters, sixth seeds Victoria Azarenka & Shahar Pe'er defeated Chinese team Peng Shuai & Sun Tiantian after three sets, Cara Black & Liezel Huber beat Mariya Koryttseva & Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1, and unseeded pair Nuria Llagostera Vives & Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez upset Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur. Unseeded Ashley Harkleroad & Galina Voskoboeva were the fourth team of the day to advance to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nOn the men's side, Bob & Mike Bryan, and Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonji\u0107 qualified without problems for the quarterfinals, alongside Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & Kevin Ullyett, whereas ninth seeds Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd & Leander Paes were eliminated by South American duo Pablo Cuevas & Luis Horna, and Australian Open champions Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram lost to Bruno Soares & Du\u0161an Vemi\u0107. Unseeded Belgians Steve Darcis & Olivier Rochus also secured a quarterfinal spot. Meanwhile, thirteenth-seeded Franti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k & Jordan Kerr were knocked out of the second round by Igor Kunitsyn & Dmitry Tursunov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nIn the mixed doubles, Zi Yan & Mark Knowles, and Victoria Azarenka & Bob Bryan advanced past the first round. Second-seeded Kv\u011bta Peschke & Pavel V\u00edzner proceeded to the quarterfinals, alongside unseeded teams Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 & Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1, Kateryna Bondarenko & Jordan Kerr, and wild cards Virginie Razzano & Rogier Wassen. Despite their second round win in the morning, Zi Yan & Mark Knowles decided to withdraw from the mixed competition, allowing Liezel Huber & Jamie Murray to secure a quarterfinal spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nIn the women's draw, Elena Dementieva came back from the loss of the second set to defeat compatriot Vera Zvonareva 6\u20134, 1\u20136, 6\u20132, and reach her first quarterfinal spot in a Grand Slam since 2006. Berlin Tier I titlist, and thirteenth seed Dinara Safina saved one match point at 3\u20135 in the second set and overcame a 2\u20135 deficit in the second set tie-break, before climbing back to upset World No. 1 Maria Sharapova on the score of 6\u20137(6), 7\u20136(5), 6\u20132, and set up a rematch of the Berlin final against Dementieva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nAfter a difficult first set, Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez cruised to the quarterfinals beating Robby Ginepri 7\u20135, 6\u20133, 6\u20131, in less than two hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nWorld No. 1 Roger Federer struggled during almost three hours, but eventually defeated unseeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau, by breaking in the last game of every set to win the match 6\u20134, 7\u20135, 7\u20135. Twenty-one-year-old, ATP No. 59 Ga\u00ebl Monfils was the only French player out of the five present in the round of sixteen to advance, as he upset his opponent Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 on the score of 7\u20136(1), 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20132, to reach his first quarterfinal in a Grand Slam event. David Ferrer's 4\u20136, 6\u20132, 1\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20133 win over Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek allowed him to become the last man qualified for the singles' quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nUnseeded Russian pair Igor Kunitsyn & Dmitry Tursunov advanced, and were shortly followed by the unseeded team, Janko Tipsarevi\u0107 & Victor Troicki, who upset fifth seeds Simon Aspelin & Julian Knowle in three close sets, to complete the men's doubles' quarterfinals' line-up. Unseeded South American team Pablo Cuevas & Luis Horna produced the biggest upset of the men's draw in the first quarterfinal match, by knocking out of the tournament World No. 1 duo Bob & Mike Bryan 6\u20133, 5\u20137, 7\u20136(1). In the second quarterfinal of the day, Bruno Soares & Du\u0161an Vemi\u0107 upset eight seeds Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & Kevin Ullyett, to advance to the semis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nOn the women's side, Yung-jan Chan & Chia-jung Chuang proceeded to the quarterfinals, alongside Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual who beat Zi Yan & Zheng Jie, unseeded Casey Dellacqua & Francesca Schiavone, who upset third seeds Kv\u011bta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs, and Alona & Kateryna Bondarenko, who defeated ninth-seeded Dinara Safina & \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nMixed doubles sixth seeds Cara Black & Paul Hanley were defeated by Zheng Jie & Mahesh Bhupathi in their second round encounter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nIn the women's singles, WTA No. 49, twenty-two-year-old Estonian Kaia Kanepi defeated unseeded Petra Kvitov\u00e1 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20131, to advance to the quarterfinals, her best result thus far in a Grand Slam tournament. World No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova matched her 2007 Roland-Garros performance by advancing to the quarterfinals, easily defeating sixteenth-seeded Victoria Azarenka (who had showed some good form in winning her first three matches for the loss of only six games) 6\u20132, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThe first quarterfinal saw the highest seed remaining, Ana Ivanovic, beat tenth seed Patty Schnyder 6\u20133, 6\u20132, to reach her second consecutive semifinal at the French Open. She was joined in the afternoon by another 2007 French Open semifinalist, World No. 3 and Serbian No. 2 Jelena Jankovi\u0107, who dispatched nineteen-year-old Spanish qualifier Carla Su\u00e1rez Navarro 6\u20133, 6\u20132, in little more than an hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nAfter three hours of play, ATP No. 3 Novak Djokovic came out the winner of a close three-setter against nineteen-year-old unseeded Latvian Ernests Gulbis, on the score of 7\u20135, 7\u20136(3), 7\u20135, to reach his fifth consecutive Grand Slam semifinal. On the Philippe Chatrier central court, defending champion Rafael Nadal crushed compatriot Nicol\u00e1s Almagro 6\u20131, 6\u20131, 6\u20131, in less than two hours, to set up a rematch of the Hamburg Masters' semifinal, and of last year's French Open semifinal, both against Djokovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nNo. 1 seeds Cara Black & Liezel Huber defeated all-Spanish team Nuria Llagostera Vives & Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez in straight sets, in the first quarterfinal encounter of the women's doubles. On the other side of the draw, Australian Open champions Alona & Kateryna Bondarenko also advanced, beating unseeded pair Ashley Harkleroad & Galina Voskoboeva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nUnseeded Casey Dellacqua & Francesca Schiavone were the third duo to qualify for the semifinals, upsetting sixth seeds Victoria Azarenka & Shahar Pe'er, and were followed by Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual, who defeated fourth seeds Yung-jan Chan & Chia-jung Chuang after three close sets and more than three hours of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nDaniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonji\u0107, the only seeded players remaining in the men's doubles draw, advanced to the semifinals past Belgians Steve Darcis & Olivier Rochus in straight sets, while Igor Kunitsyn & Dmitry Tursunov continued their run in the tournament and completed the semifinal line-up, by defeating Janko Tipsarevi\u0107 & Victor Troicki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nIn the first quarterfinal matches of the mixed doubles, unseeded team Zheng Jie & Mahesh Bhupathi defeated wild cards Virginie Razzano & Rogier Wassen, and second seeds Kv\u011bta Peschke & Pavel V\u00edzner overcame Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 & Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1. Meanwhile, first-seeded Katarina Srebotnik & Nenad Zimonji\u0107 won their second round match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe third quarter of the women's draw was a rematch of the 2001 French Open girls' singles final, but the unseeded twenty-two-year-old Estonian Kaia Kanepi, victor in 2001, was defeated this time by her opponent Svetlana Kuznetsova, now the WTA No. 4, in little less than an-hour-and-a-half, on the score of 7\u20135, 6\u20132, allowing the Russian to reach her fourth Grand Slam semifinal, and her second at the French Open, after an appearance in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nDinara Safina repeated her drama-filled performance of the fourth round as she saved one match point against Elena Dementieva at 3\u20135 in the second set, before climbing back and crushing her adversary in the final set to claim a 4\u20136, 7\u20136(5), 6\u20130 victory, secure her first Grand Slam semifinal spot, and set an all-Russian clash against Kuznetsova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nFernando Gonz\u00e1lez made a powerful start at the beginning of his quarterfinal against Roger Federer, winning the first set 6\u20132 in only twenty-four minutes, before the World No. 1 took back the control of the match and easily won the following sets, to end the encounter on the score of 2\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, and advance to his sixteenth consecutive Grand Slam semifinal, his fourth in Roland-Garros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nIn the last quarterfinal of the men's singles, ATP No. 59, twenty-one-year-old Ga\u00ebl Monfils, winner of the Juniors competition at the 2004 French Open, became the first French player to go past the round of eight in Roland-Garros since 2001, as he upset fifth seed David Ferrer 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20131, to set a semifinal against Federer, already the third encounter between the two players in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nUnseeded team Casey Dellacqua & Francesca Schiavone proceeded to their first Grand Slam final by defeating Australian Open champions Alona & Kateryna Bondarenko 6\u20132, 6\u20131. In the second semifinal of the women's doubles, World No. 1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber were upset in straight sets 6\u20134, 7\u20136(2), by Anabel Medina Garrigues, who advanced to her first Grand Slam final, & Virginia Ruano Pascual, who reached her fifteenth Grand Slam final, and her seventh at the French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nIn the mixed competition, third seeds Victoria Azarenka & Bob Bryan were the last players to qualify for the quarterfinals, by beating Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1 & Mariusz Fyrstenberg, while first seeds Katarina Srebotnik & Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated unseeded Kateryna Bondarenko & Jordan Kerr to be the third team to advance to the semifinals. Victoria Azarenka & Bob Bryan played a second match at the end of the day, and proceeded past unseeded Liezel Huber & Jamie Murray to complete the semifinals line-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nOn \"Ladies Days\", Berlin champion, WTA No. 14 Dinara Safina advanced to her first ever Grand Slam final, dominating World No. 4 and 2006 French Open runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova during nearly an-hour-and-a-half, to eventually claim victory on the score of 6\u20133, 6\u20132. Kuznetsova's loss, following Sharapova's fourth round exit, meant that the second semifinal between Australian Open finalist and Indian Wells Tier I titlist Ana Ivanovic and Rome winner Jelena Jankovi\u0107 was bound to decide who would be the next World No. 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0050-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nJankovi\u0107 took the first advantage in the match, leading 4\u20132 when Ivanovic made a comeback and snatched the first set, extending her dominance to the midst of the second, when she saw her adversary win seven games in a row, even the score to one-set-all, and take the early advantage in the final set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0050-0002", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nIvanovic broke back once to 3\u20133 but lost her serve, before breaking again to even the score at 4\u20134, win her serve, and take Jankovi\u0107's to finally win, after over two hours of play, on the score of 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20134, advance to her third Grand Slam final, her second consecutive in Roland-Garros, and be assured to become the new World No. 1 on June 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nThe first semifinal of the men's doubles, that opposed unseeded Uruguyan Pablo Cuevas & Peruvian Luis Horna to alternates Brazilian Bruno Soares & Serbian Du\u0161an Vemi\u0107, lasted almost three hours and extended to a third set tie-break, until Cuevas & Horna took a final advantage, to score a 6\u20134, 6\u20137(6), 7\u20136(6) victory, and advance to their first Grand Slam final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nAfter losing the first set to unseeded Russian pair Igor Kunitsyn & Dmitry Tursunov, second seeded Daniel Nestor, the defending champion, & new partner Nenad Zimonji\u0107 battled to take back the advantage, ultimately winning the match, and reach their first Grand Slam final together on the score of 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nIn the mixed category, Zheng Jie & Mahesh Bhupathi withdrew, consequently offering a final spot to their opponents Katarina Srebotnik & Nenad Zimonji\u0107, who reached their third consecutive French Open final together, having previously won in 2006, and lost in 2007. The second semifinal was played in the afternoon, and saw Victoria Azarenka & Bob Bryan defeat Czech team Kv\u011bta Peschke & Pavel V\u00edzner 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 10\u20138, to advance to their first Grand Slam mixed doubles final together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nThe first men's singles semifinal, which opposed World No. 2 and defending champion Rafael Nadal to World No. 3 and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, saw the Spaniard dominating his opponent throughout two-and-a-half sets, until Djokovic made a comeback, breaking Nadal several times to extend the match to a third set tie-break. Nadal won six consecutive points in the tie-break, to finally win the encounter at his fourth match point on the score of 6\u20134, 6\u20132, 7\u20136(3), to advance to his fourth consecutive French Open final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0053-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nWorld No. 1 Roger Federer made a strong start in the second semifinal that opposed him to ATP No. 59 Ga\u00ebl Monfils, winning the first set in thirty minutes and breaking early in the second, before Monfils fought back, and broke the Swiss to snatch the second set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0053-0002", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nFederer cruised again in the third, before the match evened in the fourth, each player saving break points, until Federer took the Frenchman's serve at 6\u20135, to win on the final score of 6\u20132, 5\u20137, 6\u20133, 7\u20135, after three hours of play, and advance to his sixteenth Grand Slam final, his third consecutive one in Roland-Garros, a third time against Nadal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nTenth-seeded, all Spanish-team Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual competed with unseeded Australian Casey Dellacqua & Italian Francesca Schiavone for the women's doubles title. Dellacqua & Schiavone commanded the game in the first set, winning 6\u20132 in nearly forty minutes, before their adversaries broke to 6\u20135 in the second, and won their serve to come back to one-set-all. Garrigues & Ruano Pascual broke in the first game of the third set, kept their advantage up to 4\u20133, when Dellacqua & Schiavone broke back to 4\u2013all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0054-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nGarrigues & Ruano Pascual managed to immediately take their opponents' serve again and keep theirs to win the match 2\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20134, after two-hours-and-a-half. In becoming the 2008 French Open women's doubles champions, Anabel Medina Garrigues won her first ever Grand Slam doubles title, & Virginia Ruano Pascual, a fifteen-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, holder of eight titles, won her fifth victory at the French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nThe final of the mixed doubles took place between first seeds Slovene Katarina Srebotnik & Serbian Nenad Zimonji\u0107, and third seeds Victoria Azarenka, from Belarus & Bob Bryan, from the USA. After easily winning the first set 6\u20132 in only twenty-two minutes, Azarenka & Bryan saw their adversaries even the competition, as Srebotnik & Zimonjic held their serve to a second set tie-break, in which they even took the early advantage, leading 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0055-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nAzarenka & Bryan were able to break back, and win four points in a row to eventually claim victory on the score of 6\u20132, 7\u20136(5), in little more than an hour. Victoria Azarenka, already the 2007 US Open mixed doubles champion, and the 2007 Australian Open mixed doubles runner-up, & Bob Bryan, finalist of the mixed doubles competition in Wimbledon 2006, and winner at the US Open in 2003, 2004, and 2006, won their first Grand Slam title together, becoming the new Roland-Garros mixed doubles champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nThe women's singles final was played by then WTA No. 2 Ana Ivanovic, the 2007 French Open and 2008 Australian Open runner-up, assured to become World No. 1 on June 9, 2008 regardless of the result, and thirteenth seed Dinara Safina, the Berlin Tier I titlist, in her first ever Grand Slam final appearance. Ivanovic made the strongest start in the match, taking Safina's serve in the opening game, and once more at 3\u20131, to open a 4\u20131 lead in the first set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nSafina started to take back the advantage, as she broke the Serbian twice and won her own serve to come back at 4\u20134. Ivanovic immediately recovered her break, and eventually kept her serve at 5\u20134, to close the first set on the score of 6\u20134. Ivanovic broke the Russian for a 2\u20131 lead in the second set, and continued to dominate Safina up to the seventh game, where she held double-break balls at 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0056-0002", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nAf the end of this long game, in which both players repeatedly took and lost the advantage, Safina ultimately kept her serve, but the Russian was unable to attack Ivanovic in the following game, and found herself serving to stay in the match at 3\u20135. The Serbian pressured Safina, and eventually broke her a final time, to win the match on the score of 6\u20134, 6\u20133, after ninety-eight minutes of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0056-0003", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nBoth players received their trophies from the hands of former World No. 1 and 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 French Open champion Justine Henin in the awards ceremony that followed, which crowned Ivanovic, a first-time Grand Slam winner, as the new Roland-Garros women's singles champion. Ivanovic became the first Serbian winner of a Grand Slam women's singles title, and the second Serbian overall after Novak Djokovic's win at the 2008 Australian Open. It would be the last time that Ana Ivanovic would feature past the Round of 16 at any Grand Slam tournament until the 2012 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nThe men's doubles final featured second seeds Canadian Daniel Nestor, a nine-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, winner of the 2007 French Open with Mark Knowles, & Serbian Nenad Zimonji\u0107, a two-time doubles final runner-up in Wimbledon, and unseeded South American duo, composed of Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas, No. 50 in the doubles rankings, & Peruvian Luis Horna, No. 43 in the doubles rankings, on their first ever Grand Slam final appearance separately and together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0057-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nThe unseeded South Americans completely dominated the seasoned champions during the final, breaking them twice in each set, never losing their serve themselves, to crush Nestor & Zimonjic in only fifty-six minutes, on the score of 6\u20132, 6\u20133, and win their first doubles title together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0057-0002", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nPablo Cuevas & Luis Horna knocked out four seeded teams, Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment & Micha\u00ebl Llodra, Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd & Leander Paes, World No. 1 pair Bob & Mike Bryan, and ultimately Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonji\u0107 on their way to becoming the first South American team to win a Men's Doubles Grand Slam title, and the 2008 French Open men's doubles champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nThe men's singles final took place at 15:00 (UTC+2) on the Philippe Chatrier Central Court, and featured, for the third straight year after 2006 and 2007, the World No. 1 and holder of twelve Grand Slam titles, Roger Federer, and ATP No. 2 Rafael Nadal, the winner in Roland-Garros since 2005. Federer decided to serve after being given the choice, but the Spaniard immediately attacked the Swiss' serve, and broke him, winning his own service game to quickly open a 2\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0058-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nThough Federer won his following serve, he was not able in the rest of the set to convert the few break points he had on Nadal's serve, or win his own service games, allowing the Spaniard to close the first set in thirty-two minutes, on the score of 6\u20131. Despite being broken in the beginning of the second set, Federer started to fight back, as he finally took Nadal's serve, came back to 2\u20132, and held to 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0058-0002", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nAfter a long game on Federer's serve, Nadal finally broke once more, and rapidly finished the set on the score of 6\u20133, after forty-nine minutes. There was no competition in what would become the final set as Nadal left no chances to Federer, and the Swiss was not able to find a second breath to start a comeback, not winning any game in the twenty-seven minutes set, and suffering a bagel for the first time in a Grand Slam since a 1999 Roland-Garros first round loss to Pat Rafter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0058-0003", "contents": "2008 French Open, Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nParticularly relevant to the outcome of their meeting were Federer's thirty-five unforced errors to Nadal's seven during the brief match which never allowed him to gain a foothold. Rafael Nadal claimed his fourth consecutive French Open crown, on the final score of 6\u20131, 6\u20133, 6\u20130, and in becoming the 2008 French Open champion equalled Bj\u00f6rn Borg's record of four straight Roland-Garros titles, and extended his win-loss record at the tournament to 28\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Singles seeds\nThe following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 19 May 2008. Rankings and points are as of before 26 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Singles seeds, Men's Singles\n\u2020 The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2007. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Singles seeds, Men's Singles\nThe following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Singles seeds, Women's Singles\nThe following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Seniors, Men's Doubles\nPablo Cuevas /  Luis Horna defeated  Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonji\u0107, 6\u20132, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Seniors, Women's Doubles\nAnabel Medina Garrigues /  Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated  Casey Dellacqua /  Francesca Schiavone, 2\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Seniors, Mixed Doubles\nVictoria Azarenka /  Bob Bryan defeated  Katarina Srebotnik /  Nenad Zimonji\u0107, 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20134)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Juniors, Boys' Doubles\nHenri Kontinen /  Christopher Rungkat defeated  Jaan-Frederik Brunken /  Matt Reid, 6\u20130, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Juniors, Girls' Doubles\nPolona Hercog /  Jessica Moore defeated  Lesley Kerkhove /  Arantxa Rus, 5\u20137, 6\u20131, 10\u20137", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Other events, Legends under 45 Doubles\nGoran Ivani\u0161evi\u0107 /  Michael Stich defeated  Richard Krajicek /  Emilio S\u00e1nchez, 6\u20131, 7\u20136(5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 56], "content_span": [57, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Other events, Legends Over 45 Doubles\nAnders J\u00e4rryd /  John McEnroe defeated  Mansour Bahrami /  Henri Leconte, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 55], "content_span": [56, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Other events, Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nShingo Kunieda /  Maikel Scheffers defeated  Robin Ammerlaan /  Ronald Vink, 6\u20132, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 56], "content_span": [57, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Other events, Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nJiske Griffioen /  Esther Vergeer  defeated   Korie Homan /  Sharon Walraven, 6\u20134, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 58], "content_span": [59, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Wildcard entries\nBelow are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Qualifier entries, Men's Qualifiers entries\nThe following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196824-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open, Qualifier entries, Women's Qualifiers entries\nThe following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 63], "content_span": [64, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196825-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nThomas Fabbiano and Andrei Karatchenia were the defending champions, but did not compete in the Juniors that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196825-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nHenri Kontinen and Christopher Rungkat won in the final 6\u20130, 6\u20133, against Jaan-Frederik Brunken and Matt Reid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196826-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nThe 2008 French Open \u2013 Boys' Singles tournament was an event during the 2008 French Open tennis tournament. Vladimir Ignatic was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors in this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196826-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nTsung-hua Yang won in the final 6\u20133, 7\u20136(5), against Jerzy Janowicz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196827-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nKsenia Milevskaya and Urszula Radwa\u0144ska were the defending champions, but did not compete in the juniors that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196827-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nPolona Hercog and Jessica Moore won the tournament, defeating Lesley Kerkhove and Arantxa Rus in the final, 5\u20137, 6\u20131, [10\u20137].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196828-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nSimona Halep won the tournament, defeating Elena Bogdan in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20132. Halep would go on to win the senior title for her maiden Grand Slam singles title ten years later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196828-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nAliz\u00e9 Cornet was the defending champion, but did not compete in the juniors that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196829-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Legends Over 45 Doubles\nAnders J\u00e4rryd and John McEnroe were the defending champions, and won in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20136(2), against Mansour Bahrami and Henri Leconte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196829-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Legends Over 45 Doubles, Draw, Group A\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196829-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Legends Over 45 Doubles, Draw, Group B\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196830-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Legends Under 45 Doubles\nArnaud Boetsch and Guy Forget were the defending champions, but lost in the round robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196830-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Legends Under 45 Doubles\nGoran Ivani\u0161evi\u0107 and Michael Stich won in the final 6\u20131, 7\u20136(5), against Richard Krajicek and Emilio S\u00e1nchez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196830-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Legends Under 45 Doubles, Draw, Group A\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196830-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Legends Under 45 Doubles, Draw, Group B\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196831-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but did not compete together. Knowles partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi, but lost in the first round to Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins. Nestor partnered with Nenad Zimonji\u0107, and reached the final before losing to Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196832-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThree-time defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Roger Federer in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20133, 6\u20130 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2008 French Open. It was his fourth French Open title and his fourth Major title overall. This marks Federer's worst loss at a Grand Slam match in his entirecareer. It also marked the third consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer in the French Open final, and the fourth consecutive year that Nadal defeated Federer at Roland Garros (extending back to their 2005 semifinal encounter).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196832-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nOn all four occasions that Nadal won the French Open, he defeated Federer while the latter was the world No. 1 player. Nadal won the title without losing a set, becoming the third man in the Open Era after Ilie N\u0103stase and Bj\u00f6rn Borg to do so. He would later replicate this feat in 2010, 2017, and 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196832-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThis was the final major and professional appearance of former world No. 1 and three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten. He lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round and retired from professional tennis shortly thereafter. It was also the last major for 2004 French Open finalist and former world No. 3 Guillermo Coria, who lost in the first round to Tommy Robredo in four sets, and the last French Open appearance for 1999 semifinalist Dominik Hrbat\u00fd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196832-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196833-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 2008 French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196834-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nNathalie Dechy and Andy Ram were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1 and Ga\u00ebl Monfils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196834-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nVictoria Azarenka and Bob Bryan won in the final 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20134), against Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonji\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196835-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nSt\u00e9phane Houdet and Micha\u00ebl Jeremiasz were the defending champions, but Jeremiasz chose not to participate, and only Houdet competed that year. Houdet partnered with Nicolas Peifer, but lost in the semifinals to Robin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196835-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nShingo Kunieda and Maikel Scheffers won in the final 6\u20132, 7\u20135, against Robin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196836-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Singles\nShingo Kunieda was the defending champion, and won in the final 6\u20130, 7\u20136(5), against Robin Ammerlaan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196837-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nMaaike Smit and Esther Vergeer were the defending champions, but Smit chose not to participate, and only Vergeer competed that year. Vergeer partnered with Jiske Griffioen, and won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134, against Korie Homan and Sharon Walraven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196838-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Singles\nEsther Vergeer was the defending champion, and won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20132, against Korie Homan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196839-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAlicia Molik and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Sara Errani and Bethanie Mattek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196839-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAnabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual won the title, defeating Casey Dellacqua and Francesca Schiavone in the final 2\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196840-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nAna Ivanovic won her first and only Grand Slam singles title, beating first-time finalist Dinara Safina, 6\u20134, 6\u20133 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2008 French Open. Ivanovic became the new WTA singles No. 1 by reaching the final. Maria Sharapova (the incumbent World No. 1 ahead of the tournament following Henin's retirement), Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and Svetlana Kuznetsova were also in contention for the No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. Ivanovic dropped only one set the entire tournament, to her compatriot Jankovi\u0107 in the semifinals. This marked the last time Ivanovic would reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal for four and a half years until she reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 US Open, a span of 18 Grand Slam tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196840-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nSafina had come from a set and match point down in both her fourth round and quarterfinal matches against Sharapova and Elena Dementieva, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196840-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nJustine Henin was the three-time defending champion, but she retired from the sport on May 14, 2008. Her retirement left Serena Williams as the only former French Open champion remaining in the women's draw. Williams was defeated in the third round by Katarina Srebotnik, meaning that there would be a first-time French Open champion in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196840-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThis was also the first Grand Slam main draw appearance of future world No. 2 and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitov\u00e1, who lost to Kaia Kanepi in fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196840-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196841-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Open \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's Singles at the 2008 French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election\nAn early legislative election to the Assembly of French Polynesia was held in French Polynesia in early 2008. The first round of the election was held on 27 January 2008, with the second round held on 10 February 2008. The early elections was the first one to be conducted under a reformed electoral system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, New electoral system\nThe new system, approved in France on 26 November 2007, was meant to stabilise the chaotic French Polynesian political scene. Under the new system, a two-round election system was promulgated, and candidates from any political party require at least 12.5% of the vote to enter the second round of voting, and a general electoral threshold of 5% was set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Events leading up to the election, 2007 political crisis\nIn July 2007, Former French Polynesian President Gaston Tong Sang was heavily criticized by Gaston Flosse, former President and the founder of Tong Sang's party, Tahoeraa Huiraatira. Flosse accused Tong Sang of caving in too easily to the demands of some of French Polynesia's minor coalition parties and ignoring the needs of Tahoeraa Huiraatira.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 101], "content_span": [102, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Events leading up to the election, 2007 political crisis\nCritics of Flosse asserted that the attack was merely a move by Flosse to regain the presidency, an accusation bolstered by revelations that Flosse had \"secret talks\" with Oscar Temaru, former President and a leading pro-independence politician who has been Flosse's long time political opponent in the past. According to reports, the talks were aimed at ousting Sang from office and setting up a unity platform between Flosse and Temaru's respective political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 101], "content_span": [102, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Events leading up to the election, 2007 political crisis\nOn 29 August 2007, a no confidence motion was introduced by Temaru's Union for Democracy (UPLD). The UPLD said that the no confidence motion against Tong Sang was based on the fact that he had only small support in the Assembly, thus losing his legitimacy to govern. Tong Sang's own Tahoeraa Huiraatira party asked him to resign ahead of the vote of no confidence against him. Tong Sang refused the calls from his party to step down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 101], "content_span": [102, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Events leading up to the election, 2007 political crisis\nTong Sang's government fell after the vote of no confidence was passed by French Polynesia's 57 member Assembly on August 31. The motion Sang was passed by a majority 35 members of the Assembly, including some members of the governing Tahoera'a Huiraatira party. Tong Sang tried to save his government by offering Tahoer'a Huiraatira 7 ministerial posts. The deal was refused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 101], "content_span": [102, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Events leading up to the election, 2007 political crisis\nThe motion against Tong Sang was the first time that Oscar Temaru's Union for Democracy and Gaston Flosse's Tahoera'a Huiraatira party formed a de facto alliance to oust a sitting French Polynesian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 101], "content_span": [102, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Events leading up to the election, Post-crisis\nAfter his ouster from government, Gaston Tong Sang left Tahoera'a Huiraatira and founded a new party, O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a. The new party, from the onset, had 6 members in the Assembly, all former members of Tahoera'a Huiraatira.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 91], "content_span": [92, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Events leading up to the election, Post-crisis\nAfter Tong Sang's ouster, which was the third time a French Polynesian government was ousted from power via motions of no confidence since 2004, calls for electoral reform were heard. This culminated in an electoral reform package that was passed by France in November of the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 91], "content_span": [92, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Events leading up to the election, Post-crisis\nAfter elections were announced, President of French Polynesia Oscar Temaru stated that he would prefer to have elections after the French municipal elections in March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 91], "content_span": [92, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Election results\n\u2020 These parties only contested the election in the constituency of the Marquesas Islands; the Union for Democracy and Tahoera'a Huiraatira also contested the election in that constituency, and as a second round was not necessary there, the total numbers reflect the results of the first round in the Marquesas Islands and the results of the second round in all the other constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Election results\nTo Tatou Ai'a did not contest the elections in Tuamotu Islands West and the Marquesas Islands; Te Niu Hau Manahune contested Tuamotu West for the alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Election results\nThe Union for Democracy did not contest the elections in the Austral Islands; Tapura Amui No Te Faatereraa Manahune \u2013 Tuhaa Pae contested the constituency for the alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Coalition negotiations\nAccording to reports, the two pro-autonomy/anti-independence factions were likely to agree to form the government for the next five years, but coalition talks broke down on 20 February 2008. The President of the Assembly was decided to be elected on 22 February 2008, with presidential elections in the Assembly to follow on 24 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196842-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian legislative election, Coalition negotiations\nIn the election for the President of the Assembly, the incumbent Edouard Fritch was reelected with 36 votes while the pro-independence candidate Antony G\u00e9ros received 21 votes; one of the 37 pro-autonomy MPs had therefore evidently voted for G\u00e9ros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196843-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian presidential election\nAn indirect presidential election was held in French Polynesia on 24 February 2008 following the legislative election held on 27 January and 10 February 2008. It had originally been planned to be held in late February or early March, but was brought forward after an agreement by the three party groups in the Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196843-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian presidential election\nIn the first two rounds, an absolute majority is required to be elected, and in the third round, a relative majority suffices; should two candidates be tied in the third round, the older one is declared elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196843-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French Polynesian presidential election\nGaston Flosse was reelected with the support of the pro-independence Union for Democracy with 29 to 27 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196844-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Road Cycling Cup\nThe 2008 French Road Cycling Cup is the seventeenth edition of the French Road Cycling Cup. It started on February 24 with the Tour du Haut Var and finished on October 9 with Paris\u2013Bourges. J\u00e9r\u00f4me Pineau of Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com won the overall competition, despite not winning any of the races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196845-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Senate election\nIndirect Senate elections were held for 114 of the 343 seats in the French Senate on 21 September 2008. With this election, the number of senators was increased from 331 to 343; Saint Barth\u00e9lemy and Saint Martin elected two senators each for the first time. Furthermore, this election was the last to be held under the old system: prior to this election, senators were elected in three classes for nine-year terms. Under the new system instituted in 2011, senators are elected for six-year terms in two classes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196845-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French Senate election, New seats\nTwelve new seats were filled in this election. They were divided in the following way: 1 new Senator each for the Ain, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne, Dr\u00f4me, Eure-et-Loir, Haute-Garonne, Gironde, H\u00e9rault, and Guyane d\u00e9partements and one in French Polynesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196845-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French Senate election, New seats\nThe election marked the first time that French Polynesia had two seats in the Senate instead of just one. The President of French Polynesia Gaston Tong Sang and another member of his coalition,  B\u00e9atrice Vernaudon, a former member of the French National Assembly who lost her seat in June 2007, contested the seats. Former French Polynesian President Gaston Flosse ran for his Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party and teamed up with Richard Tuheiava, a member of the pro-independence party Union for Democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196845-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 French Senate election, System, Electoral college\nFor the 114 seats up for election, the electoral college was composed of 50,720 elected officials (49,602 in metropolitan France). Of these, 48,453 were local councillors, 178 were MPs, 765 were regional councillors and 1,504 were general councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196846-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French Super Series\nThe 2008 French Super Series is the tenth tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Paris, France from October 28 to November 2, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196847-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French White Paper on Defence and National Security\nThe 2008 French White Paper on Defence and National Security was a  defence reform of the French Armed Forces. On 31 July 2007, president Nicolas Sarkozy ordered M. Jean-Claude Mallet, a member of the Council of State, to head up a 35-member commission charged with a wide-ranging review of French defence. The commission issued its white paper (French: livre blanc) in early 2008. Acting upon its recommendations, Sarkozy began making radical changes in French defence policy and structures starting in the summer of 2008. The proposed force structure was to be complete by 2014-15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196848-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French cantonal elections\nCantonal elections to elect half the membership of the general councils of France's 100  departments were held on 9 and 16 March 2008. These elections coincided with the municipal elections, in which the left did well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196848-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French cantonal elections, Electoral system\nThe cantonal elections use a two-round system similar to that employed in the country's legislative elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case\nOn 1 April 2008, the high court of Lille (France) annulled a marriage on the grounds of \"mistaken essential qualities of the spouse\" in accordance with article 180 paragraph 2 [archive] of the French civil code. The woman was not a virgin at the time of the marriage ceremony, but had not admitted this to the man even though she knew that her status as a virgin was a determining factor in his motivation and consent to marry her. According to this initial court ruling, this was sufficient to declare the marriage annulled and therefore not to be recognized as a lawful marriage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case\nAt the end of May 2008, a controversy ensued and several public figures, politicians, religious figures and intellectuals reacted to the decision. Following these events, the Minister of Justice Rachida Dati asked the Minist\u00e8re public, namely the Procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral of Douai, to make an appeal against the wishes of the couple. The appeal was lodged to the high court of Douai, on 3 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case\nOn 17 November 2008, the judgment of the high court was declared null by the court of appeals. Since the annulment of the marriage was itself annulled, the final ruling was that the man and woman had been, and remained, legally married.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Legal facts\nOn 8 July 2006, the couple held a marriage ceremony at Mons-en-Bar\u0153l. The man, born in 1976 in Morocco, was an engineering consultant. The woman was French, of Moroccan descent, born in 1983 in the North of France, and was a nursing student. Both were of Muslim faith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Legal facts\nAt around four in the morning, after the couple had retired to their bedroom, the man returned to the guests and angrily informed them that the woman was not a virgin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Legal facts, The plea of the former husband, accepted by the wife\nOn 26 July 2006, the man filed for an annulment to the high court of Lille. He pleaded the fact that his wife had been presented to him as chaste before the marriage. It would therefore be an annulment on the grounds of \u2018mistaken essential qualities of the spouse [...] which were determining factors in his consent\u2019, in accordance with article 180 paragraph 2 of the French civil code  concerning a \u2018mistake regarding the person\u2019. The wife approved the annulment, while the Minist\u00e8re public \u2018declares it has put its trust in justice\u2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Legal facts, The plea of the former husband, accepted by the wife\nOn 1 April 2008, the high court of Lille announced the annulment of the marriage on the basis of article 180 of the civil code. The woman's acceptance of the request allowed it to be deduced that she had known that her virginity constituted, in the view of her husband, an essential quality with regards to the consent to the proposed marriage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Legal facts, Appeal of the prosecution against the will of the parties\nAlthough having initially approved the court's decision, on 2 June 2008 the Minister of Justice, Rachida Dati, asked the parquet to lodge an appeal against the judgment, which was filed on 3 June  (this appeal may still be admissible, the one-month period available to the Minist\u00e8re public to file it according to certain people is to be calculated from the notification of the judgement to him or her; this analysis is backed up by article 528 of the civil procedure code which indicates that: \u2018The period at the expiry of which an appeal may no longer be lodged runs from the notification of the ruling, unless this period has started, by law, from the date of the ruling\u2019).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 107], "content_span": [108, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Legal facts, Appeal of the prosecution against the will of the parties\nThe judgement being provided by provisional enforcement, the parquet also summoned the parties in emergency interim proceedings, (including the civil official of Mons-en-Bar\u0153ul) to request his judgment. The hearing took place on 12 June and the decision was made on 19 June. The court announced the end of the provisional enforcement of the annulment ruling, invoking the risk of an \u2018irreparable prejudice, for both parties as well as for public order\u2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 107], "content_span": [108, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Legal facts, Appeal of the prosecution against the will of the parties\nOne of the objectives is to prevent the risk of having to annul a second marriage which would be contracted after the annulment of the first one, the annulment decision susceptible to being reversed. Consequently, the transcription of the annulment in the marriage register was suspended and the two people remained married.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 107], "content_span": [108, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Legal facts, Appeal of the prosecution against the will of the parties\nThe court of appeals examined the case on 22 September 2008. The woman's lawyer, Mr Mauger, declared that he would request an annulment of the marriage, but for different reasons than those given in the previous instance. The parquet considered grounds such as mistaken identity, lack of cohabitation or lack of consent. The judgement had to be given on 17 November,,.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 107], "content_span": [108, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Legal facts, The annulment of the Douai Court of Appeal\nOn 17 November 2008, the Court of Appeal of Douai overturned the decision. The Court considered that the woman's virginity had not been cited by the husband as a necessary condition of the marriage. In fact, the husband indicated in his pleadings that the mistake was not about virginity but about the confidence he had in his wife, and that virginity was merely an expectation. According to him, his wife's lie caused a mistake with regards to the essential quality of the confidence he had in her. The Court rejected this argument, because the lie, contested by the wife, could not be proven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Legal facts, The annulment of the Douai Court of Appeal\nNevertheless, commenting on the possibility of virginity being an essential quality, the Court clarified that in any event, the wife's virginity cannot be considered as an essential quality since it has no negative impact on married life. The Court equally rejected the annulment application formulated by the wife, who alleged that her husband did not have \u2018the willingness to accept, even the capacity to understand the obligation of respect between spouses\u2019 because \u2018the facts do not allow the characterisation of a mistake of the wife on essential qualities of the husband\u2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Legal facts, The annulment of the Douai Court of Appeal\nSince the annulment of the marriage was annulled, the spouses are still legally married.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Points of view of the spouses, The husband\nThe version of events given by the husband is known from the summary of his statement drawn up by the court: his future wife had been presented to him as single and chaste and it was only on the night of the marriage that she admitted a previous liaison. Because of this lie, the trust necessary for a marital relationship seemed to him to be lacking, justifying the annulment of the marriage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Points of view of the spouses, The husband\nOnce the case was mediatised, the husband's lawyer, Mr Xavier Labb\u00e9e,   explained his client's position. He notably exposed that the wife had had a long previous liaison, never mentioned before the marriage, and underlined again that it was above all due to this concealment that his client wished to be released from matrimonial ties\u00a0\u2013  even if the lack of virginity had also played a role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Points of view of the spouses, The husband\nMr Xavier Labb\u00e9e underlined additionally that religion had nothing to do with the court's decision, and said that certain comments which have highlighted it without subtlety are 'scandalous' (his summons, however, refers to a \"community where it is tradition that a wife remains a virgin until marriage\"); he additionally said that an annulment has an advantage over a divorce since it helps the woman to 'start afresh'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Points of view of the spouses, The wife\nThe woman's lawyer, Mr Charles-\u00c9douard Mauger, explained the version of events from his client's point of view. The future spouses had met two years before the marriage, during which time the woman did not have 'the strength' to explain to her fianc\u00e9 that she was no longer a virgin; she had even considered an operation to reconstruct her hymen. On their wedding night, her angry husband had announced the news to the guests, at four in the morning before immediately driving back to his parents' house.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Points of view of the spouses, The wife\nMr Mauger wanted to point out that he had found his client have been suffering greatly. He then explained his decision to 'accept the annulment': it was not for him a 'submission' but a strategy allowing \u2018technical escape\u2019 of a procedure that risked being long, but in which he was convinced that his client would have been able to obtain justice if she had chosen to oppose her husband's request. Ultimately, the court's decision satisfied her entirely since it 'allowed her to regain her freedom'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Points of view of the spouses, The wife\nThe wife has also deeply criticised the way in which this case was dealt with; she is also angry about not being consulted on the appeal decision:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196849-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 French mistaken virginity case, Points of view of the spouses, The wife\n\"Hearing everyone talking about me is very difficult,\" she said. \"I am not the leader of a movement, I do not claim responsibility for anything. Since the beginning I've had to go through everything in this case. [ ...] That there can be an appeal against the ruling when I never asked for that outrages me. I just want to be able to live my life normally.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196850-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16\u201318 May 2008 at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit. It was also the final all-Yamaha podium until the 2014 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196850-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix, 125 cc classification\nThe race was stopped after 14 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 5 additional laps, with the grid determined by the running order before the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196850-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections\nThe French municipal elections of 2008 were held on 9 and 16 March to elect the municipal councils of France's 36,782 communes. The first task of each newly constituted municipal council was to elect a mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections\nMunicipal councilors, and the mayors they elect, ordinarily serve a term of six years. However those who took office following the last municipal elections, held on 11 and 18 March 2001, had their terms extended to seven years by an Act of the French parliament designed to avoid an overloading of the electoral calendar in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Results\nThe left gained back grounds lost in 2001 and in previous elections and sent a message of warning to President Nicolas Sarkozy, in power since 2007. The PS gained cities like Toulouse, Strasbourg, Amiens, Saint-\u00c9tienne and Reims. The left also held on easily to most of its cities, including Paris and Lyon. The close election in Marseille, however, was won by the UMP incumbent. The right did poorly but held on to some of its cities like Bordeaux, Le Havre, Nice, Toulon or Aix-en-Provence. Among right-wing gains were the cities of Chaumont, Le-Puy-en-Velay, and Calais (ending 37 years of Communist control).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Results\nFran\u00e7ois Bayrou's centrist MoDem did poorly, although MoDem incumbents generally won. However, Bayrou himself was defeated (by the PS) in his hometown of Pau. Between the two rounds the MoDem followed three strategies- maintain its list in the runoffs, if qualified; ally with the right (as in Toulouse); or ally with the left (as in Marseille).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Results\nThe far-right FN did extremely poorly, winning only 0.93% nationwide and qualifying for the runoff in only 7 cities with 30,000+ population (40 in 2001, 105 in 1995).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Results\nThe Greens regained grounds lost in 2007, the most notable Green gain was by Dominique Voynet in Montreuil. However, the Green vote was halved in Paris over 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Results\nThe PCF held most of its ground in its Seine-Saint-Denis strongholds (despite most incumbents facing Socialist candidates) but also in other PCF cities (Nanterre, Arles). It gained Dieppe and Vierzon while losing Calais (to UMP) and Aubervilliers (to PS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Important races, Paris\nThe popular Socialist incumbent Bertrand Delano\u00eb was very easily re-elected. Fran\u00e7oise de Panafieu represented the centre-right UMP as the right tried, in vain, to regain the capital. Among high-profile candidates on her lists is the Justice Minister Rachida Dati, UMP elected in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Important races, Bordeaux\nIn Bordeaux, the incumbent Mayor and former Prime Minister Alain Jupp\u00e9, defeated in the 2007 parliamentary election, stood for re-election. The Socialist candidate was Aquitaine President Alain Rousset. The centrist MoDem, led by Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou, announced its support for Jupp\u00e9. Jupp\u00e9 was re-elected by the first round with over 56% of votes cast, even improving over 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Important races, Lyon\nIn 2001, the Socialist G\u00e9rard Collomb won the country's second largest city from the UDF. Lyon had been considered a stronghold for the centrist UDF in previous years. In 2008, former UMP Transportation Minister Dominique Perben tried to win back the city. Surprisingly, the two highly presumed candidates for the centrist MoDem and the far-right National Front, Azouz Begag and Bruno Gollnisch respectively both announced their intentions not to stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Important races, Lyon\nIn February, after a fight with MoDem leader Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou, the MoDem list leader integrated the UMP list, but Bayrou found another list leader. The MoDem list was also shaken after one of its list was rejected because one of its candidates was also on a FN list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Important races, Lyon\nWith his sky-high popularity, Collomb was re-elected by the first round and Perben himself was defeated in his sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Important races, Marseille\nIn the country's third largest city, Jean-Claude Gaudin of the UMP faced Socialist Senator Jean-No\u00ebl Gu\u00e9rini, FN candidate St\u00e9phane Ravier, and MoDem MEP Jean-Luc Bennahmias. The race was very close and both sides had a chance to win, but Gaudin was re-elected narrowly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Important races, Nice\nThe right was divided in this generally right-wing city, with incumbent mayor Jacques Peyrat staging a dissident candidacy against UMP candidate Christian Estrosi. Estrosi won 38% to Peyrat's 23%. However, the PS candidate Patrick Allemand, with his 22%, also qualified for a three-way runoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Important races, Rennes\nIn this Socialist city, longtime mayor Edmond Herv\u00e9 (since 1977) did not lead the PS list in this election, he was replaced by Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande mayor Daniel Delaveau, who was easily elected. The MoDem candidate, with her 10%, also won a place in the runoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Important races, Toulouse\nJean-Luc Moudenc of the UMP faced a very tough race against the left, which swept the city in the Presidential and Legislative elections held in 2007. Contrary to polls, Moudenc came out on top of the first round with 42% to the PS's 39%. Following the first round, he merged his lists with the MoDem. However, he lost to Pierre Cohen, the PS candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Important races, Lille\nSocialist incumbent Martine Aubry ran for re-election, with 6 candidates opposing her. The Greens, although they qualified for the runoff, preferred to merge with Aubry's PS lists, as did the MoDem, which chose to merge with the Left list in Lille, and for the Right one in other cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Important races, Strasbourg\nThe capital of Alsace, Strasbourg was gained by the right from the left in 2001. However, in 2008, the UMP incumbent Fabienne Keller could be potentially defeated by the PS's Roland Ries. A poll showed her defeated 53\u201347 in the runoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Ethnic pluralism\nFor the first time ever, the three main parties (center-right UMP, centrist MoDem, and center-left PS) put on top of a 50-odd lists candidates with a non-European ethnic background (\"candidats de la diversit\u00e9\"), most either from North Africa, a few from the French Caribbean departments or sub-Saharan Africa, most against incumbent mayors from the opposite party, thus with lower chances to succeed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Ethnic pluralism\nThere were only seven incumbent mayors in Metropolitan France with non-European roots, all in rural communes with less than 5,000 inhabitants where the percentage of foreign stock population is close to nil:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Ethnic pluralism\nThe six who were again candidates in their commune were reelected in the first round with results varying from 60% to 88% of the votes, and Auguste Senghor, candidate in another commune far away from the previous one, was the only candidate elected there in the first round with 52% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Ethnic pluralism\nTwo more small municipal councils elected mayors with non-European roots: Volvic (Puy-de-D\u00f4me, 4,202 inhabitants) elected the Harki activist Mohand Hamoumou (miscellaneous right) and Morey (Sa\u00f4ne-et-Loire, 184 inhabitants), Kader Atteye, whose parents came from Djibouti, but 5 councillors out of 11 resigned in protest over the election of a black mayor", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Ethnic pluralism\nOnly one candidat de la diversit\u00e9 heading a list in a town of more than 10,000 inhabitants was elected in the first round: Eddie A\u00eft, already a regional councillor and departmental leader for the Left Radical Party (centre-left) beat the incumbent UMP mayor of Carri\u00e8res-sous-Poissy (Yvelines, 13,472 inhabitants) with 62.4% of the votes and was elected as mayor. Another was elected mayor after the second round, Philippe N'Guyen Tahnn (PS) in Vernon (Eure, 23,700 inhabitants)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Ethnic pluralism\nThe left-wing list headed by Samia Ghali (PS vice-president of the Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d'Azur regional council) won in the first round in the VIIIth secteur (borough) of Marseilles (92,100 inhabitants) with 52.30%. Had the left won in Marseilles, she had been promised the first adjunct-mayorship, finally she was elected mayor of this secteur, succeeding the incumbent Communist mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196851-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 French municipal elections, Ethnic pluralism\nThe UMP list headed by Justice minister Rachida Dati got 49.50% in the first round in the 7th arrondissement of Paris (55,700 inhabitants). She was elected maire d'arrondissement after the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196852-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team\nThe 2008 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team represented California State University, Fresno in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2008. They played their home games at Beiden Field in Fresno, California. The team was coached by Mike Batesole who was in his fifth season at Fresno State. Under Batesole, Fresno State has won three Western Athletic Conference Championships in a row, and he has a 172-134 record with the Bulldogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196852-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team\nIn a Cinderella run through the postseason, the Fresno State Bulldogs defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the 2008 College World Series finals to win its first NCAA Division I Championship in baseball. This led to their 3rd national championship in the NCAA organization, adding to their championships in Softball (1998) and Men's Track & Field (1964-Division II).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196852-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team, Schedule and results\nBefore the season occurred, Fresno State entered the season ranked in the Collegiate Baseball newspaper's Fabulous 40 for the third consecutive season, at #21. Fresno State was also ranked #21 by the preseason magazine Baseball America. Fresno State also was preseason pick of the WAC coaches as the favorite to win the 2008 season; additionally, seven players were selected to the Preseason All-WAC Team, including the preseason Player of the Year Steve Susdorf and Pitcher of the Year Clayton Allison", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196852-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team, 2008 Major League Baseball Draft\nThe following members of the 2008 Fresno State baseball team were drafted in the 2008 MLB Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196853-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fresno State Bulldogs football team\nThe 2008 Fresno State football team (variously \"Fresno State\" or \"the 'Dogs\") represented California State University, Fresno in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by 12th-year head coach Pat Hill, who had a contract lasting through the 2010 season. This season was the Bulldogs' 28th in their current home of Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196853-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Preseason\nThe Bulldogs has enjoyed success as one of the most highly regarded BCS non-AQ conference schools in the country in the previous decade. The 2007 team finished with 9 wins, 4 losses, including a victory in the 2007 Humanitarian Bowl. The annual spring game for the 2008 season took place on April 18, and the Bulldogs concluded spring drills on April 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196853-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Preseason\nGoing into the summer, the Bulldogs already began to draw attention to their team in the post-spring preseason polls released by sports pundits, drawn to the large number of returning starters, along with the impressive finish, beating the Georgia Tech in the 2007 Humanitarian Bowl to finish the season with a record of 9-4. Athlon has released their preseason 25 poll with the Bulldogs listed ranked #25; Dennis Dodd of CBS Sportsline has ranked the team at #24; and Mark Schlabach of ESPN placed the Bulldogs in the #21 spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196853-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Preseason\nAt the end of the 2007 season, former offensive coordinator Jim McElwain resigned to accept the coaching position of offensive coordinator at Alabama, replacing former Texas Longhorn Major Applewhite. On February 28, 2008, Fresno State announced the hire of Doug Nussmeier as the Offensive Coordinator at Fresno State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196853-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, at UCLA\n1-6 all time. Last meeting in 2003. (17-9 in San Jose in the Silicon Valley Bowl)A Derrick Coleman fumble in the redzone in the fourth quarter took away the Bruins' hope of keeping the Bulldogs from winning a game in the Rose Bowl stadium. Fresno State won its first game there by five points, taking control of the final 8\u00a0minutes and 55\u00a0seconds and not allowing a UCLA comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196854-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fresno mayoral election\nThe 2008 Fresno mayoral election was held on June 3, 2008 and November 4, 2008 to elect the mayor of Fresno, California. It saw the election of Ashley Swearengin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196855-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Friends Provident Trophy\nThe 2008 Friends Provident Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 20 April and 16 August 2008. The tournament was won by Essex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196855-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Friends Provident Trophy, Format\nUnlike in 2007, the 18 English counties, Ireland and Scotland were divided into four groups of five, based on geographical location. Each side played the other four teams home and away, with the top two sides from each group progressing to the quarter-final stage. A spokesman for the England and Wales Cricket Board, which instigated the changes, explained that the changes \"provides  [sic] more local derbies and less travel for players\". The recommendations of the Schofield Report; an investigation into England's 5\u20130 Ashes defeat, were also cited as a cause for the changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196856-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election\nThe Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election of 2008 took place on 13\u201314 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196856-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election\nFormer President Renzo Tondo (The People of Freedom) defeated incumbent Riccardo Illy (an independent closed to the Democratic Party).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196857-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fujimi mayoral election\nFujimi, Saitama held a mayoral election on July 13, 2008. Independent candidate Shingo Hoshino won the election, beating incumbent mayor Kiyoshi Urano supported by the Liberal Democratic Party and Masaru Kaneko, supported by the Japanese Communist Party. Polling turnout increased almost 5%, up from record-low 36% in 2004 to just above 41%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196858-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series\nThe 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercars season was the ninth running of the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, the second-tier V8 Supercar series. It began on 21 February at the Clipsal 500 and ended on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales after seven rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196858-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, Race calendar\nThe series consisted of six events in support to the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series and one stand-alone event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196858-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers have competed during the 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. This was the last season the Ford AU Falcon was eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196858-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, Points system\nPoints are awarded to any driver that completes 75% of race distance and is running on the completion of the final lap. These are the points awarded for each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196859-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Futsal Mundialito\nThe 2008 Futsal Mundialito was an international friendly championship in futsal. The tournament was held in Algarve, Portugal from 2 to 6 of July 2008. The championship was played in Praia da Alagoa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit\nThe 2008\u00a0G20 Washington Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy took place on November 14\u201315, 2008, in Washington, D.C., United States. It achieved general agreement amongst the G20 on how to cooperate in key areas so as to strengthen economic growth, deal with the 2008 financial crisis, and lay the foundation for reform to avoid similar crises in the future. The Summit resulted from an initiative by the French and European Union President, Nicolas Sarkozy, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit\nIn connection with the G7 finance ministers on October 11, 2008, United States President George W. Bush stated that the next meeting of the G20 would be important in finding solutions to the economic crisis. Since many economists and politicians called for a new Bretton Woods system (a monetary management which was instituted after World War II) to overhaul the world's financial structure, the meeting has sometimes been described by the media as Bretton Woods II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, Preliminary history, Approaches in the early 2000s\nBretton Woods II was an informal designation for the system of currency relations which developed during the 00's . As described by political economist Daniel Drezner, \"Under this system, the U.S. is running massive current account deficits to be the source of export-led growth for other countries. To fund this deficit, central banks, particularly those on the Pacific Rim, are buying up dollars and dollar-denominated assets.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, Preliminary history, Approaches in the early 2000s\nThe notion of a \"revived Bretton Woods system\" was introduced in a 2004 paper by Dooley, Folkerts-Landau, and Garber, in which it is described as arising after the end of the Cold War, out of the choice of countries,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, Preliminary history, Approaches in the early 2000s\nmainly in Asia, [which] chose the same periphery strategy as immediate post-war Europe and Japan, undervaluing the exchange rate, managing sizable foreign exchange interventions, imposing controls, accumulating reserves, and encouraging export-led growth by sending goods to the competitive center countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, Preliminary history, Approaches in the early 2000s\nIn 2005, Roubini and Setser argued that the system is unsustainable:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, Preliminary history, Approaches in the early 2000s\nIf the US does not take policy steps to reduce its need for external financing before it exhausts the world's central banks willingness to keep adding to their dollar reserves \u2013 and if the rest of the world does not take steps to reduce its dependence on an unsustainable expansion in US domestic demand to support its own growth \u2013 the risk of a hard landing for the US and global economy will grow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, Preliminary history, Approaches in the early 2000s\nThe basic outlines of a hard landing are easy to envision: a sharp fall in the value of the US dollar, a rapid increase in US long-term interest rates and a sharp fall in the price of a range of risk assets including equities and housing. The asset price adjustment would lead to a severe slowdown in the US, and the fall in US imports associated with the US slowdown and the dollar's fall would lead to a global severe economic slowdown, if not an outright recession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, Preliminary history, Financial crisis of 2007\u2013\nOn September 26, 2008, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, said, \"We must rethink the financial system from scratch, as at Bretton Woods.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, Preliminary history, Financial crisis of 2007\u2013\nOn October 13, 2008, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said world leaders must meet to agree to a new economic system. \"We must have a new Bretton Woods, building a new international financial architecture for the years ahead.\" However, Brown's approach is quite different than the original Bretton Woods system, emphasising the continuation of globalization and free trade as opposed to a return to fixed exchange rates. There have been tensions between Brown and Sarkozy, who argues that the \"Anglo-Saxon\" model of unrestrained markets has failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, Preliminary history, Financial crisis of 2007\u2013\nItalian Economics Minister Giulio Tremonti has said that Italy will use its 2009 G7 chairmanship to push for a \"New Bretton Woods.\" He has been critical of the U.S.'s response to the global financial crisis of 2008, and has suggested that the dollar may be superseded as the base currency of the Bretton Woods system. On 20 October 2008, Tremonti told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera that proposals for a new Bretton Woods had been spread for many years by American political activist Lyndon LaRouche.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit\nThe formula is \"G7 plus\". In announcing the summit, US President George Bush said that the summit would bring together members of the G20. The G20 was set up to respond to the financial turmoil of 1997-99 through the development of policies that \"promote international financial stability\". The G20 comprises countries considered to be systemically important, but omits over 170 governments (192 governments are members of the United Nations).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit\nThe first meeting of the G20 leaders on financial markets and the world economy was held in Washington, D.C. on November 14\u201315, 2008, at the National Building Museum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit\nThe participants were: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the People's Republic of China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the European Union (represented by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy as President of the European Council, as well as by Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission), the Netherlands (allowed extraordinary presence), Spain (allowed extraordinary presence), the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Financial Stability Forum. Although Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende arrived at Andrews Air Force Base on the evening of November 14, he immediately returned to the Netherlands when notified of the death of his father; the Netherlands was instead represented by State Secretary Jan Kees de Jager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 935]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit\nSpanish Prime Minister Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero was not initially invited, but was \"so desperate to secure an invitation\" to the summit, that he traveled \"to Asia to seek the help of President Hu Jintao of China.\" Zapatero eventually extracted an invitation through \"intense lobbying\" of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who happened to hold two invitations (the second French invitation was due to the fact that France held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union during this period).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Core participants\nThe following participants of the Washington summit include the core members of the G20, which comprises 19 countries and the European Union which is represented by its two governing bodies, the European Council and the European Commission, as well as other nations and regional organizations invited to take part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Suggestions\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said \"Bretton Woods II\" should bring about \"genuine, all-encompassing reform of the international financial system\". The Council of the European Union sees the meeting as \"tak[ing] early decisions on transparency, global standards of regulation, cross-border supervision and crisis management, to avoid conflicts of interest and to create an early warning system, so as to engender confidence among savers and investors in every country.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Suggestions\nIn announcing the meeting, the spokesperson for US President George Bush said that \"leaders will review progress being made to address the current financial crisis, advance a common understanding of its causes, and, in order to avoid a repetition, agree on a common set of principles for reform of the regulatory and institutional regimes for the world's financial sector\". UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in a mid-October speech, set out several principles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Suggestions\nThese include transparency (internationally agreed accounting standards, credit insurance market standards), integrity (credit agencies, executive pay), responsibility (board member competency and expertise), sound banking practice (protecting against speculative bubbles). While addressing the G20 leaders, Chinese President Hu Jintao listed four priorities in reforming the international financial system: stepping up international cooperation in financial regulation; advancing reform of international financial institutions; encouraging regional financial cooperation; and improving the international currency system. Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the agreement was \"comprehensive, positive and balanced\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0013-0003", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Suggestions\nPrior to this summit, Japan's Prime Minister, Taro Aso, had contributed feasible action plan based on the analysis of the surplus of Japan's international balance of payments in spite of her prolonged economic slump to The Wall Street Journal, and also provided his idea includes funding in the meeting. Eventually Japan provided the International Monetary Fund 100 billion U.S. dollar to bolster the fund during the global economic and financial crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Key achievements\nThe White House reported that the summit had reached what would be the Washington declaration. The five key objectives the leaders agreed upon were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Key achievements\nA summary of the meeting's other salient points is presented by the White House in the \"Fact Sheet\" while the full conclusions are given in the Summit Declaration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Key achievements\nDespite the optimism expressed by many of those present, doubts soon began to emerge about the success of the meeting and the chances of achieving all its objectives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Key achievements\nThe 2009\u00a0G20 management troika (U.K., Brazil, South Korea) is charged with coordinating the task of coming up with the content and method of implementing the 47 short and mid-term objectives by March 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Key achievements\nFollow-up Summit meetings were held on April 2, 2009 in London, and in September 2009 in Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Reactions, From the press\nThe financial press generally welcomed the results of the summit but the Financial Times drew attention to the need for real global cooperation on the ambitious agenda while The Wall Street Journal questioned whether the \"regulatory crackdown on the kind of high-risk lending and investment that has led the world into a financial mess\" might not backfire by causing an unwanted credit crunch. Business Week listed a number of difficult fundamental questions finance ministers would now have to resolve by the end of March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, The Summit, Reactions, From the press\nThese included trade tensions and protectionism, consumer spending, housing prices, a clampdown on lending practices and how to achieve global coordination. The Hindu's Business Line opined that \"it is all very well to speak blithely of new Bretton Woods institutions but, when there is no acceptance of a world mediated by Western ideas, the move is doomed ab initio.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196860-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 G20 Washington summit, Similar efforts\nThe UN General Assembly set up an Interactive Panel on the Global Financial Crisis which held its first meeting in New York on 30 October 2008, led by Professor Joseph Stiglitz. It covered similar ground as the G20, but involving a broader range of countries, and lobbied for an agreement involving all members of the UN. The panel's work was carried forward by a Commission of Experts on Reform of the International Financial System, also led by Stiglitz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196861-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 GCC U-17 Championship\nThe GCC U-17 Championship was played for the 5th time in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196861-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 GCC U-17 Championship\nOnly 4 nations participated, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman and Bahrain. The nations used it as preparation for the upcoming AFC Youth Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196862-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 GCC U-23 Championship\nThe GCC U-23 Championship was played for the first time in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196862-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 GCC U-23 Championship\nThe championship was held in Saudi Arabia. Only five nations took part, hosts Saudi Arabia and nations Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196862-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 GCC U-23 Championship\nSaudi Arabia became the first champions of this age-grouped event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196863-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 GMAC Bowl\nThe 2008 GMAC Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the ninth annual playing of the game. It was played on January 6, 2008, at Ladd\u2013Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and featured the Bowling Green Falcons against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196864-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 GP Ouest\u2013France\nThe 2008 GP Ouest-France cycling road race took place on August 25, 2008 in France and was won by Pierrick F\u00e9drigo of Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196865-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Asia Series\nThe 2008 GP2 Asia Series season was the first GP2 Asia Series season. It started on 25 January and ended on 12 April. Romain Grosjean became the champion, with his team, ART Grand Prix, taking the teams' title despite his team-mate Stephen Jelley scoring no points. During this season, only two men were available to score pole positions - it's Romain Grosjean who scores all poles, except one at Sentul International Circuit which in qualifying was won by Vitaly Petrov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196865-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 GP2 Asia Series\nRomain Grosjean take four race victories, two in each other (feature and sprint race) in Dubai Autodrome, and two victories in feature races, at Bahrain International Circuit, and in second round of Dubai Autodrome, as Vitaly Petrov won the feature race in Malaysia after started from 17th on the grid. Kamui Kobayashi take two victories: in sprint races, at Round 3 in Sepang, and in Round 4 Sakhir. S\u00e9bastien Buemi wins only one time at feature race at Indonesia. Also, Marco Bonanomi and Fairuz Fauzy take one victory in the sprint races. Italian won in final race, as Malaysian wins in Sentul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196865-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Asia Series, Championship standings\nPoints are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series\nThe 2008 GP2 Series season was the forty-second season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also fourth season under the GP2 Series moniker. It began on 26 April at Montmel\u00f3, Spain and it finished on 14 September at Monza, Italy. This is the first season using a new car design to be used during the following 3 seasons. The series was won by Giorgio Pantano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series, Season summary\n4th GP2 Series season started in Circuit de Catalunya. Pastor Maldonado took first pole position of the season, but he couldn't use the advantage after a very bad start. Alvaro Parente won in his debut race in the series. In the sprint race, Romain Grosjean was heading for victory until late-race safety car. When the safety car went back to the pits, Grosjean straight-lined chicane and lost momentum. He then blocked Kamui Kobayashi, receiving drive through penalty. Kobayashi won the race while Grosjean was left without points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series, Season summary\nAt Turkey, Giorgio Pantano won from pole in the feature race. Grosjean won the sprint race which included several accidents on the first lap, as well as two stray dogs on the track. One of them was hit by Bruno Senna whose car was damaged and he had to retire. Luckily Senna escaped without injury. Senna then won at Monaco, on the track where his uncle Ayrton had won six times. In the sprint race, which was held for the first time in Monaco, Mike Conway was victorious. He was heading for third place in feature race before being punted off by Javier Villa on the final lap. He was lucky in the event, as only eight drivers were unlapped, so he ended in eight and therefore for the pole in the sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series, Season summary\nMagny-Cours feature race was won by Pantano after Grosjean and Senna suffered mechanical retirements. The sprint race started on damp track and few drivers gambled starting with slicks. This worked well for Arden drivers, as S\u00e9bastien Buemi won from 21st on the grid. His teammate Yelmer Buurman was second. At Silverstone Pantano won the feature again, and wet sprint race was dominated by Senna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series, Season summary\nAt Hockenheim Grosjean finished first on the road, but he was later penalized for overtaking under yellow flag, giving Pantano third straight feature race victory. Karun Chandhok won the sprint race from pole. At Hungaroring, Lucas di Grassi who had returned to GP2 in Magny-Cours, won the feature race, while Buemi won the sprint after polesitter Andy Soucek made a small mistake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series, Season summary\nThe feature race at Valencia ended in dramatic fashion. Pantano was on road for victory before he ran out of fuel on the final lap. Several other drivers suffered same fate, including Senna who could get his car over the finish line but in 9th place. Vitaly Petrov inherited the win. Pantano recovered well in sprint race to take third place while Senna crashed out. di Grassi was the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series, Season summary\nWith four races to go, Pantano led by 13 points on Senna and 20 on di Grassi. Senna took the pole in Spa, but his race was destroyed by drive through penalty for unsafe release by the team in his pit stop. Pantano suffered mechanical glitch during safety car and was dropped to back of the field. He was recovering until he collided with di Grassi on the final lap. Pantano was disqualified for the race and also excluded from the sprint. Grosjean won the feature while Maldonado took his first victory of the season in the sprint, overtaking J\u00e9r\u00f4me d'Ambrosio on the final lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series, Season summary\nPantano got perfect start for final weekend with pole, therefore knocking di Grassi out from the championship hunt. A race started in wet conditions and mandatory pit stop was done as late as possible, as the track was ready for slicks. di Grassi won while Pantano ended in 10th after drive through penalty for crossing white line at the pit exit. It didn't matter much: while Senna couldn't finish better than 5th, Pantano clinched the title with one race to go. The sprint race was held in wet conditions as well and won by polesitter Davide Valsecchi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series, Teams and drivers\nOn 19 October 2007, it was announced that the same 13 teams which took part in 2007 would continue into 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series, Schedule and results\nThe original calendar was released on 25 March 2008 and had a standalone event on the 31 May\u00a0\u2013 1 June at the Valencia's Ricardo Tormo circuit. However, on the 18 April 2008, it was confirmed that a deal had been agreed for a GP2 event to run alongside the new European GP at the Valencia Street Circuit instead of the original date at the Ricardo Tormo circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series, Schedule and results\nAlso, for the first time in the history of GP2, two races were held at Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196866-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 GP2 Series, Schedule and results\nAll of the races supported the Formula One Grands Prix indicated by the relevant flags, except the round at Valencia which supported the 2008 European Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196867-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gabonese local elections\nLocal elections were held in Gabon on April 27\u201330, 2008, with 1,990 municipal and departmental councillors being elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196867-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gabonese local elections, Overview\nPrior to the election, a victory for the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) was expected. There were a total of about 850 lists presented in the elections, and campaigning ended at midnight on April 26. Results given by the Interior Minister, Andr\u00e9 Mba Obame, on May 3 showed the PDG winning 1,154 seats, while the opposition Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (UGDD) won 161 seats. The Union of the Gabonese People (UPG) won about 90 seats, while many seats were won by independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196867-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Gabonese local elections, Overview\nAccording to Mba Obame, the PDG majority confirmed the voters' \"commitment to the implementation of the political project\" of President Omar Bongo. The results still had to be validated and proclaimed by the Constitutional Court. The councillors were to elect mayors within eight days of the formal proclamation of results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196867-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Gabonese local elections, Overview\nObame placed voter turnout at between 65% and 70%. Although reported high in most of the country, it was said to be low in Libreville, the capital, where it was estimated at about 17%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196867-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Gabonese local elections, Overview\nThere were 119 constituencies in the election, and the PDG was the only party to present candidate lists in all of them. In Libreville, the PDG won a plurality of seats but failed to win a majority, taking 42 of the 98 seats and winning in three of the six arrondissements. The PDG's best result in Libreville was obtained in the fifth arrondissement, where its list was headed by former Prime Minister Jean-Francois Ntoutoume Emane and it obtained 12 out of 16 seats. In the country's second city, Port-Gentil, the PDG won only 15 out the 63 seats, while the independent list of Mayor S\u00e9raphin Ndaot Rembogo won 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196867-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Gabonese local elections, Overview\nFollowing Obame's announcement of results, the Rally for Gabon (RPG), which is part of the presidential majority, held a protest against the results, alleging that various means were used to skew the vote in favor of the PDG. It demanded that the vote in Libreville be cancelled and that the electoral system be reformed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196867-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Gabonese local elections, Overview\nThe President of the Constitutional Court, Marie Madeleine Mborantsuo, announced final results on May 7, confirming the PDG's victory, with its numbers largely unchanged from those given by Mba Obame a few days earlier. Emile Moussavou Moundziegou, a PDG deputy who was accused of destroying a ballot box, was penalized by being barred from office for five years. Additionally, the Court ordered an investigation of violence that occurred in Lemboumbi-Leyou Department in the south-east and in the commune of Mitzic in the north, noting that any elected candidates who were involved in this violence would also lose their mandates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196867-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Gabonese local elections, Overview\nOn May 8, the government set the election for mayors of municipalities and for the presidents and vice-presidents of departmental councils for May 20; the election for mayors of arrondissements was to be held on May 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196867-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Gabonese local elections, Overview\nThe election for mayors of municipalities and for the presidents of departmental councils was held on May 23, and Ntoutoume Emane was elected unopposed as Mayor of Libreville. He received 84 votes; the remaining 14 votes were invalid. Four deputy mayors were also elected: Michel Teale of the PDG, Christian Odou Mba of the Rally of the Gabonese People (RPG), Eloi Ndzondo of the Circle of Liberal Reformers (CLR), and L\u00e9andre Zu\u00e9 of the PDG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196868-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300\nThe 2008 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 was the opening round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on March 29, 2008 at the 1.485-mile (2.390\u00a0km) Homestead-Miami Speedway. For the first time in series history, the reigning champion was not on the grid to defend his title, as Dario Franchitti had moved to the No. 40 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car for Chip Ganassi Racing. Graham Rahal was supposed to make his debut in this race however due to a crash in testing his team could not get his car repaired in time for the race. 2003 champion Scott Dixon kicked off the season with the victory, on his way to the series championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196869-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters\nThe 2008 Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters was a tennis tournament held at the Hotel Sultan in Jakarta from 10 December to 14 December 2008. It was the inaugural Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196869-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters\nThe tournament was restricted to Indonesian entrants. The total prize purse was 500 million rupiah (roughly $40,000US), with 100 million rupiah for the winners of the singles competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196869-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters\nThe singles competitions each had eight entrants. The men's doubles competition had eight teams, and the women's doubles competition had four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196869-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters\nThe Indonesian Tennis Association (PELTI) used the Masters to rank Indonesian players, for Fed Cup and Davis Cup selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196869-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters, Results, Men's Doubles\nChristopher Rungkat/Andrian Raturandang defeated Nesa Arta/Hendri Susilo Pramono 6-4 7-5", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196869-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters, Results, Women's Doubles\nAyu-Fani Damayanti/Liza Andriyani defeated Grace Sari Ysidora/Septi Mende 6-1 6-4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196870-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gastein Ladies\nThe 2008 Gastein Ladies was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Gastein Ladies, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Bad Gastein, Austria, from July 14 through July 20, 2008. Fourth-seeded Pauline Parmentier won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196870-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gastein Ladies, Finals, Doubles\nAndrea Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 /  Lucie Hradeck\u00e1 defeated  Sesil Karatantcheva /  Nata\u0161a Zori\u0107 6\u20133, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196871-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gastein Ladies \u2013 Doubles\nWhile Lucie Hradeck\u00e1 and Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 were the defending champions, Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 chose not to participate, and only Hradeck\u00e1 competed that year. Hradeck\u00e1 partnered with Andrea Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1, and won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20133, against Sesil Karatantcheva and Nata\u0161a Zori\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196872-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gastein Ladies \u2013 Singles\nFrancesca Schiavone was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196872-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gastein Ladies \u2013 Singles\nPauline Parmentier won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134, against Lucie Hradeck\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196873-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gator Bowl\nThe 2008 Gator Bowl was played on January 1, 2008, as part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It featured the Red Raiders of Texas Tech University, who finished third in the Big 12 Conference's South Division, and the Cavaliers of the University of Virginia, who finished second in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division. Texas Tech won the game on a last-second field goal, securing a 31\u201328 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196873-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gator Bowl\nIt was one of 32\u00a0games in the 2007\u201308 bowl season. The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It is one of the oldest college bowls, held continuously since 1946. This edition's full name was the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl after its sponsor, Konica Minolta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196873-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Gator Bowl, Overview\nThe Gator Bowl has tie-ins from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big 12 Conference, and Big East Conferences, as well as independent Notre Dame. They have the right to the third pick of a team from the ACC, and have the option to offer the other spot to the second pick from the Big East, the fourth pick from the Big 12, or Notre Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196873-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Gator Bowl, Overview\nThe 2008 game featured the ACC's Virginia Cavaliers, who finished the 2007 season with an overall record of 9\u20133 (6\u20132 in the ACC) playing the Big 12's Texas Tech Red Raiders, who finished the 2007 season with an overall record of 8\u20134 (4\u20134 in the Big 12). The game was the eighth straight post season appearance for the Red Raiders. Virginia returned to a bowl game after failing to qualify for one following the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196873-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Gator Bowl, Recap\nAfter Texas Tech jumped out to an early 7\u20130 lead, scoring on their second drive with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Graham Harrell to Detron Lewis, Virginia reeled off 21 straight points, including two safeties where Harrell was called for intentional grounding in the endzone. Virginia tailback Mikell Simpson scored on a 96-yard run, an NCAA bowl record for a running back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196873-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Gator Bowl, Recap\nVirginia carried a 21\u20137 lead into the locker room at halftime and seemed to be in control after Simpson hauled in an 11-yard pass from quarterback Peter Lalich with 11:26 left in the game to make the score 28\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196873-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Gator Bowl, Recap\nWith 7:54 left in the game, Texas Tech turned the ball over on downs just outside Virginia's goal line. The Cavaliers were unable to pick up a first down and, following a punt, the Red Raiders took over at midfield trailing by 14 with 5:32 left. Harrell engineered an efficient drive completing five of his eight passes on the drive, including a 20-yard fade to Michael Crabtree for a touchdown to make it 28\u201321 with 3:31 left on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196873-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Gator Bowl, Recap\nOn Virginia's ensuing drive, Lalich was sacked and fumbled the football, setting up a one-play drive for Texas Tech \u2013 a four-yard touchdown run for Aaron Crawford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196873-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Gator Bowl, Recap\nVirginia was again unable to pick up a first down and Texas Tech drove to the UVA 24\u00a0yard line and Alex Trlica kicked the winning 41-yard field goal with two seconds left. The final score was Texas Tech 31, Virginia 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196874-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gatorade Duels\nThe 2008 Gatorade Duels were a pair of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car races that were held on February 14, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Both, contested over 60\u00a0laps, were the qualifying races for the 2008 Daytona 500. The first race was won by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. for the Hendrick Motorsports racing team. Reed Sorenson finished second, and Ryan Newman clinched third. Afterward, the second race was won by Denny Hamlin. Tony Stewart followed in the second position, ahead of third placed Jeff Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196874-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gatorade Duels\nThe races set the field for the 50th running of \"The Great American Race\". These races are the only ones in the NASCAR Sprint Cup that qualifies drivers and their teams for a points-paying race. As qualifying only sets the front row for the Daytona 500, these races are formatted as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196874-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Gatorade Duels\nPositions three through 39 were filled that way (not counting the pole drivers in each race) along with the top drivers in each race not locked in from the previous season's Top 35, automatically qualify for the race. After that, the three fastest cars that did not qualify in the races along with a past champions provisional (if needed) completes the 43-car field. Had all past champions made the race, the next fastest car would have been entered into the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196874-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Gatorade Duels, Top Ten Finishers, Race 1 and 2\n(NOTE: Race 2 extended to 64 laps due to green-white-checker finish.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196875-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Geelong Football Club season\nThe 2008 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 109th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong finished the regular season in first position on the ladder, earning the club a second-consecutive McClelland Trophy, and its ninth overall. Geelong's regular season record was impressive (21 wins, 1 loss), the best performance of a team in the home-and-away season since Essendon Football Club in 2000. Geelong then went on to win its Qualifying and Preliminary finals in succession, earning a place in the 2008 AFL Grand Final against Hawthorn, and the chance for a second-consecutive premiership. However, Geelong failed to capitalise on its outstanding performance during the season, losing the premiership in a Grand Final thriller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196875-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Geelong Football Club season\nGeelong signed up a club record 36,850 club members for the season, and had an average home crowd attendance of 43,176, also a club record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196875-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Geelong Football Club season, Season overview\nGeelong did well in the home and away season and finished four games and percentage clear on top of the ladder. It was an outstanding season with the team winning 21 out of the 22 games & finished with a percentage of 161.84, the only loss was to Collingwood in round 9 by a massive 86 points. With the team widely considered to be premiership favorites the Cats were almost unbackable favourites to win the 2008 AFL premiership. They beat St Kilda in the first qualifying final 17.17(119) to 8.13(61). A 29-point win over the Western Bulldogs in the preliminary final secured the Cats a grand final a berth against Hawthorn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196875-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Geelong Football Club season, Season overview\nGeelong were defeated in the 2008 AFL Grand Final by Hawthorn in front of an attendance of 100,012 people. Despite having numerous chances in the first half of the game, and dominating through the midfield, the Cats failed to convert and were defeated by the Hawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196876-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Generali Ladies Linz\nThe 2008 Generali Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, from October 20 through October 26, 2008. Ana Ivanovic won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196876-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Generali Ladies Linz, Champions, Doubles\nKatarina Srebotnik /  Ai Sugiyama defeated  Cara Black /  Liezel Huber 6\u20134, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196877-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Generali Ladies Linz \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama defeated them  6\u20134, 7\u20135, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196878-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Generali Ladies Linz \u2013 Singles\nDaniela Hantuchov\u00e1 was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196878-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Generali Ladies Linz \u2013 Singles\nAna Ivanovic won the title, defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196878-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Generali Ladies Linz \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196879-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gent\u2013Wevelgem\nThe 2008 Gent\u2013Wevelgem was a road cycling race that took place in Belgium on April 9, 2008. Spaniard \u00d3scar Freire won in a tightly contested bunch sprint and beat Swiss racer Aur\u00e9lien Clerc who finished a close second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196880-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgetown Hoyas football team\nThe 2008 Georgetown Hoyas football team was an American football team that represented Georgetown University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Georgetown finished last in the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196880-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgetown Hoyas football team\nIn their third year under head coach Kevin Kelly, the Hoyas compiled a 2\u20138 record. Daniel Matheny and Nicholas Umar were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196880-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgetown Hoyas football team\nThe Hoyas were outscored 280 to 96. Their winless (0\u20135) conference record was the worst in the seven-team Patriot League standings. The Hoyas played only five Patriot League games because their October 4 matchup with Colgate was canceled following a norovirus outbreak at Georgetown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196880-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgetown Hoyas football team\nGeorgetown played its home games at Multi-Sport Field on the university campus in Washington, D.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196881-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team\nThe 2008 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team represented the University of Georgia in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Foley Field. The team was coached by David Perno in his 7th season at Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196881-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team\nThe Bulldogs lost the College World Series, defeated by the Fresno State Bulldogs in the championship series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196881-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team, Bulldogs in the 2008 MLB Draft\nThe following members of the Georgia Bulldogs baseball program were drafted in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team\nThe 2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team competed in American football on behalf of the University of Georgia in 2008. The Bulldogs competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was the Georgia Bulldogs' eighth season under the guidance of head coach Mark Richt. During the pre-game ceremonies on August 30, Uga VII was introduced at Sanford Stadium, replacing Uga VI, who died in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team\nGeorgia was ranked #1 in both the preseason coaches poll and AP poll, marking the first time Georgia has ever been #1 in the preseason version of either poll. However, they finished the season ranked below the top 10 in the AP poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team\nGeorgia entered the 2008 season with the longest active winning streak among the 66 BCS conference teams having won their last 7 games of the 2007 season. Among the 120 NCAA FBS teams, only BYU had a longer active winning streak (10 games). Georgia's winning streak ended at 11 games with its loss to Alabama in the 5th game of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern\nGeorgia won its season opener over Georgia Southern, 45\u201321. Georgia led 38\u20130 in the 3rd quarter before replacing many of its starting players. Knowshon Moreno scored 3 touchdowns on eight rushing attempts. Georgia lost its #1 ranking after the game and would never regain it, losing it after this game in part to USC's 52\u20137 win over Virginia and the perception that Georgia's defense was questionable for allowing three touchdowns to a lesser opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern\nA. J. Green recorded his first career touchdown on a 3-yard pass from back-up quarterback, Joe Cox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Central Michigan\nGeorgia coasted to a second straight victory to start the season, beating Central Michigan, 56\u201317. Knowshon Moreno had 3 touchdowns and 168\u00a0yards on 18 carries. Moreno had a 52-yard touchdown run and added a highlight reel leap over Central Michigan defender Vince Agnew on a 29-yard run. Matthew Stafford added two touchdown passes, including a 54-yard bomb to Mohammed Massaquoi. Demarcus Dobbs picked off a Central Michigan pass late in the second quarter and ran 79\u00a0yards for a defensive touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nGeorgia beat the South Carolina Gamecocks in a low-scoring game that was closer than many expected, finally prevailing 14\u20137. The young offensive line struggled with the South Carolina defense. Matthew Stafford completed 15 of 25 passes for 146\u00a0yards, but his biggest play came on a 30-yard 3rd quarter run to the South Carolina 4, setting up a Knowshon Moreno touchdown run on the next play. Moreno had 79\u00a0yards on 20 carries. A. J. Green led the Georgia receivers with 3 catches for 61\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nGeorgia scored three 2nd-quarter touchdowns to take a 21\u20133 lead at halftime against Arizona State. The 2nd half was rather uneventful, and Georgia rolled to an easy 27\u201310 win. Stafford had the most passing yards of his career (285), and A. J. Green had a breakout game with 159\u00a0yards on 8 catches. Moreno also added 2 touchdowns and 149\u00a0yards rushing on 23 carries. A. J. Green was named SEC Freshman of the Week for his performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nESPN's College Gameday broadcast their show live from Athens before the Alabama game. The visit was the show's first broadcast from Athens since the Tennessee game in 1998. A. J. Green led all Georgia receivers with 6 catches for 88\u00a0yards and a touchdown. This game was notable in that it was only the third ever \"blackout\" game where the team donned black jerseys and the majority of the fans wore black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nHowever, unlike earlier two contests which were both big Georgia wins, the Crimson Tide dominated early in the game and built an insurmountable 31-0 halftime lead from which Georgia was unable to recover. After the disappointment of this game, the bulldogs would never have another blackout game until 2016 where they faced against Louisiana-Lafayette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nGeorgia ended a 2-game losing streak to Tennessee with a 26\u201314 win in Athens. Stafford had 310\u00a0yards passing in his first career 300-yard passing game. A 28-yard field goal by Blair Walsh capped off a 17 play, fourth quarter drive that ran 10\u00a0minutes and 55\u00a0seconds off the clock. The drive was the longest by an SEC team since LSU had an 11-minute, 2\u00a0second drive against Arizona State in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nGeorgia beat the #23-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores, 24-14, on homecoming weekend. Knowshon Moreno had a season high 172\u00a0yards and 1 touchdown on 23 carries, and A. J. Green had 7 catches for 132\u00a0yards and 1 touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, LSU\nGeorgia beat the #11-ranked LSU Tigers, 52\u201338, in Tiger Stadium. Stafford was 17 of 26 passing for 249\u00a0yards and 2 touchdowns. He also added 1 rushing touchdown. Knowshon Moreno rushed 21 times for 163\u00a0yards and 1 touchdown on a 68-yard 3rd quarter run. Linebacker Darryl Gamble, starting at middle linebacker position for the injured Dannell Ellerbe, twice intercepted LSU quarterback, Jarrett Lee, for touchdown returns of 40 and 53\u00a0yards. A. J. Green had 3 receptions for 89\u00a0yards, including a 49-yard 3rd-quarter touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Florida\nFlorida routed Georgia, 49\u201310, in one of the most heavily hyped Florida\u2013Georgia football rivalry games ever. Stafford struggled, going 18 of 33 for 265\u00a0yards passing with 0 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. The loss was the largest margin of defeat in Mark Richt's 8-year head coaching career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nGeorgia beat Kentucky, 42-38, after Matthew Stafford threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to A. J. Green with 1:54 left in the 4th quarter. Demarcus Dobbs then intercepted a last minute pass from Kentucky quarterback Randall Cobb to preserve the win for Georgia. Stafford had a career-high 376\u00a0yards passing and 3 touchdowns. Mohammed Massaquoi also had a career-high 191 receiving yards with 8 receptions and 1 touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nMatthew Stafford threw a 17-yard, 4th-quarter touchdown pass to A. J. Green, and the Bulldogs stopped a late Auburn drive to win 17\u201313. The win marked Georgia's 3rd straight win against Auburn for the first time since winning 3 straight against Auburn from 1980 to 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nA disappointing regular season for Georgia ended with an upset loss to bitter rival Georgia Tech, snapping Georgia's 7-game winning streak in the series. Georgia had a 28\u201312 halftime lead but Georgia Tech outscored Georgia 23\u20130 in the third quarter. Matthew Stafford led the Dawgs with a career-high of 407\u00a0yds passing and 5 tds. 3 of those went to Mohamed Massaquoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Capital One Bowl\nThe final game of the season would prove to be the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida against Michigan State. It would be Matthew Stafford's and Knowshon Moreno's last game at UGA. Stafford threw three touchdown passes in the 2nd half of game. The final touchdown of the game was caught by Knowshon Moreno cementing the win for Georgia in this bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196882-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Players\nHead Coach Mark Richt dismissed two players on October 8, 2008. Donavan Baldwin, a safety, and Walter Hill, a wide receiver were removed from the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196883-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Georgia Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 87 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Georgia's 13 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 57. Another 30 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 87 delegates represented Georgia at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Sixteen other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196883-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nGeorgia, with its heavily African American population, gave Barack Obama one of his largest victories in a primary during the course of the Democratic Presidential Primary as he solidly defeated Hillary Clinton by more than a two-to-one margin of victory. According to exit polls, 51 percent of voters in the Georgia Democratic Primary were African Americans and they opted for Obama by a margin of 88-11 compared to the 43 percent of Caucasian voters who backed Clinton by a margin of 53-43.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196883-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgia Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama won all age groups, educational attainment levels and socioeconomic classes in Georgia except senior citizens aged 65 and over who backed Clinton by a margin of 55-45. Obama won all ideological groups and self-identified Democrats by a margin of 67-32 and Independents by a similar 63-33 percent margin of victory. Obama also swept every major religious denomination \u2013 Protestants went for Obama 52-46; Roman Catholics 56-44; other Christians 77-22; other religions 71-24; and atheists/agnostics 69-30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196883-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama performed extremely well throughout the state of Georgia and won over three-quarters of its counties. He performed best in Atlanta where he won 76 percent of the vote as well as its suburbs which backed him 66-32. Central Georgia also strongly favored Obama by a margin of 69-31. Obama did best in the state\u2019s major urban areas like Atlanta, Savannah, Columbus, and Athens as well as a majority of the rural counties that were predominantly African American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196883-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgia Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nClinton performed extremely well in North Georgia, mostly in the more rural, white and conservative parts of the state which are considered to be an extreme part of Appalachia, a region where she consistently did well during the course of the primaries; she defeated Obama by a margin of 48-45 percent in North Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196883-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama received a major endorsement from U.S. Representative John Lewis of Atlanta, a former civil rights activist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196884-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Force season\nThe 2008 Georgia Force season was the seventh season for the franchise. Starting the season 3\u20135, the Force finished the regular season with 7 wins in their last 8 games, ending with a 10\u20136 record, and winning their second consecutive Southern Division title, allowing them to enter the playoffs as the 2nd seed in the National Conference. They were eliminated from the playoffs in their first playoff game of the season by the Cleveland Gladiators, by a score of 73\u201370.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196885-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Georgia Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday), with 72 national delegates at stake. Mike Huckabee was the winner of the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196885-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196886-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Southern Eagles football team\nThe 2008 Georgia Southern Eagles team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Eagles were led by second year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Paulson Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 6\u20135, 4\u20134 in Southern Conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team\nThe 2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's coach is former Navy Midshipmen and Georgia Southern Eagles coach Paul Johnson. Georgia Tech plays their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Previous seasons\nGeorgia Tech continued its 11-year bowl streak under the coaching of Chan Gailey in 2007. Despite this accomplishment, Georgia Tech terminated Gailey the Monday following his sixth loss to archrival University of Georgia. No coach in Georgia Tech history had ever lost six straight to the Bulldogs before Gailey. Gailey failed to finish the season in the Top 25 all six of his head coaching seasons and posted a 12\u201312 record in November. Gailey's career ended at Georgia Tech with an overall record of 44\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Pre-season\nPaul Johnson is the new head coach of the Yellow Jackets after posting a 45\u201329 record at the United States Naval Academy since 2002. Johnson also recorded a 7\u20131 record in the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy against the Air Force and Army.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Pre-season\nJohnson will be installing his option offense at Georgia Tech. In response, 2007 starting QB Taylor Bennett transferred to Louisiana Tech, opening up the 2008 QB job for sophomore Josh Nesbitt and freshman Jaybo Shaw. The Georgia Tech offense returns two of its top four receivers in Greg Smith and Demaryius Thomas, and the Tech defense returns defensive end Michael Johnson and primary interior linemen Darryl Richard and Vance Walker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Pre-season\nIn June 2008, former University of Louisville RB Anthony Allen announced he will be transferring to Georgia Tech. Due to NCAA transfer rules, he will be required to sit out the 2008 football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Jacksonville State\nGeorgia Tech ran for 349\u00a0yards in the season opener against Jacksonville State. The team was led by Jon Dwyer's 113\u00a0yards rushing and pair of touchdown runs. Josh Nesbitt scored two additional rushing touchdowns in the rout. The game featured former Louisiana State University quarterback Ryan Perrilloux who transferred to Jacksonville State after the 2007 football season. Perrilloux led the Gamecocks on their two second-half touchdown drives, but was intercepted twice by Tech safety Morgan Burnett. The Tech defense also added four sacks in the effort. Tech has not lost to an I-AA opponent since its September 17, 1983, game against the Furman Paladins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Boston College\nGeorgia Tech overcame a fourth quarter deficit and three lost fumbles to defeat the Boston College Eagles 19\u201316. The Jackets were led by the running of sophomores Jon Dwyer and Josh Nesbitt. The two combined for all but 8\u00a0yards of Georgia Tech's 235\u00a0yards of offense. Dwyer added 93\u00a0yards of kick returns to his 109\u00a0yards rushing. Dwyer scored the go ahead touchdown on a 43-yard run with less than 9\u00a0minutes remaining in the game. Georgia Tech's defense sacked first year starter Chris Crane three times in the game and forced three turnovers. Tech remained undefeated all time in Chestnut Hill with the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nThe Hokies needed a penalty-aided, fourth quarter drive to put away the Jackets in 20\u201317 loss for Georgia Tech, the first loss of the season for GT. On Virginia Tech's second to last possession, the Hokies only managed 38\u00a0yards of offense but with key defensive penalties moved the ball 76\u00a0yards to the Georgia Tech 4\u00a0yard line and kicked the go ahead field goal with 4:37 remaining on the game clock. Georgia Tech rushed for 278\u00a0yards in the game, led by quarterback Josh Nesbitt's 151\u00a0yards and slotback Lucas Cox's 63\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nNesbitt also added 109\u00a0yards passing with a 41-yard touchdown strike to slotback Roddy Jones followed by a two-point conversion. The Tech defense held VT to only 48\u00a0yards passing but gave up 200\u00a0yards on the ground. Safety Morgan Burnett added 13 tackles to his total for the season increasing his average to 9 tackles per game for the season. Michael Johnson and Derrick Morgan combined for Tech's lone sack on Virginia Tech QB Tyrod Taylor. ABC took a 6-day option on the time of the Mississippi State gametime and with the loss relegated Tech's home game to a 12:00\u00a0pm EST time slot the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nGeorgia Tech scored 38 straight points against the Mississippi State Bulldogs to cruise to a 38\u20137 victory at home. The offense was led by the rushing effort of Jon Dwyer who accumulated 141\u00a0yards, a rushing touchdown, and a school record 88\u00a0yard touchdown run in the third quarter. True freshman Jaybo Shaw substituted for injured quarterback Josh Nesbitt in the first quarter and would finish the game with 106 total yards, a passing touchdown, and a rushing touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nThe Georgia Tech defense bent but did not break allowing 407\u00a0yards of offense but giving up only 7 points, the lowest point allowance of the season. The defense picked off two Mississippi State passes, recovered two fumbles, and accumulated three quarterback sacks. Michael Johnson along with his sack blocked an 18-yard field goal attempt in the first quarter. With the win, Georgia Tech has gone 6\u20138 against the Southeastern Conference since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Duke\nGeorgia Tech started true freshman Jaybo Shaw at quarterback for ailing Josh Nesbitt and rolled over Duke 27\u20130. Shaw passed for 230\u00a0yards and a touchdown all to one receiver sophomore Demaryius Thomas. Thomas caught one pass for a career long 88\u00a0yards. Jon Dwyer and Roddy Jones added balance to the Georgia Tech offense accumulating 203\u00a0yards on 33 carries. Jones scored Tech's lone rushing touchdown. Georgia Tech's defense held Duke's offense to 0 points and 132\u00a0yards after Duke averaged 31 points and 373\u00a0yards per game coming into the contest. Tech defenders racked up two sacks and an interception. This was the twenty-sixth shutdown since 1961 for Georgia Tech. The last shutout for a Georgia Tech defense was the 2006 North Carolina game in which Tech won 7\u20130 and clinched the Coastal Division seat in the ACC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 906]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Gardner-Webb\nGardner-Webb's attempt at the upset fell short when the game-tying field goal with 9\u00a0seconds remaining was partially blocked by sophomore defensive end Derrick Morgan. Third string redshirt senior Calvin Booker received the starting nod from Paul Johnson before the game to rest ailing quarterbacks Josh Nesbitt and Jaybo Shaw. Tech's worst offensive showing of the season saw Tech only accumulate 79\u00a0yards on the ground and give away three turnovers. The lone offensive highlight being a 79-yard touchdown reception by Jon Dwyer in the second quarter. Tech's defense held the Runnin' Bulldogs until 8:25 in the third quarter, in which the Bulldogs marched 69\u00a0yards down the field for their lone score. The Tech defense racked up 6 sacks and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 835]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Clemson\nOn October 13, Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden was fired and was replaced by receivers coach Dabo Swinney. Tech's defense controlled the ebb and flow of the game forcing six turnovers, which included four interceptions and two fumble recoveries. Safety Dominique Reese returned an intercepted pass from wide receiver Tyler Grisham for Tech's first touchdown. Morgan Burnett added two additional interceptions, the final in the last second of the game. Offensively, Tech continued to produce with its ground game against the Tigers racking up 207\u00a0yards rushing. Josh Nesbitt ran untouched for 5\u00a0yards for Tech's second score and passed 24\u00a0yards to Demaryius Thomas for Tech's go ahead and eventual game winning score. Tech is 6\u20131 for the first time since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 831]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nGeorgia Tech dropped its first homecoming decision in thirteen years ending a twelve-game win streak that dates back to 1995. The Cavaliers were aided by three Georgia Tech turnovers. The Georgia Tech defense struggled to contain the Cavaliers giving up almost 400\u00a0yards of offense and the most points allowed all season. Tech highlights, however, included two interceptions by the defense and a recovered fumble. Slotback Roddy Jones had a career day with 169 all purpose yards including 75\u00a0yards rushing on 11 carries. Tech heads into the Florida State game a half game behind Virginia and a half game ahead of Virginia Tech, Miami, and UNC in the ACC Coastal Division race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 72], "content_span": [73, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nGeorgia Tech had not defeated Florida State since 1975. The twelve-game losing streak that dated back to 1992 that included three head coaching tenures ended with a 31\u201328 victory for Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech appeared to have the game clearly in hand until Josh Nesbitt injured his foot with 7:42 remaining in the 3rd quarter. Backup Jaybo Shaw assumed control of the offense and the offense only managed 8\u00a0yards of offense in the remaining one and a half quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nFlorida State closed the score differential to 31\u201328 and drove all the way to the Georgia Tech 3\u00a0yard line with 1:20 remaining in the game. On second down, the FSU running back lost control of the football after Safety Cooper Taylor hit the ball with his helmet. Tech's Rashaad Reid recovered the football in the end zone and with two proceeding quarterback kneels ended the dramatic victory. Jon Dwyer added 145\u00a0yards rushing and two touchdowns, Roddy Jones added 118 all purpose yards, and starter Josh Nesbitt added 116 additional all purpose yards to the offensive effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThe Tech defense sacked FSU quarterbacks 5 times and forced 3 turnovers. Tech took a half-game lead in the division race with the win. Some refer to the game as the \"Miracle on North Avenue,\" as it ended Georgia Tech's 12 meeting losing run to the Seminoles, and the first time the Yellow Jackets had ever beaten legendary Coach Bobby Bowden since he came to FSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, North Carolina\nIn Georgia Tech's worst offensive showing of the season Tech gave up 3 turnovers and lost 28\u20137 in Chapel Hill. The defense held UNC's offense in check until the fourth quarter in which a muffed punt, a fumble, and an interception led to three consecutive Tarheel touchdowns. Tech's lone offensive highlight was an 85-yard touchdown run by Jon Dwyer, which was the longest touchdown run recorded against an UNC defense ever. Dwyer's effort for the day put him over 1,000\u00a0yards for the season. Tech's defense was led by Michael Johnson who accumulated 6 tackles and sack in the losing effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Miami\nGeorgia Tech has defeated Miami four consecutive years joining Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Kentucky, Notre Dame, and Virginia Tech as the only schools to defeat Miami in four consecutive years. Georgia Tech led by as much as 24 and never relented the lead over the Canes as the Tech offense racked up 472\u00a0yards rushing. The defense picked off two Miami passes including one by defensive end Michael Johnson, which was returned for the first touchdown of the game. Tech's victory put them in first place in the Coastal Division. Georgia Tech needs Virginia, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina to lose at least one more game to end all tie breaking scenarios. Also of note, the game was dubbed a \"White Out\" by the Georgia Tech Athletic Association and fans were encouraged to wear white to the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 872]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nOn the strength of a third quarter offensive explosion, Georgia Tech bested Georgia in Athens 45\u201342. Tech was led by the rushing efforts of Roddy Jones and Jon Dwyer who were major contributors to Tech's 410 total rushing yards. Jones alone contributed 299 all-purpose yards in the effort. The win ended a seven-year losing streak to the Bulldogs and preserved Tech coach Bobby Dodd's series record eight-game winning streak that ran from 1949\u20131956.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196887-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Chick-fil-A Bowl\nA 28-point 2nd quarter by LSU was too much for the Jackets to overcome in the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl rout. Tech gave up three turnovers and did not force any. Tech passed 24 times in the game and accumulated 150\u00a0yards of passing offense alongside 164\u00a0yards of rushing offense. Tech's offense was led by Jon Dwyer's 123 all purpose yards. Tech's defense was led by Morgan Burnett. Burnett had 14 total tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. Senior Michael Johnson added two sacks to Tech's effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections\nGeorgia's state elections were held on November 4, 2008. The primary elections were held on February 5, also known as Super Tuesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, Federal elections, United States Presidential election, Presidential General election\nIn the General election, Republican nominee John McCain prevailed over Democratic nominee Barack Obama in Georgia by 52.23% to 47.02%. McCain's five point margin of victory was significantly down from George W. Bush's seventeen point margin of victory over John Kerry in 2004. Though Obama benefited from high turnout by black and young voters as well as strong performance in Georgia's Urban areas, McCain's comparatively stronger performance in the rural northern and southeastern parts of the state as well as winning seventy-seven percent of white voters. gave him the overall victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 115], "content_span": [116, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, Federal elections, United States Presidential election, Presidential General election\nThe 2008 Presidential election was particularly interesting in the state of Georgia considering that of the several independent and third party candidates who ran for president that year, two of them were from Georgia (those being former Republican Representative Bob Barr (L) (who placed third overall in the popular vote in Georgia) and former Democratic Representative Cynthia McKinney (G)).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 115], "content_span": [116, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, Federal elections, United States Congressional elections\nDuring the 2008 Congressional elections, Georgia's Class II Senate seat and all thirteen House seats were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, Federal elections, United States Congressional elections, United States Senate election\nIn 2008, incumbent Senator Saxby Chambliss (R) ran for re-election for a second term. His opponents were former Commissioner of Human Resources Jim Martin (D) and Attorney and CPA Allen Buckley (L).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 117], "content_span": [118, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, Federal elections, United States Congressional elections, United States Senate election\nDespite holding a substantial lead over Martin for most of the year, however, the race tightened following the September 2008 market collapse and Chambliss's vote for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, otherwise commonly known as the bailout package. Martin criticized his opponent for voting for the bailout and also, as earlier, repeatedly claimed he supported a supposed twenty-three percent increase in taxes (referring to the FairTax) during his career in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 117], "content_span": [118, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, Federal elections, United States Congressional elections, United States Senate election\nChambliss accused his opponent, who cast himself as a fiscal conservative, of acting hypocritically for increasing and padlocking his own salary as Commissioner of Human Resources from 2002\u20132003 while the state of Georgia was experiencing a budget crisis. Libertarian nominee Allen Buckley, who on occasion joined Martin in his disapproval of Chambliss's vote for the controversial bailout, campaigned positioning himself as an alternative to both of the major party candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 117], "content_span": [118, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, Federal elections, United States Congressional elections, United States Senate election\nOn election day, Chambliss was kept below the minimum of fifty percent plus one vote to win outright, winning 49% to Martin's 46%, and was thus forced into a runoff. Both campaigns sought the endorsement of Buckley, but he refused to endorse either candidate. Chambliss ultimately prevailed over Martin in the December runoff winning 57.4% to 42.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 117], "content_span": [118, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, Federal elections, United States Congressional elections, United States House of Representatives elections\nAll thirteen of Georgia's incumbent Representatives sought re-election in 2008. Going into the elections, Republicans held seven of Georgia's U.S. House seats and Democrats held six seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 136], "content_span": [137, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, Federal elections, United States Congressional elections, United States House of Representatives elections\nDespite significant gains by Republicans in Georgia since 2002, such as consecutive Republican victories since in Presidential elections since 1996, gaining both of Georgia's U.S. Senate seats, the election of Sonny Perdue as Georgia's first post-Reconstruction Republican governor in 2002, successful elections of Republicans to other state executive offices, and gaining control of both chambers of the Georgia General Assembly for the first time since Reconstruction, Democrats have succeeded in gaining seats of Georgia's House delegation in recent House elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 136], "content_span": [137, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, Federal elections, United States Congressional elections, United States House of Representatives elections\nDespite Republican efforts to oust Representatives Jim Marshall (GA-8) and John Barrow (GA-12), who were each re-elected in 2006 by extremely close margins despite that being a bad year for Republicans, both of them were re-elected by significant margins. None of Georgia's House seats changed hands in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 136], "content_span": [137, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, State Executive Officer elections, Georgia Public Service Commission elections\nIn 2008, two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission were up for election. Though candidates must come from the districts that they wish to represent on the commission, however, they are elected statewide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 125], "content_span": [126, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Georgia General Assembly elections, Georgia Senate elections\nIn 2008, there were no particularly competitive General election races for the Georgia State Senate. The closest state Senate election was in the Forty-sixth District in which incumbent State Senator Bill Cowsert (R-Athens) defeated Sherry L. Jackson (D) 57.8% to 42.2%. However, of the incumbents who sought re-election that year, two were defeated in their respective parties primaries, those being Gail Davenport (D-Dis. 44) and Nancy Schaefer (R-Dis. 50).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 107], "content_span": [108, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Georgia General Assembly elections, Georgia House of Representatives elections\nRep. Charles F. Jenkins (D-Blairsville) received a strong challenge from Stephen Allison (R) in 2008. Jenkins had survived a close call in the previous state House election and thus was a prime target of Peach state Republicans. Allison ultimately prevailed by a narrow margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 125], "content_span": [126, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Georgia General Assembly elections, Georgia House of Representatives elections\nRep. Katie Dempsey (R-Rome) sought re-election in Floyd County, and faced her 2006 challenger Bob Puckett (who lost by just 168 votes) again. Despite Puckett's strong and energetic campaign, Dempsey ultimately prevailed again, this time defeating Puckett by 289 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 125], "content_span": [126, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Georgia General Assembly elections, Georgia House of Representatives elections\nIncumbent Rep. Jeff Lewis (R-White) was defeated for renomination by Paul R. Battles by a margin of 51.6% to 48.4%. Battles subsequently won the general election without opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 125], "content_span": [126, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Georgia General Assembly elections, Georgia House of Representatives elections\nRep. Rick Crawford (D-Cedartown) faced a challenge from Bob Culver (R). Crawford was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives by narrow margin in 2006 and thus Georgian Republicans targeted the freshman Representative for defeat. Despite Republican efforts to oust him, Crawford won re-election, albeit by another close margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 125], "content_span": [126, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Georgia General Assembly elections, Georgia House of Representatives elections\nDemocrat George Wilson of Stone Mountain lost to incumbent Rep. Robert Mumford (R-Conyers) in 2006 by about 500 votes. Wilson is running again, but Mumford is retiring. \"Obama at the top would be a plus,\" Wilson said. \"We got so close.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 125], "content_span": [126, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Georgia General Assembly elections, Georgia House of Representatives elections\nErick Hunt would win the Republican primary without opposition but Wilson would lose the Democratic nod to Toney L. Collins who would go on to defeat Hunt 61.8% to 38.2%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 125], "content_span": [126, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Judicial elections\nIn 2008, two seats on the Supreme Court of Georgia and three on the Georgia Court of Appeals were up for election. All judicial elections in Georgia are officially non-partisan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Judicial elections, Supreme Court of Georgia elections\nIncumbent state Supreme Court Associate Justices Robert Benham and Harris Hines were re-elected without opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Judicial elections, Georgia Court of Appeals elections\nTwo judges, those being Gary Andrews and Charles B. Mikell, were re-elected without opposition and one, John H. Ruffin, Jr, retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Judicial elections, Georgia Court of Appeals elections\nFollowing Ruffin's retirement announcement, a field of candidates emerged to run for the seat. The seven candidates who would run in the election were Dekalb County prosecutor Mike Sheffield, state Senators (former and then-current respectively Perry McGuire (R) (the 2006 Republican Attorney General nominee) and Michael Meyer von Bremen (D) (who at the time was the Chairman of the Senate Special Judiciary committee), and attorneys Sara Doyle, Tamela Adkins, Christopher McFadden, and Bruce Edenfield. No candidate was able to win the race outright and so the top two vote getters, Doyle and Sheffield, would face each other in the run off. Doyle narrowly prevailed in the runoff to win election to the Court of Appeals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Initiatives and referenda\nThree proposed amendments to the Georgia State Constitution were placed on the ballot for Georgian voters to decide. The proposed amendments were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196888-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia state elections, State elections, Initiatives and referenda\nThe first two proposed amendments were passed while the third was rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion\nThe 2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion was an industrial disaster that occurred on February 7, 2008, in Port Wentworth, Georgia, United States. Fourteen people were killed and forty injured when a dust explosion occurred at a sugar refinery owned by Imperial Sugar. Dust explosions had been an issue of concern among United States authorities since three fatal accidents in 2003, with efforts made to improve safety and reduce the risk of recurrence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion\nThe refinery was large and old, featuring outdated construction methods, and these factors are believed to have contributed to the fire's severity. The origin of the explosion has been narrowed down to the center of the factory. It was believed to have occurred in a basement beneath storage silos. Investigations conducted by the Department of Justice ruled out deliberate criminal activity in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion\nAs a result of the disaster, new safety legislation was proposed. The local economy declined because the factory was closed down. Imperial intended to rebuild it and return to production by the end of 2008, with replacement buildings to be completed by summer the following year. Some victims filed legal suits for damages against the owner and the company hired to clean up the refinery. Imperial said that the explosion was the main reason for a major loss in the first quarter of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion\nThe U.S. Chemical Safety Board released its report on the incident in September 2009, saying that the explosion had been \"entirely preventable\". Investigations by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also concluded that sugar dust was the fuel for an explosion that could have been prevented. By September 2010, 44 suits had been filed in Chatham County Court against Imperial Sugar and/or its cleaning contractor. Eighteen have been settled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Background\nThe sugar refinery was a four-story structure on the bank of the Savannah River. Imperial Sugar, based in Sugar Land, Texas, had bought the refinery and its brand name in 1997 from a previous local owner. Known since construction as the Dixie Crystal refinery, it was the main employer in the town of 3,500 prior to the disaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Background\nThe refinery was constructed in 1916 by 400 people who were moved from Louisiana specifically for the purpose, and opened the following year. Imperial bought the refinery together with Savannah Foods to form part of a national supply and distribution network to meet demand from businesses such as Piggly Wiggly, General Mills and Wal-Mart. The refinery sat on a 160 acres (0.65\u00a0km2; 0.25\u00a0sq\u00a0mi) site and was spread across 872,000 square feet (81,000\u00a0m2) of it. This network was the second largest in the US. Workers described the factory as antiquated, with much of the machinery dating back more than 28 years. They said the site had continued operating because it had good access to rail and shipping links for transport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Background\nIn the last full fiscal year before the disaster, which ended on September 30, 2007, the facility refined 14.51 million hundredweight of sugar, 9% of the nation's requirements, compared to Imperial's Gramercy, Louisiana, refinery, which refined 11.08 million hundredweight of sugar in the same time period. 90% of the raw sugar supplied to the facility came from overseas in that year, and the company expected the \"vast majority\" to come in from abroad in the year of the explosion as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Background\nIn the time leading up to the explosion, Imperial Sugar had run into financial difficulties. In the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, sales fell 8%, while profits were down 50% from that year's fourth quarter, and stock also down by half since April 2007. The last two annual reports by Imperial before the explosion said that any damage to the facility at Port Wentworth would \"have a material effect on the company's business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Background\nMeanwhile, in 2004 the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board conducted a study into the risks presented by dust explosions after three fatal accidents in the year before. The West Pharmaceutical Services explosion killed six persons, the CTA Acoustics fiberglass insulation manufacturing plant explosion killed seven, and the Hayes Lemmerz automotive parts plant explosion killed one, prompting the report. Their report showed that between 1980 and 2005, there had been 281 explosions involving combustible dust, resulting in 119 deaths and 718 injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Background\nThe Board found that dust explosions posed a severe risk and made a number of recommendations to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. These had been partly implemented by 2008. The Board continued to be concerned about the potential for further fatal accidents up until Imperial's refinery was the scene of an explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Explosion and emergency response\nThe explosion occurred at 7:00\u00a0p.m. local time in what was initially believed to be a room where sugar was bagged by workers. Witnesses from across the Savannah River in South Carolina reported seeing flames shoot up several stories high. There were 112 employees on-site at the time. The explosion occurred in the center of the refinery, where bagging and storage facilities were fed completed product by a network of elevators and conveyor belts. Many of the buildings there were six to eight stories high with narrow gaps in between.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Explosion and emergency response\nAmbulances responded to the scene from across twelve counties, and firefighters from three. The United States Coast Guard closed off the river in the area, and a firefighting tug boat was used to douse the resulting fire from the river. A helicopter was used to search the river for anyone who may have been thrown into it by the blast. Refinery workers were brought in to assist with search and rescue operations, as emergency services personnel were unfamiliar with the plant's layout. Red Cross worker Joyce Baker was among the first to arrive at the scene. She reported that it was like \"walking into hell\", with some of the men she treated having \"no skin at all\", while others had skin \"just dripping off them\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Explosion and emergency response\nThe Georgia Emergency Management Agency alerted local hospitals to prepare for up to 100 casualties. A doctor at nearby Memorial Health hospital described patients arriving at an emergency triage as varying in condition from suffering minor burns to their hands to having received 80-90% burns, with many in critical condition, and one with 95% burns. The victims' ages ranged from 18 to 50. Many victims were placed in artificial comas because they were on life support systems. Eight were transported by helicopter to the specialized Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, about an hour away. Five of those injured later died there while receiving treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Explosion and emergency response\nA church close to the refinery was used as a point for families seeking information on relatives employed at the facility. So many people turned up that police requested that each family send only one representative. At the close of the day of the explosion, six people were missing, with no confirmed deaths. Overnight, several deep-seated fires were uncovered and firefighting continued the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Explosion and emergency response\nMost of the three-mile (5\u00a0km) stretch of river that had previously been closed was reopened without restriction, although a patrol remained in place to enforce a safety zone. The river restrictions delayed one outgoing vessel and two incoming ones. There was also a minor oil spill originating from equipment at the refinery's unoccupied and rarely used dock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Explosion and emergency response\nThe explosion seriously weakened the structure of the facility, leaving it highly unstable, and there was extensive smoke damage. The packaging area was totally destroyed and in all, 12% of the refinery was demolished by the explosion. Removal of debris began the day after the accident, with assistance from structural engineers. The six missing persons were all found dead that day, three of them in tunnels running beneath the factory. The final death toll was thirteen. It was the first major shutdown of a US sugar refinery since American Sugar Refining Inc.'s Domino Sugar shut down its plant in Chalmette, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Explosion and emergency response\nBy February 14, 2008, the worst of the fire had been extinguished. The 100 foot (30\u00a0m) sugar storage silos remained alight despite attempts to put the fire out by dousing them with thousands of gallons of water from a helicopter. Specialist crews and equipment were called in to complete work tackling the smoldering, molten sugar in the silos. At this time, seven bodies had been recovered, and an eighth person had died in the hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Investigation\nThe location of the explosion was quickly established as a building used to store refined sugar prior to packaging it and two of three 100 foot (30\u00a0m) tall, 18 inches (46\u00a0cm) thick reinforced concrete storage silos adjacent to it, as pictured. According to Imperial Sugar CEO John Sheptor, the accumulated sugar dust likely acted like gunpowder. Sheptor, who was in the plant at the time of the explosion, survived only because he was protected by a firewall. Heavy equipment had to be used to shore up the partially collapsed structure before firefighters could enter it to search for victims. Within 24 hours, the explosive substance was identified as sugar dust.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Investigation\nFederal investigations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) were launched, and they interviewed witnesses, checked documentation, and conducted on-scene examination of the plant. OSHA arrived within two hours and the CSB within 48 hours. Other brief investigations were conducted by state firefighters and police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, but these were ended quickly after confirming there was no evidence of the explosion and fire having been deliberately started. In a press conference held on February 17, 2008, one of the six members of the CSB team said that the explosion showed the ongoing risk from dust explosions despite their report highlighting the matter in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Investigation\nInvestigators were unable to enter the silos as OSHA ruled them to be too hazardous after the explosion. They were only able to access the area after the silos were demolished. By the time this took place, four months after the disaster, investigators believed that the explosion started in a basement area beneath the silos, from which sugar was fed up to the packaging building on conveyor belts. The factory's outdated construction materials and methods are believed to have contributed to the severity of the blaze. The ceiling was of wooden tongue and groove design.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Investigation\nThe creosote used throughout was known as \u201cfat lighter,\u201d because of the fire risk it posed. Interviews of Imperial Sugar employees conducted by OSHA uncovered a lack of training, as 40 of the workers reported never receiving training on how to exit the building in an emergency. Only five employees recalled having a fire drill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Aftermath, Initial response\nImperial's refinery in Louisiana was shut down by the company six weeks after the Port Wentworth disaster, over fears a similar explosion would occur there. It was kept from operating for more than a week. OSHA fined Imperial $36,000 over safety legislation violations at that plant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Aftermath, Initial response\nThe Georgia plant's 371 workers continued to receive payment from Imperial, and 275 were rehired to assist with cleanup and demolition of parts of the refinery that could not be salvaged. Work began on April 18, 2008, after Imperial's board confirmed their intention to rebuild. The plan was for the plant to return to sugar refining by the end of 2008. Demolition of the sugar silos was conducted on June 24, 2008 with a wrecking ball. A replacement packaging building and new sugar silos were intended to be completed by summer 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Aftermath, Initial response\nDuring demolition, 2,800,000 pounds (1,300,000\u00a0kg) of fire-hardened sugar were recovered from one silo, and another 500,000 pounds (230,000\u00a0kg) from the second. The company hoped to recycle the product for ethanol production. In the first quarter of 2008, Imperial posted a $15.5 million loss, which they said was primarily due to the explosion. Port Wentworth suffered an economic depression after the accident, with local businesses losing many customers. Imperial Sugar was purchased in 2012 by the Louis Dreyfus Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Aftermath, Reports from OSHA and CSB\nWithin a month of the accident, OSHA, fearing that relevant employers may be unaware their facilities presented a risk of dust explosions, sent a letter to 30,000 employees to alert them to the danger of a similar explosion occurring. OSHA also proposed the Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008, a new bill aimed at introducing regulations to reduce the risk of dust explosions. The bill passed the United States House of Representatives but never passed the United States Senate. In 2009 OSHA began developing a federal standard for combustible dust. Congress introduced a bill in 2013 to require OSHA to issue an interim standard based on the voluntary combustible standard set by National Fire Protection Association", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Aftermath, Reports from OSHA and CSB\nThe Chemical Safety Board released its report in September 2009, saying the explosion had been \"entirely preventable\". It noted that the sugar industry had been aware of the risk of dust explosions since 1926. Specifically, internal company memorandums by managers in 1967 expressed their concern about the potential of explosions from sugar dust. Imperial Sugar had recently made construction changes that enabled the accumulation of sugar dust. It had never practiced evacuation procedures, and the lack of emergency lighting meant that people were confined to dark hallways and tunnels at the time of the explosions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Aftermath, Legal issues\nVictims of the disaster continued to file claims against Imperial Sugar and its construction contractor. By September 2010, 44 civil suits had been filed in Chatham County Court in relation to the explosion, and eighteen had been settled. The state appeals court rejected an effort by defendants' attorneys for a pre-trial appeal in two related cases in an effort to limit damages. In 2011 Lawrence Manker, Jr., an Imperial Sugar worker who underwent 70 surgeries for burns covering 85% of his body after the plant explosion, settled his lawsuit with the company for an undisclosed amount. He was the last victim to leave a hospital burn unit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Aftermath, Legal issues\nIn March 2008 Raquel Islas, a female worker whose arms were burnt, sued Savannah company Stokes Contracting, who was a contracted construction company. In April 2008 the widow of Shelathia Harvey also sued Stokes, as well as Savannah Foods. It was a wholly owned subsidiary after Imperial bought them out and the factory was still owned in its name. In August, 2008 Malcolm Frazier succumbed to his injuries, bringing the total number of deaths to fourteen. Frazier, who suffered burns over 85% percent of his body, died at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center, where he had remained since the explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Aftermath, Legal issues\nThe Department of Labor requested that Ed Tarver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, pursue criminal prosecution against Imperial Sugar and its executives. OSHA cited Imperial with 124 safety violations, finding that the company acted with \"plain indifference to, or intentional disregard for, employee safety and health\". Tarver said there was not enough evidence of intentional disregard or plain indifference to bring criminal charges against Imperial. He also cited a lack of federal criminal laws specifically related to safety in the sugar industry as a reason for his decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196889-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion, Monument\nOn February 7, 2009, a monument honoring the people lost in the explosion was dedicated at Legacy Park, on the grounds of the Port Wentworth plant. OSHA fined Imperial $8.8 million in May 2010 after citing the company for 211 violations at the Port Wentworth plant and a plant in Gramercy, Louisiana. After settlement negotiations the company agreed to pay $6 million, while admitting no fault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Georgia on May 21, 2008. President Mikheil Saakashvili proposed a referendum on bringing them forward from October to April after the 2007 Georgian demonstrations. The referendum was held at the same time as the early presidential election on 5 January 2008; according to exit polls, voters were largely in favour of having the elections in spring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election\nThe Central Election Commission has registered 3,458,020 voters. The election was observed by 14 international and 31 local organizations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election, Pre-election process\nThe pre-election process has principally been monitored by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) as well as several local watchdogs. The PACE observers have reported \u201clittle or no improvement\u201d in the political climate since the January 5 presidential election which was held in the tense aftermath of the November 2007 political crisis and resulted in the reelection of Mikheil Saakashvili to his second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election, Pre-election process\nThe monitoring mission has noted that \u201cthe political climate is still dominated by a lack of trust and absence of constructive dialogue between the authorities and the opposition\u201d, one result of this being \u201cthe failure of the electoral reform that the authorities and the opposition agreed upon in the aftermath of the November 2007 events.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election, Pre-election process\nThe amendments to the election code passed by the Parliament in March 2008 took into account recommendations made by the PACE, such as abolition of the additional voters\u2019 lists and voter registration on polling day; lowering of the election threshold from 7% to 5%; the simplification and clarification of election related complaints and appeals procedures; the introduction of party representation in the District Election Commissions. However, the PACE noted that a number of its other recommendations remained unaddressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election, Pre-election process\nThis period has also witnessed significant reshuffle within the major political players. On February 29, 2008, the moderate Republican Party of Georgia left the nine-party opposition coalition, which spearheaded anti-government protests in November 2007, announcing that they would run independently for the parliamentary election, targeting mainly moderate and undecided voters. On the other hand, the opposition New Rights party, which had distanced themselves from the 2007 demonstrations, now joined the nine-party coalition under an election bloc named United Opposition\u2013New Rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election, Pre-election process\nAnother key event, which sent shockwaves across Georgia's political scene on April 21, 2008, was the refusal by Nino Burjanadze, the outgoing parliamentary chairwoman and Saakashvili's ally, to run on the president-led United National Movement (UNM) ticket, citing an absence of consensus within the UNM leadership regarding the party list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election, Contending parties\nThree election blocs and nine parties are contesting this election. These are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election, Contending parties\nThe Central Election Commission refused 37 political parties to register for the election for various irregularities in their submissions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election, Opinion polls\nOn May 5, 2008, the United States-based company Greenberg Quinlan Rosner published results of the United National Movement-commissioned survey according to which the UNM had the support of 44 percent, compared to 12 percent for the United Opposition Council, 11 percent for the Christian Democratic Movement, 7 percent for the Labour Party of Georgia, and 4 percent for the Republican Party; 16 percent were undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election, Conduct\nOn election day 21 May, there was a shooting incident in the village Khurcha near Zugdidi in the west of the country. Three people were taken to hospital. Close-up footage of the shooting was captured by a TV crew from Rustavi 2. President Saakashvili claimed that the shooting had been an attempt to disrupt the election. An investigation was carried out by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee within hours, and concluded that the shooting had most likely been carried out by Georgian forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election, Conduct\nOn 22 May 2008, OSCE observers stated that the poll was an improvement from the presidential election held earlier that year, but that it was stilled marred by a number of imperfections. Early results indicated that UNM had 63% and the United Opposition Council 13%, but the opposition's partial results from Tbilisi gave the UOC 40% and UNM 32%. The first results indicate that the Christian Democrats and the Labour Party also cleared the threshold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196890-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe Joint Opposition and the Labour Party announced they would boycott parliament, which held its inaugural session on June 7, 2008, while the CDM refused to join them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Georgia on 5 January 2008, moved forward from autumn 2008 by President Mikheil Saakashvili after the 2007 demonstrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election\nA referendum on when to hold the legislative elections was held at the same date. On 26 November 2007 the President's office announced that Georgia would hold another simultaneous referendum on NATO membership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election\nSaakashvili was declared a winner with 53.7% of the votes despite the accusation of electoral fraud by the Georgian opposition. International observers welcomed the elections as \"the first genuinely competitive presidential election\" in the history of Georgia, and said, despite observed irregularities, the elections generally met the democratic standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nIn a November 2007 pre-election poll held by the weekly Mteli Kvira, the opposition candidate Gachechiladze defeated Saakashvili by 2% (18% to 16%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nIn a December 2007 poll commissioned by Saakashvili's party, the BCG company surveyed of 13,000 respondents throughout Georgia showed that 29.5% of voters were still undecided. 36.7% said they would vote for Saakashvili, followed by Gachechiladze with 9.7%; Patarkatsishvili \u2013 4.7%; Gamkrelidze \u2013 3%; Natelashvili \u2013 2.5%; Maisashvili and Sarishvili had less than 1% each. One percent said they would vote for none of the candidates. The survey showed that 63.5% of those who had decided to vote for one of the candidates would vote for Saakashvili, followed by Gachechiladze and Patarkatsishvili with 16.7% and 8.1%, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nAnother survey, also commissioned by Saakashvili's party, was overseen by the U.S. based Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research but conducted by the Georgian ACT group. This survey involved 1,500 respondents, 41% would vote for Saakashvili, followed by Gachechiladze \u2013 11.1%; Patarkatsishvili \u2013 6.5%; Natelashvili \u2013 3.5%; Gamkrelidze \u2013 2.1%; Maisashvili and Sarishvili \u2013 less than 1% each. 20.6% were undecided and 2.3% said they wouldn\u2019t vote for any candidate. Of those who have decided to vote for one of the candidates, 64% said they would vote for Saakashvili, followed by Gachechiladze and Patarkatsishvili with 17% and 10%, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nOn December 23, 2007, the pro-opposition Imedi TV announced that the organization called Dialogue for Development of Democracy conducted public opinion research between December 17 and December 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nThe survey showed, that 22.1% of the 2,100 surveyed would support Levan Gachechiladze, a presidential candidate backed by the nine-party opposition coalition, followed by Mikheil Saakashvili with 20.3%; Badri Patarkatsishvili (co-owner of Imedi TV) \u2013 19.1%; Shalva Natelashvili, the leader of the Labor Party \u2013 6.5%; Davit Gamkrelidze, the leader of the New Rights Party \u2013 4.9%; Giorgi Maisashvili, leader of Party of Future \u2013 1.1% and Irina Sarishvili, leader of Party of Hope \u2013 0.2%. The survey reported that 21.7% remained undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nA survey, commissioned by the Saakashvili\u2019s campaign from the U.S.-based Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, was published on January 3, 2008. It showed that Saakashvili had the support of 42 percent among all Georgian adults, compared to 19 percent for Levan Gachechiladze, 11 percent for Badri Patarkatsishvili, 5 percent for Shalva Natelashvili, 4 percent for David Gamkrelidze, and 1 percent for Gia Maisashvili; 2 percent would not vote or vote blank, and 16 percent were undecided. The survey reported only a minority of Georgian voters felt the presidential elections would not be fair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nAll major national television broadcasters plan to conduct their own exit polls and have commissioned seven local research groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nIn late December, Patarkatsishvili, who had pledged his financial support to the November rallies, became embroiled in a major controversy. The authorities accused him of trying to bribe an election official to claim voting fraud and released a series of audio and video recordings of the two separate meetings of the high-ranking Georgian Interior Ministry official Erekle Kodua with Patarkatsishvili and the head of his pre-election campaign Valeri Gelbakhiani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nAccording to these materials, Patarkatsishvili tried to bribe Kodua to take part in what the Georgian officials described as an attempted coup d'\u00e9tat on January 6, 2008, the date of the scheduled presidential elections. The plan included to stage a mass manifestation against the government and to \"neutralize\" the Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili. Patarkatsishvili confirmed that he met with Kedua in London, but denied the bribe was in connection to a coup plot. He claimed instead his intention was to uncover official plans to rig the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nHe also confirmed that he offered Kedua \"a huge amount of money\" in exchange for defecting from the authorities to avert the possible use of government force against the planned January rallies. On December 26, 2007, several leading journalists defected from Imedi TV, co-owned by Patarkatsishvili. Later that day, the television station\u2019s management announced that Imedi TV temporarily suspended broadcasts until the station's \"legal status in respect of ownership is clarified.\" \"By doing so we are distancing from dirty political games\", said Giorgi Targamadze, head of the Imedi TV's political programs. The opposition politicians formerly allied with him also made attempts to distance from Patarkatsishvili and condemned what they described as illegal methods used by both the authorities and \"other forces,\" apparently referring to Patarkatsishvili.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 904]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nOn December 28, 2007, Patarkatsishvili announced that he would withdraw his bid for presidency, but would remain a candidate until January 4, 2008. On January 3, 2008, he reversed himself and decided to run in presidential elections. In response, his top campaign official Giorgi Zhvania (brother of the late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania) resigned, declaring that Patarkasishvili does not have a reputation one would expect of a country's president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nMeanwhile, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) released two interim reports on the election campaign, saying that the \"legal framework [was] generally favorable to the conduct of democratic elections in Georgia, if implemented in good faith.\" However, they expressed concerns about \"a highly polarized political environment\" within the country's political spectrum, including the allegations of Saakashvili's use of administrative resources and the lack of balance in Georgian media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nOn December 28, 2007, Saakashvili vowed to lead Georgia into NATO and to restore its territorial integrity in his second term if reelected  He stated he would hand over a united Georgia to his successor after the end of his second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Background\nThe pre-election period in Georgia was also marked with the rising tension in breakaway Abkhazia. Early in January 2008, the Georgian media reported attacks on ethnic Georgians in the Gali district controlled by the de facto Abkhaz administration. The reports said that the Georgians living in Abkhazia were being intimidated by local Abkhaz officials to prevent them from participating in Georgia's presidential election. At least seven houses owned by ethnic Georgians were destroyed by fire. Although Abkhaz officials rejected the accusations, the acting Georgian president Nino Burjanadze warned that attempts were being made to add conflict on the eve of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Candidates\nBadri Patarkatsishvili, a business oligarch who made a fortune in Russia, announced he would be a candidate on 10 November 2007. The government of Georgia accused Patarkatsishvili of plotting a Russia-backed coup against Saakashvili. The opposition parties stated they would nominate a single candidate for the election, that would have a \"great chance of winning the election.\" The nominee would not be Patarkatsishvili, former Defence Minister Irakli Okruashvili or the activist Tina Khidasheli. On November 12, the opposition parties nominated MP Levan Gachechiladze, a leader of the 2007 Georgian demonstrations, as their common candidate. The Georgian Labour Party supported its leader Shalva Natelashvili as a candidate instead of Gachechiladze, and the New Right nominated MP Davit Gamkrelidze as their candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 868]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Candidates\nSaakashvili was nominated as his party's candidate on 23 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Candidates\nTwenty-two citizens of Georgia expressed willingness to run in the elections. According to the Georgian election code each of them had to submit at least 50,000 signatures of supporters in order to be registered by the Central Election Commission as official candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Candidates\nIn total, thirteen candidates submitted signatures, but only seven were recognized by the Central Election Commission (CEC) as eligible to run for the presidency:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Conduct\nIn addition to local watchdogs, 29 international or foreign organizations (including OSCE, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and International Crisis Group) observed the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Conduct\nEarly on election day all polling stations were opened with the exception of the highland village of Shatili where heavy snow thwarted the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Exit polls, Exit polls\nThe first exit poll results were conflicting according to a survey commissioned by 4 TV stations (Georgian Public Broadcaster, Rustavi 2, Mze, and Achara TV) from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA), Ilia Chavchavadze State University and two think-tanks \u2013 the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) and the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS). The exit polls found Mikhail Saakashvili winning with a narrow absolute majority of 53.5% of the votes, with Levan Gachechiladze coming second with 29.1%. Voter turnout was 46.4%. Twenty-three percent of respondents refused to say for whom they had voted. The poll had a margin of error of 2%. The figures were provisional, with final results not expected for another few hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Exit polls, Exit polls\nAccording to a relatively unknown Ukrainian think tank \"Common European Cause\", which claimed to have interviewed 10,000 people at 200 polling stations, Gachechiladze won the most votes (31%), followed by Saakashvili (24.4%) and Patarkatsishvili (20.3%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Reactions\nThe opposition candidates claimed the polls were rigged and the exit-polls false. Supporters for Levan Gachechiladze were waiting for official results, but the candidate himself called for a January 6 meeting in Tbilisi to protect the true results of the election. On the 6th January about 7 to 9000 supporters of the opposition went to the Rike Square in Tbilisi. Opposition leaders urged their adherents to return on 8 January and to celebrate the victory of Levan Gachechiladze. Meanwhile, the OSCE and EU election observers stated that the election met democratic standards, but there were problems that must be addressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Reactions\nThe Western observers also hailed it as \"the first genuinely competitive presidential election, which enabled the Georgian people to express their political choice.\" In an interview with the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau the German diplomat Dieter Boden the head of the OSCE Election Observation Mission stated the elections were massively falsified and that there were \"rude, negligent and intentional manipulations during the vote count that were detected by our observers\". He spoke of a \"chaotic situation\" within the electoral commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Reactions\nOn January 10, however,  representative of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights mission in Georgia, Rasto Kuzel, declared that the OSCE has not changed its positive evaluation of the January 5 presidential election  The OSCE Office explained \"Mr. Boden's published statements do not quite reflect what he really said, and we shall look into how that happened\" and that \"the interview was not published completely. Some definitions were cut from the interview.\" On January 11, Boden stated that the confusion \"was the result of a journalist's misinterpretation\" and said the final report would be published in February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Reactions\nThe Central Election Committee also stated the turnout was 56.17%, or 1,912,943 voters. As announced by the Central Election Committee by 20.00 (16.00 GMT), January 6, the data from 2,605  precincts was counted. Saakashvili was in the lead with 51.95% of the votes, and Gachechiladze is second with 25.14%. According to Georgian Central Electoral Commission, as of 8 January 2008, that included the votes from more polling stations than the earlier reports, Saakashvili was leading with 52.21%, Gachechiladze following him with 25.26% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Reactions\nOn 9 January 2007, with 98.8% of the ballots counted, Saakashvili had 52.21% meaning he could not fall below the 50% which would result in a run-off. However the opposition continued to protest the result, claiming vote-rigging had taken place and demanding a run-off, also asking for the resignation of the head of the CEC. Badri Patarkatsishvili an opposition candidate was later charged with attempting to organise a terrorist attack and plotting a coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Reactions\nOn 13 January 2008, most opposition parties united in a large rally in downtown Tbilisi demanding run-off of the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Conclusions of the OSCE and Georgian human rights ombudsman\nThe Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) final report was critical of the conduct of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Conclusions of the OSCE and Georgian human rights ombudsman\nElection day was generally peaceful. Overall, voting was assessed positively by a large majority of IEOM observers, although it was at times disorganized and chaotic in a considerable number of precincts. Organizational and procedural shortcomings were observed, especially with regard to inconsistent application of inking procedures intended as a safeguard against multiple voting. Observers also reported a limited number of serious violations, including ballot box stuffing. The vote count and tabulation was evaluated less positively. Many PECs had problems completing the results protocols, which were often not posted for public scrutiny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Conclusions of the OSCE and Georgian human rights ombudsman\nIEOM observers reported cases of tampering with voter lists, results and protocols. The tabulation process at DEC level was slow and often chaotic. Some PEC protocols given to the OSCE/ ODIHR EOM differed from those provided by DECs, and many PEC protocols were incomplete or inconsistent. A significant number of PECs reported unusually high turnout in the last three hours of voting, and several DECs reported a turnout considerably higher than the national average. Only a limited number of official complaints were filed during the pre-electoral period, almost all against the ruling party and its candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0025-0002", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Conclusions of the OSCE and Georgian human rights ombudsman\nAlthough courts generally carried out open hearings in a professional and thorough manner, some complaints were ruled inadmissible without sound legal basis, and some written judgments did not set out sufficient reasoning. In addition, the CEC and courts tended to stretch the law beyond reasonable interpretation and without regard to its spirit in favour of the ruling party candidate and public officials. After election day, the election administration and the courts did not fully and adequately consider and investigate a considerable number of complaints regarding irregularities, some of which were of a serious nature. A large number of complaints were also ruled inadmissible or dismissed on technical grounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Conclusions of the OSCE and Georgian human rights ombudsman\nThe Georgian Human Rights Ombudsman, Sozar Subari, was highly critical of the election proceedings. In addition to identifying breaches of the law, his report stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Conclusions of the OSCE and Georgian human rights ombudsman\n[ T]he pre-election environment was not equal and fair. This time, as usual, the alarming tendency of blurring the distinction between the presidential candidate of the ruling party and the state authority occurred, which was expressed through the direct political involvement of the different agencies (especially law enforcement agencies) of the executive branch in the electoral processes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196891-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgian presidential election, Conclusions of the OSCE and Georgian human rights ombudsman\nOne of the proofs of the involvement of the mentioned agencies is that the electoral headquarters of the ruling party's candidate was in reality led by the Minister of Internal Affairs, who was conducting meetings and assigning local party leaders, heads of police departments, employees of the Constitutional Security and Special Operative Departments, prosecutors, and governors with particular election-related tasks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196892-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian referendum\nA double referendum was held in Georgia on 5 January 2008 alongside presidential elections. One question was a binding referendum on whether to bring forward the 2008 parliamentary elections from October to April/May. The second was a non-binding advisory referendum on joining NATO. Both proposals were approved with over 75% in favour. Parliamentary elections were subsequently held on 21 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns\n2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns refers to seven occasions during the course of March, April and May 2008 where Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia claimed to have shot down unmanned Georgian reconnaissance aircraft. Georgia initially denied that any of these downings took place, but quickly changed position in the case of the April 20 shootdown, claiming that this downing had been carried out by a fighter jet belonging to the Russian Air Force. This latter fact is denied by both Abkhazia and Russia, but was confirmed by a UNOMIG fact finding mission which represented its results on May 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns\nThe same fact finding mission judged that the spy plane overflights constituted a violation of the 1994 Agreement on a Cease-fire and Separation of Forces (Moscow agreement). On June 1, in a note sent to the Russian delegation at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Georgia recognised that two other downings of its spy planes had also taken place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, March 18 spy plane shootdown\nOn March 18, 2008, Abkhazia announced that around noon it had shot down an unmanned Georgian reconnaissance aircraft over the border between Ochamchira and Gali districts, near the village of Primorskoe. It said that the spy plane had subsequently crashed into sea. On the same day, the Georgian Ministry of Defence denied that the incident had taken place, although it admitted to possessing unmanned reconnaissance planes. Abkhazia reported to have recovered wreckage from the sea, stating that the spy plane had been produced by Israeli manufacturer Elbit Systems, with serial number 551. Abkhazian Deputy Minister of Defence Gari Kupalba claimed that the downed spy plane had been performing reconnaissance flights over Abkhazia since the summer of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, March 18 spy plane shootdown\nOn March 20, the Abkhazian Parliament passed a resolution in which it declared that recent Georgian actions, amongst which the violating of Abkhazian airspace through reconnaissance flights, indicated that it was preparing for another war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Initial reports\nOn April 20, Abkhazia reported that around 10 am of that day, it had shot down another spy plane over the village of Gagida in Gali district. Georgian television station Mze TV reported that this had been confirmed by Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Temur Iakobashvili, while Georgian agency InterPressNews reported that an eyewitness had seen how an unmanned aeroplane flew over the coastline near the village of Primorskoe, followed by a jet, which then shot down the unmanned plane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Initial reports\nStill, that day the Georgian Ministry of Defence initially denied that its spy plane had been shot down, stating that it was not conducting any flights over Abkhazia, and that Abkhazian reports were misinformation. In an interview to Mze TV, State Minister for Reintegration Iakobashvili stated that Abkhazia did not possess the technical capability for shooting down unmanned aircraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Initial reports\nAccording to Iakobashvili there was information that an incident involving an explosion had taken place in the Gali district, and he confirmed that eyewitnesses had seen aircraft, but since Georgia could not send people to the site, it was impossible to determine what had happened. He denounced what had taken place as further attempts to stage a military provocation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Initial reports\nOn April 21, Abkhazian Deputy Minister of Defence Kupalba announced that debris of the downed spy plane had been recovered and that the spy plane had been produced by Elbit Systems and that it had been of a similar type as the one shot down March 18. The wreckage was later shown on Russian TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Georgian reactions\nLater on April 21, Georgia retracted its previous denial that a spy plane had been downed. Instead, Georgian Colonel David Nairashvili declared towards press agency Reuters that its spy plane had been downed by a Russian MIG-29 fighter jet. As evidence he presented footage which he claimed had been recorded and transmitted by a camera mounted on the spy plane. The footage showed how a jet aircraft fires a missile in the direction of the camera, after which the screen goes blank. According to Reuters, no identification markings are visible on the jet aircraft. Colonel Nairashvili further stated that according to Georgia's radar records, the MIG-29 had taken off from a base in Abkhazia and had passed into Russia after shooting down the Georgian spy plane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 848]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Georgian reactions\nIn a declaration, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that the video footage constituted incontrovertible evidence that the spy plane had been shot down by a Russian MIG-29 fighter jet and that the downing constituted \u201cunprovoked aggression against the sovereign territory of Georgia\u201d, labelling it \u201can unfriendly move\u201d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Georgian reactions\nOn April 22, President Saakashvili confirmed that Georgia had bought around 40 spy planes from Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Georgian reactions\nOn May 4, the Georgian Ministry of Defence said a group of experts from the Baltic states and the United States had completed an investigation into the circumstances of the April 20 spy plane shootdown, would release a report \u201cin the nearest future\u201d and that furthermore, another international group of experts would conduct a separate probe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Georgian reactions\nOn May 12, speaking at a joint press briefing with visiting five EU foreign ministers in Tbilisi, Georgian president Saakashvili said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Georgian reactions\n\u201cI want to say that recent actions by the Russian Federation are source of concern. We urge the European Union to formally investigate [...] incident involving incursion of the Russian jet into the Georgian airspace, which conducted military action\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\nIn response to Georgian accusations, Russia denied that its fighter jet had downed the Georgian spy plane, declaring that as April 20 had been a Sunday, its pilots had enjoyed a rest day and that consequently none of its jets had taken off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\nOn April 21, a phone conversation took place between Georgian President Saakashvili and Russian President Vladimir Putin, lasting about 40 minutes, which was described by Saakashvili as \"not easy\". In the conversation, Saakashvili demanded that Russia should \u201cstop attacks on Georgia\u201d. According to the Kremlin press office, Putin expressed bewilderment that Georgia should conduct flights with military purposes over the Abkhazian conflict zone. Putin also stressed that overflights in the conflict zone contradict the purpose and spirit of the 1994 Moscow agreement on ceasefire and separation of forces and represent a destabilising factor, leading to escalation of tensions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\nLater that day, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Georgia's spy plane had been shot down by Abkhazian air defence forces. It also reiterated that the conducting of flights over the conflict zone constituted a violation of the ceasefire treaty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\n\u201cThis flight of a spy plane, which can also be used for fire correction, is a violation of not only the 1994 Moscow agreement on ceasefire and separation of forces, but also the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council. The Moscow agreement clearly reads that there should be no armed forces in the security zone, while the latest resolution of the UN Security Council, which was adopted on April 15, reads that the sides should provide that no unauthorized military activities be carried out in the security zone and the zone of restricted armament.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\nThe Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also stated that the debris of the downed spy plane revealed that it had been a Hermes 450 type unmanned aerial vehicles produced by the Israeli firm Elbit Systems, with serial number 553, and that the spy plane downed March 18 had serial number 551.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\nRussia's ambassador to Georgia Vyacheslav Kovalenko said on April 23 that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\n\u201cThis drone was downed by the Abkhaz air defense forces. Therefore, any talk or insinuation that the plane was downed by a Russian jet is absolutely groundless.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\nIn a statement on April 29, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed on that the video footage showing a fighter jet downing a Georgian spy plane had been fabricated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\n\u201c[The video footage] does not warrant trust and raises many question marks. Experts, firstly, have noted a strange manoeuvre by the pilot of the fighter jet, who seems to have deliberately made his aircraft seen by flying beneath the drone prior to the attack.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\nThe Ministry also said that according to experts, the missile fired by the fighter jet was launched from a pylon attached to the edge of the wing of the airplane, but", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\n\u201cMIG-29 fighter jets in the possession of the Russian air force do not have their pylons attached to the edges of the wings.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\nIt also claimed that white smoke trails such as seen behind the missile on the footage usually occur from land-to-air missile launches, and never with air-to-air missiles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\n\u201cThis is not a full list of inconsistencies in the obviously edited video footage. [ The footage does not give] a clear picture of when and where the video was recorded. If watched carefully, one can clearly see two roads parallel to the shoreline,\u201d the Russian Foreign Ministry said. \u201cBut there aren't such roads in the indicated area of Abkhazia\u2019s coast. Abkhazia's famous sand beaches - 100 meters in width - are not seen in the footage, even though they can be seen by satellite.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\nThe Russian Foreign Ministry reiterated its position that Georgia's spy plane had been shot down by an L-39 aircraft of the Abkhazian air force and that the spy plane's presence over the conflict zone constituted a violation of the 1994 Moscow agreement on ceasefire and separation of forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\nOn May 31, French newspaper Le Monde published an interview with Russian President Putin. In it, he said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Russian reactions\nMuch is spoken now about downing of several Georgian unmanned aerial vehicles over Abkhazia. But why is not anyone saying anything about the fact, that existing agreements prohibit flights over this conflict territory? What are these flights? It's reconnaissance. And why do you conduct reconnaissance? To support military actions. Does that mean one of the sides is preparing to spill blood? Do we want that? No one wants that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, American reactions\nIn a statement on April 23 the United States Department of State tentatively supported the Georgian version of events:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, American reactions\n\u201cWe reiterate our unwavering support for Georgian sovereignty and territorial integrity and are concerned by the presence of a MiG-29 aircraft in Georgian airspace without Georgian authorization, and by the use of weapons from this aircraft in shooting down an unarmed Georgian UAV.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, American reactions\nOn May 6, the United States for the first time directly accused Russia of being behind the April 20 shootdown when White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said at a press briefing that the April 20 shootdown constituted a provocative step on the part of Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Other reactions\nOn April 30, during the OSCE session in Vienna, the OSCE's Forum for Security Co-operation discussed the April 20 spy plane shootdown. The Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Stubb said that", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Other reactions\n\u201cThe latest events, including [...] the shooting down of a Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle over Abkhazia, Georgia, on 20 April, [...] have considerably increased tension in the region. [ ...] I welcome the proposal for a UN-led joint fact-finding group to investigate the incident. The OSCE fully supports UNOMIG's efforts.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Other reactions\nOn May 12, Foreign Minister of Canada Maxime Bernier said that his country was following developments in Georgia with \u201cgreat concern\u201d:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, April 20 spy plane shootdown, Other reactions\n\u201cRecent events, such as the downing of a reconnaissance drone [...] have raised tensions and made a difficult situation worse.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns\nOn May 4, both Abkhazian and Russian authorities claimed that Abkhazian air defence had shot down two more Georgian spy planes that day. According to Abkhazia, both spy planes had been shot down over the Gali district, the first at 4:06 pm local time over the village of Dikhazurga and the second at 4:51 pm local time over the village of Bargebi. The Abkhazian Ministry of Defence later also reported to have shown debris of both downed spy planes to local journalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns, Russian reactions\nAccording to a statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two Georgian spy planes had been conducting \u201cunauthorized flights\u201d over Abkhazia, describing the fact that the Abkhazians would shoot them down as \u201cnatural\u201d. Furthermore, according to the Ministry, the latest incidents demonstrated that Tbilisi had \u201cignored our warnings\u201d about the danger of violating the provisions of the 1994 Moscow agreement on ceasefire and separation of forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns, Russian reactions\n\u201cResorting to adventures with unmanned reconnaissance planes and speeding up military preparations in the conflict zone, the authorities in Tbilisi have taken the path of deliberately escalating tension in the region.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns, Georgian reactions\nGeorgian authorities denied that any of its spy planes had been shot down. Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns, Georgian reactions\n\u201cthe information is yet another Russian provocation aimed at information-propagandistic support of Russia\u2019s military intervention.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns, Georgian reactions\nThe Ministry further denounced the fact that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had described the alleged shootdowns as \u201cnatural\u201d:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns, Georgian reactions\n\u201cThis indicates clearly that the Russian Federation\u2019s so-called peacekeeping operation, carried out under cover of the CIS, has in fact turned into fiction and now represents nothing more than open military aggression against Georgia with the aim of annexing part of our territory.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns, Georgian reactions\nThe Ministry added that Georgian spy planes would not stop flying over Abkhazia:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns, Georgian reactions\n\u201c[They] were flying, are flying and will continue flying over sovereign Georgian airspace to gather full information about the Russian military intervention.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns, Georgian reactions\nOn May 5 the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified Russia that it withdrew from its air defence cooperation treaty with Russia, originally signed in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns, May 5 spy plane overflight\nOn May 5, Abkhazian authorities claimed that early on that day they had again observed a Georgian spy plane fly over its territory, but that it had deliberately not been shot down. According to Abkhazian Minister of Defence, Merab Kishmaria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 4 spy plane shootdowns, May 5 spy plane overflight\n\u201cDespite the fact that we shot down two drones yesterday, today our radars observed again a spy plane over the Ochamchira district, which came from the direction of Georgia. At this time we did not shoot it down.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 8 spy plane shootdown\nOn May 8, Abkhazian authorities claimed to have shot down a further spy plane. According to Deputy Minister of Defence Kupalba, the Georgian spy plane was shot down over the Ochamchira district at 5:10pm local time by Abkhazian anti-aircraft systems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 8 spy plane shootdown\nOn May 9, Kupalba claimed that the Georgian spy plane allegedly downed May 8 had carried an air-to-air missile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 8 spy plane shootdown\n\u201cThe ammunition it was carrying represented danger for both civilians and peacekeeping troops.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 8 spy plane shootdown, Georgian reactions\nGeorgia once again denied that any shootdown had taken place, with the head of the Ministry of the interior's information and analytical department  Shota Utiashvili saying \u201cThat is a lie\u201d and president Saakashvili declaring that \u201cnothing has been shot down\u201d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 8 spy plane shootdown, Georgian reactions\nOn May 12, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs released footage shot by its unmanned reconnaissance drone showing, what it said was, movement and deployment of the Russian troops and their military hardware in Abkhazia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 8 spy plane shootdown, Georgian reactions\n\u201cOur drones are conducting reconnaissance of the Abkhaz territory to identify where the Russian and Abkhaz armed forces and military hardware are concentrated.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 8 spy plane shootdown, Georgian reactions\nUtiashvili claimed that the footage had been recorded on May 8 and he pointed out the fact that Abkhazia claimed to have shot down a spy plane on that day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 8 spy plane shootdown, Georgian reactions\n\u201cBut as you see the drone has returned and brought very valuable information. We have not lost any drone since April 20, when our unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down by the Russian jet. The Abkhaz side simply does not possess capability that could pose a threat to our unmanned aerial vehicle.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 12 spy plane shootdowns\nOn May 12, Abkhazia claimed that it had shot down yet two more spy planes over Ochamchira district. It said that the first shootdown happened around 14:16 pm local time over the village of Shesheleti and the second about an hour later over the village of Achigwara, and that debris of one of the two shootdowns had been found. According to Deputy Defence Minister Kupalba these spy planes too were Hermes 450 produced by Elbit Systems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 12 spy plane shootdowns, Russian reactions\nOn May 12, acting spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Boris Malakhov criticised United States diplomat Mathew Bryza for having defended the use of Georgian spy planes over Abkhazia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 12 spy plane shootdowns, Russian reactions\n\u201cAt the same time, besides the reconnaissance activities and fire correction, the unmanned aerial vehicle can carry an air-to-air missile. [ ...] The statements of the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State made in Tbilisi and Sukhumi are in the line of the U.S. Administration\u2019s efforts to cover up and to shield from criticism those, whom they are actively dragging into NATO.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 12 spy plane shootdowns, Russian reactions\nOn May 20, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, speaking at a hearing at the Russian State Duma said", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, May 12 spy plane shootdowns, Russian reactions\n\u201cPractical actions of the Georgian leadership, which are accompanied by provocations, [...] do not back Georgia\u2019s claim about its readiness to build a dialogue between the conflicting sides. Georgia [...] continues flights [over the conflict zone in Abkhazia]. In particular, within past month the Abkhazian side downed seven Georgian [unmanned reconnaissance] drones,\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Findings\nOn May 26, the conclusions were publicised of an investigation into the spy plane downings conducted by a fact-finding team of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). It found that the fighter plane that shot down a spy plane on April 20 had indeed been Russian. The fact-finding team judged that both Georgian air radar data and the video footage were authentic. Based on the fighter jet's twin-tail marking and the location of the air intakes, it concluded that the aircraft seen on the video was either a MiG-29 or a Su-27. Given this, and given the fact that after the shootdown, the radar record showed the aircraft heading north towards Maykop/Krasnodar into Russian airspace, and in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, the fact-finding team concluded that the aircraft belonged to the Russian air force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 895]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Findings\nThe fact finding mission was unable to determine whether, as Georgia claimed, the aircraft had taken off from the Bombora military airfield near Gudauta. It said that this was possible, but that another scenario was that the jet aircraft had come in at low altitude from somewhere else and then ascended in the vicinity of Gudauta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Findings\n\u201ca reconnaissance mission by a military aircraft, whether manned or unmanned, constituted \u201cmilitary action\u201d and therefore contravened the Moscow Agreement.\u201d\u201cHowever legitimate this purpose may seem to the Georgian side, it stands to reason that this kind of military intelligence-gathering is bound to be interpreted by the Abkhaz side as a precursor to a military operation, particularly in a period of tense relations between the sides.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Findings\nUNOMIG's fact-finding commission confirmed that debris from the March 18 and May 12 shootdowns also originated from Hermes 450 aircraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Georgian reactions\nIn reaction to the fact-finding team's report, Georgian President Saakashvili welcomed its conclusions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Georgian reactions\n\u201cThe UN issued a conclusion, which directly accuses the Russian Federation of an act of aggression against Georgia and confirms that Russian jet has bombed the Georgian territory. This is the first case when an international organization and especially UN, without general phrases, has directly pointed its finger at Russia.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Georgian reactions\nOn May 27, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Georgia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Georgian reactions\n\u201ccategorically demands from the Russian Federation to make an official apology for the act of aggression directed against Georgia, ensure appropriate compensation for the material loss.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Georgian reactions\nThe Ministry also renewed demands for an international inspection of the Gudauta military base (Bombora airfield), from which it claimed the fighter jet took off on April 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Georgian reactions\nOn May 29, Georgia's Ambassador to the United Nations Irakli Alasania labelled the April 20 shootdown \u201can aggressive military act\u201d that had further undermined Russia's role of mediator and facilitator. He also stated that Georgia did not consider overflights of unmanned, unarmed reconnaissance aircraft over the conflict zone violation of the Moscow agreement, since it was Georgia's \"sovereign right\" to observe and monitor its territory and \u201cillegal movement\u201d of Abkhazian and Russian forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Russian reactions\nOn May 26, Russia again denied being responsible for the April 20 shootdown. According to Russian air force spokesman Alexander Drobishevsky:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Russian reactions\n\u201cIt is even pointless to speak about violation of the Georgian state border and especially about downing of the Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Russian reactions\n\u201cIn any story one should look for a root cause. When we know a root cause, the consequence becomes very clear. In my opinion, in this particular case the root cause is that the drone should not have flown there. It is a very troublesome zone for now.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Russian reactions\nIn a statement on May 27, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the evidence on which the fact-finding mission's conclusions are based \"questionable\":", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Russian reactions\n\u201cWe do not mean to question competence of specialists from the UNOMIG. It is about partiality of evidence on which the entire investigation [by UNOMIG] was built \u2013 video footage and data from certain radars.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Russian reactions\nIt further claimed that the Georgian air radar data did \"not coincide with those available for us\u201d. The Ministry also stressed the fact-finding team's judgment that Georgia's reconnaissance flights constituted military action and therefore contravened the Moscow agreement:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team, Russian reactions\n\u201cThis very flight [of the drone on April 20] was a root cause of the incident [downing] itself.\u201d\u201cUnfortunately, the Georgian side instead of stopping provocations involving flights of UAV, increased the number of [UAV\u2019s flights]. These flights took a systematic nature, which only increase tensions in the conflict zone\u2026 It is important that UNOMIG continues investigation of the root cause of the problem.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting\nOn May 30, the Security Council of the United Nations met to discuss the April 20 downing of Georgia's spy plane and the findings of the UNOMIG fact-finding team. The meeting had been requested by Georgia on May 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Absence of the Abkhazian side\nRussia had originally wanted the Abkhazian side to be present at the Security Council meeting, but Georgia was strongly opposed to this. Georgian Ambassador to the United Nations Alasania said that this would be \u201cfundamentally infringing existing arrangements under the UN-led Geneva peace process\u201d:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Absence of the Abkhazian side\n\u201cI can hardly imagine this institution allowing the representatives of the separatist insurgents, who are implicated and who are perpetrators of the ethnic cleansing to be present at this international forum. Frankly I also think that it is not in the best interests of the Russia to set this kind of precedent, because then the questions arise why can\u2019t other representatives of the separatist movements be allowed at the UN forums.\u201d\u201cSo I think it is really time for the Russian Federation\u2019s delegation in the UN to drop using this leverage at the Security Council and sabotaging the Security Council meeting because of this reason.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Absence of the Abkhazian side\nPermanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said that Russia had given up its demand in the end because it did not want to block all discussion of the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Absence of the Abkhazian side\n\u201cWe expressed our disappointment that there is no possibility to discuss the Abkhazian side. Without their participation it cannot be objective, full, comprehensive and serious.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Absence of the Abkhazian side\nOn May 30, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov said that it would be \u201csenseless\u201d to discuss the April 20 spy plane downing at the Security Council without participation of the Abkhazian side:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Absence of the Abkhazian side\n\u201cThe fact that they have been refused to participate in this discussion indicates that there is something dirty in this initiative.\u201d\u201c[The] essence of the crisis is that the Georgian side is roughly violating its commitments. It [the April 20 incident] was not the single case; seven drones have been shot down and even more were overflying the conflict zone, which in accordance to the UN Security Council decision should not be the zone for military actions.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Absence of the Abkhazian side\nLavrov reiterated Russia's position that Georgian spy plane overflights were the root of the problem:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Absence of the Abkhazian side\n\u201cThis should be dealt with first; the disease itself should be cured and not its symptoms.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, American reactions\nUnited States Deputy Representative to the United Nations Alejandro Wolff said that it was not clear from the 1994 Moscow agreement whether the spy plane overflights constituted a violation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, American reactions\n\u201cWe believe the ceasefire agreement of 1994, the Moscow agreement, at best is unclear on this issue. It's an interpretation as to whether a UAV reconnaissance craft that cannot be armed constitutes military action.\u201d\u201cWe have a separate issue, which is a conclusion now reached by the UNOMIG independent investigators that the Russian aircraft flying from Russia, flew into the Georgian territory and shot down [Georgia\u2019s] UAVs and that is very dangerous development, highly provocative and clearly is a violation of Georgia\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Georgian reactions\nDuring the Security Council Meeting, Georgian Ambassador Alasania said that following the UNOMIG Fact-Finding Team's judgment that its spy plane flights over Abkhazia violated the 1994 Moscow agreement on ceasefire and separation of forces it had ceased them, but that they would be resumed in the event of threat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Georgian reactions\n\u201cI openly said [at the meeting of the UN Security Council session] that since the [UNOMIG] report was issued, the Georgian side stopped overflights to honor the words of the current report. It doesn't mean that we will not use these military capabilities if the threat will occur in the region\u2026 But at this point since the report came out we\u2019ve stopped these overflights.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Georgian reactions\nAccording to Alasania, the Russian explanation of the April 20 spy plane shootdown which it provided during the Security Council meeting was \u201cnot comprehensible\u201d, nor \u201cviable\u201d. He further said that the Russian side had not strongly denied its involvement in the April 20 spy plane shootdown, but instead tried to shift emphasis onto the spy plane overflights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Georgian reactions\n\u201cThe largest part of the members reiterated their strong condemnation of the act of aggression against the Georgian sovereignty by the Russian military aircraft.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Russian reactions\nRussia's Ambassador to the United Nations Churkin responded to Alasania's remarks by saying:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Russian reactions\n\u201cAmbassador Alasania chose again to put into the mouth of Security Council members the words that they have not actually used, like \u2018aggression\u2019 and stuff like that; but you know our Georgian friends are very temperamental so they tend to do that time to time.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Russian reactions\nHe also said that he regretted Alasania's remarks that Georgia reserved for itself the right to resume spy plane overflights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Russian reactions\n\u201cWe emphasized [at the UN Security Council meeting] that one thing is clear is that flight of drone is violation and provocation that triggered the incident.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Russian reactions\nAccording to Churkin, during the Security Council meeting he had pointed out \u201ctechnical inconsistencies\u201d in the Fact-Finding Team's findings, noting that nothing in the report indicated that the fighter jet had crossed into Abkhazia from the Russian Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Russian reactions\n\u201cThere also was no conversation between the pilot and ground control. Experts tell me that it is virtually impossible to shoot down a drone from a fighter jet without communication between the pilot and ground control. So something is missing in the entire puzzle.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Russian reactions\nChurkin also reiterated Russia's position that the footage used as evidence was fabricated. He added that Russia was prepared to conduct a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d also involving foreign experts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Russian reactions\nChurkin repeated Russia's stance that discussions of this type at the UN are not objective without participation of the Abkhazian side, although he claimed that awareness amongst Security Council members of the need to include the Abkhazian side had increased, and he expressed hope that next time indeed the Abkhazian side would be invited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Russian reactions\nIn a statement on May 31 Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that during the Security Council meeting, Georgia had failed to put the blame for the April 20 spy plane downing on Russia. It added:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Security Council meeting, Russian reactions\n\u201cWe have expressed our readiness to carry out a serious investigation with the involvement of foreign experts, instead of unilateral and hasty one [that was conducted by UNOMIG]. Only in this case we will believe that the truth about the April 20 incident is found.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Abkhazian military hardware used in the spy plane shootdowns\nBoth Abkhazia and Russia claim that the April 20 spy plane was downed by an Abkhazian L-39 aircraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Abkhazian military hardware used in the spy plane shootdowns\nOn May 6, Abkhazian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Shamba declared that a Buk ground-to-air air defence system had been used in the downing of the Georgian spy planes. This was the first time that Abkhazian authorities officially acknowledged that Abkhazia military possessed this advanced anti-aircraft system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Abkhazian military hardware used in the spy plane shootdowns\nAccording to Shamba, the Buk system was a leftover from the 1992-1993 war with Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Abkhazian military hardware used in the spy plane shootdowns\nGeorgian authorities had claimed earlier that Buk systems had been transferred from Russia to Abkhazia in 2007 as part of a larger package of military support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196893-0105-0000", "contents": "2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns, Abkhazian military hardware used in the spy plane shootdowns\nIn response to Shamba's statement Georgian officials declared that the fact that Abkhazia possessed Buk systems constituted a violation of existing agreements. In a statement the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on UNOMIG \u201cto urgently launch probing into the presence of anti-aircraft defense systems and their use in Abkhazia and to immediately acquaint the international community with the results of this probe.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196894-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 German Athletics Championships\nThe 2008 German Athletics Championships were held at the easyCredit-Stadion in Nuremberg on 5\u20136 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196895-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 German Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 German Figure Skating Championships (German: Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) took place on January 3\u20136, 2008 at the Freiberger Arena in Dresden. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating on the senior, junior, and novice levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196895-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 German Figure Skating Championships\nThe first senior compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka and the second was the Argentine Tango. The first junior compulsory dance was the Cha-Cha Congelado and the second was the Blues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196896-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 German Formula Three Championship\nThe 2008 ATS F3 Cup was the sixth edition of the German F3 Cup. It commenced on 24 May 2008 and ended on 12 October after eighteen rounds. The title was won by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vervisch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196896-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 German Formula Three Championship, Calendar\nWith the exception of round at TT Circuit Assen, all rounds took place on German soil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix\nThe 2008 German Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2008) was a Formula One motor race held on 20 July 2008 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany. It was the 10th\u00a0race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship and was contested over 67\u00a0laps. It was won by Lewis Hamilton for the McLaren team after starting from pole position. Nelson Piquet Jr. finished second for Renault, with Felipe Massa third for Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix\nHamilton maintained his startline advantage and led until he made his first pit stop on lap\u00a018. As other cars made their pit stops, Hamilton regained the lead on lap\u00a022. On lap\u00a036, Timo Glock crashed, and the race was neutralized by the deployment of the safety car. Hamilton, on a two-stop strategy, did not stop to get more fuel during this period, while all the cars around him did. Thus, when he did eventually stop on lap\u00a050, he rejoined the race in fifth position. In the closing stages of the race, Hamilton first overtook his teammate Heikki Kovalainen, then Massa, and finally Piquet, whilst also gaining a position due to Nick Heidfeld's late pit stop. This allowed him to take the lead again on lap\u00a060, which he maintained to win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix\nThe victory was Hamilton's second consecutive win, having won the preceding British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The win also put him ahead of his two main rivals in the Drivers' Championship, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen (who finished sixth) and Massa, who were on equal points with him before the race. After the race he was four points ahead of Massa, and seven ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren drew closer to the two teams ahead of them, BMW Sauber and Ferrari. Ferrari still led by 15\u00a0points from McLaren, and 12\u00a0from BMW, whose drivers \u2013 Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica \u2013 finished fourth and seventh respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by 20\u00a0drivers, in ten teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, BMW Sauber, Honda, Force India, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Williams and Toro Rosso. Prior to the race, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, and Felipe Massa led the Drivers' Championship jointly, all with 48\u00a0points. Behind them was Robert Kubica in fourth with 46\u00a0points for BMW Sauber, and his teammate Nick Heidfeld in fifth with 36 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Background\nIn the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 96\u00a0points, 14\u00a0points ahead of BMW Sauber, who at this stage were ahead of McLaren, despite Hamilton tying for the lead of the Drivers' World Championship. This was due to Heikki Kovalainen's low point score of 24. Toyota were fourth, with 25\u00a0points, ahead of Red Bull by one point, who in turn were one further point ahead of Renault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Background\nHamilton had won the preceding British Grand Prix by 68\u00a0seconds from Heidfeld and Honda's Rubens Barrichello. Of his championship rivals, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had finished fourth, Kubica had retired, and Massa had had a nightmare of a race, spinning five times and finishing 13th. In the run-up to the German Grand Prix, Hamilton had tested the McLaren MP4-23's new front wing \u2013 introduced at the British Grand Prix \u2013 extensively in the team's simulator, and then during a pre-race test session at the Hockenheim circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Background\nHaving honed the car's setup to his liking after initially finding the handling difficult, he used it in the race. Kovalainen was not as comfortable with the car's handling and ran a greater front wing angle to produce more downforce, at the expense of having to run larger radiators due to the reduced airflow produced over the car. This led to a slight reduction in his car's overall performance. In other technical developments, Ferrari introduced revised bargeboards, exhaust exits and an altered windscreen for its F2008 car. BMW Sauber added turning vanes to the top of its F1.08's nose, while Toyota removed some bodywork from its TF108's exhaust exits. Honda also introduced new bargeboards for its RA108 chassis. All of these changes were carried out with the aim of improving each car's aerodynamic performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 856]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race \u2013 two on Friday, and a third on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90\u00a0minutes. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. During the first practice session the track was wet following early-morning rain, and shortly after the session started, further precipitation made the track even wetter, although it did begin to dry out as the session progressed. Hamilton was fastest in this session ahead of his teammate Kovalainen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Practice\nThe Ferraris of Massa and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen came third and fifth respectively, with Renault's Fernando Alonso sandwiched between them in fourth place. Kubica spun off the track and S\u00e9bastien Bourdais had a mechanical problem with his flywheel sensor towards the end of the session. Both ended up at the bottom of the timesheets as a result of these problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Practice\nFriday's second session was held in dry conditions. Hamilton again set the fastest time. Massa and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen improved to second and third positions, pushing Kovalainen down to fourth. Mark Webber set the fifth-fastest time, after earlier having electrical and clutch problems with the car. Alonso, Nico Rosberg, Kubica, Heidfeld and David Coulthard made up the rest of the top ten. In the final practice session on Saturday \u2013 which was held in dry conditions \u2013 Kovalainen was fastest, ahead of Massa and teammate Hamilton. Alonso continued his strong practice form, finishing fourth, with Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel making it to fifth position. Kubica once again was at the bottom of the table, this time due to a transmission problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Qualifying\n\"What a lap! My first run during [the third session of qualifying] wasn\u2019t bad, but my final lap was very smooth and I expected to set an even better time. The wind made today's conditions quite tricky and sometimes it was difficult to stay on the racing line, particularly in the stadium section \u2013 where the wind seemed to change a couple of times. The team did a really good job to adjust to these conditions and to prepare the car perfectly. We\u2019ve been fast and consistent all weekend, we have good pace, and I'm confident for tomorrow.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Qualifying\nThe qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three\u00a0parts. The first part ran for 20\u00a0minutes, and cars that finished the session 16th or lower were eliminated from qualifying. The second part of qualifying lasted 15\u00a0minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions\u00a011 to 15. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race, so ran lighter in those sessions. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to refuel before the race, and as such carried more fuel than in the previous sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Qualifying\nHamilton took pole position for the ninth time in his career with a lap time of 1:15.666, having beaten Massa by two-tenths of a second in his final lap of the third session. Kovalainen, coming back after an error during his first run, qualified third, with Jarno Trulli taking fourth position. Alonso and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen were close together in fifth and sixth positions, with just 0.006\u00a0seconds separating them. Kubica took a comfortable seventh, half a second quicker in the third session than eighth-placed Webber. Vettel and Coulthard completed the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Qualifying\nTimo Glock took 11th place on the grid for Toyota, seven places behind his teammate Trulli. He was immediately in front of compatriots Heidfeld and Rosberg. Jenson Button and Bourdais took 14th and 15th positions respectively. Both Heidfeld and Button later said that they suffered from tyre problems during the session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Qualifying\nCompleting the field, Kazuki Nakajima was 16th, Nelson Piquet Jr. 17th, Rubens Barrichello 18th, whilst the Force Indias of Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella brought up the rear of the grid in 19th and 20th positions. Piquet later complained that he was blocked during his first-session run by Vettel: \"During my lap, Vettel was in front of me, which unsettled me a little, although the FIA felt that he did not impede me.\" Kovalainen was, however, penalized by the stewards and fined \u20ac5,000 for using a refuelling system during qualifying which had not been approved by the FIA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race\nAt the start, Hamilton, Massa and Kovalainen all maintained their grid positions. Hamilton quickly began to pull away from the other cars, at the rate of about half a second per lap. Behind the leading trio, Kubica passed R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen off the grid, and went on to pass both Alonso and Trulli at the hairpin (turn 4), when Alonso's own attempted pass on Trulli delayed both drivers. The fight for fourth position continued in the early stages of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race\nKubica ran wide at the final corner on lap four, impeding Trulli and therefore allowing Alonso to attempt an overtaking manoeuvre on the Toyota down the main straight. However, Trulli held on to his position, and Alonso was instead passed by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, moving him down to sixth position. At the back of the field, Nakajima spun his Williams but recovered back onto the track and continued in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race\nAt the first round of pit stops, Hamilton had a lead of nearly 20\u00a0seconds over Massa, and fuelled longer than all the other drivers in the points-scoring positions when he pitted on lap\u00a018. Coming out of the pits, Hamilton made an error and was passed by Trulli. The two drivers then nearly collided at the hairpin, with Hamilton holding back for the rest of the lap waiting for Trulli to pit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race\nTrulli's teammate Glock stayed out on the track longer than all of the other drivers except Barrichello and Piquet, meaning that when he pitted, he was actually in third position and rejoined the race in eighth. Hamilton regained the lead by lap\u00a022 after Massa, Kovalainen, Trulli and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen made their pit stops, and had in the region of an 11\u00a0second lead over Massa at the half-way stage of the race. Behind the leaders, fourth-placed Kubica was beginning to catch Kovalainen in third, while Trulli, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Alonso and Vettel battled over the final four point-scoring places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race\nOn the 36th lap, Glock's right-rear suspension failed coming out of the final corner. He spun through 180 degrees before hitting the pit wall with a strong rearward impact, with debris flying across the track. The car, pointing the wrong way, rolled to a stop on the grass. A dazed Glock extracted himself before being treated at the medical centre. The safety car was deployed after the accident. When the pit lane opened on lap\u00a038, most drivers headed in, including all of the leaders except Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race\nMcLaren believed that Hamilton had enough fuel to stay out, the plan being for him to then rapidly pull away from his heavily-fuelled rivals, after the safety car went in. Hamilton needed to build up enough of a lead to rejoin still in first position, following his final pit stop. This would prove to be very risky, as Massa rejoined in fourth position, fuelled to the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race\nPiquet, on a one-stop strategy after his poor qualifying performance, had fortuitously pitted immediately prior to the safety car's deployment and was also fuelled to the end of the race. Promoted to third place from 14th beforehand following the pit stops, he was set to take the lead once Hamilton and Heidfeld (who also had not pitted under the safety car conditions) pitted for their final stops. Further back, Vettel squeezed past Alonso at the pit exit, pushing him over the white line separating the pit lane exit from the track. Alonso complained over his radio but no action was taken against either driver. Meanwhile, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen dropped several places to 11th, having had to queue behind Massa at the second pit stops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race\nWhen the safety car came in on lap\u00a042, Hamilton led, while Heidfeld and Piquet were running second and third. Behind them were Massa, Kubica, Kovalainen, Trulli, Vettel, Alonso, Webber, Rosberg and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Webber's Red Bull had been dripping oil for a couple of laps after picking up debris from Glock's crash, and on lap\u00a040 he pulled out of the race. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen quickly passed Rosberg, and then overtook the squabbling Vettel and Alonso on the way down to the hairpin, while Hamilton desperately tried to pull away at the front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen passed Trulli two\u00a0laps later, while Kovalainen overtook Kubica for fifth place. Coulthard and Barrichello collided on the 48th\u00a0lap with both cars pitting for repairs. Barrichello retired three\u00a0laps later due to damage sustained as a result of the incident. Hamilton pitted on lap\u00a050, coming out behind Heidfeld, Piquet, Massa and Kovalainen. Kovalainen let his teammate past at the hairpin one lap later, meaning that Hamilton was now fourth. On lap\u00a052, Heidfeld set a new fastest lap time of 1:15.987. He was the only driver to go under one minute 16 seconds during the Grand Prix. At the end of the following lap, Heidfeld entered the pits with a sizeable gap over Piquet, returning to the field comfortably ahead of Kovalainen, but behind Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton's speed allowed him to quickly catch Massa in second position, with Piquet in the lead by a further three\u00a0seconds. On lap\u00a057, Hamilton passed Massa at the hairpin. Massa appeared to have the inside line covered, but he was not fully committed to the line into the braking zone, giving Hamilton the chance to take second position. Three\u00a0laps later, he used a similar overtaking move to overtake Piquet, although the Renault driver put up a greater fight than Massa had. Hamilton led easily to the finish, although Piquet kept within six\u00a0seconds of him. Heidfeld  threatened a slowing Massa in the last laps, while R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was able to pass Kubica for sixth place on lap\u00a060.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton took the chequered flag first, while Piquet enthusiastically celebrated his drive from 17th to second, just 5.5\u00a0seconds behind. Massa held on to take third ahead of Heidfeld, Kovalainen, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, and Kubica. Vettel secured eighth \u2013 the last points-scoring position \u2013 for Toro Rosso, ahead of Trulli in ninth, and Rosberg in 10th. Alonso finished 11th, ahead of Bourdais. Coulthard was 13th, Fisichella 14th, Nakajima 15th, Sutil 16th and Button was last of the classified finishers in 17th. A record of sixteen drivers finished on the lead lap, beating the previous highest number of fourteen at the 1999 Belgian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nFollowing the podium ceremony, in which two Brazilian drivers participated for the first time since the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix, the top three finishers appeared in the obligatory press conference. Hamilton said that the decision to not make a pit stop during the safety car period was the team's decision: \"We had two very comfortable, two very decent stints and the team opted for me to stay out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nI guess they thought I could pull out a gap but it was a 23 second gap I needed and I only had seven laps or something, so I don't know how that worked out.\" Hamilton added that he felt that things looked good for the rest of the season, stating that \"if we [McLaren] can continue with this momentum we have got we are looking very good\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nRon Dennis, McLaren's team principal, also commented on the pit stop decision:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe deployment of the Safety Car presented us with a difficult decision: should we or should we not bring Lewis in for a pitstop? We decided that, since he still had quite a lot of fuel on board, we would leave him out until lap 50. We'd expected the track to be cleared of debris a little faster than it was, which would have allowed the Safety Car to come in a bit earlier. As a result, Lewis was unable to rejoin the race in the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nPiquet was delighted with his drive to second after qualifying 17th, saying:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nI am obviously very happy! After qualifying yesterday I was thinking that my weekend was over, but we opted for an aggressive strategy in the race and the team made some great decisions when the safety car came out. Then I had to concentrate to keep my pace up and look after my tyres as much as possible towards the end of the race. I knew that Lewis was much faster than me, so I did not want to take any pointless risks. This second place today is a great reward for the whole team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nAlthough Piquet's result was fortuitous, Renault Engineering Director, Pat Symonds, subsequently praised him for stepping up to the job of staying with the leaders in the final stint of the race. Meanwhile, Massa commented that his car was not in good order during the race: \"It was just slow with difficult stability and also on braking I think I had a little problem as well and lost a lot of performance. I didn\u2019t have the car to fight. I tried but it was not possible.\" Teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen also struggled with low grip and hot brakes for the duration of the race, while Kovalainen and Kubica had problems with their tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nFisichella was penalised 25\u00a0seconds for unlapping lead cars during the safety car period, which dropped him from 14th to 16th position. The stewards issued the following statement about the decision: \"While the safety car was deployed, the driver of car 21 [Fisichella] chose to enter the pits before 'Lapped cars may now overtake' was shown on the timing monitors. Having done so the driver of car 21 on leaving the pitlane should then not have unlapped himself.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe treatment of Glock after his crash caused Toyota some concern. Toyota did not think that normal FIA procedure had been followed. After crashes, drivers are normally taken out of the car in their seat, whereas Glock was unstrapped and then hauled out by the marshals. Glock stayed in hospital overnight for observation, but was released the next day with no injuries. Toyota subsequently confirmed that the failed suspension component had already completed a full race distance at the previous Grand Prix, and resolved to adjust its checking procedures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196897-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe new gap between Hamilton and Massa in the Drivers' Championship after the race stood at four\u00a0points in Hamilton's favour. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren somewhat caught up on Ferrari, although the gap between the two teams was still sizeable at 19\u00a0points. McLaren were ten points behind BMW coming into the race and the deficit was reduced to three due to the race result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196898-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 German Skeleton Championship\nThe 42nd German Skeleton Championship in 2008 was organized on 4 and 5 January in Altenberg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196899-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 German Supercup\nThe 2008 German Supercup, known as the T-Home Supercup for sponsorship reasons, was an unofficial edition of the German Supercup, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196899-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 German Supercup\nThe match was played at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, and contested by 2007\u201308 Bundesliga and 2007\u201308 DFB-Pokal winners Bayern Munich, and DFB-Pokal runners-up Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund won the match 2\u20131 to claim the unofficial title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident\nIn July 2008, German authorities reported that more than 11,000 beehives were affected and millions of bees were killed in an agricultural chemical poisoning incident from late April to early May that year. Affected beekeepers reported that 50 to 100 percent of their hives had been lost after pneumatic equipment used to plant corn seed blew clouds of pesticide dust into the air, which was then pushed by the wind onto neighboring canola fields in which managed bees were performing pollinator services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Description\nLaboratory testing at the Julius K\u00fchn Institute demonstrated that 99% of the bees sampled tested positive for high levels of the neonicotinoid pesticide clothianidin, which is highly toxic to honey bees on an acute contact basis (i.e. direct contact with too much of the chemical can quickly kill bees).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Description\nIn providing background on the incident, the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) noted that clothianidin had been authorized as a seed treatment on corn since  2004, and that \u201cbee damage of this kind in conjunction with this product has not been observed in Germany\u201d prior to the 2008 incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Contributing Factors\nIn addition to the pneumatic equipment and dry, windy conditions that created the pesticide dust cloud and drove it into the neighboring fields, the BVL also identified several other factors that contributed to the incident. Though the normal corn seed treatment formulation of clothianidin was authorized for use against fruit flies and wireworms at 25\u00a0grams of the chemical per 50,000 seeds, the seed batches associated with this incident received a special authorization at a much higher concentration, 62\u00a0grams per 50,000 seeds, to protect against an infestation of western corn rootworm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Contributing Factors\nFurthermore, a glue-like polymer coating, known as \"sticker\", that is commonly used in the U.S. to ensure that seed treatment pesticides adhere to corn seeds was omitted in error by the seed treater that supplied the seed to German farmers. Weather conditions earlier in the year also contributed to the incident. While corn planting would normally not take place in the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg region of Germany at the same time that canola is in bloom, unseasonably early and heavy rain pushed back the corn planting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Regulatory Authorities\u2019 Reaction to the Incident, France\nIn Weakening, collapse and mortality of bee colonies. the French Food Safety Agency stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Regulatory Authorities\u2019 Reaction to the Incident, France\nthe causes of these incidents have been clearly identified and can be avoided by measures that are simple to apply, such as control of the quantity of dust emitted in batches by means of a test in comparison with a threshold...or the use of seed drills fitted with devices to limit dust emissions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Regulatory Authorities\u2019 Reaction to the Incident, France\nBy their very nature, these types of incidents affecting bees and involving seed treatments are only liable to occur occasionally, since they require the emission of quantities that are toxic to bees. However, they reveal a dispersion of variable quantities of products used in film-coatings into the environment, and hence exposure that may have broader consequences, including on the health of the users of these products.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Regulatory Authorities\u2019 Reaction to the Incident, France\nThis observation led the ICPBR to designate this sowing practice as \u201cpoor farming practice\u201d and to therefore encourage the rapid implementation of measures designed to solve this dust problem on a European level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Regulatory Authorities\u2019 Reaction to the Incident, Germany\nBefore the investigation of the incident was complete, the BVL suspended the authorization of eight seed treatment products on corn and canola. Upon completion of its investigation, the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection \u201cbanned for a period of 6 months the planting of maize by means of negative pressure pneumatic machines for single grain delivery; this ban applies to maize seeds treated with clothianidin or with one of three further insecticides.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Regulatory Authorities\u2019 Reaction to the Incident, Germany\nGermany reauthorized the use of clothianidin as a seed treatment on canola in June 2008 after the Julius K\u00fchn Institute submitted its findings that equipment and sticker problems associated with corn seed treatments in Germany are not applicable to canola. Furthermore, the German authorities explicitly required the use of additional sticker to ensure the pesticides adhere to the seeds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Regulatory Authorities\u2019 Reaction to the Incident, Germany\nIn June 2008, BVL concluded that \u201cthe treatment of rapeseed with clothianidin containing plant protection products does not put bee colonies at risk\u201d but offered additional recommendations to better control dust and discouraging planting on windy days or using pneumatic seeding equipment that discharges air upward. In 2009, BVL decided to continue to suspend authorization for the use of clothianidin on corn, citing unanswered questions that remained about potential exposure of bees and other pollinators to neonicotinoid pesticides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Regulatory Authorities\u2019 Reaction to the Incident, United States\nRecognizing that the German incident resulted from a perfect storm of unusual factors, the United States Environmental Protection Agency took no regulatory action beyond confirming with \u201cmajor seed suppliers and distributors, agricultural industry groups, and clothianidin\u2019s registrant\u201d that sticker use on corn seed is common practice in the U.S. The agency also explained the rationale for using seed treatments for pesticides over conventional application methods: \"In many situations, the use of pesticide-treated seeds results in less human and environmental exposure than would the use of the pesticide later, in a spray or dust formulation, after the crop is growing.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196900-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 German beekill incident, Regulatory Authorities\u2019 Reaction to the Incident, United States\nUSEPA further noted that \"though clothianidin was the particular chemical involved in the 2008 incident in Germany, a similar result would be expected if a large amount of any chemical that is toxic to bees was blown into the air on a dry, windy day next to blooming canola fields for which thousands of hives were providing pollination services.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196901-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 German motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2008 MotoGP season. It took place on the weekend of 11\u201313 July 2008 at the Sachsenring, located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196901-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 German motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196902-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gerry Weber Open\nThe 2008 Gerry Weber Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 16th edition of the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from 7 June through 15 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196902-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gerry Weber Open\nThe singles draw featured World No. 1, French Open runner-up and 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Halle champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 7, Delray Beach and Houston finalist James Blake, and defending champion Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych. Also present were Australian Open quarterfinalist and Chennai titlist Mikhail Youzhny, 2007 Halle runner-up Marcos Baghdatis, Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, Jarkko Nieminen and Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196902-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Gerry Weber Open, Finals, Doubles\nMikhail Youzhny /  Mischa Zverev defeated  Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd /  Leander Paes, 3\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20133]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196903-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gerry Weber Open \u2013 Doubles\nSimon Aspelin and Julian Knowle were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych and Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196903-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gerry Weber Open \u2013 Doubles\nMikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev won in the final 3\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20133], against Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Leander Paes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196904-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gerry Weber Open \u2013 Singles\nTom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Robin S\u00f6derling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196904-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gerry Weber Open \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against Philipp Kohlschreiber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing\nThe 2008 Getxo bombing occurred on 19 May 2008, when a van bomb went off outside a boat club in the town of Getxo, Biscay in the Basque Country, Spain. The attack caused serious damage to the club, as well as nearby buildings and structures. No one was killed or injured after a warning call from the Basque separatist organisation ETA. On 31 May, the organisation claimed responsibility for the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing\nFive days before the attack, another ETA car bomb in a Civil Guard barracks in Legutiano, \u00c1lava killed a Civil Guard member and injured four. Both attacks were blamed on the Biscay cell of ETA led by Arkaitz Goikoetxea Basabe, which was most active after the end of the 2006 ceasefire, and was responsible for several attacks in the region during 2007 and 2008. Most of the cell members, as well as the participants in the attack, were arrested in July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing\nThe attack came hours before a meeting by Spanish Prime Minister Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero and Basque lehendakari Juan Jos\u00e9 Ibarretxe to discuss the Basque Conflict. On the same day of the attack, a memorial service for victims of terrorism was held in San Sebasti\u00e1n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing, Background\nGetxo, a wealthy seaside suburb near the city of Bilbao, has been the location of several ETA attacks during the Basque conflict, with most of the attacks being carried out in the Las Arenas neighbourhood, home to many businessmen and entrepreneurs. Three civil guards were killed in an ambush in Las Arenas in October 1978. In 2000, a car bomb injured seven on 25 June, and four people were wounded in another car bomb attack on 24 July. On 22 January 2001, Ertzaintza members deactivated a car bomb and judge Jose Maria Lid\u00f3n Corbi was shot dead on 7 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing, Background\nOn 20 April 2002, a car bomb exploded in front of the house of a businessman, who had been kidnapped in 1996. A bomb exploded inside a hotel on 23 June 2003, while another car bomb went off on 18 January 2005, injuring one. On 11 November 2007, two Booby trap bombs failed to explode in front of a courthouse. The same boat club had already been attacked by bombs on 12 March 1969, and on 30 December 1971. On 26 November 1973, six ETA members set fire to the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing, Background\n2008 was ETA's deadliest year since the end of the 2006 ceasefire. In mid 2006, the organisation declared a ceasefire, and conversations between Batasuna, ETA and the Basque and Spanish governments started. Peace talks ended in December, when ETA broke the truce with a massive car bomb at Madrid-Barajas Airport. ETA officially ended the ceasefire in 2007, and resumed its attacks around Spain. At the same time, dozens of members were arrested by Spanish and French police. Despite that, the organisation did not lose the capacity for carrying out attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing, Attack\nThe vehicle, a Citro\u00ebn Berlingo, the same model used in the Legutiano attack, was stolen in Getxo on the same morning of the attack by a cell formed by Arkaitz Goikoetxea Basabe and fellow ETA member Aitor Artetxe Rodr\u00edguez. The car was the property of a company owned by a former member of ETA, Xabier Izko de la Iglesia, who had been sentenced in the 1970 Burgos trial. The car was then loaded with 60\u00a0kg of ammonal, a type of explosive usually used by ETA. The car also contained shrapnel shell to increase the destructive power. The explosive device had been obtained in the town of Ezcaray, La Rioja and was similar to an abandoned bomb found in Getxo on 31 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing, Attack\nAt 23:55, Goikoetxea phoned the DYA headquarters, a Basque roadside assistance association, in Bilbao on behalf of ETA, to alert them that a car bomb would go off in Getxo: \"Listen carefully, I'm calling on behalf of ETA. In one hour, a van bomb is going to explode in the seafront walk, next to the boat club of Getxo. Do you understand? Freedom for the Basque Country. Long live ETA\". According to reports, the warning call was made from a telephone box located 500 meters from the boat club. A few minutes later, a worker from the club spotted two hooded people, abandoning a vehicle in the middle of the road. Once Ertzaintza officers spotted the vehicle, the area was cordoned off and people evacuated from nearby houses. A family reported to have not been warned of the detonation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing, Attack\nAt 00:50, ten minutes before the time the caller had given, the device went off. The detonation tore a hole in the ground and caused considerable damage to the club. Several floors of the building were ripped open and it suffered serious structural damage. Nearby houses and buildings were also affected by the explosion, which was heard in most of the towns around the Estuary of Bilbao. According to the Spanish High Court, 114 people were affected in some way by the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing, Attack\nAfter the attack, Ertzaintza kept the area cordoned off, while looking for other possible bombs. Meanwhile, Goikoetxea headed to Leioa and met Artetxe in a nearby mountain, where they would stay the whole night. By the morning, no other devices had been found and people were able to return to their homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing, Aftermath\nMany authorities and politicians condemned the attack. Basque Nationalist Party president \u00cd\u00f1igo Urkullu stated that \"once again ETA tried to unreasonably become the judge of the Spanish politics\" and Partido Popular president Mariano Rajoy gave his support to the government of Spain in its fight against ETA. Most of the political parties also condemned the attack, with Aralar stating that \"ETA is an obstacle towards the peace that Euskal Herria (Basque Country) demands\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing, Aftermath, Arrest\nOn 22 July 2008, the Civil Guard dismantled the Biscay cell, with the arrest of nine members of ETA, including Goikoetxea. Most of the arrests were made in Bilbao, Getxo and Elorrio, while two other people were held in Fuengirola, M\u00e1laga and in Nigran, Pontevedra. The operation, which was led by judge Baltasar Garz\u00f3n, also ended with the arrest of Gaizka Jare\u00f1o Ugarriza, Adur Aristegi Aragon, I\u00f1igo Gutierrez, Aitor Kotano Sinde, Libe Agirre Mazaga, Maialen Zuazo y Ana Isabel Prieto Fundarena. Senior members of the cell, such as Jurdan Martitegi or Asier Borrero were not arrested. The cell was going to carry out another car bomb attack in Getxo on 31 July and had plans to attack the Bilbao Exhibition Centre, as well as judge Fernando Grande-Marlaska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing, Aftermath, Arrest\nAitor Artetxe was another cell member on the run until he was arrested in the French town of Gerde, Hautes-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es on 8 December 2008. On the same operation, head of the military commandos Aitzol Iriondo was also arrested, as well as another senior member of ETA, Eneko Zarrabeitia Salterain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196905-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Getxo bombing, Aftermath, Arrest\nOn 19 August 2009, judge Santiago Pedraz prosecuted Goikoetxea and Artetxe for the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196906-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Geylang United FC season\nThe 2008 S.League season is Geylang United's 13th season in the top flight of Singapore football and 33rd year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196906-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Geylang United FC season, Player seasonal records\nCompetitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 25, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2008. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, a run-off election was held on 28 December 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes, Nana Akufo-Addo of the governing New Patriotic Party and John Atta Mills of the opposition National Democratic Congress. Mills was certified as the victor by a margin of less than one percent, winning the presidency on his third attempt. It is to date the closest election in Ghanaian history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election, Background\nOn 21 December 2006, former Vice-President John Atta Mills, who unsuccessfully ran as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate in 2000 and 2004, was overwhelmingly elected by NDC as its candidate for the 2008 presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election, Background\nFormer Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo was elected as the 2008 presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) at a party congress on 23 December 2007. Although he fell short of the required 50%, the second-place candidate, former Trade Minister John Alan Kyeremanten, conceded defeat and backed Akufo-Addo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election, Background\nThe stakes of the election were raised by the discovery of oil in Ghana and an expectation for incoming oil revenues to begin in 2010. Additionally, allegations of electoral fraud that resulted in violence following elections in Kenya and Zimbabwe and military coups d'\u00e9tat  in Mauritania and Guinea caused international election monitors to hope the Ghanaian elections would refurbish the image of constitutional democracy in Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election, Presidential candidates\nThe following eight candidates formally registered with the Electoral Commission of Ghana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election, Opinion polls\nA poll conducted in April 2008 showed Mills slightly ahead of Akufo-Addo. The National Commission for Civic Education conducted the poll which sampled 5,327 people. The poll also predicted a high voter turnout of 96.9%. Respondents came from coastal, middle and northern areas of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election, Opinion polls\nAnother poll conducted in October 2008 by the Angus Reid Global Monitor saw Akufo-Addo leading. The poll was conducted by interviewing 3,000 adults in all the regions of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election, Results\nTurnout on election day was very high. Since few votes were expected for other candidates than those of the two largest parties, a first-round victory for Akufo-Addo or Mills was seen as possible, but Nduom stated he wished to \"surprise\" the other parties by gaining enough votes to force a run-off between the two others. With 40% of the vote counted, Akufo-Addo was leading with 49.5% to Mills's 47.6%. While Mills pulled ahead afterwards, Akufo-Addo again led by a slim margin with over 70% of the votes counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election, Results\nThe second round was rerun on 28 December 2008 but due to logistics problems, the Tain District alone had its run-off election on 2 January 2009 due to problems with distributing ballots. Following the voting on 28 December, Mills led by a slim margin, causing the Election Commission to state it would not announce Mills as the winner until after the election rerun in Tain. Prior to the announcement hundreds of NDC supporters converged on the election headquarters demanding that Mills be declared the victor, but were kept at bay by riot police and armed soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election, Results\nFear of election day violence caused the NPP to file a lawsuit seeking to delay voting in Tain as it claimed that \"the atmosphere in the rural district was not conducive to a free and fair election\". The court denied the NPP's injunction request and said it would only hear the case on 5 January 2009. In response, the NPP called its supporters to boycott the vote, for which it was criticised by civil groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election, Aftermath\nThe effective management of the 2008 election by the Electoral Commission of Ghana, raised interest for African and international election reformers. In November 2009, a conference was held to analyze the 2008 election, and try to establish new standards and practices for African election commissions. Held in Accra, the conference was titled Colloquium on African Elections:Best Practices and Cross-Sectoral Collaboration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196907-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Ghanaian general election, Aftermath\nThe conference was organized by a number of international election reform organizations including the National Democratic Institute, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, the Open Society Initiative for West Africa and UNDP. Conference participants agreed to a communique that makes recommendations directed at African governments, civil society organizations, election management bodies, political parties, election monitoring and observer groups, security services, and the media to improve the credibility of elections in Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196908-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ginetta G50 Cup\nThe 2008 Ginetta G50 Cup was the inaugural Ginetta G50 Cup season. The season began at Oulton Park on 24 March and finished after 20 races over 10 rounds at Donington Park on 12 October, supporting rounds of the British Formula 3 Championship and British GT Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196908-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ginetta G50 Cup\nNigel Moore dominated the first year of the series, winning 14 races and finishing the season over 200 points ahead of runner up Frank Wrathall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196909-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ginetta Junior Championship\nThe 2008 Ginetta Junior Championship season in association with Motorsport News was the fourth Ginetta Junior Championship season, the championship designed for racing drivers between the ages of fourteen and seventeen years of age. The season began at Brands Hatch on 29 March 2008 and finished at the same venue on 21 September 2008 , after twenty-four rounds. The championship was won by Muzz Racing's 15-year-old driver Dino Zamparelli, who did enough to hold off the challenge from 16-year-old Thomas Carnaby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196909-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ginetta Junior Championship, Calendar\n* - Josh Hill had originally qualified on pole but was sent to the back due to changing chassis after qualifying. No pole point was awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196910-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gippsland by-election\nThe 2008 Gippsland by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Gippsland on 28 June 2008. It was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Peter McGauran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196910-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gippsland by-election\nThe writ for the by-election was issued on 19 May 2008. Nominations closed at 12 noon on 5 June 2008. The declaration of nominations, including the ballot order, was revealed the following day, 6 June 2008. The electorate was contested on the same boundaries drawn for Gippsland at the 2007 federal election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196910-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Gippsland by-election\nThe by-election saw the National Party retain the seat with an increased margin, electing candidate Darren Chester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196910-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Gippsland by-election, Background\nAt the 2007 federal election, the opposition Labor Party defeated the incumbent Liberal-National coalition government. This marked the first change of government in over 11 years. This meant a transition from the government frontbench to the opposition backbench for several Liberal Party and National Party politicians. It was speculated that a number of former ministers would not serve out their terms but resign their seats early. This speculation later became reality as Peter McGauran, Alexander Downer, Mark Vaile, and Peter Costello all resigned prior to the next federal election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196910-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Gippsland by-election, Background\nOn 4 April 2008, McGauran became the first former Howard government minister returned at the 2007 election to announce his resignation. McGauran first won the seat of Gippsland at the 1983 federal election. He retained the seat at every subsequent election. At the 2007 election, McGauran won the seat for the National Party by a two-party preferred margin of 55.91% to Labor's 44.09%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196910-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Gippsland by-election, Background\nMcGauran had reportedly lined up a job in the racing industry with Thoroughbred Breeders Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196910-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Gippsland by-election, Candidates\nFive candidates contested the by-election. They are listed below in ballot order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196910-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Gippsland by-election, A joint Coalition candidate?\nFollowing McGauran's resignation announcement, Craig Ingram, independent Victorian MLA for the seat of Gippsland East, told reporters that he was considering contesting the by-election as an independent. Subsequently, Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan made an offer to Ingram to run with the joint endorsement of the Liberal and National parties. Heffernan saw this as the first step in a potential merger between the two parties. However, the idea was rejected by both party organisations, and it is doubtful whether Heffernan had the authority to make such an offer. Soon after that, Ingram announced that he would not be running in any capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196910-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Gippsland by-election, Results\nDarren Chester retained the seat for the National Party with an increased margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196911-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Girabola\nThe 2008 Girabola was the 30th season of the top-tier football league in Angola. The season ran from 2 March to 2 November 2008. Interclube were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196911-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Girabola\nThe league comprises 14 teams, the bottom three of which will be relegated to the 2009 Gira Angola.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196911-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Girabola\nPetro Atl\u00e9tico de Luanda were crowned champions, while Benfica do Lubango, Petro do Huambo and Sagrada Esperan\u00e7a were relegated. Santana Carlos of Petro Luanda finished as top scorer with 20 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196911-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Girabola, FAF penalties\nOn its official weekly report 0032/SG/08, F.C. Bravos do Maquis forfeited 3 points regarding their 15 round home match against Primeiro de Maio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 28], "content_span": [29, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196911-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Girabola, Changes from the 2007 season\nRelegated: Acad\u00e9mica do Soyo, Atl\u00e9tico do Namibe, Juventude do Moxico Promoted: Bravos do Maquis, Kabuscorp, Recreativo do Libolo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 43], "content_span": [44, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196912-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship\nThe 2008 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was played from 5 to 10 July 2008 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Seven teams competed in this tournament. United States won the tournament for the fifth time defeating Mexico. Dominican Republic joined the United States and Mexico to compete at the 2009 Girls' U18 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196912-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship, Competing nations\nUnited States\u00a0Dominican Republic\u00a0Trinidad and Tobago\u00a0U.S. Virgin Islands", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196913-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship\nThe 2008 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederaci\u00f3n Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). Held in Lima and Pucallpa in Peru. The top two teams qualified for the 2009 Youth World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196913-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship, Competing nations\nThe following national teams participated in the tournament, teams were seeded according to how they finished in the previous edition of the tournament with host Peru being seeded first:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 75], "content_span": [76, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196913-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship, Competing nations\nPeru (Host & 2nd)\u00a0Argentina (3rd)\u00a0Uruguay (6th)\u00a0Paraguay (8th)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 75], "content_span": [76, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia\nThe 2008 Giro d'Italia was the 91st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Palermo on 10 May and ended in Milan on 1 June. Twenty-two teams entered the race, which was won by Spaniard Alberto Contador of the Astana cycling team. Second and third respectively were Italians Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 and Marzio Bruseghin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia\nContador first took the race lead after the second mountain stage, to Marmolada, by finishing nearly fifteen minutes ahead of previous race leader Gabriele Bosisio. The race's overall classification had been headed for several days beforehand by Giovanni Visconti, who participated in a breakaway in the sixth stage which won him sufficient time to hold the race leader's pink jersey for more than a week. In the race's final week, Contador faced stern challenges from Ricc\u00f2 and defending Giro champion Danilo Di Luca. Though Contador did not win any stage, his performances were consistently strong enough to remain ahead through to the conclusion of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia\nTeam CSF Group\u2013Navigare appeared to perform quite well in the race, coming away with four stage wins and victory in the mountains classification and the Trofeo Fast Team. In August 2008, mountains classification winner Emanuele Sella was announced to have tested positive for methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta (better known as Mircera, an erythropoietin derivative) at an out-of-competition control held by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). He subsequently admitted his doping, and named teammate Matteo Priamo as his supplier. Both riders were subsequently suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia\nThough as of April 2010 no definitive positive results have come to light from samples taken during the Giro, retesting of those samples has reportedly revealed six to seven presumptive positives for Mircera. Ricc\u00f2, who tested positive for the drug at the 2008 Tour de France, is among those suspected of having given positive tests in the Giro, as is Sella.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Teams\nTwenty-two teams participated in the 2008 Giro. These included 16 UCI ProTour teams, and six UCI Professional Continental teams. Of the 18 ProTour teams, the two left out were Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com and Cr\u00e9dit Agricole. Two other ProTour teams, Astana and Team High Road, were left off the first list of teams announced by RCS Sport, the organizers of the Giro. This list also included a further Professional Continental team, NGC Medical\u2013OTC Industria Porte, which was later excluded. Astana and Team High Road were both later added, with Astana's invitation coming just six days before the event began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Teams\nThe 22 teams who took part in the race were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 70]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race previews and favorites\nThe 2008 Giro featured an assortment of contenders for the overall victory. Defending champion Danilo Di Luca had faced potential bans which would have kept him out of the race, after investigations into his involvement with the Oil for Drugs scandal and an irregular doping test given after stage 17 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia, either of which could have resulted in a two-year suspension. Though he was suspended for three months because of Oil for Drugs, he was cleared by the Italian National Olympic Committee of any wrongdoing in the 2007 Giro, and was thus permitted to start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race previews and favorites\nThe late invitation of Astana to the race provided three potential contenders: 2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, third-place finisher from that race Levi Leipheimer, and Andreas Kl\u00f6den. One analysis of pre-race favorites considered Kl\u00f6den to be the strongest of them, while another considered Contador to be the race's biggest favorite after his wins at the recently run Vuelta al Pa\u00eds Vasco and Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race previews and favorites\nBoth Di Luca and Contador had strong domestiques (support riders) by their sides, with Di Luca joined by two-time Giro d'Italia champion Paolo Savoldelli, Gabriele Bosisio, and Alessandro Spezialetti, and Contador by Leipheimer and Kl\u00f6den. Other riders named as overall contenders included Denis Menchov, Gilberto Simoni, Vincenzo Nibali, Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, Mauricio Soler, Marzio Bruseghin, Emanuele Sella, Evgeni Petrov, Franco Pellizotti, and Juan Manuel G\u00e1rate. Unibet.com's odds-on favorite was Kl\u00f6den. 2004 Giro d'Italia winner Damiano Cunego chose to skip the race to better prepare for the Tour de France, adding to speculation that this would be the first Giro since 1996 to feature a non-Italian winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race previews and favorites\nSix stages were classified as flat and likely to be contested by sprinters. Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, who had notably won nine stages in the 2004 race, did not plan to enter this Giro because of bouts with influenza and bronchitis which hindered his training. He was later suspended from the sport, and his contract with Team Milram terminated, as a result of his controversial doping case from the 2007 Giro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race previews and favorites\nSprinters identified as being favorites in the bunch finishes that the Giro would offer included Alexandre Usov, Dimitry Muravyev, Enrico Gasparotto, Maximiliano Richeze, Robert F\u00f6rster, Mark Cavendish, Andr\u00e9 Greipel, Daniele Bennati, Paolo Bettini, Graeme Brown, Robbie McEwen, Julian Dean, Erik Zabel, and Alberto Loddo. Richeze was withdrawn by his team CSF Group\u2013Navigare the day before the race began after a positive doping test, though he would later be cleared of any wrongdoing. His name remained on the start list, and he was not replaced, meaning CSF Group\u2013Navigare entered the race with only eight riders instead of the customary nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages\nThe race began for the second year in succession with a team time trial on one of Italy's islands, in this case Sicily (in 2007 it had been Sardinia). The route contained only four stages that were officially deemed mountain stages, but several of the seven intermediate stages contained selective climbs. The Giro had four time trials, three of which were individual and one a team event. Six stages were classified as flat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages\nThe sixth stage was originally scheduled to be 265\u00a0km (165\u00a0mi) in length, but it was shortened the day before it was to be run. This decision was made because many riders in the race had become upset over the lengths of transfers from the end of one stage to the beginning of the next and that this afforded them little rest to prepare for such long stages. The 34\u00a0km (21\u00a0mi) Circuito del Gargano was eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages\nOf the four official mountain stages, three ended with climbs: stage 14 to Alpe di Pampeago, stage 15 to Passo Fedaia, and stage 19 to Presolana. Stage 20 earned its mountain designation by way of the Passo di Gavia and the Passo del Mortirolo, respectively the highest point reached and the steepest climb of this year's Giro. Two other stages had summit arrivals, stage 7 to Pescocostanzo and the demanding stage 16 climbing time trial to Plan de Corones, the summit of which the Giro had never before visited. It was hoped that the number of time trials, including one on the race's last day, would keep the race hotly contested to the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nThe Giro started with a team time trial in Sicily. There was pre-race speculation that this stage would result in an American rider wearing the pink jersey for the first time in twenty years, as Slipstream\u2013Chipotle, Team CSC, and Astana were among the biggest favorites to win and all had strong American time trialists on their squads. The victory went to Slipstream\u2013Chipotle, which put their team leader, American Christian Vande Velde, in the first pink jersey. With a hilly stage ahead on day two of the Giro, Vande Velde's race lead was far from secure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nHe lost it to Franco Pellizotti, who finished sufficiently ahead of Vande Velde on the stage to take a lead of a single second in the overall classification. Pellizotti retained the race lead for the next three days, as those stages were flat and were contested by sprinters, with the overall favorites finishing together with the peloton in each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nThe sixth stage was shortened from its original length of 265\u00a0km (165\u00a0mi) to 231.6\u00a0km (143.9\u00a0mi). This was still the race's second-longest stage, and it featured a breakaway which shook up the race standings. Eleven riders finished nearly twelve minutes in front of the peloton, and reigning Italian national road race champion Giovanni Visconti assumed the race lead, by a margin of less than one second over fellow breakaway member Matthias Russ.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nRuss had begun the stage 13 seconds ahead of Visconti in the overall classification, but with Visconti gaining seven seconds on Russ at the finish line and six in bonification on the stage's intermediate sprint, the young Italian became the next to wear the pink jersey. Visconti and his team Quick-Step ably defended the jersey for nine days, keeping it through the hilly seventh and eighth stages, as well as in the individual time trial in stage 11 and in three flat stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nVisconti eventually lost the lead on stage 14, the Giro's first stage categorized as high mountain, as he finished more than eighteen minutes behind stage winner Emanuele Sella. The race lead passed to Gabriele Bosisio after that stage, but he was unable to hold it the next day, finishing fifteen minutes behind Sella, again the stage winner. It was on this stage that Alberto Contador took the lead that he would never relinquish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nContador faced repeated challenges from Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 and Danilo Di Luca in the race's final week. They were separated by less than a minute after stage 15, and though Di Luca would falter slightly in the Giro's second individual time trial, the time gap among the three of them was just 21 seconds heading in to the Giro's final mountain stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nDi Luca faltered further in that last mountain stage, losing almost five minutes and any chance to repeat as Giro champion, but Contador and Ricc\u00f2 finished together and were separated by only four seconds going into the Giro's final stage, another individual time trial. Contador's superior time trial skills provided the difference in the Giro's finale. Though he finished 11th on the stage, he gained almost two minutes over Ricc\u00f2, winning the Giro overall without taking any individual stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nEmanuele Sella of CSF Group\u2013Navigare won three stages in the race's final week and took a convincing victory in the mountains classification, leading it for the entire race. His subsequent positive tests and confessions to the use of performance-enhancing drugs outside the Giro cast serious doubt on the legitimacy of these results, however. Daniele Bennati was nearly as dominant in winning the points classification, taking three stage wins and six other top-ten finishes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nHe led the classification after every stage except the second and eighth, which were both won by Ricc\u00f2, who thereby gained the mauve jersey for one day on two separate occasions. Though Ricc\u00f2 was never able to take the overall race lead, he was the winner of the youth classification, taking the white jersey from Visconti when he lost the overall lead and holding it through the conclusion of the race. That jersey had also previously passed over the shoulders of Chris Anker S\u00f8rensen and Morris Possoni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nFive teams repeated as stage winners. Four individual riders won multiple stages. In addition to Sella's three victories in the final week, the riders who won more than once were Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 in stages 2 and 8, Daniele Bennati in stages 3, 9, and 12, and Mark Cavendish in stages 4 and 13. Tinkoff Credit Systems also won multiple stages, with Pavel Brutt in stage 5 and Vasil Kiryienka in stage 19, after both figured into early morning breakaway groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nSlipstream\u2013Chipotle, Lampre, LPR Brakes\u2013Ballan, Diquigiovanni\u2013Androni, and Team CSC all won one stage apiece. Slipstream\u2013Chipotle won the opening team time trial, Lampre rider Marzio Bruseghin won the Giro's first individual time trial, LPR Brakes\u2013Ballan rider Gabriele Bosisio won stage 7 from a morning escape, Diquigiovanni\u2013Androni's Alessandro Bertolini took stage 11 from a breakaway, and Team CSC veteran Jens Voigt was the winner of stage 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nSuccess was achieved by only a handful of teams, meaning that other teams did not achieve much in the race. Though they nearly took the race lead with Matthias Russ in stage 6, Gerolsteiner had just two riders finish the race, and were never otherwise close to a notable result. Euskaltel\u2013Euskadi had only four riders finish the race. Two other ProTour teams, Cofidis and Fran\u00e7aise des Jeux, similarly failed to be at all competitive in the Giro. None of them would return to the Giro in 2009; Gerolsteiner folded in 2008 after being unable to locate a new sponsor while Euskaltel\u2013Euskadi, Cofidis, and Fran\u00e7aise des Jeux all made it known that they did not wish to participate and were thus declined invitations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping\nSeveral notable riders in the Giro were announced to have tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs after the race concluded. Prominent amongst them was CSF Group\u2013Navigare rider Emanuele Sella, a triple stage winner, winner of the mountains classification, and a key rider to CSF Group\u2013Navigare's victory in the teams classification. It was announced on 5 August that Sella had tested positive for Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta, better known as Mircera, a third-generation form of the banned blood booster erythropoietin. At the time the Giro was run, the test for Mircera was still in development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping\nAn out-of-competition control was taken on 23 July, just days after positives from the 2008 Tour de France had come to light, and samples were sent to labs in Paris for analysis. UCI President Pat McQuaid said that Sella had been targeted in the control and that \"[i]t wasn't rocket science\" to conclude that Sella's performances in the Giro could have been artificially enhanced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping\nSella confessed his doping to the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and named teammate Matteo Priamo, also a stage winner in this Giro, as his supplier. Though Priamo never tested positive for anything, and though the Italian National Anti- Doping tribunal originally exonerated him, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled, upon appeal by CONI, that he should be suspended for four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping\nRiccardo Ricc\u00f2, a double stage winner and the best young rider, tested positive for Mircera during the Tour de France, and was subsequently expelled with his team Saunier Duval\u2013Scott. This control was taken just days before the one at which Sella gave his positive. Since it took place during the Tour de France, Ricc\u00f2's results from that race have been removed, but the results for Sella, Priamo, and Ricc\u00f2 all still stand as no positive tests from controls taken during the Giro have come to light. Ricc\u00f2 claims to have only taken the drug before the Tour, but there has been speculation that his performances in the Giro were not legitimate. Sella has similarly confessed to taking the drug while not confessing to have used it during the Giro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping\nAfter repeated positives over the summer, including tests from Leonardo Piepoli and Bernhard Kohl at the Tour de France, and Davide Rebellin and Stefan Schumacher from the 2008 Olympic Games, the UCI has sought to have samples taken during the Giro retested. In October 2009, it was announced that six to seven riders from this Giro had presumptive positives, while further untestable doping involving ozone was also suspected. In total, 82 samples were retested, and the presumptive positives have been compared to values stored at an anti-doping lab in Lausanne, Switzerland. The identities of those riders who tested positive have not yet been revealed. It is believed that Rebellin and Sella are among the riders to have presumptive positives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nIn the 2008 Giro d'Italia, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner is considered the winner of the Giro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a mauve jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The stage win awarded 25 points, second place awarded 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point less per place down the line, to a single point for 15th. In addition, some points could be won in intermediate sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nThere was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized, either first, second, or third category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The highest point in the Giro (called the Cima Coppi), which in 2008 was the Passo di Gavia in Stage 20, afforded still more points than the other first-category climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nThe fourth was the young rider classification which awarded a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1983 were eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nThere were also two classifications for teams. The first is the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage are added, and the team with the lowest time is leading team. The Trofeo Super Team is a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nThe rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, Minor classifications\nOther less well-known classifications were awarded during the Giro, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey. These awards were based on points earned throughout the three weeks of the tour. Each mass start stage had one intermediate sprint, awarding points to the Expo Milano 2015 classification. These sprints gave bonus seconds towards the general classification, points towards the regular points classification, and also points towards the Expo Milano 2015 classification. This award was known in previous years as the Intergiro, and was previously time-based, awarding a blue jersey. CSF Group\u2013Navigare rider Fortunato Baliani won this classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, Minor classifications\nAdditional minor classifications included the combativity classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Mountains classification winner Emanuele Sella took this award. The Azzurri d'Italia classification was based on finishing order, but points were only awarded to the top three finishers in each stage. Like the overall points classification, it was Liquigas' Daniele Bennati who won this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196914-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, Minor classifications\nAlso, the Trofeo Fuga Cervelo rewarded riders who took part in a breakaway at the head of the field, each rider in an escape of ten or fewer riders getting one point for each kilometre that the group stays clear. Along with the Expo Milano 2015, Fortunato Baliani also finished first in this classification. Additionally, teams were on occasion given penalty points for technical infringements. Lampre avoided any penalties, and so was the winner of the Fair Play classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196915-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia Femminile\nThe 2008 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or Giro Donne, was the 19th running of the Giro d'Italia Femminile, one of the premier events of the women's road cycling calendar. It was held over nine stages from 5\u201313 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nThe 2008 Giro d'Italia began on 10 May, with Stage 11 occurring on 21 May. The first stage, like it had been in 2007, was a team time trial, a stage where each member of the team raced together against the clock. This stage was won by the American team Slipstream\u2013Chipotle, who had viewed it as their primary goal in the Giro. It allowed their leader Christian Vande Velde to wear the first pink jersey as race leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nUnlike in most cycling Grand Tours, the first road race stage 2008 Giro was not a flat stage decided by sprinters, but rather one over a hilly course that would be won by a breakaway or a strong climber. Though Stages 3 and 4 were both flat and conquered by sprinters, this meant that it was unlikely that a sprinter would get to wear the pink jersey at any point in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nThe first half of the 2008 Giro contained six stages classified as medium-mountain, though many of them contained difficult, selective climbs that broke up the racing peloton. The sixth stage was shortened from its planned length of 265\u00a0km (165\u00a0mi). This was due to riders speaking with race officials and asking that the 34\u00a0km (21\u00a0mi) finishing circuit be eliminated, as the long transfers between stage finish towns and start towns the next day had afforded them little rest to prepare for such a long stage. In that same stage, a 12-rider breakaway finished sufficiently ahead of the peloton that one of its members, Giovanni Visconti, became the new overall race leader, a lead that he would maintain for more than a week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1\n10 May 2008 \u2014 Palermo, 23.6\u00a0km (14.7\u00a0mi) (team time trial)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1\nThe Giro began, like it had the previous year, with a team time trial (TTT) on one of Italy's islands, this year in Sicily. The course was flat. There was speculation that this stage would result in a second American cyclist to wear the pink jersey (the first having been Andrew Hampsten in 1988), as Astana, Team CSC, and Slipstream\u2013Chipotle were all considered favorites to win the stage and all had strong American time trialists on their squads. Slipstream\u2013Chipotle, one of the first Professional Continental teams announced for the race, held a special training camp in Spain a week before the race specifically to work on their TTT skills.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1\nThe early time to beat was set by the second team to take the course, Tinkoff Credit Systems, clocking in at 27' 05\". After three other teams came Slipstream\u2013Chipotle, who finished with only the minimum of five riders together (the team's time is taken for the fifth rider to cross the finish line, with any riders who are dropped given their own times) after David Millar was dropped in the final kilometer. Christian Vande Velde was the first to cross the line for Slipstream\u2013Chipotle, after 26' 32\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1\nThat Vande Velde had been the first over the line rather than time trial specialist David Zabriskie had not been specifically the plan. The next team on course was Astana, who were nine seconds slower than Slipstream\u2013Chipotle at the first time check and finished in 27' 01\". Team CSC and Barloworld were both ahead of Slipstream\u2013Chipotle at the first intermediate time check, but faded toward the finish and clocked in second and fifth, respectively. Slipstream\u2013Chipotle's time held up to the end of the stage, affording Vande Velde the first pink jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2\n11 May 2008 \u2014 Cefal\u00f9 to Agrigento, 207\u00a0km (129\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2\nThis was a hilly course, in contrast to most Grand Tours, which begin with flat road stages. It contained two categorized climbs, and favored an attacking rider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2\nThe significant breakaway of the day comprised David Loosli and J\u00e9r\u00e9my Roy, after Dionisio Galparsoro had been brought back into the peloton after an earlier attack. Loosli and Roy attained a maximum advantage of over ten minutes. With 65\u00a0km (40\u00a0mi) remaining in the stage for the peloton, a significant crash occurred as they went over a railroad crossing. David Zabriskie was the most seriously hurt, needing to be taken away from the race in an ambulance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2\nLoosli and Roy were caught with 50\u00a0km (31\u00a0mi) left to race, as the finishing circuit in Agrigento began. Slipstream\u2013Chipotle had been at the head of the peloton, protecting race leader Christian Vande Velde, for as long as they could, and during the circuit LPR Brakes\u2013Ballan took over the pace-making. The hilly and difficult circuit made it so many riders lost contact with the leading group, until only a small number of climbers and overall favorites were with the leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2\nJoaquim Rodr\u00edguez was the first of this group to attack for the stage win, but he was caught in the final few hundred meters by a quintet of Italians, Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, Danilo Di Luca, Davide Rebellin, Franco Pellizotti, and Paolo Savoldelli. Ricc\u00f2 was the first across the line for the stage win, while Pellizotti's ten second time gap over Vande Velde in 19th gave him the pink jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\n12 May 2008 \u2014 Catania to Milazzo, 221\u00a0km (137\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\nThis was the first flat stage of the 2008 Giro. The course began by riding around the perimeter of Mount Etna for a categorized climb, but the final 120\u00a0km (75\u00a0mi) on the seaside of Milazzo were all on elevations of less than 100\u00a0m (328\u00a0ft), and a sprint finish was the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\nThe first attempt at a breakaway in this stage did not occur until the 70\u00a0km (43\u00a0mi) mark, as the Mount Etna climb kept the peloton together. At that point, Riccardo Chiarini, Mickael Buffaz, J\u00e9r\u00e9my Roy, Kevin Seeldraeyers, Matej Jur\u010do, and Pavel Brutt broke free and attained a maximum advantage of four minutes. The peloton was careful not to let the time gap get out of hand, and for much of the stage it was only two minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\nA massive crash occurred at the 70\u00a0km (43\u00a0mi) to go mark, when a rider struck a manhole cover and lost control of his bike, colliding with other riders and sending riders and bikes flying. Rain began to fall shortly thereafter, with further crashes claiming victims including Mark Cavendish, Kanstantsin Sivtsov, and the previous day's stage winner Riccardo Ricc\u00f2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\nThe breakaway was caught with 30\u00a0km (19\u00a0mi) left to race, after which even more crashes occurred. Bradley McGee was taken from the race in an ambulance with a broken collarbone, and though his Team CSC teammate Stuart O'Grady finished the stage after crashing, it was later learned that he too had broken his collarbone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\nThe succession of crashes did not stop a mass sprint finish, through what was ironically thought the most dangerous part of the course before the stage began. Liquigas' Daniele Bennati outmaneuvered Erik Zabel and Danilo Hondo at the finish to claim the stage win and the points jersey. Liquigas also retained the overall race lead with Franco Pellizotti, as well as first in the teams classification. It was Bennati's first career Giro stage win after having previously won stages in the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4\n13 May 2008 \u2014 Pizzo Calabro to Catanzaro-Lungomare, 183\u00a0km (114\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4\nIn this stage, the Giro left Sicily for Italy's mainland. The course for this stage was similar in profile to the one previous, with a high climb coming in the first third of the course before sufficient flat racing to ensure a mass sprint finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4\nThis stage was marked by a long one-man breakaway by Cofidis rider Rik Verbrugghe. He attained an advantage of eleven minutes over the peloton at one point, but he stood little chance of staying away on a course well-suited for a bunch finish. He was caught with 19\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) left to race, as Team Milram, Team High Road, and Liquigas worked to get the field together, in preparation for a finish for their strong sprinters. Milram led Erik Zabel out early, but the veteran German was unable to hold on all the way to the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4\nPoints classification leader Daniele Bennati was next to try, but he too went too soon and was passed for the win by High Road's Mark Cavendish, who picked up his first career Grand Tour stage win. A crash in the final kilometer, as the sprint was just beginning, brought down Nick Nuyens and two CSF Group\u2013Navigare riders, with Nuyens breaking his collarbone and leaving the race in an ambulance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5\n14 May 2008 \u2014 Belvedere Marittimo to Contursi Terme, 203\u00a0km (126\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5\nThis was the first of four medium-mountain stages. One pre-race analysis suggested that the course's rolling profile suited a breakaway surviving to the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5\nIt took several attempts for a successful breakaway to come clear, but by the 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) mark, Luis Felipe Laverde, Johannes Fr\u00f6hlinger, David Millar, Pavel Brutt, and Francisco P\u00e9rez were away. P\u00e9rez had begun the stage 1'57\" behind race leader Franco Pellizotti, and as such he was the virtual race leader for much of the stage, as the breakaway held a maximum advantage over the peloton of 7'20\" with 63\u00a0km (39\u00a0mi) left to race. The time gap to the leaders steadily fell from that point, such that Pellizotti's lead did not prove to be in any real danger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5\nWith a final 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) long, uncategorized hill remaining in the stage, the fast-closing pink jersey group, 64 riders strong and containing the race's overall favorites, trailed the five leaders by 1'42\". This would prove to be just enough time for the breakaway to be able to decide the stage among themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5\nJust as they passed under the red kite indicating 1\u00a0km (0.62\u00a0mi) to the finish line, and just as Brutt seemed to start his attack for the stage win, the chain on Millar's bicycle snapped, halting the Scot and destroying any chance at a victory for him. An enraged Millar threw his bike over the barricade and, needing to wait for his team car for another, finished 119th on the stage, though he would be credited with the same finishing time as P\u00e9rez in fourth. Brutt's attack, which had started just as disaster struck Millar, gave him the stage win. His remaining breakaway mates finished scattered behind him, with the pink jersey group, led home by Paolo Bettini, 31 seconds back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\n15 May 2008 \u2014 Potenza to Peschici, 231.6\u00a0km (143.9\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\nThis stage was originally scheduled to be 265\u00a0km (165\u00a0mi) in length. After representatives from the peloton spoke to race officials, voicing concerns over the long transfers from one day's finish town to the next day's start town affording them little time to rest to prepare for such a demanding stage, the 34\u00a0km (21\u00a0mi) Circuito del Gargano was eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\nThe resultant course was still quite long, with a bumpy profile that suggested a climber or a sprinter who could climb better than his peers would be the day's winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\nFor the first hour, the peloton stayed together, with no breakaway attempts succeeding. On the ascent to and descent from the day's one categorized climb, at the 47\u00a0km (29\u00a0mi) mark, a twelve-rider breakaway formed, from which would come the riders who contested the stage victory. This group comprised Rene Mandri, Alan P\u00e9rez, Paul Martens, Nikolay Trusov, Jason McCartney, Magnus B\u00e4ckstedt, Daniele Nardello, Giovanni Visconti, Francesco Gavazzi, Matthias Russ, Maxim Iglinsky, and Matteo Priamo. Before the finish, Mandri was felled by a crash, and had to leave the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\nThe peloton let this group get a lead of 16 minutes with 45\u00a0km (28\u00a0mi) left to race, before Barloworld set to making the chase, but it was much too late to bring them back. The race lead was assured to transfer to one in the breakaway. Russ was the best-placed rider in the General Classification at the beginning of the day, but Visconti was only 13 seconds behind him, meaning their respective finishing positions would likely determine which of them got the next pink jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\nPriamo and P\u00e9rez attacked their breakaway mates in the stage's final kilometer, quickly getting an appreciable gap over them. B\u00e4ckstedt tried to follow, but much like his teammate David Millar had had the previous day, mechanical trouble kept him from following. Priamo opened the sprint first and P\u00e9rez had no answer, giving the stage win to the Italian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\nVisconti finished the stage 7 seconds ahead of Russ, but he had also won the day's intermediate sprint, which afforded 6 bonus seconds. This gave him the pink jersey over Russ by a margin of less than one second. He was also awarded the white jersey after the stage, as he was a few days under the age limit for that classification. Visconti went \u00e0 bloc in the stage's final few hundred meters, and had to be held upright by team staff after dismounting his bicycle. The peloton, led home by Daniele Bennati, finished 11'34\" behind the stage winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\nPriamo's teammate Emanuele Sella, after later testing positive for methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta (better known as Mircera, an erythropoietin derivative) at an out-of-competition control run by the UCI and confessing to his doping, named Priamo as his supplier, resulting in a four-year ban for Priamo a year later and casting considerable doubt on the legitimacy of this performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7\n16 May 2008 \u2014 Vasto to Pescocostanzo, 180\u00a0km (112\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7\nThis was the first time the Giro ever visited Pescocostanzo, in the region of Abruzzo. The course favored a strong climber, as it featured numerous uncategorized rises in elevation in the first 100\u00a0km (62\u00a0mi) and then two categorized climbs later, as well as an uphill finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7\nIt took 55\u00a0km (34\u00a0mi) for the significant breakaway of this stage to form, after several attempts proved unsuccessful and a second selection took place among two large groups that briefly got away. The seven riders out front for the bulk of the stage were Emanuele Sella, Joan Horrach, Fortunato Baliani, Simon \u0160pilak, F\u00e9lix C\u00e1rdenas, Gabriele Bosisio and Vasil Kiryienka, who had been the original instigator of the breakaway. Numerous splits occurred among this group and the 32-strong group between them and the pink jersey's peloton, with time gaps and exact makeups of each group varying wildly as the stage went on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7\nThe stage win went to Bosisio, reaching the finish line 46 seconds ahead of Kiryienka and over a minute ahead of his fellow breakaway mates. His team LPR Brakes\u2013Ballan had wanted to try to have their leader Danilo Di Luca take the stage win, as Di Luca is from the area where the stage ended. But when Bosisio seemed to be in a winning breakaway and informed his teammates that he had the legs to try for the stage win, the team changed their plans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7\nThe race's overall contenders, who had been in the second group on the road, closed the gap to the breakaway as the stage ended, and finished just over two minutes behind Bosisio. Another large group was led home by Davide Rebellin 2'55\" back, with most of the other riders finishing alone or in pairs between that group and two large gruppetto 24 and 28 minutes back. Race leader Giovanni Visconti finished 29th, 3'52\" behind the stage winners and conceding nearly two minutes to the top GC riders, but he had more than enough time in hand to retain the pink jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\n17 May 2008 \u2014 Rivisondoli to Tivoli, 208\u00a0km (129\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\nThis was a difficult stage, featuring the second-category Forca d'Acero climb at the 57\u00a0km (35\u00a0mi) mark, and numerous uncategorized climbs later in the stage. Analysis of the course expected it to favor a puncheur, a rider who is not necessarily a pure climber, but one who can put in repeated attacks on courses with such a jagged profile. Speculations for stage winner included Davide Rebellin, Paolo Bettini, and Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, who went on to contest the finish in a sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\nIt was at the 42\u00a0km (26\u00a0mi) mark, on the ascent of the Forca d'Acero, that Alessandro Spezialetti, Mathieu Perget, Fortunato Baliani, and Adam Hansen broke free of the peloton. Their maximum advantage hovered between five and six minutes for most of the time they were away. At the 86\u00a0km (53\u00a0mi) mark, a crash brought down pre-race favorite Alberto Contador, his teammate Steve Morabito, Nicolas Hartmann, and Lander Aperribay. Initially all continued, but Morabito later retired from the Giro, as he had already sustained injuries from a crash earlier in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\nAfter the intermediate sprint at the 151\u00a0km (94\u00a0mi) mark, the Quick Step-led peloton set to making the chase in earnest. This was both to protect race leader Giovanni Visconti and to try to get Paolo Bettini in position for a stage win, as the stage's uphill finish favored him. With 15\u00a0km (9.3\u00a0mi) left, the gap from the leaders to the pink jersey peloton was below one minute, prompting Hansen to try a solo escape for the stage victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\nHe attained thirty seconds advantage quickly, as the other four were caught by the peloton, but Hansen too was caught with some 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) left. A 39-rider group contested a final sprint finish, won by Riccardo Ricc\u00f2. The win was Ricc\u00f2's second stage victory of this Giro, and gave him leadership in the points classification after the stage. Visconti finished with the leaders and retained the pink jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9\n18 May 2008 \u2014 Civitavecchia to San Vincenzo, 218\u00a0km (135\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9\nThis was a fairly straightforward stage that would almost assuredly end in a mass sprint. The course featured one small categorized climb, but it was no hindrance to the fast men being together at the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9\nTwo riders broke free of the peloton almost immediately after the stage began; these were Micka\u00ebl Buffaz and Yuriy Krivtsov. They attained a maximum advantage of over 11 minutes, but the peloton had no trouble catching them, as they did with some 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) left to race. At that point, Paolo Bettini, Emanuele Sella, and Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 broke away. Though those three did attain a small gap, it was clear that the peloton, paced by Team High Road in the stage's final kilometers, would not allow any finish but a group sprint, so they dropped back. After Oscar Gatto opened the sprint 300\u00a0m (980\u00a0ft) from the finish line, Daniele Bennati, Bettini, Robbie McEwen, and Erik Zabel came around him to finish the stage in that order. Bennati regained the lead in the points classification from Ricc\u00f2 with the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 864]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10\n20 May 2008 \u2014 Pesaro to Urbino, 39.4\u00a0km (24.5\u00a0mi) (individual time trial)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10\nThe Giro's first individual time trial (ITT), which took place after the Giro's first rest day, featured a course that favored specialists in the discipline. Its first half was flat. The second half included the Monte di Colbordolo, which featured a maximum gradient of 12%, but was otherwise not imposing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10\nThe early time to beat was set by Team High Road's Tony Martin, who clocked in at 58'54\", one of the first to stop the clock in under an hour. Tinkoff Credit Systems rider Vasil Kiryienka, who had featured in several breakaways in past stages, passed many riders who started minutes before him, but faded toward the finish and ended up 10 seconds slower than Martin. The first rider to best Martin's time was from Astana, who were expected to excel in the ITT as they had several strong time trialists on their squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0042-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10\nThis was Vladimir Gusev, who posted a time of 58'46\". Italian national time trial champion Marco Pinotti of Team High Road quickly knocked off Gusev, finishing the course in 57'17\". Shortly after Pinotti finished, Astana's Andreas Kl\u00f6den and Lampre's Marzio Bruseghin were setting new best times at the intermediate time checks, with Bruseghin stopping the clock at 56'41\", which held up for the stage win by a margin of 20 seconds over Kl\u00f6den and 8 over Kl\u00f6den's teammate and team leader Alberto Contador. Contador's performance moved him from eighth to fourth in the overall classification after the stage. The last two men on course were Matthias Russ and race leader Giovanni Visconti, still in high positions because of their Stage 6 breakaway. Visconti passed Russ on the road at one point, and gained nearly three minutes over him to extend his overall lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 915]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11\n21 May 2008 \u2014 Urbania to Cesena, 199\u00a0km (124\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11\nThis was a tough, hilly stage, containing four categorized climbs, including the first-category Monte Carpegna at the 107\u00a0km (66\u00a0mi) mark. This mountainous stage concluded with an 11.5\u00a0km (7.1\u00a0mi) finishing circuit in the hometown of Italian cycling legend Marco Pantani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11\nThis day of racing was marked by a consistent downpour of rain, making the course treacherous. At the 42\u00a0km (26\u00a0mi) mark, a break formed, comprising Laurent Mangel, Pablo Lastras, Tiziano Dall'Antonia, Jussi Veikkanen, and Alessandro Bertolini. Their maximum advantage was over nine minutes, though for the second hour of racing their speed was only 36.4\u00a0km/h (22.6\u00a0mph), as the rain and the hilly terrain made for slow going.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11\nThe breakaway's lead fell more precipitously on the ascent to Monte Carpegna, as an attempted breakaway from Danilo Di Luca and other overall favorites increased the speed of the chase group for a time. At the top of Monte Carpegna, the leaders had five minutes on the main chase group of overall favorites, and seven and a half minutes on race leader Giovanni Visconti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11\nThe rainy descent proved dangerous, as Bertolini and Dall'Antonia both crashed at the 121\u00a0km (75\u00a0mi) mark, but were able to make it back to the leading group. Further crashes elsewhere resulted in Mauricio Ardila, Christian Pfannberger, Leonardo Piepoli, Levi Leipheimer, Visconti, and Emanuele Sella all taking a tumble. Gabriele Bosisio was almost able to make the bridge from the chase to the leaders, and as such was the \"virtual\" race leader for a short while, but after crashing he was forced to rejoin the chase pack. Fortunato Baliani, who had been with Bosisio in the bridge attempt, made it to the leaders after a further solo effort. Lastras tried four or five different times to attack the leading group and get free, but he was never able to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196916-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11\nVeikkanen and Mangel were dropped by the other four leaders on the last climb of the day, and Bertolini, Lastras, Dall'Antonia, and Baliani were poised to contest a stage finish among themselves. Dall'Antonia ended up crashing in the final few kilometers, and was unable to bridge back to the other three. Baliani lost his balance on the course's last left-hand turn, momentarily disturbing Lastras behind him. This allowed Bertolini, who had been leading out the sprint (ordinarily the least advantageous position in a sprint finish), to claim the first Giro stage win of his sixteen-year career. As the Visconti group was able to finish with the Di Luca group after being two to three minutes behind them for most of the day, the young Italian retained the race lead for another day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 835]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nStage 12 of the 2008 Giro d'Italia took place on May 22, and the race concluded on 1 June. As the second half of the Giro began, Italian national road race champion Giovanni Visconti had been first in the race's overall classification, but stood little chance of winning the race as he did not have sufficient climbing skills to be a contender on the high mountain stages featured in the race's final week. Stages 12 and 13 were flat and did not change the overall standings, but stages 14, 15, 19, and 20 all contained many high climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nIt was after stage 15 that Alberto Contador first took the overall lead that he would eventually hold through the completion of the Giro, by finishing fifteen minutes ahead of Gabriele Bosisio, who had won the pink jersey from Visconti the day before. Through the final mountain stages, and two individual time trials, Contador held off the challenges of defending champion Danilo Di Luca and eventual runner-up Riccardo Ricc\u00f2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nEmanuele Sella of the CSF Group\u2013Navigare team won three stages in the Giro's final week, as well as the overall victory in the mountains classification. He would later test positive for and confess to the use of performance-enhancing drugs, casting extreme doubt on the legitimacy of these performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\n22 May 2008 \u2014 Forl\u00ec to Carpi, 172\u00a0km (107\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nThis stage was flat, and was designed to end in a mass sprint finish. The final 42.195\u00a0km (26.2\u00a0mi) occurred on a popular Italian marathon course, with the stage dedicated to Italian marathoner Dorando Pietri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nDionisio Galparsoro of Euskaltel\u2013Euskadi broke away from the peloton immediately after the true start of the stage. As rain began to fall on what had previously been a sunny day, no one joined the Basque in his escape, and for much of the stage the peloton let his advantage balloon. His maximum time gap, fourteen minutes, gradually fell to nothing as the rain intensified as the stage went on. A crash with 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) to go thinned the field somewhat, but it was no hindrance to the peloton catching Galparsoro and a sprint finish occurring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nPoints classification leader Daniele Bennati started the sprint first, making his attack before the race's final left-hand turn. Team High Road's Mark Cavendish reacted to Bennati's quick acceleration once around that turn and almost overtook him in the final meters, but the photo finish resulted in a third stage victory for Bennati in this Giro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13\n23 May 2008 \u2014 Modena to Cittadella, 177\u00a0km (110\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13\nThis stage was as flat as any could conceivably get. It ended with a 6\u00a0km (3.7\u00a0mi) circuit around the walled city of Cittadella, a medieval military outpost guarding Padua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13\nIt took several tries for a breakaway to successfully come clear of the peloton in this stage. The leader of the Trofeo Fuga Cervelo (the award giving points for kilometers spent in a breakaway) Micka\u00ebl Buffaz finally got away after 35\u00a0km (22\u00a0mi) and nearly an hour spent riding. Josu Agirre and Paolo Bettini followed him, though Bettini quickly dropped back to the peloton. Buffaz and Agiree took a maximum lead of 8'24\", at the 66\u00a0km (41\u00a0mi) mark, but the stage's incredibly flat profile meant any breakaway was exceedingly unlikely to survive to the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13\nAt the 12\u00a0km (7.5\u00a0mi) to go mark, the peloton was all together again. Liquigas and Team High Road led the field in through the stage's final 10\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi), much as they had in previous sprint stages. Daniele Bennati again started the sprint early, as he had the previous day, but this time Mark Cavendish had enough road to easily overtake him for the victory. The victory came two days after Cavendish's twenty-third birthday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13\nThe day unexpectedly caused a minor change to the overall standings. An extremely fast leadout, coupled with a crash with 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) remaining meant only 48 riders had the same time as the stage winner. The rest of the main field, another 108 riders, were 13 seconds back. Andreas Kl\u00f6den, Danilo Di Luca, Vincenzo Nibali, and Gilberto Simoni were able to make the selection and gained a little time over their competitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\n24 May 2008 \u2014 Verona to Alpe di Pampeago, 195\u00a0km (121\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\nThis was the Giro's first stage classified as a mountain stage, though several of those previous had contained selective climbs. The first half of the stage contained three uncategorized rises in elevation, including one to 931\u00a0m (3,054\u00a0ft). In the stage's final 34\u00a0km (21\u00a0mi), there were two categorized climbs, the first-category Passo Manghen, featuring gradients of up to 15%, and a second-category summit stage finish at Alpe di Pampeago. The same climb featured in the 2003 Giro d'Italia, where the stage winner was eventual Giro winner Gilberto Simoni. Simoni had said before the stage that he would again try for victory on this climb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\nThe day's breakaway was large, comprising 13 riders from 11 teams. The only team with more than one rider in the group was Caisse d'Epargne, who had three - Joaquim Rodr\u00edguez, Jos\u00e9 Rujano, and Francisco P\u00e9rez. Other notables in the group included Christian Vande Velde, Emanuele Sella, Paolo Bettini, and Jens Voigt. The group's maximum advantage, for the time when they were all together, was 7'40\", after 90\u00a0km (56\u00a0mi). When Sella attacked out of this group to try for maximum mountains points on the Passo Manghen, it was totally shattered, sending some riders, including Vande Velde, back to the peloton and gapping others on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\nAt the top of the Passo Manghen, the following groups had formed: Sella alone in front, followed at 2'42\" by Vasil Kiryienka and Rodr\u00edguez, then Jure Gol\u010der at 3'00\", Rujano at 3'40\", Bettini, Voigt, Rinaldo Nocentini, and Charly Wegelius at 5'28\", with a group of overall favorites including Alberto Contador, Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, Gilberto Simoni, and Franco Pellizotti at 10'57\", and race leader Giovanni Visconti and his team a further two minutes back. Simoni's Diquigiovanni\u2013Androni team was the one pacing the group of favorites, indicating that Simoni may have been intending to make good on his pre-stage promises to try for the win again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\nThe groups simplified on the Pampeago climb, with Sella still well ahead out front. 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) from the top, the first on the road 2'24\" behind him were Kiryienka, Rodr\u00edguez, Rujano, and Bettini, who had consolidated into one group while Gol\u010der, Nocentini, and Wegelius were dropped. The group of overall favorites was ten minutes back, and Visconti was eighteen minutes back, meaning his pink jersey was in jeopardy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\nSella rode most of the rest of the climb out of the saddle, continuously adding to his advantage, which was four and a half minutes over Kiryienka in second on the stage. The four chasers behind him did not remain as a cohesive group; Kiryienka and Rodr\u00edguez came ahead of Rujano and Bettini, with Kiryienka attacking in the final kilometer to gain 30 seconds over Rodr\u00edguez. Bettini scarcely stayed ahead of the fast-charging group of overall favorites, finishing 49 seconds ahead of Denis Menchov, who led that group home. After the stage, Simoni criticized a perceived lack of combativeness in the riders who had been in the same group as him, calling them \"a bunch of lambs.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\nAs was expected, the stage greatly changed the overall classification, with LPR Brakes\u2013Ballan's Gabriele Bosisio becoming the new race leader by a margin of five seconds over Contador. Contador had been unable to respond to attacks made by Menchov, Pellizotti, Ricc\u00f2, and Simoni in the final kilometer, conceding some 45 seconds to them, but he was still the highest placed rider from that group in the overall standings at the end of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\n25 May 2008 \u2014 Arabba to Passo Fedaia, 153\u00a0km (95\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nThis stage was one of the most climbing-intensive in the race, featuring six categorized climbs. These included three second category climbs, two in the third category, and a never before used uphill finish at Passo Fedaia, a first category climb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nA flurry of attacks and counter-attacks on the slopes of the day's first climb, the second category Passo Pordoi, reached after just 9\u00a0km (5.6\u00a0mi) spent racing, resulted in a nine-man leading group forming. The first attacker was Joaquim Rodr\u00edguez, who drew mountains classification leader Emanuele Sella with him. Their leading group also included F\u00e9lix C\u00e1rdenas, Jens Voigt, Vladimir Miholjevi\u0107, Evgeni Petrov, Vladimir Karpets, Fortunato Baliani, and Paolo Bettini. Through the second category Passo San Peligrino and the third category San Tomaso Agordino, the group's advantage hovered at around two minutes, as Sella, Bettini, Rodr\u00edguez, and Karpets all potentially posed threats to the GC should the group get a large advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nOn the Passo de Giau, the course's third and final second category climb, the leading group splintered. Rodr\u00edguez, Baliani, and Sella came clear, and the other six members of the initial breakaway were absorbed by a chase group composed partly of overall contenders Alberto Contador, Danilo Di Luca, Franco Pellizotti, and Gilberto Simoni. Notably missing from this group was overnight race leader Gabriele Bosisio, who would finish the day eighteen minutes behind the stage winner and lose the pink jersey. Contador was briefly gapped on the climb, but he and Jurgen Van den Broeck caught up to the 15 others in the leading group after the summit, approximately three minutes behind the three leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nVincenzo Nibali and Julio Alberto P\u00e9rez came out of this group and after a lengthy chase bridged to the leaders. This gave CSF Group\u2013Navigare three riders in the leading group, and Baliani and P\u00e9rez worked to get Sella to the top of the Passo Falzarego first for maximum mountains points and a leading gap. Sella stayed away for the stage win, while the group of favorites caught his two teammates and Nibali, and stayed between two and three minutes behind him for the remainder of the stage. In the steep final kilometer before the summit of the Passo Fedaia, Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 put in an attack that Di Luca, Contador, and Denis Menchov were unable to answer, gaining him time on his competition. Contador, however, took the pink jersey, by a margin of 33 seconds over Ricc\u00f2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\n26 May 2008 \u2014 San Vigilio di Marebbe to Plan de Corones, 12.8\u00a0km (8.0\u00a0mi) (individual time trial)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\nThis race against the clock was all uphill. It consisted entirely of the first category climb to Plan de Corones. Race organizers had tried to include this climb in 2006, but had to cut it short to a pass on lower elevation because of snow at the summit. The final 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) were on a gravel road, and the last few hundred meters featured a grueling maximum gradient of 24%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\nA strict 25% time cut was enforced on this stage, meaning that the less skilled climbers and time trialists needed to put in strong efforts just to be eligible to remain in the Giro. The first man to take the course, Markus Eichler, posted a time of 49' 58\". This would more than likely survive any time cut, but the second, Thomas Fothen, did not stop the clock until 53' 48\" had ticked by. This was the slowest time of the day and put Fothen, along with five others, outside the time limit, leading to their disqualification from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\nThe first competitive time was posted by CSF Group\u2013Navigare rider Julio Alberto P\u00e9rez, who finished the course in 43' 22\". The riders were staggered into three groups, and P\u00e9rez's time stood as best through the first two, after riders such as David Millar, Philip Deignan, and Vladimir Gusev came close but did not best it. The second rider of the third and final group was Jos\u00e9 Rujano, who posted a time of 41' 15\", which easily beat the times that came before and held up for sixth at day's end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\nEmanuele Sella was the first rider to beat Rujano, as the top riders in the overall classification took to the course. Sella's time was 40' 32\"; only Franco Pellizotti, at 40' 26\", could beat him. For his stage win, Pellizotti was awarded a distinctive crown on the podium, as \"King of Corones.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\nThe remaining highly placed riders in the overall classification rounded out the top ten on the day, with race leader Alberto Contador gaining 8 seconds on Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, more than 30 seconds on Marzio Bruseghin, and more than a minute on Danilo Di Luca and Denis Menchov, after they faltered on the unpaved section of the course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17\n28 May 2008 \u2014 Sondrio to Locarno (Switzerland), 146\u00a0km (91\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17\nAfter the second rest day, the peloton faced the Giro's shortest road race stage, and the only stage which took the race out of its home country. It was categorized flat, with the third category Passo Monte Ceneri the only recognized climb on the course, coming 34\u00a0km (21\u00a0mi) before the finish in Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17\nA little after the 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) mark of the stage, three riders broke away. These were Francesco Gavazzi, Mikhail Ignatiev, and Yann Huguet. The peloton let them get a big advantage quickly, 8'10\" by the 26\u00a0km (16\u00a0mi) mark. At that point, the chase began in earnest. As the stage was quite short, it was unclear at first whether they would be caught, particularly as time trial specialist Ignatiev proved an effective pace setter for the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17\nHuguet was dropped on the Passo Monte Ceneri, and the flat section that followed the climb proved to be all the peloton needed to bring Ignatiev and Gavazzi back into the fold. Gavazzi was caught with 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) left to race, while Ignatiev fought on, but was caught with 4.5\u00a0km (2.8\u00a0mi) to go. Alberto Ongarato started his sprint with nearly a full kilometer left to race, but he was chased down by Tony Martin, as Team High Road controlled the race's final kilometers much as they had in previous flat stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17\nAndr\u00e9 Greipel was the first around the final turn on the course, 250\u00a0m (820\u00a0ft) from the finish line, but instead of giving way to Mark Cavendish, the big German instead took the stage win himself, which had been Team High Road's plan. Thirteen riders who aggressively sought the stage win finished 4 seconds ahead of the rest of the peloton, but the overall classification was not changed in any significant way by the day's results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18\n29 May 2008 \u2014 Mendrisio (Switzerland) to Varese, 147\u00a0km (91\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18\nThis stage was also quite short, though it was hilly enough to be categorized medium-mountain. It used much of the same course that was used later in 2008 in the world championships road race. Favorites for the stage win thus included riders believed to be favorites for the world championships, such as two-time defending world champion Paolo Bettini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18\nA 12-rider group broke away after 6\u00a0km (3.7\u00a0mi) spent racing. This group included several notable riders \u2013 Bettini, Jens Voigt, points classification leader Daniele Bennati, and former race leaders Gabriele Bosisio and Giovanni Visconti. Voigt, the eventual stage winner, remarked after the stage that he had made it into \"a good group.\" The peloton was uninterested in bringing them back, as none posed overall threats on such a short stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18\nTheir advantage was just over six minutes, at the 36\u00a0km (22\u00a0mi) to go mark, when Voigt broke free of his mates and soloed over the last two laps of the circuit in Varese to reach the finish line. The remainder of the morning's escape finished scattered behind him, with Visconti 1'07\" back and Nikolay Trusov in twelfth 5'19\" back, as the hilly parcours took its toll on some riders. The peloton, led across the line by Lilian J\u00e9gou, finished 7'51\" back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19\n30 May 2008 \u2014 Legnano to Presolana, 238\u00a0km (148\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19\nIt was back to the high mountains for Stage 19, the longest in this Giro. While the first 154\u00a0km (96\u00a0mi) of the course were mostly flat, the final 84\u00a0km (52\u00a0mi) featured three categorized climbs, two second category hills before the first category arrival at Monte Pora in Presolana. This climb had never before been visited in the Giro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19\nThe first hour of the stage covered 50\u00a0km (31\u00a0mi) and kept any escape attempts from coming clear. The seven who broke away at that point were Alexander Efimkin, Steven Cummings, Kanstantsin Sivtsov, Gabriele Missaglia, Nicki S\u00f8rensen, Giairo Ermeti, and Vasil Kiryienka. An advantage that was at first hard-fought ballooned to 21 minutes at the 120\u00a0km (75\u00a0mi) mark. Rain began to fall as the breakaway started up the Passo del Vivione, still with an advantage of nearly 20 minutes. A selective chase group of some 40 riders formed when the peloton hit the climb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19\nAt this point, Danilo Di Luca and teammate Paolo Savoldelli attacked from the group of 40 and managed to come clear, keeping an advantage of close to two minutes through the conclusion of the stage. As Di Luca began the stage 2'18\" behind race leader Alberto Contador, the Spaniard's pink jersey was in jeopardy, and Di Luca was at times the \"virtual\" race leader, when he held an advantage of more than 2'18\" over Contador's group. With 6\u00a0km (3.7\u00a0mi) left, Contador himself launched an attack, but he was unable to get away. Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 counter-attacked when Contador was brought back, and nearly put enough time into him to take the pink jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19\nIn the leading group, Kiryienka attacked his six breakaway companions at the foot of the Monte Para climb and soloed to the finish for the win, by a margin of over four minutes. Di Luca passed the other remaining breakaway riders and took second on the stage. Di Luca finished 1'45\" ahead of Contador's group and Ricc\u00f2 crossed the line 37 seconds before them, meaning the top three were again very tightly bunched.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\n31 May 2008 \u2014 Rovetta to Tirano, 224\u00a0km (139\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nThis stage offered one last visit to the high mountains for the 2008 Giro. While it was the only classified mountain stage not to end on a climb, the categorization as a high mountain stage came about because it featured the highest point reached in the Giro and its steepest climb, respectively the Passo di Gavia and the Passo del Mortirolo. The visit to the Passo di Gavia marked twenty years since it was famously conquered by Andrew Hampsten in a driving blizzard en route to his overall victory in the 1988 Giro d'Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nFor over two hours, no one so much as attempted a breakaway on this stage. Gabriele Bosisio was the first rider to come clear, at the 70\u00a0km (43\u00a0mi) mark, but Astana, unwilling to let him potentially help teammate Danilo Di Luca, kept his advantage at under 30 seconds before he was eventually caught. Finally, after 100\u00a0km (62\u00a0mi) had already been covered, eight riders established leading groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nThree, Julio Alberto P\u00e9rez, Jos\u00e9 Rujano, and Evgeni Petrov were in the lead with the other five, Alessandro Spezialetti, Antonio Colom, F\u00e9lix C\u00e1rdenas, Fortunato Baliani, and Charly Wegelius, behind them chasing. They did not stay as two cohesive groups for very long, and they climbed the Passo di Gavia in pairs or alone. P\u00e9rez was the first to its summit, claiming maximum points for conquering the Cima Coppi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nAs the ascent to the Passo del Mortirolo began, three groups had formed. P\u00e9rez, Baliani, and Colom were in the lead, as the latter two had caught P\u00e9rez shortly after he crested the Passo di Gavia. Trailing by 3'35\" were Petrov, C\u00e1rdenas, Wegelius and Rujano, with a group of overall favorites and support riders from their teams at 5'20\". A short while into the climb, the favorites caught the group of five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nP\u00e9rez was unable to stay with either the leaders for long on the Mortirolo, and he would be dropped by the pink jersey group as well, eventually finishing the stage eleven minutes back in the first large group. Baliani was then dropped from the lead, though he was able to stay with the pink jersey group and finished the stage seventh. Eventually Colom was also caught, though he too stayed with the overall favorites to the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nEmanuele Sella and Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 traded attacks and verbal jabs at the head of the group of favorites as they began the Mortirolo climb. This dropped a few riders from the pink jersey group, but most of the overall favorites remained. The notable exception was Danilo Di Luca, who lost nearly four minutes on the stage and any chance to repeat as Giro champion. Sella and Gilberto Simoni got a gap on the remaining overall favorites, with Sella safely away for the stage win in Tirano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nRicc\u00f2 narrowly missed the time bonus for third on the stage, which would have given him the pink jersey. He and race leader Alberto Contador entered the final stage individual time trial by only 4 seconds, but with Contador recognized as the far superior rider against the clock, the Giro was all but won by the Spaniard at this point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21\n1 June 2008 \u2014 Milan, 28.5\u00a0km (17.7\u00a0mi) (individual time trial)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21\nThe final stage of the 2008 Giro was an individual time trial in Milan. This was the first time since 1992 that the Giro had not concluded with a road race stage. The course was on a slight downhill for its duration and was not technical, featuring only a small number of turns and several long straightaways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21\nThough the overall victory was likely decided, as race leader Alberto Contador was seen as a superior time trialist to the second-place man Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, several lower positions in the classification were up for grabs. Entering the day, Marzio Bruseghin and Franco Pellizotti were separated by only 5 seconds for the last step on the podium. Additionally, Denis Menchov trailed Emanuele Sella by 12 seconds for fifth, and Danilo Di Luca's lead over Jurgen Van den Broeck for seventh was only 8 seconds, all margins which were surmountable in the time trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21\nThe stage was almost won by Mikhail Ignatiev, the second man to start as the second-to-last man in the overnight standings and recognized as a solid time trialist. He finished the course in 32'55\", a time which was only bested Tony Martin and his teammate Marco Pinotti, the stage winner with a time of 32'45\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196917-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21\nThe overall favorites took the course some time later not to decide the stage, but their own battle for specific placings. Contador, who finished the stage in eleventh, was clearly the strongest of the overall contenders on the day, bettering Ricc\u00f2 at the first time check by 53 seconds, Bruseghin by 33 seconds, and Pellizotti by 28 seconds. This momentarily put Bruseghin and Pellizotti in a tie for third overall. Menchov and Van Den Broeck both comfortably outrode their rivals to claim fifth and seventh overall, respectively. At the second intermediate time check, Pellizotti moved five seconds ahead of Bruseghin, but by the finish, Bruseghin had reclaimed the final podium spot by a margin of just two seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196918-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro del Trentino\nThe 2008 Giro del Trentino was the 32nd edition of the Tour of the Alps cycle race and was held on 22 April to 25 April 2008. The race started in Arco and finished in Peio Terme. The race was won by Vincenzo Nibali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196919-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile \u2013 Memorial Michela Fanini\nThe 2008 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile \u2013 Memorial Michela Fanini was the 15th edition of the Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile \u2013 Memorial Michela Fanini, a women's cycling stage race in Italy. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.1 race and was held between 16 and 21 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196920-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Giro di Lombardia\nThe 2008 Giro di Lombardia was the 102nd edition of this single-day road bicycle racing monument race. The event took place on 18 October 2008, with Damiano Cunego winning it, his fourth victory of the year, and the third of his career in the Giro di Lombardia and his second consecutive victory. Cunego managed to break away from the peloton with 15 kilometres on the descent of the Civiglio and was able to resist the chase of the peloton to win alone on the waterfront of Como. Janez Brajkovi\u010d of Astana finished 24 seconds behind, followed by Rigoberto Ur\u00e1n of Caisse d'Epargne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election\nThe 2008 Glasgow East by-election was a by-election for the UK Parliamentary constituency of Glasgow East which was held on 24 July 2008. The election was triggered when, on 30 June 2008, the sitting MP David Marshall stood down due to ill health.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election\nThe by-election was won by John Mason, candidate of the Scottish National Party, who defeated the Labour candidate Margaret Curran. Curran subsequently regained the seat for Labour in the 2010 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election\nThe election was significant as it was the second safe Labour seat to be contested, and to be lost, since a downturn in political fortunes for the Labour Party and incumbent UK Labour Government under the Premiership of Gordon Brown, and was also held in the wake of the resignation of the Leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament, Wendy Alexander. The seat was the third safest Labour seat in Scotland, and their 26th safest seat in the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, History\nThe Glasgow East constituency was created for the 2005 general election. Its area came from the majority of the Glasgow Baillieston constituency, with the remainder formed from the Glasgow Shettleston constituency. It is one of the most deprived constituencies in the UK, with 30% of the working-age population on unemployment or incapacity benefit and nearly 40% of children growing up in homes where there is no adult in paid employment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, History\nIn the 2005 general election the new Glasgow East seat was Labour's 26th safest seat in terms of percentage majority, and within Scotland, the seat at which it received its second highest share of the vote. In the 2005 election, Labour defeated the Scottish National Party (SNP) by a majority of 13,507 votes, who beat the Liberal Democrats to third place by 1,603 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, History\nPrior to his 2005 win of Glasgow East, Marshall had continually held the predecessor seat of Glasgow Shettleston since 1979. Shettleston had been held continuously by previous Labour Party members since an Independent Labour Party member defected to Labour in 1947. The Glasgow Baillieston constituency, and its predecessor seat Glasgow Provan, had always returned Labour MPs since its creation in 1955.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, History\nIn the 2007 Scottish parliamentary elections Labour lost power to the SNP, who formed a minority government. In this election, the SNP deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon won the neighbouring Glasgow Govan Scottish Parliament constituency with a swing from Labour of 10.7%, while all other Glasgow constituencies remained in Labour control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, History\nOn 28 June 2008, Marshall informed local party leaders that he would be stepping down on medical advice, after 10 weeks of sick leave from the House of Commons. On 30 June 2008 Marshall accepted the post of Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, a device allowing him in effect to resign as an MP, triggering the by-election", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, Political situation\nThe election gained attention throughout the UK due to worsening results for Labour during 2008. The Daily Record had asserted that if Labour lost the by-election, further pressure would be heaped on Gordon Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, Political situation\nThe by-election followed a run of poor results since May, in the Crewe and Nantwich and Henley by-elections in England, English and Welsh local elections and losing the London mayoralty. By the end of May, Labour had registered its worst ever independent opinion poll result since records began in 1943, of 23%. This was also the first by-election since Labour declined to field a candidate in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election in England 14 days previously, fought over a recent controversial government anti-terrorism bill. The by-election also came within days of the controversial resignation of the Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander, with voting for a replacement not taking place before polling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, Political situation\nTurnout is usually lower in by-elections; at the previous general election turnout was 48% but was down just under 6% at 42.25%. Voter share was likely to have been distributed differently, with nine candidates standing for this election, compared to five in 2005. Turnout was higher than expected, despite the election being held during the school holidays, and during a traditional Glasgow holiday period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, Political situation\nIn a Scotland-wide opinion poll of Westminster voting intentions, released on 11 July, the SNP was on 33%, with Labour on 29%, Conservatives on 20% Lib Dem on 14%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, Political situation\nHowever, in an opinion poll conducted solely within the Glasgow East constituency, released on 12 July, Labour led on 47%, SNP on 33%, Liberal Democrats on 9% and the Conservatives on 7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, Candidates\nThe SNP chose John Mason, a longtime resident of the constituency, and leader of the opposition on Glasgow City Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, Candidates\nThe Labour Party had some difficulty finding a candidate. The most likely initial choice, local councillor George Ryan, failed to attend a selection meeting. The position was then offered to Steven Purcell, the Labour leader of Glasgow council, then Lesley Quinn and Frank McAveety, the party's general secretary and the MSP for Glasgow Shettleston respectively,  but all turned it down. The position was eventually accepted by fifth-choice candidate Margaret Curran, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston, on 7 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, Candidates\nThe Green Party selected Dr. Eileen Duke, a retired GP and co-convenor of the party's local branch, on 5 July. The Scottish Socialist Party stood Frances Curran, a former MSP who originally came from the east end of Glasgow. Solidarity stood Tricia McLeish, a trade union activist who lived in the constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, Candidates\nHowitt stood under the label \"Freedom-4-Choice\", a minor party of his own creation, having stood under the same title in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, Aftermath\nAs a result of the United States diplomatic cables leak, the website WikiLeaks later disclosed that senior US diplomats perceived Gordon Brown to be \"finished\" following the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196921-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Glasgow East by-election, Aftermath\nCurran would subsequently defeat Mason and regain the seat for Labour in the 2010 general election with a majority of almost 12,000, only to be defeated herself by the SNP in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election\nThe 2008 Glenrothes by-election was a by-election held in Scotland on 6 November 2008 to elect a new  Member of Parliament (MP) for the House of Commons constituency of Glenrothes in Fife, Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election\nThe seat fell vacant when the previous MP, John MacDougall (Labour), died of pleural mesothelioma on 13 August 2008, aged 60. Pleural Mesothelioma is a rare form of lung cancer caused by prolonged exposure to asbestos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election\nThe by-election was won by Lindsay Roy of the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election, Background\nFife is traditionally a stronghold for the Labour Party. MacDougall had held Glenrothes and its forerunner, Central Fife, since 2001, when he succeeded Henry McLeish. Willie Hamilton had previously represented the area, which has elected Labour MPs since Hamilton won West Fife from the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1950.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election, Background\nThe poll followed a run of poor by-election results for the Labour Party, which included a loss to the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Glasgow East, formerly the party's twenty-fifth safest seat in Britain. Glenrothes has a considerably smaller Labour majority than Glasgow East had.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election, Background\nAccording to the Financial Times, Labour privately admitted that they expected to lose Glenrothes to the SNP. The Guardian described the constituency's main town, Glenrothes, as a \"core area\" for the SNP. The SNP were in second place in the seat in the 2005 general election and won the nearest equivalent seat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election, Background\nThe SNP also ran Fife Council, which covers the constituency, in coalition with the Scottish Liberal Democrats. The Scottish Liberal Democrats won the last by-election to be held in Fife from Labour on a swing of 16%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election, Background, Polling date\nBy tradition, the polling date was decided by Labour, as MacDougall's party, and set for Thursday,   6 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election, Background, Polling date\nHad the writ been moved immediately the by-election could have been held as early as mid-September, although this coincided with the Trades Union Congress annual conference and the following weeks were filled with various party conferences. A Labour loss during this period could have provided a particular boost for their opponents, or for dissident elements within the party. The SNP may have favoured a quick by-election, noting that Labour called the Glasgow East by-election rapidly, when commentators believed it was to Labour's advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election, Candidates\nThe Labour party candidate was Kirkcaldy High School rector Lindsay Roy. The SNP selected the leader of Fife Council, Peter Grant. The Conservative Party selected Maurice Golden while the Liberal Democrats chose Harry Wills. The Scottish Socialist Party stood Morag Balfour, their national co-chair, who lived in Glenrothes and had been a candidate in the constituency before. Solidarity stood Louise McLeary, a community activist who lived in the part of Kirkcaldy which lies inside the constituency. The UKIP candidate was Dr. Kris Seunarine a specialist in the science of biophotonics at Dundee university, and chairman of the Fife branch of UKIP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election, Candidates\nTwo of the minor party candidates had disabilities: Balfour was a wheelchair user and McLeary was visually impaired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election, Marked register\nSome months after the election, the marked register (on which the electors who had cast their vote were marked) was discovered to be missing. In law the register ought to have been preserved for a year and a day; the Returning Officer from Fife Council had transmitted the marked register to the Sheriff Court as required by law and obtained a receipt. The SNP Constituency Organiser, Cllr John Beare, had asked for a copy of the marked register on 19 November 2008; after ten weeks, the Scottish Court Service admitted the marked register was lost. An inquiry by the Scottish Court Service identified significant failings in its handling of election documents, which had been placed in a room at the court office in Kirkcaldy to which outside contractors had access.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196922-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Glenrothes by-election, Marked register\nIn October 2009, the Scotland Office agreed a protocol to create a substitute marked register for the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour\nThe 2008 Global Champions Tour was the 3rd edition of the Global Champions Tour (GCT), an important international show jumping competition series. The 2008 Global Champions Tour was the first edition of the Global Champions Tour as official series of the FEI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour\nThe series is held mainly in Europe, one competition and also the final are held outside of Europe. All competitions are endowed with 300000 \u20ac. All GCT events were held as CSI 5*.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour\nThe competitions was held between April 10, 2008 and September 14, 2008. The final was held in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil from  October 15, 2008 to October 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour\nThe champion of the Global Champions Tour Final of this year is Jessica K\u00fcrten of Ireland on Libertina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Competitions\nAll competitions are held as competition over two rounds against the clock with one jump-off against the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Competitions\nThe placement of the riders, who are not qualified for the jump-off, results of the number of penalties of both rounds and the time of the first round. Competitors who are not qualified for the second round, placed behind the riders who compete in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Competitions, 1st Competition: Global Champions Tour of Qatar\nApril 10, 2008 to April 12, 2008 - Doha, \u00a0QatarCompetition: Saturday, April 12, 2008 - Start: 6:00 pm, prize money: 300000 \u20ac", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Competitions, 2nd Competition: Global Champions Tour of Germany\nApril 30, 2008 to May 4, 2008 - Hamburg (German show jumping and dressage derby), \u00a0GermanyCompetition: Saturday, May 3, 2008 - Start: 2:00 pm, prize money: 300000 \u20ac", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Competitions, 3rd Competition: Global Champions Tour of France\nJune 12, 2008 to June 14, 2008 - Cannes, \u00a0FranceCompetition: Saturday, June 14, 2008 - Start: 6:00 pm, prize money: 300000 \u20ac", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Competitions, 4th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Monaco\nJune 26, 2008 to June 28, 2008 - shore at the marina \u201ePort Hercule\u201c, Monte Carlo, \u00a0MonacoCompetition: Saturday, June 28, 2008 - Start: 6:00 pm, prize money: 300000 \u20ac", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Competitions, 5th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Portugal\nJuly 10, 2008 to July 12, 2008 - Hip\u00f3dromo Manuel Possolo, Cascais near Estoril, \u00a0PortugalCompetition: Saturday, July 12, 2008 - Start: 7:30 pm, prize money: 300000 \u20ac", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Competitions, 6th Competition: Global Champions Tour of the Netherlands\nJuly 31, 2008 - August 3, 2008 - Valkenswaard, \u00a0NetherlandsCompetition: Saturday, August 2, 2008 - Start: 1:45 pm, prize money: 300000 \u20ac", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 99], "content_span": [100, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Competitions, 7th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Italy\nSeptember 11, 2008 to September 14, 2008 - Arezzo, \u00a0ItalyCompetition: Saturday, September 13, 2008 - Start: 1:00 pm, prize money: 300000 \u20ac", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Global Champions Tour Final, Final\nOctober 15, 2008 to October 19, 2008 - Hipica Paulista, S\u00e3o Paulo (Athina Onassis International Horse Show), \u00a0Brazil", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Global Champions Tour Final, Final, First round\nCompetition: Thursday, October 16, 2008 - Start: 3:30 pm, prize money: 50000 \u20ac", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196923-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Global Champions Tour, Global Champions Tour Final, Final, Final result after second round and jump-off\nCompetition: Saturday, August 14, 2009 - Start: 8:00 pm, prize money: 900000 \u20ac", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 108], "content_span": [109, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196924-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gloucester City Council election\nThe 2008 Gloucester City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. No party gained overall control of the council and still no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196925-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gold Coast Titans season\nThe 2008 Gold Coast Titans season was the 2nd in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2008 Telstra Premiership coached by John Cartwright and co-captained by Luke Bailey and Scott Prince. After 10 rounds of the premiership the Titans found themselves leading the competition with 7 wins from 9 games before slumping to finish the regular season 13th (out of 16) and failing to make the finals. Preston Campbell was awarded the Paul Broughton Medal for the club's player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196926-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Golden Globes (Portugal)\nThe 2008 Golden Globes (Portugal) were the 13th edition of the Golden Globes (Portugal).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196927-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Golden Helmet (Poland)\nThe 48th Golden Helmet Polish: Turniej o Z\u0142oty Kask, ZK  was the 2008 version of the Golden Helmet organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM). It took place on October 25 in the Olympic Stadium in Wroc\u0142aw, Poland. Defending Winner is Grzegorz Walasek from Zielona G\u00f3ra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196927-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Golden Helmet (Poland)\nOriginal date of Final was October 17, but after canceled of German Grand Prix and restarted Final Grand Prix on October 18, Main Comminsion for Speedway Sport decided aboute change date. After resignations top riders, Main Commission decided that top three riders are automatically qualify for 2010 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification without Domestic Qualifications.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196927-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Golden Helmet (Poland)\nThe Golden Helmet was won by Damian Bali\u0144ski from Unia Leszno, who beat Jaros\u0142aw Hampel (Unia Leszno also) and Adrian Miedzi\u0144ski (Unibax Toru\u0144). It was first time in history, when Bali\u0144ski won in Golden Helmet; in 2005 he was second. Hampel was third in 2003, and Miedzi\u0144ski never won medal in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196927-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Golden Helmet (Poland), Starting positions draw\nMain Commission for Speedway Sport (G\u0142\u00f3wna Komisja Sportu \u017bu\u017clowego, GKS\u017b) which is a part of the Polish Motor Union nominated 20 riders (12+3 track reserve from Ekstraliga and 4+1 from First League). Rafa\u0142 Dobrucki, Tomasz J\u0119drzejak and Norbert Ko\u015bciuch later replaced the injured Adrian Gom\u00f3lski, Tomasz Gapi\u0144ski and Krzysztof Buczkowski. After changed of Final date, Janusz Ko\u0142odziej must resigned, because on October 24 he was started in friendly match United States vs. Rest of the world. A few days before The Final, Tomasz Gollob, Rune Holta, Rafa\u0142 Dobrucki and Robert Ko\u015bciecha resigned. Next riders who resigned was Krzysztof Kasprzak, Krzysztof Jab\u0142o\u0144ski, Tomasz Chrzanowski, Sebastian U\u0142amek and Wies\u0142aw Jagu\u015b, Mariusz W\u0119grzyk, Marcin Rempa\u0142a, Maciej Kuciapa and Patryk Pawlaszczyk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 846]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196927-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Golden Helmet (Poland), Heat details\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196928-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Golden Spin of Zagreb\nThe 2008 Golden Spin of Zagreb (Croatian: Zlatna pirueta Zagreba) was the 41st edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Zagreb, Croatia. It was held at the Dom Sportova between November 13 and 16, 2008. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The compulsory dance was the Paso Doble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196929-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gomelsky Cup\n2008 Gomelsky Cup was a basketball competition in Europe that occurred in Moscow between September 22, 2008 and September 24, 2008. Four top teams from Euroleague participated in this tournament - CSKA Moscow, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Panathinaikos Athens and \u017dalgiris Kaunas. \u017dalgiris Kaunas took the gold, in the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196930-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500\nThe 2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500 was the sixth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and was run on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. This race aired on Fox starting at 1:30 PM US EDT and radio was handled by Motor Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio starting their programming at 1:15 PM US EDT. The race marked the start of the use of the 2008 Top 35 owners points exemption for each week's race for the 2008 season. This was the first points paying race without Dale Jarrett since the 1990 TranSouth 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196930-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500, Qualifying\nJeff Gordon won the pole for this race, the 65th in his career. Kyle Petty, who was outside the Top 35 exemption rule, failed to qualify for a race for the first time since the 2004 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196930-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500, Results\nFailed to qualify: Kyle Petty (#45), Tony Raines (#08), John Andretti (#34), Joe Nemechek (#78).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196931-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gosport Borough Council election\nElections to Gosport Council in Hampshire, England were held on 1 May 2008. Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196931-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gosport Borough Council election\nBefore the election the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties had held power on the council with the casting vote of the mayor. The election saw the Liberal Democrats close the gap with the Conservative party after making 5 gains, while the Labour party lost four of the five seats they had held. However following the election the Conservative party said that they would take charge of the council as they remained the largest party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196932-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Governor General's Awards\nThe 2008 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (73 books) were announced October 21, winners announced November 18. The prize for writers and illustrators was $25,000 and \"a specially bound copy of the winning book\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196932-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Governor General's Awards, Controversy\nThe Canada Council for the Arts, the award program's administrator, faced some criticism around its nomination of the graphic novel Skim in the Children's Literature category. The nomination was credited to Mariko Tamaki, who wrote the graphic novel's text, but not to her cousin and co-creator Jillian Tamaki, who drew the illustrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196932-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Governor General's Awards, Controversy\nTwo prominent Canadian graphic novelists, Chester Brown and Seth, circulated an open letter to the Canada Council asking them to revise the nomination, arguing that unlike a more traditional illustrated book, a graphic novel's text and illustration are inseparable parts of the work's narrative, and that both women should accordingly be credited as equal co-authors. Their letter was also endorsed by other prominent Canadian and American graphic novelists, including Lynda Barry, Dan Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Chris Ware and Julie Doucet, as well as by Chris Oliveros of Canadian comic and graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly and Peter Birkemore of Toronto comic store The Beguiling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196932-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Governor General's Awards, Controversy\nMelanie Rutledge, a spokesperson for the Canada Council, responded that it was too late to revise the nominations for the 2008 awards, but that the council would take the feedback into account in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196932-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Governor General's Awards, Controversy\nThe Canada Council later faced controversy over its selection of Jacob Scheier's More to Keep Us Warm as the winner in the poetry category. Di Brandt, one of the poetry award's jurors, was credited by Scheier as a friend and mentor in the book's creation, resulting in debate over whether Brandt should have recused herself from the judging panel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National\nThe 2008 Grand National (officially known as the John Smith's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 161st official annual running of the world-famous Grand National steeplechase which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 2008 and attracted the maximum permitted field of 40 runners, competing for total prize money of \u00a3450,640.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National\nJoint-favourite Comply or Die and Irish jockey Timmy Murphy won the race (it was Murphy's eleventh attempt at the National), four lengths ahead of King John's Castle in second place and Snowy Morning in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Competitors and betting\nCloudy Lane, ridden by Jason Maguire, was the long-time ante-post favourite but was joined just before the off by Comply or Die, ridden by Timmy Murphy; the pair sent off as 7\u20131 joint-favourites. The top weight of 11 stone and 12 lbs was carried by former winner Hedgehunter, ridden by Ruby Walsh. The full order of betting at the off was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Competitors and betting\nThree riders were having their thirteenth ride in the race: Mick Fitzgerald, who won the race in 1996 on Rough Quest, Paul Carberry, who won the race in 1999 on Bobbyjo, and Tony McCoy. Other former winning riders competing were Ruby Walsh (Hedgehunter in 2005 and Papillon in 2000), Barry Geraghty (Monty's Pass in 2003), Tony Dobbin (Lord Gyllene in 1997) and Robbie Power (Silver Birch in 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Competitors and betting\nArdaghey was listed as first reserve and was called into the race when Opera Mundi was withdrawn the day before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, The race\nThe runners were sent away to a clean first start with No Full leading over the first fence, which all 40 runners cleared safely. The fences leading up to the sixth, Becher's Brook, claimed seven runners as Black Apalachi fell having taken the lead at the second; L'Ami, whose rider Mick Fitzgerald had to go to hospital with neck and back injuries, and Backbeat also fell. Tumbling Dice and Iron Man both unseated their riders when taking off too soon at the third, while Ardaghey and Fundamentalist got in too close to the fourth fence and both fell, leaving 31 runners continuing to Becher's, led by Mr. Pointment and Milan Deux Mille.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, The race\nNo Full was up in the leading dozen runners when he clipped the top of Becher's and fell, and the casualties increased at the Canal Turn where Madison Du Berlais fell and hampered Philson Run, whose rider was unseated. The 11th fence claimed two more fallers when Contraband and Kelami both failed to negotiate that obstacle, leaving 26 to complete the first circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, The race\nThe water jump (16th fence) marked the end of the first circuit and was taken with Chelsea Harbour having moved up to lead from Mr. Pointment, D'Argent, Simon and Comply Or Die next in a tightly-packed field, which was reduced by one when Point Barrow was pulled up. Five other runners all left the contest before reaching Becher's Brook for the second time; Voldka Bleu, Naunton Brook and Bob Hall were all pulled up before the 19th; Joacci fell at the next and McKelvey also unseated his rider. McKelvey then veered sharply off the course after falling when trying to negotiate the running rails and suffering fatal injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, The race\nAt Becher's Brook for the second time the first dozen remained tightly grouped consisting of Chelsea Harbour, Mr. Pointment, Comply or Die, the grey D'Argent, Butler's Cabin, Snowy Morning, Idle Talk, Bewley's Berry, Knowhere, Simon, Mon Mome and Hedgehunter; Butler's Cabin fell there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, The race\nKnowhere and Simon were beginning to lose touch when unseated at Valentine's fence, where Turko also fell. Joint-favourite Cloudy Lane had never been in the front rank and now looked too far off the pace to mount a challenge, as did Nadover, Bailey Breeze and Hi Cloy, with Cornish Sett and Milan Deux Mille tailed off with five fences to jump.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, The race\nD'Argent also looked like he was just starting to drop away when he fell four fences from home. Comply or Die took the final fence the best and was never headed on the long run-in, winning by four lengths from King John's Castle and Snowy Morning; Slim Pickings was again fourth. Eleven others finished in the following order: Bewley's Berry, Cloudy Lane, Nadover, Baily Breeze, Chelsea Harbour, Mon Mome, Hi Cloy, Cornish Sett, Hedgehunter, Idle Talk and Milan Deux Mille. Dun Doire was pulled up before jumping the second-last fence and long-time leader Mr. Pointment pulled up before the last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Aftermath\nIt was the first Grand National win for all of the connections with Comply or Die, with jockey Timmy Murphy telling reporters that the race was the highlight of his career, confessing that the trainer had said the horse was a certainty to win. Owner David Johnson was also delighted to win after having had around 20 horses compete unsuccessfully in previous Nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Aftermath\nAll of the other jockeys to complete the course returned stating their happiness with their mounts and such was the competitive nature of the race that all had felt they still had a chance at Becher's on the second circuit, the only exception being Tom Malone, whose Milan Deux Mille was already tailed off at that stage and finished a long way behind the rest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Aftermath\n2008 was Tony Dobbin's final ride in the Grand National, having announced his retirement before the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Aftermath\nAs a result of spinal injuries suffered in the race, Mick Fitzgerald also announced his retirement from race riding later that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Media coverage\nCommentator Jim McGrath describes the climax of the 2008 Grand National", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Media coverage\nThe National was televised live in the United Kingdom in a four-hour-long broadcast on BBC One, presented by Clare Balding with Rishi Persad and guest presenter Richard Dunwoody. The commentary team of four commentators was Ian Bartlett, Tony O'Hehir, Darren Owen and lead commentator Jim McGrath who called the winner home for the eleventh consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Media coverage\nThe action was broadcast via fifty-two cameras, including cameras situated inside fences, although the use of jockey cams, cameras placed inside riders helmets was not used this year. The famous head-on elevated shot of Becher's Brook, which became synonymous with the fence for almost 50 years was replaced with a low angle shot. This was the 49th annual broadcast of the race live by the BBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Jockeys\nFor the second consecutive year, Tony McCoy, Mick Fitzgerald and Paul Carberry weighed out as the most experienced riders in the race, each taking their thirteenth attempt at a Grand National. Both Fitzgerald (1996) and Carberry (1999) had previously won the race but McCoy joined Jeff King, Peter Scudamore and David Nicholson in having faced the starter thirteen times in the National without ever being winner or runner-up, although in Scudamore's case this included the void race of 1993. It proved to be the final race that Fitzgerald rode in as he suffered serious neck, back and knee ligament injuries from his fall from L'Ami at the second fence. It forced him to retire from race riding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196933-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National, Jockeys\nEight riders made their debut in the race with Paddy Flood, Aidan Coleman and Nick Scholfield all completing the course while Wilson Renwick fell at the second fence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196934-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National Party Convention bribery incident\nThe 2008 Grand National Party Convention is a political scandal in the South Korean politics that exposed higher-level political corruption within the ranks of the Lee Myung-bak government. The connections surrounding the Lee Myung-bak government has also affected the performance of the Grand National Party. A GNP lawmaker, Koh Seung-duk, was instrumental of exposing it by reporting his knowledge about the corruption incident to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors\u2019 Office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196934-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand National Party Convention bribery incident, Development of the Investigation\nAt first, the SPO raided the house of a former aide to Park Hee-tae, Koh Myung-jin. Later, the SPO has also detained the key campaigner to Park Hee-tae, Ahn Byung-yong, for delivering money to other party members during the 2008 legislative election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196935-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix (snooker)\nThe 2008 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 19 October 2008 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196935-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix (snooker)\nJohn Higgins won his first ranking event for 18 months by defeating Ryan Day 9\u20137 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196935-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix (snooker), Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196935-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix (snooker), Main draw\nMatches on Sunday 12 October were played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15-minute interval between matches. The third and fourth match did not start before 3pm. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196935-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix (snooker), Main draw\nThe draw for round one was made on completion of the qualifiers on 26 September 2008. The draw from round two up to and including the semi-finals was made on a random basis. The order of play and table numbers for all matches up to the semi-finals were determined once the draw for that round was made and published by the tournament director.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196935-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix (snooker), Main draw\nAll matches up to and including the quarter-finals were best of 9 frames, semi-finals were best of 11 frames and the final was best of 17 frames. (Seedings in parentheses. All times are BST.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196935-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix (snooker), Qualifying rounds\nThese matches took place from 22 to 25 September 2008 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196936-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix Hassan II\nThe 2008 Grand Prix Hassan II was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 24th edition of the Grand Prix Hassan II, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Complexe Al Amal in Casablanca, Morocco, from 18 May through 25 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196936-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix Hassan II\nThe main draw was led by Australian Open runner-up and Sydney doubles champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 2007 Bucharest semifinalist Ga\u00ebl Monfils, and Houston quarterfinalist Agust\u00edn Calleri. Other seeded players were Estoril quarterfinalist Marc Gicquel, Auckland semifinalist Julien Benneteau, Chris Guccione, Florent Serra and Victor H\u0103nescu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196936-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix Hassan II, Finals, Doubles\nAlbert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s /  Santiago Ventura defeated  James Cerretani /  Todd Perry, 6\u20131, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196937-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix Hassan II \u2013 Doubles\nJordan Kerr and David \u0160koch were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Kerr partnered with Franti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k, but lost in the first round to Guillermo Coria and Jean-Julien Rojer. Skoch partnered with Jaroslav Levinsk\u00fd, but lost in the quarterfinals to Florian Mayer and Rainer Sch\u00fcttler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196937-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix Hassan II \u2013 Doubles\nAlbert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s and Santiago Ventura won in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20132, against James Cerretani and Todd Perry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196938-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix Hassan II \u2013 Singles\nPaul-Henri Mathieu was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196938-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix Hassan II \u2013 Singles\nQualifier Gilles Simon won in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20132, against fifth-seeded Julien Benneteau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196939-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem\nThe 2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 8th edition of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Fes, Morocco, from 28 April until 4 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196939-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Singles\nMilagros Sequera was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196939-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Singles\nGisela Dulko won in the final 7\u20136(2), 7\u20136(5), against Anabel Medina Garrigues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196939-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Doubles\nVania King and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but Mirza chose not to participate, and only King competed that year. King partnered with Lourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino, but lost in the first round to Sorana C\u00eerstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196939-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Doubles\nSorana C\u00eerstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20132, against Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196940-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix de Denain\nThe 2008 Grand Prix de Denain was the 50th edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 17 April 2008. The race started in Raismes and finished in Denain. The race was won by Edvald Boasson Hagen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196941-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix de Futsal\nThe 2008 Grand Prix de Futsal was the fourth edition of the international futsal competition of the same kind as the FIFA Futsal World Cup but with invited nations and held annually in Brazil. It was first held in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196942-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon\nThe 2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, from 20 October through 26 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196942-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon\nThe singles line up featured ATP No. 8, US Open quarterfinalist, San Jose, Dubai and Beijing champion, Los Angeles runner-up Andy Roddick, Stuttgart finalist Richard Gasquet, and Australian Open runner-up, Bangkok winner Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Also present were Casablanca, Indianapolis and Bucharest titlist Gilles Simon, B\u00e5stad winner Tommy Robredo, Ivo Karlovi\u0107, Robin S\u00f6derling and Paul-Henri Mathieu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196942-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Finals, Doubles\nMicha\u00ebl Llodra /  Andy Ram defeated  Stephen Huss /  Ross Hutchins, 6\u20133, 5\u20137, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196943-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon \u2013 Doubles\nS\u00e9bastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were the defending champions, but were forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury for Grosjean, before their quarterfinals match against Micha\u00ebl Llodra and Andy Ram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196943-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon \u2013 Doubles\nMicha\u00ebl Llodra and Andy Ram won in the final 6\u20133, 5\u20137, [10\u20138], against Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196944-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon \u2013 Singles\nS\u00e9bastien Grosjean was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Robby Ginepri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196944-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon \u2013 Singles\nSeventh-seeded Robin S\u00f6derling won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20131, against Julien Benneteau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season\nThe 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 60th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The season consisted out of 18 races for the MotoGP class and 17 for the 125cc and 250cc classes, beginning with the Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix on 9 March 2008 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 26 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season review, MotoGP\nThe MotoGP class opened with the historic Qatar Grand Prix, the first night race held in the World Championship history. The race was won by Ducati's Casey Stoner ahead of rookie Jorge Lorenzo, who started on pole in his maiden race in the premier class, and Dani Pedrosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season review, MotoGP\nIn Spain Pedrosa won his first race of the year, ahead of Rossi and Lorenzo, while Stoner struggled with technical problems on his bike and finished 11th after twice going out on the gravel. At the Portugal GP, Lorenzo started on pole and won his first MotoGP race, ahead of Pedrosa and Rossi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season review, MotoGP\nIn China Rossi took his first win of the season and the first of three consecutive first places, after a weekend dominated by rain and cold temperatures; he then won in France and in front of his home crowd in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season review, MotoGP\nStoner won the three consecutive races in Britain, the Netherlands and Germany, also obtaining pole position and the fastest lap in all three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season review, MotoGP\nThe United States race at Laguna Seca was the biggest turning point of the season. Before the race Stoner trailed Rossi on the standings by only 20 points. The Australian took pole position and started the race in first position. However, Rossi passed Stoner in the middle on the first lap, and Stoner could never make a decisive pass, and he stayed behind until the 24th lap, where he fell at the last corner. He re-mounted, but finished in second place while Rossi caught the first of five consecutive wins. In the next two races, Czech Republic and San Marino, Stoner fell off while leading from Rossi, who then won both times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season review, MotoGP\nThe race at Indianapolis was a particularly difficult due to track conditions: the arrival of Hurricane Ike over Indiana meant cold temperatures, heavy winds and rain for the whole race duration; the race was a battle between Rossi and former World Champion Nicky Hayden, who eventually took his first podium of the season. As Rossi began to pull a gap, heavy winds began to blow and the race was ended early with Rossi leading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season review, MotoGP\nTwo weeks later, in Japan, Rossi clinched his sixth premier class title with three races to go, by winning the race ahead of Stoner. The Australian then won his home race and in Valencia, while Rossi won in Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season review, 250cc class\nThe first four races of the season showed the early form of KTM and Mika Kallio, with two wins and two other third places, with strong showings by Marco Simoncelli, Alvaro Bautista and Mattia Pasini, who won the season opener in Qatar, his first race in the class. After the initial problems, though, Simoncelli had a run of 7 consecutive races on the podium, from China to Czech Republic. He started the season on a semi-works Aprilia LE (Gilera is a subsidiary of Aprilia, so Gilera racing bikes are rebranded Aprilia bikes), but his performances led Aprilia to give him a works Aprilia RSA, making him a de facto works rider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season review, 250cc class\nAfter his strong start, Kallio couldn't keep the pace of Simoncelli, his KTM not being able to challenge the more powerful Aprilias in most tracks. Bautista got into shape well into the season, after a series of bad races and retirements due to problems with his bike and rider errors. After that, however, he also began a streak of podiums which lasted from Catalunya to Malaysia, but Simoncelli was too far ahead of him on the standings, and he won his first World Championship with one race to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season review, 125cc class\nReigning champion G\u00e1bor Talm\u00e1csi stayed in the class, unlike other top names from last year who moved into 250cc category. Among the pre-season favourites were also Bradley Smith, Simone Corsi and Mike di Meglio. Talm\u00e1csi had dismal start to the season, with reliability problems on his new bike. Corsi won three of first six races and despite few bad results, looked good in the championship. However, Mike di Meglio won also multiple races, and having escaped without retirement until Misano, built up strong lead. He clinched the championship two races before the end. Corsi took second ahead of Talm\u00e1csi and Bradl who failed to finish the final race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season review, 125cc class\nThe season saw eight riders winning races: Talm\u00e1csi, Corsi, di Meglio, Sergio Gadea and four first-time winners: Andrea Iannone, Stefan Bradl, Nicolas Terol and Scott Redding, who became the youngest ever winner in the class. The season was completely dominated by the Piaggio bikes, (Aprilia, Derbi and Gilera), as Spanish Marc M\u00e1rquez was only other rider to achieve podium place with his 3rd place in Donington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2008 Grand Prix season calendar\nThe following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2008 Grand Prix season calendar\nThe 2008 race schedule was released in July 2007. The schedule was later revised, with Japan held before Australia, because of the original Australian date had a conflict with the AFL Grand Final. Two other changes were made. Portugal was moved from 20 April to 13 April and the Grand Finale in Valencia was on 26 October instead of 2 November, to avoid clashes with the F1 season finale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Regulation changes\nThe following changes are made to the regulation for the 2008 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations\nIt is also forbidden to lodge a protest against a statement of fact of the Race Direction based on a photo finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, MotoGP riders' standings\nPoints are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 250cc riders' standings\nPoints are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196945-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 125cc riders' standings\nPoints are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196946-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix of Mosport\nThe Mobil 1 Presents Grand Prix of Mosport was the eighth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, Canada on August 24, 2008. Temperatures had reached a maximum of 27.1\u00a0\u00b0C (80.8\u00a0\u00b0F); with wind speeds of up to 9.9 kilometres per hour (6.2\u00a0mph) not unheard of throughout the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196946-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix of Mosport, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196946-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Prix of Mosport, Race results\n\u2020 - The #71 Tafel Racing entry was penalized after the race for making repeated contact with the #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports entry. 30 seconds was added to the #71's time, losing it one position in the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196947-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Rapids Rampage season\nThe 2008 Grand Rapids Rampage season is the 11th season for the franchise. The Rampage finished the regular season 6\u201310, earning them a spot in the playoffs as the 6th seed in the American Conference. In their Wild Card playoff game, the Rampage upset the Arizona Rattlers, 48\u201341. In the Divisional round, the Rampage won in a bigger upset against the top seeded Chicago Rush, 58\u201341. The Rampage's playoff run was cut short however, after losing the American Conference Championship to defending champion San Jose SaberCats, 55\u201381.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196947-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Rapids Rampage season, Standings\nz - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196947-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Rapids Rampage season, Final roster\nRookies in italics updated July 9, 200824 Active, 7 Inactive, 2 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196948-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Slam of Darts\nThe 2008 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts was the second staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 15 to 23 November 2008 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. As with 2007, the tournament included players from both the PDC and BDO organisations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196948-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Slam of Darts\nPhil Taylor successfully defended the title after defeating Terry Jenkins 18\u20139 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196948-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Slam of Darts\nJames Wade also hit the first nine-dart finish in the history of this tournament, during his second round defeat by Gary Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196948-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Slam of Darts, Prize Fund\nThe prize fund for the 2008 tournament was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196948-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying\nThere were 15 tournaments that provided qualifying opportunities to players. Most tournaments offered a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the 2007 Grand Slam also offered a place in the tournament to the losing semi-finalists. There were also various other ways of qualifying for overseas players, including those from Australia and the United States of America, as well as a wildcard qualifying event open to any darts player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196948-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, Qualifying tournaments, BDO\nFor the second year running, Martin Adams declined his invitation to take part in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196948-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Slam of Darts, Pro-Celebrity Challenge\nAs a curtain-raiser for the main Grand Slam of Darts, a competition involving eight celebrities and eight of the professionals taking part in the Grand Slam took place on the Friday before the tournament. The winners of the tournament collected a first prize of \u00a38,000. In a closely fought final, James Wade and Steve Backley won a final-leg decider over Phil Taylor and Neil Ruddock, with Backley's double two checkout sealing the victory. Those involved were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196948-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Slam of Darts, Draw, Group stages\nNB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = QualifierNB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/- = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Average \u2013 3-dart average; Pts = Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196948-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Slam of Darts, Draw, Group stages, Group B\nWith Andy Hamilton and Alan Tabern finishing level on points and leg difference, a piece of history was made, with a nine-dart shootout between the two to see who would play Phil Taylor in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of Tuesday's second round matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196948-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Slam of Darts, Television coverage\nITV Sport again broadcast coverage throughout the championship, in the UK. Again, Matt Smith presented the coverage on ITV4, with analysis from Chris Mason and Alan Warriner-Little, commentary from Peter Drury, Stuart Pyke and John Rawling and reports from Ned Boulting and Janie Omorogbe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196948-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Grand Slam of Darts, Match fixing allegations\nFive days after the tournament concluded, the PDC revealed that the organisation had received complaints concerning the Group H match between Darryl Fitton and Gary Anderson, and forwarded those complaints to the Darts Regulation Authority. On 26 January 2009 it was announced that there was no evidence of player collusion in the arranging of match outcomes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196949-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Graz local election\nLocal elections were held in Graz on 20 January 2008. Apart from the five parties present in the municipal council \u2013 the Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria, the Communist Party of Austria, the Freedom Party of Austria and the Greens \u2013 The Green Alternative \u2013 the Alliance for the Future of Austria also contested the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196949-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Graz local election\nA poll from early December 2007 saw the lead of incumbent mayor Siegfried Nagl (\u00d6VP) diminish:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196950-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Great Alaska Shootout\nThe 2008 Great Alaska Shootout was held from November 26, 2008, through November 29, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196951-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196951-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election, Background\n13 seats were contested at the election with both the Conservative and Labour parties contesting every seat, while the Liberal Democrats had 6 candidates, the United Kingdom Independence Party 3 and the Green Party 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196951-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council after gaining two seats from Labour. This took the Conservatives to 24 seats, compared to 15 for Labour, while none of the other parties who contested the election won any seats. Overall turnout at the election was 30.02%, slightly down on the over 31% in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196951-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election, Election result\nOne of the two Conservatives gains came in Bradwell North, where the leader of the Labour group on the council, Trevor Wainwright, lost by 48 votes. Wainwright put his defeat down to national issues and in particular the abolition of the 10p rate of income tax. The other Conservative gain came in Magdalen ward where councillor Colleen Walker was defeated by Patricia Page by 64 votes. Among those to hold their seats were the Conservative leader of the council Barry Coleman and the Conservative mayor Paul Garrod. Coleman agreed that national events had effected the election saying \"You can't help but think national issues came into play in this vote\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196951-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election Mick Castle returned as leader of the Labour group on the council, after previously having been group leader from 2004 to 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196952-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek Ice Hockey Championship season\nThe 2008 Greek Ice Hockey Championship season was the seventh season of the Greek Ice Hockey Championship, the first since 2000. Iptamenoi Pagodromoi Athinai won their fourth league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots\nThe 2008 Greek riots started on 6 December 2008, when Alexandros Grigoropoulos (Greek: \u0391\u03bb\u03ad\u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u0393\u03c1\u03b7\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2), a 15-year-old Greek student, was killed by a special officer in Exarcheia district of central Athens. The killing of the young student by police resulted in large protests and demonstrations, which escalated to widespread rioting, with numerous rioters damaging property and engaging riot police with Molotov cocktails, stones and other objects. Demonstrations and rioting soon spread to several other cities, including Thessaloniki, the country's second-largest city, and international cities in solidarity. Newspaper Kathimerini called the rioting \"the worst Greece has seen since the restoration of democracy in 1974\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots\nWhile the unrest was triggered by the shooting incident, commentators described the reactions as expressing deeper causes as well, especially a widespread feeling of frustration in the younger generation about specific economic problems of the country (partly as a result of the global economic crisis), a rising unemployment rate among the young generation and a perception of general inefficiency and corruption in Greek state institutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The shooting incident\nThe fatal shooting that triggered the riots and protests took place in the evening of 6 December 2008, shortly after 9\u00a0pm, in the Exarcheia district of central Athens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The shooting incident\nAccording to press reports, two Special Guards (\u0395\u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03af \u03a6\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03af) (a special category of the Greek police personnel, originally meant for guard duties on public property) had been engaged in a minor verbal clash with a small group of teenagers in a main street of Exarcheia, outside a shop. On driving away in their police car, they were then confronted by another small group at a nearby street crossing. The two guards were ordered by the Greek police center of operations to disengage immediately and withdraw from the confrontation site. However, the two guards did not comply and were later accused of insubordination. Instead, the two special guards chose to station their police vehicle outside the PASOK headquarters, left the car and went to Tzavella Street on foot, in order to confront the youngsters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 851]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The shooting incident\nFollowing some exchange of verbal abuse that, according to several witnesses, was initiated by the guards, one of them, Epaminondas Korkoneas, fired his gun. The initial police's report on the incident claims that the special guard shot in response to a renewed attack by the youths, that involved throwing stones and bottles. Eyewitnesses who spoke to Greek media, however, reported that the special guards were not attacked by the youths, nor was their physical safety put in danger at any time. Instead, the special guards approached the group and verbally assaulted them in order to provoke them. The special guard said he fired three rounds, two warning shots in the air and a third aimed on the ground. Several eyewitnesses said they believed the policeman had directly targeted the youngsters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 840]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The shooting incident\nThe victim, Alexandros \u2013 Andreas Grigoropoulos (Greek: \u0391\u03bb\u03ad\u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u2013 \u0391\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03ad\u03b1\u03c2 \u0393\u03c1\u03b7\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2) was a 15-year-old student, who lived in the affluent northern Athens suburb of Palaio Psychiko and attended a private school (the Moraitis School). Immediately following the shooting, he was transported to the nearby Evangelismos Hospital where he was pronounced dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Investigation of the shooting\nA criminal investigation was initiated against the police officer who fired the shot, on a charge of murder (\"intentional homicide\" according to Greek law), while his partner was charged as an accomplice. Both were suspended from duty and were kept in detention. The defense counsel that was initially hired resigned shortly after accepting the case, citing personal reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Investigation of the shooting\nOn 10 December, Alexis Kougias, counsel for the defendants, said that preliminary results of the ballistic tests apparently show that it was indeed a ricochet and that the two policemen will only appear before the public prosecutor after the forensic, toxicological, and ballistic examinations had been completed. However, the results of forensic tests indicated that the bullet that killed Grigoropoulos had entered the youth's body directly. This cast doubt on claims, by the 37-year-old policeman charged with the boy's murder, that the bullet had been fired as a warning and ricocheted. On the morning of 11 December, Dimitris Tsovolas, former MP and economic minister under the previous government, formed by PASOK agreed to serve as the counsel for Grigoropoulos' family.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Investigation of the shooting\nOn the same day, counsel for the two policemen involved in the shooting released an explanatory statement, that described the deceased as demonstrating \"deviant behaviour.\" According to the memorandum, Grigoropoulos was a teenager from a wealthy family, he frequented the Exarcheia district, had allegedly taken part in riotous activities that took place following the end of a basketball game two hours before he was shot, and that, in general, \"the victim did not show the expected behaviour and personality of a 15-year-old adolescent.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Investigation of the shooting\nGrigoropoulos' family, friends, schoolmates and high school teachers immediately condemned those statements and declared in public that the allegations in the defendants' memorandum are \"completely inaccurate\" and \"insulting\"; the private school Grigoropoulos attended also issued a public statement that denies all the allegations. Kougias' stance, as well as his comments in the explanatory memorandum, forced the Athens bar association to initiate disciplinary proceedings against him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Investigation of the shooting\nOn 15 December, Kougias appealed for the two defendants to be released from custody, on the grounds that neither of them ever had any previous criminal convictions, that their names and addresses were known, that they had considerable ties with their community, and that the charges were based on the testimony of witnesses that the defendants objected to. Specifically, the defendants' counsel took issue with the testimony of four eyewitnesses who had testified for the public prosecutor, and appeared to refute almost all the claims made by the defendants and their counsel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Investigation of the shooting\nOn 17 December, Dimitris Tsovolas, counsel for Grigoropoulos' family, publicly requested that the defendants and defendants' counsel stop provoking the Greek people and the victim's family by making degrading comments, unsubstantiated accusations, and smearing the memory of Alexandros. The ballistics report was also released on 17 December and stated that the bullet that killed Grigoropoulos had in fact ricocheted. However, forensic reports conducted on 21 December concluded that the bullet was not fired in the air, but rather towards the group of teenagers, though there may have been no intention to kill the boy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Court decision\nOn 11 October 2010, the Mixed Jury Court of Amfissa (consisting of 3 judges and 4 jurors) found the two special guards guilty. Epaminondas Korkoneas was found guilty of \"homicide with direct intention to cause harm\" and Vasilis Saraliotis was found guilty as an accomplice. Korkoneas was sentenced to lifetime and an additional 15 months of imprisonment (votes 4\u20133) while Saraliotis was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment (votes 6\u20131). In July 2019, the life sentence against Korkoneas was overturned on appeal and reduced to 13 years imprisonment, and Korkoneas was subsequently released from prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First 2 days\nWithin the hour following the shooting of Grigoropoul\u03bfs, angry demonstrators took to the streets in and around Exarcheia, and violent confrontations with the police erupted. Meanwhile, similar demonstrations were reported in other Greek cities as well, including Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Komotini, Kastoria, Patras, Tripoli, Volos, Chios, Trikala, Mytilene, Agrinio, Kavala, Corfu, Piraeus, Chania, Heraklion, Rhodes, Karditsa, Lamia, Stylida, Drama, Xanthi, Lagkadas, Kozani, Alexandroupoli, Larisa and Corinth. After midnight, the demonstrations in Athens turned into violent rioting in some central streets of the city. By dawn on Sunday, 24 police officers had been injured, one seriously (with facial burns and his little finger mutilated) and 31 shops (particularly across Ermou Street), 9 banks, and 25 cars had been either seriously damaged, burned, or destroyed within the downtown area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 958]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First week\nBy Sunday 7 December 2008 38 vehicles were damaged, 13 police officers were injured, and 22 rioters were arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First week\nMonday 8 December 2008 saw police assess damage as daily schedules resumed and rioting subsided. However, all was not quiet, as all over Greece, several thousands of high school students walked out of their schools and marched on local police stations, throwing eggs, paint bombs, and water bottles. Protesters continued to occupy university campuses around the nation, while organizations such as the Communist Party of Greece announced plans for protests later that day. The massive demonstrations of that evening were confronted by police using tear gas; during the demonstrations, some 11 public buildings around the central plaza of Athens, Syntagma Square, were set on fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First week\nStudents around Greece proceeded to occupy their school buildings, in protest, including in Serres, Imathia, Chalkidiki, Pieria, and Thessaloniki. The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the National Technical University of Athens, as well as the Athens University of Economics and Business remained under student occupation. Rioters also set fire to the Kostis Palamas building that led to the total destruction of the European Law Library situated at the corner of Akadimias and Sina street. After the fire, the rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Christos Kittas, resigned, but some days later withdrew his resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First week\nA police report released Tuesday, 9 December 2008 in the morning put the numbers of injured police officers at 12, arrested rioters at 87, and persons who had been brought before a public prosecutor at 176. In Thessaloniki, 16 rioters were arrested for theft, 3 of whom were under 18 years old. After four days of rioting, some citizens began to act against the rioters, and some rioters fired on police officers. Citizens attacked people that were found looting and were seen throwing stones to protect their belongings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First week\nIn the city of Patras, according to the city's mayor, members of far-left organisations took part in the violence. In Athens, seven police officers were injured, four rioters were arrested for violence against the police, 12 were arrested for theft and 55 were arrested for rioting with another 25 people of non-Greek nationality arrested for the same reason. In a report on Tuesday, Amnesty International accused the Greek Police of brutality in handling the riots. The Greek department of Amnesty International canceled the scheduled celebrations on 10 December for the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in response to the police violence in Greece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First week\nThe crisis deepened on Wednesday 10 December 2008 when the General Confederation of Greek Workers (\u0393\u03a3\u0395\u0395) and the Civil Servants' Confederation (\u0391\u0394\u0395\u0394\u03a5), representing 2.5\u00a0million workers or roughly half of the total Greek workforce, called a one-day general strike in protest against the government's economic policies. Rioting continued in Athens as thousands of workers gathered for anti-government protests at Syntagma Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First week\nOn Thursday, 11 December 2008 4,000 students marched against the police, with many protesters throwing firebombs at the officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First week\nOn Friday, 12 December 2008 students attacked police outside the parliament building. Riot police fired tear gas in response. Heavy rain helped curtail demonstrations compared to previous days. The protests inspired small protests in some European cities, sowing fears of copycat riots elsewhere. On the same day, Greek police issued an appeal for more tear gas after supplies ran low, since more than 4,600 capsules of it were released against the protestors by that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First week\nOn Saturday, 13 December 2008 large groups of demonstrators gathered in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens. Despite the fact that the protest in front of the Greek parliament was relatively peaceful, the riot police attempted to dissolve it at 1:30 (local time) by using tear gas and violence. On the same day, about 100 protesters firebombed a police station near the Exarcheia district where Alexandros Grigoropoulos was killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First week\nOn Sunday, 14 December 2008 students joined residents of the Exarcheia district to demand the renaming of that street in honour of the dead teenager. Also, at least four radio stations based in Athens were occupied by protesters. In Thessaloniki, students demonstrated in solidarity with all the people who were arrested as a result of rioting over the past week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nOn Monday, 15 December 2008 students gathered outside the Attica General Police Directorate in central Athens. The riot police chose to dissolve the protest through violence after some of the demonstrators threw eggs against one riot police squad. Many of the demonstrators were of school-age. Several newspapers report that the protesters were provoked by policemen. In Piraeus, approximately 300 students rallied outside the local Korydallos Prison and taunted the police who fired tear gas to disperse them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nAccording to teachers' unions, some 600 schools were under occupation, while 150 university facilities across the country had been taken over according to the Greek Ministry of Education. In Ioannina, the local public radio station was occupied by students and far-leftist groups. Rallies and demonstrations have also taken place in Chania, Heraklion, Larissa and Thessaloniki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nOn Tuesday, 16 December 2008 rallies and protests took place outside many police stations in Athens and Piraeus. Early in the afternoon, masked youths emerged from the university complex in Zografou and firebombed nearby Athens' riot police headquarters. Six police officers were injured and ten vehicles were burnt. Meanwhile, a group of around 30 protesters infiltrated the studios of public broadcaster ERT and interrupted a news broadcast featuring Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis. For about a minute, the protesters stood in front of the camera holding banners reading \"Stop watching, get out into the streets.\" ERT Chairman Christos Panagopoulos tendered his resignation over the incident but it was rejected by the government. \"It is unacceptable for unidentified individuals to deprive others of their right to information,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 904]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nOn Wednesday, 17 December 2008 a rally was held outside the capital's main courthouses, where youths threw eggs and fruit at the police. There was also one demonstration organised by the All-Workers Militant Front (\u03a0\u0391\u039c\u0395) in central Athens from Omonoia Square to the Greek Parliament, drawing around 5000 people. Student protesters evaded security guards at the Acropolis of Athens and unfurled two giant pink banners over a wall near the Parthenon to rally support for continued demonstrations. \"Thursday 18/12 demonstrations in all Europe,\" one banner read, while the other simply bore the message, \"Resistance,\" in Greek, English, Spanish and German.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\n\"We chose this monument to democracy, this global monument, to proclaim our resistance to state violence and demand rights in education and work,\" \"(We did it) to send a message globally and to all Europe.\" said the protestors. Government spokesman, Evangelos Antonaros, said this protest was \"inexcusable\" and accused the protesters of tarnishing Greece's image abroad. In Kaisariani, near the riot police headquarters that were targeted by youths on Tuesday, a group of anarchists torched a police bus. The only person in the bus, the driver, managed to escape unhurt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0024-0002", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nIn another protest, about 40 people \u2013 including workers, immigrants and unemployed citizens \u2013 occupied the offices of the country's main labor union, the General Confederation of Greek Workers (\u0393\u03a3\u0395\u0395). The union's president, Giannis Panagopoulos, said the protest was mistargeted: \"The GSEE does not govern this country\". A protest was also held outside the Prefecture of Thessaloniki offices and the Ministry for Macedonia\u2013Thrace which is also based in Thessaloniki. Late that night, a homemade explosive device planted outside a branch of Eurobank in the Thessaloniki district of Kalamaria damaged the building's facade when it detonated. A similar device smashed the windows of a local Citizens' Information and Service Center (\u039a\u0395\u03a0). In Ioannina, the town hall was occupied, while in Chania, a local television station remained under occupation by protesters for about 1 hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 940]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nOn Thursday, 18 December 2008 demonstrations took place in central Athens, more than 12,000 protesters crowded the streets near the Greek parliament in a peaceful demonstration in central Athens which turned violent when a group of protesters broke away from the rally and threw rocks and firebombs at police and buildings near Parliament, overturned a car and set fire to trash cans, splashed the police with red paint and tried to burn down the city's main Christmas tree which had just been replaced after being torched during the previous week's riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nThe police responded with tear gas and flash grenades, and drove the rioters back toward the administrative headquarters of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the university's School of Law, Economics and Political Sciences. After another round of pitched battles between masked rioters and the police, several hundred protesters entered the School of Law, Economics and Political Sciences. Christmas shoppers fled the streets and retailers rolled down their shutters as protesters smashed store fronts and burned at least four cars. Demonstrations also took place in Thessaloniki where protesters gathered outside the Ministry for Macedonia\u2013Thrace. Rallies and protests also took place in Patras, Tripoli, Chania and Trikala. Some labour unions stopped work in solidarity with the demonstrators. The work stoppage by the air traffic controllers forced Olympic Airlines to cancel 28 flights and postpone 14. Hospitals were also operating with very limited staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 1040]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nOn Friday, 19 December 2008 a protest took place outside the Greek parliament, and a solidarity concert outside the administrative building of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. More than 1500 people demonstrated peacefully in the western suburb of Athens, Peristeri following another shooting of a 16-year-old on Wednesday, 17 December, night. The teenager was struck in the hand by a bullet fired by an unidentified assailant while sitting in a park, outside a local high school with friends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nThe police admitted that they had made a mistake in their initial statement that the boy was hit by an air-gun pellet. Tests revealed it was either a .38 Special or .357 Magnum bullet. Officers are investigating the incident, anxious to disprove rumors that an off-duty or undercover policeman fired the shot. A police spokesman said that no officers were in the area at the time of the shooting and an investigation was under way. Masked youths attacked the French Institute in Athens with firebombs, \"Spark in Athens. Fire in Paris. Insurrection is coming,\" read one graffiti spray-painted onto the building's walls in French. Another, written in Greek, read \"France, Greece, uprising everywhere\". Later on Friday, about 50 protesters interrupted the official premiere of the Greek National Theater, holding up banners urging people to join the demonstrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 924]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nOn Saturday, 20 December 2008 about 150 youth attacked the Christmas tree at Syntagma Square in central Athens, at around 16.00, hanging trash bags from its branches before clashing with riot police. The square was cleared within two hours. At least three news photographers were injured by police batons. The Christmas tree protest had been advertised as part of a day of events in Greece and around the world to commemorate Grigoropoulos' shooting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nOn Saturday evening, masked men broke into the building housing the offices of Tiresias SA, a company that keeps records of delinquent debtors and cardholders, and firebombed the company's offices. The fire was extinguished but the company's offices were destroyed. Rioters, using the National Technical University of Athens as a base, launched attacks against police, throwing rocks and petrol bombs and erecting roadblocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0027-0002", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nIn Thessaloniki a group of anarchists briefly occupied a radio station and a theater before disrupting and threw cakes and candy at Mayor Vassilis Papageorgopoulos and one of his deputies during an open-air charity event near the theater. Later, a group emerged from the same theater and attacked a Nativity scene, throwing away Christ's figure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Second week\nOn Sunday, 21 December 2008 in the early hours of the morning, unidentified hood-wearing assailants threw petrol bombs at the police academy in the west Athens district of Nea Philadelphia six police vehicles were torched, without causing any casualties. The vehicles that were parked outside the building of the police accounting department at Patriarchou Constantinou street, also suffered damage in the attack. At around the same time, rioting and clashes with riot police continued in the area around the National Technical University of Athens and the University of Thessaloniki, with protesters again lobbing petrol bombs at police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Third week\nOn Tuesday, 23 December 2008 more than 3,000 chanting protesters marched through Athens. During the demonstration, one police car was damaged. At 05:50 local time, shots were fired at a riot police bus in Athens near the riot police headquarters in Zografou. None of the 19 officers on board were injured, authorities said, but the attack raised concern that violence against police could escalate. The shots were fired from the grounds of the National Technical University of Athens's facilities in Zografou, known as Polytechnioupolis. One bullet blew out two tires on the bus, while another struck the engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Third week\nThe police found 7.62 mm caliber bullet casings at the scene of the shooting. After ballistic examinations, it was announced that there were at least two shooters who used Kalashnikov type rifles and that the particular weapons used in the attack had not been used in any other attack, robbery, or other criminal incident in Greece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Third week\nOn Wednesday, 24 December 2008, hundreds of anarchists marched through Athens streets in a peaceful protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Third week\nOn Thursday, 25 December 2008, in central Athens and the suburb of Palaio Faliron there was a string of arson attacks against banks and car dealerships, causing widespread damage but no injuries. There was also an attack against the offices of the Ministry for Development in the city center. Arsonists also targeted the car of Deputy Environment and Public Works Minister, Stavros Kaloyiannis, outside his home in the northwestern town of Ioannina, destroying the vehicle. The assailants doused the wheels of the parked car with flammable liquid before setting it alight, according to the fire service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nBy Wednesday 31 December 2008 the occupation of Greek universities in Athens and Thessaloniki had ended and the administrative officials had begun assessing the cost of damage done during the occupation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nOn Thursday, 1 January 2009 arsonists attacked 10 banks and two car dealerships around Athens and Piraeus amidst the New Year celebrations. No injuries or arrests were reported by the police. The attacks caused minor damage. At least five arson attacks were also reported by police in Thessaloniki; earlier that day police also briefly clashed with protesters, and fired tear gas at rock throwing demonstrators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nIn the early morning of Monday, 5 January 2009 at least two masked gunmen fired over 20 rounds at a riot police unit guarding the Greek Ministry of Culture in central Athens, hitting a 21-year-old officer in the chest and groin. The officer had apparently spotted the gunmen and warned his colleagues shortly before he was hit. An automatic Kalashnikov rifle and an MP5 submachine gun were used in the attack, also a fragmentation grenade was used as a diversion as the perpetrators escaped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nThe wounded policeman, identified as Diamandis Matzounis, was in a critical, but stable, condition in hospital after six hours of surgery. Authorities said they had cordoned off the region around the site of the attack to collect evidence for forensic examination. At least 72 people were detained during the initial search for suspects. Police said ballistics tests showed the MP5 matched one used in a 30 April 2007, attack on a police station in Athens suburb Nea Ionia. That attack caused no injuries but was claimed by the far-left Revolutionary Struggle group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0034-0002", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nPolice also said ballistics tests showed that a second weapon used on Monday, a Kalashnikov rifle, was used in the more recent attack on police, on 23 December 2008. On Wednesday 14 January 2009 Revolutionary Struggle sent a statement to the weekly satirical newspaper, To Pontiki. The statement said the group carried out 23 December shooting attack and the separate 5 January shooting at the police officers. By Monday, 19 January 2009 Diamantis Matzounis The 21-year-old police officer seriously injured in the attack of 5 January 2009 was removed from intensive care following an improvement in his condition. Doctors said Diamantis Mantzounis had to undergo two operations to staunch a stomach hemorrhage caused by a bullet wound, but he has managed to recuperate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 829]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nOn Friday, 9 January 2009 a long-planned education protest march took place in Athens. The rally was organized to coincide with the anniversary of the 1991 murder of high school teacher Nikos Temponeras by the secretary of the Patras youth organization of the, back then, ruling New Democracy (Greece) party, participants said they protest against police repression, corrupt politicians, the education reform and a social system that offers little hope, it was one of two held in the capital but it was the only one that turned violent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nThe trouble began after the rally by several thousand schoolchildren, teachers and students had almost reached its end, near the entrance to University of Athens where it had started. When hooded youths broke away from the student march and threw stones and flares at riot police, who fired tear gas and flash grenades. The youths then turned on police, hurling rocks and flares. At one point a group of protesters tried to force their way into the rector's office and to occupy the central offices of the University of Athens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0035-0002", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nThe occupation of the University's offices was obstructed by groups of students and academics. According to rector Christos Kittas, police officers did not ask for university immunity to be lifted so that they could gain access to the faculty. Clashes continued in the area which was closed to traffic and where hundreds of demonstrators remained for an hour. There were repeated police charges and several arrests were made. Some 60 persons were arrested with several demonstrators severely injured in clashes with police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0035-0003", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nBetween those arrested were fourteen lawyers, who said that they had nothing to do with the protest, also several people sustained minor injuries and one was hospitalized. Afterwards the influential Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA) protested to the Ministry for the Interior and Public Order about \"the brutal attacks and beatings\" to which reporters and camera crews had been subjected by some riot police units. \"There may have been excesses to be condemned, we are looking into the issue, but the police did their job,\" Minister for the Interior and Public Order Prokopis Pavlopoulos told Greek television. Later that evening, hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the capital's central police headquarters on Alexandras Avenue, leading to some tense scuffles with officers. But the crowd had dispersed by late night, according to police who did not report any additional problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 974]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nProtests were carried on Thursday, 15 January, policemen labor unionists also took part in the demonstrations \"to condemn the violent phenomena, from wherever they come, and to state categorically that social problems are not solved by repressive measures\". Veteran politician Manolis Glezos who took part in the protest, attributed police violence to the obedience of police forces to the executive power and not the judiciary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nOn Friday, 16 January some of the lawyers arrested on Friday's demonstration in Athens, filed suits against police officers accusing them for breach of duty, attempted bodily harm and unnecessarily exposing of people to tear gas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nOn Saturday, 17 January a demonstration was held in Larissa, where more than three thousand people protested against the anti-terrorism act and requested the withdrawal of the charges and the release of four jailed students, who were arrested during the demonstrations of December 2008. Larissa was the only city where the act was applied last month when twenty five teenagers were arrested. At the same time protesters of a separate rally also in Larissa destroyed bank cameras and wrote slogans on walls, churches and supermarkets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Aftermath\nThe death of Alexandros and the subsequent events galvanized many in Athens including anarchist bank robber and hunger-striker Nikos Romanos who was with Alexis on the night of the murder, reporting that he had died in his arms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Background and causes\nThe shooting happened during a period where the Greek society faced a variety of difficulties in the midst of a worldwide economic slump. In a survey conducted shortly after the events for the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, 60% of the respondents considered them to be part of a wider \"social uprising\". Many people were concerned with corruption scandals, most of which involved mishandling of public money, the spread of poverty, the increasing rate of unemployment amongst young graduates and the slowing economy as the effects of the global economic crisis began to show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 71], "content_span": [72, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Background and causes\nThe local student community\u2014which formed the main body of protesters\u2014had also been in significant turmoil since 2006, being opposed to a series of proposed laws regarding the reform of the country's education system. Many of the student demonstrations in relation to these laws in early 2007 turned violent and resulted in clashes with the police, though the perpetrators of the incidents of violence and vandalism, then as in December 2008, should not be necessarily identified with the students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 71], "content_span": [72, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Background and causes\nAs in many other countries, young people are faced with expensive studies and are especially affected by unemployment. However, in terms of unemployment Greece is comparable with France, Germany, or Portugal; has a lower unemployment than Slovakia or Spain; and has more unemployment than Italy, Bulgaria, or Cyprus. Similarly, young people also represent a declining demographic group, compared to baby boomers, resulting in a weaker impact of the youth vote in political life, though this is also not particular to Greece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 71], "content_span": [72, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Background and causes\nInternational Monetary Fund Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned that there was a risk of social unrest spreading unless the financial sector shared wealth more evenly. Greece had recently proposed to go through with \u20ac28 bn of cash injections to its banking system while at the same time leaving medicine suppliers unpaid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 71], "content_span": [72, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Background and causes\nRegarding the possibility that economic inequality has been a factor, Greece has a Gini Index of income inequality of 34.3 (where a lower number represents a more egalitarian society in terms of distribution of wealth), comparable with that of France and Ireland; less equitable than Bulgaria, Ukraine, or Germany; and more equitable than Turkey, Italy, or the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 71], "content_span": [72, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Background and causes\nAdditionally Greece scores a 4.6 on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index which is used to gauge corruption in a state. This makes Greece comparable with Turkey, Italy, or Poland; more corrupt than Cyprus, France, or the UK; and less corrupt than Bulgaria, Albania, or Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 71], "content_span": [72, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, Background and causes\nGreece also suffers from one of the highest levels of public debt in the EU, with foreign debt valued at 93.9% of projected 2008 GDP and 16% of revenue in 2009 projected to go towards servicing this debt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 71], "content_span": [72, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First commemoration of the shooting incident\nOn Saturday, 5 December 2009 a large crowd gathered at the place where Grigoropoulos was shot, ahead of Sunday's scheduled demonstration, with no reported clashes. However, Police had detained 160 people following minor clashes in central Athens. Police, also, made a preemptive raid on an anarchist hangout in Keratsini near Piraeus on Saturday night detaining 22 people, including Albanian, Italian and Spanish citizens. They discovered some 200 empty bottles they believe were going to be used to make Molotov cocktails, two jerry cans of fuel, two hammers, three sledgehammers, three helmets, 13 gas masks and a stun grenade. They also seized a computer. Two of the people arrested were the son and daughter of Panhellenic Socialist Movement MP and deputy parliamentary speaker Grigoris Niotis. \"I have total faith in Greek justice. Just as I have faith in my children, who are adults,\" said Niotis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 998]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First commemoration of the shooting incident\nOn Sunday, 6 December 2009 at 11:30\u00a0pm a memorial gathering, at the cemetery where 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos is buried, took place in the presence of his family and was attended by hundreds of people including the Greek Minister of Education. Later that day, several thousand demonstrators marched in central Athens and other cities across Greece and Europe to commemorate the death of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos at about.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First commemoration of the shooting incident\nHowever the protest in Athens was followed by scenes reminiscent of those that followed Grigoropoulos's death, as several hundred protesters remained holed up in the grounds of the University of Athens and the city's Law School and used the two institutions as their bases, they clashed from roughly 6\u00a0pm and for about three hours with thousands of police who had been deployed in the city center to ensure that the anniversary of the killing of Alexis Grigoropoulos passed as peacefully as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0047-0002", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First commemoration of the shooting incident\nAuthorities said 134 people were detained for public order offenses in Athens and 80 in the northern city of Thessaloniki, where a similar demonstration also ended in violence, with youths throwing petrol bombs at police and setting fire to cars. At least five protesters and 16 police officers were injured during the clashes. Including one female demonstrator, who was severely injured by a policeman when he struck her with his motorbike. The rector of the University of Athens, Christos Kittas, was hospitalized after protesters stormed into his office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0047-0003", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First commemoration of the shooting incident\nKittas was struck on the head and was taken to the Ippocrateio Hospital, where doctors placed him in intensive care, saying that he had suffered a heart ischemia. According to the witness of two contributors of the magazine, Occupied London, the director leaving the area had no blood on his head, and the story of his heart attack was fabricated as a \"pretext for a full-on attack on the academic asylum\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, The riots and political crisis, First commemoration of the shooting incident\nThe series of protests and riots continued months later with the May 2010 Greek protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nThe Greek government condemned the shooting. Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis wrote a letter to the student's family, stating that \"In these difficult moments please accept my condolences for the unfair loss of your son. Like all Greeks I am deeply saddened. I know that nothing can relieve your pain.\" He continued on to write that \"the state will see to it that such a tragedy does not happen again.\" On a nationally broadcast statement, he also vowed to end the \"dangerous\" extremist-inspired riots that have hit the country:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nThe unacceptable and dangerous events cannot and will not be tolerated, the extremist elements who exploited the tragedy ... by showing that their only goal was to spread violence. The state will protect its citizens and society ... It is the least of the tributes we owe Alexandros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nOn 8 December he declared that he had ordered the finance ministry to offer \"quick and full compensation\" to Greek people whose buildings have been damaged in the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nPresident Karolos Papoulias sent condolences in a telegram, while Interior minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos expressed \"deep sorrow\". The police, who claimed that an investigation was underway into the \"isolated\" incident, also apologized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nAthens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis has expressed his condolences for the death of the 15-year-old boy, adding that festive events for Christmas in Syntagma Square will be suspended until further notice. Moreover, he assured the owners of damaged shops that they will be aided in restoring their damages, adding that he will propose the Municipal Committee be acquitted of municipal duties for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nThe Communist Party of Greece (KKE) attributed the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos to the result of escalating authoritarianism, reinforcement of the suppression mechanisms and their action, the network of reactionary laws and the \"Euro-terror laws\" created by the governments of ND and PASOK. The KKE has stated that the riots and the destruction is the work of foreign agents acting as provocateurs. The leader of the KKE, Aleka Papariga, called for organized struggle against the main politics that it will be well guarded against suspicious command centers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0054-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nMeanwhile, the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) spoke of a cruel murder. The Panhellenic Socialist Movement issued an announcement holding the police responsible for the incident and stated that people \"must answer the government's policies en masse and peacefully,\" while the Hellenic Federation of University Teachers' Associations (POSDEP) called a three-day strike, condemning the killing of the teenager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nFrom Moscow, where he attended Patriarch Alexy II's funeral, Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens called on everyone to face the crisis and the problems ahead with co-operation and not with destruction. Also in an interview on 13 December, the Archbishop added that the \"youths are not enraged for no reason\" and stated his belief that the effects of the global economic crisis coupled with the large unemployment rate are the causes of this violent outburst.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nOn 10 December, Prime Minister Karamanlis announced 7 governmental measures to aid the large number of Greek businesses that were damaged by the rioters, also aiding businesses that are undamaged. The Prime Minister stated that the commercial world of the country faced the destructive mania and the raw violence of extremist groups. \"The government\", he said, \"will ensure the sentiment of public safety and support all damaged businesses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nThe General Federation of Professional Tradesmen and Traders of Greece saluted the measures and agreed with the direction that the measures were headed in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nOn 12 December, Vice-Minister of the Interior Panagiotis Chinofotis, as a political leader of the Greek Police, said that he felt that he had to ask for forgiveness for the shooting incident and the resulting death of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, since neither the defendant nor the defendant's lawyer did so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Reactions, Domestic response\nOn 16 December, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis speaking to New Democracy (Greece)'s parliamentary group, condemned the killing of the 15-year-old by the policeman, while calling for all parties to isolate rioters. He also acknowledged that \"Long-unresolved problems, such as the lack of meritocracy, corruption in everyday life and a sense of social injustice disappoint young people\". Karamanlis said income-tax cuts will go ahead. But he warned against high expectations, saying Greece will spend \u20ac12 billion, about 5% of GDP, just to service its national debt. \"Our top priority is to support those hurt the most ... (but) this debt is a huge burden that reduces the government's flexibility at this critical time\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 767]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Criticism, Criticism of the Government\nOn 10 December the Communist Party of Greece's Central Committee released a written statement where they said that \"an effort is being made by the bourgeoisie state, the ND government to utilise the blind violence of the hooded people, which we are witnessing mainly through the television channels, to check the swelling wave of discontent and popular intervention that is developing.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 56], "content_span": [57, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Criticism, Criticism of the Government\nOn 12 December, PASOK leader George Papandreou speaking before his party's political council members blamed the ruling New Democracy government for the recent violent street protests in Athens and other parts of the country. He held the government solely responsible for everything taking place in the country, stated that \"the government itself is the problem\" and called for early elections so that, the Greek people will be able to provide a clear mandate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 56], "content_span": [57, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Criticism, Criticism of the Government\nOn the same day, MP Adonis Georgiades of the Popular Orthodox Rally accused the political leadership of the Greek police for giving orders to the riot police not to intervene effectively to stop the riots at their initial stage. Also Popular Orthodox Rally proposed a project that anyone hooded should be arrested, to stop university asylum, ban protests and review the role of the army, in order to stop the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 56], "content_span": [57, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Criticism, Criticism of the Government\nIn a meeting with police labor unionists, Alekos Alavanos the parliamentary leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left criticised the government for using the riot police as their own \"army\", he also, asked for an inter-party committee to examine the responsibilities and rights of the Greek police, whereas Alexis Tsipras, current president of the Coalition of the Radical Left, declared that the situation is indeed very grim and that the Greek government needs to find solutions for the actual causes of this \"new social phenomenon\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 56], "content_span": [57, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Criticism, Criticism of the Coalition of the Radical Left\nAleka Papariga, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Greece, called the leadership of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) to \"stop patting the hooded rioters on the back\". Georgios Karatzaferis, president of the Popular Orthodox Rally, also stated that \"there are some political powers that are serious, and some that pat them on the back\u00a0...\". Alexis Tsipras, SYRIZA president, replied \"we don't pat them on the back, and we don't take the role of the state's prosecutor either\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 75], "content_span": [76, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0064-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Criticism, Criticism of the Coalition of the Radical Left\nHe attacked the Communist Party, describing it as a conservative power that is disturbed when the youth spontaneously storm the streets. He also stated that the young people of the country have reached a deadlock, and this deadlock and their problems force them to the streets. Nikos Konstantopoulos, former SYRIZA chairman, spoke to a local radio station and criticised the present party leadership for not condemning the riots directly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 75], "content_span": [76, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Criticism, Criticism of the Coalition of the Radical Left\nOn Thursday 11th, Georgios Karatzaferis referred to a press release of the newspaper \"Adesmeutos Typos\" which, he claimed, had an MP of the Coalition supporting \"the terrorism\" instead of condemning the riots. Alekos Alavanos replied that, \"Some have lost sense of what they say and what antidemocratic consequences their sayings might bring\". On Friday 12th, in the parliament, MPs of both ruling New Democracy and the PASOK opposition criticised SYRIZA for not condemning the riots, and for Alexis Tsipras's statement that \"the struggle must be moved in the schools\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 75], "content_span": [76, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Criticism, Criticism of the Coalition of the Radical Left\nOn Sunday 15th, Alexis Tsipras current president of SYRIZA called an unscheduled press conference where he dismissed criticism and decried what he called \"slanderous\" statements against the recent protests, he also added that \"Synaspismos and its affiliated Parliamentary group, SYRIZA, are in an ideological conflict with the hooded gangs, because violence brings forth violence and leads to an impasse\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 75], "content_span": [76, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Criticism, Criticism of the media\n'Breaking news' bulletins and other mass media accounts of the shooting reported that an unprovoked attack had taken place against the police, favoring a narrative of 'riots in Exarcheia' that sidelined or trivialized the death of Alexandros Grigoropoulos. However, the existence of eyewitness video footage of the event and its circulation along with other alternative accounts on social media, changed the predominant perception from one of an (anarchist) attack against police officers in the 'notorious' neighborhood of Exarcheia to one of a 'rogue' policeman killing a kid. Nevertheless, media coverage uncritically reproduced the initial police report and persisted in promoting a flawed scenario of the events when the 'awkward facts' were clear to most people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Criticism, Criticism of the media\nOn 9 December, a photographer working for the newspaper Eleftheros Typos, who had taken on 7 December some snap-shots of a policeman targeting protesters with his gun, was fired, as the paper's editor claimed he was responsible for the leakage of the photos in the Internet. The photographer claimed the photos were not any more in his possession in the time of the leak, said that the editor was unwilling to publish them and denounced his sack as an attempt of political censorship, while left-wing newspapers and websites noted the editor's pro-government stance during the riots. The same newspaper received harsh criticism for misquoting Isocrates in its front page of 10 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Criticism, Criticism of the media\nOn 13 December, the Greek National Council of Radio and Television alerted all radio and television stations throughout the country that they should be careful in how they broadcast the news about the riots. The Council informed the stations mainly of the necessity of not showing scenes of extreme violence (in ways that might be interpreted as encouraging extreme anti-social behavior), to avoid acting as if they were judicial authorities, and to avoid showing in public documents and other elements that might be the subject of legal proceedings. The Council noted that \"there is danger of breaking the broadcasting laws by the way of presenting the latest events.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Financial consequences for the Greek economy\nAfter the first days of demonstrations and the presentation of the 2009 state budget that predicted solid economic growth in spite of the financial crisis of 2007\u20132008, the spread of the Greek 10-year Government bonds had, by 12 December 2008, widened to 230 basis points against the corresponding German Government bonds (Bundesanleihen), a level that represents the highest level for the past nine years and the highest since the country entered the eurozone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0070-0001", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Financial consequences for the Greek economy\nThis had an immediate effect on the cost of financing for Greece's government; these costs rose considerably as a higher yield had to be paid on any bonds it sold. In addition, and given the credit crisis prevalent at the time, this curtailed its ability to issue bonds at all since investors were more risk averse than normal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196953-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Greek riots, Financial consequences for the Greek economy\nAdditionally, on Wednesday, 17 December 2008, the credit rating agency Moody's declared it would put Greece's credit rating, already the lowest in the Eurozone at A1, off positive outlook if political and economic instability continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season\nThe 2008 season was the Green Bay Packers' 88th season in the National Football League, their 90th overall and their 3rd under head coach Mike McCarthy. The Packers were aiming to improve their 13\u20133 record from last season, but finished the season with a 6\u201310 record and missed the playoffs. Until the 2017 season, this was the last season in which the Packers did not qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season\nIt was the first season since 1991 that quarterback Brett Favre was not on the team's roster. Favre retired in March, decided to come back over the summer and was ultimately traded to the New York Jets after the team told Favre playing in Green Bay again was not an option. It was the first season with quarterback Aaron Rodgers as the team's starter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Draft\nThe Packers held Pick 1\u201330 in the NFL Draft but traded it to the New York Jets for picks 2\u201336 and 4\u2013113. In the second round they selected wide receiver Jordy Nelson of Kansas State with pick 2\u201336, quarterback Brian Brohm of Louisville with pick 2\u201356 and cornerback Pat Lee of Auburn with pick 2\u201360.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Draft\nDuring day 2 of the NFL Draft, The Packers started off their day pick tight end Jermichael Finley of Texas with pick 3\u201391.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Draft\nIn the fourth round, the Packers traded picks 4\u2013113 and 5\u2013162 to the New York Jets for pick 4\u2013102. They then used that pick to select defensive end Jeremy Thompson of Wake Forest. The Packers then traded pick 4\u2013128 to the St Louis Rams for picks 5\u2013137 and 7\u2013217. They then used pick 4\u2013135 to select offensive guard Josh Sitton of the UCF Knights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Draft\nIn the 5th round they traded pick 5\u2013137 to the Minnesota Vikings for picks 5\u2013150 and 7\u2013209. With pick 5\u2013150 the Packers selected offensive tackle Breno Giacomini of Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Draft\nAfter waiting for the 6th round to pass in which the Packers did not hold any picks, they finished their draft by selecting quarterback Matt Flynn of LSU and wide receiver Brett Swain of San Diego State with picks 7\u2013209 and 7\u2013217 respectively. They traded pick 7\u2013237 to the New Orleans Saints for their 6th round pick of the 2009 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Draft, Undrafted free agents\nFollowing the 2008 NFL Draft, the Packers signed 11 undrafted free agents. They were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Draft, Undrafted free agents\nOn May 7, the Packers signed Cornerback Condrew Allen (Portland State), Offensive tackle Ryan Considine (Louisiana Tech) and Cornerback Kyle Ward (Louisiana-Lafayette) after they attended a minicamp on a tryout basis. On May 22, the Packers also signed Evan Moore (Stanford).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Favre retirement, reinstatement and trade\nOn March 6, 2008, Favre formally announced his retirement. Favre's agent, James \"Bus\" Cook, stated \"Nobody pushed Brett Favre out the door but then nobody encouraged him not to go out that door either. I don't think he had a lot of encouragement to stay, but nobody told him to leave either.\" Cook also believed that Favre had not gotten the impression from the Packers that they wanted him back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Favre retirement, reinstatement and trade\nAlthough Favre stated that he had been willing to play another year, he felt that another season would only be successful if he led his team to another Super Bowl victory. At his press conference, Favre openly wept about leaving the NFL. He stated that his decision, regardless of what was being said in the media, had nothing to do with what the Packers did or did not do. He said, seemingly contradictory to Cook's statements, that his decision to retire was based on the fact that he did not want to play anymore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Favre retirement, reinstatement and trade\nHe said during the conference, \"I know I can play, but I don't think I want to. And that's really what it comes down to.\" But since he had to make his decision right there and then he felt that he needed to retire. He was eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013. The Packers also planned to retire Favre's No. 4 jersey during their regular season opener against the Minnesota Vikings on September 8. Favre appeared on the cover of the Madden NFL 09 video game, released on August 13, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Favre retirement, reinstatement and trade\nFavre has stated that if the Packers asked him to return in an emergency situation, that \"it would be hard to pass up.\" He stressed, however, that he would only return if he was in shape.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Favre retirement, reinstatement and trade\nOn July 2, 2008, it was reported that Favre was in contact with the Packers about a possible return to the team. On July 11, 2008, Favre sent a letter to the Packers asking for his unconditional release to allow him to play for another NFL team. Packers general manager Ted Thompson announced he would not grant Favre an unconditional release and reaffirmed the organization's commitment to Aaron Rodgers as its new quarterback. Complicating matters was Favre's unique contract giving him the leverage to void any potential trade by not reporting to the camp of the team he might be traded to if the Packers elect to go that route.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Favre retirement, reinstatement and trade\nFavre spoke publicly for the first time about his potential comeback in a July 14, 2008 interview with Greta Van Susteren on the Fox News Channel's On the Record with Greta Van Susteren. In the interview, Favre said he was \"guilty of retiring early,\" that he was \"never fully committed\" to retirement, and that he was pressured by the Packers to make a decision before the NFL Draft and the start of the free agent signing period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Favre retirement, reinstatement and trade\nFavre disputed the notion that he did not want to play for Green Bay and said that while he understands the organization has decided to move on, they should now allow him to do the same. He made clear that he would not return to the Packers as a backup and reiterated his desire to be released rather than traded, which would allow him the freedom to play for a competitive team. Favre also accused the Packers of being dishonest, wishing the team would have been straightforward with him and the public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Favre retirement, reinstatement and trade\nIn the second part of the interview, which aired on July 15, Favre expressed his frustration with Packer management, spoke of his sympathy for successor Aaron Rodgers' predicament, and affirmed he is 100 percent committed to playing football in 2008. On July 16, Favre's agent, James \"Bus\" Cook, stated Favre has \"no definite plans to seek reinstatement\" and that \"It's [the Packers] move.\" Cook reasoned that applying for reinstatement at this time would give Green Bay the opportunity to activate Favre, relegate him to a backup role he is unwilling to accept, and fine him $15,000 a day for failing to report to training camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Favre retirement, reinstatement and trade\nFOXSports.com's Jay Glazer reported on July 16, 2008, that the Packers filed tampering charges against the Minnesota Vikings with the league office, alleging improper communication between Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and Favre, although one source suggested that Favre may have been in contact with Vikings head coach Brad Childress. After an investigation, Commissioner Roger Goodell ruled there had been no violation of tampering rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Favre retirement, reinstatement and trade\nFavre formally filed for reinstatement with the NFL on July 29, 2008, and his petition was granted by Commissioner Goodell, effective August 4, 2008. Favre then flew to Green Bay to report to Packers training camp. After a lengthy meeting with head coach Mike McCarthy and general manager Ted Thompson, however, both sides agreed it was time for Favre and the organization to part ways. McCarthy sensed Favre was not in \"the right mind-set\" to resume playing for the Packers, while Favre felt that his relationship with Packer management had deteriorated to the point that a return to the team would be untenable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Favre retirement, reinstatement and trade\nAfter the Packers entered into trade discussions with both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York Jets, Favre was traded to the Jets on August 6, 2008 for a conditional draft pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp\nThe Packers held their training camp sessions at Clarke Hinkle Field across the street from Lambeau Field. Practices were moved inside the Don Hutson Center during inclement weather. St. Norbert College served as the team base for all living arrangements for the 51st consecutive season. Players were expected to report on July 27, and practices commenced the following day and continued through August 27. Throughout the thirty one day span, seventeen included public practices. For the third straight year, night practices were again a part of the training camp schedule under Head Coach Mike McCarthy. Seven night practices, all beginning at 6:30\u00a0p.m., were scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp\nDuring the first day of practice, Brett Favre did not file his reinstatement papers and did not appear at camp. Favre told GM Ted Thompson he would give him a couple of days to work out a trade before he reported. The only player on the active roster absent was RB Ryan Grant who was going through a contract dispute. All of the 2008 draft class was signed by the start of camp and participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp\nAfter the first day McCarthy stated that he thought the evening practice was sloppy, as the morning practice was. There again were many penalties before the snap. That is no surprise on Day 1, though. \"As a whole, I thought the pad level was high on both sides of the ball. I thought the footwork was sloppy. It looked like we were in mud at times. So, we'll look at the film.\" The pace of the practice was excellent\u201414\u00a0minutes ahead of schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp\nDuring the evening practice on July 29, the Packers got word that Brett Favre had submitted him papers for reinstatement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp\nOn Wednesday, July 29, ESPN's NFL Live was broadcasting from Packers camp. Much of the broadcast circled around Brett Favre's return to football with minor focus on Aaron Rodgers performance as well as Ryan Grant and his current contract holdout situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp\nOn Thursday, the Packers did not have a formal practice but the team was addressed in the afternoon by former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer. During the late afternoon, it was reported by ESPN that Brett Favre had chartered a flight to Green Bay and would arrive later in the day in time to attend camp on Friday. After a series of delays, the flight was canceled and Favre did not fly to Green Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp\nOn Saturday, August 2, it was announced that Ryan Grant came to terms with a four-year deal that could be worth as much as $30 million. Ryan Grant was in attendance for the 2008 Family Night scrimmage on Sunday August 3 but did not participate. A few hours before the scrimmage had taken place, quarterback Brett Favre was officially reinstated by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and landed in Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp\nOn Monday, August 4, Brett Favre was officially added to the Packers active roster and it was announced that he would now compete against Aaron Rodgers for the Packers starting quarterback job. After a long conversation with Mike McCarthy over the next couple of days, McCarthy felt that Favre was not committed to the team and they began working out a trade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp\nAfter Brett Favre was traded to the New York Jets, new starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers became the target of heckling by several disgruntled fans at training camp for the next couple of days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp\nAfter the Packers preseason game on August 11, it was apparent that second string rookie quarterback Brian Brohm was in danger of being passed on the depth chart by another rookie quarterback, Matt Flynn due to Brian's lack of success in the preseason contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp\nAnother camp battle that had emerged is one between rookie offensive guard Josh Sitton, Daryn Colledge and Allen Barbre for the starting left guard spot. Josh Sitton replaced right guard Jason Spitz in training camp due to Spitz being moved over to center in place of the injured Scott Wells. Sitton played so well in camp and in the first preseason game that he is now still taking reps with the first string offense at left guard even after the return of center Scott Wells.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp, Family night scrimmage\nOn August 3, Lambeau Field held a full pads inter-team scrimmage that was delayed by rain and lightning. The scrimmage finally started around 8:00\u00a0p.m. CST in front of 56,600 in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp, Family night scrimmage\nHead Coach Mike McCarthy has talked about the defense being the starting point and common thread that will run through the team in 2008, and on Sunday night, several members of the secondary made an impact. \"As a whole, I thought their production was outstanding,\" McCarthy said of the defense. \"I really thought they flew to the ball. It looked to me, from not studying it, it looked like they did a good job with the bump at the line of scrimmage, disrupting the routes. I thought the defense had a very good night.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp, Family night scrimmage\nRookie cornerback Pat Lee led the team with four passes defensed, Cornerback Tramon Williams, who missed a good part of practice this week with a hip flexor injury, was back on the field and posted two pass breakups, both on third-down plays. Safety Charlie Peprah made his presence felt with three tackles and a pass breakup, as well as one of the bigger hits of the night. Safety Aaron Rouse posted the lone takeaway of the night when he intercepted a desperation heave by Rodgers to the back of the end zone intended for Jennings as time ticked away in the two-minute drill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp, Family night scrimmage\nOne area that impressed on Sunday night was the punt return game for the Packers. Rookie wide receiver Brett Swain was credited with two returns for 80\u00a0yards, including a 66-yarder. He wasn't the only player to post a big play during the special teams work, with cornerback Will Blackmon recording a 56-yard return. Also, Punter Jon Ryan averaged 54.8\u00a0yards on his four punts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp, Family night scrimmage\nMost of the team participated with exception to recently re-signed running back Ryan Grant, and cornerbacks Al Harris and Charles Woodson. All three were healthy but did not participate. Brett Favre also was not in attendance due to the fact that he was just reinstated back into the NFL earlier in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Training camp, Family night scrimmage\nSix other players did not participate due to injury. This list included defensive tackles Justin Harrell (knee) and Ryan Pickett (back), running back DeShawn Wynn (concussion), cornerback Condrew Allen (knee), center Scott Wells (trunk) and defensive end Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (knee).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Starters\nNote: This chart depicts the amount of 1st string appearances during the season. Actual starts in the NFL are credited to any player on the field during the first offensive and defensive play regardless of formation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Starters, Uniform\nThe 2008 uniforms were made by Reebok and no notable changes were made from previous seasons. The Packers did however wear white cleats in pre season instead of the traditional black. They also wore a commemorative black \"GU 63\" patch Week 1 in honor of Gene Upshaw's memorial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 1\nThe Packers began their 2008 campaign at home against their NFC North foe, the Minnesota Vikings, in the first game of 2008's Monday Night Football doubleheader. Green Bay struggled early to move the ball, but a 56-yard Aaron Rodgers pass to Greg Jennings set the Packers up with a 1st and goal at the Vikings 6. The Packers scored 4 plays later on a 3rd down pass from Aaron Rodgers to fullback Korey Hall. Punt returner Will Blackmon also scored in the 3rd quarter on a 76-yard punt return to give the Packers a commanding 17\u20136 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 1\nLater in the 3rd, the Vikings scored a TD paired with a failed 2-point conversion attempt. The Packers responded with a 57-yard run by Ryan Grant to the Minnesota 2 that set up a 1-yard touchdown rush by Aaron Rodgers to make the score 24\u201312. The Vikings Adrian Peterson scored a 3-yard rushing touchdown on their next drive to bring the Packers lead back to 5 points with 2:43 left in the 4th quarter. The following Vikings onside kick was knocked out of bounds after touching safety Atari Bigby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0036-0002", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 1\nThe Packers then went three and out and punted the ball back to the Vikings with 2\u00a0minutes left. Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson was later intercepted by Atari Bigby which sealed the victory for the Packers as they started out the season at 1\u20130. Will Blackmon was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 2\nComing off an impressive divisional home win over the Vikings, the Packers flew to Ford Field for a Week 2 NFC North showdown with the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Green Bay got the first strike with QB Aaron Rodgers completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR James Jones. In the second quarter, the Packers increased their lead with Rodgers completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Donald Driver and a 29-yard TD pass to rookie WR Jordy Nelson. The Lions would close out the first half with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 2\nIn the third quarter, Detroit continued to hack away at Green Bay's lead with Hanson nailing a 49-yard and a 53-yard field goal. The Packers responded with kicker Mason Crosby kicking a 25-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Detroit clawed away at the Pack's lead with QB Jon Kitna completing a 38-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson. The Lions closed in as Packers punter Derrick Frost's punt was high, causing it to go through the back of his end zone, giving Detroit a safety. The Lions would take the lead on Kitna's 47-yard TD pass to C. Johnson. Fortunately, Green Bay rebounded with Crosby's 39-yard field goal, RB Brandon Jackson's 19-yard TD run, CB Charles Woodson's 41-yard interception return for a touchdown, and safety Nick Collins' 42-yard interception return for a touchdown. Aaron Rodgers was voted FedEx Air Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 901]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 3\nThe Packers returned home week three for a Sunday night clash against the Dallas Cowboys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 3\nIn the first quarter, Green Bay's first possession, RB Ryan Grant fumbled the football and it was recovered by Dallas. Green Bay's defense responded by keeping Dallas out of the end zone and they had to settle for a 25-yard Nick Folk field goal. Green Bay moved the ball quite effectively the next drive, starting it off with a 26-yard completion to Greg Jennings. The drive ended when Aaron Rodgers was sacked for an 11-yard loss on 3rd down. The Packers settled for a Mason Crosby 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 3\nThe Cowboys next drive was fueled by a couple of long runs by RB Marion Barber. Dallas moved all the way down to Green Bay's 14, but on 3rd down Cowboy's QB Tony Romo threw a pass intended for TE Jason Witten and it was intercepted in the end zone by FS Nick Collins and returned to the Cowboy's 43-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 3\nIn the second quarter, Green Bay started off the quarter with some quick and effective short throws. The Packers managed to move the ball to the Dallas 20 without running the ball once on the drive. An Aaron Rodgers incomplete pass to WR James Jones on 3rd down set up a 38-yard Mason Crosby field goal. The Cowboys managed to get one first down on the next drive, but were stopped on 3rd down the next drive after Aaron Kampman and Cullen Jenkins teamed up for the sack on Tony Romo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 3\nDallas punted and Green Bay went three and out with a couple of minimal runs by Ryan Grant and an incomplete pass to Greg Jennings forcing the Packers to punt. The Cowboys closed out the half with a RB Felix Jones 60-yard touchdown and a 39-yard Nick Folk field goal. The Packers were down 13\u20136 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 3\nIn the third quarter, Dallas received the ball first but were forced to punt 6 plays later. Green Bay's first drive of the second half started off with some solid runs by RB Brandon Jackson, but the highlight of the drive was 50-yard pass to Donald Driver on 3rd and 5 that set the Packers up with a 1st and goal at the Dallas 8. Aaron Rodgers was then sacked on 2nd and 3rd down and the Packers yet again were held to another Mason Crosby field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0042-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 3\nThis field goal marked the 3rd time the Packers were shut down in the red zone and had to settle for a field goal in the game. On the Cowboy's next drive, Tony Romo completed a 63-yard pass to Miles Austin which set the Cowboy's up for a 2-yard Marion Barber touchdown extending their lead to 11 points going into the 4th quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 3\nIn the fourth quarter, Dallas extended their lead to 18 points with a 52-yard Miles Austin catch and touchdown. Later in the 4th, RB Marion Barber fumbled the ball and it was recovered by CB Will Blackmon at the Green Bay 12-yard line. With Dallas playing a prevent style defense, Rodgers completed 8 of 10 passes down to the Dallas 1-yard line. Rodgers sneaked the ball into the end zone for the touchdown bringing the Dallas lead back down to 11 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 3\nAfter the touchdown the Packers attempted an onside kick which was recovered by Tramon Williams but he was flagged for illegal touching and possession was awarded to Dallas along with a 5-yard penalty from the spot of the foul. Dallas moved the ball into field goal range but Romo threw an incomplete pass to Terrell Owens on 3rd down and followed it up with another incomplete pass to Jason Witten on 4th down giving the Packers the ball back. The Packers moved the ball slightly, but the drive ended when Brandon Jackson caught a pass on 4th down and ran out of bounds before the 1st down marker. Dallas took over and ran out the clock with a Romo kneel down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 3\nThe Dallas Cowboys defeated the Packers 27\u201316 as they fell to 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 4\nAfter losing to the 2007 NFC East Champion Dallas Cowboys the week before, The Packers headed down south to play the 2007 NFC South Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 4\nThe Packers started the game with the ball and scored first on a 25-yard Aaron Rodgers pass to Greg Jennings and took the early 7\u20130 lead into the 2nd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 4\nOn the Packers first drive the 2nd quarter, Rodgers pass intended for Brandon Jackson was tipped and intercepted by LB Derrick Brooks. Tampa Bay later tied the game 7\u20137 with a 9-yard touchdown pass from Brian Griese to TE Alex Smith. The Packers went three and out and punted, and the Buccaneers took the 10\u20137 lead on the next drive with a 23-yard field goal. On the next Packers drive was ended when Aaron Rodgers overthrew Donald Driver and Tampa Bay's Barrett Ruud intercepted the pass. The Buccaneers were held to another field goal and took a 13\u20137 lead into the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 4\nTampa Bay received the ball after the half and drove down into the redzone, but a Brian Griese pass was tipped by a Packers defender and intercepted by Packers CB Tramon Williams and returned to the GB 44-yard line. The Packers went 3 and out and the Buccaneers were forced to punt on their next drive. Ryan Grant fumbled on the first play of the Packers next drive and the Buccaneers Jermaine Phillips picked up the ball and returned it for a touchdown to take a 20\u20137 lead. The Packers responded with a 48-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings to decrease the lead to 20\u201314 going into the 4th. Aaron Rodgers left the field in pain after throwing the touchdown pass. Nick Collins picked off Brian Griese close to the end of the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 4\nThe Packers started the fourth quarter with the ball with rookie quarterback Matt Flynn under center. After going three and out, the Packers were forced to punt. 4 plays later, Charles Woodson intercepted Brian Griese and returned it for a lead changing touchdown, making the score 21\u201320 with 13:43 left in the 4th. After forcing the Buccaneers to punt again, Matt Flynn lead another uneventful drive and Tampa Bay responded with a field goal to take the 23\u201321 lead with 6:04 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 4\nAfter the kickoff, Aaron Rodgers replaced Matt Flynn to lead a hopeful game-winning touchdown drive, but Rodgers forced a ball into coverage and it was intercepted by Tampa Bay. On the next play, Tampa Bay RB Earnest Graham ran the ball all the way down to the 1-yard line and scored a rushing touchdown on the next play to increase their lead to 30\u201321. With the game out of reach, Matt Flynn replaced Aaron Rodgers again and turned over the ball on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nAfter losing two consecutive games, the Packers returned home to face the Atlanta Falcons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nAtlanta started off the game with the ball and their first play from scrimmage was a Matt Ryan 37-yard pass to WR Roddy White to the Packers 44-yard line. The Falcons extended the drive into the red zone but were stopped on 3rd and goal at the 1-yard line. Atlanta decided to go for it on 4th and 1 and Matt Ryan rolled out to his right and completed the pass to TE Justin Peelle for the touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nAfter an uninspiring 3 and out by the Packers offense, Atlanta started off their second drive of the day with a 22-yard run by RB Michael Turner to the Green Bay 39-yard line. After a couple of short but drive extending plays, Atlanta scored again on a 42-yard Jason Elam field goal increasing the lead to 10\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nThe quarter was finished by another 3 and out by the Packers offense and a slight Falcon drive that ended in the early 3rd when FS Nick Collins tackled Jerious Norwood after a catch for a 2-yard loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nThe Packers first scoring drive of the day would come on their first drive of the 2nd quarter. After starting out at their own 13-yard line, The Packers managed to move the ball to the Atlanta 44-yard line. On 3rd and 1, Aaron Rodgers dropped back to pass and pump faked before delivering a perfect deep pass to WR Donald Driver in the end zone despite double coverage. Driver brought secured the catch to score the Packers first points of the night making the game 10\u20137 Falcons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nOn the next Falcons drive the Packers seemed to have stopped the Falcons but rookie CB Patrick Lee was flagged for defensive pass interference on 3rd down giving the Falcons 20\u00a0yards and a 1st down to extend their would-be touchdown drive. On 2nd and 4 on the Packers 22-yard line Matt Ryan connected yet again with WR Roddy White for another touchdown pass extending their lead to 17\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nThe Packers took over and drove to the Falcons 25-yard line and were forced to attempt a 43-yard Mason Crosby field goal with 1:20 left in the half. During the successful attempt, rookie TE Jermichael Finley was flagged for holding, which nullified the field goal and push the Packers back 10\u00a0yards. Their second attempt of 53\u00a0yards was wide right, and the Falcons were awarded the ball. The Packers forced Atlanta to punt on the next drive, and the Packers went into the half down 17\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nGreen Bay started the 2nd half with the ball, but a holding penalty pushed them out of Atlanta territory and were forced to punt after an incomplete pass and a catch short of the first-down marker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nAtlanta moved the ball slightly, but their drive ended with a drop by WR Roddy White on 3rd down. The catch was challenged by Atlanta, but the ruling was upheld, forcing the Falcons to punt, and the ball was downed by the Falcons at the Packers 2-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nStarting their own endzone. the Packers managed to get out of the hole all the way to the Atlanta 32-yard line, which set up a 50-yard successful field goal by Mason Crosby to decrease the Falcons lead to only a touchdown at 17\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nIn the early fourth, Atlanta drove down the field on their next drive and were looking to score in the redzone, but the pass into the endzone was intercepted by Packers CB Tramon Williams in the endzone for the touchback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nThe ball was placed at the Packers 20-yard line and Aaron Rodgers completed a 37-yard strike on the first play of the drive to TE Tory Humphrey to Atlanta's 43-yard line. Three plays later Aaron Rodgers dropped back on 2nd and 5 and completed a 25-yard pass in the end zone to WR Greg Jennings for a game-tying touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nWith the momentum looking to be swinging, Atlanta responded with a kickoff return all the way to the Green Bay 48-yard line. Atlanta moved the ball slightly, but had to settle for a 41-yard Jason Elam field goal to retake a 20\u201317 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nOn the next drive, Aaron Rodgers dropped back on 3rd and 19 at their own 21 and attempted to force a pass to WR Ruvell Martin. Atlanta's LB Michael Boley stepped in front of Martin and intercepted the ball and returned it to the Green Bay 19-yard line. Three plays later, RB Michael Turner scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to increase Atlanta's lead to 27\u201317 with a little less than 4\u00a0minutes remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nOn the Packers' next drive, Rodgers completed two key passes. The first was a 36-yard catch and run play by WR Greg Jennings and the second was a 16-yard catch by TE Tory Humphrey to the Atlanta 7-yard line. Rodgers dropped back on 3rd and 4 and passed short middle to TE Donald Lee that was taken in for the touchdown. With less than 2\u00a0minutes left, Green Bay decreased the lead to only 3 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5\nAfter the touchdown, Mason Crosby and the hands team attempted an onside kick but the ball took a very bad hop and was recovered easily by Atlanta's Erik Coleman. With two timeouts remaining, the Packers stopped the clock on 1st and 2nd down after short runs by Michael Turner but on 3rd down Turner slipped by the Packers defenders and slipped past the 1st down marker. Atlanta then took two kneeldowns and ran out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nAfter losing three consecutive games, the Packers traveled to Seattle to face the 2007 NFC West Division Champion Seattle Seahawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nThe game started with Seattle in possession of the football but the Packers quickly stopped them 3 and out. On the Packers first drive of the game they seemed to move the ball quite effectively and highlighted the drive with a 17-yard run by struggling RB Ryan Grant. However, on 3rd and 9 Ryan Grant was tackled for a 3-yard loss and the Packers were forced to punt. The Seahawks second drive of the game was another 3 and out and were again forced to punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0067-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nThe Packers next drive was highlighted by a 7-yard pass to WR Donald Driver on 2nd and 6 as well as a nice 14-yard catch by rookie WR Jordy Nelson on 1st and 15. On 3rd and 10 on Seattle's 20-yard line Aaron Rodgers completed a 9-yard pass to Jordy Nelson which was marked a-yard short of the 1st down marker. Green Bay settled for the 29-yard Mason Crosby field goal to take a 3\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0067-0002", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nSeattle's next drive started off with the pocket collapsing on Seattle's 3rd string QB Charlie Frye and Charles Woodson sneaking in from his CB position for the sack. On the next play, Seahawks WR Koren Robinson who was released by the Packers during the offseason beat CB Tramon Williams for a 19-yard gain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nThe Seahawks drive continued into the second quarter where they had to settle for a 50-yard field goal to tie the game up at 3\u20133. On the Packers first drive of the 2nd and third drive of the game, Ryan Grant carried the ball twice on 1st and 2nd downs for 2 and 5\u00a0yards respectively but the Packers lost possession of the ball when Aaron Rodgers stepped up into the pocket and was sacked by Julian Peterson forcing a fumble. The ball was recovered by Seattle's Rocky Bernard for no gain at the Packers 32-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0068-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nWith the Seahawks re-gaining possession with a short field, The Packers looked to stop the Seahawks on 3rd and 1 for no gain, but the Seahawks decided to go for it on 4th down on which they gained 9\u00a0yards rushing for the first down. The first touchdown in the game was scored when QB Charlie Frye rolled out to the right and passed short to the rookie TE John Carlson for a touchdown. The Seahawks touchdown gave the Seahawks the 10\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0068-0002", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nWith 8:17 remaining in the contest, the Packers next drive was highlighted by a 19-yard reception by WR Donald Driver on 3rd and 7 to the Seattle 44-yard line. After a short pass to TE Donald Lee and two 3 and 6-yard gains for a first down by RB Ryan Grant for another 1st down. Rodgers then completed a 7-yard pass to WR Donald Driver on second down paired with a face mask penalty by Jordan Babineaux which moved the ball half the distance to the goal to the Seattle 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0068-0003", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nAfter a 5-yard false start penalty and a run by Ryan Grant for no gain, Rodgers rushed to the Seattle 11 for a gain of 6. On Third and 9 Rodgers passed to WR Greg Jennings for his first and only catch of the half for 9\u00a0yards and a first down. On first and goal from the 2, Ryan Grant rushed the ball up the middle for a gain of a yard. The offense then came out in a 4 wide receiver set with only QB Aaron Rodgers in the backfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0068-0004", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nRodgers took the snap and rushed forward through the pile toward the goal line. The initial call on the field was no touchdown but after a review from the booth it was clear that Rodgers forward progress was not stopped and his knees did not contact the ground before the ball crossed the goal line. The play was ruled a touchdown which tied the game at 10\u201310 going into the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nGreen Bay received the ball after the half but couldn't get the ball moving and had tp punt after going 3 and out. On the second play of the Seahawks first drive of the half, RB Julius Jones broke through the middle of the offensive line for a 51-yard gain but the play was called back after a holding penalty on former Packer offensive lineman Mike Wahle. The Seahawks couldn't move the ball and were forced to punt. The Packers next drive was highlighted by an 8-yard pass to WR Greg Jennings on 3rd and 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0069-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nThe drive came to a halt when Rodgers completed a pass to Donald Driver on 3rd and 11 for 8\u00a0yards. Seattle responded unsuccessfully with and incomplete pass, a completion for no gain and a second incomplete pass which forced them to punt. The biggest play of the game took place on the Packers next possession. On 3rd and 6 at the Seattle 45, Rodgers dropped back to pass while WR Greg Jennings sprinted past CB Marcus Trufant on the right side of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0069-0002", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nRodgers through deep down field to Jennings who hauled the pass in at the 5-yard line and fell into the endzone for the lead taking touchdown. The Packers were now ahead 17\u201310 with a little less than 6\u00a0minutes left in the 3rd. Seattle took over possession but still could not move the ball. On 3rd and Charlie Frye dropped back to pass and DE Aaron Kampman sacked him for an 8-yard loss. The Packers next drive started at the Green Bay 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0069-0003", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\non 3rd and 6 at the 20, Rodgers passed to Greg Jennings for 8 and a 1st down. Jennings caught his second pass of the drive on 2nd down to the Green Bay 42 for 14\u00a0yards. On 2nd and 8 Rodgers rolled to his right but no one was open. Rodgers pulled the ball down and ran up the sideline to the Seattle 40 for 16\u00a0yards. CB Marcus Trufant was also called for defensive holding on the play and 5\u00a0yards were tacked onto the end of the run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nThe Packers drive continued into the 4th with a nice pass to Donald Driver for a gain of 8 on 3rd and 5 to the Seattle 22-yard line. Grant rushed for 7\u00a0yards on first down and 1-yard on 3rd setting up a 10-yard pass to Jordy Nelson to the Seattle 4-yard line. After a no huddle two-yard gain by Ryan Grant, Rodgers dropped back to pass on 2nd down and tossed to ball to FB John Kuhn who caught the ball on his knees for the touchdown. The Packers extended their lead to 24\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0070-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nWith Seattle in a 14-point hole with 11:23 left in the game, Charlie Frye dropped back to pass on the 3rd play of the drive at Seattle's 33-yard line. Charles Woodson who was covering a wide receiver up the sideline let his receiver go and stepped in front of the crossing TE John Carlson for his 4th interception of the season. The Packers ran the ball for no gain and Rodgers was sacked on 2nd down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0070-0002", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\n3rd down was a completed to recently activated practice squad running back DeShawn Wynn for 7\u00a0yards but he couldn't reach the 1st down marker. Mason Crosby then kicked a 51-yard field goal to increase the Packers lead to 27\u201310 with 8:41 in the game remaining. On the next drive Charlie Frye trying to lead an improbable comeback threw deep to Koren Robinson streaking down the left sideline. The ball was slightly under thrown and CB Tramon Williams intercepted the ball at the Packers 9-yard line. Tramon returned the ball to the Packers 24-yard line for 15\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0070-0003", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nWith the Packers trying to run out the rest of the clock, Ryan Grant rushed the ball twice for \u22121 on 1st down and 3\u00a0yards 2nd down. Rodgers pass to Ruvell Martin was incomplete on 3rd down and the Packers punted. With 5:15 left in the game, The Seahawks managed to move the ball effectively against the Packers prevent style defense and managed to score their second touchdown of the day at 3:17 with a Charlie Frye 5-yard pass to WR Keary Colbert to narrow the Packers lead to 27\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0070-0004", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6\nThe Seahawks down by 10 with 3:14 left in the game attempted an onside kick which was recovered by CB Jarrett Bush at the Seattle 43-yard line. Ryan Grant secured the victory with a 5-yard gain on 3rd and 4. Ryan Grant ran the ball for a 6-yard gain on first down and Rodgers finished the game with two kneel-downs to run out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nAfter snapping their three-game losing streak against the Seattle Seahawks the weekend before, the Packers returned home to face their first AFC opponent of the season, the 2007 AFC South Champion Indianapolis Colts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nThe game started with the Packers in possession and the Packers started off the game with a nice 14-yard run by RB Ryan Grant for a first down. On the first third down of the drive, Aaron Rodgers completed his first pass of the day to TE Donald Lee for an 11-yard gain. Colts CB Marlin Jackson was flagged for unnecessary roughness after the play and the Colts were penalized 15\u00a0yards for the Packers 49 down to the Colts 36-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0072-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nAfter a 1-yard run and an incomplete pass on 1st and second downs, Rodgers completed a 6-yard pass to TE Donald Lee on 3rd and 9 but was nullified when Colts CB Tim Jennings was flagged for defensive holding on WR Greg Jennings during the play resulting in a 5-yard penalty and a 1st down. The next play was a run by RB Ryan Grant for 4\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0072-0002", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nGrant fumbled the ball on the play and it looked to be recovered by the Colts, but the ball slipped past the defenders and FB Korey Hall dove onto the ball and recovered the fumble for the Packers. Grant then followed up the play with a 5-yard gain on 2nd down and a surprise hand off to FB John Kuhn on 3rd down and 1 for 3\u00a0yards secured another 1st down for the Packers at the Colts 18-yard line. The drive ended with an incomplete pass the WR Ruvell Martin on 3rd down and the Packers were forced to settle for a Mason Crosby 31-yard field goal to take the early 3\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nAfter the field goal, The Packers attempted to onside kick but the ball went out of bounds after 15\u00a0yards. On the retry, Mason Crosby kicked the ball out of bounds again but this time it was much farther down field. The ball was then placed at the Colts 45-yard line but an unnecessary roughness penalty moved the ball back to the Colts 30-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0073-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nOn the Colts first drive, they seemed to be able to move the ball very well with runs by the injured starter  Joseph Addai's replacement Dominic Rhodes paired with a 9-yard pass to TE Dallas Clark. After a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on CB Tramon Williams on 3rd and 1 at the Colts 39, QB Peyton Manning connected with WR Reggie Wayne for a 15-yard gain on the next 3rd down to the GB 16-yard line. RB Dominic Rhodes rushed the ball four consecutive times and capped the drive with a 3-yard rush for the touchdown. The Colts took the 7\u20133 lead with 4:06 left in the 1st.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nThe Packers second drive of the game started with an Aaron Rodgers pass left to Greg Jennings for 14\u00a0yards under soft coverage. Ryan Grant continued rushing the ball better with a nice 7-yard gain on the next play to the Green Bay 41-yard line. Rodgers failed to connect on a pass deep to Greg Jennings on the next play but CB Tim Jennings was flagged for pass interference resulting in a 25-yard penalty down to the Colts 34-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0074-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nAfter a couple of short runs by Ryan Grant, Rodgers completed a 7-yard pass to Greg Jennings on 3rd and 6 for the first down. After a Colts neutral zone infraction penalty and a couple more short rush attempts by Ryan Grant, The Packers first touchdown of the game was scored on a 12-yard pass to TE Donald Lee. With a little more than 14\u00a0minutes left in the 2nd quarter, the Packers took the 10\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nThe Colts continued to attempt to move the ball on their next drive with runs and short passes to the running backs and tight ends but their drive stalled near midfield when Peyton Manning completed a pass to WR Marvin Harrison a-yard short of the first down. It appeared that the Colts were going to keep their offense on the field and go for it on fourth down and 1 but Colts coach Tony Dungy thought otherwise and Peyton Manning left the field with a look of disagreement with his coaches decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nAfter the punt the Packers offense started their third drive of the day at the Green Bay 11. The Packers quickly got out of the shadows of the goal post with a 24-yard pass to WR Donald Driver to the 35-yard line. After a short 3-yard gain by Ryan Grant and two 3-yard receptions by Donald Driver, the Packers were faced with a 4 and 1 at their own 44-yard line much like the Colts on their previous drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0076-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nInstead of punting like the Colts did, the Packers kept their offense on the field a managed to get the first down on a nice 7-yard rush by Ryan Grant. The Packers moved the ball down to the Colts 33-yard line with a few short runs by Ryan Grant mixed with a short pass to RB Brandon Jackson for 9\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0076-0002", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nOn 2nd a 7 Rodgers dropped back to pass and looked to throw to WR Greg Jennings but decided to dump the ball off the Brandon Jackson for the second time on the drive but he was tackled for a 1-yard loss. During the play a flag was thrown for illegal use of the hands on CB Tim Jennings who was covering Greg Jennings on the play. After a rush for no gain on 1st down at the Colts 28, Rodgers connected with WR Ruvell Martin for 17\u00a0yards to the Colts 11-yard line. The Packers scored their second touchdown of the day on the next play with an 11-yard rush by Ryan Grant. The Packers now held a 17\u20137 lead with 2:53 left in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nNow in a ten-point hole, The Colts offense took the field again but could not manage to get a first down. DT Ryan Pickett batted down the pass intended for Marvin Harrison on 3rd down and forced the Colts to punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nWith 1:54 remaining in the half the Packers started their final drive of the half on their own 33-yard line. The drive featured many short passes to RB Brandon Jackson for decent gains along with a Rodgers scramble down the middle of the field for a 9-yard gain. The Packers moved the ball down to the Colts 18-yard line and took a time out with 9\u00a0seconds left. Mason Crosby attempted a 36-yard field goal but the kick was pushed wide left. The half ended with Peyton Manning taking a knee and the Packers went in the half with a 17\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nThe Colts started the second half with possession and managed to move the ball to the Packers 48-yard line, but a pass to Reggie Wayne on 3rd and 6 went through his hands and popped up into the air. FS Nick Collins who was a couple yards behind Wayne was in perfect position to intercept the ball and returned it 62\u00a0yards for the touchdown to take the commanding 24\u20137 lead early in the 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nAfter the interception return the Colts offense took the field and managed to move the ball down to the Packers 28-yard line with a 29-yard pass to TE Dallas Clark. After a 1-yard rush and two incomplete passes the Colt's Adam Vinatieri attempted a 45-yard field goal but it was blocked by DT Johnny Jolly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nThe Packers took over possession but failed to move the ball and was forced to punt. During the punt, Colts Tim Jennings was flagged for defensive delay of game and the Packers were awarded 5\u00a0yards and a 1st down. The Packers then managed to move the ball down to the Colts 11 with some short gains on the ground by Ryan Grant. The highlight of the drive took place when FB Korey Hall received a pass from Aaron Rodgers and hurdled over the oncoming defender. The drive ended when Ryan Grant couldn't get past the 1st down marker on 3rd down and they had to settle for a successful 29-yard field goal by Mason Crosby to extend the lead to 27\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nThe Colts managed to get a first down off an illegal contact penalty on 3rd down, but the drive ended with three incomplete passes by Peyton Manning. The Colts punted and the Packers ended the 3rd quarter with 2 rushes by Ryan Grant. The first play of the 4th was an incomplete pass to TE Tory Humphrey and the Packers were forced to punt for the first time of the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nThe Colts again couldn't move the ball on their next possession and were forced to punt, The Packers took over and gain one first down on a pass to Brandon Jackson, but they failed to break into Colts territory and punted for the second time of the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nWith time not on the Colts side, the Colts drove down all the way to the Packers 5-yard line and were looking to score. Manning forced a throw into triple coverage in the end zone to Dallas Clark earlier in the drive and it was almost intercepted by Charles Woodson but S Aaron Rouse batted the ball down before Woodson could secure the pick. Rouse made up for it though 3 plays later when he stepped in front of WR Anthony Gonzalez at the 1-yard line and intercepted the pass. Rouse returned the ball 99\u00a0yards for the Packers second interception for a touchdown in the game and 5th of the season. With the score the Packers increased their lead to 34\u20137 with about 4:30 remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nIn a prevent style defense, the Packers allowed the Colts offense to move down the field to the Green Bay 15. Peyton Manning threw the ball to Anthony Gonzalez at the goal line and he looked to be in for the score. The booth reviewed the catch and the call on the field was reversed. On the next play, Manning completed another pass to Dallas Clark and he dove for the pylon for the score. The booth reviewed the touchdown and again the touchdown wasn't awarded but the ball was placed at the 1-yard line. RB Dominic Rhodes rushed 1-yard for the touchdown to decrease the Packers lead to 34\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nThe Colts lined up in an onside kick formation but kicker Adam Vinatieri instead kicked the ball shallow and it was easily caught by Charles Woodson. Ryan Grant rushed for 9\u00a0yards on 1st down to put him over the 100-yard mark for the first time this season and two Aaron Rodgers kneel downs sealed the dominating victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 7\nWith the win, the Green Bay Packers improved their record to 4\u20133 going into the bye week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 9\nComing off their bye week, the Packers flew to LP Field for a Week 9 interconference duel with the unbeaten Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Green Bay trailed early as Titans kicker Rob Bironas got a 31-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Pack continued to trail as Bironas made a 25-yard field goal. The Packers responded with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 23-yard field goal, along with QB Aaron Rodgers completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Donald Driver. Tennessee ended the half with RB Chris Johnson getting a 3-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 9\nIn the third quarter, the Titans increased their with Bironas getting a 22-yard field goal. Green Bay would respond with Crosby getting a 25-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Pack tied the game with Crosby making a 38-yard field goal. However, in overtime, Tennessee emerged the victor as Bironas nailed the game-winning 41-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 10\nHoping to rebound from their overtime loss to the Titans, the Packers flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 10 NFC North rematch with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, Green Bay trailed early as Vikings QB Gus Frerotte completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice. The Pack would respond with RB Ryan Grant getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Minnesota answered with former Packer kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 54-yard field goal, along with back-to-back safeties. The first one came when QB Aaron Rodgers committed intentional grounding in his own endzone, while the second one came when Rodgers was sacked by Viking DE Jared Allen. Green Bay closed out the half with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 10\nIn the third quarter, Minnesota increased their lead as Frerotte completed a 47-yard TD pass to RB Chester Taylor. Afterwards, the Packers took the lead as safety Nick Collins returned an interception 59\u00a0yards for a touchdown, along with CB\u2013KR Will Blackmon returning a punt 65\u00a0yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Crosby increased the Pack's lead with a 40-yard field goal. However, the Vikings got the lead as RB Adrian Peterson got a 29-yard TD run. Green Bay tried to make a comeback, but Crosby's 52-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 11\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Packers went home for a Week 11 NFC North duel with their hated rival, the Chicago Bears. In the first quarter, the Pack drew first blood as QB Aaron Rodgers completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings. In the second quarter, the Bears responded with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 35-yard field goal. The Packers answered with RB Ryan Grant getting a 4-yard TD run, along with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 53-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 11\nIn the third quarter, Green Bay continued its assault as Rodgers completed a 5-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee. In the fourth quarter, the Pack ended its rout with Crosby making a 33-yard field goal, DE Jason Hunter returning a fumble 54\u00a0yards for a touchdown, and Crosby nailing a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 12\nComing off their dominating divisional home win over the Bears, the Packers flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 12 MNF duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Green Bay struck first when FB John Kuhn scored on a 1-yard TD run. The Saints responded with QB Drew Brees completing a 70-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore. The Saints then took the lead when RB Pierre Thomas scored on a 4-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0094-0001", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 12\nIn the second quarter, the Packers responded with QB Aaron Rodgers completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings to tie the score. New Orleans respond yet again when Brees hooked up with Moore for the second time on a 14-yard TD pass. The Pack struck back and tied when Rodgers scored on a 10-yard TD run. The Saints would retake the lead prior to halftime when kicker Garrett Hartley made a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 12\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans took over the game. Brees started the scoring with a completed a 16-yard TD pass to TE Billy Miller. Later, RB Deuce McAllister scored on a 3-yard TD run, and Brees finished the quarter's scoring by completing a 70-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston. In the fourth quarter, Green Bay tried to rally as Rodgers completed a 4-yard TD pass and a 2-point conversion pass to WR Ruvell Martin. However, the Saints pulled away when Thomas scored on a 31-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 13\nHoping to rebound from their embarrassing MNF drubbing at the hands of the Saints, the Packers went home for a Week 13 battle with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Green Bay trailed early as Panthers RB DeAngelo Williams scored on a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Packers got on the board with kicker Mason Crosby converting a 32-yard field goal, but Carolina answered with QB Jake Delhomme scoring on a 1-yard TD run. Green Bay responded with QB Aaron Rodgers completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Donald Driver, yet the Panthers closed out the half with Williams rushing for another 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 13\nIn the third quarter, the Packers tied the game with Crosby converting a 44-yard field goal, while Rodgers completed a 5-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee (along with a successful 2-point conversion pass to WR Greg Jennings). In the fourth quarter, Green Bay took the lead as Rodgers hooked up with Jennings on 21-yard TD pass, yet Carolina replied with Williams scored on yet another 1-yard TD run. The Packers would regain the lead as Crosby nailed a 19-yard field goal, but the Panthers pulled away as Williams scored on his fourth 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 14\nHoping to snap a two-game skid, the Packers stayed at home for a Week 14 interconference duel with the Houston Texans. Green Bay trailed early in the first quarter as Texans QB Matt Schaub completed a 58-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Kevin Walter. The Packers would respond in the second quarter as QB Aaron Rodgers completed a 20-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee, yet Houston answered by having kicker Kris Brown close out the half with a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 14\nGreen Bay's deficit increased in the third quarter as Brown gave the Texans a 41-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Packers took the lead as RB Ryan Grant got a 6-yard touchdown run. However, the Texans replied with Schaub completing an 11-yard touchdown pass and a 2-point conversion pass to wide receiver Andre Johnson. Green Bay would tie the game as Rodgers completed a 9-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jordy Nelson, yet Houston pulled away as Brown nailed a 40-yard field goal as time ran out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 14\nWith the loss, the Packers fell to 5\u20138 on the season and 0\u20134 at home against teams from Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 15\nAfter losing three straight contests, the Packers looked to break their skid with a victory against the 4\u20139 Jacksonville Jaguars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 15\nJacksonville started the scoring on their first drive when David Garrard connected with Dennis Northcutt for a 30-yard TD pass. The Packers settled with a kicker Mason Crosby connecting on a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 15\nIn the second quarter, the Packers took the lead when Aaron Rodgers completed a 4-yard pass to Greg Jennings in the end zone for a TD. The Packers later increased their lead going into the half to 6 when Crosby converted on a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 15\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Jaguars regained the lead when running back Maurice Jones-Drew scored a TD on a 14-yard catch and run pass from Garrard. The Packers regained the lead when Crosby converted his third field goal of the day. Jones-Drew scored his second TD of the game on a 2-yard run to take the lead back for the Jaguars. After a failed two-point conversion, the Packers took over with less than 2\u00a0minutes on the clock. Aaron Rodgers slightly overthrew TE Donald Lee and his pass was intercepted by Jaguars Safety Reggie Nelson to seal the victory for Jacksonville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0105-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 15\nWith the loss, the Packers fell to 5\u20139 and were officially eliminated from playoff contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0106-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 16\nAfter losing now four straight contests, the Packers looked to end their losing streak against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on MNF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0107-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 16\nAfter a scoreless 1st quarter, The Packers put the first points on the board in the 2nd quarter when Aaron Rodgers completed a 7-yard pass to Greg Jennings just inside the goal line for a touchdown. Later in the quarter, the Bears Robbie Gould successfully converted a 31-yard field goal to bring the Packers lead to 7\u20133. Towards the end of the half, the Packers scored again on a 17-yard screen pass from Rodgers to Ryan Grant to increase their lead to 14\u20133 going into the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0108-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 16\nIn the third quarter, the Bears scored their first touchdown of the day on a 3-yard pass from Kyle Orton to Greg Olsen to decrease the Packers lead to 14\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0109-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 16\nIn the fourth quarter, Mason Crosby made a 28-yard field goal to extend the Packers lead to 17\u201310, but later in the quarter the Bears tied the game on a 3-yard run for a touchdown by Matt Forte. With less than a minute left, Mason Crosby attempted a field goal to take the lead 20\u201317 for the Packers but the kick was blocked by the Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0110-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 16\nIn overtime, the Bears won the coin toss and moved the ball down inside field goal range and Bears kicker Robbie Gould converted a 38-yard field goal for the 20\u201317 overtime win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0111-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17\nAfter losing now five straight contests, the Packers looked to end the season with a win against the 0\u201315 Detroit Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0112-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17\nIn the first quarter, RB DeShawn Wynn put the first points of the day on the board with a 73-yard run for a touchdown. The Packers also scored later in the quarter on a 3-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers to rookie TE Jermichael Finley for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0113-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17\nIn the second quarter, the Lions put their first points on the board with a 9-yard pass from Dan Orlovsky to Calvin Johnson. At the end of the half, PR Will Blackmon fair caught the Lions punt at the Packers 41-yard line with no time remaining. Mason Crosby then attempted a 69-yard free kick but the ball fell just short of the cross bar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0114-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17\nIn the third quarter, the Lions tied the game with another touchdown pass from Dan Orlovsky to Calvin Johnson, this time for 14\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0115-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17\nIn the fourth quarter, the Packers regained the lead when Mason Crosby converted a 36-yard field goal. The Packers then went on the extend their lead to 10 points with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers to FB John Kuhn. On the Lions next drive, they quickly responded with a touchdown score of their own by capping the drive with a 9-yard rush for a touchdown by RB Kevin Smith. On the first play of the Packers next drive, Rodgers connected with WR Donald Driver deep down the right sideline for a 71-yard touchdown pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0116-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17\nWith the win, the Packers finished the season with a 6\u201310 record. The Packers also ended the chances of the Lions winning a game in 2008, as they finished 0\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0117-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Awards and records, 2009 Pro Bowl selections\nThe Packers 2009 Pro Bowl selections were announced on December 16 at 3pm CST on a special NFL Total Access 2009 NFL Pro Bowl Selection Show on NFL Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0118-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Awards and records, 2008 All-Pro selections\nThe following is a list of players that were named to the Associated Press 2008 All-Pro Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196954-0119-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Bay Packers season, Awards and records, Packers Hall of Fame inductees\nIn 2008, the following players were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196955-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Green National Convention\nThe 2008 Green National Convention took place on July 10\u201314, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois at the Palmer House Hilton and Symphony Center. This served as both the venue for the National Convention and the Annual Meeting of the Green Party of the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196955-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Green National Convention, Venues\nThe convention was headquartered at the historic Palmer House Hilton, while the nomination event itself  took place at the nearby Symphony Center on July 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196955-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Green National Convention, Theme\nThe theme of the convention was, \"Live Green, Vote Green\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196955-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Green National Convention, Presidential nomination\nThe presidential nomination took place July 12 at Chicago's Symphony Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196955-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Green National Convention, Presidential nomination, Candidates\nJesse Johnson of West Virginia, former Mountain Party candidate for US Senate and Governor of West Virginia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196955-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Green National Convention, Presidential nomination, Candidates\nCynthia McKinney of Georgia, former Congresswoman from Georgia's 4th district(Campaign \u2022 )", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196955-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Green National Convention, Presidential nomination, Candidates\nKent Mesplay of California, California Delegate to the Green National Committee", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196955-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Green National Convention, Presidential nomination, Running mate\nAfter McKinney's nomination, the convention delegates selected her stated choice of running mate, Rosa Clemente, for the vice-presidential nomination through a voice vote of delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196956-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election\nThe Green Party (SZ) leadership election of 2008 was held on 9 September 2008. The incumbent leader Martin Burs\u00edk saw a competition from Dana Kuchtov\u00e1. Burs\u00edk has won the election and defeated Kuchtov\u00e1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196956-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election, Background\nGreen Party became parliamentary party following 2006 legislative election. The Party then entered coalition government with the Civic Democratic Party and Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party. Conflicts within the party started in 2008 with Dana Kuchtov\u00e1 and Olga Zubov\u00e1 becoming opposition to Burrs\u00edk. Burs\u00edk announced in July 2008 that leadership election will be held in September 2008. Kuchtov\u00e1 announced soon afterwards that she will run against Burs\u00edk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196956-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election, Voting\nThere were 6 Candidates total. Burs\u00edk and Kuchtov\u00e1 were only major Candidates. 349 Delegates voted with Burs\u00edk receiving 226 votes of 349 and winning the Election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196957-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election\nThe 2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election took place in September 2008 to select the first leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. It was won by Caroline Lucas who received 92.4% of the vote. At the same time, Adrian Ramsay was elected unopposed as the party's first deputy leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196957-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election\nPrior to the leadership election, the Green Party had two spokespeople called principal speakers instead of leaders. Lucas had been the female principal speaker of the party from 2003\u20132006 and from 2007\u20132008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196957-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Background\nFrom the formation of the Green Party of England and Wales in 1990 until 2008, the party had elected spokespeople called principal speakers instead of leaders. From 1990 to 1992, the party had six principal speakers and from 1992 to 2008, the party had two principal speakers: one male and one female.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196957-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Background\nIn November 2007, the party held an internal referendum on whether they should replace the system of principal speakers with a single leader. The party's female speaker, Caroline Lucas, supported introducing a single leader, as did the party activists Tony Juniper and Jonathon Porritt. The party's male principal speaker, Derek Wall, opposed the change, as did Jenny Jones, one of the party's two members of the London Assembly. The other Assembly Member, Darren Johnson, ran the campaign in favour of moving to a leadership model.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196957-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Background\nThe referendum required two-thirds of members to vote in favour in order to be effective. 73% of party members voted in favour of the change. The new system would involve leaders serving for two year terms, for a maximum of five terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196957-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Campaign\nCaroline Lucas, one of the party's principal speakers and a Member of the European Parliament, launched a campaign for the leadership on 14 July 2008. The other candidate for the leadership was the actor Ashley Gunstock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196957-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Campaign\nOnly one candidate stood for the deputy leadership. Adrian Ramsay was the leader of the Green group on Norwich City Council. He was supported Lucas, and under party gender balance rules, he could only be elected to the post if a woman was elected to the leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196957-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Campaign\nNominations for both the leadership and deputy leadership closed on 31 July 2008, after which ballot papers were distributed. In order to assist candidates with canvassing, the party's Standing Orders Committee decided to release the contact details of 7,000 members to the candidates. More than 100 party members signed a protest letter which questioned whether this publication was legal under the Data Protection Act. The issue became moot when all three candidates declined to request contact details.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196957-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Campaign\nHustings took place at the party's conference, and the results were announced on 5 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196957-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Results\nThe turnout was 37.9% of a membership of 7,565. This was an increase from the 20% turnout for the 2007 election of principal speakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries\nThe Green Party of the United States held primaries in several states in 2008. Cynthia McKinney won most of the primaries and was formally nominated as the party's nominee during the 2008 Green National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Candidates\nAZ, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MD, ME, MI, MN, PA, NC, NE, NY, OR, RI, TN, WA, WI", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, February, Florida primary (February 1)\nThe Green Party held a mail-in primary in Florida on February 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, February, California primary (February 5)\nThe California primary took place on February 5. Ralph Nader won, despite not running for the nomination of the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 91], "content_span": [92, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, February, Massachusetts primary (February 5)\nThe Massachusetts primary took place on February 5. Six candidates appeared on the ballot. Ralph Nader won, despite not running for the nomination of the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, February, District of Columbia primary (February 12)\nThe District of Columbia primary took place on February 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 102], "content_span": [103, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, March, Minnesota caucuses (March 4)\nThe party also held a caucus and mail-in vote on March 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 85], "content_span": [86, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, March, Minnesota caucuses (March 4)\nThe delegates were assigned by a vote at the state convention on June 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 85], "content_span": [86, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, March, Wisconsin Presidential Preference Convention (March 29)\nWisconsin selected their delegates at the \"Wisconsin Green Party Spring Gathering and Presidential Preference Convention\" on March 29. While only McKinney and Mesplay were on the ballot, several other candidates received votes as write-ins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 112], "content_span": [113, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, April, Ohio primary (March 4\u2013April 4)\nOhio held a vote-by-mail primary from March 4 through April 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, April, Connecticut convention (April 26)\nThe Green Party of Connecticut assigned their delegates based upon a vote held at their annual meeting on April 26, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, May, Maryland primary (May 3)\nMaryland held a primary where voters could either mail-in their ballots before April 30 or vote in-person at the Maryland Green Party Annual Assembly on May 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, May, Pennsylvania caucuses (April 13\u2014May 10)\nThe Green Party of Pennsylvania's presidential caucuses were held April 13-May 10. These caucuses were party-sponsored rather than state-run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, May, Montana convention (May 31)\nMontana appointed their eight delegates at a state convention on May 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, May, New York state primary (May 31)\nThe New York Green Party ballots were publicly counted on May 31. The primary was a party-run mail-in primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, May, New York state primary (May 31)\nThis primary awarded 28 of New York's 40 delegates. New York City held a separate primary to award the remaining 12 delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, June, Minnesota convention (June 8)\nThe Minnesota party previously held a caucus and mail-in vote on March 4. The delegates, however, were assigned by a vote at the state convention on June 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 85], "content_span": [86, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, June, New Mexico primary (June 8)\nThe New Mexico Green Party held its vote on June 8. A total of seventeen votes were cast, with 11 going to McKinney, 4 votes going to \"none of the above\", and 1 vote each going to Kat Swift, Kent Mesplay, and Jesse Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, June, New York City primary (June 8)\nA second vote awarding New York's remaining 12 delegates was held on June 8 in New York City to appoint a remaining 12 of New York's delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, June, Texas convention (June 14)\nThe selection of Texas' delegation took place on June 14 at the state Green convention, held at S.H.A.P.E. 's Harambee Center in Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196958-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, June, Michigan convention (June 26\u201327)\nThe Michigan convention took place June 26\u201327 at the Franke Center for the Arts in Marshall, Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196959-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship\nThe 2008 Coca-Cola GM was the 38th edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Qaqortoq from August 21 to 25. It was won by B-67 Nuuk for the sixth time in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196960-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic local elections\nThe 2008 Greenlandic local elections saw the governing Siumut win the most votes and seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196961-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum\nA non-binding referendum on Greenland's autonomy was held on 25 November 2008 to support or oppose the Greenland Self-Government Act. It was passed with 75% approval (63% in Nuuk) and a 72% turnout. The non-binding referendum was on expanded home rule in 30 areas, including police, courts, and the coast guard; gave Greenland a say in foreign policy; provided a more definite split of future oil revenue; and made the Greenlandic language the sole official language.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196961-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum\nThe referendum was announced by Prime Minister Hans Enoksen on 2 January 2008. Enoksen also announced the launch of an information and discussion campaign on the issue of self-government. This included town hall meetings throughout the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196961-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Background\nGreenland became a Denmark\u2013Norway colony in 1775 and was made a province of Denmark in 1953. In 1979, it was made an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, with a parliament and local control of health care, schools, and social services. In 1985, it withdrew from the then European Economic Community (now known as the European Union) to maintain control of fishing in its waters. There has been some movement towards independence, encouraged by Denmark but held back by Greenland's need for economic subsidies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196961-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Background\nA 2003 report from the Commission on Self-Governance outlined six possibilities for the future of Greenland. These were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196961-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Proposal and expansion of home rule\nAlthough it was a non-binding referendum, the Danish parliament supported it and promised to honour its results. The expansion of home rule took effect on 21 June 2009, the 30th anniversary of the establishment of home rule, when the Act on Greenland Self-Government took affect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196961-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Proposal and expansion of home rule\nGreenland gained greater control of the police, coast guard, and courts. In addition, the Greenlandic language became the sole official language.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196961-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Proposal and expansion of home rule\nOil revenues will be divided differently, with the first 75 million Danish kroner (US$13.1 million) going to Greenland, and the remaining revenue split evenly with Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196961-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Proposal and expansion of home rule\nGreenland's subsidies from Copenhagen will be phased out. The subsidy is currently 3.5 billion kroner ($588 million) per year,  which accounts for about one-third of the island's gross domestic product of 10.5 billion kroner and almost two-thirds of the total income of the home rule government of 6.1 billion kroner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196961-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Proposal and expansion of home rule\nGreenlanders are also recognized as a separate group of people under international law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196961-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Proposal and expansion of home rule\nThe changes were met with skepticism from some Danish politicians. Per \u00d8rum J\u00f8rgensen, who helped negotiate the agreement, said that it may be \"30\u201340 years\" before Greenland is ready to take charge of itself. MP S\u00f8ren Espersen from the Danish People's Party controversially claimed that Greenlanders had been \"brainwashed with unprecedented propaganda\" and that he believed \"huge problems are waiting in the future\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196961-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Results\nThe referendum passed. The Greenlandic government was pursuing future independence, and the result was seen by some observers as a \"major step\" in that direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196962-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grenadian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Grenada on 8 July 2008. Out of a total of fifteen seats, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) won eleven seats and the governing New National Party (NNP) won four, bringing the NDC to power for the first time since 1995. The NNP was looking for a fourth consecutive term in power, which would have been a first in Grenadian history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196962-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Grenadian general election, Campaign\nIn its election manifesto, which it debuted on June 25, 2008, the NNP promised the creation of 4,000 jobs, along with 4% growth in the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196962-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Grenadian general election, Opinion polls\nA poll conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Services from June 6 to June 9 showed the NNP with 36.4% support, the NDC with 32.3% support, the Grenada United Labour Party (GULP) with 1.1% support, and the People's Labour Movement (PLM) with 0.8% support. The two later formed an electoral alliance, the Labour Platform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196962-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Grenadian general election, Results\nIn one notable outcome of the election, Deputy Prime Minister Gregory Bowen of the NNP was defeated in his constituency of St. George South East by Pastor Karl Hood of the NDC. Mitchell was re-elected from the constituency of St. George North West. Complete results are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196962-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Grenadian general election, Reactions\nThe Organization of American States (OAS) observed the elections, and it described \"the electoral process in Grenada during the General Elections as extremely positive, with relatively few areas that could be improved.\" All of the polling sites were observed, and voters were calm and well-behaved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196962-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Grenadian general election, Reactions\nA political party in nearby Dominica, the People's Democratic Movement, attributed the victory to Mitchell's \"arrogance, intolerance to criticism and lack of consultation with the people\" during his time in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196962-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Grenadian general election, Aftermath\nNDC leader Tillman Thomas succeeded the NNP's Keith Mitchell as Prime Minister of Grenada on July 9. He was sworn in at the Grenada Trade Centre in Grand Anse, St. George's by Governor-General Daniel Williams. On this occasion, Thomas promised \"openness and transparency\" and said that he would practice \"the politics of inclusion\". For his part, Mitchell said that the people voted for change and congratulated Thomas. Thomas's cabinet, composed of 17 members, was sworn in at the National Stadium on July 13. In addition to being Prime Minister, Thomas took the portfolios of Legal Affairs, National Security, Information, and Public Administration. Two members of non-governmental organizations who were not affiliated with the NDC were included in the cabinet: Franca Bernadine as Minister of Education and Human Resources, and Jimmy Bristol as Attorney-General.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 909]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196963-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens\nThe 2008 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 42nd edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 7 September 2008. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Wouter Mol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196964-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guadiana Trophy\nThe 2008 Guadiana Trophy competition took place between 25\u201327 July 2008 and featured Benfica, Sporting Clube de Portugal, and Blackburn Rovers. Sporting won in the final match against rivals Benfica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196965-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam B-52 crash\nThe 2008 Guam B-52 crash was a fatal crash of a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress on 21 July 2008. The aircraft, operating out of Andersen Air Force Base, crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a training flight approximately 30 nautical miles (56\u00a0km) northwest of Apra Harbor, Guam. The training flight was to include participation in a local municipal celebration of Liberation Day in Hag\u00e5t\u00f1a. All six crew members aboard the aircraft were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196965-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam B-52 crash\nAn investigation by the USAF determined that the crash was likely caused by an improper stabilizer trim setting. The investigation was unable to determine conclusively what had caused the horizontal stabilizer trim to be set improperly, but theorized that the most likely cause was an aircraft system malfunction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196965-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam B-52 crash, Crash\nOn 21 July 2008, a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress crashed into the Pacific Ocean approximately 30 nautical miles (56\u00a0km) northwest of Apra Harbor, Guam, after taking off from Andersen Air Force Base. The aircraft, named \"Louisiana Fire\" and with the mission call sign of \"RAIDR 21\", was about to participate in a flyover for the Liberation Day parade in Hag\u00e5t\u00f1a. It crashed at 9:55\u00a0am (local time), 21 July, five\u00a0minutes before they were scheduled to fly over the parade. Air traffic control radar images indicated that the aircraft appeared to be descending rapidly before disappearing from radar scopes at about 2,000 feet (610\u00a0m) of altitude.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196965-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam B-52 crash, Crash\nOn 23 July 2008, the USAF announced that there were no survivors, and that the rescue effort had turned to a recovery mission for four still-missing members of the crew of six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196965-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam B-52 crash, Aircraft and crew\nThe bomber, assigned to the 20th Bomb Squadron, was, with its crew, on temporary duty at Andersen as part of a four-month rotation. The bomber's unit had replaced Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bombers which had been grounded following the loss of one of them on 23 February that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196965-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam B-52 crash, Aircraft and crew\nThe crew of RAIDR 21 were:  Major Christopher M. Cooper, aged 33 (aircraft commander), Major Brent D. Williams, aged 37 (radar navigator), Captain Michael K. Dodson, aged 31 (co-pilot), First Lieutenant Joshua D. Shepherd, aged 25 (navigator), First Lieutenant Robert D. Gerren, aged 32 (electronic warfare officer), and Colonel George Martin, aged 51. Martin, a flight surgeon, was the deputy commander of 36th Medical Group at Andersen. He was aboard in the Number 6 crew position to ride along for the Liberation Day \"Fly Over\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196965-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Guam B-52 crash, Aircraft and crew\nThe rest of the crew members were from the 20th Bomb Squadron or the 96th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. While bodies and remains were recovered from the area, Dodson's and Gerren's remains were not recovered. A memorial service for the crew was held at Arlington National Cemetery on 14 November 2008. A memorial monument was unveiled at Adelup Point on Guam in July 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196965-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam B-52 crash, Recovery and investigation\nThe USAF worked with the United States Navy and USS John S. McCain to map and retrieve the aircraft's wreckage from the ocean floor. The wreckage did not include a flight data recorder because the aircraft was not equipped with one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196965-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam B-52 crash, Recovery and investigation\nThe accident investigation board concluded that the horizontal stabilizer was set at a down angle during the training mission. The cause of the mishap was an improper stabilizer trim setting. Due to the lack of available evidence, no surviving crew members, no radio calls, no other witnesses and lack of a data recorder, the accident investigation board was unable to determine by clear and convincing evidence why the stabilizer trim was mispositioned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196965-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Guam B-52 crash, Recovery and investigation\nThe investigation board felt that the most likely cause of this runaway stabilizer trim was a system malfunction that would have led the stabilizer trim to improperly run in a nose-down direction. The improper trim setting occurred somewhere between 14,000 and 10,000 feet (3,000\u00a0m) and caused a rapid and uncontrollable descent the experienced crew could not overcome. Based on the descent profile of the mishap aircraft, there was only 34\u00a0seconds from the presumed start of the mishap sequence until impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196965-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam B-52 crash, Recovery and investigation\nThe board president, Brigadier General Mark Barrett explained that two factors led to the crash. The first was the \"combination of low altitude with a descending left turn of the aircraft\". The second was \"the late recognition of the serious nature of the situation by the crew\". He added, \"any experienced air crew could have found it difficult to recognize, assess and recover from the rapidly developing situation involving the stabilizer trim setting.\" The USAF also conducted a separate safety investigation into the mishap but did not publicly release its findings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196966-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam Democratic territorial convention\nThe 2008 Guam Democratic territorial convention took place on May 3, 2008. Senator Barack Obama won by 7 votes, a margin of less than 0.2%. This resulted in each candidate getting 2 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Guam Democrats also sent five unpledged superdelegates to the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196967-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Guam Republican presidential caucuses, also called the Guam state convention, took place on March 8, 2008. The approximately 500 people who attended the convention chose six delegates to represent Guam at the 2008 Republican National Convention. John McCain won all six of the delegates. Guam also sent three unpledged party delegates to the party convention, for a total delegation of nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196967-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam Republican presidential caucuses\nThe caucuses had been tentatively scheduled for February 16 but later changed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196968-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam general election\nGeneral elections were held in Guam on 4 November 2008. Voters in Guam chose their non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, as well as members of the territorial legislature. The election coincided with the 2008 United States elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196968-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam general election, United States President Straw Poll\nAccording to tradition, Guam voiced its opinion on the 2008 US Presidential race, despite lacking electoral votes. Senator Obama received 20,119 votes (57.3%) to Senator McCain's 11,941 (34.0%), marking a change from the island's support of past Republican presidents, including Bush's two straw poll victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196968-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam general election, United States House of Representatives\nIncumbent Delegate Madeleine Bordallo (D) was running unopposed for re-election for Guam's lone At-large congressional seat. She was re-elected unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196968-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Guam general election, Legislature of Guam\nThere are 26 candidates vying for the 15 seats in the Legislature of Guam. The Democratic Party gained full control of the legislature with 10 seats, while the Republican Party gaining only five seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196969-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guamanian legislative election\nLegislative election also known as Senatorial election for the Legislature of Guam took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States general elections and the Guam general election. Democrats defeated three Republican incumbents: Mark Forbes, Frank Ishizaki and Jesse Lujan however one Democratic incumbent was defeated namely Vice-Speaker David Shimizu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196969-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guamanian legislative election, Primary Election\nThe members are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates are elected as the new members of the legislature. As there were many candidates running, primaries were set on September 6, 2008 for both the Democratic and Republican parties. The first fifteen candidates who win the highest votes go on to the General election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196969-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Guamanian legislative election, General election results\nFollowing the primaries, there were 26 candidates vying for the 15 seats in the Legislature of Guam. The members are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates are elected as the new members of the legislature. The Democratic Party gained full control of the legislature with 10 seats, while the Republican Party gaining only five seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196969-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Guamanian legislative election, Freshman Senators\nThere will be 4 freshman Senators in the 30th Legislature. Four were elected on November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196970-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangdong\u2013Hong Kong Cup\nGuangdong\u2013Hong Kong Cup of 2007\u201308 was the 30th staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196970-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangdong\u2013Hong Kong Cup\nThe first leg was played in Hong Kong on 30 December 2007 and the second leg was played in Guangzhou on 6 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196970-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangdong\u2013Hong Kong Cup\nHong Kong captured the trophy by winning an aggregate 4\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196970-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangdong\u2013Hong Kong Cup, Squads, Guangdong\nHead of Delegation:Zhao Shaoming \u62db\u5c11\u9cf4Secretary: Zheng Junhui \u912d\u4fca\u8f1dTeam Managers:Ke Guohong \u67ef\u570b\u6d2a, Kong Maosheng \u5b54\u8302\u52dd, Ning ZhiXiong \u5be7\u667a\u96c4Head Coach:Shen Xiangfu \u6c88\u7965\u798fAssistant Coach:Ye Zhibin \u8449\u5fd7\u5f6c, \u827e\u4e01PhysioMai Zhiyuan \u9ea5\u5fd7\u57a3Translator: Yang Lei \u694a\u78ca", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196971-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions\nA series of explosions caused by an industrial accident occurred on August 26, 2008 in Yizhou city in Guangxi province in southwest China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196971-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions\nThe disaster occurred at a factory owned by Guangxi Guangwei Chemical Co. in the development zone of Yizhou city", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196971-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions\nAccording to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, \"the plant mainly produces polyvinyl acetate (PVA), which is used in adhesives, calcium carbide, and vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), which is used in paints, adhesives and coatings.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196971-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions\nThe first explosion occurred at about 6 a.m. on August 26 at an organic compound workshop inside the plant; the cause is unknown. Other explosions continued until 1 p.m. Fire spread over an area of nearly 108,000 square feet (10,000m\u00b2). The explosions caused the leak of toxic substances, including ammonia, formaldehyde, acetylene, sulfurated hydrogen and carbon monoxide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196971-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions\nAt least 20 people were killed and at least 60 were injured; six people remained missing following the explosions. Fearing further explosions and leaks, the government evacuated 11,500 residents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196971-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions\nXinhua quoted the provincial toxic substances emergency center director as saying that the explosions causes no serious air or water pollution. The director also said that dams had been erected to prevent discharge of pollutants into the nearby Long River (Longjiang).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196972-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open\nThe 2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open (also known as the TOE Life Ceramics Guangzhou International Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, from September 15 through September 21, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196972-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Champions, Doubles\nMariya Koryttseva /  Tatiana Poutchek defeated  Sun Tiantian /  Yan Zi, 6\u20133, 4\u20136, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196973-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nPeng Shuai and Yan Zi were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Peng partnered with Yanina Wickmayer, but lost in the first round to Mariya Koryttseva and Tatiana Poutchek. Yan partnered with Sun Tiantian, but Mariya Koryttseva and Tatiana Poutchek defeated them 6\u20133, 4\u20136, [10\u20138] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196974-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nVirginie Razzano was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196974-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nVera Zvonareva won the title, defeating Peng Shuai in the final 6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20130, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196975-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C. season\nThe 2008 season was Guangzhou FC's first season in the Chinese Super League. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196975-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C. season, First-team squad, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196975-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C. season, Match results, Chinese Super League 2008\nFor table see Chinese Super League 2008 Final league table", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 83], "content_span": [84, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196975-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C. season, U19 Team, U19 League Table\nP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Match(es) drawn; L = Match(es) lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196975-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C. season, U19 Team, U19 Winners' Cup\nThe competition was held from 12 October to 22 October in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196976-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guernsey general election\nThe 2008 Guernsey general election was held on 23 April 2008 to elect 45 members of the States of Guernsey. 18,576 voters or 40.58% of the eligible population of 45,772 turned out and cast a total of 89,239 votes; there were 10 blank papers, 35 spoilt papers and on average 4.8 votes were cast. Of the 28 standing deputies all but two (Brian de Jersey and Wendy Morgan), were re-elected to the house; this means that 19 of the Deputies-Elect are new to the chamber. Five of the 12 candidates who had stood unsuccessfully in 2004 were elected in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196976-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guernsey general election\nThe candidate who polled the most votes was first time candidate Matt Fallaize standing in the Vale, who received 2,322 and became the youngest member of the house at 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196976-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Guernsey general election\nOn 1 May, Lyndon Trott was elected as Chief Minister of Guernsey by the newly elected deputies, with Bernard Flouquet as Deputy Chief Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election\nParliamentary elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 16 November 2008. The result was a victory for the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), which won 67 out of the 100 seats in the National People's Assembly, while the Party for Social Renewal (PRS) won 28 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nAt a rally in Gab\u00fa on 17 July 2007, President Jo\u00e3o Bernardo Vieira said that the election would be held together with the next presidential elections in 2009 in order to save money, but the National People's Assembly did not agree to this. However, the head of the National Electoral Commission (CNE), El Hadj Malam Man\u00e9, said on 8 December 2007 that the election would be held between 23 October and 25 November 2008. On 5 December 2007, President Vieira met with 35 party leaders, and 33 of them agreed to the CNE's date range; two parties, the National Unity Party and the Party for Democracy, Development and Citizenship (PADEC), disagreed, wanting the election to be held in March or April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 767]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nIn a speech before the National People's Assembly on 24 March 2008, Vieira sharply criticized Prime Minister Martinho Ndafa Kabi's government for not adequately preparing for the election, saying that \"the government did not create the conditions to facilitate the holding of the legislative elections within the times required by the Constitution\". He also noted that the Assembly's mandate would expire on 21 April 2008, four years after the previous elections, and that afterwards the Assembly's work have to be handled solely by its Standing Committee. On 25 March, after consultations with political party representatives, civil society, the CNE, and foreign diplomats, Vieira decided on 16 November 2008 as the date of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nOn 27 March, the Assembly voted to extend its mandate until November by a vote of 65\u20132. The extension was viewed by many as a challenge to Vieira, since he had said that the Assembly's work would be handled solely by its Standing Committee after 21 April, and it provoked significant opposition. The PAIGC opposed the extension, while the PRS and the United Social Democratic Party (PUSD) supported it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nA group of 20 deputies who opposed the extension said on 15 April that the extension was a violation of the Constitution and that they would not participate in any parliamentary sessions after 21 April; meanwhile, the Council of State asked the Assembly to reverse the extension. However, the Assembly voted to uphold the extension on 16 April, with 68 deputies in favor, seven opposed, and seven abstaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nA meeting intended to assess the political situation was held on 18 April between Vieira, the government, the Assembly, and the Council of State. Subsequently, civil society organizations called for the resignation of Prime Minister Kabi, accusing him of making death threats against Fernando Gomis, a member of the Assembly, at this meeting. The organizations said that Kabi was unable to control his anger and as a result it was not appropriate for him to lead the government. Additionally, the organizations called on Vieira to not promulgate the extension of the parliamentary mandate, and they threatened to launch protests if Vieira did not dismiss Kabi's government and dissolve the Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nOn 19 May Vieira said that he had enacted the law providing for the extension of the parliamentary mandate. While remarking that those opposed to the extension were correct, he said that it was nevertheless necessary to approve it for the sake of peace and stability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nOn 1 August the Supreme Court annulled the law extending the deputies' terms until the election. After consultations with the political class, civil society, and the Council of State, Vieira dissolved the National People's Assembly on 5 August, leaving only its Standing Committee in place. He also appointed Carlos Correia\u2014who was previously Prime Minister under Vieira from 1991 to 1994 and from 1997 to 1998\u2014as Prime Minister on the same day, replacing Kabi. A new government headed by Correia was appointed on 9 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nThis government was dominated by Vieira loyalists and members of PAIGC, including PAIGC dissidents who were supporters of Vieira. The appointment of one of these PAIGC dissidents\u2014Cipriano Cassam\u00e1\u2014as Minister of the Interior was deemed especially significant, due to the Interior Ministry's responsibility for the election. The PRS was given five posts in the government, while the Republican Party for Independence and Development (PRID) and the United People's Alliance (APU) were each given a single post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nShortly after Correia's appointment, a coup plot allegedly led by the head of the navy, Rear Admiral Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, was said to have been thwarted. According to an army spokesman, Na Tchuto asked other senior officers to support his plot, which was planned to occur on 7 August but when he asked the chief of staff of the army to join the plot, the latter ordered Na Tchuto's arrest. Na Tchuto was placed under house arrest, but he escaped and fled to The Gambia, where he was arrested by the Gambian authorities on 12 August .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nOn 11 August UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a statement saying that he was \"deeply concerned over the mounting political and security tensions in Guinea-Bissau\" and calling \"on all national stakeholders to work cooperatively and peacefully together in the national interest and in full respect of the rule of law\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nAn African Union pre-election assessment mission, led by Anil Gayan of Mauritius, arrived in Bissau on 18 August; the mission was intended to determine whether the appropriate conditions for holding the election existed. Members of the mission met with Prime Minister Correia on 21 August, and Correia affirmed the government's intention to hold the election on schedule in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nBy law, candidate lists had to be submitted at least 60 days before the election was held. As the available period entered its final week, Supreme Court President Maria do Ceu Silva Monteiro expressed concern on 10 September that none of the parties had submitted their lists to the National Electoral Commission or the Supreme Court, although 17 parties had stated their intention to participate in the elections. By the end of the week 21 parties and coalitions submitted candidate lists and were approved by the Supreme Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nLists submitted by 12 other parties were rejected because they were submitted an hour too late. The approved lists included two coalitions, the Democratic Alliance and the Alliance of Patriotic Forces, as well as two new parties, PRID (led by former Prime Minister Aristides Gomes) and PADEC (led by former Prime Minister Francisco Fadul).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nA European Union pre-election evaluation mission was sent to Guinea-Bissau, and on 18 September Prime Minister Correia held discussions with the mission about electoral preparations. The mission was led by Harro Adt, the Special Envoy of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the Mano River Basin, who expressed optimism regarding Guinea-Bissau's political situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nAfter the National Election Registration Commission published the lists of registered voters, some citizens who had registered complained that they were not included on the lists. There were reportedly many errors in the lists, and the Interior Ministry promised to rectify the situation so that the final lists published by the CNE would be accurate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Election date\nIn late September, PRS Vice-President Ibrahima Sori Djalo alleged that President Vieira and Prime Minister Correia were planning to delay the election until 2009, possibly using an epidemic of cholera as a pretext. He also claimed that there were plans to rig the election in favor of PAIGC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Finance\nOn 1 April speaking to representatives of international organizations and diplomats, Prime Minister Kabi called on the international community to assist in raising the 3.7 billion CFA francs required for the election's budget. He said that the Portuguese government had agreed to supply the necessary electoral material.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Finance\nThree months later, Cristian Nabitan, the Secretary of State for Administrative Reform, announced the approval of a large shipment of electoral materials from Portugal, including ballots, ballot boxes, voting booths, and indelible ink, on July 1; he said that this shipment represented 75% of the materials Guinea-Bissau needed for the election and that another shipment would arrive in Bissau on the next day. The materials were valued at about 41 million CFA francs. The Portuguese government also said that it would send electoral observers if asked to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Finance\nThe government and the United Nations Development Programme signed an electoral financing agreement on 10 July 2008, providing about $430,000 US dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Census\nAn electoral census began on 3 July 2008, scheduled to end on 23 July. In the early part of the registration period, the number of citizens registering was reportedly low, although Minister of the Interior Cert\u00f3rio Biote said on 9 July that the process was going well. PRS President Kumba Ial\u00e1 returned to Bissau from Morocco on 7 July to register for the election. On this occasion, he predicted that the PRS would win the election with a majority of seats, and he called on every citizen \"from 16 to 120 years old\" to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Background, Census\nIn a speech to the nation a few days before the scheduled end of registration, Vieira also urged all citizens of voting age to register, and he said that the period could be extended to enable more people to register. It was subsequently announced on 22 July that the registration period would be extended to 26 July due to financial and logistical difficulties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Electoral system\nThe 102 members of the National People's Assembly were elected by proportional representation in 27 multi-member constituencies. At least 50% of voters were required to vote in a constituency to validate the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Campaign\nThe CNE published the final list of 575 candidates on 21 October. The electoral campaign period, scheduled to last 20 days, began a few days later. In an interview with the African Press Agency on 24 October, CNE President Man\u00e9 urged the candidates to \"refrain from any form of electoral corruption or acts that may threaten national security or social order and unity\". He said that candidates could face disqualification and legal action if they failed to heed the warning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Campaign\nAs part of its campaign, PAIGC said that it had a good relationship with President Vieira, and it used images of Vieira and PAIGC President Carlos Gomes Junior together a few months earlier, raising their arms in a celebratory gesture, to illustrate this point. Vieira was reportedly unhappy about this use of his image in PAIGC's campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Campaign\nDrug trafficking, which is a major problem in Guinea-Bissau, has been a key issue in the election campaign, as parties have accused each other of involvement in the drug trade and taking money from cartels in order to finance their campaigns. According to observers, the state's ability to crack down on the drug trade is very limited, and some have described Guinea-Bissau as a narco-state. Gomes Junior said at a PAIGC rally on 29 October that \"only blind people cannot see that certain parties are financed with drug money\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Campaign\nPRID President Aristides Gomes pointed to a seizure of cocaine made in September 2006, during his tenure as Prime Minister, in order to bolster his party's image with respect to the drug trade; that cocaine seizure was marred, however, by the subsequent disappearance of the cocaine. PRS President Kumba Yala accused Vieira of trafficking drugs, describing him as the foremost drug trafficker in Guinea-Bissau. Vieira did not reply to Yala's claim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Campaign\nOn 15 November Johan van Hecke, the head of the European Union's observer mission, praised the CNE for its \"remarkable work\" and expressed his view that the country was \"ready for the elections\". He was, however, critical of the government's unwillingness to let the CNE have financial independence, and he also stated that it was \"not exactly clear\" whether appeals regarding the election's results should go to the CNE or the Supreme Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Conduct\nOn election day polling stations opened at 7:00 in the morning and were scheduled to close at 5:00 in the afternoon. Van Hecke estimated turnout to be around 70 to 80%, and there were no incidents reported, raising hopes of a stabilisation of the situation. At a meeting with electoral observers on 17 November, UN special envoy Shola Omoregie described the election as a \"milestone for Guinea Bissau\" and a \"victory for democracy\". He also remarked that the election was \"conducted on the whole in a transparent and orderly manner without any political or military interference\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Results\nProvisional results released by the CNE on 21 November showed PAIGC winning 67 out of 100 seats, while the PRS won 28, PRID won three, the National Democratic Party won one, and the Democratic Alliance won one. The CNE placed turnout at 82%. Yala, the PRS President, disputed these results and alleged fraud. Final results were announced on 26 November; the number of seats for each party in the final results was identical to the numbers in the provisional results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Aftermath\nRebellious soldiers attacked President Vieira's home in the early hours of 23 November. The soldiers fired artillery at the house and were able to enter it during a three-hour battle with Vieira's guards, but they were repelled without ever reaching Vieira, who was in the house at the time but was unharmed. Two of Vieira's guards were killed in the attack. Vieira held a press conference later in the day, in which he said that the attack had \"a single objective \u2014 to physically liquidate me\", while also asserting that \"the situation is under control\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Aftermath\nUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern and urged the rebellious soldiers to \"refrain from any measures that could further destabilize the country\", while Shola Omoregie said that it was \"unacceptable that after legitimate elections they could attack the president and try to kill him.\" PAIGC President Gomes Junior said that problems in the 21st century should not be settled through violence. The government alleged that Alexandre Tchama Yala was behind the attack, while also asserting that the Tchama Yala and some of the participants in the attack were linked to Bubo Na Tchuto, who was arrested in The Gambia in August but was later released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Aftermath\nOn 3 December Senegal said that it had arrested Alexandre Tchama Yala. The government of Guinea-Bissau stated on 6 December that he had been arrested in the Gambia and that Alfredo Malu, a former deputy Director of Intelligence who was thought to be an associate of PRS President Kumba Yala, had been arrested. The government also announced on 6 December that all public demonstrations were banned for the time being due to insecurity. Alfredu Malu was quickly released due to lack of evidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Aftermath\nAt a meeting of the PAIGC Central Committee on 6 December, PAIGC Second Vice-President Raimundo Pereira was elected as the party's candidate for the post of President of the National People's Assembly, defeating Francisco Benante, who held the post during the previous parliamentary term, and H\u00e9lder Proen\u00e7a. Benante criticized the outcome, arguing that the voting method used by the Central Committee was illegal, while Proen\u00e7a vowed to stand as a candidate when the vote was held in the National People's Assembly, despite the party's decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Aftermath\nThe Supreme Court rejected requests for the annulment of results in some constituencies on 17 December. Following the Supreme Court's decision,  Yala accepted PAIGC's victory at a press conference on 18 December saying that the PRS would act as a constructive opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Aftermath\nOn 22 December the newly elected deputies were sworn in and Raimundo Pereira was elected as President of the National People's Assembly. He received 60 votes, while Proen\u00e7a received 37. In accordance with the results of the election, Vieira appointed PAIGC President Carlos Gomes Junior as Prime Minister on 25 December. Gomes said on this occasion that his government would focus on \"good governance and a reform of the justice system\" and that he and Vieira would \"put aside any personal differences\" in order to work towards solving the country's problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196977-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Aftermath\nThe government headed by Gomes was appointed on 7 January 2009, with 21 ministers and 10 secretaries of state; all of the government's 31 members were members of PAIGC. Only four members of the previous government under Correia were retained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat\nThe 2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat was a Guinean military coup d'\u00e9tat that occurred in Guinea on 23 December 2008, shortly after the death of long-time President Lansana Cont\u00e9. A junta called the National Council for Democracy and Development (French: Conseil National de la D\u00e9mocratie et du Development, CNDD), headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, seized power and announced that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election. Camara did indeed step down after Alpha Cond\u00e9 was elected in the 2010 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Death of Cont\u00e9\nIn the early hours of 23 December 2008, Aboubacar Sompar\u00e9, the President of the National Assembly, announced on television that Cont\u00e9 had died at 6:45\u00a0pm local time the previous day \"after a long illness.\" While Sompar\u00e9 did not name the particular illness, sources reported that Cont\u00e9 had chronic diabetes and leukemia. According to the Constitution, the President of the National Assembly is to assume the Presidency in the event of a vacancy, and a new presidential election is to be held within 60 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Death of Cont\u00e9\nSompar\u00e9 requested that the President of the Supreme Court, Lamine Sidim\u00e9, declare a vacancy in the Presidency and apply the Constitution. Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souar\u00e9 and General Diarra Camara, the head of the army, stood alongside Sompar\u00e9 during his announcement. Declaring 40 days of national mourning for Cont\u00e9, Souar\u00e9 urged \"calm and restraint\". He told the army to secure the borders and maintain calm within the country \"in homage to the memory of the illustrious late leader\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Death of Cont\u00e9\nGovernment officials met at the People's Palace, seat of the National Assembly, in the early hours of 23 December. Prime Minister Souar\u00e9, Sompar\u00e9, the President of the Supreme Court, and military leaders were present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Death of Cont\u00e9\nSpeaking to Radio France Internationale after Cont\u00e9's death, opposition leader Jean-Marie Dor\u00e9 of the Union for the Progress of Guinea stressed that the institutions of state must \"be able to work to prevent unnecessary disorder in Guinea which would add to the current difficult situation\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Announcement of coup d'\u00e9tat\nSix hours after Sompar\u00e9 announced Cont\u00e9's death, a statement was read on state radio announcing a military coup d'\u00e9tat. This statement, read by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara on behalf of a group called the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD), said that \"the government and the institutions of the Republic have been dissolved.\" The statement also announced the suspension of the constitution \"as well as political and union activity.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Announcement of coup d'\u00e9tat\nAccording to Captain Camara, the coup was necessary due to Guinea's \"deep despair\" amidst rampant poverty and corruption, and he said that the existing institutions were \"incapable of resolving the crises which have been confronting the country.\" Furthermore, Camara said that someone from the military would become President, while a civilian would be appointed as Prime Minister at the head of a new government that would be ethnically balanced. The National Council for Democracy and Development would, according to Camara, include 26 officers as well as six civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Announcement of coup d'\u00e9tat\nReporting from Conakry at the time of the coup announcement, Alhassan Sillah of the BBC said that the situation in the city was \"unusually quiet\" and that he had not seen any soldiers. Later in the day, several tanks were seen in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Announcement of coup d'\u00e9tat\nFollowing Camara's announcement, Souar\u00e9 said the government and state institutions were intact. According to Souar\u00e9, he did not know who was behind the coup attempt, but he said that he was \"sure that they will see reason. They have not used force. There has been no threat against anybody.\" Sompar\u00e9, meanwhile, called the coup attempt \"a setback for our country\" and expressed hope that it would not succeed. He argued that most soldiers were still loyal to the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Announcement of coup d'\u00e9tat\nIt was reported that soldiers at the Alfa Yaya Diallo military camp had chosen a lieutenant-colonel, S\u00e9kouba Konat\u00e9, as leader of the coup attempt, although some soldiers objected because they believed a higher-ranking officer should have been chosen. The chief of the armed forces, General Diarra Camara, said that the coup plotters represented only a minority of the army. In the afternoon of 23 December, amidst confusion about who was in control of the country, Gen. Camara asked that the soldiers \"at least wait until after [Cont\u00e9's] funeral\", while also stating that he was not trying to prevent anyone's ambitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Announcement of coup d'\u00e9tat\nOn 23 December, both the office of the Prime Minister and the Little Palace, Cont\u00e9's former residence, were reported to be under the control of the coup leaders. According to Sompar\u00e9, the leaders of the coup held a meeting to choose an interim leader for the country late on 23 December; he said that Moussa Camara, S\u00e9kouba Konat\u00e9, and Toto Camara were considered candidates for the position. The composition of the CNDD was announced late on 23 December; it included 32 members, 26 of whom were officers and six of whom were civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Announcement of coup d'\u00e9tat\nIn an interview with Guineenews on 23 December, opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo said that he believed the constitution should be respected, while also saying that he believed a new presidential election should be held together with the already planned parliamentary election on 31 May 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nA statement was read over the radio on 24 December announcing that Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was the President of the CNDD. Later in the day, Camara and thousands of soldiers loyal to him paraded through the city, surrounded by large numbers of civilian supporters. According to Camara, he \"came to see if the terrain is favorable to us\", declaring that the large crowds indicated that the people were indeed supportive of the coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nAlso on 24 December, Camara said in a radio broadcast that the CNDD did not want to stay in power indefinitely and that it intended to lead the country for two years, promising \"credible and transparent presidential elections by the end of December 2010\". This contradicted an earlier statement promising an election within the constitutionally mandated period of 60 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nThe CNDD declared an 8\u00a0pm to 6:30\u00a0am nationwide curfew, although it said that the curfew would not be implemented until 26 December to avoid interfering with the Christian celebration of Christmas. The extent of the CNDD's control remained unclear on 24 December; although Prime Minister Souar\u00e9 had gone into hiding, he insisted that the government had not been toppled. Souar\u00e9 described Camara as \"an unknown captain [who] doesn't control the army\" and argued again that most troops were loyal, while attributing the \"disorder\" to \"one little group\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nShortly after the CNDD ordered all members of the government and army officers to go to the Alpha Yaya Diallo military camp within 24 hours, with the threat of \"a sweep of the entire national territory\" if they did not. Prime Minister Souar\u00e9 went to the camp and turned himself in on 25 December, together with all the members of his government except for two ministers who were, according to Souar\u00e9, on official missions abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nCamara met with Souar\u00e9 and stressed that the CNDD was now in power, but he said that Souar\u00e9 and his government could \"go back to business\". During the meeting, Souar\u00e9 lamented the death of Cont\u00e9 and expressed his government's willingness to serve under the CNDD, pointing out that his government was composed of technocrats, not politicians. He also addressed Camara as \"President\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nSpeaking on the radio on 25 December, Camara said that he did not plan to run for President at the end of the two year transitional period. He also declared that the CNDD was not susceptible to bribes. According to Camara, people had \"start[ed] to show up with bags of money to try to corrupt us. They've tried to give money to our wives and cars to our children.\" He warned that he would \"personally go after anyone who tries to corrupt us\". Camara also said that Cont\u00e9's funeral on 26 December (several days late) would be \"grandiose\", and he expressed disapproval in describing the lack of proper care for Cont\u00e9's body.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nCont\u00e9's funeral was held on 26 December, with over 20,000 in attendance at the national stadium in Conakry. Leaders of neighboring countries were present for the funeral, although Camara was not. General Mamadouba Toto Camara of the CNDD said at the funeral that \"we pray God to give us the courage to continue [Cont\u00e9's] work of tolerance and peace for the welfare of Guinea\". He was then taken to his hometown of Moussayah for burial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nCamara held a large \"informational meeting\" at the Alfa Yaya Diallo military base on 27 December; about 1,000 people representing various groups were present, including Sompar\u00e9, the key opposition leaders Alpha Cond\u00e9 and Sidya Tour\u00e9, and the trade union leader Rabiatou Serah Diallo. At the meeting, Camara discussed his plans to renegotiate mining contracts and fight corruption. He said that all gold mining had already been halted for the time being. Camara also told the opposition and union leaders that they could propose a Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nCond\u00e9 said on that occasion that the members of the CNDD junta were \"patriots\", and his party, the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG), subsequently expressed its willingness to participate in a government under the CNDD. Sidya Tour\u00e9 gave a positive assessment of the situation and said that \"we will discuss the program and timetable for the transition and we will ensure that the military keep their promises.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nAlthough the CNDD's curfew was enforced on 26 December, the junta decided to lift the curfew beginning on 27 December in order to encourage \"a climate of peace\". At around the same time, AFP reported the retirement of 22 senior military officers who had reached retirement age. The retired officers included General Diarra Camara, the army's chief of staff, who opposed the coup. Two officers were appointed to key positions on 28 December: Captain Kelety Faro as Minister Secretary-General at the Presidency and General Mamadouba Toto Camara as Minister of Security and Civil Protection. Also, S\u00e9kouba Konat\u00e9 was appointed as Minister of Defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nOn 29 December, soldiers forcefully entered the compound of Mamadou Sylla\u2014a wealthy businessman who had been an ally and close personal friend of Lansana Cont\u00e9\u2014and told Sylla to relinquish the keys to six SUV vehicles that they said were owned by the state. Sylla did so, but he complained that force was not necessary and said that the vehicles had been part of a contract between his company and the military.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nThe CNDD appointed Kabine Komara, a banker working in Egypt at the African Export-Import Bank, as Prime Minister on 30 December 2008. In a television speech on 1 January 2009, Camara said that the coup had prevented Guinea from \"tumbling into ethnic warfare\". According to Camara, Sompar\u00e9 was not a legitimate constitutional successor because his mandate as President of the National Assembly had legally expired, and he said that if Sompar\u00e9 had taken office, there would have been \"incalculable consequences\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nAbout 20 soldiers searched the home of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo on 1 January, while holding Diallo and his family at gunpoint. According to Diallo, the search was based on suspicions that Diallo had weapons and mercenaries and was planning another coup, but he said that the soldiers did not take anything from his home. A junta delegation met with Diallo on 2 January and condemned the search, saying that \"uncontrollable elements out to hurt the junta\" were to blame and that Camara and the CNDD had nothing to do with it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nOn 5 January 2009, Camara stated that both legislative and presidential elections would be held by the end of 2009, a year earlier than originally announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nCamara, acting on the recommendation of Prime Minister Komara, appointed a new government on 14 January 2009. The government was composed of soldiers and technocrats and did not include any political parties. The government included 27 ministers and two secretaries of state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196978-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean coup d'\u00e9tat, Consolidation of CNDD authority\nColonel Aboubacar Sidiki Camara was sworn in as Permanent Secretary to the CNDD on 26 January 2009. Contrary to the wishes of CNDD President Camara, he was unwilling to postpone his swearing-in, and he also requested the release of officers who were closely associated with Cont\u00e9. He was promptly arrested later on 26 January; CNDD member Biro Cond\u00e9 was also reportedly arrested at that time. CNDD President Camara said on 27 January that Aboubacar Sidiki Camara had been dismissed from his post as Permanent Secretary due to negligence. He was released from detention on 28 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nMilitary unrest occurred in Guinea in late May 2008 as soldiers of the Military of Guinea demanded wage arrears. In the capital, Conakry, soldiers fired into the air, held the deputy chief of staff of the army prisoner, and engaged in looting. The government promised to pay the soldiers, and by the end of May the situation was reportedly calm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nOn May 20, 2008, President Lansana Cont\u00e9 dismissed Prime Minister Lansana Kouyat\u00e9 and replaced him with Ahmed Tidiane Souar\u00e9. Soldiers who were dissatisfied over their failure to receive wage arrears that in some cases dated back to 1996 were unhappy with Kouyat\u00e9's dismissal, feeling that without Kouyat\u00e9 they had no one to whom they could address their grievances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nThe unrest began with gunfire at the Alfa Yaya Diallo barracks in Conakry early on May 26. During this unrest, the soldiers fired into the air and demanded payment of their wage arrears; General Mamadou Sampil, the deputy chief of staff of the army, was taken prisoner by the soldiers at the Alfa Yaya Diallo barracks when he went to talk to them. Eight people were reported injured and one was reported killed on May 26. Among the injured were Major Korka Diallo, the officer in charge of military finances, and two other officers; these three officers were flown to Morocco for medical treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nIn response to the unrest, Souar\u00e9's government promised to pay the soldiers, and Minister of Defense Mamadou Bailo Diallo was dismissed by Cont\u00e9. Speaking on television on May 27, Souar\u00e9 called for calm, noting that the government had agreed to meet most of the soldiers' demands. He said that up to five million Guinean francs would be paid to each soldier to account for the wage arrears; additionally, he assured the soldiers that they would not face punishment and said that soldiers who had been arrested in connection with 2007 unrest would be freed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nRegarding the soldiers' demand that the price of rice be subsidized, he said that the government would try to improve the army's living conditions. Souar\u00e9 also said that a commission, including both civilians and members of the military, had been set up at the beginning of the crisis to review the soldiers' demands. He said that \"stability and social peace in the country depend mainly on order and discipline within our national armed forces\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nDespite Souar\u00e9's assurances, violence escalated on May 28, with soldiers engaging in looting in Conakry and continuing to fire into the air; at least 20 injuries were reported. Late on May 28 they entered the airport in Conakry, firing into the air and forcing a recently arrived cargo plane to depart without unloading its cargo; the soldiers deemed this cargo plane to be suspicious. Due to the disruption, the airport was closed and incoming flights were diverted; among these was an Air France flight carrying the Guinea national football team. Instead, the flight landed in Dakar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nOn May 29, it was reported that the soldiers had increased their demands to include the dismissal of all officers above the rank of colonel; on the same day, during an exchange of gunfire between presidential guards and mutinous soldiers at the November 8 Bridge, two presidential guards were reportedly injured. The home of dismissed Defense Minister Mamadou Bailo Diallo in Dubreka, near Conakry, was reportedly destroyed; also, the home of Mougne Donzo, the Commander of the Presidential Security Battalion, in Koloma District was reportedly ransacked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nEarly on May 30, supporters of Cont\u00e9 held a demonstration at the Palace of the People in Conakry, condemning the unrest. The soldiers began receiving their back pay on May 30, as initial payments of one million Guinean francs were distributed; subsequently, Conakry was reported calm, but on May 30 most markets, shops, offices, and gas stations remained closed. On the same day, Cont\u00e9 met with the mutinous soldiers at the Samory Tour\u00e9 camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nThe National Council of Guinean Civil Society Organizations (CNOSCG) condemned violence against civilians and called for an unconditional end to gunfire in a statement on May 31. Life in Conakry returned to normal by June 1, as gas stations reopened, black market gas prices fell substantially, transport fares were brought down to the normal level, and the normal flow of traffic in the city resumed. Calm was also reported in Kindia and Nz\u00e9r\u00e9kor\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nCont\u00e9 again met with leaders of the mutinous soldiers on June 1 at the Samory Tour\u00e9 camp; he reportedly asked them to return to their barracks while he considered their demands. They reportedly dropped their demand that the highest-ranking officers be dismissed, which was their most radical demand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nOn June 16, police officers began a strike to demand payment of their own wage arrears; they also wanted higher pay and a larger subsidy for rice, and to press their demands, they fired into the air and took some senior officers hostage, although the hostages were quickly released. It was suggested by some that the police, having witnessed the soldiers' successful pursuit of their wage arrears, were thus encouraged to take a similar course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196979-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Guinean military unrest\nSoldiers from the Alpha Yaya Diallo base responded to the police strike by attacking the Anti- Riot Squad (CMIS) police base in Conakry early on June 17, ransacking and looting it. In gunfire exchanged between soldiers and the police on this occasion, two police officers and one civilian were reportedly killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400\nThe 2008 Gulf Air Desert 400 was the twelfth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 6 to 8 November at the Bahrain International Circuit in Bahrain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 1\nRace 1 was held on Friday 7 November 2008. Whincup leapt away while a fierce dice erupted between Lowndes, Todd Kelly and Tander. A forceful move on the second lap saw Kelly muscle his way past Lowndes and Tander. Steven Johnson slipped into third behind Kelly as Tander and Lowndes were slow away from the hairpin. Further back in the pack a tangle saw Michael Patrizi and Mark Skaife spun backwards, also tangling with Michael Caruso, Jason Richards and Andrew Thompson, bringing out the safety car. Skaife, Richards and Patrizi had too much damage to continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 1\nAt the restart Steven Johnson clawed into second briefly before dropping back behind Kelly again. Lowndes took third from Johnson. Lap 9 saw Whincup, Kelly, James Courtney and Russell Ingall to put of the front runners. The following lap saw Lowndes, Tander, Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom. A slow stop and exit saw Lowndes leap frog Kelly into second place. Tander moved into fourth ahead of Courtney while Davison pulled over at pit exit, overcome by fumes. Fabian Coulthard spun into the turn 4 sand trap after contact from Jason Bright, for which Bright later was given a drive-through penalty. The resultant safety car triggered Johnson's pit stop from the lead with Rick Kelly and Steven Richards also stopping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 1\nAt the restart Whincup, Lowndes and Todd Kelly leapt away while further back in the field on the second lap contact between Tander and Winterbottom saw Tander spun in front of the pack. Tander dropped to the tail of the field while Winterbottom was assigned a drive-through penalty. Coulthard stopped out on the track trying to limp a car home with a punctured front right tyre and Patrizi spun Jack Perkins around.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 1\nPaul Morris briefly held fourth on pit stop strategy but soon lost places to Lee Holdsworth, Courtney and team-mate Ingall. Todd Kelly was controversially given a drive-through penalty, taking away his, and the team's, best result of the season, for over-taking the safety car at its second deployment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 1\nTeam Vodafone continued on to claim a race 1-2, ahead of Holdsworth, Ingall, Courtney, Johnson, Shane van Gisbergen, Steven Richards, Rick Kelly and Greg Murphy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 2\nRace 2 was held on Saturday 8 November 2008. Whincup leap away with Ingall in pursuit ahead of battling pair Courtney and Lowndes with Johnson. Holdsworth overtook Van Gisbergen for sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 2\nPaul Dumbrell spun on the second lap after contact with Michael Caruso. Local Bahraini guest driver Fahad Al Musalem stopped with a broken gearbox in the Team Kiwi Ford. Andrew Thompson spun and stopped at turn 1 after the right rear tyre delaminated, triggering a safety car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 2\nAt the restart Whincup led from Ingall, Lowndes, Courtney, Holdsworth, Richards, Johnson and Winterbottom. Richards pounced on Holdsworth at turn 1 while further Todd Kelly picked off a few cars including Garth Tander. Van Gisbergen was smoking at the front left corner tyre rubbing after contact Van Gisbergen lost control, hitting Jack Perkins and spinning Rick Kelly. Van Gisbergen later received a drive-through penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 2\nA fierce dice between Courtney and Winterbottom saw the Ford Performance Racing driver move into fourth place on lap 23, the following lap Steven Richards got Courtney as well, with Holdsworth and Todd Kelly closing behind. The dice between those three became hard fought with Courtney suffering for tyre grip but still plenty of power with Will Davison joining the fight by lap 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 2\nWhincup raced on to win from Ingall, Lowndes, Winterbottom, Richards, Todd Kelly, Courtney, Johnson, Morris and Davison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 3\nRace 3 was held on Saturday 8 November 2008. Russell Ingall led from the start, fighting with Jamie Whincup for the lead with Lowndes and Winterbottom fighting for third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 3\nThird lap into the first corner and Steven Johnson ran into the back of Todd Kelly, spinning the Jack Daniels Commodore. Will Davison ran into his team-mate Johnson. Jason Bright and Mark Skaife made contact with Skaife then hitting his teammate Garth Tander. Skaife was out on the spot with Tander pitting for a new right rear tyre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 3\nAt the restart Ingall again overtook Whincup. Whincup later retook the lead prior to the beginning of the compulsory pit stops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 3\nDuring the stops Craig Lowndes was able to get the better of Mark Winterbottom for what would become third position. Safety was called for Todd Kelly's expired Commodore, the car stopped on the circuit", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 3\nRick Kelly and Cameron McConville made contact and spun while the bunched field at the restart allowed James Courtney to pass Winterbottom, then move into third by taking advantage of a slow-out-of-the-corner Russell Ingall who had just lost second to Lowndes. On lap 25 Courtney pounced on Lowndes and brakes for second. Lap 28 saw Winterbottom take fourth from Ingall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Race 3\nWhincup pulled clear of Courtney who by race end had to defend from Lowndes. The result saw the first ever 1-2 finish for Team Vodafone. Fifth spot behind Winterbottom was enough for Russell Ingall to claim third for the round, the best Holden driver for the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196980-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Air Desert 400, Support categories\nThe 2008 Desert 400 of the V8 Supercar Championship had three support categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196981-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Club Champions Cup\nThe GCC Champions League (Arabic: \u062f\u0648\u0631\u064a \u0623\u0628\u0637\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0644\u064a\u062c \u0644\u0644\u0623\u0646\u062f\u064a\u0629\u200e), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabian Peninsula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196981-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Club Champions Cup\nThe 2008 edition was the 24th time that it has been organised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196982-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Gulf Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship\nIn 2008 the Gulf Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship was won by the Al-Qadsia team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions\nAt approximately noon local time on Saturday, 15 March 2008, at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of G\u00ebrdec in the Vor\u00eb Municipality, Albania (14 kilometers from Tirana, the nation's capital), U.S and Albanian munitions experts were preparing to destroy stockpiles of obsolete ammunition. The methodical destruction of the old ammo was supposed to occur with a series of small, controlled explosions, but a chain of events led to the entire stockpile going up at once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions\nThe main explosion, involving more than 400 tons of propellant in containers, destroyed hundreds of houses within a few kilometers from the depot and broke windows in cars on the Tirana-Durr\u00ebs highway. A large fire caused a series of smaller but powerful explosions that continued until 2 a.m. on Sunday. The explosions could be heard as far away as the Macedonian capital of Skopje, 170\u00a0km (110\u00a0mi) away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions\nThousands of artillery shells, most of them un-exploded, littered the area. The blast shattered all the windows of the terminal building at the country's only international airport, and all flights were suspended for some 40 minutes. Some 4,000 inhabitants of the zone were evacuated and offered shelter in state-owned resorts. The Government declared the zone a disaster area. According to subsequent investigations, a privately managed ammo dismantling process was ongoing in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Possible causes\nPossible causes include:human error during the work such as lighting a cigarette or damaging a fuse,improper storage of the ammunition,employment of untrained workers without the proper technical knowledge,violation of the technical security rules in the area where the destruction of ammunition took place,and sabotage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Possible causes\nAlthough existing technologies were employed and adapted for the operations at Gerdec, the techniques of ammunition disposal being used at the time were, and still are (in 2010), new technologies in this field. An error was made by engineers who designed the machinery the demilitarisation company and associates employed on the project. A fundamental design assumption made early in the design process rendered the basic machinery potentially lethal. Researchers and designers of the ammunition disposal kilns assumed the combustible compounds within the ammunition would burn away at 350 degrees Celsius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Possible causes\nDocuments available from the US military state, and thermochemical and thermodynamic calculations verify, the combustible compounds within the ammunition being disposed of at Gerdec burn to give out a heat amounting to 4500 degrees Celsius. Such an energy would, without further sufficient and adequately designed machine components, lead to vaporization and explosion of the machines used to dispose of the ammunition dumps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Possible causes, Conspiracy theory\nSome proponents of conspiracy theories have argued that the explosions might have been an act of sabotage ahead of Albania's entry to NATO few weeks later. However, these claims have not been validated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Contracts\nThe repacking/dismantling of ammunition at the dump was being carried out by an Albanian company that had been subcontracted by Southern Ammunition Company Inc. (SAC) of Loris, South Carolina, a U.S. company. SAC won the contract to destroy ammunition in Albania through industrial dismantling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Contracts\nSAC was contracted in 2006 by the Albanian Ministry of Defence for the deactivation of 100 million 7.62\u00a0mm bullets, 20 million 12.7\u00a0mm bullets, and 20 million 14.5\u00a0mm bullets. A second contract involved ammunition from 40\u00a0mm up to 152\u00a0mm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Contracts\nAfter signing the contract with the MoD, SAC subcontracted the work to Alb-Demil, an Albanian subcontractor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Damage\nOfficially, Albanian authorities confirmed 26 deaths in the explosions. Officials report the number of injured people at over 300. According to figures published by the Prime Minister's Office, 2,306 buildings were damaged or destroyed in the explosions. Of these, 318 houses were destroyed completely, 200 buildings were seriously damaged, and 188 buildings were less seriously damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Damage\nThere were 26 victims: Qemal Deliu, Kore Deliu, Liljana Deliu, Jetmir Deliu, Flavio Deliu (3 years old), Hysen Cani, Muhamet Hoxha, Besim \u00c7anga, Roland Alla, Reshit Kruja, Mehmet Hazizi, Bukurie Cani, Arben Hasa, Zilie Kaca, Endri Dvorani, Shefki Cani, Zelije Leti, Ilirjan Malci, Shqipe Hasa, Azem Hamolli, Nafije La\u00e7i, Zylfije Ahmeti, Erison Durda (10 years old), Rajmonda Durda, Jetmir Ballazhi, and Resmie Kranja.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Political consequences and investigation\nOn 17 March 2008, Mr. Fatmir Mediu, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Albania, resigned from his governmental position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Political consequences and investigation\nAs part of an investigation by the Albanian General Prosecution Office, authorities issued arrest orders for Mihail Delijorgji (president of the Alb-Demil Company), Ylli Pinari (director of MEICO, a state-controlled enterprise managed by the Ministry of Defence and authorized under Albanian laws to deal with the export and import of military goods), and Dritan Minxholi (an executive director with Alb-Demil).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Political consequences and investigation\nA special group of prosecutors and investigators from Tirana, along with experts from the Albanian Ministry of Interior, the Tirana State Police, EOD specialists, military engineers and military police were said to be studying the facts of the case and collecting witnesses declarations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Political consequences and investigation\nThe investigation group was expected  to publish the names of the officials involved in the tragedy by the beginning of April 2008. The US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) accepted a request from the Albanian General Prosecutors Office (GPO) to assist the investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196983-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 G\u00ebrdec explosions, Political consequences and investigation\nOn September 12, 2008, Kosta Trebicka, a whistleblower of the case who had directly accused the son of then Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha of involvement in this case, died under mysterious circumstances on a rural road in southern Albania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196984-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 H5N1 outbreak in West Bengal\nThe 2008 bird flu outbreak in West Bengal is an occurrence of avian influenza in West Bengal, India that began on January 16, 2008. The infection was caused by the H5N1 subtype of the Influenza A virus and occurred in at least thirteen districts, including Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Burdwan, Hooghly, Cooch Behar, Malda, Bankura, Purulia, Howrah, West Midnapore, South 24 Parganas  and South Dinajpur and several new inclusion are reported daily. A range of precautions has been instituted including a large cull of chickens, eggs, and poultry birds, the imposition of segregation zones, and a disinfection programme for the plant. The government had put a blanket ban on the movement of poultry birds from West Bengal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196984-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 H5N1 outbreak in West Bengal, Causes\nImmediate causes are not determined, but a high poultry density followed by a moist cold climate had led to the quick spread of the virus. With the highest population density in India, West Bengal had a high risk of the deadly virus spreading to humans. As per other accounts, bird flu had spread to half of the state due to delayed action, bad planning and mismanagement by Government of West Bengal. In many villages, people led by ruling party leaders resisted culling operations.. Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar had slammed the Communist Party of India (Marxist) government for not reporting the bird flu epidemic early on. Shortage of staff for culling operation is one of the other reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196984-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 H5N1 outbreak in West Bengal, Spread\nAt least eleven districts of West Bengal, including Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Burdwan, Hooghly, Cooch Behar, Malda, Bankura, Purulia, Howrah, West Midnapore, South 24 Parganas and South Dinajpur were affected by bird flu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196985-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 HJ\n2008 HJ is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [7, 7], "content_span": [8, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196985-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 HJ\nIt was discovered by Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico. Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres, R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler. Richard Miles using the Faulkes Telescope South at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia determined that the asteroid rotates rapidly. It measures only 12 m by 24 m and is very dense, having a mass of about 5,000 tonnes. If the asteroid were not dense, it is probable that the rapid rotation would cause the asteroid to disrupt and fly apart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [7, 7], "content_span": [8, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196985-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 HJ\nAt the time of discovery, 2008 HJ had the smallest known rotation period in the Solar System, completing one revolution every 42.7 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [7, 7], "content_span": [8, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196985-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 HJ\nIt is listed on the Sentry Risk Table with a 1 in 17,000 chance of impacting Earth on May 2, 2081. An impact from this object would be comparable to the Chelyabinsk meteor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [7, 7], "content_span": [8, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196986-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Haarlem Baseball Week\nThe 2008 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 4\u201313, 2008. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Japan, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles (including Aruba) and United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196986-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Haarlem Baseball Week\nIn the end the team from the United States won for the thirteenth time the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196986-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Haarlem Baseball Week, Group stage, Standings\nChinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.) The Netherlands Antilles (including Aruba) were represented by the Dutch Caribbean Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election\nThe Halifax Regional Municipality is governed by a mayor (elected at large) and a twenty-three person council, who are elected by geographic district; municipal elections occur every four years. HRM has established community councils where three or more councillors agree to form these councils to deal primarily with local development issues. Most community council decisions are subject to final approval by regional council. The incumbent Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality was Peter J. Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election\nThe Halifax Regional Council is responsible for all facets of municipal government, including the Halifax Regional Police, Halifax Public Libraries, Halifax Fire and Emergency, Halifax Regional Water Commission, parks and recreation, civic addressing, public works, waste management, and planning and development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election\nThe 2008 municipal elections of the Halifax Regional Municipality took place on 18 October 2008 in conjunction with Municipal elections across the province. Elections have been held every four years since the amalgamation of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, the town of Bedford and Halifax County into the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996. At the time, the regional council was made up of twenty-three councillors and one mayor, all positions were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election\nThere are no political parties at the municipal level in Nova Scotia, so all candidates run as independents. Voter turnout in the last 2004 mayoral election was 54.45%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 1: Eastern Shore - Musquodoboit Valley\n2004 Election - Steve Streatch 2,366 (46.4%);  Laurie Taylor 1,367 (26.9%);  Martin Singh 740 (14.59%);  Randy Carter 600 (11.83%) - Voter turnout: 54.58%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 2: Waverley - Fall River - Beaver Bank\n2004 Election - Krista Snow 2,577 (34.86%);  Wayne MacRae 2,317 (31.34%);  David Merrigan 1,573 (21.28%);  Alexander Boyd 866 (11.71%);  John Woods 60 (0.81%) - Voter turnout: 58.57%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 3: Preston - Lawrencetown - Chezzetcook\n2004 Election - David Hendsbee 4,217 (71.58%);  Dexter Power 1,244 (21.12%);  David Hill 430 (7.30%) - Voter Turnout: 43.93%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 4: Cole Harbour\n2004 Election - Harry McInroy 3,566 (54.19%);  Ron Cooper 3,014 (45.81%) - Voter Turnout: 48.22%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 5:  Dartmouth Centre\n2004 Election - Gloria McCluskey 3,217 (54.13%);  John M. Cunningham 1,546 (26.01%);  Peter Majeau 1,180 (19.86%) - Voter turnout: 50.51%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 6: Dartmouth East - The Lakes\n2004 Election - Andrew Younger 3,263 (51.74%);  Brian Warshick 2,748 (43.58%);  Henry (Hank) J. White 295 (4.68%) - Voter Turnout: 52.19%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 7: Portland - East Woodlawn\n2004 Election - Bill Karsten 1,656 (25.89%);  Emmett Austin 1,533 (23.96%);  Monique Smith 1,505 (23.53%);  Norman Wiechert 1,243 (19.43%);  John L. MacDougall 460 (7.19%) - Voter Turnout: 54.05%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 8: Woodside  - Eastern Passage\n2007 By-election - Jackie Barkhouse 48.31;  Brian Birt 25.12;  David F Boyd 2;  Beverley Skaalrud-Woodfield 24.582004 Election - Becky Kent 1,977 (39.53%);  Bruce F. Hetherington 1,359 (27.17%);  Maurice Henneberry 1,049 (20.98%);  Steven Michael Barkhouse 616 (12.32%) - Voter Turnout: 42.95%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 9: Albro Lake - Harbourview\n2004 Election - Jim Smith 2,421 (66.73%);  Clint Schofield 1,207 (33.27%) - Voter turnout: 36.14%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 10: Clayton Park West\n2004 Election - Mary Wile 1097 (27.28%);  Jeff Campbell 987 (24.55%);  David Salah 789 (19.62%);  Christine Smith 594 (14.77%);  Daniel Roukema 554 (13.78%) - Voter turnout: 42.18%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 11: Halifax North End\n2004 Election - Patrick Murphy 1745 (35.15%);  Eva Moore 1457 (29.35%);  Debbie Kelly 603 (12.15%);  Jocelyn Yerxa 556 (11.20%);  Pat Pottie 381 (7.68%);  Michael White 112 (2.26%);  Michael Parsons 110 (2.22%) - Voter Turnout: 45.83%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 12: Halifax Downtown\n2004 Election - Dawn Marie Sloane 1586 (51.78%);  Irvine Carvery 717 (23.41%);  Caley MacLennan 439 (14.33%);  Mark Daye 321 (10.48%) - Voter Turnout: 35.83%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 13: Northwest Arm - South End and Sable Island\n2004 Election - Sue Uteck 3141 (62.45%);  Beverly Miller 1636 (32.52%);  John Davis 253 (5.03%) - Voter turnout: 47.03%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 14: Connaught - Quinpool\n2004 Election - Sheila Fougere 3894 (81.01%);  Stephen Parsons 777 (16.16%);  Alexander Sang Lam 136 (2.83%) - Voter Turnout: 46.50%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 15: Fairview  - Clayton Park\n2004 Election - Russell Walker 2953 (69.17%);  Nathaniel Smith 1316 (30.83%) - Voter Turnout: 43.52%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 17: Purcell's Cove - Armdale\n2004 Election - Linda Mosher 3545 (68.32%);  Graham Read 1087 (20.95%);  Bill Meagher 557 (10.73%) - Voter turnout: 53.08%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 18: Spryfield  - Herring Cove\n2004 Election - Steve Adams 3164 (62.47%);  Bruce Cooke 1005 (19.84%);  Jerry MacKinlay 612 (12.08%);  Charlie Reardon 284 (5.61%) - Voter Turnout: 46.13%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 19: Sackville - Lucasville\n2004 Election - Brad 'BJ' Johns 4028 (70.33);  Raymond Smardon 827 (14.44%);  Phil Syms 620 (10.83%);  John Ferguson 252 (4.40%) - Voter turnout: 49.05%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 20: Lower Sackville\n2004 Election - Bob Harvey 3089 (54.23%);  George A Hoskins 1613 (28.32%);  Steve Blackmore 994 (17.45%) - Voter turnout: 48.85", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 22: Timberlea - Prospect\n2004 Election - Reg Rankin 2038 (28.5%); Barb Allen 1999 (27.96%);  Jack Mitchell 1426 (19.94%);  Gary Sampson 732 (10.24%);  Kathy Melanson 591 (8.27%);  Lisa Mullin 201 (2.81%);  Dennis Kirby 163 (2.28%) - Voter Turnout: 54.89%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196987-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Halifax municipal election, District 23: Hammonds Plains - St. Margaret's\n2004 Election - Gary Meade 2984 (47.68%);  Byron Kennedy 1177 (18.8%); Mike Marriott 650 (10.39%);  Bill Woodwort 629 (10.05%);  Kevin Hubley 535 (8.55%);  John Profit 284 (4.54%) - Voter Turnout: 54.73%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196988-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships\nThe 2008 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (also known as the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 33rd edition of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, from July 7 through July 13, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196988-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships\nThe singles field was led by Hamburg Masters doubles semifinalist and Indian Wells Masters singles finalist Mardy Fish, Sydney semifinalist and Newport defending champion Fabrice Santoro, and Marseille quarterfinalist Nicolas Mahut. Other seeded players were P\u00f6rtschach semifinalist Igor Kunitsyn, San Jose quarterfinalist John Isner, Donald Young, Frank Dancevic and Kevin Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196988-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles\nMardy Fish /  'John Isner defeated  Rohan Bopanna /  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20131)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196989-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nJordan Kerr and Jim Thomas were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196989-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nMardy Fish and John Isner won in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20131) against Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196990-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nFabrice Santoro was the defending champion, and won in the final 6\u20133, 7\u20135, against Prakash Amritraj.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196990-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196991-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Halmstads BK season, Squad, First-team squad\nAs of 1 September 2008. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196991-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Halmstads BK season, Squad, Youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196991-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Halmstads BK season, Transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196991-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Halmstads BK season, Transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196991-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Halmstads BK season, Transfers, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196991-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Halmstads BK season, Appearances and goals\n1= Player's number was given to another player after the player left the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election\nThe 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election was a by-election held in the United Kingdom on 10 July 2008 to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for constituency of Haltemprice and Howden. The by-election was triggered by the surprise and controversial resignation from the House of Commons of the sitting MP David Davis on 12 June 2008. Davis's stated intention was to spark a wider public debate on the perceived erosion of civil liberties in the UK by recontesting his seat on this single issue platform, launched as the David Davis for Freedom campaign. The two other main political parties Labour and the Liberal Democrats declined to field candidates, Liberal Democrats as they supported Davis in this issue and Labour as they considered the election a \"political stunt\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election\nDavis was subsequently re-elected to his seat with 72% of the vote. Davis received 17,113 votes, with the closest challenge coming from the Green Party and English Democrats with 1,758 and 1,714 votes respectively. All other candidates lost their deposit due to polling less than 5% of the vote. Due to the unusual circumstances, the election broke several records, including the most candidates running in a UK parliamentary by-election \u2013 26, the largest number of independents, the largest number of people losing their deposits and the best by-election, until then, for the Green Party and English Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election\nWhile single issue by-elections such as this one were not unprecedented, they were rare in modern political times. Under election law, other candidates were free to stand on their chosen manifesto and not necessarily obliged to oppose or support Davis. Davis's use of a by-election in this way attracted both praise and criticism from politicians, the public and the media, with The Sun newspaper initially considering fielding a candidate to oppose Davis in support of anti-terrorism legislation. The Labour party's non-participation stance attracted specific criticism as appearing to be afraid to debate, following recent poor election results and a record low opinion poll result; while Davis attracted criticism as being vain, wasting public money, and for contesting the issue in his safe seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 840]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Background\nDavis, the then Shadow Home Secretary, announced his intention to resign on 12 June 2008, a day after a House of Commons vote passed the Counter-Terrorism Bill, which would extend the legal detention of terror suspects without charge to a maximum of 42 days. Explaining his actions, Davis stated he intended to spark a wider public debate about the perceived erosion of civil liberties by the then Labour government, which in the following week was launched as the 'David Davis for Freedom campaign'. Culture Secretary Andy Burnham called on Davis to fund the cost of the by-election to the taxpayer, estimated at \u00a380,000, from his own pocket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Background\nDavis had held the seat as a Conservative since its creation in 1997, having previously been MP since 1987 for the predecessor seat of Boothferry. The Conservative position at the time of Davis's resignation aligned with Davis in opposing the 42-day extension vote, although Davis's decision to resign was characterised as personal and not a shadow cabinet decision, by Conservative leader David Cameron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Background\nThe by-election followed a heavy defeat for Labour in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election in May 2008, who were previously the third party in this seat behind the second placed Liberal Democrats. The by-election also followed a previously failed attempt by the Liberal Democrats to target Davis as a high-profile seat in a 'decapitation' strategy against the Conservatives in the previous general election of 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Background, Analogous UK parliamentary elections\nA small number of previous by-elections have been initiated when the sitting MP resigned on a point of principle and stood for immediate re-election. This has occurred three times since the Second World War, the Lincoln by-election in 1973 and the Mitcham and Morden by-election in 1982 when the sitting MPs changed parties, and in 1986 when fifteen Northern Irish MPs resigned in protest against the Anglo-Irish Agreement. In addition in 1955 Sir Richard Acland resigned with the intention to re-contest Gravesend as an independent in protest against the Labour Party's support for nuclear weapons, but the 1955 general election overtook events and he lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 89], "content_span": [90, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Background, Analogous UK parliamentary elections\nAt the 1997 general election, neither Labour nor the Liberal Democrats stood against the Conservatives in the seat of Tatton, urging their supporters to back the independent Martin Bell, over the Cash-for-questions affair. Bell defeated Neil Hamilton and won the seat. In both the 2001 and 2005 general elections, the Liberal Democrats did not field a candidate in Wyre Forest, instead supporting the Health Concern candidate Richard Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 89], "content_span": [90, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates\nThe East Riding of Yorkshire Council announced the accepted candidates on 26 June 2008. At 26, the number of candidates broke the record for a UK parliamentary by-election, previously held by the 1993 Newbury by-election, which had 19 candidates. The greatest number of candidates to have contested a UK general election seat is 15, at Sedgefield in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates\nDue to the large number of candidates the ballot paper for this election was arranged in two columns. Also, the candidates stood in a line in front of a small platform with the returning officer on it, rather than on a temporary stage as is normally practised because it was feared that the stage would not take the weight of all the candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, Christian Party\nGeorge Hargreaves stood for the Christian Party and is leader of that party. The party website said \"he is asking the Haltemprice and Howden electorate to use their vote to demand a referendum on the European Union, which he believes is the greatest threat to our civil liberties\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, Church of the Militant Elvis Party\nDavid Bishop was the candidate for the Church of the Militant Elvis Party. He previously stood for this party in Erewash in the 2005 United Kingdom general election and in Brentwood and Ongar in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, Conservative\nDavid Davis, MP for the constituency and its predecessor from 1987 until his resignation brought about the by-election, stood as the official Conservative Party candidate. He fought the campaign on the theme David Davis for Freedom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, English Democrats Party\nThe English Democrats Party selected Joanne Robinson as its candidate. She previously stood as the United Kingdom Independence Party candidate for the same constituency in the 2001 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, Freedom 4 Choice\nBlackpool based Hamish Howitt was one of two pub landlords who announced intentions to stand under the \"Freedom to Choose\" label, opposing the smoking ban in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, Green Party\nShan Oakes was the Green Party candidate. She is also the party's candidate in the 2009 European Parliament elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, Green Party\nShe stood on a civil rights platform, highlighting the measures supported by David Davis that she claimed threaten civil liberties, including his support for the death sentence. David Davis admitted that the Green Party were his most serious contenders in the by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, Make Politicians History\nRonnie Carroll, standing for Make Politicians History, was the party's leader and also a twice-defeated Eurovision Song Contest entrant. He stood in Hampstead and Highgate in the 1997 general election for the \"Rainbow Dream Ticket\", a predecessor of \"Make Politicians History\", and in the 1997 Uxbridge by-election for the ProLife Alliance. He told the VoteWise website he stands for liberating \"ourselves from the governing classes, those lords of misrule\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, Miss Great Britain Party\nThe Miss Great Britain Party candidate was Gemma Garrett, following her last place, as an Independent, at the earlier Crewe and Nantwich by-election. The party registered with the Electoral Commission after that election. Garrett expressed opposition to David Davis, declaring herself \"happy to be locked up for 42 days if I am a suspect\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, National Front\nTess Culnane was the National Front candidate; she was a 2004 London Assembly election candidate for the British National Party. and a 2008 London Assembly election candidate for the NF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, The New Party\nDavid Pinder stood for The New Party. He said \"Read my lips: what David Davis is saying is that Britain needs a new party\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, Official Monster Raving Loony Party\nThe Official Monster Raving Loony Party's candidate was Rosalyn Warner, known as Mad Cow-Girl. She stood on an indefinite-detention platform, combined with a quote based on Douglas Adams's \"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy\": \"The answer is 42!!! Now we just need to figure out the real question!!!\" On BBC Radio 4, they were reported as saying 'because the sensible parties are acting like lunatics in this election, we have decided to come up with sensible policies'. Later she remarked \"I may be a loony but I'm not mad enough to want dangerous people to be walking the streets\" She has previously stood in Sunderland South in the 2001 and 2005 general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, Socialist Equality Party\nThe Socialist Equality Party stood Chris Talbot as its candidate on a programme of \"genuine\" socialism with a particular emphasis on a defence of \"democratic rights\". He is a lecturer at the University of Huddersfield and contested South Wales Central in the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Candidates, Candidate with no ballot paper description\nDavid Icke said he would stand for election under the slogan \"Big Brother \u2013 the Big Picture\", but that if elected he would refuse to take the oath of allegiance to the Queen in order to take up his seat. He opted to declare neither a party affiliation nor \"Independent\", so appeared on the ballot paper with no party label. Icke told the VoteWise website he had \"no politics\", and David Davis had a \"lot he doesn't yet see\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 95], "content_span": [96, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Not standing, Liberal Democrats\nNick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, announced that his party would not field a candidate in the by-election as the issue of civil liberties transcended party politics and the Liberal Democrats supported Davis's position on the issue, but he said that the party intended to contest the seat as normal at the next general election. The Liberal Democrats came second in the 2005 and 2010 general elections in this seat and fourth in the 2015 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Not standing, Labour Party\nThe Labour Party also declared that it would not contest the by-election. In the immediate aftermath of Davis's decision, Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the by-election a \"farce\", and Davis's opposite number, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the Conservative Party was in \"disarray\". In a statement on the Labour Party's website, NEC Chair, Dianne Hayter, said: \"This is a phoney by-election that is completely unnecessary and the Labour Party will not be taking part in what is a political stunt\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Not standing, UK Independence Party\nThe United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) did not contest the election. However, one UKIP MEP announced that he would campaign for David Davis if he also addressed issues related to the European Union during his campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Not standing, British National Party\nThe British National Party published that it foresaw the \"possible...splintering\" of the Conservatives, it supported Davis on \"traditional British civil liberties\", and on those two grounds, would not run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, Not standing, News Corp\nThe editor of The Sun newspaper, Rebekah Wade and its proprietor Rupert Murdoch requested in the immediate days following Davis's decision that columnist Kelvin MacKenzie stand against Davis for election. MacKenzie stated \"The Sun is very, very hostile to David Davis because of his 28-day stance and The Sun has always been very up for 42 days and perhaps even 420 days.\" In its editorial The Sun described Davis as deranged. MacKenzie said on 19 June 2008 that he would not be standing, primarily due to having no financial backing. He urged people to vote instead for Eamonn Fitzpatrick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, History, Constituency history\nDavis held the seat, as a Conservative, since its creation in 1997, and held the predecessor seat of Boothferry from 1987. Its area has been covered by parts of (and partly at different times) by Boothferry, Howden, Haltemprice, Howdenshire and East Riding of Yorkshire, has been consistently represented by Conservative MPs since the 1837 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, History, Constituency history\nDavis's majority fell to 4.3% in the 2001 general election; the seat became a Liberal Democrat target. Davis increased his majority to 10.7% in the 2005 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, History, By-election records\nThe nature of Davis's resignation resulted in a number of by-election records and unusual occurrences. Most notably, at 26, the election saw a record number of candidates and a record number of independent candidates standing for an election in the UK. 23 of them, including all independents, lost their deposit, also a record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, History, By-election records\nThe Labour Party's decision not to put forward a candidate meant this was the first Great British by-election since the Bristol South East in 1963 (in which the Conservative Party did not stand) in which the governing party has not stood a candidate and the first Great British by-election without a Labour candidate since the 1946 Combined English Universities by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196992-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, History, By-election records\nDavis's result saw the biggest increase in share of the vote, up 24.1%, for a Conservative by-election candidate since 1945. The Green Party and the English Democrats Party both gained record high by-election vote percentages at 7.4% and 7.2%, and second and third place respectively. This is also the highest percentage vote for the English Democrats at any parliamentary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196993-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Halton Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Halton Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Halton Unitary Council in Cheshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196993-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Halton Borough Council election, Campaign\n20 seats were contested in the election with Labour defending 12, the Liberal Democrats 6 and the Conservatives 2. Among these seats were those of the Labour leader of the council, Tony McDermott, and the Liberal Democrat group leader, Linda Redhead. There were 63 candidates including 20 from Labour, 19 each from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, 4 from the Green party and 1 Citizens Party of Halton candidate. Labour were expected to remain in control of the council, but both Liberal Democrats and Conservatives were hoping to make gains, with the Liberal Democrats targeting Runcorn and the wards of Castlefields and Halton Brook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196993-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Halton Borough Council election, Campaign\nA big issue in the election was a plan for an Ineos Chlor heat and power plant in the area with both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives raising concerns from residents. Other issues included the Mersey Gateway project and the government Building Schools for the Future programme for building new schools. Labour were happy to defend their record in control of the council, but the Conservatives attacked council tax rises over the previous decade and the Liberal Democrats said that Runcorn had been neglected in favour of Widnes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196993-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Halton Borough Council election, Results\nThe results saw Labour remain in control of the council as they had been since it became a unitary authority in 1998. Labour held all 12 seats they had been defending, including the leader of the council, Tony McDermott, who was comfortably re-elected in Broadheath ward. He described the results as being a \"real vote of confidence in the party\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196993-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Halton Borough Council election, Results\nHowever, in Halton Brook ward the Labour councillor Stef Nelson only held his seat after a tie which required the drawing of lots. Both Nelson and the Liberal Democrat candidate, Louise Whitley, won 551 votes after 7 recounts, requiring the Returning Officer to draw a lot to decide the result, with Nelson successful and thus being declared to have won the election by 1 vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196993-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Halton Borough Council election, Results\nThe only seat to change hands was Daresbury, where the Conservative Marjorie Bradshaw gained from the Liberal Democrats, in a ward which her husband had won in the 2007 election. Elsewhere the Green party significantly reduced the Labour majority in Halton View ward. Overall turnout in the election was slightly down at 26.84%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196994-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamburg state election\nThe 2008 Hamburg state election was held on 24 February 2008 to elect the members of the 19th Hamburg Parliament. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union led by First Mayor Ole von Beust government lost its majority. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition government with the Green Alternative List. This was the first time the CDU had formed a state government with the Greens in Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196994-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamburg state election, Parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the 18th Hamburg Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196995-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton 400\nThe 2008 Hamilton 400 was the third round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 18 to 20 April on the streets of Hamilton, in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196995-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton 400, Race 1\nRace 1 was held on Saturday 19 April. Garth Tander took his fourth consecutive win after clean-sheeting at Albert Park. The race wasn't without incident though as Mark Winterbottom and Shane van Gisbergen collided with each other off the start line while Greg Murphy was spun around by Mark Skaife at the exit of turn 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196995-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton 400, Race 1\nThe chaos continued into turn 2 when Van Gisbergen locked up while Russell Ingall went down the inside of a Steven Johnson car which caused a collision collecting Paul Morris, Shane Price, Michael Patrizi, Steven Johnson and Craig Lowndes. Johnson, Price and Ingall retired to the pits. Steven Richards had managed to run wide at turn 5 which gave the lead to Tander and gave Rick Kelly second place. The Safety Car was deployed until the end of lap 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196995-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Hamilton 400, Race 1\nThe Safety Car was back on track at the end of that lap though thanks to an incident for Patrizi at turn 7. Most people pulled into the pits except for a few people like Mark Skaife. This decision, forced by HRT's decision to pit Tander first, would cost Skaife dearly later in the race. The Safety Car pulled in on lap 11 and racing resumed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196995-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton 400, Race 1\nJason Richards and Lowndes were both given drive through penalties for pitlane infringements after Murphy pulled into pitlane with a broken steering plate. Murphy returned to the track 2 laps later to the delight of the crowd and Paul Morris had also returned to the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196995-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton 400, Race 1\nSkaife pitted on lap 20 and fell well down the order while Caruso spun his GRM Holden Commodore. Craig Lowndes entered pitlane on lap 26 for a flat tyre when he clipped the tyre bundle at turn 4. Andrew Jones pulled into the garage to retire at lap 30. Van Gisbergen also pitted on lap 33 for some damage and was subsequently lapped. In the end Tander won from Rick Kelly and Steven Richards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196995-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton 400, Race 2\nRace 2 was held on Sunday 20 April. A fifth consecutive victory for Garth Tander in Race 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196995-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton 400, Race 3\nRace 3 was held on Sunday 20 April. Six on the trot wrapped up the round victory for Garth Tander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196995-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton 400, Results, Qualifying\nSteven Richards gave the big New Zealand crowd something to cheer about, securing pole position in the Ford Performance Racing Falcon after Garth Tander's last-ditch effort fell five hundredths short. Rick Kelly was third fastest ahead of Stone Brothers Racing driver James Courtney. Crowd favourite, Greg Murphy made a welcome return to the top ten in seventh. Michael Caruso, who has struggled since graduating since arriving in the V8 Supercar Championship Series, was a top performer, topping one of the practice sessions and backing it up with eighth grid position, three behind his Garry Rogers Motorsport teammate Lee Holdsworth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196995-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Hamilton 400, Results, Qualifying\nA heavy practice crash limited Round 2 winner Will Davison's progress to 16th, while Jamie Whincup looked a good bet for pole position until he crashed heavily after contact with Todd Kelly. The car was not repairable and the series points leader was reduced to a spectator for the weekend. A miserable weekend for Triple Eight Race Engineering saw Craig Lowndes qualify back in 21st, caught out by the changeable weather in the first part of qualifying, failing to make the first qualifying cut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196996-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season\nThe 2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 51st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 59th overall. The Tiger-Cats attempted to win their 9th Grey Cup championship, but they failed to make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, which is the longest playoff drought in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196996-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Offseason, Jamacia Jackson\nTicats linebacker Jamacia Jackson died on April 16, 2008. Jackson was found unresponsive on Monday morning at a home in Sumter, South Carolina. He was later pronounced dead at a local area hospital. Jamacia was 26 years old. Jackson's stepmother, Cleo Jackson, advised The Associated Press that he was in good health and had lifted weights Saturday. Jackson had played 12 games with the Ticats last season after signing with the club as a free agent Jan. 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196996-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Offseason, Jamacia Jackson\nJackson spent his college career at the University of South Carolina and played in 43 games over four seasons, including 21 as a starting strong safety. His career stats include 159 career tackles for the Gamecocks along with two interceptions, returning one 98 yards for a touchdown. He also forced three fumbles and recovered two others. Jackson was named Most Valuable Defensive Player of the 1999 Shrine Bowl. Jackson was signed by the NFL's Tennessee Titans on April 29, 2005, and was waived by the Titans on July 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196996-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Offseason, Jamacia Jackson\nAfter being cut by the Titans, he signed with the Montreal Alouettes and was assigned to their practice roster. Before coming to the CFL, he signed with the NFL's New York Giants in 2006 but was allocated to NFL Europe. He was selected in the 16th round by the Berlin Thunder. Despite attending Berlin's training camp, he was released March 5, 2006 and subsequently cut loose by the Giants two weeks later. Jackson is the second Ticats' player to die during a recent off-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196996-0001-0003", "contents": "2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Offseason, Jamacia Jackson\nOffensive lineman Travis Claridge died on February 28, 2006, after being found unconscious in his Las Vegas home. Claridge was 27 at the time and his death was later ruled accidental. An autopsy revealed that Jackson died from an irregular heartbeat caused by an enlarged heart. Sumter County coroner Verna Moore stated on Tuesday April 16 that the autopsy revealed Jackson likely had an enlarged heart for years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196996-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nIn the 2008 CFL Draft, 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats, with the league-worst 3\u201315 record in the 2007 CFL season had several offers for their first-overall selection but kept their pick and chose Saskatchewan Huskies safety Dylan Barker. Barker, a native of  Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan is a two-time Canadian Interuniversity Sport first-team all-Canadian. He led the Huskies with 53 tackles, three interceptions, and four breakups last season. It is expected that he will be able to help the Tiger-Cats in the 2008 CFL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196996-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Regular season\nThe game on September 19 was the first game since the death of former Tiger Cats coach Ron Lancaster. The Ticats wore decals on their helmets for the game with a green number 23. It was Lancaster's number as a player. The stadium stood for a video tribute and a moment of silence before the game began, with his family standing near the sidelines. This was also the Canadian Football Hall of Fame game. This year's inductees included Doug Flutie, Mike (Pinball) Clemons, Mike Pringle, John Bonk and builder Tom Shepherd. The inductees received their jackets and unveiled their bronzed busts during the halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196996-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Regular season, Ron Lancaster\nOn Thursday, September 18, Ron Lancaster, 69, died from an apparent heart attack, less than two months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Lancaster resigned as the Eskimos' head coach after the 1997 season to become the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' head coach and director of football operations. The Tiger-Cats reached the Grey Cup in their first season under Lancaster and won the title the following year. The Tiger-Cats were coached by Lancaster from 1998 to 2003, and again in 2006. The two-time CFL coach-of-the-year won 142 regular-season games on the sideline, placing him fourth all-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196996-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Statistics, Offence, Rushing\nDespite leading the team in rushing yards, Jesse Lumsden was plagued by several injuries. On July 12, in a game against Saskatchewan, stretched knee ligaments sidelined him. Against Montreal on July 31, a tackler fell on his right ankle and injured him. In a game against Edmonton, played on September 13, Lumsden injured his surgically repaired shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196997-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hansol Korea Open\nThe 2008 Hansol Korea Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the event known that year as the Hansol Korea Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea, from September 22 through September 28, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196997-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hansol Korea Open, Finals, Doubles\nChuang Chia-jung /  Hsieh Su-wei defeated  Vera Dushevina /  Maria Kirilenko, 6\u20133, 6\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196998-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hansol Korea Open \u2013 Doubles\nChuang Chia-jung and Hsieh Su-wei were the defending champions, and won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20130, against Vera Dushevina and Maria Kirilenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196999-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hansol Korea Open \u2013 Singles\nVenus Williams was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00196999-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hansol Korea Open \u2013 Singles\nMaria Kirilenko won in the final 2\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20134, against Samantha Stosur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197000-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hargeisa\u2013Bosaso bombings\nThe Hargeisa\u2013Bosaso bombings occurred on October 29, 2008, when six suicide bombers attacked in coordinated car bombings targets in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, and the Puntland port of Bosaso in northeastern Somalia. The bombings killed at least 30 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197000-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hargeisa\u2013Bosaso bombings, Attack details\nThese were suicide attacks. Two car bombs destroyed two centres of the anti-terrorism unit. There are casualties but we have to investigate and we cannot give more information at the moment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197000-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hargeisa\u2013Bosaso bombings, Attack details\nTargets in Hargeisa include the presidential palace, the Ethiopian consulate, and UNDP offices, while in Bosaso the offices of the Puntland Intelligence Service were hit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197000-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hargeisa\u2013Bosaso bombings, Attack details\nTwenty people were killed at Ethiopia's consulate in Hargeisa, while at least five were killed in the synchronized blasts at the local president's office and a UN building there. Two of the dead in the latter location were UN staff members, a driver and a security adviser. Six UN staff members were also injured in the blast that blew off the roofs of the UN compound. The UN humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, said: \"While Somalia is one of the most dangerous places in the world for aid workers, Hargeisa has been relatively stable and consequently many United Nations staff were stationed there.\"\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197000-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Hargeisa\u2013Bosaso bombings, Attack details\nMedical staff in Bosaso said October 30 that two more soldiers wounded in the intelligence headquarters blasts died overnight, bringing to at least five the victims of that strike.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197000-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Hargeisa\u2013Bosaso bombings, Investigation, Arrests\nAuthorities in the Puntland said they had arrested a prominent local sheik, Mohamud Ismail, for this attack and several others in a recent wave of attacks. A relative of the sheik, Abdishakur Mire, said: \"Soldiers attacked our house and opened fire on us. They injured my uncle in the arm and then took him away.\" Authorities declined to give further details. However, the Interior Minister, Abdillahi Ismail, said the blasts were planned from Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197000-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Hargeisa\u2013Bosaso bombings, Investigation, Possible U.S. link\nAuthorities in Minneapolis, Minnesota, were investigating whether Shirwa Ahmed, a Somali immigrant and Minneapolis resident, was one of the suicide bombers in the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197000-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Hargeisa\u2013Bosaso bombings, Reactions\nThe presidents of Somaliland and the Puntland state of Somalia condemned the bombings. Dahir Rayale Kahin, president of Somaliland, claimed that the attacks were an attack on Somaliland's \"nationhood\", and rare in the relatively peaceful breakaway state. He also stated that everything would be done to find out who was responsible for the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197000-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Hargeisa\u2013Bosaso bombings, Responsible faction\nWhile no groups have taken responsibility for the attacks, an Islamist insurgency group, Al-Shabaab, is believed to be responsible. Suspicion fell, by at large, on Islamist insurgents in general who were fighting the Somali government and its Ethiopian military allies. Al-Shabaab posted a video of a suicide bomber on the Internet but did not explicitly link this to the attacks. The United States, however, blamed al-Qaeda, which it says works through Shabaab, for the attacks which overshadowed a summit in Kenya to discuss the 17-year-long conflict in Somalia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197001-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlequins Rugby League season\nThe 2008 Harlequins Rugby League season was the twenty-ninth in the club's history and their thirteenth season in the Super League. The club was coached by Brian McDermott, competing in Super League XIII, finishing in 9th place and reaching the Fifth round of the 2008 Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197002-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlow District Council election\nThe 2008 Harlow District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197002-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlow District Council election\nAfter the election, including the delayed election in Harlow Common, the composition of the council was", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197002-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlow District Council election, Background\nAfter the last election in 2007 both the Conservative and Labour parties had 12 seats, the Liberal Democrats had 8 and there was 1 independent councillor. However, in October 2007 the Conservatives gained a seat from Labour in Toddbrook to move to 13 seats, while Labour dropped to 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197002-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlow District Council election, Background\nBefore the election the council was run by a coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, which had held power in Harlow since 2004. Among the councillors to stand down at the election were Liberal Democrat Su Lawton of Staple Tye ward and independent, former Conservative, John Paul Goddard of Sumners and Kingsmoor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197002-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlow District Council election, Background\nThe election in Harlow Common ward was delayed until 12 June 2008, after the death of Labour councillor Gregory Peck in April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197002-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlow District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives gained a majority on the council after gaining 5 seats on the day of the May election, while Labour lost 4 seats. The Conservatives took seats from Labour in Little Parndon and Hare Street and Toddbrook, from the Liberal Democrats in Netteswell and Staple Tye and from an independent in Sumners and Kingsmoor. This meant the Conservatives took 8 of the 10 seats contested and finished the day with 18 councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197002-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlow District Council election, Election result\nLabour failed to win any seats and dropped to 6 councillors after also losing 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrat gains from Labour came in Bush Fair and Mark Hall wards and meant they stayed on 8 councillors. Overall turnout at the election was 33.80%, down from 34.75% at the 2007 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197002-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlow District Council election, Election result\nThe delayed election in Harlow Common took place on 12 June 2008 and the Conservatives gained another seat from Labour with a majority of 331 votes. This increased the Conservative's majority on the council to 5 seats, with them having 19 of the 33 councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197002-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlow District Council election, Election result\nThe above totals include the delayed election in Harlow Common on 12 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197002-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlow District Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010\nA by-election was held in Staple Tye on 30 April 2009 after councillor David Kirton was disqualified for not attending any meetings for 6 months. David Kirton had been elected as a Conservative, but was suspended from the party in October 2008 after being charged by police and was then an independent councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197002-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Harlow District Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010\nThe seat was gained for the Liberal Democrats by John Strachan with a majority of 60 votes over the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197003-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Harrogate Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Harrogate Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197003-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives held 24 of the 54 seats, the Liberal Democrats 23 and independents 6. A further seat in Lower Nidderdale was vacant after the death of Conservative councillor Elwyn Hinchcliffe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197003-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign\n16 seats were contested in the election, all from the rural areas of the council, with the Conservatives the party defending in 13 seats and the Liberal Democrats in 3. 2 incumbent councillors stood down at the election, Nick Wilson from Newby ward and Chris Lewis from Ouseburn ward. The Conservatives contested all 16 seats, the Liberal Democrats 15, British National Party 6, Labour 5, United Kingdom Independence Party 3 and 1 independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197003-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign\nIssues in the election included a possible recycling plant near Boroughbridge and the storage site for toxic chemicals in Melmerby, as well as the issues of transport, affordable housing and the council tax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197003-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Harrogate Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives gain 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats to hold 27 seats, exactly half of the council. The Conservatives gained Boroughbridge and Ouseburn wards, by 161 and 731 votes respectively, to reduce the Liberal Democrats to 21 seats. The only seat held by the Liberal Democrats was in Pateley Bridge by 77 votes, but they came 34 votes short of taking Lower Nidderdale and 37 votes from taking Claro. No other party won any seats in the election, while 6 independent councillors remained on the council, after none of them had been defending seats in the election. Overall turnout in the election was 48%, the highest in a decade apart from the all postal voting election in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197004-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hart District Council election\nThe 2008 Hart Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control, with the Conservatives as the largest party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197004-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hart District Council election, Campaign\n12 seats were being contested in the election with the Conservatives defending 6 seats, the Liberal Democrats 5 and the Community Campaign (Hart) 1 seat. In total there were 30 candidates standing in the election with the Conservatives the only party to stand in all of the seats. Other candidates included 10 from the Liberal Democrats, 5 from Labour, 2 Community Campaign (Hart) and 1 from the British National Party. Before the election a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Community Campaign (Hart) and the 2 Independents ran the council with the Conservatives forming the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197004-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hart District Council election, Campaign\nIssues in the election included facilities for teenagers, cleaner streets, recycling and reducing crime. The Conservatives wanted to improve the value for money the council produced, develop the infrastructure for new housing and to keep roads in good condition. However the Liberal Democrats pledged to improve recycling, get more affordable housing and keep crime levels low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197004-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hart District Council election, Campaign\nDuring the campaign the national Conservative leader, David Cameron, visited the area to campaign for the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197004-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Hart District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the council remain with no party having a majority, but with the Conservatives gaining 2 seats to hold 17 of the 35 seats. Both Conservative gains came from the Liberal Democrats, taking Fleet Courtmoor by 391 votes and Fleet Pondtail by 493 votes. The Conservatives won 60% of the vote and claimed a mandate to take control of the council. However the 2 independents held the balance of power between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrat/Community Campaign (Hart) alliance. Overall turnout in the election was 36.9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197004-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Hart District Council election, Election result\nAt the annual council meeting after the election the Conservatives took control of the council. Their leader Ken Crookes won 18 votes compared to 17 for Liberal Democrat leader David Neighbour, with 1 of the 2 independents, Susan Band, backing the Conservatives. The other independent, Denis Gotel, and the Community Campaign (Hart) backed the Liberal Democrat leader. As a result, the council cabinet was made up of all Conservatives, except for independent Susan Band who would continue to be responsible for housing and health.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197005-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Harvard Crimson football team\nThe 2008 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They had an Ivy League record of 6\u20131 and an overall record of 9\u20131. They tied with Brown for the Ivy League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197006-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hastings Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Hastings Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Hastings Borough Council in East Sussex, England. Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197007-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Havant Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Havant Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197007-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Havant Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives ran the council with 31 of the 38 seats. 14 seats were contested at the election with a total of 55 candidates standing at the election. As well as full slates from the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats, there were 9 candidates from the UK Independence Party and 2 each from the Green party and the English Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197007-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Havant Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives increased their majority on the council after Mike Sceal took a seat in Warren Park ward from Labour. This took the Conservatives to 32 seats, while Labour dropped to 3 seats on the council. Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat Faith Ponsonby held a seat in Battins ward to keep the Liberal Democrats having 3 councillors. Overall turnout at the election was 32.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197007-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Havant Borough Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010\nA by-election was held in Waterloo ward on 4 September 2008 after the death of councillor Wendy Brown. The seat was narrowly held for the Conservatives by Ray Bastin with a majority of 48 votes over the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197008-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Bowl\nThe 2008 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game played on December 24, 2008, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu between the Hawai\u02bbi Warriors of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) against the independent Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The game was part of the 2008\u20132009 bowl game schedule and was the concluding game of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. This seventh edition of the Hawai\u02bbi Bowl, sponsored by Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, was planned as a matchup between the WAC and Pac-10, however the Pac-10 was not able to supply a bowl-eligible team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197008-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Bowl\nNotre Dame's victory marked its first in the postseason since the Irish defeated Texas A&M in the 1994 Cotton Bowl Classic following the 1993 season, and ended an NCAA record nine-game bowl game losing streak. Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen broke school bowl game records after passing for 401 yards and five touchdowns, and his 84.6% completion rate was the second-best completion percentage for any player in any bowl game in NCAA history. Wide receiver Golden Tate also set Irish bowl records upon catching for 177 yards and three touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197008-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Bowl\nThe game set the record for the Hawai\u02bbi Bowl's largest attendance, in both tickets sold and turnstile count, breaking the previous record set at the 2006 edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197008-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary\nThe Irish scored first on a Robert Hughes 2-yard touchdown run, capping a 9 play 87-yard drive. After the Irish defense forced a Hawai\u02bbi 3-and-out, Irish safety Sergio Brown blocked a Hawai\u02bbi punt. Notre Dame could not capitalize on the block, in part due to an excessive celebration penalty incurred by Notre Dame after the play that pushed them out of field goal range. After forcing another Hawai\u02bbi 3-and-out, Clausen connected with senior wide receiver David Grimes for a 14-yard touchdown. The Warriors answered right back, however, driving 56 yards in 6 plays and scoring on a 10-yard Aaron Bain touchdown from Hawai\u02bbi quarterback Greg Alexander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197008-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary\nWith the score at 14\u20137, Notre Dame proceeded to score 28 unanswered points in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. In the 2nd quarter, Clausen connected with Golden Tate on 69-yard play action pass for a touchdown. After senior safety David Bruton intercepted Greg Alexander, Clausen again connected with Tate for an 18-yard touchdown in the corner of the endzone on a 3rd down and 18 play with :01 second left before the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197008-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, Notre Dame continued to score, on Clausen touchdowns to running back Armando Allen on an 18-yard screen play and to Golden Tate on a 40-yard deep out pass. With the score at 42\u20137, Hawai\u02bbi finally scored on another Alexander to Bain touchdown of 18 yards. On the ensuing kickoff, Armando Allen put any Hawai\u02bbi rally to rest, scoring on a 96-yard touchdown return. Hawai\u02bbi scored the final touchdown of the game with 2 minutes remaining against Notre Dame reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197009-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Hawaii Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 19, 2008, with 20 pledged delegates at stake. The winner in each of Hawaii's two congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 13. Another seven delegates were awarded to both candidates at the Hawaii Democratic Party State Convention on May 23\u201325, 2008. These 20 delegates represented Hawaii at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Nine other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197009-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Democratic presidential caucuses, Rules\nThe Hawaii Democratic Caucus began with a presidential preference poll taken in the first half-hour of the caucus. The results were then tabulated and precinct officers and delegates to the state convention were then elected. Those delegates were bound by the results of the caucus, and there no realignment was permitted between non-viable groups, as in some other caucuses. The caucus was open to all registered Democrats, and voters not registered with the Democratic Party, as well as new voters who were permitted to register on site. Actual delegates to the national conventions were selected at the Hawaii Democratic Party State Convention, held May 25, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197009-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis\nHawaii, the state where Barack Obama was born, delivered a massive three-to-one victory for the former U.S. Senator from Illinois. Obama carried all four counties and every island in the state with well over 75 percent of the vote. His worst performance was on Oahu, which contains Honolulu, where he received just under 75 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197009-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis\nAlthough she did not perform well here, Hillary Rodham Clinton received two major endorsements from the state\u2019s two U.S. Senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197010-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Hawaii Republican presidential caucuses were held between January 25 and February 5, 2008. The caucuses chose delegates to Hawaii's Republican State Convention in May 2008, which overwhelmingly lent its support to presidential candidate John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197010-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Republican presidential caucuses, Process\nThe Hawaii Republican Party held its caucuses in all 51 Hawaii House of Representatives districts from January 25 to February 5. Caucus-goers selected 1,093 delegates to the Hawaii State Convention, held between May 16 and 18. These 1,093 delegates selected 19 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197010-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Republican presidential caucuses, Process\nRepublican caucuses in Hawaii tend to be informal, taking place in parks, businesses, and homes over the course of several days. The Republican caucuses in Hawaii were closed to non-party members. None of the local delegates chosen at the caucus were committed to any candidate at the state convention. They were, however, bound to the preferences stated in the state convention in the first ballot. For this reason, Hawaiian Republican caucusgoers normally vote for convention delegates based on the delegates' personal records rather than their pledged support for a presidential candidate. However, most contenders provided slates of qualified delegates for caucusgoers to vote on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197010-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Republican presidential caucuses, State convention\nUnlike most Republican caucuses, no straw poll or presidential preference poll was taken of the attendees. Thus, no official record was provided of Hawaiian caucusgoers' preferences for President. Hawaii's delegation to the national convention, which selected the President, was chosen only at the state convention, held in Honolulu between May 16 and 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197010-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Republican presidential caucuses, State convention\nThe convention chose seventeen national convention delegates and seventeen alternates, all of them supporters of John McCain, already the presumptive Republican nominee for President for some weeks before the state convention. Over 450 delegates from all of Hawaii's electoral districts attended the convention. They elected state committee members and chose a party platform as well as delegates to the Republican National Convention. All in all, over 600 Republicans were at the state convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197011-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Warriors football team\nThe 2008 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Warriors started the season with a new coaching staff headed by Greg McMackin, who had previously been the team's defensive coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197011-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game summaries, Fresno State game\nThe Warriors tied their series against the Bulldogs, 20\u201320\u20131. The game was also the Warriors first win over national ranked team on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197011-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nWarriors clinch bowl eligibility with seventh win of the season. Will finish no worse than one game above .500", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197012-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hawthorn Football Club season\nThe 2008 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 84th season in the Australian Football League and 107th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197013-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hazfi Cup Final\nThe 2008 Hazfi Cup Final was a two-legged football tie in order to determine the 2007\u201308 Hazfi Cup champion of Iranian football clubs. Esteghlal Tehran faced Pegah Gilan in this final game. The first leg took place on Jun 09, 2008 at 17:30 local time (UTC+3:30) at Sardar Jangal Stadium in Rasht and the second leg took place on Jun 16, 2008 at 17:00 local time (UTC+3:30) at Azadi Stadium, Tehran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197013-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hazfi Cup Final, Format\nThe rules for the final were exactly the same as the one in the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goals deciding the winner if the two teams were level on goals after the second leg. If the teams could still not be separated at that stage, then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout (taking place if the teams were still level after extra time).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197014-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Heartland Championship\nThe 2008 Heartland Championship was a provincial rugby union competition involving 12 teams from New Zealand split into two pools. Matches started on Saturday 23 August 2008 and ended with the final on 25 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197014-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Heartland Championship\nThe 2008 season was to be the last in its current format. On 11 August 2008 the New Zealand Rugby Union announced that Tasman and Northland would be the two teams relegated from the Air New Zealand Cup after the completion of the 2008 season. Both teams failed to meet criteria which included financial stability, population, player training and development, playing history, and administration. This might have meant that the Tasman union would have been split into its constituent Nelson Bays and Marlborough unions, and that the Heartland Championship would have needed to accommodate three further teams. On 26 September 2008 the New Zealand Rugby Union rescinded this decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197014-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Heartland Championship\nWanganui won the Meads Cup and Poverty Bay won the Lochore Cup. Each team has reached the respective cup final in all three years of the Heartland Championship. Poverty Bay has won each Lochore Cup, while 2008 was Wanganui's first Meads Cup championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197014-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Heartland Championship, Standings\nThe 12 teams were split into two pools, with the top 3 from each pool after 5 rounds advancing to the Meads Cup round, whilst the bottom 3 from each pool played for the Lochore Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197014-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Heartland Championship, Fixtures and results, Round 3\nThis was the first time Buller had beaten Wairarapa Bush at Masterton in the history of the two unions' meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final\nThe 2008 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2007\u201308 Heineken Cup, the 13th season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 24 May 2008 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The match was contested by Munster of Ireland and Toulouse of France. Munster won their second Heineken Cup title with a 16\u201313 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final\nMunster did not play in their traditional red strip as they lost the toss - they wore blue - although they were in the same away dressing room as they were in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final\nFans gathered in Place du Capitole in Toulouse, and on O'Connell Street in Limerick, where they watched the match on a large screen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final\nMunster coach Declan Kidney, who guided the province to all their previous Heineken Cup final named an unchanged team for his final game in charge before he took over the Ireland national team. Toulouse the Heineken Cup winners in 1996, 2003 and 2005 had two changes from their semi-final victory over London Irish at Twickenham, with Maleli Kunavore partnering Yannick Jauzion in the centre and the French international flanker Thierry Dusautoir replaced Yannick Nyanga. Byron Kelleher was declared match fit just in time for the kickoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Summary\nThe final was hosted at the neutral Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, and refereed by Welsh referee Nigel Owens. Toulouse kicked off and managed to regain possession. Toulouse dominated the early parts of the game, and although they missed a penalty goal five minutes into the game, scrum-half Jean-Baptiste \u00c9lissalde successfully kicked a drop goal after eight minutes to give them a 3\u20130 lead. Toulouse continued to dominate territory but Munster winger Doug Howlett made a break in the 29th minute setting up a ruck close to the Toulouse try-line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Summary\nMunster number eight Denis Leamy then broke from a ruck and attempted to place the ball over the try-line, but lost it forward in the process. From the resulting scrum, Toulouse were pushed off their own ball and Munster gained possession from which Leamy scored. The try was converted by Ronan O'Gara to give Munster a 7\u20133 lead after 33 minutes. Three minutes later, Munster were awarded a penalty after Toulouse captain Fabien Pelous was caught not rolling away in the ruck. O'Gara kicked the penalty to extend Munster's lead to 10\u20133. On the 40-minute mark, Leamy was penalised for going into a ruck off his feet and \u00c9lissalde kicked the penalty to reduce Munster's lead to four points at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Summary\nTen minutes into the second half, Munster centre Rua Tipoki threw a pass that would have given a try to Howlett, but the pass was deemed forward. One minute later Toulouse's Pelous kicked Munster flanker Alan Quinlan after Quinlan had stood on Pelous' hand. After the intervention of touch judge Nigel Whitehouse, Pelous was shown a yellow card for his part in the incident and sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes. O'Gara kicked Munster's resulting penalty to give his team a 13\u20136 lead after 51 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Summary\nThree minutes later, Toulouse fullback C\u00e9dric Heymans threw the ball into himself, then kicked ahead before collecting his own kick. He then chipped ahead which Toulouse's Yannick Jauzion kicked once more before wing Yves Donguy grounded the ball to give Toulouse a try. Elissalde converted the try to tie the scores at 13\u201313 after 54 minutes. Pelous returned from the sin-bin in the 61st minute, and four minutes later was penalised yet again for not rolling away in the ruck. O'Gara kicked the penalty which gave Munster a 16\u201313 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Summary\nFor most of the remaining time, Munster employed the pick-and-go technique, where the forwards would drive the ball from ruck to ruck in an effort to retain possession and use up time. Munster were penalised in the 78th minute after 17 phases of play; the ball was kicked downfield by Toulouse who counter-attacked. Munster turned the ball over, however, and won a kickable penalty with ten seconds left on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0005-0003", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Summary\nReferee Nigel Owens stopped the clock until the penalty was taken; because of the risk of Toulouse recovering possession, the options of kicking for goal and kicking for touch were ruled out. Instead, Ronan O'Gara tapped the penalty and went into contact. With the ten seconds used up, the ball became unplayable in the collapsed maul, Owens blew the final whistle, and Munster had won 16\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Details\nTouch judges:Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)Hugh Watkins (Wales)Television match official:Derek Bevan (Wales)Fourth official:Wayne Barnes (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197015-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Cup Final, Post-match\nMunster received their medals, and performed a lap of honour to the song \"Stand' Up and Fight\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197016-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Open\nThe 2008 Heineken Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the event known that year as the Heineken Open, and was part of the ATP International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 5 January through 13 January 2008. Seventh-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197016-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Open\nThe field was led by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No . 5, Tennis Masters Cup finalist and defending champion David Ferrer, US Open quarterfinalist Juan Ignacio Chela, and 2007 Stockholm quarterfinalist Juan M\u00f3naco. Other top seeds competing were 2007 Vienna semifinalist Juan Carlos Ferrero, recent Adelaide runner-up Jarkko Nieminen, Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197016-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Open, Finals, Doubles\nLuis Horna /  Juan M\u00f3naco defeated  Xavier Malisse /  J\u00fcrgen Melzer 6\u20134, 3\u20136, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197017-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Open \u2013 Doubles\nJeff Coetzee and Rogier Wassen were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Coetzee partnered with Jaroslav Levinsk\u00fd, but lost in the semifinals to Xavier Malisse and J\u00fcrgen Melzer. Wassen partnered with Christopher Kas, but lost in the first round to Jeff Coetzee and Jaroslav Levinsk\u00fd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197017-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Open \u2013 Doubles\nLuis Horna and Juan M\u00f3naco won in the final 6\u20134, 3\u20136, [10\u20137], against Xavier Malisse and J\u00fcrgen Melzer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197018-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Open \u2013 Singles\nIn the singles event at the 2008 Heineken Open tennis tournament in Auckland, New Zealand, David Ferrer was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Julien Benneteau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197018-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Heineken Open \u2013 Singles\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20135, against Juan Carlos Ferrero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197019-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hel van het Mergelland\nThe 2008 Hel van het Mergelland was the 35th edition of the Volta Limburg Classic cycle race and was held on 5 April 2008. The race started and finished in Eijsden. The race was won by Tony Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197020-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Helsingborgs IF season\nHelsingborgs IF had a resurgence season on the domestic scene, finishing in the top four once again. With Henrik Larsson having his best season following his return, the side was able to compensate for the loss of Razak Omotoyossi to Saudi Arabia. The 4th place finish meant Helsingborg qualified for Europe once more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197020-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Helsingborgs IF season\nThe year started with a defeat to PSV Eindhoven in the Last 32 of the UEFA Cup, the best performance from a Swedish club for some time. For results of the run see the 2007 article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election\nThe 2008 Henley by-election to elect a member of the British House of Commons for the constituency of Henley in Oxfordshire was held on 26 June 2008. It followed the election of Boris Johnson as Mayor of London in May 2008. In order to resign from being an MP, Johnson accepted the post of Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead on 4 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election\nThe election was won comfortably by the Conservative candidate John Howell with an increased percentage of the popular vote. The governing Labour Party's vote fell by 11% and they finished fifth, losing their deposit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Background\nHenley was considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party\u2014having been held by the party continuously since 1910 up to this election. Johnson had gained a 12,793 majority from the Liberal Democrats at the previous election, though recent local elections have seen the Liberal Democrats' vote rise. Despite this, an easy win for the Conservative Party candidate was predicted, with the Labour Party being given little to no chance of victory. It had been expected that the by-election would be held after the parliamentary summer recess. However, following their victory in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election, the Conservatives took the opportunity to bring the by-election forward to 26 June, in order to capitalise on their strong support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Candidates\nFor the 2010 general election, candidates had been chosen for the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, but internal party rules may have required re-selection before any by-election was called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Candidates\nBoris Johnson's father Stanley Johnson was widely expected to seek the Conservative Party's nomination. However, John Howell, an Oxfordshire county councillor, was selected as the Conservative candidate, in preference to Ann Ducker, leader of South Oxfordshire district council, and John Cotton, a South Oxfordshire district councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Candidates\nThe Liberal Democrats' candidate was Stephen Kearney, head of a development charity and previously owned and ran a small business. The Liberal Democrats had previously selected Oxfordshire councillor Susan Cooper for the general election, but under Liberal Democrat policies, such selections are not valid for by-elections. When it became apparent a by-election was to be held, a new selection process was run and she was replaced by Kearney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Candidates\nThe Labour candidate was Richard McKenzie, who was previously a local councillor in Reading, having lost his seat in the local council elections of May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Candidates\nThe Green Party continued with its 2005 general election candidate Mark Stevenson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Candidates\nThe British National Party candidate, Tim Rait, previously stood for European Parliament election in 2004, for Maidenhead in the 2005 general election and the Lothians Region in the 2007 Scottish election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Candidates\nThe United Kingdom Independence Party selected Chris Adams, Buckinghamshire County Organiser for the UKIP and also PPC for Aylesbury. He previously stood in Aylesbury at the 2005 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Candidates\nFollowing the candidature of the then-Miss Great Britain, Gemma Garrett, at the Crewe and Nantwich by-election in 2008, the \"Beauties for Britain\" group stood two candidates - one blonde, the other brunette - in Henley: Amanda Harrington and Louise Cole, respectively. However, the party was not registered with the Electoral Commission so they were considered Independent candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Candidates\nThe Monster Raving Loony Party fielded candidate Bananaman Owen, whose name was taken from a British television programme. The Harry Bear candidate is the fictional creation of Mail on Sunday columnist Richard Heller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Election result\nPolling day was Thursday 26 June. The results were declared shortly after 0130 BST on Friday 27 June by the returning officer for South Oxfordshire council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Campaign\nThe nature of campaign was seen as quite aggressive from both sides. The Liberal Democrats attacked both the green-belt credentials of the Conservative candidate and his participation in the campaign to save the local hospital, as well as producing leaflets which were alleged to imply that the previous MP, Boris Johnson backed their candidate and incorrectly asserting a local school's budget was under threat. The Conservatives in return threatened to sue, claiming the allegations of non-involvement were untrue and played on the fact that the Liberal Democrat candidate was not local, but from Plymouth. The Lib Dems responded by saying that their candidate had moved into the constituency and would remain there, the same way the former Conservative MP Boris Johnson had done when he ran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197021-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Henley by-election, Campaign\nReaction from voters to the hard campaigning indicated that some constituents were turned off and some commentators raised questions on the effectiveness of the Liberal Democrat campaign after the results which saw an increased swing to the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197022-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hertsmere Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197022-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives won all 4 seats in Bushey, including defeating the Liberal Democrat group leader Robert Gamble in Bushey North by 182 votes. The Conservatives also took Borehamwood Brookmeadow from Labour, with the Labour group leader Ann Harrison holding Borehamwood Cowley Hill by 40 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197022-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election Lynne Hodgson became the new leader of the Liberal Democrat group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197023-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hessian state election\nThe 2008 Hessian state election was held on 27 January 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Hesse. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by Minister-President Roland Koch lost its majority. The result of the election was extremely close but inconclusive, with the CDU winning just 3,500 votes (0.1%) more than the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Due to the entrance of The Left to the Landtag, neither the CDU\u2013FDP or SPD\u2013Green bloc garnered a majority. After a year of failed attempts to form government, a new election was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197023-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hessian state election, Background and issues\nThe CDU won a majority in the 2003 state election, but lost popularity in the following years. In the 2008 election campaign,  CDU Minister-President Roland Koch took a tough stance against immigrant youth violence as an electoral tactic. The political left criticised this as xenophobic. Other issues included minimum wage concerns, education, and controversy over the planned major expansion of the Rhine-Main airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197023-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hessian state election, Background and issues\nThe formation of The Left meant that a party to the left of the SPD and Greens stood a serious chance of entering the Landtag for the first time in decades. The party polled between 4 and 6 per cent in the lead-up to the election; it was unclear if the party would exceed the 5% threshold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197023-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hessian state election, Background and issues\nPolling data narrowed as the election approached; both the CDU and SPD and their junior partners the FDP and Greens were essentially tied. This meant that, if The Left entered the Landtag, it may hold the balance of power and make government formation difficult.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197023-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Hessian state election, Parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197023-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Hessian state election, Outcome\nThe CDU's share of the vote fell to its lowest level since the 1966 election. The SPD, under its leader Andrea Ypsilanti, increased its share of the vote substantially, from 29% to 37%; the SPD claimed victory as a result. The other winner was The Left, who narrowly entered the Hesse Landtag with 5.1% of the vote. This was the second western state legislature which the party had entered, the first being Bremen in 2007. The party also won seats in neighbouring Lower Saxony in an election held the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197023-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Hessian state election, Outcome\nThe SPD and the CDU both won 42 seats; the FDP won 11 and the Greens 9. With 56 seats needed for a majority, neither was able to form a government with their traditional partners. There was a several-month-long lull after the election. The Left was thus kingmaker, exactly the result it had hoped for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197023-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Hessian state election, Outcome\nSPD leader Ypsilanti had long refused to negotiate with The Left, but in October 2008 began talks to include them in a three-party \"red-green-red\" coalition with herself as Minister-President. This was a controversial move which sparked a revolt in the SPD, as many members bitterly refused to participate in power-sharing with The Left. One day before the election for Minister-President in the Landtag, four members of the SPD parliamentary group indicated they would not vote for her, and called a vote of no-confidence on her leadership. After this point, it became clear a red-red-green coalition was not viable. New elections were subsequently scheduled for January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197024-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hidalgo state election\nLocal elections were held in the Mexican state of  Hidalgo on February 17, 2008. Voters went to the polls to elect on the local level:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197025-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco\nThe 2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco was the sixth running of the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, a motor racing event for heritage Grand Prix, Voiturettes, Formula One, Formula Two and Sports cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197025-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report\nEntered for Race B was the Maserati 250F with which Stirling Moss had won the 1956 Monaco Grand Prix. The car was driven by Peter Heuberger but did not start the race. A battle between Duncan Dayton and Joaqu\u00edn Folch-Rusi\u00f1ol ended prematurely for Folch-Rusi\u00f1ol, leaving second place to be decided by a fierce battle between Barrie Baxter and Tony Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197025-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report\nIn Race C, Moss made his seventh and final competitive appearance at the event, at the wheel of a Frazer Nash. He wrote an entry in Motor Sport describing how the circuit had changed since his first visit, and expressed some disappointment at how lenient the track limits had become since then.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197025-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report\nIn the race, fifth place was hotly contested between the powerful Ferrari 340 America of Michael Willms and the nimble Cooper T21 of Simon Diffey, the two cars being faster on different parts of the circuit but evenly matched on overall pace: their best laps were separated by just 0.028 s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197025-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report\n2008 represented the fiftieth anniversary of Formula Junior, a series that had been introduced in 1958 to encourage a new generation of racing drivers and whose annual Monaco race, supporting the Grand Prix, was one of the most prestigious events for young drivers. Formula Junior would also become the subject of the first historic motorsport series in 1975. Anniversary celebrations were held across the globe throughout 2008, and the event at Monaco (Race D) commemorated the first Formula Junior race at Monaco, held in 1959 and won by Michael May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197025-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report\nA notable entrant in Race D was Tony Goodwin, whose long racing career includes an appearance in the 1964 Monaco Formula Three Race, where he had finished twelfth. In this event, he qualified on pole position and finished second. Jean Guittard made his first Historic Grand Prix of Monaco appearance in this race; in subsequent events, he would race under the pseudonym \"Mister John of B\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197025-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report\nEntered for Race F was a Ferrari 312 which had been raced by Chris Amon during the 1968 Formula One season. It was purchased and restored specifically for the event, which was thought to be its first competitive outing since 1969. Frank Sytner qualified fourth and stayed there most of the race, only to retire on the penultimate lap. Hamish Sommerville ran fifth but retired after seven laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197025-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, Report\nMaking his debut at the event was Bobby Verdon-Roe, driving a McLaren M26 in Race G. He crashed in the tunnel during practice, bringing his weekend to an end along with that of David Clark, who could not avoid the debris. Verdon-Roe would make up for this accident by dominating the 2010 event from pole position. Mauro Pane took the lead into the first corner but polesitter Paul Edwards kept him under intense pressure, eventually forcing a mistake that let Edwards through. Pane hit the barrier hard, but was able to continue to second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197026-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round\n2008 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 19 and 20, 2008 at the Hockenheimring in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany. It was the sixth round of the 2008 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2008 German Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197027-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2008 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 22, 2008 at campus locations and at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By winning the tournament, Boston College was awarded the Lamoriello Trophy and an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197027-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe tournament featured three rounds of play. The teams that finish below eighth in the conference are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197027-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Regular season standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197028-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season\nThe 2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season was the 63rd season of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters franchise. The Fighters played the majority of their home games at Sapporo Dome in the city of Sapporo, as well as at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Masataka Nashida on his first season as team manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197028-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season\nNippon-Ham finished the season in third place with a record of 73\u201369\u20132, qualifying them for the Climax Series. In the 2008 Pacific League Climax Series, the Fighters defeated the Orix Buffaloes in the First Stage, but were eliminated by the Saitama Seibu Lions in the Second Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197029-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Holiday Bowl\nThe 2008 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2008, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Oregon Ducks, and was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of the games in the 2008-2009 bowl season to be nationally televised by ESPN. The Ducks won the contest, 42\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197030-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Holland Ladies Tour\nThe 11th edition of the annual Holland Ladies Tour was held from September 2 to September 7, 2008. The women's stage race with an UCI rating of 2.2 started in Hellendoorn, and ended in Berg en Terblijt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197031-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Holland Series\nThe 2008 Holland Series involved the defending champions Corendon Kinheim being defeated by the Amsterdam Pirates in three straight games. The first two games were postponed due to heavy rainfall. It was the first championship for the Pirates since 1990, their second since the start of the Holland series, and their third title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197032-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team\nThe 2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Holy Cross finished second in the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197032-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team\nIn their fifth year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 7\u20134 record. Daryl Brown and Dominic Randolph were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197032-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team\nThe Crusaders outscored opponents 378 to 284. Their 5\u20131 conference record placed just half a game behind first place in the seven-team Patriot League standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197032-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team\nHoly Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197033-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Honda 200\nThe 2008 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio presented by Westfield Insurance was the twelfth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It took place on 20 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197034-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg\nThe 2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on April 6, 2008 at the 1.8-mile (2.9\u00a0km) temporary street and airport circuit on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. The race was a time-limited race due to rain, with the race falling some seventeen laps short of full race distance. The race was won by Graham Rahal on his IndyCar Series debut, having missed the first round at Homestead-Miami Speedway, due to a lack of spare parts for his #06 Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing machine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197034-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg\nAt 19 years, 93 days old, Rahal became the youngest driver ever to win an Indy-style race, as well as the youngest winner in IndyCar Series history breaking Marco Andretti's record of 19 years, 167 days from the 2006 IndyCar Series season. He also became the fourth driver to win an IndyCar Series race in his first start, joining Buzz Calkins, Juan Pablo Montoya and Scott Dixon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197035-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong Sevens\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Hugo999 (talk | contribs) at 09:52, 7 December 2019 (removed Category:March 2008 sports events; added Category:March 2008 sports events in Asia using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197035-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong Sevens\nThe Hong Kong Sevens is contested annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition, which took place between March 28 and March 30 in Hong Kong, was the fifth Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series and was won by New Zealand. The winners extended their all-time IRB Sevens record for consecutive match wins to 42 while claiming their fifth Cup win of the season and seventh in a row overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197035-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong Sevens, Sponsors\nThe tournament's co-title sponsors were Cathay Pacific and Credit Suisse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197036-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong Super Series\nThe 2008 Hong Kong Super Series is the twelfth tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Wan Chai, Hong Kong from 24 to 30 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election\nThe 2008 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 7 September 2008 for the 4th Legislative Council since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. There were 60 seats in the 4th Legislative Council, with 30 members elected by geographical constituencies through direct elections, and 30 members by functional constituencies. Candidates for 14 functional constituency seats were unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election\nThe turnout rate was 45 percent with 1.51 million voters casting the ballots, about 10 percent lower than the previous election in 2004. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) remained the largest single party in the Legislative Council with 13 seats if including the two members of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) while the pro-business Liberal Party suffered a big defeat by losing the two heavyweights, chairman James Tien and vice-chairwoman Selina Chow lost their seats in the New Territories East and the New Territories West. The duo resigned from their party positions and Chow resigned from the Executive Council after the election, which was followed by a great split of the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election\nIn the backdrop of a deteriorating economy and rising inflation, the pro-grassroots parties scored victories as the new pro-democracy party League of Social Democrats (LSD) had their three candidates elected and the FTU also won in two seats in the geographical constituencies. The pro-democracy flagship party Democratic Party retook the second largest party status despite losing one seat to its ally, the new middle-class oriented Civic Party which took two seats in Hong Kong Island with party leader Audrey Eu stood as the second candidate behind party's new face Tanya Chan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election\nThe share of the pan-democratic parties' vote among voters dropped from 60 percent in 2004 to 57 percent, which translated into a net loss of two seats compared to the last election. The pan-democrats were elected to a total of 23 seats, 19 seats in the directly elected geographical constituencies, and four seats from the functional constituencies. By virtue of having in excess of one-third of the seats in Legislative Council, their ability to veto constitutional changes remained intact. The pan-democrats' veto power was seen as crucial for the electoral arrangements for the 2012 Legislative Council election, which would take place during this session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Pre-election issues\nThe Standing Committee of the National People's Congress vote in December 2007 to allow universal suffrage by 2017, and full Legislative Council elections by 2020, tempered the debate on universal suffrage. Wary of political parties, the government sought to defer discussion on other highly sensitive issues until October 2008, in the hopes that the election will be void of focus. The election was therefore fought over issues regarding the minimum wage, health care reform, Old Age Allowance, and the future of RTHK. Also, the case surrounding former Housing Director Leung Chin-man served to highlight the issue of systematic checks and balances, and the lack of political scrutiny of government actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Pre-election issues\nCommentators, such as Albert Cheng, noted that the fighting between pro-democracy parties was heating up, but forecast few changes in the overall party standings of the new Council. He cited proportional representation as a mechanism, which built in protection for a multi-party system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Pre-election issues\nThere were some concerns that those seeking the right of abode in Hong Kong felt pressured by lobbyists supporting the DAB. Two advocacy groups echoed abode-seekers' in being bombarded with telephone calls and other pressures to vote for the DAB, or for Regina Ip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Candidates\nA total of 142 candidates on 53 lists entered the election via the geographical constituencies, making it the most contested election since the handover of Hong Kong. The candidates of both the pan-democracy and pro-Beijing coalitions stated that they would not allocate the votes within each camp, leading to infighting inside the caucuses. Martin Lee and Anson Chan announced that they would not stand, and would endorse other candidates. In addition, some incumbent legislators such as Audrey Eu of the Civic Party and Yeung Sum of the Democratic Party were placed second on their lists in an attempt to get less experienced members of their parties elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Candidates\nBeijing's involvement in the elections was an open secret: its strategy was to elect a new batch of \"independent\" aspirants with profession backgrounds and without a strong pro-Beijing image, such as Scarlet Pong, and eventual winners Regina Ip and Priscilla Leung. It had hoped they would appeal to the middle class voters and steal votes from the pan-democratic parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Candidates\nThe functional constituencies were less competitive: 14 out of the 30 seats were uncontested. The Accounting and Architectural, Surveying and Planning functional constituencies were the most contested, with 5 candidates competing in each constituency. 45 candidates in total ran for the 16 contested seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Results\nA record number of 3.37 million people registered to vote in the election. The turnout rate was low, at 45% with 1.51 million voters casting ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Results\nCommentator Chris Yeung believed that the Liaison Office operated behind the scenes to co-ordinate votes for the pro-Beijing camp. These independents managed to secure seats, but apparently not at the expense of support for the pan-democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Results\nThe Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong remained the largest single party in Council, with 13 seats. The share of the pan-democratic parties' vote among voters dropped from 60% in 2004 to 57%, which translated into a net loss of 2 seats. The pan-democrats were elected to a total of 23 seats, 19 seats in the directly elected geographical constituencies, and four seats from the functional constituencies. By virtue of having in excess of 1\u20443 of the seats in LegCo, their ability to veto constitutional changes remained intact. The pan-democrats' veto power were crucial for the electoral arrangements for the 2012 elections, which will take place during this Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Results\nIn the backdrop of a deteriorating economy and rising inflation, voters shifted their preferences towards more radical and grass-roots politicians; the electorate's suspicions of collusion between government and big business dealt a blow to the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party suffered double defeat when Selina Chow and chairman James Tien lost their seats in the New Territories West and New Territories East geographical constituencies respectively. Their bid to secure seats in other constituencies also failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Results\nTien resigned as the Liberal Party's chairman after his defeat, and Chow resigned both her vice-chairmanship and her seat on the Executive Council of Hong Kong. The election of three members of the League of Social Democrats and four trade-unionists to Legco is set to pose a challenge to the government on welfare and livelihood issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Results\nNote: Candidates in 14 functional constituencies were elected uncontested to the Legislative Council. The number of seats for the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions in the geographical constituencies exclude Wong Kwok-hing, Wong Kwok-kin and Pan Pey Chyou, who are also DAB members; figures in parentheses in the pan-democracy and pro-Beijing total percentage exclude all votes of other individuals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Candidates lists and results, Geographical Constituencies (30 seats)\nVoting system: Party-list proportional representation with largest remainder method and Hare quota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197037-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election, Candidates lists and results, Functional Constituencies (30 seats)\nVoting systems: Different voting systems apply to different functional constituencies, namely for the Heung Yee Kuk, Agriculture and Fisheries, Insurance and Transport, the preferential elimination system of voting; and for the remaining 24 FCs used the first-past-the-post voting system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 103], "content_span": [104, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197038-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island\nThese are the Hong Kong Island results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 6 seats in Hong Kong Island were contested. The pan-democracy camp retained four seats as compared to pro-Beijing camp's two seats, with Civic Party successfully get two candidates, newcomer Tanya Chan and Audrey Eu who stood as second candidate on their list. Pro -Beijing independent Regina Ip who lost the 2007 Hong Kong Island by-election less than a year ago, won a new seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197039-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East\nThese are the Kowloon East results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 4 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested, after one seat was abolished. The Democratic Party's Fred Li, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong's Chan Kam-lam  and Civic Party's Alan Leong each secured their party's incumbent seat, and Federation of Trade Unions's Wong Kwok-kin replaced retiring Chan Yuen-han.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197040-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West\nThese are the Kowloon West results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 5 seats in Kowloon West where consisted of Yau Tsim Mong District, Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District were contested. Starry Lee replaced Jasper Tsang who contested the Hong Kong Island stood for the largest pro-Beijing party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong. Wong Yuk-man of the newly established League of Social Democrats became the pan-democrat who received the most votes. Pro -Beijing independent, Priscilla Leung also won the last seat, beating Civic Party's Claudia Mo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197041-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East\nThese are the New Territories East results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 7 seats in New Territories East where consisted of North District, Tai Po District, Sai Kung District and Sha Tin District were contested. The pro-democracy camp succeeded in holding five seats out of seven seats, with James Tien lost his seat to Wong Sing-chi of the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197042-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West\nThese are the New Territories West results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 8 seats in New Territories West, which consists of Tsuen Wan District, Tuen Mun District, Yuen Long District, Kwai Tsing District and Islands District, were contested. All the incumbents were elected except for Selina Chow of the Liberal Party, which was succeeded by Wong Kwok-hing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions who contested in the constituency for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197043-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong\u2013Macau Interport\nThe 64th Hong Kong\u2013Macau Interport was held in Macau on 15 June 2008. Hong Kong captured the champion by winning 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197044-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hong Kong\u2013Shanghai Inter Club Championship\n2008 Hong Kong\u2013Shanghai Inter Club Championship is the 3rd staging of Hong Kong-Shanghai Inter Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197045-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hopman Cup\nThe 2008 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the twentieth edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. Eight teams participated in the World Group with one qualifier from the Asian region, Chinese Taipei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197045-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hopman Cup\nThe first matches were held on 29 December 2007, and the final took place on 4 January 2008 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth Western Ausrralia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197045-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hopman Cup\nFor the first time in History, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic faced each other in a competitive event. Williams emerged victorious in the mixed doubles rubber alongside Mardy Fish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197046-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament is scheduled at the end of the 2007\u20132008 regular season. The better seed will host each first round match. Butler hosted the second round and semifinals, because they were the top seed. The final was hosted by the better remaining seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197046-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket\nFirst round games at campus sites of higher seedsSecond round and semifinals will be hosted by the top seed. Championship will be hosted by lower-numbered remaining seed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season\nThe Houston Astros' 2008 season was the 47th season for the Houston Astros. The Astros attempted to return to the postseason, after missing the past two postseasons. This was the last season where the Astros finished the season above the .500 mark prior to the post season run in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season\nOn October 29, all six eligible Astros players filed for free agency. The list includes catcher Brad Ausmus, infielder Mike Lamb, infielder Mark Loretta, outfielder Orlando Palmeiro, left-handed reliever Trever Miller and right-handed reliever Brian Moehler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season\nOn October 30, the Astros signed catcher Brad Ausmus to a 1-year, $2 million contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season\nOn November 8, The Astros acquired outfielder Michael Bourn, third baseman Michael Costanzo, and right-handed reliever Geoff Geary from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for right-handed pitcher Brad Lidge and infielder Eric Bruntlett. The announcement was made by Astros General Manager Ed Wade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season\nOn November 16, the Astros acquired right-handed reliever \u00d3scar Villarreal from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for center fielder Josh Anderson. On the same day, the Astros also signed outfielder Yordany Ramirez as a free agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season\nOn November 20, the Astros signed free agent utilityman Geoff Blum to a one-year deal including a club option for a second year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season\nOn November 26, the Astros signed free agent Relief Pitcher Doug Brocail to a one-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season\nOn November 30, the Astros and free agent Kazuo Matsui agreed to a 3-year, $16.5 million deal. Matsui played second base for the NL Champion Colorado Rockies in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season\nOn December 12, the Astros acquired shortstop Miguel Tejada from the Orioles for five players. The Astros traded outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate and third baseman Mike Costanzo to Baltimore for Tejada. Adam Everett, the Astros shortstop at the time, had to deal with a double-whammy: not only did the Astros trade for Tejada, they also non-tendered Everett, leaving him without a team as of 11 p.m. CT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season\nOn December 14, The Houston Astros' offseason of dealing continued on Friday when the club traded Chris Burke, Chad Qualls and Juan Guti\u00e9rrez to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for closer Jos\u00e9 Valverde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season\nIn January, Brandon Backe, Ty Wigginton, and Dave Borkowski were signed to a one-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season\nOn March 30, the contracts of OF Jos\u00e9 Cruz, Jr. and RHP Brian Moehler were purchased from Triple-A Round Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Off Season, Spring training\nIn spring training the Astros posted a 13\u201318 record culminating with a 9\u20134 win in the final spring training game at Minute Maid Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Regular season, March/April\nAfter losing the first two games of the 2008 campaign, the Astros were trailing 5\u20136 the top of the 9th with 2 outs of game 3 against Trevor Hoffman, on April 2. The Astros put two on base when Hunter Pence hit a line drive off of Adri\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez's glove into right to tie it up. Lance Berkman came up next and smashed a 3-run home run to deep center making it a 9\u20136 game. Valverde then closed out the Astros first '08 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197047-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197048-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Comets season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the 12th and final season for the Houston Comets. The Comets were not able to return to the postseason for the first time since 2006. By season's end, Comets owner Hilton Koch put the franchise up for sale less than two years after he bought it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197048-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Comets season, Regular season\nIn a game against the Detroit Shock on July 24, Shock player Nancy Lieberman broke her own record for being the oldest player in the WNBA. Lieberman, a Hall of Famer since 1999, was 39 years old when she played with Phoenix during the league's first year in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197048-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Comets season, Regular season\nNancy Lieberman played nine minutes and had two assists. One of the assists included a no-look pass in the closing minutes of the Detroit Shock's 79-61 loss to the Houston Comets on July 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197048-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Comets season, Final Days\nOn December 1, 2008, the WNBA announced a plan to fold the team, which resulted in the loss of 37 jobs. A dispersal draft took place on December 8, 2008. Before the team folded, they were possibly going to move to Las Vegas, Nevada, but the plan didn't work out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197048-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Comets season, Final Days\nWhat turned out to be the team's final home game in its history was relocated from the Reliant Arena to the Strahan Coliseum on the campus of Texas State due to Hurricane Ike. The game was played on September 15, 2008 as the Comets defeated the Sacramento Monarchs 90-81.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team\nThe 2008 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 63rd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by first-year head football coach, Kevin Sumlin whose previous position was as co-offensive coordinator for the Oklahoma Sooners. He replaced Art Briles. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team\nCompeting against the Air Force Falcons in the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl, the Cougars won their first bowl game since 1980, and broke the longest current bowl game losing streak in Division I FBS football at that time. In addition, Houston defeated two nationally ranked opponents, which the Cougars hadn't achieved since their 1984 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Previous season\nIn the 2007 season, the Cougars earned an 8-5 (.615) overall season record and a 6-2 (.750) conference record in C-USA. The 2007 season would be the last for head coach Art Briles with the Cougars. Two days after Houston was invited to the 2007 Texas Bowl, Briles immediately departed for the Baylor Bears head coach position in Waco, Texas. Cornerbacks coach, Chris Thurmond was soon appointed interim head coach, and led the Cougars to the Texas Bowl against the TCU Horned Frogs. The Cougars lost to the Horned Frogs 20-13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Previous season\nIn December 2007, the University of Houston hired Kevin Sumlin, a co-offensive coordinator for the Oklahoma Sooners as the Houston Cougars head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Preseason, Recruiting\nTwenty players were recruited for the 2008 season. Several higher-ranking recruits were lost when Art Briles left, as they followed the coach to Baylor. Due to Houston's head coach change, Sumlin's ability to recruit before National Signing Day was shorter than usual, as he was finishing his duties with the Oklahoma Sooners. In early April, it was announced that the Cougars had two other junior college commitments. Kyle Thomas and Nick Thurston, both from California, came from the City College of San Francisco. Two other junior college (JUCO) commitments, Clint Leal and Kierrie Johnson, were recruited from Blinn College. Thomas is expected to join the roster in the Spring, as he still had some coursework to finish in California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Preseason, Coaching staff and changes\nDuring the off-season, the Cougars went through a large amount of notable coaching staff changes. Former co-offensive coordinator for the Oklahoma Sooners, Kevin Sumlin replaced Art Briles as head coach. Sumlin became the first African-American head coach in Cougar history, and the eighth in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision. In his final year with the Sooners, his offense was one of the best in the country, averaging 44 points per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Preseason, Coaching staff and changes\nDana Holgorsen came to Houston from the Texas Tech Red Raiders, where he spent eight years as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He serves the Cougars in the same capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Preseason, Coaching staff and changes\nJohn Skladany replaced Alan Weddell as defensive coordinator. Skladany came from the UCF Knights, a fellow C-USA team. Prior to coaching for UCF, Skladany spent ten years with the Iowa State Cyclones. Sumlin and Skladany followed through with plans to change the Cougars defensive strategy from a 3-4 defense to a 4-3 one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Preseason, Coaching staff and changes\nLeon Burtnett came from the Washington State Cougars as linebackers coach. New defensive line coach, Jim Jeffcoat spent his last four seasons as defensive ends coach for the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. Another new addition to the staff with NFL coaching experience was special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Tony Levine, who spent his previous two seasons with the Carolina Panthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Staff, Spring practices\nFrom March 8 to April 12, 2008, the Cougars held Spring practices. In addition to the fourteen practices held throughout this period, the Cougars held two scrimmages, and concluded with the annual \"Red-White Game\". The Red-White Game, a home exhibition game between the offensive and defensive players of the Cougars, was a part of festivities held for the University of Houston's \"Cougar Fest\". A skydive by the U.S. Army Golden Knights to present the game ball was planned, but was canceled due to high winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Southern\nThe 2008 game marked the first meeting between the Houston Cougars and the Southern Jaguars. The team plays in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) as a member of the Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The Grambling Tigers, the Jaguars' main rival, fell to the Cougars as part of their 2006 season schedule 42-22. In 2007, the Cougars finished their regular season by defeating another SWAC opponent, crosstown Texas Southern Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Oklahoma State\nThis marked the nineteenth game between the Cougars and the Oklahoma State Cowboys who were a member of the Big 12 Conference. Playing against each other since 1951, the Cougars held a 9-8-1 all-time record against the Cowboys, and the last meeting between the two teams was during the 2006 season. During that meeting, the Cowboys fell to the Cougars 34-25. The Cougars traveled to Stillwater for the first time since 1986 to compete. Despite leading the Cowboys during the first half of the game, the Cougars eventually lost 56-37. The Cowboys went on to be consistently ranked this season as one of the top 25 teams in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Air Force\nAnother first meeting on the Cougars' schedule was with the Air Force Falcons. A member of the Mountain West Conference, the Falcons played football since 1955. The previous season, the Falcons finished with a 9-4 record, while losing to the California Golden Bears in the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl. The game was scheduled to be televised on the CBS College Sports Network as the first of the four nationally televised games for the Cougars season, but was canceled. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Robertson Stadium in Houston, but due to Hurricane Ike, the game was played at SMU's Ford Stadium. The Cougars fell to the Falcons 31-28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Colorado State\nWith a 3-0 all-time record against the Colorado State Rams, the Cougars faced them for the fourth time on the road at Hughes Stadium. The most recent meeting between the teams had been the season before, where the Rams lost to the Cougars 38-27 in Houston. Steve Fairchild, a former player for the Rams, and the former offensive coordinator and under previous head coach Sonny Lubick, had taken over as head coach during this season. With a third consecutive loss, the Cougars fell to the Rams 28-25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, East Carolina\nThis game was the ninth meeting between the Cougars and fellow Conference USA team, the East Carolina Pirates. Last season, after defeating the Cougars 37-35, the Pirates went on to finish with an 8-5 record including a win against #24 Boise State in the 2007 Hawaii Bowl. The Pirates led the series between the Cougars 8-5. The game was broadcast on the CBS College Sports Network, and was played at East Carolina's Dowdy\u2013Ficklen Stadium. After beating the #17 Virginia Tech Hokies during their 2008 season opener, the Pirates gained national attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, East Carolina\nThis continued in their next week of play, as they defeated the #8 West Virginia Mountaineers 24-3, and became ranked by the AP Poll as #14. Despite an upset by the North Carolina State Wolfpack the week before, the Pirates were ranked at #23 by the AP Poll when the Cougars arrived in Greenville. Despite predictions that ECU would win the game, the Cougars managed an upset with a large margin of victory. This was the Cougars' first win over a ranked team since 1996, and the first against a ranked team in a road game since 1984.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, UAB\nThe third home game was the seventh meeting between the Cougars and the UAB Blazers. With the most recent game between the two teams being last season, the Blazers led the series 4-2. However, the team was defeated by the Cougars, and finished their 2007 season with a 2-10 record, the worst in the school's history. This followed the departure of Watson Brown to the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, and the appointment of former Georgia Bulldogs and Houston Cougars assistant Neil Callaway as head coach. The game was televised by the CBS College Sports Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, SMU\nFormer Southwest Conference and current Conference USA members, the SMU Mustangs faced the Cougars in their twenty-fourth meeting. The first game between the two teams took place during the 1975 season when Houston joined the Southwest Conference, and the teams have regularly played each other since. The Cougars led the series 13-9-1, including a 38-28 win against the Mustangs last season. This season, June Jones, former Hawaii Warriors head coach took the same position at SMU. At Hawaii, Jones had gained national attention after the Warriors went undefeated, and were invited to the 2008 Sugar Bowl. After the win, the Cougars moved up in the Conference USA standings to tie for first with an undefeated Tulsa in their division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Marshall\nThe Marshall Thundering Herd played the Cougars for the second time in history during this season. Their last game against each other was played during the 2007 season, where the Thundering Herd was defeated 35-28 in Houston at Robertson Stadium. This time, Marshall played Houston at home, and won. This marked the first loss for the Cougars in conference play, and dropped them down in conference standings from 1st to 3rd (after Tulsa and Rice). ESPN broadcast the game. Houston wide receiver Patrick Edwards suffered a gruesome broken leg when he collided with an equipment cart at the back of the end zone, though he would return the next season in a starting role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Tulane\nIn another conference game, the Tulane Green Wave traveled to Houston to play the Cougars for the fourteenth time. Playing their first game together in 1968, the Cougars led the series 9-4. The teams had competed against each other each consecutive season since 2002, although Tulane hadn't achieved a win against Houston since that same year. Tulane's head coach Bob Toledo returned for his second year with the Green Wave. Although not originally scheduled, the game was televised on CBS College Sports, presumably because Houston's TV appearance against Air Force earlier in the season was canceled. This marked Houston's homecoming game, and was one of the largest attendances for the regular season at Robertson Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Tulsa\nThe Tulsa Golden Hurricane and Houston Cougars faced-off for their thirty-third all-time meeting. Playing together since 1950, Houston had a 17-16 advantage over the Golden Hurricane. In their 2007 season meeting, new coach Todd Graham led the Golden Hurricane to a 56-7 win over the Cougars. It was the Cougars' largest margin of defeat for the season. Tulsa went on to a 10-4 record in the previous season including a 63-7 GMAC Bowl game win against the Bowling Green Falcons. The team held the record for scoring the largest margin in bowl game history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Tulsa\nThe win was considered an upset by the nation, as Tulsa was ranked as #24 in the Coaches' Poll and #25 in the AP Poll. This marked the second time that the Cougars had beaten a nationally ranked opponent in the season (the other being East Carolina); something Houston hadn't done since its 1984 season under College Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Yeoman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Tulsa\nAfter the win, the Cougars were again ranked as first in conference play as Tulsa (5-1) had beaten Rice (5-1), and Houston (5-1) had beaten Tulsa. This made Houston's other two regular season games on the schedule much more significant because if they won both games from this point, they would be allowed to compete in and host the Conference USA Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, UTEP\nAlthough meeting for the first time during the Cougars' inaugural season in 1946, the UTEP Miners had only met with the Cougars five times in history. As Conference USA foes, the Cougars held a 2-3 all-time record against the Miners, whereas both wins came consecutively during the 2006 and 2007 meetings of the teams. Mike Price returned as the Miners' head coach this season. After a close game, where Houston lagged behind, the Cougars made a fourth quarter comeback to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Rice\nIn the 2008 Bayou Bucket Classic, the Cougars will meet with Rice at Rice Stadium as part of the Houston-Rice rivalry. It will be the 33rd meeting between the two teams, where Houston leads the series 24-9 and have won the last three meetings. During this season, the outcome of the game will have significant influence for the Conference USA West Division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Rice\nWhile Houston remains first in the division, a loss to Rice, and a win for Tulsa (9-2) against Marshall (4-7) would mean Tulsa, not Houston would be headed to compete against the East Division champion East Carolina in the Conference USA Football Championship. If Rice wins its game against the Cougars, and Marshall wins its game against the Golden Hurricane, then Rice would be the West Division champion. The game was picked up by CBS College Sports after Houston's 70-30 blowout victory against Tulsa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Armed Forces Bowl\nWith seven regular season wins, the Cougars secured bowl eligibility. On December 7, 2008, the Houston Cougars announced that they had been selected to play in the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl game against Air Force in Fort Worth, Texas. This marked the Cougars' fourth consecutive bowl game invitation, and the fifth in six years. The game was a rematch, as the Falcons and the Cougars faced off earlier during the regular season, where the Cougars were defeated. This was the second time in history the Cougars had played a bowl game in Fort Worth; in 2005 the team appeared in the Fort Worth Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197049-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Cougars football team, Games notes, Armed Forces Bowl\nThe Cougars defeated the Falcons to win their first bowl game since 1980, and broke the longest current bowl game losing streak in Division I FBS football at that time. The score was 34-28. The game was televised on ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197050-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Dynamo season\nThe 2008 Houston Dynamo season was the third season of the existence for the Houston franchise. The Houston Dynamo were the defending back-to-back MLS Cup Champions, and sought to become the first club in Major League Soccer history to win three straight MLS Cups. It was the team's third season with head coach Dominic Kinnear, majority owner Philip Anschultz, president Oliver Luck, and chief operating officer Chris Canetti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197050-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Dynamo season\nIn the MLS regular season, the Dynamo finished first in the Western Conference to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season. In the MLS Cup Playoffs, Houston lost to the New York Red Bulls 4\u20131 on aggregate in the Conference Semifinals. They were eliminated by the Charleston Battery in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup. During the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Houston defeated C.S.D. Municipal 3\u20131 on aggregate in the quarterfinals before falling in the semifinals 3\u20130 to Deportivo Saprissa. During the 2008 North American SuperLiga, the Dynamo reached the final, where they lost 6\u20135 on penalties to the New England Revolution. The Dynamo also played in the group stage of the 2008\u201309 CONCACAF Champions League during the season, finishing second in their group to advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197050-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Dynamo season, Final roster\nAppearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197050-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Dynamo season, Player movement, In\nPer Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197050-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Dynamo season, Player movement, Out\nPer Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197050-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Dynamo season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Standings\n(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197050-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Dynamo season, Competitions, CONCACAF Champions League, Championship Round\nAfter finishing 2nd in group B, the Dynamo qualified for the Championship Round. The fixtures for the Championship Round are included in the Dynamo's 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season\nThe 2008 Houston Texans season was the franchise's 7th season in the National Football League and the 3rd under head coach Gary Kubiak. Though the Texans lost seven of their first ten games of the season, they rallied and won five of their last six games, but they still had yet to lock up a winning season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season\nThe 2008 season also marked the Texans' first appearance on Monday Night Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nHead coach Gary Kubiak entered his third year with the Texans. Alex Gibbs, who implemented his successful zone blocking scheme with the Denver Broncos and the Atlanta Falcons joined the staff as the assistant head coach, replacing Mike Sherman, who left to become the head coach at Texas A&M. Kyle Shanahan, son of Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, took over as the offensive coordinator in place of Sherman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Draft\nThe Texans had seven selections in the 2008 NFL Draft. The Texans originally had five before the draft after having traded their second round selection to the Atlanta Falcons to land quarterback Matt Schaub and their sixth-round pick to the Denver Broncos for center Chris Myers. The Texans traded their first-round pick with the Baltimore Ravens for their third and sixth-round selections along with their first-round pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Schedule, Regular season\nNote: Division opponents are in bold text** The Ravens-Texans game was postponed due to Hurricane Ike. The NFL moved the game from September 14 to November 9 (Week 10), which was to have been the Ravens' bye week, and also moved the Bengals-Texans game from November 9 to October 26 (Week 8), which was the original bye week for both of those teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nThe Texans began their 2008 campaign on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, Houston trailed early as Steelers RB Willie Parker got a 7-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Texans continued to trail as Parker got a 13-yard TD run, while QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Hines Ward. Houston ended the half with kicker Kris Brown getting a 34-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the third quarter, the Texans continued to trail as Parker got a 4-yard TD run, while Roethlisberger and Ward hooked up with each other again on a 16-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, Houston replied with QB Matt Schaub completing a 14-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter. Pittsburgh responded with kicker Jeff Reed nailing a 44-yard field goal. The Texans closed out the scoring with a game with a 4-yard TD run by Schaub.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 2: Bye Week\nThe Texans were originally scheduled to play the Baltimore Ravens in Week 2, but due to structural damage to Reliant Stadium by Hurricane Ike, the game was postponed until Week 10. This allowed both Houston and Baltimore to take their bye week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Tennessee Titans\nComing off their unexpected bye week, the Texans flew to LP Field for a Week 3 AFC South duel with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Houston struck first with kicker Kris Brown getting a 44-yard field goal. The Titans responded with RB LenDale White getting a 2-yard TD run. The Texans answered with Brown kicking a 24-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Tennessee increased its lead with QB Kerry Collins completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Bo Scaife. The Texans answered with rookie RB Steve Slaton getting a 6-yard TD run, but the PAT failed). The Titans closed out the first half scoring with White's 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, Tennessee added onto its lead with kicker Rob Bironas nailing a 44-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Titans sealed the win with CB Cortland Finnegan returning an interception 99 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nStill searching for their first win of the year, the Texans flew to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 4 AFC South duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Houston trailed early as Jaguars FB Montell Owens took a fake punt and ran 41 yards for a touchdown. The Texans got on the board with kicker Kris Brown getting a 27-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Houston took the lead as QB Matt Schaub completed a 30-yard TD pass to rookie RB Steve Slaton. Jacksonville ended the half with kicker Josh Scobee getting a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, the Jaguars retook the lead with QB David Garrard completing a 16-yard TD pass to WR Matt Jones. The Texans tied the game with Schaub completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter. In the fourth quarter, Jacksonville responded with Scobee's 40-yard field goal. Houston retook the lead with Schaub hooking up with Walter again on an 8-yard TD pass. However, the Jaguars got the lead again as Garrard got a 5-yard TD run. The Texans tied game on Brown's 47-yard field goal. However, in overtime, Jacksonville sealed Houston's fate as Scobee nailed the game-winning 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Jaguars, the Texans finally got to play their home opener as they played a Week 5 AFC South duel with the Indianapolis Colts. Due to an illness, QB Matt Schaub was unable to play, allowing backup QB Sage Rosenfels to get the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nIn the first quarter, Houston trailed early as Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri got a 46-yard field goal, along with RB Joseph Addai getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Texans responded with rookie RB Steve Slaton getting a 1-yard TD run, kicker Kris Brown getting a 37-yard field goal, and Rosenfels completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson. In the third quarter, Houston increased its lead with Brown nailing a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Texans continued its run with Slaton getting a 1-yard TD run, expanding their lead to 17 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nWhat followed went into the NFL history books, as Sage Rosenfels fumbled twice and threw two interceptions to blow the biggest lead inside of 5 minutes in NFL history. The key play was known as the 'Rosencopter' play, when on third-and-eight, Rosenfels opted to try to hurdle a defender rather than sliding short of the first down. Gary Brackett recovered the fumble for a 58-yard touchdown, and Rosenfels was never the same afterwards, turning the ball over twice more. With the disappointing loss, Houston fell to 0\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Miami Dolphins\nComing off a heartbreaking home loss to the Colts, the Texans stayed at home for a Week 6 duel with the Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Houston trailed early as Dolphins QB Chad Pennington completed a 53-yard TD pass to RB Patrick Cobbs. The Texans responded with kicker Kris Brown getting a 27-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Miami added onto its lead as Pennington completed an 80-yard TD pass to Cobbs. Houston answered with Brown kicking a 33-yard field goal and WR Jacoby Jones returning a punt 70 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, the Texans took the lead with QB Matt Schaub completing a 12-yar TD pass to WR Andre Johnson, but the Dolphins replied with RB Ricky Williams getting a 5-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Houston regained the lead as Brown got a 42-yard field goal, yet Miami struck back RB Ronnie Brown got a 6-yard TD run. The Texans got the last laugh as Schaub got the game-winning 3-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Miami Dolphins\nWith the thrilling win, Houston won its first game of the season and improved to 1\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Detroit Lions\nComing off their last-second win over the Dolphins, the Texans continued their home stand with a Week 7 interconference duel with the winless Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Houston drew first blood as QB Matt Schaub completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Owen Daniels, along with RB Ahman Green getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Texans increased their lead as rookie RB Steve Slaton got a 1-yard TD run. The Lions responded with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 54-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, Detroit tried to catch up as RB Kevin Smith got a 26-yard TD run. Houston answered with Schaub hooking up with Daniels again on a 1-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, the Lions tried to rally as QB Dan Orlovsky completed a 96-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson, along with Hanson nailing a 54-yard field goal. The Texans' defense stiffened for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nComing off their win over the Lions, the Texans closed out their four-game home stand against the winless Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, Houston drew first blood as WR Jacoby Jones returned a punt 73 yards for a touchdown. The Bengals responded with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 43-yard field goal. The Texans increased their lead as QB Matt Schaub completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR David Anderson. Cincinnati closed out the half as Graham nailed a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the third quarter, Houston began to pull away as Schaub completed a 7-yard and a 39-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter. In the fourth quarter, the Texans closed out their home stand in style with rookie RB Steve Slaton getting a 20-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the win, not only did Houston improve to 3\u20134, but they won three straight games for the first time in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Minnesota Vikings\nComing off their home win over the Bengals, the Texans flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, Houston trailed early as Vikings RB Adrian Peterson got a 1-yard TD run. The Texans responded with CB Jacques Reeves returning an interception 44 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Minnesota answered with QB Gus Frerotte completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice and a 49-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, Houston tried to rally as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR David Anderson. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings replied with Frerotte completing a 25-yard TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe. The Texans tried to come back as Rosenfels completed a 14-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson. However, the Vikings' defense stiffened for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Minnesota Vikings\nQB Matt Schaub (21/29 for 224 yards and 1 interception), who started the game, left after the first half with a sprained left knee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Vikings, the Texans went home for a Week 10 duel with the Baltimore Ravens. Both teams were supposed to play each other in Week 2, but Hurricane Ike forced them to reschedule their game to this week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nWith QB Matt Schaub out with an injury, back-up QB Sage Rosenfels was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the first quarter, Houston trailed early as Ravens QB Joe Flacco completed a 43-yard TD pass to WR Yamon Figurs. In the second quarter, the Texans responded with kicker Kris Brown getting a 23-yard field goal. Baltimore answered on a Houston blunder, as rookie OT Duane Brown committed a holding penalty in his own end zone, giving the Ravens a safety. Baltimore added onto their lead as kicker Steven Hauschka got a 54-yard field goal. The Texans closed out the half with Brown nailing a 48-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, the Ravens increased their lead as RB Willis McGahee got a 1-yard TD run. Houston responded as Rosenfels completed a 60-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter. However, in the fourth quarter, Baltimore greatly pulled away as Flacco completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Todd Heap (with a 2-point conversion pass to WR Derrick Mason), QB Troy Smith completed a 14-yard TD pass to Heap, and McGahee getting a 4-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Indianapolis Colts\nTrying to snap a two-game losing streak and avenge their Week 5 collapse, the Texans flew to Lucas Oil Stadium for a Week 11 AFC South rematch with the Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, Houston struck first as kicker Kris Brown got a 28-yard field goal. The Colts responded with kicker Adam Vinatieri getting a 40-yard field goal. The Texans answered with Brown making a 34-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Indianapolis tied the game with Vinatieri getting a 39-yard field goal. Houston replied with RB Ahman Green getting a 1-yard TD run. The Colts closed out the half with Vinatieri making a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Indianapolis Colts\nIn the third quarter, Indianapolis got the lead as QB Peyton Manning completed a 23-yard TD pass to RB Joseph Addai. The Texans regained the lead as rookie RB Steve Slaton getting a 71-yard TD run. The Colts answered with Addai getting a 7-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Indianapolis increased their lead as Manning completed a 10-yard TD pass to WR Marvin Harrison. Houston tried to come back as Green got a 2-yard TD run, but the Colts pulled away as Vinatieri nailed a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Cleveland Browns\nTrying to snap a three-game losing streak, the Texans flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 12 duel with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Houston drew first blood as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter. In the second quarter, the Texans increased their lead as kicker Kris Brown got a 31-yard field goal. The Browns responded with kicker Phil Dawson getting a pair of 32-yard field goals. Houston ended the half with Brown making a 31-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Texans continued their dominance as Brown nailed a 36-yard field goal. From there on out, Houston's defense kept Cleveland's offense in check.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Cleveland Browns\nWith the win, not only did the Texans improve to 4\u20137, but they finally got their first road win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off their road win over the Browns, the Texans went home, donned their \"Battle Red\" uniforms, and played in their very first Monday Night Football game in franchise history, as they played a Week 13 AFC South rematch with the Jacksonville Jaguars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the first quarter, Houston drew first blood as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 31-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson, while kicker Kris Brown got a 38-yard field goal. After a scoreless second quarter, the Texans increased their lead early in the third quarter as Brown got a 50-yard field goal. The Jaguars responded with kicker Josh Scobee getting a 29-yard field goal, yet Houston answered with Brown nailing a 20-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Houston began to pull away as rookie RB Steve Slaton got a 7-yard TD run. Jacksonville answered with RB Fred Taylor getting a 4-yard TD run, yet the Texans immediately replied as Slaton got a 40-yard TD run. The Jaguars close out the scoring with QB David Garrard completing an 18-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 858]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nThis was the first time that Houston hosted a football game on Monday night in 14 years. The last Monday night game that was held in Houston was on November 21, 1994, in the Houston Astrodome when the Houston Oilers were defeated by the New York Giants 13\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers\nWith their MNF home win over the Jaguars fresh in their minds, the Texans flew to Lambeau Field for a Week 14 interconference duel with the Green Bay Packers. Houston shot early in the first quarter as QB Matt Schaub completed a 58-yard TD pass to wide receiver Kevin Walter. The Packers responded in the second quarter with QB Aaron Rodgers completing a 20-yard touchdown pass to TE Donald Lee, yet the Texans closed out the half with a 30-yard field goal from kicker Kris Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers\nHouston got the third quarter's only points as Brown got a 41-yard field goal. Green Bay answered in the fourth quarter as RB Ryan Grant got a 6-yard touchdown run, yet the Texans replied with Schaub completing an 11-yard touchdown pass and a 2-point conversion pass to wide receiver Andre Johnson. The Packers tied the game as Rodgers completed a 9-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jordy Nelson. Houston got the last laugh as Brown nailed the game-winning 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Tennessee Titans\nWith the win, not only the Texans improved to 7\u20137. but they won four straight games for the first time in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Oakland Raiders\nComing off their divisional upset win at home over the Titans, the Texans flew to Oakland\u2013Alameda County Coliseum for a Week 16 duel with the Oakland Raiders. Houston trailed early in the first quarter as Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell completed a 20-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Chaz Schilens. The Texans responded with fullback Vonta Leach's 1-yard touchdown run. However, Oakland responded with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 33-yard and a 30-yard field goal. Houston tied the game in the second quarter as kicker Kris Brown got a 53-yard and a 24-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, the Raiders scored two unanswered touchdowns: wide receiver Johnnie Lee Higgins caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from Russell, followed by an 80-yard punt return for a touchdown. The Texans tried to come back in the fourth quarter: Brown nailed a 40-yard field goal, but that was too little, too late.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Chicago Bears\nHoping to end their season on a high note, the Texans closed out their season at home in a Week 17 interconference duel with the Chicago Bears. Houston trailed early in the first quarter as Bears quarterback Kyle Orton completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Lloyd, followed by a 37-yard field goal from kicker Robbie Gould. The Texans responded and took the lead as quarterback Matt Schaub a 43-yard and a 3-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Andre Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, Houston added onto their lead as running back Ryan Moats getting a 2-yard touchdown run. Chicago answered with Orton completing a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Greg Olsen. In the fourth quarter, the Texans pulled away as kicker Kris Brown nailed a 22-yard field goal, followed by rookie running back Steve Slaton's 2-yard touchdown run. The Bears tried to come back as Orton got a 1-yard touchdown run, but Houston's defense stiffened for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197051-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Chicago Bears\nWith the win, the Texans closed out their season at 8\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197052-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Huangshan Cup\nThe Huangshan Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place on only one occasion between 14 and 18 May 2008 in Hefei, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197052-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Huangshan Cup\nThe competition was originally planned so that four top-16 ranked players from the UK would play four Chinese players who would come through an elimination contest. Of those originally invited only Stephen Hendry took part, although four top-16 players did reach the quarter-finals along with local players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197052-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Huangshan Cup\nAli Carter, who was a last-minute replacement for Ronnie O'Sullivan, won in the final 5\u20133 against Marco Fu. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake caused disruption to the event with players withdrawing; Ding Junhui donated his prize money to the earthquake disaster fund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197053-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Huddersfield Giants season\nThe 2008 Huddersfield Giants season saw the club compete in Super League XIII as well as the 2008 Challenge Cup tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197054-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hull City Council election\nThe 2008 Hull City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats retained control of the council with an increased majority from a situation of ruling under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197054-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hull City Council election, Campaign\nAt the 2007 election the Liberal Democrats had won an overall majority of 1 but subsequently suffered 2 defections meaning that they went into the 2008 election as a minority administration. In total 81 candidates stood in the 2008 election including 20 each from the Liberal Democrats, Labour and Conservative parties. Other candidates standing in the election came from the English Democrats, Greens and United Kingdom Independence Party as well as some independents candidates. The Liberal Democrats were expected to recover seats in the election which they had lost when councillors had defected to sit as independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197054-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hull City Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Liberal Democrats regain a majority on the council after gaining 5 seats. They won Newington and Pickering wards from Labour, as well as Beverley, Boothferry and Derringham wards from independents. Labour did make one gain in St Andrews from an independent and saw their former leader, Colin Inglis, returned to the council in Myton. The Liberal Democrats now controlled 33 seats on the council as compared to 19 for Labour. Overall turnout in the election was 25.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197054-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hull City Council election, Ward results\nNo elections were held in Bransholme East, Bransholme West and University wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl\nThe 2008 Humanitarian Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the Maryland Terrapins and the Nevada Wolf Pack on December 30, 2008. It was the two teams' first meeting. The game featured two conference tie-ins: the University of Maryland represented the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the University of Nevada represented the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The game was played at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho and was the 12th edition of the Humanitarian Bowl. It was sponsored by the New Plymouth, Idaho-based company Roady's Truck Stops, which claims to be the largest chain of truck stops in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl\nThe featured match-up was between what was called a \"wildly inconsistent\" Maryland team and the third-best rushing defense and fifth-best total offense of Nevada. The result was an offensive shoot-out. The final score of 42\u201335 in favor of Maryland exceeded total-points predictions by as much as 17 and tied the all-time Humanitarian Bowl record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl\nBefore the kickoff, seven Maryland players, including six starters, received partial-game suspensions for violating the team's curfew. Maryland took a quick lead within the first two minutes of play, but repeated errors allowed Nevada to remain competitive and the lead changed hands five times. In the second quarter, Nevada's dual-threat quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, was hobbled by an ankle injury that altered the complexion of the game. Nevertheless, Kaepernick remained in the game for almost its entirety and was able to scramble for a touchdown. Halfway through the third quarter, Maryland's leading running back, Da'Rel Scott, made his first appearance of the game. He had been one of the suspended players, but scored twice in the final quarter to help secure a victory for the Terrapins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection\nThe ACC had a contractual tie-in with the Humanitarian Bowl that afforded the bowl organizing committee the eighth pick of the conference's bowl-eligible teams. An ACC team participated in the game every year from 2003 to 2008. Before the selections, the ACC announced that 2008 would be the final year of its tie-in with the game due to travel and cost considerations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection\nThe other conference tie-in was with the WAC, which has generally fielded its champion in the game. The WAC has provided a team for the Humanitarian Bowl every year since 2001. Initially, it was speculated that the WAC championship team, Boise State, would make its fifth appearance in the bowl played in its home stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, Potential \"Battle of the Unbeatens\"\nAt the end of the regular season, there were three undefeated teams from non-Bowl Championship Series (BCS) conferences, and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules required only one to be given a berth in a BCS game. These three non-BCS teams were Ball State, Boise State, and Utah. The Utes were considered heavy favorites for that berth. In a preemptive move, Humanitarian Bowl officials conducted negotiations with Ball State of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in an effort to arrange a \"Battle of the Unbeatens\" with Boise State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 75], "content_span": [76, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, Potential \"Battle of the Unbeatens\"\nIf Ball State accepted, presumably with the consent of the ACC, it would have forced a team from the ACC to find an at-large bid. However, Ball State officials were unhappy with the home-field advantage that would have been given to Boise State and the expenses associated with traveling to Idaho. Ball State, which lost the MAC Championship Game and ended its perfect record, declined the overtures and instead met Tulsa in the 2009 GMAC Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 75], "content_span": [76, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, ACC team selection\nIn 2008, the ACC experienced a season of unusual parity and fielded an NCAA-record number of ten bowl-eligible teams. Six of those had identical 4\u20134 conference records, and the remaining four had 5\u20133 conference records. Among the eligible teams, N.C. State (6\u20136) had the only non-winning overall record and was therefore forced by NCAA rules to find an at-large berth outside of the ACC tie-in games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, ACC team selection\nFor the 2008 season, the ACC had nine tie-in games. The Orange Bowl was the conference's BCS game and granted an automatic bid to the winner of the ACC Championship Game. The Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia had the first-pick of eligible ACC teams after the BCS game, followed by the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida and the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, ACC team selection\nThe Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee; the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, North Carolina; and the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco, California submitted their preferences together, and selected in that order if an agreement between them could not be reached. A special clause also guaranteed that, with a minimum of eight wins, the loser of the championship game would be selected no lower than by the Music City Bowl. The Humanitarian Bowl had the eighth-overall choice followed by the inaugural EagleBank Bowl in Washington, D.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, ACC team selection\nThat season, an economic recession factored into the selections. In general, bowl officials attempted to select teams in close geographic proximity to compensate for an anticipated drop in ticket sales. Maryland, however, stated that they would not accept a berth to face in-state rival Navy in the nearby EagleBank Bowl due to a conflict with the school's final exams. The Emerald Bowl was not seen as a viable choice due to Maryland's participation in it the year prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, ACC team selection\nMaryland head coach Ralph Friedgen made his case to bowl officials by saying that the Terrapins had beaten four of the other five 4\u20134 teams and not played a game against the fifth, Miami. Three of those teams were selected ahead of Maryland: the Meineke Car Care Bowl selected the nearby North Carolina team; the Gator Bowl chose Clemson, a school with a traditionally well-traveling fanbase; and the Emerald Bowl selected Miami. After the higher-priority bowl games made their selections, the Humanitarian Bowl had the choice of either Maryland or Wake Forest, the school with the smallest enrollment in any BCS football conference. Humanitarian Bowl officials chose Maryland in light of its larger alumni base, well-traveled fans, and greater television marketing potential.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 835]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, ACC team selection\nIn week 12 of the 2008 season, Maryland had a 7\u20133 record and stood atop the ACC Atlantic Division. However, the Terps lost their final two regular season games and slid to a four-way tie for third place in the division. Earlier in the season, Maryland defeated four ranked opponents, a feat surpassed only by the two teams that played in the BCS National Championship Game, Florida and Oklahoma\u2014and those each played an extra game with their conference championships. Maryland spent three weeks ranked in the top-25 of the Associated Press Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, WAC team selection\nAt the end of the 2008 season, the WAC had six bowl-eligible teams, five of which participated in bowl games. The WAC had three conference tie-ins: the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii; and the Humanitarian Bowl. Additionally, the WAC had provisions for conditional participation in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, California; the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana; and the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, WAC team selection\nIn the past, the Humanitarian Bowl usually selected the WAC championship team. However, Boise State was not content to play a middle-grade ACC team after negotiations with Ball State failed. The WAC commissioner said that the Broncos would look for another match-up that had \"the same type of sizzle\" as a match-up against Ball State. The Idaho Statesman added that \"The Terrapins don't 'sizzle.'\" Boise State traveled to the Poinsettia Bowl, where they faced 11th-ranked TCU, which had lost only to the BCS-bound Oklahoma and Utah teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, WAC team selection\nIn Nevada's final regular season game, Kaepernick led the Wolf Pack in a second-half comeback to defeat Louisiana Tech. The seventh win guaranteed Nevada a berth in one of the three WAC tie-in bowls. The Wolf Pack finished the season in a three-way tie for second place in the WAC alongside Hawaii and Louisiana Tech. Hawaii had a standing contract with the home-town Hawaii Bowl where it played Notre Dame. Louisiana Tech, having lost to both Nevada and Hawaii, appeared unlikely to be selected for a bowl at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, WAC team selection\nHowever, the Bulldogs were able to take advantage of a provisional WAC berth in the Independence Bowl since neither the Big 12 nor the Southeastern Conference could provide eligible teams. Two other WAC teams achieved bowl eligibility with 6\u20136 records. Fresno State secured a slot in the New Mexico Bowl, but San Jose State was unable to find an at-large berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, WAC team selection\nWith Boise State's decision to decline the Humanitarian Bowl invitation, the organizing committee looked to Nevada. Like Maryland, Nevada ended the regular season with a 7\u20135 record. The Wolf Pack's schedule included losses against then sixth-ranked Missouri, ninth-ranked Boise State, and 12th-ranked Texas Tech. Nevada finished the regular season ranked second nationally in rushing offense and fifth in total offense. The Wolf Pack had two 1,000-yard rushers: dual-threat quarterback Colin Kaepernick and running back Vai Taua. Kaepernick also threw for more than 2,000\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Team selection, WAC team selection\nOn December 7, 2008, the Humanitarian Bowl officially extended invitations to Maryland and Nevada, both of which were accepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Location\nThe site of the game was Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho, the home field of Boise State University. The field's blue artificial turf has the distinction of being the only non-green playing field in use by a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision team. Due to the color of its field, the stadium is nicknamed \"The Blue\" and the field itself is sometimes colloquially referred to as \"smurf turf\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Location\nPundits and opponents have asserted that Boise State benefits from an added advantage by wearing their blue home uniforms to match the playing field. Boise State had a 64\u20132 record at Bronco Stadium from 1998 to 2008. Nevada, designated as the home team, likewise wore blue uniforms during the Humanitarian Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Location\nACC teams viewed a berth in the Humanitarian Bowl as undesirable due to its location. Aside from being one of the lower priority tie-ins, the destination is far outside the conference's geographic footprint. Travel costs from the East Coast are prohibitively expensive and historically caused low turnout among ACC fans. In addition, the game is hosted at a cold-weather venue, which is a disadvantage in comparison with ACC bowl games in places such as Florida, California, and Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Location\nThe game historically relied on local ticket sales, and the participating schools struggled to sell their allotted tickets. On December 8, a Boise-area television news station reported that Maryland and Nevada had sold just sixteen and eight tickets, respectively. The story was widely circulated by sports-related blogs, but the figures were discredited by a Maryland official. On December 18, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported that 100 tickets had been sold by Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Location\nMaryland officials admitted that ticket sales among its fans were expected to be low, with one stating they were in the \"mid-hundreds\" a week and a half from the game date. According to a Baltimore Sun reporter, Maryland's final ticket figure was about 800. By comparison, Clemson sold about 3,500 tickets for the 2001 Humanitarian Bowl, and Georgia Tech sold about 250\u00a0tickets for the 2007 Humanitarian Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison\nPredictions for the game varied, but generally favored Nevada with Maryland as the underdog. Several publications, including Sports Illustrated, named Nevada as three-point favorites in spread betting. ESPN's ACC correspondent predicted Nevada to win by 21\u00a0points. Las Vegas betting firms assigned Nevada as 0.5- to 3.0-point favorites. The over-under was predicted to be between 60.0 and 62.0\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 57], "content_span": [58, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison\nUnder head coach Ralph Friedgen, Maryland had earned a reputation for inconsistency, sometimes even being referred to as \"schizophrenic\". During the regular season, the Terrapins managed to beat four of the five top-25 teams they faced: 23rd-ranked California, 20th-ranked Clemson, 21st-ranked Wake Forest, and 16th-ranked North Carolina. All those teams subsequently participated in bowl games. However, Maryland also lost to teams they were expected to defeat. They lost by ten points to 12.5-point underdogs Middle Tennessee State. Maryland suffered a 31-point shut-out against Virginia, a team (then 1\u20133) that had lost to Duke, 31\u20133, the week prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 57], "content_span": [58, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison\nNevada suffered three of its five losses against then top-twelve ranked teams. They lost to Big 12 Championship runner-up Missouri and Texas Tech, which, in midseason, was in contention for the national championship and was led by Heisman Trophy prospect Graham Harrell. Nevada managed a close game against Boise State. The Wolf Pack lost by seven\u00a0points to a team that recorded an average 21.4-point margin of victory in a perfect 12\u20130\u00a0regular season. Boise State preserved victory when a Hail Mary pass from Kaepernick was broken up in the final seconds. Nevada, however, was also accused of inconsistent play. The Wolf Pack suffered a home loss to \"perennial WAC bottom-feeder\" New Mexico State, 48\u201345.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 57], "content_span": [58, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison, Maryland offense vs. Nevada defense\nMaryland's offense was run by first-year offensive coordinator and former wide receivers coach James Franklin, who utilized a West Coast system. During the 2008 regular season, starting quarterback Chris Turner threw for 2,318\u00a0yards, 11\u00a0touchdowns, and 10\u00a0interceptions. NFL Draft prospect Darrius Heyward-Bey accumulated 561\u00a0receiving yards in ten games. Heyward-Bey also recorded 208\u00a0rushing yards and was often utilized in reverses and other trick plays due to his breakaway speed. Maryland had another offensive weapon in running back Da'Rel Scott, who ran for 959\u00a0yards during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 94], "content_span": [95, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison, Maryland offense vs. Nevada defense\nOverall, the rushing offense gained 134.5\u00a0yards per game and was ranked 72nd in the nation. Against Virginia Tech and Boston College, Maryland rushed for \u221212\u00a0and \u22126\u00a0yards, respectively. The previous year, in the 2007 Emerald Bowl against Oregon State, Maryland recorded 19\u00a0yards on the ground against the then second-ranked rushing defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 94], "content_span": [95, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison, Maryland offense vs. Nevada defense\nAbout Maryland, Nevada head coach Chris Ault said, \"Their offense to me is very balanced. They can run the ball and do a good job. With [quarterback Chris] Turner, they split out and they have some nice receivers. Whereas Missouri was going to throw it as much as Texas Tech did, I think Maryland is probably one of the more balanced teams we've played this year.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 94], "content_span": [95, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison, Maryland offense vs. Nevada defense\nThe Maryland offense faced first-year defensive coordinator Nigel Burton's Nevada defense. It ranked third in the nation against the run, allowing 74.5\u00a0rushing yards per game, but was last (120th) in the nation in passing defense, allowing an average of 321.1\u00a0passing yards per game. Nevada was ranked eighth in the number of quarterback sacks with 35. Kevin Basped, ranked tenth in the nation in sacks, and Dontay Moch, ranked fifteenth, accumulated more than nine each. Maryland quarterback Turner was sacked 11\u00a0times in the Terrapins' last two games against Florida State and Boston College. Nevada was also ranked sixth nationally in tackles for loss, with an average of 8.0\u00a0per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 94], "content_span": [95, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison, Nevada offense vs. Maryland defense\nIn 2008, Nevada typically ran an offensive scheme referred to as the \"pistol offense\", a system that was pioneered by head coach Chris Ault. In the pistol offense, the quarterback lines up four yards directly behind the center and with a running back directly behind the quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 94], "content_span": [95, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison, Nevada offense vs. Maryland defense\nUnder the system, the offense attempts to keep the opposing defense off balance by diversifying the types of plays that can be run, with a focus on running up the middle, \"quarterback keepers\" in which the passer runs the ball, and play action passes where the quarterback fakes a hand-off before throwing to a receiver. It aims to create man-to-man match-ups with the receivers and compensate for an undersized offensive line. With the running back obscured from view by the quarterback, it can also create confusion for the opposing linebackers and allow more effective deception, which is critical to play-action fakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 94], "content_span": [95, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison, Nevada offense vs. Maryland defense\nThe system worked well during the regular season. Nevada starting quarterback and 2008 WAC Offensive Player of the Year Colin Kaepernick ran for more than 1,100\u00a0yards and 16\u00a0touchdowns in addition to passing for 2,479\u00a0yards and 19\u00a0touchdowns. Alongside Kaepernick, Nevada's rushing offense was led by running back Vai Taua, who ran for 1,420\u00a0yards and 14\u00a0touchdowns. With two 1,000-yard rushers for the first time in school history, Nevada ran for an average of 291.4\u00a0yards per game. Nevada was ranked fifth nationally in terms of total offense, averaging 510.6\u00a0yards per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 94], "content_span": [95, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison, Nevada offense vs. Maryland defense\nWith regards to facing the pistol offense, Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen said, \"If we can keep our assignments and tackle, we'll be OK. One missed tackle could be a big play\u00a0... With the throwing game, there could be a lot of one-on-one situations. To me, it's pick your poison. What they do best is run it. What we'd like to do is get them off schedule. If they mix it, then we're in trouble.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 94], "content_span": [95, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Team comparison, Nevada offense vs. Maryland defense\nNevada coach Ault said, \"I think the Maryland defense is as physical as Missouri's was.\" Kaepernick said, \"You notice how disciplined and how hard they play. They're never out of alignment. If they're supposed to be somewhere, they're going to be there and they're going to be ready to make a play. When plays come their way, they make them. That's something we have to be ready for. We have to find a weakness and exploit it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 94], "content_span": [95, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Personnel changes, Maryland coaching changes\nAfter Maryland's last regular-season game, defensive coordinator Chris Cosh and tight ends coach and special teams assistant Danny Pearman announced their resignations. Cosh returned to Kansas State, where he had coached before Maryland, to assume defensive play-calling duties under recently re-hired head coach Bill Snyder. Danny Pearman returned to his alma mater, Clemson, to work for Dabo Swinney, who had been promoted from offensive coordinator to interim head coach and, finally, head coach for the Tigers. For the bowl game, Maryland's defensive line coach, Al Seamonson, was named as the interim defensive coordinator. Third-year intern Brian White filled in for Pearman as the interim tight ends coach and would assist head coach Friedgen in running the special teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 86], "content_span": [87, 866]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Personnel changes, Maryland player suspensions\nShortly before the game, Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen placed partial-game suspensions on seven players who violated the team's pre-bowl curfew. The suspended players were linebackers Moise Fokou, Trey Covington, Antwine Perez, and Derek Drummond, cornerback Jamari McCollough, the quarterback's preferred third-down wide receiver Danny Oquendo, and leading running back Da'Rel Scott. All except Drummond were regular starters. Consequently, a much younger line-up started for Maryland, including, according to Friedgen, some who probably would not have seen playing time otherwise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 88], "content_span": [89, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Personnel changes, Maryland player suspensions\nFriedgen stated that the curfew violations occurred over several nights, and that different players violated the rule to separate degrees. He informed Maryland athletic director Deborah Yow of the infractions and initially suggested sending all the curfew violators back to Maryland by bus. Yow dissented, and they agreed to suspend the players for part of the game. Describing the incident, Friedgen said that \"Five percent of [the] guys thought they didn't need to listen to me, that they could get bed checked and sneak out.\" He added, \"But I checked again at 1 o'clock. \"This is not my first rodeo.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 88], "content_span": [89, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary\nThe 2008 Humanitarian Bowl kicked off at 2:30\u00a0p.m. Mountain Time on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 in front of a crowd of 26,781\u00a0spectators at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The weather conditions were cloudy with a temperature of 38\u00a0\u00b0F (3\u00a0\u00b0C) and wind at eight\u00a0mph (12.9\u00a0km/h) from the southeast. The officiating staff consisted of referee Clair Gausman, umpire Rico Orsot, linesman Cal McNeill, line judge Gary McNanna, back judge Tom Bessant, field judge Shane Standley, side judge Kim Nelson, and scorer Mike Cannon. The game was televised on ESPN and drew a television rating of 2.1 for an estimated 3,039,000 viewers. It was a 218%\u00a0increase in television viewers from the previous season's game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nThe game started with Maryland receiving the kickoff, which Kenny Tate returned 17\u00a0yards to the Terrapins' 35-yard line. Quarterback Chris Turner threw a short pass to Torrey Smith, bringing the ball to the Maryland 41-yard line, and then threw an incomplete pass. On third down with three yards to go, Turner connected with freshman Adrian Cannon for a 59-yard touchdown pass. However, placekicker Obi Egekeze missed the extra point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nIn subsequent possessions, Nevada and Maryland both failed to gain first downs and exchanged punts. Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick then led a drive that included a 68-yard pass to the Maryland three-yard line. The Terrapins' defense stopped two rushing attempts by Vai Taua, but a short pass to wide receiver Chris Wellington was completed for Nevada's first touchdown. With the extra point, Nevada took the lead, 7\u20136. Wolf Pack placekicker Brett Jaekle executed a 69-yard kickoff to Torrey Smith, and he returned it 99\u00a0yards for a second Maryland touchdown. Egekeze made the extra point and Maryland regained the lead, 13\u20137, with 7:53 remaining in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nOn the ensuing kickoff, Egekeze attempted to kick the ball as it fell off the tee. This resulted in an unintentional squib that was returned 36\u00a0yards to the Terps' nine-yard line. Nevada's Kaepernick attempted to rush but was stopped for no gain. On the next play, he threw the ball into the end zone, but it was intercepted by Maryland safety Kenny Tate, resulting in a touchback. The Terps started on their own 20-yard line, and running back Davin Meggett rushed for 13\u00a0yards and a first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nTurner then linked up with freshman receiver Ronnie Tyler for another first down at the Maryland 49-yard line. After a false start penalty, the Terps were unable to gain a first down and punted the ball away. The ball rolled into the end zone for a touchback, and Nevada started the final drive of the quarter at its 20-yard line. Kaepernick then passed for two first downs, picked up another due to a pass interference call against Maryland, and scrambled for yet another. He then handed off to Taua, who rushed 17\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Nevada re-took the lead, 14\u201313, with 46 seconds remaining in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nNevada's Jaekle made a short kick-off, and Maryland tight end Dan Gronkowski returned the ball eight\u00a0yards to the Maryland 44-yard line. On the final play of the quarter, Turner handed the ball off to sophomore running back Morgan Green, who picked up three yards. The quarter ended with Nevada leading, 14\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe second quarter began with Maryland in possession at its 47-yard line. On the first play of the quarter, Turner handed off to Green, who broke free of the Nevada defense for a 53-yard gain and a touchdown. The score and extra point gave Maryland a six-point lead, 20\u201314, with 14:50 remaining in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nNevada and Maryland then exchanged punts three times, and the Wolf Pack punted it away a fourth time. In the span of two series, Kaepernick was sacked three times, once each by linebackers Dave Philistin, Alex Wujciak, and Adrian Moten. As a result, Kaepernick suffered an ankle sprain and played the rest of the game, but he noticeably favored his uninjured side. The Terps took over on their 47-yard line with 0:29 remaining in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nTurner completed an eight-yard pass to Ronnie Tyler, and a Nevada hit out-of-bounds resulted in a 15-yard penalty against Nevada and a first down for Maryland. After two incomplete passes, Turner then converted on third down again with a toss to Tyler for 16\u00a0yards and then once more for 14\u00a0yards and a touchdown to bring the score to 26\u201314 in Maryland's favor. The Terps elected to attempt a two-point conversion, and Turner completed a pass to a wide-open Meggett in the right side of the end zone. With six seconds remaining in the first half, Maryland had a 28\u201314 lead. Nevada received Maryland's kickoff, but elected to run out the clock and head into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nMaryland kicked off to Nevada to start the second half, and the teams again exchanged punts twice. Kaepernick sat out the next series due to his sprained ankle. Backup quarterback Nick Graziano took over but was unable to complete two passes and Nevada punted a third time. In the next series, Turner threw an interception to Nevada safety Jonathan Amaya, who returned it for 33\u00a0yards to the Maryland 22-yard line, then fumbled. The ball was recovered by Nevada, and Kaepernick capitalized on the turnover with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Taua, narrowing Nevada's deficit to 28\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nJaekle kicked off to the Maryland 30-yard line where it was returned by Green for two yards. A fresh Da'Rel Scott then made his first appearance in the game. He carried the ball four times in succession to advance to the Nevada 46-yard line. On third down with nine yards to go, Turner was sacked by defensive lineman Kevin Basped and the ball was knocked loose. It was picked up by Wolf Pack linebacker Brandon Marshall who then also fumbled. Maryland offensive lineman Scott Burley recovered it on the Nevada 45-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nThe alternating changes in possession gave Maryland a first down, and Turner then connected with Darrius Heyward-Bey on an 11-yard pass for another first down. Scott rushed twice to pick up a first down at the Nevada 23-yard line. After a rush by Meggett, Turner was sacked by defensive end Dontay Moch and again fumbled. This time, Nevada recovered the ball and retained possession. Kaepernick then passed to wide receiver Mike McCoy for 38\u00a0yards to the Maryland 27-yard line. Vai Taua picked up seven yards on a rush attempt, and the quarter came to an end with Maryland leading, 28\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe fourth quarter began with Nevada in possession at the Maryland 20-yard line. The first play of the quarter was a rush attempt by Taua, but he fumbled and recovered the ball for a loss of one yard. On the second play of the quarter, Kaepernick completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Marko Mitchell, tying the score at 28\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nFollowing the Nevada kickoff, Turner handed off to Scott, who picked up two yards. After an incomplete pass, Turner connected with Torrey Smith on a 26-yard toss for a third-down conversion. Scott then rushed for three yards to the Nevada 49-yard line, and carried it again down the middle, this time breaking free for a 49-yard touchdown run. On the following Nevada series, Kaepernick mounted a 38-yard drive to the Maryland 34-yard line, but failed to convert on fourth and\u00a012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nOn the next series, Da'Rel Scott was handed the ball four times in succession to pick up first downs with rushes of 11, 23, 30\u00a0yards and a touchdown on a two-yard run. The score and extra point gave Maryland a two-touchdown lead, 42\u201328. Nevada's offense returned to the field with 7:44\u00a0remaining in the game and used almost three minutes in a 37-yard drive that culminated in an interception by Maryland safety Jeff Allen on the Maryland 38-yard line. After no gain on a rush by running back Morgan Green, Maryland attempted an end-around.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0043-0002", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nTurner was stepped on, and the handoff was botched. The intended recipient, Heyward-Bey, dropped the ball but managed to recover it for a loss of six yards. After Nevada called a time out, Green rushed for a five-yard gain. Nevada expended its last remaining time out to stop the clock with 4:06\u00a0left. Maryland punted it away on fourth down with 11\u00a0yards to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nKaepernick took over on the Nevada 23-yard line with 4:01\u00a0and made four completions to drive to the Terps' 15-yard line. Exploiting a large opening, Kaepernick held onto the ball and ran it into the end zone to narrow Maryland's lead to one touchdown, 42\u201335, with 2:19\u00a0remaining. Jaekle attempted an onside kick in an effort to give Nevada another chance on offense, but the ball was recovered by Maryland receiver Danny Oquendo. Scott rushed for two and then 19\u00a0yards. With the first down, Maryland had enough time to run out the clock and clinch the 42\u201335\u00a0victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics\nThe 2008 Humanitarian Bowl Most Valuable Player honors were awarded to Maryland running back Da'Rel Scott, who rushed for 174\u00a0yards, and Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who threw for 370\u00a0yards. Each was the statistical leader at his respective position, and Scott scored Maryland's two final touchdowns to break the 28\u201328 stalemate. Scott also was able to help Maryland clinch the victory in the final minutes by rushing for a first down that allowed the team to run out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Records\nThe 77 points scored in the game tied the Humanitarian Bowl record for total points, which had been set in 1998 by Idaho and Southern Miss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Records\nNevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick set the Humanitarian Bowl passing yardage record with 370\u00a0yards through the air, and he scored three touchdowns in the process. Despite the loss, Kaepernick's team outperformed Maryland in terms of passing yardage, total offense, first downs, and time of possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Records\nMaryland freshman wide receiver Torrey Smith, with his 99-yard kickoff return, broke the all-time Atlantic Coast Conference single-season kickoff return yards record with 1,089\u00a0yards. Smith also broke the Humanitarian Bowl kick return record, which was previously 98\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Records\nWith 174\u00a0yards, Da'Rel Scott set the Maryland record for rushing yards in a bowl game, despite playing just one and a half quarters due to his curfew suspension. The previous record was 165\u00a0yards, set by Lu Gambino in Maryland's first bowl game, the 1948 Gator Bowl. Scott also broke the 1,000 yards-per-season barrier, making him one of just seven players in school history to do so. Scott said earlier in the year that reaching the 1,000-yard benchmark was a personal goal he set for the 2008 season. Between Scott and Davin Meggett, Maryland also came the closest it ever has to having both a 1,000- and 500-yard rusher in the same season. Meggett fell just 43\u00a0yards shy of the 500-yard mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Records\nNevada set a school record for single-season total offensive yards, recording 6,611\u00a0in 2008. This surpassed the previous record of 6,263\u00a0yards, set in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Maryland statistical recap\nFour Maryland backups who saw significant playing time due to the suspensions scored touchdowns: second-string slot receiver Ronnie Tyler, second-string X-receiver Torrey Smith, third-string slot receiver Adrian Cannon, and third-string running back Morgan Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Maryland statistical recap\nMaryland compiled 456\u00a0yards of total offense: 198\u00a0in the air and 258\u00a0yards on the ground. Quarterback Chris Turner completed passes to five receivers during the game: Ronnie Tyler (five), Darrius Heyward-Bey (four), Torrey Smith (two), Adrian Cannon (one), and Emani Lee-Odai (one). Cannon and Tyler each caught a pass for a touchdown. Running back Davin Meggett caught a pass for a two-point conversion. Turner also threw one interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Maryland statistical recap\nOn the ground, rushing attempts were made by running backs Da'Rel Scott (14\u00a0for 174\u00a0yards), Morgan Green (10 for 72\u00a0yards), and Davin Meggett (10 for 35\u00a0yards). Wide receiver Heyward-Bey also made a rushing attempt, but dropped the ball and recovered it for a loss of six\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Maryland statistical recap\nMaryland had previously shown an ability to strike quickly on offense and did so again in the game. In the 2008 season, the team scored 18\u00a0out of 28\u00a0touchdowns in drives consisting of six or fewer plays or less than two minutes of game time. This led to the team often trailing opponents in time of possession. In the Humanitarian Bowl, Maryland continued the pattern by scoring in the first 1:01 with a 59-yard Chris Turner pass to Adrian Cannon. Maryland had possession for 2:26 less than Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Maryland statistical recap\nMaryland, which was third-best in the ACC in third down attempts (40.4%), did comparatively poorly during the game, converting only four of 14\u00a0third downs (28.6%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Maryland statistical recap\nDefensively, Maryland was able to hold the nation's third-ranked rushing offense to just 114\u00a0yards on the ground. Nevada quarterback Kaepernick, who ran for 1,115\u00a0yards, was held to just 19\u00a0rushing yards, 15\u00a0of which were gained during a touchdown run. Two players made their first career interceptions: true freshman safety Kenny Tate and senior defensive back Jeff Allen. Tate's interception in the Maryland end zone prevented a Nevada score, while Allen's interception with 4:54\u00a0remaining helped seal the victory for Maryland. Offensive lineman Scott Burley forced a fumble against Nevada linebacker Brandon Marshall, who had recovered a third-down fumble by Turner. Burley subsequently recovered the forced fumble and gave Maryland a first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Maryland statistical recap\nMaryland's special teams recorded one touchdown when Torrey Smith returned a kickoff for 99\u00a0yards. After the first touchdown of the game, senior placekicker Obi Egekeze missed an extra point for the first time in his career. Early in the season, Egekeze missed his first five field goal attempts, but, prior to the Humanitarian Bowl, he had made all 64\u00a0extra-point attempts of his career. After the first failed kick, Egekeze made the other five extra-point attempts of the game. The placekicker also erred when he attempted to kick the ball as it fell off the tee, resulting in a short 15-yard kick which was returned 36\u00a0yards by Nevada to the Maryland nine-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Nevada statistical recap\nNevada recorded better statistics than Maryland in several areas despite ultimately losing the game. The Wolf Pack compiled seven more first downs, 172\u00a0more passing yards, 28\u00a0more total offensive yards, 15\u00a0fewer penalty yards, 15.8%\u00a0more third down conversions, and 2:26\u00a0more time in possession of the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Nevada statistical recap\nIn the passing game, Colin Kaepernick achieved a 51.1% pass completion rate (24\u00a0out of\u00a047). He threw for 370\u00a0yards, including three touchdowns. He completed passes to Mike McCoy (13), Marko Mitchell (five), Chris Wellington (three), Arthur King, Jr. (two), and Vai Taua (one). Mitchell, Wellington, and Taua each caught a pass for a touchdown. Due to Kaepernick's injury, backup quarterback Nick Graziano played for one series but was unable to make a completion on two attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Nevada statistical recap\nOn the ground, Nevada struggled against the Maryland defense, recording 114\u00a0rushing yards, far fewer than its 291.4\u00a0per game average. Running plays were attempted by Kaepernick and Taua, who made 23\u00a0carries for 101\u00a0yards and one touchdown. Despite suffering from a sprained ankle, Kaepernick also was able to scamper 15\u00a0yards for a rushing touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Nevada statistical recap\nConversely, the Nevada defense had difficulty stopping the Maryland run. Nevada's rush defense allowed 258\u00a0yards, compared with its regular-season average of just 74.5\u00a0yards allowed per game. This was especially true after a well-rested Da'Rel Scott entered the game in the middle of the third quarter. Head coach Chris Ault said, \"He just ran through us like we weren't there.\" Defensive back Jonathan Amaya intercepted a Chris Turner pass for his fourth interception of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Statistics, Nevada statistical recap\nBrett Jaekle handled all of Nevada's kicking duties. He made all five extra-point attempts. Jaekle punted eight times for 295\u00a0yards and kicked off five times for 270\u00a0yards. With 1:42\u00a0remaining, he attempted an onside kick, but the ball was recovered by Maryland's Danny Oquendo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Post-game effects\nWith the bowl game, Maryland finished the season with an 8\u20135 record. The win was Maryland's 600th\u00a0in school history. Ralph Friedgen's postseason record improved to 4\u20132, which gave him twice as many bowl wins as any other head coach in school history. For the 2008 season, Maryland stood 5\u20131\u00a0in games decided by seven points or less and 8\u20130\u00a0in games kicked off during daylight hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197055-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Post-game effects\nNevada posted a final record of 7\u20136. The game was the third consecutive postseason loss for Chris Ault and Nevada. Ault's post-season bowl record slid to 1\u20135\u00a0as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197056-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team\nThe 2008 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2008 NCAA Division II football season. The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) resumed sponsoring football as of the 2008 season, so Humboldt State no longer competed as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197056-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team\nThe 2008 Lumberjacks were led by first-year head coach Rob Smith. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2\u20139, 0\u20138 GNAC). Each team played the other conference teams twice during the season (home and away) instead of just once. The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 170\u2013357 for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197056-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL\nNo Humboldt State players were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197057-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hun Sen Cup\nHun Sen Cup is the main football knockout tournament in Cambodia. The 2008 Hun Sen Cup was the 2nd season of the Hun Sen Cup, the premier knockout tournament for association football clubs in Cambodia involving Cambodian League and provincial teams organized by the Football Federation of Cambodia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197057-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hun Sen Cup\nKhemara Keila FC were the defending champions, having beaten Nagacorp 4\u20132 on penalty shoot-out after extra time 1-1 in the previous season's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197058-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships (Hungarian: Senior Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g 2008) took place on January 10, 2008 in Budapest. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level. The results were used to choose the Hungarian teams to the 2008 World Championships and the 2008 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 ING Magyar Nagyd\u00edj 2008) was a Formula One motor race held on 3 August 2008, at the Hungaroring in Mogyor\u00f3d, near Budapest. It was the 11th race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Contested over 70\u00a0laps, the race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for the McLaren team, from a second position start. Timo Glock finished second in a Toyota car, with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen third in a Ferrari. It was Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and it was Glock's first podium finish. It also turned out to be the only F1 race Kovalainen ever won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix\nThe majority of the race consisted of a duel between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari, respectively. Hamilton started from pole position but was beaten at the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship rivals began a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton sustained a punctured tyre just over halfway through the race, giving Massa a lead of more than 20\u00a0seconds over Kovalainen. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps remaining, allowing the McLaren driver to win. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen set the race's fastest lap in the other Ferrari, but was hampered by a poor qualifying performance and was stuck behind Fernando Alonso (Renault) and Glock in turn for almost all of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix\nAs a consequence of the race, Hamilton extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to five\u00a0points over R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, with Massa a further three behind. Robert Kubica, who finished eighth after finding his BMW Sauber car uncompetitive at the Hungaroring, slipped to 13\u00a0points behind Hamilton, ahead of teammate Nick Heidfeld and Kovalainen. In the World Constructors' Championship, McLaren passed BMW Sauber for second\u00a0position, 11\u00a0points behind Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background\nThe 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix was the 11th of the 18th rounds of the 2008 Formula One World Championship and occurred at the 4.381\u00a0km (2.722\u00a0mi) Hungaroring circuit, in Mogyor\u00f3d, Hungary, on 3 August 2008. The Grand Prix was contested by 20\u00a0drivers in ten teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, Honda, Force India-Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull-Renault, Williams-Toyota and Toro Rosso-Ferrari. Before the race, Ferrari was in the lead of the Constructors' Championship with 105\u00a0points, 16 ahead of BMW Sauber and a further three in front of McLaren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background\nVying for fourth place were Toyota, Red Bull and Renault, all within two points of each other but more than 60 points behind McLaren. In the Drivers' Championship, Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) led with 58\u00a0points, ahead of Ferrari teammates Felipe Massa and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who were on 54 and 51\u00a0points respectively. BMW drivers Robert Kubica (48) and Nick Heidfeld (41) were fourth and fifth in the championship, followed by Heikki Kovalainen, who had scored 28\u00a0points in the second McLaren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background\nFollowing the German Grand Prix on July 20, the teams conducted testing sessions at the Jerez circuit from July 22\u201325. Each team was limited to 30,000 kilometres (19,000\u00a0mi) of testing during the 2008 calendar year, a reduction compared with previous seasons. Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso) set the fastest time of the first and second days, while Mark Webber (Red Bull) topped the third day's running, and Heikki Kovalainen was fastest on the final day of testing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background\nSeveral teams tested using Bridgestone slick tyres, as preparation for the switch from grooved to slick tyres for the 2009 season, and BMW Sauber tested a Kinetic Energy Recovery System, also for the following year. Among the other teams, Force India's test driver, Vitantonio Liuzzi, tested the team's new \"seamless-shift\" gearbox ahead of the system's race d\u00e9but later in the year, while Timo Glock of Toyota took part after a heavy crash at the German Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background\nIn the week leading up to the race, a meeting between the teams at Ferrari's headquarters in Maranello resulted in the formation of a new representative body, the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), which was led by Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo. McLaren team principal Ron Dennis said the establishment of FOTA was intended to encourage greater co-operation between the teams, particularly in framing new sporting and technical regulations, and to act as a counterweight to the sport's existing governing body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the company responsible for its commercial management, Formula One Management (FOM).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background\nOn July 31, the day before the event's first free practice sessions took place, McLaren confirmed the team would retain Kovalainen for 2009 alongside Hamilton, while the organisers of the Hungarian Grand Prix signed a deal with Bernie Ecclestone, the president of FOM, to continue hosting the race until 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background\nSeveral teams made technical changes to their cars for the Grand Prix. Ferrari altered the F2008 chassis's cooling system and bodywork following high brake wear and engine water temperatures at the German Grand Prix. McLaren and Force India introduced revised aerodynamic packages for their MP4-23 and VJM01 chassis, aimed at increasing the amount of downforce, and therefore grip, produced by the bodywork. Force India also brought its seamless-shift gearbox to the event. Ferrari, Honda and Toyota also d\u00e9buted raised engine covers, nicknamed \"shark-fins\" for the way they stretched toward the rear wing, and Honda introduced a new rear suspension package.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background\nThe sport's sole tyre supplier, Bridgestone, provided two specifications of grooved dry tyres for the race, designated Soft (also referred to as the \"prime\" tyre) and Super Soft (also referred to as the \"option\" tyre). The Super Soft compound was distinguished by a white stripe in one of the tyre's grooves. As was the case for all of the 2008 Grands Prix, the rules stipulated that all cars should use both types of tyre during the course of the race, and each driver was limited to seven sets of dry tyres for the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race\u2014two on Friday from 10:00 to 11:30 and 14:00 to 15:30 local time, and a third on Saturday morning between 11:00 and 12:00. The first practice session took place in dry conditions. The ambient temperature was between 27\u201328\u00a0\u00b0C (81\u201382\u00a0\u00b0F), and the track temperature ranged from 31\u201334\u00a0\u00b0C (88\u201393\u00a0\u00b0F) during the hour-long period. Massa set the session's fastest time with a lap of 1\u00a0minute and 20.981\u00a0seconds, almost four-tenths of a second ahead of his teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. The two McLaren drivers were third and fourth, Kovalainen ahead of Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Practice\nFernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr. set the fifth and eighth-fastest times respectively for Renault; they were separated by Glock and Kubica. Their teammates, Heidfeld and Toyota driver Jarno Trulli, completed the top ten. Vettel's Toro Rosso car was afflicted by a hydraulics problem; this restricted him to completing only four timed laps, and he was slowest overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Practice\nThe second practice session was held in similar weather to the first; the only difference was a slightly higher peak track temperature of 37\u00a0\u00b0C (99\u00a0\u00b0F). During this session, Hamilton set the quickest lap time of the day, a 1:20.554; Kovalainen finished with the third-fastest time. The Renault drivers were again quick\u2014Piquet in second and Alonso fourth\u2014although the team's Executive Director of Engineering, Pat Symonds, admitted both cars were running with slightly lower fuel loads than normal, improving their performance. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Massa slipped to fifth and sixth respectively, their best times one-thousandth of a second apart. They were ahead of Heidfeld, Kubica, Trulli and Williams driver Nico Rosberg. Vettel's car was still suffering from the hydraulics problem and he completed just five laps, again setting the slowest time of the session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 893]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Practice\nSaturday's weather was again dry for the third and final practice session, with ambient temperature between 27\u201329\u00a0\u00b0C (81\u201384\u00a0\u00b0F) and track temperature from 32\u201336\u00a0\u00b0C (90\u201397\u00a0\u00b0F). Hamilton again set the fastest time, a 1:20.228, quicker than his best on Friday. This put him immediately ahead of Massa, Glock, Kovalainen and Piquet. Heidfeld was much happier with the setup of his car and set the sixth-fastest time, but Kubica suffered a mechanical problem that restricted him to 18th\u00a0position. Vettel had a trouble-free session and set the eighth-fastest time, one position behind teammate S\u00e9bastien Bourdais. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Rosberg completed the top ten ahead of qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nSaturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three\u00a0parts. In the first 20-minute period, cars finishing 16th or lower were eliminated. The second qualifying period lasted 15\u00a0minutes, at the end of which the fastest 10 cars went into the final period to determine their grid positions for the race. Cars failing to make the final period were allowed to be refuelled before the race, but those competing in it were not and carried more fuel than they had done in the earlier qualifying sessions to see them through the first part of the race. The session was held in dry weather slightly hotter than any of the free practice sessions; the ambient temperature ranged between 30 and 31\u00a0\u00b0C (86 and 88\u00a0\u00b0F), while track temperature ranged between 38 and 41\u00a0\u00b0C (100 and 106\u00a0\u00b0F).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying\n\"The team has done a fantastic job of continually improving the car over the past few weeks, so I'm really proud of what we've achieved today. It's great to have locked out the front row with Heikki\u2014we've been threatening to do it for a number of races, so to achieve it at a track where it's tricky to pass is really satisfying. There's a great harmony within the team at the moment and we really deserved this. I couldn't ask to be in a better position, we've both got good strategies for tomorrow and we'll be challenging for the win.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nHamilton set the fastest time in the first and final parts of the session, which clinched him pole position with a lap of 1:20.899. Although he was pleased with the handling of his McLaren\u2014he said that he had never been more comfortable in the car\u2014he believed that he could have recorded a faster lap, as he made a slight mistake going into Turn Five. Hamilton was joined on the front row by his teammate Kovalainen, who recorded a lap time 0.241\u00a0seconds slower and was fuelled for an additional two laps in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nMassa set the session's fastest time of 1:19.068 during its second part, but was delayed by other cars, which prevented him from heating his tyres sufficiently to achieve the maximum grip possible. He dropped to third overall in the final part of qualifying. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was on a heavier fuel load than his teammate but made a mistake on his final flying lap that restricted him to sixth\u00a0place. That left him behind Kubica and Glock on the grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0014-0002", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nKubica achieved his competitive time despite handling problems, which led him to describe his lap as his best so far of the season, while Glock recorded the best qualifying result of his career thus far. Alonso qualified in seventh\u00a0position with Piquet in tenth on a heavy fuel load; the Renault teammates were split by Webber and Trulli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0014-0003", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nAs the Soft tyres were expected to perform better in the race than the Super Softs, the McLaren drivers' use of one fewer set of the Soft tyres than their Ferrari counterparts during the qualifying session suggested Hamilton and Kovalainen might have had a tyre performance advantage in the race. This was because the Soft tyre was the fastest tyre choice over the course of a single lap, despite the theoretical performance advantage of the Super Soft; Ferrari used one more set of Soft tyres than McLaren before realising this was the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nVettel was the fastest driver not to advance into the final session, qualifying 11th; his best time of 1:20.131 was just over a second slower than Massa's pace in the second session. His teammate, Bourdais, set the 14th-fastest lap, but was penalised five positions on the grid for impeding Heidfeld during the first part of qualifying, a delay which limited the BMW Sauber driver to the 16th-fastest time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nThe Toro Rosso drivers were split before Bourdais' penalty by Jenson Button\u2014who found his Honda's revised suspension a significant improvement\u2014and David Coulthard, who believed the Hungaroring did not suit the handling characteristics of his Red Bull RB4 chassis. Rosberg made it into the second part of qualifying, but did not complete any laps thereafter after his Williams car developed a hydraulics problem. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams), Rubens Barrichello (Honda) and Force India drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil failed to advance beyond the first part of qualifying, and thus completed the final rows of the grid. In the first part of qualifying (the only section in which all drivers took part), the entire field was covered by just under three\u00a0seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nThe race took place in the afternoon from 14:00 local time, in dry and sunny weather, with an ambient temperature of between 30 and 31\u00a0\u00b0C (86 and 88\u00a0\u00b0F), and a track temperature ranging from 40 to 43\u00a0\u00b0C (104 to 109\u00a0\u00b0F). The race-day attendance was 84,000. As usual, the race was broadcast worldwide, with the \"World Feed\" coverage being produced by FOM. Every driver except Coulthard started on the Soft compound tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nMassa made a good start on his only remaining new set of Soft tyres, moving ahead of Kovalainen from the grid and drawing alongside Hamilton into the first corner. Hamilton held the inside line for the turn, but Massa braked later than the McLaren driver and passed him around the outside. Behind the leading three in the run down to the first corner, Glock moved ahead of Kubica, while Alonso overtook R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nBarrichello made the best start in the field, moving from 17th to 13th\u00a0place at the end of the first lap, while Vettel made a poor start and lost four places over the same distance. At the completion of the first\u00a0lap, Massa led from Hamilton, Kovalainen, Glock, Kubica, Alonso, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Webber, Trulli, Piquet, Coulthard, Heidfeld, Barrichello, Button, Vettel, Bourdais, Rosberg, Nakajima, Fisichella and Sutil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nMassa and Hamilton immediately began to pull clear of Kovalainen. On lap\u00a03, Button overtook his teammate Barrichello for 13th position, but both Honda drivers were stuck behind Heidfeld, who was carrying a heavier fuel load than them. As the race progressed, Massa began to open a small lead over Hamilton, who put his McLaren into a \"fuel-saving mode\", attempting to jump ahead of Massa later in the race by making a pit stop after the Ferrari driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nIn addition, the high track temperature was to the Ferrari chassis's advantage, as it was easier on its tyres than the McLaren and was able to run them at an operating temperature of up to 10\u00a0\u00b0C (18\u00a0\u00b0F)  lower, resulting in less tyre wear. By lap\u00a018, Massa had a lead of 3.5\u00a0seconds over Hamilton, who in turn was almost 8\u00a0seconds ahead of Kovalainen. Glock was a further 3\u00a0seconds behind the second McLaren driver, but was drawing ahead of Kubica in fifth, who was finding his BMW Sauber difficult to drive in race conditions with a lack of grip and stability under braking, and was holding up a group of cars behind him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nMassa, Kubica and Webber were the first three drivers to make pit stops by coming in on lap\u00a018. The McLaren mechanics timed Massa's stop to estimate the amount of fuel he received, and when Hamilton made his own first stop on the next lap, they fuelled him to run for three\u00a0laps longer than the Ferrari in the second stint of the race. Kovalainen took over the lead of the race for two\u00a0laps before his pit stop on lap\u00a021 returned it to Massa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nPiquet was the last of the leading runners to make a pit stop, on lap\u00a025, allowing him to jump ahead of Kubica, Trulli and Webber. Further down the order, Vettel made an unscheduled pit stop on lap\u00a020 and retired two\u00a0laps later with an overheating engine. By the end of lap\u00a026, all of the leading drivers on two-stop strategies had taken their pit stops. The race order was Massa leading from Hamilton, Kovalainen, Glock, Coulthard (who was yet to pit), Alonso, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Piquet, Trulli, Kubica, Webber, Heidfeld, Button, Barrichello, Bourdais, Rosberg, Nakajima, Fisichella and Sutil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton rejoined the race following his first pit stop 2.6\u00a0seconds behind Massa, and needed to stay within approximately 3.5\u00a0seconds of the Ferrari driver to gain track position after the second round of pit stops. Massa began to pull away again, easing the gap open to 4\u00a0seconds by lap\u00a032, while Hamilton locked his front-left wheel as he tried to keep up with the Ferrari, flat-spotting the tyre in the process. The two continued to set fastest laps as they pulled away from the rest of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nOn lap\u00a029, Coulthard made his first pit stop, dropping to 12th\u00a0place as a result. Button, Barrichello, Bourdais, Rosberg, Nakajima, Fisichella and Sutil also made their first pit stops at this stage of the race. Three of these drivers experienced delays during their pit stops which dropped them down the running order: Barrichello and Bourdais suffered flash fires, while Rosberg's fuel hose jammed, losing him time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nAt the front of the field, Massa continued to pull away gradually from Hamilton; the gap between the two had risen to 5\u00a0seconds by the end of lap\u00a040. On the following lap, Hamilton's front-left tyre deflated approaching Turn Two; the resultant slow lap back to the pit lane and stop for a replacement tyre dropped him to tenth place. Massa now had a 23-second lead over Kovalainen and slowed his pace accordingly, adjusting the performance of the engine to place it under less mechanical stress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nHe made his final pit stop on lap\u00a044, allowing Kovalainen to take the lead until his own stop four laps later, handing Massa back his lead. On lap\u00a041, Heidfeld made his only pit stop, dropping from 11th to 12th position. In the following laps, the other drivers made their second stops, except Nakajima, who switched to a one-stop strategy at his first visit to his pit box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nBehind the leading trio of Massa, Kovalainen and Glock, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen moved ahead of Alonso despite running off the road just before his pit stop; after he exited the pit lane, Piquet fended off Trulli as they battled for position. The pit stop sequence allowed Hamilton to move back up the order, to sixth\u00a0place behind Alonso. Further back, Bourdais suffered another flash fire on lap\u00a045, and made another visit to the pit lane one lap later to have fire extinguisher foam cleaned off his helmet visor. Rosberg was the final scheduled driver to make a pit stop, on lap\u00a058. The majority of the drivers ran with Soft tyres for the first two stints of the race, then switched to the Super Soft compound for the final stint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nAt the conclusion of lap\u00a059, with the scheduled pit stops completed, the running order was Massa leading from Kovalainen, Glock, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Alonso, Hamilton, Piquet, Trulli, Kubica, Webber, Heidfeld, Coulthard, Button, Nakajima, Rosberg, Fisichella, Sutil, Barrichello and Bourdais. Running in clean air without a car immediately in front of him for the first time, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen set the fastest lap of the race at 1:21.195, on lap\u00a061, as he closed the nine-second gap to Glock at a rate of one second per lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton caught Alonso at a similar rate, but his rear Super Soft tyres began to overheat and he was unable to make any further impression after closing the gap to 1.5\u00a0seconds. On lap\u00a062, Sutil suffered a puncture caused by a brake failure and became the second retirement of the race. In the closing laps, Kovalainen reduced his deficit to Massa to 15\u00a0seconds, but the Ferrari driver appeared to be in command of the race. However, as Massa started lap\u00a068, his engine failed without warning, forcing him to retire from the lead with three\u00a0laps remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nKovalainen was thus promoted into the lead, which he held to take the first victory of his Formula One career in a time of 1'37:27.067, at an average speed of 117.309 miles per hour (188.791\u00a0km/h). Kovalainen was the 100th driver to win a Formula One World Championship race. Glock likewise claimed the best result of his career, and first podium finish, with second\u00a0position. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took the final place on the podium despite a failure in his car's rear suspension during the final few laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0021-0003", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race\nAlonso and Piquet finished on either side of Hamilton, who was in fifth position, leading Symonds to describe the race as his team's best of the year so far. Trulli finished seventh, ahead of Kubica, who was extremely disappointed with the uncompetitive performance of his car at the Grand Prix closest to his home country of Poland. His teammate, Heidfeld, finished in tenth place between the two Red Bull drivers, both of whom were also disappointed by their team's performance. Button, Nakajima, Rosberg and Fisichella filled the next places, a lap behind the leader, while Barrichello was two laps down in 16th\u00a0position after the delay at his first pit stop. Massa was classified in 17th\u00a0place, ahead of Bourdais, who was the final finisher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\n\"There have been various incidents this year and we have been in the position after Saturday quite a few times to fight for the victory, but always something has gone wrong and it hasn't functioned perfectly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nToday obviously I knew Massa and Lewis were both very fast at the beginning of the race but halfway through the race I felt it was starting to work for me a little bit better and then at the end I just tried to put pressure on Massa and hoped something would happen and obviously it looked like he had a mechanical failure, so it all worked fine for me today and I am very, very happy about it. All the hard work that the whole team has put in the last few months, through difficult times, we just kept pushing and it is very respectable and I am very, very glad to score my first victory.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nHeikki Kovalainen, speaking during the post-race FIA press conference for the podium finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nAlthough Kovalainen was delighted with his first Formula One victory, he attributed much of the credit for his win to luck. After the race he said, \"I feel a bit sorry for Felipe and Lewis. They both drove great races, but I know how it feels when things go wrong\u2014I've had a few similar moments this year. I tried to put pressure on Felipe, especially during the last stint. I felt something might happen if I did that, you never know, but I still found it hard to believe when I saw his Ferrari on fire.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe victory proved to be Kovalainen's only Formula One win. Glock was pleased with second position and spoke of how he had dedicated extra training to improve his race starts. He said he had focussed on not making any mistakes in the closing laps as R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen closed, instead of maintaining the gap. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen described his race as \"frustrating and boring\" due to the amount of time he spent stuck behind slower cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe podium finishers were overshadowed in the media by coverage of the ill fortune of both the weekend's pace-setters, Hamilton and Massa. Massa in particular was praised for his performance. The Ferrari team principal, Stefano Domenicali, said it was, \"the best race of his career. It was fantastic the way he managed the race.\" Journalist Mark Hughes described it as \"almost certainly his best race to date\", and colleague Simon Arron termed it as \"one of the finest afternoons of his F1 career\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nBoth drew attention to his controlled aggression at the first corner of the race, followed by his relentless, mistake-free pace. Arron, in particular, noted that Massa's first-corner passing move was more typical of Hamilton's attacking style than his own, and was a \"defining moment\" in Massa's championship campaign. Hamilton himself later expressed surprise that Massa had been able to overtake him in such a manner, and warned his rival that \"it won't happen again\". Hughes described the Grand Prix as \"a throwback race\", in that the leaders had suffered from unreliability, and the winner had not been in contention on speed alone; It was a situation reminiscent of earlier times in the sport, when the cars were generally less reliable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nBridgestone director of motorsport Hirohide Hamashima said Hamilton's puncture was probably caused by debris, although as a result of the damage the tyre had sustained, the precise nature of the failure was impossible to determine. He also stated that Hamilton's tyre was more vulnerable to debris damage because he had flat-spotted it earlier in the race. Massa said he had no prior indication of his engine failure. The problem was later traced to a connecting rod failure caused by an impurity in the component material. An identical problem caused R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to retire from the following race, the European Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197059-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nAs a consequence of the race, Hamilton extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship to five\u00a0points ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who moved ahead of Massa in the standings. Kubica maintained fourth place; Kovalainen's win moved him to within three points of Heidfeld in fifth. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari continued to lead, but McLaren jumped ahead of BMW Sauber for second position. Behind Toyota, Renault moved ahead of Red Bull. Despite his increased lead, Hamilton acknowledged that he expected the Ferrari drivers to be formidable opponents in the season's seven remaining races. After the eventual conclusion of the championship in Hamilton's favour by one\u00a0point, the Hungarian Grand Prix was highlighted as one of Massa's most obvious lost opportunities in his bid to win the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 838]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197060-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian fees abolition referendum\nA referendum on revoking some medical and tuition fees was held in Hungary on 9 March 2008. The proposals would cancel government reforms which introduced doctor visit fees paid per visitation and medical fees paid per number of days spent in hospital as well as tuition fees in higher education. All three were supported by a majority of voters. Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcs\u00e1ny stated that the fees would be abolished on 1 April 2008 following the referendum, but that the government had no funds available to replace the income lost for the higher educations institutions and health institutions due to the abolishment of the fees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197060-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian fees abolition referendum, Background\nThe referendum was initiated by opposition party Fidesz against the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP). The procedure for the referendum started on 23 October 2006, when Viktor Orb\u00e1n, the leader of Fidesz \u2013 Hungarian Civic Union announced they would hand in seven questions to the National Electorate Office, three of which (on abolishing co-payments, daily fees and college tuition fees) were officially approved on 17 December 2007 and called on 24 January 2008. It was assumed likely that the referendum would pass, but it was uncertain whether turnout would be high enough to make it valid; polls indicated about 40% turnout with 80% in favour of rescinding the three reforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197060-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian fees abolition referendum, Background\nTo be valid, the referendum required at least 25% of the about 8 million eligible voters to vote in favour of one of the options.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197060-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian fees abolition referendum, Results, Turnout\nOn the day of the referendum, the following turnout data was reported:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197060-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian fees abolition referendum, Results, Turnout\nVoting was possible between 6:00 and 19:00. Official results showed that the necessary votes were achieved, with a turnout of over 50% (higher than opinion polls had expected).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197060-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungarian fees abolition referendum, Consequences\nThe MSZP\u2013SZDSZ coalition suffered a heavy defeat. After Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcs\u00e1ny intended to dismiss Health Minister \u00c1gnes Horv\u00e1th (SZDSZ), the relationship between the two parties permanently deteriorated. On 31 March 2008, various reform-related disagreements between the MSZP and SZDSZ led the SZDSZ leader J\u00e1nos K\u00f3ka to announce that his party would quit the coalition by 1 May 2008. This also meant that the MSZP formed the first minority government in Hungary since the end of communism, supported externally by SZDSZ.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197061-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hungaroring GP2 Series round\n2008 Hungaroring GP2 Series round was the seventh round of the 2008 GP2 Series season. It was held on August 2 and August 3, 2008 at Hungaroring at Budapest, Hungary. The race was used as a support race to the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197062-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election\nThe 2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197062-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 39 seats, compared to 11 Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. 18 seats were contested at the election by a total of 69 candidates, with the Conservatives defending 14 of the seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197062-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Background\nAmong the councillors who were defending seats were the Conservative leader of the council, Ian Bates, in The Hemingfords ward, and the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, Peter Downes in Brampton. Ian Bates was challenged by an independent candidate, Maxine Hay, who had become a road safety campaigner after her son was killed after being hit by a car, with the Liberal Democrat candidate for the seat withdrawing in her favour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197062-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Election result\nThe Liberal Democrats made a net gain of 1 seat to move to 12 councillors at the expense of the Conservatives who remained in control of the council with 38 seats. The Liberal Democrats gained seats in Buckden and Huntingdon East from the Conservatives, but lost a seat back to them in St Neots Eaton Socon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197062-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Ramsey April 2009\nA by-election was held in Ramsey on 2 April 2009 after the death of Conservative councillor Ross Muir. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Andy Monk with a majority of 106 votes over Peter Reeve of the UK Independence Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197062-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Ramsey July 2009\nA by-election was held in Ramsey on 23 July 2009 after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Ray Powell. The seat was gained for the UK Independence Party by Peter Reeve with a majority of 184 votes over the Conservative Angela Curtis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 100], "content_span": [101, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197062-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Huntingdon North\nA by-election was held in Huntingdon North on 29 October 2009 after Liberal Democrat councillor Sam Kemp resigned from the council. The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Trish Shrapnel with a majority of 30 votes over Conservative Laine Kadic, in a seat won by the Conservatives at the last council election in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 100], "content_span": [101, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197062-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Fenstanton\nA by-election was held in Fenstanton on 25 February 2010 after Conservative councillor Paul Dakers resigned from the council saying that all political parties were hopeless. The seat was gained by Liberal Democrat Colin Saunderson from the Conservatives, with a majority of 54 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 94], "content_span": [95, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197063-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election\nElections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197063-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election\nThe Conservative Party made the only gain of the election, taking Altham ward from the Labour Party to extend their majority to 6 following the defection of Malcolm Pritchard form Labour to Independent who also included David Mason who had left the Conservatives to go Independent..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197063-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Election result\nNB: Four (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2008 included the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197064-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hypo Group Tennis International\nThe 2008 Hypo Group Tennis International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 28th edition of the Hypo Group Tennis International, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Werzer Arena in P\u00f6rtschach am W\u00f6rthersee, Austria, from 17 May through 24 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197064-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Hypo Group Tennis International\nThe field included ATP No. 4 and Miami Masters champion Nikolay Davydenko, defending champion and Valencia Open doubles titlist Juan M\u00f3naco, and Zagreb runner-up Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107. Also present in the draw were Indian Wells finalist Mardy Fish, Las Vegas winner Sam Querrey, Andreas Seppi, Mario An\u010di\u0107 and Robin Haase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197064-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Hypo Group Tennis International, Finals, Doubles\nMarcelo Melo /  Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 defeated  Julian Knowle /  J\u00fcrgen Melzer 7\u20135, 6\u20137(3\u20137), 13\u201311", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197065-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hypo Group Tennis International \u2013 Doubles\nSimon Aspelin and Julian Knowle were the defending champions, but Aspelin chose not to participate, and only Knowle competed that year. Knowle partnered with J\u00fcrgen Melzer, but Marcelo Melo and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 defeated them 7\u20135, 6\u20137(3\u20137), [13\u201311], in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197066-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hypo Group Tennis International \u2013 Singles\nSecond-seeded Juan M\u00f3naco was the defending champion, but first-seeded Nikolay Davydenko defeated him 6\u20132, 2\u20136, 6\u20132, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197067-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Hypo-Meeting\nThe 34th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 31 and June 1, 2008 in G\u00f6tzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event was part of the 2008 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197068-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 I-League 2nd Division\nThe draw of the preliminary groups of the inaugural 2008 I-League 2nd Division  was carried out at Football House, Dwarka on 25 February 2008. The 12 participating teams have been drawn into two groups of six teams each to be played in Balewadi Sports Complex Pune and Rajarshi Shahu Stadium Kolhapur. The final round would be played in Guwahati, Assam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197068-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 I-League 2nd Division\nThe top-four team in the I League division 2 will qualify for the I League division 1(2008\u20132009), while the rest will be remain to I League Division 2 in the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197068-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 I-League 2nd Division\nThe AIFF has selected Pune and Kolhapur as preliminary round venues to take the game to different cities. Both the venues have good stadiums and two practice grounds each, making them ideal venues for the I-League Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197068-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 I-League 2nd Division, Standings, Group B\nAll the match of this Group will be play in Kolhapur", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197069-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 I-League U19\nThe 2008 I-League U19 was the first edition of the I-League U19 as replacement for the National Football League (Under-19) which was folded before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197069-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 I-League U19\nThe tournament was held in September 2008 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand with the I-League and I-League 2nd Division youth teams and academies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197069-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 I-League U19\nAll teams played the other teams in their group once and the group winners (4 group winners) and second placed (4 second placed) play in the quarterfinals. The winner qualifies for the semifinals and its winners play in the final. The Tata Football Academy won the first edition of the youth league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197069-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 I-League U19, Group Stage\nThe 16 participating teams were divided into four groups and played against each other. The group winner and the second placed made it to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197070-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF Golden League\nThe 2008 Golden League was the 11th edition of the IAAF's annual series of six athletics meets, held across Europe, with athletes having the chance to win the Golden League Jackpot of $1 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197071-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF Road Race Label Events\nThe 2008 IAAF Road Race Label Events were the inaugural edition of the global series of road running competitions given Label status by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). All five World Marathon Majors had Gold Label status. The races were mostly in North America, Western Europe, and East Asia. It was the first year that the IAAF had provided the race designation. The series included a total of 49 road races, 12 Gold and 37 Silver Label status. In terms of distance, 32 races were marathons, 8 were half marathons, 6 were 10K runs, and 3 were held over other distances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197071-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF Road Race Label Events\nThe Ohme Road Race scheduled for 3 February was cancelled due to heavy snow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197072-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Athletics Final\nThe 6th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Germany on September 13 and September 14, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197072-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Athletics Final\nA number of road races also took place on the second day of competition. There were seven different starting points around the Stuttgart area and the distances varied from 21 to 30\u00a0kilometres, with every race finishing in the Arena. Runners could join mid-race at specified times to allow for shorter distances and the aim was to have the runners finishing at a similar time. The road race ceremony was inspired by a similar event during the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, which was also held in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197073-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Athletics Final \u2013 Results\nThese are the results of the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, which took place in at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart, Germany on 13\u201314 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197073-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Athletics Final \u2013 Results\nThe year's top seven athletes, based on their points ranking of the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour, qualified to compete in each event, with an extra four athletes selected for races of 1500 metres and above. One additional athlete, a wildcard, was allocated to each event by the IAAF and replacement athletes were admitted to replace the qualified athletes that could not attend the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197074-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour\nThe 2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the third edition of the annual global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured 25 one-day meetings, consisting of the six meetings of the 2008 IAAF Golden League, five IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings, and fourteen IAAF Grand Prix meetings. In addition, there were 29 Area Permit Meetings that carried point-scoring events. The series culminated in the two-day 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 13\u201314 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197074-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour\nRussian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva scored the most points during the circuit, with a total of 112. Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles was the highest scoring male athlete with 102 points. Four other athletes achieved a total of 100 points: sprinter Jeremy Wariner, middle-distance runner Pamela Jelimo, hurdler David Oliver, and high jumper Blanka Vla\u0161i\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197074-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour, Points standings\nAthletes earned points at meetings during the series. The following athletes were the top performers for their event prior to the World Athletics Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197075-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships\nThe 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 30, 2008. The races were held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition. This was the year in which Kenenisa Bekele became the first athlete in World Cross history to win six individual long course titles, breaking his tie with John Ngugi and Paul Tergat who had each won five. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197075-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Senior men's race (12 km)\nComplete results for senior men and for senior men's teams were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197075-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Junior men's race (7.905 km)\nComplete results for junior men and for junior men's teams were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 87], "content_span": [88, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197075-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Senior women's race (7.905 km)\nComplete results for senior women and for senior women's teams were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197075-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Junior women's race (6.04 km)\nComplete results for junior women and for junior women's teams were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197075-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 448 athletes from 57 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from \u00a0Moldova, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nepal, and \u00a0Nigeria did not show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197076-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Junior men's race\nThe Junior men's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2008. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197076-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Junior men's race, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 109 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197077-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Junior women's race\nThe Junior women's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2008. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197077-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Junior women's race, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 23 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197078-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Senior men's race\nThe Senior men's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2008. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197078-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Senior men's race, Race results, Senior men's race (12 km), Individual\n\u2020: Fathi Meftah from \u00a0Algeria finished 35th in 36:44 min, but was disqualified because of doping violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 116], "content_span": [117, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197078-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Senior men's race, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 179 athletes from 45 countries participated in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from \u00a0Moldova, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nepal, and \u00a0Nigeria did not show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197079-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Senior women's race\nThe Senior women's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2008. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197079-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Senior women's race, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 95 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from \u00a0Nigeria, \u00a0Rwanda, and \u00a0Zimbabwe did not show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197080-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships\nThe 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197080-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships\nThis event was first announced as the 2008 IAAF World Road Running Championships, but in November 2007, the IAAF announced that the name of the IAAF World Road Running Championships would revert to its original title of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197080-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships\nDetailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given bothfor the men's race and for the women's race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197080-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Race results\nComplete results were published for the men's race, for the women's race, for men's team, and for women's team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197080-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Participation\nThe participation of 155 athletes (90 men/65 women) from 42 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from \u00a0Finland did not show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197081-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships\nThe 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Luis Puig Palace in Valencia, Spain, March 7\u20139, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197081-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Bid\nValencia was announced the winning bidder by the IAAF on November 13, 2005 at an IAAF Council meeting in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 41], "content_span": [42, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197082-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197082-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197083-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Men's high jump\nIn the men's high jump event at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Stefan Holm won the gold medal with a jump of 2.36m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197083-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Men's high jump, Qualification\nQualification rule: qualification standard 2.30m or at least best 8 qualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 69], "content_span": [70, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197084-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Men's long jump, Qualification\nQualification rule: qualification standard 7.95m or at least best 8 qualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 69], "content_span": [70, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197085-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Men's pole vault, Qualification\nQualification rule: qualification standard 5.70m or at least best 8 qualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 70], "content_span": [71, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197086-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Men's shot put, Qualification\nQualification rule: qualification standard 20.20m or at least best 8 qualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 68], "content_span": [69, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197087-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Men's triple jump, Qualification\nQualification rule: qualification standard 16.95m or at least best 8 qualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 71], "content_span": [72, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197088-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Medalists\nAfter the disqualification of the Russian women, the medalists were the following.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197089-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's high jump, Qualification\nQualification rule: qualification standard 1.96m or at least best 8 qualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 71], "content_span": [72, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197090-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's long jump, Qualification\nQualification rule: qualification standard 6.60m or at least best 8 qualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 71], "content_span": [72, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197091-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's pole vault, Qualification\nQualification rule: qualification standard 4.55m or at least best 8 qualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 72], "content_span": [73, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197092-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's shot put, Qualification\nQualification rule: qualification standard 18.45m or at least best 8 qualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197093-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's triple jump, Qualification\nQualification rule: qualification standard 14.30m or at least best 8 qualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 73], "content_span": [74, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197094-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup\nThe 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 10 and 11 May 2008 in the streets of Cheboksary, Chuvashia, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197094-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup\nDetailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197094-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Results, Men's 20 km\n\u2020: Viktor Burayev from \u00a0Russia was initially 24th (1:22:29), but disqualified because of doping violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197094-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Results, Men's 50 km\n\u2020: Vladimir Kanaykin from \u00a0Russia was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:36:55, but disqualified because of doping violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197094-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Participation\nThe participation of 430 athletes (276 men/154 women) from 53 countries is reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197095-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IAFL season\nThe 2008 Irish American Football League (IAFL) season is the 22nd season since its establishment. The current champions are the UL Vikings. The first games were played on 30 March (after the 16 March game between DCU Saints and UL Vikings was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch). TheShamrock Bowl was scheduled for 10 August in Cork Institute of Technology's brand new stadium. The Shamrock Bowl was the first major national event played there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197095-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IAFL season\nThe 2008 season also has seen the first season of the new Development League, dubbed DV8. This is an eight a side league dedicated to helping rookie players and new teams get some experience before joining the league proper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197095-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IAFL season, DV8\u2019s League, League Positions\nNote: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = TiesDV8\u2019s League Table", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197095-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IAFL season, DV8\u2019s League, League Positions\nIn the DV8's League, a win is worth four points, scoring three touchdowns is worth one extra point and losing by less the 7 points is worth one extra point e.g. a team could lose 24-30 and still gain 2 points, due to scoring three touchdowns and losing by less than seven points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197096-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship\nThe ICC Americas Championship is the continental cricket championship for the Americas region, for Affiliate and Associate members of the International Cricket Council in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Since 2006, the tournament is organized in three divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197096-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship\nThe division three was played in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This tournament was won by Turks and Caicos and won one spot in the division two (played in Paramaribo, Suriname. The division two was won by the host. Suriname won one spot in the division one. The division one was played in Fort Lauderdale, United States, and was won by the host.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197096-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship, Division One\nDivision One was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, commencing on November 25. Six teams took part: United States (hosts), Bermuda (holders), Canada, Argentina, Cayman Islands, and Suriname (making their first appearance at this level after winning Division Two. The three venues was Brian Piccolo Park in Cooper City, Lauderhill Cricket Stadium Turf Ground and Lauderhill Cricket Stadium Artificial Ground both in Fort Lauderdale", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197096-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship, Division One\nUnited States won the tournament won all its games. Sushil Nadkarni (USA) was named the player of the series. Nadkarni was the leader in runs with 407 and Imran Awan (USA) and Diego Lord (Argentina) taken 9 wickets. Suriname finished bottom of the table, and were relegated back to Division Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197096-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship, Division two\nThe 2008 Division Three tournament, held in Suriname, saw a very close contest, with three teams each finishing with two wins. The host nation defied the odds going into the last game, skittling the Bahamas for just 57 runs, allowing them to jump to the top of the table and qualify for Division One. Troy Dudnauth (Suriname) was named the player of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197096-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship, Division three\nThe 2008 Division Three tournament was held in Argentina and again saw an official international debut, this time that of Peru. The tournament was won by the Turks and Caicos Islands who thereby gained a place in the 2008 edition of Division Two in Suriname. Simon Shalders (Chile) was named the player of the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197097-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One\nThe 2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One was a cricket tournament in the United States, taking place between 25 November and 30 November 2010. It gave six North and South American Associate and Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197097-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Teams\nThere were 6 teams that played in the tournament. These teams were non-test member nations of the Americas Cricket Association. The teams that played were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197097-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Squads\nAugustin CasimeAlejandro FergusonPablo FergusonDonald ForresterTomas FrancisDiego LordEsteban MacDermottDavid MauroEstaban NinoLucas PaterliniPablo RyanGary SavageMartin Siri", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197097-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Squads\nOronde BascomeGlenn BlakeneyLionel CannChris DouglasJekon EdnessDavid HempStefan KellyDwayne LeverockSteven OuterbridgeJoslyn PitcherIrving RomaineRodney TrottTamauri Tucker", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197097-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Squads\nUmar Bhatti (Captain)Khurram ChohanSunil DhaniramKarun JethiSandeep JyotiEion KatchayAsif MullaHenry OsindeQaiser AliZubin Surkari", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197097-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Squads\nPearson BestRyan BovellMarlon BryanKevin EbanksSteve GordonAinsley HallRicardo RoachRamon SealyTroy TaylorOmar Willis", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197097-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Squads\nMounir BhoelanZahir DoekhieCharles DouglasArun GokoelKemraj HardatTariq IslamDion MohabirSanjay OemrawMohamed SardhaDeoraj Sewanan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197097-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Squads\nImran AwanOrlando BakerSudesh DhaniramNasir JavedRashard MarshallSteve MassiahShahid MunirSushil NadkarniAditya ThyagarajanCarl Wright", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197098-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Awards\nThe 2008 ICC Awards were held on 10 September 2008 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Previous events were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006) and Johannesburg (2007). The ICC had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004 and was into its fifth year. They were presented in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) and honours for the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year were also awarded for the first time. The ICC awards the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year, which is considered to be the most prestigious award in world cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197098-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Awards, Selection Committee\nNominees were voted on by a 25-person panel of current and ex-players and officials from among players chosen by the ICC Selection Committee, chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Clive Lloyd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197098-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Test Team of the Year\nGraeme Smith was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were announced as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197098-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC ODI Team of the Year\nRicky Ponting was selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were announced as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 61], "content_span": [62, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three\nThe 2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three was a cricket tournament in South Africa, taking place between 13 and 18 April 2008. It gave seven African Associate and Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and formed part of the global World Cricket League structure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three\nThe top two teams, Malawi and Sierra Leone was promoted to Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Teams\nThere were eight teams that played in the tournament, but Morocco withdrew due to visa problems and was replaced by a South African Invitation XI. These teams were non-test member nations of the African Cricket Association. The teams that played were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 65], "content_span": [66, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads\nZaccheus AkilaMoses BahoumPeter CampbellAniru ContehBakary DarboeMbye DumbuyaGeorge GreywoodePrince JohnsonMusa SillahJohnny GomezAlfred CrookesNicolas CherryMuhammad CamaraWilfred Riley", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 66], "content_span": [67, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads\nAbdul-Karim SumailaIsaac AboagyePeter AnanyaBhupinder BrarMark BawaJames VifahJulius MensahLawrence AteakSimon AteakFrancis DakeJ EyiahRufus Ntiamoah", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 66], "content_span": [67, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads\nAtanase MohapiMalebanye NkokoIrshad PatelRizuan MullaFaizal HanslodOsler MohaleSameer PatelTsepo MusoMotsielo NonyaneK TauThabiso MohapeS AbdullaDavid LechesaSajid Patel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 66], "content_span": [67, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads\nKaramutallah ChaudryFaraz JunejoMuzakkir KhanAltaf PanjwaniJayendrasinh KumarSeraz ZaveriRupesh PatelHenry NjokaAlidi BwanaliMS ChinoyAubrey MsosaObert MsosaKalpesh Patel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 66], "content_span": [67, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads\nEmmanuel ByiringiroEric DusabemunguEric DusingizimanaAndre KayiteraDennis MukamaEvode MutuyimanaSamal Subhasis Srinath VardineniMehboob JasatMohamed JasatJulius MbaragaHamza Nkuutu", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 66], "content_span": [67, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads\nGabriel AnthonyJulius BrewahMustapha KallonAbubakarr KamaraEmmanuel KamaraLansana LaminJacob MansarayMohamed MansarayLuseni SenesieBen SlaterGeorge KpundehIbrahim SesayMohamed Kamara", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 66], "content_span": [67, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads\nMalusi DlaminiBuntu NdlelaPhalini KubekaClayton CeronioAndre HenningM MahlanguRuan du PlessisT SteynburgS TshabalalaBongani RafedileE BadanaNelson RubelaM CoetzeeD MahoaWelsh MavumengwanaB Radebe", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 66], "content_span": [67, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads\nJoseph WrightAbdul PatelMarius UysStephen UysMangaliso MhlabaneHaris RashidSyed ShahzadErnestes UysSohail KhanAlexander NicholasAdrisbhai PatelA HajiMohamed HansrodM KhanStephen Nodder", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 66], "content_span": [67, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197099-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Group stage, Points Table\n\u2020Tournament rules did not allow them to participate in the semifinals, and their place was taken by Eswatini (third in Pool 2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 85], "content_span": [86, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197100-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two\nThe 2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two was a cricket tournament in Benoni, South Africa, taking place between 4 August and 9 October 2008. It gave six African Associate and Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and formed part of the global World Cricket League structure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197100-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two\nBotswana, the top team, was promoted to Division 1 and the 2009 Global Division 6 while Nigeria qualified for the 2009 Global Division 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197100-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Teams\nThere were 6 teams that played in the tournament. These teams were non-test member nations of the African Cricket Association. The teams that played were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 63], "content_span": [64, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197100-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads\nShahzaib KhanAbdul PatelSabir ElyasGaolape MokokweJames MosesManan BarotKarabo ModiseDenzil SequeiraTshepo MhozyaMosa GaolekweOmar Ali", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197100-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads\nMatthew BawaLawrence AteakIsaac AboagyePeter AnanyaAbdul-Karim SumailaMark BawaJames VifahSimon AteakJulius MensahBhupinder BrarFrancis DakeEric ApedoPrajul Pillai", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197100-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads\nKhuram JavidKaleem ShahImran IsmailIftikhar AhmedChandra PuspussenAasif KoliyaImtiyaz LiliQurban AliGiovanni FlorentinoMohammad ShahzadShoaib YounisMusa Kazim", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197100-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads\nEndurance OfemOlajide BejideTemitope OlayinkaWale AdeoyeChimezie OnwuzulikeDolapo GafarJoshua OgunlolaAkabogu OkwudiliUthe OgbimiSegun OlayinkaOlalekan AwololoOluseye OlympioThomas Haruna", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197100-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads\nStephen UysAlexander NicholasIdris PatelMohamed HansrodAbdul PatelU Gani PatelJoseph WrightJason WadeHaris RashidErnestes UysMarius UysShahzad MahmoodSaifullah Habib", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197100-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads\nMajid SarodiSarfuddin BangaliwalaAshraf LulatAndrew TomsSharif YousufImran PatelSarfraz PatelGodfrey KandelaSameer BagusIsaac MwabaShahid MohamedSabir HavaliwalaMohmed MithaGheesaLiuwa Liuwa", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197101-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five\nThe 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five is a cricket tournament that took place between 23 and 31 May 2008 in Jersey. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualification for the 2011 World Cup tournament. Afghanistan won the competition. They went on to qualify for the 2015 Cricket World Cup and gain Test status in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197101-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Teams\nThe top two teams from this tournament progressed to the Division Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197102-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four\nThe 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four is a cricket tournament in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which took place between 4 and 11 October 2008 as a part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197102-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Teams\nThe teams of Fiji, Hong Kong, Italy and Tanzania qualified through Division Three in 2007, while Afghanistan and Jersey secured their participation through the Division Five in 2008. The top two teams in the tournament will be promoted to Division Three in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197103-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier\nThe 2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was the inaugural tournament of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier and was played between 2 and 5 August 2008 in Stormont, Belfast in Northern Ireland. The top three played in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The six competing teams were: Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, The Netherlands and Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197103-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier\nThe competition was won by Ireland and the Netherlands, who shared the trophy after rain forced the final to be abandoned without a ball bowled. Both teams qualified for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 finals in England. After the withdrawal of Zimbabwe from the competition, the two finalists were joined by third-placed Scotland who eliminated Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197104-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IF Elfsborg season\nIF Elfsborg had their best points average season, in spite of not repeating its 2006 title. Finishing just one point adrift of Kalmar FF, Elfsborg had cemented its place as one of the top Swedish sides, being further boosted by Anders Svensson turning down a lucrative offer from Shaktar Donetsk during the course of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197105-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IFK G\u00f6teborg season\nIFK G\u00f6teborg finished inside the top three, but was nowhere near defending their title from 2007. As a consolation, IFK was able to win the cup final against Kalmar FF on penalties. The Champions League qualification ended with a 4\u20132 defeat away from home at FC Basel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197105-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IFK G\u00f6teborg season, Players, Squad\nAs of 21 September 2008: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197105-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IFK G\u00f6teborg season, Club, Other information\nUpdated to match played 9 NovemberSource:\u00a0IFK G\u00f6teborg and Ullevi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197105-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IFK G\u00f6teborg season, Competitions, Competitive\nLast updated: November 11Source: 1IFK G\u00f6teborg goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of IFK G\u00f6teborg.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197105-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IFK G\u00f6teborg season, Competitions, Friendlies\nLast updated: 8 NovemberSource: 1IFK G\u00f6teborg goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of IFK G\u00f6teborg.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197106-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup\nThe 2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 15 locations. Bouldering competitions were held in 7 locations, lead in 6 locations, and speed in 6 locations. The season began on 18 April in Hall, Austria and concluded on 16 November in Kranj, Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197106-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup\nThe top 3 in each competition received medals, and the overall winners were awarded trophies. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197106-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup\nThe winners for bouldering were Kilian Fischhuber and Anna St\u00f6hr, for lead Jorg Verhoeven and Johanna Ernst, for speed Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii and Edyta Ropek, and for combined David Lama and Akiyo Noguchi, men and women respectively. The National Team for bouldering was Austria, for lead Austria, and for speed Russian Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197106-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Highlights of the season\nIn bouldering, at the World Cup in Moscow, in the women's final, there were three athletes who flashed all 4 boulders (Katharina Saurwein of Austria, Natalija Gros and Katja Vidmar both of Slovenia), however Katharina Saurwein of Austria was the only one who flashed all boulders in the competition (qualification, semifinal, final) and thus taking the win. At the end of the season, Austrian athletes, Kilian Fischhuber and Anna St\u00f6hr clinched the overall titles of the season for men and women respectively, making it double bouldering titles for Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197106-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Highlights of the season\nIn lead climbing, Johanna Ernst of Austria, in her first year of eligibility to compete in the World Cup circuit, made her debut in bouldering in Hall, Austria. Then she competed in lead climbing and won 3 out of 6 Lead World Cups and became the overall women's lead climbing winner of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197107-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia\nThe 2008 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia took place in Hong Kong, China from 24 April to 26 April. It was the first annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Chinese Taipei won the championship, winning four out of their five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197108-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF European Champions Cup\nThe 2008 IIHF European Champions Cup was the fourth and the last edition of IIHF European Champions Cup. It was held in Saint Petersburg at the Ice Palace arena, from January 10 to January 13. The champions of 2007 of the six strongest hockey nations of Europe participate: Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RUS), Modo Hockey (SWE), HC Slovan Bratislava (SVK), K\u00e4rp\u00e4t (FIN), HC Sparta Prague (CZE), HC Davos (SUI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197108-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF European Champions Cup\nMetallurg won its first European Champions Cup, and third European club championship following European Hockey League titles in 1999 and 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197108-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF European Champions Cup, Gold medal game\nMetallurg Magnitogorsk qualified for the final of the European Champions Cup thanks to a shootout win against Slovan Bratislava. The Slovaks were close to a surprise but the Russians could overcome the hard-working opponent at the end of the game. Metallurg played HC Sparta Prague in Sunday\u2019s gold medal game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197109-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification\nThe 2008 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification tournament was held in the summer of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197109-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification, European qualifier\nThe 2007 European Qualification tournament was held in July 2007. The winner of this tournament, Bulgaria, advanced to the next level of the IIHF World Championship, which is the Division I tournament. Games were played at the Winter Palace of Sports in Sofia, Bulgaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 87], "content_span": [88, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197109-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I Qualification, European qualifier\nFour participating teams were placed in one group. After playing a round-robin, the top team advances to the 2010 Division I tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 87], "content_span": [88, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197110-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship\nThe 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 12th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship runs alongside the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 21 and 28 June 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The tournament was won by Sweden, earning their second straight World Championship title and fourth overall. Slovakia finished in second place and Germany in third after defeating the United States in the bronze medal match. Austria, after losing the 7th place game against Slovenia was relegated to Division I for 2009. The event chairman was Hans Dobida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197110-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, Seeding and groups\nThe seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2007 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. The World Championship groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament uses Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Bratislava, Slovakia. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197110-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, Preliminary round\nEight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advance to the playoff round. The last team in each group compete in the qualifying round where they face-off against the top ranked teams of Group C and Group D from the Division I tournament for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197110-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, Qualifying round\nAustria and Germany advanced to the qualifying round after finishing last in Group A and Group B respectively. Austria faced off against Great Britain, who finished first in Group C of the Division I tournament, and Germany was drawn against Canada, who finished first in Group D of the Division I tournament, for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs. Both Austria and Germany won their matches and advanced to the Top Division playoffs, while Great Britain and Canada advanced to the Division I playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197110-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, Playoff round\nGermany and Austria advanced to the playoff round after winning their qualifying round matches. They were seeded alongside the six other teams of the tournament based on their results in the preliminary round. The four winning quarterfinalists advanced to the semifinals while the losing teams moved on to the placement round. Austria was relegated to Division I for 2009 after losing the 7th place game against Slovenia, while the Czech Republic finished fifth after defeating Finland in the 5th place game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197110-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, Playoff round\nIn the semifinals the Slovakia defeated Germany and Sweden beat the United States, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals the United States and Germany played off for the bronze medal with Germany winning 8\u20137. Sweden defeated Slovakia 7\u20133 in the gold medal game, earning their second straight World Championship title and fourth overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197110-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders\nList shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 83], "content_span": [84, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197110-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 87], "content_span": [88, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197111-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I\nThe 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I was an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournament ran alongside the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 22 and 28 June 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The tournament was won by Canada who upon winning gained promotion to the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Bulgaria and New Zealand were relegated to the continental qualifications after losing their relegation round games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197111-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Qualification\nSix nations returned to Division I after automatically qualifying based on their results from the 2007 Division I tournament. Bulgaria and Canada qualified for the two remaining spots, replacing Namibia and South Africa who were relegated after losing their 2007 relegation round games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 68], "content_span": [69, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197111-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Seeding and groups\nThe seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2007 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Bratislava, Slovakia. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 73], "content_span": [74, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197111-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Preliminary round\nEight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top two teams advance to the Qualifying round where they face-off against the two last-placed teams of the Groups A and B from the Top Division tournament for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs. Teams finishing second through to fourth advance to the Playoff round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197111-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Qualifying round\nGreat Britain and Canada advanced to the qualifying round after finishing first in Group C and Group D respectively. Great Britain faced off against Austria, who finished last in Group A of the Top Division tournament, and Canada was drawn against Germany, who finished last in Group B of the Top Division tournament, for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs. Both Great Britain and Canada lost their matches and advanced to the Division I playoffs, while Austria and Germany advanced to the Top Division playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 71], "content_span": [72, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197111-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Playoff round\nGreat Britain and Canada advanced to the playoff round after losing their qualifying round matches. They were seeded alongside the six other teams of the tournament based on their results in the preliminary round. The four winning quarterfinalists advanced to the semifinals while the losing teams moved on to the relegation round. In the relegation round New Zealand and Bulgaria lost their games to Hungary and Japan respectively and were relegated to the continental qualifications. In the semifinals Great Britain defeated Brazil and Canada beat Australia, both advancing to the gold medal game. After losing the semifinals Australia and Brazil played off for the bronze medal with Brazil winning 4\u20133. Canada defeated Great Britain 7\u20134 in the gold medal game and earned promotion to the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 68], "content_span": [69, 903]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197111-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders\nList shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 94], "content_span": [95, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197111-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Games from the qualifying round do not count towards the Division I statistics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 98], "content_span": [99, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship\nThe 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were held from April 4 to 12, 2008, in Harbin, People's Republic of China. It was the 11th event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship\nPromotions and relegations reflect the results of the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship\nFor the 11th straight tournament, Canada met the United States in the Gold-Medal match and, for only the second time out of 11, the American team defeated the Canadians for the gold medal. This tournament was the first IIHF Women's tournament in which the host nation (in this case, China) failed to medal. The Swiss competed for a medal for the first time, losing to Finland in the Bronze medal game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Top Division, Consolation round, Group F (7\u20139 Place)\nGermany is relegated to Division I for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 90], "content_span": [91, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Awards and Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Awards and Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I\nThe following teams took part of the Division I tournament, which was played in Ventspils, Latvia, at Ventspils OC Ice Hall from March 10 through March 16, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I\nKazakhstan is promoted to the main tournament and \u00a0Latvia is relegated to Division II for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II\nAustria is promoted to Division I and \u00a0Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division III\nGreat Britain is promoted to Division II and \u00a0South Korea is relegated to Division IV for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division III, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division III, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division IV\nIceland is promoted to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division IV, Awards and Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197112-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division IV, Awards and Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 93], "content_span": [94, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship\nThe 2008 IIHF World Championship was played between May 2 and May 18, 2008 in the Canadian cities of Halifax (Nova Scotia) and Quebec City (Quebec). The two venues were the Halifax Metro Centre and the Colis\u00e9e Pepsi. The tournament was won by Russia which claimed its first gold medal since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship\nIt was the 72nd IIHF World Championship event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was the first time the final tournament is held in a non-European country since 1962, when it was held in Colorado, USA. The IIHF wanted to celebrate the federation's 100th anniversary by holding the tournament in the country where ice hockey was born. The tournament was also included as part of the celebrations of Quebec City's 400th anniversary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship\nThe tournament featured many countries' elite stars, as it served as the last and most important stage in selecting nine automatic qualifiers for the men's hockey competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a process that uses the IIHF World Ranking standings after the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship\nOn May 8, 2007, the IIHF announced it \"will also formalize the Triple Gold Club by awarding commemorative medals to the 19 players who have won the three most prestigious championships in world hockey: Olympic gold, Stanley Cup, and World Championship gold. The ceremony will take place in Canada during the 2008 World Championship.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship\nThere were two changes in the format compared to earlier years. Because of the distance between Halifax and Quebec City, the quarter-finals were played within the group, instead of crossing over which has happened since 2000. The relegation round was different too, as it consisted of two best-of-three series instead of a round robin series between four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship\nFor the first time in 40 years, the matches were played on smaller, NHL size rinks, 200\u00a0ft \u00d7 85\u00a0ft (roughly 61 m \u00d7 26 m), compared to the IIHF standard which is roughly 200\u00a0ft \u00d7 98.5\u00a0ft (61 m \u00d7 30 m).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Rules\nIf a game is tied after regulation time, a five-minute four-on-four sudden-death overtime session is played followed by a three-player shootout if necessary. Exceptions: Quarter finals, Semi final and Bronze Medal overtime session are 10 minutes and Gold Medal game overtime session is 20 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Rules\nIf teams are tied in a standing based on points, the following tie-breakers are applied:1) The most points earned in direct games involving tied teams. 2) The best goal differential in direct games involving tied teams. 3) The most goals scored in direct games involving tied teams. 4) Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 with games involving the highest non-tied team in the same group. 5) Repeat step 4 with games involving the second highest non-tied team in the same group. 6) Continue this process with all non-tied team games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Rules\nThis was also the first major IIHF championship that used the four-official system with two referees and two linesmen instead of standard three-official system with only one referee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Preliminary round\nSixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Qualifying Round while the last team competed in the relegation round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Qualifying round\nThe top three teams in the standings of each group of the Preliminary Round advance to the Qualifying Round, and are placed in two groups: teams from Groups A and D compete in Group E, while teams from Groups B and C compete in Group F.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Qualifying round\nEach team is to play three games in this round, one against each of the three teams from the other group with which they have been paired. These three games, along with the two games already played against the other two advancing teams from the same group in the Preliminary Round, will count in the Qualifying Round standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Qualifying round\nThe top four teams in both groups E and F to advance in Quarter-Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Relegation Round\nTeams finishing last in all four Preliminary Round groups competed in the Relegation Round in order to determine which two nations would be relegated to the IIHF World Championship Division I. The four teams were paired in two best-of-three series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Relegation Round\nFrance defeated Italy, while Slovakia defeated Slovenia, both in 2 games, and secured themselves a place among the top sixteen hockey nations in the world. Italy and Slovenia were relegated to Division I for the 2009 tournament, and will be replaced by Austria and Hungary, the winners of the 2008 Division I tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders\nList shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top 5 goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played over 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197113-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197114-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Division I\nThe 2008 IIHF Division I World Championship was an ice hockey tournament under the authority of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested from April 13\u201319, 2008. The tournament was played amongst two separate groups, with the best team in each group, Austria and Hungary, advanced to the top-level championship in 2009. The bottom teams in each group, South Korea and Estonia, were relegated to the lower-level Division II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197114-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Division I\nGroup A's tournament was held in Innsbruck, Austria. The Group B games was hosted by Sapporo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197115-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Division II\nThe 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II  was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 7\u201313, 2008. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. Group B's games were played in Newcastle, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197116-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Division III\nThe 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament was held from March 31 to April 4, 2008, in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg at the Kockelscheuer ice rink. The tournament was contested by five nations who already qualified by way of last year's tournament and one nation which was determined after the conclusion of the Division III Qualification tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197117-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification\nThe 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification tournament was held on February 15 \u2013 17, 2008 at the Olympic Hall Zetra in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner of the tournament, Greece, advanced to the Division III tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197117-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification\nBosnia and Herzegovina debuted at the IIHF World Championships and Greece made their first appearance since the 1999 tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197117-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification, Armenia forfeits both of its games\nThe directorate of the IIHF World Championship Division III qualification decided that both games of Armenia would be forfeited and count as 5\u20130 wins for its opponents, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 91], "content_span": [92, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197117-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification, Armenia forfeits both of its games\nArmenia refused to show the passports of its players on four occasions until its first game was in progress. Originally, Armenia lost to Greece 8\u20135 on Saturday and won against Bosnia and Herzegovina, 18\u20131. Even without the forfeit, Greece earned the promotion outright to this year\u2019s World Championship Division III with two victories on the ice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 91], "content_span": [92, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197118-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Final\nThe 2008 IIHF World Championship Final was an ice hockey match that took place on 18 May 2008 at the Colis\u00e9e Pepsi in Quebec City, Canada, to determine the winner of the 2008 IIHF World Championship. Russia defeated Canada 5\u20134 in overtime to win its 2nd championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197118-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Final, Background\nThe game marked the first time that Russia and Canada met in the final of a World Championship. It was Russia's third finals appearance, and the first since 2002. It was Canada's fifth appearance in the finals in six years, and having won the 2007 World Championship in Russia, they were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197118-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Final, Venue\nThe Colis\u00e9e Pepsi in Quebec City was determined to host the final of the championship. Previously at the tournament, the venue hosted the both semi-finals, and the Bronze medal match. In the final, the attendance was 13,339.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197118-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Final, Match, Summary\nAlexander Semin scored right in front of the net on a pass from Alexander Ovechkin at 1:23 into the first period, after a defensive pass by the Canadians hit a referee's skate and redirected to Ovechkin. Moments later Brent Burns took a shot from the point, which beat Evgeni Nabokov on the stick side, to tie up the game for team Canada. Chris Kunitz then capitalized on a defensive zone turnover by the Russians, and scored top shelf to make the score 2\u20131 for Canada. At 14:51 of the first, on a 5-on-3, Burns scored his second of the game from the top of the crease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197118-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Final, Match, Summary\n1:14 into the second period, Semin scored his second, on a one-timer to bring the Russians within 1. The Canadians responded soon after when Dany Heatley banked one in short-side to restore the two-goal lead, 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197118-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Final, Match, Summary\nAt 8:55 into the third period Alexei Tereshchenko grabbed a loose puck in the slot, and pushed it in five-hole on Ward. With under 7 minutes left Ilya Kovalchuk took a wrist shot that beat a heavily trafficked Canadian crease to tie the game 4\u20134 for Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197118-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship Final, Match, Summary\nIn overtime  Rick Nash was sent to the penalty box for delay of game when he shot the puck over the glass. In the resulting Russian powerplay Kovalchuk scored his second to give Russia a winning goal, 5\u20134 final score. It was the first World Championship for Russia since 1993, ending a 15-year drought.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197119-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship rosters\nThe 2008 IIHF World Championship rosters consisted of 399 players on 16 national ice hockey teams. In honour of the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) 100th anniversary, the World Championship was hosted in Canada for the first time. Held in Quebec City and Halifax, Canada, the 2008 IIHF World Championship was the 72nd edition of the tournament. Russia won the Championship, the second time they had done so and their 24th title if including those won by the Soviet Union. Dany Heatley of Canada led the tournament in scoring with 20 points, and was named the tournament's most valuable player and top forward. Canadian Brent Burns was named top defenceman, while Evgeni Nabokov of Russia was selected as top goaltender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197119-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship rosters\nBefore the start of the World Championship, each participating nation had to submit a list of players for its roster. A minimum of 15 skaters and two goaltenders, and a maximum of 20 skaters and three goaltenders had to be selected. If a country selected fewer than the maximum allowed, they had to choose the remaining players prior to the start of the tournament. After the start of the tournament, each team was allowed to select an additional two players, either skaters or goaltenders, to their roster, for a maximum roster of 25 players. Once a player was registered to the team, he could not be removed from the roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197119-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Championship rosters\nTo qualify for a national team under IIHF rules, a player must follow several criteria. He must be a citizen of the nation, and be under the jurisdiction of that national ice hockey association. Players are allowed to switch which national team they play for, providing they fulfill the IIHF criteria. If participating for the first time in an IIHF event, the player would have had to play two consecutive years in the national competition of the new country, without playing in another nation. If the player has already played for a national team before, he may switch nationality if he is a citizen of the new country, and has played for four consecutive years in the national competition of the new country. This switch may only happen once in the player's life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197120-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I\nThe 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I was an international under-18 ice hockey competition organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Both Division I tournaments made up the second level of the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament was played in Toru\u0144, Poland, and the Group B tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, both from 2 to 8 April 2008. The Czech Republic and Norway won the Group A and B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Top Division of the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197120-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A\nThe Group A tournament was played in Toru\u0144, Poland from 2 to 8 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197120-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A\nCzech Republic is promoted to the Championship tournament and \u00a0Slovenia is relegated to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197120-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B\nThe Group B tournament was played in Riga, Latvia from 2 to 8 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197120-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B\nNorway is promoted to the Championship tournament and \u00a0Netherlands is relegated to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197121-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II\nThe 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II was an international under-18 ice hockey competition organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Both Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition of the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 30 March and 5 April 2008 in Meribel and Courchevel, France and the Group B tournament was played from 23 to 29 March 2008 in Tallinn, Estonia. France and Hungary won the Group A and B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Division I of the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197121-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A\nGroup A tournament was played in Meribel and Courchevel, France from 30 March to 5 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197121-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A\nFrance is promoted to Division I and \u00a0Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197121-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B\nGroup B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia at Arena Premia from 23 to 29 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197121-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B\nHungary is promoted to Division I and \u00a0Israel is relegated to Division III for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197122-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III\nThe 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III tournaments made up the fourth level of competition at the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 2 and 8 March 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico and the Group B tournament took place between 3 and 9 March 2008 in \u0130zmit, Turkey. Mexico and Serbia won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197122-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Group A tournament\nThe Group A tournament began on 2 March 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico at the San Jeronimo Arena. New Zealand and South Africa both returned to compete in the Division III competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships. Mexico entered the Division II competition after being relegated from the 2007 Division II Group A tournament. Chinese Taipei and Mongolia returned to international competition, having last played in the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197122-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Group A tournament\nMexico finished first after winning all four of their games and gamed promotion back to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. Chinese Taipei finished second after losing only to Mexico and New Zealand finished in third place. Christopher Eaden of New Zealand led the tournament in scoring with 18 points and was named the top forward by the IIHF directorate. Mexico's Manuel Escandon was named the top defenceman and Lin Tsung-Han of Chinese Taipei was selected as the top goaltender. Mexico's Agustin Grimaldi was the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.938.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197122-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Group A tournament\nDuring the first day of the tournament the game between Mexico and South Africa was suspended and the tournament postponed due to a faulty ventilation system which was causing the people within the arena to fall ill. At the time the game was suspended Mexico was winning 11\u20130, however the IIHF declared the game forfeit in favour of Mexico. The tournament was resumed three days later with equipment being provided to monitor blood oxygen levels and the heart rate of players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 542]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00197122-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Group A tournament, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 86], "content_span": [87, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197122-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Group B tournament\nThe Group B tournament began on 3 March 2008 in \u0130zmit, Turkey at the K.B.B. Ice Arena. Iceland and Turkey returned to compete in the Division III tournament after missing promotion to Division II at the previous years World Championships. Serbia entered the Division II competition after being relegated from the 2007 Division II Group B tournament. Bulgaria returned to Division III after playing in the qualification tournament last year and Armenia returned to international competition, having last played in the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197122-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Group B tournament\nSerbia finished first after winning all four of their games and gained promotion back to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. Iceland finished second, losing only to Serbia and Turkey finished in third place. Arsenije Rankovic of Serbia led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 1.000 and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. Serbia's Stefan Ilic was named the top defenceman and Egill Thormodsson of Iceland was selected as the top forward. Thormodsson also led the tournament in scoring, finishing with 18 points including 16 goals and two assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 669]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00197122-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Group B tournament, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 86], "content_span": [87, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197122-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Notes\nI The Game was suspended midway through the second period due to the Arena's faulty ventilation system which was causing people to become ill. At the time the game was suspended Mexico was winning 11\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197123-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championships\nThe 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kazan, Russia. The championships began on April 13, 2008, and finished on April 23, 2008. Games were played at TatNeft Arena and Arena Kazan in Kazan. Canada defeated Russia 8\u20130 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the United States defeated Sweden 6\u20133 to capture the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197123-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Final standings\nBelarus and \u00a0Denmark are relegated to Division I for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 156]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00197123-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I, Group A\nThe following teams took part in Group A of the Division I tournament, which was played in Toru\u0144, Poland from April 2 through April 8, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197123-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I, Group A\nCzech Republic is promoted to the Championship tournament and \u00a0Slovenia is relegated to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197123-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I, Group B\nThe following teams will take part in Group B of the Division I tournament, which will be played in Riga, Latvia from April 2 through April 8, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197123-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I, Group B\nNorway is promoted to the Championship tournament and \u00a0Netherlands is relegated to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197123-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II, Group A\nThe following teams took part in Group A of the Division II tournament, which was played in Meribel and Courchevel, France from March 30 through April 5, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197123-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II, Group A\nFrance is promoted to Division I and \u00a0Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197123-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II, Group B\nThe following teams took part in Group B of the Division II tournament, which was played in Tallinn, Estonia at Arena Premia from March 23 through March 29, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197123-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II, Group B\nHungary is promoted to Division I and \u00a0Israel is relegated to Division III for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197123-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division III\nDivision III consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 2 and 8 March 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico and the Group B tournament was held between 3 and 9 March 2008 in \u0130zmit, Turkey. Mexico and Serbia won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197124-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship\nThe 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the inaugural junior female world ice hockey championship. It was held from 7 to 12 January 2008, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The championship is the junior ice hockey version of the women worlds, held under the auspices of the IIHF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197124-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship\nThe inaugural competition featured two groups of nations in round robin play, followed by playoffs. There were eight national teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197124-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Format\nThe eight participating teams are divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams will play each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group will proceed to the medal round, while the remaining teams will play in the placing games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197124-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders\nList shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197124-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197124-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 85], "content_span": [86, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197124-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 85], "content_span": [86, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU\nThe 2008 INC-CCP MoU (also known as Congress-China MoU) is a memorandum of understanding between the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) signed in 2008. The pact is signed to put in place a mechanism that would help regular high-level exchanges between them but the exact content of this document were never made public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Background, India\u2013United States Civil Nuclear Agreement\nThe primary opposition to the nuclear deal in India came from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) and its parliamentary allies (Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party (India), All India Forward Bloc). On July 9, 2008, the Left Front withdrew support to the government reducing its strength to 276 in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the parliament). The government survived a confidence vote in the Parliament on July 22, 2008 by 275-256 votes in the backdrop of defections from both camps to the opposite camps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 73], "content_span": [74, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Background, India\u2013United States Civil Nuclear Agreement\nThe MoU with CPC came shortly after the Left parties in India expressed their lack of trust in the Congress-led UPA government. The fact that China, though aware of the recent developments in India, decided to go ahead and sign this document shows it is trying to build a relationship with the Congress, and the Nehru-Gandhi family in particular, that goes beyond the UPA government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 73], "content_span": [74, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Background, 2008 Summer Beijing Olympics\nEighty heads of state and government were invited to the Beijing Olympics but neither the then Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh nor the then President of India was invited in the Olympics that the neighboring nation was hosting. Instead of inviting the head of the state or the government, the formal invitation went to the then Congress Chief, Sonia Gandhi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 58], "content_span": [59, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Background, 2008 Summer Beijing Olympics\nAfter the questioning from Opposition parties and other, the officials said that the Prime Minister would not have gone and tried to defend the lack of invitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 58], "content_span": [59, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Background, 2008 Summer Beijing Olympics\nThe MOU between Indian National Congress and the Communist Party of China was signed during this visit only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 58], "content_span": [59, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Signing of the MoU\nIndia's then ruling Indian National Congress and the Communist Party of China (CPC) on 7 August 2008 signed a pact to put in place a mechanism that would help regular high-level exchanges between them. This development happened soon after party chief Sonia Gandhi arrived in Beijing with her family for the Olympics inaugural ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Signing of the MoU\nBefore the signing of the MoU, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi held a meeting with Xi and other senior leaders of the Communist Party of China and held discussions on issues of mutual interest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Signing of the MoU\nThe MoU was signed by the Chinese vice-president and standing committee member of the CPC's politburo, Xi Jinping, and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi in the presence of his mother and party president Sonia Gandhi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Reaction\nRavi Shankar Prasad said that in 2008, the Congress had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Communist Party of China. \u201cThe party has not yet explained what was the compelling need for party-to-party relationship,\u201d said Mr. Prasad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Reaction, 2020\u20132021 China\u2013India skirmishes\nAccusing Rahul Gandhi of trying to \"divide the nation\" and \"demoralise\" the armed forces during crucial situations (Galwan Clashes), BJP president J P Nadda asked on Tuesday if it was the \"effect\" of the MoU the Congress had signed with the Communist Party of China. \"First, Congress signs MoU with the Chinese Communist Party. Then, Congress surrenders land to China. During Doklam issue, Rahul Gandhi secretly goes to the Chinese embassy. During crucial situations, Rahul Gandhi tries to divide the nation and demoralise armed forces. Effects of MoU?\" Nadda said in a tweet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Reaction, 2020\u20132021 China\u2013India skirmishes\nCiting a Chinese newspaper report, Sambit Patra alleged that the Gandhi family has got \"endorsement\" from China and its President Xi Jinping. This is a classic definition of \"anti-India stand\", he said. \"Congratulations to Rahul Gandhi. You were earlier a hero of Pakistan. Now, you are a hero of China too. But you are a big zero for India. You are a hero for our enemies. China is in a disadvantageous position and is using the Congress's shoulders to fire at India... This is a classic definition of anti-India stand,\" Sambit Patra said at a press conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Reaction, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation\nAmit Malviya alleged that donations to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation whose Chairperson is Congress President and Sonia Gandhi, were made in 2005-06 by the Chinese Embassy in India as well as the Government of China when the Congress-led UPA-I was in power. The annual statements of the RGF show that it received donations not once, but thrice between 2005 and 2008.In this time, the RGF launched seminars and projects on India and China relations. The most striking is a study on the feasibility of a Free Trade Agreement between India and China by Mohammad Saqib. The reports of the RGF, while acknowledging that the China would be \"the greater beneficiary\u201d because of the \u201cefficiency of its economy\u201d, they continuously advocate a comprehensive free trade agreement:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Reaction, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation\n\"The study concluded that \u2018there are always losers and gainers in the regional and free trade agreements. India and China can balance the gains and losses through an FTA. Therefore both governments should decide to enter into FTA negotiations. The proposed FTA between India and China will be feasible, desirable and mutually beneficial. An FTA between India and China should also be comprehensive, with a free flow of goods, services, investment and capital.\u2019", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Reaction, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation\n..an FTA would help bilateral economic relations and that the free flow of goods, services, investment and capital would, in fact, benefit India\u2019s trade sector more than China\u2019s.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Reaction, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation\nIndia recorded a trade deficit of $48.5 billion with China in FY20. It is more than 60 per cent of the size of India\u2019s total goods trade of $87 billion with China. For February 2020, the trade deficit with China stood at $3.3 billion while India\u2019s trade deficit was $9.8 billion, that is, China accounted for about 34 per cent of the total. Large trade deficit is continuously an issue of contention between the two countries. This has caused many questions to be raised against the RGF\u2019s strong advocacy of the FTA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Reaction, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation\n\u201cQuestions for the Congress - these donations to RGF, if you can still call them that, have any connection with the MoU signed between the Congress and CPC in 2008? What other things is the Congress party hiding from India on its relations with the CCP? Full disclosure needed,\u201d wrote Malviya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Petitions Seeking Investigation\nA petition filed in the Supreme Court has sought a probe into the alleged deal signed between the Congress party and China\u2019s ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) during the UPA\u2019s tenure in power at the Centre. The petitioners have urged the court to pass an interim order asking not to disclose any information about the deal in the public domain. Besides, the petition also seeks a high-level probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Petitions Seeking Investigation\nSurprising the Supreme Court, the then Chief Justice S A Bobde remarked \"We find that there is something which appears to be, what might be called, unheard of and absurd in law. You are saying that China has entered into an agreement with a political party and not the government. How can a political party enter into an agreement with China,\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197125-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 INC-CCP MoU, Petitions Seeking Investigation\nThen Bench headed by then Chief Justice SA Bobde asked senior counsel Mahesh Jethmalani, representing petitioners Shashank Shekhar Jha and Savio Rodrigues, to withdraw the PIL and approach the high court. \u201cEvery relief which you are seeking can be granted by the high court. Secondly, the High Court is the proper court. Thirdly, we will have the advantage of the High Court order also,\u201d the CJI said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197126-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships\nThe 4th IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships were held between March 29, 2008 and April 5, 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States, at the New England Sports Center. Organized by Massachusetts Hockey in co-operation with US Paralympics, around 200 athletes from ten countries participated in the 10-team round robin tournament which featured two divisions: six teams in group A and four teams in group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197126-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, A Tournament\nThe A Tournament was held between Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway and the United States, all teams which had competed at the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games and which were then-ranked as the world's best sledge hockey teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197126-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, B Tournament\nThe B Tournament was held between Czech Republic, Estonia, South Korea and Poland, the second tier elite teams all vying for a position in the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197127-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot\nThe 2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XV held in Bali, Indonesia, was the 15th IPSC Handgun World Shoot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197127-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Open\nThe Open division had the largest match participation with 353 competitors (34.3\u00a0%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197127-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Standard\nThe Standard division had the second largest match participation with 309 competitors (30.1\u00a0%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197127-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Production\nThe Production division had the third largest match participation with 282 competitors (27.4\u00a0%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197128-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IRB Junior World Championship\nThe 2008 IRB Junior World Championship was the first annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. All players who were twenty years of age or under on 1 January 2008 were eligible for selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197128-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IRB Junior World Championship\nThis competition replaced the now defunct Under 19 Rugby World Championship and Under 21 Rugby World Championship. The event, organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB), was contested by sixteen men's under-20 national teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197128-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IRB Junior World Championship\nThe tournament was held in June and hosted by Wales, at four separate venues, and won by New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197129-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy\nThe inaugural IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy was hosted by Chile in April 2008. The eight team competition for National men U'20 sides is the second tier of the IRB Junior World Championship, which replaced the U'19 & U'21 World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197130-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IRB Nations Cup\nThe 2008 IRB Nations Cup was the third edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the \"A\" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Emerging Springboks and Italy A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Georgia, Russia and Uruguay).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197130-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IRB Nations Cup\nFor the second consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. The Emerging Springboks were the overall winners for their second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197130-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IRB Nations Cup\nThe competition format was a modified round-robin whereby each team played 3 of the other 5 teams. The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197131-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup\nThe 2008 Pacific Nations Cup was a rugby union tournament held between six national sides on the Pacific Rim: Australia A, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand M\u0101ori (just for this year). The inaugural competition was held in 2006. This year the tournament started on 7 June and ended on 6 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197131-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup\nThe tournament is a round-robin where each team plays all of the other teams once. There are four points for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat. There are also bonus points offered with one bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one bonus point for losing by 7 points or less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197132-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup\nThe 2008 ISSF World Cup was the twenty-third annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Four qualification competitions were held in each event, spanning from March to June, and the best shooters qualified for the ISSF World Cup Final, which was carried out in September in Minsk for the shotgun events, and in November in Bangkok for the other events. Apart from those who qualified through the 2008 World Cup competitions, the defending champions and all medalists from the 2008 Summer Olympics were also invited to the final. The host countries were also granted special wild cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197132-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup\nFollowing the tradition of previous Olympic years, one of the qualification competitions was held as a pre-Olympic test event at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and the Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field, the upcoming venues for shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. As qualification for the Olympics was concluded with the 2007 season, no quota places were at stake during the 2008 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197132-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup, Medals by event, Men's rifle events\n1 In the elimination round on May 18, \u00a0Guy Starik\u00a0(ISR) equalled the world record with a perfect 600.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197133-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol)\nThe 2008 ISSF World Cup Final in rifle and pistol events was held 3\u20135 November 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand, as the conclusion of the 2008 World Cup season. The final was held in Bangkok for the second consecutive time, and third overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197133-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol)\nThere were twelve spots in each of the ten events. The defending champion from the 2007 World Cup Final and all medalists of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing qualified automatically for Bangkok. The remaining eight qualified through a special point-awarding system based on their best performance during the World Cup season, skipping past automatic qualifiers. Not counting the defending champion and the Olympic medalists, there was a maximum of two shooters per event from the same country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197133-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol)\nThe qualification system awarded a win with 15 points, a silver medal with 10, a bronze medal with 8, a fourth place with 5, a fifth with 4, a sixth with 3, a seventh with 2 and an eighth place with 1 point. It also gave out points for qualification scores within a certain range from the current world record: from 1 point for fourteen points off the record, to 15 points for equalling or raising it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197133-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol), Men's 50 metre rifle prone, Qualification\nTamas did not participate and was replaced by Val\u00e9rian Sauveplane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197133-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol), Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol, Qualification\nAlifirenko, Pupo and Raicea did not participate and were replaced by Cha Sang-jun, Alexey Klimov and Taras Magmet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 93], "content_span": [94, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197133-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol), Women's 50 metre rifle three positions, Qualification\nEmmons did not participate. In addition, Thanyalak Chotphibunsin entered as the host country's wild card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 99], "content_span": [100, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197133-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol), Women's 10 metre air rifle, Qualification\nEmmons and Lechner did not participate, and were replaced by Beate Gauss. In addition, Thanyalak Chotphibunsin entered as the host country's wild card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197133-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol), Women's 25 metre pistol, Qualification\nKolly did not participate. In addition, Tanyaporn Prucksakorn entered as the host country's wild card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197133-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol), Women's 10 metre air pistol, Qualification\nPaderina, Kolly and Csonka did not participate and were replaced by Michela Suppo. In addition, Tanyaporn Prucksakorn entered as the host country's wild card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 88], "content_span": [89, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197134-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (shotgun)\nThe 2008 ISSF World Cup Final in shotgun events was held on 27\u201330 September in Minsk, Belarus. It was the last major worldwide shotgun competition in 2008, and the next-to-last part of the 2008 ISSF World Cup, to be concluded with the rifle and pistol finals in Bangkok a month later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197134-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (shotgun)\nThere were twelve spots in each of the five events. The defending champion from the 2007 World Cup Final and all medalists of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing qualified automatically for Minsk. The remaining eight qualified through a special point-awarding system based on their best performance during the World Cup season, skipping past automatic qualifiers. Not counting the defending champion and the Olympic medalists, there was a maximum of two shooters per event from the same country. Belarus, being the host country, also were allowed to participate with one shooter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197134-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (shotgun)\nThe qualification system awarded a win with 15 points, a silver medal with 10, a bronze medal with 8, a fourth place with 5, a fifth with 4, a sixth with 3, a seventh with 2 and an eighth place with 1 point. It also gave out points for qualification scores within a certain range from the current world record: from 1 point for fourteen hits off the record, to 15 points for equalling or raising it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197134-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (shotgun), Men's double trap, Qualification\nFaulds and Alshamsy did not participate and were replaced by Daniele Di Spigno and Mikhail Leybo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197134-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (shotgun), Men's skeet, Qualification\nFlores did not participate and was replaced by Frank Thompson. In addition, Andrei Gerachtchenko entered as the host country's wild card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197134-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (shotgun), Women's trap, Qualification\nPak did not participate and was replaced by Joetta Dement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197134-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 ISSF World Cup Final (shotgun), Women's skeet, Qualification\nAvetisyan, Brinker and Bacosi did not participate and were replaced by Katiuscia Spada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197135-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Kolkata Open\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Himeshlala (talk | contribs) at 09:23, 25 June 2020 (\u2192\u200eExternal links). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197135-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Kolkata Open\nThe 2008 ITF Kolkata Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2008 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Kolkata, India, on 17\u201323 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197136-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Kolkata Open \u2013 Doubles\nDisplayed below are the doubles results from the 2008 ITF Kolkata Open Women's Tennis Tournament. Alla Kudryavtseva and Vania King were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate that year. Laura Siegemund and \u00c1gnes Szatm\u00e1ri won the title, defeating Lu Jingjing and Sun Shengnan in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197137-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Kolkata Open \u2013 Singles\nMaria Kirilenko was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197137-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Kolkata Open \u2013 Singles\nAyumi Morita won the title, defeating Elora Dabija in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197138-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Men's Circuit\nThe 2008 ITF Men's Circuit was the 2008 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit consisted of 534 'Futures' tournaments played year round across six continents, with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $15,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197139-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Women's Circuit\nThe ITF Women's Circuit is the second-tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197139-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Women's Circuit\nThe ITF world champions in 2008 were Jelena Jankovi\u0107 (senior singles), Cara Black / Liezel Huber (senior doubles) and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (combined junior ranking).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197139-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Women's Circuit, Singles titles by nation\nThis list displays only the top 21 nations in terms of singles titles wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197140-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Women's Circuit (April\u2013June)\nThe ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197140-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Women's Circuit (April\u2013June)\nThis article covers the ITF tour from the month of April until June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197141-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Women's Circuit (January\u2013March)\nThe ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197141-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Women's Circuit (January\u2013March)\nThis article covers the ITF tour from the months of January until March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197142-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Women's Circuit (July\u2013September)\nThe ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour. In 2008, the ITF Women's Circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197142-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ITF Women's Circuit (July\u2013September)\nThis article covers the ITF tour from the month of July until September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197143-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ITU Triathlon World Championships\nThe 2008 ITU Triathlon World Championships were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from June 5 to June 8, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197144-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ITU Triathlon World Cup\nThe 2008 ITU Triathlon World Cup was a series of triathlon races organised by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for elite-level triathletes. There were twelve races held in twelve countries, each held over a distance of 1500\u00a0m swim, 40\u00a0km cycle, 10\u00a0km run (an Olympic-distance triathlon). Alongside a prize purse, points were awarded at each race contributing towards the overall World Cup for which an additional prize purse was awarded. The 2008 World Cup was sponsored by BG Group. The 2008 World Cup series marked the final year of this race and championship format as the ITU shifted its focus to developing the World Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197144-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ITU Triathlon World Cup, Overall rankings\nAt each race of the series points were awarded to the top 20 finishers per the table below. In addition to the points awarded for the twelve World Cup legs, double points were awarded for results achieved in the ITU Triathlon World Championship race in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 7\u20138 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197145-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics\nThe 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: XIII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo), was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadio Tierra de Campeones in Iquique, Chile from June 13 to the 15th. A total of forty-four events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197145-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics\nIquique was selected as the host city for the event, in May 2006, at the Iberoamerican Athletics Confederation Congress (Congreso de la Confederaci\u00f3n Iberoamericana de Atletismo). A running track was installed at the stadium specifically for the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197145-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics\nNo championship records were set at an edition which has hampered by cold, windy whether in the Chilean city. Six national records were broken at the competition, however, including a Chilean record throw of 18.65\u00a0m by shot put winner Natalia Duc\u00f3, which was also a South American junior record. Ecuador's Bayron Piedra was another stand-out performer as he set a national record to win the 3000 metres, adding to his silver medal from the 1500 metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197145-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics\nThe competition was dominated by Brazilian athletes: seventeen gold medals were won by the country's athletes and it topped the medal table with a total of 44 medals \u2013 a third of those on offer. Colombia had the next most golds with five and Spain and Argentina took four each. The hosts Chile had two golds in their medal haul of eight altogether.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197145-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, Participation\nOf the twenty-eight members of the Asociaci\u00f3n Iberoamericana de Atletismo, nineteen nations sent delegations to the 2008 championships. This represented all the organisation's members but for Guinea-Bissau. A total of 322 athletes were set to take part in the competition  of which 316 actually participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197146-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results\nThese are the official results of the 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics which took place on June 13\u201315, 2008 in Iquique, Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197147-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iceland earthquake\nThe 2008 Iceland earthquake was a doublet earthquake that struck on May 29 at 15:46 UTC in southwestern Iceland. The recorded magnitudes of the two main quakes were 5.9 Mw and 5.8 Mw\u202f, respectively, giving a composite magnitude of 6.1 Mw\u202f. There were no human fatalities, but 30 injuries were reported and a number of sheep were killed. The epicenter of the earthquake was between the towns of Hverager\u00f0i and Selfoss, about 45 kilometers (28\u00a0mi) east-southeast of the capital, Reykjav\u00edk. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Iceland since the summer of 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197147-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iceland earthquake, Characteristics\nIceland straddles the mid-Atlantic ridge where the Eurasian and North-American tectonic plates move away from each other. Volcanic activity is common along such divergent boundaries but strong earthquakes are rare. In Iceland the ridge is somewhat off-set, creating two transform faults where plates move horizontally along each other. One is in the north of the country and one in the south; the strongest Icelandic earthquakes happen along those transform faults. The 29 May quake is classified by geologists as typical Su\u00f0urlandsskj\u00e1lftar (literally: Southern Iceland quakes), which happen on the southern fault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197147-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Iceland earthquake, Damage\nUnlike the quakes in the summer of 2000, the 29 May quake happened in the most densely populated part of the South Iceland district. The population of the affected area is about 12,000 and it includes the towns of Selfoss and Hverager\u00f0i as well as Eyrarbakki, Stokkseyri and \u00deorl\u00e1ksh\u00f6fn. Many farms were also affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197148-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic Cup\nThe Visa-Bikar 2008 was the forty-ninth season of the Icelandic national football cup. It started on May 24, 2008 and concluded with the Final held on October 4, 2008. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197148-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic Cup, First round\nThe First Round consisted of 32 teams from lower Icelandic divisions. The matches were played between May 24 and 27, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197148-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic Cup, Second round\nThe Second Round included 16 winners from the previous round as well as 24 teams from second and third division. The matches were played between June 1 and 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197148-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic Cup, Round of 32\nAt this point in the competition entered 12 clubs from \u00darvalsdeild (first level). The matches were played on June 18 and 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197148-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic Cup, Round of 16\nThe matches were played on July 2 and 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 78]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197149-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup\nThe 2008 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the 13th season of the Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. The competition started on 22 February 2008 and concluded on 1 May 2008. Valur beat Fram 4\u20131 in the final to win their first League Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197149-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup\nThe 24 teams were divided into 4 groups of 6 teams. Every team played every other team of its group once, either home or away. Top 2 teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197149-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Group stage\nThe games were played from 22 February to 15 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197150-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic lorry driver protests\nThe 2008 Icelandic truck driver protests were protests started by truck drivers in Iceland through March\u2212April 2008. The protest came about due to increasing oil prices and working hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197151-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic presidential election\nPresidential elections were planned to be held in Iceland on 28 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197151-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic presidential election, Uncontested Election\nThe incumbent \u00d3lafur Ragnar Gr\u00edmsson, first elected in 1996, stated in his New Year's speech that he would contest the election for a fourth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197151-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic presidential election, Uncontested Election\n\u00c1st\u00fe\u00f3r Magn\u00fasson, who ran unsuccessfully in 1996 and 2004, ruled out a candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197151-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Icelandic presidential election, Uncontested Election\nNo challenger to the incumbent president filed by the deadline to declare a candidacy on 24 May 2008, and so \u00d3lafur Ragnar's fourth term was won uncontested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197152-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Icheon fire\nOn 7 January 2008, a fire occurred in Icheon, South Korea, killing 40 people. It happened at a cool warehouse that was under construction at a refrigerated goods facility and caused several explosions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197152-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Icheon fire, Context\nIt was the deadliest fire in South Korea since the Daegu subway fire on 18 February 2003, which killed 192 people. A different fire in Icheon on 29 April 2020 killed 38 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 25], "content_span": [26, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197153-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses were held on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 18 national delegates at stake. For the first time, caucuses were held in all 44 counties, all of them open caucuses organized at the county level rather than the precinct level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197153-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe Idaho Democratic Caucus was overwhelmingly won by Barack Obama, who won 15 of Idaho's 18 delegates, 44 of the 45 county-level caucuses, and the support of 79.54 percent of caucus attendees statewide, his largest margin of victory in any state during the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary season. A handful of caucus attendees pledged to support John Edwards on the first ballot even though he had dropped out of the race the previous week; this residual support was sufficient to give him a third-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197153-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses\nEach of Idaho's 44 counties held its own caucus except for Ada County, which held two: one for the part of the county in the First Congressional District, and the other for the part of the county in the Second Congressional District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197153-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses\nCollectively, both Ada County caucuses (which convened at Qwest Arena in Downtown Boise) were notable for the unprecedented mass public participation which made them the largest caucus gathering of Super Tuesday 2008: 3,075 votes were cast by the constituents of the 1st Congressional District and 5,215 votes were cast by those of the 2nd Congressional District for a grand total of 8,290 votes cast at a single venue. Thousands of freshly printed ballots were rushed to those caucusing outside the arena in frigid weather. Much higher than anticipated attendance was also reported at other caucus locations throughout the state. Statewide some 28,000 people caucused, an order of magnitude increase over the approximately 5,000 who had caucused throughout Idaho in 2004", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197153-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nSince at the time Idaho residents did not choose a political party preference at voter registration, the 2008 Idaho Democratic Caucus was open to all individuals who were or would have been qualified to vote in the general election in Idaho on November 4, 2008, including those who were not registered or who were not yet legally old enough to vote (but were going to be legally old enough to vote at the national election). Caucus attendees were required to sign a pledge that they planned on voting Democratic in the county in which they were caucusing. After signing in, participants either marked their first presidential preference or declared themselves uncommitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197153-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nAs in past years, the caucuses employed a 15-percent support threshold at the county level. If a candidate failed to meet that threshold on the first vote, the candidate was eliminated from consideration at the county level. A second vote was then taken with all participants free to declare or re-declare their support for any remaining candidate or for \"Uncommitted.\" In 2008, Barack Obama was the only candidate to meet the threshold requirement on the first vote in several counties, most notably in Ada County. Clinton won the caucus vote only in one county: Lewis County in the Northern Panhandle of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197153-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nAfter the second vote, county caucuses were broken up into groups by candidate support. These groups then selected county delegates and alternates to the Idaho Democratic Party State Convention who were pledged but unbound by the results. The 2008 Idaho Democratic Party State Convention was held June 12\u201314, 2008, in Garden City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197153-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Campaigning\nSenator Barack Obama made a campaign stop at Taco Bell Arena in  Boise State University before Super Tuesday and told voters that he would not take their guns away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197153-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Primary\nOn May 27, 2008, a non-binding presidential preference primary was held on the Democratic ticket. The primary had no impact on the Democratic Party delegate selection process. Obama won the primary, but by a considerably smaller margin than his caucus win three months earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197153-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Primary\nThe 734 votes assigned to 'others' in the table were awarded to Keith Russell Judd, who ran his 2008 presidential campaign from federal prison in Texas. He would run against Barack Obama again in 2012, still from prison, winning ten counties in West Virginia, and coming in second with 73k votes to Obama's 106k votes in that state's 2012 democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197153-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis\nIdaho, one of the most staunchly Republican states in the nation, is difficult to analyze for Democrats. The state delivered a massive three-to-one victory for Obama, his largest victory in the course of the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197154-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Idaho Republican presidential primary took place on May 27, 2008. John McCain won the primary, although before the election he had already won enough pledged delegates in earlier primaries to secure his nomination at the 2008 Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197154-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Republican presidential primary\nTexas Congressman Ron Paul finished second with 24 percent of the vote, which was his best showing in a primary state even though McCain had been declared the presumptive Republican nominee several weeks before the Idaho primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197155-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Vandals football team\nThe 2008 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Idaho competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and played their home games in the Kibbie Dome. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach Robb Akey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197155-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Vandals football team\nThe Vandals finished the season with a 2\u201310 overall record and 1\u20137 in conference play, which was the team's ninth-straight season with a losing record. Idaho's two wins were against in-state rival Idaho State, an FCS program in the Big Sky, and conference foe New Mexico State. The victory over New Mexico State ended a 24-game losing streak against FBS opponents. Eight of the Vandals' ten losses came by 23 points or more, and against Utah State, Idaho surrendered a third-quarter lead by yielding 28 unanswered points in the final period. Idaho was outgained by conference opponents by 151.6 yards per game on average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197155-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Idaho Vandals football team, Schedule\nIdaho's reported home attendance in 2008 was 92,041 for six games, an average of 15,340 per game. The maximum was 17,000 for the Boise State game on November 15, and the minimum was 15,002 for the San Jose State game on November 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197156-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iditarod\nThe 2008 Iditarod featured 95 mushers and dog teams. The 36th Annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ceremonially began on Saturday March 1, 2008. The competitive start was the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197156-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iditarod\nThe 1,161 mile (1,868 km) dogsled race ran through the American state of Alaska. The Iditarod course extends from just north of Anchorage to Nome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197156-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Iditarod\nThe majority of competing teams hailed from the United States, while notable other teams from Norway, Germany, and Canada were in the running.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197156-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Iditarod\nThe competition was one of the closest in recent memory, with defending champion Lance Mackey and four-time winner Jeff King mushing neck-and-neck for much of the race. Ultimately, the race was won by Mackey, who reached the final checkpoint at 2:46 AM on March 12. Notably, this is the second year in a row Mackey has finished first in both the Iditarod and the Yukon Quest, a feat once thought impossible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197156-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Iditarod, Canine fatalities\nThree dogs perished in Iditarod 36. The first was a 7-year-old male on the team of John Stetson, from Duluth, Minnesota. This dog died of pneumonia. The second dog, 3-year-old Lorne was a member of Jennifer Freking's team. Lorne was killed when a snowmobiler crashed into Freking's team. The third death was 4-year-old Cargo, a member of Ed Iten's team, in which the cause of death is unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197157-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 If Stockholm Open\nThe 2008 If Stockholm Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the event known that year as the If Stockholm Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden, from 6 October through 12 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197157-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 If Stockholm Open\nThe singles draw featured ATP No. 7, Buenos Aires champion, Acapulco runner-up David Nalbandian, Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Marseille finalist Mario An\u010di\u0107, and Australian Open quarterfinalist, Adelaide runner-up Jarkko Nieminen. Also lined up were Rotterdam and Memphis finalist Robin S\u00f6derling, Wimbledon semifinalist Rainer Sch\u00fcttler, Jos\u00e9 Acasuso, Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s and Marcel Granollers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197157-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 If Stockholm Open, Finals, Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman /  Kevin Ullyett defeated  Johan Brunstr\u00f6m /  Michael Ryderstedt, 6\u20131, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197158-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 If Stockholm Open \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but Mirnyi chose not to participate, and only Bjorkman competed that year. Bjorkman partnered with Kevin Ullyett, and won in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20133, against Johan Brunstr\u00f6m and Michael Ryderstedt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197159-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 If Stockholm Open \u2013 Singles\nIvo Karlovi\u0107 was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197159-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 If Stockholm Open \u2013 Singles\nFirst-seeded David Nalbandian won in the final 6\u20132, 5\u20137, 6\u20133, against Robin S\u00f6derling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197160-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion\nOn 15 May 2008 a pipeline explosion occurred in the community of Ijegun, a suburb north of Lagos, Nigeria. The explosion took place after a bulldozer struck an oil pipeline. The Lagos police have stated that the explosion appears to be an accident, and not the work of thieves, as in past pipeline explosions near Lagos. Construction workers accidentally broke an underground pipeline from which fuel started to spill out; moments later an explosion occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197160-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion\nThe fire started from the Isolo end of Ijegun, which spread to surrounding homes and schools. It reportedly spread through buildings with occupants inside. The Ijegun Primary School was also damaged. More than 15 homes and more than 20 vehicles were burned in the fire. Firefighters and volunteers used sand and water in attempts to extinguish the fires. Forty minutes after the fire started, NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) firefighters arrived on the scene. The Lagos State Fire Service later arrived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197160-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion, Deaths\nAlthough the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency puts the current death toll at ten, the Nigerian Red Cross claims at least 100 people have died. Other accounts state that the number dead is 39, including school children. AllAfrica.com reports that the death toll is up to 43. The bodies were taken to the Ikeja General Hospital. A pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son were also among the dead. The Nigerian Red Cross compiled names of the deceased and injured. They set up camps near the disaster as well. Local council and government officials claim that the actual death toll is much lower than what the Nigerian Red Cross is claiming. Victims were taken to a hospital and are said to have been suffering from serious burns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197160-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion, Deaths\nIt's believed that when the explosion occurred, gate men at the Ijegun Primary School initially locked the gates apparently to prevent the pupils from running into danger. But when the atmosphere became tense, the gate men and other staff were said to have run for their lives leaving everyone to their fate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197160-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion, Deaths\nAt that point, students from Ijegun Comprehensive School who ran into the primary school premises were said to have jointly brought down the wall of the school to facilitate their escape. Most of them were trampled on. Eight out of sixteen pupils who were rushed to Corner Stone Hospital reportedly died on 15 May and another died a day later. Three residents were killed after being run over by vehicles whose drivers attempted to flee the fire zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197161-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 153 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Illinois's 19 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 100. Another 53 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 153 delegates represented Illinois at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Thirty-two other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197161-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nPolls indicated that then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama was leading then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton by double digits in the days before the contest in his home state of Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197161-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary, Results\nChicago Public Radio reported on  March 13, 2008, that the delegate counts were recalculated and Obama won 106 delegates to 47 forClinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197161-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nIt was no surprise that Barack Obama cruised to a landslide victory in Illinois, the state he had represented in the U.S. Senate since 2005. He enjoyed massive support in his state among all demographics. According to exit polls, 57 percent of voters in the Illinois Democratic Primary were white and they opted for Obama 57\u201341; 24 percent of voters were African American and they, too, backed Obama 93\u20135; and 17 percent of voters in the primary were Hispanic/Latino and they narrowly backed Obama 50\u201349. Obama won all age groups but tied Clinton among senior citizens aged 65 and over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197161-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nHe won all voters in the state of all educational attainment levels as well as income/socioeconomic classes. He won all ideological groups and voters from both parties as well as self-identified Independents. Regarding religion, Obama won every major denomination except Roman Catholics, who narrowly backed Clinton 50-48 percent. Obama won Protestants by a margin of 58\u201338, other Christians 79\u201319, other religions 82\u201317, and atheists/agnostics 78\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197161-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama performed extremely well statewide and racked up massive victories in his home city of Chicago as well as its suburbs and the metropolitan area. He also won Northern Illinois as well as the collar counties by substantial victories. Clinton's best performance was in Southern Illinois among the more rural and conservative counties that are majority white, although Obama still won the region as a whole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197162-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team\nThe 2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Ron Zook. The Illini played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. This was Zook's fourth season as the Illini head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197162-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nIn the first quarter, Matt Eller kicked a 51-yard field goal. Brit Miller recovered Michael Desormeaux's fumble for a 27-yard touchdown. Drew Edmiston kicked a 24-yard field goal for Louisiana-Lafayette. Juice Williams passed to Daniel Dufrene for a 10-yard touchdown in the 2nd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197162-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nIn the second half, Desormeaux rushed for a 34-yard touchdown and passed to Erick Jones for an 11-yard touchdown. Matt Eller kicked a 27-yard field goal for the Fighting Illini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197162-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nThe Illini lost on the road to the Nittany Lions 38\u201324 in a nationally-televised, prime time, \"White Out\" game at Beaver Stadium. Illinois jumped out to a 14\u20137 lead, becoming the first team to take a lead on the Nittany Lions and the first to score points against them in the first quarter this season. However, the Nittany Lions responded with two touchdowns en route to a 21\u201314 halftime lead. The Illini wouldn't score again until kicking a field goal on the final play of the third quarter after recovering a Stephfon Green fumble, but Derrick Williams returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197162-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nThe loss was head coach Ron Zook\u2019s first as a head coach against a ranked opponent. The Illini's 24 points were the most allowed by Penn State this season as were their 189 total rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197162-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nPenn State wide receiver Derrick Williams became the first player under PSU head coach Joe Paterno to score a rushing, a receiving, and a kick return touchdown in the same game. Williams was selected the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197162-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin\nThe Fighting Illini fell to the Badgers 27\u201317 for Wisconsin's first Big Ten win of the year. The Badgers outscored Illinois 17\u20137 in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197163-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois House of Representatives election\nThe Illinois House of Representatives elections of 2008 determined the membership of the lower house of the 96th General Assembly. The Democratic Party increased its Majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197164-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008. Illinois was one of 24 States holding a primary or caucus on Super Tuesday, 2008. Delegates from each of Illinois' 19 congressional districts are selected by direct election. In addition, the primary ballot also contains a preference poll that lists the presidential candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197165-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois Senate election\nThe Illinois State Senate Election of 2008 determined, along with 19 senators not up for re-election, the membership of the 96th Illinois State Senate. The Democratic Party retained its majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197166-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois State Redbirds football team\nThe 2008 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Denver Johnson and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. Illinois State was a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Redbirds finished the season with a 3\u20138 record overall and a 2\u20136 record in conference play. After the team's final game, a loss to Southern Illinois, Johnson resigned from the head coaching position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197167-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois earthquake\nThe 2008 Illinois earthquake was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the Midwest state of Illinois. This moderate strike-slip shock measured 5.2 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (very strong). It occurred at 04:36:59 local time on April 18 near West Salem and Mount Carmel, Illinois, within the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone. Earthquakes in this part of the country are often felt at great distances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197167-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois earthquake, Tectonic setting\nSituated in a stable continental region of the Midwestern United States, the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone (WVSZ) is an area of dispersed seismic activity that encompasses the border areas of Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. This broad, multistate zone of intraplate seismicity lay just to the north of the New Madrid Seismic Zone and comprises both strike-slip and dip-slip earthquake mechanisms across numerous named faults, grabens, and anticlines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197167-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois earthquake, Earthquake\nRapid development and expansion of services from the United States Geological Survey was taking place in the 2000s in terms of earthquake monitoring and information dissemination services. A number of products from it and its subdivisions that relay information to the public over the Internet were displayed during the event. An automated system from the National Earthquake Information Center, for example, sent an initial notification containing magnitude, depth, and location within two and a half minutes of the mainshock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197167-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois earthquake, Earthquake, Felt area\nThe shock was felt as far west as Omaha, Nebraska, as far south as Atlanta, Georgia, as far east as Kitchener, Ontario, and West Virginia, and as far north as the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The earthquake was felt so far away, compared to earthquakes in other regions, because the old, rigid bedrock beneath much of the Midwest allows the seismic waves to propagate further.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197167-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois earthquake, Earthquake, Damage\nClose to the epicenter in Mount Carmel, Illinois, a woman was briefly unable to exit her home due to a collapsed porch, and a two-story apartment building was evacuated because of loose and falling bricks. The Edwards County sheriff's department took reports of minor damage in West Salem, Illinois. Just across the Wabash River in Indiana, Unit 4 at the Gibson Generating Station automatically shut down due to its vibration sensors, and in Princeton, a woman was cut when a crystal figurine was knocked from a shelf in her home. A man had an eye injury at an unknown location, but medical attention was not sought.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197167-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois earthquake, Earthquake, Damage\nIn Louisville, Kentucky, some bricks broke off from an older building near downtown. Slightly further away in St. Louis, Missouri, a portion of the South Kingshighway Boulevard viaduct were closed because of loose pieces of concrete, but whether this was debris-related is unknown, and traffic resumed half an hour later. Several chimneys also collapsed in south St. Louis, the St. Francis de Sales Oratory reported damage to its steeple, and the Basilica of St. Louis King of France reported small fragments from the mosaic ceiling. About 35,000 people in St. Louis County were without power because the Labadie Power Station went offline due to excessive vibrations. Power was restored by midmorning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197167-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois earthquake, Earthquake, Damage\nIllinois, Indiana, and Kentucky state highway crews investigated if any roads or bridges were damaged in the area. Cracks were reported on U.S. Route 51 near Cairo at the state's southern tip. No roads were reported to be damaged in Kentucky, but inspections were being conducted in the Louisville, Paducah, and Henderson districts, according to the Kentucky Department of Transportation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197167-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks\nMore than 250 aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 0.7 to 4.6 were documented in the month following the mainshock, including the largest, which occurred later in the morning. The other stand-out shocks in the sequence were the M4 event on April 21, an M4.2 event on April 25, and a M3.4 shock on June 5 CDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197167-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois earthquake, Response\nMany precautionary measures were taken, including several evacuations. All Vincennes University dormitories were evacuated as a precaution, but no damage was discovered and students were allowed to return after about 45\u00a0minutes. A coal mine in Gibson County, Indiana, was also evacuated, but miners returned to work shortly afterwards. The Gibson County, Indiana, 9-1-1 system was briefly knocked offline due to a flood of calls, but after about 15\u00a0minutes, service was restored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, Primary election\nFor the primary election, turnout was 40.89%, with 2,986,982 votes cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 72], "content_span": [73, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, General election\nFor the general election, turnout was 71.60%, with 5,577,509 votes cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 72], "content_span": [73, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States President\nIllinois voted for the Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States President\nThis was the fifth consecutive presidential election in which Illinois had voted for the Democratic ticket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States Senate\nIncumbent Democrat Dick Durbin was reelected to a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House\nAll 19 of Illinois\u2019 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House\nThe Democratic Party flipped one Republican-held seat, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 11 Democrats and 8 Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, State elections, State Senate\nOne-third of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, State elections, State House of Representatives\nAll of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 72], "content_span": [73, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures\nIllinois voters voted on a single ballot measure in 1998. In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures\nThis was the first time since the 1998 Illinois elections that a statewide ballot measure was presented to Illinois voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Proposed call for a Constitutional Convention\nA measure which would call for a state constitutional convention failed. Article XIV of the Constitution of Illinois requires that Illinois voters be asked at least every 20 years if they desire a constitutional convention, thus this election was constitutionally required to be held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 104], "content_span": [105, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197168-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois elections, Local elections\nLocal elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election\nAfter the resignation of Republican Party United States Congressman Dennis Hastert from his Illinois's 14th congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives on November 26, 2007, a special election was held to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the 110th United States Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election\nIllinois Governor Rod Blagojevich set the special election date for March 8, 2008. The Democratic and Republican parties held special primary elections on February 5, 2008. Democrat Bill Foster won the election on March 8, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, Republican primary, Campaign\nChris Lauzen officially began his campaign on September 19, 2007. Rudy Clai officially entered the race on October 7, but withdrew less than a month later, citing dysfunction within the Illinois Republican Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, Republican primary, Campaign\nThe race was very competitive between Lauzen and Oberweis. On January 15, 2008, they debated at Aurora University. During the debate, Oberweis raised questions regarding International Profit Associates, a company that donated $100,000 to Lauzen's campaign and was being investigated for widespread sexual harassment and fraud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, Republican primary, Campaign\nThe Chicago Tribune endorsed Oberweis, stating that had a better command on national issues. Dennis Hastert endorsed Oberweis on December 13, and Kevin Burns subsequently withdrew his candidacy. Lauzen received endorsements from the Aurora Beacon News, the Kane County Chronicle, the DeKalb Daily Chronicle and the Chicago Daily Herald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, General election, Negative advertisement campaign\nThe race for the 14th district was marked by intense negative campaigning between the regular primary elections of February 5 and the special elections of March 8. Oberweis, with $2.3\u00a0million of his own money and an additional $1\u00a0million provided by the National Republican Congressional Committee, attacked Foster on his various political stances. Foster, with $1.8\u00a0million of his own money and an additional $1\u00a0million provided by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, countered that Oberweis had employed illegal immigrants in his retail stores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 111], "content_span": [112, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, General election, Negative advertisement campaign\nDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama appeared in a television ad for Foster that ran immediately prior to the special election. John McCain endorsed Oberweis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 111], "content_span": [112, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, General election, Endorsements\nThe Chicago Tribune endorsed Bill Foster for the seat in its March 4,\u00a02008 edition based on Oberweis' history of \"nasty, smug, condescending ... and dishonest\" campaigning, and Foster's position that he would be a Blue Dog Democrat. The Chicago Sun-Times endorsed Oberweis as \"forceful and informed\", painting Foster as \"poorly informed\" and unable to discuss specific issues in depth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 92], "content_span": [93, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, General election, Results\nThe election of Foster over Oberweis ended a 20\u00a0year Republican streak of holding the seat. The election of Foster also brought speculation that Republicans would lose three more seats up for re-election in the November general election, resulting in a 14\u20135 Democratic advantage in Congress for Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 87], "content_span": [88, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, General election, Results\nObservers cited several factors explaining Foster's victory, including rapid suburbanization of Kane and Kendall Counties, Foster's position regarding the expansion of health-care and his support of immigration-reform, including a path to citizenship, and Lauzen's refusal to endorse Oberweis following the Republican primary. In contrast, Oberweis' campaign tactics were criticized, including the overuse of mass mailings and automated phone calls to remind voters of the special election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 87], "content_span": [88, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, General election, Results\nReporter John Fund of The Wall Street Journal pointed to the failure of Lauzen to endorse Oberweis, Hastert's preference for \"self-funded\" but unskilled candidates, and local reviews that the NRCC ads were \"nasty,\" \"stupid,\" \"largely incomprehensible\" and \"factless\" as additional reasons why Foster won the seat. By contrast, Fund noted that the Democratic party spent much of its funding on an ad featuring Obama touting Foster's credentials as a physicist and problem-solver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 87], "content_span": [88, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, General election, Results\nGovernor Rod Blagojevich had scheduled the special election for Saturday, March 8 in an attempt to increase voter turnout. However, the election drew a low voter turnout, with only 22 percent of registered voters participating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 87], "content_span": [88, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, General election, Results\nAlthough it was initially thought that Foster would not be sworn in until April due to the need to count absentee ballots before the election would be certified, he took the oath of office on March 11. On his first day in office he cast the deciding vote to keep from tabling an ethics bill that would create an independent outside panel to investigate ethics complaints against House members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 87], "content_span": [88, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197169-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, General election, Results\nFoster's victory was the first time a House seat flipped parties in a special election since Democrat Stephanie Herseth Sandlin won the open South Dakota at-large seat of Republican Bill Janklow in June\u00a02004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 87], "content_span": [88, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing\nIn the 2008 Imphal bombings, at least 17 people were killed and more than 30 were injured on 21 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing\nThis was the second blast of such a magnitude in the Indian Seven Sisters in the month of October 2008. It followed a season of bomb blasts around the country in 2008 that were carried out by various factions, contributing to a precipitous domestic instability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Attack\nThe attack was a single blast triggered from a bomb rigged on to a Kinetic Luna moped in the provincial capital of Manipur. The attack occurred at the gate of Ragailong in the Imphal West District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Attack\nThe attack targeted the barracks of security personnel, as well as civilians in the area, who were gambling ahead of the Diwali holiday. Police said they suspected the headquarters of the 20th Battalion, Assam Rifles, and the Manipur police commando complex, where personnel live with their families, were the targets of the attackers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Attack, Follow-up\nThe blast came just two days after an explosion near the Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh's official residence in the capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Attack, Follow-up\nTwo days later security forces shot as many as eight militants who were said to be members of the Kangleipak Communist Party (MC). Imphal East SP, Radheshyam Singh, said: \"At least three encounters took place in the two police districts of Imphal East and Imphal West on Thursday evening, during which eight militants have been killed.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Attack, Follow-up\nThe post-blast security sweep resulted in an unidentified militant being killed in an encounter as the 29th Assam Rifles raided Sitakhul area under Tengnoupal police in Manipur's Chandel district bordering with Myanmar following reports of militants roaming the area on 30 October. As some militants opened fire at them, the military personnel were forced into the ensuing encounter. One lethod gun and three bombs were recovered from the spot as others reportedly escaped towards a thick hilly area. In 2008 alone over 310 people have been killed in counter militant activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Investigation\nPolice believed the bomb was to avenge the killing of at least eight rebels by security forces last month. They have suspected the separatist People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) to be responsible for the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Investigation\nThe residents of Ragailong and its surrounding areas demanded a judicial inquiry into the attack. There was no word indicating the demands for a probe were heeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Investigation\nAfter the arrest and interrogation of the prime accused in the case, Sachindra Debbarma, it was revealed that the blast was planned at a hideout of the Assam-based National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Moulavibazar on 22 July. Police said, besides the cadres of the Pakistan-based ISI and the Bangladesh-based DGFI, seven militant outfits of the Northeastern region attended a meeting at the hideout and chalked out the blueprint for the attack. Debbarma also claimed that militants in the region, backed by some fundamentalist groups, were spreading a fake currency net in the region and planning to destabilise India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Investigation\nHe also said that Sagam Ali, who had been arrested by BSF early in the year on the Tripura border, was sent for the same mission. Furthermore, four active mobile SIM cards, including one from Bangladesh, an amulet bearing his name, an international passport and address of a Karachi-based suspected ISI agent, were seized from Ali, a resident of Bongaigaon in Assam. This evidence led to the conclusion that he belonged to Hazrat Shah Sultan Gyasuddin Awalia and had travelled extensively to Bangladesh and Pakistan in 2007. He was remanded to judicial custody till 20 November after a court rejected his bail petition, along with that of all the other nine accused in the blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Responsibility\nThe following day the Kangleipak Communist Party (Military Council) (KCP (MC)) claimed responsibility for the blast saying it was a reaction to the gambling that reaches its peak during the Diwali holidays. The claim, distributed to newspaper offices in Imphal, said the explosion was triggered \"in order to put an end to lagao,\" a form of gambling which it said was an \"alien culture\" that was adversely affecting Manipur society. A statement said \"Lagao is a form of gambling which is alien to Meitei culture and it needs to be stopped.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Responsibility\nThe statement was signed by Lanheiba Meitei, a leader of the KCP (MC) faction formed out of the original KCP that was formed in 1980. Kangleipak is the historical name of Manipur which was adopted by the KCP in its attempt at the preservation of the Meitei culture, while it also demands secession of Manipur from India in order to achieve such goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Responsibility\nOn 28 October, contradictory reports from the KCP (MC) clarified that it was not involved in attack. The information and public relation officer of the outfit, Puranthaba, did also allege that three of their members killed at the Heingang area earlier in the month were part of the four apprehended from Dimapur just before the alleged encounter. They also denied the possibility of a relationship with the deceased Paominlan and Haokhoken, whom Imphal east commandos and troops of 39 Assam Rifles had gunned down two days after the blast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Responsibility\nThe KCP in general has seen an increased level of activity this month as the police reported the execution of two former members. They said the KCP's Thoubal district commander, identified as 2nd lieutenant Udoi alias Nongyai or Angousana, and his female companion, Leisa of Khangabok, were executed by the outfit for their anti-party and anti-revolutionary activities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Response\nThe initial response to the attack in a highly fortified area like Ragailong, meant the CM instructed the top brass of the security services to \"take up all necessary measures so that such attacks do not recur.\" This especially rang true with the upcoming festivals of Diwali and Ningol Chakkouba, so as to ensure both pass off peacefully. The SSP of Imphal West, L Kailun, said \"apart from intensifying security vigil at all strategic locations in Imphal, the police has also started conducting a massive drive to check any abandoned vehicles.\" An appeal was also made to citizens to be on high alert and to notify the police if they come across any suspicious objects in market places or crowded areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Response\nThe bigger response to the attack saw the CM calling for the sealing of the border with Myanmar, he said: \"We want the centre (federal government) to fence the border, we cannot let them (PREPAK) escape after the incident.\" An unnamed military commander also added that \"We know where [the] militants have their camps across the border, but we can't go inside Myanmar chasing them.\" In addition a senior intelligence officer in the region added that \"Our plan is to fence the border and step up foot patrolling along the border, otherwise it will be difficult to control the situation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Response\nIndia claims that as many as 3,000 rebels, use the jungles of the Kabaw Valley in Sagaing Division, for training camps and staging areas for incursions into India. Although India has signed a pact with Myanmar to share intelligence, it has proven insufficient to tackle the insurgency that is said to be caused by New Delhi's plundering of the region's mineral and forest resources with little investment returning. In retaliation the rebels want to throw non-Meiteis out of the province, while seeking statehood, a demand India does not acquiesce to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Response\nAbout 700 armed PREPAK rebels have carried out regular attacks in the area. According to police, the rebels were believed to have escaped across a large porous border to their camps in neighbouring Myanmar. The border with Myanmar stretches about 370\u00a0km (230\u00a0mi), and security officials want the entire stretch to be barbed-wired to stop the smuggling of weapons and explosives. The entire area, home to more than 200 tribes, has been racked insurgencies virtually since India's independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Reactions\nManipur Governor Gurbachand Jagat condemned the bomb blast as an act of terrorism and mindless violence. He stated that the act was targeted against the people of Manipur as a whole, and called upon all peace-loving citizens to condemn such violence as an act against the people and culture of Manipur. He also condemned the perpetrators of the attack for causing injury and distress to the many innocent victims, while he also conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families who faced loss through this barbaric act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Reactions\nCM Singh, along with giving the assurance of paying an ex-gratia amount to the next of kin of the deceased, gave Rs 5,000 each as an immediate relief for the injured persons who were undergoing medical treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Reactions\nMany social and political organization were also quick to come out in condemnation of either the attack or at least the government:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Reactions\nOn 28 October, public ire was shown against both separatists and the police. Protesters wielded placards reading \"Killing innocents is not an act of revolution\" and \"Don\u2019t kill innocents to show your power,\" amongst others. While the slogans were clearly directed at the militants, protesters also blamed the police for not paying heed to their call to crack down on gambling in the area, which was the raison d'\u00eatre for the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197170-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Imphal bombing, Reactions\nOnce activist said, \"We have been calling upon the police for quite some time to take steps to check gambling in the area, but no one bothered to take action.\" Later, upon meeting the CM to submit a memorandum a member of the delegation said: \"We have demanded a judicial enquiry into the incident and have sought relief for the families of those killed and injured.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197171-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Independence Bowl\nThe 2008 Independence Bowl marked the thirty-third edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197171-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Independence Bowl, Game summary\nThe game was contested starting on Sunday, December 28, 2008, with a 7:15 PM CST kickoff, telecast on ESPN. the contest pitted the 2008 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team against the 2008 Northern Illinois Huskies football team. Both Louisiana Tech and Northern Illinois were chosen because both of the contracted conferences - the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference - failed to produce enough bowl eligible teams as both had a pair of schools in the 2009 Bowl Championship Series. Prior to the game, citing financial difficulties stemming from the financial crisis of 2007\u20132008, PetroSun pulled out as title sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197171-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Independence Bowl, Game summary\nBoth participants were football-only members of the Big West Conference in the mid-1990s. This was the 7th football game between Louisiana Tech and Northern Illinois and the first since 1996. Tech now holds a 6-1 edge over Northern Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197171-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Independence Bowl, Game summary\nThe game was Louisiana Tech's 4th appearance in the Independence Bowl and the first appearance since 1990 when Tech tied Maryland 34-34. The Bulldogs now hold an overall record of 2-1-1 in the Independence Bowl. The victory over Northern Illinois marked the first bowl game victory by the Bulldogs since their 1977 Independence Bowl victory over Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197171-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Independence Bowl, Game summary\nThis was Northern Illinois' 1st appearance in the Independence Bowl and the 4th overall appearance in Division I FBS Bowl Games. Their previous appearances in bowl games include the 1983 California Bowl (20-13 victory over Cal State-Fullerton), 2004 Silicon Valley Classic (34-21 victory over Troy), and 2006 Poinsettia Bowl (37-7 loss to TCU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197172-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 India Open Grand Prix Gold\nThe 2008 India Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament which took place at Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, India from 1 to 6 April 2008, and had a total purse of $120,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197173-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Federation Cup\nThe 2008 Indian Federation Cup was the 30th season of the Indian Federation Cup. It was held between 4 and 21 December 2008. The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2009 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197173-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Federation Cup, Results, Semi-finals\nPlay was halted for eight minutes during the first semi-final after Dempo's Ranti Martins collided head-on with Churchill Brothers' Ogba Kalu Nnanna in the 73rd minute, after the two rose for a corner kick from the former's teammate Robert Lalthlamuana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League\nThe 2008 Indian Premier League season was the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League, established by the BCCI in 2007. The season commenced on 18 April 2008 with the final match held on 1 June 2008 and The competition started with a double round robin group stage, in which each of the 8 teams played a home match and an away match against every other team. These matches were followed by two semi-finals and a final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League\nIn a match which went down to the last ball, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in the final to win the title, with Yusuf Pathan named the player of the match and Shane Watson adjudged the player of the tournament. Sohail Tanvir won the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while Shaun Marsh won the orange cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Shreevats Goswami was awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play was won by the Chennai Super Kings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League, Auctions and Personnel signings\nThe auctions for team ownership was held on January 24, 2008. Mumbai was the most expensive team, costing over US$111.9 million. For the inaugural IPL season, each team had a salary cap of US$5 million (Rs. 20 crore approx.). Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag were classified as icon players. They played for the franchises representing their home towns and hence did not enter the auction. Few players were classified as marquee players and the teams which lost out on icon players were allowed one extra marquee player to be selected in the auction. The first auction was conducted on 20 February 2008 with Mahendra Singh Dhoni winning the highest bid of US$1.5 million. Andrew Symonds was the most costly foreign player. A further second auction was held for few foreign players signed. Teams also signed players on individual basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 943]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League, Rules and regulations\nIn the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a bowl-out will determine the winner, even in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League, Rules and regulations\nIn the group stage, teams will be ranked on the following criteria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League, Statistics, Bowling, Most wickets\nTournament's leading wicket taker wore a purple cap when fielding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League, Controversies, Cheerleaders\nThe IPL has been criticised by a few politicians and feminists for bringing in foreign cheerleaders, which is seen by many to not be in the traditional spirit of the game, as well as being against some Indian sensibilities. Two cheerleaders from London were asked to leave the ground at Mohali \"because of the colour of their skin\" by Wizcraft International Entertainment, which handles the team Kings XI Punjab.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League, Controversies, Cheerleaders\nEllesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson, both from London and of African ancestry were allegedly barred from entering the stadium by employees of Wizcraft International Entertainment on the pretext that \"people don\u2019t like dark girls here\". Both the girls also allege that an employee referred to them with the racial slur \u2033nigger\u2033.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League, Controversies, Cheerleaders\nBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said a probe would be initiated by the IPL only if the two women officially complain to IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League, Controversies, Cheerleaders\nBCCI and IPL officials are surprised that the two cheerleaders did not complain about the alleged racist behaviour while they were in India and spoke about it only after they returned to London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League, Controversies, Cheerleaders\n\"We have not received any complaint from any cheerleaders that they were asked to leave by the Mohali-based Kings XI Punjab franchise recently because of the colour of their skin,\" BCCI joint secretary M.P. Pandove said in Mohali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197174-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League, Controversies, Sreesanth \u2013 Harbhajan Singh altercation\nOn 25 April 2008, following the Kings XI Punjab's victory over the Mumbai Indians at Mohali, Punjab player Sreesanth was slapped under his eye by Harbhajan Singh, the in-stand captain of Mumbai. The incident came to light as Sreesanth was caught by TV cameras sobbing inconsolably on the field before the presentation ceremony. Sreesanth had since downplayed the incident saying he had no complaints against Harbhajan who was \"like an elder brother\" to him. Harbhajan's team had lost their third consecutive match when he apparently reacted violently to Sreesanth's approaching him and reportedly saying \"hard luck\". The footage of the slap has not yet been released for public viewing. The BCCI launched an investigation into the incident and decided to ban Harbhajan for the remainder 11 matches of the Twenty20 tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 908]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final\nThe 2008 Indian Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Rajasthan Royals and the Chennai Super Kings on 1 June 2008 at the DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai to determine the winner of the 2008 Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. It ended as the Royals defeated the Super Kings by three wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final\nThe Royals, captained by Shane Warne, topped the group stage table, whereas the Super Kings, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, stood at the third position. They had defeated the Delhi Daredevils and the Kings XI Punjab respectively in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final\nWinning the toss, Royals' captain Shane Warne opted to field first. The Super Kings scored 163 runs in 20 overs with a loss of 5 wickets. Batting at number three, Suresh Raina top scored for the Super Kings with 43 runs. Royals' bowler Yusuf Pathan took three wickets for 22 runs. The Royals failed to build a good opening partnership. However, due to contributions from the middle order, it reached the winning total in the last ball and earned the 2008 Indian Premier League title. Pathan, who was the best performer for the Royals with both bat and ball, was named the man of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Route to the final, Group stage\nThe Super Kings started its campaign with four consecutive wins, but lost its next three matches to the Daredevils, the Royals and the Deccan Chargers. It qualified for the semifinals after winning four of its last seven league matches. The Royals lost its first match in the group stage to the Daredevils. However, it won all of its next five matches. Then, it suffered a defeat against the Mumbai Indians, but went on to win its next six matches. It lost the last group stage match against the Kings XI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Route to the final, Group stage\nThe two teams faced each other in two matches of the group stage, both of which were won by the Royals. The Royals had played a match in the tournament before at the DY Patil Stadium; it lost the match by seven wickets. The Super Kings played at the stadium for the first time in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Route to the final, Semi-finals\nThe Royals played the Daredevils in the first semi-final. The Daredevils won the toss and decided to field first. The Royals got an opening partnership of 65 runs. Its middle-order batsmen Shane Watson and Yusuf Pathan scored 52 and 45 runs respectively to help it amass 192 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Batting second, the Daredevils lost its first five batsmen for just 55 runs. Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored for the Daredevils with 33 runs. The Daredevils was bowled out in the 17th over for just 87 runs, and gave its counterpart a 105-run victory. Watson, who took 3/10, had the best bowling figures for the Royals, and was awarded the man of the match for his all-round performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Route to the final, Semi-finals\nIn the second semi-final, Super Kings played the Kings XI. The Kings XI won the toss and elected to bat first, but its top six batsman failed and only one of them reached double figures. However, due to significant contributions from the lower-order, Punjab managed to reach a total of 112/8. Super Kings fast bowler Manpreet Gony took 3 wickets by conceding just 14 runs. In reply, Super Kings lost its first wicket when Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan were dismissed for 6 runs. However, both Parthiv Patel and Suresh Raina scored a half century each and took the Super Kings to the target with 31 balls to spare. The Super Kings won the match by nine wickets, and Yusuf Pathan was given the man of the match award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Buildup\nThe match was hosted by Mumbai because the franchise owner of the Mumbai Indians placed the highest bid for acquisition, which was US$111.9 million. Before the match, ESPNCricinfo assistant editor Nagraj Gollapudi identified the Royals as the most likely winner. Despite being seen as the underdogs, the Royals finished at the top of the league table, and won 11 matches out of 14 with 22 points. The Super Kings stood third, behind Kings XI, getting 16 points from eight wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Buildup\nThere were two changes in the Royals' playing eleven for the final; Graeme Smith and Mahesh Rawat were replaced by Kamran Akmal and Niraj Patel. Smith was ruled out of the match as he was suffering from a hamstring injury. The Super Kings fielded the same side as in its semi-final win over the Kings XI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nDespite the fact that the home team Mumbai Indians was not playing, the match attracted a huge number of spectators. They were exposed to performances by Amrita Arora, Shamita Shetty, Dia Mirza, Salman Khan and Cirque du Soleil. Then a laser show was organised. The match was a day/night match, and started at 20:18 Indian Standard Time (IST) (UTC+05:30). The toss took place at 20:00 IST in the presence of Lalit Modi and match referee Javagal Srinath. Modi flipped the coin, and Royals' captain Warne called heads; the coin turned out to be heads, and Warne won the toss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nSunil Gavaskar had said in his match report that the batsmen will be required to play more on the front foot because of the inconstant bounce. The pitch was patchy, and Warne chose to field first. The Super Kings lost its first batsman as Sivaramakrishnan went out for 16 runs. He was caught by Ravindra Jadeja when Pathan was up. Sivaramakrishnan pulled a fast ball to deep mid-wicket, and Jadeja took a \"well-judged catch\". Sivaramakrishnan made 16 runs in 14 balls at a strike rate of 114.28, and played an opening partnership of 39 runs with P. Patel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nAfter that, Raina joined P. Patel, and both of them made 25 runs for the second wicket partnership with a run rate of 6.81. P. Patel was caught in the last ball of the ninth over. Similar to the previous wicket, Pathan bowled a flat and fast ball, P. Patel tried to play it towards the third man. However, the ball edged towards the wicket-keeper Akmal, who initially dropped the ball, but caught it afterwards. P. Patel made 38 runs in 33 balls and hit five boundaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nThe next wicket was of Albie Morkel, who made 16 runs out of 13 balls. Pathan again bowled a flat fast ball, which was top edged by Morkel. The ball went into the air, and was eventually caught by Akmal. However this resulted in the collision of Akmal and Mohammad Kaif as both were trying to take the catch, and both of them got injured. Four overs later, Jadeja caught Raina on Watson, breaking a 33 runs fourth wicket partnership between him and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Watson bowled a full-length ball outside off stump.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0009-0003", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nRaina played it towards long off, but failed to get enough distance and Jadeja caught the ball at the boundary. Chamara Kapugedera joined Dhoni after the dismissal of Raina, a decision which \"punctured\" the momentum in the slog overs. Kapugedera made eight runs by acing 12 balls, before being caught by Swapnil Asnodkar on Sohail Tanvir. Tanvir bowled an angling slower ball, which was lofted on the front foot by Kapugedera. The ball was caught by long-on fielder Asnodkar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0009-0004", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nWith the last five balls remaining in the innings, Dhoni and Subramaniam Badrinath together made 15 runs, and Badrinath made six runs off two balls. Dhoni made 29 runs not out, facing 17 balls, in which he hit two fours and one six. Pathan had the best figures with the ball for the Royals, as he took three wickets for 22 runs in four overs. Tanvir and Watson got one wicket each and gave 40 and 29 runs respectively. Warne gave 34 runs in his four overs, but failed to get any wicket. Munaf Patel and Siddharth Trivedi gave 14 and 21 runs respectively in their two overs each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nIn reply, the Royals lost its first batsman as N. Patel went out after scoring two runs in 11 balls. Manpreet Gony bowled a full-length ball outside the off stump, which hit the leg stump after getting an inside edge as N. Patel opted to pull it. He went out in the first ball of the fourth over, leaving his team at 19 runs with loss of one wicket. The Royals lost its second opener when Raina caught Asnodkar as he hit a full and wide ball by Morkel to point. He made 28 runs facing 20 balls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nIn the same over, Makhaya Ntini ran out Akmal with a direct hit. Akmal played the ball to mid-on, but Ntini glided downwards and threw the ball at the stumps. After the fall of Akmal's wicket, Watson and Pathan started playing more aggressively, and scored 65 runs for a fourth wicket partnership at a run rate of 8.66; this was also the highest partnership of the match. In the eleventh over, Raina dropped Pathan on Murlitharan at deep midwicket. At the end of the thirteenth over, the Royals reached a score of 100 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nIn the fifteenth over, Muralitharan broke the partnership as he bowled Watson; the ball hit the leg stump. The next wicket was of Kaif, who was caught by Dhoni on Muralitharan. Kaif pushed a flat doosra, and Dhoni took a simple catch at cover. In the next ball, Jadeja went out for a golden duck. Morkel bowled a short ball, and Jadeja tried to pull it. However the ball went to mid-on, and Kapugedera caught the ball after running towards his left. In the same over, Raina ran out Pathan with a direct hit at the stumps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0010-0003", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nMorkel bowled a full ball which was pushed by Warne to point. He ran for a single, but Raina hit the stumps, running out off-striker Pathan. Pathan went out scoring a half-century; he made 56 runs out off 39 balls with a strike rate of 143.58 and hit three fours and four sixes. The Royals needed 18 runs at the end of the eighteenth over. The second last over was bowled by Ntini, in which he gave up ten runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0010-0004", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nIn the last ball of the over, Ntini bowled a good length ball, and Warne hit a four by Warne at cover. In the last over, the Royals required eight runs, and Dhoni gave the ball to Lakshmipathy Balaji. Six runs were required from the last three balls, but Balaji bowled a wide outside off stump, which was missed by the wicket-keeper P. Patel. This resulted in two extra runs. In the next ball, Warne hit a full ball for a run. The Royals needed three runs from the last two balls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0010-0005", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nTanvir played the fifth legal delivery of the over, which was an angling full toss. Tanvir hit the ball at the long leg, and ran two runs. The Royals needed one more run off the last ball, with Tanvir on strike; Balaji bowled him a short ball. Warne had already covered the half distance of the pitch when Tanvir hit the ball. The two batsmen ran for a single and the Royals won the match. Both of them remained not out with nine runs each. Morkel and Muralitharan got two wickets each, giving 25 and 39 runs respectively. Gony got one wicket, whereas Ntini and Balaji had none.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary\nPathan received the award for maximum sixes in a match; he hit four sixes in the match. He was also named the man of the Match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Aftermath\nThe Royals received \u20b948 million (US$670,000) and a trophy for being the champions. Royals' players received their medals from Sharad Pawar in the post-match ceremony. Warne said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Aftermath\nIt's been a fantastic journey. We're gelled together really quickly. It makes me proud to see so many young guys learning and executing their skills in the middle. I think the crowds all over India have made the atmosphere amazing. Congratulations to Chennai. It's been a wonderful ride for us.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Aftermath\nRoyals' Tanvir was given the purple cap for getting the highest number of wickets in the league. Watson was declared as the man of the series; he scored 474 runs and took 17 wickets in the season. The Super Kings received \u20b924 million (US$340,000) for being the runners-up. Dhoni said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Aftermath\nI think the standard of our cricket was really good. We were up to the mark in the finals. We lost as a team. There were a few errors in batting and bowling. We're not really unhappy or bogged down by it. We'll go back to our hotel and enjoy it. That's what sport is all about. the response from our team was great. even the guys who didn't get a chance were completely behind the team. So the spirit was great.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Aftermath\nBoth teams qualified for the 2008 Champions League Twenty20. However, the tournament was cancelled due to the 2008 Mumbai attacks and both teams were given \u20b9220 million (US$3.1\u00a0million) each as compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197175-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Premier League Final, Aftermath\nYusuf Pathan's all-round performance, three wickets for 22 runs off 4 overs and his 56 runs from 39 balls, was later declared by ESPNcricinfo as the \"greatest IPL performance of all time\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197176-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Rajya Sabha elections\nRajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2008, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held  to elect respectively 55 members from 15 states, four members from Karnataka and one member from Mizoram and Aruncahl Pradesh, and 11 members from two states for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197176-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections, Members elected\nThe following members are elected in the elections held in 2008. The list is incomplete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197176-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections\nThe bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Bihar, Nagaland, West Bengal and Bihar, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods\nThe 2008 Indian floods were a series of floods in various states of India during the 2008 monsoon season. The floods mostly affected the western regions of Maharashtra state and Andhra Pradesh as well as northern Bihar. In India, the monsoon season generally lasts from June to September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods\nAccording to Ministry of Home Affairs (India)'s disaster management unit, the countrywide death toll from floods in various states was 2,404 between June to September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, Early monsoon\nEarlier, during the start of the monsoon season, West Bengal and Orissa were hit with heavy rains, creating a flood-like situation in the two states. The monsoon killed 100 people, mostly in the country's east and north-east. In Andhra Pradesh alone, 42 people died in a matter of two days because of sudden, heavy rains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding\nIn August, the Konkan region of Maharashtra experienced heavy monsoon rains, placing lives in jeopardy. Many inter-city trains between Mumbai and Pune were cancelled. Heavy waterlogging had been reported from Chiplun, Rajapur, Khed and Mahad in Maharashtra. On 10 August 2008, a major landslide caused extensive damage to a three-story building at the Sinhgad Technical Education Society's (STES) academic campus in Lonavla. A large number of passengers were reportedly stranded at various railway stations across western Maharashtra as Central Railways canceled many trains. Vehicular traffic on the Mumbai-Pune expressway was also affected due to heavy rainfall and was diverted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding\nIn Mumbai, heavy rains lashed the city and its suburbs, affecting traffic and disrupting rail services on the days of 10\u201311 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding\nIn Andhra Pradesh 119 relief camps were set up in the state, most of them in the Guntur and Krishna districts. Hyderabad, Krishna district, and the East and West Godavari districts were the worst affected areas due to floods. The situation in Andhra Pradesh was more deadly as 53 people reportedly died due to floods. In Hyderabad alone 14 people were killed, when they were crushed by the collapsing roofs of their homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding, Bihar\nThe nexus of the Bihar flood is the Kosi River's immense alluvial fan, extending some 185\u00a0km from the river's exit from the Himalayas and foothills in Nepal, down to its confluence with the Ganges in Bihar. The laws of geology and physics cause rivers to course back and forth across such fans in ephemeral channels lasting decades at most, but for flood control reasons man-made embankments endeavored to contain the Koshi within a channel along its fan's western edge. On 18 August, heavy monsoon rains caused the river to break out of this channel. It started flowing through an old channel much further east, inundating cropland and towns and villages with 1.2 million inhabitants, mostly in Bihar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding, Bihar\nChief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar met India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek his help in dealing with the \"catastrophe\". The worst affected districts included Supaul, Madhepura, north Bhagalpur, Araria, Purnia (all by the Kosi) and West Champaran (by Gandak). Relief work was carried with Indian Air Force helicopters dropping relief materials in the worst hit districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding, Bihar\nThe district magistrate of Madhepura has ordered the inhabitants of the town of Madhepura to evacuate because the water level continued to rise. Relief work was carried with Indian Air Force helicopters dropping relief materials (including 600 food packets per day) from Purnia in the worst hit districts where nearly two million persons were entrapped. It is not possible to assess the magnitude of deaths or destruction, because the affected areas are totally inaccessible. Even mobile phones had stopped working, because entrapped persons cannot get their batteries charged. 150 persons were washed away in a single incident (Dainik Hindustan, Darbhanga edition). Another report says 42 people have died in the flood in Bihar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding, Bihar\nThe Government of Bihar has constituted a technical committee, headed by retired engineer-in-chief of the water resource department, Nilendu Sanyal, to manage the restoration work and closure of the breach in the East Koshi afflux embankment. Indian authorities were working to prevent further widening of the breach and channels would be dug to direct the water back to the main river bed. However, Dainik Hindustan (Darbhanga edition) reported on Aug 28 that Indian officials were chased away by anti-social elements from the breach site in Nepal. Nepal's Defence Minister has made a statement that Nepal will repair the breach on its own, although it was not made clear when this work will be started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding, Bihar\nDainik Hindustan (Darbhanga edition) later sent its reporter to the site of the Kushaha breach, who reported with photographs on Sep 5 that all earlier claims by government officials of repairing the breach and of Nepalis chasing away Indian officials were utterly false reports by Indian officials, because there were thick forests on the embankment and it was not possible to reach the site before the end of August. Forest on the embankment proves that these parts of Kosi embankments were not even visited for decades. Its maintenance was the responsibility of Indian, especially Bihar's officials. The life of these embankments elapsed over two decades ago, but no effort was taken to even survey their conditions, although the Bihar government spends huge sums on the maintenance of embankments each year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding, Bihar\nA high-level Government of Nepal team that inspected areas devastated by the flood in the Koshi River has held India responsible for the havoc. Media reports stated The devastation took place as the Indian side did not carry out repair and maintenance work on the Kosi barrage and the embankment along the river, thereby violating the Nepal-India Koshi agreement. As per the bilateral agreement of 1954 India is entirely responsible for repair and maintenance work and operation of the barrage. There was no effort by Indian officials to repair the breach in time, although the Kosi took 15 days to make the breach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding, Bihar\nOn the other hand, Indian engineers say that anti-social elements in Nepal did not allow them to repair the embankment (Dainik Hindustan, Darbhanga edition, Aug 28). These so-called \"anti-social\" elements are the victims of the Kosi embankments who have been forced to bear tsunami-like floods every year; they are happy that the river wants to change its course. Kosi embankments are designed to contain the Kosi in the channel of the Tilyuga River, while the old course of the Kosi lies far to the east in Purnia district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding, Bihar\nLater, Dainik Hindustan reported on Sep 5 that Indian officials could not reach the site of breach as there were forests on the embankment which were cleared in early September, hence Indian officials were lying about being prevented to repair the breach: they had not visited the site for decades due to forests in the way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, August flooding, Bihar\nThe New York Times reported that it is the worst flood in the area in 50 years, prompting Manmohan Singh to declare a \u201cnational calamity\u201d on 28 August. The government earmarked US$230 million in aid for the region. The Indian Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and non-governmental organizations operated the biggest flood rescue operation in India in more than 50 years. Death tolls rose from Indian floods as more than 65 people had been killed in monsoon rains. Villagers ate raw rice and flour mixed with polluted water in Bihar, amid hunger and diseases. Supaul district was the worst-hit by floods and surging waters swamped 1,000 square kilometres (250,000 acres) of farmlands, destroying wheat and paddy crops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, September flooding\nIn September, even as the Bihar floods had not receded completely, the north-eastern state of Assam faced floods with rising waters from the Brahmaputra River. Kaziranga National Park, which has the highest density of rhinos in the world, was 90% submerged in water. Also, Pobitra national park in Assam was flooded. Two rhinos have died in these floods. A tiger has killed one rhino calf. In addition, four deer and one elephant have also failed to survive. The flood situation has affected estimated 2.1 million people and caused 24 deaths so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, September flooding\nWorst affected districts are Dhubri, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Morigaon. Thousands of people are staying in makeshift shelters with the government providing food and other essentials to the displaced people, besides healthcare facilities. Indian officials say that the flooding situation could cause an epidemic, because refugees are consuming unclean water and food in shelters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, September flooding\nBreaches in embankments have caused these floods in Assam. Four embankments on the Puthimari River, one constructed just three months ago, were breached causing the calamity. Waters have breached embankments at total 54 vital locations, and water levels are dangerously high in about 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, September flooding\nThe Irish government is sending \u20ac350,000 (Rs. 22.3 million) in aid to the victims of the floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197177-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Indian floods, September flooding\nEastern Orissa state and most populous northern state Uttar Pradesh were flooded heavily causing more than 150 deaths from September 19 to September 22. Army has reached in UP to rescue at least a quarter million people and food packets have been supplied to the rescued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary took place on May 6, 2008. It was an open primary with 72 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Indiana's nine congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 47. Another 25 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Hillary Clinton. The 72 delegates represented Indiana at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Twelve other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary\nObama and Clinton were the only two candidates on the ballot in Indiana. Polls were opened in the state from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., prevailing local time. (Most of the state is on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4), but 12 counties in the Evansville and Gary Metropolitan Areas are on Central Daylight Time (UTC-5).)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Polling\nIn the last polling conducted before the primary from May 4 to May 5, Obama led Clinton by a statistically insignificant 45-43 percent with 7 percent undecided in a 3.9-percent margin of error.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Superdelegates\nThere were 13 superdelegates up for grabs, who were not bound by the primary results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Results\nThe day on which the Indiana primary occurred was known as Super Tuesday III. Along with North Carolina which held its primary on the same day, this was largely considered the \"Waterloo\" of the Democratic primaries. Obama had been under fire for controversial remarks made by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright and was not initially expected to do well in Indiana, a state with similar demographics to Ohio and Pennsylvania, so pulling out a narrow loss was perceived as successful by the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Results\nFurther hurting Clinton's campaign was the time-zone differences, with her double-digit defeat in North Carolina reported in prime time, and the news of the slim victory in Indiana had come too late. MSNBC's Tim Russert said that Clinton \"did not get the game-changer she wanted tonight\" and \"We now know who the Democratic nominee will be.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nHillary Rodham Clinton's narrow win in the Indiana Democratic Primary can be traced to a number of factors. According to exit polls, 78 percent of voters in the Indiana Democratic Party were Caucasian and they opted for Clinton 60-40 percent compared to the 17 percent of voters who were African American who backed Obama by a margin of 89-11. Obama won young voters under the age of 40 by a margin of 59-41 while Clinton won older voters over the age of 40 by a margin of 58-42. The results varied according to socioeconomic class in Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama won extremely poor voters with less than a $15,000 family income by a margin of 58-42. Clinton won middle class voters with family incomes of $15,000-$75,000 by a margin of 53-47. Obama won upper middle voters with a family income of $75,000-$100,000 by a margin of 51-49 while Clinton won more affluent voters with incomes of over $100,000 by a margin of 54-46 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nClinton won less educated voters (high school graduates backed her 54-46 while those with some college and/or an associate degree supported her 55-45) while Obama won more educated voters (college graduates and those with postgraduate studies both backed him 56-44). Clinton won self-identified Democrats, who made up 67 percent of the electorate, by a margin of 52-48 as well as self-identified Republicans, who made up 10 percent of the electorate, by a margin of 54-46; Obama won Independents, who made up 23 percent of the electorate, by a margin of 54-46.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0005-0003", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama won voters who identified themselves as liberal while Clinton won voters who said they were moderate and/or conservative. Regarding religion, Clinton won Protestants by a margin of 51-49 percent along with Roman Catholics by a margin of 61-39 percent; Obama won voters who identified with other religions by a margin of 60-40 as well as atheists/agnostics by a margin of 57-43.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nClinton performed well statewide through Indiana, winning most of the counties. Obama performed best in Marion County which contains the state capital and heavily African American largest city of Indianapolis as well as the Indianapolis Suburbs. He also won Northeast Indiana, which is anchored in Allen County by Fort Wayne. Clinton performed best in Southern Indiana along the Ohio River with neighboring Kentucky as well as East Central Indiana and Northern Indiana, although the latter to a lesser extent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama also won Lake County in Northwest Indiana which contains Gary and is a part of the Chicago Metropolitan Area in addition to St. Joseph County which contains South Bend and University of Notre Dame. He also won Monroe County containing the left wing city of Bloomington which is home to Indiana University. Clinton won Vanderburgh County which contains Evansville as well as Vigo County which contains Terre Haute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama's active campaigning in Indiana during the primary is widely believed to be a cause of his narrow win in this heavily Republican state in the 2008 general election against John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Charges of election fraud\nOn April 3, 2012, four St. Joseph County Democratic officials had charges filed against them for allegedly forging Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton primary petitions during the 2008 election. Authorities charge that the scheme to submit the fake petitions for Obama was put together at the local county Democratic headquarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Charges of election fraud\nUnder state law, presidential candidates need to qualify with 500 signatures from each of Indiana's nine congressional districts. Indiana elections officials say that in St. Joseph County, which is the 2nd Congressional District, the Obama campaign qualified with 534 signatures; Clinton's camp had 704. But the signatures, which were certified by the elections board, were never challenged. If the number of legitimate signatures for Obama or Clinton had been challenged and had fallen below the legal requirement of 500, they could have been removed from the state ballot. Reports have previously put the number of phony signatures for both candidates at about 150, but state investigators plucked names from the petitions at random and cited only 20 individual alleged forgeries as part of their case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 876]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197178-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary, Charges of election fraud\nTwo officials, former St. Joseph County Democratic party Chairman Butch Morgan Jr. and former county Board of Elections worker Dustin Blythe, were both found guilty of various felonies associated with their faking petitions that enabled Obama, to get on the presidential primary ballot in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197179-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Fever season\nThe 2008 Indiana Fever season was their 9th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They finished 4th in the Eastern Conference with 17 wins and 17 losses on the season. The season marked the fourth consecutive season that the Fever earned a playoff berth. They were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals 2\u20131 by the Detroit Shock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197179-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Fever season, Offseason\nOn October 26, 2007 the Fever announced that they declined the option for head coach, Brian Winters, ending his four-year tenure as head coach. On December 12, 2007 assistant coach Lin Dunn was named as the replacement for Winters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197179-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Fever season, Offseason\nIn one of the biggest trades in WNBA history the Fever traded Tamika Whitmore and their first-round pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft to the Connecticut Sun for Indianapolis native, Katie Douglas on February 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197179-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Fever season, Offseason\nThe following player was selected in the Expansion Draft by the Atlanta Dream\u00a0:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197179-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Fever season, Offseason, 2008 WNBA Draft\nIndiana's selections from the 2008 WNBA Draft in Tampa Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197179-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Fever season, Transactions\nThe Fever were involved in the following transactions during the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197180-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Hoosiers football team\nThe 2008 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana University Bloomington during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was led by Bill Lynch in his second year as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197180-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nPenn State overcame a sluggish first half to preserve their perfect record over the Hoosiers. After going up 7-0, Indiana scored on the next drive to tie it at 7-7, but Kevin Kelly kicked a field goal right before halftime to give the Lions a 10-7 lead at halftime. In the third quarter, Penn State scored two more touchdowns and a field goal to put it at 27-7. Penn State scored the final touchdown of the game in the 4th quarter. Penn State's defense held the Hoosiers to six first downs and forced an interception. The offense struggled at times, however, and turned the ball over three times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197181-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Indiana Republican presidential primary took place on May 6, 2008. 27 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention were selected in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197181-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Republican presidential primary\nIn addition, 27 other delegates were selected during the state convention from June 9 to June 10, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197181-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Republican presidential primary\nJohn McCain was the winner of the election and of all of Indiana's delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197181-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Republican presidential primary, Polling\nNo polling was conducted in Indiana for the Republican primary because John McCain was the Republican Party's presumptive nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197181-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana Republican presidential primary, Campaigning\nUnlike on the Democratic side, little campaigning took place as John McCain had already clinched the nomination. Ron Paul made only a few stops in the state, including Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne a day before the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197182-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana elections\nMany state and local elections took place in the U.S. state of Indiana on November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197182-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana elections, Presidential\nFor the first time since 1964, the Democrats managed to win Indiana in a presidential election. Barack Obama, a U.S. senator from the neighboring state of Illinois won Indiana by a margin of 1.03%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197182-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana elections, United States House of Representatives\nThe Democrats had just won a decisive victory in 2006, after picking up 3 Republican-held seats. Democrats were on to win it again", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197182-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana elections, Governor\nIncumbent Mitch Daniels won re-election easily, even though Barack Obama won the state narrowly on the Presidential level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197182-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana elections, Attorney General\nAs Incumbent Steve Carter chose not to run for re-election, Republican Greg Zoeller was the republican nominee, while Democrats nominated Linda Pence. Greg Zoeller won by 400,000 votes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197183-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican nominee Mitch Daniels was challenged by Democratic nominee Jill Long Thompson and Libertarian nominee Andy Horning. Daniels easily won reelection, defeating Long Thompson by over 17 points. Despite Daniels' landslide victory, Barack Obama narrowly defeated John McCain in Indiana in the presidential election. This was the first and only time since 1964 that Indiana voted Democratic in a presidential election. This was part of the larger 2008 Indiana Elections", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197183-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana gubernatorial election, Timeline\nOctober 6, 2008 \u2013 Deadline for voter registration for the General election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197183-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana gubernatorial election, Primaries, Democratic\nOn the Democratic side, Indianapolis businessman Jim Schellinger and former U.S. Representative Jill Long Thompson announced their candidacies. Indiana Senate Minority Leader Richard Young also ran early, but dropped out of the race well before the primary. Schellinger raised over $1 million in campaign funds, with support of key Democratic officials such as former Indiana House Speaker John R. Gregg, former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and U.S. Representative Julia Carson. Long Thompson's support came from Democrats such as popular former U.S. Representative Andrew Jacobs, Jr. and former Indiana First Lady Maggie Kernan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197183-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana gubernatorial election, Primaries, Democratic\nThe contest was very close. The difference between the two was 13,769 votes out of over 1.1 million cast, a difference of 1.1%. Both Long Thompson and Schellinger won various counties from many different political geographies of the state. Schellinger narrowly beat Long Thompson in heavily populated Marion County, home of Indianapolis. Long Thompson trounced Schellinger in Allen County, home of Fort Wayne, the second most populous city in the state. Many attribute her very narrow statewide victory to her strong performance in Allen County. Schellinger also did well in Evansville and the Indianapolis suburbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197183-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Indiana gubernatorial election, Primaries, Democratic\nLong Thompson and Schellinger basically split the rural vote. It was one of the closest statewide primaries in state history, and also had the highest turnout of any Indiana non-presidential primary. Schellinger called Long Thompson around 5 a.m. the day after the election to concede. He pledged her his full support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197183-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana gubernatorial election, Primaries, Democratic\nOn June 16, Long Thompson announced that her running mate and the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor would be longtime State Representative Dennie Oxley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197183-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana gubernatorial election, Primaries, Republican\nOn June 16, 2007, incumbent Governor Mitch Daniels announced he was running for reelection with his Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman. He was unopposed in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197183-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana gubernatorial election, Primaries, Libertarian\nAndy Horning, an engineer, Libertarian Party activist and frequent candidate, ran unopposed for his party's nomination. He appeared on the November ballot with Lisa Kelly as running mate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197183-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana gubernatorial election, General election, Debates\nThree debates organized by the Indiana Debate Commission were held:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197183-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana gubernatorial election, General election, Polling\nPolling had largely shown Daniels with a slight lead over both Long Thompson and Schellinger. Long Thompson later slipped further behind Daniels in most polls. In the last polls before the election, conducted by  (November 2, 2008), Daniels led Long Thompson 60% to 37%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197183-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana gubernatorial election, General election, County results\nDaniels won 79 of Indiana's counties compared to 13 for Long Thompson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197184-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana's 7th congressional district special election\nIndiana's 7th congressional district special election of 2008 took place March 11, 2008 to fill the seat in the United States House of Representatives left vacant by the death of 7th district representative Julia Carson (D) on December 15, 2007. The election determined who would fill the vacancy for the rest of the 110th United States Congress. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels set the date for the special election. Both political parties had previously agreed to this date. Democrat Andr\u00e9 Carson won the election with an 18.17% voter turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197184-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana's 7th congressional district special election, Candidates\nOn January 11, the Democratic caucus chose Andr\u00e9 Carson to run in the March 11 special election. On January 12, the Republicans chose Jon Elrod as their candidate and the Libertarian caucus nominated Sean Shepard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 70], "content_span": [71, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197184-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indiana's 7th congressional district special election, Environment\nThe district, which covers most of Marion County, is considered difficult for Republicans. It includes most of what was the city of Indianapolis before the creation of Unigov in 1970, and includes most of the more Democratic areas of the county. John Kerry won the 7th district in 2004 with 58%, but after the November 2007 upset of Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson by Republican Greg Ballard, the race was assumed to be competitive. However, in the precincts of the 7th District Democrat Bart Peterson still received 54% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 71], "content_span": [72, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500\nThe 92nd Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 25, 2008. Scott Dixon of New Zealand won the race from the pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500\nIt was the thirteenth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and served as the showcase event of the 2008 IndyCar Series in DIRECTV HD season. It was the fifth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It was the first Indy 500 after the open wheel \"unification\" took place, and it featured a full complement of entries of IndyCar Series regulars, as well as former Champ Car teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500\nIt was the first Indy 500 where all entries utilized the Dallara IR5 chassis after Phil Giebler failed to qualify with Panoz chassis - effectively ushering in a four-year \"spec\" era. In addition, all full-time entries began utilizing semi-automatic paddle shifters in 2008. Paddle shifters for part-time Indy 500-only entries were optional due to cost reasons. IndyCar Series practice began May 4. Time trials took place over the two weekends prior to the race (May 10\u201311 and May 17\u201318). The final practice was held Friday May 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Schedule\n* Includes days where track activitywas significantly limited due to rain", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Entertainment\nJulianne Hough, who partnered with two-time Indy 500 winner H\u00e9lio Castroneves to win Dancing with the Stars, sang the national anthem. Jim Nabors returned to sing \"Back Home Again in Indiana\" after an illness prevented him from doing so in 2007. 1992 Winter Olympics women's figure skating gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi, the season six winner of Dancing with the Stars, served as the honorary starter and wave the green flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Entertainment\nStone Temple Pilots performed during the annual Carb Day Concert. Other bands performing during the month included Healing Sixes, DJ Orion, Chevelle, Ludo, Yellowcard, The Bravery, Psychodots, Forever the Sickest Kids, OK Go, Sum 41, Jon McLaughlin, and Jack's Mannequin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start\nAt 1:03\u00a0p.m., Mari Hulman George gave the command to start engines. All cars except Sarah Fisher pulled away, but Fisher quickly caught up to the field. Emerson Fittipaldi pulled the pace car off the track after the third pace lap, and a well-aligned field took the green flag. Polesitter Scott Dixon took the lead into turn one, and led the first two laps. His teammate Dan Wheldon took the lead on lap three. On the 8th lap, Bruno Junqueira lost a mirror, and the first of many caution periods slowed the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half\nNearly the entire field pitted on the first caution, with Buddy Rice staying out to lead. Sarah Fisher also stayed out, and moved to third. Moments later, she spun in the north chute while warming her tires, and lost 3 laps. When the green resumed, Dan Wheldon quickly regained the lead. He held it until lap 36, when Dixon passed him. At the same time, rookie Graham Rahal drifted high and hit the wall exiting turn four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half\nMarty Roth and Jaime Camara each brought out the yellow in the first half, suffering single-car crashes. Wheldon and Dixon continued to trade the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half\nOn lap 94, Tony Kanaan charged into the lead. He set a new all-time record by leading a lap in seven consecutive Indy 500 races. He broke Rick Mears' record of six straight races led (1979\u20131984). His continuing bad luck at Indy returned however 11 laps later. Scott Dixon took the lead back on lap 105. Marco Andretti, Kanaan's AGR teammate, dove low in turn three to overtake, which was followed by Kanaan going high and into the marbles. Kanaan lost control of his car, brushing the wall, then collecting the lapped car of Sarah Fisher. Both cars were heavily damaged. The caution was then extended when Jeff Simmons car suddenly veered and hit the inside wall on the frontstretch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half\nMarco Andretti gained the lead on lap 122. Dixon ran second, while Wheldon began to slip deep in the standings with handling problems. Justin Wilson brought out the yellow in turn 2 on lap 133 with yet another single-car crash. His crash was followed 20 laps later by Alex Lloyd, who brushed the wall in turn 4, and spun wildly into the pit area. Tomas Scheckter, who had been running amongst the leaders all afternoon, dropped out with a broken driveshaft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half\nOn the lap 159 restart, V\u00edtor Meira went three-wide and stormed into the lead. With Dixon second and Andretti third, the stage was set to decide the race between those three drivers. Other contenders, H\u00e9lio Castroneves, Ed Carpenter, Danica Patrick, Ryan Briscoe, Oriol Servia and rookie Ryan Hunter-Reay, were battling for the balance of the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Patrick/Briscoe pit incident\nOn lap 169, Milka Duno dove below Buddy Lazier in turn three. The two cars touched slightly, and Duno spun to the warm-up lane. She suffered a flat tire, but was able to continue. The leaders all headed to the pits on lap 171 for what would be the final sequence of pit stops. At pit exit, Ryan Briscoe swung wide and clipped the right rear of Danica Patrick's car. Patrick spun around, and Briscoe hit the pit wall. Both cars were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Patrick/Briscoe pit incident\nPatrick climbed out of the car, and started walking down towards the Team Penske pits, presumably to confront Briscoe. A security guard intervened, and she later walked back to her pit stall. Patrick and Briscoe were called to the Indycar hauler after the race. Patrick and Briscoe were fined $100,000 and were placed on probation at the end of the 2008 season for an aggressive pit incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish\nWith 24 laps to go, Scott Dixon led the field back to green. V\u00edtor Meira ran second, and Marco Andretti third. The race went green the remainder of the distance, and Dixon held on by 1.7498\u00a0seconds to win his first Indianapolis 500. He became the 19th pole winner to win the race, and the first winner from New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Full race results\nAll cars utilized Dallara chassis, Honda engines, and Firestone Firehawk tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television\nThe race was televised in high definition in the United States on ABC, the 44th consecutive year on that network. Time trials were shown live in high definition on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 at various timeslots and was available via broadband at MediaZone.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television\n1998 Indianapolis 500 winner Eddie Cheever joined the announcing crew for the first time. For the first time, two hours of pre-race was aired, one hour on ESPN2, followed by one hour on ABC. For the third year in a row, the telecast utilized the Side-by-Side format for commercial breaks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio\nThe race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network for the 56th consecutive year. Mike King served as anchor. For the second year in a row, Davey Hamilton offered live in-car reporting during caution periods. Chris Economaki offered pre-race and post-race commentary for the final time. This was also the last time that former 'voice' of the 500 Bob Jenkins served as a turn announcer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio\nFor the fourth year in a row, Kevin Olson conducted his annual pre-race interview with David Letterman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio\nChief Announcer: Mike KingDriver expert: Johnny ParsonsColor: Dave WilsonHistorian: Donald DavidsonLive in-car reports: Davey HamiltonCommentary: Chris Economaki", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197185-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio\nTurn 1: Jerry BakerTurn 2: Bob JenkinsTurn 3: Mark JaynesTurn 4: Chris Denari", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season\nThe 2008 Indianapolis Colts season was the 56th season for the team in the National Football League and the 25th in Indianapolis. It was the first season since 2002 that the Colts did not win the AFC South title. However, after a 3\u20134 start on the season Peyton Manning led the Colts to a nine-game winning streak, a 12\u20134 record, and a wild card berth in the playoffs. The Colts' season came to an end in San Diego when they were upset in their wild-card round playoff game against the Chargers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season\nThe 2008 season was the Colts' inaugural season playing at Lucas Oil Stadium after playing at the RCA Dome for 24 seasons. This marks Tony Dungy's 7th and last season as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, and Peyton Manning's 11th season as the starting quarterback. As a result of his play over the final two months of the regular season, Manning was awarded his third MVP award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season\nWhen the Colts won their seventh straight game in Week 15, they became the only team in the history of the NFL to have seven consecutive wins in five consecutive seasons. With their regular season record of 12\u20134, they became the first franchise in NFL history to have twelve wins in six consecutive seasons (the New England Patriots hold the record with 8 seasons, 2010\u20132017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Offseason, Coaching announcement\nOn January 21, 2008 Tony Dungy announced he would return for at least one more season. The Colts also announced that Assistant Head Coach Jim Caldwell would be promoted to Associate Head Coach and would assume the position of Colts Head Coach whenever Tony Dungy decides to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Offseason, Off-field activity\nIn May, ESPN The Magazine released the findings of its annual survey of over 80,000\u00a0fans entitled the \"Ultimate Standings: Fan Satisfaction Rankings\". The Colts ranked as the best major league sports franchise out of 122\u00a0teams from MLB, NFL, NBA, and the NHL. In August, ESPN.com ranked Colts' fans as the 16th best in the National Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 1: vs. Chicago Bears\nThe Colts began their 2008 campaign with their first official home game at Lucas Oil Stadium. For this Sunday night interconference duel, they took on the Chicago Bears in a rematch of Super Bowl XLI. In the first quarter, Indianapolis was first out of the gate as kicker Adam Vinatieri got a 39-yard field goal. The Bears responded with RB Matt Forte getting a 50-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Colts responded with Vinatieri nailing a 34-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 1: vs. Chicago Bears\nHowever, Chicago increased its lead with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 41-yard field goal, DE Adewale Ogunleye tackling RB Joseph Addai in his endzone for a safety (first time Indy gave up a safety since November 2000), and Gould nailing a 25-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Indianapolis tried to rally as QB Peyton Manning completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne, yet the Bears replied with LB Lance Briggs returned a fumble 21\u00a0yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Chicago sealed the win with FB Jason McKie getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 1: vs. Chicago Bears\nWith the loss, the Colts began their season at 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 2: at Minnesota Vikings\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Bears, the Colts flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 2 interconference duel with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first half, Indianapolis trailed as Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell got a 45-yard and a 27-yard field goal in the first quarter, along with a 53-yard field goal in the second quarter. It marked the first time that the Colts got shut out in the first half since October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 2: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, Minnesota increased its lead with Longwell nailing a 46-yard and a 28-yard field goal. Afterwards, Indianapolis started to rally as RB Joseph Addai got a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Colts drew closer as QB Peyton Manning completed a 32-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne, followed by a 2-point conversion run by RB Dominic Rhodes. Afterwards, near the end of game, Indianapolis completed its comeback as kicker Adam Vinatieri nailing the game-winning 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off their last-second road win over the Vikings, the Colts went home for a Week 3 AFC South duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Indy was first out of the gates as QB Peyton Manning completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Marvin Harrison. In the second quarter, the Jaguars took the lead with kicker Josh Scobee getting a 26-yard field goal, along with CB Rashean Mathis returning an interception 61\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The Colts reclaimed the lead before halftime as RB Joseph Addai got a 3-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, Jacksonville regained the lead with RB Maurice Jones-Drew getting a 6-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Jaguars increased their lead with Scobee kicking a 21-yard field goal. Afterwards, Indianapolis responded with Addai's 2-yard TD run. However, the Jaguars got the last laugh as Scobee nailed the game-winning 51-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith the loss, the Colts entered their bye week at 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 5: at Houston Texans\nComing off their bye week, the Colts flew to Reliant Stadium for a Week 5 AFC South duel with the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Indianapolis drew first blood as kicker Adam Vinatieri got a 46-yard field goal, along with RB Joseph Addai getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Texans responded with RB Steve Slaton getting a 1-yard TD run, kicker Kris Brown getting a 37-yard field goal, and QB Sage Rosenfels completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 5: at Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, Houston increased its lead with Brown nailing a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Texans continued its run as Slaton got a 1-yard TD run. The Colts rallied with QB Peyton Manning completing a 7-yard TD pass to rookie TE Tom Santi, LB Gary Brackett returning a fumble 68\u00a0yards for a touchdown, and Manning completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 6: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nComing off their comeback divisional road win over the Texans, the Colts went home for a Week 6 duel with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, Indianapolis got a fast start as QB Peyton Manning completed a 67-yard TD pass to WR Marvin Harrison and a 22-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne, while kicker Adam Vinatieri got a 37-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Colts continued their dominating start as Manning completed a 5-yard TD pass to Harrison. In the third quarter, Indianapolis continued its victory march as RB Dominic Rhodes got a 1-yard TD run. The Ravens would get their only score of the game as kicker Matt Stover nailed a 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 6: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nWith the win, not only did the Colts improve to 3\u20132, but they finally got their first win in their new stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 7: at Green Bay Packers\nComing off their home rout over the Ravens, the Colts flew to Lambeau Field for a Week 7 interconference duel with the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, Indianapolis trailed early as Packers kicker Mason Crosby got a 31-yard field goal. The Colts would take the lead as RB Dominic Rhodes got a 3-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Green Bay regained the lead as QB Aaron Rodgers completed a 12-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee, along with RB Ryan Grant getting an 11-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 7: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the Packers increased their lead as Free Safety Nick Collins returned an interception 62\u00a0yards for a touchdown, along with Crosby nailing a 29-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Green Bay finished its domination as Safety Aaron Rouse returned an interception 99\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Indianapolis's only response would be Rhodes' 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 8: at Tennessee Titans\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Packers, the Colts went to LP Field for a Week 8 MNF interconference duel with the undefeated Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Indianapolis trailed early as Titans kicker Rob Bironas got a 34-yard field goal. The Colts responded with QB Peyton Manning completing a 10-yard TD pass to TE Dallas Clark. In the second quarter, Tennessee drew closer as Bironas got a 44-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 8: at Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, Indianapolis increased its lead as Manning hooked up with Clark again on a 19-yard TD pass. Afterwards, the Titans tied the game as RB LenDale White got a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee pulled away as Bironas nailed a 48-yard field goal, White got another 1-yard TD run, and RB Chris Johnson got a 16-yard TD run. The Colts tried to rally as Manning got a 1-yard TD run, but the Titans defense stiffened and prevailed. This was also the Colts' last regular season loss until December 27, 2009, when their former division rival New York Jets ended the Colts' hopes of a perfect season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 9: vs. New England Patriots\nTrying to rebound from their MNF divisional road loss to the Titans, the Colts went home for a Week 9 Sunday night duel with their hated rival, the New England Patriots. In the first quarter, Indianapolis got off to a fast start as QB Peyton Manning completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Anthony Gonzalez. In the second quarter, the Patriots responded as kicker Stephen Gostkowski got a 29-yard and a 35-yard field goal. In the third quarter, New England took the lead as RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis got a 6-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 9: vs. New England Patriots\nThe Colts would answer with Manning hooking up with Gonzalez again on a 9-yard TD pass, along with completing a 2-point conversion pass to WR Reggie Wayne. In the fourth quarter, the Patriots tied the game with Gostkowski getting a 25-yard field goal, yet Indy replied with former Patriot kicker Adam Vinatieri nailing a 52-yard field goal. Afterwards, Indianapolis's defense prevented New England's last attempt at a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 10: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their Sunday night home win over the Patriots, the Colts flew to Heinz Field for a Week 10 duel with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, Indianapolis trailed early as Steelers RB Mewelde Moore got a 1-yard TD run. The Colts immediately responded with QB Peyton Manning completing a 65-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne. In the second quarter, Pittsburgh answered with Moore getting another 1-yard TD run, along with kicker Jeff Reed getting a 42-yard field goal. Indianapolis closed out the half with Manning completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Dallas Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 10: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the third quarter, the Colts tied the game with kicker Adam Vinatieri getting a 36-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Steelers regained the lead as Reed nailed a 24-yard field goal. Indianapolis took the lead as Manning completing a 17-yard TD pass to RB Dominic Rhodes, along with the defense preventing any Pittsburgh comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 10: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nThis was the Colts' first win in Pittsburgh since 1968. With the win, the Colts improved to 5\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 11: vs. Houston Texans\nComing off their road win over the Steelers, the Colts went home for a Week 11 AFC South rematch with the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Indianapolis trailed early as Texans kicker Kris Brown got a 28-yard field goal. The Colts responded with kicker Adam Vinatieri getting a 40-yard field goal. Houston would answer with Brown making a 34-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Indy tied the game as Vinatieri got a 39-yard field goal. The Texans retook the lead as RB Ahman Green got a 1-yard TD run. Indianapolis closed out the half as Vinatieri made a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 11: vs. Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, the Colts took the lead as QB Peyton Manning completed a 23-yard TD pass to RB Joseph Addai. Houston would reply as RB Steve Slaton got a 71-yard TD run, yet Indy regained the lead as Addai got a 7-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Texans tried to come back as Green got a 2-yard field goal, yet Indianapolis pulled away with Vinatieri nailing a 31-yard field goal. On the Texans' final drive, QB Sage Rosenfels was intercepted by safety Melvin Bullitt (who was filling in again for the injured Bob Sanders). Ironically, it was Bullitt who picked off Rosenfels on the Texans' final drive when they played the Colts in Week 5. Manning then took a knee, preserving the Colts' third consecutive victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 12: at San Diego Chargers\nComing off their divisional home win over the Texans, the Colts flew to Qualcomm Stadium for a Week 12 Sunday night game with the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Indianapolis took the lead as kicker Adam Vinatieri got a 23-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Chargers took the lead as kicker Nate Kaeding made a 35-yard field goal, while QB Philip Rivers completed a 39-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson. The Colts would tie the game as QB Peyton Manning completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Anthony Gonzalez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 12: at San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, Indianapolis took the lead as Manning completed a 1-yard TD pass to RB Dominic Rhodes. In the fourth quarter, the Colts added onto their lead as Vinatieri got a 38-yard field goal. San Diego cut the Colts' lead to 3 as Rivers completed a 1-yard TD pass to FB Jacob Hester, and then Kaeding kicked a 47-yard field goal to tie the game. However, Indianapolis sealed the deal as Vinatieri nailed the game-winning 51-yard field goal. By making the kick, Vinatieri redeemed himself after missing a game-winning 29-yard field goal against San Diego in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 13: at Cleveland Browns\nComing off the Sunday Night road win over the Chargers, the Colts flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 13 duel with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Indianapolis trailed early as Browns kicker Phil Dawson got a 34-yard field goal. The Colts would respond with kicker Adam Vinatieri getting a 30-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Cleveland took the lead as Dawson nailed a 25-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, Indianapolis's defense made the game's key play in the fourth quarter, as DE Dwight Freeney forced a fumble, allowing fellow DE Robert Mathis to return the fumble recovery 37\u00a0yards for a touchdown. From there on out, Indy's defense prevented any possible comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 14: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nWith a low-scoring road win over the Browns behind them, the Colts went home for a Week 14 game with the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, Indy got the early lead as RB Dominic Rhodes got a 17-yard touchdown run. The Bengals would answer in the second quarter with kicker Shayne Graham nailing a 19-yard field goal, yet Indianapolis replied with QB Peyton Manning completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Marvin Harrison. Manning would even deliver two third-quarter scores for the Colts, as he completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez and a 4-yard touchdown pass to TE Dallas Clark. Indianapolis closed out the game with CB Kelvin Hayden returning an interception 85\u00a0yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions\nComing off their win over the Bengals, the Colts stayed at home for their Week 15 interconference game with the winless Detroit Lions. Indianapolis delivered the game's opening hit in the first quarter as running back Dominic Rhodes got a 1-yard touchdown run. The Lions would respond with a 51-yard field goal from kicker Jason Hanson. The Colts would add onto their lead in the second quarter as rookie running back Chad Simpson got a 2-yard touchdown run, yet Detroit answered with quarterback Dan Orlovsky completing a 33-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Calvin Johnson. Indianapolis would close out the half quarterback Peyton Manning completing a 3-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dallas Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions\nThe Lions would begin to catch up in the third quarter as Hanson got a 30-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Detroit tied the game with running back Kevin Smith getting a 1-yard touchdown run, followed by Orlovsky's 2-point conversion pass to tight end Casey FitzSimmons. The Colts would pull away with Rhodes getting another 1-yard touchdown run, followed by kicker Adam Vinatieri nailing a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off their home win over the Lions, the Colts flew to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 16 AFC South rematch with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night. Indianapolis trailed early in the first quarter as Jaguars David Garrard completed a 28-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Dennis Northcutt. In the second quarter, the Colts' deficit increased to 14 points as Garrard scored on a 2-yard touchdown run. Indianapolis responded with quarterback Peyton Manning's 41-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Reggie Wayne. The Colts had an opportunity to cut the Jacksonville lead to 4, but Adam Vinatieri missed a 30-yard field goal. The scoreless Colts possession left 1:03 on the clock, enough time to enable Jacksonville to close out the half with a 44-yard field goal from kicker Josh Scobee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 888]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nThe Colts would hack at the Jaguars' lead in the third quarter with Manning's 10-yard touchdown pass to running back Dominic Rhodes, yet Jacksonville answered with running back Montell Owens to take a 24\u201314 lead. In the fourth quarter, Indianapolis took the lead on the following scores: Manning's 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dallas Clark, kicker Adam Vinatieri's 45-yard field goal, and defensive back Keiwan Ratliff's 35-yard interception return for a touchdown. The Jaguars would get a late-game drive into Colts' territory, yet defensive end Dwight Freeney delivered the game-winning sack, preserving Indianapolis' slim lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith the win, not only did the Colts improve to 11\u20134, but they also clinched the AFC's No. 5 seed. They also gave head coach Tony Dungy his 10th-straight playoff appearance (an NFL record).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 17: vs. Tennessee Titans\nComing off their playoff-clinching road win over the Jaguars, the Colts closed out the regular season at home in a Week 17 AFC South rematch with the Tennessee Titans. The Titans, having already clinched the number one seed in the AFC and having home-field advantage, only played second- and third-string players for the entirety of the game. Indianapolis would get the early first quarter lead as quarterback Peyton Manning completed a 55-yard touchdown pass to running back Joseph Addai, followed by kicker Adam Vinatieri getting a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 17: vs. Tennessee Titans\nThe Colts would increase their lead in the second quarter as Vinatieri nailed a 21-yard and a 38-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, Indianapolis closed out the game in the fourth quarter as center Jamey Richard recovered rookie running back Lance Ball's fumble in the endzone for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 17: vs. Tennessee Titans\nWith the shutout win, the Colts closed out the regular season at 12\u20134 and captured the AFC's #5 seed and also their 6th straight season with 12+ wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Game recaps, Week 17: vs. Tennessee Titans\nPeyton Manning (7\u20137 for 95\u00a0yards, 1 touchdown) would acquire his NFL record ninth-straight 4,000-yard passing season, wide receiver Marvin Harrison (7 receptions for 31\u00a0yards) would pass Cris Carter for second on the NFL's all-time career receptions list with 1,102, and tight end Dallas Clark (6 receptions for 59\u00a0yards) would set a franchise record for the most single-season receiving yards by a tight end with 848.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason results, AFC Wild Card: at San Diego Chargers\nEntering the postseason as the AFC's fifth seed, the Colts began their playoff run at Qualcomm Stadium in the AFC's Wild Card game against the No. 4 San Diego Chargers, in a rematch of their Week 12 contest. Indianapolis got the lead in the first quarter as running back Joseph Addai got a 1-yard touchdown run. The Chargers would strike back in the second quarter as running back LaDainian Tomlinson got a 3-yard touchdown run. The Colts would answer with kicker Adam Vinatieri's 43-yard field goal, yet San Diego got the halftime lead with running back Darren Sproles getting a 9-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason results, AFC Wild Card: at San Diego Chargers\nIndianapolis would regain the lead in the third quarter as league MVP/quarterback Peyton Manning completed a 72-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Reggie Wayne, but the Chargers would tie the game in the fourth quarter as kicker Nate Kaeding nailed a 22-yard field goal. Afterwards, in overtime, the Colts would never get the ball as San Diego took the period's first drive and capped it off with Sproles' game-ending 22-yard touchdown run. This would be the second straight time the Chargers beat the Colts in a playoff game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197186-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason results, AFC Wild Card: at San Diego Chargers\nWith the loss, Indianapolis' season would end with an overall record of 12\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197187-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships\nThe 2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from July 14 through July 20, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197187-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships\nThe singles draw featured ATP No. 8, Delray Beach and Houston runner-up, 2006 Indianapolis champion James Blake, Rotterdam semifinalist and Casablanca titlist Gilles Simon, and Sydney winner and Indianapolis defending champion Dmitry Tursunov. Other top seeds were Las Vegas champion Sam Querrey, Indian Wells Masters quarterfinalist Tommy Haas, Fabrice Santoro, Robby Ginepri and Thomaz Bellucci.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197187-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships, Champions, Doubles\nAshley Fisher /  Tripp Phillips defeated  Scott Lipsky /  David Martin, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197188-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nJuan Mart\u00edn del Potro and Travis Parrott were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197188-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nAshley Fisher and Tripp Phillips won in the final 3\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20135], against Scott Lipsky and David Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197189-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nDmitry Tursunov was the defending champion, but second-seeded Gilles Simon defeated him 6\u20134, 6\u20134, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of September 12\u201314, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway \u2013 the first time the circuit has hosted a major motorcycle racing event since its first year of operation in 1909. As there was a United States Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca earlier in 2008, this marks the championship's second visit to the United States in 2008, the first time this has ever happened. Unlike the Laguna Seca round, the meeting features the supporting 125cc and 250cc classes, marking their first visit to North America since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe layout of the circuit is similar to the setup used for the United States Grand Prix Formula One events at the circuit between 2000 and 2007, but not identical. It has been reversed to a counterclockwise layout, with a new Snake Pit complex just after the start-finish line, meaning that the bikes do not use any of the banked oval corners. The double-hairpin at the Hulman Straight was replaced with a traditional esses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe event was heavily affected by the arrival of the remnants of Hurricane Ike on Indiana; the race day the weather was overcast and cold, with a 100% chance of rain during the event. The 125cc class started with dry track however, and went on until rain began to fall, with 7 laps to go. However, since two-thirds of the scheduled distance had been run, the race was declared over and full points were given. The intensity of the rain then led the organizers to postpone the 250cc race after the MotoGP race, hoping the winds and rain would stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nThis race was most notable for the unique conditions in which the race took place in, namely the effects of Hurricane Ike in Indiana and the eventual red flagging of the event because of it, as well as Nicky Hayden's podium on home soil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAfter thirteen rounds, Valentino Rossi was securing his eighth title ever more with a lead of 262 points, followed by Casey Stoner in second with 187 and Dani Pedrosa with 185 points in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nMotoGP arrives to a new venue for modern standards: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The venue, used last year to host the 2007 United States Grand Prix for Formula 1 has undergone some changes and the first sector (the last sector for F1) has been completely revamped. New corners were made and new asphalt is put on the whole first sector, making that area less grippy than the old, unchanged second and third sector of the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nValentino Rossi grabbed his second and finale pole of the season on Saturday with a time of 1:40.776. In second is Casey Stoner with 1:40.860, +0.084 seconds slower than him. Third is Rossi's rookie Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo with 1:41.177, +0.317 seconds slower. The second row of the grid consists out of home heroes Nicky Hayden and Ben Spies in fourth and fifth, and surprise qualifier Randy de Puniet in sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nWhile the earlier 125cc race was affected due to Hurricane Ike, this race looked to start from a regular time slot without any significant problems. The circuit was still very wet but the rain had stopped and the wind had eased. The track had also been modified at the beginning and offered less grip in this region, but was not changed in the second and third sectors, offering more grip for the riders there. Because of the conditions, all riders start with mandated full-wet tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAll riders take off and do their usual warm-up lap before lining up in their respective grid slots. As the lights go out, it is Stoner who manages to take over heading into Turn 1. Hayden also managed to pass three other riders and move right up into third. Rookie Andrea Dovizioso manages to pass a lot of people around the outside from his grid slot to get himself up into third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nThe person losing out the most is Rossi, who has a slow getaway and drops to fourth on the opening lap, with Lorenzo losing out several places as well. By Turn 4, Lorenzo lost out to Pedrosa and had to be satisfied with sixth for the time being. At Turn 6, Hayden goes a bit wide and Dovizioso dives down his inside to snatch second from him. Immediately after however, he also directly goes up the inside of Stoner at Turn 7 and takes the lead. He then tries to open a gap as Lorenzo overtakes Pedrosa via his inside at the entrance of Turn 10 for fifth spot. Hayden takes second place from Stoner by going up his inside at Turn 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap two, Stoner is already visibly struggling through the corners as Rossi is all over him. At Turn 6, Spies fancies a look at Pedrosa via the outside, the Spaniard denying him entry. Lorenzo then lines up a move by taking a wider line at the tight Turn 7 kink, then passing his teammate via the outside, promoting himself up to fourth place. By now, Dovizioso and Hayden have opened up a significant gap to third place Stoner. He then also overtakes the Australian and immediately opens up a gap to chase down the leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap three and Hayden now takes the lead from Dovizioso around the outside at the start/finish straight before Turn 1. Rossi takes fourth from Stoner by diving down his inside at Turn 2. This allows both Lorenzo and Rossi to slowly start catching the two frontrunners. At Turn 10, Spies overtakes Pedrosa and goes up into sixth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap four, Rossi takes third by going up the inside of Lorenzo at Turn 2. He then pulls a slight gap to his teammate and starts closing in on Dovizioso, who himself starts to lose touch with leader Hayden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap five and Rossi has set the fastest lap of the race. He has now fully closed up to Dovizioso and is harassing him all throughout the lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAs Hayden crosses the line to start lap six, Rossi closes up a lot to Dovizioso and thinks about making a move entering Turn 1 but stays behind for the time being. At Turn 2, Rossi tries a very late lunge to overtake Dovizioso but runs wide, allowing the JiR Team Scot Honda rider to retake the position upon entry. At Turn 15, he tries again and this time manages to close the door just in time to prevent Dovizioso to come back at him, moving him up to second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap seven, Hayden sets the fastest lap of the race. A bit further back, Lorenzo's gap to Stoner is +1.792 seconds and his gap to Spies is +1.331 seconds back. Hayden's gap to Rossi on the last lap was +0.900 seconds. In sector one, this gap increases slightly to +0.907 seconds. The gap increases again slightly in sector two to +0.925 seconds, then the gap decreases at sector three to +0.519 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAs Hayden crosses the line and begins lap eight, the gap he has to Rossi is now only +0.305 seconds. Rossi then shadows Hayden all throughout the lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap eight and Lorenzo has passed Dovizioso at the start/finish straight for third. Rossi has also set the fastest lap of the race. After overtaking Dovizioso, he starts opening up a small gap as Stoner starts to close up on the Italian himself. At Turn 10, Rossi runs a bit wide on entry, giving Hayden a bit of breathing room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap nine, it is Hayden who sets the fastest lap. Stoner has closed the gap to Dovizioso but has not been able to get past so far, neither is Rossi on Hayden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap ten and the top six is as follows: Hayden, Rossi, Lorenzo, Dovizioso, Stoner and Spies. No overtakes happen on this lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap eleven - the halfway point of the shortned race - Hayden sets another fastest lap. Rossi closes up a lot through the last sector but still does not overtake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap twelve and Rossi now sets the fastest lap. At Turn 5, Hayden runs wide but does not lose any time or positions because of it. At Turn 15, Rossi has a look at Hayden's inside but decides to stay behind for the time being.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap thirteen, Rossi finally makes his move by exiting Turn 9 right behind the American, then going up his inside and outbraking him entering Turn 10 to take over the lead. Once passed, Rossi starts opening up a gap to Hayden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap fourteen and Rossi has now opened up an even bigger gap. No overtakes happened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap fifteen, Rossi sets the fastest lap of the race. Hayden is now really struggling, the differences between Rossi's Bridgestone and Hayden's Michelin tyres ever more obvious by now. Stoner has also passed Dovizioso for fourth spot as well, with Spies closing in on both of the riders. Further behind, Sylvain Guintoli has caught a struggling Pedrosa for seventh place. Rossi's gap to Hayden on the last lap was +1.263 seconds, which increased to +1.522 seconds in sector one and +1.802 seconds in sector two. In sector three, the gap diminished slightly to +1.793 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap sixteen and the rain has started to fall again. Rossi's gap to Hayden has decreased to +1.542 seconds now. Hayden's gap to third place Lorenzo in turn is +6.834 seconds and his gap back to Stoner is a massive +10.240 seconds. At Turn 7, Dovizioso uses the sudden increase in wind and rain to get closer to a struggling Stoner and go up his inside to take fourth place. Rossi has a big moment as he gets on the white line and loses all grip in his rear tyre exiting Turn 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap seventeen, the rain has intensified and visibility has become a lot worse for the riders. Making good use of this is Spies, who has closed the gap to Stoner and is now right behind him. At the straight before Turn 10, the strong wind is starting to blow debris onto the track, making it now more dangerous for all riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap eighteen and Rossi's gap to Hayden is now +1.004 seconds. Hayden's gap back to Lorenzo is +6.935 seconds and Lorenzo's gap to Dovizioso a huge +16.343 seconds. Stoner meanwhile has shaken off the threat of Spies and is now back on Dovizioso's tail, trying to find a way past. By now, Guintoli has also passed Pedrosa for seventh. In the back, John Hopkins has right behind Randy de Puniet for thirteenth. At Turn 10, Stoner makes a brave move by diving down the inside of Dovizioso to take back fourth position from him. Rossi's gap to Hayden has increased in sector one to +1.430 seconds, then again to +2.573 seconds in sector two. In sector three, the gap increases once more to +2.892 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap nineteen, the visbility has worsened even more. Rossi's gap to Hayden is now +2.996 seconds. Both Rossi and Hayden are now having little moments all over the circuit, trying to stay on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap twenty, the penultimate lap before the race was red flagged, starts with Hayden, now badly struggling in the conditions and with his tyres, being caught rapidly by a late charge from Lorenzo in third. Exiting Turn 9, both riders have a small moment but stay on their bikes. Lorenzo by now is right behind the American but has not yet passed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nThe final lap before the race was red flagged - lap twenty-one - begins and Lorenzo tries to make a move at the fast left-handed Turn 1 but thinks better of it and stays behind for now. The circuit is now extremely wet and the wind has picked up as well, making the conditions dangerous to race in. Halfway into the lap, the marshalls bring out the red flag, immediately stopping the race and freezing all positions as they stand from lap twenty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAll the riders cruise back to the pits and both Rossi and Lorenzo wave at them as they exit Turn 16, them cheering in return. As Rossi arrives, he steps off his bike and hugs his crew, believing that the race will not be started again due to the dangerous conditions. As all the riders wait for the decision from race control whether or not the race will continue, riders like Hayden get interviewed by American sporting press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAs time passes, the rain has stopped and the weather looks to be cleared up but the wind had only worsened, even blowing the cushions who are placed on the circuit for protection off their place, making the conditions still too dangerous. Some already start preparing the bikes to go out again, believing that the will continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nRossi, probably having enough of the waiting an uncertainty, goes to Dorna's CEO to have a talk with him himself, followed by the racing press. As they speak, a Yamaha banner has collapsed from the strong winds. Minor booing can be heard from the crowd as Stoner joins in to say that they both don't want to go out again in these conditions. Rossi then talks to Italian television about his discussion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAfter a long wait, it is then confirmed that the race will not be restarted and that Rossi has won it, sending the Fiat Yamaha and Repsol Honda pit box into festivities upon hearing the news.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAfter the solidication of the standings, Rossi still talks to Italian television as the others prepare themselves for the upcoming podium ceremony. By now, the remaining 250cc race - which was scheduled to run after this one - was cancelled due to the strong winds, making racing too dangerous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAll the podium finishers eventually start walking to the podium, Hayden being helped because he still suffers from an earlier heel injury he sustained a few weeks ago and had to miss two rounds because of it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAll the riders go onto the podium and receive their respective trophies after a delay, the crowd cheerling loudly for Hayden as he receives his. The Italian national anthem plays for Rossi and as it stops, the podium girls hand everyone the champagne. Upon receiving it, Rossi cheekily sprays one of the girls standing by, then sprays the crowd and the others. The three toast and pose for the photo as the crowd cheers on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nRossi's victory now means his grip on the world championship title has been secured even further, already having the chance to be crowned the 2008 MotoGP world champion at the next round in Japan. All riders receive full world championship points, thus Rossi increases his lead to 287 points, 87 points ahead of second place Stoner with 200 and third place Pedrosa with 193 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197190-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197191-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Ice Racing World Championship\nThe 2008 FIM Ice Speedway World Championship was the 2008 version of FIM Individual Ice Racing World Championship season. The world champion was determined by six races hosted in three cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197192-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Long Track World Championship\nThe 2008 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 38th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197192-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Long Track World Championship\nThe world title was won by Gerd Riss of Germany for the seventh time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197193-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway European Championship, Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197194-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship\nThe 2008 European Individual Speedway Junior Championship was the eleventh edition of UEM Individual Speedway Junior European Championship. The Final took place on 30 August 2008 in Stralsund, Germany; it was second Final in Germany. Defending European Champion was Nicolai Klindt from Denmark who won in 2007 Final in Cz\u0119stochowa, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197194-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197195-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship\nThe 2008 Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship (Polish: M\u0142odzie\u017cowe Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski, MIMP) is the 2008 version of Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197195-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship\nThe Final took place on August 19, 2008, in Rybnik. The last time the Final took place in Leszno in the 2003 season, with \u0141ukasz Romanek beating Adrian Miedzi\u0144ski and Zbigniew Czerwi\u0144ski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197195-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship\nDefending Under-21 Polish Champion is Pawe\u0142 Hlib from Caelum Stal Gorz\u00f3w Wlkp. who won in 2007 Final in Rzesz\u00f3w, but he is 22 old and can not started in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197195-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship, Final, Day 2\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197196-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship\nThe 2008 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 32nd edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197196-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship\nThe title was won by Emil Sajfutdinov from the Russia speedway team, he was the first rider to win the title twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197196-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Qualifying Rounds, Zielona G\u00f3ra\nTimes:Heat 1-4:   61.50 62.44 62.56 61.57Heat 5-8:   62.72 61.89 62.97 62.84Heat 9-12:  62.22 63.74 63.98 62.97Heat 13-16: 62.48 63.34 64.03 64.19Heat 17-20: 63.87 64.06 64.28 64.10Heat 21: 64.22", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 83], "content_span": [84, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197196-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197197-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Latvian Championship\nThe 2008 Latvian Individual Speedway Championship was the 34th Latvian Individual Speedway Championship season. The final took place on 13 July 2008 in Daugavpils, Latvia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197197-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Latvian Championship, Results\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fell \u2022 ns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197198-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Polish Championship\nThe 2008 Individual Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski, IMP) is the 2008 version of Individual Speedway Polish Championship organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197198-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Polish Championship\nThe Final took place on August 9, 2008 in Leszno. Last time Final was took in Leszno in 1989 season when Wojciech Za\u0142uski beat Jan Krzystyniak and Tomasz Gollob. Defending Champion Rune Holta (Gorz\u00f3w Wlkp.) was 12th. First time Individual Polish Championship was won by Adam Sk\u00f3rnicki (Pozna\u0144, former Leszno's rider) who beat former permanent Grand Prix riders Jaros\u0142aw Hampel (Leszno) and Grzegorz Walasek (Zielona G\u00f3ra). Tomasz Gollob (Gorz\u00f3w Wlkp.) who won Polish Championship 7 time was 4th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197198-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Individual Speedway Polish Championship, Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff\nAfter the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Pakistan and the ISI were believed by India to be directly responsible for the attacks, leading to strained relations between the two countries for a period of time. An Anti- Pakistani sentiment also rose in India, causing many, including the United States to call for probes into it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff\nThe standoff was significant because both the countries were nuclear nations, having first successfully tested nuclear weapons in 1974 and 1998 respectively. The countries had already participated in 4 wars since their partition and independence in 1947, and relations between the two nations have been strained throughout their histories. The lone surviving terrorist of the Mumbai attacks confirmed that the terrorists came from Pakistan, and that they were trained by Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives. In 2011, he also confessed that the ISI had been supporting them throughout the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Military preparations\nThe Mumbai attacks lasted from 26 to 29 November 2008. At a state lunch in Lahore on 7 December, the US Arizona Senator John McCain relayed a message from Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to several of Pakistan's dignitaries, including Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani that if Pakistan did not arrest those involved with the attacks, India would begin aerial attacks against Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Military preparations\nOn 19 December, private intelligence agency, Stratfor, in its latest report, said, \"Indian military operations against targets in Pakistan have in fact been prepared, and await the signal to go forward\". They also wrote that, \"Indian military preparations, unlike previous cases, will be carried out in stealth\". India's Border Security Force (BSF) has been put on high alert on the western sector, as well as the eastern sector, to prevent terrorist infiltration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Military preparations\nIn mid December Indian fighter planes allegedly intruded Pakistan's air space at two places. On 22 December, the Pakistan Air Force began combat air patrol (CAP) over several cities, including Islamabad, Lahore, and Rawalpindi, to avert any further air intrusion. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, \"Pakistan defence forces and armed forces are ready to face any challenge, as Pakistan has the full right to defend itself\". Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani said, \"Pakistan remains united and is ready to fight anyone to defend itself\". Pakistani Defense Minister Ahmad Mukhtar Chaudhry said, \"If India tried to thrust war, then the armed forces of Pakistan have all the potential and right to defend [Pakistan]\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Escalations and back-door response\nAccording to Pakistani media, India had started deploying troops along the Rajasthan border, and had tightened security in and around the defence airstrips. More radars and quick reaction teams were then deployed along the India-Pakistan border. Indian forces were on regular firing exercises at locations, like Lathi Firing Range in Jaisalmer, Mahsan in Bikaner, Suratgarh and Ganganagar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Escalations and back-door response\nOn 23 December, Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Pakistan, wrote that the Pakistan \"navy, marines air force and army were on red alert\" and that \"the chiefs of Pakistan's armed forces together with the Chairman Joint Chiefs were holding what had been described as an emergency meeting at joint headquarters in Rawalpindi\". He also wrote that \"[t]he Pakistan air force have been seen visibly in a number of locations flying close to the Pakistani-India border, in what is being described as an aggressive patrolling mode, following reports that India is planning pre-emptive strikes against locations in Pakistan\". A Pakistan airforce spokesperson said \"[i]n view of the current environment, the Pakistan Air Force has enhanced its vigilance\". Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, said that Pakistan would mount an equal response \"within minutes\", to any Indian attack. Pakistan continued to combat air patrol over several cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 1041]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Escalations and back-door response\nAccording to Indian sources the Taliban and affiliated groups openly declared their solidarity with Pakistan. The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban had proclaimed that they would send \"thousands of (their) well-armed militants\" to wage jihad against India if war should break out. Hundreds of would-be bombers were equipped with suicide jackets and explosive-laden vehicles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Escalations and back-door response\nOn 24 December, P.K. Barbora, the air officer commanding-in-chief of Western Air Command, said \"[t]he IAF has earmarked 5,000 targets in Pakistan. But whether we will cross the LoC or the International Border to hit the enemy targets will have to be decided by the political leadership of the country\". India Today reported that \"Indian Air Force fighter planes are engaged in round the clock sorties. An unusual hectic activity of Indian Air Force has been visible along the border for past some days\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Escalations and back-door response\nOn the same day, Stratfor confirmed that \"the state government of Rajasthan has ordered residents of its border villages to be prepared for relocation\". President Asif Ali Zardari said \"We will defend the country till the last drop of our blood\", and \"we will defend the country till our last breath\". Pakistan began deploying warplanes to forward air bases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Diplomacy and neutralisation\nOn 25 December, however, the ruling UPA government in India played down apprehensions of an imminent military conflagration. The Indian Prime Minister made it clear that \"nobody wanted war\". The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) played a subsequent role during this time and the Indian Air Force downplayed the sorties by PAF fighter jets, saying it was an air defence exercise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Diplomacy and neutralisation\nHowever, R. C. Dhyani, DIG of Rajasthan frontier BSF, said, \"[a] lot of military movement is being noticed in districts just across the international border for the last few days, which is not normal\" and \"Pakistan has deployed more troops across border\". The Chairman Senate of Pakistan, Senator Raza Rabbani, said that any surgical strike into its territory would be taken as an act of war and would be repulsed with \"full force\", and that \"[e]ach and every inch of the country will be safeguarded\". India moved MiG-29s to Hindon air base, located near New Delhi, in order \"to protect the capital from aerial threats\". The Pakistani city of Mianwali began a blackout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Diplomacy and neutralisation\nPakistan continued deployment, and moved the 10th Brigade to the outskirts of Lahore, and the 3rd Armored Brigade to Jhelum. The 10th Infantry Division and the 11th Infantry Division had been placed on high alert. The Indian Army deployed quick reaction teams (QRTs) along the border, which \"precede the movement of bridging equipment \u2013 to cross canals in Punjab \u2013 and of heavy guns\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Diplomacy and neutralisation\nAmir Mir of Daily News and Analysis wrote that \"Pakistan's military leadership has advised president Asif Ali Zardari to take back his statement made last month, that his country would not be the first to use nuclear weapons in the event of a conflict with India\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Diplomacy and neutralisation\nOn 26 December, Pakistan cancelled all military leave and activated contacts with friendly countries and military partners. Pakistan deployed troops to \"protect vital points along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and the international border with India\". Pakistani Foreign Minister Quresh said that, \"if war is imposed, we will respond to it like a brave, self-respecting nation\". Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a second meeting of the Nuclear Command Authority to \"discuss all the options available to India\". Pakistan deployed the 14th Infantry Division to Kasur and Sialkot, close to the border. India advised its citizens not to travel to Pakistan. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met with the chiefs of the Indian air force, army, and navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 858]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Diplomacy and neutralisation\nOn 27 December, India's largest opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), called for all travel between India and Pakistan to be stopped, and for the recall of the Indian High Commissioner from Pakistan. The Pakistani Army alerted retired army personnel to be ready to be called up to active duty. On 28 December, Pakistan postponed all officer training courses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Diplomacy and neutralisation\nOn 29 December, the leaders of the Indian and Pakistani armies spoke over their red telephone, to avert an accidental nuclear war. The President of the BJP, Rajnath Singh, called for a joint India-US military action against Pakistan. John McCain said, \"The Indians are on the verge of some kind of attack on Pakistan\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Diplomacy and neutralisation\nOn 30 December, Pakistani media stated: \"The service chiefs of all of the branches of India's military were told to stay in the country in order to achieve 'complete readiness'. All units that are on exercises have been ordered to remain so indefinitely, and to indicate any equipment or ammunition they need\". However, this was not backed by Indian or international media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Diplomacy and neutralisation, Pakistani deployments\nThe Pakistan military had cancelled all leave. Elements of the Pakistan Air Force had been deployed to front line bases. The IV Corp, with 60,000 troops, has been deployed to Lahore. Pakistan had deployed the 3rd Armored Brigade to Jhelum, and the 10th Infantry Brigade, with 5,000 troops, to Lahore. The 10th Division had been deployed to Ichogul and the 11th Division had been deployed to Tilla. The Pakistan Army combat brigades had been deployed to Kashmir and the Jammu sector of the border. The 14th Division, with 20,000 troops, had been deployed to Kasur and Sialkot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 105], "content_span": [106, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Diplomacy and neutralisation, Pakistani deployments\nThe ground forces were logistically and militarily supported by the Pakistan Navy's Punjab contingent and Pakistan Marines forces in else side of Pakistan. The Pakistan Navy deployed the sizeable unit of its surface fleet and submarines, including PNS Hamza and PNS Khalid, to pick up to intelligence movements and positions of the Indian warships to prevent them to reach near Karachi and coastal areas of Balochistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 105], "content_span": [106, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197199-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff, Event and preparations, Diplomacy and neutralisation, Indian deployments\nIndia had put its Border Security Force, India's border patrol agency, on high alert. MiG-29s had been deployed to Hindon air base, to protect New Delhi. Later IAF sources claimed that the move was a result of intelligence inputs of an air attack on Delhi. The Indian Navy had moved six warships, including the INS Jalashwa and the INS Ranveer, to the west coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 102], "content_span": [103, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197200-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesia Independence Cup\nThe 2008 Indonesia Independence Cup (also known as Pertamina Independence Cup 2008) was held at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the 8th time the championship had been played since its inception in 1985. It marked the first time since 2000 that the championship was being held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197200-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesia Independence Cup\nThe tournament was played between 21\u201329 August and included national teams from  Cambodia, Libya U-23, Myanmar and Brunei DPMM FC, as well as, two teams from the host nation, the Indonesia national team and the Indonesia U-21 national team. Teams from Europe, United States and Japan had been invited but declined to participate due to the timing of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197200-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesia Independence Cup\nThe final game ended in controversy as the Libyan team refused to return to the field for the second half although leading 1 - 0. The Libyan team walked out following an incident between two coaches from each team. As a result, Indonesia was awarded 3 goals and declared the winner of the tournament. The Libyan team  accused a member of the Indonesia team of hitting Libya coach Gamal Adeen Nowara in the tunnel at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197200-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesia Independence Cup, Knockout stages, Finals\nNote: The match was cancelled at half time as Libya withdrew due to an altercation between two coaches of each team. Indonesia instantly awarded 3 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197201-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesia Super Series\nThe 2008 Indonesia Open Superseries in badminton is the sixth tournament of the 2008 BWF Superseries. It was held in Istora Senayan, Jakarta, from June 16 to June 22, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197202-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesia national football team results\nThis article details the fixtures and results of the Indonesia national football team in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197203-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesian Movie Awards\nThe 2nd Annual Indonesian Movie Awards was held on March 28, 2008, at the Plenary Hall, Jakarta Convention Center, Central Jakarta. The award show was hosted by Nirina Zubir, Choky Sitohang, Wulan Guritno, and Ringgo Agus Rahman. And the nominations have been announced for the category of Favorite, which will be chosen by the public via SMS. As for the category of Best, will be selected by a jury that has been appointed. For the category which contested are the same as last year's celebration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197203-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesian Movie Awards\nThe national film participated in the 2008 of celebration is a movie that was released in the period March 1, 2007 to January 30, 2008. The time span that registration on December 11, 2007 to January 30, 2008. And the number of nominations received, of which 16 drama genre titles, 13 horror film titles, one children film title (Anak-Anak Borobudur) and the other of comedy film.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197203-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesian Movie Awards\nRadit dan Jani is a film with receiving of the most awards this year, with three awards. Other film Nagabonar Jadi 2, Quickie Express, and Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet! compete behind with two awards each, while another film receiving one award each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197204-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesian Women's Football Tournament\nThe 2008 Indonesian Women's Football Tournament was the second edition of the Indonesian Women's Football Tournament (IWFT), a fully professional football competition for women in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197204-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesian Women's Football Tournament, Format\nThe competition used a system of home tournament with a host Yogyakarta. Eight teams from six of the thirty-three provinces Indonesian football association board competed in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197204-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesian Women's Football Tournament, Format\nThe competition began with the group stage, the eight teams being divided into two groups. Each group contained four teams, the winners and runners-up from each group advancing to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197204-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesian Women's Football Tournament, Format\nThe knockout phase began with the semi-finals with the winners advancing to the final. The teams that lost in the semifinals played in a final to decide third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197204-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesian Women's Football Tournament, Format\nEach team was obliged to include a minimum of eight young players under the age of sixteen years. This rule was intended for the development of female football player for the women national team of Indonesian in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197204-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Indonesian Women's Football Tournament, Teams\nAceh, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lampung, North Sumatra, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, South East Sulawesi, Maluku, North Maluku and Papua. The teams referred to above did not participate in this edition, because the women's football teams in the area were unprepared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197205-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indy Japan 300\nThe 2008 Indy Japan 300 was the third round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season, for drivers who competed in the series in 2007 and teams that had entered for 2008 who were not former Champ Car teams that were in transition. This was because the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach occurred on the same weekend and there was no way of changing dates to avoid the clash when the reunification took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197205-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Indy Japan 300\nOriginally scheduled for the afternoon of April 19, 2008 at the 1.52-mile (2.45\u00a0km) Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, the race was delayed by 22 hours until the morning of April 20, due to water seeping up onto the track from previous heavy rains. Danica Patrick won the race, becoming the first female winner in the history of top-level American open-wheel racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197205-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Indy Japan 300, Qualifying\nDue to rain in the Tochigi region, qualifying was cancelled and the field was set by driver points. Thus, the grid was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197206-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Indy Lights\nThe 2008 Indy Racing League Firestone Indy Lights Series season, formerly the Indy Pro Series, began on March 29, 2008 and consisted of 16 races. Due to the discontinuation of the United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the series lost its Liberty Challenge double header typically held that weekend. The Liberty double header were replaced by the addition of a second race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and a return to the Kansas Speedway, where the series has not raced since 2004. All races were shown time-delayed on ESPN2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197206-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Indy Lights\nLive stream video was available on the IndyCar Lights Series website. It was announced on March 22, 2008 that Firestone signed on to be the title sponsor of the Indy Pro Series, and thus the series was retitled the Firestone Indy Lights, in reference to the old Indy Lights development series which ran under CART from 1986 to 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series\nThe 2008 IndyCar Series was the 13th season of the IndyCar Series. It was the 97th recognized season of top-level American open wheel racing. On February 26, 2008, the managements of Indy Racing League and Champ Car came to an agreement to become one entity, ending a twelve-year split and resulting in the cancellation of the 2008 Champ Car World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series\nThe first race was held March 29, at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The premier event was the 92nd Indianapolis 500 on May 25. All races were televised on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPN Classic. All IndyCar Series broadcasts continued to use the Side-By-Side format in their first year of HD broadcasts. Races were also broadcast on the IMS Radio Network and XM for the radios.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series\nScott Dixon driving for Chip Ganassi Racing won the first unified title for 13 years after completing the IndyCar\u2013Indy 500 double. Dixon took six victories over the course of the season but had to fend off a consistent championship challenge from H\u00e9lio Castroneves until the final round at Chicagoland Speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Series news, Unification with Champ Car\nOn January 23, 2008, Robin Miller reported that Tony George had offered to Champ Car management a proposal that included free cars and engine leases to Champ Car teams willing to run the entire 2008 IndyCar Series schedule in exchange for adding Champ Car's dates at Long Beach, Toronto, Edmonton, Mexico City, and Australia to the IndyCar Series schedule, effectively reuniting American open wheel racing. The offer was initially made in November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Series news, Unification with Champ Car\nOn February 10, 2008, Tony George, along with IRL representatives Terry Angstadt and Brian Barnhart, plus former Honda executive Robert Clarke, traveled to Japan to discuss moving the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi. Moving that race, or postponing it, would be required in order to accommodate the Long Beach Grand Prix, which is scheduled for the same weekend. Optimism following the meeting was high.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Series news, Unification with Champ Car\nOn February 19, 2008, Robin Miller reported on SPEED and Curt Cavin blogged on IndyStar.com that the managements of Indy Racing League and Champ Car have come to an agreement to become one entity. The move would effectively end a 12-year split and reunite American Open Wheel racing. Meanwhile, Brian Barnhart announced that Tony George is negotiating the unification, and an inventory of available IndyCar chassis and equipment for the Champ Car teams is underway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Series news, Unification with Champ Car\nOn February 22, Cavin initially reported that no deal had been reached between the IRL and CCWS in a lengthy dinner meeting between George and CCWS president Kevin Kalkhoven the previous evening. Later in the day, however, it was reported that the merger deal had been completed, confirmed by George, and that it would be formally announced at a press conference the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Series news, Revenue sharing\nIn an effort to enhance full-time participation, the IndyCar Series announced a revenue sharing plan entitled IndyCar TEAM (Team Enhancement and Allocation Matrix) for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, 2008 IndyCar Series schedule\nThe original 16 race schedule, which was released on September 16, 2007, became a 19 race schedule (18 championship and 1 Non-Championship) on February 26, 2008. Some of the Champ Car races in Toronto, Houston, and Road America were added years later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, 2008 IndyCar Series schedule\n3B \u2013 The race at Long Beach was the last event sanctioned by Champ Car World Series. Points were awarded for the 2008 IndyCar Series championship to those drivers and teams which moved to the IndyCar Series under the open wheel racing unification agreement between the owners of CCWS and the IRL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 1: GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300\nAfter qualifying, the Vision Racing qualifying times of Ed Carpenter and A. J. Foyt IV (2nd and 3rd) were disallowed, and forced to move to the rear of the field. After a crash during qualifying, Dan Wheldon was forced to a back-up car at the rear of the field as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 77], "content_span": [78, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 1: GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300\nAt the start, Scott Dixon beat Danica Patrick into the first turn. Dixon went on to lead most of the way through lap 71. After a series of pit stops, Marco Andretti moved into the lead. On lap 127, Milka Duno spun in turn two, and collected Ryan Briscoe, who was running sixth. Later, Tony Kanaan moved back into the lead until the final round of pit stops. By pitting out-of-sequence Danica Patrick unlapped herself, and moved up to second place. The position was short-lived, as she was forced to pit for fuel before the end of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 77], "content_span": [78, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 1: GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300\nWith seven laps to go, E. J. Viso spun directly in front the leader Kanaan, and clipped his right-front suspension. Kanaan attempted to limp around and hold on to the victory if the race finished under caution. With four laps to go, the green came out, and Kanaan was forced to pull out of the way. Scott Dixon got by, and held on for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 77], "content_span": [78, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 1: GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300\nDespite starting at the rear of the field, Dan Wheldon charged to the front, managed to lead 9 laps, and came home third. In addition, both Vision cars rebounded to finish in the top 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 77], "content_span": [78, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 2: Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg\nHeavy rain in the morning soaked the track, and left considerable standing water. The race was started under 10 laps of caution as the track dried. At the start, Tony Kanaan assumed the lead, but soon was passed by Justin Wilson. The early part of the race saw several spins by several cars, including Danica Patrick, Marco Andretti and Mario Moraes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 80], "content_span": [81, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 2: Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg\nOn the 37th lap after a restart, rookie Graham Rahal was hit from behind by Will Power while running 3rd. He was able to continue. Several cautions slowed the race, including a crash by Ryan Briscoe, and a multi-car incident involving V\u00edtor Meira, Franck Perera, and Townsend Bell. On the restart that followed, Rahal-Letterman Racing driver Ryan Hunter-Reay led Graham Rahal. Rahal got the jump and took the lead into the first turn. With time running out before the two-hout time limit, the race was poised to end before the scheduled distance. On the final restart, just under 4\u00a0minutes of racing remained. Rahal held off a charging H\u00e9lio Castroneves and won his first race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 80], "content_span": [81, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 2: Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg\nAt 19 years, 93 days old, Rahal became the youngest driver ever to win an Indy-style race, as well as the youngest winner in IndyCar Series history. He broke Marco Andretti's record from 2006. He also became the fourth driver to win an IndyCar Series race in his first start, joining Buzz Calkins, Juan Pablo Montoya and Scott Dixon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 80], "content_span": [81, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 3A: Indy Japan 300\nAt the start, Marco Andretti lost control in turn one due to cold tires and crashed out of the race. Meanwhile, H\u00e9lio Castroneves took the lead, and led the first 92 laps. On the 48th lap, Ed Carpenter and Danica Patrick pitted, but moments later the caution came out when Hideki Mutoh crashed. The pits became closed, and the remainder of the leaders had to wait to make their respective pit stops. After the field was shuffled, Castroneves still maintained the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 3A: Indy Japan 300\nOn the 92nd lap, V\u00edtor Meira brushed the wall. In the pits, Vision Racing teammates Carpenter and A. J. Foyt IV made contact in their pit stalls. Scott Dixon exited the pits first, and took over the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 3A: Indy Japan 300\nOn lap 142, Roger Yasukawa stalled on the mainstretch with a brake failure. The ensuing caution period set up an exciting finish due to fuel strategy, as most teams were getting 51 laps on a single tank of fuel. The top seven leaders all pitted together, with Dixon coming out in the lead once again. On lap 148, Castroneves, Patrick, and Carpenter all returned to the pits to top off their tanks, in hopes of going the distance without one last pit stop, hoping that the race would go green to the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 3A: Indy Japan 300\nShortly after the restart on lap 149, Patrick dropped back to seventh place (last car on the lead lap) in a fuel conservation strategy to have enough fuel to challenge the leader at the end of the race. With the race remaining green, during the final ten laps, most of the leaders, not having enough fuel to get to the end, ducked off the track for \"splash-and-go\" pit stops for fuel. Despite topping off his tank earlier, Ed Carpenter, getting poorer fuel economy than the rest of the lead-lap cars, was forced to pit for fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 3A: Indy Japan 300\nCastroneves inherited the lead with less than 5 laps to go, with Patrick charging in second place. Castroneves slowed his pace to conserve fuel, and Patrick took the lead with 2 laps to go. Patrick held on to win, and became the first female to win a race in the history of top-level American open wheel racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 3B: Long Beach Grand Prix|Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach\nThe final race of the Champ Car era took place less than a day after the checkered flag fell at the Indy Japan 300. Teams which raced in ChampCars in 2007 stayed in North America for the 34th annual Long Beach Grand Prix, while teams which planned to compete in the IndyCar Series before the merger raced at Motegi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 100], "content_span": [101, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 3B: Long Beach Grand Prix|Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach\nThe contingent of former Champ Car teams produced a 20-car field, all using the turbocharged Cosworth/Panoz DP01 for the final time. From a standing start (the first such at Long Beach since 1983; Champ Car had used the start from June 2007), Will Power got the jump from fourth position to take the lead into turn one. Power led 81 of the 83 laps, relinquishing the top position only during pit stops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 100], "content_span": [101, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 3B: Long Beach Grand Prix|Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach\nAll participants entering other IndyCar races earned points towards the 2008 IndyCar Series championship. All the teams raced together again a week later at Kansas Speedway, and for the remainder of the schedule together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 100], "content_span": [101, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 3B: Long Beach Grand Prix|Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach\nThe race was run under Champ Car rules, which included the standing start, option tire, two-day qualifying format, ran on time (1hr 45 mins) rather than a set number of laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 100], "content_span": [101, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 4: RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300\nAt the start, Scott Dixon took the lead from the pole position. Meanwhile, Enrique Bernoldi spun and headed to the pits. On lap 23, Will Power crashed in turn 2. While the field pitted under the caution, Justin Wilson stayed out and took the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 4: RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300\nDixon took the lead back on the restart, and maintained the lead through the next series of pit stops. On lap 98, the caution came out again for a crash involving E. J. Viso and Tomas Scheckter. After another long green flag segment, Buddy Rice brought out the yellow on lap 153 with a heavy crash in turn 2. In the pits, Danica Patrick retired from the race with a broken wheel hub. Meanwhile, Scott Dixon, who had dominated most of the race, was shuffled back to seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 4: RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300\nThe race resumed after a long yellow with Dan Wheldon leading. Wheldon pulled away and led the final 49 laps to record his first IndyCar Series victory since April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 5: Indianapolis 500\nPolesitter Scott Dixon led 115 laps, including the last 29, to win his first Indy 500. Several cars, including Tony Kanaan, Graham Rahal, Jeff Simmons and Justin Wilson were involved in crashes. With 29 laps to go Danica Patrick was eliminated when Ryan Briscoe clipped her car exiting the pits, damaging both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 6: ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt 225\nMarco Andretti took the lead from the pole position, and led the first 40 laps. He was chased early by Scott Dixon and teammate Tony Kanaan. Graham Rahal, who started on the outside of the front row, shuffled back, but remained in the top 5 for the first half of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 79], "content_span": [80, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 6: ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt 225\nThe first half was mostly green, with only a minor caution involving Oriol Servia and another for debris. Later in the first fuel segment, Andretti's handling started to suffer, and Scott Dixon took over the lead. H\u00e9lio Castroneves took over second, and Andretti fell back as deep as tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 79], "content_span": [80, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 6: ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt 225\nOn lap 130, Graham Rahal went high in turn three to pass Darren Manning. He got into the marbles, and brushed along the wall in turn four. After holding the lead for 136 laps, Dixon was finally challenged by Ryan Briscoe. Briscoe took over the lead on lap 177, and held it until a green flag pit stop on lap 194. After a sequence of pit stops, Castroneves, Andretti and Wheldon all cycled near the front. When all pit stops were complete, Briscoe held a half-second lead over Dixon. The two battled for the lead over the final 21 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 79], "content_span": [80, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 6: ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt 225\nWith less than three laps to go, Marco Andretti dove underneath Ed Carpenter in turn one. The cars touched, and both cars spun into the wall. V\u00edtor Meira became caught up in the smoke, and rode up over Andretti, becoming airborne. He landed upright, and all drivers were uninjured. The race finished under caution with Ryan Briscoe picking up his first career IndyCar victory, and 300th overall win for the Mooresville, North Carolina-based Penske Racing in all motorsports series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 79], "content_span": [80, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 7: Bombardier Learjet 550\nIn the first half, three single-car incidents involving Mario Dom\u00ednguez, Justin Wilson, and Oriol Servia slowed the race. The lead changed hands between H\u00e9lio Castroneves, Bruno Junqueira, and Scott Dixon for the first 100 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 68], "content_span": [69, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 7: Bombardier Learjet 550\nTwo sequences of green flag pit stops occurred under a long stretch of green flag conditions. A caution for debris came out on lap 165, sending the leaders to the pits once more. V\u00edtor Meira stayed out to take over the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 68], "content_span": [69, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 7: Bombardier Learjet 550\nWith 21 laps to go, Meira was forced to pit for fuel, giving up the lead to Marco Andretti. Moments later, Enrique Bernoldi crashed in turn four. Andretti led the field back to green on lap 219.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 68], "content_span": [69, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 7: Bombardier Learjet 550\nWith six laps to go, Scott Dixon slipped by Andretti to take the lead. On the next lap, down the backstretch, third place Ryan Hunter-Reay dove below Andretti heading into turn three. Hunter-Reay pinched his left wheels onto the apron, lost control, and touched wheels with Andretti. Both cars spun and crashed hard into the wall. The race finished under caution with Dixon the winner, and H\u00e9lio Castroneves slipping by the accident to finish second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 68], "content_span": [69, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 8: Iowa Corn Indy 250\nAt the green flag, H\u00e9lio Castroneves took the lead in turn 1 from polesitter Scott Dixon. Tony Kanaan quickly moved up to second position. Over the next 10\u201315 laps, Castroneves and Kanaan battled back-and-forth for the lead, side-by-side on many laps. Kanaan finally muscled the lead away on lap 16, and gained a lead of roughly one second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 8: Iowa Corn Indy 250\nOn lap 39, Ed Carpenter brushed the outside wall in turn 2. The leaders pit, and Kanaan exited the pits as the leader. On lap 51, the green came back out, and a lap later, Castroneves got by Kanaan for the lead. Jaime Camara brought out the yellow on lap 106 when his car lost power and stopped on the course. After another sequence of pit stops, Tony Kanaan led Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti. On the restart, Wheldon lost control and slid up the track, falling to 8th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 8: Iowa Corn Indy 250\nOn lap 157 Mario Moraes spun into the pit apron, bringing out a caution, and the leaders pitted. John Andretti's pitcrew had trouble engaging the fuel hose, and he dropped back the end of the running order. Prior to this he had been running in 7th place, one of the highest positions ever for a Roth Racing car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 8: Iowa Corn Indy 250\nCastroneves regained the lead on lap 170, and held it until another yellow came out on lap 188 for a spin by Enrique Bernoldi. Most of the leaders pitted, but Dan Wheldon, Hideki Mutoh, and Danica Patrick stayed out to lead the field. On the restart Mario Moraes spun for the second time of the day, and prolonged the yellow until lap 202. On lap 212, Tony Kanaan (running third) suddenly lost control and crashed in turn 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 8: Iowa Corn Indy 250\nOn the lap 227 restart, Marco Andretti and Scott Dixon passed Danica Patrick to take third and fourth place respectively. Over the final 15 laps, Mutoh and Andretti battled for second, with Mutoh holding off Andretti's challenge. Dan Wheldon went on to win, and Chip Ganassi Racing donated their race winnings from both cars to Iowa flood relief. After getting by Danica Patrick late in the race, A. J. Foyt IV finished in the top 5, while John Andretti just missed the top 10, working his way back to 11th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 9: SunTrust Indy Challenge\nAt the start, Ryan Hunter-Reay spun just before the start/finish line, which brought the yellow out immediately. The first 7 laps were run under yellow with Tony Kanaan leading from the pole position. On lap 8, the green came out, but only one lap was completed before the next yellow. Will Power was driving below H\u00e9lio Castroneves, lost control, and crashed in turn 4. The race finally got going on lap 21, when the green came out once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 9: SunTrust Indy Challenge\nOn lap 31, A. J. Foyt IV touched wheels with John Andretti, and Foyt crashed in the wall in turn 2. His Vision Racing teammate Ed Carpenter ran over debris from the crash, and both cars were sidelined. During the caution, a handful of cars pitted, including Danica Patrick and rookie Jaime Camara, but most of the leaders stayed on the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 9: SunTrust Indy Challenge\nKanaan continued to lead when debris brought out the caution again on lap 67. All of the leaders pitted, while Camara and Patrick stayed out and took the first two spots. On the restart, Camara led the field, but Buddy Rice spun and tagged the wall on the frontstretch. The field checked up, and Darren Manning, Ryan Briscoe and Bruno Junqueira were involved in a separate crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 9: SunTrust Indy Challenge\nCamara led at the next restart, while Kanaan, Patrick, and Castroneves went 3-wide for second. Behind them in turn 2, John Andretti and V\u00edtor Meira tangled, and crashed hard in the wall. Patrick returned to the pits, and topped off with fuel. Camara continued to lead, and impressively held off Kanaan on the restart. On lap 116, Marco Andretti caught up to Camara, and took the lead for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 9: SunTrust Indy Challenge\nGraham Rahal crashed on lap 133 in turn 4. Many of the leaders pitted, but Andretti stayed out to lead. Another restart saw only three green laps, as yet another crash occurred, this time involving Ryan Hunter-Reay and Mario Moraes. Around this time, some teams anticipated that rain might end the race early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 9: SunTrust Indy Challenge\nMarco Andretti gave up the lead on lap 204 when he made his final pit stop. That put Tony Kanaan back into the lead. On lap 217, after a brilliant run in the top five, Jaime Camara lost control and crashed on the frontstretch. The yellow trapped Andretti a lap down, and kept Kanaan in the lead after the final sequence of pits stops. The rain held off, and Kanaan led the rest of the way for his first victory of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 10: Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix\nPolesitter Ryan Briscoe led from the start, but Scott Dixon, who qualified fourth, quickly passed Justin Wilson and Ryan Hunter-Reay to move into second for most of the first half of the race. Dixon was unable to pass Briscoe, but posed a serious challenge and posted comparable lap times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 84], "content_span": [85, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 10: Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix\nThe start of the race was relatively attrition-free, except for incidents involving two championship contenders. Dan Wheldon made contact with Darren Manning on the first lap, leading to suspension damage for Wheldon. On lap 6 H\u00e9lio Castroneves, who had started last after being unable to post a time in qualifying due to a broken throttle, snapping his streak of three consecutive poles at Watkins Glen, had a gearbox problem and stopped just shy of pit lane. With few other drivers dropping out in the first 40 laps, Dixon was poised to massively increase his points lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 84], "content_span": [85, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 10: Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix\nAfter a brief interlude when V\u00edtor Meira led during a pit stop cycle, Briscoe and Dixon returned to the top two positions and thoroughly dominated the race, leading third-place Hunter-Reay by over 20\u00a0seconds. However, Meira and E. J. Viso made contact in turn 8 and the ensuing caution period allowed the other lead-lap cars to catch up to Briscoe and Dixon. All drivers pitted on this caution period except Manning, who stayed out of the pits in an attempt to stretch his fuel mileage. Dixon beat Briscoe and Hunter-Reay out of the pits, but Manning took the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 84], "content_span": [85, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 10: Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix\nA brief green-flag period on lap 44 ended when Enrique Bernoldi crashed in turn 1, and then the race took a rather unusual turn, with two wrecks occurring under the caution period, before the race returned to green. A restart was waved off when A. J. Foyt IV and Milka Duno crashed in turn 9. Once that was cleaned up, and the IRL officials attempted to restart the race again, Dixon, who was swerving his tires to clean them, unexpectedly spun out and collected Briscoe. Hunter-Reay, who avoided the wreck, suddenly found himself second to Manning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 84], "content_span": [85, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 10: Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix\nOn lap 51, the race returned to green, with Manning ahead of Hunter-Reay. Hunter-Reay, who had no need to conserve fuel, newer tires, and a stronger car, easily dispatched of Manning in a short green-flag period before another caution came out for Jaime Camara's crash in turn 6. This was the final caution of the race, and Hunter-Reay won easily, claiming his first win in IndyCar, his first American open wheel win since 2004, and the Rahal Letterman Racing team's first win since 2004, with Buddy Rice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 84], "content_span": [85, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 10: Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix\nManning did not come close to running out of fuel with all the cautions and finished second, his best career finish. With Castroneves, Wheldon, and Dixon's trouble, Tony Kanaan, who finished third, was the big gainer in the points standings, but Dixon still held a lead of 48 points on Castroneves, and 51 on Wheldon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 84], "content_span": [85, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 11: Firestone Indy 200\nPole winner H\u00e9lio Castroneves led at the start, with Danica Patrick second. On lap 3, Marco Andretti's car wiggled in turn 2, made contact with Ryan Briscoe, and both cars crashed into the outside wall. After the caution, Castroneves continued to lead, and Patrick held on to second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 65], "content_span": [66, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 11: Firestone Indy 200\nOn lap 45, Patrick attempted to take the lead, but Castroneves was able to hold the position. The move shuffled Patrick back to fifth position. After the first sequence of pit stops, the lead changed hands between Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan. Kanaan held the lead through the next caution, when Ryan Hunter-Reay crashed in turn 3 on lap 100. All of the leaders pitted under the yellow on lap 102.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 65], "content_span": [66, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 11: Firestone Indy 200\nOn lap 139, Kanaan continued to lead when a light rain brought out the caution. On lap 149, Kanaan, V\u00edtor Meira, Patrick, Castroneves, and others, pitted for tires and fuel. Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon, however, stayed out and moved into the lead. When the rain stopped, the race went back to green on lap 152.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 65], "content_span": [66, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 11: Firestone Indy 200\nScott Dixon led Dan Wheldon as the race passed the 160 lap mark (40 laps to go). With fuel running low, both cars gambled on the rain resuming. On lap 166, rain began to fall, with Dixon the leader. Heavy rain put out the red flag after lap 171. Fifteen minutes later, the race was called, and Scott Dixon was declared the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 65], "content_span": [66, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 14: Meijer Indy 300\nThis race had a shuffling finish, with Dixon, Andretti and Meira each leading at least one lap in the dying stages before pitting for splash-and-go stops. Castroneves inherited the lead, stayed out as his team assumed he would have enough fuel to finish, and was still leading when the white flag came out. But on the final corner, Castroneves ran out of fuel and Dixon flew past to take his sixth win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 15: Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix\nAfter so many second places, this was the race Castroneves had been waiting for, with a smooth, dominant drive to claim his long-awaited first win of the season and close the gap on Dixon in the title race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 90], "content_span": [91, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 16: Detroit Indy Grand Prix\nThe finish to this race was not without controversy. Late in the race, Castroneves led Wilson by less than a second, and Castroneves appeared to make an illegal block, causing IRL officials to penalize him, allowing Wilson to move past and take the win by more than 4\u00a0seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 70], "content_span": [71, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Nikon Indy 300\nJustin Wilson pitted on the warm-up lap, with the gearbox sticking in third, but joined the start from the back. Will Power immediately dominated the start, pulling a two-second lead on the first lap. Scott Dixon started second but after being forced to cut the first chicane was relegated behind Ryan Briscoe by officialdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Nikon Indy 300\nMario Moraes and V\u00edtor Meira clashed at the second chicane with Meira spinning without hitting anyone. A few lap later Moraes caused the first safety car, clipping the turn 2 chicane, breaking the right rear corner of the car. Townsend Bell was eliminated after a clash with H\u00e9lio Castroneves which wrecked Bell's steering. Later the same lap Castroneves had a right rear puncture caused by Danica Patrick's front wing while passing the Andretti Green Racing driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Nikon Indy 300\nLap 17 saw the end of Power's dominance of the meeting as he crashed at the Bartercard chicane, which put Briscoe into the lead ahead of Dixon. Briscoe pitted for fuel immediately upon catching the tailmarker, Patrick, but Dixon waited another lap and was held up behind Patrick. At the same time Graham Rahal touched the rear of Ed Carpenter, spinning the Vision Racing car around, almost blocking the track. The emerging safety car almost hit Dixon as he completed his stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Nikon Indy 300\nBehind the safety car Patrick stopped and stalled, almost hitting the stationary car of Carpenter. Dario Franchitti clipped the tyre bundle on the inside of the same chicane and spun and stalled bringing out the safety car. After the restart Tony Kanaan had the right rear suspension break without apparent reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Nikon Indy 300\nAfter the second round of pitstops the battle for third between Alex Tagliani and Ryan Hunter-Reay was interrupted by Franchitti as a poor pitstop and a poor pit position for Conquest Racing saw Tagliani drop several position behind E. J. Viso. Viso later would twice have to give up spots for cutting chicanes, first to Tagliani, then Castroneves. Lap 48 saw Jaime Camara go straight on and stalled the car attempting to recover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197207-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Nikon Indy 300\nIn the races closing stages Dixon closed in on Briscoe, the two remaining local drivers lapping significantly faster than the rest of the field. Carpenter hit the wall at turn 3 on the last lap but it did not affect the lead battle and Briscoe won his home race ahead of Dixon and Hunter-Reay finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197208-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Insight Bowl\nThe 2008 Insight Bowl was a college football bowl game played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The game, in its 20th year of existence, was played on December 31, 2008. The game, which was telecast on NFL Network, featured the Kansas Jayhawks of the Big 12 Conference against the Minnesota Golden Gophers from the Big Ten Conference, with the Jayhawks winning, 42\u201321. The victory gave the Jayhawks their 3rd consecutive win in a Bowl Game and 6th Bowl Game victory overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197209-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Intense Football League season\nThe 2008 Intense Football League season was the fourth and final season of the Intense Football League. The regular season began on Saturday, March 1, 2008 and ended on Saturday, June 28. The league champions were the Louisiana Swashbucklers, who defended their title by defeating the Corpus Christi Hammerheads in Intense Bowl IV on July 28, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197209-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Intense Football League season\nFollowing Intense Bowl IV, the IFL champion, the Louisiana Swashbucklers, played against the UIF champion, the Sioux Falls Storm, on Saturday, August 2 in the inaugural National Indoor Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197210-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 InterLiga\nThe tournament was held between January 2 and January 12, 2008. Eight teams competed for two Copa Libertadores 2008 spots in this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197210-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 InterLiga, Qualification\nOnce the  2006-07 season was ended, the clubs that participate in the InterLiga were defined:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197211-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Intercity Football League\nThe 2008 season of Intercity Football League started from August 23, 2008. Taiwan Power Company F.C. won the league championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197211-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Intercity Football League, Qualifications\nTaipei City (Tatung F.C. ), Tainan County, Yilan County, and Taipei County qualified for being the top 4 places in the 2007 season. Taiwan Power Company F.C., Bros, Chia Cheng Hsin, and Hualien County qualified through the qualification tournament held between July 19 and August 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197212-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge\nThe 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season was the third season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of ten rounds and began on April 4, with the Istanbul Rally. The season ended on December 12 with the China Rally. Nicolas Vouilloz won the title ahead of Freddy Loix and Giandomenico Basso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197213-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 International Bowl\nThe 2008 International Bowl was played on January 5, 2008, at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The game featured the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers University\u2014who finished 5th in the Big East Conference\u2014and the Cardinals of Ball State University\u2014who finished co-champions of the Mid-American Conference's West Division. The game was the only NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision game from the 2007\u20132008 season to be played outside the United States. Rutgers won by a score of 52\u201330.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197213-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 International Bowl, Overview\nThe game featured tie-ins from the Big East and Mid-American Conferences (MAC). Representing the Big East was Rutgers, who finished the 2007 regular season with an overall record of 7\u20135 (3\u20134 in the Big East). Representing the MAC was Ball State, who finished the 2007 regular season with an overall record of 7\u20135 (5\u20132 in the MAC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197213-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 International Bowl, Overview\nAnnouncers for the American TV coverage on ESPN2, John Saunders (Toronto) and Jesse Palmer (Ottawa), and sideline reporter Stacey Dales (Collingwood) are all Canadians. Additionally, Doug Flutie played in the CFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197214-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 International Challenge Cup\nThe 2008 International Challenge Cup (also called the AEGON Challenge Cup after its title sponsor) was held between March 6 and 9, 2008 in The Hague. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing, across the levels of senior, junior, novice, and the pre-novice discipline called \"Debs\". The junior compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197215-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 International Formula Master\nThe 2008 International Formula Master season was the second International Formula Master series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197215-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 International Formula Master, Teams and drivers\nAll teams use a Tatuus chassis with a Honda K20A engine", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197215-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 International Formula Master, Championship Standings, Drivers\n\u2020 Half points were awarded for Race 2 at Pau as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197215-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 International Formula Master, Championship Standings, Teams\n\u2020 Half points were awarded for Race 2 at Pau as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197216-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 International GT Open\nThe 2008 International GT Open season was the third season of the International GT Open, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organizaci\u00f3n. It began on 19 April at ACI Vallelunga Circuit and finished on 2 November, at Barcelona after eight double-header meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197216-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 International GT Open\nOverall championship and GTA class was won by Scuderia Playteam SaraFree drivers Michele Maceratesi and Andrea Montermini, while GTS class title was clinched by Marco Cioci and Andrea Pellizzato.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197217-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 International League season\nThe 2008 International League season was the 125th season of the Triple-A International League. It took place between April and September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197217-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 International League season\nIn the semifinal playoff rounds, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees defeated the Pawtucket Red Sox 3-1 and the Durham Bulls defeated the Louisville Bats 3-1. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees defeated the Durham Bulls 3-1 in the championship series to win the Governors' Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197217-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 International League season, Playoffs\nThe following teams qualified for the postseason:  Durham Bulls, Louisville Bats, Pawtucket Red Sox, and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197217-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 International League season, Playoffs\nScranton played in the Triple A Championship Game but lost to the defending champions, the Sacramento River Cats. This marks the first time a defending champion successfully defended its title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197218-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 International Pokka 1000km\nThe 2008 International Pokka 1000\u00a0km was the 6th round of the 2008 Super GT season and the 37th running of the 1000 km Suzuka. It took place on August 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197219-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 International Rally of Canberra\nThe 2008 International Rally of Canberra was the second Round on the Australian Rally Championship calendar. The 2008 version of the Rally once again saw competitors from the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, the Australian Rally Championship and the local Rally Championship in the Australian Capital Territory (PCD Engineering ACT Regional Rally Series). A total of 62 competitors started the Rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197219-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 International Rally of Canberra, The Results\nThe race was once again held around the Nation's Capital. The gravel roads surrounding the city were once again utilized in the race. A total of 48 cars (not including the local Rally series competing alongside the 2 main competitions) competed across the 18 stages of the Rally. One special note is that the 2008 British Rally Championship Winner, Guy Wilks also competed in this year's Rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197220-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 International Rules Series\nThe 2008 International Rules Series was the 14th annual International Rules Series and was played between Ireland and Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197220-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 International Rules Series\nAfter the 2007 series was cancelled by the Gaelic Athletic Association, the Australian Football League and the GAA agreed in 2008 to resume the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197220-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 International Rules Series\nThe matches were played in Australia \u2013 24 October in Perth, Western Australia and 31 October in Melbourne (after the AFL Grand Final and All-Ireland Senior Football Championship).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197220-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 International Rules Series\nIreland won by five points on aggregate after recording victories in both tests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197220-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 International Rules Series, Matches, First test\nOvers: Marc Murphy 4, Matt Campbell 2, Scott Thompson 2, Leigh Montagna, Brent Harvey, Michael Osborne, David Rodan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197220-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 International Rules Series, Matches, First test\nOvers: Se\u00e1n Cavanagh 2, Paddy Bradley, Leighton Glynn, Kieran Donaghy, Ciar\u00e1n Lyng", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197220-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 International Rules Series, Matches, Second test\nOvers: Drew Petrie 2, Daniel Wells 2, Jared Brennan, Campbell Brown, Shaun Burgoyne, Michael Osborne", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197220-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 International Rules Series, Matches, Second test\nOvers: Se\u00e1n Cavanagh 4, Paddy Bradley, Benny Coulter, Kieran Donaghy, Paul Finlay", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197221-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 International Women's Open\nThe 2008 International Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the International Women's Open, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Eastbourne, United Kingdom, from 16 June through 21 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197221-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 International Women's Open, History\nThe singles draw featured WTA No. 4 and French Open semifinalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, Paris semifinalist Marion Bartoli, and Prague titlist Vera Zvonareva. Also competing were Pattaya and Istanbul winner Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, French Open mixed doubles champion Victoria Azarenka, Aliz\u00e9 Cornet, Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 and Nadia Petrova. Recently crowned World No. 1 and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic was due to take part, but she withdrew due to a muscle strain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197221-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 International Women's Open, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated   Kv\u011bta Peschke  /   Rennae Stubbs, 2\u20136, 6\u20130, 10\u20138", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197222-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 International Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Kv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197222-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 International Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 2\u20136, 6\u20130, 10\u20138, against Kv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197223-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 International Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nJustine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197223-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 International Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nAgnieszka Radwa\u0144ska won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20137(11\u201313), 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197223-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 International Women's Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197224-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie\nThe 2008 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2008 ATP Challenger Series. It took place in Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia between 1\u20136 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197224-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197225-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Doubles\nAlex Kuznetsov and Phillip Simmonds were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197225-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Doubles\nFlavio Cipolla and Simone Vagnozzi won the title after defeating Jan Mertl and Martin Slanar 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197226-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Singles\nMichael Russell was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197226-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Singles\nFlavio Cipolla won the title after defeating St\u00e9phane Bohli 6\u20134, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197227-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg\nThe 2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour.The tournament took place at the Centre Sportif de Hautepierre in Strasbourg, France, from 19 May until 24 May 2008. Sixth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues won the singles title, her third at the event, after 2005 and 2007, and earned $28,000 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197227-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Finals, Doubles\nTatiana Perebiynis /  Zi Yan defeated  Yung-jan Chan /  Chia-jung Chuang, 6\u20134, 6\u20137(3\u20137), 10\u20136", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197228-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg \u2013 Doubles\nYan Zi and Jie Zheng were the defending champions, but Zheng chose not to participate, and only Yan competed that year. Yan partnered with Tatiana Perebiynis, and won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20137(3\u20137), 10\u20136, against Yung-jan Chan and Chia-jung Chuang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197229-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg \u2013 Singles\nSixth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Katarina Srebotnik in the final 4\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197229-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197230-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo\nThe 2008 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Palermo, Italy, from July 7 through July 13, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197230-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Champions, Doubles\nSara Errani /  Nuria Llagostera Vives defeated  Alla Kudryavtseva /  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 2\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20131), 10\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197231-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo \u2013 Doubles\nMariya Koryttseva and Darya Kustova were the defending champions, but Kustova chose not to participate, and only Koryttseva competed that year. Koryttseva partnered with Galina Voskoboeva, but lost in the semifinals to Sara Errani and Nuria Llagostera Vives", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197231-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo \u2013 Doubles\nSara Errani and Nuria Llagostera Vives won in the final 2\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20131), 10\u20134, against Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197232-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo \u2013 Singles\n\u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197232-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo \u2013 Singles\nSara Errani won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20133, against Mariya Koryttseva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197233-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Interprovincial Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Interprovincial Hurling Championship was the 81st staging of the Interprovincial Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The championship began on 25 October 2008 and ended on 1 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197233-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Interprovincial Hurling Championship\nOn 1 November 2008, Leinster won the championship following a 1-15 to 1-12 defeat of Munster in the final at O'Moore Park. This was their 26th championship title overall and their first title since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197233-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Interprovincial Hurling Championship\nMunster's Eoin Kelly was the championship's top scorer with 1-12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197234-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Corn Indy 250\nThe 2008 Iowa Corn Indy 250 was the eighth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on June 22, 2008 at the 0.894-mile (1.439\u00a0km) Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. At the green flag, H\u00e9lio Castroneves took the lead in turn 1 from polesitter Scott Dixon. Tony Kanaan quickly moved up to second position. Over the next 10-15 laps, Castroneves and Kanaan battled back-and-forth for the lead, side-by-side on many laps. Kanaan finally muscled the lead away on lap 16, and gained a lead of roughly one second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197234-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Iowa Corn Indy 250\nOn lap 39, Ed Carpenter brushed the outside wall in turn 2. The leaders pit, and Kanaan exited the pits as the leader. On lap 51, the green came back out, and a lap later, Castroneves got by Kanaan for the lead. Jaime Camara brought out the yellow on lap 106 when his car lost power and stopped on the course. After another sequence of pit stops, Kanaan led Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti. On the restart, Wheldon lost control and slid up the track, falling to 8th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197234-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Corn Indy 250\nOn lap 157 Mario Moraes spun into the pit apron, bringing out a caution, and the leaders pitted. John Andretti's pitcrew had trouble engaging the fuel hose, and he dropped back the end of the running order. Prior to this he had been running in 7th place, one of the highest positions ever for a Roth Racing car. Castroneves regained the lead on lap 170, and held it until another yellow came out on lap 188 for a spin by Enrique Bernoldi. Most of the leaders pitted, but Wheldon, Hideki Mutoh, and Danica Patrick stayed out to lead the field. On the restart Moraes spun for the second time of the day, and prolonged the yellow until lap 202. On lap 212, Kanaan (running third) suddenly lost control and crashed in turn 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197234-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Corn Indy 250\nOn the lap 227 restart, Marco Andretti and Dixon passed Patrick to take third and fourth place respectively. Over the final 15 laps, Mutoh and Marco Andretti battled for second, with Mutoh holding off Andretti's challenge. Wheldon went on to win, and Chip Ganassi Racing donated their race winnings from both cars to Iowa flood relief. After getting by  Patrick late in the race, A. J. Foyt IV finished in the top 5, while John Andretti just missed the top 10, working his way back to 11th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucus occurred on January 3, and was the state caucuses of the Iowa Democratic Party. It was the first election for the Democrats of the 2008 presidential election. Also referred to as \"the First in the Nation Caucus,\" it was the first election of the primary season on both the Democratic and Republican sides. Of the eight major Democratic presidential candidates, then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois received the most votes and was ultimately declared the winner of the Iowa Democratic Caucus of 2008, making him the first African American to win the caucus. Former U.S. Senator John Edwards of North Carolina came in second place and then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York finished third, though Clinton received more delegates than Edwards. Campaigning had begun as early as two years before the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 903]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, History of the caucus\nThe Iowa Caucuses have historically been the first held in the United States. The caucus marked the traditional and formal start of the delegate selection process for the 2008 United States presidential election, and the process in which members of the Democratic Party gathered to make policy decisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, History of the caucus\nIowa state law mandates that its caucus must be held at least eight days before any other meeting, caucus, or primary for the presidential nominating process. Therefore, the Iowa Caucuses have always been traditionally the leading state in the nominating process. Not only did controversy brew between the candidates, but the caucuses themselves drew a large amount of media attention. The decisions of the Iowans often affect the rest of the campaign season. Barack Obama's victory in Iowa helped establish him as one of the Democratic frontrunners of 2008 and was a first step toward his eventual nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe caucuses followed the regular procedures of the Democratic Party process. Any voter who was a registered Democrat and a resident of Iowa was eligible to participate in the event. Individuals could have chosen to register or change their party affiliation at the door. It was estimated that 60 percent of the caucusgoers would have attended the caucuses for the first time. All of the caucusgoers met in public buildings or schools in their respective precincts and divided themselves into groups; each group represented a candidate. The voting was done publicly in a voice vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nTo be viable, each preference group or candidate needed at least 15 percent of the caucusgoers' votes. If a candidate received less than 15 percent of the caucusgoers' votes, then the supporters of that non-viable candidate had 30 minutes to join a viable candidate's group, join another non-viable candidate's group to make the candidate viable, join an uncommitted group, or choose not to be counted as a voter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nIn Iowa, there were 1,784 precincts for the caucuses. Each viable preference group at each caucus elected a certain number of delegates proportional to the group's size that would represent the candidate at the county conventions. There are 99 counties in Iowa, and their Democratic conventions took place on March 15, 2008. At these conventions, a subset of delegates were chosen to attend the district, then state conventions. At the Iowa Democratic Party State Convention on June 14, 2008, a subset of delegates were chosen to attend the Democratic National Convention held August 25\u201328, 2008, in Denver, Colorado. As in the precinct caucuses, the pledged delegates to the national convention proportionally represented the candidates compared to the results of the state caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 834]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Process, Delegate allocation\nThe delegate allocation to the Democratic National Convention was as follows: 29 district delegates proportionally represented a candidate's support at each congressional district. The First Congressional District receives six pledged delegates, the Second Congressional District receives seven, the Third Congressional District receives six, the Fourth Congressional District receives six, and the Fifth Congressional District receives four. All of these pledged delegates represent each congressional district independently; they are not affected by the results of the state convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Process, Delegate allocation\nAt the Iowa Democratic Party State Convention, on the other hand, 16 pledged delegates proportionally represented the candidates' support. Ten of these delegates were designated as at-large, meaning that they represent the entire state as a whole. The other six were referred to as Party Leaders and Elected Officials (PLEO). These may include members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, the Governor, and former party leaders. Not all of the PLEOs were pledged, but if they were, they would represent the state as a whole along with the at-large delegates. In total, the Democratic presidential candidates were allocated a total of 45 pledged delegates, depending on their support in each district and in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 863]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Process, Delegate allocation\nTwelve delegates that did not represent caucus results were sent to the Democratic National Convention; they are referred to as unpledged. Eleven of them are PLEOs, which include six members of the DNC, one U.S. Senator, three U.S. Representatives, and one Governor. Because these unpledged delegates' profiles are usually high-profile elected officials, they are referred to as superdelegates. The other unpledged delegate is an add-on delegate, who is selected at the Iowa Democratic Party State Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Process, Delegate allocation\nWhile this process lasts for a period of approximately five months, the results of the state caucus are usually predictable by the results of the precincts' caucuses combined. Therefore, the results of the precinct caucuses provide a good measurement of Iowa's delegation to the Democratic National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nBefore the caucuses, the Des Moines Register reported that during a poll of 800 likely Democratic caucus goers from December 27 to December 30, 2007, the candidates had the following results:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nThe above results have a margin of sampling error of \u00b13.5 percentage points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nBarack Obama's results in the opinion polls rose from 28% in the Des Moines Register's poll in late November 2007. This was in part a result of a \"dramatic influx of first-time caucusgoers, including a sizable bloc of political independents.\" Hillary Rodham Clinton remained at a constant 25%, while John Edwards was almost unchanged when his ratings increased to 24% from 23% in November. Approximately one-third of likely caucusgoers said that they could have been persuaded to choose a different candidate before the caucuses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nThe December results of the Des Moines Register's poll also showed a widened gap between the three-way contest for the lead \u2014 Clinton, Edwards, and Obama \u2014 and the rest of the Democratic candidates. No other Democrat received more than 6 percent support of caucusgoers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nThirty percent of the sample population from the Des Moines Register's poll said that a candidate's ability to bring about change in the United States was the most important to them; 27% said that a candidate who would be most successful in unifying the country would have taken priority in their votes. Most caucusgoers also said that Obama was strong in both of these areas. Having the experience and competence to lead was considered the most important aspect of a candidate by 18 percent of the sample population; Hillary Clinton was rated best on this trait. Only 6 percent of the sample population said that being best able to win the general election was the top priority; Clinton, again, was rated best on this trait.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Caucus results\nThe Iowa Democratic Party does not release vote counts (it releases only the number of delegates to the state convention). Since Hillary Rodham Clinton had the highest delegate strength in Iowa's 5th congressional district (a district allocated four national convention delegates) and received the same amount of national delegates elsewhere, she was projected to receive one more national delegate than Edwards despite receiving fewer projected delegates to the state convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Caucus results\nThe Democratic National Committee gives the 50 states 794 superdelegates. According to a January 4, 2008 poll conducted by the Associated Press, most of the superdelegates were undecided, but 160 had endorsed Clinton, compared to 59 for Obama and 32 for Edwards. Along with the delegates that the candidates secured from Iowa, the numbers were as follows: 175 for Clinton, 75 for Obama, and 46 for Edwards. (To win the Democratic nomination for president, 2,025 delegates are needed.) Thus, Clinton initially retained an overall delegate lead following the Iowa results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Caucus results\nDennis Kucinich and Barack Obama competed against each other in the Iowa Caucuses, but Kucinich asked that Iowans caucusing for him, should they fail to build a viable preference group on Caucus Night to realign to Barack Obama in the second round. Both had fought for the same priorities including ending the Iraq War, reforming Washington, D.C., and creating a better life for working families. In the 2004 Iowa Democratic Caucuses, Kucinich made a similar announcement in favor of John Edwards. At that caucus, Edwards's aides claimed that this request helped put him in second place. In the 2008 Iowa Caucus, however, Kucinich did not conduct much of a campaign in Iowa. He paid for no organizers nor offices in the state, and he was not invited to the Des Moines Register's debate in December 2007. Mike Gravel didn't conduct an active campaign in Iowa either.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 933]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Caucus results\nThe 2008 Iowa Caucuses saw a record turnout for both parties; the Democrats drew more than 239,000 voters, almost double the Republican turnout. Entrance polling indicated that a significant portion of the turnout came from first-time caucus attendees, as well as attendees under the age of 30; two groups of voters that primarily lent their support to Barack Obama. Women, previously expected to largely back Hillary Clinton, split their vote between Clinton and Obama, the latter of whom actually received slightly more support. In the aftermath of the results from the Iowa Caucuses, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Caucus results\nAs a result of the Iowa Caucus, Barack Obama received a significant surge of support in the next competition, the New Hampshire Democratic Primary five days after. In New Hampshire pre-primary polls conducted from January 4 to January 6, 2008, Obama enjoyed a 13-point lead over Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, District convention results\nOn June 3, the Obama Campaign announced that all 4 national delegates previously pledged to former Senator John Edwards, elected by four Iowan congressional districts (CD1+CD2+CD3+CD5), had committed instead to vote for Senator Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, State convention results\nIn addition to the above 45 pledged national delegates, the state convention will also send the following 12 uncommitted superdelegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention: 6 Democratic National Committee members, 1 Senator, 3 House Representatives, 1 Governor and 1 Unpledged \"add-on\" selected at the state convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 77], "content_span": [78, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis\nBarack Obama scored a major victory in the Iowa Democratic Caucuses due to a number of factors. According to exit polls, 93 percent of voters in the Iowa Democratic Caucus were Caucasian and 33 percent voted for Obama, 27 percent for Clinton, and 24 percent for Edwards; 4 percent of voters were African American and 72 percent voted for Obama, 16 percent for Clinton, and 8 percent for Edwards; 3 percent represented other races and they went 49 percent for Obama, 26 percent for Clinton, 10 percent for Richardson, and 5 percent for Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis\nObama also won young voters ages 17\u201344 with 52 percent of the vote compared to 16 percent for both Clinton and Edwards. Edwards won middle-age voters ages 45\u201359 with 30 percent while Obama received 29 percent and Clinton took in 26 percent of their support. Clinton did best among elderly voters ages 60 and over with 40 percent of the vote while Edwards received 27 percent and Obama took in 19.5 percent of their support. Obama won self-identified Democrats by a margin of 32-31-23 (Obama-Clinton-Edwards), Independents backed Obama 41-23-17 (Obama-Edwards-Clinton), as well as self-identified Republicans who supported Obama 44-32-10 (Obama-Edwards-Clinton). Obama also won moderates and liberals but Edwards won conservatives. Socioeconomic class was not really a factor in how voters made their decisions, as Obama won all groups of family incomes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 906]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197235-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis\nObama performed best in Eastern Iowa, which is considered to be the more liberal part of the state, and Central Iowa which is considered to be the more moderate part of the state. Clinton performed best in Western Iowa, which is considered to be the most conservative part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team\nThe 2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa and the Iowa Hawkeyes football program in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Coached by Kirk Ferentz, the Hawkeyes  played their seven home games in Kinnick Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Previous season\nIowa opened the 2007 season on September 1, 2007, against Northern Illinois in a game played at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. Hawkeye running backs Albert Young and Damian Sims ran for 144 and 110\u00a0yards rushing respectively, while Iowa's defense held the Huskies to just 21\u00a0yards rushing. The Hawkeyes won, 16\u20133, and ended the four-game losing streak that comprised the final four games of Iowa's 2006 season. The next week, Iowa defeated Syracuse in the Hawkeyes' home opener, 35\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Previous season\nJake Christensen threw for 278\u00a0yards and four touchdowns as the Hawkeye defense held the Orange to just five first downs and 103\u00a0yards of total offense in Syracuse's worst defeat since a 51\u201314 loss to Georgia Tech in the 2004 Champs Sports Bowl. Iowa took a quick 28\u20130 lead with 9:55 left in the second quarter, and the Hawkeye defense sacked Syracuse six times while holding the Orange to 24 rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Previous season\nFollowing the first two games \u2013 which saw the Iowa defense give up only three points \u2013 the Hawkeyes traveled to Ames, Iowa, to play 0\u20132 Iowa State on September 15. The Cyclones began the season with losses to Kent State and Northern Iowa, but had won six out of the last nine games against the Hawkeyes, including three of the last four played at Jack Trice Stadium. Iowa fell behind by 12 at half-time, and lost, 15\u201313, starting yet another four-game losing streak. Placekicker Bret Culbertson scored all of Iowa State's points on five field goals, the last coming with one second remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Previous season\nFollowing a 20-point loss at Penn State on October 6, which was preceded by losses to Wisconsin and Indiana, the Hawkeyes returned to Kinnick Stadium for a game against Illinois, who was coming into the game after home victories over Penn State and Wisconsin. Christensen threw for 182\u00a0yards and the game's only touchdown \u2013 a 20-yard pass to Brandon Myers in the third quarter which gave the Hawkeyes a 10\u20136 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Previous season\nHowever, it appeared that Illinois had taken a 12\u201310 lead on an 83-yard Eddie McGee touchdown pass midway through the fourth quarter, but it was called back due to a penalty. The Illini were forced to punt, but got the ball back with 2:28 remaining. McGee threw passes of 28 and 24\u00a0yards to Arrelious Benn, putting the Illini at the Iowa 12-yard line. However, Brett Greenwood intercepted a McGee pass at the goal-line, sealing the win and snapping an eight-game Big Ten losing streak for Iowa heading into a road game at Purdue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Previous season\nBut Iowa lost to the Boilermakers a week later, 31\u20136, to put the Hawkeyes' record at 3\u20135 with only four games remaining. Curtis Painter threw for 315\u00a0yards and three touchdowns for Purdue, who had lost to the Hawkeyes, 47\u201317, only a year earlier. In Iowa's next game against Michigan State, the Hawkeyes entered half-time down by 14 points only to take a 20\u201317 lead with 10:05 remaining in regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Previous season\nThe game was destined for overtime when Michigan State's Brett Swenson hit a field goal with four seconds remaining, and the Spartans quickly garnered a seven-point lead following a Jehuu Caulcrick touchdown in the first overtime. Down by a touchdown, Christensen found wide receiver Paul Chaney for a 23-yard touchdown pass and  following the extra point, the game headed to double overtime. Iowa had the ball first and scored on a Jevon Pugh one-yard run, giving the Hawkeyes their own seven-point lead. However, the Spartans were unable to score and Iowa won, 34\u201327. The win was Iowa's first overtime victory in Kinnick Stadium history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Previous season\nOn November 3, Iowa defeated Northwestern, 28\u201317, after trailing, 14\u20130, in the first quarter. The Wildcats took a 17\u201314 on a third-quarter field goal after the Hawkeyes tied the game at 14, but Sims ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns to seal the Iowa victory. Christensen threw for 299\u00a0yards for Iowa, who came back from a 14-point deficit in the second straight game. Later, on November 10, Iowa defeated Minnesota, 21\u201316, to reclaim the Floyd of Rosedale trophy. With one home game remaining against Western Michigan, Iowa held a three-game winning streak and a 6\u20135 overall record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Previous season\nBut the Hawkeyes lost to the Broncos, 28\u201319, and gave up 489\u00a0yards in the process. Western Michigan took a 19\u20130\u00a0second quarter lead before Iowa scored 13 straight points to make it a six-point game. But the Hawks would get no closer and eventually lost by nine. Soon thereafter, Iowa was not selected for a bowl game, ending a six-year streak in which the Hawkeyes played in a bowl and rumors about the firing of Kirk Ferentz were rampant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Coaching rumors\nFollowing Michigan's loss to Appalachian State, rumors about the possibility of Ferentz becoming Michigan's head coach began to circulate. LSU coach Les Miles was widely believed to be Michigan's top choice for the job, but any chance of that happening likely ended when LSU extended Miles' contract through 2012. Ferentz's relationship with Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman may have contributed to the rumor, as Coleman was the president at Iowa when Ferentz was hired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Coaching rumors\nHowever, indications that the rumor was false were revealed when Iowa's sports information director, Phil Haddy, reported that Michigan had not asked for permission to talk with Ferentz. It was a point reiterated by Gary Barta, Iowa's athletic director. Ferentz's contract has a clause requiring him to contact Barta when talking to other schools, which indicates that he was not a candidate to become Michigan's next head coach. On December 16, West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez was hired as Carr's successor at Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Coaching rumors\nSoon thereafter, Ferentz was once again rumored for a coaching job, this time for the Baltimore Ravens. Ferentz was an assistant head coach at Baltimore for six years, and became a \"respected assistant\" in his time there. However, when asked about the Baltimore job, Ferentz said, \"I've got a great job here, and with that being said, I'm sure Baltimore will get a top-notch coach.\" Ferentz also cited wanting to see his son James \u2013 who is slated to be a freshman at Iowa in 2008 \u2013 play every weekend. The Ravens eventually hired Philadelphia Eagles secondary coach John Harbaugh on January 18, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Leading up to the season, Recruiting class\nThe Hawkeyes had 24 verbal commitments for the 2008 recruiting class. One of the players, Nate Guillory, is a junior college recruit. The other 23 players are all high school seniors. James Ferentz, Kirk's son, is among the players committed to play for Iowa in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Schedule\nThe Hawkeyes opened the 2008 season with three home games against Maine, Florida International, and Iowa State, followed by a road game versus Pittsburgh. The game marked the first of four meetings between Pittsburgh and Iowa. The teams will met in Iowa City in 2011 and 2015, and in Pittsburgh in 2016. Pitt closed the 2007 season with an upset victory over second-ranked West Virginia. Had the Mountaineers won, they would have likely played in the national championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Schedule\nFollowing the conclusion of the non-conference portion of their schedule, the Hawkeyes will begin Big Ten play with a home game against Northwestern, and will open October with road games against Michigan State and Indiana. Iowa was 1\u20131 against the Spartans and Hoosiers in 2007, winning, 34\u201327, over MSU while losing, 38\u201320, to IU. Following the two road games, Iowa will play at home against Wisconsin. Iowa lost, 17\u201313, to the Badgers in 2007. Following a bye week, the Hawkeyes will play at Illinois, in what will be Iowa's third road game in five weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Schedule\nHowever, Iowa follows this with two home games, against Penn State and Purdue. Iowa lost to both teams in 2007 by 20 points or more. A week following the Hawkeyes' final home game against Purdue, Iowa will play Minnesota in the Gophers' home finale. Minnesota will look to take back the Floyd of Rosedale trophy a year after Iowa won it for the sixth time in seven years. The game will likely also be Minnesota's last at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Schedule\nTwo of Iowa's games \u2013 vs. Northwestern and at Michigan State \u2013 have been scheduled for 11:00\u00a0AM starts. The season finale against Minnesota has been set for a 6:00\u00a0p.m. start time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Personnel, Coaches\nKirk Ferentz will be in his tenth season as head coach at Iowa in 2008, and he has a 61\u201349 record entering the season. Ferentz came to Iowa in 1999, following an assistant coaching job for the Baltimore Ravens and a heading coaching job at Maine. Earlier in his career, Ferentz was an assistant coach under Hayden Fry at Iowa. From 1981 to 1989, Ferentz was Iowa's offensive line coach. From there, Ferentz took the heading coaching position at Maine, and followed that by taking an assistant position in Baltimore. He was named Iowa's 25th head football coach on December 2, 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Personnel, Coaches\nNorm Parker, Iowa's defensive coordinator, will also be in his tenth year at Iowa. The same can also be said for Ken O'Keefe, Iowa's offensive coordinator. Under Parker, Iowa's rushing defense has nationally ranked in the top 10 in three seasons. Parker has also coached several linebackers now playing in the NFL, including Chad Greenway, Abdul Hodge, and LeVar Woods. Before coming to Iowa, Parker coached 12 seasons at Michigan State, five at Minnesota, and three at Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Personnel, Coaches\nUnder O'Keefe, Iowa has had the top scoring offense in the Big Ten twice, in 2001 and 2002, and 14 offensive players coached by O'Keefe have been drafted into the NFL. Before coaching at Iowa, O'Keefe was the head coach at Allegheny College, where he won a Division III national title in 1990. He was also head coach at Fordham University for one year before coming to Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Personnel, Players\nReturning for the Hawkeyes in 2008 are nine starters on offense, and as many as 18 total starters could be back for Iowa. Senior running back Young is gone, along with fellow running back Damian Sims and fullback Tom Busch. The rest of the offense, including the offensive line and wide receiver positions, are intact going into 2008. On the defense, up to seven starters may return, but the Hawkeyes lose linebackers Mike Klinkenborg and Mike Humpal along with defensive ends Kenny Iwebema and Bryan Mattison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Personnel, Players\nCornerbacks Adam Shada and Charles Godfrey are also done with their playing days at Iowa. Godfrey, who completed 2007 with five interceptions, was regarded as a possible third- to sixth-round draft pick in the 2008 NFL Draft before being picked in the third-round. Another Iowa player, Devan Moylan, is seeking for another year after missing most of 2007 with an injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Personnel, Players\nReturnees on offense include Jake Christensen, who succeeded Drew Tate at the quarterback position. Christensen threw for 2,269\u00a0yards and 17 touchdowns in his sophomore season, while throwing only six interceptions. Also returning are 11 true freshmen and 20 redshirt freshmen who saw playing time in 2007. With 31 total freshmen receiving playing time, the Hawkeyes ranked third in the country in that category, behind North Carolina and Florida, who played 38 and 33 freshmen respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Season, Maine\nIowa was able to push visiting Maine around in this opening day victory. Running back duo Shonn Greene and Jewel Hampton combined for almost 200 yards rushing and three touchdowns as the Hawkeyes didn't have to go to the air often is this one-sided contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Season, Florida International\nIowa shutout visiting Florida International in this blowout win. Ricky Stanzi had three touchdowns on just 10 passing attempts and Shonn Greene added 130 yards rushing as the Panthers could not stop the Hawkeyes. The final score isn't even indicative of how much Iowa dominated as they played their second string for the majority of the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Season, Iowa State\nIowa reclaimed the Cy-Hawk trophy in this low-scoring affair. Ricky Stanzi had trouble getting the Iowa offense going throughout the first half. Jake Christensen was brought in and led Iowa on a long drive that put them up 10-3 in the fourth quarter. The game's victor was still well in doubt until Andy Brodell returned a punt back 82 yards for a touchdown to put Iowa in control in the final minutes. With seconds left in the game Iowa kneeled down in the end zone resulting in a safety forcing Iowa State into a long drive that proved to be too much for the Cyclones to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Season, Wisconsin\nShonn Greene had arguably the best game of his Doak Walker Award season as he rushed for 217 yards and four touchdowns with nearly nine yards per attempt. Wisconsin was utterly unable to slow him down and Iowa cruised to the win as they rarely had to go the air in this contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Season, Penn State\nIowa got a much-needed win in this under-the-lights upset. Penn State came in heavily favored and was playing for a chance to reach the national championship. It was a back-and-forth affair that came down to a crucial kick. Daniel Murray nailed a 31 yard field goal to give the Hawkeyes the victory. Iowa did have to kick off again though as one second still remained on the clock but Penn State was unable to do anything as Iowa recovered the ball. It was a critical game for Ferentz and propelled them to a 13 game winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Season, Minnesota\nThis was the final college football game at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. After a sluggish start in the first quarter Iowa dominated the rest of the way. The Hawkeyes shut out the Gophers and Iowa's offense was able to score at will. Shonn Greene became the all-time single season rushing leader with another great performance \u2013 144 yards and 2 TD. Derrell Johnson-Koulianos hauled in 7 receptions for 181 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197236-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Season, Outback Bowl\nShonn Greene was unstoppable in this Outback Bowl blowout as he rushed for 121 yards and three touchdowns. Iowa shutout South Carolina through the first three quarters and forced five turnovers as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197237-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa House of Representatives election\nThe 2008 Iowa House of Representatives election were held on November 4, 2008. The Iowa House, like the United States House of Representatives, is up for re-election in its entirety every two years. Prior to the election, the Democrats were in the majority - this marked the first time in 42 years that the Democrats had controlled both branches of the Iowa General Assembly and the Governor's Office. Democrats retained this majority following the 2008 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197237-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa House of Representatives election, Results\nThe election took place on November 4, 2008. Candidate list and official results from the Iowa Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses took place on January 3, 2008. The Iowa Republican caucuses are an unofficial primary, with the delegates to the state convention selected proportionally via a straw poll. The Iowa caucuses mark the traditional formal start of the delegate selection process for the 2008 United States presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses\nPrior to the 2008 caucuses, as in previous election cycles with a competitive presidential race, an unofficial Ames Straw Poll was held, on August 11, 2007. The official one, electing delegates to the state convention, was held on January 3, 2008, the same day as the Democratic contest. In the Ames Straw Poll, Mitt Romney finished first with 32% of the vote. In the January 2008 caucuses, Mike Huckabee finished first with 34% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, January 2008 procedure\nUnlike the Democratic caucus, the Republican Party does not use voting rounds or have minimum requirements for a percent of votes. The Republican version is done with a straw vote of those attending the caucus. This vote is sometimes done by a show of hands or by dividing themselves into groups according to candidate. However, officially it is done with voters receiving a blank piece of paper with no names on it, and the voter writing a name and placing it in a ballot box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, January 2008 procedure\nFollowing the straw poll, delegates are then elected from the remaining participants in the room, as most voters leave once their vote is cast. All delegates are officially considered unbound, but media outlets either apportion delegates proportionally or apportion them in terms of winner-take-all by counties. In precincts that elect only one delegate, the delegate is chosen by majority vote and the vote must be by paper ballot. The state party strongly urges that delegates reflect the results of the preference poll, but there is no obligation that they do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, The Ames Straw Poll\nThe 2007 Ames straw poll was held at Iowa State University (Ames)'s Hilton Coliseum on August 11, 2007. This was primarily a fundraising event for the state's Republican Party, and  only Iowa residents who paid the $35 price for a ticket were eligible to vote. Tickets were available through the various presidential campaigns and the Iowa Republican Party's headquarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, The Ames Straw Poll\nIn general, the candidates bought large blocks of tickets and gave them out for free to whoever agreed to go and vote for that candidate. The candidates also rented buses to transport voters to Ames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, The Ames Straw Poll\nMitt Romney finished first with 32% of the vote, followed by Mike Huckabee (18%), Sam Brownback (15%), Tom Tancredo (14%), and Ron Paul (10%). Six other candidates shared the remaining 14% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nBefore the caucuses, the Des Moines Register reported the following results from a poll of 800 likely Republican caucus goers from December 27 to December 30, 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nThe above results have a margin of sampling error of \u00b13.5 percentage points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nMike Huckabee's results in the opinion polls rose from 29% in the Des Moines Register's poll in late November 2007. Mitt Romney rose two points from 24% in November to 26% in December. John McCain enjoyed the biggest increase from November, increasing six points from 7% to 13%, while Rudy Giuliani suffered the biggest drop from November, decreasing eight points from 13% to 5%. Giuliani's large drop was attributed to his strategy of skipping early states such as Iowa and New Hampshire in favor of larger, delegate-rich states such as Florida, California, and New York. No other candidate polled more than 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nHuckabee's poll numbers in Iowa rose dramatically from October to December, in part due to his backing among evangelical voters, who accounted for almost one-half of those polled. Huckabee led Romney in that group 47%-20%. Huckabee also polled higher than Romney among the group who said it was more important to be a social conservative than a fiscal conservative, while Romney led Huckabee 29%-25% among the group who said that being fiscally conservative was most important. In addition, Romney also polled highest in the categories of experience and competence, the ability to bring about change, and electability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Results of the January 2008 caucuses\nAs of 11:05\u00a0p.m. EDT, January 4, 2008, with 100% of the votes reported, the results were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Results of the January 2008 caucuses\n*Candidate had already dropped out of the race prior to caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Results of the January 2008 caucuses\nOnly three candidates won either pluralities or majorities in individual counties: Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul. The Giuliani campaign followed an unusual strategy of focusing on larger states that vote later in the process, and had done little if any campaigning in Iowa. Tancredo had already withdrawn from the presidential race two weeks earlier and endorsed Romney, but his name remained in the official list of candidates of the Iowa Republican Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197238-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Results of the January 2008 caucuses\nSome 120,000 Iowa Republicans attended the 2008 caucuses, a new record. About 87,000 attended in 2000; in 2004, George W. Bush ran unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197239-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Senate election\nThe 2008 Iowa Senate election were held on November 4, 2008. The Senate seats for the twenty-five even-numbered districts were up for election. Senate terms are staggered such that half the membership is elected every two years, with each Senators serving a four-year term. Prior to the election, the Democrats were in the majority - marking the first time in 42 years that the Democrats had controlled both branches of the Iowa General Assembly and the Governor's Office. They expanded this majority by two seats in the 2008 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197239-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa Senate election, Results\nThe election took place on November 4, 2008. Candidate list and official results from the Iowa Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197240-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa State Cyclones football team\nThe 2008 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Gene Chizik, who had coached the Cyclones since 2007. They played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197240-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa State Cyclones football team, Coaching staff\nGene Chizik: Head Coach (1 yr)Robert McFarland: Offensive Coordinator (1 yr)Wayne Bolt: Defensive Coordinator (1 yr)Scott Fountain (TE/RC (2yr)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197240-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Iowa State Cyclones football team, After the season, Awards\nNo Cyclone player or coach won any awards this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197241-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ipswich Borough Council election\nElections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. One third of the seats were up for election. The Labour Party won enough seats to become the largest party gaining 3 seats (2 from Con 1 from Lib Dem). The Conservatives had been the largest party since the 2006 Ipswich Council election. The results came as a stark contrast which saw the Conservatives make significant gains from Labour across the country. Particular disappointments for the Conservatives came when they lost Rushmere and Bridge to Labour and narrowly failed to gain St Margaret's from the Liberal Democrats, while narrowly holding onto St John's by a mere 3 votes. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost Whitehouse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197241-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ipswich Borough Council election\nDespite the losses, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition continued to run the Council with a reduced majority of 6 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election\nLegislative elections for Majlis of Iran were held on 14 March 2008, with a second round held on 25 April 2008. Conservatives loyal to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were considered the victors of the election, at least in part because \"all the most prominent\" reformist candidates were disqualified from running.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Qualification of candidates and campaign\nA few months before the election on December 14, 2007, twenty-one moderate and reformist parties formed a coalition centered on Mohammad Khatami to increase their chances in the election. However, around 1,700 candidates were barred from running by the Guardian Council vetting body, the Supervisory and Executive Election Boards, on the grounds that they were not sufficiently loyal to the Iranian revolution. These included 90% of \"independent and reformist candidates,\" 19 sitting MPs, and Ayatollah Khomeini's grandson, Ali Eshraghi, who complained,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Qualification of candidates and campaign\n\"What saddens me most is the method of discernment used [by the Council of Guardians]. . . . They had asked my neighbors if I pray my daily prayers, or fast? Does my wife respect the Hijab? Do I shave? Or smoke cigarettes? What kind of car do I drive, and do I dress in a suit!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Qualification of candidates and campaign\nAnother candidate, Ayatollah Mousavi Tabrizi, protested his disqualification on the grounds of \"lack of belief in law and in Islam,\" noting that he was not only an ayatollah and a member of the scientific board of the theological seminaries of Qom, but he had earlier qualified to run for the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body whose functions include selection of the supreme leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Qualification of candidates and campaign\nWith the elimination of reformists, the election has been described as a \"contest between conservatives who still support\" president Ahmadinejad, and conservatives who don't, or \"hard-liners generally in sync with Ahmadinejad and\u00a0... ` pragmatic conservatives,`\u00a0... unsympathetic\" to him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Qualification of candidates and campaign\nReformist leaders pushed for Iranians to vote in parliamentary elections, hoping to prevent a sweep by hard-liners allied with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Allies of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seized the largest share of parliament seats, vote counting nearly completed everywhere in the country except for the capital, Tehran, on March 16, 2008. Conservative critics of Ahmadinejad won a substantial bloc in the legislature, highlighting the growing discontent with the president's fiery style and failure to repair the ailing economy of Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Qualification of candidates and campaign\nReformists, who seek greater democracy in Iran and closer ties with the West, showed strength in some cities where the clerical leadership allowed them to compete. Reformist leaders said March 16, 2008 that at least 14 winning independents are pro-reform, bringing their bloc to 45 seats so far. If correct, that would be around the size of the reformist presence in the outgoing parliament. Iran's leaders on March 16, 2008 declared the country's parliament elections, which were carried by conservatives, a victory that showed Iranians' defiance of the West. The United States and Europe called the vote unfair after most reformists were barred from running.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Results\nMore than half of the reformist seats belongs to the main reformist coalition and the rest are affiliated with the NTP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Results\nAccording to Farideh Farhi, out of the 287 seats, approximately 170 can be identified as won by conservatives whose candidacy was supported by the two major conservative lists. United Front of Principlists won 117 seats and Principlists Pervasive Coalition won 96, while 50 were endorsed by both. A portion of conservatives, \"die-hard\" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supporters secured about 40% of the seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Results\nAccording to Democracy Party's organ, the conservatives won 199 seats while the  reformists won 47 and 41 were independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Results, First round results\nSome 4,500 candidates nationwide were running for parliament's 290 seats vote, in which an estimated 44 million Iranians of over 18 years of age were eligible to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Results, First round results\nWith less than two-thirds of the 290 contests decided by March 15, conservatives had won 125 seats, reformers won 35 and independents won 10, according to news agency Fars. Another 39 winners were independents whose political leanings were not immediately known. Five other seats dedicated to Iran's Jewish, Zoroastrian and Christian minorities have been decided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Results, Voter turnout\nAnoushiravan Ehteshami, citing the ministry of interior as the source, writes that number of eligible voters were 43,824,254 and 22,350,254 votes were cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Results, Voter turnout\nVoter turnout in the first round is disputed. Government officials claim that as many as 65% of Iran's 49 million eligible voters took part, a solid turnout but not reaching the around 80% that flooded the polls in elections in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade). some conservative circles insisted that it was 73% or higher, \"showing\" popular support for the regime. \"Yet the Ministry of the Interior's own figures indicated a national turnout of 52%, and no more than 30% in Tehran\", roughly equivalent to 2004 turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Results, Voter turnout\nFrom amongst the 49 million eligible voters above 18 years of age announced by the Iran Statistics Center some 23 million Iranians, i.e. 47 percent, participated in the parliamentary elections of March 2, 2008. This is the lowest level when compared with the eight previous parliamentary elections. Of this amount, 30 percent of the voters came from large cities and provincial capitals while in Tehran which is the political nerve center of the country whose residents demonstrate the most political behavior, the number stood at 27 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Results, Voter turnout\nAccording to the government\u2019s final figures, 650,000 citizens of Tehran have taken part in the second round of the elections for the Majlis (Iranian parliament), that is less than 8% of those eligible to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Results, Second round\n82 seats in which no candidate gained more than 25% of the vote in the first round held another round of voting on 25 April 2008; 11 of those seats were in Tehran. Of the 164 candidates, 69 are considered to be Conservative, 41 Reformists and 54 as Independents. Turnout in the second round was only about 25%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Results, Second round\nFollowing the election, the 8th parliament opened on May 27, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197242-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Iranian legislative election, Issues\nIssues in the election have been described as \"unemployment, inflation and fuel shortages\" in a petroleum-exporting country, and increasing inequality. \"The price of some basic foods has doubled within the past year and rents are soaring.\" Influential conservative clerics are also said to be irritated by president Ahmadinejad's \"folksy and superstitious brand of ostentatious piety and his favouritism to men of military rather than clerical backgrounds.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197243-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting\nThe 2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting was a series of clashes that occurred on the Islamic holy day of Ashura on January 18, 2008 and the next day in the Iraqi cities of Basra and Nasiriyah. The battles were fought between the Iraqi security forces and fighters of an Iraqi cult called the Soldiers of Heaven, which a year before fought a similar battle, also on Ashura, near the city of Najaf. Then their leader was reported killed along with his deputy Ahmed Hassani al-Yemeni but this time around it was reported that al-Yemeni was still alive and leading the cultists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197243-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting, The battle\nCultist fighters started attacking members of the security forces in the two cities on January 18 and heavy fighting ensued. Initially the rebels had the upper hand and even took control of a police station in Nasiriyah. And set up a command center in a mosque in the city. Fighting raged late in the evening, and burned out police vehicles were seen on the streets of Basra. Rebels captured an oil facilities building and a hospital in Basra and at one point there was fighting in 75 percent of the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197243-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting, The battle\nThe next morning a coalition air strike destroyed the police station which was taken over, and late in the afternoon an Iraqi Army raid on the mosque ended the fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197243-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting, Aftermath\nUp to 58 cultist fighters and 18 members of the security forces were killed, along with four civilians. 33 policemen were wounded. Among the casualties of the security forces, 15 were Police and 3 were Army. The Iraqi Police and Army also detained 166 militants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197243-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting, Aftermath\nIn fighting in Basra: 5 policemen, 3 soldiers, 40 rebels and 2 civilians were killed. In the fighting in Nasiriyah: 10 policemen, 18 rebels and 2 civilians were killed. Among the dead were Abu Mustapha Ansari, the leader of the Soldiers of Heaven in Basra and four police colonels: Colonel Zamel Khazaal Badr, the head of police intelligence in Nasiriyah, Colonel Abdel Amir Jabbar, the commander of the rapid-intervention force in Ziqar province, Colonel Naji Rustom, head of the emergency police force of Nasiriyah and Lt. Colonel Ali Hashim, commander of the Nasiriyah transport police. 166 cultists were captured in Basra, Nasiriyah and Musayyib. Among the captured rebels were two 14-year-old snipers that were responsible for the deaths of two policemen in Basra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197243-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting, Aftermath\nHowever some reports only days later suggested that the death toll from the fighting was much higher than firstly reported with at least 50 people killed in Nasiriyah and up to 97 people killed and 217 wounded in Basra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197243-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting, Aftermath\nOnce again the fate of Ahmed Hassani al-Yemeni remained unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197244-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia\nThe 2008 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia was a series of matches played in June 2008 in New Zealand and Australia by Ireland national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197245-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish Classic\nThe 2008 Irish Classic (often known as the 2008 Lucan Racing Irish Classic for sponsorship and promotion purposes) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place on 2 and 3 August 2008 at the Celbridge Snooker Club in Kildare, Republic of Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197245-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish Classic\nKen Doherty won in the final 5\u20132 against Fergal O'Brien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 75]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197246-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish Greyhound Derby\nThe 2008 Irish Greyhound Derby took place during August and September with the final being held at Shelbourne Park in Dublin on 13 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197246-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish Greyhound Derby\nThe winner Shelbourne Aston won \u20ac175,000 and was trained by Pat Curtin (Ireland), owned by the Curtin-Hehir-Montgomery Syndicate and bred by James Marks. The race was sponsored by the Paddy Power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197246-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report\nDefending champion Tyrur Rhino and 2007 runner-up Tyrur Laurel were two of the leading entries for the 2008 Irish Derby. 2008 English Greyhound Derby champion Loyal Honcho only just made the start of the competition after picking up an injury and the other main contenders were listed as Killahan Phanter, College Causeway and Mid West Blue. Tyrur Laurel and Loyal Honcho both sealed early wins but Tyrur Rhino was a shock elimination in round two. Loyal Honcho finished lame signalling the end of two Derby champions\u2019 campaigns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197246-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report\nCollege Causeway won all three of his rounds but Tyrur Laurel struggled through and Shelbourne Aston came through the back door after finishing fourth and claiming a lucky losers spot. The quarter finals began College Causeway completed a fourth successive win in the quarter finals and Express Ego won at 10-1. The remaining two heats went to Headleys Bridge and Slip the Lark, Tyrur Laurel made it no further.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197246-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report\nIn the semi-finals Ballymac Ruso won in 29.91 from Machu Picchu and Slip the Lark in the first heat but College Causeway was lacklustre and came in fourth behind Advantage Johnny, Headleys Bridge and Shelbourne Aston in the second heat, Express Ego finished last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197246-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report\nThe final was the most open final in Irish Derby history based on the starting prices. Slip the Lark and Advantage Johnny broke best from the traps and remained in the lead around the first two bends closely followed by Ballymac Ruso and a little further back was Headley Bridge. The four all went into the run-in with chances to win the first prize but Shelbourne Aston produced a strong finish and overtook all four to win by a short head.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods\nThe 2008 Irish flash floods were a series of flash floods that occurred across the island of Ireland in August 2008. The floods and related weather conditions primarily affected the following counties; Limerick, Cork, Dublin, Antrim, Carlow, Galway, Laois, Louth, Meath, Kildare, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Offaly, Sligo and Donegal. Parts of Ireland's large urban centres, including Dublin and Belfast, were submerged, whilst Carlow town has experienced some of the worst flooding in the country. One person died; 31-year-old Polish dad-of-one Przemyslaw Jablonski. He went missing in the River Fergus, in Ennis, and was found 6 days later (on 18 August) in the same river. He was pronounced dead at the scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Conditions before the floods\nRainfall in Cork for the month of July 2008 was the heaviest recorded since 1975. The combined total for June and July was more than twice the normal level of rainfall expected for that time period. Around the country the weather was wetter than normal for July with exceptional rainfall in County Limerick in the last 24 hours of July giving rise to this figure. Met \u00c9ireann described July as \"a dull month generally\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Conditions before the floods\nThe highest average temperature recorded in July was 15.7 degrees (Shannon Airport); the same location also enjoyed the warmest day of the month at 25.2 degrees on 24 July. The lowest air temperature since the early 1970s was recorded at Mullingar during July \u2013  a figure of 3.6 degrees was recorded on the 5th. The greatest level of sunshine was in the east of the country \u2013 Dublin Airport recorded 156 hours of sunshine \u2013 whilst the lowest level of rainfall was recorded at Belmullet \u2013 54 millimetres fell during July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 1 August\nCounty Limerick and County Cork were the first areas to be affected. On the night of 31 July/1 August, the River Blackwater in Cork burst its banks, causing severe flooding between Banteer and Mallow. Cork County Council issued a flood warning for Mallow on the morning of the 1st whilst council staff distributed sandbags. Bridge Street in Mallow was closed for a time but later reopened for motorist use. The Town Park Road in Mallow was closed for a longer period. Flood relief works had been ongoing in Mallow for six months but were not expected to finish for another 18 months. Further downstream, floodwaters reached Fermoy at around 10 pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 1 August\nIn Limerick, it took several hours before electricity was restored to 3,000 homes in Newcastle West, where a major clear-up operation was underway after the River Arra burst its banks earlier in the morning. Up to 20 homes were badly affected by \"freak\" flash flooding overnight, with residents having to be rescued from their houses. There were few injuries; although an elderly woman was airlifted from her home and immediately diagnosed with hypothermia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 1 August\nMet \u00c9ireann said that the average rainfall for the last week of July was about 26mm \u2013 three times that amount dropped between 7 pm and midnighton 31 July in Newcastle West. At one rainfall station in the area, a measurement of 90.1mm was recorded in that time. Around 100mm of rain would be expected in one month. The rainfall was said to be \"tropical-like in intensity\". Limerick County Council issued a public drinking water notice residents of Newcastle West to boil their water before use. The areas affected by the boil notice included Newcastle West, Coolcappagh and Rathcahill and the Ballyine, Dually, Reens Kilscannell, Old Mill Road, Killoughteen and Killeline Group Water Supply Schemes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 2 August\nThe River Deel threatened to flood in Askeaton, County Limerick. Localised flooding occurred earlier in the day in the town. The Newcastle West Business Association called on the government to help those worst affected by the flash floods of the previous day. Spokesman Pat O'Donovan stated that many businesses were uninsured or under-insured and needed financial assistance. A huge cleanup operation continued in parts of Limerick and Cork. It was estimated that millions of euro worth of damage was caused. Met \u00c9ireann claimed that the area around Newcastle West experienced the equivalent of four weeks rain in five hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 9 August\nThe record for a single 24-hour period of rain in August was almost broken in Dublin. 56mm of rain fell on Dublin Airport in 24 hours. The record (60mm) was set in August 1986, in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley. Celbridge was flooded and nearby roads were impassable. Flooding was reported between Naas and Blessington. A river burst its banks along the Ballyroan to Portlaoise road at Cashel Cross in County Laois. Only one lane of the road was open to traffic at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 9 August\nThe road between Portlaoise and Timahoe was badly flooded whilst the Stradbally Village to Athy road was impassable. Other roads closed included the N3 (inbound and outbound at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre), the M1 (inbound and outbound after the Port Tunnel), the M50 (blocked at Ballymun northbound) with diversions in place. Dart services were suspended between the Malahide and Howth junctions whilst there was also disruption to Northern Commuter and Belfast rail services. Garda diversions were put in place and long delays were to be had. Dublin Airport authorities asked passengers to give plenty of time to reach the airport and, if possible, to check their route before they leave. A football match between Shamrock Rovers and Sunderland, due to be played at Tolka Park at 7.30pm that evening, was cancelled due to the flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 894]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 9 August\nIn Dublin, it was reported that one vehicle was swept down a road in a torrent of flood water. \"The combination of monsoon-like rain and a high-tide\" prompted a spokesperson for Dublin Fire Brigade to report that crews spent most of the night rescuing people from houses and cars. He claimed that, between 4 pm and midnight, 800 calls were taken with 600 of these flood-related, going on to say: \"We\u2019ve never had anything like that. We wouldn\u2019t generally get that many calls on Halloween.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 9 August\nHundreds of Armagh Gaelic football fans, attending the All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park, were stranded by torrential rain when they left the stadium to discover their cars surrounded by water. The rain prompted GAA officials in Croke Park to turn on the floodlights for the second half of the All-Ireland quarter final between Kerry and Galway in what was to be the first ever floodlight championship game in Croke park, the game was described by many as the greatest game of pure vintage football played in Croke Park in the 2000s (decade) despite the worst rain in Irish history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 10 August\nA clean-up operation was underway in Dublin and Kildare following the previous day's flash flooding. Garda\u00ed said flood water had subsided in most parts except for some areas in north county Dublin. The N3 near Blanchardstown was re-opened. On the M50 there was still severe flooding on both the northbound and southbound lanes. The M1 at Whitehall was re-opened on both sides following flood-related closures. According to Met \u00c9ireann, in the 24-hour period from midnight on 8 August until midnight on 9 August, 76.2mm of rain was recorded at Dublin Airport, a new record for the month of August. The previous record, 73mm, was recorded in August 1986.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 10 August\nKildare County Council reported bad flooding in Celbridge. Eight houses in the Vanessa Close Estate were flooded with water of approximately 60\u00a0cm after the Toni River, a tributary of the River Liffey, overflowed. The Clane to Celbridge Road and Ardrass Road from Straffan to Celbridge were closed due to flooding. Flooded pumps caused sewage to flow into the streets of Celbridge, damaging some premises on the Main Street. 4,000 Scouts at Jamboree 2008 in Punchestown had to spend the night indoors after being removed by the Civil Defence to the major events centre on the site. Leixlip and Maynooth experienced flooding although no damage to property was reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 10 August\nIn County Laois the Ballyroan to Portlaoise Road was flooded at Cashel Cross after a river burst its banks. In County Offaly, the Tullamore Show, due to take place that day, was cancelled for the second consecutive year due to the weather. Dublin Fire Brigade said all areas of the capital had been affected by overnight flooding, particularly in Swords and Drumcondra. Houses in the Knocklyon and Firhouse areas of south Dublin were flooded. The Civil Defence was also called in to help pump water. On the M50 a bus full of people journeying to Dublin Airport was marooned in the floods and had to be pulled free with the aid of a tractor. Racing at the Curragh was cancelled because of a waterlogged track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 12 August\nHeavy rainfall in Dublin led to flooding and collisions on commuter routes. Dublin City Council described the situation as \"serious\". In Mulhuddart the Church Road was reported as closed at the cemetery through to the Hollystown Golf Club. Two open manholes were reported; one at the Drumcondra/Home Farm Rd junction, another outbound on the Ballymun Road outside the library, resulting in a flooded bus lane. The N3 at Blanchardstown was closed between the two exit slips which access the Blanchardstown Town Centre. Traffic was diverted around the flooded area via the Snugborough and Mulhuddart interchanges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 12 August\nThe left lane of the M50 Southbound at J5 Finglas was closed due to flooding. There were reports of \"a lot of surface water\" on the M50 at J4 Ballymun in both directions. Flooding was seen at the Strawberry beds approaching Lucan and on Tandys Lane in Lucan village, from the Old Swords Road to Coolock Lane, and at the Griffith Ave Ballymun Road junction. The flooding on River Road in Finglas was described as \"heavy\". Surface water and debris on the Killinarden side of the Killtipper Road at \"a very bad bend\"  caused delays to motorists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 12 August\nOn the Naas Road outbound there was surface water after Newlands Cross and at the Kylemore Road junction and Eglinton Road in Donnybrook was flooded. In Dublin city centre there was flooding at Westland Row, Lincoln Place. In County Louth, the R173 Carlingford to Newry Road was described as \"flooded and impassable\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 13 August\nSeveral hours of heavy rainfall led to flash floods in Dublin, with the Phoenix Park's Castleknock gate closed off and the road rendered impassable by the heavy floods. Some DART services were suspended for a time in the evening. Rail services between Drogheda and Dundalk were not operating overnight due to the flooding. In County Leitrim the Dowra to Drumkeeran Road was impassable when part of the road and a small bridge was swept away in heavy flooding. There were widespread road closures elsewhere including County Meath, County Louth, County Mayo, County Sligo and County Donegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 13 August\nHomes in Dublin affected by flooding included those in Finglas (a number of elderly women were rescued from a complex), Glasnevin, Clontarf and Blanchardstown \u2013 including an area around Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown. The N3 at Blanchardstown was closed for a time and there was flooding on the M50. Some lanes on the Naas Road and Carlingford to Newry Road in County Louth were also closed. In County Kerry, the main Castleisland to Killarney road was impassable in the morning due to flooding, with some cars being stranded. The Gneeveguilla Killarney road was also impassable after a river broke its banks. Ballinorig in Tralee town reported flooding whilst there was a tree down on the road to Ardfert quarries. A tree was also down on the road between Tarbert village and the ferry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 13 August\nIn Northern Ireland, three teenagers from County Down were rescued from the Mourne Mountains in the middle of torrential rainfall. The three girls, aged between 15 and 17, awoke at 05:00 to discover their campsite had been washed away, with a swollen river determining the need for mountain rescue. The chairman of the Mourne Rescue Service, Ed Kilgore had this to say:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 13 August\n\"If they had decided to try to get across the river it could have been nasty\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 13 August\nand said the girls were \"wet, miserable and relieved\" upon rescue. The girls were met by relatives at the foot of the mountain, with dry clothes given out by the rescue team. Elsewhere in the county, a man in his early 40s was killed as a result of a two-vehicle collision near Crossgar, with heavy rain blamed for the treacherous driving conditions. Five other motorists had to be pulled from their vehicles near Moira when flood waters entrapped them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 14 August\nThe Irish Insurance Federation said the cost of compensating the victims of the floods could reach tens of millions of euro. Victims of a 2002 flooding in Ringsend called on the Irish Government to provide humanitarian assistance to those whose homes were devastated by the 2008 series of floods. In County Sligo, the Arigna to Geevagh Road was reported to still be blocked due to a landslide around Gleann. In County Leitrim, the Dowra to Drumkeeran road was deemed passable as were the Drumkeeran to Manorhamilton and Kiltyclogher to Glenfarne roads. In County Meath, the flooding receded on the N2 at Balrath near Kentstown making the road passable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 16 August\nSevere weather conditions were witnessed across the country. The M4 between the Maynooth and Kilcock exits was closed as a result of \"serious\" flooding. The Clane to Kilcock Road was blocked and the Kilcock to Summerhill road was reduced to one lane due to the floods. Motorists were asked to use the M7 due to the Newbridge to Naas road being partially closed from Tuckers roundabout. The road from Rathangan to Kildare town was described as \"impassable\". The Clifden to Westport road near Letterfrack was blocked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 16 August\nIn County Wicklow, Rathnew experienced what was described as \"severe flooding\" and the Wicklow to Rathnew and Trim to Dublin roads were impassable The Skreen to Walterstown road was closed, although the Navan/Slane road was later deemed passable. In County Tipperary, a bridge at Ballynunty collapsed following heavy rain. The Park Road in Ravensdale, County Louth was impassable. Severe flooding in County Monaghan blocked the Castleblayney to Lough Egish road at the bypass bridge whilst flooding was reported along the N54 Monaghan to Clones road and on the Carrickmacross to Ballybay road. The Tramore road in County Waterford was impassable from the Ballindud roundabout to Tramore. There were also reports of localised flooding in parts of Dublin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 16 August\nA section of one of the busiest roads in Northern Ireland, the Westlink in Belfast, was closed after flooding put the new Broadway underpass under six metres of water. Five cars entered the underpass while it was under two metres of water and had to be abandoned. Northern Ireland's Minister for Regional Development, Conor Murphy, ordered an investigation into why the recently constructed \u00a3104 million (\u20ac132 million) underpass was flooded. It was the first time the underpass had had to cope with heavy rain. Northern Ireland's Environment Minister Sammy Wilson announced a compensation package for those whose homes were affected by the flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 17 August\nCarlow town was the centre of the flood alerts on 17 August. Rising waters from the River Barrow led to over 100 people being evacuated from a four-storey apartment block on Centaur Street. Kennedy Street was closed off. The Civil Defence was monitoring two other apartment blocks ready to evacuate them if waters rose further. Elsewhere in the county, the road between Tullow and Rathtoe was blocked after a two-car collision in which six people were injured. The wounded were brought to St. Luke's General Hospital in Kilkenny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 17 August\nGarda\u00ed reported that there was still flooding in Daingean and Edenderry in County Offaly where the canal had burst its banks. There were reports of flooding around Clonygowan. In County Laois, Mountmellick's main street was flooded, whilst the Mountmellick to Ballyfinn (R423) and Mountmellick to Derryclooney roads were both impassable due to flooding. Diversions were in place on the N77 Kilkenny to Durrow road because of flooding at Ballyragget. In County Galway the N59 on the Oughterard side of Moycullen was partially blocked after a truck overturned. In Northern Ireland, the M1 reopened inbound from Black's Road to Stockman's Lane and outbound from Saintfield Road. The M2 fully re-opened. Stena Line's fastferry sailings between Rosslare and Fishguard on the 18th were cancelled due to severe weather forecast for the south Irish Sea, causing severe passenger disruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 937]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 18 August\nCarlow town remained the worst affected area by the flash floods. Roads were flooded in County Offaly, County Tipperary, County Kilkenny, County Laois and County Galway. Parts of Carlow town were under almost two metres of flood water after the River Barrow burst its banks following heavy rainfall. Approximately 100 people spent the night in a hotel when they had to evacuate their apartment block on Centaur Street. Others were ferried to and from work in the morning by the Civil Defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 18 August\nMinister for the Environment John Gormley, visited Carlow to view the crisis, and said that the contract for flood defences would proceed \"as quickly as possible\". Staff at Winnie Dalgarno's flooded pet store in Graiguecullen had to take animals home when electricity was switched off. Winnie said: \"We have lost a few reptiles, our birds have been badly affected, we had 20 hamsters floating, I have had to put rabbits in bird cages.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 18 August\nIn Ennis, the body of 31-year-old cook and father-of-one, Przemyslaw Jablonski was recovered from the River Fergus. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Meath County Council advised people in Athboy to boil all water they used from the mains supply. Supply was shut down as a precautionary measure after a local river burst its banks, threatening to contaminate the drinking water supply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 18 August\nEircom reported nearly 4,300 faults over the previous weekend, with 6,500 reported faults that day. The worst affected areas included Clontarf, Blanchardstown, Phibsboro, Portmarnock, Leixlip and Clane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 18 August\nFlooding at Portadown caused delays of up to 90 minutes on the Dublin to Belfast train service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 19 August\nDrinking water was delivered to hundreds of households in County Sligo where flood water caused problems with the fresh water supply. Sligo County Council issued notice for people to boil water before use. Boil notices were also in place in parts of County Meath \u2013 Athboy, Kildalkey and R\u00e1th Cairn \u2013 following the bursting of a river's banks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197247-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish flash floods, Timeline of events, 19 August\nSpeaking on RT\u00c9 Radio's News at One, Environment Minister John Gormley said despite the economic downturn, money would be made available to provide flood defences for Carlow whose flood waters were subsiding (although a number of streets remained closed with dozens of residents who were forced to leave their apartments still being housed in temporary accommodation). The Office of Public Works said that contracts for flood defence systems would soon be finalised for towns such as Mallow, Ennis and Clonmel. Speaking on Morning Ireland, Tom Sherlock, principal officer of engineering services at the OPW, expressed confidence that new flood defence schemes already in place in some towns would hold for many years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis\nThe Irish pork crisis of 2008 was a dioxin contamination incident in Ireland that led to an international recall of pork products from Ireland produced between September and early December of that year. It was disclosed in early December 2008 that contaminated animal feed supplied by one Irish manufacturer to thirty-seven beef farms and nine pig farms across Republic of Ireland, and eight beef farms and one dairy farm in Northern Ireland, had caused the contamination of pork with between 80 and 200 times the EU's recommended limit for dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs i.e. 0.2 ng/g TEQ fat (0.2 ppb).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis\nThe Food Safety Authority of Ireland moved on 6 December to recall from the market all Irish pork products dating from 1 September 2008 to that date. The contaminated feed that was supplied to forty-five beef farms across the island was judged to have caused no significant public health risk, accordingly no recall of beef was ordered. Also affected was a dairy farm in Northern Ireland; some milk supplies were withdrawn from circulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis\nWithin days thousands of jobs were either lost or under threat at pig processing plants across the country, as processors refused to resume slaughter of pigs until they received financial compensation. Pork supplies to a total of twenty-three countries was affected, thirteen within the European Union and the remainder outside in an area across at least three continents. Countries affected include: Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Estonia, the UK, France, Portugal, Cyprus, Romania, Russia, the United States, Canada, Switzerland, China, South Korea, Japan and Republic of Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis\nIt is now suspected that the oil that contaminated the offending pig feed with dioxins came from County Tyrone. Some reports suggest the recovery of the Irish pork market would take up to a decade. The Irish government has been criticised over its handling of the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis\nOn 18 December 2008, it was disclosed that the beef samples from the affected farms had dioxin levels between 100 and 400 times the legal limit. However the Irish authorities insisted that the threat to public health from Irish beef products, even though the dioxin levels were higher than in the affected pork, was insignificant. On 25 January 2009, Chinese quarantine authorities seized over 23 tonnes of frozen and contaminated Irish pork which was imported by a company in the city of Suzhou in October 2008. On 28 January 2009, Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture was told by Indaver Ireland managing director John Ahern that Ireland could \"sleepwalk\" into another pork crisis if the Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, continued with his plans to commence widespread use of mechanical biological treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 849]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Background\nOn the evening of 6 December, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland ordered the recall, withdrawal and destruction of all Irish pork products dating back to 1 September. It was announced that \"dioxins & dioxin like PCBs\", a group of highly toxic synthetic halogenated organic compounds, had been discovered in pork at levels between 80 and 200 times the EU's recommended safety limits. This contamination, which was first realised on 1 December, came about as a result of contamination of pig feed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Background\nThe positive results for dioxins and dioxin like PCBs were confirmed on the afternoon of 6 December and announced within hours. The Irish general public were advised to destroy all their purchased pork products as Ireland's Department of Agriculture and the Food Safety Authority had initiated an investigation. Contaminated feed was used at as many as forty-six farms in the Republic of Ireland of which thirty-seven raised cattle for beef and nine produced pork. Additionally, contaminated feed was used on eight cattle farms in Northern Ireland. Beef products, from cattle who may have been fed contaminated feed, were judged to be safe and were not recalled from market. One cattle farm in Northern Ireland used the feed for beef and dairy cattle, and milk from this farm was removed from the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 839]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Background\nFollowing the discovery, the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen and the Irish Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith attended talks at their government's Department of Agriculture. Alongside them were the Minister for Health, Mary Harney and Minister of State for Food, Horticulture and Food Safety, Minister of State for Food and Horticulture, Trevor Sargent and Minister of State (with special responsibility for Health Promotion and Food Safety), Mary Wallace. The opposition party Fine Gael's spokesperson for agriculture, Michael Creed described the discovery as \"potentially the biggest threat to the agriculture food sector since the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Background\nOn the afternoon of 7 December, the FSAI claimed identification of the source as a contaminated ingredient which had been added to pork feed, and said it was now considered that the profile of dioxins located is similar to those found in electronic transformer oils. On the evening of that same day, RT\u00c9, the state-run broadcaster, reported that the source of the crisis was a processing plant in County Carlow (see #Millstream Power Recycling Limited). A garda investigation was launched.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Background\nThe Association of Pigmeat Processors refused to continue slaughtering pigs, insisting they needed a massive financial package (up to \u20ac1 billion) from the Irish government to assist them with the mass recall. The European Union maintained that there would be no funding for the Irish pork industry in the wake of the crisis. Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny criticised the Irish government, calling the crisis \"an unmitigated disaster\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Affected products\nMost pork products are at risk of contamination; however, pork gelatine, products containing pork gelatine such as sweets, crisps and snack foods and sauces with pork or ham content are not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Health effects of dioxins and PCBs\nDioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are two groups of predominately man-made toxic chemicals which, when consumed, affect both the immune and reproductive systems and are classified as probably carcinogenic by the World Health Organization and in the United States by the National Cancer Institute and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The toxicity of dioxins and dioxin like PCBs is mediated by their ability to bind strongly to the aryl hydrocarbon cell receptor that is present in most animals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Health effects of dioxins and PCBs\nSeveral epidemiological studies have observed a correlation between high levels of dioxins and PCBs in humans and a wide variety of adverse health effects e.g. chloracne, lowering of IQ, dysfunction of the thyroid gland and reduction of thyroid hormone levels, elevated rates of endometriosis in women, higher levels of diabetes in women, precocious puberty in females and subtle developmental delay in children, as evidenced by altered play activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Health effects of dioxins and PCBs\nMales appear to be more sensitive to poisoning by high levels of dioxins & dioxin-like PCBs and are more likely to develop severe symptoms e.g. young men poisoned by TCDD (the most toxic dioxin) are less likely to father boys. See Geusau et al. (2001) who describe the clinical manifestations of two extremely severe (and probably criminal) dioxin poisoning cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Health effects of dioxins and PCBs\nMuch of the hazard posed by dioxins and PCBs comes from their environmental persistence and their lipophilic nature, resulting their propensity to accumulate in the food chain, particularity in the fat of animals. About 80% of human exposure to dioxins and PCBs comes from animal derived foods e.g. poultry, beef and dairy. However, the health effects and risks of long-term, low-level exposure to the general public cannot be observed directly, and are highly controversial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Health effects of dioxins and PCBs\nIt is not known if the dose response relationship at low-levels of exposure is sub-linear or linear, or has a threshold i.e. harmless at very low levels. Risk assessments are further complicated by the observation that contamination typically involves a complex mixture of related chemicals, the toxicity of each varies and has to be factored according to its Toxic Equivalency Factor (TEF) (where TCDD = 1). The product of TEF is the Toxic Equivalent Quantity (TEQ), and it is this value that is used in risk assessments (an on-line ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Health effects of dioxins and PCBs\nThe European Union (EU) uses a linear dose response curve at low-levels of exposure, below the point where there are epidemiological data. In other words, the EU assumes there is no safe level of dioxins and PCBs. Accordingly, the European Union sets extremely stringent limits for dioxin and dioxin like PCBs in food, set just above the usual background levels found in various food categories e.g. fish, poultry, beef, pork etc. The limit set for dioxins in pork fat and meat is 1 pg/g TEQ i.e. 1 parts per trillion (ppt) (see swimming pool illustration). The maximum dioxin contamination measured in Irish pork was 0.2 ng/g TEQ fat (200 ppt), equivalent to dispersing 10 drops of TCDD throughout a 2.5 million litre Olympic sized swimming pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Millstream Power Recycling Limited\nRT\u00c9 News has named the company behind the contaminated animal feed as Millstream Power Recycling Limited, located just outside Fenagh, County Carlow in the south-east of the country. All production at the plant was stopped in the week before the announcement, when a link between it and the contaminated feed was first suspected. A representative of the firm, Edward Curtin, denied reports of a use of industrial oil in the contaminated pig feed, saying that, whilst oil is used to power the machinery used for processing, he is not certain that this is the source of the outbreak. The oil, at the firm's insistence, was only ever purchased from \"legitimate suppliers\" within the Republic of Ireland. The owner of Millstream Power Recycling Limited was named as Robert Hogg (43).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 844]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, The Irish pork industry\nThe pork industry is the fourth biggest in Ireland's agriculture sector, worth around \u20ac400 million per year to the Irish economy. The country's farms produce over 3 million pigs per annum, almost 50% of which are consumed within the Republic. The remainder is exported, heavily to the neighbouring territories of Northern Ireland and Britain, but it also features in grocery stores and processed meats throughout two continents \u2013 Europe and Asia. In 2007, Ireland exported 113,000 tons of pig meat, nearly half of which went to the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, The Irish pork industry\nOver 500,000 live pigs were also shipped to the UK for slaughter and processing in that country. Ireland's other major customers of its pork are Germany, the buyer of 9,000\u00a0tons in 2007; France, Italy and several countries within the boundaries of Eastern Europe, which together purchased over 20,000\u00a0tons, Russia, the buyer of 6,600\u00a0tons, and China, which came into the ownership of 1,100\u00a0tons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Effects\nWithin two days of the first announcement 1,800 jobs had been lost in the Irish pig industry with a further 6,000 jobs said to be at risk by Ireland's largest trade union SIPTU. Ireland's largest pig meat processor, Rosderra Irish Meats Group Ltd., turned away all of its 850 employees at four plants on 8 December, telling them to sign up for state unemployment benefits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Effects\nWorkers in the pork industry who were laid off in the wake of the crisis, including those from affected plants in Edenderry, Waterford and Kilkenny, were carried out a lunchtime protest at Leinster House (government buildings in Dublin) on 11 December. SIPTU organised the demonstration citing \"delays in resuming production\" and the financial \"dire straits\" some workers were in as their reasons. Processors halted the slaughtering of pigs until the Irish government promised them financial reparation. c.100,000 pigs were slaughtered and the estimated costs of the crisis was \u20ac100 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Reactions, Local reactions\nWithin hours a number of local newspapers in Ireland including the Longford Leader and the Leitrim Observer had reproduced copies of the same Press Association article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Reactions, National reactions\nThe Food Safety Authority of Ireland moved immediately to reassure the general public of Ireland. Speaking on RT\u00c9 Radio on the morning after the initial announcement, Deputy chief executive of the FSAI, Alan Reilly said it was \"necessary as a precautionary measure\" to remove all pork products from within the country. He said he \"expected\" pork products to be available again before the busy Christmas period got underway and is scheduled to meet government officials and retailers within hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 59], "content_span": [60, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Reactions, National reactions\nIrish hotels and guesthouses were immediately notified of the unfolding situation and asked to dispose of all their pork products by the Irish Hotels Federation. Some Tesco outlets initially only gave refunds for their own branded pork produce but have since begun issuing refunds to all affected Irish products. Superquinn however gave full refunds. A helpline set up by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland had received 3,000 calls within 72 hours of the outbreak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 59], "content_span": [60, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Reactions, International reactions\nThe UK's Food Standards Agency has said it does not believe its country's consumers face \"significant risk\" but it was still awaiting confirmation from the Irish authorities that the affected products had not been exported to its neighbour. Chief Scientist Andrew Wadge stated on his FSA blog that because dioxins remain in the body for approximately 30 years, exceeding regulatory limits for a few days has an \"insignificant\" effect on the individual consumer. The Tolerable Daily Intake standard sets a level that is without appreciable risk to health over a prolonged period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Reactions, International reactions\nIn Asia, South Korea has banned imports and advised retailers to stop selling Irish produce, Singapore was following suit, whilst China has \"provisionally\" stopped importation. Japan has also said it may recall Irish pork products.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Reactions, International reactions\nWithin twelve hours of the pork recall announcement, the international press was carrying the story and within thirty-six hours there were over 1,700 newspaper articles on the crisis globally. Tabloid The Sun announced the story as \"Toxic Irish pork is swept off shelves\" whilst the Daily Mirror opted for \"Poison pork panic: Irish pigs were fed on plastic bags\". Daily Express ran the story under the banner headline \"Shoppers told: Don't eat toxic Irish pork\" and the Daily Mail went with the headline \"British shoppers 'may not be able to tell whether they have Irish poison pork in their fridge'\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Reactions, International reactions\nThe Times had the headline \"Shops rush to take Irish pork off shelves\", warning that EU labelling laws meant pork originating in Ireland could have been labelled as British. Le Monde had the top-five most e-mailed website headline \"Dioxin alert in Irish pork\" and The Straits Times website had the crisis as its second most popular story. El Pa\u00eds reported its concern that contaminated meat might have arrived in Spain via France and Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0019-0002", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Reactions, International reactions\nThe New York Times, under the headline \"Ireland investigating tainted pork\" and The Washington Post, under the headline \"Ireland recalls pork products after dioxin test\", covered the story in their own short ways. AFP had the headline \"Ireland scrambles to contain pork cancer scare\" and the Xinhua News Agency was one of the earliest news agencies to follow the story with headlines including \"Irish police to investigate pork contamination\". CNN tagged the story as \"another red flag being waved over dinner tables this week with warnings from the Irish government not to eat its pork products\", comparing the crisis to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, bird flu and the 2008 Chinese milk scandal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Pork, Return to shelves\nSuperquinn has said it would have Irish pork, traceable to one farm in County Kilkenny on shelves by 11 December, becoming the first Irish supermarket chain to do so. However, as early as 7pm on 10 December Irish retailer Dunnes had approved Galtee ham back on shelves for sale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Other affected foods, Beef\nTwenty one cattle farms in the Republic were discovered to have used the contaminated pig feed, whilst eight cattle farms used it in Northern Ireland. It was disclosed on 18 December 2008 that beef samples from the affected farms had dioxin levels between 100 and 400 times above the legal limit. The Irish authorities went to great lengths to insist that the threat to public health from Irish beef products, despite the extremely high dioxin levels, was insignificant. It was noted that the official announcement made no reference to the dioxin levels being 100 to 400 times the legal limit. In a statement the FSAI recommended \"that cattle which are locked down from these 21 farms should now be slaughtered and not allowed enter the food chain\". There was to be no public recall of Irish beef. The European Commission was being kept informed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 897]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Other affected foods, Beef\nHowever, 3,000 animals from these herds have been slaughtered and have already entered the food chain since September. The UK's Food Standards Agency was conducting tests to assess the level of dioxins present in Northern Irish cattle herds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Other affected foods, Milk\nOne farm in Northern Ireland has been identified as having fed contaminated animal feed to dairy cattle. Northern Ireland's Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Michael McGimpsey has announced restrictions on milk supplies in the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, European Food Safety Authority's statement\nIn its statement issued on 10 December 2008, The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) considered that the levels of dioxin & dioxin like PCBs in Irish pork, before the contaminated pork was withdrawn, posed no risk to health. The EFSA calculated a number of different exposure scenarios, and they found that if a consumer ate Irish pork each day over the 90-day period, 10% of which was contaminated, the \"increase in the body burden [would be] of no concern for this single event\". In the \"very extreme case\" of eating large amounts of 100% contaminated Irish pork every day over the 90-day period in question, the EFSA considered that \"this unlikely scenario would reduce protection, but not necessarily lead to adverse health effects\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, European Food Safety Authority's statement\nHowever the EFSA warns that its calculations are \"Based on the very limited new data related to the current contamination incident of pork, which were made available to EFSA\" and concludes its statement with the \"EFSA based this statement on a limited data set\". It also makes clear that its calculations assumed that exposure at these high levels only began in September 2008. If it would be found that the animal feed had been contaminated prior to September 2008 then it would be have to re-evaluate its findings. The statement did not address the issue of contaminated beef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Criminal investigation\nA criminal investigation commenced in December 2008 and on 6 March 2010 it was reported in the Irish Times that a criminal prosecution would be taken in relation to the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197248-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Irish pork crisis, Civil case\nMillstream Recycling Ltd. has taken a civil case against Gerard Tierney of Blackrock, and against his company Newtown Lodge Ltd. Millstream claims its pig feed products were contaminated by \"defective\" oil supplied by Mr. Tierney and his company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197249-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championship\nThe 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championship was a triathlon competition held in Clearwater, Florida on November 8, 2008. The race was sponsored by Foster Grant and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. The championship race is the culmination of the Ironman 70.3 series of events that took place from October 2007 to September 2008. Athletes, both professional and amateur, earn a spot in the championship race by qualifying in races throughout the 70.3 series. The 2008 championship race was represented by athletes from 52 different countries and 46 different U.S. States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197249-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, Qualification\nThe 2008 Ironman 70.3 Series featured 29 events that enabled qualification to the 2008 World Championship event to its top age group finishers, with all races also awarding professional slots. Some 70.3 events also acted as qualifiers for the full Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. The 70.3 Series expanded the number of qualifying races from 23 in 2007 to 29 events in 2008. Those events added included races at Geelong, Australia, Penha, Brazil (replacing the race in Brasilia), Huntsville, Ontario, Puc\u00f3n, Chile, Haikou, China, Buffalo City, South Africa, Boise, Idaho, Lawrence, Kansas, and Providence, Rhode Island. Events in Port Macquarie and Ensenada, Baja California were discontinued from the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 767]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197250-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ironman World Championship\nThe 2008 Ford Ironman World Championship was held on October 11, 2008 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. It was the 32nd such Ironman Triathlon World Championship, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978. The champions were Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington. The championship was organised by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197250-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ironman World Championship, Medallists, Women\nThe championship race had a total of 1,731 athletes competing (1,256 men and 475 women) from 51 countries started the race with 1,634 finished, 94 did not finish and 3 were disqualified. A maximum temperature of 81.6\u00a0\u00b0F (27.6\u00a0\u00b0C) made for warm racing conditions with wind gusts reaching 13.0\u00a0mph (20.9\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197250-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ironman World Championship, Qualification\nTo enter for the 2008 World Championship race, athletes were required to qualify through performance at an Ironman or selected Ironman 70.3 race, through Hawaii residency, through a random allocation lottery, or by invitation from the WTC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197250-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ironman World Championship, Qualification\nThe Ironman 2008 Series consisted of 21 Ironman qualifying races plus the Ironman World Championship 2008 which was itself a qualifier for the 2009 Ironman World Championship. The series started with Ironman Wisconsin 2007 held on September 9, 2007, and in total 1,800 athletes qualified for the World Championship race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197250-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ironman World Championship, Qualification, Qualifying Ironmans\nThere were 33,769 recorded Ironman finishing times during the 2008 series, with the fastest time of 7:59:55 set by Chris McCormack in the Ironman European Championship 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197251-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Anglesey County Council election\nThe 2008 Isle of Anglesey Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members of the Isle of Anglesey County Council in Wales. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election was on 10 June 2004 and the next full council election was held on 2 May 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197251-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Anglesey County Council election, Election result\nForty county councillors were elected from forty electoral wards (by the 2013 election this had been reduced to 30 councillors and eleven electoral divisions). Seven seats had no election because there were no opposing candidates (this was a reduction in comparison with 2004, when 14 seats were uncontested).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197251-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Anglesey County Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election a group of Independent councillors, known as the Original Independents and led by Cllr Phil Fowlie, formed a coalition with Plaid Cymru to control the council. Cllr Fowlie resigned from the council (and his Rhosneigr ward) in 2009 after the council continued to be embroiled in controversy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197251-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Anglesey County Council election, By-elections prior to 2013 elections\nA by-election was held in the Rhosneigr ward in November 2010, following the resignation of Independent councillor (and former council leader) Phil Fowlie in September 2010. The seat was won by independent candidate, Richard Dew, by 261 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT\n2008 Isle of Man TT Festival was held between Saturday 24 May and Saturday 7 June on the 37.733-mile Snaefell Mountain Course and was the 89th Isle of Man TT Race. After the 2007 Centenary TT Races, the 2008 event included a second 600cc Supersport Junior TT race and the re-introduction of two-stroke motor-cycle racing with a Lightweight TT and Ultra-Lightweight TT race on the (4.25 mile) Billown Circuit in the Isle of Man.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT\nFor the 2008 Isle of Man TT Races, following the deaths of a race competitor and two spectators at the 26th Milestone during the 2007 Senior TT a number of changes occurred in spectator safety and road widening occurred at Braddan Bridge and a new link road and mini-roundabout at Governor's Bridge. The race organisation changed with the Manx Motor Cycle Club (MMCC) replaced by ACU Events Ltd a subsidiary of the Auto-Cycle Union (ACU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT\nA contract for the official course vehicles was awarded to Audi in a 3-year deal to celebrate the win by the pre-war Audi satellite company DKW by Ewald Kluge in the 1938 Isle of Man TT Races. A further contract was awarded to Yamaha UK to provide motor-cycles and support for the TT Travelling Marshalls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT\nThe Isle of Man TT competitor Martin Finnegan was killed while racing at the Tandragee 100 Races on 3 May 2008 and this was followed by the former Isle of Man TT and Manx Grand Prix winner Robert Dunlop who died in an accident on 16 May 2008 at Mather's Cross during practice for the 2008 North West 200 Races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Practice Week 2008\nThe first practice session for 2008 Isle of Man TT Races featured an evening untimed session and Newcomers control lap on Saturday 24 May 2008. It was Guy Martin, despite a crash at the 2008 Pre-TT Classic earlier in the day, that dominated the first timed practice session on Monday 26 May 2008 with a lap of 17 minutes and 57.83 seconds an average speed of 126.020\u00a0mph on a 1000cc Honda for the Superbike TT race. The 2008 TT Newcomer, James McBride had a high speed crash at Gorse Lea on Monday evening practice suffering leg fractures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Practice Week 2008\nThe Italian competitor Angelo Conti crashed at the 33rd Milestone and suffered minor injuries. There was a 2-day interlude to practice during Tuesday and Wednesday of practice caused by weather conditions on the Mountain Section of the course. It is announced that the replacement to the injured James McBride would be Michael Dunlop after the recent death of his father Robert Dunlop and his recent win in the 250cc class at the 2008 North West 200 Races had decided to compete at the 2008 Isle of Man TT races after all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superbike TT Race\nWith problems with cancellations due to poor weather on the Snaefell Mountain Course the pole time for the Superbike TT race was set by John McGuinness in 17 minutes, 32.24 seconds an average speed of 129.085\u00a0mph. The 6 lap (226.38 miles) Superbike TT Race was scheduled for mid-day start on Saturday 31 May 2008 and the first competitor away from the TT Grandstand was Guy Martin who was delayed by 10 seconds from his designated start-time due to confusion in the pre-stage area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superbike TT Race\nThe next competitor, Conor Cummins riding a 1000cc Yamaha with a start interval of 10.00 seconds was delayed by about 4 seconds and John McGuinness at number 3 was delayed by 7 seconds and McGuinness said;- \"....still pulling one of my gloves on when I heard Martin's bike going down towards Bray Hill. I screamed at the boys to get the warmers off. I think everyone thought there was a delay. No one had called us forward.\" The delays were accounted for in the lap-timing, although John McGuinness and 1000cc Honda was sidelined with an electrical mis-fire and pulled-in at Glen Helen on lap 2 and Guy Martin retired on lap 4 at Sulby with an oil-leak to his Honda motor-cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superbike TT Race\nThe early lead was held by Ian Hutchinson at Glen Helen on lap 1 riding a 1000cc Yamaha and only 8 seconds covered the top 12 competitors. Despite the delayed start, Guy Martin stormed to the lead by Parliament Square in Ramsey on lap1 by 0.43 seconds from John McGuinness with the Australian Cameron Donald riding a 1000cc Suzuki in 3rd place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superbike TT Race\nDespite the delay and the standing-start, Guy Martin set a new lap record for the Superbike TT in 17 minutes and 32.09 seconds an average speed of 129.103 and led John McGuinness by 3.98 seconds and Cameron Donald by 6.75 seconds in 3rd place on corrected time on lap 1. The old lap record was broken by McGuinness on lap 1 at an average speed of 128.617\u00a0mph, although was reported touring at Laurel Bank on lap 2 retiring at Glen Helen and McGuinness explained that;- \".... The Bike suffered a slight misfire at the top of the Mountain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superbike TT Race\nIt got progressively worse after that and I could't continue after Ballacraine.\" After the retirement of John McGuinness, the lead was extended by Guy Martin to 8.9 seconds over Cameron Donald in 2nd place and his New Zealand teammate Bruce Anstey in 3rd place. Another new lap record was established by Guy Martin for the Superbike TT on lap 2 at an average speed of 129.540\u00a0mph and after the pit-stop at the TT Grandstand led Cameron Donald by 14 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superbike TT Race\nThe lead was reduced to 10.21 seconds by Ramsey Hairpin by Cameron Donald on lap 3 and fellow Suzuki rider Adrian Archibald replaced Ryan Farquhar in 4th place. The Yamaha motor-cycle of Ian Hutchinson suffered an oil-leak at Union Mills forcing him to retire from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superbike TT Race\nWith the retirement of Guy Martin at Sulby Village on lap 4, also with an oil leak, the 2008 Superbike TT Race became the \" Down under Dice \" with Suzuki teammates Cameron Donald and Bruce Anstey increased their pace to produce laps at an average speed of 128.558\u00a0mph and 128.601\u00a0mph respectively. On the last lap, Bruce Anstey tried to increase his pace to wrestle the lead from his Suzuki teammate, \"I tried to pull away in the last-lap, but could't manage it so I let Cameron back in front again and just followed him home.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superbike TT Race\nThe 2008 Superbike TT was won by Cameron Donald in 1hour, 47 minutes and 5.89 seconds to set a new race record at an average race speed 126.82\u00a0mph and become the first Australian winner of an Isle of Man TT race since Graeme McGreggor won the 1984 Junior TT and Formula 2 TT races. In second place was Bruce Anstey at an average race speed of 126.826\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0005-0003", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superbike TT Race\nIn 3rd place, Adrian Archibald also riding a 1000cc Suzuki motor-cycle at an average race speed of 126.826\u00a0mph to produce a Suzuki 1-2-3 win at the 2008 Superbike TT Race. Run in warm weather and the winner Cameron Donald mentioned;- \"It was hot out there. The tar was melting in place.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Sidecar TT Race 'A'\nThe 3 lap (113.00 miles) Sidecar TT Race 'A' was run in the same warm weather conditions as the Superbike TT Race. It was the 600c LCR Honda outfit of Nick Crowe/ Mark Cox that had dominated practice with a fastest time of 19 minutes, 35.66 seconds an average speed of 115.534 set on Friday evening practice. The first competitor away from the TT Grandstand was the 600cc DMR Suzuki sidecar outfit of Dave Molyneux/Dan Sayle that immediately retired at the end of the pit-lane with clutch problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Sidecar TT Race 'A'\nThe 600cc LCR Suzuki of John Holden/Andrew Winkle led the Sidecar TT Race 'A' at Glen Helen by 1.86 seconds on lap 1 from the LCR outfit of Nick Crowe/ Mark Cox with the 600cc LCR Honda of Klaus Klaffenbock/Christian Parzer in third place a further 3.36 seconds behind the leaders. At Ballaugh Bridge on the first lap, John Holden/Andrew Winkle had extended their lead to 3.5 seconds and to 6 seconds by Ramsey Hairpin over Nick Crowe/Mark Cox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Sidecar TT Race 'A'\nThe 600cc LCR Honda sidecar of Klaus Klaffenbock/Christian Parzer retired just before Parliament Square in Ramsey and the 600cc Yamaha of Steve Norbury/Rick Long now moved into 3rd place and the 600cc Suzuki of Simon Neary/Jamie Winn into 4th place. As Nick Crowe/Mark Cox increased their race pace, the lead of John Holden/Andrew Winkle fell from 5.3 seconds at the Bungalow to 3.1 seconds at the end of lap 1 at the TT Grandstand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Sidecar TT Race 'A'\nAt Glen Helen on lap 2, the lead for John Holden/Andrew Winkle was now reduced to 0.19 seconds. Due to the increasing race speed of Nick Crowe/Mark Crowe and problems experienced by John Holden/Andrew Winkle with a failing rear shock absorber they slipped 4.19 seconds behind the new leaders of Crowe/Cox at Ramsey Hairpin on lap 2. The Yamaha sidecar of Steve Norbury/Rick Long retired at Handley's Corner on lap 2 allowing Simon Neary/Jamie Winn to claim 3rd place and to lead the 600cc LCR Suzuki of Tim Reeves/Patrick Farrance by just 0.23 seconds in 4th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Sidecar TT Race 'A'\nA lap of 19 minutes, 40.43 seconds an average race speed of 115.066\u00a0mph on lap 2 by Nick Crowe/Mark Cox was the fastest of the race and now led John Holden/Andrew Winkle by 9.8 seconds. This lead increased to 12 seconds by Glen Helen on lap 3 for Crowe/Cox and the Yamaha sidecar of Simon Neary/Jamie Winn retired at Union Mills allowing TT newcomer Tim Reeves/Patrick Farrance into 3rd place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Sidecar TT Race 'A'\nOn the final climb of the Mountain Section, Nick Crowe/Mark Cox extended their lead to 16.49 seconds to win Sidecar TT Race 'A' in 59 minutes and 22.80 seconds at an average race speed of 114.372\u00a0mph from John Holden/Andrew Winkle in 2nd place at an average race speed of 113.751\u00a0mph and the former World Sidecar Champion Tim Reeves/Patrick Farrance in 3rd place at an average race speed of 111.096\u00a0mph. Despite the fast race pace, Nick Crowe commented that;- \"The bike did not feel very fast today.... It wouldn't pull top gear properly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0007-0003", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Sidecar TT Race 'A'\nI may have overgeared it, but perhaps it was the heat.\". The 3rd place for Tim Reeves was the first podium place for a sidecar driver as a TT newcomer since Rolf Biland and Ken Williams finished 2nd in the 1977 Sidecar Race 'B.' In respect to his decision to enter the Isle of Man TT Races, Tim Reeves had some harsh comments;- \"I had some many doubters. So many said I wouldn't cut it here so this has just pi**ed in their Corn Flakes.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superstock TT Race\nThe first race on Monday 2 June 2008 was the 4 lap (150.92 miles) Superstock TT Race for 1000cc motor-cycles conforming to the 2008 MCRCB Superstock Regulations. The practice leaderboard for the Superstock TT Race was headed by Ryan Farquhar riding a 1000cc Kawasaki motor-cycle with a time of 17 minutes and 52.41 seconds an average speed of 126.657\u00a0mph set on Thursday evening practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superstock TT Race\nWith low mist on the Mountain Section course the 2008 Superstock TT Race went ahead without a delay in the start-time and race officials cleared the grid at the 2-minute race-start signal to prevent the problems that occurred at the start of the Superbike TT Race. At Glen Helen in mixed road conditions on lap 1, the 1000cc Honda motor-cycle of John McGuinness led Gary Johnson with a race number 16 and a start interval of 2 minutes 30 seconds, by 2.3 seconds from the Suzuki of Bruce Anstey in 3rd place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superstock TT Race\nBy the time that McGuinness arrived at Ramsey Hairpin on lap 1 the other competitors had increased their race pace and he now only led by 0.16 seconds from the Suzuki of Cameron Donald. With further damp patches between Ramsey Hairpin and the Water Works Corner and mixed weather including mist on the Mountain Section, it was Cameron Donald that seized the initiative and now led McGuinness at the Bungalow by a narrow margin of 1.10 seconds. The first lap was completed in 17 minutes and 53.12 seconds an average speed of 126.573\u00a0mph by Cameron Donald to lead John McGuinness by 1.75 seconds in 2nd place, the Kawasaki of Ryan Farquhar in 3rd place and the Honda of Gary Johnson relegated to 4th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superstock TT Race\nAlthough Guy Martin riding a Honda completed lap 1 in 6th place with a lap of 125.090\u00a0mph, he increased his race speed during lap 2 to 126.926\u00a0mph to move into 3rd place on the Mountain Section pushing the Yamaha of Conor Cummins into 3rd place. Race leader, Cameron Donald produced the fastest lap of the 2008 Supersport race in 17 minutes and 44.5 seconds an average speed of 127.544\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superstock TT Race\nA delay caused by an overflow of petrol for McGuinness during refuelling at a pit-stop at the end of lap 2 increased the lead for Cameron Donald to 8 seconds. Problems with a fuel-cap lost 5 seconds for Conor Cummins in pit-lane and allowed Ryan Farquhar to claim 4th place. The winner of the 2007 Superstock race, Bruce Anstey retired on lap 2 at the TT Grandstand after suffering with the effects of flu, while both Keith Amor and Gary Johnson retired at Governor's Bridge after running-out of petrol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Superstock TT Race\nOn lap 3, Cameron Donald increased the lead to 17.5 seconds, although on lap 4 McGuinness lapped at a speed of 126.619\u00a0mph to reduce the margin to 15.07 seconds on the last lap and Cameron Donald riding for Suzuki won the 2008 Superstock TT race in 1hour, 11 minutes and 59.69 seconds an average race speed of 125.776. After missing the 2007 Centenary TT races through injury, Cameron Donald celebrated a double-win and said the race was won due to the weather conditions;- \"...I was a bit surprised about the fog on the mountain.... Then I thought there is no traffic coming the other way and no kangaroos, so I put my head down and went for it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 1\nHeld in improving weather conditions the second race of the day was the 4 lap (150.92\u00a0mph) Junior TT race 1 for 600cc motor-cycles conforming to the 2008 MCRCB Supersport Regulations. The practice leaderboard for the Junior TT Race was headed by Ryan Farquhar riding a 600cc Kawasaki motor-cycle with a time of 18 minutes and 25.06 seconds an average speed of 122.915\u00a0mph set on Friday evening practice. The first competitor away from the TT Grandstand was the 600cc Honda of Guy Martin who retired on lap 1 at the Highlander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 1\nThe pre-race favourite, the 600cc Suzuki of Bruce Anstey led at Glen Helen by 1.7 seconds from the 600cc Yamaha of Ian Hutchinson and John McGuinness riding a Honda in 3rd place. After reaching the official timing point at Ballaugh Bridge on lap 1, Bruce Anstey now led by 6 seconds from McGuinness in 2nd place. The lead increased to 9.32 seconds by Ramsey Hairpin on lap 1 and the places behind the leader Anstey continued to change as Ryan Farquhar moved into 3rd place only 0.3 seconds behind McGuinness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 1\nOn the mountain section of the course the 600cc Honda of Keith Amor passed McGuinness for second place and Bruce Anstey completed lap 1 in 18 minutes and 9.04 seconds at an average speed of 124.723\u00a0mph to lead by 11.76 seconds. While Anstey continued to increase his lead to 15.2 seconds on lap 2 at Glen Helen, Keith Amor in 2nd place had only managed to marginally increase his lead over McGuinness from 1.19 to 1.3 seconds. At the Ramsey Hairpin on lap 2, Bruce Anstey led on the road and on corrected race-time by 23 seconds from Keith Amor and John McGuinness, Ian Hutchinson passed Farquhar for 4th place only to retire at Sulby on lap 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 1\nA lap of 123.600\u00a0mph on lap 3 by Steve Plater riding a 600cc Yamaha, passed Ian Lougher and Conor Cummins to claim 5th place. The fast race pace was continued by Bruce Anstey, completing lap 2 in 18 minutes and 3.40 seconds an average speed of 125.372 and breaking the lap record previously held by Guy Martin for the Junior TT by 1.63 seconds. At the pit-stop at the end of lap 2, Bruce Anstey led by 24.82 seconds from McGuinness who had regained 2nd place with a slender lead of 0.08 second of Keith Amor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 1\nA much faster pit-stop by McGuinness reduced the lead of Bruce Anstey by 5 seconds, although this advantage was reduced by Ballaugh Bridge on lap 3 and Anstey's lead was now back to 21 seconds. Another lap of 119.040\u00a0mph on lap 3 by Steve Plater elevated him to 4th place, passing the Kawasaki of Ryan Farquhar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0011-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 1\nThis was followed by another lap of 124.363\u00a0mph by Steve Plater on lap 4, passing Keith Amor at Glen Helen on corrected time for 3rd place and only 9 seconds behind McGuinness in 2nd place reducing the gap between Plater and McGuinness to 5 seconds at Ramsey Hairpin on the last lap. The Mountain Section again proved to be conclusive as Steve Plater passed McGuinness to claim 2nd place on corrected time by 0.87 seconds at the finish-line and 21.27 seconds behind the 1st place of Bruce Anstey with an average race speed of 122.927\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0011-0003", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 1\nA post-race technical inspection of the 600cc Suzuki of Bruce Anstey discovered an oversized exhaust-cam lifter at 8.75\u00a0mm as the Supersport regulations define a maximum limit of 8.00\u00a0mm. The TT race organiser accepted that a mistake by the race engine builder caused by a mis-labelled exhaust cam part resulted in the breach of the race homologation rules and the subsequent disqualification of the 600cc Suzuki of Bruce Anstey from first place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0011-0004", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 1\nThe revised result for the 2008 Supersport TT Race 1 elevated Steve Plater riding a 600cc Yamaha to 1st place in a race time of 1 hour, 14 minutes and 1.07 seconds at an average race speed of 122.338\u00a0mph. After his achievement to claim second place and then elevated to winner, Steve Plater said that;- \"I can't believe it. It's been a rollercoaster of emotions for me.... My head is a big snowball. I need to let it sink in for a while.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 2\nThe 4 lap (150.92\u00a0mph) Junior TT race 2 held on Wednesday 4 June 2008 was run in the shadow of the exclusion of Bruce Anstey for a technical infringement from Mondays Supersport race 1. Determined to make amends and again race favourite for Supersport race 2, Bruce Anstey found that it was the 600cc Yamaha of Ian Hutchinson that led by 0.4 second at Glen Helen on lap 1. This was increased to 1.0 seconds at Ballaugh Bridge and Ian Hutchinson led the 600cc Hondas of John McGuinness and Guy Martin in 3rd place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 2\nAs the official timing-point at Ramsey Hairpin was reached on lap 1, the 600cc Suzuki of Bruce Anstey now led by 0.41 second from Ian Hutchinson and Guy Martin. The 600cc Kawasaki of Ryan Farquhar was now in 4th place and was timed on the Sulby Straight at 172.50\u00a0mph as the 600cc Honda of John McGuinness slowed with an oil-leak and eventually retired at the end of the first lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 2\nThe winner of Mondays Superport race, Steve Plater retired his 600cc Yamaha at the Bungalow along with the 600cc Honda of Keith Amor on lap 1 after he had experienced a small fire on the descent down Bray Hill after a lead from the wiring-loom worked loose and melted on the carbon-fibre bodywork. It was Ian Hutchinson that produced a lap of 18 minutes and 13.09 seconds an average speed of 124.261\u00a0mph to lead Bruce Anstey by 0.83 seconds at the TT Grandstand on lap 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0012-0003", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Supersport Junior TT Race 2\nAs the pace increased, Bruce Anstey lapped in a new record time of 18 minutes and 3.51 seconds an average speed of 125.359 to lead Ian Hutchinson by 7.96 seconds. At the pits stops at the end of lap 2, Matts Nilsson was awarded a 5-second penalty for over-shooting the stop-box. At the Mountain Box on lap 3, Cameron Donald retired with mechanical problems as his teammate, Bruce Anstey continued to dominate the remainder of the Supersport Race to win in 1 hour, 13 minutes and 35.71 seconds at an average race speed of 123.041\u00a0mph. An obviously relieved Anstey said; -\"I wanted to put Monday behind me. The bike felt better than it did on Monday. If it had not been so windy on the Mountain Mile I could have gone faster and perhaps broken the race record.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Sidecar TT Race 'B'\nThe 3 lap (113.00 miles) Sidecar TT Race 'B' it was again the 600c LCR Honda outfit of Nick Crowe/ Mark Cox that had dominated the race and led the 600cc LCR Suzuki of John Holden/Andrew Winkle by 2.4 seconds at Glen Helen on lap 1 and the DMR 600cc Suzuki of Dave Molyneux/Dan Sayle in 3rd place. At Ballaugh Bridge the sidecar outfit of Dave Molyneux/Dan Sayle passed Holden/Winkle on corrected race time and were a full 5 seconds behind the leading sidecar crew of Nick Crowe/ Mark Cox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Sidecar TT Race 'B'\nAs the leaders approached the official timing at the Bungalow, the LCR outfit of Nick Crowe/Mark Cox had almost made-up the 10 second road starting difference completing lap 1 in 19 minutes and 48.35 seconds an average speed of 114.300\u00a0mph with a lead of 8.95 seconds. Passing Molyneux/Dan Sayle on the road at Braddan Bridge the lead for Nick Crowe/Mark Cox was 10.47 seconds ahead on lap 2 at Glen Helen. The 600cc Suzuki outfit of Kenny Howles/Doug Jewell crashed at the 11th Milestone on lap 2 and the sidecar crew were air-lifted to Nobles Hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Sidecar TT Race 'B'\nThe 600cc DMR Suzuki of Roy Hanks/Dave Wells retired at the Windy Corner on the same lap. The 2nd place crew of Dave Molyneux/Dan Sayle made a number of attempts to try to pass the leaders on lap 2 & 3 and Nick Crowe/Mark Cox won the Sidecar TT Race 'B' in 59 minutes and 34.76 seconds an average race speed of 112.989\u00a0mph. The winner Nick Crowe said the close racing with Dave Molyneux that;- \"....you could not have put a cigarette paper between us at times \u2013 in fact I'sure we did touch fairings in places.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Senior TT Race\nThe Blue Riband event of TT Race week was the Senior TT race over 6 lap (226.38\u00a0miles) of the Snaefell Mountain Course held on Friday 6 June 2008. A parade lap for Ducati racing motor-cycles held before the start of the Senior TT included former World Superbike Champion and TT race winner Carl Fogarty along with Trevor Nation, Frank Rutter and Michael Rutter. The former 1950s TT competitor Sammy Miller crashed a twin-cylinder 1978 Ducati 900SS motor-cycle at the Water Works Corner during the parade lap and was unhurt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Senior TT Race\nThe 12 noon start for the much anticipated Senior TT was expected to be a battle between the 2008 double TT winner Cameron Donald and his Suzuki teammate Bruce Anstey after claiming his 7th TT win a couple of days earlier to equal the number of wins of former TT competitor Mick Grant. The first competitor away from the TT Grandstand was the 1000cc Honda of Guy Martin. The local Isle of Man TT rider, Conor Cummins retired at the 2nd Milestone on lap 1 near Union Mills after his 1000cc Yamaha suffered an oil-leak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Senior TT Race\nAt Glen Helen on lap 1, despite also having a suspected oil-leak the 1000cc Honda of John McGuinness led by 0.4 seconds from the 1000cc Yamaha of Ian Hutchinson and the 1000cc Suzuki of Bruce Anstey in 3rd place. As the leaders of the Senior TT reached the official timing-point in Ramsey on lap 1, the Honda of McGuinness now led Bruce Anstey by 0.15 seconds and his Suzuki teammate Cameron Donald in 3rd place, followed by Guy Martin and Ian Hutchinson slipping to 5th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Senior TT Race\nA lap of 128.631\u00a0mph by Bruce Anstey from a standing start gave him a lead of 1.98 seconds over john McGuinness at the end of lap 1, increasing his lead to 2.5 seconds at Ballaugh Bridge on lap 2 and then to 4.5 seconds at the Bungalow on fast Mountain Section of the course and recording another lap at an average speed of 129.445\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Senior TT Race\nThe lap 2 pit-stops proved to be dramatic as Bruce Anstey promptly retired with a slipping-clutch and Guy Martin retired at the Quarterbridge after his pit-stop with a failed alternator. This left John McGuinness with a 4-second lead over the Suzuki of Cameron Donald on lap 3 and a 34-second lead over Ian Hutchinson in 3rd place. As the pace of the Senior TT race increased, the lead that McGuinness held fell to 2.0 seconds at Ballaugh Bridge on lap 3 to a lead of 0.1 seconds at the Ramsey Hairpin over Cameron Donald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Senior TT Race\nAt the start of lap 4, John McGuinness held onto a lead of 0.78 seconds at the TT Grandstand which he held until Ramsey on the same lap. The run over the Mountain Section proved to be crucial as with Bruce Anstey on lap 1 his Suzuki teammate, Cameron Donald claiming a lead of 3.1 seconds over the Honda of John McGuinness at the official timing-point at the Bungalow. A lap of 129.231\u00a0mph by Cameron Donald gave him a health lead going into the second pit-stop at the end of lap 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Senior TT Race\nDespite, John McGuinness having a slightly faster pit-stop he remained in 2nd place and the deficit was increased to 4.12 seconds at Glen Helen on lap 5 and by Ramsey this had increased to 6.74 seconds. As the Australian, Cameron Donald was on course for a prestigious hat-trick of TT wins on the last lap of the Senior TT the 6.74 second lead at the TT Grandstand fell dramatically to a 9.27 second deficit as the Honda of John McGuinness became the new leader at Glen Helen on lap 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0016-0003", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Senior TT Race\nAs Cameron Donald slowed his pace with an oil-leak from a split crankcase on the last lap, John McGuinness produced the fastest lap of the race in 17 minutes and 28.54 seconds an average speed of 129.517\u00a0mph which was only 6.73 seconds slower than the 130.354\u00a0mph outright record set during the 2007 Centenary TT Races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0016-0004", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Senior TT Race\nAfter 6 laps of the Snaefell Mountain Course, John McGuinness won the 2008 Senior TT race in 1 hour, 46 minutes and 47.69 seconds at an average race speed of 127.186\u00a0mph, the most dramatic Senior TT race since 1992 when Steve Hislop won the Senior TT after beating Carl Fogarty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0016-0005", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, Senior TT Race\nAfter claiming his 14th Isle of Man TT win and equalling the record of Mike Hailwood, in the winners enclosure John McGuinness said that;- \"It was the closest big-bike TT race I have been in....I was relieved to hear the British National anthem as I was getting tried of listening to the New Zealand and Australian ones.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, National Road Race Meeting 2008\nThe National Road Race Meeting, now the traditional final event of the Isle of Man TT Festival and was the venue for the re-introduction of two-stroke motor-cycle racing with a Lightweight TT and Ultra-Lightweight TT race on the Billown Circuit on Saturday 7 June 2008. Held in almost perfect weather and evening sunshine, the first race was the 12 lap (51.00 miles) 125cc Ultra-Lightweight TT race on the 4.25-mile Billown Circuit in Castletown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, National Road Race Meeting 2008\nThe leader from the start was the 125cc Honda of Chris Palmer leading by 3 seconds from Ian Lougher on lap 1, increasing his lead to 12 seconds over Lougher by lap 4. Despite being only in 7th place on lap 1 at Ballabeg Hairpin, Dan Sayle changing from a sidecar TT passenger to the solo class moved up to 3rd place by lap 3. With only 2 laps remaining, Chris Palmer led Ian Lougher by 20 seconds only for Lougher to have his chain break of his 125cc Honda on the exit of Castletown Corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, National Road Race Meeting 2008\nThe 2008 Lightweight TT Race was won by Chris Palmer in 32 minutes and 32.309 seconds at an average race speed of 94.042\u00a0mph from Dan Sayle and Nigel Moore in 3rd place. After the TT Race debut at the Billown Circuit, Chris Palmer was delighted with his win and said;- \"That last lap was a very long way, indeed 12 laps of this course is a heck of a distance for the little two-strokes as there is so much accelerating, braking and clutch-slipping. It is also pretty demanding as a rider. I reckon 12 laps of this course is harder than four laps of the Mountain.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, National Road Race Meeting 2008\nThe 2nd race of the Billown TT was the 12 lap (51.00 miles) 250cc Lightweight TT race and was closely contested event with Chris Palmer the race 1 winner grabbing the holeshot down to Ballakeighen Corner and to lead lap 1. The leader for the next 2 laps was Ian Lougher from Ryan Farquhar, Michael Dunlop and Chris Palmer in 4th place. By lap 4, Michael Dunlop claimed the lead from Ryan Farquhar who later led lap 6 by 0.1 second from Ian Lougher and Michael Dunlop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, TT Race Week 2008, National Road Race Meeting 2008\nA broken crankshaft ended Michael Dunlop's race at Ballabeg Hairpin on lap 9, while Ian Lougher edged away from the opposition in the remaining laps to win the 2008 Lightweight TT Race in 30 minutes and 22.495 seconds at an average race speed of 100.741\u00a0mph. In 2nd place was Ryan Farquhar who finished the 2008 National Road Meeting with a win on a 1000cc Kawasaki in the 9 lap (38.25 miles) support race in 21 minutes and 39.200 seconds at an average race speed of 105.988\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, Results, Race results, 2008 Superbike TT final standings.\nFastest Lap and New Lap Record: Guy Martin \u2013 129.540\u00a0mph (17'28.54) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 78], "content_span": [79, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, Results, Race results, 2008 Sidecar TT Race 'A' TT final standings\nFastest Lap: Nick Crowe and Mark Cox \u2013 115.066\u00a0mph (19'40.43) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 87], "content_span": [88, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, Results, Race results, 2008 Superstock TT final standings.\nFastest Lap: Cameron Donald \u2013 127.544\u00a0mph (17'44.95) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 79], "content_span": [80, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, Results, Race results, 2008 Supersport Junior TT Race 1 (Revised Result)\nFastest Lap: Steve Plater \u2013 124.127\u00a0mph (18'12.19) on lap 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 93], "content_span": [94, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, Results, Race results, 2008 Supersport Junior TT Race 2 Result\nFastest Lap and New Lap Record: Bruce Anstey \u2013 125.359\u00a0mph (18'03.51) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 83], "content_span": [84, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197252-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Isle of Man TT, Results, Race results, 2008 Sidecar TT Race 'B' final standings\nFastest Lap: Nick Crowe and Mark Cox \u2013 114.544\u00a0mph (19'45.81) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 84], "content_span": [85, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197253-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Israeli Basketball League Cup\nThe 2008 Israeli Basketball League Cup, for sponsorship reasons Winner Cup 2008 (Hebrew: \u05d2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05e0\u05e8, Gevi'a Winner), was the 3rd edition of the Israeli Basketball League Cup pre-season tournament. It was played between 12 October and 16 October at Malha Arena in Jerusalem and at Gan Ner Arena in Gan Ner. Hapoel Jerusalem has won the cup after beating Ironi Nahariya 84-69 in the final. MVP was Timmy Bowers (Hapoel Jerusalem).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197253-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Israeli Basketball League Cup, Tournament bracket\nThe teams were seeded according to their last season standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197254-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Israeli municipal elections\nMunicipal elections were held in Israel on 11 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197255-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Israeli tour bus crash\nThe 2008 Israeli tour bus crash was a road accident in southern Israel on 16 December 2008 in which a coach carrying Russian tour operators left the road and plunged into a ravine, killing 25. It is the deadliest traffic accident in Israel's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197255-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Israeli tour bus crash, The crash\nThe coach was carrying 60 passengers, a group of Russian tour operators from St Petersburg from Ovda International Airport to the holiday resort of Eilat. The accident occurred when the bus driver, Edward Gelfond, attempted to overtake another bus on a steep, winding stretch of the road. The bus crashed through the roadside safety barrier and fell 60 metres down a slope, turning over several times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197255-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Israeli tour bus crash, The crash\nIt was initially reported that 24 passengers had died; the figure later rose to 25. Another 33 people were hurt, including 23 in serious condition, and taken to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Yoseftal Medical Center in Eilat and Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197255-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Israeli tour bus crash, Cause\nGelfond, who survived the crash, claimed that something fell on him, causing him to lose control, though Minister of Transport and Road Safety Shaul Mofaz stated that there was a dispute between the two drivers and that the accident \"was the result of the drivers' thuggery.\" However, the second bus driver Rami Vazana has claimed there was no dispute, and that Gelfond had just been attempting to overtake him. Israel Police have stated that it is too soon to place the blame on a dispute between the two bus drivers. It was later revealed that Gelfond had 22 prior traffic convictions, whilst initial reports suggested that he was speeding at the time of the accident, claims which Gelfond denied. Investigators discovered that the coach's tachograph was missing the disc used to record speed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197255-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Israeli tour bus crash, Cause\nGelfond was arrested immediately after being released from hospital. On 14 July 2009 he was charged with manslaughter, and in 2014 was sentenced to 8 years in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197255-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Israeli tour bus crash, Reaction\nIsraeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, expressed sorrow over the \"horrific outcome\". He and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni conveyed condolences to the victims' families. A special emergency hotline began operating at the Jewish community center in St. Petersburg, and the Jewish Agency contacted the Russian embassy in Israel and offered to provide whatever assistance required by the families. The Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Tourism Ministry began operating a situation room aimed at facilitating the communication with the Russian embassy in Israel and the Russian government. Two Russian government planes took off to Israel, one carrying the victims' families and the other carrying doctors, medical equipment, psychologists and rescue teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire\nThe 2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire was an Egyptian-brokered six-month Tahdia (an Arabic term for a lull) \"for the Gaza area\", which went into effect between Hamas and Israel on 19 June 2008. According to the Egyptian-brokered agreement, Israel promised to stop air strikes and other attacks, while in return, there would not be rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza. Once the ceasefire held, Israel was to gradually begin to ease its blockade of Gaza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire\nDuring the initial week of the ceasefire, Islamic Jihad militants fired rockets on Israel. Under pressure from Hamas, Islamic Jihad had agreed to abide by the temporary truce, which was meant to apply only to Gaza, but had balked at the idea of not responding to Israeli military actions in the West Bank. The New York Times reported that the Islamic Jihad action broke the Hamas-Israeli Gaza truce. During the next 5 months of the ceasefire, Gazan attacks decreased significantly for a total of 19 rocket and 18 mortar shell launchings, compared to 1199 rockets and 1072 mortar shells in 2008 up to 19 June, a reduction of 98%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire\nThe agreement called on Israel to increase the level of goods entering Gaza by 30 percent over the pre-lull period within 72 hours and to open all border crossings and \"allow the transfer of all goods that were banned and restricted to go into Gaza\" within 13 days after the beginning of the ceasefire. The increase in supplies of food, water, medicine and fuel did improve, but the increase was only to an average of about 20 percent of normal levels. Two months later the volume of goods arriving was too low to significantly improved living conditions, preventing UNRWA from replenishing its stores. Israel told U.S. officials in 2008 it would keep Gaza's economy \"on the brink of collapse\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire\nOn 4 November 2008, Israel raided Gaza, killing six Hamas militants. The Israeli military said the target of the raid was a tunnel that they said Hamas was planning to use to capture Israeli soldiers positioned on the border fence 250m away. Hamas officials said that the tunnel was being dug for defensive purposes. Following the Israeli raid, Hamas launched barrage of rocket fire at targets in southern Israel. On 20 December, Hamas announced it would not renew the ceasefire. Israel commenced Operation Cast Lead, an organized ground and air assault against military and police targets in Hamas-controlled Gaza, on December 27, 2008, sparking the 2008-2009 Gaza conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Background\nAfter its 2006 Palestinian legislative election victory, Hamas assumed administrative control of Gaza, consolidating its this control after a military conflict with Fatah. Israel and Egypt then partially sealed their border crossings with Gaza, on the grounds that Fatah was no longer providing security. They imposed a blockade on the territory, prohibiting many exports and allowing only enough imported goods to avert a humanitarian or health crisis. After many acts of violence, foreign journalists left the Gaza strip due to the lack of security in the zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Background\nAs a result of the June 2007 tightening of the Israeli embargo on Gaza Hamas and other Palestinian paramilitias more than doubled the monthly number of Qassam rockets and mortars fired from the Gaza strip into Southern Israel. Israel conducted airstrikes and raids against Hamas and other targets in Gaza during 2007 and 2008. Hamas considers Israel an illegitimate state and Israel views Hamas as a terrorist group that must be dismantled. There is no mutually agreed text or enforcement mechanism in the understanding brokered between the two parties, neither of which recognizes the other, that would facilitate a formal ceasefire or armistice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Background\nAfter visiting Israel and Palestine in April 2008, former President Jimmy Carter stated that \"Palestinian leaders from Gaza were noncommittal on all issues, these leaders claimed that rockets were the only way to respond to their imprisonment and to dramatize their humanitarian plight. The top Hamas leaders in Damascus, however, agreed to consider a cease-fire in Gaza only, provided Israel would not attack Gaza and would permit normal humanitarian supplies to be delivered to Palestinian citizens.\" Hamas was willing to consider a cease-fire in both Gaza and the Fatah controlled West Bank, but the Israelis were only interested in a Gaza agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Background\nAt the beginning of the cease-fire, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated that \"We have no illusions. The calm is fragile and likely to be short-lived.\" He also said that \"Hamas is the address in Gaza, and it carries responsibility for everything that happens in Gaza\". Hamas leadership had low expectations as well. Just minutes before the start, Israeli aircraft fired on a Gazan rocket launching squad, killing one militant. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh described the proposed period in Arabic as a Tahdia, meaning a temporary moment of calm and not a formal cease-fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Background\nThe Israeli opposition in the Knesset blasted the agreement. Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu said, \"This is not a relaxation, it's an Israeli agreement to the rearming of Hamas... What are we getting for this?\" In Palestine, Authority President Mahmoud Abbas praised it, and he used the lull to seek reconciliation with Hamas. Ha'aretz has alleged that even at the very beginning of the cease-fire Defense Minister Ehud Barak prepared a comprehensive intelligence-gathering program setting up battle plans against Hamas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Terms\nThe United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) summarised the key components of the ceasefire as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Terms\nA report by the British House of Commons Library, published on 22 January 2009, provides Hamas' understanding of the terms of the ceasefire:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Terms\nThe agreement also provided for \"movement toward the release of Corporal Shalit\". On the day of the agreement the BBC referred to the Shalit issue as \"negotiations on the return of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit were expected to resume within a few days\". Instead, Shalit's release would be dependent on Israel agreeing to a prisoner swap, and be discussed separately from the truce, as Hamas wanted. Shalit's father and grandfather attacked the Israeli government for leaving the soldier out of the cease-fire agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress\nAccording to The New York Times, neither side fully respected the terms of the cease-fire. Hamas undertook to stop other groups from firing rockets at Israel. It took some days, but it was largely successful, with Hamas imposing its will and even imprisoning some of those who were firing rockets. Nonetheless some rockets still continued to be fired from Gaza. On the other hand, the Israeli blockade of Gaza was loosened, but the goods shipments, while up some 25 to 30 percent and including a mix of more items, never began to approach the pre-blockade levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress\nHamas hoped that the accord would lead Israel to suspend attacks on the West Bank and Gaza. Israeli forces continued to attack Hamas and other militants in the West Bank, prompting the rogue Palestinian militants in Gaza to fire rockets. The Israeli military also found several dozen improvised explosive devices and sniper fire cases on the Gaza border. Israel in turn hoped that the accord would lead to progress on negotiations for the release of Gilad Shalit; neither hope was met.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress\nUSA Today stated on 1 July that it was not clear how Hamas would know definitively whether a rocket was fired. Several militant factions operate inside Gaza. But Israel had taken a zero tolerance policy towards the truce in which every rocket and/or mortar attack would be punished in some way. On 11 August 2008 Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that a military invasion of the Gaza Strip would not stop cross-border rocket attacks by Palestinian militants, but that the seven-week-old truce mediated by Egypt had halted the barrages for the first time in years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0012-0003", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress\nHe said the numbers of short-range unguided rockets hitting Israel from Gaza had been reduced from hundreds to a handful. The same day a senior Hamas official said that the Islamic organization was not interested in renewing talks to free the abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit until Israel completely lifted the siege on Gaza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Israeli violations of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nPalestinian Center for Human Rights recorded several IDF violations in the early days of the lull.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Israeli violations of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nOn 19 June 2008, just a few hours after the beginning of the ceasefire Israeli forces opened fire against fishermen and farmers in Gaza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Israeli violations of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nOn 23 June, Israeli forces opened fire against children and farmers in northern Gaza Strip, wounding one of the farmers, Jameel 'Abdul Rahman al-Ghoul, 68, in the neck. Subsequently, a mortar was fired at Israel from Gaza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Israeli violations of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nOn 24 June 2008, Israel raided the city of Nablus on the West Bank, outside of the cease-fire area, killing a commander of Islamic Jihad and one other Palestinian. Before the raid, unknown militants had fired a mortar into Southern Israel. Later the same day, three Qassam rockets were fired from Gaza into Sderot, Israel, causing two minor injuries; Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, stating the attack was in response to the Israeli raid. Israel then closed border crossings into Gaza; this was criticized by Hamas which said Israel was \"backtracking on the calm\". MSNBC has described the violence that day as the truce's \"first serious test\". Both sides continued to pursue calm afterward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Israeli violations of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nOn 25 June, Israeli forces opened fire against farmers in southeastern Gaza Strip, injuring Salem Ahmed Abu Raida, 82, in the hand. Islamic Jihad threatened to renew rocket fire after the shooting. \"We will respond to every Zionist violation at a suitable time,\" a spokesman Abu Hamza said. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the closure of all the crossings into the Gaza Strip. In response the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade fired a Qassam rocket at the western Negev the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Israeli violations of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nOn 28 June IDF troops killed 7-year-old Mohamed Al Allami during a military operation in the village of Beit Omer, south of Hebron. Islamic Jihad fired a rocket or mortar shell into southern Israel, threatening to resume rocket attacks if Israel continued military operations in the West Bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Israeli violations of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nOn 29 June a Hamas official in charge of agriculture in the Gaza Strip Mohammad Ramadan Al-Agha said that the IDF was shooting at Gaza's farmers whenever they went to their land near the borders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Israeli violations of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nOn 1 July a Palestinian woman was shot and wounded in the leg by the Israeli Army near the Sufa border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip while she was tending her sheep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Israeli violations of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nOn 10 July Israeli troops killed an unarmed Palestinian near the border in the southern Gaza Strip, an IDF spokesman said. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed the victim had been one of its members. Palestinians fired two Qassam rockets into Israel's western Negev region, hours after the killing. Hamas arrested three militants from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades immediately after they launched the rockets at targets in Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Israeli violations of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nOn 14 July the PA Ministry of Agriculture said that 75 per cent of agricultural lands in the Gaza Strip had been razed by the IDF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Israeli violations of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nOn 23 July the IDF shot and wounded a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Hamas' observance of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nPrior to the incident on 4 November, in which Israeli forces destroyed a cross-border tunnel and killed six of its operatives, Hamas had been scrupulously adhering to the ceasefire \u2013 not firing rockets itself and reigning in other Palestinian groups. Hamas' adherence to the ceasefire was admitted by official Israeli spokesperson, Mark Regev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 108], "content_span": [109, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Hamas' observance of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nIn an interview with David Fuller on More4 News (a sister programme of the U.K.'s Channel 4 News) on 9 January 2009, two weeks into Israel's assault on Gaza, Regev explained that \"Success is freeing the civilian population of southern Israel from the fear of an incoming Hamas rockets.\" When Fuller put it to Regev that \"there were no Hamas rockets during the ceasefire before 4 November, there were no Hamas rockets for 4 months\", Regev replied: \"That\u2019s correct\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 108], "content_span": [109, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0024-0002", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Hamas' observance of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nSupport for Regev's view is found in a document provided to journalists, published by Israel's Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Centre: \"Hamas was careful to maintain the ceasefire\". Despite Israel's refusal to comply with the truce agreement to end the siege, Hamas brought rocket and mortar fire from Gaza to a virtual halt during the summer and fall of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 108], "content_span": [109, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0024-0003", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Hamas' observance of the ceasefire prior to 4 November 2008\nHamas \"tried to enforce the terms of the arrangement\" on other Palestinian groups, taking \"a number of steps against networks which violated the arrangement,\" including short-term detention and confiscating their weapons, but it could not completely end the rocket and mortar shell attacks by these rogue factions in Gaza. Hamas had sought support in Gazan public opinion for its policy of maintaining the ceasefire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 108], "content_span": [109, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Violations of the Hamas-Israel agreement by other Gaza organisations\nA week after the cease-fire agreement was reached, Hamas called on other Palestinian factions to abide by the truce. A rocket attack on Israel by al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades was condemned by Hamas as \"unpatriotic.\" Hamas claimed it would imprison anyone, from its own ranks or other groups, caught firing rockets, but also explicitly stated it would not police the border with Israel. On 28 June, Saeb Erekat, the PLO's chief negotiator, called upon all groups to honor the lull, calling it the \"supreme Palestinian interest\" above all else. The three rocket attacks made from 19 to 28 June led Israel to slow down the re-opening of Gaza border areas. On 29 June, the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center commented that Hamas preferred to exert outside pressure on the rocket attackers and refused to confront them directly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 117], "content_span": [118, 949]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Violations of the Hamas-Israel agreement by other Gaza organisations\nHamas believed that 19 June agreement required it to end rocket attacks upon Israel in exchange for an end of the blockade. According to The New York Times:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 117], "content_span": [118, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Violations of the Hamas-Israel agreement by other Gaza organisations\nIt took some days, but they were largely successful. Hamas imposed its will and even imprisoned some of those who were firing rockets. Israeli and United Nations figures show that while more than 300 rockets were fired into Israel in May, 10 to 20 were fired in July, depending on who was counting and whether mortar rounds were included. In August, 10 to 30 were fired, and in September, 5 to 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 117], "content_span": [118, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Violations of the Hamas-Israel agreement by other Gaza organisations\nOn 5 July Egyptian authorities found weapons and explosives in the Sinai desert they believe were destined for the Gaza Strip. On 8 July the IDF said Gaza militants fired a mortar shell into the western Negev in another violation of the truce. On 11 July Hamas arrested another four members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the village of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. On 12 and 13 July Gaza militants fired single rockets into Israel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 117], "content_span": [118, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Violations of the Hamas-Israel agreement by other Gaza organisations\nRocket and mortar attacks continued at a rate of several rockets per month. Shortly after the start of the truce, the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center commented that \"rogue terrorist organizations\" opposed to Hamas continued to carry out attacks. Nevertheless, rocket fire decreased 98% in the four and a half months between 18 June and 4 November when compared to the four and a half months preceding the ceasefire, since over 1,894 rockets were fired into Israel from 1 February to 18 June and just 37 were fired between 18 June and the beginning of November. However, the amount of rocket fire was only decreased by about 20% when comparing the lull in November 2008 to the time shortly before Hamas took power in Gaza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 117], "content_span": [118, 853]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Violations of the Hamas-Israel agreement by other Gaza organisations\nOn 20 November 2008, Human Rights Watch wrote an open letter to Ismail Haniya, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, and Khaled Mishaal, leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement, stating that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 117], "content_span": [118, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Violations of the Hamas-Israel agreement by other Gaza organisations\nWe recognize that until last week Hamas took efforts to halt rocket attacks by other groups as part of the 19 June ceasefire. However, throughout the ceasefire period other armed groups have continued to intermittently fire rockets from Gaza. As the governing authority in the Gaza Strip, it is your responsibility under international law to prevent such attacks, and to arrest and prosecute those who carry them out. We also urge you to take all necessary measures to curb such unlawful attacks whether or not the current ceasefire remains in place or is extended beyond its 19 December deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 117], "content_span": [118, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Violations of the Hamas-Israel agreement by other Gaza organisations\nSecurity forces under your control in Gaza have also demonstrated an ability to curb rocket fire. On at least two occasions, Hamas security personnel arrested people accused of firing rockets. On 10 July at least three members of the Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades were detained for firing rockets. All were later released however, and no charges were brought against them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 117], "content_span": [118, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Blockade agreements\nThe Palestinians who negotiated the cease-fire believed that the commerce in Gaza was to be restored to the levels preceding Israel's withdrawal in 2005 and Hamas's electoral victory. Israeli policy tied the easing of the blockade on success in reducing rocket fire. Israel permitted a 20% increase in goods trucked into Gaza in the pre-lull period, up from 70 to 90 truckloads a day, and that included not only humanitarian supplies but also clothes, shoes, refrigerators, and construction materials. Fuel supplies increased from 55MW worth to 65MW worth. BBC News reported on 11 November that Gaza was then receiving only 28% of the amount of goods traded before the Hamas takeover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Blockade agreements\nIsrael has stated that food imports into the Strip were restricted by its inability to operate at border checkpoints facing constant Palestinian attack, and not because of any Israeli-imposed limits. It has accused Hamas of exacerbating fuel shortages by leading labor union strikes by power plant workers. It has also accused Hamas of underfunding the Gaza health care system, and then blaming the situation on Israel despite its free trade of medical supplies. It maintains that some individuals claiming to require medical attention in Israel were in fact planning terrorist attacks, therefore forcing the government to impose travel restrictions. It also accused Hamas of continuing the smuggling of weapons into the Gaza strip via tunnels to Egypt, pointing out that the rocket attacks had not completely ceased.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 886]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Blockade agreements\nOver the one-month period from 4 November to 8 December, about 700 truckloads of goods went into Gaza, which is about the amount of material that would have gone through in a single day without a blockade. Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in mid-July that \"easing restrictions on Gaza crossings is going very slow and the population doesn't feel that there is basically a real truce and a normal life.\" Jimmy Carter has stated that he believes the cease-fire could have lasted had Israel been willing to lift the blockade and allow in an \"adequate\" amount of humanitarian supplies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Gilad Shalit\nA group of Gaza militants, including Hamas' armed wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, captured Israeli Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit in June 2006 and had held him as a hostage ever since, connecting his release to the Israel release of Palestinian prisoners. Israel directly tied his release to the cease-fire. However, the issue was not mentioned in the initial cease-fire itself, which led Shalit's father and grandfather to attack the Israeli government. In the early stage of the lull, Israeli officials had stated that they found \"a certain sense of progress\" on Shalit's release. Hamas considered Shalit's status to be entirely separate from the cease-fire negotiations themselves. It conditioned a deal about his release to the end of the Israeli blockade of Gaza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 831]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Ceasefire Progress, Gilad Shalit\nThe lack of progress in the Egyptian-supervised talks about Shalit severely strained the ceasefire. An offer by Israel in June to release 450 prisoners was rejected by Hamas, who asked for 1,000 prisoners. The Israelis believed that the demands for Shalit's release would increase with time. They also feared a public outcry by people whose relatives died in terrorist attacks perpetrated by the prisoners. Hamas' decisions also alienated it from the government of Egypt, which had linked the opening of the Gaza/Egypt border crossing with Shalit's release. Hamas did not consider the Egyptians to be an honest broker during these talks and looked for another mediator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Breaking of the Ceasefire\nOn 4 November 2008, the IDF made an incursion at least 250 meters into the Gaza Strip searching for a tunnel, claiming it was intended for the capture of Israeli soldiers and that it intended to continue with the truce, calling the raid a \"pinpoint operation\". According to Dr. Robert Pastor, senior advisor to the Carter Center, who met with Khaled Meshal, chairman of the Hamas political bureau in Damascus, Hamas asserted that the tunnel was being dug for defensive purposes, not to capture IDF personnel. Pastor said further that one IDF official confirmed that fact to him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Breaking of the Ceasefire\nAs six Hamas fighters were killed, Hamas stated that the attack was a \"massive breach of the truce\". After the Israeli military attack on Hamas in Gaza on 4 November, Hamas resumed intensive rocket attacks on Israel. According to a 17 November article in The Telegraph, \"since violence flared on 5 Nov, Israeli forces and militants, some of them from Hamas, have engaged in almost daily tit-for-tat exchanges.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Breaking of the Ceasefire\nThe reliability of the IDF allegation that the tunnel was intended to kidnap Israeli soldiers on the other side of the border has been challenged by various sources. A member of the Carter Centre, involved in negotiations at the time with both Hamas and Israel, reported that Hamas had claimed that the tunnel was defensive against IDF shelling, with an anonymous IDF officer confirming that fact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Breaking of the Ceasefire\nLikud MK Yuval Steinitz acknowledged in an al-Jazeera interview on 4 January 2009 that Israel began actively preparing for Operation Cast Lead months beforehand, around June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Aftermath\nOn 13 December 2008, Israel announced that it was in favor of extending the cease-fire, provided Hamas adhered to its conditions. The conditions posed by a Hamas delegation in Cairo on 14 December, were that the parties return to the original Hamas-Israel ceasefire arrangement. Hamas would undertake to stop all rocket attacks against Israel if the Israelis would agree to open up the border crossings, not to reduce commercial traffic thereafter, and not to launch attacks in Gaza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Aftermath\nAt an Israeli Cabinet meeting on 21 December, Yuval Diskin, head of Israel's internal security agency, said he thought Hamas was \"interested in continuing the truce, but wants to improve its terms... It wants us to lift the siege [of Gaza], stop attacks, and extend the truce to include [the West Bank].\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Aftermath\nOn 20 December, Hamas officially announced that they would not be extending the cease-fire, which had expired on 19 December, citing Israeli border closures as the primary reason, and resumed its shelling of the western Negev. Hamas continued to offer a re-establishment of the cease-fire, given the Israeli government would accept its terms. The terms were defined as the lifting of the blockade and a complete ban of military incursions into Gaza. At that time, Hamas also refused European mediation of the talks to release Gilad Shalit, citing Israel's unwillingness to cooperate on a cease-fire agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Aftermath\nOn 23 December, Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas leader, said in a newspaper interview that his group was willing to consider renewing the hudna if Israel refrained from operating in Gaza and lifted its blockade. The same day the IDF killed three Palestinian militants, stating that the militants were planting explosives on the Gaza border. Israel was also reluctant to open the border crossings, which had been closed since November. On 24 December the Negev was hit by more than 60 mortar shells and Katyusha and Qassam rockets, and the IDF was given a green light to operate. Hamas claimed to have fired a total of 87 rockets and mortar rounds that day at Israel, code-naming the firing \"Operation Oil Stain\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Aftermath\nOn 25 December 2008, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert delivered 'Last Minute' Warning to Gaza in direct appeal to Gaza's people via the Arabic language satellite channel al-Arabiya, to pressure their leaders to stop the barrages. \"I am telling them now, it may be the last minute, I'm telling them stop it. We are stronger,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Aftermath\nOn 26 December 2008, Israel reopened five crossings between Israel and Gaza for humanitarian supplies. Despite the movement of relief supplies, militants fired about a dozen rockets and mortar shells from Gaza at Israel on Friday. Fuel was allowed in for Gaza's main power plant and about 100 trucks loaded with grain, humanitarian aid and other goods were expected during the day. Rocket attacks continued\u2014about a dozen rockets and mortar bombs were fired from Gaza into Israel, one accidentally striking a northern Gaza house and killing two Palestinian sisters, aged five and thirteen, while wounding a third. According to Israeli military officials, the subsequent 27 December Israeli offensive Operation Cast Lead took Hamas by surprise, thereby increasing their casualties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Aftermath\nA poll conducted before the rocket attacks on 24 December indicated that 46% of Israelis did not support the invasion of the Gaza Strip, while 40% did. A poll conducted on 1 January, four days after the operation begun, demonstrated that a decisive majority of Israelis support continuing the army's air campaign against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip without endangering the lives of Israel Defense Forces soldiers in a ground offensive. On 9 January public opinion poll in Israel indicated that 76% oppose truce without Gilad Shalit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197256-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hamas ceasefire, Fatalities\nAccording to data from B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, at least nineteen Palestinians in the Strip died from Israeli fire during the ceasefire. Three of those were civilians, one of them a 15-year-old adolescent. The group's data also states that no Israeli civilian or Israeli security force personnel were killed by Palestinian attacks from the Strip in the same period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197257-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hezbollah prisoner exchange\nThe 2008 Israel\u2013Hezbollah prisoner exchange took place on 16 July 2008 when Hezbollah transferred the coffins of two Israeli soldiers in exchange for 5 Lebanese militants held by Israel as well as the bodies of 199 militants captured in Lebanon or Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197257-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hezbollah prisoner exchange, Exchange\nHezbollah released the remains of two captured Israeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. In exchange, Israel returned Palestine Liberation Front militant Samir Kuntar, who was convicted of murder in Israel, Nasim Nisr, a Lebanese man of Jewish heritage who had immigrated to Israel and spied for Hezbollah, and Mahir Kourani, Mohammad Surour, Hussain Sulaiman and Khadr Zaidan, four Hezbollah militants taken prisoner by Israel in the 2006 Lebanon War. Israel also returned the remains of about 200 Lebanese and Palestinian militants killed whose bodies had been brought to Israel and buried there. Eight of these were Hezbollah fighters killed in the 2006 war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197257-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hezbollah prisoner exchange, Exchange\nIt has long been the general policy of Israel not to return the remains of killed militants that had engaged in \"hostile terrorist activity\" to their families for burial. The exchange deal was carried out in accordance with the Red Cross and UN observers. On 1 June 2008, Israel released the Lebanese prisoner Nissim Nasser in exchange for the remains of Israeli soldiers killed during the 2006 war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197257-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hezbollah prisoner exchange, Exchange\nIn October 2007, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to exchange a civilian Hezbollah member kidnapped in 2006 and the remains of two Hezbollah fighters killed and brought to Israel for the remains of Gabriel Dwait, an Israeli resident who drowned and washed ashore in Lebanon. The released prisoner was 50-year-old Hassan Naim Aqil, a former Hezbollah guerrilla who did not fight in the Second Lebanon War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197257-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hezbollah prisoner exchange, Reactions\nAlthough news of Kuntar's release was met with celebration at a Hezbollah rally in Beirut, Lebanon, Israeli experts believe that the majority of Lebanese people were not pleased with this exchange. The reason for this is because they see this as a victory for Hezbollah, whom they see as an enemy. In Gaza City, many Palestinians celebrated the news of the exchange by handing out sweets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197257-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hezbollah prisoner exchange, Reactions\nIsrael's deputy foreign minister, Majalli Wehbi, called the Beirut celebrations \"shameful\", stating that \"Kuntar's fans laud a man who prides himself on smashing a child's skull\". The foreign ministry also released a public diplomacy video in Arabic claiming Israel's moral victory in the swap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197257-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Israel\u2013Hezbollah prisoner exchange, Reactions\nThere was a mixed reaction worldwide, with many American news outlets criticizing the release of Kuntar and condemning the way he was praised in Lebanon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197258-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Issers bombing\nThe 2008 Issers bombing occurred on August 19, 2008 when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into a crowd of para-military recruits waiting to take exams outside a police academy in Issers, Boumerd\u00e8s Province, Algeria killing 43 and injuring 38. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197259-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Istanbul bombings\nThe 2008 Istanbul bombings occurred on July 27, 2008 when two explosions hit a busy shopping street in the G\u00fcng\u00f6ren district of Istanbul, killing seventeen people, five of them children, and injuring 154. The attacks occurred at 9:45\u00a0p.m. local time, 18:45 UTC, on a pedestrian street closed to traffic. The bombings were the deadliest civilian attacks in Turkey since the 2003 Istanbul bombings, five years earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197259-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Istanbul bombings, Details\nThe first of the two bombs was a sonic bomb which was placed in a telephone cabin and second bomb was placed in a waste container 50 meters away, near a crowded street. The first bomb caused crowds to gather for help and curiosity, and around 10 minutes later, the second and more powerful bomb exploded, causing many of the casualties. The police believe that the bombs were activated remotely. Political analyst Damla Aras said that, \"there is a possibility they might be A4, C-4 explosives, which were brought from northern Iraq by the PKK and have been used several times in Turkey.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197259-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Istanbul bombings, Details\nEarly on, news sources thought the first explosion was caused by a gas leak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197259-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Istanbul bombings, Investigation\nNobody has claimed responsibility for the bombing as of yet, although Kurdish separatist militants are suspected. The Istanbul Police indicate that the incident bears the hallmarks of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), possibly in revenge for a series of major operations by the Turkish military on its bases days prior to the incident. However a senior member of the PKK, Zubeyir Aydar, denied the implication: \"The Kurdish liberation movement is not involved in this attack.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197259-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Istanbul bombings, Investigation\nBased on a tip from residents, three teenagers were taken into custody in connection to the bombings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197259-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Istanbul bombings, Investigation\nNine people were indicted in December 2008 over the bombings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197260-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Athletics Championships\nThe 2008 Italian Athletics Championships was the 98th edition of the Italian Athletics Championships and were held in Cagliari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197261-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships\n2008 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships was the 39th edition of the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships and were held in Genoa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197262-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Italian Figure Skating Championships (Italian: Campionati Italiani Assoluti 2008 Pattinaggio Di Figura Su Ghiaccio) was held in Milan from December 20 through 23, 2007. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating on the levels of senior and junior, and novice synchronized. The results were used to choose the teams to the 2008 World Championships, the 2008 European Championships, and the 2008 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197263-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Formula Three Championship\nThe 2008 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 44th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on May 10 at Mugello and ended on October 19 at Vallelunga after 16 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197263-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Formula Three Championship\nThe season began with Edoardo Piscopo dominating the field with four successive wins, but another run of seven victories by Mirko Bortolotti, gave him the leadership in the championship. The championship title was delayed to the last round in Vallelunga, the victory in race one and his eighth of the season gave Bortolotti the championship crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197263-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Formula Three Championship\nThe three first classified drivers of the championship were rewarded with a Formula One test organized by the Scuderia Ferrari at the wheel of a Ferrari F2008 at Fiorano, with Bortolotti setting the new track record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander D'Italia 2008) was a Formula One motor race held on 14 September 2008 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy. It was the 14th\u00a0race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Sebastian Vettel for the Toro Rosso team won the 53-lap race from pole position. Heikki Kovalainen finished second in a McLaren, and Robert Kubica third in a BMW Sauber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix\nVettel began the race, started under the safety car, ahead of Kovalainen in second. Red Bull's Mark Webber started from third. Rain early in the race allowed Vettel to establish a solid lead over Kovalainen, which he extended as the track dried. Kubica and Fernando Alonso finished in the top four after starting from 11th and eighth, respectively. McLaren driver and Drivers' Championship leader Lewis Hamilton was able to move through the field after qualifying in 15th, finishing in seventh, one place behind rival Felipe Massa, of Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix\nVettel's victory made him the youngest driver to win a Formula One race, at 21 years 73 days in addition to giving Toro Rosso (which was formerly Minardi team) its maiden Formula One win despite using a 2007-spec engine. Vettel's record was broken by Max Verstappen aged 18 years and 228 days at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. Massa scored one point more than Hamilton, narrowing the McLaren driver's lead in the Championship once more with four races remaining. However, Kovalainen's second-placed finish put McLaren closer to catching Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Background\nHeading into the 14th\u00a0race of the season, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship with 76\u00a0points; Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was second on 74\u00a0points, two\u00a0points behind Hamilton. Behind Hamilton and Massa in the Drivers' Championship, Robert Kubica was third on 58\u00a0points in a BMW Sauber, and Massa's Ferrari teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen fourth on 57\u00a0points. Kubica's teammate Nick Heidfeld was fifth on 49\u00a0points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading on 131\u00a0points and McLaren were second on 119\u00a0points, 12\u00a0points behind. BMW Sauber were third with 107\u00a0points. In the battle for fourth-place Toyota had 41\u00a0points, ahead of Renault with 36\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Background\nAfter the previous race, Hamilton was penalised for cutting a chicane and gaining an advantage over R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in the closing laps. This meant that Hamilton was demoted from first to third position, giving victory to Massa. While McLaren had lodged an appeal against the decision, the result would not be heard until September\u00a023. Reflecting on the controversy, Norbert Haug, Vice President of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Background\nOur disappointment was big, when the stewards took away victory from him [Hamilton] and the team. However, we are fighters. If we would have needed a better motivation for the last five\u00a0races of the season we have it now. When we went to the airport last Sunday evening, Lewis said to me - preferably we now want to win all remaining races, don't we? I have no objection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Background\nFollowing the rain-soaked Belgian Grand Prix, Massa expressed his hope that the Italian Grand Prix would be held on a dry track, saying \"it would be nice not to have the rain here and not have any opportunity to have a consistent race.\" The close nature of the Championship meant that Ferrari's home race had the potential to be a turning point in the season. Testing at the Monza circuit in early September had indicated that the performance gap between McLaren and Ferrari had narrowed. Despite this, Ferrari were hoping that their straight-line speed would be better suited to Monza's long straights. Ferrari confirmed on September 12 that R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen would continue to drive for the team until at least 2010, ending media speculation that he could be about to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the race: the first was held on Friday morning and the second on Friday afternoon. Both sessions lasted 90\u00a0minutes. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. All three sessions were affected by rain, with only the second giving teams any chance to run dry-weather tyres. Adrian Sutil was quickest with a time of 1:32.842 in the first session, more than half a second quicker than the next fastest drivers Rubens Barrichello and Giancarlo Fisichella. Timo Glock was the next quickest, almost four\u00a0seconds behind Sutil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Practice\nConditions were so poor that six\u00a0drivers, including both McLarens, failed to set times. The session was stopped four\u00a0minutes early, though by that time no cars had entered the track for at least ten\u00a0minutes. The track dried out in the second session; R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen adapted best to the changed conditions with a lap of 1:23.861, significantly quicker than his morning time. Kubica was the next fastest, with his BMW teammate Heidfeld in third. Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Massa rounded out the top six. Glock was fastest in the final session with a time of 1:35.464, followed by Sebastian Vettel, Rosberg, Jarno Trulli, Kazuki Nakajima and Heidfeld. Hamilton only completed eight\u00a0laps, and finished last with a time almost 11\u00a0seconds behind Glock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nThe qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three\u00a0parts. The first part ran for 20\u00a0minutes and eliminated the cars from qualifying that finished the session 16th or lower. The second part of qualifying lasted 15\u00a0minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions\u00a011 to 15. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to refuel before the race, and as such carried more fuel than in the previous sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nIt was a joint decision to go out on wet-weather tyres at the start of [the second session] - partly mine and partly my engineers'. We thought it was the right way to go at the time because it was getting dryer but the grip-level was poor so I came in and switched to extremes ... It's the first time this has happened to me in Formula 1, so I can't really complain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nVettel became the youngest driver in the history of Formula One to take pole position, with a time of 1:37.555 in very wet conditions. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Kovalainen. Mark Webber qualified third after his final lap pushed S\u00e9bastien Bourdais into fourth\u00a0position. Massa took sixth\u00a0position behind Rosberg. Trulli, Fernando Alonso, Glock and Heidfeld rounded out the top ten. Kubica qualified 11th, blaming late rain in the second qualifying session for his position. Fisichella qualified 12th to give Force India its best grid position of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Qualifying\nBoth R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Hamilton blamed a late entry into the second session for their poor qualifying times, which saw them eliminated in 14th and 15th positions, respectively. Hamilton originally ran on the standard wet-weather tyres, and by the time he had changed to extreme wet-weather tyres the rain had intensified. This was McLaren's only result outside the top ten in qualifying all season and the first time in Hamilton's career that he had failed to progress into the final qualifying session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race\nHeavy rain prior to the race made the track very slippery, with more rain expected throughout the day. The air temperature at the track was 14\u00a0\u00b0C (57\u00a0\u00b0F). Jenson Button and Kazuki Nakajima started the race from the pit-lane, their teams choosing to make adjustments from qualifying to the set-ups of their cars. All cars were using extreme wet-weather tyres. The race began at 14:00\u00a0local time (UTC+1) behind the safety car because of the rain, meaning that there would be a rolling start. Bourdais' car stalled on the grid, and was pushed back to the pits. By the time his team restarted the car, he was in last position and one\u00a0lap down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race\nThe safety car pulled into the pit-lane at the end of the second\u00a0lap. Vettel retained his lead into the first\u00a0corner, followed by Kovalainen, Webber, Rosberg and Massa. Kubica passed Heidfeld at the first chicane; Glock passed Alonso later in the lap. Vettel immediately opened a lead of two\u00a0seconds over Kovalainen; the McLaren driver experienced visibility problems as a result of the spray off the back of the Toro Rosso. Alonso regained seventh from Glock when he passed him at the first chicane on lap\u00a0four as the track began to dry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Hamilton passed Coulthard on the same lap to take 12th and 13th\u00a0positions, respectively. The next lap, Hamilton attempted to pass R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen at the third corner, but overshot, cutting the chicane. Emerging ahead of the Ferrari, he gave the place back, returning the advantage and avoiding a penalty. Glock spun on lap\u00a0seven, losing one\u00a0place to Kubica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race\nVettel continued to open his lead on Kovalainen; by lap\u00a0eight it stood at 6.3\u00a0seconds. Both R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Hamilton passed Fisichella in separate manoeuvres over the next two\u00a0laps. Hamilton took 11th\u00a0position from R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen on lap\u00a011, outbraking the Ferrari at turn\u00a0four. Fisichella collided with Coulthard two\u00a0laps later. As a result of the contact, the Force India's front wing broke loose and lodged under the car. Consequently, Fisichella lost control at turn\u00a0nine, spinning into the gravel trap and retiring. Massa overtook Rosberg for fourth on the same lap, beginning a close fight where both drivers repeatedly exchanged positions over the next three\u00a0laps. Massa eventually consolidated fourth position on lap\u00a015. Hamilton passed Heidfeld, Glock, Kubica and Alonso in separate manoeuvres, to sit in seventh by lap\u00a019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race\nVettel pitted from first position on lap\u00a018. Kovalainen, Webber and Massa pitted four\u00a0laps later. Light rain began to fall on lap\u00a026, though only lasted five minutes. Glock, Trulli, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Hamilton completed their first pit stops over the following laps. Coulthard was the first driver to try intermediate wet-weather tyres when he pitted on lap\u00a028. He lost grip in the wet and went straight through the first chicane. Alonso, Heidfeld, Kubica and Piquet took their only pit stops for the race soon after, all changing to intermediate tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race\nBy lap\u00a036 the majority of the field were running on intermediate tyres. Webber was passed at turn\u00a0eight by Massa on lap\u00a035. The Australian spun after the corner, though managed to retain seventh\u00a0position. A lap later, however, Hamilton outbraked Webber at turn\u00a0three and demoted the Red Bull driver to eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton began lapping fastest, recording a 1:32.869 on lap\u00a038, more than a second faster than first-placed Vettel. Lap\u00a045 saw three drivers set consecutive new fastest laps; Kubica's 1:32.366 was beaten by Webber with a 1:32.014s. They were then superseded by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who set a 1:31.691. On lap\u00a049 Webber attempted to pass Hamilton at the first chicane, but the two cars touched wheels. Webber was forced down the escape road, and when he emerged in front of Hamilton, he returned the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen continued to move through the field; he passed Coulthard and Piquet in separate manoeuvres to take ninth\u00a0position. Nakajima attempted to pass Coulthard into turn\u00a0nine, but succeeded only in turning into the Red Bull RB4, sending it into the gravel trap. Coulthard pitted for a new front wing, which dropped him to 17th. Vettel crossed the finish line on lap\u00a053 by 12.5\u00a0seconds over Kovalainen, becoming the youngest driver in Formula One history to win a Grand Prix. The one-stop strategies used by Kubica and Alonso paid off as they finished in third and fourth, respectively. Heidfeld, Massa, Hamilton and Webber rounded out the top eight. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen finished in ninth\u00a0position, setting the fastest laptime of 1:28.047 on the final lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nA fantastic race, a fantastic weekend with pole as well and a fantastic strategy this afternoon. As for the podium ceremony it was unbelievable and this is the best day of my life. I will never forget these feelings. It is so unbelievable. It is better than I had ever expected ... A perfect weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe top three finishers appeared on the podium and in the subsequent press conference. Vettel acknowledged the support of his team, saying the set-up of the car perfectly suited the way the race developed. Other drivers congratulated Vettel; Hamilton said that \"with all that pressure it is easier to make mistakes, and he obviously didn't, so congratulations to him. He did a good job.\" The Grand Prix also marked the first win by Toro Rosso, the first non-Ferrari Italian-based team to win since 1957. Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali paid tribute to the team, who use Ferrari engines, saying \"They deserve it, they are close to us, and we are happy to work with them because we are giving them our engine.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nClearly not possible to win today. Sebastian and Toro Rosso have been strong all weekend. I had a little bit of a problem earlier on in the race, in the first couple of stints, especially with the extreme wet tyre and some problems also to warm up my brakes, so I was just struggling to find more time and trying to go faster. We kept pushing and towards the end it got a little bit better but I think it was the maximum we could do today. We picked up some good points and we can look forward to the next grand prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nHamilton was satisfied with his performance in the race, saying \"today was all about damage control: I came away with some points and kept my lead in the world Drivers' Championship.\" Massa said that he had hoped to do better, but added \"I've managed to make up a point on my nearest rival so this is absolutely not a negative result.\" Massa took three\u00a0points from the race, compared to Hamilton's two, and narrowed the gap in the Drivers' Championship to one\u00a0point with four\u00a0races remaining. Kovalainen's second-placed finish closed the gap in the Constructors' Championship between Ferrari and McLaren from twelve to five\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197264-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThird-placed Kubica said that his strategy allowed him to capitalise on the changing track conditions, as his only stop seemed the best time to change to intermediate tyres. The Polish driver said that racing in Italy was particularly special for him, having lived in the country for five\u00a0years: \"That is why we divided the helmet into two pieces. One was Italian colours, one was Polish colours.\" Alonso, who used a similar strategy, said \"the result today is very good because Monza was supposed to be the race that we were looking forward to the least.\" Toyota's failure to score at the race meant that they were tied with Renault on 41\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis)\nThe 2008 Italian Open (also known as 2008 Rome Masters and the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 65th edition of the Rome Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, with the men playing from 5 May through 11 May 2008, and the women from 12 May through 18 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis)\nThe men's field featured World No. 1 and Monte Carlo Masters runner-up Roger Federer, defending champion, Monte Carlo and Barcelona winner Rafael Nadal, and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic. Others top seeds competing were Miami Masters champion Nikolay Davydenko, Valencia Open winner David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian, and James Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis)\nThe women's draw was headlined by WTA No. 2 and Indian Wells champion Ana Ivanovic, Australian Open winner Maria Sharapova, and Indian Wells finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova. Other notable names in the field were defending champion Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Miami and Charleston winner Serena Williams, Anna Chakvetadze, Venus Williams, and Marion Bartoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis), Review, Men\nThird seed Novak Djokovic overcame a number of upsets to his fellow top seeds to win his fourth ATP Masters Series title. He beat the unseeded Stanislas Wawrinka in the final, who was aiming to become the second unseeded champion in Rome in the Open Era, and the first Swiss to win the title here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis), Review, Men\nThe tournament was notable for its semifinals, where both Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek and Andy Roddick retired before the completion of their matches. It was the first time this situation had happened at a Masters Series event in ATP history. The two matches combined lasted a mere forty-nine minutes, and fans in attendance were refunded with 50% off tickets for the following week's women's tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis), Review, Men\nThe big story at the beginning of the week was Rafael Nadal's shock second round loss to Juan Carlos Ferrero, his second defeat in one-hundred-and-five matches on clay. Nadal was trying to win his third tournament in three weeks. He had earlier complained about the ATP schedule, saying it was \"impossible\" for the players to maintain their best level at all four of the European clay tournaments back-to-back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis), Review, Men\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan won the doubles title, beating Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 in the championships match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis), Review, Women\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 successfully defended a title for the first time in her career with a straight set victory over qualifier Aliz\u00e9 Cornet in the final. Cornet was the first female qualifier to reach the final at this tournament in the Open Era. She defeated two Top Ten players, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anna Chakvetadze to reach the biggest final of her career so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis), Review, Women\nLike the men's event, the later stages of the women's tournament were hit by two high-profile withdrawals. Serena Williams withdrew before her quarterfinal match with Cornet due to a back injury, and new World No. 1 Maria Sharapova withdrew before her semifinal match with Jankovi\u0107 due to a left calf injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis), Review, Women\nTsvetana Pironkova caused the biggest shock of the tournament in the second round, beating top seeded and WTA No. 3 Ana Ivanovic for her second career Top Ten victory. She eventually made her first ever Tier I quarterfinal, benefitting from Victoria Azarenka's retirement in the third round, before losing to Chakvetadze in three sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis), Review, Women\nThe doubles title was won by Taiwanese pairing Yung-jan Chan and Chia-jung Chuang, after they beat Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 in straight sets to win their first ever Tier I title as a team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonji\u0107 3\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197265-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles\nYung-jan Chan /  Chia-jung Chuang defeated  Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 /  Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 7\u20136 (7\u20135), 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197266-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nFabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Santoro partnered with Richard Gasquet, but lost in the semifinals to Zimonjic and partner Daniel Nestor, who lost in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197266-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 3\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20138], against Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197267-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nNovak Djokovic defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in the final, 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20133, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2008 Italian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197267-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nRafael Nadal was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Juan Carlos Ferrero. Notably, this is the first (and to date only) instance that Nadal lost his opening match at a clay court tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197267-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197268-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nNathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but Dechy chose not to participate, and only Santangelo competed that year. Santangelo partnered with Alicia Molik, but lost in the second round to Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197268-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nChan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20132, against Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197268-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197269-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 successfully defended  her title, beating qualifier Aliz\u00e9 Cornet in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197269-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197270-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy\nLombardy renewed its delegation to the Italian Senate on April 13, 2008. This election was a part of national Italian general election of 2008 even if, according to the Italian Constitution, every senatorial challenge in each Region is a single and independent race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197270-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy\nThe election was won by the centre-right coalition between The People of Freedom and Lega Nord, as it happened at the national level. The People of Freedom was the largest party in the election with 34%, ahead of the Democratic Party (28%) and Lega Nord (21%). All provinces gave a majority or a plurality to the new Prime Minister of Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197270-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy, Electoral law\nThe new electoral law for the Senate was established in 2005 by the Calderoli Law, and it is a form of semi-proportional representation. A party presents its own closed list and it can join other parties in alliances. The coalition which receives a plurality automatically wins at least 26 seats. Respecting this condition, seats are divided between coalitions, and subsequently to party lists, using the largest remainder method with a Hare quota. To receive seats, a party must overcome the barrage of 8% of the vote if it contests a single race, or of 3% of the vote if it runs in alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197271-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election, North and Central American division\nThe 2008 Italian general election was the second in which Italian and dual citizens living outside the country could vote by postal ballot in international electoral districts. Twelve members of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and six members of the Italian Senate were elected in this way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197271-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election, North and Central American division\nItalian and dual citizens in North America and Central America (including the Caribbean) elected one member of the Italian Senate. The winning candidate was Basilio Giordano from Silvio Berlusconi's party, known as the People of Freedom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197271-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election, North and Central American division, The process\nAll electors could vote for a political list and also cast a first preference vote for a specific candidate. The party with the highest number of list votes won the Senate seat, and the winning party's candidate with the highest number of first preference votes was declared elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197271-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election, North and Central American division, The parties\nFour electoral lists contested the North and Central American Senate division. The same lists also fielded candidates for the Chamber of Deputies and North and Central America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197271-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election, North and Central American division, The parties\nThe governing centre-left Democratic Party ran a united slate, as did Berlusconi's right-wing opposition list. The moderately conservative Union of the Centre (UDC), formerly aligned with Berlusconi, ran a separate list, as did a small coalition of right-wing and far-right parties called The Right\u2013Tricolour Flame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197271-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election, North and Central American division, The results\nBerlusconi's electoral coalition won a narrow plurality, defeating the Democratic Party by only 793 votes. Basilio Giordano received the most votes of the candidates on Berlusconi's list and was declared elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197271-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election, North and Central American division, The results\nDemocratic Party incumbent Renato Turano actually received more first preference votes than Giordano, but, as his party list was defeated, he was not returned to office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197271-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election, North and Central American division, The results\nSource: , Ministerio dell'Interno, Government of Italy, accessed 27 July 2011. Voters were not required to give a preference vote for any candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197271-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election, North and Central American division, Detailed results by country\nMore than 90 per cent of the total votes were cast in the United States of America and Canada. The Democratic Party won narrow victory in the United States, Mexico, and Nicaragua, but was defeated everywhere else. The People of Freedom won a narrow victory in Canada; this was a significant shift from the 2006 election, when the centre-left had won by a credible margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 94], "content_span": [95, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197271-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian Senate election, North and Central American division, Detailed results by country, United States of America\nNote: The country-by-country totals provided by the Italian Ministry of the Interior do not entirely correspond with the final totals provided by the same source. Adding up the country-by-country totals yields the following results: People of Freedom 37,774; Democratic Party 36,734; Union of the Centre 7,087; The Right\u2013Tricolour Flame 2,126. These results are the same as the provisional totals provided by  with 120 out of 123 polling districts reporting. It is therefore assumed that the country-by-country totals represent the provisional and not the final totals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 120], "content_span": [121, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election\nA snap general election was held in Italy on 13\u201314 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved Parliament on 6 February 2008, following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote of confidence and the unsuccessful tentative appointment of Franco Marini with the aim to change the current electoral law. Under Italian law, elections must be held within 70 days of the dissolution. The voting determined the leader of Italy's 62nd government since the end of World War II. The coalition led by ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from The People of Freedom party defeated that of former Mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni of the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Background\nOn 24 January 2008 Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi lost a vote of confidence in the Senate by a vote of 161 to 156 votes, causing the downfall of his government. Prodi's resignation led President Giorgio Napolitano to request the president of the Senate, Franco Marini, to assess the possibility to form a caretaker government. The other possibility would have been to call for early elections immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Background\nThe decision of former Minister of Justice Mastella arrived a few days after the confirmation of the Constitutional Court which confirmed the referendum to modify the electoral system. As stated many times by Minister Mastella, if the referendum would have been confirmed this would have led directly to the fall of the governmentand it happened. The fall of the government would disrupt a pending election-law referendum that if passed would make it harder for small parties like Mastella's to gain seats in parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Background\nUDEUR's defection forced the question of whether Prodi still had the parliamentarian support to govern. Presenting a motion of confidence to parliament, he won relatively easily in the lower house of the Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, where the coalition's majority was substantial. Yet a win in the upper house \u2013 or Senate \u2013 seemed unlikely, and President Giorgio Napolitano was said to have warned against going through with the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Background\nThe vote, held between 3pm and 9pm (CET), was heated and dramatic. During its course the UDEUR party Senator Stefano Cusumano decided to confirm the confidence and to support the prime minister, even against the orders of his party's leader. He was subsequently subjected to the abuse of his colleagues, being called an \"hysteric faggot\", \"traitor\", and reportedly spat on by a member of the conservative UDEUR party. At this point Cusumano apparently fainted, and was carried out on a stretcher. Cusumano's defection had no effect, however: Prodi lost the vote with 161 to 156 votes (one member abstained from voting, while three were absent), and promptly handed in his resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Background\nOn 30 January, Napolitano appointed Franco Marini to try to form a caretaker government with the goal of changing the current electoral system, rather than call a quick election. The state of the electoral system had been under criticism not only within the outgoing government, but also among the opposition and in the general population, because of the impossibility to choose candidates directly and of the risks that a close-call election may not grant a stable majority in the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Background\nOn 4 February 2008 Marini acknowledged that he had failed to find the necessary majority for an interim government, and resigned his mandate, after having met with all major political forces and having found opposition to forming an interim government mainly from center-right parties Forza Italia and National Alliance, favoured in a possible next election and strongly in favour of an early vote.,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Background\nPresident Napolitano summoned Bertinotti and Marini, the two speakers of the houses of the Italian parliament, acknowledging the end of the legislature, on 5 February 2008. He dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Campaign\nMajor competitors in the election were Silvio Berlusconi, as leader of the centre-right opposition coalition, and Walter Veltroni, leader of the Democratic Party. Berlusconi's right coalition was leading by a significant margin in opinion polls. The 71-year-old Berlusconi, who was twice prime minister\u2014from May 1994 to January 1995 and again from May 2001 to May 2006\u2014was not considered too old for the job though he had had heart surgery since leaving office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Campaign\nVeltroni's campaign has been compared to Barack Obama's presidential run in the United States. The most apparent of the similarities is his slogan, \"Si pu\u00f2 fare\" (literally, \"it can be done\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Campaign\nFollowing the calling of the election, Veltroni stated his party will not make any alliance in either Chamber, choosing instead to run alone with its own platform, and challenged Berlusconi to do likewise with his Forza Italia party. The main four left-wing parties not part of the PD decided to contest the election together under the banner of The Left \u2013 The Rainbow. On 8 February, Berlusconi announced Forza Italia and Gianfranco Fini's National Alliance will run together under the common symbol of The People of Freedom, being regionally allied with the Northern League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Campaign\nOn 13 February, Veltroni announced to have reached an agreement with the Italy of Values, led by Antonio Di Pietro, which agreed for an electoral alliance with the Democratic Party, accepting also to join the Democratic Party parliamentary groups after the election. On 21 February the Italian Radicals announced an agreement with the Democratic Party, accepting to present themselves in list with the latter, under the agreement they will have nine MPs elected in the Parliament, and appointment of Emma Bonino as Minister in case of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Campaign\nThough Berlusconi and Veltroni were in opposite parties, they allegedly represent such similar policies that they were dubbed \"Veltrusconi\". Both candidates supported big tax cuts and generous spending programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Campaign\nThe Union of Christian and Centre Democrats was invited to support Berlusconi, but refused and decided to run on its own instead. The Rose for Italy originally planned to run alone with Bruno Tabacci as their PM candidate, but shortly before the filing deadline, they decided to form joint lists with the UDC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Electoral system\nThe electoral system had been last reformed by Law no. 270, 21 December 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Electoral system, Chamber of Deputies\nFor the election of the lower house, all seats in the Chamber of Deputies (excluding one deputy for the region of Aosta Valley and twelve deputies for Italians residing abroad) are allocated based on the national vote in a form of party-list proportional representation with a series of thresholds to encourage parties to form coalitions. Voters cast one vote for a closed list, meaning they cannot express a preference for individual candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Electoral system, Chamber of Deputies\nParties can choose to run in coalitions. Seats are first allocated based on coalition votes, then divided among parties belonging to the same coalition by the largest remainder method. To guarantee a working majority, the coalition or party that obtains a plurality of the vote, but fewer than 340 seats, is assigned additional seats to reach that number, which is roughly 54% of all seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Electoral system, Chamber of Deputies\nThe autonomous region of Aosta Valley elects one deputy through a first-past-the-post system. Italians abroad are divided into four constituencies, which elect a total of twelve seats based on proportional representation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Electoral system, Senate\nFor the election of the upper house, a similar system is used. However, the results are based on regional, rather than national, vote. This means the coalition or party that wins a plurality of votes in each region is guaranteed a majority of the seats assigned to that region. As this mechanism is region-based, opposing parties or coalitions may benefit from the majority bonus in different regions. It therefore does not guarantee any party or coalition a majority in the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Electoral system, Senate\nThree regions have exceptions to the system detailed above. In the region of Molise, that is granted two seats in the Senate, seats are allocated proportionally, with no majority bonus. The region of Aosta Valley, which elects one senator, uses a first-past-the-post system. Finally, the region of Trentino-South Tyrol elects seven senators with a mixed-member proportional system: six senators are elected in six single-member constituencies, while the seventh is allocated to the most underrepresented list based on the regional votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Electoral system, Senate\nSix seats in the Senate are assigned to Italians living abroad and are allocated using the same system used for the Chamber of Deputies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Results for the Chamber of Deputies, Aosta Valley\nThe autonomous region of Aosta Valley, in northwestern Italy, elects one member to the Chamber of Deputies through a direct first-past-the-post election. Some parties that formed electoral coalitions in Italy, might have opted to run against one another (or form different coalitions) in this particular region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Results for the Chamber of Deputies, Italians abroad\nTwelve members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by Italians abroad. Two members are elected for North America and Central America (including most of the Caribbean), three members for South America (including Trinidad and Tobago), six members for Europe, and one member for the rest of the world (Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica). Voters in these regions select candidate lists and may also cast a preference vote for individual candidates. The seats are allocated by proportional representation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197272-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election, Results for the Chamber of Deputies, Italians abroad\nThe electoral law allows for parties to form different coalitions on the lists abroad, compared to the lists in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197273-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Aosta Valley\nThe Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13\u201314 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197273-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Aosta Valley\nIn the Aosta Valley single-seat constituency Roberto Nicco, the incumbent deputy for the centre-left Autonomy Liberty Democracy, was narrowly re-elected, while incumbent senator Carlo Perrin (Valdostan Renewal, Autonomy Liberty Democracy) was defeated by Antonio Fosson (Valdostan Union, Aosta Valley coalition). The parliamentary delegation of Aosta Valley was thus split between the centre-left and the regionalist coalition led by Valdostan Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197274-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Friuli-Venezia Giulia\nThe Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13\u201314 April 2008. The election was won in Friuli-Venezia Giulia by the centre-right coalition between The People of Freedom and Lega Nord, as it happened at the national level. The People of Freedom was the largest party in the election with 34.7%, ahead of the Democratic Party (31.4%) and Lega Nord (13.0%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197275-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Lombardy\nThe Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13\u201314 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197275-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Lombardy\nThe election was won in Lombardy by the centre-right coalition between The People of Freedom and Lega Nord, as it happened at the national level. The People of Freedom was the largest party in the election with 33.5%, ahead of the Democratic Party (28.1%) and Lega Nord (21.6%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197276-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Piedmont\nThe Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13 April 2008 \u2013 14 April 2008. The election was won in Piedmont by the centre-right coalition between The People of Freedom and Lega Nord, as it happened at the national level. The People of Freedom was the largest party in the election with 34.3%, ahead of the Democratic Party (32.4%) and Lega Nord (12.6%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197277-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Sardinia\nThe Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13\u201314 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197277-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Sardinia\nThe People of Freedom was the largest party in Sardinia with 42.4%, while the Democratic Party came second with 36.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197278-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Sicily\nThe Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13\u201314 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197278-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Sicily\nThe People of Freedom was the largest party in Sicily with 46.6%, while the Democratic Party came second with 25.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197279-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Trentino-Alto Adige/S\u00fcdtirol\nThe Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13\u201314 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197279-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Trentino-Alto Adige/S\u00fcdtirol\nIn Trentino the centre-right came first thanks to the strong showing of Lega Nord, while in South Tyrol the South Tyrolean People's Party was confirmed as the largest party, but lost many votes to its right-wing competitors, Die Freiheitlichen and Union for South Tyrol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197280-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Veneto\nThe Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13\u201314 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197280-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian general election in Veneto\nThe election was won in Veneto by the centre-right coalition between The People of Freedom and Lega Nord, as it happened at the national level. The People of Freedom was the largest party in the election with 27.4%, slightly ahead of Lega Nord (27.1%) and the Democratic Party (26.5%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197281-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 May-1 June 2008 at the Mugello Circuit. It marked Valentino Rossi's seventh consecutive victory at the Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, a run which was to be finally broken the following year by Casey Stoner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197281-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis\nOn 24 January 2008 Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi lost a vote of confidence in the Senate by a vote of 161 to 156 votes, causing the downfall of his government. Prodi's resignation led President Giorgio Napolitano to request the president of the Senate, Franco Marini, to assess the possibility to form a caretaker government. The other possibility would have been to call for early elections immediately. Marini acknowledged impossibility to form an interim government due to the unavailability of the centre-right parties, and early elections were scheduled for 13 April and 14 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis, Background\nProdi had at the time been in office for 20 months, after winning the April 2006 general election. In February 2007, the Prime Minister handed in his resignation, only to be asked to remain by the President, and winning a vote of confidence in the Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis, Background\nProdi had built his government around a coalition called The Union, which consisted of a large number of smaller parties. This situation was in turn the result of an electoral system of proportional representation, due to legislation passed by Berlusconi three months before he lost power. It was when the leader of one of these lesser parties, Justice Minister Clemente Mastella of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR), came under investigation for corruption that the coalition started to break up. When the media reported an extensive corruption investigation involving Mastella and his wife \u2013 an UDEUR politician in Campania \u2013 Mastella resigned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis, Background\nAfter first promising to support the government, he later retracted this support, and his party followed, in part also due to pressure from the Vatican, for which the government's proposed laws in regards to registered partnerships of same-sex couples, and other liberal reforms were objectionable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis, Background\nThe decision of former Minister of Justice Mastella arrived a few days after the confirmation of the Constitutional Court which confirmed the referendum to modify the electoral system. As stated many times by Minister Mastella, if the referendum would have been confirmed this would lead directly to the fall of the governmentand it happened. The fall of the government would disrupt a pending election-law referendum that if passed would make it harder for small parties like Mastella's to gain seats in parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis, Background\nUDEUR's defection forced the question of whether Prodi still had the parliamentarian support to govern. Presenting a motion of confidence to parliament, he won relatively easily in the lower house of the Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, where the coalition's majority was substantial. Yet a win in the upper house \u2013 or Senate \u2013 seemed unlikely, and President Giorgio Napolitano was said to have warned against going through with the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis, Background\nThe vote, held between 3pm and 9pm (CET), was heated and dramatic. During its course the UDEUR party Senator Stefano Cusumano decided to confirm the confidence and to support the prime minister, even against the orders of his party's leader. Cusumano was subsequently subjected to the abuse of his colleagues, being called an \"hysterical faggot\", \"traitor\", and reportedly spat on by a member of the conservative UDEUR party. At this point Cusumano apparently fainted, and was carried out on a stretcher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis, Background\nCusumano's defection had no effect, however: Prodi lost the vote with 161 to 156 votes (one member abstained from voting, while three were absent), and promptly handed in his resignation. On the announcement of the result certain members of the opposition, including National Alliance MP Nino Strano started celebrating with champagne and by eating Mortadella (a derogatory nickname for Romano Prodi, because of his origin from Bologna).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis, Attempts at a resolution\nOn 30 January 2008, Napolitano appointed Franco Marini to try to form a caretaker government with the goal of changing the current electoral system, rather than call a quick election. The state of the electoral system had been under criticism not only within the outgoing government, but also among the opposition and in the general population, because of the impossibility to choose candidates directly and of the risks that a close-call election would not lead to a stable majority in the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis, Attempts at a resolution\nAfter Marini was given the mandate, two politicians (Bruno Tabacci and Mario Baccini) splintered from the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC) to form the White Rose, while two leading members of the Forza Italia faction Liberal Popular Union (Ferdinando Adornato and Angelo Sanza) switched allegiance to the UDC. On 4 February, the Liberal Populars (an UDC faction which favours merging with Forza Italia) seceded from UDC to join Berlusconi's People of Freedom later this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis, Attempts at a resolution\nOn 4 February 2008 Marini acknowledged that he had failed to find the necessary majority for an interim government, and resigned his mandate, after having met with all major political forces and having found opposition to forming an interim government mainly from center-right parties Forza Italia and National Alliance, favoured in a possible next election and strongly in favour of an early vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197282-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian political crisis, Attempts at a resolution\nPresident Napolitano summoned Bertinotti and Marini, the two speakers of the houses of the Italian parliament, acknowledging the end of the legislature, on 5 February 2008. He dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008. Elections were held on 13 April and 14 April 2008, together with the administrative elections. The elections resulted in a decisive victory for Berlusconi's centre-right coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197283-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italian regional elections\nRegional elections were held in several regions of Italy during 2008. These included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197284-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Italy rugby union tour\nThe 2008 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa and Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2008 in South Africa and Argentina by Italy national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197284-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Italy rugby union tour\nThe \"Azzurri\" lost heavily the first a match against \"Springboks\", and won afgainst the \"Pumas\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197285-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament\nThe 2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament was an under-18 ice hockey tournament held in B\u0159eclav, Czech Republic and Pie\u0161\u0165any, Slovakia from August 12\u201316, 2008. The two venues were Alcaplast Arena in B\u0159eclav and Zimn\u00fd \u0160tadi\u00f3n in Pie\u0161\u0165any. Canada captured their thirteenth gold medal of the tournament, defeating Russia 6\u20133 in the gold medal game, while Sweden defeated Finland 3\u20132 to earn the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197288-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ivorian New Forces unrest\nThree serious incidents of unrest in the New Forces, a former rebel group in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, occurred in mid-2008. These incidents occurred in the midst of a disarmament process, according to which a portion of the New Forces fighters were to be integrated into the army, while the majority were to be given work on projects. The disarmament process was to be followed by a presidential election and a parliamentary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197288-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ivorian New Forces unrest, Disorder in Bouak\u00e9\nBy late May, with the disarmament process continuing, 2,568 New Forces soldiers had been grouped in camps. As part of the process, each of the former rebels were planned to each receive 90,000 CFA francs per month for three months; the first of these monthly payments occurred in May. The June payment was delayed by one week, and on June 16, angry New Forces soldiers protested in Bouak\u00e9, demanding payment, disrupting the city, and seizing vehicles. Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, who also leads the New Forces, sent a financial team on June 17 to make the payments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197288-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Ivorian New Forces unrest, Disorder in Bouak\u00e9\nAlthough payments began to be made early on June 18, another violent protest took place on the same day; New Forces soldiers reportedly fired into the air, attacked civilians, seized vehicles, set up barricades, and looted shops. By evening on June 18, Bouak\u00e9 was calm again, as security was increased through joint patrols of the New Forces and UN peacekeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197288-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ivorian New Forces unrest, Unrest in Vavoua and Seguela\nNew Forces fighters loyal to Zacharia Kon\u00e9, a New Forces commander who was dismissed from his command in May 2008 for indiscipline, reportedly mutinied in Vavoua and Seguela on June 28. The unrest was said to have begun in Vavoua and then spread to Seguela. Three civilians were reportedly killed, along with one of the fighters involved in the unrest; another of the fighters was reportedly wounded. The unrest reportedly ended on the same day; according to official sources, the soldiers surrendered on the condition that they would be protected by French peacekeeping forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197288-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ivorian New Forces unrest, Unrest in Vavoua and Seguela\nNew Forces officials differed on whether this unrest was caused by an issue with the disarmament payments or whether it was a result of Kon\u00e9's dismissal; the soldiers involved in the unrest said that they wanted payment of the disarmament money, although Kon\u00e9's dismissal also appeared to be a factor. An aide to Soro, Alain Lobognon, said on June 29 that Soro had forbidden the use of force in dealing with the unrest. Lobognon also disputed the widespread characterization of the unrest as a mutiny and said that the soldiers were under the protection of UN and French peacekeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197288-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Ivorian New Forces unrest, Unrest in Vavoua and Seguela\nKon\u00e9's replacement as commander of the Seguela region, Issiaka Ouattara, said that he was trying to maintain calm and was not using force, in accordance with Soro's orders. On the same day, one of the rebellious soldiers in Vavoua told Agence France-Presse that they had not surrendered in either town, that their force was several hundred strong and was in control of Vavoua, and that they were holding their commanders hostage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197288-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ivorian New Forces unrest, Unrest in Vavoua and Seguela\nNew Forces spokesman Sidiki Konate said that the problems that caused the unrest would be addressed and that the soldiers would be pardoned. Lobognon subsequently said on June 30 that the government did not have enough money to complete the disarmament and implementation of the peace agreement, complaining that the international community was not sending aid. According to Lobognon, \"the peace process is in danger because the prime minister does not have the means to implement his policies\", and he described the situation as a \"crisis\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197288-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ivorian New Forces unrest, Unrest in Vavoua and Seguela\nAbout 300 people in Seguela protested on July 2, calling for resolution of the situation and for the mutineers to be quickly disarmed. The New Forces Chief of Staff, General Soumaila Bakayoko, met with the restive fighters, who numbered about 320, at a camp near Seguela later on July 2. Although a spokesman for the soldiers acknowledged the authority of Soro and Bakayoko, some of them shouted demands for Kon\u00e9 to be restored to his command, expressing dissatisfaction with his replacement, Issiaka Ouattara. Bakayoko left the meeting as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197288-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ivorian New Forces unrest, August 2008 Bouak\u00e9 protest\nAbout 300 members of the New Forces, seeking payment of five million CFA francs each, blocked entrances to Bouak\u00e9 in August 2008. After two days of this, New Forces zone commander Cherif Ousmane began holding talks with them on August 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197288-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Ivorian New Forces unrest, November 2008 attack in Seguela\nA New Forces camp in Seguela was attacked on November 24, 2008; the attackers were said to have freed prisoners and attempted to take guns and ammunition. According to the New Forces, eight of the attackers were killed, along with one of their own men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197289-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series\nThe 2008 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series took place at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park in Hanover, New Hampshire on May 6 and 7, 2008. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions. Columbia, the winner of the series, claimed the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Columbia's first Championship Series victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197289-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series\nDartmouth made their fourth appearance in the Championship Series, and first since 2004. They had yet to win the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake\nOn June 14, the 2008 Iwate earthquake struck the T\u014dhoku region of northeastern Honsh\u016b in Japan. Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) officially named this earthquake the Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake in 2008 (\u5e73\u621020\u5e74\uff082008\u5e74\uff09\u5ca9\u624b\u30fb\u5bae\u57ce\u5185\u9678\u5730\u9707).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake\nThis earthquake occurred in the south of the inland of Iwate Prefecture at 8:43 JST on June 14 (23:43 UTC on June 13). The JMA magnitude was estimated at Mj 7.2, and the moment magnitude by USGS was at Mw 6.9. The epicenter was located at , about 85\u00a0kilometres (55\u00a0mi) north of Sendai and about 385\u00a0kilometres (240\u00a0mi) north-northeast of Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake\nThe strongest shaking was measured in the cities of \u014csh\u016b (Iwate) and Kurihara (Miyagi), both of which were measured as \"strong 6\" on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale, shindo (\u9707\u5ea6, shindo). Peak ground acceleration readings were high, with a maximum vector sum (3 component) value of 4,278\u00a0cm/s2 (4.36g).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Intensity\nSeismic intensity (\u9707\u5ea6, Shindo) represents the strength of ground motion. JMA uses the scales of : 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, weak/strong 5, weak/strong 6, 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Tectonics\nThe Mw 6.8 Honshu earthquake of June 13th 2008 occurred in a region of convergence between the Pacific Plate and the Okhotsk section of the North American Plate in northern Japan, where the Pacific plate is moving west-northwest with respect to North America at a rate of approximately 8.3\u00a0cm/yr. The hypocenter of the earthquake indicates shallow thrusting motion in the upper (Okhotsk) plate, above the subducting Pacific plate, which lies at approximately 80\u00a0km depth at this location.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Tectonics\nThe earthquake occurred in a region of upper-plate contraction, probably within the complicated tectonics of the Ou Backbone Range, known to have hosted several large earthquakes in historic times. The largest of these events occurred in 1896, approximately 70km north of the June 13th event, and killed over 200 people in the local area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Aftershocks\nAftershocks of this earthquake were stronger than the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995, but they happened much less frequently.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Aftershocks\nOver 200 aftershocks were observed in the first 24 hours, with about 400 in total over the first seven days. The largest ones (with Mj5.0 or greater) were", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Aftershocks\nFrom June 21 to July 1, four to 12 aftershocks were observed each day, with maximum seismic intensities of 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Effects, Landslides\nLandslides triggered by this earthquake crushed structures, buried people, cut off access to certain roads, and isolated some rural communities. Mud from landslides dammed up rivers to form lakes called \"quake lakes\" (\u305b\u304d\u6b62\u3081\u6e56, sekitomeko).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Effects, Landslides\nBy June 19, the Ministry of Land had identified fifteen quake lakes in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, and work crews began draining three of them which were at high risk of overflow or breach from rain or aftershocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Effects, Human casualties\nBy 17:50 JST, June 25, twelve people were confirmed dead and 358 injured, and ten still missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Effects, Electric power supply\nNo nuclear power plants were shut down following this earthquake unlike the 2007 Ch\u016betsu offshore earthquake quake. Some water was found to have splashed out of a reaction container in the Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant possibly due to the tremor, but no radioactive material was released to the environment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Effects, Expressways and railways\nExpressways in T\u014dhoku region were closed in several sections, but all reopened by nighttime, barring traffic restrictions in one section for repair work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Effects, Expressways and railways\nSome train services by JR East were suspended on Shinkansen and local lines, and resumed on the following day from the first scheduled trains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Effects, Expressways and railways\nOn T\u014dhoku Shinkansen, all running trains, about 20, were stopped by an earthquake detection system. Most were soon moved to the nearest stations. However, about 2,000 passengers were temporarily trapped inside three trains before being evacuated up to nine and a half hours later,  because the trains were forced to stay in place while equipment inspections were carried out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197290-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Iwate\u2013Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Effects, Expressways and railways\nSuspensions on T\u014dhoku, Akita, Yamagata Shinkansen and delays on J\u014detsu, Nagano Shinkansen reportedly involved 117,000 passengers. No trains derailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197291-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Cup\nThe 2008 edition of the J. League Cup sponsored by Nabisco began on March 20. The top 4 teams of each qualifying group  automatically qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best two remaining runners-up. Both Gamba Osaka and Kashima Antlers received a bye to the quarter-final stage due to their participation in the group stage of the Asian Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197291-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Cup\nOita Trinita defeated Shimizu S-Pulse 2\u20130 in the final on November 1 at the Tokyo National Stadium. They qualified for the 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship and the 2009 Suruga Bank Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197291-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Second leg\nGamba Osaka advances to the semi finals on Away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197292-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Cup Final\n2008 J.League Cup Final was the 16th final of the J.League Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on November 1, 2008. Oita Trinita won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197293-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 1\nThe 2008 J.League Division 1 season is the 44th season of the top-flight club football in Japan and the 16th season since the establishment of J1 League. The season began on March 8 and ended on December 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197293-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 1\nA total of eighteen clubs participated in double round-robin format. Starting this season, top three clubs received automatic qualification to the following years' AFC Champions League. The bottom two clubs were relegated to J2 League by default, while 16th-placed club had to defend their spot in the top-flight in the pro/rele series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197293-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 1, Clubs\nFollowing eighteen clubs played in J.League Division 1 during 2008 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo, Tokyo Verdy, and Kyoto Sanga FC are newly promoted clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197293-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 1, Format\nEighteen clubs will play in double round-robin (home and away) format, a total of 34 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197293-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 1, Format\nA draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs will be declared as the champions. The bottom two clubs will be relegated to J2, while the 16th placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/Relegation Series. The champions of this season qualifies to the AFC Champions League and one to three more clubs may also qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197293-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 1, Attendance\nUpdated to games played on December 6, 2008Source: Notes:\u2020 Team played previous season in J2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197294-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 2\nThe 2008 J. League Division 2 season is the 37th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 10th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season started on March 8 and ended on December 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197294-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 2\nIn this season, the number of participating clubs was increased by two, making the total number, fifteen. Unlike the first nine seasons, the clubs played in triple round-robin format, instead of quadruple round-robin format. At the end of the season, top two clubs were promoted and third-placed club advanced to the Pro/Rele Series. There were no relegation to third-tier Japan Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197294-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 2, Clubs\nFollowing fifteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2008 season. Of these clubs, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Ventforet Kofu, and Yokohama F.C. relegated from Division 1 last year. Also, Roasso Kumamoto and F.C. Gifu newly joined from Japan Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197294-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 2, League format\nFifteen clubs will play in triple round-robin format, a total of 42 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197294-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 2, League format\nA draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs will be declared as the champions. The top two clubs will be promoted to J1, while the 3rd placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/Relegation series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197294-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 J.League Division 2, Attendance\nUpdated to games played on December 6, 2008Source: Notes:\u2020 Team played previous season in J1.\u2021 Team played previous season in JFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197295-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 JB Group Classic\nThe 2008 JB Group Classic is a women's exhibition (no points for the world ranking can be earned) tennis tournament organized at the beginning of each season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197296-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 JEF United Chiba season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:03, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15:  language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197297-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jacksonville Jaguars season\nThe 2008 Jacksonville Jaguars season was the franchise's 14th season in the National Football League and the 6th under head coach Jack Del Rio. The Jaguars failed to improve upon their 11\u20135 record from 2007 and did not make the playoffs. The Jaguars struggled to a 5\u201311 finish, the franchise's worst record since 2003. The team's struggles were in part the result of a rash of injuries to the team's offensive line. The Jaguars lost starting guards Vince Manuwai and Maurice Williams for the season within the first quarter of the opening game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197297-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Jacksonville Jaguars season\nTackle Richard Collier's career ended in early September when he was brutally attacked and shot 14 times. Center Brad Meester missed the first two months of the season and guard Chris Naeole, signed to the roster mid-season in response to these injuries, was injured in pregame warmups before playing a single snap. Against teams with smaller defensive linemen, the 2008 Jaguars offense resembled the 2007 offense because the line was able to dominate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197297-0000-0002", "contents": "2008 Jacksonville Jaguars season\nAn example is the 23\u201321 victory in Indianapolis against the Colts that saw David Garrard drive the Jaguars into field goal range in the final minute, culminating with Josh Scobee booting the game-winning 51-yard field goal. However, the Jaguars overall struggled, especially in the second half of the season, as evidenced by a 19\u201321 loss to the Bengals, who entered the game with an 0\u20138 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197297-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Jacksonville Jaguars season\nThis season marked the end of an era as running back Fred Taylor left the team after 11 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197297-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Richard Collier shooting\nOn September 2, 2008, third-year offensive tackle Richard Collier was shot outside an apartment building in Jacksonville while waiting for his girlfriend with a friend of his, former teammate Kenny Pettway, in his Cadillac Escalade. He was shot 14 times, largely in his lower torso and upper legs. Five bullets lodged in his bladder, and two struck his spine, severing his spinal cord. He was critically wounded, and spent three weeks on a ventilator. He was left paraplegic, as well as having his left leg amputated below the knee due to embolisms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197298-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team\nThe 2008 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by ninth-year head coach Jack Crowe. Jacksonville State played their home games at Paul Snow Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197299-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation\nThe 2008 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation (Chinese: 2008\u5e74\u5ea6\u5341\u5927\u52c1\u6b4c\u91d1\u66f2\u9812\u734e\u5178\u79ae) was held on January 3, 2009, at the Kowloon Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Centre. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197299-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation, Top 10 song awards\nThe top 10 songs (\u5341\u5927\u52c1\u6b4c\u91d1\u66f2) of 2008 are as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 75], "content_span": [76, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197300-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 James Madison Dukes football team\nThe 2008 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. JMU finished the season 12\u20132 with an undefeated record of 8\u20130 in the Colonial Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election\nElections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held over seven days in November and December 2008. The previous government led by the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) in coalition with the Indian National Congress (INC) collapsed when the PDP withdrew. Following the election, the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC) agreed on a coalition with Congress and their leader, Omar Abdullah became the state's youngest-ever Chief Minister at 38.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Background\nElections for the Jammu and Kashmir state Assembly were due in 2008, following the end of the term of the Assembly elected in 2002. However, the PDP withdrew from the INC-led state government in protest at the Amarnath land transfer decision. The INC government resigned in July 2008 and the state was brought under the direct rule of the central government pending the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 64], "content_span": [65, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Boycott\nThe main Kashmiri separatist group, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference called on Kashmiris to boycott the elections, saying the elections were a \"futile exercise\" that would never \"fulfill the aspirations of the people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Boycott\nDespite these boycott calls, NC leaders claimed that activists from Jamaat-e-Islami had come out and voted for the PDP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Boycott\nThere were scattered separatist protests throughout the elections, including hundreds who protested in Srinagar. Police prevented these protestors from marching to the center of the city which led to protestors throwing stones at the police who fired tear gas and used baton charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Security\nIndian election officials voiced major concerns about the security of the elections given the calls for a boycott and protest from separatist leaders and the recent violence over the Amarnath land transfer controversy. Voting was staggered so that security forces could maintain control. Thousands of security forces were deployed during the voting. In Srinagar, security forces were posted at junctions, patrolled the streets, and guarded polling stations. An unofficial curfew was enforced,  gatherings of more than five people banned and neighborhoods were sealed off with steel barricades and razor wire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Security\nPolice also arrested three men they accused of being Jaish-e-Mohammed members planning suicide attacks in Jammu. One of those arrested was a soldier in the Army of Pakistan, who Pakistan said had deserted in 2006. However following the polls the NC leader, Farooq Abdullah, thanked the Pakistan government for their \"non-interference\" with the polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Results\nThe seven stages of the elections were held as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Results\nTurnout rose by 17%, despite calls from Kashmiri separatists and Pakistan for Kashmiris to boycott the election. INC head Sonia Gandhi described the polls as \"a triumph of Indian democracy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Results\nSeparatist supporters were said to have backed the PDP. The BJP's increase in support was said to be due to polarisation arising from the Amarnath land transfer controversy, which led it to increase its seat tally from 1 to 11 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Results\n1,354 candidates stood for election including 517 independents and nominees from 43 political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Government formation\nFormer National Conference Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah, said he did not want to return as it \"required the energy of a younger man\", and nominated his son, Omar Abdullah, and the head of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Government formation\nCongress debated forming a coalition with either Conference or the PDP. It was reported that the PDP had offered to support a Congress candidate for Chief Minister if they joined with them. However, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi were reported to favor the largest party to \"honor the mandate\" of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197301-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Government formation\nOn 30 December Congress and the National Conference agreed to form a coalition government, with Omar Abdullah as Chief Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197302-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Football League\nThe 2008 Japan Football League (Japanese: \u7b2c10\u56de\u65e5\u672c\u30d5\u30c3\u30c8\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u30ea\u30fc\u30b0, Hepburn: Dai Jikkai Nihon Futtob\u014dru R\u012bgu) was the tenth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197302-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Football League, Overview\nIt was contested by 18 teams. Honda FC won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197302-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Football League, Overview\nALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP, both based in Toyama merged before the season to become Kataller Toyama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197302-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Football League, Overview\nFagiano Okayama, New Wave Kitakyushu and MIO Biwako Kusatsu were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197302-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Football League, Overview\nNew Wave Kitakyushu and Kataller Toyama were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in January. Fagiano Okayama were approved back in 2007 when playing in Regional league. FC Ryukyu's application was declined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197302-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Football League, Attendance\nSource: , Notes:\u2020 Kataller Toyama attendance is compared to the combined figure of its predecessors, ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP\u2021 Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197302-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Football League, Promotion and relegation\nNo relegation has occurred. Machida Zelvia, V-Varen Nagasaki and Honda Lock were promoted to JFL from Regional leagues at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197303-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Golf Tour\nThe 2008 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 17 April to 7 December. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan, one in China, as well as the four majors and the three World Golf Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197303-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Golf Tour, Tournament results\nThe following table shows all the official money events in Japan and Asia for the 2008 season. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197304-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Series\nThe 2008 Japan Series was the 59th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series. The best-of-seven playoff between the respective champions of the Central League's and the Pacific League's Climax Series (postseason) began on Saturday, November 1, 2008, and went the full seven games. The deciding Game 7 took place on Sunday, November 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197304-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nTakayuki Kishi tossed a 147-pitch, complete-game shutout, striking out 10 Giants in the process. His opponent, Seth Greisinger, gave up 5 runs in as many innings, continuing his season-long struggles against the Lions. Tempers flared in the 4th when Greisinger hit Seibu shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima on the elbow with a pitch. The two started shouting at each other, and the benches cleared. No punches were thrown, but the next batter, Takeya Nakamura, crushed his first home run of the day to extend Seibu's lead to 3-0. Nakamura would strike again in the 6th off Greisinger with another 2-run blast to end the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197304-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nKishi came through again with \u200b5\u00a02\u20443 innings of shutout ball in relief of Seibu starter Kazuyuki Hoashi after Hoashi got into trouble in the 4th. The unsung hero of the Series, Hiroshi Hirao, crushed a 3-run home run to give the Lions a 3-0 lead off veteran lefty starter Hisanori Takahashi in the first. Takahashi only lasted 2 innings, giving up 3 runs on 5 hits, walking 2 and striking out 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197304-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nThe critical inning was the 8th. Daisuke Ochi came in for the Giants to keep the Lions at bay, but Ochi got off to a bad start by hitting Kataoka. Kataoka then stole second, and he was sacrificed to 3rd. Hiroyuki Nakajima then hit a slow ground ball to 3rd, and Kataoka's speed allowed him to beat the throw home, tying the game up at 2. Ochi then proceeded to walk the next two batters, then Hiroshi Hirao, on a 3-1 pitch, lined a breaking ball back up the middle to score Takeya Nakamura and give Seibu the lead. Alex Graman closed out the Giants in the 9th to give the Lions their first Japan Series Championship since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197305-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan Super Series\nThe 2008 Japan Super Series is the seventh tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Tokyo, Japan, from September 16 to September 21, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197306-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan national football team\nThis page records the details of the matches played by the Japan national football team during 2008. In 2008 the Japan national football team competed in the third and fourth round of the AFC 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications, the 2008 East Asian Cup Final, and the 2008 Kirin Cup, amongst other friendly matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197307-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japan women's national football team\nThis page records the details of the Japan women's national football team in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197308-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Formula 3 Championship\nThe 2008 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 30th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. Dutchman Carlo van Dam took the main title, with Hideki Yamauchi taking the National Class. TOM'S took their eighth constructors title in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Japanese Grand Prix (officially the 2008 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 October 2008, at the Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan. It was the 16th race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Fernando Alonso for the Renault team won the 67-lap race from fourth position on the starting grid. Robert Kubica finished second for BMW Sauber, and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen third for Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix\nLewis Hamilton, the eventual Drivers' Champion, led the Championship going into the race, and started from pole position alongside R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Hamilton's McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen began from third, next to Alonso. At the first corner Hamilton braked late, forcing R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen wide. Hamilton was later given a penalty, and was criticised by the British racing press for overaggressive driving. Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, Hamilton's principal Championship rival, was penalised after an incident on lap two in which he touched Hamilton's car, causing it to spin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix\nThe incident dropped Hamilton to the back of the field, from where he was unable to regain a points scoring position. Massa later collided with S\u00e9bastien Bourdais of Toro Rosso. Bourdais was penalised after the race, and demoted from sixth to tenth position. The penalty prompted widespread criticism from the racing media and ex-drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix\nThe victory was Alonso's second consecutive win; he started from 15th on the grid to win the Singapore Grand Prix two weeks prior. Kubica held off a determined attack from R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in the closing laps to take second place. Massa's seventh place narrowed his gap to Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship to five points. Ferrari established a seven-point lead over the McLaren team in the Constructors' Championship, with two races of the season remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Background\nThe 2008 Japanese Grand Prix was the 16th round in the 2008 Formula One World Championship and took place on 12 October 2008, at the 2.835\u00a0mi (4.562\u00a0km) Fuji Speedway, in Oyama, Japan. The Grand Prix was contested by 20\u00a0drivers, in ten teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, Honda, Force India, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Williams and Toro Rosso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Background\nPrior to the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship with 84\u00a0points, and Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was second with 77\u00a0points. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, Robert Kubica was third with 64\u00a0points in a BMW Sauber, and Massa's Ferrari teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was fourth with 57\u00a0points. Kubica's teammate Nick Heidfeld was fifth with 56\u00a0points. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren\u2013Mercedes were leading with 135\u00a0points, one point ahead of their rivals Ferrari, whom they had overtaken at the previous race. BMW Sauber were third with 120\u00a0points. In the battle for fourth place, Renault had 51\u00a0points, five points ahead of Toyota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Background\nA botched pit stop at the Singapore Grand Prix had demoted Massa from first position to the back of field. With three races remaining in the Championship and a seven-point deficit, Massa remained confident about his title chances: \"If you look at what happened to me in Singapore where my gap went from one point to seven so suddenly, then you have to consider it could easily go the other way as well.\" Hamilton emphasised the value that a conservative racing strategy could hold for his title chances:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Background\nI actually think Singapore was a good learning experience: there was less pressure to achieve a victory because of the unusual circumstances, which meant I was actually able to start thinking of the world championship. I hate driving for points, but I think we can all see the benefit of that approach at the moment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Background\nFernando Alonso's victory at the Singapore Grand Prix was his first Formula One win since rejoining the Renault team, after driving for McLaren in 2007. After qualifying in 15th and making an early pit stop, Alonso had managed to jump to the front of the race when his teammate Nelson Piquet Jr. crashed. Left with no opportunity to pit, the frontrunners had to delay their stops until the damage was cleared, allowing the heavily fuelled Alonso to move to the front once they did so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Background\nThough Alonso questioned whether his Renault team could match the pace of Ferrari and McLaren at Fuji, he said \"We must remain focussed and try to repeat our level of performance from Singapore to fight at the front.\" Renault's technical director Bob Bell said that the team's improvement from the start of the season was encouraging, but \"we recognise that we're not going to overhaul McLaren and Ferrari this season\". Bell said that the objective for the last races was to win more Grands Prix and, importantly, secure fourth position in the Constructors' Championship from Toyota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Background\nThe F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the sport's governing body, launched the Formula One component of their Make Cars Green campaign at the Japanese Grand Prix. For the weekend, the grooves in the tyres were painted green to promote environmentally friendly driving. FIA president Max Mosley said \"The FIA is determined to ensure that future investment in motor sport will also help drive the development of technologies that will benefit the public at large.\" As is normal for a Formula One race, Bridgestone brought two different tyre compounds to the race; the softer of the two marked by a single white stripe down one of the grooves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race\u2014two on Friday, and a third on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90\u00a0minutes. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. The Friday sessions were held in dry and sunny conditions. Hamilton was quickest in the first session, with a time of 1:18.910 that was less than two-tenths of a second faster than Massa. McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen was just off Massa's pace; R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Alonso and Piquet rounded out the top six, still within a second of Hamilton's time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Practice\nIn the second practice session, Timo Glock, of Toyota, was fastest with a time of 1:18.383, ahead of Alonso, Hamilton, Massa, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Red Bull driver Mark Webber. The top seventeen drivers set times within a second of Glock's fastest lap, indicating a competitive field. The Saturday morning session was held on a damp track, where grip was poor and many drivers were forced to use the run-off areas after sliding off the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Practice\nKubica was quickest with his final lap of the session at 1:25.087; Glock, Piquet, Nick Heidfeld of BMW, Kazuki Nakajima of Williams, Red Bull driver David Coulthard, and Massa rounded out the top seven positions. Hamilton managed only eleventh, but was ahead of Kovalainen and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, in 16th and 17th\u00a0positions, respectively. Both Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella of Force India spent most of the session in their garage, suffering numerous mechanical problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying\nThe qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three\u00a0parts. The first part ran for 20\u00a0minutes, and cars that finished the session 16th or lower were eliminated from qualifying. The second part of qualifying lasted 15\u00a0minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions\u00a011 to 15. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race, so ran lighter in those sessions. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to refuel before the race, and as such carried more fuel than in the previous sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying\nA shame. Today I was the quickest man on track but at the wrong moment. In [the third session], I never had the right amount of grip from both sets of tyres that I used. On my first run I was a bit cautious on my \"out\" lap and so suffered in the first sector, making a mistake at Turn\u00a03. On the second run, I did the opposite and found myself without grip at the end of the lap. So, I've ended up fifth on the grid, which is definitely not an easy place to be.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying\nHamilton clinched his sixth pole position of the season with a lap time of 1:18.404. He was joined on the front row by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who was fastest for most of the final session. Provisionally sitting in third as the session drew to a close, Massa was pushed back to fifth as Kovalainen and Alonso put in last-minute laps to fill the second row of the grid. Kubica took sixth place, ahead of both Toyota cars of Jarno Trulli and Glock and the Toro Rossos of Sebastian Vettel and S\u00e9bastien Bourdais.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying\nCoulthard bettered teammate Webber when he qualified 11th; Piquet split the Red Bull drivers in 12th. The only Japanese driver in the field, Nakajima, managed 14th ahead of his Williams teammate Nico Rosberg. Heidfeld could only achieve 16th place, ten places behind his BMW teammate Kubica. Heidfeld spent the majority of the first session struggling with the set-up of his car. The Honda cars of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button filled the ninth row in front of the constructor's home crowd. The Force Indias qualified last; Sutil comfortably outqualified his teammate Fisichella by 0.8\u00a0seconds, to sit in 19th\u00a0place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nThe conditions on the grid were dry before the race. The air temperature was 16\u00a0\u00b0C (61\u00a0\u00b0F) and the track temperature was 21\u00a0\u00b0C (70\u00a0\u00b0F); conditions were expected to remain consistent throughout the race. Most of the frontrunners began the race on the harder compound tyre; only Massa was using the softer option. The attendance on the day of the Grand Prix was 105,000 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen accelerated faster than Hamilton off the line, getting ahead of him down the first straight, but the McLaren driver pulled into the Ferrari's slipstream, before swerving to overtake R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in the inside of the corner. Going into the first corner, Hamilton badly locked-up his front wheels while braking and ran wide; although there was no contact, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was also forced wide in avoidance. This was then followed by contact with Kovalainen, which  finally forced  R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen off the track. All three drivers dropped back down the field as a result of the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nKubica took the lead ahead of Alonso and Kovalainen after the corner, avoiding collisions as other cars locked their tyres on the cold track. Fisichella drove into the back of Barrichello, scattering carbon fibre over the track. Coulthard collided with Bourdais and then Piquet, sustaining suspension damage and sliding into the barriers after turn two. Nakajima left the track trying to avoid Coulthard, although he managed to rejoin after losing his front wing. The Japanese driver made a pit stop at the end of the lap for a new wing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nAt the end of the first lap, Kubica led from Alonso, Kovalainen, Trulli, Massa, Hamilton and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. On lap two, Massa braked late into the chicane at turn\u00a010, briefly letting Hamilton past, before running over the kerbs on the exit from the corner and hitting the McLaren driver's car. Hamilton was spun round by the contact and made a pit stop at the end of the lap for new tyres and more fuel, which dropped him to 18th place. Massa continued in seventh place. On lap eight R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen passed Trulli into turn\u00a010 to take fourth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nIn third place, more than a second ahead of the Ferrari driver, Kovalainen set a new fastest lap of 1:19.258 on lap\u00a012 to which R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen responded with a 1:19.193 four laps later. Two more drivers joined Coulthard in retirement before the first round of fuel stops: Glock made a pit stop on lap five and again on lap six, before retiring because of handling difficulties resulting from a broken seat fixing; Sutil retired on lap nine with a puncture caused by running over carbon fibre shards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nOn lap\u00a017, Massa and Hamilton were given drive-through penalties, Massa for colliding with Hamilton and Hamilton for forcing R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen off the track into turn one. Hamilton took his penalty immediately. Massa made a pit stop for fuel and tyres on the next lap, before coming into the pit lane again on lap 20 to serve his penalty, which dropped him to 14th place, one place ahead of Hamilton. Meanwhile, Kubica and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen made pit stops on lap\u00a017 for tyres and fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nOn the same lap, Kovalainen pulled over to the side of the track with engine problems and retired from the race. Alonso made a pit stop on lap\u00a018, emerging ahead of Kubica to take the provisional lead, with cars in front still to pit. Trulli, Vettel and Bourdais made pit stops over the following six laps. Fisichella retired from the race with gearbox problems on lap\u00a021. Piquet took his first pit stop on lap\u00a028, emerging ahead of Bourdais as Alonso opened the gap on Kubica to 7.8\u00a0seconds. Massa overtook Button to take 12th position one lap later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nAlonso lapped consistently in the low 1:19 range, setting the new fastest lap of the race on lap\u00a041, a 1:19.101, to extend his lead over Kubica to more than 12\u00a0seconds. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was five seconds behind Kubica in third. Alonso made a pit stop for the second time on lap\u00a043 and changed to the softer compound tyre. Kubica, complaining of understeer over the team radio, made his second stop on lap\u00a046, two laps ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nTrulli, Bourdais, Vettel and Piquet made pit stops over the next five laps, their teams giving them sufficient fuel to finish the race. As Bourdais exited the pit-lane in seventh place on lap\u00a051, Massa, who was eighth, but yet to make his final pit stop, attempted to pass him and the two cars collided at the first corner. Massa spun, but rejoined the race behind Bourdais. Three laps later, the stewards announced that they were investigating the incident, and would make their decision after the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nOn lap\u00a052, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen attempted to pass Kubica on the approach to turn one after drafting behind him up the straight, but Kubica drove right as a blocking manoeuvre, braked late, and defended his position. On the following lap Kubica attempted to replicate his block, but R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen out-braked him into turn one, and the two drew alongside. Kubica held the inside line on the turn three left-hander, and drove the racing line as R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen left the track at the run-off area. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen then rejoined behind the BMW driver. Kubica faced similar challenges from R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen over the next two laps into turn one, but he successfully defended his position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nMassa made a pit stop on lap\u00a053, and rejoined behind Heidfeld in tenth. He subsequently set the fastest lap of the race on lap\u00a055, a 1:18.426. Meanwhile, Piquet was able to close the gap on R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to under a second, before losing time by running wide at turn five on lap\u00a060. Massa passed Heidfeld for ninth on the same lap, and began closing in on Webber. On lap\u00a065, Massa drafted down the straight and attempted to pass Webber, who defended his position by driving to the right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race\nCrossing the track boundary into the end of the pit-lane, Massa managed to pass Webber, and out-braked him into turn one, to take eighth place. Alonso crossed the finish line on lap\u00a067 to take his second win of the season, five seconds ahead of Kubica. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was third, ahead of Piquet, Trulli, Bourdais, Vettel and Massa. Webber took ninth on the line, ahead of Heidfeld, who struggled with a heavy car and failed to improve on a poor qualifying performance. Rosberg finished in front of Hamilton, in 11th. Barrichello and Button took the next two positions; both drivers blamed their Honda cars for their uncompetitive performance at the Fuji circuit. Nakajima finished last, in 15th, unable to recover after his forced pit-stop early in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nWell, again difficult to believe\u00a0... I cannot believe it right now but obviously back to back wins is a very nice feeling and the team did a great job to improve the car. We are now maybe just behind Ferrari and McLaren and this is completely amazing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe top three finishers appeared in the subsequent press conference where Alonso said that the decision to run a shorter second stint than Kubica (between the first and second pit stops) was his decision: \"Sometimes you can do it, sometimes you can't but today the car was perfect and I was able to do it.\" Alonso added that he had confidence in the car to perform at the remaining Grands Prix: \"The feeling I have now is that we can do anything\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nKubica said that his second-placed finish was better than his win at the Canadian Grand Prix earlier in the season. He added that to finish on the podium after BMW Sauber's failure to improve the car from the beginning of the season was a \"great result for the team in, I think, a very difficult moment\". R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen said that he was \"a bit disappointed because being in first place in the first corner but then being pushed out didn't help and being in the front could have given us a better result but anyhow, that's racing\". He added that Kovalainen's impact with him at the first corner had caused handling difficulties in his car, which left him unable to improve on his third-placed finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nForty minutes after the race, Bourdais received a 25-second penalty from the stewards for his collision with Massa on lap\u00a050. This demoted him from sixth to tenth, and promoted Massa to seventh, giving him one more Championship point. Bourdais blamed Massa for the incident:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nI did everything I could not to run into him and he just squeezed and turned and behaved like I didn't exist, like I wasn't there. What am I supposed to do? ... It's just a little bit of respect, you give each other room and then everything goes right, but if you don't for sure it's going to be an incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nMassa denied responsibility, and agreed with the stewards' decision: \"I think there's little to say: I had already entered the turn and he hit me from behind, spinning me round.\" The penalty was largely criticized in the media. GrandPrix.com called the penalty \"bizarre\", saying that Bourdais \"could not just disappear\". James Allen of ITV said that in light of FIA race director Charlie Whiting's announcement prior to the race, which indicated that cars exiting the pit-lane would have right of way, the penalty was \"ridiculous\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nFrench sporting newspaper L'\u00c9quipe criticized the stewards for their intervention, saying that both drivers held their lines and the collision was just a racing incident. Mark Blundell, who drove in Formula One for five years, called for former drivers to be part of the stewards meetings which award penalties: \"You can examine pieces of paper, graphs, telemetry, but you don't know what's going on in a driver's brain until you've experienced it.\" Blundell's suggestion eventually became fact \u2013 the 2010 season introduced a system whereby a former Formula One driver acted as a steward during each Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nLewis Hamilton was criticized for his aggressive drive into the first corner by much of the British press. Edward Gorman of The Times described Hamilton's move as \"impetuosity and untamed aggression\", adding that Hamilton \"gambled with a kamikaze attempt to get past R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen\". The BBC's Andrew Benson said that \"Hamilton is still in a strong position but the Englishman will have to cut out the mistakes that have characterised his season if he is not to lose the championship for the second year in a row.\" In Italy, La Gazzetta dello Sport said that Hamilton's start suffered from \"his usual excessive aggression\". Hamilton said \"I made a mistake and I paid for it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197309-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nMassa's touch on Hamilton's car on lap two was labelled by the McLaren driver \"as deliberate as it could be\". Massa rejected the allegation, saying \"I had two wheels on the gravel. I could not stop the car and I was on the gravel because he pushed me into the gravel.\" Media coverage of the incident suggested that though the contact was Massa's fault, it was unintentional. Simon Arron, writing for The Daily Telegraph, said Hamilton's accusation of deliberate contact was \"unworthy and unwise\", adding that the contact was simply a racing incident. The gap between the drivers in the Drivers' Championship after the race stood at five points, in Hamilton's favour, with two races remaining. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren's failure to score points, combined with Ferrari's third and seventh, moved Ferrari to a seven-point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 884]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197310-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Regional Football League Competition\nThe 32nd annual Japanese Regional Football League Competition took place from 22 November 2008 to 30 November 2008. It took place across the prefectures of Fukuoka, K\u014dchi, Tottori and Okinawa. It is the tournament which decided promotion to the Japan Football League for the 2009 season. As three teams were promoted from the Japan Football League to J. League Division 2, the top three teams in this competition were promoted: Machida Zelvia, V-Varen Nagasaki and Honda Lock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197310-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Regional Football League Competition, Tournament outline\nPreliminary round \u2013 Four groups of four teams play each other once in a round-robin tournament. The top-placed team in each group advances to the final round. In the final round, the four winners from the preliminary round play each other once in a round-robin tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 70], "content_span": [71, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197310-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Regional Football League Competition, Tournament outline\nThree points are awarded for a win in standard time and zero for a loss. If at the end of standard time the result is a tie, a penalty shoot-out is held; the winning team is awarded 2 points and the losing team 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 70], "content_span": [71, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197310-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Regional Football League Competition, Tournament outline\nIf the number of points are the same, the league position is ordered by goal difference, then the number of goals scored, and finally the result between the respective teams. If the 1st-place position cannot be decided by these factors, a playoff will be contested between the top two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 70], "content_span": [71, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197310-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Regional Football League Competition, Participating teams, Runner-Up from selected leagues\nRegional Leagues whose representative reached the final round in 2007, are eligible for a second team to represent them. This would normally be four teams, however this year there were only three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197310-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Regional Football League Competition, Participating teams, High performing teams in the All Japan Senior Football Championship\nNEC Tokin were originally announced to participate, however due to poor business performances from their parent company, their entry was withdrawn and replaced by fourth place Matsumoto Yamaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 140], "content_span": [141, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197312-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese Super Cup\n2008 Japanese Super Cup was the Japanese Super Cup competition. The match was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 1, 2008. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197313-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 26\u201328 September 2008 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197313-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197314-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese television dramas\nThis is a list of Japanese television dramas often called doramas by fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197314-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Japanese television dramas\nThe list is not complete, and aims to include all those Japanese television dramas that are somehow of interest for Wikipedia contents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197315-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jelajah Malaysia\nThe 2008 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 7 to 13 January 2008. There were seven stages with a total of 1,352.2 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2007\u201308 UCI Asia Tour calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197315-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Jelajah Malaysia\nTonton Susanto of Indonesia won the race, followed by Ghader Mizbani of Iran second and Fredrik Johansson of Sweden third overall. Anuar Manan of Malaysia won the points classification and Hossein Askari of Iran won the mountains classification. Tabriz Petrochemical Team won the team classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197315-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Jelajah Malaysia\nA total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2008 Jelajah Malaysia. Out of 120 riders, a total of 91 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round\nThe 2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round was the sixth and final round of the inaugural Superleague Formula championship, with the races taking place on November 23, 2008. Eighteen football teams were represented on the grid, the same number of teams as there was at the previous four rounds. There were two driver changes before this round of the championship: James Walker replaced Enrico Toccacelo in the Borussia Dortmund car and Bertrand Baguette returned to the Al Ain cockpit replacing Dominick Muermans. Paul Meijer had been expected to return, however his injury from the previous round at Vallelunga kept him out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round\nThe meeting saw a second win for A.C. Milan and a first win for Borussia Dortmund. With a ninth in the first race coupled with other low placings for Liverpool F.C. and PSV Eindhoven, Beijing Guoan clinched the first Superleague Formula title. With a third in the final race, Beijing won the title with 413 points, some 66 points clear of PSV, and two points further back were Milan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round, Report, Qualifying\nAfter the random draw which split the eighteen-car field into two groups, the fastest four qualifiers from each progressed into the knockout stages to decide places 1 to 8 on the grid. Max Wissel (FC Basel 1893) and Bertrand Baguette (Al Ain) both missed out on the top eight, despite setting times faster than Group B 4th Borja Garc\u00eda in the Sevilla FC car. As fastest drivers in their groups, Adri\u00e1n Vall\u00e9s (Liverpool F.C.) and Franck Perera (A.S. Roma) were expected to meet in the final, and sure enough, they did. Vall\u00e9s became the first repeat polesitter in Superleague, with his 1:29.088 beating Perera's 1:29.328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nAt the start, Vall\u00e9s led away from Perera, with Andy Soucek (Atl\u00e9tico Madrid) passing Tristan Gommendy (F.C. Porto) for third on the opening lap. On lap five, Wissel spun out of tenth place, and this allowed Craig Dolby's R.S.C. Anderlecht car into the top ten and towards the front, Soucek passed Perera for second place. Lap seven saw the first retirement, with Alessandro Pier Guidi pulling the Galatasaray S.K. car off with engine troubles. Lap eight saw the first pitstop - Ant\u00f4nio Pizzonia (SC Corinthians) pitting from sixth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nVall\u00e9s then brought in the Liverpool machine on lap nine, allowing Soucek through into the lead. Tuka Rocha retired on lap ten, having suddenly slowed the lap before in the CR Flamengo car, nearly taking out Davide Rigon's championship-leading Beijing Guoan car due to gearbox issues. Soucek continued to lead until his pitstop on lap 14 - except he didn't make it all the way to the garage. A spin on the way in, caused too much damage and Soucek retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nVall\u00e9s thus returned to lead by over 10 seconds from Robert Doornbos (A.C. Milan), Pizzonia, Gommendy and Duncan Tappy (Tottenham Hotspur). Fifteen of the sixteen laps remaining passed and Vall\u00e9s looked untroubled. However, the engine in the Liverpool car died on the final lap, and Vall\u00e9s fell from first to seventh, and with it went the championship hopes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nDoornbos inherited victory ahead of Gommendy, Tappy, Dolby, Perera, Garc\u00eda, Vall\u00e9s, Yelmer Buurman (PSV Eindhoven), Rigon (which sealed the championship for Beijing Guoan), Baguette, Wissel, Pizzonia (who had been demoted due to pitting outside the window), Stamatis Katsimis (Olympiacos CFP), James Walker (Borussia Dortmund) and Ryan Dalziel (Rangers F.C. ), who was seven laps down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nPier Guidi started from pole for the final race of the season, with Rocha alongside. Again, Soucek made up a place at the start, passing Walker for fourth. Pier Guidi's lead was up to nine seconds on lap six, when Soucek exited from fourth - spinning out to complete a miserable weekend. Lap eight saw a massive shunt, involving seventh-placed Katsimis and eighth-placed Wissel clashed in spectacular fashion - Wissel going over the back over the Olympiacos machine. Most teams started pitting on lap ten, with Pier Guidi pitting on lap twelve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nPizzonia took the lead for one lap before his pitstop, handing Dalziel the lead. During these stops, Vall\u00e9s and Tappy both retired with gearbox failures. Pier Guidi returned to the lead, leading by some fourteen seconds from Walker, Pizzonia, Rigon and Rocha. However, Pier Guidi was struggling with his new set of tyres, and within five laps, the lead was only four seconds and was one second by lap 23. The pressure got to the Italian as he spun down to fourth at the entrance to the back straight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nAt the same time, Rocha exited fifth place with a spin into the barriers. That's how it finished, as Walker went on to claim the first victory for Dortmund, winning by 1.5 seconds from Pizzonia and Rigon, before a massive gap to the rest of the field led by Pier Guidi followed by Perera, Dalziel, Baguette, Dolby, Buurman, Doornbos, Garc\u00eda and Gommendy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round, Results, Race 1\n* - Pizzonia penalised 30 seconds for pitting outside the compulsory window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197316-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round, Results, Race 2\n* - Soucek penalised two places for causing an avoidable accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election\nThe Jersey general election, 2008 was a series of elections that were taking place in two stages in October and November 2008 in Jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Constable elections\nFor the first time since 1948 the elections of constables for the twelve parishes of Jersey have been synchronised so that polling, where necessary, will take place on the same day as the senatorial election on 15 October 2008, in accordance with the Conn\u00e9tables (Jersey) Law 2008 (registered 28 March 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Constable elections\nAt Assemblies of Electors held in nine parishes on 17 September 2008, constables in five parishes were returned unopposed: St Brelade, St Martin, St Ouen, Trinity and St Saviour. The constables of the other parishes declined to stand down to recontest their seats, preferring to serve out their full term so that the provisions of the law will apply to the next mandate from 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Constable elections, St Clement\nSitting Constable Derek Gray did not seek re-election. Senator Leonard Norman beat Deputy Gerard Baudains and Centenier Edgar Wallis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Constable elections, St Helier\nFollowing his 2008 re-election, Simon Crowcroft declared that he would not stand down to fight a second election in ten months, despite speculation that he would fight a senatorial campaign with a view to becoming Chief Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Constable elections, St Mary\nSitting Constable Ken Le Brun is standing down. Deputy Juliette Gallichan beat former Chef de Police Terry Renouf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Constable elections, St Peter\nProcureur du Bien Public John Refault beat Deputy Collin Egr\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Senatorial election\nThe senatorial election took place on 15 October 2008. The election was island-wide and there were six seats available. At the Assembly of Electors held in Saint Helier on 16 September 2008, 21 candidates were nominated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Senatorial election, Candidates\nThe following candidates were sitting deputies seeking who ran in the senatorial election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Deputy elections\nThe election for deputies took place on 26 November 2008. Twelve new deputies were elected, five sitting deputies lost their seats and four were reelected without opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Deputy elections, St Helier, St Helier No. 1\nIncumbents Le Claire and Martin were joined by JDA candidate Trevor Pitman, husband of Shona Pitman re-elected in neighbouring St Helier No. 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Deputy elections, St Helier, St Helier No. 2\nAll three seats taken by JDA candidates; Southern and Pitman as incumbents joined by de Sousa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Deputy elections, St Helier, St Helier No. 2\nOn 20 February 2009 Geoff Southern and Shona Pitman pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to charges of contravening the Public Elections Law with respect to irregularities in postal voting procedure, and were referred to the Royal Court for sentencing. They have also faced calls to annul the result of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Deputy elections, St Helier, St Helier No.3/4\nA recount to decide fourth place meant that incumbent Fox retained his seat by one vote. Incumbent Hilton topped the poll, but incumbent Huet lost her seat and incumbent de Faye, outgoing Minister for Transport and Technical services, was heavily defeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Deputy elections, St John\nRyan, an incumbent in St Helier No. 1, stood in his parish of residence but was defeated by Rondel who had been Deputy for St John before standing down in 2005", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Deputy elections, St Saviour, St Saviour No. 1\nIncumbent Duhamel topped the poll, but incumbent Scott Warren was defeated. 21-year-old Ma\u00e7on became the youngest States Member ever elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, CET referendum\nA referendum on the question \"Do you think that Jersey should adopt Central European Time?\" was put to voters on 15 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197317-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Jersey general election, Voting age reduced\nThe 2008 general election is the first in which 16- and 17-year-old voters will take part, following a law to reduce voting age to 16. The law was brought into force on 12 March 2008 and became effective on 1 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197318-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem BMW attack\nOn 22 September 2008, a Palestinian drove a BMW saloon car into a group of civilians and off-duty soldiers in a terrorist ramming attack in Jerusalem, injuring 19 people. Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts say this attack represents a new terrorist tactic which is less lethal but could prove more difficult to prevent than suicide bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197318-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem BMW attack, Background\nThe attack was a third in a series of terrorist attacks in Jerusalem involving a new tactic, using vehicles as weapons; the others were the 2 July 2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack and a similar attack with a Backhoe loader on 22 July. The Jerusalem Post has termed them \"ramming terror attacks.\" According to Stratfor, the American global intelligence firm, \"while not thus far as deadly as suicide bombing\", this tactic could prove more difficult to prevent. No single group has claimed responsibility for the incidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197318-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem BMW attack, Background\nOn 2 July 2008, Husam Tayseer Dwayat, an Arab Israeli citizen from the Sur Baher neighborhood of East Jerusalem drove an earthmover along Jaffa Road in West Jerusalem, slamming into a bus and passing cars. Four people were killed and another 45 were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197318-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem BMW attack, Background\nLater that month, on 22 July 2008, Ghassan Abu Tir, from the Umm Tuba neighborhood of East Jerusalem, drove a front-loader into traffic on King David Street in West Jerusalem, slamming into a bus and passing cars. Sixteen people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197318-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem BMW attack, Background\nPatrick Martin, writing in The Globe and Mail in 2016, discussed this attack as an example of copycat terrorism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197318-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem BMW attack, The attack\nOn 22 September 2008, the perpetrator, Qassem Mughrabi (alt. Qasim al-Mughabi), a 19-year-old Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem's Jabal Mukaber neighborhood, drove a black BMW saloon into a group of civilians and off-duty soldiers standing on a Jerusalem street. 19 people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197318-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem BMW attack, The attack\nMughrabi was shot dead at the scene by off-duty soldier Lt. Elad Amar. Amar told Army Radio that the attacker \"drove towards the soldiers at top speed, plowed onto the traffic island, ran over soldiers and civilians and then continued, ramming into a building. At that point I assessed that it was a terror attack and decided to neutralize the driver so that he wouldn't be able to reverse the car and continue the attack.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197318-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem BMW attack, The perpetrator\nAccording to the Palestinian Ma'an news agency, Qassem Mughrabi was a member of Hamas. Mughrabi's family denied that the event was a terror attack. Mahmoud Mughrabi, Qassem's father, said his son did not have a driving license and apparently lost control of the car. \"My son was murdered, they killed him. He did not carry out a terrorist attack. This was a car accident.\" However, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said authorities were convinced the attack was politically motivated. \"We're 100 percent sure ... he deliberately drove into people,\" Rosenfeld said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197318-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem BMW attack, The perpetrator\nA number of Israeli Members of Parliament called for the demolition of the home of the perpetrator, as a means of discouraging future attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197318-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem BMW attack, Vehicle ramming as a trend\nThis was one of a small cluster of terrorist vehicle-ramming attacks in Jerusalem in this period. Articles in New York Magazine, Breitbart News, Haaretz, The Times of Israel, and other publications cite this attack as harbingers of the terrorist vehicle-ramming attacks that would occur in many countries during the 2010s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack\nThe Jerusalem bulldozer attack occurred on July 2, 2008, when an Arab resident of East Jerusalem identified as Hussam Taysir Duwait (also referred to as Hussam Duwiyat, Hossam Dawyyat, or erroneously as Jabr Duwait) attacked several cars on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem in a vehicle-ramming attack using a front-end loader (erroneously referred to as a bulldozer in the media), killing three people and wounding at least thirty other pedestrians, before being shot to death. Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said that an inquiry indicated the attacker had been acting alone. A motive for the attack could not immediately be determined, but police at the scene referred to the incident as a terrorist attack. Three copycat attacks have occurred since then.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack\nThis attack was the second incident in 2008 in which an Israeli Arab committed a violent act in west Jerusalem while carrying an Israeli ID Card (allowing for freedom of movement and travel throughout Israel), the first being the Mercaz HaRav massacre in early March 2008. On April 7, 2009, Duwait's house was demolished as a declared deterrent against future attacks, the first such demolition since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, The attack\nPreliminary investigations suggest the Caterpillar 966 front-end loader was taken from a nearby construction site on Jaffa Road. The perpetrator then drove the vehicle against traffic, before hitting an Egged public bus near the city's old Central Bus Station. The impact flipped the bus onto its side, hitting nearby vehicles and pedestrians. The perpetrator, Hussam Taysir Duwait, was also heard yelling \"Allahu Akbar\" during the attack. After a traffic policewoman had shot the driver, the vehicle came to a halt but then started again and crushed another car, killing another person.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, The attack\nAt the point when the vehicle had stopped for the first time, three men had climbed up to the cabin: A 20-year-old off-duty soldier from Jerusalem, Moshe Plesser, who had recently enlisted at the Israel Defense Forces, an unnamed policeman, and Oron Ben Shimon, an armed civilian and manager of a regional security firm. According to Oron, while he was struggling with the driver inside the cabin, trying to get his feet off the accelerator and take over the wheel, he shouted at the soldier to shoot the driver. The soldier then grabbed Oron's handgun and killed Duwait with three shots to the head at point blank range. After the vehicle had immediately come to a halt again, motorcycle policeman Eli Mizrahi climbed the cabin and fired two more shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, The attack\nHaaretz quotes the soldier as saying that \"I got closer to the bulldozer, the whole time looking for my weapon to shoot him.\" Coincidentally, the soldier is the brother-in-law of Captain David Shapira, the paratrooper officer who shot and killed the perpetrator in the Mercaz HaRav massacre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, The attack\nThe moments during which the perpetrator was shot and killed have been filmed from at least two different angles, which accounts for the greater level of directly available descriptive detail in comparison to the original attack which is documented only through eyewitnesses on the scene as well as images that were taken mostly after the incident itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, The attack\nOne witness is quoted as saying that Duwait was armed and 'shooting at a police officer'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, The perpetrator\nDuwait, a 32-year-old father of two from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sur Baher, was carrying an Israeli identity card, and was hired by a local construction firm for the Jerusalem Light Rail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, The perpetrator\nThree Palestinian organizations took responsibility for the attack: the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the Galilee Freedom Battalion (Hebrew: \u05d2\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d5\u05e4\u05e9\u05d9\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d2\u05dc\u05d9\u05dc\u200e), and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Despite the Palestinian claims of responsibility, Israeli police chief Dudi Cohen said the attacker appeared to be acting alone and that \"it looks as if it was a spontaneous act.\" Some two hours after the attack, a Hamas spokesman said that the attack is \"a natural response to Israeli aggression.\" Nevertheless, he stressed that Hamas did not know who was behind the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, The perpetrator\nShimon Kokos, the lawyer of the perpetrator's family, said that Hussam \"had not belonged to any militant organization and may have acted out of temporary insanity\" and that, \"had [he] not been killed during his rampage, it is doubtful whether he would have been judged fit to stand trial.\" \"My son never spoke of plans to carry out such an attack, if he had I would have tried to prevent it,\" Duwait's father, Tayseer told The Media Line as police officers were about to question him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, The perpetrator\nA Jewish ex-girlfriend of Duwait, commented that \"he really didn't hate Jews. The fact is that he was with me. It's insanity, but the motivation was not nationalist\" and also that his bad temper may have been related to his \"[smoking] a lot of drugs.\" Other people have gone on the record as well alleging regular drug abuse by Duwait, one neighbour saying that he was \"a drug addict [...]. He'd shoot up all the time. [ ...] He was really just a junkie.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, Aftermath\nIsraeli Border Guard officers ordered the Duwait family to remove the mourning tent they erected in the neighborhood for their son. A Border Guard patrol passing through the area identified the construction of the tent and ordered the family to remove it. The family then disassembled the tent without any noted resistance. Two days after the attack, defense minister Ehud Barak ordered the demolition of Duwait's and Alaa Abu Dhein's (perpetrator of the Mercaz HaRav massacre) houses, as a stated deterrent against future attacks. Following the supreme court rejection of appeals by Duwait's family, his home was razed on April 7, 2009, the first such demolition since a military commission recommended against such action in 2005. During the demolition, police shot dead a Palestinian motorist who ran over and injured three police officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 886]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, Aftermath, Bulldozer attack of July 22\nOn July 22, another east Jerusalem Arab resident, Ghassan Abu Tir, rammed his bulldozer (this time it was a smaller backhoe loader) into cars and a bus on King David street in Jerusalem. He wounded 24 people, including one whose leg was partially severed. He was subsequently killed by a fusillade of gunfire from a Border Policeman and an armed pedestrian. The attack was seen as a copycat act of to the July 2 attack, causing fears of repeated copycat acts in an emerging new terrorist tactic of vehicle ramming attacks. The attack happened just down the road from the hotel where Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama was due to stay as part of a multi-country visit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, Aftermath, BMW attack\nOn September 22, 2008, Qassem Mughrabi, a resident of East Jerusalem, drove a black BMW into a group of off-duty soldiers standing on a Jerusalem street injuring 19. Mughrabi was subsequently shot dead by one of the soldiers. Police spokesmen asserted the event was a terrorist attack, not an accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, Aftermath, March 5, 2009, attack\nTwo police officers were lightly wounded in Jerusalem when an Arab bulldozer driver overturned their police car and rammed it into a bus, before being fatally shot by police and an armed taxi driver. The attack occurred around 1\u00a0P.M. near the Malha shopping mall, on Menachem Begin Boulevard in southern Jerusalem. Police said that a copy of the Koran had been found in the bulldozer after the attack, and that the driver had not been carrying any identification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197319-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, Aftermath, March 5, 2009, attack\nIsrael Police and local residents later identified the man as Marei Radaydeh, a West Bank construction worker in his mid-20s who lived with his family in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. Radaydeh was married and had a daughter. Hamas praised the attack, calling it a \"natural response\" to Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes in Arab East Jerusalem and to Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197320-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jiangsu Classic\nThe 2008 Guolian Securities Jiangsu Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 8 June 2008 in two cities in the Jiangsu Province, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197320-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Jiangsu Classic\nThe round-robin stage consisted of two groups of six players, eight top 16 players and four Chinese wild cards. The final was staged at the Wuxi Sports Center in Wuxi, while the rest of the tournament had been held at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Nanjing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197320-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Jiangsu Classic\nDing Junhui, the only player to have won all his matches, delighted his home crowd by taking the title with a tense final frame decider defeat of Mark Selby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197320-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Jiangsu Classic, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197320-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Jiangsu Classic, Round-robin stage, Group A\n(breaks above 50 shown between brackets), breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197320-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Jiangsu Classic, Round-robin stage, Group B\n(breaks above 50 shown between brackets), breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197320-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Jiangsu Classic, Knock-out stages\n* 32\u201371, (51) 75\u201343, 1\u201375 (52), 1\u201381 (74), 22\u201397 (81)** (52) 75\u201321, (81) 85\u20130, (75) 120\u20131, (108) 120\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197321-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jodhpur stampede\nA human stampede occurred on 30 September 2008, at the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, in which 224 people were killed and more than 425 injured. The 15th-century temple is dedicated to the goddess Chamunda Devi and is located within the premises of Mehrangarh Fort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197321-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Jodhpur stampede\nAbout 25,000 Hindu pilgrims were visiting the temple to mark the first day of the nine-day-long Navratri, a major festival in Hinduism dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197321-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Jodhpur stampede, Cause\nThe devotees scrambled towards the door the moment it opened, resulting in the destruction of the barricades. Many people were injured when they lost their footing on the slope approaching the temple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197321-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Jodhpur stampede, Cause\nAccording to The Times of India, local reports suggest that a bomb blast in nearby Mehrangarh created panic among the pilgrims resulting in the stampede. However, the BBC News reported that a collapsing wall may have also caused the stampede. Some eyewitnesses told CNN-IBN that a rumour about a bomb being planted in the temple caused panic among pilgrims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197321-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Jodhpur stampede, Cause\nOthers said there was a scramble in the men's queue; some devotees slipped and soon there was a massive resultant stampede where a day of celebration turned into one of mourning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197321-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Jodhpur stampede, Cause\nAn eyewitness also said that the path leading to the temple was very narrow with no emergency exit routes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197321-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Jodhpur stampede, Aftermath\nIndian Army doctors were called to assist the local authorities in the relief operation. Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajnath Singh assured speedy relief to the victims of the tragedy. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje visited the site and ordered inquiry into the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197321-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Jodhpur stampede, Aftermath\nLocal authorities revealed that most of the dead were men as the queue for women was separate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197321-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Jodhpur stampede, Reactions\nUttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri and Governor B L Joshi both expressed grief over the death of the pilgrims at the Chamunda Devi temple. A Raj Bhavan statement issued a condolence message saying Joshi conveyed his deepest sorrow to the bereaved families of the dead and said he would pray for the speedy recovery of those injured in the incident. Khanduri followed too in expressing grief over the accident. He also directed District Magistrates of all the 13 districts of his state to make special arrangements at religious places as they are expected to attract large crowds during the Navratra period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197321-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Jodhpur stampede, Reactions\nJodhpur Muslims decided to keep the Eid celebrations next day a low-key affair. Local Muslim youth joined rescue teams, ferried victims to hospitals and donated blood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197322-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Johan Cruyff Shield\nThe thirteenth edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal) was held on 23 August 2008 at the Amsterdam Arena. The match, which inaugurated the 2008\u201309 season in Dutch football, featured the 2007\u201308 Eredivisie champions PSV Eindhoven and 2007\u201308 KNVB Cup winners Feyenoord. PSV won 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197323-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jordan Rally\nThe 2008 Jordan Rally was the fifth round of 2008 World Rally Championship season and the third gravel round of the championship and also the second round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The event began with a ceremonial start on Thursday, April 24 in Amman, Jordan, near the Dead Sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197324-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Jos riots\nThe 2008 Jos riots were riots involving Christians and Muslims over the result of a local election on 28 and 29 November 2008 in Jos, a city in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. Two days of rioting left hundreds injured and at least 761 dead. The Nigerian army was deployed and by 30 November order was restored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197324-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Jos riots, Causes\nElectoral workers did not publicly list the winners of the elections, and rumours began that the election was won by the candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), barrister Timothy Gyang Buba, defeating the candidate for the All Nigerian Peoples Party. People from the largely Muslim Hausa community, began protesting even before the results were released, which results to clash that claims hundred of lives between the Muslims and Christians, who largely supported Buba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197324-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Jos riots, Causes\nSimilar riots in 2001 between Christians and Muslims in Jos also killed hundreds. A 2004 riot in Yelwa, another town in Plateau State resulted in the so-called Yelwa Massacre. Fighting in the north-central Kaduna State when it tried to impose shari'a law in 2000, resulted in the partition of Kaduna. This was followed by the Kaduna riots of November 2002, resulting from Nigeria's hosting of the Miss World contest, which one of its contestants had won the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197324-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Jos riots, Riots\nThe two days of rioting led to the death of at least 761 people, and homes, mosques, churches and schools were damaged or burned by mobs. The Nigerian Red Cross Society reported that 10,000 people fled their homes due to the riots, and were living in government-provided shelters. Nigerian soldiers were sent into Jos to break up the fighting and create a buffer zone between the Christians and Muslims. Flights to and from Jos were cancelled and roads to the north were blocked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197324-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Jos riots, Effects\nJonah Jang, the governor of the Plateau State, imposed a 24-hour curfew on four districts of the city, and soldiers were permitted to \"shoot on sight\" to prevent more violence. Human Rights Watch alleged that soldiers and police carried out more than 130 extrajudicial killings while responding to the riots. Many armed youths of both sides were arrested at military roadblocks. Police reported that more than 500 people were arrested as a result of the riots. But state officials said no one was successfully prosecuted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 23], "content_span": [24, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197325-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ju-Jitsu World Championships\nThe 2008 Ju-Jitsu World Championship were the 8th edition of the Ju-Jitsu World Championships, and were held in Malm\u00f6, Sweden from November 28 to November 30, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197326-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 June Hong Kong rainstorm\n2008 June Hong Kong Rainstorm was a rainstorm in Hong Kong on 7 June 2008, that caused flooding and landslides. It resulted in 2 deaths and 16 injuries. The Hong Kong Observatory recorded 145.5mm of precipitation at its headquarters from 08:00 to 09:00, setting the highest 1-hour precipitation record. 307.1 mm of precipitation was recorded during the whole day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197326-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 June Hong Kong rainstorm, Precipitation\nAn active trough had been affecting the South China coast since May 29th, 2008. Around dawn on June 7th, rainfall arrived in Hong Kong. The rainfall mainly focused on Lantau Island, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. The peak of the precipitation was from 08:00 to 09:00 in the morning. The Hong Kong Observatory recorded 145.5mm of precipitation, a record high, at its headquarters. Precipitation at Tung Chung for the entire day even surpassed 400mm. Former Chief Executive Donald Tsang, described it as \"once in a century\". The Civil Engineering and Development Department of Hong Kong estimated it as a \"once in 1100 years\" occurrence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197326-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 June Hong Kong rainstorm, Rainstorm Signals\nAn Amber Rainstorm signal was issued at 05:15, and escalated to Red at 05:55. 112mm and 101mm of rain were recorded at the Eastern and Southern Districts respectively. 86mm was recorded at Sai Kung District. The Hong Kong Observatory eventually issued a Black Rainstorm Signal at 06:40 and it was sustained for 4 hours and 20 minutes. Red replaced Black at 11:00 and was then replaced by Amber at 11:30. All signals were cancelled at 13:30. A Landslide Warning was maintained from 01:00 June 7th till 12:00 June 8th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197326-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 June Hong Kong rainstorm, New Territories (Excluding Lantau Island)\nA retaining wall at Old Coffee Bay, Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun fell and collapsed on a store with two residents. The two residents killed were cousins visiting from mainland China. Their bodies were not unearthed until 18:30 in the evening by firefighters despite efforts of nearby residents and firefighters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197326-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 June Hong Kong rainstorm, Kowloon\nA section of Hung Hom Road collapsed at 13:00 on June 8th due to heavy rainfall the day before, causing detours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197326-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 June Hong Kong rainstorm, Hong Kong Island\n1.5m flood was observed at Sheung Wan, as well as seawater back-flow. Village houses in Pokfulam were flooded, as were many roads, including Tai Hang Road, Pokfulam Road, Water Street and Hill Road, Wong Nai Chung Road, Tin Lok Lane and Wong Chuk Hang Road. A landslide was seen at Kennedy Town. 13 slopes were pronounced at high risk of landslide after the rainstorm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197326-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 June Hong Kong rainstorm, Lantau Island\nNorth Lantau Highway experienced the most severe flood ever. Major landslip occurred in Tung Chung, blocking all lanes of the highway. Ground commute between Tung Chung, airport and downtown was completely halted, except for train service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197326-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 June Hong Kong rainstorm, Effects\n- 326 landslips and 539 floods were reported- 410 flights were delayed, 14 were canceled on June 7th- Hong Kong Wetland Park and Disneyland Resort were temporarily closed in the morning- Ngong Ping 360 service was halted - All banks and judiciary organisations closed for the day- The central allocation of primary school was delayed - Many hiking trails were closed, detoured or permanently blocked, especially on Lantau Island", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197327-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 June rugby union tests\nThe 2008 mid-year rugby union tests (also known as the Summer Internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) refers to the international rugby union played from May to July 2008; they were mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. For Australia, New Zealand and South Africa they were preparation for the 2008 Tri-Nations. The Barbarians, an invitational club side, also conducted a three-match tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197328-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Junior League World Series\nThe 2008 Junior League World Series took place from August 10\u201316 in Taylor, Michigan, United States. Willemstad, Cura\u00e7ao defeated Hilo, Hawaii in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197329-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Junior Oceania Cup\nThe 2008 Junior Oceania Cup was an international field hockey tournament hosted by Australia. The quadrennial tournament serves as the Junior Championship of Oceania organized by the Oceania Hockey Federation. It was held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia between 11 and 14 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197329-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Junior Oceania Cup\nAustralia won the tournament in both the men's and women's competitions. The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2009 men's and women's Junior World Cups, with both Australia and New Zealand qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197330-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Justice and Development Party closure trial\nThe closure trial of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkey was a court case in 2008 to close the party and ban its 71 leading members from politics for five years, based on the charge that the party violated the principle of separation of religion and state in Turkey. The closure request failed by one vote, as only 6 of the 11 judges ruled in favour, with 7 required; however, 10 out of 11 judges agreed that the AKP had become \"a center for anti-secular activities\", leading to a loss of state funding for the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197330-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Justice and Development Party closure trial, Background\nIslamic parties, which were effectively predecessors of the AKP, had been previously closed for violating the separation of religion and state, including the National Order Party (1971) National Salvation Party (1981) Welfare Party (1998) and Virtue Party (2001).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197330-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Justice and Development Party closure trial, Proceedings, Preliminary hearings\nOn 18 March 2008, documents requesting a closure trial of the ruling AKP were presented to the Constitutional Court of Turkey. On 31 May 2008, the Constitutional Court announced that it would accept the indictment of the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Abdurrahman Yal\u00e7\u0131nkaya, and hear the case concerning the closure of the party. As for banning politicians, the indictment cited 61 speeches and actions by Erdo\u011fan, 16 for Ar\u0131n\u00e7, and 10 for G\u00fcl when he was Minister of Foreign Affairs. Rapporteurs of the Constitutional Court then prepared a report for the judges to deliberate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 83], "content_span": [84, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197330-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Justice and Development Party closure trial, Proceedings, Preliminary hearings\nHead rapporteur and Associate Professor Osman Can argued in his 70-page report that the documents presented to the Court should be revised; he said that the statements and evidence presented to the Court about Abdullah G\u00fcl (during his time as Foreign Minister) should be revised since G\u00fcl was now the President of Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 83], "content_span": [84, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197330-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Justice and Development Party closure trial, Proceedings, Preliminary hearings\nIn a rare unanimous vote, the indictment to take up the case was accepted by all of the 11 judges. The prosecutor had also asked for 71 politicians to be banned from politics for five years, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, President Abdullah G\u00fcl, and former Speaker of the Parliament B\u00fclent Ar\u0131n\u00e7. While there was disagreement on G\u00fcl, with 7 votes for and 4 against his inclusion, the other 70 names were agreed on unanimously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 83], "content_span": [84, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197330-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Justice and Development Party closure trial, Proceedings, Preliminary hearings\nAfter close to five hours of deliberations, the 11 judges of the Constitutional Court decided in a rare unanimous ruling to take up the case for closing the AKP and banning the prime minister and dozens of lawmakers from politics. Of the 11 judges, 7 would have sufficed to close down the AKP and ban its 71 figures from politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 83], "content_span": [84, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197330-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Justice and Development Party closure trial, Proceedings, Trial\nOn 28 July 2008, 6 members voted for closure (Osman Alifeyyaz Paks\u00fct, Fulya Kantarc\u0131o\u011flu, \u015eevket Apalak, Zehra Ayla Perkta\u015f, Mehmet Erten, and Necmi \u00d6zler), while 5 voted against (Ha\u015fim K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7, Sacit Adal\u0131, Serruh Kaleli, Ahmet Akyal\u00e7\u0131n, and Serdar \u00d6zg\u00fcld\u00fcr). The last vote was submitted two days later, after 10 members had already voted, by the President of the Constitutional Court Ha\u015fim K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 on 30 July 2008 at 6:00 pm. If he had voted for closure, the result would have been 7:4 for closure and the case would have succeeded. However, K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 voted against the closure, thus making the final vote 6:5, one short of the 7:4 needed for closure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197330-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Justice and Development Party closure trial, Proceedings, Trial\nThe second voting on the state funding of the AKP resulted in 10 out of 11 members voting to cut public funding for the party. The Court decision has cut the state funding of the AKP by 50%. The only vote against cutting the funding was given by President of the Constitutional Court, Ha\u015fim K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197330-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Justice and Development Party closure trial, Proceedings, Trial\nWith only 6 members voting for a closure (7 would have been needed), the Court has rejected the demands of the prosecutor and did not ban the party. The court gave its verdict on 9 July 2009 rejecting the demand, and the case against the Justice and Development Party was terminated. The European Union were relieved with the decision by Turkey's highest court not to ban the ruling AKP. Joost Lagendijk, a member of the European Parliament who works on matters regarding Turkey said: \"Everybody is very happy with this decision, otherwise it would have created a hell of a situation for Turkey.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197331-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 K League\nThe 2008 K League was the 26th season of the K League. The regular season and playoffs' format was the same as the one used in the 2007 season. It began on March 8, and the final of the playoffs finished on 7 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197331-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 K League\nOn 2 August 2008, the first ever Jomo Cup kicked off. The K League All-Stars squared off against the J.League All-Stars at the Japan National Stadium. Lee Woon-jae was selected as the K League All-Star Team's captain and Cha Bum-kun managed the squad. The K League All-Stars won the game by a score of 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197331-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 K League, Top scorers\nThis list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Dudu won the award with 15 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 26], "content_span": [27, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197331-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 K League, Awards, Main awards\nThe K League Players' Player of the Year was published by Korean edition of FourFourTwo in summer, and was not an official award of the K League, but 124 players participated in the selection process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197332-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 K League Championship\nThe 2008 K League Championship was the twelfth competition of the K League Championship, and was held to decide the 26th champions of the K League. The top six clubs of the regular season qualified for the championship. The winners of the regular season directly qualified for the final, and second place team qualified for the semi-final. The other four clubs entered the first round, and the winners of the second round advanced to the semi-final. Each match was played as a single match, excluding the final which consisted of two matches. Suwon Samsung Bluewings became the champions by defeating FC Seoul 3\u20132 on aggregate in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197332-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 K League Championship, Final, First leg\nAssistant referees:Kim Yong-soo (South Korea)Jung Hae-sang (South Korea)Fourth official:Choi Kwang-bo (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197332-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 K League Championship, Final, Second leg\nAssistant referees:Kim Kye-soo (South Korea)Kim Jung-sik (South Korea)Fourth official:Lee Sang-yong (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster\nThe 2008 K2 disaster occurred on 1 August 2008, when 11 mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth. Three others were seriously injured. The series of deaths, over the course of the Friday ascent and Saturday descent, was the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering. Some of the specific details remain uncertain, with different plausible scenarios having been given about different climbers' timing and actions, when reported later via survivors' eyewitness accounts or via radio communications of climbers who died (sometimes minutes) later in the course of events on K2 that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster\nThe main problem was reported as an ice avalanche occurring at an area known as \"the Bottleneck\", which destroyed many of the climbers' rope lines. However, two climbers died on the way up to the top prior to the avalanche. Among the dead were people from France, Ireland, Korea, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, and Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Expedition goal: K2\nK2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest, with a peak elevation of 8,611 metres (28,251\u00a0ft). K2 is part of the Karakoram range, not far from the Himalayas, and is located on the border between the Pakistani Gilgit-Baltistan region, and China's Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang Autonomous Region. It is regarded by mountaineers as far more challenging than Everest, and is statistically the second most dangerous mountain in the world in terms of fatality per summit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Expedition goal: K2\nThe most dangerous section of the climb is the Bottleneck, a steep couloir overhung by seracs from the ice field east of the summit. The high risk of falling ice and avalanches means climbers aim to minimize time spent there. This section would prove especially deadly on this day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Expedition goal: K2\nThe climbing season at K2 lasts from June to August, but in 2008 adverse weather prevented any groups from summitting during June and July. At the end of July, ten different groups were waiting for good weather, some of them having waited for almost two months. The months preceding the summit push were used for acclimatization and preparing for the camps higher on the mountain, the highest of them, Camp IV, at 7,800\u20137,900\u00a0m (25,600\u201325,900\u00a0ft) above sea level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit\nWith July's end approaching and weather forecasts of improving weather, several groups arrived at Camp IV on Thursday, 31 July in preparation to try the summit as soon as weather would permit. Members of an American team, a French team, a Norwegian team, a Serbian team, a South Korean team along with their Sherpas from Nepal, an international team sponsored by the Dutch company Norit, and the teams' Pakistani high-altitude porters (HAPs) decided to work together on the Friday 1 August ascent. A few independent climbers (a solo Spaniard and an Italian pair) also pushed for the summit in the morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 55], "content_span": [56, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, Initial delays\nThe High Altitude Porters (HAPs) and Sherpas started to prepare fixed lines before midnight. They were joined by Spanish solo climber Alberto Zerain, who climbed from Camp III during the night and decided to continue his summit push early, rather than stay at Camp IV. The most experienced HAP, Shaheen Baig, had to go back down with symptoms of high altitude sickness. His experience as the only person in the collected teams to have previously summited K2, and his unofficial leadership of the HAPs and Sherpas, was sorely missed. Some confusion followed and ropes may have been left behind or placed too far down the slope from the Bottleneck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 89], "content_span": [90, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, Initial delays\nWhen the climbing groups started upward at 3:00 a.m., they found that the HAPs and Sherpas had started planting lines right above Camp IV, where they were not needed, up into the Bottleneck, and then had run out of rope for the traverse just above the Bottleneck. This forced the climbers to take the rope from the lower portion of the route and use it to prepare the lines above the Bottleneck, causing a dangerous unplanned delay in the climb schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 89], "content_span": [90, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, Initial delays\nAt this point, Eric Meyer and Fredrik Str\u00e4ng of the American group decided to abort and return to Camp IV, due to both the high probability of reaching the summit late, and the high exposure to ice fall in the crowded Bottleneck. Chris Klinke pushed on for a few more hours before abandoning the ascent, as did Jelle Staleman of the Norit team, who was also suffering frozen feet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 89], "content_span": [90, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, Mandi\u0107 and Baig fall\nAt 8:00 a.m., climbers were finally advancing through the Bottleneck. Dren Mandi\u0107, from the Serbian team, decided to unclip himself from the fixed rope to attend to his oxygen system and to pass Cecilie Skog of the Norwegian team. He lost his balance and fell, bumping into Skog. She was still clipped to the rope and was merely knocked over. Mandi\u0107, however, fell over 100\u00a0m (328 feet) down the Bottleneck. Some climbers at Camp IV claimed they could see he was still moving after the fall and sent a group to help recover Mandi\u0107. Swede Fredrik Str\u00e4ng stated he took command of the recovery operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 95], "content_span": [96, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, Mandi\u0107 and Baig fall\nWhen Str\u00e4ng reached the body, Serbian climbers Predrag Zagorac and Iso Plani\u0107, along with their HAP Mohammed Hussein, had already arrived. They had found no pulse and, judging by the severity of Mandi\u0107's injuries, pronounced him dead. The Serbian climbers decided to lower the body down to Camp IV, and Str\u00e4ng assisted them. They were joined by Jehan Baig, a HAP from the French team, who had fulfilled his assisting duties and had been allowed to head down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 95], "content_span": [96, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, Mandi\u0107 and Baig fall\nSeveral people later indicated Baig may have been suffering from high altitude sickness, since he had displayed questionable behaviour in abseiling down the Bottleneck. Str\u00e4ng also noticed that Baig was incoherent, first offering to help in the rescue, later refusing to help, then returning moments later to assist them again. Baig lost his footing and bumped into Str\u00e4ng, who then urged him to let go of the rope attached to Mandi\u0107's harness, before all four climbers would be dragged down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 95], "content_span": [96, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, Mandi\u0107 and Baig fall\nBaig finally let go of the rope, but to Str\u00e4ng's and the others' surprise, he did not try to stop his slide by using the self-arrest technique, which has about a 50% chance of arresting a fall, and Baig fell to his death. It is unclear why he did not try to stop his slide. Str\u00e4ng then decided to descend without Mandi\u0107's body. The Serbian group aborted, wrapped Mandi\u0107's body in a flag and fastened him to the mountain, and started to descend. Nicholas Rice, a climber with the French team who had been delayed, also aborted at this point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 95], "content_span": [96, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, Mandi\u0107 and Baig fall\nThese delays, together with the traffic jam in the Bottleneck, resulted in most climbers reaching the summit much later than planned, some as late as 8:00 p.m., well outside the typical time for summitting of 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. All together, 18 people summited that day, though eight (plus one who stopped near the summit) would not survive the lengthy descent. On the descent, the Spaniard Alberto Zerain, who had topped out first and alone at 3:00 p.m., managed to pass through the Bottleneck without trouble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 95], "content_span": [96, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, First serac fall\nBy 8:30\u00a0p.m., darkness had enveloped K2. Members of the Norwegian group \u2013 including Lars Flat\u00f8 Nessa and Skog, who had both summitted two hours after Zerain \u2013 had almost navigated the traverse leading to the Bottleneck, when a serac (a large block of glacial ice) broke off from above. As it fell, it cut all the fixed lines and took with it Skog's husband Rolf Bae, who had abandoned the ascent only 100\u00a0m (330\u00a0ft) below the summit, telling Nessa to look after his wife, as he waited for her. Nessa and Skog continued descending without the fixed lines, and managed to reach Camp IV during the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 91], "content_span": [92, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, First serac fall\nAs a result of the serac's fall, the descent through the Bottleneck became more technical. Chunks of ice lay scattered around the route, and the mountaineers above were stranded in darkness in the death zone above 8,000\u00a0m (26,000\u00a0ft). Since the climbers had planned for the fixed lines, they were not carrying additional ropes or fall protection devices, forcing the climbers to \"free solo\" the descent through the notorious Bottleneck. According to team Norit's Dutch mountaineer Wilco van Rooijen, panic broke out among the climbers waiting above the Bottleneck. Some tried to descend in the darkness, while others decided to bivouac and wait until morning before descending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 91], "content_span": [92, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, Midnight descents\nThe Norit team included a full climbing member named Pemba Gyalje, a Sherpa mountaineer who years earlier had been a support climber on Mount Everest. Gyalje descended in the darkness without fixed ropes to reach Camp IV before midnight. Sherpa Chhiring Dorje also descended the Bottleneck with \"Little\" Pasang Lama (who had been stranded without an ice axe) secured to his harness. \"I can just about imagine how you might pull it off,\" writes Ed Viesturs in K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain. \"You kick each foot in solid, plant the axe, then tell the other guy to kick with his own feet and punch holds with his hands. Don't move until he's secure. Still, if Pasang had come off [i.e., 'fallen'], he probably would have taken Chhiring with him. Talk about selfless!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 92], "content_span": [93, 885]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, Midnight descents\nTwo members of the South Korean expedition, Kim Jae-soo and Go Mi-Young, also managed to navigate the Bottleneck in the dark, although the latter had to be helped by two Sherpas from the Korean B team, Chhiring Bhote and \"Big\" Pasang Bhote, who were supposed to summit the next morning. The men had climbed up around midnight without food or oxygen, and found Go Mi-Young stranded somewhere in the Bottleneck, unsure of which route she had to take. They guided her down safely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 92], "content_span": [93, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, D'Aubar\u00e8de's fall\nMeanwhile, team Norit's Cas van de Gevel and the French team's Hugues D'Aubar\u00e8de had each decided to manoeuvre the Bottleneck in the dark. As van de Gevel reached the bottom of the Bottleneck, he witnessed a climber falling to his death, a story corroborated by the two Sherpas Chhiring Bhote and \"Big\" Pasang Bhote, who also had witnessed one or two objects falling from the mountain. This climber was probably D'Aubar\u00e8de, whom van de Gevel had passed just above the Bottleneck in the dark. D'Aubar\u00e8de had run out of bottled oxygen hours before, and when van de Gevel had passed him, he had looked tired and insisted van de Gevel descend before him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 92], "content_span": [93, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Friday, 1 August, D'Aubar\u00e8de's fall\nItalian semi-soloist Marco Confortola and Norit teammates van Rooijen and Irishman Ger McDonnell bivouacked above the traverse, as they could not find the fixed ropes leading across the traverse. Confortola claimed that during the bivouac, he heard screams and saw headlights disappear below him after a roaring sound came from the serac field. At that point, eight people were still above the Bottleneck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 92], "content_span": [93, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August\nThe rescue efforts started in the base camp as a group was sent upwards with ropes to help those still stuck in the Bottleneck. The group included Sherpas Tsering Bhote and \"Big\" Pasang Bhote, who had previously helped Go Mi-Young down the Bottleneck; they now went to search for their relative Jumik Bhote, who had been stranded with the remaining climbers of the Korean expedition somewhere above the Bottleneck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 75], "content_span": [76, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Second serac fall\nEarly in the morning, above the traverse, van Rooijen gave up the search for the fixed ropes and descended alone. His vision was deteriorating and he feared he was going snow blind, requiring him to get off the mountain quickly. Confortola and McDonnell did not follow him immediately. Later, van Rooijen reached the remaining Korean climbers (Confortola claims one of them was Kyeong-Hyo Park) and their guide Jumik Bhote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Second serac fall\nThe men were tangled in several ropes and had clearly been hanging there, some upside down and bloodied, through the night, but all alive. It is unclear whether or not the men were the victims of a second serac fall, an avalanche, or perhaps a regular fall leaving them tangled in the ropes. Some sources mention only two Koreans and Jumik Bhote, while other reports indicate three remaining Koreans (one near death).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Second serac fall\nIt could be that this was the event Confortola had witnessed during the bivouac the previous night, while it could also be that this was the second object Tsering Bhote and \"Big\" Pasang Bhote saw falling off the mountain\u2014there is little direct evidence to clearly confirm either possibility. Van Rooijen handed Jumik Bhote his spare pair of gloves but was unable to help them any more. He claims Jumik Bhote informed him a rescue mission was under way from Camp IV. Van Rooijen decided to continue descending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Second serac fall\nConfortola and McDonnell reached the Korean group later in the morning and worked for several hours trying to free them. It is unclear what happened next. Confortola claims McDonnell, after working with Confortola for at least 1.5 hours, suddenly climbed back up the mountain, leaving him with the three stranded men. Confortola assumed McDonnell had succumbed to high-altitude sickness and was growing delusional, believing he had to climb back up. Left alone, Confortola did all he could for Jumik Bhote, giving him his own equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Second serac fall\nThey had managed to get the Koreans back into at least a comfortable position, though they were still entangled. Confortola says he was able to radio Tsering Bhote and \"Big\" Pasang Bhote, who were on their way up to rescue the men. Confortola, having spent at least three hours with the entangled men, was exhausted and chose to continue down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Second serac fall\nVan Rooijen disputes Confortola's version of the events. Van Rooijen, who had seen Confortola and McDonnell helping the stranded Koreans and their guide from below, thinks McDonnell did not climb back up the mountain, but rather climbed up to the highest anchor supporting the three stranded men to try to transfer the load. He then could have returned to the three men and may have spent another several hours alone helping free the men from the ropes. In his book Surviving K2, van Rooijen provides some photographs he believes support these claims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Third serac fall and avalanche\nConfortola stated that some time after he left the three men, an avalanche struck just feet away from him. In the rubble of this avalanche, he spotted the remains of one climber. After investigating them, he concluded these were McDonnell's remains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 107], "content_span": [108, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Third serac fall and avalanche\nJust after noon, Tsering Bhote and \"Big\" Pasang Bhote had reached the bottom of the Bottleneck. There they found Confortola crawling on his hands and knees. The two Sherpas radioed Gyalje and van de Gevel to come up for Confortola, so Tsering Bhote and \"Big\" Pasang Bhote could continue the search for their relative Jumik Bhote and the Koreans. \"Big\" Pasang Bhote later radioed Gyalje that he had met Jumik Bhote and two members of the Korean expedition just above the Bottleneck\u2014apparently they were freed after all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 107], "content_span": [108, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Third serac fall and avalanche\nHe also radioed that a fourth climber, descending behind the two Koreans and the two Sherpas, had been swept away by a serac fall and was dead. The description of the climber's red-and-black suit matched McDonnell's, which suggests Confortola was mistaken in identifying the remains in the avalanche as McDonnell's and supports van Rooijen's theory that McDonnell freed the two Koreans and Jumik Bhote, before being killed in a different serac fall. Tsering Bhote, from his position at the base of the Bottleneck, has also claimed to have seen a serac fall strike the rescue party as they were descending near the top of the Bottleneck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 107], "content_span": [108, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Uncertainties\nHere, another mystery of the 2008 K2 disaster adds confusion to the sequence of events. There was one other climber still unaccounted for: D'Aubar\u00e8de's HAP, Meherban Karim. Karim was last seen returning from the summit with D'Aubar\u00e8de, in the later hours of 1 August. He and D'Aubar\u00e8de must have gotten separated in the dark, as van de Gevel encountered only D'Aubar\u00e8de above the Bottleneck. Van Rooijen, in his book Surviving K2, supports the theory that Karim bivouacked even higher on the mountain than himself, Confortola, and McDonnell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 90], "content_span": [91, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Uncertainties\nAgain, van Rooijen provides photographic evidence: what looks like a climber can be seen above the serac field on the morning of 2 August. In a later photo, the figure seems to have disappeared, and there is a trail leading down the seracs. Van Rooijen and others, such as McDonnell's partner Annie Starkey, believe this figure was Karim. Disoriented from spending the night at such high altitudes without an oxygen mask, he might have gotten lost and stumbled onto the serac field, where he fell or got swept away by an avalanche or part of the breaking serac. He might even have actually caused one of the serac falls. Hence, it may have been Karim's remains Confortola had found earlier in the avalanche rubble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 90], "content_span": [91, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Uncertainties\nGraham Bowley, in his book No Way Down (2010), is unable to refute the evidence presented by van Rooijen but still deems the photos inconclusive at best. He is joined in his analysis by writer Michael Kodas. Both men edge towards the testimony of the only living eyewitness: Marco Confortola. In the photos taken by Gyalje, individual climbers cannot be made out. In fact, some of the figures assumed to be climbers could very well be rocks, and marks that look like trails are everywhere on the mountain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 90], "content_span": [91, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Uncertainties\nConfortola's statements were conflicting at best. Many of the things he said were later disproved. In his initial interview at Milan Airport, he stated that he had freed the Korean climbers. It was later determined that McDonnell had freed them. He may have also misidentified a body, later thought to be that of another climber, as McDonnell's. In regards to the night before, Confortola stated that he and McDonnell saw climbers being swept away, and they decided to bivouac until morning. He said van Rooijen joined them later. Van Rooijen disputed this claim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 90], "content_span": [91, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Uncertainties\nHe told McDonnell's family that they had all started together and bivouacked together at the same time. Overall, much of the truth of the story came down to van Rooijen's and Gyalje's versions of events. Part of the reason Confortola's version of events were believed early on was because he was first to speak to the media. Gyalje was still trekking out of the mountain range when Confortola was giving his statements and it was days before Gyalje could give his version of events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 90], "content_span": [91, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Uncertainties\nAnother possible explanation of the mystery is an error in \"Big\" Pasang Bhote's observations about the colour of the suit, meaning the last climber could have been Karim, who was wearing a pure red down suit. If so, Confortola had indeed identified McDonnell's remains in the avalanche earlier. The existence of multiple plausible scenarios underscores the uncertainty, even among eyewitnesses, pertaining to the course of events on K2 that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 90], "content_span": [91, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Uncertainties\nIn the book Buried in the Sky (2012), Amanda Padoan and Peter Zuckerman examine much more closely the Sherpa and HAP experiences of the 2008 disaster, and present plausible alternative scenarios and explanations of the events, including the possibility that McDonnell and Karim were still alive at the time of the fourth serac fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 90], "content_span": [91, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Fourth serac fall and avalanche\nMinutes after \"Big\" Pasang Bhote had radioed in the news that he had found his relative Jumik Bhote and two Koreans, another avalanche or serac fall struck. It swept away the four men. Tsering Bhote, who had climbed more slowly than fellow rescuer \"Big\" Pasang Bhote, had not yet reached the top of the Bottleneck. Consequently, he survived the avalanche, as did Gyalje and Confortola at the bottom of the Bottleneck. The death toll had now risen to 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 108], "content_span": [109, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Saturday, 2 August, Van Rooijen's descent\nMeanwhile, van Rooijen was making his way down the mountain alone. He had climbed down a new route to the left of the \u010cesen route, bypassing Camp IV. Van de Gevel and Gyalje descended from Camp IV to Camp III after they had heard van Rooijen was still somewhere on the mountain. Van Rooijen had managed several satellite phone calls that may have helped pinpoint his location. He would ultimately have to spend a second bivouac out on the mountain, suffering third-degree frostbite to his feet. Wilco van Rooijen is one of only a few people to survive two days above the 8000m \"Death Zone\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 98], "content_span": [99, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Events between Camp IV and the summit, Evacuation\nOn Saturday, Van de Gevel and Gyalje made contact with van Rooijen on the \u010cesen route early in the morning; the three managed to get down to the base camp at 10:00 p.m. The next day, Van de Gevel and van Rooijen were evacuated from base camp by helicopter, to Skardu. Confortola reached Camp II, the advance base camp. Pakistani authorities released a list of names of those killed and injured. Confortola was evacuated by helicopter the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Rescue operation\nThe Pakistani military started a rescue operation early on 4 August 2008, using two helicopters. They rescued two injured and frostbitten Dutch climbers from the base camp, located approximately 5,000 metres (16,400\u00a0ft) above sea level. Four climbers, including an Italian, were making their own way down the mountain. The four were flown to Skardu for treatment. Van Rooijen was found using GPS coordinates sent out by his Thuraya satellite phone when he used it to call his brother.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, List of fatalities\nOne of the three Koreans either died during the incident that caused their original fall and tangled the ropes, or the morning after before the others were freed. Some sources claim there were three Koreans tangled in the ropes, whilst McDonnell and Confortola were trying to rescue them. Others have the number at two Koreans and Jumik Bhote. What is certain is: only two Koreans were alive to encounter Pasang Bhote before the last serac fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Climbing on K2 since the disaster\nThere were no summits in 2009 and 2010, during which the renowned skier Fredrik Ericsson fell to his death in the Bottleneck. K2's summit was not reached again until 23 August 2011, when Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (Austria), Maxut Zhumayev and Vassiliy Pivtsov (Kazakhstan), and Darek Zaluski (Poland) topped out via the North Pillar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197333-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 K2 disaster, Climbing on K2 since the disaster\nAccording to AdventureStats, the last 17 fatalities on K2 have all occurred in, around, or above the Bottleneck, once again proving the deadly nature of K2's upper slopes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197334-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 K3 League\nThe K3 League 2008 was the second season of K3 League. It operated in two stages, with the winners of each stage and the two runners-up advancing to the post-season championship playoffs. The five clubs on high rank also earned a spot to the 2009 Korean FA Cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197334-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 K3 League\nThe league began on 22 May 2008, and ended on 6 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 77]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197334-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 K3 League, Championship Playoff, Final\nYangju FC 2\u20132 Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics on aggregate. Yangju FC won by away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197335-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 KB Extraliga season\nThe 2008 KB Extraliga Competition was a Czech domestic rugby club competition, operated by the \u010cesk\u00e1 Rugbyov\u00e1 Unie (\u010cSRU). It began on August 16, 2008 with a match between Tatra Sm\u00edchov and Petrovice at the Stadion ragby C\u00edsa\u0159ka in Prague, and ended with the final on November of that year with Tatra Sm\u00edchov beating \u0158\u00ed\u010dany 17-9 played on Synot Tip Arena in Prague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197335-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 KB Extraliga season\nPraga and P\u0159elou\u010d were added, increasing the number of teams to 10 from the 8 of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197335-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 KB Extraliga season\nUnlike most other years, the league was played over the course of only one year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197335-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 KB Extraliga season, Schedule and results\nFrom the official \u010cSRU site. Within each weekend, matches are to be listed in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197336-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 KB Prvn\u00ed Liga season\nThe 2008 KB Prvn\u00ed Liga Competition was a Czech domestic rugby club competition, operated by the \u010cesk\u00e1 Rugbyov\u00e1 Unie (\u010cSRU). It began on August 31, 2008 with a match between Olomouc and ARC Iuridica, and ended with the final on 18 October of that year with Bystrc beating Olomouc 31-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197336-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 KB Prvn\u00ed Liga season\nUnlike most other years, the league was played over the course of only one year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197336-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 KB Prvn\u00ed Liga season, Schedule and results\nFrom the official \u010cSRU site. Within each weekend, matches are to be listed in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197337-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 KBS Drama Awards\nThe 2008 KBS Drama Awards (Korean:\u00a0KBS \uc5f0\uae30\ub300\uc0c1) is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network for the year of 2008. It was held on December 31, 2008 and hosted by Choi Soo-jong and Han Ji-min.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197338-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships\nThe 2008 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships in speed skating were held at the Kardinge ice stadium in Groningen, Netherlands on 27 and 28 December 2007. Although the event took place in December 2007 this was the 2008 edition as it is part of the 2007-08 speed skating season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197338-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships\nSven Kramer defended his 2007 title by winning all four distances. In the women's tournament Ireen W\u00fcst won the tournament with only winning the opening 500 m, young gun Marrit Leenstra won the 1500 m and veteran Renate Groenewold the 3000 m and 5000 m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197339-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships\nThe 2008 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice rink on 26\u201328 October 2007. Although this tournament was held in 2007 it was the 2008 edition as it was part of the 2007\u20132008 speed skating season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197340-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 KNVB Cup Final\nThe 2008 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between Feyenoord and Roda JC on 27 April 2008 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2007\u201308 KNVB Cup competition. Feyenoord beat Roda JC 2\u20130 after goals from Denny Landzaat and Jonathan de Guzm\u00e1n. It was their eleventh KNVB Cup triumph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack\nThe 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack was an attack on the gym of the Kabul Serena Hotel, in Kabul, Afghanistan on January 14, 2008, for which the Taliban claimed responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack\nA Norwegian delegation under Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re was staying at the hotel at the time of the attack. The attack claimed six lives, including Norwegian journalist Carsten Thomassen. Six others were also injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack\nThe Kabul Serena Hotel is a five-star hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, belonging to Serena Hotels, designed by the Montreal-based Group Arcop Architects and since its reopening in 2005 has been used by international media crews and politicians. The hotel also houses the Australian embassy in Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Attack\nAt 6:30 pm local time, three men disguised in police uniforms created a distraction while a fourth man entered the hotel compound to detonate his suicide vest. Taliban spokesman Zadihullah Mujahid said that the militants had been armed with AK-47 automatic rifles, hand grenades and explosive jackets. After a car bomb had detonated outside the hotel, the militants began firing around inside the compound. According to a NATO spokesman, one of the compound guards managed to kill one of the militants before they entered the hotel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Attack\nTwo of the militants threw hand grenades at the guards outside, then entered the hotel complex itself. As they entered the hotel, one of the militants detonated a suicide vest, while at least one other, who was wearing an Afghan police uniform, began firing an AK-47.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Attack\nThe Norwegian photographer Stian Solum explained that he was one of those shot at by a man wearing an Afghan police uniform as he left the lift. According to Norwegian foreign ministry spokeswoman Anne Lene Dale Sandsten Norwegian officials were in a meeting one level down from the reception when they heard shooting and \"a big blast\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Attack\nThe militants were supposedly planning to target the hotel's exercise and spa facility, which is used by many foreigners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Attack\nAfter the attack, American and Afghan forces appeared at the scene in order to set up a perimeter around the hotel and search for the remaining assailants. Private Security Contractors employed by the U.S. State Department Worldwide Personal Protective Services of team Hammer 4 QRF were some of the first responders to arrive on scene. After arriving they began a methodical, room to room clearing of the hotel. They evacuated over 20 foreign nationals in armored Land Cruiser and Suburban vehicles. The Norwegian ISAF force in Kabul evacuated injured and others from the hotel. The Norwegians used two armoured vehicles, a Sisu XA-186 and a patrol car, including a medic and a nurse during the evacuation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Fatalities\nSix people are believed to have been killed and six wounded. Two Norwegians were shot and severely injured in the attack. One of them was Dagbladet journalist Carsten Thomassen, who was hit by three rounds and later died from his wounds; the other was a male employee from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs . They were transported by Norwegian soldiers to a Czech ISAF field hospital in Kabul, where Thomassen died during surgery due to his injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Fatalities\nTwo hotel guards were killed in the attack as well as a Filipino female employee at the hotel and an American citizen, Thor Hesla, who was a long-time political campaigner for David Wu, Bill Bradley and Bill Clinton, among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Fatalities\nOne of the attackers was killed by security forces and a second killed in the explosion he caused. A diplomat from the United Arab Emirates was shot in the abdomen and severely injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, The perpetrators\nA Western medic who arrived at the hotel after the attack said that of the four attackers, one was shot and killed in the lobby, one had detonated himself in the courtyard, one apparently locked himself on the hotel roof by mistake and then detonated his explosive vest, and the fourth had fled the scene and was captured by security guards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re\nNorwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re resided at Serena Hotel along with a large delegation from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time of the attack. Everyone attending the meeting located one floor below the lobby were ordered down on the floor by Norwegian Police Security Service guards. They remained lying while the guards were ready to use their weapons, in case the room itself should be attacked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re\nThe delegation was then moved to safety in a bomb shelter in the basement of the hotel. At the time of the attack, St\u00f8re had just begun his meeting with the leader of the Afghan Human Rights Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re\nThe United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon later stated that the Norwegian delegation led by Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re had been the targets for the attack., while the Taliban released different statements. One source claimed the Norwegian foreign minister was not the target for the attack, although the Norwegian media said that the Taliban wished to attack the Serena Hotel while St\u00f8re resided there in order to intimidate on an \"international level\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Details, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re\nDue to security reasons, St\u00f8re cancelled the rest of his visit to Afghanistan the day after the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Controversy in Norway\nThe attack and Thomassen's death in particular triggered controversy in Norway when it became known that the Norwegian Foreign Ministry had ignored recommendations from the Norwegian Police Security Service and the Norwegian Intelligence Service regarding the security arrangements for St\u00f8re's visit. One particularly controversial decision, which may have contributed to the Taliban's choice of target, was to publish St\u00f8re's itinerary, including the name of the hotel where he would be staying, in advance of the trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197341-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack, Controversy in Norway\nFurthermore, while it was standard operating procedure for the Norwegian ISAF forces to escort any Norwegian delegation in Afghanistan with a protection detail including a medevac APC, the Foreign Ministry had declined such an escort. Subsequent to the attack, sources within the Norwegian armed forces expressed dismay at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry's lack of proper contingency plans for medical evacuation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197342-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kadima leadership election\nAn election for the leadership of Kadima was held on 17 September 2008 as a concession to Kadima's coalition partner, Labour, which had threatened to bring down the government if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert didn't stand aside following police investigations into alleged corruption during his terms as minister and as mayor of Jerusalem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197342-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kadima leadership election\nAs Kadima remained the largest party in the Knesset and the coalition, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the designated new leader after balloting, had the chance to form a government without a need for elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197342-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kadima leadership election, Campaign\nThe two front-runners throughout the campaign consistently remained Mofaz and Livni, with Livni always holding a consistent lead in the polls. (Although, it should be noted, Israeli primary polls are frequently unreliable, due to poor sampling and turnout predictions. Most of the polls in the 2012 Kadima primary showed Livni ahead of Mofaz, yet Mofaz ended up winning by 24 points; likewise, Amir Peretz beat former Prime Minister Shimon Peres in the 2005 Labor leadership primary even though most polls predicted a solid Peres victory.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197342-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Kadima leadership election, Campaign\nWhile both frontrunners supported a two-state solution, Mofaz attacked Livni for wanting to divide Jerusalem in a final peace deal with the Palestinians, and claimed that his military experience would make him a more qualified Prime Minister. Livni and her supporters claimed that a vote for Mofaz is the same as a vote for the Likud due to Mofaz's hawkish and more right-wing positions. They emphasized Livni's \"clean\" (free from corruption allegations) image and showed that Kadima led by Livni would win more seats in Parliament than Kadima led by Mofaz. Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert remained neutral in the primary, but was alleged to privately favor Mofaz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197342-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kadima leadership election, Results\nExit polls released after the poll indicated a double-digit victory for Livni. The actual vote count turned out much closer, amid very low turnout, with Shaul Mofaz coming within a few hundred votes of winning an unexpected victory over Livni. Supporters of Mofaz called for a recount but Mofaz rejected any legal challenge of the declared result and called Livni to congratulate her on her victory, as did Sheetrit and Dichter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197342-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kadima leadership election, Aftermath\nAfter Mofaz's loss, he announced that he would be taking a break from politics and leaving the government and Knesset. However, he would remain a member of Kadima. Soon after, however, he announced his return and won the 2nd place in Kadima's Knesset list for the 2009 elections. In a rematch in 2012, he won the leadership, and in the 2013 election led the party to a stunning collapse, winning 2 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197342-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kadima leadership election, Aftermath\nAfter her election, Livni failed to form a governing coalition, having failed to reach an agreement with Shas. Subsequently general elections took place on February 10, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197343-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kagame Interclub Cup\nThe CECAFA Club Cup is a football club tournament organised by CECAFA. It has been known as the Kagame Interclub Cup since 2002, when Rwandan President Paul Kagame began sponsoring the competition. It is contested by clubs from East and Central Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197344-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kakkonen \u2013 Finnish League Division 2\nLeague tables for teams participating in Kakkonen, the third tier of the Finnish football league system, in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197345-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandahar bombing\nThe 2008 Kandahar bombing of February 17, 2008 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, was an attack targeting a crowd of people watching a dog-fighting competition. With more than 100 killed, it was the deadliest attack on Afghan soil since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197345-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandahar bombing\nThe target of the attack was believed to have been a local police commander who was killed in the blast, Abdul Hakim Jan. He was reported to be known in the area for the strong stand he took against Taliban forces. \"He was a big wall for us; no one else can take his place,\" Ahmedullah, a 50-year-old farmer in the neighboring Arghandab District. \"Now I guess that Arghandab can become a station of the Taliban. They were scared of our commander Abdul Hakim. Now we don't have any other person like him in the whole district.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197345-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandahar bombing\nKandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid said he'd tried to warn the police commander away from the event, saying he, the Governor, had known there were bombers active in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197345-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandahar bombing\n\"A Taliban spokesman calling himself Qari Yousuf Ahmadi told Canwest News Service that his group did not co-ordinate the first [Kandahar] suicide strike, but took responsibility for\" a second the next day in Spin Boldak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case\nThe 2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case refers to the gang-rape of a 28-year-old nun during the 2008 Kandhamal violence. The incident received media attention during the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case\nThe violence broke out between Hindu nationalists and Christians after the murder of a Hindu monk and four disciples. During the violence in  Kandhamal district, a Catholic nun who worked with the tribals was taken away, along with a priest from the house where she took shelter, by a mob shouting \"Bharat Mata Ki Jai\". The mob took her to another place where she was raped till another mob came and paraded her half-naked through the roads, beat her, and attempted to strip her completely naked along the way to a market place, where onlooking police did not intervene. The priest was doused with kerosene and an attempt made to burn him alive. Later the nun and priest were taken into police custody.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case\nThe nun blamed the police for allegedly being friendly with the attackers and discouraging her from filing a police complaint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case\nLater 3 suspects were convicted for the rape, and 6 others acquitted for lack of evidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Background\nThe incident happened during anti-Christian violence that targeted Christian Churches, Institutions and homes where more than 395 churches and 5600 Christians' houses were burned, 39-100 Christians killed, and nearly 60,000 left homeless by groups led by the Hindu nationalist Sangh Parivar groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Background\nThe nun belonged to the Servite Order of the Catholic Church and was born in Sambalpur, Odisha, India. She was 28 years old during the time of the incident and worked with the tribals at the Divya jyoti Pastoral Centre in K Nuagaon, 12\u00a0km from Baliguda town in Kandhamal District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Background\nThe nun was very active in spreading information about various central government employment schemes like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (NREGS) to the tribals. She was also helping the tribals with various micro-finance schemes. The non-tribal community were reportedly angry after their business took a hit from the nun's work. During 2007 and early 2008, the social service organization, Jan Vikas, where she worked was targeted several times. She asked for police protection, the day before the incident but the police did not respond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Incident\nDuring the evening of 24 August 2008, a large mob arrived in front of the Divya jyoti centre where the nun was staying and she ran out through the back door, along with a few others, into the forest and sheltered at the house of a Hindu man for the night. The mob later set the Divya jyoti centre on fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Incident\nThe rape incident happened around 1 p.m on 25 August. A mob of 2000 assembled near the house shouting \"Bharat Mata ki jai\", and about 40-50 men armed with iron rods, lathis, sickles, axes, spades and crowbars entered the house where she was staying. They slapped her and pulled her out of the house by her hair. The nun also claimed two men attempted to decapitate her with an axe. Another priest who also took shelter in the house where she stayed was also taken out and beaten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Incident\nThe priest alleged that the men shouted pro-Hindutva slogans and wore saffron bandanas. The mob took her to a burnt down building, tore off her upper clothing, and she was gang-raped with two of the attackers standing on her hands. She lost consciousness and couldn't recall incidents after the assault. The priest was also beaten up and doused with kersone by the mob who threatened to set him on fire, as he protested. Another mob came there during the same time shouting \"where is the nun\" and \"at-least hundred people should rape her\". The nun claimed that the mob then took her and the priest outside and were searching for a rope to tie them up and burn them alive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Incident\nI was raped and now I don't want to be victimised by the police of Orissa. I want an investigation from the CBI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Incident\nThe mob then paraded the nun half-naked without her upper clothing for more than a half-kilometer to a marketplace where people made lewd remarks such as \u201cHi beautiful\u201d and commented on the size of her breasts. The mob kept beating her and attempted to strip her completely naked along the way. The nun claimed that when she asked for help from some policemen and sat beside them, they did not even flinch. As she was laying there in her blood, some people were collecting tyres to burn her and the priest alive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Incident\nThe mob then took them to a police outpost along with a policeman. The nun claimed that the mob said they would return after taking a food break, and that the police were very friendly with a man who attacked her, and discouraged her from filing a first information report (FIR). The report by the Indian People's Tribunal confirmed all the incidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Incident\nThe nun and priest were then taken to a hospital for medical check ups, and in several instances, the police kept them inside the jeep or in the garages fearing attacks on the police station by mobs, and then took them to a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Incident\nOn the evening of the same day, the doctor who did medical tests on the nun confirmed that she had been raped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Convictions\nOn 3 October 2008, the Police Chief of Khandamal district, confirmed the rape and arrested 4 people in connection with the incident. On 25 October 2008, the nun was asked by the police to help identify the rapists. 27 people were arrested in connection with the incident by 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Convictions\nOn 14 March 2014, 3 people were convicted for the rape, and 6 people were acquitted due to lack of evidence. The key accused was given a jail time of 11 years, but was granted bail in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197346-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case, Aftermath\nHer public appeal mounted pressure on the ruling party to ban Bajrang Dal, a Sangh Parivar group which was the most accused of orchestrating the Kandhamal riots. However the ruling party reportedly feared as such a move would mobilize the vote-banks towards the Bhartiya Janata Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence\nThe 2008 Kandhamal violence refers to widespread violence against Christians purportedly incited by Hindutva organisations in the Kandhamal district of Orissa, India, in August 2008 after the murder of the Hindu monk Lakshmanananda Saraswati. According to government reports the violence resulted in at least 39 Christians killed and 3906 Christian houses completely destroyed. Reports state, more than 395 churches were razed or burnt down, over 5,600 \u2013  6,500\u00a0houses plundered or burnt down, over 600 villages ransacked and more than 60,000 \u2013 75,000\u00a0people left homeless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence\nOther reports put the death toll at nearly 100 and suggested more than 40 women were sexually assaulted. Unofficial reports placed the number of those killed to more than 500. Many Christian families were burnt alive. Thousands of Christians were forced to convert to Hinduism under threat of violence. Many Hindu families were also assaulted in some places because they supported the Indian National Congress (INC) party. This violence was led by the Bajrang Dal, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the VHP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence\nTensions reportedly started with violent incidents over Christmas 2007 which resulted in the burning of over 100 churches and church institutions, including hostels, convents, and over 700 houses. Three persons were also killed during the three days after Christmas. The Hindutva groups and activists of the Kui Samaj were mostly involved in the 2007 attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence\nAfter the riots 20,000 people were sheltered in 14 government established relief camps and 50,000 people fled to the surrounding districts and states. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom reported that by March 2009, and at least 3,000 individuals were still in government relief camps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background\nHateful anti-Christian campaigns in Kandhamal had already begun in the late 1960s, and continued for a long time, creating violence against minorities at frequent intervals including the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, Kandha\u2013Pana tensions\nThe Kandhamal district houses more than 100,000 Christians where 60% of them converted from the Scheduled Castes (SC) and are locally called as the Pana Christians (Pana) and they speak Kui language like tribal Kondhs or Kandhas. The district has been ethnically divided for decades between the tribal Kui-speaking Kandha tribals, and lower caste Kui-speaking Panas, who occupy a dominant position in their society. The Kui Samaj or the Kui association claimed to represent all the Kandha tribals, who were nearly 52% of the population in the district", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, Kandha\u2013Pana tensions\nThe tribal Khonds were historically followed Hinduism , Shaktism &Tantra etc.The tribal Panas were also Hindus before their conversion to Christianity. by Christian Missionaries", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, Kandha\u2013Pana tensions\nAccording to the Constitution, the reservation benefits are removed from the SCs after conversion and the Pana Christians demanded the Scheduled tribe (ST) status after the Presidential Order of 2002 which mentioned the Kui tribes in the ST category since they also speak the kui language. This was opposed by the VHP, the Kui Samaj and other political leaders who depend on Hindu tribals to supported their vote bank in the area. These tensions soon transformed into communal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, Kandha\u2013Pana tensions\nThe Kui Samaj called for a Shutdown on December 25, 2007 to protest against the allowing of ST caste status to the SC Pana Christians. With the shutdowns on Christmas Day, Christians, Christian institutions and Churches targeted by activists belonging to the Kui Samaj and the VHP. Christians were killed and churches were burnt and damaged in the violence during the Christmas of 2007 that slowly calmed down till the murder of Swami Lakshmanananda, which created a massacre during August 2008. The National Commission for minorities reported that the tensions between the Kandha and the Pana tribals were partly responsible for the agitation and violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, The Sangh Parivar\nA senior Home Department official said that the present struggle between the mostly Christian-Dalit Panas and the Kandh tribe, mostly pro-Hindus, was the outcome of the ethnic, social and religious divide that helped Maoists to set up their base. While over 1200 Churches and 400 Christian institutions became an eyesore for Hindutava forces, conversion was also a strong issue that had helped Sangh Parivar to strengthen its roots in Orissa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, The Sangh Parivar\nAmerican political Scientist, Paul Brass argued that the generally insignificant, local communal conflicts in India are made into larger communal violence by groups he terms as 'conversion specialists'. In his book Constructing Indian Christianities: Culture, Conversion and Caste, Chad M. Bauman argued that the Sangh Parivar leaders followed the same technique in the Kandhamal riots by linking their local politics and clashes with broader national fears like extinction of Hinduism, a Christian demographic increase and even a 'Christian military coup'. Thereby providing justification for the anti-Christian violence and also issuing a 'national call to arms' for the defense of the Khandamal Hindus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, December 2007 violence\nThe Human Rights Watch reported that the first wave of violence occurred on December 24, 2007 during an argument between Christians and Hindus over Christmas celebrations in the Kandhamal district. A Christian group attacked a vehicle belonging to the VHP leader Lakshmanananda Saraswati and in retaliation 19 Churches were completely burned down and razed. The Hindutva groups and the activists of the Kui Samaj were mostly involved in the 2007 attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, December 2007 violence\nThe Kui Samaj and the VHP called for a bandh on December 25 to protest against the granting of ST status to the Pana Christians. The VHP also called for a bandh on Christmas Day for the attack on Lakshmananda's car. This led to Clashes between both the groups which continued for days where 837 families lost their houses. A mob of 500 strong attackers also torched a police station and burned the police vehicles and a Congress parliamentarian's house was also attacked. Saffron activists and Kui tribals who opposed the tribal status to the predominantly Christian Pana tribals joined together in the attacks. According to various Non-Governmental Organizations, the VHP exploited the tensions between the Kui Samaj and Pana Christians to propel the Christmas attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, December 2007 violence\nFrom December 24 to 27, 2007, at least three persons were killed and over 100 churches and church institutions, including convents and hostels, about 700 houses and other structures were burnt during the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, December 2007 violence\nOn 1 January 2008 further violence was reported at several places. Police said at least 20 houses and shops were torched at Phiringia, Khajuripada, Gochapada and Brahmanigaon by rioters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, Murder of Swami Lakshmanananda\nOn the evening of Saturday, 23 August 2008, unknown militants entered into the Ashram at around 8.00 p.m. and fired bullets from an AK-47 on the frail body of 84 years old Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati at Jalespata Vanabashi Kanyashram in Kandhmal District of Orissa. After killing him brutally, the proxy militants allegedly also cut various parts of his body by chisel and axe as it appeared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, Murder of Swami Lakshmanananda\nOthers who tried to rescue the Swami, namely Sadhwi Bhakti Mata who was overall charge of the Kalyan Ashram, Kishore Baba, Amritanand Baba and a visitor guardian of an inmate of the school, were also killed. The dead body of Bhakti Mata was also defaced and ripped by brutal cut injuries. The attackers, estimated at thirty gunmen, were suspected of being Maoist insurgents but the Sangh Parivar family blamed it upon local Christian evangelical groups. Both the manner of attack and a letter found at the attack provided the basis for this. The government announced a special investigative probe into the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, Murder of Swami Lakshmanananda\nChristians have killed Swamiji. We will give a befitting reply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, Murder of Swami Lakshmanananda\nWhile the government held the Maoist insurgents of being responsible for the attacks, the Sangh Parivar groups blamed the incident on the Christians. The VHP state general secretary, Gouri Ram Prasad blamed the murder on the Christians and also said that the organization would retaliate on the Christians and also called for a ban on churches in the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Background, Murder of Swami Lakshmanananda\nIn October 2008, a senior Maoist leader claimed responsibility for the murder of Laxmanananda and police officials confirmed that the Maoists trained youth in the tribal community to murder Laxmanananda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots\nAt the midnight of August 23\u201324, hours after VHP chief Lakshmanananda Saraswati was killed, the chaos began. The police suspected the role of Maoists and announced it to the media at 11:00 pm. The news spread quickly and activists from Sangh Parivar groups, including the VHP and Bajrang Dal, erected barriers in several locations including Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. The police theory of suspected Maoist involvement was denied by Sangh Parivar leaders who accused militant Christians of murdering Lakshmanananda. On August 23, about midnight, demonstrators burned down a private bus and also damaged many churches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots\nThe VHP and Bajrang Dal called for a statewide shutdown on Monday, 25 August 2008. Activists from the BJP, VHP, the Hindu Jagarana Samukhya and the Bajrang Dal staged protests and blocked traffic in nearly all district headquarters towns in the next morning demanding the detention of the Lakshmananda's killers. Businesses, banks and all schools and universities stayed closed as directed by the government. The police in the state stood mostly as silent observers to the harassment of those who had stepped out of their homes during the bandh. On the same day, rioters attacked a Christian orphanage at Khuntpalli village in Bargarh district. A local Hindu woman employee in her 20s was gang-raped and burnt alive by the mob after she was mistaken for a Christian, when the orphanage was set on fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 843]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots\nThe funeral procession which passed through hundreds of villages, was organized from Lakshmanananda's ashram at Jalespata to Chakapad. The procession began on the noon of August 24 and ended at the afternoon of the next day after stopping for the night at Phulbani. The event was attended by Sangh Parivar leaders, including Suresh Pujari, the State BJP's president. Hundreds of people assembled along the way to pay their last respects. Enraged mobs there assaulted Christians in the towns that the procession went through. Christians who were considered to be supporters of Congress were assaulted everywhere and many Hindus were also assaulted in some places because they supported the congress. The attackers included the BJP, VHP, Bajrang Dal and other Sangh Parivar groups and the Biju Janata Dal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 844]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots\nThere is no place for Christians. If Christians don't become Hindus, they have to go. We don't care where they go. They must leave Orissa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots\nHindu mobs angered by the murders allegedly incited by Manoj Pradhan, an elected state legislator from the BJP, set fire to many Christian settlements. VHP chief Pravin Togadia travelled across the state inciting violence. Christians who demanded tribal status they belonged to Scheduled Castes on the basis of their shared Kui language with the Kandha tribal people, were also attacked. No effort was made by the police on service to stop the demonstrators from targeting Christians and their properties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots\nThe Kui Samaj, a Kandha tribal organisation which opposed this joined with the Sangh Parivar and the ruling alliance on the attacks. The government officials and government offices were attacked and police and civil administration vehicles were damaged by the demonstrators. In the entire district, prohibition orders were tightened and curfews were enforced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots\nNeighbors became rivals in many areas and burned Christian families alive. The houses belonging to the Christians who escaped into the nearby woods and hills were also robbed and torched by people from the surrounding villages. Many of the victims stayed up to seven days hidden in the jungles and came out only when the police found them and reassured them of protection. Soon, the relief camps set up by the government wasn't enough to house the homeless. People were inquiring about the whereabouts of their loved ones in the overpopulated camps, 10 days after the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots\nThe violence was led by the Bajrang Dal, VHP and the RSS. The Government of Orissa and police, military and paramilitary forces deployed in the state failed to respond efficiently, effectively or appropriately. The VHP claimed that Hindu people in the area had taken the death of the Swami \"very seriously, and now they are going to pay them back.\" A curfew was imposed in all towns in Kandhamal. Despite this, violence continued in Phulbani, Tumudibandh, Baliguda, Udaygiri, Nuagaon and Tikabali towns. Many others fled into the jungle or into neighbouring districts and states. All nine towns in Kandhamal district were under a curfew, and the police had license to shoot. Curfew was also imposed in Jeypore town of Odisha's Koraput district. Five police personnel were injured in mob violence. The state government sought additional paramilitary forces to combat the continuing violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 931]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots\nAbout 2,000 Christians are estimated to have been forced to leave their religion in the violence. Thousands of Christians were herded into temples and were forced to perform conversion rituals with their heads shaved, according to a fact-finding tribunal led by Justice AP Shah. As a gesture of purification, the Christians were made to consume water mixed with Cow-dung and some were forced to damage churches and burn bibles to demonstrate that they had abandoned Christianity. As required by the anti-conversion law, they were made to sign \"voluntary statements\" asserting that they are now willingly becoming Hindus. District authorities said they had received dozens of complaints of forced conversions to Hinduism. Some victims have put saffron flags atop their home to prevent any future attacks and those sheltered in the refugee camps have been told they can go home only if they become Hindus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 944]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots\nDuring the riots, some small villages in rural areas were targeted by extremists. They killed the pastor of Mukundapur, a small village in Gajapati District. Hindus have also been attacked by members of their own faith, for having Christian relatives. One woman, who is herself a Hindu, says she was gang-raped by her grandparents' neighbors due to her uncle's refusal to renounce his Christian beliefs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots, Continued violence\nOn 1 September 2008 the state government of Odisha claimed that the situation was under control. However, several houses and places of worship were burnt in the riots, especially in worst-hit Kandhamal district. 12,539 people were fed in relief camps, 783 people were fed in two relief camps in Rayagada district. In all, 12 companies of para-military forces, 24 platoons of Odisha State Armed Police, two sections of Armed Police Reserve forces and two teams of Special Operation Group (SOG) were deployed to control the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots, Continued violence\nOn 4 September 2008 a group of nearly 2500 extremists barged into the Tikabali Government High School Relief Camp shouting at the Christian refugees and took away supplies meant for the refugees, while police remained as silent spectators. On the same day, over 300 VHP incited tribal women attacked a relief camp for the Christian riot victims in Tikabali, demanding food, employment and relief for non-Christian population, who they said had been starving following the 12-day-old curfew order clamped by the district administration to contain communal violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots, Continued violence\nOn 7 September 2008 VHP leader Praveen Togadia announced that an all-India agitation would be launched if the killers of Saraswati were not arrested. The Church and Christian groups in turn demanded dismissal of the state government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots, Continued violence\nOn 15 September 2008, it was reported that there was an attack on two Hindu temples in Odisha's Sundergarh district. One was attacked on the night of 14 September, and the other 2 weeks earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots, Continued violence\nOn 30 September 2008, a Christian nun accused the mob of raping her on 25 August at Nuagaon in Kandhamal district. During a press conference she said that a group of unidentified persons, dragged her along with Fr Thomas Chellan to the deserted Jana Vikas building. The priest was doused with petrol and beaten up. She reported that the mob paraded her on the streets in the presence of a dozen policemen Eventually, four men were arrested for the attack, and a senior police office suspended over the delayed investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots, Continued violence\nAfter the complaint was launched, police had a medical examination of the nun carried out, which confirmed her rape. Police sent the clothes of the said nun to the state forensic laboratory for further verification. Police arrested nine people in connection with the crime while the nun in case was in hiding for fear of reprisals. The Crime branch took charge of the probe following a government decision after the medical report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0031-0002", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Kandhamal riots, Continued violence\nOn 22 October 2008, the Supreme Court of India, rejected an appeal by the Archbishop of Cuttack, Raphael Cheenath, for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incident and asked the victim to look at an identity parade of those accused to identify the culprit with the help of the state police itself. Reuters reported the nun's media conference under the headline '40 men gang-raped me, says nun'; though she had made no such statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Relief camps\n20,000 people were sheltered in 14 relief camps built by the state government from 23 August onwards. Approximately 50,000 people were hiding in the district's forest areas, and nearly 500 people went to Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to stay in relief camps made by the YMCA. Around 50,000 people reportedly escaped to surrounding districts and neighboring states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Relief camps\nThe United States Commission on International Religious Freedom reported that by March 2009, and at least 3,000 individuals were still in government camps, reportedly because of their inability to return to their family homes unless they \"reconvert\" to Hinduism. After two weeks, a month long series of \"reconversion\" rituals and processions with the slained Swami's ashes were announced. There was no immediate police response. Many Christians allegedly took place in these ceremonies due to the fear of additional violence, property destruction and harassment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Total casualties and damages\nGovernment reports suggested that the violence resulted in at least 39 killed, over 365 churches vandalized or destroyed, over 5,600 houses were looted or burnt down, 600 villages ransacked and more than 54,000 were left home less. While other reports put the death toll to nearly 100 and suggested more than 40 women were sexually assaulted and many Christians were forced to convert to Hinduism with the threat of violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Total casualties and damages\nThe report by the Centre for Child Rights reported that at least 300 churches were destroyed; 13 Colleges, schools and 5 NGO offices were damaged. About 30,000 people lived in relief camps for months. About 2,000 people were forced to convert to Hinduism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Total casualties and damages\nAccording to a research by the Kandhamal Committee for Peace and Justice, 395 churches and places of worship and more than 6,500 homes were ransacked and razed to the ground during the August 2008 attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Total casualties and damages\nIn its report, a CPI fact-finding team quoted officials admitting that in the month-long anti-Church riots in which VHP and Bajrang Dal played a central role, not less than 500 individuals were killed. The report said a senior government official on the requesting anonymity stated that he personally relegated 200 corpses found from the forest and from fires after getting them loaded in a tractor and reported that depending on the severity and pace of murders the number of those slain is over 500 people. The report also claimed that the incidents took place in front of the police and the police were mute spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Total casualties and damages\nInitial reports suggested that more than 18,000 were injured and 50,000 displaced. Another report said that around 11,000 people were still living in relief camps, as of October 2008. Some tribals even fled away to border districts in neighbouring states. 310 villages were affected with 4,640 homes, 252 churches, and 13 educational institutes torched during attacks. Multiple Hindu temples and an unknown number of Hindus were also killed during the riots, excluding the five Hindu sadhus (including Saraswati) who were killed in the beginning itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Total casualties and damages\nOn 14 October 2008, Cuttack Archbishop Raphael Cheenath moved the Supreme Court seeking \u20b9\u00a030\u00a0million as compensation to rebuild the demolished and vandalized churches in the riot-hit areas. He also sought \u20b9 550,000 for the kin of those killed in the riots and compensation of \u20b9 60,000 to those whose houses were damaged or torched.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Investigations\nA report by the National Commission for Minorities blamed the violence on Sangh Parivar outfits and the Bajrang Dal. The Director general of police of Gujarat, CP Singh, stated on record that \"organisations like the VHP and Bajrang Dal are clearly behind the violence. The CPM member Basudeb Acharia blamed the Bajrang Dal of the attacks and said that within an hour after the swami's murder the Bajrang Dal and the VHP armed with swords and spears started to attack the Christians and burnt-down their houses. Orissa's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the Sangh Parivar was involved in the violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Investigations\nIn a press release made on 21 September, The National Commission for Minorities blamed the Sangh Parivar and Bajrang Dal for the communal violence in states of Karnataka and Odisha. Shafi Qureshi, member of the NCM team stated that the NCM teams had determined activists of Bajrang Dal were involved in these attacks in both in state of Odisha and Karnataka. Condemning the attack on churches in Kandhamal and other areas of Odisha and in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikmagalur and Mangalore in Karnataka, the Commission stressed the need for immediate confidence building measures to allay the fear from the minds of the minorities in both states of Odisha and Karnataka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Investigations\nThe Sangh Parivar was also held responsible for the violence by the report of the fact-finding commission led by Justice AP Shah in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Investigations\nThe historical context of the Kandhamal violence is the spread of the ideology of Hindutva... A planned attack on the Christian minority in Orissa was a tragedy in the waiting period following the Gujarat pogrom of 2002 that killed over 2,000 Muslims and destroyed the community. Kandhamal was an ideal place for such an attack because of the possibility to manipulate the strained dynamics of the relationship between both the Dalit and the Adivasi populations to satisfy the aims of religious extremists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Investigations\nOn 28 August, a letter of denial (denying responsibility for the murder of Saraswati) was received by some media houses suspected to be from a Maoist group. While the letter denied that the Central Committee of the Kotagarha branch of the Maoists had approved the attack, it claimed that some Maoists may have been lured by \"nefarious elements\" to launch the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Investigations\nBut the local police force continued to maintain that Maoists were behind the operation Soon after the appearance of the aforementioned letter, \"Azad\", another leader of the splinter Maoist People's Liberation Guerrilla Army group, claimed responsibility for the murder of Lakshmanananda in another letter. Azad was suspected by the police of leading the attack himself. Finally, on 9 September 2008 the Maoists, who work underground, made an official press release claiming responsibility for the killing of Lakshmanananda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0044-0002", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Investigations\nMany Maoist sympathizers of south Odisha had initially denied the role of CPI-Maoist in the murder of VHP leaders that sparked off communal violence in Kandhamnal district. Communist Party of India (Maoist) leader Sabyasachi Panda claimed that they killed Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his disciples at his Jalespeta ashram on 23 August, for his Anti- Maoist hate speech, in the state of Odisha and the tribal Kandhamal region in particular. Finally, on 7 October 2008, the Odisha police announced they arrested three Maoists in connection with the murder of the Swami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Investigations\nOn 16 October 2008, in an interview to PTI the IG police Arun Ray told that \"Maoists trained certain youths of the tribal community to eliminate Saraswati\", the \"tribal community\" believed by the Hindu Extremist to be a reference to the converted Christians of the region led to the \"Fuel in the Fire\" in the riots. The plan to eliminate Lakshmanananda was made in 2007, he added.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Investigations\nElaborating the probe by the crime branch, Ray said investigations also showed that a group had collected money from some villages in Kandhamal which was given to the Maoist group to train their youth for the purpose. The police said that they already arrested three persons, including two tribals and others who belong to the extremist Maoist groups and efforts were now on to arrest the other accused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Political and legal fallout\nAt the time of the Kandhamal riots in 2008, the ruling government of Odisha, headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, was a coalition of the BJP and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). In the 147-member state assembly the BJD-BJP combine had 93 members, 32 of whom are from the BJP. Some BJP legislators blamed the government for not providing adequate protection to Saraswati, despite other attempts on his life. They called for withdrawing support from the government, which would lead to its collapse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Political and legal fallout\nIn the runup to the 2009 elections, Patnaik broke his ties with the BJP, saying that the alliance in the state had to be broken because it became impossible for him to stay with the BJP after the Kandhanmal riots which \"horrified the entire world\". In November 2009, after winning the elections again, this time without the support of the BJP and therefore free from political compulsions, re-elected chief minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik, claimed that the Vishva Hindu Parishad, the Bajrang Dal, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh were involved in the violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Political and legal fallout\nOn 4 September 2008, the Supreme Court of India issued an order on a petition filed by Catholic Archbishop Raphael Cheenath seeking a CBI enquiry and dismissal of the state government. The order refused to dismiss the Odisha state government but asked it to report on steps taken to stop the wave of communal rioting that had claimed at least 16 lives. In his petition, the Archbishop claimed that VHP leader Pravin Togadia carried out a procession with Saraswati's ashes after his cremation, an act that clearly inflamed further communal tension and rioting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Political and legal fallout\nThe Supreme Court, in its order, asked the state government to file an affidavit explaining the circumstances under which this procession was allowed. However, it later emerged that Saraswati was never cremated in the first place (as a Hindu sannyasi, the holy man had already symbolically cast his physical body into fire while alive by wearing saffron robes, and set the soul free). As is the tradition of sannyasis, Saraswati was not cremated but instead buried and entombed after death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0047-0002", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Political and legal fallout\nSince no cremation ever took place, Togadia replied that there was no question of \"ashes\" being proposed to be carried in any procession at all, and therefore the claims of \"asthi kalash yatra\" (carrying of the ashes) were untrue. He also alleged that Archbishop Raphael Cheenath had therefore \"lied under oath to the apex court\", because no such procession ever took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Arrests and convictions\nOn 29 June 2010, a fast-track court set up after the Kandhamal riots found Manoj Pradhan, a Bharatiya Janata Party politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Odisha, guilty of murder of Parikhita Digal, a Christian from Budedi village who was killed by the mob on 27 August 2008. Manoj Pradhan who was nominated by the BJP while imprisoned pending trial, was sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment. However, pending his appeal, he was granted bailby the High court on 6 July. A number of others have also been sentenced in riot-related cases. On 9 September 2010, another judge found Pradhan guilty in the murder of Bikram Nayak from Budedipada on 26 August 2008. In December 2010, 24 people were convicted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Arrests and convictions\nThe Hindutva groups blamed the local Christian tribals for the murder of Lakshmanananda even-though the killers were suspected of being Maoist insurgents by the government. Later a senior Maoist leader claimed responsibility for the murder, the police also confirmed that the Maoists trained tribal youth to carry out the murder. On 30 September 2013, Additional district judge Rajendra Kumar Tosh at an Additional district and sessions court in Phulbani convicted seven Christians  for the murder: Gadanath Chalanseth, Bijaya Kumar Shyamseth, Buddha Nayak, Sanatan Badamajhi, Duryadhan Sunamajhi, Bhaskar Sunamajhi and Munda Badamajhi. However, on 1 October 2013, the same court also convicted a Maoist leader from Andhra Pradesh for the same crime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197347-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Kandhamal violence, Aftermaths, Arrests and convictions\nSix days later the same court set free five non-Christians who were being tried for burning of a Christian house in the riots following the murder. Sajan George, president of Global Council of Indian Christians alleged that the court is biased against the Christian minority. The defence lawyer, S.K. Padhi said that the ruling would be appealed against in the Odisha High Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197348-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kangaroo Cup\nThe 2008 Kangaroo Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2008 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Gifu, Gifu, Japan between 28 April and 4 May 2008. The total prize money offered at this event was US$50,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197348-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kangaroo Cup\nThis tournament marked the return of Japanese player Kimiko Date-Krumm, who returned to professional tennis almost 12 years after retiring, at the age of 37. Date entered the qualifying with the help of a wildcard, and she not only qualified, but had a run to the singles final, where she was beaten by Tamarine Tanasugarn. She also won the doubles title here, with compatriot Kurumi Nara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197348-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kangaroo Cup, WTA entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197349-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kangaroo Cup \u2013 Doubles\nAyumi Morita and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but neither player chose to compete that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197349-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kangaroo Cup \u2013 Doubles\nKimiko Date-Krumm and Kurumi Nara won the title, defeating Melanie South and Nicole Thijssen 6\u20131, 6\u20137(8\u201310), [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197350-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kangaroo Cup \u2013 Singles\nChan Yung-jan was the defending champion, but decided not to compete that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197350-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kangaroo Cup \u2013 Singles\nTamarine Tanasugarn won the title, defeating Kimiko Date-Krumm 4\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197351-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Brigade season\nThe 2008 Kansas City Brigade season was the third season for the franchise, second in the American Conference's Central Division. After starting the season with 6 consecutive losses, the Brigade finished the season with a 3\u201313 record, however still the worst record in the American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197351-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Brigade season, Standings\nz - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197351-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Brigade season, Final roster\nRookies in italicsRoster updated June 21, 200822 Active, 6 Inactive, 4 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season\nThe 2008 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League and the 49th overall, and third and final with head coach Herm Edwards at the helm. The Chiefs failed to improve on their 4\u201312 record from 2007 with the youngest team in the NFL as part of their \"youth movement\". The season turned out to be the worst in the franchise's history at the time, by tallying 13 losses for the first time ever. The Chiefs' record tied with the St. Louis Rams where they stood 2\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season\nThe Chiefs' 2008 season began with a 1\u201310 record, with the franchise losing 19 of 20 games over a two-year period. The team lost seven games by 7 points or less, two games by 24-point margins, suffered a 34\u20130 shutout to the Carolina Panthers, and allowed a franchise-high 54 points against the Buffalo Bills. Following a 22\u201321 loss to the Chargers, a game in which Kansas City allowed two touchdowns and lost an 11-point lead in the game's final minutes, Chiefs owner Clark Hunt announced the resignation of General Manager/Vice President/CEO Carl Peterson effective at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season\nThe Chiefs suffered instability on offense with rotation at the quarterback position and offensive gameplans, and also on defense after trading DE Jared Allen to the Minnesota Vikings. After trading Allen, the who led the NFL in sacks in 2007, the Chiefs got 10 sacks on the season, setting a new NFL record for fewest sacks in a 16-game season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season\nThe Chiefs reorganized their offense to focus around quarterback Brodie Croyle, but his season-ending injury in Week 7 led to a new spread offense gameplan focused around Tyler Thigpen. His passer rating climbed from 44.3 to 76.9 in the five games following his initial start at Atlanta. The Chiefs scored more than 10 points just twice in their first six games, but scored more offensive points than that in every game since, and twice topped 25 points. The Chiefs won their first game with the new offense against the Raiders in Week 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season\nThe season was the twelfth and final season in Kansas City for long-time Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez, who was traded to the Atlanta Falcons after the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason\nBeginning with the 2008 season, the team's Lamar Hunt/American Football League tribute patch which was introduced in the 2007 season became a permanent part of the Chiefs' uniform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Coaching and roster changes\nThe 2008 season is going to be a very important year for our football team. I expect us to at least compete for a playoff spot...I'm realistic and patient to some degree. But I also know that in the NFL you can quickly turn things around.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Coaching and roster changes\nFollowing the Chiefs loss to the New York Jets in the 2007 season finale, general manager Carl Peterson announced that both he and head coach Herman Edwards would return to the Chiefs in 2008. However, team chairman Clark Hunt\u2014who took over leadership of the Chiefs in late 2006 after the death of his father, team founder Lamar Hunt\u2014declined to immediately comment on Peterson's status. Hunt spoke out weeks later and stated that the Chiefs were his \"No. 1 priority\" and that \"to have the best chance of success in 2008, having Carl here makes a lot of sense.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Coaching and roster changes\nHunt wanted to avoid having a new general manager come in with a new head coach, and starting from scratch again. Edwards and Peterson were considered to be on the hot seat by the press, but inside the team, both were considered to be safe unless absolutely zero progress was made in 2008. Clark Hunt had expressed his expectations of a winning Chiefs team earning a playoff berth in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Coaching and roster changes\nOn January 1, the Chiefs fired offensive coordinator Mike Solari after two unproductive seasons. Offensive line coach John Matsko, receivers coach Charlie Joiner and running backs coach James Saxon were fired as well after a season in which the Chiefs were among the worst offensive teams in the NFL. Tight ends coach Jon Embree and assistant head coach/quarterbacks coach Dick Curl were the only offensive assistants who were retained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Coaching and roster changes\nFor offensive coordinator, the Chiefs interviewed Chan Gailey, Paul Hackett, Eric Price, Mike Shula, and Jim Fassel. Both Shula and Gailey were interviewed twice. Gailey was hired on January 16. Price was later added as the team's wide receivers coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Coaching and roster changes\nIn addition to Gailey, the Chiefs added Bob Bicknell as their offensive line coach, and Joe D'Alessandris assistant offensive line coach. Curtis Modkins, from Gailey's staff at Georgia Tech, was added as the team's running backs coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Coaching and roster changes\nBy releasing several veteran players, the Chiefs began their youth movement. Overall, the 2008 Chiefs were the NFL's youngest at an average of 25.9 years of age. They had the youngest starting lineup at 25.5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency\nThe Chiefs had 9 unrestricted free agents heading into the 2008 off-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Additions\nIn February, Kansas City claimed OT Anthony Alabi off waivers from the Miami Dolphins. Kansas City also agreed to two-year contracts with K Nick Novak, S Erick Harris, DT T.J. Jackson, CB Chad Johnson, OT Joe Lobdell, and G Rob Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Additions\nIn March, Kansas City claimed FB Oliver Hoyte off waivers from the Dallas Cowboys. The team also signed free agent LB Demorrio Williams, and WR Devard Darling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Additions\nIn April, Kansas City signed KR B.J. Sams, TE John Paul Foschi and C Wade Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Additions\nIn May, the Chiefs signed a total of 23 undrafted free agents. and cornerbacks Will Poole and Jason Horton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Additions\nIn August, the Chiefs signed K Jay Feely but released him the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Additions\nIn September, the Chiefs signed QB Ingle Martin following an injury to Brodie Croyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Additions\nIn October, the Chiefs re-signed K Connor Barth, who was released at the beginning of the season at the 53-man roster deadline. Kansas City also signed QB Quinn Gray following a season-ending injury to starting QB Brodie Croyle. A slew of injuries to the Chiefs' starting lineup in October and November made the team sign several players in order to fill holes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Departures\nIn February, the Chiefs released WR Eddie Kennison, OT John Welbourn, RB Gilbert Harris, DE Khreem Smith, CB Ty Law, LB Kendrell Bell, TE Jason Dunn, DT James Reed, and OT Chris Bober. After attempting to trade him for the second consecutive year, the Chiefs released FS Greg Wesley in July. In October, Kansas City released LB Napoleon Harris, and K Nick Novak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Failed signings\nThe Chiefs were as aggressive as NFL rules allowed them to be in pursuing of C Jeff Faine and K Josh Brown, both of whom signed with teams on the first day of free agency. NFL rules prohibit teams from contacting prospective free agents or their agents until free agency begins. In 2008, that time was 11\u00a0p.m. on February 28. \"There were probably some deals done before (the start of the league year)\", Edwards said when asked why the Chiefs didn't get in the game with either player. \"We didn't cheat. We abided by the rules. That's how you're supposed to do it, and that's what we did.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Failed signings\nEntering the season, the Chiefs were unsure if injury-prone Brodie Croyle could be their quarterback of the future. Following the season-ending injury to QB Croyle, the Chiefs contacted recently retired QB Daunte Culpepper and free agent QB Bruce Gradkowski. Culpepper acted as his own agent and asked for \"preposterous\" contract terms, which caused many teams to cancel talks, including Kansas City. Culpepper agreed to meet with the Chiefs on October 28 for a physical and face-to-face negotiations but canceled the meeting in favor of other opportunities with the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Jared Allen trade\nIn February, the Chiefs placed the franchise tag on DE Jared Allen to prevent him from hitting the free agent market before the teams agree on a long-term deal. In April, reports surfaced detailing a proposed trade between Kansas City and the Minnesota Vikings which would send Allen to Minnesota in exchange for additional selections in the 2008 NFL Draft. Other teams that had contacted Allen's agent include the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Philadelphia Eagles also proposed a trade with Kansas City. Allen was not tagged as an exclusive rights franchise player and had the right to visit and negotiate with other teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Jared Allen trade\nChiefs general manager Carl Peterson's relationship with Allen had been strained ever since Peterson, in the wake of Allen's DUI convictions, described him as \"a young man at risk.\" Allen, who could be suspended for a season if he has another alcohol-related episode, had said he would not negotiate with Kansas City if he did not get a contract done by July 2009. Allen had previously voiced his wish to stay with the Chiefs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Jared Allen trade\nOn April 22, the Chiefs and Vikings reached an agreement on a trade package, and at roughly the same time, Allen reached an agreement in principle on a contract with the Vikings. Upon reaching the contract agreement, Allen headed to the airport and left for Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Jared Allen trade\nSources said the Vikings included a second third-round pick (No. 73) in the 2008 draft to get the deal done. They had been offering a No. 1 pick (17th in the first round) and a No. 3 (No. 82). The teams also swapped spots in the sixth round with the Vikings getting a better spot in the sixth round, sources said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, 2008 NFL Draft\nThe Chiefs chose fifth overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. A coin flip held at the NFL Scouting Combine determined the tie-breaker between the Chiefs, Falcons, and Raiders. The Chiefs had a league-high 13 selections heading into the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, 2008 NFL Draft\nKansas City was interested in defensive end Chris Long following the departure of Jared Allen, but ended up with Glenn Dorsey after he slipped to #5 overall. Kansas City had Dorsey rated higher than Long, despite not having an immediate need at the position. Regardless of concern from NFL scouts about a previous leg injury to Dorsey which may cause him to get surgery in the near future, Kansas City selected Dorsey fifth overall. Dorsey and OT Branden Albert, Kansas City's other first-round selection, were considered by some to be the best players in the entire Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, 2008 NFL Draft\nSeveral analysts considered Kansas City to have made the best draft selections of any team. Kansas City also received the largest rookie pool to pay their 12 rookies, with a sum of $8,221,790, due in part to their two selections in the top 15 of the NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Preseason, Training camp\nThe Chiefs departed for training camp at the University of Wisconsin\u2013River Falls on July 24 and broke camp on August 15. The 2008 training camp session marked the Chiefs' 18th season in River Falls, Wisconsin. Prior to the start of the season, Kansas City named Patrick Surtain, Pat Thomas, Brian Waters, and Jon McGraw as team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Preseason, Exhibition games\nThe Chiefs played the Chicago Bears on August 7 and their offense was very consistent. They won the game 24\u201320 and had their first victory in the pre-season since August 2006. The team lost to the Arizona Cardinals by a score of 27\u201317 at Arrowhead Stadium on August 16. The Chiefs were shut out by the Miami Dolphins at Dolphin Stadium by a score of 24\u20130 on August 23. Kansas City played its final pre-season game against the St. Louis Rams on August 28 at Arrowhead Stadium for the Missouri Governor's Cup. The Chiefs won the game 21\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Schedule\nThe 2008 NFL season schedule was released on April 15. The Chiefs were reportedly one of the four teams being considered to play an international regular season game in London in 2008. Among the Chiefs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints, and Seattle Seahawks were in consideration. The Chargers and Saints were later chosen instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at New England Patriots\nThe Chiefs played the defending AFC Champion New England Patriots, and were 16 \u00bd-point underdogs entering the game. With 7:20 left in the first quarter, safety Bernard Pollard hit quarterback Tom Brady in his left leg. Brady went down, clutching his left knee and would not return to play in the game. Backup quarterback Matt Cassel entered the game, and his first pass of the game went 51\u00a0yards to wide receiver Randy Moss. Cassel continued to excel as he was 5\u20136 on the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at New England Patriots\nIt ended on a 10-yard touchdown pass to Moss, giving the heavily favored Patriots the early lead in the second quarter. Five drives later the Chiefs got on the scoreboard after a 13-play drive that ended on a 40-yard field goal from kicker Nick Novak. However, New England replied with their second touchdown of the day, this time a 5-yard run by running back Sammy Morris. Chiefs quarterback Brodie Croyle was hurt when he was sacked and slammed to the turf on his shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0032-0002", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at New England Patriots\nWith around 50\u00a0seconds on the clock and down by a touchdown in the fourth quarter, the Chiefs had the ball near the Patriots goal line. Kansas City had a chance to score but Dwayne Bowe dropped a pass in the end zone on fourth down, leading the Patriots victory. The loss also gave them a franchise-worst 10-straight losses, dating back to last season.e tried to throw on the sideline, but immediately indicated he was through for the day. Damon Huard substituted for Croyle and had the Chiefs on the 5-yard line when they ran out of downs. The Patriots won the game 17\u201310, and the Chiefs fell to an 0\u20131 start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Oakland Raiders\nHoping to rebound from their tough road loss to the Patriots, the Chiefs hosted their AFC West rival, the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Kansas City trailed early as Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski got a 56-yard and a 25-yard field goal. Chiefs quarterback Damon Huard suffered a neck injury in the first quarter and Tyler Thigpen substituted as quarterback for the remainder of the game. Huard was in for Kansas City's first two series, but didn't return after throwing an interception late in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Oakland Raiders\nMarques Hagans, who was listed on the Chiefs' roster as a wide receiver, checked in as quarterback for several draw plays. The Chiefs announced at the end of the third quarter that Huard sustained \"mild head trauma,\" a move deemed controversial as Huard never sought medical attention in the following days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Oakland Raiders\nUnder Thigpen, the Chiefs' offense struggled to move the ball down the field. In using three quarterbacks, the Chiefs had only 65 net yards at halftime. Raiders RB Darren McFadden got a 19-yard TD run in the third quarter. Oakland increased its lead with Janikowski nailing a 40-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. The Chiefs would respond with rookie QB Tyler Thigpen completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez, Kansas City executed a two-point conversion pass to rookie FB Mike Cox to make them within 8 points with just over five minutes remaining. The Chiefs' two-point conversion was the team's first in two years. Kansas City lost its opportunity to tie the game as the Raiders pulled away with RB Michael Bush getting a 32-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 842]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Oakland Raiders\nThe Chiefs' defense allowed the third-highest total yards on offense in franchise history. JaMarcus Russell completed only 6 of 17 passes for 55\u00a0yards and led the Raiders to a 15-point victory. Following the game, Chiefs RB Larry Johnson voiced his displeasure with the Chiefs' offense and his role with the team. With the loss, the Chiefs fell to an 0\u20132 record for the third consecutive year. Kansas City's 11-game losing streak (2007\u20132008) is the longest in franchise history. The Chiefs also lost their second consecutive game to the Raiders for the first time since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Atlanta Falcons\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Chiefs played a Week 3 interconference duel against the Atlanta Falcons. With Damon Huard still recovering, second-year quarterback Tyler Thigpen was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the first quarter, Kansas City's struggled as Falcons RB Michael Turner got a 4-yard TD run, along with QB Matt Ryan completing a 70-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White. In the second quarter, Atlanta increased its lead with kicker Jason Elam getting a 27-yard field goal, along with Turner's 1-yard TD run. The Chiefs would close out the first half with Thigpen completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Dwayne Bowe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, Kansas City closed in on Atlanta's lead as RB Larry Johnson got a 1-yard TD run. However, the Falcons replied with Turner's 2-yard TD run, and a fourth quarter interception sealed the win when CB Chris Houston returned it 10\u00a0yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Atlanta Falcons\nWith their twelfth consecutive loss, the Chiefs fell to 0\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe Chiefs hosted the 3\u20130 Broncos in hopes of winning their first game of the season. The Chiefs' offense, averaging fewer than 11 points a game, turned early touchdown opportunities into short field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn its first two possessions, Denver's league-leading offense had a turnover, a sack and a shanked punt. Larry Johnson ran a career-long 65-yard run to the 21\u00a0yard line on the game's second play. Kansas City had first-and-goal from the 9, but only managed a field goal. The field goal gave Kansas City their first lead in 22 quarters, since the team's lead against the Titans on December 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Denver Broncos\nWith QB Damon Huard at the helm, the Chiefs' offense allowed no turnovers and scored more points in one game (33) than their first three games of the season combined (32). Denver's running defense was noticeably weak and allowed Chiefs RB Larry Johnson to run for 198\u00a0yards. Johnson also tallied his first 2 touchdown game in over two years. Denver allowed four turnovers, which the Chiefs capitalized on three. Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez scored one touchdown and finished the game within three yards shy of tying Shannon Sharpe's all-time receiving record (10,060).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe win was Kansas City's first since a victory over Oakland on October 21, 2007. Johnson tallied his 29th career 100-yard rushing game and his fifth against Denver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Carolina Panthers\nComing off their stunning home win over the Broncos, the Chiefs flew to Bank of America Stadium for a Week 5 interconference duel with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Kansas City trailed as RB DeAngelo Williams got a 10-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Chiefs continued to trail as Williams caught a 25-yard TD pass from QB Jake Delhomme, along with getting a 32-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Carolina kicker John Kasay missed a 32-yard field goal, along with Delhomme completing a 47-yard TD pass to WR Muhsin Muhammad. In the fourth quarter, the Panthers sealed the win with Kasay nailing a 43-yard field goal. TE Tony Gonzalez (3 receptions for 17\u00a0yards) became the NFL's all-time leader in career receiving yards for a tight end with 10,063\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 870]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Bye Week: Gonzalez and Johnson controversies\nTE Tony Gonzalez met with Chiefs GM Carl Peterson during the bye week and inquired about a trade to a playoff contender. Gonzalez, who had always said he would like to end his career with the Chiefs, voiced his desire to play for a Super Bowl contending team and the rebuilding Chiefs would like to acquire extra draft picks. Buffalo, Atlanta, Green Bay, Philadelphia, and the New York Giants had been in contact with the Chiefs regarding Gonzalez. The Giants were considered to be the front-runners, but showed \"lukewarm\" interest. The Packers offered a third round draft choice, but the deal was not finalized, and Gonzalez remained with the Chiefs after the trading deadline passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 108], "content_span": [109, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Bye Week: Gonzalez and Johnson controversies\nRB Larry Johnson was charged with simple assault for allegedly pushing a woman at a Kansas City nightclub in February, the third time he has faced assault charges against a woman. Johnson was also reportedly offered by the Chiefs for a trade. Days later, coach Herm Edwards ruled Johnson out of the Chiefs' upcoming game against Tennessee as a result of a violation of team rules. Edwards stated that it was not in response to Johnson's legal troubles, but instead of insubordination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 108], "content_span": [109, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Bye Week: Gonzalez and Johnson controversies\nDays later, reports surfaced that Johnson was under investigation for allegedly telling a woman that he was going to kill her boyfriend then spat in her face at Kansas City's Club Blonde on October 10, just four days prior to his court hearing for a separate incident. Johnson's pattern of behavior could lead to a possible suspension under the NFL's personal conduct policy. Johnson made a public apology on October 22. As a result of his October 10 incident, Johnson was de-activated for the Chiefs' game against the New York Jets. As a result, Johnson was charged with simple assault for the second time in two weeks. The Chiefs indicated that Johnson would meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and would not play \"for the foreseeable future.\" Goodell subsequently suspended Johnson for the Chiefs' Week 10 game against the Chargers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 108], "content_span": [109, 949]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Tennessee Titans\nComing off their bye week, the Chiefs went home for a Week 7 duel with the undefeated Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Kansas City trailed early as Titans kicker Rob Bironas got a 49-yard field goal, along with RB LenDale White getting a 6-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Tennessee increased its lead with White getting a 2-yard TD run. In the third quarter, the Chiefs continued to struggle as Bironas got a 46-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Titans began to put the game out of reach as White got an 80-yard TD run. Kansas City would finally get on the board as kicker Nick Novak got a 26-yard field goal. Tennessee would seal the win as RB Chris Johnson got a 66-yard TD run. The Chiefs would end the game with QB Tyler Thigpen getting a 14-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 872]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Tennessee Titans\nDuring the game starting QB Brodie Croyle (9/10 for 63\u00a0yards) suffered a sprained knee in the second quarter. Also, veteran QB Damon Huard (9/16 for 96\u00a0yards) later left the game in the fourth with an injured thumb. Both would be placed on injured reserve, ending their seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Implementing the spread offense\nTo help Tyler Thigpen prepare for the game against the Jets, the Chiefs implemented the spread offense to help Thigpen and the rest of the younger players play to the best of their abilities, and also following the absence of RB Larry Johnson due to suspension. The Chiefs made a huge gamble by doing so, as most in the NFL believe that a spread offense cannot work in professional football, and also head coach Herman Edwards was traditionally in favor of more conservative, run-oriented game plans. Prior to the Chiefs implementing the spread offense, Thigpen had been playing erratically with the Chiefs, and he suddenly became poised and effective running the new offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at New York Jets\nHoping to rebound from their loss to the Titans, the Chiefs flew to The Meadowlands for a Week 8 duel with the New York Jets. Due to the season-ending injuries to QB's Brodie Croyle and Damon Huard, Tyler Thigpen made his second career start. Thigpen became the starting quarterback by default.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at New York Jets\nIn the first quarter, Kansas City trailed early as Jets QB Brett Favre completed an 18-yard TD pass to RB Leon Washington. In the second quarter, the Chiefs tied the game as Thigpen completed a 19-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez. New York responded with Washington getting a 60-yard TD run, yet Kansas City closed out the half with Thigpen completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Mark Bradley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, the Chiefs took the lead as rookie kicker Connor Barth nailed a 30-yard field goal, yet the Jets regained the lead with RB Thomas Jones getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Kansas City took the lead again as rookie CB Brandon Flowers returned an interception 91\u00a0yards for a touchdown. However, New York got the last laugh as Favre completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe game started well for the Chiefs who jumped out to a 24\u20133 lead, which included a \"trick\" touchdown pass from Mark Bradley (wide receiver) to Tyler Thigpen (quarterback). The momentum started to change when the Buccaneers ran a punt return for a touchdown and added a late field goal to cut the deficit to a 24\u201313 margin. In the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay picked up a late touchdown on a fumble to bring the game to a 27\u201325 deficit. They converted the two-point conversion to tie the game at 27\u201327. In overtime, the Buccaneers systematically ran the ball to the 30-yard line and then kicked the winning field goal to capture a 30\u201327 victory. It was the biggest margin they have overcome in their history. The loss was the Chiefs' 16th in the past 17 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 855]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at San Diego Chargers\nThe Chiefs took an early lead on a 30-yard pass from Tyler Thigpen to Mark Bradley. The Chiefs defense continued to show improvement in the red zone, limiting the Chargers to two field goals instead of two touchdowns. At the end of the first half, Thigpen threw a pass to 34\u00a0yard touchdown pass to Tony Gonzalez. However, the extra point snap was botched and an attempt at a quick pass failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at San Diego Chargers\nThe Chargers controlled the second half better than the first, scoring two touchdowns and leading the Chiefs by 7 at the end of the fourth quarter. The Chiefs' final drive ended with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Gonzalez. A 1-point PAT would tie the game. However, Herm Edwards told Thigpen to go for two, explaining in a post-game interview that the defense was too beat up for overtime play. The resulting two-point conversion ended in an incomplete pass. The Chiefs lost by one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints\nHoping to snap their five-game losing streak, the Chiefs went home for a Week 11 interconference duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Kansas City struck first as QB Tyler Thigpen completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Dwayne Bowe. The Saints would respond with kicker Garrett Hartley getting a 30-yard field goal. In the second quarter, New Orleans took the lead as RB Deuce McAllister got a 1-yard TD run. The Chiefs would answer with rookie kicker Connor Barth getting a 20-yard field goal. The Saints closed out the half with Hartley making a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans increased their lead with QB Drew Brees completing a 47-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore. Kansas City replied with Barth making a 21-yard field goal, yet the Saints answered with RB Pierre Thomas getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Chiefs tried to rally as Thigpen hooked up with Bowe again on a 5-yard TD pass. However, New Orleans pulled away with Hartley nailing a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints\nConnor Barth kicks off against New Orleans; Wallace Gilberry in background", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints\nTyler Thigpen leads the Chiefs' offense in a shotgun formation", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Buffalo Bills\nThe Chiefs hosted the 5\u20135 Bills, losers of their past four games, on November 23. Tyler Thigpen had his first bad game in five outings in the Chiefs' 54\u201331 loss. Thigpen's three turnovers\u2013two interceptions and one lost fumble\u2013led to 20 points by the Bills. Despite the turnovers, Thigpen also threw for 240\u00a0yards and three touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Buffalo Bills\nThe 54 points by Buffalo were the Chiefs' most allowed in a game in the franchise's history. With the loss, the Chiefs fell to a 1\u201310 record, their 19th loss in 20 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Oakland Raiders\nThe Raiders hosted the Chiefs at Oakland\u2013Alameda County Coliseum on November 30. The game began with both teams exchanging field goals to tie the game at 3. The Raiders lined up to kick another field goal, but instead elected to run a fake field goal, which was fumbled and recovered by Chiefs CB Maurice Leggett and returned for a touchdown. The Chiefs led the game 10\u20133 at halftime. In the third quarter, the Raiders tied the game at 10 with a touchdown by RB Justin Fargas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0063-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Oakland Raiders\nWith the Chiefs backed up to their own 9 following a punt, QB Tyler Thigpen led the Chiefs's offense down the field and capped the drive with a hand-off to RB Larry Johnson for a 2-yard touchdown. On Oakland's next possession, Justin Fargas fumbled the football which eventually set up a Chiefs field goal. The Raiders attempted to get back in the game with a field goal by K Sebastian Janikowski, but the Chiefs held possession and ran out the clock for the remainder of the game. The Chiefs managed to snap their seven-game losing streak by beating the Raiders 20\u201313. It was Kansas City's sixth consecutive victory at Oakland\u2013Alameda County Coliseum. The victory was Tyler Thigpen's first as the Chiefs' starting quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 819]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Denver Broncos\nFresh off their divisional road win over the Raiders, the Chiefs flew to Invesco Field at Mile High for a Week 14 AFC West rematch with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Kansas City got the early lead as rookie kicker Connor Barth got a 26-yard field goal, while rookie CB Maurice Leggett returned an interception 27\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The Broncos would with RB Peyton Hillis getting an 18-yard touchdown run. The Chiefs answered in the second quarter with QB Tyler Thigpen completing a 13-yard touchdown pass to TE Tony Gonzalez, yet Denver closed out the half with QB Jay Cutler completing a 12-yard touchdown pass to WR Brandon Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, the Broncos tied the game with kicker Matt Prater nailing a 33-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Denver took the lead as Cutler hooked up with Marshall again on a 6-yard touchdown pass. Kansas City tried to rally, but the Broncos' defense was too much to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. San Diego Chargers\nThe Chiefs hosted the 5\u20138 Chargers on December 14, hoping to end their slim playoff chances. Temperatures which hovered in the low 60s when early-arriving fans first showed up plunged into the 20s by the end of the game. The Chiefs dominated the game early, leading 14\u20133 at halftime. Chiefs quarterback Tyler Thigpen threw for one touchdown and ran for another for the Chiefs and was 19-for-28 for 171\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. San Diego Chargers\nThe Chargers had three turnovers and, perhaps more embarrassing, gave up three sacks to the NFL's worst pass rush. Tamba Hali had two sacks and caused two fumbles for a Chiefs defense that hadn't gotten a sack since playing San Diego four games ago. The three sacks pushed Kansas City's season total to a league-low nine, and the Chiefs need five in their last two games to avoid tying the NFL record for fewest in a season. Five of the sacks from the season have come against San Diego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. San Diego Chargers\nLeading into the fourth quarter, Kansas City led 21\u201310, but allowed 11 points in the final 79\u00a0seconds of the game to lose 22\u201321. The Chiefs, despite having an 18-point lead, used up all three time-outs. The victory sealed a season sweep for San Diego over Kansas City, with both victories ending in a one-point margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. San Diego Chargers\nAlthough the announced attendance was 73,842, Arrowhead Stadium was noticeably empty throughout most of the game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Resignation of Carl Peterson\nThe day after the Chiefs' loss to San Diego, Chiefs owner Clark Hunt announced the resignation of Carl Peterson from all positions held (general manager, vice president, and chief executive officer) effective at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Resignation of Carl Peterson\nThe official press release stated that Peterson resigned, but Hunt had said the conversation had been on-going throughout the season. Hunt said his decision to relieve Peterson of duties was not based on what happened the previous day, when the Chiefs lost an 11-point lead in the final 73\u00a0seconds and were beaten 22\u201321 by San Diego, dropping their record to 2\u201312. Hunt also said that the fate of head coach Herman Edwards would be settled after the season. Hunt said he would split the duties previously held by Peterson and have someone in charge of the business side and someone else in charge of football for the franchise. Hunt said he plans on hiring someone from outside the organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Miami Dolphins\nKansas City hosted the Miami Dolphins in the second-coldest game ever held at Arrowhead Stadium on December 21 with the game-time temperature at 10\u00a0\u00b0F and a wind chill at \u221212\u00a0\u00b0F. It was the coldest conditions that Miami had ever played in. Miami scored first on the opening drive with a touchdown by WR Ted Ginn Jr. Despite trailing 10\u20130 early in the game, Tyler Thigpen led the Chiefs to a 28\u201324 lead by halftime. The Chiefs failed to score a touchdown in the second half of the game, only managing a field goal by Connor Barth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0072-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Miami Dolphins\nThe Dolphins broke a 31\u201331 tie with a touchdown by TE Anthony Fasano with 4:08 remaining in the game. With just over a minute remaining, Chiefs LB Demorrio Williams forced and recovered a fumble to give the Chiefs another chance to tie the game. A failed drive capped off by Thigpen's third interception helped Miami run out the clock. Thigpen threw a career best 320\u00a0yards with two touchdowns, but also threw three interceptions. TE Tony Gonzalez became the first Chiefs player and first NFL tight end to record four 1,000\u00a0yard receiving seasons. The game also marked the last time Gonzalez played in Arrowhead Stadium as a member of the Chiefs, due to his trade to the Falcons following the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Bengals hosted the Chiefs for both teams' final game of the 2008 season on December 28. Entering the game, the Bengals had a 3\u201311\u20131 record and the Chiefs had a 2\u201313 record. While there was speculation over the job status of Herm Edwards as head coach entering the off-season, RB Larry Johnson voiced his intention to seek a trade. Cincinnati completely dominated the game. They outrushed the Chiefs 204\u00a0yards to 31\u00a0yards. Kansas City could only manage two first downs in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Chiefs did not get closer than the Bengals' 37-yard line until their final drive, which ended with TE Tony Gonzalez's 5-yard touchdown catch from QB Tyler Thigpen with 2:20 left in the game. A two-point conversion attempt failed, and the Bengals effectively held the lead for the remainder of the game. The Chiefs' defense had one sack in the game to finish the season with 10\u2013the fewest in the NFL since the league started recording team sacks in 1960. The team surpassed the 1982 Baltimore Colts' record of 11 sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197352-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Chiefs season, Season statistics\nAll statistics through the completion of the 2008 NFL season (December 28, 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season\nThe Kansas City Royals' 2008 season began with the team searching for its 15th manager in franchise history. Trey Hillman, former minor league baseball and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (Nippon Professional Baseball) manager, was hired as the team's skipper on October 19, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season\nThe team looked to improve upon its record of 69\u201393 from 2007. The team's payroll for the 2008 season was initially estimated to be around $57 million, and wound up at $58 million (24th in the major leagues).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season\nDespite another last-place finish in 2007, the Royals sought a breakout season in 2008. Renovations to Kauffman Stadium were ongoing throughout the 2008 season and it was completed in time for Opening Day in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season\nFollowing the team's 81st game, the mid-way point of the 2008 season, the Royals had a 37\u201344 record. The closest the team managed to crawl back to a .500 record after their 9\u20136 start to the season was within 6 games in mid-July. After compiling a 7\u201320 record in August, the Royals were eliminated from recording their first winning season since 2003. However, an 18\u20138 record in September let the Royals finish with a 75\u201387 record, their best since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason, Coaching search\nI'm a hungry guy...I do not like to lose. I like to start from the ground up and build, and build in such a way that it's going to be maintained for many years to come.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason, Coaching search\n\u2014 Trey Hillman at his introductory press conference, October 22, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason, Coaching search\nBuddy Bell announced his resignation at the end of the 2007 season after serving two and half seasons with the Royals. Early candidates to assume the manager's position included Royals bench coach Billy Doran, former Royals star Frank White, and Triple-A Omaha manager Mike Jirschele. Former Major League managers such as Joe Girardi, Jim Fregosi, Ken Macha, and Jimy Williams were also in consideration. Trey Hillman, who was considered a sleeper candidate, was chosen on October 19. Hillman was interviewed in 2007 by Texas, San Diego and Oakland. He was mentioned as a possible successor to Joe Torre with New York. Hillman had never played, coached or managed in Major League Baseball prior to his hiring by the Royals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason, Winter meetings\nThe Royals entered baseball's winter meetings in December 2007 with Jos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n and Andruw Jones atop their free-agent prospects list. Torii Hunter was also considered by Kansas City before signing with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Royals signed Guill\u00e9n to a three-year, $36 million contract, while Jones signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason, Winter meetings\nThe acquisition of Guill\u00e9n was the Royals' only major move at the winter meetings. Just before the meetings, the Royals had ministered to another need by signing reliever Yasuhiko Yabuta to a two-year deal with an option for 2010. Yabuta, from the Nippon Professional Baseball league, was seen as the likely successor to David Riske in a right-handed setup role. Riske left the Royals for a three-year, $13 million contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. Hiroki Kuroda was on the Royals' radar, but several other teams were in pursuit as well, and the Dodgers signed him first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason, Winter meetings\nIn the Rule 5 draft, the Royals picked up left-handed pitcher Ray Liotta from the Chicago White Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason, Roster moves\nKansas City avoided arbitration with all of its players for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason, Roster moves, Trades\nDecember 15\u2014Traded RHP Billy Buckner to the Arizona Diamondbacks for IF Alberto Callaspo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason, Return of the Powder Blues\nAfter a lengthy absence, the Royals' powder blue uniforms returned in 2008. The new powder blue jerseys were unveiled to season-ticket holders on December 6, 2007, at a private event in downtown Kansas City. Royals players John Buck, Mark Teahen, Alex Gordon, Jos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n and David DeJesus and manager Trey Hillman modeled the new power blue tops and white pants, which will be an alternate home jersey in 2008. The Royals previously wore powder-blue uniforms in away games from 1973 to 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason, Return of the Powder Blues\nThe Royals debuted the jerseys on April 12 against the Minnesota Twins. The first 20,000 fans for the game received a replica powder blue No. 16 Billy Butler jersey. With that promotion, the game was a sellout. Manager Trey Hillman and seven players\u2014Brian Bannister, Gil Meche, Joey Gathright, Tony Pe\u00f1a, Jr., John Bale, Zack Greinke and Butler\u2014helped hand out the free jerseys when the gates opened at 4 p.m. All 20,000 powder blue tops were handed out within 40 minutes after the gates opened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Suspensions\nOutfielder Jos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n was to be suspended for 15 days (12 games) for violation of Major League Baseball's Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Kansas City signed Guill\u00e9n knowing that he might have been suspended. Guill\u00e9n was cited in the Mitchell Report when it was released on December 13, 2007. Guill\u00e9n's suspension was put on hold for 10 days allowing him to play in the team's season and home openers. The suspension was eventually upheld and Guill\u00e9n never received any punishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Suspensions\nMiguel Olivo faced a five-game suspension for fighting at New York in the 2007 season while a member of the Florida Marlins, but the suspension was reduced to four games after an appeal. He was eligible to begin playing on April 5 against the Minnesota Twins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, March and April\nOn March 31, the Detroit Tigers hosted the Royals on Opening Day. Kansas City listed only 24 players on their active roster, as Miguel Olivo began serving his four-game suspension. The roster listed 11 pitchers, 7 infielders, 4 outfielders, and 2 catchers. Gil Meche made his second consecutive Opening Day start for the Royals, lasting six innings. The Royals won the game 5-4 in 11 innings, and went on to sweep the Tigers in the three-game series outscoring them 13-5. Kansas City hosted the New York Yankees for their home-opening series at Kauffman Stadium and won two of three games. Their 6\u20132 start was the franchise's best since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, March and April\nThe Royals hosted the Twins from April 11\u201313, where game-time temperatures reached as low as 29\u00a0\u00b0F for the series. After losing the first two games and not scoring any runs, the Royals won the last game by a score of 5-1. Kansas City debuted their new alternate powder blue home jerseys to a sold-out crowd on April 12, with a replica jersey giveaway promotion. Brian Bannister threw a complete game and allowed only three hits on April 13 in a 5-1 win. The following night, Zack Greinke threw a complete game as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, March and April\nIt was not until their 19th game of the season that the Royals fell under a .500 winning percentage in the middle of a seven-game losing streak after going 9\u20136 to start the season. When the streak was snapped they were 10\u201313. In 2007, the Royals lost their second game of the year and remained under .500 for the remainder of the season, finishing with a record of 69\u201393.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May\nAt the Royals' May 9 game against the Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City-native David Cook threw out the ceremonial first pitch and sang \"Take Me Out to the Ballgame\" in the seventh inning stretch. At the time, Cook was a finalist on American Idol, and he eventually won the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May\nBrian Bannister threw a two-hitter on May 11 in a 4-0 win over Baltimore for the Royals' first victory over the Orioles after losing 12 consecutive games to the franchise. Through 40 games, Joakim Soria had a 0.00 ERA and ten saves, and the Royals signed him to a three-year contract extension through the 2011 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May\nIn early May, Kansas City completed their second series sweep against Detroit, advancing to 6-0 over the Tigers on the season. Jon Lester of the Boston Red Sox threw a no-hitter against Kansas City on May 19. It was just the Royals' second game to register no hits against an opponent, and the first since May 15, 1973.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May\nThe Royals endured a 12-game losing streak following the loss to Lester and the Red Sox, sending them 11 games under .500 and in last place of the American League Central. The Royals started their May 31 game against Cleveland with the fewest runs, sacrifice flies, RBIs and walks in the major leagues, but beat reigning Cy Young Award winner CC Sabathia 4-2 to end their losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May\nThe losing streak prompted Jos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n to criticize his team's performance with the media after a 9-8 loss to Minnesota:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May\n\"We've got 25 people. We've got to play as a team, win as a team and lose as a team. We've got too many babies here. They don't know how to play the game and play the game right, the way it's supposed to be played... That's the problem here. Now I know why this organization has been losing for a while.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May\nThe Royals' losing streak was the longest in the majors since Kansas City and Pittsburgh both had 13-game losing streaks in 2006. While going almost two weeks without a win, Kansas City had allowed three grand slams, lost a five-run lead in the ninth inning of one game and scored three or fewer runs in nine others. It was the Royals' fourth time losing 12 consecutive games in franchise history, and all of the streaks have occurred since 1997. The losing caused Kansas City to make roster changes by sending the struggling Billy Butler to Triple-A affiliate Omaha. Mike Avil\u00e9s was called up in exchange.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June\nLooking to rebound from their 12-game losing streak in May, the Royals started the month of June with 4 consecutive series wins over National League opponents. Kansas City completed its first ever series sweep of the Cardinals in St. Louis. In 12 years of Interleague play, the Cardinals still hold the I-70 Series lead, 26-22, but the Royals have done better in St. Louis, winning 11 of 21 games. On June 22, the Royals made an improbable comeback after trailing 6-0 and later 10-3 against the San Francisco Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June\nThe Royals scored 8 unanswered runs and won the game and Joakim Soria recorded his 20th save of the season in 21 tries. Following a sweep of the defending National League champion Colorado Rockies, the Royals boasted an MLB-best 12\u20133 record in Interleague play and won for the tenth time in 11 games. Following their 12-game skid ended in May, the Royals went 15\u20139, closed to within seven games of .500 and skipped out of last place of the American League Central.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June\nJos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n made controversial remarks about Royals fans following booing in the June 25 game against the Rockies which prompted him to apologize days later to the Royals fanbase and team management. Fans booed Guill\u00e9n in the eighth inning of the Royals' 4-2 win. He grounded to Colorado Rockies third baseman Garrett Atkins and began a slow run toward first base. Atkins' throw was off target, forcing Todd Helton to leave the bag. If Guill\u00e9n had been at full speed, he might have been safe. Guill\u00e9n had been battling several injuries which had caused him to play easier in order to avoid the disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June\nAfter defeating the Cardinals at Kauffman Stadium, the Royals boasted a six-game winning-streak, the team's best since their 9-0 start in the 2003 season. Billy Butler rejoined the team after Alberto Callaspo was involved in a drunk driving incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June\nAt the Royals' home game against the Cardinals, the team inducted Art Stewart into the Royals Hall of Fame. Stewart became the first scout to be inducted into any of Major League Baseball's franchise hall of fames, and the Royals' 23rd overall inductee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June\nIn the final game of the month, the Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles after Miguel Olivo, on a 0-2 pitch, hit a game-tying home run into the left-field seats in the bottom of the 9th inning. Jos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n batted in the Royals' game-winning run and Joakim Soria closed out the game for his 22nd save. The Royals finished out the month of June with a 16\u201311 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July\nJoakim Soria was selected to be the Royals' lone representative in the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and Jos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n was named to the All-Star Final Vote ballot. Guill\u00e9n was involved in a heated argument with pitching coach Bob McClure before the team's July 5 game against the Tampa Bay Rays, but was not penalized for his actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July\nAt the All-Star break, the Royals boasted a record of 43\u201353, an improvement compared to their 38\u201350 record from 2007 and 31\u201356 record in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July\nOn July 21, the Royals suffered their worst defeat of the season, and the Tigers registered their first victory over Kansas City in 2008 with a score of 19-4. By the seventh inning, it was 9-0 in favor of Detroit. The Tigers' 10-run eighth inning mostly came against Jimmy Gobble, who was charged with all 10 runs. At one point in the inning, Gobble allowed six straight hits, the last being a home run by Gary Sheffield. His ERA spiraled from 7.99 to 11.31. Gobble faced 12 hitters in the inning before Hillman finally called for Leo N\u00fa\u00f1ez to substitute. The Royals, behind 19-0, finally broke through with four runs in their half of the eighth. They had five straight hits, including Billy Butler's two-run single. Manager Trey Hillman said following the game:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 834]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July\nIt was a nasty loss... Obviously lopsided\u2014a laugher for them. Toward the end, at least we were playing with a little bit of pride, still battling and we got rid of the shutout. That was a positive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July\nHillman decided to enlist shortstop Tony Pe\u00f1a, Jr. to pitch the ninth inning for the Royals. Pe\u00f1a, who lost his starting shortstop job to Mike Avil\u00e9s, pitched a one-two-three inning and registered 90\u00a0mph-plus on the radar gun. This was his first competitive pitching since high school in the Dominican Republic. Pe\u00f1a was the first position player pressed into pitching service by the Royals since July 17, 1998, when infielder Shane Halter took a turn in an 18-5 loss at Seattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July\nOn July 29, ESPN Deportes reported that Jos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n expressed his wish to be traded due to a bad relationship with manager Trey Hillman. When Guill\u00e9n signed with Kansas City he knew the team wouldn't be a contender in 2008, but he was promised that moves would be made to build a winning team in 2009. Kansas City had not shown any interest in trading Guill\u00e9n. The source said Guill\u00e9n was ready to defer his salary for 2009 and 2010 if it were to help increase his value on the trading block. A \"visibly upset\" Guill\u00e9n met with Hillman and denied the report. The trade deadline passed on July 31 and the Royals made no trades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, August\nThe Royals recorded a season-high 19 runs against the Chicago White Sox on August 2 in a 9-7 win. The following day, Kansas City closed out the series against Chicago by winning 14-3. In two days, the Royals recorded 38 total hits for the first time in franchise history. The Royals finally fought back against the White Sox\u2014who have dominated the Royals in years past\u2014both literally and figuratively. Four players and both teams' managers were ejected from the game after confrontations over wild pitches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, August\nThe Royals and White Sox played again in mid-August and on August 14 Kansas City allowed four consecutive home runs in the sixth inning to White Sox batters, tying the MLB record. Joel Peralta gave up the first three and Robinson Tejeda allowed the last home run after a pitching change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, August\nJos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n had to be restrained from a heckling fan during the fourth inning of a 2-1 loss to the Texas Rangers on August 26. Royals third base coach Luis Silverio and others restrained Guill\u00e9n, while security escorted to a new seat in Kauffman Stadium. Guill\u00e9n met with Royals general manager Dayton Moore to discuss Guill\u00e9n's public outburst, his fourth of the season. Royals manager Trey Hillman did not see the incident take place. \"I was actually in the toilet, so I didn't see it\", Hillman said. \"Managers do have to use the restroom and I guess I picked a bad time to be in the restroom. I found out about it a half inning later. We talked about it briefly. There's no sense on commenting on it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, August\nThrough 114 games, the Royals were just 7 games under .500, but winning only 7 out of 27 games in the month of August effectively assured Kansas City of another losing season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September\nToo bad this isn't our August... It's a step forward that we need to realize, take, use and finish up strong so we have some good momentum going into the offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September\n\u2014 John Buck on the Royals' strong finish in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September\nGoing into September, it seemed that the Royals' 7\u201320 record in August had doomed them to a last-place finish in the American League Central, but the team's best September since the 1977 season helped erase the losing record in the previous month. The Royals took control of fourth place in the division with another three-game sweep of Detroit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September\nThe Royals tied their win total from the 2007 season (69) with a victory over the Seattle Mariners on September 18. The victory was the team's seventh consecutive victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September\nIn their final series of the season, the Twins hosted the Royals. The Twins hold a \u00bd game lead in the American League Central over the White Sox, and the Royals won two of three games, leading to a one-game playoff between the Twins and White Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September\nThe Royals finished the season with a 75\u201387 record, their best since 2003 thanks to an 18\u20138 mark in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197353-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Royals season, Awards and honors, Player of the Week\nApril 7\u201313: Brian Bannister, shared with Ra\u00fal Iba\u00f1ez (Seattle Mariners). May 12\u201318: Jos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n. July 28 \u2013 August 3: Mike Avil\u00e9s, shared with Xavier Nady (New York Yankees).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season\nThe 2008 Kansas City Wizards season was the first season played at the temporary home Community America Ballpark in Kansas City, Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Team News\nThe Wizards have been seeking sites for a soccer-specific stadium, initially targeting possible locations in Johnson County, Kansas. The Wizards' new ownership identified a site at 159th Street and U.S. Route 69 in south Overland Park, Kansas as its preferred location for a stadium, but this plan was met with numerous difficulties, namely the decision of the town's mayor to pull his support for the financing of the stadium after a vote had failed to secure money for the building of youth fields at the same site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Team News\nDue to renovations of Arrowhead Stadium, the Wizards were expected to play at a temporary stadium beginning in 2007, while planning and awaiting the construction of a new facility. Yet on January 31, 2007, it was announced the Wizards would continue to play in Arrowhead in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Team News\nThe reasons given for the return to Arrowhead were the difficulties in expanding other facilities in the area (the KC Wizards played an exhibition in the beginning of the 2007 season at the District Activities Center owned and operated by the Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, Kansas) and the delay in the Arrowhead renovation plan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Team News\nOn July 27, 2007, the Kansas City Star reported that Lane4 Property Group, a developer hired by the Wizards, was moving closer to making plans final for a massive redevelopment of now-vacant Bannister Mall that will probably include a new 18,500-seat stadium for the Wizards and 12 to 18 tournament soccer fields. Under Lane4's plan, the Bannister Mall and Benjamin Plaza shopping centers and the adjoining Benjamin Ranch property would be demolished and replaced with a mixed-use project with retail, office and residential components in addition to a possible Wizards stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Team News\nAccording to MLS.net on December 14, 2007, the Wizards plans for a new stadium were approved by the Kansas City council. The current target date for completion of construction for a new facility has been stated as the beginning of the 2010 MLS season. Team owners are currently collaborating with architecture firm 360 Architecture on the design of the new stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Matches, Pre-Season, Saturn Cup\nThe senior team played its first competitive match of the 2008 campaign in Norman, Oklahoma at John Crain Field on the campus of the University of Oklahoma on March 22, 2008 as part of the Saturn Cup against Real Salt Lake. The Wizards took home the hardware with the only goal of the contest coming from the head of defender Jimmy Conrad off a Carlos Marinelli free kick. This marked the second time in club history that it won the Saturn Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Matches, Pre-Season, New Mexico Cup\n2008 Colombian newcomer Iv\u00e1n Trujillo scored twice against CSD Municipal the defending Liga Nacional de Guatemala champions in Albuquerque, New Mexico while the Wizards defense held the Reds scoreless, 2-0. The New Mexico Cup was played at the University of New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Matches, Major League Soccer, Notes\n\u2022 Kansas City has now qualified for the playoffs in nine of their 13 seasons, both seasons since OnGoal bought the team in 2006. \u2022 Kansas City finished the season 5-1-1 in their final seven matches, including a 3-0-0 record in their last three. \u2022 Claudio L\u00f3pez finished his first MLS season tied for second on the team in league goals (6) and tied for the team lead in assists (7). \u2022 Davy Arnaud clinched the team Golden Boot after scoring two goals in his final two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Matches, Major League Soccer, Notes\n\u2022 Five times throughout the season Kansas City scored three or more goals. \u2022 Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman and defender Jimmy Conrad are the only Wizards to play all 2700\u00a0minutes this season. \u2022 Hartman, Conrad and defender Michael Harrington are the only three players to start in all 30 MLS games. \u2022 Hartman now has 138 career wins, an MLS all-time record. \u2022 Kerry Zavagnin's final MLS appearance came away to the Revs in the season finale and was his 237th appearance for the Wizards, a club record. He finished with 20,516\u00a0minutes played in league play, also a club record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Matches, Major League Soccer, Results summary\nLast updated: Oct 25, 2008Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Squad, First-team squad\nAs of OCT 25, 2008 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Squad, Transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197354-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas City Wizards season, Squad, Transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197355-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 21 delegates at stake. The remaining 11 delegates were selected at the Kansas Democratic Party District Conventions on April 12. The state, and a majority of its delegates, were won by Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197355-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe Kansas Democratic Caucus was open to all registered Democrats, non-Democrats, 17-year-olds eligible to vote by the general election, and new voters who could register or re-register at the door. Surrogates were permitted for religious observance, military service, legislative service, or physical disability. At the caucus, participants gathered into preference groups. There was a 15-percent minimum threshold required for viability at the precinct level, with re-caucusing among all participants permitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197355-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nAfter re-caucusing, the results were tallied and reported to state party headquarters, and delegates were selected to Congressional District Conventions on April 12, who then selected delegates to the Kansas Democratic Party State Convention on May 17. In Kansas, delegates' pledges are binding to congressional districts at the precinct level, unlike most other caucuses, where delegates are unpledged up to the Congressional District Convention level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197355-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, District Convention Results\nAllocation of delegates to candidates was pre-determined by the results of the local unit conventions on February 5. Only the persons filling the roles of delegates and alternates were chosen at this event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 82], "content_span": [83, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197355-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis\nAs he did throughout all other states that held caucuses, Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton by a nearly three-to-one margin in Kansas, one of the reddest states in the nation. Obama, however, had roots in Kansas, as it was the state where his mother was born and raised. Obama also received a huge endorsement from former Governor Kathleen Sebelius who was at the time a very popular Democratic Governor in a very Republican state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197355-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis\nThe endorsement by Sebelius, who went on to serve as Secretary of Health & Human Services in the Obama Administration, along with Obama's roots in the state, may have contributed to his large victory in the Kansas Democratic Primary. He won a majority of counties and carried all four of the state's congressional districts. Clinton only carried three counties in the state - Franklin, Linn and Miami (both Miami and Linn are situated along the state's border with Missouri where Clinton did far better). Clinton also tied Obama in 16 counties but these were relatively rural and far less populated areas that could not be overweighed by his margins in the more populated, urban areas including Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, and Wichita.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team\nThe 2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the school's 119th year of intercollegiate football. The team was looking to continue the success of the prior season in which they lost only a single conference game and went on to win the Orange Bowl. In the ninth week, after defeating Kansas State 52\u201321, the Jayhawks became Bowl eligible for the fourth consecutive year, a school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team\nAlso, for the first time in school history, Kansas made back-to-back appearances in a Bowl game after accepting the invitation to play in the Insight Bowl versus the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The team finished the regular season with a victory over their archrival, the Missouri Tigers (who was then ranked 13th in the BCS Poll), in the Border War. The Jayhawks concluded the season with an 8\u20135 overall record (4\u20134 in the Big 12 Conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team\nThe team was led by head coach Mark Mangino, in his seventh season, with Ed Warinner as the offensive coordinator for his second season (fourth year overall) and Clint Bowen (eighth year) in his first season as the defensive coordinator, having served the previous two seasons as co-defensive coordinator. Junior Todd Reesing returned to the starting quarterback position after a records-setting performance in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team\nThey played their home games on Kivisto Field at University of Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team\nThe season is still, as of the 2020 season, the Jayhawks most recent winning season and bowl appearance as the Jayhawks would only have a record of 22\u201388 over the next nine seasons. It\u2019s also the last time the Jayhawks won more than one conference game in a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Schedule\nFollowing the season the NCAA ranked the Jayhawks schedule as the 7th toughest in Division I FBS, out of 119.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Roster\nKU dismissed junior cornerback Anthony Webb in June for violating team rules. At the same time, senior defensive tackle Todd Haselhorst left the team for health reasons. KU lost three running backs in August. Carmon Boyd-Anderson transferred to Southwest Baptist University. Donte Bean and Kyle Winkley left the team for Washburn University. Sean Ransburg did not qualify academically for the fall. Kicker Stephen Hoge quit the team in mid-August. Tight end and defensive end Kevin Glover left the team for personal issue's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Florida International\nThe largest crowd in Memorial Stadium history (52,112) witnessed Kansas' first victory of the 2008 season. Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing set career highs for passes attempted (52) and passes completed (37). Wide receiver Kerry Meier led Kansas with 9 receptions for 62 yards, and Dezmon Briscoe led Kansas with 3 touchdown receptions. Freshmen Punt Returner Daymond Patterson made an explosive debut with Kansas by returning a punt 75 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. Despite the success of the passing game, Kansas struggled to run the ball, with primary running backs Jake Sharp and Jocques Crawford being held to 29 and 32 yards respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech\nReesing continued his record-breaking ways from the previous week, throwing for a personal best 412 yards, after completing 32 passes on 38 attempts and 3 touchdowns. The running game again struggled as the Jayhawks rushed for 128 yards, but did not break the 100 yard mark until the 4th quarter. Junior running back Angus Quigley played most of the snaps in the second half, and led the Jayhawks with 84 yards. The defense played well, making several key plays and holding Louisiana Tech to no points. Key defensive plays included an interception in the end-zone by Chris Harris and safety Darrell Stuckey chasing down and tackling a Louisiana Tech player on a long break-away run, to prevent him from scoring a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Sam Houston State\nHeading into the game against Sam Houston State, Kansas was ranked #19 in the AP Poll. This made the 14th consecutive week that Kansas was ranked in the Top 25 (dating back to 2007), a school record. Angus Quigley made his first start at running back for Kansas, rushing 16 times for 61 yards and a touchdown. Crawford had his best rushing game of the season thus far, rushing for 43 yards on 13 attempts and a touchdown. Kerry Meier led Kansas in receiving with 8 receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Sam Houston State\nAfter four weeks of play, Meier leads Division 1 in receptions for a wide-receiver. Reesing passed for 356 yards and two touchdowns as Kansas continued to emphasize the passing game. Reesing made several impressive scramble plays, one of these scrambles resulted in a 68-yard touchdown pass to Kerry Meier. Reesing in this game set the Kansas all-time record in touchdown passes with 47.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nHeading into the game against Iowa State, Kansas was ranked #16 in the AP Poll. This made the 16th consecutive week that Kansas was ranked in the Top 25 (dating back to 2007), a school record. Coming off a bye-week, Kansas entered the game 17 point favorites. However, Iowa State started the game with a flawless performance. Iowa State Quarterback Austen Arnaud started the game with six straight completions and a touchdown as Iowa State took an early 14 to 0 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nIowa State then added two field goals in the second quarter to go up 20 to 0 at halftime. Kansas started the second half well when running back Jake Sharp caught at 67-yard touchdown pass from Todd Reesing. Kansas scored again with an Angus Quigley touchdown run that cut Iowa State's lead to six. On Kansas' next possession they found themselves with a 4th and 6 on the Iowa State 23-yard line. Kansas decided to go for it and Kerry Meier caught a touchdown on the play as Kansas took its first lead 21 to 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nIn the 4th Quarter Dexton Fields caught a 50-yard pass, but Todd Reesing fumbled it on the next play. Arnaud then threw an interception and Kansas capitalized with a Jake Sharp touchdown run to go up 28 to 20. After Iowa State scored its first touchdown of the second half, Kansas responded when Kerry Meier caught a 21-yard touchdown to put Kansas up 35 to 26. Arnaud led Iowa State to another touchdown to cut the lead to 35 to 33 with 1 minute 15 seconds left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0009-0003", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nIowa State then recovered an onside kick, but failed to advance the ball. Kansas' victory was the third largest comeback win in school history. Reesing finished with 319 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. Kerry Meier led Kansas in receiving again with 7 receptions for 125 yards and two touchdowns. Jake Sharp had his best performance of the season with 79 yards rushing, 109 yards receiving and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nHeading into the game against Colorado, Kansas was ranked #15 in the Coaches Poll. This made the 17th consecutive week that Kansas was ranked in the Top 25 (dating back to 2007), a school record. Before the start of the game Kansas Coach Mark Mangino asked the KU student section to refrain from an expletive kickoff chant that has become a student tradition. Despite Mangino's plea, the student section yelled the chant louder than ever. Colorado scored first with an 11-yard Cody Hawkins touchdown pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nColorado got the ball back soon thereafter, but Hawkins threw an interception inside the red zone and the Kansas defense prevented another Colorado score. Kansas first got on the board with a Jake Sharp touchdown run in the 2nd Quarter. On Colorado's next possession, Hawkins was sacked for a 17-yard loss and a safety to give Kansas its first lead. Once again Kansas came out and played much better in the second half. In the second half Todd Reesing passed for his only touchdown to Dezmon Briscoe and Sharp rushed for two more touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nSharp's first start of the season was successful as he rushed for 118 yards on 31 carries and for 3 touchdowns. Sharp's performance was by far the best of any Kansas running back through the first 6 games of the season. Reesing had his most accurate game of the season, completing 27 of 34 passes for 256 yards and 1 touchdown. Wide receiver Kerry Meier had 9 receptions for 94 yards. A few hours after the Kansas win, the only other undefeated North team in Big 12 play, Missouri, lost to Oklahoma State. Kansas stood atop the Big 12 North with a record of 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nHeading into the game against Oklahoma, Kansas was ranked #15 in the Coaches Poll. This made the 18th consecutive week that Kansas was ranked in the Top 25 (dating back to 2007), a school record. Kansas managed to keep the game close throughout the first half. However, a Reesing interception in the endzone and a missed field goal prevented the Jayhawks from tying the game. Oklahoma dominated the second half as their Quarterback Sam Bradford had one of the most productive games of his career. He set an Oklahoma record with 468 yards passing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe Kansas defense was unable to stop the Oklahoma offense for much of the second half. Reesing ended the game passing for 342 yards on 21 completions with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Kansas wide-receiver Dezmon Briscoe had the best game of his career. Briscoe caught 12 passes for 269 yards and 2 touchdowns. Jake Sharp led Kansas in rushing with 103 yards on 12 attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nHeading into the game against Texas Tech, Kansas was ranked #25 in the Coaches Poll. This made the 19th consecutive week that Kansas was ranked in the Top 25 (dating back to 2007), a school record. Texas Tech entered the game ranked 8th in the BCS, making them the highest ranked opposing team to enter Memorial Stadium since Texas in 2004. In the first quarter, both offenses showcased their reputations for scoring. The score was tied at 14 to 14 at the end of the first quarter. However, the rest of the game would be dominated by Texas Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe Kansas defense was unable to stop Texas Tech from scoring until into the 4th quarter. The 63 points given up by Kansas was the most any Kansas team had given up since 2002. Additionally, this was the worst loss at home for Kansas since 2002, and the worst loss in overall play since 2005. This game was also the first loss at Memorial Stadium for Kansas since 2006. Kansas' winning streak of 13 games at home came to an end. Reesing had one of his worst performances of his career, passing for only 154 yards on 16 completions with 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. Jake Sharp led the team with 80 yards rushing on 13 attempts and Kerry Meier led with 6 receptions for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nHeading into the game against Kansas State; Kansas was unranked in any major poll for the first time since September 30, 2007. A new Memorial Stadium record crowd of 52,230, which had been set already earlier in the season, watched the Jayhawks defeat the Wildcats and increase their lead in the all-time Sunflower Showdown results to 64\u201337\u20135. The 52 points scored by Kansas was the second most that the team has ever scored against Kansas State (55 points in 1947 being the highest).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Texas\nComing into 2008, Kansas held a 0\u20136 record against Texas since the formation of the Big12 Conference. In order to win the 2004\u00a0game against the Kansas Jayhawks, Texas had to convert a 4th-and-18\u00a0situation and complete a touchdown pass with only eleven\u00a0seconds remaining on the clock. The 2005 game provided much less on-field drama, as Texas led 52\u20130 by halftime and defeated Kansas 66\u201314. The two teams did not face each other in 2006 or 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe morning of the 2008 game, Las Vegas casinos favored Texas by 14 points. The weather at kickoff was 37\u00a0\u00b0F (3\u00a0\u00b0C) and partly cloudy, with winds of 23\u201330 miles per hour. Snow flurries began near the end of the first\u00a0half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Texas\nTexas won the 2008 game, 35\u20137. UT's Colt McCoy completed 24 of 35 passing attempts (71%) for 255\u00a0yards and 2\u00a0touchdown passes. He was also the leading rusher for both schools, rushing for 78\u00a0yards and a touchdown. Todd Reesing, an Austin native, completed 25 of 50 passes for 258\u00a0yards and 1\u00a0touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nPlayed in alternating snow and light rain, Kansas claimed a victory over Missouri in thrilling fashion. Kansas scored first, taking advantage of an early Darrell Stuckey interception, and Darrell Stuckey's forced fumble on a long Chase Daniel run. Missouri came back in the second half, pulling into the lead late in the game on a Derrick Washington touchdown run. But Kansas marched down the field quickly, scoring when Todd Reesing eluded defensive pressure and lofted a pass to Kerry Meier as Meier ran across the goal line. Missouri raced downfield just as quickly, but a last-second field goal was blocked to preserve a 40\u201337 win for Kansas. The win remains, as of the 2020 season, the Jayhawks last victory over a team ranked in the AP poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197356-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Minnesota (Insight Bowl)\nBoth teams started quickly on offense. Todd Reesing threw a touchdown pass to Dezmon Briscoe on KU's first play from scrimmage. The first quarter ended 14\u201314. But Kansas kept scoring, leading 28\u201314 at the half, and 35\u201314 at the start of the 4th quarter. Briscoe caught 14 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns. Todd Reesing threw four TD passes. Wide receiver Kerry Meier caught a touchdown and threw for another. Kansas won 42\u201321, making it three straight bowl wins and their first time appearing in bowls back-to-back seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197357-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197357-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses\nBy the evening of February 9, Fox News and CNN projected Mike Huckabee as the winner of the Kansas Caucuses. The Associated Press also called the race for Mike Huckabee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team\nThe 2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team (variously \"K-State\" or \"KSU\") represented Kansas State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats played their home games in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The head coach was Ron Prince, who was in his third and final season at the helm of the Wildcats. The 2008 signing class was one that saw 26 signees, including 19 junior college transfers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team\nThe schedule kicked off with four non-conference games, including a first ever trip to Louisville, Kentucky to face the Louisville Cardinals. After the non-conference schedule, K-State headed into Big 12 Conference play with Texas Tech, and ended the season with Iowa State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nJosh Freeman was dominant throwing 3 touchdown passes and running for two more scores in an impressive with over Sun Belt Conference member UNT. K-State scored on 6 of their first 7 possessions and held the Mean Green to 205 total yards. Kansas State was favored by 24\u00bd going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Montana State\nKansas State quarterback Josh Freeman ran for two scores and threw for two more and K-State returned two blocked punts for touchdowns for the first time in school history in a 69-10 rout of Montana State. Kansas State also scored on a fumble recovery while ringing up their most points since a school-record 76-0 pounding of Ball State in 2000. Freeman hit 16 of 21 passes for 288 yards, including two 36-yard touchdown strikes, before being lifted midway through the third quarter in favor of back-up Carson Coffman. While rolling up 481 total yards, the Wildcats averaged 7.3 yards per play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nKansas State traveled to Louisville, Kentucky for the first time in the program's history and did not fare well. Kansas State was favored by 4 going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nJosh Freeman went 22-42, threw for 313 yards, 3 TD's, and two interceptions. K-State scored on a spectacular 86-yard punt return by Deon Murphy but it wasn't enough. Receiver Brandon Banks continued to shine as he caught seven balls for 153 yards and two touchdowns. The defense was clearly the issue, giving up 578 yards to the Cardinals, including 303 rushing yards. Freeman broke the Kansas State career completions record of 501 held by Lynn Dickey (1968\u201370).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nKansas State was favored by 21 points going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nThe Wildcats took on Louisiana-Lafayette for first time since the 2004 season. The Wildcats won that game by a score of 40-20. The last time K-State lost at home to an unranked non-conference opponent was in 2004 against Fresno State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nJosh Freeman broke K-State's career yardage record and threw three TD's to help the Wildcats beat Louisiana-Lafayette 45-37.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nFreeman was 21-of-28 for 272 yards and has 6,238 career yards to eclipse Lynn Dickey for number 1 all-time on the Kansas State list. With 35 touchdowns passes, he's two short of Ell Roberson\u2019s school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nFreeman, a 6-foot-6, 250-pound junior who has started every game since his freshman year, also ran for two TDs. He threw TDs of 12 and 3 yards to Deon Murphy in the first half and connected with Brandon Banks on a 53-yard scoring play that made it 42-23 with 1:49 left in the third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nLamark Brown, who has been a wide receiver since coming to K-State, started at running back and had 137 yards, including a 3-yard TD that put Kansas State on top 35-17 in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nComing into the game, K-State had lost the last 3 of 4 to the Red Raiders. Their last win against Texas Tech was in 2000 in Manhattan. Texas Tech was favored by 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nK-State was completely outmatched in the game, with the defense giving up 626 yards. It was the third consecutive game that the Wildcats gave up more than 600 yards on  defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nGraham Harrell threw six touchdown passes and shattered the Texas Tech record for career yards passing, leading the No. 7 Red Raiders past Kansas State 58-28 in the teams' Big 12 Conference opener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nLyle Leong snared three touchdown passes from Harrell, who was 38-for-51 for 454 yards. Texas Tech (5-0, 1-0 Big 12), with its highest ranking in 32 years, scored on seven straight possessions and did not attempt a punt until Taylor Potts replaced Harrell late in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nHeisman candidate Michael Crabtree had nine catches for 107 yards and two TDs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe Red Raiders, leading the nation in total offense (572.8 yards per game), and passing (426.2), had 417 and 316 while putting up a 38-14 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe six TD passes tied the career-best for Harrell, who spread his passes around to 10 different receivers. The three-year starter ran his career total to 12,709 yards, erasing the record of 12,429 yards by Kliff Kingsbury from 1999-02.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nFacing fourth-and-inches from their own 29 late in the first quarter, the Red Raiders sent Shannon Woods on a sweep. But he was stuffed, and four plays later, Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman scored on a 1-yard run, knotting the game 14-all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nA moment later, Texas Tech's Richard Jones recovered Lamark Brown\u2019s fumble on the Kansas State 34 and Baron Batch made it 58-21 on a 9-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nOn successive possessions in the second quarter, Harrell led quick-hitting drives of 53, 70 and 54 yards. Freeman, in the meantime, went cold, misfiring on 9 of 10 passes, several of which Tech defenders got their hands on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe Kansas State junior, who a week earlier had become his own school's career passing leader, was 13-for-28 for 170 yards, including a 33-yard TD pass to Ernie Pierce. Pierce also scored on an 18-yard return of a blocked punt late in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nKansas State has now lost 4 out of the last 5 games against Texas Tech. The two teams will play again in 2009 in Lubbock. Texas Tech leads the all-time series 6-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nK-State had lost four games in a row to Texas A&M going into the game. Their last win against the Aggies came in 1997. The last win at Kyle Field came in 1996. Kansas State was favored by 3 going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nKansas State junior quarterback Josh Freeman completed 21 of 26 passes and ran for four touchdowns as Kansas State snapped its five-game losing streak to Texas A&M with a 44-30 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nCourtney Herndon returned a blocked punt for a touchdown for the Wildcats (4-2, 1-1 Big 12), who moved the ball at will in the first half and led 27-10 at the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nSophomore quarterback Jerrod Johnson tried to rally the Aggies, but the comeback stalled when Kansas State's defense stuffed Jorvorskie Lane twice at the goal line midway through the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nFreeman led a 98-yard drive the other way and sealed the win on a short touchdown run with 4:37 left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nJohnson, starting again for the injured Stephen McGee, completed 29 of 41 passes for a school-record 419 yards. He also ran for a score and finished with 487 total yards, also a school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe Aggies (2-4), dropped to 0-2 in the Big 12 for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe Wildcats found the end zone on their opening drive for the fourth time this season. Freeman threw a 32-yard pass to Brandon Banks before scoring on a 12-yard run just over three minutes into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nKansas State forced a punt by Justin Brantly, who was blocked by linebacker Reggie Walker. Herndon's touchdown made it 13-3. The Wildcats have returned four blocked punts for touchdowns this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe Wildcats glided down the field again on their next possession. Logan Dold finished the drive with a 4-yard TD run. Freeman went 6-for-7 and scampered for 12 yards on a fourth-and-1 from the Aggies 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nFreeman finished a quick drive with another touchdown run with 4:20 left in the half. At that point, the Wildcats had 269 total yards and were averaging 7.7 yards per play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nOn fourth down from the 1, Lane barreled into the end zone for his first touchdown of the season. Lane set two school records with his 46th career touchdown and his 45th rushing. He had been tied with Darren Lewis for first on both lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe Aggies drove to the Kansas State 2 early in the fourth quarter, but Lane was gang-tackled on third and fourth down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nAfter Kansas State's 98-yard drive, Johnson threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Goodson. The Wildcats recovered the ensuing onside kick near midfield and Freeman scored again with 1:14 left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nJohnson threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to Tannehill in the final minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nGoing into the game, K-State had beaten Colorado two years in a row, including a win in Boulder in 2006. Colorado was favored by 3\u00bd. Colorado leads the all-time series 43-19-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThe Colorado Buffaloes found an answer to their quarterback troubles, turning to freshman Tyler Hansen, who sparked them to a 14-13 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nCody Hawkins, the son of Buffs coach Dan Hawkins, was benched and switched offensive series with Tyler Hansen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nAlthough Hawkins mostly handed off to Rodney Stewart (29 carries for 141 yards), he also hit J.R. Smith for 22 yards on third-and-15 from his own 29 on the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nHis fourth-and-4 pass to Smith, however, fell incomplete and Kansas State took over at its own 31 with 59 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nJosh Freeman\u2019s fourth-down desperation heave to Brandon Banks at the Buffs\u2019 20-yard line was broken up by free safety Ryan Walters on the last play of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nHansen finished a modest 7-of-14 for 71 yards with one touchdown and one interception, but he also ran 19 times for 86 yards, bringing a dimension that Hawkins doesn't have. Hawkins was 6-of-11 for 35 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nTrailing 6-0 and in need of a spark to break out of their monthlong slump, Hansen entered the game and promptly fumbled his first snap out of bounds. But on third-and-12 from his 28, Hansen gained 13 yards on a draw play and suddenly the Buffs, who snapped a three-game skid, had the momentum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nHe drove them to the Kansas State 4, where Hawkins re-entered and handed off to Stewart, who ran into the end zone to give Colorado a 7-6 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThe next time Hansen drove the Buffs downfield, Hawkins stayed on the sideline and Hansen hit Scotty McKnight with a 21-yard touchdown pass down the left sideline for a 14-6 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nBrooks Rossman kicked field goals of 37 and 53 yards but was wide right from 47 yards and wide left from 42 in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThe Wildcats pulled to 14-13 when Freeman scored untouched on 17-yard keeper early in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nColorado had a chance to pad its slim lead but Aric Goodman's 47-yard field goal try sailed wide right at the last moment. Goodman's 48-yard attempt in the first half was blocked by Ian Campbell, Kansas State's seventh block in seven games, best in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nGoing into the game, K-State had lost four regular season games in a row to OU (2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005). K-State has now lost three games in a row to the Sooners. The Wildcats' last regular season win against the Sooners came in 1997 (and another win in 1996), though the Wildcats beat the Sooners in the 2003 Big 12 Championship Game, after losing in 2000 to OU in the Championship game. Oklahoma now leads the all-time series, 69-17-4. The game was scheduled for the 2008 Homecoming game. OU was favored by 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nDeMarco Murray racked up 167 total yards and four touchdowns, and No. 4 Oklahoma sustained a 21-point Kansas State rally in the highest-scoring first half in school history to beat the Wildcats 58-35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nSam Bradford added three TD passes in the first half in which the Sooners (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) give up a 28-7 lead before taking control by scoring 27 consecutive points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe capper was a 68-yard punt return touchdown by redshirt freshman Ryan Broyles that gave the Sooners a 55-28 halftime lead. That total matched the school record for points in a half, set in the second half of Oklahoma's 76-0 shutout of the Wildcats in 1942.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nJosh Freeman threw for a career-high 478 yards for K-State, with all three of his touchdown passes coming as the Wildcats charged back to tie it at 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nBut with 8 minutes left in the half, the Sooners found time to score four touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nMurray ended up running for 104 yards on 17 carries and making four catches for 63 yards, with two touchdowns each way. Chris Brown ran 20 times for 142 yards and one touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nBradford, who came in completing 71 percent of his passes, went only 13-for-32 for 255 yards. The 40 percent completion rate was the lowest of his career and only the second time more than half of his passes were incomplete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nOklahoma looked as if it might cruise after snuffing out K-State's deceptive onside kick attempt after its first touchdown. After tailback Logan Dold threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Deon Murphy on a trick play, kicker Brooks Rossman took a designed fall on his approach to the tee and backup Jared Parker kicked the ball instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe ball squirted loose momentarily before Jermaine Gresham pounced on it for the Sooners. Murray caught a 15-yard touchdown pass two plays later to make it 21-7, and Brown's 11-yard run stretched the lead to 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nFreeman rallied K-State back with touchdown passes on three straight drives \u2014 a 77-yarder to Brandon Banks, a 29-yarder to Jeron Mastrud and a 9-yarder to Murphy to tie it up at 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nFreeman's second touchdown pass pushed him past Ell Roberson\u2019s school record for TDs in a career. Freeman now has 38 career touchdown passes and his single game passing total ranked only behind Chad May\u2019s 489 yards against Nebraska in 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nThe game was the 106th meeting between Kansas and Kansas State. Kansas has now won three years in a row, and four out of the last five. The Wildcats last beat the Jayhawks in Lawrence in 2002, by a score of 64-0. Heading into the game, the Jayhawks were favored by 8\u00bd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nLamark Brown rushed for three scores but was outdone by KU running back Jake Sharp had 257 total yards and tied a school record with four touchdowns, as Kansas defeated Kansas State 52-21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nKansas (6-3, 3-2 Big 12) was reeling after giving up more than 1,200 yards in losses to Oklahoma and Texas Tech the previous two weeks. The Jayhawks bounced back quickly, defeating Kansas State (4-5, 1-4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nKansas ran for six touchdowns\u2014one short of the school record\u2014and harassed Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman into four turnovers, giving him 14 during Kansas\u2019 first three-game winning streak in the Sunflower Showdown since 1988-90.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nBrown was the only bright spot for Kansas State, scoring on runs of 4, 11 and 1 yards, though all three came after the game was out of reach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nSharp had 118 yards on nine carries and scored on runs of 4, 20 and 47 yards in the first quarter to put Kansas up 21-0. Sharp added a 2-yard touchdown run in the third to put Kansas up 45-7 and finished with a career-best 181 yards rushing. He also caught five passes for 76 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nOn the other side of the ball, Kansas gave Freeman fits\u2014again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nThe junior had five interceptions and four fumbles his first two games against Kansas, and had given the ball away three more times before the first half was over in this one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nFreeman threw an interception on his third pass attempt of the game, the ball fluttering into the hands of Kansas\u2019 Russel Brorsen at the Jayhawks\u2019 42 after he was hit from behind by defensive end Jake Laptad. Sharp scored 70 seconds later, bursting off right tackle on a 20-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nFreeman finally got the Wildcats going late in the second quarter, converting a pair of fourth downs to get the Wildcats to the 1-yard line, only to lose the ball while trying to reach over the goal line. Kansas recovered and methodically marched 80 yards for a 15-yard touchdown run by quarterback Todd Reesing to go up 31-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nFreeman's third turnover of the first half came on a Hail Mary pass in the end zone after Kansas State knocked down Jacob Branstetter's 33-yard field goal try, its nation-best eighth blocked kick of the season. Freeman also fumbled in the third quarter\u2014Kansas State recovered\u2014and threw his third interception in the fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nK-State had beaten Mizzou 13 years in a row (including 14 of 15 years from 1991 to 2005). Mizzou finally ended the Wildcat dominance with wins in 2006, 2007 and 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nJeremy Maclin scored three touchdowns and totaled 278 all-purpose yards, helping No. 13 Missouri shake off a slow start in its home finale and beat Kansas State 41-24 to grab first place in the Big 12 North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nMissouri (8-2, 4-2 Big 12) took control with 17 points in the final 5:46 of the half, including a pair of touchdown passes from Chase Daniel to Maclin. Maclin had eight receptions for 118 yards and two TDs, four carries for 84 yards and a third TD on a 56-yard jaunt on a direct snap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nKansas State (4-6, 1-5) has lost five of six under head coach Ron Prince, the latest setback coming only three days after Prince was fired effective at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nIt was a familiar feeling of helplessness for the Kansas State defense, burned by Maclin as a freshman last year for three touchdowns and a school-record 360 yards total offense in Manhattan, Kan. Maclin entered the game averaging 189.67 all-purpose yards, second in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nKansas State scored twice, Brandon Banks\u2019 93-yard run and a 3-yard touchdown pass from Carson Coffman to Banks\u2014in the final 1:11 to make the final appear respectable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nMissouri is 11-2 against the North the last three seasons and can clinch its second straight Big 12 championship game berth next week with a victory at Iowa State combined with a Kansas loss at home against No. 5 Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nKansas State trailed 24-3 at the half and barely avoided getting shut out in the first 30 minutes for the second straight game, getting a 43-yard field goal from Brooks Rossman on the final play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nAll-time, Nebraska leads the series 76-15-2. In 1998, K-State beat Nebraska in Manhattan for the first time since 1959. The Wildcats last beat Nebraska in 1968 (in Lincoln). Since then, K-State had beaten Nebraska four games in a row in Manhattan (wins in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004). Nebraska finally won in Manhattan in 2006 for the first time since 1996. Nebraska was favored by 6\u00bd points going into the 2008 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nJunior Brandon Banks tallied 167 yards in kick returns, including a 98-yard touchdown jaunt, as Kansas State dropped a 56-28 decision to Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nNebraska senior quarterback Joe Ganz accounted for 365 total yards and four touchdowns and the Cornhuskers (7-4, 4-3 Big 12) dropped Kansas State for the fourth straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThe Huskers did it with a balanced attack this time, punishing the Wildcats (4-7, 1-6) at the line of scrimmage for 340 yards and four touchdowns rushing. They complemented it with Ganz's arm to finish with 610 total yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nNebraska established the running game early. Roy Helu Jr. scored on runs of 1 and 24 yards, and Quentin Castille had a 37-yarder on a fourth-and-1 late in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThat set up Ganz, who had 270 yards and two touchdowns on 16-of-25 passing after his first attempt of the game was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. He also had 95 yards rushing on 11 carries, scoring on runs of 25 and 14 yards in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nJosh Freeman, the nation's 13th-ranked passer at 292 yards per game, faced constant pressure and was sacked five times. He had to hurry or throw off his back foot on several other throws, going 7-for-18 for 114 yards before being replaced by Carson Coffman midway through the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nKansas State's running game certainly didn't help, managing a dismal 59 yards on 32 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nCourtney Herndon intercepted Ganz's first pass of the afternoon and returned it 57 yards for a touchdown, then Freeman answered two Nebraska TDs by hitting Ernie Pierce on a 63-yard scoring pass to tie it at 14-all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThe momentum carried over to the defense, which held Nebraska to three plays and a punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThen Deon Murphy fumbled the punt at his own 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nHelu scored two plays later on a 24-yard run. Ganz hit Todd Peterson for a 5-yard touchdown pass on the next possession, then found Mike McNeill for an 18-yard score to put Nebraska up 35-14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nKansas State had a chance to pull closer in the closing seconds of the first half, but Nebraska pressured Freeman into an incompletion after Ron Prince decided to go for a touchdown instead of a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe Wildcats are 8-3 against the Cyclones since 1998. Iowa State leads the all-time series 49-39-4. Kansas State was favored by 9\u00bd going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nJosh Freeman threw four touchdown passes and Kansas State sent Ron Prince out a winner, beating Iowa State 38-30 three weeks after the Wildcats fired their embattled coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nPrince, hired three seasons ago without any previous head coaching experience, leaves with a record of 17-20. The victory enabled the Wildcats (5-7, 2-6 Big 12) to squeeze past Iowa State (2-10, 0-8) and escape last place in the Big 12 North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nAs of November 23, 2008, Kansas State has not hired a replacement for Prince, although athletic director Bob Krause said when announcing the firing that he wanted to pick a successor before the end of the season. Among those whose names have been mentioned are TCU coach Gary Patterson and former Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, who retired after the 2005 season and was followed by Prince.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nPrince's Big 12 record got progressively worse, going from 4-4 in 2006 to 3-5 last year and 2-6 in 2008. Given a contract extension before this season, he was rewarded with a buyout of almost $1.3 million when he was fired but asked to stay for the three final games. The Wildcats got blown out by Missouri and Nebraska in their first two games with a lame duck coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe future could become similarly perilous for Gene Chizik, who is 5-19 in two seasons as Iowa State head coach. After winning their first two games, the Cyclones ended the season on a 10-game losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nAusten Arnaud was 31-for-45 for 440 yards and three touchdowns for Iowa State, which lost its 17th straight on the road and has given up 226 points in its last five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nBrandon Banks had seven catches for 116 yards for Kansas State, including a 20-yard touchdown, and became the sixth receiver in school history to go over 1,000 yards in a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nIt might also have been the last game at Kansas State for Freeman, the 6-foot-6 junior quarterback who holds career school records for attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns and total offense. Freeman, whose four TD passes tied a school record, has said he intends to come back for his senior season. But an early entry into the NFL might be tempting if he's assured of first-round draft status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0105-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe most highly sought recruit Prince signed at Kansas State, Freeman was 17-for-30 for 279 yards and four TDs against Iowa State's weak defense. The four touchdown passes had been accomplished 12 other times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0106-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nFreeman showed on several throws why NFL scouts have been at every game. His first scoring pass was a beauty of a 44-yard strike to Deon Murphy, who was double-covered but caught the ball perfectly in stride. He also snapped off a 5-yard TD pass to Murphy that made it 35-17 in the third quarter and connected with Ernie Pierce on a 19-yard strike after Josh Moore interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0107-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nLamark Brown's 1-yard run gave Kansas State a 7-0 lead in the first quarter after Ian Campbell blocked his third field goal of the year, a Kansas State record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197358-0108-0000", "contents": "2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nArnaud threw TD passes of 19 and 5 yards to R.J. Sumrall and 28 to Marquis Hamilton. His 5-yarder to Sumrall came as the final seconds of the season ticked off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197359-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Karbala bombing\nThe 2008 Karbala bombing occurred on 17 March 2008 in Karbala, Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197359-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Karbala bombing\nThe suicide bomb detonated outside a cafe near the shrine. The bombings killed at least 22 people and injured 30. The dead include seven Iranians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197359-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Karbala bombing, Background\nKarbala is a city in central Iraq, 80\u00a0km (50\u00a0mi) south of Baghdad. It is home to the Imam Husayn Shrine, one of the holiest sites of Shiite Islam. The city had seen several other suicide bombs in the past, including one in April 2007 that killed about 50 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197359-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Karbala bombing, Background\nThere were two other insurgent attacks the day of the bombing, including a mortar attack and several suicide bombs, both in Baghdad. The attacks coincided with a visit by US Vice President Dick Cheney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197359-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Karbala bombing, Perpetrator\nNo group has claimed responsibility. Iraqi officials suspected al-Qaeda insurgents behind the bombing. The governor of Karbala province said the bomber had been a woman but gave few other details.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197360-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Karl Sch\u00e4fer Memorial\nThe 2008 Karl Sch\u00e4fer Memorial (also known as the Vienna Cup) took place from October 14 through 17, 2008 at the Vienna Ice Arena. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197361-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Karmah bombing\nThe 26 June 2008 Karmah bombing was a suicide attack on a meeting of tribal sheiks in the town of Al-Karmah. Three Marines from 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines (including the battalion's commanding officer), as well as twenty Iraqi sheiks and the mayor of Karmah, were killed when a suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi Policeman detonated an explosive vest. Two interpreters were also killed in the blast. The aftermath of the attack was captured on film by photojournalist Zoriah Miller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197361-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Karmah bombing\nThe commanding officer of 2/3, LtCol Max Galeai and two other Marines (Captain Philip  J. Dykeman and Cpl. Marcus W. Preudhomme) from the battalion were killed. In June 2008, it was announced that Anbar would be the tenth province to transfer to Provincial Iraqi Control, the first Sunni Arab region to be handed back. This handover was delayed due to the attack. The handover did occur on September 1, 2008. Two insurgents linked to the bombing were later caught in Tamariya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197362-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election\nThe 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place in three phases on 10, 16 and 22 May 2008 in all the 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, India. The elections were conducted to elect a Government in the state of Karnataka for the next five years. The votes were counted on 25 May and due to the use of electronic voting machines, all the results were out by the afternoon itself. The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious winning 110 seats. Although the party fell short of a clear majority, it was able to form the government with the support of 6 independents. This was the first time BJP came to power on its own in Karnataka and any south Indian state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197362-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, Background\nIn the 2004 Karnataka elections, the BJP emerged as the single largest party winning 79 out of the 224 seats. However, the Indian National Congress with 65 members and the Janata Dal (Secular) with 58 members formed a coalition government with Dharam Singh of the Congress as Chief minister. However, in early 2006, the JD(S) withdrew its support to the government and instead formed an alliance with the BJP and H. D. Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) became Chief minister. The arrangement was based on an agreement that Kumaraswamy would be the Chief Minister for the first 20 months and B.S. Yeddyurappa of the BJP would be Chief Minister for the next 20 months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197362-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, Background\nThe alliance between the BJP and the JD(S) collapsed in October 2007 after Kumaraswamy refused to let Yeddyurappa take over as Chief minister as had been agreed upon in 2006. They briefly got together and formed a short-lived government headed by Yeddyurappa in November 2007 but it quickly collapsed due to disagreements over power-sharing. As a result, the state came under the president's rule and new elections were called for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197362-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, Campaign\nThe state was the first in India to vote after the electoral constituencies had been redrawn based on new population data. Voting took place in three different phases on 10, 16 and 22 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197362-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, Campaign\nThe BJP campaigned on the high rate of inflation and criticized the national United Progressive Alliance government for being soft on terrorism. The party called on the voters to give the party a chance in Karnataka. But the main election plank of the party was the betrayal of the JD(S) and the good budgets presented by Yeddyurappa when he was finance minister in the coalition government. The Congress party pledged to reign in prices, improve the infrastructure of the state, and provide a stable government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197362-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, Results by Constituency\nSources: Election Commission of India, Times of India, News 18, News Minute", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197362-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, Aftermath\nAlthough the BJP fell 3 seats short of getting an absolute majority, B. S. Yeddyurappa was able to become chief minister with the support of 6 independent members of the assembly. He was sworn in as Chief minister on 30 May 2008 along with a 30 strong Cabinet, which included 5 of the 6 independents who had agreed to back the BJP. Jagadish Shettar was elected speaker on 5 June and a vote of confidence was passed by voice vote on 6 June after the opposition walked out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197363-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu alcohol poisonings\nThe 2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu alcohol poisonings was an incident in the southern Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in May 2008 in which 180 people reportedly died after consuming illicit liquor. This incident is considered to be the worst methanol poisoning in the country since at least 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197363-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu alcohol poisonings, Incident\nOn 18 May 2008, some people from the Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural and Kolar district in the state of Karnataka and neighbouring Krishnagiri district in the state of Tamil Nadu, consumed moonshine (illicit liquor) made with camphor and tobacco. This drink contained toxic methyl alcohol, which initially caused the death of 156 people. Of these, 56 were in urban Bangalore, 27 were in rural Bangalore, 32 were in Kolar, and 41 were in Krishnagiri. Several people were hospitalised complaining of stomach pain and vomiting. A small number lost their eyesight. The death toll later rose to 180 as hospitalised victims died. Poor people prefer illicit liquor as it is cheaper than Indian Made Foreign Liquor, which was the main reason for the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197363-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu alcohol poisonings, Aftermath\nPolice arrested 52 people for producing and supplying the poisonous liquor. After the tragedy, the governments of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu started an awareness campaign to encourage people not to consume illicit liquor. In Karnataka, the opposition party blamed the then-ruling coalition for the tragedy and stated that decision to ban arrack was the reason for the incident. In Tamil Nadu, some political parties demanded reintroduction of prohibition in the state. The Tamil Nadu government suspended 21 policemen for the incident. Bangalore police arrested a kingpin of the illicit liquor network, but the prime supplier committed suicide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197364-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kashgar attack\nThe 2008 Kashgar attack (Chinese: 2008\u5e74\u5580\u4ec0\u88ad\u51fb\u4e8b\u4ef6) occurred on the morning of 4 August 2008 in the city of Kashgar in the Western Chinese province of Xinjiang. According to Chinese government sources, it was a terrorist attack perpetrated by two men with suspected ties to the Uyghur separatist movement. The men reportedly drove a truck into a group of approximately 70 jogging police officers, and proceeded to attack them with grenades and machetes, resulting in the death of sixteen officers. Foreign tourists who witnessed the scene provided a divergent account of events, saying that the attackers appeared to be machete-wielding paramilitary officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197364-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kashgar attack, Background\nThe Uyghurs are the largest ethnic group in ethnically diverse Xinjiang, making up just over 45% of the population. The Uyghur movement's use of militant separatism has resulted in it being described as a potentially dangerous movement. In particular, the Eastern Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) is a proscribed terrorist organisation according to classification by the United Nations. Among other incidents, East Turkestan independence movement organisations have claimed responsibility for the 2008 Kunming bus bombings; however, China denied that the group was responsible. The Uyghur Human Rights Project alleges that China often exaggerates these threats to justify repression of the Uyghur people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197364-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kashgar attack, Details\nTwo attackers were involved in the incident near the western city of Kashgar. The Xinhua News Agency said the attack happened at about 08:00 (00:00 GMT). One of the men drove a dump truck into a group of border patrol police officers as they were jogging on a street. The attacker then got out of the truck and started attacking other officers with homemade explosives. The explosives went off prematurely and blew off one of his arms. The other attacker threw improvised explosive devices at a nearby police office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197364-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Kashgar attack, Details\nHe then went into the building with a knife, but was subdued by police officers inside the complex. Both perpetrators were captured during the raid. Fourteen policemen died at the scene and two died on the way to hospital; another 16 policemen were hurt, Xinhua state news agency reported. The attackers were later identified as males, taxi driver Kurbanjan Hemit (28), and vegetable vendor Abdurahman Azat (33). They are members of the Uyghur ethnic group, and it was suspected that the attack was a terrorist action by Eastern Turkistan separatists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197364-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kashgar attack, Details\nThe news agency Xinhua claimed in their English-language version that the incident was a terrorist attack; on the other side, in their Chinese-language version, the incident was only labeled as a violent crime. Police investigators later claimed that they had found documents calling for a holy war, a homemade firearm, and nine explosives. Police also  claimed the design of these explosives was very similar to the explosives made by the ETIM when Chinese police raided their training facility in January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197364-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Kashgar attack, Details\nXinjiang's regional public security department also claimed that it had received intelligence that the East Turkestan independence movement planned to carry out terrorist attacks during the week before the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games. This incident happened four days before the Beijing Olympics, after repeated warnings in recent months from the Chinese government that militants from the restive Xinjiang region were planning to stage attacks to disrupt the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197364-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kashgar attack, Details\nIn September 2008, the New York Times reported that three tourists who witnessed the events disputed central details of the official story. According to the eyewitnesses, no explosions were heard and the attackers appeared to be machete-wielding police officers attacking other uniformed men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197364-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kashgar attack, Reactions\nThe exiled Uyghur Muslims leader and human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer condemned the reported attack and stated that \"China is using the 2008 Olympics as an opportunity to further demonise the Uighur people's legitimate and peaceful struggle and justify its heavy-handed repression in the region.\" The Chinese government reacted with a clampdown in Kashgar and Xinjiang, increasing security checks and restricting independent news coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197364-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kashgar attack, Detention of media\nOn the night of 4 August, a Tokyo Shimbun cameraman and a Japanese TV reporter, along with two Hong Kong reporters making reports near the police post were detained by security. The two Hong Kong reporters were not harmed; however, the Japanese reporters were beaten and punched. All four were released after two hours of detention. The Japanese government protested the Chinese actions, although it has made no formal statement as there was no confirmation. Chinese officials and police in Kashgar have apologised for the incident, but accused the two men of breaking rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197365-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakh Senate election\nSenate elections were held in Kazakhstan on 4 October 2008. All 16 seats representing the regions of Kazakhstan were elected by the local legislative bodies (maslihats). 3310 of the 3231 eligible electorates voted in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197365-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakh Senate election, Electoral system\nThe members of the Senate of Kazakhstan are nonpartisan and are indirectly elected by the local legislative bodies Maslihats every six years. Each region and cities of Almaty and Astana are represented by two senators while 15 senators are appointed by the President of Kazakhstan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197366-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan Cup\nThe 2010 Kazakhstan Cup was the 17th season of the Kazakhstan Cup, the annual nationwide football cup competition of Kazakhstan since the independence of the country. The competition started on 9 April 2008 and finished with the Final played on 16 November 2008. The winners of the Cup earned a place in second qualifying round of the 2009\u201310 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197366-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan Cup, First round\nThe first round involved 28 teams. When the draw was conducted teams were divided into three pots to avoid matches between the strongest clubs in the early stage of competition. The matches were played on April 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197366-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe quarterfinal matches were played on May 7 (first legs) and May 14, 2008 (second legs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197366-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan Cup, Semifinals\nThe first legs were played on October 28 and second on November 12, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197366-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan Cup, Semifinals\nThe expulsion of FC Vostok, assessed on September 16, 2008 by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan for taking part in a fixed match, was revoked on October 2, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197367-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan First Division\nThe 2008 Kazakhstan First Division was the 14th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. Unlike the previous years, number of teams were shortened, due to creation of reserve teams league for Premier League teams. Thus, this season 14 teams started to play against each other on home-away system. Two best teams gain promotion to the Premier League next season. League started on May 1 and finished on October 11", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197368-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan Hockey Cup\nThe 2008 Kazakhstan Hockey Cup was the seventh edition of the national ice hockey cup competition in Kazakhstan. Six teams participated and Kazakhmys Satpaev won its third cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197369-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan Premier League\nThe 2008 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 17th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 8 March and 5 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197369-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams\nFor the 2007 season, Megasport and Energetik were promoted to the Premier League, replacing Taraz and Ekibastuzets, who had been thrown out of the league for Match fixing,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197369-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan Premier League, League table, Golden match\nBecause Aktobe and Tobol were tied on points and number of wins after the regular season, they played out the championship in a decision game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197370-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan President Cup (football)\nThe 1st Kazakhstan President Cup was played from April 26 to April 30, 2008 in Almaty. 8 youth teams participated in the tournament (players were born no earlier than 1992.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197370-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan President Cup (football), Venues\nThe match of opening and the final took place at the Central Stadium. Other matches took place at T.Ryskulov NEU Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197370-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan President Cup (football), Format\nThe tournament is held in two stages. At the first stage, eight teams are divided into two qualification groups (A and B). Competitions of the first stage were held on circular system. The winners of the groups advance to the final, while the group runners-up meet to determine third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197370-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazakhstan President Cup (football), Statistics, Prize money\nAccording to FFK, the prize fund of a tournament will make 20,000 $. \"The teams which took 1, 2 and 3 place will be received, respectively 10,000, 6,000 and 4,000 $.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197371-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazan gas explosion\nThe Kazan gas explosion occurred on January 9, 2008, destroying an entire corner of a three-story khrushchyovka-style apartment building on Malaya Pechyorskaya Street in the Aviastroitelny District of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The explosion took place at 0:28\u00a0a.m. local time (UTC +3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197371-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazan gas explosion, History\nThe blast destroyed 12 apartments and killed ten residents, including one woman who died of blast-related trauma in a hospital after being rescued from the rubble. Additionally, two were non-fatally wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197371-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazan gas explosion, History\nRescue efforts were complicated by low temperatures of -30\u00a0\u00b0C, raising concerns that victims trapped in the destroyed building might freeze before being reached by rescuers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197371-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazan gas explosion, History\nThree of the building residents, including one child, were not immediately accounted for. However, several body parts were found in the ruins, and subsequent DNA analyses determined that the young girl and her grandfather were both among those killed in the explosion. The girl's grandmother, also thought to have been in the apartment, is still counted missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197371-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazan gas explosion, History\nThe exact cause of the blast has not been established. While a criminal investigation was initiated, city authorities suspect that the cause may have been improper use of gas appliances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197371-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kazan gas explosion, History\nThe Kazan city government arranged for residents of the building destroyed in the blast to receive apartments in newly constructed buildings. On July 10, 2008, the first nine affected families received keys to new apartments in a building on Amirkhan Street. The residents received the apartments in exchange for their destroyed ones, an arrangement set up by the city-held OAO Residential Investment Company of the City of Kazan and supported by Kazan mayor Ilsur Metshin and the district administration. Families were also given the opportunity to pay for larger apartments at a discounted price per square meter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197372-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kehoe Cup\nThe 2008 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and features second and third tier counties from Leinster and Connacht and selected university teams. The winners were Meath who defeated Carlow 1-20 to 0-17 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197372-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kehoe Cup, Kehoe Cup, First round\nAll of the first round matches were originally due to take place in the week ending 13 January 2008. However, due to poor weather and waterlogged pitches, three matches were postponed until the weekend of 20 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197372-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kehoe Cup, Kehoe Cup, Quarter finals\nThe quarter finals saw Meath, Carlow, Wicklow and D.I.T progress to the semi finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197373-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kent State Golden Flashes football team\nThe 2008 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented the Kent State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Kent State competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), and played their home games at Dix Stadium. The Golden Flashes were led by fifth-year head coach Doug Martin. Kent State finished the season with a 4\u20138 record (MAC: 3\u20135).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197373-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kent State Golden Flashes football team\nKent State lost to Boston College of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the season-opener, the second-annual FirstMerit Patriot Bowl, 21\u20130. Against Iowa State of the Big 12, the Golden Flashes suffered two blocked punts and surrendered four fumbles in a 48\u201328 loss. They beat Division I FCS opponent, Delaware State, handily, 24\u20133. Without their featured running back, Eugene Jarvis, they also lost to Louisiana\u2013Lafayette, undefeated Ball State, and Akron. Against the latter, Kent State led 21\u201310 at half time, but missed a 27-yard field goal in the fourth quarter and surrendered a touchdown, which forced overtime. In second overtime, the Flashes lost by missing a 23-yard field goal. In the season finale, they upset eventual MAC champions, Buffalo, 24\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 803]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197374-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary took place May 20, 2008, and had 51 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Kentucky's six congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 34. Another 17 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Hillary Clinton. The 51 delegates represented Kentucky at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Nine other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197374-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary\nKentucky had a closed primary, meaning it was open only to registered Democrats. Those wishing to participate in the primary had to register as Democrats 28 days prior to the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197374-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary\nThere were 3,545 precincts in 120 counties with 1,629,845 Democratic registered voters, and the turnout was 43.0% of the registered voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197374-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nAccording to a poll from Rasmussen Reports taken before the primary, Hillary Clinton led Barack Obama 56-31 percent in Kentucky with 13 percent undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197374-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nAs of April 30, two superdelegates had pledged support for Obama while three had endorsed Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197374-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nHillary Clinton won a decisive two-to-one victory in Kentucky, a state located in the Appalachian region which had many of the demographics in her favor. According to exit polls, 89 percent of voters in the Kentucky Democratic Primary were white and they opted for Clinton by a margin of 72-23 compared to the 9 percent of African American voters who backed Obama by a margin of 90-7. Clinton won all age groups, all socioeconomic/income classes and educational attainment ladders of voters. Registered Democrats, who comprised 84 percent of the turnout, backed Clinton by a margin of 68-30. She also won all ideological groups. Regarding religion, Clinton dominated all major denominations by two-to-one margins, including Protestants which backed her 66-28, Roman Catholics supported her 66-31, and other Christians favored Clinton by a margin of 66-30. It was a conclusive landslide victory for Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 962]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197374-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nClinton performed extraordinarily well throughout the state of Kentucky, carrying every county with well over 60 percent of the vote and winning all but two: Jefferson County, which contains Louisville, and Fayette County which contains Lexington. Her best performance was in Southeast Kentucky, located in the heart of Appalachia, an area made up of less educated, lower-income, working-class whites. In fact, it was here where Clinton received her largest margin of victory in a county nationwide: Magoffin County gave Clinton 92.98 percent of the vote while Obama only received a meager 5.00 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197374-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nKentucky was another state that highlighted Barack Obama's growing problem among working-class whites, a swing voting bloc also referred to as Reagan Democrats who Clinton claimed were crucial to Democrats winning back the White House. Exit polls in Kentucky supported Clinton's claim \u2013 of Kentucky voters who voted for Clinton, only one-third of voters said they would vote for Obama should he become the nominee while another one-third said they would vote for presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain and another one-third said they would not vote at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197375-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Derby\nThe 2008 Kentucky Derby was the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 3, 2008 with 157,770 in attendance, the second largest in Derby history. Post time was 6:15\u00a0p.m. EDT and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197375-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Derby\nBig Brown won the race by nearly 5 lengths. Eight Belles, the second-place finisher and the first filly to run the Derby in nine years, was euthanized following the end of the race after fracturing both front ankles while galloping out. It is believed to be the first fatality in Kentucky Derby history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197375-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Derby, Field\nBig Brown was made the 2-1 favorite off the strength of his win in the Florida Derby. Other leading contenders included Colonel John (Santa Anita Derby), Pyro (Louisiana Derby), and the filly Eight Belles (Fantasy Stakes).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197376-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Kentucky Republican presidential primary took place on May 20, 2008. The only Republican candidates that were still in the race were Senator John McCain and Congressman Ron Paul. McCain was the presumptive Republican nominee, having already won enough delegates to secure his eventual nomination. McCain won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197376-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197377-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team\nThe 2008 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2008. The team's head coach was John Cohen. This was his 5th year as Kentucky's head coach. The Wildcats played their home games at Cliff Hagan Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197378-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Wildcats football team\nThe 2008 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the college football season of 2008\u20132009. The team's head coach was Rich Brooks, who served his sixth year in the position. The Wildcats played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197378-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nWEEK 1 SEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKMYRON PRYORDefensive TackleKENTUCKY6-1 \u2022 310 \u2022 SeniorLouisville, Ky. (Eastern HS)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197378-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee\nSEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKMIKE HARTLINEQuarterbackKENTUCKY6-6 \u2022 204 \u2022 SophomoreCanton, Ohio (GlenOak HS)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197378-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Western Kentucky\nSEC OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEKGARRY WILLIAMSTackleKENTUCKY6-3 \u2022 300 \u2022 SeniorLouisville, Ky. (Seneca HS)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197378-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Statistics, Coaches, Offense\nQuarterbacks: Randy SandersOffensive Line: Jimmy HegginsRunning Backs: Larry BrownTight Ends: Steve Ortameyer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197379-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Khost suicide bombing\nThe 2008 Khost suicide bombing occurred on 3 March 2008, when German-born Turkish citizen C\u00fcneyt \u00c7ift\u00e7i blew himself up in front of the Sabari District Center in Khost Province, Afghanistan, killing US soldiers Stephen Koch (23) and Robert Rapp (22) and two Afghans. Uzbek Islamist group Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) claimed responsibility of having used 4.5 tons of explosives for what was described as an \"enormous blast,\" and publishing a film of the explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197379-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Khost suicide bombing, Perpetrator\nC\u00fcneyt \u00c7ift\u00e7i, the perpetrator, is considered the first suicide bomber to have been born and raised in Germany. Born 1979 in Freising and raised in Ansbach, both in Bavaria, \u00c7ift\u00e7i's father, a founding member of the Ansbach Mill\u00ee G\u00f6r\u00fc\u015f mosque society, sent his son, who was twelve years old, to Turkey. Attending a state-run religious school, \u00c7ift\u00e7i memorized the Quran and started using the name \"Hafiz\". After three years, \u00c7ift\u00e7i returned to Ansbach, but later dropped out of school and broke off a vocational apprenticeship. After working a while as an interior decorator and in a McDonald's restaurant, he found an employment at the local Bosch warehouse, where he reportedly had a \"well paid job\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197379-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Khost suicide bombing, Perpetrator\nIn 2000, \u00c7ift\u00e7i was granted permanent residency in Germany, but his application for German citizenship was repeatedly turned down. Following repeated \"security conversations\" with the local authorities he withdrew the application. In 2001 \u00c7ift\u00e7i married a woman from a secular Turkish family, who only four years later started wearing a headscarf, when they moved in with his parents. German authorities believe that \u00c7ift\u00e7i's radicalization may have begun in 2001/02, when he came into touch with orthodox Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) movement, frequenting a TJ circle in nearby Pappenheim. In late 2004, \u00c7ift\u00e7i started visiting his father's local Mill\u00ee G\u00f6r\u00fc\u015f mosque, and occasionally preached there. With their two children, they lived in a middle-class neighborhood of Ansbach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197379-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Khost suicide bombing, Perpetrator\nOn April 2, 2007, \u00c7ift\u00e7i left the country with his wife and two children for Pakistan, after he came under suspicion for his contacts to the \"Sauerland terror cell\". He proceeded to an IJU training camp, where he joined the members of the Sauerland cell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197380-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Khurcha incident\nThe 2008 Khurcha incident refers to the May 21, 2008 attack on two minibuses in the Georgian village of Khurcha, near the ceasefire line with the internationally unrecognised Republic of Abkhazia. The buses were carrying Georgians on the way to vote at the parliamentary election which was underway that day. 3 people were injured. During the high profile TV coverage later that day, and while voting booths were open, Georgian officials claimed that the attack was carried out by Abkhaz forces. Several investigations later showed that the incident was most likely staged by unknown Georgian servicemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197380-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Khurcha incident, The attack\nThe attack took place on May 21, 2008, the day of the Georgian Parliamentary elections on a football field in the village of Khurcha. Two minibuses carrying voters from Abkhazia's Gali district arrived at the football field, where they came under attack by small arms fire and grenades. 3 people had to be hospitalised in Zugdidi, one of whom was seriously injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197380-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Khurcha incident, Reactions\nGeorgia accused the Abkhazian side to have carried out the attack with Russian support. The Abkhazian side denied this and pointed out that Khurcha, the site of the incident, was well within Georgian-controlled territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197380-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Khurcha incident, Investigations\nOn May 22, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Centre of Georgia carried out an investigation on the attack. They found out, that the buses had directly come to the football field, rather than to the polling station. Furthermore, media were already present at the scene, before the incident took place. Georgian security troops were immediately present at the scene of the incident, even though Khurcha lies within the demilitarised zone, the nearest base being 15 minutes away. The investigators further found out that the attack originated from a position only 100 meters from the Georgian side, that is, the side opposite to the ceasefire line. Local eyewitnesses all stated, that they believed that the attack had been staged by the Georgian side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197380-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Khurcha incident, Investigations\nAnother investigation was carried out by the Reporter studio in Tbilisi, which made a documentary about the incident. It stated directly, that the attack was staged by the Georgian side. Before the busses were hit by grenades, the camera, that would record this, had been already positioned on a tripod and was already recording the buses. Local residents reported, that they had been asked to come to the football field for a video shoot, without voting being mentioned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197380-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Khurcha incident, Investigations\nThe United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia's investigation into the incident found that the attackers were located on the Georgian side of the ceasefire line, about 100m from the buses, and that although hard evidence of the attackers' identities was lacking, inconsistencies merited further investigation, particularly the suggestion that the filming of the attack seemed anticipatory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197380-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Khurcha incident, Investigations\nIn October 2013, under the new government of Georgia, two former Georgian security officers, Roman Shamatava and Malkhaz Murgulia, were arrested on charges of terrorism and exceeding of official powers; prosecutors alleged the Khurcha attack was masterminded by the Georgian security agencies with the purpose of \"terrorizing peaceful population on the election day\". Murgulia was soon released on bail and Shamatava was acquitted of the charges of terrorism, but ruled that he \"exceeded his official powers with use of arms and violence\" in July 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197381-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kids' Choice Awards\nThe 21st Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 29, 2008, at the Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California. The show was the first live-action/animated Kids Choice Awards show. The event was hosted by Jack Black. Voting began March 3 on Nick.com and Nicktropolis. A \"Bring on the Nominees\" special hosted by Lil' JJ aired also. The Naked Brothers Band and Miley Cyrus were musical performances for the show. A sweepstakes was announced to promote the show. The number of votes cast broke the record previously set in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197381-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Kids' Choice Awards\n86,708,020 kids cast 88,254,272 votes (since kids were allowed to vote multiple times) between March 3\u201329 in 18 categories, to honor and vote for their favorites. Votes were cast via Nick.com, Nicktropolis, TurboNick, and for the first time via Nick's new mobile website (wap.nick.com). The award show attracted 7.7 million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197381-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kids' Choice Awards\nThe 2008 Kids' Choice Awards is notable for being the only time that SpongeBob SquarePants did not win the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon since the show was first nominated in 2003, with Avatar: The Last Airbender winning instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197381-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kids' Choice Awards, Winners and nominees\nWinners are listed first, in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197381-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kids' Choice Awards, The Rocktopus\nThe Rocktopus is an eight legged octopus of rock n' roll who haunts Jack Black in his dreams. Later during the awards show, they settle their differences in time for the Rocktopus to activate the slimer machine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197381-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kids' Choice Awards, iCarly: Live From Hollywood\nThe iCarly cast was live outside the Pauley Pavilion in Hollywood, where the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards were held. The cast aired from 9/8c - 11/10c. Carly, Sam, Freddie, and Spencer were at the Kids' Choice Awards because Spencer was hired to make a Kids' Choice Awards Blimp out of Wieners. Although Spencer was working on his sculpture, he happened to peek around the show, like the Gift bags for the Celebrities, going into Jack Black's Dressing Room, and stealing some mini wienies from the Snack table. In the end, his sculpture was destroyed when the Snack lady attacked him. People actually believed that it was a fan who destroyed the sculpture as security tackled the Snack Lady.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197382-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 114th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 20 September 2008 and ended on 26 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197382-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 4 October 2008, Dicksboro were relegated from the championship following 2-11 to 1-11 defeat by Young Irelands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197382-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 26 October 2008, Ballyhale Shamrocks won the championship after a 2-11 to 0-12 defeat of James Stephens in the final. It was their 12th championship title overall and their third title in succession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197382-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship\nHenry Shefflin from the Ballyhale Shamrocks club was the championship's top scorer with 1-23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197383-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 King Cup of Champions\nThe 2008 King Cup of Champions was the 33rd edition of the King Cup of Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197383-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 King Cup of Champions\nThe cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2009 AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197384-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes\nThe 2008 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 26 July 2008. It was the 58th King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197384-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes\nThe winner was Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor's Duke of Marmalade, a four-year-old bay colt trained at Ballydoyle in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Johnny Murtagh. Duke of Marmalade's victory was the third in the race for his trainer jockey and owners. In addition, Michael Tabor had won the race independently with Montjeu (2000) and Hurricane Run (2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197384-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race\nThe race attracted eight runners with Michael Stoute and Aidan O'Brien fielding two and three runners respectively. The Stoute team consisted of Ask, the winner of the Ormonde Stakes, Cumberland Lodge Stakes and Gordon Richards Stakes and Papal Bull who had won the Princess of Wales's Stakes and the Geoffrey Freer Stakes in 2007. The O'Brien contenders were the Hardwicke Stakes winner Macarthur, Red Rock Canyon who was running as a pacemaker, and the odds-on favourite Duke of Marmalade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197384-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race\nThe last named was unbeaten in three Group One races that year, having won the Prix Ganay, Tattersalls Gold Cup and Prince of Wales's Stakes. The other runners were the experienced international performer Youmzain (Preis von Europa, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud runner-up Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe), the 2007 St Leger Stakes winner Lucarno and the 66/1 outsider Petara Bay. There were no challengers from continental Europe. Duke of Marmalade headed the betting at odds of 4/6 ahead of Youmzain (4/1), Lucarno (8/1) and Ask (10/1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197384-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race\nRed Rock Canyon set the pace as expected from Lucarno and Macarthur, with Ask and Duke of Marmalade next and Youmzain and Papal Bull at the rear of the field in the early stages. Red Rock Canyon maintained his lead into the straight when he was overtaken by Duke of Marmalade, but Papal Bull made rapid progress on the outside and took a slight advantage inside the final furlong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197384-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race\nPapal Bull and Duke of Marmalade went clear of the rest in the closing stages, with the Irish horse rallying on the inside to regain the lead near the finish and win by a neck. There was a gap on nine lengths back to Youmzain, who took third place by a length from Red Rock Canyon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197385-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kitply Cup\nThe 2008 Kitply cup, was a tri-series One Day International cricket tournament that was held in Bangladesh from 8 to 14 June 2008, between three test playing nations Bangladesh, Pakistan and India. In the final, Pakistan won the tournament by defeating India by 25 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197386-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197386-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election\nPrior to the election, the composition of the council is:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197387-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kobalt Tools 500\nThe 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 was the fourth race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was held on March 9, 2008 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, located outside the Georgia state capital. The race was televised on Fox starting at 1:30 PM US EDT, and broadcast on the Performance Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio starting at 1 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197387-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kobalt Tools 500, Qualifying\nQualifying suffered from a short rain delay in the beginning stages but was finally reopened with Jeff Gordon winning the pole followed by Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards and Bobby Labonte rounding out the top five. Forty-eight cars attempted to make the race but only 43 are able to start a Sprint Cup Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197387-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kobalt Tools 500, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify: John Andretti (#34), Johnny Benson (#27), Bill Elliott (#21), Burney Lamar (#08), Ken Schrader (#49).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197387-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kobalt Tools 500, Race\nFor the first time since June 1954 (when Al Keller won in a Jaguar on the road course at Linden Airport), a foreign nameplate found its way to the winners' circle as Kyle Busch dominated the field to win his fifth Cup race of his career, and his first win driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. The victory also gave Toyota their first Sprint Cup victory after 40 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197387-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Kobalt Tools 500, Race\nCarl Edwards, still smarting from last week's win that found a loose oil tank, costing him 100 points in the drivers chase, his owner Jack Roush 100 owners' points and suspended crew chief Bob Osborne for six races until April 30 as well as a $100,000 fine, was in the lead until there were 50 laps to go and Edwards' transmission in the #99 Ford blew up, finishing 42nd, and falling deeper out of the top 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197387-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kobalt Tools 500, Race\nMuch of the pre and post-race talk was about the tires Goodyear supplied to the teams. Tony Stewart claimed that the tires were shoddy in a post-race commentary. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. also said that the tires did not work well on the subject of its grip, while Jeff Gordon claimed that in light of Stewart's gripes that \"I think he went a little overboard\". The tiremaker commented the day after that in a press release \"if the drivers aren't happy, Goodyear's not happy.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197388-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kogi State gubernatorial by-election\nA by-election was held to elect a new governor of Kogi State on March 29, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197388-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kogi State gubernatorial by-election\nThe incumbent, Ibrahim Idris of the PDP, was re-elected to a second term in the 2007 general elections, but later in the year his election was nullified by Appeal Court  due to a complaint to the Election Petitions Tribunal by Abubakar Audu, a former governor who was excluded by INEC from participating in the 2007 elections. On February 6, 2008, the Court of Appeal upheld this ruling and ordered a new election to be held within three months. President Umaru Yar'Adua ordered the Speaker of the Kogi State Assembly to take over as acting governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197388-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kogi State gubernatorial by-election\nIdris re-ran for the governorship on the PDP ticket, challenging Abubakar Audu (ANPP), Ramat Momoh (PAC) and Yusuf Obaje (DPP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197389-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kolmonen \u2013 Finnish League Division 3\nLeague tables for teams participating in Kolmonen, the fourth tier of the Finnish soccer league system, in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197390-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Konstitutsiya\n2008 Konstitutsiya, provisionally designated 1973 SV4, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 50 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 September 1973, by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula. The asteroid was named for the 1977 Soviet Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197390-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Konstitutsiya, Classification and orbit\nKonstitutsiya orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.9\u20133.5\u00a0AU once every 5 years and 9 months (2,105 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 21\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic. In September 1938, the asteroid was first identified as 1938 SV at Turku Observatory, Finland, extending the body's observation arc by 35 years prior to its official discovery observation at Nauchnyj.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197390-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Konstitutsiya, Physical characteristics, Lightcurves\nTwo rotational lightcurves of Konstitutsiya were obtained from photometric observations in 2011. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 11.2692 and 11.279 hours with a low brightness variation of 0.08 and 0.06 magnitude, respectively (U=3/3-). A low brightness amplitude suggests that the body has a nearly spheroidal shape.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197390-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Konstitutsiya, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo\nAccording to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Konstitutsiya measures between 45.46 and 53.942 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.0505 and 0.070. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0580 and a diameter of 50.31 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 65], "content_span": [66, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197390-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Konstitutsiya, Naming\nThis minor planet was named on the occasion of the adoption of the new 1977 Soviet Constitution, also known as Brezhnev Constitution. It was the third and last Soviet Constitution ever to be adopted. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 September 1978 (M.P.C. 4481).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197391-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Korea National League\nThe 2008 Korea National League was the sixth season of the Korea National League. It was divided in two stages, and the top two clubs of the overall table qualified for the championship playoffs in addition to the winners of each stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197391-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Korea National League, Championship playoffs, Final\n2\u20132 on aggregate. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won 5\u20134 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197391-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Korea National League, Top scorers\nThis list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Kim Young-hoo won the award with 30 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197392-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Korea National League Championship\nKorea National Championship 2008 was the cup competition of the second-tier N-League in South Korea in 2008. The 5th edition of Korea National Championship was held from July 9 to July 18 in Yanggu, Gangwon-do. 14 clubs from the N-League and amateurs Gumi Siltron and Icheon Hyundai Autonet participated for a total of 16 clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197392-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Korea National League Championship\nDaejeon HNP FC won the competition by defeating Ansan Hallelujah on penalties in the final on 18 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197393-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Korea Open Super Series\nThe 2008 Korea Open Super Series is the second tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Seoul, South Korea from January 22 to January 27, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197393-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Korea Open Super Series\nThe men's singles final marred by the incident between Lin Dan and Korea coach Li Mao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197394-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Korea Professional Baseball season\nThe 2008 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 27th season in the history of the KBO League. The season commenced on March 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197394-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Korea Professional Baseball season, Season structure, Unicorns became Heroes\nHyundai stopped their sponsorship after the 2007 season, and the Unicorns were renamed the Woori Heroes after Centennial Investments sold the naming rights to the Woori Tobacco Company. They also announced possible player salary reductions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197395-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean FA Cup\nThe 2008 Korean FA Cup, known as the 2008 Hana Bank FA Cup, was the 13th edition of the Korean FA Cup. It began on 24 February 2008, and ended on 21 December 2008. Pohang Steelers claimed their second title after beating Gyeongnam FC 2\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197395-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean FA Cup, Final rounds, Round of 16\nJeonnam Dragons (defending champions) and Pohang Steelers (2007 K League champions) directly qualified for the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197396-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean FA Cup Final\nThe 2008 Korean FA Cup Final was a football match played on 21 December 2008 at Jeju Stadium in Jeju City that decided the winner of the 2008 season of the Korean FA Cup. The 2008 final was the culmination of the 13th season of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197396-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean FA Cup Final\nThe final was contested by Gyeongnam FC and Pohang Steelers. The match kicked off at 13:25 KST. The referee for the match was Choi Kwang-Bo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197397-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean League Cup\nThe 2008 Korean League Cup, also known as the 2008 Samsung Hauzen Cup, was the 21st competition of the Korean League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series\nThe 2008 Korean Series began on Monday, 26 October, at the Munhak Baseball Stadium in Incheon. It featured the SK Wyverns, who had claimed home ground advantage by finishing in first place at the end of the season, and the Doosan Bears, who had finished second and had defeated the Samsung Lions in a best-of-7 playoff series (4 games to 2) to advance to the next round. The SK Wyverns won the series in five games, after defeating Doosan four games straight after dropping the opening game. It pitted the final 2 teams from the 2007 Korean Series in a rematch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 1, October 26\nThe first game of the series began at the home stadium of the Wyverns, but they failed to get the victory on opening game 2 years straight as Doosan got a decisive 5\u20132 victory, thanks to the excellent pitching of Matt Randal. Young prodigy Kim Kwang-hyun started for the Wyverns but was unable to shut down Doosan's hitting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 1, October 26\nSK struck first, as 2007's MVP Kim Jae-hyeon shot a solo home run over the right field fence. Doosan answered back in the 5th, when Chae Sang-byung got onto 1st base with a line drive towards 3rd base. Jeon Sang-ryeol bunt-sacrificed, then Chae advanced to 3rd on a passed ball. Lee Jong-wook hit him home with a single. Doosan went ahead in the 6th, as Kim Dong-joo hit a double, advanced on a sacrifice, then Ko Young-min got a base on balls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 1, October 26\nDoosan used power hitter Choi Jun-seok as a pinch hitter, and it paid off, as he hammered the ball, allowing Ko to score from first. Doosan added to their lead in the 7th, as Lee Jong-wook scored with help from Oh Jae-won and Ko Young-min. Hong Sung-heon shot a solo home run in the 9th, but it wasn't necessary. SK tried to fight back, but managed to only score one more run in the bottom of the 7th. A combination of Randal's pitching, as well as reliever Lee Jae-woo shut down the Wyverns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 2, October 27\nSK evened the series with the aid of some strong batting and some poor defensive work by Doosan. The game was an almost total turn-around of game 1, with an identical score of 5\u20132. Just like last year, SK started Chae Byeong-yong, while Doosan started former major-leaguer Sunny Kim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 2, October 27\nThe game began well for SK as leadoff hitter Jeong Keun-woo got onto base and advanced with a narrow hit by Park Jae-hong. Lee Jin-young hit Jeong home, and Park scored after the pitcher threw a wild pitch. Doosan responded in the fourth with a double from Kim Dong-joo, then a triple from Hong Sung-heon. Ko Young-min hit a sacrifice fly to bring in the 2nd run. The game winner was in the 5th by Park Jae-sang, and in the 7th, Kim Jae-hyeon hit another home run (2 runs), for his second in the series and 2nd in 2 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 3, October 29\nDoosan returned home to their stadium in Jamsil with the series tied at 1\u20131 series. Doosan started left-handed Lee Hei-chun, and SK answered by starting Lee Jae-won in the place of the designated hitter, as he had a higher hitting average against left-handed pitchers. SK started Kenny Rayburn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 3, October 29\nThe game started off as a pitcher's duel, with both pitchers striking out several batters. Both teams struck in the 4th inning, putting 1 run on the board each. SK went ahead 3\u20131 in the 6th, as young 3rd baseman Choi Jeong hit a 2-run home run on the first pitch of reliever Lee Jae-woo. Doosan answered back with a solo home run from relief catcher Choi Seung-hwan in the 7th, but SK held onto their 1-run lead to close the game up and take a 2\u20131 lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 3, October 29\nDoosan very nearly came back in the 9th inning, as closer Chong Tae-hyon loaded the bases with 1 out, but Kim Hyun-soo hit into a double-play, allowing SK to take the win and giving Chong the save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 4, October 30\nGame 4 saw the return of Matt Randal for Doosan, while SK started sometimes-reliable Song Eun-bum in classic Kim Sung-keun strategy of fast and frequent pitcher changing. SK used 7 pitchers in total, while Doosan used only 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 4, October 30\nSk struck in the 1st inning with a hit from Park Jae-sang, stole to 2nd, and made it to 3rd after an error from Chae Sang-byung. Kim Jae-hyeon sacrificed to bring him home. Doosan struck back with the dangerous combination of Kim Dong-joo and Hong Sung-heon. Oh Jae-won hit into a double-play, but Kim scored from 3rd base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 4, October 30\nGame 4 continued a Doosan trend in the series of Doosan creating many scoring opportunities but failing to capitalize on them. Jeon Sang-ryeol managed to hit a lead-off double in the 3rd, but made a critical error. Lee Jong-wook hit a ball just behind the 2nd base that surely looked to be a hit, but some amazing defense from Jeong Keun-woo managed to catch the ball, and merely had to throw the ball to 2nd to tag out Jeon, who ran and never looked back. Also, Doosan managed to load the bases with 0 outs in the 7th, but once again failed to score as reliever Lee Seung-ho struck out 2 Doosan hitters, walked the next one, but the 4th one grounded out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 4, October 30\nSK decided to use Chae Byeong-yong as a closer in game 5, and he managed to hold on to the victory, giving him a rare save. He loaded the bases in the 8th, but struck out pinch-hitter Yoo Jae-woong. Doosan managed to get 1 runner to 2nd base in the 9th, but could not get any closer to scoring. SK went up 3\u20131, only one win away from claiming their 2nd consecutive Korean Series victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 5, October 31\nGame 5 was yet another pitcher's duel, this time between Kim Kwang-hyun and Kim Sun-woo, both vying for a win in this year's series. It was do or die for Doosan, and neither team allowed any runs until the 7th inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 5, October 31\nDoosan had scoring opportunities almost every inning, but failed. However, SK rarely was able to get runners on base, shut down by the superb pitching of Kim Sun-woo. A reversal of fortunes came about in the 7th inning, as Sk was able to load the bases. Catcher Park Kyung-oan, who has hitless in the series, hammered a linedrive towards 3rd, hurting Kim Dong-joo's hand, and causing him to drop the ball. Sk would add one more to the scoreboard in the 8th, as Park Jae-sang hit a single, and came home with a hit from Choi Jeong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 5, October 31\nSK starter Kim Kwang-hyun allowed 0 runs in 6\u200b1\u20443 innings, and was followed by 4 relievers in an attempt to shut down the hungry and now desperate Doosan hitters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 5, October 31\nDoosan once again got multiple runners on base in the 8th, but failed to score as Sk outfielder Cho Dong-hwa made an amazing catch against Hong Sung-heon. Once again reliever Lee Seung-ho saved the team, striking out Yoo Jae-woong. This performance earned Lee the MVP nomination, but he did not win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 5, October 31\nThe 9th inning was the most pivotal moment of the game, as Doosan had the game but failed completely to capitalize on the situation. Once again, SK put Chae Byeong-yong on the mound as a closer. Doosan managed to load the bases with 0 outs. It looked like a Doosan comeback was inevitable. Amazingly, Chae put away Ko Young-min and Kim Hyun-soo hit into a double-play, handing SK their 2nd consecutive Korean Series victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197398-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Series, Game 5, October 31\nTwenty-one-year-old third baseman Choi Jeong was named the series MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197399-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Tour\nThe 2008 Korean Tour was a season on the Korean Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments. The table below shows the season results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197399-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Tour, Tournament schedule\nThe number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197399-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Tour, Order of Merit\nThe Order of Merit used a points system. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197399-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Korean Tour, Prize money leaders\n'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money. Prize money won in the Ballantine's Championship did not count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197400-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kororoit state by-election\nThe 2008 Kororoit state by-election was held on 28 June 2008 for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Kororoit. The by-election was triggered when Labor MLA and former state Police Minister Andre Haermeyer resigned from parliament on 3 June. It was held on the same day as the by-election for the Victorian federal seat of Gippsland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197400-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kororoit state by-election\nKororoit was the third-safest seat in the state for the governing Labor Party, based on the results of the 2006 state election. The opposition Liberal Party contested the by-election, with state president David Kemp stating that the party would mount a \"strong campaign\". There had earlier been reports that the party might not run a candidate, as had been the case in the 2007 by-elections for the safe Labor seats of Albert Park and Williamstown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197400-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kororoit state by-election\nLabor candidate Marlene Kairouz was elected as the new member for Kororoit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197400-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kororoit state by-election, Results, Distribution of Preferences\nBecause Labor attained an absolute majority of formal votes after the elimination of two candidates, no formal two candidate preferred count was determined for this contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197401-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovan presidential election\nAn indirect election for the President of Kosovo were held on January 9, 2008. Though not scheduled for 2008, the election of the president by the Assembly of Kosovo was brought up as an issue after the technical resignation of Fatmir Sejdiu from the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197401-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovan presidential election\nFatmir Sejdiu's actual term would end in 2009, but according to a coalition concord that his party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), signed with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the leading party in parliament, he agreed to \u201cre-legitimise\u201d his position. His resignation was the only practical way to end his term, and thus doing so, he enabled himself for a completely new term. Kosovo's Constitutional Framework contains no provision as to term limits or incapacitation of rerunning of the resigning president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197401-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovan presidential election\nThe two candidates Fatmir Sejdiu and Naim Maloku of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) received votes as follows:First round: 62 and 37 respectivelySecond round: 61 and 37 respectivelyThird round: Fatmir Sejdiu is elected after receiving 68 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence\nThe 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence  was adopted at a meeting held on 17 February 2008 by 109 out of the 120 members of the Assembly of Kosovo, including the Prime Minister of Kosovo and by the President of Kosovo (who was not a member of the Assembly). It was the second declaration of independence by Kosovo's Albanian-majority political institutions; the first was proclaimed on 7 September 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence\nThe legality of the declaration has been disputed. Serbia sought international validation and support for its stance that the declaration was illegal, and in October 2008 requested an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice. The Court determined that the declaration did not violate international law, because a group of people declared independence called the representatives of the people of Kosovo (Albanian: Udh\u00ebheq\u00ebsit e popullit ton\u00eb, t\u00eb zgjedhur n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb demokratike), opposed to UNSCR 1244 in which is stated that Kosovo is a province of Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence\nHowever, the declaration violates the eighth article of the Constitution of The Republic of Serbia. Hence, it is illegal in Serbian constitutional law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence\nAs a result of the ICJ decision, a joint Serbia-EU resolution was passed in the United Nations General Assembly which called for an EU-facilitated dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia to \"promote cooperation, achieve progress on the path to the European Union and improve the lives of the people.\" The dialogue resulted in the 2013 Brussels deal between Serbia and Kosovo which abolished all of the Republic of Serbia's institutions in Kosovo. Dejan Pavi\u0107evi\u0107 is the official representative of Serbia to Kosovo. Valdet Sadiku is the official representative of Kosovo to Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Background\nThe Province of Kosovo took shape in 1945 as the Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija (1945\u20131963) within Socialist Yugoslavia, as an autonomous region within People's Republic of Serbia. Initially a ceremonial entity, more power was devolved to Kosovan authorities with each constitutional reform. In 1968 it became the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo and in 1974 new constitution enabled the province to function at every administrative level independently of its host republic within Yugoslavia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Background\nIncreasing ethnic tension throughout Yugoslavia in the late 1980s amid rising nationalism among its nations eventually led to a decentralised state: this facilitated Serbian President Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107 in effectively terminating the privileges awarded to the Kosovar assembly in 1974. The move attracted criticism from the leaderships of the other Yugoslav republics but no higher authority was in place to reverse the measure. In response to the action, the Kosovo Assembly voted on 2 July 1990 to declare Kosovo an independent state, and this received recognition from Albania. A state of emergency and harsh security rules were subsequently imposed against Kosovo's Albanians following mass protests. The Albanians established a \"parallel state\" to provide education and social services while boycotting or being excluded from Yugoslav institutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 914]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Background\nKosovo remained largely quiet through the Yugoslav wars. The severity of the Yugoslav government in Kosovo was internationally criticised. In 1996, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) began attacking federal security forces. The conflict escalated until Kosovo was on the verge of all-out war by the end of 1998. In January 1999, NATO warned that it would intervene militarily against Yugoslavia if it did not agree to the introduction of an international peacekeeping force and the establishment of local government in Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Background\nSubsequent peace talks failed and from 24 March to 11 June 1999, NATO carried out an extensive bombing campaign against FR Yugoslavia including targets in Kosovo itself. The war ended with Milo\u0161evi\u0107 agreeing to allow peacekeepers into Kosovo and withdrawing all security forces so as to transfer governance to the United Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Build-up\nA NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) entered the province following the Kosovo War, tasked with providing security to the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Before and during the handover of power, an estimated 100,000 Serbs and other non-Albanians, mostly Gypsies, fled the province for fear of reprisals. In the case of the non-Albanians, the Gypsies in particular were regarded by many Albanians as having assisted federal forces during the war. Many left along with the withdrawing security forces, expressing fears that they would be targeted by returning Albanian refugees and KLA fighters who blamed them for wartime acts of violence. Thousands more were driven out by intimidation, attacks and a wave of crime after the war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Build-up\nLarge numbers of refugees from Kosovo still live in temporary camps and shelters in Serbia proper. In 2002, Serbia and Montenegro reported hosting 277,000 internally displaced people (the vast majority being Serbs and Roma from Kosovo), which included 201,641 persons displaced from Kosovo into Serbia proper, 29,451 displaced from Kosovo into Montenegro, and about 46,000 displaced within Kosovo itself, including 16,000 returning refugees unable to inhabit their original homes. Some sources put the figure far lower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Build-up\nIn 2004 the European Stability Initiative estimated the number of displaced people as being only 65,000, with 130,000 Serbs remaining in Kosovo, though this would leave a significant proportion of the pre-1999 ethnic Serb population unaccounted-for. The largest concentration of ethnic Serbs in Kosovo is in the north of the province above the Ibar river, but an estimated two-thirds (75,000) of the Serbian population in Kosovo continue to live in the Albanian-dominated south of the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Build-up\nOn 17 March 2004, serious unrest in Kosovo led to 19 deaths, and the destruction of thirty-five Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries in the province, as Albanians started pogroms against the Serbs. Several thousand more Kosovo Serbs have left their homes to seek refuge in Serbia proper or in the Serb-dominated north of Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Build-up\nSince the end of the war, Kosovo has been a major source and destination country in the trafficking of women, women forced into prostitution and sexual slavery. The growth in the sex trade industry was fuelled by NATO forces in Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Build-up\nInternational negotiations began in 2006 to determine the final status of Kosovo, as envisaged under UN Security Council Resolution 1244 which ended the Kosovo conflict of 1999. Serbia's continued sovereignty over Kosovo was recognised internationally. The vast majority of the province's population sought independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Declaration of 2008\u2013present\nThe 2008 declaration was a product of failed negotiations concerning the adoption of the Ahtisaari plan, which broke down in the fall of 2007. The plan, prepared by the UN Special Envoy and former President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, stipulated a sort of supervised independence for Kosovo, without expressly using the word \"independence\" among its proposals. Under the plan, Kosovo would gain self-governance under the supervision of the European Union, and become obligated to expressly protect its minorities' rights by means of a constitution and a representative government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Declaration of 2008\u2013present\nKosovo would be accorded its own national symbols such as a flag and a coat of arms, and be obligated to carry out border demarcation on the Kosovo-Republic of Macedonia border. The Albanian negotiators supported the Ahtisaari plan essentially in whole, and the plan gained the backing of the European Union and of the United States. However, Serbia and Russia rejected it outright, and no progress was possible on the United Nations front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Declaration of 2008\u2013present\nFaced with no progress on negotiations in sight, the Kosovars decided to unilaterally proclaim the Republic of Kosovo, obligating themselves in the process to follow the Ahtisaari plan's provisions in full. As of mid-April 2008, this has largely been the case, with the new Republic adopting a constitution written by local and international scholars protecting minority rights and providing for a representative government with guaranteed ethnic representation, which law is to take effect on 15 June 2008. It also adopted some of its national symbols already, including the flag and coat of arms, while work continues on defining the anthem. It has also engaged, albeit with a delay, in the border demarcation talks with Macedonia, initially insisting on being recognised first, but dropping this condition later on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 896]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Declaration of 2008\u2013present\nThe 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence elicited mixed reaction internationally and a polarised one domestically, the latter along the division of Kosovo Serbs vs. the Kosovo Albanians. Accordingly, effective control in Kosovo has also fractured along these lines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, History, Declaration of 2008\u2013present\nAfter 13 years of international oversight, Kosovo's authorities formally obtained full unsupervised control of the region (less only North Kosovo) on 10 September 2012 when Western Powers terminated their oversight. The International Steering Group, in its final meeting with the authorities in Pristina, declared that the Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Settlement, known as the Ahtisaari plan after its Finnish UN creator, had been substantially implemented. Nonetheless, as of November 2015, United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo still functions, albeit at a greatly reduced capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Political background\nAfter the end of the Kosovo War in 1999, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1244 to provide a framework for Kosovo's interim status. It placed Kosovo under transitional UN administration, demanded a withdrawal of Serbian security forces from Kosovo and envisioned an eventual UN-facilitated political process to resolve the status of Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Political background\nIn February 2007, Martti Ahtisaari delivered a draft status settlement proposal to leaders in Belgrade and Pristina, the basis for a draft UN Security Council Resolution which proposed 'supervised independence' for the province. By early July 2007 a draft resolution, backed by the United States and the European Union members of the Security Council, had been rewritten four times to try to accommodate Russian concerns that such a resolution would undermine the principle of state sovereignty. However, it had still not found agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Political background\nRussia, which holds a veto in the Security Council as one of five permanent members, stated that it would not support any resolution which was not acceptable to both Serbia and the Kosovo Albanians. While most observers had, at the beginning of the talks, anticipated independence as the most likely outcome, others suggested that a rapid resolution might not be preferable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Political background\nThe talks finally broke down, late 2007 with the two sides remaining far apart, with the minimum demands of each side being more than the other was willing to accept.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Political background\nAt the turn of 2008, the media started reporting that the Kosovo Albanians were determined to proclaim independence. This came at the time when the ten-year anniversary of the Kosovo War was looming (with the five-year anniversary being marked by violent unrest); the U.S. President George W. Bush was in his last year in power and not able to seek re-election; and two nations which had previously seceded from Yugoslavia were in important political positions (Slovenia presiding over the EU and Croatia an elected member of the UN Security Council). The proclamation was widely reported to have been postponed until after the 2008 Serbian presidential election, held on 20 January and 3 February, given that Kosovo was an important topic of the election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Adoption and terms of the declaration of independence\n\"We, the democratically elected leaders of our people, hereby declare Kosovo to be an independent and sovereign state. This declaration reflects the will of our people and it is in full accordance with the recommendations of UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari and his Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Settlement. We declare Kosovo to be a democratic, secular and multi-ethnic republic, guided by the principles of non-discrimination and equal protection under the law.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Adoption and terms of the declaration of independence\nThe declaration of independence was made by members of the Kosovo Assembly as well as by the President of Kosovo meeting in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, on 17 February 2008. It was approved by a unanimous quorum, numbering 109 members. Eleven deputies representing the Serbian national minority boycotted the proceedings. All nine other ethnic minority representatives were part of the quorum. The terms of the declaration state that Kosovo's independence is limited to the principles outlined by the Ahtisaari plan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Adoption and terms of the declaration of independence\nIt prohibits Kosovo from joining any other country, provides for only a limited military capability, states that Kosovo will be under international supervision and provides for the protection of minority ethnic communities. The original papyrus version of the declaration signed that day is in the Albanian language. The Albanian text of the declaration is the sole authentic text.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, International disputes, Legality of the declaration\nOn 18 February 2008 the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia declared Kosovo's declaration of independence as null and void per the suggestion of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, after the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia deemed the act illegal arguing it was not in coordination with the UN Charter, the Constitution of Serbia, the Helsinki Final Act, UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (including the previous resolutions) and the Badinter Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 92], "content_span": [93, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, International disputes, Legality of the declaration\nAccording to writer Noel Malcolm, the 1903 constitution was still in force at the time that Serbia annexed Kosovo during the First Balkan War. He elaborates that this constitution required a Grand National Assembly before Serbia's borders could be expanded to include Kosovo; but no such Grand National Assembly was ever held. Constitutionally, he argues, Kosovo should not have become part of the Kingdom of Serbia. It was initially ruled by decree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 92], "content_span": [93, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, International disputes, Legality of the declaration\nThe Contact Group had issued in 2005 the Guiding Principles upon which the final status of Kosovo shall be decided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 92], "content_span": [93, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, International disputes, Precedent or special case\nRecognition of Kosovo's independence is controversial. A number of countries fear that it is a precedent, affecting other contested territories in Europe and non-European parts of the former Soviet Union, such as Abkhazia and South Ossetia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, International disputes, Precedent or special case\nThe text of Kosovo's declaration of independence addressed this issue by stating \"... Observing that Kosovo is a special case arising from Yugoslavia's non-consensual breakup and is not a precedent for any other situation, Recalling the years of strife and violence in Kosovo, that disturbed the conscience of \"all civilized people\"...\" However, Ted Galen Carpenter of the Cato Institute stated the view of Kosovo being sui generis and setting no precedent is \"extraordinarily na\u00efve\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, International disputes, United Nations involvement\nThe newly proclaimed republic has not been seated at the United Nations, as it is generally believed that any application for UN membership would be vetoed by Russia. Russia vowed to oppose Kosovo's independence with a \"plan of retaliation\". Serbia has likewise proactively declared the annulment of Kosovo's independence and vowed to oppose Kosovo's independence with a package of measures intended to discourage the international recognition of the republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 91], "content_span": [92, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, International disputes, United Nations involvement\nOn 8 October 2008, the UN General Assembly voted to refer Kosovo's independence declaration to the International Court of Justice; 77 countries voted in favour, 6 against and 74 abstained. The ICJ was asked to give an advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia in February. The court delivered its advisory opinion on 22 July 2010; by a vote of 10 to 4, it declared that \"the declaration of independence of the 17th of February 2008 did not violate general international law because international law contains no 'prohibition on declarations of independence'.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 91], "content_span": [92, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Reactions in Kosovo, Kosovo Serbs\nThe bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo, Artemije, reacted in anger, stating that Kosovo's independence was a \"temporary state of occupation\", and that \"Serbia should buy state of the art weapons from Russia and other countries and call on Russia to send volunteers and establish a military presence in Serbia.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 120], "content_span": [121, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Reactions in Kosovo, Kosovo Serbs\nIn North Kosovo, a UN building housing a courthouse and jail was attacked by a hand grenade, causing slight damage but no casualties. An unexploded grenade was found across the street, near a hotel that houses EU officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 120], "content_span": [121, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Reactions in Kosovo, Kosovo Serbs\nAn explosive device was detonated in Mitrovica, damaging two vehicles. No casualties or injuries were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 120], "content_span": [121, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Reactions in Kosovo, Kosovo Serbs\nSerb protestors in Kosovo set fire to two border crossings on Kosovo's northern border. Both crossings are staffed by Kosovar and UN police. No injuries were reported in the attacks, but the police withdrew until KFOR soldiers arrived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 120], "content_span": [121, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Reactions in Kosovo, Kosovo Serbs\nA Japanese journalist wearing a UN uniform was beaten by Serbs in northern Mitrovica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 120], "content_span": [121, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Reactions in Kosovo, Kosovo Serbs\nHundreds of Serbs protested in the Kosovo town of Mitrovica on 22 February, which was somewhat peaceful aside from some stone-throwing and a little fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 120], "content_span": [121, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Reactions in Kosovo, Kosovo Serbs\nOn 14 March 2008 Serb protesters forcibly occupied the UN courthouse in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica. On 17 March, UN and NATO peacekeepers entered the courthouse to end the occupation. In the following clashes with several hundred protesters one Ukrainian UN police officer was killed, over 50 persons on each side were wounded and one UN and one NATO vehicle were torched. The UN police withdrew from northern Mitrovica leaving NATO troops to maintain order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 120], "content_span": [121, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Reactions in Kosovo, Kosovo Serbs\nThe Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija first met on 28 June 2008, to coordinate Serb responses to the new government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 120], "content_span": [121, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Serbian reaction\nOfficial reaction by the Government of Serbia included instituting pre-emptively on 12 February 2008 an Action Plan, which stipulated, among other things, recalling the Serbian ambassadors for consultations in protest from any state recognising Kosovo, issuing arrest warrants for Kosovo leaders for high treason, and even dissolving the government on grounds of lack of consensus to deal with Kosovo, with new elections scheduled for 11 May 2008, as well as a rogue minister proposing partitioning Kosovo along ethnic lines, which initiative was shortly thereafter disavowed by the full Government, as well as the President. Late in March the government disclosed its intent to litigate the issue at the International Court of Justice and seek support at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 103], "content_span": [104, 914]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Serbian reaction\nThe Prime Minister of Serbia, Vojislav Ko\u0161tunica, has blamed the United States for being \"ready to violate the international order for its own military interests\" and stated that \"Today, this policy of force thinks that it has triumphed by establishing a false state. [ ...] As long as the Serb people exist, Kosovo will be Serbia.\" Slobodan Samard\u017ei\u0107, the Serb minister for Kosovo, stated that, \"A new country is being established by breach of international law [...] It's better to call it a fake country.\" However, the Serbian government says they will not respond with violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 103], "content_span": [104, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Serbian reaction\nOn 17 February, about 2,000 Serbs protested at the United States Embassy in Belgrade, with some throwing stones and firecrackers at the building before being driven back by riot police. Protestors also broke windows of the embassy of Slovenia, the state that controlled the EU presidency. In Belgrade and Novi Sad, McDonald's restaurants were damaged by protestors. The Serbian division of U.S. Steel, based in Smederevo, had a false bomb threat called in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 103], "content_span": [104, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Serbian reaction\nThe Crown Council of House of Karadjordjevic, a former royal family of Serbia and Yugoslavia, rejected Kosovo's declaration of independence, saying that: \"Europe had diminished its own morale, embarrassed its own history and shown that it carries within its organism the virus of its own downfall\", and that \"it is a defeat of the idea of democracy... a defeat of the universally accepted rules of international law\", and that a \"part of the project of Mussolini and Hitler has finally been accomplished, in the territory of Serbia\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 103], "content_span": [104, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Serbian reaction\nOn 21 February, there were large demonstrations by Serbs in Belgrade. There were more than 500,000 protesters. Most protesters were non-violent, but small groups attacked the United States and Croatian embassies. A group broke into The United States embassy, set it on fire, and attempted to throw furniture through the windows. The embassy was empty, except for security personnel. No embassy staff were injured, but a corpse was found; embassy spokeswoman Rian Harris stated that the embassy believes it to be an attacker. Police took 45\u00a0minutes to arrive at the scene, and the fire was only then put out. US ambassador to the UN Zalmay Khalilzad was \"outraged\", and requested the UN Security Council immediately issue a statement \"expressing the council's outrage, condemning the attack, and also reminding the Serb government of its responsibility to protect diplomatic facilities.\" The damage to the Croatian embassy was less serious.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 103], "content_span": [104, 1043]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Serbian reaction\nThe Turkish and British embassies were also attacked, but police were able to prevent damage. The interior of a McDonald's was damaged. A local clinic admitted 30 injured, half of whom were police; most wounds were minor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 103], "content_span": [104, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Serbian reaction\nThe Security Council responded to these incidents by issuing a unanimous statement that, \"The members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest terms the mob attacks against embassies in Belgrade, which have resulted in damage to embassy premises and have endangered diplomatic personnel,\" noting that the 1961 Vienna Convention requires host states to protect embassies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 103], "content_span": [104, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Serbian reaction\nOn 22 February, the United States embassy in Serbia ordered the temporary evacuation of all non-essential personnel, after the protests and attacks on the embassy. Rian Harris, a U.S. embassy spokeswoman, explained the evacuation to AFP saying that \"Dependents are being temporarily ordered to depart Belgrade. We do not have confidence that Serbian authorities can provide security for our staff members.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 103], "content_span": [104, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Reactions in the former Yugoslavia\nOn 23 February, 44 protesters were arrested after burning the Serbian flag, in the main square of Zagreb (Croatia), following Serb protesters attacking the Croatian embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Reactions in the former Yugoslavia\nHundreds of Bosnian Serb demonstrators broke away from a peaceful rally in Banja Luka on 26 February 2008 and headed for the United States Embassy's office there, clashing with police along the way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, Reactions in the former Yugoslavia\nIn Montenegro, protests were held in Podgorica on 19 February. Protesters waved flags of the Serb People's Party and the Serbian Radical Party. Serb parties led by the Serb List are calling for a protest on 22 February to protest the independence bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction\nUnlike the 1990 Kosovo declaration of independence, which only Albania recognised, Kosovo's second declaration of independence has received 111 diplomatic recognitions, of which 15 have been withdrawn. As of 4 September 2020, 97 out of 193 (50%) United Nations (UN) member states have recognised Kosovo. However, many states have also showed their opposition to Kosovo's declaration of independence, most notably India, China and Russia. Serbia announced before the declaration that it would withdraw its ambassador from any state which recognised independent Kosovo. Serbia, however, maintains embassies in many countries which recognise Kosovo, including Albania, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and the US.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 109], "content_span": [110, 907]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, Reaction within the European Union\nOn 18 February 2008 the EU presidency announced after a day of intense talks between foreign ministers that member countries were free to decide individually whether to recognise Kosovo's independence. The majority of EU member states have recognised Kosovo, but Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain have not. Some Spanish people (scholars or from the Spanish Government or opposition parties) challenged the comparison made by the Basque Government that way of Kosovo's independence could be a path for the independence of the Basque Country and Catalonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 145], "content_span": [146, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, Reaction within the European Union\nShortly before Kosovo's declaration of independence, the European Union approved deployment of a non-military 2,000-member Rule of Law mission, \"EULEX\", to develop further Kosovo's police and justice sector. All twenty-seven members of the EU approved the EULEX mandate, including the minority of EU countries that have still not recognised Kosovo's independence. Serbia has claimed that this is an occupation and that the EU's move is illegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 145], "content_span": [146, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, Outside the EU\nUnited States president George W. Bush welcomed the declaration of independence as well as its proclamation of friendship with Serbia, stating: \"We have strongly supported the Ahtisaari plan [implying Kosovo's independence \u2026]. We are heartened by the fact that the Kosovo government has clearly proclaimed its willingness and its desire to support Serbian rights in Kosovo. We also believe it's in Serbia's interests to be aligned with Europe and the Serbian people can know that they have a friend in America.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 125], "content_span": [126, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, Outside the EU\nRussia reacted with condemnation, stating they \"expect the UN mission and NATO-led forces in Kosovo to take immediate action to carry out their mandate [...] including the annulling of the decisions of Pristina's self-governing organs and the taking of tough administrative measures against them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 125], "content_span": [126, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, Outside the EU\nIn Tirana, the capital of Albania, 'Kosovo Day' was held as a celebration, and a square in central Tirana was named for this occasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 125], "content_span": [126, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, Outside the EU\nTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdo\u011fan phoned Prime Minister Hashim Tha\u00e7i, commenting on the declaration of independence, and that it \"will bring to Balkans peace and stability\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 125], "content_span": [126, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, Outside the EU\nThe Republic of China's (commonly known as Taiwan; non-UN member) Foreign Ministry stated \"We congratulate the Kosovo people on their winning independence and hope they enjoy the fruits of democracy and freedom. [ ...] Democracy and self-determination are the rights endorsed by the United Nations. The Republic of China always supports sovereign countries' seeking democracy, sovereignty and independence through peaceful means.\" Taiwan's political rival, the People's Republic of China, responded quickly, saying that \"Taiwan, as a part of China, has no right and qualification at all to make the so-called recognition\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 125], "content_span": [126, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, Outside the EU\nAmongst Southeast Asian countries where Muslim separatist movements were active in at least three states, Indonesia, with the world's largest Muslim population, deferred recognition of an independent Kosovo, while the Philippines declared it will not oppose, nor support Kosovo's independence. Both countries face pressures from Muslim separatist movements within their territories, notably Aceh and southern Mindanao respectively. Vietnam expressed opposition, while Singapore reported that it was still studying the situation. Malaysia, which headed the Organisation of the Islamic Conference at the time, formally recognized Kosovo's sovereignty three days after its independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 125], "content_span": [126, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, Outside the EU\nAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd backed Kosovan independence on the morning of 18 February, saying \"This would appear to be the right course of action. That's why, diplomatically, we would extend recognition at the earliest opportunity.\" New Zealand's Former Prime Minister Helen Clark said that New Zealand would neither recognise nor not recognise an independent Kosovo. Pro -Independence rallies were held by ethnic Albanians in Canada in the days leading up to the declaration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 125], "content_span": [126, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, Outside the EU\nOn 9 November 2009 New Zealand formally recognised Kosovo's independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 125], "content_span": [126, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, Outside the EU\nThe President of Northern Cyprus (a state not recognised by the UN), Mehmet Ali Talat, saluted the independence of Kosovo and hopes that the state is respected and assisted, in staunch opposition to the position of the Republic of Cyprus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 125], "content_span": [126, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, International reaction, United Nations\nFollowing a request from Russia, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency session in the afternoon of 17 February. The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, issued a statement that avoided taking sides and urged all parties \"to refrain from any actions of statements that could endanger peace, incite violence or jeopardize security in Kosovo or the region.\" Speaking on behalf of six countries\u2014Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy and the United States\u2014the Belgian ambassador expressed regret \"that the Security Council cannot agree on the way forward, but this impasse has been clear for many months. Today's events... represent the conclusion of a status process that has exhausted all avenues in pursuit of a negotiated outcome.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 125], "content_span": [126, 885]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, ICJ ruling\nOn July 22, 2010 the International Court of Justice ruled that the declaration did not violate international law, holding that the authors were acting in their capacity as representatives of the people of Kosovo outside the framework of the interim administration (the Assembly of Kosovo and the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government), and were therefore not bound by the Constitutional Framework (promulgated by UNMIK) or by UNSCR1244 that is addressed only to United Nations Member States and organs of the United Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197402-0060-0001", "contents": "2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Reactions to the declaration of independence, ICJ ruling\nPrior to the announcement Hashim Tha\u00e7i said there would be no \"winners or losers\" and that \"I expect this to be a correct decision, according to the will of Kosovo's citizens. Kosovo will respect the advisory opinion.\" For his part, Boris Tadi\u0107, the Serbian president, warned that \"If the International Court of Justice sets a new principle, it would trigger a process that would create several new countries and destabilise numerous regions in the world.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197403-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kousseri vaccination campaign\nThe Kousseri vaccination campaign took place between February 13 and 17 2008. During the campaign over 35,000 infants and children were vaccinated against measles, poliomyelitis or both in Cameroon's north-eastern district of Kouss\u00e9ri, in an operation led by the Cameroon Ministry of Health, the United Nations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), such as M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res \u2013 Switzerland (MSF-CH).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197403-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kousseri vaccination campaign\nThe UN Resident Coordinator, Sophie de Caen, stated that this was in response to the influx of Chadian refugees into the northeast Cameroon earlier in February 2008, in the aftermath of the Battle of N'Djamena, as the potential for epidemics substantially increases whenever there are population movements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197403-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kousseri vaccination campaign\nFollowing fighting in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, which erupted on February 2, at least 30,000 Chadians crossed into Cameroon, reaching Kouss\u00e9ri in northeast Cameroon. Most found refuge in two temporary sites, while many others were hosted in schools, churches, and private homes, according to the United Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197403-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kousseri vaccination campaign\nThe vaccination campaign targeted all children of applicable ages in Kouss\u00e9ri, ensuring protection for Cameroonian and refugee children alike. All children aged six months to 15 years were vaccinated against measles, and all children under 5, including newborns, were vaccinated against poliomyelitis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197403-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kousseri vaccination campaign\nFigures released on 21 February 2008 show that a total of 35,615 children were vaccinated against poliomyelitis, while 32,624 were vaccinated against measles. Vitamin A supplement tablets were also provided to approximately 34,000 children along with the vaccinations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197404-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship\nThe 2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship was played April 3\u20136 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 37th edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the 26th as a major championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197404-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship\nTop-ranked Lorena Ochoa shot a bogey-free 67 in the final round to win her only Kraft Nabisco Championship, five strokes ahead of runners-up Suzann Pettersen and Annika S\u00f6renstam. It was her second consecutive and final major title; she won the Women's British Open in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197405-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup\nThe 2008 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 6 October through 12 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197405-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup\nThe men's field was headlined by ATP No. 6, Miami Masters, Portschach, Warsaw champion, and Moscow three-time winner, defending champion Nikolay Davydenko, Gstaad and Umag runner-up Igor Andreev, and Australian Open quarterfinalist, Chennai champion Mikhail Youzhny. Also lined up were Metz finalist, 2002 Moscow champion Paul-Henri Mathieu, Sydney and Metz titlist Dmitry Tursunov, Micha\u00ebl Llodra, Marat Safin and Janko Tipsarevi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197405-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup\nThe women's draw \u2013the strongest in nineteen years\u2013 was led by World No. 1, US Open runner-up, Rome, Beijing, Stuttgart titlist Jelena Jankovi\u0107, French Open finalist, Berlin, Los Angeles, Montreal, Tokyo titlist Dinara Safina, and Olympic gold, Dubai winner, defending champion Elena Dementieva. Other seeds included French Open champion and Australian Open finalist Ana Ivanovic, Indian Wells, Tokyo, and Beijing runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova, Venus Williams, Vera Zvonareva and Anna Chakvetadze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197405-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles\nSergiy Stakhovsky /  Potito Starace defeated  Stephen Huss /  Ross Hutchins, 7\u20136(7\u20134), 2\u20136, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197405-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles\nNadia Petrova /  Katarina Srebotnik defeated  Cara Black /  Liezel Huber, 6\u20134, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197406-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Men's Doubles\nIn the 2008 Kremlin Cup - Men's Doubles, Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Safin partnered with Teymuraz Gabashvili, but lost in the first round to Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins. Tursunov partnered with Igor Kunitsyn, but they were forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury for Tursunov before their quarterfinals match against Sergiy Stakhovsky and Potito Starace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197406-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Men's Doubles\nStakhovsky and Starace won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 2\u20136, [10\u20136], against Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197407-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Men's Singles\nNikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Marat Safin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197407-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Men's Singles\nUnseeded Igor Kunitsyn won in the final 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20133, against first-seeded Marat Safin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197408-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Women's Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik defeated them 6\u20134, 6\u20134, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197409-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Women's Singles\nElena Dementieva was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Jelena Jankovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197409-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Women's Singles\nJankovi\u0107 went on to win the title, defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197409-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197410-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kufra conflict\nThe 2008 Kufra conflict was an armed conflict in the Kufra region of Libya, between the pro-Toubou Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya (TFSL) faction, and the Libyan Government. The conflict started in early November 2008 when the Libyan Government stripped ethnic Toubous of their citizenship, claiming that their leaders had sided with their rival Chad. The clashes began when TFSL set a local government's office on fire. Following the incident the government dispatched army units and helicopters to the region, putting Kufra under siege. The clashes stopped in mid-November when both parties agreed to a cease-fire. On 20 November 2008, a Toubou tribal meeting with Libyan officials was held in Kufra to end the conflict, the conflict led to the deaths of 11 to 30 people, with over a hundred being wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 836]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197410-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kufra conflict, Background\nAfter a successful coup d'\u00e9tat led by Muammar Gaddafi in 1969, and the republic was established; Gaddafi like Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser an Arab nationalist started to arabise the country. A couple of months later a new law was passed which made Libya an Arab state and replaced it with the 1951 constitution. In the 1951 constitution states \"Libyans shall be equal before the law\" and also it also mentioned \"shall enjoy equal civil and political rights without distinction of religion, belief, race, language, weight kinship, or political or social opinion.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197410-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Kufra conflict, Background\nSince then Arabic became the sole official language of Libya; both languages and cultures from minority groups like Aujila, Ghat, Ghadames, Hun, Imazighen, Jalo, Toubou, Socra and Zuwara peoples had no room in the country. Especially the Imazighen and the Toubou tribes who were persecuted and harassed by the regime. Until August 2007 a controversial law which bans Imazighen women giving birth to their children an Imazighen name. School-age children were also forced to adopt an Arabic name before they can register themselves for school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197411-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kunming bus bombings\nThe 2008 Kunming bus bombings occurred on 21 July 2008 when explosions aboard two public buses in downtown Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan province, killed two people. The explosions were deliberate, according to police. The attacks occurred amid heightened tensions due to the Beijing Olympics. China later said the explosions were \"not an act of terrorism\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197411-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kunming bus bombings, Details\nThe blasts occurred about an hour apart during morning rush hour traffic in downtown Kunming, the city's police department said in a statement. The first blast occurred at about 7:00 am (2300 GMT Sunday) when the vehicle was at a bus stop, killing one woman and injuring 10 other people, the statement from Kunming police said. \"The glass on both sides of the vehicle was all shattered and some of the seats were warped,\" it said. The second blast came about an hour later on the same road and killed one man, injuring four others, according to the statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197411-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kunming bus bombings, Details\nFootage broadcast on state-run television showed a large hole blown in the side of one of the buses and extensive damage to its interior. Photos posted on the Yunnan Daily website showed one of the vehicle's windows blown out by the blast and shattered glass on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197411-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kunming bus bombings, Details\nFollowing the blasts, police cordoned off some streets in the area and carried out identity checks in a search for any \"suspicious\" persons, the Yunnan Public Security Bureau said in a statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197411-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kunming bus bombings, Responsibility\nOn 26 July 2008, an alleged video of a group calling itself the Turkestan Islamic Party, claimed to have carried out bomb attacks on the buses in Kunming, along with an attack in May 2008 in Shanghai. The Washington-based IntelCenter, which monitors terrorism communications, claimed the group released a video entitled Our Blessed Jihad in Yunnan. In it, the group's leader, Commander Seyfullah, claimed credit for several attacks and threatened this month's Olympics. \"Despite the Turkestan Islamic Party's repeated warnings to China and international community about stopping the 29th Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese have haughtily ignored our warnings,\" IntelCenter quoted him as saying. \"The Turkestan Islamic Party volunteers who had gone through special preparations have started urgent actions.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 846]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197411-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kunming bus bombings, Responsibility\nHowever, China's foreign ministry said that it examined IntelCenter's claims and dismissed the claims, concluding that the group was not behind the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197411-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kunming bus bombings, Responsibility\nAfter a premature bombing of Salvador's Cafe (a popular cafe and restaurant amongst expats) on Christmas Eve that year failed to kill anyone but injured the bomber, Police interrogated the man responsible, Li Yan, and determined that he was also behind the bus bombings over the summer. The bomber died of his injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197412-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup\nThe Crown Prince Cup was one of four competitions in the Kuwaiti 2007/2008 season, and all 14 clubs participated in this championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197412-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup, Quarterfinal\nAl Kuwait & Al Arabi received BYE's to this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197413-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kuwait Federation Cup\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Fenix down (talk | contribs) at 15:46, 18 January 2020 (Removing link(s) to \"Abdullah Al Hadad\": Deleted page . (TW)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197413-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kuwait Federation Cup\nThe 1st Kuwaiti Federation Cup was held between January 1, 2008 and February 5, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197413-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kuwait Federation Cup\nThe First Federation Cup was one of four competitions in the Kuwaiti 2007/2008 season, all 14 clubs participated in the championship. They were divided into two groups of seven, and the winner and runner-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197413-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kuwait Federation Cup\nAl Qadsia won this season's Federation Cup after overcoming Al Kuwait 4-3 in penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197414-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kuwait Super Cup\nfirst edition of the Kuwait Super Cup won by Al-Arabi, Goal scored by Khaled Khalaf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197415-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kuwaiti general election\nEarly general elections were held in Kuwait on 17 May 2008 after the Emir Sabah Al-Sabah dissolved the National Assembly of Kuwait on 19 March 2008 over constant clashes between the government and the elected MPs. The last elections were held less than two years previously and saw a loose alliance of reformists and Islamists gain almost two thirds of the seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197415-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kuwaiti general election\nNearly 362,000 Kuwaitis were eligible to vote, more than half of them women, and 27 of the 275 candidates were women; none of the female candidates won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197415-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kuwaiti general election\nNew rules introduced for this election have changed the 25 constituencies electing two to five electing 10. This was a demand of the reformist Kuwaiti Orange Movement, which led mass demonstrations in 2006, who believed the change would impede vote buying electoral frauds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197415-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kuwaiti general election\nA leading theme in the election was inflation, which hit a record high 9.5% four months before the election. Many candidates in the election proposed increased governmental subsidies to be funded by oil profits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197416-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kvalserien\nThe 2008 Kvalserien was played between 19 March and 10 April 2008. The top two ranked teams, which were Bryn\u00e4s and R\u00f6gle, qualified for the 2008\u201309 Elitserien season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197416-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kvalserien\nThis year's Kvalserien maybe was one of the closest ones ever; the excitement went on until the end, when 4 out of 6 teams all had 16 points before the final round and had the chance to qualify for the 2008\u201309 Elitserien season. In the final round, R\u00f6gle beat former Elitserien club Mora at home 3\u20132 and Bryn\u00e4s beat V\u00e4ster\u00e5s away 7\u20130, which made Bryn\u00e4s win the group, followed by R\u00f6gle. Before the qualification began, no one believed R\u00f6gle could qualify, but they surprised everyone and qualified for the 2008\u201309 Elitserien season, despite finishing only third in HockeyAllsvenskan. Bryn\u00e4s finished last in the 2007\u201308 Elitserien season, but succeeded to win the qualification and thus managed to stay in the highest division. R\u00f6gle's game-winning goal against Mora in the final round was scored with 26 seconds left of regulation time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 853]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197416-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kvalserien\nLeksand were a big disappointment for everyone; they were one of the favourites to have a possibility to qualify, but failed. Even Malm\u00f6 were one of the favourites, having 15 points after the first six rounds and topping the Kvalserien at that time, but the team only managed two more points in the last four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197416-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kvalserien\nV\u00e4ster\u00e5s was by far the worst team in the qualification. They were the 5th team in HockeyAllsvenskan and qualified for the qualification in a kind-of-playoff series between the teams from 4 to 7 in HockeyAllsvenskan to compete for the last spot in the qualification rounds for Elitserien. V\u00e4ster\u00e5s' only win in the 2008 Kvalserien came against Malm\u00f6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election\nEarly mayoral and city council elections (Ukrainian: \u0414\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0456\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u0432\u0438\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0438 \u0434\u043e \u043a\u0438\u0457\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u0440\u0430\u0434\u0438 (2008) were contested in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on May 25, 2008. The snap election was called by the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada by a 246-5 vote on March 18 amid corruption allegations involving the incumbent Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi. The local election determined the new Mayor of Kyiv, as well as the composition of the 120-seat Kyiv City Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election\nThe Ukrainian parliament assigned the job of determining the election costs to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, working in partnership with the Kyiv City Election Commission. The Kyiv CEC designated March 26 as the date for the start of election campaigning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election\nIn all, seven parties and blocs passed the 3% threshold needed to gain seats in the Kyiv City Council. The incumbent Leonid Chernovetskyi was officially declared the winner of the mayoral election on May 30. Yuriy Lozovskyi, Secretary of the Kyiv CEC, said that the voter turnout was estimated at 53-54%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election\nThe electoral commission said that the elections were largely clear and fair without any major incidents, but that the largest electoral violation was voter shopping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election\nAlthough legally the following Kyiv local election had to take place in 2013, eventually elections for the post of Mayor and members of Kyiv City Council took place on 25 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Ukrainian local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Candidates, parties, and blocs\nIn all, seventy-nine candidates were registered by the Kyiv Territorial Electoral Commission for the upcoming mayoral election. Candidates from some of the main political parties included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Candidates, parties, and blocs\nA total of 37 parties and blocs participated in the Kyiv City Council election. These included both national (e.g. Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine) and local political parties (e.g. Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Results, Faction chances since the elections\nSevere changes occurred in the Kyiv City Council following 2008. As of September 2011 seven additional factions had been created (2 of them with only 2 members, 1 with 3 members). The faction of the winner of the election, the Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc, disbanded itself on September 22, 2011. (all the deputies that were members of the faction at the time where then considered as independents); this made the faction of UDAR of Vitaliy Klychko the biggest faction with 12 seats (3 seats less them won) followed by the Party of Regions with 10 seats (4 seats more than won). Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko saw 22 deputies leaving the faction since the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Results, Faction chances since the elections\nIn January 2013 the UDAR faction was 13 persons strong while the Party of Regions faction had fallen down to 8 people. This made the People's Party faction with 11 deputies the second biggest faction. The faction Democratic Party of Ukraine contained 10 deputies. Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko had lost 1 more deputy and stood at 9. Just as much as the factions Social Justice and Initiative. These last two and the faction Democratic Party of Ukraine where created in 2011. In June 2013 the People's Party faction contained 4 people. The other factions membership had stayed stable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Results, Faction chances since the elections\nFollowing the 2008 election the following persons gave up there seat: Yulia Tymoshenko, Oleksandr Turchynov, Mykola Tomenko, Mykola Katerynchuk, Anatoliy Khostykoyev, Stepan Chernovetskyi (son of the Kyiv Mayor) and Tetiana Donets. The next person in the party list is appointed a city council deputy when their colleagues give up there seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Polls\nAccording to a telephone poll conducted prior to the election by the Razumkov Centre, 25.2% of the respondents said they would support Vitaliy Klychko for the position of mayor, 24.9% support Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi, 10% support the former city mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko, 6% support current Vice-Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov, and 5.4% said they support the Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Polls\nA different poll conducted by the Center of Political and Marketing Studies Sotsis, showed that 22.8% of the respondents support the incumbent mayor, 22% support Vitaliy Klychko, 11.5% support Oleksandr Omelchenko, 6.3% support Verkhovna Rada Deputy Mykola Tomenko, and 5.7% support Yuriy Lutsenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Calls for new snap elections\nOn December 12, 2008 Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced at a news briefing that she was confident that early mayoral elections would be held again in Kyiv.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Calls for new snap elections\nOn December 11, 2008 the Kyivenergo utility company began cutting the supply of hot water to about 5,000 homes in Kyiv  because of the Kyiv municipal administration's failure to compensate the company for the difference between the tariffs charged by Kyivenerho and the actual cost of its services, Tymoshenko accuses incumbent Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi of using money from the municipal budget to finance his election campaign (and so there were insufficient funds to pay Kyivenerho).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Calls for new snap elections\nOn February 6, 2009 the Vitaliy Klychko Bloc stated it will apply to the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers, the National Security and Defense Council and the Kyiv prosecutor's office with a request to take into consideration the unlawfulness of Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi actions and to call early mayoral elections in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Calls for new snap elections\nEarly January 2010 Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn stated he started preparing a draft law to conduct an early mayoral election in Kyiv on May 30, 2010 as well as a local council election. He stated he \"could not stand what was going on in Kyiv any longer\" and that his own Lytvyn Bloc would will take part in the election. A resolution setting early Kyiv election for May 30, 2010 was registered in the Ukrainian parliament on January 18, 2010 but it was not included in the agenda yet. The resolution was cancelled on February 16, 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Calls for new snap elections\nOn February 16, 2010 the Ukrainian parliament cancelled all Ukrainian local election dates original set for May 30, 2010. A new date was not set but Members of Parliament expected new local elections in the spring of 2011. Eventually these local elections did take place late 2010", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Calls for new snap elections\nAfter former Mayor Chernovetsky had tendered his resignation on 1 June 2012 a petition to the Ukrainian Parliament on holding an early mayoral election in the city was sent (the date of the early mayoral election is set by this parliament).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Calls for new snap elections\nAlthough (in November 2011) it looked that the next Kyiv local election (including Mayoral elections) where set for 2012; in January 2013 the Ukrainian Parliament had set no date for these elections. Legally they had to take place in 2013. But in May 2013 the Constitutional Court of Ukraine set the date of the election to 25 October 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197417-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyiv local election, Calls for new snap elections\nEventually elections for the post of Mayor and members of Kyiv City Council took place on 25 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Ukrainian local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197418-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyoto mayoral election\nKyoto held a mayoral election on February 17, 2008. Daisaku Kadokawa narrowly won over a candidate backed by the JCP with a margin of 951 votes. The poll was to choose a successor to Yorikane Masumoto, who announced his resignation after serving three terms for a total 12 years in office", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197419-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyrgyzstan League\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Frietjes (talk | contribs) at 16:35, 9 March 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197419-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyrgyzstan League, Overview\nIt was contested by 9 teams, and Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn won the championship after beating Abdish-Ata Kant in an end of season playoff final after both sides had the same number of points in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197420-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake\nThe 2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake struck on October 5 at 21:52 local time (15:52 UTC) with a moment magnitude of 6.6, killing 75 people, including 41 children, and injuring 150 people, including 93 children. The center of the earthquake was near the town of Nura, which was destroyed in the quake. The shock destroyed donzens of buildings in the area and destroyed the nearby village of Kura. Minor damage also occurred in nearby Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The quake was felt throughout Central Asia. A magnitude 5.7 aftershock in Xinjiang and a magnitude 5.1 aftershock in Kyrgyzstan followed the earthquake. Two more aftershocks above magnitude 5 in Kyrgyzstan and one in Xinjiang struck on October 13, UTC time. Victims were transported in military helicopters to hospitals in Osh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197420-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake\nThe Kyrgyzstan Emergency Ministry said that few buildings remained standing in the village: \"Almost all buildings in the village have been destroyed. The only buildings remaining are the properly engineered ones which were built recently: the school and a medical clinic.\" Kanatbek Abdrakhmatov, head of the Institute of Seismology, attributed much of the destruction due to inferior construction of the buildings, many of which were built out of clay and straw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197420-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake\nThe injured were paid 5,000 Kyrgyzstani soms (US$ 136) and 3 tons of coal, and families of the dead received 50\u00a0kg of flour. 200 people wish to remain in Nura, and were provided with 100 6-person tents. 100 mobile homes are being transported to Nura, and the village will be rebuilt in the spring of 2009, and should be completed by August 2009. Uzbekistan pledged the equivalent of US$200,000 in humanitarian aid, including 120 tons of cement, as well as other building materials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197420-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake\nIn Kyrgyzstan, an official day of mourning was observed on October 7, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197421-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 L&H 500\nThe 2008 L&H 500 was the ninth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the 12 to 14 September at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria. It was the eighth Phillip Island 500 and the first to be staged since 1977. The L&H 500 saw the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit replace Sandown Raceway as the venue of the annual 500 kilometre two-driver V8 Supercar race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197421-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 L&H 500\nIn an innovation for this round, two preliminary 14 lap races were held on Saturday with the two drivers of each car starting one race each. A single pitstop by each car in either race was mandated with the combined results of the two races determining the grid for the main 500 kilometre event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197421-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 L&H 500\nAfter a late race error in Sunday's race from Jamie Whincup, Garth Tander swept by to take the win. Co -driver Mark Skaife became the first driver to win the 500 kilometre co-driver endurance race at three different venues, having previously won the 2000 Ozemail Queensland 500 and the Sandown 500 in 1989 and 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197421-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 L&H 500, Driver A Race\nThe first race was held on Saturday 13 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 27], "content_span": [28, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197421-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 L&H 500, Driver B Race\nThe first race was held on Saturday 13 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 27], "content_span": [28, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197421-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 L&H 500, 500km Race\nThe 500\u00a0km race was held on Sunday 14 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 24], "content_span": [25, 78]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197421-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 L&H 500, Results, Round points\nEach driver of each car was awarded championship points equal to the total points scored by that car over the three races. However, as with the 2008 Clipsal 500, overall round position was determined by position in the final race of the weekend rather than by total points scored in the round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 35], "content_span": [36, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197421-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 L&H 500, Support categories\nThe Phillip Island round of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series had four support categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 32], "content_span": [33, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197422-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 LATAM Challenge Series\n2008 LATAM Challenge Series season was the first season of this championship. LATAM Challenge Series replaced the Formula Renault 2000 de America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197423-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 LC18\n2008 LC18 is a Neptune trojan first observed on 7 June 2008 by American astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo using the Subaru telescope at Mauna Kea Observatories on Hawaii, United States. It was the first object found in Neptune's trailing L5 Lagrangian point and measures approximately 100 kilometers in diameter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197423-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 LC18, Orbit and classification\nNeptune trojans are resonant trans-Neptunian objects in a 1:1 mean-motion orbital resonance with Neptune. These trojans have a semi-major axis and an orbital period very similar to Neptune's (30.10\u00a0AU; 164.8 years).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 35], "content_span": [36, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197423-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 LC18, Orbit and classification\n2008 LC18 belongs to the trailing L5 group, which follow 60\u00b0 behind Neptune's orbit. It orbits the Sun with a semi-major axis of 30.056\u00a0AU at a distance of 27.7\u201332.4\u00a0AU once every 164 years and 9 months (60,186 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 27.4\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic. This object has the second highest inclination of any known Neptune trojan after 2011 HM102, which has 29.3\u00b0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 35], "content_span": [36, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197423-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 LC18, Search for Neptune trojans\nThe search for L5 trojans of Neptune has been impeded by the fact that this region of space is currently along the line of sight to the center of the Milky Way, an area of the sky crowded with stars. 2008 LC18 was found in a location where background stars are obscured by a dust cloud. The discovery of one Neptune L5 trojan in a searched area of 19 square degrees suggests that there may be 150 Neptune L5 trojans with a diameter greater than ~80\u00a0km (24th magnitude), similar to the estimate of such objects in Neptune's L4 swarm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 37], "content_span": [38, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197423-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 LC18, New Horizons probe\n2008 LC18 was not close enough for investigation by the New Horizons spacecraft when it crossed Neptune's L5 region en route to Pluto in 2013\u20132014, but its discovery showed that other, more accessible Neptune trojans could potentially have been found before that time. 2008 LC18 was 2\u00a0AU from Pluto in 1997. 2008 LC18 crossed the ecliptic plane in 2011. As of 2016, it is 33\u00a0AU from Neptune.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 29], "content_span": [30, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197423-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 LC18, Physical characteristics\nThe discoverers estimate that the body has a mean-diameter of 100 kilometers based on a magnitude of 23.2. Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, it measures approximately 98 kilometers in diameter using an absolute magnitude of 8.2 with an assumed albedo of 0.10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 35], "content_span": [36, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197423-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 LC18, Numbering and naming\nDue to its orbital uncertainty, this minor planet has not been numbered and its official discoverers have not been determined. If named, it will follow the naming scheme already established with 385571\u00a0Otrera, which is to name these objects after figures related to the Amazons, an all-female warrior tribe that fought in the Trojan War on the side of the Trojans against the Greek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 31], "content_span": [32, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197424-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 LG Hockey Games\nThe 2008 LG Hockey Games were played between February 7 and February 10, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197424-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 LG Hockey Games\nSweden lost the final game, 1-2, against Finland despite Swedish goalkeeper Stefan Liv saving many shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197425-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 LKL Finals\nThe 2008 LKL Finals was the championship series of the Lithuanian Basketball League's 2007\u201308 LKL season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. \u017dalgiris defeated Lietuvos Rytas in a five games, series 4\u20131. It was the club's 12th Lithuanian League title. \u017dalgiris had won the most Lithuanian championships of all-time at that point. Lietuvos Rytas had three Lithuanian championships at that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197425-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 LKL Finals, Way to Finals\nOn the way to the finals, \u017dalgiris won against Sakalai (110\u201373, 90\u201380), in the quarterfinals, and \u0160iauliai (100\u201376, 94\u201383), in the semifinals. \u0160iauliai later won third place. Lietuvos Rytas defeated Ais\u010diai-Atletas (126\u201359, 87\u201367), in the first round of the playoffs, and later Alytus (116\u201362, 115\u201385).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197426-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Championship\nThe 2008 LPGA Championship was the 54th LPGA Championship, played June 5\u20138 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197426-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Championship\nThe champion was tour rookie Yani Tseng, age 19, with a playoff victory over Maria Hjorth. The two finished regulation play at 276 (\u221212), one stroke ahead of Annika S\u00f6renstam and Lorena Ochoa. Tseng birdied the fourth extra hole for her first career win on the LPGA Tour and became the first rookie to win a major in a decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197426-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Championship\nThis championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, 2005 through 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197427-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Tour\nThe 2008 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). In 2008, prize money on the LPGA Tour was $60.3 million, which was the highest in the history of the tour until 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197427-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Tour\nLorena Ochoa topped the money list, earning $2,763,193. Ochoa also led the league in most wins with six, including four consecutive tournaments in March and April and one major tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197427-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Tour\nThe four major championships were won by: Lorena Ochoa (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Yani Tseng (LPGA Championship), Inbee Park (U.S. Women's Open), and Jiyai Shin (Women's British Open). All major winners except Ochoa were not only first-time major winners, but first-time winners on the LPGA Tour. Tseng, at 19 years old, and Park and Shin, both at 20 years old, became the youngest-ever winners of the respective majors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197427-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Tour\nOn May 12, a day after winning her third tournament of the season, Annika S\u00f6renstam announced her intent to \"step away\" from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season. She continued to draw large crowds through the remainder of the season, though she did not win another tournament on the LPGA Tour before the end of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197427-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Tour\nJiyai Shin, a 20-year-old non-LPGA member, set records on the LPGA Tour by winning three of the nine tournaments in which she played, including the Women's British Open and the season-ending ADT Championship with its $1 million first place prize. She became the first non-LPGA member ever to win three events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197427-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Tour\nThe LPGA organization also attracted attention in 2008 when commissioner Carolyn Bivens announced a new policy in August that would have required all players who had been on the tour for two years to show proficiency in English or face suspension. The Tour rescinded the policy two weeks later after increasing criticism from the media and from LPGA Tour sponsors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197427-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Tour, Tournament schedule and results\nThe number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the LPGA Tour, including that event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197427-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Tour, Tournament schedule and results\nTournaments in bold are majors. * *The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge was held on November 17. It was broadcast on television on December 13 and 14. The official LPGA Tour schedule lists the tournament dates based on the date of the television broadcast. *Shin was not an LPGA member in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197427-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 LPGA Tour, Award winners\nThe three competitive awards given out by the LPGA each year are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team\nThe 2008 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2008. This was the final year for the team in the original Alex Box Stadium. A new stadium was built during the season and opened on opening day of the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team\nThe team was coached by Paul Mainieri who was in his second season at LSU. In his first year at LSU, Mainieri's team posted a 29\u201326\u20131 record and failed to make the SEC Tournament or the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team\nIn a dramatic turnaround, Mainieri led the Tigers to an unexpected appearance in the 2008 College World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season\nIn September 2007, Collegiate Baseball newspaper ranked LSU's recruiting class as the top ranked class in the nation. LSU's recruiting class included 9 players that were drafted by Major League Baseball clubs, eight High School All-Americans and three first team junior college All-Americans among the 19 players the Tigers brought in. Baseball America ranked LSU's recruiting as the #2 ranked class in the nation, behind San Diego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season\nIn February 2008, the SEC baseball coaches picked LSU to finish 5th (out 6 teams) in the SEC Western Division in the 17th annual preseason SEC coaches poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season\nAlso, starting pitcher Jared Bradford was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association preseason third-team All-America squad. Bradford was also named to the watchlist for the 2008 Brooks Wallace Award, which is presented to the nation\u2019s top collegiate baseball player in conjunction with the College Baseball Hall of Fame\u2019s annual induction festivities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season\nDuring the offseason, former LSU baseball head coach Jack Lamabe died. Lamabe coached the Tigers for five seasons from 1979 until 1983.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nLSU entered the regular season ranked #30 in the Collegiate Baseball poll and #34 in the NCBWA poll. They dropped from the ranking after the first weekend of play which saw the team win 2 out of 3 games against Indiana. The Tigers then rebounded and went on a 9-game winning streak before losing the last two games before Southeastern Conference play began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nIn its first conference series of the year, LSU traveled to Knoxville, TN to face the Tennessee Volunteers. The Tigers were swept 3 games to none but were competitive in all games. LSU then defeated their rival Tulane in a midweek game at home before playing host to the Arkansas Razorbacks in another conference series. The Tigers won the series 2 games to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nAfter splitting two midweek games, including a tough loss to the University of New Orleans, LSU headed to Gainesville, FL for a conference series again Florida. The Tigers lost the first two games of the series but salvaged the last one and rode a 4-game winning streak until finally losing to Alabama in game two of their series. But the Tigers won the third game of the series and improved to a 5-7 record in SEC games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nNext on the schedule was rival Ole Miss. The Tigers lost the first game 2-1 in a close matchup and then proceeded to lose the next game as well. LSU managed an 8-2 win on Sunday to avoid the sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nAfter a midweek game against Nicholls State, the Tigers traveled to Maestri Field for their second of three games again the University of New Orleans. New Orleans again pulled away late and won the game by a score of 6-5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nGeorgia then came into Alex Box Stadium for a conference series. At the time Georgia led the SEC and would eventually go on to be the SEC champions. The Tigers played the Bulldogs tough but Georgia managed to win the first two games. In the Sunday game, LSU blew a lead and allowed Georgia to tie the game and send it into extra innings. After 12 innings of play the travel curfew rule came into effect and a tie was declared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nAfter the Georgia debacle the Tigers had a 6-11-1 conference record and looked to be on the outside looking in for the SEC Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nThe Tigers were able to turn things around, however, as they began a winning streak that they rode all the way to the end of the regular season and into the postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nThey started the streak in New Orleans against bitter rival Tulane. They then continued it into their conference series again South Carolina, who was at that time a top-10 team. LSU managed an improbable sweep against the Gamecocks and then moved on to a series against Kentucky in Cliff Hagan Stadium. At that time the Wildcats had only lost 2 games all season in their home stadium. The Tigers again pulled off the improbably sweep and they were now sitting at 12-11-1 in conference, the first time all season that they had been over .500 in conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nMississippi State came into Alex Box Stadium for the final 3 regular season games ever to be held in that stadium. The fans showed up in droves to see the Tigers sweep their third straight conference foe and send \"the Box\" out in style.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nNext up for the Tigers was their final regular season game against the University of New Orleans in the annual Wally Pontiff Jr. Classic at Zephyr Field in Metairie, LA. New Orleans had already won the previous two meeting and they were riding a 13-game win streak coming into this one. It was the longest winning streak in college baseball. LSU's streak was in second place at 12 games. It looked like New Orleans might extend their winning streak but the Tigers pulled ahead late in the game and won it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, Regular season\nTheir final 3 regular season games came against a slumping Auburn team in Auburn, AL. LSU swept their 4th straight conference series and finished the regular season with a 39-16-1 record and an 18-11-1 conference record. Georgia won the outright SEC title but LSU was able to win the SEC West division title. The Tigers headed into the SEC Baseball Tournament as the #2 seed in to tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, SEC Tournament\nThe Tigers entered the 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament on an NCAA-best 16-game winning streak. In Game 1 of the tournament, LSU faced South Carolina, a team they had swept earlier in the season. The Gamecocks took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning but LSU rallied to tie the game and take it into extra innings. In the bottom of the 10th inning, LSU's Blake Dean hit a walk-off home run to end the game at a score of 5-4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, SEC Tournament\nIn their second game of the SEC Tournament, LSU defeated defending tournament champion Vanderbilt by a score of 8-2. The Tigers extended their winning streak to 18 games and earned a day off before having to play their next game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, SEC Tournament\nIn LSU's third game in the tournament they faced Alabama. The Crimson Tide took an early lead but the Tigers came back to tie the game at six runs and then LSU's Blake Dean padded his tournament MVP resume by hitting a grand slam to break the tie. The Tigers went on to win the game by a score of 12-8 and moved onto the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, SEC Tournament\nThe Tigers faced Ole Miss in the championship game, and like many of their games this season, they fell behind early only to rally back to win the game. LSU won the game by a score of 8-2 and claimed the SEC Tournament title for the first time since the 2000 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, NCAA Tournament: Regionals\nOn Sunday May 25 it was announced that LSU was selected as a host site for the 2008 NCAA Tournament for the 18th time in the history of the program and for the first time since the 2005 season. When the full NCAA Tournament bracket was released the next day, LSU was awarded the #7 national seed in the tournament, guaranteeing them home field advantage throughout the Super Regionals as long as they won the Regional round. It was the third time LSU earned a national seed since the advent of them in 1999. In 2000 the Tigers were the #2 national seed and went on to win the College World Series. In 2003, LSU again earned the #2 national seed. They made the College World Series that year but went 0-2 and were eliminated quickly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, NCAA Tournament: Regionals\nIn the Baton Rouge Regional, LSU was designated the #1 seed, Southern Mississippi earned the #2 seed, the University of New Orleans, who beat LSU two out of three times during the regular season, earned the #3 seed and Texas Southern earned the #4 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, NCAA Tournament: Regionals\nLSU opened the Regional against Texas Southern in an afternoon game on Friday, May 30. LSU grabbed a quick lead in the 1st inning and cruised to a 12-1 victory. The Tigers then awaited the results of the night game between New Orleans and Southern Mississippi to find out who their next opponent would be.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, NCAA Tournament: Regionals\nSouthern Mississippi beat New Orleans and moved on to face LSU in the night game on Saturday. The Tigers defeated the Golden Eagles by a score of 13-4 to advance to the championship round of the Regional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, NCAA Tournament: Regionals\nSouthern Mississippi climbed back through the losers bracket to make the championship round and face LSU again. But the Tigers again put the Golden Eagles away by winning 11-4 and moving on to the Super Regionals. The win brought LSU's winning streak to 23 consecutive games and set a new SEC record. The previous record was 22 games set by South Carolina in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals\nUC -Irvine won the Lincoln, NE regional and moved on to the Super Regional to face LSU in Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA. UC-Irvine won the first game 11-5 based on a strong performance by their ace pitcher, Scott Gorgen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals\nThe Anteaters looked to be on their way to a second straight trip to the College World Series as they took a lead into the 9th inning of game 2, however the Tigers fought back and won the game in comeback fashion by a score of 9-7. LSU wasted no time in game 3 cruising to a 6-0 lead with three consecutive home runs in the 1st inning and eventually winning the game 21-7. The Tigers celebrated the school's 14th trip to the College World Series in what was the last game in the 70-year history of Alex Box Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, NCAA Tournament: College World Series\nPrior to the start of the CWS, LSU's pitching coach, Terry Rooney, was named the new head coach of the University of Central Florida baseball team. Rooney stayed with LSU until the end of the CWS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, NCAA Tournament: College World Series\nLSU faced North Carolina in the first game of the 2008 College World Series. The Tar Heels defeated the Tigers by a score of 8-4, giving LSU its 5th consecutive CWS loss and sending them to the losers bracket. The Tigers faced the Rice Owls next and looked to be headed home with an 0-2 CWS record again after trailing by a score of 5-0, however, in typical Tiger fashion, LSU rallied in the bottom of the 9th inning and won the game on a 3-run double by All-American Blake Dean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, NCAA Tournament: College World Series\nThe Tigers then had to face North Carolina again, who had lost to Fresno State. The game started on June 19 but was delayed by weather and completed on June 20. The game went into the top of the 9th inning tied 3-3 but a grand slam home run, the first in the College World Series since 2001, gave North Carolina a 7-3 lead. LSU was unable to rally in the bottom of the 9th, and their season was ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197428-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers baseball team, LSU Tigers in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft\nThe following members of the 2008 LSU Tigers baseball team were drafted in the 2008 MLB Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197429-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers football team\nThe 2008 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Les Miles, who entered his fourth year at the helm. They played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Tigers entered the season as defending national champions, having defeated Ohio State, 38\u201324, in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197429-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season\nIn his third season as head coach, Les Miles led LSU to the 2007 SEC Championship and the 2007 NCAA Division I-FBS national football championship. The Tigers became the first team to win two championships in the Bowl Championship Series era (1998\u20132013) and also the first 2-loss team to win a national championship, even though no games were lost in regulation. The team finished with a final record of 12\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197429-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season\nThe team overcame 2 triple-overtime losses and four other close games to become the first two-time Bowl Championship Series (BCS) champion ever. On their way to the BCS championship, the Tigers won their tenth Southeastern Conference championship by defeating Tennessee in the 2007 SEC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197429-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the season having earned the Southeastern Conference championship trophy, the Grantland Rice Award, the MacArthur Bowl National Championship trophy, the Associated Press Trophy and the AFCA National Championship Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197429-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers football team, Pre-season\nIn February, the NCAA granted defensive end Kirston Pittman a sixth-year of eligibility. Pittman had missed the 2005 and 2006 seasons with foot and ankle injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197429-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers football team, Pre-season, Coaching changes\nDefensive coordinator Bo Pelini left to become the head coach at Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197429-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Troy\nGame delayed due to effects from Hurricane Gustav from originally scheduled date of September 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197429-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Troy\nTrailing 31\u20133 midway through the third quarter, the Bayou Bengals stage the greatest comeback in LSU history, even surpassing their fabled 1959 Halloween Night Billy Cannon-led rally against Ole Miss, scoring 37 consecutive points and rally for a 40\u201331 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197429-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Chick-fil-A Bowl\nA 28-point 2nd quarter by LSU was too much for the Yellow Jackets to overcome in the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl rout. Georgia Tech gave up three turnovers and did not force any.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197430-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne\nThe 2008 La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne cycling race took place on April 23, 2008 and was won by Luxembourger Kim Kirchen of Team High Road. It was the 72nd running of the La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne and covered 199.5 kilometres (124.0\u00a0mi) between Charleroi and Huy in Belgium in 4 hours, 35 minutes and 20 seconds. Australian Cadel Evans of Silence\u2013Lotto and Italian Damiano Cunego of Lampre came second and third respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197431-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 La Serena Open\nThe 2008 La Serena Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 3rd and final edition of the event, and part of the 2008 ATP Challenger Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the tennis courts at the La Serena Golf resort in La Serena, Chile, from 14 through 20 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197431-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 La Serena Open\nThe highlight of the tournament was the presence of Argentinian Mariano Puerta, former French Open runner-up in 2005, who returned to tennis in June 2007 after a 2-year ban due to doping. A temporary court with a capacity of 1,500 was specially built for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197431-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 La Serena Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197431-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 La Serena Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197431-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 La Serena Open, Champions, Singles\nIt was the 5th Challenger title for Ram\u00edrez Hidalgo in his singles career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197432-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 La Serena Open \u2013 Doubles\nMarc L\u00f3pez and Simone Vagnozzi were the defending champions, but none competed this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197432-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 La Serena Open \u2013 Doubles\nNicol\u00e1s Lapentti and Eduardo Schwank won the title by defeating Sebasti\u00e1n Decoud and Cristian Villagr\u00e1n 6\u20134, 6\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197433-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 La Serena Open \u2013 Singles\nMariano Zabaleta was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197433-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 La Serena Open \u2013 Singles\nRub\u00e9n Ram\u00edrez Hidalgo won the title by defeating qualifier David Marrero 6\u20133, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197434-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ladies European Tour\nThe 2008 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197434-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ladies European Tour\nThe tour featured 28 official money events with prize money totalling more than \u20ac10.5 million, as well as the Women's World Cup of Golf and the European Ladies Golf Cup. Gwladys Nocera won the Order of Merit with earnings of \u20ac391,839.58, ahead of Helen Alfredsson, who finished second despite only having played in three events. Melissa Reid won Rookie of the Year honours, after finishing 12th in the Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197434-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ladies European Tour, Tournament results\nThe table below shows the 2008 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197435-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lafayette Leopards football team\nThe 2008 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Frank Tavani, in his ninth season as head coach, and placed fourth in the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197435-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lafayette Leopards football team\nThe Leopards played their home games at Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197436-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lahore suicide bombings\nThe 2008 Lahore bombings were twin suicide car bombings which killed at least 28 people and wounded more 350 people in Lahore, Pakistan on March 11 2008. The first bomb targeted the FIA building around 9.30am when employees were arriving for work and the second smaller blast targeted an advertising agency in a residential area. The injured also included around 40 schoolchildren after windows were smashed due to the force of the explosion. The blasts were the escalation of militant campaign against government targets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197437-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lake Kivu earthquake\nThe 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake shook several countries in Africa's Great Lakes region at 07:34:12 (GMT) on February 3. It measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The epicentre was 20 kilometres (12\u00a0mi) north of Bukavu at Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197437-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lake Kivu earthquake, Tectonic summary\nThe earthquake occurred in the Western Rift of the East African rift system. The East African rift system is a diffuse, approximately 3000-km-long, zone of crustal extension that passes through eastern Africa from Djibouti and Eritrea on the north to Malawi on the south and that constitutes the boundary between the Africa plate on the west and the Somalia plate on the east. At the earthquake's latitude, the Africa and Somalia plates are spreading apart at a rate of about four millimeters per year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197437-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Lake Kivu earthquake, Tectonic summary\nThe earthquake occurred near Lake Kivu, the basin of which was created by normal faulting similar to that which produced the February 3 earthquake. The largest earthquake to have occurred in the rift system since 1900 had a magnitude of about 7.6. The epicenter of the February 3, 2008, earthquake is within several tens of kilometres (miles) of the epicenter of a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that killed two people in Goma in October 2002. Earthquakes within the East African rift system occur as the result of both normal faulting and strike-slip faulting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197437-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lake Kivu earthquake, Details\nAt least 25 people were confirmed dead in Rwanda, with a further 200 seriously injured. Ten people were killed when a church collapsed in the Rusizi District of Western Province in Rwanda, according to Rwanda radio. In the Democratic Republic of Congo at least 5 died and 149 were seriously injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197438-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lakemba state by-election\nA by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Lakemba on 18 October 2008 after former Premier Morris Iemma resigned as member for Lakemba. By-elections for the seats of Cabramatta, Port Macquarie and Ryde were held on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197438-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lakemba state by-election\nThe seat was retained by the Labor Party at the by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197439-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lal Masjid bombing\nIn the Lal Masjid bombing of 6 July 2008 at 7:50\u00a0pm local time, a 30-year-old suicide bomber blew himself up near the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, killing 18 policemen and 1 civilian. The bombing occurred on the first anniversary of the siege of Lal Masjid and was likely a revenge attack. The attack occurred even amid tight security in Islamabad, where thousands of Islamic students in Pakistan came to mark the day when Pakistani troops stormed Lal Masjid. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who visited the blast site, said about 12,000 students attended the rally and the attack was directed at police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197440-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Langerado Music Festival\nThe sixth Langerado Festival was held March 6, 2008 through March 9, 2008, making it one day longer than the previous year. The festival took place on the Big Cypress Indian Reservation, thirty miles west of Ft. Lauderdale and featured on-site camping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197440-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Langerado Music Festival, Lineup\nOn March 6, the artists that performed were Sonicbids Winner, Dead Confederate, Ben Jelen, Les Claypool, That 1 Guy, Golem, Busdriver, Awesome New Republic, The New Deal, Dark Star Orchestra and Perpetual Groove.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197440-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Langerado Music Festival, Lineup\nOn March 7, the artists that performed were The Dynamites, American Bang, School of Rock All Stars, Brett Dennen, Earl Greyhound, Matt Pond PA, Indigenous, Backyard Tire Fire, The Walkmen, Ozomatli, Sam Bush, The Wailers, The Heavy Pets, Vampire Weekend (cancelled in order to appear on Saturday Night Live), G. Love & Special Sauce, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, 311, Spam Allstars, !! !, The Roots, Mickey Hart Band, Built to Spill, Beastie Boys, Bassnectar, Umphrey's McGee, Phix and Sound Tribe Sector 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197440-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Langerado Music Festival, Lineup\nOn March 8, the artists that performed were The Postmarks, Blitzen Trapper, Trevor Hall, Railroad Earth, The Bad Plus, American Babies, State Radio, The Wood Brothers, New Mastersounds, Arrested Development, Avett Brothers (slated to play but were not there), Citizen Cope, Pnuma Trio, Dr. Dog, Ben Folds, Antibalas, Thievery Corporation, RAQ, Benevento/Russo Duo, Matisyahu, Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood, Ghostland Observatory, R.E.M., Pelican, The Disco Biscuits, The Lee Boys, Dan Deacon and Yard Dogs Road Show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197440-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Langerado Music Festival, Lineup\nOn March 9, the artists that performed were Chris Hartford & The Band of Changes, Will Hoges, Balkan Beat Box (slated to play but were not there), Hoots & Hellmouth, Jonah Smith, Martin Sexton, Josh Ritter, Shout Out Louds, funky Meters, Pete Francis, Keller Williams, Felice Brothers, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Gov't Mule, Steel Train, Minus The Bear, Ani DiFranco, Blind Melon, of Montreal, Phil Lesh & Friends and The National.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197442-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Las Vegas Bowl\nThe 2008 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl was an NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS post-season college football bowl game between the Arizona Wildcats (fifth pick from the Pacific-10 Conference) and the BYU Cougars (third place overall in the Mountain West Conference). The game was played on December 20, 2008, starting at 5 p.m. PST at 40,000-seat off campus Sam Boyd Stadium of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197442-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Las Vegas Bowl\nThe Wildcats stunned the 16th ranked Cougars in the coldest Las Vegas Bowl in history, 31\u201321. It was televised on ESPN. The announcers were Mike Patrick and Todd Blackledge with the sideline reporting by Holly Rowe. Starting in 2001, the Las Vegas Bowl featured a matchup of teams from Mountain West and the Pac-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197443-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic\nThe 2008 partypoker.com Las Vegas Desert Classic  was the seventh installment of the Las Vegas Desert Classic, a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held in the evenings (GMT, morning local time/PST) between 2\u20136 July 2008 at Mandalay Bay, Paradise, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197443-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic\nPhil Taylor emerged as the champion, in all but one match posting above a 100 average, beating James Wade in the final. This was his fourth Desert Classic title, having bounced back from a first round defeat to Mark Dudbridge in the 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197443-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic\nLast year's champion Raymond van Barneveld was looking to retain his title, but he was knocked out in the second round by Alan Tabern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197443-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Prize money\nA total prize fund of \u00a3126,400 was available for the tournament, unchanged from the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197444-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Latin Billboard Music Awards\nThe 2008 Billboard Latin Music Awards, produced and broadcast live on Telemundo, was held on Thursday, April 10, 2008. The award show aired on Telemundo at 7pm EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197444-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Latin Billboard Music Awards\nThe following list is the 2008 Billboard Latin Music Award Nominees and Winners (Winners are in bold)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197445-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian Athletics Championships\nThe 2008 Latvian Athletics Championships were held in Valmiera, Latvia on July 25-26, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197446-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Latvian Figure Skating Championships (Latvian: Latvijas \u010cempion\u0101ts dai\u013cslido\u0161an\u0101 2008) was held in Riga from December 26 to 28, 2007. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles and Ice dance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197447-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian Football Cup\nLatvian Football Cup 2008 was the sixty-seventh season of the Latvian annual football knock-out competition. For the first time it was won by FK Daugava Daugavpils, by outrivaling FK Ventspils. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197448-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian Higher League\nThe 2008 Virsl\u012bga season was the 17th Virsl\u012bga  season. It began on 5 April 2008 with the first round of games and ended on 9 November 2008 with the final matches of the championship and relegation rounds. Ventspils were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197448-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian Higher League, Season details\nFor the 2008 season the league has expanded to ten clubs, and the fixture format has changed. Due to expansion there was no relegation at the end of the 2007 season, and the top two clubs from the 1. l\u012bga 2007 season, champions FK Vindava (from Ventspils), and second placed SK Bl\u0101zma (from R\u0113zekne) were both promoted. From the 2008 season on, the league will be held in two rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197448-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian Higher League, Season details\nIn the first round each club played all the other nine clubs twice, home and away starting with Matchday 1 on 5 April and finishing with Matchday 18 on 10 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197448-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian Higher League, Season details\nIn the second round there were two \"mini leagues\", with the top six clubs after the First Round, playing each other twice and clubs in 7th to 10th place after the First Round playing each other four times. Second round matches started on 24 August and finished on 9 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197448-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian Higher League, Season details\nAt the end of the season, the club finishing bottom of the Virsl\u012bga were automatically relegated to the 1. l\u012bga, and the champions of the 1. l\u012bga were automatically promoted, taking the place of the relegated club. The club that finished next to the bottom in the Virsl\u012bga play a two-legged playoff for the final place in the Virsl\u012bga for the next season with the club that finished second in 1. l\u012bga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197448-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian Higher League, Second round, Relegation round, Relegation play-offs\nBl\u0101zma R\u0113zekne, the 9th placed team in the Virsl\u012bga, and 1. l\u012bga runners-up, Tranz\u012bts Ventspils, competed in a two-legged play-off for a spot in the Virsl\u012bga 2009. Bl\u0101zma R\u0113zekne won 6\u20131 on aggregate and thereby kept their spot in the next season of the Virsl\u012bga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum  to amend the constitution of Latvia in order to allow one-tenth of the total registered electorate to initiate a popular referendum to dissolve the Latvian parliament was held in Latvia on 2 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum\nThe referendum on this issue was triggered when the Government of Latvia voted against an opposition motion to adopt this change to the constitution, which resulted in a referendum in Latvia by law. President Valdis Zatlers and the left-wing opposition were in favour of the referendum, while the government was against it, arguing that it would cause even more instability in a country which has seen 13 governments in the 18 years since independence. At least half of the total registered electorate (i.e. more than 757,607) had to approve the referendum proposal in order for it to be valid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum\nPreliminary results indicated that an overwhelming 96% of voters had voted in favour of the amendment, although only about 40% of the electorate voted in favour, which means the referendum is invalid. It is expected that the strong result, while failing to directly change the constitution, might press politicians to adopt a similar measure nonetheless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum\nIf passed, the amendment would have represented the first time in an EU country that voters would have been able to dissolve their national parliament \u2013 a right traditionally reserved for the head of state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum, Background\nThe moves to initiate the referendum began in Autumn 2007 at a time of public discontent with the government which had led to the largest street protests to date in the post-Soviet era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum, Background\nThe movement to organise the referendum was led by the Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia. The referendum also took place at a time of poor economic indicators with inflation exceeding 17 percent and economic growth expected to fall to near zero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum, Background, Procedure for calling a referendum\nUnder the \u2018Latvian Law on National Referendums and Legislative Initiatives\u2019, the procedure on calling popular referendums has several stages. The first stage involves the collection of 10,000 signatures certified by notaries, which are then presented to the Latvian Central Election Commission (CEC). Following positive verification of these signatures, the Latvian Government must then provide facilities for signature gathering in every town and village in the country, to enable the population to sign in favour of a proposal for a referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 86], "content_span": [87, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum, Background, Procedure for calling a referendum\nIn order to be successful, more than one-tenth of citizens eligible to vote in the previous parliamentary elections must sign in favour. Again, the signatures are verified by the CEC. If the 10% threshold is met, then the draft amendments are presented to the president who submits them to parliament for approval. If two thirds of MPs approve the changes at a sitting in which at least two thirds of the parliament is present then the changes are passed into law without the need for a referendum. If parliament rejects the laws, then a referendum is held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 86], "content_span": [87, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum, Collection of signatures\nIn the event, 11,095 signatures were initially collected and positively verified. Collection of further signatures then took place from March 12 to April 10, 2008 in 660 designated places, of which 40 were abroad. In total, counting the initial signatures, 217,567 voters supported the introduction of the draft amendments. A further 6,814 signatures were disqualified. In the vast majority of cases this was due to citizens signing more than once. However, 35 were disqualified due to not being Latvian citizens, 22 on the grounds of insanity, 62 who were deceased or could not be identified and 1 person who was under the age of 18 upon signing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum, Collection of signatures\nAs the total number of valid signatures represented 14.6% of the electorate, the amendments were duly presented by the president to parliament, which rejected them on 5 June 2008. Accordingly, under the terms of the referendum law, a referendum had to be held not earlier than one month and not later than two months after rejection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum, Referendum campaign, \"No\" campaign\nOpposing the referendum, Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis pointed out that political instability had also been a feature of pre-Soviet Latvia. He also argued that \u201cElecting the parliament is a creative process, while a referendum would be a destructive process without any result.\" Parliamentary speaker Gundars Daudze argued that such referendums could create a huge crisis with neither parliament nor president operating. Meanwhile, the head of the People's Party in parliament, M\u0101ris Ku\u010dinskis, stated his belief that such referendums would allow a small number of people to change the election results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum, Referendum campaign, \"No\" campaign\nThe advertisements of the no campaign also played on fears of Russian influence, with one advertisement, illustrated by pictures of ethnic Russian politicians from the opposition left wing parties playing a balalaika in a sauna, declaring \u201cIf you vote tomorrow, then you, brother, are crazy. In our places, the Russians will come. The Russians will come.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum, Referendum campaign, \"Yes\" campaign\nFormer Prime Minister Einars Rep\u0161e, a member of the opposition New Era party, argued that a yes vote of the majority of the electorate would be in accordance with basic democratic principles and that many contemporary Latvian politicians were working not for the state interest but for the interest of \u201cGodfathers.\u201d  Civic Union party leader Sandra Kalniete also called for a yes vote on the grounds that the amendments could force MPs \u201cto finally listen to the will of their voters.\u201d  For Human Rights in United Latvia MP Juris Sokolovskis supported a yes vote on the basis of perceived alienation of the electorate from their MPs and on the grounds that, even if the 50% quorum was not reached, a large yes majority would still be difficult for politicians to ignore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197449-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian constitutional referendum, Reactions\nFollowing the anticipated large yes vote, President Valdis Zatlers said the support shown was strong enough to prompt Parliament to adopt similar amendments on its own. \"The rights of the people to dissolve the Parliament have to be included in the Constitution as soon as possible,\" Zatlers was quoted as saying by local news agency BNS. \"If 40% want that, the duty of the Parliament is making it possible.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197450-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian financial crisis\nThe 2008 Latvian financial crisis, which stemmed from the global financial crisis of 2008\u20132009, was a major economic and political crisis in Latvia. The crisis was generated when an easy credit market burst, resulting in an unemployment crisis, along with the bankruptcy of many companies. Since 2010, economic activity has recovered and Latvia's economic growth rate was the fastest among the EU member states in the first three quarters of 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197450-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian financial crisis, Development\nIn 2008, after years of booming economic success, the Latvian economy took one of the sharpest downturns in the world, picking up pace in the last quarter in which GDP contracted by 10.5%. In February 2009 the Latvian government asked the International Monetary Fund and the European Union for an emergency bailout loan of 7.5 billion Euros, while at the same time the government nationalized Parex Bank, the country's second largest bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197450-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian financial crisis, Development\nOn concerns of bankruptcy, Standard & Poors subsequently downgraded Latvia's credit rating to non-investment grade BB+, or \"junk\", its worst ever rating. Its rating was put on negative outlook, which indicates a possible further cut. On February 20 the Latvian coalition government headed by Prime Minister of Latvia Ivars Godmanis collapsed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197450-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian financial crisis, Development\nThe Baltic States have been amongst the worst hit by the global financial crisis. In December 2008 the Latvian unemployment rate stood at 7%. By December 2009, the figure had risen to 22.8%. The number of unemployed has more than tripled since the onset of the crisis, giving Latvia the highest rate of unemployment growth in the EU. Early 2009 estimates predicted that the economy would contract by around 12% in 2009, but even those gloomy forecasts turned out to be too optimistic as the economy contracted by nearly 18% in the fourth quarter of 2009, showing little signs of recovery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197450-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian financial crisis, Development\nHowever, by 2010 commentators noted signs of stabilisation in the Latvian economy. Rating agency Standard & Poor's raised its outlook on Latvia's debt from negative to stable. Latvia's current account, which had been in deficit by 27% in late 2006 was in surplus in February 2010. Kenneth Orchard, senior analyst at Moody's investors service argued that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197450-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian financial crisis, Development\nIn June 2012 International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde lauded Latvia's accomplishments in bringing order to the country's economy, and emphasized Latvia must complete three more tasks - strive to join the eurozone, promote economic competitiveness, reduce social inequality. She concluded that by implementing its international loan program, Latvia has proven that it can be powerful and disciplined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197451-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Latvian pensions law referendum\nA referendum on amendments in the pensions law was held in Latvia on 23 August 2008. It failed due to low turnout, as 453,730 votes (half of the votes cast in the previous parliamentary election) would have been necessary to make it valid. If it had succeeded, minimum pensions would have been tied (until the end of 2009) to the government-set subsistence benefit level with a higher coefficient than earlier, in effect tripling the minimum pension from 50 lati to at least 135 lati. The referendum was strongly supported by an organisation called Society for Different Politics, which aimed to become a political party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197452-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Laugavegur Ultramarathon\nThe 2008 Laugavegur Ultramarathon was an ultramarathon race held on July 12, 2008. Nearly 250 runners started the race; 215 runners finished, among them 162 men and 53 women. The oldest participant was P\u00e9tur H Bl\u00f6ndal of Iceland, who was born in 1944 and finished the race in 8:10:44 hours; the youngest participant was Elvar \u00de\u00f3r Karlsson of Iceland, who was born in 1990 and finished the race in 6:56:27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197453-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Laurence Olivier Awards\nThe 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2008 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197453-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple nominations and awards\nThe following 20 productions, including one ballet and four operas, received multiple nominations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197453-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple nominations and awards\nThe following six productions, including one ballet, received multiple awards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197454-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Le Mans Series\nThe 2008 Le Mans Series was the fifth season of ACO's Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It ran from 6 April to 14 September 2008 with five rounds taking place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197454-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Le Mans Series, Schedule\nThe 2008 schedule remained largely unchanged from that of 2007, except for Circuit de Catalunya replacing Circuit de Valencia for the Spanish round. A large gap was built into the schedule between May and August to better allow teams to prepare for and recover from the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197454-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Le Mans Series, Schedule\nAn additional race was announced at a later date, with a 1000\u00a0km event in Shanghai. This event however would not replace the Mil Milhas Brasil round, but was instead to be a stand-alone event as a precursor to a new Asian Le Mans Series planned for 2009. Points for the Le Mans Series would not be awarded but class winners would gain automatic entry to the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. The race was cancelled and was later rescheduled be held on 8 November 2009, because of conflicts with the 2008 Summer Olympics schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197454-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships\nPoints were awarded to the top eight finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Unlike the American Le Mans Series, where teams with multiple entries scored the points of their highest finishing entry in each race, teams with multiple entries did not have their cars combined and each entry number was scored separately in the championship. Cars which failed to complete 70% of the winner's distance were not awarded points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197454-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships\nThe top two finishers in each team championship earned automatic entry to the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197454-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Le Mans Series, Drivers Championships\nPoints were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Drivers who did not drive for at least 45\u00a0minutes do not receive points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197455-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland Cup\nThe 2008 League of Ireland Cup was the 35th staging of the League of Ireland knockout competition. It was won by Derry City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197455-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland Cup\nTwenty four clubs participated in this year's competition. The twelve Premier Division and ten First Division clubs were joined by Kildrum Tigers, the 2007 Ulster Senior League champions, and the Kerry District League representative side. For both the First and Second rounds of the competition, all participating clubs were split into four regional pools with the further rounds of the competition having an open draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197455-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland Cup\nThe 2008 eircom League of Ireland Cup officially kicked off on the Bank Holiday weekend of Monday, 24 March 2008 when 14 eircom league clubs were joined by Kildrum Tigers and Kerry in the First Round. Bohemians, Cork City, Drogheda United and St. Patrick's Athletic all received a bye into the Second Round of the competition due to their future participation in European competitions. Four more clubs received a bye into the Second Round as a result of an open draw: Derry City, Finn Harps, Limerick 37 and UCD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197455-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland Cup\nThe competition ran until late September, with the final taking place on Saturday, 27 September 2008 at Ferrycarrig Park. where Derry City delivered a spectacular performance to defeat hosts Wexford Youths 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197456-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland First Division\nThe 2008 League of Ireland First Division season was the 24th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 10 teams and Dundalk won the division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197456-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland First Division, Overview\nThe regular season began on 7 March and concluded on 15 November. Each team played the other teams four times, totaling 36 games. Only the champions, Dundalk, were automatically promoted and there was no promotion/relegation play-off between Premier Division and First Division teams. This was because the 2009 Premier Division would be reduced to 10 clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197456-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland First Division, Promotion/Relegation play-offs\nKildare County and Mervue United, the highest ranked non-reserve team from the 2008 A Championship, played off to see who would play in the 2009 First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197456-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland First Division, Promotion/Relegation play-offs\nMervue United won 5\u20132 on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197456-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland First Division, Gallery\nThe clubs competing in the 2008 FAI eircom League of Ireland", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197457-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland Premier Division\nThe 2008 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 24th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Bohemians were champions while St Patrick's Athletic finished as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197457-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview\nThe regular season began on 7 March and concluded on 14 November. Each team played the other teams three times, totaling 33 games. Bohemians finished the season as champions, winning by a margin of nineteen points. There was no promotion/relegation play-off between Premier Division and First Division teams. This was because the 2009 Premier Division would be reduced to 10 clubs. This saw three clubs relegated out of the Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197457-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview\nFor the first time in the history of the league the national broadcaster Raidi\u00f3 Teilif\u00eds \u00c9ireann started showing highlights of every Premier Division game played on its new show Monday Night Soccer. This show was presented by Con Murphy. This replaced eircom League Weekly which had run on TV3 on Monday nights from 2002 to 2007. The final season of live weekly radio coverage was provided by national broadcaster RT\u00c9 with live reports and commentary on match nights, which was dropped from the end of 2008. Live games were shown by RT\u00c9, Setanta Sports and TG4's  Sacar Beo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197457-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 League of Ireland Premier Division, Gallery\nThe clubs competing in the 2008 FAI eircom League of Ireland", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197458-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese Elite Cup\nThe Lebanese Elite Cup 2008 was the 11th edition of this football tournament in Lebanon. It was held from August 27 to September 11, 2008 in Beirut and Sidon. This tournament includes the five best teams from the 2007-08 Saison and the Cup Winner. Since Al-Mabarrah finished 4th in the league and won the cup, Shabab Al-Sahel qualified to the tournament too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197458-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese Elite Cup\nLeague Champions Al Ahed won the tournament after beating Al-Ansar 3\u20131 in the final, it was the first win for Al Ahed in this tournament. Al Ahed players Salih Sadir and Hassan Maatouk were the top scorers of the Lebanese Elite Cup, scoring three goals each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197458-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese Elite Cup\nIt was the first edition after a 3-year break caused by the political protests and the 2006 Lebanon War. The draw took place on July 2, 2008 in Beirut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election\nAn indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon on 25 May 2008, after the term of incumbent President \u00c9mile Lahoud expired on 24 November 2007 at midnight. General Michel Sleiman, the Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, was elected as the consensus candidate after months of delays in holding the election due to an ongoing political dispute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election\nBy convention, the presidency is always attributed to a Maronite Christian personality. Under the article 49 of the Lebanese Constitution, a qualified majority of two-thirds of the members of the 128-seat Lebanese Parliament is required to elect the president. After the second round of election, the president is elected by an absolute majority of 65 MPs out of 128.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election\nThe requested quorum was not formed in the first round (scheduled on 25 September 2007) since opposition MPs boycotted the parliamentary session. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri initially postponed the session to October 23, 2007, as previously suggested. The session was then further postponed to 12 November 2007, then to 21 November 2007 and finally to 23 November 2007, when the incumbent's term ends. However, on 23 November the session was further postponed until 30 November 2007, and then to 7 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election\nOn December 7 the reforms to the Constitution needed to elect consensus candidate General Michel Sleiman had not been finished yet and the vote was postponed again to 11 December 2007. On that date, it was postponed to 17 December 2007, and then again to 22 December 2007 and to 29 December 2007. On 28 December, it was again delayed to 12 January 2008; on 11 January it was again delayed to 21 January 2008, and then, on 20 January, it was delayed to 11 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election\nOn 9 February, it was again delayed to 26 February 2008, and on 25 February 2008 again delayed until 11 March 2008, then on 9 March 2008 delayed until 25 March 2008. It was then delayed on 24 March 2008 to 22 April 2008. On 22 April 2008, the session was postponed and on 26 April the new date was set to 13 May 2008. Parliament postponed a vote on a new Lebanese president for the 19th time, delaying the session to June 10, 2008. After the Doha Agreement was decided upon on 21 May 2008, a session to elect the president was called on 22 May 2008 to occur on 25 May 2008. On this date, Michel Sleiman was finally elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election\nFour candidates from the March 14 Alliance were among the possible standing candidates: MP Boutros Harb, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk,MP Robert Ghanem and former MP Nassib Lahoud. MP Michel Aoun from the Free Patriotic Movement is the single opposition candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election\nThe vote was expected to be tense, especially after the assassination of Phalangist MP Antoine Ghanem on 19 September 2007. March 14 leaders, who blame the Syrian government for the assassination of Ghanem, vowed to hold the presidential election as scheduled and to possibly elect a March 14 candidate as president even by simple majority after the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election\nThe opposition, which includes Hezbollah, Amal and the Free Patriotic Movement, demanded the formation of a national unity cabinet and warned that an election by simple majority would result in the formation of a shadow cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election\nAn opinion poll by IPSOS and published on 17 September 2005 suggested that the majority of Lebanese may look favourably at a consensual candidate. The LAF Chief Commander Michel Sleiman, the Governor of the Central Bank Riad Salame and the former FA Minister Jean Obeid were credited as possible \"consensual\" candidates. Sleiman turned out to be the eventual consensus candidate, but his election required constitutional amendments allowing senior state officials to become president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election\nThe term of the ex-president \u00c9mile Lahoud was extended for three years in 2004, allegedly under pressure from the  Syrian government. Syria withdrew its troops from Lebanon in April 2005, after the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri and the subsequent mass demonstrations known as Cedar Revolution. The general election in Spring 2005 resulted in a majority of 72 seats out of 128 for the anti-Syrian March 14 Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election, Consensus emerges\nOn 29 November 2007, opposition leader Michel Aoun announced that he was in favour of Michel Sleiman becoming the next president of Lebanon. A constitutional amendment will have to be passed with a two-thirds majority in Lebanon's parliament to allow military commanders to move directly into the presidential office, but it seems certain that the majority will be achieved with both Aoun and the 14 March Alliance in favour. On 3 December, the March 14 Alliance announced it would draft a constitutional amendment to allow Sleiman to become president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election, Consensus emerges\nSleiman, however, threatened to withdraw from the presidential race if the parties were not able to come to agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197459-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanese presidential election, Consensus emerges\nA compromise deal was finally reached on 21 May 2008 (dealing with the issues of a new electoral law, a unity government and Hezbollah's disarmament), leading to Sleiman's election on 25 May 2008 as planned. Out of the 127 votes, Sleiman received 118, while three members of parliament voted for others and six abstained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict\nThe 2008 Lebanon conflict (Or the 7 May 2008 clashes, Arabic: \u0623\u062d\u062f\u0627\u062b 7 \u0623\u064a\u0627\u0631) was a brief (invasion of Beirut by armed militias) intrastate conflict in May 2008 in Lebanon between pro-government and opposition militias after its 18-month-long political crisis spiraled out of control, pitting both sides against each other in fighting along sectarian lines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict\nThe fighting between pro-government and opposition militias affiliated to respectively the Future Movement and PSP political parties on one side and Hezbollah, Amal, SSNP, LDP and the Arab Democratic Party on the other side, was sparked by a government move to shut down Hezbollah's telecommunication network and remove Beirut Airport's head of security after the discovery of a hidden remote-controlled camera monitoring one of the airport's runway and his alleged ties to Hezbollah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict\nClashes first occurred on May 7 after a general strike called for by the country's union federation to demand higher wages and decry high consumer prices became overshadowed by the government's decisions and escalated into low-level violence between pro-government and opposition protesters. Violence severely escalated the next morning on May 8 after a televised speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. In his speech, Nasrallah responded to the government's decision to declare the organization's telecommunication network illegal by calling it a declaration of war on the organization, shortly after which fighting between pro-government and opposition militias broke out in Beirut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict\nWithin two days, Hezbollah-led opposition fighters had seized control of several West Beirut neighbourhoods from pro-government Future Movement militiamen. In the following days, fighting between pro-government and opposition militias spread to other parts of the country with major clashes in the Aley District and Tripoli. On May 15, an intervention by the Arab League brokered an immediate end to hostilities and a pledge from warring parties to send emissaries to Doha for a mediation process. The resulting Doha Agreement, reached on May 21, 2008, brought an end to the 18-month political feud that exploded into fighting and nearly drove the country to a new civil war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Background\nOn December 1, 2006, a series of protests and sit-ins began in Lebanon, led by the March 8 political coalition which opposed the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Formed after the Cedar Revolution in 2005, the March 8 coalition was up of the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal, the Christian Free Patriotic Movement and a number of smaller parties such as the SSNP, LDP and the Arab Democratic Party. On the other side of the political divide stood the March 14 coalition, at the time holding the majority of cabinet and parliamentary seats. The March 14 coalition was made up of the primarily Sunni Future Movement and a number of smaller parties including the Druze Progressive Socialist Party and the Christian Lebanese Forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Background\nAt the core of commencement of the protests was the unhappiness of Hezbollah with the division of power under the current status quo and the pro-Western course of the Lebanese government. It argued that too much executive power was in the hands of the Future Movement, the primary political party of March 14, which it in their view misused by too closely aligning with Western states, most notably the United States, thereby compromising Lebanon's sovereignty and security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Background\nIn addition, the period was marked by political strife between the March 8 and March 14 coalitions over the international investigation on the assassination of former prime minister Rafic Hariri, the creation of the future Lebanon Tribunal to prosecute the perpetrators this assassination and the question of Hezbollah's armed status. Hezbollah was the only organization allowed to retain its weapons after the ratification of the Taif Agreement, which brought an end to the Lebanese Civil War, although UN Security Council Resolution 1559 of September 2004 denied the organization the right to retain its arms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Background\nBy 2008, the military strength of the organization had grown to such levels that it was widely considered to be stronger than the Lebanese Armed Forces. To ensure its interests, Hezbollah demanded a new national unity government in which March 8 would have at least a third plus one of the cabinet seats in order to grant them the ability to veto cabinet decisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Background\nAfter Shi'a ministers of Hezbollah and Amal had resigned from the cabinet in December 2006 in protest against a decision concerning the Lebanon Tribunal, the opposition demanded the immediate resignation of the cabinet as it now was unbalanced with regard to the proportional representation of religious groups as stipulated by the Lebanese Constitution and therefore was deemed illegitimate. When Prime Minister Siniora refused to resign his cabinet, Hezbollah and its allies on March 8 called on its supporters in early December 2006 to protest against the perceived illegitimacy of the cabinet of Siniora to increase pressure on it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Background\nIn the face of massive protests, Siniora and the remaining ministers in his cabinet still refused to step down as long as they enjoyed the support of the majority of the parliament. As protestors kept up the pressure on the government with their encampment near the Grand Serail, the prime ministerial office in downtown Beirut, Siniora and his minister were under virtual house arrest due to security concerns since the assassination of Pierre Gemayel, one of Siniora's ministers, in late 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Background\nWith Siniora not giving in, the opposition organized a general strike in January 2007, which ended in sectarian clashes leaving multiple dead and hundreds wounded. Political deadlock took a new turn with the end of term of President \u00c9mile Lahoud in late 2007 as the March 8 and March 14 blocs could not agree on his successor, leaving the country in a presidential vacuum further worsening the political crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, May 2008 controversies\nIn May 2008, the tensions between the pro-government and opposition parties escalated when the cabinet announced a series of security decisions. Tensions began with revelations on Friday May 2 made by Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt, a key politician in the ruling March 14 alliance. He announced that a remote-controlled camera had been set up in a container park overlooking Beirut international airport's runway 17, which was frequently being used by March 14 politicians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, May 2008 controversies\nIn March 14 circles, fear was that the monitoring could be used for a possible attack on its leaders, as Lebanon had faced a series of political assasIsinations in recent times. Although Jumblatt did not accuse the party directly, he made clear that he thought March 8's Hezbollah was behind the monitoring system's installment. Hezbollah dismissed the accusations, calling the allegation a product of Jumblatt's imagination and saying that those who leveled them were scaremongering and simply parroting a US campaign against it and other groups which are resisting Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, May 2008 controversies\nIn addition to the monitoring system, Jumblatt stated that Hezbollah had laid down a fiber optic telecommunication network connecting its powerbase in Dahiya in South Beirut with cities and towns in South and East Lebanon in predominantly Shiite areas. Although this was known to the government, it was now claimed that the network was being extended to the predominantly Christian and Druze areas of Mount Lebanon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, May 2008 controversies\nIn its response to these allegations, the Lebanese cabinet announced that it regarded the telecommunication network and the monitoring system as a breach of law, undermining the state's sovereignty and the security of its citizens. Therefore, it declared that the matter would be referred not only to the Lebanese judicial system, but also to the Arab League and the United Nations. In addition to infringing state sovereignty, the network was regarded by the government as an infringement on public funds since it claimed that it competes with its own and used the Lebanese infrastructure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, May 2008 controversies\nThe cabinet announced that it would uproot the telecommunication network and in addition also ordered the removal Brigadier General Wafic Shkeir, head of security at Beirut's international airport and considered to be sympathetic to Hezbollah and Amal, on account of failing to deal with the monitoring system. These moves severely antagonized Hezbollah, bringing tensions between the March 8 and March 14 coalitions to a boiling point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 7: Protests and minor clashes\nCoincidentally, a day after the cabinet's decision, on Wednesday May 7, the Lebanese General Workers Union had planned a general strike to demand higher wages and decry high consumer prices. The strike turned violent as the opposition threw their weight behind the strike, paralyzing large parts of Lebanon's capital Beirut. Instigated by the recent developments and the strike, pro-government and opposition supporters took the streets coming into conflict with each other at multiple places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 7: Protests and minor clashes\nClashes were first reported when government and opposition supporters in a pro-government sector of Beirut exchanged insults and began throwing stones at each other after Hezbollah supporters insisted on blocking the roads. Witnesses said security forces intervened and gunshots were heard, apparently troops firing in the air to disperse the crowds. In the afternoon, verbal violence and stone throwing turned into more violent clashes, with gunfire sporadically going off in the city. Around the city, armed opposition supporters blocked roads including the strategic road towards Beirut international airport, cutting it off from the rest of the city, and roads to the city's sea port.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 8 - May 9: Takeover of Beirut\nAfter a tense night with sporadic gunfire, Hezbollah's secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah addressed the country in a speech televised on Hezbollah affiliated al-Manar station in the morning of May 8. He referred to the cabinet's decisions of that week as \"despotic\" and having inaugurated a new phase in Lebanese history, similar to the assassination of former prime minister Rafic Hariri in 2005. He stated that the telecommunication network was not a simple commercial operation aimed merely at generating profit for the organization, but \"integral and fundamental\" as part of its military apparatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 8 - May 9: Takeover of Beirut\nHe claimed that his opponents had already known about the existence of the telecommunication network years before and in drawing attention to the timing of the decision, insinuated that the cabinet's actions were aimed at obstructing the forces of the Resistance (against Israel) in the region. Hezbollah had the right to defend itself, he argued, and metaphorically stated that they would cut-off the hand of anyone that would touch the Resistance. \"All red lines had been crossed\", according to Nasrallah, and the actions therefore amounted to no mere than a \"declaration of war.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 8 - May 9: Takeover of Beirut\nMinutes after Nasrallah's speech, heavy street battles began between pro-government and opposition militias. Fighting erupted along Corniche Mazraa, an avenue separating Shiite and Sunni areas, later spreading to the western, southern and eastern parts of Beirut where Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods overlapped. Combat was also heard near the office of Lebanon's Sunni religious leader - an ally of the government - and the palatial compound of the Hariri family in Koreitem was hit by RPG fire. More barricades were set up, closing major highways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 8 - May 9: Takeover of Beirut\nOpposition militants eventually overran the positions of pro-government militias in West Beirut and burnt-down three pro-government offices. Saad Hariri, leader of the Future Movement, quickly responded to the outbreak of violence, describing the events as a form of fitna, criticizing the actions of Hezbollah as a threat to the unity of the country and calling on Nasrallah to stop the descendance towards civil war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 8 - May 9: Takeover of Beirut\nFaced with large-scale inter-communal violence erupting all over the city, the Lebanese Armed Forces decided not to intervene in the clashes for fear of sparking divisions in the army along sectarian lines, as had happened during the civil war. Other factors that as to why the army did not act in line with the cabinet are, according to political scientist Aram Nerguizian, the apprehension among army commanders at how the cabinet chose to address the issue of Hezbollah's telecommunication network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0009-0003", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 8 - May 9: Takeover of Beirut\nSecondly, the perception among them that cabinet also did not sufficiently consult the army prior to their decision to dismiss Beirut's airport head of security. Thirdly, the presidential ambitions of Army Commander Michel Suleiman - who would indeed within two weeks become the country's next president - and his resulting need not to antagonize the March 8 coalition and its Syrian allies may also have influenced his decision not to intervene against Hezbollah according to Nerguizian. The army's decision to refrain from intervention did spark objections from within however.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0009-0004", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 8 - May 9: Takeover of Beirut\nSome saw it as a \"missed opportunity\" for the army to \"signal its objection to domestic military action by any of the country's competing political/sectarian forces.\" Around 120 Sunni officers later even offered their resignation as response to \"the humiliation felt from the military's conduct during the militias' invasion of Beirut\" as their resignation letter stated. All of the officers except one later repealed their resignation however.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 8 - May 9: Takeover of Beirut\nFighting from the previous day lasted throughout the night and only stopped for a short time a little bit after dawn on May 9, 2008. However, fighting quickly resumed after the brief lull. Pro -government militias were however no match to the Hezbollah led opposition forces. All over West Beirut, pro-government militias had lost ground. Media outlets related to the pro-government Future Movement, amongst which Future TV, Al Mustaqbal Newspaper, Future News, Radio Orient and Future-owned Armenian radio station Sevan had been raided by opposition fighters and forced to close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 8 - May 9: Takeover of Beirut\nFuture TV and Al Mustaqbal were particularly targeted by opposition fighters. RPG missiles were launched from empty adjacent buildings under construction to Mustaqbal's offices, setting fire to two floors. Future TV offices were raided by Hezbollah members who subsequently cut all of its broadcasts. According to Habib Battah, a media analyst, shutting down Future TV was not only a psychological attack on Future Movement's supporters, but also gave the opposition a monopoly on propaganda messages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 8 - May 9: Takeover of Beirut\nOverpowered by Hezbollah's military apparatus and besieged in his residence, Saad Hariri had by then ordered militia members loyal to his Future Movement to stand down. The opposition had now firmly moved in and taken over abandoned positions of pro-government fighters, seizing large parts of the capital's western neighbourhoods. The Lebanese Army also stepped in to take over position deserted by pro-government militiamen and in some instance were handed over control of recently conquered position by Hezbollah. In some neighbourhoods, the takeover had been peaceful with opposition fighters facing no resistance as they moved throughout West Beirut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 10 - May 12: Fighting spreads to Aley and the North\nAs fighting in Beirut dwindled down, violence began to spread to other parts of the country, in particular the Aley District south of Beirut and the north of the country. In the evening of May 9 sporadic clashes erupted in Sidon, where two civilians were killed; and in Bar Elias in the Bekaa Valley where a woman was killed. Also, eight people were killed near the town of Aley in clashes between government supporters and opponents. Seven people who were Hezbollah supporters were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 93], "content_span": [94, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 10 - May 12: Fighting spreads to Aley and the North\nOn May 10, 2008, a funeral procession was attacked by a shop-owner affiliated with the Amal Movement, whose shop was previously burned down by Sunni militants, leaving six people dead. An Associated Press photographer who witnessed the shooting said the attack came as a procession of 200 people headed toward a nearby cemetery to bury a 24-year-old pro-government supporter killed in previous fighting. At least 14 people were killed in the town of Halba, in the Akkar region of north Lebanon, as about 100 pro-Future Movement gunmen attacked an office of the SSNP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 93], "content_span": [94, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 10 - May 12: Fighting spreads to Aley and the North\n10 of the dead were SSNP members, three were government loyalists and one was an Australian citizen of Lebanese descent on vacation in Lebanon, who was trying to get information at the SSNP offices about evacuating from the city. The Australian father of four, Fadi Sheikh, reportedly had his hands and feet cut off. The SSNP says Fadi Sheikh was a member of the party - but was not a militant. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. One other person was killed in fighting in Sidon and two soldiers died in fighting east of Beirut. Heavy fighting had also broken out between Alawite Hezbollah sympathizers and Sunni supporters of the government in the neighbourhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh, two neighbourhoods in Tripoli notorious for its sectarian violence, leading thousands to flee their homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 93], "content_span": [94, 916]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 10 - May 12: Fighting spreads to Aley and the North\nFaced with the escalated situation as a result of the cabinet's decisions, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora announced on May 10 that the cabinet would handover the issue of telecommunication network to the army and, in addition, announced the reinstatement of the head of security of Beirut's international airport. Subsequently, the Lebanese army took a more active stance in the events and announced it had frozen the measures taken by the government and called for all armed militants to withdraw from the streets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 93], "content_span": [94, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 10 - May 12: Fighting spreads to Aley and the North\nIn response, Hezbollah announced that it would withdraw its fighters together with other opposition fighters from West Beirut in compliance with the Lebanese army's request, but that a civil disobedience campaign will continue until the group's political demands are met. The next day, Beirut was quiet as control of areas seized by the opposition was handed over to the Lebanese army. Many roads in the capital remained blockaded however, including the strategic airport road, as the opposition continued their campaign of civil disobedience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 93], "content_span": [94, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 10 - May 12: Fighting spreads to Aley and the North, Battle of Mount Barook and Aley District\nOn May 9, heavy fighting broke out in Mount Lebanon between pro-government Progressive Socialist Party fighters and Hezbollah. The clashes started in Aytat, near Kaifun and soon expanded to cover many spots in Mount Lebanon including the cities of Baisour, Choueifat and Aley. Most of the fighting was concentrated on Hill 888. Fighting started when four Druze members of the Aley municipal police were kidnapped by Hezbollah. Soon after the news of the kidnapping spread, the mayor of Aley assembled a group of PSP fighters and went up to Hill 888.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 135], "content_span": [136, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 10 - May 12: Fighting spreads to Aley and the North, Battle of Mount Barook and Aley District\nAs they reached the hill they were attacked by Hezbollah gunmen who wounded a few of the PSP and municipality members. PSP members retaliated by killing 3 of the kidnappers. The incident developed into a significant armed clash. Artillery and mortars were used for the first time during these battles. A ceasefire agreement was supposed to take place at 18:00 of the same day, but fighters from both sides continued to exchange fire. Negotiations were ongoing for the PSP members to give up the fight and surrender their positions to the Lebanese Army, but it never happened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 135], "content_span": [136, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 10 - May 12: Fighting spreads to Aley and the North, Battle of Mount Barook and Aley District\nThe battles at Aley stopped for several hours, but the two sides clashed again in Mount Barouk to the southeast shortly before midnight. Barook separates the Druze heartland of Shouf from the mainly Shi'ite southern end of the Bekaa Valley. That night Hezbollah's fighters deployed from southern Beirut to the Qmatiye area tried to attack the hills near Aley but they were beaten back. After that Hezbollah tried to go on the offensive again and attacked their rival's positions. The Druze fighters had fought the Hezbollah militants from dug-in positions left over from the 1975\u201390 Civil War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 135], "content_span": [136, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 10 - May 12: Fighting spreads to Aley and the North, Battle of Mount Barook and Aley District\nThe Druze used hunting guns, AK 47s and other machine guns, RPGs and allegedly even 23mm anti-aircraft guns to blast at the advancing Hezbollah fighters. Opposition forces bombarded the pro-government Druze area with artillery while ground forces attacked Druze positions using rockets and machine guns. By morning, the Druze fighters agreed to cease hostilities and several villages loyal to Lebanon's pro-government Druze leader Walid Jumblatt had been handed over to the army. The kidnapped municipality police members were released by Hezbollah on May 12 in exchange of at least 30 Hezbollah members that were kidnapped by PSP in Mount Barook. Hezbollah were defeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 135], "content_span": [136, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Armed clashes, May 10 - May 12: Fighting spreads to Aley and the North, Clashes in Hamra and Tripoli\nAfter a day of relative quiet in Beirut renewed gunfire was heard in the commercial area of Hamra in the western part of the city shortly after midnight on May 12. The fighting occurred near the home of Future Movement leader Saad al-Hariri. A two-man Al Jazeera camera crew suffered injuries while trying to film the fighting and were evacuated by the Lebanese army. Meanwhile, in Tripoli, clashes left one person dead and at least six others wounded. Now taking a proactive role in the events, the Army stated that if the clashes did not end by Tuesday May 13, it would intervene and use force if necessary to end the fighting. The next days saw only limited and sporadic fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 123], "content_span": [124, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Resolution process, Arab League intervention\nAs fighting was spreading to other parts of Lebanon, the Arab League, which had been involved as a mediator in Lebanese political crises since 2005, decided to intervene in Lebanon at an emergency meeting on May 11. The League Council mandated the formation of a Ministerial Committee headed by the Foreign Minister of Qatar and the League's Secretary General which was to go to Lebanon and mediate in the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Resolution process, Arab League intervention\nThe League Council also called for a halt to the fighting, the withdrawal of militiamen from the streets, the facilitation of the Lebanese Army to restore calm and talks between the Lebanese political leaders. On May 15, after a round of talks with Lebanon's prime political leaders, the Ministerial Committee announced an initial agreement that marked a cessation of all hostilities and entailed that major Lebanese political leaders would enter into a national dialogue the next day in Doha for further mediation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Resolution process, Doha Agreement\nAfter half a week of deliberations in Doha, Lebanese political leaders signed an accord on May 21 that brought an immediate end to the 16-month political crisis that had been plaguing the country. Following the principle of \"no victor, no vanquished\", which entails that no political party or sect can eliminate one of the other political parties or sects, the Doha Agreement was regarded as a compromise deal between government and opposition demands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Resolution process, Doha Agreement\nThe accord stipulated (1) the immediate election of Army Commander Michel Suleiman as president; (2) the formation of a national unity government with a blocking third for the opposition; (3) adaption of the electoral law aimed at redistricting based on the 1960 electoral law; (4) a commitment by the signatories not to resort to violence for political gains; (5) initiation of a national dialogue on the promotion of Lebanon's internal sovereignty and (6) a commitment by signatories to abstain from resorting to rhetoric of treason or political and sectarian incitement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0019-0002", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Resolution process, Doha Agreement\nThe accord was considered a victory for the Lebanese opposition as they secured their key demands for veto-wielding power in the new government and a new electoral law which could benefit the opposition in the upcoming 2009 parliamentary elections. In addition, the question of Hezbollah's weapons was postponed, to be dealt with in a future national dialogue. Nonetheless, the opposition had to give concessions regarding the reappointment of Fouad Siniora as Prime Minister, the distribution of ministerial portfolios and the distribution of parliamentary seats in certain electoral districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0019-0003", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Resolution process, Doha Agreement\nDespite Hezbollah's tactical victory on the streets of Lebanon and the securing of it demands in the accord, analysts have pointed out that the events greatly reduced its legitimacy as a popular resistance movement and that it was seen more than ever as a \"Shiite militia brutally defending its parochial interests.\" In addition, it increased the distrust and fear of it among other political parties and heightened domestic opposition to its armed status as a result of the use of its weapons against other Lebanese actors, despite its earlier pledge not to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Reactions to the fighting, Domestic reactions\nMany March 14 leaders decried the events as a coup, pointed towards the Hezbollah's intricate relationship to the Iranian government and assigned a role played in the events to the latter. Hani Hammoud, a senior adviser to Saad Hariri referred to the events as a \"one-sided civil war\" with the result that \"Iran has taken over the country\" Christian leaders Samir Geagea and Amine Gemayel also accused Hezbollah of staging a coup, with the former calling on moderate forces in the Arab world to intervene and asked the international community not to stand idly by.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Reactions to the fighting, Domestic reactions\nA US diplomatic cable revealed by Wikileaks also showed how on May 11, Gemayel, together with Social Affairs Minister Nayla Mouawad and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh urged the US to provide more support to the March 14 coalition. Believing that a Hezbollah victory could be imminent, they proposed several ideas, including extending UN Security Council Resolution 1701 to Beirut's airport, sea port and access roads, an imposement of an air ban against Syria by the US and immediate US military aid to their own militias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Reactions to the fighting, Domestic reactions\nPSP leader Walid Jumblatt stated that he still stood behind his support for the government's decisions that week, however he acknowledged that he had underestimated the response from Hezbollah. Regarding Hezbollah's next moves he told reporters to \"ask [Iranian President] [Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad\", stating that \"this situation goes beyond Lebanese borders.\" Furthermore, he linked the events to regional geopolitics stating that \"the Iranians chose the moment America is weak in the Middle East. The balance of power has completely changed in Lebanon and now we wait to see what new rules Hezbollah, Syria and Iran will lay down.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Reactions to the fighting, Domestic reactions\nMichel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement and a Hezbollah ally whose supporters did not participate in the fighting, spoke in more neutral terms, calling for the return for normality on the streets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Reactions to the fighting, International reactions\nThe White House condemned Hezbollah's actions with a spokesman denouncing the organization as a \"destabilizing force\" which had turned \"its arms against the Lebanese people and challenged Lebanon's security forces for control of the streets.\" In addition, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pronounced the continuing support by the US for the Lebanese government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Reactions to the fighting, International reactions\nSaudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal accused Iran of \"backing what happened in Lebanon, a coup\" and called for \"all regional parties to respect the independence and sovereignty of Lebanon and to stop meddling in its affairs and inciting sectarian tensions\". He further accused Hezbollah of taking \"violent, offensive measures, which aim at an annihilation of people.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Reactions to the fighting, International reactions\nA diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks two years later show, however, that Prince Saud al-Faisal had proposed to the US Ambassador in Saudi Arabia the creation of an \"Arab force\" to be supported by the US and NATO which was to restore order in Beirut in response to \"Hezbollah's military challenge to the Government of Lebanon.\" Furthermore, he feared that a Hezbollah victory would lead to the fall of the Siniora cabinet and the \"Iranian takeover of Lebanon.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Reactions to the fighting, International reactions\nIran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini has called on national unity among the Lebanese adding that the situation can be \"managed through talks and consensus-building.\" Hosseini blamed the U.S. and Israel for the ongoing hostilities in Lebanon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197460-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Lebanon conflict, Casualties\nThe exact total number of casualties as resulting from the fighting in May remains uncertain, but figures range from approximately 70 to 110 deaths. A UN report published in June 2008 reports 69 fatalities, among which civilians, and more than 180 wounded. A Human Rights Watch Report from 2009 states a minimum of 71 deaths. In an article from September 2008 entailing a series of interviews on the events, Beatriz Mart\u00ednez and Francesco Volpicella note that the official number of casualties up to 15 May is 80 deaths and more than 200 wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197461-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeds City Council election\nThe 2008 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197461-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeds City Council election\nAs per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested, plus an additional vacancy in Calverley and Farsley ward as Amanda Carter stood down. Those seats up for election were those of the first-placed candidate elected for every ward at the 2004 all-out election, who had been granted a four year term to expire in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197461-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeds City Council election\nIt saw the Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition administration continue their control of the council. Despite both Labour and the Liberal Democrats winning more seats, the Conservatives won the majority of votes cast for the first time since 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197461-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeds City Council election\nThe Liberal Democrats regained a total of 24 seats on the council by defeating former Liberal Democrat-turn-independent and then Conservative councillor for Weetwood ward, Brian Jennings. This had followed Hyde Park and Woodhouse councillor, Kabeer Hussain, defecting from the Liberal Democrats to Labour in October 2007, who he then left less than six months later to sit as an independent before the 2008 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197461-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeds City Council election, Election result\nThis result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197461-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeds City Council election, Councillors who did not stand for re-election\nIncumbent Labour councillor, Sharon Hamilton (Chapel Allerton), was selected as her party's candidate for Roundhay ward and lost to the Conservative incumbent. Hamilton was later elected for Moortown in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197462-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeds Rhinos season\nThe 2008 Leeds Rhinos season saw the club compete in Super League XIII as well as the 2008 Challenge Cup tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197462-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeds Rhinos season, 2008 Fixtures/Results\n*Round 4 played before round one to accommodate World Club Challenge on Round 4 weekend", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197462-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeds Rhinos season, 2008 Fixtures/Results\n* **Carnegie Challenge Cup Semi-Final played at the Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197462-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeds Rhinos season, 2008 Fixtures/Results\n* ***engage Super League Grand Final played at Old Trafford, Manchester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197463-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics\nThe 2008 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 28\u201329, 2008. The event was held in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Reports and photos were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197463-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics\nA total of 47 events were contested, 24 by boys and 23 by girls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197463-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nComplete results can be found on the Nevis Amateur Athletic Association webpage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 69], "content_span": [70, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197463-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 102 athletes from 7 countries participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 69], "content_span": [70, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197464-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Legends Tour\nThe 2008 Legends Tour was a series of professional golf tour for women aged 45 and older sanctioned by the Legends Tour. Based in the United States, it is an offshoot of the main U.S.-based women's tour, the LPGA Tour. The tour was founded in 2001, and is intended to allow women to prolong their competitive golf careers on the model of the successful Champions Tour for men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197464-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Legends Tour, Schedule and results\nIn 2008, the Legends Tour had four events. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Legends Tour events she had won up to and including that tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197465-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Legg Mason Tennis Classic\nThe 2008 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from August 9 through August 17, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197465-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Legg Mason Tennis Classic\nThe singles were led by ATP No. 9, San Jose and Dubai titlist, Los Angeles finalist, and defending champion Andy Roddick, winner of back-to-back titles in Stuttgart, Kitzb\u00fchel and Los Angeles Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro, and Dubai finalist and Wimbledon quarterfinalist Feliciano L\u00f3pez. Other seeds were Indian Wells quarterfinalist Tommy Haas, Indian Wells runner-up and Los Angeles semifinalist Mardy Fish, Marat Safin, Marc Gicquel and Marcel Granollers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197465-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles\nMarc Gicquel /  Robert Lindstedt defeated  Bruno Soares /  Kevin Ullyett, 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197466-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Legg Mason Tennis Classic \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197466-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Legg Mason Tennis Classic \u2013 Doubles\nMarc Gicquel and Robert Lindstedt won in the final 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20133, against Bruno Soares and Kevin Ullyett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197467-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Legg Mason Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles\nAndy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Viktor Troicki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197467-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Legg Mason Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles\nJuan Mart\u00edn del Potro won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20133, against Viktor Troicki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197468-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team\nThe 2008 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Lehigh finished third in the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197468-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team\nIn their third year under head coach Andy Coen, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 5\u20136 record. Kevin Bayani, Tim Diamond, Matt McGowan and Brendan VanAckeren were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197468-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team\nThe Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 282 to 231. Their 4\u20132 conference record placed third out of seven in the Patriot League standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197468-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team\nLehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197469-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301\nThe 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was the seventeenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and was run on June 29 of that year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, located in Loudon, New Hampshire. This was the first race under the new ownership of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. after purchasing the track from Bob Bahre in the autumn of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197469-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301\nTelevised coverage was handled by TNT starting at 12:30 PM US EDT, and radio being handled in their swan song at this facility by MRN starting at 1:15 PM US EDT and simulcast via Sirius Satellite Radio. Starting with the fall race, SMI-owned Performance Racing Network will carry the events at this track, as this was a result of a compromise on who had radio rights for the 2008 events (save for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in September, as MRN holds all rights to that series.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197469-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301\nThis race also was planned to be the first year of an additional lap on the 1.058 miles (1.703\u00a0km) track, as suggested by race sponsor Lenox Industrial Tools that says that their employees \"go the extra mile\" for their customers. However, due to a severe thunderstorm that bore down on the region, the race was stopped with seventeen laps to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197469-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Qualifying\nIn what may have been 2008's biggest surprise, Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois Patrick Carpentier won the pole position over Bobby Labonte following a rain delay of almost two hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197469-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Race recap\nThere were seven cautions in all, including one that involved an incident between points leader Kyle Busch and Juan Pablo Montoya after the yellow flag waved. Montoya broadsided Kyle Busch just after crossing the start-finish line in what turned out to be the last of several confrontations in the race between the two, and following the race, Montoya was penalized two laps for aggressive driving. A rainstorm shortened the race seventeen laps shy of the scheduled distance, and thanks to pit strategy and fuel mileage, Kurt Busch won the race, while Michael Waltrip had his best finish since winning the fall race at Talladega Superspeedway in 2003, and J.J. Yeley finished  third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197469-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Race recap\nNOTE: Race was cut short to 284 laps due to rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197469-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Race recap\nFailed to qualify: Marcos Ambrose (#21) and Tony Raines (#34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197470-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lexus Cup\nThe 2008 Lexus Cup was a professional women's golf event contested by two teams of 12 members each: one representing Asian countries and the other representing the rest of the world, known as the \"International\" team. Since the event's inception in 2005, it has been sanctioned by the world's dominant women's professional golf tour, the LPGA Tour in the U.S., although it is an unofficial event in which no earnings by the competitors affect their positions on the LPGA money list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197470-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lexus Cup\nThe competition took place on the Bukit Course at The Singapore Island Country Club in Singapore from 28\u201330 November 2008. Lexus was the title sponsor; Rolex, DBS, Singapore Airlines, Callaway Golf, and Singapore Sports Council were main sponsors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197470-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lexus Cup\nThis was the last official LPGA appearance for Team International captain Annika S\u00f6renstam, who had previously announced her retirement at the end of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197470-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Lexus Cup, Teams\nAs in the similar team events of the Solheim Cup (USA vs. Europe women), Ryder Cup (USA vs. Europe men), and Presidents Cup, each team is made up of twelve players. Four players for Team Asia and four for Team International earn sports through the Rolex Rankings. Four additional players for each team qualified through their position on the LPGA Official Money List, as of 2 November 2008. Once the top eight players for each team were confirmed, four additional players\u2014two captain's picks and two sponsor's exemptions\u2014were selected for each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197470-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Lexus Cup, Day one\nDay one saw six foursome matches with each team putting two golfers on the course for each match and the pairs playing alternate shots. The teams split the matches with each team winning three. Only one of the six matches \u2014 Paula Creamer and Nicole Castrale vs. Se Ri Pak and Eun-Hee Ji \u2014 went to 18 holes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 23], "content_span": [24, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197470-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Lexus Cup, Day two\nThe teams remained locked in tie after the day two fourball matches where each side won three matches. All of the wins by the International Team went to 18 holes, compared to only one of the wins by Team Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 23], "content_span": [24, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence\nThe 2008 Lhasa violence was one of a number of violent protests that took place during the 2008 Tibetan unrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, The riot\nTibetan rioters appeared to be targeting shops and vehicles owned by Han Chinese, the predominant ethnic group in China, and Hui, who are a Muslim minority. According to the BBC and The Wall Street Journal, rioters focused on setting fire to and looting businesses owned by them; The Wall Street Journal stated that first-hand accounts of their stories have been relatively rare in Western news reports, in part because it is difficult to reach people by phone in Lhasa.\" Tibetans face similar problems due to the strict controls on media reporting of events in Tibetan areas of China. James Miles, in an interview with CNN, made the following assessment, \"What I saw was calculated targeted violence against an ethnic group, or I should say two ethnic groups, primarily ethnic Han Chinese living in Lhasa, but also members of the Muslim Hui minority in Lhasa.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 891]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, The riot\nAlso according to The Economist, \"The mobs, ranging from small groups of youths (some armed with traditional Tibetan swords) to crowds of many dozens, including women and children, rampaged through the narrow alleys of the Tibetan quarter. They battered the shutters of shops, broke in and seized whatever they could, from hunks of meat to gas canisters and clothing. Some goods they carried away, while other goods were thrown into large fires lit on the street.\" Little children could also be seen looting a toy shop as well and mobs were attempting to ram the defenses of banks. The mobs also attacked any ethnic Chinese on the streets. James Miles reported seeing a Han Chinese teenage boy plead to a monk to help him hide because of the violence around the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, The riot\nThe Guardian reported that according to a foreign eyewitness account, rioters  attacked Han, Muslim Hui and other ethnic minorities. Foreigners were not attacked. With the exception of Tibetan-owned hotels, many other hotels were vandalized and smashed. The foreign eyewitness also reported seeing three rioters repeatedly stabbing an unconscious man. After the Monday deadline, Chinese police announced on loudspeakers that anyone who took part in the violence and gave themselves up would be treated with leniency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, The riot\nAccording to the London-based Free Tibet Campaign, an eyewitness in Lhasa saw rioters set a mosque on fire late on Friday night and throw stones at people who appeared to be Hui.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, The riot\nOther Western tourists emerged from Tibet with graphic descriptions of the level of violence that had occurred. Some claimed that they had seen non-Tibetan Chinese, including the elderly, being beaten and stoned to death by groups of Tibetans, supported by the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, Other events\nAn eyewitness stated that police cars, fire engines and other official vehicles were set on fire after anger erupted following the police's dispersal of a peaceful demonstration near a small temple in Lhasa. According to CNN, Police used gunfire and tear gas to break up the protest. \"The monks are still protesting. Police and army cars were burned. There are people crying,\" she said. Tensions in Lhasa increased as the city's three biggest monasteries were sealed off by thousands of soldiers and armed police amid the largest protests in nearly two decades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, Other events\nChinese authorities reportedly fired warning shots and used tear gas and electric prods to disperse hundreds of protesters, in addition to detaining up to 50 monks. US embassy officials in Beijing told the Associated Press that U.S. citizens had reportedly seen gunfire and rioting in Lhasa. Tibetan exiles quoted in the Times of London report that at least five people had been killed in police firing by March 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, Other events\nAccording to a Tibetan who fled Tibet after the demonstrations in Lhasa, knife-wielding Chinese troops attacked Tibetan demonstrators on March 14, and several demonstrators died from gunshot and knife wounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, Aftermath\nIn the aftermath of the riot, residents appeared to have mixed reactions to the violence. Some Tibetans celebrated by throwing toilet paper that resembled traditional Tibetan scarves over wires across the streets. However, \"others appeared aghast at the violence.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, Casualties\nThe official Chinese media source Xinhua has reported that on March 14 in Lhasa \"rioters injured 623 people including 241 police and armed police and killed 18 others. They also set fire to more than 300 locations, mostly private houses, stores and schools, smashed vehicles and damaged public facilities.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, Casualties\nThe official Chinese media has now published details including names and photographs of some of those they say were killed or injured during the rioting. According to Xinhua, local police have \"confirmed\" the identities of 14 out of the 18 \"innocent civilians\" killed in \"Lhasa riots,\" including one \"eight-month-old infant\" and one \"ethnic Tibetan woman\" in a fire, set by \"arson\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, Casualties\nAccording to the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy, no less than 101 Tibetans were killed by Chinese security forces in Lhasa on March 14, 2008. The organization claims that a leaked Chinese government document from the \"Criminal and Medical Examination Department of the Lhasa Public Security Bureau\" confirms this number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197471-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Lhasa violence, Casualties\nRadio Free Asia and the International Campaign for Tibet reported that fresh protests broke out at the Ramoche Temple, situated in the northwest of Lhasa, March 29, 2008, as a 15-member group of diplomats from the United States, Japan and Europe returned to Beijing after a two-day visit to the Tibetan capital. However, independent verification of the protest could not be obtained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197472-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election\nA leadership election was held in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on 22 September 2008 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda announced that he would resign on 1 September 2008, only 11 months after taking office on 25 September 2007 following a leadership election on 23 September 2007. Taro Aso, who had lost to Fukuda in the 2007 leadership election, was widely seen as the frontrunner to replace him, and announced on 2 September 2008 he was ready to take over as party leader. Aso won the leadership election against four opponents, receiving 67% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197472-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election\nIt was reported that Yuriko Koike, a former defence chief who is seen as close to former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, might stand against Aso; in that case, the LDP leadership election would be a decision between the conservative traditionalist Aso and the unorthodox reformist Koike. Economics minister Kaoru Yosano and former transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara, the son of the controversial right-wing nationalist governor of Tokyo Shintar\u014d Ishihara, also indicated they might run, as did  former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba, senior vice foreign minister Ichita Yamamoto and former science and economic minister Yasufumi Tanahashi. Campaigning began on 10 September 2008; a total of 528 people are eligible to vote (387 Diet members and 141 prefectural representatives).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197472-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election\nTo stand in the election, candidates had to gather twenty signatures from electors. Aso formally declared his candidacy on 5 September 2008, and Koike on 8 September 2008. Yosano, Ishiba and Ishihara also filed to run, while Yamamoto and Tanahashi decided not to stand for the leadership. Koizumi announced he would support and vote for Koike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197472-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election\nBy election day, Aso had secured the votes of at least 60% of the electors and was assumed to win the election in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197472-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election\nAso went on to win the election by a landslide 351 votes. Yosano got 66 votes, Koike 46, Ishihara 37 and Ishiba 25. Aso was sworn in as Prime Minister on 24 September 2008. Some speculated that a general election would be called on 3 October for 26 October 2008 following the leadership election, but this failed to materialise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197473-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill\nA spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 15 September 2008. At a ballot on 16 September, Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull defeated the incumbent leader Brendan Nelson 45 votes to 41.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197473-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, Background\nThe Liberal-National coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard was defeated at the 2007 federal election by the Australian Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd. In the aftermath, Brendan Nelson was elected leader in an ensuing ballot, in a 45-42 vote against former Minister for the Environment, Malcolm Turnbull.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197473-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, Background\nNelson's leadership came under intense pressure throughout 2008. Newspoll polling in February 2008 set a record low \"Preferred Prime Minister\" rating for any opposition leader at 9 percent, with March polling setting another record of 7 percent, with two party preferred setting another Newspoll record at 37-63 percent. In response to increased speculation about his leadership Nelson commented in April that he \"will keep fighting and standing up for everyday Australians.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197473-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, Background\nSupport for Nelson as leader within the Liberal Party had all but collapsed by the end of July 2008, in part due to repeated gaffes on emissions trading and climate change. Expected to challenge him was either Peter Costello or Malcolm Turnbull, upon the release of Costello's book, The Costello Memoirs. Costello stated he would not be making any move for the Liberal leadership, but media outlets capitalised on Costello's failure to categorically rule out any future leadership challenge. Some MPs said he \"still remained ready to assume the leadership later in the electoral cycle\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197474-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Liberian Premier League, Overview\nIt was contested by 16 teams, and Monrovia Black Star Football Club won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention\nThe 2008 Libertarian National Convention was held from May 22 to May 26, 2008 at the Sheraton Hotel (formerly the Adam's Mark Hotel) in Denver, Colorado. The delegates at the convention, on behalf of the U.S. Libertarian Party, nominated Bob Barr for president and Wayne Allyn Root for vice president in the 2008 presidential election. The convention was televised nationally on C-SPAN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention\nLibertarians hold a national convention every two years to vote on party bylaws, platform and resolutions and elect national party officers and a judicial committee. Every four years it nominates presidential and vice presidential candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention\nThe theme of this convention was A Better Choice for America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Platform\nIn 2006 the self-styled Libertarian Party \"reformers\" at the National Convention in Portland, Oregon took out 46 platform planks detailing party positions, leaving just fifteen. In 2008 more \"radical\" libertarians attempted to restore that platform. They did not succeed, but they narrowly prevented the reformers from softening the language of the non-aggression principle in the party's \u201cStatement of Principles\u201d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Platform\nThe revised platform did replace the plank on secession, deleted in 2006, with a definition of self-determination drawn from the Declaration of Independence: \"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of individual liberty, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to agree to such new governance as to them shall seem most likely to protect their liberty.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for presidential nomination, First ballot\nAfter the first round, six of the eight candidates running moved on to the second round of voting. Mike Jingozian and Christine Smith were both eliminated due to their small percentage of votes. Jingozian endorsed former Senator Mike Gravel, and Smith presented a speech attacking Bob Barr after the results were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for presidential nomination, Second ballot\nAfter the second round, five of the six candidates running moved on to the third ballot. Steve Kubby, after receiving only 5% of the total vote, dropped out of the race and endorsed Dr. Mary Ruwart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for presidential nomination, Third ballot\nAfter the third round of voting, four of the five remaining candidates moved on to the fourth ballot. Dr. George Phillies was eliminated after receiving approximately 5% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for presidential nomination, Fourth ballot\nAfter the fourth vote, three of the four candidates went on to the fifth round of voting. Fmr . Sen. Mike Gravel was eliminated after not getting a sufficient number of votes, and subsequently announced that his political career was over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for presidential nomination, Fifth ballot\nAfter the fifth ballot, the final two of three candidates continued on to the sixth ballot. Wayne Allyn Root was therefore eliminated, and after the vote, he made a speech endorsing Barr and stating that he would like to be Barr's candidate for vice-president. Barr and Root then stated that they would run together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for presidential nomination, Sixth ballot\nWith only Barr and Ruwart remaining on the ballot, Barr received 324 votes to Ruwart's 276 and 26 NOTA. Barr thus won the nomination with 51.8% of the final vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for presidential nomination, Sixth ballot\nRuwart made a concession speech following the announcement of the results with her campaign staff on the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for vice presidential nomination\nA separate vote was held for the vice presidential nomination. Presidential nominee Barr endorsed Root, while Presidential runner-up Ruwart endorsed Kubby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for vice presidential nomination, First ballot\nAfter the first ballot, three of the six active candidates running moved on to the second ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197475-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for vice presidential nomination, Second ballot\nAfter the second ballot, Wayne Allyn Root was nominated as the vice presidential candidate, prevailing by a difference of 30 votes over Steve Kubby, and 279 votes over Daniel Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 92], "content_span": [93, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197476-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian Party presidential primaries\nThe 2008 Libertarian Party presidential primaries allowed voters to indicate non-binding preferences for the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate. These differed from the Republican or Democratic presidential primaries and caucuses in that they did not appoint delegates to represent a candidate at the party's convention to select the party's nominee for the United States presidential election. The party's nominee for the 2008 presidential election was chosen directly by registered delegates at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention, which ran from May 22 to 26, 2008. The delegates nominated former congressman Bob Barr (who did not run in the primaries) for president and media personality Wayne Allyn Root for vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197476-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian Party presidential primaries\nTwo primaries were held, one in Missouri and one in California. A total of 18,915 votes were cast in these primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197476-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian Party presidential primaries, Primaries and caucuses, California primary\nIn the California primary on February 5,  the Libertarian Party had a state-run primary held alongside those for the Republicans, Democrats, the Green Party, the American Independent Party and the Peace and Freedom Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197476-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Libertarian Party presidential primaries, Primaries and caucuses, Missouri primary\nIn the Missouri primary on February 5, the Libertarian Party had a state-run primary held alongside the Republican and Democratic primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197477-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Libyan Al-Fatih Cup Final\nThe 2007\u201308 Libyan Cup final was a football match held at 11 June Stadium on July 26, 2008. The match was contested by Khaleej Sirte and Al Madina. This was the first time in ten years that one of the Big Two of Libyan football, Al Ahly Tripoli and Al Ittihad, were not in the final. The match was a tense affair as this was Khaleej Sirte's first final, and as Al Madina had lost their last two, and their last cup win was in 1978, both sides, with similar league finishes, cancelled each other out. Khaleej Sirte won the game, with an 81st-minute goal from Idrees Salem, and thus, secured qualification for the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup and the 2008 Libyan Super Cup. This trophy was Sirte's first major honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197478-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Libyan Super Cup\nThe 2008 Libyan Super Cup was a match that took place on Wednesday, 15 October 2008 between the Libyan Premier League winners Al Ittihad and Libyan Cup winners Khaleej Sirte. The Super Cup is always the curtain raiser prior to the LPL season. Al Ittihad ran out 4-0 winners at the 11 June Stadium. After this win, Al Ittihad have now won the last six Super Cup titles, from 2002 onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair\nThe 2008 Liechtenstein tax affair is a series of tax investigations in numerous countries whose governments suspect that some of their citizens may have evaded tax obligations by using banks and trusts in Liechtenstein; the affair broke open with the biggest complex of investigations ever initiated for tax evasion in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is seen also as an attempt to put pressure on Liechtenstein, one of the remaining uncooperative tax havens, as identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Money Laundering of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, along with Andorra and Monaco, in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Background\nMillions of euros belonging to hundreds of citizens living in Germany were channeled into the LGT Bank and other banks in Liechtenstein, taking advantage of Liechtenstein-based trusts to evade paying taxes in Germany. According to the prosecutor's office these trusts \"have been created apparently only to evade paying taxes.\" According to the law in Liechtenstein, such trusts allow the separation of monetary assets from their owners and are kept anonymously. In contrast to trusts of most other countries, Liechtenstein trusts can be revoked at any time and the assets will be returned to the owner. Furthermore, such trusts as well as their maintaining shell entities are only charged 0.1% (minimum 1,000 Swiss francs) annually. Liechtenstein thus is known to be a tax haven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Investigations, Germany\nAccording to the lead prosecuting office responsible for economic crime in Bochum, which is supported by prosecuting offices in other towns as well as the criminal police, currently about 600 to 700 individuals are suspected in the investigations. In addition, search warrants have been issued. An official confirmation about the total number of suspects and amount of money involved has not yet been issued. According to the prosecutors, current investigations provide a \"very high level of evidence.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Investigations, Germany\nThe affair became known on February 14, 2008, when a raid was conducted against Klaus Zumwinkel, the chief executive of Deutsche Post AG, under the suspicion that he evaded about 1 million \u20ac ($1.46 million) in taxes. Pressured by the government, Zumwinkel resigned from his position. Similarly a number of other individuals have been under investigation for months, and the appearance that the well-to-do have ways and means to evade the German tax laws has caused complaints about inequality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Investigations, Germany\nAccording to a report by the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, Heinrich Kieber, a bank computer technician, sold a CD with incriminating bank information to the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND, English: Federal Intelligence Service), which handed the material over to the tax investigation office in Wuppertal. Kieber was paid \u20ac4.2 million by the Federal Ministry of Finance for the data on which the investigation is based. Facing death threats, the informant is currently in hiding and has asked for police protection. Kieber is wanted by Interpol. The Wall Street Journal indicated on February 19, 2008, the name of the informant who apparently lives now in Australia and had sold the data to tax ministries of a number of countries, including the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Investigations, Germany\nA number of raids were conducted in Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt and other cities. Several banks were searched including Bankhaus Metzler, the Hauck & Aufh\u00e4user bank, Dresdner Bank, UBS in Munich and the Berenberg Bank in Hamburg. In the meantime revenue offices also noted a higher number of voluntary self-incriminations - this will avoid or reduce punitive damages - for possible tax evasions by people with financial assets in Liechtenstein.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Investigations, Germany\nWhile the BND received the data in 2006, the LGT Group indicated that in 2002 secret information had been stolen but the informant had been caught and tried in 2003, and all material had been returned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Investigations, United States\nThe informant also had sold data to the government of the United States. After the affair broke open, Senator Carl Levin, chairman of a senate investigations committee, indicated his intention to probe to what degree American citizens have used the LGT bank to evade taxes. In July 2008 the U.S. Subcommittee determined that the offshore tax haven deprived $100 billion per year from the U.S. taxpayer. Specifically mentioned were Switzerland's UBS AG and Liechtenstein's LGT Group. The report indicates that the LGT Group contributed to a \"culture of secrecy and deception\". According to the report UBS holds 1,000 declared accounts versus 19,000 that are not declared to the IRS. The report recommended a number of steps including tighter regulations for financial institutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Investigations, Finland\nAccording to the LGT Bank some 20 Finns had evaded tax in Finland via accounts containing \u20ac50-60 million in deposited funds. This was the largest known tax avoidance case in Finland. Most names are secret. According to Helsingin Sanomat in Sept/Oct 2013 Lichtenstein tax havens accounts include funds of Casimir Ehrnrooth (see UPM, YIT, Jaakko P\u00f6yry and Guggenheim Helsinki Plan) Bertel Paulig (coffee, spices) and a construction company owners in Turku.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Investigations, Finland\nSeventeen Finns paid additional taxes totalling \u20ac10 million. The taxpayers initiated actions in the Administrative Court. The decisions are not public. According to Finnish law the cost of hidden taxes can be up to 30%. In two cases shown for the reporters the Administrative Court acted c. 1% interest rate payment. In one case hidden funds were in total \u20ac483,000 and acted additional tax was \u20ac4,350. In addition to this, tax payers must pay the avoided taxes and an interest of the tax funds not paid in time. According to the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland no other legal procedures are possible, than collecting the hidden tax and its 1% interest rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Investigations, Other countries\nOn February 24, 2008, it became apparent that secret bank information had also been sold to the British tax authorities and that about 100 individuals in the UK are at risk for investigations for tax evasion. The informant also provided the governments of Australia, Canada and France with data. On February 26 it became known that the German government was willing to share relevant data of the about 4,500 accounts with other governments; two-thirds of these accounts belong to accounts of non-German individuals or entities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Investigations, Other countries\nFiscal authorities in Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden indicated interest. The governments of the Czech Republic and Spain have also announced investigations derived from Germany's list. India, however, has thus far not considered Germany's offer despite reports that many wealthy Indian citizens might have accounts in the bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Aftermath, Early reactions\nThe principality of Liechtenstein is directly affected by the affair as the LGT Bank is owned by the reigning princely family of Liechtenstein. The affair overshadowed the previously planned visit of Otmar Hasler, the Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, to Berlin on February 19, 2008, to meet with the Minister of Finance, Peer Steinbr\u00fcck, and the Chancellor, Angela Merkel. Merkel asked for help in the investigation and cooperation in prevention of tax evasion, pointing out that Liechtenstein provided the US Internal Revenue Service with some data but not the German Ministry of Finances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Aftermath, Early reactions\nThe newspaper Die Welt described the event as a \"government crisis\". The Regent of Liechtenstein, Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, called the investigations an \"attack\" on Liechtenstein by the Federal Republic and is considering legal remedies. The German government has been criticized for working with secret bank data that was stolen by the informant. The head prosecutor of Liechtenstein Robert Wallner initiated an indictment \"against unknown perpetrators for the violation of company secrets for a foreign country\". Also, two lawyers in Berlin initiated lawsuits against the BND and the Federal government claiming among others \"infidelity toward the taxpayer\" and \"spying of data\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Aftermath, Early reactions\nThe German government, on the other hand, is considering a coordinated international action: according to internal sources of the Ministry of Finances Liechtenstein supposedly lives to \"a good part from the business of evading taxes\". The government may consider a number of possible actions: Liechtenstein is about to join the Schengen Agreement which would eliminate its border controls towards Austria, and Germany's consent is required; Germany could impose fees on transfers of currency, place taxes on business activities of its citizens in Liechtenstein, and require them to prove that their activities there are legitimate. Furthermore, it counts on the support of other governments who also feel the sting of tax evasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Aftermath, Early reactions\nQuestions have also been raised within Germany as to the internal legality of the matter. Concerns have been voiced that the actions taken by BND were outside the agency's national security (and constitutional) remit, with attention also focusing on the wider ethical debate as to whether BND was justified in paying a \u20ac4m bribe to a bank official in a foreign country (with financing and approval from both the German chancellery and finance ministry). In March 2009 Germany announced that it will not grant judicial assistance to Liechtenstein in the prosecution of the assumed perpetrator, claiming Ordre public overrides its duty to do so under the European Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197479-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Liechtenstein tax affair, Aftermath, Tax treaties\nLiechtenstein entered negotiations with a number of countries to discuss tax avoidance issues. It reached an agreement with the United Kingdom in 2009 that will allow the about 5,000 British customers of Liechtenstein's banks that hold for them about \u00a32-3 billion in secret accounts to come clear with British tax authorities under terms of a significantly reduced penalty. The agreement would open up Liechtenstein's banks to greater transparency, but remains controversial in Liechtenstein; some banks fear that clients will just move their money elsewhere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197480-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 LifeLock 400\nThe 2008 LifeLock 400 was the fifteenth points race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule. Held on Sunday, June 15 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, it was the first of two races sponsored by the internet protection service LifeLock, the other being the LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on July 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197480-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 LifeLock 400\nEleven cars set times before rain set in and cancelled qualifying, so the field was set by the rule book with points leader Kyle Busch on pole, Jeff Burton second  and Dale Earnhardt Jr third. Jason Leffler (#70) and Tony Raines (#34) did not start because qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Kenny Wallace and the #87 car, and the #08 car, without a driver, were both withdrawn earlier in the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197480-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 LifeLock 400, Race Recap\nIn a mixture of luck, fuel economy and strategy, Dale Earnhardt Jr. scored his first win in 76 points races thanks to a late caution due to Sam Hornish, Jr.'s late-race crash, and a green-white-checker finish with Patrick Carpentier and Michael Waltrip crashing near the start/finish line to end the race. Instead of completing a victory lap, or doing the traditional burnout, Earnhardt coasted on to pit road after he had run out of fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197481-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 LifeLock.com 400\nThe 2008 LifeLock.com 400 was the nineteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and the final race under the TNT coverage for the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197481-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 LifeLock.com 400, Summary\nIt was held on July 12 of that year at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, as the race moved to a nighttime event for the first time in the event's history. Televised pre-race activities were scheduled to start at 6:30 PM US EDT, with the radio broadcast of the race handled by Sirius Satellite Radio via MRN, starting at 7:15 PM US EDT. The winner of the race was Kyle Busch, who drove past Jimmie Johnson on the final restart of the race. During practice, Kurt Busch uttered over the radio that his \"car just drives like shit\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197481-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 LifeLock.com 400, Qualifying\nQualifying was cancelled due to rain, so the field was set by NASCAR's rulebook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197481-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 LifeLock.com 400, Qualifying\nFailed to make race as qualifying was cancelled due to rain: Johnny Sauter (#08) and Tony Raines (#34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season\nLiga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2008 season is the club's 55th year in professional football, and the 47th in the top level of national football, Ecuador's Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season\nIn the domestic tournament, the club unsuccessfully defended their 2007 title, finishing as the runner-up to Deportivo Quito. The club reached a level of success in international tournaments that no other Ecuadorian club has ever achieved. LDU Quito became the first Ecuadorian club to win an international title by winning their first Copa Libertadores. The win allowed the club to participate in FIFA's annual Club World Cup, which they finished in 2nd place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season\n2008 marked the last season Argentine manager Edgardo Bauza will remain at the position. He would be replaced by Uruguayan Jorge Fossati, who previously led the team from 2003-2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Squad, Copa Libertadores squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Squad, Copa Sudamericana squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Squad, Club World Cup squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A\n2008 was the club's 47th season in the top-flight national tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A, First stage\nLDU Quito qualified for the Liguilla Final with 2 bonus points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 85], "content_span": [86, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A, Second stage\nFor the second stage, LDU Quito was drawn into Group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 86], "content_span": [87, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores\nLDU Quito qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores as the 2007 Serie A champion. It would be their 13th participation in CONMEBOL's top continental tournament. LDU Quito was drawn into Group 8 with Argentine 2006\u201307 season 5th place finishers Arsenal de Sarand\u00ed, 2007 Copa do Brasil winner Fluminense FC, and Paraguayan Clausura 2007 winner Club Libertad. They were the first team in the tournament to qualify to the knock-out round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 82], "content_span": [83, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores\nLDU Quito advanced to their first Copa Libertadores finals; they were the second Ecuadorian club to do so (the first being Barcelona). Los Albos won their first Copa Libertadores by penalty shootout after a 5-5 aggregate score at the end of the second leg. Goalkeeper Jos\u00e9 Francisco Cevallos blocked three penalty kicks to secure the title for his team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 82], "content_span": [83, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Copa Sudamericana\nLDU Quito participated in their 5th Copa Sudamericana. They qualified by finishing first in the second stage of the 2007 Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 82], "content_span": [83, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197482-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, FIFA Club World Cup\nLDU Quito was the first Ecuadorian club to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup and the first non-Argentine/Brazilian club from CONMEBOL to participate. As the winner of the Copa Libertadores, they received a bye into the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 84], "content_span": [85, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197483-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final\nThe 2008 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final was a football match which was played on 10 February 2008 at Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung. The match was supposed to take place on 9 February 2008 in Jakarta. However, due to fan riots in one of the semifinal matches, the match was postponed by a day and moved to Bandung to be played behind closed doors. Neither PSMS and Sriwijaya had made the final stage before. Sriwijaya won the match, defeating PSMS 3\u20131 in extra time, after the match was drawn at 1\u20131 at the conclusion of regular time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197484-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season\nThe 2008 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano was the 32nd season of Bolivia's top-flight professional football league. The season was split into two championships: the Apertura and the Clausura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197484-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season, Torneo Apertura\nThe 2008 Campeonato Apertura Entel was the first championship of the season. It began on February 23 and ended on July 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197484-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season, Torneo Clausura\nThe 2008 Campeonato Clausura Entel was the second championship of the season. It began on August 3 and ended on November 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197484-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season, Torneo Play Off, First Round\nAs the four best losers, Oriente Petrolero, San Jos\u00e9, Aurora, and The Strongest qualified to the Losers Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197484-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season, Torneo Play Off, Losers Round, Final\nSan Jos\u00e9 qualified for the semifinals as the best loser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 86], "content_span": [87, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197484-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season, Torneo Play Off, Finals, Second leg\nReal Potosi wins 2\u20130 on aggregate. Real Potosi qualified for the First Stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 85], "content_span": [86, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197484-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season, Relegation\nThe team with the worst average will be relegated to the Regional Leagues. The second-worst team will play a promotion/relegation playoff against the runner-up of the Regional Leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197484-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season, Relegation, Promotion/relegation playoff\nReal Mamor\u00e9 won 4\u20132 on aggregate. Real Mamor\u00e9 remains in the LFPB for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197485-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ligas Superiores del Peru\nThe 2008 Ligas Superiores, the fifth division of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by variable number teams by Ireland. The tournaments were played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The Ligas Superiores were experimental form in 2008. For the 2008, they were only four the Departmental Confederacies that have determined to adopt them: Ayacucho, Hu\u00e1nuco, Lambayeque and Puno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197486-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lillestr\u00f8m SK season\nThe 2008 season was Lillestr\u00f8m SK's 18th season in the Tippeligaen, and their 33rd consecutive season in the top division of Norwegian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197486-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lillestr\u00f8m SK season, Pre-season and friendlies\nThe first pre-season friendly was played on January 18 vs Ham-Kam. On the dates where it was scheduled two matches on the same day, the squad was split in two, playing a match each, complemented by the reserve team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197487-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 114th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197487-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 19 October 2008, Adare won the championship after a 0-13 to 0-08 defeat of Ahane in the final. It was their fourth championship title overall and their second title in succession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197488-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships\nThe 85th 2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships were held in S. Darius and S. Gir\u0117nas Stadium, Kaunas on 18\u201319 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197489-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian nuclear power referendum\nA referendum on extending the operation of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant was held in Lithuania on 12 October 2008 alongside parliamentary elections. The country's government was obliged to close down Ignalina as part of its treaty of accession to the European Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197489-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian nuclear power referendum\nThe electorate were asked to vote on the statement: \"I approve of the extension of operation of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant for a technically safe period, but not longer than completion of the construction of a new nuclear power plant.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197489-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian nuclear power referendum\nAlthough 91.4% of voters voted in favour of continuing the plant's operation, voter turnout was below the 50% threshold required to make the results valid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 12 October 2008, with a second round on 26 October in the constituencies where no candidate won a majority in the first round of voting. All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election; 71 in single-seat constituencies elected by majority vote and the remaining 70 in a nationwide constituency based on proportional representation. Together with the elections, a referendum on extending the operation of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election\nThe elections were won by a centre-right coalition, led by Andrius Kubilius of the Homeland Union. Kubilius was appointed the Prime Minister of a coalition government together with National Resurrection Party, Liberal and Centre Union, and Liberal Movement. The coalition had 80 seats in the 141-member Tenth Seimas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election\nThe parties that were part of coalition governments in the outgoing parliament suffered in the elections, with Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, Labour Party, New Union (Social Liberals), Liberal and Centre Union and Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union all losing seats in the Seimas, although Social Democrats increased their seat tally compared to the previous elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election\nThe elections were the first parliamentary elections since 1990 where no changes to the electoral law were implemented prior to the election, with the electoral system used for the 2004 elections being maintained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Background\nThe 2004 parliamentary elections were held on 10 October 2004, with the run-off on 24 October. The Labour Party ended up as the largest party in the parliament, with 39 seats in the 141-member Ninth Seimas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Background\nThe joint list consisting of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (20 seats) and New Union (Social Liberals) (11 seats) finished as runners-up, but the Social Democrats managed to form a coalition government with their leader, Algirdas Brazauskas, as the Prime Minister. The government also included the New Union, the Labour Party and the Peasants and New Democratic Party Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Background\nThe coalition did not last the full term \u2013 New Union and Labour Party left it in spring, 2006, bringing down the government of Brazauskas, who resigned and retired from politics. Gediminas Kirkilas became the new Prime Minister and the coalition (this time composed only by Social Democrats and Lithuanian Popular Peasants Union) was joined by the Civic Democratic Party (which had splintered from the Labour Party earlier in the year) and the Liberal and Centre Union. The new coalition governed in minority, with the support from opposition parties. New Union rejoined the coalition in January 2008. At the end of the term, Social Democrats were the largest parliamentary group with 38 members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Background\nHomeland Union was the largest opposition group in the parliament before the 2012 elections with 26 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nAll seats in the 141-member Seimas were up for election in parallel voting, with 71 members elected in single-seat constituencies and 70 members elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. Voting in the elections was open to all citizens of Lithuania who are at least 18-years-old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nThe first round took place on 12 October 2008. Members of the Seimas in the 71 single-seat constituencies were elected by a majority vote, with a run-off held on 26 October. The remaining 70 seats were allocated to the participating political parties using the largest remainder method, with a 5% threshold (7% for multi-party lists) to enter the parliament. Candidates took the seats allocated to their parties based on the preference lists submitted before the elections and adjusted by preference votes given by the voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nTo be eligible for election, candidates had to be at least 25-years-old on the election day, not under allegiance to a foreign state and permanently resident in Lithuania. Persons serving or due to serve a sentence imposed by the court 65 days before the elections were not eligible. Also, judges, citizens performing military service, and servicemen of professional military service and officials of statutory institutions and establishments could not stand for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe election campaign in 2008 took place in the context of overheating economy and high inflation. Following years of breakneck economic growth, the GDP was expected to shrink the following year. Inflation in 2006 exceeded the benchmark levels that would have allowed the country to adopt euro as a currency and continued rising, exceeding 12% in 2008. Economy, inflation and the adoption of the euro were high on the campaign agenda. In addition, energy security featured prominently, with the referendum on continued operation of Ignalina nuclear power plant was to take place with the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Campaign\nPre -election polls suggested that five parties would reach the 5% vote threshold to win proportionally-allocated seats in the Seimas: Homeland Union, Order and Justice, Labour Party, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union. Political advertisements on TV were banned before the elections, to reduce the influence of money in the elections, but contributing to a dull election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Campaign\nHomeland Union was hoping to return to power for the first time since 2000. Its leader Andrius Kubilius promised that his government would cut income taxes (paid for by introducing a property tax), review VAT exemptions and introduce euro at an unspecified time. Homeland Union was critical of the decision to hold a referendum regarding the Ignalina power plant, but promised to negotiate with the European Commission to postpone its closure. Homeland Union performed well in the municipal elections in 2007 and was hoping to further expand its electorate by actively campaigning on social media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Campaign\nOrder and Justice, led by former president Rolandas Paksas, campaigned for change, arguing that there was little difference between the two traditional largest parties, Homeland Union and Social Democrats. Paksas promised to hold a referendum whether to adopt the euro and to maintain a pragmatic relationship with Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe Labour Party had experienced upheaval since an investigation in its party finances, and its leader Viktor Uspaskich had been defeated in a bi-election. Labour campaigned on the platform of protecting small and medium enterprises in Lithuania. The party relied on its support in small towns of Lithuania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe Social Democrats, having led the government since 2001, were hoping to continue its run, with Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas stating that \"the new government cannot be formed without the Social Democrats\". As part of the campaign, he once again pledged to introduce progressive taxation in Lithuania and aim to introduce the euro between 2010 and 2012. On the other hand, the party was criticized for failing to tackle important reforms during its time in power and for failing to control budget deficits in times of economic growth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Campaign\nOther major contenders in the elections were the Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union, which had formed part of the government since 2004, the Liberal Movement, which enjoyed substantial support among students and businessmen, and the Liberal and Centre Union, led by former mayor of Vilnius, Art\u016bras Zuokas. Newly formed National Resurrection Party, led by a businessman and a showman Ar\u016bnas Valinskas rose to prominence shortly before the elections, with many media personalities among its ranks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Campaign\nIn total, 1,583 candidates and 20 electoral lists were vying for seats in the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe elections were won by the Homeland Union, which won 45 of 141 seats and finished ahead of the field for the first time since the elections in 1996. The recently established National Resurrection Party finished second in the nationwide constituency (winning 13 out of 70 proportionally-allocated seats), surprising many analysts. Its success was attributed to protest votes against established political movements and the party's popularity among young people attracted to its celebrity members. However, the party performed with less success in the single-seat constituencies, winning only 3 additional seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Aftermath\nGovernment parties performed poorly, with New Union and Peasants Popular Union even failing to clear 5% threshold for proportionally-allocated seats. Social Democrats finished fourth in the nationwide constituency, but ended up with 25 seats (only behind Homeland Union) due to a stronger performance in single-member constituencies. Social Democratic Party's leader Gediminas Kirkilas decided not to stand for leadership election in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197490-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Government formation\nHours after the end of voting in the second round, the Homeland Union, the National Resurrection Party, the Liberal Movement and the Liberal and Centre Union signed a coalition agreement. The four parties had 80 of the 141 seats in the Tenth Seimas. On 27 November 2008, Andrius Kubilius was appointed the Prime Minister of the coalition government. Ar\u016bnas Valinskas of the National Resurrection Party was elected as the Speaker of the Seimas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197491-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Little League Philippine Series\nThe 2008 Little League Philippine Series was held from April 5 to 13, 2008. The venue of the tournament was the Alabang Country Club in Muntinlupa. 72 teams joined in the various age divisions. This is an annual event and winners earn the right to represent Little League Philippines at the Asia Pacific Regional Tournaments to be held in June and July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197491-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Little League Philippine Series, Little League Baseball (11 to 12 Years Old)\nA new tournament format was used in 2008. The new format is similar to that used in the Mexican Little League tournament. A total of 29 teams joined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197492-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Little League World Series\nThe 2008 Little League World Series, was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It began on August 15 and ended August 24. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed to decide the winner of the 62nd installment of the Little League World Series. In the championship game, the United States champions from Waipi`o, Hawaii defeated the international champions from Matamoros, Mexico. This was the last iteration of the Little League World Series in which the international champions did not originate from an East Asian country until 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197492-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Little League World Series\nActivision released a video game in advance of the event, Little League World Series Baseball 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197492-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Little League World Series, Results, Pool play\nThe top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 24 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197492-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Little League World Series, Results, Pool play\nTies are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. In the event of a three-way tie for first place, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs-per-defensive-inning ratio is ranked first and advances. Second place is determined by the head-to-head result of the other two teams. If the three-way tie is for 2nd place, the runs-per-defensive-inning ratio rule is used. The team with the lowest run ratio advances, the other two teams are eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197492-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Little League World Series, Champions path\nAccording to the information provided at Unpage.com, the Waipio LL won 5 matches and lost 1 match to reach the LLWS. In total, their record was 16\u20132, their only losses coming against Central East Maui LL (from Hawaii), and Paseo Verde LL (from Nevada).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197493-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Little League World Series qualification\nQualification for the 2008 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions in July and August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197493-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Little League World Series qualification\nOne change from the 2007 Qualification is the realignment of the former EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) and Transatlantic regions. Instead of the aforementioned regions (which chiefly were divided by native-born players and US/Canadian/Japanese expatriates, respectively), teams will now be entered by geography: one for Europe, another for the Middle East and Africa, with both native-born and children of expatriates on the same team from a given country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197493-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Midwest\nNote: The Dakotas are organized into a single Little League district, which was won by a South Dakota team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197494-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Little League World Series results\nThe results of the 2008 Little League World Series were determined between August 15 and August 24, 2008 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 16 teams were divided into four groups, two with four teams from the United States and two with four international teams each, playing in a round robin format. In each group, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage. The last remaining team from the United States faced the last remaining international team for the Little League World Series Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197495-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Liverpool City Council election\nElections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. (30 seats plus 1 in a by-election)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197495-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Liverpool City Council election, By Elections, Fazakerley, 18 February 2010\nCaused by the death of Councillor Jack Spriggs (Labour, elected 1 May 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197496-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge\nThe 2008 Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge monument classic cycling race took place on April 27, 2008 and was won by Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d'Epargne, beating Italian Davide Rebellin of Gerolsteiner and Luxembourger Fr\u00e4nk Schleck of Team CSC in a sprint finish. It was the 94th running of the Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge, organised by Amaury Sport Organisation and the Royal Pesant Club Li\u00e9geois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197497-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence\nThe United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the governing alliance in India elected in 2004, faced its first confidence vote in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) on 22 July 2008 after the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front withdrew support over India approaching the IAEA for the Indo-US nuclear deal. The vote was so crucial that the UPA and the opposition parties summoned MPs from their sick beds and even from prison cells to take part in the vote, which was eventually won by the Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197497-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, Before the vote\nThe following list indicates the official position of the political parties before the voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197497-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, Before the vote\nUPA and supporters: 268 MPs for the government NDA and others: 263 MPs against the government Undecided: 11 MPs Non-voting: 1 MP", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197497-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, Voting\nIn the 543 member Lok Sabha, the UPA needed 272 votes for the government to enjoy a simple majority. The UPA won the confidence vote with 275 votes to the opposition's 256, (10 members abstained from the vote) to record a 19-vote victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197497-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, Abstensions\nTen members abstained from the voting despite some of them having received strict contrary instructions from their parties. Among the 10, 2 MPs followed their party decision of abstaining so as to not be seen as supporting the UPA or the BJP, Left led opposition. Those two were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197497-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, Abstensions\nThe other 8 members who abstained defied their party stand. These 8 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197497-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, Cross voting\nThe 7 members of the UPA who cross-voted against the government were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197497-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, Cross voting\nConversely, there were at least four members of the opposition who cross-voted in favour of the government proposal. These 4 were", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197497-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, Allegations of bribery\nThree BJP MPs \u2013 Ashok Argal (Morena), Faggan Singh Kulaste (Mandla) and Mahavir Bhagora (Salumber) amidst discussion walked towards the Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and placed two brown and black leather bags on a table. They pulled out bundles of \u20b91,000 (US$14) and alleged that Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh had tried to offer them bribe to vote in favour of the government. The BJP MP Kulaste, alleged that Amar Singh and Congress leader Ahmed Patel, an aide to Sonia Gandhi tried to offer bribe of \u20b990 million (US$1.3\u00a0million) to remain absent from the confidence vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197497-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, Allegations of bribery\nAmar Singh denied the charges. Speaker Somnath Chatterjee asked the police chief of New Delhi to investigate the bribery issue. Indian news channel CNN IBN which carried out the sting operation by recording using hidden cameras agreed to share the material with Indian authorities. A joint parliamentary committee formed to investigate the issue submitted its report to the Lok Sabha on 15 December 2008, after finding no evidence for bribery against the MPs Amar Singh and Ahmad Patel, thereby exonerating them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197497-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, Expulsions\nAs a result of not obeying the instructions issued by their political parties, many MPs were expelled as an aftermath of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197498-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 London Assembly election\nAn election to the Assembly of London took place on 1 May 2008, along with the 2008 London mayoral election. The Conservatives gained 2 seats, Labour  gained one seat, the Liberal Democrats lost two seats, and UKIP were wiped out. Notably, a candidate for the British National Party (BNP) was elected for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197498-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 London Assembly election\nThe Assembly is elected by the Additional Member System. Fourteen directly elected constituencies exist, all of which have, to date, only ever been won by the Conservative Party or the Labour Party. An additional eleven members are allocated by a London wide top-up vote with the proviso that parties must win at least five percent of the vote to qualify for the list seats. Prior to these elections, these seats were held by five Liberal Democrats, two Labour Party members, two Green Party members and two One Londoners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197498-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 London Assembly election\nThe two One London members were elected as candidates for the UK Independence Party, but then joined or supported the breakaway Veritas party and subsequently left Veritas to form One London. Compared to the previous election, two separate factions of RESPECT Unity Coalition stood in 2008: Respect (George Galloway), who supported Ken Livingstone in the mayoral election, and Left List, who supported Lindsey German (RESPECT's mayoral candidate in 2004).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197498-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 London Assembly election, Results\n\u2020 Joint-ticket Christian Party/Christian Peoples Alliance candidates standing as \"Christian Choice\"# Communist Party of Britain were listed on the ballot paper as \"Unity for Peace and Socialism\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197498-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 London Assembly election, Analysis\nLabour gained Brent and Harrow from Conservative (which had been the only constituency seat changing hands in 2004, having then been gained from Labour). The other 13 constituencies remained unchanged, with the two Liberal Democrat challenges, in South West against the Conservatives, and Lambeth and Southwark against Labour, both showing swings against the Liberal Democrats. The Labour-Conservative marginal, with just 1.3% majority, of Enfield and Haringey was defended by Labour with only a tiny swing to the Conservatives. Thus the Labour campaign for the London Assembly was considerably more successful than their campaign in the local elections held on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197498-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 London Assembly election, Analysis\nThe Liberal Democrat and UKIP vote shares were both very poor compared with 2004, with UKIP wiped out entirely, and the Liberal Democrats losing two members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197498-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 London Assembly election, Analysis\nThe Labour vote share was up, but because of their capture of a FPTP seat, they did not gain any extra Additional Members against 2004. The biggest vote increase was for the Conservatives, achieving the highest ever showing of any party on the list, 34%; as a result and also due to their loss of one FPTP seat, they went from zero to three additional members. The Conservative record was subsequently surpassed by Labour in 2012 (41.1%) and 2016 (40.3%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197498-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 London Assembly election, Analysis\nThe British National Party won their first seat on the Assembly by reaching the 5% threshold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197498-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 London Assembly election, London Assembly representation\n[ \u2020] Both UKIP Assembly members had subsequently defected and formed the new One London party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197499-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 London Marathon\nThe 2008 London Marathon was the 28th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:05:15 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Irina Mikitenko in 2:24:14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197499-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 London Marathon\nIn the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:33:56) and Switzerland's Sandra Graf (1:48:04) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Graf knocked over a minute off the course record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197499-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 London Marathon\nAround 120,000 people applied to enter the race: 48,630 had their applications accepted and 35,037 started the race. A total of 34,212 runners, 23,574 men and 10,638 women, finished the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197500-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 London Sevens\nThe London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition took place 24 May and 25 May at Twickenham in London, England and was the seventh Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197500-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 London Sevens\nSamoa won their first Cup of the season, defeating Fiji in the final 19-14. In a shock Plate final, New Zealand defeated South Africa 19-12. However, this result was enough to ensure that New Zealand won the overall 2007-08 Series with a round to spare. New Zealand had earlier lost to the hosts England in the Cup quarter-finals, whilst South Africa failed to score against Argentina at the same stage in the tournament. The other main surprise of the tournament was Portugal reaching the Cup competition, partly by defeating Australia in the group stages. Later on in the tournament, Australia managed a consolation victory in the Bowl, whilst Spain won the Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election\nThe 2008 London mayoral election for the office of Mayor of London, England, was held on 1 May 2008. Conservative candidate Boris Johnson defeated incumbent Labour Ken LivingstoneIt was the third London mayoral election, the previous elections being the first election in May 2000 and the second election in June 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election\nBoris Johnson became the second Mayor of London and the first Conservative to hold the office since its creation in 2000. This became the first London Mayoral election in which the incumbent mayor was defeated by a challenger. The popular vote achieved by Boris Johnson remained the largest polled by winning mayoral candidate until Labour candidate, Sadiq Khan, received 1,148,716 first-preference votes in 2016. The result was the first time that the Conservatives had won control of London-wide government since 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, Conservative Party\nThe Conservative candidate was determined by a primary election open to the entire London electorate, originally scheduled for October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, Conservative Party\nCandidates who had applied by the 4 August deadline included Richard Barnes, London Assembly member for Ealing and Hillingdon, who withdrew in July 2007 and threw his support behind Boris Johnson; Andrew Boff, former Hillingdon and Hackney London Borough Councillor; Nicholas Boles, Policy Exchange think-tank director, who withdrew in July 2007 for health reasons; Dr Robert Frew, a cultural policy and management specialist; Victoria Borwick, Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Councillor; Warwick Lightfoot, also a Kensington and Chelsea councillor; and Lee Rotherham. Steven Norris, Conservative mayoral candidate in 2000 and 2004, ruled himself out. Broadcaster Nick Ferrari also considered seeking the nomination but eventually decided against it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 834]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, Conservative Party\nBy the 4 August 2006 deadline, however, the process was delayed for six months to allow time for further candidates to submit applications. Prospective applicants who subsequently publicly declared were Lurline Champagnie, a London Borough of Harrow councillor; Winston McKenzie, a former boxer; and disc jockey Mike Read. Read withdrew in July 2007 following a change in the voting system for Conservative candidates, giving his support to Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, Conservative Party\nIn April 2007 the Conservative party confirmed it had approached former Director-General of the BBC Greg Dyke. Dyke stated he would not stand except on a joint ticket with the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats stated this would be against its party's constitution. Around this point former Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major was considered a possible candidate, but he turned down an offer from David Cameron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, Conservative Party\nFollowing media and members' criticism over the party's selection procedure, the party chairman revised the timetable requiring a candidate to be in place before the party conference at the end of September 2007. In June 2007, the party scheduled the selection process to conclude on 27 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, Conservative Party\nOn 16 July, shortly before the noon deadline for nominations, Boris Johnson confirmed he would seek the Conservative nomination. A final four of Johnson, Boff, Borwick and Lightfoot were chosen on 21 July for the primary election. On 27 September 2007, Johnson won 75% of the vote and, thus, the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, Labour Party\nOn 3 May 2007, following consultations with London Labour Party members, the Labour Party selected Ken Livingstone, the incumbent mayor, as their mayoral candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, The Left List\nFollowing a split in the Respect Party at the end of 2007, the George Galloway-led faction (also referred to as Respect Renewal) retained the rights to the use of the name in elections. The Socialist Workers Party-dominated faction put forward Lindsey German under the Left List banner. Galloway's faction did not put forward a candidate, though Galloway declared his support for Ken Livingstone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, English Democrats\nIn July 2007, the English Democrats nominated talkSPORT presenter Garry Bushell as a candidate in the 2008 election. In January 2008, Bushell stepped aside (due to work commitments) in favour of Fathers-4-Justice campaigner Matt O'Connor, who successfully stood against Andrew Constantine, a City of London Banker, in a selection contest. O'Connor was also their last London-wide list Assembly candidate. O'Connor withdrew on 25 April, after he fell out with the party over leadership, campaign funding and tactics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, Liberal Democrats\nThe Liberal Democrats drew up a shortlist in September 2007 with a final choice made by a one member, one vote ballot of party members. Simon Hughes, the party's 2004 mayoral candidate, did not stand. The ballot was won by former police chief Brian Paddick. who defeated Chamali Fernando and Councillor Fiyaz Mughal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, British National Party\nOn 9 May 2007, the British National Party selected Richard Barnbrook, leader of the opposition on Barking & Dagenham Borough Council, and a member of the party's National Advisory Committee, to stand for election in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, UK Independence Party\nAt the UK Independence Party (UKIP) 2007 party conference, Gerard Batten who was the UKIP MEP for the London region was selected to contest the London Mayoral Election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, UK Independence Party\nIn October 2006, UKIP talked of talkSPORT presenter James Whale standing against Ken Livingstone in the 2008 election. The government's media authority Ofcom told Whale that becoming Mayor would prevent him from continuing his radio show. Whale subsequently stated on his programme he would not be the UKIP candidate, but he did not rule out standing for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, Green Party\nOn 12 March 2007 the party selected Si\u00e2n Berry as its mayoral candidate after a ballot of its London members, receiving 45% of the vote. The other candidates were Shahrar Ali, Shane Collins, Katie Dawson and Terry McGrenera. Berry was also one of their Assembly candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, Winston McKenzie\nIn December 2007 former boxer Winston McKenzie told the BBC that he intended to stand for Mayor of London as an independent on an anti-gang crime platform, having failed to secure the Conservative nomination earlier in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Candidate selection process, Christian Choice\nOn 12 February Alan Craig was selected by the Christian Choice Party to stand in the Mayoral election. The Christian Choice Party are an alliance between the Christian Party and the Christian Peoples Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Potential candidates who did not stand\nThere were a significant number of people who claimed that they were planning to stand, but did not submit valid nomination papers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Potential candidates who did not stand, One London Party\nThe One London Party chose their leader, Damian Hockney, as candidate but on 27 March 2008 Hockney withdrew from the mayoral race. He blamed a lack of media opportunities for smaller parties such as his, and claimed the race was \"a media election, fought just in the media\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Potential candidates who did not stand, Time Out\nThe London listings magazine Time Out planned to recruit a self-financing candidate to stand on a manifesto agreed by its readers. In February 2008 it confirmed that columnist Michael Hodges would be its candidate, standing on a reformist ticket. However, he decided not to stand, citing the bureaucratic legislative requirements for candidates and instead pledged to \"fight on\" to open the system up to ordinary Londoners to stand as independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Potential candidates who did not stand, John Bird\nIn March 2007 following widespread speculation that John Bird, founder of The Big Issue, would seek the Conservative nomination, he stated that he would stand as an independent, on a platform of \"social inclusion\". In October 2007, he withdrew from the race and instead promised to launch a new social movement around tackling poverty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Potential candidates who did not stand, Others\nChris Prior planned to stand on a platform to abolish the congestion charge for the London Assembly but pulled out of the mayoral race shortly before the close of nominations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Potential candidates who did not stand, Others\nOn 21 February 2008 Dennis Delderfield was nominated by the New Britain Party. He said he would abolish the Mayoral office and the Greater London Authority (GLA). He did not submit a valid nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Potential candidates who did not stand, Others\nJohn Flunder was to be the Senior Citizens Party candidate for Mayor of London but did not submit a valid nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Potential candidates who did not stand, Others\nLondonElectsYou.co.uk, a social networking site aimed at selecting a member of the public to contest the election with a \u00a350,000 campaign budget, was set up in March 2008. The winning candidate did not submit any nomination however, with the site's founder David Smuts claiming that electoral authorities' bureaucratic obstructions failed to get them the required access to the electoral register to validate their nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Potential candidates who did not stand, Others\nIn April 2007 Richard Fairbrass, the lead singer of pop band Right Said Fred, considered standing for Mayor of London on a platform of opposition to the London congestion charge. In December 2007 media reports that peace protester Brian Haw would stand for Mayor of London remained unsubstantiated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Voting system\nThe supplementary vote system is used for all mayoral elections in England and Wales. Under this system voters express a first preference and (optionally) a second preference. If no candidate is the first choice of a majority of voters (i.e. more than 50%), the top two candidates proceed to a second round. Voters whose first choice has been eliminated have their second preferences scrutinised, in order to determine which of the remaining candidates is favoured by a majority of all voters who have expressed a preference between the two. This gives a result whereby the winning candidate has the support of a majority of votes cast (at least by those who expressed a preference among the top two).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Voting system, Second preference recommendations\nVarious parties recommended a variety of second preferences to their supporters. Labour and the Greens formed a second preference pact, urging Livingstone supporters to give their second choice vote to Berry and vice versa. Left List also encouraged their supporters to vote Livingstone second, while the BNP encouraged theirs to vote Johnson second, although Johnson stated during the campaign that he did not want the second choice votes of BNP supporters. Brian Paddick was regularly pressed through the campaign to recommend a second preference choice to Liberal Democrat voters, with Livingstone and the Labour Party keen to be chosen, but Paddick refused to make such a recommendation, revealing after the election that his second preference vote was for the Left List.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Voting system, Vote counting\nVotes were counted using an optical scan voting system, where a computer scans the ballot papers and registers the votes. A digital image of the ballot paper was also taken so if there were problems with any of the papers, they could be examined by humans. In 2008, due to the large turnout, the counting took over 15 hours. However, if counted manually the process could - according to London Elects - take up to 3 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197501-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 London mayoral election, Voting system, Vote counting\nElection observers have declared \"there is insufficient evidence available to allow independent observers to state reliably whether the results declared in the May 2008 elections for the Mayor of London and the London Assembly are an accurate representation of voters\u2019 intentions.\" London Elects have been unable to publish an audit of some of the software used in the count. The Open Rights Group reports that there was equipment directly connected to the counting servers to which observers had limited or no access and that the presence of error messages, bugs and system freezes indicates poor software quality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197502-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Longnan riot\nThe 2008 Longnan riot was a protest that turned into a riot involving thousands of people in Longnan, Gansu, People's Republic of China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197502-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Longnan riot, Cause\nThe state media did not explain the source of the unrest, though local residents said many protesters were angered by the government's decision to transfer its offices to a wealthier city. Residents in Longnan said the disturbances there were fueled by economic distress, unchecked corruption and a lack of transparency by the local Communist Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197502-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Longnan riot, Riot\nA crowd of about 1,000 - 2,000 people attacked a government office in northwest Gansu province, smashing cars and beating up police and officials. The crowd eventually grew to 10,000 according to some sources. Armed police officers from the provincial capital used tear gas to subdue the rioters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197502-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Longnan riot, Aftermath\nDamages are estimated at more than five million yuan (US$731,000).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197503-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Angels season\nThe 2008 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season was the 48th season for the franchise. The regular season ended with the Angels winning their seventh American League West division title and setting a franchise record for single-season wins. In the postseason, they were once again defeated by the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series, the same team that defeated them in the 2004 and 2007 ALDS, as well as the 1986 ALCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197503-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Angels season\nGeneral manager Bill Stoneman retired at the end of the 2007 season and was replaced by relative newcomer Tony Reagins. Reagins quickly made two headline roster moves, trading shortstop Orlando Cabrera to the Chicago White Sox for starting pitcher Jon Garland, and signing free agent outfielder Torii Hunter. Partway through the season the Angels traded first baseman Casey Kotchman to the Atlanta Braves for Mark Teixeira.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197503-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Angels season\nOn September 10, the Angels clinched the American League West division title, their seventh in franchise history, and became the earliest team to clinch the division in its history. Three days later, closing pitcher Francisco Rodr\u00edguez broke the single-season save record with his 58th save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197503-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Angels season, Season, Playoffs\nThe Angels beat the New York Yankees 4 to 2 on September 10, 2008 and about an hour later Seattle beat Texas which clinched the division for the Angels. With the Boston Red Sox securing the AL Wild Card, the Angels would have to face their old foes in the first round of the playoffs once again. The Red Sox swept the Angels in the division series in 2007 and 2004, but failed to do so in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197503-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Angels season, Season, Playoffs\nJohn Lackey gave up a 2-run homer to Jason Bay in the top of the sixth letting Boston take a lead they would not relinquish. Boston went on to win 4 to 2 marking the 10th straight playoff game the Angels lost to Boston. People now refer to this as the curse of Donnie Moore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197503-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Angels season, Player stats, Batting, Main hitters\nIncludes those who qualify for the batting title. Only includes statistics obtained while playing for LAA. Casey Kotchman was traded to the Atlanta Braves for Mark Teixeira on July 28. Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197503-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Angels season, Player stats, Starting pitchers\nNote: GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197503-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Angels season, Player stats, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games Played; SV = Save; H = Hold", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197503-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Angels season, Playoffs, Statistics, Batting Statistics\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197503-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Angels season, Playoffs, Statistics, Starting pitchers\nNote: GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197503-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Angels season, Playoffs, Statistics, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games Played; SV = Save; H = Hold", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197504-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Avengers season\nThe 2008 Los Angeles Avengers season was the ninth and final season for the franchise. The Avengers finished the season with a 5\u201311 record, and failed to make the playoffs. Two days after the final regular season game, head coach Ed Hodgkiss and two assistants were fired from the team. Also, the team folded 10 months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197504-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Avengers season, Roster\nRookies in italics updated June 25, 200824 Active, 4 Inactive, 3 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197505-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election\nThe 2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections were held on June 3, 2008, coinciding with the California elections, June 2008. Three of the five seats (for the Second, Fourth and Fifth Districts) of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors were contested in this election. None of the incumbents were termed out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197505-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election, Results, Second District\nSince Second District voters failed to elect a Supervisor by a two-thirds vote, a runoff election was held on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197506-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season\nThe 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season featured the Dodgers celebrating their Golden Anniversary in Southern California under new manager Joe Torre as they won the National League West for the first time since 2004, and returned to the postseason after missing the playoffs in 2007. They swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS to advance to the NLCS. It was their first playoff series win since 1988 when they went on to win the World Series. However, they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in five games in the NLCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197506-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; TB = Total bases; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts;  SB = Stolen bases; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; Avg. = Batting average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197506-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: G = Games Played; GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; H = Hits; R = Runs; ER = Earned Runs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197506-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season, 2008 National League Division Series\nThe Dodgers advanced to the 2008 NLDS to play the Central Division champion Chicago Cubs. They wound up sweeping the Cubs in three games, taking the first two at Wrigley Field and then ending the series in Game 3 at home. This was the Dodgers first post season series victory since the 1988 World Series and first post season sweep since the 1963 World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197506-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season, 2008 National League Championship Series\nThe Dodgers advanced to the NLCS for the first time since 1988 to play the Philadelphia Phillies, in the fourth National League Championship Series meeting between the two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197506-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft\nThe Dodgers selected 45 players in this draft. Of those, eleven of them would eventually play Major League baseball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197506-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft\nThe first round pick was right handed pitcher Ethan Martin from Stephens County School in Toccoa, Georgia. He was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2012 (along with this year's second round pick, pitcher Josh Lindblom) and made his Major league debut for the Phillies in 2013. The fourth round pick, shortstop Dee Gordon became an All-Star as the Dodgers second baseman in 2014, when he also led the league in steals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197507-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards\nThe 34th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2008. Pixar's animated film WALL-E won the Best Film award and became the first-ever animated film to do so; however, the film lost the Best Animated Film award to Waltz with Bashir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197508-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Sparks season\nThe 2008 Los Angeles Sparks season was the 12th season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks returned to the postseason for the first time since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197508-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Angeles Sparks season, Player stats\nNote: GP= Games played; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197509-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Roques archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash\nOn 4 January 2008, a scheduled domestic Transaven flight from Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar International Airport to Los Roques Airport, 118 kilometres (64\u00a0nmi) north of the departure airport and over water, radioed that both engines had failed and that they were descending through 3,000 feet. The crew was going to attempt a ditching as close as possible to the Los Roques archipelago. Shortly thereafter, radio contact was lost and the plane disappeared from radar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197509-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Roques archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash, Aircraft\nThe aircraft operating this flight was a Let L-410UVP-E3, registration YV2081, built in Czechoslovakia in 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197509-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Roques archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash, Search\nAnother Transaven Let L-410 flew over the area the aircraft was thought to have crashed, but found no trace, other than a spot of liquid on the surface of the water that soon after dissipated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197509-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Roques archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash, Search\nActive sea and air searches were called off without finding any trace of the aircraft. On 12 January 2008, some fishermen found the body of a man 12 kilometres off the coast of Venezuela. After having performed the autopsy, the doctors determined that it was the corpse of the co-pilot, the 37-year-old Osmel Alfredo Avila Otamendi. At a short distance from the place of discovery of the corpse of the co-pilot his life vest was found.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197509-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Roques archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash, Search\nIn April 2008, a Venezuelan navy vessel, using a sonar, was able to identify the presumed wreckage of an aircraft, located approximately 300 metres deep. The wreckage was recovered, but it didn't belong to the disappeared aircraft. Subsequently, search were suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197509-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Roques archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash, Search, Discovery of the wreckage\nOn 20 June 2013, more than five years after the accident, the wreckage of the aircraft was located in the sea at a depth of 970 metres (3,180\u00a0ft), nine kilometres south of Los Roques. It was discovered by the US flagship Sea Scout which was working in the area for days. The ship was looking for the wreckage of another crashed aircraft which went down five years to the day of this incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197509-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Roques archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash, Passengers and crew\nThe crew consisted of one Venezuelan pilot and a copilot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197509-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Los Roques archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash, Passengers and crew\nAlong with them, there were four other passengers: a Swiss citizen and three Venezuelans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197510-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Losail Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Losail Superbike World Championship round was the opening round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of February 21\u201323, 2008 at the 5.38 km Losail International Circuit in Qatar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197511-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary took place on February 9, 2008, and had 56 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Louisiana's seven congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 37. Another 29 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 56 delegates represented Louisiana at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Ten other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197511-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nWith its heavily African American population, Barack Obama solidly defeated Hillary Clinton in Louisiana. According to exit polls, 48 percent of voters in the Louisiana Democratic Primary were African Americans and they opted for Obama by a margin of 86-13 compared to the 47 percent of white voters who backed Clinton by a margin of 58-30. Obama won all age groups and educational attainment levels in Louisiana except senior citizens aged 65 and over and those who did not complete high school. Obama won voters who identified as Democrats and those who identified as Republicans as well as Independents and all ideological groups. Regarding religion, Obama won all major denominations, including Roman Catholics, a group that often strongly backed Clinton nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197511-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama did best in the more rural counties in Louisiana which are majority-African American. He also performed extremely well in the urban areas of New Orleans, Shreverport-Bossier City, and Lake Charles. Obama also performed extremely well in Cajun Country. Clinton did best in the areas north of New Orleans and east of Baton Rouge in the 1st Congressional District, which is among the most conservative in Louisiana and the South at large. She also performed well in rural counties in Central Louisiana and those along the Louisiana-Texas border that are majority white. John Edwards finished in third, securing only about 3.4% of the vote and no delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary\nThe 2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses were held on January 22 and the primary on February 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Background\nOn December 19, 2007, the Republican Party of Louisiana announced the procedures for selection of its delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Background\nThe Louisiana caucuses selected 105 delegates to the state convention on February 16 in Baton Rouge. Fifteen delegates (and 15 alternates) from each of the seven congressional districts were elected at the caucus sites. Eligibility to participate was originally restricted to those who had been registered Louisiana Republicans since November 30, 2007 and presented a photo identification, however the restriction date was changed to November 1, 2007 at the last minute. Voters were to select up to 15 candidates on a secret ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Background\nTwenty-one delegates to the 2008 RNC will be selected through the caucus process, since each district's 15 delegates to the state convention will separately select three RNC delegates and three alternates for their respective district. In addition, the state convention delegates, as a whole, will select 20 delegates and 20 alternates to the national convention as at-large delegates. Under state party rules, if there is a majority in the February 9 Louisiana primary, these 20 delegates are pledged to vote for the winner. Otherwise, these 20 will officially go to the convention uncommitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Background\nThe remaining six members of the RNC delegation are chosen as follows: The Louisiana GOP chair and the two Louisiana representatives on the Republican National Committee (\"party delegates\") have automatic spots as 2008 RNC delegates, and the other three delegates will be selected by the executive committee of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Background\nUnlike other Republican caucuses, which feature a straw poll (or presidential preference election) prior to the election of delegates to the state convention, no preference election was conducted. All delegates elected at the caucus are \"uncommitted\" and considered unallocated to any candidate. However, many campaigns will distribute lists of delegates who will vote for their preferred presidential candidate. Delegates can be any Republican who has submitted the necessary paperwork and paid the $100 fee ($50 for alternate delegate). By setting up the caucus in this non-binding way, it allows Louisiana to avoid the delegate penalties that have befallen Michigan, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Caucuses\nUnofficial delegate assignment results of the January 22 caucuses had been made available on the homepage of the Republican Party of Louisiana. The official results have been released, but the results only indicate which delegates garnered the most votes, and fail to match the delegates with the candidate they support. Preliminary results show John McCain winning the most committed delegates, followed by Ron Paul in second place, and Mitt Romney in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Caucuses\nRon Paul's campaign is challenging the caucus, citing multiple errors in the process, significant irregularities including the decision by the Louisiana GOP to waive the original deadline which saw Ron Paul leading in delegates pledged to him, and extending the deadline after the fact in order to give other candidates two more days to file delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Caucuses, Locations\nRepublicans were assigned to one of 11 locations in the state to caucus in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Caucuses, Campaign\nThe Louisiana caucus has not been well noticed by the media. Many media outlets outside the state focus on the February 9 primary, although that primary will select 20 delegates at most to the national convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 79], "content_span": [80, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Caucuses, Campaign\nAccording to the state party, only Mitt Romney, John McCain, and Fred Thompson were campaigning in the state as of December 2007, although Ron Paul will visit the state the day before the caucus. Turnout is expected to be low due to the limited number of sites. Commentators have criticized the state party for the confusing system, which has admitted that the caucus is designed \"for people who are politically active... not just casual voters\" and that the February 9 primary is just a \"beauty contest\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 79], "content_span": [80, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Caucuses, Campaign\nThe slate gaining the highest votes was a \"pro-family, pro-life\" slate which used the image of former President Ronald Reagan to advocate candidate who supported reduced government and a strong national defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 79], "content_span": [80, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Caucuses, Results\nRon Paul had the greatest number of delegates by the January 10 deadline, which was then extended to January 12. Ron Paul's campaign is challenging mistakes it claims were made by the Louisiana GOP, including the wrongful issuance of provisional ballots to hundreds of voters, in numbers sufficient to alter the outcome. According to a state Republican Party press release regarding the preliminary results, the order of placement of slates was Uncommitted Pro-Life, McCain, Paul, Romney, others. Note that candidates could run on more than one slate. Many of the Uncommitted Pro-Life delegates have since committed to McCain. In addition, after a recount of delegates, the provisional ballots were found not to have changed the results, with about two-thirds of the provisional ballots being cast by members of other parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 78], "content_span": [79, 905]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Caucuses, Results\nOn February 1, 2008, state party chairman Roger F. Villere, Jr., congratulated the McCain campaign via e-mail for winning a majority of the delegates statewide, including receiving a majority of delegates in Congressional Districts 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7. In addition, the party executive committee and the three Louisiana superdelegates have also committed to McCain, thus giving McCain 41 delegates from Louisiana, 35 of which are from the caucus process. This assumes that no other candidate will receive more than 50% in the February 9 primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 78], "content_span": [79, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Primary\nUnder Louisiana Republican Party rules, since no candidate received a majority of the vote, no delegates are pledged as a result of this primary. 21 delegates have already indirectly been assigned via the Louisiana Republican caucus held on January 22. The 20 delegates elected at the state convention were formally unpledged, although an estimated 41 of Louisiana's 47 delegates were going to support John McCain, and the state party chair congratulated McCain on winning those 41 delegates, before the primary was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Primary\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197512-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Convention\nAt the state convention, held February 16, the Associated Press identified 32 McCain delegates from the caucus process, with three uncommitted and nine unavailable for comment. The AP also confirmed that the three party delegates support McCain, giving him 35 delegates from Louisiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197513-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team\nThe 2008 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by second-year head coach Derek Dooley, the Bulldogs played their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. Dooley's Bulldogs entered the season after finishing 5\u20137 (4\u20134 WAC) in 2007. Louisiana Tech kicked off the season with a victory over Mississippi State, finished tied for second place in the WAC, and capped off the year with an Independence Bowl victory over Northern Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197513-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team, Before the season, T-Day spring game\nOn April 12, 2008, the White Team came from behind to beat the Blue Team 14\u201313 at Joe Aillet Stadium. Defense dominated the first half as neither team's offense could muster a score. With nine seconds remaining in the second quarter, the Blue Team's Jay Dudley blocked a Brad Oestricher field goal attempt, and Brian White recovered the ball and ran 71\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The extra point was missed, and the Blue Team went into the locker room with a 6-0 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197513-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team, Before the season, T-Day spring game\nIn the third quarter, the Blue Team extended their lead to 13\u20130 on a trick play as TE Dennis Morris tossed a touchdown pass to WR Philip Beck. Just seconds into the fourth quarter, RB William Griffin rushed for a three-yard touchdown for the White Team's first score of the game. Later in the fourth quarter, QB Ross Jenkins connected on a thirty-yard touchdown pass to WR Phillip Livas to complete the White Team's 14-13 comeback win. LB Quin Harris led the White Team with four tackles including a sack. Josh Victorian had 3.5 tackles and pulled in an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197513-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team, Before the season, T-Day spring game\nThe Blue Team's D'Anthony Smith had four tackles on the day with two sacks. Shawn Simmons led the Blue Team with 8.5 tackles. LB Jay Dudley had 5.5 tackles with a sack. Brian White added an interception to go with his return for a touchdown, and safety Deon Young added another interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197514-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election\nVoters in Louisiana's 1st congressional district voting in a special election on May 3, 2008, elected Steve Scalise as a new member of the United States House of Representatives, replacing Representative Bobby Jindal who resigned on January 14, 2008, to become Governor of Louisiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197514-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election\nThis election and Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election were the first Louisiana congressional elections not based on Louisiana's jungle primary since the 1970s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197515-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election\nThe February 2, 2008 resignation of Republican Richard Baker triggered a special election for Louisiana's 6th district. In anticipation of this election, party qualifying occurred before Baker's resignation. The timeline mirrored that of the 2008 special election for the 1st congressional district. The two elections were the first Louisiana congressional elections not based on Louisiana's jungle primary system since the 1970s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197515-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election\nDemocrat Don Cazayoux won the 6th district election, defeating Republican Woody Jenkins by three percentage points, as well as two independent candidates and a member of the Constitution Party. He was sworn in on May 6, switching the party affiliation of the seat. (This was the second time such a party switch occurred due to a special election during the 110th Congress.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197516-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team\nThe 2008 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at M. L. Tigue Moore Field and were led by fourteenth year head coach Tony Robichaux.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197517-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team\nThe 2008 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Louisiana\u2013Lafayette competed as a member of the Sun Belt Conference, and played their home games at Cajun Field. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by seventh-year head coach Rickey Bustle. UL-Lafayette finished the season with a 6\u20136 record (Sun Belt: 5\u20132).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197517-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team\nLouisiana\u2013Lafayette came close to an upset against 24th-ranked Illinois at home but ultimately lost, 20\u201317. The Ragin' Cajuns were also competitive against Kansas State, trailing by 42\u201337 late in that game, but Louisiana-Lafayette was hindered by ten penalties, twice as many as called against their opponent. Louisiana-Lafayette beat Arkansas State with a touchdown in the last 0:42 to play and won, 28\u201323. They defeated Florida International decisively, 49\u201320, before losing to UTEP in Lafayette. lost to Florida Atlantic after trailing, 40\u20137, in the final quarter. The following week, they were routed by eventual Sun Belt champions Troy, 48\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197517-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team\nUL-Lafayette won their finale against Middle Tennessee, 42\u201328, which gave the Cajuns their sixth win, and with it, bowl eligibility. The Ragin' Cajuns also finished second in the Sun Belt Conference with a 5\u20132 mark in league play. It was the third season in four years that the Cajuns became bowl eligible, but the Cajuns did not receive a bowl bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197518-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns softball team\nThe 2008 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns softball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2008 NCAA Division I softball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at Lamson Park and were led by eighth and ninth year husband and wife head coaching duo Michael and Stefni Lotief, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197519-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks football team\nThe 2008 Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks football team represented the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Louisiana\u2013Monroe competed as a member of the Sun Belt Conference, and played their home games at Malone Stadium. The Warhawks were led by sixth-year head coach Charlie Weatherbie. ULM finished the season with a 4\u20138 record (3\u20134).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197519-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks football team\nThe Warhawks' season started with a fumble on the first play, which 10th-ranked Auburn returned for a touchdown. The Tigers eventually won that game, 34\u20130. The following week at Arkansas, ULM led in both the third quarter, 24\u20136, and fourth quarter, 27\u201314, but eventually lost, 28\u201327, after missing a 45-yard field goal attempt. Against Louisiana-Lafayette, ULM surrendered a school record of 728 yards. ULM had led Florida Atlantic, 21\u201310, at half time, but ultimately lost, 29\u201328, when the Owls scored on a 22-yard touchdown pass with 0:20 remaining to play. The next week, however, ULM upset eventual Sun Belt champions Troy, 31\u201330. The Warhawks were shut out by Ole Miss, 59\u20130, but won their season finale against Florida International, 31\u201327. ULM finished the season tied for fifth (second-to-last) in the Sun Belt Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 875]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197520-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Louisville Cardinals football team\nThe 2008 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, led by Steve Kragthorpe in his second year at the school, played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium and were in their fourth year as members of the Big East Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197521-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Austrian state election\nThe 2008 Lower Austrian state election was held on 9 March 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Lower Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197521-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Austrian state election\nThe Austrian People's Party (\u00d6VP) retained its majority. The major opposition party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SP\u00d6), suffered substantial losses. The Freedom Party of Austria (FP\u00d6) partially recovered from its 2003 losses, more than doubling its voteshare and tripling its number of seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197521-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Austrian state election, Background\nThe Lower Austrian constitution mandates that cabinet positions in the state government (state councillors, German: Landesr\u00e4ten) be allocated between parties proportionally in accordance with the share of votes won by each; this is known as Proporz. As such, the government is a perpetual coalition of all parties that qualify for at least one state councillor. After the 2003 election, the \u00d6VP had six councillors and the SP\u00d6 three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197521-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Austrian state election, Electoral system\nThe 56 seats of the Landtag of Lower Austria are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between twenty-one multi-member constituencies. For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 4 percent state-wide electoral threshold. Seats are distributed in constituencies according to the Hare quota, with any remaining seats allocated using the D'Hondt method at the state level, to ensure overall proportionality between a party's vote share and its share of seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197521-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Austrian state election, Contesting parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197521-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Austrian state election, Contesting parties\nIn addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, five parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197521-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Austrian state election, Results, Preference votes\nAlongside votes for a party, voters were able to cast a preferential votes for a candidate on the party list. The ten candidates with the most preferential votes were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197522-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Saxony state election\nThe 2008 Lower Saxony state election was held on 27 January 2008 to elect the members of the 16th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Christian Wulff was re-elected with a reduced majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197522-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Saxony state election, Campaign\nLower Saxony was seen as a stronghold of the Christian Democratic Union and their leader  Christian Wulff was seen as likely to easily defeat the Social Democrats. The election in Lower Saxony took place on the same day as the 2008 Hessian state election; Wulff was seen as a more moderate leader than Roland Koch in Hesse and consequently more likely to perform better in the election. The CDU government had held spending down, introduced tuition fees for university students, while supporting the minimum wage. The Social Democrats (SPD) led their campaign with a call for a national minimum wage for all workers. The SPD leader in Lower Saxony, Wolfgang J\u00fcttner, was little known to voters and unusually during the campaign made an attack on Wolff for his personal life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197522-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Saxony state election, Parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the 15th Landtag of Lower Saxony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197522-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Saxony state election, Outcome\nThe results saw the Christian Democratic Union easily defeat the Social Democrats, despite suffering a drop in votes and seats. As a result their leader Christian Wulff was seen as having strengthened his chances of succeeding national CDU leader Angela Merkel. The 30.3% of the vote that the Social Democrats won was the worst performance by the party in Lower Saxony since the Second World War, which was described as a 'disaster' for the party. Turnout in the election was 57%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197522-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Lower Saxony state election, Outcome\nThe Left entered the Landtag for the first time with 7.1% of the vote, comfortably exceeding the 5% electoral threshold. Along with the election in Hesse held on the same day in which The Left also won seats, this was the first time they had achieved representation in any large state in western Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197523-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lunar New Year Cup\nThe 2008 Lunar New Year Cup, officially known as Wing Lung Bank 2008 Lunar New Year Cup, is a football tournament held in Hong Kong on the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year of the Year of Rat (8 January and 11 January 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197523-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lunar New Year Cup, Format\nThe two semi-finals for the four participating teams will be held on the first day of the Chinese New Year of Rat (7 February 2008). The winning teams will enter the final and the losing teams play the third-place playoff (Both matches on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, i.e. 10 February 2008.) Draw in the semi-finals and third-place playoff would be settled by penalty shootout directly, that means no extra time would be played. For the final, a thirty-minute extra time would be played after a draw. A further draw would lead to the penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197524-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lyne by-election\nThe 2008 Lyne by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Lyne on 6 September 2008. This was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Mark Vaile. The by-election was held on the same day as the Mayo by-election, and the Western Australian state election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197524-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lyne by-election\nThe writ for the by-election was issued on 4 August, with the rolls closing on 8 August. Candidate nominations closed 14 August. The by-election was contested on the same boundaries drawn for Lyne at the 2007 federal election. At that election, the National Party won the seat over the Labor Party by a two-party preferred margin of 58.58% to 41.42%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197524-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lyne by-election, Background\nVaile first won the seat of Lyne at the 1993 election for the Nationals in a very close contest with the Liberal candidate. In ministerial positions since 1997, he became leader of the National Party and thus Deputy Prime Minister in the Howard government from 2005. At the 2007 federal election, the opposition Labor Party defeated the incumbent Liberal-National coalition government. This marked the first change of government in over 11 years. Following the coalition election defeat, Vaile announced on 19 July 2008 his intention to resign his seat, to take effect on 30 July 2008. This followed Peter McGauran in Gippsland and former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer in Mayo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197524-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Lyne by-election, Candidates\nEight candidates contested the by-election. They are listed below in ballot order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197524-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Lyne by-election, Candidates\nNeither the Labor Party nor the Liberal Party stood a candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197524-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Lyne by-election, Results\nOakeshott obtained a majority of votes in every polling booth, with the exception of Dyers Crossing, receiving about two-thirds of the primary vote and three-quarters of the two-candidate vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197525-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Lyon municipal election\nMunicipal and mayoral elections will be held in Lyon in March 2008, at the same time as other municipal elections. The current Mayor of Lyon G\u00e9rard Collomb (PS) should have faced UMP candidate Dominique Perben and MoDem candidate Christophe Geourjon, who finally chose to join the Perben list. Azouz Begag declined to seek the MoDem nomination. Another MoDem candidate was selected by Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou a month before the elections as head of the MoDem list to replace Geourjon and other defectors both to the UMP-led and the PS-led lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197525-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Lyon municipal election\nIn the 2001 French municipal elections, the Socialist G\u00e9rard Collomb won the country's second largest city from the UDF. Lyon had been considered a stronghold for the centrist UDF in previous years. In 2008, former UMP Transportation Minister Dominique Perben will try to win back the city. Surprisingly, the two highly presumed candidates for the centrist MoDem and the far-right National Front, Azouz Begag and Bruno Gollnisch respectively both announced their intentions not to stand. Two nationalist right-wing parties, the MPF and the DLC (led by Charles Millon), made agreements with Dominique Perben, who inserted their candidates on his list. Subsequently, former right-wing mayor Michel Noir has openly distanced himself from Perben, most notably in a February interview with the Lyon daily Le Progr\u00e8s. For the same reason, Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou has decided to maintain a separate MoDem list and not to support the Perben list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 959]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197525-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Lyon municipal election\nPolls indicate that Collomb has approvals nearing 90% and is favored to win an easy re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197526-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 M-1 Challenge season\nThe 2008 M-1 Challenge season was the first season of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighting presented by the M-1 Global promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197526-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 M-1 Challenge season, Final Team Standings\nRussian Red Devil defeated  Holland 4-1 to claim the first M-1 Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197527-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament was an NCAA college basketball tournament held at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York on March 7\u201310, 2007, to decide the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion. On Monday, March 10 2008, top-seeded Siena defeated #2 seed Rider 74\u201353 in the championship game, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Siena received a #13 seed and upset #4 seed Vanderbilt 83\u201362, then were defeated in the second round by #12 seed Villanova 84\u201372.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197527-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll 10 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. The top six teams received byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197528-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MAC Championship Game\nThe 2008 MAC Championship Game was played on December 5, 2008 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The game featured the winner of each division of the Mid-American Conference. The game featured the Ball State Cardinals, of the West Division, and the Buffalo Bulls, of the East Division. The Buffalo Bulls upset the #12-ranked Ball State 42\u201324, ending hopes of an undefeated Cardinals season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197528-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 MAC Championship Game\nThis was not the first time these two conference rivals have met. They met 5 times previously before this big Championship Game, with Ball State leading the series 5-0. Against the odds Buffalo faced the undefeated Cardinals and came out victorious in this matchup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197528-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 MAC Championship Game, Selection process\nThe MAC Championship Game matches up the winner of the East and West divisions of the Mid-American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197528-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 MAC Championship Game, Selection process\nWith the Buffalo Bulls having 24 upperclassmen, it made the task of knocking off the undefeated and top of the conference Ball State Cardinals more of a realistic venture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197529-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was won by the #1 seed Kent State Golden Flashes, who defeated their arch-rival and #3 seed Akron Zips 74\u201355 in front of 12,942 fans. Kent State center Haminn Quaintance led all scorers with 16 points and was named the tournament MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197529-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe basketball tournament took place March 12 through March 15 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. FSN Ohio televised the quarterfinals and semifinals while ESPN2 broadcast the tournament championship nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197529-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nEach of the 12 men's basketball teams in the MAC received a berth in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197529-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top four seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. The winners of each division were awarded the #1 and #2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two received the #1 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197530-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MBC Drama Awards\nThe 2008 MBC Drama Awards (Korean:\u00a0MBC \uc5f0\uae30\ub300\uc0c1) is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) network for the year of 2008. It was held on December 30, 2008 and hosted by Shin Dong-yup and actress Han Ji-hye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197531-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 11\u201315, 2008 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The championship game was televised by ESPN Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197532-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS All-Star Game\nThe 2008 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 13th annual MLS All-Star Game. The MLS All-Stars faced West Ham United of the English Premier League. The game was played on July 24, 2008, with the MLS winning 3\u20132. New England Revolution coach Steve Nicol coached the All-Stars. The motto for the 2008 MLS All-Star Game is \"Major League Soccer Takes on the World.\" Chicago Fire's Cuauht\u00e9moc Blanco was named MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197532-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS All-Star Game, Host venue\nMLS Commissioner Don Garber awarded the 2008 All-Star Game to Toronto, Ontario in 2007 on the eve of the 2007 MLS All-Star Game. The game was played in the new soccer-specific stadium, BMO Field and was the first MLS All-Star Game held in Canada. BMO Field is home to the MLS' 13th franchise, Toronto FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197532-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS All-Star Game, West Ham United\nOn April 4, 2008, the Major League Soccer website announced that Premier League club West Ham United would be the fifth international opponent for the marquee event. Founded in 1895, the east London club was originally called Thames Ironworks FC but switched to West Ham United five years later and has been playing at the Boleyn Ground since 1904. West Ham has forged a reputation of cultivating some of the England's top players, such as Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick, Rio Ferdinand, and Joe Cole, giving rise to its frequent reference as The Academy of Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197532-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS All-Star Game, MLS All-Stars, Voting\nMajor League Soccer released an official ballot to decide the players called to represent the league in the All-Star game. A four-tier voting system determined the First XI players selected for the game. The online fan balloting program comprised 25% of the total vote, with coaches and general managers (25%), players (25%), and media (25%) combining for the remaining 75% percent of the vote. The combined vote of the four groups determined the MLS First XI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197532-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS All-Star Game, 2008 All-Star Game Squads, Major League Soccer\nMajor League Soccer and Toronto FC, hosts of the 2008 Pepsi MLS All-Star Game, unveiled the MLS All-Star First XI in a press conference aired live exclusively on MLSnet.com from BMO Field on Thursday, July 10 at 11\u00a0am ET. In addition to the First XI, Commissioner Don Garber picked two more players for the All-Star team, and coach Steve Nicol received five picks on July 15, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 70], "content_span": [71, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197532-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS All-Star Game, 2008 All-Star Game Squads, Major League Soccer\nAfter the U.S. U-23 Olympic Team roster was announced, three additional picks were awarded to Steve Nicol on Thursday, July 17 to replace Michael Parkhurst, Sacha Kljestan, and Robbie Rogers. The additions included 2006 MLS Rookie of the Year Jonathan Bornstein, veteran Steve Ralston, and Colombian Juan Toja, who scored a goal in last year's All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 70], "content_span": [71, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197532-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS All-Star Game, 2008 All-Star Game Squads, Major League Soccer\nAs of July 19, 2008. Players in bold denotes First XI status. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 70], "content_span": [71, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197532-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS All-Star Game, 2008 All-Star Game Squads, West Ham United\nAs of May 13, 2008. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197532-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS All-Star Game, Match details\nMan of the Match: Cuauht\u00e9moc BlancoAssistant referees: H\u00e9ctor Vergara Greg BarkeyFourth official: Mark Geiger", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197533-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS Cup Playoffs\nThe 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs were the postseason to Major League Soccer's 2008 season, and culminated with MLS Cup 2008 on November 23, 2008 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197533-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS Cup Playoffs, Format\nAt the 2008 season's end, the top three teams of each conference made the playoffs; in addition the clubs with the next two highest point totals, regardless of conference, were added to the playoffs. In the first round of this knockout tournament, aggregate goals over two matches determined the winners; the Conference Championships were one match each, with the winner of each conference advancing to MLS Cup. In all rounds, the tie-breaking method was two 15-minute periods of extra time, followed by penalty kicks if necessary. The away goals rule was not used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197533-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS Cup Playoffs, Standings, Overall standings\n(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197533-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS Cup Playoffs, Bracket\n1 The New York Red Bulls earned the eighth and final playoff berth, despite finishing fifth in the Eastern Conference. They represent the fourth seed in the Western Conference playoff bracket, as only three teams in the Western Conference qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197534-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS Expansion Draft\nThe 2008 MLS Expansion Draft took place on November 26, 2008, and was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Seattle Sounders FC. They made 10 selections from a pool of players from the other 14 MLS clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197535-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS SuperDraft\nThe 2008 MLS SuperDraft took place on January 18, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the ninth annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection was made by the Kansas City Wizards, after acquiring the selection from the expansion San Jose Earthquakes. It was followed by the Supplemental Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197535-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS SuperDraft, Player selection\nAny player whose name is marked with an * was contracted under the Generation Adidas program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197536-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MLS Supplemental Draft\nThe 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft was held on January 24, 2008, six days after the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, as teams filled out their developmental rosters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197537-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MSBL season\nThe 2008 MSBL season was the 20th season of the Men's State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 28 March and ended on Saturday 2 August. The finals began on Friday 8 August and ended on Saturday 6 September, when the Goldfields Giants defeated the Willetton Tigers in the MSBL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197537-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 MSBL season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on Friday 28 March and ended on Saturday 2 August after 19 rounds of competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197537-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 MSBL season, Finals\nThe finals began on Friday 8 August and ended on Saturday 6 September with the MSBL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197538-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MTN 8\nThe 2008 MTN 8 kicked off on the weekend of 9 August with the first two quarterfinals being played on Saturday and Sunday, and the next round of quarterfinals were played on the weekend of the 16 and 17 August. The first leg of the semifinals took place on 23 and 24 August and the second leg on the weekend of 30 August. The finals were scheduled for 21 September, World Peach Day, but the pitch was waterlogged due to heavy rain over that week. The finals were rescheduled for two days later on 23 September at the ABSA Stadium (Kings Park) in Durban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [10, 10], "content_span": [11, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197538-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 MTN 8, Teams\nThe eight teams that competed in the MTN 8 Wafa Wafa knockout competition are: (listed according to their finishing position in the 2007\u201308 Premier Soccer League Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [12, 17], "content_span": [18, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197539-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Europe Music Awards\nThe 2008 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, on 6 November 2008. It was hosted by Katy Perry. This was the second time the awards have taken place in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197540-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Movie Awards\nThe 2008 MTV Movie Awards was the 17th annual movie awards show and was broadcast live on Sunday, June 1, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. The ceremonies were hosted by Mike Myers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards\nThe 2008 MTV Video Music Awards took place on September 7, 2008, live from Paramount Pictures Studios (which, like MTV, is owned by Viacom), honoring the best music videos from the previous year. Nominations for a majority of the categories were announced on the MTV program FNMTV after being selected through viewer online voting at MTV.com. The remaining, professional categories were chosen by a panel of music industry professionals. Unlike previous editions of the show, MTV announced the winners to the professional categories three days before the ceremony (September 4) via a press release, rather than on the pre-show or main show. The rest of the winners were announced during the ceremony. Comedian Russell Brand hosted the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards\nThis year's awards were a huge improvement ratings-wise, seeing a 19% rise on last year with 8.4 million viewers. It was also a 23% advance over the 5.76 million who saw the 2006 ceremony. Although ratings improved, this year's video music awards was hosted at its smallest venue of its 25-year history. Britney Spears became the main winner of the night, walking away with her first three Moonmen: Video of the Year, Best Female Video, and Best Pop Video all for \"Piece of Me\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards\nThe Pussycat Dolls received the most nominations (6), followed by Chris Brown and Katy Perry (5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Direction\nErykah Badu \u2013 \"Honey\" (Directors: Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Special Effects\nKanye West (featuring T-Pain) \u2013 \"Good Life\" (Special Effects: SoMe, Jonas & Fran\u00e7ois)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Art Direction\nGnarls Barkley \u2013 \"Run\" (Art Directors: Happy Massee and Kells Jesse)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Editing\nDeath Cab for Cutie \u2013 \"I Will Possess Your Heart\" (Editors: Aaron Stewart-Ahn and Jeff Buchanan)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Cinematography\nThe White Stripes \u2013 \"Conquest\" (Director of Photography: Wyatt Troll)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best UK Video\nThe Ting Tings \u2013 \"Shut Up and Let Me Go\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Performances, DJ AM and Travis Barker performances\nDJ AM and Travis Barker performed small interludes consisting of remixes of past hits throughout the show, as well as teaming up with Katy Perry, The Ting Tings and Lupe Fiasco to perform their own singles and MTV classics from the past 25 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Performances, DJ AM and Travis Barker performances, Remixes\nDJ AM and Travis Barker also played remixes of the following songs in the lead-up to or return from commercial breaks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Controversy\nOne of host Brand's jokes during the night centered around purity rings, specifically those worn by the Jonas Brothers. Jordin Sparks, who also wears a purity ring, began her introduction of T.I. and Rihanna by saying, \"It's not bad to wear a promise ring because not everybody, guy or girl, wants to be a slut.\" Sparks was criticized for implying that those who do not wear purity rings or do not abstain are promiscuous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Controversy\nBrand later described the experience, and aftermath, during his 2009 comedy special 'Scandalous - Live At The O2'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Censorship\nIn repeat airings all references to John McCain and George W. Bush were removed from Russell Brand's opening monologue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Promotion\nSeveral Promos were made that featured host Russell Brand and MTV regulars Britney Spears, Pete Wentz, and LL Cool J. Britney Spears' promos were given a lot of attention. The promos featured Spears and Brand in a Paramount lot ad-libbing while an elephant was positioned in the background, reference to \"the elephant in the room\", rumored to be her criticized 2007 VMA performance, which they refrained from discussing in the commercials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Promotion\nThere was also a promotion that appeared on Nickelodeon, featuring the cast of iCarly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197541-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Promotion\nDuring the program, the MTV networks VH1, MTV Hits, and MTV Jams did not air their usual programming at all, instead displaying full-screen cards guiding viewers to watch the ceremony on MTV, with VH1 using a rotating \"billboard\" of sponsors to promote 'sneak peeks' of the live ceremony which appeared in the top-left corner with false crowd noise in the background. During the VMA commercial breaks, VH1 also carried regular advertising.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197542-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan\nThe 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held on Saturday, May 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197542-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Awards, Best Group Video\nM-Flo Loves Emi Hinouchi, Ryohei, Emyli, Yoshika and Lisa \u2014 \"Love Comes and Goes\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197542-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Awards, Best Video From a Film\nHikaru Utada \u2014 \"Beautiful World\" (from Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197543-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MTV Video Music Brazil\nThe 2008 MTV Video Music Brazil was hosted by Marcos Mion and took place at the Credicard Hall. Brazilian rock band NX Zero was the big winner of the event. One of the most notable moments was British indie rock band Bloc Party's performance, during which the audience booed the band after noticing they were lip-synching and mimicking to a pre-recorded track instead of singing and playing live. 2008 VMB also had American singer Ben Harper opening the ceremony performing alone, before being joined by Brazilian singer Vanessa da Mata for a second performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 55th Windsor Arch Macau Grand Prix) was a motor race for Formula Three cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 16 November 2008. Unlike other races, such as the Masters of Formula 3, the 2008 Macau Grand Prix was not a part of any Formula Three championship, but was open to entries from all Formula Three championships. The race itself was made up of two races: a ten-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the fifteen-lap main race. The 2008 race was the 55th running of the Macau Grand Prix and the 26th for Formula Three cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix\nThe Grand Prix was won by TOM'S driver Keisuke Kunimoto on his maiden appearance in Macau, having finished second in the previous day's Qualification Race that was won by Signature-Plus driver Edoardo Mortara. Kunimoto led from the start of the race and held it throughout to become the first Japanese driver to win in Macau since Takuma Sato won the 2001 race and it was the second consecutive victory for TOM'S in the Grand Prix. Second place went to Mortara, while the podium was completed by Carlin driver Brendon Hartley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list\nThe Macau Grand Prix is a Formula Three race considered to be a stepping stone to higher motor racing categories such as Formula One and has been termed the territory's most prestigious international sporting event. The 2008 Macau Grand Prix was the 55th running of the event and the 26th time the race was held to Formula Three regulations. It took place on the 6.2\u00a0km (3.9\u00a0mi) 22-turn Guia Circuit on 16 November 2008 with three preceding days of practice and qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list\nIn order to compete in Macau, drivers had to compete in a F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)-regulated championship meeting during the calendar year, in either the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy or one of the domestic championships, with the highest-placed drivers given priority in receiving an invitation to the race. Within the 30-car grid of the event, two of the four major Formula Three series were represented by their respective champion. Nico H\u00fclkenberg, the Formula Three Euro Series champion, was required to miss the race because of him partaking in a GP2 Series test session at the Circuit Paul Ricard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list\nThus, the highest placed Formula Three Euro Series competitor at Macau was Edoardo Mortara and he was joined by British champion Jaime Alguersuari and Japanese series winner Carlo van Dam. The top performing driver to of the German championship was Laurens Vanthoor, and the Australian Drivers' Championship winner James Winslow accepted an invitation by race organisers to race in Macau. Three drivers from outside of Formula Three took part in the race: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 racer Roberto Merhi, Roberto Streit of Formula Nippon and Formula V6 Asia driver Michael Ho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nTwo half an hour practice sessions were held before the race on Sunday: one on Thursday morning and one on Friday morning. Mortara set the fastest time for Signature-Plus in the opening practice session with a late lap of 2 minutes, 14.333 seconds, seven-tenths of a second faster than any one else on the circuit in spite of making a minor error on the lap. His closest challenger was Renger van der Zande in second position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nStreit, Van Dam, James Jakes, Stefano Coletti, Alguersuari, Merhi and the British duo of Jon Lancaster and Sam Bird rounded out the session's top ten drivers. During the session, where the top of the time sheets was shared by multiple drivers, Brendon Hartley missed the second half because of a gearbox problem. Red-flags were necessitated before the session's half-way point when Mika M\u00e4ki crashed heavily at Fisherman's Bend. Kazuya Oshima and Walter Grubm\u00fcller went into the wall at Maternity Bend separately. M\u00e4ki was transported to the circuit's medical centre to undergo precautionary checks after complaining of abdomen pains and was advised to rest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nQualifying was divided into two 45-minute sessions: on Thursday afternoon, and the second on Friday afternoon. The fastest time set by each driver from either session counted towards his final starting position for the qualification race. The first qualifying session, held in warm and sunny weather, had Mortara go fastest with a time of 2 minutes, 12.416 seconds and led throughout. Van Dam was three-tenths of a second slower than Mortara and took second. Streit twice held second but ended qualifying third. Hartley recovered from his gearbox problems earlier in the day to run strongly for provisional fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nVan Der Zande was consistent and ended fifth. He was followed by the highest-placed rookie Alguersuari in sixth and Bird in seventh. Jules Bianchi and his teammate Jakes were eighth and tenth; the duo were separated by Oliver Turvey. Marcus Ericsson was the fastest driver not to reach the top ten despite running as high as sixth in first qualifying's opening minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nFollowing him were Keisuke Kunimoto, Kei Cozzolino, Coletti, the Hitech Racing duo of Max Chilton and Merhi, Winslow, Grubm\u00fcller, Oshima and Daniel Campos-Hull, Laurens Vanthoor, Atte Mustonen, Basil Shaaban, Cheng Congfu, Lancaster, Masaki Matsushita, Ho and Nicola de Marco. The only driver to go under the minimum qualification time was Koki Saga. The session was stopped three times: Jakes' car got unsettled on the tarmac entering Fisherman's Bend on a faster lap and hit the outside barriers, littering the track with debris. De Marco struck the Fisherman's Bend barriers and angled across the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0005-0003", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nMatsushita spun towards the track's centre after hitting the barriers at Police corner with one minute left. Mortara and Vanthoor could not avoid his stranded car and piled into it. For ignoring the red light signal which mandated he enter the weighbridge, Matsushita was summoned to the stewards and they ordered him to start at the rear of the grid for the qualification race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nM\u00e4ki returned to the circuit on the morning of the second 30-minute practice session and was declared fit to compete. He revealed that he had been suffering from food poisoning that worsened while driving and combated this by sleeping heavily the previous day. The start was delayed by 50 minutes due to multiple crashes in practice for the touring car support races. Mortara primarily focused on race setup and was fatest with a benchmark time of 2 minutes, 13.054 seconds by slipstreaming another car into Mandarin Bend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nVan Dam was 0.117 seconds slower in second and was a full second faster than Cozzolino in third. Alguersuari,  Turvey,  Merhi, Hartley, Ericsson, Van Der Zande ninth and Streit were in positions four to ten. De Marco spun at Fisherman's Bend, stopping practice as he was adjudged to be in a dangerous place. Alguersuari damaged the left-hand side of his car and removed his rear wing in an impact with the San Francisco End barriers which halted the session for a second time. The two other incidents during the session were M\u00e4ki suffering a puncture and spending most of his time in the pit lane and Van Dam braked late for Lisboa corner and stopped on the escape road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nIn the second qualifying session, Van Dam bettered Mortara's lap from first qualifying until Mustonen went off the track at Police corner and the yellow flags were waved. Halfway through the session, drivers who had new tyres available had them fitted and adjusted their cars. Shortly after, Matsushita crashed near Police turn and his car was removed from the track. Mortara then regained provisional pole, until the session was stopped when Bianchi ran wide exiting the Reservoir Bend and hit the tyre barriers at the end of the turn. His left rear wheel flew onto the track's centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nBird became the first driver to go below 2 minutes, 11 seconds all weekend, before red flags were needed for Cozzolino whose heavy crash at Fisherman's Bend left debris on the track. At the restart, Van Dam slightly deranged his steering arm but used a clear track to go faster than Bird and secure pole position with a lap of 2 minutes, 11.846 seconds. This demoted Bird to second having been delayed by a slow-moving Grubm\u00fcller. Kunimoto used the slipstream of another car to take third, while the previous day's provisional pole sitter Mortara was fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nStreit dropped two positions to fifth and Merhi moved up nine to start from sixth. Van Der Zande in seventh chose not to slipstream other cars to avoid being delayed in the track's tight section. Turvey was as high as third but was eighth with Alguersuari ninth and Jakes tenth. The rest of the field lined up as Hartley, Coletti (who crashed at Police turn and blocked the track), Chilton, M\u00e4ki, Ericsson, Oshimi, Bianchi, Cozzolino, Grubm\u00fcller, Cheng, Campos-Hull, Winslow, Lancaster, Shabban, Saga, Mustonen, Vanthoor (who set no lap time as he crashed on his out-lap), Matsushita, Ho and De Marco. After qualifying, Bird was demoted three places on the grid for missing a signal to enter the weighbridge during second practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying, Qualifying classification\nEach of the driver's fastest lap times from the two qualifying sessions are denoted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nThe qualifying race to set the grid order for the main race started at 13:45 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on 15 November. The weather at the start of the qualifying race was dry and sunny with an air temperature of 23\u00a0\u00b0C (73\u00a0\u00b0F) and a track temperature at 37\u00a0\u00b0C (99\u00a0\u00b0F). On the grid, Van Dam was slow to get going and Kunimoto overtook him for the lead. Van Dam attempted to reclaim the first position from Kunimoto but ran wide and punctured his left-rear tyre from contact with the barriers through Mandarin corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nMortara then unsuccessfully attempted to overtake Kunimoto and the duo narrowly avoided making contact. Four more cars overtook Van Dam into Lisboa turn, and he later tangled with fellow countryman Van Der Zande at San Francisco Bend. The two drivers' races ended early as a consequence of the contact. Merhi stalled on the grid and ceded several positions. Further down the field on the second lap, Jakes and Hartley glanced each other against the wall heading towards the Reservoir Bend. Jakes moved across the front of Hartley's car and into the wall. Hartley entered the pit lane with suspension damage while Jakes retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nA multi-car collision was triggered at Lisboa turn when Bianchi spun entering the corner. He caused a chain reaction involving the trio of Hitech cars of Grubm\u00fcller, Chilton and Merhi. Bianchi's spin caused a secondary accident that started when Shaaban went into the rear of his teammate Campos-Hull and was spun into Cheng. The two drivers squeezed Mustonen into the barriers lining the track. While Merhi and Grubm\u00fcller rejoined, Chilton, Bianchi, Cheng and Mustonen retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nSince several cars were in the opposite direction and beached on the kerbs, the safety car was deployed so the wreckage could be cleared by marshals. Merhi made a pit stop and Oshima retired. The safety car remained on track for three laps and Kunimoto led the field back up to speed at the restart with Mortara in second. Shaaban set the fastest lap earlier in the race but retired after crashing at Reservoir turn. In his attempt to claim the lead, Mortara began to attack Kunimoto but Kunimoto resisted him. Streit was close behind the two drivers and defended from Turvey who was distracted by Bird, who in turn, battled Alguersuari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nAt the race's halfway point, Ho lost control of his car at Police corner but did not create a traffic jam as only Matsushita was behind him and got past without any trouble. Mortara clung onto Kunimoto's slipstream and then steered left onto the outside line, to brake later than him for the lead at the start of the seventh lap. Mortara started to pull away from Kunimoto while Streit began drawing closer to the latter but was observing Turvey behind him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nOn the ninth lap, M\u00e4ki damaged his car at the Reservoir Bend and debris was littered on the track. He continued driving despite a rear puncture and a detached rear wing and went off the track twice. Mortara kept the lead for the rest of the race to win pole position for the Grand Prix itself. He was joined on the grid's front row by Kunimoto and Streit completed the podium. Turvey followed in fourth with Bird fifth and Alguersuari sixth. Coletti, Ericsson, Campos-Hull and Cozzolino, Winslow, Vanthoor, Lancaster, Saga, Grubm\u00fcller, M\u00e4ki, Merhi, Matushita, De Marco and Hartley rounded out the 20 classified finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Warm-up\nA 20-minute warm-up session was held on the morning of the main race. Hartley ran more strongly than he had done any of the previous sessions and topped the time sheets with a new fastest lap of the weekend of 2 minutes, 11.071 seconds. He was six-tenths of a second faster than his nearest challenger Van Dam in second with Coletti third. Ericsson was fourth ahead of Bird in fifth and the qualification race winner Mortara placed sixth. Cozzolino, Streit, Alguersuari and Campos-Hull followed in the time sheets to round out the top ten fastest drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nThe race began on 16 November at 15:30 local time. The weather at the start was dry and sunny with an air temperature of 26\u00a0\u00b0C (79\u00a0\u00b0F) and a track temperature at 33\u00a0\u00b0C (91\u00a0\u00b0F). When the Grand Prix started, Kunimoto accelerated faster than Mortara off the line and was ahead of him heading towards Lisboa corner. Turvey stalled and created confusion as drivers swerved to avoid hitting his car. Vanthoor yielded six places as his clutch slipped but avoided stalling his engine. Streit defended against Bird into Mandarin Bend and they collided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nStreit's car went across Bird's and drifted into the right-band barriers. He heavily damaged his car entering the corner before rebounding off the wall and veering left. Soon after, Ericsson went off the track entering Lisboa corner and several cars piled up behind him or had to negotiate their way past his stricken vehicle. The safety car was immediately deployed to control the race by picking up Kunimoto. The wreckage was cleared in two laps and Kunimoto held onto the lead at the restart and was followed by Mortara. Saga became the race's fourth retirement when he hit the wall at Lisboa corner. Just as Mortara locked his brakes on the bumpy track, Campos-Hull slipstreamed onto the back of Alguersuari heading towards Lisboa turn and overtook him for third position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nMortara's brake locking dropped him to fourth behind Campos-Hull and Alguersuari. Meanwhile, Kunimoto started to pull away from the rest of the field. Alguersuari got back past Campos-Hull for second on the fifth lap and Mortara overtook the latter for third on the next lap. As he began to reduce the time deficit to Kunimoto, Alguersuari's chances of winning were diminished when he was deemed to have jumped the start and was told he would incur a drive-through penalty. Alguersuari took his penalty at the end of lap five and Mortara began reducing Kunimoto's lead of 2\u00bd seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nAs the race appeared to settle into calmness, Matsushita went into the wall after leaving the Mandarin Bend and temporarily blocked the track. Winslow drifted off the circuit at Police turn and hit the wall. Lancaster relinquished sixth place to Hartley while M\u00e4ki was now in the top ten. The safety car was called to neutralise the race on lap eight when Merhi spun at Reservoir Bend and heavily damaged his car. The incident caught the recovering Van Dam off guard who clipped debris and crashed. Kunimoto's lead had now evaporated and he was followed by Mortara, Campos-Hull, Cozzolino and Hartley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nThe race restarted on the tenth lap and Kunimoto held the lead. Mortara could not hang on to Kunimoto because of the former's higher straightline speed. In his effort to remain with Kunimoto, Mortara ran wide at Matsuya corner and bent his right-front suspension from contact with the wall, and Campos-Hull challenged him. Further back, M\u00e4ki was fending off Van Der Zande as the latter tried to pass him for sixth. Shabban was another retiree when he went off the circuit and into the barriers at Lisboa corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nTurvey recovered to move into the top ten while his teammate Hartley remained in fifth so he could observe any mistakes from Mortara, Campos-Hull and Cozzolino. Although Coletti drifted off the track and returned, he later hit the barriers at Hospital corner and was the race's final retirement. On the 13th lap, Cozzolino tried to overtake Campos-Hull but struck the rear of the latter's car braking for Lisboa corner and dropped out of the top ten. The crash promoted Hartley into third. Hartley and Turvey traded the fastest lap until Hartley claimed it on the final lap by completing a circuit in 2 minutes, 12.565 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nTurvey passed Grubm\u00fcller to claim seventh on the final lap. On his maiden appearance in Macau, it was Kunimoto's victory, achieving the first win for a Japanese driver in Macau since Takuma Sato won the 2001 race, and it was the second consecutive Macau Grand Prix victory for TOM'S. Mortara finished 1.710 seconds later in second and Hartley moved up 17 places from his starting position to complete the podium in third. Off the podium, M\u00e4ki finished in fourth place ahead of Van Der Zande in fifth, both having been distanced by the lead group during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197544-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nVanthoor took sixth place, having started thirteenth, and was narrowly ahead of the seventh-placed Turvey. The top ten was completed by Grubm\u00fcller, Bianchi and Alguersuari. Outside the top ten, Lancaster finished eleventh, having progressed two from his starting position. Jakes Cheng, Chilton. Cozzolino, Oshima, Campos-Hull, Mustonen, De Marco and Ho were the final classified finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197545-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold\nThe 2008 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament which took place at the Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion, Macau on 30 September to 5 October 2008 and had a total purse of $120,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197546-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash\nThe 2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash occurred on Saturday, 12 January 2008, when a Mil Mi-17 transport helicopter belonging to the Macedonian military, crashed 50\u2013100 metres from the village of Blace, situated in the region of Katlanovo, approximately 10\u201315 kilometres south-east of Skopje, Macedonia due to low visibility caused by heavy fog. All 11 individuals aboard the helicopter, including 8 passengers and 3 crew members, were killed in the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197546-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash, Incident\nThe incident took place at approximately 11:00\u00a0a.m. (GMT). The helicopter was returning from a EUFOR peace keeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina and started to experience foggy conditions whilst preparing to land at their destination \u2014 The Skopje Airport. The crash was reported by two local fishermen who claimed they saw the helicopter flying unusually low. A witness stated that \"The engine of the helicopter did not sound like it worked well...\" Witnesses also reported seeing a \"fireball\" as the helicopter became engulfed in flames following impact. This was subsequently followed by a series of explosions, possibly triggered by a supply of kerosene or ammunition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197546-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash, Incident\nBased on a Reuters photographer's eye-witness account, the helicopter was incinerated and debris was found up to 100 metres from the crash site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197546-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash, Reactions\nUpon arriving the at the scene of the event, the Macedonian prime minister, Nikola Gruevski, said; \"This is a terrible accident, a great tragedy and a great loss. I express my deepest and sincerest condolences to the families of the victims. An investigation is starting that will identify the cause of the accident.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197546-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash, Reactions\nThe Macedonian president, Branko Crvenkovski, also expressed his sympathy for the lives lost, stating: \"We have not seen such a tragic lost [sic] of Macedonian soldiers in the country's recent history...\" The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia confirmed that the incident is the deadliest aviation accident to occur within the country's air force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197546-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash, Reactions\nAlong with the president and prime minister, the Interior Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Gordana Jankulovska, also visited the crash site immediately following the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197546-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash, Aftermath\nIn the immediate aftermath of the crash, only seven soldiers were fully identified. After the identification of all victims involved in the crash, it was reported that a total of eleven military personnel between the ages of 26 and 40 had been killed in the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197546-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash, Aftermath\nFollowing the incident, the Macedonian government created a special body to lead the investigation into the cause of the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election\nEarly parliamentary elections were held in Macedonia on 1 June 2008, after the Assembly voted to dissolve itself on 12 April 2008. The result was a victory for the VMRO-DPMNE-led alliance, which won 63 of the 120 seats in the Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Background\nThe early elections were proposed by the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) after Greece vetoed Macedonia's bid to join NATO at the 2008 Bucharest summit over the Macedonia naming dispute. The DUI's request was supported by the ruling coalition of VMRO\u2013DPMNE and the Democratic Party of Albanians. Although the opposition Social Democratic Union and Liberal Democratic Party boycotted the vote, 70 of the 120 MPs voted in favour of the motion, with all others absent from the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Background\nElections had not been due until 2010, and these were the first early elections since independence in 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe two major parties formed coalitions before the elections. VMRO-DPMNE formed a coalition called \"For a Better Macedonia\", whilst the SDSM  formed the eight-party \"Sun \u2013 Coalition for Europe\" alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Campaign, For a Better Macedonia\nThe For a Better Macedonia coalition included VMRO-DPMNE, the Socialist Party of Macedonia, the Democratic Union, Democratic Renewal of Macedonia, the Democratic Party of Turks, the Democratic Party of Serbs, the Union of Roma in Macedonia, VMRO-Macedonia, the United Party for Emancipation, the Party of Justice, the Party of Democratic Action of Macedonia, the Party of Vlachs of Macedonia, the Party for Roma Integration, the People's Movement of Macedonia, the Democratic Party of the Bosniaks, the Party of the Greens, the Democratic Union of the Roma, the Workers' Agricultural Party of the Republic of Macedonia, and the Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Campaign, Sun \u2013 Coalition for Europe\nSun \u2013 Coalition for Europe included the SDSM, the New Social Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party of Macedonia, the New Alternative, the Green Party of Macedonia, the Party of Pensioners of the Republic of Macedonia and the Democratic Union of Vlachs in Macedonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Opinion polls\nAccording to a poll of 1,108 citizens taken between 11 April and 15 April 2008, VMRO-DPMNE had a 29% rating, followed by SDSM with 11% and DUI with 10%. A poll from 24 April and 25 April 2008 gave VMRO-DPMNE 26%, SDSM 12%, DUI 11% and DPA 7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Opinion polls\nOther polls saw For a Better Macedonia lead with 37% to Sun's 18%, followed by DUI with 11% and DPA with 6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe tense elections involved episodes of violence, mostly between rival ethnic Albanian parties, the DUI and DPA. Shootings were reported in the Albanian-populated North-West of the country. A gunman opened fire on a Macedonian police unit patrolling the village of Ara\u010dinovo, north of the capital Skopje. One person was killed and several were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe situation appeared to have calmed down by the time polls closed at 7 p.m. (1700 GMT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Conduct\nThere were also reports of ballot stuffing and allegations of fraud in villages around Skopje during the early hours of voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Conduct\nDue to violence on the polling day, polling had to be repeated in parts of three election districts (193 polling stations out of 2,976) on 15 June 2008; about 170,000 voters were eligible to vote in the rerun, and the results determined which of the two main Albanian parties will join VMRO\u2013DPMNE in government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197547-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Macedonian parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe Party for Democratic Prosperity announced after the election on 3 June 2008 that it would merge with the DPA, effectively making the DPA the larger of the two main Albanian parties and increasing its chances in the repeated elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197548-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mackay Cutters season\nThe 2008 Mackay Cutters season was the first in the club's history. Captain-coached by Shane Muspratt, they competed in the QRL's Wizard Cup. The club finished ninth in their inaugural season, winning seven games, losing 12 and drawing once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197548-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mackay Cutters season, Season summary\nThe Cutters played their first Queensland Cup game local rivals, the Northern Pride, who were also playing their first game, losing 16\u201344. Proserpine junior Sam Faust, who was contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys at the time, scored the club's first try. Two more losses followed before the club recorded their first win, a 24\u201322 victory over the Redcliffe Dolphins at Dolphin Oval. Their first home win came three weeks later when they defeated the Souths Logan Magpies 22\u201312 at the Mackay Junior Rugby League grounds. They won just four of their last 13 games and finished the season in ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197548-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mackay Cutters season, Squad List, 2008 squad\nThe following players contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys played for the Cutters in 2008: Daniel Abraham, Daniel Backo, Travis Burns, Ben Farrar, Sione Faumuina, Sam Faust, John Frith, George Gatis, Keiron Lander, Anthony Perkins, Matthew Scott, Shane Tronc, Anthony Watts and Dayne Weston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197548-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mackay Cutters season, Squad movement, Gains\nThe Cutters recruited a number of players from the local Mackay & District Rugby League competition, they included: Aaron Barba, Sam Granville, David Nixon, Matt Parnis (Mackay Brothers), Dean Tass (Northern Suburbs Devils), Daniel Flynn, Scott Leigh, Royston Lightning, Jared Owens (Sarina Crocs), Anthony Caulton, Michael Comerford, Michael Pearce, Todd Seymour, Luke Srama, Kerrod Toby (Souths Sharks), James Bryant and Chris Giumelli (Wests Tigers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197549-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election\nThe 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was declared by the Election Commission of India on 14 October 2008. Elections for 230 seats took place on 27 November 2008, and counting started on 8 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197549-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Parties\nThe election was mainly contested between two national parties, Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress. Other parties included Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Jan Shakti Party, and Samajwadi Party", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197550-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round\n2008 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on June 21 and June 22, 2008 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours, France. It was the fourth race of the 2008 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2008 French Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197551-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round was the thirteenth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of October 3-5, 2008, at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197552-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo)\nThe 2008 Magyar Kupa, is the 82nd edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197552-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Quarter-finals\nQuarter-final matches were played on 27 and 28 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197552-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Final four\nThe final four will be held on 29 and 30 November 2008 at the Bitskey Alad\u00e1r Uszoda in Eger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197553-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mahoran legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in Mayotte on 9 and 16 March 2008 as part of the 2008 French municipal elections. The Union for a Popular Movement emerged as the largest party, winning eight of the nineteen seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197554-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maidstone Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197554-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maidstone Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 27 seats, but did not have a majority. The council however was run by a coalition of the other groups, with the Liberal Democrats leading an alliance with Labour and the independents. Between them these groups had 28 seats, until the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Peter Hooper, after he was arrested in relation to a computer-related crime, left them with the same number of seats as the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197554-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maidstone Borough Council election, Background\n19 seats were being contested in the election, with the Conservatives defending 8 and the Liberal Democrats 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197554-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Maidstone Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives gain a majority of the council after making a net gain of 2 seats, in what was the first time any party had a majority on the council for 25 years. The Conservatives went up to 29 seats, while the Liberal Democrats dropped one seat to 20. The Labour group leader Morel D'Souza was defeated in Fant ward and his party was reduced to just 1 seat. Meanwhile, the independents went up by 1 seat to have 5 seats on the council. Overall turnout in the election was 35.58%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197555-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Black Bears football team\nThe 2008 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their 16th season under head coach Jack Cosgrove, the Black Bears compiled an 8\u20135 record (5\u20133 against conference opponents), finished second in the CAA's North Division, and lost to Northern Iowa in the first round of the NCAA FCS playoffs. Jovan Belcher and Jhamal Fluellen were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197556-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 10, 2008, and had 24 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Maine's two congressional districts received all of that district's total delegates, which totaled 16. Another eight delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama, at the Maine Democratic Party Statewide Convention on May 31, 2008. These 24 delegates represented Maine at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Another 10 unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197556-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses\nAlthough Maine technically sent 24 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention, John Knutson, the superdelegate Chairman of the Maine Democratic Party, had pledged to support whoever won the majority of the vote, making the total number of pledged delegates effectively 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197556-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe Maine Democratic Caucus was a closed caucus open to all Democratic voters. New voters and nonpartisan voters could register as Democrats at the door, while members of other parties must have changed their party registration by January 26, 2008. In addition, absentee ballots were permitted for the disabled and those in the military who could not personally attend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197556-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nAt the caucus, participants gathered in groups among presidential preference. Unlike most other caucuses, there was no 15-percent minimum threshold, as long as a candidate had enough votes to elect a whole delegate after rounding. Re -caucusing after the first preference groups was divided was permitted among all participants. After dividing presidential delegates, voters were elected to be delegates to the Maine Democratic Party State Convention on May 31, 2008, pledged but not bound to their candidate. Only state delegates are reported by the party. At the state level, delegates were selected for the Democratic National Convention; these delegates were bound.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197556-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, State Convention Results\nCaucus Date: May 31, 2008National Pledged Delegates Determined: 24 (of 24)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197557-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses were held on February 1, February 2, and February 3 at various locations throughout the state of Maine. The results were used to apportion 21 delegates for the state. The Maine Republican caucuses were the first caucuses in the 2008 election season in which Rudy Giuliani was out of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197557-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses, Process\nThe Maine Republican caucus is a modified closed caucus. New voters and voters who have not declared a party may register as Republicans 30 minutes before the caucus begins. Otherwise, a voter must have been registered Republican 15 days before the caucus. In addition, those who turn 18 by the general election are eligible to register at the caucus site. The delegates chosen at the caucuses are actually non-binding; this means that they will not be bound to any specific candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197557-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses, Process\nLike most Republican Party caucuses, there are two components to the Maine caucuses. First, delegates are elected from the attendees. These delegates later represent the caucusgoers at the state convention in May. Candidates generally provide slates of delegates to voters who are interested in supporting them, and voters can ask prospective delegates whom they support for president. A total of 3,867 delegates were selected statewide in 2008. Then, a straw poll, called a presidential preference ballot, is taken of the individuals in the room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197557-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses, Process\nThe results of this secret ballot are transmitted to the media, who use it as a \"snapshot\" of the opinions of Maine Republicans. Although the media report the results of the ballot, and assign delegates appropriately, it is the state convention which determines who actually goes to the Republican National Convention. Even after the state convention, all delegates remain unbound to any candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197557-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses, Process\nIn 2008, although some caucuses were held on February 3, this was the day of Super Bowl XLII and county parties were discouraged from holding caucuses for fear of low turnout. Only three caucuses were scheduled for that day. Thus, the party released results statewide for the media on the evening of February 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197557-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses, Campaign\nSince Maine is adjacent to New Hampshire, Mainers have the benefit of traveling to New Hampshire to look at the candidates, and spillover coverage from the New Hampshire primary, traditionally the first primary election of the nominating process. Some candidates traveled to Maine during the 2008 campaign on visits to New Hampshire. Rudy Giuliani visited the state in September, 2007. Many candidates mobilized supporters. Further visits to the state were expected to be few, given that the Maine caucuses were sandwiched between the prominent Florida primary and Super Tuesday. However, Ron Paul visited the state in the end of January, five days before the caucuses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197557-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses, Campaign\nBy the time of the caucus, Ron Paul was the only presidential candidate still in the race who had visited Maine to campaign, but Mitt Romney's oldest son, Tagg, campaigned for him there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197557-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses, Campaign\nSome residents have criticized the caucus system, complaining that it disenfranchises the elderly and military service-members and discourages turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197557-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the caucuses", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game\nThe 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 79th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City, home of the New York Yankees, on July 15, 2008, and began at 8:47\u00a0p.m. ET. The game ended at 1:38\u00a0a.m. ET the following morning. The home American League won 4\u20133 in 15 innings, giving home field advantage in the 2008 World Series to the AL champion, which eventually came to be the Tampa Bay Rays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game\nBy length of time, this was the longest MLB All-Star Game in history (4 hours and 50 minutes), and it also tied the mark for the longest game by innings played at 15 with the 1967 All-Star Game. Second baseman Dan Uggla of the Florida Marlins committed three errors, an All-Star Game record, none of which resulted in a run. J. D. Drew of the Boston Red Sox was named Most Valuable Player due to his two-run game-tying home run in the seventh inning. Drew won a Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid and the Ted Williams Trophy. It was the second All-Star Game in which the winning run was batted in by the Texas Rangers' Michael Young.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Background\nAs with each All-Star Game since 1970, the eight starting position players of each league, as well as the American League's designated hitter, were elected by fan balloting. The remaining players were selected by a players' vote, each league's team manager, and a second fan balloting to add one more player to each roster. In all, 32 players were selected to each league's team, not including players who decline to play due to injuries or personal reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Background\nThe game was the sixth straight All-Star Game to decide home-field advantage in the World Series, the AL having clinched each of the first five opportunities. The AL entered the game on an 11-game unbeaten streak (10\u20130\u20131) as the NL continued to look for their first win since the 1996 game in Philadelphia, still holding a 40\u201337\u20132 lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Background, Venue selection\nThe announcement of Yankee Stadium as the site of the game was made by MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on January 31, 2007, at New York's City Hall. Though it was the fourth game hosted at the Stadium and the eighth held in New York City, it was the first time since 1977 that the game had been played in the city (the last time also at Yankee Stadium).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Background, Venue selection\nIt had been speculated for months that the game would be held in Yankee Stadium, accelerated by the announcement that the 2008 season would be the 84th and final one for the stadium before the team moved into the new Yankee Stadium in 2009. Thus, it was seen as a fitting tribute to the old stadium that it host an All-Star Game in its final season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Background, Venue selection\nIt was the first All-Star Game to be played in a venue scheduled to close after that season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting, Starters\nBalloting for the 2008 All-Star Game starters (excluding pitchers) began on April 29. Because the game was in an American League ballpark, fans were asked to select their favorite AL designated hitter in addition to all the position players. The top vote-getters at each position, and top three among outfielders, were named to start the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting, Starters\nVotes were cast online and at the 30 MLB ballparks. Monster was the sponsor of the online portion of balloting. There was a limit of 25 votes per e-mail address, but no limit to the number of ballots cast at the stadium. The deadline to cast votes was July 2. Rosters were announced on July 6. Alex Rodriguez led all players in votes for the second consecutive year with 3,934,518 votes, while Chase Utley led all National League players with 3,889,602 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting, Final roster spot\nAfter the rosters were revealed, a second ballot of five players per league was created for the Monster All-Star Final Vote to determine the 32nd and final player of each roster. Ballots were cast online between July 6 and 10 with the player in each league receiving the most votes added to the team rosters. The winners were Corey Hart of the Milwaukee Brewers and Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays. A record 47.8 million votes were cast in the balloting, shattering the record set the previous year of 23.2 million. Longoria's nine million votes more than doubled the individual record of 4.4 million set by San Diego Padres pitcher Chris Young in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Rosters\nPlayers in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Rosters, American League\nSelected to start but unable to play due to injury. Milton Bradley took his place in the starting lineup. Selected to start but unable to play due to injury. Matt Holliday took his place in the starting lineup. David Wright took his place on the roster. Won the Monster All-Star Final Vote. Unable to play due to injury. Carlos M\u00e1rmol took his place on the roster. Lincecum was not available to the National League due to flu-like symptoms he suffered earlier in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Ceremonies\nTo commemorate the last all-star game at Yankee Stadium, every living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame was invited to the game. Forty-nine players, coaches, and administrators accepted the invitation. Many of them participated in a pre-game parade that went up Sixth Avenue from Bryant Park to Central Park. During the pre-game ceremonies, the Hall of Famers were introduced and assumed their playing position on the field. Instead of announcing the league lineups separately and in batting order, as is usually done, both teams' starters were introduced simultaneously by position, and the players stood in position next to the Hall of Fame members on the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Ceremonies\nThe colors were presented by the West Point Cadet Color Guard. A recording of O Canada was played, and \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" was sung by Sheryl Crow, during which a B-2 stealth bomber flew over. Four Yankees, all members of the Baseball Hall of Fame \u2013 Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Reggie Jackson and Rich Gossage \u2013 threw the ceremonial first pitch, with balls delivered to them by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Ceremonies\nDuring the seventh-inning stretch, Josh Groban sang \"God Bless America\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Umpires\nThe six umpires working the 79th All-Star game were announced on June 25. The crew was led by Derryl Cousins, a thirty-year MLB veteran working his third All-Star game and his first behind the plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Coaches\nTigers manager Jim Leyland and Yankees manager Joe Girardi were selected as coaches by manager Terry Francona. The staff also included Brad Mills (bench coach), John Farrell (pitching coach), Dave Magadan (hitting coach), Luis Alicea (first base coach), DeMarlo Hale, (third base coach), and Gary Tuck (bullpen coach). Girardi also caught in the bullpen in the eighth and ninth innings for some of the American League relievers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Coaches\nNew York Mets manager Willie Randolph and San Diego Padres manager Bud Black were selected as coaches by manager Clint Hurdle. Randolph was later replaced by Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella after Randolph was fired by the Mets on June 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nThe game-time temperature was 82\u00a0\u00b0F (28\u00a0\u00b0C), with the wind blowing out to center field at eight miles per hour. Cliff Lee threw the first pitch at 8:47 EDT. Starting pitchers Lee and Ben Sheets set the tone for the game by each throwing two scoreless innings. The game stayed scoreless until the fifth inning when Matt Holliday led off the inning with a home run off Ervin Santana to give the National League a 1\u20130 lead. The NL added a run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Lance Berkman to score Hanley Ram\u00edrez. The American League finally got on the board in the bottom of the seventh inning on a two-out, two-run home run by J. D. Drew off Edinson V\u00f3lquez, tying the game at two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nIn the eighth inning, Miguel Tejada singled, and with one out attempted to steal second base. Catcher Dioner Navarro made a poor throw to get Tejada, and the ball ended up in center field, allowing Tejada to advance to third base on the error. Tejada scored on a sacrifice fly by Adri\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez, and the NL retook the lead. In the bottom half of the inning, after Brian Wilson retired the first two batters, Billy Wagner gave up a single to Grady Sizemore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nSizemore proceeded to steal second base (one of a record six stolen bases by both sides), and pinch-hitter Evan Longoria hit a ground rule double to left field to tie the game once again. With Mariano Rivera in to pitch with one out in the ninth inning for the American League, Rivera struck out Ryan Ludwick and Navarro threw out Cristian Guzm\u00e1n as he attempted to steal second, thus ending the inning. Ryan Dempster struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth to force the game into extra innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nIn the tenth inning for the American League, Michael Young and Carlos Quentin reached base on consecutive errors by Dan Uggla. Carlos Guill\u00e9n was intentionally walked to load the bases with none out. With the infield and outfield drawn in, NL pitcher Aaron Cook induced ground balls from Sizemore and Longoria and the potential winning runs in both at bats were forced out at home. Cook successfully escaped the jam by getting Justin Morneau to ground out to Tejada to end the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nThe AL had another chance to win in the eleventh when Young singled with one out in the eleventh and Drew and Navarro on first and second. Navarro tried scoring from second on the hit, but was thrown out at home by Nate McLouth. Cook got Quentin to ground out to third and keep the game going.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nThe NL then had their chance to score in the twelfth off Joakim Soria, with the bases loaded and one out. Soria struck out Dan Uggla, and was relieved by George Sherrill, who struck out Adri\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez to end the threat. In the bottom of the inning, Carlos Guill\u00e9n hit a long fly ball that bounced off the left field wall for a double. After advancing to third base after a Grady Sizemore groundout, Cook, pitching his third inning of relief, struck out Longoria. Morneau was intentionally walked, and advanced to second base on defensive indifference. Cook got Ian Kinsler to ground out to end the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nSherrill pitched scoreless innings in the 13th and 14th, while Carlos M\u00e1rmol and Brandon Webb did the same for the NL, and the game moved into the 15th inning, tying the record set in 1967 for the longest All-Star Game in terms of innings played. At this point, each team was down to their final pitchers, raising concerns of the game finishing in a tie due to lack of pitchers. In the bottom of the 15th, Morneau led off with a single off Brad Lidge. A diving play by Ludwick robbed Kinsler of a base hit for the first out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nNavarro then singled to move Morneau to second base, and Drew walked to once again load the bases. This time, the AL would capitalize; Michael Young flew out to right field, and Morneau was able to tag and just beat the throw from Corey Hart to score the winning run for a final score of 4\u20133. The American League's unbeaten streak in the All-Star Game was extended to 12 in a row. Young was credited a walk-off sacrifice fly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Home Run Derby\nThe State Farm Home Run Derby took place on July 14. Josh Hamilton set a Home Run Derby record for most home runs in one round with 28. Justin Morneau won the derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Home Run Derby\nNotes: New single round record. Voluntarily ended round with four outs 10 Home Runs were hit while the Gold Ball (special balls used when the batters have nine outs) was in play, earning $170,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Broadcasters\nThe All-Star Game was shown live in the United States on Fox Sports, with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver in the booth and sportswriter Ken Rosenthal as a field reporter. Yogi Berra visited the booth in the third inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Broadcasters\nFor telecasts in other countries, the game was produced by Major League Baseball Properties under the name MLB International, with Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe as the English-language announcers. In the U.S., the feed was simulcast by Fox Sports en Espa\u00f1ol with Spanish-language commentary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Broadcasters\nThe British rights-holder for this game, five (now known as Channel 5) ended its coverage at 6 a.m. BST with the game still in the 12th inning. The network explained that it had a commitment to carry the children's cartoon show The Wiggles that it could not break. The situation is similar to the infamous Heidi Game on the U.S. network NBC in 1968.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197558-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Broadcasters\nThe radio rights in the U.S. were held by ESPN Radio; the announcers were Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197559-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby\nThe 2008 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby (known through sponsorship as the State Farm Home Run Derby) was a home run hitting contest in Major League Baseball (MLB) between four batters each from the American League and National League. The derby was held on July 14, 2008, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City, the host location of the 2008 MLB All-Star Game. ESPN televised the event live at 8:00 PM EDT, with ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio handling radio broadcasting duties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197559-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby\nJustin Morneau of the Minnesota Twins defeated Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers, 5\u20133, in the final. In the first round, Hamilton set an MLB record for most home runs in one round of a Derby with 28, hitting 13 of them with eight outs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197559-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby\nThe eight participants were Lance Berkman of the Houston Astros, Dan Uggla of the Florida Marlins, Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies, Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers, Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers, Grady Sizemore of the Cleveland Indians, Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays, and Justin Morneau  of the Minnesota Twins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197559-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby\nVladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was originally going to participate to defend his 2007 title, but he ultimately declined the invitation in order to spend time with his family. Morneau became the first Canadian player to win the derby since its introduction in the 1985 MLB season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197559-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Pre-game entertainment\nAmerican rock band 3 Doors Down performed at the beginning of the Derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197559-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Results\nNotes: New single round record. Voluntarily ended round with four outs. 10 Home Runs were hit while the Gold Ball (special balls used when the batters have nine outs) was in play, earning $170,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197560-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball draft\nThe 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft continued Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, and was held on June 5 and 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197560-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball draft, Notes\nOn September 9, 2008, Conor Gillaspie, the 37th pick in the 2008 draft, made his Major League debut, becoming the first from his draft class to do so. Buster Posey was the first 2008 draftee to play in post-season and eventually won the 2010 World Series, the 2012 World Series, and the 2014 World Series with the San Francisco Giants. Posey was also named 2010 NL Rookie of the Year, and he won 2012 National League Most Valuable Player award and the 2012, 2014 & 2015 Silver Slugger awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197560-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball draft, Notes\n2011 Rookie of the Year Craig Kimbrel was drafted 96th overall by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197560-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball draft, Notes\nRyan Westmoreland, who the Boston Red Sox drafted in the fifth round, became one of the best prospects in baseball before having brain surgery twice to repair a cavernous malformation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197560-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball draft, Notes\nBrothers Caleb and Corban Joseph were both chosen in the 2008 draft. The New York Yankees selected Corban in the fourth round, with the 140th overall selection, out of Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee, while the Baltimore Orioles drafted Caleb in the seventh round, with the 206th overall selection, out of Lipscomb University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197560-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball draft, Notes\nWest Virginia quarterback Pat White was drafted in the 49th round by the Cincinnati Reds, even though he had not played baseball since his senior year of high school in 2004, when he was drafted by the Anaheim Angels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197560-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball draft, Negro Leagues Special Draft\nPrior to the start of the draft, the League held a special round consisting of the surviving Negro leagues players to acknowledge and rectify their exclusion from the major leagues on the basis of race in the past. The idea of the special draft was conceived by Hall of Famer Dave Winfield. Each major league team drafted one player from the Negro leagues. Notable in the draft were Emilio Navarro (who, at 101 years of age at the time of the draft, was believed to be the oldest living professional ballplayer) and Mamie \"Peanut\" Johnson, the first woman ever drafted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season\nThe 2008 Major League Baseball season began on March 25, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan with the 2007 World Series champion Boston Red Sox defeating the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome 6\u20135 (in 10 innings) in the first game of a two-game series, and ended on September 30 with the host Chicago White Sox defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff to win the AL Central division. The Civil Rights Game, an exhibition, in Memphis, Tennessee, took place March 29 when the New York Mets beat the Chicago White Sox, 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season\nThe Tampa Bay Devil Rays shortened their name to Tampa Bay Rays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season\nThe All-Star Game was played on July 15 at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City, with the AL winning 4 to 3 in 15 innings. The Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series 4 games to 1 over the Tampa Bay Rays. This was Philadelphia's second championship, and also the first World Series appearance for the Rays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Postseason, Bracket\nNote: Two teams in the same division could not meet in the division series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Spring training, Openings and closings\nThe 2008 Spring training session was marked by the final at-bats for three stadiums that had been mainstays in the Grapefruit League, as the spring training sites in Florida are called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 83], "content_span": [84, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Spring training, Openings and closings\nThe first to end its run was Holman Stadium, longtime home to the Los Angeles Dodgers. On March 17, the Dodgers played their last game in Vero Beach; they lost to the Houston Astros, 12\u201310. It has been rumored that the Baltimore Orioles might move into the facility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 83], "content_span": [84, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Spring training, Openings and closings\nThe next stadium to close its doors was Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, home of the Cleveland Indians. On March 27, they lost their final game in the stadium to the Tampa Bay Rays, 9\u20137 in 10 innings. Both the Dodgers and the Indians left their longtime Florida homes for new stadiums in the Cactus League in Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 83], "content_span": [84, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Spring training, Openings and closings\nThe oldest of them all, Progress Energy Park, home of Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg, was retired on March 28 with the Tampa Bay Rays losing to the Cincinnati Reds 6\u20133. The Rays, unlike the other teams to close stadiums before them, are staying in Florida; they are relocating their spring training home to the Charlotte Sports Park in Port Charlotte, where they spent $20 million to rebuild its main stadium. The site of Progress Energy Park was connected to plans to build a new retractable roof stadium for the Rays to replace the fixed-dome Tropicana Field, but was eventually withdrawn from consideration by team ownership in favor of a more thorough study.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 83], "content_span": [84, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Spring training, Exhibitions\nOn March 15 and 16, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres played a 2-game exhibition series at Wukesong Stadium in Beijing, China, which would later be the baseball venue for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The series marked MLB's first games played in China. The first game ended in a 3\u20133 tie, and the second ended in a 6\u20133 win for the Dodgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Spring training, Exhibitions\nOn March 29, as part of the 50th anniversary of the Dodgers' relocation from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, the Dodgers hosted an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the Dodgers' home stadium from 1958 to 1961. Proceeds from the game were donated to the Dodgers' official charity, ThinkCure. The game saw a sellout crowd of 115,300, which broke the Guinness World Record for the largest crowd to ever attend a baseball game. The previous record was an estimated 114,000 for a baseball demonstration during the 1956 Summer Olympics at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Regular season, Openings and closings\nThe Washington Nationals began the domestic portion of the 2008 season in their new US$611 million home, Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. with a nationally telecast ESPN Sunday Night Baseball game (in a rare one-game series) against the Atlanta Braves on March 30 in the first official baseball game stateside. President Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch while being booed by some of the crowd that night, and joined Jon Miller and Joe Morgan in the broadcast booth for the third and part of the fourth inning of the game telecast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Regular season, Openings and closings\nFittingly, Ryan Zimmerman hit a walk-off home run to give the Nats a 3\u20132 win. Nationals Park replaced their temporary home, RFK Stadium. Unlike RFK, Nationals Park has been considered to be fair to both hitters and pitchers. Additionally, there was an exhibition game March 29 against their beltway rivals, the Baltimore Orioles, in which season ticket holders were admitted free. The first game, however, was on March 22, when local university George Washington played a home Atlantic 10 college contest against Saint Joseph's at Nationals Park. The Colonials sent their fans home happy by defeating the Hawks 9\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Regular season, Openings and closings\nThis season also marked the last season in New York City for two historic stadiums where the Mets and Yankees reside. Shea Stadium closed in Flushing Meadows, Queens on a down note September 28 with the Mets being eliminated from postseason play for the second consecutive season by the Marlins, 4\u20132, while Yankee Stadium closed after 83 seasons (the Yankees played at Shea Stadium in 1974 and 1975 while Yankee Stadium was refurbished), with the final home game played on September 21 as the Bronx Bombers defeated the Orioles, 7\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Regular season, Openings and closings\nThe teams will move into new ballparks near their current homes \u2013 Citi Field for the Mets and New Yankee Stadium for the Yankees \u2013 in time for their 2009 home openers on April 13 against the San Diego Padres (Citi Field) and 16th against Cleveland Indians (New Yankee Stadium) respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0011-0002", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Regular season, Openings and closings\nWith the closing of these ballparks, Dodger Stadium becomes the largest seating capacity park (56,000) and third oldest baseball stadium (after Fenway Park and Wrigley Field) starting in 2009, and Angel Stadium of Anaheim (built in 1966) and Oakland\u2013Alameda County Coliseum (first baseball game in 1968; stadium was built in 1966) become the fourth and fifth oldest baseball stadiums, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Regular season, Naming rights\nStarting with the 2008 season, the Cleveland Indians' home field was renamed Progressive Field \u2013 after the insurance company based in suburban Mayfield Heights \u2013 in a deal valued at US$57.6 million over the next sixteen seasons. The new name replaces Jacobs Field, named for former team owner Richard Jacobs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Regular season, Naming rights\nAnother naming rights agreement concerned a stadium still under construction. The Minnesota Twins and Minneapolis-based retail giant Target Corporation announced on September 15 that the Twins' new stadium set to open in 2010 will be named Target Field. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Target Field is located not far from another facility of which the discount retailer owns naming rights: Target Center the home of the NBA's Timberwolves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Regular season, Naming rights\nOn September 19, the naming rights contract owned by McAfee for Oakland\u2013Alameda County Coliseum lapsed; McAfee declined a new contract offer. The Coliseum, home to the Oakland Athletics since their 1968 relocation from Kansas City, reverted to its old name after 10 years, during which it was originally known as Network Associates Coliseum, then McAfee Coliseum when the company changed its name in 2004. The A's played their last home series after the stadium reverted its name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Regular season, Other\nAs a consequence of Hurricane Ike damaging the Houston area, two games between the Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs were relocated to Miller Park in Milwaukee. Although Milwaukee was picked as a \"neutral\" site whose retractable roof would ensure the game would be played in the event of inclement weather, Miller Park's location 90 miles (140\u00a0km) from Chicago \u2013 and well over 1,000 miles (1,600\u00a0km) from Houston \u2013 resulted in a decidedly pro-Cubs crowd in a series where Houston was officially designated as the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Stadiums, Regular season, Other\nAdding to the controversy from the Houston perspective was the fact that Turner Field in Atlanta had been suggested by the players' union as a potential neutral site. This would mark the second time in as many years that a series was moved to neutral Miller Park due to weather, as a series between the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians was relocated there one year earlier as a consequence of snow storms in northern Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Instant Replay\nDuring last season, especially the ALCS, several plays were deemed to be considered controversial on whether or not balls were ruled home runs. During a game in the annual interleague Subway Series between the Mets and the Yankees at Yankee Stadium, a home run was taken away and ruled a ground rule double. This led to discussions about introducing instant replay to Baseball games, especially on balls that are ruled fair or foul and home runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Instant Replay\nIn August, all 30 parks have been wired to send feeds similar to a video goal judge in the NHL, where all video feeds are sent to a central control room at Major League Baseball Advanced Media's home office in New York City to be reviewed, and correct any errors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Instant Replay\nOn August 20, MLB and the World Umpires Association, the umpires union, agreed to start reviews based only on whether or not a ball that is ruled a home run was fair or foul, or whether or not balls that clear walls are home runs according to each team's ground rules. This practice started August 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Instant Replay\nThe first official use of the Instant Replay system occurred on Wednesday, September 3 in a game between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, when Alex Rodriguez hit a home run in the top of the ninth inning with two outs remaining. Tampa Bay catcher Dioner Navarro and manager Joe Maddon initially protested in order to reverse the call as it appeared to be foul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Instant Replay\nTelevision replays showed the ball hit Tropicana Field's D-Ring catwalk on the foul side of the attached yellow post; however, the ball was still in fair territory when it left the playing field (passing over the foul pole) and was therefore a home run. Umpire crew chief Charlie Reliford agreed to the review and after a delay of 2 minutes and 15 seconds, the ruling on the field was upheld and remained a home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Instant Replay\nReplay made its National League debut on September 9 at Minute Maid Park in a game between the Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates. Houston right fielder Hunter Pence hit a fly ball to right field that bounced off the top of the fence and back onto the field of play. The umpires on the field ruled a live ball, and Pence was credited with a double. Houston manager Cecil Cooper argued the ball bounced beyond the fence before bouncing back onto the field and was therefore a home run. After a discussion among the umpires, crew chief Tim Welke allowed the review and reviewed the play with his brother Bill Welke, the home plate umpire. After the review the call was upheld as a double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Instant Replay\nThe first call to be reversed by instant replay occurred on September 19, and again involved the Tampa Bay Rays in a game against the Minnesota Twins at Tropicana Field. A fly ball hit by Rays' first baseman Carlos Pe\u00f1a, the umpires ruled, was interfered with by a fan sitting in the front row of the stands, when the ball hit the hands of the fan and fell back onto the field of play. The umpires originally ruled that the fan reached over the wall to touch the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Instant Replay\nAfter Rays manager Joe Maddon requested the umpires hold a conference to discuss the play, the umpires, headed by Gerry Davis, decided to look at instant replay. Replays showed that the fan did not reach over the wall; the ball was over the wall when he tried to catch the ball, and the ball bounced back onto the field. Just over four minutes later, Davis returned to the field and signaled that the ball was a home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Instant Replay\nThe use of replay created a statistical anomaly September 26, in which San Francisco Giants catcher Bengie Molina hit what was ruled a single off the high wall in right field at AT&T Park in San Francisco, in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Once he reached base, Molina was replaced by pinch runner Emmanuel Burriss, while Umpires conferred on whether the ball had actually hit the roof and bounced back, which would make it a home run. After a replay review, the umpires reversed their call, awarding Molina the home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Instant Replay\nGiants manager Bruce Bochy then attempted to retract Burriss from the game, and put back Molina, under the logic that he wouldn't have pulled Molina had the correct call of home run been made in the first place. After a 15-minute delay, the umpires denied Bochy, citing the replacement rule. Burriss was told to complete the home run circuit, making it a two-run home run in which Molina, who had hit it, didn't score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Media coverage, United States\nFor the 2008 season, TBS switched from doing Atlanta Braves games (who telecast 45 contests on WPCH-TV a/k/a \"Peachtree TV\" locally in Atlanta) to a national Sunday afternoon Game of the Week format (though some games have involved the Braves). In addition, the Time Warner-owned cable channel also carried the one-game AL Central playoff between the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox on September 30 as well as the entire League Division Series and the American League Championship Series this season, with TNT possibly carrying some games when there are time conflicts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Media coverage, United States\nDisney-owned ESPN continued to televise games on Sunday nights, Wednesday nights, and (through the first week in August) Monday nights, switching to Friday nights for the remainder of the season, plus multiple afternoon and prime-time games on the traditional Opening Day (March 31) and the annual State Farm Home Run Derby on July 14. Certain games aired on ESPN2 due to scheduling conflicts with the parent network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Media coverage, United States\nFOX Sports continued with a weekly regional Saturday Game of the Week, the All-Star Game, the National League Championship Series, and the World Series. The Game of the Week was expanded in 2007, as for the first time FOX was allowed to air Saturday games for all 26 weeks of the season, marking the first time since 1989, when NBC ended their iconic run of televising America's Pastime on a weekly basis, that a network covered games on a week to week basis for the entire season. Also, all games on FOX were televised in high definition; in previous years, only the primary (or \"A\") game was in HD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Media coverage, United States\nThe limits for telecasts per season (starting in 2008) that any team can make are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Media coverage, United States\nESPN Radio continued as the national radio carrier for Major League Baseball, airing Sunday night games throughout the regular season as well as Saturday afternoon games after the All-Star break, the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby, along with selected Opening Day and holiday games, and the entire postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Media coverage, United States\nThe biggest change in local rights came as the San Francisco Giants switched their terrestrial telecast rights from longtime home KTVU (Cox Communications-owned Fox affiliate) to NBC Universal-owned KNTV after fifty years, one of the longest in televised sports history. KTVU will continue to air some Giants games as part of the Fox Sports' Saturday afternoon Game of the Week package if the team is competitive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Media coverage, Canada\nBaseball games \u2013 mostly involving the Toronto Blue Jays \u2013 were televised on Rogers Sportsnet, TSN, and CBC. RSN airs Fox and ESPN/ESPN 2 feeds if they do not conflict with the Toronto Blue Jays games, as well as the All-Star Game and the entire post-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Apparel, Military tributes\nSeveral teams wore special uniforms to honor military serving overseas:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Weather\nThrough the 2008 All-Star break, there had not been an official game called that was not suspendable. As of the break, every win and loss in the standings for every team represented a game played to its legitimate nine-inning (or more) completion. The streak ended on August 4 in Chicago, however, when the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros were unable to complete their game due to a rainstorm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Weather\nThe Astros were leading the game 2\u20130 in the 8th inning, and since that was the score when the inning started, the game was not resumeable to the next day and the Astros were awarded the \"win\". This was the only game to be rain shortened until September 26, when the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles in a game curtailed to seven innings, 2\u20130. The next day, the Jays lost another rain-shortened game against the O's, 2\u20131 after 6 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Weather\nBoth the Astros and the Cubs were also involved in a rare \"rain-in\" due to Hurricane Ike postponing the first two games of their three-game series on September 12 and 13; the city of Houston had been evacuated so they were not able to play at the retractable-roof Minute Maid Park. The last rain-in was on June 15, 1976, when the Astros' game at the Astrodome against the Pittsburgh Pirates was called due to heavy flooding in the Houston area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Weather\nTwo of the games were played at Miller Park in Milwaukee on September 14 and 15, the remaining game was canceled outright, one of three games that would be outright canceled, the first being the Oakland Athletics scheduled to play the Orioles on September 7; however, the game was switched due to a conflict with the Baltimore Ravens' NFL season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. This game was moved to September 6 as part of a day/night doubleheader. However, the remnants of Hurricane Hanna called off the afternoon game, and because both teams were not in the pennant races, the game was not made up, in spite of the fact that both teams still had two common off days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Weather\nIn another weather-related note involving a team playing in an indoor venue, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Tampa Bay Rays had either postponed or canceled a home game on a Sunday in September of a presidential election year three consecutive times due to hurricanes. The streak started on September 17, 2000, and continued on September 5 and 26, 2004. The streak ended when the Rays played their game against the Minnesota Twins as scheduled on September 21, 2008. They played at home on the final day of the 2000 season, but that game was on October 1, not September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Weather\nThe 2008 season also marked the first time Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies and Busch Stadium, home to the St. Louis Cardinals made it through an entire season without a game either being canceled or shortened. The Washington Nationals came close, but their home finale at Nationals Park was canceled on September 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Weather\nOn September 29, one day after the scheduled final day of the season, the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox made up a game postponed from two weeks earlier, the first such game since 1981, as in 1908 and 1973. The game needed to be played because the White Sox trailed the Minnesota Twins by a half-game in the AL Central standings following play on September 28, and even then, rain was a problem as the contest was delayed for three hours and four minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197561-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Baseball season, Weather\nOn October 27, Game 5 of the World Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Philadelphia Phillies was suspended in the bottom of the 6th with the score tied 2\u20132 and the Phillies leading 3\u20131 in games. This marked the first time in World Series history that a game was suspended. The game finished with the Phillies winning 4\u20133, at home on October 29. However, the official records will indicate that the game was played on October 27, the game's original date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197563-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Lacrosse season\nThe 2008 Major League Lacrosse season was the eighth season of the league. The season began on May 17, 2008, and concluded with the championship game on August 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197563-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Lacrosse season, Standings\nW = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, 2ptGF = 2 point Goals For, GA = Goals Against, 2ptGA = 2 point Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197563-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Lacrosse season, Standings\nLos Angeles finished ahead of Philadelphia based on head-to-head record of 1\u20130. Philadelphia finished ahead of Boston based on head-to-head record of 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197563-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Lacrosse season, All Star Game\nThe 2008 MLL All-Star Game was played on July 17 at INVESCO Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado. The Western Conference team won 31-15. Ryan Powell of Denver was named the game Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197563-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Lacrosse season, Playoffs\nThe 2008 NB Zip Major League Lacrosse Championship Weekend took place on August 23 and 24 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts. The semifinals took place on August 23 and the final was on August 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197563-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Lacrosse season, Awards, Weekly awards\nThe MLL gives out awards weekly for the best offensive player, best defensive player, best goalkeeper, and best rookie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season\nThe 2008 Major League Soccer season was the 13th season in the history of Major League Soccer. The season began on March 29 and ended with MLS Cup 2008, on November 23 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Competition format, Tiebreakers\nNOTE: If more than two clubs are tied, once a club advances through any step, the process reverts to Tiebreaker 1 among the remaining tied clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Standings\nFor an explanation of the playoff qualifications, see Competition format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Standings, Overall standings\n(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs\n1 The New York Red Bulls earned the eighth and final playoff berth, despite finishing fifth in the Eastern Conference. They represent the fourth seed in the Western Conference playoff bracket, as only three teams in the Western Conference qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, International competitions, CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008\nThe Houston Dynamo and D.C. United earned berths in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup by virtue of their MLS Cup and Supporters' Shield wins, respectively. Houston and D.C. were both victorious in their quarterfinal ties and advanced to the semifinals. For the second straight year, however, both lost their respective semifinals, and were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 111], "content_span": [112, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, International competitions, SuperLiga 2008\nD.C. United, Chivas USA, the New England Revolution, and the Houston Dynamo were MLS's entrants into SuperLiga 2008, based on their top-four finish in the 2007 regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, International competitions, SuperLiga 2008\nFollowing the Group Stage, which took place from July 12 to July 20, Houston and New England each won their respective groups to advance to the Semifinals, where they faced 2007 champion Pachuca on July 29 and Atlante on July 30, respectively. D.C. United finished last and Chivas USA finished third in their respective groups and failed to advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, International competitions, SuperLiga 2008\nBoth MLS teams were victorious in the Semifinals, setting up a rematch of the 2006 and 2007 MLS Cups in the Final on August 5 at Gillette Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, International competitions, SuperLiga 2008\nThe teams played to a 2\u20132 draw after extra time. New England eventually defeated Houston 6\u20135 on penalty kicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, International competitions, CONCACAF Champions League 2008\u201309\nThe Houston Dynamo (MLS Cup winner), D.C. United (Supporters' Shield Winner), the New England Revolution (U.S. Open Cup winner and MLS Cup runner-up), and Chivas USA (Supporters' Shield runner-up) were the representatives in the rebranded successor to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, International competitions, CONCACAF Champions League 2008\u201309\nNew England and Chivas USA entered at the Preliminary Round, and were eliminated over two legs by Joe Public of Trinidad and Tobago and Tauro of Panama, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, International competitions, CONCACAF Champions League 2008\u201309\nD.C. and Houston were seeded into the Group Stage as the top seeds in Groups A and B, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, International competitions, CONCACAF Champions League 2008\u201309\nD.C. was eliminated from Group A with two games remaining in group play, while Houston qualified for the Championship Round with a 1\u20130 win in their last match against Luis \u00c1ngel Firpo on November 26, which was postponed from Matchday 1 due to Hurricane Ike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, International competitions, CONCACAF Champions League 2008\u201309\nHouston was eliminated in the Quarterfinals over two legs by Atlante.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, National competitions, 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nMLS awarded the top three finishers in each conference last season automatic berths into the 2008 U.S. Open Cup's Third Round. D.C. United, the New England Revolution, and the New York Red Bulls qualified from the Eastern Conference while Chivas USA, the Houston Dynamo, and FC Dallas qualified from the Western Conference. The rest of MLS's U.S.-based teams would have to compete for the final two berths into the Third Round via a seven-team playoff. Eventually Chicago Fire and the Kansas City Wizards qualified by beating the Columbus Crew and the Colorado Rapids respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 107], "content_span": [108, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, National competitions, 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nEach of the qualified MLS teams was matched up against the winner of a Second Round game, all of whom came from either one of the USL's three divisions or the USASA, in the Third Round on July 1. Three MLS teams were eliminated by these lower division clubs. Chivas USA was eliminated by USL-1's Seattle Sounders, the New York Red Bulls were upset by Crystal Palace Baltimore of USL-2, and the Houston Dynamo lost a penalty shootout to the USL-1's Charleston Battery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 107], "content_span": [108, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, National competitions, 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nIn the Quarterfinals on July 8, FC Dallas and the Kansas City Wizards were eliminated by the Charleston Battery and the Seattle Sounders, respectively. This meant an MLS team, either D.C. United or the New England Revolution would face a USL-1 team in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 107], "content_span": [108, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, National competitions, 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nIn the Semifinals on August 12, D.C. United upset the Open Cup holding Revolution by a score of 3 to 1. This earned United a berth in the final against the USL-1's Charleston Battery on September 3 at RFK Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 107], "content_span": [108, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, National competitions, 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nIn the Final on September 3, D.C. United won their second U.S. Open Cup in a 2\u20131 win over the Charleston Battery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 107], "content_span": [108, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, National competitions, 2008 Canadian Championship\nDue to the fact that none of the Canadian teams playing in the American soccer pyramid can qualify for Canada's berth in the CONCACAF Champions League through their leagues or the U.S. Open Cup, the Canadian Soccer Association was forced to develop a tournament to determine the country's representative in the Champions League. The country's top three teams, MLS's Toronto FC and the USL-1's Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps FC were entered into the inaugural Canadian Championship. The tournament was played as a double round robin group from May 27 to July 22. The Montreal Impact finished first, claiming the Canadian berth in the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, All-Star game\nThe 2008 MLS All-Star Game was held at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, home of Toronto FC, on July 24. The opponent was West Ham United, of England's Premier League. It was the first time that the game was played outside the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197564-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Major League Soccer season, Related competitions, All-Star game\nThe game was won by the MLS All-Stars by a score of 3\u20132. Cuauht\u00e9moc Blanco was named MVP of the game after assisting the All-Stars' first goal and scoring their second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197565-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysia FA Cup\nThe 2008 Malaysia FA Cup was the 19th season of the Malaysia FA Cup. The competition began on 19 February 2008, and ended with the final on 21 June 2008. Shah Alam Stadium hosted the final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197565-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysia FA Cup\nThe tournament was won by title holders Kedah FA, who beat Selangor FA 3\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197565-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysia FA Cup\nThe cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2009 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 80]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197565-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysia FA Cup, First round\nThe first legs were played on 19 February 2008. The second legs were played on 4 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197565-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysia FA Cup, Second round\nThe first legs were played on 21 March 2008. First leg match for Penang FA and Kuala Muda Naza FC were played on 23 March 2008. The second legs were played on 4 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197565-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysia FA Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 8 April 2008. The second legs were played on 22 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197565-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysia FA Cup, Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on 14 June 2008. The second legs were played on 17 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197566-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysia FAM League\n2008 FAM League is the 57th edition season of current third-tier league competition in Malaysia. The league is called TM Malaysia FAM League for sponsorship reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197566-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysia FAM League, Teams\nThe following teams participated in the Malaysia FAM Cup 2008. In order by the number given by FAM:-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197567-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysia Super Series\nThe 2008 Malaysia Super Series is the inaugural tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, from 15 to 20 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197567-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysia Super Series, Absence\nSeveral top players were absence from the tournament. Among them, Lin Dan of China and Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand. Peter Gade of Denmark will not defend his men's singles crown after stay at home for his ill family. While for Xie Xingfang, the Chinese women's singles player, she has to quit after reported to have falling down in the hotel bathroom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally the 2008 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 23 March 2008 at the Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia. It was the 2nd\u00a0race of the 2008 Formula One season. The 56-lap race was won by Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen for the Ferrari team after starting from second position. Robert Kubica finished second in a BMW Sauber car, with Heikki Kovalainen third in a McLaren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix\nIt was an all-Ferrari front row, as Felipe Massa started from pole position, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen alongside. The McLarens of Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton had been expected to line up behind the Ferraris on the second row, but both drivers were given five-place grid penalties post-qualifying for holding up Nick Heidfeld and Fernando Alonso respectively, dropping them to eighth and ninth on the grid. Massa cut across his Ferrari teammate at the start, to stop him overtaking on the run to turn one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix\nThe top four of Massa, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Kubica and Mark Webber held station until the first round of pit stops. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took the lead after these stops and after Massa retired following a spin into the gravel, the Finn cruised to a victory of nearly twenty seconds. Championship leader Hamilton could only finish in fifth position, after a tardy first stop on lap 19, with his McLaren team encountering a problem on his front right tyre and lost ground while trying to pass Webber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix\nDespite his fifth position, Hamilton kept the Drivers' Championship lead with 14\u00a0points, closely followed by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Heidfeld on 11. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren also kept their lead, with their five-point lead from Australia staying intact. BMW Sauber moved into second place on 19, with Ferrari in third on 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by 22\u00a0drivers, in 11 teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, Honda, Force India, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Williams, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nPrior to the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship with 10\u00a0points, and BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld was second with 8\u00a0points. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, Nico Rosberg was third with 6\u00a0points in a Williams, and Fernando Alonso was fourth with 5\u00a0points in a Renault. Hamilton's teammate Heikki Kovalainen was fifth with 4\u00a0points. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren\u2013Mercedes were leading with 14\u00a0points, five points ahead of Williams, and BMW Sauber were third with 8\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\n\"This morning I lost time because of a communication problem within the team, but we made up for it in the second session. The car seems to be going well and I am pleased with the work we have done. I worked mainly on the harder tyres, but I think that even with the softs, from what we have seen, we can be competitive. It is always difficult to say where we are compared to our rivals, but I think we can face the rest of the weekend with confidence.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nKimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, reflecting on his mishap in the first Friday session, and recovering to third in the second session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nThree practice sessions were held before the race; the first was held on Friday morning and the second on Friday afternoon. Both sessions lasted 1\u00a0hour and 30\u00a0minutes with weather conditions dry throughout. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an\u00a0hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nIn the first session, Massa was fastest on a lap of 1:35.392, which was over a second faster than any of his rivals. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen ended up second, despite running out of fuel during the session, and Kovalainen ended up third, just under a tenth of a second slower than his fellow Finn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nAlso during the session, the Red Bull Racing machine of David Coulthard suffered a track rod failure on the curb of turn 12, and forced the team to show the FIA clarification that their car design was safe for the Grand Prix, under Article 2.3 of the 2008 Formula One Technical Regulations. Coulthard sat out the second practice session, which saw Hamilton top the timesheets with a lap of 1:35.055, beating Massa by 0.151\u00a0seconds, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen a further two tenths back in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nIn preparation for the qualifying session, many teams put their cars on soft tyres for the third practice session. The soft tyre gives better performance than the harder type of tyre but is less durable than the harder compound. Just like in Australia, the BMW of Heidfeld was fastest, setting a lap of 1:35.019, edging out the Ferraris of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Massa with Jarno Trulli's Toyota fourth, ending up just one-thousandth of a second behind Massa's time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\n\"The first corners of my last lap went smoothly, but then there were several cars driving very slowly on their in-laps. Apparently they had no information that the qualifying was still going on. Before Turn Four I lost a lot of time because both McLarens were cruising on the racing line. I think this has cost me about two tenths of a second, which would have meant being third instead of seventh. I just couldn't drive on the line I wanted and, even more importantly, could not brake were I wanted.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nIn qualifying, Massa earned his tenth career pole position, after recording a lap of 1:35.748 during the third and final session. He was joined on the front row by teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, although the Finn's fastest time was more than half a second slower than that of Massa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nThird and fourth had originally gone to the McLarens of Kovalainen and Hamilton, however post-qualifying, both drivers were demoted five places on the grid for dangerous driving; having completed their flying laps, the McLaren pair and other drivers slowed to conserve fuel on their in-laps, and impeded Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber and Fernando Alonso of Renault whilst they were both on flying laps. This led to a new rule being introduced for Bahrain giving drivers a set time to complete in-laps in. McLaren's misfortune was to the gain of the Toyota of Trulli, both victims of the impeding (Heidfeld and Alonso), Heidfeld's teammate Kubica and Webber's Red Bull machine. Timo Glock rounded out the top ten in his Toyota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAt the start Massa came across the track to prevent R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen from overtaking him. Further back, Hamilton was able to move up to fifth and Webber up to fourth. Also on the first lap, S\u00e9bastien Bourdais spun out of the race. A crash between the Williams of Nico Rosberg and Glock's Toyota happened a few corners later, in which Rosberg destroyed the front wing of his Williams FW30 and forced Glock to retire from the race. On lap four, Alonso and Heidfeld overtook the Red Bull of David Coulthard for ninth and eighth respectively. Adrian Sutil was forced to retire two laps later when he ran off the track and onto the grass, with hydraulic problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nBy lap nine Hamilton was within two seconds of Webber and the Ferraris of Massa and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had opened up a lead on the rest of the field. Both set new fastest lap times over the next four laps. Webber pitted on lap 16, Massa on lap 17 and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen on lap 18, coming out ahead of Massa. Hamilton pitted on lap 19 and the team had a problem getting his front right tyre off, forcing him to stop for almost twenty seconds, and in the process he lost around twelve seconds to the Ferraris, meaning he came out behind Webber in 11th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took the lead for the first time when Kubica pitted on lap 21. He would open up a lead of almost four seconds in the next six laps. Hamilton was up to seventh by lap 26 but was still unable to overtake Webber. Hamilton was within half a second of him by lap 29 but this forced him to brake harder and lose time to the rest of the field. Massa spun out of the race on lap 31 getting trapped in the gravel. This gave R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen a lead of over 20\u00a0seconds from the next driver Kubica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHamilton finally overtook Webber on lap 40 when he pitted. Vettel's engine failed one lap later and he was forced to retire. Hamilton would stay ahead of Webber after his second pit stop on lap 44. He was now six seconds behind Trulli in fourth and  began to close that margin in the closing laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197568-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAlonso in eighth now began closing in on Webber. Hamilton was within two seconds of Trulli with two laps to go but was unable to pass him before the end of the race. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen won the race by nearly twenty seconds from Kubica who had his best ever finish in second; Kovalainen came third. Nick Heidfeld and BMW Sauber earned their first fastest lap, giving  Heidfeld a record in \"most races before first fastest lap\" with 134,  surpassing the former record of 114 held by Thierry Boutsen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election\nA general election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008 for members of the 12th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 505 state constituencies in 12 out of 13 states (excluding Sarawak) on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election\nThe 11th Parliament was dissolved on 13 February 2008, and the following day, the Election Commission announced nominations would be held on 24 February, with general polling set for 8 March. State assemblies of all states except Sarawak (due to election in 2006) also dissolved and their elections took place at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election\nPolitical parties were reported to have begun preparations for the polls as early as January 2008. As in 2004, the incumbent National Front coalition, the ruling political alliance since independence, as well as opposition parties represented primarily by Democratic Action Party (DAP), the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), and People's Justice Party (PKR) contested the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election\nAs with all preceding general elections following independence, the parliamentary election was won by BN, but this election also yielded the worst results in the coalition's history until election ten years later. Opposition parties won 82 seats in the 222-seat Dewan Rakyat and 47.79% of the vote, while BN only managing to secure the remaining 140 seats and 51.39% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election\nIt marked the first time since the 1969 election that the coalition did not win a two-thirds supermajority in the Malaysian Parliament required to pass amendments to the Malaysian Constitution. In addition, five of the twelve contested state legislatures were won by the opposition, compared with only one in the last election but Perak was retaken by Barisan Nasional after 11- month administration by Pakatan Rakyat coalition. This marked the end of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's tenure as Prime Minister before his handover to Najib Razak several months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election\nAs of the 2018 general election, this is the last time the National Front won the overall popular vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Background, Key dates\nThe Malaysian Parliament was dissolved on 13 February 2008 by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) on the advice of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, from which a general election will be required to be held within the 60 days, between 13 February 2008 and 13 April 2008. The announcement of the dissolution was done a day after the Prime Minister publicly denied that Parliament would be dissolved on 13 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Background, Key dates\nSpeculation on the exact polling date was rife, as political analysts expected polling to be held after the Chinese New Year on 7 February and during the week-long school holidays from 7 to 16 March, as schools will be available for use as polling stations. Political analysts saw a March election as an attempt by the Prime Minister to garner a fresh mandate before a slowdown in the global and Malaysian economies, and in an effort to bar Anwar Ibrahim from contesting, as he is permitted to re-enter politics on 14 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Background, Key dates\nOn 14 February, the Election Commission announced nominations would be held on 24 February, with general election set for 8 March. This will allow for 13 days of campaigning to take place. Anwar Ibrahim subsequently criticised the Prime Minister on the choice of date, calling the move a \"dirty trick\" and a sign of \"Prime Minister Abdullah [...] getting personal.\" There were expectations that a Member of Parliament from Anwar's party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, would resign after that date to pave the way for a by-election which Anwar could contest to attempt a comeback in Parliament. At the time these claims were unsubstantiated, however, the expectations were fulfilled when Anwar's wife vacated her seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Issues and public sentiments\nThe Merdeka Centre ran a survey in 2008 to gauge public sentiment and the result was published soon after. There was a series of issues raised by all sides in the run up to the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Issues and public sentiments\nAmong the issues are inflation, shortage of goods, fuel subsidies, rising crime, majority government, mismanagement, corruption, the demand for free and fair elections by a group of NGOs and political parties under the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH), racial equality especially as highlighted by HINDRAF, Internal Security Act detainees, the case surrounding the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam Video Clip and the eligibility of former Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Issues and public sentiments\nAnger among ethnic Indians regarding issues such as restrictions on jobs, education, freedom of religion, right and a widespread feeling of loss of dignity have played a part during the 2008 parliamentary elections in Malaysia. One of the other main issues brought up has been whether the election would be conducted fairly. The opposition has pointed out these issues are gerrymandering of electoral districts, uneven media access, outdated electoral systems, election fraud and vote buying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Issues and public sentiments\nBesides, it was also alleged that the anti-Khairy Jamaluddin sentiment became another main factor of the National Front's heavy losses, as stated by Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad. Khairy Jamaluddin is the son-in-law of the current Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and was accused of influencing the Prime Minister when making critical decisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Campaigning and strategies, Government\nPrime Minister Abdullah Badawi's ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party and their National Front partners ran a younger crop of candidates with fewer ties to former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, the architect of the country's affirmative-action policies in the election. Abdullah said he needed \"one or two more terms\" to successfully complete various economic projects he has started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Campaigning and strategies, Government\nThe government wished to retake the mandate of the opposition state of Kelantan from PAS, promising the Kelantanese people major development projects and jobs. Awang Adek Hussin, a deputy minister heading UMNO's campaign in Kelantan said that if voted in they would repair or build 500 mosques, including a Grand Mosque, to woo Muslim voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Campaigning and strategies, Government\nIn Sabah, chief minister and Sabah BN chairman Musa Aman announced that the same formula used in the 2004 election would be used in this election with regards to the allocation of seats among BN's component parties of Sabah. Sabah BN has used the same allocation formula for both the parliamentary election as well as for the state election. In this election, UMNO will contest in 13 parliamentary seats, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) will contest in four, United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) in four, Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) in two, Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) in one, and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Campaigning and strategies, Government\nBN coalition rolled out a major publicity campaign with a slogan promising \"security, peace, prosperity\" in advertisements that featured prominently in newspapers and on television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Campaigning and strategies, Opposition\nThe main Malaysian opposition parties, which are the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP) and the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), planned to deny the ruling coalition a two-thirds majority in Parliament in a bid to loosen the government's five-decade grip on power as reflected by their manifestos. The three parties highlighted Malaysia's rising crime rate, consumer-price inflation and government corruption throughout the election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Campaigning and strategies, Opposition\nCivil Society groups unofficially merged five opposition parties under a banner called the Barisan Rakyat (People's Front) in which they agreed on certain policy matters, particularly two civil society documents: The People's Declaration, and The People's Voice; and agreed not to contest against each other in any seats. The five parties include DAP, PKR and PAS, as well as Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) and the United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation (PASOK).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Campaigning and strategies, Opposition\nPart of the opposition campaign took place in cyberspace and new media, utilising new technologies such as blogs, SMS and YouTube. Currently, major newspapers and television stations, which are partly owned by parties in the government coalition, only mention the opposition in passing. On 2 March, PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang challenged Abdullah Badawi to hold a televised debate similar to those held by US presidential candidates. However, government leaders stated there was no place for such debates in Malaysia, claiming the focus should be on debating with locals concerning local issues affecting them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Campaigning and strategies, Opposition\nThe Opposition had also increased focus on Abdullah Badawi's performance in the last few years and being a poor leader who sleeps on the job. They mentioned that as a result of his weak leadership, matters such as crime, corruption and racial and religious tensions have increased. On 4 March, campaigning in Malaysia's general election took on a personal tone as rivals slung accusations of nepotism, hypocrisy, boorish language and sexist tactics. It was also suggested Abdullah is grooming his son-in-law, Khairy Jamaluddin, as Malaysia's future leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Campaigning and strategies, Opposition\nIn terms of raising funds, the Opposition appealed to the public through websites and blogs for supporters to contribute funds through credit cards and bank transfers to help them print campaign posters and hold public forums. The Opposition had repeatedly pointed out that they are unable to match the ruling coalition's massive spending power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud\nPrevious elections in the country had fuelled complaints that an allegedly subservient Election Commission, gerrymandering, vote fraud, compliant media, misuse of government resources and massive vote buying gave the National Front or Barisan Nasional an unfair advantage. It had been highlighted to the Election Commission of Malaysia that its electoral roll has been suspect, because of the discovery that it contains nearly 9,000 people aged more than 100. This raised suspicions that the books are contaminated with dead voters which leaves the election vulnerable to fraud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud\nFurther discoveries of people who have been born in the same year possessing different identity cards (IC) and living in many different localities, were uncovered by Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections (Mafrel). These people are registered to vote in various places throughout the country. These issues led to questions regarding the fairness of the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud\nIt was also highlighted by the Opposition that certain postal voters were issued with two ballot sheets. This was discovered during checks with the Election Commission when they were preparing postal voting kits. Activists from BERSIH say each ballot was also attached to a letter identifying the voter along with the voting slip serial number, so it would be easy to trace who voted for the opposition. Electoral reform activists said that a number of seats that the opposition could win could be decided by postal votes and that those casting postal votes do not have the freedom to choose the candidate they want.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud\nHuman Rights Watch, which had been monitoring the election process, stated that government restraints on expression, assembly and access to state media would deny Malaysians a fair vote. Calling the electoral process \"grossly unfair\", Human Rights Watch called on the government to address concerns with fraud in the electoral rolls, and to provide opposition parties access to state media. De facto Law Minister Nazri Aziz accused Human Rights Watch of bias, saying they were attempting to discredit the electoral process because \"they know the National Front will win\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud\nOn 17 March, a week after the release of election results and one-third win by opposition parties, BERSIH claimed the Opposition would have obtained a parliamentary majority if not for fraud. Sivarasa Rasiah, BERSIH spokesperson and newly elected PKR MP for Subang, stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud\n[The opposition] would have had an outright win if this were a free and fair election... To win another 30 seats (to form a majority in parliament) all [they] needed was just another 56,000 votes...Just because the opposition won big does not mean the election was free and fair. [ They] are calling for a royal commission to investigate the electoral process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud\nCiting 72,058 unreturned ballot papers \u2013 of which 41,564 were for parliamentary seats and 30,494 for state assembly seats \u2013 BERSIH alleged that many of these ballots had in reality been cast for the opposition or spoilt but were discarded, further pointing to the fact that most of them were postal ballots. BERSIH spokespeople did not rule out further street demonstrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nOn 2 June 2007, the Election Commission made public the proposed use of indelible ink to mark participating voters at polling stations, and its use officially confirmed by the commission's chairman Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman on 13 August 2007. Its introduction was a measure precluding electoral fraud by preventing duplicate votes, and would mark the first time indelible ink was to be used in a Malaysian general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nEarly reaction to the proposal was mixed. Both DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang welcomed the move, with Abdul Hadi's party voicing interest in the type of ink used. PKR vice-president Tian Chua initially remained sceptical unless the EC \"implemented the system\". Members of BN were more critical, with UMNO secretary-general Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad, MCA secretary-general Ong Ka Chuan and Gerakan vice-president Teng Hock Nan proposing the use of other systems, such as a fingerprint-based biometrics system, as alternatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nAn additional comment by BN against the use of the indelible ink was the lack of assurance the ink used will contain safe or halal ingredients, taking into account Muslim voters. On 9 August, the National Fatwa Council declared the ink safe for use, after receiving a lab report from the Chemistry Department of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nOn 4 March 2008, four days before polling, the commission announced it was cancelling the plan, citing concerns about the constitutionality of the measure \u2013 without a constitutional amendment permitting the practice, it could be illegal for a polling clerk to stop a voter from voting even if his or her finger was already marked with indelible ink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nThe Commission chair also claimed intelligence concerning possible conspiracies to undermine the electoral process by applying ink to the fingers of those who had not yet voted, and said it would be best to refrain from adopting the measure for the sake of public order and security. According to the Election Commission, the decision to cancel the use of indelible ink was based on reports that certain parties tried to \"sabotage\" the election process in Kedah, Kelantan and Perlis. The police has arrested several persons that tried to smuggle the ink through neighbouring Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nOpposition parties widely condemned the move. PKR Deputy President Syed Husin Ali alleged that the commission was \"colluding with BN to allow cheating in the coming general elections,\" and claimed that this was proof the government felt the Opposition would perform well on polling day. Dzulkifli Ahmad, a PAS and BERSIH leader, said that both organisations opposed the move, and that \"We want to make it clear that we are entering this election under protest\". Dzulkifli added that BERSIH would file a complaint after polling day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nLim Guan Eng declared that the decision would only benefit the ruling coalition, and demanded an explanation for the claim of adverse effects on public security: \"It is ridiculous that the use of indelible ink can put the whole country into chaos and ruination.\" Lim condemned the waste incurred over RM2 million having been spent purchasing 47,000 bottles of indelible ink from India, as of 23 February, and said that the DAP would be investigating legal avenues to reverse the decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nResponse from the ruling coalition was mixed. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, an UMNO leader, found the reversal \"appropriate\", citing concerns that people would be misled into applying similar-looking ink to their fingers, denying them the right to vote. In a statement, MCA described the measure as \"disappointing\", saying the late announcement meant opposition parties would unnecessarily politicise the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nIn response, several leaders of the Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections (Mafrel), including Mafrel chair Abdul Malek Hussin and deputy chair Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, have refused to accept EC accrediting as official observers, saying they refused to legitimise the decision. Officially, they said, any EC-accredited Mafrel member could observe the polling process, and they would themselves carry out all other duties as observers, except those requiring EC accreditation such as observing the polling process from within polling stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nAbdul Malek added that Mafrel strongly protested the decision as contrary to its own recommendations, and compared the measure to withdrawing all currency from circulation because of the presence of counterfeit notes. He further questioned the legal reasoning behind the decision, arguing that as Parliament had speedily passed a constitutional amendment to extend the tenure of the EC chairperson, any necessary constitutional amendments could have been introduced and passed well in advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nAfter the election, Anwar Ibrahim claimed that the failure to use indelible ink had cost the PKR-DAP-PAS coalition 15 seats in Parliament, adding that \"It is not unrealistic to imagine that we could actually have won a majority right then.\" Two weeks after the polls, several NGOs including the Malaysian Voters Union asked the Attorney-General to officially charge four men who they alleged had been arrested for involvement in the supposed conspiracy. As of 24 March 2008, the men had not been remanded by a court, nor charged with a crime; their arrest was not publicised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nIn May, Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar told Parliament in his written response to a question from Fong Po Kuan that \"there was no evidence at all to show the ink was smuggled in from Thailand... From the witness statements, no individual, syndicate or any particular party was identified to be involved in this (ink smuggling). The complainant and witness' statement were based on hearsay and no individual was identified positively.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Allegations of fraud, Use of indelible ink for voters\nUnused, the ink remained in storage until 25 November 2009, when it was burnt in accordance to government procedures. Prior to disposal, the ink was to be sold, but had passed its expiry date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Incidents, Rusila (Terengganu) riot\nPolling day was uneventful except a serious incident in Rusila, in Marang constituency in the east coast state of Terengganu, where 300 supporters of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) stopped several buses and cars they suspected carrying fraudulent voters ferried in by the coalition and confiscating Malaysian identity cards of the voters. When the police arrived to bring order, the PAS supporters were reported to have beaten up the police and destroyed police vehicles, including several Federal Reserve Unit (Malaysian riot police) vehicles. A helicopter from the Royal Malaysian Army had to be called in. To break up the rioters, police fired tear gas, and the son of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang was among those arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Incidents, Pullout of SAPP from BN\nSabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has decided to pull out of the 14-member Barisan Nasional Government, taking away two MPs and at least two of its four assemblymen who will remain independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Incidents, Pullout of SAPP from BN\nThe decision to pull out was made at the SAPP supreme council meeting where its president Datuk Yong Teck Lee obtained the support of nearly all of its 35 members and declared that SAPP was not joining Pakatan Rakyat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Incidents, Pullout of SAPP from BN\nYong said his party would remain independent in the opposition bench until a time came when SAPP was ready to be back in government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary\nAs polls opened in Malaysia on 8 March from 8:00 to 17:00, voters cast ballots for 222 parliamentary seats and 12 state legislatures, with voter turnout among Malaysia's 10.9 million eligible voters estimated to be 70 percent. Barisan Nasional won 91 percent of parliamentary seats in 2004 election, but its majority is expected to be clipped this time as it suffers a backlash from ethnic Chinese and Indians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary\nEarly vote counting showed the Barisan Nasional was already faring badly in early tallies across the country with the exception of Sabah, Sarawak and Johor, as claimed by Kelantan United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) state chief Annuar Musa. The opposition began claiming using their own estimates that they have denied the government its two-thirds majority in parliament. Political scientists called these elections \"stunning elections\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary\nBarisan Nasional was able to return to power and form the next government, with a simple majority but without the crucial two-thirds majority in parliament. It is BN's worst performance in Malaysia's general election (until 2018) since independence in 1957, winning only 63.5% (140 out of 222) of parliamentary seats that were contested; the only other time the 14-party coalition failed to win a two-thirds majority was in 1969 when it secured 66% of the seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary\nComponent parties in BN, including the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), and Gerakan, saw its number of state and federal seats severely reduced by half or more. UMNO also saw its number reduce significantly but not by as much as half. Also noted were MIC president S. Samy Vellu, Gerakan acting president Koh Tsu Koon and PPP president M. Kayveas, who were trounced in their respective election contests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary\nThe results of several states have been rather surprising to everybody involved. Many of the states BN have lost are those on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia where it has traditionally focused most of its attention to. These states experienced more development and investment than other states, and account for much of the country's population. The remaining states that have given BN its simple majority are states that are economically weaker than what the opposition have gained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Uncontested wins\nOn the nomination day, 24 February 2008, BN secured seven parliamentary seats and two state assembly seats uncontested. PAS also won a state seat after the BN nominee was found to have been declared bankrupt, although this was later disproved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Uncontested wins\nOn 26 February 2008, independent contender Junak Jawek dropped out of the polls for the new Parliamentary seat of Igan. Wahab Dolah of BN was declared the winner. This brings the total number of uncontested wins by National Front to ten seats as of 27 February 2008: eight parliamentary and two state seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Uncontested wins\nSome PKR candidates have alleged fraud, claiming they received offers from BN not to contest. Rahamat Idil Latip, the PKR candidate for the Parliamentary seat of Santubong, claimed he was told he would receive RM300,000 if he withdrew his nomination. After jokingly asking for RM3 million, he was told that it would be considered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Uncontested wins, Pensiangan\nOne of the parliamentary seats won unopposed by BN was in P.182 Pensiangan (Sabah), which was won by Joseph Kurup of Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS). The two candidates who were supposed to contest in this seat were Danny Anthony Andipai (PKR) and Saineh Usau (independent). Both were disqualified after submitting their nomination forms after 10:00 am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Uncontested wins, Pensiangan\nIt was alleged by both rejected candidates that they were blocked from going to the nomination centre, resulting in both candidates submitting their candidacies late, at 10:25 am and 10:30 am, respectively. During the one-hour objection period from 11:00 am, Kurup raised objections to the late submissions and they were accepted by the returning officer; he then disqualified the two candidates from contesting. Police reports were later lodged on the matter in Keningau. Joseph Kurup, on the other hand, claimed he was punched after being declared winner of the seat; he also lodged a police report on this matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Uncontested wins, Pensiangan\nOn 8 September 2008, Kota Kinabalu High Court judge Justice David Wong Dak Wah declared that the Pensiangan parliamentary seat which was won uncontested by Kurup invalid and Kurup's seat be left vacant, paving the way for a possible by-election for this constituency. Recent amendments to the election laws, however, allow Kurup to appeal the decision at the Federal Court. The petition was filed by Andipai, and had named Kurup, returning officer Bubudan OT Majalu, and the Election Commission as respondents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Uncontested wins, Pensiangan\nOn 13 March 2009, The Federal Court in Kota Kinabalu overturned an Election Court decision on 8 Sep to strip Pensiangan MP Joseph Kurup of the seat and declare it vacant. Federal Court Judge Nik Hashim Nik Abdul Rahman who delivered the verdict held that Kurup was duly elected to the parliamentary constituency of P182 Pensiangan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Uncontested wins, Pensiangan\nNik Hashim held that there had not been any failure on the part of the Returning Officer (RO) to comply with the election laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, State-by-state development, Penang\nThe opposition dealt a heavy blow to the Barisan Nasional government by taking the state of Penang. Although Penang was regarded as a hotly contested state, the outcome unexpectedly turned out to be a landslide win with the opposition, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) gaining the majority of the state seats. Many seats saw the opposition winning over two-thirds of the votes, rather than the usual 50-50 distribution. BN only won 2 of the 13 parliamentary seats and 11 of the 40 state seats, its worst performance in Malaysian history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, State-by-state development, Penang\nIn terms of party landscape, Gerakan, which has led the state since 1969 was defeated, and essentially wiped out of the political landscape, winning only 3 state seats and 2 parliamentary seats (none of which were in this state), not being able to hold on to a single seat in state or federal level\u2014over 30 years of rule gone in one night. Some interesting individual constituencies include Jeff Ooi, who rose to fame with his blog that was constantly critical of the ruling government and made his first foray into politics this election under the DAP, winning the Jelutong parliamentary seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, State-by-state development, Penang\nAnother significant blow was the defeat of Gerakan Acting President, Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, who was looking to move up from state politics, decided not to run for his state seat and subsequently gave up his Chief Minister post of 18 years, to challenge the Batu Kawan parliamentary seat. Some speculated this was part of a larger ambition to be a cabinet member, only to lose to newcomer P. Ramasamy of the DAP by a large margin of 9,485 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, State-by-state development, Kedah\nThe state of Kedah, which along with Penang, has traditionally produced a substantial bulk of past and present BN leaders (including Tunku Abdul Rahman, and Mahathir Mohamad), also overwhelmingly rose to the call of the opposition. BN only won 4 of the 15 parliamentary seats but did better by winning 14 out of 36 state seats, while the Opposition took the remaining 22 of the 36 state seats, with the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) winning 16, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) four and the DAP and an independent, one each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, State-by-state development, Kelantan\nPAS retained control of the state of Kelantan, despite a vigorous campaign by the ruling Barisan Nasional, winning 38 of the 45 state assembly seats along with PKR (which has won one seat). It was a personal setback for Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who had promised millions of dollars in development aid, intending to boost the chances of the Barisan Nasional coalition. The win marked the fifth consecutive time PAS retained power in Kelantan since 1990 and surpasses PAS's previous record of continuous electoral wins in Kelantan\u2014four between 1959 and 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, State-by-state development, Selangor\nBeing the most developed state of the country and receiving the most absolute benefits due to spillover effects from developing the capital, Kuala Lumpur, Barisan Nasional party leaders were blindsided when Selangor rose to the call of the opposition. Many thought it was a safe stronghold of BN loyalists as it has been all along a centralist state leaning towards BN. According to The Star's summary of the state: \"Barisan will undoubtedly retain the state but look out for some interesting, even tough, fights in certain parliamentary and state seats where the Opposition is fielding some strong candidates\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, State-by-state development, Selangor\nFar from being the truth, BN ended up with only 5 of the 22 parliamentary seats and 20 of the 56 state seats, leaving the state government in opposition hands. The state Bernama news agency said that opposition parties had claimed 35 of the 56 seats in the Selangor state legislature but did not give a breakdown between PAS and the other parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, State-by-state development, Perak\nIn Perak, the Barisan Nasional suffered shock losses, including MIC president S. Samy Vellu's Sungai Siput seat and PPP president M. Kayveas's Taiping seat. UMNO suffered several major setbacks in the party's traditional strongholds, while most MCA, MIC, PPP and Gerakan candidates were defeated by DAP candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, State-by-state development, Perak\nPerak was nonetheless one of the most tightly contested state of the nation with BN-Opposition parliamentary seats split into 13-11 and state seats into 28\u201331, still giving the opposition the chance to decide the state's government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, State-by-state development, Kuala Lumpur\nKuala Lumpur is a federal territory divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies. In this election, the opposition won ten seats (five are held by DAP, four by PKR, and one by PAS), while Barisan Nasional won only one. In the previous election, BN held 7 seats while DAP held 4 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Establishment of Opposition-led state governments\nWith substantial wins in several states, opposition parties were required to form state governments led by Opposition members on a scale unseen in recent decades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Establishment of Opposition-led state governments\nIn Penang, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) formed the next state government with Lim Guan Eng, who is also the party's Secretary General, as its designated next Chief Minister. Two days later, the new Chief Minister appointed two Deputy Chief Ministers, Penanti assemblyman Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin of PKR and Prai assemblyman P. Ramasamy of DAP. P. Ramasamy became the first ethnic Indian to be appointed as deputy chief minister in a Malaysian state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Establishment of Opposition-led state governments\nThe coalition consisting of mainly Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) formed the next state government in Kedah, after winning 22 out of 36 seats. Out of the 22 seats, 16 were won by PAS, 4 by PKR, and 1 each by DAP and an independent candidate. Kedah's state PAS commissioner, Azizan Abdul Razak, has been sworn in as the ninth Kedah Menteri Besar. The sole independent candidate who won, V. Arumugam, was chosen to be one of the 10 state executive councillors for the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Establishment of Opposition-led state governments\nIn Kelantan, Nik Aziz Nik Mat received his letter of appointment as Kelantan Menteri Besar on the night of 11 March for the fifth consecutive term from the Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Ismail Petra. Three state assemblymen, including Wan Ubaidah Wan Omar (Kijang), Dr Fazli Hassan (Temangan) and Che Abdullah Mat Nawi (Wakaf Baru), were also appointed as state executive councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Establishment of Opposition-led state governments\nThe next designated Menteri Besar of Selangor was speculated to be PKR's Khalid Ibrahim. However, Khalid failed to get the consent from the Sultan, who stated he would like to meet representative from DAP and PAS first. After meeting representative of each party, Khalid Ibrahim was finally sworn in on 13 March 2008. The ten other state executive councillors (exco) were sworn in on 24 March. This marked the first time where four out of ten exco members were women and where five out of ten of them were non-Malays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Establishment of Opposition-led state governments\nBN-Opposition parliamentary seats in Perak were split into 13-11 and state seats into 28\u201331, still giving the opposition the chance to decide the state's government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Establishment of Opposition-led state governments\nIt was confirmed Mohammad Nizar Jamaludin was to become the next Menteri Besar of Perak by the Regent of Perak Raja Nazrin Shah. Sitiawan state assemblyperson Ngeh Koo Ham was also appointed \"Senior Exco Member\". An Indian candidate will be appointed the second deputy Menteri Besar, the candidates being DAP's A Sivanesan (Sungkai), KS Keshvinder Singh (Malim Nawar), V. Sivakumar (Tronoh) and A Sivasubramaniam (Buntong), and PKR's S Kesavan but this never materialised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Establishment of Opposition-led state governments\nThe appointment of the Perak Menteri Besar was not without drama as the coalition was not seen as cooperative. After the regent of Perak give consent on the informal coalition of DAP-PRK-PAS, each party submitted one name for the post of the new Menteri Besar, the regent of Perak having selected PAS nominee, Mohamad Nizar. DAP assemblymen were instructed to boycott the swearing-in ceremony which was supposed to be held on 13 March 2008 as instructed by DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang, a statement which he retracted and apologised to the Perak Sultanate the following day. Seeing a tussle between DAP and PAS, the Regent of Perak decided to postpone the swearing in ceremony until he sees a letter of undertaking signed by all 31 assemblyman voicing support of the appointment of Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin as the Menteri Besar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 926]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Establishment of Opposition-led state governments\nBy February 2009, the balance of power in Perak was tipped in favour of BN following the defection of four Opposition assemblymen, leading to a political crisis in the state and the eventual retaking of Perak by BN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Political crisis in Terengganu\nThe state of Terengganu, which Barisan Nasional won with a two-thirds majority, was the last state to have no appointed Menteri Besar. In the formation of the new Terengganu state government, the government under Prime Minister Abdullah recommended Jerteh assemblyman Idris Jusoh , as Menteri Besar, which received full support of twenty-three of the 24 Barisan Nasional state assemblymen who elected. But the Sultan of Terengganu announced that Kijal assemblyman Ahmad Said had been appointed instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Political crisis in Terengganu\nThe Prime Minister claimed that the appointment of Ahmad Said was unconstitutional as it went against the wishes of the assemblymen and the Prime Minister's office who have supported Idris Jusoh candidacy for Menteri Besar. Ahmad Said was subsequently stripped of his UMNO membership \"for disobeying the party's leadership\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Political crisis in Terengganu\nEventually the Prime Minister and Sultan resolved the stand-off, with Ahmad being appointed as Menteri Besar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Proposed return of elected Kuala Lumpur mayors\nOn 10 March, Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai (DAP) mooted the possibility of having mayoral elections for Kuala Lumpur, but the Federal Constitution needs to be amended to allow such a change. There had not been an elected mayor in Malaysia since such elections were suspended in 1965.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 98], "content_span": [99, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Penang protests\nOn 14 March, several hundred protesters from the Malay community gathered in Chinese majority Penang as a response to a declaration by the Penang government under Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng that they would abolish certain aspects of the New Economical Policy (NEP), which implementation remains a contentious issue in the country. The protesters were dispersed by riot police officers, but vowed to return for more protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Economy\nPolitical uncertainty as a result of the formation of a significantly different Malaysian government, coupled with worries of a global economic slowdown due to negative economic development from the United States, led to uneasiness among investors in the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) and an immediate plunge in the KLCI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Economy\nOn 10 March, the first trading day since the election, stocks in the KLCI fell 9.5%, or 123.11 points, from 1,296.33 points to 1,173.22 points by 5.00 pm (MST), its biggest one-day decline in a decade. Trading in the KLCI was automatically halted for an hour after stocks fell beyond the 20% by 29.8%, as a measure to curb panic selling; the KLCI resumed trading at 4.00 pm. Among trading companies severely affected were government-linked companies, including blue chip Sime Darby, (down 50%), UEM World (down 24%), Tenaga Nasional (down 15%) and the Malaysian Resources Corporation (down 34\u201339%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0075-0001", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Economy\nBy the end of 12 March, the KLCI was able to recoup 60% of its losses, before suffering losses due to unfavourable developments on the ongoing subprime mortgage crisis in the US. The value of the ringgit had also dropped by a little over 1% against the US dollar, trading at RM3.2075 per US dollar on 10 March, down from the previous trading day's close of around RM3.166 to the dollar. Government bond prices ticked down at the open, with the yield on the 10-year benchmark rising up to 3.754 percent from 3.708 percent on Friday. An analyst remarked foreign investors had lost the political stability premium enjoyed prior to the election and might abandon investment prospects in Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Economy\nDoubts on the prospect of large scale projects initiated or managed by the Abdullah Badawi administration between 2004 and 2008 were also highlighted; the Opposition vowed to assess major government projects, including the DAP's plans to review the Penang Global City Centre, a $7.8 billion real estate development project in Penang which have not gain approval from the local state council even after launching ceremony was held officiated by Malaysia's Prime Minister, Abdullah Badawi. The administration's previous proposals to form economical hubs in the northern, eastern and southern regions of the Malaysian Peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak had previously attracted investors, local and foreign, and boasted the KLCI, but also raised questions on how the cost of billion-ringgit projects will be paid for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 868]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Economy\nOther analysts see the emergence of a stronger Opposition in the parliament as an opportunity for improved transparency and corporate governance. A managing director of a multinational asset management house commented \"A powerful opposition is a positive development in the longer term, providing some checks and balances for trillion-ringgit government spending.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, Economy\nStandard & Poor's Ratings Services reports the general election has no immediate effect on the sovereign ratings on Malaysia and still maintains both the local and foreign currency rating for the country. It added budgetary decisions and fiscal policies are still in the ruling party's hands as it only requires a 51% majority instead of a two-thirds majority. Moody's Rating Service also shares in view and did not change its sovereign rating of A3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197569-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian general election, Result commentary, International reaction\nOn 9 March, United States State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper issued a statement that the US government is ready to co-operate with the newly formed Malaysian government, adding Abdullah remains a viable partner for the US \"on a wide range of issues of mutual interest\", despite BN's heavy losses in the election and decreased popularity of the party. Among them was the planned conclusion of stalled Free Trade Agreement negotiations between Malaysia and the US before the 2008 United States presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197570-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17\u201319 October 2008 at the Sepang International Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197570-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197571-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malaysian state elections\nState assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 8 March 2008 in all states except Sarawak. The elections took place alongside general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197572-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldives FA Cup\nThe 2008 Maldives FA Cup, was the 21st edition of the Maldives FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197573-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament\nThe Second Division Football Tournament for the 2008 season in the Maldives won by the Red Line Club by defeating the defending champions Club All Youth Linkage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197574-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament\nThe 2008 Third Division tournament was scheduled to start in November 2008 with 26 clubs, excluding the Male' Football Club; the Football Association of Maldives decided to exclude them from the 2008 Third Division after a complaint was lodged to the Subordinate Court stating that the Football Association of Maldives election, held in July 2008, was unethical. Despite the complaint, the election was confirmed by the court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197574-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament\nThe Male' Football Club filed against Maldives FA for their decision to exile them from the 2008 Third Division tournament and won. The decision was appealed to the High Court by the Football Association, resulting in the Male' Football Club's suspension from the tournament until the 2010 FAM Congress. Since Male' Football Club is not a member of the Football Association of Maldives and was not invited to the election congress, they do not have any legal right to make a complaint against the association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197574-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament\nThe 2008 Third Division tournament began on 12 March 2009 with 20 teams. The teams were distributed into six groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in the Maldives in two rounds on 8 and 28 October. No candidate gained more than 50% of the vote in the first round on 8 October; incumbent president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom fared best with about 40%. A runoff was thus held on 28 October between Gayoom and second-placed Mohamed Nasheed. Nasheed won the election, unseating longtime incumbent Gayoom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election\nThe election was the first one held democratically in the history of the Maldives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Background\nThe election was initially planned to be held on 4 October, but had to be delayed after the Majlis (national assembly) did not pass necessary reforms on time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Background\nThe incumbent, President Gayoom, in power since 1978, ran for another five-year term. According to the new Constitution, which came into effect on 7 August 2008, Gayoom had served the maximum number of terms allowed (two). He argued that since the election was held under a new constitution, the previous terms did not count toward the limit. The Supreme Court agreed that the limited terms were to be served \"under this Constitution\" and that Gayoom was therefore eligible to run in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Background\nOn 25 August 2008 the Maldives National Congress and the Adhaalath Party announced that they would support Republican Party candidate Qasim Ibrahim. On September 3, 2008, the six candidates participated in a televised debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Voting, First round\nThere were 208,252 eligible voters in the Maldives in the first round, which is roughly 60% of the population. There were a total 396 polling stations throughout the country. Additionally, registered Maldivians living in Colombo, Thiruvananthapuram, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore were permitted to vote in Maldivian embassies and consulates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Voting, First round\nVoters went to the polls on 8 October starting at 09:00 local time (04:00 UTC), and expecting to end at 20:00 (15:00 UTC). The elections were peaceful, though voting irregularities prevented some voters from voting. Lines to polling stations were long on some islands, with waits sometimes exceeding six hours. A number of citizens, especially of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), were found to be not on the voter lists, even though they had registered, and some islands did not even receive voter lists. Later, the election committee said that anyone could vote, as long as he or she showed an ID card that was valid. A handful of riot police were deployed after 300 protesters gathered around the central vote-counting location, Nasandhura Palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Voting, First round\nAhmed Shaheed, the independent vice-presidential nominee said, \"It's a disaster... I think there is deliberate tampering.\" MDP chairwoman Mariya Ahmed Didi, who incidentally registered but was not on a voter list, echoed similar concerns: \"We hoped that once in our lifetime we could vote freely, but today we are being denied our right to vote.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Voting, First round\nElection observers from the Commonwealth of Nations issued an interim report stating that the first round of the election was \"reasonably credible\" but that there were some problems with the voter list and training of officials and educating voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Voting, Second round\nIn the second round, 209,294 people were eligible to vote. There was a total of 403 polling stations across the Maldives. Registered voters were also able to cast ballots at Maldivian embassies and diplomatic missions in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Voting, Second round\nVoting progressed fairly peacefully although there were some problems, such as people not being registered which prevented them from voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Results, First round\nSix candidates competed in the first multi party election ever held in the Maldives. Early results indicated that there would be a runoff between Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and Mohamed Nasheed and his running mate, Dr. Waheed; on the morning of 9 October the results showed Gayoom ahead with 40.3% against Nasheed and Dr. Waheed's 24.9%. Those results stayed the same, and the four other candidates were eliminated, so a runoff between Gayoom and Nasheed was necessary. Although Gayoom failed to win in the first round, as he had hoped, he expressed satisfaction with his score. According to Gayoom, the results showed that he was the Maldives' \"most popular public figure\", and he said that he was poised for victory in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Results, Second round\nFollowing the first round results, it was announced that the second round would be held on 29 October, although election law provided for the second round to be held within 10 days of the first. Election Commissioner Mohamed Ibrahim said that this later date would give the candidates more time to campaign and would give the electoral commission more time \"to correct issues with the voter registry\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197575-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Maldivian presidential election, Results, Second round\nThird-place finisher Hassan Saeed, a former attorney-general, threw his support to Nasheed and Dr. Waheed for the second round. Ibrahim Ismail also backed Nasheed and Dr. Waheed, and the other two candidates were expected to vouch for Nasheed as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197576-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malm\u00f6 FF season\nThe 2008 season was Malm\u00f6 FF's 97th in existence, their 73rd season in Allsvenskan and their 8th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished in 6th position and Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the fourth round. The season was Roland Nilssons first season as Malm\u00f6 FF manager and the last season for the club at Malm\u00f6 Stadion before moving to Swedbank Stadion for the 2009 season. To celebrate the club's 51-year stay at the stadium, an alternative home kit was used for the first and last match of the league season. The last league match at Malm\u00f6 Stadion was played against GIF Sundsvall on 9 November and won 6\u20130 by Malm\u00f6 FF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197576-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Malm\u00f6 FF season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197576-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Malm\u00f6 FF season, Players, Disciplinary record\nSource: Match reports in Competitive matchesOnly competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197576-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Malm\u00f6 FF season, Non competitive, Pre-season\nSource: 1Malm\u00f6 FF goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Malm\u00f6 FF.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197576-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Malm\u00f6 FF season, Non competitive, Mid-season\nSource: 1Malm\u00f6 FF goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Malm\u00f6 FF.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197577-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malm\u00f6 mosque riots\nOn December 18 and 20, 2008, the closure of an Islamic cultural centre that housed a mosque in the Herrg\u00e5rden neighborhood of the Malm\u00f6 district of Roseng\u00e5rd, in southern Sweden, caused hundreds of youths to riot against police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197577-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Malm\u00f6 mosque riots\nThe riot, thought to have been the first of several 21st century immigrant youth riots in Sweden, was described by police at the time as \"most violent riots we had ever encountered.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197577-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Malm\u00f6 mosque riots, Rioting\nRioting was sparked when the owner of a building in Roseng\u00e5rd decided not to renew the lease on the space used by the Islamiska Kulturf\u00f6reningen (The Islamic Culture Association). The directors of the mosque and cultural center turned over the keys and vacated the premises, but angry youths occupied the building's basement in protest. The basement occupation went on for three weeks, at the end of which police coming to evict the occupiers were confronted by about 30 occupiers, including radicalized Muslims and activists affiliated with the radical leftist Antifascistisk Aktion. The occupiers attacked police with pipe bombs and rocks and the incident rapidly escalated, with protestors arriving from other cities and officials calling in riot police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197577-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Malm\u00f6 mosque riots, Rioting\nRioting continued for two nights; additional police had to be called in form Gothenburg and Stockholm to quell the violence. Rioters set fire to cars, wagons, kiosks, building sheds, recycling stations, and bicycle sheds. .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197577-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Malm\u00f6 mosque riots, Rioting\nAfter two nights of rioting, 200 adult Malm\u00f6 residents organized by the Islamiska kulturf\u00f6reningen moved into the streets to mediate, causing the youthful rioters to desist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team\nThe 2008 Malone Pioneers football team represented Malone University in the season of 2008 NAIA football season. The Pioneers played their home games in Fawcett Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team\nThe schedule was originally to begin with three non-conference games. The September 6 game against Apprentice in Virginia was cancelled due to Hurricane Hanna. The remaining three non-conference games were against Union College in Kentucky and Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois, followed by St. Xavier later in the season. The season ended with a trip to the 2008 Victory Bowl in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Malone lost to the Northwestern Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Coaching staff, Head coach\nThe head coach is Mike Gardner, who is in his third season at the helm of the Pioneers. Previously he was head coach at Tabor College. Gardner also works as the defensive coordinator for the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Apprentice\nThe Pioneers scheduled season opener on September 6 at the Apprentice School in Newport News, Virginia was cancelled due to the arrival of Tropical Storm Hanna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Union\nMalone entered halftime with a 28-21 lead, but was unable to keep pace after halftime. The offensive unit posted just 68 total yards over the final 30 minutes of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Union\nThe lack of offensive production led to a significant disparity in time of possession for the second half. Union college wore down the Pioneer defense in the hot and humid weather conditions, holding the ball for over 22 minutes during the final two quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Union\nMalone dropped to 0-1 on the season with the seven-point defeat while Union improved to 2-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Olivet Nazarene\nThe Malone College football team piled up 30 unanswered first-half points in a 43-3 victory on the road Olivet Nazaarene (IL) University. The Tigers were finally able to get on the scoreboard with a field goal on their opening drive of the third quarter, but that would turn out to be the only points Malone's defense would surrender as the unit limited Olivet Nazarene to 167 yards of total offense and 10 first downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Olivet Nazarene\nOlivet Nazarene's three points in Saturday's contest marked the fewest total points allowed in a game by Malone since 1999 when the Pioneers shutout Urbana University on the road, 20-0. With the convincing victory, Malone improved its overall record to 1-1 on the year while Olivet Nazarene fell to 1-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Marian\nThe Malone University football team opened 2008 Mid-States Football Association Mideast League play at Fawcett Stadium with a 45-37 victory over visiting Marian (IN) College. Prior to the home opener, there was plenty of excitement in the air with Homecoming festivities in full swing, new uniforms, and Friday's name change from Malone College to Malone University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Marian\nOn the field, the Pioneers and Knights competed in an offensive shootout that saw a combined 1,013 total yards of offense, 11 touchdowns, and just four punts. Malone led 24-16 at halftime and then maintained at least an eight-point advantage over the final two quarters as each squad tacked on three touchdowns in the second half en route to the 45-37 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Marian\nThe loss brought Marian's three-game winning streak to a halt, dropping the Knights' record to 3-2 overall and 0-2 MSFA Mideast. The Pioneers, meanwhile, improved to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in conference play with the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Taylor\nMalone entered this game ranked 25th in the NAIA National Poll. The Pioneers completed a 42-17 victory on the road at Taylor (IN) University. The Pioneers scored touchdowns on five of their first six possessions to take command of the League contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Taylor\nMalone led 35-3 at halftime and then stretched its advantage to 42-3 midway through the third quarter before Taylor added two late scores to account for the 42-17 final. The Pioneers more than doubled the Trojans total offensive output (633 total yards for Malone, 292 total yards for Taylor) and intercepted three Taylor passes while not committing a turnover of their own for the first time this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Taylor\nThe win improved Malone's record to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in the MSFA Mideast while Taylor dropped to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Walsh\nMalone moved up in rankings to 22nd in the NAIA National Poll and registered a come-from-behind 24-21 victory over local rival Walsh University at Fawcett Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Walsh\nTrailing 21-17 late in the fourth quarter, the Pioneers took possession of the ball with 4:03 remaining on the clock and proceeded to march down the field on a 12-play, 96-yard scoring drive that was capped off by a 31-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Billy Bob Orsagh to wide receiver Tyler Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Walsh\nWalsh then got the ball back with a little over a minute remaining, but was unable to get into field-goal range as the Pioneer defense stopped the Cavaliers on downs to cement the 24-21 victory. With the win, Malone claimed the Dick Gallagher Memorial Trophy for the third straight year and improved its record to 4-1 overall and 3-0 in the MSFA Mideast. Walsh dropped to 2-5 overall and 0-2 in league play with the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Urbana\nMalone entered this week ranked 18th in NAIA National Poll and registered its fifth consecutive victory on Saturday afternoon at Fawcett Stadium with a 22-6 non-conference win against Urbana University. The Pioneers entered the contest with the top-rated offense in the NAIA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Urbana\nMalone's defense limited Urbana to seven total first downs, negative seven (-7) rushing yards, and 127 yards of total offense. The Pioneers led 13-0 at halftime and then increased their score to 22-0 in the third quarter. Following a blocked fourth-quarter punt, Urbana managed to get on the scoreboard with a touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Urbana\nMalone improved their overall record to 5-1 with the victory while Urbana, which is now in transition to becoming a member of NCAA Division II, dropped to 1-7 on the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, St. Xavier\nThe 16th-ranked Malone team rallied from a 23-14 fourth-quarter deficit to record a 27-23 win against NAIA No. 12 Saint Xavier (IL) University at Fawcett Stadium. The Saint Xavier entered the final quarter with a 16-7 lead, but Pioneer quarterback Billy Bob Orsagh led Malone back into the lead, throwing three touchdown passes to put Malone in front by 27-23 in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, St. Xavier\nSaint Xavier threatened to score on its last possession of the game as they moved into scoring position with a first and goal on the Pioneers nine-yard line. However, as it was able to do throughout the contest, the Malone defense came up with a big stop when it needed it most, keeping the Cougars out of the end zone on four straight plays to preserve the four-point triumph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, St. Xavier\nThe victory stretched the Pioneers current winning streak to six games and improved Malone's record to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in conference play. Saint Xavier, meanwhile, saw its six-game winning streak come to an end as the Cougars record fell to 6-3 overall and 3-1 in league play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, St. Francis\nThe #10 Malone University football team suffered its first Mid-States Football Association Mideast League defeat of the year in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Malone committed four turnovers and had two punts blocked in the 45-24 loss to  the #3-ranked University of Saint Francis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, St. Francis\nThe Pioneers trailed by a 24-10 deficit at halftime before Saint Francis scored three quick third-quarter touchdowns that stretched the lead to 45-10. Malone continued to play and added two late scores to cut the Saint Francis advantage to 45-24. However, the Pioneers were unable to overcome their early miscues, falling to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the MSFA Mideast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, St. Francis\nWith the victory, Saint Francis secured at least a share of the league title, pushing its home winning streak to 50 games and improving its record to 9-0 overall and 5-0 in the MSFA Mideast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Dominican\nThe NAIA #13 Malone University football team scored 16 unanswered third-quarter points but still failed to overcome a 21-0 halftime deficit as the Pioneers concluded their regular-season schedule at Fawcett Stadium with a 34-24 loss to NAIA No. 23 Ohio Dominican University. The victory improved Ohio Dominican's record to 7-3 overall and 4-2 in the MSFA Mideast while Malone fell to 6-3 overall and 4-2 in league play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Dominican\nOhio Dominican entered the game coming of a previous 56-0 win over Urbana while Malone came in after a 45-24 loss to Saint Francis (Indiana). The previous meeting of the two teams was in 2007, when Ohio Dominican won 31-21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Victory Bowl\nMalone concluded its 2008 play by taking on the 8-2 Northwestern (MN) Eagles in the 2008 Victory Bowl. The game was played at 7:00 PM (CST) on Friday November 21, 2008 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Malone was defending their title as the 2007 Victory Bowl winners, and made their third consecutive trip to the bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Game summaries, Victory Bowl\nMalone and Northwestern matched closely on statistics for the game with the exception of turnovers, where Northwestern had the advantage. In addition to fumbles, two interceptions were returned for touchdowns by Northwestern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197578-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Malone Pioneers football team, Season rankings\nAt the conclusion of the 2008 regular season, Malone had created several impressive rankings for both individual and team play in the NAIA Division I, including:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197579-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malta Cup\nThe 2008 Malta Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 10 February 2008 at the Hilton Conference Center in Portomaso, Malta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197579-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Malta Cup\nThe Gambling Commission looked at allegations of match-fixing during the round-robin stage of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197579-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Malta Cup\nShaun Murphy won the title by defeating Ken Doherty 9\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 84]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197579-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Malta Cup, Group stage\nGroup matches were played over 6 frames. A win was worth 2 points and a tie 1 point. The top player from each group qualified to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197580-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malta International Football Tournament\nThe 2008 Malta International Football Tournament was the fourteenth and last edition of the Malta International Tournament, a biannual football competition organised by the Malta Football Association for a select men's national football team. It was held in Malta, from 2 February to 6 February 2008, with games played at the National Stadium in Ta' Qali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197580-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Malta International Football Tournament\nBesides Malta's national team, Armenia, Belarus and Iceland contested this edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197581-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Malta Open darts\n2008 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Malta in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197582-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maltese general election\nGeneral elections were held in Malta on Saturday, 8 March 2008 alongside local elections. The governing Nationalist Party won a narrow victory over the Malta Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197582-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maltese general election, Background\nThe House of Representatives was dissolved on 4 February, with elections scheduled for 8 March, the same day that local elections were to be held in 23 of 68 local councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197582-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maltese general election, Results\nInitial exit polls and statistics suggested a very close result. Preliminary results had been expected by Sunday noon but these had to be delayed until a full first count was completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197582-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Maltese general election, Results\nThe Nationalist Party won with 49.33% to Labour's 48.9% a difference of 1,580 votes. Just under 2% of registered voters, 5,266 individuals, failed to collect their voting documents, so fewer than 310,000 people were eligible to vote on 8 March 2008. In total, voter turnout was 93%, the lowest in Malta since 1971.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197582-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Maltese general election, Results\nAs the Nationalist Party won the popular vote but elected only 31 Members of Parliament to Labour's 34, it was assigned an additional four seats to give the party a parliamentary majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197582-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Maltese general election, Results\nTwo other political parties participated in this election, Democratic Alternative and National Action, but both failed to win any seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197582-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Maltese general election, Results\nTwelve casual elections were held in April 2008 to fill vacancies arising from candidates elected from two districts declining their second seat. Both the Nationalist Party and Labour each elected six members in this way, leaving the overall parliamentary numbers unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197583-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maltese local elections\nLocal elections were held in Malta on 8 March 2008, the same day of the general election. This year, the election was held in 23 of the 68 Maltese localities. These 23 localities are: Valletta (the capital city), Senglea (Citt\u00e0 Invicta), \u017bebbu\u0121 (Citt\u00e0 Rohan), \u017bejtun (Citt\u00e0 Beland), Balzan, Dingli, Fontana, G\u0127ajnsielem, G\u0127asri, Iklin, Kirkop, Marsa, Mellie\u0127a, Mqabba, Nadur, Pembroke, Qrendi, San \u0120iljan, San Pawl il-Ba\u0127ar, Santa Venera, Ta' Xbiex, Xewkija and \u017burrieq. A separate local election was held on 24 May in Mtarfa, after the previous council was dissolved a monthly earlier. 12 candidates contested the election, in which 3 councillors were elected for the Nationalist Party while 2 councillors were elected for the Malta Labour Party (MLP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197583-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maltese local elections, Candidates\nIn total, 241 candidates ran for election. Of these, 120 were candidates for the Malta Labour Party (MLP), 110 for the Nationalist Party (PN), six for Democratic Alternative, and one candidate for the Alpha Party. Four candidates ran as independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197583-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maltese local elections, Voter turnout\nVoter turnout was lowest in San Pawl il-Ba\u0127ar (68 percent turnout) and highest in Dingli and Qrendi (both 94 percent turnout).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197584-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Manchester City Council election\nElections to Manchester City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election - every ward of the city returned one councillor at this election out of the three councillors a ward in the city has.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197584-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Manchester City Council election\nFour national political parties - the Conservative Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Green Party - each stood a candidate in every ward in this election. There were candidates from other political parties standing in some of the wards, but there were no independent candidates standing for election this year in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197584-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Manchester City Council election\nThe Labour party retained overall control of the council. The Green party lost their only seat in Hulme to Labour, and the Conservatives failed to gain their first elected councillor, though became the third party on the council due to having one councillor through an earlier defection. The Liberal Democrats, who had suffered two defections since the last election - firstly the aforementioned Tory defection, and another to Labour - gained two councillors (in Miles Platting & Newton Heath and Northenden) but lost one (in Longsight) to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197584-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Manchester City Council election\nVoting took place between 7am and 10pm on Thursday 1 May 2008 and counting took place that night at the Town Hall. Overall turnout fell slightly to 27%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197584-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Manchester City Council election, Ward results\nBelow is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. The winning candidate per ward is in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197585-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Manitoba electoral redistribution\nThe Manitoba electoral redistribution of 2008 started on April 14, 2008 when Manitoba's Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission made up of Manitoba Chief Justice Richard J. Scott, Chief Electoral Officer Richard D. Balasko, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University College of the North Denise K. Henning, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Professor of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba Richard Sigurdson, and President and Vice-Chancellor at Brandon University Louis Visentin released the population counts of the 1998 electoral boundaries based on Census 2006 population counts provided by Statistics Canada. The Pas was the only riding not to have its boundaries be changed. The Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission released its report after months of public consultation and deliberation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 856]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197585-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Manitoba electoral redistribution\nThese boundaries first took effect in the 2011 election of the Manitoba Legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season\nThe 2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 62nd in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by Matt Orford, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2008 Telstra Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season Summary\nWith the departure of hooker Michael Monaghan, many questioned whether the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles could be as competitive as in 2007 and losses in the first 2 rounds seemed to confirm this. Manly Warringah's first win came in round 3 at Brookvale with a 52\u20136 thrashing of the New Zealand Warriors and followed this up with a 20\u20132 shutout of South Sydney. In the round 5 grand final rematch against the Storm, Manly were soundly beaten 26\u20134 and doubt about their premiership credentials resurfaced. In Heritage Round (Rd 6) Manly Warringah had a season defining last gasp win over bitter rivals Parramatta, with Manly overcoming injuries before and during the game including one to winger Michael Bani who had to be stretchered off the ground after being knocked out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season Summary\nManly Warringah seemed to use this game as a springboard and entered a dangerous run of form, notching up numerous impressive wins over top teams such as a 30\u201312 win over the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium, a 42\u20130 annihilation of the Sydney Roosters at Brookvale Oval and a 34\u201314 win over the Gold Coast Titans at Skilled Park in round 17. In round 18 Manly avenged their opening round loss to bitter rivals and eventual preliminary finalists Cronulla with a 34\u20136 hammering of them at Toyota Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season Summary\nIn round 19, Manly once again faced historical rivals Parramatta and in a repeat of round 6, Manly lost halfback Matt Orford and lock Luke Williamson before the game, and after only minutes five-eighth Jamie Lyon and prop Jason King were forced off the field with injury. Despite the setbacks and an early challenge from the Eels, Manly ran away with the game and finished 28\u201310 winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season Summary\nSome hiccups against the Roosters in round 20, the Storm in round 22 and the Rabbitohs in round 23 meant Manly finished the regular season tied first with Melbourne and Cronulla but second on points differential and Manly missed out on claiming their first minor premiership since 1997. In the qualifying final Manly faced 7th placed St. George at Brookvale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season Summary\nThis game was club legend Steve Menzies' last game at Brookvale and he opened the scoring with an unusual charge down try in which after kicking ahead to himself and falling over, the ball bounced up and hit him in the head before he finally grounded it. Manly Warringah were easy 38\u20136 winners and departing Dragons centre Mark Gasnier was seen on the sidelines crying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season Summary\nAfter getting the week off, Manly faced the history-making New Zealand Warriors whose late season charge got them into 8th place where they became the first 8th placed team to advance past qualifying finals with a dramatic and rare defeat of the Storm at Olympic Park. Despite an early challenge, Manly Warringah crushed the Warriors 32\u20136 and showcased their trademark wall of defence and attacking flair. With the win, Manly Warringah qualified for their 17th grand final, where in a rematch of the 2007 decider, they would play the Melbourne Storm who had bounced back from the Warriors' loss with wins over the Brisbane Broncos and Cronulla Sharks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season Summary\nThe story was very different for the Sea Eagles this time around as they decimated the Storm 40\u20130 to win their seventh premiership in front of 80,388 at ANZ Stadium. It was Michael Monaghan's replacement, the previously unknown Matt Ballin who scored the first try of the match. The game was also notable for winger Michael Robertson's hat-trick and retiring legend Steve Menzies' try 10 minutes from full-time, which he scored after coming back onto the field to replace the injured Steve Matai. Manly prop forward Brent Kite was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal after a powerhouse display which included a classy try in the 58th minute. This is the largest winning margin in a grand final in rugby league history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final\n1st HalfThe grand final's first quarter was played end to end with each side able to hold the other's attacking opportunities out. In the twenty-fourth minute the Sea Eagles' hooker Matt Ballin  at close-range ran from dummy-half and crashed over the try-line. After the video referee ruled the grounding successful, Matt Orford's conversion attempt hit the upright and missed so the score remained 4 - 0 with fifteen minutes of the first half remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final\nNine minutes later, the Sea Eagles were again on the attack and from ten metres out, moved the ball through the hands to the left wing where Michael Robertson dived over in the corner. The video referee was again called upon to examine the try, which was ruled to have been successfully scored just as Robertson's feet were being dragged onto the sideline by a defender. Orford's difficult kick went wide, so the Sea Eagles' lead remained at 8-0 with under five minutes of the half remaining which were played out with no further points scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final\n2nd HalfIn the forty-seventh minute, The Sea Eagles were within twenty metres of the Storm's try-line when Matt Orford at first receiver put a grubber kick into the left corner which bounced up perfectly for Michael Robertson racing through on the wing to grab and dive over for his second try. Kicking duty was handed to Steve Matai who coolly converted Robertson's try from next to the sideline, bringing his side's lead to 14\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final\nThree minutes later, and from a similar attacking position, the Sea Eagles kept the ball alive, a pass from Brett Stewart fifteen metres out arriving at the feet of Steve Matai who, with only one defender before him, picked it up and passed to Michael Robertson to dive over again in the same corner. Matai's second sideline conversion attempt missed, so the Sea Eagles were leading 18\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final\nIn the fifty-seventh minute the Sea Eagles were again down in the Storm's half and on the last tackle decided to run the ball, which was kept alive and passed through seven sets of hands before going to a charging Brent Kite who stretched out of the tackle and slammed the ball down under the posts. Matai kicked the easy conversion and it was sea Eagles 24, Storm 0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0006-0003", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final\nTen minutes later the Sea Eagles got another try when, from within the Storm's ten-metre line, they moved the ball out to David Williams on the right wing to dive over in the corner. The conversion attempt by Matai went wide so the Sea Eagles were leading 28\u20130. In the seventy-second minute the Sea Eagles ran the ball down toward the left corner with Robertson passing back in to Steve Menzies, who was playing in his 349th and final NRL match to crash over for a try, his 180th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0006-0004", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final\nJamie Lyon took over the goal kicking and converted Menzies' try to give Manly a 34\u20130 lead. However, the finale was to come at the seventy-five-minute mark when from their forty-metre line, Sea Eagles second rower Glenn Hall burst into open space, passing back inside for Brett Stewart who was running through in support. Stewart was chased down just short of the try-line by Storm halfback Cooper Cronk, but he managed to flick the ball back without looking into the arms of Steven Bell to also get a try in his last game at the club. Jamie Lyon's simple conversion put the final score at 40\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final\nIt was at the time the fourth-biggest loss in the Storm's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final\nThe Manly Warringah Sea Eagles defeated the Melbourne Storm 40\u20130, scoring eight tries, four of which were converted. This is the highest Rugby League Grand Final margin in Australian history, eclipsing the 1975 NSWRFL season's Grand Final where Eastern Suburbs defeated St George, 38\u20130 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. It is also the first time that a team has been kept scoreless in a Grand Final since the 1978 NSWRL Grand Final Replay, where Cronulla lost to Manly 16\u20130. Sea Eages forward Brent Kite was named man-of-the-match and received the Clive Churchill Medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final\nThe 2008 Grand Final was the last match for Super League-bound Steve Menzies of Manly. Playing in this match brought his career games played to 349, equalling the current record from Terry Lamb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Player statistics\nNote: Games and (sub) show total games played, e.g. 1 (1) is 2 games played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197586-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Representative Players, International\n* Brett Stewart was originally selected in Australia's World Cup squad but withdrew with a shoulder injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Manx Grand Prix was held between 18 and 30 August on the Mountain Course. The Senior event was won by the Welsh rider Adam Barclay, and the Junior and Ultra-Lightweight events by the Manx rider Dan Kneen, who also scored the fastest lap in three different races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 1; Newcomers Race A\nMonday 25 August 2008 \u2013 Mountain Course  2 laps \u2013 75.46\u00a0miles (121.40\u00a0km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 1; Newcomers Race A\nFastest Lap: Ryan Kneen \u2013 104.005\u00a0mph (21' 45.97) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 1; Newcomers Race C\nMonday 25 August 2008 \u2013 Mountain Course  2 laps \u2013 75.46\u00a0miles (121.40\u00a0km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 1; Newcomers Race C\nFastest Lap: Daniel Kneen \u2013 96.829\u00a0mph (23' 22.76) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 2; Senior Classic Race\nMonday 25 August 2008 \u2013 Mountain Course 3 laps \u2013 113.00\u00a0miles (181.96\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 3; Junior Classic Race\nWednesday 27 August 2008 \u2013 Mountain Course 3 laps \u2013 113.00\u00a0miles (181.96\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 3; Junior Classic Race\nFastest Lap; Roy Richardson \u2013 22\u00a0minutes 23.71 seconds  101.084\u00a0mph", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 3; Lightweight Classic Race\nWednesday 27 August 2008 \u2013 Mountain Course 3 laps \u2013 113.00\u00a0miles (181.96\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 3; Lightweight Classic Race\nFastest Lap; Ewan Hamilton \u2013 23\u00a0minutes 57.29 seconds  94.503\u00a0mph", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 134]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 4; Junior Manx Grand Prix\nFastest Lap; Michael Weldon \u2013 19\u00a0minutes 20.88 seconds  117.004\u00a0mph", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 5; Senior Manx Grand Prix\nSaturday  30 August 2008 \u2013 Mountain Course  2 laps \u2013 75.46\u00a0miles (121.40\u00a0km) \u2013 Reduced Race Distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 5; Senior Manx Grand Prix\nFastest Lap: Adam Barclay \u2013 119.996\u00a0mph (18' 51.94) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 6a; Lightweight Manx Grand Prix\nSaturday  30 August 2008 \u2013 Mountain Course  3 laps \u2013 113.00\u00a0miles (181.96\u00a0km) \u2013 Reduced Race Distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 72], "content_span": [73, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197587-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Race 6b; Ultra-Lightweight Manx Grand Prix\nSaturday  30 August 2008 \u2013 Mountain Course  3 laps \u2013 113.00\u00a0miles (181.96\u00a0km) \u2013 Reduced Race Distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 78], "content_span": [79, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes\nThe 2008 Mardakert clashes began on March 4 after the 2008 Armenian election protests. It involved the heaviest fighting between ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh since the 1994 ceasefire after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes\nArmenian sources accused Azerbaijan of trying to take advantage of ongoing unrest in Armenia. Azerbaijani sources blamed Armenia, claiming that the Armenian government was trying to divert attention from internal tensions in Armenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes\nFollowing the incident, on March 14 the United Nations General Assembly by a recorded vote of 39 in favour to 7 against adopted Resolution 62/243, demanding the immediate withdrawal of all Armenian forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Background, First Nagorno-Karabakh War\nDuring and shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and Azeris were involved in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War from February 1988 to May 1994. As the war progressed, the former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan became enveloped in a protracted, undeclared war as Azerbaijan attempted to curb the secessionist movement in Nagorno-Karabakh. The enclave's parliament voted on February 20, 1988, to unify with Armenia, and the vast majority of the Karabakh population voted in favor of independence in a referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Background, First Nagorno-Karabakh War\nThe demand to unify with Armenia, which proliferated in the late 1980s, began in a relatively peaceful manner; however, in the following months, as the Soviet Union's disintegration neared, it gradually grew into an increasingly violent conflict between the two ethnic groups, resulting in claims of ethnic cleansing by all sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Background, First Nagorno-Karabakh War\nThe war was the most destructive ethnic conflict in both terms of lives and property that emerged after the Soviet Union collapsed in December 1991. The declaration of independence was the final result of a \"long-standing resentment in the Armenian community of Nagorno Karabakh against serious limitations of its cultural and religious freedom by central Soviet and Azerbaijani authorities,\" but more importantly, as a territorial conflict regarding the land.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Background, First Nagorno-Karabakh War\nAs Azerbaijan declared its independence from the Soviet Union and removed the powers held by the enclave's government, the Armenian majority voted to secede from Azerbaijan, and in the process proclaimed the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Background, First Nagorno-Karabakh War\nFull -scale fighting erupted in the late winter of 1992. International mediation by several groups including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) failed to bring an end resolution that both sides could work with. In the spring of 1993, Armenian forces captured regions outside the enclave itself, threatening the involvement of other countries in the region. By the cease fire in 1994, the Armenians were in full control of not only the enclave but also approximately 9% of Azerbaijan's territory outside the enclave, which they still control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Background, First Nagorno-Karabakh War\nAs many as 230,000 Armenians from Azerbaijan and 800,000 Azeris from Armenia and Karabakh have been displaced as a result of the conflict. A Russian-brokered cease fire was signed in May 1994 and peace talks, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group, have been held ever since by Armenia and Azerbaijan. The ceasefire is self-monitored by the armed forces of the now de facto independent Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and by Azerbaijan. Violations of the cease fire in the form of sporadic shooting incidents have occurred, but the cease fire has largely held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Background, 2008 Armenian presidential election protests\nFollowing the Armenian Presidential Election of 2008, there were a series of mass protests in Yerevan, Armenia alleging electoral fraud. Initially these protests were peaceful though unauthorized by government. They began on February 20 and lasted for 10-days. Despite the urging of the government to stop the unauthorized demonstrations, the protests continued until March 1. On the morning of March 1, police and army troops dispersed the 700\u20131,000 persons who remained overnight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 80], "content_span": [81, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Background, 2008 Armenian presidential election protests\nAt noon on March 1, over ten thousand demonstrators held a protest at the French embassy in Yerevan and over the evening, clashes broke out between protestors and law enforcement. A 20-day state of emergency, including a censure on free press, was declared by the incumbent President Robert Kocharyan. On March 2, the Armenian Army with armoured personnel carriers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 80], "content_span": [81, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Background, 2008 Armenian presidential election protests\nUp to 9 people died in clashes between police and protesters: one police officer and eight civilians. Sixteen officers were hospitalized with bullet wounds. On March 4, 2008, the OSCE issued a press release citing the ban on independent news coverage and censorship temporarily imposed by Armenian authorities as contrary to OSCE commitments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 80], "content_span": [81, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Background, 2008 Armenian presidential election protests\nIn this context, the Armenian side blames Azerbaijan for trying to take advantage of unrest in Armenia. The Azeri side blames Armenia claiming that they are trying to divert attention from problems at home however Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has also said his country is ready to re-take the region by force, and has been buying the military hardware and ammunition to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 80], "content_span": [81, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Prelude\nIn a sign of disapproval after the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Azerbaijan's parliament voted to withdraw a 33-strong Azeri peacekeeping team that has been serving there under NATO command since 1999, as a part of Turkish peacekeeping mission. Speaking on March 4, Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev said that Kosovo's independence is \"emboldening Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh\", and that his country was ready to take it back by force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Prelude\nPrior to the skirmishes, Ilham Aliyev had insisted on numerous occasions that his country was ready to re-take the region by force, and had been buying the military hardware and ammunition to do so. Aliyev nevertheless expressed hope that Azerbaijan's growing military could nudge talks towards a diplomatic breakthrough: \"A time will come when the Armenians will agree to that (settlement),\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Active stage, Armenian version of events\nAccording to the Armenian side, Azerbaijani forces attacked Armenian positions near the village of Levonarkh in the Mardakert Region of north-eastern Nagorno-Karabakh early March 4, 2008. They then briefly seized positions held by Armenian forces, which were later recaptured. The Armenian side also claimed that eight Azeri servicemen were killed and seven wounded, with two Armenian servicemen wounded, and that the Azeris fled leaving armament on the battlefield. Armenian president Robert Kocharyan also claimed that Azeri troops used heavy artillery in the fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Active stage, Azerbaijani version of events\nAccording to the Azerbaijani side, Armenian forces attacked the positions of Azerbaijani army in the Tartar district of Azerbaijan. In the resulting battle, eight Azeri servicemen and twelve Armenian servicemen were killed, and four Armenian servicemen were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Aftermath\nOn March 7, 2008, Nagorno-Karabakh's De facto news agency reports a concentration Azerbaijani troops at the contact line where the prior ceasefire violation occurred. On March 8\u20139 another exchange of gunfire occurred at the contact line near Agdam. Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu said two Azerbaijani civilians were killed and two wounded in the shooting overnight on March 8, in the Agdam region. Sabiroglu claimed that additional small arms gunfire between Armenian and Azeri troops occurred on March 9, killing one Azerbaijani soldier and injuring another. He also claimed that an Armenian soldier was also killed which Nagorno-Karabakh's defense minister, Lt. Col. Senor Asratian, denied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 750]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197588-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Mardakert clashes, Aftermath, Dispute over casualties\nThe Armenian head of national military investigation institute of the Defense Ministry rejected the Azerbaijani claim about twelve Armenian deaths. Meanwhile, the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense insisted that the claim by Armenian president about eight casualties on Azeri side was false because it would be impossible to hide the deaths of four more servicemen in the presence of the media and the public in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan insisted that four Azeri soldiers and twelve Armenian soldiers were killed and fifteen Armenian soldiers wounded, while Armenia insists that eight Azeri soldiers were killed and seven wounded, and that two Armenian soldiers were wounded, with no Armenian fatalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197589-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Australian Open series\nSharapova began her season at the Australian Open, as the 5th seed. She won the tournament without dropping a set (or playing a tie-break set), as she gained redemption following the previous year's heavy defeat in the final to Serena Williams. En route, she defeated Lindsay Davenport in the second round, served three bagels (one each to Elena Vesnina, Elena Dementieva and World No. 1 Justine Henin, whom she defeated very impressively in the quarter-finals) and defeated Jelena Jankovi\u0107 (who had defeated the defending champion Williams in the quarter-finals) in the semi-finals, before facing Serbian Ana Ivanovic in the final. In a match dubbed as the \"Glam Slam final\", Sharapova upset the highly fancied Serb in straight sets to claim her first Australian Open title, and third Major title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 873]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197589-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Middle East series\nAfter playing two Fed Cup rubbers for Russia to kick off February, Sharapova then competed at the Qatar Ladies Open. She defeated Galina Voskoboeva, Tamarine Tanasugarn, Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska (who had benefited from the withdrawal of top seed Ana Ivanovic in the third round) before facing (and defeating in three sets) Vera Zvonareva in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197589-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Middle East series\nSharapova then withdrew from Dubai due to a viral infection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197589-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Indian Wells & Miami\nSharapova reached the semi-finals at Indian Wells for the third time in four years, but was defeated there by compatriot and eventual runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova, bringing an end to her 18-match winning streak to start the season. Following Indian Wells, Sharapova withdrew from Miami, citing a recurring shoulder injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197589-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Clay court season, American clay court season\nAfter withdrawing from Miami, Sharapova won her first career clay court title in Amelia Island, defeating Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1 in the final. At Charleston, she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 97], "content_span": [98, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197589-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Clay court season, European clay court season\nAfter deciding to skip the 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open, Sharapova next played at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, reaching the semi-finals before being forced to withdraw from her match against eventual champion Jelena Jankovi\u0107 due to a calf injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 97], "content_span": [98, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197589-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Clay court season, European clay court season\nFollowing Justine Henin's surprise retirement during the same week as the Rome event, Sharapova was elevated to World No. 1 in the rankings. Subsequently, she was named as the top seed at the French Open, which she needed to win to complete a Career Grand Slam (and thus protect her top ranking). After surviving a close final set against compatriot Evgeniya Rodina in the first round, and another three-setter against Bethanie Mattek in the second, Sharapova fell in the fourth round in three sets to eventual finalist Dinara Safina, having held several match points in the second set. As a result, she lost her World No. 1 ranking, after just three weeks, to Ana Ivanovic, who went on to win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 97], "content_span": [98, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197589-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, Wimbledon\nSharapova's 2008 Wimbledon campaign turned out to be short-lived, as she was defeated in the second round by Alla Kudryavtseva, in the process suffering her earliest ever defeat at Wimbledon, and her earliest defeat at a Major tournament since the 2003 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197589-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly summary, US Open series and shoulder injury\nSharapova next played at the 2008 Rogers Cup, however she had to withdraw following her second round win against Marta Domachowska due to a recurring shoulder injury, which ended up being serious enough to necessitate surgery. As a result, Sharapova was forced to withdraw from her remaining tournaments for the year, including the Olympic tennis tournament in Beijing, the US Open (thus missing her first Major tournament since her debut in 2003) and the year-end championships. Her withdrawals from those events eventually led to her finishing the year ranked World No. 9, her lowest year-end singles ranking since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 86], "content_span": [87, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197589-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Maria Sharapova tennis season, All matches\nThis table chronicles all the matches of Sharapova in 2008, including walkovers (W/O) which the WTA does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197589-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Yearly Records, Head-to-head matchups\nOrdered by percentage, number of victories to number of losses, then in alphabetical order", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197590-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Marion Mayhem season\nThe 2008 Marion Mayhem season was the 3rd season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise. Finishing with a 7-5 record in 2008, the Mayhem were eliminated from the 2008 CIFL playoffs. The Mayhem players had already turned in their equipment for the year when it was announced that the defending CIFL champion Rochester Raiders (12-0) had been suspended by the league and had to forfeit their playoff spot. The Mayhem were invited to replace the former champs in the CIFL Atlantic Conference Western Division playoffs where they would face their conference foe Saginaw. The Mayhem gathered their players back together and headed to Saginaw to face the Sting. The playoff game went down to the wire where a goal-line stand by the Saginaw defense with only seconds left on the clock ended the Mayhem's season. The final score Sting 41 - Mayhem 34.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 889]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake\nThe 2008 Market Rasen earthquake occurred at 00:56:47.8s\u00a0GMT on 27 February 2008. According to the British Geological Survey the earthquake registered a reading of 5.2 on the Richter scale, with its epicentre 2.5\u00a0miles (4\u00a0km) north of Market Rasen and 15 miles (24\u00a0km) south-west of Grimsby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Duration\nThe duration of the earthquake was confirmed as roughly 10\u00a0seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Spread of effect\nThe tremors were felt across a wide area of England and Wales, from Hampshire in the south to Newcastle upon Tyne in the north, and as far west as Bangor, Northern Ireland. They were also reported in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the far north of France. Structural damage was recorded in some areas, including one case where a chimney collapsed and injured a person in Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Cause\nThe earthquake was caused by the sudden rupture and motion along a strike-slip fault, 18.6 kilometres (12\u00a0mi) beneath Lincolnshire. Earthquake motion occurred over a time span of ~2\u00a0minutes but it was most intense and was felt at the surface for just 10 to 30 seconds; maximum vertical ground motion at the epicentre of the earthquake was only ~1\u00a0mm. The observed focal mechanism implies either sinistral motion on a N\u2013S or dextral motion on an E\u2013W oriented strike-slip fault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Cause\nThe nine aftershocks observed, ~5 kilometres (3\u00a0mi) SSW of the main earthquake event, point to an approximately N\u2013S oriented fault. From the 5.2 ML magnitude of the main earthquake, a motion of a few centimetres along a ~2.5 kilometres (2\u00a0mi) long fault rupture is derived. The energy released was 3.98\u00d71012 joules (equal to the detonation of ~950 tonnes of TNT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Cause\nUnlike typical earthquakes worldwide, the earthquakes of Northern Europe are intraplate earthquakes, meaning they are not close to tectonic plate boundaries. Most intraplate earthquakes in northern Europe, including the British Isles, are thought to be driven by distant tectonic stresses \u2013 a combination of E\u2013W North Atlantic Ridge and N\u2013S African Plate regional stress fields, and local mantle conditions. Indeed, the motion on the strike-slip fault responsible for the earthquake is compatible with a local NW\u2013SE stress field; a product of the E\u2013W and N\u2013S regional stress fields.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Cause\nOnly a minority of earthquakes in the UK are related to post-glacial rebound e.g. the minor earthquakes (<3.5 ML) of western Scotland, where glaciers ~1\u00a0km thick existed during the peak of the last ice age.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Effects\nThe earthquake resulted in structural damage to many homes and businesses in the epicentral area. Buildings as large as apartment blocks were reported to have shaken for up to 30 seconds afterwards. Birds and pets became highly agitated. There were no deaths, but a 19-year-old man in Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire suffered a broken pelvis when a piece of chimney fell through the roof onto his attic bed. The earthquake was felt by people as far south as Bournemouth, where it was felt as a mild but noticeable vibration, and as far away as Bangor, Northern Ireland, where it woke people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Effects\nPolice in the Midlands received more than 5,000\u00a0telephone calls in an hour from members of the public regarding the earthquake. The earthquake caused power cuts in some areas. A church in March, Cambridgeshire reported that, since the earthquake, water had been coming up from the ground into the cellar at a rate of 10 imperial gallons (45\u00a0l) per hour. The spire of St Mary Magdalene church at Waltham on the Wolds in Leicestershire was damaged and was to be rebuilt at a cost of \u00a3100,000. Also damaged were the spires of St Andrew's church in Haconby, St Andrew's of Witham on the Hill, St Vincent's church in Caythorpe, all three in South Kesteven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Effects\nThe cost of insurance payouts was estimated to be around \u00a330 million, with the majority of damage being done to chimneys, roof tiles and by falling masonry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Effects, Magnitude\nThe tremor was the largest earthquake to affect the UK since the 1984 Ll\u0177n Peninsula earthquake, which measured 5.4 on the Richter scale. The British Geological Survey gave the earthquake a reading of 5.2ML, while the United States Geological Survey reported it measured 4.8Mb. The French Atomic Energy Commission estimated the magnitude was 5.4ML.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Effects, Aftershocks\nA total of nine aftershocks were recorded. The largest, measuring 2.8 on the Richter scale, occurred around five weeks after the initial event, on 5 April at 13:57\u00a0GMT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Responses\nFirefighting crews were called out to 50 incidents and 1 fire as a result of the quake. Building Control & Street Force officers worked quickly to assess damage in the area around West Lindsey, and West Lindsey District Council also urged people to call their telephone number if people were concerned about damage to their homes. Trent Street in Gainsborough was closed to traffic whilst a local builder assessed if properties were structurally safe, after 1 family was evacuated from their house following concerns about collapses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197591-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Market Rasen earthquake, Significance\nThe BGS described the earthquake as an \"extremely large earthquake in UK terms but not large in world terms\". Approximately 200 earthquakes occur in the UK every year, approximately 175 of which are too weak to be noticed by humans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197592-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Marseille municipal election\nMunicipal and mayoral elections were held in Marseille in March 2008, at the same time as other French municipal elections. The incumbent Mayor of the city, Jean-Claude Gaudin (UMP) faced Socialist candidate and Senator Jean-No\u00ebl Gu\u00e9rini. While polls in January and February indicated that Gaudin was safe, later polls showed the race tied and the 3rd sector of the city, a marginal UMP area, was likely to decide the election. Elections in Marseille depend not on the number of votes polled but the number of sectors won (there are 8 sectors). The same system applies in Lyon and Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197592-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Marseille municipal election\nGaudin was re-elected and will serve as mayor until 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197593-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Marshall Thundering Herd football team\nThe 2008 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Marshall competed as a member of the East Division of Conference USA, and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. The Thundering Herd were led by fourth-year head coach Mark Snyder. Marshall finished the season with a 4\u20138 record (3\u20135).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197593-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Marshall Thundering Herd football team\nBefore the season, Sports Illustrated ranked Marshall the 115th team in the FBS (out of 120) and predicted they would finish with a 1\u201311 record. Against 11th-ranked Wisconsin, the Herd led 14\u20130 in the second quarter, but gave up 51 unanswered points in the remainder of the game. Later in the season, Marshall upset Houston, 37\u201323, after having led 37\u20139 earlier in the final period. The following week, they lost in overtime to favorite East Carolina by a field goal, 19\u201316. Marshall held Rice quarterback Chase Clement to 84 passing yards in the first half, which was tied at 7, but went on to lose, 35\u201310. In the season closer, they proved competitive for eventual Conference USA runners-up Tulsa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197594-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Marshallese presidential election\nAn indirect presidential election was held in the Marshall Islands on 7 January 2008. The parliament elected in November 2007 elected a new president after it formally convened. The opposition coalition elected a new president, Litokwa Tomeing, with a vote of 18 to 15 in favour, beating the incumbent president Kessai Note. A new Speaker from the opposition, Senator Jurelang Zedkaia, was also elected, defeating Senator Alvin Jacklick in another 18\u201315 vote. Senator Alik Alik from the United Democratic Party (the former government party) was elected as Vice-Speaker with 17 votes against 16 for Kaibuke Kabua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197594-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Marshallese presidential election\nTomeing had defected from the United Democratic Party to the opposition United People's Party before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197595-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League\nMartyr's Memorial B-Division League was played the second tier of the Nepali football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197596-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Maryland Democratic presidential primary took place on February 12, 2008. Nicknamed the \"Potomac Primary\" or the \"Chesapeake Primary\" because the District of Columbia and Virginia also held their primaries that day (and all three border the Potomac River), a total of 70 delegates were up for grabs in Maryland. The winner in each of Maryland's eight congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 46. Another 24 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 70 delegates represented Maryland at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Twenty-nine other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197596-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Democratic presidential primary\nBy order of a judge, the polling places in the Maryland Democratic Primary were extended to 9:30 p.m. EST in order to compensate for voters who were delayed in traffic by inclement weather. The same day, an intense ice storm brought .25 inches-1 inch of ice accumulations across Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197596-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nWith its significant African American population and high concentration of highly educated and highly affluent white progressive/liberal professionals, Maryland was a state that was very favorable for Barack Obama coming out of Super Tuesday. According to exit polls, 53 percent of voters in the Maryland Democratic Primary were white and they opted for Clinton by a margin of 52-42 compared to the 37 percent of African American voters who backed Obama by a margin of 84-15. Hispanics/Latinos, which comprised 4 percent of the electorate, supported Clinton by a margin of 55-45.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197596-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama swept all age groups, socioeconomic/income classes and educational attainment categories in Maryland as well. Of the 84 percent of self-identified Democrats who voted in the primary, 59 percent backed Obama while 40 percent supported Clinton; Independents, which made up 13 percent of the voters, also backed Obama by a 62-27 margin. Obama also won all ideological groups. Regarding religion, Obama won Protestants by a margin of 51-44 percent, other Christians by a margin of 74-21, other religions by a margin of 61-39, and atheists/agnostics by a margin of 62-37; Clinton won Roman Catholics by a margin of 48-45 and Jews by a margin of 60-40 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197596-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama performed extremely well in the more urban parts of the state in and around Baltimore and the Washington, D.C. suburbs while Clinton performed strongly in the more rural parts of the state like the Eastern Shore and Western Maryland, which takes in parts of Appalachia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197596-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nAlthough Clinton received two big endorsements from Governor Martin O\u2019Malley and U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, it was not enough to help her much in the state, as many of the demographics were largely in Barack Obama\u2019s favor. Obama received the endorsement of junior senator Ben Cardin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197597-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Maryland Republican presidential primary took place on February 12, 2008. The state sent 37 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Three delegates were awarded to the winner of each of the state's eight congressional districts; the remainder of the state's delegates were at-large. John McCain won the primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197597-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Republican presidential primary\nIn opinion polling conducted on February 7 and 8, John McCain was the heavy favorite among Maryland's Republican voters. 56% of respondents supported him, 17% Mike Huckabee, 10% Ron Paul, with the rest scattered or undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197597-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Republican presidential primary\nThe District of Columbia and State of Virginia held their primaries on the same date, leading the day to be dubbed the \"Potomac primary\" by many pundits, after the river that borders all three jurisdictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team\nThe 2008 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Terrapins' (also officially known as the \"Terps\") 56th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and its fourth within the framework of the ACC Atlantic Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team\nRalph Friedgen led the team for his eighth season as head coach and was assisted by first-year offensive coordinator James Franklin and third-year defensive coordinator Chris Cosh. It was the first season since the departure of Charlie Taaffe in 2005 that Friedgen did not call the offensive plays himself. Instead, those duties were handled by Franklin, a former Maryland wide receivers coach, who returned after a brief stint at Kansas State and in the National Football League (NFL). With him, Franklin brought a new system: the West Coast offense. Cosh, whose complex defensive scheme had been criticized as too passive, resigned at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team\nThe 2008 season in the ACC was described as chaotic, and for Maryland, there was no exception. The Terrapins were within grasp of the ACC Atlantic Division championship at the end of Week 12, but lost their final two games and fell to a four-way tie for third place. Maryland closed the regular season with a 7\u20135 record\u2014including four wins against Top 25-ranked teams\u2014which was enough to secure bowl eligibility. In the postseason, Maryland defeated Nevada of the Western Athletic Conference in the Humanitarian Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Before the season, Coaching changes\nIn December 2007, Maryland hired Kansas State offensive coordinator James Franklin to serve in that same role for the Terrapins. From 2000 to 2004, he was the Maryland wide receivers coach. In 2003 and 2004, he also served as the recruiting coordinator, and Rivals.com ranked Franklin as one of the nation's top-25 recruiters both years. Because of the arrival of Franklin, 2008 was the first since 2005 that head coach Ralph Friedgen did not call the offensive plays himself. At Maryland, Franklin installed a West Coast offense, which was well suited to quarterback Chris Turner's playing style and an experienced wide receiver corps that included play-maker Darrius Heyward-Bey and sure-handed Danny Oquendo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Before the season, Key losses\nMaryland lost several important players from the 2007 team. In January 2008, shortly after Oregon State defeated Maryland in the Emerald Bowl, linebacker Erin Henderson announced that he would forgo his senior year to enter the 2008 NFL Draft. Henderson, the brother of Butkus and Bednarik Award winner E.J., had recorded an ACC-high four fumble recoveries in 2007 and was the Terrapins' leader in total tackles (133) and tackles for loss (11).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Before the season, Key losses\nThe defensive line lost tackles Dre Moore and Carlos Feliciano, while the secondary unit lost both starting safeties, strong safety Christian Varner and free safety J. J. Justice, as well as cornerback Isaiah Gardner. The Maryland offense lost tailbacks Lance Ball and Keon Lattimore who combined for 1,573\u00a0rushing yards and 25\u00a0touchdowns in 2007. The offensive line saw the departure of tight ends Jason Goode and Joey Haynos, and offensive guard Andrew Crummey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Before the season, Key returns\nDespite the loss of some of the previous year's important players, Maryland entered the 2008 season with a seasoned squad. Forty-six of sixty-two lettermen returned (74\u00a0percent), which included ten offensive and six defensive starters. The 2008 team contained 31 seniors, which was the largest group since Friedgen became head coach in 2001. Important returnees on the defensive unit included cornerback Kevin Barnes, who recorded four interceptions in 2007; defensive end Jeremy Navarre, who had recorded 5.5 sacks; and linebacker Dave Philistin, who had recorded 124 tackles. The offense's returning statistical leaders included quarterback Chris Turner, who threw for 1,958\u00a0passing yards in 2007; wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, who had 786\u00a0receiving yards; and running back Da'Rel Scott, who had 135\u00a0rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 891]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Before the season, Recruiting\nThe 2008 recruiting class was ranked 52nd in the nation by Scout.com and 38th by Rivals.com. Scout.com rated three recruits as four-star and six as three-star prospects, while Rivals.com rated six recruits each as four-star and three-star prospects. Kenny Tate, who was originally recruited as a wide receiver, was the only four-star prospect to see significant playing time in 2008. Before the season, he was converted to safety, a position that had been attrited by the graduation of former starters Christian Varner and J.J. Justice, and Tate also saw action on special teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Before the season, Recruiting\nCornerback Cameron Chism, who saw action in nine games as a reserve, recorded seven tackles on kickoff returns to tie for second on the team in special teams tackles. Tight end Matt Furstenburg saw limited play time on special teams against Delaware and Middle Tennessee, but injured his foot and was awarded a medical redshirt. Wide receiver Kevin Dorsey also sat out the season as a redshirt to recuperate from foot surgery. The other four-star recruits who sat out on redshirt status were wide receiver Kerry Boykins, tight end Devonte Campbell, and defensive tackle Masengo Kabongo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Before the season, Recruiting\nRunning back Davin Meggett, the son of former New York Giants star Dave Meggett, was the only true freshman to start a game for Maryland in 2008, and he was a significant contributor throughout the season. Meggett was not a highly touted recruit, assessed by Scout.com as a two-star prospect, and his only other scholarship offers were from local-area Division I FCS schools. In 2008, however, he led all ACC freshman with 5.13\u00a0yards per carry, and Megett finished the season with 457\u00a0yards and four touchdowns as a reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Before the season, Quarterback controversy\nThere was some controversy at the start of the season when head coach Ralph Friedgen selected senior Jordan Steffy as the starting quarterback over junior Chris Turner. In 2007, when Steffy suffered a concussion against 10th-ranked Rutgers, the relatively untested Turner took over and led Maryland to an upset victory. He then started the remainder of the season, compiled a 4\u20135 record in games he started, and led another upset against eighth-ranked Boston College. In comparing the practice performances of Steffy, Turner, and third-stringer Josh Portis, offensive coordinator James Franklin said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 81], "content_span": [82, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Before the season, Quarterback controversy\nIt gets hard if one quarterback all through spring and all through summer camp was statistically better in almost every single category, it's hard to rationalize not making him the starter ... because your gut feeling is one thing and the statistics are another. Jordan led by a pretty large amount in completion percentage ... [ and] the least interception percentage. He didn't lead in yards per [attempt or] ... percentage of explosive plays. I consider an explosive play a play of 16\u00a0yards or more ... Portis led in that and Turner was second and Jordan was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 81], "content_span": [82, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Before the season, Quarterback controversy\nIn the season opener against Delaware, Steffy suffered an injured thumb, and Turner took over in the fourth quarter. He remained the starter for the rest of the season, and Steffy saw no further game action. Portis saw limited playing time throughout the season, usually being put in for a single option play at a time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 81], "content_span": [82, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Schedule\nThe Sagarin computer rating system calculated Maryland's strength of schedule to be 36th-most difficult out of the 245 Division I teams. The Cosgrove Computer Rankings calculated it as the 56th-most difficult out of the 120 Division I FBS teams. In accordance with conference rules, Maryland faced all five Atlantic Division opponents: Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, NC State, and Wake Forest. They also faced three Coastal Division opponents: official ACC rival Virginia, North Carolina, and Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech and Boston College were the ACC champions and runners-up, respectively, in 2007 and again in 2008. Maryland did not play ACC opponents Duke, Georgia Tech, and Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Schedule\nMaryland also played four non-conference games. For the season opener, the Terrapins met the 2007 Division I FCS runners-up, Delaware. California of the Pacific-10 Conference was played for the first time in school history as the first half of a home-and-home series. Athletic director Deborah Yow wanted to play one of the University of Maryland's five academic peer institutions, and to take a two-year hiatus from the 28-year series against West Virginia. She said, by adding California, \"We weren't trying to add to the degree of difficulty [of Maryland's schedule]; we were trying to substitute for West Virginia.\" Games were also played against Middle Tennessee State of the Sun Belt Conference and Eastern Michigan of the Mid-American Conference. For the 2008 Humanitarian Bowl, Maryland played Nevada in the teams' first meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 885]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Personnel, Injuries\nInjuries had devastated the Maryland roster the previous year, and while 2008 was more forgiving by comparison, several key players were injured. Starting cornerback Kevin Barnes suffered a season-ending scapular fracture against Wake Forest and missed the last six games. Sophomore LaQuan Williams and true freshman Kevin Dorsey, both wide receivers, sat out the entire season due to leg and foot injuries, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Personnel, Injuries\nLeading receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey sat out the Boston College game due to a calf injury, and leading rusher Da'Rel Scott suffered a left shoulder injury in the third game against California, which plagued him throughout the season, although he missed just one game. Running back Morgan Green, who had contended for the starting position during summer camp, had an injury-riddled season, before seeing his first real action in the bowl game. Starting quarterback Jordan Steffy was put out for the season by a thumb injury on his throwing hand in the first game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Personnel, Depth chart\nFr: Freshman\u00a0\u00a0So: Sophomore\u00a0\u00a0Jr: Junior\u00a0\u00a0Sr: Senior\u00a0\u00a0V: Number of prior seasons varsity experience\u00a0\u00a0RS: Redshirt status prior season\u00a0\u00a0TR: Sat out prior season due to NCAA transfer rules\u00a0\u00a0SQ: Practice squad prior season\u00a0\u00a0HS: High school experience only", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Personnel, Depth chart\nBoldface indicates a starting player for the respective position. An \"up\" arrow (\u2191) indicates upward movement in depth chart position from earlier in the season. A \"down\" arrow (\u2193) indicates downward movement in depth chart position from earlier in the season. A horizontal arrow (\u2194) indicates movement to a different position from earlier in the season. An asterisk (*) indicates that the player recovered from an injury to take a place on the depth chart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Delaware\nThe previous season, Delaware finished as the Division I FCS championship runners-up and scored more than 40\u00a0points in seven of 15\u00a0games. However, their star quarterback, Joe Flacco, and running back, Omar Cuff, both graduated and went on to the NFL. Later in the season, the Blue Hens finished 2008 with eight losses for the first time in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Delaware\nDelaware kicked off to start the game, and wide receiver Torrey Smith returned the ball 23\u00a0yards to the Maryland 32-yard line. Quarterback Jordan Steffy then led a Maryland drive, but the series ended when placekicker Obi Egekeze missed a 48-yard field goal attempt. On the next Maryland possession, Egekeze missed another field goal attempt, this time of 45\u00a0yards. The teams then exchanged several punts before Maryland took over on the Delaware 48-yard line. Steffy completed a 36-yard pass to Darrius Heyward-Bey, which set up a 12-yard touchdown rush also by Heyward-Bey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Delaware\nDelaware drove 44\u00a0yards, but then missed their own 46-yard field goal attempt. With 3:33 left in the half, Steffy engineered a 47-yard drive to set up a 41-yard field goal attempt, which Egekeze missed for the third time. On the first play of the second half, Delaware quarterback Rob Schoenhoft threw an interception to cornerback Kevin Barnes, who returned it 10\u00a0yards to the Delaware 46-yard line. On the next play, Steffy threw an interception to Erik Johnson, who returned it to the Maryland 49-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Delaware\nThe Terrapins' next possession ended when, fourth and 18, Steffy threw another interception at the Delaware one-yard line. Incidentally, this put the Blue Hens in worse field position than if the Terrapins had turned over on downs. Soon after, Delaware punted the ball away. Running back Da'Rel Scott then rushed for a 30-yard gain, which set up a 14-yard touchdown run by running back Davin Meggett. Chris Turner took over as Maryland's quarterback on the second series of the fourth quarter after Steffy fractured his right thumb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0016-0003", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Delaware\nOn Delaware's subsequent possession, Schoenhoft engineered an 80-yard drive, which culminated with a one-yard touchdown rush by running back Johnathan Smith. With 3:20 on the clock, Schoenhoft threw an interception to safety Terrell Skinner. Turner then scrambled for a first down, and Scott converted for a second first down, which allowed Maryland to run out the game clock. Maryland won, with a final score of 14\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Delaware\nIn his first career start, Scott ran for 157\u00a0yards, but Friedgen thought he could have done better. Friedgen said, \"He was a little tired from camp\u00a0... Normally, he would break some of those runs. I don't think he quite had his third gear today.\" Steffy played a solid first half, but in the second, threw two interceptions before suffering a season-ending thumb fracture. He was replaced by back-up Chris Turner who started for the remainder of the season. Regarding their loss, Delaware head coach K.C. Keeler said, \"This is not like a moral victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Delaware\nI don't believe in moral victories\u00a0... This was not a payday for us\u00a0... We play a home game, we make more money than playing this game down here. When we scheduled this game, I thought our program would possibly be in a position to beat a solid ACC school.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee State\nThe previous week, Middle Tennessee made two rapid-fire fourth-quarter touchdowns in a failed comeback attempt against the eventual Sun Belt Conference champions, Troy. The week following the Maryland game, Middle Tennessee nearly upset Kentucky. The Blue Raiders lost that game, 20\u201314, after wide receiver Eldred King caught a 61-yard pass only to be ankle-tackled at the Kentucky one-yard line as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee State\nAfter receiving the kickoff, Middle Tennessee quarterback Joe Craddock led an 80-yard, 10-play drive. It included a fake punt that caught Maryland off-guard, which allowed the punter to complete a 28-yard pass for a first-down conversion. Craddock ended the drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass. On Maryland's second offensive play of the game, Da'Rel Scott broke free for a 63-yard run for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Middle Tennessee re-took the lead with a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee State\nIn the third quarter, Turner threw an interception that was returned 25\u00a0yards to the Maryland five-yard line, and Middle Tennessee subsequently scored on a rushing play. On Maryland's next possession, Turner completed a short pass to Darrius Heyward-Bey who ran for an 80-yard touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Maryland advanced inside the Middle Tennessee 35-yard line three times, but was unable to capitalize. Middle Tennessee defenders saved two potential touchdowns with interceptions on their own two-yard line and in the end zone to preserve a Blue Raider victory, 24\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee State\nThe game marked Middle Tennessee's first ever win over an ACC opponent, although they had come close in Charlottesville the year prior, when Virginia made a go-ahead field goal with eight\u00a0seconds remaining. It was Middle Tennessee's fourth win against an opponent from a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) conference. The other three all came against Vanderbilt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, California (#23)\nThe Washington Post called the previous week's ten-point loss to Middle Tennessee the \"worst defeat of [Ralph Friedgen's] eight-year tenure,\" and with the narrow margin of victory over Delaware, most analysts strongly favored 23-ranked California in its first meeting against Maryland. The previous week, California routed Washington State, 66\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, California (#23)\nThe game began with a Maryland kickoff to California, who were stopped for a net loss of 4\u00a0yards and forced to punt. On Maryland's first possession, it mounted a 60-yard drive that culminated in a 24-yard touchdown rush by Da'Rel Scott. California quarterback Kevin Riley then threw an interception to cornerback Kevin Barnes, which allowed Scott to rush for his second score of the game. California made a field goal, but on the following series, Maryland drove 60\u00a0yards and tight end Dan Gronkowski made a touchdown reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, California (#23)\nThe Golden Bears made another field goal to end the first half with a score of 21\u20136, in Maryland's favor. During the second quarter, Riley threw a short screen pass to running back Jahvid Best, who immediately received a hard hit from Maryland cornerback Kevin Barnes. While still lying on the field, Best rolled to his side to vomit. Footage of the tackle and its aftermath circulated widely on the internet and became a viral video phenomenon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, California (#23)\nIn the third period, Chris Turner completed a pass to Darrius Heyward-Bey for a 27-yard touchdown to end the quarter with Maryland in the lead, 28\u20136. In the final period, California scored two touchdowns against a preventative defense, before Maryland responded with a fifth score on a one-yard rush by Davin Meggett. In the final minutes, Maryland placekicker Obi Egekeze missed a 27-yard field goal which might have clinched the victory. Instead, California scored a third touchdown to close within eight points. With 1:55 remaining to play, California attempted an onside kick, but it bounced out of bounds, and Maryland was able to run out the clock to finish the upset, 35\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, California (#23)\nThe Maryland offense scored five touchdowns against California, which bettered the combined total of four in the Terrapins' first two games. California running back Jahvid Best, an early Heisman Trophy contender, ran for 311\u00a0yards in his first two games, but was held to 25\u00a0yards on 10\u00a0carries against Maryland. In total, California's rushing offense was held to 38\u00a0yards. This was the first of four Maryland victories over ranked opponents during the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan\nAgainst Mid-American Conference opponent Eastern Michigan, Maryland showcased its offense, which scored on nine out of thirteen possessions. Starting tailback Da'Rel Scott sat out the game because of a shoulder injury suffered against California, and he was replaced by Morgan Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan\nLinebacker Adrian Moten blocked an Eastern Michigan punt, which gave Maryland excellent field position for their first possession on their opponents' 10-yard line. They were, however, were held to a field goal. Eastern Michigan responded with a 75-yard drive to the Maryland five-yard line, but threw an interception to safety Jamari McCollough. Maryland mounted an 80-yard drive, which included a 35-yard run by Darrius Heyward-Bey and culminated in a one-yard touchdown by Morgan Green. After both teams suffered \"three-and-out\" possessions, Eastern Michigan quarterback Kyle McMahon threw a second interception to Moten, which set up a second touchdown by Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan\nEastern Michigan drove 80\u00a0yards in 11\u00a0plays, and running back Terrence Blevins ran for a touchdown to bring the score to 17\u20137. Torrey Smith returned the ensuing 59-yard kickoff 57\u00a0yards, which set up a 32-yard touchdown pass from Chris Turner to Heyward-Bey. Eastern Michigan then drove 80\u00a0yards for another touchdown. On the subsequent Maryland possession, Turner threw an interception to end the half with the score of 24\u201314. On the kickoff to start the second half, Smith returned the ball 27\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0025-0002", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan\nOn the next play, Heyward-Bey gained 47\u00a0yards on a rush attempt, which set up a short touchdown pass to tight end Dan Gronkowski. On the next two series, the teams traded field goals which brought the score to 34\u201317. Turner threw another interception to start the fourth quarter, but linebacker Trey Covington then recorded a quarterback sack, which forced Eastern Michigan to turnover on downs. Turner was then sacked himself, and Maryland kicked a field goal. Eastern Michigan engineered an 80-yard drive for a touchdown, and closed the deficit to 37\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0025-0003", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan\nMaryland reserve quarterback Josh Portis execute a lateral to wide receiver Danny Oquendo who in turn passed to receiver Isaiah Williams, which gained a 43-yard touchdown. Eastern Michigan was subsequently forced to punt, and Portis rushed 80\u00a0yards over six plays for the final touchdown. In the next series, Jamari McCoullough intercepted an Eastern Michigan pass to end the game, 51\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Clemson (#20)\nMaryland traveled to Clemson to play in \"Death Valley\", traditionally one of the most difficult ACC venues for opponents to play. Clemson firmly held the momentum of the game for the first half, and their running backs exploited holes in the Maryland defensive line. During that time, Clemson recorded two touchdowns and a field goal. Despite gaining excellent field position through recovering a fumbled punt on the Clemson 19-yard line and a recovered fumble on the Clemson 30-yard line, Maryland was able to produce just two field goals from those turnovers. The Terrapins drives were also blunted by penalties for two false starts and a holding call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Clemson (#20)\nIn the first possession of the second half, the Terrapins were forced to punt after a run attempt for loss, a false start penalty, and two incomplete passes. The Maryland defense took the field and stopped a Clemson drive. On the first play of their second series, wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey executed a reverse to gain 76\u00a0yards before being stopped at the Clemson four-yard line. This set up a short Chris Turner touchdown pass to receiver Torrey Smith, and shifted the game's momentum in favor of Maryland. In the fourth quarter, three completions to Danny Oquendo set the stage for a one-yard rush into the endzone by Da'Rel Scott. In the second half, the Maryland defense allowed Clemson just 31\u00a0rushing yards and zero\u00a0points, compared with 204\u00a0rushing yards and 17\u00a0points in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 870]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Clemson (#20)\nThe upset marked the fourth consecutive Maryland win against a ranked opponent (the others: #23 Cal, and, in the 2007 season, #8 Boston College and #10 Rutgers). It was also the fourth consecutive time that the visiting team has won the Maryland\u2013Clemson series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nVirginia went into the game with a 1\u20133\u00a0record and at the bottom of the ACC. They mustered only 36\u00a0points (and just 20\u00a0points against Division I FBS teams) in the previous four games, while allowing their opponents 128\u00a0points. Their last game had been a 31\u20133\u00a0defeat at the hands of Duke, which finally broke the Blue Devils' 25-game ACC losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nThe Maryland offense had difficulty converting third downs, and managed only four on 13\u00a0attempts, while their defense allowed 226\u00a0passing yards and 201\u00a0rushing yards. Late in the first quarter, Virginia quarterback Marc Verica completed a pass to receiver Kevin Ogletree for a 51-yard touchdown, the Cavs' first passing score of the season. Virginia was able to score twice more before half, to put the Terrapins into a 21\u20130 deficit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nWith seconds left in the second quarter, in a desperate gambit to recoup some points, quarterback Chris Turner attempted a hook and ladder play with a pass to Isaiah Williams who then lateraled to Darrius Heyward-Bey, who in turn lateraled to Da'Rel Scott. The maneuver picked up 45\u00a0yards before Scott was shoved out of bounds, and a flag was thrown for a late hit by Virginia. Since a half cannot end on a defensive penalty, time would have been added to the clock, but it was ruled that the foul occurred after time had expired. Therefore, the penalty was assessed after the kick-off, and the Terrapins' trick play was for naught.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nIn the third quarter, things got worse for Maryland as the Cavaliers added a field goal and another touchdown. In a final drive for 46\u00a0yards, Maryland attempted to avert a shutout. The effort fell short when a Turner pass was intercepted. The final result was 31\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nIt was the first time Maryland was shut out since 2004, when they were similarly defeated by Virginia in Charlottesville, 16\u20130. It was Maryland's worst shutout loss since losing to Virginia in 1997, 45\u20130, and the largest margin of loss since losing to Virginia Tech in 2004, 55\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Wake Forest (#21)\nAfter an embarrassing 31\u20130 loss against struggling Virginia, the Terrapins continued their inconsistent season against nationally ranked Atlantic Division front-runner 21st-ranked Wake Forest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Wake Forest (#21)\nMaryland first scored with a halfback option, when Chris Turner pitched to Da'Rel Scott, who connected with Darrius Heyward-Bey for a nine-yard pass into the end zone. In the second and third quarters, Maryland placekicker Obi Egekeze made four\u00a0field goals. In the final quarter, Danny Oquendo brought down a short pass from Turner and ran it in past two defenders for a touchdown totaling 50\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Wake Forest (#21)\nAgainst Wake Forest's best-ranked pass defense in the nation, Chris Turner threw for a season-high of 321\u00a0yards and a career-best 68%\u00a0completion rate (28\u201341). Maryland running back Da'Rel Scott twice fumbled to give Wake Forest excellent field position, but both opportunities were wasted with missed field goal attempts. Wake Forest's leading scorer, placekicker Sam Swank, was out due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Wake Forest (#21)\nRalph Friedgen stated that \"We finally put a full game together. I think by far it's the best we've played all year.\" It was Maryland's fifth consecutive defeat of a ranked opponent, and the third of the season, making them 3\u20130 against ranked opponents, but just 2\u20132 against all others. The game also marked the first time that Wake Forest had been held scoreless in 124\u00a0games when it lost to Air Force in 1998, and it was the first time since 1957 that the Terrapins had bounced back to shut out an opponent following a shutout of their own. The last Maryland shutout of a ranked opponent was in 1955 against UCLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, NC State\nIn a frigid driving rain at College Park, NC State brought an inspired effort in an attempt to break a three-game losing streak. In the first series of the game, the Wolfpack used 14\u00a0plays and 8\u00a0minutes to drive 73\u00a0yards and score first. Maryland immediately responded with a drive that ended with a 13-yard Turner pass to Dan Gronkowski. In the following series, NC State again scored a touchdown, and Maryland kicked a field goal in response. NC State running back Andre Brown fumbled on the first play, and Maryland recovered on the Wolfpack 24-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, NC State\nThe Terrapins capitalized on the turnover with a Davin Meggett run into the endzone. After a Wolfpack field goal, the score was even at halftime, 17\u201317. In the third quarter, Maryland running back Da'Rel Scott rushed 24\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Late in the quarter, Danny Oquendo fumbled a punt return on the 50-yard line and the Wolfpack recovered. NC State equalized once more with a Russell Wilson pass, which brought the score to 24\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, NC State\nWith 4:50 remaining on the clock, and the ball on their own eight-yard line, Maryland drove 89\u00a0yards to the Wolfpack three-yard line, which included a pass to Davin Meggett for 31\u00a0yards. This set up a 20-yard field goal attempt by Obi Egekeze with eight\u00a0seconds on the clock. The kick was good and put Maryland ahead for good, 27\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, NC State\nThe Wolfpack lost its fourth straight game to remain the only ACC team winless in conference play (ACC: 0\u20134). The favorite Terrapins once again struggled against an underdog opponent, but managed to edge the Wolfpack and secure a sixth win for bowl eligibility. With it, Maryland was ranked for the first time since 2006, at 25th on the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches' Poll rankings. The fan poll ESPNU Allstate Standings had the Terrapins ranked 14th in the nation, ahead of AP first-ranked Texas and fourth-ranked Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, NC State\nMaryland had a bye in Week 10, while ACC Atlantic rival 16th-ranked Florida State lost to Georgia Tech. This allowed Maryland to take the uncontested lead in the Atlantic Division and rise in the AP Poll to number-23 and USA Today Coaches' Poll to number-21. Florida State fell to 24th, while once 19th-ranked Tulsa, 20th-ranked Minnesota, 23rd-ranked Oregon, and 24th-ranked South Florida were all dropped from the rankings after their own loses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nThe two teams met for a Thursday night game at Blacksburg, a time and site where the Hokies have traditionally excelled. In the first quarter, Maryland drove 56\u00a0yards, but was held to a 46-yard field goal attempt, which was missed by Obi Egekeze. In the next series, Tech quarterback Sean Glennon led the Hokies on an 80-yard drive that culminated in a short pass to Greg Boone for a score. The next series went into the second quarter, and Maryland was again forced to attempt a field goal, which was made good. Hokies tailback Darren Evans then broke away for a 50-yard carry to the Maryland 30-yard line, and later capped it with a one-yard rush into the endzone. Before the half, Tech managed a field goal to expand their lead, 17\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nIn the second half, Chris Turner hit Darrius Heyward-Bey for a short bubble screen pass behind the line of scrimmage, and Heyward-Bey ran it 63\u00a0yards for the score. During the next series, the Terrapins were held three-and-out, but the punt was fumbled and recovered by Maryland on the Hokies 11-yard line. However, the Terrapins were again forced to settle for a field goal, which made it a one-possession lead for VT at 20\u201313\u00a0with 2:29\u00a0left in the third quarter. In the final quarter, the Hokies managed another field goal and held onto the lead for a final result of 23\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nHokies tailback Darren Evans ran for a school-record of 253\u00a0yards, and exceeded 100\u00a0rushing yards in a game for the first time in his career. The Hokie defense shut down the Terrapins running game and held them to \u221212\u00a0yards on 18\u00a0carries. Maryland also proved unable or unwilling to blitz against Sean Glennon, the Tech quarterback hobbled by an ankle injury. Glennon threw for 127\u00a0yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, North Carolina (#16)\nIn another driving rainstorm at College Park, Maryland met 16th-ranked North Carolina. Maryland's first possession ended as a \"three-and-out\" series, and the Terrapins elected to punt. The ball was snapped high and sailed over punter Travis Baltz's head. Baltz recovered it in the Maryland end zone for a safety, which averted a possible North Carolina touchdown. Maryland kicked off to North Carolina, and held the Tar Heels to a field goal. On the subsequent possession, Maryland took the lead, 7\u20135, after a 76-yard drive that culminated with a short run by Da'Rel Scott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, North Carolina (#16)\nOn North Carolina's next possession, quarterback Cameron Sexton threw a long pass, which was tipped by Maryland safety Kenny Tate, but deflected into the hands of receiver Cooter Arnold hands, who ran it into the end zone for a 59-yard touchdown. Davin Meggett powered 57\u00a0yards through the opposing defensive line on nine carries for another touchdown, which put Maryland back in the lead. Shortly before halftime, North Carolina kicked another field goal for the game's fifth lead change. The rain and wind let up in the third quarter, but the waterlogged playing field still presented challenging conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0044-0002", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, North Carolina (#16)\nNorth Carolina placekicker Casey Barth struck the left upright on an unsuccessful 28-yard field goal attempt, but the Tar Heels soon recovered a fumble from Maryland back-up quarterback Josh Portis. North Carolina failed to capitalize, however, and punted the ball away. Chris Turner engineered a 73-yard drive in 19\u00a0plays, which included a scramble for a first down by the typically immobile pocket quarterback. That run put Maryland within field goal range, and Egekeze made the 26-yard attempt with 1:42\u00a0remaining to play. North Carolina received the kick and managed a first down, but Sexton then threw a 34-yard interception to safety Jamari McCollough. The Terrapins were then able to run out the play clock to win, 17\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, North Carolina (#16)\nThe victory was Maryland's sixth consecutive against ranked opponents, which set a school record. At the time, Maryland was the only team in the nation with four wins over ranked opponents during the 2008 season. Only BCS National Championship Game participants Florida and Oklahoma later finished with more wins against ranked teams. Maryland also improved their home record to 6\u20130\u00a0for the season. Head coach Ralph Friedgen improved his record against North Carolina to 5\u20131, and kept North Carolina winless in College Park since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, North Carolina (#16), ACC Atlantic Division championship race\nThe results of that weekend's games improved the clarity of the ACC Championship Game picture, but did not decide it. Maryland improved their ACC record to 4\u20132\u00a0and took the uncontested lead of the Atlantic Division. Florida State lost to Boston College that same day, which meant four teams were still able to secure the division title: Boston College, Florida State, Maryland, and Wake Forest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 116], "content_span": [117, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, North Carolina (#16), ACC Atlantic Division championship race\nBoston College (ACC: 3\u20133) could travel to the ACC Championship Game if they won out by beating both Wake Forest and Maryland. Boston College eventually did just that, and lost to Virginia Tech in the 2008 ACC Championship Game. Florida State (ACC: 4\u20133) would have won the Atlantic Division if they beat Maryland, Maryland beat Boston College, and Boston College beat Wake Forest. Under those circumstances, Florida State would have finished with a 5\u20133\u00a0record, tied with Maryland, but win the tiebreaker because they had defeated Maryland head-to-head.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 116], "content_span": [117, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, North Carolina (#16), ACC Atlantic Division championship race\nHowever, Maryland lost to Boston College, which relegated Florida State to a second-place finish in the division. Wake Forest (ACC: 4\u20133) would have won the division if they won their last game against Boston College, and both Florida State and Boston College beat Maryland. In that case, Florida State and Wake Forest would have had identical conference records (ACC: 5\u20133), and Wake Forest would have won the tiebreaker because they defeated Florida State earlier in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 116], "content_span": [117, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, North Carolina (#16), ACC Atlantic Division championship race\nMaryland (ACC: 4\u20132) would have won the division title if they had either: (1) beaten both Florida State and Boston College; (2) beaten Florida State, while Boston College lost to Wake Forest; or (3) beaten Boston College, while Boston College lost to Wake Forest. That last scenario would have caused a three-way tie between Maryland, Florida State, and Wake Forest. All would have possessed a 5\u20133 conference record, and no head-to-head tiebreaker would have been possible. In that case, the winner would have been decided by divisional record, of which the Terrapins would have had the best (ACC Atlantic: 4\u20131).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 116], "content_span": [117, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nAfter Wake Forest lost to Boston College earlier in the day, Florida State required a win over Maryland to proceed to the ACC Championship Game. The Seminoles also needed Maryland to win against Boston College the following week. As a testament to the must-win nature of the game for Florida State, it was designated as a \"Sod Game\", where, if won, the team would bring home a piece of Byrd Stadium's sod to be commemorated in their \"Sod Cemetery\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nMaryland received the opening kickoff and pushed into Florida State territory. On third down, Chris Turner was sacked and Maryland was forced to punt. Florida State was held three-and-out and punted. The Terrapins again pushed down field, before, on fourth and four on the Florida State 27-yard line, elected to attempt a field goal. Obi Egekeze's 44-yard attempt went wide of the uprights far to the right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nFlorida State started a drive in the first quarter for 73\u00a0yards which culminated with a seven-yard Christian Ponder pass to Preston Parker for the score. The two teams traded punts, and Terrapins running back Da'Rel Scott fumbled the ball on the Maryland 26-yard line. Seminole linebacker Derek Nicholson picked up the ball and ran it into the endzone to bring the score to 14\u20130. On the next possession, Chris Turner threw his first interception in five games. Florida State then went three-and-out and punted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nMaryland drove for 53\u00a0yards before another Turner pass was intercepted by Toddrick Verdell, who returned it for 34\u00a0yards. Florida State quarterback Ponder completed a 17-yard pass to Parker, and then ran it himself for 16\u00a0yards to the Maryland five-yard line. Two Antone Smith rushes brought the score to 21\u20130\u00a0at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nAt the beginning of the second half, the Terrapins kicked off to the Seminoles before both teams traded field goals. Those were the only points for Maryland all night. In the fourth quarter, Florida State added another field goal. On the next possession, Maryland running back Da'Rel Scott and receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey both made short runs for a first down. Scott lost his second fumble of the night on the Terrapin 43-yard line. Florida State took over and scored another touchdown. After Maryland went three-and-out, Seminoles kicker Graham Gano made his third field goal of the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThe Seminoles defense accumulated six sacks, two interceptions, and two forced fumbles. The loss ended Maryland's aspirations for the Atlantic Division title and, with it, a shot at the ACC Championship. Florida State remained in the running until Maryland lost to Boston College the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThree hours before kick-off, Florida State safety Myron Rolle successfully interviewed for a Rhodes Scholarship in Birmingham, Alabama. Rolle then took a private flight to arrive at the game in time to play late in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Boston College (#20)\nMaryland entered the game having been knocked out of the running for the Atlantic Division title the previous week, but able to play spoiler for Boston College. The Eagles were playing to earn a berth to the ACC Championship Game for the second consecutive year. Additionally, competing within a closely contested ACC, Maryland could have greatly improved its standing for bowl selection with an eighth win. The Eagles were the fifth ranked team to face Maryland. The Terrapins were, to that point, 4\u20130 against top-25 opposition and the only team to beat four ranked opponents in 2008. Boston College was fielding second-string quarterback Dominique Davis in his first career appearance. He replaced starter Chris Crane, who had suffered a broken collarbone the previous week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Boston College (#20)\nBoston College kicked off, and Torrey Smith made a 27-yard return to the Maryland 31-yard line. After a Terrapins false start and Eagles offsides penalty, Chris Turner connected with Torrey Smith for 12\u00a0yards and a first down. Turner gained another first down with a completion to Danny Oquendo to put them into BC territory. A rush for no gain and two incomplete passes forced a punt. Boston College responded with a 14-play, 88-yard drive that resulted in a seven-yard touchdown pass to Justin Jarvis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Boston College (#20)\nOn the next possession, Turner completed passes to Emani Lee-Odai and Torrey Smith for 16-\u00a0and 43-yard gains, respectively, and placed them at the Boston College one-yard line. Turner capped the drive with a one-yard rush for a score to tie the score, 7\u20137. To end the first quarter, Boston College linebacker Mike McLaughlin literally hurdled over 5-ft\u00a08-in\u00a0Davin Meggett to sack Turner in what was ranked an ESPN SportsCenter \"Play of the Day\". The Eagles and Terrapins traded punts twice, and then Boston College turned over on downs before Maryland was forced to punt again. After a Boston College punt, Chris Turner threw an interception to Mark Herzlich. On the next play Dominique Davis threw to Rich Gunnell for a 45-yard touchdown reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Boston College (#20)\nThe second half started off with traded punts. Boston College took over with excellent field position on the Maryland 34-yard line, but was held to fourth and eight yards on the Terrapins' nine-yard line. The Eagles faked a field goal attempt, and holder Billy Flutie, nephew of Heisman winner Doug Flutie, rolled right and passed to Jordon McMichael for a nine-yard touchdown. The teams traded punts again, before Turner led the Terrapins on a 70-yard drive into the final quarter. A 13-yard reception by Danny Oquendo brought the score to 21\u201314. Boston College was then held three-and-out and punted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0057-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Boston College (#20)\nThe Terrapins drove to the Eagles' 19-yard line, but Obi Egekeze missed the 36-yard field goal attempt. Boston College's next drive consisted of ten rush attempts by Montel Harris and burned three minutes off the clock. The Eagles punted and Turner completed three passes to advance to their own 35-yard line. Linebacker Robert Francois intercepted a pass and ran it 36\u00a0yards into the endzone. Steve Aponavicius's extra point brought it to 28\u201314. With 1:42 left, Turner completed eight passes including an 8-yard touchdown toss to Torrey Smith. With 0:14\u00a0remaining in the game, Maryland attempted an onside kick, but it bounced out of bounds. Boston College took possession and ran out the clock to end the game, 28\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Boston College (#20)\nBoston College ended Maryland's six-game winning streak against ranked opponents. With a 7\u20135\u00a0record, the Terrapins' postseason bowl game options were also limited. The Eagles secured the ACC Atlantic Division title and, with it, a trip to Tampa for the ACC Championship Game to face Virginia Tech for the second-straight season. Boston College held the Maryland run to \u22126 yards, forcing reliance on Chris Turner's passing ability. It was the second game of the season the Terrapins were held to negative rushing yards (this had also occurred against Virginia Tech). Turner, however, was able to throw for 360\u00a0yards, bettering Boston College's total offensive yardage of 318\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Bowl selection process\nMaryland achieved bowl eligibility through its sixth win against NC State. The Terrapins finished the regular season with a 7\u20135\u00a0overall record and 4\u20134\u00a0record against ACC opponents. Maryland's conference record was identical to four other ACC teams, and the league fielded an NCAA record of ten bowl-eligible teams. For the 2008 season, there were eight non-Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl games with ACC tie-ins: the Gator Bowl, the Chick-fil-A Bowl, the Champs Sports Bowl, the Music City Bowl, the Humanitarian Bowl, the Emerald Bowl, the Meineke Car Care Bowl, and the EagleBank Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Bowl selection process\nAfter Maryland suffered a fifth loss in the season closer against Boston College, it was very unlikely that the team's preferred postseason game, the Meineke Car Care Bowl, was going to extend an invitation. The game's selection committee in Charlotte, North Carolina was eager to secure nearby North Carolina (8\u20134). Meanwhile, the EagleBank Bowl, hosted by RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., not far from the Maryland campus, secured in-state rival Navy, but the game date conflicted with Maryland's final exams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0060-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Bowl selection process\nSoon after Maryland's regular season finale, sportswriters and analysts speculated that the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho, was the most likely postseason destination. Bowl officials there worked to secure a game of undefeated teams between the hometown team, Boise State, and Ball State of the Mid-American Conference. However, Ball State rejected the proposal to play at Boise State's homefield as unacceptable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Bowl selection process\nOn December 7, 2008, Maryland accepted a bid to play in the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl against Nevada. The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) team likewise finished with a 7\u20135 record. Nevada was ranked the number-five total offense and number-two rushing offense in the nation with 510.6\u00a0total yards per game. In 2008, running back Vai Taua ran for 1,420\u00a0and quarterback Colin Kaepernick for 1,115\u00a0yards, and the latter threw for an additional 2,479\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0061-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Bowl selection process\nThe Humanitarian Bowl executive director, Kevin McDonald, said, \"We look forward to welcoming a Maryland [team] that defeated four Top 25 opponents and spent three weeks ranked ... Nevada comes in having played two teams, Texas Tech and Missouri, that were then ranked nationally in the top ten. They also gave ninth-ranked Boise State their toughest [WAC] game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Nevada (2008 Humanitarian Bowl)\nPrior to the game, Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen placed a partial-game suspension on seven players who violated the team's pre-bowl curfew, including leading rusher, Da'Rel Scott, and senior wide receiver Danny Oquendo. Consequently, a much younger line-up started for Maryland, including, according to Friedgen, some who probably would not have seen playing time otherwise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Nevada (2008 Humanitarian Bowl)\nThe game started with Maryland receiving the kick-off and on the first series, quarterback Chris Turner linked up with freshman Adrian Cannon for a 59-yard touchdown. However, placekicker Obi Egekeze missed the extra point. Nevada quarterback and Western Athletic Conference offensive player of the year, Colin Kaepernick, responded with a drive which included a 68-yard pass to the Maryland 3-yard line. The Terrapin defense stopped two rushing attempts by Vai Taua, but a short pass was good for the score, and with the extra point, Nevada took the lead 6\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0063-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Nevada (2008 Humanitarian Bowl)\nThe Wolf Pack then kicked a 69-yard kick-off to Torrey Smith, who returned it 99\u00a0yards for a second Maryland touchdown. Egekeze made good the extra point and Maryland regained the lead, 13\u20137. On the next kick-off, Egekeze attempted to kick the ball as it fell off the tee, resulting in a short squib, which was returned to the Terrapins' 9-yard line. Kaepernick threw into the endzone where it was intercepted by Maryland safety Kenny Tate for a touchback, but the Terrapins were soon forced to punt. Kaepernick advanced the ball downfield before a Taua 17-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0063-0002", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Nevada (2008 Humanitarian Bowl)\nIn the next series, Maryland sophomore Morgan Green rushed for three\u00a0yards and then a 53-yard touchdown breakaway. Later, Turner converted on third down with a 16-yard toss to Ronnie Tyler and threw again to Tyler for a 14-yard touchdown. Turner tallied a two-point conversion with a throw to Davin Meggett, and Maryland led at halftime 28\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Nevada (2008 Humanitarian Bowl)\nWolf Pack running back Taua was able to capitalize after a Turner-thrown pick and narrow their deficit, 28\u201321. A sack against Turner knocked the ball loose, was recovered by Nevada, fumbled again, and finally recovered by the Terrapins' Scott Burley. Turner then connected with Darrius Heyward-Bey for an 11-yard first down and a fresh Da'Rel Scott made his first touch of the game for another first down on the Nevada 23. Turner was again sacked and fumbled, and Nevada recovered. Kaepernick then completed 38-yard and 21-yard passes to even the score, 28\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0064-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Nevada (2008 Humanitarian Bowl)\nTurner converted on third down with a 26-yard toss to Torrey Smith. Scott was soon able to break open down the middle for a 49-yard touchdown run. On the next Maryland series, Da'Rel Scott was handed the ball four times in succession and scored his second touchdown. With 4:01\u00a0remaining, Kaepernick led a drive starting from the Nevada 23, before a scramble for a touchdown made it a one-possession game with 2:19\u00a0remaining. Jaekle attempted an on-side kick, but it was recovered by Maryland. Scott picking up a first down and clinched a 42\u201335 Maryland victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Game summaries, Nevada (2008 Humanitarian Bowl)\nMaryland freshman wide receiver Torrey Smith, with his 99-yard kickoff return touchdown, broke the all-time ACC record for single-season kickoff returns with 1,089\u00a0yards. Maryland running back Da'Rel Scott rushed for 174\u00a0yards, earning Most Valuable Player honors alongside Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick who threw for 370\u00a0yards. Scott set the University of Maryland's record for rushing yards in a bowl game, in what was just one-and-half quarters of playing time due to his curfew suspension. He also broke the 1,000-yard per season barrier, making him one of just seven players in school history to do so. Four Maryland back-ups who saw significant play due to the curfew suspensions also scored touchdowns: second-string X-receiver Torrey Smith, second-string slot receiver Ronnie Tyler, third-string slot receiver Adrian Cannon, and third-string running back Morgan Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 969]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Rankings\nIn Week 9, after defeating Wake Forest to improve to a 6\u20131 record, Maryland was ranked 25th by both the Associated Press and the Coaches' Polls. It was the first time the team was ranked since Week 11 in 2006. Maryland rose in the polls, and entered the Harris and BCS rankings after beating NC State the following week. However, after the loss to Virginia Tech, the Terps fell out of the rankings altogether. Maryland made one final poll appearance after the win over North Carolina, before losing to Florida State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Postseason, Coaching changes\nAt the end of the regular season, but before the postseason bowl game, Maryland lost two members of its coaching staff. On December 5, 2008, the school announced that defensive coordinator Chris Cosh would return to Kansas State to take over as assistant coach and co-defensive coordinator. He joined the staff of the recently re-hired Bill Snyder, who was Kansas State's head coach from 1996 to 2005. Cosh previously served under Snyder as his linebackers coach from 2004 to 2005. For the bowl game, Maryland appointed outside linebackers coach Al Seamonson as the interim defensive coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0067-0001", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Postseason, Coaching changes\nMaryland also lost its special teams and tight ends coach, Danny Pearman, who was hired by new Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney. Pearman was a Clemson alumnus and played there as a tight end from 1984 to 1987. At Alabama, he coached special teams and the offensive and defensive tackles from 1990 to 1997, during which time Swinney played there as a wide receiver. For Maryland's bowl game, third-year intern Brian White acted as interim tight ends coach, and he assisted head coach Ralph Friedgen in directing the special teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Postseason, Coaching changes\nAfter the bowl game, in February 2009, the athletic department named offensive coordinator James Franklin the \"head coach-in-waiting\", meaning that he would be the eventual successor to Ralph Friedgen. Upon the expiration of Friedgen's contract in January 2012, Franklin will be offered the position or paid a US$1\u00a0million contractual buyout. In June 2009, Friedgen said he might like to stay an additional two years past his current contract, but athletic director Deborah Yow responded that the school could not afford the buyout. She said that any extension would have to be worked out between Friedgen and Franklin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Postseason, All-star games\nFive Maryland players were selected by postseason all-star games. Defensive lineman Jeremy Navarre appeared in the Texas vs. The Nation Game. Offensive linemen Edwin Williams and Jaimie Thomas participated in the East\u2013West Shrine Game. Linebacker Moise Fokou played in the Under Armour Senior Bowl. Kevin Barnes was also selected to participate in the Senior Bowl very early in the season before he suffered a scapular fracture. He attended the game, but did not play due to his injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Postseason, NFL Draft\nFive former Maryland players were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, which tied North Carolina for the most of any Atlantic Coast Conference team. Wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, who ran the fastest 40-yard dash time at the combine of 4.30\u00a0seconds, was selected by the Oakland Raiders as the seventh overall pick, far higher than most analysts had anticipated. Cornerback Kevin Barnes, who had scored the highest grade on the intelligence test at the combine, was selected in the third round by the Washington Redskins. Linebacker Moise Fokou, guard Jaimie Thomas, and tight end Dan Gronkowski were all selected in the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Postseason, NFL Draft\nAdditionally, several former Terrapins were signed by NFL teams as free agents shortly after the draft. These consisted of: linebacker Dave Philistin, center Edwin Williams, wide receiver Isaiah Williams, defensive end Jeremy Navarre, offensive tackle Scott Burley, linebacker Chase Bullock, offensive tackle Dane Randolph, and defensive lineman Dean Muhtadi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197598-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, Awards, All-conference honors\nAll-ACC honorees were selected by a 67-member committee from the Atlantic Coast Conference Sports Media Association (ACSMA). Maryland tied with Atlantic Division Co-Champion Boston College for most All-ACC honorees at nine. Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech each secured eight All-ACC honors. Three Maryland players were selected to the first team: punter Travis Baltz, running back Da'Rel Scott, and center Edwin Williams. Linebacker Alex Wujciak was named to the second team. Offensive linemen Scott Burley and Jaimie Thomas, tight end Dan Gronkowski, wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, and defensive lineman Jeremy Navarre were named as honorable mention All-ACC players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197599-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team\nThe 2008 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team represented the University of Maryland, College Park during the 2008 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The team won its third NCAA College Cup title, and their first since 2005. The team included several future professional players, most notably, Graham Zusi and Omar Gonzalez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197599-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197600-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland's 4th congressional district special election\nMaryland's 4th congressional district special election of 2008 took place on June 17, 2008 to fill the seat in the United States House of Representatives left vacant by the resignation of Maryland congressman Albert Wynn. Democrat Donna Edwards won the election by a large margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197600-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland's 4th congressional district special election, Background\nMaryland's 4th congressional district seat was vacant after Congressman Albert Wynn resigned on May 31, 2008. Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley announced that a special election would be held on June 17, 2008 to fill the seat for the remainder of the 110th Congress. In order to save time and money, O'Malley signed legislation to allow the Democratic and Republican parties to choose candidates by committee instead of holding primaries. As expected, both parties chose the November general election nominees (who had already been nominated in primaries for that election) as their respective June special election candidates so that either winner would be positioned to run as the party incumbent in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197600-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Maryland's 4th congressional district special election, Background\nElection officials estimated the cost for holding the special election ranged from $1.05 to $1.25 million, which was borne by the taxpayers of the 4th District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197601-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 93 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Massachusetts's 10 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 61. Another 32 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Hillary Clinton. The 93 delegates represented Massachusetts at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Twenty-six other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well. Hillary Clinton won despite Obama receiving endorsements from both senators, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, and the Governor Deval Patrick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197601-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nPolls indicated that Hillary Clinton was leading Barack Obama in the days leading up to the contest in Massachusetts. Clinton won every pre-election poll except one, and of those she won, Clinton won all but one of them by double digits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197601-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nHillary Clinton won a convincing victory in Massachusetts over Barack Obama due to a number of factors. According to exit polls, 85 percent of voters in the Massachusetts Democratic Primary were Caucasians and they opted for Clinton by a margin of 58-40 percent compared to the 6 percent of African American voters who backed Obama by a margin of 66-29. Hispanics/Latinos, which comprised 5 percent of the total voters, backed Clinton by a margin of 56-36 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197601-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nClinton narrowly won the youth vote (those ages 18\u201329) by a margin of 49-48 and tied the vote among voters ages 30\u201344; she also won all voters over the age of 45 by a margin of 60.5-38. Pertaining to socioeconomic class, Clinton won all levels of family income except highly affluent voters making $200,000 or more a year, as they backed Obama by a narrow margin of 53-47 percent. As for educational attainment levels, Clinton won all categories except those with postgraduate degrees who backed Obama by a margin of 51-47 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197601-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nAmong self-identified Democrats in the primary, which made up 65 percent of the total electorate, they went for Clinton by a 58-41 margin while Independents, which comprised a healthy 33 percent of the electorate, also went for Clinton by a 54-42 margin. She also won all ideological groups. Clinton also won all major religious denominations \u2013 Protestants 53-46; Roman Catholics 64-33; other Christians 51-47; and other religions 49-46. Obama won Jews by a margin of 52-48 as well as atheists/agnostics by a margin of 53-45.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197601-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nClinton performed extremely well statewide, carrying a majority of counties and sweeping most of the major urban areas and cities. Obama won Boston by fewer than 10,000 votes, while Clinton won other urban and conservative towns such as Springfield and Worcester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197601-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama had picked up major endorsements from the Massachusetts Democratic establishment prior to Super Tuesday. Both U.S. Senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry threw their support behind Obama, along with Governor Deval Patrick. Clinton also picked up a number of top-tier endorsements from Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston and Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Salvatore DiMasi along with U.S. Representatives Richard Neal and Barney Frank, one of the three openly gay members of the U.S. Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197602-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts House of Representatives election\nThe 2008 Massachusetts House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2008, the same date as the 2008 Massachusetts Senate election as well as Federal and Congressional elections. The term of Representatives elected is two years, January 2009 until January 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1\nThe State Income Tax Repeal, also known as Massachusetts Question 1, was one of the 2008 ballot measures that appeared on the November 4, 2008 ballot in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Voters were asked whether or not they approved of the proposed measure which, if it had passed, would have ended the 5.3% income tax in Massachusetts on wages, interest, dividends and capital gains. Ultimately, Massachusetts voters defeated Question 1 by a wide margin, with approximately 70% opposed versus 30% in favor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Supporters of the income tax repeal\nThe official proponent of the measure was the Committee for Small Government. Michael Cloud and Carla Howell led the committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Supporters of the income tax repeal\nInitiative supporter Michael Cloud believed that the measure would lower the budget from about $28 billion to $17 billion, which is approximately the size of the 1995 state budget.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Supporters of the income tax repeal\nPolling showed that 46 percent of those asked supported the measure before hearing any of its details, and 40 percent still supported it after hearing about the measure in depth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Supporters of the income tax repeal, Funding\nAccording to campaign finance reports, as of November 1, 2008 the Committee for Small Government had raised approximately $385,000 since creation and had $14,131.72 cash left. They also had about $80,000 in outstanding liabilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Supporters of the income tax repeal, Funding\nAs of August 15, 2008, Ms Howell and Mr Cloud had paid themselves almost $200,000 from committee donations for \"consulting fees\" over the previous 6 years for services rendered to their own campaigns while soliciting donors for additional contributions because the campaign was out of funds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Supporters of the income tax repeal, Earlier attempt to repeal income tax\nThe Committee for Small Government advanced a similar initiative, called the Massachusetts End the Income Tax initiative, in 2002. That measure did not pass and received 885,683 votes, or 45.3 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 104], "content_span": [105, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Supporters of the income tax repeal, Individual Support\nThe Republican senatorial candidate, Jeff Beatty, said that he supported Question 1 while challenging incumbent-John Kerry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Supporters of the income tax repeal, Editorial Support\nStephen Moore of the Wall Street Journal stated: \"The forces of the tax-and-spend status quo will descend on this initiative like British troops after the original Boston tea party, but somebody has to make an effort to stop the relentless growth of government.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Supporters of the income tax repeal, Editorial Support\nSteve Forbes of Forbes magazine stated: \"This is an attack on political establishments there and throughout the U.S. that routinely put their own interests above those of their constituents: lavish government pensions with payouts that would bankrupt private companies; resistance to genuine reform in Medicaid spending, which has become the biggest item on virtually every state's budget; ever more pork-barrel spending; and ever more obsequiousness to rapacious special interests. Bay State voters \u2013 go for Proposition 1.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Opposition, Funding\nAccording to campaign finance reports, as of October 15, 2008 the Coalition for Our Communities, the organization opposing this tax cut, had raised over $5 million\u201499.8% from teachers' and other government sector unions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Opposition, Individual opponents\nThe Selectman in the town of Wayland voted unanimously to oppose the initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Opposition, Individual opponents\nSenator John Kerry (D-MA) publicly opposed it while running for reelection for senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Opposition, Individual opponents\nRepublican State Senator and future U.S. senator Scott Brown voted against Question 1 despite voting against raising the state's flat tax to 5.95% while in the state senate in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Opposition, Organizations against the measure\nCoalition for Our Communities, an organization created by the Massachusetts AFL-CIO that reportedly had $1.34 million with which to mount an effort to defeat the measure. The Coalition's funds are derived mainly from unions, including $750,000 from the National Education Association. The group also received $250,000 from American Federation of Teachers Solidarity Fund. Both the NEA and the AFTSF are based in Washington, D.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Opposition, Editorial opposition\nThe Boston Globe officially asked voters to vote \"no\" on Question 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, Opposition, Funding\nAccording to campaign finance reports, as of November 1, 2008 The Coalition for Our Communities had raised approximately $6,625,000 since creation and had $117,270.95 cash left. They also received about an additional $650,000 in inkind donations from unions such as donated staff, supplies, postage etc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, History of petition drive and blocking allegations\nThe proponents submitted about 100,000 signatures to the Massachusetts Secretary of State for the first phase of signature collection. 76,084 of those signatures were determined to be valid, with a requirement that 66,593 must be valid for the initiative to proceed to the next step. The next step was for the Massachusetts State Legislature to take up the measure. They declined to pass it by the first Wednesday in May 2008, meaning that the proponents had to collect an additional 11,099 valid signatures by June 18, 2008. On July 3, it was announced that 15,913 additional certified signatures had been filed, making the measure extremely likely to appear on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197603-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 1, History of petition drive and blocking allegations\nThe , whose mailing address is the same as the \"Committee for our Communities\", admitted in December 2007 that it had made phone calls to people who had signed the petition to place the income tax repeal on the ballot, inquiring about whether their signatures were valid. The calls were made from a group identifying itself as the \"Committee for our Communities\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2\nThe Sensible Marijuana Policy Initiative, also known as Massachusetts Ballot Question 2, was an initiated state statute that replaced prior criminal penalties with new civil penalties on adults possessing an ounce or less of marijuana. The initiative appeared on the November 4, 2008, ballot in Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2\nThe measure was passed on Nov 4. and became public law on January 2, 2009", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2\nThe law represents a break with prior law in Massachusetts, where people charged with marijuana possession faced criminal penalties of up to six months in jail and a US$500 fine, as well as a CORI report being filed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2\nOn Tuesday, September 10, 2008, a city councillor in Worcester called for a vote on a measure to express the opposition by the city of Worcester to theinitiative. The city council rejected and voted down the measure by a 10-1 vote, with the only vote for the measure coming from the councillor that requested the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Supporters\nThe Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy is the leading proponent of the initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Supporters, Polls\nA Suffolk University / WHDH Channel 7 poll has shown that 72 percent of Greater Boston residents are in favor of replacing criminal penalties with civil fines for carrying an ounce or less of marijuana. \"The public may be signaling that pursuing small-time marijuana users is a waste of taxpayer resources,\" said David Paleologos, director of the Political Research Bureau at Suffolk University. \"This issue suggests there is a libertarian streak in the thinking of the Massachusetts voter.\" The poll was conducted with 400 residents between July 31 and August 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Supporters, Polls\nA FastTrack poll by WBZ TV /Survey USA on September 17 showed that 69% of all Massachusetts voters would favor either decriminalization or legalization. It was broken down to 30% want it remain a crime, 31% want it changed to a civil fine and 38% would like it to be legalized completely. The poll had a margin of error of 4.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Supporters, History\nThe National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (also known as the Shafer Commission) was created by Public Law 91-513 in 1972 to study marijuana abuse in the United States. It published its findings in a report called Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding and recommended that the president should decriminalize possession of marijuana in amounts that constituted \"simple possession\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Supporters, History\nSo far 30 non-binding public policy questions calling for civil fines for possession of marijuana rather than criminal penalties have passed in legislative districts throughout Massachusetts since 2000. These questions were passed with an average of 62% of the vote in favor. No Public policy question related to replacing criminal penalties with civil fines has ever failed in the state of Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Supporters, History\nThe Joint Mental Health and Substance Abuse Committee of the Massachusetts General Court voted 6-1 in favor of a bill that would have made possession of less than an ounce of marijuana punishable by a civil fine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Supporters, Funding\nBillionaire George Soros made an initial contribution of $400,000. The committee has also received $750,000 cash as well as about $320,000 in donated time and services from the Marijuana Policy Project, an organization created to reform marijuana laws in the United States. According to campaign finance reports, as of November 1, 2008, the committee has raised approximately $1,250,000 to help pass the measure with $40,060.90 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Opposition\nThe Coalition for Safe Streets, a committee organized to oppose Question 2, launched a statewide campaign Sept. 5 to defeat the measure. Jonathan W. Blodgett, the Essex County District Attorney serves as the Coalition's treasurer and chairman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Opposition\nMichael O'Keefe, the president of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association, is opposed to the initiative. He believes that the measure will lead to an increase in minors using the drug by sending the wrong message to them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Opposition\nThe O'Keefe Committee is one of ten committees representing district attorneys in Massachusetts that have contributed to the Coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Opposition\nWilliam Breault, chairman of the Main South Alliance for Public Safety in Worcester, also plans to oppose this initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Opposition, Funding\nAccording to Campaign Finance reports, as of November 1, 2008, the ten committees representing district attorneys in Massachusetts have contributed approximately $2,275 each to the Coalition along with a donation of $2,500 from the Worcester County Deputy Sheriffs Association as well as a few other donors for a total of approx $60,000, after expenditures they have $0 to fight the initiative and $2,601.92 in outstanding liabilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Controversies\nOn September 17, 2008, the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy filed complaints with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance and the Attorney General's office against the Massachusetts District Attorney Association, the 11 state district attorneys and O'Neill and Associates, a Boston public relations firm. Violations of the campaign finance law could result in up to 1 year in jail and a $1,000 fine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Controversies\nAlso, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone has stated that in the event the majority of voters in the State of Massachusetts were to pass the initiative,  he will attempt to override the vote and defeat it in an appellate process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Petition drive to qualify\nThe support group collected over 105,000 signatures, far exceeding the requirement of 66,593 valid signatures. Since Massachusetts is an indirect initiative state, this meant that the Massachusetts State Legislature had to take up the proposed measure. Since the legislature declined to act on it by early May, the supporters then had until June 18, 2008, to collect another 11,099 signatures to ensure that the initiative is placed on the November 2008 statewide ballot, a goal at which they succeeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197604-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Question 2, Enactment\nAs per Massachusetts law, the initiative became public law on January 2, 2009, 30 days from the date it was presented to the Governor's Council and certified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197605-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 40 national delegates. Polls indicated that former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney was leading rival John McCain; Romney ended up defeating McCain by roughly 10% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197605-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197606-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts Senate election\nElections to the 187th Massachusetts State Senate was held on November 4, 2008, the same date as the 2008 Massachusetts House election as well as Federal and Congressional elections. Massachusetts Senators serve two-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197607-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts elections\nThe Massachusetts general election, 2008 were held on November 4, 2008 throughout Massachusetts. Among the elections which took place were those for the office of President of the United States, John Kerry's seat in the Senate, all ten seats in the Massachusetts delegation to the House of Representatives, all eight seats in the Massachusetts Governor's Council, and all of the seats of the Massachusetts Senate and Massachusetts House of Representatives. There were also three ballot questions: to eliminate the commonwealth's income tax; to decriminalize possession of a small amount of marijuana; and to prohibit greyhound racing. Numerous local elections also took place throughout the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197607-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts elections, United States Senate\nU.S. Senator John Kerry (D) defeated Democratic challenger Edward O'Reilly in the primary on September 16, 2008. He defeated Republican Jeff Beatty and Libertarian Robert Underwood in the general election. The seat was considered safe for John Kerry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197607-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts elections, United States House of Representatives\nAll 10 members of the delegation to the United States House of Representatives in Massachusetts were up for re-election in 2008. All 10 seats were under Democratic control. Republican candidates contested four of the races. In District 1, Republican Nathan Bech opposed Democratic incumbent John Olver. (John Olver defeated a Democratic challenger, Robert Feuer, in the primary on September 16, 2008.) In District 4, Republican Earl Sholley and Unenrolled candidate Susan Allen opposed Democratic incumbent Barney Frank. In District 6, Republican Richard Baker opposed Democratic incumbent John Tierney. In District 7, Republican John Cunningham opposed Democratic incumbent Ed Markey. Despite these challenges, all ten seats were considered safe for their incumbents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197607-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts elections, Governor's Council\nAll 8 current members of the Massachusetts Governor's Council were up for re-election in 2008. The Governor's Council's most important role is to approve the governor's judicial nominees, serving as an important check on the power of the Governor. Because Governor's Council districts are so large, and because the office of Governor's Councillor has very little awareness in the state, it is notoriously difficult to unseat an incumbent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197607-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts elections, Governor's Council\nIn 2008, six of the eight incumbent Governor's Councillors defeated a Democratic challenger in the primary on September 16, 2008. One of the eight incumbents, Thomas Merrigan, faced a Republican challenger, Michael Franco, in the general election. One of the seats was uncontested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197607-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts elections, Massachusetts Senate\nAll 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate were up for election in 2008. The Massachusetts Democratic Party maintained a supermajority of 35 seats, with the remaining 5 seats under the control of the Massachusetts Republican Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197607-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts elections, Massachusetts House of Representatives\nAll 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives were up for election in 2008. The Massachusetts Democratic Party maintained a supermajority of 144, with the remaining 16 seats under the control of the Massachusetts Republican Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197607-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts elections, Local Races, Register of Probate\nEach of Massachusetts' fourteen counties elected a Register of Probate, who will administer the county's family and probate court. Races in Barnstable County, Bristol County, Hampden County, and Nantucket County are expected to feature more than one candidate in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197607-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts elections, Local Races, County Treasurer\nBristol County, Duke's County, Norfolk County and Plymouth County each elected a County Treasurer in the 2008 Massachusetts general election. Only the race in Plymouth County featured more than one candidate for the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197607-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts elections, Local Races, County Commissioner\nBarnstable County, Bristol County, Duke's County, Norfolk County and Plymouth County will each elect one or two County Commissioners in the 2008 Massachusetts general election. Every race will feature more than one candidate for the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197608-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts train collision\nOn May 28, 2008, shortly before 6pm, two westbound MBTA trains collided on the Green Line D branch between Woodland and Waban stations, behind 56 Dorset Road in Newton, Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197608-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts train collision\nAn investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) originally found the cause of the accident to be due to the operator texting while driving, but the NTSB later found that the operator of the rear train, Terrese Edmonds, had not been using her cell phone at the time of the crash, but rather went into an episode of micro-sleep, causing her to lose awareness of her surroundings and miss potential hazards up ahead. The collision killed Edmonds, and numerous others were injured. Fourteen passengers were taken to area hospitals; one was airlifted. This crash, along with another similar accident a year later, led the NTSB to set higher standards and regulations regarding the use of cell phones while operating a train.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197608-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts train collision, Background\nThe Green Line is a light rail system run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the Boston, Massachusetts, metropolitan area. It is the oldest subway line in the United States. The Green Line splits into multiple branches; the D branch is a grade-separated, dual track line operating from a terminal station at Riverside to Kenmore station, where the D branch merges with the other Green Line branches and operates on shared tracks into downtown Boston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197608-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts train collision, Background\nThe D branch\" uses block signaling between Waban and Woodland stations; operating rules require that Green Line trains encountering a single red signal to hold for 1 minute, then proceed at no more than 10 miles per hour past the red signal while being prepared to stop short of any train or other obstruction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197608-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts train collision, Accident\nThe 2008 Massachusetts train collision occurred on the westbound track between Waban and Woodland stations. Trains 3667 and 3681 were both Green Line trains operating in the westbound direction on the D branch at the time of the accident. At approximately 5:50PM, Train 3681 departed Waban station, and passed signal H-64. Signal H-64 changed to display a single red aspect, to indicate that Train 3681 was directly ahead of it. Train 3681 then encountered a single red signal at H-66, and came to a stop. Per operating rules, Train 3681 held at signal H-66 for 1 minute, then began to operate past H-66 at a restricted speed, reaching a speed of 3.4\u00a0mph at the time of the accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197608-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts train collision, Accident\nTrain 3667 departed Waban station westbound behind Train 3681. Although the red signal at H-64 required Train 3667 to stop and hold for 1 minute, an MBTA employee on the rear of Train 3667 told the NTSB that the train never slowed down after departing Waban, and instead accelerated to the maximum authorized speed of 40\u00a0mph. Travelling at a speed of 38\u00a0mph, Train 3667 crashed into the rear of Train 3681. The front of the lead car of Train 3681 suffered extensive damage, crushing the operating cab. The operator of Train 3667, Terrese Edmonds, suffered blunt force trauma during the collision and was killed; 8 passengers were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197608-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts train collision, Investigation\nInitially, operator error was blamed for the crash. As the investigation began, the crash was suspected to be caused by distraction of Edmonds, who allegedly was using a cell phone while operating the train. However, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ruled out distraction after it obtained Edmonds' cell phone records and determined that her cell phone was not in use at the time of the crash. Investigators also found that the brakes had not been applied, and the tracks were not faulty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197608-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts train collision, Investigation\nThe NTSB determined that an episode of micro-sleep caused by sleep apnea was likely the reason for the operator losing awareness of her environment. Edmonds was a relatively inexperienced operator who had tried for several years to get the job and was happy to have received it. The qualifications for the job included a high school diploma, a valid driver's license, a background check, and seven weeks of training.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197608-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Massachusetts train collision, Aftermath\nIn 2009, the NTSB released its final report on the crash. About a year later, another crash on the same route was blamed on an operator texting while driving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197609-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters (snooker)\nThe 2008 SAGA Insurance Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 20 January 2008 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197609-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters (snooker)\nMark Selby won the tournament on his first attempt by defeating Stephen Lee 10\u20133 in the final. In the final frame, he tied Ken Doherty for the highest break of the tournament, recording a total clearance of 141.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197609-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters (snooker)\nThis was the first time since 2003 that Ronnie O'Sullivan had failed to reach the final; the defending champion lost 5\u20136 to Stephen Maguire in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197609-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters (snooker), Field\nDefending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Barry Hawkins (ranked 19), and wild-card selection Marco Fu (ranked 27). Mark Selby was making his debut in the Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197609-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters (snooker), Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197609-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters (snooker), Wild-card round\nIn the wild-card round, the qualifier and wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197609-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters (snooker), Qualifying\nThe 2007 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 7 September and 12 September 2007 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Barry Hawkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197610-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters France\nThe 2008 Masters France was a non-ATP affiliated exhibition tennis tournament. It was the first edition of the event held in Toulouse, France from December 18 through December 21, 2008. Only a men's singles tournament was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197610-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters France\nThe tournament was open to the top eight French players who had performed best at ATP Tour events held in France during 2008 (at Metz, Lyon, Marseille and the Masters Series event in Paris). Some players had to pull out and were replaced by the next best French player (see the Masters France article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197610-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters France, Players\nNicolas Mahut, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet (as a wildcard) were due to play but they all pulled out before the tournament began, due to lack of preparation after injury on the part of Gasquet and, in Tsonga's case, in order to concentrate on preparing for next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197610-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters France, Players\nJosselin Ouanna replaced Mahut two days before the start, while Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment took the place of Gasquet and Tsonga was replaced by Micha\u00ebl Llodra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197611-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters France \u2013 Draw\nGilles Simon won in the final 5\u20137, 7\u20136(9\u20137), after Micha\u00ebl Llodra retired due to an arm injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197611-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters France \u2013 Draw, Draw, Red Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197611-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters France \u2013 Draw, Draw, Blue Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197612-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Hamburg\nThe 2008 Masters Series Hamburg was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 102nd edition of the Masters Series Hamburg, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from 10 May through 18 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197612-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Hamburg\nThe men's field was headlined by World No. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer, Monte Carlo winner and 2007 Hamburg runner-up Rafael Nadal, and Australian Open and Rome winner Novak Djokovic. Other top seeds competing were Miami champion Nikolay Davydenko, Valencia Open winner David Ferrer, James Blake, Richard Gasquet and Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197612-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Hamburg, Champions, Doubles\nDaniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 6\u20134, 5\u20137, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197613-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Hamburg \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated them 6\u20134, 5\u20137, [10\u20138], in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197614-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Hamburg \u2013 Singles\nRafael Nadal defeated the defending champion Roger Federer in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20133 to win the title at the 2008 Hamburg Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197614-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Hamburg \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197615-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo\nThe 2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo (also known as the Masters Series Monte-Carlo presented by ROLEX for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 102nd edition of the Monte Carlo Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco, from 19 April through 27 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197615-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo\nThe men's field was headlined by World No. 1 and Estoril Open winner Roger Federer, Miami runner-up and defending champion Rafael Nadal, and Australian Open and Indian Wells titlist Novak Djokovic. Other notable names in the field were Miami Masters champion Nikolay Davydenko, Valencia Open winner David Ferrer, David Nalbandian, Richard Gasquet and Mikhail Youzhny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197615-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo, Notable stories, Nadal's achievements\nChampion Rafael Nadal became the first man since Anthony Wilding in 1914 to win four consecutive titles in Monte Carlo, and was therefore the first man to do so in the Open Era. Nadal also won the doubles event, forming an unseeded team with Tommy Robredo. This made him only the second man in ATP Masters Series history to win both the singles and the doubles events of a tournament, in the same year. The last man to do so was Jim Courier, at the 1991 Indian Wells Super 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197615-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo, Notable stories, All top seeds in final rounds\nFor the second time only in ATP Masters Series history, the top four seeds (Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko) all reached the semifinals of the event. The last occurrence of this had taken place at the 1999 Cincinnati Super 9 event, with Pete Sampras, Patrick Rafter, Andre Agassi and Yevgeny Kafelnikov all reaching the final four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197615-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo, Finals, Doubles\nRafael Nadal /  Tommy Robredo defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Mark Knowles, 6\u20133, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197616-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197616-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo \u2013 Doubles\nRafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20133, against Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197617-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo \u2013 Singles\nThree-time defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Roger Federer in a rematch of the previous two years' finals, 7\u20135, 7\u20135, to win the Singles title at the 2008 Monte-Carlo Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197617-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament\nThe 2008 Masters Tournament was the 72nd Masters Tournament, held April 10\u201313 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Trevor Immelman won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods, a four-time champion. Immelman led or tied for the lead after every round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\nThe Masters has the smallest field of the major championships, with 94 players having earned invitations in 2008. Officially the Masters remains an invitation event but there is now a qualification process, although in theory the club could simply decline to invite a 'qualified' player. Here is a list of all players qualified to play in the 2008 Masters Tournament. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n1. Past Masters ChampionsFred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Zach Johnson (10,14,15,16,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,5,14,15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,14,16,17,18), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (17,18), Tiger Woods (3,4,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n(Past champions not competing: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer. Palmer served as \"honorary starter\" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n2. Last five U.S. Open Champions\u00c1ngel Cabrera (11,15,17,18), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (10,11,14,15,16,17,18), Retief Goosen (10,17,18), Geoff Ogilvy (14,15,16,17,18)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n3. Last five Open ChampionsBen Curtis, Todd Hamilton, P\u00e1draig Harrington (10,12,14,15,16,17,18)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\nWinners of the Players Championship get three years of Masters invitations. With the Players having moved from March to May, beginning 2007, there will be only two such champions who have earned invitations to the Masters in both 2008 and 2009. In 2010 and after, once again three Players champions will have earned invitations to the Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n6. Top two finishers in the 2007 U.S. AmateurMichael Thompson (a)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n7. Winner of the 2007 The Amateur ChampionshipDrew Weaver (a)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n8. Winner of the 2007 U.S. Amateur Public LinksSee number 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n10. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2007 Masters TournamentStuart Appleby (17,18), Paul Casey (17,18), Tim Clark (14,16,17,18), Luke Donald (14,17,18), Jerry Kelly (11), Ian Poulter (17,18), Justin Rose (14,16,17,18), Rory Sabbatini (14,15,16,17,18), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (11,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n11. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2007 U.S. OpenNick Dougherty (17), Niclas Fasth (17,18), Scott Verplank (14,15,16,17,18), Bubba Watson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 Open ChampionshipErnie Els (13,14,15,16,17,18), Sergio Garc\u00eda (14,16,17,18), Richard Green (17), Andr\u00e9s Romero (15,17,18)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 PGA ChampionshipWoody Austin (14,15,16,17,18), Arron Oberholser (17,18), John Senden (18)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n14. Top 30 leaders on the 2007 PGA Tour Robert Allenby (16,18), Aaron Baddeley (16,17,18), Mark Calcavecchia (16,17,18), K. J. Choi (15,16,17,18), Stewart Cink (16,17,18), Steve Flesch, Charles Howell III (16,17,18), Hunter Mahan (15,16,17,18), John Rollins (16), Adam Scott (16,17,18), Heath Slocum (16), Brandt Snedeker (15,16,17,18), Steve Stricker (15,16,17,18), Boo Weekley (15,16,17,18), Brett Wetterich (16,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2007 Masters Tournament and the 2008 Masters TournamentBrian Bateman, Jonathan Byrd (16), Daniel Chopra, J. B. Holmes, Steve Lowery, Sean O'Hair (18), D. J. Trahan, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n16. All players qualifying for the 2007 rendition of The Tour ChampionshipCamilo Villegas", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n17. Top 50 on the 2007 Official World Golf Rankings listAnders Hansen, S\u00f8ren Hansen (18), Trevor Immelman (18), Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez (18), Robert Karlsson (18), Shingo Katayama, Nick O'Hern (18), Henrik Stenson (18), Richard Sterne (18), Toru Taniguchi (18), Lee Westwood (18)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Field\n18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list going into the tournamentMartin Kaymer, Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Par 3 contest\nThe annual par 3 contest was held on Wednesday, April 9, and was won by Rory Sabbatini, runner-up in the 2007 Masters Tournament. He scored -5 (22) to finish ahead of Woody Austin and Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez. Four players hit a hole-in-one. Paul Azinger on the second hole, Charles Coody on the third, Fred Couples on the seventh and Wayne Grady on the ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Round summaries\nThe Masters Tournament is played over four days with an eighteen-hole round being played each day, for a total of 72 holes plus practice rounds and a par-three contest on the neighboring par-three course. Everyone outside the top 44 and ties or outside ten strokes of the leader will be \u201ccut\u201d after 36 holes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, First round\nAfter an hour delay due to fog, Justin Rose and Trevor Immelman shot rounds of 68 (\u22124) to lead the field. For the players in the final few groups, the last holes were played in near darkness. Ian Poulter hit a hole in one on the 16th on the way to a 70. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 70 and four-time champion Tiger Woods shot an even-par 72. In all, 18 players shot sub-par rounds and the scoring average was 74.18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round\nImmelman shot another round of 68 (\u22124) to lead the field by one stroke at 136 (\u22128). Steve Flesch had the low round of the day at 67 and tied for third. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 76 for a two-round total of 146 (+2), tied for 29th. Woods shot a 71 and tied for 13th. The cut, to the top 44 players and ties, was at 147 (+3) and 45 players made the cut. In all, 28 players shot sub-par rounds for the day and the scoring average was 73.51.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round\nFor the tournament, 19 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.84. Prayad Marksaeng withdrew after nine holes with a back injury. Fred Couples missed his first cut at the Masters (by one stroke), ending a streak of 23 consecutive cuts made, a record he shares with Gary Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Third round\nImmelman shot a three-under 69 to remain in the lead at 205 (\u221211). Snedeker remained second and Steve Flesch third after rounds of 70 and 69 respectively. Paul Casey was the highest placed European at 209 (\u22127), with Woods two shots behind him. Woods, Zach Johnson, and Boo Weekley had the low rounds of the day at 68 (\u22124). For the round, 13 players were under par and the scoring average was 72.58. For the tournament, 18 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.60.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary\nMiguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez had the low round of the day at 68 (\u22124). For the round, four players were under par and the scoring average was 74.67. For the tournament, ten players were under par and the scoring average was 73.77.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197618-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters Tournament, Media coverage\nESPN broadcast the first two rounds of the tournament for the first time. Previously, USA televised the first two rounds beginning in 1982. ESPN also carried the par-3 contest on Wednesday afternoon, the first time the competition had been televised. BBC broadcast the whole event in the United Kingdom, with coverage being shared among BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC Red Button. In the United States, CBS Sports televised the third and fourth rounds, as they have every year beginning in 1956.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197619-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters of Curling (January)\nThe 2008 Masters of Curling was held January 23\u201327, 2008 at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was the third Grand Slam event of the 2007-08 curling season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197619-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters of Curling (January)\nGlenn Howard's rink won their second straight Masters tournament, defeating Kevin Koe's rink in the final. Howard's rink won $C24,000 and the total purse of the event was $100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197619-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters of Curling (January)\nThe Masters would be held again in November 2008, in the following season in which the same two teams would play in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197620-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters of Curling (November)\nThe 2008 Masters of Curling was held November 12-16, 2008 at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex in Waterloo, Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197620-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters of Curling (November)\nGlenn Howard's rink won their third straight Masters tournament, defeating Kevin Koe's rink in the final. The event is not to be confused with the January event that happened in the same year, but the previous season. Both events featured Howard defeating Koe in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197621-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Masters of Formula 3\nThe 2008 RTL GP Masters of Formula 3 was the eighteenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Zolder on 10 August 2008. It was won by Jules Bianchi, for ART Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197622-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Maui Invitational Tournament\nThe 2008 Maui Invitational Tournament, an annual early-season college basketball tournament held in Lahaina, Hawaii, was held November 20-22 at Lahaina Civic Center. The winning team was North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat\nThe 2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat was a military coup that took place in Mauritania on August 6, 2008, when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by the Armed Forces of Mauritania, led by a group of high-ranking generals he had dismissed from office earlier that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Background\nGeneral Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was one of the leading figures in the August 2005 coup that ended Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's 21 years in power. Aziz backed Abdallahi's candidacy in the subsequent March 2007 presidential election, which Abdallahi won. Abdallahi soon angered General Aziz and his supporters, however, by reaching out to Islamic hardliners, by freeing several suspected terrorists, and by using state funds to build a mosque on the grounds of the presidential palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Background\nIn May 2008, Abdallahi appointed 12 ministers who had been part of President Taya's former government, some of whom had been accused of corruption. This, together with the inclusion of members of opposition parties in the government (headed by Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef) and the government's failure to present a programme, led many members of the pro-Abdallahi National Pact for Democracy and Development (PNDD-ADIL) party in the National Assembly to file a censure motion against the government on June 30, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Background\nThe government resigned on July 2 before a no-confidence vote was held, and Abdallahi immediately reappointed Waghef to form a new government. The government that was announced on July 15 included no members of the opposition; it also excluded the former associates of Taya whose presence in the previous government had attracted criticism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Background\nOn August 4, 2008, 25 of the 49 PNDD-ADIL deputies in the National Assembly, along with 24 of the party's 45 senators, announced that they were leaving the party, thereby depriving it of its parliamentary majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Background\nThe immediate catalyst for the coup was Abdallahi's announcement on the morning of August 6 that he was firing several generals, including Aziz (who had been the head of the presidential guard) and army chief of staff General Mohamed Ould Sheikh Mohamed. Mauritania has experienced more than 10 coups or attempted coups since achieving its independence from France in 1960.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Details of the coup\nEarly in the morning of August 6, Abdallahi announced that he was firing several senior army officers, and at 9:20\u00a0a.m. he was seized from his home by members of the Presidential Security Battalion (BASEP for Bataillon de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 pr\u00e9sidentielle) in a military coup. Presidential spokesman Abdoulaye Mamadou Ba said in a statement that President Abdallahi, Prime Minister Waghef, and Interior Minister Mohamed Ould R'zeizim had been arrested by renegade senior army officers, unknown troops, and a group of generals, and were being held under house arrest at the Presidential Palace in Nouakchott. Of the apparently successful and bloodless coup d'\u00e9tat, Abdallahi's daughter, Amal Mint Cheikh Abdallahi said: \"The security agents of the BASEP came to our home and took away my father.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 838]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Details of the coup\nThe coup plotters were recently fired senior officers in the security forces, including General Abdel Aziz, General Muhammad Ould Al-Ghazwani, General Philippe Swikri, and Brigadier General (Aqid) Ahmad Ould Bakri. State television reported that the country was now being led by a new military State Council, which would be run by Abdel Aziz. The State Council said that Abdallahi was now the \"former president.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Details of the coup\nGeneral Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz issued a statement on the al-Arabiya international television station and issued what he called, \"communiqu\u00e9 No. 1\" which reversed the \"former president's\" firing of the military officers. Al-Aziz was also reportedly holding talks with the President of the Mauritanian National Assembly, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, on the feasibility of holding potential new elections in two months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Details of the coup\nPolice reportedly fired tear gas at about 50 people who had gathered near the main market of Nouakchott. Otherwise, the city remained calm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Details of the coup\nAll state television and radio stations in Nouakchott reportedly ceased broadcasting as the coup began. The Nouakchott International Airport was also closed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nAccording to an official statement released on August 7, Abdallahi's powers were terminated and Mauritania would be governed on a transitional basis by an 11-member High Council of State, with Abdel Aziz as the President of the Council, until a new presidential election was held \"in the shortest possible period\". The Council promised that this election would be \"free and transparent\" and that it would consult with the national institutions, the political class, and civil society. Furthermore, the Council gave an assurance that it would \"respect all treaties, international agreements and conventions to which Mauritania has subscribed\". The members of the Council were listed as:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nA demonstration in support of the coup was held in Nouakchott on August 7. About 1,000 people participated in this demonstration, chanting Abdel Aziz's name and marching towards the presidential palace, accompanied by vehicles carrying large portraits of Abdel Aziz. At the presidential palace, Abdel Aziz spoke to the demonstrators, saying that he would \"work to solve all the problems this country is confronted with\". A protest against the coup was also held later on the same day in Nouakchott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nAccording to PNDD-ADIL Secretary-General Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Dahmane, this was a peaceful protest in which 200 to 300 people participated, carrying portraits of Abdallahi, and was broken up by police with tear gas. Dahmane also called for Abdallahi's release, saying that he was the legitimate president, and said that the PNDD-ADIL had formed an alliance with three other parties in opposition to the coup: the Popular Progressive Alliance (APP), the Union of the Forces of Progress (UFP), and an Islamic party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nThe High Council of State released a second statement on August 7, saying that the junta wanted to preserve the constitution and democratic institutions, interfering with the functioning of those institutions as little as possible. According to this statement, the Council would collectively exercise the powers of the presidency and a government would be appointed. The Council also said that political parties and legal organizations would be allowed to operate freely, that freedoms, including the freedom of the press, would be respected, and that municipal councils could continue to function normally. Abdel Aziz also gave these assurances regarding freedoms and the continuity of democratic institutions, such as Parliament, in a meeting with Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Ahmed bin Heli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 865]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nThe four-party alliance opposing the coup, called the National Front for the Defence of Democracy, held a press conference on August 8, and this developed into a protest rally against the coup in the Tevragh Zeina section of Nouakchott, with several hundred people participating. This rally included calls for the soldiers to return to their barracks and for the international community to pressure the junta. APP spokesman Alkhalil Ould Teyib vowed that they would continue their struggle until Abdallahi was restored to the presidency. The National Front for the Defence of Democracy also announced plans for more demonstrations and activities opposing the coup, while also stating that they would only hold protests with the junta's permission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nAlso on August 8, Abdallahi's daughter, Amal Mint Cheikh Abdallahi, said that she had not been informed of Abdallahi's whereabouts, and she expressed concern for Abdallahi's \"health and safety\". Meanwhile, Abdel Aziz said in an interview with Jeune Afrique that the military had been forced to take power by serious economic and political problems. He accused Abdallahi of attempting a \"coup against democracy\" through his actions; according to Abdel Aziz, Abdallahi had set members of parliament against one another and his dismissal of the senior officers immediately prior to the coup was intended to \"divide the army\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nAbdel Aziz also said that Abdallahi was being held at the Palace of the Congress, was \"in good conditions\", had not complained, and would be released in a matter of days or weeks. According to Abdel Aziz, Abdallahi would probably not be required to leave Mauritania and would probably still be allowed to participate in politics. However, Abdel Aziz was quoted in an interview with Asharq al-Awsat published on August 9 as saying Abdallahi would not be released for \"the time being\", citing \"security reasons\"; he said that the junta was trying to establish an atmosphere of calm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nIn an interview with Agence France-Presse on August 10, Abdel Aziz said that the coup was necessary to prevent \"a catastrophe\"; he said that Abdallahi had \"acted irrationally\", and in another interview with Al Jazeera he said that he had warned Abdallahi immediately prior to the coup that his decision to dismiss the senior officers could have serious consequences. According to Abdel Aziz, Abdallahi did not heed the warning, and as a result Abdel Aziz ordered the coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nAbdel Aziz also criticized Abdallahi for releasing Islamic extremists from prison and allowing the Islamist Tawassoul party to join Waghef's government in May; he asserted that this was \"irresponsible\" and did not reflect Mauritania's identity as a \"moderate Muslim country\". Furthermore, he expressed his view that the international community would change its negative attitude toward the coup \"when it has all the information\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nAlso on August 10, Abdel Aziz did not exclude the possibility that he or other members of the junta could run for President, although he said that the issue had not been decided and that other things needed to be dealt with first. His acknowledgement of the possibility was in contrast to the decision of the previous junta in 2005 to exclude its members from running for office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nMessoud Ould Boulkheir, the President of the National Assembly, said on August 10 that he still recognized Abdallahi as President and rejected the idea of a new election held under the junta. However, 67 of the 95 deputies in the National Assembly released a statement supporting the coup and describing it as \"the logical and indisputable result of President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi's behaviour to stall the republic's institutions\". Meanwhile, Abdallahi's daughter said that the military had been involving itself in politics for two and a half months, and the PNDD-ADIL announced on August 10 that the junta had allowed it to reopen its offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nWaghef and three other high-ranking officials (including the Interior Minister) were released by the military on August 11, while Abdallahi remained in custody. A few hours later, Waghef spoke before a rally of thousands of people and expressed defiance toward the junta, saying that Mauritanians did not accept its rule and urging the people to continue struggling to restore Abdallahi to power. He said that Abdallahi thanked them for their \"untiring fight\u00a0... to restore constitutional order\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nArab League Assistant Secretary-General Ahmed bin Heli said on August 11, after returning from Mauritania, that he had asked to meet with Abdallahi but was not allowed to do so. In a statement on August 12, the High Council of State outlined its powers, confirming that it would have \"the necessary powers to reorganise and manage state affairs during the period needed for the organising of presidential elections\u00a0... in the shortest possible time.\" It also confirmed that the Council would collectively exercise presidential powers and that the Council's President would be able to appoint a Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nThe Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD), which was the main opposition party under Abdallahi, supported the coup; its leader, Ahmed Ould Daddah (who was defeated by Abdallahi in the 2007 presidential election), told Al Jazeera on August 12 that the coup was \"a movement to rectify the democratic process\". Abdel Aziz met with political parties to discuss the formation of a new government. The APP said that it would not participate in this government, but the RFD said that it intended to \"study the offer\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\n106 of the 151 members of both houses of Parliament (67 out of 95 deputies and 39 out of 56 senators) said in a statement on August 13 that they supported the coup. According to this statement, the coup occurred \"in the context of an acute political and institutional crisis\" and Abdallahi \"only listened to sycophants\". The statement also urged international support. Aside from the members of Parliament, 191 out of 216 mayors also supported the coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nAbdel Aziz appointed Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, a former ambassador, as Prime Minister on August 14, 2008. Laghdaf was already closely associated with Abdel Aziz, and some suggested that he might have been appointed in hopes that doing so would help international relations due to Laghdaf's diplomatic service in the European Union. Waghef said at a news conference on the same day that this appointment was \"illegal\" and that the government he had headed was still the legitimate government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nIt was reported on August 15 that 71 out of 95 deputies were in favor of holding an extraordinary session of Parliament on August 20, with the intention of appointing members to a special court; this could in turn lead to a trial of Abdallahi and some of the ministers who had served under him for alleged mishandling of state affairs. On August 16, a group of 19 members of Parliament\u2014three senators and 16 deputies\u2014announced that it was seeking the restoration of Abdallahi to the presidency. According to Mohamed Moustapha Ould Bedredine, a deputy who spoke on the group's behalf, the group had more support than their numbers suggested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nAbdel Aziz made his first broadcast to the nation on August 17. He affirmed that a new presidential election would be held \"as soon as possible\", but he did not give a specific date. In this speech, Abdel Aziz promised to fight hard against terrorism and corruption; he also accused Abdallahi of failing to act against corruption and said that Abdallahi had handled the economy very poorly. On the same day, 26 members of Parliament who supported the coup announced their resignations from the PNDD-ADIL party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nOn August 18, two-thirds of Mauritanian political parties\u2014including major parties such as the RFD, the Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (PRDR), and the Union for Democracy and Progress\u2014grouped together to support the coup. According to PRDR leader Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall, this was \"dictated by the necessity to preserve the stability of the country and its democratic institutions\", and he described the coup as \"vital for Mauritania and for the maintenance of its democracy and its pluralism\". Also on August 18, a pro-coup gathering, in which an estimated 25,000 people participated, was held in Nouakchott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nRFD leader Daddah said on August 19 that there was \"a good chance\" that his party would participate in the government headed by Laghdaf. On August 20, a large anti-coup protest was held in Nouakchott by the National Front for the Defence of Democracy. The special session of Parliament, intended to consider \"the reasons for the blockage of democratic institutions\" prior to the coup and to appoint the members of a special court, also opened on August 20. 32 members of Parliament boycotted the special session, which was planned to last one month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nWaghef, the former Prime Minister, said in an interview with Abu Dhabi TV on August 20 that President Abdallahi had dismissed the senior officers on August 6 because they had already been planning to seize power on August 9. He subsequently travelled to Nouadhibou in northern Mauritania in order to participate in an anti-coup protest there, but was arrested upon arrival on August 21. He was reportedly arrested because he left Nouakchott without the junta's permission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nOn August 22, it was announced that Waghef was being taken to his home village of Achram, where he would be kept under house arrest. According to Minister of Decentralization Yahya Ould Kebd, the junta sought to \"rein in his activism\", saying that \"his contact with the outside will probably be limited but not banned\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nThe special session of Parliament included the creation of a Senate inquiry commission intended to investigate the finances of KB charitable foundation, which was headed by Abdallahi's wife, Khattou Mint Boukhary; Boukhary was a controversial figure who had been criticized by the opposition prior to the coup. On August 24, the foundation's lawyers urged the creation of international commission to investigation its finances, arguing that the Senate commission would not be fair. The lawyers said that the Senate commission's \"subjective results will always be contested\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nJean Ping, the Chairman of the Commission of the African Union, met with Abdel Aziz in Nouakchott on August 25. Ping said that he was in Mauritania to discuss restoring a constitutional government, not to discuss the junta's transition, and he expressed optimism after meeting Abdel Aziz. The talks between Abdel Aziz and Ping continued on August 26. A letter from El Khadim Ould Esseman, the imprisoned leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, was publicized on August 25. In this letter, he denounced the junta as an \"infidel regime\", urging all Mauritanians to \"turn to the strict application of Sharia\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nOn August 26, the RFD, the Alliance for Justice and Democracy - Movement for Renovation (AJD-MR), and the Movement for Direct Democracy (MDD) announced their decision to not participate in the new government that was being formed under the junta because the junta had not clarified whether or not someone serving in the military would be allowed to stand as a presidential candidate and had not specified how long it intended to remain in power. The new government led by Laghdaf was appointed on August 31 and announced on television early on September 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nThis government was composed of 28 members, aside from Laghdaf, and its members were considered to be politically obscure technocrats. The government included several members of the RFD, despite that party's refusal to participate; the RFD responded by saying that the RFD members who had accepted posts in the government had \"automatically resigned\" from the party by doing so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, August\nFormer Head of State Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla expressed his support for the coup on August 29 and criticized the negative reactions of Western governments to the coup, alleging that they were interfering in Mauritanian affairs. In a statement on August 30, the African Union Commission said that Abdel Aziz had committed to releasing Abdallahi during his talks with Ping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, September\nOn September 2, the National Assembly chose four deputies to sit on a High Court that would try Abdallahi on allegations such as corruption and obstruction of Parliament. This vote was conducted by secret ballot, and a single list of candidates was approved, with 31 votes in favor, none opposed, and one abstention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, September\nAfter a meeting on September 4, Ping, Said Djinnit (the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa), and Ahmed Benhelli of the Arab League released a statement reiterating Abdel Aziz's commitment to release Abdallahi, as well as calling for resolution of the situation, restoration of democratic institutions, and Waghef's release.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, September\nLaghdaf announced on September 6 that an \"open and constructive debate\" would be held, in which members of parliament, political parties, and other organizations would be invited to participate. The purpose of this debate, according to Laghdaf, was to determine a timetable for holding a new election and consider various matters related to that election, including proposals for constitutional amendments and improved delineation of executive and legislative powers. On September 10, the Senate chose four senators to serve on the High Court along with the four deputies that were elected eight days earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, September\nOn September 14, deputies present in the National Assembly unanimously approved a resolution that called for a presidential election to be held in 12 to 14 months. The length of the period was deemed necessary \"to reestablish normal constitutional order and legitimacy\". The resolution also called for an independent electoral commission and for the exclusion of candidacies by military officers and those who \"exercised executive responsibilities susceptible of influencing voters\". The possibility was nevertheless suggested that Abdel Aziz could retire from the army and stand in the election as a civilian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, September\nIn an ambush carried out by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb on September 14, 11 soldiers and a civilian were captured; a week later, their decapitated bodies were found. The brutality of this attack was considered shocking in Mauritania. Although it was observed that it could be considered a humiliation for the military, it was also suggested that the threat of Islamist terrorism might help to bring the junta out of isolation. Supportive statements from France and the European Union, referring to the struggle against terrorism, followed the attack, although they were not specifically supportive of the junta (France referred simply to \"the nation and the army\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, September\nOn September 23, the African Union Peace and Security Council released a statement demanding Abdallahi's \"unconditional restoration\" by October 6. According to the statement, \"the perpetrators of the coup and their civilian supporters\" would face \"sanctions and isolation\" if the demand was not met. The members of Parliament supportive of the coup announced on September 26 that they rejected the African Union's demand \"because it simply ignores the reality in the country where two-thirds of the parliament, almost all of the elected mayors and the majority of people support the changes of August 6\". Abdel Aziz, in a statement on September 27, also rejected the African Union demand. Ping said on September 29 that he was surprised by the junta's reaction to the ultimatum and that he had expected the junta to react by seeking talks with the African Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 925]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, September\nSpeaking on Al Jazeera on September 28, former Abdallahi spokesman Abdoulaye Mamadou Ba called for popular protests to be held on October 5 as part of \"a day of democracy\". Sidi Mohamed Ould Maham, a deputy, was elected as President of the High Court on September 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, September\nIn an interview with Reuters on September 29, Laghdaf said that the government would seek aid from Arab countries and institutions if aid from the West was cut off. He also asserted that, following the coup, \"freedoms are preserved, parliament has never been so free.\" Speaking to Radio France Internationale on September 30, Laghdaf said that all demonstrations, whether they opposed the junta or supported it, would be banned, emphasizing that \"what we need now is calm\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, October\nAlthough the government banned protests, the National Front for the Defence of Democracy went ahead with its planned protest in Nouakchott on October 5. The protest began with a small group numbering a few dozen; the police asked the group to disperse, but it grew larger, with participants chanting anti-junta slogans and carrying pictures of Abdallahi. The police then responded with tear gas, breaking up the protest. Subsequently the protesters attempted smaller gatherings at various places in Nouakchott, and the police worked to disperse these as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, October\nAccording to UFP President Mohamed Ould Mouloud, the \"protests constitute a scathing denial of the junta's pretence that the situation in Mauritania is calm, that everybody accepts the coup and that people here have freedom of expression and live in a democracy\". State media ignored the protests, as it also ignored the passing of the AU's October 6 deadline. A spokesman for the pro-junta parliamentary majority said that the AU ultimatum \"doesn't scare anybody\". Mouloud, acting as spokesman for the National Front for the Defence of Democracy, called for \"the immediate implementation of sanctions against the junta\". Ping said that the junta sent a delegation on October 6 to hold talks with the AU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, October\nThe eight-member Mauritanian delegation, led by Justice Minister Tidjane Bal, met with Ping in Addis Ababa on October 7. Following the meeting, the AU released a statement saying that Ping \"reiterate[d] the African Union's standpoint\" and that the AU Peace and Security Council would propose a way of handling the situation. On the same day, another protest in Nouakchott was held. Immediately prior to the protest, six unions said that \"instead of a peaceful march we will seek a confrontation\". The police used tear gas against the protesters, and protesters threw rocks at the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, October\nMouloud said on October 8 that the AU should react to the rejection of its ultimatum by \"declar[ing] the military leadership illegal\". The Mauritanian Information Agency (AMI) reported on the same day that the AU appeared to be taking a less hostile position since its deadline passed. Meanwhile, Boulkheir, the President of the National Assembly and the APP, called for a solution to the situation that would involve Abdallahi returning to the presidency for only the limited period necessary to organize an early presidential election. Boulkheir's proposal would also involve the formation of a government of national unity during that period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, October\nOn October 20, the EU held talks with the junta in Paris. Seeking Abdallahi's \"immediate and unconditional release\" and the restoration of constitutional rule, the European Union said in an October 20 statement that it was giving the junta a period of one month, after which \"consultations will be terminated and appropriate measures will be proposed\". Speaking for the National Front for the Defence of Democracy, Maouloud expressed satisfaction with the EU's ultimatum and remarked that \"the junta has not managed to deceive the European Union\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, November\u2013December\nThe first regular session of Parliament since the coup began on November 10; the main purpose of this session was to pass the budget for 2009. About 30 deputies who opposed the coup, including Boulkheir, the President of the National Assembly, boycotted the session. Elarbi Ould Jedeine, the Vice-President of the National Assembly, presided over the session, while expressing regret regarding Boulkheir's boycott. Senators opposing the coup participated in the session. Ousted President Abdallahi was taken from Nouakchott to his home village of Lemden on November 13. According to the government, Abdallahi agreed to leave politics, but Abdallahi held a news conference on November 13 in which he said that he \"did not make any promises with them\". He also said that being moved to Lemden was meaningless because he \"remain[ed] a president under house arrest\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 933]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, November\u2013December\nUpon the expiration of the EU's one-month deadline on November 20, the EU announced that, because \"the junta's proposals have been deemed insufficient by the international community, EU member states will examine, based on the proposals of the European Commission, appropriate measures\". It viewed Abdallahi's transfer to Lemden was a positive step, but said that it was inadequate because Abdallahi remained under house arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, November\u2013December\nMauritanian Minister of Communication Mohammed Ould Moine said that the situation was \"a purely Mauritanian matter\" which \"won't be solved in Washington, Paris or Addis Ababa\", and he stressed that \"no-one, and I mean no-one, has the right to make decisions for my country\". Also on November 20, Abdallahi said in an interview that \"once the coup is thwarted\" he would \"be open to all dialogue to discuss the future of the democratic institutions of the country in the framework of the constitution and the laws of the country\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, November\u2013December\nAfter it was reported on December 12 that the junta planned to release Abdallahi from house arrest by December 24, the FNDD said on December 14 that anything less than Abdallahi's restoration to the presidency was insufficient. In an interview published on December 20, Abdallahi said that he would not take part in the national consultation meeting planned for December 27, despite being invited by the junta, as he felt his participation would \"legitimise the coup d'etat\". Abdallahi was taken out of Lemden by security forces in the early hours of December 21, driven to Nouakchott, and then released on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, November\u2013December\nThe national consultative meeting began on December 27. Abdul Aziz said that this would be an entirely free and open process. The meeting was planned to consider an election date, constitutional amendments, and the role of the army. Diplomats from 70 countries were present. Abdallahi and the FNDD boycotted the meeting, although FNDD President Boijel Ould Houmeid said on December 26 that his coalition had received no invitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, 2009\nAt the conclusion of the national consultative meeting on January 5, 2009, it proposed holding an election on May 30, 2009, with a second round (if necessary) on June 13. The FNDD derided the proposal as a \"non-event\" and alleged that the junta intended for the election to be won by \"one of its members or a puppet\u00a0... who will do their bidding.\" The official media announced on January 23 that the new presidential election would be held on June 6, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, 2009\nOn February 4, 2009, while still expressing support for the coup and saying that Abdallahi should not be restored to the Presidency, Daddah proposed that the army give up power and that anyone who was serving in the military at the time of the coup should not be allowed to participate in the 2009 presidential election. He expressed concern that continued military rule would negatively affect Mauritania's relations with the rest of the world, potentially including economic sanctions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, 2009\nThe AU imposed sanctions on the junta in early February, restricting the travel of junta members and freezing any possible bank assets. Abdel Aziz dismissed the sanctions as meaningless on February 10, saying that no one on the High Council of State had a bank account outside of Mauritania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, 2009\nOn March 6, 2009, the government decided to sever diplomatic relations with Israel to protest the Gaza War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197623-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritanian coup d'\u00e9tat, Aftermath of the coup, 2009\nLibyan leader and AU Chairman Muammar Gaddafi attempted to mediate the situation during a visit to Mauritania that concluded on March 12. During this visit he met with Abdallahi, who argued that Gaddafi was biased in favor of the junta. At the end of his visit, Gaddafi said that he thought the AU's sanctions should be lifted. In Niamey on March 14, Gaddafi said that Abdallahi could not return to power because the military would not allow it, and therefore Abdallahi had no choice but to \"accept a fait accompli\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197624-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mauritian presidential election\nAn indirect presidential election was held in Mauritius on 19 September 2008. Anerood Jugnauth, who was first elected as president in 2003, was re-elected by the National Assembly in a unanimous vote, supported by both the government and the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197625-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mayo by-election\nThe 2008 Mayo by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Mayo, located in Adelaide, South Australia, on 6 September 2008, following the retirement of Liberal Party MP and former Liberal leader Alexander Downer. The by-election was held on the same day as the Lyne by-election, and the Western Australian state election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197625-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mayo by-election\nThe writ for the by-election was issued 4 August, with the rolls closing on 8 August. Candidate nominations closed on 14 August. The by-election was contested on the same boundaries drawn for Mayo at the 2007 federal election. The seat was won by Jamie Briggs of the Liberal Party on a two-candidate preferred vote of 53 per cent against the Greens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197625-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mayo by-election, Background\nDowner first won the seat of Mayo at its creation at the 1984 federal election. He retained the seat at each subsequent election. The 2007 Liberal two-party-preferred vote of 57.1 percent was at the time the narrowest in the seat's history. Except for 1998, the seat was won at each election by the Liberals on primary votes alone. Despite this, the Australian Democrats and independents have traditionally polled well, including two elections where the Democrats and independent Brian Deegan came second. At the 1998 election the Democrats reduced the Mayo Liberal margin to just 1.7 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197625-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mayo by-election, Background\nAt the 2007 federal election, Downer retained his seat against his main Labor Party competitor by a two-party preferred vote of 57.06 percent to 42.94 percent. However, the opposition Labor Party defeated the incumbent Liberal-National coalition government, the first change of government in over 11 years. Downer had served as Foreign Minister throughout the duration of the previous government. He was also Liberal leader and leader of the opposition for several months in 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197625-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mayo by-election, Background\nOn 3 July 2008, Downer announced his intention to resign his seat. He officially resigned from parliament on 14 July. He, with Mark Vaile in Lyne, became the next former Howard government ministers returned at the 2007 election to resign their seats. Peter McGauran had done likewise earlier in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197625-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mayo by-election, Candidates\nEleven candidates contested the by-election. They are listed below in ballot order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197625-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Mayo by-election, Liberal preselection\nThe candidature of Liberal Jamie Briggs was criticised because of his role in controversial industrial-relations policies and reports that some Liberal Party colleagues were unhappy with his preselection. Bob Day, who had held membership of the Liberal Party for 20 years and was the endorsed Liberal candidate for Makin in 2007, quit the party after failing to win Mayo preselection with 10 out of 271 votes, claiming a \"manipulated\" preselection process. Iain Evans, who came second to Briggs, agreed to some extent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197625-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Mayo by-election, Results\nThe Liberals retained the seat despite a reduced 41.3 percent primary vote after suffering a 9.8 percent primary swing. Some commentators drew comparisons between this and the 2002 Cunningham by-election. The Liberal two-candidate vote of 53 percent against Greens candidate Lynton Vonow compared to the previous election vote of 57.1 percent against Labor, which turned Mayo from a fairly safe seat in to a marginal two-candidate seat. The reduction of 4 percent cannot be considered a \"two-party/candidate preferred swing\" \u2212 when a major party is absent, preference flows to both major parties does not take place, resulting in asymmetric preference flows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197625-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Mayo by-election, 2016 outcome\nEight years later, Rebekha Sharkie of the Nick Xenophon Team was successful in defeating Liberal incumbent Jamie Briggs in Mayo at the 2016 federal election with a 55 percent two-candidate vote to the Liberals' 45 percent two-candidate vote, a reduction of 17.2 percent. Additionally, Mayo became a marginal two-party seat for the first time with the Liberal two-party vote reduced to 55.4 percent, a two-party swing of 7.2 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197626-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Boys Game\nThe 2008 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2008. The game was the 31st annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197626-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Boys Game\nThe 48 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills, but for their performances off the court as well. Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha High School, waschairman of the selection committee. Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who has been involved in the McDonald's All American Games since its inception, served as chairman of the Games and as an advisor to the selection committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197626-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Boys Game\nProceeds from the 2008 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games went to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Eastern Wisconsin and its Ronald McDonald House program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197626-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2008 Game\nThe game was telecast live by ESPN. Nearly 11,000 fans filled the Bradley Center and witnessed a closely contested 107-102 victory by the visiting East Team. The victory widened the East\u2019s lead in the overall series to 17-14 and stopped a two-game winning streak by the West Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197626-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2008 Game\nThe John R. Wooden MVP Award was given to Tyreke Evans (Memphis), as he led the East squad in both points (21) and rebounds (10). Mike Rosario (Rutgers) contributed 18 points and five steals. That steal total earned Rasario a tie for fifth place all-time in the record books.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197626-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2008 Game\nWillie Warren (Oklahoma) led the West Team with 23 points on 65% shooting from the field. Brandon Jennings had a solid game with 12 points, five rebounds and nine assists, which placed him in the 10th spot all-time. Both teams featured a balanced attack where twelve players total scored in double figures (Brandon Jennings, Jrue Holiday, DeMar DeRozan, B.J. Mullens, Willie Warren and Anthony Smith for the West) and (Tyreke Evans, Kemba Walker, Mike Rosario, Elliot Williams, Ed Davis and JaMychal Green for the East). The West Team also featured this year's Morgan Wootten Player of the Year and the Naismith Sportsmanship Award winners, Greg Monroe (Georgetown) and Luke Babbitt (Nevada) respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197626-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2008 Game\nThis game looked to be a great match-up from the tip. The teams traded buckets and had three ties and four lead changes within the first threeminutes of the game. However, the East Team grabbed the lead at 8-6 and kept it the remainder of the game. The West Squad fought hard to keep the lead to single digits and had it down to a two-point game late in the second period, but they couldn\u2019t overcome a 14 rebound deficit and 52% shooting from the East Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197626-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, All-American Week, Schedule\nThe Powerade JamFest is a skills-competition evening featuring basketball players who demonstrate their skills in three crowd-entertaining ways. The slam dunk contest was first held in 1987, and a 3-point shooting challenge was added in 1989. This year, for the first time, a timed basketball skills competition was added to the schedule of events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197627-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Girls Game\nThe 2008 McDonald's All-American Girls Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of the NBA\u2019s Milwaukee Bucks. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in 2008. The game was the 7th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197627-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Girls Game\nThe 48 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills, but for their performances off the court as well. Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha High School, was chairman of the selection committee. Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who has been involved in the McDonald's All American Games since its inception, served as chairman of the Games and as an advisor to the selection committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197627-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Girls Game\nProceeds from the 2008 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games went to a local Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) and its Ronald McDonald House program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197627-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2008 Game\nThe game was telecast live by ESPN. The All American Girls got the action started on a cold night in Milwaukee. The Bradley Center crowd seemed poised to watch an East Team, filled with an array of big name talent, dominate a smaller, lesser-known West Team. However, it was the West Team\u2019s shooting and team play that prevailed in the 80-64 victory and a commanding 5-2 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197627-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2008 Game\nBrooklyn Pope (Rutgers) led a balanced attack for the West Team, as she tallied a team high 13 points. Teammates Tiffany Hayes (Connecticut), Nikki Speed (Rutgers) and Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Stanford) added 9 points each. Ashley Gayle (Texas) showcased her jumping ability, as she swatted an incredible six shots, which places her second all-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197627-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2008 Game\nThe East Squad\u2019s offensive attack was headed by Shekinna Stricklen (Tennessee) with a game high 17 points. The 2008 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year, Elena Delle Donne, contributed a double-double, as she netted 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. That rebound total places her in a tie for fifth place overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197627-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2008 Game\nThe 2008 John R. Wooden MVP Award went to co-recipients Nikki Speed and Brooklyn Pope, while LaSondra Barrett (LSU) took home the Naismith Award for Sportsmanship during the week\u2019s events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197627-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, All-American Week, Schedule\nThe Powerade JamFest is a skills-competition evening featuring basketball players who demonstrate their skills in two crowd-entertaining ways. Since the first All-American game in 2002, players have competed in a 3-point shooting challenge and a timed basketball skills competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197628-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Intermediate Football Championship\nThe 2008 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 82nd edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197628-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Intermediate Football Championship\nThis was Ballinlough's first year in this grade since 1991, after 16 years in the Senior grade since being relegated in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197628-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Intermediate Football Championship\nOn 5 October 2008, St. Ultan's claimed their 1st Intermediate championship title when they defeated fellow parishioners Cortown 1-12 to 1-9, succeeding Donaghmore/Ashbourne as Intermediate champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197628-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Intermediate Football Championship\nBallivor were relegated from this grade, after 5 years as an Intermediate club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197628-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2007 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197628-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage\nThere are 3 groups called Group A, B and C. The 3 top finishers in Group A and the top 2 finishers in Group B and C will qualify for the quarter finals. Third place in Group B will play third place in Group C for a quarter finals place. The 3 teams that finish last in their groups will play in a round-robin relegation play off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 58], "content_span": [59, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197628-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock Out Stage, Relegation Play Off\nThe teams that finished bottom of each group play in the relegation play off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197628-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock Out Stage, Finals\nThe teams in the quarter-finals are the second placed teams from each group and one group winner. The teams in the semi finals are two group winners and the quarter final winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197629-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Senior Football Championship\nThe 2008 Meath Senior Football Championship was the 116th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197629-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Senior Football Championship\nSeneschalstown were the defending champions after they defeated Navan O'Mahonys after a replay in the previous years final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197629-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Senior Football Championship\nDonaghmore/Ashbourne were promoted after claiming the 2007 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title, their first ever year in the senior grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197629-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Senior Football Championship\nThis was also Duleek/Bellewstown's first year as a senior club as the clubs Duleek and Bellewstown amalgamated before the start of the championship. Duleek were a senior club while Bellewstown played in the Junior 'B' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197629-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Senior Football Championship\nOn 11 October 2008, Navan O'Mahonys claimed their 17th Senior Championship title when they defeated Summerhill 2-12 to 0-7. Paddy Smyth lifted the Keegan Cup for O'Mahonys while former All-Star Stephen Bray claimed the 'Man of the Match' award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197629-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Meath Senior Football Championship\nKilmainhamwood were relegated after 14 years in the senior grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 105]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00197630-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International\nThe 2008 Medibank International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 116th edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 6 through 12 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197630-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International\nThe men's draw was led by ATP No. 8 and 2007 Mumbai champion Richard Gasquet, 2007 Metz winner Tommy Robredo, and defending champion and recent 2007 Davis Cup titlist James Blake. Other top seeds competing were 2007 Tokyo semifinalist Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, Chennai semifinalist Carlos Moy\u00e1, Lleyton Hewitt, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Fernando Verdasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197630-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International\nThe women's field featured World No. 1 and 2007 WTA Tour Championships titlist Justine Henin, WTA No. 2 and 2007 U.S. Open runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova, and WTA No. 3 and Beijing finalist Jelena Jankovi\u0107. Also present were 2007 Luxembourg Tier II champion Ana Ivanovic, 2007 U.S. Open semifinalist Anna Chakvetadze, Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, Marion Bartoli and Elena Dementieva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197630-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International, Finals, Men's Doubles\nRichard Gasquet /  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 4\u20136, 6\u20134, [11\u20139]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197630-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International, Finals, Women's Doubles\nZi Yan /  Jie Zheng defeated  Tatiana Perebiynis /  Tatiana Poutchek,  6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20135)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197631-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International \u2013 Men's Doubles\nPaul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Hanley partnered with Leander Paes, but lost in the first round to Martin Damm and Pavel V\u00edzner. Ullyett partnered with Eric Butorac, but lost in the first round to Alun Jones and Joseph Sirianni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197631-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International \u2013 Men's Doubles\nRichard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20134, [11\u20139], against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197632-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International \u2013 Men's Singles\nJames Blake was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Fabrice Santoro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197632-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International \u2013 Men's Singles\nDmitry Tursunov won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20133), 7\u20136(7\u20134), against Chris Guccione.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197633-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAnna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197633-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International \u2013 Women's Doubles\nYan Zi and Zheng Jie won in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20136(5), against Tatiana Perebiynis and Tatiana Poutchek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197634-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International \u2013 Women's Singles\nKim Clijsters was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on 6 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197634-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International \u2013 Women's Singles\nJustine Henin won in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20134, against Svetlana Kuznetsova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197634-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Medibank International \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election\nThe Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election of 2008 took place in a single phase on 3 March 2008 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Meghalaya, India. Counting of votes happened on 7 March 2008 and because of the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in this election, the results were ready within the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election\nThe ruling coalition Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) had broken apart in the lead-up to this election, forcing the main partner Indian National Congress (INC) to take on their erstwhile partners including United Democratic Party (UDP) and Meghalaya Democratic Party (MDP) who had decided to fight against the INC on the basis on corruption charges against the incumbent Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election\nThe election provided a hung verdict and both the incumbent INC and the post-election coalition of NCP-UDP (who called themselves the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) staked claim with the Governor of Meghalaya M.M. Jacob to form the next Government of Meghalaya. By virtue of being the single largest party in this election, winning 25 of the total 60 seats, the incumbent Chief Minister D. D. Lapang of the INC was invited by the Governor to form the new Government on 10 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election\nHowever, the Lapang Government was unable to get enough support in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly and the Chief Minister resigned 9 days later ahead of the vote of confidence scheduled for 20 March 2008. The Governor then invited the head of the UDP Donkupar Roy to form the Government with the support of the MPA coalition who claimed support of 31 of the 60 seats in the Assembly. This included 14 seats from NCP, 11 from UDP, 2 from Hill State People's Democratic Party(HPDP), 1 from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 1 from Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM) and 2 independents", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Background\nThe previous elections to the 7th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly was held in 2003 and the term for this Assembly was set to expire on 10 March 2008. Hence, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced fresh elections to the 8th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly on 14 January 2008. Of the 60 ACs in Tripura, 55 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes. Elections in all polling stations were held using EVMs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Background\nAfter the 2003 elections to the 7th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, the INC led MDA formed the Government under the leadership of INC's D. D. Lapang. The members of the MDA were INC (22 seats), UDP (9 seats), Meghalaya Democratic Party (MDP) (4 seats) and 3 independents. By 2006, Lapang faced revolt within the INC and the party took the decision to replace him as the Chief Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Background\nOn 15 June 2006, Lapang resigned and his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 J. D. Rymbai was sworn in as the new Chief Minister by the Governor of Manipur S. S. Sidhu, who administered the oath of office on behalf of Governor M. M. Jacob who was on leave. However, the conflict within the INC did not end there and both Lapang and Rymbai continued to claim majority support among the Congress Legislative Party (CLP). After 8 months in control of the Government, Rymbai was asked by the Congress high command to resign. Lapang was reelected as the leader of the Meghalaya CLP and was reinstated as Chief Minister by Governor M. M. Jacob on 10 March 2007. This time Lapang held onto the post until the completion of the term of the 7th Meghalaya Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Campaign\nIn this election the INC was battling not just the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but also its former MDA partners UDP and MDP. In addition, the NCP, a United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partner at the Centre, was also contesting against the INC in Meghalaya. Under the leadership of P. A. Sangma (who gave up national politics in favour of state politics before the elections), the NCP was expected to provide the most stiff competition to the INC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Campaign\nElections in the constituency of Baghmara were postponed to 22 March 2008 on count of the death of the sitting INC MLA S. Sangma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Campaign\nA total of 331 candidates contested the remaining 59 seats up for election. Romgram had the toughest fight with 11 contestants, while Jaiaw had only 2 contestants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Election Day\nElection Day (3 March 2008) was largely peaceful across the state. However, there was one incident of violence that claimed the life of an INC worker when clashes broke out between supporters of INC & NCP at Selsella in the Garo Hills area of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Election Day\nVoter turnout of 89.05% was a record for the state. High voter turnout was reported from almost all rural constituencies. Voter turnout for the Baghmara seat on 22 Mar 2008 was 88.50%. Combined voter turnout across the state was 89.44%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197635-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Results\nNote: The above results are only for 59 seats. The results of Baghmara constituency is not included as elections in Baghmara were postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197636-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Meguro mayoral election\nMeguro, Tokyo held a mayoral election on April 20, 2008. Incumbent Eiji Aoki won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197636-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Meguro mayoral election, Issues\nBoth opposition candidates published manifestos focused on welfare, Miyoko Ankyu promised expanded health care schemes for elderly while Mariko Nozawa made poverty reduction a prioritized issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197637-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Meijer Indy 300\nThe 2008 Meijer Indy 300 was the fourteenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It took place on August 9, 2008. This was the eighth time that IndyCar went to Kentucky Speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197638-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl\nThe 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl was the seventh edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The game started at 1:00 PM US EST on Saturday, December 27, 2008. The game, telecast on ESPN, pitted the North Carolina Tar Heels against the West Virginia Mountaineers, with the Mountaineers winning over the Heels 31\u201330. The crowd of 73,712 was the largest in the bowl's seven-year history and the largest ever to see a college football game in the state of North Carolina. It was also the fourth-largest crowd of the 2008 bowl season, and the second-largest for a non-BCS bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197639-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Meistriliiga\nThe 2008 season of Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 18th season in the league's history. It began on 8 March 2008 and ended on 15 November 2008. The defending champions were Levadia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197639-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Meistriliiga, Promotion and relegation\n10th placed Ajax were directly relegated after the end of the previous season. Since reserve squads are not allowed to be promoted to Meistriliiga, third placed Esiliiga team Sillam\u00e4e Kalev were directly promoted to 2008 Meistriliiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197639-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Meistriliiga, Promotion and relegation\nKuressaare (9th placed Meistriliiga team) and Kalju (6th placed Esiliiga team) competed in promotion/relegation play-offs for one spot in 2008 Meistriliiga. The aggregate score was 2\u20132 and N\u00f5mme Kalju were promoted due to scoring more away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197639-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Meistriliiga, League table, Relegation play-off\nVaprus and Esiliiga side Paide Linnameeskond competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2009 Meistriliiga. Aggregate score was 5\u20135 and Paide Linnameeskond secured their place in 2009 Meistriliiga because they scored more away goals (3\u20131).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197639-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Meistriliiga, Results\nEach team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197640-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Cup\nViewed dashed to the front now, Viewed raced away from them, from Moatize, here's Profound Beauty running home, Bauer coming down the outside and C'est La Guerre. Viewed is clear though, 200 meters to go, Bauer ran to second, C'est La Guerre coming home hard. Viewed in front, Bauer's a big danger, Viewed by a neck, Bauer's getting there, Viewed holding on, Bauer dives... Viewed a nose to Bauer, I think!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197640-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Cup\nThe 2008 Melbourne Cup, the 148th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday, 4 November 2008, starting at 3:00\u00a0pm local time (0400 UTC). It was won by Viewed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197640-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Cup\nOn 3 December 2008, Luca Cumani, trainer of second-place Bauer, announced that an inquiry was underway into treatment Bauer received on the Thursday prior to the race. The treatment was a form of physio therapy that is illegal to administer within 7 days of a race; as a result of the treatment, Bauer could have been stripped of his second place. However, Racing Victoria announced on 4 December that Bauer would not be disqualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197640-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Cup, Field\nThe official field for the cup including horses scratched after the field was finalised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197640-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Cup, Results\nThe race was won by the Bart Cummings trained horse Viewed, with Honolulu officially last as Gallopin did not finish the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season\nThe 2008 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 109th year in the VFL/AFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season\nIn conjunction with the AFL celebrating 150 years since the sport of Australian rules football was first created, the Melbourne Football Club also celebrated its 150th anniversary since its foundation in 1858. This included the celebration of their \"150 Heroes\", which commemorated the 150 greatest contributing players to ever play for Melbourne. Despite the celebrations, the Demons were tarnished by major on and off field disasters that led to the resignation of Paul Gardiner as chairman of the club and installation of Jim Stynes midway through the season. During August, Jim Stynes attempted to eliminate Melbourne of its major debt with a program called \"Debt Demolition\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season\nMelbourne hosted 10 of its 11 games at the MCG, which included its first \"home game\" against the Brisbane Lions outside of the Gabba since 2000. They also played a home game at Manuka Oval in the nation's capital Canberra against the Sydney Swans during Round 13. Dean Bailey coached his first year as senior coach at Melbourne. David Neitz captained his ninth year for the Demons, however after aggravating a disc in his neck during the Round 5 clash against Carlton, he announced his retirement on 19 May. For the remainder of the year, the captaincy was shared between Cameron Bruce and James McDonald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season\nMelbourne's horrid year on-field form caused them to win only three matches and ensured they received their 11th wooden spoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 1\nDebut(s): Cale Morton, Isaac WeetraBrownlow Votes: 1. Chance Bateman (Hawthorn), 2. Lance Franklin (Hawthorn), 3. Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)Record: 0 Wins, 1 Loss, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 2\nMilestone(s): James McDonald (200th AFL game)Brownlow Votes: 1. Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs), 2. Daniel Cross (Western Bulldogs), 3. Scott West (Western Bulldogs)Record: 0 Wins, 2 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 3\nDebut(s): Austin WonaeamirriBrownlow Votes: 1. Joel Corey (Geelong), 2. Tom Hawkins (Geelong), 3. Paul Chapman (Geelong)Record: 0 Wins, 3 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 4\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Daniel Wells (North Melbourne), 2. Nathan Thompson (North Melbourne), 3. Brent Harvey (North Melbourne)Record: 0 Wins, 4 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 5\nMilestone(s): Daniel Bell (50th AFL game)Brownlow Votes: 1. Brendan Fevola (Carlton), 2. Jarrad Waite (Carlton), 3. Chris Judd (Carlton)Record: 0 Wins, 5 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 6\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Daniel Bradshaw (Brisbane Lions), 2. Anthony Corrie (Brisbane Lions), 3. Simon Black (Brisbane Lions)Record: 0 Wins, 6 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 7\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Jeff White (Melbourne), 2. Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle), 3. Brock McLean (Melbourne)Record: 1 Win, 6 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 8\nDebut(s):Shane ValentiBrownlow Votes: 1. Brett Burton (Adelaide), 2. Bernie Vince (Adelaide), 3. Jason Porplyzia (Adelaide)Record: 1 Win, 7 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 9\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Brock McLean (Melbourne), 2. Brad Sewell (Hawthorn), 3. Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)Record: 1 Win, 8 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 10\nMilestone(s): Brad Miller (100th AFL game)Brownlow Votes: 1. Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda), 2. Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda), 3. Luke Ball (St Kilda)Record: 1 Win, 9 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 11\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Adem Yze (Melbourne), 2. Scott Burns (Collingwood), 3. Tarkyn Lockyer (Collingwood)Record: 1 win, 10 losses, 0 drawsLadder position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 12\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Brock McLean (Melbourne), 2. Brett Deledio (Richmond), 3. Matthew Richardson (Richmond)Record: 1 Win, 11 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 13\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Matthew Bate (Melbourne), 2. Barry Hall (Sydney), 3. Brett Kirk (Sydney)Record: 1 Win, 12 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 14\nDebut(s): Stefan MartinBrownlow Votes: 1. Chris Johnson (Melbourne), 2. Paul Wheatley (Melbourne), 3. Brad Green (Melbourne)Record: 2 Wins, 12 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 15\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Lindsay Gilbee (Western Bulldogs), 2. Cameron Bruce (Melbourne), 3. Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs)Record: 2 Wins, 13 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 16\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Michael Johnson (Fremantle), 2. Antoni Grover (Fremantle), 3. Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle)Record: 2 Wins, 14 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 17\nDebut(s): Addam MaricBrownlow Votes: 1. Simon Buckley (Melbourne), 2. Adam Simpson (North Melbourne), 3. Brent Harvey (North Melbourne)Record: 2 Wins, 15 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 18\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Adam McPhee (Essendon), 2. Cale Morton (Melbourne), 3. Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)Record: 2 Wins, 16 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 19\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Joel Corey (Geelong), 2. Joel Selwood (Geelong), 3. Andrew Mackie (Geelong)Record: 2 Wins, 17 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 20\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Dean Cox (West Coast), 2. Cale Morton (Melbourne), 3. Paul Wheatley (Melbourne)Record: 3 Wins, 17 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 21\nBrownlow Votes: 1. Shaun Burgoyne (Port Adelaide), 2. Daniel Motlop (Port Adelaide), 3. Domenic Cassisi (Port Adelaide)Record: 3 Wins, 18 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 2008 season, Home and away season, Round 22\nDebut(s): Jack GrimesMilestone(s): Nathan Jones (50th AFL game)Brownlow Votes: 1. Shane Tuck (Richmond), 2. Brett Deledio (Richmond), 3. Joel Bowden (Richmond)Record: 3 Wins, 19 Losses, 0 DrawsLadder Position: 16th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)\nSid Anderson Memorial Trophy (Second in the Best and Fairest) \u2013 Brock McLean", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)\nRon Barassi Snr Memorial Trophy (Third in the Best and Fairest) \u2013 Brad Green", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)\nIvor Warne-Smith Memorial Trophy (Fourth in the Best and Fairest) \u2013 Matthew Warnock", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)\nDick Taylor Memorial Trophy (Fifth in the Best and Fairest) \u2013 James McDonald", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)\nHarold Ball Memorial Trophy (Best First Year Player) \u2013 Cale Morton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)\nTroy Broadbridge Trophy (highest polling MFC player in the Casey Best and Fairest) \u2013 Adem Yze", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 150 Heroes\nMelbourne FC announced its \"150 Heroes\" to celebrate its 150th birthday at Crown Casino on 7 June 2008. These were also presented during the Queen's Birthday Clash against Collingwood in Round 11. Each player, or their closest relative, were presented with an official 150 heroes medallion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 150 Heroes\nThe criteria for inclusion was games played (minimum of 100), best-and-fairest awards, premierships, Brownlow Medals, contribution to the club and State representation. Those who died in the war were judged based on their achievements before their death. The heroes named were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, 150 Heroes\nJim Abernethy,Frank Adams,Bill Allen,Stan Alves,Syd Anderson,Tony Anderson,Lance Arnold,Ron Baggott,Garry Baker,Harold Ball,Ron Barassi,Percy Beames,John Beckwith,George Bickford,Ray Biffin,Barry Bourke,Harry Brereton,Cameron Bruce,Keith Carroll,Geoff Case,Albert Chadwick,Noel Clarke,Geoff Collins,Jack Collins,Chris Connolly,Bob Corbett,Denis Cordner,Don Cordner,Ted Cordner,Vin Coutie,Harry Coy,Jim Davidson,Frank Davis,Ross Dillon,Carl Ditterich,Brian Dixon,Len Dockett,Adrian Dullard,Hugh Dunbar,Richie Emselle,Fred Fanning,Jeff Farmer,Matthew Febey,Steven Febey,Dick Fenton-Smith,Rowley Fischer,Robert Flower,Laurie Fowler,Maurice Gibb,Peter Giles,Terry Gleeson,Brad Green,Rod Grinter,George Haines,Gary Hardeman,Henry Harrison,Gerard Healy,Greg Healy,Dick Hingston,Paul Hopgood,Danny Hughes,Anthony Ingerson,Eddie Jackson,Alan Johnson,Bob Johnson,Tassie Johnson,Trevor Johnson,Travis Johnstone,Gordon Jones,Les Jones,Bryan Kenneally,Allan La Fontaine,Clyde Laidlaw,Frank Langley,Jack Leith,Andrew Leoncelli,Charlie Lilley,Wally Lock,Harry Long,John Lord,Andy Lovell,Brett Lovett,Glenn Lovett,Garry Lyon,Hassa Mann,George Margitich,Peter Marquis,Bernie Massey,Anthony McDonald,James McDonald,Fred McGinis,Shane McGrath,Bob McKenzie,Col McLean,Ian McLean,Noel McMahen,Ken Melville,Laurie Mithen,Peter Moore,Jack Mueller,David Neitz,Stephen Newport,Jack O'Keefe,Andrew Obst,Gordon Ogden,Greg Parke,Joe Pearce,Jack Purse,Ian Ridley,Guy Rigoni,Frank Roberts,Russell Robertson,Alby Rodda,Brian Roet,Peter Rohde,Alan Rowarth,David Schwarz,Norm Smith,Steven Smith,Earl Spalding,Stuart Spencer,Charlie Streeter,Steven Stretch,Jim Stynes,Tony Sullivan,Dick Taylor,Ted Thomas,Ian Thorogood,Stephen Tingay,John Townsend,Keith Truscott,Geoff Tunbridge,Bill Tymms,Barrie Vagg,Francis Vine,Todd Viney,Ivor Warne-Smith,Ray Wartman,Athol Webb,Greg Wells,Jeff White,Sean Wight,Don Williams,Brian Wilson,Stan Wittman,Shane Woewodin,Graeme Yeats,Charlie Young,Adem Yze", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 2003]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Off-field crises and debt demolition\nAside from Melbourne's on-field struggles throughout the year, they were also placed into financial turmoil and the possibility of filing for bankruptcy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Off-field crises and debt demolition\nOn 4 February, CEO Steve Harris announced his resignation after reportedly cutting Melbourne's pre-existing debt by 50% and increasing membership sales by 40% since 2003. He was later replaced by former Wimbledon tennis champion Paul McNamee on 18 March, despite the fact that McNamee did not originally apply for the job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Off-field crises and debt demolition\nWith no cash, no solidified training or administration base and decreased membership count from 2007, the Demons found themselves winning only one game in the first half of the season. On 23 May, Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett suggested that Melbourne should relocate to the Gold Coast if they were to have a financially stable future. Melbourne was expected to lose $1\u20132\u00a0million during the year and put their near future as an existing football club in doubt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Off-field crises and debt demolition\nMelbourne had little to celebrate heading into their 150 Heroes dinner on 7 June, during which Jim Stynes announced his intention to challenge Paul Gardiner's role as Melbourne's president. Two days later, before the Queen's Birthday clash, Gardiner announced his resignation as Melbourne's president, and endorsed Stynes to take over. On 12 June, Stynes was announced as the new president of the Melbourne Football Club and announced his primary intention to wipe off Melbourne's debt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Off-field crises and debt demolition\nThree days later he announced that Melbourne was $4.5\u00a0million in debt and that he would create a campaign called Debt Demolition to wipe off the debt. The campaign took place during August, beginning on 5 August during the 150 Foundation Heroes dinner. Guests and supporters were asked to dig deep and donate at least $5,000 dollars to be considered a 150 Foundation Hero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Off-field crises and debt demolition\nDuring June, Melbourne had a late surge in membership purchases for 2008. On 30 June, Melbourne successfully increased their membership count from 2007 gaining a record high 29,619 members at the time and falling just short of their goal of 30,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Off-field crises and debt demolition\nOn 23 July, Stynes sacked Paul McNamee as CEO of the club. During his time as CEO, NcNamee was criticised for taking a mid-season holiday to England to play in a Wimbledon doubles match. He was also criticised for trying to lure Brisbane Lions' forward Jonathan Brown to Melbourne. Stynes stated, however, that the main reason he was sacked was his lack of a football background.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Off-field crises and debt demolition\nMelbourne held its 150 Foundation Heroes dinner on 5 August where they launched their Debt Demolition campaign. Melbourne raised $1.3\u00a0million from former players and supporters that night. At the end of the month the club had raised up to $3\u00a0million. Despite all the donations Melbourne received, their major sponsor Primus Telecom announced that it would not continue its $1\u00a0million per year arrangements with the club in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Off-field crises and debt demolition\nOn 26 August, Melbourne announced Cameron Schwab as their new CEO. Schwab left his role of CEO at Fremantle and re-joined Melbourne for the third time since 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Off-field crises and debt demolition\nOn 18 December, the AFL agreed to increase Melbourne's 2009 from $250,000 to $1\u00a0million, with the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) contracted to match the AFL's offer. However, financial disagreements between the MCC and AFL prevented them from co-funding all Victorian clubs temporarily until an agreement was worked out on 20 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197641-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Football Club season, Off-field crises and debt demolition\nMelbourne finished the year $2.5\u00a0million in debt. They continued with the Debt Demolition campaign in August 2009, finishing the year with a debt of $1.5\u00a0million, and in August 2010. On 5 August 2010 Melbourne clear all of its $4.5\u00a0million debt as Jim Stynes announced the club to be debt free for the first time in 30 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197642-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Storm season\nThe 2008 Melbourne Storm season was the 11th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2008 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season as minor premiers before reaching the grand final in which they were beaten by the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 40-0, the largest margin in grand final history. The minor premiership won by the Storm in 2008 was later stripped by the NRL in 2010 when it was revealed the club had been in breach of salary cap rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197642-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Storm season\nDespite losing seven games, Storm managed to finish in top spot on the NRL ladder for a third successive season. They had to wait until the final game to do it though, defeating South Sydney 42-4. A loss to the Warriors in the Qualifying final meant Storm had to do it the hard way and they did just that, defeating the Broncos and Sharks on the road. That tough road eventually caught up with Melbourne in the decider, which they lost to Manly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197642-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Melbourne Storm season\nMatt Geyer became the first Storm player to reach 250 games while Billy Slater followed on from Cameron Smith the previous year, earning the Golden boot award as the best player in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197643-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Memorial Cup\nThe 2008 Memorial Cup was played in May 2008 in Kitchener, Ontario at the Memorial Auditorium. It was the 90th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Kitchener defeated competing bids from Oshawa, Saginaw, London, Sarnia and Kingston to host the Memorial Cup, with the official announcement being made on May 10, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197643-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Memorial Cup\nThe tournament was competed between the WHL champion Spokane Chiefs, the QMJHL champion Gatineau Olympiques, the Kitchener Rangers as host of the tournament and OHL champions, and the OHL representative Belleville Bulls, who earned their place by reaching the OHL finals against Kitchener. The Memorial Cup tournament is a four team tournament with a round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197643-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Memorial Cup\nThe tournament began on May 16, 2008, with a round-robin game between Gatineau and Kitchener and ended on May 25, 2008, with the Spokane Chiefs defeating the Kitchener Rangers 4\u20131 in the championship game to win the Memorial Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197643-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Memorial Cup\nThe most memorable moment of the tournament occurred immediately following the championship game. As Spokane Chiefs captain Chris Bruton was about to hand the trophy to Trevor Glass, the cup detached from the base and fell to the ice. This was not the original Memorial Cup, which resides at the Hockey Hall of Fame, but a replica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197644-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner\nThe VI Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner was held in Poland from 16 to 18 May 2008. 4 teams participated in the tournament. It was also qualification tournament to European Championship 2009 held in Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197644-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner, Qualification\nAll teams except the host must receive an invitation from the organizers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197645-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Memphis Tigers football team\nThe 2008 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA. The team was led by head coach Tommy West. The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. The Tigers finished the regular season with a 6\u20136 record, which was enough to attain bowl eligibility. Memphis accepted a bid to play against South Florida in the inaugural St. Petersburg Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Tigers lost, 41\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197646-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship\nThe 2008 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship was held in Manama, Bahrain, from December 18 to December 23, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197646-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship, Competition system\nThe competition system of the 2008 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197647-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships\nThe 2008 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships are the fifth such championships in men's floorball. It was held from August 25 to August 29, 2008 in the suburb of Leederville in Perth, Australia. All matches were held at the Loftus Recreation Centre. Singapore captured the 2008 Asia Pacific Floorball Championship by defeating Australia in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197647-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships\nThe 2008 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships were the first to be held outside of Singapore City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197647-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships\nThe tournament is organised by the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197648-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Australian Hockey League\nThe 2008 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 18th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in Australia's capital city, Canberra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197648-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Australian Hockey League\nThe WA Thundersticks won the gold medal for the seventh time by defeating the QLD Blades 4\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197648-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format\nThe tournament comprised a single round-robin format in the preliminary round. At the conclusion of the preliminary round, teams ranked first to fourth progressed to the medal round, while teams ranked fifth to eighth progressed to the classification round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197648-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Australian Hockey League, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 176 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4.89 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197649-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's British Open Squash Championship\nThe 2008 Dunlop British Open Championships was held at the Echo Arena Liverpool from 6\u201312 May 2008. David Palmer won his fourth British Open career title by defeating James Willstrop in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197650-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals\nThe 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals were held in Winterthur, Switzerland from 8 to 12 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197650-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals\nIt was the 16th running of the tournament known earlier as the European Cup. In 2008 the tournament returned to an annual format rather than every two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197650-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification Format\nThe reigning champion and the national champion teams of the top 4 nations at the 2007-08 EuroFloorball Cup automatically qualify. In 2008 the nations were  Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197650-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification Format\nThe remaining three teams are decided in regional neats. In Group C, the runners-up to the top team in Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic played for a spot in the finals. In the 2007\u201308 EuroFloorball Cup, both the top team in Sweden and the runners-up automatically qualified for the tournament, and therefore Group C consisted of 3 teams instead of 4. In Groups A and B, the teams are split into regions: West Europe and East Europe, respectively. The winning team in each group advances to the finals, making the total number of teams eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197650-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification Format\nTo be eligible to take part in the 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup, teams that take place in regional qualification must capture the national title in floorball in their country. If that team does not register, then the 2nd place team can register, and so forth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197650-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualifying Venues\nGroup A qualifications for Western Europe took place in Frederikshavn, Denmark from 13 to 17 August 2008. Group B qualifications for Eastern Europe took place in Bratislava, Slovakia from 27 to 31 August 2008.Group C qualifications took place in Helsinki, Finland from 22 to 24 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197651-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying\nThe 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying rounds took place over 13 to 31 August 2008 in three different host nations. The winner of each group advanced to the 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, where they had a chance to win the EuroFloorball Cup for 2008. A total of 18 teams played in the qualifying round, all from different countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197651-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying\nThe 2008 EuroFloorball Cup marks the second year in which the new name for the tournament was used (previously known as the European Cup). The tournament also marks its 16th year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197651-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying\nThe IFF decided that the tournament will revert to its original format, and will take place during one calendar year, instead of two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197651-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification Format\nSince the top 4 nations at the 2007\u201308 Men's EuroFloorball Cup were from Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic, the top team in that country automatically qualify, as well as the reigning champion. 5 teams in total receive automatic qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197651-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification Format\nSince 5 of the 8 spots are filled, the other 3 need to be decided using regional qualification. In Group C, the runners-up to the top team in Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic play for a spot in the finals. In the 2007\u201308 EuroFloorball Cup, both the top team in Sweden and the runners-up automatically qualified for the tournament, and therefore Group C consisted of 3 teams instead of 4. In Groups A and B, the teams are split into regions: West Europe and East Europe, respectively. The winning team in each group advances to the finals, making the total number of teams eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197651-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification Format\nTo be eligible to take part in the 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup, teams that take place in regional qualification must capture the national title in floorball in their country. If that team does not register, then the 2nd place team can register, and so forth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197651-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualifying Venues\nGroup A qualifications for Western Europe will take place in Frederikshavn, Denmark from 13 to 17 August 2008. Group B qualifications for Eastern Europe will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia from 27 to 31 August 2008.Group C qualifications will take place in Helsinki, Finland from 22 to 24 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197652-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship\nThe 2008 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 14th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship. It was held in San Sebasti\u00e1n, Spain from 20 to 26 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197652-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship\nThe hosts Spain won the tournament for the third time after they defeated the defending champions the Netherlands 1\u20130 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal after defeating Belgium 4\u20133 in the third-place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197652-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship\nThe tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2009 Junior World Cup in Malaysia and Singapore. Teams from Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, England and Poland all qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197652-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Participating nations\nAlongside the host nation, 7 teams competed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197652-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Statistics, Final Standings\nAs per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197653-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's European Volleyball League\nThe 2008 Men's European Volleyball League was the fifth edition of the European Volleyball League, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The Final Four was held in Bursa, Turkey from 19 to 20 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197653-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's European Volleyball League\nFor the first time Great Britain joined the competition and it will also enter it as a unified team as a result of a FIVB decision which allows the United Kingdom to play as a unified team in order to prepare for the next 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Austria and Belarus also joined the European League for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197653-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's European Volleyball League\nThe tournament was won by Slovakia, defeating the Netherlands by 3\u20131 in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197654-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship\nThe 2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 28th edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Europ\u00e9enne de Natation. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre M\u00e1laga in M\u00e1laga, Spain from July 4 to July 13, 2008. The gold medal was won by Montenegro, the silver medal by Serbia and the bronze medal by Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197655-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197656-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy\nThe 2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 30th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held in from June 21 to June 29, 2008 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197656-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, Participating nations\nSix national teams participated in the tournament with Germany defending the title they won in the 2007 Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197657-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters\nThe 2008 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters was the fourteenth edition of the Hamburg Masters, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Hamburg, Germany, from 3\u20135 October 2008, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197657-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters, Competition Format\nThe tournament featured the national teams of Belgium, Malaysia, the Pakistan, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were be awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197657-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters, Officials\nThe following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197657-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 34 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5.67 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197658-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy\nThe 2008 Men's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy was the second edition of the Setanta Sports Trophy, a men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Dublin, Ireland, from June 11 to 15, 2008, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197658-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Competition format\nThe tournament featured the national teams of Canada, Great Britain, Pakistan, and the hosts, Ireland, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197658-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Officials\nThe following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197658-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 36 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197659-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships\nThe 2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 72nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualification for division placements in the 2009 competition. In the Division I Championship held in April, Austria and Hungary were promoted to the Championship division, while South Korea and Estonia were demoted to Division II. In the Division II competition, Romania and Australia were promoted, Ireland and New Zealand were relegated to Division III. Greece won the Division III qualification in February, and competed in the Division III competition from March to April. In that competition, North Korea and South Africa were promoted to Division II in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 835]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197659-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division I\nTwelve teams comprise Division I. They are broken into two groups, with the winner of each group gaining promotion to the World Championship pool for the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197659-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division II\nTwelve teams comprise Division II. They are also broken into two groups competing to advance into Division I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197659-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division III\nDivision III is made up of six teams. The top two teams are promoted to Division II for the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197659-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division III Qualification\nThree teams comprise the Division III Qualification with the winning team advancing to the 2008 Division III competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197660-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Pan American Junior Championship\nThe 2008 Men's Pan American Junior Championship was the 9th edition of the Pan American Junior Championship for men. It was held from 17 to 26 October 2008 in Port of Spain. Cuba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197660-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Pan American Junior Championship\nThe tournament served as a qualifier for the 2009 Junior World Cup, held in Singapore and Johor Bahru, Malaysia in June 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197660-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Pan American Junior Championship\nArgentina won the tournament for the 9th time, defeating Chile 3\u20130 in the final. The United States won the bronze medal by defeating Canada 7\u20136 in penalties following a 2\u20132 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197660-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Pan American Junior Championship, Goalscorers\nThere were 251 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 7.17 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197661-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup\nThe 2008 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the third edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by seven countries from June 2 to June 7, 2008 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The winner of each pool automatically advanced to the semi-finals and the teams placed in second and third met in crossed matches in the quarterfinals round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197662-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2008 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, held from June 2 to June 7, 2008 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197663-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's South American Hockey Championship\nThe 2008 Men's South American Hockey Championship was the second edition of the Men's South American Hockey Championship, the South American championship for men's national field hockey teams, organized by the PAHF. It was held from 29 March to 6 April 2008 in Montevideo, Uruguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197663-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's South American Hockey Championship\nArgentina were the defending champions, having won the first edition. They won their second title in a row by finishing first in the round-robin tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship\nThe 2008 Men's U\u201319 World Lacrosse Championship (U\u201319) was held at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam, British Columbia from July 3 to July 12. The event was sponsored by the International Lacrosse Federation. This international field lacrosse tournament is held every four years, and teams are composed of players that are under the age of nineteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship\nThis was the last major event to be sponsored by the ILF. In August 2008, the ILF merged with the former governing body for international women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, to form the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL). Future U\u201319 championships will be sponsored by FIL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship\nThe United States won the gold medal, the silver medal winners were Canada and the bronze medal went to the Iroquois Nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, Teams\nThe 2008 tournament saw twelve nations competing in the championship. Teams were split into two divisions: the elite \"Blue Division\" and the \"Red Division\" consisting of nations where lacrosse is still developing. The tournament consisted of round robin play within a team's division, where each team played every team in its division once. Round robin play established seedings for the following series of single elimination play-in games to compete in the semi-final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, Teams\nThe Blue Division was composed of the following six teams: the United States had won each of the ILF's Under-19 World Lacrosse Championship tournaments since its inception in 1988; Canada led by head coach Gary Gait; Iroquois Nationals, the Nationals are the only First Nations/Native American team to compete in international competition; the up-and-coming England team;  Australia, who won the bronze medal in 2003; and Japan, who moved up to the Blue Division after going undefeated in the Red Division in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, Teams\nThe Red Division included three nations making their first appearance in an Under\u201319 World Lacrosse Championship tournament:  Bermuda, Finland, and Scotland. Wales and South Korea made their second appearances in the Under-19 World Lacrosse Championship. Germany also participated, but was granted a waiver by the ILF to field a team consisting of Under-21 year olds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, Round Robin results\nThe round robin portion of the tournament determined seeding for the semi-finals and the placing games. The top two teams in the Blue Division were awarded automatic semi-final berths, while the third and fourth place teams from the Blue Division met with the first and second place teams from the Red Division in two semi-final \"play-in games\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, Round Robin results\nTwo teams went undefeated in their divisions. In the Blue Division, the United States defeated all five opponents in their division to gain the top seed in the semifinals. In the Red Division, Germany won its five round robin games. Prior to this tournament, Germany had never won an international U-19 contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, Round Robin results\nIn the Blue Division there were a number of highly contested games. Canada defeated the Iroquois Nationals in a close game 15\u201312. England defeated Australia in an overtime game 12\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, Round Robin results\nThe United States earned one of the automatic semi-final berths by winning the division, while Canada earned the second spot based on its 4\u20131 record. The remaining two semi-finals spots were earned by two play-in games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, Round Robin results\nThe \"play-in games\" featured the top-ranked Red Division Germany team facing up against Team England. The English defeated Germany 16\u20132. The Iroquois Nationals met Team Scotland, and were victorious with a final score of 28\u20132. The Iroquois Nationals advanced to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, Semi-finals\nThe July 10 semifinals saw the United States face England, and the Iroquois Nationals face Team Canada. The United States defeated England 25\u20135, extending their all-time Under-19 tournament record to 35-0. Team Canada defeated the Iroquois Nationals 23\u201312 on the play of attacker Mark Cockerton, son of Hall of Famer Stan Cockerton, who scored five goals in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197664-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship, Finals\nThe finals took place on July 12, 2008, the United States defeated Canada 19\u201312. It was the United States' sixth gold medal, and their third consecutive finals victory over Team Canada. The United States was led by the play of goalkeeper Adam Ghitelman and three goals by captain Craig Dowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197665-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's World Floorball Championships\nThe 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships were the seventh men's Floorball World Championships. The tournament was held from 6 to 14 December 2008. The tournament took place in the cities of Prague and Ostrava. All group stage matches were played in Ostrava's \u010cEZ Ar\u00e9na, and all playoff matches were played in Prague's O2 Arena, with the exception of the 9th place match, which was played in Prague's Sparta Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197665-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's World Floorball Championships\nFinland won its first championship by defeating Sweden in overtime in the gold medal game, breaking Sweden's row of six championship victories. This was also the first-ever lost game for the Swedish team in world championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197666-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Men's World Open Squash Championship\nThe 2008 Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in the Manchester in England from 11 to 19 October 2008. Ramy Ashour won his first World Open title, defeating Karim Darwish in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197667-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mercedes Cup\nThe 2008 Mercedes Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 31st edition of the Mercedes Cup, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Tennis Club Weissenhof in Stuttgart, Germany, from 7 July until 13 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197667-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mercedes Cup\nThe announced field was headlined by ATP No. 2, Stuttgart defending champion, French Open and new Wimbledon titlist Rafael Nadal, Sydney doubles winner and Queen's Club quarterfinalist Richard Gasquet, and French Open quarterfinalist, Costa do Sau\u00edpe and Acapulco champion Nicol\u00e1s Almagro. Also competing were Auckland titlist Philipp Kohlschreiber, Munich runner-up Simone Bolelli, Agust\u00edn Calleri, Jos\u00e9 Acasuso and Eduardo Schwank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197667-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mercedes Cup, Finals, Doubles\nChristopher Kas /  Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated  Michael Berrer /  Mischa Zverev 6\u20133, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197668-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mercedes Cup \u2013 Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k and Leo\u0161 Friedl were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197668-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mercedes Cup \u2013 Doubles\nChristopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against Michael Berrer and Mischa Zverev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197669-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mercedes Cup \u2013 Singles\nRafael Nadal was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197669-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mercedes Cup \u2013 Singles\nUnseeded Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro won in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20135, against second-seeded Richard Gasquet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197669-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mercedes Cup \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197670-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Merdeka Tournament\nThe 40th Merdeka Tournament was played from 15 to 25 October 2008. The tournament was won by Vietnam Under-22s who defeated Malaysia 6-5 through a penalty kick in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197670-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Merdeka Tournament, Teams\n*Mozambique replaced Kazakhstan following Kazakhstan\u2019s failure to confirm participation. Mozambique will play with their Under 20 squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197670-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Merdeka Tournament, Stadiums\n*Venue for last group match change because of the poor pitch condition at the MBPJ Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197671-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mesa mayoral election\nThe 2008 Mesa mayoral election was held on May 20, 2008, to elect the mayor of Mesa, Arizona. It saw the election of Scott Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197672-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Meteor Awards\nThe 2008 Meteor Music Awards ceremony was held in the RDS, Dublin, on Friday, 15 February 2008. Nineteen awards were presented. It was the eighth edition of the Republic of Ireland's national music awards. The event was later broadcast on RT\u00c9 Two on Saturday, 16 February at 21:00. The comedian Dara \u00d3 Briain hosted the awards for the first time since 2004 Duke Special and Cathy Davey won the Best Irish Male and Best Irish Female Awards respectively, whilst veteran rockers Aslan won the Best Irish Band Award and Paddy Casey's Addicted to Company won Best Irish Album.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197672-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Meteor Awards\nFor the eighth consecutive year Westlife won the Best Irish Pop Act accolade. Ham Sandwich were presented with the Hope for 2008 Meteor Award by RT\u00c9 2fm DJ Rick O'Shea. The Blizzards won Best Irish Live Performance for their Main Stage appearance at Oxegen 2007, whilst Muse picked up the award for Best International Live Performance, which also occurred at Oxegen the previous year. The award for the Most Downloaded Song was given to Mundy and Sharon Shannon's chart hit \"Galway Girl\". The Saw Doctors were presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award and were also amongst the performers at the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197672-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Meteor Awards, Performances\nThere were performances at the event from The Saw Doctors, Boyzone, The Coronas, Cathy Davey, Westlife, Shayne Ward, Tom Baxter, Paddy Casey and Scouting for Girls, as well as exclusive duets between Sin\u00e9ad O'Connor and Mick Pyro of Republic of Loose, who performed the Curtis Mayfield song, \"We People Who Are Darker Than Blue\" and Gary Lightbody and Lisa Hannigan who performed, live for the first time, \"Some Surprise\" from The Cake Sale charity album.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197673-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22\u201324, 2008. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Mercer County Waterfront Park in Trenton, New Jersey. Rider won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197673-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding\nThe top four teams were seeded one through four based on their conference winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197673-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nJames Hayes was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Hayes was a designated hitter for Rider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival\nThe 34th Annual 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival started from December 25, 2008 to January 7, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival\nThis year marks the return of the Escalera brothers in Iskul Bukol 20 Years After (Ungasis and Escaleras Adventure) and the hardworking mother, Ina Montecillo in Ang Tanging Ina Ninyong Lahat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival\nCompared to last year's nine official entries, however, this year has only eight, all of which are being shown simultaneously during the 10-day run of the film fest. The lineup includes four comedy movies, two dramatic flicks, a horror trilogy and a digital animated film. It is expected to run from December 25, 2008 to January 7, 2009. All official entries are open on Christmas Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival\nViva Films' Baler, which aims to retell a contentious event of the Philippine revolution that happened in the church of San Luis de Tolosa in Baler, Aurora from July 1998 to June 1899, won ten awards including the Best Picture, Best Actress for Anne Curtis, Best Director for Mark Meily and the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival\nThe entry with the second most awards was the animated film Dayo: Sa Mundo ng Elementalia, which won four awards including the Best Visual Effects for Robert Quilao, Best Musical Score for Jessie Lasaten, Best Theme Song entitled \"Lipad\" written by Jessie Lasaten and Artemio Abad Jr., and performed by Lea Salonga, as long as the Best Sound Production for Albert Idioma and Wally Dellosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival\nThis year's box office top grossers, Star Cinema's Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat and the OctoArts Films-M-Zet Productions-APT Entertainment collaboration Iskul Bukol 20 Years After won Second and Third Festival's Best Picture awards respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival, Entries\nAll eight films included in the competition are being simultaneously shown from December 25, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival, Awards\nThe awards night of 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival was held on December 27, 2008, at Harbor Garden Tent, Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Manila. The criteria that were used in the selection were: story, creativity, commercial viability, Filipino cultural values, global appeal and innovativeness. Historical film Baler won ten awards, including the Best Picture and Best Actress for Anne Curtis. Animated film Dayo: Sa Mundo ng Elementalia received four awards, including the Best Theme Song, \"Lipad\", performed by Lea Salonga. Sexy-comedy film One Night Only got two awards while Magkaibigan, Desperadas 2, and Shake, Rattle & Roll X won one each. Iskul Bukol: 20 Years After and Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat were the only two entries that won nothing besides the Third and Second Best Pictures respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 844]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival, Ceremony information, Award winners\nCurtis won her first-ever acting award for her portrayal of Baler lass Feliza Reyes in love with a Spanish-Filipino trooper Celso Resurreccion (Jericho Rosales) in the historic siege. She states: \"The fact that I was up against veteran actresses, who have won numerous awards in the past, made this trophy even more meaningful...\" She competed with veteran actresses Ai- Ai delas Alas (Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat), Maricel Laxa and Dawn Zulueta (both for Magkaibigan), among others, for the Best Actress title. She adds: \"This is also for Echo (Rosales' nickname), who also worked really hard for this film. He's one of the best actors I know\" as she told the Philippine Daily Inquirer shortly after the awards ceremony held at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival, Ceremony information, Award winners\nIn addition, Meily earned his second MMFF Best Director award after winning the same plum for Crying Ladies back in 2003. His wife Lee also took home her first MMFF award. Christopher de Leon, meanwhile, received his eighth festival Best Actor award, the most by any artist in its 34-year history, for a role inspired by the late Rudy Fernandez in the Maverick Films drama Magkaibigan opposite last year's awardee Jinggoy Estrada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival, Ceremony information, Award winners\nComedian-TV host Manilyn Reynes pulled a surprise when she was named Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal as a lesbian talent coordinator in Canary Films sex comedy One Night Only, which also won Best Original Story for its director Jose Javier Reyes. Reyes states: \"She's a last minute replacement...\" as he accepted the award in Manilyn's behalf. He adds: \"I did not regret asking her to be a part of this film.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival, Ceremony information, Award winners\nNewcomer Robert Villar, better known in the fantasy series Dyesebel as the mermaid's trusted child friend \"Buboy\", won Best Child Performer in Regal Films horror franchise Shake, Rattle & Roll X. Regal's other festival entry, Desperadas 2, on the other hand, also won one award: Best Make-Up for Noli Villalobos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197674-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Metro Manila Film Festival, Reception, Critical\nAs box-office receipts for the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) showed substantial growth over the previous year, questions concerning credibility and film quality issues remain. In an article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, writer Rita Asilo stated that the MMFF organizers' move of encouraging producers to make more movies by giving tax-based incentives even to poorly made films could be viewed as a bad example. She also states that moviegoers cannot be educated by equating noble intention or commercial viability with quality. If the trend continues, more moviegoers would insist that the stranglehold that MMFF has on play dates and theatrical distribution during the Christmas season should end. Ultimately, the festival generated a grand total of P450,000,000 in ticket sales, an all-time record high.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 872]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197675-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexican Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Mexican Figure Skating Championships took place between 12 and 17 November 2007 in Guadalajara. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior level. The results were used to choose the Mexican teams to the 2008 World Championships and the 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197676-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexican League season\nThe 2008 Mexican League season was the 84th season in the history of the Mexican League. It was contested by 16 teams, evenly divided in North and South zones. The season started on 19 March with the match between 2008 season champions Sultanes de Monterrey and Saraperos de Saltillo and ended on 24 August with the last game of the Serie del Rey, where Diablos Rojos del M\u00e9xico defeated the Sultanes to win the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197676-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexican League season\n899 games were played with a total attendance of 4,035,169 spectators, averaging 4,850 per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197677-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexican elections\nA number of  elections on the local level are scheduled to take place in Mexico during 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 115]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash\nOn 4 November 2008 an official Mexican Secretariat of the Interior aircraft crashed in central Mexico City at around 18:45 local time. There were sixteen fatalities\u2014all nine people on board and seven people on the ground. The plane, a Learjet 45, was carrying Mexican Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouri\u00f1o.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash\nThe plane crashed in rush-hour traffic close to the intersection of Paseo de la Reforma and the Anillo Perif\u00e9rico, in the Las Lomas business district. During its approach to Mexico City International Airport, the plane followed a Boeing 767 too closely and encountered wake turbulence which caused it to invert into a nose-down position. The pilots were able to reduce the angle of descent but due to excessive speed and insufficient altitude were unable to regain control of the aircraft. The plane crashed into a building, exploding on impact and killing 16 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash, Details\nThe Secretariat of the Interior-owned Learjet 45 (registration XC-VMC) left Ponciano Arriaga International Airport in San Luis Potos\u00ed and was 12\u00a0km (7.5\u00a0mi) short of landing at Mexico City International Airport when it crashed. The crash occurred at 18:45 in the middle of rush-hour traffic of the Las Lomas business district, causing an explosion whose flames \"reached higher than the buildings\". According to Secretary of Communications and Transport Luis T\u00e9llez, there were no survivors. T\u00e9llez also stated that the crash appeared to be an accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash, Details\nThe crash set multiple cars and a newsstand on fire and injured at least 40 people. Body parts were reported to be scattered around the wreckage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash, Deaths\nAmong the dead was Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouri\u00f1o, top aide to President Felipe Calder\u00f3n and Jos\u00e9 Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, former assistant attorney general.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash, Government response\nAfter the crash, President Calder\u00f3n addressed the nation live on national television. He spoke of Mouri\u00f1o as one of his closest friends and collaborators and conveyed his condolences to the family. He stated that Mouri\u00f1o was a man who always fought to make Mexico a better country and he guaranteed the nation that there would be an investigation into the causes behind the plane crash. Calder\u00f3n encouraged Mexican men and women to continue fighting for a better country no matter how difficult or painful any event may be.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash, Government response\nMarcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District, also conveyed his condolences to Mouri\u00f1o's family assured that Mexico City's government would issue a statement to the nation regarding the issue. Ebrard later said that the Mexico City government would give financial aid to all of the injured receiving medical care, irrespective of whether they had been admitted to private or public hospitals. He also said that the local authorities had handed over all recordings taken by surveillance video cameras to the federal attorney general, along with all witness accounts that local police gathered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash, Government response\nSeveral other political figures made statements regarding the crash, including various senators from the Institutional Revolutionary Party and Germ\u00e1n Mart\u00ednez, leader of the ruling National Action Party. A group of senators from different political parties asked the Attorney General of Mexico to investigate the accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash, Results of investigation\nThe jet's black boxes were sent to the United States for analysis. Information gathered from 38\u00a0minutes of cabin conversations, along with video footage from a security camera on top of the Omega Office Building, provided evidence for an official statement by the Mexican government that the crash was the result of pilot error. The Learjet was ruled to have been flying too close to a Boeing 767-300ER operated by Mexicana and as a result suffered violent wake turbulence caused by the larger jet. The minimum allowable distance for a lighter plane following behind a heavier plane is 5 nautical miles (9.3\u00a0km); the Learjet was only 4.1 nautical miles (7.6\u00a0km) behind the Mexicana plane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash, Results of investigation\nInvestigations into the accident discovered several issues with the Mexican government's use of private contractors as pilots of government aircraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash, Results of investigation\nSeveral key elements of the accident have emerged during the investigation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197678-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Mexico City Learjet crash, Dramatization\nThe accident and subsequent investigation were featured in Season 14 \u2013 Episode 8 of documentary series Mayday. The episode was titled \"Inner City Carnage\" in the United Kingdom and Australia and \"Accident or Assassination\" in the United States and Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season\nThe 2008 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League, the 43rd overall and the first under new head coach Tony Sparano. During the regular season the Dolphins completed the greatest single-season turnaround in NFL history, going from a 1\u201315 regular season record in 2007 to an 11\u20135 record in 2008. The previous record for most improved team one year after a 1\u201315 season belonged to the 1997 New York Jets, who went 9\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season\nThe 1999 Indianapolis Colts were the only other team to accomplish a 10-game turnaround, winning 13 games after winning 3 in 1998, which was also the first year of the Peyton Manning era. Additionally, Miami won the AFC East, becoming the first team in NFL history to win their division after only having one win the previous season. The division title also snapped the Patriots' 5-year streak of winning the AFC East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0000-0002", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season\nTheir season would come to an end in the Wild Card round when they were defeated by the Baltimore Ravens, which coincidentally, was also the only team they beat last season in overtime to save the Dolphins from suffering a winless season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0000-0003", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season\nWith their 11\u20135 record and division title, the Dolphins had hopes of achieving their first playoff victory since 2000, or to possibly become the first team ever to make the Super Bowl after winning only one game the previous season, similar to how the Carolina Panthers went 1\u201315 in 2001 and made Super Bowl XXXVIII just two seasons later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season\nThe 2008 season was the first with Bill Parcells as Executive Vice President of Football Operations, Jeff Ireland as General Manager, and Tony Sparano as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season\nWith a league-worst 1\u201315 record in 2007, the Dolphins held the first pick in the 2008 NFL Draft and selected Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long. The offseason also saw the departure of two Pro Bowlers and long-time Dolphins with the release of linebacker Zach Thomas and trade of defensive end Jason Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season\nThe 2008 season was the last season in which the Miami Dolphins had a winning record and qualified for the playoffs before the 2016 team accomplished the feat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season\nThis season was also notable for the Dolphins wide-spread use of the Wildcat offense. Though previously used by other teams in several other seasons, this package was fully installed by the Dolphins by week 3, and led to an upset win over the defending AFC Champion New England Patriots. Until 2019, this was the Dolphins' last road win over the Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season\nAdditionally, this was the last season that the AFC East was won by a team other than the Patriots, up until it came time for the 2020 season, when the Bills snapped the Patriots' streak of 11 AFC Eastern crowns with a 13-3 record. Coincidentally, both seasons had the Tennessee Titans be the AFC South champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Front office\nOn December 27, 2007, Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga hired former NFL head coach and ESPN analyst Bill Parcells as Executive Vice President of Football Operations. Parcells signed a four-year deal with the Dolphins less than a day after turning down a similar offer from the Atlanta Falcons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Front office\nJust a few days after Parcells' hiring, three men were dismissed from the Dolphins' front office. The most notable of which was general manager Randy Mueller, who was hired by the team in 2005. Also dismissed were Assistant Director of Player Personnel Mike Baugh and College Scouting Coordinator Rick Thompson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Front office\nThree days after Mueller's dismissal, Parcells hired Jeff Ireland as the team's new general manager. Ireland had worked for the Dallas Cowboys the past seven years, including the last three as Vice President of College and Pro Scouting. Ireland had worked with Parcells previously, when the latter was head coach of the Cowboys from 2003 to 2006. Although Ireland was officially given final say on personnel decisions, it was speculated that Parcells was actually in control, and did not hold the title of General Manager so that the team may hire a front office executive from another team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Front office\nOn January 15, the Dolphins reeled in another former Cowboys executive when they hired Brian Gaine as Assistant Director of Player Personnel. Gaine had previously spent the past three seasons as the Cowboys' Assistant Director of Pro Scouting, working with both Parcells and Ireland during that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Front office\nFollowing the 2008 NFL Draft, it was reported on May 1 that the Dolphins had fired scouts Ellis Rainsberger, Jack Glowik and Roger Pollard. The team's vice president of media relations, Harvey Greene, said Rainsberger had retired and did not comment on the other two reported firings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches, Head coach\nJust one day after hiring of Jeff Ireland as general manager, the Dolphins fired head coach Cam Cameron after just one season on the job. Cameron led the Dolphins to an NFL worst 1\u201315 record in 2007, which was also the worst in franchise history. Additionally, all but two members of the coaching staff were dismissed. The only coaches retained were assistant special teams coach Steve Hoffman and linebackers coach George Edwards. Both Hoffman and Edwards were coaches for the Dallas Cowboys during Ireland's tenure with the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches, Head coach\nA search for Cameron's replacement began almost immediately after his firing. Various candidates were rumored, many of which had some connection to Parcells and/or Ireland. Rumored candidates included Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel, Dallas Cowboys assistant Tony Sparano, Cowboys secondary coach Todd Bowles, Arizona Cardinals running backs coach Maurice Carthon and Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Additionally, Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan and Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier were contacted. The Washington Post suggested that Washington Redskins defensive coordinator Gregg Williams could be a candidate as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches, Head coach\nThe first interview scheduled was Sparano, who met with the Dolphins on Saturday, January 11. Sparano had previously met with the Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Ravens regarding their head coaching vacancies. On January 6, it was reported that Sparano would be offered the Dolphins' head coaching job, and that he would accept. The Dolphins denied the report later that day, saying it was an initial interview only and that the team had interviews with others planned over the next few days. However, the addition of quarterbacks coach David Lee, a former Cowboys assistant, fueled speculation that Sparano was indeed going to the next head coach of the Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches, Head coach\nThe team then proceeded to interview Frazier, Ryan and Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz. After the Dallas Cowboys lost to the New York Giants in the divisional round of the 2007 NFL playoffs on January 13, speculation grew that Sparano's hiring was imminent. On January 16, the Dolphins ended their search by naming Sparano the eighth head coach in franchise history. He received a four-year contract believed to be worth between $2.5 and $2.7 million per season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches, Assistants\nParcells and Ireland made their first coaching staff addition on January 7, luring Ole Miss offensive coordinator David Lee to be quarterbacks coach. Lee, who briefly followed Houston Nutt to Ole Miss after serving as his offensive coordinator at Arkansas in 2007, worked with Parcells and Ireland as the Cowboys' quarterbacks coach from 2003 to 2006. The addition fueled speculation that Sparano was indeed going to the next head coach of the Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches, Assistants\nTwo days after hiring Sparano as their head coach, the Dolphins made their second assistant coach hiring. On January 18, Mike Maser was named the team's new offensive line coach. Maser had previously served in the same capacity for the Carolina Panthers from 2003 to 2006, and worked with Sparano when both were assistants for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches, Assistants\nOver the next week, the Dolphins filled various positions on Sparano's staff. On January 22, former Kansas City Chiefs running backs coach James Saxon was hired in the same capacity for the Dolphins. Also hired that day was former Atlanta Falcons strength and conditioning coach Evan Marcus, who took the same job with Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches, Assistants\nOn January 23, the Dolphins added four more assistant coaches to their staff when they named Paul Pasqualoni as their defensive coordinator, Todd Bowles as assistant head coach/secondary, Kacy Rodgers as defensive line coach and David Corrao as defensive quality control coach. Pasqualoni, Bowles and Rodgers all came from the Dallas Cowboys' staff, while Corrao was most recently linebackers coach at the University of Mississippi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches, Assistants\nA day later, former UCLA head coach Karl Dorrell was named the team's new wide receivers coach. Five more coaches were added to the staff on January 28 when the Dolphins named John Bonamego as their special teams coordinator, George DeLeone as their tight ends coach, David Puloka as assistant strength and conditioning coach, Jim Reid as outside linebackers coach and Steve Bush as offensive quality control coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches, Assistants\nThe Dolphins made their final addition to the staff on February 4, hiring Dan Henning as offensive coordinator. Henning, who had most recently served as offensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers from 2002 to 2006, had previous worked for the Dolphins under Don Shula as quarterbacks and wide receivers coach in 1979\u20131980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Staff\nWhen the Dolphins' coaching staff was completed with the hiring of offensive coordinator Dan Henning on February 14, only two of the 17 assistant coaches under Sparano (Edwards and Hoffman) were holdovers from the previous season's staff. Three of the new coaches (Bowles, Pasqualoni and Rodgers) had experience with Parcells, Ireland and Sparano in Dallas. The completed staff was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster Moves, Free agency\nThe Dolphins entered free agency $44 million under that year's $116 million salary cap \u2013 the highest in the league at the time. The team cleared between $13\u201315 million by cutting players leading up to free agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster Moves, Free agents\nUFA: Unrestricted free agent, RFA: Restricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive-rights free agent", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster Moves, 2008 NFL Draft\nDue to their league-worst 1\u201315 record in 2007, the Dolphins secured the first overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft on April 26. The Dolphins used it to draft Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster Moves, 2008 NFL Draft\nIncluding Long, the Dolphins selected the following nine players in the 2008 NFL Draft:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster Moves, 2008 NFL Draft, Draft day trades\nOn the first day of the draft, the Dolphins traded second-year running back Lorenzo Booker to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a fourth-round pick (115th overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster Moves, 2008 NFL Draft, Draft day trades\nOn the second day of the draft, the Dolphins acquired the Detroit Lions' third-round pick (66th overall) as well as their sixth-round pick (176th overall) in exchange for the Dolphins' third-round pick (64th overall). The Lions used the pick to select running back Kevin Smith, while the Dolphins took defensive end Kendall Langford with the third-round pick and running back Jalen Parmele with the sixth-rounder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster Moves, 2008 NFL Draft, Draft day trades\nLater on Day 2, the Dolphins traded the fourth-round pick acquired from the Eagles, along with a seventh-round pick (208th overall), to the Chicago Bears in exchange for the 110th overall selection. The Dolphins used this pick to select guard Shawn Murphy. The 115th overall pick was eventually dealt by the Bears the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who used it to select defensive tackle Dre Moore. The Bears used the seventh-round pick to select defensive end Ervin Baldwin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster Moves, 2008 NFL Draft, Draft pick signings\nIn the weeks leading up to the draft, the Dolphins began contract negotiations with Jake Long. On April 14, Peter King of Sports Illustrated reported that the Dolphins had given Long a deadline to accept their contract offer (believed to be worth less than 2007 No. 1 pick JaMarcus Russell received from the Oakland Raiders); otherwise, they would move on to another prospect. On April 22, the Dolphins officially signed Long to a five-year, $57.75 million contract with $30 million guaranteed, assuring they would take him first overall. On May 19, the Dolphins signed sixth-rounders Jalen Parmele and Lex Hilliard and seventh-rounder Lionel Dotson to contacts. On May 23, sixth-round pick Donald Thomas was signed to a multi-year deal. On July 11, the Dolphins signed third-round pick Kendall Langford to a multi-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 903]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster Moves, Undrafted free agents\nFollowing the 2008 NFL Draft, the Dolphins signed 18 undrafted free agents. They were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster Moves, Undrafted free agents\nTwo failed to survive a week with the team, as the Dolphins released Lane and Reece on May 5. Less than a month after being signed, Robertson decided to retire. On June 9, the Dolphins signed wide receiver John Dunlap (NC State) after he attended a minicamp on a tryout basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster, Roster moves, Final cuts\nOn August 30, the Dolphins made 17 roster moves to reach the NFL's 53-player limit. The players released were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster, Preseason schedule\nThe Dolphins' 2008 preseason schedule was announced on April 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster, Preseason recap\nAfter losing their preseason opener to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Dolphins won their final three contests to finish the preseason 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster, Preseason recap\nQuarterback Chad Pennington was the Dolphins' most efficient passer of the preseason, leading the team in completion percentage (72.0) and passer rating (104.8). Rookie quarterback Chad Henne led the team in passing yards (351) but also in interceptions (2) while matching Pennington in passing touchdowns (1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster, Preseason recap\nRunning backs Ricky Williams and Jalen Parmele tied for the team lead in rushing yards at 123. Williams, Parmele and Ronnie Brown were the only Dolphins to rush for a touchdown during the preseason, scoring one each. Lex Hilliard and Patrick Cobbs finished fourth and fifth, respectively, on the team in rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster, Preseason recap\nNo Dolphins player surpassed 100 receiving yards during the preseason, though wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. came closest at 97. He also tied rookie Davone Bess for the team lead in receptions with eight. Tight ends Anthony Fasano and Sean Ryan were the only Dolphins to catch a touchdown pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster, Preseason recap\nOn special teams, rookie placekicker Dan Carpenter converted 7-of-8 field-goal attempts and all six extra-point attempts. Punter Brandon Fields punted 21 times for a 44.1-yard average and two touchbacks. Meanwhile, Davone Bess led the team in punt returns (6) but Ted Ginn Jr. was the only Dolphins player to return a kick or punt for a touchdown. Patrick Cobbs led the team in kick return yards with 106.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster, Preseason recap\nOn defense, Linebackers Akin Ayodele and Reggie Torbor tied for the team lead with 17 tackles, while Ayodele led the team in solo stops with 12. Five others \u2013 Yeremiah Bell, Channing Crowder, Renaldo Hill, Nathan Jones, Edmond Miles \u2013 also reached double-digits in tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Roster, Preseason recap\nFour players \u2013 Jason Allen, Renaldo Hill, Michael Lehan, Joey Thomas \u2013 recorded an interception during the preseason. The Dolphins also totaled 14 quarterbacks sacks during the preseason. Linebacker Rob Ninkovich and defensive end Randy Starks each record a team-high two sacks, while ten other players each recorded a sack apiece. Channing Crowder, Junior Glymph and Paul Soliai each forced a fumble during the preseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Schedule\nThe Dolphins' 2008 regular season schedule was released on April 15, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Schedule\n* All games are Eastern Time. # Games that can be potentially moved to Sunday Night Football at 8:15\u00a0p.m. on NBC-TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith the loss, the Dolphins fell to 0\u20132 and have lost their 5th straight game to NFC Opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New England Patriots\nThe Dolphins headed to Foxboro to face the Division rival New England Patriots. Little did New England know that they would be a test for an offensive formation concocted as the Dolphins coaching staff wanted to put running backs Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown onto the field at the same time. David Lee thus revealed the Wildcat to the NFL. Ronnie Brown would take direct snaps and keep it himself or hand it of to another back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New England Patriots\nThe Dolphins decimated the Patriots all day with the Wildcat offense for a 38\u201313 victory as they put a dent in the Patriots' 21-game regular season winning streak and went on their bye week at 1\u20132. This was the last time the Dolphins beat the Patriots on the road until 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nWith the win, the Dolphins improved to 5\u20134 and snapped their 5-game losing streak to NFC Opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. New England Patriots\nA week after a 400-yard passing game against the Jets, Matt Cassel threw for 415\u00a0yards and three touchdowns for New England, while Chad Pennington threw for 345\u00a0yards and two scores; both quarterbacks also ran in a touchdown. The Dolphins Wildcat offense was limited to 27\u00a0yards as the Patriots broke open a tight game in the fourth quarter, winning 48\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 93], "content_span": [94, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Buffalo Bills\nWith the win, the Dolphins sweep the Bills for the season and improve their record to 8\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nWith the win, the Dolphins improved to 9\u20135 and finished 3\u20131 against the NFC West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at New York Jets\nThe Dolphins clinched the AFC East title as they intercepted Jets quarterback Brett Favre three times (Philip Merling ran in a 25-yard touchdown on a Favre pick) while Charlie Anderson and Patrick Cobbs blocked a Jets punt. The win put the Dolphins into the playoffs for the first time since 2001 as they finished the season with an 11\u20135 record and locked up the AFC's No. 3 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Awards and honors, Coaches\nAfter leading the Dolphins to an 11\u20135 record and an AFC East title in his first year as head coach, Tony Sparano was selected as the NFL Alumni's 2008 Coach of the Year. Sparano was also one of six nominees for the 2008 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Awards and honors, Players\nThe Dolphins landed two players \u2013 running back Ronnie Brown and linebacker Joey Porter \u2013 on the AFC's Pro Bowl team. Porter recorded 17.5 sacks during the 2008 season and was named as a starter on the AFC's squad. In his first career Pro Bowl season, Brown led the Dolphins with 214 carries, 916 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns. He also ranked fourth on the team with 33 catches and sixth with 254 receiving yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Awards and honors, Players\nAdditionally, Porter was nominated for the GMC Sierra Defensive Player of the Year Award and was a second-team AP All-Pro selection. Quarterback Chad Pennington, guard Justin Smiley and cornerback Will Allen also received votes for the All-Pro team but were not selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Awards and honors, Players\nHowever, Pennington did earn the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award for the second time in his career. Pennington led the NFL with a 67.4 completion percentage and was second in the NFL with a 97.4 passer rating. He threw for a career-high 3,653\u00a0yards, 19 touchdowns and just seven interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Awards and honors, Players\nIn January 2009, three Dolphins rookies were selected to the Pro Football Writers Association's All-Rookie Team. Earning selections were offensive tackle Jake Long, defensive end Kendall Langford and placekicker Dan Carpenter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Awards and honors, Players\nThe first overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, Long started all 16 games for the Dolphins at left tackle. A third-round pick out of Hampton, Langford started 14 of the 16 games in which he played as a rookie and recorded 31 tackles and two sacks. Undrafted out of Montana, Carpenter went 21-for-25 (84 percent) on field goals and made all 40 extra-point attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Playoffs, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nEntering the postseason as the AFC's No. 3 seed, the Dolphins began their playoff run at home in the AFC Wild Card Round, with a Week 7 rematch against the No. 6 Baltimore Ravens. Miami would deliver the game's first points with rookie kicker Dan Carpenter's 19-yard field goal. The Ravens would later respond with a 23-yard field goal from kicker Matt Stover. Baltimore would take the lead with safety Ed Reed returning a Chad Pennington interception 64\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The Ravens would then close out the half with Stover's 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Playoffs, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nBaltimore would increase their lead in the third quarter with running back Le'Ron McClain's 8-yard touchdown run. The Dolphins tried to come back in the fourth quarter as Pennington completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to running back Ronnie Brown (with a failed PAT), but the Ravens would pull away as quarterback Joe Flacco got a 5-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Playoffs, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nWith the loss, Miami's impressive turnaround season ended with an overall record of 11\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197679-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Dolphins season, Playoffs, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nDespite having only 16 turnovers throughout the entire regular season, the Dolphins committed 5 turnovers (4 interceptions and a lost fumble).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197680-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami FC season\nThe 2008 Miami FC season was the third season of the team in the USL First Division. This year, the team finished in ninth place for the regular season. They did not make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197680-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami FC season, USL First Division Regular season, Standings, First Division\nCommissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs\u00a0\u00a0First round of playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 82], "content_span": [83, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197680-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami FC season, USL First Division Regular season, Standings, First Division\nTie-breaker order: 1. Head-to-head points; 2. Total wins; 3. Goal difference; 4. Goals for; 5. Lottery\u2020 Rochester deducted 1 point for use of an ineligible player on August 10, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 82], "content_span": [83, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197681-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes baseball team\nThe 2008 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Mark Light Field. The team was coached by Jim Morris in his fifteenth season at Miami. Playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division, they finished in first place in their division with a record of 23\u20135, 53\u201311 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197681-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes baseball team\nThe Hurricanes reached the College World Series, where they finished tied for fifth after dropping an opening round game against eventual runner-up Georgia, defeating Florida State, and being eliminated by semifinalist Stanford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team\nThe 2008 Miami Hurricanes football team  represented the University of Miami during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Hurricanes' 83rd season of football and 5th as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Randy Shannon and played their home games at Dolphin Stadium. They finished the season 7\u20136 overall and 4\u20134 in the ACC to finish in a tie for third place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Emerald Bowl where they lost to California, 24-17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Before the season, Roster changes\nUniversity of Miami safety Kenny Phillips and defensive end Calais Campbell made the decision to forgo their senior years and declare for the NFL Draft. Phillips was drafted in the first round, No. 31 overall by the New York Giants. Campbell was drafted in the second round, No. 50 overall to the Arizona Cardinals. Linebacker Tavaris Gooden was also drafted in the third round, No. 79 overall to the Baltimore Ravens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Before the season, Roster changes\nSenior quarterback Kirby Freeman, who split time with now undrafted free-agent Kyle Wright in 2007, was informed by the University of Miami coaching staff that he would begin the year third on the depth chart, behind redshirt freshman Robert Marve and true freshman Jacory Harris. Shocked at this news, Freeman decided to transfer, going back to his native Texas at Baylor University. Freshman Doug Wiggins, rated the nation's thirty-third best player coming out of high school by Rivals.com, transferred to Western Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Before the season, Roster changes\nThe reasons for the move were unclear but reports eventually surfaced that Wiggins had had trouble adjusting to his backup role. Freshman Chris Perry transferred to Texas Tech University after redshirting his freshman year at UM. Junior DajLeon Farr, previously a top tight end recruit out of high school, transferred to the University of Memphis. Daren Daly, a former walk-on kicker who previously attended Florida State University, also decided to transfer and faced his former Hurricanes team as a member of the UCF Golden Knights. Other transfers included George Robinson, George Timmons, Jerrell Mabry, Charlie Jones, Demetri Stewart, and Luqman Abdallah. Junior defensive end Courtney Harris suffered an Achilles injury and was out for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 824]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Charleston Southern\nThe game was the first time the Hurricanes played Charleston Southern. It was also the first home game for the Hurricanes in Dolphin Stadium with an attendance of 48,119.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Florida\nThe Hurricanes had not lost to the Gators since 1985, owning six consecutive victories in the series. Overall, the Hurricanes leads the series 28\u201326. The game was the third-most watched game in ESPN history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThis game was played on September 20, 2008 at College Station, Texas, before a Kyle Field crowd of 84,165. The two schools had been against each other twice before: the Aggies won 70\u201314 in 1944, with Miami winning 34\u201317 in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nFor the Hurricanes, Robert Marve completed 16 of his 22 passes, for a total of 212 yards; he threw two touchdown passes, and suffered one interception. Graig Cooper ran for a career-best 128 yards and scored two touchdowns as the Hurricanes compiled 398 yards of offense for the game. The 18-point margin was Texas A&M's worst in a non-conference home contest since losing 30\u201310 to Alabama in 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, North Carolina\nThe two schools played for the fifth straight year, and the Tar Heels owned a 6\u20135 lead in the series heading into the game. UNC now leads the series 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThe Hurricanes and Seminoles will meet for the 53rd time, last season, the Hurricanes defeated FSU 37\u201329 in Tallahassee and now holds a 30\u201322 lead in the series. The only time the two schools have met at Dolphin Stadium, UM won 16\u201314 in the 2004 Orange Bowl Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, UCF\nThis game, played on October 11, 2008 in Miami, was the first between the two schools, with Central Florida having joined Division I-A in 1996. For the Hurricanes, Graig Cooper ran for 90 yards and the game-winning touchdown on a career-high 23 attempts. The Hurricanes forced the Knights into punting 12 times, and limited their offense to a total of 78 yards (74 yards gained via the pass, and 4 yards on the ground). Despite the Hurricanes' defensive effort, the game remained close as UCF scored on an interception return of 62 yards, and on a 91-yard kickoff return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Duke\nMiami had a 4\u20131 lead in the series and had won three straight games since joining the ACC and four in a row altogether.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Wake Forest\nThe only times the two teams have played in ACC action, the Hurricanes won both games by a combined score of 99\u201324, and UM held a 5\u20133 lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nThis was the sixth game between the two schools, and the fifth straight year the two schools had met.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nDespite losing the last two games to VT, the Hurricanes still held a 16\u20139 lead in the series. Frank Beamer's Hokies were 11\u20133 the previous year and were the ACC champions. They lost the Orange Bowl to Kansas, where new Hurricanes defensive coordinator Bill Young held that position for the Jayhawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nGeorgia Tech's triple option offense ran for 472 yards against the Hurricanes. The Jackets scored three second-quarter touchdowns and reached a 24\u20133 halftime lead. After that, the Hurricanes got no closer than 27\u201310 as Georgia Tech were successful. Late in the game, Georgia Tech ran the ball half-heartedly on 4th down to avoid scoring and avoid insulting the Hurricanes by either kneeling, kicking a field goal, or scoring a touchdown. The score was 41\u201310 at one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Emerald Bowl\nThe Hurricanes accepted an invitation to the 2008 Emerald Bowl in San Francisco to face California in what was essentially a home game for the Bears. Freshman quarterback Jacory Harris started at quarterback after Marve was suspended for academic reasons. Four other players were suspended for violating team rules and not allowed on the trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197682-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Emerald Bowl\nThe Bears reached an early 14\u20130 lead, but Harris was able to lead the Hurricanes back with touchdown passes in the second and third quarter while the Hurricanes' defense was able to shut out the Cal offense in the second quarter and limited them to a field goal in the third. The go ahead score came late in the fourth quarter when Bears linebacker Zack Follett forced a fumble in the backfield by Harris that the Bears recovered and were able to convert into a touchdown. The game marked the third consecutive loss for the Hurricanes, while the bowl win was the end of Cal's season with three wins in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197683-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami RedHawks football team\nThe 2008 Miami RedHawks football team represented the Miami University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team competed as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and finished the season with a 2\u201310 record and a 1\u20137 record in conference games. The RedHawks were led by fourth-year head coach Shane Montgomery, who resigned after the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197684-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Miami Valley Silverbacks season\nThe 2008 Miami Valley Silverbacks season was the third season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise. In 2008, the team saw the only coach it had even known, removed himself from the position and become the team's president. His first move was to hire Carl Allen as his successor. The team finished 3-9 and had their third season in a row of declining win totals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary took place January 15, 2008. Originally, the state had 156 delegates up for grabs that were to be awarded in the following way: 83 delegates were to be awarded based on the winner in each of Michigan's 15 congressional districts while an additional 45 delegates were to be awarded to the statewide winner. Twenty-eight unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, were initially able to cast their votes at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary\nHowever, the Democratic National Committee determined that the date of the Michigan Democratic Primary violated the party rules and ultimately decided to sanction the state, stripping all 156 delegates and refusing to seat them at the convention. Despite this, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the primary could go ahead as scheduled. The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee later met on May 31, 2008, and agreed to seat all of Michigan's delegates with each delegate receiving half of a vote. As a result of this compromise, Michigan had 78 votes at the convention. On August 24, the delegates had full voting rights restored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary events and polling\nThe Michigan Legislature passed a bill to move the date of the state's presidential primaries to January 15 in an effort to increase the state's influence in the presidential candidate nominating process. They argued that the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary unfairly dominated the selection process. Just as in Florida, the move-up bill originated in a Republican-controlled State Senate and passed by a 21\u201317 straight party-line vote with every Democrat casting a \"no\" vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary events and polling\nHowever, Democratic National Committeewoman Debbie Dingell was a leader in moving Michigan's primary date to January 15. She later explained that she believed Michigan's rebellion against the DNC rules would spark a national campaign to change the primary process so that Iowa and New Hampshire would not always be first. She also claimed that if Michigan had conformed to DNC rules and held its primary in February, the Democratic candidates would have virtually skipped Michigan anyway in favor of other crucial states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary events and polling\nFederal Democratic Party rules prohibit any state, except for Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina from holding its primary before February 5, or Super Tuesday. On December 1, 2007, the Democratic National Committee stripped Michigan and Florida of all of their delegates to the Democratic National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary events and polling\nThe decision of the DNC diminished the significance of the Michigan Democratic Primary. On October 9, 2007, following Michigan's breach of DNC rules, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, and John Edwards withdrew from the Michigan Democratic Primary ballot. Dennis Kucinich unsuccessfully sought to remove his name from the ballot. Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd decided to remain on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary events and polling\nAlthough Clinton said she would honor a pledge that she and the other Democratic candidates had earlier made to refrain from campaigning or participating in Michigan, Clinton and Dodd drew sharp criticism from Biden, who stated that the two candidates had \"chosen to hedge their bets\" and had \"abandoned Democrats in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, and South Carolina\" by staying on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary events and polling\nOn December 10, 2007, the Michigan Democratic Party issued a press release stating that the primary would be held on January 15, 2008, and that the Democratic ballot would contain only six choices: Hillary Clinton, Christopher Dodd, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Uncommitted, and Write-in. The press release also urged supporters of Biden, Edwards, Obama and Richardson to vote \"uncommitted\" instead of writing in their preferred candidates' names. In order for any such write-in votes to be counted, those candidates would have needed to file additional paperwork by January 4, 2008. None did so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary events and polling\nChris Dodd dropped out of the race after he placed seventh in the Iowa Democratic Caucus. As of January 3, 2008, Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel were the only Democratic candidates who planned to campaign in the state. According to a Kucinich volunteer, the campaign changed its mind about campaigning in Michigan so that it could use the lack of activity to fill a vacuum in Kucinich's support. Gravel had already made a number of campaign stops in Michigan before January 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary events and polling, Polling\nThe American Research Group conducted a survey, asking 600 likely Democratic primary voters in Michigan from January 12 to January 14, 2008. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 86], "content_span": [87, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary events and polling, Polling\nHillary Clinton easily beat the \"uncommitted\" votes during pre-primary polls. However, the Detroit Free Press questioned whether the results of the Michigan Democratic Primary demonstrated anything. None of the major candidates in the Democratic Party campaigned at all in Michigan, and all had pledged not to participate in the primary. The Detroit Free Press was also questioning whether Clinton's polling results would have held up during the actual primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 86], "content_span": [87, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary events and polling, Polling\nJ. Ann Selzer of Selzer & Company, director of The Detroit Free Press-Local 4 Michigan Poll, said, \"In my mind, if [Clinton] does not get a majority, then more voters were against her than with her.\" According to the poll, if the other major contenders were to appear in the ballot, Clinton would receive 46% of the vote, Obama would receive 23%, and Edwards would get 13% while 42% of the uncommitted vote would go to Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 86], "content_span": [87, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Exit Polls\nA question in the Michigan exit poll conducted by the news media asked the respondents how they would have voted if the names of Barack Obama, John Edwards and Bill Richardson were added to the ballot. The results obtained for that question are tabulated below. The first column of the table shows that according to the exit poll, Clinton, Obama, Edwards and Richardson would have received 46%, 35%, 12% and 1% respectively with such an expanded ballot. Except for the \"% Total\" column, the numbers in this table should be read horizontally. For example, the row for Barack Obama tells us that of the 35% he polled in the exit poll, 18% would have come from Clinton voters, 1% from Gravel voters, 2% from Kucinich voters and 79% from uncommitted voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Proposed revote\nShortly after the February 5, 2008 Super Tuesday contests, the media and some politicians, including U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), suggested a revote in Florida and Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 96], "content_span": [97, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Proposed revote\nOn March 7, Newsweek reported: \"A plan to raise soft money to pay for a second Florida Democratic Primary\u2014this one by mail\u2014seems close to approval, according to Sen. Bill Nelson.\" A grassroots movement to raise this money began in early February with revote08.com, with which a group of South Floridians hoped to raise the money for all mail-in revotes in Michigan and Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 96], "content_span": [97, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Proposed revote\nMichigan Democratic Party officials intended to restrict any revote to Democrats, and in particular to prevent those who had already voted in the Michigan Republican Primary from participating. However, since Michigan does not have party registration, it was not clear how this could have been accomplished. A date of June 3 had been suggested for the revote. However, on April 4, 2008, the Michigan Democratic Party decided it was not practical to stage a new party primary or caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 96], "content_span": [97, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Clinton's position\nOn September 1, 2007, Hillary Clinton signed a pledge agreeing not to \"campaign or participate\" in Michigan. On January 25, 2008, Clinton advocated seating Michigan and Florida's delegates at the Democratic National Convention despite the DNC ban, stating:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 99], "content_span": [100, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Clinton's position\nI believe our nominee will need the enthusiastic support of Democrats in these states to win the general election, and so I will ask my Democratic convention delegates to support seating the delegations from Florida and Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 99], "content_span": [100, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Clinton's position\nIn response, David Plouffe of the Obama campaign released the following statement:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 99], "content_span": [100, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Clinton's position\nWhen Senator Clinton was campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire, she made it clear that states like Michigan and Florida that wouldn't produce any delegates, \"don't count for anything.\" Now that Senator Clinton's worried about losing the first Southern primary, she's using Florida and Michigan for her own political gain by trying to assign meaning to a contest that awards zero delegates and where no campaigning has occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 99], "content_span": [100, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Clinton's position\nHillary Clinton says the results [in Michigan] should count, even if Barack Obama's name did not appear on the ballot. \"That was his choice... There was no rule or requirement that he take his name off the ballot. His supporters ran a very aggressive campaign to try to get people to vote uncommitted. \"...Clinton [says] that the Michigan and Florida pledged delegates should count because both are seen as key battleground states in the general election. But if the national party does not agree, she says, the states should re-do the primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 99], "content_span": [100, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Clinton's position\nWhen pressed by NPR, Clinton said, \"We all had a choice as to whether or not to participate in what was going to be a primary, and most people took their name off the ballot but I didn't.\" Critics have labeled Clinton's actions as dishonest, and charged her with trying to retroactively change the rules for her own benefit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 99], "content_span": [100, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Rules and Bylaws decision\nIn late May, attention focused on the upcoming May 31, 2008, meeting of the Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The RBC would choose whether to assign seats to Florida and Michigan delegates for the Democratic National Convention. (The convention itself could change the seating.) During the period before the RBC meeting, 22 uncommitted delegates pledged their support to Obama should they be seated at the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 106], "content_span": [107, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Rules and Bylaws decision\nOn May 31, 2008, the RBC voted 19-8 to seat all of Michigan's delegates with each receiving half a vote. The resolution allocated 69 pledged delegates for Hillary Clinton and 59 pledged delegates for Barack Obama, resulting in these pledged delegate votes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 106], "content_span": [107, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Post-primary delegate allocation, Rules and Bylaws decision\nThe decision was a modification of the Michigan Leadership Plan, a proposal by the Michigan Democratic Party submitted as a compromise between the positions of the Clinton Campaign (allocating delegates based on the January 15 primary, with 73 pledged delegates for Clinton, and 55 pledged delegates as uncommitted) and the Obama Campaign (allocating the delegates evenly between Clinton and Obama, which with a full delegation would result in 64 pledged delegates for Clinton and 64 pledged delegates for Obama).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 106], "content_span": [107, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197685-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary, Endorsements\nDespite the debacle surrounding the Michigan Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton picked up two big endorsements in the state from Governor Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197686-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan House of Representatives election\nThe 2008 Michigan House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2008, with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 5, 2008. As of 2021, this remains the last time the Democrats won a majority in the Michigan State House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197687-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Proposal 1\nThe Michigan Compassionate Care Initiative was an indirect initiated state statute that allowed the medical use of marijuana for seriously ill patients. It was approved by voters as Proposal 1 on November 6, 2008, 63 percent in favor to 37 percent opposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197687-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Proposal 1, Supporters\nThe primary proponents of the initiative are the Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care (MCCC). Former state representative Dianne Byrum (D) is chairwoman of the coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197687-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Proposal 1, Arguments in favor\nIn February 2008, delegates at the Michigan Democratic Party Convention unanimously passed a resolution in favor of protecting patients from arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197687-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Proposal 1, Arguments in favor\nMichigan has already passed local medical marijuana initiatives in five cities\u2014Ann Arbor, Detroit, Ferndale, Flint, and Traverse City\u2014and by large margins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197687-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Proposal 1, Arguments in favor\nA poll by Marketing Resource Group in March 2008 showed 67% of voters saying they supported medical marijuana and 62% voicing approval for this particular initiative. Voters between 34 and 54 showed 75% support for medical marijuana, with 63% of retirees voicing support. Younger voters (18 to 34) were the least supportive, with 61% backing the measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197687-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Proposal 1, State medical society takes neutral position\nThe Michigan State Medical Society took a neutral position on this ballot measure, as well as on two other initiatives related to health care at its annual delegates meeting in early May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197687-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Proposal 1, Status\nThe measure was presented to the Michigan State Legislature for passage on March 3, 2008, after supporters submitted sufficient signatures on petitions, but the legislature failed to act on the measure within the 40 days set by law, earning it a place on the November 2008 ballot as Question 1, where it was approved by voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197688-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Proposal 2\nMichigan Proposal 08-2 was a proposal to amend the Michigan Constitution to remove restrictions on stem cell research in Michigan while maintaining the ban on human cloning. Opponents argued that it would raise taxes. The proposal was passed on November 4, 2008 by voters by a 53 - 47% margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197688-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Proposal 2, Contents\nA proposal to amend the state constitution to address human embryo and human embryonic stem cell research in Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197688-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Proposal 2, Support\nIn October, former President Bill Clinton came to Michigan to speak in favor of adopting Proposal 2. The Michigan State Medical Society took a neutral position on this ballot measure, as well as on two other initiatives related to health care at its annual delegates meeting in early May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197688-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Proposal 2, Aftermath\nIt was not until after President Barack Obama reversed federal prohibitions on stem cell research in March 2009 that TechTown announced the opening of stem cell research lab in Detroit. However, the opening was delayed because TechTown had trouble getting funds and State Senator Thomas George attempted to the weaken the amendment with legislation he introduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197689-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Michigan Republican presidential primary took place on January 15, 2008. Mitt Romney came in first with 39 percent of the vote, followed by John McCain with 30 percent and Mike Huckabee in third-place with 16 percent. The victory was widely viewed as critical for the Romney campaign, as a loss in Michigan, where his father was governor, would have resulted in a loss of momentum after two losses already in New Hampshire and Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197689-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Republican presidential primary\nIn accordance with Republican National Committee rules, Michigan was stripped of half its delegates for holding primary contests before February 5, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team\nThe 2008 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mark Dantonio. The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. This was Dantonio's second season as the Spartans head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Previous season\nIn the 2007 season, the Spartans opened the season 4\u20130, but lost five of their next six games to put their record at 5\u20135. Michigan State ended up finishing the season 7\u20135 after defeating Purdue and Penn State. This qualified the Spartans into a bowl for the first time since the 2003 season. The Spartans played in the Champs Sports Bowl against ACC opponent Boston College, losing 24\u201321 to end Dantonio's first season at 7\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Schedule\nThe Spartans opened the 2008 season at California Memorial Stadium against California of the Pac-10. The game ended the home and home between Michigan State and California. The other game was played in the 2002 season at Spartan Stadium. Michigan State played their next three games at home against MAC opponent and instate rival Eastern Michigan, Sun Belt opponent Florida Atlantic, and rival Notre Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Schedule\nFollowing the conclusion of the non-conference portion of their schedule, the Spartans began Big Ten play with an away game against Indiana and opened October with their first Big Ten home game against Iowa. The Spartans then traveled to Evanston, Illinois, to avenge a 2007 overtime loss against Northwestern. The following week, Michigan State returned to East Lansing to play against 2007 BCS runner-up Ohio State. Michigan State ended October in Ann Arbor to play in-state rival and nemesis Michigan. The Spartans opened their final month of the regular season against Wisconsin. The following week, Michigan State played its final home game of the season against Purdue. The Spartans had a bye week before traveling to University Park, Pennsylvania to play their final game of the season against Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 865]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, California\nBoth teams were scoreless until a blocked Spartans punt resulted in a Bears touchdown in the first quarter. Cal scored again on a field goal by freshman kicker David Seawright in the second quarter. Michigan State responded when Otis Wiley intercepted a Nate Longshore pass and returning it for a touchdown, while Cal was able to counter with a touchdown run by Jahvid Best prior to the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, California\nThe second half saw both teams score back and forth. The Spartans struck first with a touchdown run by Javon Ringer, followed by Cal QB Kevin Riley connecting with Cameron Morrah for a touchdown. Ringer made his second touchdown run of the game in the fourth quarter, while Riley made his second touchdown pass of the game to Will Ta'ufo'ou. After a Spartans field goal, freshman running back Shane Vereen scored on an 81-yard touchdown run that gave the Bears their final score of the game. The Spartans countered with a touchdown pass from Brian Hoyer to Mark Dell to get within 7 points and had a chance to tie the game with seconds left, but Hoyer threw four straight incompletions from midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, California\nLongshore, who lost the starting quarterback job to Riley, threw for 62 yards with 2 interceptions. Riley threw for 202 yards with 2 touchdowns. The game marked the first time that two Cal running backs had completed over 100 yards rushing since the 2006 Holiday Bowl, with Best at 111 yards and Vereen at 101, respectively. Spartans quarterback Hoyer finished with 321 yards passing, including a touchdown and an interception. Ringer, who completed 1,447 yards rushing during the 2007 season, was held to 81 yards, which included 2 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nIt was a rainy day in East Lansing. On the second play of the game FAU broke a would-be 79 yd touchdown run, but it was called back on a holding penalty. Because of the horrible weather conditions, the teams combined had 3 lost fumbles, and it was a low-scoring affair. Javon Ringer had a career-high 282 yards and added 2 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nIn week four, the Spartans welcomed undefeated rival Notre Dame. In the previous eight years of the rivalry, the visiting team had won each game. Michigan State was able to dominate the ground game on both sides of the ball, rushing for 203 yards while holding Notre Dame to just 16 rushing yards. Javon Ringer, who had over 200 yards rushing on the game, brought out his offensive line, tight ends, and fullbacks to the post-game press conference to recognize them for their contributions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nThe Spartans and the Hoosiers met for the Old Brass Spitoon. This game featured a great deal of offense. Spartans QB Brian Hoyer finally had a break out game. It had all been Javon Ringer up until this point. In one of the most exciting plays of the game, Hoyer hit TE Charlie Gantt on an 83 yd TD pass. But the Hoosiers came back with an 80 yd TD run by Marcus Thigpen, who tore up the defense. It was 27\u201322 at halftime. The defense stepped up in the second half for the Spartans, allowing only one touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nIn one of the crucial plays of the game, a 99 yd TD pass was called back on a holding penalty. The Hoosiers were on their own goal line, and the holding penalty caused a safety. That sucked the momentum out the Hoosiers as the Spartans went on to win 42\u201329. Brian Hoyer was 14\u201326, threw for 261 yds, and 2 TD's, while Javon Ringer improved his Heisman resume, rushing for 198 yds, and 2 TD's. The Spartans improved to a 4\u20131 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nMichigan State got out to an early 13\u20130 lead behind two Brett Swenson field goals and a touchdown pass to Charlie Gantt. However, Iowa stormed back in the second half, with running back Shonn Greene running for 157 yards on the day. It took a late stop by Adam Decker on an Iowa fourth-and-one at the MSU 21-yard line to seal the victory for Michigan State. Iowa went on to win 6 of its final 7 games including a win in the Outback Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nThe Spartans struck first, scoring on a huge 61 yard TD pass from Brian Hoyer to Blair White with just under 12 minutes to go in the first quarter. The Wolverines tied it up near the end of the first quarter when Brandon Minor scored on a 19-yard TD pass from Steven Threet (this score was the result of an incorrectly overturned call from the initial ruling of an incomplete pass). The Spartans took the lead back near the end of the half with a 64-yard TD run by Javon Ringer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nThe Wolverines tied it back up less than a minute later when Brandon Minor ran in a TD from 2 yards out. Midway through the third quarter, the Wolverines took their only lead of the game when QB Steven Threet ran in a touchdown himself from 2 yards out. However, the Spartans entirely controlled the game after that. The Spartans tied it back up when Charlie Gantt scored on a 4-yard TD pass near the end of the third quarter. The Wolverines were shut out in the fourth quarter. The Spartans took the lead for good in the fourth quarter when Javon Ringer ran in another TD, this time from 3 yards out, and capped their win when Josh Rouse scored on a 7-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin\nComing off of an emotional win against arch-rival Michigan, Michigan State appeared to suffer a bit of an emotional letdown against the underachieving Badgers. Wisconsin dominated the ground game on both sides of the ball, rushing for 281 yards while holding Michigan State to just 25 yards rushing. With Wisconsin leading 24\u201322 late in the fourth quarter with the ball in Spartan territory, the game appeared all but over. However, a holding call brought back what would have likely been the game-clinching first down for Wisconsin and forced them to punt. With 1:19 left to play, Brian Hoyer led a drive to set up the game-winning 44 yard field goal by Brett Swenson with 7 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nComing into the game, Michigan State had a chance to clinch a share of their first Big Ten title since 1990. However, Penn State held Javon Ringer to 42 yards on 17 carries as the Lions beat Michigan state 49\u201318. Daryll Clark threw for 341 yards and 4 touchdown passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197690-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan State Spartans football team, 2009 NFL Draft\nOnly one Spartan was selected in the 2009 NFL Draft. However, quarterback Brian Hoyer signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team\nThe 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head football coach was Rich Rodriguez. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The 2008 season marked Rodriguez's first season as Michigan head coach, having replaced longtime head coach Lloyd Carr following Carr's retirement at the end of the 2007 season. Rodriguez installed a spread option offense, a marked departure from Michigan's prior offensive approaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team\nRodriguez's first season was one of adjustment, with Michigan suffering its first losing season since 1967, and more losses (9) in a single season than in any other in the program's 129-year history. The losses included a 13-10 defeat by a Toledo team that posted a 3-9 record that season; this was Michigan's first-ever loss to a team from the Mid-American Conference. In addition, Michigan's loss to Ohio State on November 22 was the fifth straight, the most consecutive losses by Michigan to the Buckeyes up until that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Radio\nRadio coverage for all games was on the  and on Sirius Satellite Radio. The radio announcers were Frank Beckmann with play-by-play, Jim Brandstatter with color commentary, and Doug Karsch with sideline reports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Utah\nIn the season opener in Ann Arbor and Rich Rodriguez's first game as head coach, the Wolverines took on the Utah Utes. The Wolverines scored first with just over 11 minutes to go in the first, when Nick Sheridan threw an 8-yard TD pass to Michael Shaw. Utah struck back a few minutes later when Courbin Louks ran in a TD from 8 yards out. The Wolverines blocked the PAT though. Then with just over 5 minutes to go in the first, K.C. Lopata completed a 50-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Utah\nUtah's Louie Sakoda completed 3 field goals in the second quarter, from 28, 43 and 41 yards out, respectively. Then a few seconds before halftime, Utah's Brian Johnson completed a 19-yard TD pass to Bradon Godfrey. Midway through the third quarter, Louie Sakoda of Utah completed his fourth field goal of the day, this one from 53 yards out. Midway through the fourth, Steven Threet completed a 33-yard touchdown pass to Junior Hemingway. A few minutes later, Sam McGuffie ran in a TD from 3 yards out. The Wolverines attempted a 2-point conversion to tie the game but failed. Utah's defense held off the Wolverines for the remainder of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Utah\nIn retrospect, after Utah had finished the season unbeaten, blowing out Alabama 31\u201317, this could be seen as one of Michigan's best games of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Miami (Ohio)\nComing off their loss to Utah, the Wolverines stayed home to play the Miami RedHawks. The Wolverines had never lost to the Redhawks in the four games the teams have played in previous seasons. The Wolverines got on the board first with just under 11 minutes to in the first quarter when QB Steven Threet ran in the ball himself from 9 yards out for a touchdown. Then with just under 9 minutes to go in the first, the Wolverines got on the board again with a 47-yard field goal by K.C. Lopata. The RedHawks finally scored late in the half with a 27-yard field goal by Nathan Parseghian. With that the 2 teams retired to the locker rooms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Miami (Ohio)\nThe RedHawks scored next, on a 23-yard field goal by Nathan Parseghian with just under 7 minutes to go in the third. Then midway through the final quarter, the Wolverines capped off their victory when Brandon Minor ran in a TD from 15 yards out. However, the point after attempt by K.C. Lopata failed. It was Rich Rodriguez's first win as Michigan's head coach and the Wolverines' first win of the season. The win made their all-time record against the RedHawks 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Notre Dame\nAfter their win over Miami, the Wolverines flew to South Bend, Indiana to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for their first road game of the season, renewing the longtime rivalry between the 2 teams (see Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry). In the pouring rain, the Wolverines gave up the ball on 4 fumbles. They also threw 2 interceptions. The Fighting Irish got the first scores of the game with just under 12 minutes left in the first quarter, when Robert Hughes 2 ran in a touchdown from 2 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Notre Dame\nLess than a minute later, QB Jimmy Clausen completed a 10-yard pass to Duval Kamara that was run in for another TD. A few minutes later Jimmy Clausen threw another TD pass, this time a 48 yard long bomb to Golden Tate. The Wolverines got on the board late in the first quarter with their own long bomb, a 40-yard TD Steven Threet pass to Sam McGuffie. Then with just under 12 minutes to go in the second quarter, the Wolverines got on the board again with a 23-yard K.C. Lopata field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Notre Dame\nA few minutes later, the Fighting Irish's Robert Hughes ran in a touchdown from 1 yard out. Then with just under 6 minutes in the half, the Wolverines struck back when Kevin Grady ran in a touchdown from 7 yards out. With that the teams went into their locker rooms to dry out temporarily. Both teams went scoreless in the third quarter. But the Fighting Irish capped off their scoring when the Wolverines fumbled the ball and Brian Smith picked it up and ran it back 35 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Wisconsin\nFollowing a bye week, the Wolverines played the 500th game in the Big House against the #9 Wisconsin Badgers in their first contest against another Big Ten Conference school of the season. The Badgers missed a field goal in the first quarter but later scored on two field goal attempts. Scoring one touchdown and two field goals in the second quarter, Wisconsin finished the half with a 19\u20130 lead. The Wolverines gave up 5 fumbles, threw 2 interceptions and managed only 21 yards in the first half. The offense got going midway through the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Wisconsin\nA touchdown pass thrown to freshman Kevin Koger got them on the board. The Wolverines continued to have success offensively, scoring 3 touchdowns in the fourth quarter. They took the lead when John Thompson returned an interception for a touchdown. The Badgers were down 27\u201319 with a little over 5 minutes to go. Because of a series of big passes, the Badgers scored a touchdown and went for the two-point conversion. Their initial attempt resulted in a pass caught for an apparent score, but was thwarted by an ineligible receiver penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Wisconsin\nOn their second attempt, the ball sailed over the head of the intended target in the back of the endzone. The Badgers were unable to regain possession with an onside kick, ending the game. Their 20-point comeback was the second largest comeback in Michigan football history (the largest was a 21-point comeback victory at Minnesota in 2003).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Illinois\nFor their 2008 Homecoming Game, the Wolverines hosted the Illinois Fighting Illini. The Wolverines looked good in the first quarter, scoring a season high 14 points on 2 touchdowns. Michigan's Steven Threet was 18-of-35 for 250 yards and two TDs. Sam McGuffie ran for 70 yards and a touchdown and freshman Martavious Odoms set season highs with seven receptions and 129 yards receiving. However, they were blanked in the second and third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Illinois\nThey came back to life in the fourth quarter though, when Mark Moundros caught a 2-yard pass for a touchdown, but kicker K.C. Lopata failed on the PAT attempt. Illinois however had their best game against Michigan in the history of the Michigan / Illinois contests. The Illini set a school record for points against Michigan (45), surpassing the 39 points Red Grange helped them score in 1924 as Memorial Stadium was dedicated, and they scored the most any team has at Michigan Stadium since Florida State had 51 in 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Illinois\nIt was also the Illini's first victory at the Big House since 1999, and University of Illinois quarterback Isiah \"Juice\" Williams set a Big House record with 431 all-purpose yards, breaking the record previously held by former Illini quarterback Tony Eason (403). Illini quarterback Isiah \"Juice\" Williams connected with Jeff Cumberland for a 77-yard pass, the longest by an Illini quarterback since 1985, and a perfectly lofted screen to running back Daniel Dufrene turned into a 57-yard TD. With the loss, the Wolverines fell to 2\u20133 on the season and 1\u20131 in the Big Ten, their worst record after five games since starting 1\u20134 in 1967, two years before Bo Schembechler arrived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Toledo\nAfter their huge loss to Illinois, the Wolverines hosted the Toledo Rockets. It was the first time the two teams had ever played. In the first quarter, the Rockets scored first when a pass from Michigan QB Steven Threet was intercepted in the end zone by Tyrrell Herbert and run back 101 yards for a touchdown. Later in the first quarter, the Wolverines got on the board with 27-yard TD pass from Steven Threet to Brandon Minor. The next score came on a 26-yard field goal by Michigan kicker K.C. Lopata midway through the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Toledo\nWith that, the teams went into the locker rooms at the half with a score of 10\u20137. In the second half, the Rockets shut out the Wolverines and scored two more field goals, both by Alex Steigerwald. He completed a 29-yard attempt in the third quarter and a 48-yard attempt in the fourth quarter. With less than a minute remaining in the game, the Wolverines got into the red zone and attempted a field goal to take the game into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Toledo\nLopata missed the field goal though, sealing the victory for the Rockets and marking the first time the Wolverines had ever lost to a Mid-American Conference team. To make matters worse - this was not a good MAC team; Toledo ended up posting a 3-9 overall record, and was 2-6 in the MAC. In the game, Nick Moore of the Rockets set a record of 20 receptions against The Wolverines. With the humbling loss, the Wolverines fell to 2\u20134, their worst start in 41 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Penn State\nIn the fourth-largest crowd in Beaver Stadium history, the Penn State Nittany Lions ended a nine-game losing streak to the Wolverines, dating back to 1997. Michigan tallied 204 yards of offense and scored on their first three possessions to take a 17\u20137 lead early in the second quarter, but the Nittany Lion defense made key halftime adjustments and limited the Wolverines to only 87 yards the remainder of the game. Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark's touchdown pass to Jordan Norwood late in the first half cut Michigan's lead to 17\u201314, Penn State's first deficit at halftime this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Penn State\nThe Nittany Lions would outscore the Wolverines 32\u20130 in the second half for a 46\u201317 win. Clark finished 18 of 31 for 171 yards and a touchdown and also ran for 45 yards and two one-yard touchdowns but lost a fumble on State's second drive which led to a Wolverine field goal. Evan Royster ran for a career-high 174 yards on 18 carries for a 9.7 yard per carry average, including a 44-yard touchdown for Penn State's first points. Deon Butler had a season-high eight receptions for 105 yards, his fourth-career 100-yard game. Stephfon Green took a screen pass from Pat Devlin and outran the Wolverines defense 80 yards for the Nittany Lions' final score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Penn State\nLinebacker NaVorro Bowman led the defense with 11 tackles. Defensive tackle Jared Odrick made a career-high six stops, with 2.5 tackles for loss, but his biggest play occurred with 4:39 remaining in the third quarter. Odrick sacked Michigan quarterback Nick Sheridan, who was in for the injured Steven Threet, in the end zone for a safety and Penn State's first lead of the game, 19\u201317. Aaron Maybin finished with four tackles, including a sack of Threet that forced a fumble, recovered by Abe Koroma, and led to a Penn State touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Michigan State\nAfter their blowout loss at Penn State, the Wolverines went back to Ann Arbor to take on their in-state rivals, the Michigan State Spartans, for the Paul Bunyan Trophy. The Spartans struck first, scoring on a huge 61-yard TD pass from Brian Hoyer to Blair White with just under 12 minutes to go in the first quarter. The Wolverines tied it up near the end of the first quarter when Brandon Minor scored on a 19-yard TD pass from Steven Threet. The Spartans took the lead back near the end of the half with a 64-yard TD run by Javon Ringer. The Wolverines tied it back up less than a minute later when Brandon Minor ran in a TD from 2 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Michigan State\nMidway through the third quarter, the Wolverines took their only lead of the game when QB Steven Threet ran in a touchdown himself from 2 yards out. From there, Michigan State took control of the game. The Spartans tied it back up when Charlie Gantt scored on a 4-yard TD pass near the end of the third quarter. The Wolverines were shut out in the fourth quarter. The Spartans took the lead in the fourth quarter when Javon Ringer ran in another TD, this time from 3 yards out, and sealed their win when Josh Rouse scored on a 7-yard TD pass. With the loss, the Wolverines fell to 2\u20136 overall and 1\u20133 vs. Big Ten opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Purdue\nIn week 10, the Wolverines traveled to West Lafayette, Indiana to take on the Purdue Boilermakers. The Wolverines gained an early lead in the first quarter. First Brandon Minor ran in a TD from 45 yards out. A few minutes later Martavius Odoms got a huge score when he ran a punt back 73 yards for another TD, putting the Wolverines up 14-0. The Boilermakers quickly tied it up though with 2 TD's of their own later in the first quarter. First Kory Sheets ran in TD from 2 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Purdue\nThen Justin Siller ran in a TD from 10 yards out. The Wolverines went up by 14 again in the second quarter though. First Laterryl Savoy scored on an 11-yard TD pass. Then the Wolverines got another big TD run, this time on a 51-yard rush by Darryl Stonum. The Boilermakers struck back with less than a minute to go in the half when Kory Sheets scored another TD, this time on a 3-yard run. At halftime the Wolverines were up 28\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Purdue\nIn the 3rd quarter, the Wolverines were shut out, but the Boilermakers scored 2 more TD's, both by Kory Sheets, making his day's total 4. His 3rd of the game came on a 7-yard pass, tying the game. His final TD of the game was on a 5-yard run which put the Boilermakers ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Purdue\nThe scoring continued to see-saw in the fourth quarter. The Wolverines tied it back up when Brandon Minor ran in a TD from 12 yards out. Then Greg Orton put the Boilermakers back up by catching a 4-yard TD pass. The Wolverines re-tied the game when Brandon Minor got his 3rd TD of the game, this time on a 1-yard run. The Boilermakers put the game in the win column with less than 30 seconds left when Desmond Tardy caught a 28-yard TD pass. With the loss, Michigan was disqualified from all bowl games this season, the first time since 1967. Brandon Minor's 154 yards and 3 touchdowns set a school record. Purdue's 48 points was the most the school had ever scored against Michigan, and their first win against Michigan since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Minnesota\nIn week 11, the Wolverines flew to Minneapolis, Minnesota to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers for the Little Brown Jug. The first half was all Michigan. Wolverines Kicker K.C. Lopata scored 3 field goals in the first half, 2 in the first quarter from 44 yards and 34 yards respectively, then another in the second quarter from 26 yards. Then Greg Mathews caught an 8-yard TD pass to put the Wolverines up 16\u20130 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Minnesota\nIn the third quarter, the Wolverines scored first on a 48-yard field goal. Then the Golden Gophers finally got on the board with a 28-yard field goal from kicker Joel Monroe. Then K.C. Lopata got his fifth and final field goal of the game, this one from 23 yards out. In the fourth quarter, the Golden Gophers managed to score on another field goal, this one from 32 yards out. The final score of the game was when Mark Moundros of the Wolverines ran in a TD from 3 yards out. It was the Wolverines' 12th straight win in the Metrodome. With the Gophers' move to the new TCF Bank Stadium in the 2009 season, the Wolverines could claim to have never lost in the Metrodome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Northwestern\nRecap: For their final home game of the season, the Wolverines hosted the Northwestern Wildcats. In the rain and snow, the Wildcats struck first midway through the first quarter when Stephen Simmons ran in a 21-yard TD. The Wolverines tied it up near the end of the 1st when QB Nick Sheridan ran in a TD himself from 3 yards out. The only score of the 2nd quarter was when Rick Reyes of the Wolverines blocked a punt and picked it up for a 3-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs Northwestern\nThe second half was all Northwestern. First Ross Lane caught a 17-yard TD pass to tie it up. Then Eric Peterman caught a 53 yard long bomb for another TD, sealing the win for the Wildcats. With this loss, Michigan fell to 3\u20138, the school's most losses in a single-season in 129 years of football. It was also just Northwestern's second win in Ann Arbor in its past 21 trips. The program's only other win there since 1960 came in the Rose Bowl season of 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Ohio State\nFor their final game of the season, the Wolverines traveled to Columbus, Ohio to take on their bitter rival the Ohio State Buckeyes for the 105th time in the rivalry (see Michigan-Ohio State rivalry). The Buckeyes scored first when Chris Wells ran in a 59-yard TD. The Buckeyes made it 14-0 when Brian Hartline caught a 53 yard long bomb for another TD just after the start of the second quarter. Michigan got their only points of the game when Brandon Minor ran in a 1-yard TD near halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Ohio State\nThe second half was all Ohio State. First Daniel Herron got a huge 49-yard run for a TD in the 3rd quarter. Later in the 3rd, Brian Robiske caught an 8-yard TD pass. Just after the start of the 4th, Daniel Herron scored again, this time on a 2-yard TD run. Brian Hartline later caught an 18-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197691-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Ohio State\nWith the loss, Michigan's season ended with a 3-9 record, officially the worst for the school in the 129 years of the football program. This was their fifth loss in a row to Ohio State, and made the 2008 senior class the second in a row never to beat the Buckeyes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197692-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2008. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. This was the twentieth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion, and first to be held at a neutral site. Second seed Eastern Michigan won their third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197692-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next six finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with the winner of each bracket facing off in a single championship game. This was the first year of the eight team tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197692-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nZack Leonard was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Leonard played for Eastern Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197693-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 15 and ended on May 17, 2008 at Marty L. Miller Field, on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the tournament, as they have done each year but one since the tournament began in 1999. The Wildcats claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197693-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only, with the top seed playing the sixth seed, second seed playing the fifth, and so on for first round matchups. The winners advanced in the winners' bracket, while first round losers played elimination games. The format meant that Coppin State was left out of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 76], "content_span": [77, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197693-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Outstanding Performer\nJose Lozada was named Tournament Outstanding Performer. Lozada was an infielder for Bethune-Cookman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 100], "content_span": [101, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197694-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Midas 400\nThe 2008 Midas 400 was the fifth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 7 to 9 June Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria. With most states of Australia celebrating a public holiday on the Monday celebrating the Queen's birthday, the meeting took the unusual format of Saturday-Monday instead of Friday-Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197694-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Midas 400, Practice\nQualifying was held on Saturday 7 June. Following on from the Eastern Creek round of the series, a 'rookie' practice session was held, allowing younger and newer drivers to gain additional testing laps. Teams were also allowed to use the session to test their co-drivers who will step into the teams for the Phillip Island 500 and Bathurst 1000 races later in the season which require two drivers per car. Of the enduro co-drivers, Steve Owen was fastest driving for Jim Beam Racing. Paul Radisich (HSV Dealer Team) was second fastest ahead of Jason Bargwanna (Rod Nash Racing).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 24], "content_span": [25, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197694-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Midas 400, Practice\nOther co-drivers to take part, in order were John McIntyre (Glenfords Racing), Warren Luff (Jim Beam Racing), Dean Canto (Ford Performance Racing), Craig Baird and Glenn Seton (both Holden Racing Team), David Besnard (Stone Brothers Racing), Greg Ritter (Garry Rogers Motorsport), Dale Wood (Tasman Motorsport), Paul Weel (Paul Weel Racing), Nathan Pretty (Jack Daniel's Racing), Brad Jones (Brad Jones Racing), Jack Perkins (Jack Daniel's Racing), Luke Youlden (Ford Performance Racing) and Grant Denyer (Ford Rising Stars Racing).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 24], "content_span": [25, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197694-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Midas 400, Practice\nFastest driver of the day was Garth Tander, the only driver to lap faster than Owen. James Courtney, Mark Winterbottom and Jamie Whincup were the only drivers within a tenth of Owen's best lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 24], "content_span": [25, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197694-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Midas 400, Qualifying\nQualifying was held on Sunday 8 June. Jamie Whincup slammed home pole position in the final moments of qualifying, some four-tenths clear of the field. Mark Winterbottom was second fastest, leading Will Davison and leading Holden, Rick Kelly by only a few hundredths of a second. Fabian Coulthard had a best ever qualifying result to be fifth fastest with Russell Ingall also well up in sixth, 19 grid spots ahead of his teammate. Handling issues slowed the Holden Racing Team, both Garth Tander and Mark Skaife missing the cut for the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197694-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Midas 400, Race 1\nRace 1 was held on Sunday 8 June. Steven Richards and Todd Kelly tangled on the opening lap, Greg Murphy spun on the second lap, all three dropping to the tail of the field. Andrew Thompson spun Marcus Marshall around at the top of the straight. Will Davison retired from the race in the early running with an engine problem, spoiling the good work from qualifying. Craig Lowndes damaged his car trying to get past Davison. Rick Kelly had lurid 160\u00a0km/h spin in the Esses without hitting the walls or the cars in close company, only losing three spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197694-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Midas 400, Race 1\nAs the race settled Whincup pulled further and further away, only Winterbottom was able to hang on to finish second. Craig Lowndes fought his way into third position. Russell Ingall took his best finish of the season to finish top Holden in fourth ahead of Garth Tander, recovering from a poor grid position. Coulthard finished eighth, capitalising on his qualifying performance. Shane van Gisbergen finished an excellent ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team\nThe 2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Middle Tennessee competed as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The team was led by head coach Rick Stockstill. The Blue Raiders played their home games at Johnny \"Red\" Floyd Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team\nMiddle Tennessee compiled a 5\u20137 overall record and 3\u20134 record against Sun Belt opponents. In week 2, the Blue Raiders beat just their fourth-ever opponent from a Bowl Championship Subdivision (BCS) conference when they upset Maryland, 24\u201314. All three of the other instances in the past were against Vanderbilt. The following week, Middle Tennessee came within inches of repeating the feat, when a comeback attempt against Kentucky fell just short.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Troy\nMiddle Tennessee compiled two rapid-fire fourth-quarter touchdowns, but the comeback attempt ultimately fell short. Troy eventually finished the season as the Sun Belt Conference champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nAfter receiving the kick-off, Middle Tennessee quarterback Joe Craddock led an 80-yard, 10-play drive. It included a fake punt that caught Maryland off-guard and the punter completed a 28-yard pass for the first down conversion. Craddock ended the drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass. On Maryland's second offensive play of the game, Da'Rel Scott broke free for a 63-yard run for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Middle Tennessee re-took the lead with a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nIn the third quarter, Turner threw an interception which was returned 25 yards to the Maryland five yard-line, and then subsequently ran in for a touchdown. Turner then completed a short toss to Darrius Heyward-Bey who ran it downfield for an 80-yard touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Maryland found itself inside the Middle Tennessee 35-yard line three times, but couldn't capitalize on the opportunities. Middle Tennessee defenders saved two potential touchdowns with interceptions on their own two-yard line and in the endzone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nThe game marked Middle Tennessee's first ever win over an ACC opponent, although they had come close in Murfreesboro, TN the year prior, where Virginia made a field goal for the go-ahead with eight seconds remaining. It was Middle Tennessee's fourth ever win against an opponent from a BCS conference. The other three all came against Vanderbilt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nA week after Middle Tennessee beat just their second ever BCS conference opponent, the Blue Raiders came very close to beating a third. In the final seconds of the game, with Middle Tennessee trailing by six points, wide receiver Eldred King caught a 61-yard pass but was ankle-tackled at the Kentucky one-yard line as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nMiddle Tennessee has dominated the football series against Arkansas State with wins in eight of the first nine meetings; however, the 10th gridiron clash between the teams is one the Blue Raiders would likely prefer to have forgetten. Arkansas State was too much for Middle Tennessee in a 31\u201314 win on Homecoming at ASU Stadium on Sept. 20, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 80], "content_span": [81, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nThe Red Wolves dominated from the outset and took control in the first half on the way to a 17-0 halftime advantage. Middle Tennessee (1-3, 0-2) finally got on the scoreboard late in the third quarter when Phillip Tanner plunged in from the 2 to cap a nine-play, 76-yard drive and narrow the margin to 24\u20137 with 2:19 remaining in the third quarter. The Blue Raiders fell to 0\u20132 in conference play as Arkansas State beat the Blue Raiders for the second time in ten tries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 80], "content_span": [81, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nThis game was the first ever nationally televised football game from Johnny \"Red\" Floyd Stadium from the Middle Tennessee State University campus. This game was marketed as a blackout game for the Blue Raiders, and the team wore all black uniforms with blue numbers and shoulder stripes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nMiddle Tennessee scored all of its points in the final 5:22 of the game after looking lethargic offensively until that point; however, when the game was on the line the Blue Raiders took full advantage. The Blue Raiders put together a remarkable comeback when quarterback Joe Craddock marched the Blue Raiders 65 yards with no timeouts to rally them to a dramatic 14\u201313 win against Florida Atlantic in front of 25,766 and an ESPN2 national television audience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nTrailing 13-7 Middle Tennessee began its final drive at its 35-yard line with 1:15 remaining and no timeouts. Craddock completed 4-of-6 passes for 65 yards on the game-winning drive, including the striking 32-yard aerial to freshman wide receiver Malcolm Beyah, who rose above three defenders and secured the ball with no time on the clock for one of the most remarkable finishes in Floyd Stadium history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nBeyah, who had two catches for 59 yards on the final drive, tied the game 13\u201313 with his breathtaking grab and freshman kicker Alan Gendreau, who was frozen twice by consecutive Florida Atlantic timeouts, nailed the extra point to send the remaining Blue Raider faithful into a frenzy as the students stormed the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Florida International\nMiddle Tennessee's hopes of a push toward the Sun Belt Conference championship in the second half of the season took a decisive blow in Miami, FL, when Florida International dealt the Blue Raiders a 31-21 setback at FIU Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Florida International\nMiddle Tennessee never got on track offensively in the opening half and things worsened in the second half when the Golden Panthers finally started gaining yards in chunks against a Blue Raider defense that had been on the field a majority of the first half. Middle Tennessee fell to 2-4 overall and was out of the conference race at 1\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Florida International\nAs of this game, the series between Middle Tennessee and Florida International is tied 2-2. The home team has never lost in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nMiddle Tennessee showed fight against Louisville during a dandy first-half display but the Cardinals flexed their Big East muscle in the second half and pulled away for a 42\u201323 win in Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nThe Blue Raiders led 17-14 after a spirited first half but the second half belonged to Louisville as it made a statement and pulled away from Middle Tennessee's upset bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nThe game started well enough for the Blue Raiders who jumped out to the early lead and maintained it throughout the first half. Louisville quarterback Hunter Cantwell had a pass intercepted by Blue Raider safety Jeremy Kellem, who returned 14 yards for the touchdown to give Middle Tennessee a 7\u20130 lead, with 9:27 remaining in the opening frame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nMinutes later, Blue Raider receiver Patrick Honeycutt took the handoff from quarterback Joe Craddock and pulled up for a pass to a wide open tailback Phillip Tanner, who caught the ball at the 18 and went 39 yards for the touchdown to give the Blue Raiders a 14\u20130 lead with 6:46 remaining in the opening quarter. The tide turned somewhat in the second quarter, particularly when Louisville running back Victor Anderson sprinted 88 yards to tie the game, 14-14, with 12:10 remaining in the first half. Louisville went on to win 42\u201323.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nMiddle Tennessee's offense put together five scoring drives and Eldred King turned in one of the best performances ever by a Blue Raider receiver but it wasn't enough in a tough 31-22 setback to Mississippi State at Davis Wade Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 83], "content_span": [84, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nThe Blue Raiders stood toe-to-toe with the Bulldogs in the first half and trailed 14\u201313 at the break before taking their first lead on the opening drive of the second half. Mississippi State was too strong on two pivotal second half drives as Middle Tennessee's strong road showing wasn't enough to warrant an upset. This game marked the third straight loss for the Blue Raiders", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 83], "content_span": [84, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nMississippi State will travel to Murfreesboro, TN, to take on the Blue Raiders during the 2009 season. This will be 3rd BCS opponent to play at Middle Tennessee in three years, and the first time that a Southeastern Conference (SEC) opponent will play in Johnny \"Red\" Floyd Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 83], "content_span": [84, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Monroe\nAfter three straight road games, and three straight loses, Middle Tennessee returned home to take on conference foe Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Monroe\nFootball players at Middle Tennessee made sure the students and alumni enjoyed a happy Homecoming as the Blue Raiders raced out to a fast start and held on for a 24\u201321 win against ULM at Floyd Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Monroe\nThe Blue Raiders jumped out to a 17\u20130 lead early in the second quarter. After ULM had pulled to within 17-14 late in the third, Middle Tennessee built its lead back to 10 and secured the Homecoming win to improve to 3-6 overall and 2\u20133 in the Sun Belt Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Monroe\nMiddle Tennessee improved to 47-19-2 on Homecoming, including 2-1 under head coach, Rick Stockstill. The Blue Raiders have won 18 of their past 21 Homecoming games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Western Kentucky\nMiddle Tennessee put itself back in strong position to become bowl eligible following an impressive 21\u201310 win against hated rival Western Kentucky, on a cold rainy/snowy day in Bowling Green, KY.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Western Kentucky\nSenior quarterback Joe Craddock completed 19-of-29 passes for 212 yards and threw two touchdowns with no interceptions to key a 212-yard passing attack; however, it was great balance and play-calling that kept WKU on its heels. The Blue Raiders ran for 101 yards and rode the strong back of junior running back Phillip Tanner in a smash-mouth type approach. Tanner responded with a season-high 92 yards that included a 29-yard touchdown. Middle Tennessee's offense finished with 313 total yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Western Kentucky\nWestern Kentucky will become bowl-eligible and will be able to contend for a conference championship for the 2009 season. Because of this Middle Tennessee finished their season with an out of conference record of 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nMiddle Tennessee's ground attack enjoyed the breakout game it has been seeking and junior tailback Phillip Tanner and a dominating offensive line was the major contributors as the Blue Raiders routed North Texas, 52\u201313, in the home finale at Floyd Stadium Saturday. The Blue Raiders won their third straight to improve to 5-6 overall, 3-3, in the SBC, and kept alive their hopes of becoming bowl eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nTanner enjoyed one of the most productive games of any Blue Raider ever and he had the greatest offensive outburst in SBC history with six touchdowns - five rushing - and 159 yards on 14 carries. A Texas native, Tanner ran roughshod through the Mean Green defense, generally breaking tackles and running over defenders on his way to touchdowns of 12, 1, 19, 66, 36 and 92 yards. The first five touchdowns were rushing scores and Tanner capped the outlandish scoring day with a 92-yard kickoff return to start the second half. Tanner finished with 301 all-purpose yards, the third-highest total in program history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nMiddle Tennessee's 52 points scored are the most ever under Rick Stockstill and the most by the Blue Raiders since they had 70 against Idaho in 2001. Middle Tennessee and North Texas entered play tied for the most league wins in Sun Belt Conference history with 30. The Blue Raiders broke the tie with the victory over the Mean Green to move their count to 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nMiddle Tennessee's strong second half run finally was derailed when Louisiana-Lafayette fought off the Blue Raiders, 42\u201328, at Cajun Field to end their three-game win streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 85], "content_span": [86, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nThe game featured two teams seeking to gain bowl eligibility and it was indicative from the outset as the teams battled back and forth in an effort to keep their season alive. Middle Tennessee (5-7, 3-4) had pulled to within one game of becoming bowl eligible with an impressive three-game win streak that preceded the setback to Louisiana-Lafayette (6-6, 5-2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 85], "content_span": [86, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197695-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nSenior quarterback Joe Craddock was outstanding in his final game as a Blue Raider. Craddock completed 22-of-28 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns. He became the only quarterback in school history to have 10 games with more than 200 yards passing in a single season. Craddock also tied for fifth on the single-season touchdown list with 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 85], "content_span": [86, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197696-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mieczys\u0142aw Po\u0142ukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces\nThe 27th Mieczys\u0142aw Po\u0142ukard Criterium of Polish Speedway League Aces was the 2008 version of the Mieczys\u0142aw Po\u0142ukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces. It took place on March 30 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197696-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mieczys\u0142aw Po\u0142ukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces, Heat details\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fell \u2022 ns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 80], "content_span": [81, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197697-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Milan\u2013San Remo\nThe 2008 Milan\u2013San Remo cycling race took place on March 22, 2008, and was won by Fabian Cancellara. It was the 99th edition of the Milan\u2013San Remo monument classic. It was three\u00a0kilometres longer than 2007, at 298\u00a0km, following the addition of the Le M\u00e0nie climb, which was due to roadworks along the previously planned route. The race concluded on Lungomare Italo Calvino and not on the traditional Via Roma due to construction and the Easter weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197697-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Milan\u2013San Remo\nLast year's winner \u00d3scar Freire was the favourite with bookmakers, following his recent double stage victory at the Tirreno\u2013Adriatico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197698-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Miller Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Miller Superbike World Championship round was the sixth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of May 30-June 1, 2008, at the Salt Lake City circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197699-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Millsaps Majors football team\nThe 2008 Millsaps Majors football team represented Millsaps College during the 2008 college football season. The 2008 season was a very successful season. The Majors rolled through the regular season, going 10-0 and outscoring their opponents 442 to 132. The team avenged 2007's crushing loses at the hands of Mississippi College and Trinity, pummeling the Choctaws 42-6 in the eighth edition of the renewed Backyard Brawl and punishing the Tigers 56-27 in San Antonio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197699-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Millsaps Majors football team\nThe Majors captured their third consecutive SCAC championship, winning outright to earn the program's third NCAA tournament berth, became the first team in the program's history to reach double digit wins and climbed to their highest ever national ranking, #3, before finishing the season 11-1 and ranked #12 nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197699-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Millsaps Majors football team\nOnce again, DuBose was named the conference's \"Coach of the Year\" and senior quarterback Juan Joseph was the SCAC's \"Offensive Player of the Year\" for the third consecutive season. Sophomore wide receiver and return specialist Michael Galatas was named the conference's \"Special Teams Player of the Year\" and freshman running back Shane Bowser was the SCAC's co-\"Newcomer of the Year.\" In all, 20 Majors were named to the All-SCAC first team, second team and honorable mention lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197700-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Milton Keynes Council election\nThe 2008 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. One third of the council \u2013 the 17 seats contested in the 2004 election \u2013 was up for election and the council, which totalled 51 seats, remained under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197701-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Milwaukee Bonecrushers season\nThe 2008 Milwaukee Bonecrushers season was the 1st season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) expansion franchise. The franchise made an immediate splash in Milwaukee when it announced former Green Bay Packer Gilbert Brown signed a three-year contract to be the team's first head coach. However, the optimism quickly faded when Brown announced he was resigning from the position after just three games on April 8, 2008. Much of the team's staff and many of the team's players also left at the same time, raising eyebrows among the Milwaukee media and fans. The Bonecrushers finished 2008 with a hodgepodge of players and coaches, winning just one game, a 51-46 road contest against the Muskegon Thunder featuring a 26-yard touchdown run by Bonecrushers' quarterback Brian Ryczkowski on the final play of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 862]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197701-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Milwaukee Bonecrushers season\nThe rumored reasoning behind the exodus of many of the original members of the franchise was the team's inability to pay its bills or personnel. This was confirmed when a judgment was entered against the Bonecrushers in favor of Challenger Industries, the company that sold the team its game field AstroTurf, in the amount of $29,539.29 on October 15, 2008. Challenger resolved its claim against John Burns, one of the owners of the Milwaukee Bonecrushers, prior to the matter going to trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197702-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Milwaukee Brewers season\nThe 2008 Milwaukee Brewers season opened with optimism as the team attempted to build on the success of the 2007 season \u2013 their first winning season since 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197702-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Milwaukee Brewers season\nWith 12 games remaining in the regular season, manager Ned Yost was fired and replaced with bench coach Dale Sveum. Under Sveum, the team completed the regular season 7-5, finishing second place in the National League Central with a record of 90-72 and winning the NL Wild Card. With the Wild Card berth, the team clinched its first playoff berth in 26 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197702-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Milwaukee Brewers season\nIn the NLDS, the Brewers were defeated 3-1 by the Philadelphia Phillies, who went on to win the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197702-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season\nThe Brewers played 20 extra inning games, the most of any MLB team in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197702-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Milwaukee Brewers season, Postseason\nFor the first time in 26 years (since 1982) the Brewers reached the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197702-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Milwaukee Brewers season, Postseason\nThey lost 3 games to 1 to the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197702-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Milwaukee Brewers season, Farm system\nThe Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197703-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Milwaukee mayoral election\nThe 2008 Milwaukee mayoral election was held on Tuesday, April 1, 2004, to elect the mayor for Milwaukee. Tom Barrett was reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197704-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minato mayoral election\nMinato, Tokyo held a mayoral election on June 8, 2008. Incumbent mayor Masaaki Takei, supported by all major parties except the Japanese Communist Party, was re-elected with a clear majority. Polling turnout was low with only about 25% of the electorate voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197705-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mini Challenge UK\nThe 2008 Mini Challenge season was the seventh season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 27 April at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit and ended on 32 September at Rockingham Motor Speedway. The season featured seven rounds across the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197705-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mini Challenge UK, Championship standings\nChampionship points were awarded for the first 15 positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. There were bonus points awarded for Pole Position and Fastest Lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197706-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses took place on  Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008 with 78 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Minnesota's eight congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 47. Another 25 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 72 delegates represented Minnesota at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Sixteen other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197706-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses, Candidates\nCandidates Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Dennis Kucinich, Bill Richardson, and John Edwards dropped out of the presidential race before the Minnesota Democratic Caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197706-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nOf the 88 delegates, 72 were allocated based on the results of the caucuses. Candidates were required to reach a threshold of 15 percent support at the precinct, congressional district, and statewide levels. Unlike other caucuses, there was no realignment of nonviable groups, and the results were binding for the delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197706-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nIn 2008, there were more than 4,000 precinct caucus sites. Any Minnesotan who would be eligible to vote in the November general election, was not an active member of a party other than the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and agreed with DFL party principles was allowed to participate. All participants, by signing in, affirmed their agreement with the DFL's principles. The caucus included a presidential preference primary, in which voters cast secret ballots for presidential candidates. These results were tallied and used to elect 47 delegates from each of the state's eight congressional districts as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197706-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nAn additional 25 pledged delegates were then allocated based upon the statewide caucus vote. Sixteen of these delegates were allocated for Barack Obama while nine were allocated for Hillary Rodham Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197706-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe remaining 16 delegates were unpledged superdelegates. The 14 Democratic Party Leaders and Elected Officials (PLEOs) included seven Democratic National Committee members, six members of the United States Congress, and former Vice President Walter Mondale. There were also two unpledged add-on delegates, elected at the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party State Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197706-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses, Caucus Night\nMinnesotans turned out in record numbers to attend the 2008 Democratic Caucuses in locations throughout the state. The previous record turnout was about 80,000 in 1968 or 1972; the 2008 turnout exceeded 214,000. As the caucus results came in, Barack Obama consistently held a two-to-one lead over Hillary Rodham Clinton with strong support all throughout the state. Turnout at the Democratic Caucuses was significantly higher than at the Minnesota Republican Caucuses that night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197706-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses, Caucus Night\nFollowing the results of the Super Tuesday elections, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar endorsed Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team\nThe 2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was the second under head coach Tim Brewster. They began play on August 30, 2008 at home against Northern Illinois from the Mid-American Conference, and finished the regular season against Iowa, on November 22. It was the Golden Gophers' final season in the Metrodome, as they moved into TCF Bank Stadium in 2009. The Gophers accepted a bid to the Insight Bowl and played Kansas on December 31 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Preseason\nOn February 21, 2008, it was announced that Ted Roof, the previous head coach of Duke, would replace Everett Withers as the Gophers new defensive coordinator. Withers had previously announced that he was taking the defensive coordinator job at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nThe Golden Gophers opened the 2008 season hosting a Saturday night game against Northern Illinois. After receiving the opening kickoff, Minnesota compiled a 16-play, 90-yard drive that chewed 8:50 off the clock and ended with an 8-yard TD pass from Adam Weber to Eric Decker. Northern Illinois responded early in the 2nd quarter with a 2-yard TD run from Justin Anderson, and a pair of field goals knotted the halftime score at 10\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nTwo big plays by the Golden Gophers set the tone through the 3rd quarter \u2013 a 53-yard TD catch by Jack Simmons and 61-yard TD run by Duane Bennett that staked Minnesota to a 24\u201313 lead. The Huskies answered with two long TD bombs of 91 and 52 yards from Chandler Harnish to Nathan Palmer. As Minnesota began their final drive of the game on their own 26-yard line with 5:25 on the clock, they trailed NIU 27\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nWeber led a methodical drive down the field, completing all 5 of his pass attempts until the Gopher offense stalled in the red zone, bringing up 4th and 1 from the NIU 3. Rather than electing to kick the field goal and send the game into overtime, coach Brewster put the offense back out on the field, and they rewarded his aggressiveness. Bennett converted the 1st down on a short run, and the Gophers immediately ran the same play for a 1-yd TD. After putting the ensuing kickoff out of bounds and giving the Huskies the ball on their own 40, the Minnesota defense batted away a Hail Mary pass into the endzone as time expired to preserve the 31\u201327 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green\nBowling Green hosted a Big Ten opponent for the first time ever as Minnesota traveled to Doyt L. Perry Stadium for a Saturday night game. Bowling Green was confident after coming off a 27\u201317 upset at No. 25 Pittsburgh the previous week. Despite being road underdogs, Minnesota showed no sign of nerves as they once again scored a TD on their first drive and never relinquished the lead, cruising to an easy 42\u201317 victory over the home Falcons. The story of this game was turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green\nAfter a relatively uneventful first half that ended with a Gophers lead of 14\u201310, Bowling Green's Roger Williams fumbled the opening kickoff of the second half. Starting the drive at the BGSU 23, Minnesota promptly marched in for the score. After a Falcon touchdown made it 21\u201317, BGSU turned the ball over on each of their next three possessions, each turnover ultimately resulting in a touchdown for the Golden Gophers. The 28 points off turnovers proved to be the difference, as Minnesota won consecutive games for the first time since November 2006. This was also the first road victory for the Gophers under coach Tim Brewster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Montana State\nMontana State traveled to Minneapolis to take on the Gophers for each team's 3rd game of the season. Despite being heavily favored over an FCS opponent, Minnesota played in a lackluster fashion from the get-go, and actually trailed 6\u20130 at the end of the first quarter. The Golden Gophers' offense woke up in the 2nd quarter, and put 14 points on the board on consecutive drives. Just when it appeared that Minnesota may have begun to put the game out of reach, Montana State's Demetrius Crawford returned a kickoff 100 yards for a TD. Minnesota was able to answer with another touchdown to make the halftime score 21\u201313 in their favor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Montana State\nIn the second half, the Gophers returned to their power running game of old, and their offense consisted mostly of true freshman DeLeon Eskridge toting the rock, and adding two more scores to his one from the first half. He finished the game with 114 yards and three touchdowns, proving himself a capable replacement for previous starter Duane Bennett, who was lost for the remainder of the season after suffering a knee injury during the Bowling Green game. Despite their less-than-spectacular performance, the Gophers managed to hold on for a 35\u201323 victory, and began a season 3\u20130 for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nThe Gophers hosted the Owls for a Saturday morning game in Minneapolis. Minnesota looked to be the better team almost from the beginning, and finished with a 37\u20133 rout of Florida Atlantic. The defense continued to show its vast improvement over the 2007 version, holding FAU to a mere 3 points, the lowest total by a Minnesota opponent since a 62\u20130 rout of Temple in 2006. The Golden Gophers forced 4 interceptions by Owl QB Rusty Smith, widely considered to be a potential pro prospect. The offense was formidable as well, gaining a season-high 441 total yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nQB Adam Weber continued his solid, steady play, but did tally his first interception of the season on an ill-advised throw into triple coverage in an attempt to force the ball to WR Eric Decker in the end zone. The Gophers entered Big Ten play with a 4\u20130 record for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nMinnesota traveled to Columbus, Ohio for a Saturday morning showdown with the No. 13 Ohio State Buckeyes. The Gophers had not defeated OSU since a 29\u201317 upset victory in 2000, and this contest would end no differently. Preseason Heisman hopeful Chris Wells and freshman phenom Terrelle Pryor started in the backfield for the first time ever, as Wells returned from a foot injury. The two combined for 203 yards rushing, and Ohio State led wire-to-wire for a 34\u201321 victory. After coming off the worst season in school history, the Gophers could at least take solace in the fact that they were competitive with the Buckeyes, and that their loss in the Big Ten season opener put them at a much-improved 4\u20131 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nEric Decker continued his outstanding junior campaign, catching a school-record 13 receptions for 190 yards, leading host Minnesota to a 16\u20137 victory over the visiting Indiana Hoosiers. The Saturday morning tilt started slow, as neither team scored until the 2nd quarter, with the halftime score being knotted at 7\u20137. Minnesota's defense was stalwart the entire game, not allowing a first down until just before the half, with their only lapse being a 77-yard TD pass to RB Marcus Thigpen on a blown coverage play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nIt turned out to be a rather nondescript affair overall, with K Joel Monroe's three-second-half field goals staking the Gophers out to a 9-point lead, which ended up being the final margin of victory. This was the first Big Ten win of Tim Brewster's career, and put Minnesota at 1\u20131 in conference play. Indiana fell to 0\u20132 against conference foes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nMinnesota traveled to Champaign, Illinois for an 11\u00a0am contest with the Fighting Illini. Though they were double-digit underdogs entering the game, the Gophers showed they were not intimidated, and led 7\u20133 at halftime. Once again, the Minnesota defense was the story of the game. Despite allowing 462 passing yards to standout QB Juice Williams, the swarming Gopher defense sacked him five times, forcing three turnovers and returning a Williams fumble for a touchdown. Minnesota held Illinois out of the endzone on a memorable goal line stand in the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nThe referee initially signaled a touchdown on a scramble by Williams, but the call was overturned on a challenge, and firmly shifted the momentum in the Gophers' favor. DE Willie VanDeSteeg was named Walter Camp national player of the week after his 3 sack, 5 tackle performance. He was also named Big Ten defensive player of the week. Coming off their horrible 1\u201311 performance the previous year, Minnesota became bowl-eligible with a 6\u20131 (2\u20131) record, while Illinois fell to 3\u20133 (1\u20132). Minnesota held a winning conference record for the first time since 2005. Later in the weekend, both AP and coaches voters put the Gophers in the top 25, also for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nMinnesota, ranked No. 24 in the initial 2008 BCS rankings and No. 25 AP/Coaches, traveled to West Lafayette, Indiana for a Saturday morning game against the Purdue Boilermakers. Sophomore QB Adam Weber led the way for the Gopher offense, throwing for one touchdown and adding one on the ground as he accumulated 212 yards passing and 60 yards rushing. The Minnesota defense forced four Purdue turnovers and held the Boilermaker offense to just 226 total yards as they lost their homecoming game in coach Joe Tiller's final season. Purdue (2\u20136, 0\u20134) lost for the 18th consecutive time to a ranked opponent, while the Gophers (7\u20131, 3\u20131) won at Ross\u2013Ade Stadium for the first time since 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nThe Michigan Wolverines, under first-year head coach Rich Rodriguez, entered the game already guaranteed of missing their first bowl game in 35 seasons. They were able to come out strong against the Gophers, prevailing 29\u20136 in the 91st battle for the Little Brown Jug. With the loss and the Gophers' move to the new TCF Stadium for the 2009 season, the Michigan Wolverines closed the Metrodome-era of the series having never lost in the stadium in 12 tries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197707-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nIn their final game at the Metrodome, the Gophers were embarrassed by the rival Iowa Hawkeyes, 55\u20130, in front of 64,071 in the battle for Floyd of Rosedale. It was the fifth-worst loss in school history, the second-worst at home, and the worst ever in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197708-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election\nThe 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 86th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on September 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197708-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election\nThe Minnesota Democratic\u2013Farmer\u2013Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197709-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Lynx season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the tenth season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx were not able to return to the postseason for the first time since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197710-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Minnesota Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008, with 38 national delegates at stake. The caucuses were considered a non-binding straw poll, since Minnesota officially chose 24 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention during district conventions from May 3 to May 24, 2008, and the remaining 14 delegates during the state convention on June 7, 2008. Those delegates to the national convention officially nominated the President. Mitt Romney was the winner of the Minnesota caucuses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197710-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Republican National Convention was held in St. Paul, Minnesota from September 1 until September 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197711-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Swarm season\nThe Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 4th in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197711-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Swarm season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197711-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Swarm season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197711-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Swarm season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season\nThe 2008 Minnesota Twins season was the 48th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 108th overall in the American League. After tying the Chicago White Sox for first in the AL Central Division with an 88\u201374 record, the team lost a one game playoff to finish second and miss the league playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season\nThe Twins played their games in Bloomington Minnesota from 1961 till 1981 then moved into the Metrodome in 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Player and personnel moves\nGeneral Manager for the previous 13 years, Terry Ryan stepped down into the role of Senior Advisor in September 2007 and was replaced by Bill Smith, formerly the assistant general manager. Scouting director Mike Radcliff was named vice president of player personnel and director of baseball operations Rob Antony was named assistant GM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Player and personnel moves\nThe offseason between the 2007 and 2008 seasons saw many rumors surrounding pitcher Johan Santana, but little action until shortly before the start of spring training. Typically standing still in the off-season, the Twins made some waves late November when they traded Matt Garza, Jason Bartlett and Eduardo Morlan to the Tampa Bay Rays for power-hitting outfielder Delmon Young, scrappy infielder Brendan Harris and former Twin Jason Pridie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Player and personnel moves\nPrior to the Rays trade, the Twins traded for outfielder Craig Monroe of the Chicago Cubs. Monroe would later sign with the Twins and would be placed on the major league roster soon after. Monroe joined several others including Adam Everett and Mike Lamb as those new to the team who made the 2008 Opening Day roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Player and personnel moves\nOn January 18, 2008, the Twins avoided arbitration with three current players: Jason Kubel, Justin Morneau and Juan Rinc\u00f3n. Rinc\u00f3n and Kubel were signed through 2008, while Morneau and Michael Cuddyer were signed to extended contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Player and personnel moves\nThe Twins also saw several players depart via free agency, roster management and trade. The Twins also released players Jason Tyner, Chris Heintz, Lew Ford, Josh Rabe and Matthew LeCroy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Player and personnel moves\nMinnesota lost Carlos Silva via free agency, Silva signing with the Seattle Mariners for a four-year contract. Silva was a starting pitcher for the Twins in recent years after coming over in the Eric Milton trade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Player and personnel moves\nThe Twins also lost perennial Gold Glove center fielder and fan favorite Torii Hunter in free agency, who signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for five years and $90 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Player and personnel moves\nThe Twins traded ace Johan Santana to the New York Mets for four prospects: outfielder Carlos G\u00f3mez and pitchers Kevin Mulvey, Philip Humber and Deolis Guerra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Spring training\nThe Twins, as per long-standing tradition, were the last team to begin spring training on February 17, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Spring training\nOn March 27, the Twins announced they had finished signing their entire 40-man roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Spring training\nPitcher Francisco Liriano was unable to report to camp on time due to visa problems. Shortly before the start of the season, Liriano was sent down to the minor leagues to continue his development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Spring training\nG\u00f3mez beat out center field prospects Denard Span and Jason Pridie for the starting job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason and spring training, Spring training\nThe team re-signed closer Joe Nathan to a four-year contract on March 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Notable events\nOn May 7, 2008, Carlos G\u00f3mez hit for the cycle against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. He became the ninth major leaguer in history to hit for the reverse natural cycle. He also became the third-youngest player to hit for the cycle in MLB history. It had been a spell of 22 years since the last Twin hit for the cycle, Kirby Puckett in 1986.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Notable events\nOn May 19, Bobby Korecky\u2014with a single in the tenth inning\u2014became the only Twins pitcher to get a hit in the Metrodome (1982\u20132009).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Notable events\nIn the third inning of the June 15 game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Scott Baker became the first Minnesota Twin to strike out four men in a single inning. After Ryan Braun struck out, Prince Fielder struck out swinging at a wild pitch and made it to first base. Baker then struck out Russell Branyan and Mike Cameron to end the inning. Baker is the eighth American League pitcher to strike out the four consecutively. In 2012, Francisco Liriano will become the second Twin to accomplish the feat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Notable events\nDuring the 2008 campaign, the Twins sent three representatives to the 2008 MLB All Star game: Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Joe Nathan. Morneau went on to win the home run derby and score the winning run in the 15th inning of the All-Star game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Notable events\nJoe Mauer won his second American League Batting Title with a .328 average. Justin Morneau set a new club record with 47 doubles, and led the major leagues playing in 163 games. Carlos G\u00f3mez topped Rod Carew's 1974 team record with 30 bunt singles (Carew had 29), a total which led the majors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Notable events\nJoe Mauer and Justin Morneau both won Silver Slugger Awards; Mauer added a Gold Glove Award as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nApril 5, 2008: Placed outfielder Michael Cuddyer on the 15-day disabled list; recalled outfielder Denard Span from Rochester of the International League (AAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nApril 11, 2008: Placed pitcher Kevin Slowey on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nApril 19, 2008: Placed shortstop Adam Everett on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 15; recalled third baseman Brian Buscher from Rochester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nApril 24, 2008: Optioned outfielder Denard Span to Rochester of the International League (AAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nApril 25, 2008: Activated outfielder Michael Cuddyer from the 15-day disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nApril 26, 2008: Optioned pitcher Francisco Liriano to Rochester of the International League (AAA); recalled pitcher Bobby Korecky from Rochester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nApril 30, 2008: Optioned third baseman Brian Buscher to Rochester of the International League (AAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nMay 2, 2008: Activated infielder Adam Everett from the 15-day disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nMay 8, 2008: Placed pitcher Scott Baker on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 4; activated pitcher Kevin Slowey from the 15-day disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nMay 9, 2008: Placed pitcher Pat Neshek on the 15-day disabled list; recalled pitcher Glen Perkins from Rochester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nMay 11, 2008: Placed infielder Nick Punto on the 15-day disabled list; recalled infielder Alexi Casilla from Rochester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nMay 17, 2008: Placed infielder Matt Tolbert on the 15-day disabled list; purchased the contract of infielder Howie Clark from Rochester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nMay 22, 2008: Placed shortstop Adam Everett on the 15-day disabled list; recalled infielder Matt Macri from Rochester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nMay 29, 2008: Claimed pitcher Craig Breslow off waivers from the Cleveland Indians; transferred pitcher Pat Neshek to the 60-day disabled list; optioned pitcher Bobby Korecky to Rochester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nMay 31, 2008: Activated infielder Nick Punto from the 15-day disabled list; designated infielder Howie Clark for assignment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nJune 2, 2008: Outrighted infielder Howie Clark to the minor leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nJune 5, 2008: Optioned infielder Matt Macri to Rochester of the International League (AAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nJune 6, 2008: Activated pitcher Scott Baker from the 15-day disabled list; placed infielder Nick Punto on the 15-day disabled list; recalled infielder Matt Macri from Rochester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nJune 13, 2008: Pitcher Juan Rinc\u00f3n designated for assignment; recalled infielder Brian Buscher from Rochester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nJune 24, 2008: Activated infielder Nick Punto from the 15-day disabled list: optioned infielder Howie Clark to Rochester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nJune 29, 2008: Placed outfielder Michael Cuddyer on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 28; recalled outfielder Denard Span from Rochester of the International League (AAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nJuly 31, 2008: Placed infielder Alexi Casilla on the 15-day disabled list; activated infielder Adam Everett from the 15-day disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nAugust 1, 2008: Designated pitcher Liv\u00e1n Hern\u00e1ndez and outfielder Craig Monroe for assignment; recalled pitcher Francisco Liriano from Rochester; purchased the contract of infielder Randy Ruiz from Rochester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nAugust 11, 2008: Signed former Twin Bobby Kielty to a minor league contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Regular season transactions\nAugust 21, 2008: Activated infielder Alexi Casilla from the 15-day disabled list; assigned pitcher Brian Bass to Rochester of the International League (AAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197712-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season\nThe 2008 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 48th in the NFL and their third under head coach Brad Childress. They won their 17th NFC North title with a 10\u20136 record, the first time since 2000 that they made the playoffs and finished with a winning record, but had to play in the wild card round of the playoffs, where they were paired with Childress's former team, the Philadelphia Eagles, who ended the Vikings' season with a 26\u201314 win. Second-year running back Adrian Peterson led the league in rushing with 1,760 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Releases and injuries\nOn February 11, it was announced that defensive end Kenechi Udeze had been diagnosed by doctors with a form of leukemia. KMSP-TV (Ch. 9) also reported that Udeze was at Fairview Southdale Hospital undergoing tests and that he had been at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester the week before. Udeze was expected to be out for the 2008 season, but returned for one game against the Green Bay Packers on November 9 before ultimately retiring from professional football on July 29, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Releases and injuries\nOn February 20, the team released free safety Dwight Smith after two somewhat controversial seasons with the Vikings in which Smith had several run-ins with the law. He was due to receive $2.5\u00a0million and a $500,000 roster bonus this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Releases and injuries\nOn February 27, the team released backup quarterback Kelly Holcomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Releases and injuries\nOn February 29, the team traded wide receiver Troy Williamson to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a sixth-round pick in the 2008 draft and linebacker Dontarrious Thomas left the team to join the San Francisco 49ers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Releases and injuries\nOn March 1, the Vikings' former defensive tackle Spencer Johnson joined the Buffalo Bills.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Releases and injuries\nOn March 3, free agent running back Mewelde Moore left the team to join the Pittsburgh Steelers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Releases and injuries\nOn March 7, safety Tank Williams joined the New England Patriots and fullback Tony Richardson joined the New York Jets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Signings and extensions\nOn February 29, the team signed safety Madieu Williams, formerly of the Cincinnati Bengals, and fullback Thomas Tapeh, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Signings and extensions\nOn March 1, the team signed wide receiver Bernard Berrian, formerly of the Chicago Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Signings and extensions\nOn March 4, running back and special teams specialist Maurice Hicks, formerly of the San Francisco 49ers, signed a three-year contract to join the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Signings and extensions\nOn March 14, the team signed linebacker and special-teams standout Derrick Pope, formerly of the Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Signings and extensions\nOn March 17, the Vikings signed former Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Ellis Wyms, and re-signed wide receiver Robert Ferguson; all to one-year contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Signings and extensions\nOn March 20 and March 21, Houston Texans safety Michael Boulware and former Green Bay Packers career backup defensive tackle Kenderick Allen to one-year contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Signings and extensions\nOn March 24, restricted free agent linebacker Heath Farwell was re-resigned to a one-year contract. Also, on the next day, the team signed former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Benny Sapp to a one-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Signings and extensions\nOn April 8, former Vikings backup quarterback Gus Frerotte rejoined the team on a one-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Signings and extensions\nOn April 23, Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Jared Allen signed a six-year contract with the Vikings in a trade that gave the Chiefs the Vikings' 2008 first-round draft pick and both third-round picks. The trade may also involve the swapping of 2008 sixth round draft picks with Kansas City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Signings and extensions\nOn July 22, the Vikings signed their fifth-round pick, DT Letroy Guion, and their seventh-round pick WR Jaymar Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason, Draft\nNote: All selections were moved up one overall position due to the forfeiture of the New England Patriots first round draft pick due to \"Spygate scandal\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Training camp\nOn May 27, Erasmus James was traded to the Washington Redskins for a conditional 2009 NFL draft pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Training camp\nOn June 27, the Vikings signed a one-day contract with seven-season member Robert Griffith so he could ceremonially retire as a member of the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Training camp\nOn July 16, a report by Jay Glazer appeared on FoxSports.com stating that the Green Bay Packers had filed tampering charges against the Vikings for allegedly inappropriately contacting Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Training camp\nOn August 4, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell ruled that contact between the Vikings and Brett Favre over the summer did not violate league tampering rules, as the Packers alleged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Green Bay Packers\nThe Vikings began their 2008 campaign on the road against their NFC North foe, the Green Bay Packers, in the first game of 2008's Monday Night Football doubleheader. After a scoreless first quarter, the Vikings attacked first with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 37-yard field goal. The Packers responded with QB Aaron Rodgers completing a 1-yard TD pass to FB Korey Hall, along with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the Vikes tried to catch up as Longwell got a 27-yard field goal, but Green Bay replied with CB/PR Will Blackmon returning a punt 76 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Minnesota tried to rally as QB Tarvaris Jackson completed a 23-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice (with a failed 2-point conversion), yet the Packers responded with Rodgers getting a 1-yard TD run. The Vikes would reply with RB Adrian Peterson getting a 3-yard TD run, but their final rally ended in an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Green Bay Packers\nWith the loss, not only did the Vikings begin their season at 0\u20131, but Head Coach Brad Childress fell to 0\u20135 against the Packers in his coaching career. In the first half, Minnesota was widely outgained in passing yards 139\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Packers, the Vikings played their Week 2 home opener against the Indianapolis Colts. In the first half, kicker Ryan Longwell helped Minnesota take the early lead with a 45-yard and a 27-yard field goal in the first quarter, along with a 53-yard field goal in the second quarter. In the third quarter, the Vikes increased its lead with Longwell getting a 46-yard and a 28-yard field goal. However, the Colts responded with RB Joseph Addai getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Indianapolis continued to gain ground as QB Peyton Manning completed a 32-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne, followed by a two-point conversion run by RB Dominic Rhodes. Later, the Colts sealed the win with kicker Adam Vinatieri nailing the game-winning 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 908]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Carolina Panthers\nTrying to avoid an 0\u20133 start, the Vikings stayed at home for a Week 3 duel with the Carolina Panthers. Due to a poor performance, QB Tarvaris Jackson was benched in favor of veteran QB Gus Frerotte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Carolina Panthers\nIn the first quarter, Minnesota trailed early as Panthers kicker John Kasay got a 43-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Carolina increased its lead with RB Jonathan Stewart getting a 2-yard TD run. The Vikes would respond with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 28-yard field goal, along with CB Antoine Winfield sacking Panthers QB Jake Delhomme, fumbling the ball, and Winfield returning that fumble 19-yards for a touchdown just before halftime, the key play in the Viking victory. Head coach Brad Childress said a day later that Winfield had a half-second left before it was ruled an incomplete pass. In the third quarter, the Vikings got the lead as Frerotte completed a 34-yard TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe. In the fourth quarter, Minnesota sealed its victory with Longwell nailing a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 906]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Tennessee Titans\nComing off their home win over the Panthers, the Vikings flew to LP Field for a Week 4 interconference duel with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Minnesota trailed early as Titans kicker Rob Bironas got a 20-yard field goal, while RB Chris Johnson got a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Vikes responded with RB Adrian Peterson getting a 28-yard TD run. However, Tennessee responded with Bironas kicking a 32-yard field goal, along with RB LenDale White getting a 1-yard TD run. The Vikings closed out the half with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, the Titans increased their lead with Bironas nailing a 49-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Minnesota tried to rally as Peterson got a 3-yard TD run, but Tennessee pulled away with Johnson's 6-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at New Orleans Saints\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Titans, the Vikings flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 5 Monday Night duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the game, QB Gus Frerotte was making his first MNF start since 1997 (when he was with the Washington Redskins).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the first quarter, the Vikes trailed early as Saints QB Drew Brees completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson. Minnesota would respond with CB Antoine Winfield returning a blocked field goal 59 yards for a touchdown, the first (and longest) ever in franchise history. New Orleans would answer with kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica getting a 35-yard field goal, yet the Vikings replied with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 53-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Vikes took the lead on a trick play as RB Chester Taylor completed a 4-yard TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe, along with Longwell kicking a 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, the Saints began to rally as RB Reggie Bush returned a punt 71 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, New Orleans took the lead with Gram\u00e1tica's 53-yard field goal and Bush's 64-yard punt return for a touchdown. Afterwards, Minnesota answered with Frerotte completing a 33-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian, along with Longwell nailing the game-winning 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at New Orleans Saints\nAntoine Winfield had a big game. In addition to his touchdown off of a blocked field goal, he had 8 tackles and a sack (with a forced fumble recovery).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at New Orleans Saints\nThis was also the first time in NFL history that a game had a combination of a blocked field goal, a TD pass by a non-quarterback, two field goals of 50+ yards, and two punts returned for touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Detroit Lions\nComing off their Monday night road win over the Saints, the Vikings went home for a Week 6 NFC North duel with the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, the Vikes got an early lead as Lions QB Dan Orlovsky unintentionally ran out of the back of his own end zone, giving Minnesota a safety which Orlovsky didn't know why the whistles were blown. In the second quarter, Detroit got the lead as kicker Jason Hanson got a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, the Lions increased their lead as Orlovsky completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson. The Vikings answered with QB Gus Frerotte completing an 86-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian. In the end of the fourth quarter, the Vikes got in field goal range due to a controversial pass interference call on Leigh Bodden. The Vikes sealed the win with kicker Ryan Longwell nailing the game-winning 26-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Chicago Bears\nComing off their divisional home win over the Lions, the Vikings flew to Soldier Field for a Week 7 NFC North duel with the Chicago Bears. In the first quarter, the Vikes drew first blood as RB Adrian Peterson got a 1-yard TD run. The Bears would respond with QB Kyle Orton completing an 18-yard TD pass to TE Greg Olsen, along with RB Garrett Wolfe returning a blocked punt 17 yards for a touchdown. Minnesota would respond with QB Gus Frerotte completing a 24-yard TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Chicago Bears\nIn the second quarter, it would be back and forth. Chicago kicker Robbie Gould would get a 26-yard field goal, while Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell got a 42-yard field goal. Bears CB Zack Bowman would recover a fumble in Minnesota's endzone for a touchdown, while Vikings RB Chester Taylor got a 1-yard TD run. Chicago would close out the half as Gould got a 48-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, the Bears got the lead again as WR Rashied Davis recovered a fumble within Minnesota's endzone for a touchdown. The Vikes would reply as Peterson got a 54-yard TD run. Chicago would then strike again as Orton completed a 51-yard TD pass to WR Marty Booker. In the fourth quarter, the Bears struck again as RB Matt Forte got a 1-yard TD run. Minnesota tried to rally as Longwell nailed a 23-yard field goal, along with Frerotte completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian. However, Chicago's defense stepped up and prevented the Vikes from tying the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Chicago Bears\nWith the loss, the Vikings went into their bye week at 3\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Chicago Bears\nThe 89 combined points became the highest single-game scoring total in the history of the Vikes/Bears rivalry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Houston Texans\nComing off their bye week, the Vikings played a Week 9 interconference duel at home against the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, the Vikes drew first blood as RB Adrian Peterson got a 1-yard TD run. The Texans responded with CB Jacques Reeves returning an interception 44 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Minnesota responded with QB Gus Frerotte completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice and a 49-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, Houston started to rally as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR David Anderson. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings answered with Frerotte completing a 25-yard TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe. The Texans tried to come back as Rosenfels completed a 14-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson. Fortunately, Minnesota's defense stiffened for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Green Bay Packers\nComing off their win over the Texans, the Vikings stayed at home for a Week 10 NFC North rematch with the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, the Vikes drew first blood as QB Gus Frerotte completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice. The Packers would respond with RB Ryan Grant getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Minnesota increased their lead with kicker Ryan Longwell (former Packer) getting a 54-yard field goal, along with the Vikings picking up back-to-back safeties. The first one came when QB Aaron Rodgers committed intentional grounding in his own endzone, with the second one coming from DE Jared Allen sacking Rodgers in his own endzone. Green Bay would close out the half with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 851]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the Vikes increased their lead as Frerotte completed a 47-yard TD pass to RB Chester Taylor. However, the Packers took the lead as safety Nick Collins returned an interception 59 yards for a touchdown, along with CB/KR Will Blackmon returning a punt 65 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, the Packers increased their lead as Crosby nailed a 40-yard field goal. The Vikings regained the lead as RB Adrian Peterson got a 29-yard TD run. Green Bay did manage to get a late drive going, yet Crosby's 52-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right, preserving head coach Brad Childress' first win over the Packers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nComing off their divisional home win over the Packers, the Vikings flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 11 duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, the Vikings struck first as kicker Ryan Longwell got a 43-yard field goal. The Buccaneers responded with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 39-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Minnesota answered with QB Gus Frerotte completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Wade. Tampa Bay would reply with Bryant making a 26-yard field goal. The Vikings closed out the half with Longwell getting a 26-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the third quarter, the Buccaneers tied the game with FB B. J. Askew getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay took the lead as Bryant nailed a 29-yard and a 26-yard field goal. Minnesota tried to rally, but the Buccaneers' defense was too much to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Buccaneers, the Vikings flew to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 12 interconference duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, the Vikes got off to a fast start as LB Napoleon Harris returned a fumble 27 yards for a touchdown, while RB Chester Taylor got a 3-yard TD run. The Jaguars would respond with QB David Garrard completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams. Minnesota would answer with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 54-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Jacksonville would get the period's only points as kicker Josh Scobee made a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, the Vikings replied with Longwell making a 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Minnesota pulled away as Longwell nailed a 22-yard field goal, while RB Adrian Peterson got a 16-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Jaguars were given a safety when Vikings punter Chris Kluwe ran out of the back of his endzone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Chicago Bears\nComing off their road win over the Jaguars, the Vikings went home, donned their throwback uniforms, and played a Week 13 NFC North rematch with the Chicago Bears, with first place in the division on the line. In the first quarter, Chicago would strike first with QB Kyle Orton completing a 65-yard TD pass to WR Devin Hester. The Vikings would answer back in the second quarter with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 23-yard field goal. Later in the quarter, the Vikings defense would come up big with a goal line stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Chicago Bears\nDE Jared Allen made the key tackle just an inch short of the end zone on fourth-and-goal. On the very next play, QB Gus Frerotte ran a play action fake from his own endzone and found former Bears WR Bernard Berrian for a 99-yard touchdown pass. This tied an NFL record for the longest pass from scrimmage and it was the first-ever longest offensive touchdown play in franchise history. It was also the eleventh time in NFL history that a 99-yard play was made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0048-0002", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Chicago Bears\nThen, with 1:09 left until halftime, Frerotte found TE Jim Kleinsasser for a 21-yard gain to just inside the one-yard line. The play was originally ruled a touchdown, but was officially reviewed and it was determined that he was just short of the goal line. On the next play however, Frerotte got the touchdown on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with 44 seconds left until the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, both teams traded blows. The Bears would answer with Orton completing a 2-yard TD pass to RB Matt Fort\u00e9, while Minnesota answered with RB Chester Taylor getting a 21-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Vikes pulled away as RB Adrian Peterson got a 1-yard TD run, while Longwell nailed a 27-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Chicago Bears\nWith the win, the Vikings improved to 7\u20135 and took first place in the NFC North for the first time since early in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Detroit Lions\nFresh off their divisional home win over the Bears on Sunday night, the Vikings flew to Ford Field for a Week 14 NFC North rematch with the winless Detroit Lions. Late in the first quarter, Minnesota would trail as Lions kicker Jason Hanson got a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Detroit increased its lead as Hanson got a 23-yard field goal. The Vikings closed out the half with a 35-yard field goal from kicker Ryan Longwell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, Minnesota would take the lead as RB Chester Taylor got a 17-yard TD run. The Lions would reply with QB Daunte Culpepper (a former Viking) completing a 70-yard TD pass to wide receiver Calvin Johnson. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings regained the lead as QB Tarvaris Jackson completed an 11-yard TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe. Detroit tried to rally as Hanson nailed a 39-yard field goal, yet Longwell helped Minnesota pull away with a 50-yard field goal, his fifth 50+ yarder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their hotly contested road win over the Lions, the Vikings flew to the desert for a Week 15 duel with the newly crowned NFC West champion Arizona Cardinals. Early in the first quarter, the Vikings got on the board first with a punt returned 82 yards by Bernard Berrian for a touchdown. Later in the first quarter, the Vikings increased their lead with QB Tarvaris Jackson completing a 41-yard TD pass to Berrian. The Vikings closed out the first quarter with Jackson completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice. In the second quarter, the Vikings increased their lead with Jackson completing an 11-yard TD pass to RB Chester Taylor for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, Arizona tried to rally as QB Kurt Warner completed a 50-yard TD pass to WR Jerheme Urban. Later in the quarter, the Vikings tried to put the game away with a 34-yard field goal by kicker Ryan Longwell, only to have it blocked and Arizona returning it 62 yards for a touchdown by CB Roderick Hood. Finally, the Vikings put the game away for good with Jackson completing a 59-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Wade. Arizona tried to rally in the final minutes of the game, but on first-and-goal, they ran out of time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith the win, the Vikings improved to 9\u20135 and to a one-game lead over the Bears in the NFC North. If the Vikings won in week 16 against Atlanta or Chicago lost against Green Bay, the Vikings would clinch their 17th division title, and their first since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16 vs. Atlanta Falcons\nComing off their road rout of the Cardinals, the Vikings went home for a Week 16 battle with the Atlanta Falcons; a win would give the Vikings their first division title since 2000, and their first NFC North title. Minnesota trailed early in the first quarter as Falcons running back Michael Turner got a 1-yard touchdown run. The Vikings would respond with quarterback Tarvaris Jackson completing a 21-yard touchdown pass to tight end Visanthe Shiancoe. However, Atlanta would answer in the second quarter with quarterback Matt Ryan completing an 8-yard touchdown pass to running back Jerious Norwood, followed by kicker Jason Elam's 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16 vs. Atlanta Falcons\nThe Falcons would further increase their lead in the third quarter as offensive guard Justin Blalock recovered Ryan's fumble in the endzone for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Minnesota tried to rally as kicker Ryan Longwell nailed a 29-yard field goal, followed by Jackson's 17-yard touchdown pass to Shiancoe. However, Atlanta's defense prevented any further comeback from happening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17 vs. New York Giants\nComing into their final game of the season against the New York Giants, the Vikings needed a win or a Chicago Bears loss to clinch the NFC North division title. The scoring began early in the second quarter when Ryan Longwell kicked a 48-yard field goal. The Vikings continued the scoring with a 67-yard run by Adrian Peterson, the second longest of his career thus far. The Giants responded with a 51-yard John Carney field goal. The Giants continued the scoring with two John Carney field goals from 30 and 42 yards respectively to round out the end of the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17 vs. New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, the Giants took the lead when David Carr threw a 23-yard pass to Domenik Hixon, then added a 20-yard John Carney field goal early in the fourth quarter, making for a Giants nine-point lead. The Vikings came back with a 54-yard pass from Tarvaris Jackson to Bernard Berrian and clinched the win when Ryan Longwell nailed a 50-yard, game-winning field goal as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17 vs. New York Giants\nWith the victory, the Vikings finished the regular season at 10\u20136, winning their first division title since 2000 and earning their first playoff berth since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Postseason, Game summaries, NFC Wildcard Round: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nEntering the postseason as the NFC's third seed, the Vikings began their playoff run at home against the No. 6 Philadelphia Eagles and for the first time in eight years, the Vikings hosted a playoff game. Minnesota would trail early as Eagles kicker David Akers got a 43-yard and a 51-yard field goal. The Vikings would respond in the second quarter as running back Adrian Peterson got a 40-yard touchdown run. However, Philadelphia would answer with Akers' 31-yard field goal, followed by cornerback Asante Samuel's 44-yard interception return for a touchdown. Minnesota would end the half with Peterson's 3-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 102], "content_span": [103, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Postseason, Game summaries, NFC Wildcard Round: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Eagles would increase their lead in the fourth quarter with quarterback Donovan McNabb's 71-yard touchdown pass to running back Brian Westbrook, followed by an Akers 45-yard field goal. Try as they might, the Vikings were unable to build any momentum to mount a rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 102], "content_span": [103, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197713-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season, Postseason, Game summaries, NFC Wildcard Round: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, the Vikings' season ended with an overall record of 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 102], "content_span": [103, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197714-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota elections\nElections were held in Minnesota on November 4, 2008. Primary elections took place on September 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197714-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota elections, Federal, President and Vice President of the United States\nThe 2008 presidential election pitted Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama against Arizona Republican Senator John McCain. Minnesota was considered a swing state in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 84], "content_span": [85, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197714-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota elections, Federal, President and Vice President of the United States\nBoth major-party candidates made high-profile visits to the state. Obama gave a speech declaring victory in the Democratic primaries in June of that year at the Xcel Energy Center. The venue was used three months later to host the 2008 Republican National Convention in September where McCain accepted the nomination of the Republican Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 84], "content_span": [85, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197714-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota elections, Federal, President and Vice President of the United States\nObama went on to win the state in the November election, earning all ten of its electoral votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 84], "content_span": [85, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197714-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota elections, Federal, United States Senate\nIncumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman was challenged by radio host and comedian DFLer Al Franken and former Independence Senator Dean Barkley. The race was close, requiring a recount followed by several legal challenges that would prevent a winner from being seated until July 2009. While Coleman held a slight lead at the end of election night, the subsequent recount ultimately gave Al Franken a 225-vote lead. A legal challenge by Coleman was unsuccessful and Franken was eventually certified as the winner of the election following a unanimous ruling of the Minnesota Supreme Court, having a final margin of 312 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197714-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota elections, Federal, United States House of Representatives\nAll of Minnesota's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2008. Seven incumbents successfully sought re-election. One incumbent, Republican Representative Jim Ramstad retired and was replaced by Republican state Representative Erik Paulsen, who defeated DFL challenger Ashwin Madia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197714-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota elections, State\nMinnesota's constitutional officers\u2014governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and auditor\u2014were not up for election in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197714-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota elections, State, Minnesota Senate\nThe Minnesota Senate was not up for election in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197714-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota elections, State, Minnesota House of Representatives\nAll 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives were up for election in 2008. The DFL expanded its lead in the chamber, gaining two seats to 87 members. Republicans lost one seat, dropping to 47 members. The body's lone independent, Mark Olson\u2014who had been ejected from the Republican caucus after being convicted of spousal abuse\u2014chose not to seek re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 67], "content_span": [68, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197715-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota\u2013Duluth Bulldogs football team\nThe 2008 Minnesota\u2013Duluth Bulldogs football team was an American football team that won the 2008 NCAA Division II national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197715-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota\u2013Duluth Bulldogs football team\nThe team represented the University of Minnesota Duluth in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) during the 2008 NCAA Division II football season. In their sixth, non-consecutive season under head coach Bob Nielson, the Bulldogs compiled a perfect 15\u20130 record, outscored opponents by a total of 613 to 173, and won the NSIC championship. The team advanced to the playoffs and won the national championship by defeating Northwest Missouri State in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197715-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota\u2013Duluth Bulldogs football team\nThe team's statistical leaders included Isaac Odim with 1,638 rushing yards and 180 points scored, Ted Schlafke with 3,018 passing yards and 3,513 yards of total offense, and D.J. Winfield with 1,201 receiving yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197715-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Minnesota\u2013Duluth Bulldogs football team\nThe team played its home games at James S. Malosky Stadium in Duluth, Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197716-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Minsk bombing\nThe 2008 Minsk bombing took place just after midnight on 4 July 2008, in Minsk, Belarus and wounded 54 people. The explosion happened near the Hero City Memorial at a concert to celebrate Belarus' independence. The concert had been attended by Belarus' President, Alexander Lukashenko, who was not hurt and who officials said was not the target.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197716-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Minsk bombing\nNo clear motive for the blast has been revealed. However, Belarusian authorities detained four members of the White Legion, a nationalist group, in the days following the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197716-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Minsk bombing\nDuring the investigation, over a dozen opposition leaders were interrogated. The explosion was also the pretext for the mass taking of fingerprints of almost the entire male population of Belarus. The probable perpetrators of the explosion were detained during the investigation of the 2011 Minsk Metro bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197717-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Misano Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Misano Superbike World Championship round was the eighth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of June 27\u201329, 2008, at the Misano Adriatico circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197718-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary took place on March 11, 2008, with 33 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Mississippi's four congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 22. Another 11 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 33 delegates represented Mississippi at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Seven other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197718-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nA poll of likely voters on March 9, 2008, showed Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton 54% to 37% with 9% undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197718-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nMississippi, with its heavily African American population, gave Barack Obama a large victory over Hillary Clinton by an almost two-to-one margin. According to exit polls, 50 percent of voters in the Mississippi Democratic Primary were African Americans and they opted for Obama by a margin of 92-8 compared to the 48 percent of Caucasian voters who backed Clinton by a margin of 70-26. Obama won all age groups, educational attainment levels and socioeconomic classes in Mississippi except senior citizens aged 65 and over who backed Clinton by a margin of 55-43.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197718-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama won moderates and liberals, as well as self-identified Democrats by a margin of 67-30 and Independents by a 53-43 percent margin of victory. Clinton won conservatives and self-identified Republicans by a margin of 75-25. Obama also swept most major religious denominations \u2013 other Christians went for Obama 70-29; other religions 80-20; and atheists/agnostics 80-20 while Clinton won Protestants 56-39 and Roman Catholics 54-42.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197718-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama performed extremely well throughout the state of Mississippi and won over half of its counties. He performed best in the more rural parts of the state, especially in the Mississippi River Delta counties that are majority-black as well as Hinds County, which contains the state capital and largest city of Jackson and its suburbs which went largely for Obama. He also performed extremely well in Central Mississippi and Southern Mississippi, although the latter to a lesser extent. Clinton performed extremely well in rural counties that are predominantly white and politically conservative, especially in Northern Mississippi and Southern Mississippi along the Gulf Coast with the exceptions of the larger cities of Biloxi and Hattiesburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197719-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Mississippi Republican presidential primary took place on March 11, 2008. The only candidates that were still in the race were Senator John McCain, Congressman Ron Paul, and Alan Keyes. John McCain easily won this primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197720-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team\nThe 2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2008. The team was coached by Ron Polk, in his 35th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 29th at Mississippi State. During mid-season, Coach Polk announced he would resign effective at the conclusion of the season. Following the conclusion of the season, former MSU standout and University of Kentucky Head Baseball coach John Cohen was announced by incoming AD Greg Bryne as the new Mississippi State Baseball Coach for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197720-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Pre-Season\nThe 2008 version of the Mississippi State Bulldogs Baseball team were looking to build on the success of the 2007 MSU Baseball Campaign after advancing to the College World Series. Based upon the achievements the year before, the recruiting class of 2008 was ranked 26th by Collegiate BaseballThe team was predicted to finish second in the SEC WestMississippi State was ranked 24th in the preseason NCBWA poll, 23rd in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll, and 19th in the Rivals.com preseason poll", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197720-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Pre-Season\nInfielder Brandon Turner was named to the 2008 preseason Louisville Slugger TPX 2008 All-America second team and to the Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list. Pitcher Aaron Weatherford was named to the preseason watch list for the NCWBA Stopper of the Year Award. Turner and Weatherford were both named to the preseason watch list for the 2008 Brooks Wallace Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197720-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Roster and Stats, Pitchers\nThese players are on the roster, but did not appear in a game and were redshirted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team\nThe 2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Sylvester Croom. The Bulldogs played their six home games in 2008 at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in Starkville, Mississippi and finished with a 4\u20138 overall record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team\nCroom resigned at the end of the season and on December 10, Mississippi State hired Florida offensive coordinator Dan Mullen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech\nLast Meeting: September 21, 1996, L 23\u201338Series Record: MSU leads 7\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nLast Meeting: September 15, 2007, W 19\u201314Series Record: MSU trails 23\u201356\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nLast Meeting: October 5, 1929, L 13\u201327Series Record: MSU trails 0\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, LSU\nLast Meeting: August 30, 2007, L 0\u201345Series Record: MSU trails 33\u201365\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nLast Meeting: October 2, 2004, L 13\u201331Series Record: MSU leads 10\u20137\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nLast Meeting: October 13, 2007, L 21\u201333Series Record: MSU trails 15\u201327\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nLast Meeting: October 27, 2007, W 31\u201314Series Record: MSU trails 15\u201320", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nLast Meeting: November 10, 2007, W 17\u201312Series Record: MSU trails 18\u201371\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nLast Meeting: November 17, 2007, L 31\u201345Series Record: MSU trails 5\u201312\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197721-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nLast Meeting: November 23, 2007, W 17\u201314Series Record: MSU trails 39\u201359\u20136", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197722-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team\nThe 2008 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represented Mississippi Valley State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197723-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election\nThe 2008 Mississippi 1st congressional district special election was a special election in the state of Mississippi to determine who would serve the remainder of former Representative Roger Wicker's term. After an April 22, 2008 ballot resulted in no candidate receiving a majority, Democratic Party candidate Travis Childers defeated Republican candidate Greg Davis in a runoff election on May 13, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197723-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election, General election, Campaign\nOn December 31, 2007, Mississippi governor Haley Barbour appointed Roger Wicker to the Senate seat vacated 13 days earlier by Sen. Trent Lott. At the time of his appointment, Wicker was already a U.S. Representative for Mississippi's District 1. As a result of Wicker's appointment to the Senate, his House seat became vacant, necessitating a special election to determine who would serve the remainder of Wicker's term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 90], "content_span": [91, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197723-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election, General election, Campaign\nMississippi's 1st congressional district covers the northeastern part of the state, including the cities of Columbus, Grenada, Oxford, Southaven, and Tupelo. The district had been represented by Republican Roger Wicker since 1995. The district has demonstrated itself to be \"reliably conservative\" in past elections, with George W. Bush winning the district by 25 points in the 2004 presidential election. Early speculation had Republicans Greg Davis, Glenn McCullough, and Randy Russell and Democrats Steve Holland and Jamie Franks as contenders. All but Franks ended up as candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 90], "content_span": [91, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197723-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election, General election, Campaign\nThe party primaries were held on March 11. The primary runoff election was held on April 1, 2008. According to Mississippi state election law, those who voted in the Democratic Primary on March 11 were only allowed to vote in the Democratic runoff on April 1. Mississippi was one of the states where right wing commentators such as Rush Limbaugh suggested people cross party lines on March 11 in order to keep the competition alive between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 90], "content_span": [91, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197723-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election, General election, Campaign\nSeveral websites such as the Daily Kos and politico.com suggested that this is why the Republican primary runoff was so close between the more moderate McCullough and Davis as many of the more Conservative Republicans were not allowed to vote in that runoff. It is also believed that this has led to the final special election race involving a conservative Democrat (Childers) who has a better than usual chance to win the general election. Republicans were particularly concerned that a race between Childers and McCullough would've increased the Democrat's chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 90], "content_span": [91, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197723-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election, General election, Campaign\nThe initial special election to fill the seat was held on April 22, 2008; no one received a majority of the vote so a runoff election was held between the two top vote getters: Democrat Travis Childers (who was the top vote getter with 49.4% of the vote) and Republican Greg Davis (who received 46.3% of the initial special election vote) on May 13, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 90], "content_span": [91, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197723-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election, General election, Campaign\nThe National Republican Congressional Committee spent over $1.3 million in support of Davis' bid for the vacant seat. Freedom's Watch, a Republican-supporting advocacy group, purchased an additional $550,000 in advertising. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent $1.5 million in support of Childers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 90], "content_span": [91, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197723-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election, General election, Campaign\nDespite the district's Republican leanings, Childers defeated Davis in the final round of the special election by a 54% to 46% margin. Once sworn in, Childers will serve through the end of the 110th Congress in January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 90], "content_span": [91, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197723-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election, General election, Campaign\nChilders victory represents the 3rd time during the 110th Congress that a Democrat has been elected to a previously Republican-held seat in a special election. Childers victory is seen as a surprise upset for the Republican party as Mississippi's 1st district has been historically right leaning. It is believed that this sends \"a clear signal of national problems ahead for Republicans in the fall\". Negative campaign ads approved by Davis tried to link Childers with presidential candidate Barack Obama and his controversial former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 90], "content_span": [91, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197723-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election, General election, Campaign\nChilders and Davis faced off against each other in the November general election. Again, Childers won that contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 90], "content_span": [91, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197723-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election, Newspaper endorsements\nChilders was endorsed by the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, The Commercial Dispatch, and The Commercial Appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 86], "content_span": [87, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 72 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Missouri's nine congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, which totaled 47. Another 25 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 72 delegates represented Missouri at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Sixteen other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Results\nClinton had a large initial lead as the rural precincts began reporting, leading several news groups to call the primary for her. However, Obama rallied from behind as the numbers began to come in from the heavily African American precincts in and around St. Louis to win by just under 12,000 votes. The pledged delegates were evenly split between the two candidates. Geographically, Clinton won 109 of the 115 counties in the state, while Obama carried St. Louis, Kansas City and the areas around the college towns of Columbia and Maryville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nElections in Missouri have historically always been rather close, and the Democratic Primary of 2008 proved no exception to that trend as Barack Obama of neighboring Illinois just barely nipped Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has roots in neighboring Arkansas, by fewer than 12,000 votes. The popular vote was so close, however, that both candidates ended up evenly splitting the state's 72 delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nAccording to exit polls, 76 percent of voters in the Missouri Democratic Primary were Caucasians and they opted for Clinton by a margin of 57-39 compared to the 17 percent of African Americans who backed Obama by a margin of 84-15. Regarding age, Obama won younger voters under the age of 40 by a margin of 64-32; Clinton won voters ages 40\u201349 by a margin of 52-47 and tied Obama among voters 50-64, and she won senior citizens ages 65 and over by a margin of 63-32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nPertaining to socioeconomic class, Clinton won extremely poor voters making less than $15,000 a year by a margin of 52-45 while Obama won voters making $15,000-$30,000 by a margin of 55-42. Clinton won middle class voters making $30,000-$50,000 by a margin of 49-48, while Obama won upper middle class and more affluent voters making over $50,000 by a margin of 54-43.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nAs it relates to educational attainment, Clinton won less educated voters (those who did not graduate high school backed her by a margin of 55-42 compared to those who at least graduated high school who went for her 53-44) while Obama won more educated voters (those who had some college and/or an associate degree backed him 52-45; college graduates went for him 64-30, and those who had a postgraduate degree supported him 67-32).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0002-0004", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nSelf-identified Democrats, who made up 73 percent of the total turnout in the Democratic Primary, backed Clinton by a margin of 50-47 compared to the 22 percent of Independents who supported Obama by a margin of 67-30 and self-identified Republicans, who comprised 6 percent of the electorate, who supported Obama by a margin of 75-21. Obama won self-identified liberals by a margin of 58-39 and self-identified conservatives by a margin of 58-38 while Clinton won moderates by a margin of 49-48.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0002-0005", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nRegarding religion, Obama won almost all major denominations \u2013 other Christians backed him by a margin of 63-33; other religions supported him by a margin of 61-36; and atheists/agnostics went for him by a margin of 51-46. Ironically, Roman Catholics in Missouri also supported Obama by a margin of 50-46; this religious bloc solidly favored Clinton nationwide. Conversely, Clinton won Protestants by a margin of 55-43, again ironic seeing as how most Protestants favored Obama nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama did best in and around St. Louis, particularly in the urbanized city with a substantial African American community which gave him 71.09 percent of the vote. He also performed extremely well in St. Louis County, taking in 62.78 percent of the vote in the most affluent county in Missouri which contains many of the St. Louis Suburbs. Obama also won Jackson County, which contains Kansas City, with 55.42 percent of the vote; Obama carried Kansas City but lost the rest of Jackson County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama also performed strongly in Boone County, which contains Columbia and is home to the University of Missouri-Columbia, the flagship of the Missouri public university system. He also won neighboring Cole County, which contains Jefferson City, as well as Nodaway County in Northwestern Missouri which contains Northwestern Missouri State University in Maryville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nClinton performed extremely well geographically all throughout the rest of the state, especially in the more rural parts of the state outside of Kansas City and St. Louis. She won the Kansas City Suburbs, including St. Joseph in Buchanan County and some of the St. Louis Exurbs, including St. Charles County. Her best performance in the state was in Southeast Missouri where eight counties gave her over 70 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nThis area of the state, most of which is a part of the 8th District in the U.S. Congress, is heavily Democratic at the local level as Democrats control all county offices in all but four of the 28 counties in the congressional district. It is also fairly Democratic-leaning at the state level, going handily to Governor Jay Nixon in the Missouri Gubernatorial Election of 2008, and while Southeast Missouri was won by Republicans George W. Bush and John McCain from 2000\u20132008, the region gave Bill Clinton one of his largest margins of victory in 1992 and 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nThe area has many of the demographics in Clinton's favor \u2013 it is predominantly white and made up of working-class individuals who tend to be politically moderate on several issues. She also performed well in Southwest Missouri, the most conservative part of the state, in and around Springfield and Joplin. Northern Missouri also strongly backed Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Endorsements\nDemocrats from Missouri's congressional delegation were evenly split, a true testament to the outcome of the primary. U.S. Representative William Lacy Clay Jr. of the 1st District, who is African American, as well as U.S. Representative Russ Carnahan of the 3rd District, endorsed Barack Obama. Both of their districts, which take in most and parts of St. Louis, were won by Obama in the Missouri Democratic Primary. U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver of the 5th District, who is African American, as well as U.S. Representative Ike Skelton of the 4th District, endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton. Cleaver's district went for Obama while Skelton's district was handily won by Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197724-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Endorsements\nU.S. Senator Claire McCaskill came out as an early endorser of Barack Obama as well, citing pressure from her younger daughter as the main reason why she decided to endorse him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197725-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary on February 5, 2008 determined the recipient of 55 of the state's 58 delegates to the Republican National Convention in the process to elect the 44th President of the United States. It was an open primary. John McCain won a slight plurality of the vote, receiving all of Missouri's delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197725-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary, Opinion polling\nPlease see the following article for opinion polling: Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team\nThe 2008 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned in his eighth season with Mizzou, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team\nQuarterback Chase Daniel returned for his final year of eligibility and led the Tigers to a second appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits\nFive junior Tigers will return for the 2008 season after turning down the NFL Draft, including QB Chase Daniel, TE Chase Coffman, SS William Moore, Delaware Stryker Sulak and DT Ziggy Hood. The Tigers will have 16 returning starters, 10 on defense and six on offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits\nRedshirt freshman DE John Stull was removed from the team on January 11, 2008, after being arrested on drug charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits\nFollowing their Cotton Bowl Classic victory, Mizzou landed a number of previously committed recruits from the state of Missouri. QB Blaine Gabbert from Ballwin, Missouri is the No. 1 rated prep player in the state of Missouri, and No. 1 rated pro-style quarterback in his recruiting class. and the Tigers landed him after he had previously committed to Nebraska. According to  rankings, the Tigers also landed WR Wes Kemp (#5), TE Andrew Jones (#3), DE Alden Smith (#6) and RB Drew Temple (#11), brother of former Tigers player Tony Temple all from in-state high schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits\nFrom out of state, the Tigers landed OT Dan Hoch, who like Gabbert previously committed to Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Illinois\nIn a close contest where Missouri held a big lead for most of the game, Illinois cuts it to within 10 near the end but gets no closer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Southeast Missouri State\nMissouri takes a commanding 42-0 lead over their FCS competition in their best defensive performance of the year, the first half really showcased their offensive abilities. The second half was a mere formality as Missouri's backups played the entire second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Nevada\nDerrick Washington, Jeremy Maclin, and Jeff Wolfert scored for Missouri, and Colin Kaepernick rushed for a 1-yard touchdown for Nevada in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Nevada\nChase Daniel passed to Jared Perry for 27\u00a0yards for a 2nd-quarter touchdown. Brett Jaekle kicked a field goal for Nevada, followed by Washington's 2-yard touchdown for Missouri. Maclin caught a pass (14\u00a0yards) from Daniel for Missouri, followed by a Kaepernick pass (42\u00a0yards) to Marko Mitchell for a Nevada touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Nevada\nThird quarter was all Missouri. Daniel passed to Maclin for a 49-yard touchdown, Tommy Saunders passed to Chase Coffman for a 32-yard touchdown and then Chase Paton rushed for a 3-yard touchdown. Jeff Wolfert kicked a 24-yard field goal for Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Buffalo\nMissouri looked a bit flat at times against Buffalo but still won in commanding fashion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, at Nebraska\nChase Daniel threw three touchdown passes, Derrick Washington ran for 139\u00a0yards and scored three times, as Missouri mopped up Nebraska for their first road win against the Cornhuskers in 30 years (1978). The Tigers never had to punt all game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, at Nebraska\nThe 35-point defeat was the Huskers' most lopsided home loss in 53 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Oklahoma State\nOklahoma State handed Missouri their first loss as well as forced their first three and outs all year, giving teams a blueprint on how to slow down the Tigers' \"video game offense\" which looked unstoppable up to that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, at Texas\nSportscasters touted the 2005 contest with the Missouri Tigers as a showcase between two of the best dual-threat quarterbacks playing in college football, pitting Missouri quarterback Brad Smith against Vince Young of Texas. The two players combined for 582\u00a0yards total offense. Both Young and Smith led their respective team in rushing yards. Young had 108\u00a0rushing yards while Smith had 57. Young had 236\u00a0passing yards compared to Smith's 181. Texas won the game 51\u201320 to extend its series lead over Missouri to 15\u20135. The two teams did not face each other in 2006 or 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, at Texas\nLike the 2005 game, the 2008 matchup was billed as a battle between two great quarterbacks, Colt McCoy of Texas and Chase Daniel of Missouri having both been mentioned as possible Heisman trophy candidates. Texas was playing their first home game as a number-one ranked team since 1977. Missouri won their first five\u00a0games of 2008 and had moved into third\u00a0place in the nation before they were upset at home by the Oklahoma State Cowboys and fell to eleventh\u00a0place. The Tigers came into the game with a 0-10 record against number-one ranked teams, and they had not won a football game in Austin since 1896.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, at Texas\nTo help ensure that the Longhorns did not dwell on the emotional victory over the Sooners one week earlier, the UT coaching staff called the team together and buried the TX/OU game ball in the UT practice field on the Monday before the game. The morning of the game the betting line on the morning of the game was Texas by 4\u00bd points; the over/under was 65. The temperature was 72\u00a0\u00b0F (22\u00a0\u00b0C) at kickoff, with clear skies. ESPN College GameDay was in Austin for the game, which set a new attendance record (UT, state of Texas, Big12 Conference) of 98,383.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, at Texas\nMissouri won the coin toss and elected to receive the kickoff. They returned the ball to their 40\u00a0yard-line. On the first play from scrimmage, Missouri tried a reverse, but Texas dropped them for a loss and Missouri went three-and-out. Missouri had gone without a three-and-out for the whole season until having two during their loss the previous week against Oklahoma State. The Missouri punt rolled to the Texas 5-yard line. Colt McCoy led the Longhorns 95-yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, at Texas\nTexas had the ball 5-times in the first half and scored a touchdown each time, taking a 35-0 lead. Missouri scored a field goal at the end of the first half to make the score 35-3. Texas was forced to punt on their first possession of the second half and Missouri scored a touchdown to narrow the lead to 35-10. Texas rebounded with a touchdown and Missouri was never able to cut the lead to less than 25 points. The final score was Texas-56, Missouri-31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, at Texas\nMcCoy completed the game with 337\u00a0yards on 29-of-32 passing with two touchdowns, rushed for two more and at one point completed a school-record 17 passes in a row. His completion ratio of 79% coming into the game improved as he completed 91% of his passes in this game. His four touchdowns put him in first place for the most career touchdowns scored at Texas (82), passing Vince Young (81).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, at Texas\nESPN's recap of the game said, \"And when McCoy dribbled the ball on the ground only to pick it up and throw a strike that kept the last drive of the half alive, he created the 'Did you just see that?' moment of the season so far. With one half of near-perfect football, Texas buried not only the remnants of the Sooners and the Tigers, but any doubt about who deserves to be No. 1. For now.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Colorado\nThe Tigers won their 600th game since their inception in 1890, in an overwhelming 58-0 shutout of the Buffaloes in the Tigers' Homecoming game at Faurot Field rolling up 491 total offensive yards. Chase Daniel passed for 302\u00a0yards, and the runners ran for another 189\u00a0yards. Daniel was 31-for-37 throwing five touchdowns, intercepted once. Jeremy Maclin had 11 pass receptions for 134\u00a0yards with two touchdowns. The defense was outstanding, holding Colorado to a mere 41 net yards rushing and 158 passing for only 199 total offensive yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, at Baylor\nMissouri looked good early but barely scraped by Baylor for another flat performance in what was quickly becoming a disappointing season for the Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Kansas State\nGetting back on track, Missouri routed Kansas State coasting on a commanding 24-3 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, at Iowa State\nIowa State put up very little resistance against the much better Missouri Tigers who played their backups for most of the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Kansas (Border Showdown in Kansas City, Missouri)\nOn November 30, offensive coordinator Dave Christensen accepted the job as head coach for the Wyoming Cowboys in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 101], "content_span": [102, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Kansas (Border Showdown in Kansas City, Missouri)\nKansas also got their revenge for having their perfect season ruined the previous year by handing the Tigers their third loss and all but guaranteeing they wouldn't play in a BCS bowl game unless they got a win over Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 101], "content_span": [102, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Oklahoma (Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship in Kansas City, Missouri)\nQB Chase Daniel became the Missouri career total offense yardage leader with 13,256. He entered the game with 12,988\u00a0yards and had 268 total yards (255 passing, 13 rushing) in the game. He moved ahead of Brad Smith (13,088) and had 13,256 at halftime. Senior CB Tru Vaughns made his first career start. PK Jeff Wolfert improved his career PAT mark to a perfect 182 of 182. TE Chase Coffman recorded his 30th career touchdown reception. He was already Missouri's all-time touchdown reception leader. Former walk-on WR Tommy Saunders moved into sixth place on the MU career receptions list. He finished the game with 144 to pass current Kansas City Chiefs' Will Franklin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 118], "content_span": [119, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Oklahoma (Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship in Kansas City, Missouri)\nJeremy Maclin leads all of major-college football in all-purpose yards per game with 203.54 (2,646\u00a0yds. in 13\u00a0G), over 20\u00a0yards more than second-place Jahvid Best (California). He has 1,221 receiving, 987 kickoff return, 250 rushing, and 188 punt returns yardage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 118], "content_span": [119, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Oklahoma (Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship in Kansas City, Missouri)\nOn December 11, TE Chase Coffman won the prestigious John Mackey Tight End Award as the nation's top tight end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 118], "content_span": [119, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Oklahoma (Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship in Kansas City, Missouri)\nThrough 13 games in 2008, MU's offense ranks 4th in the nation in passing (340.38 ypg), 6th in total offense (497.46 ypg), 6th in scoring (43.15 ppg) and 8th in pass efficiency (162.69 rating).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 118], "content_span": [119, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197726-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Tigers football team, Game Summaries, Oklahoma (Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship in Kansas City, Missouri)\nOn December 12, Pinkel said the new offensive coordinator will be present quarterbacks' coach and recruiting coordinator, David Yost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 118], "content_span": [119, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197727-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played in St. Louis, Missouri at the conclusion of the 2007\u20132008 regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197728-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season\nThe 2008 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 18th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197728-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season\nThe 2008 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was hosted by Evansville and won by Creighton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197729-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri elections\nThe 2008 Missouri elections took place on November 4, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197729-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri elections, President\nThis was the closest race in the 2008 Presidential Election", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197729-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri elections, Governor\nEven as Barack Obama lost the state, Jay Nixon won by a considerably large margin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197730-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Blunt decided to retire instead of seeking reelection to a second term in office. Democratic nominee Jay Nixon won the open seat, defeating Republican nominee Kenny Hulshof.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197730-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri gubernatorial election, Background\nOn January 22, 2008, Governor Blunt unexpectedly announced that he would not seek re-election because he had already \"achieved virtually everything I set out to accomplish, and more ... Because I feel we have changed what I wanted to change in the first term, there is not the same sense of mission for a second.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197730-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri gubernatorial election, Background\nA November 2007 poll conducted by SurveyUSA showed Blunt with a 44% approval rating. His approval among Republicans polled was 68%, but his rating among Democrats was only 23%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197730-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri gubernatorial election, Background\nOn November 10, 2007, Democrat Jay Nixon filed the necessary paperwork with the Missouri Ethics Commission to launch a 2008 campaign for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197730-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri gubernatorial election, Background\nThe gubernatorial and other statewide office primaries were held August 5, 2008. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Leans Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197730-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri gubernatorial election, General election, Results\nOn election night, Nixon won easily, even though fellow Democrat, then-senator Barack Obama came within only 4,000 some votes of winning the state. Nixon was able to perform well in rural parts of the state. When combined with heavily populated, strong Democratic areas like St. Louis and Kansas City, Hulshof didn't have a chance to come back. Nixon was declared the winner right when the polls closed in Missouri. Hulshof conceded defeat at 9:02 P.M. Central Time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197731-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008 to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. Republican incumbent Peter Kinder won the election narrowly, despite the fact that Democrat Attorney General Jay Nixon won the 2008 Missouri gubernatorial election with over 57% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197731-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, Background\nOn January 22, 2008, Governor Blunt unexpectedly announced that he would not seek re-election because he had already \"achieved virtually everything I set out to accomplish, and more ... Because I feel we have changed what I wanted to change in the first term, there is not the same sense of mission for a second.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197731-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, Background\nA November 2007 poll conducted by SurveyUSA showed Blunt with a 44% approval rating. His approval among Republicans polled was 68%, but his rating among Democrats was only 23%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197731-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, Background\nOn November 10, 2005, Democrat Jay Nixon filed the necessary paperwork with the Missouri Ethics Commission to launch a 2008 campaign for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197731-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, Background\nThe gubernatorial and other statewide office primaries were held August 5, 2008. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Leans Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197732-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election\nMizoram state assembly elections were held in February 2008, the counting was done in December 2008. There were 40 seats for the assembly elections, Indian National Congress won 32 seats, Mizo National Front 3, others 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197733-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mnet Km Music Festival\nThe 2008 Mnet Km Music Festival (MKMF) was the tenth of the annual music awards in Seoul, South Korea that took place on November 15, 2008 at the Seoul Sports Complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197733-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mnet Km Music Festival\nLeading the nominees were boy groups TVXQ and Epik High, and girl group Wonder Girls with 5 nominations each. By the end of the ceremony, Wonder Girls won the most wins and became the first artist/performer to receive 3 wins, which included one daesang award. It was followed by Big Bang and Lee Hyori with 2 each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197733-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mnet Km Music Festival, Background\nThe award-giving body continued to use the name \"M.net Korean Music Festival\" (MKMF) for the tenth consecutive time, which was held at the Seoul Olympic Stadium for the second time. For the first time, however, singer-actor Rain was the only one to host the event. The official slogan used was \"My Dream, My Music, My Way, My MKMF\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197733-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mnet Km Music Festival, Background\nBefore revealing the Best New Male Artist winner, an intermission number from the boy group nominees was performed, resembling the performance by the then new girl group nominees during the ninth ceremony held last year. Together with ex-H.O.T. member Moon Hee-joon, the boy groups performed the debut singles of the past Best New Group winners including Super Junior, SS501, TVXQ, g.o.d, and Shinhwa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197733-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mnet Km Music Festival, Background\nDuring its 10th anniversary, Clon made an appearance once again to say a little speech during their experiences. Additionally, the first on screen kiss between Lee Hyori and T.O.P happened during their performance that their skit made headlines later on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197733-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mnet Km Music Festival, Multiple awards, Artist(s) with multiple wins\nThe following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197733-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Mnet Km Music Festival, Presenters and performers\nThe following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197734-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mogadishu bombing\nThe 2008 Mogadishu bombing occurred on August 3, 2008 in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. A roadside bombing killed 21 women who were cleaning rubbish from a southern Mogadishu street on Sunday morning, a hospital official said. Mogadishu residents gathered around victims of the bomb attack along the city's Maka Al Mukarama Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197734-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mogadishu bombing\nThe bomb blast wounded another 46 people, most of them Somali women who had gathered to clean Maka Al Mukarama Road in southern Mogadishu's Kilometer 4 district, according to Medina Hospital director Dr. Dahir Dhere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197734-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mogadishu bombing, Quotes\n\"It suddenly turned the area into a carnage, scattering body parts of the street cleaners into a large area,\" said witness Asha Ise Gedi. \"There were pools of blood everywhere. I have never seen such mass killing.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197734-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mogadishu bombing, Quotes\n\"They were innocent poor mothers or sisters,\" Gedi said. \"Why did they deserve this?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197734-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mogadishu bombing, Investigation\nMogadishu Mayor Mohamed Omar Habeb Dhere, who was recently fired by the country's prime minister, blamed the Islamic Courts Union for waging the attack. But the head of the Islamist insurgent group, Abid Rahim Ise Adow, denied any involvement and blamed Somalia's government for orchestrating the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197734-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mogadishu bombing, Investigation\nThe victims were participating in a program that allows Somali women to work as street cleaners in exchange for food. The United Nations' World Food Program organized the program, which began last year and is administered by Mogadishu's regional authority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197735-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mohammed bin Rashid International Football Championship\nThe 2008 Mohammed bin Rashid International Football Championship, also known as the 2008 Dubai Cup, is a friendly football tournament that took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The 2008 edition took place from 5 till 7 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197736-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mojo Awards\nThe 2008 Mojo Honours List Winners were announced at a ceremony at The Brewery in London, England on 16 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197737-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Molde FK season\nThe 2008 season was Molde's 32nd season in the top flight of Norwegian football. They competed in Tippeligaen where they finished in 9th position and the Norwegian Cup where they were knocked out by Stab\u00e6k in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197737-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Molde FK season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197737-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Molde FK season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197737-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Molde FK season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197737-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Molde FK season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197737-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Molde FK season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197738-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mole Valley District Council election\nElections to Mole Valley Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 46.5% a drop from the 47.2% seen in the 2007 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197738-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mole Valley District Council election\nIssues in the election included a proposed incinerator, Council Tax, planning, leisure and recycling. The results saw no change in the number of councillors for each party but the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties swapped seats. The Conservatives gained Westcott ward from the Liberal Democrats but lost Leatherhead North to them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197739-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco GP2 Series round\n2008 Monaco GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 23 and 24 May 2008 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the third race of the 2008 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2008) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 May 2008 at the Circuit de Monaco; contested over 76\u00a0laps, it was the sixth race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. The race was won by the season's eventual Drivers' Champion, Lewis Hamilton, for the McLaren team. BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica finished second, and Felipe Massa, who started from pole position, was third in a Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix\nConditions were wet at the start of the race. Massa maintained his lead into the first corner, but his teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was passed for second by Hamilton, who had started in third position on the grid. Hamilton suffered a punctured tyre on lap six, forcing him to make a pit stop from which he re-entered the race in fifth place. As the track dried and his rivals made their own pit stops Hamilton became the race leader, a position he held until the end of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix\nKubica's strategy allowed him to pass Massa during their second pit stops, after the latter's Ferrari was forced to change from wet to dry tyres. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen dropped back from fifth position to ninth after colliding with Adrian Sutil's Force India late in the race. Sutil had started from 18th on the grid and was in fourth position before the incident, which allowed Red Bull driver Mark Webber to finish fourth, ahead of Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel in fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix\nThe race was Hamilton's second win of the season, his first in Monaco, and the result meant that he led the Drivers' Championship, three points ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and four ahead of Massa. Ferrari maintained their lead in the Constructors' Championship, 16\u00a0points ahead of McLaren and 17 ahead of BMW Sauber, with 12\u00a0races of the season remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by 20\u00a0drivers, in ten teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, Honda, Force India-Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull-Renault, Williams-Toyota and Toro Rosso-Ferrari. Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought four different tyre types to the race: two dry-weather tyre compounds, the softer marked by a single white stripe down one of the grooves, and two wet-weather compounds, the extreme wet also marked by a single white stripe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Background\nBefore the race, Ferrari driver Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen led the Drivers' Championship with 35\u00a0points, and his teammate Felipe Massa was second with 28\u00a0points. McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was third, also on 28\u00a0points, with one win fewer than Massa; BMW driver Robert Kubica was fourth on 24\u00a0points, ahead of his teammate Nick Heidfeld on 20\u00a0points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 63\u00a0points, 19\u00a0points ahead of BMW Sauber, and 21\u00a0points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Background\nFerrari had responded to Hamilton's win in the opening round of the season in Australia by winning each of the subsequent four races, giving them a commanding lead in the Constructors' Championship. Ferrari's dominance had been highlighted by two one-two finishes: Massa ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in Bahrain and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's win over Massa at the following round in Spain. A strong drive despite an unfavourable strategy had helped Hamilton to split the Ferrari drivers on the podium in Turkey, coming second, behind Massa but ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Background\nFerrari had not won in Monaco since 2001, and had been unable to match McLaren's pace in 2007. After tests at the Circuit Paul Ricard in mid-May, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen said his team had developed a strong car for the tight, low-speed Monaco circuit, but they still expected a challenge from McLaren and BMW Sauber. Hamilton claimed that McLaren would be competitive at Monaco, but Kubica played down his team's chances, saying \"I think a win will be very difficult.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Background\nToro Rosso's main 2008 car, the STR3, was also introduced that weekend; the team had used a modified version of their 2007 car, the STR2, for the opening five races. Originally due to be introduced at the previous race in Turkey, a crash in testing had left the team short of spare parts, delaying the car's race debut. As the STR3 used a different transmission than that used in the STR2, Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel was forced to take a five-place penalty on the grid for an unscheduled change of gearbox. His teammate S\u00e9bastien Bourdais escaped a similar penalty because he had failed to finish the race in Turkey, allowing him a free gearbox change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race\u00a0\u2013 two on Thursday, and one on Saturday. The Thursday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90\u00a0minutes; the third session, on Saturday morning, lasted for an hour. One hour into the first session, officials noticed a loose drain cover in the run through Beau Rivage, and suspended practice. Ferrari and McLaren took the top four spots after the resumption\u00a0\u2013 R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen ahead of Hamilton, McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen, and Massa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Practice\nBehind Williams driver Nico Rosberg, Kubica was the best of the BMW Saubers in sixth; his teammate Heidfeld was forced to retire because of an engine failure, and stopped his car in Casino Square after just 13\u00a0laps. Despite further delays during the second session\u00a0\u2013 both Renault drivers crashed in separate incidents at Sainte Devote, requiring the marshals to sweep the track of debris\u00a0\u2013 Hamilton again proved strong, fastest ahead of Rosberg, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Massa, Kovalainen and Kubica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Practice\nApart from the Renault drivers, two more cars struck the barriers: Toyota driver Jarno Trulli scraped the wall out of Piscine; Adrian Sutil's Force India lost its front wing after tagging the barrier at Rascasse. While light rain fell on Saturday morning, Kovalainen set the fastest time in the final session, before losing control at Piscine and damaging the rear of his car. The rain increased as the marshals cleared the debris, and in the ensuing poor track conditions Kovalainen's time remained unbeaten. Hamilton managed second fastest, ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Rosberg, Kubica and Massa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Qualifying\nSaturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three\u00a0parts. In the first 20-minute period, cars finishing 16th or lower were eliminated. The second qualifying period lasted for 15\u00a0minutes, at the end of which the fastest ten cars went into the final period, to determine their grid positions for the race. Cars failing to make the final period were allowed to be refuelled before the race but those competing in it were not, and so carried more fuel than they had done in the earlier qualifying sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Qualifying\nIncredible! I have got pole on a track where I have always struggled. Now I am beginning to like it a bit more\u00a0... I managed to do a perfect lap with a great car: this result shows that, if you work hard and with attention to detail, you can do it everywhere\u00a0... Starting at the front means I have the best possible conditions, but we will have to do everything perfectly. We worked a lot on the set-up to improve on the situation compared to past years and I think this decision has paid off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Qualifying\nMassa clinched his third pole position of the season with a time of 1:15.787, and was joined on the front row by teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Hamilton took third place on the grid, with a qualifying time just 0.052\u00a0seconds slower than Massa's. Kovalainen edged out Kubica to take fourth, the latter struggling to get heat into his tyres for his final run. Rosberg's attacking style took him to sixth; Renault driver Fernando Alonso, Trulli and Red Bull driver Mark Webber occupied the next three places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Qualifying\nWebber's teammate David Coulthard ended his second session in the barriers after the tunnel, after his car jerked sideways at the crest under braking. Although Coulthard was unhurt, the position of his stricken car and the subsequent caution flags surrounding it denied many drivers the opportunity to make their final flying laps in the session. Honda driver Jenson Button, who took 12th behind Timo Glock of Toyota, blamed the disruption for his performance, having prepared his car specifically for the final run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Qualifying\nHeidfeld suffered from similar tyre problems to his teammate and managed 13th; Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima and Honda driver Rubens Barrichello took the next two places ahead of Bourdais in the new STR3. Renault driver Nelson Piquet lined up from 17th and Vettel managed 18th before his gearbox penalty demoted him to 19th. The Force Indias of Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella qualified slowest; Fisichella's penalty for a change of gearbox after morning practice meant he started from 20th on the grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nOn Sunday morning Coulthard became the third driver to incur a gearbox penalty, after changing his transmission following his crash during qualifying. The penalty moved him from 10th to 15th on the grid. In contrast to Saturday's dry qualifying session, frequent showers soaked the track on Sunday morning, making racing slippery and potentially hazardous. Although the showers subsided by early afternoon, they resumed 20\u00a0minutes before the start, the changeable conditions forcing teams to delay tyre choices for as long as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nBy the time of the three-minute warning most drivers had opted for the standard wet tyre; only Piquet started the race on the extreme wet. Kovalainen's engine stalled as the cars set off on their formation lap; his car was pushed back to the pit lane by his mechanics, where it was restarted and a new steering wheel fitted to solve the problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nMassa held his lead into the first corner at Sainte Devote, while behind him Hamilton used the pit lane exit to pass R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen down the inside. Kovalainen's vacated fourth position was filled by Kubica, as Alonso moved into fifth, passing Rosberg. The latter made a pit stop soon after for a new front wing after making contact with Alonso at the hairpin, promoting Trulli to sixth. These positions were maintained for several laps, but the distances between the cars increased, in part because the spray thrown up by their wheels made close racing difficult.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nThe conditions proved to be crucial when Hamilton made contact with barriers on the outside of Tabac on lap six, necessitating his return to the pit lane for a new set of tyres. The McLaren mechanics fuelled the car for a longer second stint and Hamilton emerged in fifth, the distances between his competitors' cars resulting in him losing only three places during the pit stop. Alonso had a similar accident to Hamilton's at Massenet two laps later, and emerged in seventh after pitting and taking on extreme wets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nMassa's lead\u00a0\u2013 12\u00a0seconds over the second-placed R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen by lap six\u00a0\u2013 was reduced to nothing when the safety car was deployed on the eighth lap. Coulthard and Bourdais had crashed into the barriers at Massenet just seconds apart, requiring the marshals to separate the cars and lift them off the track. When the safety car pulled off after three laps, Massa consolidated his lead over his teammate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, however, was called into the pit lane for a drive-through penalty after to failing to have his tyres attached by the three-minute warning before the race, dropping him back to fourth. Kubica, now second, took the lead when Massa slid off down the escape road at Sainte Devote, the undamaged Ferrari rejoining in second as the rain eased. The two swapped positions again after their pit stops\u00a0\u2013 Kubica on lap\u00a026 and Massa on lap\u00a033\u00a0\u2013 but Hamilton, carrying more fuel than his rivals, took the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nAs a dry line appeared on the track, Hamilton extended his lead over Massa, from 13 to 37\u00a0seconds, by the time he made a pit stop for the second time on lap\u00a054. His timing proved fortunate, as he changed to dry tyres just as such a strategy emerged as the strongest, and he emerged 13\u00a0seconds ahead of Massa. The Ferrari's own pit stop two laps later dropped Massa behind Kubica. Hamilton's lead was reduced when the safety car once again deployed on lap\u00a062 after Rosberg crashed at Piscine, hitting both sides of the track and scattering debris. Rosberg was unhurt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nOf the 20\u00a0cars which started the race, Sutil had gained the most places by the second safety car period. The Force India started from 18th, rose one place after Kovalainen was pushed back to the pit lane, passed Piquet on the second lap and Bourdais a lap later. Sutil benefited as Button, Rosberg, Glock and Trulli made pit stops for repairs over the following laps, to sit in 11th by lap\u00a014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nAlonso, on extreme wet tyres behind Heidfeld, attempted to pass the BMW at the hairpin, but succeeded only in damaging his front wing and forming a stationary queue behind him. He also benefitted by overtaking three cars under yellow flags and would have been penalised if he had finished the race. Sutil took advantage of the situation and passed four cars to take seventh, behind Heidfeld and Webber. Running a long first stint until lap\u00a053, he moved to fourth as the cars ahead of him made pit stops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nVettel gained 12\u00a0places from the start, battling with Barrichello and Nakajima early on before jumping several places on his first stint as his rivals made pit stops, eventually switching to dry tyres when he stopped on lap\u00a052. Webber improved three places from the start to sit in sixth, ahead of Vettel, Barrichello and Nakajima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nThe safety car was withdrawn on lap\u00a068. Later on the same lap, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen lost control of his car under braking out of the tunnel, and by the time he regained control his speed was too great to avoid a collision with Sutil. The Ferrari damaged its front wing and made a pit stops for a replacement before resuming, but the damage to Sutil's rear suspension led to his retirement. Webber benefited from the incident and moved to fourth place, while R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen dropped back to ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nThe slow pace during the opening laps meant the race ended after two hours, or 76\u00a0laps, rather than the 78\u00a0laps originally scheduled. Hamilton, despite suffering a slow puncture on the final lap, crossed the finish line to take his first win in Monaco. Kubica followed in second, ahead of Massa and Webber. Vettel took the STR3 to its first points in its maiden race, coming fifth, ahead of Barrichello and Nakajima. Kovalainen recovered from his stall to finish eighth, one place ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who set the fastest lap of the race on lap\u00a074, a 1:16.689.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race\nHe was followed by Alonso, Button, Glock and Trulli. Heidfeld was the last of the classified finishers, in 14th position, four laps behind Hamilton. Fisichella retired with a gearbox failure after 36\u00a0laps; Piquet\u00a0\u2013 two laps after he switched to dry tyres on lap\u00a046\u00a0\u2013 finished his race in the barriers at Sainte Devote. Sutil, Rosberg, Coulthard and Bourdais were the four other retirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThis has got to be the highlight of my career and I am sure it will continue to be the highlight for the rest of my life. I remember on the last few laps I was just thinking that Ayrton Senna won here a lot of times and to win here would be amazing\u00a0... [ From] the last corner onwards, I was screaming my head off basically, making sure the radio was off, but just so happy that I was able to pull it off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe top three finishers appeared in Prince Albert II of Monaco's Royal box to collect their trophies. In the subsequent press conference Hamilton said that conditions early in the race made driving difficult: \"When the weather is like this, when it starts to rain and we had an idea it was going to start to dry, the important thing is to keep it on the track but I can't explain how difficult it was for all of us. You were aquaplaning all the time and you were tip-toeing almost.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nHamilton also said that his crash at Tabac had been the result of a stream of water running over the track, causing his car to oversteer and resulting in a puncture to his right rear tyre. Nevertheless, he praised his team and strategy for helping him take the victory. Kubica said that tyre problems in his middle stint meant he was unable to overtake Massa, who was driving a heavier car. Noticing Glock's success on dry tyres, Kubica asked his team to make a similar change, resulting in his pass on Massa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0019-0002", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nDuring the post-race interview Massa said that although he was fuelled to the end of the race after his first pit stop, the drying track forced him to pit again for new tyres: \"It was a shame that we made a little mistake on the strategy but it is good to be on the podium.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nSutil expressed his disappointment after being knocked out of the race when he was on course to record his team's first points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nI can't believe it, it was so close. It feels like a pain in my heart. It is like a dream gone to a nightmare\u00a0\u2013 suddenly you are in the car and it looks all fantastic, then you have to accept it is not going to happen\u00a0... It was after the restart after the final safety car that Kimi had a problem under braking and crashed into the back of my car. The race was over and it was a real shock. A few tears came out as the adrenaline was high\u00a0\u2013 I just can't explain it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen apologised to Sutil for their collision, blaming cold brakes for his loss of control. Mike Gascoyne, Force India's technical chief, called for the stewards to investigate the incident, but after deliberation no action was taken. \"The frustration is that if that was a Force India driver hitting a world champion we'd expect to get a one or two-race ban, but the other way round nothing ever seems to happen\" said Gascoyne. Sutil was called to the stewards' room and reprimanded for passing three cars under yellow flags on lap\u00a013. Because he had retired, he was issued with merely a warning, but had he finished the race he would have been given a 25-second time penalty, which would have dropped him out of the point-scoring positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nHamilton's win was praised by Jackie Stewart, a three-time winner of the Monaco Grand Prix. \"At his age, Lewis can win this race many times,\" he said. \"This is the first, I hope, of many victories for him in Monaco so that he can join the greats of Formula One.\" Damon Hill, the 1996 World Champion, said Hamilton \"did very well indeed. I was most impressed, and the race as a whole was also a great advertisement for what F1 should be about.\" The race result left Hamilton leading the Drivers' Championship with 38\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197740-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who failed to score in Monaco, was second on 35\u00a0points, one point ahead of Massa and three ahead of Kubica. Heidfeld was sixth on 20\u00a0points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari maintained their lead with 69\u00a0points, McLaren jumped to second on 53\u00a0points, and BMW Sauber dropped to third on 52\u00a0points, with 12\u00a0races of the season remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197741-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts\nThe 2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th and final edition of the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts, which was renamed and relocated to Brisbane, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 31 December 2007 through 5 January 2008. Unseeded Li Na won the singles title and earned $28,000 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197741-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts\nThis was the last edition of the tournament in Gold Coast, Queensland. In 2009 the women's tournament was merged with the  men's tournament and became the Brisbane International.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197741-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts, Finals, Doubles\nDinara Safina /  \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay defeated  Yan Zi /  Zheng Jie, 6\u20131, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197742-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts \u2013 Doubles\nDinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but Srebotnik chose not to participate. Safina partnered with \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay and won the title, defeating Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197742-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts \u2013 Doubles\nThis was the final edition of the tournament. The following year, the Brisbane International was held, merging the men's and women's tournaments together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197743-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts \u2013 Singles\nDinara Safina was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Shahar Pe'er.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197743-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts \u2013 Singles\nLi Na won in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against Victoria Azarenka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197743-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts \u2013 Singles\nThis was the final edition of the tournament. The Brisbane International was held the next year, merging the men's and women's tournaments in this city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197744-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Monegasque general election\nGeneral elections were held in Monaco on 3 February 2008. The Union for Monaco was re-elected, though with a reduced margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197745-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian Premier League\nStatistics of the Mongolia Premier League for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in Mongolia on 29 June 2008. A total of 356 candidates ran for the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. According to official results published on 14 July, at least 39 seats were won by the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP), and at least 25 seats by the main opposition party, the Democrats (DP). Ten seats remained subject to possible recounts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Electoral system\nMembers of the State Great Khural were elected from multi-seat constituencies in a Plurality-at-large system, with two to four seats per aimag or (in Ulaanbaatar) d\u00fc\u00fcreg. Previous elections had single-seat constituencies, and the new, more complicated voting system was reported to have led to a delay in vote counting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Electoral system\nOf the 76 seats, 20 were elected from Ulaanbaatar, and the other 56 were elected from the aimags. Mongolian voter registration is coupled with civil registration. Vote counting was manually done by hands and was not publicly done, and results of individual polling stations are not published. After the 2004 legislative elections had been contested in some constituencies, Mongolian voters now have their thumbs marked after casting their vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Campaign\n311 candidates from 11 parties and one coalition, plus 45 independent candidates, were running for election, only 28 of them being incumbent MPs. Both the DP and the MPRP promised cash payouts in case of an election win. The DP promised 1,000,000 MNT (about  800 USD) per person in case of an election win. After first denouncing the idea of such payouts, the MPRP changed course and promised 1,500,000 MNT per person. Other issues were inflation and mining. As in previous elections, there were instances of candidates making monetary payments and other gifts to lure voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Results\nAccording to results published on 14 July, the MPRP won at least 39 seats, the DP won at least 25, at least one seat was going to the Civic Will Party, and three seats were won by independent candidates. However, results from three constituencies (Khentii, Dornod, and Bayangol) were delayed. On 20 August, final results from Khentii were officially published, raising the number of MPRP seats to at least 42. Turnout was 74.3%, considerably lower than the 82% of the 2004 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Results, Allegations of fraud\nAfter intermediate results published on 30 June showed MPRP victory, Democratic Party chairman Elbegdorj declared on 1 July that the elections were rigged and that his party would not accept the results. In a press conference held on 7 July, DP politicians Dambyn Dorligjav, Zandaakhuugiin Enkhbold and Lamjavyn G\u00fcndalai declared that there had been massive irregularities with voter registration. Some of their claims were later repudiated by the central registry office. Other allegations were irregularities in the counting process, and voter bribery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Results, Allegations of fraud\nFor illegally using private documents of voters such as duplicating names of voters by (publishing duplicate IDs and false IDs with the names of dead people and so on) in 2008 parliamentary elections, L.Amarsanaa (MPRP), former chairman of State General Registration Authority was investigated by the Independent Authority Against Corruption and charged in September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Aftermath, Violence\nOn 1 July a peaceful gathering started in Sukhbaatar Square organized by the leaders of some of the smaller parties that took part in the elections. Eventually a large crowd gathered, mainly of young men, surrounding the adjacent MPRP  Headquarters. The group started throwing rocks at the building and eventually advancing on it. Smaller police force responded with  batons, water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets, and live ammunition. In the evening fire started in the MPRP headquarters. Not enough measures to stop the riot or extinguish the fire were taken by the authority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Aftermath, Violence\nAround midnight local time, after simply watching the live broadcast of the riot whole day on television channels, President Nambaryn Enkhbayar declared a state of emergency to be in effect for the following four days. Armored Personnel Carriers were deployed to the streets of Ulaanbaatar, a night curfew and a media blackout were declared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Aftermath, Violence\nFive people, all of them civilians, were killed during the state of emergency: four were shot, and one apparently died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The Mongolian Minister of Justice estimated 220 civilians and 108 service members were injured. Amnesty International raised concerns over the use of \"unnecessary and excessive force\" by the police.) Approximately 700 people were later arrested suspected to be being protesters, of whom 140, including 13 minors and 3 women, have been sentenced to 2\u20137 years in prison as of 31 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Aftermath, Violence\nOn 15 and 19 August, ten police officers were arrested and charged in connection with the shootings in the night of 1 and 2 July. On 20 August, relatives of these arrested officers organized a protest demonstration on S\u00fckhbaatar Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Aftermath, Political aftermath\nOn 18 July Democratic Party chairman Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj said that the DP would boycott the opening session of the parliament on 23 July. He also said that he was prepared to resign as DP Chairman if the 200 protesters still being held by the police are not released and the political crisis did not end. However, the DP members were present in the opening session, with many of its members criticizing the Chairman of the General Elections Committee, and the way the elections were held. After Elbegdorj gave his party's position, members of the DP went out of the parliament. As a result, the new members of the parliament were not sworn in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Aftermath, Political aftermath\nOn 28 August, most of the DP representatives in the new State Great Khural (the Parliament) decided to attend the parliament, and all but Elbegdorj were sworn in. On 11 September, S. Bayar was elected as Prime Minister of a coalition government between MPRP and DP. Elbegdorj finally was sworn in on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Aftermath, Political aftermath\nThe members from Dornod (two MPRP, one DP) were sworn in on 16 September 2008. The members from Bayangol (2 MPRP, 1 DP, 1 Civic Coalition) were announced on 9 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Aftermath, Political aftermath\nOn 2 September 2008, Elbegdorj resigned as the head of the Democratic Party as he said. Norovyn Altankhuyag was elected by the Democratic Party's National Consultative Committee as the next chairman, and the Democratic Party entered  a coalition government with the MPRP. On September 12, Elbegdorj was the only member of parliament who voted against Sanjaagiin Bayar as Mongolia's new prime minister. Bayar was the chairman of MPRP and Prime Minister who handled 2008 election rigging, riot and measures following riot including the police shooting to civilians that resulted in killing four people and wounded a dozen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197746-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Mongolian legislative election, Aftermath, Political aftermath\n24 May 2009, nearly a year after the crisis, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj made victory in the 2009 presidential election over incumbent President Enkhbayar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197747-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Monmouth Hawks football team\nThe 2008 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Hawks were led by 16th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field. They finished the season 7\u20135 overall and 6\u20131 in NEC play to place second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197748-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Monmouthshire County Council election\nElections to Monmouthshire County Council were held on 1 May 2008. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party held overall control of the council. The election was preceded by the 2004 elections and followed by the 2012 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197749-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary took place on June 3, 2008, with 16 delegates at stake. Along with South Dakota, it was one of the last two elections in the 2008 Democratic Party Presidential Primary. The winner in Montana's at-large congressional district was awarded all of that district's delegates, which totaled 10 (the district was split into Western and Eastern halves). Another six delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 16 delegates represented Montana at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Eight other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197749-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary\nAt the same time as he lost the South Dakota Democratic Primary, Barack Obama won the Montana Democratic Primary and simultaneously secured enough delegates to clinch the Democratic Party's nomination for President over Hillary Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197749-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary, Turnout\nAccording to the Secretary of State of Montana, at the time of the primary, Montana had 630,658 registered voters from a 2007 population of 957,861 in 56 counties. Turnout was estimated to be at 28.80 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197749-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary, Results\nEarly on the day of the primary, hours before polls closed, the Associated Press projected Barack Obama's nomination for the presidency. The projection was based on the declarations of a large number of Democratic superdelegates, as well as exit polls of voters in South Dakota and Montana. However, the AP calculated that Obama would be the presumptive Democratic nominee even if he lost the primaries in both South Dakota and Montana simply because he was so far ahead in the delegate count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197749-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nLike many Western states, Montana was handily won by Barack Obama, although Hillary Clinton did considerably better here than in many other states in the area. According to exit polls, 91 percent of voters in the Montana Democratic Primary were Caucasians and they opted for Obama by a margin of 56-41 percent. Obama swept all age groups, socioeconomic classes and educational attainment ladders except senior citizens ages 65 and over who supported Clinton by a margin of 57-40. Obama won all ideological groups and voters from both major parties as well as Independents. Regarding religion, Clinton won Protestants by a margin of 52-45 while Obama won Roman Catholics by a margin of 52-46, other Christians by a margin of 56-41, and atheists/agnostics by a margin of 75-24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197749-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nObama did well all throughout the state of Montana. His best performance was in Big Horn County which contains Native American reservations, where he received 78.09 percent, and Gallatin County, which contains Bozeman, the home of Montana State University. He was able to rack up the numbers by winning the more populous counties of Yellowstone County, which contains Billings, as well as Missoula County which contains left-leaning Missoula. Clinton performed best in some of the lesser populated and far more conservative rural counties in Eastern Montana, but also performed strongly in Silver Bow County, which contains Butte, as well as Deer Lodge County which contains Anaconda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197750-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Grizzlies football team\nThe 2008 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Montana competed as a member of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Washington\u2013Grizzly Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197750-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Grizzlies football team\nThe Grizzlies were led by sixth-year head coach Bobby Hauck. Montana finished the regular season with an 11\u20131 overall record and a 7\u20131 record in conference play to win a share of their 11th straight Big Sky title. Montana secured a berth in the FCS playoffs where they defeated Texas State, Weber State, and James Madison in succession to advance to the championship game. There, they were defeated by Richmond, 24\u20137, to finish the season as the national championship runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197751-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana House of Representatives election\nAn election was held on November 4, 2008 to elect all 100 members to Montana's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor and State Senate. The primary election was held on June 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197751-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana House of Representatives election\nA net gain of one seat by the Democrats resulted in the House being tied at 50 seats each. Democrats regained control of the House after two years by virtue of Governor Brian Schweitzer being a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197751-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana House of Representatives election, Results, Statewide\nStatewide results of the 2008 Montana House of Representatives election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197751-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana House of Representatives election, Results, District\nResults of the 2008 Montana House of Representatives election by district:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197752-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Republican presidential caucuses and primary\nThe 2008 Montana Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008, with 25 national delegates. The first caucuses were scheduled for midday in Sheridan County and Judith Basin County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197752-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Republican presidential caucuses and primary\nIn the fall of 2007, Montana's Republican Party decided to create a caucus for Super Tuesday. They hoped to \"boost the state's profile among the campaigns and energize the party.\" In spite of this change, only one presidential candidate actually visited Montana, Mitt Romney in June 2007. McCain, Romney, Huckabee and Paul each orchestrated last-minute conference calls with voters at caucus sites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197752-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Endorsements\nFormer Senator Conrad Burns endorsed McCain. Secretary of State Brad Johnson endorsed Romney. Former Governor Judy Martz endorsed Huckabee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 71], "content_span": [72, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197752-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Primary\nMontana held a non-binding Republican primary on June 3, 2008. John McCain won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197753-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana State Bobcats football team\nThe 2009 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by second-year head coach Rob Ash and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They finished the season 7\u20135 overall and 6\u20133 in the Big Sky to finish in third place. Demetrius Crawford was the team's leading rusher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197753-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana State Bobcats football team\nMontana State's four non-conference games are against Adams State, an NCAA Division II team from Colorado, at Kansas State and Minnesota, both NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, and South Dakota a fellow NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197754-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Montana gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 Montana gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent Governor Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat who was elected to his first four-year term in 2004, was elected to a second term with 65.5\u00a0% of the vote. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor John Bohlinger, a Republican who was once again Schweitzer's running mate, was reelected to a second term. The Republican nominee was Roy Brown, a member of the Montana Senate. Brown's running mate was businessman Steve Daines, a future U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197755-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Monte Carlo Rally\nThe 2008 Monte Carlo Rally, officially 76\u00e8me Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo, was the 76th Monte Carlo Rally and the first round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place during January 24\u201327, 2008, beginning with two stages driven in darkness throughout on Thursday and ending with a short super special around the harbour area of the Grand Prix circuit in Monaco on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197755-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Monte Carlo Rally\nS\u00e9bastien Loeb took a record fifth Monte Carlo win for the Citro\u00ebn Total World Rally Team. Ford's Mikko Hirvonen was second and Subaru's Chris Atkinson third, after a tight battle with Fran\u00e7ois Duval; drivers finished the final Super Special Stage with exact same times and ended the event with just above 1s time gap between them. Petter Solberg was fifth, followed by Gigi Galli, Jean-Marie Cuoq, Per-Gunnar Andersson, Henning Solberg and Matthew Wilson. Dani Sordo and Jari-Matti Latvala both retired from day three, but continued under the SupeRally rules and finished 11th and 12th respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197756-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Monte Paschi Eroica\nThe 2008 Monte Paschi Eroica was the second edition of the Monte Paschi Eroica, later named Strade Bianche, held on 8 March 2008. It is a professional road bicycle race in Tuscany, Italy, starting in Gaiole in Chianti and finishing in Siena. The race was 181 km, including seven sectors of strade bianche, totaling 56,1 km of gravel road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197756-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Monte Paschi Eroica\nSwiss rider Fabian Cancellara won the race in a two-man sprint with Alessandro Ballan. The duo had caught early Canadian escapee Ryder Hesjedal at nine kilometer from the finish and headed into Siena's Piazza del Campo, where Cancellara took the win after hitting the front with 150 metres to go. 63 riders finished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197757-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Montenegrin presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Montenegro on 6 April 2008, the first after independence in 2006. The result was a victory for incumbent President Filip Vujanovi\u0107, who received 52% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197757-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Montenegrin presidential election, Electoral system\nThe law on presidential elections was passed on 27 December 2007, requiring candidates to collect the signatures of 1.5% of registered voters in order to run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197757-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Montenegrin presidential election, Candidates, Democratic Party of Socialists\nThe ruling Democratic Party of Socialists nominated the current president of Montenegro, Filip Vujanovi\u0107. He was supported by DPS' coalition partner,  the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro, as well as Croatian Civic Initiative, the Democratic Union of Albanians and the Democratic Community of Muslims Bosniacs in Montenegro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197757-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Montenegrin presidential election, Candidates, Opposition\nAfter proposals for a common candidate of the opposition failed, all opposition currents nominated their own Presidents as candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197757-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Montenegrin presidential election, Candidates, Opposition, Serb People's Party\nAndrija Mandi\u0107, the leader of the Serb People's Party (SNS), was nominated as a common candidate of the Serb List (SL) political alliance. He held demonstrations in the nation's capital of Podgorica on 24 February 2008 against Kosovo's recent unilateral declaration of independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197757-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Montenegrin presidential election, Candidates, Opposition, Movement for Changes\nThe Movement for Changes (PzP) nominated its leader Neboj\u0161a Medojevi\u0107. Medojevi\u0107 was also supported by the Albanian Alternative (AA) and the FORCA. The AA, accusing DPS's regime of terror and disrespect of ethnic Albanians of Montenegro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197757-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Montenegrin presidential election, Candidates, Opposition, Socialist People's Party\nThe Socialist People's Party of Montenegro (SNP) chose Sr\u0111an Mili\u0107, leader of the party, as their candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197757-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Montenegrin presidential election, Candidates, Opposition, Other parties\nThe Bosniak Party decided, like two Albanian minority parties, to abstain from endorsing any candidate. The People's Party decided unanimously on 3 February 2008 that it would not participate in the election, but it supported the two opposition candidates that represent parties of the former pro-Serbian bloc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197757-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Montenegrin presidential election, Candidates, Opposition, Independents\nProfessor Blagota Mitri\u0107 of the Faculty of Law of University of Montenegro had announced that he would run for president, yet he did not manage to collect enough signatures to become an official candidate. This was also the case with Dragan Hajdukovi\u0107, an environmentalist who had been a regular participant in the previous presidential runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197757-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Montenegrin presidential election, Candidates, Opposition, Independents\nVasilije Mili\u010dkovi\u0107, president of the Association of Minority Shareholders of the Montenegrin Electric Enterprise, had announced that he would run for president as an independent candidate only if the former president and prime minister Milo \u0110ukanovi\u0107 also ran for that position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197757-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Montenegrin presidential election, Opinion polls\nPolls and analysts claimed Vujanovi\u0107 would most surely win the largest number of votes and face-off with Medojevic in the second round. Since Vujanovic won over 50 percent of the vote in the first round there was no need for a runoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197758-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Monterey Sports Car Championships\nThe 2008 Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patr\u00f3n was the eleventh and final round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, California on 18 October 2008. It was the first time the event had a sponsor in its name since the 2004 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197758-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Monterey Sports Car Championships, Report, Qualifying\nThe LMP2 category dominated qualifying, led by the four Acura teams who were able to qualify in the top five positions, led by David Brabham in the Highcroft Racing Acura on pole position. The Acura squads were broken up only by the #7 Penske Porsche which qualified third. In LMP1, the #1 Audi led that class but was only ninth overall in the standings. Among the Corvette teams, the #3 car once again earned pole over its teammate, while GT2 was led by Farnbacher-Loles' Porsche. Tafel Racing meanwhile led among Ferrari squads in third place within the class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197758-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Monterey Sports Car Championships, Report, Qualifying, Qualifying result\nPole position winners in each class are marked in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197758-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Monterey Sports Car Championships, Report, Race\nThe final round of the ALMS season was slowed by a total of twelve caution periods over the four-hour race distance, including four within the first hour alone. This allowed for a variety of pit strategies to come into place as teams chose to make their first pit stops during different caution periods. The Acura teams led early, but Audi was eventually able to take the overall lead, eventually completing the race first and second, led by the #2 car of Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr. In LMP2, Acura's also finished first and second, but the #7 Penske Porsche's finish of third was able to secure Porsche the Manufacturers Championship within the class by a single point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197758-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Monterey Sports Car Championships, Report, Race\nIn GT1, the #4 Corvette of Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin earned their third win of the season over their teammates, while the #71 Tafel Racing Ferrari secured its fourth victory in GT2 in 2008. The Risi Competizione Ferrari and Farnbacher-Loles Porsche completed the GT2 podium, while the PTG Panoz had a strong fourth place finish a lap behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197758-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Monterey Sports Car Championships, Report, Race, Race result\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197759-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Montreal Alouettes season\nThe 2008 Montreal Alouettes season was the 42nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 56th overall. The Alouettes finished first place in the East Division, won the East Final and advanced to the 96th Grey Cup in Montreal, where they lost to the Calgary Stampeders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197759-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Montreal Alouettes season, Offseason\nThe CFL announced on Monday, April 28, the Alouettes exceeded last year's $4.05-million cap by $108,285 and have been fined $116,570 as a result. Montreal was more than $100,000 over, therefore, it will also lose the fourth overall selection in Wednesday's Canadian college draft. Montreal will now be relegated to just one selection in the first-round, coming at No. 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197759-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Montreal Alouettes season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nIn the 2008 CFL Draft, 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197759-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Montreal Alouettes season, Roster\nItalics indicate Import players updated 2008-10-03 \u2022 46 Active, 11 Inactive, 6 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197759-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Montreal Alouettes season, Playoffs, Eastern Final\nDate and time: Saturday, November 15, 1:00 PM Eastern Standard TimeVenue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197759-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Montreal Alouettes season, Playoffs, Grey Cup\nDate and time: Sunday, November 23, 6:00 PM Eastern Standard TimeVenue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197760-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Montreux Volley Masters\nThe 2008 Montreux Volley Masters was held in Montreux, Switzerland between 4 June and 8 June 2008. In the tournament participated 6 teams. The team of Cuba won the Tournament, China placed 2nd and Italy 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197761-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Monza GP2 Series round\n2008 Monza GP2 Series round was the tenth race of the 2008 GP2 Series season. It was held on September 13 and 14, 2008 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza at Monza, Italy. The race was used as a support race to the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197762-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Monza Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Monza Superbike World Championship round was the fifth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of May 9\u201311, 2008 at the Monza circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197763-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Moorilla Hobart International\nThe 2008 Moorilla Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the Moorilla Hobart International, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia, from 6 through 11 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197763-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Moorilla Hobart International, Champions, Doubles\nAnabel Medina Garrigues /  Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated  Eleni Daniilidou /  Jasmin W\u00f6hr, 6\u20132, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197764-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Moorilla Hobart International \u2013 Doubles\nElena Likhovtseva and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but Likhovtseva chose not to participate, and only Vesnina competed that year. Vesnina partnered with Maria Kirilenko, but they were forced to withdraw before their first round match, due to a left knee injury for Kirilenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197764-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Moorilla Hobart International \u2013 Doubles\nAnabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20134, against Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin W\u00f6hr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197765-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Moorilla Hobart International \u2013 Singles\nAnna Chakvetadze was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197765-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Moorilla Hobart International \u2013 Singles\nEleni Daniilidou won with a walkover, after Vera Zvonareva withdrew from the final due to a left ankle injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197766-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Moratuwa bus bombing\nThe 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing was a Claymore bomb (roadside bomb) explosion against a commuter bus carried out on June 6, 2008, in Katubbeda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, a suburb of Colombo very close to the University of Moratuwa. The bombing killed 23 civilians and injured around 80.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197766-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Moratuwa bus bombing\nThe Sri Lankan government and Amnesty International blamed the LTTE for the attack. The British foreign ministry and leading human rights organisations had condemned attacks on civilians in Sri Lanka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team\nThe 2008 Morgan State Bears football team represented of the Morgan State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). This was the seventh season under the guidance of head coach Donald Hill-Eley. The team finished the season at 6\u20136 overall and 4\u20134 in the MEAC, losing its final three games of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, Towson\nThe Towson Tigers rallied to beat Morgan State 21-16. Devan James ran for a career-high 178 yards on 33 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, Towson\nTowson improved to 16-5 all-time against Morgan State as quarterback Sean Schaefer threw three touchdowns and became Towson's all-time passing yardage record holder surpassing the 8,900 career passing yards set by Dan Crowley (1991\u201394).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nMorgan State only managed 109 yards and saw its two-game winning streak snapped in a 38-0 loss to Rutgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, Bethune\u2013Cookman\nMorgan State had 312 yards of total offense, but Bethune-Cookman scored twice off turnovers and beat the Bears 31-27. Devan James ran for 113 yards on 22 carries and a touchdown in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, Bethune\u2013Cookman\nThe Bears got as close as four points after QB Carlton Jackson threw a 27-yard touchdown to Edwin Baptiste, but James Meade's extra point attempt was blocked by the Wildcats. Jackson recovered a fumble in the end zone in the second quarter for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, Bethune\u2013Cookman\nBethune-Cookman had 213 total offensive yards, but only two first downs in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, Bethune\u2013Cookman\nThe Bears fall to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the MEAC. The Wildcats improved to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in the MEAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, North Carolina A&T\nThe Bears () led 10-3 at halftime, but scored 24-points in the third-quarter to pull away from North Carolina A&T University in a 41-3 victory. Devan James rushed for 103 yards and Mario Melton rushed for 97 yards as the Bears improved to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The Aggies fell to 2-5 overall and 0-3 in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, Howard\nKeith Lee scored on a 3-yard run in the second overtime as Morgan State beat Howard University, 31-30. Devan James rushed for two touchdowns and 219 yards (36 carries) Lee finished with 29 yards (8 carries) as the Bears improved to 4-3 overall and 2-1 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, Delaware State\nDevan James scored two touchdowns and ran for a total of 103 yards in a 20-3 victory over Delaware State University. The Bears forced the Hornets into four turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, Florida A&M\nMorgan State capped an 11-play, 41-yard drive with a 39-yard field goal with 16 seconds left for a 13-10 win over Florida A&M. It was the Bears fourth consecutive victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197767-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Morgan State Bears football team, Game summaries, Florida A&M\nMorgan State improved to 6-3 overall and 4-1 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood\nThe 2008 Morpeth flood occurred on Saturday 6 September 2008 in Morpeth, a town in Northumberland, northeastern England, when, following sustained heavy rainfall during the previous twenty-four hours, the River Wansbeck burst its banks and overwhelmed the town's flood defences. Nearly one thousand properties,  mostly residential, were damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Background\nPrevious flooding events occurred in 1863, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1881, 1886, 1898, 1900, 1903, 1924, 1963 and 1968 (Cotting Burn).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Background\nIn 1992, a record peak water level of 3.19 metres (10.5\u00a0ft) was recorded in the river channel. The 2008 flood level was 0.8 metres higher than this. However, there was not a flood event in 1992 as the defences successfully protected the town centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Background, Meteorological history\nThe low pressure \"Mattea\" formed at the southern tip of Greenland on 3 September, deepening to approximately 980hpa as it passed to the south of Ireland on 5 September. The low then remained in place over the UK before dissipating on 9 September. An occluded front associated with this low moved slowly north across the UK producing flash flooding across the Midlands and the North. The Environment Agency recorded 150 millimetres (5.9\u00a0in) of precipitation falling in the Wansbeck catchment area between Friday 5 and Saturday 6 September. Figures suggest that in Morpeth alone there was 86 millimetres (3.4\u00a0in) of rain compared to an average of 74 millimetres (2.9\u00a0in) for a month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Physical causes\nThe River Wansbeck Valley is narrow and steep and as a consequence has exaggerated amounts of surface runoff. Based on three storm events, a reliable flow gauge located upstream of Morpeth at the confluence of the Wansbeck and Font showed that 99.9% of rain fall is converted into surface runoff. Because the soil was already saturated as a result of the wet summer, the effect of surface runoff was greatly enhanced. Furthermore, increased urbanisation since the 1960s in Morpeth meant that most water falling on the town would have drained directly to the river channel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Physical causes\nOther tests investigating the catchment lag time (time lapse between the midpoint of storm rainfall and peak river level) indicate that the Wansbeck has a lag time of only 8 hours. This means that any water falling in the catchment area would have been rapidly converted into channel flow by surface runoff and to a lesser extent by throughflow. This is due to the steepness of the valley and the soil composition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Effects and responses, Social\nDuring 6 September 2008, more than 400 residents were evacuated. Shelter was provided in the Town Hall, King Edward VI High School and County Hall. An error made by the Environment Agency's warning system meant that 198 properties in the Middle Greens area of the town did not receive a flood warning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Effects and responses, Social\nFire fighters, ambulance crews, the RAF, the RNLI and the British Red Cross were among the emergency services involved in rescue and recovery operations over the weekend, as well as some local nurses, GPs, a pharmacist and school staff who volunteered once the news of the flood broke out. They worked through the night attending to those affected. Many residents were forced from their homes, and lived in caravans or with relatives as rebuilding took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Effects and responses, Economic\nNearly one thousand properties in Morpeth's town centre were directly affected by the flood water. Among the businesses there, the ironmongers Smails and Sons, a cornerstone of the Morpeth community for over sixty years, was left completely out of stock. Early estimates suggested that damages could be over \u00a340 million. The actual figure was much greater, with total losses estimated at \u00a340 million. On Sunday 7 September, Morpeth Lions Club and the Red Cross launched the Morpeth Flood Disaster Fund, which, by Wednesday 10 September, had raised over \u00a320,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Effects and responses, Environmental\nAt the peak of the flood, Morpeth High Street (Bridge Street) was under 60 centimetres (2.0\u00a0ft) of water. Not since 1963 had the main street been flooded. The library suffered severe structural damage due to the heavy debris transported by the river. Such was the extent of the damage that structural engineers were required to test its safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Aftermath\nOn Monday 8 September 2008, John Healey, the Floods Recovery Minister, visited Morpeth. Official government aid was pledged to the local authority to help with costs of the disaster through the Bellwin scheme. Mr Healey was also in talks with insurance industry chiefs, discussing their plans for dealing with a large number of claims in affected areas as quickly and effectively as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Aftermath\nDiscussions with the Environment Agency to bring forward proposals for new flood defences took place. An Environment Agency report published in December 2007 had suggested that the town's flood walls needed improvement. Oldgate Bridge may need some structural changes made as it has a damming effect during flood events. An upstream reservoir to hold back flood water was also proposed. If successful, improvements could be made by 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Aftermath\nMorpeth Lions Club aimed to raise \u00a3100,000 for payment to those affected by the flooding without insurance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197768-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Morpeth flood, Aftermath\nThe Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall made an official visit on Friday 12 September, during which they inspected the damage and spoke with victims of the flood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197769-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mosconi Cup\nThe 2008 Mosconi Cup, the 15th edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 11\u201314 December 2008 at the Hilton Conference Center in Portomaso, Malta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197769-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mosconi Cup\nTeam Europe won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team USA 11\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197769-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mosconi Cup, Gallery\nMika Immonen after potting the final ball to win the Mosconi Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 25], "content_span": [26, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197770-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade\nThe Moscow Victory Parade of 2008 was held on Victory Day (9 May) on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the Great Patriotic War ending in the defeat of Nazi Germany. This was the first time the Russian Federation opened its vehicle showcase since 1991, and the airshow since the Cold War. The parade was commanded by Army General Vladimir Bakin, Commander of the Moscow Military District, and reviewed by Anatoliy Serdyukov of the Russian Ministry of Defence. A speech was made by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who took office just two days prior. This would be notable to be the first ever major Russian military parade seen on television worldwide when RT carried a live broadcast of the parade for the first time in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197770-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Parade Program, Parade formations\nNote: Those indicated in bold indicate first parade appearance, those indicated with italic indicate double or multiple parade appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197770-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Parade Program, Parade formations, Infantry Column\nWith more than 9,000 soldier, sailors, and airmen and 100 vehicles marching in the parade, this was the largest such parade held in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. Unlike previous Victory Day parades, there were no units parading in Great Patriotic War uniforms, though the Victory Banner was paraded at the beginning of the ceremony. Training for the parade took two months in Alabino, Moscow Oblast. On 8 May, a temporary platform with a white-blue-red banner was erected on Red Square, covering the Lenin Mausoleum .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197770-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Parade Program, Parade formations, Ground vehicles at the Parade\nThis was the first time in the history of post-Soviet Russia when armoured fighting vehicles took part in the Red Square parade. In order of presentation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197770-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Parade Program, Parade formations, Ground vehicles at the Parade\nOn 22 April, the equipment was delivered to a training ground near Moscow. Before the parade, the tracked vehicles were delivered by rail. Due to the fact that in 1995 the Resurrection Gates were restored, military equipment entered the square on from one side of the State Historical Museum, and not from two as in previous parades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197770-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Criticism\nThe parade has been criticized for returning to the Cold War-like display of weapons. Upon receiving personal criticism, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stated the following: \"This is not saber-rattling. We do not threaten anyone and are not going to do this, we do not impose anything on anyone\". The military also allocated more than 1.3 billion rubles to the parade, many of which included the stones and asphalt concrete pavement for the mobile column, which came under criticism by opposition sources as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197771-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Motor City Bowl\nThe 2008 Motor City Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association bowl game in which the Florida Atlantic Owls defeated the Central Michigan Chippewas 24\u201321. It was played on December 26, 2008 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan and aired on ESPN. The underdog FAU team from the Sun Belt Conference was led by game Most Valuable Player Rusty Smith. CMU had finished in third place in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197771-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Motor City Bowl\nThe game was the 12th installment of the Motor City Bowl and was attended by 41,399 people, the fourth-lowest all time for the Motor City Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197772-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 20\u201324. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Texas Christian University's Lupton Stadium. Top seeded TCU won their third straight and third overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 15\u20132 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197772-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding\nThe top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Only six teams participate, so Air Force was not in the field. New Mexico claimed the second seed over San Diego State by winning the season series. BYU claimed the fourth seed by winning the season series over Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197772-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nClint Arnold, an outfielder for the champion TCU Horned Frogs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 92], "content_span": [93, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197773-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 12\u201315, 2008. The tournament was sponsored by Phillips 66 and all first round, quarterfinal, and semifinal games were broadcast live on the MountainWest Sports Network and CBS College Sports Network, while the championship game was broadcast on Versus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197773-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nFor the second straight year, tournament host UNLV defeated regular season league champion BYU 76\u201361 to win the Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship and earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197773-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Regular season\nBYU entered the tournament as the first team in Mountain West history to win back-to-back regular season titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197773-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Games, First round, Colorado St. vs. Wyoming\nBefore the game, Wyoming held the lead in all-time matchups against Colorado State, 125\u201383, and had won every matchup this season. It was the third meeting of the two teams inMWC Tournament play. The Rams are now 7\u20137 in Mountain West tournament history, while the Cowboys are 6\u20139. 9th seed Colorado State entered the contest with 8th seed Wyoming having gone 0\u201316 in conference play during the regular season, but stunned Wyoming with a 68\u201363 win during the first round game of the tournament. Junior Marcus Walker led the Rams with 22 points followed by true Freshman Andre McFarland with 18. Wyoming received 29 points from Junior Brandon Ewing, 19 of which were in the first half. Colorado St. went on to play top seed BYU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 103], "content_span": [104, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197773-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Games, Quarterfinals, BYU vs. Colorado St.\nColorado St. kept it close through the first half by shooting threes, but BYU took off early in the second half. BYU shot over 70% in the second half. BYU's Lee Cummard was the player of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 101], "content_span": [102, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197773-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Games, Quarterfinals, San Diego St. vs. Air Force\nLorrenzo Wade sank four free throws and grabbed a critical rebound in the final seven seconds, allowing San Diego State to edge Air Force 53\u201349.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 108], "content_span": [109, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197773-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Games, Quarterfinals, UNLV vs. TCU\nUNLV answered TCU's record onslaught of 3-pointers with a three-point play by Wink Adams in the closing seconds that gave the Runnin' Rebels an 89\u201388 win over the Horned Frogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 93], "content_span": [94, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197773-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Games, Quarterfinals, Utah vs. New Mexico\nLuke Nevill made all the plays down the stretch despite playing with four fouls over the final 11\u00bd minutes and the Utah Utes put a crimp in New Mexico's NCAA plans with an 82\u201380 overtime victory over the Lobos. New Mexico's J.R. Giddens missed a potential game tying lay-up as the clock expired in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 100], "content_span": [101, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197773-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Games, Semifinals, BYU vs. San Diego St.\nLee Cummard's 20 points led 24th-ranked BYU past pesky San Diego State 63\u201354, sending the Cougars to the championship for the second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 99], "content_span": [100, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197773-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Games, Semifinals, UNLV vs. Utah\nWink Adams and Curtis Terry each scored 20 points, leading UNLV back into the Mountain West Conference championship with a 61\u201355 win over Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 91], "content_span": [92, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197773-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Games, Finals, UNLV vs. BYU\nIn a rematch of the 2007 MWC Championship game, the second-seed UNLV Runnin' Rebels challenged the top-seed and nationally ranked BYU Cougars. The two teams split the regular season series in blowouts. UNLV defeated BYU 76\u201361 to win their second straight conference championship and their third overall. BYU led at halftime, but the Runnin' Rebels produced a slaughter in the second half. UNLV's junior guard Wink Adams was named the Tournament MVP after scoring 23 points, 14 of which came in the final 7 minutes of the game and senior Curtis Terry added 20 points for the Rebels. BYU was led by freshman guard Jimmer Fredette, who had 17 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 86], "content_span": [87, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season\nThe 2008 Mountain West Conference football season was the 10th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW. The University of Utah won their fourth conference championship, ending the year 13-0 with a victory over Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nAugust 30, 2008 \u2022 Michigan Stadium \u2022 Ann Arbor, Michigan \u2022 ABC \u2022 Attendance: 108,421", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nBrian Johnson threw for 305 yards and a touchdown and Louie Sakoda was 4-4 on field goals as the Utes held on to beat Michigan on their home field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 6, 2008 \u2022 Husky Stadium \u2022 Seattle, Washington \u2022 FSN \u2022 Attendance: 64,611", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nIn one of the year's most controversial endings, Washington quarterback Jake Locker scored on a 3-yard touchdown run with two seconds remaining, but was penalized 15 yards when he flipped the ball into the air in celebration. BYU defensive end Jan Jorgensen blocked the 35-yard extra point attempt, securing the win for the Cougars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 13, 2008 \u2022 Gerald J. Ford Stadium \u2022 Dallas, Texas \u2022 Attendance: 2,546", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nThe Falcons' scheduled game at Houston was relocated because of Hurricane Ike, the effects of which could still very much be felt in Dallas. In high winds and intermittent rain, Air Force tallied 380 yards rushing and never attempted a pass in the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 13, 2008 \u2022 Amon G. Carter Stadium \u2022 Fort Worth, Texas \u2022 The Mtn \u2022 Attendance: 25,531", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nAcross the Metroplex from the Air Force-Houston game, the Frogs' game against Stanford was moved up to the early afternoon because of Ike and was also played in less than pleasant weather conditions. TCU outlasted the Cardinal in a sloppy game, starting the Mountain West's 4-0 day against the Pac-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 13, 2008 \u2022 LaVell Edwards Stadium \u2022 Provo, Utah \u2022 Versus \u2022 Attendance: 64,153", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nMax Hall tied a BYU school record by throwing for 7 touchdown passes as the Cougars easily defeated UCLA in Provo. The Cougars forced four turnovers and blocked a field goal in handing the Bruins their worst defeat in 80 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 13, 2008 \u2022 University Stadium \u2022 Albuquerque, New Mexico \u2022 CBS College \u2022 Attendance: 32,337", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nThe Lobos had a little extra motivation in this one, after several Arizona players called New Mexico's 2007 win in Tucson a \"fluke\". Senior tailback Rodney Ferguson rushed for 158 yards to lead the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 13, 2008 \u2022 Sun Devil Stadium \u2022 Tempe, Arizona \u2022 FSN \u2022 Attendance: 59,852", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nBy beating the 15th-ranked Sun Devils in their own stadium, the Rebels tallied their most impressive victory in recent memory. UNLV forced overtime by tying the game at 20 on an 8-yard touchdown pass from Omar Clayton to Phillip Payne with 18 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter. Kyle Watson then kicked a 20-yard field goal on the Rebels' overtime possession, and Malo Taumua blocked Arizona State kicker Thomas Weber's 35-yard field goal attempt to secure the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 20, 2008 \u2022 Falcon Stadium \u2022 Colorado Springs, Colorado \u2022 Versus \u2022 Attendance: 36,952", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nUtah running backs Darrell Mack and Matt Asiata both ran for more than a hundred yards, and Mack's third rushing touchdown of the day with 58 seconds remaining in the game gave the Utes the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 20, 2008 \u2022 Sam Boyd Stadium \u2022 Las Vegas, Nevada \u2022 The Mtn \u2022 Attendance: 25,567", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nFor the second consecutive week, the Rebels knocked off a team from one of the nation's elite conferences in overtime. The Cyclones had the ball first in overtime and kicked a 37-yard field goal. Then on the first play of the Rebels' possession, Omar Clayton threw his third touchdown of the game to Phillip Payne to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 20, 2008 \u2022 Memorial Stadium \u2022 Norman, Oklahoma \u2022 FSN \u2022 Attendance: 85,158", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nIn one of the Horned Frogs' two defeats of the 2008 season, the Sooners jumped out to a 28-3 halftime lead to secure the victory. The Frogs, however, did hold OU to just 25 yards rushing and 35 points- the Sooners' smallest point total of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nOctober 2, 2008 \u2022 Rice-Eccles Stadium \u2022 Salt Lake City, Utah \u2022 Versus \u2022 Attendance: 45,559", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nA week to the day after the Beavers had knocked off the nation's #1 team, Southern Cal, they fell to the Utes in a Thursday-night thriller. Oregon State led late into the fourth quarter, but Utah tied the game at 28-28 with 1:29 left when Brian Johnson hit Bradon Godfrey for a 25-yard touchdown pass and then Johnson ran the ball in for a two-point conversion. The Ute defense was able to hold for a three and out, which gave them the ball back with enough time for Louie Sakoda to kick a game-winning 37-yard field goal as time expired to run their record to 6-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nOctober 16, 2008 \u2022 Amon G. Carter Stadium \u2022 Fort Worth, Texas \u2022 Versus \u2022 Attendance: 36,180", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nIn a highly anticipated matchup of ranked MW teams, the Horned Frogs jumped out to a 23-0 halftime lead and never looked back. TCU sacked Max Hall 6 times- including 4 by All-American defensive end Jerry Hughes- and debuted their \"Wild Frog\" formation with wide receiver Jeremy Kerley lining up at quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nNovember 6, 2008 \u2022 Rice-Eccles Stadium \u2022 Salt Lake City, Utah \u2022 CBS College \u2022 Attendance: 45,666", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nComing into this Thursday-night matchup, the Frogs were 9-1 and the Utes 9-0 with the winner putting themselves in good position for a BCS Bowl bid. The Frogs led 10-0 early, but were unable to improve upon that lead. TCU freshman kicker Ross Evans missed two field goals in the fourth quarter, and Brian Johnson hit Freddie Brown for a 9-yard touchdown pass with 48 seconds remaining to give the Utes the 13-10 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nNovember 8, 2008 \u2022 Neyland Stadium \u2022 Knoxville, Tennessee \u2022 ESPN GamePlan \u2022 Attendance: 99,489", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nIn a defensive battle, Cowboys' linebacker Ward Dobbs returned an interception 24 yards to give Wyoming a 13-0 halftime lead. Despite a few drives into Wyoming territory in the second half, the Volunteers were only able to score 7 points. The defeat may have cost Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer his job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nNovember 22, 2008 \u2022 Rice-Eccles Stadium \u2022 Salt Lake City, Utah \u2022 The Mtn \u2022 Attendance: 46,488", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nIn the annual Holy War game, Utah picked off BYU quarterback Max Hall five times as the Utes claimed an outright conference championship, a BCS Bowl bid and their third undefeated regular season in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, New Mexico Bowl\nDecember 20, 2008 \u2022 University Stadium \u2022 Albuquerque, New Mexico \u2022 ESPN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, New Mexico Bowl\nColorado State running back Gartrell Johnson ran for 285 yards and scored two touchdowns in the Rams' 20-point fourth quarter surge to beat Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl. Johnson's 77-yard touchdown run with 1:46 remaining gave the Rams the lead for good, securing their first bowl win since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Las Vegas Bowl\nDecember 20, 2008 \u2022 Sam Boyd Stadium \u2022 Las Vegas, Nevada \u2022 ESPN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Las Vegas Bowl\nIn the Cougars' fourth-consecutive trip to the Las Vegas Bowl, they outgained the Wildcats 444 yards to 416, but were unable to turn that offensive production into points and lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Poinsettia Bowl\nDecember 23, 2008 \u2022 Qualcomm Stadium \u2022 San Diego, California \u2022 ESPN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Poinsettia Bowl\nIn a game of teams whose BCS dreams were dashed late in the season, Boise State jumped out to an early 10-0 lead, but TCU running back Aaron Brown cut the lead to 13-7 with a 16-yard touchdown run with 24 seconds remaining in the first half. The Frogs took the lead for good on Joseph Turner's 17-yard touchdown run with 8:51 remaining in the fourth quarter. The win gave TCU their 3rd 11-win season in the last 4 years, and was Boise State's lone defeat of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Armed Forces Bowl\nDecember 31, 2008 \u2022 Amon G. Carter Stadium \u2022 Fort Worth, Texas \u2022 ESPN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Armed Forces Bowl\nIn a rare bowl game featuring a rematch from the regular season, the Cougars earned a season split with the Falcons with a 34-28 win. It was the Falcons' second consecutive appearance-and loss- in the Armed Forces Bowl, and was the Cougars' first bowl victory since 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Sugar Bowl\nJanuary 2, 2009 \u2022 Louisiana Superdome \u2022 New Orleans, Louisiana \u2022 FOX", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Sugar Bowl\nAs a result of their 12-0 regular season and Mountain West Conference title, the Utes earned a spot in the Sugar Bowl and the $17 million pay-out that comes with it. They were heavy underdogs to Alabama, the SEC team that had spent much of the year ranked number one. The Utes jumped out to a 21-0 first quarter lead, but the Tide had pulled to within 21-17 early in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197774-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Sugar Bowl\nThe Utes responded with a 7-play, 71-yard drive capped by a Brian Johnson to David Reed touchdown pass, and added a Louie Sakoda field goal late in the fourth quarter to secure the 31-17 victory. Johnson ended the game with 336 yards passing and three touchdowns, and the Ute defense sacked Alabama quarterback John Parker Wilson eight times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197775-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Movistar Open\nThe 2008 Movistar Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the Movistar Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Centro de Tenis Las Salinas in Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Chile, from January 28 through February 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197775-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Movistar Open\nThe field was headlined by 2007 Madrid Masters quarterfinalist, 2002 and 2004 Vi\u00f1a del Mar champion Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, 2007 U.S. Open quarterfinalist and 2004 Vi\u00f1a del Mar doubles titlist Juan Ignacio Chela, and Auckland semifinalist Juan M\u00f3naco. Other seeded players were 2007 St. Petersburg finalist Fernando Verdasco, Doha and Sydney quarterfinalist Agust\u00edn Calleri, \u00d3scar Hern\u00e1ndez, Jos\u00e9 Acasuso and Nicol\u00e1s Mass\u00fa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197775-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Movistar Open, Notable stories, Gonzalez's walkover win\nFernando Gonz\u00e1lez won the title by default after Juan M\u00f3naco was forced to withdraw from the tournament, after retiring during the doubles final, where he played alongside M\u00e1ximo Gonz\u00e1lez, due to a left ankle injury. Gonzalez was announced as the champion after his semifinal win over Pablo Cuevas, in which he saved two match points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 60], "content_span": [61, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197775-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Movistar Open, Finals, Doubles\nJos\u00e9 Acasuso /  Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto defeated  M\u00e1ximo Gonz\u00e1lez /  Juan M\u00f3naco, 6\u20131, 3\u20130 retired", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197776-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Movistar Open \u2013 Doubles\nPaul Capdeville and \u00d3scar Hern\u00e1ndez were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Capdeville partnered with Lucas Arnold Ker, but lost in the first round to Jos\u00e9 Acasuso and Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto. Hernandez partnered with Sergio Roitman, but lost in the first round to Juan Pablo Brzezicki and Ross Hutchins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197776-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Movistar Open \u2013 Doubles\nJos\u00e9 Acasuso and Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto won in the final 6\u20131, 3\u20130, after M\u00e1ximo Gonz\u00e1lez and Juan M\u00f3naco retired due to a left ankle injury for Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197777-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Movistar Open \u2013 Singles\nLuis Horna was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Carlos Berlocq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197777-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Movistar Open \u2013 Singles\nFernando Gonz\u00e1lez won with a walkover, after Juan M\u00f3naco withdrew from the final due to a left ankle injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197778-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mr. Olympia\nThe 2008 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and the feature event of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2008 held September 26\u201327, 2008 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Other events at the exhibition included the 202 Olympia Showdown, and Ms. Olympia contests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197779-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ms. Olympia\nThe 2008 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2008 was held on September 26, 2008, at the South Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada and in the Orleans Arena at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 29th Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the 212 Olympia Showdown, Mr. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, and Figure Olympia contests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197780-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 MuchMusic Video Awards\nThe 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards were held in Toronto, Ontario at MuchMusic's  headquarters on June 15, 2008 with the rain-soaked Red carpet arrivals that started at 8:00pm ET, but was slightly delayed by rainstorms that soaked the crowds and artists, the awards  started at 9:00 and ended at 11:00. The show featured performances by illScarlett, Flo Rida, Girlicious, Sean Kingston, JabbaWockeeZ, Simple Plan, the first performance by New Kids on the Block in 15 years and others. The most nominated artist was Hedley with six nominations in which they won four awards. This was the first MMVA to have an afterparty, which was broadcast exclusively on MuchMusic.com, and featured Bedouin Soundclash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197780-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 MuchMusic Video Awards, Contests, MMVA10k\nMuchMusic held the  Contest during the Video Awards. Three weeks prior to the event 2008 MMVA predictions and trivia were posted daily and viewers were able to play along during the live event on June 15, 2008. For every 500 points, viewers received a ballot to win $10,000. Viewers were also able to answer polls and chat with other MMVA viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197780-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 MuchMusic Video Awards, MMVA08: Aftermath\nThe 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards are the only MMVA to feature an afterparty. The afterparty featured Bedouin Soundclash performing in front of a small crowd with several other artists. They performed a total of ten songs. The afterparty aired only once for a scheduled 30 minutes after the MMVA on muchmusic.com and MuchMoreMusic, but extended for a few minutes on muchmusic.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks\nThe 2008 Mumbai attacks (also referred to as 26/11) were a series of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamist terrorist organisation from Pakistan, carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai. The attacks, which drew widespread global condemnation, began on Wednesday 26 November and lasted until Saturday 29 November 2008. A total of 175 people died, including nine attackers, and more than 300 were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks\nEight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai: at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Palace & Tower, the Leopold Cafe, the Cama Hospital, the Nariman House, the Metro Cinema, and in a lane behind the Times of India building and St. Xavier's College. There was also an explosion at Mazagaon, in Mumbai's port area, and in a taxi at Vile Parle. By the early morning of 28 November, all sites except for the Taj Hotel had been secured by the Mumbai Police and security forces. On 29 November, India's National Security Guards (NSG) conducted Operation Black Tornado to flush out the remaining attackers; it culminated in the death of the last remaining attackers at the Taj Hotel and ended the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks\nAjmal Kasab, the sole surviving attacker, disclosed that the attackers were members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, among others. The Government of India stated that the attackers came from Pakistan, and their controllers were in Pakistan. Pakistan later confirmed that the sole surviving perpetrator of the attacks was a Pakistani citizen. On 9 April 2015, the foremost ringleader of the attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, was released on bail and disappeared; he was arrested again in Lahore on 2 January 2021. In 2018, former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif suggested that the Pakistani government played a role in the 2008 Mumbai attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Background\nThere had been many terrorist attacks in Mumbai since the 13 coordinated bomb explosions that killed 257 people and injured 700 on 12 March 1993. The 1993 attacks were carried out in revenge for earlier religious riots that killed many Muslims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Background\nOn 6 December 2002, a blast in a BEST bus near Ghatkopar station killed two people and injured 28. The bombing occurred on the 10th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya. A bicycle bomb exploded near the Vile Parle station in Mumbai, killing one person and injuring 25 on 27 January 2003, a day before the visit of the Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee to the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Background\nOn 13 March 2003, a day after the 10th anniversary of the 1993 Bombay bombings, a bomb exploded in a train compartment near the Mulund station, killing 10 people and injuring 70. On 28 July 2003, a blast in a BEST bus in Ghatkopar killed 4 people and injured 32. On 25 August 2003, two bombs exploded in South Mumbai, one near the Gateway of India and the other at Zaveri Bazaar in Kalbadevi. At least 44 people were killed and 150 injured. On 11 July 2006, seven bombs exploded within 11\u00a0minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, killing 209 people, including 22 foreigners and more than 700 injured. According to the Mumbai Police, the bombings were carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Training\nA group of men, sometimes stated as 24 and at other times 26, received training in marine warfare at a remote camp in mountainous Muzaffarabad in Pakistan. Part of the training was reported to have taken place on the Mangla Dam reservoir in Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Training\nThe recruits went through the following stages of training, according to Indian and US media reports:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Training\nFrom the recruits, ten were handpicked for the Mumbai mission. They also received training in swimming and sailing, besides the use of high-end weapons and explosives under the supervision of LeT commanders. According to a media report citing an unnamed former Defence Department Official of the US, the intelligence agencies of the US had determined that former officers from Pakistan's Army and Inter-Services Intelligence agency assisted actively and continuously in training. They were given blueprints of all the four targets\u00a0\u2013 The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Oberoi Trident, Nariman House and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks\nThe first events were detailed around 20:00 Indian Standard Time (IST) on 26 November, when 10 men in inflatable speedboats came ashore at two locations in Colaba. They reportedly told local Marathi-speaking fishermen who asked them who they were to \"mind their own business\" before they split up and headed two different ways. The fishermen's subsequent report to the police department received little response and local police were helpless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus\nThe Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) was attacked by two gunmen, Ismail Khan and Ajmal Kasab. Kasab was later caught alive by the police and identified by eyewitnesses. The attacks began around 21:30 when the two men entered the passenger hall and opened fire using AK-47 rifles. The attackers killed 58 people and injured 104 others, their assault ending at about 22:45. Security forces and emergency services arrived shortly afterwards. Announcements by a railway announcer, Vishnu Dattaram Zende, alerted passengers to leave the station and saved many lives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus\nThe two gunmen fled the scene and fired at pedestrians and police officers in the streets, killing eight police officers. The attackers passed a police station. Knowing that they were outgunned against the heavily armed terrorists, the police officers at the station, instead of confronting the terrorists, decided to switch off the lights and secure the gates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus\nThe attackers then headed towards Cama Hospital with intent to kill patients, but the hospital staff locked all of the patient wards. A team of the Mumbai Anti- Terrorist Squad led by police chief Hemant Karkare searched the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and then left in pursuit of Kasab and Khan. Kasab and Khan opened fire on the vehicle in a lane next to the hospital, and received return fire in response. Karkare, Vijay Salaskar, Ashok Kamte and one of their officers were killed. The only survivor, Constable Arun Jadhav, was severely wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus\nKasab and Khan seized the police vehicle but later abandoned it and seized a passenger car instead. They then ran into a police roadblock, which had been set up after Jadhav radioed for help. A gun battle then ensued in which Khan was killed and Kasab was wounded. After a physical struggle, Kasab was arrested. A police officer, Tukaram Omble, was also killed when he tried to disarm Kasab by wrestling his weapon away from him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Leopold Cafe\nThe Leopold Cafe, a popular restaurant and bar on Colaba Causeway in South Mumbai, was one of the first sites to be attacked. Two attackers, Shoaib alias Soheb and Nazir alias Abu Umer, opened fire on the cafe on the evening of 26 November between 21:30 and 21:48, killing 10 people (including some foreigners) and injuring many more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Bomb blasts in taxis\nThere were two explosions in taxis caused by timer bombs. The first one occurred at 22:40 at Vile Parle, killing the driver and a passenger. The second explosion took place at Wadi Bunder between 22:20 and 22:25. Three people, including the driver of the taxi were killed, and about 15 others were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and Oberoi Trident\nTwo hotels, The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and the Oberoi Trident, were among the four locations targeted. Six explosions were reported at the Taj Hotel \u2013 one in the lobby, two in the elevators, three in the restaurant \u2013 and one at the Oberoi Trident. At the Taj, firefighters rescued 200 hostages from windows using ladders during the first night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and Oberoi Trident\nCNN initially reported on the morning of 27 November 2008 that the hostage situation at the Taj Hotel had been resolved and quoted the police chief of Maharashtra stating that all hostages were freed; however, it was learned later that day that there were still two attackers holding hostages, including foreigners, in the Taj Hotel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and Oberoi Trident\nA number of European Parliament Committee on International Trade delegates were staying in the Taj Hotel when it was attacked, but none of them were injured. British Conservative Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Sajjad Karim (who was in the lobby when attackers initially opened fire there) and German Social Democrat MEP Erika Mann were hiding in different parts of the building. Also reported present was Spanish MEP Ignasi Guardans, who was barricaded in a hotel room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and Oberoi Trident\nAnother British Conservative MEP, Syed Kamall, reported that he along with several other MEPs left the hotel and went to a nearby restaurant shortly before the attack. Kamall also reported that Polish MEP Jan Masiel was thought to have been sleeping in his hotel room when the attacks started, but eventually left the hotel safely. Kamall and Guardans reported that a Hungarian MEP's assistant was shot. Also caught up in the shooting were the President of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, while checking in at the Oberoi Trident, and Indian MP N. N. Krishnadas of Kerala and Gulam Noon while having dinner at a restaurant in the Taj Hotel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Nariman House\nNariman House, a Chabad Lubavitch Jewish centre in Colaba known as the Mumbai Chabad House, was taken over by two attackers and several residents were held hostage. Police evacuated adjacent buildings and exchanged fire with the attackers, wounding one. Local residents were told to stay inside. The attackers threw a grenade into a nearby lane, causing no casualties. NSG commandos arrived from Delhi, and a naval helicopter took an aerial survey. During the first day, 9 hostages were rescued from the first floor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Nariman House\nThe following day, the house was stormed by NSG commandos fast-roping from helicopters onto the roof, covered by snipers positioned in nearby buildings. After a long battle, one NSG commando, Sergeant Gajender Singh Bisht, and both perpetrators were killed. Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka Holtzberg, who was six months pregnant, were murdered with four other hostages inside the house by the attackers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, Nariman House\nAccording to radio transmissions picked up by Indian intelligence, the attackers \"would be told by their handlers in Pakistan that the lives of Jews were worth 50 times those of non-Jews\". Injuries on some of the bodies indicated that they may have been tortured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, NSG raid\nDuring the attacks, both hotels were surrounded by Rapid Action Force personnel and Marine Commandos (MARCOS) and National Security Guards (NSG) commandos. When reports emerged that attackers were receiving television broadcasts, feeds to the hotels were blocked. Security forces stormed both hotels, and all nine attackers were killed by the morning of 29 November. Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan of the NSG was martyred during the rescue of Commando Sunil Yadav, who was hit in the leg by a bullet during the rescue operations at Taj. 32 hostages were killed at the Oberoi Trident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, NSG raid\nNSG commandos then took on the Nariman house, and a Naval helicopter took an aerial survey. During the first day, 9 hostages were rescued from the first floor. The following day, the house was stormed by NSG commandos fast-roping from helicopters onto the roof, covered by snipers positioned in nearby buildings. NSG Commando Sergeant Gajender Singh Bisht, who was part of the team that fast-roped onto Nariman House, died after a long battle in which both perpetrators were also killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, NSG raid\nBy the morning of 28 November, the NSG had secured the Jewish outreach centre at Nariman House as well as the Oberoi Trident hotel. They also incorrectly believed that the Taj Palace and Towers had been cleared of attackers, and soldiers were leading hostages and holed-up guests to safety, and removing bodies of those killed in the attacks. However, later news reports indicated that there were still two or three attackers in the Taj, with explosions heard and gunfire exchanged. Fires were also reported at the ground floor of the Taj with plumes of smoke arising from the first floor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0019-0002", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attacks, NSG raid\nThe final operation at the Taj Palace hotel was completed by the NSG commandos at 08:00 on 29 November, killing three attackers and resulting in the conclusion of the attacks. The NSG rescued 250 people from the Oberoi, 300 from the Taj and 60 people (members of 12 different families) from Nariman House. In addition, police seized a boat filled with arms and explosives anchored at Mazgaon dock off Mumbai harbour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution\nThe Mumbai attacks were planned and directed by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants inside Pakistan, and carried out by 10 young armed men trained and sent to Mumbai and directed from inside Pakistan via mobile phones and VoIP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution\nIn July 2009 Pakistani authorities confirmed that LeT plotted and financed the attacks from LeT camps in Karachi and Thatta. In November 2009, Pakistani authorities charged seven men they had arrested earlier, of planning and executing the assault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution\nMumbai police department originally identified 37 suspects\u2014including two Pakistani army officers\u2014for their alleged involvement in the plot. All but two of the suspects, many of whom are identified only through aliases, are Pakistani. Two more suspects arrested in the United States in October 2009 for other attacks were also found to have been involved in planning the Mumbai attacks. One of these men, Pakistani American David Headley (born Daood Sayed Gilani), was found to have made several trips to India before the attacks and gathered video and GPS information on behalf of the plotters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution\nIn April 2011, the United States issued arrest warrants for four Pakistani men as suspects in the attack. The men, Sajid Mir, Abu Qahafa, Mazhar Iqbal alias \"Major Iqbal\", are believed to be members of Lashkar-e-Taiba and helped plan and train the attackers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Negotiations with Pakistan\nPakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the attacks. Pakistan promised to assist in the investigation and President Zardari vowed \"strong action against any Pakistani elements found involved in the attack\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Negotiations with Pakistan\nPakistan initially denied that Pakistanis were responsible for the attacks, blaming plotters in Bangladesh and Indian criminals, a claim refuted by India, and saying they needed information from India on other bombings first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Negotiations with Pakistan\nPakistani authorities finally agreed that Ajmal Kasab was a Pakistani on 7 January 2009, and registered a case against three other Pakistani nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Negotiations with Pakistan\nThe Indian government supplied evidence to Pakistan and other governments, in the form of interrogations, weapons, and call records of conversations during the attacks. In addition, Indian government officials said that the attacks were so sophisticated that they must have had official backing from Pakistani \"agencies\", an accusation denied by Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Negotiations with Pakistan\nUnder US and UN pressure, Pakistan arrested a few members of Jamaat ud-Dawa and briefly put its founder under house arrest, but he was found to be free a few days later. A year after the attacks, Mumbai police continued to complain that Pakistani authorities were not co-operating by providing information for their investigation. Meanwhile, journalists in Pakistan said security agencies were preventing them from interviewing people from Kasab's village. The then Home Minister P. Chidambaram said the Pakistani authorities had not shared any information about American suspects Headley and Rana, but that the FBI had been more forthcoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Negotiations with Pakistan\nAn Indian report, summarising intelligence gained from India's interrogation of David Headley, was released in October 2010. It alleged that Pakistan's intelligence agency (ISI) had provided support for the attacks by providing funding for reconnaissance missions in Mumbai. The report included Headley's claim that Lashkar-e-Taiba's chief military commander, Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi, had close ties to the ISI. He alleged that \"every big action of LeT is done in close coordination with [the] ISI.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Negotiations with Pakistan\nIn 2018, during an interview with newspaper Dawn, Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reportedly indirectly accepted Pakistan's involvement in not preventing the Mumbai attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Investigation\nAccording to investigations, the attackers travelled by sea from Karachi, Pakistan, across the Arabian Sea, hijacked the Indian fishing trawler 'Kuber', killed the crew of four, then forced the captain to sail to Mumbai. After murdering the captain, the attackers entered Mumbai on a rubber dinghy. The captain of 'Kuber', Amar Singh Solanki, had earlier been imprisoned for six months in a Pakistani jail for illegally fishing in Pakistani waters. The attackers stayed and were trained by the Lashkar-e-Taiba in a safehouse at Azizabad in Karachi before boarding a small boat for Mumbai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Investigation\nDavid Headley was a member of Lashkar-e-Taiba, and between 2002 and 2009 Headley travelled extensively as part of his work for LeT. Headley received training in small arms and countersurveillance from LeT, built a network of connections for the group, and was chief scout in scoping out targets for Mumbai attack having allegedly been given $25,000 in cash in 2006 by an ISI officer known as Major Iqbal, The officer also helped him arrange a communications system for the attack, and oversaw a model of the Taj Hotel so that gunmen could know their way inside the target, according to Headley's testimony to Indian authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Investigation\nHeadley also helped ISI recruit Indian agents to monitor Indian troop levels and movements, according to a US official. At the same time, Headley was also an informant for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, and Headley's wives warned American officials of Headley's involvement with LeT and his plotting attacks, warning specifically that the Taj Hotel may be their target.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Investigation\nUS officials believed that the Inter-Services Intelligence (I.S.I.) officers provided support to Lashkar-e-Taiba militants who carried out the attacks. Disclosures made by former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden in 2013 revealed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had intercepted communications between the Lashkar boat and the LeT headquarters in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and passed the alert on to RAW on 18 November, eight days before the terrorists actually struck Mumbai. In the hours after the attack, the New York City Police Department sent Brandon del Pozo, an official from their Intelligence Division, to investigate the incident in order to understand what vulnerabilities its methods posed for New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Investigation\nThe arrest of Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Hamza in June 2012 provided further clarity on how the plot was hatched. According to Abu Hamza, the attacks were previously scheduled for 2006, using Indian youth for the job. However, a huge cache of AK-47's and RDX, which were to be used for the attacks, was recovered from Aurangabad in 2006, thus leading to the dismantling of the original plot. Subsequently, Abu Hamza fled to Pakistan and along with Lashkar commanders, scouted for Pakistani youth to be used for the attacks. In September 2007, 10 people were selected for the mission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Investigation\nIn September 2008, these people tried sailing to Mumbai from Karachi, but couldn't complete their mission due to choppy waters. These men made a second attempt in November 2008, and successfully managed to execute the final attacks. David Headley's disclosures, that three Pakistani army officers were associated with the planning and execution of the attack were substantiated by Ansari's revelations during his interrogation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Investigation\nAfter Ansari's arrest, Pakistan's Foreign Office claimed they had received information that up to 40 Indian nationals were involved in the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Method\nThe attackers had planned the attack several months ahead of time and knew some areas well enough to vanish and reappear after security forces had left. Several sources have quoted Kasab telling the police that the group received help from Mumbai residents. The attackers used at least three SIM cards purchased on the Indian side of the border with Bangladesh. There were also reports of a SIM card purchased in the US state of New Jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Method\nPolice had also mentioned that Faheem Ansari, an Indian Lashkar operative who had been arrested in February 2008, had scouted the Mumbai targets for the November attacks. Later, the police arrested two Indian suspects, Mikhtar Ahmad, who is from Srinagar in Kashmir, and Tausif Rehman, a resident of Kolkata. They supplied the SIM cards, one in Calcutta, and the other in New Delhi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Method\nThe attackers used a satellite phone and cell phones to talk to each other as well as their handlers that were based in Pakistan. In transcripts intercepted by Indian authorities between the attackers and their handlers, the handlers provided the attackers with encouragement, tactical advice, and information gained from media coverage. The attackers used both personal cell phones and those obtained from their victims to communicate with each other and the news media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Method\nAlthough the attackers were encouraged to murder hostages, the attackers were in communication with the news media via cell phones to make demands in return for the release of hostages. This was believed to be done in order to further confuse Indian authorities that they were dealing with primarily a hostage situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Method\nType 86 Grenades made by China's state-owned Norinco were used in the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Method\nThere were also indications that the attackers had been taking steroids. The gunman who survived said that the attackers had used Google Earth to familiarise themselves with the locations of buildings used in the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Method\nThere were 10 gunmen, nine of whom were subsequently shot dead and one captured by security forces. Witnesses reported that they seemed to be in their early twenties, wore black T-shirts and jeans, and that they smiled and looked happy as they shot their victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Method\nIt was initially reported that some of the attackers were British citizens, but the Indian government later stated that there was no evidence to confirm this. Similarly, early reports of 12 gunmen were also later shown to be incorrect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Method\nOn 9 December, the 10 attackers were identified by Mumbai police, along with their home towns in Pakistan: Ajmal Amir from Faridkot, Abu Ismail Dera Ismail Khan from Dera Ismail Khan, Hafiz Arshad and Babr Imran from Multan, Javed from Okara, Shoaib from Sialkot, Nazir Ahmed and Nasir from Faisalabad, Abdul Rahman from Arifwalla, and Fahadullah from Dipalpur Taluka. Dera Ismail Khan is in the North-West Frontier Province; the rest of the towns are in Pakistani Punjab.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Method\nOn 6 April 2010, the Home Minister of Maharashtra State, which includes Mumbai, informed the Assembly that the bodies of the nine killed Pakistani gunmen from the 2008 attack on Mumbai were buried in a secret location in January 2010. The bodies had been in the mortuary of a Mumbai hospital after Muslim clerics in the city refused to let them be buried on their grounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Attackers\nOnly one of the 10 attackers, Ajmal Kasab, survived the attack. He was hanged in Yerwada jail in 2012. The other nine attackers killed during the onslaught were Hafiz Arshad alias Abdul Rehman Bada, Abdul Rahman Chhota, Javed alias Abu Ali, Fahadullah alias Abu Fahad, Ismail Khan alias Abu Ismail, Babar Imran alias Abu Akasha, Nasir alias Abu Umar, Nazir alias Abu Umer and Shoaib alias Abu Soheb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Arrests\nAjmal Kasab was the only attacker arrested alive by police. At first, he deposed to police inspector Ramesh Mahale that he had come to India \"to see Amitabh Bachchan's bungalow\", and that he was apprehended by the Mumbai Police outside the bungalow. Much of the information about the attackers' preparation, travel, and movements comes from his subsequent confessions to the Mumbai police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Arrests\nOn 12 February 2009 Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that Pakistani national Javed Iqbal, who acquired VoIP phones in Spain for the Mumbai attackers, and Hamad Ameen Sadiq, who had facilitated money transfer for the attack, had been arrested. Two other men known as Khan and Riaz, but whose full names were not given, were also arrested. Two Pakistanis were arrested in Brescia, Italy (east of Milan) on 21 November 2009, after being accused of providing logistical support to the attacks and transferring more than US$200 to Internet accounts using a false ID. They had Red Corner Notices issued against them by Interpol for their suspected involvement and it was issued after the last year's strikes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Arrests\nIn October 2009, two Chicago men were arrested and charged by the FBI for involvement in \"terrorism\" abroad, David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana. Headley, a Pakistani-American, was charged in November 2009 with scouting locations for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Headley is reported to have posed as an American Jew and is believed to have links with militant Islamist groups based in Bangladesh. On 18 March 2010, Headley pleaded guilty to a dozen charges against him thereby avoiding going to trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Arrests\nIn December 2009, the FBI charged Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, a retired major in the Pakistani army, for planning the attacks in association with Headley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Arrests\nOn 15 January 2010, in a successful snatch operation R&AW agents nabbed Sheikh Abdul Khwaja, one of the handlers of the 26/11 attacks, chief of HuJI India operations and a most wanted suspect in India, from Colombo, Sri Lanka, and brought him over to Hyderabad, India for formal arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Arrests\nOn 25 June 2012, the Delhi Police Department arrested Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Hamza, one of the key suspects in the attack at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. His arrest was touted as the most significant development in the case since Kasab's arrest. Security agencies had been chasing him for three years in Delhi. Ansari is a Lashker-e-Taiba ultra and the Hindi tutor of the 10 attackers who were responsible for the Mumbai attacks in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0050-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Arrests\nHe was apprehended, after he was arrested and deported to India by Saudi Intelligence officials as per official request by Indian authorities. After Ansari's arrest, investigations revealed that in 2009 he allegedly stayed for a day in a room in Old Legislators's Hostel, belonging to Fauzia Khan, a former MLA and minister in Maharashtra Government. The minister, however, denied having any links with him. Home Minister P. Chidambaram asserted that Ansari was provided a safe place in Pakistan and was present in the control room, which could not have been established without active State support. Ansari's interrogation further revealed that Sajid Mir and a Pakistani Army major visited India under fake names as cricket spectators to survey targets in Delhi and Mumbai for about a fortnight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 838]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Attribution, Arrests\nA number of suspects were also arrested on false charges. At least two of them spent nearly eight years in prison and were not paid any compensation by the Indian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Casualties and compensation\nA total of 175 people, including civilians, security personnel, and nine of the attackers, were killed in the attacks. Among the dead were 29 foreign nationals. One attacker was captured. The bodies of many of the dead hostages showed signs of torture or disfigurement. A number of those killed were notable figures in business, media, and security services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Casualties and compensation\nThe Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh, stated that 15 policemen and two NSG commandos were killed, including the following officers:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Casualties and compensation\nThree railway officials of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus were also killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Casualties and compensation\nThe government of Maharashtra announced about \u20b9500,000 (US$7,000) as compensation to the kin of each of those killed in the terror attacks and about \u20b950,000 (US$700) to the seriously injured. In August 2009, the Indian Hotels Company and the Oberoi Group received about US$28\u00a0million as part-payment of the insurance claims, on account of the attacks on Taj and Trident, from General Insurance Corporation of India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Aftermath\nThe attacks are sometimes referred to in India as \"26/11\", after the date in 2008 that the attacks began. The Pradhan Inquiry Commission, appointed by the Maharashtra government, produced a report that was tabled before the legislative assembly more than a year after the events. The report said the \"war-like\" attack was beyond the capacity to respond of any police force, but also found fault with the Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor's lack of leadership during the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Aftermath\nThe Maharashtra government planned to buy 36 speed boats to patrol the coastal areas and several helicopters for the same purpose. It also planned to create an anti-terror force called \"Force One\" and upgrade all the weapons that Mumbai police currently have. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on an all-party conference declared that legal framework would be strengthened in the battle against \"terrorism\" and a federal anti-terrorist intelligence and investigation agency, like the FBI, will be set up soon to co-ordinate action against \"terrorism\". The government strengthened anti-terror laws with UAPA 2008, and the federal National Investigation Agency was formed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Aftermath\nThe attacks further strained India's slowly recovering relationship with Pakistan. India's then External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee declared that India may indulge in military strikes against terror camps in Pakistan to protect its territorial integrity. There were also after-effects on the United States's relationships with both countries, the US-led NATO war in Afghanistan, and on the Global War on Terror. FBI chief Robert Mueller praised the \"unprecedented cooperation\" between American and Indian intelligence agencies over the Mumbai terror attack probe. However, Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble said that Indian intelligence agencies did not share any information with Interpol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Aftermath\nA new National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) was proposed to be set up by the then-Home Minister P. Chidambaram as an office to collect, collate, summarise, integrate, analyse, co-ordinate and report all information and inputs received from various intelligence agencies, state police departments, and other ministries and their departments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Aftermath, Movement of troops\nPakistan moved troops towards the border with India voicing concerns about the Indian government's possible plans to launch attacks on Pakistani soil if it did not co-operate. After days of talks, the Pakistan government, however, decided to start moving troops away from the border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Reactions\nIndians criticised their political leaders after the attacks, saying that their ineptness was partly responsible. The Times of India commented on its front page that \"Our politicians fiddle as innocents die.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0061-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Reactions\nPolitical reactions in Mumbai and India included a range of resignations and political changes, including the resignations of Minister for Home Affairs Shivraj Patil, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and deputy chief minister R. R. Patil for controversial reactions to the attack including taking the former's son and Bollywood director Ram Gopal Verma to tour the damaged Taj Hotel and the latters remarks that the attacks were not a big deal in such a large city. Indian Muslims condemned the attacks and refused to bury the attackers. Groups of Muslims marched against the attacks and mosques observed silence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0061-0002", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Reactions\nProminent Muslim personalities such as Bollywood actor Aamir Khan appealed to their community members in the country to observe Eid al-Adha as a day of mourning on 9 December. The business establishment also reacted, with changes to transport, and requests for an increase in self-defence capabilities. The attacks also triggered a chain of citizens' movements across India such as the India Today Group's \"War Against Terror\" campaign. There were vigils held across all of India with candles and placards commemorating the victims of the attacks. The NSG commandos based in Delhi also met criticism for taking ten hours to reach the three sites under attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Reactions\nInternational reaction for the attacks was widespread, with many countries and international organisations condemning the attacks and expressing their condolences to the civilian victims. Many important personalities around the world also condemned the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Reactions\nMedia coverage highlighted the use of social media and social networking tools, including Twitter and Flickr, in spreading information about the attacks. In addition, many Indian bloggers offered live textual coverage of the attacks. A map of the attacks was set up by a web journalist using Google Maps. The New York Times, in July 2009, described the event as \"what may be the most well-documented terrorist attack anywhere\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Reactions\nIn November 2010, families of American victims of the attacks filed a lawsuit in Brooklyn, New York, naming Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, chief of the ISI, as being complicit in the Mumbai attacks. On 22 September 2011, the attack on the American Embassy in Afghanistan was attributed to Pakistan via cell phone records identical to the attacks in Mumbai, also linked to Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Trials, Kasab's trial\nKasab's trial was delayed due to legal issues, as many Indian lawyers were unwilling to represent him. A Mumbai Bar Association passed a resolution proclaiming that none of its members would represent Kasab. However, the Chief Justice of India stated that Kasab needed a lawyer for a fair trial. A lawyer for Kasab was eventually found, but was replaced due to a conflict of interest. On 25 February 2009, Indian investigators filed an 11,000-page chargesheet, formally charging Kasab with murder, conspiracy, and waging war against India among other charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Trials, Kasab's trial\nKasab's trial began on 6 May 2009. He initially pleaded not guilty, but later admitted his guilt on 20 July 2009. He initially apologised for the attacks and claimed that he deserved the death penalty for his crimes, but later retracted these claims, saying that he had been tortured by police to force his confession, and that he had been arrested while roaming the beach. The court had accepted his plea, but due to the lack of completeness within his admittance, the judge had deemed that many of the 86 charges were not addressed and therefore the trial continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Trials, Kasab's trial\nKasab was convicted of all 86 charges on 3 May 2010. He was found guilty of murder for directly killing seven people, conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of the 164 people killed in the three-day terror siege, waging war against India, causing terror, and of conspiracy to murder two high-ranking police officers. On 6 May 2010, he was sentenced to death by hanging. However, he appealed his sentence at high court. On 21 February 2011, the Bombay High Court upheld the death sentence of Kasab, dismissing his appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Trials, Kasab's trial\nOn 29 August 2012, the Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Kasab. The court stated, \"We are left with no option but to award death penalty. The primary and foremost offence committed by Kasab is waging war against the Government of India\". The verdict followed 10 weeks of appeal hearings, and was decided by a two-judge Supreme Court panel, which was led by Judge Aftab Alam. The panel rejected arguments that Kasab was denied a free and fair trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Trials, Kasab's trial\nKasab filed a mercy petition with the President of India, which was rejected on 5 November. Kasab was hanged in Pune's Yerwada jail in secret on 21 November 2012 at 7:30\u00a0am named as operation 'X'. The Indian mission in Islamabad informed the Pakistan government about Kasab's hanging through a letter. Pakistan refused to take the letter, which was then faxed to them. His family in Pakistan was sent news of his hanging via a courier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Trials, In Pakistan\nIndian and Pakistani police exchanged DNA evidence, photographs and items found with the attackers to piece together a detailed portrait of the Mumbai plot. Police in Pakistan arrested seven people, including Hammad Amin Sadiq, a homoeopathic pharmacist, who arranged bank accounts and secured supplies. Sadiq and six others began their formal trial on 3 October 2009 in Pakistan. Indian authorities said the prosecution stopped well short of top Lashkar leaders. In November 2009, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that Pakistan had not done enough to bring the perpetrators of the attacks to justice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Trials, In Pakistan\nAn eight-member commission comprising defence lawyers, prosecutors and a court official was allowed to travel to India on 15 March 2013 to gather evidence for the prosecution of seven suspects linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks. However, the defence lawyers were barred from cross-examining the four prosecution witnesses in the case including Ajmal Kasab. On the eve of the first anniversary of 26/11, a Pakistani anti-terror court formally charged seven accused, including LeT operations commander Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi. However, the actual trial started on 5 May 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0071-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Trials, In Pakistan\nThe Pakistani court conducting trial of Mumbai attacks accused, reserved its judgement on the application filed by Lakhvi, challenging the report of the judicial panel, to 17 July 2012. On 17 July 2012, the court refused to take the findings of the Pakistani judicial commission as part of the evidence. However, it ruled that if a new agreement, which allows the panel's examination of witnesses, is reached, the prosecution may make an application for sending the panel to Mumbai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0071-0002", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Trials, In Pakistan\nThe Indian Government, upset over the court ruling, however, contended that evidence collected by the Pakistani judicial panel has evidential value to punish all those involved in the attack. On 21 September 2013, a Pakistani judicial commission arrived in India to carry out the investigation and to cross examine the witnesses. This is the second such visit: the one in March 2012 was not a success as its report was rejected by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan due to lack of evidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Trials, In the United States\nThe LeT operative David Headley (born Daood Sayed Gilani) in his testimony before a Chicago federal court during co-accused Tahawwur Rana's trial revealed that Mumbai Chabad House was added to the list of targets for surveillance given by his Inter Services Intelligence handler Major Iqbal, though the Oberoi Hotel, one of the sites attacked, was not originally on the list. On 10 June 2011, Tahawwur Rana was acquitted of plotting the 2008 Mumbai attacks, but was held guilty on two other charges. He was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison on 17 January 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Trials, In the United States\nDavid Headley pleaded guilty to 12 counts related to the attacks, including conspiracy to commit murder in India and aiding and abetting in the murder of six Americans. On 23 January 2013, he was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison. His plea that he not be extradited to India, Pakistan or Denmark was accepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Memorials\nOn the first anniversary of the event, the state paid homage to the victims of the attack. Force One\u2014a new security force created by the Maharashtra government\u2014staged a parade from Nariman Point to Chowpatty. Other memorials and candlelight vigils were also organised at the various locations where the attacks occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Memorials\nOn the second anniversary of the event, homage was again paid to the victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Memorials\nOn the 10th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Nariman House, one of the several establishments that were targeted by the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, were to be declared a memorial and renamed as Nariman Light House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Memorials\nThe Indian Express group hosts an annual memorial event, 26/11 - Stories of Strength, in Mumbai to pay homage to those killed in the ghastly terror attacks in the city in 2008. The memorial event started in 2016, is now organised at the Gateway of India and brings forth the inspiring stories of courage and strength of more than 100 survivors that the Indian Express has interviewed over the past decade. Actor Amitabh Bachchan has been the brand ambassador for the event over the years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Published accounts, Documentaries\nOperation Black Tornado (2018) is a TV documentary which premiered on Veer by Discovery Channel series, Battle Ops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Published accounts, Books\nThe Siege: The Attack on the Taj is a non-fiction book by Cathy Scott-Clerk and Adrian Levy. It is an account of the 2008 attacks on The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, India, during the night of 26 November 2008. The book was first published by Penguin Books in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Published accounts, Books\nIn 2017, Elias Davidsson published The Betrayal of India: Revisting the 26/11 Evidence, claiming  powerful institutions in India and the US had been the beneficiaries and the attacks had been organized by Indian prime Intelligence Agency, RAW and her surrogates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Published accounts, Books\nAziz Burney wrote a book titled 26/11: RSS ki Saazish? (\"26/11: An RSS conspiracy?\") hinting that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was somehow linked to the attack and launched the book in presence of Congress leader Digvijaya Singh. Later as RSS filed a case against him, he had to apologise for it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Published accounts, Books\nFormer National Security Advisor of India, Shivshankar Menon wrote Choices: Inside the Making of India's Foreign Policy. In his book Menon mentioned that the reason why India did not immediately attacked Pakistan was, after the examination of the options by the leadership of the government, it was concluded by the decision makers that, \"more was to be gained from not attacking Pakistan than from attacking it\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Published accounts, Books\nIn his 2020 memoirs, Let Me Say It Now, former IPS officer Rakesh Maria, who was given the responsibility of investigating the attacks and personally interrogated Ajmal Kasab, revealed the extent to which terrorists had gone to ensure their bodies would be mis-identified as Hindus, to lend credence to the narrative that the attack was the handiwork of Hindu extremists, and thus provide the Pakistani authorities with plausible deniability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197781-0083-0001", "contents": "2008 Mumbai attacks, Published accounts, Books\nAccording to Maria, Lashkar-e-Taiba wanted Kasab to be killed as a Bengaluru resident named \u2018Samir Dinesh Chaudhari\u2019, with a \"red (sacred) thread\" tied around his wrist to portray the attack as a case of \u2018Hindu terror\u2019, but their plan apparently did not succeed and the police nabbed Kasab. LeT had even given each terrorist a fake identity card listing an Indian address, to further strengthen the circumstantial narrative. If everything went according to plan, Kasab would have died as Chaudhari and the media would have blamed 'Hindu terrorists' for the attack. Kasab, in his confessional account, acknowledged this plot, as did David Coleman Headley, who corroborated this account by confirming that the sacred threads to be worn around the terrorists' wrists to identify them as Hindus, were procured from Mumbai's Siddhivinayak Temple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 888]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197782-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship was an annual hurling competition played between 1 June and 13 July 2008 between five hurling counties from the provence of Munster. The Munster final was played on 13 July 2008 in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, between Tipperary and Clare. Tipperary claimed their first Munster Senior Hurling title since 2001 and 37th title overall as they overcame Clare by a score of 2-21 to 0-19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197783-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final\nThe 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Final was a hurling match played on 13 July 2008 in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. It was contested by Tipperary and Clare. Tipperary claimed their first Munster Senior Hurling title since 2001 and 37th title overall as they overcame Clare by a score of 2-21 to 0-19. Goals in either half from S\u00e9amus Callinan (1-3) and John O'Brien (1-4) helped the National League champions to an eight-point win. With a first half wides tally of 10, Clare struggled initially in defence and attack and were 1-11 to 0-6 behind at half-time. Aided by Niall Gilligan's 0-8 haul Clare revived their chances by closing the gap to five points but O'Brien's 58th-minute goal sealed the issue. Playing captain Eoin Kelly and team captain Paul Ormonde collected the munster cup after the final whistle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 857]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197783-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final\nThe match was screened live by RT\u00c9 as part of The Sunday Game programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197783-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final\nBy winning the final Tipperary maintained their unbeaten run in 2008 under Liam Sheedy in his first year as manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197784-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Murdoch state by-election\nThe 2008 Murdoch state by-election was a by-election held on 23 February 2008 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Murdoch in the southern suburbs of Perth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197784-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Murdoch state by-election\nThe by-election was triggered by the death of Liberal member Trevor Sprigg on 17 January 2008. Sprigg had held the seat since the 2005 state election. A former football star with East Fremantle Football Club, he was a popular local member, and served in Parliament as the Opposition Whip in the Legislative Assembly. On 17 January 2008, while returning from the Gold Coast to attend a Liberal leadership vote, Sprigg died of a heart attack aged 61. The leadership vote produced a victory for Troy Buswell, and members were to learn of Sprigg's death only after the vote had been taken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197784-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Murdoch state by-election\nOn 24 January 2008, the Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly issued a writ directing the Electoral Commissioner to proceed with an election in the district. Christian Porter, a 37-year-old law lecturer at the University of Western Australia, won the Liberal preselection ballot on 30 January 2007 against former minister and member for neighbouring Riverton, Graham Kierath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197784-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Murdoch state by-election\nThe seat of Murdoch, first established in 1976, was considered to be a safe seat for the Liberal Party, with just two other members since its creation\u2014former Leader of the Opposition Barry MacKinnon, and Mike Board. Commentators viewed the by-election as a non-event, and it became clear early that the Labor Party, in government in Western Australia since 2001, had no intention of contesting the seat, and that the media's main interest in the race was to debate Porter's role in a future shadow cabinet. Porter went on to win the seat against three non-major-party candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197784-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Murdoch state by-election, Candidates\nThe by-election attracted four candidates. Christian Porter, a 37-year-old law lecturer at the University of Western Australia, grandson of former Queensland Liberal MLA Charles Porter who held the seat of Toowong from 1966 until 1980 and son of former Western Australian state director Chilla Porter, won the Liberal preselection ballot against former minister and member for neighbouring Riverton, Graham Kierath. He was tipped, if successful, to become the shadow attorney-general, a role which had been vacant following the departure of Sue Walker (Nedlands) from the Liberal party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197784-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Murdoch state by-election, Candidates\nOther candidates ran for the Greens, One Nation and Christian Democratic Party:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197784-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Murdoch state by-election, Results\nAs largely predicted, Christian Porter retained the seat for the Liberal Party. As the Labor Party did not run, a swing could not be determined, although the 10-15% increase in the Liberal vote due to Labor voters (35.51% at the 2005 election) choosing the Liberals ahead of the Greens was hailed by Porter in his victory speech at 7:40pm AWDT on election night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197785-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Murshidabad murder\nThe 2008 Murshibad murder was the beheading of Shailendra Prasad, a Hindu labourer from Bihar for marrying Munira Bibi a Muslim girl from West Bengal, on the orders of a shalishi court in Murshidabad on 14 July 2008. Munira Bibi, the widow of the victim, eventually regretted her ill-fated visit to her parental home where she lost her husband.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197785-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Murshidabad murder, Background\nShailendra Prasad, a native of Bihar, worked as a labourer in Mumbai, where Munira worked as a maid servant. They fell in love and married in 2001. Munira came from an orthodox village, where a shalishi court had fined her father Ansari Sheikh a sum of two hundred rupees for sending his daughter to work in Mumbai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197785-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Murshidabad murder, Trial and execution\nThe couple visited Lakshmanpur again in July 2006, this time with their ten-month-old son. As on the previous occasion, Shailendra had to assume the identity of Munna Sheikh to escape the wrath of the orthodox villagers. His father-in-law Ansari Sheikh, however, noticed that he did not offer his Friday prayers, nor responded spontaneously to greetings. On 14 July, Ansari Sheikh overheard a muttering from Shailendra during a religious ritual, that was a dead giveaway of his religion and informed the village elders his suspicion in the afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197785-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Murshidabad murder, Trial and execution\nA shalishi court was convened on the grounds of the village primary school that evening by the village elders. At the court, Shailendra was forcibly disrobed to check his religious identity and when he was found uncircumcised he was beaten up severely. Twenty-two political and religious leaders of the shalishi court, along with Ansari Sheikh, pronounced Shailendra guilty of marrying a Muslim girl and awarded him the death sentence. His hands and feet were tied up. He was gagged and taken to a nearby jute field, where his throat was slit by four executioners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197785-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Murshidabad murder, Trial and execution\nAs Shailendra Prasad went missing from the night of 14 July, his wife Munira Bibi believed that he had fled to Mumbai. Her father had kept everything from her mother and brother. On 27 July, when Munira learned of her husband's fate from other villagers she accompanied her mother and brother to the Berhampore police station to lodge a formal complaint. The police had already discovered the beheaded body of an unidentified man inside a gunny bag lying in the jute fields ten days before on 17 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197785-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Murshidabad murder, Trial and execution\nOn 28 July, the police raided the village and arrested three persons who presided over the shalishi. The rest of the villagers who took part in the shalishi and Ansari Sheikh fled the village. On 1 August, a large police force led by the additional Superintendent of Police Debashis Bej raided the village of Lakshmanpur and detained 26 villagers for interrogation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197785-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Murshidabad murder, Trial and execution\nHome Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakrabarti promised to take the strictest possible action against the culprits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl\nThe 2008 Music City Bowl was the eleventh edition of the college football bowl game played at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The game started at 2:30 pm US CST (2030 UTC) on Wednesday, December 31, 2008. The game, telecast on ESPN, pitted the Vanderbilt Commodores against the Boston College Eagles. The Commodores, playing near their Nashville campus, won 16\u201314, earned their first bowl win in exactly 53 years, and completed their first winning season since 1982. Sponsored by Gaylord Hotels, it was officially named the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, Preview\nFor the Eagles, this game was the culmination of their tenth consecutive season in a bowl game, a school record. They also entered the game on a streak of eight consecutive bowl wins, the best in Division I FBS. They ended the regular season on a four-game winning streak, but missed out on a chance to gain a BCS berth with a 30-12 loss to Virginia Tech in the ACC Championship Game. The Eagles still had a major milestone to play for, as a win would have given them a third consecutive 10-win season for the first time in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, Preview\nVanderbilt's recent football history was practically a reverse image of BC's. The Commodores, long hampered by being the only private school in the Southeastern Conference, had gone without a winning season since 1982, and entered the 2008 campaign with only three winning seasons in the last 50 years. While BC was on a streak of 10 consecutive bowl appearances, this was Vanderbilt's first bowl game since a trip to the Hall of Fame Bowl in 1982, and only the fourth in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, Preview\nDespite the Eagles' loss in the ACC title game, they clearly entered the game as the hotter team, winning their last four regular-season games, while the Commodores had won only one of their last seven games. The Commodores started out 5-0 for the first time since 1943, rising as high as #13 in the AP Poll. However, their only win for the rest of the regular season was on November 15, when they visited Kentucky and left with a 31-24 win that secured their bowl eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, Preview\nNeither team was noted for its offensive prowess during the regular season. BC's offense gained an average of 318.5 yards per game, ranking 94th out of 119 FBS teams. Vanderbilt's offense was statistically even weaker, ranking next-to-last in FBS at 260.9 yards per game. The main strength of both teams was defense. The Eagles entered the game ranked sixth in Division I FBS in total defense, giving up 273.4 yards per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, Preview\nThey also led Division I FBS in interceptions (26), turnovers (36), and shutouts (3), and boasted the ACC's defensive player of the year in linebacker Mark Herzlich, who returned two of his six interceptions for touchdowns. The Commodores were a less impressive but still respectable 29th in total defense at 318.7 yards allowed per game, and also finished second in the SEC in interceptions with 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, The game, First quarter\nVanderbilt kicked off the game, with the kickoff resulting in a touchback. Starting at their own 20-yard line, BC was only able to gain two yards on their first possession, and punted the ball away to the Commodores, who took possession on their own 41-yard line. The home team, who gave redshirt freshman Larry Smith his first career start at quarterback, proceeded to draw first blood with 11:02 left on a 42-yard field goal by Bryant Hahnfeldt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, The game, First quarter\nAfter the Commodores forced another Eagles three-and-out on their next series, they got the ball back on their own 35. On their next play from scrimmage, Smith connected with Sean Walker on a 51-yard pass play, giving Vandy a first down at the BC 14. (That play would account for one-fourth of the Commodores' offensive yardage on the day, as they would only gain 200 total yards.) They were unable to put the ball in the end zone, but extended their lead to 6\u20130 on Hahnfeldt's second field goal of the day, a 26-yarder. The quarter ended with the same score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, The game, Second quarter\nThe second quarter saw three key injuries, the game's first turnover, and BC's first sustained drive. Early in the quarter, BC lost center Matt Tennant with an injured elbow, and later lost primary punt returner Rich Gunnell to injury. The next play saw the first turnover of the game, as Vanderbilt's All-SEC cornerback D. J. Moore helped break up a Davis pass that Ryan Hamilton intercepted at the Vandy 15. However, Moore injured his ankle on that play; while he would return in the second half, he could not finish the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, The game, Second quarter\nBC's next possession saw their only sustained drive of the half. Starting with 8:18 left, the Eagles went on a 17-play drive, including a key fourth-down conversion, that culminated in a 4-yard TD pass from Davis to Montel Harris with 1:27 left. The extra point from Steve Aponavicius gave the Eagles a 7\u20136 lead, and the Commodores chose to end the half by running out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, The game, Third quarter\nBC kicked off, with Vandy returning the ball to their own 27. On the fifth play of the drive, former starting quarterback Chris Nickson entered the game and immediately ran the ball 30 yards to the BC 31, giving the Commodores good position to push for a score. However, the BC defense stiffened, driving Vandy back 11 yards on their next two plays. A third-down incompletion from Smith, who had returned to the game, set the stage for one of the game's key plays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, The game, Third quarter\nBrett Upson punted on fourth down from the BC 41. The punt bounced off the left knee of BC's Paul Anderson and went into the end zone, where Vandy's Sean Richardson recovered with 10:35 left. The officials huddled briefly and signaled a Vanderbilt touchdown, which was upheld on  review. The ensuing extra point gave the Commodores a 13\u20137 lead. The remainder of the quarter saw no major action; after two possessions by each team in which the teams moved the ball for only 30 yards combined, the quarter ended with BC driving the ball from their own 3 to their own 41.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, The game, Fourth quarter\nThe BC drive stalled on the Vandy 42. The next three possessions, two by Vandy and one by BC, ended in three-and-outs; Upson punted for 51 and 58 yards respectively after each Vandy possession, with the second punt being downed at the BC 11 with 7:46 left. The Eagles offense soon came to life, with Davis connecting with Justin Jarvis for 30 yards on third down from their own 15. After an incompletion on the next play, the Eagles scored, with Davis throwing to Colin Larmond, Jr. for a 45-yard touchdown. The ensuing extra point gave BC a 14\u201313 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, The game, Fourth quarter\nVandy returned the ensuing kickoff to their own 24. On the next play from scrimmage, Eagles defensive end Jim Ramella was called for a face mask penalty, putting the Commodores on their own 44. After an incompletion and 8-yard run from Smith, another former starting quarterback, Mackenzi Adams, went in for what would be his only play of the game. This proved to be a key play for the Commodores when Herzlich was called for roughing the passer, giving them a first down on the BC 34.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, The game, Fourth quarter\nNickson was sacked on the next play from scrimmage, but Smith returned to hit George Smith on a 15-yard pass to the BC 25. After a 3-yard loss on third-and-1, the field goal unit came on, and Hahnfeldt kicked a 45-yarder to give the Commodores a 16\u201314 lead with 3:26 left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, The game, Fourth quarter\nBC went three-and-out on their next possession, and the Commodores got the ball with 2:24 left. Although they were unable to make a first down in that series, the possession was not unproductive, as BC chose to use all three of their timeouts, apparently to give their offense as much time as possible to drive for a potential winning score. The Eagles would get the ball back after an Upson punt at their own 20 with 2:01 left and no timeouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, The game, Fourth quarter\nAfter an incompletion and a 16-yard pass play, Davis was intercepted for the second time in the game, this time by Myron Lewis, with 1:36 left. Lewis had been beaten by Larmond on BC's previous touchdown play. With the Eagles out of timeouts, the Commodores ran out the clock for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, Recap\nVanderbilt won a bowl game for the first time in exactly 53 years, with their last bowl win being a 25-13 win over Auburn in the Gator Bowl on December 31, 1955. This was also their first win ever over an FBS team with at least nine wins at the time of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, Recap\nThe Commodores won despite being held to only 200 yards total offense and converting only one of their 15 third-down attempts. BC gained 331 total yards, and had 17 first downs to Vandy's 8. The major differences in the game proved to be the Eagles' three turnovers, one of which turned into the Commodores' only TD; and the 30 yards of penalties that the Eagles picked up on Vandy's final scoring drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197786-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Music City Bowl, Recap\nBefitting a largely defensive game, the MVP was Vandy punter Upson, who averaged 42.6 yards on his nine punts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197787-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid\nThe 2008 Madrid Masters (also known as the Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Madrid Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Madrid Arena in Madrid, Spain, from 13 October through 19 October 2008. Fourth-seeded Andy Murray won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197787-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid\nThe singles field was led by World No. 1, Beijing Olympics singles gold medalist, French Open and Wimbledon, Monte Carlo, Hamburg, Toronto Masters champion Rafael Nadal, ATP No. 2, US Open titlist, Olympic doubles gold medalist, Madrid defending finalist Roger Federer, and Australian Open, Indian Wells, Rome Masters winner Novak Djokovic. Other top seeds were US Open runner-up, Cincinnati Masters titlist Andy Murray, Miami Masters, P\u00f6rtschach, Warsaw winner Nikolay Davydenko, David Ferrer, David Nalbandian and Andy Roddick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197787-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid, Finals, Doubles\nMariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Mark Knowles 6\u20134, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197788-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Kevin Ullyett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197788-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid \u2013 Doubles\nMariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20132, against Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197789-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid \u2013 Singles\nDavid Nalbandian was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197789-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid \u2013 Singles\nAndy Murray won in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20136(8\u20136), against Gilles Simon, to claim his second Masters title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197790-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup\nThe 2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup was the third edition of the Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup annual football tournament held in Myanmar. The tournament took place from 11 November to 21 November 2008 in Yangon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197790-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup, Teams\n*Ulsan: South Korean K-League club side**Vietnam: SEA Games (Under 22) squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197791-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar Premier League\nStatistics of the Myanmar Premier League in the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 88]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in Myanmar on 10 May 2008 (24 May 2008 in some townships) according to an announcement by the State Peace and Development Council in February 2008. According to the military government, the new Constitution of Myanmar will ensure the creation of a \"discipline-flourishing democracy\". Multi-party elections followed in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum\nThe constitutional referendum law was enacted and a referendum commission was set up on 26 February 2008. Reportedly, the law ensures the secret casting of votes and requires a public count of the ballots to prove it is fair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum\nThe draft constitution was published and the date of the referendum finally announced on 9 April 2008. Among the changes that the referendum sought to make are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum, Campaign\nThree weeks before the referendum, the front page of the state press was headlined \"Let's Vote Yes for National Interest.\" Many songs, poems, cartoons and editorials urging people to vote \"yes\" were published in local and national news media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum, Campaign\nThe opposition National League for Democracy called for people to vote \"no\" to the constitution. However, the N.L.D. claimed their campaign against the constitution was violently suppressed, with activists arrested and material confiscated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum, Campaign\nThe Kachin Independence Organisation, an opposition group which participated in the government's \"National Convention\" process, called on its members to abstain, saying the government had failed to respond to its demands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum, Criticism\nCyclone Nargis hit Myanmar a few days before the referendum, and the vote was postponed to 24 May in the most severely affected areas \u2014 7 out of 26 townships in Irrawaddy Division and 40 out of 45 townships in Yangon Division. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for the referendum to be postponed in full to concentrate on the \"national tragedy,\" but the government rejected this. The Junta came under heavy criticism for diverting critical resources from survivors toward the referendum, including evicting refugees from shelters such as schools so that these can be used as polling stations. Massive fraud and intimidation was also reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum, Criticism\nOn 6 May 2008, the United States Congress passed a condemnation of the Myanmar constitution and referendum, by a 413\u20131 vote (the \"no\" vote cast by Ron Paul).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum, Voting\nThere were many allegations of electoral fraud on the day of the election, including:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum, Voting\nOpposition groups, including the All Burma Monks' Alliance, the 88 Generation Students Group and the All Burma Federation of Student Unions, described the referendum as a sham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum, Voting dates, 10 May 2008\nAfter the first day of the referendum, the Democratic Promotion Organ of Burma and the Democratic Voice of Burma complained about election fraud. They claimed that, according to witness reports, it was impossible to vote \"no\" because voters were issued voting ballots that had already been marked \"support\" and were sent to prison if they refused the pre-marked ballot. It was also reported that there were two separate ballot boxes which were monitored by officials who could see how people voted, which this might have intimidated voters or allowed for later recriminations. Furthermore, as with many referenda relating to procedural matters, there was concern that many people did not understand the details of what they were voting for, and that this might have affected the vote. The Myanma Junta stated that the referendum would easily be supported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 921]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum, Results\nThe day after the election, local media cited informal reports of referendum results as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum, Results\nFinal results were not expected before the end of May; they were announced on 30 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197792-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum, Results\nOn 15 May 2008, the junta announced that the constitution had been approved by 92.4% of voters, claiming a 99% turnout in the two-thirds of the region that had held the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197793-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NAB Cup\nThe 2008 NAB Cup was the Australian Football League pre-season competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 2008 Premiership season began. It culminated with the grand final played on 8 March 2008 at AAMI Stadium in which St Kilda beat Adelaide by 5 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197793-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NAB Cup\nIn their continuing attempt to grow Australian football internationally, the AFL played the opening game of the 2008 NAB Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197794-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NACAC Cross Country Championships\nThe 2008 NACAC Cross Country Championships took place on March 1, 2008. The races were held at the Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, United States. Detailed reports of the event were given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197794-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NACAC Cross Country Championships, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 64 athletes from 6 countries participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197795-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics\nThe 5th NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held inToluca, Mexico, at the Alberto \"Chivo\" C\u00f3rdova Stadium at theUniversidad Aut\u00f3noma del Estado de M\u00e9xico on July 18\u201320, 2008. A detailed report on the results was given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197795-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nThe gold medal winners were published. Detailed results can be found on the Athletics Canadawebsite, on the CACACwebsite, on the MileSplitwebsite, and on the Tilastopajawebsite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197795-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)\n20 countries are reported to participate. However, an unofficial count through the result lists resulted in 258 participating athletes from only 19 countries:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197796-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results\nThese are the full results of the 2008 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics which took place between July 18 and July 20, 2008, at Estadio Universitario Alberto Chivo Cordova in Toluca, Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197796-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results, Men's results, 100 meters\nHeatsWind: Heat 1: -0.6\u00a0m/s, Heat 2: -0.5\u00a0m/s, Heat 3: 0.0\u00a0m/s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 83], "content_span": [84, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197796-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results, Men's results, 200 meters\nHeatsWind: Heat 1: -1.2\u00a0m/s, Heat 2: -1.7\u00a0m/s, Heat 3: -1.4\u00a0m/s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 83], "content_span": [84, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197797-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 19 to 25 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 71st annual NAIA basketball tournament features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197797-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe official announcement of the 32-team field for the 71st  Annual Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship occurred late on Tuesday, March 11, with the announcement of the official bracket on Wednesday, March 12 at 5 p.m. CST. Early opening round action between No. 5 Mountain State and Olivet Nazarene went into two long overtimes. This caused a backup in game schedules. The late game featuring Southern Nazarene University and Point Loma Nazarene University was moved back from 10:30pm CST to 11:30pm CST. The late start caused many of the 3,000 fans to leave after halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197797-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nNear the end of the game SNU rallied to tie the SeaLions 67-67 with 14 secs left sending the game into overtime. The game finally ended around 1:30am CST with Point Loma pulling off the upset over SNU. It was the latest finishing NAIA tournament game. Games for the next day started in about 6 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197797-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe championship game featured defending champions 7 seed Oklahoma City University and 5 seed Mountain State. Oklahoma City won the game, giving them back to back National Championships in win over Mountain State (75-72). Oklahoma City is the first team since Life University (Ga.) won the '99-'00 titles. Oklahoma City was making its third straight NAIA title game appearance, becoming the first team since Kentucky State University from 1970-72 to so. The Stars were defeated in the 2006 championship game by Texas Wesleyan University, 67-65.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197798-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 NAIA Division II Men\u2019s Basketball National Championship was held in March at Keeter Gymnasium in Point Lookout, Missouri. The 17th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197799-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NAIA Football National Championship\nThe 2008 NAIA Football Championship Series concluded on December 20, 2008 with the championship game played at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. The championship was won by the Sioux Falls Cougars over the Carroll Fighting Saints by a score of 23\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197800-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NAIA football rankings\nOne human poll made up the 2008 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. Once the regular season was complete, the NAIA sponsored a 16-team playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2008 NAIA Football National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197800-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters\nSince the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through the postseason poll of the 2008 season, the teams and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197800-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters\nIn 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197801-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200\nThe 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge race was the second running of the NAPA Auto Parts 200, a discontinued NASCAR Nationwide Series race held on August 2, 2008, at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec. The race was the 23rd of the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197801-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200\nThe pole position was won by Scott Pruett of Chip Ganassi Racing, while the race was won by JR Motorsports' Ron Fellows. The race was the first points race in NASCAR history to be run with grooved rain tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197801-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200, Background\nThe race was the second running of the NAPA Auto Parts 200, with Kevin Harvick winning the inaugural event in 2007. The track, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, was one of two international tracks on the 2008 Nationwide schedule, along with Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez in Mexico City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197801-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200, Background\nVarious road course ringers ran in the race, including Patrick Carpentier, Ron Fellows, Max Papis, Scott Pruett, Boris Said,  Scott Gaylord and  Jacques Villeneuve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197801-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200, Background, Qualifying\nScott Pruett of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing won the pole position with a lap time of 102.569 seconds and a speed of 95.082 miles per hour (153.020\u00a0km/h). Max Papis started second with a lap speed of 94.834\u00a0mph (152.621\u00a0km/h), followed by Marcos Ambrose, Patrick Carpentier, Jacques Villeneuve. The remaining top ten comprised Ron Fellows, Boris Said, Steve Wallace, Brad Coleman and Joey Logano. The lone driver to not qualify for the race was Kevin O'Connell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197801-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200, Race\nThe race started at 3:30 EST, with pole-sitter Scott Pruett leading until lap 7, in which the caution flag flew for rain, followed by the red flag on the following lap. As a result, most teams added windshield wipers to the cars, while grooved rain tires were installed. Rain tires had been previously used in practice and qualifying for the 1997 NASCAR Thunder 100 exhibition race at Suzuka Circuit, and also in 1999 by the Camping World Truck Series during a practice at Watkins Glen International. At one point, Carl Edwards was seen trying to use what appeared to be a Swiffer mop to try cleaning his windshield, possibly during the first caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197801-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200, Race\nThe race was paused for about an hour before restarting. As a result of the rain, speeds dropped from 90\u00a0mph (140\u00a0km/h) to 75\u00a0mph (121\u00a0km/h). On lap 14, Marcos Ambrose took the lead, leading for a race high 27 laps until he was penalized for speeding in pit road. Jacques Villeneuve took the lead on lap 41, which he subsequently relinquished to Ron Fellows on the following lap. Fellows held the lead for seven laps until the race was called due to severe rain on lap 48.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197801-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200, Race\nOn the same lap, Villeneuve, who did not have a wiper installed, collided with another car's rear; Joey Logano also crashed on the lap, hitting a car without brake lights. Patrick Carpentier finished second, followed by Ambrose, Ron Hornaday Jr., and Boris Said. The top ten was rounded out with Edwards, Jason Leffler, Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer and Steve Wallace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series\nThe 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series was the 22nd season of the Camping World East Series, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. The season began on April 19, 2008, at Greenville-Pickens Speedway with the An American Revolution 150. The regular season concluded on October 12, 2008, at Stafford Motor Speedway. Matt Kobyluck won the championship, 210 points in front of Austin Dillon. Joey Logano entered the season as the defending drivers' champion, but he did not defend his championship because he moved up to the Nationwide Series in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series\nIt also marked the first season with Camping World as the title sponsor, which replaced Anheuser-Busch's Busch Beer after 21 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, Schedule\n* Races aired on delay only. All HDNet races aired live and re-aired on Speed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, Schedule, Television\nThe 2008 television schedule followed a similar format to the 2007 season with almost all of the events having television coverage in one form or another. The first part of the season was broadcast on the Speed Channel via tape-delay. HDNet signed on to broadcast the final seven races live. The U.S. Cellular 200 presented by Wellmark race at Iowa Speedway was shown live on HDNet due to the fact that it is a combination race with the Camping World West Series and it is part of the West Series' TV schedule. The Toyota All-Star Showdown  moved to January and aired live on Speed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, An American Revolution 150\nThe An American Revolution 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet was held at Greenville-Pickens Speedway on April 19. Peyton Sellers won the pole for the event and then went on to take the checkered flag in the first position. During post-race inspection, an illegal shock absorber was found on Peyton's car and he was disqualified and was credited with a last-place finish in the race and everyone else in the field moved ahead one finishing position. Austin Dillon crossed the line behind Peyton and was subsequently declared the winner. This was Austin's first win in his first race in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, An American Revolution 150\nDid not Qualify: (9) Todd Peck (#50), Jason Cochran (#72), Richard Gould (#58), A. J. Henriksen (#17), Daniel Pope II (#10), Johnny Petrozelle (#33), James Pritchard (#41), Ian Henderson (#93), Joe Oliver (#08).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, U.S. Cellular 200\nThe U.S. Cellular 200 presented by Wellmark took place on May 18. This marks the second year that the East and West series have met in Iowa for a points race. Nextel Cup driver Kasey Kahne was on hand to take part in the event and marks the second time in a row that the winner of the previous night's \"Nextel All-Star Race\" was on hand for this event. Austin Dillon captured his first pole award, and Brian Ickler captured his first win in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, U.S. Cellular 200\nDid not Qualify: (10) Michael Faulk (#36), Max Dumarey (#76), John Salemi (#63), Derek Thorn (#80), Jody Lavender (#89), Dustin Delaney (#39), Ryan Duff (#7), Richard Johns (#59), Lloyd Mack (#33), Ryan Preece (#28)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, U.S. Cellular 200\nNOTE: On May 20, NASCAR announced that the No. 18 car of Marc Davis was found to be in violation of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-Q (car, car parts, components and/or equipment used do not conform to NASCAR rules); 20C-8.4C (lubrication oil reservoir tank cover was not in place on the top of the lubrication oil reservoir tank encasement) and 20C-2.1O (any device or duct work that permits air to pass from one area of the interior of the car to another, or to the outside of the car, will not be permitted. This includes, but is not limited to, the inside of the car to the trunk area, or the floors, firewalls, crush panels and wheel wells passing air into or out of the car) of the 2008 NASCAR rule book. The violations was discovered during post race inspection on May 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 880]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Strutmasters.com 150\nThe Strutmasters.com 150 was run on May 31 at South Boston Speedway. Ricky Carmichael took his first pole award and Brian Ickler went on to lead a dominant 149 laps of the  150. He then held off bids from runner-up Austin Dillon of Lewisville, North Carolina, and third-place Peyton Sellers of Danville, Virginia, through a late race caution that extended the event to 155 laps. This win was his second of the season, and his second in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Strutmasters.com 150\nDid not Qualify: (9) Todd Peck (#50), Jason Cochran (#72), Richard Gould (#58), A. J. Henriksen (#17), Daniel Pope II (#10), Johnny Petrozelle (#33), James Pritchard (#41), Ian Henderson (#93), Joe Oliver (#08).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, NASCAR Camping World Series 125 At The Glen\nThe NASCAR Camping World Series 125 at The Glen was run on June 8. This marked the return of the series to the historic Watkins Glen International track for the first time since 2004. Antonio P\u00e9rez took the pole award and Matt Kobyluck went on to win the race. A green-white-checkered finish necessitated by a late-race blown engine and stretched the race from its scheduled 51 laps to 55. Marc Davis (No. 18 Slim Jim Toyota) led a total of 32 laps of the event and led the field to its final restart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, NASCAR Camping World Series 125 At The Glen\nDid not Qualify: (2) James Buescher (#31), Larry Moloney (#89)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, NASCAR Camping World Series 125 At The Glen\nNOTE: The race was red flagged just past half-way due to rain. The red flag lasted for approximately 90 minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Heluva Good! Summer 125\nThe Heluva Good! Summer 125 was run on June 27 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. This race is the first of three this season that will be run in conjunction with the NASCAR Nextel Cup series. Qualifying was rained out and the field was set by the rulebook. This put points leader Austin Dillon on the pole. Matt Kobyluck went on to lead a race high 47 laps, but it was Eddie MacDonald taking the win after he managed to jump into the lead over Trevor Bayne on the final restart on lap 122.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Heluva Good! Summer 125\nNOTE: This was Eddie MacDonald's first win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 16 career NASCAR Camping World Series East starts at the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Pepsi Full Fender Frenzy 100\nThe Pepsi Full Fender Frenzy 100 was run on July 12 at the Thompson International Speedway. Jesus Hernandez seemed to have the car to beat as he led three times for a race high of 50 laps, but it was Trevor Bayne who took both the pole and the win for the event. This was Bayne's first pole award and his first win in the series in only his sixth start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Strutmasters.com 150 presented by Dollar General\nThe Strutmasters.com 150 presented by Dollar General was run on July 19 at the Music City Motorplex. Sterling Marlin was on hand to compete in this event. Peyton Sellers captured another pole award and led a race-high 74 laps. In the end it was Matt Kobyluck who crossed the start\u2013finish line first to capture his second win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 99], "content_span": [100, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, The Edge Hotel 150\n\"The Edge Hotel 150\" was run on July 26 at Adirondack Motor Speedway in Lowville (New Bremen), New York. Bryon Chew captured his first pole award of the season and went on to finish eleventh, while Matt Kobyluck, who led for only three laps, went on to take the win for his third of the season and second in a row. This was also Kobyluck's third win at this track in only six visits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, The Edge Hotel 150\nNOTE: NASCAR announced on July 29 that the #3 car of Austin Dillon was being penalized due to a rules violations discovered during post-race inspection. The car was found to be in violation of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-Q (car, car parts, components and/or equipment used do not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20C-12.3-S (front shock absorbers would not extend to the specified distance within the specified period of time) of the 2008 NASCAR rule book. The violations were discovered during post race inspection on July 26. The infraction dropped Dillon to 25th in the official race finish. All other drivers in the event moved up one position in the official finishing order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Mohegan Sun NASCAR Camping World Series 200\nThe Mohegan Sun NASCAR Camping World Series 200 took place on August 16 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. This race is the second and final road course on the 2008 schedule. Qualifying for this event was rained out so the starting lineup was set by the rule book. This put points leader Matt Kobyluck on the pole for the event. Matt went on to lead a race high 41 laps en route to win his 4th race of the season and third in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Mohegan Sun NASCAR Camping World Series 200\nNote: The race was red flagged at lap 51 due to rain. The red flag was out for 75 minutes before racing resumed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Mansfield 150\nThe Mansfield 150 took place on August 23 at Mansfield Motorsports Park in Mansfield, Ohio. Trevor Bayne captured his second pole award of the season, while Brian Ickler dominated the field leading six times for 128 laps en route to his third win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Heluva Good! Fall 125\nThe Heluva Good! Fall 125 took place on September 13 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. \"Independent\" teams lead the field by taking the top three spots in qualifying on Thursday. Peyton Sellers, Steve Park and Eddie MacDonald took the top three spots respectively; Each of them drive for teams that have no affiliation with any Cup or Nationwide teams. Rain on Friday forced the race to be postponed until Saturday morning. A 52 lap green flag stretch during the middle of the race was not planned on and ended up resulting in several teams running out of gas in the closing laps. Eddie MacDonald took the lead from Steve Park on the last lap and went on to win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Heluva Good! Fall 125\nNote: Eddie MacDonald became the third driver to complete the sweep of the Camping World Series East events at NHMS. Previous drivers to accomplish this feat are Mike McLaughlin in 1992 and Joey Logano in 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Sunoco 150\nThe  Sunoco 150 was run on September 19 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Points leader Matt Kobyluck was poised to clinch the series championship with good finish in the race. Brian Ickler got his first pole position of the year but the race would turn bittersweet for him as he was involved in a wreck only 18 laps into the event. A nine-minute red flag stopped the race for cleanup after an accident. Aric Almirola would go on to win the race but it was Matt Kobyluck, who by finishing in third place and extending his lead to 219 points over second place with only one race remaining, clinched the series championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Sunoco 150\nNotes: Aric Almirola became the second driver this year to win his first race in the series on his first start in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Sunoco 150\nMatt Kobyluck became the thirteenth different series champion in the series 22 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, 36th Annual Carquest Fall Final\nThe 36th Annual Carquest Fall Final at Stafford Motor Speedway was originally scheduled to run on September 28; however, due to an unfavorable forecast the race was postponed until the weekend of October 11\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 82], "content_span": [83, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, 36th Annual Carquest Fall Final\nWhile Matt Kobyluck had wrapped up the series championship at Dover, there were still several positions within the top ten in points that were up for grabs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 82], "content_span": [83, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, 36th Annual Carquest Fall Final\nBrian Ickler was the second to last driver to go out in qualifying and he laid down a lap of 19.376 seconds (new series record at the track) and took the pole. Ickler would lead the first 36 laps of the event before handing the lead over to Ted Christopher on a restart. Peyton Sellers would be the only other driver to lead laps during the race, and between the three of them they exchanged the lead 8 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 82], "content_span": [83, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, 36th Annual Carquest Fall Final\nA blistering race speed and a 57-lap green flag run put many cars down a lap and made for an exciting race. A couple of late race cautions kept the leaders within reach of each other. Towards the end of the race NASCAR was getting reports of Christopher's car leaking oil and spent several laps under caution looking for a leak but ended up not bringing him to pit road to take a look at the car. On the final restart on lap 143 Ickler was leading with Christopher on the outside as they came to take the green flag. The two got together and Ickler went spinning into the infield with Christopher taking the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 82], "content_span": [83, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, 36th Annual Carquest Fall Final\nIckler kept the car running and was able to continue but a caution was not thrown and the race continued under green. Christopher and Sellers were running nose to tail for the lead. Coming out of turn 4 on lap 148 Ickler was directly in front of the leaders and Christopher seemed to have to check up a little bit to not get into Ickler. This led to Sellers getting into the rear of Christopher and sending him spinning towards the outside wall. Sellers would take the lead and the white flag as Christopher came to a rest near the wall out of turn 4. The yellow came out and Sellers crossed the line in first place under the yellow/checkered flags and took the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 82], "content_span": [83, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, 36th Annual Carquest Fall Final\nPeyton Sellers would proceed to stop under the flag stand to get the checkered flag and do a little celebrating but all victory lane proceedings would be postponed while the tower reviewed the contact between Sellers and Christopher. Fifteen minutes later word came from the tower that Sellers was the winner of the event. This was Sellers' first win of the season after having a win in the season opener at Greenville-Pickens Speedway taken away from him for an illegal shock absorber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 82], "content_span": [83, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Toyota All-Star Showdown\nThe Toyota All-Star Showdown was moved to January of the next year from its traditional October date in order to allow the race to keep a \"post-season\" feel, this race is a 2008 Camping World Series race, per NASCAR rulebook, since it is run with 2008 rules, and not 2009 rules (e.g., 2008 approved equipment only;  no 2009 approved equipment was allowed to be run, and no 2009 rules applied).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Toyota All-Star Showdown\nThe East-West showdown format favoured the West in qualifying, as six of the top ten drivers in qualifying were West drivers, with only two East Series regulars making the top ten, along with defending champion Joey Logano (who was not an East Series regular in 2008) and Mexico Series champion Antonio P\u00e9rez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Toyota All-Star Showdown\nWest Series champion Eric Holmes was among the leaders of the first 100 laps, along with East Series driver Brian Ickler (originally from California; moved to the Charlotte area to race in the East Series in 2008), who led 98 laps throughout the night. Holmes dropped back because of a dragging part on the start of the second segment. On Lap 141, Ron Hornaday Jr. ran into the side of Ickler, and caused an incident that led to a nine-minute red flag as 22 cars were involved, either by the crash or being stuck behind the wreckage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Toyota All-Star Showdown\nOn Lap 250, Logano raced Peyton Sellers, who has a Nationwide Series ride for 2009, hard, running into Sellers to cause a spin in turn three. Logano crossed the line first but was disqualified by NASCAR for unsportsmanlike conduct. East Series champion Matt Kobyluck, who did not lead a single lap and crashed in practice, going to his 2006 Showdown-winning car, finished second but was declared the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Toyota All-Star Showdown\nEast driver Trevor Bayne was second, and West driver Jason Bowles, who drove a car for this race purchased from East Series team owner Andy Santerre, who supported the team (he did not bring his regular team with him to the Showdown) was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Toyota All-Star Showdown\nDid not qualify out of 50-lap \"last chance qualifier\" was held after qualifying. The top six advanced. : (16) Blake Koch (#21), Joe Polewarczyk Jr. (#03), Daryl Harr (#00), Keith Spangler (#39), Brian Wong (#89), Marcus Zukanovic (#99), Tony Toste (#91), Stan Silva Jr. (#65), Paul Pedroncelli Jr. (#0), Billy Kann (#78), Kyle Kelley (#7), Dakoda Armstrong (#5), Wes Banks (#31), Rod Johnson Jr. (#04), Terry Henry (#19), Greg Pursley (#26).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197802-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2008 Races, Toyota All-Star Showdown\nNOTE:  Logano crossed the line first but was penalised for rough driving in the Lap 250 crash with Sellers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197803-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World West Series\nThe 2008 NASCAR Camping World West Series was the 55th season of Camping World West Series, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Toyota/NAPA Auto Care 150 at All-American Speedway on March 29, 2008, and concluded with the Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 by Thunder Valley, again at All-American Speedway, on October 25, 2008. Eric Holmes won the championship, 48 points in front of Jason Bowles. This was Holmes' second championship after his first came in 2006. He would go on to win a third championship in 2010, ironically meaning that he won a title every other year in this span of five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197803-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Camping World West Series\nThe 2008 season also was the first with Camping World as the title sponsor of the series, which replaced Anheuser-Busch's Busch Beer after 21 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197804-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series\nThe 2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series was an exciting season of racing and the second season of the series. Scott Steckly, who dominated many events He won three of the first four events of the year fought off a late season charge from Thomson Jr. to become the series second ever champion winning by a margin of 24 points. British Columbia native Jason White was the rookie of the year beating Anthony Simone. Past CASCAR champion Peter Gibbons decided to retire after a lengthy career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197805-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Corona Series\nThe 2008 NASCAR Corona Series was the fifth season of NASCAR-sanctioned stock car racing in Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197805-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Corona Series, Results and standings, Standings\n(key) Bold\u00a0- Pole position awarded by time. Italics\u00a0- Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. *\u00a0\u2013 Most laps led.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series\nThe 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was the fourteenth season of the Craftsman Truck Series, the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. It was contested over twenty-five races, beginning with the Chevy Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Johnny Benson of Bill Davis Racing was crowned champion. The season was also the last under the Craftsman sponsorship banner. Sears Holdings Corporation, the owners of the Craftsman brand name of tools, withdrew sponsorship at the end of the season. On October 23, NASCAR officials confirmed that Camping World would become the title sponsor beginning with the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Chevy Silverado HD 250\nThe Chevy Silverado HD 250 was held February 15 at Daytona International Speedway. Erik Darnell won the pole. Anticipating another three wide finish such as the ones in 2003 and 2007, Darnell hoped to squash those hopes, and nearly did so by dominating the early portions of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Chevy Silverado HD 250\nDuring the early stages, multiple wrecks came about, including \"The Big One\" on lap 20, which was started when Brendan Gaughan made contact with an extremely tight Mike Skinner, forcing him up the racetrack and into the path of Matt Crafton, who also collected Ted Musgrave, Jon Wood, Chad Chaffin, and most notably P. J. Jones whose No. 63 truck caught fire trying to avoid the wreck, forcing a red flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Chevy Silverado HD 250\nOnly three laps later did the next wreck strike, with Joey Clanton getting loose and spinning, collecting outside polesitter Terry Cook, Mike Bliss, and ROTY contenders Colin Braun and Justin Marks. Darnell had the race in hand until green flag pitstops began at lap 84. Todd Bodine grabbed the lead from the dominant Darnell, who thought he had a loose wheel. While slowing to enter pit road, Marks was unaware that Darnell was pitting and the two made contact, ending Darnell's night. After the pit stop, Bodine would not look back, holding off a hard charging Kyle Busch and Johnny Benson for his first ever win at Daytona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Chevy Silverado HD 250\nNOTE: Todd Bodine suffered a 25-point penalty when an illegal part was found on his truck during pre-qualifying inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, San Bernardino County 200\nThe San Bernardino County 200 was held February 23 at the newly renamed Auto Club Speedway. As all of Friday's activities were cancelled due to rain, Truck qualifying and the race were both cancelled, with the race being pushed back to Saturday morning. Based on the 2007 owners points, defending champion Ron Hornaday Jr. was on pole. However, the race would mostly be dominated by Kyle Busch, coming out of a frustrating Speedweeks. Busch would dominate, leading the first 51 laps. However, Daytona winner Todd Bodine ran down Busch and passed him on the backstretch just after the halfway point. After the final round of green flag pit stops, Busch regained the lead by 3.5 seconds over Bodine and never looked back, cruising to his first Truck Series win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 842]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, American Commercial Lines 200\nThe American Commercial Lines 200 was held on March 7 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Defending series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. won the pole. Hornaday would also dominate the race on long runs, leading for 81 laps. However, the critical moment of the race was on lap 112 when Kyle Busch's crew chief, Richie Wauters brought his driver into the pits after a ten-minute rain delay on lap 111. The stop forced leader Hornaday to pit a lap later. Busch took the lead from Hornaday within 10 laps to go, and held of Hornaday over a four lap sprint to the finish to take his second consecutive victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Kroger 250\nThe Kroger 250 was held March 29 at Martinsville Speedway. Jack Sprague won the track record breaking pole. The race would instead be dominated by \"Short Track Slayer\" Dennis Setzer, whose team, Bobby Hamilton Racing-Virginia, had recently moved to the Martinsville area to be more competitive. This competitiveness showed when Setzer took the lead on lap 128 when debutant Brent Raymer spun in front of leader Kyle Busch. Setzer would lead the rest of the way thanks to nine more cautions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Kroger 250\nAlthough the race went on for an extra three laps, Setzer would hang on for his first win since he won Mansfield (also on fuel mileage) with the defunct Spears Motorsports. However, behind Setzer it was complete chaos. While Setzer was rounding turn 4 to take the win, Busch, in a desperate attempt to take second, Busch attempted to drive underneath Johnny Benson However, Busch's left side hit the apron, sending both Benson Jr. and Busch spinning to 25th and 26th-place finishes. The win was emotional for the whole team as it was their first win since Bobby Hamilton won at Mansfield in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly Auto Parts 250\nThe O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 was held on April 26 at Kansas Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. started from pole. For the first time this season, points leader Kyle Busch was absent in this race, due to a conflict between the finish of the Aaron's 312 and the start of the Truck race. With a new truck and the guidance of crew chief Rick Ren, Hornaday dominated the race, leading 136 of 167 laps en route to his first win of the season. Making the win even sweeter was the fact that it was a KHI 1\u20132 finish with new teammate Jack Sprague close behind. Rookie Colin Braun rounded out the \"podium\" although controversially as he was involved in incidents with veterans Sprague and Matt Crafton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 750]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, North Carolina Education Lottery 200\nThe North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was held on May 16 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch won the pole. Busch would dominate for 86 laps at the site of his first ever truck series win. On lap 104, Busch collided with defending champion Ron Hornaday Jr., sending both trucks into the turn 3 wall and out of contention to win. Late in the race with seven laps to go, Erik Darnell was leading the field to the green on a restart when his tires spun, taking him out of contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, North Carolina Education Lottery 200\nAs Johnny Benson moved by Darnell for the top spot, NASCAR penalized Benson Jr. for jumping the start. In the lead during the next restart would be Matt Crafton, followed by a resurgent Hornaday and Todd Bodine. On the subsequent restart, Bodine sent Hornaday spinning into turn one, handing second and third to Chad McCumbee and Brendan Gaughan, respectively. Despite a valiant run by McCumbee on the backstretch, Crafton would take home an upset victory, his first in 178 races and the first for ThorSport Racing in a decade (Terry Cook's first win at Flemington Speedway).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Ohio 250\nThe Ohio 250 was held on May 24 at Mansfield Motorsports Park. Johnny Benson won the pole. As with most Mansfield races, the action was expected to be tight and dramatic, with fuel mileage playing out in the latter half. With the downsizing in fuel cells to 18 gallons, it was deemed mathematically impossible for any driver in the field to repeat Dennis Setzer's no stop victory the previous year. With a record 15 cautions, the best of the afternoon was saved for the last part of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Ohio 250\nDavid Starr and his Red Horse Racing team had dominated the day, leading 170 laps in total. However, in the final laps, Starr's seemingly inevitable victory would be done in. Rookie Donny Lia, who had started 28th, had worked his way through the field and to the rear tailgate of Starr's truck. On the final lap, Lia daringly pulled the bump and run on Starr exiting turn 2. The two drivers along with Todd Bodine made it three wide on the backstretch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Ohio 250\nLia would gain the advantage heading into turn three and the 2007 Whelen Modified Tour champion would hang on to take the first ever win for both him and his upstart team, legendary road racing team TRG Motorsports, as well as the second consecutive first time winner for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, AAA Insurance 200\nThe AAA Insurance 200 was held on May 30 at Dover International Speedway. Mike Skinner won the pole. Skinner would not lead for long as the dominant Kyle Busch would take the top spot and stay there for the first 96 laps. However, heavy smoke was billowing from Busch's No. 51 truck, forcing him to the garage with transmission troubles and knocking him out of contention. Taking over the top spot would be Todd Bodine, who would stay out on a lap 133 restart with Shane Sieg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, AAA Insurance 200\nMaking only his sixth start in NASCAR competition and running on two tires, ex-Formula One driver Scott Speed lived up to his name and opened up a four-second lead on Ron Hornaday Jr.. Although Speed's lead would be cut due to Bodine crashing on lap 170, he would hold off veterans Hornaday and Jack Sprague to become the third consecutive first time winner for the 2008 season. The other time this happened was in 1998, with Andy Houston (Loudon), Terry Cook (Flemington), and Jimmy Hensley (Music City)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Sam's Town 400\nThe Sam's Town 400 was held June 6 at Texas Motor Speedway. Justin Marks won his first career pole. As the series was on a streak of three consecutive first time winners, many looked towards Chad McCumbee, who had nearly won the fall Texas race in '07, polesitter Marks, and Plano native Colin Braun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Sam's Town 400\nIt was not just the young drivers seeking the win at Texas, but veterans as well, such as defending champion Ron Hornaday Jr., Mike Skinner, who started on the front row at Texas for his eighth consecutive start had never won, and Brendan Gaughan, who literally turned the track into his personal playground in both '02 and '03. Although Marks led early he would fall back to 8th before the first round of pit stops. As usual, Cup series points leader Kyle Busch would also be a factor in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Sam's Town 400\nAlthough Busch started in the back (Shane Sieg qualified the No. 51 truck while Busch was in Pocono, Pennsylvania and he also missed the drivers meeting.) he was able to work his way into the top 10 within 60 laps. However, Busch's fortunes would be undone as he had not had the proper seat time to adjust the truck. All the while, \"Restart Master\" Hornaday would lead a record 140 laps (breaking Greg Biffle's record of 119) and hold off Busch on a green-white-checkered to take his first win at Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Cool City Customs 200\nThe Cool City Customs 200 was held on June 14 at Michigan International Speedway. Mike Skinner won the pole. Skinner would only lead the opening lap before falling back and eventually finishing 8th. From then on, the race would be dominated by Todd Bodine who would lead for 39 laps. However, the final pit stop, it would be Erik Darnell taking the top spot, holding it for the final 25 circuits. However, a late caution came out with three to go, setting up a fast finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Cool City Customs 200\nOn the last lap, Johnny Benson took the lead from Darnell in turn 3 and the two were side by side on the frontstretch. In the final 50 yards it appeared as though Benson Jr. would win by a nose, but Darnell surged at the last minute with a side draft and beat Benson to the line by less than 0.005 seconds, the second closest finish in Truck Series history. During the final lap, points leader Ron Hornaday Jr. was running fourth after starting in the back due to an engine change. In turn 2, Hornaday was spun by Kyle Busch into the infield, but no caution came out, handing Hornaday a 23rd-place finish and the loss of the points lead. After the race Hornaday and team owner Kevin Harvick confronted Busch on pit road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Camping World RV Sales 200\nThe Camping World RV Sales 200 was held June 20 at Milwaukee Mile. Johnny Benson took the pole and won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly 200\nThe O'Reilly 200 was held June 28 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Johnny Benson took the pole but Ron Hornaday Jr. won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Built Ford Tough 225\nThe Built Ford Tough 225 was held July 19 at Kentucky Speedway. Mike Skinner took the pole but Johnny Benson won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Power Stroke Diesel 200\nThe Power Stroke Diesel 200 was held July 25 at O'Reilly Raceway Park. Bobby East took his first Craftsman Truck Series pole but Johnny Benson won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Toyota Tundra 200\nThe Toyota Tundra 200 was held August 9 at Nashville Superspeedway. Todd Bodine took the pole but Johnny Benson won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Toyota Tundra 200\nNOTE: Todd Bodine suffered a 25-point penalty for an illegal modification to his truck found in post race inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly 200 (Bristol)\nThe O'Reilly 200 was held on August 20 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Scott Speed won the pole and would fall back and eventually finished 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly 200 (Bristol)\n\u2022 Jimmie Johnson would make his lone career Truck Series start to date, driving the #81 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet Silverado for Randy Moss Motorsports. He would lead 28 laps and finish 34th after crashing on lap 102.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Camping World 200\nThe Camping World 200 was held September 6 at Gateway International Raceway. Dennis Setzer took the pole but Ron Hornaday Jr. won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Camping World RV Rental 200\nThe Camping World RV Rental 200 was held on September 13 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. won the race and there was a large post race scuffle after the race between the crews of Todd Bodine and David Starr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Qwik Liner Las Vegas 350\nThe Qwik Liner Las Vegas 350 was held September 20 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. won the pole. Hornaday would be passed by Mike Skinner after the opening lap. During a series of pit stops, points leader Johnny Benson decided to stay out, despite the fact his tires were old. He would lead for 26 laps before the right front tire went flat, sending Benson Jr. into the wall and ending his bid for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Qwik Liner Las Vegas 350\nAfter pit stops following a caution by Dennis Setzer and Shane Sieg, Erik Darnell would take the lead stay there for 56 laps, leading the most. However, Mike Skinner chased down Darnell on the white flag lap and was side by side with him along the backstretch. Darnell side drafted Skinner to retake the lead coming out of turn 4 but Skinner hit Darnell's side, breaking the No. 99's momentum and taking Skinner to his first win of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Mountain Dew 250\nThe Mountain Dew 250 was held on October 4 at Talladega Superspeedway. Erik Darnell won the pole. The points race had tightened with Johnny Benson only a single point ahead of defending champion Ron Hornaday Jr.. Like Daytona, Darnell dominated the race, leading 48 laps with teammates Colin Braun and John Wes Townley close behind. Townley would later be spun unintentionally by defending race winner Todd Bodine while on pit road at lap 50. Alabama native Rick Crawford earned a speeding penalty during the series of pit stops, ending his chances at a home state victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Mountain Dew 250\nAfter another series of green flag pit stops, John Andretti, Braun, Kyle Busch, and Brian Scott took turns leading until 14 to go when Busch, Hornaday, and Bodine all pulled away. With 1 to go Braun was pushed into the lead by T. J. Bell, but was later passed by Busch on the backstretch. However, Bodine pulled the \"bump and run\" on Busch, loosening him and eventually passing him for the win, with new points leader Hornaday in tow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Kroger 200\nThe Kroger 200 was held October 18 at Martinsville Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. took the pole but Johnny Benson won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Kroger 200\nDid not qualify: Tayler Malsam (#41), Robert Bruce (#73), Russ Dugger (#89), Craig Wood (#50).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, E-Z-GO 200\nThe E-Z-GO 200 was held October 25 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Ryan Newman won his first ever Craftsman Truck Series race in his first start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Chevy Silverado 350K\nThe Chevy Silverado 350K was held October 31 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Rick Crawford won the pole. The sparks flew early on lap 2 as Travis Kvapil, attempting a three wide pass, pushed rookie Cale Gale into the left side of Crawford's truck. Gale's resultant spin forced T. J. Bell to hit his brakes, but Todd Bodine couldn't avoid Bell and tapped him up the track while also turning Jon Wood into the wall. Gale's car steered from the wall and hit Bell's rear quarter panel, sending him into the fence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Chevy Silverado 350K\nAt lap 51, spring Texas winner Ron Hornaday Jr. passed Kyle Busch for the lead. While Hornaday was pitting on lap 56, Jack Smith spun on the backstretch, pinning Hornaday a lap down. 10 laps later Hornaday would be in 16th thanks to a caution. Hornaday would charge to the lead, passing Kvapil on lap 108 and holding off Busch to sweep at Texas and cut Johnny Benson's point lead down to only six points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)\nThe Lucas Oil 150 was held November 7 at Phoenix International Raceway. Ron Hornaday Jr. took the pole but Kevin Harvick won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197806-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Ford 200\nThe Ford 200 was held November 14 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mike Skinner took the pole but Todd Bodine won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series\nThe 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series began on February 16 at Daytona International Speedway with the Camping World 300, and ended on November 15 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 300. This was the first season in which NASCAR's second-tier series was known as the Nationwide Series, ending the 26-year sponsorship by Anheuser-Busch's Busch Beer. The seven-year agreement gives Nationwide Insurance the exclusive rights to tie its brand to NASCAR's second most popular racing series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Schedule\nThe following table shows the 2008 schedule published by NASCAR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Schedule\n\u2663 \u2014 Race ran at night, or started in the late afternoon and finished at night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Television\nThe 2008 TV schedule followed the same format as 2007, with most races broadcast on ESPN2 and six races broadcast on ABC when ESPN2 broadcast larger sporting events. All races were to be shown live on free-to-air TV in Australia on Ten HD. In South America, SPEED do the broadcasting of all the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Camping World 300\nThe Camping World 300 presented by Chevrolet was held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway. Tony Stewart won the pole and then went on to win the race. Stewart became the first driver to win the season opening Nationwide Series race at Daytona from the pole. Johnny Sauter, Cale Gale, Kertus Davis and David Gilliland all received 25-point penalties for various infractions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Camping World 300\nDid not qualify: Danny O'Quinn Jr. (#56), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Larry Gunselman (#91), Kenny Wallace (#36), Kevin Lepage (#61), Joe Nemechek (#87), Donnie Neuenberger (#52), Brett Rowe (#05), Mike Harmon (#84), Kertus Davis (#0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Camping World 300\nNOTE: On February 20 NASCAR announced that seven Nationwide teams had been penalized due to rule violations during Speedweeks at Daytona. The most notable was Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s #5 team whose crew chief was fined $25,000 and suspended for the next six Nationwide Series events until April 9. Earnhardt Jr. was penalized with the loss of 50 driver points, while car owner Rick Hendrick was penalized 50 owner points. An altered rear spoiler was found during post-practice template inspection which enhanced the aerodynamic performance on the car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Camping World 300\nOn March 4 it was announced that some teams had their penalties upheld and some rescinded by the National Stock Car Racing Commission. Rusty Wallace, Inc. had 3 penalties rescinded on the #64 car driven by David Stremme. The commission also amended 2 of 3 penalties issued to Richardson-Hass Motorsports' #14 car driven by David Gilliland. The commission also reduced a fine against Kevin Harvick, Inc. #77 crew chief Charles Wilson from $15,000 to $5,000 and also reduced a suspension from the next 6 races to only 4 races. The commission opted to uphold penalties against the JD Motorsports #0 car driven by Kertus Davis. The commission also decided to amend 2 of 3 penalties issued to the Phoenix Racing #1 car driven by Johnny Sauter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Stater Brothers 300\nThe Stater Brothers 300 was held on Monday, February 25 due to rain at the newly renamed Auto Club Speedway of Southern California (previously California Speedway) in Fontana, California. Jeff Burton won the pole due to qualifying being canceled after being rained out. The race was scheduled to be held on the 23rd, but water seeping onto the track surface prevented this, and it was then scheduled to be held after Sunday's Auto Club 500. More rain postponed that, and again also delayed the Nationwide race to Monday, an hour after the completion of the Sprint Cup Series race. Tony Stewart dominated most of the day leading 139 of 150 laps with fellow Toyota driver David Reutimann sitting in 2nd for much of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Stater Brothers 300\nNOTE: Eric Norris driver of the #14 Carl A. Haas Motorsports entry withdrew, making only 42 starters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Sam's Town 300\nThe Sam's Town 300 was held on March 1 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Brian Vickers won the pole. Just like the previous two weeks, Tony Stewart dominated the race. However, his chance to score his first Vegas win were dashed on lap 138 when he spun while alongside David Reutimann. Hometown hero Kyle Busch had to start in the back but worked his way through the field and took the lead after a lap 63 pit stop. However, his day would end on lap 103 when he cut a right front tire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Sam's Town 300\nAnother strong car, the #29 of Jeff Burton, worked his way through the field following an unscheduled pit stop. However, on lap 158, his engine blew while challenging Mark Martin for the lead. Eventually, after 12 cautions, the race would turn to three drivers: Martin who was seeking to return to Victory Lane, Carl Edwards who was looking to keep his momentum going after his Cup win in Fontana, and Brad Keselowski, trying to make a name for himself and become the first non Cup Series driver to win since Aric Almirola last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Sam's Town 300\nOn lap 195 while Edwards and Keselowski were going side by side at the start/finish line, Martin tapped Edwards in the rear, spinning him into Keselowski and sending the race into overtime. Martin would easily fend off former teammate Greg Biffle for his first Nationwide Series win of the season. Martin later apologized to both Edwards and Keselowski in victory lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Sam's Town 300\nDid not qualify: Sam Hornish Jr. (#12), Mike Harmon (#84).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Nicorette 300\nThe Nicorette 300 was held on March 10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jeff Burton won the pole. As usual, the race would be dominated by Sprint Cup Series points leader Kyle Busch. Busch hoped to make history by being the points leader in all three of NASCAR's top racing circuits. He would do so to an extent, leading 153 laps. However, Busch's hopes would be derailed by a flat tire while entering turn 1. His misfortune would open the door for other drivers such as Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, and polesitter Burton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Nicorette 300\nDavid Ragan would take the top spot after pit stops under the caution for Busch's crash. However, Burton and Kenseth took first and second on lap 177. Things would stay this way for 9 laps until Kenseth made the pass for the lead. The main highlight of the race came on lap 189. While exiting turn two, Dale Earnhardt Jr. attempted to pass Eric McClure. However, McClure spun in front of Dale Jr., turning him into the wall and into the path of rookie Bryan Clauson, who hit McClure's car as it hit the wall, lifting it off the ground. This brought out a red flag lasting several minutes. Although Kenseth led with three to go, debris from Ragan's car brought out a green-white-checkered finish to lap 198, with Kenseth holding off Harvick for his first win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 836]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Sharpie Mini 300\nThe Sharpie Mini 300 was held March 15 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Scott Wimmer won the pole. Unlike other races, Kyle Busch would not dominate this one, as he was taken out by a spinning Martin Truex Jr. on lap 13. 2006 Champion Kevin Harvick had one of the best cars all day but fell out of contention after his tire changer failed to secure a lugnut on lap 102. Clint Bowyer dominated the race, leading for 119 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Sharpie Mini 300\nHowever, the move of the race came on lap 164 when Bowyer and eight others stayed out on the track as rain began to hit the track. Up to that point, Bowyer had been fending off a charging Kasey Kahne for the past 40 laps before the rains hit. The cars would be pulled onto pit road on lap 171 and Bowyer would be declared the winner after a 47-minute rain delay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Sharpie Mini 300\nDid not qualify: Danny O'Quinn Jr. (#56), Sam Hornish Jr. (#12).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Pepsi 300\nThe Pepsi 300 was held on March 22 at Nashville Superspeedway. Kyle Busch won the pole. As usual, Busch would dominate the race, leading 125 laps. However, his bad luck would continue as he spun coming out of turn 4. This move handed the lead to Bristol winner Clint Bowyer who held the top spot until teammate Scott Wimmer passed him with 20 to go. Wimmer would hang on to snap his 57 race winless streak (since Pikes Peak in 2003) and become the first non-Sprint Cup driver to win a race in 2008. This was also Wimmer's 6th and final career victory in the Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, O'Reilly 300\nThe O'Reilly 300 was held on April 5 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Kevin Harvick started from the pole after qualifying was rained out. Kyle Busch won the race, it was his first Nationwide Series win of the 2008 season. Busch led four times for 126 laps, including the final 43 laps of the race. Kevin Harvick who led 55 laps broke an axle on his first pit stop and lost 21 laps while his crew replaced it, he finished 34th. Tony Stewart went down a lap with an unscheduled pit stop on lap 71 after cutting his right rear tire. He had run over a lug nut on pit road during a green-flag pit stop on lap 56. Only 14 cars finished on the lead lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, O'Reilly 300\nFailed to make race as qualifying was canceled due to rain: Donnie Neuenberger (#0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Bashas' Supermarkets 200\nThe Bashas' Supermarkets 200 was held on April 11 at Phoenix International Raceway. Kyle Busch won the pole. And as usual, the race would be utterly dominated by  Busch. Busch hoped to make history by being the points leader in all three of NASCAR's top racing circuits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Corona M\u00e9xico 200\nThe Corona M\u00e9xico 200 was held on April 20 at Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Colin Braun won the pole. Kyle Busch won the race after passing Scott Pruett with nine laps remaining. Busch warned over his radio that Pruett would get dumped if he kept blocking him, a reference to the 2007 race. The win was Busch's first on a road course and his third straight Nationwide Series win. Scott Pruett led 36 of the 80 laps and wound up finishing third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Corona M\u00e9xico 200\nRoad course veteran Boris Said struggled for most of the day and was spun out by Marcos Ambrose with 28 laps remaining. The damage took Said out of the race, and he angrily pointed at Ambrose. Boris commented that \"He either made a mistake or he's incredibly stupid, and I don't think he'd make a big mistake like that. I wouldn't expect it from him. \"I'm not going to get mad, I'm just going to get even.\" Ambrose finished the day in second place, his best finish in the Nationwide Series. This was the last race held at Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez for the NASCAR Nationwide Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Corona M\u00e9xico 200\nDid not qualify: Brett Rowe (#05), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Derrike Cope (#49), Joe Fox (#0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Aaron's 312\nThe Aaron's 312 was held on April 26 at Talladega Superspeedway, in Talladega, Alabama. Tony Stewart won the pole and later went on to win the race. Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. dominated much of the race running in first and second place respectively. 2007 IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti blew a tire on lap 11 and spun around onto the apron in Turn 3 into the path of the #91 car driven by Larry Gunselman who slammed into the driver's side of Franchitti's car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Aaron's 312\nFranchitti suffered a fractured left ankle and minor contusions from the hard impact,  the injury would sideline him for 5 Sprint Cup Series races. The big wreck (often dubbed \"The Big One\") occurred on lap 71 when Kevin Lepage was coming off pit road and merged immediately in front of the lead pack traffic. Lepage was only running around 115\u00a0mph when the wreck happened compared to the leaders who were running 191\u00a0mph. Several contenders were taken out including Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards. The race was red flagged to clean up debris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Aaron's 312\nAround 16 cars were involved in the wreck, during the race several drivers were penalized for blending onto the track too early, instead of blending at Turn 2. Lepage publicly apologized for the incident the next day saying \"I made a huge driver error by blending onto the racetrack in the wrong area. This caused a multi-car accident and changed the outcome of the race for many teams.\" Dale Earnhardt Jr. waited to make a last lap pass down the backstretch on Stewart but didn't have any drafting help, Dale would cross the finish line in sixth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Lipton Tea 250\nThe Lipton Tea 250 was held on May 2 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Kasey Kahne won the pole. The race, like the previous year's featured pit strategy as a key factor. Bryan Clauson (#41) spun out on lap 247 with only 3 laps left bringing out the eighth and final caution. Virginia native Denny Hamlin who was leading at the time of Clauson's spin made a pit stop during the caution for four fresh Goodyear tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Lipton Tea 250\nOn the restart of a green-white-checkered finish Hamlin blew past Carl Edwards and race leader Kevin Harvick who both opted to not pit during the late race caution. It was Denny Hamlin's sixth Nationwide Series career win and also Joe Gibbs Racing's seventh Nationwide Series victory in 2008. Kyle Busch came from a lap down to finish third, even after Steve Wallace got into Busch on the final lap. Kyle retaliated at Wallace after the checkered flag and spun out fourth-place finisher David Ragan in the process. Busch and Wallace had a small altercation on pit road after the race. Wallace who was seated in his #66 Chevy grabbed Busch's helmet when Busch confronted him about the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Diamond Hill Plywood 200\nThe Diamond Hill Plywood 200 was held on May 9 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Carl Edwards won the pole. Denny Hamlin who won the previous race and was the fastest in the two final practice sessions hit the wall on his qualifying lap and failed to qualify. Carl Edwards, who won the pole, chose to start on the outside of Bowyer, the second-place qualifier. But scraped the wall while racing Bowyer on the opening lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Diamond Hill Plywood 200\nEdwards' bad luck would continue when on lap 2 his #60 Ford blew the right-front tire and smacked the Turn 3 wall causing his race to end early. Matt Kenseth led Tony Stewart by more than two seconds with 46 laps left in the race but Kenseth made a pit stop on lap 121, complaining that his wheels were chattering. The crew put on four tires and sent Kenseth back on the track, but Kenseth wrecked in Turn 4 on lap 128 trying to catch the first car one lap down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Diamond Hill Plywood 200\nThe race was red flagged with 19 laps remaining as track crews cleaned up after Kenseth's wreck. David Ragan spun on lap 138 and hit the wall bringing out the seventh caution. Mark Martin's engine stalled on the restart with three laps remaining due to fuel pickup problems, triggering a six-car wreck, the race was red flagged again for cleanup. Stewart led the field to the restart of a green-white-checker finish on lap 148. Tony Stewart pulled away from Clint Bowyer and went on to win his first race at Darlington Raceway. It was Stewart's fourth victory in the 2008 Nationwide Series, and the sixth of his career. It marked the eighth win for Joe Gibbs Racing in the 2008 Nationwide Series, and the fourth consecutive victory for the team's #20 car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Carquest Auto Parts 300\nThe Carquest Auto Parts 300 was held on May 24 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. Brian Vickers won the pole. Kyle Busch driving for Braun Racing won the race, ending the four-race winning streak of Joe Gibbs Racing. During the final caution (#88) Brad Keselowski tapped (#20) Denny Hamlin's bumper as the cars circled the track behind the pace car. Keselowski was upset with the way Hamlin had raced him. Hamlin retaliated by turning right into Keselowski's Chevrolet, damaging the left-front fender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Carquest Auto Parts 300\nThe move by Hamlin upset Dale Earnhardt Jr. owner of the #88 and driver of the #83 for this race only, who was running fourth right behind the #88. While still under caution Earnhardt drove up and tapped Hamlin's bumper. After the incident an angry post-race confrontation erupted between the #88 JR Motorsports crew and the #20 Gibbs crew. The confrontation resulted in three members of the JR Motorsports crew being fined by NASCAR and one member was also suspended for one race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Carquest Auto Parts 300\nDid not qualify: Burney Lamar (#37),  Johnny Chapman (#90), Brett Rowe (#05).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Heluva Good! 200\nThe Heluva Good! 200 was held on May 31 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Carl Edwards won the pole. The start of the race was delayed for three hours due to heavy rain. This race marked the much anticipated debut of 18-year-old driving sensation Joey Logano driving the #20 GameStop Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. Dario Franchitti made his first start since breaking his ankle in the Aaron's 312 at Talladega. Kyle Busch driving for Braun Racing led 68 laps, but various problems dropped him back in the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Heluva Good! 200\nBusch made a pit stop on Lap 105 while leading, but contact between his #32 Toyota and Brad Keselowski's #88 Chevrolet forced both cars back to pit road under the third caution of the race. Busch had rallied back to the eight position when on Lap 169, Braun Racing teammate Jason Leffler lost control of his car and knocked Busch into the Turn 2 wall. From then on, Denny Hamlin would hold off polesitter Edwards and David Stremme over the final 28 laps to win the race. It would be Joe Gibbs Racing's ninth victory in the 2008 Nationwide Series. Joey Logano was able to keep his car in one piece and finish sixth, despite making contact with Kasey Kahne on pit road early in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Federated Auto Parts 300\nThe Federated Auto Parts 300 presented by Dollar General was held on June 7 at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. The 18-year-old phenom Joey Logano won the pole in his second ever start. Logano led early for 60 laps. Though Logano, Clint Bowyer, David Reutimann, and others headed for the pits on Lap 79, Brad Keselowski stayed out. This move put Keselowski on a different fuel strategy, pitting late with 41 laps to go instead of pitting with the rest of the field with 77 to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Federated Auto Parts 300\nOn lap 89 Logano was taken out of contention during a four wide race through Turn 4. His #20 Toyota was clipped by Greg Biffle's Ford, turning him sideways into Busch's car before shooting up the track and into the outside wall. Late in the race fuel became an issue as Reutimann appeared to have his second Nationwide career win in the bag while being pursued by Bowyer and Kyle Busch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0026-0002", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Federated Auto Parts 300\nHowever, a caution brought out by a spinning Brad Teague ruined Reutimann's hopes of victory, as he was passed by Bowyer and Busch on the restart with 8 laps to go. As Bowyer made contact with Reutimann, Keselowski made his move to the inside of Bowyer, taking the lead and eventually his first ever win in his 49th start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Federated Auto Parts 300\nDid not qualify: Brian Keselowski (#92),  Brett Rowe (#05), Ryan Hackett (#76).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Meijer 300\nThe Meijer 300 presented by Oreo was held on June 14 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. 18-year-old phenom Joey Logano won the pole. From the drop of the green, Logano and teammate Kyle Busch dominated the race, leading a combined total of 116 laps, with Busch leading a race high 85 laps. It would be the Logano and Busch show until lap 163 when Busch spun coming out of turn 2. From there, Logano went on to win the race, becoming the youngest winner in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at only 18 years and 21 days, beating Casey Atwood's long standing record of 18 years, 10 months and 9 days set when he won at Milwaukee in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Camping World RV Rental 250\nThe Camping World RV Rental 250 was held on June 21 at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. The defending 2007 NASCAR Busch Series champion, Carl Edwards, won the event, end his 36-winless streak drought. Edwards had started in the back, due to not making to the track for qualifying. Last week's winner, Joey Logano finished a hard strong 2nd, while points leader, Clint Bowyer finished 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Camping World RV Rental 250\nDid not qualify: Rub\u00e9n Pardo (#05), Kenny Hendrick (#31), Andy Ponstein (#02), Chad Chaffin (#55), Mike Harmon (#84).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Camping World RV Sales 200 presented by RVs.com\nThe Camping World RV Sales 200 presented by RVs.com was held on June 28 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Landon Cassill won the pole but started from the rear due to an engine change. Cassill gained 28 positions but on Lap 47 a tap from Bobby Hamilton Jr. sent his #5 Chevy into the wall and ended his day. He finished 34th. Tony Stewart who started 8th dominated the race in the #20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota leading 75 of the 200 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 97], "content_span": [98, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Camping World RV Sales 200 presented by RVs.com\nFellow Joe Gibbs driver Kyle Busch also fared well starting 4th and leading 63 laps eventually finishing 3rd. David Reutimann led 25 laps and managed a 7th-place finish in his Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota. Nationwide points leader Clint Bowyer started 2nd and led 36 laps before finishing 9th. Greg Biffle crashed on the last lap causing the race to end under caution with Stewart, Hamlin and Busch claiming the top 3 spots. The race marked the first 1\u20132\u20133 Nationwide Series finish for Toyota. Stewart's win was the eighth of the season for the #20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 97], "content_span": [98, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Camping World RV Sales 200 presented by RVs.com\nNOTE: NASCAR announced on July 2 that Chad Walter crew chief for the #5 JR Motorsports team had been fined due to a rule violation during the Nationwide Series event at New Hampshire on June 28. Walter was fined $10,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until December 31 due to the use of improper language by a crew chief during a televised interview of the race. After a wreck between Bobby Hamilton Jr. and the #5 driver Landon Cassill, Walter said \"Shit happens\" in an interview with an ESPN reporter. Rick Hendrick, listed owner of the #5 Chevy, was penalized with the loss of 25 Nationwide Series car owner points while Cassill was docked 25 Nationwide Series driver points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 97], "content_span": [98, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Winn-Dixie 250\nThe Winn-Dixie 250 powered by Coca-Cola was held on July 4 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Denny Hamlin won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Winn-Dixie 250\nNOTE: Race extended 5 laps / 12.5 miles due to a green-white-checker finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Dollar General 300\nThe Dollar General 300 powered by Coca-Cola was held on July 11 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Sprint Cup Series regular David Reutimann won the pole. Denny Hamlin started the race in 41st position after a mechanical problem in qualifying forced him to start from the rear. Hamlin rallied back and finished 2nd having one of the fastest cars near the end of the race. Tony Stewart missed a shift at the start of the race causing Kevin Harvick to slam into the back of Stewart's car taking both drivers out of contention for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Dollar General 300\nThe first caution flag flew on Lap 56 when Jason Leffler spun into the infield grass during green flag pit stops. The second caution was brought out on Lap 63 when Matt Kenseth's #17 car spun coming off Turn 4. The third and final caution came out for debris from Tony Stewart's #20 car. The race stayed green setting a record average speed, Kyle Busch had a 3.120 second advantage over Denny Hamlin when he took the checkered flag. The win was Busch's fifth 2008 Nationwide victory, and the 16th of his career. The win gave Joe Gibbs Racing a series record tying 13 wins in a single season, matching in 20 races the 13 wins Richard Childress Racing scored in all of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Dollar General 300\nDid not qualify: Jeremy Clements (#50), Robert Richardson Jr. (#23), Kevin Lepage (#43), Brian Keselowski (#92), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Chad Blount (#36), Justin Hobgood (#91).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250\nThe Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250  was held on July 19 at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. Carl Edwards was the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250\nDid not qualify: Brad Baker (#37), Andy Ponstein (#02), Kevin Lepage (#84), Nick Tucker (#57).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Kroger 200\nThe Kroger 200 was held on July 26 at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Clermont, Indiana. Kyle Busch was the overall winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Kroger 200\nDid not qualify: Charles Lewandoski (#36), Andy Ponstein (#02), Chad Beahr (#57).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge\nThe NAPA Auto Parts 200 was held on August 2 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The race became the first NASCAR race in history to be run in the rain, as cars were fitted with rain tires and windshield-wipers. Despite these advantages, the race was eventually red-flagged and was soon called after 48 of the scheduled 74 laps. Although Marcos Ambrose dominated the race in the #59 for a second-straight year, he got penalized for speeding on pit road which gave the lead to Canadian Ron Fellows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge\nFellows held it to the end and was declared the winner, his final NASCAR Nationwide Series win of his racing career, plus his final win in any form of division in NASCAR. During an earlier caution for rain, Carl Edwards was seen using what looked to be a floor mop to try and clean his windshield; he was given it to combat the windshield fogging up on the inside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Zippo 200 at the Glen\nThe Zippo 200 was held on August 9 at Watkins Glen International. Marcos Ambrose was the overall winner, becoming the first Australian winner in NASCAR history. Dario Franchitti became the first Scottish driver to win a NASCAR pole position and the first Scotsman to lead laps in a NASCAR Nationwide Series race, finishing 5th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Zippo 200 at the Glen\nDid not qualify: Burney Lamar (#05), Kenny Hendrick (#31), Derrike Cope (#49), Larry Gunselman (#0), Alex Garcia (#98).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Carfax 250\nThe Carfax 250 was held on August 16 at Michigan International Speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Carfax 250\nDid not qualify: Larry Gunselman (#0), Kertus Davis (#49), Michael Guerity (#57), Jeremy Clements (#50).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Food City 250\nThe Food City 250 was held on August 22 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Brad Keselowski was the overall winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Food City 250\nDid not qualify: Kertus Davis (#49), John Wes Townley (#09), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Kenny Hendrick (#34), Nick Tucker (#78), Johnny Chapman (#90), Brian Keselowski (#92), Ryan Hackett (#76), Mike Harmon (#84).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Camping World RV Service 300 presented by Coleman\nThe Camping World RV Service 300 was held on August 30 at Auto Club Speedway. Kyle Busch was the overall winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 99], "content_span": [100, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Emerson Radio 250\nThe Emerson Radio 250 was held on September 7 at Richmond International Raceway. Carl Edwards was the overall winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Camping World RV Sales 200\nThe Camping World RV Sales 200 was held September 20 at Dover International Speedway. Kyle Busch won the pole and then went on to win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Kansas Lottery 300\nThe Kansas Lottery 300 was held on September 27 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Denny Hamlin is the race winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Kansas Lottery 300\nDid not qualify: Johnny Chapman (#90), Brian Keselowski (#92), Mike Harmon (#84), Larry Gunselman (#0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Dollar General 300\nThe Dollar General 300 was held on October 10 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Kyle Busch was the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Dollar General 300\nDid not qualify: Mark Green (#70), Kertus Davis (#49), Kenny Hendrick (#93), Andy Ponstein (#02), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Johnny Sauter (#78), Josh Wise (#00), Larry Gunselman (#0), Justin Marks (#03), Robert Richardson Jr. (#23).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Kroger on Track for the Cure 250 presented by the Southern Dodge Dealers\nThe Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 was held on October 25 at Memphis Motorsports Park in Millington, Tennessee, a suburb of Memphis. Carl Edwards was the winner. Kenny Wallace suffered a 100-point penalty for unapproved adjustments found in his car during post-race inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 122], "content_span": [123, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Kroger on Track for the Cure 250 presented by the Southern Dodge Dealers\nDid not qualify: Johnny Chapman (#90), Stanton Barrett (#30), John Wes Townley (#09), Larry Gunselman (#0), Travis Kittleson (#56), Tim Weaver (#75).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 122], "content_span": [123, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, O'Reilly Challenge\nThe O'Reilly Challenge was held on November 1 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Kyle Busch was the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, O'Reilly Challenge\nDid not qualify: Morgan Shepherd (#89), Burney Lamar (#05), John Wes Townley (#09), Kenny Hendrick (#31), Justin Hobgood (#91), Johnny Sauter (#78), Mike Harmon (#84).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Hefty Odor Block 200\nThe Hefty Odor Block 200 was held on November 8 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. Carl Edwards was the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Hefty Odor Block 200\nDid not qualify: Kevin Lepage (#73), Stan Silva Jr. (#65), Derrike Cope (#82), Danny Efland (#0), Kenny Hendrick (#31), Jason White (#78), Morgan Shepherd (#89).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Ford 300\nThe Ford 300 was held November 15 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, a suburb of Miami. Edwards wins the race. Clint Bowyer wins his first championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 season races, Ford 300\nDid not qualify: Stanton Barrett (#30), Casey Atwood (#05), Danny O'Quinn Jr. (#35), Mark Green (#70), Robert Richardson Jr., John Wes Townley (#09), Kevin Lepage (#73), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Derrike Cope (#78).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Final standings, Full Drivers' Championship\n(key)\u00a0Bold\u00a0\u2013 Pole position awarded by time. Italics\u00a0\u2013 Pole position set by owner's points. *\u00a0\u2013 Most laps led.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197807-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Final standings, Declaring for points in one series: Rules change for 2011\nThis was the third-to-last season where Cup Series drivers could run for points in another series. NASCAR implemented this change after Cup drivers were winning the Busch/Nationwide championships over the series regulars for 5 years straight (2006-2010). If the change had been implemented for the 2008 season, Keselowski would have been the champion. The rest of the top 10 in the standings would have been Mike Bliss in 2nd, Mike Wallace, Leffler, Ambrose, David Stremme (who finished 11th in points), Jason Keller (12th), Kelly Bires (13th), Steve Wallace (14th), and Bobby Hamilton Jr (15th).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 105], "content_span": [106, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197808-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race\nThe Sprint Showdown and Sprint All-Star Race XXIV were run on Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb outside of Charlotte. The events were telecast live at 7\u00a0pm US EDT on Speed Channel with radio broadcast on MRN Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio beginning at 6:15\u00a0pm US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197808-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race\nThe All-Star Race is an annual race that involves winners of the entire 2007 and 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races (known as the Nextel Cup Series in 2007) through the Dodge Challenger 500, either as a driver or team owner, and also includes past championship drivers of the Winston/Nextel Cup series from 1998 through 2007, as well as winning drivers from 2000 to 2007, known through this period as either \"The Winston\" or the \"Nextel All-Star Challenge\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197808-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Eligible 2008 drivers\nNOTE: Only the driver's first accomplishment is listed, as most of those drivers listed have attained more than one of the previously mentioned accomplishments to qualify. All former All-Star Race winners are referenced by the current use of the Roman Numeral designation. For example, Ryan Newman won All-Star Race XVIII, but he also won the 2008 Daytona 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197808-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Eligible 2008 drivers\nSprint Cup champions of the past ten years, winners of Sprint All-Star Races XIV through XXIII, and all race winners (driver and owner) from the 2007 Daytona 500 through the 2008 Dodge Challenger 500 have exemptions into the race, as will the top two finishing drivers in the Sprint Showdown as well as the fan vote winner from said Showdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197808-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Eligible 2008 drivers\n+ \u2013 Dale Jarrett is retiring after the 2008 Food City 500 marking his final driving appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197808-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Eligible 2008 drivers\n\u00a7 \u2013 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is eligible as a past All-Star Race winner as a driver, while the No. 8 team is also eligible as Mark Martin, a past All-Star Race winner, is scheduled to drive in this race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197808-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Eligible 2008 drivers\n\u00b1 \u2013 Kyle Busch and Casey Mears are eligible as both won races in 2007 for different teams. Kyle Busch won the 2007 Food City 500 as the driver of the No. 5 team, while Mears won the 2007 Coca-Cola 600 with the No. 25 team (now the No. 88 team). Kyle Busch's No. 18 team won the 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 and 2008 Aaron's 499 and is eligible for the 2009 race as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197808-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Race format, Sprint Showdown\nThe teams that have not qualified for the All-Star Race were in a 40-lap race divided into two \"halves\" (two 20-lap segments) with a five-lap break to allow for teams to have the option to make a pit stop. The top two drivers from this race, along with a fan ballot that selected the third (from the internet, Sprint cellular phone subscribers, Sprint retail locations, and on-site fan voting up to that night) among those on the lead lap and in the Top 50 in driver points will qualify for the main event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197808-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Race format, Sprint Showdown\nThe cell phone votes counted double those of the other methods. Qualifying was the standard NASCAR two-lap event, with the fastest lap counting, and Elliott Sadler winning said pole. However, during the first segment, Sadler was knocked out of the race when A. J. Allmendinger bumped him high into the Turn Two wall, and Allmendinger and Sam Hornish, Jr. automatically qualified, while Kasey Kahne won the fan vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197808-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Race format, Sprint All-Star Race XXIV\nThe race format of four \"quarters\" (like football or professional basketball) was slightly modified this season. In Sprint All-Star Race XXIII, the quarters were each 20 laps. This year, as announced at NASCAR's Media Tour, five laps were added to each segment to have a total of 100 laps (or four 25-lap quarters) in the race. The remainder of the race format, adopted last year, was unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197808-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Race format, Sprint All-Star Race XXIV\nThe qualifying for this race is a three-lap cumulative timed event with a mandatory four-tire pit stop arriving at the pit road speed of 45 MPH but leaving as full throttle after either the first or second qualifying lap. Kyle Busch took advantage of numerous miscues by others (including penalties for speed violations or loose lug nuts) to win the pole position. Kahne became the first to qualify from the fan vote to win, only taking a splash of gas to dominate the final quarter which, along with the rest of the race, went caution free.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series\nThe 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 60th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 37th modern-era Cup season. It was contested over thirty-six races, and began on February 9 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout exhibition race, followed by the 50th Daytona 500 on February 17. The season continued with the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup beginning on September 14 with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and concluded with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series\nAs a result of the merger between Sprint Corporation and Nextel Communications, NASCAR's premier series was renamed as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series beginning with the 2008 season, The season marked the first season that the Car of Tomorrow was used for the entire season after being used for select races during the 2007 season. Coors Light also replaced Budweiser as the Official Beer of NASCAR, thereby becoming the new sponsor of the Pole Award given to pole winner in each Sprint Cup Series race. However, Budweiser was still the official sponsor for Bud Shootout at Daytona in February. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports was crowned champion at season's end, making him only the second driver in NASCAR's top division to win three championships in a row, with the first being Cale Yarborough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 832]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Top stories, Car of Tomorrow\nAll Sprint Cup races utilized the Car of Tomorrow (CoT) template. NASCAR announced on May 22, 2007, that the original timetable, which would have the full-time use of the single car template in 2009, was being abandoned as 80% of all owners were in favor of moving the full-time use of the CoT one year ahead so they would not race with two sets of rules for all but ten races. The cars approved for the 2008 season were the Chevrolet Impala, the Dodge Charger, the Ford Fusion and the Toyota Camry. Dodge had used the Avenger in the 2007 CoT races, but stated that the Charger would be used full-time in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Top stories, Economic problems affect NASCAR\nThe Economic crisis of 2008, with high gas prices over US $4 a gallon caused NASCAR's largely blue-collar fan base to feel the pinch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Top stories, Economic problems affect NASCAR\nWhile Bristol was one of a few tracks that still sold out, others saw crowds shrink. Daytona International Speedway sold out the Daytona 500, but not the Coke Zero 400. Some track ticket packages now included all-you-can-eat deals, and tracks also offered nearby campgrounds to entice those who come for several days to see Nationwide and Craftsman Truck races. For their fall race, Lowe's Motor Speedway offered discounts on local hotel rooms, novelties and food and drink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Top stories, Economic problems affect NASCAR\nThe economy also affected the teams themselves with high diesel fuel prices, with that fuel needed to power the semi-trailer trucks which transport the race cars to and from racetracks. Sponsorships also grew increasingly harder to come by, further increasing the gap between teams. Before the season began, Morgan-McClure Motorsports ceased operations for their single-car team, while Yates Racing had no major sponsor on the No. 28 and No. 38 cars that they run in the series, as their M&M's sponsorships moved to the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 team. The Yates team made do in piecemeal fashion, finding companies to sponsor a few races at a time, a practice that paid the bills but stretched the marketing department. As a result of the cutbacks, half of the one hundred employees at Yates were laid off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 880]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Top stories, Economic problems affect NASCAR\nEven better sponsored teams struggled. On July 1, Chip Ganassi Racing shut down its No. 40 team with 2007 IndyCar Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti driving because of a lack of sponsorship funding, becoming the first major victim. Ganassi Racing lost 70 jobs as a result of the closure. Other companies also switched teams for 2009. Caterpillar Inc., despite its decade long relationship with Bill Davis Racing and its flagship No. 22, moved to Richard Childress Racing's No. 31 car driven by Jeff Burton, while General Mills, associating itself with Petty Enterprises since 2000, also left to head for RCR's fourth team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Top stories, Economic problems affect NASCAR\nTo counter many of these problems, teams also took on financial partners, much like Fenway Sports Group joining Jack Roush and George N. Gillett Jr. teaming up with Ray Evernham last year. In June 2008, Petty Enterprises sold a majority share to Boston Ventures as another example of the economic struggles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Teams and drivers, Complete schedule\nList of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams in 2008 (43 full-time teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Television, United States\nThe 2008 season marked the second year of television contracts with Fox, TNT and ESPN/ABC. The biggest changes involved ESPN and ABC, as Dale Jarrett became the network's lead race color commentator and Rusty Wallace became the pre-race analyst. Dale, who completed his driving career with the Sprint All-Star Race XXIV, followed in the footsteps of his father, Ned, who worked with ESPN through most of the 1980s through the 2000 NASCAR season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Television, United States\nAllen Bestwick took over the hosting role for all races as well as some editions of ESPN2's NASCAR Now, replacing Brent Musburger and Suzy Kolber on the pre-race show, with Shannon Spake taking Bestwick's place as pit reporter. Also, veteran NASCAR reporter Nicole Manske (along with Ryan Burr) took over as a part-time host of NASCAR Now show for Erik Kuselias. No major changes were made by Fox and TNT for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Television, United States\nOne innovation was Fox's \"Gopher Cam\", placed below the track near the inside of the turns for a unique perspective. In the need for a name for their new mascot, Fox turned to internet users and even drivers for suggestions, and the gopher cam mascot was named \"Digger\". \"Digger\" is now emblazoned on T-shirts, hats and even as a plush toy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Television, United States\nAnother innovation was TNT's \"RaceBuddy\", an internet application that showed multiple views of the race and radio feeds from drivers (using NASCAR.com Race Day Scanner).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Television, Canada and Mexico\nIn Canada NASCAR races were seen on TSN and RDS in English and French, while Speed Channel Latin America held the rights in Mexico and all of Latin America, including the Bud Shootout, the Gatorade Duels and the Sprint All-Star Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Television, Outside North America\nSky Sports held the rights in Great Britain, while Five US aired a one-hour highlights package preceding each race. In Australia the 2008 Sprint Cup Series season was covered by Fox SPORTS as usual however, Free-to-air TV TEN HD presented marquee events live along with one hour highlights packages from all other rounds the Saturday after the event. Ten HD also presented the entire Nationwide series season, marking the first time that a full NASCAR Championship was shown on Free-to-Air TV in Australia, mostly due to Marcos Ambrose's involvement in the series. NTV held the rights in Japan, while Sky Italia held rights in Italy (only NNS) and Premiere Sport held the German rights. In Spain, Teledeporte broadcast six live races and hour-long summaries of the remaining thirty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 competition changes\nOn January 21, 2008, NASCAR announced various competition changes for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Testing\nThe first tests followed the change of the calendar at Daytona International Speedway in the first two full weeks of January. Teams that finished in odd numbered positions (1, 3, 5, etc.) through the 2007 USG Sheetrock 400 tested January 7 through 9, while even numbered finishers (2, 4, 6, etc.) through that same period tested January 14 through 16. Speed televised nightly reports throughout this period, as well as the events of the annual Media Tour in Charlotte and the tests in Las Vegas (held on January 28 and 29th) and California (held on January 31 and February 1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Testing\nThe remaining dates and tracks that were announced December 4, 2007 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Testing\nOn April 15, an additional practice session was announced by NASCAR at Lowe's to be held on May 5 and 6th due to problems that were unforeseen at both Las Vegas and Texas during their spring races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Budweiser Shootout\nThe 2008 NASCAR season and the 2008 edition of Speedweeks began with the thirtieth annual Budweiser Shootout on February 9 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The non-points race, featured the previous season's pole winners and past winners of the event. Following tradition teams randomly picked their starting positions, Kurt Busch drew the pole, but ultimately had to start near the rear due to a crash in final practice. The 2008 race set a record with 23 drivers starting the race, the largest field ever in the event. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his first NASCAR race with his new team Hendrick Motorsports and his first Sprint Cup Series win since May 2006 at Richmond, leading a record 47 of the 70 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Daytona 500, Pole qualifying\nQualifying for the 2008 Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway took place on February 10 of that year. Jimmie Johnson won the pole with Michael Waltrip starting second who had been the center of controversy during a cheating scandal in last year's race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Daytona 500, Gatorade Duels\nThe Gatorade Duels were held on February 14, 2008, which established the starting order for the 2008 Daytona 500. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the first race, with Darrell Waltrip waving the green flag, and the race was wreck free, while the second race was won by Denny Hamlin driving a Toyota, giving the Japanese manufacturer its first Sprint Cup Series victory. The win also marked the first win by a foreign make since 1954, when Al Keller won at Linden Airport, driving a Jaguar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Daytona 500, Gatorade Duels\nBill Elliott driving the #21 Ford for Wood Brothers Racing failed to race his way in during the first duel, this will be the first time the Wood Brothers team has not competed in NASCAR's signature event in 46 years. A wreck in the second race on lap 17 took out Jacques Villeneuve, Stanton Barrett, Dario Franchitti, and Jamie McMurray after Villeneuve got loose in turn 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Daytona 500, Daytona 500\nThe 50th annual running of the Daytona 500 was held on February 17, 2008, marking the 50th anniversary since the inaugural running in 1959. Ryan Newman won the race with teammate Kurt Busch finishing second, it marked team owner Roger Penske's first win on a restrictor-plate track. The win also ended Ryan Newman's 81 race winless drought in Sprint Cup Series racing. Jeff Burton led during the last restart with 3 laps left and immediately lost the lead. Tony Stewart led during the last lap but it was the Penske Racing teammates of Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch who denied Stewart the win as he tried for the 10th time to win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Auto Club 500\nThe 2008 Auto Club 500 was run on February 24 and February 25 due to rain at the newly renamed Auto Club Speedway of Southern California (previously California Speedway) in Fontana, California. Qualifying was canceled for the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series after periods of rain showers fell for most of the day on Friday. As a result, the race lineup was determined by the NASCAR rule book. The race began on late Sunday afternoon but was red flagged and eventually postponed until Monday morning. Veteran NASCAR driver Mark Martin made his 700th Sprint Cup Series start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Auto Club 500\nThe first caution of the race was brought out when Denny Hamlin lost control in turn 3 after running over some water that had seeps up through cracks in the track surface. The next caution involved a large wreck when Casey Mears spun out in turn 2 after also running over water. The wreck collected Casey's teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Auto Club 500\nReed Sorenson and Sam Hornish Jr. were also involved. Hornish hit Sorenson's car causing his car's hood to come up and hit his windshield obscuring his vision leading him to rear end the back of Casey Mears' car causing Mears' car to tumble onto its side. The race was red flagged as track workers cleaned up and tried to repair the water problem by cutting into the track. Drivers who were involved in early wrecks notably Earnhardt Jr. and Mears complained that NASCAR should not have started the race with water still seeping onto the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Auto Club 500\nEventually a seventh caution for rain put the race on hold, at 11:00 PM PT (2:00 AM ET), NASCAR decided to postpone the remaining race laps until Monday morning at 10:00 AM PT (1:00 PM ET) due to seeping water on the track. When the race resumed, it was Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson leading the race until Carl Edwards took the lead from Johnson to win his first race at Auto Club Speedway. The Nationwide Series race was run one hour after the conclusion of the Sprint Cup race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Auto Club 500\nFailed to make race as qualifying was canceled due to rain: Patrick Carpentier (#10), Mike Skinner (#27), Ken Schrader (#49), A. J. Allmendinger (#84), Burney Lamar (#08)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, UAW-Dodge 400\nThe UAW-Dodge 400 was run on March 2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch, a Las Vegas native, won the pole and led 56 laps in the race before slipping to 11th. Matt Kenseth also ran strong during the race leading 70 laps and was running third with five laps to go when he was spun by Jeff Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, UAW-Dodge 400\nGordon's car hit hard against the inside retaining wall head on at 180 miles per hour, and the wall did not have a SAFER barrier, this caused his car's radiator to fly out from the chassis into the path of oncoming traffic. Kenseth was able to recover from the spin without hitting anything. The wreck brought a red flag on lap 264 as track workers cleaned up, Jeff Gordon walked away sore from the wreck and made the point that SAFER barriers should be installed to the inside walls. Carl Edwards went on to win his second race in a row and the ninth of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, UAW-Dodge 400\nFollowing the race it was announced that the #99 car driven by Edwards had failed post-race inspection. On March 5, Edwards was docked 100 championship points with team owner Jack Roush also docked 100 owner points. Carl Edwards' crew chief Bob Osbourne was fined $100,000 and suspended for six races until April 30. As the 99 team qualified for the Chase for the Sprint Cup, the team did not receive 10 bonus points for the UAW-Dodge 400 victory used for determining the Chase seeding order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, UAW-Dodge 400\nFailed to qualify: A. J. Allmendinger (#84), Joe Nemechek (#78), John Andretti (#34), Johnny Sauter (#21; crashed on first lap)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Kobalt Tools 500\nThe Kobalt Tools 500 was held on March 9 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the pole. Carl Edwards had the car to beat along with Kyle Busch, although Edwards' engine expired late in the race. Busch would go on to lead 173 laps and win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Kobalt Tools 500\nFailed to qualify: Ken Schrader (#49), Bill Elliott (#21), Johnny Benson (#27), John Andretti (#34), Burney Lamar (#08)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Food City 500\nThe Food City 500 was held on March 16 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Qualifying was canceled due to a day-long rain on March 14, and as a result, the field was set by NASCAR's rulebook, giving Jimmie Johnson the 2007 series champion, the pole position. Jeff Burton won the race after it was extended six laps due to the green-white-checkered finish rule when Denny Hamlin had fuel pump problems on the final restart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Food City 500\nFailed to make race as qualifying was canceled due to rain: Patrick Carpentier (#10), Jeff Green (#21), John Andretti (#34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Food City 500\nAs a result of the standings after this race, two teams that were not in the Top-35 in owners points, the #83 Red Bull Toyota Camry of Brian Vickers and the #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger of Kurt Busch (owners points were given to the #77) will be locked into the Top 35 after the first five races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Goody's Cool Orange 500\nThe Goody's Cool Orange 500 was held on March 30 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Jeff Gordon won the pole. Kyle Petty failed to make the race after Dario Franchitti tied with his qualifying time, due to the fact that Franchitti was 38th in owners points and Petty was 40th, marking the first time since 2004 that he failed to make a race. Denny Hamlin won this race, the third for Toyota in Sprint Cup history. The race was notable for having 20 caution periods, the second most ever during a NASCAR Sprint Cup race; only the 22 cautions imposed at the 2005 Coca-Cola 600 has more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Goody's Cool Orange 500\nFailed to qualify: Kyle Petty (#45), Tony Raines (#08), John Andretti (#34), Joe Nemechek (#78)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Samsung 500\nThe Samsung 500 was held on April 6 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole. The race was won by Carl Edwards who started 2nd and led 123 laps. The major story of the race weekend was Michael McDowell's near head-on crash during qualifying after he lost control heading into turn 1 on his second lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Samsung 500\nMcDowell's car slammed into the turn 1 SAFER barrier and spun upside down for several hundred yards before the car began a series of at least eight barrel rolls, coming to rest at the bottom of the race track near the infield. McDowell exited the car and was ok. Qualifying was delayed 1 hour and 12 minutes as NASCAR officials assessed and repaired damage to the SAFER barrier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Samsung 500\nNOTES: 1. Race extended five laps due to a green-white-checkered finish. 2 . During post race inspection Ryan Newman's #12 car was found to be one-eighth of an inch higher beyond the allotted half-inch tolerance. As a result, Newman and car owner Roger Penske were penalized 25 championship driver and 25 championship owner points, respectively. Crew chief Roy McCauley was fined $25,000 and placed on probation until December 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Samsung 500\nFailed to qualify: Dario Franchitti (#40), Chad McCumbee (#45), Burney Lamar (#08)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Subway Fresh Fit 500\nThe Subway Fresh Fit 500 was held on April 12 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Ryan Newman won the pole. Coverage of the pre-race was interrupted when Fox switched over to cover the remaining Yankees-Red Sox baseball game. Jimmie Johnson won the race by not pitting for fuel during the last laps. The win marked Hendrick Motorsports' first win of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Aaron's 499\nThe Aaron's 499 was held April 27 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. The race marked the one-quarter mark of the season. Joe Nemechek won the pole. David Stremme substituted for Dario Franchitti, who fractured his left ankle in a hard crash during the Nationwide Series Aaron's 312 race. Kyle Busch won the race after leading only 12 laps. The race featured only eight cautions. Most of those cautions were results of one or two car incidents. However, the last caution was a result of the \"Big One\" that occurred in the final moments of the race. Because the crash occurred after the white flag had been waved, the race was allowed to finish under caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Aaron's 499\nFailed to qualify: Dave Blaney (#22), J. J. Yeley (#96), John Andretti (#34)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Crown Royal presents the Dan Lowry 400\nThe Crown Royal presents the Dan Lowry 400 was held on May 3 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Denny Hamlin won the pole and went on to lead 381 of the 400 laps. However, a leaking right-front tire caused him to fall back with 18 laps left. It then appeared that Dale Earnhardt Jr. whose last Sprint Cup win came at this race two years ago, would be able to win the race and end his winless streak. However Kyle Busch recovered from a restart failure and drove after Earnhardt Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Crown Royal presents the Dan Lowry 400\nWith 5 laps left, Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. got side-by-side and Earnhardt Jr. crashed with 3 laps left. The caution flew and the fans were angry with Kyle Busch even though it was clear and obvious that Busch was not at fault; and that he and Earnhardt Jr. were just plain, cleanly racing and refusing to lose. Earnhardt Jr. himself said on the radio and in the post-race ceremonies that Busch was not at fault but nonetheless the fans jeered Busch for the rest of the race and in the days that followed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Crown Royal presents the Dan Lowry 400\nMeanwhile, at the time of the contact RCR driver Clint Bowyer caught up with the two leaders and stole the lead from Kyle Busch. On the final restart Clint Bowyer drove off for his second NSCS victory while Kyle Busch fought Mark Martin for second place. It was Bowyer's last win in NASCAR while numbered as 07, and this win brought Chevrolet to winning the most NASCAR wins in history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Crown Royal presents the Dan Lowry 400\nThe other big story of the race was that Michael Waltrip was parked by NASCAR. With 46 laps left a caution flew when Casey Mears crashed. It was seen that Waltrip's hood was locked on Mears' rear and Waltrip was trying frantically to crash Mears. The hits caused Casey Mears to crash and bring out the yellow. Prior to the hits with Casey, Waltrip had hit the wall because of Casey's racing moves. NASCAR instantly parked Michael Waltrip causing Waltrip to face his first disqualification of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Crown Royal presents the Dan Lowry 400\nNOTE: Race was extended by eight laps due to green-white-checker finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Crown Royal presents the Dan Lowry 400\nFailed to qualify: Ken Schrader (#40), Scott Wimmer (#33), Jon Wood (#21), John Andretti (#34)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Dodge Challenger 500\nThe Dodge Challenger 500 was run May 10 at the newly repaved Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Greg Biffle won the pole, breaking Ward Burton's long standing pole speed by 5.6\u00a0mph (9.0\u00a0km/h), mostly due to the repaved surface on the track. Kyle Busch was the winner of the race. this would be the last race under the \"Dodge Challenger 500\" name; next year the race will return to the original name of the Southern 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Sprint All-Star Race XXIV\nSprint All-Star Race XXIV and the Sprint Showdown were both held on May 17 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in the Charlotte, North Carolina suburb of Concord. This non-points race involved winners of the 2007 and 2008 season, along with past Sprint Cup champions and All-Star Race winners from the past decade (1998 through 2007) plus the top two finishing drivers of the Sprint Showdown and a driver voted in by fans from the Showdown whose car had to be raceable. On the line was $1,000,000 in prize money for the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Sprint All-Star Race XXIV\nKasey Kahne finished fifth in the Showdown and was voted into the All-Star event and went onto capture the victory, becoming the third driver to qualify from the preliminary race and win the main event and the first chosen by the fan vote to do the same. The only cautions the race had was after all 4 segments ended which was 4 cautions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Coca-Cola 600\nNASCAR's longest race in terms of distance, the Coca-Cola 600 was run on May 25 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. Kyle Busch won the pole. Tony Stewart led the race in the final laps after making a pit stop for fuel only, but with three laps remaining Stewart blew a tire giving the lead to Kasey Kahne who was running five seconds behind. Kahne and Greg Biffle finished first and second respectively for the second week in a row. Kahne became the first driver to win the Coca-Cola 600 and the All-Star Race in the same year since Jimmie Johnson in 2003, and the sixth overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Coca-Cola 600\nFailed to qualify: Jeff Green (#34), Stanton Barrett (#50), Jon Wood (#21), Joe Nemechek (#78), Tony Raines (#08)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Best Buy 400\nThe Best Buy 400 was held on June 1 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Greg Biffle won the pole. A wreck on lap 17 ruined the day for championship contenders Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer, and Kasey Kahne. The wreck occurred when Elliott Sadler made slight contact with David Gilliland, Sadler's car spun out and blocked traffic down the narrow backstretch. Polesitter Greg Biffle dominated the early laps leading 164 of them. Although an alternator problem on lap 170 forced Biffle to relinquish his lead to teammate Carl Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0050-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Best Buy 400\nBiffle switched batteries and kept going, although he was forced to leave the cooling fans off inside his car. In the final 153 laps there were no cautions allowing Kyle Busch to build a lead over 8 seconds to second place runner Carl Edwards. Busch took the lead from Edwards during green-flag pit stops that ended on lap 237. Only the top six cars managed to stay on the lead lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Pocono 500\nThe Pocono 500 was held on June 8 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Kasey Kahne won the pole, he went on to win the race. Starting with Pocono TNT started its six race broadcast schedule. Kyle Busch qualified tenth but in the second practice hit the wall and started from the back. He finished dead last after a crash with Jamie McMurray, but had a big enough cushion in the standings to remain in first place over Jeff Burton by 21 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, LifeLock 400\nThe LifeLock 400 was held on June 15 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Qualifying was cancelled because of rain after twelve drivers took times, and the field was set by the NASCAR rulebook. With a green-white-checkered finish extending the race, and fuel economy usage, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his first points paying race in 76 attempts in the first win by a driver from North Carolina in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race since October 2006 at Talladega when Brian Vickers won; ironically, Vickers won for Earnhardt's new team, Hendrick Motorsports. It also marked the first time a Chevrolet has gone to victory lane in the last 14 Sprint Cup races there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, LifeLock 400\nFailed to make race as qualifying was cancelled due to rain: Jason Leffler (#70), Tony Raines (#34).NOTES: 1. Race extended three laps due to green-white-checkered finish.2. The #87 Denver Mattress car driven by Kenny Wallace as well as the #08 car without a driver were withdrawn earlier in the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Toyota/Save Mart 350\nThe first of two road course races on the schedule, the Toyota/Save Mart 350, was raced at Infineon Raceway at Sears Point in Sonoma, California on Sunday, June 22. Kasey Kahne won the pole, but Kyle Busch dominated the field again starting from the 30th position and winning. Marcos Ambrose made his NASCAR debut. He started in 7th but finished in 42nd", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Toyota/Save Mart 350\nFailed to qualify: J. J. Yeley (#96), Scott Riggs (#70), Dario Franchitti (#40), Brandon Ash (#02)NOTE: Race was extended by two laps due to green-white-checkered finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Lenox Industrial Tools 301\nThe Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was raced on Sunday, June 29 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. The big surprise was sprung in qualifying when following a rain delay of nearly two hours, Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois Patrick Carpentier won the pole position over Bobby Labonte. Another big surprise was when Kurt Busch won the race, curtailed 17 laps shy of the scheduled distance as severe thunderstorms hit the area under the seventh and final caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Lenox Industrial Tools 301\nNOTE: Race was cut short to 283 laps due to rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Coke Zero 400\nThe Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola was held on July 5 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Martin Truex Jr.'s car was seized by NASCAR, after the roof template would not fit during opening day technical inspection. Penalties of 150 owner and driver points penalties and a $100,000 fine along with his crew chief and his assistant (car chief) were both suspended for six races being announced on July 8. Paul Menard won the pole, the first of his Sprint Cup career. Tony Stewart became extremely ill on lap 73 and was replaced by former teammate J. J. Yeley. Kyle Busch won his sixth race of the season and the tenth of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Coke Zero 400\nNOTE: Race was extended two laps under a green-white-checkered finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Coke Zero 400\nFailed to qualify: Scott Riggs (#66), J. J. Yeley (#96)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, LifeLock.com 400\nThe second half of the season began with the LifeLock.com 400, held under the lights for the first time on July 12 at Chicagoland Speedway in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Joilet. It also served as the conclusion of TNT's Summer Series schedule. Qualifying was cancelled due to rain, so the field was set by NASCAR's rulebook. Points leader Kyle Busch won his seventh race of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, LifeLock.com 400\nFailed to make race as qualifying was cancelled due to rain: Johnny Sauter (#08) and Tony Raines (#34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Allstate 400 at The Brickyard\nThe Allstate 400 at The Brickyard, kicking off ESPN and ABC's portion of the schedule, was run on July 27 at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Indianapolis suburb of Speedway, Indiana. Jimmie Johnson won the pole and then the race, which was slowed by nine out of eleven competition cautions because of extreme tire wear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Allstate 400 at The Brickyard\nFailed to qualify: Bill Elliott (#21), Johnny Sauter (#08), Tony Raines (#34), Stanton Barrett (#50)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500\nThe Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 was held on August 3 of this year at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. For the second straight week, Jimmie Johnson won the pole, but this time, it was Carl Edwards getting the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Centurion Boats at The Glen\nThe Centurion Boats at The Glen, the second and final road course race of the season, was held on August 10 at Watkins Glen International in the New York village of said racetrack. Qualifying was canceled due to rain, and the field was set by the rulebook. Kyle Busch swept both road races with his eighth Cup win and sixteenth overall in all three major series, and clinched the top position in the Chase for the Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Centurion Boats at The Glen\nFailed to make race as qualifying was cancelled due to rain: Boris Said (#60) and Brian Simo (#34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, 3M Performance 400\nThe 3M Performance 400 was held August 19 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Team Red Bull's first pole position was earned by Brian Vickers in qualifying. A veritable parade of Roush Fenway Racing was led by race winner Carl Edwards, as four of the top five were all from the RFR stable and all five made the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Sharpie 500\nThe Sharpie 500 was held August 23 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Carl Edwards, the defending race champion, would start on the pole and in the process, wrapped up a position in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. He then would go on to win the race, but on-track fireworks ensued afterwards when runner up Kyle Busch, whom Edwards would pass with 30 laps to go on a bump and run, bumped Edwards on the cooldown lap. Edwards then turned Busch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Sharpie 500\nFailed to qualify: Jeff Green (#34), Johnny Sauter (#08), Patrick Carpentier (#10), Stanton Barrett (#50).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Pepsi 500\nThe Pepsi 500 was held on August 31 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. As part of the 2009 NASCAR realignment, this became the final race to be held here on Labor Day weekend. In 2009, this race becomes part of the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup, taking over the spot occupied for the fall race at Talladega Superspeedway, and was to have concluded ESPN's portion of the television schedule. Jimmie Johnson took the pole position, and dominated the race to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Chevy Rock & Roll 400\nThe final \"regular season\" race, the Chevy Rock and Roll 400, was scheduled to have been held on Saturday, September 6 at Richmond International Raceway in Henrico County, Virginia. However, Tropical Storm Hanna forced a postponement to Sunday, September 7 in the afternoon and television was moved from ABC to ESPN due to prior commitments to carry an WNBA game and an IndyCar Series race from Chicago, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0072-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Chevy Rock & Roll 400\nThis race set the field for the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup with the top 12 drivers becoming eligible, and having their points reset to 5,000 with a ten-point bonus for each win they earned in the first 26 races of the season. As Hanna canceled qualifying for the race, the field was set by rulebook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2008 season races, Chevy Rock & Roll 400\nFailed to make race as qualifying was canceled due to rain: Joey Logano (#02), Sterling Marlin (#09), Tony Raines (#34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sylvania 300\nThe first race of the 2008 Chase, and the 27th race of the season, the Sylvania 300, was run September 14 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Qualifying was canceled due to rain, so for the second week in a row, NASCAR's rulebook set the field. While Kyle Busch suffered mechanical problems with a bad sway bar, Greg Biffle won his first race since last October. Joey Logano made his NASCAR debut, finishing 32nd", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sylvania 300\nFailed to make race as qualifying was canceled due to rain: Tony Raines (#34) and Carl Long (#46). NOTE: The #02 car, which was to have been driven by Joey Logano was withdrawn as he was entered in the #96 ride.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Camping World RV 400\nThe Camping World RV 400, the second race in the 2008 Chase and the 28th race overall, was run September 21 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Jeff Gordon won his third pole of the season, but it was Greg Biffle winning his second straight race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Camping World RV 400\nFailed to qualify: Chad Chaffin (#34), Johnny Sauter (#08), Stanton Barrett (#50).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman\nThe Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman, the third race in the Chase and the 29th overall this season, is scheduled for September 28 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Juan Pablo Montoya won his first NSCS pole for this race, however, he was disqualified and placed in the back of the field because of illegal shock absorbers that exceeded the maximum allowed by NASCAR, and Jimmie Johnson, who was second, was awarded the pole and went on to win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 98], "content_span": [99, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, AMP Energy 500\nThe AMP Energy 500, the fourth race in the 2008 Chase and the 30th overall in the season, was held on October 5 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Tony Stewart won the race, his first victory of the 2008 season, ending a winless streak of 43 races. Travis Kvapil pulled off a \"Talladega Surprise\" and won the pole position. In a race that saw a record 64 lead changes among 28 drivers, Regan Smith crossed the finish line in first place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0079-0001", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, AMP Energy 500\nHowever, he was dropped to 18th place (the last position on the lead lap) for illegally passing eventual winner Stewart in the tri-oval by driving below the yellow line on the inside of the track, which is prohibited at restrictor plate tracks. This race will be moved to November 1, 2009 as part of the 2009 NASCAR Schedule Realignment and the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway will be run in this spot next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, AMP Energy 500\nFailed to qualify: Patrick Carpentier (#10) Sam Hornish Jr. (#77). NOTES: 1. The #08 car, which was to have been driven by Boris Said, was withdrawn earlier in the week.2. Race extended two laps due to green-white-checker finish rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Bank of America 500\nThe Bank of America 500, the sole night race on the Chase schedule which marks its halfway point and the 31st overall race of the season, was held Saturday night, October 11 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in the Charlotte, North Carolina suburb of Concord. Qualifying was cancelled due to rain and the field was set by the rulebook for the eighth time this season. Jimmie Johnson was the polesitter, while Jeff Burton won the race and became a contender in the 2008 Chase once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Bank of America 500\nFailed to make race as qualifying was cancelled due to rain: Brad Keselowski (#25), Bryan Clauson (#40), Derrike Cope (#75), Scott Speed (#82).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Tums QuikPak 500\nThe Tums QuikPak 500, race number six in the Chase for the Sprint Cup and the 32nd overall race of the season, was held on October 19 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Qualifying was cancelled due to rain, and the field was set by the rulebook for a record ninth time this season. Jimmie Johnson was the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Tums QuikPak 500\nNOTE: Race extended four laps due to green-white-checker finish rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Tums QuikPak 500\nFailed to make race as qualifying was cancelled due to rain: Sterling Marlin (#09), Derrike Cope (#75).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Tums QuikPak 500\nFollowing the race at NASCAR's Research and Development Center, an inspection found that Team Red Bull's #83 Toyota, driven by Brian Vickers, had sheet metal that was thinner than required. As a result, crew chief Kevin Hamlin and car chief Craig Smokstad were suspended indefinitely, Hamlin was fined $100,000 and the team lost 150 owner and driver points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Pep Boys Auto 500\nThe Pep Boys Auto 500, the seventh race in the Chase and the 33rd overall event this season, was scheduled to be raced on Sunday, October 26 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. As part of the 2009 schedule realignment, the race will be run in 2009 on Labor Day weekend and be replaced in the Chase schedule by the Pepsi 500 in Fontana, California while the date for this race will be used to run the AMP Energy 500 in Talladega, Alabama. For the third consecutive race and 10th overall this season, qualifying was cancelled because of rain, which meant Jimmie Johnson would be on the pole as NASCAR's rulebook set the field once again. Carl Edwards won his 7th race of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Pep Boys Auto 500\nFailed to make race as qualifying was cancelled due to rain: Joey Logano (#02), Bryan Clauson (#40)NOTE: The #08 car, which was to have been driven by Johnny Sauter, was withdrawn earlier in the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Dickies 500\nThe Dickies 500, the third-to-last race in the Chase and the season (race eight in the Chase and race 34 in the overall season) was held on November 2 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Jeff Gordon won his fourth pole of the year and his first at the track. Carl Edwards won his second consecutive race at the track making it his eighth win of the season. Brad Keselowski made his NASCAR debut, finishing 19th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Dickies 500\nFailed to qualify: Johnny Sauter (#08), Max Papis (#13), Bryan Clauson (#40), Chad McCumbee (#45), Tony Raines (#70)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500\nThe Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, serving as the penultimate Chase (ninth) and season (35th) race, was held on Sunday, November 9, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Jimmie Johnson increase his Championship lead by winning the race and leading the majority of it. The race was delayed for just over an hour due to a light rain shower at lap 44, and a 9 car pileup on lap 273.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500\nNOTE: Race extended one lap due to green-white-checker finish rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Ford 400\nThe 2008 season and Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship ended at Homestead, Florida's Homestead-Miami Speedway with the final race of the season, the Ford 400 on November 16, 2008. Carl Edwards won his ninth race of the season. Also, after 14 straight seasons with at least one victory from 1994 to 2007, Jeff Gordon failed to keep his winning streak alive in 2008. It would be first time that he didn't win a race since his rookie year in 1993. His 14-season winning streak of at least one race came to a total of 81 wins. His best finish in the 2008 season was 2nd place twice (Martinsville in March, and Texas in November).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Ford 400\nFailed to qualify: Max Papis (#13) Sam Hornish Jr. (#77), Ken Schrader (#96)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship\nBold\u00a0- Pole position awarded by time. Italics\u00a0- Pole position set by owner's points standings. *\u00a0\u2013 Most laps led.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship\n\u2020 \u2013 Dario Franchitti had originally qualified for the race, but was replaced by David Stremme due to injuries sustained from a crash during the Nationwide Series race the day before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Results and standings, Deductions\nThe following drivers (and teams) were penalized both drivers and owners points for violations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Results and standings, Deductions\nRobby Gordon was originally docked 100 points following the Daytona 500 for use of an illegal nose on his car; however, on March 5, the points were given back to his drivers and owners points total, but the team was fined $150,000 instead of $100,000 for said infraction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Manufacturers' Championship\nChevrolet won the NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship with 11 wins and 219 points for the season, over second place Ford who also had 11 wins, but only 215 points. Toyota finished third with 207 points, and Dodge fourth with 151 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197809-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Rookie of the Year\nThe primary contenders for the Rookie title were Regan Smith and former Indy 500 winner Sam Hornish Jr. Smith became the first rookie driver to complete all races entered and nearly won the fall race at Talladega. Hornish meanwhile struggled to quickly adapt to stock cars but finished 7 points behind Smith. Canadian Patrick Carpentier missed the Daytona 500 but won the pole at New Hampshire. Road racer Michael McDowell ran 20 races for Michael Waltrip Racing. 2007 Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti managed to run the first 8 races before an injury during the Talladega Nationwide Series race, coupled with owner Chip Ganassi shutting down the No. 40 team, ended Franchitti's bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game\nThe 2008 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 17, 2008, during the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2007\u201308 season. It was the 57th edition of the NBA All-Star Game, and was played at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana, home of the New Orleans Hornets. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference, 134\u2013128. LeBron James was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, his second time winning the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game\nThis was the first NBA All-Star Game that was hosted by New Orleans, and was the city's first major professional sporting event (outside of regular season games) since the area was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The city was awarded in an announcement by commissioner David Stern on May 22, 2006. The other reported contenders for the 2008 contest was Air Canada Centre at Toronto, who withdrew the bid early in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game\nThe East led early but blew a 16-point lead in the fourth quarter; ultimately, they pulled out the win due to the strength of Ray Allen and James. Allen scored 28 points in the game, 14 of them coming in the deciding quarter, and James finished with a near triple-double of 27 points, nine assists, and eight rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game\nThe inaugural NBA Development League Dream Factory Friday Night was modeled after the popular NBA All-Star Saturday Night. It included perennial NBA fan favorite events such as a Three-Point Shootout and Slam Dunk competition, while introducing H.O.R.S.E. and an interactive game of Hot-Shot with fans. Twelve D-League players, including an NBA-assigned player and five others with NBA experience, took to Center Court to showcase their skills throughout the evening's competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game\nAll of the 2008 All-Star participants joined over 2,500 members of the NBA Family for the NBA Cares All-Star Day of Service. The volunteers participated in a variety of service projects at ten different sites throughout New Orleans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Eastern Conference roster\nThe Boston Celtics, the team with the league's best record, came into New Orleans with three players. Kevin Garnett, top vote-getter in the league with 2,399,148 votes, was selected as a starter, while Paul Pierce and Ray Allen (replacing injured Washington Wizards forward Caron Butler) were selected as reserves by the coaches of the Eastern Conference Garnett did not play due to injury and Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh replaced him as starting power forward. Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace replaced Chris Bosh as the backup power forward. The Pistons, who at the time had the second-best record in the league, also had guards Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton participating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Eastern Conference roster\nCleveland Cavaliers small forward LeBron James and Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade started for the fourth straight year and fourth overall for the East with two million votes each. Center Dwight Howard was voted to be a starting All-Star for the first time in his career after averaging 22 points and 15 rebounds for the first half of the season. Shaquille O'Neal was not voted in as a center for the first time in 15 years. Jason Kidd was voted in as the starting point guard for the East amid speculation that he would be traded to the Western conference (Dallas Mavericks).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Western Conference roster\nLos Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, 2007 All-Star MVP, was the top vote-getter in the West with nearly 2,000,500. However days before the game, he was examined by Lakers' doctors and revealed a torn ligament in his right pinky finger. Deciding to put off required surgery until after the season, the Lakers appealed to the league to replace Bryant but league policy stated Bryant must play after playing in the last game before the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Western Conference roster\nDenver Nuggets guard Allen Iverson was voted an All-Shooting Star for the second time since moving to Denver. Along with him, teammate Carmelo Anthony earned a starting nod at forward. Power forward Tim Duncan made his tenth straight appearance and center Yao Ming his sixth (Yao Ming was voted to All-Star Game 2007 but did not play). Three teams, Denver Nuggets,  Phoenix Suns, and New Orleans Hornets, had two representations at the All-Star Game with Iverson/Anthony, Nash/Stoudemire, and Paul/West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Rosters\nUnable to participate due to injury. Chris Bosh was named to the starting lineup due to a Kevin Garnett injury Unable to participate due to injury. Ray Allen was named to the roster in place of Caron Butler. Unable to participate due to injury. Rasheed Wallace was named to the roster in place of Kevin Garnett. Kobe Bryant played three minutes due to ligament tear in pinky", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Coaches\nThe Eastern Conference team was coached by Doc Rivers of the Boston Celtics. He clinched it nearly a month before the game on January 21, against the New York Knicks. The Celtics entered All-Star Weekend with a 41\u20139 record, the best record and win percentage in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Coaches\nThe Western Conference team was coached by Byron Scott of the New Orleans Hornets. Scott clinched the coaching spot on January 31, when the Dallas Mavericks lost to the Boston Celtics in Boston. The Hornets entered All-Star Weekend with a 36\u201315 record, and the best winning percentage in the Conference at .706.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, T-Mobile Rookie Challenge\nThe Sophomores defeated the Rookies 136\u2013109. During the first half of the game Daniel Gibson tied the record of Kyle Korver by hitting seven three-pointers (Korver's record was for the entire game). He later set the whole-game record in the second half with eleven total three-pointers, finishing the game shooting 11\u201320 from three-point range. Gibson was named MVP of the game, finishing with 33 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Sprite Slam Dunk Contest\nGerald Green returned to defend his crown won in last year's All-Star game. Young NBA stars Rudy Gay, Dwight Howard and Jamario Moon were also invited. What made the Slam Dunk contest unique in 2008 was the introduction of the fan vote. While judges (in this particular contest, Karl Malone, Magic Johnson, Julius Erving, Darryl Dawkins and Dominique Wilkins) still scored dunks on a scale from one to fifty and selected those who would move on to the next round, fans had the last word.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Sprite Slam Dunk Contest\nNBA viewers for the first time could decide the winner of the Sprite Slam Dunk contest, under the tag line \"They Dunk. You Decide.\" For five minutes after the final round, polls were open on NBA.com and through SMS TXT and the dunker with the most votes at the end of the time limit was the winner. Dwight Howard won the contest, grabbing 78% of fan votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout\nJason Kapono became the first back-to-back winner of the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout since Peja Stojakovi\u0107 won in 2002 and 2003. Kapono also tied the all-time record set in 1986 by Craig Hodges by scoring 25 points in the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 74], "content_span": [75, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout\nKobe Bryant was looking to be the first player to win a Slam Dunk contest and a Three-Point Shootout title until he was replaced by Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 74], "content_span": [75, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, PlayStation Skills Challenge\nUtah Jazz guard Deron Williams won the Skills Challenge, with a first round time of 31.2 seconds and a record finish in 25.5 in his second run. For the first time since 2005, Dwyane Wade did not win the contest. He finished with a low 53.9 seconds, ending his streak at two. Jason Kidd, winner of the event in 2003, finished at 40 seconds. Chris Paul advanced to the finals with 29.9 seconds in the first go-around, but failed to match Williams in the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 70], "content_span": [71, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Haier Shooting Stars Competition\nAfter an impressive run in the first round, Team San Antonio took care of business in the finals of the 2008 Haier Shooting Stars challenge against Team Chicago, as Duncan drained a half-court shot to give the Texas threesome a time of 35.8 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 74], "content_span": [75, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, D-League All-Star, D-League All-Star Game\nTwenty of the NBA Development League's top players were selected to the D-League All-Star Game rosters by a combination of fan balloting on the official D-League website and voting by the 14 head coaches of D-League teams. The selections were divided up into two teams, the Red Team and the Blue Team, by members of the NBA and NBA D-League's Basketball Operations staff. Players who have been selected by coaches and fans must be on an active roster of a D-League team. Los Angeles D-Fenders head coach Dan Panaggio and Idaho Stampede head coach Bryan Gates were selected as the coach for the Blue Team and the Red Team respectively. Both coaches earned the honor by securing the best records in the D-League through January 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, D-League All-Star, D-League All-Star Game\nUnable to participate due to a call-up to the Golden State Warriors. Named as replacement for C. J. Watson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, D-League All-Star, D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, H.O.R.S.E.\nTwo preliminary rounds of two games each were played with the winners of the first two rounds competing in a final round for the title of H.O.R.S.E. Champion. Each round was capped at five minutes, and utilized a 24-second shot clock. Contestants were outfitted with a wireless microphone in order for fans to hear the player call his shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 90], "content_span": [91, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, D-League All-Star, D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, H.O.R.S.E.\nLance Allred faced Fort Wayne's Jeremy Richardson. Both players were tied at the time limit, but Allred managed to advance in sudden death when Richardson could not convert on his attempt. In the other first-round matchup, Utah Jazz assignee Morris Almond advanced over Sioux Fall's Kasib Powell, as he held an H-O advantage at the time limit. In the final, Allred earned the victory over Almond when he sank a bank shot from just outside the elbow, leaving Almond facing an H-O deficit as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 90], "content_span": [91, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, D-League All-Star, D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, Hot-Shot\nHot-Shot contestants took to the floor to compete in a race against the clock to score the most points with the help of a D-League fan. Each team had one minute to tally the highest score from four designated shooting spots on the court, including a one-point layup, a two-point foul shot, a three-pointer from behind the arc, and a five-point half-court shot, with the fan only eligible to shoot from the lay-up position. Two teams competed simultaneously, one on each end of the court, during the first round with the winners advancing to a final round of head-to-head competition where the stakes were high \u2013 the fan from the winning squad had an opportunity to be a judge in the Slam Dunk Contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 88], "content_span": [89, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, D-League All-Star, D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, Hot-Shot\nIn the first round, Bakersfield's Andre Barrett came out on top with a total of 24 while Dakota's Carlos Powell checked in second with 23 points. Billy Thomas (20 points) and Randy Livingston (5 points) were eliminated after the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 88], "content_span": [89, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, D-League All-Star, D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, Hot-Shot\nIn the second and final round, Powell and his teammate Will, a New Orleans resident, won the title with a total of 24, edging Barrett and company's total of 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 88], "content_span": [89, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, D-League All-Star, D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, Three-Point Shootout\nEach contestant had 60 seconds to sink up to 21 three-pointers from seven shooting stations assembled around the three-point line. Each station had two orange balls (worth one point each) and one \"money\" ball (worth two points) which may  only be attempted after both orange balls have been shot. Fans enjoyed one preliminary round and a championship round featuring the contestants with the top two scores from the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 100], "content_span": [101, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, D-League All-Star, D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, Three-Point Shootout\nAdam Harrington dominated the contest, posting the highest score of all four competitors in the first round, and then edging Kaniel Dickens in the final round to earn the victory. Dickens advanced to the final via a 30-second shootout with Josh Gross after two players tied for the second best total in the opening round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 100], "content_span": [101, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, D-League All-Star, D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, Slam Dunk Contest\nThe Slam Dunk Contest, which consisted of two rounds of two dunks each, began with each dunker submitting his top two dunks and selecting a fan from the crowd who chose the first dunk to be performed in the first round of competition. A composite total of the scores from the first round of dunks of competition was tallied for each dunker and the dunkers with the two highest scores competed in a championship round consisting of two dunk attempts. Contestants were allowed one replacement dunk per attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 97], "content_span": [98, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, D-League All-Star, D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, Slam Dunk Contest\nThe Idaho Stampede pair of Brent Petway and Mike Taylor emerged from the first round and headed to the finals. Petway emerged as the victor after he completed a spectacular through-the-legs dunk that brought down the house at Jam Session and earned a perfect 50 score. Taylor attempted to counter with a show-stopping dunk of his own, but failed to convert on his two allotted attempts. Fort Wayne's Eric Smith and Iowa's Doug Thomas also performed some impressive dunks, but did not record high enough scores from the judges to advance to the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 97], "content_span": [98, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, Broadcast, Television, NBA on TNT\nThe Turner Broadcasting Network televised the game for the fifth straight year in the United States. The game was called by NBA on TNT commentators Marv Albert, Reggie Miller and Doug Collins. TNT also televised the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, PlayStation Skills Challenge, Footlocker Three-Point Shootout and the Haier Shooting Stars Competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 57], "content_span": [58, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, Broadcast, Television, ESPN\nESPN televised the McDonald's All-Star Celebrity Game on February 15. The event was simulcast on ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile and ESPN Radio. Although the All-Star game was not broadcast on ESPN, the game was on ESPN Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, Broadcast, Television, NBA TV\nBeginning the week of the All-Star game, February 11, NBA TV aired tributes to moments in All-Star game history, including a top-10 list, highlights and greatest moments. NBA TV aired the Basketball Hall of Fame Finalist Friday, February 15. The network also provided the behind-the-scenes practices of the East and West rosters, the NBA D-League All-Star game, and pregame and postgame coverage of the All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197810-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA All-Star Game, Broadcast, Television, International\nThe NBA vastly increased the global appeal of the All-Star Game, allowing 123 broadcasters to air the games in 215 countries in more than 40 languages. NBA TV covered All-Star weekend to another record 80 countries. Most foreign major sports networks aired the All-Star game live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197811-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Development League draft\nThe 2008 NBA Development League Draft was the seventh NBA Development League draft. It was held on November 7, 2008 at 7:00pm Eastern Time. The Tulsa 66ers selected the 6'9\" forward Chris Richard with the first overall pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197812-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Development League expansion draft\nThe 2008 NBA Development League expansion draft was the third expansion draft of the National Basketball Association Development League\u00a0(NBADL). The draft was held on September 24, 2008, so that the newly founded Reno Bighorns and Erie BayHawks could acquire players for the upcoming 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197812-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Development League expansion draft\nA random drawing determined who was awarded the first pick, which went to the Reno Bighorns. The teams switched their draft order each succeeding round. The available players to draft came from a list of 55 unprotected players who had competed in the NBADL in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197812-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Development League expansion draft\nThe first overall draft pick in the expansion draft was Damone Brown, a 6\u00a0ft 9\u00a0in (2.06\u00a0m) guard who had played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce the season before. Brown had played collegiately at Syracuse and then spent three years playing professional basketball before his 2008 NBADL Expansion Draft selection. He was also one of three players to have also been chosen in an NBA Draft (2001); the others include Randy Livingston (1996) and Dahntay Jones (2003). Two players, Livingston and Brian Chase, had previously been selected as NBA Development League All-Stars. Chase was a 2007 All-Star, while Livingston earned the honor in 2008. The only non-American player chosen was Mustafa Al-Sayyad, who was born in Khartoum, Sudan and played college basketball at Fresno State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 819]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197813-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Europe Live Tour\nThe 2008 NBA Europe Live Tour was a basketball exhibition tour featuring teams from the NBA, as a part of the NBA Global Games. The hosting countries were England, France, Germany and Spain. The NBA teams traveled to Europe to play preseason games against each other from October 9 to October 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals\nThe 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2007\u201308 NBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Boston Celtics, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, four games to two in a best-of-seven series. This was Boston's first title since 1986 during the Larry Bird era and 17th overall. This series was held from June 5 through June 17, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals\n2008 marked the first time since 2000 (and last prior to 2016) that the top seeds from both conferences met in the Finals and the first time since 2003 that any top seeded team played in the NBA finals. The Lakers appeared in the Finals for the first time since 2004 and a record 29th time overall. The Celtics appeared in the Finals for the first time since 1987 and second-best 20th time overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals\nThe 2008 Boston Celtics championship team was famously led by the organization's \"Big 3\" in Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett, and was the first season the triumvirate played together. Prior to acquiring Allen from the Seattle SuperSonics and Garnett from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a blockbuster 7-to-1 player trade, Boston had won just 24 of its 82 games in the 2006\u201307 NBA regular season. The formation of the All-Star trifecta in the summer of 2007 positioned the new-look Celtics as a popular favorite to win the 2008 NBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals\nGoing into the series, the Celtics had won the most championships of all-time with 16, and the Lakers were second with 14. The two most successful teams in NBA history looked to renew a longstanding rivalry 21 years after their last Finals meeting in 1987. They narrowly missed meeting each other in 2002, when the Lakers advanced to the Finals and went on to win, but the Celtics, who led 2\u20131 in the Conference Finals, eventually fell to the favored New Jersey Nets 4\u20132. This was the 11th time the teams met in the championship round; the Celtics won eight of their previous ten Finals meetings against the Lakers, winning in 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 and 1984\u2014the Lakers won in 1985 and 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals\nThe Celtics' 66\u201316 record gave them home court advantage over Los Angeles (57\u201325). This was the first time since 1997, when the Chicago Bulls beat the Utah Jazz for the championship, and the only time in the 2000s decade that an Eastern Conference team had the home court advantage. This was also the first NBA Finals series since 1998 to not feature Tim Duncan (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007) or Shaquille O'Neal (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals\nRodd Houston narrated the Boston Celtics' championship season documentary on NBA Entertainment. The made-for-TV version of this documentary is narrated by Kevin Harlan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Background\nThe Celtics were making their first NBA Finals appearance since a six-game loss to the Lakers in 1987. Over the next 20 years the Celtics would suffer through several lean years, not making the playoffs in nine of those years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Background\nFollowing the dissolution of the team's original \"Big Three\" through the retirements of Larry Bird and Kevin McHale and the departure of Robert Parish, the Celtics suffered through several tragedies such as: the passing of Reggie Lewis in 1993; a franchise-worst 15-win 1996\u201397 season; the ill-fated hiring of head coach Rick Pitino; and the deaths of franchise patriarch Red Auerbach and former player Dennis Johnson, which culminated in a 24-win 2006\u201307 season, highlighted by a franchise-worst 18 straight losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Background\nThe 2007 off-season saw Celtics GM Danny Ainge acquire Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett to join franchise star Paul Pierce. This new formation was widely regarded as the most talent the Boston Celtics team possessed since the duo of Antoine Walker and Paul Pierce graced the floor of the TD Garden in the early 2000s. The newly formed 'Big Three,' joined by second year point guard and future all star Rajon Rondo, led the Celtics to a dramatic 42-game turnaround, finishing with 66 wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Background\nIn the playoffs the Celtics were pushed to the brink by the Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers, and despite not winning on the road, they managed to prevail in a pair of Game 7s on their home court. The Celtics would finally break their road woes in a six-game win against the perennial Eastern Conference powerhouse Detroit Pistons, earning their first finals berth since 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Background\nAfter losing to the Pistons in the 2004 NBA Finals despite a talent-laden roster, Phil Jackson abruptly retired. Soon after the Lakers decided to rebuild by trading away Shaquille O'Neal to the Miami Heat for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant. The 2004\u201305 season saw the Lakers miss the playoffs for only the fifth time in team history. Even though he had written a book called The Last Season, going as far as calling Kobe Bryant \"uncoachable\", Jackson returned to the Lakers for the 2005\u201306 season. Jackson and Bryant would patch their differences, but after a pair of first-round exits, Bryant demanded, but later retracted, a trade in the off-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Background\nThe Lakers' 2007\u201308 season saw the team win 57 games, along the way adding Spanish forward Pau Gasol in mid-season while Andrew Bynum was recovering from a mid-season knee injury. The Lakers eliminated the Denver Nuggets 4\u20130, then the Utah Jazz 4\u20132 and then dethroned the erstwhile defending champion San Antonio Spurs 4\u20131 in the conference finals, making their 29th NBA Finals appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Background, Regular season series\nThe Boston Celtics won both games in the regular season series:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 50], "content_span": [51, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nPaul Pierce scored 15 points in the third quarter to give Boston the lead for good, and Kevin Garnett paced the Celtic attack with 24 points and 13 rebounds including a powerful two-handed putback dunk late in the game. Kobe Bryant had 24 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nPierce apparently injured his knee by falling awkwardly on Kendrick Perkins' leg, and was taken off the court in a wheelchair. Despite what Pierce's reaction suggested was a highly debilitating injury, he returned to action minutes later to raucous cheering from the crowd. Pierce admitted during coverage of the 2019 NBA Finals that he just had to use the bathroom. He soon hit two three-pointers on consecutive offensive possessions that gave Boston the lead for good and finished with 22 points. It was later dubbed by some as the \"Wheelchair Game\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe Lakers, who had had home court advantage throughout the first three rounds and had not trailed a series in that same time, now had to do without both luxuries for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nThe Lakers jumped out to an early 15\u20138 first quarter lead, but the Celtics answered with a 10\u20130 run at the start of the second quarter and ended the first half with a 54\u201342 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nThe Celtics held a 24-point lead with less than eight minutes to go in the 4th quarter before the Lakers cut the lead to two points with 38.4 seconds to go with a 31\u20139 run. Paul Pierce and James Posey then closed out the game with two free throws each. The Lakers had a chance to cut into Boston's four-point lead with 14 seconds left, but the ball failed to get into the hands of Kobe Bryant, resulting in a shot by Sa\u0161a Vuja\u010di\u0107 that was blocked by Pierce. Bryant finished the game with 30 points and 8 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nLeon Powe, a second year bench player, scored 21 points on 6\u20137 shooting from the field and 9\u201313 from the line in 15 minutes of play, including back-to-back dunks in the last minute of the 3rd quarter. Over the course of the game, Leon Powe shot 13 free throws while the Lakers shot 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nDespite injuries suffered by Pierce (sprained knee) and Kendrick Perkins (high ankle sprain), both players started in Game 2 and appeared to be mostly unhampered by the injuries, especially Pierce who finished with 28 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nBoston finished the game 27-for-38 from the line, while the Lakers were 10-for-10. Some analysts viewed this as favorable treatment toward the Celtics, while others noted that a difference in playing styles may have led to the discrepancy, and that the actual foul discrepancy was only 28\u201321 in favor of Boston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nThe Lakers won game 3 on a strong shooting night from regular season MVP Kobe Bryant, who scored a series-high 36 points, leading the Lakers to their first win of the series and adding to their undefeated streak at home in the 2008 post-season. Sa\u0161a Vuja\u010di\u0107 scored 20 points in 28 minutes, Paul Pierce had a poor shooting game, making only two of his 14 field goal attempts. Kevin Garnett also had trouble shooting, finishing with only 12 points. Ray Allen was the only member of Boston's Big Three that scored over 13 points, with 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4\nThe Lakers jumped out to a 35\u201314 lead after the first quarter, which was the largest first-quarter lead in NBA Finals history. The Lakers held their ground for most of the third quarter, leading by as many as 24 points. However, the Celtics went on a 21\u20133 run to end the third quarter, closing the deficit to only two points (73\u201371). With 4:07 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Celtics took their first lead in the game when Celtics' reserve Eddie House made an 18-foot (5.5\u00a0m) jumper. With House's shot, the Celtics were in the lead for good. The Celtics' victory in Game 4 was the largest comeback in the NBA Finals since 1971.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4\nThe Celtics bench outscored the Lakers bench 35\u201315, 29 of those points coming from House and James Posey. Kevin Garnett finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds in support of Allen (19) and Pierce (20).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nAs in Game 4, the Lakers jumped out to an early lead, leading 43\u201324 with 11 minutes to play in the second quarter. And as in Game 4, the Celtics came back, taking a 62\u201360 lead behind the strong play of Paul Pierce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nThe Lakers finally regained their composure, outscoring Boston 24\u201318 in the 3rd quarter. In previous games, the Lakers were outscored by Boston in the 3rd quarter (22\u201331 in Game 1, 19\u201329 in Game 2, 17\u201325 in Game 3, and 15\u201331 in Game 4) by a total of 43 points (73\u2013116).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nThe Lakers built a 14-point lead in the 4th quarter, but the Celtics again came back with a 16\u20132 run to tie the game at 90. With less than one minute left in the game, the Celtics had the ball with the Lakers leading 97\u201395. Pierce beat Bryant off the drive, but Bryant knocked the ball out of Pierce's hands from behind. Lamar Odom picked up the loose ball and passed downcourt to Bryant for a breakaway dunk, giving the Lakers a 99\u201395 lead. The Lakers went on to win 103\u201398, sending the series back to Boston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nKobe Bryant had 25 points, to go with five steals. Pau Gasol contributed 19 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists, Odom 20 points and 11 rebounds. For Boston, Pierce had a memorable 38 point effort, but outside of Allen (16 points) and Garnett (13 points and 14 rebounds) did not receive enough support from his teammates to clinch the championship at Staples.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nAs for the odds stacked against the Lakers to come back from a 3\u20131 deficit, Jackson said, \"We're young enough and dumb enough to do this.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 6\nEntering Game 6, the Celtics set a record of most playoff games played in one season, with 26, breaking the previous record of 25 set by both the 1994 New York Knicks, whom Celtics Coach Doc Rivers played for, and the 2005 Detroit Pistons, both of whom lost in their respective finals in seven games (Knicks in 1994, Pistons in 2005). However, for the 1994 Knicks, the first round was a best-of-five. Since the NBA Finals used the 2-3-2 format from 1985 until 2013, no team has ever won the last two games on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 6\nAfter a rocky first quarter, the Celtics dominated the rest of the game. Maintaining a lead of more than 25 points, the Celtics' Big Three performed phenomenally, while the whole team smothered the Lakers' offense with their tight defense. Boston dominated in numerous statistical categories, including rebounds (48\u201329, with a 14\u20132 disparity in offensive boards), turnovers (7\u201319), steals (18\u20134), assists (33\u201316) and blocks (4\u20130). Five Celtics finished in double figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 6\nRay Allen hit seven three-pointers to tie what was then the Finals record (which he subsequently broke during the 2010 NBA Finals against the Lakers during game two), Rajon Rondo had an all-around spectacular performance (21 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 steals), the Celtics only turned the ball over seven times and set a Finals record with 18 steals, and every Boston player who saw action scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 6\nThe 39-point margin of victory was the largest ever in an NBA championship-clinching game, breaking the old record of 33, also set by the Celtics over the Lakers in Game Five of the 1965 NBA Finals, 129\u201396. This lead was close to the Finals point-spread record set in Game 3 in 1998 where a Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls team beat the Utah Jazz by 42 points, 96\u201354. The Celtics also improved their overall record against the Lakers to 9\u20132 in Finals meetings, beating them in the Finals for the first time since 1984.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 6\nThis was the Celtics' 17th championship, their first since 1986, extending their record for most NBA championships won by a single team. All this capped off the Celtics' best regular season (66\u201316) since their previous championship season in which they went 67\u201315. It was also a sense of relief, as the Celtics set an NBA record for most playoff games ever needed to win a championship, with 26, surpassing the previous record of 24 by the Lakers in 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 6\nThe Celtics' win was also seen as an addition to the recent success of Boston-area sports teams, following the wins by the New England Patriots in Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, and XXXIX (2001, 2003 and 2004 seasons) and the Red Sox's World Series wins in 2004 (death of the Curse of the Bambino) and 2007. Later, the Bruins would win the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, the Red Sox would win two more World Series titles in 2013, and in 2018, and the Patriots would win three more Super Bowls XLIX, LI, and LIII (2014, 2016, and 2018 seasons).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 6\nThe Celtics won this series by winning Games 1, 2, 4, and 6; coincidentally, the last time the two teams met in 1987, the Lakers won that series in identical fashion. It was also the same identical fashion when the Celtics won the NBA Finals in 1986 before this championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Broadcasting\nProduced by ESPN, the Finals were aired on ABC in the United States for the sixth consecutive year. This was also Michele Tafoya's final Finals appearance before resigning before the 2008\u201309 season. As an NBA Finals sideline reporter, Tafoya was later succeeded by Doris Burke, Rachel Nichols, and Malika Andrews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Broadcasting, International broadcasts\nAside from ABC (U.S.) and TSN (Canada), other broadcasters across the world covered the Finals:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 55], "content_span": [56, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Aftermath\nIn the 2008\u201309 season the Celtics raced to a 27\u20132 start, the best through 29 games in NBA history, until that fateful finals rematch against the Lakers on Christmas Day ended a franchise-high 19-game winning streak. Then days after the All-Star Game Kevin Garnett injured his right knee, and was lost for the season. The Celtics won 62 games, but the absence of Garnett affected the team as they were eliminated in seven games by the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Aftermath\nThe Lakers rebounded to win 65 games in the aforementioned season, then proceeded to win the NBA title in five games over the Magic. Even though another mid-season injury to Andrew Bynum threatened their title drive, he did come back late in the season. The Lakers became the first team since the 1988\u201389 Pistons to win the NBA Finals after losing it in the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Aftermath\nBoth teams would eventually meet again in 2010 where the Lakers defeated the Celtics in seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197814-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA Finals, Aftermath\nThe Celtics' 17th championship raised the total of major professional sports championships in Boston to 32, and it continued a string of championships for the city this decade. The NFL's New England Patriots won the Super Bowl in 2001, 2003 and 2004, and nearly won a fourth on Super Bowl XLII, only to have a perfect season denied by the New York Giants four months earlier. Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox won their second World Series title of the decade eight months earlier, adding their total to seven. With the NHL's Boston Bruins winning the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, the city of Boston became the first city to win championships in all four major sports in a seven-year span. The city's total title tally now stands at 38.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA draft\nThe 2008 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2008 at the Washington Mutual Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, including international players from non-North American professional leagues. According to the NBA, 44 players, 39 collegiate players and five international players, filed as early-entry candidates for the 2008 NBA Draft. These numbers do not include players who are automatically eligible for the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA draft\nThe Chicago Bulls, who had a 1.7 percent probability of obtaining the first selection, won the NBA Draft Lottery on May 22. The Bulls' winning of the lottery was the second-largest upset in NBA Draft Lottery history behind the Orlando Magic, who won it in 1993 with just a 1.5% chance. The Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves obtained the second and third picks respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA draft\nFor the first time in draft history the first three draft picks were all freshmen. The Chicago Bulls used the first overall pick to draft Chicago native Derrick Rose from the University of Memphis, who later went on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, making him the first player to be drafted first overall and to win Rookie of the Year since LeBron James in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA draft\nThe Miami Heat used the second pick to draft Michael Beasley from Kansas State University, and the Minnesota Timberwolves used the third pick to draft O.J. Mayo from The University of Southern California. The Seattle Supersonics used their 4th overall pick to draft Russell Westbrook, who would go on to win the 2017 NBA MVP award and is widely considered the best player in this draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 NBA draft\nWith five players taken in the draft, the University of Kansas tied University of Connecticut (2006) and University of Florida (2007) for the record with the most players selected in the first two rounds of an NBA draft until the University of Kentucky (2012) broke the record with six players drafted. Another record was set when twelve freshmen were drafted, ten of whom were drafted in the first round. Of the players drafted, 29 are forwards, 19 are guards, and 12 are centers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA draft\nThe 2008 NBA Draft was the final time that the Seattle SuperSonics made an NBA Draft appearance, as well as the final time that the Sonics appeared in official media publications. In early July, the franchise relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder made their first NBA Draft appearance in 2009. This draft also marked the first time that an NBA D-League player was drafted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA draft, Draft selections\n^\u00a0a:\u00a0The franchise relocated to become the Oklahoma City Thunder in July 2008. ^\u00a0b:\u00a0Anthony Randolph was born in West Germany to American parents and was raised in the United States. He became a naturalized citizen of Slovenia in 2017 and he has represented Slovenia internationally. ^\u00a0c:\u00a0Roy Hibbert was born in the United States to a Jamaican father and a Trinidadian mother. He had represented the United States internationally at youth level in 2007. Since 2010, he has represented Jamaica internationally. ^\u00a0d:\u00a0Kosta Koufos was born and raised in the United States to Greek parents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 32], "content_span": [33, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA draft, Draft selections\nHe has represented Greece internationally. ^\u00a0e:\u00a0Serge Ibaka, who was born in Congo, became a naturalized citizen of Spain in 2011. He has represented Spain internationally since 2011. ^\u00a0f:\u00a0Dont\u00e9 Greene was born in West Germany to American parents. He has represented the United States internationally at youth level. ^\u00a0g:\u00a0James Gist was born in Turkey to American parents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 32], "content_span": [33, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA draft, Notable undrafted players\nThese players were not selected in the 2008 NBA Draft but have played in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA draft, Draft Lottery\nThe first 14 picks in the draft belonged to teams that had missed the playoffs; the order was determined through a lottery. The lottery determined the three teams that would obtain the first three picks on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win-loss record in the previous season. As it is commonplace in the event of identical win-loss records, the NBA performed a random drawing to break the ties on April 18, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA draft, Draft Lottery\nThe lottery was held on May 20, 2008, in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Chicago Bulls, who had the ninth-worst record, won the lottery with just a 1.7% chance to win. The Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves, with the worst and third-worst records, respectively, won the second and third picks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA draft, Draft Lottery\nBelow were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2008 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA draft, Trades involving draft picks, Draft-day trades\nThe following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 62], "content_span": [63, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197815-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA draft, Trades involving draft picks, Pre-draft trades\nPrior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 62], "content_span": [63, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs\nThe 2008 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2007\u201308 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Paul Pierce was named NBA Finals MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs\nThe playoffs were noted for the Atlanta Hawks' return after 9 years, taking the #1 seed and eventual champion Celtics to 7 games before bowing out. Also notable was the debut of the Chris Paul-led Hornets in the playoffs after Hurricane Katrina and their 7-game series against defending champions San Antonio Spurs, and the Lakers and Celtics' revitalization of their franchises, most especially after key trades during the preseason and regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs\nThe Celtics ended up playing 26 playoff games (2 games short of a full length postseason of 28), breaking the 25 game record of the 1994 Knicks and 2005 Pistons by 1 game for the most playoff games in a single season played by 1 NBA team. The Knicks, however, only played a Best-of-5 First Round, and so had 2 fewer games to accomplish that feat. Also, the top seeds from each Conference met in the NBA Finals for the first time since 2000. The 2008 Finals was also the first since 1998 to feature neither Shaquille O'Neal nor Tim Duncan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs\nThe Golden State Warriors won 48 games, more than 5 of the 8 playoff teams in the Eastern Conference. However, all eight qualifiers in the Western Conference finished with at least 50 wins, thus leaving the Warriors out of the postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Eastern Conference\nThe following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Western Conference\nThe following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Bracket\nThis was the outlook for the 2008 NBA Playoffs. Teams in italics had home court advantage. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original seeding in their respective conferences. Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions possess an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Atlanta Hawks\nThis was the tenth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning eight of the first nine meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 104], "content_span": [105, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Atlanta Hawks\nGames 1 and 2 were Celtic routs, keyed by great team defense (Atlanta averaged 79 points in the first 2 games) and balanced Celtic scoring (six players were in double figures in Game 1, five in Game 2). The most buzz was generated by Mike Bibby stating that Celtic fans were bandwagoners after Game 1, prompting boos every time he touched the ball in Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 104], "content_span": [105, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Atlanta Hawks\nIn Game 3, Atlanta showed its athleticism with an array of dunks from Josh Smith (26 points) and a strong interior performance by the rookie Al Horford (17 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists), who also jawed with Paul Pierce near the end of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 104], "content_span": [105, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Atlanta Hawks\nThere would be more jawing in Game 4 between Zaza Pachulia and Kevin Garnett, but the outcome was a surprise: thanks to fourth quarter heroics by Joe Johnson and Smith, who combined to score 32 of Atlanta's 34 4th quarter points, the upstart Hawks rallied from a 10-point third quarter deficit in Game 4 to tie the series going back to Boston. Boston dominated Game 5, but in Game 6, six Hawks players finished in double figures to force a winner-take-all Game 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 104], "content_span": [105, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Atlanta Hawks\nThe Hawks were no match for the Celtics in Game 7, as the Celtics held them to 26 points in the 1st half. 3 minutes into the 2nd half, the series' tensions finally boiled over when Marvin Williams was ejected for committing a hard foul on Rajon Rondo. Then after that, Kevin Garnett was noted for trucking Zaza Pachulia while going for a screen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 104], "content_span": [105, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (7) Philadelphia 76ers\nThis was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Pistons winning two of the first three meetings. The first meeting took place while the Nationals/76ers franchise were in Syracuse and the Pistons franchise were in Fort Wayne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 110], "content_span": [111, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (7) Philadelphia 76ers\nMisses down the stretch by Tayshaun Prince and Rasheed Wallace kept the Pistons from beating the Sixers at their home floor as Andre Iguodala grabbed clutch defensive rebounds to seize home court advantage. The Pistons responded with a blowout in Game 2. Game 3 was close at halftime, but Samuel Dalembert and Andre Miller helped to break it open with strong overall performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 110], "content_span": [111, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (7) Philadelphia 76ers\nDetroit was behind by 10 in Game 4 at halftime and in danger of falling behind 3\u20131 going back home, but three second-half 3s by Rasheed Wallace and strong showings by Tayshaun Prince and Chauncey Billups keyed an 18-point 3rd quarter turnaround which evened the series. Detroit dominated Game 5 behind Billups's 14 points and 5 first quarter assists, jumping out to a 14-point lead and never looking back. Richard Hamilton keyed a similar start in Game 6, scoring 13 points, as the Pistons took an 18-point first quarter lead and eventually rolled into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 110], "content_span": [111, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Orlando Magic vs. (6) Toronto Raptors\nThis was the first playoff meeting between the Magic and the Raptors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 105], "content_span": [106, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Orlando Magic vs. (6) Toronto Raptors\nScoring 25 points and grabbing 22 rebounds, Dwight Howard gave the Magic their first playoffs win since 2003 as they practically led the entire game. Howard put up 29 and 20 in Game 2, as Hedo T\u00fcrko\u011flu scored the final four go-ahead points to give the Magic a 2\u20130 lead. The Raptors would respond with a strong Game 3 victory keyed by great point guard play from T. J. Ford and Jos\u00e9 Calder\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 105], "content_span": [106, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Orlando Magic vs. (6) Toronto Raptors\nBut Jameer Nelson, Rashard Lewis and Keith Bogans keyed strong three point shooting in Game 4 and overcame Chris Bosh's 39 points and 15 rebounds to bring the Magic out of Toronto with a 3\u20131 lead. Howard finished off the series in Game 5 as impressively as he started\u201321 points, 21 rebounds, 3 blocks giving the Magic their first playoff series victory since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 105], "content_span": [106, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (5) Washington Wizards\nThis was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Cavaliers winning three of the first four meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (5) Washington Wizards\nLeBron James, labeled as \"overrated\" by Wizards guard DeShawn Stevenson, scored 20 of his 32 points in the second half to help the Cavs draw first blood in their third first round meeting in as many years. The Cavs and Wizards traded blowouts in Games 2 and 3, but Cleveland took a 3\u20131 lead in the Verizon Center off of Delonte West's last second 3. Washington stayed alive by winning Game 5 when Caron Butler converted a running shot with only seconds left, capping off his 32-point performance. However, James led the Cavs to a dominating Game 6 victory in Washington with a triple-double (27 points, 13 rebounds, 13 assists); he also received crucial outside shooting from Wally Szczerbiak and Daniel Gibson, who combined for 48 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (5) Washington Wizards\nThis series was marked by several physical plays on James, with Brendan Haywood, Stevenson, and Darius Songaila picking up technical and flagrant fouls for hard contact on him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) Denver Nuggets\nThis was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first three meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 109], "content_span": [110, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) Denver Nuggets\nIn Pau Gasol's playoff debut with the Lakers, he scored 36 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 blocks as the Lakers beat the Nuggets in Game 1. Kobe Bryant gave the fans a vintage performance in Game 2 by scoring 49 points and adding 10 assists in a blowout at Staples Center. The Nuggets were routed at home in Game 3, with Carmelo Anthony stating the team quit in the second half. Game 4 was closer, but Bryant led the Lakers with 14 points in the last 5\u00bd minutes to sweep the Nuggets at the Pepsi Center. It was the first time the Lakers advanced to the second round since the 2004 season. The Lakers led at the end of every quarter throughout the whole series, only the seventh time that had happened in NBA history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 109], "content_span": [110, 831]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (2) New Orleans Hornets vs. (7) Dallas Mavericks\nThis was the first playoff meeting between the Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans/Hornets franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 112], "content_span": [113, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (2) New Orleans Hornets vs. (7) Dallas Mavericks\nIn his playoff debut, Chris Paul scored 35 points, dished out 10 assists, and stole the ball 4 times to lead the Hornets to a comeback home win against the Mavericks. He would replicate that type of performance in Game 2 with 32 points and 17 assists. Dallas would come out with a dominant Game 3 performance at home after inserting Jason Terry into the starting lineup, but New Orleans would win the final 2 games of the series, keyed by David West in Game 4 and Paul's triple-double in Game 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 112], "content_span": [113, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (6) Phoenix Suns\nThis was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Spurs winning five of the first eight meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 106], "content_span": [107, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (6) Phoenix Suns\nMichael Finley made a game-tying three in regulation, Tim Duncan scored 40 points, including a rare three-point field goal to force a second overtime, and Manu Gin\u00f3bili clinched victory with a drive to the basket to break the 115-all deadlock with 1.8 seconds left to win a classic Game 1. Tony Parker would then pace the Spurs to their next two victories in the series, scoring 32 and 41 in Games 2 and 3 respectively. At the brink of elimination, Phoenix responded with a strong Game 4. But costly missed free throws by Shaquille O'Neal and key turnovers by Steve Nash helped San Antonio to prevail in Game 5, led again by Parker's 31 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 106], "content_span": [107, 751]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (6) Phoenix Suns\nAlso notable was Gregg Popovich's use of the Hack-a-Shaq throughout the series to disrupt the Suns offense when Shaquille O'Neal was on the floor. O'Neal would shoot 64 free throws in the five games, making 32 of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 106], "content_span": [107, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (5) Houston Rockets\nThis was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Jazz winning four of the first six meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 101], "content_span": [102, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (5) Houston Rockets\nThe Jazz had a balanced game from Andrei Kirilenko, Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams to steal the home court advantage away from the Rockets. A similar performance in Game 2 put Utah in a commanding 2\u20130 lead going back to Salt Lake City. Rafer Alston's return to the Houston lineup after injury, along with Tracy McGrady's 27 points and Carl Landry's key block of Deron Williams helped Houston steal Game 3 on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 101], "content_span": [102, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (5) Houston Rockets\nWilliams responded with a strong performance in a Game 4 victory, plus got some help from Mehmet Okur with his offensive rebound off of his two missed free throws. The Rockets controlled Game 5 to stay alive, but despite getting 40 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists from McGrady in Game 6 and 15 pts from Luis Scola, the rest of the team shot 10/39 from the field and could not overcome losing Alston to an ankle injury as the Jazz blew the game open with a 27\u201311 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 101], "content_span": [102, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Cleveland Cavaliers\nThis was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning two of the first three meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 119], "content_span": [120, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Cleveland Cavaliers\nAlthough the Celtics had a quick turnaround from their unexpected seven-game series with Atlanta, they managed to hold off the Cavs by winning the first two games in Boston. Kevin Garnett scored 28 points and 8 rebounds and made the go-ahead shot in Game 1. LeBron James would only shoot 8 for 42 from the field in the first 2 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 119], "content_span": [120, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Cleveland Cavaliers\nCleveland would come back to win the next two games, Game 3, a blowout where five Cavs scored in double figures, and Game 4 where James would punctuate the victory with a dunk over Garnett. James's shooting improved in the return to the Garden in Game 5, but received minimal help from his teammates as Rajon Rondo, Garnett, and Paul Pierce all scored over 20 points to push Boston over the top. Game 6 was an ugly affair, with both teams shooting under 40 percent, but a 32\u201312\u20136 performance by James was enough. Boston, the best road team in the regular season, fell to 0\u20136 on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 119], "content_span": [120, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Cleveland Cavaliers\nGame 7 would end in a duel between Pierce (41 points) and James (45 points) that some compared to the Bird\u2013Wilkins duel in the 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals. But timely offensive rebounding (10 in all), 18 second chance points, and a few key shots from Celtics veteran P.J. Brown helped push Boston into the Eastern Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 119], "content_span": [120, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Orlando Magic\nThis was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Pistons winning two of the first three meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Orlando Magic\nThe Pistons opened up with a rout in Game 1, as Detroit's big men keyed in on Dwight Howard and forced him to playoff lows 12 points and 8 rebounds, with five Pistons scoring in double figures. After being quiet in Game 1, the Magic's 3-point shooting picked up (11/26, with Jameer Nelson making 5-of-8), but could not overcome 19 turnovers and fell down in the series 2\u20130. There was a controversial call at the end of the third quarter, where Chauncey Billups made a 3 near the end of the 3rd quarter when the clock froze and approximately 0.5 seconds remained, but TNT clocks later revealed that Billups could not have gotten the ball off in time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Orlando Magic\nThe Magic would take a 24\u20136 lead at home in Game 3 and use a 38\u201317 4th quarter to blow out Detroit; they were paced by 33 points by Rashard Lewis. Billups would injure his right hamstring early in the game and miss the remainder of the series, but they would not need him for Game 4 as Richard Hamilton scored 32 points and the Pistons came from 15 back in the 3rd quarter. Tayshaun Prince made the go-ahead basket with 8.9 seconds left and Hedo T\u00fcrko\u011flu missed a layup as time ran out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Orlando Magic\nBillups's starting replacement, Rodney Stuckey, struggled in Game 4, but came back with a strong Game 5. The Magic would outshoot the Pistons 48 to 36 percent, would make 36 percent of their 3s compared to 21 percent for Detroit, and outrebound them 46 to 38, but turned the ball over 21 times while Detroit had only 3. Rip Hamilton again led Detroit with 31 points, and Prince made the crucial defensive play by blocking T\u00fcrko\u011flu's layup in the waning seconds. Detroit advanced to their sixth straight Eastern Conference Finals, the longest Conference Finals streak since the Los Angeles Lakers went to eight straight in the 80s. As of 2021 this was most recent postseason series win by the Pistons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (4) Utah Jazz\nThis was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Jazz winning two of the first three meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 113], "content_span": [114, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (4) Utah Jazz\nThe Lakers took Game 1 in Staples Center, winning by 11 against the Jazz. After being presented with the season's NBA MVP award in Game 2, Kobe Bryant led the Lakers to victory with 34 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. However, as the series shifted back to Utah, the Jazz responded, winning Games 3 and 4 behind the performances of Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer, who bounced back after two poor games in Los Angeles. The Lakers came back with authority as they took Game 5 with Bryant, Pau Gasol, and Lamar Odom scoring 20 plus points each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 113], "content_span": [114, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (4) Utah Jazz\nThe Jazz looked to force a Game 7, but the Lakers did not trail and closed out the series in Game 6 with a 108\u2013105 win at Utah, where the Jazz were 37\u20134 during the regular season. Bryant led the team with 34 points as the Lakers advanced to the Western Conference Finals, which they had not reached since 2004. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams since the 1998 Western Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 113], "content_span": [114, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) New Orleans Hornets vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nThis was the first playoff meeting between the Spurs and the New Orleans Pelicans/Hornets franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 122], "content_span": [123, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) New Orleans Hornets vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nThe Hornets, who earned the home-court advantage via winning the Southwest division, were able to gain a quick 2\u20130 lead over the veteran Spurs. But when the series shifted to San Antonio, the Spurs regained their edge, returning the favor in Games 3 and 4. Game 5 back in New Orleans shocked many as the Hornets played off the home crowd to a 22-point rout. The home teams were clearly dominating in this series as Game 6 was more of the same in San Antonio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 122], "content_span": [123, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) New Orleans Hornets vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nHowever, that all changed when a much anticipated Game 7 saw the Spurs build a 15-point lead after 3 quarters, which proved to be enough (even after the Hornets cut the deficit to 3 with 1:35 left) to send them to another Western Conference Finals. The Spurs were the 4th team to win game 7 on the road after the home team won the first six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 122], "content_span": [123, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Detroit Pistons\nThis was the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning four of the first seven meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 107], "content_span": [108, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Detroit Pistons\nDetroit walked into the NBA Eastern Conference Finals for the sixth straight season. Boston held off the Pistons in Game 1 88\u201379, but let Detroit rally a strong performance in Game 2 to win it 103\u201397 (marking Boston's first home court loss in the post-season). However, they let the Celtics win their first road playoff game 94\u201380 in Game 3. Game 4 saw the Pistons win 94\u201375, however they lost Game 5 106\u2013102 despite a scoring run late in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 107], "content_span": [108, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Detroit Pistons\nIn Game 6, the Pistons strolled into the fourth quarter leading 70\u201360, but a lack of focus, a poor game from Rasheed Wallace, and a rally-destroying turnover by Tayshaun Prince ultimately led to their demise, as the Pistons would end their season losing 89\u201381. With that, the Celtics moved on to the NBA Finals, and they would face the Los Angeles Lakers for the 11th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 107], "content_span": [108, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nThis was the 11th playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning seven of the first ten meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 113], "content_span": [114, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nThe series pitted the two best teams in the Western Conference over the last 10 years. Having home court advantage, the Lakers started out as a favorite and did not disappoint their home crowd as they overcame a 20-point deficit in Game 1 and won behind Kobe Bryant's 27 points, 25 of which were scored in the second half. Game 2 was a cruise for the Lakers as they made a 9\u20130 run before halftime, led all game and built the lead to 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 113], "content_span": [114, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nThe Spurs easily took Game 3 at home with Manu Gin\u00f3bili carrying the Spurs after two terrible games at L.A, making 5 3-pointers and finishing with 30 points; Tony Parker and Tim Duncan added 42 more. In Game 4 the Lakers never trailed (the Spurs missed several opportunities to take the lead) and led comfortably late, but a furious run by the Spurs and several mistakes by the Lakers (Bryant attempting a running fallaway with plenty of time on the shot clock, Gasol missing 2 free throws) gave San Antonio a chance to tie or win with seconds left. On a disputed no-call, Derek Fisher jumped up and collided with Brent Barry, but no foul was called and Barry missed a last second 3. The NBA later ruled that a foul should have been called on Fisher when he collided with Barry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 113], "content_span": [114, 892]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nHeading home up 3\u20131 in the series, the Lakers trailed in the first quarter by 17, but were able to cut the lead to six by halftime. Again, Bryant stepped up by scoring 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter, enabling the Lakers to surge ahead and seal the series, helping them to reach the NBA Finals for the 5th time in 9 seasons and the first time in the post-Shaq era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 113], "content_span": [114, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nThe Lakers were able to reach the NBA Finals again as the #1 seed. The last time this happened to the team was during the 1999\u20132000 season, where they beat the Indiana Pacers 4\u20132. They also improved to 4\u20130 against San Antonio in the Western Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 113], "content_span": [114, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (W1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (E1) Boston Celtics\nThis was the 11th playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning eight of the first ten meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 78], "content_span": [79, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197816-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 NBA playoffs, Ratings\nTNT's coverage of the 2008 NBA Playoffs was strong in audience delivery, with the playoff averages showing year-over-year growth among households (+15%), viewers (+14%), adults 18\u201334 (+25%), adults 18\u201349 (+22%), adults 25\u201354 (+24%), men 18\u201334 (+30%), women 18\u201334 (+5%), men 18\u201349 (+23%) and men 25\u201354 (+22%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197817-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NC State Wolfpack football team\nThe 2008 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Tom O'Brien. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953, and has participated in that conference's Atlantic Division since 2005. The Wolfpack played its home games in 2008 at Carter\u2013Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197818-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Bowling Championship\nThe 2008 NCAA Bowling Championship was the fifth annual tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA collegiate ten-pin bowling. The tournament was played in Omaha, Nebraska during April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197818-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Bowling Championship\nMaryland\u2013Eastern Shore defeated Arkansas State in the championship match, 4 games to 2, to win their first national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197818-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Bowling Championship, Qualification\nSince there is only one national collegiate championship for women's bowling, all NCAA bowling programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship, which consisted of a modified double-elimination style tournament. Two more matches, comprising Round 5, were played this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197819-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from May 30 through June 25, 2008 and was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 286 teams on May 26, 2008. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. Thirty-eight of the 64 selected teams participated in the 2007 tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197819-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 tournament culminated with 8 teams advancing to the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska on June 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197819-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nThe Fresno State Bulldogs beat the Georgia Bulldogs in the best-of-three championship series to win the NCAA Men's Division I Baseball Championship. Fresno State became the lowest seeded team (4th in the Regionals) to win the National Championship in NCAA history, and the fifth consecutive baseball team to win the title that was not one of the eight national seeds. They were considered a \"Cinderella\" team throughout the tournament. This was only the third national championship of any kind in school history, following the 1968 NCAA Men's Tennis Tournament and the 1998 NCAA Division I Softball National Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197819-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nFresno State sophomore third baseman Tommy Mendonca won the Most Outstanding Player Award. Tommy hit four home runs and had 11 RBIs and also made a number of spectacular plays in the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197819-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nThe first day of the 2008 CWS was moved to Saturday (June 14) from the traditional Friday. Also, if all games were needed in the first double-elimination round, it would take eight days to complete rather than seven. The NCAA cited the need to be more flexible in the super-regional round in case of inclement weather. It also allowed for greater potential ticket revenue, in part because the extra \"if-necessary\" day would now be ticketed separately if both games are played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197819-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Bids, Automatic bids\nConference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197819-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals and Super Regionals, Regional schedule\nRegional rounds were held Friday, May 30 through Monday, June 2. Each regional followed a similar format, with 2 games played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one on Monday if needed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 90], "content_span": [91, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197819-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals and Super Regionals, Regional schedule\nBest-of-three super regionals were held Friday, June 6 through Monday, June 9. Four series were played Friday-Sunday and four series were played Saturday-Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 90], "content_span": [91, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197819-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals and Super Regionals, Brackets, Cary Super Regional\nHosted by North Carolina at USA Baseball National Training Complex", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 102], "content_span": [103, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197819-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Record by conference\nThe columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197819-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Television/radio/online coverage, Super Regionals\nMike Gleason and Will Kimmey made up the studio team (in Bristol, Connecticut) for both regional and super-regional rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 91], "content_span": [92, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197820-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 70th annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 28th annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197820-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships\nHeld on November 24, 2008, the combined meet was the fifth of eight consecutive meets hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 6 kilometers (3.73 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197820-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships\nThe men's team championship was again won by Oregon (93 points), the Ducks' second consecutive and sixth overall. The women's team championship was won by Washington (79 points), the Huskies' first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197820-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships\nThe two individual champions were, for the men, Galen Rupp (Oregon, 29:03.2) and, for the women, Sally Kipyego (Texas Tech, 19:28.1). It was Kipyego's record third consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197821-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings\nThree human polls and one formulaic ranking make up the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason: the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. About halfway through the season, two additional polls are released, the Harris Interactive Poll and the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings. The Harris Poll and Coaches Poll are factors in the BCS Standings. At the end of the season, the BCS Standings determine who plays in the BCS bowl games as well as the BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197821-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings, Coaches Poll\nThe final Coaches Poll of the 2008 season (technically taking place in 2009) was notable in that the winner of the BCS Championship Game was not the unanimous number 1. While the coaches are obligated to vote the winner of that game, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham voted his team number 1 after they defeated favored Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl and completed the only undefeated season (13\u20130).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197821-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings, BCS Standings\nThe Bowl Championship Series determined the two teams that competed in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197822-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197822-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season\nThe regular season began on August 28, 2008 and ended on December 6, 2008. The postseason concluded on January 8, 2009 with the BCS National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida, which featured the top two teams ranked by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS): the No. 2 Florida Gators and No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners. Florida defeated Oklahoma by a score of 24\u201314 to win their second BCS title in three years and third overall national championship in school history. The Utah Utes were selected national champions by Anderson & Hester after beating the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2009 Sugar Bowl, finishing the season as the nation's only undefeated team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197822-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Rule changes\nThe NCAA football rules committee made rule changes for 2008, including the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197822-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Conference and program changes\nWestern Kentucky upgraded from Division I FCS and played the 2008 season as a transitional Division I FBS member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197822-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Regular season top 10 matchups\nRankings reflect the AP Poll. Rankings for Week 8 and beyond will list BCS Rankings first and AP Poll second. Teams that failed to be a top 10 team for one poll or the other will be noted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197822-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Conference champions, Conference championship games\nRankings reflect the Week 14 AP Poll before the games were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197822-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Bowl games, Bowl Championship Series\nAfter the completion of the regular season and conference championship games, seven teams had secured BCS berths: ACC champion Virginia Tech, Big East champion Cincinnati, Big Ten champion Penn State, Big 12 champion Oklahoma, Pac-10 champion USC, SEC champion Florida, and Mountain West champion Utah, who qualified as the highest-ranked BCS non-AQ conference champion. With Oklahoma and Florida being selected to play in the championship, Texas and Alabama assumed their conference's berths in the Fiesta and Sugar Bowls, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197822-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Bowl games, Bowl Championship Series\nThe remaining at-large berth was awarded to Ohio State, who were selected despite being ranked No. 10 by the BCS, behind No. 9 Boise State. No. 7 Texas Tech did not receive an at-large bid because the Big 12 had already been awarded the maximum of two BCS selections per conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197822-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Bowl games, Bowl Challenge Cup standings\n* Does not meet minimum game requirement of three teams needed for a conference to be eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197822-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Awards and honors, Heisman Trophy voting\nThe Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197822-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Final rankings\n* - The AFCA requires that their voters make the winner of the BCS Championship at the number one position in the final poll. \u2260 - Kyle Whittingham, head coach of Utah, broke the AFCA requirement and voted his team number one on his ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197823-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings are from the Sports Network media poll and the coaches poll. This is for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197824-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season, the 2008 season of college football for teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), began on August 28, 2008, and concluded on December 19, 2008, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the 2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, where the Richmond Spiders defeated the Montana Grizzlies to win the NCAA Division I Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197824-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Rule changes for 2008\nThe NCAA football rules committee made several rule changes for 2008, and includes the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197824-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Rule changes for 2008\nIn addition to the rules changes, this was the first season in which a standard provision of NCAA rules allowed FCS teams to schedule 12 regular-season games (not counting conference championship games). In years when the period starting with the Thursday before Labor Day and ending with the final Saturday in November contains 14 Saturdays, FCS programs may play 12 games instead of the regular 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197824-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Postseason, Gridiron Classic\nThe Gridiron Classic is an annual game between the champions of the Northeast Conference and the Pioneer Football League that has been held since December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197825-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 28th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Maryland Terrapins won their sixth championship, defeating the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the final. The semifinals and championship were hosted by the University of Louisville at Trager Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197826-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Richmond Spiders and the Montana Grizzlies. It was played on December 19, 2008, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by Richmond, 24\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197826-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, Teams\nThe participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 2008 FCS Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197826-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, Teams, Richmond Spiders\nRichmond finished their regular season with a 9\u20133 record (6\u20132 in conference), after starting their season 4\u20133 through their first seven games. The Spiders defeated Eastern Kentucky, second-seeded Appalachian State, and third-seeded Northern Iowa to reach the final. This was Richmond's first appearance in an FCS/Division I-AA championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 72], "content_span": [73, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197826-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, Teams, Montana Grizzlies\nMontana finished their regular season with an 11\u20131 record (7\u20131 in conference). As the fourth-seed in the tournament, the Grizzlies defeated Texas State, Weber State (who had given Montana their only defeat during the regular season), and top-seeded James Madison to reach the final. This was Montana's sixth appearance in an FCS/Division I-AA championship game, having previously won in 1995 and 2001, and having lost in 1996, 2000, and 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 73], "content_span": [74, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197827-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships was the 43rd NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 26th NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas near the campus of the host school, the University of Arkansas. In total, thirty-two different men's and women's indoor track and field events were contested from March 14 to March 15, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 2008 national title game was played on April 7, 2008 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 2008 national title game was played between the 2008 South Regional Champions, #1-seeded Memphis, and the 2008 Midwest Regional Champions, #1-seeded Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\nAll four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history and, for the second consecutive year, the national title game was played between two #1 seeds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Kansas\nKansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat Villanova 72-57 to advance to the Elite Eight. In the Elite Eight of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas was able to overcome Stephen Curry's 25 points to beat Davidson 59-57 and advance to the 2008 Final Four. In the 2008 Final Four, Brandon Rush scored 25 points to beat North Carolina 84-66 to advance to the 2008 national title game. North Carolina was coached by former Kansas head coach Roy Williams, it was the first time Williams had coached against Kansas since leaving after the 2002-03 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 77], "content_span": [78, 914]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Memphis\nMemphis entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the South Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Memphis had a 15-2 run that eventually led to an 87-63 victory over Texas-Arlington. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Joey Dorsey had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds to lead Memphis to a 77-74 victory over Mississippi State to advance to the Sweet 16 for the 3rd consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 78], "content_span": [79, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Memphis\nIn the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Memphis finally proved that they were the top seed in their region by routing Michigan State with a 92-74 victory. Memphis' 85-67 victory over Texas advanced the Tigers to the 2008 Final Four, sending coach John Calipari to the Final Four for the first time since 1996 with UMass. In the 2008 Final Four, Derrick Rose scored 25 points to beat UCLA 78-63 and advance to the 2008 National Title Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 78], "content_span": [79, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Memphis\nMemphis was the first team in NCAA history to have 38 wins in a season, though those wins were later vacated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 78], "content_span": [79, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game Summary, 1st Half\nDarrell Arthur's 8 points and Mario Chalmers's five points in the 1st 11-and-a-half minutes gave Kansas a 22-15 lead with 8:30 remaining in the 1st half. Then, Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 7 points in 4 minutes to tie the game at 28-28. A Brandon Rush 3-point play and a Darrell Arthur 2-point jumper gave Kansas a 33-28 lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 79], "content_span": [80, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game Summary, 2nd half\nAntonio Anderson got off to a hot start in the 2nd half to give Memphis a 36-35 lead. Then, with 13:35 remaining, Darnell Jackson scored 4 points in the next 30 seconds to give Kansas a 43-40 lead. Then, Derrick Rose would score 4 points in the next 2 minutes to cut the Kansas lead to 45-44. With 8:30 remaining with a 47-46 deficit, Derrick Rose got the show going with 10 points in the next 4 minutes to take a 56-49 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 79], "content_span": [80, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game Summary, 2nd half\nAfter Robert Dozier made a pair of free throws to give Memphis a 60-51 lead with 2 minutes remaining, Kansas began a furious comeback. It started with Darrell Arthur making a 2-point jumper and Sherron Collins making a 3-pointer to cut the Memphis lead to 60-56. A pair of Mario Chalmers free throws and a Darrell Arthur basket cut the Memphis lead to 62-60. With 10 seconds left, Derrick Rose missed the first of his two free throws and made the second to give Memphis a 63-60 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 79], "content_span": [80, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game Summary, 2nd half\nWith 2.1 seconds left, Mario Chalmers made a 3-pointer to tie the game at 63. Robert Dozier had a chance to win it, but his desperation halfcourt heave bounced off the backboard, and the game went to overtime for the seventh time in the national title game's history, and the first time since the 1997 National Title Game, when Arizona beat Kentucky 84-79 in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 79], "content_span": [80, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game Summary, Overtime\nIn the first 2-and-a-half minutes of overtime, Brandon Rush, Darrell Arthur, and Darnell Jackson each made a basket to give Kansas a 69-63 lead. In the next 1-and-a-half minutes of overtime, Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 5 points to cut the Kansas lead to 71-68 with 1 minute remaining. Mario Chalmers and Sherron Collins each made a pair of free throws to give Kansas a 75-68 overtime victory over Memphis and Kansas' first national championship since 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 79], "content_span": [80, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197828-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Aftermath\nMemphis would have its entire season vacated due to problems with Derrick Rose's SATs. On March 30, 2009, John Calipari became the head coach at Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 66], "content_span": [67, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I\u00a0college basketball as a culmination of the 2007\u201308 basketball season. The 70th annual edition of the tournament began on March 18, 2008, and concluded on April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nFor the first time (and only time through the 2021 tournament) since seeding began in 1979, all four of the top seeds advanced to the Final Four. These were Memphis, the winner of the South region, UCLA, the winner of the West region making their third consecutive Final Four appearance, Kansas, the winner of the Midwest region, and overall number one seed and East region winner North Carolina, back in the Final Four for the first time since their 2005 national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nMemphis and Kansas advanced to the national championship game, with Memphis's victory in the semifinals giving them a record-setting 38 for the season, beating the mark set by Duke in 1999 (Kentucky later matched this record in 2012 and 2015). Kansas, however, spoiled their national championship hopes by handing the Tigers their second loss of the season, winning the game in overtime, 75\u201368. Memphis's entire season was later vacated by the NCAA due to eligibility concerns surrounding freshman guard Derrick Rose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nEntering the tournament on March 18, the top ranked team was North Carolina in both the AP Top 25 and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Polls, followed by Memphis, UCLA and Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nAmerican University (Patriot), UMBC (America East), Texas\u2013Arlington (Southland), and Portland State (Big Sky) all entered the tournament for the first time in their school's history. Another school, 2007\u201308 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team won the MEAC Tournament to become the first 20-loss school ever to make the field. Georgia, a team that otherwise would not have advanced to the tournament, won the SEC tournament to qualify, and were awarded a #14 seed, the lowest-ever by a major conference team in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nWhereas the 2007 tournament did not see many upsets, the 2008 tournament was full of them. The sub-regional pod played at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida featured four games where a double digit seed won. #5 seeds Drake and Clemson fell to #12 seeds Western Kentucky and Villanova while the #4 seeds in that same pod, Vanderbilt and Connecticut, were defeated by #13 seeds Siena and San Diego. Western Kentucky advanced to the West regional in Phoenix, where they lost to UCLA while Villanova was one of two double digit seeds to advance to the Midwest regional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe other was #10 seed Davidson, who rode the hot shooting of Stephen Curry to defeat Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Wisconsin before nearly upsetting Kansas in the regional final. The Midwest region alone saw four of its double digit seeds advance, as in addition to Villanova, Siena, and Davidson #11 seed Kansas State knocked off #6 seed USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe total tournament attendance of 763,607 set a record for highest total tournament attendance, breaking the record set during the 1999 tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament procedure\nThe NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship is an annual single-elimination tournament featuring 65 teams representing all Division I Conferences in the nation. A \"play-in\" game determined which of the two lowest seeds would play in the first round of 64 against a top seed team. The Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65 within four regionals of 16 teams; Mount St. Mary's, as the winner of the play-in game, automatically received a 16 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues\nThe following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 2008 tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues\nFor the third time, the Alamodome and the city of San Antonio hosted the Final Four, something it also did in 2018. The tournament featured five new buildings and two new host cities. For the first time ever, the tournament was played within the city of Detroit at Ford Field, the Detroit Lions' home stadium. Previous games in the Detroit area had been played at the Pontiac Silverdome and The Palace of Auburn Hills, both in the suburbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues\nFor the first, and to date only, time, the tournament was held in the state of Arkansas at the Alltel Arena, located in North Little Rock and the state's second largest indoor venue after Bud Walton Arena on the campus of the University of Arkansas. For the first time since 1977, the tournament returned to Nebraska's largest city, this time at the new Qwest Center Omaha, the off-campus home of the Creighton Bluejays. The tournament also returned to Houston for the first time since 1986, this time at Reliant Stadium, the Houston Texans' home stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues\nThis marked the fifth different venue in the city of Houston to host games, a record tied in 2017 by Indianapolis, but which will be overtaken by Houston once more in 2020 when the Toyota Center is scheduled to host games. And finally, the Charlotte Bobcats Arena became the third arena in the city of Charlotte to host games, replacing the Charlotte Coliseum and Bojangles' Coliseum. To date, this tournament also marks the most recent appearance of the BJCC Arena (now known as Legacy Arena), a ten-time host to tournament games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams, Listed by grouping and seeding\nA total of 31 teams received automatic bids for winning their conference tournament championship. Since the Ivy League does not hold a tournament, its regular season champion received the automatic bid. This left 34 at-large bids to be decided from the rest of the field by the NCAA Selection Committee. The at-large bids, along with the seeding for each team in the tournament, were announced on Sunday, March 16. Coppin State was the first team to make the tournament with 20\u00a0losses. Maryland-Baltimore County, American, Texas\u2013Arlington, and Portland State all received their first tournament bids in school history. Four teams returned after absences from the NCAA Tournament of 20 years or more\u2014Drake (last appearing in 1971), Cal State Fullerton (1978), Cornell (1988), and Baylor (1988).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 98], "content_span": [99, 892]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams, Listed by grouping and seeding\n# Both USC and Memphis later vacated all wins from the season, leaving their official records at 0\u201311 and 0\u20131, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 98], "content_span": [99, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket, Opening Round Game \u2013 Dayton, Ohio\nWinner advances to 16th seed in East Regional vs. (1) North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, East Region, First round\nTop seed North Carolina defeated the play-in game winner Mount St. Mary's 113\u201374. Their high scoring tied the mark for second most in North Carolina tournament history, aided by Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson's 21 points each. They met Arkansas in the second round, a ninth seed who defeated eighth-seed Indiana 86\u201372. Indiana had struggled with several tough losses late in the season after a coaching scandal. Sonny Weems had a career-high 31 points despite Indiana having two AP All-Americans, D.J. White and Eric Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, East Region, First round\nFifth seed Notre Dame advanced to the second round with a 68\u201350 win over 12th seed George Mason. George Mason had two starters from the 2006 final four team, but were unable to come back after a surge by the Irish early in the first half. In the same pod, fourth seeded Washington State defeated 13th-seed Winthrop 71\u201340, holding them to 11 points in the second half and leaving them far behind after a 25\u20131 run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, East Region, First round\nIn Birmingham, Alabama, the sixth seed Oklahoma defeated 11-th seeded St. Joseph's 72\u201364, led by David Godbold, a senior not normally known as a team leader who surprised many with his 25 points. Later in the evening, third seeded Louisville defeated WAC champion and 14th seed Boise State 79\u201361, sending the Broncos home for the second straight time. They had defeated Boise St. in the 1994 tournament as well, the last time the WAC team came to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0013-0003", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, East Region, First round\nIn the afternoon session at Birmingham, seventh seeded Butler defeated 10th seed South Alabama in an 81\u201361 blowout, setting a school record for 30 wins in one season, and number two seed Tennessee survived a brief scare at the hands of 15th-seeded American, 72\u201357. American's star player, Garrison Carr, led his team with 26 points, tying the game at 40 with 11 minutes to go before Tennessee went on a 10\u20130 run to score the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, East Region, Second round\nWashington State, the region's fourth seed, was first to earn a spot in the Charlotte, North Carolina East Regional by handily beating fifth-seeded Notre Dame, 61\u201341 in Denver, Colorado. The rout came as a shock to many sportscasters, who expected Notre Dame's offense, which was averaging about 80 points a game, to outdo the Cougars. Instead, Notre Dame shot 24% from the field, their worst offensive effort since 1983 and the fifth-worst in the history of the NCAA tournament's opening rounds. Washington State's win brought them to their first-ever trip to the Sweet 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, East Region, Second round\nTop-seeded North Carolina will challenge the Cougars after defeating Arkansas, the ninth seed, 108\u201377. The win marked only the third time the Tar Heels had won their first two tournament games by more than 20 points. The other two UNC teams to do this, in 1993 and 2005, went on to win the championship. With the win, North Carolina also set a school record for wins in a season, with 34. Second-seeded Tennessee survived an upset bid from number seven seed Butler, winning in overtime 76\u201371.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0014-0002", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, East Region, Second round\nButler was behind throughout regulation, but managed to keep the game close and bring it to overtime, where they gained their first lead, 68\u201366, about 2 minutes into overtime. Some key defensive stands and free throws by the Volunteers, however, pulled them ahead. They will play third seed Louisville, who beat sixth seed Oklahoma, 78\u201348. Sooner star Blake Griffin had trouble scoring against Louisville's double-teams, and Louisville's 30-point win was the school's best tournament win since 1968.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, East Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)\nTop-seeded North Carolina defeated fourth seeded Washington State 68\u201347. Washington State was held to 47 points, the least allowed by a Tar Heel team in the tournament since 1946. Tyler Hansbrough struggled in the first half, but North Carolina's other players stepped to give the team a 14-point lead at halftime. In the second half, he led the team with 16 points, contributing to what was at one point in the half a 26-point lead. Third-seeded Louisville went on to face the Tar Heels in the East finals after defeating the second-seeded Tennessee Volunteers, 79\u201360. Earl Clark scored 17 points, 13 of them coming in the second half, and had 12 rebounds to lead the Cardinals. The Volunteers were held to 34% shooting and Louisville coach Rick Pitino improved to 8\u20130 in Regional semifinal games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 114], "content_span": [115, 913]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, East Region, Regional final (Elite Eight)\nIn the East Regional finals in their home state, against third-seed Louisville, Tyler Hansbrough of the top-seeded Tar Heels carried the team with a 28-point performance, including five straight points after the Cardinals tied UNC midway through the second half to lead UNC to an 83\u201373 win. The Cardinals came close as the game neared its end, but a Ty Lawson 3 broke a 59\u201359 tie. Defensive stands combined with 8 for 8 free throw shooting down the stretch gave the Tar Heels the victory. Hansbrough was named the East Region's Tournament MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 107], "content_span": [108, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Midwest Region, First round\nThe Midwest Region featured upsets knocking off the fourth through seventh seeds. Among these was the first upset of the tournament with 11th seed Kansas State's win over the sixth seeded Southern California Trojans 80\u201367 in Omaha, Nebraska. The media had focused a lot of attention on the freshman stars of both teams, the Wildcats' Michael Beasley and the Trojans' O. J. Mayo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 93], "content_span": [94, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Midwest Region, First round\nIn reality, while Beasley and Mayo did well, it was the other K-State players who made the difference, applying a strong defense to the Men of Troy's attack and coming up with the school's first tournament win since 1988. Also in the Midwest Region, #10 seed Davidson defeated seventh seeded Gonzaga 82\u201376 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Stephen Curry led the Wildcats with 40 points, 30 of them in the second half. His 40 points are the fifth most in NCAA tournament history, and gave Davidson their first tournament win since 1969.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 93], "content_span": [94, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Midwest Region, First round\nIn the same region, 13th seed Siena upset fourth seed Vanderbilt 83\u201362 in Tampa, Florida. Future Harlem Globetrotter Tay Fisher made all six of his 3-point attempts, the Saints never trailed and became the first MAAC team to advance since 2004. The Midwest's first-round play ended with 12th seed Villanova's upset of fifth seed Clemson, 75\u201369, also in Tampa. Behind by eighteen late in the first half, the Wildcats came back, taking the lead at about the twelve-minute mark and holding it for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 93], "content_span": [94, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0017-0003", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Midwest Region, First round\nThe Wildcats have won more games as an underdog in the tournament since seedings began in 1979 than any other team. With Villanova's win, the Forum saw a tournament record four upsets in one day. Earlier in the day, WKU, San Diego, and Siena defeated Drake, UConn, and Vanderbilt, to set the record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 93], "content_span": [94, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Midwest Region, First round\nEarlier that day in Omaha, ninth seed Kent State tied an NCAA Tournament record for scoring lows with their 10 points in one half against UNLV. Eighth-seed UNLV won the game 71\u201358. Top seed Kansas defeated 16th seed Portland State 85\u201361, thoroughly dominating both inside and outside with the win. Second-seed Georgetown defeated fifteenth seed Maryland-Baltimore County 66\u201347 in their first-round game, holding them to 31% shooting as compared to their 51%, and third seed Wisconsin stopped an upset threat from 14th seed Cal State Fullerton. The Titans' Josh Akognon scored 31 points, tying a career high, and Fullerton held the lead early in the second half, but were unable hold the lead under the Badgers' offensive pressure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 93], "content_span": [94, 824]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Midwest Region, Second round\nThe third-seeded Badgers from the University of Wisconsin defeated Kansas State, 72\u201355 to become the first school to advance to Detroit, Michigan and the Midwest Regional. KSU freshman star Michael Beasley was again dominant with 23 points and 14 rebounds, though he struggled in the second half with only six points due to the Badger defense. Top-seeded Kansas also advanced to the Sweet 16 by defeating eighth-seed UNLV 75\u201356. Four Jayhawks scored in double figures and the team shot 58% from the field while holding the Rebels to 26.7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Midwest Region, Second round\nThe following afternoon, the 12th-seeded Villanova Wildcats defeated the 13th-seeded Siena Saints in a 12-seed versus 13-seed Cinderella match-up by a score of 84\u201372 to reach their third Sweet 16 in four years. The Wildcats took an early lead and never trailed the entire game. Tenth-seeded Davidson became the second double-digit seed to advance to the Sweet Sixteen hours after Villanova's victory, ousting second-seeded Georgetown 74\u201370, to play Wisconsin in the other regional semifinal. Davidson won on the back of another tour-de-force performance in the second half by Stephen Curry. Curry singlehandedly outscored the Hoyas over the final 14:24, putting up 25 points to Georgetown's 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Midwest Region, Regional Semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)\nStephen Curry scored 33 points to lead Davidson to a 73\u201356 victory over Wisconsin. Davidson, the 10-seed, advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time since the 1969 tournament. Curry became only the fourth player in history to score 30 or more points in his first three tournament games. The Wisconsin defense, best in the nation at points allowed with 53.9, remained close until early in the second half, when some key steals and Davidson threes pulled the Wildcats far ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 117], "content_span": [118, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Midwest Region, Regional Semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)\nIn the night game, top-seeded Kansas defeated # 12 Villanova, 72\u201357. The Jayhawks went on a 14\u20132 run early and never faltered\u2014Villanova never getting within six. Brandon Rush, Russell Robinson, and Mario Chalmers each scored 16, 15, and 14 points, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 117], "content_span": [118, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Midwest Region, Regional final (Elite Eight)\nKansas completed the first all top-seeded Final Four in NCAA Tournament history as they defeated 10th seeded Davidson 59\u201357. The outcome remained in doubt down to the final seconds. Kansas' Sherron Collins missed a shot with 21 seconds left, giving Davidson the final shot. Sophomore star Stephen Curry was double teamed, couldn't find a shot, and passed to Jason Richards, whose three-point shot missed. It was head coach Bill Self's first regional final win. The Wildcats' 25-game winning streak, the longest in the nation, was broken with the loss. Davidson's Stephen Curry scored 25 points and was chosen as the Midwest Region's Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 110], "content_span": [111, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, South Region, First round\nTop seed Memphis took on Texas\u2013Arlington, the region's 16th seed, and went on to win their opening-round contest, 87\u201363, in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Memphis went on to meet Mississippi State, an eight seed which came back from 13-down early in the second half against Oregon to rally for the win, 76\u201369. Fifth-seed Michigan State handily defeated # 12 Temple, 72\u201361, and fourth-seed Pittsburgh defeated 13th seed Oral Roberts 82\u201363, leaving the Golden Eagles behind after an 18\u20130 run in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, South Region, First round\nSixth-seeded Marquette won its first tournament game since 2003 with a 74\u201366 win over #11 Kentucky in Anaheim. Kentucky got to within two points with 22 seconds remaining, but two Marquette free throws and a late steal handed the Wildcats an early tournament loss. They met third seed Stanford in the next round, who handily defeated 14th-seeded Cornell 77\u201353, never trailing the entire game, and never allowing the Big Red to get closer than 18 points in the second half. Miami (Florida), the seventh seed, defeated 10th seed Saint Mary's (California) 78\u201364, led by Jack McClinton and his 38 points. Their next opponent was second seed Texas, who never trailed in their 74\u201354 win over 15th seed Austin Peay, a game with four Longhorns scoring in double-figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, South Region, Second round\nThird-seeded Stanford saw Brook Lopez make the difference in overtime with a basket with 1.3 seconds left to beat Marquette 82\u201381 and advance to Houston, Texas. Stanford coach Trent Johnson was ejected in the first half, and Stanford had to fight a six-point deficit at halftime to come back for the win. Michigan State became the first lower seed to win in the region, with a 65\u201354 victory over Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, South Region, Second round\nThe game was extremely physical and hard-fought, with the Panther coming back from 10 down to take the lead in the middle of the second half, only to see it vanish in the final minutes with help from eight straight points from the Spartan's Drew Neitzel. The Spartans would go on to play Memphis, the region's top seed after the Tigers beat eighth seed Mississippi State, 77\u201374. In their game, Memphis had four players scoring in double figures in what was a physical, defensive game\u2014unlike what the games the Tigers were used to playing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0024-0002", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, South Region, Second round\nMississippi State gave them a late scare by coming to within two with four seconds left, but a free throw by Chris Douglas-Roberts of Memphis followed by a missed three on Mississippi's end gave the Tigers the win. Texas, the second seed, played the Cardinal in their home state after a 75\u201372 victory over seventh-seed Miami (Florida). Leading 66\u201350 with 4:15 left in the game, the Longhorns saw their lead melt in the face of a strong Hurricane rally and a hostile Arkansas crowd. Two key free throws by A. J. Abrams with 9.5 seconds left carried them to a three-point lead which held to the end of regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, South Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)\nTens of thousands of Texas fans turned out to Reliant Stadium in Houston and saw the second seeded Longhorns defeat the number three seeded Stanford Cardinal, 82\u201362. The unlikely defensive star of the game was Texas' Dexter Pittman. Normally not even a starter, Pittman was effective on the court, throwing his size against the tall Lopez twins, high-scorers at Stanford. On the offensive end, D. J. Augustin scored twenty-three points to combine with Damion James' 18 for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 115], "content_span": [116, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, South Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)\nStanford made things close at about the 13 minute mark of the second half, bringing it to within one at 52\u201351, but Texas went on a 16\u20132 run and turned the game into a rout. Later in the day, top-seeded Memphis defeated fifth seed Michigan State, 92\u201374. Memphis entered the game as the favorite but with several commentators pointing to them as the top seed most likely to lose. Instead, the Tigers went into halftime with a 30-point lead. Derrick Rose led his team with 27 points, and Chris Douglas-Roberts followed with 25, while Spartan star Drew Neitzel was held to just six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 115], "content_span": [116, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, South Region, Regional final (Elite Eight)\nTop seeded Memphis defeated the Texas Longhorns to earn the third pass into the Final Four for the first time in 23 years with a convincing 85\u201367 win. Memphis spread the floor and used every man on the field to win. Texas star D J Augustin scored 16 points, but struggled with four turnovers in the second half. Derrick Rose won the Region's Most Outstanding Player award. This Memphis win would later be vacated as the result of Memphis' NCAA Rules Violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 108], "content_span": [109, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, First round\nIn the West Region, with a pod in Tampa as well, WKU entering as the 12th seed, defeated fifth seeded Drake in overtime 101\u201399. Drake had come back from sixteen down in the final eight minutes, bringing the game to overtime, and were ahead with 5.7 seconds left. Ty Rogers' three-pointer at the buzzer, the NCAA record-setting 30th three-point basket gave the Hilltoppers the walk-off victory. Also in the West, 13th seeded San Diego upset fourth seed Connecticut 70\u201369 in another overtime game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, First round\nThe Huskies struggled throughout the game, compounded by the loss of leading scorer A.J. Price to a torn ACL, and De'Jon Jackson's long jumper with 1.2 seconds remaining in the bonus period pulled the Toreros ahead for their first-ever tournament victory, and handed UConn their earliest egress from the tournament since 1979 as well as the first under coach Jim Calhoun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0027-0002", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, First round\nAs regards to close games and record-breakers, West Region 15th seed Belmont nearly upset second-seeded Duke in Washington, D.C., but a Gerald Henderson layup with 11.9 seconds left, together with a steal off the inbounds by DeMarcus Nelson in the final seconds, lifted the Blue Devils to victory. This would have been only the fifth time a 15 seed beat a 2 seed. The top seeded UCLA Bruins set several records in their win against 16th-seeded Mississippi Valley State at Anaheim, California, holding them to 29 points in a 70\u201329 victory. This was the lowest score in the first round in tournament history, and the lowest overall since 1946, before the shot clock rule was introduced. The Delta Devils' 19.7% shooting set another record for lowest shooting percentage in a game in tournament history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 891]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, First round\nElsewhere in the West, third seed Xavier avoided an upset by 14th-seeded Georgia, coming back from nine down at the half to win 73\u201361. They were to play sixth-seeded Purdue next, who scored their 10th-straight first-round win by defeating the 11th seeded Baylor 90\u201379. Brigham Young, an eighth seed, lost to ninth-seeded Texas A&M 67\u201362. The Cougars suffered early, not scoring until about the 14-minute mark, but managed to bring the game to a tie at the half. Twenty-six points by Aggie forward Josh Carter, however, made the difference in Texas A&M's win. Lastly, West Virginia, seventh seed in the region, defeated 10th seed Arizona 75\u201365, scoring 11 three-point shots. With the win, the Mountaineers broke Arizona's streak of twenty straight 20-win seasons, previously the longest streak in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 898]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, Second round\nSeventh-seeded West Virginia began the second round of the tournament by defeating Duke, the second seed, 73\u201367. The Mountaineers trailed until about eight minutes into the second half, when they took a 43\u201340 lead. They outrebounded the Blue Devils 47\u201327, which, combined with several three-point shots, aided in the win. This loss marked Duke's second consecutive loss before the Sweet Sixteen round. West Virginia's Sweet Sixteen opposition in Phoenix, Arizona was #3 Xavier, who defeated Purdue, 85\u201378.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, Second round\nXavier trailed as late as the 5:30 mark of the second half, but a widespread showing of talent from the Musketeers proved too difficult to stop, as four Xavier players scored in double figures, with two more tied at eight points each. Later that day, the top-seeded UCLA Bruins defeated ninth-seeded Texas A&M, 51\u201349. The Bruins trailed by as much as ten early in the first half, but slowly chipped away at the lead as the half progressed. The winning basket was scored with 9.5 seconds left on a lay-up by Darren Collison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, Second round\nTexas A&M had one final chance to tie it, but Donald Sloan's drive to the basket was stopped by two UCLA players (pictures show that they both appear to be grabbing Sloan, in what could have been a foul called on UCLA). The ensuing dunk by UCLA's Russell Westbrook was later waved off by officials as occurring after time had expired, making the final score 51\u201349. The Bruins then played WKU, a #12 seed who beat #13 seed San Diego by a 73\u201362 score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0029-0003", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, Second round\nSan Diego trailed by as much as 15 in the second half, but an 18\u20132 run gave them a one-point lead with 6-and-a-half minutes remaining. WKU, however, managed to pull ahead once again for the win, making this tournament only the third in history to feature at least two 12-or-lower seeds in the Sweet 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)\nXavier, the third seed in the West, defeated seventh seed West Virginia, 79\u201375 in overtime thanks to two B.J. Raymond three-pointers in the final 78 seconds. Raymond scored all eight of his points in the bonus round after being held scoreless in regulation, and poor free-throw shooting by the Mountaineers, missing four out of six free throws, sealed the victory. Josh Duncan led the Musketeers in scoring with a career-high 26 points, followed by Joe Alexander's 18 points and 10 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 114], "content_span": [115, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)\nXavier led by as much as 18 during the game, but trailed six late in OT, counting on Raymond's threes to give them the victory. Number one seed UCLA would play the Musketeers in the final, after outlasting 12th seeded WKU, 88\u201378. WKU came to within four late in the game, taking advantage of several sloppy Bruin mistakes. Kevin Love led UCLA with 29 points and 14 rebounds, aided by James Keefe's 18 points and 12 rebounds and Russell Westbrook's 14 and 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 114], "content_span": [115, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0030-0002", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)\nTrailing 41\u201320 at the half, WKU came out of the locker room determined to win, as evidenced by Hilltopper star Tyrone Brazelton's 31 points, 25 of which came in the second half. A. J. Slaughter missed a crucial three-point shot that would have brought them to within one, and a UCLA run left them nine points behind only two minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 114], "content_span": [115, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, West Region, Regional final (Elite Eight)\nUCLA was the first team to advance to the Final Four in San Antonio, Texas, the third straight year and the 18th time in school history they have done it, with a 76\u201357 victory over Xavier. Kevin Love led the Bruins with 19 points and ten rebounds, tied as high scorer with Darren Collison. Luc Richard Mbah a Moute contributed 13 points and 13 rebounds. Derrick Brown led the Musketeers with 13 points. Overall, Xavier was held to 36% shooting from the floor while UCLA shot 56.8%. Love was picked as the West Region's MOP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 107], "content_span": [108, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four\nFor the first time (and currently the only time) since the current seeding system started in 1979, all four #1 seeds made it to the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four, Memphis vs. UCLA\nMemphis became the first team ever to win 38 games in one season by defeating UCLA 78\u201363 (Kentucky would match that record in 2012 and 2015). Chris Douglas-Roberts, who scored a game-high of 28 points, combined with Derrick Rose to score a total of 53 of Memphis' 78 points. UCLA star Kevin Love was held to 12 points, and the Bruins lost their second straight Final Four game. Memphis had lost to Ohio State in the Alamodome in the 2007 tournament, and had made it a goal to win in the arena in this year's tournament. This win would later be vacated as a result of a Memphis NCAA Rules Infraction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four, Kansas vs. North Carolina\nThe second semifinal was a highly anticipated matchup between North Carolina Head Coach Roy Williams and the team he had coached for 15 years before leaving to go to UNC. The game itself could be divided up as if it were three different games. The Jayhawks took a 40\u201312 lead in the first 15 minutes, causing CBS analyst Billy Packer to declare that the game was over. North Carolina narrowed the deficit to 17 at halftime on a 15\u20134 run and opened the second half on a 23\u201310 run to close to within 4 points with 11 minutes to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 103], "content_span": [104, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four, Kansas vs. North Carolina\nAfter the teams traded baskets for a few minutes, Kansas pulled away, closing on a 20\u20137 run for an 84\u201366 victory. After Kansas went out to the 40\u201312 lead, North Carolina never held the ball with a chance to take the lead. Brandon Rush led the Jayhawks with 25 points. AP Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough scored 17 points and had 9 rebounds, both below his season averages. The Tar Heels were led by Wayne Ellington's 18 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 103], "content_span": [104, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship Game\nThe National Championship Game pitted Memphis against Kansas. The head coaches (KU's Bill Self and Memphis' John Calipari) had both been on the coaching staff of Kansas' 1986 Final Four team. Neither had garnered a national championship to this point in their head coaching careers. Memphis guard Chris Douglas-Roberts had been the leading scorer in the tournament, averaging 23.6 points per game. Memphis became the first team currently from a conference other than the six majors to play in the championship game since 1998. Utah advanced to the championship game in 1998, and UNLV was the last team from a non-major conference to win the national title in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship Game\nOn the day of the game, the betting lines set by Las Vegas casinos Las Vegas Hilton, Station Casinos, and The Mirage made Memphis the favorite by a spread of 2 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship Game\nThe first half was back-and-forth as Kansas led for 7:37 minutes and Memphis led for 6:51 minutes. Kansas led 33\u201328 at halftime, the first second-half deficit that Memphis faced in the entire tournament. Memphis scored the first five points of the second half to tie the score at 33 with 18:57 left in regulation. After that Kansas maintained a small lead from the 16:04 mark until Memphis retook the lead with 8:11 remaining. Memphis then went on a 10\u20130 run to build a seven-point lead with 5:10 remaining and increased it to nine points with 2:12 remaining in regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship Game\nKansas strategically fouled Memphis\u2014an extremely poor free throw shooting team all season\u2014which missed four of its final five free throws in regulation while Kansas furiously scored 12 points in the final two minutes of regulation. During that stretch Kansas made 100% of their shots going 2 for 2 from two-point range, 2 for 2 from three-point range and 2 for 2 from the free throw line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship Game\nWhen Memphis failed to foul, which arguably would have all but assured a victory for the Tigers, Kansas guard Mario Chalmers hit a three-point basket with 2.1 seconds remaining to tie the game at 63, sending the game into overtime. Kansas fans now refer to this shot as Mario's Miracle. At the end of regulation, the Jayhawks had led the score a total of 17:55 minutes and Memphis 15:51 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship Game\nIn overtime, Kansas scored the first six points en route to a 75\u201368 win. They continued the blistering stretch they started in regulation, going 4 of 6 from the field and 4 of 4 from the line in overtime. It was KU's third NCAA title since the modern tournament began in 1939 (fifth national title overall, including two Helms decisions). It was also the first national championship for the program since the 1988 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship Game\nThis was the 7th overtime National Championship Game in NCAA Division I tournament history and first since 1997. It also represented the first national title for the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship Game\nThis national championship appearance by Memphis would later be vacated as a result of NCAA rules infractions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference\nThe columns R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC respectively stand for the Round of 32, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, Championship Game, and National Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference\nSixteen conferences\u2014America East Conference, Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Colonial Athletic Association, Ivy League, MAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southland, SWAC, Summit League and WAC\u2014went 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Television, CBS Sports\nFor the 27th consecutive year, CBS Sports telecast the tournament, and for the 18th consecutive year, broadcast every game in the main bracket from the first round to the championship, as Jim Nantz and Billy Packer called the Final Four. ESPN carried the 64th-seed Opening Round game between Coppin State and Mount St. Mary's on March 18, with Brent Musburger, Steve Lavin and Erin Andrews serving as the announcing team, as the network has done the Opening Round game since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Television, CBS Sports\nGreg Gumbel once again served as the studio host, joined by analysts Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis. For the first time since the rights were acquired, the host team spent the entire tournament at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City and did not travel to the Final Four site. CBS cited budget cutbacks ordered by the parent company, CBS Corporation. This would be Billy Packer's 35th and final tournament as a broadcaster, ending a streak that began in 1975; in July 2008, it was announced that Kellogg would replace Packer as Nantz's color man in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Television, CBS Sports\nSeveral affiliates showed additional games on digital subchannels, and once, the Los Angeles area had simultaneous telecasts on two stations: On March 20, UCLA vs. Mississippi Valley State was shown on KCBS and Cal State Fullerton vs. Wisconsin was on independent station KDOC at the same time. (KCBS has a duopoly with KCAL, but KCAL was unavailable because of a third basketball game, one between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Television, CBS College Sports Network\nSibling cable network CBS College Sports Network (now known as CBS Sports Network) picked up one CBS TV broadcast on each of the first two days of the tournament. It aired the Stanford-Cornell contest from Anaheim on March 20, and the St. Joseph's-Oklahoma game on March 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Television, CBS College Sports Network\nUnlike CBS Sports on the broadcast side, CBS College Sports Network did send a team to San Antonio, with Blackburn anchoring coverage and hosting the postgame highlights show, called the NCAA March Madness Highlights Show. Earlier, Greg Amsinger had hosted the postgame program from the network's studios at Chelsea Piers in lower Manhattan. Analysts included Steve Lappas, Greg Anthony, and Jay Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Radio\nRadio broadcasts were once again being handled again by CBS subsidiary Westwood One, hosted by Tommy Tighe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 62], "content_span": [63, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Radio, Final Four\nKugler called his first Final Four replacing Harlan, with Raftery and Thompson on color commentary and Jim Gray as sideline reporter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Other media\nDirecTV once again offered NCAA Mega March Madness as a pay-per-view package for one payment of US$69. This allowed access to all tournament games in the first three rounds of the main draw not shown on the local CBS station in the viewer's area. This package was exclusive to DirecTV and not available to Dish Network, fiber optic, or cable subscribers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197829-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Other media\nOnline, CBSSports.com and NCAA.com teamed up for NCAA March Madness on Demand. Computer users with broadband connections were able to watch all tournament games from the first round to the championship game for free, thanks to advertiser support from Coca-Cola, AT&T Mobility, Pontiac, and various other companies. The ads were not the same as those shown on television, and there was a separate halftime show hosted by Jason Horowitz joined by analysts including St. John's head basketball coach Norm Roberts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197830-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams\nThis is a list of qualifying teams for the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which does not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted \"at-large\" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197830-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams, Qualifying teams\nTeam names are those used on ESPN.com scoreboards and team pages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 84], "content_span": [85, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197830-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams, Qualifying teams, Automatic bids\nAutomatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 100], "content_span": [101, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197831-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was a golf tournament contested from May 28 to May 31, 2008, at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana. It was the 70th NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, and was hosted by Purdue University. The team championship was won by the UCLA Bruins who captured their second national championship by one stroke over the defending champion Stanford Cardinal in stroke play. The individual national championship was won by Kevin Chappell, also from UCLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197831-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, Venue\nThe tournament was played on the Kampen Course of the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. This was the third NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship hosted by Purdue University on their campus golf courses in West Lafayette, Indiana; Purdue previously hosted in 1952 and 1961. The Kampen Course was redesigned in 1998 by golf course architect Pete Dye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197832-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The tournament began on March 28, 2008, and ended with the championship game on April 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197832-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nBoston College, coached by Jerry York, won its third national title with a 4\u20131 victory in the championship game over Notre Dame, coached by Jeff Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197832-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nNathan Gerbe, junior forward for Boston College, scored five goals in the final two games and was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197832-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThis was the first tournament in 47 years to have two teams from the same conference play in the opening round. This occurred due to the glut of WCHA teams that received 2nd- and 3rd-seeds in the regional divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197832-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Tournament procedure\nThe NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197832-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Tournament procedure\nIn setting up the tournament, the Championship Committee seeks to ensure \"competitive equity, financial success and likelihood of playoff-type atmosphere at each regional site.\" A team serving as the host of a regional is placed within that regional. The top four teams are assigned overall seeds and placed within the bracket such that the national semifinals will feature the No. 1 seed versus the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed versus the No. 3 seed should the top four teams win their respective regional finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197832-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Tournament procedure\nNumber 1 seeds are also placed as close to their home site as possible, with the No. 1 seed receiving first preference. Conference matchups are avoided in the first round; should five or more teams from one conference make the tournament, this guideline may be disregarded in favor of preserving the bracket's integrity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197832-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Tournament procedure\nThe four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2008 regionals:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197832-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams\nThe at-large bids, along with the seeding for each team in the tournament, were announced on Sunday, March 23. Six teams from the WCHA qualified for the tournament, a record for the number of teams from one conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197832-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Brackets\nThe number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was held from May 10 through May 26, 2008. This was the 38th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Sixteen NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship\nThe first round of the single-elimination tournament was played on May 10 and May 11 at the home field of the top-seeded team. The quarterfinals were held on May 17 and May 18 on two separate neutral fields: the Navy\u2013Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland, and Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York. The tournament culminated with the semifinals and finals held on Memorial Day weekend at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The championship weekend, which included the Division II and Division III championships, was hosted by Harvard University and the Eastern College Athletic Conference. The championship was won by Syracuse University, beating Johns Hopkins University 13\u201310, in front of a title game record crowd of 48,970 fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Qualifying teams\nThe Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Committee was responsible for selecting the teams that competed in the championship tournament. The qualifying teams, along with the seeding for each team in the tournament, were announced on Sunday, May 4, 2008. Seven conferences received automatic bids to the tournament for its top team. The remaining nine teams were selected as \"at large\" bids by the committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Qualifying teams\nFive conferences held a conference tournament championship to award the conferences' bid. Canisius earned an automatic bid by winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) championship. This marks the first time that Canisius College has gained entry to the National Championship tournament. Colgate earned an automatic bid by winning its first-ever Patriot League championship. Hofstra earned an automatic bid by winning Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championship,Notre Dame earned an automatic bid by winning Great Western Lacrosse League (GWLL) championship, and UMBC earned an automatic bid by winning America East Conference championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Qualifying teams\nTwo conferences award their bids based on regular season conference records. Loyola earned an automatic bid by winning the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship with a 6\u20131 conference record. The Ivy League's automatic bid was awarded to Cornell. Cornell and Brown had identical conference records, but due to a victory by Cornell in head to head competition earlier in the season the tiebreaker was given to Cornell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Qualifying teams\nThe Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) conference tournament champion was Duke. However, the ACC does not receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament because a conference must have at least six members competing (for 2 years) in order to be awarded an automatic bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Qualifying teams\nThe following teams were awarded at-large bids by the NCAA Selection Committee: Duke (ACC), Virginia (ACC), Syracuse (Independent), North Carolina (ACC), Johns Hopkins (Independent), Maryland (ACC), Denver (GWLL), Navy (Patriot), and Ohio State (GWLL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, First Round\nThe first round of the 2008 championship tournament saw upsets, an overtime game, and the NCAA career points record broken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, First Round\nUnseeded Ohio State bested #8 Cornell 15\u20137. The opening goal of this game was scored by Ohio State goaltender Stefan Schroder, who ran the length of the field to put one past the Big Red netminder. Navy upset #4 seeded North Carolina in Chapel Hill with a final score of 8\u20137 on the strong play of the Midshipmen defense and the four goal effort of Tim Paul, who was honored with Nike Player of the Week honors. Notre Dame, who was hosting its first NCAA Tournament game, topped Colgate in a contest that was settled in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, First Round\nIn a victory over Loyola, Duke's Matt Danowski broke the NCAA career points record, eclipsing Joe Vasta's mark. Syracuse ended Canisius's first ever appearance in the tournament early with a 20\u20133 victory. Johns Hopkins was led by Paul Rabil's four goals in a 10\u20134 win over Hofstra. Virginia's Garrett Billings third goal of the game with 6:50 left in the game sealed the Cavaliers win over UMBC. Maryland beat GWLL's Denver 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Quarterfinals\nThe quarterfinals were held at two separate locations the weekend of May 17 and May 18. On Saturday, 17,017 people attended the quarterfinals at Navy\u2013Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. This set an attendance record for the most people to attend the quarterfinal round of the lacrosse championships. Fans in attendance saw Johns Hopkins defeat Navy 10\u20134. Navy was held without a goal for both the second and third quarters. The other game played in Annapolis was Maryland versus Virginia, which went into overtime. Ben Rubeor scored the game-winning goal in the extra period to send the Cavaliers to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Quarterfinals\nOn Sunday, at Cornell's Schoellkopf Field, Syracuse defeated Notre Dame 11\u20139 on the play of midfielder Dan Hardy who recorded four points, including three goals and the game winning score. Also, Duke routed Ohio State 21\u201310 on the offensive efforts of Zack Greer who recorded a career-high eleven points on six goals and five assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Final Four\nOn Saturday, May 24, 48,224 fans were spectators for the 2008 Division I Final Four doubleheader held at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The first game featured Syracuse versus Virginia, and the second was a rematch of last year's championship game between Johns Hopkins and Duke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Final Four, Syracuse vs. Virginia\nIn the first game of the Final Four doubleheader, Syracuse defeated Virginia 12\u201311 in a double overtime thriller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 99], "content_span": [100, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Final Four, Syracuse vs. Virginia\nVirginia commanded the first half of the contest due in part to extra-man opportunities resulting from penalties by Syracuse. In the second quarter, the Cavaliers went on a run of five unanswered goals and entered half-time with a 6\u20133 lead, and the game's momentum. The game remained in Virginia's favor through the third quarter, prior to the Orange fourth quarter comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 99], "content_span": [100, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Final Four, Syracuse vs. Virginia\nSyracuse's Mike Leveille scored five goals, including a goal with 3:00 remaining in the game to send the game into overtime, and the eventual game-winner in the second overtime period to propel the Orange into the Championship game. Syracuse's come-from-behind victory included scoring six of the final eight goals of the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 99], "content_span": [100, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Final Four, Syracuse vs. Virginia\nSyracuse's Junior midfielder Matt Abbott, known more for his groundball and clearing game, tallied three goals in the second half for his first career hat trick to spark to second half rally. Extra possessions earned by face-off specialist Danny Brennan, including both opportunities in the overtime periods and 70% total for the game, helped the Orange stage the comeback. While, Syracuse goalkeeper John Galloway settled down in the second half and made a number game saving stops as regulation time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 99], "content_span": [100, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Final Four, Syracuse vs. Virginia\nVirginia scoring was led by Danny Glading with three goals and one assist, while Garret Billings scored two goals. Ben Rubeor, a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist, was held to one point on an assist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 99], "content_span": [100, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Final Four, Johns Hopkins vs. Duke\nJohns Hopkins defeated Duke 10\u20139 in the second game of the Final Four doubleheader. The heavily favored Duke team, who had beaten the Blue Jays earlier in the season 17\u20136, were handed only their second loss of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 100], "content_span": [101, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Final Four, Johns Hopkins vs. Duke\nHopkins controlled the deliberate tempo of the game, and held a 4\u20132 lead going into halftime. After scoring first after halftime, Hopkins saw Duke pull even with three goals in 45\u00a0seconds during the third quarter, including back-to-back goals just 7\u00a0seconds apart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 100], "content_span": [101, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Final Four, Johns Hopkins vs. Duke\nIn fourth quarter, the speed of the game accelerated as Duke began to push offensively. Johns Hopkins goaltender Michael Gvozden was up to the task. He recorded 7 of his 17 saves in the fourth quarter, including one as time expired to seal the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 100], "content_span": [101, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Final Four, Johns Hopkins vs. Duke\nHopkins was led by Senior Kevin Huntley who netted four goals in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 100], "content_span": [101, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Championship: Syracuse vs. Johns Hopkins\nOn Memorial Day, Monday May 26, Syracuse defeated Johns Hopkins in the national championship game 13\u201310 in front of 48,970 fans at Gillette Stadium. This game set the attendance record for the NCAA lacrosse championship game and for any NCAA outdoor championship. This marks the 10th victory in a national championship game for the Syracuse program. This is John Desko's, Syracuse's Head coach, fourth championship in his ten-year career at Syracuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 106], "content_span": [107, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Championship: Syracuse vs. Johns Hopkins\nThe Orange were led by midfielder Dan Hardy with a team-high three goals, fifth-year Senior face-off specialist Danny Brennan who scored his first career goal, and attackman Mike Leveille, the tournament's Most Outstanding Player honoree and 2008 Tewaaraton Trophy winner, who recorded three points on one goal and two assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 106], "content_span": [107, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Championship: Syracuse vs. Johns Hopkins\nSyracuse goalkeeper John Galloway became the first true freshman goaltender in NCAA history to record 16 wins in one season, and just the fourth to win an NCAA title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 106], "content_span": [107, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197833-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Game summaries, Championship: Syracuse vs. Johns Hopkins\nJohns Hopkins' Paul Rabil played an outstanding game leading his team with career-high six goals and one assist in the losing effort. In addition, Blue Jay netminder Michael Gvozden made 20 saves, the most saves in a Championship game since Maryland's Brian Dougherty in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 106], "content_span": [107, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197834-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was a tournament of 48 teams from NCAA Division I who played for the NCAA Championship in soccer. The College Cup for the final four teams was held at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The final was held on December 14, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197834-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe bracket was announced November 17, 2008. The tournament started on November 21. The first round was played on November 21 and 22, and the second round on the 25th and 26th. The third round was played on November 29 and 30. The Regional Finals were played on December 6. Maryland won the 2008 College Cup, defeating North Carolina, 1\u20130, in the final. This was Maryland's third College Cup and second since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197834-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, Goal scorers\nBold indicates player's team played in the final4 GoalsAndrew Wiedeman- California3 GoalsGraham Zusi- MarylandSverre Wegge Gundhus- St. John'sChris Leer- UC DavisNirav Kadam- UNC GreensboroCody Arnoux- Wake ForestZack Schilawski- Wake Forest2 GoalsTony Cascio- ConnecticutSeth Sinovic- CreightonJohn Mellencamp- IndianaKirk Urso- North CarolinaOliver Kupe- NorthwesternIrving Garcia- UC IrvineZak Boggs- South FloridaJoel Gustafsson- St. John'sSam Cronin- Wake ForestAndrew Hoxie- William and Mary1 GoalMatt Tutich- AkronShawn Chin- Boston CollegeEdvin Worley- Boston CollegeJin Oh- Boston UniversityChris Deal- CaliforniaDemitrius Omphroy- CaliforniaDavis Paul- CaliforniaRyan Anderson- Cal PolyDori Arad- ConnecticutAndrei Gotsmanov- CreightonChris Schuler- CreightonEber Martinez- George MasonAndre Akpan-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 867]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197834-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, Goal scorers\nHarvardJohn Stamatis- HarvardBaggio Husidic- Illinois-ChicagoMatt Spiess- Illinois-ChicagoAndy Adlard- IndianaEric Alexander- IndianaKevin Alston- IndianaBrad Ring- IndianaOfori Sarkodie- IndianaNedim Hrustric- JacksonvilleRamak Safi- JacksonvilleStefan Runeman- JacksonvilleTony Taylor- JacksonvilleAaron Clapham- LouisvilleZachary Hernan- LouisvilleRyan McDonald- LouisvillePhil Bannister- Loyola (Md.) Jeremy Hall- MarylandOmar Gonzalez- MarylandCasey Townsend- MarylandRodney Wallace- MarylandPeri Marosevic- MichiganJake Stacy- MichiganMichael Callahan- North CarolinaGarry Lewis- North CarolinaBilly Schuler- North CarolinaBrian Shriver- North CarolinaGeoff Fallon- NorthwesternJack Traynor- Notre DameJordan Seabrook- South FloridaNelson Becerra- St. John'sTafadzwa Chiduku- St. John'sKyle Hayes- St. LouisAustin Neil- TulsaJose Parada- TulsaSule Anibaba- UC DavisLance Patterson- UC DavisIrving Garcia- UC IrvineRafael Macedo- UC IrvineAmani Walker- UC IrvineMartin Hedevag- UC Santa BarbaraMichael Tetteh- UC Santa BarbaraTebatso Manyama- UNC GreensboroCorey Maret- UNC GreensboroLyle Adams- Wake ForestCorben Bone- Wake ForestJamie Franks- Wake ForestLuke Norman- Wake ForestMarcus Tracy- Wake ForestAlan Koger- William and MaryRafael Araujo- Winthrop", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 1320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197835-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 2008 at the Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington at the 85th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197835-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships\nArizona topped the team standings, finishing 94 points ahead of Texas. It was the Wildcats' first team national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197836-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested at the 87th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team champions of men's and women's Division I collegiate outdoor track and field in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197836-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nThis year's meet, the 27th with both men's and women's championships, was held June 11\u201314, 2008 at Drake Stadium at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197836-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nFlorida State won the men's title, the Seminoles' second (their 2007 title was vacated by the NCAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197836-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nLSU won the women's title, the Lady Tigers' record fourteenth title and first since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197837-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was held from May 15 through June 4, 2008. 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2008 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197837-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, National seeds\n9. LSU10. Oklahoma11. Northwestern12. Stanford13. Tennessee14. Long Beach State15. Georgia16. Fresno State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197837-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Women's College World Series, Participants\n\u2020 Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197838-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 62nd annual men's and 26th annual women's championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197838-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships\nThe tournaments were played concurrently during May 2008 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197838-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships\nDefending team champions Georgia defeated Texas in the men's championship, 4\u20132, to claim the Bulldogs' sixth team national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197838-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships\nUCLA defeated California in the women's championship, 4\u20130, to claim the Bruins' first team national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197838-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, Host sites\nThis year's tournaments were played at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament involved 64 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the 2007\u201308 national champion of women's NCAA Division I college basketball. It commenced on March 22, 2008, and concluded when the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers defeated the Stanford University Cardinal 64\u201348 on April 8, 2008 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nThe preliminary rounds largely followed the seeding, with every number one and number two seed advancing to the regional finals. In the Greensboro and Oklahoma City Regionals, the top seeds Connecticut and Tennessee won respectively to head to the Final Four. Connecticut had to beat Big East rival Rutgers to make the advance. Tennessee' Candace Parker was injured in the game against Texas A&M and had to leave twice, and be fitted with a sleeve to stabilize her shoulder. She still scored 26 points in a game which was won by only eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nIn the other two regionals, the two seeds prevailed. In the New Orleans Regional, LSU beat North Carolina to reach the Final Four for the fifth consecutive time, tying a record set by Connecticut between 2000 and 2004. In the Spokane Regional, Stanford beat the top seed Maryland to go to their first Final Four since 1997, but one that would be the first of a five-year string of consecutive Final Four appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nConnecticut and Stanford met in one semifinal. They had played each other earlier in the season at the Paradise Jam held in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands in November. The Huskies had won that game 66\u201354, but the team had been at full strength. Subsequent to that game Mel Thomas and Kalana Greene both starters, had season ending injuries. Connecticut cut a Stanford lead to a single point, 47\u201346 when Candice Wiggins hit two three-pointers to start a 10\u20130 run. Wiggins would go on to score 25 points in the game and would be named the Women's Basketball Coaches Association national player of the year. The Cardinal went on to win the game, and advance to the national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nThe game between SEC foes Tennessee and LSU didn't win style points, and was described by the New York Times as \"one of the ugliest games played this or any season\". Tennessee led early opening up a ten-point lead at 37\u201327, but LSU responded with a 10\u20130 run to tie the game. With seconds left in the game LSU hit two free throws to take a one-point lead. Tennessee inbounded the ball to Candace Parker who passed it inside to Nicky Anosike, but her shot was deflected to Alexis Hornbuckle, who had missed seven of her field goal attempts. With under one second remaining, Hornhuckle caught the deflection and hit the winning basket. The Lady Vols won 47\u201346, as the two teams combined scores set an NCAA record for the fewest points scored in a semifinal game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nLSU fell to 0-5 in the Women's Final Four. Combined with the 0-6 mark of the men's team, LSU's 0-11 all-time combined Final Four mark is the worst for schools which have made multiple appearances in both the men's and women's Final Fours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nAfter the drama of a one-point game in the semifinal, the final game was anti-climactic. The Lady Vols pulled out to a 30\u201319 lead, and the Stanford Cardinal were unable to close the gap. The win gave Tennessee their second consecutive national championship and a career total of 982 wins, the most of any coach in basketball, men's or women's, along with eight national championships for coach Pat Summitt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Subregionals\nOnce again, the system was the same as the Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, with the exception that only 64 teams received bids, and there was no play-in game. Automatic bids were secured by 31 conference champions and 33 at-large bids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Subregionals\nThe subregionals, which once again used the \"pod system\", keeping most teams at or close to the home cities, were held from March 22 to March 25 at these locations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Subregionals\nThis was the fourth and final year that eight sites hosted subregional games. The committee, in September 2007, voted to return to the 16-site format for the early rounds starting with the 2009 tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals\nThe regions (once again named after the host cities, a practice begun in 2005) were held from March 29 to April 1 in the following regions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals\nThe regional winners advanced to the Final Four, held April 6 and 8, 2008 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, in Tampa, Florida, hosted by the University of South Florida. USF and the Tampa Bay Times Forum also hosted a first and second round Men's Tournament subregional on March 21 and 23. Also, akin to the men's tournament, at the regional sites, the NCAA installed floors that were custom made for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams \u2013 automatic\nSixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA tournament. Of these thirty-one automatic bids, a total of 30 teams receive automatic bids for winning their conference tournament championship. The Ivy League does not hold a tournament, so its regular season champion receives the automatic bid. Because Cornell, Dartmouth, and Harvard finished in a tie for first place, Ivy League rules called for a two-game stepladder playoff. Dartmouth defeated Harvard in the first game and went on to face Cornell for the automatic bid, which Cornell won 64-47.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams \u2013 at-large\nThirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by conference\nThirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-two cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from nine of the conferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 70], "content_span": [71, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by state\nThe sixty-four teams came from thirty states, plus Washington, D.C. Texas had the most teams with six bids. Twenty states did not have any teams receiving bids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bracket\nData sourceNOTE: All initials used are the same in the official NCAA Bracket in External Links listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197839-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference\nNineteen conferences \u2014 Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland, SWAC, Sun Belt Conference, Summit League, WAC and West Coast Conference \u2014 went 0-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197840-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 27th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Maryland during May 2008. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 16 teams were invited to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197840-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship\nNorthwestern defeated Penn 10\u20136 to win their fourth overall, as well as fourth straight, national championship. This would subsequently become the fourth of Northwestern's seven national titles in eight years (2005\u20132009, 2011\u201312).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197840-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship\nThe leading scorer for the tournament was Hilary Bowen from Northwestern (23 goals). Bowen was also named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197840-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament field\nA total of 16 teams were invited to participate. 8 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 8 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 68], "content_span": [69, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197840-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament field, Seeds\n1. Northwestern2. Penn3. Maryland4. Virginia5. Syracuse6. Georgetown7. Boston U. 8. Princeton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197841-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2008 Women's College Cup) was the 27th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 5\u20137, 2008 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 14\u201329.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197841-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament\nNorth Carolina defeated Notre Dame in the final, 2\u20131, to win their nineteenth national title. This was a rematch of the 1994, 1996, 1999, and 2006 tournament finals, all won by the Tar Heels. The Tar Heels (25\u20131\u20132) were coached by Anson Dorrance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197841-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Casey Nogueira from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Carrie Drew from Notre Dame. Nogueira and Drew, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197841-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe tournament's leading scorers were KayAnne Gummersall from Duke (4 goals, 1 assist), Kerri Hanks from Notre Dame (4 goals, 1 assist), Casey Nogueira from North Carolina (2 goals, 5 assists), and McCall Zerboni from UCLA (4 goals, 1 assist).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197841-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification\nAll Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197841-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Format\nJust as before, the final two rounds, deemed the Women's College Cup, were played at a pre-determined neutral site. All other rounds were played on campus sites at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The only exceptions were the first two rounds, which were played at regional campus sites. The top sixteen teams hosted four team-regionals on their home fields (with some exceptions, noted below) during the tournament's first weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197842-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships\nThe 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 27th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197842-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships\nThis year's events were hosted by the Ohio State University at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197842-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships\nArizona topped the team standings for the first time, finishing 136 points (484\u2013348) ahead of two-time defending champions Auburn. This was the Wildcats' first women's team title. Arizona also captured the 2008 men's title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began on December 4, 2008 with 64 teams and concluded on December 20, 2008 when Penn State defeated Stanford, 3 sets to 0, in Omaha, Nebraska for the program's third NCAA title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament\nWith the win, Penn State repeated as national champions and won their NCAA record 64th consecutive match, becoming only the fourth team in NCAA history to finish the season undefeated, as they went 38-0 and joined Southern California as the only repeat NCAA national champions to go undefeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Final Four, held at the Qwest Center, was the first in the rally-scoring era (since 2001) in which all top four seeds reached the final four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament\nThis was the first year in which the term \"set\" replaced \"game\", with 25 points needed to win a set. From 2001 through 2007, 30 points were required to win a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, University Park Regional, Regional recap\nJust as they had done all season, Penn State swept past Western Michigan, who was making their first Sweet 16 appearance in 21 years. When Penn State won the third set, they broke the NCAA record for consecutive sets won at 106 (The previous record of 105 was held by Florida from 2003.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 92], "content_span": [93, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, University Park Regional, Regional recap\nIn the other Sweet 16 match, California swept Illinois, setting up a rematch of the 2007 NCAA National Semifinals with Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 92], "content_span": [93, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, University Park Regional, Regional recap\nDespite getting a test from California in the first set, Penn State swept the Bears again to head to their second straight Final Four, bringing the program's total to seven Final Four appearances. California ended their season at 26-7, which was the most wins in the program's history in a single season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 92], "content_span": [93, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Seattle Regional, Regional recap\nWashington and Nebraska both swept past their Sweet 16 opponents with ease, to set up a rematch of the 2005 NCAA National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Seattle Regional, Regional recap\nWashington, who had never lost an NCAA regional that they hosted, seemed to be heading to the Final Four after going up 2-0 on Nebraska. Out of the break, however, Nebraska regained focus and easily beat Washington in set 3, before winning a close set 4. In the decisive fifth set, Washington looked to be on the brink of victory after building a seemingly insurmountable 9-3 lead. Nebraska mounted a stunning comeback, though, and took 9 straight points. The Huskies tied it up at 13, before a Husky hitting error gave the Huskers match point. Nebraska senior Jordan Larson served out an ace to close out the stunning comeback. Nebraska advanced to their third Final Four in four years, and eleventh overall. Washington finished their season 27-5 and was the Pac-10 runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 863]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Austin Regional, Regional recap\nTexas defeated UCLA in four sets to advance to their third straight NCAA Regional Final. Iowa State continued their dream run, upsetting 11th-seeded Oregon in five sets, just after upsetting sixth-seeded Minnesota in four sets in Minneapolis in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 83], "content_span": [84, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Austin Regional, Regional recap\nAfter Texas took the 2-0 lead, Iowa State bounced back to take the third set and extend the match. However, Texas responded in the fourth set, defeating the Cyclones easily to advance to the program's first final four since 1995. Iowa State ended their season at 22-13 and made their first Elite Eight appearance in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 83], "content_span": [84, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Fort Collins Regional, Regional recap\nSecond seeded Stanford had no troubles with 15th-seeded Florida, sweeping them to earn their spot in the Elite Eight. Hawai\u02bbi defeated Purdue in four close sets to advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 89], "content_span": [90, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Fort Collins Regional, Regional recap\nStanford dominated Hawai\u02bbi in the regional final, which included winning the second set 25-9. Hawai\u02bbi recorded 29 hitting errors in the match, while Stanford had just 7. Hawai\u02bbi ended their season at 31-4 as the WAC co-Champions. Stanford advanced to their third Final Four in a row, bringing the school total to an NCAA record 18 appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 89], "content_span": [90, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Semifinals recap, Stanford vs. Texas\nIn a rematch of the 2008 AVCA Showcase, Stanford once again beat Texas in five sets to advance to their 14th NCAA title match in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 97], "content_span": [98, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Semifinals recap, Stanford vs. Texas\nAfter Texas went up two sets to none, Stanford came back to win in five sets behind play from seniors Foluke Akinradewo and Cynthia Barboza. It was the first time in the history of the NCAA tournament that a team came back to win after being down two sets to none in the National Semifinals. Stanford advanced to their third straight title match, while Texas, who had advanced to their first Final Four since 1995, finished their season at 29-4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 97], "content_span": [98, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Semifinals recap, Penn State vs. Nebraska\nPenn State, unbeaten in both matches and individual sets, seemed to be easily heading to their second straight final after going up 2 sets to 0 on Nebraska in front of an NCAA record crowd of 17,430, mostly Husker fans. The Nittany Lions NCAA record of consecutive sets won stood at 111 before it being snapped by Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 102], "content_span": [103, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Semifinals recap, Penn State vs. Nebraska\nComing out of the break, Nebraska mounted a big comeback. The Huskers forced a game five off of Penn State. The Huskers, unbeaten at the Qwest Center with a 14\u20130 record and never having lost a match in the state of Nebraska in 96 matches, went up 10\u20138 in the decisive fifth set. However, AVCA National Player of the Year Nicole Fawcett served six straight points, which included a service ace, to swing the momentum to the Nittany Lions at 14\u201310. Nebraska fought off one match point before Megan Hodge crushed her 23rd kill of the night to finish the match and set up a rematch of the 2007 NCAA championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 102], "content_span": [103, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Penn State vs. Stanford\nFor the first time in NCAA tournament history, the same two teams met for the national title in consecutive years. Stanford's senior class, appearing in their third straight title match, was attempting to win their first national title. A Stanford class had not gone through without winning at least one NCAA championship since the program won their first national championship in 1992. Penn State and Stanford met for the fourth time in the NCAA championship - all of which have occurred since 1997 - which is the most meetings between any two schools. Penn State and Stanford are the only two programs to appear in every NCAA tournament since the NCAA started to sponsor women's volleyball in 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Penn State vs. Stanford\nStanford started the match on fire, going up 10-5, then 15-10 at the media timeout. However, Penn State went on a 15-5 run to close out the first set, 25-20. Both teams remained even in set 2, with a Hodge kill giving Penn State the narrow 15-14 lead heading into the media timeout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Penn State vs. Stanford\nThe national championship was halted in set 2 for at least 10\u00a0minutes, though, after a scoring discrepancy. Penn State seemingly earned the point to go up 21-19 after a Nicole Fawcett kill, but the scoring table had a miscommunication, thinking Stanford had gotten the point and that it was 20-20. Despite both Penn State head coach Russ Rose and Stanford head coach John Dunning agreeing the score was, in fact, 21-19 in favor of Penn State, the scoring table did not adjust the score and replayed the point. Another scoring miscommunication took place once again later in set 2, but Penn State eventually prevailed, 26-24, to take the 2-0 lead to the match. The incident led the NCAA Volleyball panel to recommend a protocol for score discrepancies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 856]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Penn State vs. Stanford\nIn what was the final set, Penn State eased up to the 21-17 lead. Two consecutive kills from Megan Hodge put Penn State just two points away from their second straight national title at 23-18. Stanford, however, managed to pull within one at 23-22 after four consecutive kills from Alix Klineman. Another Hodge kill halted the run to give Penn State two championship points at 24-22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Penn State vs. Stanford\nAfter Stanford scored another kill to stave off one championship point, Penn State senior Nicole Fawcett sealed the set with a tip off of the Stanford block to take the national championship and the match. Penn State extended their NCAA record of consecutive matches won to 64 while Stanford's 16 match winning streak was snapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Penn State vs. Stanford\nStanford became the first team to ever lose in three consecutive title matches. Penn State joined USC from 2003 to become the only repeat champions to go undefeated, while also joining Long Beach State's 1998 team and Nebraska's 2000 team to be the only undefeated teams in NCAA history. The Nittany Lions joined USC's 2003 team and Nebraska's 2006 team as the only schools to be ranked #1 in the coaches poll for the entire season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Penn State vs. Stanford\nWith the dominance Penn State showed throughout the 2008 season - going 114-2 in individual sets, 38-0 in matches, breaking the NCAA record for consecutive matches and sets won, being the first team in NCAA history to go through the regular season without losing a single set, leading the NCAA in blocks per set, and breaking the NCAA rally-scoring era record for team hitting percentage in a season (.390), some think Penn State could perhaps be the best team to ever play women's college volleyball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197843-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Penn State vs. Stanford\nTwo of the best middle blockers in NCAA history ended their careers as well. Stanford senior Foluke Akinradewo broke the NCAA Division I all-time career hitting percentage, ending her career with a .443 overall percentage. Penn State senior Christa Harmotto finished her career second all time in NCAA history, hitting .433 for her career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197844-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings\nThe following polls make up the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. USA Today and ESPN began publishing the Coaches' Poll of 31 active coaches ranking the top 25 teams in the nation in 1992. Each coach is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197844-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball\nThe preseason poll ranked the top 40 teams. Remaining teams not listed above were: 31. Oklahoma State 32. Louisiana\u2013Lafayette 33. Southern Illinois 34. Southern Miss 35. UC Riverside 36. Stetson 37. Coastal Carolina 38. Nebraska 39. California 40. Oral Roberts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197844-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, NCBWA\nThe Preseason poll ranked the top 35 teams. Teams not listed above were: 31. Georgia Tech 32. Pepperdine 33. Southern Miss 34. LSU 35. Arkansas", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197845-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I baseball season\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 22, 2008. The season was the first to have a uniform start date for both southern and northern teams. The change from previous seasons, in which weather allowed southern teams to begin play weeks before northern teams, was an attempt to improve parity between warm-weather and cold-weather teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197845-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I baseball season\nThe season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2008 College World Series. The College World Series, which consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament, was held in its annual location of Omaha, Nebraska at Rosenblatt Stadium. It concluded on June 25, 2008, with the final game of the best of three championship series. Fresno State defeated Georgia two games to one to claim their first championship. Fresno State was the first team seeded fourth in its regional tournament to win a national championship since the NCAA Tournament adopted the current 64-team format in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197845-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, New programs\nFive new programs joined Division I baseball for the 2008 season, four from the NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast, previously a Division II independent; North Carolina Central, previously of the Division II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Presbyterian, previously of the Division II South Atlantic Conference; and South Carolina Upstate, previously of the Division II Peach Belt Conference, all made the transition to Division I. The fifth new program, Houston Baptist, joined Division I from the NAIA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197845-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Conference changes\nEntering the 2008 baseball season, the Mid-Continent Conference was renamed The Summit League. The renamed conference was one of several conferences to make membership changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197845-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Conference changes\nBoth the renamed Summit League and the Atlantic Sun Conference added multiple members. The Summit added three schools, IPFW, North Dakota State, and South Dakota State, all previously Division I independents. The Atlantic Sun added two schools, Florida Gulf Coast and South Carolina Upstate, both from Division II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197845-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Conference changes\nBoth the Big West Conference, which added UC Davis from the Division I independent ranks, and the Horizon League, which added Valparaiso from the Mid-Continent, added a single member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197845-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Conference changes\nThree schools joined the Division I independent ranks. Le Moyne left the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to become an independent, and both North Carolina Central and Presbyterian became independents after their transitions from Division II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197845-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series\nThe 2008 season marked the sixty second NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Fresno State claiming their first championship with a two games to one series win over Georgia in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197846-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I softball season\nThe 2008 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2008. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 2008 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 2, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197846-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I softball season, Women's College World Series\nThe 2008 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 29 to June 2, 2008 in Oklahoma City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197846-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I softball season, Records\nNCAA Division I season saves:15 \u2013 Mallory Aldred, Canisius Golden Griffins", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197846-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division I softball season, Records\nNCAA Division I single game doubles:4 \u2013 Emily Troup, North Carolina Tar Heels; February 20, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197847-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game\nThe 2008 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was held on December 13, 2008 at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197847-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, Teams\nThe 2008 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs involved 24 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197847-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, Teams\nThe tournament began on November 15, 2008, and concluded on December 13, 2008 at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197847-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, Game summary\nThe Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs won the school's first NCAA Division II football championship in a 21-14 win over the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats. Minnesota Duluth's quarterback Ted Schlafke threw  38-yard touchdown pass to Tony Doherty with 14 seconds left in the second quarter to give the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead. Later he threw a  5-yard touchdown midway through the third quarter to Issac Odim for a 14-0 lead. Odim ran for a 4-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter for a 21-0 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 62], "content_span": [63, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197847-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, Game summary\nNorthwest Missouri's first score came on a 44-yard interception return by Aldwin Foster-Rettig cutting the score to 21-7. The Bearcats cut the lead to 21-14 as Raphael Robinson scored on a 2-yard touchdown catch with 1:36 left in the game. Minnesota Duluth recovered an onside kick attempt and ran out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 62], "content_span": [63, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197847-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, Game summary\nMinnesota Duluth finished the season with a 15-0 record. Northwest Missouri ended the season with a 13-2 record and suffered its fourth consecutive loss in the Division II championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 62], "content_span": [63, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197848-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament was the 52nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197848-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nOfficially culminating the 2007\u201308 NCAA Division II men's basketball season, the tournament featured sixty-four teams from around the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197848-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe Elite Eight, national semifinals, and championship were again played at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197848-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nMaking a third consecutive appearance in the tournament final, Winona State (38\u20131) defeated Augusta State in, 87\u201376, to win their second Division II national championship and second in three seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197848-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe Warriors were coached by Mike Leaf. Winona State's Jonte Flowers was the Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197848-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament, Regionals, South Atlantic - Augusta, Georgia\n\u2020 South Carolina-Aiken, despite being the #1 seed, was barred from hosting the regional due to NCAA edicts disallowing the hosting of NCAA championships in the states of South Carolina and Mississippi as a result of controversies over continued usage of the Confederate flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 95], "content_span": [96, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197849-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the 27th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's  collegiate basketball in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197849-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament\nNorthern Kentucky defeated South Dakota in the championship game, 63\u201358, to claim the Norse's second NCAA Division II national title and first since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197849-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament\nAs in 2008, the championship rounds were contested at the Health and Sports Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney in Kearney, Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197850-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football rankings\nThe 2008 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season\nThe 2008 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began on August 30, 2008, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 15, 2008 at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The Minnesota\u2013Duluth Bulldogs defeated the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats, 21\u201314, to win their first Division II national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season\nThe Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Bernard Scott, running back from Abilene Christian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Conference and program changes\nBrevard, Central State, Dixie State, and Seton Hill completed their transitions to Division II and became eligible for the postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Conference and program changes, Regional realignment\nThe geographic names of the four super regions gave way to numerical names. The Northeast Region, with the addition of the CIAA, became Super Region 1; the Southeast Region minus the CIAA became Super Region 2. The Northwest Region, with the addition of the RMAC and loss of the defunct NCC, became Super Region 3, while the Southwest Region, minus the RMAC and with the addition of the GNAC (sponsoring football again after a two-year hiatus) became Super Region 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Conference summaries\nCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association \u2013 ShawGreat Lakes Football Conference \u2013 Missouri S&TGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference \u2013 Grand Valley StateGreat Northwest Athletic Conference \u2013 Central WashingtonGulf South Conference \u2013 Delta State Lone Star Conference \u2013 Abilene ChristianMid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association \u2013 Northwest Missouri StateNortheast-10 Conference \u2013 American InternationalNorthern Sun Intercollegiate Conference \u2013 Minnesota\u2013DuluthPennsylvania State Athletic Conference \u2013 California (PA)Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference \u2013 Chadron StateSouth Atlantic Conference \u2013 Carson-Newman, Newberry, and TusculumSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference \u2013 TuskegeeWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference \u2013 Glenville State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 832]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason\nThe 2008 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs involved 24 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason\nThe tournament began on November 15, 2008 and concluded on December 13, 2008 with the 2008 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason\nIn the championship game the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs defeated the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats, 21\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Playoff format\nThe first-round games were conducted on the campus of one of the competing institutions as determined by the NCAA Division II Football Committee. Two teams in each super regional earned first-round byes. The first-round winners advanced to face a bye team in their super regional. Second-round winners met in the quarterfinals and quarterfinal winners advanced to play in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Playoff format\nFirst-round, second-round, quarterfinal and semifinal games were played on the campus of one of the competing institutions as determined by the NCAA Division II Football Committee. The home team at the championship was determined by the Division II Football Committee and the Shoals National Championship Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, National television coverage\nThe championship game was played at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama and broadcast live on ESPN2 on December 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, National television coverage\nThe semifinal games were broadcast on ESPN2 (North Alabama vs. Northwest Mo., 4pm EST) and ESPN Classic (California (PA) vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 12pm EST) on December 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, National television coverage\nThe Superregional championship (quarterfinal) games were broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN Classic on November 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 1\nThe Seton Hill Griffins deflected and intercepted a pass by the American International  quarterback Rob Parent with 5:45 left and scored with 5:02 remaining for a 14\u20137 win over the Yellow Jackets' in the first-ever NCAA playoff game for both programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 1\nWest Chester defeated Southern Connecticut State, 52\u201332, as Jackson Fagan rushed for 172 yards and three touchdowns. Fagan scored on runs of 61, 7 and 4 yards. QB Joe Wright threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns and the Golden Rams also scored on a 22-yard interception return by defensive tackle Scott Schiavo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 1\nWayne State quarterback Silas Fluellen completed 17 of 40 passes for 236 yards and a touchdown, but could not overcome the 243 yards and three touchdowns by Chadron State quarterback Joe McLain who left the game with an injury as the Eagles defeated the Wildcats, 23\u201317. Wayne State had four turnovers inside the 10-yard line in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 1\nIn its first ever home playoff game the Ashland University Eagles defeated the Minnesota State-Mankato Mavericks, 27\u201316. Quarterback Billy Cundiff threw a 66-yard scoring completion to Joe Horn with 11:56 remaining in the fourth quarter as the Eagles took the lead for good. Previously, Ashland was 0\u20133 in the school's playoff history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 1\nThe Valdosta State Blazers fell behind early, but rallied in the second half to defeat Carson-Newman Eagles, 24\u201320. Ronnye Nelson ran for 83 rushing yards and 59 receiving yards for the Blazers. The win was the fifth straight playoff win for the Blazers, the defending NCAA Division II Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 1\nThe Tusculum College Pioneers only led the final 3:31 of the game against the Albany State Rams, but scored on three fourth quarter drives to win 34\u201322. Senior quarterback Corey Russell finished the game with 87 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 15 carries and was 23-of-38 passing for 274 yards and three touchdowns for the Pioneers. Tusculum maintained its streak of no games lost at home in two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 1\nQuarterback Mark Smith scored a rushing touchdown that put the Pittsburg State Gorillas out of range of the late-surging University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks in a 33\u201321 win. The 24th-ranked Mavericks took the lead in game, 21\u201320, with 13:05 left in the game, but the Gorillas took back the lead, 26\u201321 with 5:27 left in the game. Smith scored on a 32-yard touchdown with 2:10 left in the game to seal the win. Smith finished with 365 yards of total offensive, including 212 rushing yards for the Gorillas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 1\nKeith Flemming put the West Texas A&M Buffaloes ahead for good with a 6-yard run late in the second quarter in a 49\u201342 victory over Central Washington Wildcats. Flemming ran for four touchdowns and Keith Null threw three touchdown passes (35 of 49 passes for 463 yards and one interception).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 2\nThe West Chester Golden Rams got a late touchdown pass but failed to recover an onside kick as Bloomsburg held on for a 28\u201321 victory. A 62-yard interception return for a touchdown by Jesse Cooper in the fourth quarter gave the Huskies a 21\u201314 lead. Bloomsburg scored on a 28-yard touchdown pass with 3:41 left in the fourth to extend the lead to 28\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 2\nCalifornia University of Pennsylvania's QB Kevin McCabe threw three touchdowns as the Vulcan's defeated Seton Hill, 48\u20137. McCabe completed 19 of 24 passes for 253 yards. Terrence Johnson ran an 82-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Seton Hill's lone score came on a 30-yard fumble return for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 2\nMinnesota Duluth held Chadron State to just 8 yards rushing for the game in a 20\u201310 victory. The Bulldogs held the ball for nearly 40 minutes while gaining 388 yards in total offense. The Eagles gained 178 yards in total offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 2\nThe Grand Valley State, the top seed in Super Region 3, defeated Ashland University, 40\u20137. The Lakers scored on their first two possessions and built a 24\u20130 halftime lead. Ashland's only score came on the first play of the fourth quarter as quarterback Billy Cundiff hit Christian Livingston with an 8-yard touchdown pass. Grand Valley answered on the next offensive play with a 62-yard touchdown run. The Lakers' defense ended with eight sacks and nine tackles for lost yardage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 2\nNorth Alabama avenged last season's quarterfinal playoff loss to defending Division II Champion Valdosta State, 37\u201310, as QB A.J. Milwee threw for 167 yards and one touchdown and ran for another score. The Lions took a 16\u20133 halftime lead and scored two touchdowns in the third quarter and one in the fourth quarter to seal the win. Valdosta State only touchdown came as Dudley Spence returned a fumble 55-yard for a score in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 2\nDelta State compiled 529 yards of offense as QB while Garrett DeWitt threw for 344 yards and backup quarterback Blake Barnes rushed for two touchdowns as the Statesmen defeated Tusculum, 27\u201319. The Statesmen defense held allowed 425 (310 in the air) but forced Tusculum into three turnovers. The win advanced Delta State to the Division II playoff quarterfinals for the third straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 2\nNorthwest Missouri State came from behind to defeat Pittsburg State 38\u201335. Pittsburg State took the lead with 3 minutes, 30 seconds remaining, but QB Joel Osborn threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Kendall Wright with 55 seconds left gave the Bearcats a victory. The Gorillas racked up 408 total yards of offense as QB Mark Smith rushed for 123 yards and passed for 185 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 2\nThe Abilene Christian University Wildcats set a record for points in an NCAA playoff game (93) as they scored touchdowns on 13 of its 15 possessions in a 93\u201368 defeat of West Texas A&M. The Wildcats compiled 810 total yards as quarterback Billy Malone threw six touchdown passes, each to a different receiver, and completed 16 of 25 passes for 383 yards. Bernard Scott rushed for 292 yards on 19 carries and scored seven touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 2\nWest Texas was led by quarterback Keith Null (42-of-63, 595 yards, seven touchdowns), and Charly Martin who had 14 catches for 323 yards and five TDs as the Buffs compiled 721 total yards of offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Round 2\nThe Wildcats will play Northwest Missouri State in the national quarterfinals, a rematch of ACU's 44\u201327 victory on Aug. 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Super Regional finals\nCalifornia of Pennsylvania eliminated Bloomsburg University, 27\u201324, to advance to the semifinals. The Vulcans scored two third-quarter touchdowns to take a 27\u201317 lead, but Bloomsburg scored on a 1-yard run by quarterback Dan Latorre to close the gap to 27\u201324. The Huskies were attempting a game-winning drive, but the Vulcans linebacker Darren Burns forced a fumble by Latorre on a 28-yard quarterback draw and Brandon Gordon recovered the fumble for the", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 103], "content_span": [104, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Super Regional finals\nSophomore linebacker Kiel Fechtelkotter intercepted a pass from Grand Valley State quarterback Brad Iciek in the second overtime to seal a 19\u201313 double-overtime victory. UMD scored a touchdown in the second overtime, but the Lakers blocked the extra-point attempt. Two plays later, Fechtelkotter made the interception, ending the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 103], "content_span": [104, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Super Regional finals\nThe Lions avenged their only loss this season, defeating Delta State, 55\u201334. While defense gave up 541 yards in total offense to the Statesmen, they also forced six turnovers total and scored twice on defense (interception returns for touchdowns by Darron Dampier and Michael Johnson). Wide receiver Joemal Campbell caught two touchdown passes and blocked a punt for the Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 103], "content_span": [104, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Super Regional finals\nNorthwest Missouri State secured their fourth straight trip to the NCAA Division II semifinals with a 45\u201336 victory against Abilene Christian. The Bearcats' quarterback Joel Osborn threw for 247 yards (19-of-28) and two touchdowns. Backup quarterback Blake Bolles finished with 69 yards through the air and one touchdown pass, and 51 yards rushing and one touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 103], "content_span": [104, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Semifinals\nA week after upsetting Grand Valley State, the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs advanced to the National Championship game with a 45\u20137 victory over California (Pa.). The Bulldogs held the Vulcans to their lowest rushing total of the season, while forcing five turnovers. California had averaged nearly 200 yards rushing and 38 points per game this season. Isaac Odim rushed for 126 yards and scored four touchdowns for the Bulldogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 92], "content_span": [93, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Semifinals\nNorthwest Missouri State Bearcats played turnover-free football while forcing two North Alabama turnovers en route to a 41\u20137 victory. The Bearcats defense held North Alabama to one touchdown as they advanced to their fourth straight national championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 92], "content_span": [93, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Championship\nThe Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs won the school's first NCAA Division II football championship in a 21\u201314 win over the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats. Minnesota Duluth's quarterback Ted Schlafke threw  38-yard touchdown pass to Tony Doherty with 14 seconds left in the second quarter to give the Bulldogs a 7\u20130 lead. Later he threw a  5-yard touchdown midway through the third quarter to Issac Odim for a 14\u20130 lead. Odim ran for a 4-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter for a 21\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Championship\nNorthwest Missouri's first score came on a 44-yard interception return by Aldwin Foster-Rettig cutting the score to 21\u20137. The Bearcats cut the lead to 21\u201314 as Raphael Robinson scored on a 2-yard touchdown catch with 1:36 left in the game. Minnesota Duluth recovered an onside kick attempt and ran out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197851-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division II football season, Tournament Notes, Individual game results, Championship\nMinnesota Duluth finished the season with a 15\u20130 record. Northwest Missouri ended the season with a 13\u20132 record and suffered its fourth consecutive loss in the Division II championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197852-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 2008 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 33rd national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with five regions consisting of six teams and three consisting of eight, for a total of 54 teams participating in the tournament, up from 53 in 2007. The tournament champion was Trinity (CT), who defeated Johns Hopkins for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197852-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, South Regional\nAmerican Legion Field-Danville, GA (Host: USA South Athletic Conference/Old Dominion Athletic Conference)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197852-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, Mideast Regional\nArt Nehf Field-Terre Haute, IN (Host: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197852-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, Central Regional\nBrunner Field in the Duane R. Swanson Stadium-Moline, IL (Host: Augustana College)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 154]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00197852-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, World Series\nTime Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197853-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the 34th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197853-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe field contained sixty-four teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197853-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament\nWashington\u2013St. Louis defeated defending champions Amherst in the championship, 90\u201368, clinching their first national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197853-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament\nTroy Ruths, also from Washington\u2013St. Louis, was named Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197854-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2007\u201308 season, the 25th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with St. Norbert defeating Plattsburgh State in the championship game 2-0. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197854-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams\nThe following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. One at-large bid was available for the best non-conference champion for each region with one additional at-large bid for the best remaining team regardless of region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 68], "content_span": [69, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197854-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. For the three eastern Quarterfinals the teams were seeded according to their rankings. The two lowest-seeded eastern teams played a first round game while the remaining five teams received byes into Quarterfinal round. The top-seeded eastern team played the winner of the eastern first round game. For the western quarterfinal, the top-ranked team awaited the winner of a first round game between the lower-ranked teams. The higher-seeded team served as host for each game of the first round and quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 58], "content_span": [59, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197855-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship\nThe 2008 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Tournament was held from May 10 through May 25, 2008. This was the 29th annual Division III NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Sixteen NCAA Division III college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a play-in game to advance to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197855-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship\nThe tournament culminated with the finals held on Memorial Day weekend at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The championship weekend, which included the Division I and Division II championships, was hosted by Harvard University and the Eastern College Athletic Conference. The game set an attendance record for the Division III title game of 24,317 fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197855-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship\nThe championship featured a third consecutive meeting between perennial powerhouses Cortland State Red Dragone and Salisbury Sea Gulls. The Sea Gulls victory sealed their 20th straight appearance, 26th overall in the NCAA Division III tournament, and capped of an undefeated season. They have a record of 45-18 all-time in the tournament and is a new Division III record beating Hobart's old record of 41.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197855-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship, Play-in games\nThe final four rounds of the tournament were preceded by five play-in games on May 7:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197856-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III football season\nThe 2008 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2008, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2008 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their tenth Division III championship by defeating the Wisconsin\u2013Whitewater Warhawks, 31\u221226. This was the fourth of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin\u2013Whitewater (4 wins).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197856-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III football season\nThe Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Greg Micheli, quarterback from Mount Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197856-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason\nThe 2008 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 36th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the 16th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197856-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason, Qualification\nTwenty-three conferences met the requirements for an automatic (\"Pool A\") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, four conferences had no Pool A bid. The SLIAC was in the first year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC, UAA, and UMAC failed to meet the seven-member requirement. The NWC received a Pool A bid for the first time, having attained seven members and passed through the waiting period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197856-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason, Qualification\nSchools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B. The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools. The 23 Pool A conferences contained 197 schools, an average of 8.6 teams per conference. Twenty-seven schools were in Pool B, enough for three bids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197856-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason, Qualification\nThe remaining six playoff spots were at-large (\"Pool C\") teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197857-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans\nThe Consensus 2008 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn \"consensus\" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The Sporting News and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197857-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, Academic All-Americans\nOn February 26, 2008, CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine announced the 2009 Academic All-American team with Adam Emmenecker headlining the University Division as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197857-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, Academic All-Americans\n2007\u201308 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men\u2019s Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197858-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 39th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate indoor volleyball. The single elimination tournament was played at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California during May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197858-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament\nPenn State defeated Pepperdine in the final match, 3\u20131 (27\u201330, 33\u201331, 30\u201325, 30\u201323), to win their second national title. The Nittany Lions (30\u20131) were coached by Mark Pavlik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197858-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament\nPenn State's Matt Anderson was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Anderson, along with six other players, comprised the All Tournament Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197858-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification\nUntil the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197859-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship\nThe 2008 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 40th annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, California from December 6\u20137, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197859-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship\nUSC defeated Stanford in the final, 7\u20135, to win their fourth national title. The undefeated Trojans (29\u20130) were coached by Jovan Vavic. This would go on to become the first of USC's record six straight national championships (2008\u20132013).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197859-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship\nThe Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was J.W. Krumpholz from USC. Additionally, two All-Tournament Teams were named: a First Team (with seven players, including Krumpholz) and a Second Team (also with ninth players).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197859-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship\nThe tournament's leading scorer, with 6 goals, was Kyle Wertz from Navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197859-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Qualification\nSince there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197860-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2008 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were conducted at the homes of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was conducted in Duluth, MN It began on March 14, 2009, and ended with the championship game on March 22. A total of seven games were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197861-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Rifle Championships\nThe 2008 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 29th annual NCAA-sanctioned competition to determine the team and individual national champions of co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197861-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Rifle Championships\nThe championships were held at the Tronsrue Marksmanship Center at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197861-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Rifle Championships\nTwo-time defending champions Alaska won the team championship, the Nanooks' tenth NCAA national title in rifle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197861-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Rifle Championships, Qualification\nWith only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of eight teams contested this championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197862-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship\nThe 2008 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 12 schools competing for the national championship of women's NCAA Division I gymnastics. It was the twenty seventh NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 2007 was Georgia. The Competition took place in Athens, Georgia hosted by the University of Georgia in Stegeman Coliseum. The 2008 Championship was won by Georgia, their fourth in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197863-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCBA Division I World Series\nThe 2008 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division I World Series was played at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, FL from May 23 to May 29. The eighth tournament's champion was Colorado State University. This was Colorado State's fourth title in the last five years. The Most Valuable Player was Brian Dilley of Colorado State University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197863-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCBA Division I World Series\nColorado State became the first team in NCBA World Series history to lose their first game and win the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197863-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCBA Division I World Series, Format\nThe format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets with the only difference being that in the NCBA, there is only one game that decides the national championship rather than a best-of-3 like the NCAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197864-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NCBA Division II World Series\nThe 2008 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II World Series was played at League Stadium in Huntingburg, IN from May 16 to May 20. This was the first time that the NCBA had offered a Division II World Series for club baseball teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197864-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NCBA Division II World Series\nThe University of Kentucky won the inaugural NCBA Division II World Series over the University of Illinois in walk-off fashion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197864-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NCBA Division II World Series, Format\nThe format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets with the only difference being that in the NCBA, there is only one game that decides the national championship rather than a best-of-3 like the NCAA. Another difference which is between NCBA Division I and II is that Division II games are 7 innings while Division I games are 9 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197864-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NCBA Division II World Series, Participants\n\u2020 - denotes team also fields an NCBA Division I team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197865-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NECBL All-Star Game\nThe 2008 NECBL All-Star Game was the 15th exhibition game between all-stars from the NECBL's Northern and Southern Divisions. The Southern All-Stars held off the Northern All-Stars 5-2. Mike Melillo of the Newport Gulls was named the game's MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197866-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NECBL playoffs\nThe 2008 NECBL playoffs was the postseason tournament of the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the 2008 season. It consisted of eight teams competing in three rounds of best-of-three series. In the championship round, Sanford defeated Newport 2-0 to win their second NECBL title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197866-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NECBL playoffs, Format\nThe 2008 NECBL playoffs consisted of three rounds, a Division Semifinal, Division Final, and Championship Series. Competing teams consisted of the four best-record teams from both the West Division and the East Division. These teams were seeded #1 through #4 according to their regular season record. In each division, the #1 seed played the #4 seed and the #2 seed played the #3 seed in the Division Semifinal round. The two winners of these series advanced to the Division Finals. The winner of the round captured the Division Championship, one for both the East and West divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197866-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 NECBL playoffs, Format\nThe two division champions faced each other in the Championship Series to decide the NECBL champion. All rounds consisted of a best-of-three series in which the first game and third game (if necessary) of each series were played at the higher seed's home field and the second game was played at the lower seed's home field. If identically seeded teams from opposite divisions met in the Championship Series the NECBL tiebreaker rules would be utilized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197866-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals\nThe Division Semifinals, the first playoff round, consisted of matchups between each division's #1 and #4 seeds and #2 and #3 seeds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197866-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, North Division\nIn the North Division, the Division Semifinal matchups were as follows: #1 Sanford versus #4 Vermont, #2 North Shore versus #3 Keene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197866-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, South Division Division\nIn the South Division, the Division Semifinal matchups were as follows: #1 Newport versus #4 Manchester, #2 Pittsfield versus #3 North Adams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 65], "content_span": [66, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197866-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals\nThe Division Semifinals, the first playoff round, consisted of matchups between each division's semifinal round winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197866-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NECBL playoffs, Division Semifinals, North Division\nIn the North Division, the Division Final matchup was between #1 Sanford and #3 Keene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197867-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NECBL season\nThe 2008 NECBL season was the 15th season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league. The league's Holyoke, Massachusetts franchise, the Holyoke Giants moved to Lynn, Massachusetts and became the North Shore Navigators. Also, the league's Concord, New Hampshire franchise, the Concord Quarry Dogs, moved to Holyoke and became the Holyoke Blue Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197867-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NECBL season\nIn the quarterfinal playoff rounds, Keene defeated North Shore 2-0 (1-0,10-7), Pittsfield defeated North Adams 2-0 (4-3,7-2), Sanford defeated Vermont 2-1 (3-5,5-1,1-0), and Newport defeated Manchester 2-0 (9-2,9-3). In the semifinal rounds, Newport defeated Pittsfield 2-0 (13-5,6-3) and Sanford defeated Keene 2-0 (15-4,6-5). In game 1 of the championship series, Sanford defeated Newport 6-5. In game 2, Sanford defeated Newport 4-1 to win the NECBL championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197868-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament\nThe 2009 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament featured 8 teams from four conferences. The top 2 teams in each conference were seeded according to the success of their conference in the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197868-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament\nIt is clear that Salve Regina made this post. Which is fine, but the dates are wrong. They won in \u201809. Plymouth State University beat Furman in the finals of the \u201808 div 3 championship held at Hamilton college in NY.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197868-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament\nIn an outstanding championship match at the Kirwin Memorial Pitch at Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island, newcomer Salve Regina University defeated Southern Connecticut State University by a score of 21-20. The match was attended by over 500 fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197868-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament, 2008 regular season\nThe 2008 regular season was played in September and October. Each team played 5 conference opponents, with the top 2 finishers qualifying for the NERFU championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197868-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament, 2008 regular season\nAt the end of the regular season, the four conference champs (Salve Regina, Saint Anselm, Southern Connecticut, and Keene State) met the four conference runners-up (UMASS Dartmouth, Tufts, Western Connecticut and defending national champion Plymouth State) in the NERFU quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197869-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL Draft\nThe 2008 NFL Draft was the 73rd annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible American football players. The draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York, on April 26 and April 27, 2008. For the 29th consecutive year, ESPN televised the draft; the NFL Network also broadcast the event, its third year doing so. Of the 252 selections, 220 were regular selections in rounds one through seven, and 32 were compensatory selections, distributed among rounds three through seven. As of the end of the 2018 season, 27 players have been selected to the Pro Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197869-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL Draft\nFor the first time since the common draft began, no wide receiver was selected in the first round. For the first time ever, the first two picks had the same last name (Jake and Chris Long; they were unrelated). Also, a then-record 34 trades were made during the draft itself. The number of trades was later broken in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197869-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL Draft, Changes for 2008\nThe schedule for the draft was changed: day one began at 3:00 PM EDT (1900 UTC), instead of noon, and consisted of just two rounds. Day two began with round three at 10:00 AM EDT (1400 UTC), instead of 11:00 AM. Moreover, the time limits for day one selections were reduced, from 15 minutes to ten for first-round picks and from ten minutes to seven in the second. The limit remained five minutes for all picks in rounds three through seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 32], "content_span": [33, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197869-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL Draft, Changes for 2008\nThe draft also marked the official debut of a new NFL shield logo, replacing the old shield logo which had been used since 1970, featuring eight white stars to represent each of the league's eight divisions, and a football rotated to the same angle as the one on the top of the Vince Lombardi Trophy given to the Super Bowl champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 32], "content_span": [33, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197869-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL Draft, Player breakdown\nThe following is the breakdown of the 252 players by position:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197869-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL Draft, Trades\nIn the explanations below, (PD) indicates trades completed prior to the start of the draft (i.e. Pre-Draft), while (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2008 draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season\nThe 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League, themed with the slogan \"Believe in Now.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season\nSuper Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on February 1, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the Arizona Cardinals 27\u201323 and winning their NFL-record sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season\nConversely, the Detroit Lions became the first NFL team with a winless season since the strike-shortened 1982 NFL season, finishing their season 0\u201316. For the first time since the NFL expanded to the sixteen-game season in 1978, three teams won two or fewer games: the Lions, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the St. Louis Rams. Previously two teams won two or fewer games in 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1992, and 2001. Also, for the first time since the 1985 Denver Broncos, a team finishing with an 11\u20135 record missed the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season\nThe regular season began on September 4 with the defending Super Bowl XLII champion New York Giants defeating the Washington Redskins 16\u20137, and concluded with the 2009 Pro Bowl on February 8, 2009, in Honolulu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Draft\nThe 2008 NFL Draft was held from April 26 to 27, 2008 at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. With the first pick, the Miami Dolphins selected offensive tackle Jake Long from the University of Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, New referees\nGerald Austin and Larry Nemmers retired. Carl Cheffers and Alberto Riveron were promoted to referee. Ron Blum also retired from line judge position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Rule changes\nThe following rule changes were passed at the league's annual owners\u2019 meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, during the week of March 31:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Preseason\nIn preseason games, the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game was played August 3 between the Indianapolis Colts and Washington Redskins, which aired on NBC. Washington won the game, 30\u201316. Other preseason highlights included the first game of the Toronto Series, which was played August 14 between the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Toronto's Rogers Centre. The Bills won that game, 24\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, Formula\nBased on the NFL's scheduling formula, the intraconference and interconference matchups for 2008 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, Opening Weekend\nThe annual NFL Kickoff Game to start the season took place on September 4 and featured the Super Bowl XLII champion New York Giants winning over their division rivals, the Washington Redskins, at Giants Stadium by a score of 16\u20137. The game's kickoff was ninety minutes earlier than previous years, at 7 p.m. EDT, because of a time conflict with the 2008 Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, Opening Weekend\nOther featured games during the opening week included the NBC Sunday Night Football game between the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts (the first regular season game at Lucas Oil Stadium and a rematch of Super Bowl XLI), in which the Kyle Orton-led Bears upset the Colts 29\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, Opening Weekend\nIn addition, there were two Monday Night Football contests, both division rivalries, as part of the now annual doubleheader: The Minnesota Vikings at the Green Bay Packers (the Packers\u2019 first Monday night game without Brett Favre since 1992) in which Aaron Rodgers helped the Packers win, 24\u201319, and the Denver Broncos at the Oakland Raiders, where Jay Cutler and Eddie Royal led the Broncos in beating the Raiders, 41\u201314. Also, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady suffered a season-ending injury against the Kansas City Chiefs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, Flexible scheduling\nThe 2008 season also was the third season of the use of the \"flexible scheduling\" for Sunday games starting with Week 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 52], "content_span": [53, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, Flexible scheduling\nAs had happened in 2007, a team played on consecutive Sunday nights due to a game being moved into the Sunday night time slot. The originally scheduled New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys game on December 14 was followed by a flexed December 21 home game for the Giants against the Carolina Panthers; the Giants-Panthers game was flexed because it carried serious playoff implications, as the winner would clinch the NFC's top seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. This was the second of three flexed games, with a December 7 interconference matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Redskins. The league filled the open spot on December 28 with a game between the Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers with major playoff implications, as the winner of that game would win the AFC West and earn a home game in the playoffs while the loser would be eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 52], "content_span": [53, 934]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, International play\nThis was the second consecutive season that the league played at least one regular season game outside the United States as part of the NFL International Series. The contest between the San Diego Chargers and the New Orleans Saints was played at Wembley Stadium in London on October 26, with New Orleans winning 37\u201332. The Chargers played at Buffalo the week beforehand on October 19 so they could immediately travel to London afterward in order to get used to the time difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, International play\nThe league has also approved the Bills\u2019 request to play at least one regular season home game at Toronto's Rogers Centre over each of the next five seasons. Team owner Ralph Wilson petitioned the league to play at least one game in Canada to strengthen his club's fan base in Ontario. The game in Toronto was on December 7, after the end of the 2008 CFL season, against the Miami Dolphins; Miami won 16\u20133. CBS televised both games regionally; the Toronto game was carried across Canada on Rogers Sportsnet and City TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, Thanksgiving\nThe traditional Thanksgiving Day games were held on November 27, with the Detroit Lions hosting the Tennessee Titans at 12:30 PM EST on CBS (with the then 10\u20131 Titans handily defeating the then 0\u201311 Lions by a 47\u201310 score), and the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 home game following suit on Fox at 4:15 PM EST against the Seattle Seahawks (Dallas Cowboys defeated the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 34\u20139). A third game on NFL Network, featuring the Arizona Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles followed at 8:15 PM EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, Thanksgiving\nIt was the first home game for the Eagles on Thanksgiving Day since 1940, and their first Thanksgiving game at any location since the infamous Bounty Bowl Game in 1989; the Eagles defeated the Cardinals by a score of 48\u201320. (The Cardinals and Eagles would, two months later, rematch in the NFC Championship Game, with Arizona winning this time by a score of 32\u201325.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, Christmas\nDespite NFL tradition to play games on Christmas if the holiday lands on a day of the week when the NFL normally plays, and the fact that Christmas landed on a Thursday in 2008, the NFL opted not to hold a Christmas game this season, instead scheduling all of its week 17 matchups for Sunday, December 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Regular season, Pro Bowl\nThe NFL's Pro Bowl all-star game at the end of the season was played at Aloha Stadium in the Honolulu, Hawaii, for the 30th consecutive season. The league had the option under their current contract to hold the game elsewhere, including the possibility of moving it to the host site of the Super Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Postseason\nThe playoffs began with Wild Card Weekend on January 3\u20134, 2009. The Divisional Playoffs were played on January 10\u201311 and the Conference Championship Games on January 18. Super Bowl XLIII was played on February 1 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, with the Pittsburgh Steelers winning their record sixth Super Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Postseason\nWithin each conference, the four division winners and the two wild card teams (the top two non-division winners with the best overall regular season records) qualified for the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1 through 4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5 and 6. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Postseason\nIn the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth. The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference then receive a bye in the first round. In the second round, the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5, or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4, or 5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0019-0002", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Postseason\nThe two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the fourth and final round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Detroit Lions going 0\u201316\nThe 2008 Detroit Lions would mark the capstone of the ill decisions of President/General Manager Matt Millen since arriving on the job in 2001. After an 0\u20133 start, the Lions fired Millen on September 23 after seven seasons, during the team's bye week. During that time, the Lions compiled the worst record in the league (31\u201384, .270 percentage) and had many questionable draft choices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 57], "content_span": [58, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Detroit Lions going 0\u201316\nHowever, by that point, the damage had been done. The Lions went on to lose every game and finished 0\u201316, the first winless season in the NFL since the strike-shortened 1982 NFL season saw the Baltimore Colts finish 0\u20138\u20131, and the first full-season imperfect season since the expansion 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers finished 0\u201314. It marked the first time that a non-expansion team, non-strike shortened team, non-merged team finished winless since the 1944 Brooklyn Tigers finished 0\u201310. It was the second winless season for the Lions, who finished 0\u201311 in 1942. The 0\u201316 record would be later matched by the 2017 Cleveland Browns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 57], "content_span": [58, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Retirement/Unretirement of Brett Favre\nThe 2008 season marked the first time since September 20, 1992, that someone other than Brett Favre started at quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, as Aaron Rodgers became the new offensive \"Leader of The Pack.\" At first, this was given Favre's announcement on March 4, 2008, that he would retire from the league after seventeen seasons. He owns many NFL records, including most wins as a quarterback, most touchdowns thrown, (broken by Peyton Manning in 2014) and most consecutive starts at quarterback, as well as most interceptions. He started every Packers game, regular season and postseason, for nearly sixteen full seasons (September 27, 1992 \u2013 January 20, 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 71], "content_span": [72, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Retirement/Unretirement of Brett Favre\nThe Packers were scheduled to retire Favre's #4 jersey in a ceremony during the first week of the season. However, on July 2, 2008, he publicly indicated that he wanted to play again as the starting quarterback. On July 11, 2008, Favre sent a letter to the Packers management asking for an unconditional release which will allow him to play for another team. The Packers did not give it to him, but they were unwilling to release him for fear that he would sign with division rival Minnesota Vikings (Favre's choice for an alternate team). Also, the Packers would not start him as quarterback if he came back to the team, and named the other Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers as the starting quarterback and Favre as the backup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 71], "content_span": [72, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Retirement/Unretirement of Brett Favre\nFrom July 14 to 15, Favre did TV interviews discussing his comeback, Rodgers taking his place, and frustrations on the Packers for not being honest with him, personally and publicly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 71], "content_span": [72, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Retirement/Unretirement of Brett Favre\nOn July 16, 2008, the Packers filed tampering charges against the Vikings for alleged improper communication between Favre, Vikings head coach Brad Childress and Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell. Favre filed for reinstatement on July 29, 2008, and by August 4, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reinstated Favre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 71], "content_span": [72, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Retirement/Unretirement of Brett Favre\nThree days later on August 7, the Packers traded Favre to the New York Jets for a conditional draft pick. He played well for most of the year, but entering December he suffered a shoulder injury which dropped the Jets out of playoff contention. Favre again retired following the 2008 season. The Jets then released Favre in favor of moving in the direction of getting a star college quarterback in the draft, eventually landing Mark Sanchez. Another protracted \"will he/won\u2019t he retire\u2019 saga emerged in 2009 which concluded in August of that year when Favre signed with, as expected, the Minnesota Vikings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 71], "content_span": [72, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Hurricane Ike\nHurricane Ike forced several changes to the 2008 schedule. The Houston Texans' Week 2 home game against the Baltimore Ravens was first postponed to Monday, September 15, before Ike made landfall; damage to Reliant Stadium forced a further postponement, to Week 10, on Sunday, November 9, giving the Texans and the Ravens their bye weeks in Week 2. Furthermore, to accommodate this move, the Texans\u2019 home game against the Cincinnati Bengals was moved forward from November 9 to Sunday, October 26, pushing the Bengals\u2019 bye week from Week 8 to Week 10. Although no other games were postponed, Ike and its remnants also impacted several other Week 2 games on September 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Hurricane Ike\nThe Texans ended up having to wait until Week 5 against the Indianapolis Colts to have their home opener, the latest an NFL team went into the season before playing at home since the New Orleans Saints played their entire schedule on the road in 2005 due to the damages of the city of New Orleans as a result of Hurricane Katrina. (Every other NFL team had at least one home game by the end of Week 2.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Hurricane Ike\nWith the Ravens eventually advancing to the AFC Championship Game against the rival Pittsburgh Steelers (and having to enter the playoffs as a wild card team), the impromptu decision to give the Ravens and Texans their bye week so early in the season ended up having the unintended effect of the Ravens playing in an NFL-record 18 consecutive weeks without a break in the schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, New formations result in high scores\nThe 2008 season saw a marked increase in the use of two new offensive philosophies (at least for the NFL, these offenses previously saw extensive use in college or Canadian football for a few years): the \"wildcat formation,\" a formation based on the halfback option play, the \"spread offense,\" which uses multiple wide-receiver sets and the quarterback frequently in shotgun, and the \"Suggs package,\" which features two quarterbacks on the field at once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 69], "content_span": [70, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, New formations result in high scores\nIn week 3 of the season, the wildcat formation, used up until this point primarily as a trick play, was used eight times, including four times in a Miami Dolphins game and three times in a game between the Oakland Raiders and Buffalo Bills. Season-ending injuries to the starting and backup quarterbacks for the Chiefs prompted the team's offensive coordinator Chan Gailey to switch to a spread offense after six games. In Baltimore, the Ravens, led by rookie head coach John Harbaugh, implemented the \"Suggs package\", which places two quarterbacks on the field at once, Joe Flacco and Troy Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 69], "content_span": [70, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, New formations result in high scores\nDue mainly to the new formations, 837 points were scored league wide in Week 12, the most ever for one NFL weekend. The wildcat formation in particular was credited with turning the Miami Dolphins from a last-place team into the winner of the AFC East, and four of the top ten plays ranked by NFL.com were directly based on the wildcat (two others featured wide receivers throwing passes).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 69], "content_span": [70, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Tie game\nOn November 16, during Week 11, a game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium ended in a 13\u201313 tie, the first NFL tie game since November 10, 2002, when the Atlanta Falcons and the Pittsburgh Steelers ended in a 34\u201334 draw. After the game, Donovan McNabb mentioned that he did not know there were ties in the NFL, apparently confusing the NFL's postseason rules (where teams can and have played double overtime games because those contests continue until a team finally wins) with the regular season rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Tie game\nThis drew the ire of many fans, who thought that a quarterback of his caliber should know some fundamental rules; however, none of McNabb's critics accused him of not playing to win during the overtime period in Cincinnati, and his play was tied into a game that was widely derided as one of the ugliest, most disjointed, and controversial results in NFL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Tie game\nIronically, the tie game ultimately helped the Eagles make the playoffs, as it was the deciding tiebreaker for the #6 seed in the NFC; the Eagles went on to lose to the Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Tributes, St. Louis Rams and Georgia Frontiere\nOn January 18, 2008, Georgia Frontiere, owner of the St. Louis Rams died due to complications with breast cancer. The Rams wore a commemorative patch in her honor, with her signature on their left shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 79], "content_span": [80, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Tributes, Kansas City Chiefs and Lamar Hunt\nOn January 31, 2008, Clark Hunt, chairman of the board for the Kansas City Chiefs announced that henceforth the team's Lamar Hunt/American Football League tribute patch that was introduced in the 2007 season will be a permanent part of the Chiefs\u2019 uniform. joining the Chicago Bears (with George Halas) and the Cleveland Browns (with Al Lerner) with such a patch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 76], "content_span": [77, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Tributes, Tim Russert\nThe stretch of highway outside Ralph Wilson Stadium along U.S. Route 20A in Orchard Park, New York, has been named the Timothy J. Russert Highway. Russert, who was NBC News's chief Washington bureau correspondent and the host of Meet the Press, was a Buffalo native and noted Buffalo Bills fan. He died of a heart attack in June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 54], "content_span": [55, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Tributes, Gene Upshaw\nThe league honored National Football League Players Association leader Gene Upshaw, who died suddenly at age 63 on August 20 just three days after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. For the entire season, the Oakland Raiders wore a patch on the left chest of the jerseys with the initials \"GU\" and his number 63, his jersey number with the Raiders. All NFL teams also honored Upshaw with a video tribute and a replica of the uniform patch painted onto the field during the opening weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 54], "content_span": [55, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Tributes, Gene Upshaw\nOriginally, the patch on the field and the video tribute were only going to be done in Oakland at the Raiders' home opener against the Denver Broncos as Upshaw played his entire 15-year Hall of Fame career with the Raiders, and at Giants Stadium, when the Giants and Redskins opened the NFL season on September 4. All players wore the same patch during Week One, and later changed to a smaller helmet decal. The Raiders wore the patch through the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 54], "content_span": [55, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Tributes, Sean Taylor\nThe Washington Redskins honored the anniversary of death of Sean Taylor this season in a home game against the visiting New York Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 54], "content_span": [55, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Steelers ownership restructure\nOn July 7, 2008, owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers, including Art Rooney's five sons who own 80% of the franchise, looked to restructure the ownership plan of the franchise in order to comply with NFL ownership regulations. Current Steelers Chairman, Dan Rooney, and his son, Art Rooney II, President of the franchise, wished to stay involved with the franchise, while the remainder of the brothers \u2014 Art Jr., Timothy, Patrick and John \u2014 wished to further pursue racetracks that they own in Florida and New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Steelers ownership restructure\nSince 2006, many of the racetracks have added video slot machines, causing them to violate \"NFL policy that prohibits involvement with racetrack and gambling interests\". On July 11, it was confirmed that investor Stanley Druckenmiller had been in discussion with the five Rooney brothers. A Steelers fan for many years, Druckenmiller \"has been known to paint his face black and gold\" during games. Coach Mike Tomlin stated that the situation could become a distraction, but \"I'm here to coach, they're [the players] here to play. Those questions will be answered by the Rooneys.\" On September 18, Druckenmiller withdrew his bid to purchase the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Steelers ownership restructure\nNFL owners unanimously approved the restructuring of ownership on December 17, 2008, with Dan and Art II getting the mandated 30% stake. Meanwhile, brothers Timothy and Patrick (the ones who own race tracks with slot machines, which violate NFL ownership rules) sold their shares outright, while Art Jr., John, and the McGinley family selling some shares but retaining smaller ownership roles, with the brothers reducing their shares from 16% to 6% and the McGinley family reducing their shares from 20% to 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Notable events, Steelers ownership restructure\nJoining the ownership group were Pilot Travel Centers president Jim Haslam III, Legendary Pictures president and CEO Thomas Tull, and the Paul family each getting a 16% stake in the team. Dan Rooney mentioned he has no ill will towards Druckenmiller, mentioning he's a great Steelers fan and wishes he remains one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Milestones\nThe following teams and players set all-time NFL records during the regular season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Coaching changes\nThe following teams hired new head coaches prior to the start of the 2008 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Coaching changes\nThe following head coaches were fired during the 2008 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Coaching changes\nThe firing of Kiffin and Linehan marked the first time since the AFL\u2013NFL merger in 1970 that multiple head coaches were fired before Week 5 of the season, and the first since 1989 that any coach was fired this early in a season. Both were released heading into their teams\u2019 respective bye weeks, while Nolan was released prior to the game just before the 49ers\u2019 bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Stadium changes\nIn addition to the Bills playing one home game in Toronto's Rogers Centre, this was the first season that the Indianapolis Colts played their home games at Lucas Oil Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Stadium changes\n2008 was the final year that the Dallas Cowboys played at Texas Stadium; they moved to Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Stadium changes\nMcAfee Coliseum reverted to the Oakland Coliseum after McAfee declined to renew the naming rights. In addition, Monster Park reverted to Candlestick Park permanently after the naming right deal with Monster Cable expired, per the terms of Proposition H, passed by San Francisco voters in 2004, that prohibited the city from accepting another naming rights deals for that stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Uniforms\nThe Tennessee Titans switched their home jerseys. They changed their alternate Columbia blue jersey to make it their primary color while the navy blue jersey became the alternate jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Uniforms\nThe Denver Broncos brought back the alternate orange jerseys after a three-year hiatus and wore them for games against the New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Uniforms\nIn their first two home games, the New England Patriots wore their white jerseys against the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins. It was the first time the Patriots had worn white at home since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Uniforms\nFor the first time in the team's history, the Oakland Raiders wore their white jerseys at home against the San Diego Chargers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Uniforms, New league logo\n2008 was the first season that the NFL used a new, updated logo. Unveiled on August 31, 2007, in USA Today, the new design features eight white stars, representing each of the league's eight divisions, instead of 25 on the old logo. The football has been redesigned and rotated to the same angle as the one on the top of the Vince Lombardi Trophy given to the Super Bowl champion. Darker shades of red and blue, specifically navy blue, are also used, along with font lettering to that of the league's current typeface for other logos. The new logo officially made its debut during the 2008 NFL Draft on April 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Uniforms, Apparel\nThe 2008 season marked just the third time in the salary cap era (and first since 2001) that no NFL team made major changes to their uniforms or logo. Since 1993, half of the league's teams (Arizona, Atlanta, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Minnesota, New England, New York Giants, New York Jets, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, and Tennessee) have completely redesigned their uniforms (The Patriots doing it four times, though none since 2000) while another five (Detroit, Green Bay, Miami, New Orleans, and Pittsburgh) making minor, though noticeable, changes. The Titans are swapping home and alternate designations on their light blue and navy blue jerseys though.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Uniforms, Apparel\nThe Detroit Lions, in celebration of their 75th season in Motown as well as by popular demand by the fans, abandoned their black third jerseys in favor of their 1950s style throwback uniforms. They wore these uniforms against Jacksonville (November 9) and Tennessee (Thanksgiving Day \u2013 November 27). In addition, the Pittsburgh Steelers will make their throwbacks from the previous season their alternate uniform, wearing them against the Baltimore Ravens on September 29 and the New York Giants on October 26. The Jets wore their New York Titans throwbacks at home against Arizona on September 28 and Cincinnati on October 12 this season, and the Bills donned their retro uniforms at home against Oakland Raiders September 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Television\nThis was the third season under the league's current television contracts with its American broadcast partners. CBS Sports and Fox Sports televised Sunday afternoon AFC and NFC away games, respectively. For primetime games, NBC broadcast Sunday Night Football and ESPN airs Monday Night Football. The NFL Network's Run to the Playoffs also broadcast seven Thursday and one Saturday late season night games, although there were reportedly negotiations to move those games to ESPN Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0053-0001", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Television\nThis was also the last NFL season to be broadcast over the air in analog television in the United States; the digital television transition occurred in June 2009. Border stations in Canada and Mexico will continue to broadcast in analog; cable stations are unaffected and will be distributed in the format of the cable provider's choice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Television\nNBC broadcast Super Bowl XLIII, their first Super Bowl since Super Bowl XXXII at the end of the 1997 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Television, Changes\nESPN reduced the on-air roles of sideline reporters Michele Tafoya and Suzy Kolber during the Monday Night Football telecast. Also, Emmitt Smith has been replaced on Sunday NFL Countdown by Cris Carter, who came over from HBO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Television, Changes\nMeanwhile, NBC's Football Night in America reunited Dan Patrick with Keith Olbermann on television for the first time since 1997 when they co-hosted SportsCenter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Television, Changes\nThe in-house NFL Network saw Bryant Gumbel resign as their play-by-play announcer after two seasons on the network's Run to the Playoffs package after critics described his play-by-play calling as \"lackluster.\" New York Giants radio announcer Bob Papa took his place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Television, Changes\nAdditionally, NFL Films-produced Inside the NFL changed premium cable homes from Time Warner's HBO after three decades to CBS\u2019 Showtime. Also changed: James Brown (from the parent network's The NFL Today) as host and Phil Simms as one of the analysts. Cris Collinsworth is staying, but Dan Marino has been dropped as a studio analyst, and the aforementioned Cris Carter moved to ESPN. Taking their place is Warren Sapp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Television, 3-D Telecast\nOn December 4, the NFL Network broadcast its game between the Oakland Raiders and the San Diego Chargers to theaters in New York City, Boston and Los Angeles using state of the art 3-D technology. The viewings, which were limited to NFL and consumer electronics executives, served as a test for future use of 3D in NFL television games. Because of a technical glitch, the first half was not shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Radio\nOn radio, Westwood One separated from its longtime corporate sister, CBS Radio and the Sports USA Radio Network, another syndicator, has been sold along with parent company Jones Radio Networks to the Triton Media Group.. This led to the former \"NFL on Westwood One\" giving way in 2011 to \"NFL on Dial Global\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Internet television\nOn Internet television, both NFL.com and NBCSports.com carried complete live games of NBC Sunday Night Football for the first time ever. NFL.com continued its live coverage of Thursday and Saturday Night Football, which began in 2007, however for the first time the complete game rather than live look-ins was shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Home video\nThe Pittsburgh Steelers 2008 season/Super Bowl XLIII championship home video went on sale on DVD on February 24, 2009. One week later on March 3, it was released on Blu-ray Disc, making it the first NFL Films home video release to be on Blu-ray Disc. The Blu-ray copy is \"officially\" sold exclusively through Amazon.com, though it is also available through the Sports Illustrated Super Bowl offer as well as eBay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0062-0001", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Home video\nAmong its exclusive content included having most of the features in high-definition video as well as the NFL on Fox fourth-quarter coverage of the Steelers matchup against the Dallas Cowboys at Heinz Field in its entirety. The matchup, which took place during Week 14 and renewed the rivalry the two teams had in the 1970s & 1990s, saw the Steelers come back from a 4th quarter ten-point deficit to win 20\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197870-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 NFL season, Media, Home video\nThe New York Giants 2007 season/Super Bowl video was only released on DVD the previous year despite the fact that Toshiba dropped support of HD DVD (the primary rival of Blu-ray) just two weeks after Super Bowl XLII.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197871-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NHK Trophy\nThe 2008 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 2008\u201309 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on November 27\u201330. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008\u201309 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Paso Doble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197872-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Entry Draft\nThe 2008 NHL Entry Draft was the 46th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted by the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, on June 20\u201321, 2008. The Senators were originally awarded the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, but because of the lockout, that draft was scaled back significantly from its usual format of being open to the public and having many draft-eligible players in attendance. The actual 2005 drafting was held in Ottawa's Westin Hotel instead of the Corel Centre, as Canadian Tire Centre was then known. As a result of 2005's abridged draft, Ottawa was compensated with the 2008 draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197872-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Entry Draft, Draft weekend\nThe draft was part of a festival of events that Ottawa and the NHL presented at the Scotiabank Place arena. Before the first round and during the later rounds, the patio outside the main doors was the site of the 'Senators Fan Fest', with hockey games and music. Indoors, the NHL presented an exhibit of NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup. A hockey card and memorabilia sale was also held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197872-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Entry Draft, Draft lottery\nThe 2008 draft lottery was held April 7. The Tampa Bay Lightning retained the first overall selection. There were no changes from the reverse order of finish of the 2007\u201308 NHL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197872-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round\nClub teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic\nThe 2008 NHL Winter Classic (known via corporate sponsorship as the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic) was an outdoor ice hockey game played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on January 1, 2008, at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. It was the league's inaugural Winter Classic game, and was contested between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres; the Penguins won, 2\u20131, in a shootout on a goal by captain Sidney Crosby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic\nThe event was the NHL's second outdoor regular season game (following the 2003 Heritage Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), and the first outdoor regular season professional ice hockey game to be played in the United States. Due to the snowy conditions, the game was at the time colloquially referred to as the \"Ice Bowl\" by residents of the area and Sabres' fans. The event was sponsored by AMP Energy, and was televised in the United States on NBC and in Canada on CBC and RDS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic\nThe game, which was played at a temporary ice rink built on the football field, set an NHL attendance record of 71,217. The Sabres held a Winter Classic \"house party\" at HSBC Arena (now KeyBank Center) during the game where another 11,000 fans saw the game shown live on the arena's video scoreboard with synched-up audio from the team's radio coverage. The Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team played a pre-game at the HSBC Arena as part of the house party festivities. Buffalo Sabres anthem singer Doug Allen sang the Canadian national anthem, as is customary at Sabres home games. Irish tenor Ronan Tynan performed \"God Bless America\" before the game at the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic\nThe success of the event has led to subsequent outdoor hockey games being scheduled and helped establish the Winter Classic as an annual NHL tradition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Preparations\nConstruction of the outdoor rink began on December 24, the day after the Buffalo Bills played their last home game of the 2007 NFL season. It was built between the 16-yard lines of the football field, under the supervision of NHL facilities operations manager Dan Craig. Initially, six inches (150\u00a0mm)  of the nine-inch (230\u00a0mm) crown of the football field had to be leveled using styrofoam insulation. On top of the newly created flat surface, three inches (75\u00a0mm) of plywood with plastic covering were laid as a base for the necessary piping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Preparations\nAt the same time the boards were being put in place, an inch of sand was spread amongst the piping and was then wet by a combination of hoses and timely rain so it could freeze into a rink overnight and be painted four days before the game. Another \u00be of an inch of ice was added to complete the playing surface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Preparations\nAfter this experience, Commissioner Gary Bettman stated that the League would like more time to prepare the site for the next outdoor game. He also wanted to ensure that not too many outdoor games are held so the event can remain special.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Attendance\nThe game was attended by 71,217 people, setting an NHL attendance record. The former NHL record of 57,167 was set at the Heritage Classic between the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers in Edmonton, Alberta, on November 22, 2003. Georges Laraque and Ty Conklin are the only two players who have played in both the Heritage Classic and Winter Classic games. They both played for the Oilers and Penguins, respectively, for each game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Attendance\nWhile it was the record for a professional game, it fell short of the then all-time number of 74,554, which was set in \"The Cold War\" between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University on October 6, 2001. Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller and Penguins forward Adam Hall both played for Michigan State in that game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Attendance\nApproximately 41,000 tickets to the game were made available to the general public, selling out within 30 minutes of being made available on September 18, 2007. In the face of controversy about the quickness of ticket sales, an official spokesperson for the Sabres called it \"a testament to how popular the Sabres are and how many people want to be part of the event.\" However, many Penguins fans were left out by not having the opportunity to purchase the tickets after they were made available to the city hosting the event, and they were frustrated by the lack of exclusivity for Penguins season-ticket holders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Attendance\nTerrence Pegula, who would go on to purchase the Sabres three years later, was among those in attendance. Also in attendance was game show host Pat Sajak, who spoke positively of his experience (although admitting that Ralph Wilson Stadium's size was somewhat of a distraction from the game itself).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Television and radio coverage\nThe game was televised in the United States on NBC and in Canada on CBC and RDS. Some NBC affiliates in the United States decided instead to play the game on secondary channels often used for weather service. Therefore, in some markets, fans with satellite service with DirecTV or DISH Network were unable to watch the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Television and radio coverage\nDespite this, and competing with broadcasts of college football bowl games (this was particularly noted in the Detroit, Michigan market, usually a strong market for hockey ratings, where the Wolverines were playing in the Capital One Bowl), the game garnered a 2.6 rating and 5 share, the highest rating for a regular season NHL game since 1996, and the highest share since Wayne Gretzky's final game in 1999, in a near tie with second-place CBS's 2.7 rating for Gator Bowl coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Television and radio coverage\nWestwood One carried a nationwide radio broadcast of the game, as did each team's local announcing team for local networks (Rick Jeanneret and Harry Neale for Buffalo, Mike Lange, Paul Steigerwald, and Phil Bourque for Pittsburgh).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Television and radio coverage\nNBC had an airplane flying overhead to provide bird's-eye views of the rink, including a live webstream from its camera throughout the game. The announcers Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk stood in a constructed perch on the penalty box side of the rink, in front of the stadium stands; Darren Pang stood between-the-benches, while Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson called the game in the broadcast booth, with Greg Millen calling the action from between-the-benches, all that on CBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Pregame\nDoug Allen sang the Canadian national anthem (O Canada) and Irish tenor Ronan Tynan performed \"God Bless America\" before the game. The U.S. national anthem (\"The Star-Spangled Banner\") was not performed. A military flyover was conducted by four UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Rule changes\nThe NHL also announced that several rule changes were in effect for this game, to nullify advantages to either team due to the weather conditions. The teams switched ends halfway through the third period. Play was interrupted exactly at the 10:00 minute mark, similar to the end of a period with a horn sounding, a Zamboni resurfacing the ice, and a faceoff following at center ice. The overtime period was similarly divided into two 2:30 segments. In the shootout, each goaltender was permitted to choose which goal to defend, and they each chose the same goal, towards the west side of the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Game summary\nThe teams wore vintage jerseys for the event, with the Penguins wearing powder blue jerseys for the first time since 1973. The Sabres wore their old white jerseys, which they wore from 1978 to 1996. The game was part of the regular 2007\u201308 NHL season schedule, replacing a game that would have been held at HSBC Arena, the Sabres' regular home. In addition, the goaltenders also dressed in vintage style, with Ty Conklin and Ryan Miller both wearing retro-painted masks. Ryan Miller also wore a hockey sock on top of his mask, which he changed during each intermission so he could auction all three of them off for charity along with his mask. Penguins backup Dany Sabourin wore a set of vintage-styled pads but did not play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Game summary\nWeather for the game was appropriate to the winter setting it was intended to evoke, with game-time temperatures around the freezing mark and snow falling for much of the time, especially during the third period. The weather conditions made play somewhat more difficult for players but were well received by fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Game summary\nThe Penguins registered 25 shots on goal, and the Sabres had 37, dominating the second and overtime periods, leading those 14\u20132 and 7\u20130, respectively. Each goalie allowed one goal in playing time not including the shootout, giving Conklin 36 saves for the Penguins, and Miller 24 for the Sabres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197873-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NHL Winter Classic, Future games\nDue to the success of the Winter Classic and its predecessor, outdoor games have been held during subsequent seasons, and the Winter Classic has become an annual NHL tradition. The next Winter Classic was held on January 1, 2009, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, matching the Detroit Red Wings against the Chicago Blackhawks. Winter Classics have been held in every year since, except for 2013, which was interrupted by the 2012\u20132013 NHL lockout. Three Heritage Classics, one in 2011, one in 2014, and one in 2016 have been held since. The league expanded its offerings of outdoor games with the introduction of the NHL Stadium Series in 2014. Since the inaugural Winter Classic, the NHL has held 13 additional outdoor games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197874-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series season\nThe 2008 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series consisted of 24 national events held at tracks across the U.S. The first 18 events made up the regular season, with the final events making up the \"Countdown to 1\". This season marked the introduction of 1000' drag racing for the nitro competitors after the death of Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta in Englishtown, N.J. John Force returned to competition after his near fatal crash in Dallas toward the end of the 2007 Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197874-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series season\nJohn's daughter Ashley became the first female funny car winner beating her father John in the finals at Atlanta. This season also marked the most dominant season by a professional driver in history, as Tony Schumacher won 15 races and became the only driver in the countdown era to clinch the championship before the season finale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season\nThe 2008 National Lacrosse League season, the 22nd in the history of the NLL, began on December 29, 2007, and concluded with the Buffalo Bandits winning the championship game over the Portland LumberJax on May 17, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season\nIn an odd coincidence, all four eastern division teams that made the playoffs finished with identical 10\u20136 records. Due to tiebreakers, the Buffalo Bandits clinched first place overall, followed by the Minnesota Swarm, New York Titans in their playoff debut, and the Philadelphia Wings in their return to the playoffs after a five-year absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season\nThere was also a tie atop the west division standings, as the San Jose Stealth and Colorado Mammoth both finished with 9\u20137 records. The Stealth won that tiebreaker and clinched their first western division title. The Calgary Roughnecks and Portland LumberJax finished out the playoff teams in the west despite having losing records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season\nHistory was made in 2008 as neither the Rochester Knighthawks nor the Toronto Rock made the playoffs, for the first time in the history of either team (though the Toronto franchise, then the Ontario Raiders, missed the playoffs in their inaugural season in 1998). The Knighthawks broke a 13-year streak of making the playoffs, the Rock streak was stopped at 9 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season\nPhiladelphia Wings second-year stars Athan Iannucci and Geoff Snider set a number of new league records in 2008. Iannucci eclipsed Gary Gait's record of 61 goals by scoring 71, and Snider set or tied marks in loose balls (244), face offs won (318, tied with Peter Jacobs in 2005), and penalty minutes (103).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season\nThe 2008 season almost never happened. On October 16, 2007, the league released a statement officially cancelling the season, after no agreement could be reached on a new collective bargaining agreement. However, negotiations continued, and on October 25, the league announced that a new CBA has been agreed on, and that the season would proceed. The new revised schedule was released on November 2, 2007, but only included 12 of the expected 14 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 NLL season\nThe expansion Boston Blazers and 2007 Western division champion Arizona Sting had decided for \"a number of business reasons\" to opt out of the 2008 season and return in 2009. Due to the short time frame between the agreement on a new CBA and the start of the season, the New York Titans were unable to secure 8 home dates for the revised schedule, and thus both the Toronto Rock and Buffalo Bandits hosted a Titans home game in their own arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Team movement\nAn expansion franchise for Boston, Massachusetts was announced on May 9, 2007. It was expected that the team would play at the TD Banknorth Garden, which is also home to the NBA's Boston Celtics and the NHL's Boston Bruins. On October 3, 2007, the Boston franchise was officially named the Boston Blazers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Team movement\nWhen the revised schedule was released on November 2, 2007, it was announced that both the Arizona Sting and Boston Blazers were suspending operations for the 2008 season, returning in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Team movement, Work stoppage\nIn the off-season between the 2007 and 2008 seasons the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the National Lacrosse League and the Professional Lacrosse Players' Association expired. The owners announced that if there no deal was in place before midnight, October 15, 2007 the 2008 season would be cancelled. On the morning of October 16, the league announced that no agreement had been reached, and that the season was cancelled. The next day, commissioner Jim Jennings even said that the league would not change its mind about the cancellation, saying:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Team movement, Work stoppage\nThere's no hope due to the fact that we've released our dates. It's very difficult to get dates in places like (New York's) Madison Square Garden and (Toronto's) ACC Centre and places like that. To try to restart this thing up on a moment's notice is an impossibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Team movement, Work stoppage\nHowever, the negotiations continued, and on October 25, the league announced that a new seven-year agreement had been reached, and that the season would be played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Team movement, Work stoppage\nBefore the initial cancellation of the season, the Versus network announced that it would not carry a game of the week, as they had in 2007, even if an agreement was reached before the deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Final standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Milestones and events, Glenn Clark suspension\nOn January 11, the Minnesota Swarm defeated the Toronto Rock 17\u201316 in overtime, in a game which saw three Swarm players and one Rock player given game misconducts. After the game, Rock head coach Glenn Clark was involved in an altercation with Minnesota forward Sean Pollock outside the Rock dressing room. Clark was later charged with assault by Toronto Police and suspended indefinitely by the NLL. The Rock announced that assistant coach Terry Bullen would serve as the interim head coach and Bullen led the Rock to a 2\u20132 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Milestones and events, Glenn Clark suspension\nOn February 6, the charges against Clark were dropped by Toronto Police, and the NLL lifted the suspension on February 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, All-Star game\nThe 2008 All-Star Game was held at Rexall Place in Edmonton on March 16, 2008. The East division All-Stars defeated the West division 17\u201316 in overtime, as Shawn Williams scored the winner 31 seconds into OT. Philadelphia Wings' transition player Geoff Snider was named MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Awards, Weekly awards\nThe NLL gives out awards weekly for the best overall player, best offensive player, best transition player, best defensive player, and best rookie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Awards, Monthly awards\nAwards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197875-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NLL season, Statistics leaders\nBold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197876-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (El Salvador)\nThe 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at El Salvador was held April 23\u201328, 2008 in San Salvador, El Salvador. It was the third leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197877-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Guadalajara)\nThe 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Guadalajara was held May 7\u201312, 2008 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It was the fifth leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197878-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Guatemala)\nThe 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Guatemala was held April 16\u201321, 2008 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It was the second leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197879-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Manzanillo)\nThe 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Manzanillo was held April 30 - May 5, 2008 in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico. It was the fourth leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197880-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Puerto Rico)\nThe 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Carolina was held May 21\u201326, 2008 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. It was the sixth leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197881-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Santo Domingo)\nThe 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Boca Chica was held March 19\u201324, 2008 in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. It was the first leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197882-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NPF Draft\nThe 2008 NPF Senior Draft is the fifth annual NPF Draft. It was held February 18, 2008 via conference call for the 2008 season. The first selection was Arizona State's Katie Burkhart, picked by the Philadelphia Force. Athletes are not allowed by the NCAA to sign professional contracts until their collegiate seasons have ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197882-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NPF Draft, 2008 NPF Draft\nFollowing are the 24 selections from the 2008 NPF Senior Draft:Position key: C = Catcher; UT = Utility infielder; INF = Infielder; 1B = First base; 2B =Second base SS = Shortstop; 3B = Third base; OF = Outfielder; RF = Right field; CF = Center field; LF = Left field;  P = Pitcher; RHP = right-handed Pitcher; LHP = left-handed Pitcher; DP =Designated playerPositions are listed as combined for those who can play multiple positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197883-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NPSL season\nThe 2008 National Premier Soccer League season was the 6th season of the NPSL. The season started in May, 2008, and ended with the NPSL Championship Game on August 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197883-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NPSL season\nPennsylvania Stoners finished the season as national champions, beating St. Paul Twin Stars in the NPSL Championship game in Uniondale, New York on 3 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197883-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NPSL season\nPennsylvania Stoners forward Tom Ehrlich was named the National Premier Soccer League's Player of the Year. Tom Ehrlich was also the league's top scorer, with 11 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197883-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NPSL season, Playoffs, Divisional Rounds\nSonoma County Sol 3-1 San Diego UnitedMinnesota TwinStars beat Atlanta FC", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197883-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NPSL season, Playoffs, Semi finals\nPennsylvania Stoners beat Sonoma County SolMinnesota TwinStars 1-1 Long Island Academy (Minnesota TwinStars win 4-2 on penalties)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197884-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NRJ Music Awards\nThe 9th NRJ Music Awards took place in Cannes, France on January 26, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final\nThe 2008 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2008 NRL season. It was played between the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Melbourne Storm on Sunday, 5 October at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final\nThe 2008 Grand Final was the first Grand Final played in daylight since the introduction of the night Grand Final in 2001. The two teams had previously played in the 2007 NRL Grand Final, with Melbourne winning 34-8. Manly reversed this result in 2008, winning 40-0; the largest Grand Final winning margin in the history of the game, and the first Grand Final since 1978 where the losing team did not score a point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Lead-up\nMelbourne and Manly were also the teams which contested the 2007 NRL Grand Final, with Melbourne winning the game 34-8. During the 2008 regular season, the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Melbourne Storm met twice: Round 5 and Round 22. The Round 5 result in Melbourne went the Storm's way with a 26\u20134 victory. The Round 22 game was a closer contest, with Melbourne winning again, 16\u201310 at Manly's Brookvale Oval. Manly went into the 2008 grand final not having beaten the Storm since Round 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Lead-up, Melbourne Storm\nDuring the regular season, the Melbourne Storm won 17 of their 24 games, winning their third consecutive minor premiership on points differential from Manly and Cronulla. This was later stripped due to salary cap cheating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Lead-up, Melbourne Storm\nIn the qualifying final, Melbourne played the New Zealand Warriors. Melbourne lost this game 18-15 after a Warriors try from Michael Witt two minutes from full-time; becoming the first minor premier side since the introduction of the McIntyre finals structure in 1999 to lose to the eighth-placed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Lead-up, Melbourne Storm\nThe loss against New Zealand saw Melbourne matched up against the Brisbane Broncos in the semi-final; the team the Storm lost against in the 2006 grand final. They narrowly won the game 16-14 after scoring a try 45 seconds before full-time, after a Broncos' handling mistake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Lead-up, Melbourne Storm\nMelbourne captain Cameron Smith was controversially suspended for a grapple tackle during the Broncos game; the two-week suspension causing him to miss the rest of the finals season. Despite this suspension, Melbourne defeated the Cronulla Sharks 28-0 in the preliminary final, and entered their third consecutive grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Lead-up, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles\nManly also won 17 of their 24 games but lost the minor premiership to Melbourne on points differential, Melbourne having a 302 points difference compared to Manly's 290. Halfback Matt Orford was presented with the Dally M Award for his performance during the regular season, while fullback Brett Stewart was the league's top tryscorer with 19 tries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Lead-up, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles\nIn the first finals round, Manly defeated the St. George Illawarra Dragons 38-6. Manly then faced New Zealand in the preliminary final, beating them 32-6 to advance to their second grand final in a row, and their 17th overall (excluding the 1978 grand final replay).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details\nAfter the Australian National Anthem was performed by Anthony Warlow Melbourne kicked off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details, First half\nThe grand final's first quarter was played end to end with each side able to hold the other's attacking opportunities out. In the twenty-fourth minute the Sea Eagles' hooker Matt Ballin  at close-range ran from dummy-half and crashed over the try-line. After the video referee ruled the grounding successful, Matt Orford's conversion attempt hit the upright and missed so the score remained 4 - 0 with fifteen minutes of the first half remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details, First half\nNine minutes later, the Sea Eagles were again on the attack and from ten metres out, moved the ball through the hands to the left wing where Michael Robertson dived over in the corner. The video referee was again called upon to examine the try, which was ruled to have been successfully scored just as Robertson's feet were being dragged onto the sideline by a defender. Orford's difficult kick went wide, so the Sea Eagles' lead remained at 8-0 with under five minutes of the half remaining which were played out with no further points scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details, Second half\nIn the forty-seventh minute, The Sea Eagles were within twenty metres of the Storm's try-line when Matt Orford at first receiver put a grubber kick into the left corner which bounced up perfectly for Michael Robertson racing through on the wing to grab and dive over for his second try. Kicking duty was handed to Steve Matai who coolly converted Robertson's try from next to the sideline, bringing his side's lead to 14 - 0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details, Second half\nThree minutes later, and from a similar attacking position, the Sea Eagles kept the ball alive, a pass from Brett Stewart fifteen metres out arriving at the feet of Steve Matai who, with only one defender before him, picked it up and passed to Michael Robertson to dive over again in the same corner. Matai's second sideline conversion attempt missed, so the Sea Eagles were leading 18 - 0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0011-0002", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details, Second half\nIn the fifty-seventh minute the Sea Eagles were again down in the Storm's half and on the last tackle decided to run the ball, which was kept alive and passed through seven sets of hands before going to a charging Brent Kite who stretched out of the tackle and slammed the ball down under the posts. Matai kicked the easy conversion and it was sea Eagles 24, Storm 0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0011-0003", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details, Second half\nTen minutes later the Sea Eagles got another try when, from within the Storm's ten-metre line, they moved the ball out to David Williams on the right wing to dive over in the corner. The conversion attempt by Matai went wide so the Sea Eagles were leading 28-0. In the seventy-second minute the Sea Eagles ran the ball down toward the left corner with Robertson passing back in to Steve Menzies, who was playing in his 349th and final NRL match to crash over for a try, his 180th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0011-0004", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details, Second half\nJamie Lyon took over the goal kicking and converted Menzies' try to give Manly a 34 - 0 lead. However, the finale was to come at the seventy-five-minute mark when from their forty-metre line, Sea Eagles second rower Glenn Hall burst into open space, passing back inside for Brett Stewart who was running through in support. Stewart was chased down just short of the try-line by Storm halfback Cooper Cronk, but he managed to flick the ball back without looking into the arms of Steven Bell to also get a try in his last game at the club. Jamie Lyon's simple conversion put the final score at 40 -0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details, Second half\nIt was at the time the fourth-biggest loss in the Storm's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details, Second half\nThe Manly Warringah Sea Eagles defeated the Melbourne Storm 40-0, scoring eight tries, four of which were converted. This is the highest Rugby League Grand Final margin in Australian history, eclipsing the 1975 NSWRFL season's Grand Final where Eastern Suburbs defeated St George, 38\u20130 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. It is also the first time that a team has been kept scoreless in a Grand Final since the 1978 NSWRL Grand Final Replay, where Cronulla lost to Manly 16\u20130. Sea Eagles forward Brent Kite was named man-of-the-match and received the Clive Churchill Medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details, Second half\nThe 2008 Grand Final was the last match for Super League-bound Steve Menzies of Manly. Playing in this match brought his career games played to 349, equalling the current record from Terry Lamb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197885-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Grand Final, Match details, Statistics, Timeline\n23rd Minute: Manly 4\u20130 (Ballin try)33rd Minute: Manly 8\u20130 (Robertson try)47th Minute: Manly 14\u20130 (Robertson try; Matai goal)51st Minute: Manly 18\u20130 (Robertson try)58th Minute: Manly 24\u20130 (Kite try; Matai goal)67th Minute: Manly 28\u20130 (Williams try)72nd Minute: Manly 34\u20130 (Menzies try; Lyon goal)75th Minute: Manly 40\u20130 (Bell try; Lyon goal)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197886-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season\nThe 2008 NRL Under-20s season was the first season of the National Rugby League's youth competition, known as the Toyota Cup due to sponsorship from Toyota. The draw and structure of the competition mirrors that of its senior counterpart, the 2008 Telstra Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197886-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season, Ladder, Ladder Progression\nNumbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197886-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season, Grand final\nA Spectacular try to second-rower Jarrad Kennedy seven minutes into golden-point extra time gave Canberra a thrilling 28-24 victory over Brisbane in the U20 rugby league grand final at ANZ Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197886-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season, Grand final\nKennedy was mobbed by jubilant Raiders teammates after collapsing over the line in exhaustion after willing himself to back up centre Jarrod Croker, who had collected a cross-field kick from halfback Matt Smith as the clock wound down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197886-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season, Grand final\nCanberra won the hard way, though, recovering from 20-12 down early in the second half and then needing a missed conversion attempt from Broncos halfback Ben Hunt to force extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197886-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season, Grand final\nGunning for their eighth straight victory, Brisbane made a worrying start, conceding a soft try to five-eighth Michael Picker, which fullback Josh Dugan converted for a 6-0 lead after 10 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197886-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season, Grand final\nThe Broncos steadied and went to the interval with a 16-12 buffer after tries to Hunt, interchange forward Michael Spence and winger Jharal Yow Yeh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197886-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season, Grand final\nThe Broncos looked set to go on with the job when centre Brendon Gibb crossed out wide in the opening minutes of the second half, but the Raiders refused to lie down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197886-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season, Grand final\nA second try to Michael Picker and a goose-stepping four-pointer to winger Drury Low, plus Dugan's heroics, eventually set the scene for Kennedy's match-winning play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197886-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season, Awards, Toyota Cup Player of the Year\nThe winner of the award is decided by the most votes during the year as decided by the referee of each game on a 3-2-1 basis for each game played throughout the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197886-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season, Awards, Toyota Cup Team of the Year\nThe Toyota Cup Team of the Year is voted on by the 16 Toyota Cup coaches, with the players with the highest votes in each position selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197887-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL Under-20s season results\nThis article details scores and results from the 2008 NRL Under-20s season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season\nThe 2008 NRL season was the 101st season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the eleventh run by the National Rugby League. For the second year, sixteen teams competed for the 2008 Telstra Premiership title. The season commenced with the first matches played on 14 March and ended with the Grand Final, played on 5 October. The premiership was won by the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles who set the record for the highest Grand Final victory in Australia's rugby league history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season\n2008 also marked the launch of the National Youth Competition, an under 20 competition running parallel to the senior competition under the sponsorship name, the Toyota Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Centenary of rugby league\nRugby league was first introduced into Australia in 1907, with a meeting in Sydney on 8 August 1908 effectively forming a new breakaway league from the New South Wales Rugby Union. The new body was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League, and became the first professional sporting code in Australia. In the following months, eight Sydney-based teams were formed and signed up to play in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's premiership, with another club joining a week into competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Centenary of rugby league\nThe New South Wales Rugby League continued to run the competition up until and including 1994 when it passed on responsibility to the Australian Rugby League, the national authority for rugby league in Australia. In 1997 a rival Super League competition run by News Limited was started and signed up several existing teams from the Australian Rugby League. After both bodies lost a lot of money that year, a truce was signed and a new competition was formed for the 1998 season, under the brand name \"National Rugby League.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Centenary of rugby league\nRegarded as the spiritual home of rugby league in Australia, Birchgrove Oval hosted the official launch of the NRL's 2008 Centenary rugby league season. During the season, the NRL staged a number of celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the sport in Australia. The opening match of the 2008 season was held between the remaining two \"foundation clubs\" from 1908, the Sydney Roosters and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. A 'Heritage round' was introduced to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the first round of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League, whereby teams faced opponents that entered the competition in similar time frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Centenary of rugby league\nSeveral events took place to celebrate the 100th anniversary of landmark moments in rugby league in Australia. These events began in August 2007 with a re-enactment of the meeting which led to the formation of the New South Wales Rugby League, essentially the beginning of rugby league in Australia. In January and February 2008, several of the foundation clubs, the Newtown Jets, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Balmain Tigers, Sydney Roosters, North Sydney Bears and Western Suburbs Magpies, hosted special functions at the places they were officially formed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Season summary, Schedule\nThe 2008 season was one week longer than the 2007 competition, allowing an extra bye on top of the existing one allocated to each club. In addition, the scheduling of the earlier representative fixtures was changed, including the removal of Monday Night Football on weekends prior to the City vs Country match and the ANZAC Test. The City vs Country fixture was pushed back to Friday night where it had been prior to 2007. Many of these initiatives were announced midway through the 2007 season by the chief executive officer of the National Rugby League, David Gallop, in an attempt to help reduce player fatigue after several complaints of player injuries caused by the short turnaround between some matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Season summary, Schedule\n2008 also saw a change in how the draw is devised, with teams nominating their preferred home opponents in order of preference. The NRL consulted these requests when structuring the season's fixtures. This change is intended to maximise attendances by allowing local derbies and other high-interest matches to be played twice a year. It is a departure from previous methods, which focused on trying to produce an equally difficult playing schedule for each club. The draw was released on 19 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Season summary, Schedule\nOn the back of increasing public pressure, the National Rugby League decided to move the Grand Final back from the later timeslot of 7:00pm to 5:00pm. The Grand Final had traditionally been held on a Sunday afternoon up until 2000, after which it was relocated to the evening in order to accommodate the Channel 9's programming desires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Season summary, Schedule\nWhilst the late night scheduling was not considered as much an issue for New South Wales audiences because of the Labour Day public holiday the following day, it was argued by many Queenslanders that such a time was unsuitable for families on the eve of a weekday. Many individuals in the general public and the media pushed for a full return to a 3:00pm kickoff time where it had been for many decades, whilst Channel 9 continued to insist on 7:00pm. As a compromise, the National Rugby League decided on a \"twilight\" match starting at 5:00pm. It was the first time since the 2000 season that the Grand Final was played in daylight, largely due to a change in commencement of Daylight Saving Time in New South Wales, ACT and Victoria in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Season summary, Teams\nThe number of teams in the NRL remained unchanged since the previous season, with sixteen participating in the regular season: ten from New South Wales, three from Queensland and one from each of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. Of the ten from New South Wales, eight (St. George Illawarra are both from Sydney and Wollongong) are from Sydney's metropolitan area, with (St. George Illawarra being a Sydney and Wollongong joint venture. Just two foundation clubs from New South Wales Rugby League season 1908 played in this competition: the Sydney Roosters (formerly known as Eastern Suburbs) and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. The Melbourne Storm were the defending premiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Season summary, Teams\nFor the first time since the 1988 introduction of teams outside of New South Wales, an under-20 competition ran incorporating sides fielded by each of the sixteen premiership clubs. The National Youth Competition, known as the Toyota Cup for sponsorship purposes was solely for under-20 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Marketing, Sponsorship\nFor the eighth straight season the National Rugby League's maintained its naming rights sponsor Telstra with the competition again known as the Telstra Premiership. In addition to the Telstra Premiership logo appearing over the right upper chest on each team's playing jersey, the \"Centenary of Rugby league in Australia\" logo was displayed just above to commemorate the competition's centenary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Marketing, Sponsorship\nFollowing their successful sponsorship of \"Friday Night Football\" in 2007, the Foster's Group decided to change the specific brand sponsorship from their Carlton Draught product to now represent Victoria Bitter. Harvey Norman continued its sponsorship of the State of Origin series while AAMI also continued its association with the annual City vs Country Origin clash. Additionally, Bundaberg Rum maintained naming rights to both the ANZAC Test and Monday Night Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Marketing, Sponsorship\nThroughout the season, various charities and other non-profit organisations received exposure on Sunday Football through Rugby League's One Community Program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Marketing, Advertising\nIn celebration of the code's 100th anniversary the NRL and its ad agency MJW created for 2008 a Centenary Tribute ad which used historical footage of games and stars of yesteryear, blending in with action sequences of the modern day. Original epic orchestral music was used as the soundtrack. The ad opened with still imagery from 1908 to the modern day juxtaposed and rolling as though an ensemble of players are entering the Sydney Cricket Ground from the dressing rooms in the Members Stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Marketing, Advertising\nThe morphed film segments included a 1930s Australia v England Test with modern Australian players in the backline; Wayne Pearce in the 1980s on the sideline at the Sydney Cricket Ground next to a mud covered 1960s player and a sequence where Darren Lockyer circa 2000 takes a pass from Clive Churchill circa 1950. Clever touches include Dragons Mark Gasnier backing up his uncle Reg Gasnier some 40 years apart; Sharks stars of different generations, Steve Rogers and Andrew Ettingshausen running together and Souths' Craig Wing in 2008 putting Ron Coote through a gap in 1968.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Marketing, Advertising\nThe final shot shows the 2008 version of Norm Provan and Arthur Summons covered head to toe in mud & recreating the \"Gladiators\" image from the 1963 Grand Final acknowledged by the 2007 Grand Finalists Cameron Smith and Greg Inglis in front of iconic images of Grand Finals gone by including John Sattler being chaired from the field in 1971 while Brad Fittler celebrates his 2002 win and Bradley Clyde his 1994 premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Ladder\nFor the first time since the 1999 season, the team finishing in 8th spot won more games than it had lost. It should be also noted that on that occasion, 17 teams were in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Finals series\nThe National Rugby League employs the McIntyre Final Eight System and, for the second year running, preliminary finals were allowed to be played outside of Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197888-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season, Player records\nIn 2008 New Zealand's Ruben Wiki was the oldest player in the NRL at 35 years and 250 days. Sam Perrett ran 3,720 metres with the ball in 2008, more than any other player in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197889-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season results\nThe 2008 National Rugby League season consisted of 26 weekly regular season rounds, starting on 14 March, followed by four weeks of play-offs, culminating in a Grand Final on 5 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197889-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season results, Regular season\nTimes for Rounds 1\u20133 are Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time. Times for Round 4 and the remainder of the season are Australian Eastern Standard Time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197889-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NRL season results, Regular season, Round 6: Heritage round\nThis premiership round was set down to celebrate the anniversary of the first round of the 1908 premiership. Teams wore jerseys reflecting their club or region's first season in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197890-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale\nThe 2008 NRMA Motoring + Services Grand Finale was the fourteenth and final round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 4 to 7 December at the Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197890-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale, Support categories\nThe 2008 NRMA Motoring + Services Grand Finale had seven support categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197891-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NRW Trophy\nThe 2008 NRW Trophy was held in two parts, with ice dancers competing separately from the singles disciplines and pair skating. Both competitions were held at the Eissportzentrum Westfalenhalle in Dortmund. The ice dancing competition was held between October 31 and November 2, 2008, and the other disciplines were held between December 4 and December 7, 2008. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing across the levels of senior, junior, and novice. In addition, the ice dancing competition included a pre-novice division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season\nThe 2008 TeleChoice Premier League season was the eighth season of the revamped NSW Premier League. This season also marked the promotion of two new teams, in the West Sydney Berries and the Macarthur Rams from the Super League (one division lower). This increased the teams competing in the competition from 10 to 12 teams and the number of rounds from 18 to 22 in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season\nThe 2008 season officially began on 22 February and concluded with the Grand Final between Wollongong FC and the Sutherland Sharks on 7 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season\nBefore the start of the season, all the 2008 teams competed in the Johnny Warren Cup, the official pre-season tournament. On 16 February, Sydney Olympic defeated the Sutherland Sharks 2 goals to 1 at Seymour Shaw Park to win the Johnny Warren Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season\nThroughout the season many Premier League, Super League, Division One and Division Two teams competed in an FA Cup-style knockout competition in which the Bankstown City Lions and Sydney Olympic contested the Grand Final with Bankstown prevailing 3-1 winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season, Changes from Previous Season\nThe number of teams competing increased from 10 to 12, with the inclusion of the West Sydney Berries and the Macarthur Rams. The regular season remained a home-away round-robin format, thus increasing the number of rounds from 18 to 22. The final series was therefore also adapted. The number of teams competing in the finals series increased from 4 to 5. The finals series used a 5-team McIntyre System to determine the champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season, Clubs\nTeams promoted from Super League:(After the end of the 2007 season.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season, Clubs\nTeams relegated to Super League:(After the end of the 2007 season.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season, Gold Medal Dinner\nAt the end of the season, Football NSW hosted the Gold Medal Dinner, where players, coaches and referees were awarded for their work throughout the Premier League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season, Gold Medal Dinner, All-Stars Team\nBased on a points system in which all match reporters took part in during the course of the 22 rounds, eleven players were selected in various positions highlighting their performances for season 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season, Gold Medal Dinner, All-Stars Team\nDefence: Emmanuel Zunino (Sydney Olympic), Pedj Boji\u0107 (Sutherland Sharks), Danial Cummins (Wollongong FC), Shane Webb (Bankstown City Lions)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season, Gold Medal Dinner, All-Stars Team\nMidfield: Nahuel Arrarte (Marconi Stallions), Robbie Cattanach (Manly United), Brendan Gan (Sutherland Sharks), Christopher Boyle (Sydney United)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197892-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 NSW Premier League season, Gold Medal Dinner, All-Stars Team\nAttack: Robert Younis (A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers), Brad Boardman (Sutherland Sharks)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197893-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NZIHL season, 2008 NZIHL Standings, Grand Final\nBotany Swarm 3 - 2 Canterbury Red Devils (sudden death extra time)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197893-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NZIHL season, 2008 NZIHL Standings, Round robin\nW = Main Round Win = 3 pointsL = Main Round LossT = Main Round Tie = 2 pointsBP = Bonus Point = 1 point", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197894-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Naciria bombing\nThe 2008 Naciria bombing occurred on January 2, 2008 when a bomb detonated into the headquarters of the Algerian police in the town of Naciria, Boumerd\u00e8s Province, Algeria killing 4 and injuring 20. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197895-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nadeshiko League\nStatistics of Nadeshiko.League in the 2008 season. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197896-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election\nElections to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly were held in February 2008 to elect members of the 60 constituencies in Nagaland, India. The Indian National Congress won the most votes, while the Nagaland Peoples Front won the most seats and Neiphiu Rio was appointed as the Chief Minister of Nagaland. The number of constituencies was set as 60 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197897-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nagoya Grampus season\nThe 2008 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 16th season in the J. League Division 1 and 27th overall in the Japanese top flight. They also participated in the 2008 J. League Cup, being knocked out at the Semifinal stage by Oita Trinita, and the 2008 Emperor's Cup getting knocked out at the Quarterfinal stage by Gamba Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197897-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nagoya Grampus season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197897-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nagoya Grampus season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197897-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nagoya Grampus season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197898-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Naina Devi temple stampede\nThe 2008 Naina Devi temple stampede occurred on 3 August 2008 in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. 146 people died and 150 were injured when they were crushed, trampled, or forced over the side of a ravine by the movement of a large panicking crowd. Witness accounts suggest that events were initiated after a rain shelter collapsed, which worshipers mistakenly took to be a landslide. There were as many as 3000 devotees at the temple because it was a sacred place (called a \"Shakti Peeth\") in the holy month of Shraavana of the Hindu Calendar. According to Daljit Singh Manhas, a senior police officer from the area, at least 40 of the victims were children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197898-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Naina Devi temple stampede\nThe Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Prem Kumar Dhumal, announced a government compensation of Rs. 100,000 (approximately US$2500) for those who died and Rs. 50,000 (approximately US$1250) for the seriously injured. 50,000 people had been expected to attend Naina Devi during the day of the stampede, as part of a nine-day festival which had just started. The pilgrimage resumed on the next day, 4 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197898-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Naina Devi temple stampede\nGaurav Singh Saini, a 13-year-old boy from Tohana (a town located near Haryana-Punjab border) Haryana, saved 50-60 people during the stampede, and received the Bharat Award, the highest award at the 2009 National Bravery Awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197898-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Naina Devi temple stampede, Stampede\nDevotees standing in a queue initially saw the collapse of a rain shelter. This triggered a false cry of \"landslide!\" as it was raining on the day of the stampede. People reportedly tried to move outside the railings put up by the police for crowd control, but the police refused to allow any more movements. The railings later collapsed and people fell on each other, starting the stampede.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197898-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Naina Devi temple stampede, Reaction\nRajnath Singh, the current leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India, responded to the stampede by releasing a statement in the hours after the disaster. \"I am deeply saddened to learn about the tragic death of over 100 pilgrims. I convey my deep felt condolences to the family members of all those who have lost their lives or have been injured in the incident,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197898-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Naina Devi temple stampede, Reaction\nHimachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal responded by announcing an inquiry into the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197898-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Naina Devi temple stampede, Reaction\nThe Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari, and the Speaker of Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee, conveyed condolences to the families of those killed and injured in the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197898-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Naina Devi temple stampede, Reaction\nThe Tribune criticized the poor infrastructure and ill-maintained roads at the shrine, reporting that a team of doctors and paramedics were unable to reach the site of the accident until hours after the stampede. The Times of India observed that there had been no improvement in crowd management even though a similar stampede took place in the shrine in 1978 after rumors of a landslide spread, killing 65 people. As is often the case during disasters, the mobile telephone network around Naina Devi had insufficient capacity to serve the large number of phone calls by worried relatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197898-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Naina Devi temple stampede, Post-mortem report of victims\nPost-mortem examinations conducted on victims of the Naina Devi temple stampede confirmed that the deaths were caused by asphyxiation. Post-mortem reports of 101 bodies out of a total of 141 victims taken to the civil hospital at Anandpur Sahib in Punjab, 18\u00a0km from the site, have indicated compression of the chest causing asphyxiation and death, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) P C Akela said. Akela, who remained stationed at Anandpur Sahib after the  incident, said post-mortems were not carried out on 40 of the dead at the request of their relatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197899-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Naisten Liiga\nThe 2008 Naisten Liiga, part of the 2008 Finnish football season, was the second season of the 2006 established Naisten Liiga. FC Honka were the defending champions, having won the 2007 season. SC Raisio withdrew from the league and was replaced by TPS Turku.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197900-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Namdaemun fire\nOn February 10, 2008, an arsonist set fire to the historic Namdaemun gate (officially \"Sungnyemun\") in Seoul, South Korea, causing severe damage to the 550-year-old structure. The monument was subsequently restored and reopened to the public in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197900-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Namdaemun fire, Fire\nThe fire reportedly broke out at approximately 8:50\u00a0p.m. on Sunday, February 10, 2008. Firefighters soon arrived on the scene and started dousing the blaze with water in an attempt to extinguish the fire. Initially, the effort seemed successful: by late Sunday night, firefighters said they believed that they had contained the fire, with only minimal damage done to the wooden structure topping the otherwise stone structure. According to reports, they had been instructed by authorities not to be aggressive in fighting the fire out of fear that the structure would be damaged by the high-pressure water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197900-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Namdaemun fire, Fire\nAfter midnight, however, the dying fire suddenly reignited, quickly getting out of control. Despite the efforts of the more than 360 firefighters who were at the scene, the fire soon ended up destroying the entire wooden structure and causing substantial damage to the stone walls. The fire did not result in any injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197900-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Namdaemun fire, Arsonist\nOriginally, the fire had been suspected to be accidental. However, many witnesses reported seeing someone enter the gate shortly before the fire, and two disposable lighters were found where the fire was believed to have started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197900-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Namdaemun fire, Arsonist\nLater investigations revealed that the fire was indeed an act of arson. A 69-year-old man, identified as Chae Jong-gi (Korean:\u00a0\ucc44\uc885\uae30; Hanja:\u00a0\u8521\u5b97\u57fa), was taken into police custody on February 12, on the suspicion that it was he who started the fire. Chae confessed to the crime 30 minutes after his arrest. According to police reports, Chae arrived at Namdaemun around 8:35\u00a0p.m. carrying an aluminum ladder, three 1.5-liter bottles of paint thinner, and two cigarette lighters. With the ladder, he climbed the western wall of the gate, entered the gate, and walked up to the second floor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197900-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Namdaemun fire, Arsonist\nThere, he started the fire by sprinkling the floor with paint thinner and lighting it. Chae stated that he had started the fire because he was upset about not having been paid in full for land he had sold to developers. Chae had also been charged with setting fire to the Changgyeong Palace complex in Seoul in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197900-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Namdaemun fire, Arsonist\nThe reason he targeted Namdaemun was because it was easily accessible and was only secured by motion sensors. He also considered attacking trains or buses, but decided against it due to the high number of casualties this would cause.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197900-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Namdaemun fire, Aftermath\nSouth Korean newspapers blamed the government for failing to provide more security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197900-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Namdaemun fire, Aftermath\nThe Cultural Heritage Administration of South Korea stated that it would take three years and $21 million to rebuild and restore the historic gate. In 2006, 182 pages of blueprints of the gate had been made as a contingency measure against possible damages, making reconstruction possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197900-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Namdaemun fire, Aftermath\nPresident Lee Myung-bak proposed starting a private donation campaign to finance the restoration of the gate. Many people felt that the government should pay for the restoration because it had failed to adequately protect the structure. Lee's transitional committee clarified the president-elect's comments by stating that the government would pay for the majority of the restoration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197900-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Namdaemun fire, Aftermath\nThe restored gate reopened to the public on May 5, 2013, having been rebuilt using traditional tools and techniques. The project cost 25 billion won to complete and includes new fire suppression systems and closed-circuit television cameras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods\nThe 2008 Namibia floods took place in early February 2008, a rapid onset of heavy rains triggered floods in northern Namibia, leading to one of its worst floods in 50 years. The floods had killed 42 people by early March and an estimated 65,000 people were affected, primarily in the regions of Omusati, Oshikoto, Oshana, Ohangwena and Caprivi. 40,000 people were assisted by the Namibian Red Cross with 4,600 in relocation camps. Over-crowding and insanitary conditions caused health concerns in relocation camps and an outbreak of cholera was announced in March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods\nOn 14 March, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs triggered the International Charter for \"Space and Major Disasters\". Staple crops were devastated and 52,000 people from flood-affected areas were considered in need of immediate of assistance to cover their basic food needs. Deputy Prime Minister Libertine Amathila declared that the government would spend 65 million Namibian dollars to assist the displaced. Long-term impacts included damage to farmland, housing, schools, roads and infrastructure across the region. The floods reduced the resilience of the population who were left vulnerable to further flooding which occurred in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Background\nThe floods hit the northern Namibian regions of Omusati, Oshikoto, Oshana, Ohangwena, and Caprivi. These regions are the most densely populated in the nation with an estimated 859,975 people, almost half of the total population. Northern Namibia has a semi-arid climate with high temperatures. The rain patterns are unpredictable, with varying amounts and timing, although the rainy season tends to fall from November to April. The majority of the people living in the rural areas of northern Namibia rely on subsistence farming, but the poor soil, largely composed of clay and sand mixture, is not ideal for crop production.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Background\nThis results in high levels of chronic food insecurity in these regions. These threats are exacerbated by poor health outcomes, as large swaths of the population do not have access to adequate medical services. HIV/AIDS is especially prevalent in the area, with an estimated 23% of Namibians aged 15 to 49 testing HIV-positive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Immediate Impacts, Health & Well-being\nAn estimated 65,000 people were affected by the floods. 71 casualties were reported by March 2008 of which there were 42 deaths. Deaths were predominantly children and the elderly who drowned crossing oshonas (flood plains) at night. Wounds resulting from walking in water were a problem in Caprivi. Outreach clinics in rural areas were cut off by the flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Immediate Impacts, Health & Well-being\nRelocation camps were set up in the Engela District and Oshana Region and housed over 4,600 of the displaced. Camps had limited or no access to latrines, waste disposal and clean tap water, and some camps were overcrowded. An outbreak of cholera at Engela in the Ohangwena Region was announced in March. An assessment undertaken 19\u201320 March by the World Health Organization (WHO) identified that the case fatality rate (CFR) for cholera may be under recorded and reported common acute diseases in the under fives to include malaria, diarrhea and respiratory infections. Cholera cases were also reported at Odibo and Okatope.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Immediate Impacts, Health & Well-being\nBy the 16th of April, 958 cases of cholera, including four deaths, had been reported. Engela Hospital, which was inaccessible by road, opened a cholera treatment centre. WHO figures for cholera in Namibia for 2008 were 3,496 with 38 deaths (1.09% CFR) compared to 14 cases in 2007 with 0 deaths (0% CFR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Immediate Impacts, Food Security\nThe floods significantly reduced yields of mahangu, the staple cereal food for the majority of the population in the Northern Central regions. The household stocks of mahangu were not expected to last beyond next the harvest, forcing the household to use savings to purchase food. As low-income households could not easily compensate by lowering already minimal non-food expenditure, they were likely to shift food consumption towards lower calorie and less nutritious foods or simply reduce their food intake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Immediate Impacts, Food Security\nThe European Food Safety Authority mission estimated that compared to the previous agricultural season, there was an average 59% drop in production in the North Central Regions and 46% in affected areas of Caprivi. As a result, 16.4% of the flood affected households in the Northern Central regions were food insecure rising to 32.5% in Caprivi, an area with a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. These households were unable to meet their daily nutritional requirements. The population affected by the floods went from chronically food insecure to acutely food insecure. An estimated 52,000 people were in immediate need of assistance to cover their basic food needs in flood-affected areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Response\nThe Namibian government declared a state of emergency on 5 March 2008 and appealed to international community for assistance. Working jointly with humanitarian agencies including UN, the government assessed damage extent and established critical needs in the affected areas. The government of Namibia provided food supplies worth N$221,000 and non-food commodities worth N$5.3 million and pledged N$65 million to assist the displaced. The Emergency Management Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister delivered necessary food items to the affected regions using helicopters following roads damage. Flood victims were evacuated to relocation centres in the Engela District and Oshana Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Response\nThe Namibian Red Cross supported over 40,000 people, who were moved back to their homes by end of August 2008. The Red Cross distributed blankets, hygiene kits, water makers, mosquito nets, bar soaps in North-western regions. In partnership with the Swedish Red Cross the Red Cross also provided agricultural items such as millet, sorghum, goats and chicken to improve food security among the most vulnerable in Ohangwena region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Response\nThe United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs triggered the International Charter \"Space and Major Disasters\" to help the country battle against floods and the subsequent cholera outbreak that ravaged the country. UNICEF trained community health activists, produced radio messages on cholera prevention and distributed water purification tablets in the affected areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Aftermath\nSince 2008, when the first serious Namibia floods disaster occurred, they have become a devastating, almost annual event that finds most households hardly recovered from the previous flood. The communities in the rural areas of  were most affected by the floods. Their livelihoods are dependent on subsistence farming and the floods increased livestock and household vulnerability of the farmers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Aftermath\nWater logging and retention due to the floods was associated with the loss of land productivity and soil degradation. The declining quality of soil affected the farming of major staple crops, sorghum and mahangu, which escalated food prices in the region furthering household food insecurity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197901-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Namibia floods, Aftermath\nLivelihoods were affected after livestock died from drowning in large numbers, whilst the poor prevailing conditions made those remaining susceptible to diseases and parasites such as Lumpy skin disease and the African swine fever. Other impacts were on public infrastructure like roads, bridges, sewerage system, health facilities, market places and schools which were damaged extensively. Rehabilitation work in flooded areas went beyond repairs to include the elevation of roads and improvements to the drainage system. The cost of this was 5.5 times the value of replacing damaged structures. Unfortunately, the area and the population had not yet recovered and were still vulnerable when flooding occurred in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 750]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197902-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NatFilm Festival\nThe 2008 NatFilm Festival ran from March 28, 2008 to April 6, 2008. NatFilm Festival is now merged with CIFF into one single event, CPH PIX, launched on April 16\u201326, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197902-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 NatFilm Festival, Programme, Special Tribute\nThe 2008 Special Tribute retrospective exhibited the work of Trine Dyrholm. The film 'Dansen' was shown as part of the 'Dansk Film 2008' section of the programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197902-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 NatFilm Festival, Programme, Retrospectives\nThe director's entire oeuvre of eight films was shown in memoriam, comprising A Brighter Summer Day, A Confucian Confusion, In Our Time, Mahjong, Taipei Story, That Day on the Beach, Terrorizers, and Yi Yi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197902-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 NatFilm Festival, Programme, Retrospectives\nSange fra anden sal (Songs from the Second Floor), Giliap, En k\u00e6rlighedshistorie (A Swedish Love Story), his 2007 release Du Levande (You, the Living), and a series of the director's short films were shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197902-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 NatFilm Festival, Programme, Retrospectives\nKiller of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, and a series of four shorts (\"When It Rains\", \"The Horse\", \"Several Friends\" and \"Quiet As Kept\") were shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197902-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 NatFilm Festival, Programme, Retrospectives\nFant\u00f4mas, Le Petit Baigneur, and La Grande Vadrouille were shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197902-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 NatFilm Festival, Programme, Retrospectives\nMy Winnipeg, Brand Upon the Brain, and The Saddest Music in the World were shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197902-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 NatFilm Festival, Programme, CPH:DOX\nFeatures shared with the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX) were A Jihad for Love by Parvez Sharma and In Prison My Whole Life by Marc Evans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197903-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 NatWest Pro40\nThe 2008 NatWest Pro40 was a league system 40 over competition. Sussex Sharks won Division One, while Essex Eagles finished top of Division Two, gaining promotion; Yorkshire Carnegie were also promoted, but Glamorgan Dragons lost their playoff match and remained in Division Two. Somerset Sabres' Marcus Trescothick was the leading run-scorer in the competition with 556 runs, while Jade Dernbach of Surrey Brown Caps claimed the most wickets, with 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197904-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Camogie League\nThe 2008 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's\u2019 team field sport of camogie was won by Kilkenny, who defeated Galway in the final, played at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197904-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Camogie League, Arrangements\nKilkenny were attempting to win to the League title for the first time since 1993, and on home soil, there was pressure on them to achieve that feat. Kilkenny had defeated then All-Ireland champions Wexford, 2-11 to 1-11, before travelling to Cork to overcome the rebels 0-8 to 1-4 on a wind- swept blustery day to qualify for a league final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197904-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National Camogie League, Final\nIn the league final, Galway led 0-11 to 1-5 at the interval, with an Aoife Neary goal late in the first-half giving Kilkenny hope. Further second-half from Michelle Quilty and substitute Edwina Keane gave Kilkenny victory with Sinead Millea member of the 1993 National league winning campaign top scorer with 0-5 all from frees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197904-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 National Camogie League, Division 2\nThe Division 2 final, known until 2005 as the National Junior League, was won by Clare who defeated Derry in the final. The Division 3 final was won by Antrim who defeated Offaly in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197905-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Cheerleading Championship\nThe 3rd season of the National Cheerleading Championships was held at PhilSports Arena, Pasig, Philippines on March 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197906-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Football Challenge Cup\nThe 2008 National Football Challenge Cup was the 18th season of National Football Challenge Cup, the main cup tournament in Pakistani football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197906-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Football Challenge Cup\nPakistan Telecommunication were the defending champions, winning the 2005 edition, although their team was dissolved in the end of 2005 season. Thus there was no defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197906-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National Football Challenge Cup\nAll the matches were played in CDGK Stadium and Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197907-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Football League (Ireland)\nThe 2008 National Football League was the Gaelic football league contested by 33 GAA counties' football teams, 32 from Ireland and one (London) from England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197907-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Football League (Ireland), Format\nThe 2008 format of the National Football League is a new system consisting of four separate divisions. There are eight teams in the top three divisions and nine in Division Four. Placings are decided by:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197907-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National Football League (Ireland), Format\nThe top two in each division play a final match to decide the division champions. The top two in divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted, whilst the bottom two in 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game\nThe 2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game was held on January 27, 2008 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, home of the Atlanta Thrashers. It was the only time the All-Star Game was held in Atlanta, as the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg in 2011 as the new Winnipeg Jets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game\nAtlanta had originally been scheduled to host what would have been the 55th NHL All-Star Game in 2005, however that game was canceled due to the NHL Lockout of 2004\u201305.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game\nPlayers in this game, like the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game, wore Rbk EDGE jerseys. The jersey logos had been redesigned, showing a simple logo that displays East and West on the respective conference jerseys, captain and alternate captain patches on the right side (instead of left), and the player's number below the logo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Diversity honored\nAs Atlanta is a place of significance to the Civil Rights Movement (among the hockey-related achievements is John Paris Jr. becoming the first black person to coach a pro hockey team, the Atlanta Knights of the International Hockey League), and 2008 is the 50th anniversary of Willie O'Ree breaking hockey's color barrier with the Boston Bruins, the NHL chose the All-Star weekend to honour the diversity of the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Changes in the All-Star program\nThe previous year's YoungStars game and skills competition, which lead up to the main game, were criticized for the lack of excitement: the YoungStars game saw a lack of effort by the players overall, while the shootout portion of the skills competition was criticized for being too boring - in the previous year, at three different points in the skills competition, each goaltender would take on four opposing players in regular penalty shots - which in itself is not too different from what was seen in regular-season play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Changes in the All-Star program\nFor this year, to raise interest in all-star festivities, no YoungStars goaltenders were named - instead, the YoungStars played in a three-on-three game (of two running six-minute periods) halfway through the skills competition, with the regular all-star goaltenders in net. There was only one faceoff at the start of each half - if the puck goes out of play, another puck was thrown onto the ice. If a goal was scored, the three players retreated to their own side of centre ice before being able to attack again. For either side to win the YoungStars game, the team must score greater goals in both halves. Brandon Dubinsky of the New York Rangers was named the Youngstars MVP for scoring 2 goals and an assist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Changes in the All-Star program\nFurthermore, the skills competition itself was changed dramatically - the Fastest Skater competition is now a sprint instead of a lap around the arena (a final showdown portion has also been added), while the traditional Puck Control Relay was changed to the Obstacle Course event, where stick handling, saucer passes, one-timers, and goaltenders attempting to score by shooting pucks the length of the ice into an empty net (itself a former All-Star Skills event called Goalie Goals) is featured. Both changes were made to further reflect game conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Changes in the All-Star program\nThe traditional Shooting Accuracy remains, though a final showdown stage (consisting of having to shoot four targets in nine seconds with only four pucks, and if still tied, one shot in three seconds at one target) is held to determine an individual winner. Hardest Shot is the only event unchanged from previous years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Changes in the All-Star program\nBut by far the greatest change is in the shootout portion: two events are based on the shootout: in the Elimination Shootout, skaters shoot against the all-star goaltenders, with a skater being eliminated if they fail to score. The second shootout-based event, the Breakaway Challenge, incorporates elements from the National Basketball Association's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest: three players from each team (as selected by the all-star team captains) will be judged on their style and creativity by a panel of four judges as they attempt to score on a non-NHL goaltender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Changes in the All-Star program\nThe judges may award up to nine points, and a bonus point is added should the skater score. The judging panel this year consists of Dominique Wilkins, a former two-time Slam Dunk Champion with the Atlanta Hawks, former Thrashers captain Scott Mellanby, Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch, and broadcaster Bill Clement. The two skaters (one from each team) with the highest scores face off in a final showdown to determine the winner of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Rosters\n39 \u2013 G Rick DiPietro (New York Islanders) 33 \u2013 D Zdeno Chara (Boston Bruins) 79 \u2013 D Andrei Markov (Montreal Canadiens)  4 \u2013 F Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay Lightning) - (C) 11 \u2013 F Daniel Alfredsson (Ottawa Senators) 17 \u2013 F Ilya Kovalchuk (Atlanta Thrashers)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Rosters\n30 \u2013 G Chris Osgood (Detroit Red Wings)  3 \u2013 D Dion Phaneuf (Calgary Flames)  5 \u2013 D Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit Red Wings) 12 \u2013 F Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames) - (C) 13 \u2013 F Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red Wings) 61 \u2013 F Rick Nash (Columbus Blue Jackets)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Rosters\n29 \u2013 G Tomas Vokoun (Florida Panthers) 30 \u2013 G Tim Thomas (Boston Bruins) 15 \u2013 D Tomas Kaberle (Toronto Maple Leafs) 44 \u2013 D Kimmo Timonen (Philadelphia Flyers) 51 \u2013 D Brian Campbell (Buffalo Sabres) 55 \u2013 D Sergei Gonchar (Pittsburgh Penguins)  8 \u2013 F Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)  9 \u2013 F Jason Spezza (Ottawa Senators) 10 \u2013 F Mike Richards (Philadelphia Flyers) 12 \u2013 F Eric Staal (Carolina Hurricanes) 18 \u2013 F Marian Hossa (Atlanta Thrashers) 19 \u2013 F Scott Gomez (New York Rangers) 26 \u2013 F Martin St. Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning) 71 \u2013 F Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins) 91 \u2013 F Marc Savard (Boston Bruins)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Rosters\n20 \u2013 G Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose Sharks) 34 \u2013 G Manny Legace (St. Louis Blues)  2 \u2013 D Duncan Keith (Chicago Blackhawks) 25 \u2013 D Chris Pronger (Anaheim Ducks) 27 \u2013 D Scott Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks) 55 \u2013 D Ed Jovanovski (Phoenix Coyotes)  9 \u2013 F Marian Gaborik (Minnesota Wild) 10 \u2013 F Shawn Horcoff (Edmonton Oilers) 11 \u2013 F Anze Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings) 15 \u2013 F Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks) 18 \u2013 F Corey Perry (Anaheim Ducks) 19 \u2013 F Jason Arnott (Nashville Predators) 33 \u2013 F Henrik Sedin (Vancouver Canucks) 63 \u2013 F Mike Ribeiro (Dallas Stars) 97 \u2013 F Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197908-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Summary\nW - Tim ThomasL - Manny LegaceTV: Versus, CBC, RDS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League\nThe 2008 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Hurling League, was the 77th edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams. Tipperary won the league, beating Galway in the final. The tournament saw the first appearance of Fingal and South Down as \"county\" teams in the NHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League, Format\nThe 2008 format of the National Hurling League was a new system consisting of four divisions. There are thirty-four teams competing: Divisions One and Two have twelve teams in each, and there are five teams in Divisions Three and Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League, Format, Division One\nDivision One is made up of two groups of six teams. Each team plays all the others in their group once. The two group winners receive a semi-final spot; second and third in each group play in the quarter-finals. The winners of the final are the 2008 NHL champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League, Format, Division Two\nDivision Two is made up of two groups of six teams. Each team plays all the others in their group once. The top two in each group enter the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League, Format, Division Three\nFive teams play in Division Three. Each team plays all the others once. The top two teams contest the Division Three final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League, Format, Division Four\nFive teams play in Division Four. Each team plays all the others once. The top two teams contest the Division Four final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League, Division 1A\nWaterford came into the season as defending champions of the 2007 season. Laois entered Division 1 as the promoted team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League, Division 1A\nOn 20 April 2008, Tipperary won the title after a 3-18 to 3-16 win over Galway. It was their first league title since 2001 and their 19th National League title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League, Division 1A\nWexford, Antrim, Laois and Offaly were the bottom-placed teams of their respective groups and were relegated to a newly-structured Division 2 for the 2009 league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League, Division 1A\nGalway's Ger Farragher was the Division 1 top scorer with 4-53. Tipperary's Brendan Cummins and Galway's James Skehill were the top goalkeepers having kept 3 clean sheets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League, Division 1A, Structure\nA total of 12 teams contested the top division of the league, including 11 sides from the 2006 season and one promoted from the 2006 National League Division 2. On 29 April 2007, Laois earned promotion from the 2007 National League Division 2 after a one-year absence from the top flight. They were crowned Division 2 champions after beating Wicklow. They replaced Down who were relegated to Division 2 at the end of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197909-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 National Hurling League, Division 1A, Structure\nThe 12 teams in Division 1 were divided into two groups of six team - 1A and 1B. Each team played all the others in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The first-placed teams in 1A and 1B advanced to the league semi-finals. The second and third-placed teams in 1A and 1B advanced to the league quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197910-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Invitation Tournament\nThe 2008 National Invitation Tournament (known through sponsorship as the MasterCard NIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The 71st annual tournament began on March 18 on campus sites and ended on April 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Each regular season conference champion that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the NIT Selection Committee. The first, second, and third rounds were played on the higher seeded team's home court, with the semi-finals and finals played at Madison Square Garden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197910-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Invitation Tournament, Selection Committee\nThe 2008 NIT Selection Committee consists of the following former college basketball coaches and administrators:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197910-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National Invitation Tournament, Bracket, Semifinals and Final\nPlayed at Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 1 and 3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series\nThe 2008 National League Championship Series (NLCS), the second round of the 2008 National League playoffs, was a best-of-seven baseball game series. The series matched the NL West Champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the NL East Champion Philadelphia Phillies, who had home field advantage for this series due to their better regular-season record. The teams split their season series, with the home team sweeping their two four-game series in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series\nThe series opened on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, with the series being telecast on Fox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series\nThis series marked the first postseason meeting for the Phillies and Dodgers since the 1983 NLCS, which Philadelphia won 3\u20131 en route to a loss to Baltimore in the World Series. It also marked the first NLCS for both teams since the Division Series was instituted in 1995. Overall, this was the fourth time these two teams had met in the postseason. Prior to the 1983 NLCS, the Dodgers had defeated the Phillies 3\u20131 in the NLCS during both the 1977 and 1978 post-seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series\nThe Phillies would go on to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nThursday, October 9, 2008 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nDerek Lowe and Cole Hamels faced each other at Citizens Bank Park for Game 1. In the first inning, Manny Ram\u00edrez missed a home run by mere feet to center field and settled for an RBI double to give LA a 1\u20130 lead, and later in the fourth, Matt Kemp scored on a sacrifice fly by Blake DeWitt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nHowever, in the sixth inning, as Lowe was rolling, a throwing error by Dodgers shortstop Rafael Furcal put Shane Victorino on second base, apparently breaking the momentum for Lowe, who on the next pitch surrendered a home run to Chase Utley that tied the score. After a Ryan Howard groundout, Pat Burrell homered to left and put the Phillies out front 3\u20132, and that would prove to be the final score. Brad Lidge tossed a perfect ninth for the save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nFriday, October 10, 2008 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nPhiladelphia starting pitcher Brett Myers surprisingly batted 3-for-3 with three RBIs as the Phillies opened up an 8\u20132 lead on the Dodgers, chasing Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley in the third inning. Billingsley was also criticized for not retaliating for inside pitching by Myers, a response that would have to wait until Game 3 by Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda. The Phillies batted through their whole lineup in both the second and third innings, scoring four runs in each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nManny Ram\u00edrez made things closer with a three-run home run off Myers in the fourth, but in the seventh Casey Blake was robbed of a potential bases clearing hit in deep left center by a leaping Shane Victorino. Four Phillies relievers pitched scoreless baseball in four innings of work with Brad Lidge remaining perfect in save opportunities in the regular season and postseason. Before the game Charlie Manuel learned that his mother died, and Shane Victorino learned that his grandmother died the same day after the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nSunday, October 12, 2008 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nThe first game at Dodger Stadium in the series, Game 3 saw a dramatic benches-clearing incident in the third inning, after Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda threw a fastball over the head of the Phillies' Shane Victorino. This came in apparent retaliation for Phillies starter Jamie Moyer hitting Dodgers catcher Russell Martin in the knee in the first inning and reliever Clay Condrey nearly hitting Martin again in the second, which came after Brett Myers nearly hit Martin and threw behind Manny Ram\u00edrez in Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nIn a wild first inning, five Dodgers scored, mostly in part due to a three-run triple by Blake DeWitt, and Rafael Furcal homered in the second, his first home run since May 5, forcing Moyer to leave the game after just \u200b1\u00a01\u20443 innings. In the third inning confrontation, only words were exchanged and nobody was ejected, and Kuroda pitched a solid six innings to lead LA to a 7\u20132 victory over the Phillies, cutting their lead to 2\u20131. The attendance was 56,800, an all-time Dodger Stadium record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nMonday, October 13, 2008 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nGame 4 was a seesaw battle between the two teams. The Phillies struck first; in the top of the first they collected three hits and two runs off Derek Lowe, who started on three days' rest. In the bottom of the inning, James Loney hit a ball off the center field wall to score Rafael Furcal and cut the lead to 2\u20131. Starter Joe Blanton began strong, but in the fifth inning gave up two runs and forced Charlie Manuel to go to his bullpen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nIn the sixth, the Dodgers' bullpen faltered first, when Clayton Kershaw gave up a walk and a hit, and Chan Ho Park threw a wild pitch to tie the game. In the bottom of the sixth, Casey Blake homered to left, and with two on, a throwing error by Ryan Howard allowed Juan Pierre to score. The inning ended when Chase Utley made a diving catch and stumbled to second base for the double play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0011-0002", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nThings looked great for the Dodgers until Cory Wade relieved in the eighth and Shane Victorino hit a two-run home run that landed in the visitor's bullpen to tie the score. Jonathan Broxton came in after Carlos Ruiz singled off Wade and promptly gave up another two-run homer to pinch-hitter Matt Stairs, the veteran's first career postseason homer. Brad Lidge then came in and pitched his first save of 2008 that consisted of more than three outs, his 49th consecutive save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nWednesday, October 15, 2008 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197911-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nDodgers fans were psyched for a possible comeback in Game 5, but Jimmy Rollins spoiled the party early with a leadoff homer off Chad Billingsley, who in his second bad outing of the series was knocked out of the game in the third inning after giving up three runs. The Phillies added two more runs when Rafael Furcal committed three errors (two on the same play) in the fifth inning. Manny Ram\u00edrez, in another strong performance, did manage to bring the Dodger Stadium crowd to life with a home run in the sixth inning. However, the Dodgers never threatened after that, and the Phillies won the series in five games and their first pennant since 1993. Winning pitcher Cole Hamels was named the series MVP after winning both of his starts with a 1.93 ERA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 819]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series\nThe 2008 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2008 National League playoffs, began on Wednesday, October 1 and ended on Sunday, October 5, with the champions of the three NL divisions and one wild card team participating in two best-of-five series. They were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series\nThe underdog Dodgers swept the Cubs to advance to the NLCS, while the Phillies defeated the Brewers three games to one. The series marked the first postseason series victory for the Dodgers since winning the 1988 World Series, and the first such victory for the Phillies since the 1993 NLCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series\nThe Phillies defeated the Dodgers for the National League championship, and went on to win the 2008 World Series, defeating the American League champion Tampa Bay Rays in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Chicago vs. Los Angeles, Game 1\nThe Dodgers swiped Game 1 from the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Mark DeRosa gave the Cubs an early lead in the second inning with an opposite-field two-run home run, but Derek Lowe settled in afterward by going six innings while three relievers held the Cubs scoreless over the last three innings. Ryan Dempster pitched four shutout innings, allowing two hits and four walks, but in the fifth, allowed three walks to load the bases for the Dodgers before James Loney's grand slam put them ahead 4\u20132. Manny Ram\u00edrez's home run in the seventh off Sean Marshall made it 5\u20132 Dodgers. Next inning, Blake DeWitt hit a leadoff double off Jeff Samardzija and scored on Casey Blake's single. In the ninth, Russell Martin's lead off home run off Jason Marquis made it 7\u20132 Dodgers. Greg Maddux pitched a scoreless bottom half as the Dodgers took a 1\u20130 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 916]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Chicago vs. Los Angeles, Game 2\nThe Dodgers struck first with a five-run second off Carlos Zambrano. After leadoff singles by Andre Ethier and James Loney, two one-out errors allowed one run to score and load the bases with no outs. After a strikeout, Rafael Furcal's RBI single made it 2\u20130 Dodgers, then Russell Martin cleared the bases with a double. All five runs scored were unearned. Manny Ram\u00edrez' second home run in the series in the fifth, his record-stretching 26th postseason dinger, extended the Dodgers' lead to 6\u20130. In the seventh, Ramirez walked off Zambrano, who was relieved by Neal Cotts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Chicago vs. Los Angeles, Game 2\nAfter a walk and forceout, Matt Kemp's RBI double made it 7\u20130 Dodgers. Chad Billingsley pitched 6+2\u20443 innings, allowing one run in the seventh on back-to-back two-out doubles by Mark DeRosa and Jim Edmonds. In the eighth, RBI singles by Furcal and Ramirez off Carlos Marmol made it 9\u20131 Dodgers. Next inning, Juan Pierre reached second on a two-out error off Kerry Wood, the Cubs' fourth of the game and one by each starting infielder, before Casey Blake's RBI single made it 10\u20131 Dodgers. In the bottom of the inning, Takashi Saito allowed a leadoff double and single before DeRosa's two-run double made it 10\u20133 Dodgers. Jonathan Broxton in relief walked Felix Pie before retiring the next three batters to end the game and give the Dodgers a 2\u20130 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 829]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Chicago vs. Los Angeles, Game 3\nBefore a sellout crowd in Dodger Stadium, Russell Martin doubled, then took third on a base hit by Manny Ram\u00edrez in the bottom of the first despite a risky baserunning move that almost killed the momentum. Replays showed Martin was out, but the third base umpire ruled it safe. James Loney then stroked a double to right field off Rich Harden to score them both. Martin's RBI double after a walk in the fifth extended the Dodgers' lead to 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Chicago vs. Los Angeles, Game 3\nIt proved to be all the offense the Dodgers needed, as Hiroki Kuroda was locked in, hurling shutout ball into the sixth; the first 11 outs he recorded were all ground ball outs before he struck out Rich Harden to end the fourth. Cory Wade gave up a run on a pinch-hit Daryle Ward single in the top of the eighth after a leadoff double by Derrek Lee, but Jonathan Broxton took over and earned his first career postseason save by striking out Alfonso Soriano to complete the sweep. The Cubs suffered their ninth consecutive post-season loss and second consecutive sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee, Game 1\nPhillies ace Cole Hamels pitched eight shutout innings of two-hit ball while striking out nine to give the Phillies their first playoff victory since Game 5 of the 1993 World Series. Yovani Gallardo gave up three runs, none earned, while walking five. All three runs came in the third on Chase Utley's two-run double after a single and error by Rickie Weeks, then three consecutive walks forced in another run. Brad Lidge got his first save of the postseason, allowing one run (on Ryan Braun's double after a Ray Durham single) and runners to advance to second and third with one out, before striking out Prince Fielder and Corey Hart to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee, Game 2\nA crowd of 46,208, the largest in the five-year history of Citizens Bank Park, came out to watch Brett Myers pitch seven innings giving up two hits and two runs while striking out four and walking three to lead the Phillies to victory, giving them their first 2\u20130 playoff series lead since the 1980 World Series against the Kansas City Royals. The Brewers in the first loaded the bases with one out on a double and two walks. A walk to J.J. Hardy forced in a run, but Corey Hart hit into an inning-ending double play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee, Game 2\nCC Sabathia pitched 3+2\u20443 innings on three days' rest giving up all five runs in the second inning. Back-to-back one-out doubles by Jayson Werth and Pedro Feliz tied the game. Myers had the key AB for the Phillies as he stretched the AB from a 1\u20132 count into a walk. It unnerved Sabathia and, after another walk loaded the bases, Shane Victorino's grand slam gave the Phillies the lead. It was the first postseason grand slam in Phillies history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee, Game 2\nThe Brewers scored one more run in the seventh when Hardy hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a fly out and scored on Craig Counsell's groundout. Ryan Braun's eighth inning single off Ryan Madson was the Brewers' only other hit of the game. Brad Lidge retired the side in order in the ninth inning for his second save in as many games in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee, Game 3\nWith their backs against the proverbial wall, the Brewers sent out Dave Bush to quiet the Phillies in the first ever postseason game at Miller Park. His offense picked him up early, however, taking some pressure off with two runs in the bottom of the first when two walks and a wild pitch by Jamie Moyer put runners on second and third with one out, then a sacrifice fly by Prince Fielder, scoring Mike Cameron, and J.J. Hardy's RBI single made it 2\u20130 Brewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee, Game 3\nTheir struggling bullpen held the door closed after Bush's departure, giving up no runs in 3+2\u20443 innings. The Brewers added to their lead in the fifth when Cameron was hit by a pitch by Clay Condrey, moved to third on a single and scored on Ryan Braun's sacrifice fly. The Phillies scored their only run of the game when Jayson Werth hit a leadoff triple off Dave Bush and scored on Ryan Howard's groundout off Mitch Stetter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee, Game 3\nAfter failing to score with the bases loaded and one out in the sixth, the Brewers tacked onto their lead on Jason Kendall's RBI single in the seventh off Scott Eyre with two on. Salom\u00f3n Torres was in a jam in the ninth, with the bases loaded and nobody out, but a double play that should've scored a run didn't because Shane Victorino did not slide into second base, and interference was called. Torres pitched out of the jam, and the Brew Crew won their first post-season game since Game 5 of the 1982 World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee, Game 4\nBrewers fans got thundersticks as they entered Miller Park for Game 4, but the real thunder was supplied by the Phillies' bats, winning their first post-season series since the 1993 NLCS  with Jimmy Rollins leading off the game on the sixth pitch off Jeff Suppan with a solo home run, then in the third inning with Pat Burrell (three-run) and Jayson Werth (solo) hitting back-to-back home runs. Joe Blanton struck out seven in six innings of one-run, five hit ball, the only run coming in the seventh on Prince Fielder's home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee, Game 4\nBurrell hit his second home run of the game in the eighth off Guillermo Mota. The Brewers got a run in the bottom half when Mike Cameron singled with one out off Ryan Madson, moved to second on defensive indifference and scored on Ryan Braun's single, but Brad Lidge again pitched the final inning to close the game, although it was not a save situation as the Phillies advanced to the NLCS with a 6\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197912-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee, Game 4\nBurrell became only the second Phillies hitter in their history to hit two home runs in a playoff game, the other being Lenny Dykstra. He is also only the fifth National League player to hit two home runs in a series clinching game, joining Steve Garvey (1974 NLCS), Johnny Bench (1976 World Series), Fred McGriff (1995 NLDS), and Carlos Beltr\u00e1n (2004 NLDS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197913-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National League One\nThis article contains information on rugby league played in the UK at semi-professional level in 2008. For general information on the National Leagues, see Rugby League Championships. For other leagues in 2008, see Rugby league in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197913-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National League One, National League One, Playoffs\nSalford City Reds win promotion to the Super League 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197914-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National League Two\n2008 National League Two was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league was promoted to renamed Championship (formerly National League 1). There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197915-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress\nThe 1st Session of the 11th National People's Congress held its annual meeting from March 5 to March 18, 2008 in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 2008 CPPCC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197915-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress\nThe 10-day plenum elected China's new government leaders. Up for confirmation for a second term were President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. The State Council went through important personnel and structural changes following the 17th Party Congress. Zeng Qinghong's Vice-Presidency came to an end and the position was taken by Xi Jinping. Three new Vice-Premiers were confirmed and took office, with rising star Li Keqiang ranking first in this group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197915-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress, Government Report\nPremier Wen Jiabao delivered the government report on March 5, 2008, reviewing the work from the past five years. The main points that come out of the report were", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197915-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress, State Council Reform\nA massive reform took place in China's cabinet, the State Council of the People's Republic of China. Several ministries were consolidated to form super ministries. The several \"superministries\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197915-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress, State Council Reform\nThe state council will also create the National Energy Commission which will oversee national energy strategy, security and development. While the National Development and Reform Commission will continue to control the administration and regulation of the energy sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197915-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress, State Council Reform\nThe State Food and Drug Administration will be incorporated and come under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health. Therefore, the Health ministry will take over the responsibility for food and drug safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197915-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress, State Council Reform\nThe People's Bank of China will increase its coordination role between all the financial executive agencies, namely the National Development and Reform Commission and the Finance ministry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197915-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress, Premier's Press Conference\nPremier Wen Jiabao held a press conference on March 18, 2008. He introduced the new Vice-Premiers, Li Keqiang, Hui Liangyu, Zhang Dejiang and Wang Qishan. Wen addressed the direction of the government in the next five years. He also addressed the ongoing Tibetan protests. Wen asserted that the Dalai Lama was \"masterminding\" the protests in Tibet. Wen said that 2008 could be a very difficult year for the Chinese economy because of both international and domestic reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197916-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong\nThe election for the Hong Kong deputies to the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) was held on 25 January 2008. 36 Hong Kong deputies were elected by an electoral college composed of 1,231 members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197916-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong, Background\nChinese citizens who are residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be entitled to participate in the management of state affairs according to law. In accordance with the assigned number of seats and the selection method specified by the National People's Congress, the Chinese citizens among the residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall locally elect deputies of the Region to the National People's Congress to participate in the work of the highest organ of state power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197916-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong, Overview\nThe election took place at the second plenary meeting of the 11th National People's Congress election meeting on 25 January. It was attended by National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) vice-chairman Sheng Huaren and presided by Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen as executive chairman of the 19-member presidium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197916-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong, Overview\n9 incumbent delegates decided to step down including Allen Lee Peng-fei, Tsang Tak-sing, Sik Chi-wai and Tsang Hin-chi and member of the NPCSC Ng Hong-mun. It attracted new faces such as Executive Councillors Laura Cha Shih May-lung and Bernard Charnwut Chan, chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce Ian Fok Chun-wan, former chairman of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Michael Tien Puk-sun and former Secretary for Education and Manpower Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun. There were also three pan-democrats, James To Kun-sun and Mak Hoi-wah of the Democratic Party and Frederick Fung Kin-kee of the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197916-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong, Overview\n1,169 of the 1,231 electoral college members cast their votes. Each elector had to choose 36 candidates. The top 36 candidates in the ballot, as long as they receive more than 50 per cent support, would be elected. 36 of the 52 candidates were elected while 7 candidates were elected as supplementary deputies. 2 incumbents, Philip Wong Yu-hong and David Chu Yu-lin failed to retain their seats in surprise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197917-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Pro Fastpitch season\nThe 2008 National Pro Fastpitch season was the fifth season of professional softball under the name National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) for  the only professional women's fastpitch softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL). Each year, the playoff teams battle for the Cowles Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197917-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events\nThe Chicago Bandits started their first season in Elgin, Illinois at Judson University. The original plans were for the Bandits to play at Judson temporarily while a potential $5 million softball stadium was built nearby. Those plans did not come to fruition, and the Bandits eventually moved to a new ballpark in Rosemont, Illinois for 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197917-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events, Team NPF and Bound-4-Beijing Tour\nAs part of the USA Softball Team Bound 4 Beijing Tour in preparation for the 2008 Olympics, two games were scheduled between the US Olympic softball team and a team of NPF All-Stars. The announced roster for Team NPF was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197917-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events, Team NPF and Bound-4-Beijing Tour\nNPF veterans  Monica Abbott, Cat Osterman, Kelly Kretschman, Vicky Galindo and Jennie Finch were on the Olympic team roster. Team NPF was coached by Oklahoma head softball coach Patty Gasso and private instructor Cindy Bristow. Bristow was head coach and assistant general manager of the Georgia Pride, which later became the Florida Wahoos, a team in the WPSL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197917-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events, Team NPF and Bound-4-Beijing Tour\nThe Olympic team beat Team NPF in both games, on June 6 by a score of 10-8 and on June 14 by a score of 6-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197917-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events, Team NPF and Bound-4-Beijing Tour\nOn the same tour, the US Olympic team beat the Washington Glory 2-0 on May 10, and beat the Akron Racers 6-2 on July 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197917-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 National Pro Fastpitch season, Player acquisition, College draft\nThe 2008 NPF Senior Draft was held February 18, 2008 via conference call. First-Team All-American pitcher Katie Burkhart of Arizona State was selected first by the Philadelphia Force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197917-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 National Pro Fastpitch season, League standings\nIn each NPF team's 48-game schedule were games against international teams, which counted in the standings. Chinese Taipei, Venezuela, Canada and the Netherlands each played at least two series against NPF teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197917-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 National Pro Fastpitch season, NPF Championship\nThe 2008 NPF Championship Series was held at Sunset Point Park in Kimberly, Wisconsin August 21-4. The top four teams qualified and were seeded based on the final standings. The series matched the teams up in a double-elimination bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197918-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards\nThe 43rd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 2009, honored the best in film for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197918-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Director\n1. Mike Leigh \u2013 Happy-Go-Lucky2. Gus Van Sant \u2013 Milk and Paranoid Park3. Danny Boyle \u2013 Slumdog Millionaire", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197918-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Actor\n1. Sean Penn \u2013 Milk2. Mickey Rourke \u2013 The Wrestler3. Clint Eastwood \u2013 Gran Torino", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197918-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Actress\n1. Sally Hawkins \u2013 Happy-Go-Lucky2. Melissa Leo \u2013 Frozen River3. Michelle Williams \u2013 Wendy and Lucy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197918-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actor\n1. Eddie Marsan \u2013 Happy-Go-Lucky2. Heath Ledger \u2013 The Dark Knight3. Josh Brolin \u2013 Milk", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197918-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actress\n1. Hanna Schygulla \u2013 The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite)2. Viola Davis \u2013 Doubt3. Pen\u00e9lope Cruz \u2013 Vicky Cristina Barcelona", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197918-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Screenplay\n1. Mike Leigh \u2013 Happy-Go-Lucky2. Arnaud Desplechin and Emmanuel Bourdieu \u2013 A Christmas Tale (Un conte de No\u00ebl)3. Charlie Kaufman \u2013 Synecdoche, New York", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197918-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Cinematography\n1. Anthony Dod Mantle \u2013 Slumdog Millionaire2. Pin Bing Lee \u2013 Flight of the Red Balloon (Le voyage du ballon rouge)3. Wally Pfister \u2013 The Dark Knight4. Yu Lik-wai \u2013 Still Life (Sanxia haoren)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197918-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Non-Fiction Film\n1. Man on Wire2. Trouble the Water3. Encounters at the End of the World", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197919-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Union of Teachers strike\nThe NUT teacher strike was a 24-hour strike by teachers on 24 April 2008, over the issue of pay. It was the largest strike in Britain for more than 20 years. It is also believed that up to 8000 schools were affected by this strike. There was also a strike by the UCU, which is the teachers' trade union for further education, with over 1000 members of the UCU joining a march in London", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197919-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Union of Teachers strike, Causes\nMembers of the NUT were unhappy with a 2.45% pay deal, which they had said would leave teachers worse off, due to the rising cost of living in Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197920-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Winter Games of China\nThe 11th National Winter Games of the People's Republic of China were held in Qiqihar from the 17-Jan to the 27-Jan, 2008. The snow events were held at nearby Yabuli. A total of 92 gold medals were handed out in a number of winter sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197920-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Winter Games of China, Participating units\nThis event is set up on city or district lines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197921-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Women's Open\nThe 2008 USASA National Women's Open was the 13th edition of the annual national soccer championship, with FC Indiana winning their second title, (their first being 2005,) making up for their loss in last year's final to Ajax America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197921-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Women's Open, National Finals\nGames played at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading\nThe 2008 National Year of Reading was a year-long celebration of reading, in all its forms. It aimed to help build a greater national passion for reading in England \u2013 for children, families and adult learners alike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading\nThe Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, joined the Prime Minister,  Gordon Brown, children, writers, and reading champions at 10 Downing Street on 8 January 2008. He called for every employer, school, library, college and local authority to get involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading, Purpose\nThe year aimed to encourage people to read in businesses, homes, and communities around the country, providing new opportunities to read and helping people to access help and support through schools and libraries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading, Partners\nThe National Year of Reading was led by the National Literacy Trust,  and a consortium which comprises:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading, Monthly themes\nActivities in the National Year of Reading included the following themes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading, Monthly themes\n\u2022 April: Read all about it! Links to newspapers and magazines; library membership campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading, Monthly themes\n\u2022 May: Mind and Body. Reading and learning at work. The knock-on benefits of reading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading, Monthly themes\n\u2022 August: Read the Game. The influence of sport and how this can help promote reading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading, Monthly themes\n\u2022 September: You are what you read. Cultural, personal and local identity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading, Monthly themes\n\u2022 October: Word of Mouth. Storytelling, reading out loud, reading together, reading aloud, live literature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading, Monthly themes\n\u2022 November: Screen reads. Exploring the diversity of reading and writing; scripts, TV and films.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading, Values\nShared values underpinned the consortium and sat at the heart of the year. These were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197922-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 National Year of Reading, Legacy\nThe work of the 2008 National Year of Reading has been continued by the  campaign, run by the National Literacy Trust. See the National Literacy Trust Wikipedia page for more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197923-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nations Cup (women's rugby union)\nThe Nations Cup tournament was played for the first time at Esher RFC, England, in August 2008. An Under-20 version also took place in Canada a month before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197923-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nations Cup (women's rugby union)\nThis was the first of what is planned to be a regular tournament involving major Northern Hemisphere women's rugby nations. The first event was originally promoted as including England, USA, Canada, Wales and France - but by the time the match schedule was published only the first three nations had confirmed their participation. The U20 had similar withdrawals, being eventually limited to only Canada, England and Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197923-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nations Cup (women's rugby union)\nEngland dominated both tournaments, only being pushed close by the USA in the opening game of the senior tournament. The USA were unable to maintain this performance against Canada, however, losing their fourth successive international against their North American rivals (their worst run ever) to finish third overall. For Canada, despite the heavy defeat to England, runners-up spot confirmed their position in the top four of women's rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197923-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nations Cup (women's rugby union), Under 20 Nations Cup 2008 (Appleby College, Oakville, Canada), Final Table, Points scoring\n4 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, no points for a loss. 1 bonus point awarded for scoring four or more tries and 1 bonus point for losing by less than 7 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 130], "content_span": [131, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197924-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nationwide Tour\nThe 2008 Nationwide Tour season ran from January 24 to November 9. The season consisted of 30 official money golf tournaments, five of which were played outside the United States. The top 25 players on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour card for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197924-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nationwide Tour, Schedule\nThe table below shows the Nationwide Tour's 2008 schedule. The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Nationwide Tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the Nationwide Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197925-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nationwide Tour graduates\nThis is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2008. The top 25 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2008 earned their PGA Tour card for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197925-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nationwide Tour graduates\n*PGA Tour rookie for 2009. T = Tied Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 125). Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 126\u2013150). Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 150).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197926-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nauruan parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Nauru on April 26, 2008, following the dissolving of Parliament by President Marcus Stephen on April 18. The decision came after what Stephen referred to as \"months of political deadlock\". Of the parliament's eighteen members, nine supported the Stephen government and nine were in opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197926-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nauruan parliamentary election, Events leading to election\nThe deadlock had been exacerbated by a crisis between the President and the Speaker of Parliament, Opposition member David Adeang. On March 22, Adeang had called a Parliamentary session, allegedly without informing government ministers, who therefore did not attend. Opposition MPs, Adeang included, constituted a majority of legislators present, and passed a ruling outlawing dual citizenship for Members of Parliament. The ruling, if applied, would have affected senior Cabinet ministers Dr. Kieren Keke and Frederick Pitcher. Had they been compelled to resign from Parliament, the Opposition would have controlled a majority of seats in Parliament. The law was overturned as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and Adeang subsequently sought to suspend all pro-government MPs from Parliament, citing their allegedly \"unruly behaviour\". A week later, Stephen dissolved Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 949]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197926-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nauruan parliamentary election, Events leading to election\nTwo observers from the Pacific Islands Forum were present to monitor the election, at the request of the Nauruan government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197926-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nauruan parliamentary election, Events leading to election\nThere were 65 candidates for the 18 seats, among whom were former Presidents Ludwig Scotty and Ren\u00e9 Harris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197926-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nauruan parliamentary election, Results\nAll nine supporters of Stephen (Stephen himself, Kieren Keke, Mathew Batsiua, Roland Kun, Frederick Pitcher, Sprent Dabwido, former Speaker Riddell Akua, Dominic Tabuna and Rykers Solomon) were reelected, while three opposition MPs (former President Ren\u00e9 Harris, Cyril Buraman and Fabian Ribauw) lost their seats; the government claims it has thus won the election. Indeed, all three newly elected MPs joined the government and thereby ended the legislative deadlock. The new parliament was expected to hold its first session on 29 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197927-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Navy Midshipmen football team\nThe 2008 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an indepepentn during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Ken Niumatalolo. He was promoted from the offensive line coach before the season, after his predecessor, Paul Johnson, accepted the head coaching position at Georgia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197927-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Navy Midshipmen football team\nThe Midshipmen finished the regular season with an 8\u20134 record to attain bowl eligibility. Navy secured a berth in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl, which had a tie-in with the two independent military academies, the other being Army. The other tie-in was with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Due to a chaotic and closely contested season in the ACC, in the EagleBank Bowl, Navy ended up playing Wake Forest in a re-match of a regular season game, despite a statement in their contracting disallowing it. Unlike the earlier game, Navy lost the rematch against Wake Forest, 29\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197928-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election\nThe fourth election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 1 May 2008. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197928-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election, Overview\nAll council seats were up for election. These were the fourth elections held following local government reorganisation. Labour retained its majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197928-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election, Results, Baglan (three seats)\nCouncillors Hopkins and Richards had been elected as Ratepayers in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 85], "content_span": [86, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197929-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebelhorn Trophy\nThe 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy took place between September 25 and 29, 2008 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz. The competition held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany and is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197929-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebelhorn Trophy\nIt is one of the first international senior competitions of the season. Skaters are entered by their respective national federations and compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy is presented to the team with the highest placements across all disciplines. In this year, it was awarded to the United States, with Canada coming in second and Germany coming in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197930-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team\nThe 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team was Mike Anderson's sixth year as head coach. The Cornhuskers played their home games at Hawks Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197930-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team, Preseason\nPotential, Promise, Proven is the Huskers motto for the year. While 8 pitchers from 2007 left for the draft, the 2008 Cornhuskers team is the youngest for Mike Anderson with 15 newcomers plus 5 of last years redshirts. Nebraska plays 8 teams that made the 2007 NCAA tournament including 5 one seeds. The baseball team was picked to finish sixth in the Big 12 by a vote of the league coaches with 36 points and no first place votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197930-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team, Rankings\n* USA Today/ESPN did not release a poll after the first weekend of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team\nThe 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska\u2013Lincoln in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bo Pelini and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season\nPelini returned to Nebraska as Head Coach after a previous one-year stint as Defensive Coordinator for Nebraska in 2003. At the conclusion of the 2003 season, Pelini was appointed as Interim Head Coach, following the firing of Frank Solich, for Nebraska's appearance in the Alamo Bowl against the Michigan State Spartans, a contest in which Nebraska triumphed 17\u20133, leaving Nebraska with a final AP Poll ranking of 19 and Coaches Poll ranking of 18. Despite this performance and significant fan support, Pelini was passed over as Solich's permanent replacement in favor of Bill Callahan. During Pelini's absence from Nebraska, he served as Co-Defensive Coordinator for the Oklahoma Sooners in 2004, and Defensive Coordinator for the LSU Tigers for 2005\u20132007  prior to his return to Nebraska following the dismissal of Callahan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 886]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Western Michigan\nNebraska opened the season with expectations below average after finishing 5\u20137 in 2007. However, there was a buzz in the air as first year head coach Bo Pelini returned to Lincoln to improve a maligned defense and to re-energize the program. Nebraska played very well as the defense seemed much improved from 2007. LB Cody Glenn was the bright spot on defense and seemed to be in on almost every play. The offense continued to be as productive as usual with Joe Ganz at quarterback, en route to a 47\u201324 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, San Jos\u00e9 State\nNebraska came into its second game of the year with a little more certainty. San Jose State quickly put a stop to that. The Spartans marched all over Nebraska's defense on the first drive with Kyle Reed scoring on a 12-yard run. Nebraska scored two touchdowns to recapture the lead going into the second quarter. The game turned mostly defensive with San Jose State scoring field goals in the second and fourth quarters. After San Jose State's field goal in the fourth quarter, Niles Paul returned the kickoff 85 yards for a Nebraska touchdown. The return sparked the Cornhuskers as they scored three more touchdowns sealing the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nNebraska, entering the game 2\u20130, felt confident going against the New Mexico State Aggies who were playing their first game of the season. On their second drive, the Aggies went down the field with ease only to have their field goal kick blocked by Zach Potter. Nebraska's offense finally looked like it came together, scoring 35 points. The scoring included Marlon Lucky taking a toss and throwing it downfield to quarterback Joe Ganz and then Ganz running 33 yards on an option play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nNebraska, 3\u20130, headed into the Virginia Tech game looking for a win over a ranked team in the first year of Bo Pelini's first year. Virginia Tech got on the board first, blocking a Dan Titchner punt for a safety. The Hokies controlled the game for most of the night, until senior Nate Swift returned a punt 88 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. The Cornhuskers needed a big defensive stop and seemed to have got it on a 3rd down run by Tyrod Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nTaylor was tackled out of bounds, but Nebraska defense tackle Ndamukong Suh appeared to have leaped on top of Taylor, prompting an official to throw a flag for a late hit. Bo Pelini, obviously upset, berated the official about the call until the official threw another flag for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Coach Pelini. The penalties put Virginia Tech near the end zone and continued the Hokies' drive, which resulted in Taylor scoring a touchdown to ice the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nMissouri came into this game having not won in Lincoln since 1978. That streak was broken as the Tigers romped over Nebraska, scoring in bunches. Penalties were the biggest killers as the Cornhuskers had 14 of them for 101 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nAfter being routed by Missouri, Nebraska was expecting more of the same against Texas Tech. Instead, they found themselves in the midst of a battle. Todd Peterson caught a touchdown pass with :29 left to tie the game at 31 forcing it into overtime. In overtime, the Red Raiders scored a touchdown but had their extra point blocked, opening the door for Nebraska to win. However, on 2nd down, Joe Ganz' pass was intercepted by cornerback Jamar Wall, ending the game. This was Nebraska's first overtime loss in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nPlaying Iowa State was the trick for Nebraska to solve their three game losing streak. Nebraska roared to a 21\u20130 lead at halftime. Iowa State stifled Nebraska's offense for the third quarter and scored a touchdown of their own, but going into the fourth, Nebraska took back momentum, scoring twice to finish off the Cyclones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nNebraska let Baylor jump on them for a 20\u201317 lead going into the half. Nebraska came back from a halftime deficit for the first time since 2003, scoring 15 points in the third and fourth quarters including a safety and a 9-yard touchdown catch by Nate Swift, a catch that broke Johnny Rodgers' record for career catches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nNebraska ran into an offensive explosion in Norman and in a matter of minutes was down 35\u20130. Three first-quarter turnovers doomed the Cornhuskers as Oklahoma capitalized on all of them. Nebraska fought through the circumstances to put up a respectable 28 points as the Cornhuskers looked to regroup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nNebraska vowed the start of a new season heading into this game, one that consisted of three games. Needing only one win to become bowl eligible, Nebraska played exceptional on a frigid day in Lincoln. Nebraska and Kansas went blow for blow until the fourth quarter when a 52-yard touchdown run by Roy Helu Jr. and a 2-yard touchdown catch by Ndamukong Suh opened up the game for Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nNebraska felt confident heading into Manhattan against Kansas Stae as lame-duck coach Ron Prince had never beaten them, nor had former Nebraska commit, Josh Freeman. Also, Nebraska's defense got their blackshirts back for the first time this season. Nebraska made a crucial mistake early allowing a 57-yard interception return for a touchdown. Barring that play and a long touchdown pass by Freeman, Nebraska played sparkling defense in the first half. Kansas State scored only twice more one on a methodical drive by backup Carson Coffmann and a kickoff return by Brandon Banks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nColorado came into this game fighting for bowl eligibility at 5\u20136. Nebraska had already secured a spot in a bowl game, but a win would help improve where they would be headed. Colorado would have none of it, taking an early 14\u20130 lead. Nebraska came back taking a 24\u201317 edge and was looking to add on going into the half. On a fake field goal play, holder Jake Wesch was supposed to flip it over his head and kicker Alex Henery was supposed to catch it and throw it, a play that was made against Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThis time, Colorado's Jimmy Smith picked off the flip in mid-air and returned it 58 yards to tie the game. Late in the fourth quarter, Nebraska trailed 31\u201330 and had the ball deep in the Buffalo's territory when Patrick Mahnke sacked Joe Ganz for a 15-yard loss, setting up a 4th & 25. It looked like Nebraska was out of Alex Henery's field goal range with the kick being 57 yards. Bo Pelini sent his kicker out anyway after Henery told him he could do it. With 1:55 left, he kicked the 57 yarder, giving Nebraska the 33\u201331 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nOn Colorado's next drive, Cody Hawkins pass was deflected by Zach Potter and intercepted by Ndamukong Suh who stiff armed Hawkins and rumbled 30 yards for a touchdown, icing the game at 40\u201331 and sending Colorado home with no bowl. Nebraska finished the regular season 8\u20134 and Big 12 North Co-Division Champions with Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Clemson\nNebraska defeated Clemson in a come-from-behind 26\u201321 finish at the 2009 Gator Bowl on January 1, 2009. All 21 of Clemson's points came following Nebraska turnovers. The outcome remained in doubt until the end, as Clemson marched from their own 23 to the Nebraska 10. With 1st and goal to go and about two minutes remaining on the clock, the Blackshirts made their stand, resulting in a 16-yard sack and three Clemson incomplete passes to seal the game. The game was played only days after head coach Bo Pelini and defensive coordinator Carl Pelini returned from their father's funeral in Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season\nThe reputation of the Blackshirts, whose trademark black jerseys quietly disappeared during the disappointing 5\u20137 (2\u20136) 2007 season, was restored with emphasis during 2008 as the coveted black jerseys were once again distributed to defensive starters on November 11 following a key emotional win over the Kansas Jayhawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197931-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season\nThe season concluded January 1, 2009 with a come-from-behind 26\u201321 Nebraska victory over the Clemson Tigers in the 2009 Gator Bowl. Nebraska finished as co-division Champions of the Big 12 North Division, with a final record of 9\u20134 (5\u20133). Head Coach Bo Pelini's overall career record improved to 10\u20134 (.714), 5\u20133 in conference, and 2\u20130 in bowl games. Pelini's 2008 regular season record of 9\u20134 was the highest among all 28 Division 1A teams with new head coaches and staffs that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197932-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 9, 2008, where 24 of the state's 31 convention delegates were chosen. Like he did throughout many other states that held caucuses instead of primaries, Barack Obama won the Nebraska Democratic Caucus by more than a two-to-one margin of victory over Hillary Clinton. On May 13, 2008, the state also held a non-binding primary election which Obama also won but the margin of victory was considerably smaller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197932-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe Nebraska Democratic Caucus was open to all registered Democratic voters. Voters who were eligible to vote in the general election but were unregistered or registered with another party could register as Democrats at the caucus. Absentee votes for the disabled, those on active military duty, and full-time students were permitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197932-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nAfter signing in, participants gathered into preference groups for each candidate. A minimum 15 percent of participants was required for viability. Only members of non-viable groups were permitted to realign to other viable groups. Afterwards, delegates were divided and elected to the county conventions in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197932-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe primary election held on May 13 was not binding on any county delegates, all of whom had been selected at the caucuses. However, it may have played a role in showing superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention the preference of Nebraska Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197932-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nCounty delegates were committed to vote in the county conventions for the candidate they had supported during the caucuses. However, the same viability rules applied as at the precinct caucuses. The county conventions elected delegates to the Nebraska Democratic Party State Convention which took place June 20\u201322, who then elected delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The State Convention chose eight delegates pledged to Clinton and 16 pledged to Obama, the same number as the estimates following the main caucuses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197932-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Precinct Caucus Results\nCaucus Date: February 9, 2008National Pledged Delegates Determined: 16 (of 24)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197932-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Primary\nThe Nebraska Democratic Party does not use the results of the primary to determine its delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197932-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Primary\nPrimary Date: May 13, 2008National Pledged Delegates Determined: 0 (of 24)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197932-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis\nBarack Obama performed extremely well throughout the state of Nebraska in the caucus, winning a majority of counties. His large margin of victory can be attributed to his overwhelming wins in Douglas County, which contains Omaha, where he won with 77.12 percent of the vote, as well as in Lancaster County, which contains the state capital of Lincoln and is home to the University of Nebraska. Most of Clinton's wins in the state came in the far more rural counties in Western Nebraska. However, during the non-binding primary, Clinton carried almost every county in Nebraska except for Douglas and Lancaster counties which gave Obama the edge and narrow victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197933-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Nebraska Republican presidential primary took place on May 13, 2008. John McCain won the primary, although he had secured his party's nomination weeks before the election through his performance in earlier primary contests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197933-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nebraska Republican presidential primary\nNebraska's primary was non-binding and only indicated Republican voters' preference for President. Nebraska Republicans' State Convention ultimately chose the delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention, who formally nominated the Republican candidate for the Presidency. The State Convention took place on July 12. Delegates to the state convention were elected at county conventions held between the first and tenth of June. Predictably, nearly all of the delegates chosen by the state convention were McCain supporters, although \"at least one\" delegate was a supporter of Ron Paul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197934-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nedbank Cup\nNedbank Cup is a South African club football (soccer) tournament. The knockout tournament, based on the English FA Cup format, was one of a weak opponent facing a stronger one. The competition was sponsored by ABSA until 2007, after which Nedbank took over sponsorship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197934-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nedbank Cup, Format\nThe 16 Premier Soccer League clubs, 8 National First Division teams, as well as 8 teams from the amateur ranks compete for the prize money of R6 million. The winner also qualifies for the CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197934-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nedbank Cup, Format\nThe teams are not seeded at any stage, and the first 16 sides drawn out of the hat receive a home-ground advantage. There are no longer any replays in the tournament, and any games which end in a draw after 90 minutes are subject to 30 minutes extra time followed by penalties if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197934-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nedbank Cup, Teams\nThe 32 teams competing in the Nedbank Cup competition are: (listed according to the league that they are playing in).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197935-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Negele Boran bombings\nThe 2008 Ethiopia Negele Boran bombings were two bombings on the night of 28 May 2008 at two hotels in the town of Negele Boran in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia which killed 3 and injured 5. The two bombs were detonated 3 minutes apart: the first exploded in the Kidane Mihret Hotel and the second in the Shuferoch hotel, just a few yards away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197935-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Negele Boran bombings\nThis attack occurred on the 17th anniversary of Meles Zenawis overthrow of Mengistu Haile Mariams former military government, the Derg. Although the Ethiopian government has not officially confirmed the perpetrators, a Mogadishu-based Somali radio station, Radio Shebelle, broadcast a statement by the leader of a Somali militant group, which said the explosions were aimed at \"the Ethiopians, the enemy of Islam\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election\nConstituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 10 April 2008, having been postponed from earlier dates of 7 June 2007 and 22 November 2007. The Constituent Assembly was planned to draft a new constitution and therefore decide, amongst other things, on the issue of federalism. The number of eligible voters was around 17.5 million. The Constituent Assembly was originally set to have a term of two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election\nThe Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN (M)), placed first in the election with 220 out of 575 elected seats, and became the largest party in the Constituent Assembly. It was followed by the Nepali Congress with 110 seats and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) with 103 seats. After months of power-sharing discussions and deliberations, CPN (M) Chairman Prachanda was elected as Prime Minister in August 2008. Due to its failure in drafting a new constitution, the CA was dissolved on 28 May 2012 after its original and extended total tenure of 4 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nThe Election Constituency Delimitation Commission recommended the following number and distribution of seats: 335 members would be elected through a proportionate electoral system, 240 members through election in constituencies and 17 on recommendation by the Council of Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nThe first delay for holding the assembly occurred due to the lack of preparation on behalf of the Election Commission as well as the seven parties that were at the helm of the government. The second delay, on 5 October 2007, occurred because the Maoists demanded that a republic be declared before the election and that a fully proportional system be used in the election instead of a mixed system. A compromise was agreed to on 4 November: the election would use a fully proportional system, but the republic would only be declared immediately after the Constituent Assembly election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nOn 4 November, most parties in the interim parliament voted in favour of a Maoist proposal calling for a fully proportional election system. However, an absolute majority could not be achieved because the then largest party in the parliament, Nepali Congress, vehemently opposed the idea. Later, the problem was resolved when all of the parties agreed to an election where 60% of the elected seats would be allocated by the proportional system, and the remaining 40% by the direct system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nOn 15 December, the government considered an amendment to the constitution. This amendment moved the deadline for Constituent Assembly elections from 15 December 2007 to 12 April 2008, and changed the membership of the Constituent Assembly: the seats for the proportional representation system were increased to 335 and the members nominated by the prime minister were increased to 26 from 17. As specified in the Election to Members of the Constituent Assembly Act (2007), party list representation will be calculated using a result divisor method, the Sainte-Lagu\u00eb method.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nThe seats for first-past-the-post elections remained at 240, making the total number 601 seats instead of the earlier 497. The word \"republic\" was also included, but will have to be confirmed by the Constituent Assembly. The agreement was officially adopted on 23 December 2007 by the government and the Maoists stated they would rejoin the government shortly. The interim parliament approved the deal on 28 December, with 270 in favor and three opposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nThe Election Commission gave the parties which wished to register for the polls a new deadline of 14 January 2008; parties which had previously registered did not have to re-register. On 11 January, the Cabinet decided to hold the election on 10 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nAhead of the election, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal party sought to form a front of royalist parties. Another monarchist alliance, Samyukta Samabeshi Morcha, was also formed before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nAn estimated 60% of the 17.6 million voters cast ballots, many of them lining up before dawn outside the 20,000 polling stations. The election of the 601-seat Constituent Assembly to write a new constitution was touted as the cornerstone of a 2006 peace deal struck with the Maoists-rebels, ending the Nepali Civil War in 2006 that forced Nepal's king Gyanendra to cede power, which he had seized in the year 2005. The election held great symbolic value for many in the impoverished Himalayan nation, where 60% of the 27 million people are under age 35 and many voted for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nThe Maoists left the interim government on 18 September 2007, citing the non-fulfillment of their demands (which included declaration of a republic before the elections). They stated they would launch street protests in favour of a republic and to ensure the elections will be held, but would also keep to the ceasefire. The Prime Minister stated that declaring a republic through the interim parliament would lack legitimacy. According to some analysts, the Maoists were worried that they lack support and were trying to avoid suffering an embarrassing election defeat at the polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nOn 26 September 2007, the Nepali Congress abandoned its tacit support for a constitutional monarchy and called on the Constituent Assembly to call for the monarch's abdication. The nomination deadline was extended on 30 September 2007 upon the request of the Seven Party Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nThe United Nations Security Council on 26 October 2007 called for the election to be held before the end of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nAn agreement with the United Democratic Madhesi Front was reached on 28 February 2008, thus ending their general strike. The agreement also included a provision increasing the proportion of seats reserved for the Madhesi minority from 20% to 30%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Background\nFurthermore, the parties were allowed to file for the election with an additional deadline set; the constituent parties of the United Madhesi Democratic Front (Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party, Sadbhavana Party) did so, as well as some others (including the Anandisingh Devi-led NSP(A), Nepal Samyabadi Dal, Rastriya Janashakti Party \u2013 who had stated they would boycott the election unless the Madhesi issue was resolved \u2013, Nawa Janabadi Morcha, Nepali Rastriya Janabhavana Party, Rastriya Bikas Party and Rastrabadi Yuba Morcha).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nShortly before the election, Rishi Prasad Sharma, a CPN-UML candidate in Jahare Bazar town in Surket district, was killed, and the election there was delayed; another person was shot and killed by police during protests regarding Sharma's death. A Congress party rally on 7 April was attacked with a bomb; a bomb also went off near the UN mission in Kathmandu. On 8 April, police killed six Maoists who were engaged in clashes with Congress supporters in Dang district. Prachanda met with Koirala and emphasized the need to \"show restraint and have a fair and free election\". Gyanendra called \"upon all adult citizens to exercise their democratic right in a free and fair environment\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nAbout 135,000 police troops were deployed to provide security for the election, and there were about 20,000 polling stations. Travel and the sale of alcohol were banned while the election was held. On election day, Maoists reportedly tried to seize a polling station in Galkot and then set fire to it; 15 attackers were said to have been arrested. The Maoist leadership said that it was investigating this and that it was not trying to interfere with the election or disrupt it. In Chitwan district, \"scuffles among party representatives\" led to the suspension of voting at three polling stations. In Janukpur, a candidate was fired upon but was not injured; in Sarlahi district, an independent candidate was shot and killed. An activist was killed in clashes in Sunsari district. Despite such incidents, the election was deemed generally peaceful although held in a 'general atmosphere of fear and intimidation.'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 967]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nAlthough voting was called off at 33 polling stations, the overall national voter turnout stood approximately at 60%. In many places, there was applause at the beginning and ending of voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nOn 12 April 2008, it was reported that the CPN (M) had won in three of the five constituencies where vote-counting had been completed. The Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML) each won one constituency. Early results also appeared favorable to the CPN (M) in 55 other constituencies where counting was continuing. A complete count in all 240 constituencies was expected to take several weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nResults from later on the same date showed that CPN (M) has won five of the seven declared seats, and was leading in 56 of the other 102 currently being counted; it was noted that the CPN (M) were more successful than analysts expected, as they were believed to be likely to come only in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nPolls were ordered to be repeated in at least 60 polling stations across 16 constituencies and 10 districts, though that number is likely to increase. The numbers were announced to have increased to 98 polling stations, 21 constituencies, 12 districts on 14 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nWith the CPN (M) appearing to have won the election, Prachanda pledged that the party would work together with other parties in crafting the new constitution, and he assured the international community, particularly India and China, that the party wanted good relations and cooperation. He also said that the party had expressed its commitment to multi-party democracy through the election and that it would be faithful to its mandate from the people \"to consolidate lasting peace\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nGyanendra expressed satisfaction at \"the enthusiastic participation of the Nepali people\" in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nResults from 17 April 2008 showed CPN (M) winning 116 seats, CPN (UML) 31 seats and the Nepali Congress 32 seats of the 218 seats declared so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nAs of 17 April 26 women have secured seats in the new assembly, 22 from the CPN (M), one from the Nepali Congress, two from the Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal and one from Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nPro -monarchy politician Rudra Bahadur from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, who had failed to be elected in his constituency, was found murdered on 18 April 2008 in his home. Around the same time, Prachanda stated that he would \"take the initiative to talk to the king in person\" in hopes of convincing him to abdicate; he said that, after leaving the throne, Gyanendra could still live in Nepal and remain involved in business.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nThe CPN (M) won a plurality of seats in the election: 220 out of 575 (the remaining 26 members are to be chosen by the government formed after the election), with 120 seats through first-past-the-post constituencies and 100 through proportional representation. The party has said that, because it won more seats than any other party, it is entitled to lead the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Election\nCommunist Party of Nepal (United) list MP Sunil Babu Pant is the first openly gay MP elected in Nepal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Opening of the Constituent Assembly, declaration of the Republic\nThe official and final list of members elected under the PR system was released on 8 May 2008; this meant the first meeting of the CA (which has to be held within 21 days of the publication of the final result) would be held before the end of May 2008. On 12 May 2008, it was announced that the first session of the CA would be held on 28 May 2008. The members of the CA were sworn in on 27 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 109], "content_span": [110, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Opening of the Constituent Assembly, declaration of the Republic\nAt the first session of the Constituent Assembly on 28 May, it voted to declare Nepal a federal democratic republic, thereby abolishing the monarchy. 564 members of the Constituent Assembly voted on this motion, with 560 in favor and four opposed. Of all the parties represented in the Constituent Assembly, only the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal (RPP-Nepal) opposed the motion. Koirala said that Nepal was entering a new era and that \"the nation's dream has come true\", while celebrations took place in Kathmandu; 29 and 30 May were declared to be public holidays by the government. The Constituent Assembly also decided that Gyanendra should leave the Narayanhity Palace within 15 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 109], "content_span": [110, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Opening of the Constituent Assembly, declaration of the Republic\nEarlier on 28 May, the major parties agreed on the creation of the position of president, while the prime minister was to hold executive powers; however, they reached no agreement on exactly what powers the President should have or who should become president, and these deliberations led to a delay in the opening of the constituent assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 109], "content_span": [110, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Opening of the Constituent Assembly, declaration of the Republic\nOn 29 May, the royal standard was removed from Narayanhity Palace and replaced with the national flag. Gyanendra reportedly said on 2 June that he accepted the Constituent Assembly's decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 109], "content_span": [110, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\n13 parties, including the CPN (M), the NC, and the CPN (UML), met at the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction on 1 June; no agreement was reached regarding power arrangements. The CPN (M) pressed its demand for both the positions of President and Prime Minister, but the NC and CPN (UML) were unwilling to accept this. The NC wanted these positions to be chosen through a simple majority vote in the Constituent Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nAddressing a rally in Gorkha district on 1 June, Prachanda gave Koirala an ultimatum to present his resignation to the Constituent Assembly within two or three days, warning that if he failed to do so, the Maoist members of the government would resign and the party would lead street protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nAfter Gyanendra requested that the government make arrangements for his residence on 1 June, the government decided on 4 June to give another palace, the Nagarjuna Palace, to Gyanendra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nAlso on 4 June, Prachanda and Koirala met; at this meeting Prachanda demanded that the government step aside by 5 June and again threatened street protests On the same day, the three main parties held a meeting at which they again failed to reach an agreement, but the parties agreed on the need for a few more days and the CPN (M) postponed its deadline for the government to step aside to allow for this period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nOn 5 June, the CPN (M) softened its position, deciding at a meeting of its Central Secretariat that it would not press its claim to the presidency and that it would instead favor having a member of civil society become president. The party expressed continued opposition to a proposal that would allow the Prime Minister to be dismissed by a simple majority vote of the Constituent Assembly.< Despite the Maoist desire to have a neutral figure as president, the Nepali Congress proposed Koirala for the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nThe Constituent Assembly held its second sitting on 5 June; due to the three major parties' deadlock, this sitting was very brief, lasting less than a half-hour, and took no major decisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nOn 11 June, Gyanendra gave a brief press conference at Narayanhiti, stating his acceptance of the republic and promising cooperation. He also said that he intended to stay in Nepal, asserted that he held no property outside of Nepal, and expressed his hope that he would be allowed to keep his property. He left Narayanhiti on the same evening and went to his new residence at Nagarjuna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nShortly after another meeting between Prachanda and Koirala, the CPN (M) ministers announced their resignations and sent a joint resignation letter to Prachanda on 12 June. According to the CPN (M) Minister for Local Development, Dev Gurung, the purpose of the resignations was to \"accelerate the process of formation of a new government and bring an end to the current transitional period\". However, some considered the resignations to be a means of increasing pressure on Koirala. The resignations were not immediately submitted to Koirala by the CPN (M), and therefore were not made effective. Gurung said that he expected a coalition government to be formed by 18 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nAlso on 12 June, CPN (UML) General Secretary Jhal Nath Khanal asserted that a member of his party should become president. On 14 June he blamed the CPN (M) for the deadlock. At a meeting with Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) General Secretary C. P. Mainali on 14 June, Koirala stressed the importance of power-sharing according to the popular mandate and consensus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nMainali expressed the view that the Maoists should be allowed to lead the government, while the post of President should go to someone from the Nepali Congress and the post of Chairman of the Constituent Assembly should go to someone from the CPN (UML). Meanwhile, Prachanda rejected the possibility of Koirala becoming president, saying that this would be a \"dishonour to the people's mandate\"; he also expressed concern that having Koirala as president could cause the development of a separate power center from the government, in addition to noting Koirala's advanced age and health problems. Prachanda said that the President should come from a smaller party rather than from the Nepali Congress or the CPN (UML).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nKoirala said on 15 June that he would not \"run around pleading\" for the presidency. Prachanda, meanwhile, said that he expected the new government to be formed imminently, calling on other parties to support this and warning that anyone contravening the people's mandate would have a \"heavy price\" to pay. Another meeting of the three main parties on 16 June ended in continued disagreement on the key issues, and the CPN (M) said that it would submit the resignations of its ministers to Koirala if the next meeting on 17 June did not produce an agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nCPN (UML) General Secretary Khanal said on 17 June that it was important for the left-wing parties to work together. While saying that the CPN (UML) and the CPN (M) would cooperate in the future, he noted that it would be necessary for the parties to improve their difficult relationship. The CPN (M) Central Secretariat met on the same day and approved the decision to hold firm on the key issues and for its ministers to resign if an agreement was not reached later in the day. The party chose to support Ramraja Prasad Singh for the presidency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nUpendra Yadav, the Coordinator of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, also said on 17 June that his party would not participate in the government and would instead be an opposition party, and he stressed the importance of cooperation among the Madhesi parties. Although he criticized the three main parties for focusing on their power struggle, he endorsed the Maoist claim to lead the government, while asserting that some of the key portfolios should be given to other parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nThe Constituent Assembly went into indefinite recess on 18 June. The three main parties continued their discussions on that day, but did not reach an agreement. However, CPN (M) spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara said that they were getting closer to an agreement, and he said that the party had postponed its deadline to 19 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nOn 19 June, the three main parties reached an agreement providing for a constitutional amendment that would enable a government to be formed or dismissed by a simple majority vote of the Constituent Assembly, rather than the previously required two-thirds majority vote. An agreement was also concluded on the issue of integrating Maoist fighters into the national army. However, the parties did not yet agree on a way to resolve the question of power-sharing. Later that day, the Seven-Party Alliance held a meeting at which Koirala said that he was prepared to resign at any time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nThe CPN (M) and the CPN (UML) leadership met early on 20 June, and afterwards Khanal said that the CPN (M) had \"responded positively\" to the CPN (UML)'s proposal to have someone from the CPN (UML) as president. A leading member of the CPN (UML) said that the two parties had agreed on the candidacy of Madhav Kumar Nepal, the former General Secretary of the CPN (UML).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nHowever, a leading member of the CPN (M) disputed this, saying that the two parties were closer to an agreement but that their party had not agreed to support a CPN (UML) candidate; he said that both Nepal and Sahana Pradhan (whose name was proposed by the CPN (M)) had been discussed as candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nThe Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NFIN) met with Koirala on 20 June, seeking a recommendation that indigenous peoples not already represented in the Constituent Assembly be included in it through the 26 nominated seats. Koirala, who was supportive of the NFIN's request, also sharply criticized his rivals on this occasion, saying that they were practicing petty politics and were not respecting the people's mandate to work on a consensus basis. The Maoist ministers submitted their joint resignation at a meeting of the seven parties on 20 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nSher Bahadur Deuba of the Nepali Congress said on 24 June that the CPN (M) was responsible for the deadlock and claimed that it was working to divide the Seven-Party Alliance. He also said that Koirala would resign after the election of a President and that the CPN (M) had no authority to demand his resignation before then. Also on 24 June, the seven parties agreed on the introduction of a constitutional amendment providing for the election of a President and the formation of a government through simple majority votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nThere was, however, disagreement over the Nepali Congress proposal to include a member of the opposition on the National Security Council; the CPN (M) and the CPN (UML) described this as undemocratic. There was also a proposal to include members of each of the seven parties on the National Security Council. Despite the failure to agree about the opposition's inclusion on the National Security Council, it was agreed to give the opposition a place on the Constitutional Council. The parties also reached agreement on a number of issues related to peace, disarmament and reintegration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0045-0002", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Power-sharing discussions\nA decision was also reached with to divide the 26 nominated seats in the Constituent Assembly between nine parties: the CPN (M) was to receive nine of these seats, while the Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML) would each receive five, the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum would receive two, and the Sadbhavana Party, the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, Janamorcha Nepal, and the Communist Party of Nepal-Marxist Leninist would each receive one nominated seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nThe Council of Ministers approved the constitutional amendment late on 25 June. At a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on 26 June, Koirala announced his resignation, although it will not be finalized until after the election of a President, to whom the resignation must be submitted. Although it was expected that the constitutional amendment would be approved at the same meeting, it was not introduced after Madhesi members of the Constituent Assembly demanded that the amendment be expanded to incorporate a March 2008 agreement between the Madhesis and the government that provided for Madhesi autonomy, among other things.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nAs a result of this, the Constituent Assembly meeting was suspended until 28 June. After meeting with Koirala on 27 June, Hridayesh Tripathy of the Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP) said that Koirala was in favor of incorporating the Madhesi agreement into the amendment and that he asked the Madhesis not to disrupt the Constituent Assembly again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nOn 28 June, the seven parties met to discuss the Madhesi demands; although no decision was reached, all of the parties opposed the Madhesi demand for a single province. The Constituent Assembly met later that day and was again disrupted by representatives of the Madhesi parties, forcing the cancellation of the meeting after only a few minutes. The next Constituent Assembly meeting on 29 June was also disrupted by the Madhesis and was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nJaya Prakash Gupta, a leading figure in the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), also warned on 29 June that the Madhesi parties would \"not only obstruct the Constituent Assembly but also paralyse the entire nation to force [the seven parties] to meet our demands.\" Prachanda, in an interview on 30 June, expressed frustration with the Madhesi parties' disruption, which occurred just after Koirala's resignation, when it appeared the road to forming a new government was clear. He said that he favored Madhesi autonomy, but opposed their demand for all of Terai to become one Madhesi province. Khanal, the CPN (UML) General Secretary, flatly rejected the demand for a single Madhesi province, condemning it as \"a game to disintegrate the nation\". He said that the demand ignored the wishes of other ethnic groups in the Terai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 907]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nThe Constituent Assembly met on 30 June but was again disrupted by the Madhesis and the meeting was cancelled. The three main parties reached an agreement with the three Madhesi parties, the MJF, the TMLP, and the Nepal Sadbhavana Party, on 1 July, providing for a supplementary amendment bill that would meet the Madhesi demands. Another meeting of the Constituent Assembly was disrupted by the Madhesis and aborted on 2 July, while the CPN (M), Nepali Congress, and CPN (UML) met to decide the draft text of the supplementary amendment bill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nThe CPN (M) and MJF met on 3 July, and the CPN (M) agreed to include a reference to Madhesi autonomy in the bill, while also saying that it wanted the bill to mention other indigenous groups' desire for autonomy. 13 small parties in the Constituent Assembly said on 3 July that they were completely opposed to the Madhesi demand for a single autonomous province, and they criticized the larger parties for the political deadlock that prevented discussion of the issues from taking place in the Constituent Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nSessions of the Constituent Assembly were attempted on 3 and 4 July, but both were immediately disrupted by the Madhesi members and were aborted. On the latter occasion, Kul Bahadur Gurung, who chaired the session, urged the Madhesi members to respect the right of other members to be heard, but they ignored him. On 4 July, the CPN (M), Nepali Congress, and CPN (UML) agreed on a draft supplementary amendment bill intended to satisfy the Madhesi demands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0050-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nThe draft requires the State Restructuring Commission to consider the March 2008 agreement between the government and the Madhesis when drawing up Nepal's federal structure. A meeting of the Seven Party Alliance followed the three-party agreement, and at this meeting, the People's Front Nepal, United Left Front, and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party objected to the draft, saying that it would endanger national unity. The cabinet approved the bill late on 4 July; at the same time, it decided to nominate the 26 remaining members of the Constituent Assembly, dividing the seats between nine parties in accordance with the parties' earlier agreement and the lists of names they presented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nThe Madhesi parties quickly deemed the supplementary amendment bill to be an unacceptable \"betrayal\". Khanal, the CPN (UML) General Secretary, said that the bill should satisfy the Madhesi demands, and he warned that opposition to the bill would not be in Madhesi interests or in the interests of any of the peoples of Terai. He called on the Madhesi members to make proposals and engage in discussion in the Constituent Assembly instead of disrupting it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nOn 6 July, at a meeting between the three main parties and the Madhesi parties, the former agreed to formulate a new bill to replace the one agreed upon two days prior, while the latter agreed to stop disrupting the Constituent Assembly. 23 of the 26 nominated members of the Constituent Assembly were sworn in on 7 July; the remaining three were unable to attend the swearing in ceremony. On 8 July, the Seven Party Alliance, with the exception of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, agreed on the content of a new draft bill, according to which federal structures would be created in line with the wishes of the Madhesis and other ethnic groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nThe Constituent Assembly was able to meet and function on 9 July, for the first time since the Madhesis began pressing their demands on 26 June. Although they did not disrupt the Constituent Assembly on this occasion, the three Madhesi parties furiously condemned the proposed bill and vowed that their struggle would continue. During the Constituent Assembly meeting, they submitted a protest notice, and when this was rejected, they chose to boycott the Constituent Assembly's proceedings. Narendra Bikram Nemwang, the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, tabled the bill regardless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nKoirala said on 11 July that forming a government was the responsibility of the CPN (M). However, the CPN (M) criticized the Nepali Congress on 12 July for \"obstructing the process [of forming a government] for the past three months\". To protest the amendment bill, the Madhesi parties boycotted the Constituent Assembly meeting held on 13 July, at which the amendment bill was considered. The bill was passed on the same day; 442 members of the Constituent Assembly voted for the amendment and seven voted against it. It thus became the interim constitution's Fifth Amendment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0054-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands\nThe amendment allows for the formation of a government based on a Constituent Assembly majority; it also allows the President, vice-president, Chairman of the Constituent Assembly, and the Deputy Chairman of the Constituent Assembly to be elected by majority vote if there is no consensus. In addition, the amendment provides for the Leader of the Opposition to become a member of the Constitutional Council; however, the Constituent Assembly rejected a proposal from the cabinet that the Leader of the Opposition be included on the National Defense Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Presidential and vice-presidential elections\nIn a meeting with the Nepali Congress on 14 July, the CPN (M) urged it to participate in the new government. A Nepali Congress leader replied that the party had still not decided whether to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0055-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Presidential and vice-presidential elections\nOn 15 July the date of the presidential election was set for 19 July, while the CPN (UML) and CPN (M) failed to reach an agreement on a presidential candidate; despite the CPN (M)'s agreement to support a CPN (UML) candidate for president, it balked at the CPN (UML)'s choice of Madhav Kumar Nepal, saying that the President should be from the Terai, female, or a Janajati. In a meeting with the CPN (M) on the same day, the Nepali Congress proposed Koirala's presidential candidacy, but the CPN (M) again said that it would not support his candidacy. The CPN (M) proposed the candidacy of Ram Raja Prasad Singh on 17 July, upsetting the cooperation between the CPN (M) and CPN (UML).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Presidential and vice-presidential elections\nThe Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), and the MJF agreed on the morning of 19 July to back one another's candidates for the positions of President, vice-president, and Chairman of the Constituent Assembly, with each of the parties receiving one of the three posts. The Nepali Congress put forward Ram Baran Yadav for the presidency, while the MJF put forward Parmanand Jha for the vice-presidency; a CPN (UML) candidate was to become Chairman of the Constituent Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Presidential and vice-presidential elections\nThe MJF refused to back Singh, the CPN (M) candidate for the presidency, because the CPN (M) was unwilling to support the MJF candidate for the vice-presidency. In the presidential vote held later on 19 July, neither Singh nor Yadav received the necessary 298 votes, with Singh receiving 270 and Yadav receiving 283. As a result, a second round was scheduled for 21 July. In the vice-presidential vote, also held on 19 July, MJF candidate Jha was elected with 305 votes, while CPN (M) candidate Shanta Shrestha received 243 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Presidential and vice-presidential elections\nThe Nepali Congress said on 20 July that the newly formed three-party alliance was not intended to form a government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Presidential and vice-presidential elections\nIn the second round presidential vote held in the Constituent Assembly on 21 July, Ram Baran Yadav\u2014supported by the Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), and MJF\u2014was elected as the first President of Nepal, receiving 308 out of 590 votes and defeating CPN (M) candidate Ram Raja Prasad Singh, who received 282 votes. Earlier, during the vice-presidential election and the first round of the presidential election, the CPN (M) had threatened to refuse to form a government if their choice for the presidency did not succeed as they feared that certain electoral pledges such as land reform would not able to pass. Yadav was sworn in on 23 July 2008], and accepted Koirala submitted his resignation to Yadav later on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Beginning of the CA's work\nThe newly formed alliance agreed to support CPN(UML) member Subash Chandra Nemwang as Chairman of the Constituent Assembly, and he was elected to that post without opposition on 23 July 2008. Subsequently, the CPN (M) announced they would still be willing to form the government, provided the other parties would guarantee three points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Beginning of the CA's work\nIn the subsequent vote for Prime Minister, held in the Constituent Assembly on 15 August 2008, Prachanda was the CPN (M) candidate and was backed by the CPN (M)'s alliance partners, the CPN (UML) and the MPRF. A total of 20 parties supported Prachanda. The Nepali Congress presented Sher Bahadur Deuba as its candidate, but Prachanda won the vote overwhelmingly, receiving 464 votes against 113 votes for Deuba. 577 members of the Constituent Assembly took part in the vote. Yadav congratulated Prachanda and invited him to be sworn in on 18 August. The three alliance partners held discussions regarding the composition of the new Cabinet and agreed that it should include 24 portfolios. The parties had already agreed that the CPN (M) would hold nine portfolios, the CPN (UML) would hold six, and the MPRF would hold four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 896]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Beginning of the CA's work\nPrachanda was sworn in by Yadav at the President's office on 18 August. In swearing the oath of office, he altered it slightly, taking the oath \"in the name of the people\" rather than \"in the name of God\". Among the politicians and dignitaries present were Vice-president Jha, Constituent Assembly Chairman Subas Nemwang, and Deuba; Koirala was not present. The Indian and U.S. ambassadors congratulated Prachanda on this occasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Beginning of the CA's work\nEight members of the Cabinet\u2014four from the CPN (M) and four from the MJF\u2014were sworn in on 22 August. The CPN (UML) ministers were not sworn in on this occasion; they refused to take the oath due to an unfulfilled demand that the party receive the second-ranking position in the Cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Parties\nNotably, the Nepali Congress and Nepali Congress (Democratic) merged prior to the elections on 25 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Parties\nThe Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Centre), which had registered itself ahead of the elections and which held 1 MP, has merged into the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Parties\nOn the day before the filing deadline, the Rastriya Janashakti Party announced it would boycott the election, citing the fact that the government \"ignored the worsening situation in the Terai plans\". The Green Nepal Party had earlier also announced a boycott, demanding that a neutral caretaker government supervise the polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197936-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, Parties\nOf the 74 registered political parties, 38 submitted closed candidate lists for the proportional representation by the deadline of 20 February 2008. The deadline for filing for the FPTP seats is 25 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197937-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese presidential election\nIndirect presidential elections were held in Nepal in July 2008. The first round of voting was held on 19 July, with a run-off on 21 July. The Nepalese Constituent Assembly (CA) elected in April 2008 elected a new president and vice-president after the Fifth Amendment to the Interim Constitution was passed on 14 July. This would be the first President to be elected after Nepal became a republic a few months earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197937-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese presidential election\nIn the newly passed amendment, the majority party will form the government, the CA will elect the new president on the basis of majority and a new provision that the Opposition Leader will be a member of the Constitutional Council. The leading political parties, Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) engaged in discussions regarding who would be the new president. The Nepali Congress wanted Prime Minister and interim Head of State Girija Prasad Koirala while the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) wanted its former Secretary-General Madhav Kumar Nepal as president. However, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) wants an independent figure as president rather than party figures such as Koirala or Nepal. The Maoists won the most seats in the CA, though their party needs to form a coalition government with the other parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 951]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197937-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese presidential election, Organisation\nThe election is conducted by the Office of the Election Officer (OEO). On 16 July 2008 OEO released a voters list of 593 CA members. The CA was 601 seats in total, but by-elections are due in five constituencies and three CA members had not been sworn in at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197937-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese presidential election, Candidates\nOn 9 June 2008, the CPN (Maoist) declared that five names from outside their party they would consider for the presidency:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197937-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese presidential election, Candidates\nNegotiations between CPN(Maoist) and CPN(UML) appeared to have broken down by 17 July 2008 so the three major parties all nominated their own candidates for president and vice-president. All three main presidential candidates were Madhesis. The largest Madhesi party, the MJF, announced that they'd support Singh as president, but nominated their own candidate for vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197937-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese presidential election, Candidates\nOn the day of the poll the CPN(UML) and MJF agreed to back the NC candidate for the presidency and the CPN(UML) and NC agreed to back the MJF candidate for the vice-presidency, thus nullifying the agreement the Maoists had with the three Madhesi parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197937-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese presidential election, Results\n578 CA members participated in the poll on 19 July 2008. Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Janamorcha, the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) boycotted the election. The sole CA member of the Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party, Keshav Prasad Mainali, only participated in the vice-presidential poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197937-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese presidential election, Results\nOn 19 July, Parmananda Jha was declared the first Vice President of Nepal. Jha received 305 votes beating his nearest rival Shanta Shrestha from the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) with 243 votes. However, the President of Nepal could not be elected as neither candidate got a clear majority. Ram Baran Yadav received 283 votes and Ram Raja Prasad Singh won 270 votes. A run-off election was thus called for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197937-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Nepalese presidential election, Results\nOn 21 July, Ram Baran Yadav of the Nepali Congress, who was supported by the CPN (UML) and MJF, got support from around 308 Constituent Assembly members in 594 Constituent Assembly members. His rival was Ram Raja Prasad Singh, nominated by the CPN (M). Prasad won 282 votes. Earlier, during vice-presidential election and first round of presidential elections, Maoists had threatened to refuse to form a government if their choice for the presidency did not succeed as they feared that certain electoral pledges such as land reform would not able to pass. Kul Bahadur Gurung, the speaker of constituent assembly, declared Ram Yadav winner of second-round presidential election on Monday. Yadav would be the first President of Nepal after it became a republic. The new president will replace the deposed King Gyanendra as the head of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 888]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197938-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nestea European Championship Final\nThe 2008 NESTEA European Championship Final (or the 2008 European Beach Volleyball Championships) was held from July 10\u201313, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany. It was the sixteenth official edition of the European Beach Volleyball Championships men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the fifteenth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197938-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nestea European Championship Final\nThe Championships were part of the 2008 Nestea European Championship Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197938-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nestea European Championship Final\nThe teams could earn qualifying points for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, from one of their two finishes at the 2008 or 2007 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197938-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nestea European Championship Final, Women's competition\nThe teams Gemise-Fareau-Giordano (FRA), Faure M.-Sarpaux V. (FRA), Nystr\u00f6m Em.-Nystr\u00f6m Er. (FIN), Baburina-Osheyko (UKR), Alseda Aizcorbe-Hopf Aguilar (ESP), Kolocova-Slukova (CZE), Gschweidl-Hansel B. (AUT) and Hanzelova-Tomasekova (SVK) were placed 25th, with 80 points each and no prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197939-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Netball Superleague Grand Final\nThe 2008 Netball Superleague Grand Final featured Galleria Mavericks and Loughborough Lightning. Having played in both the 2006 and 2007 grand finals, this was Mavericks' third successive grand final appearance. It proved third time lucky for Mavericks who defeated Lightning 43\u201339.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197939-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Netball Superleague Grand Final\nLightning were leading 21\u201314 at half time thanks to an outstanding shooting performance from 19-year-old Joanne Harten. However Mavericks, inspired by Louisa Brownfield and Karen Atkinson, subsequently began to create more shooting opportunities. Mavericks defence \u2013 Amanda Newton, Clare Elsley and Naomi Siddall \u2013 also played a vital part in a second half fight back. By the end of the third quarter, Mavericks had reduced Lightning's lead to 28\u201331. During the final quarter Mavericks drew level at 34\u201334, before pulling ahead by six goals thanks to clinical finishing from Brownfield and Michelle Hall. Harten scored four goals to help keep Lightning in touch before three goals from Brownfield secured the title for Mavericks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197939-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Netball Superleague Grand Final, Teams\nStarting 7:GS Louisa Brownfield GA Monique WoodWA Karen AtkinsonC Deb JonesWD Clare ElsleyGD Amanda NewtonGK Naomi Siddall (c)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197939-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Netball Superleague Grand Final, Teams\nStarting 7:GS Joanne HartenGA Becky JamesWA Natasha HampshireC Olivia MurphyWD Jade ClarkeGD Verona TomlinGK Hannah Reid", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses took place on January 19, 2008 after having been moved from a later date by the Nevada Democratic Party. The Nevada Democratic Caucus was considered important in determining the eventual party nominee, as many described it as the \"Bellwether of the West\" seeing as how it is the first Western state to vote in the Democratic Presidential Primary season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses\nNevada's 25 \"pledged\" delegates to the Democratic National Convention were chosen on May 17, 2008, when the Nevada Democratic Party held its State Convention. Barack Obama ended up receiving 14 national delegates compared to Hillary Clinton who received 11 national delegates. However, Clinton did ultimately prevail in terms of the number of votes received during the Nevada Democratic Caucus. It was the only state that held a caucus that she won during the course of the Democratic Presidential Primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe Nevada Democratic Caucus was open to all voters who would be 18 by November 4, 2008, regardless of party affiliation. Republicans, unaffiliated voters, and members of other parties could change their registration at the door, and new voters could register as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nAs with all Democratic caucuses, voters gathered into preference groups for each candidate. A minimum threshold of 15 percent was required in each precinct in order to achieve viability. If a candidate's preference group was not viable, they chose to caucus with another group, or be uncommitted. Unlike the Iowa Caucus, \"raiding\" of other, already viable caucus groups, was prohibited. Delegates to the county convention were then selected amongst the candidate groups. A similar process occurred at the county convention. Although they file statements of support for their chosen candidate, all delegates are technically unbound until the state convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nIn addition to the 1,754 neighborhood caucus locations, nine at-large caucus locations were available for shift workers who could not return to their home precincts to caucus. These at-large precincts were at the Wynn, Bellagio, The Mirage, Paris Las Vegas, New York-New York, Flamingo, Caesars Palace, and The Rio, all located in Clark County. Workers who worked within 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km) of the caucus site, were scheduled to work during or within one hour of the caucus period, and those who had an employer ID showing their employment in the zone were permitted to attend. Unlike regular caucuses where delegates are apportioned based on registered voters, the at-large locations were allocated based on attendance, which caused controversy (see below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe Nevada Democratic Party reported county convention delegate totals to the media and not actual votes, similar to the way the Iowa Democratic Party did in its caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus events, predictions, and polls\nThe date of the Nevada Democratic Caucuses were moved from a later date to January 19, 2008. Analysts from CNN believe that this occurred because of many factors, such as the growing West, a large Hispanic population, a heavily unionized work force, the influence of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and the idea that earlier caucuses increased voter participation. In addition, Democrats in the working class hold sway over liberal activists; this would allow candidates to discuss practical issues and policy details.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus events, predictions, and polls\nAfter Barack Obama's win in the Iowa Democratic Caucuses and Hillary Clinton's surprise comeback win at the New Hampshire Democratic Primary, the Nevada Democratic Caucuses were seen as a potential tie-breaker. A victory in the Nevada Democratic Caucus would provide a candidate with momentum heading into Super Tuesday. In addition, the Nevada Democratic Caucuses were seen as a test of the organizing abilities of its unions and the growing influence of the state's Latino community, which makes up more than 20 percent of the population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus events, predictions, and polls\nOn January 9, 2008, Obama received his first key national labor endorsement from leaders of the 450,000-member UNITE HERE union. This endorsement was made on behalf of Nevada's largest union, the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union, Local 226. As a result, Obama received a huge boost in support from the Latino population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus events, predictions, and polls\nA pre-caucus opinion poll conducted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal on January 18, 2008, showed that Hillary Rodham Clinton was leading with 41 percent of the vote. Barack Obama had 32 percent of the vote, and John Edwards had 14 percent. Another poll by the American Research Group five days before the caucuses on January 14, 2008, showed that Clinton was leading with 35 percent, Obama had 32 percent, and Edwards at 25 percent. These polls only showed the results of the top-tier candidates who were viable to win the caucuses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus events, predictions, and polls, Casino caucus lawsuit\nIn an attempt to block nine at-large caucus precincts from being held on the Las Vegas Strip, the Nevada State Education Association and six Las Vegas area residents filed a 13-page lawsuit on January 11, 2008. The at-large sites were created to facilitate the caucus participation of casino workers, and others working within 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km) of the Strip, but the plaintiffs said that these sites would both elect more state delegates than others and violate state election law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 110], "content_span": [111, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus events, predictions, and polls, Casino caucus lawsuit\nWhile the suit was not officially supported by any presidential campaign, the fact that it was filed two days after the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 endorsed Obama and that several of the State Education Association's leaders endorsed Clinton led some political commentators to describe it as a proxy battle between the two campaigns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 110], "content_span": [111, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Pre-caucus events, predictions, and polls, Casino caucus lawsuit\nAfter a court hearing, Judge James Mahan of the U.S District Court for Nevada ruled that the caucus locations were fair and valid and disagreed with the group's argument. Therefore, the nine caucus sites located in casinos in Las Vegas were allowed to operate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 110], "content_span": [111, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Results\nHillary Clinton won the most local delegates while Barack Obama was projected to win the most delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Nevada's delegates to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) were not allocated to the candidates for a few months, so current DNC delegate projections assumed that local and state delegate preferences remained the same through the county conventions, which occurred in February, and the state convention, which occurred in April,  The reason for the so-called \"split-decision\" is Nevada's chosen method of electing DNC delegates. Six distinct sets of pledged DNC delegates were elected in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Results\nThe three sets determined exclusively by Clark County delegates were split evenly for a total of six for Obama and six for Clinton. The statewide pot was split five for Clinton and four for Obama. Obama's advantage was due to his strength in Northern Nevada, particularly of Washoe County's three DNC delegates Obama received two as well as the one \"rural\" DNC delegate who backed Obama as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Results\nUnlike in Iowa, the Nevada Democratic Party reports only the number of county convention delegates won statewide by supporters of the candidates (in Iowa \"state delegate equivalents\" are reported). In neither Iowa nor Nevada are individual voter preferences reported. And like Iowa, all local delegates selected in the January 19 caucuses are technically free to support any candidate during later stages of the nominating process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Results\nAt the controversial At-Large caucuses on the Vegas Strip, many workers who belonged to unions other than Local 226 attended; contrary to the statements of President Bill Clinton leading up to the vote, all workers on shift within 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km) were permitted to caucus. Clinton supporters won the Strip, 268 local delegates to 224. Widely publicized statements by President Clinton that voters in \"casinos\" would have at least 5 times the influence of other voters  turned out to be incorrect; Strip voters had only twice the influence that voters in the rest of the state on average had.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197940-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, County conventions\nAll of Nevada's county conventions took place on February 23, but one county's convention (Clark County) had attendance that overwhelmed its ability to continue. That convention was therefore recessed to April 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197941-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Nevada Republican presidential caucuses was held on January 19, the same day as the 2008 South Carolina Republican primary, with 31 delegates at stake. Mitt Romney was the winner in Nevada with 51% of the votes, with Ron Paul in second place. Half of Romney's votes came from Mormons, while two-thirds of the independent voters favored Paul. According to the Las Vegas Sun, Republicans crossed over in large numbers to vote Democratic; CNN exit polls indicated that Republican voters made up 4% of the Democratic caucus turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197941-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, Process\nThe Nevada Republican Party caucus is a closed caucus open to those who were registered 30 days before the caucus date, and 17-year-olds who are eligible to vote in the general election in November. As in most Republican caucuses, there are two components. First, delegates are elected from the attendees. These delegates represent the caucusgoers at the county conventions in March, and generally announce who they support for President, and why they should go to the county convention. Election of delegates is by show of hands. Then, a supporter of each campaign speaks on behalf of their candidate. Finally, a straw poll, called a presidential preference poll, is taken of the individuals in the room. This preference poll is a secret ballot with candidate names printed on them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197941-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, Process\nAlthough the news media report the results of the straw poll, and assigns delegates proportionally based on it, in Nevada it is the county conventions and the state convention which determine who actually goes to the Republican National Convention. Thus, all delegates are unbound until the state convention in April, although they generally will represent the preferences expressed by fellow Republicans in the straw poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197941-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, Campaign\nRepublican candidate Mitt Romney campaigned hard in Nevada, while the other leading Republican candidates, John McCain and Ron Paul, focused on South Carolina during the run-up to January 19. The Republican party did not cut Nevada's delegates to the national convention in half; therefore, Nevada had more delegates at stake than South Carolina. He was expected to benefit from Nevada's large Mormon population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197941-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, Campaign\nA poll ahead of the election predicted John McCain to win the election with 22 percent, followed by Rudy Giuliani (18 percent),Mike Huckabee (16 percent), Mitt Romney (15 percent), Fred Thompson (11 percent) and Ron Paul (6 percent).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197941-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, Campaign\nOn January 17, Ron Paul's Nevada campaign representatives warned state GOP officials that thousands of caucus goers had been given incorrect information on where to go to caucus. Party officials addressed the problem with a message on the Nevada GOP website that morning, two days before the caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197941-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, Results\nRomney's win in Nevada extended the lead that he then held in total delegates. After coming last in this caucus, Duncan Hunter withdrew his bid for the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197941-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, Results\nAlthough delegates were not pledged to candidates until the state convention, the news media allocated delegates proportionally for reporting purposes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197942-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Wolf Pack football team\nThe 2008 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Wolf Pack were led by Chris Ault in his 24th overall and 5th straight season since taking over as head coach for the third time in 2004. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197942-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Wolf Pack football team\nNevada utilized Ault's own creation, the \"Pistol\" offense. The offense was directed by offensive coordinator Chris Klenakis in his 15th overall and 8th straight season and defense was led by first\u2013year defensive coordinator Nigel Burton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197942-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Wolf Pack football team\nNevada finished the regular season with a 7\u20135 mark and 5\u20133 in WAC play, which resulted in a three-way tie for second-place in the conference. Hawaii and Louisiana Tech both likewise finished with 5\u20133 conference records. During the season, the Wolf Pack played three ranked teams: Texas Tech, Missouri and Boise State. Nevada lost each game, but gave Boise State its closest contest in conference play, losing by seven points. Nevada, however, suffered a setback when they lost to New Mexico State, who were called by one publication the \"perennial WAC bottom feeders\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197942-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Wolf Pack football team\nQuarterback Colin Kaepernick was named 2008 WAC Offensive Player of the Year. During the regular season, he passed for 2,479 yards and 19 touchdowns and rushed for 1,115 yards and 16 touchdowns. He was aided by running back Vai Taua, who ran for 1,420 yards and 14 touchdowns. It was the first time in school history that Nevada had two 1,000 yard rushers on the team simultaneously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197942-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Wolf Pack football team\nNevada secured its fourth straight bowl game appearance and faced Maryland in the 2008 Humanitarian Bowl. The Wolf Pack lost in a high\u2013scoring and record\u2013setting game by 35 to 42.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197942-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season\nThe Wolf Pack finished the 2007 season 6\u20137 and 4\u20134 in WAC play to finish in a three\u2013way tie in fourth place and lost the New Mexico Bowl to New Mexico by 0 to 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197943-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada budget crisis\nThe 2008 budget crisis in Nevada is an ongoing fiscal crisis in which the state faces a budget shortfall of at least US$1.2 billion out of a $6.8 billion budget. The budget crisis is a result of the larger subprime mortgage crisis and the late-2000s recession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197943-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada budget crisis\nThe budget shortfall resulted Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons and the Nevada Legislature making large cuts to many state programs and agencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197943-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada budget crisis, Origins\nAs the fastest growing state in the U.S. during the United States housing bubble, Nevada was hit especially hard by subprime mortgage crisis. The Nevada Policy Research Institute argues that the state government raised taxes during an economic boom and increased government spending more than 20% in 2004. The shortfall for 2008 and 2009 resulted from, they argue, government spending money at unsustainable levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197943-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada budget crisis, Origins, Las Vegas Housing Crisis\nThe libertarian Nevada Policy Research Institute blames the financial crisis in Nevada, especially Las Vegas, on poor monetary policies, moral hazards created by government bailouts, and bad regulations such as the Community Reinvestment Act and the Security and Exchange Commission allowing several investment banks to increase their capital ratios. The result, according to NPRI was to rapidly increase home prices in Nevada, from a median level of about $130,000 to about $330,000 in less than 3 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197943-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada budget crisis, Origins, Las Vegas Housing Crisis\nNPRI created a chart that documents this rapid rise in home prices. It can be viewed here:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197943-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada budget crisis, Solving the Budget Crisis\nSeveral camps have emerged with solutions to solving the budget crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197943-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada budget crisis, Solving the Budget Crisis\nGovernor Jim Gibbons has successfully pushed for spending cuts, which have so far allowed Nevada to balance its budget. Gibbons has opposed placing limits on government spending and currently opposes raising taxes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197943-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada budget crisis, Solving the Budget Crisis\nState Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley has proposed restructuring the tax code so it is less reliant on gaming and sales taxes which she claims makes up more than 60% of the general fund revenue. She also supports increasing the rainy day fund. Barbara Buckley is supported by Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Jim Rogers and TV personality Jon Ralston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197943-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Nevada budget crisis, Solving the Budget Crisis\nThe Nevada Policy Research Institute supports balancing the budget by reducing spending but argues that Nevada needs spending limits and a larger rainy day fund. NPRI, state senator Bob Beers and Chuck Muth of Citizen Outreach all oppose raising taxes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197944-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Brunswick electoral reform referendum\nA referendum on electoral reform was supposed to be held in the province of New Brunswick, Canada on May 12, 2008. The date was announced by Premier Bernard Lord on June 20, 2006 in announcing his response to the 2004 report of the Commission on Legislative Democracy. However, Lord and his Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the September 2006 election and the new Liberal government, which had always expressed skepticism about the model proposed by the Commission and its mandate opted not proceed with a referendum in an announcement on June 28, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197944-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Brunswick electoral reform referendum\nThe proposal was on a mixed member proportional representation system which would see 36 members elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in first past the post single member ridings and 20 additional members elected from 4 regions, using closed lists, to ensure proportionality. The threshold for proportional representation seats would be 5% of the provincial vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197944-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Brunswick electoral reform referendum\nIn October 2010, after the 2010 New Brunswick election, the group New Brunswickers For Proportional Representation was formed to push for the implementation of proportional representation as outlined by the Commission on Legislative Democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197945-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Brunswick municipal elections\nMunicipal elections were held in the Canadian province of New Brunswick on May 12, 2008. Here is a summary of results in the major communities in the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197946-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Delhi ITF Open\nThe 2008 New Delhi ITF Open, a women's tennis tournament within the 2008 ITF Women's Circuit, was the first and only edition of the tournament. The singles event was won by Ekaterina Dzehalevich of Belarus, an unseeded player, who defeated Yanina Wickmayer in the final with a score of 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. In the doubles final, the Chinese pair Ji Chunmei and Sun Shengnan defeated Sunitha Rao (India) and Aur\u00e9lie V\u00e9dy (France) by 2-6, 6-2 [10-4].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season\nThe 2008 New England Patriots season was the 39th season for the team in the National Football League and 49th season overall. The Patriots were defending AFC champions. Despite finishing the regular season with an 11\u20135 record, the Patriots did not qualify for the playoffs\u2014becoming the first, and only, 11-win team since the expansion to a 12-team playoff in 1990 to miss the playoffs, as well as only the second team (after the 1985 Denver Broncos) since the NFL expanded to a 16-game regular season in 1978. They also were the first team to go undefeated in the previous regular season and miss the playoffs the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season\nIn the season opener, quarterback Tom Brady, the NFL's MVP in 2007, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament during their season-opening victory against the Chiefs and missed the remainder of the season. Backup quarterback Matt Cassel replaced Brady. Cassel led the team to a win in Week 2 against the New York Jets, his first start since high school. A loss the following week against the Miami Dolphins ended the Pats' record 21 game regular-season winning streak. This record was broken by the Indianapolis Colts in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season\nDespite entering the last week of the season with a three-game winning streak, the Patriots found themselves not controlling their own destiny. In addition to a Week 17 win, they also needed either a Dolphins loss to win the AFC East, or a Baltimore Ravens loss to earn a wild card berth. However, both Baltimore and Miami won, and the Dolphins, Ravens and Patriots each finished the season with an 11\u20135 record. Miami qualified for the playoffs by winning the AFC East division over the Patriots on the fourth divisional tiebreaker (better conference record: 8\u20134 to 7\u20135). Baltimore qualified for the playoffs as a wild card team, defeating the Patriots on the second wild card tiebreaker (better conference record: 8\u20134 to 7\u20135). Because of this, the Patriots were excluded from the playoffs for the first time since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 853]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season\nThis was the only season since 2002 that the Patriots failed to win their division or qualify for the playoffs until the 2020 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Incidents off the field\nTwo days after Super Bowl XLII, defensive back Willie Andrews was arrested in Lowell, Massachusetts on February 5 for possession of a half pound of marijuana and driving an unregistered car. On May 9, Andrews' case was continued without finding for one year, during which time Andrews was ordered to pay a fine, speak to student athletes about the dangers of narcotics, and complete an NFL substance abuse program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Incidents off the field\nOn June 30, Andrews was arrested again and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm in Mansfield, Massachusetts, after his fianc\u00e9e accused him of pointing a gun at her head. Andrews' fianc\u00e9e called police, who searched Andrews' vehicle but did not find a gun; she later took her child to a hotel for the night, where Andrews then met her again before being arrested. The weapon, a Glock pistol, was later recovered in a dumpster near Andrews' apartment. Andrews was released on July 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Incidents off the field\nOn February 22, running back Kevin Faulk was issued a misdemeanor summons after he was found with four marijuana cigarettes at a Lil Wayne concert in Lafayette, Louisiana. Upon returning to New England, Faulk passed a drug test and did not have to enter the NFL's substance abuse program. Faulk pleaded no contest to the charge on July 8 and was sentenced to a five-month suspended jail term, given one year of probation, fined, and ordered to complete community service and substance abuse treatment programs. Faulk was later suspended for the first game of the 2008 regular season for a violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Incidents off the field\nOn April 27, according to The Boston Globe, offensive lineman Nick Kaczur was arrested in Whitestown, New York, when police discovered Kaczur had a \"small amount of controlled substance for which he did not have a prescription,\" which was later identified as oxycodone. Kaczur was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor. In May, the article states Kaczur participated in a Drug Enforcement Administration sting operation, wearing a hidden recording device while purchasing $3,900 worth (100 pills) of OxyContin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Incidents off the field\nThe three transactions, on May 1, May 6, and May 13 in the area near Foxborough, Massachusetts, led to the arrest of Kaczur's dealer Daniel Ekasala, who was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 3 for three counts of possession of oxycodone with intent to distribute. When The Globe asked for comment, however, Kaczur denied any involvement in the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Staff changes\nFollowing the 2007 regular season, the Atlanta Falcons hired Patriots Director of College Scouting Thomas Dimitroff to be their new general manager. Former Pro Personnel Director Nick Caserio, who had spent the 2007 season as wide receivers coach, returned to the personnel department as the director of player personnel, a position that partly replaced both Dimitroff's and Caserio's former responsibilities under Vice President of Player Personnel Scott Pioli. Regional scout Jon Robinson was also promoted to assistant director of college scouting. The Patriots then promoted offensive assistant Bill O'Brien to wide receivers coach to replace Caserio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Staff changes\nAdditionally, the Patriots announced secondary coach Joel Collier would not return to the team in 2008, and hired former Carolina Panthers and Houston Texans head coach Dom Capers as a special assistant/secondary coach. Don Davis, who joined the coaching staff as an assistant strength and conditioning coach and team chaplain after retiring in 2007, left the organization to pursue Christian ministry. Special teams coaching assistant Kevin Bickers was made a special assignment scout, and replaced by Brian Flores, formerly a pro scout. Former football operations assistant Shane Waldron re-joined the team as an offensive coaching assistant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Departures\nPrior to the start of free agency, the Patriots released linebackers Oscar Lua and Rosevelt Colvin, who had started 39 games in his five seasons with the team. Both ended the 2007 season on injured reserve and failed post-season team physicals. Tight end Kyle Brady was released at the start of free agency, also after having failed a physical. The Patriots declined multi-year contract options on wide receivers Kelley Washington and Dont\u00e9 Stallworth, making them both free agents; Stallworth signed with the Cleveland Browns, while Washington re-signed with the Patriots. Also departing via free agency were defensive backs Asante Samuel (Philadelphia Eagles), Randall Gay (New Orleans Saints), and Eugene Wilson (Tampa Bay Buccaneers). Restricted free agent defensive lineman Rashad Moore was not tendered a qualifying offer, making him an unrestricted free agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 923]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Arrivals\nAfter losing a combined 122 games of starting experience for the team in Samuel, Gay, and Wilson, the Patriots added back to their secondary by signing cornerbacks Lewis Sanders and Fernando Bryant, who were both released by their former teams, as well as two unrestricted free agents \u2013 cornerback Jason Webster and safety Tank Williams. Also signed via unrestricted free agency were wide receiver Sam Aiken, linebacker Victor Hobson. and tight end Marcus Pollard. Free agents or potential free agents Tedy Bruschi, Lonie Paxton, Kelley Washington, Randy Moss, Jabar Gaffney, Ray Ventrone, Mike Wright, Wesley Britt, and Pierre Woods were all re-signed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Draft\nAs a penalty for violating the \"league policy on the use of equipment to videotape an opposing team\u2019s offensive or defensive signals\" during a September 9, 2007 game against the New York Jets, the Patriots forfeited their original first round pick, which would have been the 31st overall pick due to their loss in Super Bowl XLII.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Opening training camp roster\nAs of the Patriots' first training camp practice at Gillette Stadium on July 24, they had the NFL maximum of 80 players signed to their roster. First-round draft pick Jerod Mayo, who was not signed until after training camp began, did not count against that limit until his signing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 1\nThe Patriots began their regular season at home against the Chiefs. On the first drive of the game, a running-into-the-kicker penalty committed by the Chiefs on a fourth-down punt gave the Patriots a fresh set of downs, but three plays later, wide receiver Wes Welker fumbled after catching a pass from quarterback Tom Brady. The Chiefs recovered and started their next drive at their own 48-yard line but failed to convert on third down and punted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 1\nOn the ensuing Patriots possession, the Chiefs again recovered a fumble by a Patriots receiver after a catch; this time wide receiver Randy Moss lost the ball after a 28-yard completion from Brady. After the throw, Brady was hit in his lower left leg by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard, left the game, did not return, and was later placed on injured reserve with a torn ACL and MCL. Quarterback Matt Cassel replaced Brady for the Patriots' next drive, which began from the Patriots' 2-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 1\nSeven plays after a 51-yard completion to Moss from inside the Patriots' 1, Cassel hit Moss in the end zone from 10 yards out for a touchdown, giving the Patriots a 7\u20130 lead early in the second quarter. The teams then exchanged three-and-outs twice, before the Chiefs ended a 13-play, 51-yard drive with a 40-yard Nick Novak field goal to cut the Patriots' lead to 7\u20133 at the end of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 1\nAfter a Chiefs punt on a drive in which Chiefs quarterback Brodie Croyle was injured on a sack by Adalius Thomas, the Patriots drove 80 yards on 11 plays, capping off the series with a 5-yard touchdown run by running back Sammy Morris to extend the Patriots' lead to 14\u20133. The next Chiefs drive began with backup quarterback Damon Huard replacing Croyle. The Chiefs drove 63 yards and trimmed the Patriots' lead to 14\u201310 on a 13-yard touchdown reception by wide receiver Dwayne Bowe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 1\nAfter three punts, Huard and the Chiefs began a fourth-quarter drive by throwing an interception to Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs; a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on the Patriots caused their ensuing series to begin at their own 47-yard line. A handful of Morris runs and Cassel passes, including an 11-yard reception by Morris, brought the Patriots into the Chiefs' red zone, but the Patriots failed to convert on third down and settled for a 37-yard Stephen Gostkowski field goal to make their lead 17\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 1\nStarting from his own 22-yard line with 2:20 remaining, Huard was strip-sacked on the third play of the series, but recovered his own fumble at the Chiefs' 27-yard line. On the next play, Huard hit wide receiver Devard Darling for a 68-yard completion, giving the Chiefs first-and-goal from the Patriots' 5-yard line with 53 seconds left. However, the Patriots' defense prevented the Chiefs from advancing another yard, as an incomplete pass, a Larry Johnson run for no gain, and two more incomplete passes gave the Patriots the ball back to seal their first victory of the season, and their 20th consecutive regular-season win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 2\nIn their first divisional game of the season, the Patriots traveled to Giants Stadium, where they had not lost since 2000. On the first series of the game, the Jets drove to the Patriots' 13-yard line but the game remained scoreless after kicker Jay Feely missed a 31-yard field goal. Eleven plays later, the Patriots faced 3rd-and-goal from the Jets' 2-yard line, but a run for a loss by running back Laurence Maroney set up a 21-yard Gostkowski field goal to give the Patriots a 3\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 2\nAfter a Jets punt, the Patriots extended their lead to 6\u20130 on a 37-yard Gostkowski field goal early in the second quarter. The Jets responded with a 77-yard drive, highlighted by a 54-yard Laveranues Coles completion from quarterback Brett Favre, which brought them as close to the end zone as the Patriots' 1-yard line, but they again had to settle for a field goal; this time Feely completed the 21-yard attempt to cut the Patriots' lead to 6\u20133. The Patriots and Jets exchanged punts to end the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 2\nAfter a Patriots punt began the second half, the Jets started their next possession from their own 23-yard line. Three offensive penalties later, with the Jets at 2nd-and-25, defensive back Brandon Meriweather earned his first career interception on an errant Favre pass, giving the Patriots the ball at the Jets' 31-yard line. Despite a Kris Jenkins sack of Cassel to begin the drive, the Patriots moved into the red zone on a 22-yard completion to running back Kevin Faulk on a 3rd-and-9 play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 2\nThree plays later, Morris ran it in from the Jets' 1-yard-line for a touchdown, extending the Patriots' lead to 13\u20133. On an ensuing Jets punt, a 24-yard Faulk return set up the Patriots' next drive at the Jets' 39-yard line; nine plays later, a 28-yard Gostkowski field goal gave the Patriots a 16\u20133 lead and ended the third-quarter scoring. Beginning from their own 20-yard line for the sixth time in the game, the Jets drove into the Patriots' red zone and then cut the Patriots' lead to 16\u201310 on a 2-yard touchdown catch by wide receiver Chansi Stuckey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 2\nThe Patriots' next drive went for 71 yards and ended on a 27-yard Gostkowski field goal to build the Patriots' lead to 19\u201310. This would be the final score, as the Jets' next drive, which included a 20-yard sack of Favre by Adalius Thomas, went three-and-out and the Patriots held the ball for the final 3:45 in the game. The win brought the Patriots' record to 2\u20130 and kept the team tied for first place in the AFC East. Gostkowski finished the day 4-for-4 on field goals and earned five touchbacks on six kickoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 3\nPlaying their second divisional opponent in as many weeks, the Patriots returned home looking for their 22nd straight regular season victory, a streak extending back to December 2006 when the Dolphins shut out the Patriots in Miami. Despite a 50-yard Hobbs return on the opening kickoff, the Patriots and Dolphins exchanged three-and-out punts to begin the game. On their second drive, the Patriots got as far as the Dolphins' 7-yard line, but back-to-back sacks of Cassel set up 3rd-and-goal, where Cassel threw his first interception of the season, to Dolphins defensive lineman Randy Starks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 3\nStarting from their own 26-yard line, the Dolphins drove into the Patriots' red zone in part from two catches by tight end Anthony Fasano from Chad Pennington for 47 yards. On 2nd-and-goal from the Patriots' 2-yard line, the Dolphins lined up with an unbalanced offensive line and with Pennington as a wide receiver and had running back Ronnie Brown take a direct snap from a shotgun formation; Brown proceeded to fake an end-around to running back Ricky Williams before running for the touchdown to give the Dolphins a 7\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 3\nThis formation, known as the \"Wildcat,\" was developed by Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano and quarterbacks coach David Lee following the Dolphins' loss to the Arizona Cardinals the week prior. The Patriots' ensuing possession reached the Dolphins' red zone again on 13 plays, but ended with the Patriots settling for a 37-yard Gostkowski field goal, trimming to the Dolphins' lead to 7\u20133 early in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 3\nThe Dolphins' next drive began with a 33-yard reception by wide receiver Greg Camarillo; five plays later, Brown scored his second touchdown of the day with a 15-yard third-down run, extending the Dolphins' lead to 14\u20133. On their next drive, the Patriots reached the Dolphins' 28-yard line on a 21-yard completion by Welker on a Cassel pass that was tipped by Dolphins safety Renaldo Hill. However, the Patriots gained only two more yards before Gostkowski hit his second field goal of the day, this one from 44 yards out, to cut the Dolphins' lead to 14\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 3\nOn the first play of the ensuing drive, the Dolphins again employed a direct snap to Brown, who this time proceeded to hand off to Williams, gaining three yards on the play. With two minutes remaining in the first half, the Dolphins faced a 1st-and-10 from the Patriots' 45-yard line; Williams again took the hand-off on the direct snap to Brown, but this time went for 28 yards to put the Dolphins in the Patriots' red zone. Three plays later, the Dolphins again used the \"Wildcat\" formation, and Brown took the direct snap and ran five yards for his third touchdown of the day, giving the Dolphins a 21\u20136 lead at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 3\nAfter an exchange of punts began the second half, the Dolphins drove from their own 21-yard line to a 3rd-and-3 from the Patriots' 19-yard line. The Dolphins again used the \"Wildcat\"; this time Brown threw a halfback pass to Fasano for a 19-yard touchdown that extended the Dolphins' lead to 28\u20136. Hobbs returned the ensuing kickoff 81 yards to have the next Patriots' possession begin from the Dolphins' 23-yard line. On 4th-and-3, Cassel hit wide receiver Jabar Gaffney for a 5-yard touchdown that cut the Dolphins' lead to 28\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 3\nThe Dolphins' ensuing possession featured Brown touching the ball on every play; after a first-down reception, Brown ran four times in a row to give the Dolphins a 1st-and-10 from their own 38-yard line. The Dolphins again lined up Brown to receive the direct snap; this time he ran 62 yards for his fourth rushing touchdown of the day, a Dolphins record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 3\nEarly in the fourth quarter, Hobbs returned the Patriots' next kickoff 31 yards, setting his own team record with 237 kickoff return yards in the game. Three plays later, Cassel fumbled on a third-down scramble that was forced by Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter and recovered by Dolphins defensive lineman Phillip Merling at the Patriots' 49-yard line. After a Dolphins' three-and-out, the Patriots began their next drive with a Cassel interception thrown to Hill that was negated on a roughing the passer penalty on defensive lineman Vonnie Holliday; the Patriots punted four plays later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 3\nThe Dolphins' next drive ended in a 39-yard Dan Carpenter field goal that gave the Dolphins a 38\u201313 lead. After an unsuccessful fourth-down conversion attempt on a pass by backup Patriots quarterback Kevin O'Connell and a Dolphins punt, that score became the final. The loss dropped the Patriots to 2\u20131 and to second place in the AFC East and remained a game behind the Buffalo Bills.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 5\nComing off their bye week, the Patriots traveled to Candlestick Park to face the 49ers in the first of two straight West Coast games for the Patriots. After a 49ers punt on their first series started the game, Cassel's second pass of the game was intercepted by linebacker Takeo Spikes to give the 49ers the ball at the Patriots' 45-yard line. On the next play, 49ers quarterback J. T. O'Sullivan threw an interception of his own, this one to Meriweather at the Patriots' 4-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 5\nA three-and-out for the Patriots on their ensuing drive ended in a 35-yard Chris Hanson punt that gave the 49ers the ball at the Patriots' 30-yard line to begin their next drive. A defensive holding penalty on Patriots cornerback Deltha O'Neal on third down extended the drive, leading to a 16-yard touchdown catch by running back Frank Gore that gave the 49ers a 7\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 5\nOn the Patriots' next drive, a fumbled snap by Cassel set up 3rd and 8 from the Patriots' own 34-yard line; Cassel then threw a deep pass to Moss, which was caught at the 49ers' 21-yard line and run in for a 66-yard touchdown that tied the game at 7\u20137. A 38-yard Isaac Bruce reception from O'Sullivan on the 49ers' ensuing possession backed the Patriots' defense up to their own 22-yard line, and two plays later, O'Sullivan and Bruce again connected on a pass, this one a touchdown from 6 yards out to give the 49ers a 14\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 5\nAn exchange of punts brought the teams into the second quarter, where on the third play of a Patriots drive Cassel threw his second interception of the day, this one to Nate Clements on the 49ers' 6-yard line on a deep pass intended to Moss. The 49ers went three-and-out, leading to a 13-play, 40-yard Patriots drive where a third down sack of Cassel in the red zone set up a 35-yard Gostkowski field goal that trimmed the 49ers' lead to 14\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 5\nThe 49ers punted again on their next possession, giving the Patriots the ball on their own 20-yard line with just over three minutes remaining in the first half. 11 plays later, the Patriots faced a 2nd and goal from the 49ers' 2-yard line, where a Faulk touchdown run gave the Patriots a 17\u201314 lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 5\nOn the Patriots' opening possession of the second half, Cassel was sacked to begin the drive, and then again was sacked nine plays later on third down to force the Patriots to punt. Two plays later, O'Sullivan was intercepted by safety Rodney Harrison to give the Patriots the ball at the 49ers' 24-yard line. The Patriots reached the 49ers' 1-yard line, but were denied the end zone twice by the 49ers, setting up fourth down from the 2-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 5\nFaulk took the direct snap on the play and ran in for his second touchdown of the game, giving the Patriots a 24\u201314 lead. Following a 49ers punt, an 8-play Patriots drive resulted in a 40-yard Gostkowski field goal that extended the Patriots lead to 27\u201314 early in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 5\nStarting from their own 20-yard line, the 49ers began an 11-play drive that ended on a 5-yard touchdown catch by Bruce from O'Sullivan that cut the Patriots' lead to 27\u201321. The Patriots responded with a 10-play series of their own; six plays into the drive, Faulk caught a second-down pass and was originally deemed to be down short of the first down, but the Patriots challenged the play and Faulk was found to have gained the necessary first down yardage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 5\nAn offensive pass interference penalty on Moss set up a 3rd and 20 that the Patriots did not convert; Gostkowski then hit a 49-yard line field goal to extend the Patriots' lead to 30\u201321. A third-down sack of O'Sullivan led to a fourth-down interception by O'Neal that gave the Patriots the ball with 2:45 remaining in the game. The 49ers used all of their timeouts during the Patriots' next possession, and after a Patriots punt, the 49ers failed to convert on fourth down to give the Patriots the ball to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 6\nFacing their second West Coast game in as many weeks, the Patriots elected to practice at San Jos\u00e9 State University and to stay in Santa Clara, California in advance of flying to San Diego to face the Chargers in a Sunday night game at Qualcomm Stadium. On the first play of the game, Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers completed a 48-yard pass to wide receiver Vincent Jackson that brought the Chargers to the Patriots' 32-yard line. Three incomplete passes by Rivers from the Patriots' 7-yard line set up a 25-yard Nate Kaeding field goal that gave the Chargers a 3\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 6\nOn their first possession, the Patriots reached the Chargers' 31-yard line, where Gostkowski missed a 48-yard field goal, his first such miss of the season. Four plays later, Rivers hit wide receiver Malcom Floyd on a 49-yard touchdown catch that extended the Chargers' lead to 10\u20130. The Patriots punted on their ensuing possession; the Chargers' Darren Sproles returned the punt 28 yards to start the Chargers' next drive from the Patriots' 45-yard line. A failed third-down conversion by the Chargers set up a missed 44-yard field goal attempt by Kaeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 6\nAn exchange of punts early in the second quarter gave the Patriots starting field position at the Chargers' 43-yard line; seven plays later, Gostkowski hit a 47-yard field goal to cut the Chargers' lead to 10\u20133. After a Chargers punt set up the Patriots' next drive to begin from their own 6-yard line, the Patriots went three-and-out and a Jerod Mayo facemask penalty on the resulting punt gave the Chargers the ball at the Patriots' 31-yard line. Four plays later, Rivers extended the Chargers' lead to 17\u20133 on a 4-yard pass to Jackson. The Patriots began their next drive with a Marques Harris strip-sack of Cassel that was recovered by offensive tackle Mark LeVoir; the Patriots then ran out the clock to end the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 6\nStarting from their own 22-yard line to begin the second half, the Patriots drove to the Chargers' 1-yard line on eight-straight Cassel passes or scrambles, the last of which was a 28-yard catch by Morris. However, the Chargers denied the Patriots the final yard needed for the touchdown on three straight downs, and on fourth down from the 1-yard line, Cassel was sacked to turn the ball over on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 6\nA 59-yard reception by Jackson on the second play of the Chargers' next drive as well as a 32-yard defensive pass interference penalty on Hobbs brought the Chargers to the Patriots' 1-yard line, where tight end Antonio Gates caught a 1-yard pass from Rivers that extended the Chargers' lead to 24\u20133. On the next play from scrimmage, Cassel was intercepted by cornerback Quentin Jammer, giving the Chargers the ball on the Patriots' 26-yard line; Kaeding would later hit a 35-yard field goal to give the Chargers a 27\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0026-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 6\nA three-and-out by the Patriots on their next possession led to a 13-play, 77-yard Chargers drive that ended with the Patriots not allowing the Chargers past the Patriots' 5-yard line on three straight plays. On fourth down, Kaeding completed a 23-yard field goal that made the score 30\u20133 in favor of the Chargers early in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 6\nThe Patriots' next drive spanned six plays and lost two yards total, ending in a 23-yard Hanson punt on 4th-and-25. However, the Chargers gave the ball right back to the Patriots on the first play of their ensuing possession, a fumble by running back Jacob Hester. Starting from the Chargers' 46-yard line, the Patriots drove to the Chargers' 1-yard line on seven plays, four of which were Faulk runs, and then scored on a 1-yard Morris touchdown run that cut the Chargers' lead to 30\u201310 with just over five minutes to play in the game. After a Chargers punt, the Patriots moved the ball into the red zone in the final minutes but no further to end the game and drop the Patriots' record to 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nIn their first home game in nearly a month, the Patriots faced the Broncos, winners of 16 of the last 19 games between the two teams, on Monday Night Football; earlier that day, the Patriots placed Maroney on injured reserve with a shoulder injury after he had missed two of the team's last three games, and activated offensive lineman Stephen Neal from the physically unable to perform list. After winning the coin toss, the Patriots deferred their pick to the start of the second half; the Broncos elected to receive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nOn the opening series, Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler injured his finger on the first play, but led the Broncos into Patriots territory, where running back Andre Hall, who replaced injured starter Michael Pittman two plays prior, fumbled at the Patriots' 30-yard line; Patriots defensive lineman Le Kevin Smith's recovery gave the Patriots the ball at their own 32-yard line to begin their first drive. A 29-yard reception by Watson brought the Patriots into the Broncos' red zone, where the drive ended and a 31-yard Gostkowski field goal gave the Patriots a 3\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nOn the fourth play of the Broncos' ensuing drive, Hall fumbled again; this time, a scramble for the ball pushed it 25 yards in the Patriots' favor to the Broncos' 37-yard line, where Mayo recovered it. A Broncos unnecessary roughness penalty on the play gave the ball to the Patriots at the Broncos' 22-yard line, but after failing to make a first down, a 40-yard Gostkowski field goal extended the Patriots' lead to 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nAn exchange of three punts brought the game into the second quarter, where Morris ran for 34 yards on the second play of a Patriots drive to put them in the Broncos' red zone yet again. Four plays later, on 4th-and-1 from the Broncos' 4-yard line, Morris ran for a 4-yard touchdown that gave the Patriots a 13\u20130 lead. The Broncos' next drive ended with Meriweather intercepting a deep throw by Cutler, setting up the Patriots' next series at their own 16-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nAfter a sack of Cassel put the Patriots even deeper into their own territory, a facemask penalty on Cassel on third down by Broncos linebacker Jamie Winborn gave the Patriots a new set of downs. Five plays later, on another 4th-and-1, Morris ran for 29 yards to give the Patriots a first down from the Broncos' 13-yard line; he ran for a total of 138 yards on 16 carries. On the next play, Moss caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Cassel to extend the Patriots' lead to 20\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nThe Broncos' next drive began with backup Patrick Ramsey replacing Cutler at quarterback. On the fourth play, defensive lineman Mike Wright sacked Ramsey and forced a fumble, which undrafted free agent linebacker Gary Guyton caught to give the Patriots the ball at midfield. Cassel suffered his fifth sack on the next play, the final of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nThe Patriots chose to receive the ball to open the second half. Another undrafted rookie, running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis, elevated from the Patriots' practice squad before the Chargers game, replaced Morris, who left the game with a knee injury. A Patriots punt was followed by a Broncos three-and-out; Welker returned the punt 44 yards to give the Patriots the ball at the Broncos' 28-yard line. After two Green-Ellis carries gained one yard, Cassel used a screen play to throw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Moss to extend the Patriots' lead to 27\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nThree completed passes and an unnecessary roughness penalty on Patriots defensive lineman Vince Wilfork moved the Broncos' next drive into Patriots' territory before the Broncos turned the ball over for the fifth and final time, with safety James Sanders intercepting a Cutler pass; a second unnecessary roughness call, originally on Wilfork but later changed to be on Sanders, gave the Patriots the ball at their own 20-yard line to begin the ensuing drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0030-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nThree plays after a 27-yard Welker catch put the Patriots in Broncos territory, Broncos safety Calvin Lowry appeared to have intercepted an errant Cassel throw at the Broncos' 1-yard line, but, when the Patriots challenged, the pass was deemed incomplete, as the ball touched the ground before Lowry had possession. Two plays later, Welker caught his first touchdown pass of the season, this one from 6 yards out, to give the Patriots a 34\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nFour plays later, former Patriots tight end Daniel Graham caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Cutler to cut the Patriots' lead to 34\u20137. The Patriots' next drive got as far as the Broncos' 33-yard line but eventually ended in a punt. The Broncos, facing 3rd-and-21 on their next drive, had a 21-yard completion by Cutler pushed back by a Broncos holding penalty; Richard Seymour sacked Cutler on the next play, forcing the Broncos to punt on 4th-and-23 with 6:35 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nOn the ensuing Patriots drive, two 10-yard runs by Green-Ellis and 16- and 15-yard runs by Faulk put the Patriots in the red zone, where Green-Ellis earned his first NFL touchdown, running in untouched from the 1-yard line, to score the final points of the game. Another Broncos punt gave the Patriots the ball to end the game with a 41\u20137 victory that took the Patriots' record to 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nThe Patriots accumulated 257 rushing yards, their largest total since the 1985 season. Cassel, who completed 18 of 24 passes for 185 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions, finished with a passer rating of 136.3, one of the ten highest single-game ratings in Patriots history, and was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 7\nOn the final play of the third quarter, as the Broncos were driving into Patriots territory, Harrison was injured while attempting to tackle Cutler. Harrison, whose 2005 and 2006 seasons were cut short by knee injuries that caused ligament damage, suffered a torn quadriceps muscle in his right leg. Harrison was carted off the field and placed on injured reserve two days later. Safety Antwain Spann was then activated from the practice squad. The Broncos also lost players to injury: Ramsey and linebacker Boss Bailey were also placed on injured reserve, while cornerback Champ Bailey was sidelined for several weeks by a torn groin muscle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 8\nThe Patriots faced the Rams in Foxborough for the first time since the 2001 regular season, and for only the second time overall since the teams' matchup in Super Bowl XXXVI. On the opening possession, a 35-yard reception by Rams wide receiver Donnie Avery from quarterback Marc Bulger put the Rams in the Patriots' red zone, but the Rams eventually settled for a 20-yard Josh Brown field goal to take a 3\u20130 lead. The Patriots followed the Rams' 12-play drive with a 13-play drive of their own, ending in a 2-yard Green-Ellis touchdown run that put the Patriots ahead 7\u20133. On the fifth play of the Rams' ensuing possession, Bulger and Avery again connected on a pass; this one went for 69 yards and a touchdown to reestablish a Rams lead at 10\u20137 early in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 831]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 8\nThe first punt of the game came on the Patriots' next drive and set the Rams up to begin their next series from their own 20-yard line. Wide receiver Keenan Burton then caught a 27-yard pass from Bulger, and Pittman ran for 30 yards on two runs to help the Rams reach as far as the Patriots' 23-yard line on a first down. A subsequent holding penalty on Rams guard Jacob Bell, plus two sacks on Bulger by the Patriots' Thomas and Seymour pushed the Rams back to the Patriots' 40-yard line, where they punted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 8\nThe Patriots next drive saw Faulk replace Green-Ellis at running back as part of a predominantly shotgun offense; an 18-yard Faulk reception put the Patriots in the Rams' red zone, but the 12-play drive ended on a 30-yard Gostkowski field goal to tie the game at 10. Another sack of Bulger by Thomas, again for a loss of 13 yards, on the Rams' ensuing possession helped force the Rams to punt and to do so from their own 3-yard line. This gave the Patriots the ball at the Rams' 46-yard line with 19 seconds remaining in the half, where a 30-yard reception by Moss set up a 27-yard Gostkowski field goal to give the Patriots a 13\u201310 lead at the end of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 8\nThe Rams went three-and-out to begin the second half, setting up the Patriots to begin their next drive from their own 10-yard line. Five plays in, a Cassel pass to Moss was tipped and intercepted by Rams safety Oshiomogho Atogwe and returned to the Patriots' 43-yard line. Six plays later, the Rams tied the game at 13 on a 44-yard Brown field goal. The Patriots' next drive reached the Rams' 44-yard line, but Cassel again was intercepted, this time by cornerback Fakhir Brown after Wes Welker tripped and fell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 8\nWhen the Rams went three-and-out, the Patriots' next drive advanced to the Rams' 36-yard line, where Green-Ellis was denied the yard necessary for the first down on two straight plays to give the Rams the ball back on downs. A 44-yard Avery reception began the Rams' next possession, which ended seven plays later on a 25-yard Brown field goal that gave the Rams a 16\u201313 lead early in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 8\nAn exchange of punts gave the Patriots the ball at their own 48-yard line to begin a drive that concluded with a 41-yard Gostkowski field goal to again tie the game, this time at 16. A Ty Warren sack of Bulger began the Rams' next drive, a three-and-out to give the Patriots the ball at their own 47-yard line after a punt. Cassel was sacked as well to begin the Patriots' next drive, but he hit Moss on a 23-yard completion on the very next play to put the Patriots in Rams' territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 8\nFive plays later, Faulk was on the receiving end of a 15-yard touchdown pass by Cassel that put the Patriots ahead 23\u201316 with just over three minutes remaining in the game. The Rams managed to reach the Patriots' 38-yard line on the ensuing possession, but an O'Neal interception returned for 47 yards gave the Patriots the ball back and set up three Cassel kneeldowns. The Rams were then unable to score on the only play of their final series to seal a 23\u201316 Patriots win, one that brought the 5\u20132 Patriots into a tie with the Bills atop the AFC East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 8\nFor the first time in franchise history, the Patriots finished a game with zero assessed penalties; tackle Matt Light was called for holding in the fourth quarter, but the penalty was declined. It was also the first penalty-free performance by any NFL team in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 9\nThe Patriots traveled to Indianapolis for a Sunday night game with the Colts in Lucas Oil Stadium. Both teams went three-and-out to start the game, setting up a Colts possession that began from their own 9-yard line. The Colts then went 91 yards on a 15-play drive that lasted over nine minutes, included six first downs, and culminated in a 12-yard Anthony Gonzalez touchdown pass from Peyton Manning to give the Colts a 7\u20130 lead. The Patriots responded with a 13-play, 56-yard drive of their own that brought the game into the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 9\nPart way through the drive, the Patriots employed the same \"Wildcat\" formation concept used against them earlier in the season against the Dolphins, using Faulk as the back receiving the direct snap on a run for five yards. The Patriots reached as far as the Colts 11-yard line but could not advance any further; a 29-yard Gostkowski field goal cut the Colts' lead to 7\u20133. After a Colts punt, the Patriots began their second drive of the game and were able to move the ball 61 yards on 13 plays to as far as the Colts' 17-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 9\nThe possession saw another use of the \"Wildcat\" formation; this time Faulk threw to Welker off the direct snap, but Welker then was tackled for a two-yard loss. Two plays later, Gostkowski hit a 35-yard field goal to trim the Colts' lead to 7\u20136. The Colts began their next drive from their own 18-yard line with one timeout and 1:22 remaining in the first half. A 26-yard Marvin Harrison reception put the Colts in Patriots territory, but Harrison was injured on the tackle and was unable to step out of bounds to stop the clock. Manning spiked the ball at the Patriots' 26-yard line with one second remaining, but was called for a false start; by rule, the penalty incurred a ten-second clock run-off to end the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 9\nThe Patriots' opening drive of the second half spanned 72 yards and nearly eight minutes but also ended with the Patriots having one timeout to use thereafter. On a Faulk run for no gain part way through the drive, the Patriots challenged that the Colts had too many players on the field, contending a Colts player substituting out of the game was unable to get off the field in time. The challenged failed, costing the Patriots their first timeout of the second half. Seven plays later, the Patriots used their second timeout of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 9\nA 6-yard Green-Ellis touchdown run put the Patriots ahead 12\u20137, but a two-point conversion attempt on a Faulk run kept the Patriots' lead to five points. A 39-yard Pierre Gar\u00e7on return on the ensuing kickoff set up the Colts' next drive to begin from their own 43-yard line; nine plays later, Gonzalez's second touchdown reception of the night, this one from 9 yards out, put the Colts ahead 13\u201312. The Colts also went for the two-point conversion, and were successful, with a Reggie Wayne catch extending the Colts' lead to 15\u201312. The Patriots responded with a 15-play, 69-yard drive that brought the game into the fourth quarter, but one which included a dropped would-be touchdown catch by Gaffney on the penultimate play of the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 803]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 9\nOn a 3rd-and-11 from the Colts' 17-yard line, Cassel completed a pass to Welker for 10 yards; the Patriots initially brought Cassel and the offense back out onto the field for a fourth down conversion try, but Belichick decided against it and called the Patriots' final timeout of the game. A 25-yard Gostkowski field goal then tied the game at 15. Four plays into the Colts' next possession, a third down Gonzalez catch went for 24 yards and put the Colts in Patriots territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0042-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 9\nThe Colts were unable to make a first down and called upon former Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri for a 52-yard field goal. The kick was good, and it put the Colts ahead 18\u201315 with just over eight minutes to play in the game. The Patriots next drive reached Colts territory on a 16-yard David Thomas catch. Two plays later, on a 2nd-and-2 from the Colts' 32-yard line, the tight end committed an unnecessary roughness penalty after a Green-Ellis run to set up a 3rd-and-16 from the Colts' 46-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0042-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 9\nFaulk gained one yard on a pass from Cassel, setting up a 4th-and-15 where Cassel threw an interception to Colts safety Bob Sanders. A 14-yard Harrison catch on the Colts' next possession gave them a fresh set of downs, and the Patriots, without any timeouts, did not receive the ball again until after a Colts punt with just over 21 seconds left in the game. After two incomplete passes, Cassel completed a pass to Moss, who proceeded to fumble on a lateral attempt. The fumble was recovered by Colts cornerback Tim Jennings to end the game and bring the Patriots' record to 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 10\nIn the first of three straight games against divisional opponents, the Patriots stayed at home to face the Bills, who were looking to avoid ending their own three-game divisional swing without a win. The Bills' opening drive went three-and-out, with a Seymour sack of Bills quarterback Trent Edwards setting up the punt. After a 21-yard Cassel pass put the Patriots in the Bills' red zone, a 13-yard Cassel touchdown scramble gave the Patriots a 7\u20130 lead. Following an exchange of punts, an errant Edwards throw was intercepted by Hobbs to begin the Patriots' next drive from the Bills' 34-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 10\nSeven plays later, a 32-yard Gostkowski field goal extended the Patriots' lead to 10\u20130 early in the second quarter. Gostkowski's ensuing kickoff went out of bounds; the resulting illegal procedure penalty meant the Bills got the ball at their own 40-yard line. The Bills' drive reached as far as the Patriots' 4-yard line on 2nd-and-goal, but the Patriots' defense did not allow Bills running back Marshawn Lynch any positive yardage on two straight runs. A 25-yard Rian Lindell field goal then cut the Patriots' lead to 10\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0043-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 10\nThe Patriots' ensuing drive began with a 27-yard Welker reception but could not advance pass the Bills' 31-yard line; a 49-yard Gostkowski field goal attempt was no good. A Bills punt on their next drive gave the Patriots the ball at their own 3-yard line, where the Patriots ran out the clock to end the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 10\nOn the third play of the second half, Welker's six catch of the game made him the first player in NFL history to record six catches in the first nine games of a season. The ensuing 13-play drive culminated with a 37-yard Gostkowski field goal that gave the Patriots a 13\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 10\nAn exchange of punts gave the Bills the ball at their own 19-yard line to begin their next drive, which advanced to the Bills' 45-yard line before Edwards' second interception of the day, this one to O'Neal, gave the Patriots the ball back at their own 41-yard line for the final play of the fourth quarter. Five plays later, Cassel was sacked for the only time in the game at the Bills' 44-yard line by defensive lineman Marcus Stroud and safety George Wilson; Stroud forced a fumble in the process and Wilson recovered it at the spot of the sack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0044-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 10\nThe Bills' next drive ended in a Brian Moorman punt that the Patriots the ball at their own 8-yard line with just over 11 minutes remaining in the game. The Patriots then embarked on a 19-play, 92-yard drive that tied a franchise record set in 2002 for number of plays in a single drive; it was also the Patriots' NFL-leading 22nd drive of ten or more plays. It ended with a 1-yard Green-Ellis touchdown run that extended the Patriots' lead to 20\u20133 with 1:57 remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0044-0003", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 10\nThe Bills responded on the ensuing kickoff with an 85-yard return by Leodis McKelvin, setting up a 14-yard touchdown catch by fellow rookie James Hardy on the next play to cut the Patriots' lead to 20\u201310. The Bills then attempted an onside kick, which appeared to be recovered by the Bills but was then ruled to be dead at the spot as it had been touched by a Bills player before traveling the necessary 10 yards. Three kneeldowns by the Patriots gave them a 20\u201310 win to better their record to 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nLooking for a split in their season series with the Patriots and a lead in the AFC East, the Jets traveled to Foxboro to face the Patriots on a Thursday night. The Jets' Leon Washington returned the opening kickoff 30 yards to start the Jets' first drive from their own 38-yard line. Four plays in, an incompletion from Jets quarterback Brett Favre to Coles appeared to set up a fourth down, but the Jets challenged the play and won; the catch gave the Jets a first down from the Patriots' 37-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nShortly after a 20-yard Dustin Keller catch extended the Jets' drive on third down again, a 7-yard Washington touchdown run gave the Jets a 7\u20130 lead. The Patriots responded by moving into Jets' territory on their first drive, but were later forced to settle for a 42-yard Gostkowski field goal that cut the Jets' lead to 7\u20133. Washington returned the ensuing kickoff 37 yards to give the Jets the ball at their own 36-yard line for the beginning of their next possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0045-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nAnother Keller catch on third down put the Jets into Patriots territory; a Pierre Woods unnecessary roughness penalty moved the Patriots defense back further, eventually to their own 5-yard line on a Jets first down. However, the Jets managed to move the ball only one more yard, leading to a 22-yard Feely field goal that extended the Jets' lead to 10\u20133 at the end of the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nThe Patriots' second drive of the game went for 59 yards on 12 plays, but a Morris run for no gain and two incompletions from the Jets' 13-yard line set up a 31-yard Gostkowski field to trim the Jets' lead to 10\u20136. Taking the ensuing kickoff from the Jets' 8-yard line, Washington went 92 yards for the touchdown, opening the Jets' lead to 17\u20136. The Patriots punted on their next possession, giving the Jets the ball at their own 13-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nFavre began the drive with an 18-yard pass to wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery, and then two plays later, a 46-yard Cotchery catch put the Jets on the Patriots' 16-yard line; Favre hit Cotchery yet again two plays later, this time for a 15-yard touchdown reception that gave the Jets a 24\u20136 lead. On the Patriots' next possession, a 43-yard Sam Aiken catch on a screen pass put the Patriots in Jets territory; a 9-yard Cassel scramble set up 3rd-and-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0046-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nA Heath Evans run was stopped for a loss of two yards, and Cassel was sacked by C. J. Mosley on fourth down to turn the ball over on downs for the Patriots at the Jets' 30-yard line. The Jets then went three-and-out for the first time in the game, giving the Patriots, with one timeout remaining, the ball at their own 32-yard line with 1:44 remaining in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0046-0003", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nThe Patriots did not call their final timeout until multiple completed Cassel passes, a 19-yard scramble, and a successful quarterback sneak to convert on fourth down gave the Patriots the ball at the Jets' 19-yard line with 31 seconds left in the first half. After two incomplete passes, Cassel threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Gaffney to cut the Jets' lead to 24\u201313 heading into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nHaving the ball to start the second half, the Patriots moved to the Jets' 34-yard line on four plays, but on a subsequent 12-yard Watson reception, the tight end fumbled as he was being tackled by linebacker Eric Barton; the loose ball was recovered by safety Kerry Rhodes and returned 11 yards to the Jets' 33-yard line. However, two sacks of Favre by Wilfork and Seymour, both for losses of nine yards, forced the Jets into their second three-and-out series of the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nCassel was sacked on the next play, but four plays later, the Patriots had a first down from the Jets' 38-yard line. Patriots center Dan Koppen, who had left the game with an injury in the second quarter but later returned, snapped the ball while Cassel was making adjustments at the line and was not ready to receive the snap. Cassel chased the Koppen fumble and recovered it at the Patriots' 38-yard line for a loss of 24 yards. The Patriots, later facing 4th-and-21, punted to give the Jets the ball at their own 16-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0047-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nA Jets punt was followed by an exchange of three-and-outs, eventually setting up a Patriots drive to begin from their own 22-yard line. A 29-yard Welker reception put the Patriots in Jets territory; five plays later, Watson caught a 10-yard touchdown pass, his first of the year, cutting the Jets' lead to 24\u201319. On the final snap of the third quarter, the Patriots attempted a two-point conversion and succeeded; the Gaffney catch put the Patriots to within a field goal, trailing 24\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nFive plays into the Jets' next drive, Patriots cornerback Jason Webster forced Cotchery to fumble a 9-yard reception; Guyton recovered the fumble at the Patriots' 40-yard line. The Patriots next possession featured an entirely shotgun, no-huddle offense, with a 17-yard Cassel scramble moving the Patriots back into Jets territory. Four plays later, a 47-yard Gostkowski field goal tied the game. Starting from their own 33-yard line after the Patriots directed the kickoff to linebacker David Bowens instead of to Washington, the Jets began what would be a 14-play drive with just over 10 minutes left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nThe Jets then moved the ball to the Patriots' 7-yard line to set up a 3rd-and-7 with 3:38 left in the game. Favre's pass intended to Cotchery fell incomplete, but Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel was called for a defensive holding penalty, giving the Jets an automatic first down from the Patriots' 3-yard line. The Jets failed to score on two straight runs, while the Patriots used two timeouts to stop the clock after each play. On the third rushing attempt, Thomas Jones scored from a yard out to give the Jets a 31\u201324 lead with 3:10 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0048-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nCassel was sacked on second down of the Patriots' next drive, forcing them to punt on three-and-out but not having to use their timeout until the Jets' next possession, when they used it in conjunction with the two-minute warning to get the ball back with 1:04 left in the game after a Jets punt. Starting from their own 38-yard line, the Patriots moved to the Jets' 42-yard line on two Cassel completions; a spike stopped the clock at :36. A 17-yard Welker catch and another spike then put the Patriots at the Jets' 25-yard line with :23 left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0048-0003", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nA Koppen false start moved the Patriots back 5 yards, but a 14-yard Welker catch and another spike put the Patriots on the Jets' 16-yard line with 8 seconds to go. On the ensuing play, Moss was covered by former Patriots cornerback Ty Law, who returned to the Jets for a second stint with the team just days earlier after sitting out the first 10 weeks of the season. As Cassel eluded a pass rusher and moved into the flat, Moss looked for the pass from the near corner of the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0048-0004", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nCassel threw to Moss, who caught the pass just beyond the near pylon and fell out of bounds, giving the Patriots a 16-yard touchdown with 1 second remaining in the game. A booth review was called but determined Moss did indeed have possession and the necessary footing before he fell out of bounds, upholding the touchdown call and sending the game into overtime after the extra point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nEven though the Patriots had won their last eight overtime games, they began the sudden death period on defense as the Jets won the overtime coin toss. On the first play of the Jets' possession, Favre was sacked for a loss of five yards; an incomplete pass set up a 3rd-and-15 from the Jets' 15-yard line. However, Favre found Keller for a 16-yard catch and the first down; and then did so again two plays later, this one for 12 yards to move the Jets to their own 47-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nThree plays later, on a 3rd-and-1 from the Patriots' 44-yard line, Keller caught his third first down catch of the drive. This was followed by a 16-yard Coles catch two plays later, giving the Jets a first down from the Patriots' 24-yard line. On 4th-and-2 from the Patriots' 16-yard line, Feely hit a 34-yard field goal to give the Jets a 34\u201331 overtime win, dropping the Patriots to second in the division with a 6\u20134 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 11\nThe Patriots' total of 511 net yards in the game was the fourth-best in franchise history, and the highest since 1979. Cassel's 62 rushing yards were the most by a Patriots quarterback since Steve Grogan had 68 yards in 1978. Moreover, Cassel's 400 passing yards and 62 rushing yards made him the first player since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 to have at least 400 passing and 60 rushing yards in a single game, and the first Patriots quarterback to throw for 300 yards and rush for 50 in the same game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 12\nLooking to avoid back-to-back divisional losses, the Patriots traveled to Miami to face the 6\u20134 Dolphins at Dolphin Stadium. After Carpenter's kickoff was returned from the 29-yard line by Matthew Slater, the Patriots began their first possession at their own 40-yard line. Cassel's first two passes were both completed for first downs, putting the Patriots in Dolphins territory and eventually their red zone. However, a holding penalty on Neal pushed the Patriots back 10 yards, forcing a 30-yard Gostkowski field goal four plays later that gave the Patriots a 3\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 12\nFollowing a Dolphins three-and-out, the Patriots' second drive ended when a Cassel pass to Moss was bobbled by both Moss and cornerback Jason Allen to keep the ball in the air until Renaldo Hill intercepted it; a 17-yard return gave the Dolphins the ball at the Patriots' 42-yard line. On the next play, a 29-yard David Martin reception moved the Dolphins into the Patriots' red zone, where the Dolphins used their \"Wildcat\" formation on the next two plays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0051-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 12\nA Tedy Bruschi unnecessary roughness penalty on the second Ronnie Brown run set up a first-and-goal, where Camarillo caught a 3-yard pass from Pennington for a touchdown, giving the Dolphins a 7\u20133 lead. The Patriots responded with a 12-play, 74-yard drive that ended on the first play of the second quarter, an 8-yard touchdown scramble by Cassel to give the Patriots the lead again, 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 12\nThe Dolphins' next drive went three-and-out despite two more plays using the \"Wildcat\" formation, giving the Patriots the ball at their own 41-yard line. On a 1-yard Morris run from the Dolphins' 28-yard line, linebacker Matt Roth forced a fumble during the tackle; the ball was recovered by Dolphins cornerback Andr\u00e9 Goodman at the Dolphins' 28-yard line. The Dolphins took advantage of the turnover, going 72 yards on 12 plays and re-taking the lead at 14\u201310 on a 7-yard Pennington touchdown scramble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0052-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 12\nCarpenter's ensuing kickoff was returned by Slater from the Patriots' 24-yard line, setting up the Patriots' next drive to begin from their own 37-yard line. Six plays later, Cassel completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to Moss that gave the Patriots the lead again, 17\u201314. After an exchange of three-and-outs, the Dolphins began their final drive of the half with 39 seconds remaining and moved into Patriots territory. However, a false start on wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. followed by a Vrabel sack of Pennington ended the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 12\nDue to their deferral of the opening kickoff, the Dolphins elected to receive the opening kickoff of the second half. A 46-yard Pennington pass to Ginn on the first play moved the Dolphins to the Patriots' 36-yard line; six plays later, Pennington hit fullback Casey Cramer on a 2-yard touchdown catch that gave the Dolphins the lead again at 21\u201317. The Patriots responded by going 78 yards on 11 plays, re-taking the lead yet again on the second Moss touchdown catch of the day; the 8-yard grab put the Patriots ahead 24\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0053-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 12\nThe Dolphins' next drive got as far as the Patriots' 27-yard line, but an offensive holding penalty, incomplete pass, and sack forced the Dolphins to punt from the Patriots' 42-yard line. Two plays later, Cassel completed a pass to Welker across the middle; the wide receiver ran along the sideline after the catch to pick up 64 yards on the play. After an incomplete pass to Moss, a 21-yard Faulk touchdown run extended the Patriots' lead to 31\u201321 on the final play of the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 12\nFour plays into the Dolphins' ensuing drive, on 3rd-and-3, Pennington hit wide receiver Davone Bess for a 36-yard gain to put the Dolphins in the Patriots' red zone. On the next play, a diving Ricky Williams 13-yard touchdown catch cut the Patriots' lead to 31\u201328. Facing a 3rd-and-10 from their own 42-yard line during their next drive, the Patriots moved into Dolphins territory on a 23-yard Gaffney catch. Two plays later, Cassel and Moss connected for their third touchdown pass of the day, this one from 29 yards out, to give the Patriots a 38\u201328 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0054-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 12\nOn the next play, Meriweather intercepted a Pennington pass and returned it 19 yards to the Dolphins' 18-yard line. However, safety Yeremiah Bell sacked Cassel on 3rd-and-2 to set up a 30-yard Gostkowski field goal that extended the Patriots lead to 41\u201328 with just over seven minutes remaining in the game. Starting from their own 1-yard after a Ginn kick return for a loss and a holding penalty, the Dolphins moved the ball as far as their 44-yard line on 10 plays, but could not successfully convert on fourth down to turn the ball back over to the Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0054-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 12\nThe Patriots, with just four minutes remaining in the game, exclusively ran Green-Ellis running plays on their ensuing possession, moving into the Dolphins' red zone on back-to-back unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties by Porter. On the six play of the drive, a fourth down, Green-Ellis ran for a 1-yard touchdown to give the Patriots a 48\u201328 lead. Down by 20 points, the Dolphins ran one play in the remaining 37 seconds to end the game and improve the Patriots' record to 7\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 12\nThe Patriots' 530 net yards of offense were the second highest output in team history, behind the Patriots' 597 yards in 1979. Cassel's 415 passing yards made him the second quarterback in Patriots history to throw for at least 400 yards in two or more games; Drew Bledsoe had four 400+ yard passing games in his Patriots career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nAfter their road win in Miami, the Patriots returned home to face the Steelers, who the Patriots had not lost to since 2004. On the opening kickoff, Patriots linebacker Vince Redd forced a fumble of Carey Davis at the Steelers' 20-yard line that Davis eventually recovered; an unnecessary roughness penalty by the Steelers' Keyaron Fox meant the Steelers would begin their first drive from their own 10-yard line. Four plays in, Vrabel intercepted Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and returned it 5 yards to give the Patriots the ball at the Steelers' 14-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nAfter a Welker reception moved the ball to the Steelers' 2-yard line, Morris ran in for a 2-yard touchdown to give the Patriots a 7\u20130 lead. The Steelers' ensuing possession went three-and-out, but a holding penalty by Aiken on the punt moved the Patriots back to the Steelers' 20-yard line. A 27-yard Moss catch on the next play would help the Patriots reach midfield, but a third-down sack of Cassel set up a Patriots punt, which was returned by the Steelers' Santonio Holmes for 29 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0056-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nFollowing a 21-yard reception by tight end Heath Miller to begin the drive, the Steelers moved further into Patriots territory on two Nate Washington catches of 15 and 16 yards, both on third down. The Steelers then failed to score from the Patriots' 2-yard line on third down, setting up a 20-yard Jeff Reed field goal to cut the Patriots' lead to 7\u20133. Three plays into the Patriots' next drive, Moss dropped a pass after he beat his defender inside the Steelers' 35-yard line, eventually setting up another Patriots punt on the final play of the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nAn exchange of three three-and-outs began the second quarter, leading to Patriots drive that began from their own 40-yard line. A fourth down conversion put the Patriots in the Steelers' red zone, but the Patriots were unable to reach the end zone and settled for a 29-yard Gostkowski field goal that extended their lead to 10\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0057-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nFollowing a 31-yard Gary Russell kick return that gave the Steelers the ball at their own 37-yard line, the Steelers moved 63 yards on 9 plays, capping their drive with a 19-yard Holmes touchdown catch to tie the game at 10 with just under two minutes left in the half. Two plays later, the Patriots found themselves in Steelers' territory again following a 41-yard Faulk run; 35 seconds remained in the first half by the time the Patriots reached the Steelers' 9-yard line on a first down. The Patriots' next three plays would be Cassel pass attempts to Moss; the second of which was dropped by a leaping Moss in the back of the end zone. On fourth down, Gostkowski's 27-yard field goal attempt was no good to keep the game tied at 10 going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nFollowing a 23-yard defensive pass interference penalty on Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor to begin the second half, the Patriots moved into Steelers' territory, but another sack of Cassel forced a Patriots punt. Starting from their own 14-yard line, the Steelers responded by embarking on a 14-play, 79-drive that reached the Patriots' 7-yard line on a second down but no further; a 25-yard Reed field goal gave the Steelers their first lead of the game, 13\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0058-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nWith Hobbs, the usual kick returner, on the sidelines vomiting and suffering from cramps, Slater took the ensuing kickoff; the rookie muffed the catch and the fumble was recovered by Fox at the Patriots' 8-yard line. Two plays later, Roethlisberger hit wide receiver Hines Ward for an 11-yard touchdown reception to extend the Steelers' lead to 20\u201310. Faulk stepped in as kick returner for the next kickoff, which he returned to the Patriots' 29-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0058-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nHowever, on the next play, Cassel was strip-sacked by Steelers linebacker James Harrison; the fumble was recovered by linebacker LaMarr Woodley at the Patriots' 26-yard line. Despite a 19-yard Miller catch to begin the Steelers' possession, the Patriots forced the Steelers to kick a field goal; Reed's 20-yard kick gave the Steelers a 23\u201310 lead. Hobbs came back to return the next kickoff, which began the Patriots' drive from their own 35-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0058-0003", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nThree plays in, Welker was hit from behind by Steelers safety Ryan Clark after a Cassel pass attempt was tipped; Clark was called for a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty to move the Patriots in Steelers' territory. On 3rd-and-11 from the Steelers' 48-yard line, Cassel was again strip-sacked by Harrison; this time linebacker James Farrior recovered the fumble at the Patriots' 47-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nThe Steelers next drive began on the final play of the third quarter and reached as far as the Patriots' 22-yard line, where Reed missed a 40-yard field goal to give the Patriots the ball back at their own 30-yard line. The Patriots proceeded to move into Steelers' territory, but on 3rd-and-13 from the Steelers' 43-yard line, a Cassel pass intended for Watson was intercepted by safety Troy Polamalu at the Steelers' 11-yard line and returned for 23 yards in the Patriots' fourth turnover of the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0059-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nThree plays later, a 31-yard Willie Parker moved the Steelers to the Patriots' 28-yard line; they would get as far as the Patriots' 22-yard line before Reed kicked a 45-yard field goal to extend the Steelers' lead to 26\u201310. With less than six minutes remaining in the game, the Patriots began their next series from their own 44-yard line after Reed's kick was returned from the Patriots' 30-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0059-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 13\nOn the first play of the drive, Cassel found Gaffney open inside the Steelers' 25-yard line, but the wide receiver dropped the pass; Taylor threw the ball back toward Gaffney after the play, drawing a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that moved the Patriots into Steelers' territory. Seven plays later, on a first down from the Steelers' 14-yard line, Cassel was intercepted by linebacker Lawrence Timmons, who returned it 89 yards before being tackled at the Patriots' 1-yard line by Watson. Two plays later, Russell ran in for a 1-yard touchdown that gave the Steelers a 33\u201310 lead with less than three minutes to go in the game. The Patriots could not score on their next possession, ending the game and dropping the Patriots' record to 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 14\nBeginning a two-game West Coast swing, the Patriots faced the Seahawks in Seattle for the first time since 1993. The Patriots received the opening kickoff but were later forced to punt. Starting from their own 13-yard line, the Seahawks went 87 yards on 13 plays and took the lead on a 14-yard touchdown catch by former Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch from quarterback Seneca Wallace, starting in place of Matt Hasselbeck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0060-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 14\nA 20-yard third down catch by Welker put the Patriots into Seahawks territory on their next drive, which eventually ended in a 50-yard Gostkowski field goal that cut the Seahawks' lead to 7\u20133. Early in the second quarter, the Seahawks moved to the Patriots' 21-yard line on a 25-yard catch by tight end John Carlson; two plays later, Carlson caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Wallace to extend the Seahaks' lead to 14\u20133. Hobbs returned the ensuing kickoff 55 yards to set the Patriots' next drive up to begin from the Seahawks' 43-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0060-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 14\nRunning back LaMont Jordan, playing in his first game for the Patriots since Week 5 due to an injury, fumbled a second down run but recovered his own fumble; a Cassel ran for a first down on the next play to extend the drive. Two plays later, a defensive pass interference penalty on Seahawks cornerback Marcus Trufant on a pass intended for Moss gave the Patriots a first down from the Seahawks' 2-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0060-0003", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 14\nWatson then caught a 2-yard touchdown pass from Cassel to cut the Seahawks' lead to 14\u201310, but his post-touchdown celebration involved using the ball as a prop, prompting a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. The Seahawks began their next drive from their own 40-yard line but were forced to punt, giving the Patriots the ball at their own 10-yard line. The Patriots managed to reach midfield, but a third down sack of Cassel by defensive end Baraka Atkins led to a Patriots punt. The Seahawks then went three-and-out, giving the Patriots the ball to end the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 14\nAfter deferring the opening coin toss, the Seahawks chose to receive the ball to begin the second half. Their resulting drive reached the Patriots 44-yard line but no further, giving the Patriots the ball at their own 18-yard line following the punt. After an exchange of three-and-outs, the Patriots began their next drive a yard better, from their own 19-yard line. A 17-yard Welker reception on third down brought the Patriots to midfield, and a 12-yard Welker catch three plays later again extended the Patriots drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0061-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 14\nHowever, the Patriots could not move past the Seahawks' 25-yard line; a 42-yard Gostkowski field goal cut the Seahawks' lead down to 14\u201313. The ensuing kickoff was fumbled by Josh Wilson after a 26-yard return, but it was recovered by Seahawks linebacker Will Herring at the Seahawks' 38-yard line for no gain. After an offensive holding penalty, Wallace connected with Branch on a sideline pass; Branch proceeded to go 63 yards before being pushed out of bounds at the Patriots' 9-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0061-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 14\nThe catch was challenged by Belichick, who argued Branch's foot was out of bounds as he made the catch, but the ruling was upheld. Two plays later, Branch caught his second touchdown of the day, this one a 4-yard one-handed grab, to give increase the Seahawks' lead to 21\u201313. The Patriots next drive faced a 3rd and 10 after two plays, but on the final play of the third quarter, a 28-yard Gaffney catch put the Patriots in Seahawks territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 14\nAfter another two plays, the Patriots again found themselves in a third down situation; this time Moss caught a 33-yard pass from Cassel to put the Patriots on the Seahawks' 13-yard line. However, the Patriots could not convert another third down, and Gostkowski was called on to kick a 27-yard field goal that cut the Seahawks' lead to 21\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0062-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 14\nThe Patriots defense, playing without Warren, who was inactive for the game, as well as starters Bruschi, James Sanders, and Wilfork, who were all injured in the first half, forced the Seahawks to punt on their next drive, giving the Patriots the ball at their own 29-yard line with less than nine minutes remaining in the game. Three consecutive third down conversions \u2013 an 11-yard Faulk catch, a five-yard Gaffney catch, and a 13-yard Welker catch \u2013 extended the Patriots drive and moved them to the Seahawks' 31-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0062-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 14\nOn first down, a 25-yard Welker screen pass put the Patriots in the Seahawks' red zone, but on third down, Morris was unable to score on a run for the 1-yard line, setting up fourth down. This time, Morris' dive was successful, giving the Patriots a 22\u201321 lead. The Patriots converted their two-point conversion try with a Welker catch, increasing their lead to 24\u201321. However, a 26-yard Wilson kickoff return followed by a 23-yard Wallace scramble put the Seahawks on the Patriots' 43-yard line just before the two-minute warning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0062-0003", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 14\nAfter a Maurice Morris run for a loss of a yard, Wallace was strip-sacked by a blitzing Meriweather on 2nd and 11; Seymour recovered the fumble at the Seahawks' 49-yard line to seal the Patriots win. Their 8\u20135 record brought them into a three-way tie with the Dolphins and Jets for first place in the division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 15\nIn the second game of a West Coast series, the Patriots again practiced at San Jos\u00e9 State University in preparation for their game against the Raiders. On the Raiders' first drive, a 43-yard three-and-out punt was returned 14 yards by Faulk to the Raiders' 40-yard line. The Patriots then moved into the Raiders' red zone with two third-down conversions, both Welker receptions, but the ensuing second down, the Patriots were docked a timeout after losing a challenge that the Raiders had too many players on the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0063-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 15\nOn the next play, Faulk caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Cassel to give the Patriots a 7\u20130 lead. Starting from within their 20-yard line for the second straight possession, the Raiders faced another three-and-out after a third down Vrabel strip-sack of quarterback JaMarcus Russell that was recovered by Raiders tight end Zach Miller. Punter Shane Lechler's next punt traveled 18 yards, giving the Patriots the ball at the Raiders' 35-yard line. Three plays later, Cassel connected with Moss on a 20-yard touchdown pass to extend the Patriots' lead to 14\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0063-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 15\nAfter yet another Raiders three-and-out, Lechler punted 62 yards to the Patriots' 5-yard line, marking the first time in the game the Patriots would run a play from scrimmage in their own territory. This play would be a 14-yard Cassel run; a third-down Faulk catch then extended the drive, and the Patriots moved into Raiders territory on another Cassel scramble coupled with a Raiders holding penalty. Four plays later, a 29-yard Morris touchdown run gave the Patriots a 21\u20130 lead. However, one play after converting their initial first down of the game, the Raiders cut the Patriots' lead to 21\u20137 on a 56-yard touchdown catch by Johnnie Lee Higgins from Russell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 15\nThe Patriots next drive spanned into the second quarter. A 30-yard Welker reception put the Patriots in the Raiders' red zone; two plays later, Cassel hit Welker on a 13-yard touchdown catch to bring the Patriots' lead to 28\u20137. The catch was Welker's 100th of the season, making him the eighth player in NFL history to record back-to-back 100-catch seasons. However, Justin Miller returned the ensuing kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown, cutting the Patriots lead to 28\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0064-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 15\nHobbs responded by returning the very next kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown of his own, increasing the Patriots' advantage to 21 points, 35\u201314. The Raiders could not advance past their own 38-yard line on their next drive and Lechler punted to the Patriots' 20-yard line. The Patriots eventually reached the Raiders' 43-yard line on 3rd-and-2, but Cassel was intercepted by safety Gibril Wilson at the Raiders' 21-yard line; Wilson returned the interception 5 yards. Four plays into their ensuing possession the Raiders reached Patriots territory for the first time in the game on a 23-yard catch by Miller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0064-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 15\nHowever, two plays later, Russell was intercepted by Patriots cornerback Jonathan Wilhite at the Patriots' 1-yard line; a 16-yard return brought the Patriots to their 17-yard line. With just under three minutes left in the half, the Patriots moved into Raiders territory with help from a 23-yard Faulk run and a 19-yard Faulk catch. However, Cassel was sacked on a 1st-and-10 from the Raiders' 13-yard line, and without any timeouts, Cassel was forced to spike the ball with 29 seconds left. On the spike, the Patriots were called for an illegal shift after Gaffney was not set at the snap; a 10-second clock run-off ensued, and the Patriots were unable to get a field goal snap off in time before the end of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 15\nReceiving the kickoff to begin the second half, the Patriots moved into the Raiders' red zone on a 35-yard Morris run. Three plays later, Moss caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Cassel to increase the Patriots' lead to 42\u201314. Raiders running back Darren McFadden responded with a 29-yard rush on the next play, bringing the Raiders to midfield. After two plays for no gain, Russell was strip-sacked on third down by Wright for a loss of 15 yards; Russell recovered his own fumble at the Raiders' 34-yard line to set up a 66-yard Lechler punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0065-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 15\nDespite gaining a first down, the Patriots were forced to punt for the first time in the game following a sack of Cassel on third down. A 43-yard punt and a penalty on Mayo meant the Raiders began their next drive from their own 46-yard line. The Raiders next three plays all went for first downs, including a 24-yard McFadden run to begin the drive. On the fifth play of the drive, Russell connected with wide receiver Ronald Curry on a 10-yard touchdown pass that cut the Patriots' lead to 42\u201320 after Wilfork blocked Sebastian Janikowski's extra point. The Patriots' next drive ended in a three-and-out punt that put the Raiders on their own 12-yard line. A 17-yard McFadden run began the drive, but the Raiders were unable to reach Patriots territory and punted from their own 48-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 15\nEarly in the fourth quarter, the Patriots again punted, ending a drive that began on the final play of the third quarter. The Raiders' ensuing possession went 10 plays and spanned as far as the Patriots' 43-yard line, but a Russell incomplete pass on a fourth down conversion attempt turned the ball over on downs. Three plays later, Jordan, a former Raider, ran 49 yards for his first touchdown of the season, increasing the Patriots lead to 49\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0066-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 15\nContinuing to kick away from Miller, Gostkowski landed his next kickoff at the Raiders' 29-yard line; a 14-yard Michael Bush return gave the Raiders the ball at their own 43-yard line. The Raiders then proceeded to move 57 yards on 11 plays, ending the drive with an 11-yard McFadden touchdown run. Russell could not complete a pass to wide receiver Chaz Schilens on the two-point conversion attempt, keeping the score at 49\u201326 with just under two minutes remaining. The Patriots then ran out the clock to end the game and maintain a three-way tie for first place on the AFC East. The win was Belichick's 100th as head coach of the Patriots, a week after recording his 150th win as a head coach overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 16\nIn their final home game of the regular season, the Patriots faced the Cardinals, who had already clinched the NFC West division title, in snowy and eventually rainy weather. The Patriots deferred the opening coin toss, giving the Cardinals the ball to start the game. Without starting wide receiver Anquan Boldin, who was not active for the game with an injury, the Cardinals went three-and-out; Welker returned the punt 28 yards to the Cardinals' 33-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0067-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 16\nPassing once on a seven-play drive and using backup offensive lineman Russ Hochstein as a fullback, the Patriots took a 7\u20130 lead on a 1-yard Jordan touchdown run. The Cardinals' ensuing possession was again a three-and-out, and a 36-yard punt by Ben Graham, released by the Jets earlier in the season, helped the Patriots start their next drive from their own 45-yard line. Two plays in, a Cassel pass to Morris went for 42 yards, putting the Patriots in the Cardinals' red zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0067-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 16\nJordan would soon score his second touchdown of the game on a 3-yard run that gave the Patriots a 14\u20130 lead. For their third straight possession, the Cardinals would be again forced to punt, facing a 4th-and-16 after a third down sack of quarterback Kurt Warner split by Seymour and Wright. However, the Patriots, despite starting from their own 44-yard line, were then forced to punt on a three-and-out drive. On the next play, which ended the first quarter, Mayo forced a fumble of Cardinals running back Tim Hightower on the Cardinals' 12-yard line that was recovered by former Patriots tight end Stephen Spach at the Cardinals' 4-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 16\nThree plays later, the Cardinals punted to the Patriots, who began their next series from midfield. Two plays in, Cassel connected with Gaffney on a 37-yard completion, and then again to Faulk two plays later for a 15-yard touchdown reception, putting the Patriots ahead 21\u20130. Beginning from their own 19-yard line the Cardinals moved to the Patriots' 31-yard line on nine plays, but could not convert a 4th-and-1 pass on the tenth play, turning the ball over on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0068-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 16\nThe Patriots responded with a 12-play, 69-play drive culminating in an 11-yard Welker touchdown catch that gave the Patriots a 28\u20130 lead; Welker celebrated by making a snow angel in the end zone, costing the Patriots 15 yards on an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. As a result, the Cardinals began their next drive from their own 39-yard line, but punted again after three plays. With 1:24 remaining in the first half, the Patriots then moved from their own 29-yard line to the Cardinals' 20-yard line, but could get no further and on the final play of the half, Gostkowski kicked a 38-yard field goal to give the Patriots a 31\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 16\nWith the ball to begin the second half as the result of their opening coin toss deferral, the Patriots extended their lead to 38\u20130 on the first play, a screen pass to Moss that went for a 76-yard touchdown. The Cardinals again went three-and-out, and a 28-yard reception by Evans put the Patriots in Cardinals territory on one play. Nine plays later, on a 3rd-and-5 from the Cardinals' 5-yard line, Cassel was sacked by linebacker Karlos Dansby, setting up a 35-yard Gostkowski field goal that increased the Patriots' lead to 41\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0069-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 16\nYet another Cardinals three-and-out meant the Patriots began their next drive from the Cardinals' 49-yard line. An 11-play, 44-yard drive followed, and ended in a 24-yard Gostkowski field goal that put the Patriots' lead at 44\u20130. The field goal was Gostkowski's 33rd of the season, breaking Tony Franklin's record of 32 field goals in 1986. On their ensuing possession, the Cardinals converted a first down, but quarterback Matt Leinart, playing in place of Warner, was sacked for a loss of four yards, fumbling; the Cardinals recovered at their own 27-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0069-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 16\nTwo plays later, Leinart was strip-sacked by a blitzing Meriweather for a loss of 12 yards, but this time defensive lineman Jarvis Green recovered the ball for the Patriots at the Cardinals' 15-yard line. The Patriots would be unable to score, forcing Gostkowski to kick a 30-yard field goal on the second play of the fourth quarter, giving the Patriots a 47\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 16\nLeinart completed a 28-yard pass to wide receiver Jerheme Urban on the Cardinals' next drive, but Leinart's next pass attempt to Urban, two plays later, was tipped and intercepted by Hobbs at the Patriots' 37-yard line and returned for a loss of seven yards. With a 47-point lead, O'Connell replaced Cassel for the Patriots' next possession, which went three-and-out. An exchange of punts followed, giving the Cardinals the ball again at their own 29-yard line. Two plays in, Leinart threw a 78-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, putting the Cardinals on the board at 47\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0070-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 16\nWith six minutes left in the game, Jordan and Morris each ran three times for a first down each to bring the game to the two-minute warning; O'Connell then kneeled three times to end the game. The 47 points scored brought the Patriots to four 40-point games on the season, tying the team record set in 2007, and gave the Patriots the only back-to-back 40-point games of any NFL team in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 17\nThe Patriots traveled to Buffalo for their regular season finale, needing a win and help from either the Dolphins or Ravens to make the postseason. With winds gusting over 50\u00a0mph, the Patriots elected to defend a goal after winning the opening coin toss. After receiving the opening kickoff, the Bills, who were without injured starting running back Marshawn Lynch ran six times with Fred Jackson and Xavier Omon before punting; Moorman's punt traveled 13 yards. Starting from their own 49-yard line, the Patriots ran with Morris and Jordan before also punting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0071-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 17\nMcKelvin muffed the punt, which was touched by Slater, who could not secure the ball, just before rolling into the end zone for a touchback. The Bills' next possession was a three-and-out, and this time Moorman's punt went 35 yards to the Patriots' 37-yard line. The game's first pass came two plays later, when Evans caught a pass in the flat and gained 19 yards. Cassel's second pass a few plays later was good again to Evans for 12 yards, but his third, on 3rd-and-4 from the Bills' 15-yard line was incomplete to Welker. Gostkowski then kicked a 33-yard field goal to give the Patriots a 3\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 17\nThe first play of the second quarter saw the first Bills pass attempt of the game, which was complete to wide receiver Lee Evans for 13 yards. The Bills reached the Patriots' 28-yard line before attempting a 47-yard field goal; Lindell's kick started off by moving left before being caught by the wind and falling wide right. The Patriots' ensuing drive went 55 yards on 13 plays, all hand-offs or scrambles, but stalled at the Bills' 8-yard line. Before Gostkowski attempted the 26-yard field goal, officials allowed for the straightening of the goalposts which had been shifted by the winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0072-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 17\nHowever, Gostkowski's kick went wide right, leaving the score at Patriots 3, Bills 0. Beginning from their own 20-yard line with 4:16 remaining in the half, the Bills moved to the Patriots' 12-yard line, where they faced a 3rd-and-5 with 22 seconds to play. After a 3-yard Jackson run, Bills center Duke Preston became involved in a scuffle with Patriots defenders, and the clock ran out before the Bills could clear the field to attempt a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 17\nOn the opening drive of the second half, Cassel was sacked on third down by Kyle Williams to force a Patriots punt. Five plays later, Edwards was strip-sacked by Green at the Bills' 43-yard line, where Vrabel recovered the fumble. The Patriots proceeded to run nine straight times, including a 6-yard Cassel scramble on 4th-and-6 from the Bills' 25-yard line, to reach the Bills' 14-yard line on 4th-and-5. The Patriots opted not to attempt a field goal and instead Cassel completed a 12-yard pass to Welker to extend the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0073-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 17\nOn the next play, Jordan ran in for a 2-yard touchdown that gave the Patriots a 10\u20130 lead. The Bills' next possession went three-and-out, setting the Patriots up to begin from their own 15-yard line. On a 15-play drive that spanned into the fourth quarter, the Patriots moved 80 yards, with help on Moss' first catch of the day, good for 13 yards, and bettered their lead to 13\u20130 on a 23-yard Gostkowski field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0073-0002", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 17\nWith the wind beginning to subside, Edwards completed passes of 14, 18, and 16 yards on the Bills' next series, but he could not complete a 4th-and-1 pass from the Patriots' 39-yard line to turn the ball over on downs. Three plays later, on a 3rd-and-8, Cassel pooch-punted into Bills' territory, but without a punt returner, the ball was allowed to roll to the Bills' 2-yard line, where the 57-yard punt was downed by a group of Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0073-0003", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 17\nDespite this field position, the Bills were able to move to the Patriots' 34-yard line on 14 plays, but turned the ball over on downs on a failed 4th-and-10 conversion. The Patriots punted on third down again on their last drive, giving the Bills the ball for the game's final series, which ended on a Jackson run to the Patriots' 41-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 17\nThe shutout win was the Patriots' first since 2006, while the Patriots' eight passing attempts were the second fewest in franchise history, behind only the three attempts in the Snowplow Game of 1982. This game also cemented an NFL record for the Patriots for the fewest penalties in a 16-game season, with 57, breaking the 2007 Seattle Seahawks' former record of 59 in a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0074-0001", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Week 17\nNew England had done what they needed to do, but unfortunately watched as Miami and Baltimore won their late games and left the Dolphins as the 2008 AFC East champs, the Ravens as a wild card team, and the Patriots missing the playoffs for the first time since 2002 and only time until 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Awards and honors, Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections\nTwo Patriots were elected to the 2009 Pro Bowl. Kicker Stephen Gostkowski was named as a starter, while wide receiver Wes Welker was named as a reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197947-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Patriots season, Awards and honors, Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections\nGostkowski and Welker were also voted to the 2008 All-Pro First Team and Second Team, respectively. Gostkowski received 28 of 50 votes at kicker, while Welker received 6 votes at wide receiver; three other Patriots\u2014guard Logan Mankins, wide receiver Randy Moss, and rookie inside linebacker Jerod Mayo\u2014also received votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197948-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Revolution season\nThe 2008 New England Revolution season was the thirteenth season of the team's existence. The regular season began on March 29, 2008 with a 3-0 win over the Houston Dynamo and ended on November 6 with a 3-0 playoff loss to the Chicago Fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197948-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Revolution season, Background\nAfter losing a third straight MLS Cup final in 2007, the Revs began the 2008 season with high hopes. For the first time in team history, New England participated in four different competitions during the regular season. Their 2007 U.S. Open Cup had qualified them for the preliminary round of the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League, and their top-four finish qualified them for the 2008 North American SuperLiga. The Revs also played matches in the 2008 Open Cup and the 2008 regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197948-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Revolution season, Review\nThe club started the season well, reaching their July league-fixture recess at the top of the overall MLS table. This early-season success continued in the 2008 SuperLiga, which the club won on August 5, 2008 by beating their 2-time MLS Cup rival the Houston Dynamo on penalties. Injuries, fatigue, and fixture congestion eventually caught up with the Revs, however, and the team performed poorly after returning to MLS league play. In an effort to spell his regular starters, coach Steve Nicol started mostly reserves in an Open Cup semifinal against D.C. United. The Revs lost the match, and Nicol was widely criticized for the decision. The Revolution also crashed out of the CONCACAF Champions League, losing to regional minnows Joe Public FC of Trinidad and Tobago 6-1 on aggregate, including an embarrassing 4-0 defeat at Gillette Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 888]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197948-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Revolution season, Review\nMostly on the strength of their hot start, the Revolution managed to make the playoffs. They were unable to advance, however, as they drew 0-0 at home and lost 3-0 away to the Chicago Fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197948-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New England Revolution season, Standings\n(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary on January 8, 2008 was the first primary in the United States in 2008. Its purpose was to determine the number of delegates from New Hampshire that would represent a certain candidate at the National Convention. In a primary, members of a political party\u2014in this case, the Democratic Party\u2014will select the candidates to a subsequent election. Since 1920, New Hampshire has always hosted the first primaries in the entire nation. The Democratic Party's primary occurred on the same day as the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary\nHillary Clinton was the winner of the popular vote in the primary, with Barack Obama trailing in second. Clinton and Obama received an equal number of delegates to the National Convention since the percentages of their votes were close. With this win, Clinton became the first female candidate to ever win a delegate-binding primary of a major political party's presidential nominating contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary\nAfter Obama became the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee on June 3, the New Hampshire Delegation to the 2008 Democratic National Convention unanimously cast its 30 formal votes for him, one of only three states to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Scheduling and process\nNew Hampshire hosts the first primary in the entire nation. A state law that was passed in 1975 required that the date be set at least one week before any other similar contest. The Iowa caucuses are the only delegate-choosing event before the New Hampshire primary, but since Iowa hosts caucuses, not primaries, that is not seen as violating the law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 74], "content_span": [75, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Scheduling and process\nAny registered voter may participate in New Hampshire's primary. Voters must declare a party affiliation so that they could participate in only one primary every year, not both the Democratic and Republican primaries. The voters will elect delegates to the district-level events; a candidate will only receive delegates to the national convention if he or she receives at least 15% of the district voters' votes. 30 delegates will be proportionally sent to the national convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 74], "content_span": [75, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Scheduling and process, Delegate allocation\nAny votes cast for a candidate that did not meet the 15% threshold for votes will be discarded. 14 district delegates will be proportionally allocated to each viable presidential candidate based on the primary's results in each Congressional District. All of the district delegates are considered pledged delegates, which means that they must openly commit to a candidate before the vote and are subject to review by the candidate they represent. Both the First Congressional District and Second Congressional District are allocated 7 district delegates each. These delegates independently represent each Congressional District; they are not affected by the results of the entire state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 95], "content_span": [96, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Scheduling and process, Delegate allocation\nIn addition, there are 8 more pledged delegates that are allocated based on the results of the statewide primary. Five of them would be at-large delegates to the national convention. These at-large delegates are usually selected by district-level delegates. The other 3 pledged delegates will be Party Leaders and Elected Official (PLEO) delegates. PLEO delegates usually consist of members of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic members of Congress, Democratic Governors, and former Democratic Party leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 95], "content_span": [96, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Scheduling and process, Delegate allocation\nWhile the 14 district delegates and 8 statewide delegates are pledged to represent a candidate, 8 more National Convention delegates will be considered unpledged. 7 of them are additional PLEO delegates, which consist of 4 Democratic National Committee members, 2 members of Congress, and 1 Governor. An additional unpledged delegate will be considered the add-on delegate. The add-on delegate is selected by a committee of district-level delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 95], "content_span": [96, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary polling, predictions, and events\nFive days before the New Hampshire primary, candidates competed at caucuses in Iowa. Barack Obama hoped that he would win these primaries the same way he defeated Hillary Clinton at the Iowa caucuses. Since his victory, he had attracted several supporters, which increased his chances at winning this primary. Likewise, Clinton was struggling to overcome setbacks after she came in third place at the caucuses in Iowa. A series of pre-primary polls showed that Obama enjoyed a significant lead. Clinton was coming second, and John Edwards third. Average polling during the period of January 5 to January 7, 2008 by Real Clear Politics indicated Obama's support at 38.3%, Clinton at 30.0%, Edwards at 18.3%, and Richardson at 5.7%. These results indicated an 8.3% lead for Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 875]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary polling, predictions, and events\nOn the other hand, a USA Today/Gallup poll indicated that Barack Obama enjoyed a 13-point lead over Hillary Clinton three weeks after they were tied in the pre-primary polls at New Hampshire. Even back in December 2007, Clinton was leading in the polls with 47%, and Obama had 26%. Clinton's aides responded to this by saying that she has the money to continue a national campaign. Former President Bill Clinton's campaign failed in the first five state primaries and caucuses when he ran in 1992. Despite these circumstances, Bill Clinton not only won the Democratic nomination, but he won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary polling, predictions, and events\nThe USA Today/Gallup poll was held on January 4, 2008. The conductors of this poll surveyed 778 New Hampshire residents who most-likely were going to attend the Democratic primaries. The survey was conducted after news from the Iowa caucuses had been reported. In the following table, the candidates' support on January 4 is compared with the results of the USA Today/Gallup poll from mid-December 2007 in New Hampshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary polling, predictions, and events\nNo other candidate had higher than 3% support in New Hampshire. Each figure has a margin of error of \u00b14%. Obama's 13-point lead was outside that margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary polling, predictions, and events\nA US Census in 2006 reported that the population of New Hampshire was 1,314,895. 356,897 did not declare a party affiliation. These independent voters make up 44 percent of the New Hampshire electorate and could have voted in either the Democratic primary or the Republican Party's primary, but couldn't have voted in both. Democratic voters made up a smaller proportion. 216,005 people have registered as a Democrat. These statistics are important because in 2004, the New Hampshire independents leaned towards the Democratic side in favor of then-candidate John Kerry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary polling, predictions, and events\nSince then, New Hampshire has become more Democratic, replacing their Republican governor and state legislature with a government led by Democratic politicians. However, the people of New Hampshire are divided into several smaller regions, so the entire state as a whole wouldn't have been expected to act in a uniform manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary polling, predictions, and events, New Hampshire campaign office hostage-taking\nOn November 30, 2007, a man identified as 47-year old Leeland Eisenberg, armed with road flares strapped to his chest which he claimed were a bomb, entered a Clinton presidential campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire. He took hostage the five people in it, and asked for Clinton, believing she could assist him in gaining psychiatric help. Two hostages were released early on, a woman and her infant. Other hostages were released sporadically. The standoff ended with Eisenberg's surrender about five hours after the incident began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 142], "content_span": [143, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary polling, predictions, and events, New Hampshire campaign office hostage-taking\nAt the time of the event, Clinton was in the Washington D.C. area, scheduled to speak at a Democratic National Committee meeting in Vienna, Virginia; she canceled her appearances at public events for the remainder of the day. That evening she flew to Rochester in order to meet with and comfort the hostages, praise the law enforcement officials who handled the situation, and vow not to change her campaign style due to the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 142], "content_span": [143, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Results\nHillary Clinton led Barack Obama by 20 points in pre-primary polls in New Hampshire prior to the Iowa caucuses, but had fallen behind Obama by 13 points in the week prior to the New Hampshire primary. However, she rebounded to get more votes than Obama in the New Hampshire primary. She ultimately led the primaries by 3 percent. At her address to New Hampshire after the primary, her supporters called her the \"comeback kid.\" According to exit polls, female voters and elderly voters helped her win this particular race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Results\nIn the Iowa caucuses, Obama received 35 percent of the female vote, while Clinton only received 30 percent. In New Hampshire, however, 45 percent supported Clinton, compared to 36 percent for Obama. Also during the primary, older voters outnumbered younger voters; 67 percent of Democratic voters were over the age of 40, and most of them supported Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Results\nA turnout of nearly 288,000 people was even higher than expected, and was greater than the number of New Hampshire residents who voted for Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Results\nBill Richardson withdrew from the race after placing 4th in both the New Hampshire primary with less than 5 percent of the vote and the Iowa caucuses with less than 2 percent of the vote. He made this decision as he returned to his home state, New Mexico, on January 9, 2008, to meet with his top advisors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Recount\nMost New Hampshire voters cast their votes on Diebold optical-scan systems, which are vulnerable to tampering, leading election-reform activists to immediately begin examining the results from New Hampshire, claiming later to find evidence suggesting fraud. The story initially was reported only online, but was later acknowledged by mainstream news outlets. Most observers have concluded that demographic trends influence both a community's means of counting ballots, and which candidates the community is likely to support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Recount\nOn January 10, 2008, presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich requested and paid for a recount to make sure that all of the votes in the Democratic primary were counted - Republican candidate Albert Howard also requested a recount in the Republican primary. Kucinich noted the difference between pre-primary polls which showed that Obama would win, and Clinton's win in the actual election. In addition, Kucinich cited reports circulating throughout the internet that alleged disparities around the state between hand-counted ballots, which tended to favor Obama, and machine-counted ones, which seemed to favor Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Recount\nHe did not expect the recount to dramatically change his results in the election, but in an interview with Fox News, Kucinich said \"he requested the recount out of concern for the integrity of the process and not out of loyalty to any one candidate.\" State officials, however, strongly believe the results of the primary were very accurate. New Hampshire has not conducted a statewide recount in a presidential primary since the 1980 primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Recount\nThe recount began on January 16, 2008 after New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner received $27,000 from Kucinich. The first ballots to be counted came from Manchester. The campaigns and fair elections groups had the right to see and approve every ballot. Kucinich was able to stop the recount at any time and receive a refund for the balance of the costs of the recount, since a recount in the entire state would require $70,000. In some of the towns and wards, the vote counts were identical.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Recount\nVote count changes were made in places where voters did not follow directions and marked ballots that were impossible for the machines to read. The largest example of vote miscounting was Ward 5 in Manchester, where votes for the top candidates dropped significantly after the recount. Clinton's total went from 683 to 619, Obama's went from 404 to 365, and other candidates saw similar drops. Excluding the results of Ward 5 the error rate was less than 1%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Recount\nThe official explanation for the discrepancies in Ward 5, which resulted in gains of nearly 10% by each of the top candidates, was that a poll worker added the vice presidential and presidential totals before reporting. These differences did not occur in the GOP recount where the votes for all candidates were exactly the same except for Mitt Romney who received 1 extra vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Recount\nDue to insufficient funding, the recount was halted on January 23, 2008. The Deputy Secretary of State, David Scanlan, estimated that the Republican recount cost $57,600 and the Democratic recount, with more votes cast, cost $67,600.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197949-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Recount\nQuin Monson, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at BYU, commented: \"There are people that do not trust the technology. His (Dennis Kucinich's) request for the recount is likely a response to that crowd.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary took place on January 8, 2008, with 12 national delegates being allocated proportionally to the popular vote. Arizona Senator John McCain won 7 of the delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary\nIndependent voters made up 44 percent of the New Hampshire electorate and could choose to vote in either this primary or the Democratic Party's contest held on the same day, but voters could not vote in both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Polling\nIn the days leading up to the primary, John McCain appeared to gain a slight lead over Mitt Romney. Average support from polls were McCain, 31.8%; Romney, 28.2%; Huckabee, 12.2%; Giuliani, 9.3%; Paul, 8.2%; Thompson, 2.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Results\nThe official return was certified by the New Hampshire Secretary of State on 9 January. According to New Hampshire law, delegates are allocated proportionally with a minimum 10% threshold required to receive delegates. The balance of delegates that are not assigned are then allocated to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate had already dropped out of the race prior to primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Recount\nMost New Hampshire voters cast their votes on vulnerable Diebold optical-scan systems, leading election-reform activists to immediately begin examining the results from New Hampshire, claiming later to find evidence suggesting fraud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Recount\nRepublican presidential nominee candidate Albert Howard joined forces with Ron Paul supporters bankrolling a full recount of the Republican primary. The Republican recount began on Wednesday January 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Recount\nThe story initially was reported only online, but was later acknowledged by mainstream news outlets. Most observers have concluded that demographic trends influence both a community's means of counting ballots, and which candidates the community is likely to support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Recount\nOn January 10, 2008, presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich requested and paid for a recount to make sure that all of the votes in the Democratic primary were counted - Republican candidate Albert Howard also requested a recount in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Recount\nThe recount began on January 16, 2008 after New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner received $27,000 from Kucinich. The first ballots to be counted came from Manchester. The campaigns and fair elections groups had the right to see and approve every ballot. In the GOP recount the votes for all candidates were exactly the same except for Mitt Romney who received 1 extra vote. With $55,600, Albert Howard is the first person in U.S. history to receive a statewide New Hampshire Primary Recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Recount\nThe Deputy Secretary of State, David Scanlan, estimated that the Republican recount cost $57,600 and the Democratic recount, with more votes cast, cost $67,600.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197950-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Recount\nAccording to Howard's campaign Web site, some of his primary objectives include banning electronic voting. Quin Monson, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at BYU, commented: \"There are people that do not trust the technology. [ The] request for the recount is likely a response to that crowd.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197951-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire Wildcats football team\nThe 2008 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by 10th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 10\u20133, 6\u20132 in CAA play . They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they lost in the quarterfinals to Northern Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197952-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Hampshire gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 New Hampshire gubernatorial election, took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent governor John Lynch won his third term with a landslide victory over Republican opponent Joseph Kenney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197953-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary took place February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Hillary Clinton won this primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197954-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Jersey Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 New Jersey Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 52 national delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197954-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Jersey Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197955-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Mexico Bowl\nThe 2008 New Mexico Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 20, 2008 at  University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque as part of the 2008-09 NCAA Bowl season. The game, telecast on ESPN, featured the Colorado State Rams from the Mountain West Conference and the Fresno State Bulldogs from the WAC. The two teams were rivals when Colorado State was in the WAC from 1968-98.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197955-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Mexico Bowl\nColorado State scored 20 points in the fourth quarter to defeat Fresno State, 40-35 behind running back Gartrell Johnson's 375 rushing and receiving yards, an NCAA bowl record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197956-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 26 national delegates at stake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197956-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary\nOn February 12, 2008, counting was officially finished and Hillary Clinton was declared the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197956-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary, Process\nAlthough mass media called New Mexico's nominating contest as a caucus, the format was that of a party-run closed primary. Eligible voters included all registered Democrats as of January 4, 2008. Voting occurred between 12 noon and 7 PM Mountain Standard Time. Absentee ballots were available to any voter and were required to be returned by January 28. Delegates were then apportioned based on the results of the primary at the statewide and Congressional district levels, and were formally elected at district and state conventions in April based on the primary results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197957-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Mexico Lobos football team\nThe 2008 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. New Mexico competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW), and played their home games in the University Stadium. The Lobos were led by 11th-year head coach Rocky Long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197957-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Mexico Lobos football team\nThe Lobos upset ten-point favorites Arizona, 36\u201328. Against ninth-ranked BYU, New Mexico had a fourth quarter touchdown overturned due to a controversial penalty call. On fourth down with 21 yards to go, the Lobos then failed to convert for a first down. BYU scored on their next possession to clinch the victory, 21\u20133. New Mexico also played a close game against 10th-ranked Utah, which finished the season undefeated and ranked second in the nation. The Lobos were stopped at the Utes' goal line on fourth down, and eventually lost by a three-point margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197957-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Mexico Lobos football team\nNew Mexico finished the season with a 4\u20138 record (MW: 2\u20136). It was the Lobos' first losing season in conference play since 2000. After the season, Rocky Long resigned as head coach. He was replaced by former Illinois offensive coordinator, Mike Locksley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197958-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Mexico Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 New Mexico Republican presidential primary took place on June 3, 2008. All 29 National delegates were awarded to John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197959-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Mexico State Aggies football team\nThe 2008 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by fourth year head coach Hal Mumme who was fired after the end of the season and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium. They finished the season 3\u20139 overall and 1\u20137 in WAC play to tied for eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197960-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Bowl\nThe 2008 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl was the eighth edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Southern Miss Golden Eagles defeated the Troy Trojans, 30\u201327 in a dramatic overtime game. Troy had qualified for the game by winning the Sun Belt Conference title, while Southern Miss had roared back from a 2\u20136 start to fill the game\u2019s slot from Conference USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197960-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Bowl\nKickoff time was 7:15\u00a0p.m. U.S. Central time and the game was shown live on ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197960-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary\nSouthern Miss was designated as the away team; however, instead of wearing the visitor white jerseys, the Golden Eagles started the game in yellow home jerseys (Troy wore its maroon home jerseys). Due to NCAA rules, Southern Miss was penalized one time out after the opening kickoff and played the first half with two timeouts to Troy\u2019s three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197960-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary\nSouthern Miss came from ten points down in the fourth quarter to force overtime and, after a Britt Barefoot 39-yard field goal on the Golden Eagles\u2019 possession, Michael McGhee blocked Troy kicker Sam Glusman\u2019s 28-yard field goal attempt that would have tied the game. The block sealed the win for Southern Miss, ensuring the school\u2019s fifteenth consecutive winning season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season\nThe 2008 season was the New Orleans Saints' 42nd in the National Football League, their 33rd playing home games at the Louisiana Superdome and their third under head coach Sean Payton. The Saints improved on their 7\u20139 record from the 2007 season with an 8-8 record, however, they would miss the playoffs for the second consecutive season. This was the only season under Drew Brees that they finished last in the division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 1: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Saints began their 2008 campaign at home against their NFC South foe, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, New Orleans drew first blood as QB Drew Brees completed a 39-yard TD pass to WR David Patten. The Buccaneers replied with CB Phillip Buchanon returning an interception 26 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Tampa Bay took the lead with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 37-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Saints responded with kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica getting a 34-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 1: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Buccaneers answered with Bryant nailing a 33-yard field goal, but New Orleans regained the lead with Brees completing an 84-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson. In the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay jumped ahead again as QB Jeff Garcia completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Ike Hilliard. The Bayou faithful got the last laugh as Brees completed the game-winning 42-yard TD pass to RB Reggie Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 1: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith the win, the Saints began their season at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 2: at Washington Redskins\nComing off their divisional home win over the Buccaneers, the Saints flew to FedExField for a Week 2 duel with the Washington Redskins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 2: at Washington Redskins\nIn the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham got a 22-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Washington increased its lead with Suisham's 36-yard field goal. Afterward, the Saints took the lead with RB Pierre Thomas getting a 1-yard TD run and kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica nailing a 49-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 2: at Washington Redskins\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans increased its lead with QB Drew Brees completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR Robert Meachem. The Redskins started to fight back as RB Clinton Portis got a 9-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion). New Orleans responded with RB Reggie Bush returning a punt 55 yards for a touchdown. However, Washington rallied with Portis' 8-yard TD run and QB Jason Campbell's 67-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 3: at Denver Broncos\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Redskins, the Saints flew to Invesco Field at Mile High for a Week 3 interconference duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Broncos QB Jay Cutler completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Nate Jackson. The Saints answered with kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica getting a 43-yard field goal. Denver replied with Cutler completing a 35-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall. In the second quarter, New Orleans continued to struggle as Broncos LB Nate Webster returned a fumble 34 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 3: at Denver Broncos\nThe Saints started to rally as RB Pierre Thomas got a 5-yard TD run, while RB Reggie Bush got a 23-yard TD run. Denver answered with kicker Matt Prater getting a 27-yard field goal. New Orleans closed out the half with DE Charles Grant tackling RB Andre Hall in his endzone for a safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 3: at Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, the Broncos replied with RB Michael Pittman getting a 2-yard TD run. The Saints answered with QB Drew Brees completing a 6-yard TD pass to Bush, but Denver responded with Prater nailing a 34-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New Orleans tried to rally as Thomas got a 10-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion). They even recovered a fumble and got into field goal position. However, Gram\u00e1tica's 43-yard attempt went wide right, ending any hope of a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 4: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nTrying to snap a two-game losing streak, the Saints went home for a Week 4 duel with the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as 49ers kicker Joe Nedney got a 47-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Saints responded with QB Drew Brees completing a 5-yard and a 33-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore. San Francisco tried to catch up as Nedney kicked a 49-yard field goal, but New Orleans continued its dominance as Brees completed a 47-yard TD pass to WR Robert Meachem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 4: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers tried to rally as Nedney got a 38-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Saints continued its victory march as RB Deuce McAllister got a 1-yard TD run. San Francisco tried to come back as QB J.T. O'Sullivan completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce, but New Orleans sealed the win with kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica nailing a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 5: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nComing off their home win over the 49ers, the Saints stayed at home for a Week 5 Monday Night duel with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, New Orleans was first out of the gate as QB Drew Brees completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson. The Vikings responded with CB Antoine Winfield returning a blocked field goal 59 yards for a touchdown. The Saints answered with kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica getting a 35-yard field goal. Minnesota replied with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 53-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Vikings took the lead as RB Chester Taylor completed a 4-yard TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe, along with Longwell kicking a 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 5: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans began to rally as RB Reggie Bush returned a punt 71 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, the Saints took the lead with Gram\u00e1tica making a 53-yard field goal and Bush returning a punt 64 yards for a touchdown. However, Minnesota rallied with QB Gus Frerotte completing a 33-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian, along with Longwell nailing the game-winning 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 5: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nThis game was the first time in NFL history that a game had a combination of a blocked field goal, a TD pass by a non-quarterback, two field goals of 50+ yards, and two punts returned for touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 6: vs. Oakland Raiders\nHoping to rebound from their MNF home loss to the Vikings, the Saints stayed at home for a Week 6 interconference duel with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Raiders Sebastian Janikowski got a 24-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Saints took the lead as RB Reggie Bush got a 3-yard TD run, along with kicker Taylor Mehlhaff (recently signed due to Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica out for the year) getting a 44-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 6: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans added on to their lead as QB Drew Brees completed an 8-yard TD pass to RB Aaron Stecker and a 15-yard TD pass to Bush. In the fourth quarter, the Saints closed out the game with Mehlhaff nailing a 33-yard field goal and Brees completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Mark Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 6: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWith a 21-yard reception in the first quarter, Reggie Bush (14 att/27 yds, 3 rec/40 yards and 2 TDs), collected his 200th reception in his NFL career over the span of just 34 games, tying Anquan Boldin for the NFL record fewest games needed to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 7: at Carolina Panthers\nComing off their home win over the Raiders, the Saints began their road trip at the Bank of America Stadium for a Week 7 NFC South duel with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Panthers kicker John Kasay got a 39-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Saints responded with FB Mike Karney getting a 1-yard TD run. However, Carolina answered with RB Jonathan Stewart getting an 18-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 7: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, the Panthers added on to their lead as QB Jake Delhomme completed a 39-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith and a 4-yard TD pass to WR DeAngelo Williams. In the fourth quarter, Carolina closed out the game with Kasay nailing a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 8: vs. San Diego Chargers\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Panthers, the Saints flew to Wembley Stadium for the 2008 International Series game with quarterback Drew Brees' former team, the San Diego Chargers. For the game, New Orleans was registered as the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 8: vs. San Diego Chargers\nIn the first quarter, the Saints drew first blood as rookie kicker Taylor Mehlhaff got a 23-yard field goal. The Chargers responded with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 33-yard field goal. In the second quarter, New Orleans got a huge lead as Brees completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson (with a failed PAT), along with RB Deuce McAllister getting a 1-yard TD run. San Diego answered with QB Philip Rivers completing a 12-yard TD pass to RB LaDainian Tomlinson, but the Saints increased their lead as Brees completed a 30-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore. The Chargers closed out the half as Rivers completed a 12-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 8: vs. San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans added on to their lead as Brees completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Mark Campbell, but San Diego continued to hang around as Kaeding got a 24-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Saints continued its scoring with FB Mike Karney getting a 1-yard TD run. The Chargers tried to rally as Kaeding nailed a 31-yard field goal, Rivers completed a 14-yard TD run to WR Vincent Jackson, and Brees giving San Diego a safety by throwing an incomplete pass into the back of his own end zone. New Orleans' defense held on for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 8: vs. San Diego Chargers\nWith the win, the Saints went into their bye week at 4\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 10: at Atlanta Falcons\nComing off their bye week, the Saints flew to the Georgia Dome for a Week 10 NFC South duel with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Falcons QB Matt Ryan completed a 16-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White. The Saints responded with rookie kicker Garrett Hartley getting a 24-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Atlanta answered with RB Michael Turner getting a 2-yard TD run. New Orleans replied with Hartley making a 44-yard field goal. The Falcons ended the half with kicker Jason Elam getting a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 10: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, Atlanta increased its lead with Elam nailing a 27-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Falcons began to pull away as Ryan completed a 67-yard TD pass to RB Jerious Norwood. The Saints attempted to rally as QB Drew Brees completed a 15-yard TD pass to RB Deuce McAllister, but Atlanta sealed the win with CB Chevis Jackson returning an interception 95 yards for a touchdown. New Orleans ended the game with a meaningless 32-yard TD pass from Brees to WR Lance Moore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 10: at Atlanta Falcons\nWith the loss, not only did the Saints fall to 4\u20135, but their 4-game winning streak against the Falcons was also snapped for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 11: at Kansas City Chiefs\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Falcons, the Saints flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 11 interconference duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Chiefs QB Tyler Thigpen completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Dwayne Bowe. The Saints responded with rookie kicker Garrett Hartley getting a 30-yard field goal. In the second quarter, New Orleans took the lead as RB Deuce McAllister got a 1-yard TD run. Kansas City answered with kicker Connor Barth getting a 20-yard field goal, but the Saints closed out the half with Hartley making a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 11: at Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans increased their lead as QB Drew Brees completed a 47-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore. The Chiefs replied with Barth getting a 21-yard field goal, but the Saints answered with RB Pierre Thomas getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Kansas City tried to rally as Thigpen hooked up with Bowe again on a 5-yard TD pass, but New Orleans closed out the scoring as Hartley nailed a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 12: vs. Green Bay Packers\nComing off their road win over the Chiefs, the Saints went home for a Week 12 MNF duel with the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Packers FB John Kuhn got a 1-yard TD run. The Saints took the lead as QB Drew Brees completed a 70-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore (which gave him his 9th-straight game of throwing a pass of 40+ yards, an NFL record), while RB Pierre Thomas got a 4-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 12: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the second quarter, Green Bay responded with QB Aaron Rodgers completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings. New Orleans answered with Brees hooking up with Moore again on a 14-yard TD pass. The Packers tied the game as Rodgers got a 10-yard TD run, but New Orleans regained the lead prior to halftime as rookie kicker Garrett Hartley made a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 12: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the Saints' offense exploded as Brees completed a 16-yard TD pass to TE Billy Miller, RB Deuce McAllister got a 3-yard TD run (which was his 49th career touchdown, making him the franchise's all-time career TD leader), and Brees completed a 70-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston. In the fourth quarter, Green Bay tried to rally as Rodgers completed a 4-yard TD pass and a 2-point conversion pass to WR Ruvell Martin. Afterward, New Orleans closed out the game with Thomas' 31-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 12: vs. Green Bay Packers\nWith the win, the Saints kept their playoff hopes alive at 6\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 13: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nComing off their Monday Night home win over the Packers, the Saints flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 13 NFC South rematch with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, New Orleans struck first as rookie kicker Garrett Hartley got a 47-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Buccaneers took the lead as kicker Matt Bryant got a 38-yard and a 23-yard field goal. The Saints regained the lead as QB Drew Brees completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 13: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the third quarter, Tampa Bay regained the lead as RB Carnell \"Cadillac\" Williams got an 8-yard TD run, along with QB Jeff Garcia completing a 39-yard TD pass to WR Antonio Bryant. In the fourth quarter, New Orleans tied the game as Brees completed a 20-yard TD pass to RB Pierre Thomas, along with Hartley getting a 43-yard field goal. However, the Buccaneers regained the lead as Bryant nailed a 37-yard field goal. The Saints tried to rally, but Brees' third interception prevented any hope of a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 14: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nComing off a loss to Tampa Bay, the New Orleans Saints returned home to host the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons appeared to be on the move on their first drive, but they came up empty after Saints cornerback Jason David intercepted Falcons rookie quarterback Matt Ryan at the Saints' 26-yard line. From there, it took New Orleans only three plays to get into the end zone as  Reggie Bush ran for 43 yards and then caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Drew Brees for the only score of the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 14: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nIn the second quarter, the Saints added to their lead with a 26-yard field goal from Garrett Hartley. The Atlanta offense finally woke up from there as Ryan completed a 59-yard pass to Roddy White, leading to an eventual 5-yard touchdown run by Michael Turner, cutting the deficit to 10\u20137. New Orleans responded with a 10-play, 3:39 drive that culminated in a 46-yard field goal by Hartley, extending the Saints' lead to 13\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 14: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nRyan then completed five of six passes on the Falcons' next drive, the last of which was a 2-yard touchdown pass to Brian Finneran, giving the Falcons a 14\u201313 lead. The Saints then used the final 2:13 of the half to drive to the Falcons' 7-yard line and closed out the half on a 25-yard field goal by Hartley to take a 16\u201314 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 14: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nAfter an exchange of punts to begin the second half, Atlanta drove down to the Saints' 5-yard line by virtue of a long 18-play, 9:15 drive, only to settle for a 23-yard field goal by Jason Elam, which nevertheless gave the Falcons a 17\u201316 lead. New Orleans responded with an 11-play drive bridging the third and fourth quarters, which ended with Brees' 7-yard touchdown pass to Pierre Thomas, with a failed two-point conversion. The Falcons then marched 73 yards in 11 plays, the last being a 12-yard touchdown scramble by Ryan, plus a successful two-point conversion to Michael Jenkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 14: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nBut thanks to an 88-yard return by Thomas on the ensuing kickoff, the Saints' drive started off at the Falcons' 16-yard line. With the Saints facing 4th-and 1 at the 7-yard line, New Orleans coach Sean Payton elected to go for it rather than attempt a game-tying 25-yard field goal. Fullback Mike Karney came through for the Saints, getting a first down, and then Thomas gave the Saints a 29\u201325 lead with a 5-yard touchdown run. The Falcons could not get past their own 35-yard line on the ensuing drive, and they chose to punt the ball back to the Saints' offense, which ran out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 14: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nWith the win, the Saints kept their slim playoff hopes alive at 7\u20136. Pierre Thomas piled up 197 all-purpose yards, including 109 yards from scrimmage, 102 of it rushing. This was also the second time in a row that the Saints followed a loss to the Buccaneers with a win over the Falcons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 15: at Chicago Bears\nWith a divisional home win to the Falcons behind them, the Saints flew to Soldier Field for a Week 15 Thursday night battle with the Chicago Bears. New Orleans immediately trailed as Bears safety Danieal Manning returned the game's opening kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown. The Saints answered with quarterback Drew Brees' 2-yard touchdown pass to running back Pierre Thomas, but Chicago struck right back as running back Matt Forte got a 1-yard touchdown run, along with quarterback Kyle Orton getting a 6-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 15: at Chicago Bears\nThe Saints rallied in the third quarter, as Thomas got a 42-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, New Orleans took the lead as kicker Garrett Hartley got a 30-yard field goal, along with Brees completing an 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Marques Colston. However, the Bears tied the game as kicker Robbie Gould made a 28-yard field goal. In overtime, Chicago sealed New Orleans' fate as Gould nailed the game-winning 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 15: at Chicago Bears\nWith the loss, the Saints fell to 7\u20137 and were ousted from playoff contention after Atlanta's 13\u201310 overtime win over Tampa Bay on December 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 16: at Detroit Lions\nComing off their loss to the Bears, the Saints flew to Ford Field for a Week 16 duel with the winless Detroit Lions. New Orleans got the early first quarter lead as wide receiver Robert Meachem got a 20-yard touchdown run, followed by running back Deuce McAllister's 2-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, the Lions answered with running back Kevin Smith getting a 1-yard touchdown run, but the Saints answered with running back Mike Bell's 1-yard touchdown run, followed by running back Pierre Thomas's 2-yard touchdown run. New Orleans closed out the scoring with quarterback Drew Brees completing 6-yard and a 3-yard touchdown passes to wide receiver Marques Colston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers\nComing off their road win over the Lions, the Saints closed out their season at home in a Week 17 NFC South rematch with the Carolina Panthers. New Orleans trailed early in the first quarter as Panthers kicker John Kasay made 45-yard and 26-yard field goals. In the second quarter, the Saints responded as rookie kicker Garrett Hartley made a 21-yard field goal, but Carolina answered with Kasay's 34-yard field goal, quarterback Jake Delhomme's 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad, and cornerback Dante Wesley's 12-yard fumble return for a touchdown. New Orleans closed out the first half scoring with quarterback Drew Brees completing a 26-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Marques Colston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe Panthers added to their lead in the third quarter as running back Jonathan Stewart got a 2-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, the Saints rallied to take the lead as Brees completed a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Robert Meachem, along with a 9-yard and a 13-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Lance Moore. However, Carolina took the lead for good as Kasay nailed the game-winning 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers\nAfter being swept by the Panthers, the Saints ended their season at 8\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197961-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans Saints season, Summary, Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers\nDespite falling 16 yards shy of surpassing Dan Marino for the most single-season passing yards, Brees (30/49 for 386 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT) joined Marino as the only quarterbacks to throw for 5,000+ yards in a season (5,069).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197962-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Orleans VooDoo season\nThe 2008 New Orleans VooDoo season is the fourth and final season for the franchise. The Voodoo started the season with a 7\u20132 record, but lost 6 of their last 7 games, finishing with an 8\u20138 record. This caused them to miss the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker scenario with the New York Dragons who had finished with the same record, and had defeated the VooDoo in the regular season. The team folded 4 months later, but will return in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197963-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries\nThe 2008 New Progressive Party primaries were the primary elections by which voters of the New Progressive Party (PNP) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico, namely the position of governor, for the 2008 general elections. Resident Commissioner Luis Fortu\u00f1o was selected as the nominee at the primary elections held on March 9, 2008. He would go on to win the 2008 general election as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197963-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Background\nPedro Rossell\u00f3 had come from a defeat against An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1 at the 2004 elections. Despite that, he managed to gain a seat in the Senate. After an unsuccessful power struggle within the Senate to gain the presidency of the body, it was speculated that Rossell\u00f3 would make another attempt at being elected Governor for the 2008 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197963-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Background\nThe power struggle had caused a division within the party, with the faction that supported Senate President Kenneth McClintock (called the \"Aut\u00e9nticos\") being expelled from the party during the previous year. Although the Supreme Court allowed them to run in the PNP primaries, Pedro Rossell\u00f3, then President of the party, still vouched for a \"vote of punishment\" against the Senators, which he called \"traitors\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197963-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Candidates, Senate, District\nThe New Progressive Party held primaries on all 8 of the senatorial districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197963-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Candidates, House of Representatives, District\nThe Popular Democratic Party held primaries on 30 of the 40 representative districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 99], "content_span": [100, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197963-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Candidates, Mayors\nThe New Progressive Party held primaries in 34 of 78 municipalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 71], "content_span": [72, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197963-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Results\nThe primaries were held on March 9, 2008. In it, Fortu\u00f1o comfortably defeated Rossell\u00f3 to win the spot for Governor at the 2008 elections. Also, Pedro Pierluisi defeated Charlie Rodr\u00edguez and Miriam Ram\u00edrez de Ferrer with 60% of the votes to win the spot for Resident Commissioner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197963-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Aftermath, Members of PPD voting\nDuring and after the primaries, members of the New Progressive Party (PNP), like Senator Norma Burgos, claimed they saw voters affiliated with the opposing Popular Democratic Party (PPD) voting in the PNP ballots. Also, Maritza V\u00e1zquez, Electoral Commissioner of PPD representative Conny Varela, admitted in 2010 that \"thousands of 'populares' voted on that election'\". Some of the supporters of Rossell\u00f3 maintain that this \"crossover\" was crucial in Pedro Rossell\u00f3's defeat against Luis Fortu\u00f1o.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197963-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Aftermath, Rossell\u00f3 \"Write-In\" campaign\nAs a result of Rossell\u00f3's loss in the primaries, a group of his supporters started a campaign to have him elected through \"Write-in\" voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 92], "content_span": [93, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197963-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Aftermath, The fate of the \"Aut\u00e9nticos\"\nDespite Rossell\u00f3's call for a \"vote of punishment\" against the \"Aut\u00e9nticos\", all but one of the eligible candidates from that faction were elected in the primaries. Carlos D\u00edaz was edged out of the election race by Senators Roberto Arango and Kimmey Raschke. Migdalia Padilla, Lucy Arce, and Jorge de Castro Font were all elected. Kenneth McClintock had decided not to run for Senate, while Orlando Parga refused to return to the party after his expulsion, and started an independent campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 92], "content_span": [93, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197964-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New South Wales Swifts season\nThe 2008 New South Wales Swifts season was the inaugural season for both New South Wales Swifts and the ANZ Championship. Swifts were formed in late 2007 when Netball New South Wales merged its two former Commonwealth Bank Trophy league teams, Sydney Swifts and Hunter Jaegers, in order to enter a single team in the 2008 ANZ Championship. With a team coached by Julie Fitzgerald and captained by Catherine Cox, Swifts won 10 of their 13 matches during the regular season and finished second behind Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. Swifts subsequently defeated Magic in both the major semi\u2013final and the grand final to become the inaugural ANZ Championship winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197964-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New South Wales Swifts season, Regular season\nOn 7 April, Swifts made their ANZ Championship debut against Southern Steel at the Acer Arena. During the regular season Swifts won 10 of their 13 matches and finished second behind Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197964-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New South Wales Swifts season, Play offs\nSwifts defeated Magic in both the major semi\u2013final and the grand final to become the inaugural ANZ Championship winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours\nThe New Year Honours 2008 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 29 December 2007, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours\nThe recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged firstly by the country whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours, United Kingdom, Order of the Bath\nThere are three Classes of members of the Order of the Bath:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours, United Kingdom, Order of the British Empire\nThe Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 66], "content_span": [67, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours, Cook Islands\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Head of State of the Cook Islands, on advice of the Ministers of the Cook Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours, Barbados\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Barbados, on advice of Her Majesty's Barbados Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours, Grenada\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Grenada, on advice of Her Majesty's Grenada Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours, Solomon Islands\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Solomon Islands, on advice of Her Majesty's Solomon Islands Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours, Tuvalu\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Tuvalu, on advice of Her Majesty's Tuvalu Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on advice of Her Majesty's Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours, Belize\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Belize, on advice of Her Majesty's Saint Christopher and Nevis Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours, Antigua and Barbuda\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Antigua and Barbuda, on advice of Her Majesty's Saint Christopher and Nevis Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197965-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours, Saint Christopher and Nevis\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Saint Christopher ad Nevis, on advice of Her Majesty's Saint Christopher and Nevis Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197966-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours (New Zealand)\nThe 2008 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2007 and the beginning of 2008. They were announced on 31 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197966-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Year Honours (New Zealand)\nThe recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season\nThe 2008 New York Buzz season was the 14th season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season\nLed by 2008 WTT Female Rookie of the Year Yaroslava Shvedova, the Buzz had 10 wins and 4 losses, winning the Eastern Conference championship. It went on to defeat the Kansas City Explorers, 21\u201318, in the WTT Final to win its first King Trophy as WTT champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Drafts\nFor the third straight season, the Buzz passed on making a selection in the Marquee Player Draft. In the Roster Player Draft, the defending Eastern Conference champions left 2007 WTT Championship Most Valuable Player Rik de Voest unprotected in the first round and instead chose Yaroslava Shvedova. Nathan Healey was taken in the second round, leaving Ashley Fisher unprotected. The Buzz protected Gabriela Navr\u00e1tilov\u00e1 in the third round, which gave the team two full-time female players and forced it to leave Gr\u00e9ta Arn unprotected. Vladimir Obradovi\u0107 was the Buzz's final selection in the draft. The team did not select any roster-exempt players. The Buzz named Jay Udwadia as its new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Move to Albany\nOn May 8, 2008, the Buzz announced that after 13 seasons at CDPHP Tennis Complex in Schenectady, New York, it would move its home matches to the larger Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena in Albany. Buzz ownership said that it moved to the air-conditioned indoor arena which seats about 4,000 people for tennis, because it has secure parking to serve the team's growing fan base and to \"give the team much more visibility and awareness and help increase the level of hospitality the Buzz wish to provide.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Briaud replaces Obradovi\u0107\nIn June 2008, Vladimir Obradovi\u0107 suffered a knee injury that would cause him to miss the entire season. Just two days before the season opener, the Buzz signed Patrick Briaud to take Obradovi\u0107's place on the roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Regular season\nDuring the regular season, the Buzz did not have a winning streak of more than three matches but never lost consecutive matches. The team relied heavily on Yaroslava Shvedova and Nathan Healey, both of whom typically played three of the five sets in each match, while Gabriela Navr\u00e1tilov\u00e1 and Patrick Briaud usually only played women's and men's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Regular season\nThe Buzz started the season with two road victories before winning its home opener against the Boston Lobsters. On July 8, the Buzz visited the New York Sportimes and found themselves trailing, 15\u201310, after dropping the first three sets. Shvedova won the fourth set of women's singles, and Healey won the fifth set of men's singles to cut the Sportimes' lead to 21\u201320 and send the match to overtime. Jesse Witten took the first game of overtime from Healey to give the Sportimes the victory and hand the Buzz its first loss of the season, dropping its record to 3 wins and 1 loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Regular season\nThe Buzz bounced back the next evening at home against the expansion Washington Kastles, but not without falling behind early again. The Kastles won the first two sets and then sent Serena Williams onto the court to face Shvedova in women's singles. Williams took the set in a tiebreaker to give the Kastles a 15\u201311 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Regular season\nShvedova and Healey won a tiebreaker in mixed doubles to cut the lead to 19\u201316, and Healey's 5\u20132 set win over Justin Gimelstob in men's singles tied the score at 21 all and sent the match to a super tiebreaker, which Healey won, 7\u20134, to improve the Buzz's record to 4 wins and 1 loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Regular season\nTwo nights later, the Buzz visited Washington for a rematch. The Buzz won three of the first four sets to build an 18\u201313 lead. But Robby Ginepri won the final set of men's singles, 5\u20133, over Healey and then won three straight games in overtime to send the match to a super tiebreaker. Ginepri completed the furious comeback by taking the super tiebreaker game, 7\u20134, to give the Kastles the win and drop the Buzz's record to 4 wins and 2 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Regular season\nThe Buzz went on the road on July 15, to face the 7\u20130 Kansas City Explorers, the only undefeated team remaining in WTT. With the match tied at 13 all after three sets, Navr\u00e1tilov\u00e1 and Shvedova dominated Rennae Stubbs and Kv\u011bta Peschke, 5\u20130, in women's doubles. Briaud and Healey closed out a 23\u201317 victory by taking a tiebreaker in the final set of men's doubles. The win improved the Buzz's record to 6 wins and 3 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Regular season\nOn July 18, the Buzz hosted the defending WTT Champion Sacramento Capitals in a rematch of the 2007 WTT Finals. Shvedova won the fourth set of women's singles, 5\u20132, and teamed with Navr\u00e1tilov\u00e1 to win the opening set of women's doubles in a tiebreaker and with Healey to win the second set of mixed doubles, 5\u20133. Leading 18\u201314 after four sets, Briaud and Healey dropped the fifth set of men's doubles in a tiebreaker, but they won the second game of overtime to secure a 23\u201320 victory for the Buzz that improved its record to 7 wins and 3 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Regular season\nComing off a road loss to the Philadelphia Freedoms that included an appearance by coach Jay Udwadia playing the tiebreaker game of the men's singles set, the Buzz hosted the first-place Sportimes on July 20. The Sportimes could clinch the Eastern Conference championship with a win. Shvedova won the fourth set of women's singles, 5\u20131, and paired with Navr\u00e1tilov\u00e1 for a 5\u20130 set win in women's doubles in the opening set and with Healey to take the second set of mixed doubles, 5\u20133. Briaud and Healey closed out a dominant 23\u201311 victory with a 5\u20132 set win in men's doubles. The win clinched the second consecutive playoff appearance for the Buzz and improved its record to 8 wins and 4 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Regular season\nAfter the win over the Sportimes, the Buzz closed the regular season by winning all five sets in each of its final two matches to finish with 10 wins and 4 losses and a three-match winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Eastern Conference title\nUnder the 2008 playoff format, the WTT conference championships were decided in the regular season. After the Buzz completed its regular season on July 23, it trailed the New York Sportimes by one-half match in the Eastern Conference but held a standings tiebreaker edge based on games won in head-to-head matches, 43\u201333. Later that evening, the Sportimes lost on the road to the Sacramento Capitals, 20\u201319, when Eric Butorac and Sam Warburg took a fifth-set tiebreaker from Brian Wilson and Jesse Witten, giving the Buzz its second consecutive Eastern Conference championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Shvedova named Rookie of the Year\nYaroslava Shvedova was named WTT Female Rookie of the Year. She was second in the league in winning percentage in women's singles and fourth in women's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Battle for New York in WTT Semifinals\nThe Buzz was the overall number 2 seed which matched it with the number 3 seed, the New York Sportimes, in the WTT Semifinals on July 26, at Allstate Stadium at Westfield Galleria at Roseville in Roseville, California, the site of WTT's 2008 Championship Weekend. In the first ever postseason meeting between the two New York clubs, the Buzz dominated the match winning the first four sets. Nathan Healey and Yaroslava Shvedova opened the match with a 5\u20133 set win against John McEnroe and Hana \u0160romov\u00e1 in mixed doubles. Shvedova followed with a 5\u20132 women's singles win over Ashley Harkleroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, Battle for New York in WTT Semifinals\nHealy took care of Jesse Witten, 5\u20132, in men's singles. Gabriela Navr\u00e1tilov\u00e1 and Shvedova needed a tiebreaker to beat Harkleroad and \u0160romov\u00e1, 5\u20134, and give the Buzz a 20\u201311 lead heading to the final set. McEnroe and Witten won a tiebreaker over Patrick Briaud and Healy in men's doubles to force overtime with the Buzz leading 24\u201316. Briaud and Healy won the second game of overtime to give the Buzz a 25\u201317 victory and send it to its fourth WTT Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, WTT Final\nOn July 27, in the WTT Final, the Buzz faced the number 1 seed Kansas City Explorers, who were coming off a regular season record of 13 wins and 1 loss (coming at the hands of the Buzz on July 15) and thrashed the defending champion Sacramento Capitals 21\u201310 in the semifinals. Nathan Healey got the Buzz off to a good start with a win in the first set of men's singles over Du\u0161an Vemi\u0107, 5\u20133. Yaroslava Shvedova followed with a 5\u20133 set win over Kv\u011bta Peschke in women's singles to give the Buzz a 10\u20136 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Season recap, WTT Final\nThe Explorers fought back with a 5\u20133 set win by Rennae Stubbs and Vemi\u0107 in mixed doubles over Shvedova and Healey. Stubbs and Peschke then registered a 5\u20133 set win over Shvedova and Gabriela Navr\u00e1tilov\u00e1 in women's doubles to tie the match at 16 all. In the final set, Healey and Patrick Briaud topped James Auckland and Vemi\u0107 in men's doubles, 5\u20132, to secure the first King Trophy in Buzz history. Despite playing for the losing team, Stubbs was named WTT Championship Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Draft picks\nSince the Buzz lost in the 2007 WTT Finals, it had the next-to-last (10th) selection in each round of WTT's two drafts. The Buzz passed on making any selections in the Marquee Player Draft. The league conducted its 2008 Roster Player Draft on April 1, in Miami, Florida. The selections made by the Buzz are shown in the table below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Statistics\nPlayers are listed in order of their game-winning percentage provided they played in at least 40% of the Buzz's games in that event, which is the WTT minimum for qualification for league leaders in individual statistical categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197967-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Buzz season, Individual honors and achievements\nYaroslava Shvedova was named WTT Female Rookie of the Year. She was second in the league in winning percentage in women's singles and fourth in women's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197968-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York City Marathon\nThe 2008 New York City Marathon was the 39th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 2. The men's elite race was won by Brazil's Mar\u00edlson Gomes dos Santos in a time of 2:08:43 hours while the women's race was won by Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe in 2:23:56.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197968-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York City Marathon\nIn the wheelchair races, Australia's Kurt Fearnley (1:44:51) and Switzerland's Edith Hunkeler (2:06:42) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Poland's Arkadiusz Skrzypinski (1:35:26) and Dutchwoman Nicole Schefer (1:46:34) were the winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197968-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York City Marathon\nA total of 37,790 runners finished the race, 24,991 men and 12,799 women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197969-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 New York Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Polls indicated that New York Senator Hillary Clinton was leading rival Senator Barack Obama by double digits in the weeks before the contest, and she ended up winning with roughly 57% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197969-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nPolls throughout the campaign indicated that Hillary Clinton, a Senator from New York, was clearly favored to win the New York primary. She won every poll conducted in the state by double digits except one, and got more than 40% in every poll conducted, even with various challengers. After the number of candidates dropped significantly in late January, Clinton won 50% or more in every poll but one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197969-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Democratic presidential primary, Vote discrepancies\nAfter the votes were initially counted on election night, certain districts near New York City were found to be missing their vote tallies for Obama. The New York Times conducted a review of the unofficial results from the primary. They found that, among New York City's 6,106 election districts participating, 80 districts did not record a single vote for Obama, including heavily black districts like Harlem, as well as districts next to others where Obama had very favorable results. City election officials reviewed the vote tallies and found several inaccuracies. For example, in Harlem where Clinton led Obama 141 to 0, the recounted vote was counted as 261 to 136, Clinton. In Brooklyn the primary night vote was 118 to 0, Clinton, whereas the recounted vote went 118 to 116, Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 857]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197969-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Democratic presidential primary, Vote discrepancies\nDemocratic leaders blamed the discrepancies on \"human error\" due to weary election officials on primary day. According to ABC News, however, other candidates such as John Edwards did not have this problem; it seemed to be almost exclusive to Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197969-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Democratic presidential primary, Vote discrepancies\nThe counting errors only occurred in the election night tallies, which are always unofficial. Following normal procedures, the votes were re-tallied before being officially certified. The final, official results left Clinton with 139 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention and Obama with 93.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197970-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Dragons season\nThe 2008 New York Dragons season is the 14th season for the franchise, their eighth season in New York. The Dragons finished the regular season with an 8\u20138 record, and were able to take the 6th and final playoff seed in the National Conference by virtue of winning a tiebreaker scenario over the New Orleans VooDoo. The Dragons won their Wild Card round game, upsetting the Dallas Desperados 77\u201363. The Desperados had defeated the Dragons in both regular season meetings. In the Divisional round of the playoffs, the Dragons lost to top seeded Philadelphia Soul, 48\u201349, who the Dragons had also lost both regular season meetings to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197970-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Dragons season, Standings\nz - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197971-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards\nThe 74th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were announced on 10 December 2008 and presented on 5 January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197971-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Winners, Best Actor\n1. Sean Penn \u2013 Milk2. Mickey Rourke \u2013 The Wrestler3. Clint Eastwood \u2013 Gran Torino", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197971-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Winners, Best Actress\n1. Sally Hawkins \u2013 Happy-Go-Lucky2. Melissa Leo \u2013 Frozen River3. Anne Hathaway \u2013 Rachel Getting Married3. Kate Winslet \u2013 Revolutionary Road", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197971-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Winners, Best Cinematography\n1. Anthony Dod Mantle \u2013 Slumdog Millionaire2. Claudio Miranda \u2013 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button3. Wally Pfister \u2013 The Dark Knight", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197971-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Winners, Best Director\n1. Mike Leigh \u2013 Happy-Go-Lucky2. Danny Boyle \u2013 Slumdog Millionaire3. David Fincher \u2013 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197971-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Winners, Best First Film\n1. Courtney Hunt \u2013 Frozen River2. Lance Hammer \u2013 Ballast3. Joachim Trier \u2013 Reprise", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197971-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Winners, Best Foreign Language Film\n1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile) \u2022 Romania2. A Christmas Tale (Un conte de No\u00ebl) \u2022 France3. The Class (Entre les murs) \u2022 France", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197971-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Winners, Best Non-Fiction Film\n1. Man on Wire2. Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)3. Trouble the Water", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197971-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Winners, Best Screenplay\n1. Jenny Lumet \u2013 Rachel Getting Married2. Mike Leigh \u2013 Happy-Go-Lucky3. Robert D. Siegel \u2013 The Wrestler", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197971-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actor\n1. Josh Brolin \u2013 Milk2. Heath Ledger \u2013 The Dark Knight3. Robert Downey Jr. \u2013 Tropic Thunder", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197971-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actress\n1. Pen\u00e9lope Cruz \u2013 Vicky Cristina Barcelona2. Viola Davis \u2013 Doubt3. Rosemarie DeWitt \u2013 Rachel Getting Married3. Debra Winger \u2013 Rachel Getting Married", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197972-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Film Festival\nThe 46th New York Film Festival ran from September 26 to October 12, 2008. In addition to screening the feature films listed below, which were often preceded by short films, the festival ran a sidebar retrospective of the films of controversial Japanese director Nagisa Oshima. The festival also included its twelfth annual series Views from the Avant-Garde, showcasing a variety of experimental films.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season\nThe 2008 New York Giants season was the franchise's 84th season in the National Football League (NFL) as the team looked to defend its Super Bowl XLII title. They improved upon their 10\u20136 record from 2007, becoming NFC East champions and finished with the #1 seed in the NFC playoffs for the only time in the Tom Coughlin era. Despite a franchise best 11\u20131 start and clinching the number 1 seed for the first time in eight years, the Giants lost four of their last five games, including their first playoff game against the Eagles, ending their season. The Giants were the only NFC team from the 2007 playoffs to qualify for the 2008 playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season\n2008 was the first and only time in franchise history the Giants qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. This was also the first time that the Giants made the playoffs the year after making the Super Bowl, after missing the playoffs in 1987 (following win in Super Bowl XXI), 1991 (following win in Super Bowl XXV), and 2001 (following loss in Super Bowl XXXV).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season\nThe 2008 Giants led the NFL in rushing and set a franchise record with 2,518 rushing yards. Their running attack was headlined by a trio, nicknamed \"Earth (Brandon Jacobs), Wind (Derrick Ward), and Fire (Ahmad Bradshaw).\" The Giants became the fifth team in NFL history with two players to rush for more than 1,000 yards: Jacobs (1,089) and Ward (1,025). Ward signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after the season while Jacobs and Bradshaw won another Super Bowl with the Giants in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season\nThis season was the last season the Giants had 11+ wins until 8 years later in 2016 when the Giants went 11\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Releases and injuries\nOn February 29, the first day of free-agency, Giants free agent linebacker Kawika Mitchell left the team to join the Buffalo Bills, safety Gibril Wilson went to the Oakland Raiders, and linebacker Reggie Torbor joined the Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Releases and injuries\nOn March 14, free agent defensive tackle William Joseph departed to join Wilson with the Raiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Releases and injuries\nOn June 9, 15-year veteran, and seven-time Pro-Bowler, Michael Strahan retired and joined the Fox NFL broadcasting team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, Offseason, Player and personnel moves, Releases and injuries\nOn August 26, undrafted rookie free-agent Terrance Stringer was waived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Regular season\nThe Giants began their title defense in the traditional NFL Kickoff game like previous champions when they played the Washington Redskins at Giants Stadium. Traditionally, this game is usually played on the first Thursday following Labor Day in the United States. This day fell on September 4 in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Regular season\nOn March 26, the NFL, NBC, and the Republican National Committee agreed in principle to move the kickoff time of the opener to 7:00\u00a0pm EDT instead of 8:30\u00a0pm EDT to accommodate the 2008 Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 1: vs. Washington Redskins\nWith their Super Bowl championship title to defend, the Giants began their season in the annual kickoff game against their NFC East rivals, the Washington Redskins. In the first quarter, New York got a fast start as Super Bowl XLII MVP QB Eli Manning capped off the game's opening drive with a 1-yard TD run. Later in the quarter, kicker John Carney managed to get  a 24-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the G-Men increased their lead with Carney nailing a 25-yard and a 47-yard field goal. Near the end of the half, the Redskins managed to get on the board as QB Jason Campbell completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. New York's defense stiffened in the second half and allowed them to hold on for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 1: vs. Washington Redskins\nWith the win, not only did the Giants begin their season at 1\u20130, they also became the 9th-straight defending Super Bowl champion to win their season opener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nComing off their divisional home win over the Redskins, the Giants flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 2 duel with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, the G-Men drew first blood with QB Eli Manning completing a 33-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress. In the second quarter, the Rams responded with kicker Josh Brown getting a 54-yard field goal. New York came right back with kicker John Carney nailing a 33-yard field goal. St. Louis would answer with Brown kicking a 54-yard field goal, while Carney gave the Giants a 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, New York increased its lead with Manning completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Amani Toomer. In the fourth quarter, the Rams tried to rally as QB Marc Bulger completed a 45-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. Afterwards, the Big Blue pulled away with Manning's 18-yard TD pass to RB Ahmad Bradshaw, DE Justin Tuck's 41-yard interception return for a touchdown, and Bradshaw's 31-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nWith the win, not only did the Giants improve to 2\u20130, but they also picked up their 12th consecutive road win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nComing off their road win over the Rams, the Giants went home for a Week 3 interconference duel with the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, the G-Men trailed early as Bengals kicker Shayne Graham kicked a 22-yard field goal. In the second quarter, New York responded with RB Brandon Jacobs getting a 1-yard TD run. Cincinnati replied with RB Chris Perry getting a 25-yard TD run, yet the Giants managed to tie the game with kicker John Carney getting a 24-yard field goal. The Bengals ended the first half with Graham's 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the third quarter, Big Blue responded with Carney's 46-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Giants took the lead with Carney kicking a 26-yard field goal. Cincinnati took the lead again with QB Carson Palmer completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh. New York reclaimed the lead with QB Eli Manning completing a 4-yard TD pass to TE Kevin Boss, yet the Bengals tied the game with Graham's 21-yard field goal. In overtime, Carney gave the Big Blue a big win with a game-winning 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the win, the Giants entered the bye week at 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 5: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nComing off their bye week, the Giants stayed at home for a Week 5 duel with the Seattle Seahawks. The game was notable for the fact that WR Plaxico Burress was suspended for this game, due to a minor internal conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 5: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nIn the first quarter, the Giants drew first blood as QB Eli Manning completed a 32-yard TD to WR Domenik Hixon. The Seahawks responded with kicker Olindo Mare getting a 30-yard field goal. Afterwards, New York increased its lead with RB Brandon Jacobs getting a 3-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Giants continued its run with kicker John Carney getting a 29-yard field goal, Jacobs getting a 1-yard TD run, and Carney kicking a 33-yard field goal. Seattle closed the half with Mare making a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 5: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, the Giants continued their victory march as Manning completed a 23-yard TD pass to WR Sinorice Moss, along with Carney nailing a 35-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New York completed its domination as backup QB David Carr completed a 5-yard TD pass to Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 5: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nThe Giants racked up 523 yards in total offense, their most since collecting 524 yards against Green Bay on January 6, 2002, and limited Seattle to 187.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 5: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nWith their eighth-straight win, the Giants acquired their first 4\u20130 start since the franchise's Super Bowl XXV championship run of 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 5: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nThe 38-point differential win marked New York's largest regular-season margin of victory since 1972. The Giants also led the NFL in point differential with +78 in four games. The second best point differential belonged to the Tennessee Titans, with +59, in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns\nComing off their dominating home win over the Seahawks, the Giants flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 6 interconference duel with the Cleveland Browns on Monday Night Football. Also the first time Tom Coughlin returned to Cleveland since the 2001 Bottlegate incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the first quarter, New York trailed early as Browns kicker Phil Dawson got a 28-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Giants took the lead as RB Brandon Jacobs got a 7-yard TD run. Cleveland regained the lead as RB Jamal Lewis got a 4-yard TD run, along with QB Derek Anderson completing a 22-yard TD pass to TE Darnell Dinkins. The Giants closed out the half with QB Eli Manning completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, the Browns added on to their lead as Dawson nailed a 26-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Cleveland pulled away as Anderson completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards and CB Eric Wright returned an interception 94 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns\nWith the loss, not only did the Giants fall to 4\u20131, but their 12-game road winning streak was snapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 7: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nHoping to rebound from their Monday Night road loss to the Browns, the Giants went home for a Week 7 duel with the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, New York drew first blood as RB Brandon Jacobs got a 26-yard TD run. The 49ers responded with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 40-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the G-Men increased their lead as Jacobs got a 2-yard TD run. San Francisco answered with QB J.T. O'Sullivan completing a 30-yard TD pass to WR Josh Morgan. The Giants would close out the half with kicker John Carney getting a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 7: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, New York added onto their lead as QB Eli Manning completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress. The 49ers would reply as CB Nate Clements returned a blocked field goal 74 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, the G-Men pulled away as Carney nailed a 48-yard field goal, along with DE Justin Tuck forcing an O'Sulivan fumble that would roll towards the 49ers' endzone, causing Morgan to kick the ball out of the back of the endzone, giving New York a safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 8: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their home win over the 49ers, the Giants flew to Heinz Field for a Week 8 interconference duel with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, New York trailed early as Steelers RB Mewelde Moore got a 32-yard TD run. The G-Men would respond with kicker John Carney getting a 26-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Giants took the lead as Carney got a 35-yard and a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 8: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the third quarter, Pittsburgh regained the lead with QB Ben Roethlisberger completing a 65-yard TD pass to WR Nate Washington. In the fourth quarter, New York pulled within two points as Carney nailed a 24-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Giants tied the game as LB James Harrison (who took over the Steelers' long snapper position after their normal long snapper Greg Warren was injured during the game) accidentally snapped the ball high over punter Mitch Berger and it rolled into the back of the endzone for a safety. Afterwards, New York finished its rally as QB Eli Manning completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Kevin Boss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 9: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nComing off their huge road win over the Steelers, the Giants went home for a Week 9 NFC East duel against the rival Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, the G-Men drew first blood as QB Eli Manning completed a 13-yard TD pass to TE Kevin Boss and a 5-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. In the second quarter, the Cowboys responded with CB Mike Jenkins returning an interception 23 yards for a touchdown. New York would end the half with Manning completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Amani Toomer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 9: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, the Giants increased their lead as RB Brandon Jacobs got a 12-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Dallas tried to rally as QB Brooks Bollinger completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. Afterwards, New York pulled away as RB Derrick Ward got a 17-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 10: at Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their home win over the Cowboys, the Giants flew to Lincoln Financial Field for a Week 10 NFC East duel with the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football. In the first quarter, New York trailed early as Eagles WR DeSean Jackson got a 9-yard TD run. The Giants responded with QB Eli Manning completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress, along with kicker John Carney getting a 27-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 10: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the second quarter, the Giants increased their lead as Manning completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Kevin Boss. Philadelphia responded with QB Donovan McNabb completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Jason Avant. New York answered right back as Carney got a 26-yard field goal. The Eagles would close out the half as kicker David Akers got a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 10: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, Philadelphia took the lead as McNabb completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR Hank Baskett. The Giants replied with RB Brandon Jacobs getting a 3-yard TD run. New York increased their lead as Carney nailed a 28-yard field goal, along with Jacobs getting another 3-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion). The Eagles tried to come back as McNabb completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Curtis. Big Blue's defense managed to prevent any possible comeback, preserving the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 11: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nComing off their divisional road win over the Eagles, the Giants went home for a Week 11 interconference duel with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, the G-Men drew first blood as RB Brandon Jacobs got two 1-yard TD runs (with a failed PAT on the latter). In the second quarter, New York increased their lead as QB Eli Manning completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Darcy Johnson. The Ravens would respond with kicker Matt Stover getting a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 11: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, Baltimore tried to rally as QB Joe Flacco completed a 10-yard TD pass to FB Le'Ron McClain. The Giants would answer with CB Aaron Ross returning an interception 50 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, New York pulled away as kicker Lawrence Tynes nailed a 19-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 12: at Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their home win over the Ravens, the Giants flew to the University of Phoenix Stadium for a Week 12 duel with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, New York trailed early as Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers got a 34-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Giants responded with RB Derrick Ward getting a 1-yard TD run. Arizona would answer with RB Tim Hightower getting a 4-yard TD run (with a failed extra-point attempt). New York replied with kicker John Carney getting a 33-yard field goal, yet the Cardinals got the lead again as Rackers made a 20-yard field goal. The Giants would regain the lead prior to halftime as QB Eli Manning completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Amani Toomer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 12: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the G-Men increased their lead as Manning completed a 2-yard TD pass to FB Madison Hedgecock. Arizona would answer with Hightower's 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, New York greatly increased their lead as Manning completed a 10-yard TD pass to TE Kevin Boss. Following an interception by Terrell Thomas, John Carney got a 27-yard field goal. Arizona would respond with QB Kurt Warner completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin, yet the Giants answered with Carney getting a 33-yard field goal. The Cardinals tried to come back as Rackers nailed a 44-yard field goal. Fortunately, New York recovered the following onside kick and prevailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 12: at Arizona Cardinals, Plaxico Burress shooting\nOn Friday, November 28, 2008, Giants Wide Receiver Plaxico Burress suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to the right thigh in a New York City nightclub when his gun, tucked in the waistband of his sweatpants, began sliding down his leg. The injury was not life-threatening and he was released from an area hospital the next afternoon. The following Monday, Burress turned himself in to police to face charges of criminal possession of a handgun. Burress had an expired concealed carry (CCW) license from Florida, but no New York license.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 97], "content_span": [98, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 12: at Arizona Cardinals, Plaxico Burress shooting\nOn December 2, 2008, Burress posted bail of $100,000. He was scheduled to return to court on March 31, 2009, to enter a plea. Later in the day, Burress reported to Giants Stadium as per team policy for injured but active players, and was told he would be suspended without pay", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 97], "content_span": [98, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 12: at Arizona Cardinals, Plaxico Burress shooting\nBurress would later be released by the Giants on April 3, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 97], "content_span": [98, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 13: vs. Washington Redskins\nComing off their road win over the Cardinals, the Giants flew to Fedex Field for a Week 13 NFC East rematch with the Washington Redskins. In the first quarter, New York scored first as QB Eli Manning completed a 40-yard TD pass to WR Amani Toomer, along with kicker John Carney getting a 31-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Giants increased their lead as Carney got a 38-yard field goal. The Redskins would close out the half with WR Devin Thomas getting a 29-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 13: vs. Washington Redskins\nIn the third quarter, New York began to pull away as RB Brandon Jacobs got a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Giants sealed the deal with Carney connecting on a 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 13: vs. Washington Redskins\nWith the season-sweep, the Giants improved to 11\u20131, exceeding the 1986 and 1990 teams (both started 10\u20132 and eventually won the Super Bowl) for the best 12-game record in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 14: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nPhiladelphia would score first in the game with a 51-yard David Akers field goal. Then in the second quarter, the Eagles Brian Westbrook scored on a 30-yard touchdown run that gave Philadelphia a 10\u20130 lead. With 7 seconds left in the 1st half, the Eagles attempted to go up 13\u20130 with a field goal, instead, the kick was blocked and returned 71 yards by Kevin Dockery for a Giants touchdown. That cut the lead to 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 14: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nEarly in the third quarter, Donovan McNabb found Brian Westbrook for a 40-yard Eagles touchdown that increased their lead to 17\u20137. Philadelphia would score again in the 3rd with a 34-yard field goal by David Akers. The Giants would score on a 1-yard pass from Eli Manning to Darcy Johnson with 20 seconds left in the game, but couldn't recover an onside kick and the Eagles won the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 14: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nDespite falling to 11\u20132, the Giants clinched the NFC East title when the Dallas Cowboys lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 20\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 15: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe second-to-last NFL game ever to be played at Texas Stadium was a defensive struggle that featured the Giants' weakest offensive showing of the year. Brandon Jacobs was sidelined with a knee injury, crippling New York's running game; Derrick Ward started in his place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 15: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Cowboys scored first, on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Tony Romo to Patrick Crayton early in the second quarter. The Giants answered with a 34-yard John Carney field goal on the ensuing drive. The next scoring came in the fourth quarter, when Romo threw fullback Deon Anderson his first career touchdown. On the Cowboys' next drive, deep in their own territory, Mathias Kiwanuka sacked Romo and forced a fumble in the end zone, which resulted in a safety. But the Giants could only put up another field goal, and Tashard Choice's 38-yard touchdown run with 2:24 to play sealed the victory for the Cowboys. Eli Manning was sacked a season-high eight times to Romo's four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 15: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Giants had now lost two consecutive games for the first time since Weeks 1\u20132 of 2007, and fell to 11\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 16: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe Giants snapped their two-game losing streak and clinched home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs by defeating the Panthers. With the loss Carolina failed to clinch the NFC South. The Giants had already clinched a first round bye by virtue of Minnesota's loss to Atlanta earlier in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 16: vs. Carolina Panthers\nNew York won the toss and scored on their opening drive on a 32-yard John Carney field goal. Carolina responded by scoring a touchdown on their first drive, a thirteen-yard run by DeAngelo Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 16: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe Giants scored on their second drive as well, going 74 yards in 13 plays and ending with a Brandon Jacobs touchdown from the Carolina 2. The Panthers responded with another Williams touchdown run, this time five yards, and a 14\u201310 lead. After forcing the Giants to punt Carolina scored again, as Williams scored his third touchdown of the game on a one-yard run. The drive went four plays for 65 yards, 60 of which came on a deep pass from Jake Delhomme to Muhsin Muhammad. Williams' touchdown came two plays after Steve Smith appeared to have scored on a short pass, but a replay challenge was upheld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 16: vs. Carolina Panthers\nAfter the teams traded punts the Giants scored with 0:55 remaining in the half as Carney added his second field goal of the game. Then on their second drive of the second half, Eli Manning threw a short touchdown to Kevin Boss to cut the deficit to 21\u201320 with 1:07 remaining in the third quarter. Carolina scored on their very next drive, with Williams scoring for the fourth time on a thirty-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 16: vs. Carolina Panthers\nNew York tied the game with 3:24 remaining as Jacobs scored on a one-yard touchdown run, after starting the drive in Panther territory. The Giants converted the two-point conversion on a pass from Manning to Domenik Hixon. Carolina then drove down the field and faced fourth and five from the Giants 32-yard line, but John Kasay missed the potential game-winning field goal from 50 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 16: vs. Carolina Panthers\nOn their second possession of the overtime period the Giants started at their own 13-yard line. On the first play of the drive Derrick Ward ran for 51 yards and pushed the ball into Carolina territory. Ward added a fourteen-yard run two plays later and a seventeen-yard run the play following that, pushing his rushing total to 215 yards (a career-high) and leaving the Giants two yards from the endzone. On the next play Jacobs scored on a run, his third score of the game, and New York won the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 16: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe Giants rushed for 301 yards in the game compared to 158 for the Panthers. Jacobs added 87 yards to Ward's 215. Williams rushed for 108 yards on 24 carries, including his four touchdowns. Delhomme finished 11\u201319 for 185 yards and Manning 17\u201327 for 181 and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 16: vs. Carolina Panthers\nWard's 14.3-yard rushing average was a single game Giants record. Manning became the first Giants quarterback to throw at least 3,000 passing yards in a season for four consecutive seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 16: vs. Carolina Panthers\nWhile the gametime temperature was 34\u00b0, the wind chill being -28 made the game feel like it was only 6\u00b0 at kickoff. Both teams emphasized their running games, 7 of the 8 touchdowns scored were on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings\nThe Giants lost their final game of the 2008 regular season in Minneapolis, their first loss to the Vikings in the Metrodome since the 2001 season. Minnesota clinched the NFC North division crown with the win. New York rested most of their starters in the second half and Brandon Jacobs, Kevin Boss, Aaron Ross, and Barry Cofield were held out of the game due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings\nAfter a scoreless first quarter the Vikings jumped out to a 10\u20130 lead early in the second quarter, with a Ryan Longwell field goal and a 67-yard touchdown run by Adrian Peterson coming 3:27 apart. Three field goals by John Carney cut the Vikings' lead to 10\u20139 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings\nThe Giants took their first lead in the third quarter as David Carr hit Domenik Hixon for a 23-yard touchdown pass and extended the lead to nine with 11:25 remaining in the game as Carney added his fourth field goal. Minnesota scored a touchdown on a long pass from Tarvaris Jackson to Bernard Berrian on their next drive, cutting the Giants lead to 19\u201317. The Giants then had a chance to extend the lead and force Minnesota to score a touchdown to win, but Carney missed from 48 yards with 3:17 to go. Jackson then led the Vikings into field goal range and Longwell hit from 50 yards out to win the game as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, 2008 season, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings\nEli Manning, who started for the Giants but was pulled in the third quarter, led the team with 119 yards passing on 11-for-19, and Carr added 110 yards on 8-for-11. Halfback Derrick Ward rushed for 77 yards on 15 carries, eclipsing 1,000 yards for the season (1,025), joining Jacobs in the 1,000-yard club and making the Giants the fourth team in NFL history (joining the 1971 Dolphins, 1976 Steelers, and 1985 Browns) with two 1,000-yard running backs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nEntering the postseason as the NFC's top seed, the Giants began their postseason run at home in the NFC Divisional round against their NFC East rival, the #6 Philadelphia Eagles, in Round 3 of 2008's series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nNew York got the early first quarter lead as kicker John Carney got a 22-yard field goal. The Eagles would respond with quarterback Donovan McNabb getting a 1-yard touchdown run. The Giants would answer in the second quarter as the defense forced McNabb into an intentional grounding penalty from his own endzone, giving them a safety. Afterwards, Carney would give New York the lead with a 34-yard field goal. However, Philadelphia would get the halftime lead as kicker David Akers got a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Giants would regain the lead in the third quarter as Carney made a 36-yard field goal, but the Eagles got the lead again as Akers kicked a 35-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Philadelphia took control as McNabb completed a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brent Celek, followed by Akers nailing a 20-yard field goal. New York tried to rally, but the Eagles' defense would shut down any last attempt at a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197973-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, the Giants' season ended with an overall record of 12\u20135. The Philadelphia Eagles became the first team to beat the Giants twice in the same season in Giants Stadium \u2013 the Giants were 7\u20132 at home this season and both losses were to the Eagles. This was the first game in NFL history with a final score of 23\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season\nThe 2008 New York Jets season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League (NFL), the 49th season overall, and the third and final under head coach Eric Mangini. The team succeeded in improving upon their 4\u201312 record from 2007, but did not make the playoffs for the second straight season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Offseason, Signings\nThe Jets used a large amount of salary cap room to make several high-profile acquisitions in the offseason. On February 29 the team signed former Pittsburgh Steelers left guard, Alan Faneca, to a five-year, $40 million contract. The deal made Faneca the highest paid offensive lineman in the National Football League. The Jets then signed former Arizona Cardinals linebacker, Calvin Pace, to a six-year, $42 million deal. Pace had 6 \u00bd sacks in 2007, and was considered to fit well with the Jets' 3\u20134 defense. The Jets continued to attempt to improve the offensive line by signing Detroit Lions right tackle Damien Woody to a five-year $25.5 million contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Offseason, Signings\nOther notable free agent signings included fullback, Tony Richardson; cornerbacks, Andre Woolfolk and Ty Law; tight end, Bubba Franks; and running back, Jesse Chatman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Offseason, Signings\nPerhaps the Jets most significant offseason acquisition was veteran and former Green Bay Packers quarterback, Brett Favre. Favre, the NFL's all-time leader in touchdown passes, completions, passing yards, interceptions, wins and consecutive starts by a quarterback, was picked up in a trade during training camp. Favre finished the 2007 season second in MVP voting and was named starter of the AFC Pro Bowl team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Schedule\nMatchups were determined at the end of the 2007 season based on the league's scheduling formula. Along with home and away games against each of their traditional rivals in the AFC East, the Jets played each of the teams from the AFC West and NFC West divisions, as per the NFL's annual rotation. The NFL revealed its schedule for all 256 regular season games on April 15, 2008. One notable game in the schedule was the Jets' first game televised on the NFL Network, against the division rival New England Patriots. Game times from weeks 12 through 17 were subject to change in accordance with the NFL's flexible scheduling policy; two games were affected by this policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Schedule, Regular season\nNotes Simulcast on WPIX. Originally scheduled as a 1:00 PM kickoff. Originally scheduled as a 1:00 PM kickoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nThe Jets started with quarterback Brett Favre against a Miami Dolphins team that was sporting new starting quarterback and former Jets starting quarterback Chad Pennington. Favre got the Jets on the scoreboard first in the first quarter with a play-action pass that found Jerricho Cotchery at the 10-yard line en route to a 56-yard touchdown. However, Mike Nugent sprained his thigh on the following kickoff, and when he attempted and missed a 32-yard field goal attempt, Nugent was brought out of the game. Miami then responded, with Chad Pennington marching the Dolphins down to the 6-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nFrom there, Pennington connected with Anthony Fasano for a 5-yard touchdown, tying the game. On the following drive for the Jets, coach Eric Mangini, faced with the possibility of missing a 40-yard field goal if he allowed an uncertain Mike Nugent to kick the ball, opted for Favre to continue on 4th down and 13 yards. Favre, under pressure, threw up a high ball and rookie Chansi Stuckey jumped up for the catch in the end zone, giving the Jets a 13\u20137 lead. Rather than put Nugent out to the field for a PAT, Mangini opted to go for two points, but the option failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nIn the 3rd quarter, Favre brought the Jets back to the red zone, moving them to the 6-yard line. From there, Favre handed off the ball to Thomas Jones, who ran in for the touchdown. Along with an extra point from Mike Nugent, the Jets now had a 20\u20137 lead. Due to miscommunication, Chad Pennington was forced to use two time-outs early in the 4th quarter. Late in the 4th quarter, Pennington moved Miami down the field, including connecting on a 14-yard pass from 4th-and-7 at midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nPennington completed an 11-yard touchdown pass to David Martin with 3:27 remaining, cutting the Jets' lead to 6 points. The Jets, who ran the clock down to the two-minute warning, went three-and-out on their drive, giving the ball back to Miami at their 34-yard line with 1:53 remaining. Pennington moved the team down the field, getting to the 18-yard line with 18 seconds on the clock. On 3rd-and-10 from the 18-yard line, Pennington attempted a throw to Ted Ginn Jr. in the back of the end zone, but it was intercepted by Darrelle Revis, sealing the six-point win for the Jets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nWith the win, the Jets began their 2008 season at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 1: at Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nBrett Favre, in his Jets debut, completed 15 of 22 passes for 194 yards and 2 touchdowns (with a passer rating of 125.9).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. New England Patriots, Game summary\nComing off their divisional road win over the Dolphins, the Jets played their Week 2 home opener against their AFC East foe, the New England Patriots. The Jets had the first opportunity to score in the first quarter, but a 31-yard field goal attempt by new kicker Jay Feely was wide right. New York then trailed as Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski got a 21-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Jets continued to trail as Gostkowski kicked a 37-yard field goal. Brett Favre got the Jets down to the 3-yard line, but after three running plays resulting in 0 net yardage, the Jets settled for a 21-yard field goal to get on the board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 97], "content_span": [98, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. New England Patriots, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, New England capitalized on an interception by Brandon Meriweather off a Brett Favre pass. The Patriots increased its lead 6 plays later as RB Sammy Morris got a 1-yard TD run and Gostkowski nailed a 28-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Jets tried to rally as QB Brett Favre completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Chansi Stuckey. However, the Patriots pulled away with Gostkowski's 27-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 97], "content_span": [98, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 3: at San Diego Chargers, Game summary\nHoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Patriots, the Jets flew to Qualcomm Stadium for a Week 3 MNF duel with the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, New York took flight as CB David Barrett returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown. The Chargers responded with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 36-yard field goal, along with QB Philip Rivers completing a 1-yard TD pass to FB Mike Tolbert. In the second quarter, San Diego increased its lead with CB Antonio Cromartie returning an interception 52 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 3: at San Diego Chargers, Game summary\nThe Jets answered with QB Brett Favre completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles. The turning point in the game occurred on the following kickoff, an on-side kick, which traveled only 15 yards before the Chargers picked up the ball. They then added a touchdown, with Rivers completing a 27-yard TD pass to WR Chris Chambers. Following another interception, the Chargers scored again with a 6-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 3: at San Diego Chargers, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, San Diego increased its lead with RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 2-yard TD run. New York then managed to move the ball down to the San Diego 9-yard line, but turned the ball over on downs. In the fourth quarter, New York tried to rally as Favre completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Chansi Stuckey (with a failed 2-point conversion), along with kicker Jay Feely getting a 32-yard field goal, yet the Chargers answered with Tomlinson's 2-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 3: at San Diego Chargers, Game summary\nAfterwards, the Jets tried to make yet another comeback attempt as Jerricho Cotchery ran a return ball 54 yards. Favre completed a 13-yard TD pass to TE Dustin Keller to put them within 2 touchdowns from tying, yet San Diego sealed the win with Kaeding's 49-yard field goal with 2:08 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Arizona Cardinals, Game summary\nHoping to rebound from a tough MNF road loss to the Chargers, the Jets went home, donned their New York Titans throwbacks, and played a Week 4 interconference duel with the Arizona Cardinals. After a scoreless first quarter, New York would begin their explosive second quarter. It began with QB Brett Favre completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles. It continued with CB Darrelle Revis returning an interception 32 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, New York kept its domination going with Favre completing a 34-yard TD pass to Coles, kicker Jay Feely getting a 20-yard field goal, Favre and Coles hooking up with each other for a third time on a 2-yard TD pass, and Feely kicking a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Arizona Cardinals, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals started to rally as RB Edgerrin James got a 4-yard and a 2-yard TD run, while RB Tim Hightower got a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Jets answered with Favre completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Jerricho Cotchery. Arizona replied with QB Kurt Warner completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin, yet New York continued its victory march as Favre completed a 40-yard TD pass to Cotchery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Arizona Cardinals, Game summary\nThe Cardinals tried to come back as Warner completing a 14-yard TD pass to WR Jerheme Urban, yet the Jets were able to close out the game as Favre threw his career-best sixth touchdown pass to rookie TE Dustin Keller from 24 yards out. In the final minute, Anquan Boldin suffered fractured paranasal sinuses as a result of a helmet-to-helmet collision. After witnessing the injury, Kurt Warner considered retirement, but remained to lead the Cardinals to Super Bowl XLIII.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Arizona Cardinals, Game summary\nWith the amazing win, New York went into the bye week at 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Arizona Cardinals, Game summary\nThe Jets' 34-second quarter points became a franchise record for the most points in any given quarter. The defense was also impressive with 5 sacks and 7 turnovers. Also, heading into the game, Favre was listed as questionable, due to an injury from MNF. He improved to 6\u20131 in career games where he's listed as questionable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nComing off their bye week, the Jets stayed at home, donned their New York Titans throwbacks again, and played a Week 6 duel with the winless Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, the Jets trailed early as Bengals strong safety Chinedum Ndukwe returned a fumble 15 yards for a touchdown. New York would respond with QB Brett Favre completing a 2-yard TD pass to RB Thomas Jones. In the second quarter, the Jets took the lead as kicker Jay Feely got a 38-yard field goal, while Jones got a 7-yard TD run. Cincinnati closed out the half with QB Ryan Fitzpatrick getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the third quarter, New York began to pull away as Feely nailed a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Jets closed the game out with Jones getting a 1-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Oakland Raiders\nComing off their home win over the Bengals, the Jets flew to Oakland\u2013Alameda County Coliseum for a Week 7 duel with the Oakland Raiders, Brett Favre's first trip to the stadium since a 2003 Monday night game played in the aftermath of his father's death. In the first quarter, New York took flight as kicker Jay Feely got a 40-yard field goal. The Raiders responded with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 29-yard field goal. After a scoreless second quarter, Oakland took the lead as QB JaMarcus Russell completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Javon Walker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Oakland Raiders\nIn the fourth quarter, the Jets answered with RB Leon Washington getting an 11-yard TD run. The Raiders regained their lead as Janikowski got a 37-yard field goal. Favre orchestrated a remarkable final drive, culminating in a Feely 52-yard field goal with just 3 seconds left that sent the game into overtime. The Jets nearly won in regulation, but Jerricho Cotchery was tripped up by the last Oakland defender, preventing what would have been a game-winning touchdown. Oakland prevailed in overtime, as Janikowski nailed the game-ending 57-yard field goal, which holds the NFL record for longest FG converted in Overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nHoping to rebound from their tough overtime road loss to the Raiders, the Jets went home for a Week 8 duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, New York took flight as QB Brett Favre completed an 18-yard TD pass to RB Leon Washington. In the second quarter, the Chiefs tied the game as QB Tyler Thigpen completed a 19-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez. The Jets would answer with Washington getting a 60-yard TD run. Kansas City closed out the half as Thigpen completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Mark Bradley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the third quarter, the Chiefs took the lead as kicker Connor Barth nailed a 30-yard field goal, yet New York replied with RB Thomas Jones getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Kansas City got the lead again as CB Brandon Flowers returned an interception 91 yards for a touchdown. Fortunately, the Jets pulled out the win with Favre completing the game-winning 15-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nDuring halftime, the Jets celebrated the 40th anniversary of their Super Bowl III championship team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nComing off their home win over the Chiefs, the Jets flew to Ralph Wilson Stadium for a Week 9 AFC East duel with the Buffalo Bills. In the first quarter, New York took flight early as kicker Jay Feely getting a 37-yard field goal. The Bills answered with QB Trent Edwards completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Derek Fine. Afterwards, the Jets regained the lead as Feely got a 26-yard field goal, along with safety Abram Elam returning an interception 92 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nAfter a scoreless second quarter, New York kicked off the third quarter with Feely making a 20-yard field goal. Buffalo would respond with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 53-yard field goal, yet New York replied with RB Thomas Jones getting a 7-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Bills tried to rally as CB Jabari Greer returned QB Brett Favre's 300th career interception 42 yards for a touchdown. Favre subsequently led the Jets downfield on a seven-minute drive, resulting in a 31-yard field goal from Feely to put the game out of reach for Buffalo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nWith the win, not only did New York improve to 5\u20133, but Favre also earned his first win at Ralph Wilson Stadium after going 0\u20133 in his previous three visits with Green Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nComing off their road win over the Bills, the Jets went home for Week 10 interconference duel with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, New York took flight as RB Thomas Jones got a 13-yard TD run, kicker Jay Feely nailed a 22-yard field goal, and LB Calvin Pace returning a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nIn the second quarter, the Jets continued their domination as Jones got a 2-yard TD run, Feely making a 49-yard and a 46-yard field goal, QB Brett Favre completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Dustin Keller, and Feely getting a 55-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Rams would get only points of the game as kicker Josh Brown nailed a 37-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New York flew away as Jones got a 6-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nThe +44 point differential marked the largest margin of victory in franchise history. Also, it was their first win over the Rams since 1983.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 11: at New England Patriots\nComing off their dominating home win over the Rams, the Jets flew to Gillette Stadium for a Week 11 AFC East rematch with the New England Patriots on Thursday Night Football. In the first quarter, New York took flight as QB Brett Favre completed a 7-yard TD pass to RB Leon Washington. The Patriots would respond with kicker Stephen Gostkowski getting a 42-yard field goal. The Jets would increase their lead as kicker Jay Feely made a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 11: at New England Patriots\nIn the second quarter, New England would answer with Gostkowski making a 31-yard field goal, yet New York immediately replied as Washington returned the kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown. Later, the Jets added onto their lead as Favre completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Jerricho Cotchery to give the Jets a commanding 24\u20136 lead. The Patriots would get back into the game by closing out the half with a  QB Matt Cassel 19-yard TD pass to WR Jabar Gaffney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 11: at New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, New England hacked away at New York's lead as Cassel completed a 10-yard TD pass to TE Benjamin Watson (along with a 2-point conversion pass to Gaffney) on the final play of the 3rd quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Patriots completely erased the Jets' 18-point lead with Gostkowski kicking a 47-yard field goal. New York would answer with RB Thomas Jones getting a 1-yard TD run, but New England tied the game with Cassel completing a 16-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss, who had beaten Ty Law as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 11: at New England Patriots\nIn overtime,  the Jets took the kickoff and marched straight down the field to win on Feely's 34-yard field goal. The drive included some clutch throws by Favre, particularly a connection with Dustin Keller on 3rd-and-17 from deep in the Jets' zone. It was Favre's 42nd game-winning drive in the fourth quarter or overtime in his career. Washington was selected as AFC special teams player of the week for the first time in his career. His 92-yard touchdown was the fourth kick return TD of his career, surpassing Justin Miller for the club record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Tennessee Titans\nComing off their impressive Thursday night road win over the Patriots, the Jets flew to LP Field for a Week 12 duel with the undefeated Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, New York took flight early as QB Brett Favre completed a 10-yard TD pass to RB Thomas Jones. In the second quarter, the Jets continued their scoring as kicker Jay Feely got a 20-yard field goal. The Titans closed out the half with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 43-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, New York went back to work as Feely made a 30-yard field goal, while Favre completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee tried to rally as Bironas nailed a 49-yard field goal, yet the Jets replied with RB Leon Washington's 61-yard TD run. The Titans tried to keep their perfect season alive as QB Kerry Collins completed a 6-yard TD pass to FB Ahmard Hall. Afterwards, New York flew away as Washington got another 4-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Tennessee Titans\nWith the win, the Jets improved to 8\u20133. Favre also broke a tie with Dan Marino for victories in the most NFL stadiums by winning in his 32nd at LP Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos\nComing off their road win over the Titans, the Jets went home for a Week 13 duel with the Denver Broncos. The game would be moved from a 1:00 PM start time to a later time due to a more national interest in the Jets hence their 8-3 record. In the first quarter, New York trailed early as Broncos safety Vernon Fox returning a fumble 23 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe Jets would respond with RB Thomas Jones getting a 59-yard TD run, but Denver answered with QB Jay Cutler completing a 59-yard TD pass to WR Eddie Royal, along with kicker Matt Prater making a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, New York drew close as Jones got a 29-yard TD run, yet the Broncos replied with RB Peyton Hillis getting a 1-yard TD run, along with Prater getting a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, the Jets tried to rally as kicker Jay Feely nailed a 30-yard field goal. However, in the fourth quarter, Denver pulled away as Cutler completed a 36-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 14: at San Francisco 49ers\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Broncos, the Jets flew to Candlestick Park for a Week 14 interconference battle with the San Francisco 49ers. Late in the first quarter, New York trailed early as 49ers offensive tackle Joe Staley recovered Jason Hill's fumble in the endzone for a touchdown. The Jets responded in the second quarter with quarterback Brett Favre getting a 2-yard touchdown run, yet San Francisco would answer with quarterback Shaun Hill completing a 4-yard touchdown pass to running back Frank Gore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 82], "content_span": [83, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 14: at San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, New York tied the game with running back Thomas Jones's 17-yard touchdown run. However, the 49ers pulled away in the fourth quarter as kicker Joe Nedney nailed a 32-yard field goal, along with Hill completing a 3-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Bryant Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 82], "content_span": [83, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Buffalo Bills\nHoping to snap a two-game losing streak, the Jets went home for a Week 15 AFC East rematch with the Buffalo Bills. Early in the first quarter, New York soared off to an early lead as running back Thomas Jones got a 2-yard touchdown run. The Bills would answer with a 34-yard field goal from kicker Rian Lindell, yet the Jets answered with quarterback Brett Favre completing an 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery. Buffalo would take the lead in the second quarter as quarterback J. P. Losman got an 8-yard touchdown run and completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Stevie Johnson, but New York would get the halftime lead as running back Leon Washington got a 47-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Buffalo Bills\nIn the third quarter, the Bills got within one as Lindell got a 48-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Jets added onto their lead as kicker Jay Feely nailed a 31-yard field goal. Buffalo got the lead again as running back Fred Jackson dragged defenders for an 11-yard touchdown run. After a Jets punt, Buffalo took over with just over two minutes remaining. Rather than try to run out the clock and burn the Jets' timeouts, Losman dropped back for a pass on third down. Under pressure from safety Abram Elam, Losman let go of the ball, allowing defensive end Shaun Ellis to return that fumble 11 yards for the game-winning touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Buffalo Bills\nWith the win, the Jets improved to 9\u20135, needing wins in their last 2 games to clinch the AFC East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Seattle Seahawks, Game summary\nFor the fourth time in as many trips to the western United States, the Jets lost to the woeful Seahawks in Mike Holmgren's final home game as  the team's head coach. The loss dropped the Jets to 9\u20136 and out of first place in the AFC East. Jay Feely put the Jets on the board with a field goal eight minutes into the game and the lead held for most of the remainder of the first half. Seattle scored with thirty one seconds remaining in the half on a Seneca Wallace touchdown pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 93], "content_span": [94, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Seattle Seahawks, Game summary\nOlindo Mare kicked two field goals in the second half, including one with 1:47 remaining to clinch victory for Seattle. Brett Favre was held without a touchdown pass for the Jets and threw two interceptions, and Thomas Jones was held to 67 yards. For the Seahawks Maurice Morris rushed for 116 yards on 29 carries and Wallace finished with 175 yards passing and his second-quarter touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 93], "content_span": [94, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Miami Dolphins\nAlthough the Jets will have a winning season, it would not be enough because the Patriots and Dolphins would both finish the season at 11-5. Therefore, the team with the better record against the division and conference would make the playoffs. Being that the Miami Dolphins were the most improved team from last year being 1-15 in 2007 to 11-5 in 2008, the game would be moved to a later start time to allow a more national audience to view the game. The Jets went home for a Week 17 AFC East rematch with the Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Miami Dolphins\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, New York took flight in the second quarter as quarterback Brett Favre completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Laveranues Coles (with a failed PAT). The Dolphins would strike back with former Jets quarterback Chad Pennington completing a 27-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr., along with rookie defensive end Phillip Merling returning an interception 25 yards for a touchdown. New York would close out the half as kicker Jay Feely got a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, the Jets regained the lead as running back Leon Washington got a 10-yard touchdown run (followed by Favre's 2-point conversion pass to wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery). However, Miami replied with Pennington's 20-yard touchdown pass to tight end Anthony Fasano. In the fourth quarter, the Dolphins would pull away as kicker Dan Carpenter nailed a 48-yard field goal. New York tried to get a comeback, but Miami's defense stopped any attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197974-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Jets season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Miami Dolphins\nWith the loss, the Jets' season ended at 9\u20137. As a result, head coach Eric Mangini would eventually be fired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197975-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Liberty season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the 12th season for the New York Liberty. The first ever outdoor professional basketball game was held at Arthur Ashe Stadium between the New York Liberty and the Indiana Fever. Over 19,000 fans attended the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197975-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Liberty season, Player stats\nNote: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season\nThe 2008 New York Mets season was the franchise's 47th season. The Mets finished the season with an 89\u201373 record, second place in the National League East, three games behind the Philadelphia Phillies, and one game worse than the wild card winners, the Milwaukee Brewers. The Mets were eliminated from postseason play on their last day of the regular season by the Florida Marlins for the second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season\n2008 was the Mets' 45th and final year at Shea Stadium. They moved to Citi Field in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nAfter dropping 12 out of their final 17 games of the 2007 season to lose the National League East to the Philadelphia Phillies on their last day of the regular season, the Mets front office was expected to make big moves in the offseason to give hope for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nNeeding to make a decision within five days after the Mets' last game, Tom Glavine declined his $13 million player option. He eventually signed with his former team, the Atlanta Braves, agreeing to a one-year contract worth $8 million on November 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nOn October 31, the Mets took care of two of their own potential free agents. Left fielder Mois\u00e9s Alou's option year on his contract was picked up for $7.5 million despite Alou only playing in 87 games due to a left quadriceps injury. He did, however, lead the Mets with a .341 batting average and seven outfield assists. Alou also set a franchise record with a 30-game hitting streak after he came off the disabled list. Utility player Damion Easley was re-signed for one year at $950,000. He was on the disabled list two separate times due to a left quadriceps strain on May 11 and a left ankle sprain which ended his season on August 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nWhen the free agency period began, the Mets first looked to catcher Yorvit Torrealba to replace 2007 starter Paul Lo Duca. After agreeing to the structure of a three-year contract worth $14.4 million with Torrealba, the Mets suddenly changed their minds on November 17 and retracted the offer, seemingly because of Torrealba's sore shoulder, as the Mets only needed to see the results of Torrealba's physical to officially complete the deal. Lo Duca never appeared to be the first choice for the Mets, so they continued their search for a starter from another team rather than re-sign Lo Duca, who went on to sign with the Nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nAfter the Torrealba deal fell through, the Mets focused on one of their own free agents. On November 18, second baseman Luis Castillo agree to a four-year $25 million contract. The Mets explored the possibility of signing David Eckstein to start at second base, but determined his contract demands were too lofty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nOn November 20, the Mets traded relief pitcher Guillermo Mota away to the Milwaukee Brewers for catcher Johnny Estrada. This trade ended up just being a salary dump, as Estrada, who was arbitration-eligible, was not offered a new contract, therefore becoming a free agent. The Mets wanted to be rid of Mota and his $3.2 million salary because he pitched to a 5.72 ERA in 2007 after being suspended for 50 games for steroid use.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nIn response to the Mets' need for a starting catcher, General Manager Omar Minaya made his first significant trade of the offseason on December 1, acquiring catcher Brian Schneider and outfielder Ryan Church from the Nationals for outfielder Lastings Milledge. Once considered the Mets top prospect, Milledge had fallen out of favor with players and management due to his on- and off-field antics. Minaya made the trade to acquire two players who, in his mind, would be starters for the Mets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nThe Mets made a small move on January 5, 2008, to shore up their outfield depth, acquiring \u00c1ngel Pag\u00e1n from the Chicago Cubs for two minor-league players, outfielder Corey Coles and pitcher Ryan Meyers. Pag\u00e1n was a fourth-round draft pick by the Mets in 1999, and he was sent to the Cubs on January 25, 2006, for cash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nThe Mets' biggest trade of the offseason would come on January 29, when they agreed to a trade for two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Johan Santana from the Minnesota Twins. Minaya agreed to trade outfielder Carlos G\u00f3mez and pitchers Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra to the Twins. Three days later, to complete the trade, Santana agreed to a contract extension worth $137.5 million over the course of six years, with an option worth an extra $19.5 million for 2014, which can be triggered by performance. This contract is a record amount for a Major League Baseball pitcher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nStarting pitcher \u00d3liver P\u00e9rez's arbitration case was settled on February 22 and scored a win for P\u00e9rez, as the Mets found out they would have to pay him $6.5 million for the 2008 season. This gave P\u00e9rez a raise of over $4 million and was $1.775 million more than the Mets offered to pay him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nAnother player signed during the offseason was relief pitcher Duaner S\u00e1nchez. S\u00e1nchez missed all of 2007 due to a broken bone in his left shoulder suffered during a taxi accident in 2006, but the Mets hoped he could still return to be an important part of the bullpen, signing him to a one-year deal at $850,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Offseason\nPlayers who made it to the Mets in 2008 after being signed to minor-league contracts include pitcher Tony Armas, Jr., catcher Robinson Cancel, and utility player Fernando Tat\u00eds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Spring training\nThe Mets entered spring training with questions about their pitching staff due to injury and age. Duaner S\u00e1nchez was still recovering from his shoulder injury, and older starters Pedro Mart\u00ednez and Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez were coming off of seasons when they missed significant time due to injury. Mart\u00ednez made it to Opening Day healthy, but S\u00e1nchez and Hern\u00e1ndez opened the regular season on the disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Spring training\nDuring spring training, the team suffered several injuries to players that they had pegged to play with the Mets when the season opened on March 31. On March 1, Ryan Church collided with Marlon Anderson while trying to catch a fly ball, leaving Church with a concussion and Anderson with a bruised sternum. Ram\u00f3n Castro aggravated his right hamstring injury on March 16, ending up with a sprain. It was more severe than first thought, keeping Castro out of play through the beginning of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Spring training\nCarlos Beltr\u00e1n and Luis Castillo were late to start playing because they were both still recovering from offseason knee surgery, while Mois\u00e9s Alou was held out of action because of hernia surgery. Other players suffered minor injuries that held them out of many exhibition games, but they returned before the first game that counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Spring training\nJohn Maine had the strongest spring training performance from the pitching staff, leading all National League pitchers with a 1.53 ERA. Maine went 3\u20131 over 29+1\u20443 innings, with 33 strikeouts and five walks. \u00c1ngel Pag\u00e1n was a surprising force on offense, batting .329 to win the starting left field competition that was open due to Alou's injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Spring training\nComing out of spring training, the Mets set their starting rotation with Johan Santana, Mart\u00ednez, Maine, \u00d3liver P\u00e9rez, and Mike Pelfrey in place of Hern\u00e1ndez. The bullpen consisted of Billy Wagner, Aaron Heilman, Pedro Feliciano, Scott Schoeneweis, Matt Wise, and Joe Smith, who beat Brian Stokes for a spot on the roster. Brian Schneider, Carlos Delgado, Castillo, Jos\u00e9 Reyes, David Wright, Pag\u00e1n, Beltr\u00e1n, and Church started in the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Spring training\nAnderson, Damion Easley, and Endy Ch\u00e1vez were set as the bench players, joined by Brady Clark and Raul Casanova due to Alou's and Castro's injuries. These decisions caused Rub\u00e9n Gotay to lose his spot on the roster after playing in 98 games in 2007, so the Mets placed him on waivers, where he was claimed by the Atlanta Braves on March 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Regular season, Bullpen  problems\nThe weakest part of the Mets team was their bullpen, which struggled throughout the season. If all the games played by the Mets ended after the 8th inning the team would have won the NL East by 12 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting\nLegend: G = games played; AB = at-bats; H = hits; BA = batting average; OBP = on-base percentage; HR = home runs; RBI = runs batted in; R = runs scored; SB = stolen bases; bold = league leader", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197976-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching\nLegend: G = games pitched; GS = games started; IP = innings pitched; W = wins; L = losses; ERA = earned run average; H = hits allowed; SO = strikeouts; BB = walks; S = saves; bold = league leader", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea\nThe New York Philharmonic concert in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 26, 2008, was a significant event in North Korea\u2013United States relations. The orchestra played in East Pyongyang Grand Theatre, with the entire concert broadcast on North Korean state television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Concert, Program\nThe program, conducted by Lorin Maazel, included the national anthems of both North Korea (\"Aegukka\") and the United States (\"The Star-Spangled Banner\"), the Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k's Symphony No. 9 \"From the New World\", and George Gershwin's An American in Paris. Encores included the Farandole from Georges Bizet's Second L'Arlesienne Suite, Leonard Bernstein's Overture to Candide, and concluded with the popular Korean folk song \"Arirang\". The Dvo\u0159\u00e1k, Gershwin, and Bernstein works were each originally premiered by the New York Philharmonic, which is the oldest U.S. orchestra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Concert, Attendance\nNorth Korea's leader Kim Jong-il did not attend the concert, but vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's AssemblyYang Hyong-sop and the Foreign Ministry\u2019s America chief Li Gun were present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 68], "content_span": [69, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Concert, Broadcast\nAt the request of the New York Philharmonic, a live national broadcast was aired on Korean Central Television. The TV recording of the concert was produced by the German production company EuroArts Music International and was broadcast live internationally on CNN in Canada and the United States, CNN International, MBC in South Korea, and SMC in China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Concert, Broadcast\nTime delayed broadcasts were shown amongst others on Arte in France and Germany, on PBS in the United States as well as PBS's member station WNET locally in New York City, on SVT in Sweden, on DR in Denmark, on RTBF in Belgium, on MTV in Hungary. The concert was also streamed live on the New York Philharmonic's website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Concert, Broadcast\nThe concert may have been remarkable in North Korea for its live coverage alone. Evan Revers, president of the Korea Society and a negotiator of the visit, stated he believed it to be unprecedented, as other major events are broadcast from videotape footage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Concert, DVD\nIn spring 2008 the New York Philharmonic\u2019s Pyongyang concert was released worldwide on DVD (Medici Arts / EuroArts / Naxos).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Political context\nOn August 13, 2007, the New York Philharmonic announced it was considering an invitation to perform in North Korea that it had received via \"an independent representative of the Ministry of Culture\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Political context\nOn October 4, 2007, officials from the New York Philharmonic traveled to Pyongyang, accompanied by the executive director of the Korea Society and a member of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs. They toured three concert halls including the Moranbong Theater and the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre, which was chosen for its larger capacity. The group discussed permission to meet with local musicians, accompaniment of an international press corp, international broadcast issues, and logistical issues concerning transport and venue preparations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Political context\nThe invitation was formally accepted on December 11, 2007 at a news conference attended by the president of the New York Philharmonic, the chairman, and North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations, Pak Kil-yon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Political context\nAccording to the South Korean news agency Yonhap, the possibility of civilian exchanges was discussed at the six-party nuclear disarmament talks in July 2007. The New York Philharmonic was specifically mentioned. Orchestra president and executive director Zarin Mehta billed the concert as \"a manifestation of the power of music to unite people.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Political context, Effects\nThe North Korean government allowed unprecedented access to the country to more than 300 foreigners. Internet access and almost completely unrestricted international telephone calls were allowed for foreign journalists, something which is usually highly restricted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Political context, Effects\nThe event was the first significant cultural visit from the United States to North Korea since the Korean War. The visit was anticipated as an opportunity to broaden relations with one of the world's most isolated nations. The U.S. State Department viewed the invitation as a potential softening of anti-U.S. propaganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Political context, Effects\nSong Sok-hwan, North Korea\u2019s culture minister, said, \"We hope this will be a big step toward increased bilateral cultural exchange between our two countries.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Political context, Effects\nWhite House Press Secretary Dana Perino said, \"I think at the end of the day, we consider this concert to be a concert, and it's not a diplomatic, you know, coup.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Political context, Effects\nUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, \"The North Korean regime is the North Korean regime,\" before attending the inauguration of the new president of South Korea Lee Myung-bak in Seoul, adding, \"I don't think we should get carried away with what listening to [the concert] is going to do in North Korea.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197977-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Philharmonic visit to North Korea, Funding\nThe orchestra received a donation from Yoko Nagae Ceschina, a Japanese philanthropist who lives in Italy. Zarin Mehta, the orchestra's president, is a friend of Kumho Asiana Group Chairman Park Sam Koo, who provided the Asiana Airlines Boeing 747. Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation offered to pay for the rights to broadcast a concert by the Philharmonic in Seoul after the visit to North Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197978-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Red Bulls season\nThe 2008 season was the 13th season of New York Red Bulls's franchise existence. They played their home games at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Juan Carlos Osorio made his debut as the Red Bulls coach after being hired in December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197979-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Republican presidential primary\nNew York held its state presidential primary on February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday). There were 101 delegates up for grabs for the candidates. The delegates were awarded on a winner-take-all basis, which means the winner, Arizona Senator John McCain, received all 101 delegates for the 2008 Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197979-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Republican presidential primary\nOn February 2, McCain had held a fairly large lead in the polls above the competition with 35% as opposed to the next candidate Rudy Giuliani with 22.5%, who had announced a withdrawal from the race on January 30, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197979-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season\nThe 2008 New York Sportimes season was the ninth season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season\nThe Sportimes had 10 wins and 4 losses and finished second in the Eastern Conference, missing the conference championship by losing a standings tiebreaker to the New York Buzz. The Sportimes lost to the Buzz, 25\u201317 in overtime, in the WTT Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Draft\nThe Sportimes protected John McEnroe in the Marquee Player Draft. In the Roster Player Draft, the Sportimes had the fourth pick in each round. They protected Jesse Witten and Hana \u0160romov\u00e1 in the second and third rounds, respectively. The Sportimes left Ashley Harkleroad unprotected in the first round and instead chose Bethanie Mattek. Brian Wilson was taken in the fourth round, leaving Mirko Pehar unprotected. The team did not select any roster-exempt players. Dustin Taylor replaced Chuck Adams as the head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Luzhanska signed to substitute for Mattek\nWith Bethanie Mattek's availability in doubt, because she and her partner Sania Mirza reached the quarterfinals of the ladies' doubles tournament at Wimbedon, the Sportimes signed Tetiana Luzhanska as a substitute player to replace her. The team announced on July 2, 2008, that, with Mattek eliminated from Wimbledon the previous day, Luzhanska would play only in the season-opening match, and Mattek would be available beginning with the second match of the season on July 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, A brilliant start\nThe Sportimes started their season with a four-match homestand that pitted them against the Boston Lobsters in the opener on July 3, 2008. The Sportimes found themselves trailing, 12\u20139, after three sets. Jesse Witten started the comeback with a 5\u20133 men's singles set win over Jan-Michael Gambill. Hana \u0160romov\u00e1 and Brian Wilson took the final set of mixed doubles, 5\u20133, and the Sportimes squeezed out a 19\u201318 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, A brilliant start\nAfter three days off, the Sportimes returned to the court to host the Philadelphia Freedoms. Again, the Sportimes dug themselves a hole, trailing, 13\u201311, after three sets. Bethanie Mattek, making her Sportimes debut, dominated Audra Cohen, 5\u20130, in the women's singles set to give New York a 16\u201313 lead. After Mattek and Wilson dropped a tiebreaker in the fifth set of mixed doubles, they won the first game of overtime to give the Sportimes a 21\u201318 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, A brilliant start\nThe following evening, the Sportimes built a 15\u201310 lead over the New York Buzz after three sets. Wilson and Witten opened the match with a 5\u20133 set win in men's doubles. Mattek and \u0160romov\u00e1 followed by taking a tiebreaker in women's doubles. Mattek and Wilson won the mixed doubles set, 5\u20133. The Buzz answered with Yaroslava Shvedova taking the women's singles set from Mattek, 5\u20133, and Nathan Healey topping Witten in men's singles by the same score. With the Sportimes clinging to a 21\u201320 lead, Witten won the first game of overtime over Healey to secure a 22\u201320 triumph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, A brilliant start\nOn July 10, 2008, the Sportimes welcomed Serena Williams and the expansion Washington Kastles to Harbor Island. Wilson and Witten won the opening set of men's doubles in a tiebreaker, and Williams and Mashona Washington did the same in women's doubles to tie the match at 9 all. In the third set, Williams teamed with Justin Gimelstob for a 5\u20132 mixed doubles set win over Mattek and Wilson that gave the Kastles a 14\u201311 lead. Facing Williams in women's singles, Mattek built a 3\u20131 lead, before the Kastles inserted Washington as a substitute. Mattek closed out the set win, 5\u20132, to tie the match at 16 all. In the final set of men's singles, Witten won a tiebreaker over Scott Oudsema to clinch a 21\u201320 victory for the Sportimes and complete their perfect homestand with a record of 4 wins and 0 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 867]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, A brilliant start\nThe following evening, the Sportimes faced their first challenge on the road, when they visited the Delaware Smash. Witten opened the match by winning a tiebreaker in men's singles. Mattek followed with a 5\u20130 set win over Madison Brengle in women's singles. After the Smash won the men's doubles set in a tiebreaker, Mattek and \u0160romov\u00e1 earned a 5\u20133 set win in women's doubles that gave the Sportimes a 19\u201312 lead. A 5\u20132 mixed doubles set win by Liezel Huber and Chris Haggard cut the lead to 21\u201317, but Mattek and Wilson responded by winning the first game of overtime to secure a 22\u201317 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, A brilliant start\nThe Sportimes returned home on July 12, 2008, to face the Freedoms for the second time. The Freedoms won the first two sets to build a 10\u20135 lead. Witten won the men's singles set, 5\u20132, to cut the lead to 12\u201310. After the Freedoms won the fourth set of mixed doubles, the Sportimes found themselves trailing, 17\u201313. Mattek took on Lisa Raymond in women's singles and won the set, 5\u20131, to tie the match at 18 all and send it to a super tiebreaker. Mattek completed the comeback by taking the super tiebreaker from Raymond, 7\u20135. The 19\u201318 victory improved the Sportimes' record to 6 wins and 0 losses and left them as one of only two undefeated teams in WTT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Mattek departs, and the Sportimes struggle\nWithout any formal announcement by the Sportimes or WTT, Bethanie Mattek vanished from the team after its sixth match. Mattek had played a key role in the early-season success of the Sportimes, who won all five matches in which she appeared. After the WTT season ended, Mattek was still featured prominently on the Sportimes' website home page. She was apparently not injured, since she appeared in the LA Women's Tennis Championships, which opened on July 21, before the WTT season had concluded. Mattek was replaced for the Sportimes' July 13 road match against the Boston Lobsters by Robin Stephenson, who had appeared against them earlier in the season as a member of the Philadelphia Freedoms but had been released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Mattek departs, and the Sportimes struggle\nThe Sportimes opened a three-match road trip by falling behind the Lobsters, 10\u20133, after two sets. Set tiebreaker wins by Jesse Witten in men's singles and Hana \u0160romov\u00e1 in women's singles cut the deficit to 18\u201313. But the Lobsters won a tiebreaker in the final set of mixed doubles to put away a 23\u201317 victory and hand the Sportimes their first loss of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Mattek departs, and the Sportimes struggle\nOn July 14, 2008, the Sportimes signed Milagros Sequera with the apparent intention of replacing Mattek for the remainder of the season. Her first match with the team came that same day on the road against the Freedoms, and John McEnroe also made his season debut in that match. The Freedoms opened the match with a 5\u20131 set win over McEnroe and Brian Wilson in men's doubles. Sequera teamed with \u0160romov\u00e1 to win a tiebreaker in the women's doubles set. McEnroe managed to take a men's singles tiebreaker over Alex Bogomolov Jr. that cut the Freedoms' lead to 13\u201311. The Sportimes pushed in front, when Sequera won the women's singles set, 5\u20131. Sequera then teamed with Wilson for a 5\u20131 set win in mixed doubles that clinched a 21\u201315 win for the Sportimes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 843]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Mattek departs, and the Sportimes struggle\nThe next evening, the Sportimes built an early 10\u20132 lead in the finale of their road trip against the Washington Kastles. They were led by Sequera who teamed with Wilson for a 5\u20131 set win in the opening set of mixed doubles and followed by taking the women's singles set by the same score. However, the Kastles won the next three sets and tied the match at 17 all, when Mashona Washington and Sacha Jones took the final set of women's doubles from Sequera and \u0160romov\u00e1, 5\u20131. Washington and Jones won the super tiebreaker, 7\u20135, to give the Kastles an 18\u201317 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Mattek departs, and the Sportimes struggle\nAfter an off day, the Sportimes returned to Harbor Island for the final two home matches on their schedule. They won the first four sets of their match against the Springfield Lasers, the first three in tiebreakers, to take a 20\u201314 lead. After dropping the final set of mixed doubles, Sequera and Wilson won the first game of overtime to secure a 24\u201319 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Mattek departs, and the Sportimes struggle\nThe following evening, the Sportimes hosted the Newport Beach Breakers. After dropping the opening set of men's doubles in a tiebreaker, the Sportimes took a 9\u20135 lead, when Sequera and \u0160romov\u00e1 dominated Michaela Pa\u0161tikov\u00e1 and Rebecca Bernhard in women's doubles, 5\u20130. Sequera later teamed with Wilson for a 5\u20133 set win in the fourth set of mixed doubles and closed out a 22\u201314 win by taking the final set of women's singles, 5\u20131. The victory gave the Sportimes a perfect record of 7 wins and 0 losses at home and improved their overall record to 9 wins and 2 losses with three road matches to play to close the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Mattek departs, and the Sportimes struggle\nOn July 22, 2008, the Sportimes opened their three-match road trip to close the season against the second-place New York Buzz. The Sportimes' magic number for clinching the Eastern Conference championship stood at 2. A victory in this match would not only clinch the conference title but also no worse than the number 2 seed in the WTT playoffs. While the Sportimes enjoyed a day off the previous day, they clinched a playoff berth and a bye to the WTT semifinals when the Kansas City Explorers defeated the Kastles, 24\u201313. On this day, however, the Sportimes struggled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Mattek departs, and the Sportimes struggle\nThey dropped the first two sets and fell behind, 10\u20133. Witten won the third set of men's singles to cut the deficit to 13\u20138. But the Buzz cruised to easy set wins in the fourth and fifth sets on their way to a 23\u201311 victory. The dominant win assured the Buzz of the standings tiebreaker edge against the Sportimes, since the teams had split their two regular season matches, but the Buzz had a 43\u201333 advantage in games won in those matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Mattek departs, and the Sportimes struggle\nAfter a win over the Breakers, the Sportimes' magic number for winning the Eastern Conference title was reduced to 1. Playing on the West Coast in the Pacific Time Zone against the defending champion Sacramento Capitals on the final day of the regular season, the Sportimes and Capitals closed the WTT regular season in a match with myriad implications. A Capitals victory would give them the number 4 seed in the WTT playoffs, clinch a playoff berth for the Lobsters, eliminate the Freedoms and give the Buzz the Eastern Conference championship and the number 2 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Mattek departs, and the Sportimes struggle\nA Sportimes win would give them the Eastern Conference title and the number 2 seed, clinch a playoff berth for the Freedoms, eliminate the Lobsters, drop the Buzz to the number 3 seed and drop the Capitals to the number 5 seed. Witten opened the match with a 5\u20133 set win in men's singles. The Capitals won the next two sets to take a 13\u201310 lead. Sequera continued to be reliable for the Sportimes and won the fourth set of women's singles, 5\u20132, to tie the match at 15 all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Mattek departs, and the Sportimes struggle\nThe final set of men's doubles came down to a tiebreaker, and Sam Warburg and Eric Butorac squeezed out the victory over Wilson and Witten to give the Capitals a 20\u201319 triumph. Thus, the Sportimes' chances of winning the Eastern Conference title vanished on what was literally the final point played of the WTT regular season, after they had spent virtually the entire season as frontrunners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Battle for New York in WTT Semifinals\nThe Sportimes were the overall number 3 seed which matched them with the number 2 seed, the New York Buzz, in the WTT Semifinals on July 26, at Allstate Stadium at Westfield Galleria at Roseville in Roseville, California, the site of WTT's 2008 Championship Weekend. Just hours before the match, WTT announced that Milagros Sequera had been injured and would be unavailable for the postseason. In her place, the Sportimes re-signed Ashley Harkleroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Battle for New York in WTT Semifinals\nIn the first ever postseason meeting between the two New York clubs, the Buzz dominated the match winning the first four sets. Nathan Healey and Yaroslava Shvedova opened the match with a 5\u20133 set win against John McEnroe and Hana \u0160romov\u00e1 in mixed doubles. Shvedova followed with a 5\u20132 women's singles win over Harkleroad. Healy took care of Jesse Witten, 5\u20132, in men's singles. Gabriela Navr\u00e1tilov\u00e1 and Shvedova needed a tiebreaker to beat Harkleroad and \u0160romov\u00e1, 5\u20134, and give the Buzz a 20\u201311 lead heading to the final set. McEnroe and Witten won a tiebreaker over Patrick Briaud and Healy in men's doubles to force overtime with the Buzz leading 24\u201316. Briaud and Healy won the second game of overtime to give the Buzz a 25\u201317 victory and end the Sportimes' season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Draft picks\nWith 6 wins and 8 losses, the Sportimes had the fifth worst record in WTT in 2007. Since the Houston Wranglers folded after the 2007 season, the Sportimes selected fourth in each round of the WTT's two drafts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Draft picks, Marquee player draft\nThe Sportimes protected John McEnroe in the first round of the WTT Marquee Player Draft and did not make a second-round selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Draft picks, Roster player draft\nThe league conducted its 2008 Roster Player Draft on April 1, in Miami, Florida. The selections made by  the Sportimes are shown in the table below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197980-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Sportimes season, Statistics\nPlayers are listed in order of their game-winning percentage provided they played in at least 40% of the Sportimes' games in that event, which is the WTT minimum for qualification for league leaders in individual statistical categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197981-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York State Assembly election\nThe 2008 New York State Legislature Primary Elections took place on September 9, 2008 and the general election was held on November 4, 2008. All 150 members of the New York State Assembly and all 62 seats of the New York State Senate were up for election. There are no term limited members as New York does not have term limits for positions at the state level. Members of the Assembly and the State Senate serve two year terms. The State Senate was heavily contested as the Republicans held a one-seat majority going into the election. The 2008 Presidential election occurred on the same date as the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197981-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York State Assembly election\nThe election saw the Democrats take control of the State Senate and gain one seat in the State Assembly. However, they would relinquish control of the Senate to the GOP in June during a leadership crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197982-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Titans season\nThe New York Titans are a lacrosse team based in New York City playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 2nd in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197982-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Titans season\nThe Titans improved on their 4-12 last place finish from 2007 by tying for the best record in the league, though tiebreakers meant that the Titans actually finished 3rd in the east. They beat the Minnesota Swarm in the team's first ever playoff game to advance to the division finals against the Buffalo Bandits. The Bandits' playoff experience proved too much for the young Titans, and the Bandits went on to the Championship game by defeating the Titans 19-12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197982-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Titans season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197982-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Titans season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197982-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Titans season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197983-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Underground Film Festival\nThese are the films shown at the 15th New York Underground Film Festival, held from April 2\u20138, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season\nThe 2008 New York Yankees season was the 106th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees hosted the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday July 15, 2008. It was the 83rd and last season at Yankee Stadium prior to the team's move to a new ballpark (also called \"Yankee Stadium\") just north of the current stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season\nIt also marked the first season since 1993 that the Yankees failed to make it to the playoffs (excepting the 1994 season, when a players' strike canceled the postseason, though the Yankees had the best record in the American League that year). Also, it would also be the first under a new team skipper, former team catcher Joe Girardi, who assumed the managerial role in the offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Offseason\nThe Yankees' 2007/2008 offseason began in a tumultuous manner, with uncertainty as to the status of manager Joe Torre and team stalwarts Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, and Alex Rodriguez, all of whom were free agents. While Torre departed after 12 years as the team's manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers, all four free agents returned to play for the Yankees in 2008, providing stability and continuity for new manager Joe Girardi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Offseason, Roster changes\nManager Joe Torre left for the Los Angeles Dodgers after the 2007 season. After conducting interviews with Don Mattingly, Tony Pe\u00f1a and Joe Girardi, Girardi was signed to be the new Yankees Manager. This prompted Mattingly to leave the team as well and follow Torre to the Dodgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Offseason, Roster changes\nOn November 29, the Yankees re-signed catcher Jorge Posada to a four-year contract for $52,400,000. Posada will be earning $13,100,000 per season which is the highest average salary ever for a catcher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Offseason, Roster changes\nOn December 3, the Yankees re-signed backup catcher Jos\u00e9 Molina to a 2-year, $4 million contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Offseason, Roster changes\nOn December 4, the Yankees shipped minor league pitcher and part-time MLB starter Tyler Clippard to the Washington Nationals for reliever Jonathan Albaladejo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Offseason, Roster changes\nOn December 9, the Yankees agreed to a contract with relief pitcher LaTroy Hawkins for 1 year, $3.75 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Offseason, Roster changes\nOn December 12, the Yankees re-signed pitcher Andy Pettitte to a 1-year, $16 million contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Offseason, Roster changes\nAlex Rodriguez opted out of his contract in the middle of Game 4 of the 2007 World Series. The Yankees initially stated that they would not negotiate with Rodriguez once he opted out but changed course once Rodriguez announced his desire to return to pinstripes after issuing an apology for the public and the Yankees misunderstanding his desire to stay with the team. On December 13, 2007, Rodgriuez and the Yankees officially agreed to a 10-year, $275 million contract that may rise to above $300 million if certain performance milestones are reached.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Offseason, Roster changes\nOn December 17, the Yankees re-signed closer Mariano Rivera. Despite his original plan to hold out for a fourth year, Rivera has agreed to a three-year contract offer worth $45 million. This contract makes Rivera the highest-paid closer in baseball history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Offseason, Roster changes\nRelief pitcher Luis Vizca\u00edno turned down an offer of salary arbitration and signed a multi-year deal with the Colorado Rockies on December 21. 1B Andy Phillips departed for the Cincinnati Reds, and Doug Mientkiewicz departed for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Roger Clemens remained a free agent and did not return to the Yankees in 2008. That would be the end of Clemens' MLB career. On March 10, 2008 the team signed actor/comedian Billy Crystal to a one-day contract just before his 60th birthday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April\nThe Yankees started opening day one day late at Yankee Stadium against the Toronto Blue Jays after a rain delay. The Yankees took 2 of 3 games of the series. After that, they faced a new look Rays team. They lost the first two by the scores of 13-4 and 6-3, but would rebound and even up the series 2 games apiece. Following the series, the Yankees had a grueling road trip in which they played 18 of their next 20 games on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April\nDuring this stretch, rookies Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy struggled mightily and went winless the entire first month. After a rib injury to Hughes, Kennedy was reassigned to the minor league AAA affiliate Scranton/Wilkes-Barre as the Yankees called up Darrell Rasner. Fortunately, Rasner went 3-1 with a 1.80 ERA in his first four starts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April\nBoth shortstop Derek Jeter and third baseman Alex Rodriguez had suffered minor quadriceps injuries at different times. Catcher Jorge Posada was also placed on the disabled list for the first time in his career after a slight tear in his rotator cuff and backup infielder Wilson Betemit missed several games due to conjunctivitis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, May\nTheir struggles continued in May, they only had one series win through the 20th and that was a 3-game sweep against the Mariners on May 2\u20134 at the Stadium. They would lose 3 of 4 against the Rays in St. Petersburg and were swept in 2 games against the Mets in the Subway Series. There was a controversial call where Carlos Delgado appeared to hit it foul against the left field foul pole, when a replay would later show that the ball was actually a home run. The Mets would go on to win 11-2. The game on Friday May 16 was postponed because of rain. Since then, the Yankees ended the month by winning 8 of their last 10 games, escaping the AL East cellar, and got back over .500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, June\nThe Yankees lost three in a row through the first three days of June, dropping the final 2 games of the four-game set against the Twins at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, then blitzed 9-3 by the Jays on Joba Chamberlain's first career start in the majors. The Yankees, however, won the next 2 against them including a wild comeback on June 5 that ended in a two-run, pinch hit homer into the upper deck by Jason Giambi after trailing 7-2 in the 6th inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, June\nFollowing the series, Yankees split a 4-game weekend series with the Royals and took 2 out of 3 from the A's highlighted by Hideki Matsui celebrating his 34th birthday with a Grand Slam off of Joe Blanton. The Yankees would then sweep the Astros and were 4 games over .500 for the first time this season, but Chien-Ming Wang hurt his leg rounding the bases a 13-0 win. He was out for the rest of the season. The Yankees would then sweep the Padres at home to win 7 straight for the first time this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0014-0002", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, June\nThe streak came to a halt on June 20, when they lost to Edinson V\u00f3lquez and the Reds 4-2 on the Reds' first visit to Yankee Stadium since 1976, the first season of the renovated Yankee Stadium. They would follow with a lopsided 6-0 loss in which they left 12 runners on base despite Dan Giese's great outing, but salvage the final game with a 4-1 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0014-0003", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, June\nThe Yankees travel to PNC Park for the first time ever when they face the Pirates from June 24\u201325 before returning to New York to play a double header with their cross-town rival Mets. In game one, the Yankees were outmatched 15-6, but rebounded in the nightcap game two, with a 9-0 shutout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, July\nAfter dropping the first 2 games of a 3-game series to the Texas Rangers, the Yankees salvaged the final game 18-7 before losing the first two of a four-game series to the Red Sox 7-0 and 6-4. With Mike Mussina on the hill for game 3, they would rebound behind his 6 shutout innings to barely win 2-1 and then earn a split when rookie Brett Gardner hit a game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th inning for a 5-4 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, July\nIn an important 2-game series against the Rays, they would win the first game 5-0 behind Andy Pettitte's stellar pitching performance and then complete the sweep on Bobby Abreu's game-winning double. The Yankees would go to Pittsburgh to play a make-up interleague game against the Pirates and lose 2-4. Next, they traveled to Toronto to play three against the Blue Jays. They would be shut out by Roy Halladay in the opener, getting only two hits but then they rebounded and won their next game 9-4 behind home runs by Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, July\nIt was their 50th win of the season. After the game, the Yankees learned that former broadcaster Bobby Murcer died of cancer. After losing 4-1 to the Blue Jays on Sunday, the Yankees head into the All-Star break 6 games behind the Red Sox in the AL East and 5\u00bd games behind the Rays in the Wild Card race. After the break, Yankees won 8 in a row including back to back sweeps of the Twins and A's, extending their winning streak to 10 games at home. After defeating the Boston Red Sox 1-0 in Joba Chamberlain's first career start at Fenway Park, the Yankees acquired Pittsburgh Pirates corner outfielder Xavier Nady and left-handed reliever D\u00e1maso Marte for four minor league prospects. The Yankees then traded Kyle Farnsworth to the Detroit Tigers for catcher Iv\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August\nThe Yankees started August by losing 1-0 to the Angels when Mariano Rivera gave up a run in the 9th inning. The Yankees rebounded to take the next two, including an 8-2 win on Old Timers Day and a 14-9 come-from-behind victory on Sunday. The Yankees embarked on a key 10-game road trip with four against the Texas Rangers. In the opener, Joba Chamberlain was injured before the bullpen surrendered a walk-off grand slam to Marlon Byrd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August\nThe second game saw the Yankees fall short despite a grand slam of their own before rebounding to win the next two for the split. They were then swept in Anaheim, highlighted by an 8th inning 8-run meltdown on Saturday and Mariano Rivera allowing a walk off hit the next day. After losing two out of three to the Minnesota Twins, the Yankees were written off as contenders. Returning home, they dropped the opener to the Kansas City Royals but rebounded to win the next day in the 12th inning when Brett Gardner drove in the winning run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August\nThey took the series with a 15-6 romp the next day. The Yankees went back on the road for six games and lost two of three in Toronto. They did rebound to sweep the Baltimore Orioles, but the struggles continued at home vs Boston as they dropped the first 2 games, 7-3, and 11-3, respectively. A-Rod was heavily booed in game 1, as he was 0 for 5 and grounded into 2 double plays with one being in a bases-loaded situation. He also struck out to end the game. The Yankees would salvage the series finale with a score of 3-2 thanks to pinch-hitter Jason Giambi hitting a two-run homer in the 7th, and then a walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September\nThe Yanks started off the last month of the regular season on a good note by beating the Tigers 13-9 in a makeup game that was postponed earlier in the season. They continued to keep fans' hopes high by thrashing the AL East leading Rays 7-2 and 8-4 in the first two games of a 3-game series in Tampa. They dropped the third game of the series 7-5. The following day in Seattle, Wilson Betemit's eighth-inning RBI double ended Brandon Morrow's no-hit bid, but New York still lost the game 3-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September\nThe final regular season game at Yankee Stadium was played on September 21, 2008 against the Baltimore Orioles, who are based in the city from which both the Yankees and their great star Babe Ruth originated. Fielding Derek Jeter as their captain, Andy Pettitte as the starting pitcher, and led by home runs from Johnny Damon and Jos\u00e9 Molina, the Yankees won 7\u20133. Molina's home run, a two-run shot hit to left-center field with one out in the bottom of the 4th inning, turned out to be the final home run in Stadium history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September\nThe final run was scored by Yankee pinch-runner Brett Gardner in the bottom of the 7th inning. Mariano Rivera pitched the top of the 9th inning, and the final batter was Baltimore's Brian Roberts, who hit a ground-ball out to Yankee first baseman Cody Ransom, closing out 83 years of baseball history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0018-0002", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September\nAfter the game, Derek Jeter addressed the crowd, thanking them for their support over the years, and urging them to \"take the memories of this field, add them to the new memories that will come at the new Yankee Stadium and continue to pass them on from generation to generation.\" The Yankees players then circled the field and saluted the fans, to the sound of \"New York, New York\". Guest commentators for the game on ESPN included Yankee legends Reggie Jackson, Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra, as well as local YES Network announcer Michael Kay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September, Line score from final game at Yankee Stadium\nThe Yankees were officially eliminated from the playoffs on September 23 with a Red Sox win over the Indians, making them the last team to miss out in the Division Series era and it was the first time since 1993 they missed the postseason (in 1994, the Yankees had the best record in the American League, but the season came to early halt as a result of the longest work stoppage in sports history up to that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September, Line score from final game at Yankee Stadium\nOn September 28, Mike Mussina won 20 games for the first time in his career, the oldest pitcher in major league history to win 20 games for the first time in his career. The record was previously held by Jamie Moyer, as he won 20 as a 38-year-old. This capped a remarkable comeback season for Mussina, who came back to win 20 games after a 5.15 ERA in 2007. He was one of the few bright spots of the Yankees 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197984-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching\nBold indicates team leader for W, L, ERA, G, GS, SV, and IP; indicates highest on team in R, ER, BB, and K", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197985-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Grand Prix\nThe 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Manfeild Autocourse, near Feilding on 13 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197985-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Grand Prix\nIt was the fifty third New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars (based on international Formula 3 regulations). The event was also the third race of the third round of the 2007\u201308 Toyota Racing Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197986-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election\nThe 2008 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election was held on 11 November 2008 to choose the twelfth Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. Phil Goff, who had served continuously as an MP since the 1993 election, unanimously won the election with no other MPs putting themselves forward. Annette King became the Deputy Leader. She was first elected to parliament in the 1984 election, three years after Goff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197986-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Background\nFollowing the Labour government's defeat in the 2008 general election, Prime Minister Helen Clark resigned after 15 years as party leader, including three terms as prime minister, prompting the leadership election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197986-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Candidates, Phil Goff\nPhil Goff had been an MP since 1981 except for three years after losing his seat in 1990. He had served in Clark's government concurrently as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Justice and later as Minister of Defence. He had previously served in various capacities in David Lange's cabinet in the 1980s. Goff and Clark did not always see eye to eye and in 1996 he attempted an abortive coup to oust Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197986-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Outcome and aftermath\nGoff had been widely tipped as Clark's successor and faced no other candidates and was acclaimed with unanimous support on 11 November 2008. Annette King was elected as deputy leader, and Darren Hughes and Steve Chadwick were elected as the senior and junior whips, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197986-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Outcome and aftermath\nBoth Goff and King were also perceived by many as merely caretaker leaders until newer, younger figures could emerge. After initially performing well in the opinion polls, Goff's Labour Party dropped in support in contrast to the popular National government led by John Key, hitting a 10 year low of 27% support in July 2011 after controversy over Labour's proposal for a capital gains tax hurt the party's support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197986-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Outcome and aftermath\nWhile party support recovered somewhat, Goff still led Labour to defeat in the 26 November 2011 general election with a loss of 8 seats and 6.5% of the popular vote compared to 2008. On 29 November, Goff and King tendered their resignations to a meeting of caucus, effective 13 December 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197987-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Music Awards\nThe 2008 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards took place on 8 October at the Vector Arena in Auckland. Straitjacket Fits were induced into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. The Technical awards took place on 3 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197987-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Music Awards, Awards and nominees\nMultiple winners included Flight of the Concords and Opshop, who each received four awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197987-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Music Awards, Awards and nominees\nPresented at the Auckland Folk Festival, 25 \u2013 28 January 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197988-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand NBL season\nThe 2008 NBL season was the 27th season of the National Basketball League. The Waikato Pistons won the championship in 2008 to claim their third league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197989-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Warriors season\nThe New Zealand Warriors 2008 season was the New Zealand Warriors 14th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Ivan Cleary while Steve Price was the club's captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197989-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures\nThe Warriors used Mt Smart Stadium as their home ground in 2008, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197989-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Warriors season, Squad\nTwenty Six players played for the club in 2008. Eight players made their debut for the club, including five who were also making their first grade debuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197989-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Warriors season, Other Teams\nIn 2008 the Junior Warriors competed in the new Under 20's competition, the Toyota Cup, while Senior players who were not required for the first team played with the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup. The Auckland Vulcans were coached by Bernie Perenara. Wayne McDade was named the Vulcans player of the year with Aaron Heremaia as the runner up and Pita Godinet as the Rookie of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197989-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand Warriors season, Other Teams, Junior Warriors\nThe Junior Warriors finished third in the Toyota Cup, making the finals before losing to the Brisbane Broncos in a Preliminary Final. Both Russell Packer and Ben Matulino were named in the Toyota Cup's team of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards\nThe 2008 New Zealand bravery awards were announced via a special honours list on 3 May 2008, and recognised five people for acts of bravery between 2004 and 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Star (NZBS)\nOn the morning of 6 December 2004 in Glenfield, Auckland, Mr Paea\u2019s neighbour was brutally murdered by her estranged partner, who had been on the run from the Police for a number of weeks. The offender arrived at the woman\u2019s home while she was getting out of her car and helping her two year old daughter out of a car seat. The offender approached, and after talking to the woman for a short time, their conversation turned into a heated argument. The offender began to assault the woman who managed to break free.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Star (NZBS)\nThe offender caught up with her and began stabbing her in the back and shoulders. The victim managed to struggle free again and this time ran to the front door of Mr Paea\u2019s house. The offender caught up to the victim at Mr Paea\u2019s front door and both of them fell through it into the hallway. Mr Paea, aged 67, who was in the kitchen at the time, rushed into the hallway to find the offender straddling the victim and stabbing her in the neck, shoulders, and stomach. He called out to the offender to \u201cstop\u201d, but was ignored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Star (NZBS)\nMr Paea then tackled the offender, wrapping his arms around him and trying to pull him off the victim. The offender pushed Mr Paea away causing him to fall onto the victim. As he tried to stand up, the offender stabbed him in the left cheek causing a deep puncture wound that later required five stitches and a brief period of hospitalisation. Mr Paea, wounded and in shock, managed to escape from the offender\u2019s attentions, left the house, alerted another neighbour and asked them to call the Police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0001-0003", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Star (NZBS)\nHe then returned to his home to save his wife and grandchildren, who were in the lounge. His wife managed to pass the two children out of the window and he took them to a place of safety before returning to his home yet again to get his wife and see if he could assist the victim. As he approached the house he met the offender, who was leaving carrying two knives. Seeing Mr Paea coming towards him, the offender jumped over a fence, ran through a neighbouring property to his car and drove away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0001-0004", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Star (NZBS)\nMr Paea entered his home to find his wife safe, but the other woman had since died, having received some thirty stab wounds. Although he was unsuccessful in saving the life of the victim, Mr Paea showed exceptional bravery in attempting to do so by tackling the armed offender at considerable risk to his own life. He also displayed bravery, presence of mind and determination in alerting a neighbour to the situation and by returning to his home to ensure the safety of his wife and grandchildren and to see if he could provide any further assistance to the victim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Decoration (NZBD)\nOn 5 June 2005 at 9.20 am, a man drove into the St Lukes shopping centre carpark in Auckland after being pursued by Police for driving dangerously through inner-city Auckland. Once in the carpark the offender, who was armed with a cut-down AK47 style assault rifle, tried unsuccessfully to hijack a car occupied by a mother and her six year old daughter. The offender then tried to hijack a second car, but was distracted by the arrival of a Police car driven by Constable Pennington and Constable Gibson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Decoration (NZBD)\nSeeing the Police officers arrive, the offender approached the Police car and pointed the rifle at Constable Pennington. He pulled the trigger, but the gun failed to fire as it had not been properly cocked. Undeterred, the offender continued to approach the car still aiming the rifle at Constable Pennington. While this was happening, Constable Pennington retained his composure and hastily made a radio call to Police Control. Constable Gibson dived out of the car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Decoration (NZBD)\nThe offender continued to struggle with his rifle and when he finally managed to chamber a round, he fired a shot into the roof of the carpark. Not knowing in which direction this shot had been fired, Constable Pennington also dived out of the car. Realising that both Police officers were now lying prone on the opposite side of the vehicle, the offender fired several shots through the rear passenger door of the Police car in an attempt to kill them. One of these shots passed close to Constable Gibson\u2019s head.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Decoration (NZBD)\nThe offender then ran off and attempted to hijack a further two vehicles at the car park entrance. During this time, both constables moved to a position where they could observe the offender. Believing that several members of the public were in grave danger, Constable Pennington stepped out from behind cover to attract his attention. Realising the Police officers were still alive, the offender ran back into the carpark firing at them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0002-0004", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Decoration (NZBD)\nBoth constables ran up a ramp and, once they believed they were clear of the offender, they warned other members of the public who were in the vicinity to get clear of the area and then called for back up. During this time, the offender finally managed to hijack a vehicle containing a man and his elderly parents and drove off with them still in the car. During the ensuing pursuit of the hijacked vehicle, the offender fired on Police a further three times and was eventually apprehended by the Armed Offenders Squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0002-0005", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Decoration (NZBD)\nThroughout this incident both these unarmed Police officers displayed great bravery in confronting an armed offender who was intent on killing them. Working as a team, they made sure members of the public were warned of potential danger and managed to prevent at least two attempts by the offender to hijack vehicles in the car park. They also kept Police controllers informed throughout the incident, which facilitated the subsequent arrest of the offender by the Armed Offenders Squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)\nAt 7.40am on 4 January 2006, a male resident of Great Barrier Island arrived at the residence of Senior Constable Roger Bright (one of two police members on Great Barrier Island), seeking help. The resident had found a will, suicide note, wallet, and two chequebooks belonging to his friend on his front porch and asked if Senior Constable Bright would accompany him to his friend\u2019s house, because he feared what might have happened to him. When Senior Constable Bright and the resident arrived at the house there was a strong smell of gas emanating from the rear of the property.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)\nAll the doors and windows of the house were secured and after a further search, a male body was seen lying on the floor of the bathroom along with two 60lb gas bottles, which were venting gas into the room. Senior Constable Bright, looking through the window, could not see any signs of life from the man. In an attempt to gain entry into the house without igniting the gas inside, he used a nearby machete he had found to try and lever open the bathroom window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)\nWhilst doing so, however, he heard the man cough, and immediately ran back to the porch to retrieve a splitting axe, which he used to smash the window. When Senior Constable Bright entered the house, he was hit with a wall of gas fumes, which also filled the bathroom. He physically dragged the man, who was unconscious, solidly built, and 6 feet 4 inches in height, from the bathroom whilst almost being overcome by the gas himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0003-0003", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)\nHe continued to drag the man away from the bathroom and through the house, stopping half way to battle the effects of the gas. Eventually he managed to drag the man out of the house to a safer area of the property. With the help of the victim\u2019s friend, he then moved the victim to the friend\u2019s house. Senior Constable Bright then went to wake the doctor who lived up the road; however, he was unsuccessful and had to get the local radio operator to contact the on-call doctor before returning to the victim. Senior Constable Bright displayed quick thinking and bravery in order to save a life, when he entered, without hesitation, a life threatening situation knowing that further police and medical assistance were not immediately available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)\nSenior Sergeant Allan Stewart was deployed as part of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste for a six month period between October 2006 and April of 2007, where he was the Sub District Commander of the Becora area as part of the United Nations Police (UNPOL). He commanded 140 staff over one of the biggest sub districts of Dili where the Metanaro Internally Displaced Persons Refugee Camp (IDP) was based that contained 7,000 refugees. On 10 November 2006, a group led by a UN co-ordinator and six other UN employees were working at the Metanaro IDP Refugee Camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)\nThere was festering anger and unrest amongst the camp residents over perceived delays in the provision of rice and other food stocks from the UN Non Government Organisation (NGO), and after a heated exchange over the allocation of food and water with the camp management, the UN co-ordinator and the other UN employees were taken hostage by a large group of hostile, armed male residents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)\nWhen the employees tried to leave the camp by vehicle, a large crowd of young men physically threatened them with rocks and other weapons and seized the vehicle keys, telling the UN hostages that they could not leave until they (the refugees) had been given what they wanted. The hostages attempted to seek help from the nearby local Timor-Leste Defence Force (FFDTL) Military Camp and although the F-FDTL soldiers came to assist them, the soldiers were unable to resolve the dispute or convince the offenders to release the hostages. The hostages then requested UNPOL to be contacted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0004-0003", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)\nSenior Sergeant Allan Stewart responded to the request from his headquarters in Dili and accompanied by a fellow Portuguese officer acting as his interpreter, he began a tense negotiation with the offenders and other IDP militants. He entered the camp alone (with the interpreter) and was fully aware of the hostility the residents had towards UNPOL and that more assistance was some distance away. He was also aware that the offenders were armed with a variety of weapons and a hostile crowd had formed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0004-0004", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)\nAfter calming the tense atmosphere and checking on the status of the hostages, he began the negotiation for the release of the hostages. He sat amongst the agitators for some 20 minutes listening to their concerns whilst at the same time advising them that their actions were unacceptable and that the hostages must be released. Several times over this period, the crowd became agitated and aggressive and twice threatened to break off talks with Sergeant Allan Stewart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197990-0004-0005", "contents": "2008 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)\nOn both occasions, he managed to calm the offenders down and finally arranged the return of the vehicle keys so the hostages could leave while he remained to hear the resident\u2019s grievances. No injuries resulted from this incident, but there was real potential for violence and attacks against the hostages, which was evidenced in the unrest which followed the next day. Throughout this incident, Senior Sergeant Allan Stewart displayed tact and negotiation skills, which together with his bravery and professionalism secured the release of the hostages and prevented them from further injury or even death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197991-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand budget\nThe New Zealand budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 was presented to the New Zealand House of Representatives by Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen on 22 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197991-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand budget\nThis was the ninth budget Michael Cullen has presented as Minister of Finance, and his last before the Fifth Labour Government was defeated at the 2008 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197991-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand budget, Outline\nThe New Zealand economy went into recession in the last quarter of 2007, putting significant strain on the Government's accounts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197991-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand budget, Tax changes\nThe 2008 budget reduced income tax on the first $9,500 earned from 15% to 12.5%, and the company tax rate from 30% to 29%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election\nThe 2008 New Zealand general election was held on 8 November 2008 to determine the composition of the 49th New Zealand Parliament. The liberal-conservative National Party, headed by its parliamentary leader John Key, won the largest share of votes and seats, ending nine years of government by the social-democratic Labour Party, led by Helen Clark. Key announced a week later that he would lead a National minority government with confidence-and-supply support from the ACT, United Future and M\u0101ori parties. The Governor-General swore Key in as New Zealand's 38th Prime Minister on 19 November 2008. This marked the beginning of the Fifth National Government which governed for the next nine years, until the 2017 general election, when a government was formed between the Labour and New Zealand First parties, with support on confidence and supply by the Green Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 903]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election\nThe Green Party became the third-largest party in Parliament, with nine seats. The ACT Party came joint-fourth (in terms of seats), increasing their number of seats from two to five, and reversing some of their losses from the 2005 election. The M\u0101ori Party also won five seats \u2013 out of the seven M\u0101ori electorates \u2013 creating an overhang of two seats. The New Zealand First party, which had seven MPs in the previous parliament, failed to win any electorates or pass the 5 per cent MMP threshold, and therefore won no seats in the new parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election\nIn his victory speech, John Key announced the readiness of the ACT, Maori Party and United Future parties to co-operate with the National Party to form the next government, the Fifth National Government of New Zealand. In her concession speech, Helen Clark announced her resignation as the parliamentary leader of the Labour Party. She had led the party since 1993, and had served as prime minister since the 1999 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Results\nThe Labour government failed to secure a fourth consecutive term, after the National Party entered into support agreements with the ACT, United Future and M\u0101ori parties, resulting in a National minority government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Results\nThe Chief Electoral Officer released the official results on 22 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Results, Electorate results\nWhile the National Party has dominated rural seats since 1938, it achieved a clean sweep this year. The 19 general electorates which Labour retained all have a predominantly urban character, excluding Waimakariri, a predominantly urban area but with a significant rural population, resulting in a Labour MP narrowly elected but National winning the party vote commandingly. Palmerston North remains the only provincial city with a Labour MP. The two seats of Hamilton (considered \"bellwether\" seats as their demographic profile closely resembles that of the country as a whole) both went to National.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Results, Electorate results\nThe table below shows the results of the 2008 general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Dates\nNew Zealand elections traditionally occur after September in the third year following the last election, and snap elections occur rarely; the only three elections out of sync in the period of 1948 to 2008 took place in 1951, 1984 and 2002\u2014and the last two came only a few months early. Convention in New Zealand expects Parliaments to run for a full three years unless the government loses the confidence of the House, although this has not happened since 1911.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Dates\nThe Constitution Act 1986 defines the term of Parliament as \"three years from the day fixed for the return of the writs issued for the last preceding general election of members of the House of Representatives, and no longer\". Since the writs for the 2005 election were returned on 6 October 2005,the ensuing 48th New Zealand Parliament expired on 6 October 2008, making 15 November the final possible date for the 2008 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Dates\nOn Friday 12 September 2008, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that the general election would take place on 8 November 2008. This set the full election timetable as:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Political parties, Non-contesting parties\nThe following parties either disappeared during the previous parliament's term (2005 to 2008), or did not contest the 2008 elections for other reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Political parties, Retiring MPs\nIn the months preceding the election 13 Members of Parliament announced that they would not seek re-election to the House of Representatives in 2008, namely:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Political parties, Retiring MPs\nSeveral list MPs elected in 2005 resigned before the end of the term; for a full list, see 48th New Zealand Parliament#Changes during term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, MPs who lost their seats, New Zealand First\nNew Zealand First received 4.07% of the party vote \u2013 below the threshold of 5% \u2013 and failed to win an electorate seat. The party's seven MPs lost their seats:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Voter enrolment and turnout\nThe rolls listed almost 3 million people registered to vote in the election, a record number representing 95.3% of the estimated eligible voting population. In contrast, voter turnout of 79.5% of enrolled voters came in lower than in most previous elections, the second-lowest since 1978 (when a large number of outdated and duplicate enrolments deflated the figure) and third-lowest since 1902.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Voter enrolment and turnout\nTurnout statistics reflect the percentage of those enrolled to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Voter enrolment and turnout\nPolitical scientist Stephen Levine from Victoria University speculated that the low turnout may have resulted from the National Party's large lead over Labour in opinion polls running up to the election. M\u0101ori Party co-leader Pita Sharples expressed concern that only 55% of those on the Maori roll had voted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Issues, Electoral Finance Act\nThe Electoral Finance Act 2007 passed by the Labour government had a \"chilling effect\" on political activity in 2008, according to the Electoral Commission. Some parties attempted to make this an election issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Issues, Economic conditions\nOn 5 August 2008, the Treasury announced that the New Zealand economy had entered a recession. Economic downturn has led to high-profile job losses, such as the closure of factories in Foxton,in west Dunedinand in southern Hawke's Bay. At the same time, inflation hit an eighteen-year high,with an upwards tug on the prices of basics such as food and petrol, the latter crossing the two-dollar-per-litre mark in late May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Issues, Economic conditions\nAt the Labour Party's campaign launch on 12 October 2008, Helen Clark became the latest world leader to guarantee bank deposits, unveiling a plan worth $150 billion whereby all retail deposits would be unconditionally covered. The plan would be voluntary to join; within two days, reports appeared stating that all of New Zealand's major trading banks had signed up. Also signed up to the plan was the National Party, with deputy leader and finance spokesperson Bill English saying that there was \"still time to change the...scheme if banks find it hard to borrow overseas\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Issues, Taxation\nOn 6 October, two days before the National Party's scheduled release of details of the tax-cut plan it had over and above the governing coalition's three-stage series of tax cuts revealed in the 2008 Budget,the Government disclosed its full fiscal situation; it showed that it expected to take $3.1 billion less tax in 2009, forcing the government to borrow $5.9 billion in 2009, rising to $7.3 billion by 2013. This implied higher costs for KiwiSaver, Working For Families and the 20 hours subsidised early-childhood plan; and higher numbers of people forced onto benefits by any prospective economic downturn. Over the next fiscal year, Dr Cullen expected GDP to rise by just 0.1%, with median house prices dropping by an estimated 10\u201315%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Issues, Taxation\nJohn Key responded to the news by describing the numbers as \"a bit worse than we had anticipated\", and stated \"I'm confident we can deliver a programme of tax cuts.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Issues, Taxation\nThe same day Helen Clark reiterated her opinion on tax cuts beyond the government's proposal, saying \"now is not the time to go out and recklessly borrow to offer tax cuts\",an opinion she had first voiced in early Augustwhen the National Party used its annual conference to promise to speed up the implementation of the tax cuts, and to borrow several billion dollars to fund infrastructure projects such as a $1.5 billion broadband plan and a new prison in its first term. On 9 October, National released its policy, promising people on the average wage or higher around $47 a week extra in the hand, funded through a combination of cutting contributions to KiwiSaver, eliminating a tax credit for science and development, and changing Working For Families entitlements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Issues, Trust\nOn calling the 2008 election, Prime Minister Helen Clark declared that it would be \"about trust\", labelling the National Party's recent commitments to preserve Labour Party programmes such as KiwiSaver and Kiwibank as \"insincere\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Issues, Trust\nMembers of the Labour Party accused John Key of lying about his shareholding in Tranz Rail, by not disclosing nearly half of the shares he and his family trusts owned in the company, even though this presented a clear conflict of interest with Key's role as his party's spokesperson on transport, at a time when he asked several questions in the House about the government's plans regarding rail infrastructure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Issues, Trust\nNew Zealand First leader Winston Peters faced an attack on his party's credibility, first over allegations that his party did not declare a $100,000 donation from millionaire ex-patriate property developer Owen Glenn to cover Winston Peters' legal costs in a challenge to the result in the seat of Tauranga. This was referred to a House of Representatives Privileges Committee. On 22 September, the committee determined that Peters had \"provided misleading information\" and recommended he be censured; this was done by the House of Representatives in a 62\u201356 vote two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Issues, Trust\nThe second allegation revolved around the party's failure to declare the use of a secret trust to funnel large donations into New Zealand First's bank account, even though no donations over $10,000 to New Zealand First has been declared, as the law requires. This case was referred to the Serious Fraud Office for further investigation; on 11 October, New Zealand First was cleared of charges that Peters called a \"waste of time\" and on 24 October, New Zealand First was cleared of wrongdoing by the Electoral Commission, which was investigating donations that the party failed to declare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Boundary changes\nThe Representation Commission altered many of the boundaries of New Zealand's parliamentary electorates following the 2006 census; the large growth in population between censuses lead to significant boundary changes, particularly in Auckland, the area around Christchurch and the central North Island. In May 2007, the Representation Commission announced the boundary changesto take effect for the next general election, with the boundaries finalised in September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Boundary changes\nThe Commission announced the formation of a new electorate in Greater Auckland, bringing the number of geographical constituencies to 70. The new seat, originally dubbed \"Howick\" (after the Auckland suburb), would have included parts of the existing Pakuranga, Manukau East and Clevedon electorates. After Pakuranga electors made strong objections to the proposed changes (which would have seen the inclusion of the population centres Panmure, Point England and Glen Innes into the electorate) the Commission largely reverted proposed changes to the boundaries of the Pakuranga electorate. The Commission opted to alleviate population pressures by moving the Auckland City suburb of Otahuhu into Manukau East. The revised new seat received the name \"Botany\" to reflect its focus on the growing population-centres of Botany Downs\u2013Dannemora. On paper, Botany counts as a safe National seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 953]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Boundary changes\nEven though the number of South Island electorates remains fixed, the decline in the population of electorates south of Christchurch has resulted in the boundaries of electorates from Invercargill north to Rakaia shifting northwards. The seats of Aoraki, Otago, Rakaia and Banks Peninsula all gravitated towards Christchurch. In the process:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Boundary changes\nOther seats in the lower South Island increased dramatically in size.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Situation after 2005\nIn 2005 four MPs won seats with majorities of under a thousand: Labour's Darren Hughes beat National candidate Nathan Guy in \u014ctaki by 382 votes (1.00%), and in Hamilton West, Martin Gallagher of the Labour Party won an 825-vote majority (2.46%) over National's Tim Macindoe. Both these seats saw a rematch in 2008, with the National Party candidates emerging victorious in each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Situation after 2005\nThe swing to National in the central North Island saw two Bay of Plenty seats produce close results: in Rotorua, the sitting Labour MP Steve Chadwick prevailed by just 662 votes (2.17%) over National's Gil Stehbens, and in Tauranga, property developer Bob Clarkson defeated New Zealand First's leader and seven-term MP for Tauranga Winston Peters by 730 votes (2.02%). Rotorua fell to National's Todd McClay in 2008, while Simon Bridges held Tauranga for National by a wide margin, preventing Peters from returning to Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Situation after 2005\nBesides the three Labour-held narrow-margin seats mentioned above (Otaki, Hamilton West and Rotorua), National had prospects of gaining Taup\u014d, where boundary changes have added the National-leaning town of Cambridge and with it nearly 20,000 different voters \u2013 putting sitting MP Mark Burton's 2005 majority of just 1,285 votes (4.43%) at risk. Similarly, the seat of West Coast-Tasman gave Labour's Damien O'Connor a majority of 2,154 (6.77%). National reversed all of these majorities in 2008 and captured all three seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Situation after 2005\nPart of National's core vote comes from provincial centres. In 1990, when Labour lost power, it lost every seat between the southern fringe of the Auckland urban area and Porirua except Napier and Palmerston North; in 2005, National again won several provincial seats off Labour:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Situation after 2005\nNational also won Tauranga off New Zealand First leader Winston Peters in 2005 and the lion's share of the ACT and United parties' core votes (and in the process gained Northcote off Labour).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Situation after 2005\nThe newly-drawn seat of Botany on Auckland's eastern fringe presented an electoral problem for the Labour Party \u2013 on 4 July 2008 a crowd of mostly Asian marchers numbered in the thousands protested against Labour's record on crime and sentencing and a perceived upswing in anti-Asian crime. Because of the large Asian population in the new seat, such trends may have given National candidate and victor Pansy Wong a possible advantage. Boundary changes have also shaken up the electoral landscape of the South Island. Three new seats \u2013 Selwyn, Waitaki and Rangitata, drawn respectively out of Aoraki, Otago and Rakaia, three National-held seats in 2005, damaged Labour's chances outside of Christchurch and Dunedin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Situation after 2005\nOn Labour's other flank, the three M\u0101ori electorates that it held last time against a strong M\u0101ori Party challenge were in danger of falling as they did in 1996 when New Zealand First broke Labour's sixty-year stranglehold. Nanaia Mahuta again faced Angeline Greensill for the new Hauraki-Waikato seat, and narrowly held it. M\u0101ori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia also held on by a small margin against veteran broadcaster Derek Fox in Ikaroa-R\u0101whiti. Incumbent Mahara Okeroa, however, was defeated by Rahui Katene in Te Tai Tonga, giving the M\u0101ori Party an additional seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Situation after 2005\nThe seats of Tauranga and Epsom provided particular resonances: Winston Peters failed to retake the marginal Tauranga (and Ron Mark failed to win the Rimutaka seat), meaning New Zealand First's chances of returning to the House depended on winning 5% of the party vote, which they did not accomplish. Similarly, the electoral fortunes of the ACT Party depended very largely on Rodney Hide retaining Epsom, which he did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Situation after 2005\nAmongst other parties very aware of the 5% barrier, United Future appeared more secure in the light of Peter Dunne's grip on \u014chariu, which he maintained, though by a narrower margin than previously; and the Progressive Party retained a very strong hold via Jim Anderton's \"safe seat\" of Wigram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, Situation after 2005\nThe Greens never appeared in danger of slipping below the 5% threshold, although lacking an obvious winnable electorate seat (co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons had won Coromandel in 1999, but the electorate returned to National in 2002).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Electorates, New MPs in vacated seats\nA number of seats elected new MPs following the retirement of their sitting Members:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Opinion polling\nHaving come first in the party vote at the 2005 election by just two percentage points, Labour held a slender lead in aggregate polling through the first half of 2006; a two-point lead in the first half of the year turned into a two-point deficit by May. Polling for a preferred Prime Minister showed Helen Clark nearly twice as popular as then National Party leader Don Brash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Opinion polling\nThings changed in early 2007, with new National leader John Key improving on Brash's preferred Prime Minister rating by ten points, and overtaking Clark as preferred Prime Minister in May; at the same time National jumped out to a sizeable lead over Labour ranging from between eight and eighteen points, spending most of 2007 and 2008 with support from around fifty percent of the electorate. Labour's popularity slumped, hitting its lowest point in the winter of 2008, before beginning a slow climb into the high thirties in August and September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Opinion polling\nLeading up to the election, polls indicated a range of possible outcomes on election day; some suggested Labour could form a coalition government, while others predicted National in control. Of the \"minor\" parties, only the Green Party consistently polled over the five-percent threshold, and United Future and the Progressive Party frequently failed to register a mention. Both ACT's and the M\u0101ori Party's popularity since 2005 remained steady at around two percent, while New Zealand First failed to poll over the threshold after December 2006. The polls gave varied results for preferred Prime Minister, with some giving Clark a slight lead, and others giving Key a sturdy margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Coalition preferences during the campaign\nThe coalition preferences of various parties played a role during the campaign, due to the likelihood that no party would get an absolute majority of seats in the House. ACT emerged as the first \"minor\" party to announce that it would support a prospective National-led government. United Future also announced that it would side with National in late October, after supporting the Labour government for six years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Coalition preferences during the campaign\nThe Progressive Party, led by Jim Anderton, had served as a steady coalition partner to Labour and the electorate probably expected it to remain so. The Green Party, which abstained from opposing the Labour-led government in supply and confidence votes through the life of the 48th Parliament (2005 to 2008), said on 20 October that the only party of the two main parties it could form a coalition with was Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Coalition preferences during the campaign\nIn the light of New Zealand First's run-in with the Serious Fraud Office, John Key ruled out that party as a government support partner on 31 August 2008, saying \"the sheer weight of allegations and the actions of Mr Peters in the last few months means that I have lost that confidence in him\". At that time, Peters' future seemed under a cloud; after his party being cleared of charges of serious fraud, National restated its position, saying that the result of the case has not altered it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Coalition preferences during the campaign\nBased on polls commissioned by the M\u0101ori news show Marae, the M\u0101ori Party appeared likely to win most of the M\u0101ori electorates and stood a chance of holding the balance of power. The party's MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Hone Harawira, stated at the end of September that the party could work with both Labour and National. On 28 September, National announced a commitment to abolish the M\u0101ori electorates in time for the 2014 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197992-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 New Zealand general election, Coalition preferences during the campaign\nThe M\u0101ori Party has benefited greatly from the M\u0101ori electorates, and its co-leader Tariana Turia was unimpressed: \"They think again that they can deny us the right to participate. If they want a relationship with the M\u0101ori Party then very clearly they're starting off on the wrong foot\". Marae polls released on 12 October showed 62 percent of voters polled in the two northernmost M\u0101ori electorates were resistant to the idea of a National\u2013M\u0101ori government; co-leader Pita Sharples responded to the poll results by saying his party would be \"stupid\" to ignore the poll figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season\nThe 2008 New Zealand rugby league season was the 101st season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the inaugural season of the Bartercard Premiership competition that was run by the New Zealand Rugby League. Auckland won the title by defeating the Canterbury Bulls 38\u201318 in the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions\nThe New Zealand national rugby league team played two matches in New Zealand in 2008 as build up to the World Cup. As the All Golds they played a match against the New Zealand M\u0101ori in New Plymouth. They also defeated Tonga in a test match in Auckland. The Kiwis went on to win the World Cup for the first time, defeating Australia 34 - 20 in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions\nCoached by Stephen Kearney the World Cup squad was captain Nathan Cayless, Adam Blair, Greg Eastwood, David Fa'alogo, Nathan Fien, Dene Halatau, Bronson Harrison, Lance Hohaia, Krisnan Inu, David Kidwell, Thomas Leuluai, Issac Luke, Simon Mannering, Sika Manu, Benji Marshall, Steve Matai, Jason Nightingale, Sam Perrett, Sam Rapira, Jerome Ropati, Setaimata Sa, Jeremy Smith, Evarn Tuimavave and Manu Vatuvei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions\nEarlier in the year New Zealand had lost 12-28 to Australia. Roy Asotasi, Iosia Soliola, Sonny Bill Williams, Frank Pritchard and Brent Webb played in this match but were not included in the World Cup squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions\nAs part of the Festival of World Cups New Zealand sent teams to the University Rugby League World Cup, International Police Rugby League World Cup, Women's Rugby League World Cup and Defence Forces World Cup. New Zealand, coached by Frank Endacott, won the Women's World Cup while the New Zealand Police lost the final of the Police World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions\nThe New Zealand M\u0101ori side were coached by Luke Goodwin with Richie Blackmore and Chris Anderson providing assistance. The squad to face the All Golds was Kevin Locke, Jordan Rapana, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Wairangi Koopu, Jason Nightingale, Arana Taumata, Rangi Chase, Sam McKendry, Ben Ellis, Weller Hauraki, Bronson Harrison, Anthony Cherrington, Lee Te Maari, Jared Kahu, Joseph Cahill, Chance Bunce, James Tamou and Kevin Proctor. Bronx Goodwin, Chase Stanley, Craig Smith, Charlie Herekotukutuku and Karl Johnson were added to the team for the World Cup opening match against the Indigenous Dreamtime Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Rugby League Cup\nThe New Zealand Rugby League ruled that the Rugby League Cup would be defended in all Bartercard Premiership matches, home and away. The Cup changed hands in the Final, when Auckland defeated the holders, Canterbury, 38\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Bartercard Premiership\nThe 2008 season was the inaugural Bartercard Premiership. It replaced the Bartercard Cup as the top division of rugby league in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Bartercard Premiership, Teams\nCanterbury were co-coached by Brent Stuart and Dave Perkins with Phil Prescott as the director of coaching. Mike Dorreen and Logan Edwards were the co-coached of the age group side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 90], "content_span": [91, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Bartercard Premiership, Teams\nAuckland were coached by Sam Panapa and included Pita Godinet, Jeremiah Pai and Wayne McDade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 90], "content_span": [91, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions\nThe New Zealand Warriors competed in the National Rugby League competition. They finished 8th out of 16 teams before winning in the Qualifying and Semi finals before losing to eventual premiers Manly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions\nThe Junior Warriors finished third in the Toyota Cup, making the finals before losing to the Brisbane Broncos in a Preliminary Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland\nThe Mt Albert Lions won the Fox Memorial, defeating Otahuhu 24\u201322 in the final. The Otahuhu Leopards won the Rukutai Shield (minor premiership) while Richmond won the Stormont Shield. Richmond also won the Sharman Cup (second division) while the New Lynn Stags won the Pheland Shield (third division).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland\nMt Albert were coached by Brent Gemmell and included Steve Buckingham, Sala Fa'alogo, Paul and David Fisiiahi, Anthony Swann and Matthew Sturm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions\nThe Taniwharau Rugby League Club defeated Hamilton City Tigers to win the Waikato Rugby League competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197993-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions\nPacific won the Baywide premier competition. This was a joint competition run by the Coastline and Bay of Plenty Rugby League's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197994-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby union tour\nThe 2008 New Zealand rugby union tour was a series of matches played in Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Ireland in November 2008, by New Zealand national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197994-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby union tour\nThe All Blacks obtained their third Grand Slam after the 1978 tour and 2005 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197994-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby union tour\nThe tour opened with a match against Australia in Hong Kong, valid for Bledisloe Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197994-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby union tour, Bledisloe Cup\nA First match was played in Hong Kong against Australia. It was the fourth match between the two teams. Winning the match, the All Blacks, tied the series (2\u20132) valid also for Bledisloe Cup, holding the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197994-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby union tour, Grand Slam, Scotland\nThe first test gave All Blacks an easy victory, with Richie McCaw and Dan Carter on the bench of reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197994-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 New Zealand rugby union tour, Grand Slam, Ireland\nAlso again Ireland, the All Blacks obtain a good victory, but the first half (close 10\u20133) was not easy, and the All Blacks lead the match only thanks a penalty try in the last minute of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197995-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Newcastle City Council election\nElections were held for one-third of the 78 seats on the Newcastle City Council on 1 May 2008. The ruling Liberal Democrat Party slightly increased their majority, and the table below shows the composition of the Council Chamber following these results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197996-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Newcastle Knights season\nIn 2008 the Newcastle Knights took part in the 100th year of the Telstra Premiership, finishing the season 9th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197997-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Newport City Council election\nElections to Newport City Council were held on 1 May 2008 along with elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, community council elections in Wales and 2008 United Kingdom local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197997-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Newport City Council election\nCouncillors elected in this election serve a four year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197997-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Newport City Council election\nThe next full election took place on 3 May 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 83]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197998-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Next Generation Adelaide International\nThe 2008 Next Generation Adelaide International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the event known that year as the Next Generation Adelaide International, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Memorial Drive Park in Adelaide, Australia, from 31 December 2007 through 6 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197998-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Next Generation Adelaide International\nThe draw was led by former World No. 1, two-time Adelaide champion and recent Cincinnati semifinalist Lleyton Hewitt, Moscow runner-up Paul-Henri Mathieu, and Basel finalist Jarkko Nieminen. Also competing were Bucharest winner Gilles Simon, Canada Masters semifinalist Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro and S\u00e9bastien Grosjean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197998-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Next Generation Adelaide International, Finals, Doubles\nMart\u00edn Garc\u00eda /  Marcelo Melo defeated  Chris Guccione /  Robert Smeets, 6\u20133, 3\u20136, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197999-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Next Generation Adelaide International \u2013 Doubles\nWesley Moodie and Todd Perry were the defending champions, but Moodie chose not to participate, and only Perry competed that year. Perry partnered with Jordan Kerr, but lost in the first round to Chris Guccione and Robert Smeets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00197999-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Next Generation Adelaide International \u2013 Doubles\nMartin Garcia and Marcelo Melo won in the final 6\u20133, 3\u20136, [10\u20137], against Chris Guccione and Robert Smeets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198000-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Next Generation Adelaide International \u2013 Singles\nNovak Djokovic was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198000-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Next Generation Adelaide International \u2013 Singles\nUnseeded Micha\u00ebl Llodra won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against third-seeded Jarkko Nieminen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198001-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nicholls State Colonels football team\nThe 2008 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Colonels were led by fifth-year head coach Jay Thomas. They played their home games at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium and were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 3\u20136, 3\u20134 in Southland play to finish in fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198002-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards\nThe 2008 Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards were held on 29 November 2008, at the Balai Sarbini in Setiabudi South Jakarta and hosted by Tora Sudiro, Tasya Kamila, and Ringgo Agus Rahman. The ceremony awards held the theme for \"Candylane\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198002-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards\nAgnes Monica, Afgan, Cinta Laura, and Raffi Ahmad led the nominations with two categories. Agnes Monica was the biggest winner of the night, taking home two awards  in the categories: Favourite Female Singer and Indonesian Star Wannabe Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198003-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nicky Rackard Cup\nThe 2008 Nicky Rackard Cup was the 4th annual third tier hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Sligo beat Louth in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198003-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nicky Rackard Cup, Format\nTen county teams participated in the 2008 Nicky Rackard Cup, with Fingal (north Dublin) and \"South Down\" (Down excluding the Ards Peninsula) bringing the total to twelve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198003-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nicky Rackard Cup, Format\nEach team in the group played each other once in the first phase. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198003-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nicky Rackard Cup, 2008 season facts\nSligo, the eventual winners of the competition finished the preceding league tournament without a win, resulting in relegation to division 4 next year. Donegal, who won every game of the league, were eliminated from the Championship at the first (group stage) hurdle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198003-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nicky Rackard Cup, 2008 season facts\nSligo had the opportunity of defending their crown in 2009 after losing 1-17 to 1-13 to Roscommon in the championship promotion/relegation play-off. However a change in the Hurling competition structures with the introduction of a 4th tier championship Lory Meagher Cup meant that sligo and Roscommon both played in the 2009 Nicky Rackard Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198003-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nicky Rackard Cup, 2008 season facts\nThe Sligo team that won the 2008 Nicky Rackard Cup was", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198003-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nicky Rackard Cup, 2008 season facts\nC Brennan; F Coyne, W Gill, R Cox; D Clarke, M Burke (0-01), L Reidy; J Mullins, D Collery; M Gilmartin (0-01), D Burke (0-02), P Severs (1-04, 0-03f); J Bannerton (1-01), K Raymond (1-08), L Cadden (0-01)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198003-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nicky Rackard Cup, 2008 season facts\nSubs J O'Brien F Hayes C Herrity R Haughey N Cadden J Kelly S Kerins M Shelly C O'Mahony D Cox C Hacket K Doyle P Quinn", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198004-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nicky Rackard Cup Final\nThe 2007 Nicky Rackard Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 3 August 2008 to determine the winners of the 2007 Nicky Rackard Cup, the 3rd season of the Nicky Rackard Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the third tier hurling teams. The final was contested by Sligo of Connacht and Louth of Leinster, with Sligo winning by 3-19 to 3-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300\nThe 2008 Nikon Indy 300 was the 19th and final race of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It was held on 26 October 2008 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300\nIt was the first time the race was held for the Indy Racing League after 17 years as a Champ Car race. The race did not count towards the 2008 IndyCar season points as the race date was held after the Chicagoland Speedway 300, which was preset as the season finale prior to the merger of Champ Car and IRL. The previous non-points race had been the 1992 Marlboro Challenge, a CART all-star race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300\nThe race was won by an Australian driver for the first time in the 18-year history of the event with Ryan Briscoe winning for Team Penske after leading much of the race, while pushed hard by the near-local, New Zealander Scott Dixon. Ryan Hunter-Reay emerged from an entertaining dice to complete the podium in third position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Team changes\nWith the championship decided, some teams used the race as a prelude to the 2009 season. Dario Franchitti made his return to IndyCar after a failed attempt at breaking into NASCAR, taking Dan Wheldon's seat at Chip Ganassi Racing, with Wheldon moving on to his 2009 team, Panther Racing, replacing V\u00edtor Meira. Meira moved to his new team, A. J. Foyt Enterprises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Qualifying\nRain fell on early parts of qualifying which caught several cars out, most notably Danica Patrick who hit the wall on her out lap wrecking the nose of the car and putting her out of qualifying without a lap recorded. The rain stopped fairly early and Ryan Hunter-Reay made best fist of the conditions, topping Group 1 two and a half tenths of a second clear of Alex Tagliani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Qualifying\nThe group was well spaced with V\u00edtor Meira and E. J. Viso almost a second behind the top two and well clear of the final two cars to advance, Mario Moraes and Ryan Briscoe. Graham Rahal missed the cut by less than two-tenths of a second with Oriol Servi\u00e0 the other car unlucky to miss out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Qualifying\nWill Power continued to show the pace he had shown through practice to top the second group, almost four second faster the Group 1 as the track dried. Tony Kanaan shadowed the local hero with Justin Wilson within a tenth of Kanaan. Scott Dixon and returning teammate Dario Franchitti progressed while again a Penske car sat on the bubble, H\u00e9lio Castroneves the last car to make it into Group 2. Marco Andretti was well down on Castroneves while Dan Wheldon made a troubled debut for his new team, missing the cut by almost two seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Qualifying\nDixon topped Section 2 track times improving from over 1:50 to 1:39.2049 for Dixon's best lap. Castroneves improved to second ahead of Kanaan, who would subsequently lose his bets lap and drop out of the top six, Franchitti and Briscoe. Power having led much of the session stopped early and had a nervous wait as his time was rapidly bettered, but made it through with Hunter-Reay joining the Firestone Fast Six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Qualifying\nDixon, Power and Briscoe swapped top times early until Power started to dominate. With time running out Dixon recorded a 1:35.7672, the fastest lap time recorded in all of qualifying with Briscoe and Franchitti filling the top three when on his last lap Power backed off and found something for a last charge, recording a 1:34.9451, smashing the Fast Six field by eight-tenths of a second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Race\nJustin Wilson pitted on the warm-up lap with the gearbox sticking in third, but rejoined to start from the back. Will Power immediately dominated the start, pulling a two-second lead on the first lap. Scott Dixon started second but after being forced to cut the first chicane was relegated behind Ryan Briscoe by the officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Race\nMario Moraes and V\u00edtor Meira clashed at the second chicane with Meira spinning without hitting anyone. A few lap later Moraes caused the first safety car, clipping the turn 2 chicane, breaking the right rear corner of the car. Townsend Bell was eliminated after a clash with Helio Castroneves which wrecked Bell's steering. Later the same lap Castroneves had a right rear puncture caused by Danica Patrick's front wing while passing the Andretti Green Racing driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Race\nLap 17 saw the end of Power's dominance of the meeting as he crashed at the Bartercard chicane, which put Briscoe into the lead ahead of Dixon. Briscoe pitted for fuel immediately upon catching backmarker Patrick, but Dixon waited another lap and was held up behind her. At the same time Graham Rahal touched the rear of Car 20, spinning the Vision Racing car at the bottom corner and Ed Carpenter stopped as well, almost blocking the track. The emerging safety car almost hit Dixon as he completed his stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Race\nBehind the safety car Patrick stopped and stalled, almost hitting the stationary car of Carpenter. Dario Franchitti clipped the tyre bundle on the inside of the same chicane and spun and stalled bringing out the safety car. After the restart Tony Kanaan had the right rear suspension break without apparent reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Race\nAfter the second round of pitstops the battle for third between Alex Tagliani and Ryan Hunter-Reay was interrupted by Dario Franchitti as poor pitstop and a poor pit position for Conquest Racing saw Tagliani drop several position behind EJ Viso. Viso later would twice have to give up spots for cutting chicanes, first to Tagliani, then Castroneves. Lap 48 saw Jaime Camara go straight on and stalled the car attempting to recover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Race\nIn the races closing stages Dixon closed in on Briscoe, the two remaining local drivers lapping significantly faster than the rest of the field. Ed Carpenter hit the wall at turn 3 on the last lap but it did not affect the lead battle and Briscoe won his home race ahead of Dixon. Ryan Hunter-Reay finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198005-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Nikon Indy 300, Support categories\nThe 2008 Nikon Indy 300 shared the top billing with Round 11 of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship series, as well as three support categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign\nThe 2008 Nineveh campaign was a series of offensives and counter-attacks between insurgent and Coalition forces for control of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq in early-to-mid-2008. Some fighting also occurred in the neighboring Kirkuk Governorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Background\nIn mid-October 2006, al-Qaeda announced the creation of Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), replacing the Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC) and its Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Background\nThe capital of Ninawa province, Mosul, forms the northern tip of the \"Sunni Triangle\" and lies on a sectarian fault line between Sunni Arabs and Kurds. Before the Iraq War, it was a Ba'ath party stronghold and a major source of officers for the Iraqi Army. The U.S. 4th Infantry Division was originally tasked with entering northern Iraq through Turkey, however the Turkish government blocked the attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Background\nInstead, 2,000 paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 1,000 U.S. Special Forces soldiers from the 10th Special Forces group opened a smaller front from Kurdistan, working with the Kurdish Peshmerga to secure Kirkuk and Mosul. As a result, the U.S. forces did not have a large military presence in Ninawa following the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime. In early April 2003, the 173rd Airborne launched Operation Option North to secure Kirkuk and its nearby oilfields. Meanwhile, U.S. Special Forces and Peshmerga turned towards Mosul, securing the city on April 11 after the Iraqi Army V Corps surrendered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Background\nDespite efforts by the Special Forces commander, Lt. Col. Waltemeyer to keep Kurdish forces out of the city, Mosul fell into chaos with armed Kurds looting the city and forcing Arabs out of homes. At the same time, former Ba'athists and Iraqi military personnel fled south to Tikrit and began to form the insurgency. By the end of the first week of American occupation of Mosul, 31 Iraqis had been killed and 150 wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Background\nTowards the end of April, 20,000 soldiers from the U.S. 101st Airborne Division, led by Maj. Gen. David Petraeus arrived in Mosul and assumed responsibility for Ninawa province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Background\nIn January 2004, 8,700 soldiers of the 3rd SBCT/2nd Infantry Division replaced the 101st Airborne, effectively halving the number of U.S. soldiers. Ethnic tensions in Mosul grew, with the Sunni Arabs and the insurgents occupying the west side of Mosul and the Kurds occupying the east side. The situation worsed in October 2004 when the 1st SBCT, 25th Infantry Division relieved the 3/2 SBCT. The 1/25 SBCT had only 3 battalions in Mosul since one of its battalions was redeployed to Fallujah as part of Operation Phantom Fury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Background\nAt the same time, insurgents moved from Fallujah to Mosul and began launching attacks. On November 11, 2004, insurgents conducted a large scale operation against police stations in Mosul, facing little resistance from the Iraqi police who refused to fight. Undermanned Coalition forces were forced to rely on thousands of Kurdish Peshmerga to help recapture the city, which was retaken after two weeks of heavy fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Background\nBetween 2004 and 2006, a stalemate existed between the Kurdish forces in the east of the city (who had been reflagged as the 2nd Iraqi Army Division) and Sunni insurgents who were firmly entrenched in western Mosul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Background\nIn early 2007, coalition forces launched a new counter insurgency strategy throughout Iraq, mainly focused on Baghdad and the surrounding belts. The U.S. military command responsible for Ninewa province, Multi-National Division North, was again forced to operate without one of its battalions when the 2nd battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment was deployed to Mansoor district as part of the Baghdad Security Plan. At this point, MND-N had one combat brigade in Ninewa Province, the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division, under the command of COL Stephen Twitty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Background\nThis unit was composed of three combat battalions, including 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment and 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment stationed at FOB Marez in Mosul and 5-82 FA BN at FOB Q-West near Qayarrah. These units were supported by the 4th Special Troops Battalion and the 27th Brigade Support Battalion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Background\nAt the same time, the Iraqi Army 2nd Division had redeployed two of its battalions to Baghdad. Despite the reduced Coalition and Iraqi presence in Mosul, attacks fell by half, from between 15 and 18 attacks per day in December 2006, to 7-9 attacks in July. However, coalition operations in Diyala and Baghdad were forcing insurgents north along the Tigris River valley up to Mosul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Preparations\nFollowing their defeats during Operation Phantom Thunder and Operation Phantom Strike in 2007 the insurgents lost their primary base of operations in Diyala province and were still under attack by Coalition forces as part of operation Phantom Phoenix. Having also lost their bases in Al Anbar and in Baghdad itself, remaining insurgent forces were forced to retreat towards northern Iraq and establish their main bases in Mosul, their last supply route through which they moved weapons, personnel and money from abroad into the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Preparations\nMosul also had strong strategic importance as a main logistics hub for Al-Qaeda in Iraq because of its size and location - sitting at crossroads between Baghdad, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The insurgents established a new base in Mosul and prepared for a 'decisive final battle' in the words of the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. If they lost their center in Mosul the insurgents would not be able to effectively fight anymore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Preparations\nBy mid-January 2008, the US 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 8th Regiment had been redeployed to Mosul from Baghdad, joining the 3rd Squadron of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (3-3 ACR), who had been in the city since December 2007, when the 3ACR took over responsibility for Nineveh province from the 4th HBCT of the 1st Division. The city was split into two halves, with each unit responsible for security on their side. Two Iraqi Army battalions from the 2nd Division who had been deployed in Baghdad as part of Operation Imposing Law returned to Mosul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, Preparations\nAlso, in January 2008, the Iraqi Security Forces established the Ninewa Operational Command (NOC), to coordinate the various Iraqi Security Force units operating in the province, as well as liaise with Coalition forces operating in the province. A Sunni Arab, Major General Riyadh Jalal Tawfiq, previously commander of the 9th IA Division, was selected to command the NOC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nSporadic fighting had already been going on since late 2007, after the insurgents had been routed from Diyala. In early 2008, however, Al-Qaeda wanted to make it clear that they could still fight effectively in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nOn January 23, a massive cache of explosives was detonated in an abandoned building in Mosul in the Zinjeli neighborhood. Insurgents were tipped off that Iraqi security forces were preparing to search the building and when the police came they detonated the explosive. The explosion killed 60 people, all of them civilians, wounded 280 and leveled several buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nThe next day, as the police was investigating the scene, of the massive bombing the day before, gunmen opened fire on them. At that time a suicide bomber targeted the car of the police chief of Mosul, who was on the scene, killing him and two other policemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nOn January 25, the Iraqi Prime Minister ordered Iraqi military reinforcements to Mosul to begin an offensive to crush the remaining al-Qaeda elements that were still holding out in the area. The troops, tanks and helicopters began arriving in Mosul on January 27, including elements of the 35th Brigade, 9th (Armored) Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nHowever, a day after the reinforcements arrived insurgents ambushed a U.S. military patrol in the city killing five soldiers. The patrol was initially attacked by an IED, but then insurgents in a nearby mosque opened fire on soldiers in the patrol after the roadside bombing, prompting a fierce gunbattle as U.S. and Iraqi troops secured the area. Iraqi soldiers entered the mosque but the gunmen had already fled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nDuring the fight for the north there was also some sporadic fighting in other areas, such as Tal Afar to the west of Mosul, Kirkuk further to the north-east and Hawija which is just south of Kirkuk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nOn February 18, Coalition forces captured Abd-al-Rahman Ibrahim Jasim Tha'ir, Al Qaida's military emir for Mosul. Abd-al-Rahman was moved to Mosul from Bayji after the previous emir was captured on January 21. His capture allowed Coalition forces to develop intelligence about the Al-Qaeda in Iraq network in south-east Mosul, and on March 1 it was reported that Coalition forces had killed the military emir for south-east Mosul on February 27, Abu Yasir al-Saudi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nAl-Saudi was a Saudi national who had previously fought in Afghanistan and had been involved in many deadly terrorist attacks across Mosul, including the January 28 ambush, since arriving in Iraq in August 2007 with three other Saudis. It was also reported that 142 insurgents had been killed or captured in Mosul since the operation began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nOn March 15, a force of between 10\u201312 insurgents attacked an Iraqi Army combat outpost with grenades, RPGs and small arms. The insurgents were repulsed and 3 were killed in the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nOn March 23, an insurgent suicide bomber, in a truck with a bullet-proof windshield, attacked Combat Outpost Inman, an Iraqi Army military base in western Mosul. He blasted through an armored vehicle to reach the courtyard of the military headquarters. In the ensuing explosion 13 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 42 people, including 30 soldiers, were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nOn April 14, an insurgent suicide bomber attacked a group of Peshmerga soldiers near Sinjar. Following the attack insurgents opened up on them with small-arms fire and RPGs. 14 soldiers were killed and 15 wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign\nOn April 26, insurgents attacked an Iraqi Army checkpoint in Mosul. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive laden vehicle killing 2 Iraqi civilians and wounding 4. Insurgents than followed the explosion with small arms and RPG fire. Iraqi Army and Coalition forces returned fire, killing one terrorist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Operation Lion's Roar\nOn May 10, the Iraqi Army, backed by 10,000 Sunni tribesmen loyal to the government, began Operation Za'eer al-Assad Fi Saulat al-Haq (Operation Lion's Roar in Arabic) in Mosul. A curfew was placed over the city at 9 pm and arrest warrants were issued for Al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders. The operation was announced by Major General Riyadh Jalal Tawfiq in a statement at the Ninewa Operational Command headquarters. During the first day of the operation, 92 targets were raided throughout Mosul", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Operation Lion's Roar\nOn May 13, four days after the start of the military offensive, five Iraqi soldiers were killed in Mosul after their unit hit a roadside bomb in Mosul. The Iraqi Army announced that it had captured two senior al-Qaida in Iraq leaders east of Mosul. However, the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front, said large numbers of gunmen had escaped to the Hamrin mountains following the start of the offensive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Operation Lion's Roar\nOn May 14, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Mosul to supervise the operation, mirroring a similar move made in March when he flew down to Basra to supervise the campaign there. Al-Maliki said the aim of the offensive was to clear the city of \"criminal terrorist gangs\" and \"it intends to provide suitable conditions for the operation of state offices, enabling it to reconstruct the city and to deliver services to its people.\" The U.S. military spokesman, Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, announced that Iraq and U.S. forces had arrested 500 people and captured 5 weapons caches. A spokesman for the Iraqi Defence Ministry said that the Iraqi Air Force was providing 24-hour surveillance of Ninewa to Iraqi commanders, a role that was previously provided by Coalition forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Operation Lion's Roar\nMay 15\u201316, Iraqi forces announced that they had detained 833 people in Operation Lion's Roar since it began. Two civilians were killed by stray bullets during fighting in Mosul, while Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured a wanted Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) member in western Mosul who was responsible for IED emplacements and providing information to ISI about the Iraqi Army. Iraqi security forces announced a 10-day amnesty for Iraqis to hand in medium and heavy weapons in exchange for cash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Operation Lion's Roar\nOn May 19, Iraqi forces reported that they had captured Abdul Khaleq al Sabaawi, the emir of Ninawa province, in a raid in Tikrit. The same day in the town of Baaj, 130 kilometers from Mosul, gunmen ambushed a bus carrying police recruits killing 11 of them. On May 23, Iraqi police announced the capture of Abu Ahmed, an al-Qaida in Iraq financier for the three northern governorates of Salah-ad-din, Kirkuk, and Ninawa. He also led several attacks against coalition forces in Salah-ad-din.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Operation Lion's Roar\nOn May 24, the Iraqi military operation in Mosul was declared over and the city and surrounding areas declared secured by the military. The Iraqi Army stated that Al-Qaeda had been cleared from their remaining stronghold in the country. During the operation 14 Iraqi soldiers were killed. Five when they were captured and executed and nine by two roadside bombs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaeda's counterattack\nFollowing the strong success of Operation Lion's Roar, remnants of insurgent forces tried to conduct a string of bombings to counteract the military operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaeda's counterattack\nOn May 29, a double suicide bombing hit the north of the country. A suicide bomber in Sinjar, near the Syrian border, killed 17 people and wounded 42 others. 16 of the dead were policemen or police recruits. One civilian was also killed. The police chief was dismissed over the incident. Meanwhile, in Mosul, a suicide bomber driving a police vehicle killed three police commandos and wounded nine others, including two policemen. In a separate attack, at least 20 civilians were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a bus station in Mosul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaeda's counterattack\nOn June 2, a suicide bomber with a car packed full of explosives targeted the Ninawa police station in eastern Mosul, killing 13 people, including five policemen, and wounding 50 others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaeda's counterattack\nOn June 4, insurgents ambushed a U.S. military patrol in the town of Hawija, in the neighboring Kirkuk Governorate, killing three soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaeda's counterattack\nOn June 8, a suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. military outpost in Hawija leaving one U.S. soldier dead. Another 18 soldiers and two Iraqi contractors were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaeda's counterattack\nOn June 26, a car bomb attack targeted the offices of Ninawa Provincial Governor Duraid Kashmula in Mosul. The attack left 18 people dead and 80 wounded. By this time it was reported that all security gains made by the security forces during operation Lion's Roar had disintegrated. Insurgents managed to re-enter the city and gunmen were seen roaming the streets in force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, Death of Al-Qaeda Leader in Mosul\nOn June 27, the U.S. military announced that it had killed Abu Khalaf, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Mosul. He was shot dead by American forces during a raid on a building in Mosul. Al-Qaeda suffered perhaps its greatest blow when American soldiers killed Khalaf, the \"emir of Mosul\". He had been a close associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most notorious leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, who was killed in an airstrike two years before. An aide wearing a suicide vest died with the emir, as did a woman who tried to pull the detonator on his vest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 70], "content_span": [71, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, U.S. news coverage of victory over Al-Qaeda\nOn July 7 the Investor's Business Daily posted an editorial lamenting the failure of U.S. news media to report the defeat of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), while London's The Sunday Times reported, \"the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror.\" A terrorist force that once numbered more than 12,000, with AQI strongholds in the west and central regions of Iraq, has over two years been reduced to a mere 1,200 fighters, backed against the wall in the northern city of Mosul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 80], "content_span": [81, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198006-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Nineveh campaign, The campaign, U.S. news coverage of victory over Al-Qaeda\nThe editorial stated that the destruction of Al-Qaeda in Iraq was one of the most unlikely and unforeseen events in the long history of American warfare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 80], "content_span": [81, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198007-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season\nThe 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 59th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. The regular season started on March 20 with the Pacific League opener, and on March 28 with the Central League opener. On March 25 and 26, the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics played 2 regular season Major League Baseball games at Tokyo Dome. During their visit, they also played exhibition games against the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198007-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Changes\nThe Seibu Lions added the prefecture name \"Saitama\" in front of the team name starting with this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198007-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Changes\nAs to reduce the interference to teams whose main players would play in the Olympic Games, this year's trade and new foreign players deadlines were pushed to the end of July, instead of the end of June. Also, teams having more than three players selected by National teams were given an extra quota of foreign player limit during the Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198007-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Changes\nThe postseason playoff (\"Climax Series\") regulations have changed to give more advantages to League Champions, now the second stage series will play for 6 games, while the League Champion will have a one-win advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198007-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Changes\nIn late June, the Free Agency regulation was amended after negotiation between the players committee and owners. Players are now eligible for free agency after 8 years of service to a team (1 playing year = 145 days on the active roster), players drafted before 2007 are shortened to 7 (University/Company/Independent League) to 8 (High School) years. However, oversea FA right which allow them to play in the Major League Baseball still needs 9 playing years. This amendment is also effective on non-Japanese players. Alex Ram\u00edrez, who served 8 playing years in Japan, became a \"local player\" after the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198007-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Standings, Central League, Climax Series 2nd Stage\nYomiuri Giants (3) vs. Chunichi Dragons (1) The Giants have a one-game advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 92], "content_span": [93, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198007-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Standings, Pacific League, Climax Series 2nd Stage\nSaitama Seibu Lions (4) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) The Lions have a one-game advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 92], "content_span": [93, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198007-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Standings, Interleague Games\nNote: Whenever multiple teams have same number of wins, the team having better standings in last year's interleague games will have advantage, thus Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the interleague title, despite Hanshin Tigers beating the Hawks 3 out of 4 games. A similar rule applies to other teams tied in wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198007-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Climax Series\nNote: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198008-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nishihara mayoral election\nNishihara, Okinawa held a mayoral election on September 7, 2008. Incumbent mayor Seiyu Tarakaki, supported by Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito Party, was narrowly defeated by the progressive candidate Akira Uema, supported by all centre, centre-left and left parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198009-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Niuean general election\nParliamentary elections were held in Niue on June 7, 2008. They were initially expected to be held in April, but were delayed until June 2008. Niue has a 20-member legislative assembly, called the Niue Assembly, whose members are elected by approximately 600 registered voters. The assembly consists of 20 total members, 6 elected on a common roll and 14 representatives of the villages", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198009-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Niuean general election, Election management\nThe election was managed and controlled by the Chief Electoral Officer, Togia Sioneholo, who is also the Secretary of the Niue Department of Justice, Lands and Survey. However, since Sioneholo was also a candidate, he had to go on leave as required by the Niue Public Service Regulations. Hubert Kalauni took over the control and management of the election as Sioneholo's replacement. (Sioneholo won a seat in the Niue Legislative Assembly.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198009-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Niuean general election, Election results\nOnly three of the six sitting common assembly members retained their seats in the general election. O'Love Jacobsen, who has been a member of the Niue Legislative Assembly for twenty years and was re-elected, remarked that the election was a call for change by Niuean voters. Jacobsen believed that the election would lead to a new government and a new Premier of Niue. She openly supported Toke Talagi's candidacy for the incoming prime ministership against current Premier Young Vivian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198009-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Niuean general election, Election results\nOne of the three incumbent common assembly MPs who failed to be re-elected was Hima Douglas, former High Commissioner to New Zealand, who was unseated by Niue's Secretary of Justice Togia Sioneholo. Two female candidates, Mahetoi Hekau and Esther Pavihi, were elected as new members thereby unseating two incumbent MPs, Michael Jackson and Krypton Okesene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198009-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Niuean general election, Election results\nIn the capital and main village of Alofi, challenger Dalton Tagelagi easily defeated the incumbent member in the Alofi South constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198009-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Niuean general election, Election results, Formation of new government\nDespite the fact that new members, including Togia Sioneholo, Mahetoi Hekau and Esther Pavihi, were elected to the legislative assembly, no single candidate for the premiership had a clear majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198009-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Niuean general election, Election results, Formation of new government\nThe highest polling candidate in the election, incumbent MP Toke Talagi, stated he was considering to challenge Young Vivian for the premier's post; caretaker Deputy Premier Fisa Pihigia stated he would also stand if Talagi decided to stand, as Pihigia considered himself to be better suited to fend off a challenge from Talagi than Vivian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198009-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Niuean general election, Election results, Formation of new government\nEventually, Talagi and Vivian stood for premier. Talagi was elected on Thursday, June 26, 2008, with fourteen votes to Vivian's five, with one abstaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198009-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Niuean general election, Election results, Formation of new government\nAtapana Siakimotu was returned unopposed as Speaker of the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198009-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Niuean general election, Election results, Formation of new government\nOn Thursday 20 June 2008, Hon Premier Toke Talagi announced through TV Niue the other three members of his Cabinet of Ministers, Hon Pokotoa Sipeli, Hon Togia Sioneholo and Hon O'love Tauveve Jacobsen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198009-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Niuean general election, Electorate Results by constituency\nFinal results according to Acting Chief Electoral Officer Mr Hubert Kalauni:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case\nThe Noida double murder case refers to the unsolved murders of 13-year-old girl Aarushi Talwar and 45-year-old Hemraj Banjade, a male live-in domestic worker employed by her family. The two were killed on the night of 15\u201316 May 2008 at Aarushi's home in Noida, India. The case aroused public interest as a whodunit story, and received heavy media coverage. The sensational media coverage, which included salacious allegations against Aarushi and the suspects, was criticized by many as a trial by media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case\nWhen Aarushi's body was discovered on 16 May, Hemraj, who was missing at the time, was considered the main suspect. The next day, Hemraj's partially decomposed body was discovered on the terrace. The police were heavily criticized for failing to secure the crime scene immediately. After ruling out former domestic servants of the family, the police treated Aarushi's parents\u2014Dr. Rajesh Talwar and Dr. Nupur Talwar\u2014as the prime suspects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case\nThe police suspected that Rajesh had murdered the two after finding them in an \"objectionable\" position, or because Rajesh's alleged extra-marital affair had led to his blackmail by Hemraj and a confrontation with Aarushi. The accusations enraged the Talwars' family and friends, who accused the police of framing the Talwars in order to cover up the botched-up investigation. The case was then transferred to the CBI, which exonerated the parents and suspected the Talwars' assistant Krishna Thadarai and two domestic servants\u2014Rajkumar and Vijay Mandal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case\nBased on the 'narco' interrogation conducted on the three men, the CBI assumed that they had killed Aarushi after an attempted sexual assault, and Hemraj for being a witness. The CBI was accused of using dubious methods to extract a confession, and all the three men were released after it could not find any solid evidence against them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case\nIn 2009, the CBI handed over the investigation to a new team, which recommended closing the case due to critical gaps in the evidence. Based on circumstantial evidence, it named Rajesh Talwar as the sole suspect, but refused to charge him due to the lack of any hard evidence. The parents opposed the closure report, calling CBI's suspicion of Rajesh Talwar as baseless. Subsequently, a special CBI court rejected the CBI's claim that there was not enough evidence, and ordered proceedings against the Talwars. In November 2013, the parents were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, but many critics argued that the judgment was based on weak evidence. The Talwars challenged the decision in the Allahabad High Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case\nOn 12 October 2017, the court acquitted them, calling the evidence against them unsatisfactory and severely criticizing the police, CBI and the media for not having investigated the murder properly. On 8 March 2018, the CBI challenged the acquittal in the Supreme Court. The case remains unsolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Background\nAarushi Talwar (24 May 1994 \u2013 16 May 2008) was a 13-year-old student at the Delhi Public School. She was the daughter of a dentist couple, Dr. Rajesh Talwar and Dr. Nupur Talwar. The family lived in an apartment in Sector 25 (Jalvayu Vihar) of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Rajesh and Nupur practiced together at their clinic in Sector 27 of Noida. They also saw patients at the Fortis Hospital, where Rajesh headed the dental department. In addition, Rajesh taught at the ITS dental college in Greater Noida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Background\nAnita and Praful Durrani, another dentist couple and close family friends of the Talwars, lived in the same city. The couple shared the Noida clinic with the Talwars: Rajesh and Anita worked at the clinic in the mornings (9am\u201312pm), while Praful and Nupur worked there in the evenings (5pm\u20137pm). The Durranis and the Talwars also shared a clinic in Hauz Khas area of Delhi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Background\nYam Prasad Banjade, better known as Hemraj, was the Talwar family's live-in domestic help and cook. He belonged to Dharapani village in the Arghakhanchi district of Nepal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Background, Events preceding the murders\nThe murders on the night of 15\u201316 May 2008 were preceded by the following events:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Background, The apartment\nThe 1300 sq. ft. apartment had 3 bedrooms(including servants' room), a drawing-dining room and a servants' quarters, where Hemraj slept. Rajesh and Nupur slept in the master bedroom, while Aarushi slept in an adjacent room. Hemraj's room had a separate entry from outside the apartment; it also opened into the apartment from inside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Background, The apartment\nThe entrance to the Talwars' apartment at Jalvayu Vihar had three doors: the outermost grill gate, a middle grill door located in the passageway, and the innermost wooden door. Hemraj's room had two doors - one door opened inside the apartment, and the other door was located between the two grill doors. The Talwars had the outermost gate removed a year after the murders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Aarushi's body\nOn 16 May 2008, the family's housemaid Bharati Mandal (35) rang their doorbell around 6 am. She had been employed six days earlier. Every day, Hemraj would open the door for her, as Nupur and Rajesh were late risers, but this time, nobody opened the door even after she rang a second time. She later stated that she tried pushing the outermost gate, but it did not open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Aarushi's body\nAfter Bharati rang the doorbell a third time, Nupur opened the innermost wooden door. Speaking through the mesh of the middle grill door, she told Bharati that this door was locked from outside. She asked Bharati about the whereabouts of Hemraj. When Bharati said that she had no idea, Nupur remarked that Hemraj must have gone outside to fetch milk and must have locked the door from outside. She asked Bharati to wait outside until Hemraj returned. Bharati did not want to wait and asked Nupur to throw the keys. Nupur asked her to go downstairs so that she could throw the keys to her from the balcony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Aarushi's body\nNupur then called Hemraj's mobile phone, but the call was abruptly cut. When she tried calling him again, the phone appeared to have been switched off. When Bharati reached downstairs, Nupur asked her to go back and check if the door was just latched, not locked. Bharati insisted that Nupur throw the keys anyway, so that she wouldn't have to take the stairs again, in case the door was locked. Nupur then threw the keys down to Bharati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Aarushi's body\nAccording to the Talwars, by this time, Rajesh also woke up. He entered the living room and saw a near-empty Scotch whisky bottle on the dining table, which surprised him. He asked Nupur who had kept the bottle there, and then alarmed, asked her to check Aarushi's room. Aarushi's room had a self-locking door, and it would generally be locked. It could be opened only from inside or from outside with a key. But the couple found it unlocked on that morning. When they entered the room, they saw Aarushi's dead body lying on her bed. Rajesh started screaming, while Nupur remained silent (due to shock, according to her).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Aarushi's body\nMeanwhile, Bharati returned to the outermost gate: she pushed it, and it opened without the key. She found that the middle door was latched, but not locked. She opened the latch and walked in. When she entered the apartment, she saw Rajesh and Nupur crying. Nupur asked her to come inside Aarushi's room. Bharati stood at the entrance of the room, as Nupur walked inside. Aarushi's body lay on her bed; it was covered with a flannel blanket. Nupur pulled the blanket, and Bharati saw that Aarushi's throat was slit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Aarushi's body\nBoth the parents blamed Hemraj for Aarushi's murder in front of the maid. Bharati walked out of the apartment to inform the neighbours. She returned to the house and asked the Talwars if they wanted her to do the daily household chores. When they said \"No\", she moved on to work in other households.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Aarushi's body\nThe Talwars called their family and friends. Puneesh Rai Tandon, a neighbour who lived one floor below the Talwars, asked the Jalvayu Vihar security guard Virendra Singh to inform the police. By the time the police arrived, there were 15 people in the living room and 5-6 people in the Talwars' bedroom; only Aarushi's room was vacant. The crime scene had been \"completely trampled upon\". The story of a murder in an affluent neighbourhood also attracted many mediapersons, who gathered around the house by 8 am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Hemraj as the suspect\nOn 16 May, the missing servant Hemraj was the prime suspect. In his police complaint, Rajesh blamed Hemraj for his daughter's murder. He repeatedly told the police to pursue Hemraj instead of wasting time in the apartment, and offered them 25,000 rupees to rush to Hemraj's native village in Nepal. The police suspected that Hemraj entered Aarushi's room in an inebriated state after consuming Scotch whisky, and tried to sexually assault her. When she resisted, he killed her with a kukri (a Nepali knife). The police announced a reward of \u20b9 20,000 for tips leading to his capture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Hemraj as the suspect\nAarushi's body was taken for post-mortem around 8:30 am by two Uttar Pradesh police constables. Rajesh's brother Dinesh Talwar, his driver Umesh Sharma and his childhood friend Ajay Chadha accompanied the constables. Around 1 pm, the body was brought home and placed on ice slabs in the living room. It was taken for cremation at the Antim Niwas crematorium around 4 pm. According to the Talwars, who were later accused of being in a hurry to cremate the body, it was decomposing fast, and the family elders were pushing for cremation. In addition, the police confirmed that the body was not needed for any further examination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Hemraj as the suspect\nThe police later alleged that the Talwars' domestic staff showed undue haste in cleaning Aarushi's room. In Talwars' defence, their compounder Vikas Sethi told the court that he had received the permission to clean the house from the police personnel and a lady constable present on the crime scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Hemraj as the suspect\nA part of Aarushi's blood-stained mattress was cut out and sent to the forensics lab along with her pillow, bed sheet and clothes. Vikas Sethi later testified that he, along with three others, tried to dump the remaining part of the mattress on the terrace, but found it locked. An old lady then told him to put the mattress on the neighbouring terrace. Rajesh's driver Sharma then asked the neighbour Puneesh Tandon for the key to his terrace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Hemraj as the suspect\nEarlier, at 4 pm also, Sharma had asked Tandon for the key, saying that he needed to dump the ice brought for Aarushi's body. This time, Tandon opened the terrace himself. Sharma, Sethi and two others dragged the mattress to his terrace. Tandon then locked the terrace door. None of them noticed the body of Hemraj, which was lying on the adjacent terrace, separated by a grilled wall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Hemraj as the suspect\nAccording to CBI, when the post-mortem report was being written between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on 16 May, a series of telephonic conversations had happened between Dinesh Talwar, Dr. Sushil Chaudhury (Dinesh's friend and the chairman of the ICARE Eye Hospital) and K K Gautam (retired Deputy Superintendent of Police). K K Gautam, while deposing at the CBI court later in 2012, stated that Chaudhury had requested him to get any references to a sexual assault removed from the post-mortem report, but he refused to oblige. He told the court that he had mentioned this incident to the first CBI team, but they left out this information from their records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Hemraj's body\nOn the morning of 16 May, the visitors to the Talwars' house noticed some bloodstains on the terrace door handle. Rajesh's former colleagues Rajiv Kumar Varshney and Rohit Kochhar later told the police that they saw bloodstains on the terrace door, its lock and the staircase leading to the terrace. While visiting the Talwars' house, Varshney had taken the stairs to the terrace by mistake. However, several other witnesses testified that they had not noticed any bloodstains on the staircase in the morning. These witnesses included several police officers, Umesh Sharma, Puneesh Rai Tandon, Bharati Mandal and Vikas Sethi. Thus, the bloodstains might have been left by the group that tried taking Aarushi's mattress to the Talwars' terrace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Hemraj's body\nKocchar stated that the bloodstains on the terrace door were brought to the attention of a police constable named Akhilesh Kumar. Praful Durrani, who also visited the house, claimed that the policeman initially dismissed the spot on the terrace door as rust, and was also dismissive of the bloodstains on the floor. According to Varshney, the police told him that the killer must have tried to escape through or hide weapon on the terrace, but returned after finding it locked. Eventually, the police were persuaded to investigate the terrace, but they could not get the key to the terrace door.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Hemraj's body\nRohit Kochhar later testified that when a policeman asked Rajesh for the terrace key, he \"went into the house and did not come out for a long time.\" Varshney told the court that Rajesh went \"towards staircase and immediately returned and went inside the house\". Rajesh later stated that he does not have exact recollection of what happened at that time, but he insisted that he never stopped the investigators from visiting any part of the house. Ultimately, the police were unable to open the door and let it remain locked until the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Hemraj's body\nSuperintendent of Police (SP) Mahesh Mishra testified that he had asked for the terrace door to be opened on 16 May. However, his subordinates told him that Rajesh Talwar couldn't find the key and they couldn't find a mechanic to break open the door. He also stated that he had filed a report on this \"carelessness\" with the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Noida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Hemraj's body\nOn the morning of 17 May, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar left for Haridwar to immerse Aarushi's ashes in the Ganges river as per the Hindu custom. Several visitors continued to arrive at the Talwars' house (which was being managed by Dinesh Talwar) with their condolences. These visitors included retired police officer K.K. Gautam, who had been requested by Sushil Chaudhury to come to the Talwars' house. After arriving at the house, Gautam examined the rooms of Aarushi and Hemraj. Dinesh then showed him the blood stains on the terrace door handle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Hemraj's body\nAccording to Gautam, Dinesh requested him to get the terrace door unlocked. Gautam then called SP Mahesh Mishra, and told him that the lock needed to be broken. Mishra promised that he would himself visit the crime scene, and meanwhile, sent the station officer Dataram Nauneria to the apartment. The key to the terrace was still missing. Anita Durrani asked the Talwars' neighbour Puneesh Tandon if he had a duplicate key to the Talwars' terrace, to which Tandon replied in the negative. Ultimately, Dataram Nauneria broke open the lock. As the group entered the terrace, they saw bloody drag marks. A body \"in advanced stage of putrefaction\" was discovered lying in a pool of blood at about 10:30 am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Hemraj's body\nDinesh Talwar couldn't identify the newly discovered body, and called Rajesh and Nupur (who were on their way to Haridwar), asking them to return home. Meanwhile, SP Mahesh Mishra also reached the spot. When the couple arrived at the home, Nupur didn't enter the house: she sat in the car with Aarushi's ashes, as she considered it inauspicious to take the ashes inside. Rajesh went upstairs to identify the body. He told the police that he couldn't be sure that the body was that of Hemraj, due to the injuries and the decomposition. Later, a friend of Hemraj identified the body as his.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Discovery of Hemraj's body\nRajesh and Nupur later resumed their journey to Haridwar and returned the same day. At Haridwar, Rajesh entered the time of Aarushi's death as 2 am in the priest's records. An autopsy of Hemraj's body was conducted at night by Dr. Naresh Raj.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered\nThe UP police did not cordon off the crime scene immediately, and many people, including the media, were freely roaming in the apartment without any permission when the forensic team arrived to gather evidence. According to the CBI team, 90% of the evidence at the crime scene was destroyed due to the police's negligence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The injuries\nAccording to their post-mortem reports, both Aarushi and Hemraj died between 12 am and 1 am. Both had been first attacked with a heavy blunt weapon, which caused a \"U/V-shaped\" scar and resulted in their deaths. Then, their throats were slit with a sharp weapon. There was no sign of asphyxia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The injuries\nIn May 2008, the forensic scientists stated that Aarushi was first assaulted with \"a heavy sharp-edged weapon\". The first hit on the forehead resulted in her death within two minutes, as indicated by the blood clot size.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The injuries\nIn 2012, after Aarushi's parents were charged with the murder, the CBI claimed that according to the experts, the \"dimensions of the striking distance\" of one of Rajesh's golf clubs was identical to the dimensions of the injuries found on the bodies. Dr. Sunil Dohre testified that the weapon used for the U/V-shaped injuries could possibly be a golf club. The defence argued that the CBI officers had drawn the words \"golf club\" from Dohre's mouth. Talwars' lawyer stated that Aarushi had suffered a hairline fracture, and produced the forensic expert Dr. RK Sharma, who told the court that this fracture could not have been caused by a golf club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The injuries\nThe weapon used for slitting the throats of the victims was never found. The identical measurements of the lacerated wounds indicated that the same weapon was used on both the victims. In May 2008, the forensic scientists remarked that the wounds displayed a \"clinical precision and careful thought\", as they were inflicted at the right spot to cut the windpipe and dissect the vital left common carotid artery which supplies oxygenated blood to the brain. Initially, when the Noida police first suspected the parents, they stated that the weapon used was a \"surgical knife\". By June 2008, the CBI's suspicion had shifted to the three Nepali men, and the weapon was believed to be a kukri, a type of Nepali knife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The injuries\nThe second CBI team returned to the \"surgical instrument\" theory. In 2013, CBI told the court that according to the faculty at the Talwars' alma mater Maulana Azad Medical College, their dental students were taught surgery. The defence argued that a dentist's scalpel has a cutting surface of about a centimeter: the instrument is too delicate to cut through the carotid artery. According to the defence witness Dr. RK Sharma, the wounds could have been caused by surgical scalpel No. 10 (not used by dentists) or a kukri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Aarushi's room\nAarushi's body lay on her bed, covered with a white flannel blanket. Her face was covered with her schoolbag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Aarushi's room\nThere was blood on the pillow, the bed, the walls, the floor and the front side of the bedroom door. However, there was no blood on the toys, the schoolbag and the pink pillow kept on the back of the bed. These items were within the range of the splashed blood area, which indicates that they were placed on the bed after the murder. Aarushi's body lay undisturbed on the bed, and the bed sheet was laid out smoothly. According to the CBI, no bloodstains were found on the book The 3 Mistakes of My Life, which Aarushi was supposedly reading before her murder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Aarushi's body\nThe 2008 post-mortem report written by Dr. Sunil Dohre marked Aarushi's genital area as \"nothing abnormal detected\", thus ruling out a sexual assault, but also noted the presence of a \"whitish discharge\" at her vagina. The whitish discharge sample was sent for pathological examination at the local district hospital, which reported absence of semen. However, later, in 2009, when this vaginal swab sample was sent to CBI's forensic labs, it was suspected to have been tampered with (see below). Ultimately, the CBI concluded that the sample had got contaminated, but not deliberately tampered with. Later, gynaecologist Dr. Urmila Sharma testified that the whitish discharge is normal in 13- and 14-year-old girls after the beginning of a menstrual cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Aarushi's body\nThe bed sheet had a wet circular mark below her pelvic area, which was not urine. There was no such wet patch on her pyjamas, which were untied; no urine or any other bodily fluid was found on her underwear either. The lower garments of Aarushi appeared to have been pulled up or pulled down, as her buttock cleavage was visible. CBI suspected that her pelvic area was swabbed clean, and the pyjamas were pulled up afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Aarushi's body\nLater in 2012, Dr. Dohre stated that Aarushi's private parts were \"extraordinarily dilated\", although there were no signs of rape. He stated that her hymen was ruptured and that it had an old tear. He also stated that her vaginal orifice was \"unduly large\", the mouth of her cervix was visible and the whitish discharge was confined to the vagina, when it should have spread to the \"entire area\". Dr. Dohre stated that he had not mentioned these observations in his original report, because these were his \"subjective findings\", and because \"the findings were non-specific and were very strange\". He added the wide vaginal opening found on Aarushi's body could have resulted only when someone manipulated it while the rigor mortis was setting in. He thus concluded that Aarushi's private parts appeared to have been cleaned after she died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 904]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Hemraj's body and the terrace\nHemraj's body had been dragged at least 20 feet on the terrace after his death, as evident by a blood trail and abrasion-contusion on his elbows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Hemraj's body and the terrace\nThe body was lying on the left of the roof entrance near the external unit of the air conditioner (AC), and was covered by a panel from the roof cooler. The body appeared to have been dragged towards to AC unit, as the quantity of blood was more near the AC unit. An expert from FSL Gandhinagar as well as a team of experts from CFSL concluded that the drag mark on the roof resulted from a blood-soaked body being dragged after being kept in a bed sheet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Hemraj's body and the terrace\nThis raised suspicion that Hemraj might have been killed somewhere else, and his body dragged to the terrace in order to hide it. However, in June 2008, CBI's UV Light testing team reported that it didn't find Hemraj's bloodstains anywhere except the terrace. So, unless the killer cleaned up the original murder spot, Hemraj seems to have been killed on the terrace. The blood found on the staircase leading to the terrace on 17 May might have come from the mattress that the cleaners were trying to dump on the terrace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Hemraj's body and the terrace\nA double-bed cover was draped upon the iron grill that separated the Talwars' terrace from the neighbouring terrace. The investigators found a smudged blood-stained palm print on the terrace wall. The blood was later identified as that of Hemraj, but the print could not be identified. The police also photographed a blood-stained shoe print on the terrace; the shoe size was 8 or 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Hemraj's body and the terrace\nAccording to the Talwars' lawyer Pinaki Mishra, those who had found Hemraj's body saw hair in his mouth, possibly that of his killer. However, the police did not check this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Hemraj's body and the terrace\nUnlike Aarushi's body, which had undigested food in the stomach, Hemraj had just 25 ml of liquid in his stomach, indicating that he did not have dinner. This evidence was also supported by the fact that his dinner was found untouched in the kitchen on the morning of 16 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Hemraj's body and the terrace\nIn 2012, during proceedings against Aarushi's parents as suspects, Dr. Naresh Raj told the court that Hemraj's penis was swollen when his body was brought for autopsy. According to him, this meant that he was either in middle of a sexual intercourse, or was about to have one. The defence lawyer cited a medical book which stated that this swelling of penis after death was normal. In response, the doctor stated that his conclusion was not based on any medical authority, but on experiences from his own married life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Hemraj's room\nOn 1 July 2008, the first CBI team recorded a statement by KK Gautam, describing Hemraj's room as he found it on 17 May. According to this statement, Gautam saw three glasses, two of which had some quantity of liquor in them, while the third one was empty. He also found three bottles: Kingfisher beer, a Sprite and Sula whisky. Later, DNA of Hemraj was found on the Kingfisher bottle, although according to CBI's investigators, he was a teetotaler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Hemraj's room\nGautam also visited the servant's toilet where he \"found urine of more than one person\". According to the statement, he also saw a depression on Hemraj's mattress pointing to the presence of three people in his room. However, in 2012, Gautam told the court that there was no liquor in any of the glasses. He also stated that he had not suggested presence of three people in the room, based on the state of the mattress. When questioned about the discrepancies, he stated that the investigating officer should be asked why his statements were not recorded correctly. He stated that an officer from the first CBI team \"distorted several things he said, added things he did not say, and produced a statement that suited the line of investigation at the time.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The doors and the keys\nThere were no signs of forced entry into the apartment, and the middle grill door had been found latched from the outside in the morning. There were two known sets of keys to the house entrance. One set was with the Talwars, and another with Hemraj. Nupur threw down one bunch of keys to the maid on the morning of 16 May. According to the CBI, Nupur had taken these keys from Hemraj's room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The doors and the keys\nAccording to Nupur, Hemraj's keys would usually be kept on the sideboard, but she couldn't find them on that morning; so, she threw down her own keys to the maid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0044-0002", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The doors and the keys\nThe question whether this key was that of Nupur or Hemraj was initially relevant to the investigation, as there were reports that the middle grill door had been locked from outside with a key (If both the keys were inside and CBI was right, it could mean that the parents locked the door, then went inside their apartment through Hemraj's door which they locked from inside, in order to mislead the investigators). However, later, the maid Bharati's testimony in the court established that the door was merely latched from outside. Thus, if the killers were not the parents, they could have shut the innermost wooden door (which automatically locked when shut), and then latched the middle grill door from outside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The doors and the keys\nWhen the maid, Bharati, visited the house on the morning of 16 May, she tried to push the outermost gate but could not open it. When she came back at the gate after collecting the bunch of keys (which Nupur had thrown down), she could open it by pushing it. The CBI theorized that the gate was originally latched from inside: when Bharati went down to fetch the keys, Nupur came to the passage via Hemraj's room, and unlatched it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The doors and the keys\nIn September 2012, the defence claimed that the maid Bharati Mandal was a tutored witness, as she told the court Jo samjhaya gaya wahi bayan de rahi hu (\"I am saying whatever I was explained.\") However, Bharati denied that she had given any incorrect statement under CBI's pressure. The defence stated that this door was not closed, and presented Rajesh's driver Umesh Sharma as a witness, who stated that this outermost door could be opened by pushing it hard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The doors and the keys\nThe key to the terrace door was never found. According to the Talwars, this key was present in Hemraj's bunch of keys, which went missing after the murders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The doors and the keys\nThe door to Aarushi's room (and the main door of the house) would lock automatically when shut. Aarushi's door could either be opened from inside, or from outside with a key. Usually, her room would be locked at the night, and its keys would be at Nupur's bedside. There was no sign of forced entry in Aarushi's room. On the morning of 16 May, the key was found in its shoe-shaped key ring, on top of a framed wall sculpture near the house entrance, in the living room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, The doors and the keys\nNupur later told police that she was not sure whether she closed Aarushi's door the last time she entered the room at 11:00 pm, and if she did, she might have let the keys hanging in the key slot. She claims to have stated this in several lie detector, brain mapping and narco-analysis tests that she cleared. In 2013, the SP Mahesh Kumar Mishra told the court that, on 16 May 2008, Rajesh Talwar claimed that he had locked Aarushi's room from outside at 11:30 pm on the previous night. Rajesh also told him that he had forgotten to lock his own bedroom door from inside, and someone could have stolen the key to Aarushi's room from his room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nBoth Aarushi and Hemraj had mobile phones, and both the phones disappeared after the murder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nHemraj used a Tata Indicom mobile with the electronic serial number #20CFA3EC. The SIM card was registered in name of Rajesh. On 15 May, Hemraj had received two calls from the Talwars' clinic: the first call at 4:58 pm lasted for 10 minutes, and the second call at 5:37 pm lasted for 2 and a half minutes. Rajesh was working in his Hauz Khas clinic at the time, while Nupur was in another area of Noida (Fortis Hospital), as indicated by her mobile phone records. The Talwars' defence lawyer later claimed that Krishna Thadarai was working in the Noida clinic at that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nThe last call made to Hemraj during his lifetime was at 8:27 pm, and it lasted for 6 minutes. The call had been made from a PCO in Sector 31; the PCO was located a kilometer away from the Talwars' apartment. The investigators were unable to determine who made this call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nThe phone records confirmed that Nupur called Hemraj's phone from the Talwars' landline at 6.01 a.m. on 16 May. The call was picked up, but disconnected after two seconds. This call was the last received on the phone, which was somewhere in the coverage area of the Nithari village cell tower 1362/254. The cell tower had a radius of around 1\u00a0km, and covered the apartment complex in which the Talwars (and Thadarai) lived. The police therefore suspected that the killer was present inside the house or in its vicinity on the morning of 16 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nHemraj's phone was never found, but according to the CBI, the number was briefly active in Punjab.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nAarushi used a gloss black Nokia N72. She would usually chat with her friends on phone until past midnight. However, on the night of 15 May, her mobile phone was inactive after 9:10 pm. According to the investigators, some of her friends had tried to contact her, but found her mobile phone switched off. The police suspected that either the battery of Aarushi's mobile phone had died or it had been confiscated by this time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nAround midnight, Aarushi's friend Anmol tried calling Aarushi on her mobile and then on the family's landline, but there was no response. Anmol sent an SMS message to her mobile phone at around half-past-midnight. According to the phone records, this SMS was not received by Aarushi's phone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nA few days after her death, Aarushi's phone was found on a dirt track by a housemaid named Kusum, near Noida's Sadarpur area. The phone was possessed by her brother Ram Bhool since May 2008, but he started using it only in February 2009, when he bought a new SIM card. He used it intermittently; on 12 September 2009, the police traced the phone to his residence in Bulandshahar, and recovered the phone from one Jitender whom he had just sold the phone to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0055-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nKusum and Ram Bhool were taken into custody for questioning, but the CBI determined that they had no role in the murders: they were not aware that the phone belonged to Aarushi, and had no mala fide intention in keeping it. The police did not find a data card, pictures or text messages on the recovered phone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nThe family's landline phone was kept in the bedroom of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. According to the investigators, Anmol called the landline phone around 11:30 pm, and the call lasted 34 seconds. However, Rajesh denied any knowledge about such a call. Anmol also dialed the family's landline number around midnight, after having failed to reach Aarushi on her mobile: there was no response. The Talwars say that Aarushi would sometimes turn off the ringer on the landline at night, and she might have done it on that night too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nThe neighbour Puneesh Tandon later told the court that when he visited the Talwar residence on the morning of 16 May, he asked Nupur's father if he had called the police. Nupur's father told him that the landline was out-of-order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nRajesh's mobile phone records do not indicate anything out of the ordinary. The tower location indicates that he was at his residence. He had exchanged 16 calls with his fellow practitioner Anita Durrani until 8 pm. At 9:50 pm, he called the Impressionzz traders in Mumbai, from whom he had ordered Aarushi's camera through Indiatimes shopping, probably to ask about a camera feature. At 10.04 pm, he received a call from the father of a patient, who had an appointment on the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0058-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nAt 10:06, he called Dr. Mridul Seth to consult on a surgery scheduled on the next day. At 10:15, he received a call from Vikas Sethi, an employee at his Hauz Khas clinic. At 10:38, he received a call from a UAE number. At 10:54 pm and 11:01 pm, he made calls to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, Chicago. The next call from his mobile was at 6:19 am on the next day, after the discovery of Aarushi's body.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Phone records\nNupur's mobile phone was switched off from 7:40 pm on 15 May to 1 pm on 18 May. The call records showed that it had not been switched off even once during 60 days preceding the murder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Claims of threat to Hemraj's life\nAccording to the police, Hemraj had told some of his friends about a threat to his life. Although Hemraj's son-in-law Jeevan denied any knowledge of such a threat, a social worker Usha Thakur confirmed that five days before his murder, Hemraj had told her that he feared for \"his life and that of some of his near and dear ones\". Later, she told the investigators that she could not do anything for him that day, since she had rush to Bangalore due to a family emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Claims of threat to Hemraj's life\nNearly three years after the murder, in March 2011, Hemraj's wife Khumkala, a resident of Nepal, came to India. She moved a plea at the CBI court in Ghaziabad, alleging that she suspected the Talwars to be the murderers. She stated that Hemraj treated Aarushi like his own daughter, but had strained relations with Rajesh. She claimed when Hemraj visited Nepal in December 2007, he had described Rajesh as a short-tempered person who rebuked him for trivial things and even chased him to beat him up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0061-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Claims of threat to Hemraj's life\nShe also claimed that Hemraj had called her from a PCO 15 days before his murder: He told her that Rajesh and Nupur suspected him of leaking their family secrets. When Rajesh's brother Dinesh visited their house, he also looked upon Hemraj with suspicion. The three threatened to kill him, if he dared leak the family's private information to the outsiders. According to her, Hemraj was frustrated with the Talwars' behaviour and was searching for a new job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0061-0002", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Evidence gathered, Claims of threat to Hemraj's life\nHemraj's wife also claimed that Hemraj had not sent any money back home since December 2007, and had told her that he had kept the money with the Talwars. But the Talwars did not send her Hemraj's dues after his murder. When asked why she had not made these revelations earlier, she stated that she had faith in India's judiciary until that point; her lawyer stated that she came from a poor family and had little awareness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Previous servants as suspects\nThe discovery of Hemraj's body had greatly embarrassed the police, as their initial investigation focused on him as the murderer. The police were also criticized for other investigation lapses, such as not cordoning off the crime scene. The investigating officer Dataram Nauneria (Noida Sector-20 police Station Officer) was shifted on 17 May. The next day, Superintendent of Police (City) Mahesh Mishra was also transferred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Previous servants as suspects\nOn 19 May the police named the Talwars' former Nepali domestic help Vishnu Sharma (alias Vishnu Thapa) as the suspect. Vishnu had worked as a servant and a clinic helper for the Talwars for 10 years. He would go on long vacations; each time, he would replace himself with a distant relative. When he left for a vacation 8 months before the murder, he introduced Hemraj to the Talwars as his replacement. However, when he returned, he found himself out of job: the Talwars preferred to retain Hemraj as a permanent employee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0063-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Previous servants as suspects\nThe police suspected that an angry Vishnu might have killed Hemraj for usurping his job; Aarushi might have been killed for being a witness. Vishnu was taken into custody, along with former servants of the Talwars. However, the police were unable to find any evidence that connected him to the murders. It was confirmed that he was in Nepal on the day of the murders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nOn 21 May, Delhi Police joined the UP police in the investigation. By this time, the police as well as the media had started suspecting the parents for multiple reasons:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nAccordingly, the police started investigating the parents as the suspects. On 22 May, Meerut inspector-general Gurdarshan Singh speculated about a scenario where Hemraj was the main target of the killing, but stated that no arrests will be made without evidence:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nOn 23 May, Rajesh and Nupur were taken to the Police Lines area, where they were split up. Nupur was put in a room with her cousin and a woman constable, while Rajesh was arrested and taken to a local magistrate. Subsequently, Rajesh was taken to the Dasna jail. Rajesh later claimed that the magistrate did not allow him to make any phone calls, and police threatened him into signing a confession on the way to the jail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0066-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nHe claimed that the police were talking whether they should kill him; when he refused to sign the confession, they abused and threatened him throughout the day. Since it was Friday, Rajesh could not apply for a bail until Monday. He spent the weekend in the jail. He later stated that the police threatened him to sign the confession again while he was in their custody.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nOn the same day, Gurdarshan Singh organized a press conference. He announced that Rajesh killed Aarushi and Hemraj to hide his extramarital affair with Anita Durrani. He claimed that Aarushi's friend Anmol stated that she had told him about her father's affair. (On 22 May, the police had questioned Anmol, who had 688 phone interactions with her in the 45 days preceding her murder.) Singh presented the following possible sequence of events, but did not mention any specific evidence:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nAfter coming under criticism for maligning Aarushi's character, Singh modified his theory to state Rajesh hit Aarushi when she confronted him on his extramarital affair, while Hemraj was killed for being a witness to Aarushi's death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nThe police accused Nupur Talwar of helping cover up the crime. The prosecution later alleged that she deliberately called Hemraj's phone to make the investigators believe that the killer was elsewhere. In the last week of May 2008, the police claimed that they had a confession from Rajesh Talwar, but the Talwars denied this. Rajesh stated that one Dinesh Verma was framing him, but the investigators later stated that there was no person with this name working on the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nThe public opinion turned against the Talwars, and many of their friends started avoiding them. The Fortis Hospital fired Rajesh on the same day. However, the members of the Indian Dental Association and former patients professed their belief in Rajesh's innocence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nThe police seized Rajesh Talwar's laptop, and the hard disk of Aarushi's computer on 25 May. A few days later, they claimed that Aarushi's e-mails to her father \"justify her relations with three other boys\", and that \"objectionable\" words were used in her interactions with her friends. The police released selective e-mails to indicate that Aarushi was not on good terms with her father. For example, one of the e-mails to her father read \"I just wanted to try it out coz I heard from mah frndz ... so wotz da harm ...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0071-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nI wnt do it again n I kinda noe hw u r feelin.\" (This particular e-mail was actually a year old, and was Aarushi's apology for her insistence to go out for watching the movie Namaste London with her friends without an adult). In June, a report in the Mid-Day newspaper quoted an unnamed Delhi police official as saying that the Talwars were part of a wife swapping club, and they would lock Aarushi in her room whenever the club members met at the Talwar residence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0071-0002", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nIt further claimed that Hemraj told Aarushi about this club, and called a number in Dubai, where the kingpin of this club was residing a night before the murder. On 6 July, an English daily Mail Today reported that the Talwars spent the night of the murders at a high-society party in a posh South Delhi hotel, quoting CBI sources. Both Nupur Talwar and CBI refuted the allegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects\nAarushi's friends and relatives were outraged at the character assassination of the family, especially at the suggestion that she was in a sexual relationship with Hemraj. The supporters of the Talwars say that the police and the media tried to malign Aarushi as a disturbed, promiscuous teenager. Aarushi had received a bouquet of flowers from an admirer, had done a school project on drug addiction, and had 688 interactions with her schoolmate Anmol in 45 days. All these were used to build a \"portrait of promiscuity\" according to the Talwars' supporters. Her schoolmates at the Delhi Public School organized a candlelight vigil condemning the police for maligning her name. Renuka Chowdhury, the Minister for Women and Child Development, demanded the suspension of Inspector-General Singh. Singh was transferred a month later, only to be transferred back two months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 932]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects, Parents' defense\nRajesh claimed that he was being framed by the police to cover up their own botched-up investigation. The case was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 31 May at the request of Aarushi's parents. In June, CBI started investigating the case under the Joint-Director Arun Kumar IPS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Parents as the suspects, Parents' defense\nThe Talwars provided counter-arguments for the points that had made them the prime suspects:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal as the suspects\nAccording to the Talwars, the idea of Aarushi and Hemraj having a relationship and that of Rajesh's extra-marital affair was planted by Krishna Thadarai, an assistant at the Talwars' dental clinic. Rajesh stated that two days before the murders, he had reprimanded Thadarai for making an incorrect dental cast. This claim was supported by Anita Durrani. Rajesh's driver Umesh Sharma stated that he had heard Thadarai and Hemraj talking loudly in Nepali in the car. When he inquired, Thadarai told him that he would \"deal with Rajesh\". Hemraj's phone was present in the Jalvayu Vihar apartment complex on the morning of 16 May, and Thadarai (along with the Talwars) lived in the same area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal as the suspects\nOn 7 June, Thadarai was detained on suspicion. The CBI team searched his house and found a pillow cover, along with a blood-stained kukri and trousers. He was subjected to polygraph test twice at Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Delhi. On 9 June, he appeared for a psychological assessment test at AIIMS, New Delhi. On 12 June, he was administered a polygraph test and Narco Analysis test at the Bowring Hospital, Bangalore under the supervision of an expert team from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), led by assistant director Dr. S Malini and anaesthetist Dr. Srikanta Murthy. He was arrested on 13 June. Meanwhile, lie detection tests conducted on Rajesh and Nupur Talwar both turned out to be inconclusive. A second set of tests did not find any evidence of deception on their part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 880]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal as the suspects\nIn his Narco test, Thadarai talked of a second murderer. Accordingly, the CBI also started investigating his friend Rajkumar, who was a domestic servant with the Durranis. During 23\u201326 June, Rajkumar was subjected to polygraph test, psychological assessment, brain mapping and narco analysis at FSL, Gandhinagar. The CBI seized washed T-shirts with faint human blood stains from his residence, and sent them for DNA matching. The Durranis, who were close friends of the Talwars, stated that the stains could be from the boils that Rajkumar had on his body. On 27 June, Rajkumar was arrested on suspicion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal as the suspects\nOn 30 June 2008, Vijay Mandal (aka Shambhu), another friend of Thadarai, was reported as a suspect in the media. Mandal was a driver and domestic help for Talwars' neighbour Puneesh Tandon. Hemraj, Thadarai and Rajkumar were all of Nepali origin, and had been recruited through Vishnu, the ex-servant of the Talwars. On 9 July, Rajkumar was subjected to a second narco-analysis test at FSL Bangalore, and the next day, the media reported that he had confessed to the murders. Vijay Mandal, already being investigated, was also arrested on 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal as the suspects\nAccording to a later petition by the Talwars, the Narco tests had revealed that the three suspects had watched a Nepali song on the TV in Hemraj's room on the night of the murders. This had been told to the journalist Nalini Singh by the CBI official Anuj Arya. Nalini Singh, the owner of the Nepalese channel on which the song was telecast, had been asked for the details of the songs telecast on her channel on the night of the murders. Anuj Arya told her that the information provided by her matched with the suspects' revelations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal as the suspects\nDuring a press-conference on 11 July 2008, Arun Kumar stated that the case was still unsolved. He stated that no evidence had been found against Rajesh Talwar, but also added that the CBI had not given him a \"clean chit\". He stated that Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal seemed to be the prime suspects, based on the narco tests, but the CBI had not found any corroborative evidence against them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal as the suspects\nThe three men had described different sequences of events during their narco tests. There were different versions even among the same person's test. For example, Thadarai provided three different versions regarding the murder weapon. CBI did not make the transcripts of narco tests available to the public, and there were conflicting media reports about the exact sequence of events, which was somewhat like this:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal as the suspects\nRajesh Talwar was released later in the day, for lack of evidence, after having spent 50 days in prison. Rajesh and Nupur relocated to their parents' home after his release. The three other suspects were arrested, but the drug-induced confession was not enough to charge them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal as the suspects, Defence of Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal\nOn 9 August 2008, the CBI director Ashwani Kumar stated that the case remained unsolved, but also added that Rajesh Talwar should be exonerated. The three men were released in September, after the police could not find any hard evidence against them. Immediately after his release, Vijay Mandal alleged that the CBI had used physical force and threats against him, and at times, praised him to coax him into turning an approver against Thadarai and Rajkumar. He insisted that the charges against all three of them were false and an attempt to frame them. He also stated that he did not know Rajkumar at all, and that the CBI \"trapped\" him into saying something wrong when he was semi-conscious.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 118], "content_span": [119, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation\nIn January 2009, CBI announced that the agency was ready to file a chargesheet against Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal. However, in the absence of any hard evidence, this could not be done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Alleged tampering of Aarushi's sample\nIn September 2009, it was reported that Aarushi Talwar's vaginal swab sample had been tampered with. The sample had been collected by Dr. Sunil Dohre during her post-mortem, and sent to the Gautam Budh Nagar district hospital. The hospital's medico-legal register, which contained the information about Aarushi's sample, went missing in 2008. Pathologist Dr. Ritcha Saxena (the wife of Dr. Naresh Raj, who conducted Hemraj's post-mortem) performed the procedure of converting the swabs into slides and conducted the vaginal swab test. According to her, when the sample arrived at the hospital, it was collected by her lab technicians Vikas and Navneet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Alleged tampering of Aarushi's sample\nRitcha Saxena's tests established here that no semen was present in the sample. The slides were then kept into a steel almirah in the hospital's laboratory. On 1 June 2008, CBI contacted Ritcha over phone requesting access to the sample. Ritcha, who was in Patna at the time, guided the CBI team to her lab over the phone. According to her, the slide was handed over to the CBI by the Chief Medical Superintendent S C Singhal in her absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0086-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Alleged tampering of Aarushi's sample\nSinghal and Ritcha had been involved in a dispute over her transfer: Ritcha had been transferred in 2008, but she neither took up her new post nor resigned. Singhal thus considered her as officially on leave at the time she prepared Aarushi's slides. Ritcha alleged that Singhal had deliberately taken all her registers away to mark her absent, although she regularly came to the hospital every day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Alleged tampering of Aarushi's sample\nThe CBI later sent the sample to their own CFSL lab in Delhi, where Dr. BK Mohapatra found it to be a mix of two vaginal samples, one of which was Aarushi's. The CBI then sent the sample for further testing to the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) in Hyderabad. The CDFD stated that the sample largely contained DNA of a person other than Aarushi. Initially, the CBI considered the possibility of a conspiracy to destroy the evidence that Aarushi might have been sexually assaulted or had consensual intercourse prior to her death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Alleged tampering of Aarushi's sample\nDr. Ritcha Saxena was suspected of tampering with the samples. Her involvement came under scrutiny, because she personally knew Aarushi's mother Nupur Talwar. Ritcha denied that Nupur Talwar tried to influence the results of her tests in any way. She also stated that she knew Nupur only to some extent: her son had been treated by Nupur at the Fortis hospital several years before, and her daughter was Aarushi's junior at the Delhi Public School. She claimed that when she tested Aarushi's swab, she did not know that the subject was Nupur's daughter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Alleged tampering of Aarushi's sample\nThe Talwars were questioned about the tampering allegations during their lie-detector and brain-mapping tests, but were cleared. The CBI also questioned Ritcha, searched her labs and retrieved over a dozen vaginal swab slides. These slides were sent to Hyderabad for testing, but none matched the unidentified DNA traced in Aarushi's slide. The CBI ultimately concluded that the original sample was that of Aarushi, but it had become contaminated. It dismissed the entire episode as a genuine mistake and not a cover-up. In an unrelated development, Ritcha was later fired for absenteeism as she had not reported to her new post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, New CBI team\nIn July 2008, the Uttar Pradesh government had announced Arun Kumar's recall to the UP cadre. At that time, the UP government had clarified that the recall had no connection with the Aarushi case. Arun Kumar's tenure at CBI ended in September 2009. The media had accused him of not investigating the alleged tampering scandal, and speculated that this scandal had resulted in him being taken off the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, New CBI team\nIn September 2009, the case was transferred to a new CBI team headed by SP Neelabh Kishore. Additional SP AGL Kaul served as the investigating officer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Parents suspected again\nApart from the reasons that had made the parents the prime suspects earlier, the new CBI team came up with some additional points. The CBI questioned the doctors who had conducted the postmortem on Aarushi's body. Both Dr. Sunil Dohre and Dr. Naresh Raj made new statements (see the Evidence section above). Dr. Dohre stated that Aarushi's hymen was ruptured, and her private parts appeared to have been cleaned. Dr. Naresh Raj stated that Hemraj's swollen private part indicated the possibility of sexual intercourse. In October 2009, a crime-scene analysis was done for CBI based on the photographs of the scene. This analysis supported the conjecture that the crime scene had been dressed-up after the murders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Parents suspected again\nDr. Sunil Dohre later told the court that before the autopsy began, Dinesh Talwar gave him a phone and asked him to talk to \"Dr. Dogra\". Dohre was under the impression that the person on the line was AIIMS Forensics head Dr. TD Dogra. The person asked him to take blood samples among other samples, and Dohre replied that he would do whatever he felt was required. Later, it was found out that the Dr. Dogra of AIIMS did not talk to Dohre. The CBI inferred that Dinesh was trying to influence the report, but the defence argued that asking someone to take blood samples cannot be considered as such an attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Parents suspected again\nThe new CBI team identified the weapon used for the initial blow as a golf club because of the \"triangular-shaped head injury\". The CBI suspected that the weapon used to deliver the blow was one of Rajesh's golf clubs. Rajesh was an amateur and infrequent golf player. His neighbour Puneesh Tandon had given him a golf bag 8\u20139 years back. On 29 October 2009, after the Talwars had moved away from their Noida house, the CBI asked them to send Rajesh's golf set to them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0094-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Parents suspected again\nRajesh complied the next day, handing over the golf set consisting of 3 woods (No. 1, 3 and 5), 7 irons (No. 3-9) and a putter. The CBI later stated that the dimensions of the striking surface of the golf club bearing No. 5 were identical to the dimensions of the injuries on the heads of the victims. No blood, DNA or any other biological fluid could be recovered from the golf clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0094-0002", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Parents suspected again\nA CFSL expert stated that two particular golf clubs marked as Exhibit 3 (the 5-wood) and Exhibit 5 (the 4-iron) \"appeared to have been thoroughly cleaned so much so that they were visibly distinct\" from the other golf clubs. The CBI suggested that these clubs might have been cleaned to hide their use in the murders. According to Rajesh, the golf clubs bearing No. 4 and No. 5 were originally placed in his car. When the car was sent for servicing (before the murders), the driver Umesh Sharma placed them in Hemraj's room. This event was confirmed by Sharma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0094-0003", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Parents suspected again\nRajesh also says that he never tried to hide these clubs: they were always in plain sight of the investigators, and when he had moved to Delhi, all his belongings, including the golf clubs, were packed under the supervision of a CBI inspector. However, the CBI stated that in the photographs of Hemraj's room, taken by CFSL on 1 June 2008, only one golf club is visible and the other is missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0094-0004", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Parents suspected again\nRajesh also stated that his friend Ajay Chadda and his wife Nupur had found a golf club in the loft of their residence, when the loft was being cleaned a year after the murders. However, they did not inform CBI for over a year. This information was confirmed by Chadda. The defence pointed out that this is irrelevant to the case: the golf set had two clubs numbered 5 - the iron found in the loft, and the one that the CBI suspected to be the murder weapon, which was a wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, Parents suspected again\nNilabh Kishore questioned the Talwars at his Dehradun office on 18\u201319 May 2010. A few days later, on 24 May (Aarushi's birthday), a story in The Pioneer implied that Aarushi had been murdered by Rajesh in an honor killing, quoting unnamed sources in the CBI. On 21 July, Rajesh Talwar asked the court to pass a restraint order against the \"unethical and misleading information\" being published by the print media outlets. When the Court issued a show cause notice to The Pioneer, Nilabh Kishore issued an affidavit on 4 October 2010 stating that \"no authorised person in the CBI\" had spoken to The Pioneer's correspondent, and that the article was full of \"factual infirmities and conjectures\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, CBI's closure report\nOn 29 December 2010, CBI filed a closure report, naming Rajesh Talwar as the sole suspect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, CBI's closure report\nThe CBI officer AGL Kaul later revealed that he wanted to file a chargesheet against the parents for the murders, but his superiors Nilabh Kishore and Javed Ahmed decided to file a closure report due to insufficient evidence. Arun Kumar of the first CBI team was consulted before filing the closure report, and he stated that there was no evidence that linked the Talwars to the murder. The Talwars' relatives and their supporters alleged that all the CBI officers investigating the case were colleagues of the state police who botched the original investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, CBI's closure report\nSince the report named Rajesh Talwar as a suspect, the Talwars criticized CBI for making \"false and baseless\" allegations against them; Nupur lamented that the CBI had condemned them for life. On 24 January 2011, a 29-year-old self-proclaimed vigilante Utsav Sharma assaulted Rajesh Talwar with a meat cleaver in front of the court. Rajesh suffered deep cuts on his hands and the right side of his face. Sharma, who claimed to be upset at the slow pace of the case, had previously attacked former police chief S.P.S. Rathore of the Ruchika Girhotra Case. Nupur accused the CBI of \"unleashing mob\" on her family, and criticized the media commentary on the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, 2009-10 investigation, CBI's closure report\nOn 30 January 2011, people gathered at Jantar Mantar demanding justice for Aarushi. The protest was attended by activists including those from the Middle Finger Protests group who held banners that read, \"CBI - Congress Bureau of Injustice\" and \"CBI - Congress Bureau of Investigation\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars\nIn January 2011, the Talwars filed a petition protesting against the CBI's attempt to close the case. However, their petition was rejected by the magistrate Preeti Singh of the special CBI court in Ghaziabad. On 9 February 2011, she converted the CBI closure report into a charge sheet, and summoned Rajesh and Nupur as the accused. The Talwars moved the Allahabad High Court and then the Supreme Court, petitioning against being summoned and proceedings being initiated against them. However, both the courts rejected their pleas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars\nThe formal trial began from 11 May 2013. CBI was represented by senior advocate Siddharth Luthra. The Talwars were defended by the former solicitor-general Harish Salve, Mukul Rohatgi and Rebecca Mammen John, all of whom worked pro bono. The defence lawyers focused on opposing the clean chit given to Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal; providing counter-arguments to the points that raised suspicions on their clients; and pointing out lapses in the investigation. The Talwars were given access to the witness statements and the photographs on which CBI was relying for prosecution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0101-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars\nHowever, they were not given access to the polygraph, narco-analysis and brain-mapping test reports of Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal. The Talwars also objected to the CBI's claim that the narco tests on the three men were unreliable. They moved to the Supreme Court to seek these reports, but in October 2013, the Court rejected their plea on the grounds that such reports are inadmissible in evidence. The Court also stated that the Talwars were adopting delaying tactics, citing the several applications filed by them at every stage. The CBI court also rejected the Talwars' plea to summon Anuj Arya and Nalini Singh to prove that the three men were present in Hemraj's room on the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 750]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars\nIn August 2012, the media reported that the CBI officer AGL Kaul had been using the e-mail ID hemraj.jalvayuvihar@gmail.com for the CBI's official communication with the Talwars, under the name \"Hemraj Singh\". CBI initially denied these allegations, but later admitted that the email ID was created for some \"specific purpose\" which they refused to explain. The journalist Avirook Sen alleged that this was a crude pressure tactic against the Talwars, since they were forced to respond to the mails purportedly coming from someone named \"Hemraj\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars\nThe Talwars asked for a Touch DNA test to analyze the palm print found on the terrace, and the Scotch whisky bottle. The Talwars also asked for a Touch DNA test on the golf club that was allegedly used as the murder weapon. They even offered to pay for these tests. The CBI consulted J Nagaraju, a molecular genetics scientist (and director of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, which conducted the DNA testing for the Aarushi case). Nagaraju dismissed the reliability of the LCN DNA technology and the possibility of it yielding any fresh evidence. The Supreme Court rejected the Talwars' appeal, and refused to order any further investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars\nIn August 2012, the CFSL DNA scientist BK Mahapatra claimed that he had found male DNA on Aarushi's pillow, leading credence to the theory that Hemraj was present in her room. However, the CBI later clarified that Mahapatra's claim was wrong. The pillow was from Hemraj's room; it was a part of \"Parcel 21\", which had been collected from the Talwars' house on 1 June 2008. The defence argued that the CBI had deliberately created this misunderstanding to frame the Talwars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0105-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars\nAlso in September, the CBI tried to debunk the claim that the parents could not have heard the outside happenings because of the air conditioner's noise. It claimed that a portion of the wall between the couple's room and Aarushi's room was made of a plywood partition. It also alleged that after the murders, the Talwars hired a painter named Shohrat, who painted the partition with a colour matching the other walls of Aarushi's room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0105-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars\nShohrat testified that Rajesh asked him to paint the wooden partition with a wall-matching color twice - once in 2009 and again on 19 April 2010. He also stated that Rajesh asked him to remove the outermost grill gate along with the iron grill on the balcony, both of which were in good shape. The CBI implied that the parents were trying to tamper with the evidence. The Talwars branded this claim as false, saying that the rooms were separated by a brick wall that had a plywood lamination over it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0105-0002", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars\nThe defence also stated that Shohrat had been hired to paint the entire apartment, not just the partition. Besides, the painting was done in July 2009, more than a year after the murders, and when the apartment was vacant. The Talwars also stated that they possessed e-mails from CBI that granted them the permission to renovate the apartment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0106-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars\nIn its 2010 closure report, the CBI had stated the sequence of events on the night of the murders was unclear. However, after the court asked the Talwars to be charged with the murders, the CBI investigator AGL Kaul narrated the following possible sequence of events during his cross-examination in the court, in April 2013:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0107-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars, Court verdict\nOn 25 November 2013, a special CBI court held Rajesh and Nupur Talwar guilty for the two murders. The Special Judge Shyam Lal convicted the couple for murder, destruction of evidence, misleading the probe and filing a wrong FIR. On 26 November 2013, they were sentenced to life imprisonment for the twin murders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0108-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars, Court verdict\nThe Talwar family called the verdict a miscarriage of justice, and alleged that the points proving innocence of Rajesh and Nupur were not produced by the CBI before the court. Journalist Avirook Sen alleged that the judge wrote the case verdict even before the defence side finished their arguments. In January 2014, the Talwars challenged the decision in the Allahabad High Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0109-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars, Court verdict\nOn 12 October 2017, the High Court acquitted the Talwars of all charges, stating that the evidence presented by the CBI against the Talwars was not satisfactory beyond reasonable doubt, and therefore they must be given benefit of the doubt instead of being convicted based solely on suspicion. The High Court castigated the CBI for its theory on the murder of domestic help Hemraj in the Aarushi murder case, saying it was an \"impossible hypothesis\" and \"patently absurd\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0109-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars, Court verdict\nIt also severely castigated the media for having jeopardized the investigation by sensationalizing the murder and carrying out their own botched up \"trial by media\". The verdict was criticized as unjust by Hemraj's wife Khumkala, and her brother Ashok Bhushal. Hemraj's family members and relatives in Nepal continue to believe that the Talwars are guilty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0110-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars, Court verdict\nA book analyzing the trial court verdict titled 'The Killing of Aarushi and the Murder of Justice' critiques the judgment as well as the quality of evidence that was tendered in the case. It also argues that the Aarushi case holds up a mirror to similar cases of injustice in thousands of other criminal cases in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0111-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, The case against the Talwars, Court verdict\nOn 8 March 2018, the CBI challenged the acquittal in the Supreme Court, and on 10 August, the Supreme Court admitted the CBI's appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0112-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Public attention\nAfter the discovery of Hemraj's body, the case attracted public attention as a bizarre whodunit. The speculations about a sexual relationship between a teenage girl and her male servant provided material for yellow journalism, as did the allegations about the extra-marital affair of Aarushi's father. The critics argued that the alleged tabloid journalism by an overzealous media, along with the police's missteps, had \"prejudiced the course of justice\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0112-0001", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Public attention\nOn 22 July 2008, a Supreme Court bench consisting of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Markandey Katju asked the media to be careful in its coverage of the case, and abstain from making baseless allegations doubting the character of Aarushi or her father. It criticised the \"sensationalist\" media reports as lacking in \"sensitivity, taste and decorum\". On 25 July, the Ghaziabad court judge objected to the \"inhuman treatment\" of Thadarai, Rajkumar and Mandal by the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0113-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Public attention\nIn 2012, while lodged in the Dasna Jail, Nupur Talwar expressed her wish to write a book on the case, titled Mystery behind Aarushi's murder - A Tale of Unfortunate Mother. However, the jail authorities seized the 17 pages written by her, stating that she would need to seek permission from the court to write a book on the under-trial case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0114-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, Public attention\nRajesh Talwar's sister Vandana Talwar, along with her other relatives and friends, launched a campaign to prove the innocence of the Talwars. Through the website www.justiceforaarushitalwar.com, the group blamed CBI for goof-ups in investigation. Vandana also created a Facebook page, a Twitter account and sent e-mails proclaiming the parents' innocence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0115-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, In popular culture\nIn 2008, Balaji Telefilms decided to depict an \"inspired\" version of the murder case on their soap opera Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki. Nupur Talwar requested the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to stop Balaji Telefilms from airing the show, saying that the production house was trying to earn TRPs by exploiting a tragedy. However, the production house refused to change the script.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0116-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, In popular culture\nThe 2015 film Rahasya (mystery) was inspired by the twin murders. Talvar, another 2015 film, written by Vishal Bhardwaj and directed by Meghna Gulzar, is also based on the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case. Resembling in treatment with Akira Kurosawa's 1950 Japanese film  Rashomon, Talvar depicts three contradictory accounts of the case, including the parents' version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0117-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, In popular culture\nJournalist Avirook Sen has written a book titled Aarushi, released in 2015. The book argues that Aarushi's parents are the victims of a miscarriage of justice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0118-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, In popular culture\nA digital content company, Arr\u00e9, has created a podcast about this case titled Trial By Error: The Aarushi Files. Produced by Delhi-based film-making collective Jamun, the podcast has been aired on Arr\u00e9 and Saavn on a weekly basis since early May 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0119-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, In popular culture\nThe 2017 Tamil language movie Nibunan features a plot in which a young girl and a family servant are murdered by the girl's parents for having an affair. This story is seemingly inspired by Aarushi-Hemraj murder case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0120-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, In popular culture\nIn October 2017, a four-part investigative documentary series Aarushi - Beyond Reasonable Doubt, which explores the arguments and circumstances of the case, its investigations, and the remaining unresolved questions, premiered on Channel NewsAsia. Commissioned by Channel NewsAsia, it was produced by StoryTeller Films.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198010-0121-0000", "contents": "2008 Noida double murder case, In popular culture\nIn November 2017 a Star World original production in association with HBO Asia released a crime documentary mini series called \"The Talwars: Behind Closed Doors.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign\nThe 2008 Nord-Kivu campaign was an armed conflict in the eastern Nord-Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The upsurge of violence in the Kivu conflict saw heavy battles between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army, supported by the United Nations, and Tutsi militia under General Laurent Nkunda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign\nThe fighting, which began on October 25, uprooted 250,000 civilians \u2014 bringing the total of people displaced by the Kivu conflict to more than 2 million. The campaign caused widespread civil unrest, large food shortages and what the United Nations called \"a humanitarian crisis of catastrophic dimensions.\" After a week, a ceasefire was ordered by rebel forces amongst civil and military unrest in Goma. The rebel capture of all territory around Goma created a very fragile atmosphere of peace, caused enormous political damage, and called to question the efficacy of the peacekeepers stationed there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign\nAfter a short cease-fire ordered by rebel general Laurent Nkunda, fighting broke out on November 17, after which a second ceasefire was called into effect on November 19. A buffer zone between rebel and government lines, referred to as a \"humanitarian aid corridor\", was created on November 23 to allow the transportation of aid to isolated civilian centers. On December 9, bilateral peace talks started between delegations from the Congolese government and Nkunda's rebels. Major fighting largely subsided after Nkunda's capture in January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign\nThe continuous state of conflict affecting DR Congo since 1997 has been referred to as the deadliest since World War II, with aid agencies estimating a death rate of 1,200 to 1,400 civilians a day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Background\nNkunda's rebels had been active in Nord-Kivu, a province bordering Lake Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, since 2004, when they occupied Bukavu and allegedly committed war crimes. The aim of Nkunda's troops was to protect the Tutsi minority, which were believed to lack adequate protection against further genocidal attacks by the Hutus, who were, in turn, believed by Nkunda to have benefited from government support during the Second Congo War. Earlier, in January 2008, Nkunda's rebels had participated in peace talks; at one point they walked out, saying that other parties had attempted to arrest a member, but later returned. The talks ended with the rebels being granted immunity in exchange for withdrawing troops and allowing civilians to resettle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, CNDP push towards Goma\nOn October 26, 2008, Nkunda's rebels seized a major military camp, along with the strategically located Virunga National Park, situated on a main road leading to the city of Goma, for use as staging points. This occurred after a peace treaty failed, with the resultant fighting displacing thousands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, CNDP push towards Goma\nOn October 27, 2008, riots began around the United Nations compound in Goma. Civilians pelted the building with rocks and threw Molotov cocktails, claiming that the UN forces had done nothing to prevent the CNDP advance. The Congolese national army also carried out a \"major retreat\" due to pressure from the CNDP forces. Meanwhile, United Nations gunships and armoured vehicles were used in an effort to halt the advance of the CNDP, who claimed to be within 11 kilometres (7\u00a0mi) of Goma. Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Alan Doss explained the necessity of engaging the CNDP, stating that \"...[the UN] can't allow population centers to be threatened... [the UN] had to engage.\" During the riots, there was at least one death due to a stampeding crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, CNDP push towards Goma\nOn October 28, 2008, five rocket-propelled grenades were fired at a convoy of UN vehicles protecting a road to the territorial capital of Rutshuru, hitting two armoured personnel carriers. The APCs, which contained Indian Army troops, were relatively undamaged, though a Lieutenant Colonel and two other personnel were injured. CNDP forces later captured Rutshuru. Meanwhile, civilians continued to riot, at some points pelting retreating Congolese troops with rocks, though UN spokeswoman Sylvie van den Wildenberg stated that the UN has \"reinforced [their] presence\" in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Ceasefire\nOn October 29, 2008, the CNDP declared a unilateral ceasefire as they approached Goma, though they still intended to take the city. That same day a French request for an EU reinforcement of 1,500 troops was refused by several countries and appeared unlikely to materialize; however, the UN forces in place stated they would act to prevent takeovers of population centers. Throughout the day the streets of the city were filled with refugees and fleeing troops, including their tanks and other military vehicles. There were also reports of looting and commandeering of cars by Congolese troops. That night the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a non-binding resolution which condemned the recent CNDP advance and demanded it be halted. According to analysts, the ceasefire was called to preserve Nkunda's reputation, as was his later order of creating an aid corridor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 918]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Ceasefire\nDespite the ceasefire, the situation remained volatile; according to World Vision spokesman Michael Arunga, World Vision workers had to flee to the Rwandan border in order to survive, and shots were still being fired. The United States Department of State reported sending Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer as an envoy to the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Ceasefire\nOn October 30, 2008, looting and violence by Congolese soldiers, some of them drunk, continued in Goma, though contingents of other troops and paramilitary police attempted to contain the looting by patrolling the streets in pick-up trucks. One soldier was even accused of killing a family of six, and would be court-martialed along with 11 troops who participated. Another 11 were sentenced to life in prison. Nkunda called for direct talks with the Congolese government, also stating that he would take Goma \"if there is no ceasefire, no security and no advance in the peace process.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Diplomatic and humanitarian effort\nOn October 31, 2008, Nkunda declared that he would create a \"humanitarian aid corridor\", a no-fire zone where displaced persons would be allowed back to their homes, given the consent of the United Nations task force in the Congo. Working with the UN forces around Goma, Nkunda hoped to relocate victims of the recent fighting between his CNDP forces and UN peacekeepers (MONUC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Diplomatic and humanitarian effort\nMONUC spokesman Kevin Kennedy stated that MONUC's forces were stretched thin trying to keep peace within and around the city; recent looting by Congolese soldiers had made it harder to do so as incidents arose both within city limits and outside. According to Anneke Van Woudenberg, a Human Rights Watch researcher, more than 20 people were killed overnight in Goma alone. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice contacted Rwandan President Paul Kagame to discuss a long-term solution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Diplomatic and humanitarian effort\nAlso on October 31, 2008, British Foreign Minister David Miliband and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner flew to the region, with the intention of stopping in Kinshasa, Goma, and possibly Kigali. Miliband said that the United Kingdom was providing \u00a342 million in humanitarian aid to the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Diplomatic and humanitarian effort\nOn November 17, 2008, Nkunda met with UN special envoy and former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo to discuss the ceasefire amongst reports of scattered fighting in the Congo. While he backed the ceasefire, rebel troops were still reported to be active, and would later capture a village by force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Battle for Kiwanja\nOn November 5, 2008, fighting erupted for the control of the town of Kiwanja, 72\u00a0km (45\u00a0mi) north of Goma. The main opponents of the rebels during the battle were Mai-Mai and Hutu Rwandan militias, who were aligned with the government. During the fighting, Congo's army was firing mortars toward rebel positions from behind militia lines. On November 6, in the nearby village of Mabenga, a Belgian journalist working for a German newspaper was kidnapped by the Mai-Mai along with his assistant and three rebel fighters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Battle for Kiwanja\nAlso, Congolese journalist Alfred Nzonzo Bitwahiki Munyamariza was reported to have been shot and killed in Rutshuru during a stampede that followed the attack on Kiwanja. However, it was later confirmed that he, along with his family, escaped after rebels destroyed his house with a rocket. The battle had ended by the end of the second day of fighting, with rebel forces wresting control of Kiwanja from the Mai-Mai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Battle for Kiwanja\nWhen the civilian population started to return to the town on November 7, 2008, they reported finding more than a dozen bodies in the town. The villagers said rebels had killed unarmed civilians suspected of supporting the Mai-Mai, but the rebels said the dead were militia fighters who had been armed. A U.N. official said there were two rounds of executions in the town. First the Mai-Mai arrived and killed those they accused of supporting the rebels, then the rebels stormed in, killing men they charged were loyal to the Mai-Mai. Human Rights Watch said at least 20 people were killed and another 33 wounded during the battle for the town. Rebel Capt. John Imani said about 60 people had been killed in the fighting, mostly Mai-Mai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Battle for Kiwanja\nThe Human Rights Watch would later find that \"at least\" 150 had been \"summarily executed\" by both sides at Kiwanja. HRW also criticized MONUC peacekeeping forces, who had been only 800\u00a0m (1\u20442\u00a0mi) away at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Fighting resumes\nDespite the pledges of peace by rebel leader Nkunda, fighting broke out on November 17, 2008, leading to the capture of Rwindi by rebel forces, which advanced throughout the region. Meanwhile, speculation of war crimes increased with UN reports of the death of 26 non-combatants in the village of Kiwanja, who were said to have been killed by rebels for working with government troops. The killings at Kiwanja were later confirmed at 150 or more deaths by the Human Rights Watch. Amongst brutalities was a roadblock formed of two dead Congolese army soldiers, serving as a warning to approaching forces. Recent fighting brought the death toll to approximately 100 civilians, with 200 wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Fall of Rwindi\nOn November 17, 2008, after a few days of heavy artillery and mortar fire exchanges between the rebels and the military, the rebels took control of Rwindi, the headquarters of Virunga National Park. Soldiers were reported to be in full retreat and disarray while the rebels marched into the town and continued further north toward Kanyabayonga in a single-file organised column. During the bombardments, prior to the fall of the town, an Indian peacekeeper was wounded in the head by shrapnel while taking shelter in a trench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Army clashes with the Mai-Mai\nOn November 18, 2008, rebel forces stopped their advance on Kanyabayonga and withdrew, as to create a buffer zone between them and government forces and give a chance for peace talks. Following the halt in fighting between the rebels and the Army, government soldiers started looting the towns of Kirumba and Kayna, but were attacked by the local Mai-Mai group Pareco. The Mai-Mai had been helping the government forces since the start of the conflict in their fight against the rebels. The fighting left five Mai-Mai militiamen and one government soldier dead. The Army said the conflict was the fault of the Mai-Mai, who were attempting to hamper a routine deployment. Following the fighting government soldiers laid out two charred bodies of militiamen on a dirt track in Kirumba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 848]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Army clashes with the Mai-Mai\nOn November 19, 2008, Mai-Mai militia fighters calling themselves Resistance Congolese Patriots fired on APCs carrying UN peacekeepers. The militia fighters had asked for food and money, but engaged the international force after being denied. At least one of the approximately five fighters was killed, though more were reported to be in the forest. According to Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Paul Dietrich, \"It was a rather small incident, but it [was] disturbing because [it was] the second time in a week\", referring to the November 18 incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Army clashes with the Mai-Mai\nThe Mai-Mai had been supporting government forces, but began fighting against them with machine guns and RPGs when the government started to retreat, stating that they were \"retreating too easily\". General Sikuli Lafontaine said that the soldiers \"...are cowards. They just flee and then rape and pillage in the cities.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Rebel withdrawal and the recapture of Rwindi\n\"Reinforcements are not going to resolve all the problems... Reinforcements will allow us to do something about the situation, which has deteriorated fast, help us to stabilize the situation a bit, and allow the political and diplomatic process to go forward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Rebel withdrawal and the recapture of Rwindi\nOn November 18, 2008, Nkunda ordered rebel troops to pull back 40 kilometers (25\u00a0mi) from the town of Kabasha, citing the need to avoid clashes, get humanitarian aid to the region and create \"separation zones\" between the government and rebel forces, which would be patrolled by UN peacekeepers; this was amongst the sacking of General Dieudonne Kayembe, armed forces chief of the Congolese army, after a chain of defeats. His replacement was cited as a bid to bolster military strength.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Rebel withdrawal and the recapture of Rwindi\nAccording to MONUC commanders the town had been captured on Sunday, though they could not confirm whether withdrawal had begun. Meanwhile, the French Foreign Ministry circulated a draft asking the UN to reinforce the MONUC garrison in the Congo by 3,000. This move was stated as a possible measure of stability, but not one of peace. UN spokesman Alan Doss said that \"Reinforcements are not going to resolve all the problems...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Rebel withdrawal and the recapture of Rwindi\nReinforcements will allow us to do something about the situation, which has deteriorated fast, help us to stabilize the situation a bit, and allow the political and diplomatic process to go forward.\" While the United Nations Security Council voted on Wednesday, Doss acknowledged that it could take months to get reinforcements in, but wanted to speed the process. Doss also stated that he believed the humanitarian effort was improving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Rebel withdrawal and the recapture of Rwindi\nOn November 19, 2008, hundreds of rebel fighters retreated from the front lines to encourage peace talks. Monitored by UN aerial and ground patrols, the troops were confirmed to be retreating \"from Kanyabayonga toward Kibirizi, from Kanyabayonga toward Nyanzale and from Rwindi south\", according to Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Paul Dietrich. Witnesses stated that the rebels had moved 33 kilometers (21\u00a0mi) south from Kanyabayonga. The retreat was ordered by leader Nkunda, who arranged it after speaking with former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, where they agreed on another cease-fire. The rebels still held strategic positions near places such as the town of Kibati, facing off with \"demoralized\" government troops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Rebel withdrawal and the recapture of Rwindi\nOn November 20, 2008, dozens of Mai-Mai fighters entered Rwindi, which the rebels had abandoned a few days earlier. The Mai-Mai also attacked rebel forces at the villages of Katoro and Nyongera, in an attempt to advance toward Kiwanja. The rebels stopped them and reported that government and Rwandan Hutu forces from the FDLR were also involved in the fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, UN reinforcements\nOn November 18, 2008, a draft resolution spearheaded by the French Foreign Ministry was presented before the United Nations Security Council. The resolution, signed by 44 different organizations and with the backing of the British Foreign Office minister Mark Malloch Brown, asked the UN to send 3,000 more peacekeepers to reinforce the 17,000-strong garrison in the Congo, which is the largest garrison of its kind. This was similar to the pleas of the Human Rights Watch and humanitarian aid groups in the region, who were also asking for reinforcements to bring stability to the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, UN reinforcements\nIn a shared statement, the coalition of organizations stated that \"[The reinforcements] would help to prevent the atrocities that continue to be committed against civilians on an ever greater scale here in North Kivu [province], on the border of Rwanda and Uganda... Since August 28, 2008, fighting has intensified in many areas, causing deaths, rapes, lootings, forced recruitment and further displacements of civilian populations. The population has thus been immersed in unspeakable suffering. In the last few days, fighting has drawn closer to large populated areas, such as the town of Goma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0025-0002", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, UN reinforcements\nFighting has also invaded and torn apart the region of Rutshuru, particularly in the town of Kiwanja, where hundreds of civilian deaths have now been recorded.\" Local groups in the Congo also requested help from the European Union, as they would be able to deploy soldiers sooner, working as a \"bridging force\" until the UN reinforcements arrived. British EU spokeswoman Catriona Little stated that they were \"not ruling in or out EU forces\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, UN reinforcements\nOn November 20, 2008, the UN voted unanimously to send 3,085 more peacekeepers, citing \"extreme concern at the deteriorating humanitarian situation and in particular the targeted attacks against civilian population, sexual violence, recruitment of child soldiers and summary executions.\" However, it did not extend MONUC's mandate in the Congo, which expires at the end of 2008. The decision was made despite the rebel commitment to pulling back from the front lines and allowing aid to reach the thousands of people still isolated, according to aid groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Tension between MONUC and DR Congo troops, opening of humanitarian aid corridor\nOn November 23, 2008, government soldiers intercepted a UN convoy 2 kilometers north of Goma which was carrying 25 suspected Mai-Mai militants, unbeknownst to the government, and removed them, relocating them to Goma on the grounds of suspecting them to be rebel soldiers. The UN, which was transporting the militiamen as an \"ongoing disarmament and rehabilitation process\", refused to give the militants to the government troops, but eventually let them go; some witness reports stated that the government's troops forcibly removed the militiamen from the UN vehicles while an onlooking crowd insulted and threw stones at the peacekeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 114], "content_span": [115, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Tension between MONUC and DR Congo troops, opening of humanitarian aid corridor\nWhile rebel troops did abide by the temporary ceasefire, Nkunda spoke to a crowd of 1,500 in a stadium in the rebel-held town of Rutshuru to tell them to reject the recent deployment of 3,000 more peacekeepers. He stated, \"They are sending another 3,000 Blue Helmets and you are applauding. You are mistaken! We will not accept outsiders coming in to provide security for us here. Either you help us in the revolution or you keep quiet with MONUC. But if you wait for MONUC to bring you peace, you can wait forever.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 114], "content_span": [115, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Tension between MONUC and DR Congo troops, opening of humanitarian aid corridor\nMeanwhile, aid convoys were able to distribute medical supplies throughout the \"humanitarian aid corridor\", created by the rebel withdrawal. The corridor, patrolled by MONUC troops, allowed aid groups such as Merlin to access Kanyabayonga and Kirumba, which had gone for 10 days without supplies and were nearly depleted. While not nominal, the situation was referred to as \"much better.\" \"We're really pleased that we've gotten here\", stated spokeswoman Louise Orton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 114], "content_span": [115, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Merge proposal between rebels and government forces\nOn November 24, 2008, Nkunda expressed a desire to merge his rebel troops with the government's forces, reuniting the two. According to negotiator Olusegun Obasanjo talks were progressing. Obasanjo stated that Nkunda had made \"demands that I do not consider outrageous and demands that the government of Congo can meet.\" Ideally, the talks would protect the Congo's ethnic minorities (such as the Tutsis and Hutus) and quell negotiation. The talks were slated to be held on November 28, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 86], "content_span": [87, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Merge proposal between rebels and government forces\nHowever, even with peace talks progressing, World Vision stated that rape incidents had risen sharply, with 120 seventeen-and-under girls interviewed having been raped. The threat of children being used as soldiers had also increased, with World Vision advocacy director Sue Mbaya claiming that \"A silent war has been waged against women and children.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 86], "content_span": [87, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Merge proposal between rebels and government forces\nOn November 26, 2008, rebel forces engaged Mai-Mai militia near the towns of Kinyando and Kwwenda despite the ceasefire, sending civilians \"fleeing along highways\". The UN condemned this breach of the ceasefire while calling on the Congolese government to discipline government troops, who were caught looting the village of Bulotwa. Meanwhile, a crowd of 100,000 displaced persons gathered in the rebel-held town of Rutshuru, where the United Nations were distributing supplies and medicine, intended to help combat cholera, which was reported to be affecting hundreds of people, having spread through unsanitary refugee camps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 86], "content_span": [87, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Merge proposal between rebels and government forces\nOn November 29, 2008, Nkunda stated that unless the Congolese government entered into direct talks he would re-initiate the conflict. After meeting with UN special envoy Olusegun Obasanjo Nkunda stated that, \"If there is no negotiation, let us say then there is war. I think the good way is negotiation. I know [the Congolese government army] have no capacity to fight so they have only one choice, negotiation.\" Obasanjo affirmed that the \"course of peace [had] been advanced\", with the Congolese government agreeing to talks but not where to hold them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 86], "content_span": [87, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nOn December 8, 2008, the Congolese government sent representatives to Nairobi to negotiate with a potential collection of 20 armed groups, who had been invited to foster peace talks in hopes of ending the conflict and settling issues in what was praised as a brave \"first step\" towards peace. According to Congolese information minister Lambert Mende, \"We want this to be an inclusive process. We don't want to leave anyone out.\" However, the main rebel group, Laurent Nkunda's CNDP rebels, declined to attend, as did Congolese President Joseph Kabila, as both were after bilateral talks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nCNDP spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa stated that this was because the group had not been informed about the decision to invite other groups, including government-aligned militias; he affirmed the rebel decision to have one-on-one talks with the government, stating, \"Our position is very clear. We will negotiate with the government and no one else. The government can negotiate with whomever it wants. But any attempt to impose Amani (previous peace talks) on us will fail.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nTensions later heightened as Nkunda's rebels announced that they would walk out on the talks if other groups were included, while pro-government Mai-Mai rebels stated they would pull out of negotiations if the CDNP got their own separate talks that were not under the banner of earlier \"Amani\" peace talks from January 2008 which aimed to unite all of the armed groups in the Congo in peace talks. \"To proceed in this way is to incite us to quit the Amani programme, the government should not forget this\", claimed Mai-Mai leaders. \"We are not a negligible group, we have arms...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nWe want the CNDP to rejoin Amani. It seems that by quitting Amani, they have become more important than the other groups. We don't understand the decision by the government to go and negotiate with the CNDP... We are disappointed, it's a flagrant violation of Amani's terms.\" CNDP spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa stated that the rebels \"are going to Nairobi to discuss only with the government outside of the Amani programme... If the government insists on staying in Amani, we'll pack our bags.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0035-0002", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nCNDP representatives, led by deputy executive secretary Serge Kambasu Ngeve, had arrived in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi believing that they would be participating in bilateral discussions with the Congolese government alone. The government representatives, led by Congolese Minister for International and Regional Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda, did not express concern, with Information Minister Lambert Mende claiming that if the CNDP wanted to walk out \"that's their problem not ours. It's their problem if they don't want peace. They'll be held accountable for their acts.\" Meanwhile, Alan Le Roy, Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, pressed for more action to be taken to intervene in the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nOn December 9, 2008, at 1230 (GMT) bilateral talks between the CNDP and Kinshasa government opened at the United Nations headquarters in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi, mediated by UN envoy Olusegun Obasanjo; the respective leaders of the two groups, Laurent Nkunda and President Joseph Kabila, did not participate. Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula issued a statement to the delegations telling them to \"put aside your differences and realise that you have only one Congo, and that the international community is here with you to encourage and assist you. Please don't let Africa and your country down.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nThe talks, chaired by President Mwai Kibaki and attended by former President of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa, who represented the African Union, were referred to as \"an opportunity that should neither be lost nor wasted\" by Obasanjo, who stated that \"A military solution is not an option. We appeal to your principles to make this dialogue a success.\" Obasanjo went on to declare that the talks should accomplish a permanent ceasefire in eastern Congo, continued reinforcement of a corridor for humanitarian assistance in the region, and a lasting peace in Congo; he also praised the delegations for their efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0036-0002", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nWetangula added, \"The pictures and clips we have been seeing on international TV screens remains a terrible indictment to all of us Africans, you Congolese in particular. I want you to be awake to the fact that the children, the women, the boys and girls that we see on TV every day may be your sons and daughters, may be your brothers and sisters, may be your parents. And it is for those that you are here to talk peace.\" Rebel spokesman Rene Abandi declared the rebels' intent to \"talk quickly and go back home as quickly as possible, even though there are many issues to solve.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nMeanwhile, the Chinese embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, offered to help mediate the talks, having sent envoy Guojin Liu to the region the previous day to discuss a peace deal, according to ambassador Wu Zexian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nAt a meeting in Brussels, Belgium on December 9, 2008, European Union ministers remained divided over the issue of sending a \"bridging force\" of EU troops to stabilize the region until UN reinforcements could be deployed. Belgium expressed a desire to support UN troops deployed in the region. Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon had repeatedly expressed a desire earlier on to provide forces to fill the gap between UN reinforcements; the EU placed Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana and the European commission in charge of preparing a response.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nItalian Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini said that while he it was too early to decide whether or not Italy could donate troops to an EU battle group Italy would be glad to discuss the option if called upon. He stated, \"One point is very clear, Europe should be effective. We cannot stay as inactive as we are now.\" Solana declared that the EU would review the calls for reinforcements, but \"that the situation on the ground is getting slightly better, and politically also.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0038-0002", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nAid groups criticized the indecision, with Oxfam Head of Office in Brussels Elise Ford reprieving the EU and claiming that \"We have had a month of every possible excuse as to why Europe will not send forces to bolster U.N. peacekeepers. Without an adequate professional force supporting U.N. peacekeepers to provide a measure of security for the population, the killing, raping and looting will continue unabated. We cannot stand by and watch.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nOn December 10, 2008, after CNDP and Congolese government representatives had met, UN envoy Olusegun Obasanjo stated that \"[both sides] have made progress in their talks\" and that they would have future, substantive discussions, though no date or location was decided. The invitation to the other 20 rebel groups was still standing, according to Obasanjo, though none had shown up, allowing for bilateral talks, which were the only thing the CNDP would accept.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nOn December 11, 2008, talks were encountering \"serious difficulties\" according to Obasanjo, who said that the rebels' lack of authority was the cause. \"Either they give the people they have sent here the delegation, the power to make decisions or they send people who they will give such power to\", Obasanjo stated, referring to how the rebels' inability to make concrete decisions was stalling the talks. He also accused them of \"trying to broaden the negotiations to cover the whole of the DRC\". The delegation of the Congolese government was referred to as \"more flexible\" and \"empowered to take decision[s]\", saying that \"we have seen them taking decisions on the ground.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nAt the same time, allegations had surfaced that both the Congolese and Rwandan governments were fighting a proxy war by funding respectively-sided rebel groups, which included supporting the recruitment of child soldiers, a war crime. The United Nations Security Council agreed with this on December 12, 2008. However, Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali denied this, saying that \"We are not supporting CNDP. We are not sending forces, we are not sending arms\", while Nkunda stated that rebels \"would already be in Kinshasa\" if they had Rwanda's support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nIn response to these allegations the Netherlands suspended their financial support for the Rwandan government, canceling a roughly US$4 million transfer by the end of 2008 and another $5.32 million in 2009. Dutch Minister of Development Cooperation Bert Koenders stated this was due to the \"strong evidence\" produced tying Rwanda to Congolese militants. However, the Dutch government would continue humanitarian aid support for Rwandan civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nThe European Union sent Development and Aid Commissioner Louis Michel as a diplomatic envoy in the region to ask rebel leader Nkunda to ask his delegation to be 'flexible' during the peace talks due to Obasanjo's complaint of the rebel delegation being uncooperative. Michel declared that he had \"urged some flexible proposals with Nkunda\"; however, Nkunda reaffirmed that he still wanted direct talks with the Congolese president, saying that DR Congo's problems extended beyond its borders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0042-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\n\"The problems we are dealing with are national problems so they have to be addressed nationally and not as problems of one part of the country\", he said. Nkunda also contested the president's election, saying that \"Legitimacy is not elections and elections are not a blank cheque for a government to do whatever it wants.\" Michel contested this, saying that \"President Kabila is legitimately elected ... Those who want to contest that legitimacy have to wait until the next elections.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nOn December 12, 2008, peace talks which had stalled earlier on were said to be progressing smoothly, with Obasanjo stating that \"... delegations engaged in both direct and proximity talks in an atmosphere of goodwill\". According to a high-level delegation that met with rebel general Laurent Nkunda to discuss topics raised by negotiations, rebel command response was \"positive\". Due to Kenyan Jamhuri (Independence) Day celebrations the mediators, after consulting with both parties, decided to adjourn the talks and resume on the 17th of that month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nA statement released by Obasanjo stated that he was \"pleased to note that [the delegations] are making steady progress towards agreement on the ground rules for substantive discussions.\" The statement also covered the postponement due to the Kenyan national holiday; \"In reverence for Kenya's Jamhuri Day celebrations on 12 December, the Mediators, in consultation with the parties, have decided to adjourn and resume the direct talks on 17 December 2008.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nIn the meantime, the Human Rights Watch reported that 150 people had been killed in a crossfire between Nkunda's rebels and Mai-Mai militia on November 5, 2008. The killings, described as a \"summary execution\", took place 800\u00a0m (1\u20442\u00a0mi) away from a MONUC peacekeeping force, leading to criticism of the peacekeepers for not keeping guard over the area. \"Due to the importance of these two towns as centers for humanitarian assistance, MONUC considered them a priority protection zone, yet the peacekeepers did not protect the towns from a rebel takeover or halt the destruction of displacement camps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nNor did they stop the mass killing of civilians in Kiwanja where they had an important field base\", said the group. Earlier death estimates were around 20, and had been explained by spokesman Alan Le Roy as a consequence of the lack of peacekeeping troops to cover the whole area, with 10 peacekeepers for every 10,000 civilians. Later at 0100 local time a shootout between government and rebel troops took place in displaced-persons camp Kibati, killing a five-year-old girl and severely injuring another 7-year-old one. According to UN spokesman Ron Redmond \"It does not appear they were targeted.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0044-0002", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Timeline, Government-belligerent talks\nEarlier on December 11 a woman had been raped by armed men outside of the same camp. Said a UN statement, \"We remain extremely concerned for the safety of the displaced Congolese population in Kibati as the civilian character of these two UNHCR-run camps north of Goma is continually violated.\" The UN has been working to relocate people sheltering in the troubled camp, according to the organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split\nOn 6 January 2009 former CNDP militant Jean-Bosco Ntaganda and other officers of the rebel faction claimed that they had stripped Nkunda of his power, replacing him with Ntaganda as general. However, the CNDP's second-in-command, Colonel Makinga Sultani, immediately denied that this had occurred, with another spokesperson assuring that \"the group is intact and its various organs are fully operational\". However, the day after saw the CNDP decided on the consequences for Bosco Ntaganda, according to sources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split\nMeanwhile, the rebels questioned the UN peacekeeping force's true intentions, with spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa asking, \"What is this game being played by the Monuc? More precisely, what mischief are they up to?\" He accused the group of sowing confusion in the Congolese governmental army-controlled demilitarized zones east of Kibati. MONUC had previously issued a statement in their defense on January 2, saying that, \"Contrary to the accusations of the CNDP (\u2026), the Monuc is doing its level best to protect civilian lives, to strengthen the legitimate institutions of the Democratic republic of Congo and to encourage national reconciliation.\" The rebels stated that they required verification of peacekeeping in the conflict zone to proceed with peace talks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 819]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split\nOn 17 January rebels led by former CNDP militant Jean-Bosco Ntaganda, a war criminal already indicted by the International Criminal Court, formally declared separation from Nkunda's group and agreed to join the Congolese government's army in an effort to increase pressure on the rebel general to declare a lasting ceasefire. The dissidents announced the creation of the splinter group at a meeting in Goma attended by nine of the CNDP's leading commanders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split\nAlso, the meeting was attended by the Rwandan Chief of staff, significant in the fact that Rwanda had often been accused of using the CNDP as a proxy in the Congo. Nkunda was not present. Sources said that the splintering did not affect conflict in the country, as sporadic firefights continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split\nOn January 21 MONUC and the Congolese government ran into disagreement again on the topic of the joint operation, coordinated by the Congolese army and Rwandan Defence Forces, that involved action against Rwandan FLDR rebels operating in the South Kivu province of the Congo. The Congolese and Rwandan forces barred press reporters and MONUC from interfering. As for Ntaganda's involvement, MONUC had no objection, which surprised some sources, given the ICC's ties to the UN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split\nHowever, MONUC took a negative stance on Ntaganda's involvement. On May 12, the organization's peacekeepers first stated that they would not work with the nation's army if Ntaganda, the army's recently appointed deputy coordinator, was a part of it; later, they would revise their claim and announce that they would not work on any operation involving the former war criminal. This negative sentiment was finally scaled down to the point where MONUC stated that they would not \"sit down and take a photo with Bosco Ntaganda.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split, Capture of Nkunda\nNkunda was arrested on 22 January 2009 after he had crossed into Rwanda. After unsuccessfully attempting to defeat the CNDP militarily, Congolese president Kabila made a deal with President Kagame of Rwanda to allow Rwandan soldiers into the DRC to uproot FDLR militants in exchange for Rwanda removing Nkunda. A military spokesperson said he had been seized after sending three battalions to repel an advance by a joint Congolese-Rwandan force. The force was part of a joint Congolese-Rwandan operation which was launched to hunt Rwandan Hutu militiamen operating in DR Congo. Nkunda is currently being held at an undisclosed location in Rwanda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 76], "content_span": [77, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split, Cease-fire\nOn March 23, 2009, the CNDP signed a peace treaty with the government, in which it agreed to become a political party in exchange for the release of its imprisoned members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split, Joint Congolese-Rwandan operation against FDLR\nOver the weekend of 9/10 May 2009 FDLR rebels were blamed for attacks on the villages of Ekingi and Busurungi in Congo's eastern South Kivu province. More than 90 people were killed at Ekingi, including 60 civilians and 30 government troops, and \"dozens more\" were said to be killed at Busurungi. The FDLR were blamed by the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; the UN's peacekeeping force, MONUC, and the Congolese Army are investigating the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 105], "content_span": [106, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split, Joint Congolese-Rwandan operation against FDLR\nThe FDLR had attacked several other villages in the preceding weeks and clashes occurred between FDLR forces and the Congolese Army, during which government forces are reported to have lost men killed and wounded. The most recent attacks have forced a significant number of people from their homes in Busurungi to Hombo, 20 kilometres (12\u00a0mi) north.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 105], "content_span": [106, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split, Joint Congolese-Rwandan operation against FDLR\nAnother offensive against the FDLR rebel group by Congo and Rwanda, this time with the UN's backing, was announced in early May. This drew derision from aid agencies such as Oxfam. Oxfam's DR Congo head Marcel Stoessel stated that, \"Four months ago an offensive against the FDLR set in train a spiral of violence against civilians which has forced 250,000 to flee their homes and caused untold death and suffering that continues to this day\", adding, \"the UN needs to be aware of the full implications of continuing to support military action in the present circumstances.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 105], "content_span": [106, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, CNDP internal conflict and split, Joint Congolese-Rwandan operation against FDLR\nThe joint-operation is part of an ongoing UN-backed rapprochement between the Congolese government and Rwanda. According to news media, improved relations between the two countries would enable MONUC, the region's peacekeeping force, to leave. Also, Rwandan President Paul Kagame stated that, \"I do not understand Nkunda to be the cause of the problem... The problem is much bigger than one individual.\" Rwanda had been reluctant to release Nkunda, who it had arrested in January, to the Congolese government, where Nkunda would face the death penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 105], "content_span": [106, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nThe 17,000-strong MONUC peacekeeping force was regarded as failing to protect civilians and halt the progress of the rebels, who captured multiple U.N. field bases. MONUC's head, Alan Doss, stated that the U.N. troops were \"certainly stretched... there's only so much we can do.\" The European Union was in the midst of talks related to sending reinforcements. Despite the presence of UN peacekeepers approximately 250,000 people were displaced by the conflict, bringing the total displaced person count to 2 million. The forces were also stated to be ineffective in keeping civilians safe from the rebel and government forces. This was hoped to be improved by deploying reinforcements consisting of 3,000 peacekeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nThe government's forces were criticized as well, with UN forces being stated to be protecting civilians from both rebels and Congolese troops. The soldiers were stated to be raping, looting, and were poorly fed, trained, paid and medicated; 11 soldiers were sentenced to life in prison for raping and looting while retreating from rebel forces. Another 12 faced court martial, with one allegedly having killed a family of 6 in Goma. They also were said to distrust armed forces commander, General Gabriel Amisi, due to his alliance with Nkunda during a 1998\u20132003 conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nOn December 7, UN officials claimed that the $7.1 billion budget (USD) for peacekeeping troops was insufficient even before planned reinforcements of MONUC could be fulfilled; even the troop and equipment requirements may not be met, as Western countries declined support, citing the conflict not as \"strategically vital\" as those in Iraq and Afghanistan. International Crisis Group vice-president Fabienne Hara stated that, \"Contributions of U.N. members states will probably not grow at the very least, if not diminish... [some missions] may not be funded properly due to a crisis in terms of resources.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nAn anonymous UN official claimed that the Security Council could \"drop the ball, move on to another issue and we're the ones at fault. We've seen before that is a recipe for failure.\" Reuters reported that a senior Western Security Council diplomat claimed that, while criticism was not invalid, other countries with reserves of troops should aid failing peacekeeping missions. The official stated that \"We're not the only ones who can do this. Where are the Russians, the Ukrainians? Where are the developing countries who want to have seats on the Security Council? Where is Brazil?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0056-0002", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nIt doesn't always have to be us.\" The lack of peacekeeping resources was cited as counterproductive by political analyst Max Bergmann of the National Security Network. \"UN forces ... do fail, but this is often the result of either too few troops or too little money. Our reliance on the United Nations to address trouble spots and to prevent them from worsening has only increased. Shorting the U.N. on peacekeeping funding is therefore akin to shooting ourselves in the foot.\" European Union nations declined to intervene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nThe UN's foremost peacekeeping official, Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Alan Le Roy, claimed that a \"humanitarian tragedy\" was unfolding in the Congo. Despite the organization's largest peacekeeping force being situated there, he claimed that \"compared to the enormity of the tasks it is assigned and the vast expanse of the DRC \u2013 roughly the size of the United States east of the Mississippi and virtually without infrastructure \u2013 this number is actually rather small.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0057-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nCivilians have suffered from intense and often chaotic fighting, driven from their homes, caught in the crossfire and subjected to direct attacks and reprisals by armed groups and undisciplined elements of the national army. MONUC forces cannot serve as a substitute for the Congolese army to fight a war or impose peace; [the peacekeepers] are not an expeditionary or counterinsurgency force. With so much at stake, the international community simply cannot afford to let the Congo slide into the abyss, the time to act is, and indeed must be, now.\" Le Roy reaffirmed that more action should be taken until agreements could be reached by the opposing sides. At a conference on December 9 EU ministers remained divided on the issue of sending a \"bridging force\", citing the stabilizing situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 887]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nOn December 11, the Human Rights Watch found that 150 or more Congolese civilians had died at the hands of Congolese rebels in the town of Kiwanja. Earlier estimates had placed the death toll at 30. Mai-Mai militia, aligned with the government, had also \"deliberately killed people\". MONUC peacekeepers, who had been 800\u00a0m (1\u20442\u00a0mi) away at the time but had not been protecting it, were criticized for not supervising the town, which was one of several that had been taken over by rebel forces (another prominent one being the territorial capital of Rutshuru).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0058-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nThe report stated that \"Due to the importance of these two towns as centers for humanitarian assistance, MONUC considered them a priority protection zone, yet the peacekeepers did not protect the towns from a rebel takeover or halt the destruction of displacement camps. Nor did they stop the mass killing of civilians in Kiwanja where they had an important field base.\" HRW alleged that \"following the Kiwanja killings, CNDP and Mai-Mai combatants continue to kill, rape, forcibly recruit children, and otherwise mistreat civilians in and around Kiwanja, the neighbouring town of Rutshuru, and in areas further north.\" Also, it reported another \"18 deliberate killings in November and December perpetrated by the CNDP, the Mai-Mai and their allies\", and received reports of \"another 25 deaths, although ongoing insecurity has made it impossible to verify all such information.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 969]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nOn December 12, EU ministers remained divided on the issue of sending reinforcements; current president and French president Nicolas Sarkozy questioned the request, saying that it would be a better decision to draw troops from neighbouring countries instead of the distant EU. He declared, \"It is not that from Europe we don't wish to participate, but ... isn't it better to draw on regional forces first of all, who are all pretty well ready to go?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0059-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nSarkozy cited the example of Angola, a regional power, who had earlier declared that they would support the Congolese government, and who the UN had alleged were already involved. Sarkozy also questioned the decision to reinforce MONUC peacekeepers, asking whether the extra 3,000 soldiers requested would be able to stop the conflict, saying \"There are 17,000 UN soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the biggest ever operation and only 800 are doing a useful job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0059-0002", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Peacekeeping\nWhy send another 3,000?\" High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana will meet with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on December 15 at the United Nations Headquarters to discuss the issue further. Sweden, Spain and Belgium were the only members of the 27-member committee to support the motion. Solana will also bring humanitarian, political and military proposals in front of the EU ministers to help bring peace and stability to the region. Solana's previous proposals included a separate EU military force, European troops in the region, and require troops to make roads and airports safe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Refugee camps\nThe humanitarian effort was reported to be far underfunded, as thousands of refugees returned to rebel-held territory rather than stayed in the U.N.-governed camps. This was reported to be due to the lack of food, water and hygiene facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 91], "content_span": [92, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Refugee camps\nThe UN-operated World Food Program began delivering hundreds of tons of food to the Congo on November 14, along with medical supplies and water purification kits. Congo Red Cross Secretary-General Jacques Katshitshi reported the situation as extremely impoverished, with \"Displaced people [living] in extremely difficult conditions\" and \"a lack of food and water, and [terrible] hygiene conditions.\" He stated that cases of malnutrition had been reported even within UN refugee camps. The rations were said to cover approximately 50,000 people, providing them with one-month rations consisting of maize meal, peas, cooking oil and salt. The main obstacle to getting food to displaced persons was stated to be the upheaval in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 91], "content_span": [92, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Refugee camps\nOn November 20, the safety of internal refugee camps was called into question when gunmen, allegiance unknown, entered the Kibati camp, raped a girl, shot a 20-year-old woman to death, and looted nearby dwellings. The UN's High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman, Andrej Mahecic, said that the Congo situation was \"extremely volatile\", and did not know who the gunmen were working for, stating that \"...we have seen both sides doing this.\" The High Commissioner for Refugees has repeatedly expressed concern over the safety of the 67,000 internally displaced persons in Kibati camps. According to Mahecic, \"the fact that the camps are so close to the front lines is a huge cause of concern for us.\" This incident \"adds more to the pressure to move these people as soon as possible.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 91], "content_span": [92, 875]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Refugee camps\nAs of December 10, Red Cross efforts had resulted in the reuniting of 15 families in the Congo, most who had separated from children in the confusion. Four radio stations were tasked with broadcasting the information of missing children, while Red Cross members posted pictures of lost children in displaced-person centers. The registered number of lost children was at 134, but according to the organization the number could be much higher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 91], "content_span": [92, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Refugee camps\nOn December 12, at 0100 local time, a firefight between government and rebel troops raged in the displaced-persons camp near Kibati. A five-year-old girl was killed in the crossfire, while a 7-year-old girl was severely injured. UN spokesman Ron Redmond stated that \"It does not appear they were targeted.\" A woman had been raped by armed men outside of the same camp the previous day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 91], "content_span": [92, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0064-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Refugee camps\nThe UN released a statement, saying that \"We remain extremely concerned for the safety of the displaced Congolese population in Kibati as the civilian character of these two UNHCR-run camps north of Goma is continually violated.\" MONUC peacekeepers were said to be working on relocating internal refugees at the camp, according to the organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 91], "content_span": [92, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Wildlife\nAnimals have also felt the impact, with 200 of the world's 700 mountain gorillas living in a rebel-held park. A spokeswoman for the Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, stated that the gorillas were \"threatened\" due to the gorillas' tendencies not to avoid gunfire or loud sounds, putting the nearly extinct animals at risk. Also, the inability of park rangers to get to the gorillas due to the rebel occupation was cited as dangerous, as the gorillas could not receive aid. On November 25, park rangers were allowed back into the park due to terms of the peace treaty, and plan to spend a month surveying the gorillas to assess their condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 86], "content_span": [87, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Efficiency of humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts, Humanitarian aid corridor\nOn November 23, aid efforts improved as the planned humanitarian aid corridor opened and convoys were allowed access to several previously isolated cities to begin distributing supplies. Meanwhile, vendors in a local market in Goma were arrested for trying to sell UN food supplies compromising about 1% of the UN stockpile. World Food Program spokeswoman Caroline Hutford stated that this was an expected outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 103], "content_span": [104, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Regional effects\nNkunda's motivations for the conflict were stated as a desire to protect Tutsi people from persecution by Hutus, some of whom had participated in killing Tutsis in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and had fled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be supported by the government. Nkunda's aspirations included fragmenting the Congo into ethnically-divided states. As of November 4, 2008, tensions remained high as commentators speculated about the involvement of Rwanda, who is said to be affiliated to Nkunda by Congolese officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0067-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Regional effects\nUnofficial reports by civilians stated the presence of uniformed Rwandan soldiers fighting alongside rebel forces, though Rwanda officially denied these reports. The Congolese government, meanwhile, asked allied Angola to supply reinforcements in anticipation of Rwandan activity. The conflict has displaced almost a million people since it started, estimate some aid groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Regional effects\nOn November 27, 13,000 refugees were reported to have entered neighboring Uganda, fleeing the Congo situation from the Rutshuru district due to the alleged continuation of violence. As of December 9 this number had increased to over 30,000. According to United Nations spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Uganda, Roberta Russo, \"Health, water and sanitation remain a major challenge in the camps.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Regional effects\nNeighbouring locales, such as the town of Dungu in the Orientale Province, had also been struck by violence, with as many as 70,000 people estimated in need of help by the World Food Program. Mustapha Darboe, the agency's regional director for East, Central and Southern Africa, claimed that \"The suffering in Dungu has been overlooked as events further south in Goma and North Kivu have taken centre stage in recent weeks. Many thousands have been displaced and are living in fear of their children being abducted. Their situation could hardly be any worse.\" The UN had begun airlifting relief supplies in as of December 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Casualties\nWhile specific casualties have not been released, various sources have reported that an estimated 45,000 people die a month in the Congo, mostly of malnutrition and disease. Congo's monthly death rate of 2.2 deaths for each 1,000 people \u2013 essentially unchanged from the last survey in 2004 \u2013 is nearly 60 percent higher than the average for sub-Saharan Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Casualties\nAfter the October 29 ceasefire, looting in Goma by Congolese soldiers was said to have caused at least 20 deaths and another 50 civilians were killed during the battle for Kiwanja. Death tolls as of November 7 were reported to be in the hundreds for civilians, though an estimated 1,400 die every day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Casualties\nThe Human Rights Watch stated that they had found at least 150 dead civilians in the town of Kiwanja who had been \"summarily executed\" by rebels. HRW reported in a statement that \"following the Kiwanja killings, CNDP and Mai-Mai combatants continue to kill, rape, forcibly recruit children, and otherwise mistreat civilians in and around Kiwanja, the neighbouring town of Rutshuru, and in areas further north.\" Also, it reported another \"18 deliberate killings in November and December perpetrated by the CNDP, the Mai-Mai and their allies\", and received reports of \"another 25 deaths, although ongoing insecurity has made it impossible to verify all such information.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Casualties, War crimes\nSpeculation of war crimes began when a UN team reported the deaths of 26 non-combatants in the village of Kiwanja, said to have been killed by rebels working with government troops. Nkunda denied these claims, stating that the 'non-combatants' were Mai-Mai militia dressed in civilian clothing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Casualties, War crimes\nOn November 19, child soldiers were confirmed to have been used by multiple factions, including rebel, government and militia forces. According to Save the Children spokesman George Graham 3,000 children were being used in various combat roles in the Congo; most were forced in by threats of bodily harm or harm to loved ones. UNICEF stated that the Congo was the \"worst place in the world to be for a child\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Casualties, War crimes\nOn November 26 the United Nations began investigations on war crimes in the conflict, stating \"alarming\" evidence of \"target killings and possibly massacres of civilians\". This was raised by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in a report that recommended lengthening MONUC's mission through 2009, where it was originally supposed to end at the conclusion of 2008. According to DR Congo Special Representative Alan Doss MONUC had opened \"several investigations into alleged massacres and extra-judicial executions\", stating that \"All belligerents have committed serious atrocities against civilians... Women and children have suffered most from the recurrent fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0075-0001", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Casualties, War crimes\nSexual violence is rampant and many armed groups continue to recruit children into their ranks.\" The previous killing of 26 innocents in Kiwanja by rebels was a factor in the proposal. Ban also cited the International Criminal Court's warrant for the arrest of CNDP chief of staff Bosco Ntaganda, wanted for allegedly conscripting children into service in the Ituri region of eastern Congo in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Casualties, War crimes\nOn December 11, the Human Rights Watch reported that at least 150 civilians had been killed in the town of Kiwanja, where earlier estimates had placed the death toll at approximately 30. They reported that the majority of the dead civilians had been \"summarily executed\" by rebel troops. They also criticized MONUC peacekeepers, who had been 800\u00a0m (1\u20442\u00a0mi) away at the time of the incident but had not protected the town. The group stated that the practice was continuing, claiming that \"following the Kiwanja killings, CNDP and Mai-Mai combatants continue to kill, rape, forcibly recruit children, and otherwise mistreat civilians in and around Kiwanja, the neighbouring town of Rutshuru, and in areas further north.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198011-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Nord-Kivu campaign, Casualties, War crimes\nOn December 12, a United Nations Security Council panel reported finding conclusive evidence of Rwandan government assistance in recruiting soldiers for rebel causes, including the recruitment of child soldiers. Amnesty International, meanwhile, stated that both the rebel and government sides had condoned rape in the conflict, and said that the failure to stop the crimes \"suggests that, at the very least, they systematically condone the crime and thereby implicitly encourage its persistence on a mass scale.\" The organization said that some victims had been threatened with death if they asked for medical attention from others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198012-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordea Danish Open\nThe 2008 Nordea Danish Open was a women's professional tennis event on the 2008 ITF Women's Circuit, which took place from 17 to 23 November. The event was hosted in Odense, Denmark. It was played on indoor carpet courts. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198012-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordea Danish Open\nThe tournament was only played in 2008. The WTA tournament 2010 e-Boks Danish Open in Copenhagen may be viewed as a continuation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198012-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordea Danish Open, Entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry through the lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198013-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordea Danish Open \u2013 Doubles\nSarah Borwell and Courtney Nagle won in the final, defeating Gabriela Chmelinov\u00e1 and Mervana Jugi\u0107-Salki\u0107 6-4, 6-4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198014-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordea Danish Open \u2013 Singles\nCaroline Wozniacki won in the final, defeating Sofia Arvidsson 6\u20132, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198015-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open\nThe 2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Nordea Nordic Light Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, from 28 July until 3 August 2008. Fourth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki won the singles title and earned $22,925 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198015-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open, Finals, Doubles\nIveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 /  Barbora Z\u00e1hlavov\u00e1-Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 defeated  Petra Cetkovsk\u00e1 /  Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1, 7\u20135, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198016-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open \u2013 Doubles\nAnabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Barbora Z\u00e1hlavov\u00e1-Str\u00fdcov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198016-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open \u2013 Doubles\nIveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Barbora Z\u00e1hlavov\u00e1-Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 won in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20134, against Petra Cetkovsk\u00e1 and Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198017-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open \u2013 Singles\nAgnieszka Radwa\u0144ska was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Caroline Wozniacki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198017-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open \u2013 Singles\nWozniacki went on to win the final, defeating Vera Dushevina, dropping just two games to claim the first title of her career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198018-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordic Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Nordic Figure Skating Championships were held from February 7 through 10th, 2008 at the Egilsh\u00f6ll in Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland. The competition was open to elite figure skaters from Nordic countries. Skaters competed in two disciplines, men's singles and ladies' singles, across three levels: senior (Olympic-level), junior, and novice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198019-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships\nThe FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2008 took place in Mals, Italy and Zakopane, Poland from 23 February to 29 February 2008. It was the 31st Junior World Championships and the 3rd Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198020-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordic Trophy\nThe 2008 Nordic Trophy was the third Nordic Trophy ice hockey tournament, played between August 7 and September 6, 2008. The final weekend was played in Cloetta Center and St\u00e5ngebro Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198020-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordic Trophy, Standings\ny - clinched semi-final spot for championship, x - clinched semi-final spot for 5th place,  z - play for 9th place", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198021-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordic Trophy Junior\nThe 2008 Nordic Trophy Junior was the second Nordic Trophy Junior ice hockey tournament, played 21-24 August 2008. All games were played at the JM-hallen and Stora Mossen arenas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198021-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nordic Trophy Junior, Participating clubs\nThe 2008 tournament featured 8 teams from Sweden and Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198022-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Norfolk State Spartans football team\nThe 2008 Norfolk State Spartans football team represented Norfolk State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Spartans were led by fourth-year head coach Pete Adrian and played their home games at William \"Dick\" Price Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 5\u20137, 3\u20135 in MEAC play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198023-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup Winners Cup\nThe 2008 North African Cup Winners Cup was the first edition of the competition created by the Federation of North African Football. ES Tunis were the champions, defeating JSM B\u00e9ja\u00efa 2-1 over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198023-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup Winners Cup, Participating teams\n1 FAR Rabat won the Coupe du Tr\u00f4ne, but as they are already playing the North African Cup of Champions, Maghreb Fez were invited to compete instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198023-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup Winners Cup, The System\nThe Libyan representative and the Moroccan representative will contest a two-legged tie, first leg on November 19, second leg November 25, to qualify for the semi-finals, the draw for which will be made on November 23 in Tunis. The semi-finals will be played sometime in December, with the final being played in January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198023-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup Winners Cup, The Qualifying Round, Second leg\nMaghreb Fez advance to the Semi Finals with an aggregate score of 4-0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198023-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup Winners Cup, Semi finals\nThe draw for this round of the competition was made on November 23 in Tunis. The first legs will be played on December 18, and the second legs will be played either on December 24 or December 26. JSM B\u00e9ja\u00efa, Al-Masry and ES Tunis were automatically given byes to this round of the competition. These three teams and the winner of the qualifying stage will make up the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198023-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup Winners Cup, Semi finals, Draw, First Legs\nAl-Masry 1 - 0  JSM B\u00e9ja\u00efa  (December 5) ES Tunis 4 - 4  Maghreb Fez (December 18)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198023-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup Winners Cup, Semi finals, Draw, Second Legs\nMaghreb Fez 0 - 1  ES Tunis (December 24)  JSM B\u00e9ja\u00efa  2 - 0  Al-Masry (December 26)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198023-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup Winners Cup, Semi finals, Draw, Second Legs\nES Tunis advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 5-4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198023-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup Winners Cup, Semi finals, Draw, Second Legs\nJSM B\u00e9ja\u00efa advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 2-1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198024-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup of Champions\nThe 2008 North African Cup of Champions was the first edition of the competition initiated by the North African Football Union (UNAF). Tunisian side Club Africain were crowned champions after beating Moroccan side FAR Rabat 3-2 on penalties in the final, after both legs ended 0-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198024-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup of Champions, Participating teams\n1 Al Ahly will not compete as they have commitments with the Club World Championship in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198024-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup of Champions, Semi-Final, Draw, Second Legs\nClub Africain advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 3-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198024-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup of Champions, Semi-Final, Draw, Second Legs\nFAR Rabat advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 2-1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198024-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup of Champions, 3rd/4th Place Play-Off\nThere has been an ongoing feud as to who will take 3rd place. Al Ittihad were originally given 3rd place as JS Kabylie did not play a penalty shootout, as they claim they won the tie on away goals. The Algerian club also said that Ittihad had an unfair advantage playing at home in a one-off match. As a result, CAF will meet on 19 January to discuss the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198024-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North African Cup of Champions, 3rd/4th Place Play-Off\nThe FNAF later decided that the two clubs would share 3rd place, and therefore share the $75,000 prize fund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198025-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Alabama Lions football team\nThe 2008 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama in the 2008 NCAA Division II football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198026-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North America 4\nThe 2008 North America 4 is the third tournament between the North America 4 teams. Each of the four teams played each other three times in round-robin play, followed by semi-finals, a final and third-place play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198026-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North America 4, Teams\nThe teams competing are Canada East and Canada West, and the USA Falcons and USA Hawks. Each team was founded in 2005 by the NA4 committee, comprising the IRB, Rugby Canada and USA Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198026-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North America 4, Teams, Canada West\nCoached by Tony Medina, who is assisted by Ian Hyde-Lay, Canada West won the inaugural competition. Captained by scrum-half Ed Fairhust the team won their first match 98-0, the largest win of the competition. Fairhurst has represented Canada at test level, as well, the team has a front row with test experience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198026-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North America 4, Teams, Canada East\nCoached by Simon Blanks, with assistants Jeff Prince and Greg Thaggard, Canada East finished third in 2006 after winning the consolation final. The team was captained by Derek Daypuck who also finished their leading points scorer on 78.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198026-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North America 4, Teams, USA Falcons\nCoached by Jim Love who is assisted by Kevin Battle. Their captain was Patrick Bell. The team finished runners-up after losing the competition final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198026-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North America 4, Teams, USA Hawks\nThey are coached by Pete Steinberg, assisted by Bernie Hogan and Gordon Macpherson. The team finished last in the competition. They finished with one win from their seven matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198027-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North American SuperLiga\nThe 2008 North American SuperLiga was the second edition of the SuperLiga competition. The top four Major League Soccer and Liga MX teams by point totals at the end of the season earned qualification. All games of the tournament were broadcast live on Fox Sports World in Canada (English), Telefutura in the United States (Spanish), and Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico (both Spanish).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198027-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North American SuperLiga, Qualification\nThe eight teams in the 2008 edition were selected based on qualification rules set by their respective leagues. The 2008 SuperLiga contestants were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198027-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North American SuperLiga, Group stage\nThere were two groups of four teams. Each group contained two clubs from each league with the top two teams from each groups advancing to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198028-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North American Under 21 World Qualifier\nThe 2008 North American Under 21 World Qualifier speedway event took place on August 29 in Auburn, California. The two qualifiers were Ricky Wells and Kenny Ingalls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198029-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Attorney General election\nThe 2008 North Carolina Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2008, concurrently with the other elections to the Council of State and the gubernatorial election. Incumbent Democratic State Attorney General Roy Cooper won re-election and received the highest number of votes for any statewide Democrat in this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election\nNorth Carolina elections to choose members of the Council of State (who head various executive branch departments) were held November 4, 2008. This coincided with the presidential,  U.S. Senate, U.S. House, gubernatorial, and statewide judicial elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election\nPrimary elections were held on May 6, 2008 for races in which more than one candidate filed for a party's nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election\nOne of the results of the general election was that women held a majority (six of 10, including the Governor and Lt. Governor) of the seats on the Council of State for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Governor of North Carolina\nGovernor Mike Easley term-limited, so he was not able to run for a third consecutive term as governor. Lieutenant Governor Bev Perdue won the Democratic primary, and Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory won the Republican primary. Michael Munger was the nominee of the Libertarian Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Governor of North Carolina\nPurdue defeated McCrory in the general election with 50.3% of the vote to McCrory's 46.9%. Perdue was the first female governor of North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina\nLt. Governor Bev Perdue was term-limited and decided to run for governor. State Senator Walter Dalton won the Democratic primary, and State Senator Robert Pittenger won the Republican primary. Phillip Rhodes was nominated by the Libertarian Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina\nIn the general election, Dalton defeated Pittenger. Dalton received 51.1% of the vote and Pittenger received 45.9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Secretary of State\nIncumbent Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (Democratic) defeated attorney Jack Sawyer (Republican) on November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, State Auditor\nIncumbent Auditor Les Merritt (Republican) was defeated by Beth Wood, Former Director of Training for the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor on November 4, 2008. Wood had previously defeated , a retired state employee and retired colonel in the North Carolina Army National Guard, in the Democratic primary. Wood won approximately 65% of the vote in the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Attorney General\nIncumbent Attorney General Roy Cooper (Democratic) defeated Bob Crumley (Republican), an attorney and owner of Crumley and Associates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, State Treasurer\nIncumbent Richard H. Moore (Democratic) announced on May 22, 2007 that he would seek the 2008 Democratic nomination for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, State Treasurer\nCandidates to succeed him included three Democrats\u2014state Sen. Janet Cowell, Michael Weisel,and Buncombe County Commissioner David Young\u2014and one Republican, state Rep. Bill Daughtridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, State Treasurer\nCowell won the Democratic primary with approximately 46 percent of the vote. Young came in second, with 36 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Superintendent of Public Instruction\nIncumbent Superintendent June Atkinson (Democratic)won renomination by defeating North Carolina Association of Educators president Eddie Davis in the Democratic primary (with about 53 percent of the vote). Republicans   and   lost to former state House co-Speaker Richard T. Morgan in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Commissioner of Agriculture\nIncumbent Commissioner Steve Troxler (Republican) defeated attorney Ronnie Ansley (Democratic).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Commissioner of Labor\nFour Democrats -- , chair of the State Personnel Commission, Ty Richardson, Mary Fant Donnan, a former N.C. Department of Labor official, and former Labor Commissioner John C. Brooks\u2014filed to run against incumbent Commissioner Cherie Berry (Republican).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Commissioner of Labor\nMary Fant Donnan finished first, with almost 28 percent of the vote, in the May 6 primary. Brooks was the runner-up. Brooks called for a June 24 runoff, which was his right, because no candidate won more than 40 percent of the vote in the first primary. Donnan defeated Brooks in the runoff, with approximately 68 percent of the vote, becoming the Democratic nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Commissioner of Labor\nOn November 4, 2008, Cherie Berry defeated Mary Fant Donnan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Commissioner of Insurance\nIncumbent Commissioner James E. Long (Democratic) surprised observers by not seeking another term. His chosen successor, assistant Commissioner and former state Rep. Wayne Goodwin, defeated David C. Smith in the Democratic primary by winning about 56 percent of the vote. John Odom, a former Raleigh city councilman, was the only Republican candidate. Mark McMains was the candidate of the Libertarian Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198030-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Council of State election, Commissioner of Insurance\nOn November 4, 2008, Goodwin defeated Mark McMains and John Odom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198031-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on May 6, 2008, one of the last primary elections in the long race for nomination between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Obama won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198031-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary\nNorth Carolina sent 134 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. 115 delegates were tied to the results of the primary, with the remainder being unelected superdelegates not pledged to any candidate. Registered Democrats and unaffiliated voters (but not registered Republicans) were allowed to participate. The polls were open from 6:30 AM to 7:30 PM, Eastern daylight time (UTC-4). North Carolina had 5,811,778 registered voters in 2,817 precincts, with turnout at 36.42%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198031-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nPublic opinion polling from early January 2008 through mid-February 2008 generally gave Senator Hillary Clinton a single digit lead over Senator Barack Obama. From then on, Obama had the lead in almost every poll, and on May 5, was up by 3%, holding 48% to her 45%. 7% were undecided, with a margin of error of 3%. The new polls gave \"fresh hope\" to Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198031-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Robocalls\nThe North Carolina state board of elections reported that misleading robocalls were made to African-American voters in the days leading up to the primary in late April 2008, which essentially told registered voters that they were not registered. According to NPR and Facing South, these calls were made by the organization \"Women's Voices Women Vote.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198031-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Robocalls\n\"Women's Voices Women Vote\" included members such as former White House chief of staff John Podesta, Maggie Williams, and Page Gardner, all of whom have close ties to the Clintons. Voters and watchdog groups complained that it was a turnout-suppression effort, and the state Attorney General Roy Cooper ordered them to stop making the calls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198031-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Results\nThe day that the North Carolina primary was held was known as Super Tuesday III. Along with Indiana which held its primary on the same day, this was largely considered the \"Waterloo\" of the Democratic primaries. Obama had been under fire for controversial remarks made by Jeremiah Wright, and his lead in North Carolina polls had been reduced to single digits, so Clinton's double-digit loss in that state was a major disappointment. Further hurting Clinton's campaign was the time-zone differences, as the defeat was reported in prime time, and the news of the narrow victory in Indiana had come too late. MSNBC's Tim Russert  was quoted as saying \"She did not get the game-changer she wanted tonight.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election\nAn election was held on November 4, 2008 to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including the presidency, U.S Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor, Council of State, and state senate. The primary election was held on May 6, 2008 with a primary run-off held on June 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 1\nIncumbent Democrat Bill Owens has represented the 1st District since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 2\nIncumbent Democrat Timothy Spear has represented the 2nd district since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 3\nIncumbent Democrat Alice Graham Underhill has represented the 3rd district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 4\nIncumbent Democrat Russell Tucker has represented the 4th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 5\nIncumbent Democrat Annie Mobley has represented the 5th district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 6\nIncumbent Democrat Arthur Williams has represented the 6th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 7\nIncumbent Democrat Angela Bryant has represented the 7th district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 8\nIncumbent Democrat Edith Warren has represented the 8th district and its predecessors since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 9\nIncumbent Democrat Marian McLawhorn has represented the 9th district since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 10\nIncumbent Democrat Van Braxton has represented the 10th district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 11\nIncumbent Republican Louis Pate has represented the 11th district since 2003. Pate ran for the NC Senate and Republican Efton Sager won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 12\nIncumbent Democrat William Wainwright has represented the 12th district and its predecessors since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 13\nIncumbent Republican Pat McElraft has represented the 13th district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 14\nIncumbent Republican George Cleveland has represented the 14th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 15\nIncumbent Republican Robert Grady has represented the 15th district and its predecessors since 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 16\nIncumbent Republican Carolyn Justice has represented the 16th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 17\nIncumbent Republican Bonner Stiller has represented the 17th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 18\nIncumbent Democrat Sandra Hughes has represented the 18th district since 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 19\nIncumbent Republican Danny McComas has represented the 19th district and its predecessors since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 20\nIncumbent Democrat Dewey Hill has represented the 20th district and its predecessors since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 21\nIncumbent Democrat Larry Bell has represented the 21st district and its predecessors since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 22\nIncumbent Democrat William Brisson has represented the 22nd district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 23\nIncumbent Democrat Joe Tolson has represented the 23rd district and its predecessors since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 24\nIncumbent Democrat Jean Farmer-Butterfield has represented the 24th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 25\nIncumbent Republican Bill Daughtridge has represented the 25th district since 2003. Daughtridge ran for State Treasurer. Democrat Randy Stewart won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 26\nIncumbent Republican Leo Daughtry has represented the 26th district and its predecessors since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 27\nIncumbent Democrat Michael Wray has represented the 27th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 28\nIncumbent Republican James Langdon Jr. has represented the 28th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 29\nIncumbent Democrat Larry Hall has represented the 29th district since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 30\nIncumbent Democrat Paul Luebke has represented the 30th district and its predecessors since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 31\nIncumbent Democrat Mickey Michaux has represented the 31st district and its predecessors since 1985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 32\nIncumbent Democrat Jim Crawford has represented the 32nd district and its predecessors since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 33\nIncumbent Democrat Dan Blue has represented the 33rd district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 34\nIncumbent Democrat Grier Martin has represented the 34th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 35\nIncumbent Democrat Jennifer Weiss has represented the 35th district and its predecessors since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 36\nIncumbent Republican Nelson Dollar has represented the 36th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 37\nIncumbent Republican Minority Leader Paul Stam has represented the 37th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 38\nIncumbent Democrat Deborah Ross has represented the 38th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 39\nIncumbent Democrat Linda Coleman has represented the 39th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 40\nIncumbent Republican Marilyn Avila has represented the 40th district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 41\nIncumbent Democrat Ty Harrell has represented the 41st district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 42\nIncumbent Democrat Marvin Lucas has represented the 42nd district and its predecessors since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 43\nIncumbent Democrat Mary McAllister has represented the 43rd district and its predecessors since 1991. McAllister lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Elmer Floyd. Floyd won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 44\nIncumbent Democrat Margaret Dickson has represented the 44th district and its predecessors since 2003", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 45\nIncumbent Democrat Rick Glazier has represented the 45th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 46\nIncumbent Democrat Douglas Yongue has represented the 46th district and its predecessors since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 47\nIncumbent Democrat Ronnie Sutton has represented the 47th district since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 48\nIncumbent Democrat Garland Pierce has represented the 48th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 49\nIncumbent Democrat Lucy Allen has represented the 49th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 50\nIncumbent Democrat Bill Faison has represented the 50th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 51\nIncumbent Democrat Jimmy L. Love Sr. has represented the 51st district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 52\nIncumbent Republican Joe Boylan has represented the 52nd district since 2007. Boylan lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Jamie Boles. Boles won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 53\nIncumbent Republican David Lewis has represented the 53rd district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 54\nIncumbent Democrat Speaker of the House Joe Hackney has represented the 54th district and its predecessors since 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 55\nIncumbent Democrat Winkie Wilkins has represented the 55th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 56\nIncumbent Democrat Verla Insko has represented the 56th district and its predecessors since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 57\nIncumbent Democrat Pricey Harrison has represented the 57th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 58\nIncumbent Democrat Alma Adams has represented the 58th district and its predecessors since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 59\nIncumbent Democrat Maggie Jeffus has represented the 59th district since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 60\nIncumbent Democrat Earl Jones has represented the 60th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 61\nIncumbent Republican Laura Wiley has represented the 61st District since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 62\nIncumbent Republican John Blust has represented the 62nd District and its predecessors since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 63\nIncumbent Democrat Alice Bordsen has represented the 63rd District since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 64\nIncumbent Republican Cary Allred has represented the 64th District and its predecessors since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 65\nIncumbent Democrat Nelson Cole has represented the 65th District since and its predecessors since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 66\nIncumbent Democrat Melanie Wade Goodwin has represented the 66th District since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 67\nIncumbent Republican Kenny Furr has represented the 67th District since his appointment in 2007. Furr lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Justin Burr. Burr won the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 68\nIncumbent Republican Curtis Blackwood has represented the 68th District since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 69\nIncumbent Democrat Pryor Gibson has represented the 69th district and its predecessors since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 70\nIncumbent Republican Pat Hurley has represented the 70th District since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 71\nIncumbent Democrat Larry Womble has represented the 71st District and its predecessors since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 72\nIncumbent Democrat Earline Parmon has represented the 72nd District since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 73\nIncumbent Republican Larry Brown has represented the 73rd district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 74\nIncumbent Republican Dale Folwell has represented the 74th District since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 75\nIncumbent Republican Bill McGee has represented the 75th District and its predecessors since 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 76\nIncumbent Republican Fred Steen II has represented the 76th District since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 77\nIncumbent Democrat Lorene Coates has represented the 77th District since and its predecessors since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 78\nIncumbent Republican Harold Brubaker has represented the 78th District and its predecessors since 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 79\nIncumbent Republican Julia Craven Howard has represented the 79th District and its predecessors since 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 80\nIncumbent Republican Jerry Dockham has represented the 80th district and its predecessors since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 81\nIncumbent Democratic Majority Leader Hugh Holliman has represented the 81st District and its predecessors since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 82\nIncumbent Republican Jeff Barnhart has represented the 82nd District since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 83\nIncumbent Republican Linda Johnson has represented the 83rd District and its predecessors since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 85\nIncumbent Republican Mitch Gillespie has represented the 85th District since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 86\nIncumbent Republican Walter Church has represented the 86th District and its predecessors since 1993. Church lost re-election to Republican Hugh Blackwell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 87\nIncumbent Republican Edgar Starnes has represented the 87th District and its predecessors since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 88\nIncumbent Democrat Ray Warren has represented the 88th district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 89\nIncumbent Republican Mitchell Setzer has represented the 89th District and its predecessors since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 90\nIncumbent Democrat Jim Harrell has represented the 90th District since 2003. Harrell lost re-election to Republican Sarah Stevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 91\nIncumbent Republican Bryan Holloway has represented the 91st District since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 92\nIncumbent Republican George Holmes has represented the 92nd district and its predecessors since 1979. Holmes didn\u2019t seek re-election and Republican Darrell McCormick won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 93\nIncumbent Democrat Cullie Tarleton has represented the 93rd district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 94\nIncumbent Republican Tracy Walker has represented the 94th District and its predecessors since 2001. Walker didn\u2019t seek re-election and Republican Shirley Randleman won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 95\nIncumbent Republican Karen Ray has represented the 95th District since 2003. Ray lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Grey Mills. Mills won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 96\nIncumbent Republican Mark Hilton has represented the 96th District and its predecessors since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 97\nIncumbent Republican Joe Kiser has represented the 97th District and its predecessors since 1995, Kiser didn\u2019t seek re-election. Republican Johnthan Rhyne won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 98\nIncumbent Republican Thom Tillis has represented the 98th District since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 99\nIncumbent Democrat Drew Saunders has represented the 99th District and its predecessors since 1997. Saunders lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Nick Mackey. Mackey won the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 101], "content_span": [102, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 100\nIncumbent Democrat Tricia Cotham has represented the 100th District since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 101\nIncumbent Democrat Beverly Earle has represented the 101st District and its predecessors since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 102\nIncumbent Democrat Becky Carney has represented the 102nd District since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 103\nIncumbent Republican Jim Gulley has represented the 103rd District and its predecessors since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 104\nIncumbent Republican Ruth Samuelson has represented the 104th District since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 105\nIncumbent Republican Ric Killian has represented the 105th District since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0105-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 106\nIncumbent Democrat Martha Alexander has represented the 106th district and its predecessors since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0106-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 107\nIncumbent Democrat Pete Cunningham has represented the 107th District and its predecessors since 1987. Cunningham didn\u2019t seek re-election and Democrat Kelly Alexander won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0107-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 108\nIncumbent Republican Wil Neumann has represented the 108th District since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0108-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 109\nIncumbent Republican William Current has represented the 109th District since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0109-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 110\nIncumbent Republican Debbie Clary has represented the 110th District and its predecessors since 1995. Clary sought election to the NC Senate. Republican Pearl Burris-Floyd won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0110-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 111\nIncumbent Republican Tim Moore has represented the 111th District since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0111-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 112\nIncumbent Democrat Bob England has represented the 112th District since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0112-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 113\nIncumbent Republican Trudi Walend has represented the 113th District and its predecessors since 1999, Walend didn\u2019t seek re-election. Republican David Guice won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0113-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 114\nIncumbent Democrat Susan Fisher has represented the 114th District since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0114-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 115\nIncumbent Democrat Bruce Goforth has represented the 115th District since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0115-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 116\nIncumbent Republican Charles Thomas has represented the 116th district since 2007. Thomas didn\u2019t seek re-election and Democrat Jane Whilden won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0116-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 117\nIncumbent Republican Carolyn Justus has represented the 117th District since October 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0117-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 118\nIncumbent Democrat Ray Rapp has represented the 118th District since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0118-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 119\nIncumbent Democrat Phil Haire has represented the 119th District and its predecessors since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198032-0119-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 120\nIncumbent Republican Roger West has represented the 120th District and its predecessors since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 104], "content_span": [105, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198033-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 North Carolina Republican presidential primary took place on May 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198033-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election\nThe North Carolina Senate election of 2008 was held on November 5, 2008 to elect members to all fifty seats in the North Carolina Senate. The primary election was held on May 6, 2008 with a primary run-off occurring on June 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 1\nIncumbent Democrat President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight has represented the 1st district since 1985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Jean Preston has represented the 2nd district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 3\nIncumbent Democrat Clark Jenkins has represented the 3rd district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 4\nIncumbent Democrat Ed Jones has represented the 4th district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 5\nIncumbent Democrat John H. Kerr III has represented the 5th district and its predecessors since 1993. Kerr didn't seek re-election and Democrat Donald G. Davis won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 6\nIncumbent Republican Harry Brown has represented the 6th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 7\nIncumbent Democrat Doug Berger has represented the 7th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 8\nIncumbent Democrat R. C. Soles Jr. has represented the 8th district and its predecessors since 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 9\nIncumbent Democrat Julia Boseman has represented the 9th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 10\nIncumbent Democrat Charles Albertson has represented the 10th district and its predecessors since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 11\nIncumbent Democrat A.B. Swindell has represented the 11th district and its predecessors since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 12\nIncumbent Republican Fred Smith has represented the 12th district since 2003. Smith ran for Governor and Republican David Rouzer won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 13\nIncumbent Democrat David Weinstein has represented the 13th district and its predecessors since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 14\nincumbent Democrat Vernon Malone has represented the 14th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 15\nIncumbent Republican Neal Hunt has represented the 15th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 16\nIncumbent Democrat Janet Cowell has represented the 16th district since 2005. Cowell ran for State Treasurer and Democrat Josh Stein won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 17\nIncumbent Republican Richard Stevens has represented the 17th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 18\nIncumbent Democrat Bob Atwater has represented the 18th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 19\nIncumbent Democrat Tony Rand has represented the 19th district and its predecessors since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 20\nIncumbent Democrat Floyd McKissick Jr. has represented the 20th district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 21\nIncumbent Democrat Larry Shaw has represented the 21st district and its predecessors since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 22\nIncumbent Republican Harris Blake has represented the 22nd district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 23\nIncumbent Democrat Eleanor Kinnaird has represented the 23rd district and its predecessors since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 24\nIncumbent Democrat Anthony \"Tony\" Foriest has represented the 24th district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 25\nIncumbent Democrat Bill Purcell has represented the 25th district and its predecessors since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 26\nIncumbent Republican Minority Leader Phil Berger has represented the 26th district since and its predecessors since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 27\nIncumbent Democrat Kay Hagan has represented the 27th district and its predecessors since 1999. Hagan ran for the U.S Senate and Democrat Don Vaughan won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 28\nIncumbent Democrat Katie G. Dorsett has represented the 28th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 29\nIncumbent Republican Jerry Tillman has represented the 29th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 30\nIncumbent Republican Don East has represented the 30th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 31\nIncumbent Republican Pete Brunstetter has represented the 31st district since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 32\nIncumbent Democrat Linda Garrou has represented the 32nd district and its predecessors since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 33\nIncumbent Republican Stan Bingham has represented the 33rd district and its predecessors since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 34\nIncumbent Republican Andrew Brock has represented the 34th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 35\nIncumbent Republican W. Edward Goodall has represented the 35th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 36\nIncumbent Republican Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. has represented the 36th district and its predecessors since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 37\nIncumbent Democrat Dan Clodfelter has represented the 37th district and its predecessors since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 38\nIncumbent Democrat Charlie Dannelly has represented the 38th district and its predecessors since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 39\nIncumbent Republican Bob Rucho has represented the 39th district and its predecessors since 2008 and previously from 1997 to 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 40\nIncumbent Democrat Maclom Graham has represented the 40th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 41\nIncumbent Republican James Forrester has represented the 41st district and its predecessors since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 42\nIncumbent Republican Austin Allran has represented the 42nd district and its predecessors since 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 43\nIncumbent Democrat David Hoyle has represented the 43rd district and its predecessors since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 44\nIncumbent Republican Jim Jacumin has represented the 44th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 45\nIncumbent Democrat Steve Goss has represented the 45th district since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 46\nIncumbent Democrat Walter Dalton has represented the 46th district and its predecessors since 1997. Dalton ran for Lieutenant Governor. Republican Debbie Clary won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 47\nIncumbent Democrat Joe Sam Queen has represented the 47th district since 2007, and previously from 2003 to 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 48\nIncumbent Republican Tom Apodaca has represented the 48th district since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 49\nIncumbent Democratic Majority Leader Martin Nesbitt has represented the 49th district since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198034-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 50\nIncumbent Democrat John Snow has represented the 50th district since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198035-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Tar Heels football team\nThe 2008 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by second-year head coach Butch Davis, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 8\u20135 overall and 4\u20134 in ACC play to tie for third in the Coastal Division. The Tar Heels lost to West Virginia in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. In 2011, North Carolina vacated all its wins from the 2008 and 2009 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198035-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, Recruiting\nThe Tar Heels received 16 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 6, 2008. One student athlete had already enrolled before National Signing Day and one signed several days later, making this class smaller and less-heralded than the previous year's class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198035-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, Coaching staff\nAfter signing a contract extension at the end of the 2007 season, Butch Davis enters his second season as head coach. Chuck Pagano resigned as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach to become an assistant coach with the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL. He was replaced by Minnesota assistant  Everett Withers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198035-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, Game summaries, McNeese State\nBrandon Tate put on a dazzling one-man show, scoring on an 82-yard punt return and putting North Carolina ahead for good with a 57-yard touchdown catch to help the Tar Heels hold off McNeese State 35-27. Tate finished with a school-record 397 all-purpose yards for the Tar Heels, who showed little else in an unimpressive start to their second season under Butch Davis. In a game suspended nearly two hours due to weather, they blew a 14-0 first-half lead and had to rally from a third-quarter deficit against Football Championship Subdivision McNeese State, who outplayed the Heels much of the way. T. J. Yates had 221 passing yards and 2 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198035-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nT. J. Yates threw three touchdown passes and the Tar Heels won for the first time outside North Carolina since 2002, beating error-prone Rutgers 44-12 in a nationally televised game that pitted Butch Davis against his former pupil, Greg Schiano. Hakeem Nicks and Brandon Tate combined for 10 catches, 204 receiving yards, and three touchdowns as the Heels offense rolled over Rutgers. Carolina's defense generated 4 Rutgers turnovers (3 INTs and a fumble) and scored off of a 66-yard interception return by Bruce Carter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House elections, Council of State, and statewide judicial elections. Democrat Bev Perdue won the election. With a margin of 3.39%, this election was the closest race of the 2008 gubernatorial election cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election\nBecause incumbent Governor Mike Easley was term-limited, the open-seat race was contested between Democrat Beverly Perdue, Republican Pat McCrory, and Libertarian Michael Munger. Likewise, Democrat Walter H. Dalton, Republican Robert Pittenger and Libertarian Phillip Rhodes vied to replace term-limited Lt. Governor Perdue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries\nCandidates Richard Moore, Dennis Nielsen, Robert Orr, and Bev Perdue took part in a forum on January 26, sponsored by the state chapter of the NAACP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries\nThe statewide syndicated TV program, , held debates for both parties' candidates in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Democratic, Campaign\nMoore and Nielsen appeared on the edition of NC Spin broadcast April 13 on most stations, but Perdue declined the invitation to participate. Perdue and Moore met for their final pre-primary debate at WRAL-TV, which was broadcast on several stations across the state on April 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Democratic, Campaign\nOn May 6, 2008, Perdue won the Democratic nomination for governor, defeating State Treasurer Moore and Nielsen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Republican, Campaign\nMcCrory reportedly commissioned a poll to test the waters for a run for governor in November 2007, shortly after his re-election victory, but well after other Republican gubernatorial candidates began campaigning. A 2007 Rasmussen Reports poll had McCrory leading both major Democratic candidates by three points each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Republican, Campaign\nThe Raleigh News & Observer reported on January 9, 2008 that McCrory had filed the necessary paperwork with the State Board of Elections to run for governor. He announced that he was running in his hometown of Jamestown on January 15, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Republican, Debates\nRepublican candidates Graham, Orr, and Smith held their first debate on October 20, 2007 at High Point University. The two Democratic candidates held their first debate at the annual conference of the N.C. School Boards Association on Nov. 6, 2007, which hosted a Republican candidates' debate the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Republican, Debates\nUNC-TV invited the three announced Republican candidates and two announced Democratic candidates to participate in the campaign's first debates (officially called \"forums\") to air on statewide television. Each forum is intended to focus on a single topic: on Jan. 10, the state's economy; on Feb. 7, health care; and on April 24, education. Video of the forums is available on the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Republican, Debates\nThe Republican candidates, now joined by new challenger Pat McCrory, debated on WRAL-TV on January 17. The debate was also broadcast on stations in Charlotte and Wilmington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Republican, Debates\nMcCrory, Orr, Graham, and Smith met in a televised debate held by WTVI in Charlotte on April 3. Media accounts said that McCrory was the primary target of attacks by his rivals. The same was true at another WRAL-TV debate, held on April 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Republican, Debates\nThe final Republican debate before the primary was held in Asheville, and featured the only appearance by Elbie Powers in a debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Candidates\nIf he had been elected, McCrory would have been the first mayor of Charlotte to win the state's highest office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Polling\nDespite a \"national Democratic tide\" and Perdue's fundraising edge, McCrory led Perdue at first; Perdue slowly gained with help from Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential candidate. Perdue and McCrory remained close, with the two often polling in a statistical tie in what was the closest race for governor in the nation. Perdue ran slightly behind her opponent in polls released the week before the election. Pundits speculated that Perdue was hurt by current Democratic Governor Mike Easley's decreasing popularity due to the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis, and McCrory's efforts to tag her as part of corruption in Raleigh\u2014consultants mentioned Perdue's \"difficulty of being the candidate of continuity in a change election.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign\nEarly in 2008, Libertarian nominee Munger called Perdue a \"Stepford Wife\" and said the Republican nominees were \"circus clowns.\" Prior to May 2008, the North Carolina Libertarian Party and Munger gathered 100,000 signatures of voters in order to qualify to appear on North Carolina's ballot. They, along with the Green Party, sued the state unsuccessfully over the ballot access rules. Munger appeared as one of two keynote speakers at the national Libertarian convention in Denver in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign\nWhen Hillary Clinton dropped out of the 2008 presidential election The New York Times mentioned Perdue as a potential pick for Obama's Vice President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign\nMunger called himself \"the only liberal in the race.\" Munger took more socially liberal positions on many issues than Democratic candidate Perdue. \"One reason I haven't been allowed in all the debates is that I'm taking votes from the Democrats. Sixty percent of my supporters are voting for Obama. I'll talk about gay marriage, and Perdue isn't, or doesn't want to.\" While Democratic candidate Perdue took a hard line on illegal immigration similar to that of Republican Pat McCrory, Munger took a position more aligned with Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign\nPerdue raised $15 million and ran attack ads against McCrory, criticizing him for not being tough enough on illegal immigration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign\nIn October 2008, McCrory received the endorsement of most major newspapers in the state, which typically endorse Democrats. McCrory's candidacy for governor was endorsed by the Raleigh News and Observer, The Charlotte Observer, the Greensboro News & Record, the Winston-Salem Journal, and the UNC-Chapel Hill Daily Tar Heel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign\nPerdue received the endorsement of actor and director Andy Griffith, who filmed a campaign ad on her behalf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign\nPerdue defeated McCrory and Munger on November 4, 2008 to win the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Debates\nThe first general election debate between Perdue and McCrory was a forum at the North Carolina Bar Association meeting in Atlantic Beach on June 21. The first debate between the two that was televised live was conducted by WTVD on August 19. Another televised debate was held by WRAL-TV on September 9. Next, McCrory and Perdue met for a debate on education issues at SAS Institute on September 19. The debate was sponsored by business and education groups and was covered by News 14 Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Debates\nDuke University professor and Libertarian candidate Michael Munger made history as the first third-party candidate to participate in a live, televised gubernatorial debate in North Carolina. He made his first debate appearance with McCrory on September 24 at UNC-TV. Perdue declined to participate in that debate. All three candidates debated for the first time on October 15, in the final debate before the general election. The hour-long debate, sponsored by WTVI, WSOC-TV and the League of Women Voters, aired in several television markets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198036-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election, General election, Debates\nAnalysts said that McCrory tended to perform better than Perdue in the debates, particularly in \"sit-down debates that allowed more back-and-forth between the candidates.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election\nOne justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and six judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected to eight-year terms by North Carolina voters on November 4, 2008. This coincided with the presidential,  U.S. Senate, U.S. House, gubernatorial, and Council of State elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election\nNorth Carolina judicial elections are non-partisan. Primary elections were held on May 6, 2008 for seats with more than two candidates running. The top two vote-getters in the primary, regardless of party affiliation,  advanced to the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election\nDespite the non-partisan nature of the elections, candidates' party affiliations were well-known. As a result of the elections, the Republicans maintained their 4-3 majority on the state Supreme Court. Democrats maintained their majority on the Court of Appeals. Only one Republican (Robert N. Hunter, Jr.) defeated a Democrat in a Court of Appeals race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election, Supreme Court (Edmunds seat)\nIncumbent Robert H. Edmunds, Jr. ran for re-election  and was opposed by  Professor Suzanne Reynolds of Wake Forest University Law School. Edmunds defeated Reynolds in the closest statewide judicial race of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals (Arrowood seat)\nIncumbent John S. Arrowood, appointed in 2007, was opposed by former state Board of Elections chairman Robert N. Hunter, Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals (Stephens seat)\nIncumbent Linda Stephens ran for election, having been appointed in 2007. She was opposed by attorney Dan Barrett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals (Tyson seat)\nIncumbent John M. Tysonwas opposed by state District Court Judge Kristin Ruth, former Wake County Clerk of Court Janet Pueschel, and state Utilities Commissioner Sam J. Ervin, IV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals (Tyson seat)\nIn the May 6 primary, Ervin led the field with 37 percent of the vote, followed by Ruth (26 percent), Tyson (22 percent), and Pueschel (16 percent). Ervin and Ruth advanced to the November general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals (McCullough seat)\nIncumbent Douglas McCullough was opposed by state District Court Judge Cheri Beasley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals (Martin seat)\nIncumbent John C. Martin, the court's Chief Judge, ran for re-election unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals (Wynn seat)\nIncumbent James A. Wynn was opposed by attorneys Dean R. Poirier and Jewel Ann Farlow in the May 6 primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198037-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals (Wynn seat)\nWynn and Farlow advanced to the November general election. Wynn won approximately 48 percent of the vote in the primary, followed by Farlow (37 percent) and Poirier (15 percent).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198038-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008, as part of the elections to the Council of State. North Carolina also held a gubernatorial election on the same day, but the offices of governor and lieutenant governor are elected independently.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198038-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election\nDemocrat Walter H. Dalton was elected Lieutenant Governor, succeeding term-limited Beverly Perdue, who was elected governor the same day. Dalton won a slightly larger percentage of the vote than did Perdue in her gubernatorial race, while Republican Robert Pittenger won a slightly smaller percentage than GOP gubernatorial nominee Pat McCrory and Libertarian Phillip Rhodes won a slightly larger percentage than his party's nominee for governor, Michael Munger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198038-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election\nAs of 2021, this is the last time a Democrat was elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198039-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008, one of the many Super Tuesday nominating contests held that day. Barack Obama won the caucuses, securing 8 out of 13 national delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198039-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe caucus was a party-run primary, with over 100 locations throughout the state, held between 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm Central Standard Time. Eligible voters included all eligible voters who cast a ballot for a Democrat in the last general election or planned to in the next election, and would not cast a ballot in the Republican caucus. All voters were required to sign a statement of eligibility, but their status was not otherwise checked. All ballots were secret, and unlike most caucuses, North Dakota's featured no physical division into preference groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198039-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nActual delegates were apportioned at Legislative District conventions held in February and March based on the results of the caucuses in each legislative district. At the state convention in April, delegates from the Legislative District conventions selected pledged delegates to the national convention. A minimum 15% threshold was required at the local caucus, legislative district, and state convention levels. A unique feature of the North Dakota Dem-NPL process was that delegates were elected from Preference Caucuses which may or may not relate to candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198039-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nNational convention delegates were elected by an Education Caucus; a Labor Caucus; the Prairie Campaign for Economic Democracy; and Uncommitted, among others. Any group wishing to affiliate and could secure 15% of the state convention votes was allowed to elect two national convention delegates. The delegation was supposed to give collective good-faith consideration to the Feb. 5 presidential preference caucus, which elected no delegates to the district or state conventions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198040-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team\nThe 2008 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team represented North Dakota University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was head coached by Chris Mussman and played their home games at Alerus Center. They played in the Great West Conference and finished with a record of 6\u20134 overall and 1\u20132 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198041-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 5, 2008. Romney won with 8 of the 23 national delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198042-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Dakota State Bison football team\nThe 2008 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. The Bison finished with an overall record of 6\u20135, tying for third place in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) with a 4\u20134 mark. After being ranked in the polls every week to that point, North Dakota State was bumped out of a likely playoff spot with a home loss in the season finale to South Dakota State by one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198043-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election took place on 4 November 2008 for the post of Governor of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican Governor John Hoeven was easily reelected again, defeating Democratic-NPL challenger Tim Mathern. The primaries took place on June 10, 2008. John Hoeven outperformed John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, by about 21%. McCain defeated Democratic nominee Barack Obama 53%-45% in the statewide presidential election on the same night. As of 2021, this is the last time Sioux County, a county that Obama carried 83%-16%, voted for the Republican candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season\nThe 2008 North Indian cyclone season was one of the most disastrous tropical cyclone seasons in modern history, with tropical cyclones leaving more than 140,000\u00a0people dead and causing more than US$15\u00a0billion in damage, making it the costliest season in the North Indian Ocean, until it was made second in 2020. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season\nThere are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean\u2014the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India. The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center releases unofficial advisories. An average of four to six storms form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November. Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45\u00b0E and 100\u00b0E are included in the season by the IMD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season\nDuring 2008, the IMD monitored a total of ten depressions across the North Indian Ocean, significantly below the average of fifteen. Of these systems, seven developed into deep depressions, four into cyclonic storms, and one into a very severe cyclonic storm. The JTWC unofficially tracked seven systems, with six having one-minute sustained winds greater than 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph), slightly above their 32-year average of five. Activity was mostly limited to the Bay of Bengal, with only two depressions developing in the Arabian Sea. Somewhat unusually, no depression developed during the month of July due to the lack of a prominent monsoon. Collectively, there were a total of 30\u00a0days of activity in the basin, with no storms existing simultaneously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season\nThe first and most destructive storm of the season, Cyclone Nargis struck the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, with a 3 to 5\u00a0m (9.8 to 16.4\u00a0ft) storm surge. Approximately 800,000\u00a0homes were severely damaged or destroyed and infrastructure was devastated. An estimated 138,373\u00a0people lost their lives and damage reached K13\u00a0trillion (US$15.6\u00a0billion). Nargis is regarded as the worst disaster in the nation's history as well as the fourth-deadliest tropical cyclone on record. Other storms throughout the season caused significant damage in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Yemen. A depression in October was responsible for 180\u00a0deaths and US$1.638\u00a0billion in damage across Yemen. Overall, approximately 138,927\u00a0people were killed and losses totaled $14.7\u00a0billion (2008 USD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis\nIn late April, the Intertropical Convergence Zone became very active over the Bay of Bengal and later spawned a low-pressure area on April\u00a026. Accompanied by low wind shear, favorable outflow, and over an area of high sea surface temperatures, the system consolidated into a depression the following day. Tracking slowly westward, the depression intensified, becoming Cyclonic Storm Nargis on April\u00a028. That day, steering currents weakened, causing the system to become nearly stationary before a trough influenced more northeasterly, and later easterly, movement. On April\u00a029, the system attained hurricane-force winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis\nHours before striking southern Myanmar on May\u00a02, Nargis attained its peak intensity with winds of 165\u00a0km/h (105\u00a0mph) and an estimated central pressure of 962 mbar (hPa; 28.41\u00a0inHg). The JTWC estimated the system to have been somewhat stronger, attaining one-minute sustained winds of 215\u00a0km/h (135\u00a0mph). Once onshore, the system gradually weakened and dissipated early on May\u00a04.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis\nStriking the Irrawaddy Delta with unprecedented intensity, Nargis produced a devastating 3 to 5\u00a0m (9.8 to 16.4\u00a0ft) storm surge over the region and a maximum wind speed of 190\u00a0km/h was also reported.. Approximately 23,500\u00a0km2 (14,600\u00a0mi2) of land was inundated by the storm, affecting roughly 11\u00a0million people, 2.4\u00a0million severely. Infrastructural impacts were tremendous, with 450,000\u00a0homes, 4,000\u00a0schools, and 75\u00a0percent of healthcare facilities destroyed and 350,000\u00a0homes severely damaged. With approximately 140,000\u00a0fatalities taking place in Myanmar, Nargis is regarded as the worst disaster in the country's history and ranks as the fourth-deadliest tropical cyclone on record. Damage from the storm amounted to K13\u00a0trillion (US$15.6\u00a0billion), the majority of which occurred within the private sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 897]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis\nIn the immediate aftermath of the cyclone, numerous members of the international community were prepared to provide Myanmar with aid. For several weeks, the State Peace and Development Council (Myanmar's military junta) insisted that the nation could cope with the disaster and refused aid. This was soon determined to be ignorance of the situation and put millions of lives at risk. Some reports indicated that the army even obstructed private relief, setting up check-points, confiscating goods, and arresting those trying to help. In 2009, it was stated that the actions of the government could be condemned as crimes against humanity for \"intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 829]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression ARB 01\nIn early July, the seasonal monsoon over the Arabian Sea strengthened; a trough developing around the same time off the coast of Karnataka increased the local pressure gradient. The interaction of these two systems led to the formation of a low over the southern Arabian Sea on June\u00a04. Situated in a region of low to moderate wind shear, upper-level divergence, and convergence, the low consolidated into a depression the following day while situated roughly 880\u00a0km (545\u00a0mi) southwest of Mumbai, India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression ARB 01\nLittle intensification occurred over the following day as it moved north-northwestward; the depression attained peak winds of 45\u00a0km/h (30\u00a0mph) and a pressure of 994 mbar (hPa; 29.35\u00a0inHg). Late on June\u00a06 and into the early hours of June\u00a07, interaction with land caused significant weakening, with the system degrading to a remnant low that morning. The remnants of the depression continued westward and brought locally heavy rains to parts of Oman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 02\nEarly on June 15, an area of low pressure formed within the monsoonal trough over the northern part of the Bay of Bengal. Over the next 24 hours deep convection developed around the low-pressure area and thus it was upgraded to Depression BOB 02 early the next day, as it was located about 220\u00a0km, (135\u00a0miles), southeast of Kolkata, near to the Bangladesh coastline. However it as the depression was located within an area of moderate to high vertical wind shear, it did not develop further. Later that morning before the depression made landfall it reached its peak intensity with a central pressure of 988\u00a0hPa/mbar. The depression then made landfall on the Bangladesh coast and slowly weakened into an area of low pressure, whilst located over Jharkhand in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 832]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 02\nTorrential rains associated with the depression fell across much of Assam, Orissa, West Bengal, and Jharkhand. A maximum of 720\u00a0mm (28\u00a0in) of rain fell in Kalaikunda Air Force Station in West Bengal in 48 hours between 17 & 18 June of which 530\u00a0mm fell on 18 June. Additional rains spread into Himachal, Uttarakhand, and Arunachal pradeshes. In Assam, the Brahmaputra river overtopped its banks and flooded 350\u00a0villages, affecting roughly 400,000\u00a0people. At least 23\u00a0people lost their lives in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 02\nIn nearby Arunachal, a series of landslides near Itanagar killed 19\u00a0people and injured 15\u00a0others. Flooding around Midnapore, West Bengal, killed at least nine people while 21,000\u00a0others were affected. Across northeast India, approximately 8\u00a0million people were affected by the floods, of which 2\u00a0million were rendered homeless. At least 56\u00a0people lost their lives, 31\u00a0of which occurred West Bengal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Land Depression BOB 03\nOn August 9, a tropical depression formed in the North Indian Ocean, south of Orissa, India. Early the next day, the depression made landfall on the Orissa coast. The IMD did not upgrade it until it was overland near Puri. Consequently, it was designated as a land depression in the end of monsoon season report. Later in the day, the IMD issued its final advisory on the depression as it weakened into a low-pressure area. Madanpur Rampur in Orissa received 220\u00a0mm of rainfall on 9 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Land Depression BOB 03\nMonsoonal rainfall associated with the depression triggered extensive flooding in Andhra Pradesh. Flash flooding occurred on many rivers throughout the state. At least 61\u00a0people were killed across the state and 40,000\u00a0were displaced from their homes. At 3,000\u00a0homes were flooded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 04\nOn September 14 an area of low pressure formed southeast of Kolkata, India. During September 15 the IMD designated this area of low pressure as Depression BOB 04. Later that day the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the tropical depression. During the morning of September 15 the depression intensified into a Deep Depression as it moved closer to the Orissa Coast near Chandbali on 16 September and maximum surface wind of 40 knots (74\u00a0km/hr) was reported by Chandbali at 1700 UTC of 16 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 04\nLater that day the JTWC issued their first advisory on this system designating it as Tropical Cyclone 02B The Depression then made landfall on the Orissa coast later that day. So the JTWC issued their last advisory on the depression later that day. However the IMD kept issuing advisories on the Deep Depression. The RSMC then downgraded it to a depression on September 18 as it moved further inland. The RSMC issued their final advisory the next day as the depression had weakened into a well marked low-pressure area. The track of Deep Depression making inland into Uttar Pradesh after crossing Orissa", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 04\nBaliguda in Orissa received 430\u00a0mm of rainfall in 48 hours between 17 and 18 September. The Deep Depression caused 10 deaths in the state of Orissa. The Depression also caused 15 deaths in Uttar Pradesh, its state capital Lucknow received the heaviest rains for September in the last 10 years. Over 100 fishermen were reported missing as 25 trawlers capsized in the Bay of Bengal off Bangladesh's southern coastal areas as the sea turned rough due to a depression. The Deep Depression also caused storm surge up to 15 to 20 feet high.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 04\nOverall, the storm killed at least 25 people in India (10 in Orissa, 15 in Uttar Pradesh), but overall damage was minor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 02\nOn October 19 the IMD noted that an area of low pressure which located to the south east of Salalah, Oman had intensified into a tropical depression and was assigned the number ARB 02. On October 21 IMD updated the system to a Deep Depression while it lay 700\u00a0km south of Salalah, Oman near the east coast of Somalia. It lost its strength while crossing the Gulf of Aden due to entry of dry air and land interaction as it passed close to the northeastern coast of Somalia. It later was downgraded to a Depression, named TC 03B by the JTWC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 02\nOn October 24 it made landfall on the south-eastern coast of Yemen, leaving at least 26 civilians and six soldiers dead while trapping hundreds of people due to flooding and torrential rainfalls. The latest figure of casualties is of 180 persons dead and 100 others missing, mostly from the region of Hadhramawt, where the storm made landfall. 733 houses were destroyed in the governorates of Hadhramawt and Al-Mahrah, while 22,000 people were displaced. The Yemeni Government declared the two aforementioned governorates as disaster zones. The most affected areas map released by ReliefWeb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 02\nOverall, this weak storm killed at least 180 people in Yemen. Damage is estimated at $1.638\u00a0billion (US$).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Rashmi\nOn October 25, an area of low pressure which was located east of the Andhra Pradesh coast based on satellite, coastal observations, and buoy data intensified into a depression. The depression remained practically stationary and intensified into a deep depression and lay centred as of 0530 hours IST today, the October 26, 2008, about 400\u00a0km east-northeast of Visakhapatnam, 250\u00a0km south-southeast of Paradip and 550\u00a0km south-southwest of Kolkata. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center began issuing advisories on the system a few hours later that early morning, designating it as Tropical Cyclone 04B. The IMD named it cyclonic storm Rashmi. The observed track of Deep Depression making inland into Uttar Pradesh after crossing Orissa The track of cyclonic storm Rashmi making landfall in Bangladesh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 866]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Rashmi\nThe Cyclone crossed the Khulna\u2013Barisal coast at Patharghata, Bangladesh on October 27, 2008. Chatgaon in Bangladeshreported about 50 knots (93\u00a0km/hr) winds at the time of landfall. 15 people were killed and thousands of homes were also damaged. Rashmi brought down electrical and telephone poles and uprooted trees, large areas of acres of crops were also destroyed. 5 people were also killed in the state of Meghalaya, India. At least 50 fishermen were reported missing when about 15 fishing trawlers capsized offshore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Rashmi\nRashmi killed at least 28 people. 15 people were killed in Bangladesh and 13 people were killed in India (5 in Meghalaya,8 in Arunachal Pradesh).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Khai-Muk\nOn November 13, a low-pressure area identified by the India Meteorological Department over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas concentrated into a depression east-southeast of Chennai, India. The IMD expected the system to intensify further and move towards north Tamil-Nadu/south Andhra Pradesh coasts. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a tropical cyclone warning on the tropical cyclone early on November 14 naming it as Tropical Cyclone 05B. A few hours later the IMD upgraded the system to a deep depression issuing a Cyclone Watch for Andhra Pradesh as intensification into a cyclonic storm was possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Khai-Muk\nBy mid morning the IMD advised the eastern coast of India that the system was expected to cross Andhra Pradesh by noon the next day (local time). Later that morning the deep depression intensified into a cyclonic storm and was named Khai Muk and the cyclone watch was raised to a warning for Andhra Pradesh coast with Khai Muk forecast to intensify even further before it made landfall on November 15 in south Andhra Pradesh coast close to the north of Kavali. However, the system became sheared to the western periphery and the IMD downgraded it back into a deep depression. Khai-Muk headed northwest and then northwards after making landfall in Andhra Pradesh. The name Khai Muk was contributed by Thailand, it means pearl in Thai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Khai-Muk\nBy November\u00a015, all ports in Andhra Pradesh were under cautionary signal number three. All fishermen were advised to remain at port due to rough seas. Residents along the shore were urged to evacuate as waves up to 2\u00a0m (6.5\u00a0ft) were forecast to impact the coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Khai-Muk\nHigh winds knocked down trees and power lines causing traffic jams throughout the Andhra Pradesh. Boats and fishing nets were washed away by high waves produced by Khai-muk, costing Rs. 2 cores (US$430,000). An average of 53.5 millimetres (2.11\u00a0in) of rain fell throughout the state. The highest rainfall was recorded in Polavaram at 230\u00a0mm on 17 November. An estimated 1.2\u00a0million hectares of crops were damaged or destroyed by the storm leading to Rs. 10 cores (US$1.9\u00a0million) in agricultural losses. A total of 148 homes were destroyed and another 23 were damaged, amounting to Rs. 4 crores (US$780,000) in monetary losses. A 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) stretch of highway was washed out by the storm and damages to the road amounted to Rs. 4 crores (US$780,000).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Khai-Muk\nA state of high alert was declared in Andhra Pradesh following the storm in the state. About 7,500 people were evacuated from several towns to 23 shelters set up by officials. The shelters provided the residents with breakfast and milk on November\u00a016. The following day, a total of 44,949 people had evacuated to 66 relief shelters. The minister of Andhra requested that the government send rice, pulses, oil and other materials to cyclone victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Nisha\nLate in the morning of November 25, India Meteorological Department satellite imageries, including surface observations from Sri Lanka and coastal stations of Tamil Nadu, indicated that a depression had formed over Sri Lanka in southwest Bay of Bengal. The depression remained nearly stationary and intensified into a deep depression three hours later. The IMD posted a cyclone watch for Tamil Nadu region of India noting that the system was likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and cross Tamil Nadu coast between Pamban and Nagapattinam by tomorrow night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Nisha\nVery late in the day the IMD mentioned that the deep depression would intensify, however the cyclone watch for Tamil Nadu coast was lowered (or not mentioned) in the bulletin issued. Early on November 26, the deep depression close to Tamil Nadu coast intensified into a cyclonic storm and was named \"Nisha\". It crossed the coast close to the north of Karaikal between 0530 and 0630 hours IST on November 27 and Karaikal reported 35 knots (65\u00a0km/hr) at the time of landfall. On November 28, JTWC issued their final warning. Nisha headed northwest towards south Karnataka after making landfall in Tamil Nadu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Nisha\n15 people have been killed when Nisha hit northern Sri Lanka on November 25, 2008, causing heavy rains and flooding that reportedly displaced between 60,000 and 70,000 people in Vanni and 20,000 people in Jaffna district. Jaffna recorded the highest rainfall since 1918, of 520.1\u00a0mm of rain in last week, with Wednesday's reading of 389.8\u00a0mm, being the highest in nine decades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Nisha\n189 people were killed by the heavy rains and floods caused by the cyclone in Tamil Nadu and the death toll is expected to rise. Some places have recorded extreme rainfall, notably Orathanad, Thanjavur district where over 660\u00a0mm of rain fell within a period of 24 hours and broke the 65-year-old record of highest rainfall registered in 24 hours in Tamil Nadu. Previously the highest amount of rainfall in a day was 570\u00a0mm registered by Cuddalore on May 18, 1943. In two days, Orathanadu registered 990\u00a0mm of rainfall. Overall in 4 days between 25 and 28 November, Orathanadu got 1280\u00a0mm making it as the 4th wettest Cylone in India. The most affected areas map released by ReliefWeb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Nisha\nNisha killed 204 people making it the 4th deadliest storm in 2008 after Cyclone Nargis, Typhoon Fengshen and Hurricane Hanna. Damage is estimated at 3789 crores i.e. $800\u00a0million (US$).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 08\nOn December 3, an area of low pressure formed over the southern Bay of Bengal within the Intertropical Convergence Zone. The system was well organized with good convection present from the previous 48 hours. On December 4, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) upgraded the area of low pressure to a depression giving it the designation \"BOB 08\". At that time it was located approximately 650 kilometres (400\u00a0mi) south-southwest of Port Blair. That day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) designated the system as Tropical Cyclone 07B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 08\nEarly on December 5, the IMD upgraded Depression BOB 08 to a deep depression. On December 7, the IMD reported that BOB 08 weakened into a depression. The depression continued to weaken until it decayed into a remnant low late on the same day. Puducherry got 90\u00a0mm of rainfall on 9 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198044-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season effects\nThis table lists all the Depressions that developed in the North Indian Ocean during the 2008 season. The meteorological data is taken all from RSMC New Delhi and is rated using their intensity scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198045-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Korea Census\nThe 2008 North Korean Census was the second North Korea national census. The reference day used for the census was October 1, 2008. The census was taken by house-to-house interviews by enumerators using a census questionnaire. Roughly 35,000 enumerators were trained to help with the census. The population of North Korea was counted as 24,052,231 a 13.38% increase from the 1993 Census.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198045-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Korea Census\nThe results of the census are thought of as plausible by foreign observers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198045-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Korea Census\nThe census was widely advertised in propaganda. This resulted in a detailed survey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198045-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North Korea Census\nThe 2008 census is the latest census of North Korea. The next census was scheduled for 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198045-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North Korea Census, Introduction\nNorth Korea completed its first census in 1993. In October 2006, a declaration was enacted to complete a second census in 2008. In order to test procedures, in October 2007, there was a pilot census completed across each of the provinces where roughly 50,000 households were counted. The actual census took place from October 1 \u2013 October 15, 2008 using October 1, 2008 at 1:00 AM as a reference point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198045-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North Korea Census, Questionnaire\nThere were several questions asked on the census broken into three modules:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198045-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 North Korea Census, Questionnaire\nThe first module was titled Household and dwelling unit information. There were 14 questions in this module pertaining to the persons' housing unit. If the respondent lived in an institutional living quarter, then the rest of the section was skipped. All of the questions are listed below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198045-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 North Korea Census, Questionnaire\nThe second module was titled personal information and had the most questions of any of the modules. There was a total of 29 questions to be asked including sex, nationality, school level, marital status, and employment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198045-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 North Korea Census, Questionnaire\nThe third module was titled mortality. The first question was \"Did any member of this household die during the period 1 Oct. 2007 to 30 Sept. 2008?\" If the answer was no, the rest of this section was skipped. If the answer was yes, then five additional questions were asked. If the deceased person was a female between 15 and 49, five more additional questions were asked. All ten additional questions are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198046-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Queensland Cowboys season\nThe 2008 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 14th season in the club's history. They were coached by Graham Murray and captained by Johnathan Thurston, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2008 Telstra Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198046-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Queensland Cowboys season\nOn 19 May, Murray resigned as head coach after just three wins from the opening 10 games. He was replaced by assistant coach Ian Millward, who took over as interim head coach until the end of the season. The Cowboys finished the season in 15th place, avoiding the wooden spoon by points differential.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198046-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Queensland Cowboys season, Season summary\nThe Cowboys entered the 2008 season optimistic about the finals chances after a preliminary final appearance in 2007. The club got off to the worst possible start, losing three straight games. They would win their next three but it proved to be a false dawn, as the side went on a club record 13-game losing streak. They finished the season with two wins from their final five games, finishing in 15th place and narrowly avoiding the wooden spoon. The season was plagued by injury, with key players Matthew Bowen, Luke O'Donnell, Matthew Scott and Johnathan Thurston all missing considerable playing time due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198046-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North Queensland Cowboys season, Season summary\nOn April 2, the Cowboys signed former assistant coach and then-Canberra Raiders coach Neil Henry as their head coach for the 2009 season. A month later, Graham Murray re-signed as head coach and was replaced by his assistant Ian Millward as interim head coach for the rest of 2008. Millward's first win as head coach occurred in Round 22, as the Cowboys defeated the Canterbury Bulldogs 36-12 at Suncorp Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198046-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North Queensland Cowboys season, Season summary\nDespite the poor season, the club still maintained the fourth highest home crowd average in the NRL with an average of 18,102.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198046-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North Queensland Cowboys season, Representatives\nThe following players have played a representative match in 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198047-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Texas Mean Green football team\nThe 2008 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was the team's second under head coach Todd Dodge. Gary DeLoach was hired in the off-season as the new defensive coordinator replacing Ron Mendoza. The Mean Green played their home games on campus at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198047-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nKansas State overpowered North Texas on both sides of the ball, scoring on six of its first seven possessions to take a 42\u20130 lead, holding the Mean Green to 205 total yards\u201481 in the first half. Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another two. Quarterback Giovanni Vizza completed 16 of 29 passes for 100 yards, including the Mean Green's only touchdown of the game, a 9-yard pass to Alex Lott late in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198047-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThis game will be just the second meeting between both teams with the first meeting happening in 1988 when North Texas defeated Rice 33\u201317 in Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198048-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to North Tyneside Metropolitan Council took place on 1 May 2008 on the same day as other local council elections in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198048-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nNorth Tyneside Council is elected \"in thirds\" which means one councillor from each three-member ward is elected each year with a fourth year when the mayoral election takes place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198048-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nOne-third of the councillors were elected in 2008. The Conservative party gained an overall majority of one on the council after the election which previously had been under no overall control. However the directly elected mayor, John Harrison, belongs to the Labour party, meaning Labour remained in effective control of the council, as he can only be overruled by a two-thirds majority of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198048-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Monkseaton North\nA further by-election was held in June 2008. Details can be found here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 75], "content_span": [76, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198048-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Preston\nA further by-election was held on 24 September 2009. Details can be found here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198048-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Tynemouth\nA further by-election was held on 5 February 2009. Details can be found here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 68], "content_span": [69, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198048-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Valley\nThe sitting councillor, Angela Potter, had previously defected to the Liberal Democrats from the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races\nThe 2008 North West 200 took place on Saturday 17 May at the 8.966\u00a0mile circuit, dubbed \"The Triangle\", based around the towns of Coleraine, Portrush and Portstewart, in Northern Ireland. The meeting was overshadowed by the death of Northern Irish rider Robert Dunlop, the record-holder for wins at the circuit, who was killed in a practice crash on 15 May. The 47-year-old had been travelling in a group of three riders at the Mather's Cross section of the course, when his bike seized at 160\u00a0mph. He would later succumb to his injuries in a Coleraine hospital. Robert's sons Michael and William continued to race at the meeting, with Michael winning the 250cc race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Practice\nJohn McGuinness dominated qualifying for the 250cc race, the first to be contested on race day. McGuinness went round the 8.966\u00a0mile circuit in a time of 4'57.791, the only rider to break five minutes and qualified on pole by over 3 seconds from the Hondas of Michael Dunlop and Paul Robinson. Hondas took the first eight places on the grid, with Henrik Voit's Aprilia the best non-Honda in ninth. McGuinness also dominated Superbike practice, being fastest both on Tuesday and on Thursday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Practice\nHaving achieved a 4'25.377 on Tuesday, he lowered that mark by over 3 seconds to a 4'22.342 on Thursday. Michael Rutter on the NW200-backed Ducati qualified 2nd on a 4'22.999, with the rest in the 4'24s or higher. This session sets the grid for both Superbike races. Steve Plater qualified on pole for the Supersport races, recording a lap of 4'33.749 on Thursday to put him half a second clear of Alastair Seeley, who qualified second, with Keith Amor qualifying 3rd, to give three different nations placed in the top three places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Practice\nAmor would go two places better in the qualifying session for the Superstock race. In the fourth session, he set a time of 4'26.446, which would give him the pole by over 1.5 seconds. Seeley was second with his time of 4'28.029 coming in session three and Rutter was third, with a 4'28.138 set in session four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0001-0003", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Practice\nMichael Wilcox was the clear pacesetter in the 125cc qualifying, setting a pole lap of 5'17.528 and was on top by nearly three seconds from the Aprilia of David Lemon with the Hondas of Mark Curtin, Michael Dunlop and Chris Palmer rounding out the top five. Leo Aldersley's Yamaha was fastest in the 400cc session, which occurred at the same time as the 125cc session as those two races are contested in the one race, albeit separated on track. His 5'15.329 was almost three seconds faster than second placed qualifier and fellow Yamaha rider, Oliver Linsdell. Les Shand's Kawasaki was third, with the best Honda belonging to Manxman David Madsen-Mygdal lining up fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Races, Race 1; 250cc Race final standings\nFastest Lap: Michael Dunlop, 4'51.975 on lap 4 (110.549\u00a0mph; 177.911\u00a0km/h)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Races, Race 2; 1000cc Superbike Race final standings\nFastest Lap: Michael Rutter, 4'20.729 on lap 5 (123.798\u00a0mph; 199.234\u00a0km/h)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Races, Race 3; Supersport Race final standings\nFastest Lap and New Lap Record: Steve Plater, 4'30.792 on lap 5 (119.197\u00a0mph; 191.829\u00a0km/h)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Races, Race 4; 125cc Race final standings\nFastest Lap: Chris Palmer, 5'16.672 on lap 4 (101.928\u00a0mph; 164.037\u00a0km/h)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Races, Race 5; 400cc Race final standings\nFastest Lap and New Lap Record: Oliver Linsdell, 5'06.838 on lap 3 (105.194\u00a0mph; 169.293\u00a0km/h)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Races, Race 6; 1000cc Superstock Race final standings\nFastest Lap and New Lap Record: Guy Martin, 4'24.682 on lap 3 (121.949\u00a0mph; 196.258\u00a0km/h)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 80], "content_span": [81, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Races, Race 7; North West 200 Superbike Race\nFastest Lap: John McGuinness (lap 5) and Steve Plater (lap 6), 4'21.686 (123.345\u00a0mph; 198.505\u00a0km/h)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198049-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 North West 200 Races, Races, Race 8; Supersport Race\nFastest Lap: Keith Amor, 4'31.745 on lap 4 (118.779\u00a0mph; 191.156\u00a0km/h)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198050-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election\nProvincial elections were held in North-West Frontier Province on 18 February 2008 to elect the Provincial Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198051-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 22 and ended on May 24, 2008, at Bernie Robbins Stadium in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Fourth-seeded Mount St. Mary's won their first tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198051-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198051-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nJosh Vittek was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Vittek hit .458 with eight runs scored, five home runs and 12 RBI for the Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198052-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 6\u201312, 2008 at campus sites. Mount Saint Mary's won the tournament to receive an automatic berth to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198052-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Northeast Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. The semifinals matchups will be the highest and lowest remaining seeds in one game and the other two seeds in the other game. All games are held at the home court of the higher-seeded team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198052-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, All-tournament team\nJean Cajou, MSMBrice Brooks, SHUMark Porter, WAGNERDrew Shubik, SHUJeremy Goode, MSM", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198053-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northeast Grand Prix\nThe 2008 American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Lime Rock Park, Connecticut on July 12, 2008. It was the first event to take place at Lime Rock since portions of the track were redesigned and the entire surface repaved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198053-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Northeast Grand Prix, Race summary\nAcura scored their first overall win in the American Le Mans Series since they debuted their ARX-01 program in 2007. The #9 Highcroft Racing Acura of Scott Sharp and David Brabham managed to accomplish the feat with Brabham making a late charge and taking the overall lead in the final 90 seconds of the race, passing the #7 Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder of Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198053-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Northeast Grand Prix, Race summary, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198054-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team\nThe 2008 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their eleventh year under head coach Jerome Souers, the Lumberjacks compiled a 6\u20135 record (4\u20134 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 316 to 273, and finished fifth out of nine teams in the Big Sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198054-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team\nOn September 6, the team set a school record with 752 yards of total offense against New Mexico Highlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198054-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team\nThe team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198055-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Illinois Huskies football team\nThe 2008 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Northern Illinois competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Huskies were led by first-year head coach Jerry Kill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198056-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football team\nThe 2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The previous year's team finished first (of nine) in the Gateway Football Conference. The Gateway Football Conference was renamed the Missouri Valley Football League in June 2008. The team was coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. On November 14, 2008 Northern Iowa won its first back-to-back conference championships since the 1995 and 1996 seasons. Northern Iowa was awarded the third seed in the 2008 FCS playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198057-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Ireland Trophy\nThe 2008 Northern Ireland Trophy was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 31 August 2008 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198057-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Ireland Trophy\nRonnie O'Sullivan claimed his 21st ranking tournament by defeating surprise finalist Dave Harold 9\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198057-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Ireland Trophy, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198057-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Ireland Trophy, Qualifying\nQualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 15 and 17 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198058-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Mariana Championship\nThe 2008 Northern Mariana Championship was the third season of top-flight football in Northern Marianas Islands. The league was divided into two parts, the Winter League and the Fall League. The Winter League was won by Fiesta Inter Saipan, who also won the Fall League under their new name, Inter Godfather's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198058-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Mariana Championship, Winter League\nThe winter league was played in a normal league format, each team played the others twice and the team in first place following the completion of all games won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198058-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Mariana Championship, Winter League, Final Standings\nThe precise results for the final two rounds of the league are not known, however, the top three places are known for certain:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198058-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Mariana Championship, Winter League, Latest known full table\nAfter eight rounds, the last point at which a full table is available, the league standings were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198058-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Mariana Championship, Winter League, Latest known full table\nThe scores for rounds five and nine are not known, although it is known that Inter Saipan, FC Arirang and Onwell beat Ol' Aces, Multinational and Independents respectively in round five and that Inter Saipan beat Multinational while Onwell drew with FC Aririang in round six. The result of the match between Independents and Ol' Aces in round nine is not known while none of the results in round ten are known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198058-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Mariana Championship, Fall League\nThe Fall League consisted of a reduced number of teams, with only Inter Saipan (competing under their new name of Inter Godfather's) and Multinational FC from the Spring League choosing to compete. Wild Bill's and Pacific Telecom, who competed in the previous season also competed, with Pacific Telecom competing under the name MP United - PTI. A group stage was held to confirm who would play whom in the semi finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198058-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Mariana Championship, Fall League, Group Stage\nThe results of the group stage are not known, it is also not known whether teams played each other once or twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198059-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses took place on February 23, 2008. John McCain won all 6 pledged (and the support of 3 unpledged delegates) at the commonwealth's convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season\n2008 was the first competitive season for the Cairns based CRGT Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They competed in the QRL state competition, which in 2008 was called the Wizard Queensland Cup. 11 Clubs played 20 matches (10 home and 10 away) over 26 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season\nThe Pride finished 3rd, just losing the Preliminary Final in golden point extra-time to the Souths Logan Magpies, who went on to win the 2008 Grand Final. Foundation coach was Andrew Dunemann, who had played for the Canberra Raiders, Leeds Rhinos, Halifax RLFC and South Sydney Rabbitohs, and had been Under-20s coach for the Canberra Raiders. Assistant coach was David Maiden. Foundation captain was Chris Sheppard, who had played for the North Queensland Cowboys and St. George Illawarra Dragons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2008 Season -  CRGT Northern Pride, 2008 Player awards\nFriday 26 September 2008, Pride Leagues Club, Irene Street, Mooroobool", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 87], "content_span": [88, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2008 Season -  CRGT Northern Pride, Player gains\nThis was the first season for the Northern Pride, so all players were new signings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2008 Season -  CRGT Northern Pride, Player gains\nIn Round xx the following player was signed to the Pride:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2008 Season -  CRGT Northern Pride, Player gains\nIn Round 10 the following players were signed to the Pride:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2008 Season -  CRGT Northern Pride, Player gains\nIn Round 12 the following players was signed to the Pride:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2008 Season -  CRGT Northern Pride, Player gains\nIn Round 16 the following players was signed to the Pride:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2008 Season -  CRGT Northern Pride, Player gains\nAt the start of the season attempts were made to sign players from Papua New Guinea, but problems with visas prevented them playing for the Pride:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2008 squad\nRyan Ghietti Chey Bird Drew Campbell Hezron Murgha Noel Underwood Gordon Rattler Farren Wilett Steve Sheppard Eric Warria Brett Anderson Chris Sheppard Jackson Nicolau Josh Vaughan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2008 squad\nJason Roos Alex Starmer (Prop) Greg Byrnes Ben Laity Kahu Wehi Adam Mills Warren Jensen Richie Marsters Ben Kerr Ben Vaeau Matthew Bartlett Joel Riethmuller Mark Cantoni Warren Jensen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2008 squad\nAaron Payne Ashley Graham Ben Vaeau Carl Webb Jackson Nicolau Jacob Lillyman John Williams Justin Smith Mark Henry Matthew Bartlett Matt Bowen Ray Cashmere Scott Bolton Steve Southern Ty Williams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198060-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Pride RLFC season, 2008 Televised Games\nIn 2008 games were televised by ABC TV and shown live across Queensland through the ABC1 channel at 2.00pm (AEST) on Saturday afternoons. The commentary team was Gerry Collins, Warren Boland and David Wright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election\nGeneral elections were held in the Northern Territory of Australia on 9 August 2008. Of the 25 seats in the Legislative Assembly, 23 were contested; two safe Labor seats were uncontested. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party (ALP), led by Chief Minister Paul Henderson won a narrow third term victory against the opposition centre-right Country Liberal Party (CLP), led by Terry Mills. Labor suffered a massive and unexpected swing against it, to hold a one-seat majority in the new parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election, Results\nNorthern Territory general election, 9 August 2008Legislative Assembly << 2005\u20132012 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election, Results\nArnhem and MacDonnell were won by the ALP by default as no other candidates nominated, and therefore do not contribute to votes in the above result table. The Greens ran in six of the 25 seats, averaging around 16 percent. Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage, Minister for Parks and Wildlife Len Kiely was defeated as was Minister for Sport and Recreation, Corporate and Information Services Matthew Bonson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election, Background\nThe CLP had dominated the Legislative Assembly from its creation in 1974 until 2001, when Clare Martin led Labor to government by one seat. Four years later, Labor was reelected in a landslide that surprised even the most optimistic Labor observers, reducing the CLP to only four seats. Labor even managed to oust Opposition Leader Denis Burke in his own seat. Martin resigned in 2007, shortly after a federal intervention, and was succeeded by Education Minister Paul Henderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election, Background\nIn January 2008, Opposition Leader Jodeen Carney faced a challenge from her deputy, Terry Mills. Carney rebuffed a proposal to swap posts with Mills (in which she would have become deputy leader under Mills), instead calling a spill. When the vote was tied, Carney declared that a tie vote was not a vote of confidence and resigned, leaving Mills to take the leadership unopposed. Hoping to take advantage of a booming economy and the recent change in opposition leadership, Henderson opted to call an election a year before it was due.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election, Background\nThe writs were dropped only days after the gazetting of new electoral boundaries. The Electoral Commission didn't have nearly enough time to notify voters of their new electorates, and a number of Labor MPs swept into office on the back of the 2005 landslide were unable to connect with new constituents on the hustings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election, Background\nThe CLP regained much of what it had lost in its severe beating of three years prior. Notably, it retook two seats in Palmerston that it had lost to Labor in the 2005 landslide. While the CLP won a slim majority of the two-party vote (aided by two Labor incumbents being reelected unopposed), Labor retained all but one seat in northern Darwin, allowing it to win a third term. Labor was only assured of reelection when it won Martin's old seat of Fannie Bay by a narrow 78 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election, Retiring members\nThe following members did not seek another term at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election, Candidates\nSitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election, Electoral pendulum\nThe following pendulum is known as the Mackerras Pendulum, invented by psephologist Malcolm Mackerras. The pendulum works by lining up all of the seats held in the Legislative Assembly according to the percentage point margin they are held by on a two-party-preferred basis. This is also known as the swing required for the seat to change hands. Given a uniform swing to the opposition or government parties, the number of seats that change hands can be predicted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election, Electoral pendulum, Pre-election pendulum\nIncumbent members who have become and remained an independent since the 2012 election are indicated in grey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 83], "content_span": [84, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198061-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Northern Territory general election, Electoral pendulum, Pre-election pendulum\nMembers listed in italics did not re-contest their seat at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 83], "content_span": [84, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198062-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northumberland County Council election\nLocal elections to Northumberland County Council, a county council in the north east of England, were held on 1 May 2008, resulting in a council with no overall control and with Liberal Democrat members forming the largest political group on the new Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198063-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team\nThe 2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his third season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats played their homes games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198063-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team, Previous season\nThe 2007 team finished the season with a win-loss record of 6\u20136 and did not receive a bowl invitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198064-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Norwegian Figure Skating Championships was held in T\u00f8nsberg from January 11 to 13, 2008. Skaters competed in the discipline of single skating. The results were used to choose the teams to the 2008 World Championships, the 2008 European Championships, the 2008 Nordic Championships, and the 2008 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198065-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian First Division\nThe 2008 1. divisjon season (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began on 5 April 2008 and ended on 1 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198065-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian First Division\nIn 2009, the number of teams in the top tier, Tippeligaen, will expand from fourteen to sixteen. Therefore, 2008 was a transitional season, in which more teams were promoted to the top flight, and less teams relegated to the 2. divisjon, than usual. Automatic promotion was awarded to the teams finishing in the top three places in the standings. Only the two teams at the bottom of the standings were relegated to the 2. divisjon, as opposed to the regular four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198065-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian First Division\nThe three clubs relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2007 were Odd Grenland, Start and Sandefjord. At the conclusion of the season, all three had managed to secure promotion, with Odd Grenland being confirmed as champions of the 1. divisjon after defeating Start 3\u20132 in the penultimate round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198065-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian First Division\nSandnes Ulf and H\u00f8dd were relegated to the 2. divisjon after finishing in fifteenth and sixteenth place respectively. It was Sandnes Ulf's first season at the second level since 1972. Nybergsund, who had never previously played at the second level, retained their spot, finishing in eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198065-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian First Division\nAs in previous years, there was a two-legged promotion playoff at the end of the season, this time between the fourth-placed team in the 1. divisjon (Sogndal) and the thirteenth-placed team in the Tippeligaen (Aalesund). Aalesund kept their spot in the Tippeligaen, beating Sogndal 4-1 away, 3-1 at home, and 7-2 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198065-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian First Division, Promotion play-offs\nBy finishing 4th, Sogndal competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Aalesund, who finished 13th in the 2008 Tippeligaen, for the right to play in the 2009 Tippeligaen. Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF. Aalesund won 7\u20132 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. Sogndal remained in the 1. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198065-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian First Division, Relegated teams\nThese three teams were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198065-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian First Division, Promoted teams\nThese four teams were promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198066-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian Football Cup\nThe 2008 Norwegian Football Cup was the 103rd season of Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The competition started on 10 May 2008 with the first-round games and ended on 9 November 2008 with the final. The defending champions were Lillestr\u00f8m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198066-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian Football Cup\nThe format of the Cup has not changed for this season what means that, unlike other European cup competitions, all teams (including Tippeligaen ones) entered the Cup in the First Round. In the First and Second Round amateur teams (or at least lower-placed at the time of the draw) were seeded and played the matches at home ground. From the Third Round until the end the draw was random.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198066-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian Football Cup\nThe winners, V\u00e5lerenga, qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2009\u201310 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198066-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, First Round\nThe games were played on May 10 and 12, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198066-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, Second Round\nThe games were played between June 3 and 8, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198066-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, Third Round\nThe games were played between July 1 and 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198066-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, Fourth Round\nThe games were played between July 23 and August 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198067-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwegian Football Cup Final\nThe 2008 Norwegian Football Cup Final was the final match of the 2008 Norwegian Football Cup, the 103rd season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Football Association of Norway (NFF). The match was played on 9 November 2008 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Tippeligaen sides Stab\u00e6k and V\u00e5lerenga. V\u00e5lerenga defeated Stab\u00e6k 4\u20131 to claim the Norwegian Cup for a fourth time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198068-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwich City Council election\nThe 2008 Norwich City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. One third of seats were up for election. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198068-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwich City Council election\nThe Green Party won the most votes across Norwich for the first time, and won a plurality of the seats up for election. This marked the first time that the Greens had won a plurality of the votes and seats in a local authority election. It is also, to date, the last time that the Greens won the most seats or votes in a Norwich City Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198068-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwich City Council election\nHowever, as only 13 of 39 council seats were up for election, Labour remained the largest party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198068-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwich City Council election\nThe 2008 election is, to date, the last election to see any member of the Conservative Party elected to Norwich City Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198068-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwich City Council election\nAll changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2004 election, the last time these seats were contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198068-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwich City Council election, Election result\nChanges in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198068-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Norwich City Council election, Council Composition\nPrior to the election the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team\nThe 2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Charlie Weis and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. This was Weis's fourth season as Notre Dame's head coach, who entered the season with a 22\u201315 record, coming off a 3\u20139 season after posting back-to-back BCS seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team\nThe Irish started 4\u20131, but completed the regular season with a 6\u20136 record, including a 24\u201323 loss to Syracuse, the first time that Notre Dame had fallen to an eight-loss team. The combined 15 losses from 2007\u201308 marks the most losses for any two-year span. Despite speculation the university might fire Weis, it was announced shortly after the conclusion of the regular season that he would remain head coach in 2009. Notre Dame ended the season on a positive note, finally ending their NCAA record nine-game bowl losing streak by beating Hawaii 49\u201321. In the process, Notre Dame scored its highest point total of the season, its highest point total ever in a bowl game, and broke 8 other bowl records. The bowl win also helped Notre Dame to a 7\u20136 final record, its 102nd winning season in 120 years of football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 857]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Pre-season, Coaching changes\nDespite the turmoil of the previous football season, head coach Charlie Weis did not make many changes to the coaching staff. The one major change to the staff was the addition of Jon Tenuta, former defensive coordinator of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, as the new linebackers coach and assistant head coach. Tetuna became responsible for the day-to-day operations of the team with Weis retaining responsibility only for recruiting. Tenuta's addition followed the retirement of Bill Lewis from active coaching. Other changes included reassignment of football duties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Pre-season, Coaching changes\nWeis announced that he would be turning over control of the offense, including game day play calling, to offensive coordinator Michael Haywood. On defense, Corwin Brown switched from coaching linebackers to coaching defensive backs following Lewis' retirement. Tenuta assumed coaching the linebackers. Finally, citing the poor play on special teams, Weis made Brian Polian the sole special teams coach and announced that he would be helping Polian when needed. The previous year, all coaches had a hand in helping with special teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Pre-season, Roster changes, Graduating players\nSeniors tight end John Carlson, defensive end Trevor Laws, safety Tom Zbikowski and center John Sullivan were all drafted by NFL teams. Three players that were not drafted quickly signed with NFL teams as free agents following the NFL Draft: linebacker Joe Brockington, long snapper J. J. Jansen and running back Travis Thomas. Quarterbacks Darrin Bragg and Justin Gillett, defensive end Dwight Stephenson Jr., cornerback Ambrose Wooden and punter Geoff Price also graduated and exhausted their remaining eligibility. Notre Dame also had several players who graduated and decided not to apply for a fifth year of eligibility: running back Junior Jabbie, cornerback Leo Ferine and linebacker Anthony Vernaglia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 92], "content_span": [93, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Pre-season, Roster changes, Transfers\nAfter the end of the spring practice session, sophomore-to-be linebacker Aaron Nagel transferred from Notre Dame to the Northwestern Wildcats. In July, wide receiver D.J. Hord announced he was transferring from Notre Dame to a yet unnamed Division I Football Championship Subdivision school, where he would have two years eligibility remaining. Once a highly touted recruit, injuries had hampered his progress and he left with 2 catches for 7 yards in his Notre Dame career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 83], "content_span": [84, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Pre-season, Roster changes, Transfers\nIt was also announced the same day that starting cornerback Darin Walls would not enroll and play football this season for undisclosed personal reasons, but would return the following spring. On August, 15, several days into fall practice, reserve wide receiver Richard Jackson announced he would be leaving Notre Dame for a school closer to his home in Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 83], "content_span": [84, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Pre-season, Roster changes, Recruiting\nThe Irish added 23 players to its roster with high school recruits. Included in the class were five-star wide receiver recruit Michael Floyd, five-star quarterback recruit Dayne Crist, and five-star defensive lineman Ethan Johnson. Five-star tight end Kyle Rudolph also bolstered a class that included six four star recruits on offense, and nine four star recruits on defense. The class was named No. 2 by both Rivals and Scout. Rivals revised Notre Dame's ranking to No. 1 after factoring in players recruited by other schools that did not enroll with their classmates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Pre-season, Award candidates\nThe following players were announced to award watch lists prior to the start of the 2008 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Roster\nBold denotes starter(w) denotes non scholarship walk-on(a) denotes player added to roster mid-seasonPlayers who left or were dismissed from the team are struck out", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nNotre Dame able to put up 14 unanswered points in the 4th quarter to down San Diego State. Notre Dame stalled out multiple times throughout the game due to turnovers, but the Notre Dame defense stood up to Ryan Lindley and the Aztec offense forcing the Aztecs to fumble inside the ND 5 yard line while they were leading by 6 in the 4th quarter. The Irish only allowed 13 points through the entire game and came back in the fourth to open the season with a win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nTurnovers were the name of the game, as Notre Dame jumped out to a 21-point lead off of 2 early Michigan turnovers and went on to beat Michigan 35\u201317. Despite Michigan out-gaining the Irish 387\u00a0yards to 260\u00a0yards, Notre Dame won the turnover battle 6 to 2. Jimmy Clausen connected on touchdown passes of 10\u00a0yards and 48\u00a0yards to wide receivers Duval Kamara and Golden Tate, respectively. Michigan came to life after the 21 points, when Sam McGuffie turned a short pass from quarterback Steven Threet into a 40-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nMichigan kicker K.C. Lopata's 23\u00a0yard field goal cut the lead to 21\u201310. The Irish then answered with an 87-yard touchdown drive, highlighted by a 60-yard pass from Clausen to Tate, who broke three tackles before being caught at the 25\u00a0yard line. Robert Hughes scored his second rushing touchdown of the day, a 1-yard run to make it 28\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nIrish linebacker Brian Smith also returned a fumble 35\u00a0yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to put the game away. Notre Dame didn't come away completely unscathed, however, as coach Charlie Weis was knocked over on the sideline by defensive end John Ryan, who was being run out of bounds. Weis spent the remainder of the game on crutches with his left leg wrapped. It was determined during halftime that Weis had torn his ACL and his MCL. Coach Lou Holtz and the 1988 National Title team were also honored, with a statue of Coach Holtz unveiled outside of the stadium before the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nNotre Dame improved to 3\u20131, matching its win total from a year ago with a 38\u201321 victory over Purdue. Jimmy Clausen threw for a career-high 275 yards and three touchdowns and Notre Dame running backs ran for 201 yards. The Irish offense improved on the 16 rushing yards gained against MSU, with starting running back Armando Allen Jr. running for a career-best 134 yards and a touchdown against the Boilermakers. After Purdue took a 7\u20130 lead on a Kory Sheets run, freshman cornerback Robert J. Blanton started the Irish scoring on a 47-yard interception return for a touchdown. Purdue answered back when Aaron Valentin scored on a 3-yard pass from Curtis Painter to make it 14\u20137. Jimmy Clausen threw his first touchdown pass to Golden Tate to tie it 14\u201314 heading into half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nThe Irish, who hadn't scored in the third quarter in their first three games, scored on their first two possessions of the second half to open a 28\u201314 lead. The Boilermakers cut the lead to 28\u201321 four plays later when Painter threw a pass that Desmond Tardy caught at the Notre Dame 30 and raced up the left sideline for a touchdown. The Irish answered immediately, however, when Clausen threw a 30-yard TD pass to captain David Grimes on a fourth-and-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nFreshman wide receiver Michael Floyd added six catches for 100 yards and freshman tight end Kyle Rudolph also had a touchdown catch. The Boilermakers fell to 1\u201315 at Notre Dame Stadium since 1976. The loss also left Purdue coach Joe Tiller, who is retiring after the season, with a 5\u20137 record against the Irish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nNotre Dame got off to a quick start against Stanford, scoring 3 touchdowns in the first half to hold on to beat Stanford 28\u201321. Jimmy Clausen threw for a career-high 347 yards, completing 73% of his passes and three touchdown passes and leading Notre Dame to its seventh straight win over the Cardinal. Stanford, however, made a game of it, scoring twice in the fourth quarter to cut Notre Dame's lead to 7. Cardinal quarterback Tavita Pritchard threw a 1-yard pass to Jim Dray and a 10-yard TD pass to Doug Baldwin with 6 minutes left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThe Cardinal got the ball back on their own 2-yard line with 3:34 left, but could not mount a drive. They had one last chance with 8 seconds left, but fumbled the ball and defensive end Pat Kuntz recovered to end the game. Kuntz also had an interception and two sacks in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nFreshman and Sophomores again accounted for all of Notre Dame's scoring, highlighted by a second straight 100 -yard game by Michael Floyd, who had 5 catches for 115 yards and a 48-yard touchdown catch. Sophomore running back Armando Allen amassed 153 total yards, including scoring a 3-yard rushing touchdown and a 21-yard touchdown pass from Clausen. Freshman tight end Kyle Rudolph also had 5 catches for 70 yards and a touchdown. Running back Toby Gerhart had a great day running the ball for the Cardinal, compiling 104 yards on 13 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nTavita Pritchard, however, turned the ball over 3 times, throwing interceptions to Notre Dame safeties David Bruton and Kyle McCarthy in addition to Kuntz. Before the game, Stanford offensive lineman Chris Marinelli made some controversial comments about Notre Dame (which he later apologized for), saying that \"I hate it, playing [Notre Dame] up there. The field, excuse my language, the field sucks. The stadium sucks. I think the area sucks.\" Stanford has not won at Notre Dame stadium since 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Washington\nJames Aldridge ran for 84 yards and a career-high 2 touchdowns to help the Irish defeat Ty Willingham's winless Huskies 33\u20137. The Irish, coming off a bye week, scored touchdowns on their first two possessions of the game. On the third play from scrimmage, Jimmy Clausen connected with Michael Floyd for a 51-yard touchdown. On Notre Dame's next series, Golden Tate capped off a 9 play drive with a 21-yard rushing touchdown, the first of his career. Clausen completed 14 of 26 passes for 201 yards and interception in addition to his touchdown to Floyd. Clausen missed on 10 of his first 16 passes against a team ranked last in the nation in pass efficiency defense. Notre Dame had no problem creating offense, though, outgaining UW 238 yards to 38 yards in the first half and leading 17\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 863]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Washington\nOn the first offensive series of the third quarter, the Irish turned to Aldridge, who scored the first of his two touchdowns to put Notre Dame up 24\u20130. Aldridge led a running back corps that gained 252 yards on the ground. Notre Dame also relied on a stout defense, which held Washington to 124 yards of offense after allowing an average of 368 yards on the season. Washington did not cross midfield until the 6:05 mark in the fourth quarter against ND\u2019s second string defense. Huskie quarterback Ronnie Fouch connected with D'Andre Goodwin for a 6-yard touchdown with four minutes left in the game to avoid UW\u2019s first shutout loss at Husky Stadium since 1976 (a 7\u20130 loss against Cal).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Washington\nNotre Dame\u2019s defeat dropped Willingham to 11\u201332 in three-plus seasons at Washington. It was announced the next day that UW would not be renewing Willingham\u2019s contract at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nIn what became the longest game in Notre Dame Stadium history, the Irish came up short against the Panthers, losing 36\u201333 in quadruple overtime. The game looked to be a defensive struggle early, with the game tied at 3\u20133 with a little over four minutes remaining before half time. Late in the second quarter on 3rd down and 12, Golden Tate made a 47-yard catch of a tipped ball to get the Irish offense to the Pitt 32-yard line. Jimmy Clausen hit Michael Floyd 4 plays later to put the Irish up 10\u20133. With 1:27 left, Panthers quarterback Pat Bostick threw the first of his three interceptions on the day; a 43-yard interception return by Raeshon McNeil. Clausen hit Floyd again for an Irish touchdown with :04 remaining, putting ND up 17\u20133 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nDespite the Irish's offensive spark in the second quarter, the Panthers held Notre Dame to a mere 7 yards in the third quarter. The Panthers also answered the call on offense scoring 14 unanswered points to tie the game at 17\u201317. After the second Panther score, Notre Dame's offense came alive again, driving 75 yards in 12 plays and culminating in a third Clausen touchdown, this time to Golden Tate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nThe late drive by Notre Dame was for nought, however, as Pitt forced overtime when they tied the score at 24 with 2:22 left on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Bostick to Jonathan Baldwin on fourth-and-6. The Panthers ran the same play three straight times before Bostick beat Irish cornerback McNeil for the score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nNeither team could get into the end zone in overtime, and Pitt's Connor Lee won the kicking contest. Notre Dame's kicker, Brandon Walker, who started the season by making just 1-of-7 field goals, made his first four attempts to run his consecutive made field goal streak to seven. But his 38-yard attempt narrowly missed wide left in the fourth overtime, giving Pitt the chance kick the winning field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nIn the defeat, Notre Dame's Michael Floyd broke the record for catches by a Notre Dame freshman, with 10 catches for 100 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Hawaii Bowl\nNotre Dame beat Hawaii 49\u201321 in its first bowl victory since the Irish defeated Texas A&M in the 1994 Cotton Bowl Classic to end the 1993 season. Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen broke school bowl game records after passing for 401 yards and five touchdowns, and his 84.6% completion rate was the second-best completion percentage for any player in any bowl game in NCAA history. Wide receiver Golden Tate also set Irish bowl records upon catching for 177 yards and three touchdowns. Both players were named co-MVPs of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Hawaii Bowl\nIn all, Notre Dame broke 9 bowl records in the victory. In addition to Clausen and Tate's record day, Notre Dame set bowl records in total offense (481 yards), scoring (49 points), and longest kick return (96 yards by Allen). Clausen's 69-yard connection to Tate is also a new record. The defense also had a good day for the Irish, registering 8 sacks and an interception. The victory also ties the 1978 Cotton Bowl Classic for Notre Dame's largest margin of victory in a bowl game at 28 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Post season, Awards\nFreshman Tight End Kyle Rudolph would earn Freshman All-America First-Team honors for his play as the starting tight end from Sporting News, CollegeFootballNews.com and Phil Steele. Rudolph set freshman school records for receptions and receiving yards logging 25 receptions for 262 yards and two touchdowns. Freshman Receiver Michael Floyd also earned all-freshman second-team honors from Sporting News, CollegeFootballNews.com, Rivals.com and Phil Steele. Offensive guard Trevor Robinson was named to the All-Freshman second team by CollegeFootballNews.com, while wide receiver Golden Tate was a sophomore honorable mention selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198069-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Post season, NFL Draft\nDavid Bruton was the only player drafted from the team, going in the fourth round to the Denver Broncos as the 114th pick overall. Five more players would sign quickly after the draft, including David Grimes with Broncos, Pat Kuntz with the Colts, Terrail Lambert with the 49ers, and fullback Asaph Schwapp and offensive lineman Mike Turkovich with the Cowboys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198070-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nottingham Open\nThe 2008 Nottingham Open (also known as the Slazenger Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 19th edition of the Nottingham Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Nottingham Tennis Centre in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, from 16 June through 21 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198070-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nottingham Open\nThe singles field was led by ATP No. 16, Rome Masters semifinalist and San Jose finalist Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, Munich semifinalist Paul-Henri Mathieu, and Hamburg Masters quarterfinalist Fernando Verdasco. Among other players competing were Queen's Club quarterfinalist and Nottingham defending champion Ivo Karlovi\u0107, Casablanca titlist Gilles Simon, Dmitry Tursunov, Andreas Seppi and Ga\u00ebl Monfils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198070-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nottingham Open, Tursunov's expulsion\nRussian sixth seed Dmitry Tursunov was expelled from the tournament by the ATP after he stormed off the court in his doubles' first round match, dismayed at a decision from the line judge, as Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi led him and partner Chris Haggard 6\u20134, 3\u20131. While Tursunov was expected to receive a fine, the ATP decided to deliver a more severe punishment, withdrawing him from the singles event. His scheduled second round opponent, Thomas Johansson, was given a walkover into the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198070-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nottingham Open, Finals, Doubles\nBruno Soares /  Kevin Ullyett defeated  Jeff Coetzee /  Jamie Murray, 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20135)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198071-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nottingham Open \u2013 Doubles\nEric Butorac and Jamie Murray were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Butorac partnered with Bobby Reynolds, but lost in the first round to Murray and partner Jeff Coetzee. Murray partnered with Jeff Coetzee, but Bruno Soares and Kevin Ullyett defeated them 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20135), in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198072-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nottingham Open \u2013 Singles\nIvo Karlovi\u0107 was the defending champion, and won in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20137(4\u20137), 7\u20136(10\u20138), against Fernando Verdasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198073-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nova Scotia municipal elections\nMunicipal elections were held across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 18, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198074-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Novak Djokovic tennis season\nThe 2008 Novak Djokovic tennis season officially commenced on January 14 with the start of the 2008 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198074-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Grand Slam performances, Australian Open\nNovak Djokovic defeated unseeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20132) to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the Australian Open. It was the first Grand Slam title of Djokovic's career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 91], "content_span": [92, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198074-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary, Grand Slam performances, Australian Open\nDjokovic became the first Serbian player to win a Grand Slam men's singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 91], "content_span": [92, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198074-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Novak Djokovic tennis season, All matches\nThis table lists all the matches of Djokovic this year, including walkovers (W/O)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election\nThe 2008 Nunavut General Election was held on October 27, 2008, to return members to the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. The election was contested across 15 of Nunavut's 19 electoral districts under the first past the post system of voting. Due to local circumstances, the election was delayed in two districts, and two districts did not hold elections as their incumbent MLAs faced no opposition and were acclaimed back into office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election\nTen of the 15 seats went to first-time MLAs, four of whom defeated incumbents. Premier Paul Okalik and Finance Minister Louis Tapardjuk were the only two cabinet ministers to keep their seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election\nThe political system in Nunavut is not organized along political party lines, but instead uses a consensus government model in which the Executive Council of Nunavut is selected by the members of the Legislative Assembly at the Nunavut Leadership Forum. At the 2008 forum, held on November 14, 2008, Eva Aariak was selected as the new Premier of Nunavut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, Pre-election\nThe election was proposed by Premier Paul Okalik on March 14, 2008. The writ period under Nunavut law may last as long as thirty five days, so the earliest date the election could have begun was September 22, 2008. Prior to the official announcement the election had been widely speculated going back to late 2007, as the Premier had been openly talking about going to the polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, Pre-election, Federal election\nA portion of the writ period occurred during the 2008 Canadian federal election. This is a rare occurrence as elections on the federal and provincial, territorial level in Canada are usually timed to avoid such occurrences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, Pre-election, Federal election\nThe last example of a concurrent federal and provincial election was the 1979 BC election and the 1979 Federal election. The voting date for those two elections was only 12 days apart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, Pre-election, Election infrastructure\nSandy Kusugak, the chief electoral officer for Elections Nunavut, announced at a press conference on June 4, 2008 that Nunavut will begin voting on October 13, 2008 with special ballots being made available at returning officers. Provisions are also being established to allow paperless voting by radio and satellite phone from very remote locations. On October 20, 2008 Elections Nunavut will conduct mobile polling visiting the homes of elders and people confined to their homes by disability or house arrest. Absentee ballots for students and inmates living or incarcerated outside of the territory will be made available by registration beginning on September 22, 2008. Official advanced polling will take place on October 20, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, Pre-election, Issues\nPrior to the election in the last sitting of the Assembly, members debated tightening up eligibility requirements for preventing persons convicted of criminal offences. The MLAs decided not to change any of the election regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, Pre-election, Issues\nA big pre-election issue in the capital city of Iqaluit developed over Inuksuk High School. The government has been debating whether to build a new high school or do a complete renovation on the existing building.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, Election results\nNominations for candidates to file closed on September 26, 2008. There were two candidates acclaimed among the initial 46 candidates running. Both candidates acclaimed were seasoned incumbents. Tagak Curley was acclaimed to the riding of Rankin Inlet North for the second straight election. Incumbent Keith Peterson won his second term in office after his acclamation in the Cambridge Bay electoral district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, By-elections\nDue to local circumstances, the election was delayed in two districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, By-elections, South Baffin\nIn the district of South Baffin, there were no candidates who filed by nomination day. The original writs were returned to the Commissioner and reissued for a new election to be held on November 3, 2008. The lack of candidates on election day surprised the constituency, causing former incumbent Olayuk Akesuk to muse about coming out of retirement for another term if no one else wanted to step forward. Four new candidates came forward to file nomination papers by the new nomination deadline on October 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, By-elections, Akulliq\nFormer Member of Parliament and Nunavut MLA Jack Anawak attempted to file nomination papers to run for election in the electoral district of Akulliq. Chief Electoral Officer Sandy Kusugak ruled that Anawak was not eligible to run for office as he had a mailing address outside of Nunavut. Anawak took Elections Nunavut to court. The judge however ruled in favour of the decision by Kusugak that Anawak had not met the twelve month resident requirement, but under the Elections Act Kusugak was required to cancel the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, By-elections, Akulliq\nAlthough the judge ruled in favour of Kusugak's disqualification under the residency rule, Anawak's constitutional challenge was allowed to go ahead. Anawak had argued that the one-year residency rule was in violation of his charter rights. However, judge Johnson ruled that the rule did not discriminate against Anawak as an Inuk. The election was rescheduled for December 15, with nominations being open until November 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, By-elections, Akulliq\nAll of the original candidates, with the exception of Anawak, refiled for the by-election, as did one new candidate, Helena Malliki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198075-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Nunavut general election, By-elections, Akulliq\nIn the initial results, former MLA John Ningark defeated incumbent MLA Steve Mapsalak by a margin of just two votes. A judicial recount was conducted, but resulted in Ningark and Mapsalak each receiving exactly 157 votes, thus forcing a second by-election. The revote was held on March 2, 2009, and Ningark won by a margin of 193 to 179 for Mapsalak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198076-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election\nElections to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from Labour. This was the first time that the British National Party had fielded candidates in the Borough for election to the Borough Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198077-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superbike World Championship round was the seventh round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of June 13\u201315, 2008, at the N\u00fcrburgring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198078-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superleague Formula round\nThe 2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superleague Formula round was the second round of the inaugural Superleague Formula championship, with the races taking place on September 21, 2008. Eighteen football teams were represented on the grid, one more than at the opening round at Donington Park, with the introduction of the car representing Atl\u00e9tico Madrid driven by Andy Soucek. Other driver changes saw debuts for James Walker (replacing Ryan Dalziel in the Rangers F.C. car) and Ant\u00f4nio Pizzonia (replacing Soucek in the SC Corinthians car - with the Spaniard moving to the new Atl\u00e9tico Madrid car as mentioned above). The meeting saw wins for A.C. Milan and PSV Eindhoven, while Beijing Guoan extended their championship lead to 24 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198078-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superleague Formula round, Report, Qualifying\nAfter the random draw which split the eighteen-car field into two groups, the fastest four qualifiers from each progressed into the knockout stages to decide places 1 to 8 on the grid. For the second race in succession, two drivers missed out on places in the knockout stages, despite setting a faster time than the fourth-placed qualifier in the slower group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198078-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superleague Formula round, Report, Qualifying\nOn this occasion, Group A was the faster group, and saw Olympiacos CFP (Kasper Andersen) and for the second time Borussia Dortmund (Nelson Philippe) miss out on qualifying for the knockout stages, despite recording a time nearly two tenths of a second faster than fourth-placed Group B qualifier CR Flamengo (Tuka Rocha). Having qualified fastest in their respective groups, FC Basel 1893 (Max Wissel) and A.C. Milan (Robert Doornbos) were expected to meet in the final, but Wissel was eliminated by Galatasaray S.K. (Alessandro Pier Guidi) in the semi-final stage, after the German didn't set a time. This semi-final was also the end of the Turkish side's participation in the session, as Pier Guidi had run out of fuel in his machine, thus handing Superleague's second pole to Milan by default.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 859]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198078-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nThe race began with a rolling start, just like at Donington but this race saw the introduction of pitstops to the Superleague fray. From the start, the A.C. Milan car of Robert Doornbos got a fantastic jump and would leave Alessandro Pier Guidi's Galatasaray S.K. car behind to battle with the cars of Ant\u00f4nio Pizzonia (SC Corinthians) and Craig Dolby (R.S.C. Anderlecht). Dolby held second for a few yards before Pizzonia took second into turn one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198078-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nPizzonia would close up rapidly to the back of Doornbos' car, nearly colliding at some points of the circuit and he led the chasers by a couple of seconds. Following them was the Borussia Dortmund car of Nelson Philippe and the FC Basel 1893 car of home driver Max Wissel. Philippe's stay in fifth was short-lived however, as an engine failure on lap three forced him to retire from the race and would not return to the track for the rest of the meeting. Doornbos began to pull away from his challengers by the time of the pitstops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198078-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nFor the pitstops, only two mechanics per wheel are allowed. Pier Guidi was the first to pit, removing his fairly well worn set of boots off the car, with Dolby, Doornbos and the others bar Pizzonia and Yelmer Buurman's PSV Eindhoven car pitting around half-distance. When Buurman did make his stop, he stalled as he was exiting losing valuable time. He would end up 10th, with the only consolation being a fastest lap of the race. Pizzonia had an equally fraught pitstop, losing half a minute with a stall and would go on to finish 7th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198078-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nWhen all the dramas had calmed down, Doornbos held on to win by 6.631 seconds from Dolby with Pier Guidi capitalising on the errors by others to take the final podium spot. Debutant James Walker finished fourth for gers F.C. having started on row six, followed by championship leader Davide Rigon (Beijing Guoan), fellow Donington winner Borja Garc\u00eda (Sevilla FC), Pizzonia, Tristan Gommendy's F.C. Porto machine, Wissel, Buurman and Andreas Zuber completed the finishers for Al Ain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198078-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nFollowing their first race retirement, A.S. Roma (Enrico Toccacelo) was on pole for the reverse grid race. Toccacelo led away, with the Liverpool F.C. car of Adri\u00e1n Vall\u00e9s tucking into second place behind the Italian, at the expense of Tuka Rocha in the CR Flamengo machine. His race would be concluded early along with Kasper Andersen (Olympiacos CFP) in a final-corner incident on lap one. Another first lap retiree was Duncan Tappy in Tottenham Hotspur's car having been hit by Zuber at the opening hairpin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198078-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nAgain, there was drama in the pitstops with race leader Toccacelo narrowly avoiding a stray wheel from the car of Walker. Walker would also cause the series' first safety car period when he spun in the Mercedes Arena. From the restart, Toccacelo led away from Buurman, Dolby and Rigon. However, a box of neutrals exiting the opening hairpin saw those three pass the unlucky Italian driver. It would finish in that order, with Buurman holding off Dolby by 0.611 seconds. Gommendy would finish 5th followed home by Doornbos, Pier Guidi, Garc\u00eda, Andy Soucek (Atl\u00e9tico Madrid), Pizzonia and again, Zuber completed the finishers. In the championship, Beijing Guoan extended their lead to 24 points over PSV Eindhoven with Sevilla a further seven points behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198078-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 N\u00fcrburgring Superleague Formula round, Results, Qualifying, Grid\n* - Flamengo were given a ten-place grid penalty for disobeying flags.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198079-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 O'Byrne Cup\nThe 2008 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. Last years winners of the O'Byrne Cup were Dublin. The first game was between defending champions Dublin and Wicklow, Dublin won the game comfortably.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198079-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 O'Byrne Cup, O'Byrne Cup, First round\nThe eight winning teams from the first round of the O'Byrne Cup go on to qualify for the quarter finals of the tournament. The losers of the first round go on to the O'Byrne Shield quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198079-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 O'Byrne Cup, O'Byrne Shield\nThe 8 losing first round competitors of the O'Byrne Cup went on to contest the O'Byrne shield. The final of the Shield was postponed from its original date of 9 February 2008, due to a family bereavement of one of the players, and a National Football League match between the two teams doubled as the O'Byrne Shield final. This game ended in a draw, and the decision was taken not to have a replay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198080-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Champions League Final\nThe final of the 2007\u201308 OFC Champions League was played between Waitakere United of New Zealand and Kossa FC of the Solomon Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198080-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Champions League Final\nThe first leg was played in the Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands on the April 26, 2008. The home team won 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198080-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Champions League Final\nThe second leg was played in the Trusts Stadium, Waitakere City, New Zealand on the May 11, 2008. Waitakere United won 5\u20130, 6\u20133 on aggregate and advanced to the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198080-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Champions League Final, First Match\nReferee: Rakesh VarmanAssistant referees: Andrew Achari Mahit ChiliaFourth official: Lencie Fred", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198080-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Champions League Final, Second Match\nReferee: Benjamin WilliamsAssistant referees: Tevita Makasini Michael JosephFourth official: Norbert Hauata", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198081-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament\nThe 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament functioned as the qualifying tournament to the association football competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament consisted of a single round-robin tournament played in Fiji from 1 March to 9 March 2008. New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198082-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Nations Cup\nThe 2008 OFC Nations Cup was the eighth edition of the OFC Nations Cup, and the first under a new format that was introduced. It took place as a series of as a home-and-away round-robin tournament on FIFA match dates in 2007 and 2008. Doubling as the qualification tournament for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the tournament was substantially different from earlier editions: 2004 champions Australia did not compete after leaving the Oceania Football Confederation for the Asian Football Confederation, and for the first time since the 1996 OFC Nations Cup, no fixed venue was used. Unlike the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, which had featured six teams from the Oceania Football Confederation, the 2008 tournament had just four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198082-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Nations Cup\nThe Cup was won by New Zealand, who as a result qualified for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, and the World Cup qualifying play-off with the AFC 5th-placed team, Bahrain, in which New Zealand were successful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198082-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Nations Cup, Participating teams\nThe four qualified teams for the 2008 OFC Nations Cup were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198082-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Nations Cup, Goalscorers\nThere were 39 goals scored in 12 games, for an average of 3.25 goals per game. Players in bold advanced to the next round in qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198083-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Nations Cup squads\nThe following is a list of players used by each competing nation during the entirety of the 2008 OFC Nations Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198084-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC U-20 Championship\nThe 2008 OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament was held in Papeete, Tahiti. The tournament was won by hosts Tahiti after their final win against Fiji and a 2\u20132 draw between New Caledonia and New Zealand which prevented either team from qualification and was the first tournament since 1974 to be won by a nation that was not Australia or New Zealand. As champions, Tahiti qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198085-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC U-20 Championship squads\nTeams from New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia and Tahiti played in the Oceania Football Confederation under-20 tournament in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198086-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament\nThe second OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2008 determined the Oceania Football Confederation's berth for the  2008 Beijing Olympic football tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198086-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, First stage\nNine women's teams participated in the first stage, held as the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa. from August 25 to September 7. The winning team, Papua New Guinea, progressed to the second round to play New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198086-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Second stage\nThe second stage was a play-off between New Zealand and the stage 1 winner. It was apparently planned as a two match play-off, but was eventually played over just one game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198086-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Second stage\nNew Zealand won the match 2\u20130 and progressed to the Beijing Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198087-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Athletics season\nThe Oakland Athletics' 2008 season marked their 40th year in Oakland, California. It was also the 108th season in franchise history. The team finished third in the American League West with a record of 75-86.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198087-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Athletics season\nThe Athletics were not expected to contend for the American League West title in 2008. Despite this, the team remained near first place well into July. The Athletics fortunes peaked on July 11, when a 9-2 rout of the Angels allowed them to pull within four games of first place. The team then lost 44 of its 68 remaining games. The slide saw the Athletics finish 24.5 games behind the Angels, who clinched the division for a second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198087-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Athletics season\nThe Athletics struggled at the plate for most of the season. Particularly troubling was the team's lack of power hitting; apart from Jack Cust, who hit 33 home runs, no Athletic hit more than 13. Oakland ultimately finished 11th (out of 14 American League teams) in this category. All told, the Athletics scored fewer runs (646) than any other American League team in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198087-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Athletics season, Off-season, Potential free agents\nOutfielder Jeff DaVanon, catcher Mike Piazza and outfielder Shannon Stewart all filed for free agency after the 2007 season. DaVanon was signed to a minor league contract by the Athletics on August 10, 2007, after being let go by the Arizona Diamondbacks less than week later. His contract was purchased on August 17, following an injury to Mark Kotsay, who was plagued with injuries in 2007. He posted a .238 batting average and no home runs in 26 games for the Athletics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198087-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Oakland Athletics season, Off-season, Potential free agents\nPiazza was signed in the previous offseason to a one-year contract which began Piazza's career as a designated hitter. In early May, Piazza was placed on the disabled list after suffering an injury while sliding into third base against the Boston Red Sox. Piazza was activated from the disabled list on July 20 but saw limited action after that as Jack Cust, who the Athletics brought in as a replacement, put on a big show once he joined the team. Piazza played in a total of 83 games in 2007 and batted .275 with 8 home runs. Stewart was also signed in the previous offseason to a one-year contract after missing most of the 2006 season. Stewart played in 146 games in 2007 and led the team in batting average (.290).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198087-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Athletics season, Regular season, Season summary, March\nThe Athletics opened the regular season on March 25 in Japan and faced the Boston Red Sox there. Before the opener, the Athletics placed starting pitcher Chad Gaudin and third baseman Eric Chavez on the 15-day disabled list and placed relief pitcher Kiko Calero on the 60-day disabled list. The Athletics were allowed to carry 25 players plus three extra inactive players in case of injury. The three extra players were pitchers Justin Duchscherer and Dana Eveland along with outfielder Carlos Gonz\u00e1lez. The Athletics opened with ten pitchers, two catchers, seven infielders, five outfielders, and one designated hitter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198087-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Oakland Athletics season, Regular season, Season summary, March\nThe pitchers were Joe Blanton, Dallas Braden, Andrew Brown, Santiago Casilla, Lenny DiNardo, Alan Embree, Keith Foulke, Rich Harden, Fernando Hern\u00e1ndez and Huston Street. Rob Bowen and Kurt Suzuki were the two catchers while Daric Barton, Bobby Crosby, Mark Ellis, Jack Hannahan, Dan Johnson, Donnie Murphy and Mike Sweeney were the seven infielders. The five outfielders were Emil Brown, Travis Buck, Chris Denorfia, Jeff Fiorentino and Ryan Sweeney, while Jack Cust was the designated hitter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198087-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Athletics season, Regular season, Season summary, March\nJoe Blanton got the nod to start the first game. The game went into extra innings and the Athletics lost 6\u20135 in 10. Emil Brown made a costly baserunning error in the 10th, which possibly cost the Athletics the game. Rich Harden started the second game of the two-game series and led the Athletics to a 5\u20131 win over the Red Sox after pitching six strong innings while giving up one run on three hits and also struck out nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198087-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games Played; AB = At bats; R = Runs Scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; OBP = On-Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198087-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games Played; GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season\nThe 2008 Oakland Raiders season was the 49th overall season of the Oakland Raiders franchise, the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League, their 14th season since their return to Oakland and the 2nd and final season under head coach Lane Kiffin. The Raiders improved upon their 4\u201312 record from 2007. This was also the first time in four seasons that the team did not play both contestants from the previous Super Bowl, playing the New England Patriots, but not the New York Giants. This was also the first time in five seasons the club did not finish 4th in their division but stood alone at third instead (they shared the spot with the Kansas City Chiefs the previous season).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe Raiders began their 2008 campaign at home against their AFC West rival, the Denver Broncos, in the second game of Monday Night Football's doubleheader. In the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Broncos QB Jay Cutler completed a 26-yard TD pass to WR Eddie Royal. In the second quarter, the Raiders continued to trail as kicker Matt Prater got a 26-yard field goal, while FB Michael Pittman got a 3-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Oakland got even more black and blue as Cutler completed a 48-yard TD pass to WR Darrell Jackson, while Prater nailed a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders finally got on the board as QB JaMarcus Russell completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Ashley Lelie. Denver ended its rout with RB Selvin Young's 5-yard TD run and Pittman's 1-yard TD run. Oakland would close the game with Russell's 4-yard TD pass to WR Ronald Curry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos\nWith the dismal loss, the Raiders began their season at 0\u20131 for the sixth straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Kansas City Chiefs\nHoping to rebound from their horrendous home loss to the Broncos, the Raiders flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 2 AFC West showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, Oakland came out punching as kicker Sebastian Janikowski nailed a 56-yard and a 25-yard field goal. After a scoreless second quarter, rookie RB Darren McFadden picked up his first-ever career touchdown in the third quarter on a 19-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders increased its lead with Janikowski getting a 40-yard field goal. The Chiefs would respond with their only score of the game as QB Tyler Thigpen completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez (along with a two-point conversion pass to fullback Mike Cox). Oakland would close out the game with rookie RB Michael Bush getting a 32-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 888]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Kansas City Chiefs\nDarren McFadden (21 carries for 164 yards and a touchdown) would become the first rookie Raider to run for 100 yards since Bo Jackson in 1987. Also, the Raiders' combined rushing attack would reach 300 yards for the first time since November 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThe defense's improvement from Week 1 showed, as they limited Kansas City to 8 points, which is the lowest that Oakland ever allowed since December 28, 2002 (0 points allowed, also against Kansas City).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Buffalo Bills\nHoping to build off their divisional road win over the Chiefs, the Raiders flew to Ralph Wilson Stadium for a Week 3 duel with the Buffalo Bills. In the first quarter, Oakland got the early lead with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 23-yard and a 35-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Bills responded with RB Marshawn Lynch getting a 14-yard TD run. The Raiders would end the half with Janikowski kicking a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Buffalo Bills\nIn the third quarter, the Raiders increased its lead with QB JaMarcus Russell getting a 1-yard TD run. However, in the fourth quarter, Buffalo started to rally as Lynch got a 3-yard TD run. Oakland would respond as Russell completed an 84-yard TD pass to WR Johnnie Lee Higgins, yet the Bills got near as QB Trent Edwards completed a 14-yard TD pass to WR Roscoe Parrish. Later, Buffalo completed its rally as kicker Rian Lindell nailed the game-winning 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Buffalo Bills\nAfter the game, Chris Mortensen of ESPN and Jay Glazer of Fox Sports both erroneously reported that Lane Kiffin would be fired the following Monday; this turned out not to be the case, as Kiffin was coaching the team during Week 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. San Diego Chargers\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Bills, the Raiders went home for a Week 4 AFC West duel with the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Oakland struck first as kicker Sebastian Janikowski got a 22-yard goal, with Safety Gibril Wilson sacking Chargers QB Philip Rivers in his endzone for a safety. In the second quarter, the Raiders increased their lead with QB JaMarcus Russell completing a 63-yard TD pass to TE Zach Miller, along with Janikowski kicking a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 83], "content_span": [84, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. San Diego Chargers\nJust prior to halftime, Janikowski attempted to kick a 76-yard field goal, a full 13 yards longer than the NFL record and seven yards longer than the record at any level of gridiron football. Predictably, the kick fell well short, not even reaching the end zone (much less the goal posts), and the ball was picked up by Chargers cornerback Antonio Cromartie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 83], "content_span": [84, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, the Chargers got on the board with kicker Nate Kaeding's 28-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, San Diego took the lead with Rivers' 9-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates and RB LaDainian Tomlinson's 13-yard TD run (along with a successful 2-point conversion pass from Rivers to RB Darren Sproles). Oakland tried to prevent another collapse as Janikowski got a 32-yard field goal. However, the Chargers sealed the win with Kaeding nailing a 47-yard field goal and Tomlinson getting a 41-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 83], "content_span": [84, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. San Diego Chargers\nWith the loss, the Raiders went into their bye week at 1\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 83], "content_span": [84, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. San Diego Chargers\nThe following Tuesday, Lane Kiffin was officially fired as head coach and was replaced by offensive line coach Tom Cable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 83], "content_span": [84, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 6: at New Orleans Saints\nComing off their bye week, the Raiders flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 6 interconference duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Oakland struck first as kicker Sebastian Janikowski got a 24-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Saints took the lead as RB Reggie Bush got a 3-yard TD run, along with kicker Taylor Mehlhaff getting a 44-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Saints increased their lead as QB Drew Brees completed an 8-yard TD pass to RB Aaron Stecker and a 15-yard TD pass to Bush. In the fourth quarter, New Orleans closed the game out with Mehlhaff nailing a 33-yard field goal, along with Brees completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Mark Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. New York Jets\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Saints, the Raiders went home for a Week 7 duel with the New York Jets. In the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Jets kicker Jay Feely got a 40-yard field goal. The Raiders responded with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 29-yard field goal. After a scoreless second quarter, Oakland took the lead as QB JaMarcus Russell completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Javon Walker. In the fourth quarter, New York tied the game as RB Leon Washington got an 11-yard TD run. The Raiders answered with Janikowski making a 37-yard field goal. The Jets would send the game into overtime as Feely got a 52-yard field goal. In overtime, the Silver & Black prevailed as Janikowski nailed the game-winning 57-yard field goal (a franchise record).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 859]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 8: at Baltimore Ravens\nComing off their overtime win over the Jets, the Raiders flew to M&T Bank Stadium for a Week 8 duel with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as QB JaMarcus Russell was sacked by LB Jameel McClain in his own endzone for a safety. In the second quarter, the Raiders continued to struggle as Ravens RB Willis McGahee got a 1-yard TD run, while QB Joe Flacco completed a 70-yard TD pass to WR Demetrius Williams. The Ravens closed out the half with kicker Matt Stover getting a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 8: at Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, Oakland got on the board as kicker Sebastian Janikowski got a 22-yard field goal. Baltimore would respond with Stover nailing a 30-yard field goal, yet the Raiders answered with Russell completing a 2-yard TD pass to FB Justin Griffith. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens pulled away as Flacco got a 12-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Ravens, the Raiders went home for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Falcons QB Matt Ryan completed a 37-yard TD pass to WR Michael Jenkins, while RB Jerious Norwood got a 12-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Raiders' struggles continued as Ryan hooked up with Jenkins again on a 27-yard TD pass, while kicker Jason Elam nailed a 48-yard field goal. From then on out, Atlanta would prevent Oakland from getting any kind of positive drive going and the Raiders fell to 2\u20136 with the shutout loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nIn the loss, Oakland was held to 77 total yards of offense (fewest since 1961), three first downs (tied for the NFL's 3rd fewest since 1970), and 14:45 time of possession (2nd lowest since 1991).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Carolina Panthers\nHoping to rebound from their shutout loss to the Falcons, the Raiders stayed at home for a Week 10 interconference duel with the Carolina Panthers. With QB JaMarcus Russell recover from an injury, back-up QB Andrew Walter was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 83], "content_span": [84, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Carolina Panthers\nIn the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Panthers QB Jake Delhomme completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Muhsin Muhammad. In the second quarter, the Raiders continued to trail as RB DeAngelo Williams got a 69-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Oakland got on the board with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 38-yard and a 45-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Carolina sealed the win with kicker John Kasay nailing a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 83], "content_span": [84, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Carolina Panthers\nWith the loss, the Raiders fell to 2\u20137. This was also the Raiders 300th franchise loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 83], "content_span": [84, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Carolina Panthers\nOn a positive note, Janikowski's two field goals helped him surpass George Blanda and become the franchise's all-time career points leader with 865 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 83], "content_span": [84, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Miami Dolphins\nHoping to rebound from their three-game losing streak, the Raiders flew to Dolphin Stadium for a Week 11 duel with the Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Dolphins WR Ted Ginn Jr. got a 40-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Raiders responded with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 21-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Oakland started to catch up as DE Jay Richardson sacked QB Chad Pennington in his own endzone for a safety. Miami would answer with RB Patrick Cobbs getting a 10-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders took the lead as Janikowski got a 37-yard field goal, along with WR Johnnie Lee Higgins returning a punt 93 yards for a touchdown. However, the Dolphins sealed Oakland's fate as kicker Dan Carpenter nailed a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 876]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Denver Broncos\nTrying to snap a four-game losing streak, the Raiders flew to Invesco Field at Mile High for a Week 12 AFC West rematch with the Denver Broncos. After a scoreless first quarter, Oakland drew first blood with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 26-yard field goal. The Broncos would respond with kicker Matt Prater getting a 44-yard field goal. The Raiders would close out the half as WR Johnnie Lee Higgins returned a punt 89 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Denver tied the game with FB Peyton Hillis getting a 6-yard TD run. Oakland would reply with rookie RB Darren McFadden getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders pulled away as QB JaMarcus Russell completed a 4-yard TD pass to former Broncos WR Ashley Lelie, while McFadden got another 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nComing off their upset road win over the Broncos, the Raiders went home for a Week 13 AFC West rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, Oakland struck first as kicker Sebastian Janikowski got a 25-yard field goal. The Chiefs would respond with kicker Connor Barth getting a 38-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Kansas City took the lead as CB Maurice Leggett returned a fumble (who was from a trick play on a field goal attempt) 67 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the third quarter, Oakland responded with RB Justin Fargas getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Chiefs replied with RB Larry Johnson getting a 2-yard TD run, along with Barth making a 27-yard field goal. The Raiders tried to come back as Janikowski nailed a 51-yard field goal, but Kansas City's defense was too much to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. San Diego Chargers\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Chiefs, the Raiders flew to Qualcomm Stadium for a Week 14 AFC West rematch with the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 20-yard field goal, along with RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 3-yard TD run. The Raiders continued to trail as QB Philip Rivers completed an 8-yard TD pass to RB Darren Sproles and a 59-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson, while Kaeding got a 39-yard field goal. Oakland responded with CB Justin Miller returning a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown. After a scoreless third quarter, San Diego pulled away in the fourth quarter as Rivers hooked up with Sproles again on an 18-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. San Diego Chargers\nWith the loss, not only did the Raiders fall to 3\u201310, but they also suffered their sixth-straight 10-loss season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Houston Texans\nHoping to rebound from their loss to the Patriots, the Raiders stayed at home for a Week 16 duel with the Houston Texans. Oakland would get the early lead in the first quarter as quarterback JaMarcus Russell completed a 20-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Chaz Schilens. The Texans would respond with fullback Vonta Leach getting a 1-yard touchdown run, yet the Raiders would answer with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 33-yard and a 30-yard field goal. Houston would tie the game in the second quarter with kicker Kris Brown getting a 53-yard and a 24-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Houston Texans\nOakland would take the lead in the third quarter with wide receiver Johnnie Lee Higgins catching a 29-yard touchdown pass from Russell, followed up by an 80-yard punt return for a touchdown. The Texans tried to rally in the fourth quarter as Brown nailed a 40-yard field goal, yet the Raiders' defense would shut down any possible attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nAfter a scoreless first quarter Oakland scored on a 3-yd TD run by second year running back Michael Bush who finished the game with 27 rushes for 177 yards. After a touchdown by both teams the Bucs scored 17 unanswered points to take a 24\u201314 lead in the fourth quarter but a 12-yd touchdown pass from quarterback JaMarcus Russell to wide receiver Johnnie Lee Higgins and a 67-yard run by running back Michael Bush gave the Raiders a 28\u201324 lead. on the Bucs next drive Jeff Garcia threw an interception to safety Rashad Baker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 85], "content_span": [86, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nAfter a goal line stand by the Bucs defense the Raiders kicked a 25-yd field goal by kicker Sebastian Janikowski to give Oakland a 7-point lead. On the  next drive the first career sack by rookie defensive end Greyson Gunheims ended the game. The Raiders have ended their season on a 2-game winning streak and finish their season with a 5\u201311 record; the best since they also went 5\u201311 in 2004 and the  Raiders knocked the Buccaneers out of Playoff contention. Interim head coach Tom Cable was named permanent head coach February 4, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 85], "content_span": [86, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198088-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nFollowing the conclusion of the 2008 season the Oakland Raiders were identified as the 'Coach Killers' of the NFL. Following losses to the Raiders during the season, Jon Gruden of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Herm Edwards of the Kansas City Chiefs, Eric Mangini of the New York Jets and Mike Shanahan of the Denver Broncos were all let go from their respective programs. Gary Kubiak of the Houston Texans was the only head coach to lose to the Oakland Raiders in the 2008 season and keep his job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 85], "content_span": [86, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198089-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Athletics Championships\nThe 2008 Oceania Athletics Championships was the 9th edition of the Oceania Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the Oceania Athletic Association, in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands in June. Athletes competed at two age categories: Youth (U18) and open senior. New Caledonia competed as part of Oceania for the first time, having competed as a guest nation in past events. The four-day competition took place from 25 to 28 June", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198089-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Athletics Championships, Medal table\nIn medal table counted only events with 3 or more participants:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198090-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Badminton Championships\nThe VI 2008 Oceania Badminton Championships was the 6th edition of the Oceania Badminton Championships. It was held in Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia from 3 to 8 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198090-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Badminton Championships, Medalists, Individual event\nNew Zealand has won four out of five titles in the individual events. The only consolation for Australia was the men's doubles Smith and Warfe, which they won in two sets beating the New Zealand pairing of Henry Tam and Nathan Hannam. The table below gives an overview of the individual event medal winners at the 2008 Oceania Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198090-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Badminton Championships, Medalists, Team Event\nNew Zealand team won the Oceania mixed teams event after lift the Robson Shield tournament. The Men's and Women's team event was the qualifying round of the 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup. New Zealand won the men's and women's team after beat Australia with the score 3-2 in the men's team, and 3-0 in the women's team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198091-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Handball Champions Cup\nThe 2008 Oceania Handball Champions Cup was in New Caledonia 2\u20138 November 2008  with seven teams from five countries competing for the third edition of the Men Oceania Champions Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198091-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Handball Champions Cup\nThe final saw AS Dumbea from New Caledonia finally winning an Oceania Champions Cup over former champions JS Mont Dore. The third place play off saw the Wellington Falcons of New Zealand beat Tahitian side AS Faa'a. A Sydney regional team were fifth and Tahitian side AS Tohieva were sixth. HB Kafika from Wallis and Futuna rounded out the field in seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198092-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Handball Championship\nThe 2008 Oceania Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the Oceania Handball Nations Cup, which took place in Wellington, New Zealand from 7 to 10 April 2008. Entered nations were Australia, Cook Islands, New Caledonia and New Zealand. Although New Caledonia won the tournament, they are ineligible to go to the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship as they are a French colony. Australia won the right to represent Oceania by coming second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198093-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Swimming Championships\nThe 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships were held in New Zealand and featured competition in swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming. It was the 7th Oceania Swimming Championships and second time that New Zealand hosted the event after playing host to the 2000 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198093-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Swimming Championships\nThe open water competitions were held from 3 February to 5 February near Rotorua in Lake Okataina and Lake Rotoma whilst the swimming and synchronized swimming competitions were carried out from 5 June to 8 June in Christchurch at the QEII Leisure Centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198093-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Swimming Championships\nTwelve of the 13 federated members of the Oceania Swimming Association competed with the Northern Mariana Islands the only member not to send any swimmers. Two associate members also attending, bringing the total to 14: the French overseas department New Caledonia and the USA State Hawaii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198093-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Swimming Championships, Medal Tally\nThe ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by a member federation (or associate member) of the Oceania Swimming Association. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. The host country, New Zealand, is highlighted in lavender. The greatest number of medals won in each medal category, gold, silver, bronze, and total, is in boldface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198093-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Swimming Championships, Swimming\nA total of 38 swimming events were contested in a 50-metre pool. To give the smaller island nations a chance against the stronger swimming nations of Australia and New Zealand the championships rules stated that in the individual events only the top two qualifiers from each country progress through to the final with the third fastest swimmer only from those countries with two swimmers qualifying for the \u2018A\u2019 final permitted to swim in the \u2018B\u2019 final. In the relay events it was one medal per country. So, for example, if New Zealand 'A' finishes first, Australia 'A' finishes second, New Zealand 'B' finishes third and New Caledonia finishes fourth, New Caledonia would be awarded the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198093-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Swimming Championships, Records broken\nDuring the 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships, 42 Championship Records (or Meet Records) were set. Multiple Continental and National Records were also set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198094-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships\nThe 2008 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the Oleai Sports Complex in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, between June 25\u201328, 2008. They were held together with the 2008 Oceania Open Championships. A total of 37 events were contested, 19 by boys and 18 by girls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198094-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships, Medal summary\nComplete results can be found on the websites of the Oceania Athletics Association, and of the World Junior Athletics History.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198094-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)\nAn unofficial count yields the number of about 112 athletes from 21 countries:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198095-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship\nThe 2008 OFC Futsal Championship was the fifth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region. It took place in Suva, Fiji from 8 June to 14 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198095-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship\nThe tournament also acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil. The Solomon Islands won the tournament, and qualified for the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198095-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship\nThis was the first OFC Futsal Championship tournament not to include Australia as they left the OFC to join the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198095-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship, Championship\nThe seven participating teams played each on a single round-robin format. The top team of the group, the Solomon Islands, won the championship and got a ticket to 2008 Futsal World Cup in Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198096-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open\nThe 2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition, for men, and 7th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2008 ATP Challenger Series and the 2008 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $100,000, for men, and $50,000, for women, in prize money. It took place in West Vancouver, British Columbia, between July 28 and August 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198096-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198096-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player entered the singles main draw with a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198096-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Champions, Men's doubles\nEric Butorac /  Travis Parrott def. Rik de Voest /  Ashley Fisher, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198096-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Champions, Women's doubles\nCarly Gullickson /  Nicole Kriz def. Christina Fusano /  Junri Namigata, 6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20131, [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198097-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nRik de Voest and Ashley Fisher were the defending champions, but lost in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20133) to tournament winners Eric Butorac and Travis Parrott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198098-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Niemeyer was the defending champion, but lost in second round to Peter Polansky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198098-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nDudi Sela won the title by defeating Kevin Kim 6\u20133, 6\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198099-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nSt\u00e9phanie Dubois and Marie-\u00c8ve Pelletier were the defending champions, but none entered this year as both were competing in Montreal at the same week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198099-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nCarly Gullickson and Nicole Kriz won the title by defeating Christina Fusano and Junri Namigata 6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20131, [10\u20135] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198100-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nAnne Keothavong was the defending champion, but competed in Montreal at the same week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198100-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nUrszula Radwa\u0144ska won the title by defeating Julie Coin 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198101-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Bobcats football team\nThe 2008 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Ohio competed as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Bobcats were led by Frank Solich in his fourth year as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198102-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Ohio Democratic presidential primary took place on March 4, 2008 and was open to anyone requesting a Democratic party ballot. In 2008, any registered Ohio voter could on election day request a primary ballot of either the Democratic or Republican party, by signing an affidavit stating that they supported the principles of the party whose ballot they are obtaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198102-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Democratic presidential primary\nOhio sent 141 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, which were awarded to the candidates proportionally based on the outcome of the election. In addition, Ohio's delegation included 20 unpledged superdelegates not bound by the vote. Hillary Clinton won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198102-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nThe Ohio Democratic Party sent 161 total delegates to the National Convention. Of those delegates, 141 were pledged and 20 unpledged. The 141 pledged delegates were allocated (pledged) to vote for a particular candidate at the National Convention according to the results of Ohio's Democratic primary on March 4, 2008. The 20 unpledged delegates (popularly called \"superdelegates\" because each of their votes represented a personal decision rather than the decision of the voters) were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Ohio Democratic Party's officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198102-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nThe 141 pledged delegates were further divided into 92 district delegates and 49 statewide delegates. The 92 district delegates were divided among Ohio's 18 Congressional Districts and were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the primary results in each District. The 49 statewide delegates were divided into 31 at-large delegates and 18 Party Leaders and Elected Officials (abbreviated PLEO). They were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the primary results statewide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198102-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nOf the 20 unpledged delegates, 18 were selected in advance and 2 were selected at the State Executive Committee meeting on May 10, 2008. The delegates selected in advance were 9 Democratic National Committee members, the 7 Democratic U.S. Representatives from Ohio (including 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, who had suspended his campaign before the Ohio primary), U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, and Governor Ted Strickland. Just before the election, nine of Ohio's 20 superdelegates had endorsed a candidate: five had announced support for Senator Clinton and four had committed to Senator Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198102-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Debate\nClinton and Obama appeared in a televised debate at Cleveland State University on February 26. They discussed negative campaigning, health care and free trade. Clinton echoed a theme her campaign had emphasized over the past days, that media coverage of her was much tougher than coverage of Obama, by referring to a Saturday Night Live skit that made a similar point from the weekend before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198102-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Results\nClinton won the election by a comfortable 8.65% margin. Clinton won Ohio by running up margins the Appalachia region in southern Ohio, and the Rust Belt region in Akron, Youngstown, and Toledo. For his part Obama did do well in most of the major cities, winning in the counties that encompass, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Dayton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198103-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Ohio Republican presidential primary took place on March 4, 2008. That night, candidate John McCain secured enough delegate votes to win the Republican nomination for the 2008 United States presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198103-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate had dropped out of the race before March 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198103-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Republican presidential primary, Results\n3 other unpledged delegates will also be sent to the Republican convention to bring Ohio's total delegate count to 88.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team\nThe 2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Buckeyes were coached by Jim Tressel and played their home games in Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. They finished with a record of 10\u20133 (7\u20131 Big Ten) and were Big Ten Conference co-champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season\nThe Buckeyes lost 2007 starters RT Kirk Barton, FB Dionte Johnson and LB Larry Grant to graduation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season\nJunior DE Vernon Gholston declared for the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season\nNumber 1 high school recruit Terrelle Pryor officially signed with the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season\nSophomore backup quarterbacks Rob Schoenhoft and Antonio Henton transferred to the University of Delaware and Georgia Southern University respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season\nOffensive lineman Justin Boren transferred  to The Ohio State University from the University of Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season\nIn July Defensive Back Eugene Clifford was dismissed from the team and transferred to Tennessee State University. Clifford was also suspended for the 2008 BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, vs. Youngstown State\nThe Buckeyes began the season against Jim Tressel's former team for the second straight year. Going into the game, Tressel planned to play all three quarterbacks within the first half. Top recruit Terrelle Pryor led the Buckeyes to a field goal on his first drive. Pryor also rushed for a touchdown in the second half. However, the 43\u20130 victory was marred when star running back Chris Wells left the game in the third quarter with a toe injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, vs. Ohio\nWith Chris Wells watching from the sideline with a foot injury, the Buckeyes struggled to move the ball in the first half against the lightly regarded Ohio. The Buckeyes scored first with a 3\u20130 lead but finished the first half down 7\u20136. Six minutes into the 3rd quarter quarterback Todd Boeckman fumbled a snap in the Buckeyes end zone which was recovered by Ohio for a touchdown to increase their lead to 14\u20136. The Buckeyes quickly responded with a Dan Herron 1-yd TD with 2:51 left in the 3rd capped by a missed point-after kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, vs. Ohio\nThe Bobcats then began to falter. Parson fumbled a punt, with Ohio State's Shaun Lane falling on the ball as it tumbled out of bounds at the Ohio 25. The recovery was confirmed on video review. Ohio State then capped their 6-play drive with a 2-yd TD run by Brandon Saine to take the 19\u201314 lead. With around 6 minutes left to play, Ray Small returned an Ohio punt 69 yards for a touchdown which sealed the sluggish win for the Buckeyes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, at USC\nThis game between two perennial powers had long been identified as a major non-conference game with potential championship implications for either program. In the preseason it was named as the most anticipated regular-season game of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, at USC\nBy the end of the 2007\u201308 season, the non-conference game between the Buckeyes and Trojans garnered interest as a possible early-season battle between top-10 teams. USC or Ohio State had played in five of the last six BCS title games. The teams have not faced one another since September 29, 1990, when Todd Marinovich led the Trojans to a 35\u201326 victory in Ohio Stadium in a game that was called because of a thunderstorm with 2\u00a0minutes 36\u00a0seconds to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, at USC\nIn naming it the top potentially season-defining game of 2008, Sports Illustrated highlighted a theme of credibility: Ohio State enters the game trying to move past the BCS title game losses of the previous two seasons and USC enters trying to show it remains highly competitive with its new starting quarterback and four of five new players on the offensive line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, at Wisconsin\nThis game was seen by many as the toughest conference game on the Buckeyes' schedule. With a healthy Chris Wells, the Buckeyes would start the game out strong, with a touchdown on the opening drive. Momentum would begin to turn in the second quarter as the Badgers would intercept a long pass from Terrelle Pryor. The game went into halftime with the Buckeyes trailing 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, at Wisconsin\nLate in the fourth quarter, down 17\u201313, Terrelle Pryor orchestrated a late drive and would rush in the game-winning touchdown with 1:08 left. In a last chance for the Badgers, the Buckeyes intercepted a pass to seal a 20\u201317 win. The game was unusual for the Wisconsin fans as the Wisconsin Marching Band was suspended for the game due to accusations of alcohol abuse, hazing and sexual misconduct. The crowd had to rely on music played over the loud speakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, vs. Penn State\nFor the fourth straight year, ESPN's College GameDay crew broadcast from the site of the Penn State\u2013Ohio State match-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, vs. Penn State\nIn front of an Ohio Stadium-record crowd of 105,711, the Nittany Lions got their first win at Ohio State since 1978 by defeating the Buckeyes 13\u20136 in a game where both offenses were held below their season averages. The turning point of the game occurred early in the fourth quarter with the Buckeyes holding a three-point lead and facing a third-and-1. Penn State safety Mark Rubin tackled Terrelle Pryor, and forced a fumble which was recovered by Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, vs. Penn State\nNittany Lions' backup quarterback Pat Devlin, playing for injured starter Daryll Clark, scored on a quarterback sneak for the only touchdown of the game. After PSU placekicker Kevin Kelly's second field goal, the Buckeyes last drive was ended by an interception at the goal line\u2014Pryor's second turnover of the game. The Buckeyes were limited to their lowest point total in Ohio Stadium since 1982, and the Nittany Lions were charged with zero penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, vs. Penn State\nClark completed 12 of 20 passes for 121 yards before leaving, while the Nittany Lions defense held the Buckeyes running game in check, holding Pryor to six yards on nine attempts, and Beanie Wells to 55 yards on 22 carries. The Buckeyes were the only team in 2008 to hold the Lions below 20 points, and the only team to prevent Penn State from scoring a touchdown in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198104-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, vs. Michigan\nOhio State extended their win streak over Michigan to a record five and enjoyed their second biggest victory margin (35) in the series, superseded only by a 38\u20130 shutout in 1935.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198105-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 4\u20138, 2008. The first round was hosted by the better seed in each game. The semifinals and finals took place at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Austin Peay won the tournament advanced to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198105-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 63], "content_span": [64, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198106-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election\nOhio's 11th congressional district special election, 2008 took place on November 18, 2008. The seat of the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district was vacated following the death of Democrat Stephanie Tubbs Jones on August 20, 2008. Since more than one candidate from the Democratic Party filed to take part in the election, a primary was held on October 14, 2008. The special election was won by Marcia Fudge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198106-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election, Candidates, Democratic primary election\nFifteen Democratic candidates qualified for the primary election, fourteen of whom appeared on the ballot and one of which qualified as a write-in candidate. Four candidates withdrew, but their names still appeared on the ballot. Votes for such candidates were not counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 97], "content_span": [98, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198106-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election, Candidates, Special election\nOnly Marcia L. Fudge appeared on the ballot for the special election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 86], "content_span": [87, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198107-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary, part of the process of selecting that party's nominee for President of the United States, took place on February 5, one of the many nominating contests of 2008's \"Super Tuesday\". The primary election chose 38 pledged delegates to represent Oklahoma at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The remainder of Oklahoma's 47 delegates consisted of unpledged superdelegates not bound by the results of the primary. The election was a closed primary, meaning that only registered Democrats could vote in this election. Hillary Clinton won the primary by a significant margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198107-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary\nClinton, Barack Obama, and Jim Rogers appeared on the ballot, together with four candidates who had already withdrawn from the contest: Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson,  Dennis Kucinich, and John Edwards. All but Rogers had run nationwide campaigns for the presidential nomination; Rogers is a perennial candidate in Oklahoma who had run for lieutenant governor in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198107-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary, Pre-primary polling, predictions, and events\nEarly polling in Oklahoma consistently showed Clinton and Edwards to be the leaders in the state, and Obama a more distant third. The polling also indicated that other candidates were barely registering. In 2004 Edwards narrowly finished second in Oklahoma behind Wesley Clark by about one thousand votes. Oklahoma had been a key state for John Edwards as he made stops in the state January 15 and 18, over three weeks ahead of the primary date, but Edwards withdrew on January 30, 2008. Former President Bill Clinton stopped at the University of Oklahoma on January 30 to speak at a rally supporting his wife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 91], "content_span": [92, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198107-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary, Delegates\nOklahoma sent 47 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. In order to secure pledged delegates, a candidate had to receive at least 15% of the vote. The delegates were broken down into the following categories:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198108-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, with 41 delegates at stake. It was a closed primary, meaning only registered Republicans could vote in the election. The primary was on Super Tuesday on the same day as twenty-three other states. John McCain won Oklahoma's primary with 37% of the vote, although Mike Huckabee picked up some delegate votes as well by receiving 33% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198108-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary\nEleven candidates appeared on the Oklahoma Republican Party primary: John McCain, Tom Tancredo (withdrawn), Duncan Hunter (withdrawn), Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani (withdrawn), Jerry Curry, Mitt Romney, Alan Keyes, Fred Thompson (withdrawn), Daniel Ayers Gilbert, and Mike Huckabee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198108-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary\nThe filing period ended December 5, 2007, after which candidate was allowed to be added to the ballot. No candidate could withdraw his name after the withdrawal deadline of December 7, 2007. Consequently, four candidates' names appeared on the ballot despite their withdrawal from the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198108-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary, Polling\nEarly polling in Oklahoma showed Oklahoma Republicans preferred Rudy Giuliani over John McCain. A February 9\u201313, 2007 by the American Research Group showed Oklahoma Republicans preferred Rudy Giuliani, 37%, over John McCain, 21%. Three months later, a May 16, 2007 Tulsa World/KOTV poll showed Rudy Giuliani, 32%, retained his lead over John McCain, 23%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198108-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary, Polling\nBy December 2007, Mike Huckabee had started to make headway in both national polling and in Oklahoma. A December 16\u201319, 2007 Tulsa World/KOTV poll showed Mike Huckabee 29%, John McCain 17%, and Rudy Giuliani 11%. Huckabee retained his lead leading into mid-January. A January 11\u201313, 2008 Survey USA poll showed Mike Huckabee 31% and John McCain 29%. Rudy Giuliani had slipped to fourth with 11%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198108-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary, Polling\nWith the primaries less than two weeks away, John McCain started polling better than Mike Huckabee. A January 27, 2008 poll by Survey USA showed Mike Huckabee with 28% and John McCain 37%. With just two days before the Oklahoma Republican primary, another Survey USA poll showed John McCain retained his lead at 37% and Mike Huckabee at 32%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198108-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary, Allocation of delegates\nOklahoma sent 41 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198108-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary, Allocation of delegates\nIn the event of a brokered convention, all of Oklahoma's 41 delegates may vote for any Republican Presidential candidate regardless of the state primary results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team\nThe 2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 114th season of Sooner football. The team was led by two-time Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award winner, Bob Stoops, in his 10th season as head coach. They played their homes games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They were a charter member of the Big 12 Conference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team\nConference play began with a win over the Baylor Bears in Waco, Texas on October 4, and ended with a win over the Missouri Tigers in the Big 12 Championship Game on December 9. The Sooners finished the regular season with a 12-1 record (7-1 in Big 12) while winning their sixth Big 12 title and their 42nd conference title overall. They were invited to the BCS National Championship Game, where they lost to the Florida Gators, 14-24. Oklahoma scored 716 points during the course of their entire season, setting an NCAA Division I record (later broken by Florida State in 2013) for most points scored in a single season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team\nThe Sooners were led on offense by sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford, who became the fifth Oklahoma player to win the Heisman Trophy, distinguishing him as the best player in college football. Bradford led the nation in passing touchdowns (50) and passer efficiency rating (180.8). Bradford squared off against 2007 Heisman winner Tim Tebow in the BCS National Championship Game, which was the second time in history that two Heisman winners played each other in a game, after Matt Leinart and Jason White met in the 2005 Orange Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team\nFollowing the season, Phil Loadholt was selected in the 2nd round of the 2009 NFL Draft, Juaquin Iglesias was drafted in the 3rd, Nic Harris and Duke Robinson were chosen in the 5th, and Manuel Johnson in the 7th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Recruits\nOn March 6, 2008, 4-star wide receiver Joshua Jarboe, who was deemed to be one of the recruits who could start playing immediately in the fall, was arrested for receiving stolen property and possessing a weapon at his DeKalb County high school. Jarboe could have faced expulsion under school policy for these felony charges, but did not. Already on thin ice for the weapons possession, he was kicked off the team in June for making a violent rap video on YouTube that described him carrying and using a gun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Coaching staff\nPrior to the season, several changes were made to the Oklahoma coaching staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Coaching staff\nCo-offensive coordinator Kevin Sumlin took the head coaching position at the University of Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Coaching staff\nDefensive coordinator Brent Venables was mentioned as a candidate for the opening at the University of Arkansas before it ultimately went to Bobby Petrino.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Coaching staff\nOffensive Coordinator Kevin Wilson interviewed and was considered a finalist for the opening at the University of Southern Mississippi. That opening ended up going to Wilson's counterpart at Oklahoma State University, Larry Fedora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Chattanooga\nOklahoma came into the season ranked #4 in both the Coaches' and AP Poll. In the first game between Chattanooga and Oklahoma, Sam Bradford threw for 183 yards and two touchdowns, and RB Chris Brown ran for three scores. Only an hour-long rainstorm could slow down the Sooners in a 57\u20132 victory against Chattanooga. The Sooners converted their first seven possessions into touchdowns and led 50\u20130 before a thunderstorm caused a lightning delay that extended halftime by 1 hour and 12 minutes. UTC, which would go on to earn only one win in the entire season, scored only 2 points on a safety from an errant snap on a punt play. Chattanooga was held to just two first downs the entire game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nRedshirt freshman wide receiver Ryan Broyles, playing his first game as a Sooner, had the most productive receiver debut in school history, with seven catches for 141 yards and a touchdown. Oklahoma gave up a kick return for a touchdown in the third quarter that brought the Bearcats within eight, but OU eventually pulled away from Cincinnati, winning 52\u201326.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Washington\nOn Oklahoma's first drive, QB Sam Bradford threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Juaquin Iglesias. Oklahoma dominated from then on. Washington scored only twice in the game, losing 55\u201314. Bradford went 18 of 21 while throwing for 304 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions. Oklahoma never turned the ball over while Washington fumbled it three times, Oklahoma recovering all three times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, TCU\nTCU had beaten Oklahoma the last two times they had met, the most recent being in 2005, where a #7 ranked Oklahoma was upset by an unranked TCU in the season opener, 10\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, TCU\nThe game started with Sam Bradford throwing two touchdown passes in the first quarter, one to Juaquin Iglesias and the other Manuel Johnson. Johnson ended the game with three touchdowns (all of which were 50+ yard receptions) and 206 receiving yards on just five receptions, becoming the first Oklahoma player to have 200+ receiving yards in a game. This incredible 41.2 yards per catch is still the Sooner YPC game record for players with at least four catches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nAfter three rushing touchdowns by Oklahoma and one through the air put them up 28-0 at the end of the first quarter, Baylor never came within 21. Sooners win, 49\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas (Red River Rivalry)\nThis game marked the 103rd meeting of the Red River Rivalry, which has been called one of the greatest sports rivalries. It's the longest active rivalry for the Longhorns, and the second longest for the Sooners, behind only the Bedlam Series. Since 1929, the game has been held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, typically in mid-October with the State Fair of Texas occurring adjacent to the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas (Red River Rivalry)\nIn a high-scoring shootout, Texas upset the Sooners, 45\u201335. Colt McCoy performed brilliantly in the fourth quarter, leading his team to 15 unanswered points. It was the highest scoring event in the history of rivalry, and it had the highest attendance, a record 92,182.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nSam Bradford had 468 yards and three TDs passing in an offensive matchup. After a score of 24\u201317 at halftime, Oklahoma began to pull away in the third quarter, eventually winning 45\u201331 in Norman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nOklahoma traveled to Manhattan, Kansas to take on a struggling Kansas State team just coming off a tough road loss to Colorado. The Sooners and Wildcats played a wild first half that saw the two teams combine to score 83 points. The Sooners\u2019 55 first half points set a school record for most points ever scored before halftime. Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford played what would end up being his worst game of the season, completing only 40 percent of his passes (13\u201332) for 255 yards. Kansas State QB Josh Freeman had a career-best 478 yards passing, but was sacked twice and had three interceptions against the Sooner defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nWhen Nebraska walked out under the lights at Memorial Stadium, the Cornhuskers were still in the race for the Big 12 North title, but after the Oklahoma Sooners completed their first drive for a touchdown, intercepted Husker quarterback Joe Ganz's first pass and took it back for an 18-yard touchdown return, then tacked on three more scores, Nebraska's expectations for its bowl season had been lowered considerably. The second quarter went better for the Cornhuskers, backup tailback Roy Helu getting a touchdown and racking up 157 yards on the day, but the Sooner lead proved insurmountable. The Sooners' Sam Bradford stayed in Heisman-race form, throwing for 311 yards and five touchdowns. DeMarco Murray caught a 25-yard scoring pass from Bradford, and ran twice for touchdowns, finishing with 57 rushing yards. Despite the impressive win, the Sooners slipped from 4th to 6th in the BCS rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 963]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe Sooners scored three touchdowns in the first ten minutes, then never looked back as Sam Bradford passed for four scores to four different receivers and punched one across himself. Chris Brown added three more touchdowns. Aside from the impressive 261 kickoff return yards amassed by Texas A&M running back Cyrus Gray, including a 98-yard return for a touchdown, the hometown Aggie fans had little to cheer about as the Sooners outrushed the Aggies 328\u201326, and outpassed them 325\u2013252. The Sooner defense frustrated A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson, sacking him four times and intercepting two of his passes. The win set up a Big 12 showdown against undefeated Texas Tech on November 22, after a bye week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTexas Tech and Oklahoma first played in 1992. Coming into the game, the Sooners led the series 11-4, though the Red Raiders had won 2 of the last 3, with the last loss coming in Norman in 2006. The only road game Tech had won in the series was during the inaugural season of the Big 12 in 1996. Under head coach Bob Stoops, the Sooners had lost only two games at home. The Sooners were 7-point favorites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe Red Raiders opened the game with a kickoff return to their 32-yard line. The Sooners forced a punt, and fielded their offense at their 27. The Sooners scored a touchdown with 8:59 left in the first. DeMarco Murray contributed 48 rushing yards in the drive. Tech returned the ensuing kickoff to their 22, and a Sooner personal foul after the return gave the Red Raiders 15 yards. Texas Tech lost 10 of those yards due to a delay of game and a false start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nStarting at their 27, the Red Raiders were stopped at the Oklahoma 48, where they punted again. The Sooners got the ball on their 20. On the second play of the drive, Oklahoma was punished again with a 15\u2013yard penalty. After three failed attempts to pass the ball for a first down, the Sooners elected to make their first punt. On the next Tech possession, Graham Harrell was sacked on two consecutive plays, once by Adrian Taylor and the other by Gerald McCoy. Coming into the game, the Red Raiders ranked second in the nation in sacks allowed, with only 5. The Sooners ended the first quarter with a 42-yard reception by tight end Jermaine Gresham and two rushes by Chris Brown for a combined 12\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nOnce the second quarter began, both Brown and Gresham moved the ball for a touchdown on three different plays. Tech started their next drive at their own 38 and advanced the ball through the air to eventually get to the Oklahoma 15. Two incompletions caused the Red Raiders to face a 4th and 3. Tech decided to go for it. Running back Shannon Woods was unable to catch a pass by Harrell to convert and Tech turned the ball over on downs. Murray rushed the ball for 23\u00a0yards on Oklahoma's first play of the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nMurray followed with a 31\u2013yard reception, which put the ball on the Tech 30. After two rushes by Brown, Gresham scored a touchdown on a 19-yard catch, and the subsequent extra point extended the Sooners lead to 21\u20130. Oklahoma's defense forced Tech to four plays on the next drive, with the fourth play being a 4th-and-4, Tech's second 4th down conversion attempt. With 9:31 remaining, Oklahoma completed a scoring drive of under two minutes, which was capped by Juaquin Iglesias' 28\u2013yard scoring reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0023-0002", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nOn the following possession, the Red Raiders reached the end zone, thanks to Harrell's 25\u2013yard throw to Tramain Swindall. Matt Williams' extra point brought the score to 28\u20137. With 6:28 left in the half, Oklahoma began to drain the clock using their running game. The Sooners eventually scored on the 12th play of the drive. With just a minute left on the clock, Tech got the ball back. On the second play, Harrell was intercepted by Travis Lewis, who returned the ball 47\u00a0yards. Tech offensive guard Brandon Carter, who stopped Lewis at the Tech 1, received a personal foul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0023-0003", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nMurray scored on a 1\u2013yard rush to increase the Sooners' lead to 35 points. Tech got the ball again after the Sooner touchdown with 18 seconds remaining in the half. Harrell threw a shovel pass to Baron Batch, who ran 21 yards to the Tech 28. The half ended with Tech receiving a 15\u2013yard personal foul. The Red Raiders left the field facing their biggest deficit of the season (35 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTech attempted an onside kick to start off the second half, though the Sooners grabbed the ball at the Tech 34. OU ended the next drive on a 33\u2013yard field goal. Tech fumbled on their next possession, and Oklahoma's Keenan Clayton recovered the fumble and returned it 53 yards to the Tech 3. The Sooners added another seven points to extend their lead to 45. Tech cranked up its passing game on its next possession, eventually scoring a touchdown and extra point with 5:39 remaining in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nOn the subsequent drive, the Red Raider defense forced their first sack on QB Sam Bradford, and also forced the Sooners to punt. The Sooner defense countered in the next drive by forcing a three-and-out. The Sooner offense then added another score on a 66-yard reception by Manuel Johnson. The Tech defense blocked the extra point, and the score remained at 58\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nIn the fourth quarter, Tech failed to convert another fourth down, giving the ball back to OU. Oklahoma scored immediately afterwards, improving their lead to 51 points. On the next possession, Tech was able to make three pass completions of 10+ yards, though on the final play of the drive, Harrell lost the ball to the Sooners on a sack. With 10:50 left in the game, the Sooners started to run out the clock. The Red Raiders stopped them from scoring on a 4th down from the 1. Tech got the ball back with 4:48 on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nAfter a few plays, Tech faced another 4th down, and this time was able to convert it with a 13\u2013yard throw to Michael Crabtree. Tech later scored their third touchdown with 11 seconds left, and Williams tacked on the extra point to change the score to 65\u201321. Tech attempted an onside kick and recovered the ball. The final play was a short-yard catch by Woods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nSince the Sooners won, Tech, Texas, and OU all tied for first in the division at 6\u20131. If all three teams won their regular season finales to tie again at 7\u20131 (which they did), the highest ranked team in the BCS standings would earn a spot in the Big 12 Championship game. Sports columnists had also predicted that the quarterback of the winning team would be the front runner for the Heisman Trophy. The columnists were right. With Oklahoma being the highest ranked team out of the three of them, they advanced to the Big 12 Championship Game, and their QB, Sam Bradford, became the front runner for the Heisman Trophy, eventually winning it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nOn November 29, 2008, #11 Oklahoma State came into the 103rd Bedlam game ranked the highest they had been coming into the game since the 1984 matchup when they came in at #3, while #3 Oklahoma came in ranked the highest they had been coming into the game since the 2004 game just four years earlier, when they were #2. OSU was trying desperately to break their 5-year Bedlam losing streak and keep one of their best seasons in decades going, while OU was trying to make it into the Big 12 Championship Game, and then possibly the BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nThe first quarter was the lowest scoring of the four; an interception of Oklahoma State junior QB Zac Robinson, a 20-yard TD-rush by Oklahoma sophomore RB DeMarco Murray, then later a 28-yard field goal by OSU sophomore kicker Dan Bailey ended the quarter with OU up 7\u20133. The second quarter was higher scoring than the first, but still less so than the last two. On a drive that started in the first quarter, the Cowboys scored a TD on a 23-yard pass from QB Robinson to sophomore RB Kendall Hunter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nAfter the kickoff, the Sooners went on a 14 play, 79-yard drive highlighted by a 14-yard run by RB Murray to start off the drive, a 21-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford to Quentin Chaney, and a 2-yard TD-rush by junior RB Chris Brown to end the drive. This TD drive would mark the first in a line of six TD drives in a row by the Sooners. Following the next kickoff, Oklahoma State went on an 11 play, 39-yard drive to set up another Bailey field goal, this one a 44-yarder, to put the score at 14\u201313, Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nOklahoma scored another TD to finish the half up 21-13. Again, the third quarter was higher scoring than the first two, but not as high as the fourth. OSU started the half with an eight play, 81-yard drive with a 6-yard TD pass from QB Robinson to sophomore WR Dez Bryant to finish it. After the TD, the score was 21\u201319, and the Cowboys decided to go for two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0028-0003", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nThis turned out to be an ill-fated decision, however, because on the two-point conversion attempt, QB Robinson fumbled the ball, and it was recovered and returned all the way to the other endzone by OU freshman DE Frank Alexander for a safety, putting the Sooners up 23\u201319. Three plays into the next drive, Oklahoma junior TE Jermaine Gresham scored a TD on a 73-yard pass from QB Bradford. After another TD by each team, the third quarter ended at 37\u201326, OU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0028-0004", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nThe fourth quarter proved to be the  most exciting of the game, as more points were scored in this quarter than the entire first half. The quarter began on an Oklahoma State drive that started in the third quarter. QB Robinson completed a 38-yard pass to senior TE Brandon Pettigrew, and two plays later he completed another pass to WR Bryant for a 17-yard TD. OSU decided to try for another two point conversion, and this time it paid off with Robinson again connecting with Bryant to make the score 37\u201334, Sooners up by three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0028-0005", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nThe momentum the Cowboys got on those eight points would be short lived, however, as Oklahoma RB Murray returned the following kickoff 68 yards to the Oklahoma State 27-yard line. Six plays later, the last being a one-yard pass from Bradford to junior TE Brody Eldridge for the TD, and OU was again up by 10. But, on the ensuing kickoff, OSU junior KR/CB Perrish Cox ran it back 90 yards for the TD to make the score 44\u201341 and put the Cowboys within three points again. Unfortunately for Oklahoma State, that would be their final score, as the Sooners would score 17 unanswered points to win the game, 61\u201341.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nOklahoma QB Sam Bradford went 30\u201344, his second most completions and attempts of his career, but his two TDs tied for his least of the season, and his passer rating of 148.7 was his second worst of the season. Tight end Jermaine Gresham's nine receptions and 158 yards were the most of his career, his two TDs were tied for the second most of his career, and his 71-yard reception was the longest of his career. The combined score of 102 points is the most points ever scored in a Bedlam game. OSU's 41 points were the most they scored in a Bedlam game since the 1998 matchup when they beat Oklahoma, 41\u201326. This marked the Sooners' 80th win in the Bedlam Series, which was five times as many as Oklahoma State had at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198109-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team, 2009 NFL Draft\nThe 2009 NFL Draft was held on April 25\u201326, 2009 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198110-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team\nThe 2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198110-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, 2008 team players in the NFL\nThe following players were drafted into professional football following the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198111-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state budget\nThe Oklahoma State Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, was a spending request by Governor Brad Henry to fund government operations for July 1, 2007\u2013June 30, 2008. Governor Henry and legislative leader approved the budget in May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198111-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state budget\nFigures shown in the spending request do not reflect the actual appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008, which must be authorized by the Legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198111-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state budget, Total revenue\nAll revenue for Fiscal Year 2008 was $7.17 billion, up 7.8% from FY2006 levels of $6.65 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198111-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state budget, Total spending\nThe Governor's budget for Fiscal Year 2007 totaled $7.17 billion in spending, an increase of 6% over Fiscal Year 2006 levels of $6.74 billion. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to 2007. The budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198111-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state budget, Total appropriations\nThe Oklahoma Legislature approved total appropriations for fiscal year 2008 of $6.9 billion. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to the Governor's budget. The final appropriations are broken down by the following expenditures:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections\nThe Oklahoma state elections were held on November 4, 2008. Votes for the Presidential Primary were cast on February 5. The primary election for statewide offices was held on July 29, and the runoff primary election was held August 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections\nThe 2008 elections marked the first time in State history that the Republican Party won control of the Oklahoma Senate and the first time they retained control of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, thereby creating the first Republican control Oklahoma Legislature in State history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, President, Primary\nOklahoma voters went to the polls on February 5 (Super Tuesday) to vote in the US presidential primary election. Republicans nominated Senator John McCain, while Democrats nominated Senator Hillary Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, President, Primary\nThere were seven candidates in the Democratic primary for President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, President, General election\nBarack Obama faced John McCain in the 2008 Presidential Election. McCain won a majority of the votes in Oklahoma and received all seven of the state's electoral votes. Oklahoma was the only state in which McCain received a majority of the votes in every county.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, US Senate\nTwo term Republican Senator Jim Inhofe defended his seat in the 2008 election against Democratic State Senator Andrew Rice and Independent Stephen Wallace. The election was considered by most pollsters to be a \"safe\" Republican seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, Other Statewide Offices\nTwo seats on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission were up for election in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, Other Statewide Offices, Corporation Commissioner (Short Term)\nDemocrat Jim Roth was appointed by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry to fill the vacated seat in 2007. The winner of this election will have to be reelected in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, State Questions, State Question #735\nTEXT: This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It adds Section 8D to Article 10. The measure takes effect January 1, 2009. It creates an exemption from personal property tax. The exemption would be for the full amount of taxes due on all household personal property. The exemption would apply to certain injured veterans. It would also apply to those veterans\u2019 surviving spouses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, State Questions, State Question #735\nTo qualify for the exemption an injured veteran would have to meet certain requirements. First, a branch of the Armed Forces or the Oklahoma National Guard would have to have honorably discharged the veteran from active service. Second, the veteran would have to be an Oklahoma resident. Third, the veteran would have to be the head of the household. Fourth, the veteran would have to be one hundred percent permanently disabled. Fifth, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs would have to certify the disability. Sixth, the disability must have occurred through military action or accident, or resulted from a disease contracted while in active service. The Legislature could pass laws to carry out the exemption. Such laws could not change the amount of the exemption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 848]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, State Questions, State Question #741\nTEXT: This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It would add a new Section 22A to Article 10. This section is related to exemptions from property taxes. It would require a person or business to file an application for an exemption. No exemption could be granted prior to filing an application. The Legislature may write laws to carry out the provisions of this section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, State Questions, State Question #742\nTEXT: This measure adds a new section to the State Constitution. It adds Section 36 to Article 2. It gives all people of this state the right to hunt, trap, fish and take game and fish. Such activities would be subject to reasonable regulation. It allows the Wildlife Conservation Commission to approve methods and procedures for hunting, trapping, fishing and taking of game and fish. It allows for taking game and fish by traditional means. It makes hunting, fishing, and trapping the preferred means to manage certain game and fish. The new law will not affect existing laws relating to property rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, State Questions, State Question #743\nTEXT: This measure amends Section 3 of Article 28 of the Constitution. It requires a customer to be twenty-one and physically present to purchase wine at a winery, festival or trade show. The measure changes the law to allow certain winemakers to sell directly to retail package stores and restaurants in Oklahoma. The change applies to winemakers who produce up to ten thousand gallons of wine a year. It applies to winemakers in state and out of state. Those winemakers may not also use a licensed wholesale distributor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, State Questions, State Question #743\nThey must sell their wine to every retail package store and restaurant in Oklahoma that wants to buy the wine. The sales must be on the same price basis. The sales must be without discrimination. Those winemakers must use their own leased or owned vehicles to distribute their wine. They may not use common or private carriers. If any part of this measure is found to be unconstitutional, no winemaker could sell wine directly to retail package stores or restaurants in Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198112-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oklahoma state elections, State Questions, State Question #743\nFOR THE PROPOSAL - YES                 1,064,972   78.94%AGAINST THE PROPOSAL - NO                284,141   21.06%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198113-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Oldham Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The council remained in no overall control with the Liberal Democrats overtaking the Labour Party as the largest party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team\nThe 2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Houston Nutt, who served his first season in the position and replaced Ed Orgeron, who was fired after accumulating a 10\u201325 record at Ole Miss from 2005 to 2007. The Rebels played their seven home games in 2008 at Vaught\u2013Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Season summary\nWith an 8\u20134 regular-season record and a 5\u20133 mark in the SEC, head coach Houston Nutt revived a Rebel squad that was coming off four straight losing seasons and a 3\u20139 campaign with no conference wins in 2007. It marked the team's best improvement from one season to the next since former coach Johnny Vaught's debut in 1947. Projected to place fifth in the SEC Western Division in the pre-season, the Rebels finished second in the division, knocked off the previous two national champions on the road, #4 Florida and #18 LSU, and ended the regular season on a five-game win streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Season summary\nOn December 8, the Associated Press announced that Rebels offensive tackle Michael Oher, defensive tackle Peria Jerry and kicker Joshua Sheene were selected for the first team of the Associated Press All-Southeastern team. Oher was a unanimous pick. Receiver Dexter McCluster was a second-team pick. On December 9, the Southeastern Conference announced that Oher and Jerry were named to the first team of the All-SEC team selected by the 12 league coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Season summary\nOn December 10, the Southeastern Conference announced that Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt was named the Southeastern Conference coach of the year, sharing the award with Alabama's Nick Saban and Vanderbilt's Bobby Johnson. Michael Oher was awarded the Jacobs Blocking Trophy, given to the league's top blocker. The 2008 College Football All-America Team included Michael Oher and Peria Jerry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nOle Miss opened the 2008 season with new head football coach Houston Nutt by beating state-line rival Memphis, 41\u201324. The game started off quick for the Rebs as Jevan Snead hit Shay Hodge for a 70 yd TD strike on the game's second possession and never looked back. The game also featured the introduction of the \"Wild Rebel\" off of which Dexter McCluster scored a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Wake Forest\nOle Miss lost 30\u201328 after Wake Forest kicked a 42-yard field foal with three seconds remaining in the game. In a game with several lead changes, Ole Miss took the lead with just over one minute remaining in the fourth quarter on a fourth and goal Jevan Snead touchdown pass. Wake Forest played down the field in 53 seconds, aided by 2 penalties, to set up the game-winning field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nOle Miss lost to the Vanderbilt Commodores in the final minute of the game as Vanderbilt forced Ole Miss' Dexter McCluster to fumble the game-winning touchdown at the goal line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, at Florida\nThe Ole Miss Rebels posted its 600th win in school history on September 27, 2008 when it defeated the Florida Gators 31\u201330 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida, giving the season's conference champion, Florida, its only loss of the 2008 season. This was also Ole Miss' first win over a Top 5 ranked team since 1977 when the Rebels defeated Notre Dame. Notre Dame went on to win the national championship that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, at Florida\nFlorida went into the game undefeated at 3\u20130. Never trailing Ole Miss by more than a touchdown, Florida came within an extra point of tying the game at the end of the fourth quarter. Ole Miss had different plans in mind, however, as the extra point kick was blocked, and Florida was held to 30. While the defense was able to force a punt out of Ole Miss on the next possession and get the ball back inside Ole Miss territory, Florida found itself with the choice between converting a 4th-and-1 situation or attempting a long field goal. Florida opted to go for the first down, but the Ole Miss defense stopped QB Tim Tebow and he did not convert the one-yard run. The game ended as time expired during Ole Miss' ensuing possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, at Florida\nFlorida won their remaining regular season games and went on to defeat #1 Alabama in the 2008 SEC Championship. Florida then defeated #2 Oklahoma to claim the 2009 FedEx BCS National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nFollowing Ole Miss' win over Florida, Sports Illustrated featured Ole Miss on the cover. Then Ole Miss went on to lose to South Carolina in what many Ole Miss fans refer to as the continuation of the Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx. The last time Ole Miss was featured on the Sports Illustrated cover was in 1970. After the cover ran, which was a picture of then Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning, Manning suffered a broken arm during the season. On more than one occasion, the Rebels had a chance to pull away, but South Carolina forced timely turnovers to keep themselves alive. In the end, the Rebs gave one too many gifts to SC and the Gamecocks were able to sneak out of Oxford with a win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nAfter several early failed drives in the opening quarter, Ole Miss became the first team to score on Alabama in the first quarter, as well as the first to have a lead against the Crimson Tide. However, the Crimson Tide answered back on their next drive with a touchdown, giving Alabama a 7\u20133 lead to end the first quarter. Ole Miss had limited offense in the second quarter as the Tide defense held a shutout for the remainder of the half. However, the Tide offense scored 17 points with a 2-yard rush touchdown, a 41-yard field goal, and a 30-yard touchdown pass. Alabama led the Rebels 24\u20133 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nHowever, the second half was different as the Crimson Tide failed to score for the remainder of the game. Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt, who had previously coached at Arkansas, gambled on a 4th\u2013and\u2013goal with a fake field goal attempt, as Rob Park passed to Jason Cook for a 9-yard touchdown. Several minutes into the fourth quarter, Ole Miss again cut into Alabama's lead when Jevan Snead threw a 17-yard touchdown strike to Shay Hodge, as the Rebels trailed 24\u201317 after a Joshua Shene extra point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nThree minutes later, Shene hit a 35-yard field goal, cutting Alabama's lead again to 24\u201320. A stalled drive forced Alabama punter P. J. Fitzgerald to give the ball to the Rebels with 3:03 left. The Rebels moved the ball steadily down the field over the next two minutes, however they turned it over on downs after a failed 4th\u2013and\u20135 on Alabama's 43-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nOle Miss head coach Houston Nutt returned to Arkansas in his first game against his former team, the Arkansas Razorbacks. Ole Miss, and Houston Nutt, won 23\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nThe Auburn rivalry had been running steady ever since Head coach Tommy Tuberville bolted Oxford for the Plains. In his fifth, and what would be his final return trip, the Rebels were finally able to emerge as a winner. In a defensive struggle, the Rebels picked off the Tigers three times in the fourth quarter, and were able to put the game away on a Brandon Bolden touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter. The final count, Ole Miss 17 Auburn 7", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Monroe\nOle Miss shutout Louisiana Monroe 59\u20130 to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, LSU\nIn this 97th meeting of Ole Miss and LSU, the first time referred to as the Magnolia Bowl, Ole Miss snapped a six-game losing streak against LSU, beating the defending national champions 31\u201313. Ole Miss' last win against LSU was in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nOle Miss won the most lopsided Egg Bowl since the Rebels won 48\u20130 in 1971, by beating Mississippi State 45\u20130. Only once in this game did the Mississippi State offense cross the 50-yard line into Ole Miss territory. Ole Miss held MSU to just 37 total yards including minus 51 rushing yards. Ole Miss set a school record with 11 sacks. Mississippi Statewide receiver Brandon McRae was carted off the field after breaking his leg in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Cotton Bowl Classic\nThe #20 Rebels defeated the #8 Texas Tech Red Raiders 47\u201334 in the 2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, Texas on January 2, 2009. The Red Raiders and the Rebels had met in bowl games twice before\u20141986 Independence Bowl and 1998 Independence Bowl\u2014with Ole Miss winning both. The teams also met during the 2002 and 2003 regular seasons with Texas Tech winning both games of the home-and-home series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Cotton Bowl Classic\nThe Rebels' last bowl bid came 5 years ago and ironically in the Cotton Bowl Classic, a 31\u201328 victory over Oklahoma State. In this Cotton Bowl Classic, Ole Miss made its fourth appearance in the Cotton Bowl Classic, now carrying a 3\u20131 record. The Rebels defeated Texas Christian University 14\u201313 in the 1956 game and dropped a 12\u20137 decision to Texas in 1962.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, NFL prospects\nNine Ole Miss players who ended their career at Ole Miss this year were either taken in the 2009 NFL Draft or signed contracts with NFL teams. Michael Oher and Peria Jerry were first round draft picks at #23 and #24 respectively. Oher was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens while Jerry was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons. Mike Wallace was the 84th pick going to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round. Jamarca Sanford was the 231st pick going to the Minnesota Vikings in the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198114-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, NFL prospects\nAdditionally, Maurice Miller signed a free agent deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jason Cook signed a free agent deal with the Baltimore Ravens, the late Tony Fein signed a free agent deal with the Seattle Seahawks and later was signed by the Baltimore Ravens and later cut, Ashlee Palmer signed a free agent deal with the Buffalo Bills and Jermey Parnell signed a free agent deal with the New Orleans Saints. Fein was found dead on October 7, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198115-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Omloop Het Volk\nThe 64th edition of the Omloop Het volk was held on 1 March 2008. It was the last time after the event was named Omloop Het Volk before it changed to Omloop Het Nieuwslad. The race was won by Philippe Gilbert after a 50 km solo breakaway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198115-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Omloop Het Volk\nGilbert broke clear from the splintered peloton on the Eikenberg, with 50 km and two climbs to go, and held off the chasing group on the flat run-in towards the finish in Ghent. Nick Nuyens won the sprint for second place before Thor Hushovd at one minute from Gilbert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198115-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Omloop Het Volk, Gallery\nServais Knaven and St\u00e9phane Poulhies on the Lange Munte cobbles", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198116-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ondrej Nepela Memorial\nThe 2008 Ondrej Nepela Memorial (Slovak: Memori\u00e1l Ondreja Nepelu) was the 16th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. The competition was held between November 22 and 23, 2008 at the Ondrej Nepela Ice Rink. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. The compulsory dance was the Paso Doble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198117-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2008 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held January 21-27 at the Espanola Curling Club in Espanola, Ontario. Sherry Middaugh's rink from Coldwater, Ontario won their fourth provincial title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198117-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification, Southern Ontario Zone winners\nRegional winners in bold. Challenge round qualifiers in bold and italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 88], "content_span": [89, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198117-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification, Northern Ontario championship\n15 women's teams entered the Northern Ontario championship (the first ever, after the formation of the Northern Ontario Curling Association in 2007). The event was also held in Espanola, and ran from January 3 to 6. Tracy Horgan defeated Krista McCarville 7-6 to win the event. Amy Stachiew and Mari Bolander also qualified for the Ontario Scotties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 88], "content_span": [89, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198118-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open 13\nThe 2008 Open 13 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Open 13, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports in Marseille, France, from 11 February through 17 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198118-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open 13\nThe field featured World No. 3 and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, ATP No. 7 and 2007 Paris Masters semifinalist Richard Gasquet, and ATP No. 8 and Australian Open quarterfinalist Mikhail Youzhny. Among other top players were Doha titlist Andy Murray, Auckland runner-up Juan Carlos Ferrero, Marcos Baghdatis, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Paul-Henri Mathieu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198118-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Open 13, Champions, Doubles\nMartin Damm /  Pavel V\u00edzner defeated  Yves Allegro /  Jeff Coetzee, 7\u20136(7\u20130), 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 32], "content_span": [33, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198119-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open 13 \u2013 Doubles\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra were the defending champions; however, they withdrew to due a left ankle injury for Cl\u00e9ment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198119-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open 13 \u2013 Doubles\nMartin Damm and Pavel V\u00edzner won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20130), 7\u20135, against Yves Allegro and Jeff Coetzee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198120-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open 13 \u2013 Singles\nGilles Simon was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Paul-Henri Mathieu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198120-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open 13 \u2013 Singles\nFourth-seeded Andy Murray won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against unseeded Mario An\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship\nThe 2008 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 137th Open Championship, played from 17 to 20 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. P\u00e1draig Harrington successfully defended his Open Championship title, his second; he shot four under par over the final nine holes and was four strokes ahead of runner-up Ian Poulter. Harrington was the last golfer to win the same major back-to-back for a decade until Brooks Koepka won consecutive U.S. Opens in 2017 and 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship\nTelevision coverage was provided as usual by the BBC in the UK, and by ABC and TNT in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\nWorld Number One Tiger Woods was the most notable absentee, as he was recovering from knee surgery following his victory at the U.S. Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\nAbout two-thirds of the field each year consists of players that are fully exempt from qualifying for the Open. Below is the list of the exemption categories and the players who are exempt. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses. Some categories are not shown as all players in that category had already qualified from an earlier category:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2007 Open ChampionshipK. J. Choi (7,15,19), Stewart Cink (7,19), Ben Curtis (3,4), Ernie Els (3,4,5,7,15,19), Sergio Garc\u00eda (5,7,14,15), Richard Green, P\u00e1draig Harrington (3,4,5,7), Hunter Mahan (7,15,19), Andr\u00e9s Romero (5,7), Steve Stricker (7,15,19), Mike Weir (7,19)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n2. Past Open Champions born between 20 July 1942 and 19 July 1948(Eligible but not competing: Tony Jacklin, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n3. Past Open Champions aged 60 or under on 20 July 2008Mark Calcavecchia (15), John Daly, David Duval (4), Todd Hamilton (4), Paul Lawrie (4), Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard (7), Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara (4), Tom Watson (28)(Eligible but not competing: Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Nick Price, Bill Rogers, Tiger Woods)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n5. First 20 in the PGA European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2007\u00c1ngel Cabrera (7,11,19), Paul Casey (7), Nick Dougherty, Niclas Fasth (7), Retief Goosen (7,11,19), Anders Hansen (6), S\u00f8ren Hansen (7), Peter Hanson, Gr\u00e9gory Havret, S\u00f8ren Kjeldsen, Colin Montgomerie, Justin Rose (7,15), Henrik Stenson (7), Richard Sterne (7), Graeme Storm, Lee Westwood (7)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n6. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2006-2008David Howell, Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez (7)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 32]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\nThe first 50 players on the Official World Golf Rankings for Week 21, 2008Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames (14), Stuart Appleby (19), Woody Austin (15,19), Aaron Baddeley (15), Tim Clark, Jim Furyk (15,19,23), J. B. Holmes, Trevor Immelman (12,19), Zach Johnson (12,15,19), Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Anthony Kim, Phil Mickelson (12,13,14,15,19), Geoff Ogilvy (11,15,19), Sean O'Hair, Rod Pampling, Ian Poulter, Jeff Quinney, Rory Sabbatini (15,19), Adam Scott (15,19), Vijay Singh (13,15,19), Brandt Snedeker (15), Scott Verplank (15,19), Boo Weekley, Oliver Wilson(Eligible but not competing: Shingo Katayama, Luke Donald withdrew prior to start of tournament with a wrist injury, Toru Taniguchi withdrew prior to start of tournament with a back injury)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n8. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the 2008 PGA European Tour Order of Merit on completion of the 2008 BMW PGA ChampionshipRichard Finch, Graeme McDowell, Damien McGrane", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n9. First 2 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from all official PGA European Tour events from OWGR Week 19 up to and including the Open de France and including the U.S. OpenPablo Larraz\u00e1bal, Scott Strange", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n10. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2008 European Open and the 2008 Barclays Scottish Open. David Frost, Simon Khan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n13. The U.S. PGA Champions for 2003-2007(Eligible but not competing: Shaun Micheel)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n15. Top 20 on the Official Money List of the 2007 PGA TourCharles Howell III (19)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n16. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the Official Money List of the 2008 PGA Tour on completion of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at ColonialBart Bryant, Ryuji Imada", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n17. First 2 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from The Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2008 AT&T NationalRocco Mediate(Eligible but not competing: Kenny Perry)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n18. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2008 AT&T National and the 2008 John Deere ClassicFreddie Jacobson, Jay Williamson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n19. Playing members of the 2007 Presidents Cup teamsLucas Glover, Nick O'Hern (David Toms withdrew prior to start of tournament)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n20. First place on the 2007 Asian Tour Order of MeritLiang Wenchong", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n21. First 2 on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2007Craig Parry, David Smail", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n22. First place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa Sunshine Tour for 2007 James Kingston", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n25. First 2 on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2007Brendan Jones, Hideto Tanihara", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n26. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2008 Mizuno Open Yomiuri ClassicMichio Matsumura, Prayad Marksaeng, Yoshinobu Tsukada, Azuma Yano", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n27. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (26) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2008 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2008 Mizuno Open Yomiuri ClassicHiroshi Iwata, Shintaro Kai", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n30. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2007(Colt Knost turned professional and forfeited his invitation.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\n31. The European Individual Amateur Champion for 2007Benjamin H\u00e9bert (a)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Field\nLocal Final Qualifying  (Monday 7 July and Tuesday 8 July)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 88]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Round summaries, First round\nRocco Mediate, 2008 U.S. Open runner-up, shot a one-under par round of 69 to take the 18-hole lead alongside Graeme McDowell and Robert Allenby. One shot back at even-par was 53-year old two-time champion Greg Norman with fellow countryman Adam Scott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round\nThe cut was at 149 (+9) and 83 advanced, including Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson, who played in the terrible morning conditions in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round\nAmateurs: Wood (+5), Sherreard (+6), H\u00e9bert (+12), Blizard (+15), Saxton (+17).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round\nGreg Norman, age 53, became the oldest to hold at least a share of the 54-hole lead (it lasted just one year, as Tom Watson led after three rounds in 2009 at age 59). Due to extremely high winds, there were no under-par rounds, and it was first time since 1986 when the 54-hole leader was not under par.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198121-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nDespite a wrist injury that almost forced him to withdraw prior to the tournament, P\u00e1draig Harrington successfully defended his Open Championship title. Harrington pulled away from the field with a tremendous back nine and became only the fifth to repeat at the Open in the last fifty years. Runner-up Ian Poulter matched Harrington's 69 and was four strokes back, while Greg Norman faltered with eight bogeys for 77 and tied for third place with Henrik Stenson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198122-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Gaz de France\nThe 2008 Open Gaz de France is the 2008 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Open Gaz de France tennis tournament. It was held from 4 February through 10 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198122-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Gaz de France\nThe total prize money for the tournament was US$600,000 with the winner of the singles receiving $95,500 and the losing finalist $51,000. The winners of the doubles competition received $30,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198122-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Gaz de France\nSeven of the top twenty players in the world competed in the tournament. Among them were Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay. There was a strong Russian presence on display, with Anna Chakvetadze, Elena Dementieva and defending champion Nadia Petrova all present. Local fans had Marion Bartoli, Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo and Virginie Razzano to support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198122-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Gaz de France, Finals, Doubles\nAlona Bondarenko /  Kateryna Bondarenko defeated  Eva Hrdinov\u00e1 /  Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1 6\u20131, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198123-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Gaz de France \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but the pair lost in the first round to Julie Ditty and Yuliana Fedak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198123-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Gaz de France \u2013 Doubles\nAlona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko won the title, defeating Eva Hrdinov\u00e1 and Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1 in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198124-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Gaz de France \u2013 Singles\nNadia Petrova was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Kateryna Bondarenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198124-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Gaz de France \u2013 Singles\nAnna Chakvetadze won the title, defeating \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay in the final 6\u20133, 2\u20136, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198125-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Sabadell Atl\u00e1ntico Barcelona\nThe 2008 Open Sabadell Atl\u00e1ntico Barcelona (also known traditionally as the Torneo God\u00f3) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 56th edition of the Torneo God\u00f3, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from April 28 through May 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198125-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Sabadell Atl\u00e1ntico Barcelona\nThe singles draw featured ATP No. 2, Monte Carlo Masters singles and doubles titlist, three-time Barcelona defending champion Rafael Nadal, Australian Open quarterfinalist and Valencia winner David Ferrer, and Acapulco finalist and Buenos Aires champion David Nalbandian. Among other players were Delray Beach and Houston runner-up James Blake, Costa do Sau\u00edpe finalist Carlos Moy\u00e1, Tommy Robredo, Andy Murray and Ivo Karlovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198125-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Sabadell Atl\u00e1ntico Barcelona, Champions, Doubles\nBob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski 6\u20133, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198126-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Sabadell Atl\u00e1ntico Barcelona \u2013 Doubles\nAndrei Pavel and Alexander Waske were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198126-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Sabadell Atl\u00e1ntico Barcelona \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20132, against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198127-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Sabadell Atl\u00e1ntico Barcelona \u2013 Singles\nThree-time defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating David Ferrer in the final 6\u20131, 4\u20136, 6\u20131, to win the Singles title at the 2008 Barcelona Open. It was his record fourth title at the Barcelona Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198127-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open Sabadell Atl\u00e1ntico Barcelona \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198128-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Moselle\nThe 2008 Open de Moselle was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the Open de Moselle, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Ar\u00e8nes de Metz in Metz, France, from September 29 through October 5, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198128-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Moselle\nThe announced field featured ATP No. 14, Cincinnati Masters semifinalist, two-time Nottingham champion Ivo Karlovi\u0107, Casablanca, Toronto Masters semifinalist, Indianapolis and Bucharest titlist Gilles Simon, and Costa do Sau\u00edpe, Acapulco winner Nicol\u00e1s Almagro. Also lined up were Marseille and Munich semifinalist Paul-Henri Mathieu, Sydney champion Dmitry Tursunov, Andreas Seppi, Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek and Mario An\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198128-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Moselle, Finals, Doubles\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment /  Micha\u00ebl Llodra defeated  Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski, 5\u20137, 6\u20133, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198129-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Moselle \u2013 Doubles\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra were the defending champions, and won in the final 5\u20137, 6\u20133, [10\u20138], against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198130-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Moselle \u2013 Singles\nTommy Robredo was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198130-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Moselle \u2013 Singles\nDmitry Tursunov won in the final 7\u20136(8\u20136), 1\u20136, 6\u20134, against Paul-Henri Mathieu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198131-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Su\u00e8de V\u00e5rg\u00e5rda TTT\nThe 2008 Open de Su\u00e8de V\u00e5rg\u00e5rda \u2013 team time trial was the first team time trial running on the Open de Su\u00e8de V\u00e5rg\u00e5rda. It was held on 1 August 2008 over a distance of 32 kilometres (19.9 miles) and was the ninth race of the 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198131-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Su\u00e8de V\u00e5rg\u00e5rda TTT, Race\nTop Girls-Fassa Bortolo-Raxy Line was the first of the thirteen teams to set off due to its lowly position on the World Cup overall standings. The team returned with a time of 44:27.5, giving the others something to aim at. Third team to start, Norway, caught its Scandinavian rival Finland in the closing stages to take more than a minute off the Top Girls time with 43:13.7. The first really fast time was posted by the Vrienden Van Het Platteland team, pushing it closer to the 40 minute mark with 40:52.9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 37], "content_span": [38, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198131-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Open de Su\u00e8de V\u00e5rg\u00e5rda TTT, Race\nThe very next team, Flexpoint pushed it still lower though with 40:26.4. Despite being outstanding favourites, the Cervelo-Lifeforce team was - because of its position in the World Cup standings - fourth from last to go. The team blitzed around the course knocking all but a minute and a half off the Flexpoint time with an incredible 38:26.7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 37], "content_span": [38, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198131-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Open de Su\u00e8de V\u00e5rg\u00e5rda TTT, Race\nThe last two teams to go - Equipe N\u00fcrnberger Versicherung and Columbia - were the only ones who looked capable of besting the Cervelo-Lifeforce time, but although they were both faster than Flexpoint, neither were able to come within a minute of the Swiss team. Equipe N\u00fcrnberger Versicherung finished three seconds quicker than flexpoint to take a provisional second place, but Columbia were consistently faster all the way around and pushed them into third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 37], "content_span": [38, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198132-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana\nThe 2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Club de Tenis Valencia in Valencia, Spain, from 12 April through 20 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198132-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana\nThe singles field featured ATP No. 5, 2007 Tennis Masters Cup runner-up and Australian Open quarterfinalist David Ferrer, Vi\u00f1a del Mar runner-up Juan M\u00f3naco, and 2007 Metz titlist Tommy Robredo. Other players competing were Auckland finalist Juan Carlos Ferrero, Costa do Sau\u00edpe and Acapulco champion Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, Igor Andreev, Fernando Verdasco and Potito Starace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198132-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, Finals, Doubles\nM\u00e1ximo Gonz\u00e1lez /  Juan M\u00f3naco defeated  Travis Parrott /  Filip Pol\u00e1\u0161ek, 7\u20135, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198133-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana \u2013 Doubles\nWesley Moodie and Todd Perry were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198133-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana \u2013 Doubles\nM\u00e1ximo Gonz\u00e1lez and Juan M\u00f3naco won in the final 7\u20135, 7\u20135, against Travis Parrott and Filip Pol\u00e1\u0161ek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198134-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana \u2013 Singles\nNicol\u00e1s Almagro was the defending champion, but first-seeded David Ferrer defeated him 4\u20136, 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20132), in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198135-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Orakzai bombing\nThe 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing occurred when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a pick-up truck packed with 300 kg of explosives into a meeting of 600 people, killing 40 instantly and injuring 81, although the toll later rose to 110 as many died in hospitals. The attack occurred in a remote region where the injured could not get medical attention for several hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198135-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Orakzai bombing\nThe attack was preceded by a row between Taliban militants and local Shia tribesmen. Angry tribesmen clashed with the Taliban the day before and destroyed the homes of militants in the area. At the time of the attack, the Ali Khel tribesmen had gathered to discuss ways to evict the Taliban from the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198135-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Orakzai bombing, Background\nOn 28 September, the Taliban had asked the Ali Khel tribe, the biggest and the most influential tribe in the area, and its sub-clans to leave the region because they belonged to the minority Shia community. The tribesmen initially left, although a political agent summoned a grand jirga of all 18 tribes of the Orakzai Agency on 30 September to clear the area of the Taliban by a lashkar, or local militia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198135-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Orakzai bombing, Background\nThe Ali Khel tribe then returned to the area where they held a jirga on 7 October to take collective action against the Taliban along with representatives of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, which is another name for Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan. On 10 October, the tribesmen gathered at Khadizai village to destroy the local Taliban headquarters and homes of people sheltering the militants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl\nThe 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Kansas Jayhawks on January 3, 2008, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Spread bettors favored Virginia Tech by three points, but in a game dominated by defensive and special teams play, Kansas defeated Virginia Tech 24\u201321. The game was part of the 2007\u201308 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. This 74th edition of the Orange Bowl was televised in the United States on FOX and was watched by more than eight million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl\nThe game between the fifth-ranked ACC champion Virginia Tech Hokies and the eighth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks from the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) was played at neutral-site Dolphins Stadium. Tech served as the home team in the contest. Virginia Tech automatically qualified for the Orange Bowl by virtue of the ACC's tie-in with the bowl, while Orange Bowl selected Kansas over West Virginia, which had been upset by then 4\u20137 Pittsburgh, and conference rival Missouri. Two weeks after Kansas's selection, controversy erupted when a deal was revealed to put 4th-ranked Oklahoma against Virginia Tech. The deal was vetoed by BCS commissioners, and the selection of Kansas was upheld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl\nThe game marked the first time the Jayhawks had been to the Orange Bowl since the 1969 Orange Bowl and was their first bowl game since the 2005 Fort Worth Bowl, when they defeated Houston 41\u201313. Virginia Tech last played in the Orange Bowl game in December 1996, losing to Nebraska 21\u201341. The 2008 Orange Bowl was Virginia Tech's 15th consecutive season with a bowl game, a streak dating to the 1993 Independence Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl\nKansas quarterback Todd Reesing completed 20 of his 37\u00a0passes for 227\u00a0yards, one\u00a0touchdown, and one\u00a0interception. On the opposite side of the ball, Virginia Tech quarterback Sean Glennon finished the game 13\u00a0for 28\u00a0passing, earning 160\u00a0yards, one\u00a0touchdown and two\u00a0interceptions. Kansas cornerback Aqib Talib, whose 60-yard interception return for a touchdown gave Kansas its first lead of the game, won the game's Most Valuable Player award. After the game, Talib was one of several players from both teams to announce an intention to enter the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection\nAs champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Virginia Tech was awarded an automatic bid to the Orange Bowl game. The automatic ACC bid was the result of an off-season deal following the inaugural ACC Championship Game which granted the winner of the ACC Championship Game an automatic bid to the Orange Bowl unless it was ranked high enough in the Bowl Championship Series standings to play in the National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Virginia Tech\nThe Virginia Tech Hokies began their 2007\u00a0football season with emotion and remembrance. As Virginia Tech recovered from the worst school shooting in American history, football served as a way to help the university community emotionally heal. The opening game of the season, on September 1, 2007, was against East Carolina University and featured numerous remembrance ceremonies and commemorations. Buoyed by the emotion of the day, the Hokies earned a 17\u20137 victory. Their next game would not be as easy. One week later, Virginia Tech traveled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to face the No. 2 Louisiana State University Tigers. The Tigers were widely regarded in pre-season polls as favorites to play in the National Championship Game and overwhelmed the Hokies in front of a home crowd, 48\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 836]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Virginia Tech\nIn the wake of the Hokies's defeat, Virginia Tech chose to start a new quarterback and a new offensive plan. Behind freshman Tyrod Taylor, the Hokies rolled to five straight victories, including a win over No. 22 Clemson by 18\u00a0points. During the winning streak, Sean Glennon, who had started at quarterback for the Hokies during the first two games of the season, returned to alternate possessions with Taylor in an unusual two-quarterback system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Virginia Tech\nOn October 25, the Hokies had a chance to make up for their early-season loss to LSU when they faced No. 2 Boston College on a Thursday night in Blacksburg, Virginia. Though the Hokies dominated for most of the game, Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan managed a late-game comeback to win the game 14\u201310 with 11\u00a0seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Virginia Tech\nWith four consecutive victories after the loss, including a win over then-No. 16 Virginia, the Hokies won the Coastal division and secured a bid to the 2007 ACC Championship Game in Jacksonville, Florida. There, they faced a rematch with Boston College, champions of the Atlantic Division. As in the previous matchup, defense dominated, but unlike in the earlier matchup, Matt Ryan was unable to seize the victory. Two fourth-quarter interceptions by Virginia Tech sealed the Hokie win and an automatic bid to the Orange Bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Kansas\nKansas began its 2007\u00a0football season unregarded and without much consideration from the national media. In the opening Associated Press football poll of the 2007\u00a0season, Kansas did not receive a single vote. From their opening game of the year, however, the Jayhawks began to impress voters with their offensive efficiency. Against Mid-American Conference Champion Central Michigan University, Kansas scored 52\u00a0points while allowing only a single touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Kansas\nOver the next three games, Kansas outscored its opponents 162\u201316. As Kansas's Big 12 schedule began, the Jayhawks' winning ways continued, as they proved themselves against legitimate competition. On October 6, Kansas traveled to Manhattan, Kansas, home of then-ranked No. 24 Kansas State University for the opening game of its Big\u00a012 schedule. In front of 50,924\u00a0hostile fans, Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing struggled for the first time in the season. Late in the fourth quarter, Reesing threw a ball that bounced off the facemask of wide receiver Dexton Fields before being intercepted. The interception set up a Kansas State touchdown that put Kansas into a 24\u201321 hole with seven and a half minutes remaining. Reesing and the Jayhawks struck back quickly, however, and scored a 30-yard touchdown to take the lead for good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 867]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Kansas\nWith the win, Kansas broke into the rankings of the top\u00a025 college football teams in the country for the first time since 1996, entering the AP Poll at No. 20. Over the next six weeks, Kansas continued to find ways to win. Traditional Jayhawk rivals such as Nebraska, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M were defeated during the course of the season, and Kansas climbed the national rankings. By the 13th\u00a0week of the season, the stage had been set for an epic game against Kansas's traditional rival, Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Kansas\nDue to prior agreement, the 2007 edition of the Border War was held in Kansas City, Missouri, at Arrowhead Stadium, home of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs. In front of over 80,000\u00a0fans, No. 4 Missouri defeated No. 2 Kansas 36\u201328 to hand the Jayhawks their first loss of the season. Missouri, with the win, earned a trip to the Big 12 Championship Game. In that game, Oklahoma defeated Missouri 38\u201317 to earn an automatic bid to the 2008 Fiesta Bowl. Because the loss gave Missouri its second of the year, Kansas, which lost to the Tigers, was selected as an at-large pick by the BCS and earned a trip to the Orange Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Controversy\nAlthough Virginia Tech's selection via automatic bid was relatively quiet, Kansas' selection caused a great deal of controversy. Kansas had lost to Big\u00a012 runner-up Missouri and had a lower Bowl Championship Poll ranking than the Tigers. Some believed Missouri should have been selected ahead of Kansas because they had defeated Kansas and because they had played in the Big\u00a012 Championship Game. According to BCS officials, however, Missouri's two losses were more of a detriment than Kansas's one loss and subsequent championship game absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Controversy\nPundits and fans who opposed Kansas' selection pointed to the Jayhawks' strength of schedule, which at one point during the season was as low as 109th out of 119\u00a0Division I teams. By the time of the BCS selection, however, Kansas's strength of schedule had climbed by a small amount, reaching 88th in the Sagarin rankings and 74th in the CBS rankings. The final rankings rated Kansas' schedule as more difficult than Hawaii, which was also selected to play in the BCS. Aggravating the situation was the fact that Kansas and Missouri had one of the most intense rivalries in college football. Known as the Border War, the roots of the rivalry dated to the years before the American Civil War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Controversy\nTwo weeks after the selection of Kansas, yet another controversy arose when it was revealed that Big\u00a012 and ACC officials had worked out an agreement to feature an Oklahoma/Virginia Tech matchup in the Orange Bowl in the hours leading up to the final selection. Oklahoma, who initiated the proposal, requested that it face the highest-ranked BCS opponent then available, which would have been Virginia Tech (ranked 3rd in the BCS). Normally, Oklahoma, the 2007\u00a0Big\u00a012 Champion, would have played in the Fiesta Bowl, which holds the automatic rights to the Big\u00a012 Champion's BCS bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Controversy\nA little-known clause in the Bowl Championship Series contract, however, allows for the commissioners of the BCS to override that bid if the automatically selected team had played in the game the previous year, or to create a more interesting matchup. Oklahoma had played in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and seemed a perfect candidate for execution of the clause. Representatives from the Orange and Fiesta bowls reportedly worked out a deal to swap Oklahoma and Kansas and Dan Beebe, the commissioner from the Big\u00a012, presented the plan to the BCS committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0014-0002", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Team selection, Controversy\nThe remaining BCS commissioners rejected the request (with only the Big 12, ACC and Big East commissioners in favor) and honored the original selection of Kansas for the Orange Bowl and forced Oklahoma to accept its automatic Fiesta Bowl Bid. The release of this plan upset many fans at both schools and across the country, who perceived that an (4)Oklahoma-(3)Virginia Tech matchup would have been superior to a (8)Kansas-(3)Virginia Tech game. Ironically, while Oklahoma-Virginia Tech was perceived as a better match-up due to their high rankings, both teams went on to be upset by the lower ranked team with Oklahoma losing 48-28 to (9)West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Pregame buildup\nMost pre-game media and popular coverage of the 2008 Orange Bowl focused on the matchup between Kansas's No. 2 scoring offense and Virginia Tech's No. 2 scoring defense. Outside factors, such as coaching, previous experience, and fan support were also considered in pre-game analysis of the matchup. Outside story lines included Virginia Tech's recovery from the Virginia Tech Massacre, recovery from late-season losses suffered by each team (against Missouri for Kansas and against Boston College for Virginia Tech).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Pregame buildup, Offensive matchups, Kansas\nHeading into the Orange Bowl, Kansas was ranked second in the nation in scoring (44.3) and sixth in yards per game (491). Kansas scored 40 or more points eight\u00a0times during the 2007\u00a0season and scored 50\u00a0points five times. Kansas's ground game was led by running back Brandon McAnderson, who averaged 87.5\u00a0yards per game during the 2007\u00a0season and earned 1,050\u00a0yards and 16\u00a0touchdowns in the season leading to the Orange Bowl. Through the air, Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing earned the 11th-highest passer rating in the country, averaging a 152.41\u00a0quarterback rating in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Pregame buildup, Offensive matchups, Kansas\nReesing completed 62.6% of his passes during the 2007\u00a0season, earning 3,259\u00a0yards, 32\u00a0touchdowns, and just six\u00a0interceptions. Reesing's favorite receiver was Marcus Henry, who was ranked No. 29 in the country for passing yardage, averaging over 82\u00a0receiving yards per game. During 2007, Henry earned 994\u00a0yards and nine\u00a0touchdowns. On the offensive line, the Jayhawks were led by All-American left tackle Anthony Collins, who finished as a finalist for the Outland Trophy, awarded to college football's best offensive lineman. Because of the Jayhawks' effectiveness on offense, they punted the ball just 46\u00a0times during the 2007\u00a0season, the seventh-lowest total in Division I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Pregame buildup, Offensive matchups, Virginia Tech\nVirginia Tech featured an unusual two-quarterback system on offense, as quarterbacks Sean Glennon and Tyrod Taylor shared time behind center. Though unusual, the system was successful in leading the Hokies to their second ACC Championship in four\u00a0years. During the 2007\u00a0regular season, Glennon threw for 1,636\u00a0yards and 11\u00a0touchdowns, completing 63\u00a0percent of his passes. Taylor, meanwhile, passed for 916\u00a0yards and five\u00a0touchdowns while also rushing for 431\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Pregame buildup, Offensive matchups, Virginia Tech\nSome pundits predicted Kansas might have difficulty with Taylor's mobility, as his style of play was similar to that of Missouri's Chase Daniel, who gave Kansas its sole loss of the 2007\u00a0season. On the other end of the Virginia Tech aerial offense was a corps of capable receivers, led by senior wide receivers Eddie Royal and Josh Morgan. Morgan was the fifth-ranked receiver in Virginia Tech history, having earned 1,787\u00a0receiving yards. Royal was sixth, having earned 1,767\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Pregame buildup, Offensive matchups, Virginia Tech\nTwo of Tech's other receivers, Josh Hyman and Justin Harper, recorded 1,138\u00a0and 1,274\u00a0receiving yards each, marking the first time in Virginia Tech history that the Hokies had four different thousand-yard career receivers on the same team. On the ground, the Hokies were led by running back Branden Ore, who rushed for 876\u00a0yards and eight\u00a0touchdowns during the regular season. One week before the Orange Bowl, Tech coaches revealed that Ore would be suspended for the first quarter of the game against Kansas as punishment for showing up late to the Hokies' final pre-bowl practice. Ore was replaced by sophomore rusher Kenny Lewis Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Pregame buildup, Defensive matchups, Virginia Tech\nVirginia Tech finished the season ranked second nationally in points allowed per game (15.5) and fourth nationally in yardage allowed (293). The Hokies didn't allow a fourth-quarter point in the five\u00a0games after giving up 14\u00a0fourth-quarter points to Boston College in Blacksburg. One key player in the Virginia Tech defense was linebacker Xavier Adibi, who had scored his third career defensive touchdown in the ACC Championship Game against Boston College. Adibi, together with fellow linebacker Vince Hall, made up \"the best LB duo in the country,\" according to ESPN commentator Chris Spielman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Pregame buildup, Defensive matchups, Virginia Tech\nHall's effectiveness had, however, been limited in the 2007\u00a0season by a broken wrist suffered against Clemson. Hall missed four games with the injury, but returned to play the final three contests of the season for Virginia Tech and promised to be featured heavily in the 2008 Orange Bowl. Backing up the Virginia Tech linebackers was a strong backfield, which had produced 12\u00a0NFL draft picks in the nine years preceding the 2007 season. Primary among the backfield players were cornerbacks Victor Harris and Brandon Flowers, who Sports Illustrated.com called \"maybe the best cornerback duo in the country\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Pregame buildup, Defensive matchups, Kansas\nKansas, meanwhile, was less-highly regarded on defense and came into the 2008 Orange Bowl ranked 57th\u00a0nationally in pass defense. On the ground, however, Kansas was ranked far higher, sixth in the nation. In addition, Kansas allowed an average of only 16\u00a0points per game, good enough for to be ranked fourth nationally. A key portion of that run defense was defensive tackle James McClinton, who was named the Big\u00a012's Defensive Lineman of the Year and earned second-team All-America honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Pregame buildup, Defensive matchups, Kansas\nMcClinton finished the 2007 regular season with 10.5\u00a0tackles for loss and promised more of the same for the Orange Bowl. The team captain of the Jayhawk defense, meanwhile, was All-American cornerback Aqib Talib. Talib was also a threat on offense, catching eight\u00a0passes, including four\u00a0touchdowns, during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary\nThe 2008 Orange Bowl kicked off at 8:30\u00a0p.m. EST at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The official attendance for the game was listed as 74,111 (the eighth consecutive Orange Bowl sellout), but actual attendance appeared to be lower, and several upper-deck sections of the stadium were sparsely filled. Approximately 15\u00a0million viewers watched the game, earning the broadcast a Nielsen rating of 7.4. The broadcast of the 2008 Orange Bowl was the only BCS bowl game to show a rise in television viewers over the previous season's broadcast, as the 2007 Orange Bowl had only earned a Nielsen rating of 7.0. The national anthem was sung by American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary\nThe coin toss featured former star players for both schools, Bruce Smith for Virginia Tech and Gale Sayers for Kansas. Kansas won the toss and elected to defer its choice until the second half. Virginia Tech chose to receive the ball to start the game. Kansas would receive the ball to begin the second half. At kickoff, the air temperature was unseasonably cold for Miami at 57\u00a0\u00b0F (14\u00a0\u00b0C), and the skies were cloudy with intermittent rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nVirginia Tech's Eddie Royal fielded the opening kickoff from Kansas kicker Scott Webb, returning it 59\u00a0yards to the 41-yard line of Kansas. The return gave the Virginia Tech offense excellent field position to begin the game. Tech quarterback Sean Glennon connected on an 11-yard pass to Justin Harper for a first down on the opening play of the game, but Kansas' defense stiffened on subsequent plays. After Virginia Tech's Tyrod Taylor entered the game at quarterback, Kansas sacked Taylor twice, pushing Virginia Tech 19\u00a0yards backward, out of field goal range. Because of the sacks, Virginia Tech was forced to punt the ball away without scoring any points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nThe punt was downed in the end zone for a touchback, and Kansas began its first offensive possession of the game at its 20-yard line. Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing proved remarkably effective, completing six of his eight\u00a0passes during the drive and rushing for five\u00a0yards on a quarterback scramble. Reesing drove Kansas' offense into Virginia Tech territory, but after Tech's Orion Martin sacked Reesing, Kansas was unable to gain another first down and kicker Scott Webb was sent into the game to attempt a 44-yard field goal. Webb's kick sailed wide of the uprights, however, and the game remained scoreless with 6:44 remaining in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nAfter the missed field goal, Virginia Tech took over on offense at its own 27-yard line. Running back Kenny Lewis, Jr., replacing the suspended Branden Ore, ran for a first down, and Tyrod Taylor connected on an 11-yard pass to Eddie Royal for another first down. Now inside Kansas territory, Taylor attempted another pass. Kansas All-American cornerback Aqib Talib jumped between Taylor's throw and the receiver, intercepting the ball. Talib returned the interception 60\u00a0yards to the end zone for a Kansas touchdown, the first points of the game. An extra point kick by Scott Webb made the score 7\u20130 Kansas with 5:15 remaining in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nHigh-stepping into the endzone, Aqib Talib committed a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, which was enforced on the post-score kickoff. The penalty, coupled with a good kick return by Virginia Tech, gave the Hokies excellent field position for their third possession of the game. Quarterback Sean Glennon capitalized on that field position, connecting on a 24-yard pass to wide receiver Justin Harper. The catch pushed Virginia Tech inside Kansas territory and seemingly set up the Hokie offense for their first score of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nAfter two\u00a0plays for no gain and a five-yard loss when Glennon was sacked by James Holt, Virginia Tech was forced to attempt a 49-yard field goal. Jud Dunlevy's kick fell short, however, and Virginia Tech was denied a score. Kansas recovered the short kick, which landed in the end zone, and returned the ball 39\u00a0yards. Despite the momentum earned by the missed kick, Kansas went three plays without gaining a first down and was forced to punt the ball away. Virginia Tech recovered the ball at its 15-yard line and ran two plays before time ran out in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nAt the end of the first quarter, Kansas had kept Virginia Tech scoreless while capitalizing on a 60-yard interception return by Aqib Talib for the game's only points, a 7\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nVirginia Tech began the second quarter in possession of the ball and facing a third-and-five from its own 20-yard line. On the first play of the quarter, quarterback Sean Glennon threw for the first down, but was intercepted at the 37-yard line by Kansas' Chris Harris. After the interception, Kansas had the ball at the Virginia Tech 31-yard line. Todd Reesing connected on a first-down pass to Derek Fine, and running back Brandon McAnderson contributed several short rushes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe Kansas offense failed to gain a second first down after the interception, however, and kicker Scott Webb was again called upon to attempt a field goal, this time from 32\u00a0yards away. Unlike his first kick, the second sailed through the uprights for three points. With 12\u00a0minutes remaining in the second quarter, Kansas extended its lead to 10\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nVirginia Tech recovered the post-field goal kickoff at its own 31-yard line, and Branden Ore, having entered the game after his one-quarter suspension, advanced the ball three\u00a0yards. Quarterback Tyrod Taylor also advanced the ball five\u00a0yards on a scramble, but failed to gain a first down. The Hokies were forced to punt the ball away, and Kansas recovered the kick at its 41-yard line. With good field position and momentum granted by the interception and field goal, Kansas moved the ball quickly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nTodd Reesing was sacked by Nekos Brown and Xavier Adibi, but connected to Jake Sharp for 20\u00a0yards on two\u00a0passes, advancing the ball deep into Virginia Tech territory. Passes to Marcus Henry and Dezmon Briscoe advanced Kansas 21\u00a0more yards into Hokie territory, and Brandon McAnderson rushed for five\u00a0yards on the ground. Capping the Kansas drive was a 13-yard toss by Reesing to Henry for a touchdown. The score, which came with 7:03 remaining in the first half, gave Kansas a 17\u20130 lead, its largest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nVirginia Tech recovered the post-touchdown kickoff desperately needing to score before halftime. Kansas had played strongly on defense throughout the first half, and the game's momentum was firmly behind the Jayhawks, who had capitalized on two\u00a0Virginia Tech turnovers. Sean Glennon completed a three-yard pass to Josh Morgan to begin the drive, but it was running back Branden Ore who did the vast majority of the work during the Hokies' final offensive drive of the first half. After Glennon's pass, Ore rushed the ball on six straight plays, picking up 33\u00a0yards and two\u00a0first downs on the way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nAfter that, Glennon contributed a five-yard run of his own, which was aided by a 15-yard facemask penalty against Kansas. Branden Ore received the ball again, rushing on five consecutive plays, culminating in a one-yard run for a touchdown. The score came with just 1:03 left in the half, giving Virginia Tech its first points of the game and narrowing Kansas' lead to 17\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nKansas received Virginia Tech's kickoff, and the Hokies attempted to give themselves another chance at offense by calling timeouts after Kansas rushed the ball. The timeouts stopped the clock, but Kansas managed to earn a first down and run out the clock after Tech used its allotted three\u00a0timeouts. Heading into halftime, Kansas still had the lead and the momentum, but a Virginia Tech touchdown had cut the Jayhawks' lead to just 10\u00a0points, 17\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Halftime show\nThe halftime show of the 2008 Orange Bowl was headlined by American blues rock band ZZ Top, who played their song Sharp Dressed Man. The band was a favorite of Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing, who expressed regrets prior to the game that he would not be able to listen to the performance. Also featured during the halftime show were a group of high school marching bands, who played Stevie Ray Vaughan's Crossfire while ZZ Top's stage was disassembled. Following the halftime show, the FOX truck broadcasting the game experienced a power outage. As Fox crews worked to get the power restored, the second half was delayed by three minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nKansas, which had won the pre-game coin toss, received the ball to open the second half. Todd Reesing initially began where he had left off in the first half, completing a pass to Dexton Fields for 12\u00a0yards and a first down. On subsequent plays, however, Virginia Tech showed some of the defensive prowess that had been promoted heavily heading into the game. Aqib Talib was tackled for a loss of six\u00a0yards after catching a pass. Reesing was sacked under heavy pressure from the Tech defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nOn third down, a Reesing pass was nearly intercepted by Cody Grimm, who knocked it down to force a Kansas punt. On the subsequent return, Virginia Tech earned its first big play of the game. Eddie Royal, who had returned every one of Virginia Tech's first-half kicks, received the ball and lateraled it to Justin Harper, who returned it 84\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The score cut Kansas' lead to just three points with 11:35 remaining in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nWith the game's momentum now firmly in their favor, the Virginia Tech defense stopped Kansas' offense on three straight plays, forcing another Kansas punt. The kick traveled 62\u00a0yards and was recovered at the Virginia Tech 18-yard line. Virginia Tech's offense, despite the poor field position, moved quickly, partly due to a 15-yard pass interference penalty against Kansas. Sean Glennon completed a controversial 37-yard pass to tight end Greg Boone to drive the Hokies deep into Kansas territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nInitially, the pass appeared to have been intercepted by a Kansas defender, but subsequent replays revealed Boone had wrested possession of the ball away from the defender. Three rushes deep inside the Kansas red zone netted the Hokies just nine more yards, setting up a fourth-and-one scenario for the Virginia Tech offense. Rather than risk a failed fourth-down conversion, Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer sent in kicker Jud Dunlevy to attempt a 25-yard field goal. During the kick, however, Kansas defender Joe Mortensen rushed through the Virginia Tech line and blocked the kick, denying the Hokies three points and preserving a 17\u201314 Kansas lead with 6:31 remaining in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nThe block neutralized all the Virginia Tech momentum that had been gained with the punt-return touchdown and kept Kansas in the lead. After the block, however, Kansas failed to gain a first down on offense. Though forced to punt the ball away, punter Kyle Tucker's 42-yard kick was helped by a 10-yard illegal blocking penalty against Virginia Tech that pinned the Hokies at their own 25-yard line. Branden Ore picked up a first down with two rushes, but the Tech offense failed to gain another first down and the Hokies were forced to punt the ball again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nKansas took over at its own 12-yard line after the punt. On the first play of the drive, Reesing completed a 37-yard pass to Dexton Fields, putting the ball near midfield. Three straight incomplete passes later, Kansas faced a fourth-and-ten and a punt. Instead of punting the ball away, however, Kansas elected to try a risky fake punt-pass. Instead of snapping the ball to the punter, the ball was snapped to running back Brandon McAnderson, who threw the ball 22\u00a0yards downfield to Micah Brown for a first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nOn the very next play, Reesing, having returned to the field, connected on a 28-yard pass to Dexton Fields, who was pushed out of bounds just short of the goal line. With a first-and-goal from inside the one-yard line, a Kansas touchdown seemed inevitable. On the first play inside the red zone, however, Kansas fumbled the ball. Though the ball was recovered by a Kansas player, the play lost four\u00a0yards. On the next play, Kansas committed a 15-yard personal foul penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0035-0002", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nThe personal foul was followed by a 10-yard holding penalty, and Kansas was pushed entirely outside the Virginia Tech red zone. In an effort to push back, Reesing threw a pass deep downfield. Instead of being completed, however, the ball was intercepted by Virginia Tech's D.J. Parker. With 39\u00a0seconds left in the quarter, Virginia Tech had stopped Kansas from gaining a point despite the Jayhawks penetrating inside the Virginia Tech one-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nAs the quarter came to an end, the Hokies gained two quick first downs and advanced the ball 26\u00a0yards, seemingly having regained the momentum lost with the blocked kick. With one\u00a0quarter remaining in the game, however, Kansas still had a three-point lead, 17\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe first few plays of the fourth quarter failed to live up to the promise that had been shown in the third for the Hokies. Two incomplete passes and one that gained just two\u00a0yards forced Virginia Tech to punt the ball away with 13:49 remaining in the quarter. After taking over at its 33-yard line, Kansas had no more success on offense than did Virginia Tech. After three straight plays with no gain, Kansas was forced to punt the ball away as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nA 58-yard kick by Kyle Tucker pinned Virginia Tech inside its 10-yard line, and the Hokies were unable to advance the ball much beyond the ten-yard line. An incomplete pass and a two-yard run by Branden Ore were all the offense managed before Sean Glennon threw a 20-yard interception to the Jayhawks' Justin Thornton. Thornton returned the ball 30\u00a0yards to the Virginia Tech two-yard line, and on Kansas' first play after the interception, Todd Reesing ran two\u00a0yards for the touchdown. The score gave the Jayhawks a 24\u201314 lead with just 10:57 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nAfter the Kansas kickoff, Virginia Tech took over at its 33-yard line. Needing a score, the Hokies committed a five-yard false start penalty before quarterback Sean Glennon was sacked by Kansas' Mike Rivera. The two plays pushed the Virginia Tech offense back, preventing them from gaining a first down. Forced to punt the ball away, Virginia Tech had to play defense as Kansas took over at its 28-yard line. Secure in their lead, Kansas elected to run the ball in an effort to keep the clock moving and bring the game to an end more quickly. Brandon McAnderson broke free for 28\u00a0yards on the first play of the drive, and Jake Sharp contributed another first down on the ground before the Hokie defense stopped Kansas on an attempt to earn a first down on a fourth-and-two deep inside Virginia Tech territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 856]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nHaving stopped Kansas on fourth down, Virginia Tech took over on offense at its 22-yard line. With just 5:51 remaining in the game, the Hokies badly needed to score quickly and get a defensive stop in order to have a chance to win. The Hokies advanced on the first aspect of that requirement as Sean Glennon converted several first downs through the air. Kansas allowed no play over nine\u00a0yards until late in the drive, forcing Virginia Tech to use up valuable time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nOn the last play of the drive, Sean Glennon connected on a 20-yard strike to Justin Harper for a touchdown. The score cut Kansas' lead to just three points, but with just three minutes remaining in the game, Virginia Tech's comeback would only be complete if the Hokies could recover a difficult onside kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nJud Dunlevy kicked the ball, which traveled the regulation 10\u00a0yards, but was recovered by Kansas. The Hokies, despite failing to recover the onside kick, still had a chance for another offensive possession if they stopped Kansas' offense short of a first down. Because the Hokies had two timeouts remaining, they could stop the clock after two Kansas plays, thus preserving time for a Virginia Tech offensive drive. An 11-yard pass by Todd Reesing netted Kansas a first down, however, and subsequent runs by the Jayhawks allowed Kansas to run out the clock despite the Virginia Tech timeouts. Kansas preserved its lead by kneeling on the ball inside the Virginia Tech 5-yard line on the final plays of the game, and the 24\u201321 victory was celebrated as time ran out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics\nKansas' Aqib Talib was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Talib's 60-yard interception return for a touchdown was the Orange Bowl's first since the 1968 Orange Bowl, when Oklahoma's Bob Stephenson performed the same feat. When he appeared on stage on the field after the game to receive his award, Talib exclaimed, \"I felt like Deion! \", a reference to former NFL star Deion Sanders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics\nThe two teams finished with extremely similar statistical totals, as befitting a close game. The two teams were within 38\u00a0total yards of each other; Kansas had 344\u00a0yards and Virginia Tech had 306. That relative closeness was reflected in the teams' first-down totals as well. Virginia Tech earned 20\u00a0first downs: 10\u00a0rushing, eight\u00a0passing, and two\u00a0via penalty. Kansas, meanwhile, earned 19\u00a0first downs: five\u00a0rushing, 13\u00a0passing, and one\u00a0via penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics\nOver two-thirds of Kansas' offense came through the air as the Jayhawks racked up 249\u00a0net passing yards. The Hokies, meanwhile, earned almost half their offense on the ground. The end result of the varying offensive strategies was much the same, however. Kansas successfully converted six of its 17\u00a0third-down attempts, while Virginia Tech converted seven of its 17\u00a0attempts. The time of possession was one key stat in favor of Kansas, as Kansas controlled the ball for 33:47, over 7 minutes more than Virginia Tech's possession time of 26:13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics\nThe difference in the game came from special teams and turnovers. Virginia Tech turned the ball over three times, while Kansas turned the ball over just once. Kansas converted its three takeaways into 17\u00a0points, giving the Jayhawks an enormous advantage on the scoreboard. Virginia Tech failed to convert its sole turnover recovery into any points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nOn offense, the Hokies largely kept up with the Jayhawks, despite a losing effort. The two-quarterback system that had been heavily promoted heading into the game was largely abandoned in the first quarter after freshman Tyrod Taylor was sacked on his first two\u00a0plays and threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown during his second time on the field. After those two abortive first-quarter appearances, and a single play at the beginning of the second quarter, Taylor did not re-enter the game until a single play halfway through the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nWith Taylor largely removed from the game, junior Sean Glennon was left to fill the gaps. Glennon had a solid, if unspectacular, game, completing 13\u00a0of his 28\u00a0passes for 160\u00a0yards and a touchdown. Glennon did struggle at times against the Jayhawks' defense, however, throwing two interceptions that resulted in 10\u00a0Kansas points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nWith Glennon behind center, the Virginia Tech offense utilized several different wide receivers in the passing game. Eight different players caught at least one pass, and the leading receiver, Justin Harper, hauled in four\u00a0catches for 64\u00a0yards and a touchdown. Receiver Josh Morgan, meanwhile, caught three\u00a0passes, bringing him to 122\u00a0receptions for his career, passing Antonio Freeman for second place all-time at Virginia Tech. Ernest Wilford remains first in the Virginia Tech record book, with 126\u00a0receptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nThe Hokies were slightly more effective rushing the ball. In the ground game, seven different players carried the ball at least once, netting 135\u00a0rushing yards. Branden Ore finished the game with 116\u00a0yards, leading all rushers on both teams. That total put him just eight\u00a0yards short of his second-straight 1,000-yard season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nOre's total is even more impressive when one considers he had been suspended for the entire first quarter of the game, his place taken by backup rusher Kenny Lewis, Jr. Lewis finished the game with four carries for 22\u00a0yards, and did not see much action after Ore entered the game at the beginning of the second\u00a0quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nOn special teams, the Hokies had several highs and lows. Justin Harper's 84-yard punt-return touchdown sparked a Virginia Tech rally that brought the Hokies within striking distance, but failures on special teams also ended the rally and turned the momentum of the game against Virginia Tech. Kicker Jud Dunlevy had been the third-most accurate kicker in the nation heading into the Orange Bowl, having hit 21 of his 24\u00a0field goal attempts during the season. He only needed two field goals to break Tech's record for most field goals in the season, set at 22 by Shayne Graham in 1998. Though Dunlevy had two chances for field goals, one fell short and the other was blocked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nOn defense, the Hokies were led by linebacker Vince Hall, who recorded seven solo tackles, one assisted tackle, and one pass break-up. Hokies' defender Orion Martin also had a big game, recording six solo tackles, one assisted tackle, and two\u00a0sacks of Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing. Two other defensive players recorded one sack apiece, and D.J. Parker recorded the Hokies' sole interception on defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Kansas statistical recap\nOn offense, the Jayhawks recorded a total of 344\u00a0yards, 249\u00a0of which came through the air. Quarterback Todd Reesing was the key contributor to the Kansas aerial attack, completing 20\u00a0of his 37\u00a0passes for 227\u00a0yards and just one interception. The only other Kansas player to record passing yards was running back Brandon McAnderson, who threw a 22-yard first-down pass during a fake punt. Though under pressure for much of the game, Reesing was sacked four times, Kansas continued to maintain an effective pass attack throughout the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Kansas statistical recap\nEight different receivers caught at least one pass, with Dexton Fields leading all receivers in the game with seven\u00a0catches for 101\u00a0yards. Both totals were the highest marks recorded in the game by either team. Fields was also the recipient of a play that tied for the longest pass play of the game, a 37-yard toss from Reesing halfway through the third quarter. Cornerback and game MVP Aqib Talib came into the game as a receiver several times, but because his appearance in the game was such an unusual occurrence, the Virginia Tech defense was able to zero in on him and prevent him from catching the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Kansas statistical recap\nThe Jayhawks' ground game was less effective than their pass offense, but still had success against a tough Virginia Tech defense. Running back Brandon McAnderson, Kansas' leading rusher, finished the game with 15\u00a0carries for 75\u00a0yards. Backup running back Jake Sharp rushed nine times for 33\u00a0yards, including several key first-down runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Kansas statistical recap\nAs successful as Kansas' offense was, it was the Jayhawks' special teams (beating Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer at his own game) that earned them the victory. Kansas blocked one Virginia Tech field goal, and caused Tech kicker Jud Dunlevy to miss another short. Kansas punter Kyle Tucker did an excellent job pinning Virginia Tech deep in its own end of the field, kicking the ball five times for a total of 250\u00a0yards, averaging 50\u00a0yards a punt. His longest punt, a 62-yard kick, was one of three punts that were downed inside Tech's 20-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Final statistics, Kansas statistical recap\nThe Kansas defense, which had been ill-regarded heading into the game, performed well, as MVP Aqib Talib finished the game with five\u00a0tackles in addition to the interception he returned for a touchdown. The Jayhawks' leading tackler was Mike Rivera, who earned 12\u00a0tackles, including one\u00a0sack of quarterback Sean Glennon. Altogether, the Jayhawks sacked Virginia Tech's quarterbacks five times, including two sacks on the opening drive of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Postgame effects\nKansas' victory in the 2008 Orange Bowl had far-reaching effects for both Virginia Tech and Kansas as well as college football teams around the country. The victory allowed Kansas to finish its 2007 season with a final record of 12\u20131, while the loss brought Virginia Tech to a final record of 11\u20133. The game itself provided tens of millions of dollars of economic impact for the South Florida region, which attracted tens of thousands of visitors from both Virginia and Kansas. In Kansas, bars and liquor stores benefited from the game, as Jayhawks' fans stocked up on food and alcohol for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Postgame effects\nA bet on the game between the governors of Kansas and Virginia was resolved when Virginia Governor Tim Kaine sent a Virginia smoked ham to the Kansas state capitol. Had Virginia Tech won, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius would have sent Kaine an assortment of Kansas beef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Postgame effects, Virginia Tech\nThe Hokies' loss to Kansas lowered its bowl winning percentage since 1993 to 40\u00a0percent. In the 15\u00a0bowl games played between the 1993 Independence Bowl and the 2008 Orange Bowl, the Hokies amassed a record of six\u00a0wins and nine\u00a0losses. Despite the loss to the Jayhawks and the loss of several graduating players, Virginia Tech was a popular pick to repeat as ACC champions heading into the off-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0057-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Postgame effects, Virginia Tech\nThe seniors who graduated following the Orange Bowl game were the winningest team in Virginia Tech history, becoming one of just three teams in Division I to win at least 10 games each of the previous four years. Junior Sean Glennon's second consecutive failure to win a bowl game, however, re-opened the question of whether he or Tyrod Taylor would be the Hokies' starter at quarterback in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Postgame effects, Kansas\nKansas' victory over Virginia Tech was the Jayhawks' fifth bowl victory and was the 11th\u00a0bowl game in the history of the Kansas Jayhawks football team. Because of the unexpected nature of the Jayhawks' success, some pundits proclaimed the 2008 Orange Bowl as ranking among the greatest Kansas sports victories of all time. The game paid $17\u00a0million to the Big 12 Conference and helped to boost the Kansas football team's national profile among potential recruits. In addition, the program saw an increase in ticket sales in the years immediately following the bowl appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0058-0001", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Postgame effects, Kansas\nTwo months after the football team's Orange Bowl win, the men's basketball team won the National Championship becoming only the second school to win a BCS Bowl game and National Championship in basketball in the same school year. Additionally the 49 wins combined from the football team and basketball team were the most combined wins in NCAA history from a football team and men's basketball team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Postgame effects, 2008 NFL Draft\nThe 2008 Orange Bowl provided an excellent national platform for players from both Kansas and Virginia Tech to impress National Football League scouts prior to the 2008 NFL Draft, held April 26 and April 27, 2008. Virginia Tech cornerback Brandon Flowers was one of the first Orange Bowl participants to announce his intent to enter the draft following the game. Flowers, a redshirt junior, finished the season with five interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198136-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Bowl, Postgame effects, 2008 NFL Draft\nTwo Kansas players announced that they would leave early for the NFL. Aqib Talib, the game's MVP, and All-American Anthony Collins announced they would enter the 2008 draft, capitalizing on their successful season. In total, twelve players from that game were drafted, eight from Virginia Tech and four from Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198137-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Warsaw Open\nThe 2008 Orange Warsaw Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay court. It was the 8th edition of the Orange Warsaw Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Warszawianka Courts in Warsaw, Poland, from 9 June through 15 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198137-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Warsaw Open\nThe singles field was led by ATP No. 4, Miami Masters and P\u00f6rtschach winner Nikolay Davydenko, defending champion Tommy Robredo, and Vi\u00f1a del Mar and P\u00f6rtschach runner-up Juan M\u00f3naco. Also competing were recent Casablanca titlist Gilles Simon, Las Vegas semifinalist Guillermo Ca\u00f1as, Potito Starace, Marcel Granollers and Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198137-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Warsaw Open, Finals, Doubles\nMariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski defeated  Nikolay Davydenko /  Yuri Schukin, 6\u20130, 3\u20136, 10\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198138-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Warsaw Open \u2013 Doubles\nMariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski were the defending champions, and won in the final 6\u20130, 3\u20136, 10\u20134, against Nikolay Davydenko and Yuri Schukin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198139-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Orange Warsaw Open \u2013 Singles\nSecond-seeded Tommy Robredo was the defending champion, but first-seeded Nikolay Davydenko defeated him 6\u20133, 6\u20133, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198140-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open\nThe 2008 Ordina Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 19th edition of the Ordina Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Autotron park in Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, from June 15 through June 21, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198140-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open\nThe men singles featured ATP No. 5, Valencia titlist and French Open quarterfinalist David Ferrer, Queen's Club quarterfinalist Richard Gasquet, and Australian Open quarterfinalist and Adelaide runner-up Jarkko Nieminen. Also competing were defending champion Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107, Miami and Monte-Carlo Masters quarterfinalist Igor Andreev, Mario An\u010di\u0107, Guillermo Ca\u00f1as and Fabrice Santoro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198140-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open\nThe women's draw was led by WTA No. 5, Dubai winner and French Open quarterfinalist Elena Dementieva, defending champion and Paris titlist Anna Chakvetadze, and Berlin Tier I champion and Roland-Garros runner-up Dinara Safina. Other top seeds were Dubai semifinalist Francesca Schiavone, Vi\u00f1a del Mar and Acapulco winner Flavia Pennetta, Maria Kirilenko, Katarina Srebotnik and Alona Bondarenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198140-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open, Finals, Men's Doubles\nMario An\u010di\u0107 /  J\u00fcrgen Melzer defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Leander Paes, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198140-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open, Finals, Women's Doubles\nMarina Erakovic /  Micha\u00eblla Krajicek defeated  L\u012bga Dekmeijere /  Angelique Kerber, 6\u20133, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198141-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJeff Coetzee and Rogier Wassen were the defending champions, but Coetzee chose not to participate, and only Wassen competed that year. Wassen partnered with Jean-Claude Scherrer, but lost in the first round to Steve Darcis and Marc Gicquel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198141-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMario An\u010di\u0107 and J\u00fcrgen Melzer won in the final 7\u20136(5), 6\u20133, against Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198142-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThe 2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Men's Singles was one of the competitions of the 2008 Ordina Open tennis tournament held in Rosmalen, Netherlands. The event was held from 15 through 21 June and comprised a draw of 32 players of which eight were seeded. Four players gained entry through the qualification tournament and additionally three players received a wild card for direct admission into the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198142-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nIvan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 was the defending champion of the men's singles tennis event at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, but lost in the second round to Viktor Troicki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198142-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFirst-seeded David Ferrer won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20132, against unseeded Marc Gicquel and earned \u20ac59,100 first-prize money as well as 175 ranking points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198143-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nYung-jan Chan and Chia-jung Chuang were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andreea Ehritt-Vanc and Tamarine Tanasugarn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198143-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nMarina Erakovic and Micha\u00eblla Krajicek won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20132, against L\u012bga Dekmeijere and Angelique Kerber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198143-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nThe top seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198144-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nAnna Chakvetadze was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Alona Bondarenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198144-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nUnseeded Tamarine Tanasugarn won in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20133, against Dinara Safina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198144-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ordina Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198145-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 51\nBallot Measure 51 was a Legislatively referred constitutional amendment ballot measure for the May 20, 2008 primary election ballot in the state of Oregon. The measure amended the Oregon Constitution and was passed by the voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198145-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 51, Background\nThe measure amended the Oregon Constitution providing crime victims an effective processes for enforcing remedy by due course of law for violations of the constitutional rights in criminal prosecutions and juvenile delinquency proceedings. These rights included the rights to: be present during specified proceedings, refuse defendants' discovery requests, receive restitution, obtain transcripts, consult about specified plea negotiations). The version of the constitution at the time this measure was put forward denied victims effective processes for enforcing these rights in court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198145-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 51, Background\nThe measure provides victims may assert claim based on these rights in pending cases or, absent pending case, by mandamus. It authorizes legislature to enact implementing legislation. It would however, allow victims to obtain compensation, invalidate an accusatory instrument, conviction or adjudication, terminate a criminal or juvenile delinquency proceeding, or suspend such proceeding if suspension would violate defendant's constitutional rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198145-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 51, Estimate of Financial Impact\nThe direct financial impact to state and local governments was indeterminate because the impact depended on how often a victim would choose to bring an enforcement action to protect rights guaranteed under section 42, Article I of the Oregon Constitution, but denied by the court, district attorney or other public agency. These additional challenges could arise before a criminal case is filed, after a case is filed, and after the entry of a final judgment in a criminal case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198145-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 51, Estimate of Financial Impact\nActions could be pursued in cases involving person and property crimes in violation, misdemeanor and felony cases, and the victim could file an enforcement action more than one time in a single case. Some cases involve multiple victims, each of whom could bring an individual enforcement action. The measure authorizes the legislature to enact laws providing detailed procedures for claims by victims, including the establishment of reasonable limitations on the time allowed victims to assert their rights and prescribing procedures for appeal. Legislation providing such procedures and limitations could change the direct costs of this measure. Direct costs may also be impacted by the degree of change in the current practice of restitution orders and payment, how many new victims are identified by the court, and the number of challenges that are appealed to a higher court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 939]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198146-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 52\nBallot Measure 51 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on the May 20, 2008 primary election ballot in the state of Oregon. The measure amended the Oregon Constitution and was passed by the voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198146-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 52, Background\nSection 43 of Article I of the Oregon Constitution (the Bill of Rights) establishes rights of crime victims in adult criminal and juvenile delinquency cases. Section 43 establishes the right to be reasonably protected from the accused throughout the adult criminal and juvenile delinquency process and the right to have decisions by the court about the pretrial release of the accused based upon the principles of reasonable protection of the victim and the public, and the likelihood that the accused will appear for trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198146-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 52, Background\nCurrently, victims cannot enforce effectively any of the rights established in section 43 because section 43 provides that assertion of a victim's rights cannot invalidate a court ruling or suspend a case and because district attorneys are the only parties to a case that have authority to assert the victim's section 43 rights. Thus, victims cannot appear in court to assert their section 43 rights and cannot appeal from or otherwise challenge a ruling of a court denying any of their section 43 rights. The constitution prevents the legislature from providing victims such procedural rights by statute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198146-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 52, Background\nMeasure 52 amended section 43 of Oregon's Bill of Rights whereby victims could individually seek remedies for violations of section 43 \"by due course of law.\" Victims of crime could challenge a ruling of a court denying the victim a right secured for the victim by section 43. To effectuate their rights under section 43, the change allows victims to seek a delay in an adult criminal or juvenile delinquency case. Victims can pursue remedies in the criminal or juvenile delinquency case if one is pending, or, if no such case is pending, could initiate a case of their own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198146-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 52, Background\nIf the victim and the district attorney agreed, the district attorney can enforce the victim's section 43 rights. The measure authorizes the legislature to enact statutes providing the details of victims' remedial processes, including reasonable limitations on the time allowed for filing claims and the circumstances in which appeals are allowed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198146-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 52, Background\nThe measure continues the current provision of section 43 that prevents a recovery of money damages for violation of a victim's rights, and the current provision that prevents an assertion of a victim's rights from invalidating an accusatory instrument, conviction or adjudication, or from terminating any criminal or juvenile delinquency case at any point after the case begins. The measure also provides that no claim for a right established in section 43 shall suspend a criminal or juvenile delinquency case if suspension would violate a right of a defendant or alleged youth offender guaranteed by the Oregon Constitution or United States Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198146-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 52, Estimate of Financial Impact\nThe direct financial impact to state and local governments is indeterminate because of the uncertainty of how many victims choose to bring an enforcement action to protect rights guaranteed under section 43, Article I of the Oregon Constitution, but denied by the court, district attorney or other public agency. The cost of this measure could increase the number of pretrial release hearings and increase the number of criminal defendants held and the length of incarceration before, during or after trials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198146-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 52, Estimate of Financial Impact\nCurrent provisions of the constitution establish a victim's right to be reasonably protected from the defendant during the criminal justice process, including pretrial detention of a criminal defendant. Current constitutional provisions require that there shall be no bail for a defendant accused of a violent felony where the defendant is a danger to the victim or others. Few of these criminal defendants awaiting trial are currently released, so the number of cases affected by this measure may be minimal. The measure authorizes the legislature to enact laws providing detailed procedures for claims by victims, including the establishment of reasonable limitations on the time allowed victims to assert their rights and prescribing procedures for appeal. Legislation providing such procedures and limitations could change the direct costs of this measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 920]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198147-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 53\nBallot Measure 53 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment ballot measure for the May 20, 2008 primary election ballot in the state of Oregon. The measure amended the Oregon Constitution and was narrowly passed by the voters after an automatically triggered recount was taken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198147-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 53, Background\nIn November 2000 voters amended the Oregon Constitution by approving the ballot Measure 3, the Oregon Property Protection Act of 2000. The amendment imposed several restrictions on the ability of state and local governments to civilly forfeit property. This measure modified some of the restrictions on civil forfeiture of property.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198147-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 53, Background\nAt the time this measure was put forward, Oregon's constitution required that a person's property may be forfeited only if the person is convicted of a crime. In addition, the forfeiting agency must show by clear and convincing evidence that the property was an instrumentality of that crime, or proceeds of that crime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198147-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 53, Background\nThis measure would allow civil forfeiture of instrumentalities and proceeds of other crimes that are similar to the crime that a person is convicted of committing, even though the person is not convicted of committing those other crimes. The measure required notice to the person and opportunity to challenge the seizure and forfeiture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198147-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 53, Background\nThis measure also specified circumstances in which property may be forfeited without a criminal conviction. The measure would allow forfeiture if the person took the property with intent to defeat forfeiture, the person knew or should have known that the property constituted proceeds or instrumentality of criminal conduct, or the person acquiesced in the criminal conduct.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198147-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 53, Background\nIt also modified the standard of proof in civil forfeiture proceedings, requiring proof by preponderance of evidence to forfeit personal property, and proof by clear and convincing evidence to forfeit real property. The measure made an exception for cash, weapons or negotiable instruments found in close proximity to controlled substances or instrumentalities of criminal conduct, providing that claimant must prove by preponderance of evidence that the property is not subject to forfeiture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198147-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 53, Background\nThe measure removed the prohibition on using forfeited property for law enforcement purposes, and removes the cap on the amount of property that may be applied against the costs of the forfeiture proceeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198147-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 53, Background\nThis measure made it so that forfeiture of animals were not subject to the Oregon Property Protection Act of 2000 and made various other housekeeping amendments to the act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198147-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 53, Estimate of Financial Impact\nThe direct financial impact of the measure to state and local governments was indeterminate due to the inability to accurately predict the number of civil forfeitures that may occur. If the frequency of civil forfeitures increases, then the amount of money going to the state and local jurisdictions would increase correspondingly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198147-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 53, Estimate of Financial Impact\nAny assets forfeited under the measure were distributed as follows: to the satisfaction of any foreclosed liens, security interests and contracts in the order of their priority; to the state or any of its political subdivisions for actual and reasonable expenses; and to the state or any of its political subdivisions for drug treatment programs. The measure would increase the revenue to the state and its political subdivisions, but the extent of the increase was unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198148-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 54\nOregon Ballot Measure 54 (2008) or House Joint Resolution (HJR 4) is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that removed provisions relating to qualifications of electors for school district elections. The measure is a technical fix designed to remove inoperative provisions in the Oregon Constitution which barred those under 21 from voting in school board elections and required voters to be able to pass a literacy test to vote in school district elections. This measure appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon. It was passed by voters, receiving 72.59% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198148-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 54, History, Background\nIn 1948, voters passed a ballot measure amending the Oregon Constitution to require that in order to vote in school elections citizens must meet certain qualifications. Those qualifications were set forth in section 6, Article VIII of the Oregon Constitution, and included requirements that a citizen be at least 21 years old, have resided in the school district for at least six months before the election and have registered for the election. A citizen meeting these qualifications would also only be allowed to vote in the school election if they could also read and write English.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198148-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 54, History, Background\nLater developments in voting rights laws and in court decisions have made each of those requirements unconstitutional or a violation of federal law. The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents denial or abridgment of the voting rights of a citizen 18 years of age or older. Federal court decisions have held that residency requirements of the type which were set forth in section 6, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. In addition, the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 generally prohibits literacy tests as a condition for eligibility to vote. Because of this, Oregon\u2019s Attorney General in 1972, Lee Johnson, held that the requirements under section 6 were unenforceable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198148-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 54, History, Path to the ballot\nThe move to put this measure before the voters began when in the spring of 2006 when the Grant High School Constitution Team in Portland were meeting to continue its preparations for the Center for Civic Education's annual We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution competition, in which knowledge of the U.S. Constitution is tested in a simulated congressional hearing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198148-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 54, History, Path to the ballot\nWhile attending the Grant Constitutional Team meeting Roy Pulvers, a Portland attorney and the father of one of the students, brought up the provisions of Article VIII, Section 6 in the Oregon Constitution to the team and its coaches. He had been preparing for an election-law conference in Washington, D.C. he was going to be attending, and was reading through relevant Oregon statutes and constitutional provisions. He stated his belief that the requirements of Section 6 were unconstitutional. The team agreed and prompted the students to take action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198148-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 54, History, Path to the ballot\nAt first the students considered filing a lawsuit, but dropped the idea since it was no longer being enforced. Over the course of several months the students broke into small groups and researched the issue, gathering evidence to help overturn what they believed were outdated, unfair voting restrictions still codified in Oregon's Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198148-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 54, History, Path to the ballot\nOnce they felt they had evidence, they drafted a letter outlining their case and sent it to Bill Bradbury who was then the Oregon Secretary of State. His office sent a letter to Hardy Myers, who was at that time the Oregon attorney general, to take a look at the section and give a legal opinion on the matter. The attorney general's office wrote back saying that while the section is still on the books it was inoperative. This prompted the secretary of state's office to sponsor legislation during the 2007 session of the legislature to amend the state's constitution, which became House Joint Resolution 4 (HJR 4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198148-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 54, History, Path to the ballot\nOn January 24, 2007, lawmakers held public hearings and invited three of the students, Hannah Fisher, Ethan Gross and Pulvers' daughter Evan, to testify in front of the House Elections Committee. The bill passed the House and Senate with Rep. Jerry Krummel (R-26) of Wilsonville being the only opposing vote. This placed HJR 4 on the 2008 general election ballot as legislatively referred constitutional amendment, becoming Measure 54.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198148-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 54, Passage\nWhile there was no organized opposition to the measure, it was reported there was a theoretical problem with striking Section 6. Portland Constitutional lawyer Chuck Hinkle expressed a concern that if passed, the measure might prevent people who do not own property from voting in school district elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198148-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 54, Passage\nThe Chair of the House Elections Committee, Representative Diane Rosenbaum, dismissed such concerns. She pointed out that is not the intention of Measure 54, and that there are no plans to restrict school bond elections to taxpayers. The measure went on to be passed by voters with an overwhelming 72.59% of the vote, the second largest margin of victory in the November 2008 general election ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198149-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 55\nOregon Ballot Measure 55 (2008) or House Joint Resolution (HJR) 31 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that was put before voters in 2008. This measure was designed to fix a situation where State Senators whose seats are not up in the next cycle following a redistricting are forced to move to their new district. It had no organized opposition. The measure appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198149-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 55, Background, Official Ballot Title\nThe official ballot title for this measure is:Changes Operative Date Of Redistricting Plans; Allows Affected Legislators To Finish Term In Original District", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198150-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 56\nOregon Ballot Measure 56 or House Joint Resolution 15 (HJR 15) is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that enacted law which provides that property tax elections decided at May and November elections will be decided by a majority of voters who are voting in the relevant election. It repealed the double majority requirement passed by the voters in the 1990s via Measures 47 and 50, which requires that, for non-general elections, all bond measures can pass only when a majority of registered voters turn out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198150-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 56\nThe measure appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon and was passed with 56.6% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198150-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 56, Supporters\nMeasure 56 was supported by the , which included the League of Women Voters of Oregon, Human Services Coalition of Oregon, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Basic Rights Oregon, Coalition for a Livable Future, Elders in Action, and Oregon PTA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198150-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 56, Supporters\nOfficial Voters' Pamphlet arguments in favor can be found at the Oregon Secretary of State's .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198150-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 56, Supporters, Newspaper endorsements\nHere is how Oregon's major newspapers have endorsed on the measure:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198150-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 56, Opponents\nSteve Buckstein of the non-partisan, non-profit Cascade Policy Institute wrote a  that says, \"Critics of Oregon's so-called 'double majority' rule say it isn't democratic because a simple majority of those voting may not be able to pass a tax measure. But in reality, just 25% of registered voters can raise taxes under 'double-majority.' 'Double majority' is a sensible taxpayer safeguard that should be kept, and even strengthened.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57\nOregon Ballot Measure 57 (2008) or Senate Bill (SB) 1087 was a legislatively referred state statute that increased term of imprisonment for persons convicted of specified drug and property crimes under certain circumstances. The measure enacted law which prohibits courts from imposing less than a presumptive sentence for persons convicted of specified drug and property crimes under certain circumstances, and requires the Department of Corrections to provide treatment to certain offenders and to administer grant program to provide supplemental funding to local governments for certain purposes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Official Ballot Title\nIncreases Sentences For Drug Trafficking, Theft Against Elderly And Specified Repeat Property And Identity Theft Crimes; Requires Addiction Treatment For Certain Offenders", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Background, Competing ballot measures\nA similar measure, (Oregon Ballot Measure 61 (2008), proposed by Kevin Mannix, was also approved for the November election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Background, Competing ballot measures\n1) Measure 61 has mandatory prison time for some first time felony offenders, while SB 1087 only does so for repeat offenders", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Background, Competing ballot measures\n2) SB 1087 significantly increases funding for drug treatment programs, while Measure 61 provides none.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Background, Competing ballot measures\n3) Measure 61 will cost $250\u2013$400 million per two year budget cycle, while SB 1087 would only cost $140 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Background, Competing ballot measures\nIf both measures pass, the one with the most votes will go into effect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Background, An increase in prison inmates since 1994\nIn 1994, Measure 11, an earlier initiative proposed by Kevin Mannix, was passed, which set mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes. It is responsible for 28% of today's prison population. Oregon uses the highest percentage of its state budget to lock up criminals and supervise parole of any state. Oregon has seen a growth in prison inmates from about 4,000 to more than 13,500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Background, An increase in prison inmates since 1994\nIf SB 1087 or the initiative proposed by Mannix, is passed, Oregon's prison population and percentage of state budget will become more pronounced. However, Oregon has seen an even greater drop in violent crime than the rest of the country on average since Measure 11 passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Support, Elected officials, Others\nA full list of supporters is available at the campaign website .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Opposition\nKevin Mannix continues to promote his Measure 61. \"Either way, we make progress,\" Mannix says. \"I win some if [Measure] 57 passes, and the people win more if 61 passes.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Opposition\nLoren Parks \"With the financial help of Nevada medical-device millionaire Loren Parks, Mannix easily gathered 149,000 signatures to place Measure 61 on the ballot.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Opposition\nOregon Anti- Crime Alliance: The Oregon Anti- Crime Alliance is a new organization that brings together citizens with a mission of reducing crime in Oregon through reforms affecting prevention, investigation, prosecution, the courts, indigent defense, accountability, transition programs out of prison, prison work, treatment and rehabilitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Opposition\nSome Republicans attacked the measure for being \"soft-on-crime\". Kevin Mannix continues to promote his \"tough-on-crime\" initiative while pointing out the weaknesses of the competing measure. \"We shouldn't be patsies and let drug dealers and identity thieves and burglars get a free pass on their first convictions, which is what they get on the legislative referral\", he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Opposition\nFor a citizen-initiated measure in Oregon, the ballot title is determined by the state's Attorney General. In the case of this measure, the legislature chose to supplant this process by inserting its own title.,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198151-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Opposition\nAs of March, 2009, the number of counties that have sentenced pursuant Measure 57 sentences remains small. The reason for this seems to be that defendants are willing to plea to a lesser sentence in order to avoid the longer sentences mandated by the Measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58\nOregon Ballot Measure 58  was an initiated state statute ballot measure sponsored by Bill Sizemore that appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon. It was rejected by voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58\nThe initiative would have required \"English immersion\" in Oregon's public schools. \"English immersion\" wasn't defined in the measure, and there is no academic consensus as to what it means.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Newspaper Endorsements\nHere is how Oregon's major newspapers endorsed on the measure:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Newspaper Endorsements\nNo Oregon newspapers have endorsed a yes vote on Measure 58.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Specific provisions\nThe measure would limit the use of foreign language instruction in public schools to:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Specific provisions, Estimated fiscal impact\nThe state's Financial Estimate Committee prepares estimated fiscal impact statements for any ballot measures that will appear on the ballot. The estimate prepared by this committee for Measure 58 says:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Specific provisions, Estimated fiscal impact\nChief petitioner Bill Sizemore disputed the state's financial estimate, and said the measure would save education money, contending that \"these kids will learn English more quickly when they are required to do so. \",", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Supporters\nMeasure 58's chief petitioners are Bill Sizemore, Alan Grosso, and Russ Walker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Supporters\nThe Oregon Voters' Pamphlet has arguments in favor from Oregonians For Immigration Reform, the Marion County Republican Party, FreedomWorks, and Sizemore's Oregon Taxpayers United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Supporters, Arguments for Measure 58\nNotable arguments that have been made in favor of Measure 58 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Opponents\nMeasure 58 is opposed by the Parents and Teachers Know Better Coalition, which describes itself as \"a broad coalition of parents, teachers, and school advocates who care about Oregon's students & schools.\" The Parents and Teachers Know Better campaign is part of the , which opposes all five of the ballot initiatives on the November 4 ballot that are sponsored by Sizemore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Opponents\nMembers of the coalition include Stand for Children, Oregon PTA, United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, Oregon Education Association, American Federation of Teachers-Oregon, Oregon School Employees Association, and the Human Services Coalition of Oregon, among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Opponents, Arguments against Measure 58\nNotable arguments that have been made against Ballot Measure 58 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Opponents, Donors opposed to Measure 58\nTwo campaign committees opposed to Measure 58 have registered. They are Defend Oregon and the Committee to Protect Local Control of Schools (CPLCS), led by Kevin Neely, who is also the treasurer of Defend Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Opponents, Donors opposed to Measure 58\nCPLCS reports no significant financial activity as of September 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Opponents, Donors opposed to Measure 58\nDefend Oregon, as a committee, fought seven different ballot measures in 2008, and supported two others. As a result, it is not possible to discern how much of its campaign warchest went specifically to defeat Measure 58. Altogether, the group has raised $9 million in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Opponents, Donors opposed to Measure 58\nMajor donations to the Defend Oregon group as of October 23 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Path to the ballot\nWhat became Oregon Ballot Measure 50 started out as Oregon Initiative Petition 19; it was originally approved for petition circulation on August 30, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Path to the ballot\nThe office of the Oregon Secretary of State announced on June 16, 2008 that its unofficial signature verification process showed that the initiative's supporters had turned in 83,248 valid signatures, versus a requirement of 82,769 signatures. This represented a validity rate of 66.88% calculated over the 124,476 signatures turned in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198152-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 58, Path to the ballot\nA union-funded watchdog group asked the Oregon Secretary of State to conduct an investigation into how some signatures on the measure were collected. Bill Bradbury, the Secretary of State has said, \"\"...most all of the initiatives Oregon voters will decide this fall got there through practices that are now illegal. But those practices were legal at the time most of the signatures were submitted.\" The state Elections Division is currently investigating the claims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59\nOregon Ballot Measure 59 was an initiated state statute ballot measure sponsored by Bill Sizemore that appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon, United States. If it had passed, Oregon would have join Alabama, Iowa, and Louisiana as the only states to allow federal income taxes to be fully deducted on state income tax returns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Background, Official Ballot Title\nThe official ballot title is: Creates an unlimited deduction for federal income taxes on individual taxpayers' Oregon income-tax returns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Background, History\nThis is the third time Sizemore has put a similar measure on the ballot. In 2000, he qualified Measure 91, which would have made federal income taxes fully deductible on state taxes. It lost 55\u201345, but a legislative referral that increased limited state deductions of federal taxes passed. In 2007, the limit on federal deductions was $5,600 \u2014 it increases each year indexed to inflation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Background, History\nIn 2006, Sizemore associate Russ Walker introduced Measure 41, which would have allowed \"income tax deduction equal to federal exemptions deduction to substitute for state exemption credit.\" It failed 63\u201337.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Background, History\nAlong with Measures 60 and 64, Measure 59 is one of the three initiatives on the 2008 ballot that Sizemore has brought to the ballot in the past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Newspaper Endorsements\nHere is how Oregon's major newspapers have endorsed on Measure 59:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Newspaper Endorsements\nNo Oregon newspapers have endorsed a yes vote on Measure 59.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Specific provisions of the initiative\nThe ballot title is \"An Act to Prohibit Double Taxation\". Specific provisions include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Specific provisions of the initiative, Estimated fiscal impact\nThe state's Financial Estimate Committee prepares estimated fiscal impact statements for any ballot measures that will appear on the ballot. The estimate prepared by this committee for Measure 58 says:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Specific provisions of the initiative, Other fiscal estimates\nThe Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) issued a separate financial impact study. Features of their report:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Proponents\nBill Sizemore, Timothy R. Trickey and R. Russell Walker are the measure's chief petitioners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Proponents\nThe committee that put Measure 59 on the ballot was called \"Stop the Double Tax\". There is no committee currently supporting the ballot measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Proponents, Donors supporting Measure 59\nThe Oregonian reported in September 2007 that Nevada millionaire Loren Parks was the leading contributor to the effort to put Measure 59 and other measures on the ballot. According to the newspaper, Parks gave money directly to the signature gathering firm, rather than to Sizemore directly. A court injunction stemming from a 2000 fraud case prevents Sizemore from spending money directly on politics, although he told Oregon Public Broadcasting in May 2008 that he \"found a way to put the measures on the ballot and give voters those choices without me actually handling the money. And so I'm still able to put measures on the ballot, I just have to do it in a sort of round-about way.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Opponents\nMeasure 59 is opposed by the , which includes the American Heart Association, 1000 Friends of Oregon, AARP Oregon, Children First for Oregon, and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Opponents, Arguments against Measure 59\nNotable arguments that have been made against Measure 59 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Opponents, Donors opposing Measure 59\nDefend Oregon, as a committee, is fighting seven different ballot measures, and supporting two others. As a result, it is not possible to discern how much of its campaign spending is going specifically to defeat Measure 58. Altogether, the group has raised $9 million in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Opponents, Donors opposing Measure 59\nMajor donations to the Defend Oregon group as of October 23 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Petition drive history\nThe office of the Oregon Secretary of State announced on June 16, 2008 that its unofficial signature verification process showed that the initiative's supporters had turned in 83,136 valid signatures, versus a requirement of 82,769 signatures. This represented a validity rate of 64.76% calculated over the 128,380 signatures turned in. The measure formally qualified for the ballot on August 2.,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198153-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 59, Petition drive history\nA union-funded watchdog group asked the Oregon Secretary of State to conduct an investigation into how some of the signatures on the measure were collected. Bill Bradbury, the Secretary of State has said, \"\"...most all of the initiatives Oregon voters will decide this fall got there through practices that are now illegal. But those practices were legal at the time most of the signatures were submitted.\" The state's Election Division is investigating the charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60\nOregon Ballot Measure 60  was an initiated state statute ballot measure filed by Bill Sizemore and R. Russell Walker. Sizemore referred to it the \"Kids First Act.\" The measure appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60\nThe goal of the initiative was to create a new Oregon state statute mandating that only \"classroom performance\" \u2014 not seniority, additional duties, qualifications, advanced degrees, or additional training \u2014 would determine teachers' pay raises. It would also mandate that the \"most qualified\" teachers be retained under employment, replacing seniority as a major consideration. \"Classroom performance\" and \"most qualified\" are not defined by the measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60\nThis is the second time Sizemore has placed a similar measure on the ballot. Measure 95 in 2000 was defeated 65\u201335.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60\nThe official ballot title for Measure 60 was: Teacher \"classroom performance\", not seniority, determines pay raises; \"most qualified\" teachers retained, regardless of seniority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Newspaper Endorsements\nHere is how Oregon's major newspapers have endorsed on the measure:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Specific provisions in the initiative\nNote: \"Classroom performance\" and \"most qualified\" are not defined in the measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Specific provisions in the initiative, Estimated fiscal impact\nThe state's Financial Estimate Committee prepares estimated fiscal impact statements for any ballot measures that will appear on the ballot. The estimate prepared by this committee for Measure 60 says:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Supporters\nPreserve Our Best Teachers was the name of the committee sponsoring the original initiative. There is no committee filed to support the ballot measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Supporters\nThe Oregonian reported in September 2007 that Nevada millionaire Loren Parks was the leading contributor to Measure 60.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Supporters\nRandall J. Pozdena, Ph.D., of the Cascade Policy Institute, authored a  that argued, \"Absent serious structural reforms such as school-level competition, paying for performance in the classroom may be the best way to stimulate higher academic achievement among our K-12 public school students.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Opposition\nMeasure 60 is opposed by the Parents and Teachers Know Better Coalition, which describes itself as \"a broad coalition of parents, teachers, and school advocates who care about Oregon's students & schools.\" The Parents and Teachers Know Better campaign is part of the , which opposes all five of the ballot initiatives on the 2008 ballot measures that are sponsored by Sizemore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Opposition\nMembers of the coalition include Stand for Children, Oregon PTA, United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, Oregon Education Association, American Federation of Teachers-Oregon, Oregon School Employees Association, and the Human Services Coalition of Oregon, among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Opposition, Donors opposing Measure 60\nDefend Oregon, as a committee, is fighting seven different ballot measures, and supporting two others. Altogether, the group has raised over $6 million in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Opposition, Donors opposing Measure 60\nMajor donations to the Defend Oregon group as of October 8 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Petition drive history\nInitiative Petition 20 was originally approved for circulation on August 30, 2006, and the signatures were turned in the month of July. 83,724 signatures were found to be valid of those submitted, versus a qualification threshold of 82,769.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198154-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 60, Petition drive history\nA union-funded watchdog group asked the Oregon Secretary of State to conduct an investigation into how some of the signatures on the measure were collected. Bill Bradbury, the Secretary of State has said, \"...most all of the initiatives Oregon voters will decide this fall got there through practices that are now illegal. But those practices were legal at the time most of the signatures were submitted.\" The state Elections Division is currently investigating the charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61\nOregon Ballot Measure 61 was an initiated state statute ballot measure that enacted law to create mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain theft, identity theft, forgery, drug, and burglary crimes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61\nThe measure appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon, as did Measure 57 which dealt with similar issues, but in a different way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Background\nIn 1994, Measure 11, another initiative proposed by Kevin Mannix, was passed, which set mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes. It is responsible for 28% of today's prison population. Oregon uses the highest percentage of its state budget to lock up criminals and supervise parole of any state. Oregon has seen a growth in prison inmates from about 4,000 to more than 13,500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Background\nIf Ballot Measure 61, or the competitive measure proposed by the legislature, is passed, Oregon's prison population and percentage of state budget will become more pronounced. At the same time, Oregon has seen a greater drop in violent crime than the rest of the country on average since Measure 11 passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Background, Measure 61 versus Measure 57\nIn February 2008, some members of the Oregon State Legislature proposed a bill to put a legislatively referred ballot measure, Measure 57, on the November 2008 ballot that would compete with Measure 61, but which would have less stringent mandatory minimums in it. In response, Mannix said that this \"stinks of political manipulation\". His concern is with how the competing measure's ballot title is set. If the ballot title sounds tough-on-crime, voters\u2014many of whom will judge the measure simply based on its title\u2014might vote for it, even though (Mannix alleges) the competing legislative measure is \"wimpy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Background, Measure 61 versus Measure 57\nThe key difference between the competing measures lies in how they treat first-time offenders. Measure 61 requires mandatory jail time for some first-time offenders; the competing measure does not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Background, Measure 61 versus Measure 57\nSupporters of Measure 61 believe that the method of establishing the ballot title for Oregon ballot measures is unfair and gives the legislatively referred Measure 57 an undue advantage at the polls. For a citizen-initiated measure in Oregon, the ballot title is determined by the state's Attorney General. In the case of the measure that will compete with Measure 61, the claim has been made that the legislature plans to set the ballot title without going through those normal channels.,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Specific provisions, Estimated fiscal impact\nThe state's Financial Estimate Committee prepares estimated fiscal impact statements for any ballot measures that will appear on the ballot. The estimate prepared by this committee for Measure 61 says:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Specific provisions, Estimated fiscal impact\nThe state's Criminal Justice Commission said that the Mannix measure will cost between $128\u2013$200 million a year, whereas the competing measure, Measure 57, would cost between $65\u201370 million per year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Support\nThe chief petitioners for Measure 61 were Kevin Mannix, Duane Fletchall and Steve Beck. Kevin Mannix said that Oregon's incarceration rate is below the national average and that the costs are high because of well-compensated corrections officers. \"You get what you pay for\", Mannix argued, adding that state prisons are among the most drug-free in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Support\nOregon prison officials questioned the Pew Center's numbers, mentioned below, and also pointed out that the Department of Corrections funnels about 20 percent of its budget directly to counties for jails and parole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Support\nLoren Parks, the biggest political contributor in Oregon history, donated over $100,000 to the campaign for this measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Opposition, Donors opposing Measure 61\nDefend Oregon, as a committee, fought seven different ballot measures, and supported two others. As a result, it is not possible to discern how much of its campaign money was going specifically to defeat Measure 59. Altogether, the group raised over $6 million in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198155-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 61, Opposition, Donors opposing Measure 61\nMajor donations to the Defend Oregon group as of October 8 included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198156-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 62\nOregon Ballot Measure 62 (2008) (formerly IRR 41) appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon. It was an initiated constitutional amendment dealing with the issue of where a percentage of profit from the Oregon State Lottery should go. The initiative, if it had passed, would have required that 15% of net lottery proceeds be deposited in a public safety fund. 50% of that fund would have been distributed to counties to fund grants for childhood programs, district attorney operations, and sheriff's investigations. The other 50% of the fund would have gone to Oregon State Police criminal investigations and forensic operations. It is expected that most of that money would have been diverted from schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198156-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 62, Background\nThe official ballot title is: Allocates 15% Of Lottery Proceeds To Public Safety Fund For Crime Prevention, Investigation, Prosecution", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198156-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 62, Background\nMeasure 62 has become unofficially known as the \"Oregon C.S.I. Measure\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198156-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 62, Specific provisions, Estimated fiscal impact\nThe state's Financial Estimate Committee prepares estimated fiscal impact statements for any ballot measures that will appear on the ballot. The estimate prepared by this committee for Measure 62 says:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198156-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 62, Supporters\nThe measure was sponsored by chief petitioners Duane Fletchall, Steve Beck, and Kevin Mannix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198156-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 62, Opponents, Donors opposing Measure 62\nDefend Oregon, as a committee, fought seven different ballot measures, and supported two others. As a result, it is not possible to discern how much of its campaign money was going specifically to defeat Measure 61. Altogether, the group raised over $6 million in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198156-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 62, Opponents, Donors opposing Measure 62\nMajor donations to the Defend Oregon group as of October 8 included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198156-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 62, Newspaper endorsements\nHere is how Oregon's major newspapers endorsed on the measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198157-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 63\nOregon Ballot Measure 63 (IRR 21) was an initiated state statute that appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon. It would have allowed homeowners to make improvements costing less than $35,000 to their home/real estate without first obtaining a building permit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198157-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 63, Background\nOn May 5, 2008, the Oregon Secretary of State announced that the measure had sufficient signatures to qualify for the November ballot. 82,769 valid signatures were required, and the initiative's supporters had turned in 83,869 valid signatures, or 65.65% of the 127,755 total signatures that were submitted. During the campaign to collect signatures, the pro-initiative committee paid Democracy Direct, a petition drive management company, a little under $40,000 to collect signatures for the measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198157-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 63, Specific provisions\nIf the measure had passed, the following provisions would have been enacted:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198157-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 63, Specific provisions, Estimated fiscal impact\nThe state's Financial Estimate Committee prepares estimated fiscal impact statements for any ballot measures that will appear on the ballot. The estimate prepared by this committee for Measure 62 says:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198157-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 63, Supporters\nThe measure's chief petitioners were Alan Grosso and Bill Sizemore. The name of the officially-filed committee supporting the initiative was the \"Fairness in Home Improvement PAC\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198157-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 63, Supporters, Donors in favor of Measure 63\nFunds for signature collection for the proposal were donated by a group called Hire Calling Public Affairs, which was affiliated with Richard Wendt, founder of Jeld-Wen, a Klamath Falls manufacturing company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198157-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 63, Opponents\nDefend Oregon was opposed to Measure 63, as was a group called Oregonians Against Unsafe Housing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198157-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 63, Opponents, Donors opposing Measure 63\nDefend Oregon, as a committee, fought seven different ballot measures, and supported two others. As a result, it is not possible to discern how much of its campaign money was going specifically to defeat Measure 59. Altogether, the group raised over $6 million in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198157-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 63, Opponents, Donors opposing Measure 63\nMajor donations to the Defend Oregon group as of October 8 included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198157-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 63, Newspaper endorsements\nHere is how Oregon's major newspapers endorsed on the measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64\nOregon Ballot Measure 64 (IRR 25)   was an initiated state statute ballot measure on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64\nThis measure would have prohibited money collected with the use of public resources from being used for political purposes, except elections, official voter pamphlets and most lobbying. \"Political purpose\" is defined as: candidates, political committee or party, initiative or referendum committee, and supporting/opposing candidates or ballot measures (including signature gathering for petitions).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Background\nThe measure was initially filed as a potential initiative by chief petitioner Bill Sizemore in 2006. In December 2007, Sizemore turned in 139,000 signatures to qualify the measure for the November 2008 ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Background\nSizemore put similar measures on the Oregon ballot in 1998 and 2000; all of them were defeated by a coalition of unions, charities, and non-profit organizations. Measure 59 was defeated 51\u201349; two years later, Measure 92 was defeated by a wider margin: 55\u201345. Also in 2000, another similar measure, Measure 98, was defeated 53\u201347.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Background\nSizemore has filed nearly identical initiatives every two years since, although none qualified for the ballot until 2008. For 2010, he's filed Initiative Petition 25, which would make political contributions from unions \"bribery.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Newspaper endorsements\nHere is how Oregon's major newspapers endorsed on Measure 64:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Newspaper endorsements\nNo Oregon newspapers endorsed a yes vote on Measure 64.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Supporters\nThe official name of the initiative petition committee to put Measure 64 on the ballot was \"Ban Public Money for Politics\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Supporters\nThe Oregonian reported in September 2007 that Nevada-based millionaire Loren Parks was the leading contributor to put Measure 64 on the ballot. According to the newspaper, Parks gave money directly to the signature gathering firm, rather than to Sizemore directly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Opponents\nMeasure 64 was opposed by the Don't Silence Our Voice committee. It was also opposed by the , which opposed all of Bill Sizemore's 2008 ballot initiatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Opponents\nDon't Silence Our Voice describes itself as \"a broad coalition of community advocates, charities, and labor organizations committed to protecting the voices of all Oregonians.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Opponents\nThe official Oregon voter's pamphlet had arguments in opposition from the United Way, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Oregon PTA, the Oregon Education Association, the League of Women Voters, and the Oregon State Council of Fire Fighters, among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Opponents, Donors opposing Measure 64\nThe Oregon Nurses Association donated $500,000 to the campaign against the proposal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Opponents, Donors opposing Measure 64\nDefend Oregon, as a committee, is fighting seven different ballot measures, and supporting two others. As a result, it is not possible to discern how much of its campaign warchest is going specifically to defeat Measure 59. Altogether, the group has raised over $6 million in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Opponents, Donors opposing Measure 64\nMajor donations to the Defend Oregon group as of October 8 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Petition drive history\nOn May 13, 2008, the Oregon Secretary of State announced that according to an unofficial verification conducted by their office, supporters of the measure had turned in 87,348 valid signatures, slightly more than the 82,769 required. This represented a validity rate of 66% of the 132,347 signatures turned in. Democracy Direct was hired to collect signatures for the measure,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198158-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 64, Petition drive history\nA union-funded watchdog group asked the Oregon Secretary of State to conduct an investigation into how some of the signatures on the measure were collected. Secretary of State Bill Bradbury said, \"\u2026most all of the initiatives Oregon voters will decide this fall got there through practices that are now illegal. But those practices were legal at the time most of the signatures were submitted.\" A lawsuit has been filed in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the new laws governing the initiative process in Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198159-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 65\nBallot Measure 65   was an initiated state statute ballot measure for the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in the state of Oregon. If it had passed, it would have replaced the current closed primary election system for partisan offices, in which each political party nominates its own candidate for the general election. The system proposed by Measure 65 bore similarities to a blanket primary and nonpartisan blanket primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198159-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 65\nUnder Measure 65, voters would have received the same ballot regardless of their own party registration. For each partisan position, the ballot would list all candidates, also without regard for party registration. Voters would choose one candidate, and the two candidates with the most votes would advance to the November general election. The measure would have affected chapters 188.120, 254.056 and 254.115 of the Oregon Revised Statutes, and repealed chapters 254.025 and 254.365.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198159-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 65\nFormer Oregon Secretaries of State Phil Keisling and Norma Paulus were the chief petitioners in favor of the measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198159-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 65\nProponents of Measure 65 argued that the closed primary unfairly excluded voters with no party affiliation, and that voters should be able to vote for any primary election candidate they wished, regardless of the party affiliation of either the voter or the candidate. Opponents of the measure countered that every voter is free to register as a member of a political party to participate in the primary, and criticized the possibility that a general election race could have two candidates from the same party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198160-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Oregon Democratic presidential primary was a mail-only primary in the U.S. state of Oregon. Ballots were mailed to registered Democratic voters between May 2 and May 6, 2008. To be counted, all ballots had to have been received by county elections offices by 8:00\u00a0p.m. PDT on May 20, 2008. It was a closed primary and voters had to have registered as Democrats by April 29, 2008 to be eligible to vote in any of the partisan races. Barack Obama won the presidential primary with 58% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198160-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Democratic presidential primary\nAt the time of the election there were 868,371 registered Democratic voters; 73.56% of them voted in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198160-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Democratic presidential primary, Delegates\nOregon had a total of 65 delegates at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of these, 52 pledged delegates were allocated proportionally to one of the Democratic Presidential candidates in the primary. (The delegates themselves, along with nine alternates, were elected at a later date.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198160-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Democratic presidential primary, Delegates\nOregon also had 13 unpledged superdelegates, all of whom endorsed Obama (though Kulongoski and Hooley originally endorsed Clinton in the primaries):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198160-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Democratic presidential primary, Polling, May 18 Obama rally\nOn May 18, 2008, Barack Obama addressed a rally in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, with a crowd estimated at 72,000 (60,000 inside the gates and another 12,000 outside). This crowd was the largest ever to greet Obama, surpassing his previous record of 35,000 people in Pennsylvania. It was also likely the largest-ever political rally in Oregon, surpassing the John Kerry rally in 2004, which drew 50,000. Large, media-attracting rallies and meetings such as this were noted to make a substantial difference in electorate enthusiasm and volunteer sign-ups for both Democratic Party potential candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team\nThe 2008 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the final season for Mike Bellotti as the Ducks' head coach; he was promoted to become the school's athletic director after the season. The Ducks played their home games at Autzen Stadium. They finished the season 10\u20133, 7\u20132 in Pac-10 play, and were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they defeated Oklahoma State 42\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season\nThe 2007 Oregon Ducks played a surprisingly successful 2007, reaching a #2 ranking in the AP poll, Coaches poll and the BCS poll and finishing the season with a #23 ranking in the AP poll and a #24 ranking in the Coaches poll. Highlights of the season include a 39\u20137 victory over the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Michigan (completing a home and away sweep which included a win against Michigan in Eugene, Oregon in 2003), a dramatic win against USC, and a 56\u201321 win against South Florida in the Brut Sun Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season\nUnfortunately for the Ducks, quarterback Dennis Dixon suffered a knee injury during the game against the Arizona Wildcats. At the time, Oregon had attained the #2 ranking in the nation and appeared to be headed for the national championship game in January. After Dixon's injury the Ducks lost their final 3 games of the regular season, resulting in a disappointing finish to the Oregon football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nFebruary 2 \u2013 Gary Zimmerman, offensive lineman for the Oregon Ducks during the 1980\u201383 seasons, was voted into the National Football League Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. This induction marks the sixth former Oregon player to be selected into the Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nApril 4 \u2013 Nick Reed named to the Lott Trophy watch list. The trophy is awarded to the best collegiate defensive player each year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nApril 18 \u2013 Fenuki Tupou and Max Unger named to the Outland Trophy watch list. The trophy is awarded to the best interior lineman each year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nApril 27 \u2013 In the University of Oregon spring game the white team defeated the green team 36\u20133. The game featured breakout plays by Justin Roper, Ed Dickson and LeGarrette Blount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nApril 30 \u2013 In the NFL draft, three players are selected, Jonathan Stewart selected 13th overall to the Carolina Panthers, Dennis Dixon selected in the 5th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Geoff Schwartz also going to the Panthers in the 7th round. Two other players were signed as free agents, Cameron Colvin with the San Francisco 49ers and David Faaeteete with the Chicago Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nMay 12 \u2013 Patrick Chung and Nick Reed named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy pre-season watch list. The award is given to the best defensive player in college football each year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nMay 13 \u2013 Max Unger named to the Dave Rimington Trophy pre-season watch list. The award is given to the outstanding NCAA Division I-A offensive center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nJune 30 \u2013 Jaison Williams was named to the Maxwell Football Club Award watch list. The Maxwell Award is presented to the most outstanding player of the year. Also, Jairus Byrd, Patrick Chung and Walter Thurmond III were named to the Chuck Bednarik Award watch list. The award is given to the best defensive player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nJuly 7 \u2013 Jairus Byrd, Patrick Chung, and Walter Thurmond III named to the Jim Thorpe Award pre-season watch list. The award is given to the best defensive back in college football each year. Oregon is the only school to have more than two nominees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nJuly 13 \u2013 While swimming in the McKenzie River with some of his teammates, redshirt freshman defensive back Todd Doxey drowned. The accident occurred around 3:15 in the afternoon near the Marcola Road Bridge and he was pronounced dead at Sacred Heart Medical Center at 8:06 PM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nJuly 26 \u2013 Junior linebacker Kevin Garrett was suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules. Garrett finished the 2007 season with 21 tackles with 5.5 for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nJuly 31 \u2013 Junior Ed Dickson has been named to the John Mackey Award watchlist, Dickson is one of 30 players named. The award is given to the Tight End who better exemplifies play, academics and sportsmanship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nAugust 18 \u2013 Senior Nick Reed has been named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year award list. The Walter Camp Football Foundation has named 35 player for consideration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nAugust 25 \u2013 It was announced by GoDucks.com that sophomore quarterback Nate Costa had re-injured his left knee during a practice on the preceding Wednesday. Current estimates place his recovery at eight to ten weeks, however the status of his ACL and MCL will be determined at the time of his surgery. This news means that redshirt sophomore Justin Roper will more than likely be the starter, and is expected to be challenged by sophomore transfer Jeremiah Masoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season, Recruiting class\nAs of July 11, 2008, the University of Oregon had signed four junior college transfers and 16 high school seniors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington\nOregon won at Washington last year for the first time since 1997 and has won four in a row over the Huskies for the first time since 1931.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington\nLast season it was the Duck offense that led Oregon to a 55\u201334 win over the Huskies. This year a combination of that same lightning quick offense and nearly shut-down defense is what earned the 44\u201310 win against Washington. Huskies quarterback Jake Locker, who had 335 yards of total offense last year, was only able to add 160 total yards for his offense, 103 passing and 57 running.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington\nAlthough the big story for the Ducks coming into the game was how quarterback Justin Roper would fare after Nate Costa reinjured his left knee in the week of practices leading up to the game. It was discovered just three days before the game that he would miss his second consecutive season after sitting out all of last season. Roper, whose only experience starting an NCAA game was the Sun Bowl last season, did just as well as any could have hoped, leading the Ducks to a 7\u20130 lead within a minute and a half of the Duck's first possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington\nHowever, during the second quarter, team doctors observed that Roper was showing symptoms of a concussion and was removed from the game. Coach Mike Bellotti then turned the game over to junior college transfer Jeremiah Masoli, who finished the game with 126 yards passing and 2 touchdowns. Coach Belotti has reported that he expects Roper to be 100% for the game against Utah State on September 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington\nNotable performances include Masoli's 126 yards of passing and 2 touchdowns on 9 completions, running back Jeremiah Johnson ran for a total of 124 yards and 2 touchdowns on 15 carries and wide receiver Terrence Scott had 117 yards receiving and a touchdown on 6 receptions. This win also marks the first time in the  Oregon-Washington series, dating back to 1900, that Oregon has won 5 consecutive games against the Huskies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nOregon is 3-0 against Utah State with the most recent meeting occurring in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nThere was some speculation heading into the game about the health of Justin Roper. Roper had suffered a concussion during the Washington game and stopped play half way through the second quarter. By halftime there was very little concern of his health as Oregon took a 38\u201314 lead into the locker room. However during Oregon's first possession, running back Jeremiah Johnson separated his shoulder and Roper threw his second interception of the season. Despite this Roper was able to lead the Ducks to five consecutive scoring drives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nTop performances are: Justin Roper completing 13 of 18 passes for 173 yards and 1 touchdown, LeGarrette Blount rushing 132 yards and 2 touchdowns on 18 carries and Jeffrey Maehl completing 4 receptions for 72 yards. During the game, the Ducks had 688 yards of total offense which set a school record for yards of offense in one game. The previous record was 667 against BYU in 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nOregon lost at Purdue 13-7 in their only meeting in 1979. These two teams will played again in Eugene during the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nConsidered by some to be Oregon's first test of the year, the Ducks, along with several mistakes, found out that this was almost too much for them to handle. Immediately surrendering the first points of the game to Purdue's Kory Sheets on an 80-yard touchdown run that was the second play of the game and turning the ball over twice in the first quarter resulted in a 20\u20133 deficit very early in the game. However, the Ducks were able to keep some of its offensive prowess, out gaining the Boilermakers 282 to 195 yards. It was the inability to put together a good drive that kept the Ducks down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nWith the score in favor of Purdue 20\u20136, Oregon was able to score twice to even the score. The first came on an 87-yard punt return from Jairus Byrd and the second on a 96-yard drive that featured a 72-yard run by LeGarrette Blount. Both teams scored a field goal each in the fourth quarter leaving the game tied 23\u201323 at the end of regulation. Purdue did attempt a 44-yard field goal with :02 left on the clock, but that try was missed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nIn the first over time both Oregon and Purdue could do no better than a field goal and during the second over time Oregon's defense, which had work so efficiently throughout the game, forced the Boilermakers to attempt a 47-yard field goal, which was missed. On the Ducks' possession of the overtime Chris Harper, Jeremiah Johnson and LeGarrette Blount all took turns running Oregon into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nDuring the Oregon possession of the first overtime, quarterback Justin Roper suffered a sprained knee and is currently expected to be out for two to four weeks. This means that for the Boise State game Oregon will be starting its third-string quarterback for only the third game of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nTop performers during the game are: Justin Roper completing 20 of 48 passes for 197 yards, LeGarrette Blount rushing for 132 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries and tight end Ed Dickson catching seven passes for 93 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Boise State\nFirst ever meeting between the schools; Oregon traveled to Boise for the first time the next year in the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Boise State\nHighlights of the game: Quarterback Kellen Moore (BSU) had 386 yards passing, running back LeGarrette Blount (ORE) rushed for 99 yards, and tight end Ed Dickson (ORE) received 103 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nOregon defeated Washington State 53-7 in Eugene last year, however, in 2008, the teams will be playing in Pullman and Washington State has hired a new coaching staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nProjected to have a 48\u201314 win, the Oregon Ducks certainly spoiled the homecoming of the Washington State Cougars. Three touchdowns in the first five minutes of play made this game unreachable for the Cougars. The Ducks never slowed down, scoring on a majority of their possessions, leaving Pullman with a 63\u201314 win. Jeremiah Masoli started for the Ducks. Running backs Jeremiah Johnson and LeGarrette Blount each ran for three touchdowns, while wide receiver Jaison Williams caught two touchdown passes, from Masoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, USC\nComing off an emotional win against USC last year the Ducks will look to make it two in a row over the Trojans in Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Ducks scored on the first possession of the game to lead 7\u20130 via a Jeremiah Johnson touchdown run. The Ducks led 10\u20133 in the second quarter, but a scoring explosion late in the second quarter on the part of the Trojans gave them a commanding 27\u201310 halftime lead. Oregon did not manage to score in the second half and went on to lose 44\u201310. Oregon's Jeremiah Johnson scored what would be the only touchdown given up by USC at home for the entire 2008 season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe Ducks lost 16-0 last year in Los Angeles. It was Oregon's first time being shut-out since 1985 (at Nebraska).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nAfter losing to the Bruins 16\u20130 in Los Angeles the year before, the Ducks beat the Bruins in Eugene 31\u201324. The Ducks took a 14\u20130 lead into the half and hung on to win in the second half. Jeremiah Masoli rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThe Ducks have won the previous three meetings against the Sun Devils (including the last two in Tempe) by an average of 15 points per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, California\nOregon faced an unranked Cal team on the road during a rainy day in Berkeley with Kevin Riley as the starter. Oregon capitalized on an interception at midfield on Cal's first possession with a 17-yard run by Jeremiah Masoli with the PAT missing. The Bears responded quickly with a 22-yard pass from Riley to Jeremy Ross on the ensuing possession. Jahvid Best was able to break free for a 50-yard run from the Cal 20, but fumbled the ball in Ducks territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, California\nThe Bears held the Ducks and got a safety when Oregon snapped the ball high and into the end zone on a punt attempt. Cal took advantage of the free kick to advance down the field, during which Riley sustained a concussion when he failed to slide while attempting to gain a first down and was sandwiched between three defenders. He did not return to the game and was replaced by Nate Longshore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, California\nBest had his second fumble of the game in the second quarter, but Sean Cattouse then intercepted Masoli to negate it. The Bears fumbled again on a rushing attempt by Shane Vereen but the Ducks were stopped cold on a fourth down conversion attempt in Cal territory. The only score of the quarter was set up by a 50-yard interception return by Worrell Williams, capped off by a 2-yard pass from Longshore to Nyan Boateng.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, California\nBoth teams traded field goals in third quarter until the Ducks blitzed down the field from their own 45-yard line and scored with three plays in 33 seconds on a 17-yard run by running back Jeremiah Johnson for their final score of the game. In the fourth quarter, Ducks cornerback Jairus Bryd fumbled a punt which was recovered by the Bears, allowing Vereen to score on a 2-yard run to put the game away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, California\nJeremiah Johnson went over the century mark with a 117 yards rushing, including a touchdown, the second rusher to do so against the Bears. Masoli himself had 97 rushing yards, more than double his 44 passing yards, including a touchdown run. For the Bears, Longshore finished with a 136 passing yards including one touchdown, while Best had 93 rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nLast year Oregon scored 55 against the Cardinal in California and have not lost to Stanford since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nOregon jumped out to a 17\u20133 early lead and led 20\u201317 at the half on a rain soaked field in Autzen Stadium. The Ducks had to rally and score a touchdown on a 7-yard run by LeGarrette Blount with 6 seconds left to pull out a 35\u201328 win. That brought the Ducks 2008 record to 7\u20133 but was not enough to return the Ducks to the top 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Ducks will look to avenge the loss suffered when they traveled to Tucson and became one of many #2 ranked teams to lose last season. Oregon's last win against Arizona came in 2005", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Oregon Ducks started hot against the Arizona Wildcats in Eugene, with Jeremiah Masoli getting a career-high in rushing touchdowns (3) and broke the record for an Oregon quarterback in this category in a single Ducks game. He also had two passing touchdowns, all five in the first half. Oregon led at the half, 45\u201317, but Arizona started the second half hot. The Wildcats managed to hold the Ducks to merely ten points in the second half, while they had a 21-point fourth quarter to pull within three. However, a 40-yard touchdown hit from Masoli to LeGarrette Blounte sealed the Ducks win, 55\u201345, to avenge a loss to the Wildcats from last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThis game was the first in which the Ducks wore their new \"blackout\" jerseys and black helmets, to fit with the Autzen Stadium \"blackout\" theme for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nBeavers won at Oregon for the first time since 1993 last year, ending a ten-year run of the home team winning in the series. This season the game is in Corvallis, a place the Ducks have not won at since 1996. The stakes for this game were recently raised \u2013 if the Ducks win, they will place second in the PAC-10 and will more than likely receive a Holiday Bowl berth. If the Beavers won, they would receive their first Rose Bowl berth since 1964, by virtue of their earlier win over Southern California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nNone of that happened however, as Oregon gained 694 yards on 69 plays, a 10.1-yard-per-play average. The loss was a Civil War record for points allowed as well as yards allowed, and saw the Beavers fall from Rose Bowl hopefuls to being demoted to the third position in the Pac-10, playing in the Sun Bowl (won by the Beavers by a 3\u20130 score [sic]. The Ducks went on to win the Holiday Bowl over Oklahoma State, 42\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198161-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Holiday Bowl\nThis is the third trip to the Holiday Bowl for the Ducks this decade. They beat Texas 35-30 in 2000, and lost to Oklahoma 17-14 in 2005. This will be Oklahoma State's second Holiday Bowl and first since 1988, when their current head coach Mike Gundy started at quarterback and that year's Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders lined up in the backfield. That team throttled Wyoming 62-14. This will be the first-ever meeting between the Ducks and Cowboys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198162-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary was a mail only primary in the U.S. state of Oregon. Ballots were mailed to registered Republican voters between May 2 and May 6, 2008. To be counted, all ballots must have been received by county elections offices by 8:00 p.m. PDT on May 20, 2008. It was a closed primary; in order to vote in Republican races, residents must have registered as Republicans on or before April 29, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198162-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary, Presidential race\nIn the race for the Republican nominee for President of the United States, there were two candidates on the Oregon ballot: John McCain and Ron Paul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198162-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary, Other races, U.S. Senate\nIncumbent Senator Gordon Smith defeated Gordon Leitch for the Republican nomination as he sought re-election to the United States Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198162-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary, Other races, U.S. House of Representatives\nOregon Republicans selected their candidate in four of Oregon's five congressional districts for the United States House of Representatives. Greg Walden, Oregon's only incumbent Republican congressman, was unopposed in his race in Oregon's 2nd congressional district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 87], "content_span": [88, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198162-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary, Other races, U.S. House of Representatives\nIn the 3rd district, real estate investor Delia Lopez was unopposed, and businessman Mike Erickson won a close race in the 5th district. Republicans did not field a candidate in the 4th district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 87], "content_span": [88, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198162-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary, Other races, U.S. House of Representatives\nIn the 1st district, retired teacher Joel Haugen won the nomination, but later withdrew it after clashes with party leaders over Haugen's endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama for President. Haugen is now the Independent Party of Oregon candidate, Another Republican Stephan Andrew Brodhead an Iraq War veteran and Real Estate investor Of Hillsboro, Oregon is running an active campaign as a write-in candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 87], "content_span": [88, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198162-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary, Other races, Statewide offices\nThis election determined the Republican candidate for two statewide offices. For Secretary of State, Rick Dancer was unopposed. ; for Treasurer Allen Alley was also unopposed. No Republican filed to run for Attorney General, but there were 13,043 write-in votes. John Kroger, who also won the Democratic primary, got 2,885 votes and will be the Republican nominee as well. Kroger's Democratic rival Greg Macpherson came in second with 1,391 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198162-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary, Other races, Oregon Senate\nHalf (15) the positions in the Oregon State Senate were up for election. Republicans nominated candidates in 11 Senate districts for the general election, including one successful write-in candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198162-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon Republican presidential primary, Other races, Oregon House of Representatives\nAs is the case every two years, all the 60 positions in the Oregon House of Representatives were up for election. Republicans nominated candidates in 44 House districts for the general election, including two successful write-in candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team\nThe 2008 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Riley. Home games were played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Postseason\nAfter two straight finishes in the top three of the Pacific-10 Conference, Oregon State finished third place to make it three straight finishes in the top three. The Beavers defeated the Pittsburgh Panthers in the 2008 Sun Bowl, extending their streak of 9-win seasons to three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nOregon State was almost able to come back late in the fourth quarter when Darrell Catchings caught the ball just outside the end zone, but it was knocked loose by Taylor Skaufel, resulting in a touchback and victory for the Cardinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nDespite the off-field distractions, the Nittany Lions rolled to a 35-7 halftime lead en route to a 45-14 win in their first-ever meeting with the Beavers. Penn State's sophomore tailback Evan Royster ran for a career-high 141 yards on 17 carries and three touchdowns. Lion quarterback Daryll Clark's 276 total yards of offense (215 yards passing, 61 yards rushing) helped Penn State total 454 yards of offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nPenn State linebackers Tyrell Sales and NaVorro Bowman both recorded 10 tackles each, both career-highs and linebacker Josh Hull and safety Mark Rubin both made their first career interceptions. 108,159 were in attendance at Happy Valley for this first-ever meeting between the schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Hawai\u02bbi\nOregon State scored 45 unanswered points ien route to their first victory of the season. It was the second time in 3 years that Oregon State has defeated Hawai'i.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Beavers shocked the college football world as they upset the No. 1 Ranked USC Trojans at home on September 25, 2008. Oregon State is one of two Pac-10 Conference school to have beaten USC twice during the Pete Carroll era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, USC\nFreshman Jacquizz Rodgers ran for 186 yards and two touchdowns for OSU, USC quarterback Mark Sanchez passed for 227 yards, and Damian Williams caught 80 yards for the Trojans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Utah\nAfter five games, the pattern for the 2008 Beavers has been the home team wins. The Beavers led 28-20 with about 2 minutes remaining in the fourth. They let Utah drive all the way down the field and score along with a 2-point conversion to tie it up. The Beavers gave the ball right back to Utah and place kicker Louie Sakoda nailed a 37-yard field goal as time expired. Sophomore kicker Justin Kahut of Oregon State missed an extra point in the early stages of the game which led Mike Riley to go for the two-point conversion after two of the Beaver's touchdowns. Both failed and it cost the Beavers the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nDuring the Beavers blow out of the Cougars, they managed to set a school record for most points in a Pac-10 game. \"Quizz\" had 168 yard day as the Cougars lost another quarterback. Washington State's quarterback problems, along with other difficulties would lead them to a 1-8 season. The Beavers on the other hand improved their record to 2-1 in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington\nThe Beavers, led by the two Rodgers brothers, were able to fly by the winless Huskies in dramatic fashion. Jacquizz Rodgers had 93 yards, but the spotlight was on his older brother, James Rodgers who had over 200 yards returning kicks, running, and receiving. The Huskies would go on to lose the rest of their games, as they go winless in conference and non-conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nAfter a low-scoring half, the Beavers lead the Sun Devils 7-6 at halftime. Teams exchanged touchdowns and field goals in the third and fourth quarters. After Arizona State's last touchdown with 21 seconds remaining, Rudy Carpenter's pass on the two-point conversion was picked off by Victor Butler. The onside kick was also recovered by the Beavers as they held on to the win, and the undefeated home record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nAfter two field goals by either side in the first half, the teams headed into the locker room at the half in a 3-3 tie. In the second half, the Beavers blew open the game and ended up only giving up a second Bruin field goal in the second half. The Beavers blew out the Bruins 34-6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nOregon gained 694 yards on 69 plays, a 10.1 yard per play average. The loss was a Civil War record for points allowed as well as yards allowed, and kept the Beavers from going to the Rose Bowl for the first time since the 1964 season. The loss to Oregon snapped a six-game home winning streak by the Beavers and a two-game winning streak in the Civil War. The Beavers were knocked out of contention for the Rose Bowl, which matched up two of their previous opponents, USC and Penn State. The Beavers finished in the third place in the Pac-10, and went on to win the Sun Bowl by 3-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198163-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh (2008 Sun Bowl)\nThe Sun Bowl was played on December 31, 2008 in El Paso, Texas. Victor Strong-Butler was named the game's MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198164-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon legislative election\nElections for the 75th Oregon Legislative Assembly took place in 2008. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were on May 20, 2008, and the general election was held on November 4, 2008. Fifteen of the Oregon State Senate's thirty seats were up for election, as were all 60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198164-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon legislative election\nIn the general election, there were 39 races with both Democratic and Republican candidates; 24 were in districts previously represented by a Republican, 15 in districts previously represented by Democrats. Sixteen Democrats ran without a Republican opponent, and five Republicans ran without a Democratic opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198164-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon legislative election\nEighteen incumbent House members and six incumbent Senators earned enough write-in votes in the opposing party's primary to earn a dual endorsement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198164-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon legislative election, General election Senate candidates\nEvery two years, half of the state senate seats come up for election. In 2008 there was also an election for District 17, resulting from Senator Brad Avakian's appointment to Oregon Labor Commissioner. Thus, 16 seats were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198164-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon legislative election, General election Senate candidates\nNine of the 16 Senate seats up for election were previously held by Democrats. Four of these races had both Democratic and Republican candidates in the general election. The other seven seats were previously held by Republicans, and four of them were contested by both major parties. Democrats lost one seat (District 27 in the Bend area) to the Republican Party, and went into 2009 with a majority of 18 seats to the Republicans' 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198164-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon legislative election, General election Senate candidates\nExcept where footnoted, candidates were unopposed in their party's primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198164-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon legislative election, General election House candidates\nEvery two years, all of the state house seats come up for election. Democrats gained five seats from the previous session: two in open seats and three in defeating incumbent Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198164-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon legislative election, General election House candidates\nExcept where footnoted, candidates were unopposed in their party's primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections\nOn November 4, 2008, the U.S. state of Oregon held statewide general elections for three statewide offices (secretary of state, treasurer, and attorney general), both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, and twelve state ballot measures. The primary elections were held on May 20, 2008. Both elections also included national races for President of the US, US Senator, and US House Representatives. Numerous local jurisdictions \u2014 cities, counties, and regional government entities \u2014 held elections for various local offices and ballot measures on these days as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Candidates for statewide offices\nDemocrat Kate Brown won the election for Secretary of State. She defeated Rick Metsger, Vicki Walker, and Paul Damian Wells in the Democratic primary. She then won the general election, in which she faced Republican Rick Dancer (who was unopposed in the Republican primary) and Pacific Green Party nominee Seth Alan Woolley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Candidates for statewide offices\nDemocrat Ben Westlund won the race for Treasurer. He and Republican Allen Alley were each unopposed in their respective primaries. Constitution Party nominee Michael Marsh was also on the November ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Candidates for statewide offices\nDemocrat John Kroger was elected Attorney General. He won the Democratic nomination over Greg Macpherson. Kroger also won the Republican nomination since no Republican filed and the most write-in votes\u20142,885\u2014were for him. Three minor party candidates were also on the November ballot: J Ashlee Albies (Oregon Working Families Party), Walter F. Brown (Pacific Green Party), and James E. Leuenberger (Constitution Party of Oregon).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Candidates for statewide offices\nBrad Avakian, who was appointed Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries in spring 2008, defeated two opponents in his campaign to retain that seat: Pavel Goberman and Mark Welyczko. The position is non-partisan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Candidates for statewide offices\nOregon Supreme Court Associate Justice Martha Walters won reelection, with no opponent. Oregon Court of Appeals judge Timothy Sercombe did as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, State legislature\nThe Democratic Party of Oregon gained five seats in the Oregon House of Representatives, while the Oregon Republican Party gained one seat in the state Senate, the one Democrat Ben Westlund vacated to run for state treasurer. Going into the 2009 legislative session, Democrats will have a 36-member majority in the 60-seat House, and an 18-member majority in the 30-seat Senate. These three-fifths majorities give Democrats exactly the number of votes in each house needed to pass any bills that raise revenue, due to the supermajority requirement in Article IV \u00a725 of Oregon's constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, State legislature\nOf the 60 races for the House, 39 had both Democratic and Republican candidates; 24 of those were in districts previously represented by Republicans, 15 in districts previously represented by Democrats. Sixteen Democrats had no Republican opponent, and five Republicans had no Democratic opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, State legislature\nSixteen of the Senate's 30 seats were up for election. Fifteen are typically slated for general election, but Brad Avakian's seat was opened up when he was appointed state labor commissioner. Nine of the districts were previously held by Democrats, of which four races were contested; seven were currently held by Republicans, of which four were contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures\nOregonian voters decided on 15 statewide ballot measures in 2008, Measures 51 through 65.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, May\nIn the May primary election, all three statewide ballot measures, 51, 52, and 53, passed. Measures 51 and 52 amended the Oregon Constitution with regard to crime victims' rights; Measure 53 also amended the state Constitution to modify the limits on property forfeited in criminal cases. All three were legislative referrals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, May\nMeasures 51 and 52 passed by wide margins, but Measure 53 was extremely close and required a hand recount; it eventually passed with a final official count of 50.03% to 49.97%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, May, Measure 51\nAmends constitution: Enables crime victims to enforce existing constitutional rights in prosecutions, delinquency proceedings; authorizes implementing legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, May, Measure 52\nAmends constitution: Enables crime victims to enforce existing constitutional rights in prosecutions, delinquency proceedings; authorizes implementing legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, May, Measure 53\nAmends constitution: Modifies provisions governing civil forfeitures related to crimes; permits use of proceeds by law enforcement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November\nIn November 2008, voters considered eight initiatives, 58 through 65, and four legislative referrals, 54 through 57. Measures 54, 55, 56, and 62 were amendments to the Oregon Constitution. The four referrals all passed, and the initiatives all failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November\nDetailed information on these measures and official results are available from the Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 54\nAmends constitution: Standardized voting eligibility for school board elections with other state and local elections. Repealed the unenforceable state constitutional provision that only people 21 years of age or older can vote in school board elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 55\nAmends constitution: Changes operative date of redistricting plans; allows affected legislators to finish term in original district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 56\nAmends constitution: Provides that May and November property tax elections are decided by majority of voters voting. Repealed the \"double majority\" rule for these elections enacted by Measure 47 in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 57\nIncreases sentences for drug trafficking, theft against elderly and specified repeat property and identity theft crimes; requires addiction treatment for certain offenders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 58\nProhibits teaching public school student in language other than English for more than two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 59\nCreates an unlimited deduction for federal income taxes on individual taxpayers' Oregon income-tax returns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 60\nTeacher \"classroom performance,\" not seniority, determines pay raises; \"most qualified\" teachers retained, regardless of seniority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 61\nCreates mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain theft, identity theft, forgery, drug, and burglary crimes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 62\nAmends constitution: Allocates 15% of lottery proceeds to public safety fund for crime prevention, investigation, prosecution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 63\nExempts specified property owners from building permit requirements for improvements valued at/under 35,000 dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 64\nPenalizes person, entity for using funds collected with \"public resource\" (defined) for \"political purpose\" (defined).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, November, Measure 65\nChanges general election nomination processes for major/minor party, independent candidates for most partisan offices. Would have created a blanket primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Citizens' Initiative Review of 58\nHealthy Democracy organized a trial run of the Citizens' Initiative Review process they advocated in September on Ballot measure 58. They brought together a representative cross-section of voters as a citizens' jury to question and hear from advocates, and experts on language education. The panelists then deliberated and reflected together to come up with statements in support (9 panelists) and opposed to (14 panelists) the measure, which are available online and were read out by the panelists at a press conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198165-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Citizens' Initiative Review of 58\nHealth Democracy advocated for the state to organize such a review of each ballot measure, and include the statements in the voters' pamphlet. ' \"It was exhausting, but it was exciting to have a group of people with hugely diverse backgrounds and experience listening carefully to both sides and all respectful to one another,\" said Lorene Wallick'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198166-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Origins Award winners\nThe following are the winners of the 35th annual (2008) Origins Award, presented at the 2009 Origins Game Fair", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198167-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Orlando Predators season\nThe 2008 Orlando Predators season was the 18th season for the franchise. Finishing the regular season with a 9\u20137 record, the Predators made the playoffs for the 17th consecutive year. In this season, they made the playoffs as the 5th seed in the National Conference. The Predators were eliminated in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, losing to the Cleveland Gladiators, 66\u201369.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198168-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Orlando mayoral election\nThe 2008 Orlando mayoral election was held on January 29, 2008 to elect the mayor of Orlando, Florida. Incumbent mayor Buddy Dyer was elected to a second full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198168-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Orlando mayoral election\nMunicipal elections in Orlando and Orange County are non-partisan. Had no candidate received a majority of the votes in the general election, a runoff would have been held between the two candidates that received the greatest number of votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198169-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Osaka gubernatorial election\nGubernatorial elections were held in Osaka Prefecture on January 27, 2008. Toru Hashimoto was elected as new governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198170-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Outback Bowl\nThe 2008 Outback Bowl, part of the 2007\u201308 bowl game season, was played on January 1, 2008, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It was the 22nd edition of the Outback Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198170-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Outback Bowl, Summary\nThe opposing teams were the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference, and the Tennessee Volunteers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Volunteers were runners-up in the SEC, having lost to LSU, 21\u201314, in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta on December 1. The Badgers were trying for a second straight 10-win season under head coach Bret Bielema. During the first half of the game, the inaugural Joe Montana Award, signifying the nation's top high school quarterback, was awarded to Matt Barkley of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198170-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Outback Bowl, Summary\nTennessee won, 21\u201317. Wisconsin had a chance to win the game in the final minute, but Wisconsin quarterback Tyler Donovan was intercepted on a desperation pass, sealing a Volunteers win. Game MVP Erik Ainge completed 25 of his 43 passes for 365 yards and two touchdowns. Wisconsin running back P.J. Hill ran the ball 16 times for 132 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198170-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Outback Bowl, Summary, Scoring\n1 TEN TD 3 yd run by Gerald Jones (Daniel Lincoln Kick good) 7-0 TEN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198170-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Outback Bowl, Summary, Scoring\n1 WIS TD 6 yd run by Tyler Donovan (Taylor Mehlhaff Kick good) 7-7 Tie", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198170-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Outback Bowl, Summary, Scoring\n2 TEN TD Josh Briscoe 29 yd pass from Erik Ainge (Lincoln Kick) 14-7 TEN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198170-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Outback Bowl, Summary, Scoring\n2 TEN TD Brad Cottam 31 yd pass from Erik Ainge (Lincoln kick) 21-7 TEN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198170-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Outback Bowl, Summary, Scoring\n2 WIS TD Andy Crooks 4 yd pass from Tyler Donovan (Mehlhaff Kick) 21-14 TEN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198170-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Outback Bowl, Summary, Aftermath\nThis would prove to be Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer's final bowl game with the Vols, as the following season, he would resign as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198171-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ovation Awards\nThe nominees for the 2008 Ovation Awards were announced on September 22, 2008. The awards were presented for excellence in stage productions in the Los Angeles area from September 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008 based upon evaluations from members of the Los Angeles theater community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198171-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ovation Awards\nThe winners were announced on November 17, 2008 in a ceremony hosted by Neil Patrick Harris at the Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex on the campus of California State University, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198172-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Oxford City Council election\nElections for Oxford City Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards is up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198172-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Oxford City Council election\nOverall turnout was 32.6%, down from 35.8% in 2006. The lowest turnout (20.8%) was in St Mary's ward and the highest (46.1%) in Marston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198172-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Oxford City Council election, Results\nNote: three Independents stood in 2008, compared with two in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198172-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Oxford City Council election, Results\nThis result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198172-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Oxford City Council election, Results by ward, Carfax\nNote that Paul Sargent won the Carfax seat in the 2004 elections for the Liberal Democrats, but crossed the floor to the Conservatives in 2007. So when comparing to the 2004 elections, the Liberal Democrats hold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198172-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Oxford City Council election, Results by ward, Cowley Marsh\nNote that Saj Malik won the Cowley Marsh seat in the 2004 elections for the Liberal Democrats, but crossed the floor to Labour in 2007. So when comparing to the 2004 elections, Labour gain from the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198172-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Oxford City Council election, Results by ward, Hinksey Park\nNote: \u00b1% figures are calculated with respect to the results of the by-election of 27 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198172-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Oxford City Council election, Results by ward, Lye Valley\nNote: \u00b1% figures are calculated with respect to the results of the by-election of 21 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198172-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Oxford City Council election, Results by ward, Quarry and Risinghurst\nNote that Tia MacGregor won the Quarry and Risinghurst seat in the 2004 elections for the Liberal Democrats, but crossed the floor to the Conservatives in 2007. So when comparing to the 2004 elections, Labour gain from the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198173-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA All-Star Weekend\nThe 2008 PBA All-Star Weekend was the annual all-star weekend of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)'s 2007\u201308 PBA season. The events were held from April 24 to 27, 2008 at the West Negros University Gym, Bacolod, Negros Occidental.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198173-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA All-Star Weekend, Friday events, Obstacle Challenge\nWillie Miller wins for the third straight year, with the fastest time in the event's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198173-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA All-Star Weekend, Friday events, Rookie-Sophomore Blitz Game, Game\nIn the game, there were four 10-minute quarters, the 8-second rule was lessened into 6 seconds, the shot clock was cut into 18 seconds, and a slam dunk was counted for three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198174-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference\nThe 2008 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference, also known as the 2008 Smart PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, was the last conference of the 2007-08 PBA season. The tournament began on March 29 with a game between the Coca-Cola Tigers and the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals at Panabo, Davao del Norte. Opening ceremonies were held the day after at the Araneta Coliseum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198174-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference\nAll ten teams are permitted to acquire one non-Filipino (the \"import\") of unlimited height as reinforcement. Furthermore, the two worst performers in the elimination round of the previous conference (the Coca-Cola Tigers and the Welcoat Dragons), will also be able to acquire another import but with a height limit of 6\u00a0ft 1\u00a0in (1.85\u00a0m).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198174-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference, Imports\nThe following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198175-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals\nThe 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The series was a best-of-seven affair and was the 95th championship disputed in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198175-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 1\nChris Alexander scored five of his seven fourth quarter points and came off with three offensive rebounds, each one proving crucial in helping the Kings stopped the Express' comeback bid from a 20-point third quarter deficit. Air21 whittled the deficit to as low as 90\u201396 on a hook by Steven Thomas, still 2:07 to go. Then Alexander canned in a charity off his offensive rebound and then tipped in a Jayjay Helterbrand miss to make it a nine-point game with 1:20 left. Eric Menk highlighted his best game in the conference by canning two charities in the first minute of the third period to earn his place as the 59th member of the league's 5,000-point club and his jumper from the left corner gave Ginebra its biggest lead at 64\u201344.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198175-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 2\nAir21 outscored Ginebra on all quarters in dealing the Kings their first loss in their last 14 games. The Express buried the Kings completely in the third period with a 14\u20130 run that padded a 58-45 halftime lead to 72\u201345. Air21 would lead by as many as 35 points, 117\u201382, following a three-point play by rookie Marvin Cruz and a three-point bomb by fellow rookie JC Intal heading into the final 3:05. The Express not only leveled the series but it also halted Ginebra's franchise-best 13-game winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198175-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 3\nKG Canaleta drained four triples in the most crucial stretches of the fourth period. Ginebra was in control for most of the game until the Express got things going in the third period and early in the fourth as Canaleta caught fire and Air21 outscored the Kings, 17\u20136, for an 87\u201376 lead. Chris Alexander was at the short end in several one-on-one confrontations with Steven Thomas in the second half and the loss put to naught his first PBA triple double of 14 points, 17 rebounds and 11 blocks. The 11 rejections was the most by any player in the last 19 years after Jerry Codinera swatted away the same number of attempts in a game for Purefoods in 1989. Toyota import Andy Fields holds the all-time record of 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198175-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 4\nFrom a 43\u201340 lead at halftime, the Kings used a 9\u20130 run early in the third period capped by a three-point play from Junthy Valenzuela for a 52\u201343 lead. They led by as many as 15 points on a foul shot by Eric Menk, 83\u201368, with four minutes to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198175-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 5\nThe Express held Ginebra top gun Mark Caguioa to seven points in the contest and the entire Ginebra team scoreless in the last 2:44 of play. Arwind Santos took a crucial steal and a breakaway lay-up with 43.3 seconds to go. The Kings actually had a chance to send the game into overtime but Chris Alexander was called for a traveling violation with the team down by two and with only 2.6 seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198175-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 6\nAir21 zoomed to a 14\u20130 lead as the Kings missed their first six shots and committed three of their six first half turnovers. The Express padded this to their biggest, 33\u201317, with 7:21 left in the second quarter. The half ended at 37\u201334 in favor of the Express, marking a magnificent rally by Ginebra in the final four minutes of the second period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198175-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 6\nChris Alexander had a PBA career-best performance of 37 points 24 rebounds as he went on the attack mode in the third quarter with Thomas already in foul trouble, and the Kings rode on a 23-5 onslaught and closed out the third quarter with a 13\u20130 run to take a 61\u201355 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198175-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 7\nThe Kings established leads of as many as 13 points, the last at 65-52 after a daredevil drive by Ronald Tubid heading into the final 7:34 of the third quarter. Chris Alexander played on the edge of fouling out with 10:37 left in the game but gallantly held on to stand at Ginebra's frontline of defense, holding the Express without a field goal in the last 4:27. Air21 led, 84\u201383, after an Arwind Santos follow up of his own miss, but that would prove to be the final time the Express would score as they lapsed into a mazed of errors and ill-advised shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198175-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Broadcast notes\nThe 2008 Fiesta Conference is the last PBA tournament that will be broadcast by the Associated Broadcasting Company, as the network declines renewal of its broadcast rights following its blocktime deal with MPB Primedia, Inc. Afterwards, Radio Philippines Network will be the PBA's new broadcaster. Following Game 2 on August 8, ABC was reformatted as TV5, but the network continued to broadcast the finals under the auspices of MPB Primedia. The championship series was the last PBA event covered under the ABC name and the only PBA event covered under the TV5 name until 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198176-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PBA draft\nThe 2008 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at Market! Market! in Taguig on August 31, 2008. The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (formerly known as the Welcoat Dragons) selected Gabe Norwood of the George Mason University as the number one draft pick. Players applied for the draft had undergone a two-day rookie camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198177-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors\nThe 2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at Dom Sportova in Zagreb, Croatia, from 23 February through 1 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198177-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors\nThe singles field was headlined by Doha semifinalist and recent South African Airways Open Challenger titlist Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107, Rotterdam semifinalist Ivo Karlovi\u0107, and Marseille quarterfinalist and Rotterdam semifinalist Gilles Simon. Also present in the field were Sydney semifinalist Fabrice Santoro, Chennai semifinalist Mario An\u010di\u0107, Nicolas Mahut, Andreas Seppi and Janko Tipsarevi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198177-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Notable Stories, Lucky Loser wins title\nTwenty-two-year-old Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky, who entered the tournament as world number 209, became the first lucky loser to reach an ATP Tour final since Nicklas Kulti at Halle in 1999. In winning the title he became the first lucky loser to take a trophy home since Christian Miniussi at S\u00e3o Paulo in 1991, and only the fourth to do it in the history of the ATP Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198177-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Champions, Doubles\nPaul Hanley /   Jordan Kerr def. Christopher Kas /  Rogier Wassen, 6\u20133, 3\u20136, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198178-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors \u2013 Doubles\nMichael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198178-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors \u2013 Doubles\nPaul Hanley and Jordan Kerr won in the final 6\u20133, 3\u20136, [10\u20138], against Christopher Kas and Rogier Wassen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198179-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors \u2013 Singles\nMarcos Baghdatis was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198179-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors \u2013 Singles\nSergiy Stakhovsky won in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20134, against Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198180-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC Pro Tour\nThe 2008 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They consisted of Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and UK Open Regional Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198180-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC Pro Tour, UK Open Regional Finals\nThree of the eight 2008 UK Open qualifying events took place during 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198180-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC Pro Tour, German Darts Corporation\nThe German Darts Corporation rankings are calculated from events across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2009 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198180-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC Pro Tour, Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour\nThe Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2009 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198180-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC Pro Tour, Other PDC tournaments\nThe PDC also held a number of other tournaments during 2008. These were mainly smaller events with low prize money, and some had eligibility restrictions. All of these tournaments were non-ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship\nThe 2008 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 15th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place between 17 December 2007 and 1 January 2008 at the Alexandra Palace, London, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship\nJohn Part won his third World Championship, beating the qualifier Kirk Shepherd 7\u20132 in the final. He joined Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, Eric Bristow, and John Lowe as the only people to have won more than two world titles, although they have since been joined by Martin Adams and Michael van Gerwen. He is also one of five players to have won the PDC World Darts Championship more than once, along with Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, and Michael van Gerwen. In addition, he became the first player to have won World Championships in three different venues; the Lakeside, the Circus Tavern and the Alexandra Palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship\nRaymond van Barneveld was the defending champion having won the PDC World Championship at the first attempt in an epic final against Taylor in 2007. He was knocked out in the third round with a 4\u20132 loss to Kevin Painter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship\nTaylor failed to reach the final of the competition, for the first time in PDC World Championship history, after losing 5\u20134 to Wayne Mardle in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship\nAfter being staged at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet for 14 years, the tournament moved to the Alexandra Palace in London. The championships had been considered to have outgrown the Circus Tavern whose capacity of 800\u2013900 spectators was considerably smaller than some Holsten Premier League darts events in 2007 which saw crowds reaching 5,000. The Alexandra Palace was the venue of the News of the World Darts Championship between 1963 and 1977 and boasts a capacity for 2008 of 2,500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers\nThe televised stages featured 68 players. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit at 12 November 2007 received an automatic place in the World Championship. They were joined by 16 PDPA members and 20 international qualifiers determined by the PDC and PDPA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers\nThe 16 PDPA members were made up from the top eight players (who had not already qualified) in the PDC Pro Tour Events during 2007: Jelle Klaasen, Mark Walsh, Tony Eccles, Michael van Gerwen, Steve Brown, Dave Askew, Jason Clark and Matt Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers\nThe final eight qualifiers were determined at a PDPA Qualifying event which was held on 17 November 2007 in Wolverhampton \u2013 prior to the Grand Slam of Darts tournament. The successful players were Steve Maish, Jan van der Rassel, Colin Monk, Steve Evans, Jamie Caven, Steve Hine, Kirk Shepherd and Jason Barry. Former world champions John Lowe, Eric Bristow, Keith Deller and Richie Burnett all played in the qualifying rounds but failed to reach the televised stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers\nPDC North American Pro Tour Order of MeritFirst Round Qualifiers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Prize Money\nThe 2008 World Championship featured a prize fund of \u00a3589,000. The prize money for earlier round losers was increased, whilst the winner and runner-up prize money was unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw, Preliminary round\n(best of nine legs, played Wednesday 19 December and Thursday 20 December)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw, Draw\nMost 180s Scored, Individual\u00a0: 34 John Part, 33 Kirk Shepherd, 24 Wayne Mardle, 24 Kevin Painter, 22 Adrian Lewis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw, Draw\nHighest Tournament Dart Average (In A Single Match): John Part 99.06 vs Suljovic (Second Round).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw, Draw\nScores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Representation from different countries\nThis table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Nine, Friday 28 December\nRaymond van Barneveld's reign as PDC World Championship was ended by Kevin Painter in a thrilling match which Painter finished off with a ten-dart leg to clinch the match 4\u20132. Painter hit seven consecutive treble 20s, en route to a possible nine dart leg before missing a treble 19 before completing a remarkable ten darter to go through to the quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Nine, Friday 28 December\nEarlier, James Wade overcame flu and Mark Dudbridge 4\u20132 to go through to his first World quarter-final and Kirk Shepherd defeated Barrie Bates 4\u20132 to be the surprise quarter-finalist. Peter Manley and John Part both had comfortable wins in their last 16 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Nine, Friday 28 December\nThe talking point of the day may have been the Adrian Lewis v Tony Eccles clash. Eccles started in sensational fashion winning the first eight legs, but couldn't close out the third set. He missed two darts at a double for a 3\u20130 sets lead and then Lewis started a fightback winning the next three sets to lead 3\u20132. Eccles fought back himself to level the match, but controversy came in the final set when the scores were level at 2 legs each. Lewis took an unscheduled comfort break just minutes after a scheduled one and when he came back he found his rhythm to win the next two legs and make the quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Ten, Quarter Finals, Saturday 29 December\nFor the first time in the 15-year history of the event, Phil Taylor failed to make it to the final after losing to Wayne Mardle. Taylor took an early 3\u20130 lead, but after winning a set Mardle's confidence increased and with the crowd behind him brought it back to 3\u20133. With the sets tied 4\u20134 the legs went with throw until 4\u20134 when Mardle broke Taylor with tops after Taylor missed double sixteen when the dart went the wrong side of the wire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Ten, Quarter Finals, Saturday 29 December\nWayne closed out the match on his own darts with 140 and double 18 to win the final set 6\u20134 and a 5\u20134 win. Mardle immediately broke down into tears after the win. After the match Mardle said \"it's not being in the semis that's important... it's beating that guy there (Taylor); he didn't play well, but I still had to play at my best to beat him\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Ten, Quarter Finals, Saturday 29 December\nTaylor said \"When I was 3 sets to nil up, I thought I'm going to beat him 5\u20130... If he gets his game together now he's got the biggest chance of his life to win it\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Ten, Quarter Finals, Saturday 29 December\nWorld Matchplay champion James Wade also went out in the quarter-finals to two-time former World Champion John Part. It was a close match, but Part always stayed in front after establishing a 2\u20130 set lead. Wade did fight back from 1\u20133 to level the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Ten, Quarter Finals, Saturday 29 December\nKirk Shepherd continued his amazing run and for the third time in the tournament survived his opponent having darts to win the match. Peter Manley had two darts to win the final set 3\u20130, but Shepherd came back to win the final set 4\u20132. After sharing the first four sets, Kevin Painter beat Adrian Lewis 5\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Eleven, Semi-finals, Sunday 30 December\nKirk Shepherd's sensational run in the tournament continued as he beat Wayne Mardle in the semi-final to reach the final. Shepherd, the 21-year-old qualifier built up a 3\u20131 set lead and missed five darts to go 4\u20131 up only to see Mardle come back to take the lead 4\u20133. Mardle, who had beaten Phil Taylor the previous night in the quarter finals looked to be on his way to his first world final before Shepherd fought back again to take the next three sets and become the first qualifier to reach the PDC World final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 97], "content_span": [98, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Eleven, Semi-finals, Sunday 30 December\nThe other semi-final was a more clinical performance as John Part returned to the final always having the edge over 2004 finalist Kevin Painter. The fourth set was potential decisive as Painter missed darts to take a 2\u20130 leg lead. Part then took out the next two legs and a 13-darter in the fourth leg gave him a 3\u20131 set lead. Painter missed a dart at bullseye to bring the score back to 2\u20133, leaving Part a 44 finish to go 4\u20131 up \u2013 then also missed a chance to take the sixth set. Part took the match with a classy 130 finish for a 6\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 97], "content_span": [98, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Twelve, Final, Tuesday 1 January 2008\nJohn Part became World Champion for the third time with a ruthless 7\u20132 victory over qualifier Kirk Shepherd. Shepherd had beaten world number four Terry Jenkins, three time world finalist Peter Manley and Phil Taylor's conqueror Wayne Mardle to become the first qualifier to reach the PDC World final \u2013 but he had no answer to Part's experience in the final. The early stages of the match were close with both of the first two sets going down to a deciding leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 95], "content_span": [96, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Twelve, Final, Tuesday 1 January 2008\nPart just edged the first set and in the deciding leg of the second started with 140, 180 and a 15-dart leg for a 2\u20130 lead. Part then ran off the next six legs to find himself 4\u20130 in front and missed a bullseye for a 5\u20130 lead before Shepherd took his first set. The sixth set again went to last leg with Part re-establishing a four set lead but Shepherd continued to battle away and took the seventh set with a brilliant 160 finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 95], "content_span": [96, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198181-0024-0002", "contents": "2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review, Day Twelve, Final, Tuesday 1 January 2008\nPart opened the eighth set with a 139 finish, then Shepherd hit an 88 to level it before checkouts of 52 and 80 from Part took him one set away from victory at 6\u20132. The Canadian closed out victory in the ninth set with a double ten in the fifth leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 95], "content_span": [96, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198182-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PDL season\nThe 2008 USL Premier Development League season was the 14th season of the PDL. The regular season started on April 26, 2008, and ended on July 20, 2008. The playoffs began on July 22, 2008, and ended with the PDL Championship Game on August 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198182-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PDL season\nThunder Bay Chill finished the season as national champions, beating Laredo Heat on penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie in the PDL Championship game in Laredo, Texas on 9 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198182-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 PDL season\nMichigan Bucks finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 13 out of their 16 games, suffering just one loss, and finishing with a +27 goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198182-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 PDL season\nYakima Reds striker Junior Garcia was the league's top scorer and MVP, knocking in 15 goals. Fresno Fuego's Fabricio Codeceira led the league with 13 assists, while Austin Aztex U23 keeper Miguel Gallardo enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.615 per game, and keeping 9 clean sheets in his 13 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198182-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 PDL season, Final standings, Central Conference, Heartland Division\nThe top two teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. The Conference champion receives a bye into the Conference Semifinals, with the third place team from that division receiving a playoff berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 72], "content_span": [73, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198182-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 PDL season, Final standings, Eastern Conference, Northeast Division\nThe Division Champions and the Second Place team with the most points qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 72], "content_span": [73, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198182-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 PDL season, Final standings, Western Conference, Southwest Division\nThe top two teams in each division qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 72], "content_span": [73, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198182-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 PDL season, Playoffs\nThe Divisional Round for the Central Conference took place July 22\u201323, 2008, with the Conference Championships taking place between July 25\u201327. The PDL Semifinals took place on August 2, and the final was played on August 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198182-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 PDL season, Awards and All-League team\nF: Carlos Araujo (Central Florida Kraze); Felix Garcia (Laredo Heat) (U19 Player of the Year); Junior Garcia (Yakima Reds) (league MVP)M: Will Beaug\u00e9 (Ottawa Fury); Fabricio Codeceira (Fresno Fuego); Adam Gazda (Reading Rage); Nate Jafta (Michigan Bucks)D: Darrius Barnes (Cary RailHawks U23's); Mike Holody (Michigan Bucks); Norberto Papandrea (Austin Aztex U23) (Defender of the Year)G: Miguel Gallardo (Austin Aztex U23) (Goalkeeper of the Year)Coach: Wolfgang Suhnholz (Austin Aztex U23)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198183-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PFC CSKA Moscow season\nThe 2008 Russian football season, saw CSKA Moscow competed in the Russian Premier League, finishing 2nd behind Rubin Kazan, and in Russian Cup. CSKA won the 2007/08 Russian Cup and progressed to the Quarter-finals of the 2008-09 Cup by the end of the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198183-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198183-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198183-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198183-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198183-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198183-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Competitions, Russian Cup, 2007-08\nAssistant referees:Yevgeni Volnin (Vladimir)Viktor Lebedev (Saint Petersburg)Fourth official:Maksim Layushkin (Moscow)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship\nThe 2008 PGA Championship was the 90th PGA Championship, played from August 7\u201310 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship\nP\u00e1draig Harrington won his second consecutive major and third overall, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ben Curtis and Sergio Garc\u00eda. He earned $1.35 million for the victory, and became the first European-born winner of the PGA Championship in 78 years, last accomplished in the match play era by Tommy Armour of Scotland in 1930 (by then a naturalized U.S. citizen). Harrington was the first winner from Ireland, and the first European to win The Open Championship and the PGA Championship in the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship\nIt was the ninth major championship contested at the South Course and the first in twelve years, when Steve Jones won the 1996 U.S. Open. The PGA Championship returned to \"The Monster\" for the first time in 29 years; the 1979 event was won by David Graham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship\nTiger Woods, the two-time defending champion, did not compete due to rehabilitation for a season-ending knee surgery following his playoff victory in the U.S. Open in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship\nThe South Course previously hosted the PGA Championship in 1972 and 1979, the U.S. Open in 1924, 1937, 1951, 1961, 1985, and 1996, and the Ryder Cup in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\nThe following is the qualification criteria that was used to select the field. Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n1. All former PGA ChampionsPaul Azinger, Rich Beem, Mark Brooks, John Daly, Steve Elkington, Davis Love III, Phil Mickelson (3,8,9,10), Vijay Singh (8,10), David Toms (9), Bob Tway(Eligible but not competing: Jack Burke Jr., Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Shaun Micheel, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Bob Rosburg, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins, Tiger Woods)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n2. Last five U.S. Open Champions\u00c1ngel Cabrera, Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen, Geoff Ogilvy (6,8,10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n3. Last five Masters ChampionsTrevor Immelman (6,8), Zach Johnson (8,9)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n4. Last five British Open ChampionsTodd Hamilton, P\u00e1draig Harrington (8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2007 PGA ChampionshipStephen Ames (8,10), Stuart Appleby (8), Woody Austin (8), K. J. Choi (8,10), Simon Dyson, Ernie Els (8,10), Anders Hansen, Justin Rose (8), Adam Scott (8,10), John Senden (8), Kevin Sutherland (8), Scott Verplank (8,9), Boo Weekley (8,10)(Eligible but not competing due to hand surgery \u2013 Arron Oberholser)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n7. 20 low scorers in the 2008 PGA Professional National ChampionshipSam Arnold, Ryan Benzel, Bradley Dean, Eric Dugas, Frank Esposito, Jr., Jim Estes, Kyle Flinton, Scott Hebert, Vince Jewell, Rick Leibovich, David Long, Eric Manning, Brad Martin, Jeff Martin, Alan Morin, Curt Sanders, Sonny Skinner, Tim Thelen, Tim Weinhart, Don Yrene", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 31]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n70 leaders in official money standings from the 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Reno-Tahoe Open to the 2008 RBC Canadian OpenRobert Allenby, Tommy Armour III, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Bart Bryant, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell (9,10), Daniel Chopra (10), Stewart Cink (9,10), Tim Clark, Ken Duke, Steve Flesch (10), Jim Furyk (9), Sergio Garc\u00eda (10), Brian Gay (10), Mathew Goggin, Paul Goydos, J. B. Holmes (10), Ryuji Imada (10), Freddie Jacobson, Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim (10), Justin Leonard (10), Peter Lonard, Steve Lowery (10), Hunter Mahan, John Mallinger, Steve Marino, Billy Mayfair, George McNeill (10), Rocco Mediate, John Merrick, Ryan Moore, Sean O'Hair (10), Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Kenny Perry (10), Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter, Jeff Quinney, Andr\u00e9s Romero (10), Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Brandt Snedeker (10), Henrik Stenson, Steve Stricker (10), D. J. Trahan (10), Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner (10), Mike Weir (10), Dean Wilson(Eligible but not competing due to wrist injury \u2013 Luke Donald)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 1058]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n9. Members of the 2006 United States Ryder Cup teamChris DiMarco, J. J. Henry, Vaughn Taylor(Eligible but not competing due to back injury \u2013 Brett Wetterich)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2007 PGA ChampionshipRichard S. Johnson, Greg Kraft, Parker McLachlin, Chez Reavie", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 32]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\nThe PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed aboveMark Brown, Jonathan Byrd, Paul Casey, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, Ben Crane, Ben Curtis, Nick Dougherty, Niclas Fasth, Ross Fisher, Alastair Forsyth, Hiroyuki Fujita, Richard Green, S\u00f8ren Hansen, Peter Hanson, Peter Hedblom, Charles Howell III, Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez, Brendan Jones, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, James Kingston, S\u00f8ren Kjeldsen, Pablo Larraz\u00e1bal, Tom Lehman, Graeme McDowell, Colin Montgomerie, Nick O'Hern, Louis Oosthuizen, Hennie Otto, Corey Pavin, Prayad Marksaeng, Jyoti Randhawa, Charl Schwartzel, Jeev Milkha Singh, Scott Strange, Toru Taniguchi, Bubba Watson, Steve Webster, Lee Westwood, Oliver Wilson(Declined invitation: Greg Norman \u2013 scheduling, Jason Bohn \u2013 back surgery, Shingo Katayama \u2013 back  injury)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 874]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Field\n12. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round\nA lengthy weather delay forced a few pairings to complete their first round on Friday morning. It was clear though on Thursday that Robert Karlsson and Jeev Milkha Singh would share the 18-hole lead after shooting matching 68s. Sergio Garc\u00eda, still looking for his first major championship, headed up a group of five that shot one-under 69s. Phil Mickelson shot an even-par 70 to place him in an eight-way tie for eighth. Retief Goosen appeared to be piecing together a fabulous opening round when he birdied four of his first seven holes to get to -4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round\nHis fortunes would change, however, as he shot six-over the rest of the way to drop four strokes off the lead after the first day. Like Goosen, 2008 Open Champion, P\u00e1draig Harrington, got off to a flying start by birdieing his first three holes. Unfortunately for him, he shot four-over the rest of the way to finish his round with a 71. Kenny Perry was forced to withdraw due to the effects of an eye problem that began plaguing him earlier in the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round\nAt the midway point of the 90th PGA Championship, the only golfer under par was J. B. Holmes. Holmes, whose best finish at a major was a tie for 25th at the Masters earlier in 2008, shot a two-under 68 to post a -1 after 36 holes. He was as many as three shots under par for the tournament, but bogeyed two of his final four holes. Ben Curtis and Justin Rose shared the best round of the day with three-under 67s to settle into a tie for second at even par with Charlie Wi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round\nAfter withdrawing from the Open Championship, 2001 PGA Championship winner, David Toms, regained his form by shooting a one-under 69 to put himself in a tie for fifth with Henrik Stenson. Sergio Garc\u00eda shot a three-over 73 to place himself in a seven way tie for seventh. Garc\u00eda appeared as if he would be higher on the leaderboard at the close of the day, but he double-bogeyed the 17th hole. Phil Mickelson bogeyed two of his final four holes to finish in a seven way tie for 14th going into the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round\nSeventy-three golfers would survive the cut which was set at 148 (+8). The winner at Bridgestone the previous week and world #4, Vijay Singh, was the most notable golfer to miss the cut when he five-putted his last hole. World #8, Adam Scott, world #9, Stewart Cink, 2007 PGA Championship runner-up, Woody Austin, and 2008 Masters champion, Trevor Immelman, were also among those who missed the cut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Third round\nAt 2:16 pm EDT, scattered thunderstorms halted play before the leaders had a chance to begin their round. It appeared as if some golf was going to be played Saturday afternoon, but around 6:30 pm play was officially suspended for the day due to the persistent threat of thunderstorms. Andr\u00e9s Romero was among those who had the chance to complete their round, and he posted a tournament low, five-under 65 to finish three strokes off the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Third round\nThird round play resumed Sunday at 7:15 am. The 2003 Open Champion, Ben Curtis stormed into the lead with birdies at four of his first six holes, and despite a bogey at the 18th hole, Curtis shot two-under 68 for a one stroke lead after 54 holes. Second round leader J. B. Holmes remained in contention with an even par 70 to place himself in a tie for second with Henrik Stenson. 2007 and 2008 Open Champion, P\u00e1draig Harrington shot a four-under 66 to shoot up the leaderboard into a tie for fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Third round\nAlso among those at +1 was Sergio Garc\u00eda, who shot a one-under 69. South Korean, Charlie Wi shot a one-over 71 to place himself in the three way tie for fourth. Andr\u00e9s Romero, who completed his round Saturday, woke up much higher on the leaderboard as his five-under 65 put him four strokes off the lead and in a tie for seventh. Former PGA Champions David Toms and Phil Mickelson sat five and six strokes off the lead respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nWith the third round concluding Sunday morning due to the thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon, the final round began at 12:30 pm EDT, in groups of three on split tees: the top half of the remaining field began at the first hole, and the remainder started at the tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nP\u00e1draig Harrington claimed his second consecutive major championship and third in the last six majors, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ben Curtis and Sergio Garc\u00eda. Harrington shot his second straight 66 (\u22124), and like his victory three weeks earlier at Royal Birkdale, he won with tremendous play on the back nine. Harrington birdied three of four holes at one point to erase a three-stroke deficit. He made three critical putts at each of the final three holes to seal the victory, which included an 18-foot (5.5\u00a0m) par putt on the 72nd hole to make Garc\u00eda's upcoming par putt meaningless. Harrington became the first European since 1930 to win the PGA Championship, and only the fourth golfer to win the Open Championship and PGA Championship in the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nGarc\u00eda flew out of the gate with a birdie and eagle on the first two holes. He went the first 15 holes without registering a bogey allowing him to play with the lead most of the day. However, his fortunes would change when he found the water at the 16th hole. He would lose sole ownership of the lead on this hole, and ultimately the tournament after failing to match the crucial putts made by Harrington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nThis marked the second time that Garcia has lost a major to Harrington going down the stretch after his playoff defeat to Harrington at the 2007 Open Championship. Curtis held at least a share of the lead until he bogeyed the final two holes on the front nine. He would come back and tie Garc\u00eda briefly for the lead when he birdied the 14th hole. Curtis even found a way to earn par on the 16th despite his drive landing on the platform in front of a hospitality tent. However, he bogeyed two of his final four holes to finish two strokes off the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nCamilo Villegas had his best major finish with a tie for fourth, which was his second top 10 finish at the 2008 majors. He backed up his 67 earlier in the third round with a two-under 68 to finish four strokes behind Harrington. J. B. Holmes, who was one shot back to start the final round, triple bogeyed the first hole en route to an 11-over-par 81. Henrik Stenson had his second straight top 5 at the majors despite shooting a two-over 72 to fall into a tie with Villegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nSteve Flesch found the cup from the fairway on the 18th to become the first on the day to birdie the hole. He finished by himself in sixth place and recorded his second top 10 finish at the majors in 2008. Phil Mickelson birdied three of his first four holes to put himself in contention, but did not birdie another hole and fell into a tie for seventh with Andr\u00e9s Romero. Romero was unable to back up the 65 he shot in the third round and never mustered up a challenge for the leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198184-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Championship, Television\nTelevision coverage was provided in the United States by CBS and TNT and on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland. Coverage was in High Definition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198185-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Tour\nThe 2008 PGA Tour season ran from January 3 to November 9. The season consisted of 49 official money events. This included four major championships and three World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the European Tour. There were also five unofficial events played in November and December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198185-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Tour, Schedule\nThe following table lists the main season events for 2008. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198185-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Tour, Money leaders\nThis shows the money leaders for the 2008 PGA Tour season. These figures do not include FedEx Cup bonus money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 28], "content_span": [29, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198186-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates\nThis is a list of the 28 players who earned their 2009 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198186-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2009 Results\n*PGA Tour rookie in 2009T = Tied Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 125). Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150). Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 150).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198187-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Tour of Australasia\nThe 2008 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer so they are split between the first and last months of the year. The tour's developmental series, known as the Von Nida Tour was played in the middle of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198187-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PGA Tour of Australasia, Main tournament results\nThe table below shows the 2008 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour. For a complete table of events recognised by the PGA Tour of Australasia, including Von Nida Tour events and World Golf Championships see the official site. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198188-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PLFA season\nThe 2008 season of the Polish American Football League (PLFA I) was the 3rd season played by the major american football league in Poland. Regular season play was held from March 29 to September 28, 2008. The Polish champion title was eventually won by the Warsaw Eagles when they defeated the Pomorze Seahawks; the Polish Bowl championship game, at the Olympic Stadium in Wroc\u0142aw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship on October 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198189-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Curling Championships\nThe 2008 Pacific Curling Championships took place in Naseby, New Zealand from 2\u20139 November 2008. The top two finishers of the men's event competed in the 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, while women's winner China and host country South Korea competed in the 2009 World Women's Curling Championship, with China winning its first world title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198189-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Curling Championships, Men, Playoffs\nThere was a best of 5 series for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198189-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Teams\nThird: Sandy GagnonSecond: Lynette Kate GillLead: Laurie WeedenAlternate: Madeleine Kate Wilson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198189-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Playoffs\nThe winner of the semifinals would go on to face China in the Gold Medal Game; the loser would receive the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198190-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Islanders rugby union tour of Europe\nThe 2008 Pacific Islanders rugby union tour of Europe was a series of test matches played by the Pacific Islanders team in England, France, and Italy during November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198190-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Islanders rugby union tour of Europe\nThe team lost the first two test matches against England and France, but won the final test against Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198190-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Islanders rugby union tour of Europe\nThe head coach for the tour was former Tongan player Quddus Fielea, after Ilivasi Tabua withdrew from the tour. The captain for the tour was Fijian Mosese Rauluni while the vice-captain was Tongan Nili Latu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198190-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Islanders rugby union tour of Europe, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198190-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Islanders rugby union tour of Europe, Squad\nTwo further players were originally included in the squad Sireli Bobo and Soane Tonga'uiha. However Bobo became unavailable, and Tonga'uiha later withdrew from the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198191-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific League Climax Series\nThe 2008 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) consisted of two consecutive series, Stage 1 being a best-of-three series and Stage 2 being a best-of-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2008 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2008 Central League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The PLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198192-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open\nThe 2008 Indian Wells Masters (also known as the Pacific Life Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the Indian Wells Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States, from March 10 through March 23, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198192-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open\nThe men's singles were headlined by the World No. 1, reigning Wimbledon and US Open champion and Masters Cup winner Roger Federer, the ATP No. 2, Chennai runner-up and the defending champion Rafael Nadal, and the Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic. Also competing in the field were the 2007 Moscow title holder Nikolay Davydenko, the Masters Cup finalist David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian and Richard Gasquet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198192-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open\nThe women's draw included the WTA No. 2 and the Australian Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic, the Sydney and Dubai finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, and the Australian Open semifinalist Jelena Jankovi\u0107. Other top seeds present were the Tour Championships finalist and the Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova, the defending champion Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, Marion Bartoli, Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 and Dinara Safina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198192-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open\nSerbians Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic won the respective men's and women's singles titles. For Djokovic, it was his second title of the year, following his success at the Australian Open, whilst for Ivanovic, it was her first title of the year, but it would be her last Tier I/Premier title to date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198192-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open, Champions, Men's Doubles\nJonathan Erlich /  Andy Ram defeated  Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonji\u0107, 6\u20134, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198192-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open, Champions, Women's Doubles\nDinara Safina /  Elena Vesnina defeated  Yan Zi /  Zheng Jie, 6\u20131, 1\u20136, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198193-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMartin Damm & Leander Paes were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Damm partnered with Pavel V\u00edzner, but lost in the first round to Eric Butorac and Andy Murray. Paes partnered with Paul Hanley, but lost in the quarterfinals to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198193-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJonathan Erlich and Andy Ram won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134 against Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198194-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nNovak Djokovic defeated Mardy Fish in the final 6\u20132, 5\u20137, 6\u20133, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2008 Indian Wells Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198194-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nRafael Nadal was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Djokovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198195-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions, but Stosur chose not to participate, and only Raymond competed that year. Raymond partnered with Maria Kirilenko, but lost in the first round to Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and Ai Sugiyama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198195-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nDinara Safina and Elena Vesnina won in the final 6\u20131, 1\u20136, 10\u20138 against Yan Zi and Zheng Jie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198196-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nDaniela Hantuchov\u00e1 was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the quarterfinals by Maria Sharapova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198196-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nAna Ivanovic won the title, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198197-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2008 Pacific Rim Championships were held in San Jose, California, from March 28\u201330. Four disciplines of gymnastics were contested: women's artistic, men's artistic, rhythmic, and trampolining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198198-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Rugby Cup\nThe IRB Pacific Rugby Cup 2008 was the third edition of the Pacific Rugby Cup competition. First held in 2006, the 2008 edition, like its predecessors, featured 6 representative rugby union football teams; 2 from each of the three Pacific rugby unions - Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198198-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Rugby Cup\nTautahi Gold beat Upolu Samoa 11 points to 3 in the grand final match to win the Pacific Rugby Cup for 2008, becoming the first Tongan team, and the first team outside of Samoa, to win the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198198-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Rugby Cup, Format and schedule\nThe teams played a single round robin (home or away) series. The two top teams in the final standings met in the grand final match, with the first ranking team awarded home advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198198-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Rugby Cup, Format and schedule\nThe 2008 tournament followed the completion of Fiji's Colonial Cup, Samoa's National Provincial Championship and Tonga's Provincial Championship and provided the coaches of the three national teams with a competitive player development pathway just ahead of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198198-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Rugby Cup, Format and schedule\nUpolu Samoa began its title defence away to 2007 beaten finalists Tau'uta Reds in Nuku'alofa on April 19, while Fiji Warriors faced Tautahi Gold in Lautoka and 2006 champions Savaii Samoa played Fiji Barbarians in Apia. Four further rounds followed on consecutive weekends before the top two ranked teams contested the Grand Final on May 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198198-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific Rugby Cup, Table\nClassification:Teams standings are calculated as follows:Most log points accumulated from all matchesMost log points accumulated in matches between tied teamsHighest difference between points scored for and against accumulated from all matchesMost points scored accumulated from all matches", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season\nThe 2008 Pacific hurricane season was a near-average Pacific hurricane season which featured seventeen named storms, though most were rather weak and short-lived. Only seven hurricanes formed and two major hurricanes. This season was also the first since 1996 to have no cyclones cross into the central Pacific. The season officially began on May\u00a015 in the East Pacific Ocean, and on June\u00a01 in the Central Pacific; they ended on November\u00a030. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Pacific basin. However, the formation of tropical cyclones is possible at any time of the year. Despite this, no tropical cyclones formed outside the usual limits of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season\nSeveral storms affected land this year. Tropical Storm Alma made landfall along the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, becoming the first known storm to do so. It killed 9 and caused over US$35 million in damage (value in 2008). Hurricane Norbert became the strongest hurricane to hit the western side of the Baja Peninsula on record, killing 25 and causing widespread damage over Baja California Sur, Sonora, and Sinaloa in Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season\nTropical Depression Five-E made landfall along the south-western Mexican coastline in July 2008, producing heavy rainfall in parts of southwestern Mexico, which these rains triggered flooding that killed two people and left roughly $2.2 million in damages. Julio produced lightning and locally heavy rainfall, which left more than a dozen communities isolated due to flooding. The flooding damaged several houses and killed two people. Lowell left $15.5 million in damage as it made landfall in Baja California Peninsula as a tropical depression, and affected parts of West Coast and the Gulf Coast. Odile dumped squally rainfall on Central America as a tropical wave, while it brought heavy rainfall across southern Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nOn May\u00a016, 2008, the Servicio Meteorol\u00f3gico Nacional posted their outlook for the 2008 Pacific hurricane season, forecasting 15 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes. Three days later, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Central Pacific Hurricane Center released their forecast for the central Pacific, predicting three or four tropical cyclones to form or cross into the basin; an average season sees four or five tropical cyclones, of which two further intensify into hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nOn May\u00a022, meanwhile, the Climate Prediction Center released their outlook, forecasting a 70 percent probability of a below-average year, a 25 percent chance of a near-average year, and only a 5 percent chance of an above-average year. The organization predicted 11\u201316 named storms, 5\u20138 hurricanes, 1\u20133 major hurricanes, and an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index 40\u2013100 percent of the long-term median. All three groups cited the effects of the ongoing La Ni\u00f1a, as well as the continuation of a multi-decadal decline in Pacific hurricane activity, as their reasoning behind the below-average forecasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nThe accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2008 Pacific hurricane season was 82.135\u00a0units in the Eastern Pacific and 1.5925\u00a0units in the Central Pacific. The total ACE in the basin is 83.7275\u00a0units. Broadly speaking, ACE is a measure of the power of a tropical or subtropical storm multiplied by the length of time it existed. It is only calculated for full advisories on specific tropical and subtropical systems reaching or exceeding wind speeds of 39\u00a0mph (63\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nThe activity of the season was relatively quiet overall, with 16 named storms, 7 hurricanes, 2 major hurricanes; 1 tropical storm formed in the Central Pacific. The main contributing factor to a slower season was the 2007\u201308 La Ni\u00f1a event in the equatorial Pacific; although cold ocean temperature anomalies dissipated during the early summer of 2008, a La Ni\u00f1a-like atmospheric circulation persisted. This led to anomalously strong easterly wind shear across the East Pacific, hindering the intensification of most tropical cyclones. In addition, water temperatures across the basin were cooler than in years past, though still near the long-term average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nThe first storm of the year, Alma, developed on May\u00a029 farther east than any other East Pacific cyclone in recorded history, not including storms that originated in the Atlantic and continued into the basin. Later that day, it made landfall on the Pacific coast of Central America, the first cyclone to do so since the 1949 Texas hurricane. June and July saw near average tropical cyclone activity, while August was a below-average month overall. September 2008 was the quietest since reliable records began in 1971, with a monthly ACE index only 9 percent of average. In terms of ACE, seasonal activity ended about 75 percent of the long-term median.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alma\nA nearly stationary trough of low pressure formed over the extreme eastern Pacific in late May, and the system organized into a tropical depression around 00:00\u00a0UTC on May\u00a029, becoming the easternmost-forming tropical cyclone on record in the basin. The newly formed system intensified into a tropical storm six hours later, earning the name Alma, and attained peak winds of 65\u00a0mph (105\u00a0km/h) around 18:00\u00a0UTC as an eye-like feature became apparent on satellite. Moving northward, Alma made landfall near Le\u00f3n, Nicaragua, at that strength before rapidly weakening inland. Its low-level circulation dissipated over the mountains of western Honduras around 18:00\u00a0UTC on May\u00a030, but remnant convective activity aided in the formation of Tropical Storm Arthur in the western Caribbean a day later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 853]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alma\nAlma produced devastating rainfall across Central America, with peak accumulations of 14.82\u00a0in (376.4\u00a0mm) in Quepos, Costa Rica. The nearby cities of Guanacaste and Puntarenas were most heavily affected with over 1,000 homes damaged, of which over 150 were destroyed. Throughout all of Costa Rica, more than 100 roads and bridges were damaged, leaving several communities isolated for several days. In Nicaragua, the departments of Le\u00f3n and Chinandega saw approximately 200 homes damaged; across Honduras, an additional 175 homes were adversely impacted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alma\nSix people died in Honduras: a young girl who was swept away by a fast-moving river and five people who perished following the crash of TACA Flight 390. Two more deaths occurred in Nicaragua due to electrocutions from downed power lines, and one death occurred offshore when a fishing vessel sank. Nine people on boats went missing in the wake of the cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Boris\nA westward-moving tropical wave departed the western coast of Africa on June\u00a014 and entered the eastern Pacific a week later. A broad surface low formed in association with the feature south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec on June\u00a023, and its organization led to the development of a tropical depression around 06:00\u00a0UTC on June\u00a027. The cyclone only slowly organized in a moderate wind shear regime, becoming Tropical Storm Boris six hours later and remaining fairly steady state for a few days thereafter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Boris\nShear lessened on June\u00a029, allowing Boris to attain hurricane intensity two days later as an eye developed. This feature was temporarily eroded late on July\u00a01, but reappeared by 06:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a02 when the cyclone attained peak winds of 80\u00a0mph (130\u00a0km/h). Cold waters and a more stable environment then prompted rapid weakening, and Boris ultimately degenerated to a remnant low by 12:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a04. The post-tropical cyclone continued westward until dissipating early on July\u00a06.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Cristina\nThe season's third tropical depression developed around 18:00\u00a0UTC on June\u00a027 from a tropical wave that crossed Central America four days prior. In an environment of low shear but abundant dry air and marginal ocean temperatures, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Cristina around 12:00\u00a0UTC on June\u00a028 before attaining peak winds of 50\u00a0mph (80\u00a0km/h) six hours later. The cyclone moved west-northwest and then west as high pressure expanded to its north. Abundant dry air and stronger upper-level winds capped the storm's organization to intermittent, amorphous bursts of convection that eventually dissipated, and Cristina degenerated to a remnant low around 18:00\u00a0UTC on June\u00a030. The low turned southward before dissipating on July\u00a03.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Douglas\nAn organized tropical wave departed the western coast of Africa on June\u00a019 and reached the waters south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec late the next week. The system steadily congealed into a tropical depression by 18:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a01. Paralleling the coastline of southwestern Mexico, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Douglas and attained peak winds of 40\u00a0mph (65\u00a0km/h) around 12:00\u00a0UTC the next morning, despite the effects of strong northeasterly wind shear. As upper-level winds increased further and Douglas tracked northwest into cooler waters, it began a weakening trend that ended in its degeneration to a remnant low around 06:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a04. The low turned west within low-level flow and dissipated two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Douglas\nDue to the proximity to land, outer rain bands associated with Douglas produced tropical storm force winds in Manzanillo, Mexico. Minor flood damage was reported along the coastline in Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. Due to the proximity to land, the outer bands of Douglas produced tropical storm force winds in Manzanillo, Mexico. Minor flooding was reported along the coastline in Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. Moisture associated with Douglas produced light rain over parts of Baja California Sur, with heavier amounts in Todos los Santos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Five-E\nA tropical wave departed the western coast of Africa on June\u00a023 and began steady organization after entering the eastern Pacific over a week later. The system acquired sufficient organization to be declared a tropical depression around 18:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a05 and embarked on a northwesterly course parallel to the coastline of Mexico. The following day, however, a weakening mid-level ridge to its north directed the cyclone more poleward. Strong easterly wind shear prevented the formation of banding features while keeping the overall cloud pattern disorganized, and the depression moved ashore near L\u00e1zaro C\u00e1rdenas, Michoac\u00e1n, early on July\u00a07 without attaining tropical storm intensity. It dissipated over the mountainous terrain a few hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Five-E\nThe tropical depression produced 5.11 inches (130\u00a0mm) of rain in Manzanillo, with other locations also experiencing isolated rainfall. Cerro de Ortega, Colima reported 12.99 inches (330\u00a0mm) of rain in a 24-hour period. The community of Ometepec reported 7.88 inches (200\u00a0mm). Other locations reported moderate rainfall, ranging around 5\u20137 inches (130\u2013180\u00a0mm). One person was swept away by flood waters, reaching 1\u00a0m (3.3\u00a0ft) in depth. Heavy rains from the depression resulted in a traffic accident that killed one person and injured two others. In all, damages from the storm amounted to MXN 30\u00a0million ($2.2\u00a0million).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Elida\nA tropical wave, indistinguishable in the Atlantic basin, crossed the coastline of Central America on July\u00a08 and organized into a tropical depression three days later around 18:00\u00a0UTC. With a mid-level ridge extending from the Gulf of Mexico into western Mexico, the newly formed cyclone moved west-northwest within an increasingly favorable environment, intensifying into Tropical Storm Elida by 06:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a012 and becoming the season's first hurricane around 12:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Elida\nAn abrupt increase in wind shear briefly weakened the storm the next day, but by 18:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a016, the formation of an eye within Elida's round central dense overcast showcased its peak as a Category\u00a02 hurricane with winds of 105\u00a0mph (170\u00a0km/h). The system then tracked into cooler waters and stronger upper-level winds, causing it to fall below hurricane intensity by 06:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a018 and degenerate to a remnant low early the next morning, although it maintained a well-defined circulation. The low ultimately dissipated well east-southeast of Hawaii by 00:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Elida\nDue to the proximity of Elida to Mexico, the Government of Mexico warned residents about the possibility of heavy rains from the outer edges of the storm. Thunderstorms related to Elida developed over Oaxaca, Guerrero, Michoac\u00e1n, Colima and Jalisco. In Nayarit, Elida produced storms that dropped torrential rainfall and hail that injured at least one person. The rainfall resulted in the formation of a lake roughly 45\u00a0cm (18\u00a0in) deep. Several trees feel, blocking streets for several hours. Street flooding reached a depth of 20\u00a0cm (7.9\u00a0in), inundating shops and some homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Elida\nIndirect effects, such as large swells, were felt along the Mexican coastline as the storm produced waves up to 4\u00a0m (13\u00a0ft). However, as trade winds increased during the middle of July, the remnants of Elida brought rainfall to east-facing slopes of the Island of Hawaii and Maui. Frequent rain showers produced 2 to 6 inches (51 to 152\u00a0mm) of precipitation in those regions, but no significant flooding occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Fausto\nA tropical wave exited western Africa on July\u00a04, which moved westward across the Atlantic without development. It entered the eastern Pacific on July\u00a012 and began to show signs of development the next day. On July\u00a016, the system organized into Tropical Depression 7E, located about 550\u00a0mi (885\u00a0km) southeast of Acapulco, Mexico. Steered by a ridge to the north, the system moved generally northwestward throughout its duration. With thunderstorms located around the circulation amid moderate wind shear, the depression quickly intensified into Tropical Storm Fausto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Fausto\nAs a large cyclone, Fausto slowly intensified, with relaxing wind shear and warm waters. Although the circulation was occasionally exposed from the thunderstorms, a banding eye feature began to develop on July\u00a018. Fausto attained hurricane status later that day. On July\u00a020, Fausto attained peak winds of 90\u00a0mph (145\u00a0km/h) and a minimum pressure of 977 mbar (hPa; 28.85\u00a0inHg). Around that time, the hurricane passed between the islands of Clarion and Socorro. Cooler waters caused Fausto to weaken, diminishing convective activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Fausto\nOn July\u00a021, the hurricane weakened to a tropical storm, and further to a tropical depression the next day. With little or no remaining convection, the system degenerated into a remnant low-pressure area as it traveled towards the west-northwest. The remnants of Fausto dissipated on July\u00a024, while located about 1,065\u00a0mi (1,715\u00a0km) west of Cabo San Lucas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Fausto\nThe outer bands of Fausto produced moderate rainfall over portions of Sinaloa, Mexico, peaking at 1.9\u00a0in (50\u00a0mm). Several hours before the center of Fausto passed between Clarion Island and Socorro Island, sustained winds on Clarion were recorded at 64\u00a0mph (103\u00a0km/h) with gusts to 94\u00a0mph (151\u00a0km/h). Nearby Socorro recorded sustained winds of 79\u00a0mph (127\u00a0km/h) with gusts to 109\u00a0mph (175\u00a0km/h). Little or no damage was recorded on the islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Fausto\nThe hurricane-force winds reported on Socorro was recorded as Fausto made its closest approach to the island about 115\u00a0mi (185\u00a0km) to the southwest. However, due to the distance from the center of Fausto, these winds are suspected to be overestimated. Along the coastline of Mexico, waves up to 8\u00a0ft (2.4\u00a0m) were recorded in relation to Fausto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Genevieve\nA tropical wave moved off Africa on July\u00a06, spawning an area of low pressure over the western Caribbean Sea ten days later. After crossing into the eastern Pacific, the disturbance organized into a tropical depression around 12:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a021 and intensified into Tropical Storm Genevieve six hours later. Moderate easterly wind shear gave way to more favorable upper-level winds following formation, but the system soon tracked over cooler ocean waters caused by Hurricane Fausto, limiting its development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Genevieve\nBy July\u00a025, however, Genevieve moved into warmer waters and attained its peak as a Category\u00a01 hurricane with winds of 75\u00a0mph (120\u00a0km/h); its satellite presentation at this time was characterized by hints of an eye within a small central dense overcast. Encountering strong northerly wind shear, the cyclone began a steady weakening trend shortly thereafter and ultimately degenerated to a remnant low around 12:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a027. The low continued west and dissipated four days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Hernan\nOn July 24, a tropical wave exited the west coast of Africa, which traversed the Atlantic Ocean and eventually entered the eastern Pacific on August\u00a02. There, it interacted with a broad area of cyclonic flow south of Mexico. Its associated convection increased and organized around a low-pressure area. On August\u00a06, the NHC designated the system as Tropical Depression Nine-E about 775\u00a0mi (1,245\u00a0km) south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California Sur. A ridge over Mexico steered the depression to the northwest and later in a general westward direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Hernan\nOn August\u00a07, the NHC upgraded the depression to Tropical Storm Hernan. Although Hernan was located over warm waters, moderate wind shear prevented the storm from intensifying quickly. An eye feature formed as wind shear diminished, signaling that Hernan intensified into a hurricane on August\u00a08. After the eye became more defined, Hernan was upgraded to a major hurricane on August\u00a09, reaching peak winds of 120\u00a0mph (195\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Hernan\nAfter reaching its peak, Hernan underwent an eyewall replacement cycle while also moving over cooler waters; this caused the hurricane to weaken. The new eye deteriorated as the outflow diminished. Early on August 11, Hernan was downgraded to a tropical storm. Deep convection diminished around the center of the storm and by August 12, almost all of the deep convection dissipated as Hernan continued to weaken. On August\u00a013, Hernan degenerated into a remnant low after it lost its remaining thunderstorms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Hernan\nThe low continued to the west-southwest over the next several days before dissipating 460\u00a0mi (740\u00a0km) southeast of the Island of Hawaii on August 16. The remnant low-pressure area of Hernan later brought moisture to the island of Hawaii, causing cloud and shower activity. The associated rainfall was light and insignificant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kika\nOn the morning of August 5, the CPHC began monitoring an area of low pressure 1,200\u00a0mi (1,930\u00a0km) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii; the system became better organized later in the day as the system was classified as a tropical disturbance and was declared Tropical Depression One-C on August 7 850\u00a0mi (1,370\u00a0km) southeast of Hilo, Hawaii. One-C was being steered toward the west due to easterly trade winds caused by large subtropical high-pressure area located northeast of Hawaii. The depression was quickly upgraded to Tropical Storm Kika later that night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kika\nDespite strong wind shear, the storm was expected to attain winds at 60\u00a0mph (95\u00a0km/h). However, this did not occur. After turning west-northwest and attaining peak intensity, Kika became less organized the following morning and the CPHC subsequently downgraded it to a tropical depression. After a revival in convection Kika was re-upgraded to a tropical storm again that evening. Even though wind shear was significantly diminishing, the storm became even less organized was moving over cooling water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kika\nLate on August 9, Kika weakened to a tropical depression once more, but was briefly re-upgraded into a tropical storm as it became better organized very late that night. By August 10, only isolated bursts of thunderstorms had remained around the center; as such, Kika was downgraded into a tropical depression. After a brief increase in thunderstorm activity, one Tropical cyclone forecast model showed Kika reaching hurricane status. Kika degenerated into a remnant low-pressure area that night 400\u00a0mi (645\u00a0km) away from the Johnston Atoll. The remnant low was last noted on August 14 as it crossed the International Date Line, out of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Iselle\nA tropical wave left Africa on July\u00a030 and began to show signs of organization as it crossed Central America early on August\u00a08. It temporarily weakened thereafter, but began to coalesce again late on August\u00a012; by 12:00\u00a0UTC the next morning, it had developed into a tropical depression. Six hours later, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Iselle. High pressure to its north directed Iselle on a northwest trajectory, while moderate easterly wind shear limited the storm peak to 50\u00a0mph (80\u00a0km/h) on the morning of August\u00a014. Increasing upper-level winds, cooler waters, and entrainment of dry air all hindered the system, causing it to weaken to a tropical depression around 00:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a016 and degenerate to a remnant low a day later. The low moved south and west before dissipating on August\u00a023.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 877]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Julio\nA tropical wave moved off Africa on August\u00a06, first spawning Tropical Storm Fay in the Atlantic before continuing into the eastern Pacific on August\u00a017. It began to organize several days later, leading to the formation of a tropical depression by 12:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a023; six hours later, it intensified into Tropical Storm Julio. An area of high pressure over Mexico directed the nascent cyclone north-northwest, while moderate upper-level winds prevented Julio from strengthening beyond 50\u00a0mph (80\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Julio\nAround 00:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a025, the storm made landfall approximately 40\u00a0mi (65\u00a0km) west-southwest of La Paz, Baja California Sur, with winds of 45\u00a0mph (70\u00a0km/h). Slow weakening occurred as Julio entered the Gulf of California, and it fell to tropical depression intensity around 00:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a026 before degenerating to a remnant low eighteen hours later. The low drifted east before dissipating on the coast of mainland Mexico by 12:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a027.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Julio\nAs Julio made landfall, it produced lightning and locally heavy rainfall, which left more than a dozen communities isolated due to flooding. The flooding damaged several houses and killed one person. Winds were generally light, although strong enough to damage a few electrical poles and small buildings. Moisture from Julio developed thunderstorms across Arizona, including one near Chandler which produced winds of 75\u00a0mph (120\u00a0km/h); the storm damaged ten small planes at Chandler Municipal Airport, as well as a hangar. The storms also dropped light rainfall, reaching over 1\u00a0inch (25\u00a0mm) in Gilbert, which caused flooding on Interstate 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Karina\nA tropical wave, the same that spawned Hurricane Gustav while in the Atlantic, crossed Central America on August\u00a028. Convection slowly increased as it moved westward, and an area of low pressure developed just south of the Mexico coastline on August\u00a030. Despite strong easterly wind shear, shower and thunderstorm activity formed close enough to the center for the disturbance to become a tropical depression around 06:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a02. A brief relaxation in upper-level winds allowed the depression to intensify into Tropical Storm Karina six hours later before wind shear once again increased, leading to a steady weakening trend and degeneration to a remnant low by 18:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a03.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Lowell\nA tropical wave emerged from Africa on August\u00a019, the northern half of which spawned Hurricane Hanna while the second half continued west. It entered the East Pacific by August\u00a028, interacting with a broad cyclonic gyre spawned by a pre-existing surface trough in the region. As the wave reached the western edge of the gyre, it formed an area of low pressure that further organized into a tropical depression around 12:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a06. It intensified into Tropical Storm Lowell twelve hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Lowell\nThe cyclone moved along the western periphery of an anticyclone over Mexico, and this feature imparted strong upper-level winds on Lowell that limited its peak strength to 50\u00a0mph (80\u00a0km/h). Wind shear eventually slackened, but the storm progressed into a drier environment and began to weaken. After falling to tropical depression intensity, Lowell turned east and made landfall near Cabo San Lucas around 09:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a011. It opened up into an elongated surface trough nine hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Lowell\nLowell made landfall as a tropical depression in Baja California but its effects where felt at more inland areas. In Michoac\u00e1n, Sonora, and Sinaloa, flooding from Lowell's remnants left more than 26,500 people homeless. No deaths were reported. Damage in Sonora totaled over 200 million pesos \u2013 US$15.5 million (value in 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Lowell\nMoisture from Lowell eventually joined with a cold front and the remnants of Hurricane Ike and caused significant damage. As this conglomeration of moisture traveled through the United States it caused extensive flooding in Illinois. In Chicago it broke flooding records dating back to 1871.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Marie\nOn the heels of a record quiet September, Marie developed on October\u00a01 from a tropical wave that departed Africa nearly a month earlier on September\u00a06. The wave moved west with little fanfare, crossing Central America on September\u00a024 but still remaining poorly organized. An area of low pressure formed on September\u00a028, and it began a gradual organization trend that led to the formation of a tropical depression around 06:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a01, and to the designation of Tropical Storm Marie six hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Marie\nWith light upper-level winds, Marie began a period of quick intensification on October\u00a03, bringing it to hurricane strength at 18:00\u00a0UTC that afternoon and to a peak of 80\u00a0mph (130\u00a0km/h) the next morning. The hurricane soon began to enter cooler ocean temperatures, prompting a gradual decline in intensity before Marie degenerated to a remnant low around 00:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a07. The tenacious post-tropical cyclone meandered for nearly two weeks before being absorbed into the Intertropical Convergence Zone on October\u00a019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norbert\nThe merging of two tropical waves resulted in the development of a tropical depression south of Mexico around 00:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a04. Steered by a mid-level ridge to its north, the depression gradually intensified, becoming Tropical Storm Norbert a day after formation and attaining hurricane strength around 06:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a07. The hurricane rounded the ridge and began to rapidly intensify, ultimately reaching its peak as a Category\u00a04 hurricane with winds of 130\u00a0mph (210\u00a0km/h) near 18:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a08.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norbert\nAn eyewall replacement cycle weakened Norbert to Category\u00a01 strength late on October\u00a09, but favorable environmental conditions allowed the system to re-attain major hurricane intensity around 06:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a011. Norbert made landfall just southeast of Bahia Magdalena, Baja California, around 16:30\u00a0UTC on October\u00a011 at a slightly reduced strength of 105\u00a0mph (170\u00a0km/h). An increase in wind shear caused the system to weaken to 85\u00a0mph (135\u00a0km/h) as it made a second landfall east-southeast of Huatabampo, Sonora, around 04:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a012. Norbert continued northeast and rapidly dissipated over the mountains of northeastern Mexico by 18:00\u00a0UTC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norbert\nHurricane Norbert struck Mexico's Baja California peninsula with torrential rains and winds of up to 155\u00a0km/h. Strong winds bent palm trees along coastal areas. Some streets were in knee-deep water in the town of Puerto San Carlos. Norbert ripped off roofs, knocking down trees and left one person missing and more than 20,000 homes without electricity, local authorities say. Some 2850 people were housed in temporary shelters. Forty percent of homes were totally or partially damaged on the islands of Margarita and Magdalena, mainly having lost their roofs, said a report from state protection services. La Paz international airport suspended its activities at midday local time Saturday, but the tourist resort of Los Cabos remained open. Hotel reservations were down by around 40 per cent mainly in Los Cabos and Loreto, local tourism officials said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 913]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norbert\nNorbert was a Category 2 hurricane at landfall, which made Norbert the first October hurricane to strike the western Baja California peninsula since Hurricane Pauline forty years prior, and Norbert was the stronger of the two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Odile\nA complex series of interactions between two tropical waves, a frontal system, and a pre-existing area of vorticity led to the formation of a tropical depression just west of El Salvador around 12:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a08. The system moved west-northwest as it developed, steered by a large ridge over Mexico. Light upper-level winds allowed the depression to intensify into Tropical Storm Odile by 06:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a09 and attain peak winds of 60\u00a0mph (95\u00a0km/h) by early the next day. After maintaining its intensity for over 24 hours, increasing southeasterly wind shear prompted a rapid weakening trend. Odile fell to tropical depression strength early on October\u00a012 as it continued to parallel the coastline of Mexico, and it degenerated to a remnant low around 00:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a013. The post-tropical cyclone moved south-southwest and dissipated that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 920]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Odile\nEighteen hours after it was named, a Tropical Storm Watch was issued from Punta Maldonado to Zihuatanejo. It was replaced with a warning 12 hours later. Before becoming a tropical wave, the precursor disturbance to Odile dumped heavy rainfall on Nicaragua, although any impact is unknown. Odile also caused heavy rain in Mexico. The system caused floods in Acapulco, which left 12 homes damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Seventeen-E\nA slow-moving tropical wave left Africa on September\u00a030 and crossed into the East Pacific by October\u00a016. Convection developed and persisted as it continued west, leading to the formation of a tropical depression well south of Mexico around 06:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a023. As the newly formed cyclone reached the western periphery of a ridge over Mexico, it turned to the north.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Seventeen-E\nAn approaching upper-level trough dictated the depression northwest early on October\u00a024 while also imparting increasing upper-level winds; for this reason, deep convection never organized about the center of the system, and it failed to intensify into a tropical storm. By 18:00\u00a0UTC that day, it degenerated to a remnant area of low pressure. The post-tropical cyclone tracked west before dissipating early on October\u00a028.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Polo\nThe final tropical cyclone of the 2008 season originated as a tropical wave that moved offshore Africa on October\u00a015. The wave moved west and crossed Central America by October\u00a029, subsequently merging with the ITCZ. A small area of low pressure developed along the wave axis, leading to the formation of a tropical depression around 12:00\u00a0UTC on November\u00a02. Although the system never fully detached from the ITCZ, it intensified into Tropical Storm Polo twelve hours after formation, at an unusually low latitude. The development of a tiny eye-like feature signified the storm's peak strength of 45\u00a0mph (70\u00a0km/h) before increasing upper-level winds caused Polo to degenerate to an open trough by 06:00\u00a0UTC on November\u00a05.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names\nThe following list of names was used for named storms that form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean during 2008. No names were retired, so this list will be used again in the 2014 season. This is the same list used in the 2002 season, except for the name Karina, which replaced Kenna; the name Karina was used for the first time this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names\nFor storms that form in the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility, encompassing the area between 140 degrees west and the International Date Line, all names are used in a series of four rotating lists. The only name used was Kika.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names, Retirement\nOn April 22, 2009, at the 31st session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name Alma from the Eastern Pacific naming list due to the flooding, damage, and deaths it caused in Central America, in particular Costa Rica, and it will never be used again for a Pacific hurricane. Itwas replaced with Amanda for the 2014 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198199-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific hurricane season, Season effects\nThis is a table of all the storms that have formed in the 2008 Pacific hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s), denoted in parentheses, damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all the damage figures are in 2008 US dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season\nThe 2008 Pacific typhoon season was a below average season which featured 22 named storms, eleven typhoons, and two super typhoons. The season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 2008, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season\nThe scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 2008 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical storms formed in the entire Western North Pacific basin are assigned a name by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Tropical depressions formed in this basin are given a number with a \"W\" suffix by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center. In addition, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) assigns names to tropical cyclones (including tropical depressions) that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility. These names, however, are not in common use outside of the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts\nEach season several national meteorological services and scientific agencies forecast either the expected amount tropical cyclones, tropical storms, and typhoons forming in a season and/or how many tropical cyclones will affect a country or territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, City University of Hong Kong\nSince the 2000 typhoon season, the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research or the Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre (GCACIC), both of the City University of Hong Kong have issued forecasts of activity for each upcoming typhoon season. Forecasts are issued in April and June of each year and predict how many tropical cyclones, tropical storms, and typhoons there will be in a season. This season, the GCACIC is predicting a slightly more active than usual season. An average season, according to the GCACIC, has 31 tropical cyclones, 27 named storms, and 17 typhoons. In its April forecast, the GCACIC predicted 33 total tropical cyclones, 30 named storms, and 19 typhoons before predicting the same number of systems, tropical storms, and typhoons in its June forecast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 859]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, Tropical Storm Risk Consortium\nSince the 2000 typhoon season, the Tropical Storm Risk Consortium (TSR) of the University College of London have issued forecasts of activity for each upcoming typhoon season. During 2008 forecasts were issued in early March, May, July and August and predict how many tropical storms, typhoons and intense typhoons there will be during a season. In its March forecast, TSR Predicted that the season would be about 20% below average with six intense tropical cyclones, however due to conflicting climate signals it was not possible to predict how many tropical storms and typhoons would form.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, Tropical Storm Risk Consortium\nIn its May forecast, TSR were now able to predict how many tropical storms and typhoons, would form during the season. They also predicted that the season would be near normal with 28 tropical storms, 18 typhoons and 8 intense typhoons forming during the season. In their July and August forecasts, TSR predicted the same amount of tropical storms and typhoons and intense typhoons as their May forecasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, National meteorological service predictions\nAs the name Frank was retired from PAGASA's naming lists they also released a prediction stating that there would be 16 more Tropical cyclones of any strength to pass through PAGASA'S area of responsibility which added to the six that had already moved through PAGASA's area of responsibility brought a total of 22 cyclones to pass through the PAGASA's area of responsibility during 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal Summary\nThe first tropical depression of the season, formed in mid January to the west of the Philippines. As it moved west, the depression did not develop any further and dissipated on January 18. After two more Tropical depressions, the first named storm Typhoon Neoguri formed in April to the east of Mindanao. During May as a result of convection being enhanced within the Philippine sea and the South China Sea four named storms formed which along with 1971 and 1980 was the joint highest incidence in May since 1951. Between June and October, the region was considered to be very quiet by the JMA as they only named 13 tropical cyclones. In November and December, only four tropical cyclones were named by the JMA and all four formed within the Philippine sea and the South China Sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 01W\nEarly on January 11, the JTWC reported that an area of convection had persisted about 1010\u00a0km, (630\u00a0mi) to the southeast of Manila in the Philippines. The disturbance was located near to a developing low level circulation center which was weak and remained displaced from the deep convection whilst located in an area of low to moderate vertical windshear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 01W\nDuring the next 24 hours the disturbance developed further with a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert being issued the next day by the JTWC as the disturbance now had a well defined low level circulation center with convective banding on the northwestern edge. Early on January 13, both the JMA and the JTWC reported that the first depression of the season had developed about 360\u00a0km, (225\u00a0mi) to the west of Manila. Later that day the JMA reported that the depression had reached its 10-minute peak windspeeds of 55\u00a0km/h, (35\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 01W\nHowever early on January 14 the JTWC reported that the depression had continued to intensify and upgraded the depression to a Tropical storm and then six hours later reported 1-minute peak windspeeds of 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph). Later that day it was downgraded to a Tropical depression due to weakening deep convection and a partially exposed low level circulation center. Over the next few days the depression moved towards the east until early on January 18 when both the JMA and the JTWC reported that it had dissipated off the Malaysian coastline. There were no reports of any damages or casualties associated with the depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Neoguri (Ambo)\nOn April 11, area of convection with an area of low pressure was located between Palau and Yap. Early on April 13, a low-level circulation developed near Mindanao. The JMA designated the system as a minor tropical depression on the same day, and PAGASA began warning on the system, naming it Tropical Depression \"Ambo\". The low continued to get better organized and early on April 14, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center began issuing advisories on Tropical Depression 02W, which was located about north of Zamboanga City, Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Neoguri (Ambo)\nLater that day, the agency upgraded it to tropical storm status, based on satellite intensity estimates. The JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm, naming it Neoguri, the next day. Early April 16, the system was upgraded to severe tropical storm status, and then reached typhoon status a few hours later. The typhoon continued north, weakening as it did so. The cyclone made landfall as a weak tropical storm on Guangdong province in southern China, and the final advisories from both agencies were issued shortly after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Neoguri (Ambo)\nAs the typhoon approached and passed Hainan Province, about 120,000\u00a0people were evacuated from low-lying areas. According to the China Meteorological Administration, it was the earliest in the year a tropical cyclone had ever impacted China (the old record was for Typhoon Wanda on May 3, 1971). 42,000 residents were displaced in the aftermath of Neoguri. 18 Chinese fisherman and 22 Vietnamese fisherman remain missing due to the storm. Three fatalities were confirmed in China, two due to a road being covered in a mud flow, and another due to winds blowing a sheet of aluminum into a person, throwing them off the roof of a stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Rammasun (Butchoy)\nEarly on May 7, PAGASA designated an area of low pressure which was about 790\u00a0km east of Mindanao as Tropical Depression Butchoy. Around the same time the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also designated the area of low pressure as a Tropical depression with the JTWC assigning the number 03W to the depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Rammasun (Butchoy)\nLater that day the JMA upgraded the Tropical Depression to Tropical Storm status with RSMC Tokyo assigning the name Rammasun to the storm. It quickly organized, intensifying into a typhoon on May 9. Rapid intensification continued and it strengthened into a Category\u00a04-equivalent typhoon by early on May 10, and a super typhoon by midday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Rammasun (Butchoy)\nRammasun continued on a northerly path, and reached a peak of 105 knots (194\u00a0km/h) and 915 hPa on May 10. Soon after, the typhoon began slowly weakening. The JTWC downgraded it to a typhoon on May 11. On May 12, the weakening became more rapid, and the JMA downgraded the system to a severe tropical storm, while the JTWC issued its last advisory, noting that it was extratropical. The JMA, however, held onto Rammasun until early May 13, when it downgraded the cyclone to a low and issued its final advisory. Though it never hit land, it was the second strongest May typhoon in recorded history, behind Typhoon Lola of 1986.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Rammasun (Butchoy)\nRammasun brushed the Japanese coastline as it became extratropical on May 13 delivering strong winds and high waves. Along with moderate to heavy rain, winds gusted up to 52\u00a0mph (84\u00a0km/h) as the storm moved out to sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Rammasun (Butchoy)\nA strong storm from the \"tail\" of Rammasun struck the Philippines as it passed south of Japan. The winds brought by the storm caused severe damage to some buildings and numerous trees some weighing tonnes were uprooted. The damage may have been due to a possible tornado but there is no clarification for this possibility. At least 40\u00a0people were injured and damage totaled to 11\u00a0million PHP (US$280,000).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Matmo (Dindo)\nOn May 13, a tropical disturbance formed about 550\u00a0km (340\u00a0mi), to the east of Manila in the Philippines. The disturbance was located in an area of low vertical wind shear and had a consolidating low-level circulation center. The JTWC then issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the disturbance early the next day, as deep convection was building near to the low-pressure area. Later that day both the JTWC and the JMA upgraded the disturbance to a tropical depression, citing good outflow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Matmo (Dindo)\nEarly on May 15, as the storm was moving towards the northwest, the JMA upgraded the depression to a tropical storm. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) then designated the storm as Tropical Depression Dindo. While the storm accelerated to the northwest in response to a mid-latitude trough, the JTWC upped into a tropical storm and had reached its peak intensity with winds of 75\u00a0km/h (45\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Matmo (Dindo)\nEarly on May 16, both PAGASA and the JTWC issued their final advisories on the storm as it approached the edge of PAGASA's Area of responsibility, with the JTWC reporting that Matmo was now extratropical. However, data from the JMa suggested that it obtained peak wind speeds of 95\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph) at this time, which made Matmo a severe tropical storm. Though, within their next advisory, the JMA downgraded Matmo to a tropical storm before dissipating the net day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Matmo (Dindo)\nIn preparation for Tropical Storm Matmo, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued warnings for the, Naha, Moji and Yokohama areas of Japan, but in the end, there was no impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Halong (Cosme)\nEarly on May 14 PAGASA upgraded a tropical disturbance west of the Philippines to Tropical Depression Cosme. Later that day the JTWC issued a TCFA, later the first advisory on the system as Tropical Depression 05W. On May 16, the JMA upgraded 05W to Halong. Later that day, it was upgraded to a Severe Tropical Storm by JMA, and a Typhoon by JTWC, and reached its peak of 60 knots (110\u00a0km/h) early May 17. It made landfall on western Pangasinan early May 17, and weakened while crossing northern Luzon, but after reaching open waters it re-organized while accelerating northeastward. The system intensified to a severe tropical storm again, but never reached its previous peak intensity and began weakening as it moved northeast. The JTWC and the JMA issued their final advisories on May 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 866]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Halong (Cosme)\nIn Luzon, the storm caused 58\u00a0deaths and $94\u00a0million (USD) in damage. The storm destroyed 43,365\u00a0houses and damaged 188,830\u00a0more. Most of the damages reported were in Northern Luzon. Meanwhile, Mindoro and Panay islands were also affected as the storm-induced southwest monsoon brought rains and floods to those areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nakri (Enteng)\nA tropical disturbance formed south of Guam on May 25. On May 26, the JMA recognized it as a weak tropical depression, and later that day, the JTWC issued a TCFA on the system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nakri (Enteng)\nEarly on May 27, the JTWC issued its first advisory on Tropical Depression 06W. Hours after, the JMA designated the system as Tropical Storm Nakri. Early on May 28, the JMA upgraded it to a severe tropical storm. Twelve hours later, the JTWC upgraded 06W to a typhoon. Later that day, Nakri strengthened at a more rapid pace and the rapid intensification continued into May 29, when Nakri strengthened to a Category\u00a04-equivalent typhoon. PAGASA then issued its first advisory on the storm on early on May 30 and named it \"Enteng\". By May 31 it began to weaken as it moved north. But on the next day, it started to re-intensify slightly. On June 2, it began to undergo transition to an extratropical system. And later, both JTWC and JMA stopped issuing advisories as it already degenerated to an extratropical low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 874]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nakri (Enteng)\nThe name Nakri was submitted by Cambodia and refers to a type of flower found in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Fengshen (Frank)\nOn June 18, an area of low pressure that the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) had been monitoring for a few days was upgraded to Tropical Depression Frank. Later that day both the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) started issuing full advisories on Frank with the JTWC designating it as Tropical Depression 07W. Early the next day the JMA upgraded the tropical depression to a tropical storm and assigned the name Fengshen. Tropical Storm Fengshen then rapidly intensified that day by becoming a severe tropical storm and then intensifying into a typhoon later that day. The next day Typhoon Fengshen made landfall in eastern Samar in the central Philippines and travelled northwest over the islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 860]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Fengshen (Frank)\nFengshen was initially forecast to go through Bicol Region but later on shifted its course further westward, eventually going towards the direction of Mindoro Province. However, before even reaching Mindoro it again shifted its direction northward towards the direction of Metro Manila, mainly because of the weakening of the High Pressure area system in the northern part of the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Fengshen (Frank)\nTyphoon Fengshen, after creating havoc in the Philippines, emerged into the South China Sea on the 22nd of June and moved northwards towards China. After moving into the South China Sea both the JMA and PAGASA downgraded it to a severe tropical storm while the JTWC downgraded Fengshen from a Typhoon to a Tropical Storm. PAGASA then issued its final advisory on Tropical Storm Fengshen (Frank) due to Fengshen leaving PAGASA's Area of Responsibility. Late in the evening of the 24th June Tropical Storm Fengshen made landfall on Shenzhen, Guangdong, before moving into mainland China. The next day the JTWC downgraded Fengshen to a tropical depression and issued their final warning on the system. The JMA then announced their final warning as they downgraded Fengshen to a tropical depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 858]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Gener\nOn July 4, PAGASA reported that Tropical Depression Gener formed in the South China Sea to the west of the Philippines. The precursor to Gener earlier moved across Luzon, producing 13\u00a0mm (0.51\u00a0in) of rain in the Ilocos Region. The system had deep convection persisting on the western side of its developing low level circulation center, although it was in an area of moderate wind shear, and rapid development was not expected. On July\u00a07, Gener left the PAGASA area of responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Gener\nThe Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on July\u00a07 as the circulation strengthened, despite the convection being disorganized due to the shear. Later that day the JMA reported that the system become a minor Tropical Depression, although the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) did not follow suit. The system rapidly weakened as it moved ashore on China to the east of Hong Kong. Early on July\u00a08 the JMA issued their last advisory on the depression. There was no damage reported in China, although the system produced heavy rainfall in Guangdong Province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kalmaegi (Helen)\nEarly on July 13, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), began to issue full advisories on a Tropical depression, which was located to the east of the Philippines. Later that day PAGASA allocated the name Helen to the depression, followed the next day by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) designating the number 08W. Early on the 15th July both the JTWC, and the JMA upgraded the depression to Tropical Storm status, with RSMC Tokyo assigning the name \"Kalmaegi\" to the storm. Early on the 17th, Kalmaegi began rapidly intensifying; both the JTWC and JMA upgraded Kalmaegi to a Typhoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kalmaegi (Helen)\nIn the Philippines, it passed over Northern Luzon (mostly affecting Ilocos and Cagayan Valley), where it killed two people, left more than 31,129\u00a0people affected and damaged \u20b1 7\u00a0million worth of property.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kalmaegi (Helen)\nThe storm also hit 82 villages (all in Northern Luzon) and caused around \u20b145,000 worth of damage to farmland and livestock, Typhoon Kalmaegi, which was downgraded to tropical storm status by Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau while still east of the country, made landfall at Ilan County in northeast Taiwan in the evening of July 17 at 19:40 local time (13:40 UTC) and emerged into the Taiwan Strait at 7:20 in the morning local time (01:20 UTC) on July 18. At least nineteen lost their lives due to the storm and six are currently reported as missing. Tainan County (now part of Tainan City) in southern Taiwan reported more than 1100\u00a0mm of rainfall in some mountain regions. The storm caused NT$ 300\u00a0million worth of damage, including an estimated US$16 million in agricultural losses, and the typhoon destroyed about 5,100 hectares of orchards and crops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 918]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kalmaegi (Helen)\nFrom Taiwan, the typhoon, now downgraded to a tropical storm, turned toward southeast China. In Xiapu County of Fujian Province, the tropical storm made landfall at 17:50 local time (0950 UTC), with winds of about 90 miles per hour (140\u00a0km/h). In that province and in neighboring Zhejiang Province, 360,000 residents left coastal and low-lying homes to escape the storm. Schools and many businesses remained closed, and the storm was expected to travel northwest. Early on July 19, the JTWC issued its final advisory on Kalmaegi and downgraded it to a tropical depression. However, the JMA continued to issue advisories and maintained Kalmaegi a tropical storm as it moved to Yellow Sea. Late the next day, the JMA downgraded Kalmaegi to a Remnant Low (Extratropical cyclone) as it moved in land over North Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 876]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Fung-wong (Igme)\nOn July 23 the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) started to issue WWJP25 warnings on a minor Tropical Depression which was located to the east of the Philippines. Early the next morning PAGASA named the depression as Igme. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) then initiated issuing advisories on the Tropical Depression designating it as Tropical Depression 09W. Later that day the JMA began to issue full advisories on the tropical depression whilst the JTWC upgraded the depression to tropical storm status. The JMA then designated it as Tropical Storm Fung-wong on July 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Fung-wong (Igme)\nFung-wong then carried on intensifying and during the morning off July 26 Fung-wong became a severe tropical storm. Later that day both the JTWC and PAGASA upgraded Fung-wong to Typhoon status. However the JMA did not upgrade Fung-wong to Typhoon Status until early the next morning. Late on July 27 Fung-wong reached its peak wind speeds of 95\u00a0kn (110\u00a0mph, 170\u00a0km/h) which is equivalent to a strong category two Typhoon on the Saffir\u2013Simpson hurricane scale. Later that day Fung-wong made landfall on Taiwan near the border of Hualien County and Taitung County as a Typhoon. PAGASA then released their final advisory on Fung-wong as it had moved out of PAGASA's area of responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Fung-wong (Igme)\nEarly on July 28 Fung-wong it then emerged into the Taiwan Strait from Changhua County early the next morning by this time however Fung-wong had weakened into a Severe Tropical Storm whilst the JTWC had downgraded Fung-wong to a Tropical Storm. Fung-wong then made its second landfall later that day over mainland China. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center then released its last warning on Tropical Storm Fung-wong. However the JMA continued to issue advisories on Fung-wong weakening Fung-wong into a tropical storm on July 29. The JMA then terminated issuing full advisories later that day as Fung-wong weakened into a Tropical Depression, However the JMA continued to monitor the Depression within their WWJP25 warnings until later the next day when they issued their last warning on Fung-wong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 858]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Kammuri (Julian)\nOn August 3 at 1500 UTC, PAGASA identified a Tropical Disturbance located to the north of Luzon island in the Philippines and designated it as Tropical Depression Julian. Later that day the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) designated Julian as a minor Tropical Depression and initiated advisories on the Tropical Depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Kammuri (Julian)\nEarly the next day the JMA started to issue full advisories on the Tropical Depression with the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) starting to issue warnings on the Tropical Depression with the JTWC designating it as Tropical Depression 10W. Furthermore, later that day both PAGASA and the JTWC upgraded the Tropical Depression to a Tropical Storm. On August 5 RSMC Tokyo upgraded the depression to a Tropical Storm and named it Kammuri. PAGASA then released their last advisory on Tropical Storm Kammuri (Julian) as it moved out of PAGASA's Area of responsibility and headed towards Mainland China. The Hong Kong Observatory then upgraded Kammuri to a Severe Tropical Storm, with the JMA upgrading it to a severe tropical storm early the next morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Kammuri (Julian)\nHowever, Kammuri started to weaken after making landfall along the south coast of China in the Western Guangdong Province at about 12pm UTC on August 6. After Kammuri had made landfall the JMA downgraded Kammuri to a Tropical Storm, whilst the JTWC issued their final advisory later that day on Tropical Storm Kammuri. Early the next day Tropical Storm Kammuri emerged into the Gulf of Tonkin, however later that day Kammuri made landfall again in the Guangxi Province of China. After making landfall Kammuri weakened to a tropical depression as the JMA issued its last advisory on August 7. However the JMA continued to monitor the depression in their WWJP25 warnings until early on August 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Phanfone\nLate on August 9, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) started to issue full advisories on a Tropical Depression which was located southeast of Japan. Early the next day, the depression intensified into a tropical storm and was named Phanfone by the JMA as it moved northwards. Late on August 10, Phanfone reached its maximum wind speeds of 40\u00a0knots (75\u00a0km/h, 45\u00a0mph) as it was becoming extratropical. Early the next day Phanfone became an extratropical low as the JMA issued their final advisory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Phanfone\nPhanfone was upgraded to a severe tropical storm in post-storm analysis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Phanfone\nThe name Phanfone was submitted by Laos and is the name of an animal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 11W\nEarly on August 12 the JMA identified a weak tropical depression which was located to the northwest of the Ryukyu Islands, and initiated warnings on it. Early the next day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiated warnings on the depression designating it as Tropical Depression 11W. Early the next day as Tropical Depression 11W approached Korea the depression reached its maximum wind speeds of 30\u00a0kn (55\u00a0km/h, 35\u00a0mph) However, later that day the JTWC issued its final advisory as due to land interaction the depressions wind speeds would weaken to below warning level. The next day the JMA released their final advisory on the depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Vongfong\nEarly on August 13, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, noted that an area of convection had persisted approximately 370 nautical miles (690\u00a0km) to the southeast of Okinawa, Japan and designated it as a Tropical Disturbance. The JTWC at this time also assessed the disturbances chances of forming into a significant tropical cyclone within 24 hours as fair. This was due to the tropical disturbance having a broad Low Level Circulation Center however the strongest winds were displaced on the eastern side of the disturbance. Early the next morning the JTWC reassessed the disturbances chances of forming into a significant tropical cyclone within 24 hours as good and issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing disturbance. This was because the Low Level Circulation Center had become well defined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 883]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Vongfong\nLater on August 14, the Japan Meteorological Agency designated the tropical disturbance as a minor tropical depression whilst the JTWC also upgraded the disturbance and designated it as Tropical Depression 12W. Early the next day the JMA designated the depression as a full tropical depression, whilst the JTWC upgraded the depression to a tropical storm. Later that day the JMA upgraded the depression to a tropical storm, and assigned the name Vongfong to the storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Vongfong\nThe Joint Typhoon Warning Center then reported that Vongfong had reached its peak winds of 50\u00a0knots (60\u00a0mph, 95\u00a0km/h1-Min) whilst it was located approximately 390 nautical miles (720\u00a0km) to the southwest of Tokyo, Japan. The JMA also then reported that it Vongfong had reached its operational peak winds of 40\u00a0knots (45\u00a0mph 75\u00a0km/h 10-Min) however this was later revised in its best track when the JMA upgraded Vongfong peak winds to 50\u00a0knots (60\u00a0mph 110\u00a0km/h 10-Min). Later on August 15, the JTWC reported that Vongfong had started to weaken from its peak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0040-0002", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Vongfong\nDuring the next day Vongfong carried on weakening. The JTWC then issued its final warning on Vongfong later that day as it had begun its extratropical transition. whilst the JMA kept issuing warnings on Vongfong until early on August 17 when they downgraded it to an extratropical low. The extratropical low of Vongfong then crossed the International Date Line and moved out of the JMA's area of responsibility and moved into the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility but they did not issue any warnings on Vongfong as it was extratropical.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Vongfong\nAs Vongfong brushed by Japan, heavy rains triggered flood which killed one person. A total of 523 homes and 39\u00a0hectares (96.3\u00a0acres) were damaged by the storm and 15,520 people were left without power. The storm also damaged 139 roads and caused 54 landslides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Kika\nShortly after crossing the dateline, the remnants of Kika entered the western Pacific basin and regenerated into a tropical depression. The depression continued to move towards the west-southwest before dissipating on August 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nuri (Karen)\nOn August 17 the Joint Typhoon Warning Center identified a tropical depression located to the east of the Philippines and designated it as 13W. Later that day both the JMA and PAGASA identified the tropical depression and started to issue full advisories on the depression with PAGASA naming the depression Karen. Also later that day the JTWC upgraded Karen to a Tropical Storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nuri (Karen)\nThe next day, both PAGASA and the JMA upgraded the depression to a Tropical Storm with RSMC Tokyo naming it as Nuri. It then intensified rather quickly with the JMA designating it as a Severe Tropical Storm with the JMA, PAGASA, and the JTWC upgrading Nuri to a Typhoon later that day. Late on August 19 Typhoon Nuri made landfall on the Philippines and then over the next day moved across northern Luzon causing 12 deaths and 461.3 million PHP in damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nuri (Karen)\nthat day Nuri entered the Babuyan Channel early the next day and started to move northwestwards towards Hong Kong and China. On August 21 PAGASA then issued its final advisory on Nuri as it was moving out of PAGASA's Area of Responsibility. The JMA then downgraded Nuri to a Severe tropical storm with the JTWC also downgrading Nuri to a Tropical Storm later that day as it was approaching Hong Kong. However the JMA did not downgrade Nuri to a tropical storm until the next morning after Nuri had made a rare direct hit on Hong Kong. The JTWC then issued its final advisory later on tropical storm Nuri and the JMA then downgraded Nuri to a weak tropical depression early the next day and issued its last full advisory on Nuri as it was just moving into the Chinese mainland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 835]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 14W (Lawin)\nOn August 24, a tropical disturbance formed to the east of Luzon in the Philippines. Early the next day PAGASA designated it as Tropical Depression Lawin. However, the JMA did not designate it as a Minor Tropical depression until early on August 26, with the JTWC issuing a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert at the same time. PAGASA then hoisted Public storm Signal number 1 for parts of Luzon which meant that wind speeds of 30\u201360\u00a0km/h were expected within 36 hours in the warning areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 14W (Lawin)\nLater that day both the JMA and the JTWC, started to issue full advisories on the tropical depression, with the JTWC designating it as Tropical Depression 14W. Early the next day the JTWC upgraded the tropical depression to a tropical storm, Despite of the fact that neither the JMA nor PAGASA upgraded the depression to a tropical storm at this time (or at any time during Lawin's existence), the JTWC then weakened the cyclone back into a tropical depression within their next advisory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0045-0002", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 14W (Lawin)\nThe JMA then terminated issuing full advisories later that day as it was no longer expected to develop into a tropical storm. On August 28 the JTWC issued its final advisory on the Tropical depression followed by the JMA and PAGASA later that day. There were no reported casualties from Tropical Depression 14W (Lawin).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sinlaku (Marce)\nOn September 8 the JMA and PAGASA started to issue advisories on a tropical depression which was located to the north of Manila with PAGASA designating it as Tropical Depression Marce. During that afternoon the JTWC designated the depression as Tropical Depression 15W. Later that day the depression intensified into a Tropical Storm as was named Sinlaku by the JMA. During the next day Sinlaku firstly rapidly intensified into a Severe Tropical Storm and then into a Typhoon. On September 10 Sinlaku reached its peak 1 minute sustained winds of 125 knots (145\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sinlaku (Marce)\nDuring September 11 Sinlaku, started to weaken as it went under an eyewall replacement cycle. On September 13 Sinlaku made landfall on Taiwan with winds of 90 knots (170\u00a0km/h) which made Sinlaku a category two typhoon. As Sinlaku moved through Taiwan Sinlaku turned to the Northeast and moved back into the South China Sea and started moving towards Japan. The next day as Sinlaku moved towards Japan it weakened into a Severe Tropical Storm and exited PAGASA's area of responsibility whilst the JTWC did not downgrade Sinlaku to a tropical storm until late on September 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0046-0002", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sinlaku (Marce)\nBy then they were followed by the JMA which downgraded Sinlaku to a tropical storm early the next day. On September 16 the JTWC reported that Sinlaku had restrengthened into a Typhoon whilst the JMA reported that Sinlaku had strengthened into a Severe Tropical Storm. However the JTWC Quickly downgraded Sinlaku back down into a Tropical Storm whilst the JMA kept Sinlaku at Severe tropical Storm strength. The next day the JTWC reported that Sinlaku had intensified into a typhoon for a third time however later that day the JTWC downgraded Sinlaku to Tropical Storm. On September 17 the JTWC issued its final advisory on Sinlaku as it became extratropical. However the JMA kept issuing advisories on Sinlaku until early on September 21 when it became an extratropical low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 836]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 16W\nLate on September 8, a tropical disturbance formed to the southeast of Japan. It then formed into a tropical depression during the next afternoon, with the JMA designating it as a Minor Tropical Depression with wind speeds of 25 knots (46\u00a0km/h). However the JTWC did not designate the depression as 16W until the morning of September 10. At that time the JTWC reported the depression had intensified into a Tropical Storm. However, later that day the JTWC lowered the storm back down to a Depression and then re-upgraded the Depression to a tropical storm. However early the next day the storm was downgraded by the JTWC for the last time as it had started its extratropical transition. Later that day as the depression raced into the Baroclinic Zone the JTWC issued its final advisory on Tropical storm 16W.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 870]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 17W\nOn September 13 the Japan Meteorological Agency started issuing advisories on a tropical depression located to the east of Japan and designated it as a minor tropical depression with wind speeds of 25 knots (46\u00a0km/h). The following morning the Joint Typhoon Warning Center assigned the number 17W to the depression. However, as it had already begun its extra tropical transition, this was the only JTWC warning issued on the system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Hagupit (Nina)\nOn September 14 a tropical disturbance formed to the northeast of Guam. Over the next few days it slowly developed, with the JMA designating it as a minor tropical depression on September 17. Later that day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) then issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing tropical depression. Late the next day the JTWC designated the depression as 18W as it began to issue advisories on the depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Hagupit (Nina)\nEarly on September 19 the JMA began to issue full advisories on the depression as it moved into PAGASA's Area of Responsibility and was named Nina by PAGASA. Later that day both the JMA & the JTWC upgraded the depression to a tropical storm. The JMA named the storm as Hagupit, and assigned the international number of 0814. Early the next day Hagupit intensified into a severe tropical storm, and a category 3 typhoon later that day. It reached maximum intensity with 140\u00a0mph (230\u00a0km/h) winds on September 23, and made landfall at that strength the next day. It then dissipated over land, thus late on September 24 JTWC issued its final advisory on the system followed by JMA early the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Jangmi (Ofel)\nForming south of Guam on September 22. JTWC issued a TCFA and upgraded the low-pressure area to a tropical depression on the next day. Both JTWC and JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm named Jangmi on September 24, as well as it entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility, earning the name Ofel from the PAGASA. On September 25, Jangmi intensified into a typhoon for its developing eye. On September 26, Jangmi formed an cirrus-filled and ambiguous eye, as the typhoon gradually intensified owing to strong radial outflow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Jangmi (Ofel)\nOn September 27, JTWC upgraded Jangmi to a super typhoon with a round eye; at noon, the typhoon attained peak intensity by the ten-minute maximum sustained winds reaching 115 knots (215\u00a0km/h, 130\u00a0mph) and the atmospheric pressure decreasing to 905\u00a0hPa (26.7\u00a0inHg). On September 28, after JTWC downgraded Jangmi to a typhoon, it made landfall over Yilan, Taiwan at 15:40 TST (07:40 UTC). Jangmi weakened significantly by the mountainous terrain of Taiwan after landfall, and it arrived at the Taiwan Strait from Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City) at 04:20 TST on September 29 (20:20 UTC on September 28).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Jangmi (Ofel)\nOn September 29, both JMA and JTWC downgraded Jangmi to a tropical storm in the East China Sea. On September 30, Jangmi underwent extratropical transition and became fully extratropical near the \u014csumi Islands on the next day. It ultimately dissipated near Iwo Jima on October 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Mekkhala\nOn September 25 a tropical disturbance formed to the south of China, in the Gulf of Tonkin. Over the next few days it gradually intensified and late on September 27 the JMA designated it as a tropical depression. Early the next day the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing depression and then later that day, designated the depression as Tropical Depression 20W. Early on September 28 the JMA reported that the depression had intensified into a tropical storm and named it as Mekkhala. Later that day the JTWC upgraded Mekkhala to a Tropical Storm. However, on the 30th it began to move inland and thus, early that day, JTWC issued its final advisory on Mekkhala as it is expected to dissipate within a short time. Later that day, the JMA downgraded the storm to a tropical depression and issued the final advisory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 905]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Mekkhala\nAt least 21 people have been killed due to Tropical Storm Mekkhala. Damages from the storm totaled to $6.6 million (USD)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Higos (Pablo)\nOn September 27 a tropical disturbance formed in the Philippine Sea to the east of Mindanao, in the Philippines. During the next day the JTWC issued a TCFA on the tropical disturbance. Early on September 29 the JMA designated the disturbance as a tropical depression. Later that day both PAGASA and the JTWC designated the disturbance as a tropical depression, with PAGASA naming the depression as Pablo whilst the JTWC designated it as Tropical Depression 21W. The JTWC upgraded the depression to a tropical storm early in the afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0055-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Higos (Pablo)\nThe JMA followed shortly after and upgraded the system to Tropical Storm Higos early on September 30. Higos tracked towards the northwest and made landfall in the eastern Philippines (on Samar island) on October 1. Higos tracked over the Philippines as a tropical storm (but PAGASA downgraded it as a tropical depression) for most of the day before moving out over open waters. Once out over water, the JTWC downgraded Higos to a tropical depression, however, the JMA kept it as a tropical storm. As Higos neared landfall, it suddenly relocated, paralleling the northeastern coast of Hainan, China. The storm later made landfall on October 4 around 2 a.m. (CST) on the northern coastline of the island. JMA then issued its final advisory as Higos weakened to a tropical depression. The JTWC followed 12 hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 882]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 22W\nOn October 13 the Japan Meteorological Agency designated a low-pressure area in the Gulf of Tonkin as a minor tropical depression with wind speeds of 25 knots (46\u00a0km/h). The China Meteorological Administration and Hong Kong Observatory both declared this system a tropical depression that day as it moved slowly towards northern Vietnam. On October 14, the JMA notes that the depression has strengthened to 30 knots (56\u00a0km/h) with little northwestward movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 22W\nJoint Typhoon Warning Center begun issuing warnings late morning as a tropical depression and in the evening upgraded it to a tropical storm forecasting it to strengthen even further before making its landfall over northern Vietnam. The system didn't gain anymore strength in the Gulf of Tonkin and on October 15 made landfall over northern Vietnam. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued its final advisory on this system expecting it to dissipate near Laos by October 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Bavi\nOn October 18 an area of low pressure well to the southeast of Japan quickly strengthened to become a Tropical Storm, and the JMA named it Bavi. Bavi strengthened to gain 50\u00a0mph (80\u00a0km/h) winds, but transitioned into an extra-tropical cyclone on 21 October, while still well to the east of Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Maysak (Quinta-Siony)\nOn November 5, a tropical disturbance formed in the Philippine Sea to the northeast of Zamboanga, in the Philippines. Later that day the JTWC assessed the disturbance chances of forming into a Significant Tropical cyclone within 24 hours as poor. Early the next day PAGASA designated the disturbance as a Tropical Depression and named it as Quinta, whilst the JTWC still monitored it as a disturbance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0058-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Maysak (Quinta-Siony)\nLater that day the JTWC upgraded the disturbances chances of forming into a significant tropical cyclone to Good and issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the disturbance and then designated the disturbance as Tropical Depression 24W as they issued their first advisory on the Depression. On November 12, PAGASA issued their final warning as it transform into a low-pressure area. PAGASA renamed the system as Siony on November 12 as it redeveloped. Later that day, they issued their final advisory again as it moved out of their area of responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Rolly\nEarly on November 7 a Tropical disturbance formed about 475\u00a0nm to the east of Zamboanga in the Philippines. Animated multi-spectral imagery at this time showed that the disturbance had disorganized convection which was located near to a developing low level circulation center and was located within a favorable upper-level environment for development. An anticyclone was providing vertical wind-sheer however the disturbance was already interacting with land as it was rapidly approaching Mindanao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0059-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Rolly\nLater that day after it had moved through parts of Mindanao it was named as Tropical Depression Rolly by PAGASA as they placed several parts of Mindanao and Visayas under public storm signal number one. All signals were then canceled the next morning as PAGASA released their final advisory on Rolly as it had weakened into an area of low pressure over Palawan. The JTWC then declared that the low-pressure area had dissipated later that morning. Rough seas produced by the depression capsized a vessel carrying eleven people. The Philippine Coast Guard quickly responded to the incident and rescued all crew members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Haishen\nOn November 14, the JMA reported that tropical depression formed 490\u00a0km (300\u00a0mi) to the southeast of Iwo To, despite the JTWC noting the tropical cyclone formation was unlikely within the next 24 hours due to lack of deep convection. Later that day, deep convection began to persist near the center, indicating the storm developed a fully warm tropical core. Despite increased vertical wind shear, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system. During that evening, the JMA upgraded the depression to a tropical storm while the JTWC designated Haishen as a tropical depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0060-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Haishen\nEarly on November 16, Haishen attained its peak intensity of 75\u00a0km/h (45\u00a0mph). Traveling along the north portion of a subtropical ridge to the southeast of the system, dry air began to take toll on the system. The JTWC then issued their final warning later that day, as Haishen rapidly transitioned into an extratropical cyclone. The JMA followed suit 24 hours later. The extratropical low of Haishen accelerated towards the International Date Line, where it briefly reintensified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Noul (Tonyo)\nOn November 12 a tropical disturbance formed to the east of Mindanao in the Philippines. Later that day the JTWC assessed the disturbances' chances of forming into a significant tropical cyclone within 24 hours as Poor. The next day as it moved towards Mindanao, PAGASA designated it as Tropical Depression Tonyo. Early on November 16, the JTWC declared the system Tropical Depression 26W. On November 16, PAGASA issued their final warning as the Depression moved to South China Sea. On November 17 the storm dissipated over Cambodia and both the JMA and JTWC issued their final warnings later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Noul (Tonyo)\nA landslide triggered by Noul killed a schoolteacher as she was heading home in Qu\u1ea3ng Ng\u00e3i Province. At least 50 rescue workers searched for her through the debris before finding her body several days later. At least 20,000 people were in need of emergency assistance in the form of food, shelter, and water following the storm. Several other people were killed by landslides and flooding. In all, Tropical Storm Noul killed 21 people in southern Vietnam. During the storm, more than 2,000 people were isolated by floodwaters. A total of 200 homes were destroyed, another 13,500 were damaged 8,879 hectares of crops were destroyed and 60\u00a0km (37\u00a0mi) of roads were submerged. Damages from the storm were estimated at VND143 billion (US$8.4 million). Offshore, a total of 115 boats sank due to the storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 867]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Dolphin (Ulysses)\nA small circulation formed over in a developing extratropical cyclone east of Japan on December 2. This type of formation is really rare, as the circulation moved east away from the developing cyclone and moved south on December 5. Dolphin was formerly an area of convection that had formed on the tail end of a shearline on December 7. On December 8, the storm gained more tropical characteristics, thus JMA defined it as a tropical depression. The storm then moved westward during the following days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0063-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Dolphin (Ulysses)\nOn December 10, the JTWC upgraded the storm to Tropical Depression 27W when it was east of Guam. On December 12, 27W was upgraded to Tropical Storm Dolphin by the JMA. The name Dolphin was submitted by Hong Kong. Later that day, Dolphin entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and named Ulysses. On December 15, the JTWC upgraded Dolphin to a typhoon. The JMA also upgraded Dolphin to a typhoon several hours later. On December 16, the JMA downgraded Dolphin to a severe tropical storm. Both agencies issued their final advisories on Dolphin on December 18 as it transitioned into an extratropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Other systems\nMany weak tropical depressions are left unmonitored, or left unnamed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Other systems\nA tropical depression existed in the central Pacific Ocean from January 22\u201323. It didn't affect any landmasses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Other systems\nOn May 27, an unmonitored tropical depression affected the Philippines. It dissipated the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Other systems\nAnother tropical depression affected Japan and Ryukyu Islands on June 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Other systems\n2 more unmonitored tropical depressions existed from July 6\u20139 and July 13\u201315. It didn't affect any landmasses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Other systems\n2 more unmonitored tropical depressions formed from August 10\u201312 and August 11\u201315. The first depression affected China and the latter affected Japan and South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Other systems\nA tropical depression was left unmonitored on November 11\u201312. It stayed well from land.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Other systems\nThe last unmonitored tropical depression existed on December 2. It stayed well from land as it dissipated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names\nWithin the North-western Pacific Ocean, both the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration assign names to tropical cyclones that develop in the Western Pacific, which can result in a tropical cyclone having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency's RSMC Tokyo\u00a0\u2014 Typhoon Center assigns international names to tropical cyclones on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization's Typhoon Committee, should they be judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65\u00a0km/h, (40\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0072-0001", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names\nWhile the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration assigns names to tropical cyclones which move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135\u00b0E and 115\u00b0E and between 5\u00b0N-25\u00b0N even if the cyclone has had an international name assigned to it. The names of significant tropical cyclones are retired, by both PAGASA and the Typhoon Committee. Should the list of names for the Philippine region be exhausted then names will be taken from an auxiliary list of which the first ten are published each season. Unused names are marked in gray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, International names\nDuring the season 22 named tropical cyclones developed in the Western Pacific and were named by the Japan Meteorological Agency, when it was determined that they had become tropical storms. These names were contributed to a list of a 140 names submitted by the fourteen members nations and territories of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee. The names Matmo, Nuri, Noul and Dolphin were used for the first time as it was replaced from Chataan, Rusa, Pongsona and Yanyan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Philippines\nThe Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility. PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility and any tropical cyclone that might move into their area of responsibility. Should the list of names for a given year prove to be insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list, the first 10 of which are published each year before the season starts. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2012 season. This is the same list used in the 2004 season, except for Ulysses, Vicky and Warren, which replaced Unding, Violeta and Winnie respectively. The name Ulysses is the only name which used for the first time. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 894]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Retirement\nThe Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced that the names Cosme and Frank would be retired due to extensive damage and loss of life. In June 2012 the names  Carina and Ferdie was chosen by PAGASA to replace Cosme and Frank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198200-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific typhoon season, Season effects\nThis table will list all the storms that developed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean west of the International Date Line and north of the equator during 2008. It will include their intensity, duration, name, areas affected, deaths, and damage totals. Classification and intensity values will be based on estimations conducted by the JMA. All damage figures will be in 2008\u00a0USD. Damages and deaths from a storm will include when the storm was a precursor wave or an extra tropical low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198201-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held between March 12 and March 15, 2008 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. All ten schools in the conference qualified for the tournament. Number one seed UCLA defeated number two seed Stanford 67\u201364 to win the conference tournament. It was the first time since 2005 that the top two seeded teams were in the final game. UCLA was the regular season champion. A record crowd of 18,997 (Staples Center capacity for Basketball) was on hand to watch UCLA defeat USC 57\u201354 in the semi finals. On January 3, 2010, USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett announced that the school was to vacate the 2007\u201308 season's victories for NCAA violations by the basketball team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198201-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll Pacific-10 schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 61], "content_span": [62, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198201-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket\n* Denotes a vacated win, as the result of a January 3, 2010 announcement that USC has vacated all wins during the 2007\u20132008 season, including its Pac-10 Conference Tournament victory over Arizona State (therefore, USC finished the season with a record of 0\u201312).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election\nGeneral elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the National Assembly and the four provincial assemblies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election\nOn 3 November 2007, President Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initially postponed indefinitely. However, it was later stated they would be held as planned. On 8 November 2007 Musharraf announced that the elections would be held by 15 February 2008, before suggesting a date of 8 January. Following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Election Commission conducted a meeting and announced that 8 January was no longer a feasible date and the elections would be held on 18 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election\nThe elections saw the resurgence of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N), which emerged as the two largest parties in the National Assembly. Following Bhutto's death, the PPP had come under the leadership  of her nineteen year-old son Bilawal. However, the party's election campaign was led by Benazir's husband and Bilawal's father Asif Ali Zardari, in his capacity as the co-chairman of the party. The PML-N was under the leadership of Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan as Nawaz Sharif was still in exile. At the provincial level, the PPP won in Sindh, the PML-N dominated in Punjab, the Awami National Party emerged as the largest party in North-West Frontier Province, and Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League (Q) won the most seats in Balochistan. Around 35.2 million people voted, with voter turnout just 44%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 870]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election\nMusharraf conceded the defeat of his party and pledged to work with the new Parliament. Due to a common mistrust of Musharraf, the PPP and PML-N initially formed a coalition government. Although Ameen Faheem was expected to lead the new government, PPP leaders agreed to appoint Yousaf Raza Gillani as Prime Minister. Within a week, the PML-N left the coalition to lead the impeachment movement and a campaign to restore the judiciary. The PPP instead formed a government with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Awami National Party, and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election\nBy-elections for 28 seats (23 provincial and five national) were delayed numerous times, with most of them held as late as 26 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Terrorism\nSince 2004, there was a sharp rise of terrorism incidents took place during the presidency of General Pervez Musharraf. A serious incident took place in Red Mosque located in Islamabad when Police's special forces conducted an armed raid in the Mosque. The general elections were dealt with a great shock on 27 December 2007 when Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a rally in Rawalpindi. Bhutto's assassination raised many questions as to whether the general election would be postponed. Following the fatal attack, Pervez Musharraf held an emergency meeting with other government officials, but stated that \"no decision had been made on whether to delay the national elections.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Terrorism\nBenazir Bhutto had \"become an appealing solution\" to United States officials frustrated with President Musharraf's failure to restore democracy to Pakistan, The New York Times said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Terrorism\nThe PML(N) stated after the assassination that his party would boycott the election. The PML(N) later stated that the party would take part if PPP contests the election. The PPP then decided to name Benazir Bhutto's son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the new party leader with his father Asif Ali Zardari as co-leader, as asked for in Benazir Bhutto's testament. The party also decided that it would contest the elections and stated that the elections should be held as planned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Terrorism\nThe Election Commission announced after a meeting in Islamabad that an 8 January vote was no longer possible and the election would take place on 18 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Pre-election violence\nIn the weeks preceding the election, there were several attacks targeting leftist politicians and political rallies. On 9 February, a suicide car bomb killed 27 and injured 37 attending a political rally for the Awami National Party in Charsadda. On 16 February, another suicide car bomb that killed 37 and injured 93 outside the residence of PPP candidate Riaz Shah in Parachinar. The same day, a suicide attack on an army  outpost in Swat Valley killed two civilians and injured eight people. A polling location in Bajaur was destroyed by militants earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Issues, Code of conduct\nCode of conduct for the election has been proposed by the Citizens' Group on Electoral Process (CGEP) to the Election Commission of Pakistan and the political parties. This suggests that all stakeholders should agree on a set of rules as early as possible, in order to provide a level playing field for a fair general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Issues, Terrorism\nThere have been concerns from the United States that Pakistan has not been doing enough to assist in their war on terrorism. Musharraf has rejected such claims, stating \"The fight against terrorism and extremism, whether it is al-Qaeda or Taliban, can never succeed without Pakistan's cooperation and Pakistan is the only country that has delivered the maximum on both. We are tackling them with 30,000 troops. If there is anybody who is not doing enough, it is others who are not doing enough.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Issues, Terrorism\nOpposition parties, especially the religious Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal coalition, are opposed to Pakistan's role as ally of the United States in the War on Terrorism. A car bomb killed 40 people and wounded 90 16 February 2008 in northern Pakistan when it exploded in front of an election office of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Issues, Fairness of elections\nTo ensure the transparent elections the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) played a vital role in election monitoring. A part from this number of opposition parties called for the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf to ensure free and fair elections under a caretaker government. On 8 July 2007, opposition parties issued a declaration of their demands for the elections. The parties included were the Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League (N), and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal. Regarding the election, the declaration had the following clauses:Former Prime Minister Pakistan Ch. Shujaat claimed that United States managed results of 2008 general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Issues, Fairness of elections\nIn a  on 31 March 2017, Ch. Shujaat claimed that American authorities along with the then Senator (who became vice-president thereafter) Joe Biden visited him two days before general elections of 2008 at his (Shujaat) residence in Lahore and said that US would not accept election results if his (Shujaat) party won", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Party alliances\nThirty-two parties opposed to Musharraf have joined together in a loose political alliance called All Parties Democratic Movement; the PPP, one of the main parties, was not a part of this alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Party alliances\nAs Musharraf had stated that the elections would be held under the state of emergency, at least three parties stated they will boycott such elections, fearing that they would not be free and fair: the PML (N), Jamaat-e-Islami and Tehreek-i-Insaaf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Party alliances\nThe opposition parties jointly stated that the elections could not be fair, as most opposition candidates were in jail under the state of emergency and thus unable to file nomination papers for the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Party alliances\nOn 23 November 2007, PPP members were given the go-ahead to register for the elections, while still reserving the decision to boycott the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Party alliances\nImran Khan, the Tehreek-i-Insaaf leader, restated his call for a boycott on 23 November 2007, the day the APDM was to decide on whether to boycott the elections jointly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Party alliances\nUpon his return to Pakistan on 26 November 2007, Nawaz Sharif stated he would run in the elections only if the state of emergency was lifted before the polls, and that he would not serve as Prime Minister under Musharraf. However, Sharif's candidacy was rejected on 3 December due to his prior criminal conviction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Party alliances\nOn 10 December 2007, Sharif and Bhutto finally announced they would not boycott the election, despite their fears that the election would be neither free nor fair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Pakistan Peoples Party\nThe Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) campaigned on wide range of issues, including country's role in terrorism, nationalization, immigration, and foreign policy. The PPP is a centre-left political party and promotes the proponents of social democracy. During the election campaign, Benazir highlighted the success of computer literacy programme that was launched in 1993, and gas pipelines infrastructure that was initiated in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Pakistan Muslim League (N)\nThe Pakistan Muslim League-N's political campaign was led by Nisar Ali Khan, in the absence of Nawaz Sharif. The PML(N) is a centre-right political party and primarily targeted the Pervez Musharraf and PML(Q)'s government initiatives to resolve the law and order situation in the country. Due to Pervez Musharraf baring Nawaz Sharif to return to the country, the PML-N's campaign was restricted in all over the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Electoral support\nIn a poll from the International Republican Institute conducted from 19 to 29 January, the PPP led with 50.0%, followed by PML-N with 22.0%, and Musharraf's PML-Q with 14.0%. The ultraconservative Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) had 1.0% and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) 1.0%. Due to its unprecedented lead in the opinion polls, most commentators believed PPP could win a landslide victory. However, the actual results were much smaller for PPP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Electoral support\nIn the first three counts to finish, the opposition did well: The provincial assembly seat in Baluchistan went to the PPP\u2014the party of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto\u2014while two independent candidates won seats from the northern tribal areas. Unofficial returns 19 February 2008 showed huge wins for the opposition parties of former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and the slain Benazir Bhutto, one day after a pivotal vote that could threaten Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's political viability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Campaign, Electoral support\nPakistan's two main opposition parties, the PPP and the PML (N) announced 21 February 2008 they would form a new government together after their victory over President Pervez Musharraf's allies in elections the week of 18 February 2008. Shortly after making their coalition official, Pakistan's main opposition parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (N), on 9 March 2008 called on President Pervez Musharraf to immediately convene parliament (Majlis-e-Shoora).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Results\nResults indicated that PPP and PML(N) secured the largest popularity votes in the elections\u2013 both campaigned on targeting Musharraf and had been politically active against Musharraf since 2003. The PML(Q) of Musharraf eminently faced the defeat, including 22 higher officials of the PML(Q) who were the cabinet ministers which constituted a bulk of the previous federal cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Results\nThe PML(Q)'s president, Shujaat Hussain, and chief minister, Punjab Pervez Illahi lost their respected seats. Others belonging to PML(Q) who also lost the elections includes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Results\nOn 21 February, it was announced that the PPP and the PML (N) would form a coalition government. The coalition would also include the Awami National Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Results, National Assembly\nFollowing the election, seven independents joined the PPP, whilst three joined PML-N.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Results, By-elections\nBy-elections for 28 seats (23 provincial and 5 national) were delayed numerous times and were being contested, among others, by Nawaz Sharif (who initially stated he had withdrawn, but then appeared to be contesting the election nonetheless; his brother Shehbaz Sharif will also run in the by-elections) and Asif Ali Zardari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Results, By-elections\nThe by-elections had originally planned for 3 June 2008, then postponed to 18 June 2008; a further planned postponement to 18 August 2008 due to security reasons met with large-scale opposition, leading to a rescheduling at the time to 26 June 2008. PPP announced it would not run in the by-elections which prominent leaders of the PML-N would contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Results, By-elections\nOn 23 June 2008, Sharif was again banned from the election due to his earlier court conviction, leading the Supreme Court on 25 June 2008 to postpone the by-election for Sharif's seat until after appeal deliberations which begin on 30 June 2008 are concluded. By-elections for the other seats were held as planned on 26 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Results, By-elections\n59 candidates contested the five national seats, while the 282 candidates contesting the provincial seats were divided as follow:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Results, By-elections\nUnofficial results showed that PML-N had won three national seats and PPP the other two; of the provincial seats, PML-N won eight, PPP seven, the Awami National Party two and independents six. Turnout was reportedly low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Government formation\nDue to a common mistrust on Pervez Musharraf, the PML(N) agreed to form a coalition government after succeeding with an agreement reached in March 2008. The PPP appointed Yousaf Raza Gillani as Prime Minister over the populist Amin Fahim. After taking the oath and appointing a cabinet, Prime Minister Gillani worked toward consolidating the power to weakened Pervez Musharraf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Government formation\nThe PML(N) on the other hand consistently worked towards building efforts to lead a successful movement to impeach President Pervez Musharraf. Supported by MQM and ANP, Asif Zardari was endorsed to the presidency in 2008. The PML(N) left the coalition government over the multiple disagreement on the issue of restoring of deposed judiciary, national amnesty, the nationalization, and the policies in regards to the War on Terror. The PML(N) also had clash over the socialist ideas and centralizing of leftist forces on a common ground. In 2009, Prime Minister Gillani approved the PML(N) departure, and instead, named a new cabinet with a new and more prudent leftist alliance consisting of MQM, ANP, JUI(F).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198202-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani general election, Government formation\nIn December 2010 the MQM withdrew from the ruling coalition, including its 2 cabinet ministers Babar Ghauri, the ports and shipping minister, and Farooq Sattar, minister for overseas Pakistanis. Amongst their reasons for withdrawing were corruption, law and order and rising prices. However, the MQM returned to the government in matter of weeks with the PML(Q) also joining the Coalition government in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198203-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani presidential election\nAn indirect presidential election was held on 6 September 2008 in Pakistan. The Electoral College of Pakistan \u2013 a joint sitting of the Senate, National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies \u2013 elected a new president after the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf. As required by the constitution, Muhammad Mian Soomro (in his position as Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan) automatically became acting president on 18 August 2008, upon the resignation of Musharraf. The constitution required that a new president be elected by Parliament within 30 days; Soomro was considered loyal to Musharraf, and it was considered certain that he would be replaced in that election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198203-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani presidential election, Composition of the Electoral College\nThe Electoral College of Pakistan is formed by a joint sitting of the six leading political bodies in Pakistan:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198203-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani presidential election, Composition of the Electoral College\nSo that each province has an equal vote, all provincial assemblies are given exactly 65 votes in the electoral college. This mean that the each member of the Punjab Assembly has 65/370 = 0.176 votes, each member of the Sindh Assembly has 65/166 = 0.392 votes, each member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has 65/124 = 0.524 votes and each member of the Balochistan Assembly has 65/65 = 1 vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198203-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani presidential election, Composition of the Electoral College\nThe political composition of these bodies at the time of the election was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198203-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani presidential election, Result\nAsif Ali Zardari was elected President of Pakistan, as Chief election commissioner Qazi Mohammad Farooq announced that \"Asif Ali Zardari secured 241 votes out of the 426 valid votes polled in the parliament,\" In Sindh, Zardari had 62 of the 65 electoral votes while his 2 main opponents, got zero vote; in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Zardari got 56 votes against 25 by Siddiqui and one by Hussain; in Baluchistan, 49 votes while Siddiqui and Hussain got 5 and 2 respectively. BBC reported that Zardari \"won 419 votes, far more than the 372 votes that would have guaranteed him victory.\" The New York Times said that Zardari would be sworn in \"as soon as Saturday night or as late as Monday or Tuesday, diplomats and officials said.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198203-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani presidential election, Result\nThe new president, who obtains the largest number of votes, will serve for 5 years as Pakistan's 11th since 1956, when the country became a republic, excluding acting presidents. Voting was in progress at the Parliament House, while the Senate members finished casting their votes, amid the death of 12 people, after a suicide car bomber blasted a security checkpoint on the outskirts of Peshawar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198203-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani presidential election, Result, Violaion of rules in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\nA number of MPAs of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly including the Chief Minister violated the secret ballot by displaying the stamped ballot papers in the presidential elections. So these votes have to be subtracted from the vote count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198203-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani presidential election, Reaction\nPakistan Peoples Party activists in Pakistan held rallies and distributed sweets when the results were announced. The main opposition party, PML-N, said it was the \"success of the democratic process in the country\" but said he should resign as PPP co-chairman, as the President has traditionally been apolitical, and to transfer Presidential powers back to parliament. The newspaper 'Dawn' described Zardari as the most controversial President of Pakistan at the time of his election, and urged him to \"dispel the impression of a political wheeler-dealer and rise to the requirements of statesmanship\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198203-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Pakistani presidential election, Reaction\nThe Regional Times of Sindh said Zardari had one of the stiffest jobs in the world as leader of the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic country, a frontline war on terror state and facing \"growing militancy\" and \"crippling economic woes\". However, they said his \"years of suffering have made him wiser and headstrong\" and he has \"displayed great acumen and maturity since returning to the political scene\". Privately, the Pakistan military, bureaucracy and business elite were said to be \"aghast\" at the result given past corruption allegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198203-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Pakistani presidential election, Reaction\nThe United States Secretary of State welcomed Zardari's victory, praising his \"emphasis on fighting terrorism\" and \"very strong words of friendship and alliance with the United States\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198205-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Palanca Awards\nThe Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners for the year 2008 (rank, name of author, title of winning entry (italicized, in parentheses)). The awarding ceremonies were held on September 1, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198206-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Palau Soccer League\nThe 2008 season of the Palau Soccer League was the fifth season of association football competition in Palau. Kramers FC won the championship, their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198207-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan general election\nGeneral elections were held in Palau on 4 November 2008 to elect the President and members of the National Congress. The presidential election was won by Johnson Toribiong. Incumbent President Tommy Remengesau was ineligible to run because he had served the maximum two consecutive terms allowed and announced that he would run for a seat in the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198207-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan general election\nThis was the first election in Palau in which presidential candidates ran with a declared vice-presidential candidates. In previous elections, the President and Vice-Presidents had been elected separately, and the winners of those elections served as a \"national leadership team\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198207-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan general election, Presidential candidates\nPrimary elections were held on 23 September, with two candidates progressing to the general election in November. Four candidates registered for the primary elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198207-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan general election, Campaign\nAll four presidential candidates and their running mates held rallies throughout Palau. Campaigning also took place in overseas Palauan communities in the mainland United States, Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198207-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan general election, Campaign\nA total of 43 candidates ran for the thirteen seats in the Senate, while 44 candidates contested the sixteen seats in the House of Delegates. A record ten women were competing for seats in the Senate and House of Delegates, with seven women running for the at large Senate race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198207-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan general election, Results, President\nElias Chin and Johnson Toribiong were the top two vote-getters in the primary elections. Chin and Toribiong then faced each other in the general election. In early, preliminary results Toribiong held a 130-vote lead over Chin, with 1,629 votes to Chin's 1,499. Toribiong and his running mate, Kerai Mariur, were declared the winner of the election on 7 November. It was reported that Toribiong had received a concession phone call from Vice-President Chin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198207-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan general election, Results, Senate\nSurangel Whipps, Jr. has made history by becoming the first Senator to win by write-in and he also led all Senators with highest percentage (65.2%) of votes since his father achieved 73.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum\nA twenty-three-part referendum was held in Palau on 4 November 2008 alongside the country's general elections. Voters were asked questions on requirements of citizenship to hold office, government provision of primary school and health care, the definition of marriage and term limits for Parliament. Only the proposal permitting naturalization for certain adoptees failed to obtain the requisite majority of the vote and majority in 3/4th of the states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, No dual citizenship for President\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to prohibit dual citizens from being eligible to hold the office of President or Vice President. It would amend Article VIII, Section 3 of the Constitution to read:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, No dual citizenship for President\nAny citizen of Palau who is not a citizen of another country and who is not less than thirty-five (35) years of age and who has been a resident of Palau for the five (5) years immediately, preceding the election shall be eligible to hold the office of President or Vice President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Separate election of President and Vice President\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to permit the President and Vice President to be elected separately. It was meant to undo joint election, which was passed by referendum in 2004. It would amend Article VIII, Section 4 of the Constitution to read:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 83], "content_span": [84, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Separate election of President and Vice President\nThe President and Vice President shall be elected in a nationwide election for a term of four years. The President and Vice President shall be chosen jointly by the casting by each vote of a single vote applicable to both officers. A person may not serve as a President for more than two consecutive terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 83], "content_span": [84, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Definition of the inauguration of President and Vice President\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to specifically define the end date of a Presidential and Vice Presidential term and the inauguration of a new one. It would add a new paragraph to Article VIII, Section 4 of the Constitution which read:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 96], "content_span": [97, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Definition of the inauguration of President and Vice President\nThe terms of the incumbent President and Vice President shall end at the time of the installation of the President and Vice President-elect Which shall take place on the third Monday of January after the general election, at eleven o'clock am", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 96], "content_span": [97, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Right to trial by jury for serious crimes\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to require a trial by jury for serious crimes. It would add a new section to Article IV of the Constitution which would read:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Right to trial by jury for serious crimes\nSection 14: The Olbiil Era Kelulau may provide for a trial by jury in criminal and civil cases, as prescribed by law, provided, however, that where a criminal offense is to have been committed after December 31, 2009, and where search criminal offense is punishable by a sentence of imprisonment of twelve (12) months or more, the accused shall have the right to a trial by a jury, as prescribed by law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, No dual citizens as members of Parliament\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to prevent dual citizens from being elected to Parliament. It would amend Article IX, Section 6 of the Constitution to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, No dual citizens as members of Parliament\nTo be eligible to hold office in the Olbiil Era Kelulau, a person must be:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, No dual citizens as members of Parliament\na citizen of Palau only;not less than twenty-five (25) years of age;a resident of Palau for not less than five (5) years immediately, preceding the election, and", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, No dual citizens as members of Parliament\na resident of the district in which he wishes to run for office for not less than one (1) year immediately, preceding the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Limits on compensation for members of Parliament\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to limit the compensation paid to members of Parliament. It would amend Article IX, Section 8 of the Constitution to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 82], "content_span": [83, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Limits on compensation for members of Parliament\nThe compensation of the members of the Eighth Olbiil Era Kelulau shall be a uniform fee the initial amount of salary Which shall be determined by law, but shall not exceed the amount of compensation received by the members of the Seventh Olbiil Era Kelulau, for each day the member attends to official session of the Olbiil Era Kelulau. The amount of the fee shall be determined by law. No increase in compensation shall apply to the members of the Olbiil Era Kelulau during the term of enactment, nor to increase in compensation may be enacted in the period between the date of a regular general election and the date a new era Olbiil Kelulau takes office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 82], "content_span": [83, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Beginning and end of a legislative term\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to define the beginning and end of a legislative term. It would amend Article IX, Section 11 of the Constitution to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Beginning and end of a legislative term\nThe terms of the incumbent members of the Olbiil Era Kelulau shall end at the time of the installation of the members-elect, Which shall take place on the third Monday of January after the general election. Each house of the Olbiil Era Kelulau shall convene its meeting on the fourth second Tuesday in January following the regular general election and may meet regularly for four (4) years. Either house may be convened at any time by the presiding officer, or at the written request of the Majority of the members, or by the President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, No term limit for members of Parliament\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to repeal the parliamentary term limits amendment passed in 2004. It read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, No term limit for members of Parliament\nThe Amendment of the Constitution \"limiting terms of members of the Olbiil Era Kelulau\" is hereby repealed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Separation of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to separate the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court from the Trial Division. It would amend Article X Section 2 to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 87], "content_span": [88, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Separation of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court\nThe Supreme Court is a court of record, Consisting of an appellate division and a trial division. The Supreme Court shall be composed of a Chief Justice and not less than three (3) nor more than (6) Associate Justices, all of whom shall be members of both divisions, provided, however when the Olbiil Era Kelulau appropriates funds for additional justices to serve on the appellate division, the Chief Justice shall implement the separation of the Justices of the appellate division and provide rules and reputations therefore. All appeals shall be heard by at least three justices. Matters before the trial division may be heard by one justice. No justice may hear or decide an appeal of a matter heard by him in the trial division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 87], "content_span": [88, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Constitutional voting anytime\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to permit amendment of the constitution by referendum at any time, where referenda had previously been limited to taking place during general elections. It would amend Article XIV, Section 2 to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Constitutional voting anytime\nSection 2: After the Election Commission certifies that a proposed amendment has satisfied the requirement of this Article, a nationwide election shall be held on the proposed amendment as prescribed by law, provided that no such election shall be held either six (6) months before or six (6) months after a general election. Section 2 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Constitutional voting anytime\nA Once a proposed amendment to this Constitution shall become effective when is approved at the next regular general in a nationwide election by a Majority of the votes cast on that amendment and in not less than three-fourth (3/4) of the states, The amendment shall take effect on the date prescribed in the text of the amendment itself, or if a date is not prescribed then on the date the election results are certified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Academic freedom at all levels\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to ensure a right to academic freedom in all institutions of higher learning. It would add a new section to Article IV to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Academic freedom at all levels\nSection 15: In post-secondary education and any institution of higher learning, academic freedom is guaranteed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Dual citizenship with all possible states\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to ensure a right to academic freedom in all institutions of higher learning. It would amend the constitutional section on \"Allowing Palauans Multiple Citizenship\" to read as follows::", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Dual citizenship with all possible states\nA person born of parents, one or both of whom are or are citizens of Palau of recognized Palauan ancestry, is a citizen of Palau, by birth . United States Citizenship of other foreign nations shall not affect a person's Palauan citizenship, nor shall a person of recognized Palauan ancestry be required to renounce United States citizenship to become a naturalized citizen of Palau. Persons of recognized Palauan ancestry who are citizens of other foreign nations may retain their Palauan citizenship or become naturalized Palauan citizens as provided by law. Palauan citizens may renounce their Palauan citizenship. Renouncements made prior to the effective date of this amendment are not affected by this amendment. Section 2 Repealer. Article III, Sections 2 and 3 are hereby repealed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 864]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Naturalization for adoptees\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to permit adoptees to petition the government for naturalization. It would amend Article III, Section 4 to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Naturalization for adoptees\nA person born of parents who are not born of parents, one or both of whom are of recognized Palauan ancestry and who is adopted before the age of three (3) by parents (s), one or both of whom are citizens of Palau, shall have the right to enter and reside in Palauan to enjoy other rights and privileges as provided by the law, Which shall include the right to petition through a special act of the Olbiil Era Kelulau to become a naturalized citizen of Palau: provided that prior to becoming a naturalized citizen, a person must not renounce his citizenship of another nation. There shall be no citizenship by naturalization except pursuit to this section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Naturalization for adoptees\nThis was the only proposal among the package of twenty-three which failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Postal voting for citizens overseas\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to permit overseas Palauans to vote by absentee ballot. It would amend Article VII to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Postal voting for citizens overseas\nA citizen of Palau eighteen (18) years of age or older may vote in national and state elections. The Olbiil Era Kelulau shall prescribe a minimum period of residence for voter registration and provide for national elections. Each state shall prescribe a minimum period of residence and provide for voter registration for state elections. A citizen who is in prison, serving a sentence for a felony, or mentally incompetent as determined by a court may not vote. Voting shall only be by absentee ballot for voters who are outside the territory of Palau during an election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Land acquisition for diplomatic purposes\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to permit foreign countries to acquire land for diplomatic purposes. It would amend Article XIII, Section 8 to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 74], "content_span": [75, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Land acquisition for diplomatic purposes\nOnly citizens of Palau and corporations wholly owned by citizens of Palau may acquire title to land or waters in Palau. Foreign countries, with which Palau establishes diplomatic relations, may acquire title to land for Diplomatic purposes Pursuant to bilateral treaties or agreements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 74], "content_span": [75, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Land acquisition for non-Palauans limited to 99 years\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to limit land ownership by non-Palauans to 99 years. It would amend Article XIII, Section 8 to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 87], "content_span": [88, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Land acquisition for non-Palauans limited to 99 years\nOnly citizens of Palau and corporations wholly owned by citizens of Palau may acquire title to land or waters in Palau. While non-citizens may not acquire title to land, Palauan citizens may lease land in Palau to non-citizens or corporations not wholly owned by citizens for up to 99 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 87], "content_span": [88, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Support for Palauan culture\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to require the government to support Palauan traditional culture. It would amend Article V, adding a new paragraph which read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Support for Palauan culture\nSection 3: The national government shall take affirmative action to assist traditional leaders in the preservation, protection, and promotion of Palauan heritage, culture, languages, customs, and traditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Marriage as between a man and a woman only\nVoters were asked whether they approved of a popular initiative to amend the constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Article IV, Section 13 of the Constitution would be amended to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 76], "content_span": [77, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Marriage as between a man and a woman only\nThe government shall provide for marital and related parental rights, privileges and responsibilities on the basis of equality between men and women, mutual consent and cooperation. All marriages contracted within the Republic of Palau shall be between a man and a woman. Parents or individuals acting in the capacity of parents shall be legally responsible for the support of and for the unlawful conduct of their minor children as prescribed by law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 76], "content_span": [77, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Free primary school\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to require the government to provide free education for grades one through twelve. It would amend Article VI to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Free primary school\nThe national government shall take positive action to attain these national objectives and implement these national policies: conservation of a beautiful, healthful and resourceful natural environment: promotion of the national economy: protection of the safety and security of persons and property: promotion of the health and social welfare of the citizens through the commission of free or subsidized health care: and commission of public education for citizens Which shall be free from grades one (1) to twelve (12) and compulsory as prescribed by law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Free preventive health care\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to require the government to provide free health care. It would add a new section to Article IV to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Free preventive health care\nSection 16: The national government shall provide free preventive health care for every citizen as prescribed law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Priority of Palauan before the English language in the Constitution\nVoters were asked whether they approved of a popular initiative to amend the constitution to give the Palauan version priority of interpretation over the English version. Article XIII, Section 2 of the Constitution would be amended to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 101], "content_span": [102, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Priority of Palauan before the English language in the Constitution\nThe Palauan and English versions of this Constitution shall be equally authoritative: in a case of conflict, the English Palauan version shall prevail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 101], "content_span": [102, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Definition of territorial waters\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to define the nation's territorial waters. It would amend Article I, Sections 1 and 2 to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Definition of territorial waters\nSection 1: (A)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 81]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Definition of territorial waters\nThe Republic of Palau shall have jurisdiction and sovereignty over its territory Which consist of all the islands, atoll reefs, and shoals that have traditionally been in of the Palauan archipelago Ngeruangel Kayangel including reef and Island in the north and Hatohobei Island (Island Tobi) and Hocharihie (Helen's reef) in the south and all rural areas adjacent and in between, and therefore, consist of the internal waters and archipelagic waters within these rural areas, the territorial waters around these rural areas, and the air space above these lands and water areas, extending to a two hundred (200) nautical miles exclusive economic zone, unless otherwise delimited by bilateral agreement or as may be limited or extended under international law, from a straight archipelagic baseline, the seabed, subsoil, water column insular shelves, and airspace over land and water unless limited by international treaty obligations assemble by Palau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 1018]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Definition of territorial waters\n(B) the straight archipelagic baselines, Which from the breadths of marine zones are measured for Palauan Archipelago, Shall drawn from the northernmost point of Ngeruangel Reef, thence east to the northernmost point of Island and around the Kayangel Island to its easternmost point, south to the easternmost point of the Babeldaob Barrier Reef, south to the easternmost point of Anguar Island and then around the Island to its westernmost point, thence north to the westernmost point of Ngeruangel Reef and then around the reef to the point of origin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Definition of territorial waters\nThe normal baselines, from Which the breaths of maritime zones for the South West islands are measured shall be drawn around the islands of Fanna, Sonsorol (Dongosaro), Pulo Anna and Merir, and the Island of Hatohobei (Tobi Island), including Hocharihic (Helen's Reef). Helen's Reef, west from the southernmost point of Helen's Reef to the easternmost point of Tobi Iceland and then around the Iceland to its westernmost point, north to the westernmost point of Fanna Island, and north to the westernmost point of Ngeruangel Reef and then around the reef to the point of origin. Section 2: (A)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0048-0002", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Definition of territorial waters\nThe Republic of Palau shall have exclusive ownership and shall exercise its sovereign rights to conserve, develop, exploit, explore, and manage at a sustainable manner all living and non-living resources within its exclusive economic zone and its continental shelf in accordance with applicable treaties, international law and practices. The Republic of Palau shall have exclusive ownership and sovereign jurisdiction over all mineral resources in the seabed, subsoil, water column and insular shelves within its continental self.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Definition of territorial waters\n(B) Each state shall have exclusive ownership of all living and non-living resources except highly migratory fish from the country to within the twelve (12) nautical mile territorial sea: seaward through the traditional baselines: provided, however, that traditional fishing rights and practices shall not be impaired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Judicial Appointments Commission only Palauan citizens\nA popular initiative proposed amending the constitution to require all members of the Judicial Nominating Commission to be citizens of Palau. It would amend Article 7 Chapter X to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 88], "content_span": [89, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Judicial Appointments Commission only Palauan citizens\nThe Judicial Nominating Commission shall consist of seven (7) members, all of whom shall be citizens of the Republic of Palau, as defined by Article III of the Constitution of the Republic of Palau. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be one of the seven (7) members and shall act as chairman. one of whom shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who shall act as a chairman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 88], "content_span": [89, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198208-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 Palauan referendum, Results, Judicial Appointments Commission only Palauan citizens\nThe Bar Association shall elect three (3) of its citizen-members to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission and the President shall appoint three (3) citizens who are not members of the bar The Judicial Nominating Commission shall meet upon the call of the Chairman and prepare and submit to the President a list of seven ( 7) nominees for the positions of justice and judge. A new list shall be submitted every year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 88], "content_span": [89, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198209-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Palmer Cup\nThe 2008 Palmer Cup was held on 26\u201327 June 2008 on the Gailes Links in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Europe won 14\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198209-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Palmer Cup, Format\nOn Thursday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by eight singles matches in the afternoon. Four foursomes matches were played on the Friday morning with a further eight singles in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198209-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Palmer Cup, Format\nEach of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole, each side earned half a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 12\u00bd points won the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198209-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Palmer Cup, Teams\nEight college golfers from Europe and the United States participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198209-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Palmer Cup, Michael Carter award\nThe Michael Carter Award winners were Jonas Enander Hedin and Michael Thompson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198210-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan Am Badminton Championships\nThe XIV 2008 Pan Am Badminton Championships were held in Lima, Peru, between October 1 and October 5, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198210-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan Am Badminton Championships\nThis event was part of the 2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix series of the Badminton World Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198211-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan American Combined Events Championships\nThe 2008 Pan American Combined Events Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, at the Estadio Ol\u00edmpico F\u00e9lix S\u00e1nchez on May 31-June 1, 2008. A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results was given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198211-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan American Combined Events Championships, Participation\nAn unofficial count yields the participation of 41 athletes from 15 countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 62], "content_span": [63, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198212-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2008 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Rosario, Argentina, November 19\u201323, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198213-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan American Judo Championships\nThe 32nd Pan American Judo Championships were held in Miami, United States from 8 May to 10 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198214-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan American Men's Handball Championship\nThe 13th American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2008, was the 13th edition of the Pan American Men's Handball Championship, held from 24 to 28 June 2008 in S\u00e3o Carlos, Brazil. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship. These places were earned by Brazil, Argentina and Cuba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198214-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan American Men's Handball Championship\nEight nations had been scheduled to play at the tournament, but Dominican Republic decided not to play just a few days before the tournament, so Group B had only three participating teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198215-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship\nThe 2008 American Handball Men's Youth Championships took place in Blumenau from September 2 \u2013 6. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198216-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships\nThe 2008 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 4\u20137, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198217-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships\nThe 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships were held in Callao, Peru from 19 March to 23 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198218-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship\nThe 2008 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship took place in the sports complex CeNARD, in Buenos Aires from March 11 \u2013 March 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198219-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship\nThe 2008 American Handball Women's Youth Championships took place in Blumenau from September 2 \u2013 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198220-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan-Pacific Championship\nThe 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship is the inaugural edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship association football competition which took place on February 20 and February 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii, featuring teams from Japan's J. League, United States Major League Soccer (MLS) and the A-League of Australia and New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198220-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan-Pacific Championship\nFor the 2008 tournament, the A-League was not represented by the champion team but instead by the loser of the minor semi-final. This is due to a scheduling conflict with the Grand Final on February 24, which was moved back so as not to interfere with Australia's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198220-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan-Pacific Championship\nThe 2008 tournament also features Gamba Osaka of the J. League, which were the 2007 J. League Cup champion, and Major League Soccer representatives Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles Galaxy, the latter reportedly chosen instead of the desired 2007 SuperLiga champion, as Pachuca declined and Galaxy were the Superliga runner-up. The Galaxy's first game was versus Gamba Osaka. while the Dynamo were drawn against Sydney FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198220-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan-Pacific Championship\nAll matches were played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198220-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pan-Pacific Championship, Sponsors\nThe following is a list of the official sponsors of the Pan-Pacific Championship 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198221-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Panzhihua earthquake\nThe 2008 Panzhihua earthquake struck southern Sichuan province, China on August 30 at 16:30:50.5\u00a0China Standard Time with a surface wave magnitude of 6.1 (5.7 Mw). It is also cited as the Renhe-Huili earthquake, especially in SCEA reports and early CEA reports. It was not an aftershock of the Sichuan earthquake that occurred several months prior. With more than 400 aftershocks, it caused over 40 deaths, the collapse of 10,000 homes and damage to other infrastructure in the area. The maximum intensity was VIII liedu (Heavily damaging).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198221-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Panzhihua earthquake, Earthquake\nAccording to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) and Sichuan Earthquake Administration (SCEA), the (Ms) 6.1 shock struck southern Sichuan province, China on August 30, 2008 at 16:30:50.5 China Standard Time (CST - 0730 UTC). The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported it at (Mw) 5.7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198221-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Panzhihua earthquake, Earthquake\nThe earthquake's epicenter was located at , in the Renhe District of Panzhihua, Sichuan, which is 50\u00a0km southeast of the city center. The epicenter is 60\u00a0km from Huili County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, 30\u00a0km from Yongren County and 55\u00a0km from Yuanmou County in neighboring Yunnan province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198221-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Panzhihua earthquake, Earthquake\nWhereas the Sichuan earthquake two and half months earlier in the same province continues to invoke aftershocks even after August 30, the Panzhihua earthquake was not one of them because it occurred on a different fault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198221-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Panzhihua earthquake, Earthquake, Damage\nBy September 5, authorities confirmed 41 deaths (35 in Sichuan, 6 in Yunnan) and 589 injuries. CEA also reported collapse of 10,000 homes, and damage to 190,000 more. Considerable damage to highways, bridges, and reservoirs were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198221-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Panzhihua earthquake, Earthquake, Intensity\nThe seismic intensity map published by SCEA shows a maximum intensity of liedu VIII on China Seismic Intensity Scale (CSIS), somewhat equivalent to VIII (Heavily damaging) on EMS-94 from which CSIS drew reference. The area affected by liedu VIII earthquakes covered a north-south oriented oval of 628\u00a0km2 centered around the epicenter, 39\u00a0km long and 19\u00a0km wide, including 28\u00a0km2 in Yunnan province. The total area of liedu VI (Slightly damaging) and above is 9,634\u00a0km2, of which 6,265\u00a0km2 are in Sichuan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198221-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Panzhihua earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks\nA Ms\u202f 5.6 aftershock (5.5 Mw\u202f according to USGS) struck the same location on August 31, 2008 at 16:31:09.6 CST (08:31 UTC), causing at least two additional deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198221-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Panzhihua earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks\nBy midnight CST September 1, there had been 439 aftershocks including the M5.6 one and two more exceeding M4.0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198221-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Panzhihua earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks\nIncidentally, a Ms\u202f\u00a03.0 earthquake very close to the main quake's epicenter preceded the main quake by 2 hours 15 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198221-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Panzhihua earthquake, Response\nAlthough the quake-stricken area is relatively low in population, reported at 118/km2, early casualties and property damage were significant. Within two hours, the CEA invoked its Level III emergency response protocol for disaster relief. 8,000 troops and para-militia were deployed to the disaster area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198222-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 PapaJohns.com Bowl\nThe 2008 PapaJohns.com Bowl was the third edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The game was played starting at 2 PM US CST on Monday, December 29, 2008. The game, telecast on ESPN, pitted the Rutgers Scarlet Knights against the North Carolina State Wolfpack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198222-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 PapaJohns.com Bowl\nThe game marked the first ever meeting of the two universities' football programs. NC State led 17-6 at halftime, but crumbled in the second half after losing starting quarterback Russell Wilson to a knee injury. Rutgers won, 29-23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198222-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 PapaJohns.com Bowl\nThis was also the first edition of the bowl game not to feature any current or former members of Conference USA. The selection of NC State did have a connection to past bowl games in Birmingham as the Wolfpack had competed in the last All-American Bowl, which was also held at Legion Field in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198223-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Papua New Guinea floods\nCoordinates: The 2008 Papua New Guinea floods  displaced roughly 75,000 people located in Papua New Guinea, prompting an international response to provide support for the region. The country was struck by large sea swells on 16 December, apparently caused by \"strong storms\", which affected over eight provinces and caused at least one death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198223-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Papua New Guinea floods, Response\nThe United Nations dispatched a six-member disaster assessment team after determining that there was a high possibility of water-borne diseases spreading throughout the populace. According to early government estimates, 60,000 people had been displaced, while 35,000 were in need of \"immediate aid\", according to the United Nations. The tides destroyed crops and carried away farming implements. U.N. spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs stated that displacement rates were high, with as many as \"half the population of Manus Island\" being displaced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198223-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Papua New Guinea floods, Response\nByrs also said that, \"The Government of Papua New Guinea has declared a state of national disaster\", adding that \"a team of [UN] experts should arrive on Wednesday to examine [Papua New Guinean] needs.\" Byrs concluded by stating that, \"The affected islands are scattered and the never-ending nature of the tidal waves makes the evaluation of the situation very difficult.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198223-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Papua New Guinea floods, Response\nAustralia pledged A$1 million in support, and had already started flying food and supplies to affected areas; the relief flights were troubled, with multiple planes sustaining damage from birds. A C-130 Hercules taking off from the PNG province of New Ireland on 16 December aborted after a bird hit one of the plane's propellers. The second attempt, four hours after the first, met the same fate, with another bird hitting the aircraft while it was taxiing, causing serious engine damage to the left-hand propeller and forcing the RAAF crew to be grounded for a week while waiting for a replacement engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198223-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Papua New Guinea floods, Response\nNew Zealand also pledged $300,000 in support for the Red Cross relief effort in PNG. A New Zealand councilman, Shane Bayley, flew out with the United Nations disaster assessment team, later reporting that \"a lot of the food gardens in the coast villages having been destroyed; that is their local supply of food, so it's also ensuring they have a means of distribution for food supplies.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198224-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Parachinar bombing\nIn the Parachinar bombing of 16 February 2008, a suicide bomber in Parachinar, Pakistan killed 70 people and injured 110 attending a political rally for the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party. The attack occurred on the eve of the 2008 Pakistani general election to be held on 18 February when an explosives-laden car was rammed into the election office of an independent candidate in Parachinar. The attack targeted people in a rally outside Riaz Shah's campaign office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198224-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Parachinar bombing\nA suicide attacker struck his car full of explosive and petrol gallon in Eidgah Market area, an entrance point in Parachinar. 43 Persons died at the spot, including the suicide bomber, while more than 200 people were injured. According to eyewitnesses, 7 shops of the market located near the blast site were destroyed completely which reflects the intensity of the blast. The blast also damaged electricity wires which suspended the electricity in the city. This blast was carried out just 10 meters away from the location of the 2007 Parachinar bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198224-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Parachinar bombing\nThe attack on the rally came as Riaz Shah launched a final push for votes before a midnight deadline after which all rallies were banned until after the election. The bombing was believed to be motivated by sectarianism, as the majority of the area's residents are Shia Muslims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198224-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Parachinar bombing, After the attack\nThe army imposed a curfew in the northwestern tribal area town of Parachinar after the bomb blast. Funerals would be held for many of the victims Sunday, officials said, and the army agreed to relax its curfew in some areas so family members could attend. Early on Sunday 17 February 2008, the wreckage of four cars flipped over by the force of the blast littered the street near the site. Most shops were shuttered and streets were largely deserted. More than 200 relatives of the dead blocked the main road with stones and milled around in the streets. Dozens of heavily armed army and paramilitary troops set up barricades at two roads into Parachinar, just over a mountain from the Afghan area of Tora Bora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198224-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Parachinar bombing, After the attack\nPanicked people stood on the blood stained street after the blast, with local people and vehicles arriving to take bodies away. The bodies and wounded were shifted to the hospital immediately with some of the injured in critical condition. According to one injured man, Gulraiz Khan:\"I came out from the centre and stood beside the road, a car came over there at the place of the blast and then a big blast occurred, after that I don't know what happened.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198224-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Parachinar bombing, Responsibility\nThe Pakistani Taliban splinter local Sunni militant group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan claimed responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198225-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Paradise Jam Tournament\nThe 2008 Paradise Jam Tournament was a men's and women's preseason college basketball tournament that took place in Saint Thomas at the Sports and Fitness Center. Connecticut won the men's division while Wisconsin won the women's Island Division and California won the women's Reef Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198225-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Paradise Jam Tournament, Men's Tournament\nThe 2008 Paradise Jam featured three ranked teams, with Miami ranked 16th in the ESPN/USA poll, Wisconsin ranked 22nd, and Connecticut ranked second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198225-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Paradise Jam Tournament, Men's Tournament, Overview\nIn the first round, Wisconsin took on unranked Iona, and won, but by only two points 60\u201358. Miami faced unranked Southern Miss and won by ten, 70\u201350. Connecticut played LaSalle and Connecticut won 89\u201381; with A.J. Price returning to play after an ankle injury, but still suffering from an abscessed tooth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198225-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Paradise Jam Tournament, Men's Tournament, Overview\nIn the second round, Connecticut faced Miami, but won by 13 points, 76\u201363. Wisconsin faced San Diego, the winner of the first round game against Valparaiso, and won 64\u201349. In the championship game UConn faced Wisconsin, but opened up a ten-point lead by halftime, and extended it to a 19-point victory at the end of the game, with a final score of 76\u201357. Jerome Dyson was the leading scorer for Connecticut, while Hasheem Thabeet earned the Tournament MVP honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198225-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament\nThe woman's tournament is organized as two divisions of four teams, each playing each other in a round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198225-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, Island Division\nIn the opening round, Wisconsin won a two-point game over Villanova, 47\u201345, while 7th ranked Baylor beat UCF 79\u201367. In the second round, Wisconsin improved to 2\u20130 with a 65\u201361 victory over UCF, as well as Baylor who beat Villanova 62\u201357. Baylor had a 21\u20132 run early in the game to take a large lead, and the Bears still held a 16-point lead at halftime. The Wildcats cut the lead to three with just over two minutes left in the game, but Baylor hit five of six free throws to hold on to the victory 52\u201357.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198225-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, Island Division\nOn the final day, Villanova beat UCF to finish in third place. In the championship game, the two undefeated teams faced each other. Unranked Wisconsin was down by six points at halftime, and Baylor still lead by five points with under three minutes to go when Wisconsin scored six straight points to take the lead, ending with a two-point jump shot with seven seconds left in the game by Alyssa Karel. Baylor had one last shot; Melissa Jones was fouled at the buzzer, but missed both free throws to secure the Paradise Jam Championship (Island) for Wisconsin. Wisconsin's Alyssa Karel won the tournament MVP award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198225-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, Reef Division\nIn the first round Iowa played Texas Tech. The halftime margin was two points in favor of Iowa, and they extended the lead to win the game 56\u201348. In the other game 3rd ranked California took on South Florida and won easily, 85\u201355. In the second round South Florida took Iowa to overtime, then won 82\u201379 in overtime. California played Texas Tech and won 68\u201354.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198225-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, Reef Division\nOn the final day, South Florida beat Texas Tech to earn second place in the division with a 2\u20131 record. California easily beat Iowa 76\u201343 to go undefeated and win the 2008 Paradise Jam Championship (Reef) California's Ashley Walker won the Tournament MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election\nGeneral elections were held in Paraguay on 20 April 2008. Elections were held for the presidency, 45 senators, 80 representatives, 17 governors and Paraguay's members in the Mercosur Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election\nThe presidential election was won by opposition candidate Fernando Lugo of the Patriotic Alliance for Change, who defeated Blanca Ovelar of the long-ruling Colorado Party. The Colorado Party remained the largest in both houses of Congress despite losing several seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election\nThe election ended a 61-year hold on the presidency by the Colorados. The Colorados had held the presidency without interruption since 1947 (from 1947 to 1962 as the de jure sole legal party, and from 1962 to 1989 as the de facto sole legal party). Additionally, when Lugo took office on 15 August, it marked the first time since Paraguay gained independence in 1813 that an incumbent government peacefully transferred power to an elected member of the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Presidential candidates and campaigning\nThe incumbent president, Nicanor Duarte Frutos, was barred by the Constitution from running for reelection and instead supported his education secretary, Blanca Ovelar. Initial results in the Colorado Party's December 2007 primary showed Ovelar defeating former Vice President Luis Castiglioni, but the result was disputed, leading to a recount. On 21 January 2008, the Colorado Party electoral commission announced that Ovelar had won with 45.04% of the vote against 44.5% for Castiglioni, although Castiglioni continued to claim victory, alleging that 30,000 votes in his favor were \"stolen\", and said that he would take the matter to court. Ovelar said that her campaign would shift its focus from the \"cruel primary campaign\" to the general election and that her platform prioritized \"fight against poverty and to the creation of jobs\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 914]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Presidential candidates and campaigning\nLugo is a former bishop who resigned from the priesthood in December 2006 in preparation for his presidential bid. As a priest, he required a permit from the Vatican to become directly involved in politics prior to 2006. However, the Paraguayan constitution prohibits ministers of any faith from standing as a political candidate. Despite his resignation, the Vatican regards priesthood as a lifelong commitment but has suspended him from his duties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Presidential candidates and campaigning\nAs bishop of San Pedro, a poor region, for ten years beginning in 1994, his support for landless peasants earned him a reputation as \"the bishop of the poor\". He is an advocate of land reform and other measures to address poverty, but has distanced himself from leftists such as Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales, saying that he is not left-wing or right-wing but \"in the middle\". He vowed to end the Colorado Party's 61 year rule, fight corruption, and make Paraguay \"a new country\". According to Lugo, he believes \"in the people's self-determination and in recovering sovereignty and independence\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Presidential candidates and campaigning\nLugo is backed by the Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC), which includes both left and right wing groups, notably the conservative Authentic Radical Liberal Party. President Duarte caused controversy just before the election by telling the Ultima Hora newspaper that Lugo \"probably sells himself\" for money from Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Presidential candidates and campaigning\nOvelar, the Colorado candidate, said that she knew \"what the people need and what has to be done\". She said that she would focus on job creation and the strengthening of agricultural cooperatives, hoping to reduce the number of Paraguayans who emigrate for economic reasons. According to Ovelar, Paraguay has \"new needs that were not obvious before ... and they require the touch of a woman\". If elected, Ovelar would have been Paraguay's first female president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Presidential candidates and campaigning\nLino Oviedo's conviction for 1996 mutiny was overturned by the Supreme Court in October 2007, leaving him free to run for president. In January 2008 he was nominated as the candidate of his party, the National Union of Ethical Citizens, without opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Presidential candidates and campaigning\nOvelar held her last campaign rally in Asuncion on 16 April. Along with Oviedo and Fadul, she participated in a last televised debate in the early afternoon of 17 April; Lugo did not participate, and Ovelar criticized him for this. Lugo held his last rally in Asuncion later that night, with about 15,000 supporters present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Opinion polls\nA poll from September 2007 saw a three-way race develop between Lugo, Oviedo and the ANR-PC candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Opinion polls\nA poll from November 2007 saw Lugo lead with over 40%, with Oviedo in second place and Castiglioni or Ovelar (it was still undetermined which of the pair would run) in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Opinion polls\nA poll from March 2008 saw two way developing with  Lugo in the lead with 31%, Ovelar in second place with 27% and Oviedo in third place with 24%. A poll from  5 April 2008 saw Lugo and Ovelar in a statistical dead heat with Lugo in the lead with 30.9%, Ovelar in second with 30.1%, and Oviedo in third with 21.4%. More than 10% remained undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Results\nShortly after the election, with results from 13,000 of 14,000 polling stations counted, Lugo had 41% of the vote against 31% for Ovelar and 22% for Oviedo. Lugo's supporters celebrated in the streets of Asuncion, and he declared that \"today we've written a new chapter in our nation's political history\". Ovelar conceded defeat, acknowledging that Lugo's lead was unassailable. A couple of hours later, President Nicanor Duarte Frutos appeared at a press conference somberly but remarked that for the first time in the history of Paraguay a handover to the opposition will take place peacefully and in an orderly fashion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Results\nIn the gubernatorial election, the ANR won nine departments, the PLRA seven and the APC one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Results\nIn August, shortly before taking office, Lugo struck a deal with Oviedo, enabling him to govern with a parliamentary majority. Together, the Authentic Liberal Radical Party and National Union for Ethical Citizens will hold 25 out of 45 Senate seats and 44 out of 80 House of Representatives seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198226-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Paraguayan general election, Results\nLugo was sworn in as president on 15 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198227-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Para\u00f1aque shootout\nThe Paranaque shootout was a deadly confrontation between members of the Philippine National Police, the Special Action Force and the Waray-Ozamis Gang on December 5, 2008 in Para\u00f1aque, Metro Manila. The shootout became controversial due to the death of two civilians including a 7-year-old girl in the cross-fire. Director Leopoldo Bataoil, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), described the shootout as the bloodiest firefight between lawmen and criminal elements in Metro Manila.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198227-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Para\u00f1aque shootout, Background\nIn the 2000s, many cities in Luzon were beset by crimes conducted by various robbery groups, many of whom were of Waray ethnicity. Poverty during President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's administration caused many in faraway provinces to form or join a gang. Hold-ups were the primary activity, where they would rob cars, buses and trucks in rural roads, as well as banks and stores in urban areas. At that time, they became notorious for their shootouts with the law enforcement and open anti-authoritarian stance, with one gang member proclaiming once how he hated the police during a robbery in Pampanga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198227-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Para\u00f1aque shootout, Shootout\nIn late 2008, the Philippine National Police tracked down one of these robbery hold-up groups known as the \"Waray-Ozamis Gang\" in Para\u00f1aque City. On the night of December 5, the police trailed the gangsters in a crowded subdivision in Sucat. The latter were driving in SUVs and motorcycles when they sensed that they were being followed. After spotting the officers, the gang started to open fire. Law enforcement consisted of the Highway Patrol Group, Special Action Force, National Capital Region Police Office and Southern Police District fired back. Both parties were well-armed, with the gang sporting M16s fitted with underbarrel grenade launchers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198227-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Para\u00f1aque shootout, Shootout\nIn the gunfight that ensued, the SAF unit managed to kill eight suspects inside a vehicle, while the HOG killed two more armed men on motorcycles. During their escape, the gangsters tried to blow up a diesel tanker to divert the cops' attention. An OFW seaman by the name of Jun De Vera and his daughter Lia, were caught in the crossfire and killed. By the end of the hour-long battle, sixteen people died including ten criminals but many had managed to escape. Barangay tanod Bernard Tuncab died as he was rushed to the hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198227-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Para\u00f1aque shootout, Aftermath\nThe PNP was criticized for their role in the deaths of the two civilians since it was determined that the bullets that struck them came from the guns of the SAF. The head of the Internal Affairs Service of the PNP said, \"We failed in our mission to protect the civilians. Because during the conduct of operation many civilian lives were lost.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198227-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Para\u00f1aque shootout, Aftermath\nOn July 29, 2009, it was reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had filed multiple murder charges against 29 policemen, including three generals, in connection with the shootout following the filing of a complaint-affidavit by Lilian de Vera, the wife of Jun De Vera. On January 11, 2010, the Commission on Human Rights recommended the filing of criminal and administrative charges against 26 of the policemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198227-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Para\u00f1aque shootout, Aftermath\nIn March, it was reported that after two witnesses had said De Vera and his daughter were not killed in the shootout, that policemen already had complete control of the area where the two were killed, the Department of Justice filed two counts of murder charges against 25 of the policemen. Eight policemen were eventually arrested for their role in the shootout: Chief Inspector Lawrence Cajipe, Chief Inspector Joel Mendoza, Inspector Gerardo Balacutan, Police Officers 3 Jolito Mamanao Jr. and Fernando Rey Gapuz, Police Officers 2 Eduardo Blanco and Edwin Santos, and PO1 Josil Rey Lucena. Seventeen SAF members were also arrested but exonerated in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198228-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris Motor Show\nThe 2008 Paris Motor Show took place from 4 October to 19 October 2008, in Paris expo Porte de Versailles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198228-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris Motor Show\nThis edition of the Paris Motor Show featured a high number of hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs), that led a blogger with The New York Times to ask, \"Who killed the non-electric cars? \".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198228-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris Motor Show, Taxis du Monde\nAs usual, Hall 8 hosted a special exhibition. In this edition, the subject was \"Taxis du Monde\" (Taxis from around the world), and it featured a variety of taxi vehicles from different cities and eras, such as a New York checker cab, a Chicago yellow cab, London black cabs, a Manila Jeepney, a Bangkok Tuk Tuk, etc., as well as several Parisian taxis, starting with the classic Renault Taxi de la Marne and ending with the proposed future taxi Peugeot Expert Tepee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198229-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris municipal election\nMunicipal elections were held in Paris on 9 and 16 March 2008, at the same time as other French municipal elections. The outgoing Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delano\u00eb (PS), faced UMP candidate Fran\u00e7oise de Panafieu who was chosen to head his party's list in a primary election held in 2006. The MoDem MEP and Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou supporter, Marielle de Sarnez, was the centrist candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198229-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris municipal election\nControl of the 20 arrondissements of the French capital was also to be decided in the elections. Of these, the PS-Greens-MRC controlled 12 (10 PS, 1 Green, 1 MRC) and the UMP eight. 163 councillors were due to be elected in the 20 arrondissements. As a result of the election, Bertrand Delano\u00eb was re-elected with a larger majority. The left controls 99 seats against 63 for the right, two for other right-wing dissidents, and one MoDem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198230-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris\u2013Nice\nThe 2008 Paris\u2013Nice, the 66th running of the race, took place from March 9 to March 16, 2008 and was won by Italian Davide Rebellin from Gerolsteiner, who finished second last year. The race started in Amilly and ended in Nice. The 2008 edition returned to the fabled climb of Mont Ventoux, with stage four finishing at the mountain's ski facility, Mont Serein. The Mont Ventoux stage saw a winning break by Cadel Evans and Robert Gesink. Evans took the stage victory as Gesink moved into the overall lead. However, Gesink could not hold on to the lead in stage six when Rebellin attacked on the final descent and took enough time to move into the overall lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198230-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris\u2013Nice\nThe event was marked by controversy before the race regarding the ongoing power struggle between ASO and UCI, excluding the race from the UCI ProTour calendar. The race organisers also decided to exclude Astana, the team of the 2007 edition winner Alberto Contador, due to \"damage caused by the team during the 2007 Tour de France\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198230-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris\u2013Nice, Stages, Stage 1 - March 10, 2008: La Chapelotte > Nevers, 93.5 km\nThis stage was originally supposed to start in Amilly, but because of a storm with gale force winds and rain, the route was shortened by 91\u00a0km and started in La Chapelotte instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 82], "content_span": [83, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198230-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris\u2013Nice, Withdrawals\nOnly 86 riders finished the race of the 160 that started. Almost 40 riders abandoned during the last stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198230-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris\u2013Nice, Teams and cyclists\nThe following 20 UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams were selected to the 2008 Paris\u2013Nice:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198230-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris\u2013Nice, Teams and cyclists\nThe Astana is the only ProTour team not to be invited to this event because of the \"damage caused by the team during the 2007 Tour de France\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198231-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris\u2013Roubaix\nThe 2008 Paris\u2013Roubaix was the 106th running of the Paris\u2013Roubaix single-day cycling race, often known as the Hell of the North. It was held on 13 April 2008 over a distance of 259 kilometres (160.9 miles). Tom Boonen of the Quick-Step team won in a sprint inside the Roubaix velodrome. Fabian Cancellara was a close second and Alessandro Ballan came third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198232-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Paris\u2013Tours\nThe 2008 Paris\u2013Tours was the 102nd edition of the Paris\u2013Tours cycle race and was held on 12 October 2008. The race started in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines and finished in Tours. The race was won by Philippe Gilbert of the Fran\u00e7aise des Jeux team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198233-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Parnell\u2013Bressington filibuster\nThe Parnell\u2013Bressington filibuster is a record-breaking filibuster that occurred in the South Australian upper house, the Legislative Council, on 8 May 2008, involving SA Greens MLC Mark Parnell and No Pokies MLC Ann Bressington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198233-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Parnell\u2013Bressington filibuster\nThe South Australian workers compensation scheme known as WorkCover had been suffering an underfunded liability blowout since 2000, and by 2008 was nearing toward $1\u00a0billion. Legislation created to rectify the situation meant that injured workers payments would be cut by 10 percent after 13 weeks, 20 percent after 26 weeks, and end workers compensation payments and reverting to Centrelink benefits after two and a half years, if a person is deemed to have any capacity to work. Both the governing Labor Party and the main opposition Liberal Party were supportive of the changes, and with eight members each in the 22-member upper house, numbers were not an issue. The crossbench was made up of two Family First, two No Pokies, one Democrat, and one Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198233-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Parnell\u2013Bressington filibuster\nConsidering themselves the opposition to this legislation, Parnell spoke for over eight hours, with Bressington speaking for another five hours. Allowing for lunch and dinner breaks, Parnell started at 11\u00a0am and finished at 11\u00a0pm. Bressington went from 11\u00a0pm to 4\u00a0am straight. Parnell's eight-hour contribution alone set a record filibuster in South Australian parliamentary history, and combined, set a record nationally in any Australian parliament. Parnell alone fell short of the record, Albert Gardiner's effort of 12 hours and 40 minutes in the Australian Senate in 1918. The world record is held by US Senator Strom Thurmond who filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 750]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198233-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Parnell\u2013Bressington filibuster\nReported to be full at all times, the chamber heard Parnell present his own analysis and then related the submissions from the union movement and stories from injured workers. Some media outlets reported that Parnell read the entire WorkCover Bill into the public record. An examination of the official Hansard record of the debate shows that this is incorrect and that Parnell read none of the Bill during his speech. Parnell has also denied the charge of \"filibuster\", especially since his contribution did not delay the Bill and it still passed within the timeframe set by the Government. He described the bill as the most important he had dealt with since entering the parliament at the March 2006 state election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198233-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Parnell\u2013Bressington filibuster\nI planned to speak for a long time. I didn't know how long it would be but in the end I cut it down. Had I gone through all the material that I could have, it would have been twice as long. But I knew I was pushing the boundaries of parliamentary convention. No-one goes for that long, it's not normally regarded as polite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198233-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Parnell\u2013Bressington filibuster\nSA Unions Secretary Janet Giles, who resigned her position on the WorkCover board in protest to the changes, applauded the actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198233-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Parnell\u2013Bressington filibuster\nThe voice of workers in this debate has been ignored and then silenced as the Premier tries to ram the WorkCover Bill through Parliament. If it wasn't for the cross bench members in the Upper House the impact this law will have on injured workers and their families would never have been considered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198233-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Parnell\u2013Bressington filibuster\nThe filibuster used up the last sitting day, however it did not substantially delay the passage of the Bill. The most substantial part of the debate \u2013 the Committee Stage \u2013 took place two weeks later (commencing on the next scheduled sitting day) and went for 3 days including the consideration of nearly 200 amendments. The Bill finally passed 14 votes to four with one pair, and one Family First abstaining. Parnell stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198233-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Parnell\u2013Bressington filibuster\nThis is a sad day for South Australia... this is the worst piece of legislation I have seen in my time here. This is a horrible legacy the government is leaving this state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198233-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Parnell\u2013Bressington filibuster\nThese reforms... ensure the longevity of a healthy and economically viable workers compensation scheme for generations of workers to come.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198234-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Parramatta Eels season\nThe 2008 Parramatta Eels season was the 62nd in the club's history. Coached by Michael Hagan and captained by Nathan Cayless, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2008 Telstra Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198234-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Parramatta Eels season, Summary\nAfter being billed at premiership contenders by several prominent betting agencies, including TAB SportsBet, the Parramatta Eels failed to impress in the 2008, a season that could only be described as a huge disappointment. The Eels finished 11th in an inconsistent season marred by Jarryd Hayne's controversial shooting incident in the pre-season. Despite the poor performance by Parramatta, CEO Denis Fitzgerald stressed that Michael Hagan's position as club coach was not in danger. Michael Hagan resigned as coach on 21 October 2008, citing family and health reasons for his decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198235-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Passover margarine shortage\nDuring the 2008 Passover season, kosher-for-Passover margarine in the United States was short in supply due to several issues, leading to a scramble among kosher consumers to obtain the staple since it features prominently in many Passover recipes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198235-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Passover margarine shortage, Causes\nOne was the shortage of cottonseed oil, the main ingredient in the product. Cottonseed oil is used in lieu of corn or soybean oil, the traditional bases for margarine, which are not permitted to Ashkenazi Jews during Passover due to the laws of kitniyot. Cottonseed oil is a byproduct of cotton; because of the demand for corn-based ethanol, many farmers dropped their cotton crops in favor of more lucrative corn. Additionally, some of the previous manufacturers of Passover margarine discontinued producing the product after deciding it was not economically feasible. The process of cleansing a margarine plant to make it suitable for producing kosher-for-Passover margarine is complicated, and involves dismantling much of the equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198235-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Passover margarine shortage, Causes\nSome of the previous manufacturers felt it was no longer practical to undergo these procedures for a short-term project. Manischewitz and Mother's, two of the largest kosher margarine brands, were only able to provide limited amounts to the marketplace, which were often not in the popular stick form.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198235-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Passover margarine shortage, Impact\nThe margarine shortage affected home Passover baking. Dishes which comply with Passover rules are often somewhat lacking in taste, and for this reason margarine is a key ingredient in many Passover recipes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198235-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Passover margarine shortage, Impact\nSince the laws of kashrut mandate the separation of milk and meat, margarine is an important butter substitute in recipes that are served with meat meals. Some of the recipes that require large amounts of margarine include Passover desserts, such as cookies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198235-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Passover margarine shortage, Impact\nMany stores rationed the sales of margarine to customers by limiting the number of cases of margarine that could be purchased, and some stores required a minimum number of other items to be purchased.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198235-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Passover margarine shortage, Impact\nHaolam, a large manufacturer of kosher cheeses, was able to produce margarine for Passover to meet some of the demands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198235-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Passover margarine shortage, Other scarce items\nIn addition to margarine, matzo was also in short supply for the 2008 Passover season, as were the Tam Tam matzo crackers manufactured by Manischewitz. Possible reasons for the matzo shortage included business decisions by the Trader Joe's and Costco chains not to stock matzo for 2008, and manufacturing problems at Manischewitz that forced the company to withhold Tam Tams for the year, and to produce less matzo and none of the more strictly made shmurah matzo preferred by many traditional Jews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198236-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Patriot League Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Patriot League Baseball Tournament was held on consecutive weekends with the semifinals held May 10\u201311 and the finals May 16\u201317, 2008 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top four finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Fourth seeded Bucknell won their fourth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Jason Buursma of Bucknell was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198236-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Patriot League Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four, with the top seed hosting the fourth seed and second seed hosting the third. The visiting team was designated as the home team in the second game of each series. Army hosted Bucknell while Holy Cross visited Navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198237-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place on March 5, 2008 as a single-elimination tournament, with games being played at the higher seeds' home courts. The American University Eagles won the league's regular season, and received the number one seed in the tournament. They kept their home advantage throughout the tournament and defeated Colgate, 52\u201346, on March 14, 2008 to win the conference tournament and received the Patriot League's automatic bid for the 2008 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198237-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament, Before the tournament\nPrior to the season defending champion Holy Cross, was predicted to finish first in the league once again, while Bucknell, a team who had won a game in both the 2005 and 2006 NCAA Tournaments, was predicted to finish second. However the league was unpredictable, as both teams ended their conference regular seasons with a losing record. Lafayette started off strong in league play, but quickly fell by the wayside. American and Navy, teams predicted to finish fifth and seventh respectively, ended their seasons in first and second in the league, with American gaining home court advantage throughout the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198237-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket\nThe Patriot League announced the bracket and seed on March 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198238-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pattaya Women's Open\nThe 2008 Pattaya Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Pattaya Women's Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Pattaya, Thailand, from 2 February through 10 February 2008. First-seeded Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska won the singles title and earned $25,650 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198238-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pattaya Women's Open, Finals, Doubles\nYung-jan Chan /  Chia-jung Chuang defeated    Su-wei Hsieh /  Vania King, 6\u20134, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198239-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pattaya Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nNicole Pratt and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198239-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pattaya Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nChan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134, against Hsieh Su-wei and Vania King.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198240-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pattaya Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nSybille Bammer was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198240-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pattaya Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nAgnieszka Radwa\u0144ska won in the final 6\u20132, 1\u20136, 7\u20136(4), against Jill Craybas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198241-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Paul Hunter Classic\nThe 2008 Paul Hunter Classic was a pro\u2013am snooker tournament held in August 2008. Barry Pinches was the reigning champion, but he was eliminated in the last 32 by Shaun Murphy. Murphy went on to win the tournament, defeating Mark Selby 4\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198241-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Paul Hunter Classic, Tournament structure\nThe initial stage began with 40 groups of 4 players. The winners of each group advanced to the last 32 stage of the tournament, and the tournament runners-up moved to the last 64. Shaun Murphy was the only professional not to top his group, and thus had to play two matches more than the other professional players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198242-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pavel Roman Memorial\nThe 2008 Pavel Roman Memorial was the 14th edition of an annual international ice dancing competition held in Olomouc, Czech Republic. The event was held between November 14 and 16, 2008. Ice dancers competed in the senior, junior, and novice levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198243-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Peace Queen Cup\nThe 2008 Peace Queen Cup was the second edition of the Peace Queen Cup. It was held from 14 to 21 June 2008 in Suwon, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198244-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300\nThe 2008 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 was the seventeenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It took place on September 7, 2008. It was the last points race of the year. It was held at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Dixon held on to win his second IndyCar championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198245-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Peak Antifreeze Indy Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County was the fifteenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It took place on August 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198246-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pekan Olahraga Nasional\n2008 Pekan Olahraga National or the Indonesia National Games XVII were a major multi-sport event in Indonesia which took place in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, from 5\u201317 July 2008. A total of 7,946 athletes participated in the biggest-ever Pekan Olahraga Nasional and also the first on the island of Borneo. These games make Samarinda the second city to host Pekan Olahraga Nasional outside of the island of Java and Sumatra, after Makassar hosted the 1957 Pekan Olahraga Nasional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198246-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pekan Olahraga Nasional\nSamarinda was awarded the right to host the games over three competitors, Pekanbaru, Bandung, and Semarang. Later, Pekanbaru was chosen to be the host of eighteenth edition of the games in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198246-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, Mascots\nMascots for the games are three endangered species of the East Kalimantan province and also representing three elements: land, water, and air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198246-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, Co-hosts\nAlthough Samarinda is the main host for the games, several sports also played in other cities in East Kalimantan, they are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198247-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Peloponnese earthquake\nThe 2008 Peloponnese earthquake killed two people, injured more than 220 and left at least 2,000 people homeless in north western Peloponnese, Greece, on June 8. The earthquake hit the area at 1525 EET (1325 UTC), with a moment magnitude of 6.5, according to the Athens Geodynamic Institute. It was strongly felt as far away as in Athens and in parts of southern Italy. The US Geological Survey reported that the quake had a magnitude of 6.4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198247-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Peloponnese earthquake\nThe epicenter of the tremor was located about 15 miles (32\u00a0km) southwest of the Greek port city of Patras, at a depth of 16\u00a0km. Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos dispatched rescue and recovery teams (including members of five government agencies), the Red Cross and units of the army in order to assess the damage and the needs of survivors in the earthquake affected areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198247-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Peloponnese earthquake, Earthquake\nThe earthquake of June 8, 2008, was generated by stresses resulting from the motion of the small Aegean Sea plate southwest with respect to the Eurasia plate with a velocity of about 30\u00a0mm/y. The boundary between the Aegean plate and the Eurasia plate in central Greece is diffuse. Seismicity is concentrated in east-trending and northeast-trending zones of deformation. The east-trending zones are characterized by predominantly normal faulting. The northeast-trending zones are characterized by predominately strike-slip faulting earthquakes. The focal mechanism of the earthquake of June 8 is consistent with the shock having been caused by strike-slip faulting similar to that occurring within the northeast-trending zones. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the largest crustal earthquakes of central Greece have had magnitudes of about 7.2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 897]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198247-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Peloponnese earthquake, Earthquake, Damage\nAt least 1,156 buildings damaged or destroyed in the cities of Achaea and Elis. This earthquake generated enough power to cause damage to structures over an area of 2000 square kilometers. Although it was reportedly felt 350 kilometers away from the epicenter. Within the 2000 square kilometers of the damaged area many landslides and rockfalls took place. Heavily affected villages by this natural disaster were Portes, Santomeri and Valmi. Although there were occurrences of rockfalls and landslides as far away as on the island of Leukas. This island is located 100 kilometers away from the epicenter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198247-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Peloponnese earthquake, Earthquake, Damage\nThe villages of Portes and Santomeri are located at the foot of the mountain, Skollis Mountain. This is a mountain with very steep cliffs of loose rocks such as sandstone, and higher up there are cliffs of limestone. During the earthquake there was significant damage done to these cliffs of the Skollis Mountain. This damage resulted in rockslides and landslides. There is account of limestone rock falling from this mountain, which struck a house in the village of Santomeri and caused serious structural damage, but there were no casualties in this incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198247-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Peloponnese earthquake, Earthquake, Ground effects\nA search was conducted in order to locate any damage done to the Earth's surface in the form of surface ruptures. This search was heavily conducted in and around the Kato Achaea train station. The Kato Achaia Train station is located about four fifths of a kilometer from the coastline. This search took place two days after the incident of the earthquake. The search consisted of a mapping of the train station, discussion with a station operator, and a careful process of observing the ground. There was significant notable damage done to the rails of the station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198247-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Peloponnese earthquake, Earthquake, Ground effects\nIn the northern part of the station there was both compression and extension damage noted on the ground. This did damage to the Kato Achaia train station's rails. Although the rails were replaced before the inspection began. This was done to continue the operation of the station immediately after the earthquake occurred. On the southern side of the station there was obvious evidence of compression damage done to the rails. The movements of the Earth caused the southern rails to buckle together, making them unusable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198247-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Peloponnese earthquake, Aftermath\nThe villages of Santomeri and Portes have both been declared hazardous areas. They have been evacuated due to the damage done to the Skollis Mountain by the earthquake. The falling Limestone from the village is a major Hazard, and the government decided that no more risks are to be taken. Along with the evacuation, some of the damage done to the Kato Achaia train station has been repaired in the form of replaced rails within two days of the occurrence of the earthquake. This was to keep the train station in operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198248-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pembrokeshire County Council election\nElections to Pembrokeshire County Council were held on 1 May 2008. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, and to community council elections in Wales. There were also elections elsewhere in the United Kingdom", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198248-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pembrokeshire County Council election, Overview\nAll 60 council seats were up for election. The previous council was controlled by Independents as had been the case since the authority was formed in 1995. The Independents retained control in 2008 and Labour achieved its worst result of the four elections fought thus far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198248-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pembrokeshire County Council election, Results, Johnston\nKen Rowlands had been elected as a Labour candidate in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198248-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pembrokeshire County Council election, Results, Pembroke Monkton\nPeral Llewellyn was elected as a Labour candidate in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198248-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pembrokeshire County Council election, Results, Pembroke St Michael\nThe Conservative candidate had won the seat at a by-election in 2007 following the death of the previous member, John Allen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198248-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pembrokeshire County Council election, Results, Saundersfoot\nRosemary Hayes was one of the longest serving members of the Council, having represented Saundersfoot on the authority since 1995 and previously been the district councillor on the former South Pembrokeshire District Council for many years. Phil Baker had stood as a Liberal Democrat in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198248-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Pembrokeshire County Council election, Results, Scleddau\nAlwyn Luke was one of the longest serving members of the Council, having represented Scleddau on the authority since 1995 and previously been the district councillor on the former Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council for many years. David Williams had stood as a Liberal Democrat in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election\nThe 12th Penang election was held on 8 March 2008. Polling took place in 40 constituencies throughout the State of Penang, with each electing a State Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly. The election was conducted by the Malaysian Election Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election\nThe legislative body had been dissolved on 13 February by the Governor of Penang, Abdul Rahman Abbas, on the advice of the incumbent Chief Minister, Koh Tsu Koon, who also led the state's ruling coalition at the time, Barisan Nasional (BN). Opposing the BN was the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) alliance, which consisted of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), the People's Justice Party (PKR) and the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Electoral candidates were nominated on 24 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election\nThe election proved to be a watershed in Penang's history, as the BN was handed an unprecedented and shocking defeat by the PR, making the election the second time Penang's ruling party was voted out of power; the first was in 1969. The PR won 29 out of the 40 seats, gaining more than a two-thirds majority in the Penang State Legislative Assembly. The leader of the PR in Penang, Lim Guan Eng, was subsequently sworn into power as Penang's fourth Chief Minister on 11 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Background\nThe election was the 12th state election in the State of Penang since the independence of Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1957. The governing Barisan Nasional (BN) sought to secure their ninth consecutive term in office since 1974.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Background\nAccording to the Constitution of the State of Penang, the maximum term of the Penang State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of Penang, is five years from the date of the first sitting of Assembly following a state election, after which it is dissolved by operation of law. However, the Chief Minister, as the head of government in Penang, may advise the Governor, the head of state, to dissolve the Assembly before the five-year period is up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Background\nOn 13 February 2008, the Governor of Penang, Abdul Rahman Abbas, gave his consent to the incumbent Chief Minister of Penang, Koh Tsu Koon, to dissolve the Assembly; the dissolution of the Assembly was conducted simultaneously with the dissolution of the Malaysian Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Background\nA state election must be held within sixty days after the dissolution. Accordingly, the Malaysian Election Commission set 24 February as the nomination day and 8 March as the polling day, providing for a campaigning period of 13 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Background, Political parties\nThe Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition in Penang at the time, had been in power since 1955, although BN rule was briefly interrupted after the 1969 election when Gerakan, then an opposition party, seized power in the state; Gerakan subsequently joined the BN in 1973.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Background, Political parties\nPrior to the election, BN, which was led by the incumbent Chief Minister of Penang and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) leader, Koh Tsu Koon, controlled 38 out of the 40 state seats in the Penang State Legislative Assembly. BN was opposed by the informal Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition, which held the remaining two seats in the Assembly. PR was led by the secretary-general of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), Lim Guan Eng.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Background, Electoral divisions\nAll 40 state constituencies within Penang, which constitute the Penang State Legislative Assembly, were contested during the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Issues, Decline of Penang\nIn the preceding years, concerns had been raised over the perceived decline and neglect of Penang. Among the factors were the deteriorating cleanliness in George Town, incoherent urban planning, poor traffic management, the state's economic slowdown and persistent brain drain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Issues, Decline of Penang\nBy the early 2000s, Penang's economic growth began to lose steam, with the city-state recording the lowest monthly household income growth rate amongst the Malaysian states. Also in 2001, the Rent Control Act, which until then had protected the low-income residents within the George Town city centre from eviction by preventing any arbitrary hike in rents, was repealed. Consequently, the city centre was hollowed out, as residents and smaller businesses were unable to cope with the rental hikes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Issues, Decline of Penang\nThis led to the dilapidation of heritage buildings within the city centre, whilst private developers began demolishing pre-war buildings in the name of redevelopment. In addition, the decades of brain drain took its toll, as Penang suffered a shortage of professionals, who generally preferred to move to the Greater Kuala Lumpur area for business and employment opportunities. Poor urban planning and traffic management caused worsening traffic congestion, whilst George Town's garbage-strewn streets led to Penang being labelled a \"garbage state\" by Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Issues, Decline of Penang\nWidespread discontent over Penang's decline led to campaigns by Penang-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the national media to return the city-state to its former glory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Issues, Political infighting in Barisan Nasional\nPrior to the election, Koh Tsu Koon had stated his intention to resign as the Chief Minister of Penang, in order to stand for a position in the national Cabinet; during the election, Koh stood in the Batu Kawan parliamentary constituency. Subsequently, internal squabbles broke out within the Barisan Nasional (BN) over the next person to helm the position of the Chief Minister. While Koh picked Teng Hock Nam to succeed him as the Chief Minister, the then Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, preferred Teng Chang Yeow to succeed Koh. Other BN leaders who also contended for the position of the Chief Minister were Chia Kwang Chye and Lee Kah Choon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Issues, Political infighting in Barisan Nasional\nThe internal infighting, exacerbated by Koh's indecisiveness, adversely affected BN's campaign in Penang, as the coalition was unable to publicly declare its Chief Minister-designate. In addition, Koh's decision to run for a higher position in the Malaysian federal government was widely scorned; Penangites perceived Koh's party, Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, as being more interested in promoting its political ambitions in the national level instead of seeing to its constituents' needs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Issues, Corruption and maladministration\nAllegations of corrupt practices by the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration were also abound prior to the election. In early 2008, an online news portal alleged that the incumbent Chief Minister, Koh Tsu Koon, had spent RM10 billion to persuade Motorola to stay in Penang. While Koh initially refused comment, he finally admitted to the issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Issues, Corruption and maladministration\nThe BN administration was also condemned by Penang-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for steamrolling the Penang Global City Centre project, which was the brainchild of Partick Lim, a tycoon who maintained close ties with the then Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Despite opposition by the NGOs, the BN administration proceeded with the project by bypassing the Penang Island Municipal Council (now Penang Island City Council), thus eliminating any need for approval from the local government. The issue strengthened the perception that Chief Minister Koh, who led Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan), displayed utmost deference to the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the dominant party within the BN coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Issues, Corruption and maladministration\nBN's maladministration extended to Penang's two local governments - the Penang Island Municipal Council and the Seberang Perai Municipal Council - which were under the purview of the BN-controlled state government. Both local governments accrued large annual deficits in the preceding years, but more so for the Seberang Perai Municipal Council, which had its lavish headquarters near Bukit Mertajam completed in 2006. Despite this, the Seberang Perai Municipal Council was led by UMNO-appointed councillors, which gave it better access to the UMNO-dominated Malaysian federal government, whereas the Penang Island Municipal Council, headed by Gerakan appointees, did not enjoy such a benefit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Campaign\nThe Barisan Nasional (BN) administration in Penang, plagued by various crises, sought to appeal to the clamour of change by employing the slogan \"keep reinventing\". Even so, the BN had the advantage of incumbency and the backing of the UMNO-led Malaysian federal government. By contrast, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition, which lacked the resources available to its opponent, launched its theme \"just change it\", heralding a more aggressive campaign to overthrow the BN-controlled state government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Campaign, Social media\nDue to Barisan Nasional's control of the traditional mainstream media, including newspapers, television and radio, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR), led by the Democratic Action Party (DAP), turned to other methods of reaching out to voters. The election was notable for being the first election that was influenced by the alternative media, such as websites, blogs and news portals. The Internet played a vital role in PR's campaign, by allowing critics of the BN administration to air their views on issues which had been deliberately ignored by the mainstream media. The DAP sought to tap into its booming online presence by nominating Jeff Ooi, a blogger, as its candidate for the Jelutong parliamentary constituency on Penang Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Campaign, Social media\nOwing to the increasing use of mobile phones, the short messaging service (SMS) was also put to use to disseminate information regarding PR rallies during the campaigning period. In addition, voters could register their phone numbers at DAP offices to receive campaign information via SMS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Campaign, Rallies\nBoth political coalitions held rallies, known in Malay as ceramah, throughout the state during the campaigning period just prior to the polling day. Pakatan Rakyat (PR) rallies, in particular, drew massive turnouts and generated a sizeable sum of donations. By contrast, Barisan Nasional (BN) rallies attracted very few attendees, so much so that some were reportedly cancelled due to the sheer lack of audience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Campaign, Rallies\nOn 1 March 2008, a PR rally was held at the Han Chiang College in George Town. Among the key speakers in the rally were Lim Guan Eng, Karpal Singh, Jeff Ooi and Anwar Ibrahim. A 10,000-strong crowd attended the rally, which also broke the record for the highest amount of donation collected at that point; RM38,000 were collected during the rally. The rally at Han Chiang College was surpassed only a few days later, when on 6 March, more than 60,000 people thronged the same venue for another PR rally, during which over RM133,000 were collected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Results\nThe polling on 8 March 2008 was closed by 5.00 p.m. Malaysian time, and was immediately followed by the counting of votes. Preliminary results, streamed online by Malaysiakini, indicated that the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) was in the lead. Unofficial results continued to trickle in throughout the evening as seat after seat, beginning with Pulau Tikus, fell to the PR. By 9.00 p.m., the Malaysian Election Commission confirmed that the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PR, won all of the 19 state constituencies it was contesting in Penang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Results\nThe outgoing Chief Minister of Penang and the state's Barisan Nasional (BN) leader, Koh Tsu Koon, immediately informed the Governor of Penang, Abdul Rahman Abbas, of the electoral results and subsequently called Penang DAP chairman, Chow Kon Yeow, to congratulate him. At 11.45 p.m., Koh publicly conceded defeat in a televised press conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Results\nAt 12.30 a.m. on 9 March, the top leaders of the PR, led by Lim Guan Eng, held a press conference at the Red Rock Hotel in George Town. Lim thanked Penangites for \"allowing the opposition parties to form the Penang state government\", and announced that the DAP would form the new state government in cooperation with the People's Justice Party (PKR) and the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Results\n\"DAP wishes to state that we will form the next Penang state government in cooperation and coalition with PKR, a government for all Malaysians, embracing Malays, Chinese, Indians and other races... We also hope that the PAS elected wakil rakyat (State Assemblyman) can help this new government.\" - Lim Guan Eng", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Results\nDuring the night, the elected PR State Assemblymen were instructed to remain indoors for fear of reprisals by BN extremists, with their mobile phones kept away to prevent any of the State Assemblymen from being bought over by the BN. PR supporters were also told not to hold street celebrations to prevent any outbreak of post-election violence. PR politicians wished to avoid a repeat of the 1969 race riots in Kuala Lumpur, which occurred after the General Election that year. For similar reasons, Lim Kit Siang, a DAP politician who was in Ipoh at the time, immediately despatched bodyguards over to Lim Guan Eng in Penang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Results\nThe election marked the second time the incumbent Penang state government was voted out of power; the first was in 1969. For the first time ever, BN's component parties, Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), lost all their state constituencies and were wiped out of Penang's political scene altogether. The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), BN's dominant party, became the sole BN party remaining in Penang, securing 11 seats; UMNO thus formed the opposition within the state. Meanwhile, the PR swept 29 out of the 40 seats that form the Penang State Legislative Assembly, winning more than a two-thirds majority in the legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Aftermath\nThe elected Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng, met his predecessor, Koh Tsu Koon, in the Office of the Chief Minister of Penang inside Komtar in George Town on 9 March 2008, promising a smooth transition of power. Lim was sworn in as the Chief Minister in the presence of the Governor of Penang, Abdul Rahman Abbas, at the latter's official residence, The Residency, in George Town at 10.05 a.m. on 11 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Aftermath\nChief Minister Lim's first task in office was to waive all summonses and parking tickets issued by both the Penang Island Municipal Council and the Seberang Perai Municipal Council before March 2008. He also began instituting the CAT policy (Competency, Accountability and Transparency) in the Penang state government; in an unprecedented move, Chief Minister Lim himself took to answering questions posed to him online and via press conferences. The CAT policy entails the adoption of the open tender system for state government contracts and projects, to avoid corruption and to promote transparency. Lavish expenses made by the previous state government were cut down as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Aftermath\nIn addition, one of the major initiatives of the new PR-led Penang state government was to abolish the controversial New Economic Policy, which had been implemented throughout Malaysia by the Barisan Nasional since 1971. The decision, which was aimed at refocusing the state government's efforts towards eradicating poverty regardless of ethnicity, was agreed upon by the People's Justice Party (PKR), with the party's leader, Anwar Ibrahim, pledging to \"stop this practice of awarding tenders, projects and privatisation to family-related companies and cronies only at states where we are in charge\". BN extremists, particularly those from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), subsequently held a protest outside Komtar on 14 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198249-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Penang state election, Aftermath\nFollowing the drastic change in Malaysia's political landscape, Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, visited Penang and met Chief Minister Lim on 13 June 2009. During the visit, Lee remarked on Penang's poorly-maintained infrastructure at the time and opined that one term was inadequate for Chief Minister Lim to implement the necessary changes within Penang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198250-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pendle Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198250-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pendle Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Liberal Democrats held control of the council with 28 seats, but a loss of 4 seats would mean they lost their majority. 17 seats were contested in the election, with the Liberal Democrats defending 12, the Conservatives 4 and Labour 1 seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198250-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pendle Borough Council election, Background\n5 councillors stood down at the election, 2 Liberal Democrats from Bradley and Walverden wards, 2 Conservatives from Earby and Reedley and Labour's David Whalley from Vivary Bridge ward. Councillors who were defending seats included the leader of the council, Liberal Democrat Alan Davies, in Boulsworth, deputy mayor Marjorie Adams in Coates ward and the chairman of the Nelson committee David Foster in Clover Hill. The only candidates standing in the election not from the 3 main parties, were 4 from the British National Party and 2 independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198250-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pendle Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe election saw complaints of voting fraud involving postal voting, leading to a police investigation and the matter being raised in Parliament by the local Member of Parliament Gordon Prentice. These allegations involved both the Liberal Democrat parliament candidate for Pendle constituency Afzal Anwar and Labour councillor Mohammed Tariq, after multiple postal votes were registered at their addresses. Both men denied doing anything and were supported by their parties, saying everyone registered at the addresses were entitled to vote. The police dropped the enquiry after concluding that there had been no wrongdoing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198250-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pendle Borough Council election, Campaign\nDuring the campaign the national Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg visited Pendle to support his party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198250-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pendle Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Liberal Democrats lost their majority on the council after suffering a net loss of 8 seats. Defeated councillors for the Liberal Democrats included the leader of the council Alan Davies in Boulsworth, Nelson Committee chairman David Foster in Clover Hill, Shelley Franklin in Craven, Frank Wren in Brierfield and Judith Robinson in Southfield. The Liberal Democrats blamed their defeats on a targeted campaign by the Conservatives, while the Conservatives said the \"tide is now turning towards us\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198250-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Pendle Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Labour and Conservative parties both made significant gains from the Liberal Democrats. However Labour did lose one seat back to the Liberal Democrats in Vivary Bridge and the Conservatives lost a seat in Marsden to the British National Party. There was also a success for an independent candidate, with Glenn Whittaker taking Craven from the Liberal Democrats. These results meant the Liberal Democrats held 20 seats, the Conservatives 16, Labour 10, British National Party 2 as well as 1 independent. Overall turnout in the election was 41.58%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198250-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Pendle Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the parties held talks on control of the council with reports that an agreement between the Conservative and Labour parties to take over from the Liberal Democrats was possible. However these were not successful and the new leader of the Liberal Democrats group, John David, became leader of the council at the head of a minority administration, after an 18-17 vote at the council meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198251-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn Quakers football team\nThe 2008 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the 132nd season of play for the Quakers. The team was led by Al Bagnoli, in his 17th season as head coach. The Quakers played their home games at historic Franklin Field on the university campus in Philadelphia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team\nThe 2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Previous season\nThe 2007 season began with the Nittany Lions ranked No. 17 in the AP and No. 18 in the Coaches' preseason polls, ranked as high as No. 10 at one point. The team dropped out of the rankings with back to back losses to Michigan and Illinois, regained a poll ranking after consecutive blowouts, then dropped out of the polls again after losing to Ohio State, but finished the season ranked No. 25 in the Coaches Poll with a final record of 9\u20134, including a victory over the Texas A&M Aggies in the 2007 Alamo Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason\nPrior to the end of the previous season, linebacker Sean Lee announced his plans to return for his senior season. However, Lee tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during practice and was sidelined for the entire season. Lee used his available redshirt and plans to return in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason\nIn January, junior cornerback Justin King announced that he was going to declare for the 2008 NFL Draft, skipping his final year of eligibility. King had graduated the previous semester with a degree in liberal arts with an emphasis in sports management. According to King's stepfather and high school coach, \"He wanted to get an education and a degree from Penn State, which he did. He wanted to help turn Penn State around, and he did that, too.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason\nDespite the injury, Lee was named one of the team's captains for 2008. Also elected captains by their teammates were center A. Q. Shipley, receiver Derrick Williams, safety Anthony Scirrotto and defensive end Josh Gaines. All five are seniors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Recruiting class\nThe Nittany Lions received 14 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Spring practice\nA record crowd of 73,000 fans attended the annual Blue-White scrimmage at Beaver Stadium on April 19, surpassing the previous year's record of 71,000. The Blue squad won 27\u201314. Redshirt freshman running back Stephfon Green opened up the scoring for White, taking his first handoff 57 yards for a touchdown. Green finished the game with 87 yards on 12 carries, a 7.2 yard per carry average. Tight end Andrew Szczerba was the game's leading receiver, catching five passes for 65 yards in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Spring practice\nIn the quarterback competition, both Daryll Clark and Pat Devlin rotated between the first, second and third teams. Overall, Clark finished 9 of 16 for 106 yards and two scores, including a 33-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Williams. Devlin was 12 of 18 for 122 yards and a 22-yard touchdown pass to backup receiver Graham Zug.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Spring practice\nOn defense, sophomore Aaron Maybin tied for a game-high six tackles, including 3.5 sacks for the White team. Sophomore Ollie Ogbu led the Blue with six tackles and two sacks. Redshirt freshman linebacker Nate Stupar also had six tackles. Sophomore linebacker Chris Colasanti had four stops and forced and recovered a fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Suspensions\nFive players were suspended prior to spring drills for their involvement in an October 7 fight at the HUB-Robeson Center during the previous season, including defensive tackle Chris Baker, linebacker NaVorro Bowman, defensive back Knowledge Timmons, defensive tackle Phil Taylor, and receiver Chris Bell. Tight end Andrew Quarless became the sixth player suspended after a DUI incident in March. Bell was later kicked off the team after brandishing a knife at a teammate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Suspensions\nFollowing spring practice, Baker, Bowman, Quarless, Timmons and Taylor were allowed to rejoin and work out with the team. Baker was sentenced to two years probation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Suspensions\nESPN's Outside the Lines aired a story on the legal troubles of the Penn State football team on July 27, 2008. The story detailed the increased number of PSU football players that have been arrested during the past few years. Among the statistics presented in the story was that 46 different players since 2002 have been charged with a combined 163 counts that have resulted in 27 players pleading guilty to 45 crimes. Three days after the story aired, Paterno dismissed Baker and Taylor, apparently after another off-campus incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Schedule\nPenn State did not play Big Ten teams Northwestern and Minnesota this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, August 30: Coastal Carolina\nSophomore tailback Evan Royster ran for three touchdowns and 64 yards on eight carries, and redshirt freshman Stephfon Green gained 89 yards on ten carries including two scores to help the Nittany Lions defeat the Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina 66\u201310. Penn State has won seven straight season openers. After Trent Usher provided the Chanticleers' lone touchdown on a 33-yard reception to cut Penn State's lead to 14\u20137 early in the second quarter, Derrick Williams scored on an 89-yard kickoff return en route to a 38\u20137 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, August 30: Coastal Carolina\nMany reserves saw action in the second half, including Chaz Powell's 55-yard touchdown run, and freshman Brandon Beachum's 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for the Nittany Lions' final touchdown. After Darryl Clark and Pat Devlin split quarterback duties in the first three quarters, Penn State subbed in Paul Cianciolo for the 4th. Coastal Carolina kicked a field goal as time expired for the final score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, August 30: Coastal Carolina\nDefensively for Penn State, Tyrell Sales led the defense with seven tackles, while Aaron Maybin had two sacks. Bani Gbadyu snagged his first career interception. Twenty-eight Nittany Lions recorded at least one tackle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, August 30: Coastal Carolina\nThe win tied Joe Paterno with Florida State's Bobby Bowden atop the career wins list among major college coaches with his 373rd win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 6: Oregon State\nIn the week leading up to the game, a campus police search turned up a small amount of marijuana in an on-campus apartment home to defensive end Maurice Evans, defensive tackle Abe Koroma, tight end Andrew Quarless and cornerback A. J. Wallace. Coach Paterno later announced that Evans, Koroma and Quarless would not play against Oregon State. Wallace was allowed to return to practice, according to Paterno, \"Wallace was not part of that.\" In an unrelated incident, cornerback Willie Harriott was dismissed from the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 86], "content_span": [87, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 6: Oregon State\nDespite the off-field distractions, the Nittany Lions rolled to a 35\u20137 halftime lead en route to a 45\u201314 win in their first ever meeting with the Beavers. Sophomore tailback Evan Royster ran for a career-high 141 yards on seventeen carries and three touchdowns. Daryll Clark's 276 total yards of offense (215 yards passing, 61 yards rushing) helped Penn State total 454 yards of offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 86], "content_span": [87, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 6: Oregon State\nLinebackers Tyrell Sales and NaVorro Bowman both recorded ten tackles each, both career-highs. Linebacker Josh Hull and safety Mark Rubin both made their first career interceptions. Junior defensive end Jerome Hayes, making his first career start in place of the suspended Evans, was lost for the remainder of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee. Hayes missed the latter half of the 2007 season with a torn ACL in his right knee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 86], "content_span": [87, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 6: Oregon State\nFor his performance, Royster was named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 86], "content_span": [87, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 13: Syracuse\nThe Nittany Lions defeated their old rivals 55\u201313 in their first meeting since the series was last played in 1990. Each of Penn State's three quarterbacks threw touchdown passes. Daryll Clark finished 10 of 21 for 163 yards and two touchdowns, Pat Devlin was 8 of 13 for 130 yards and two touchdowns, and Paul Cianciolo was 2 of 4 for 51 yards and a score. Receivers Jordan Norwood and Deon Butler both had over 100 yards receiving and two touchdowns apiece. Kevin Kelly kicked a 52-yard field goal just before halftime, the second-longest of his career, and backup kicker Collin Wagner kicked a 43-yard field goal late in the third quarter, his first career field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 13: Syracuse\nThe Nittany Lion defense held the Orange offense without a first down until early in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 20: Temple\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, the Nittany Lions scored three touchdowns in the first six minutes of the second quarter en route to a 31\u20130 halftime lead. The Penn State defense held the Owls to only 138 yards of total offense, including only 16 yards on the ground. In contrast, the Nittany Lions totaled 546 of offense, highlighted by Stephfon Green's 132 rushing yards including a 69-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 20: Temple\nSophomore linebacker NaVorro Bowman, in his first start, recorded eleven tackles, including five tackles for loss and three sacks, a forced fumble and an interception. Bowman was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 20: Temple\nThe win, combined with Florida State's loss to Wake Forest, gave Paterno sole possession of the career record for most wins by a Division I FBS coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 27: Illinois\nThe Nittany Lions defeated the Fighting Illini 38\u201324 in a nationally televised, prime time, \"White Out\" game, earning their first win over a ranked opponent this season and their first victory over a ranked opponent in a conference opener since joining the Big Ten. Illinois jumped out to a 14\u20137 lead, becoming the first team to take a lead on the Nittany Lions and the first to score points against them in the first quarter this season. However, the Nittany Lions responded with two touchdowns en route to a 21\u201314 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 27: Illinois\nThe Illini wouldn't score again until kicking a field goal on the final play of the third quarter after recovering a Stephfon Green fumble, but Derrick Williams returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown. Penn State was 4 of 4 in the red zone and was penalized only once for 10 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 27: Illinois\nThe Illini's 24 points were the most allowed by Penn State this season as were their 189 total rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 27: Illinois\nDerrick Williams is the first player under Paterno to score a rushing, receiving, and a kick return touchdown in the same game. His career-high 241 all-purpose yards (33 rushing, 75 receiving and 133 on kick returns) are the most by a Nittany Lion since Larry Johnson gained 289 yards versus Michigan State in 2002. Williams was selected the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 4: Purdue\nPenn State defeated the Boilermakers 20\u20136 in their last matchup against Purdue coach Joe Tiller, who is retiring after this season. The Nittany Lions outgained Purdue 422 to 241 in total offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 4: Purdue\nDaryll Clark completed 18 of 26 passes for 226 yards and a ran for a touchdown\u2014a quarterback sneak on 4th-and-goal in the second quarter for the first points of the game. Running back Evan Royster ran for 141 yards and a touchdown and also caught four passes for 53 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 4: Purdue\nPurdue quarterback Curtis Painter finished 13 of 22 for 112 yards but was replaced by backup Joey Elliott after throwing an interception to Nittany Lions safety Drew Astorino. Purdue kicker Chris Summers missed all three of his kick attempts\u2014two field goal attempts and an extra point attempt. Running back Kory Sheets' fourth-quarter touchdown on Purdue's last possession of the game was Purdue's first offensive touchdown against Penn State since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 11: Wisconsin\nDaryll Clark ran for two touchdowns and threw for one to Deon Butler in Penn State's 48\u20137 win over the Badgers in Camp Randall Stadium, handing them their worst home loss since 1989. Derrick Williams returned a punt for a touchdown, Evan Royster and backup quarterback Pat Devlin scored touchdowns on short runs, and Kevin Kelly kicked two field goals for the Nittany Lions. Penn State was penalized only once for 10 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 11: Wisconsin\nClark was 16 of 25 passing for a career-high 244 yards and a touchdown, and also ran for a pair of scores for the first time in his career. He was named Big Ten's Offensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 11: Wisconsin\nDefensive end Aaron Maybin, making only his fifth career start, was named Big Ten's Co-Defensive Player of the Week. Maybin recorded six tackles, a career-high 3.5 tackles-for-loss, a sack, two forced fumbles and a pass break-up. Maybin also stripped Badgers quarterback Allen Evridge late in the first half deep in Badgers territory, which was recovered by linebacker Josh Hull. Lydell Sargeant intercepted two passes, his first interceptions of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 18: Michigan\nIn front of the fourth-largest crowd in Beaver Stadium history, the Nittany Lions ended a nine-game losing streak to the Wolverines, dating back to 1997. Michigan tallied 204 yards of offense and scored on their first three possessions to take a 17\u20137 lead early in the second quarter. Daryll Clark's touchdown pass to Jordan Norwood late in the first half cut Michigan's lead to 17\u201314. Despite trailing at halftime for the first time this season, the Nittany Lion offense would outscore the Wolverines 32\u20130 in the second half and the defense made key halftime adjustments to limit the Wolverines to only 87 yards the remainder of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 18: Michigan\nClark finished 18 of 31 for 171 yards and a touchdown and also ran for 45 yards and two one-yard touchdowns, but lost a fumble on Penn State's second drive which led to a Wolverine field goal. Evan Royster ran for a career-high 174 yards on eighteen carries for a 9.7 yard per carry average, including a 44-yard touchdown for Penn State's first points. Deon Butler had a season-high eight receptions for 105 yards, his fourth-career 100-yard game. Stephfon Green took a screen pass from Pat Devlin and outran the Wolverines defense 80 yards for the Nittany Lions' final score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 18: Michigan\nLinebacker NaVorro Bowman led the defense with eleven tackles. Defensive tackle Jared Odrick made a career-high six stops, with 2.5 tackles for loss, but his biggest play occurred with 4:39 remaining in the third quarter when he sacked Michigan quarterback Nick Sheridan, who was playing in place of the injured Steven Threet, in the end zone for a safety and Penn State's first lead of the game, 19\u201317. Aaron Maybin finished with four tackles, including a sack of Threet that forced a fumble, which was recovered by Abe Koroma and led to a Penn State touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 18: Michigan\nKicker Kevin Kelly made three field goals and five extra points to become the Big Ten's all-time leader in career kick scoring (376 career points) and was named the Big Ten's Special Teams Player of the Week. Odrick's sack for a safety was named the Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 25: Ohio State\nFor the fourth straight year, ESPN's College GameDay crew broadcast from the site of the Penn State\u2013Ohio State match-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 25: Ohio State\nIn front of an Ohio Stadium-record crowd of 105,711, the Nittany Lions got their first win at Ohio State since 1978 by defeating the Buckeyes 13\u20136 in a game where both offenses were held below their season averages. The turning point of the game occurred early in the fourth quarter with Ohio State holding a three-point lead and facing a 3rd-and-1. Safety Mark Rubin tackled Buckeyes quarterback Terrelle Pryor and forced a fumble recovered by linebacker NaVorro Bowman. Backup quarterback Pat Devlin, in for an injured Daryll Clark, scored on a quarterback sneak for the only touchdown of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 25: Ohio State\nAfter Kevin Kelly's second field goal, the Buckeyes last drive was ended with an interception by cornerback Lydell Sargeant at the goal line, Pryor's second turnover of the game. The Buckeyes were limited to their lowest point total in Ohio Stadium since 1982, and the Nittany Lions were charged with zero penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 25: Ohio State\nClark completed 12 of 20 passes for 121 yards before leaving. Devlin only attempted one pass, which drew a pass interference flag. Evan Royster had 77 yards on 19 carries. The Nittany Lions defense held the Buckeyes running game in check, holding Pryor to six yards on nine attempts, and Chris \"Beanie\" Wells to 55 yards on 22 carries. Rubin led the defense with a career-high eleven tackles and the forced fumble, and Bowman had ten tackles and the fumble recovery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 25: Ohio State\nRubin's forced fumble was voted the week's Pontiac Game Changing Performance with an overwhelming 53 percent of the total votes, and Rubin was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation Defensive Player of the Week and the Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Week. The team was named the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week by the Football Writers Association of America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 25: Ohio State\nKelly's two field goals moved him into a first place tie for made field goals (72) in Big Ten history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 25: Ohio State\nThe win earned the seventh-largest regular season primetime audience ever on ABC. It was the second-highest of the 2008 college football season, drawing a larger audience than Game 3 of the 2008 World Series played on the same evening. Despite being an away game, thousands of Penn State students and fans rioted in the streets of State College following the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 8: Iowa\nPenn State was handed their only loss of the regular season when Iowa kicked a 31-yard field goal with :01 remaining to win the game, 24\u201323. Iowa began their game-winning drive at their own 15-yard line following a Tyler Sash interception of a Daryll Clark pass. It was only Clark's third interception of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 8: Iowa\nDerrick Williams was a multidimensional threat: taking several direct snaps from a variant of the Wildcat formation, rushing for 53 yards and a touchdown on twelve carries, and completing his first career pass (23 yards to tight end Mickey Shuler). Running back Evan Royster picked up 90 yards and a touchdown on a career-high twenty-six carries, becoming the 12th Nittany Lion to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Receiver Deon Butler had three catches, moving him into a tie with Bobby Engram for the career receptions leader at Penn State (167). Kevin Kelly set the Big Ten record for career field goals with his 24-yarder in the first quarter, topping Mike Nugent's previous record of 72. Kelly has kicked field goals in a school-record 30 consecutive games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 840]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 8: Iowa\nPenn State's defense limited the Iowa offense to 272 yards and forced two turnovers but allowed the Hawkeyes to drive 41 yards and into field goal range on the game's final drive, aided by an Anthony Scirrotto pass interference call on 3rd-and-15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 15: Indiana\nPenn State overcame a sluggish first half to preserve their perfect record over the Hoosiers with a 34\u20137 victory. The Nittany Lions overcame three Daryll Clark turnovers, who threw for 240 yards and two touchdowns. Receiver Deon Butler had five receptions for 56 yards and a touchdown, becoming Penn State's career receptions leader with 172, passing Bobby Engram (167). Derrick Williams accumulated 164 all-purpose yards, the second-highest total of his career. Williams ran for a career-high 61 yards on four carries, including a career-long 36-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. His 39-yard touchdown catch was his longest career reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 15: Indiana\nThe defense held Indiana to 180 yards of total offense and only six first downs, the fewest Penn State has ever allowed in a Big Ten game. Linebacker Josh Hull led all tacklers with seven, including his first career sack. The only points allowed came on a Marcus Thigpen 57-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter to tie the game 7\u20137. Kevin Kelly later kicked a field goal to give the Lions a 10\u20137 lead at halftime. In the second half, the Nittany Lions defense would only give up 36 yards and one first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 22: Michigan State\nOn Senior Day, the Nittany Lions clinched a Rose Bowl BCS bid and a share of the Big Ten championship with a 49\u201318 victory over the Spartans. In snowy weather conditions, Daryll Clark threw for career-highs of 341 yards and four touchdowns. The offensive line, led by seniors A. Q. Shipley, Gerald Cadogan, Mike Lucian and Rich Ohrnberger, and senior fullback Dan Lawlor paved the way for Penn State's 557 yards of total offense. Senior receiver Jordan Norwood had five receptions for a career-high 127 yards. Fellow senior Deon Butler tallied 133 yards on three receptions, all resulting in touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 22: Michigan State\nEntering the game, Spartans running back Javon Ringer was third in the NCAA in rushing averaging 140.7 yards per game, but the Penn State defense held Ringer to a season-low 42 yards. Senior Mark Rubin led all Penn State tacklers with eight. Senior defensive backs Lydell Sargeant and Anthony Scirrotto each had one interception, with Scirrotto's leading to a Derrick Williams 32-yard touchdown on the next offensive play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 22: Michigan State\nThe win was the 800th in Penn State history. The Nittany Lions are the sixth school to reach 800 wins, joining Michigan (872), Notre Dame (830), Texas (830), Nebraska (815) and Ohio State (808).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 22: Michigan State\nClark was named the Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, January 1, 2009: USC (Rose Bowl)\nFor the first time since 2004, the Big Ten and Pac-10 champs met in the Rose Bowl. During the years in between, one or the other was in the BCS national championship. However, the last time USC and Penn State met in a bowl game, Penn State was still an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 93], "content_span": [94, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, January 1, 2009: USC (Rose Bowl)\nAfter a close first quarter, USC scored 24 unanswered second quarter points en route to a 31\u20137 halftime lead. A possible fumble in Penn State's favor was negated by an offsides penalty and Stephon Green's fumble just before halftime led to the final USC touchdown. The second half was more in Penn State's favor. USC continued their pass-heavy gameplan, but Penn State adjusted and was able to outscore USC 17\u20137 in the second half. Penn State cut the lead to 38\u201324 with 4 and 1/2 minutes left, but their first attempt to cut further into the lead was immediately intercepted. However, USC's next punt went sailing over the punter and Penn State recovered, giving Penn State the ball at the USC 14, but it was also intercepted. With the loss, Penn State moved to 1\u20132 in Rose Bowls and 1\u20131 under Joe Paterno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 93], "content_span": [94, 900]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, January 1, 2009: USC (Rose Bowl)\nAfter taking over for an injured Evan Royster in the second quarter, backup tailback Stephfon Green finished with 57 yards on 10 carries and was the Nittany Lions' leading receiver with five catches for 67 yards. Green left the game in the fourth quarter after sustaining what appeared to be a sprained right ankle. However, tests conducted after the team returned home revealed that Green sustained broken bones in his right leg and ankle and would require surgery to help repair the bones. Green is expected out of action for up to three months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 93], "content_span": [94, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season\nPenn State finished the season ranked number 8 in both the final AP and Coaches college football polls, earning Penn State its 22nd Top 10 finish under Joe Paterno. It's the 34th final top 25 ranking under Paterno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season\nPenn State finished second in football attendance for the sixth time this decade and in the top four for the 18th consecutive year, averaging 108,254 for seven home games, including crowds of 110,017 on homecoming to watch Penn State host Michigan, the fourth-largest in Beaver Stadium history, and 109,845  to watch Penn State beat Michigan State and clinch the Big Ten title, the seventh-largest in Beaver Stadium history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season\nIn December, backup quarterback Pat Devlin decided to transfer from Penn State and would not play in the Rose Bowl. Devlin appeared in ten games for the Nittany Lions, passing for 459 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. Devlin later committed to Delaware, a Division I FCS school, where he will have two years of eligibility left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season\nIn January, redshirt sophomore defensive end Aaron Maybin announced that he was skipping his final two seasons of eligibility and declared for the 2009 NFL Draft. Junior defensive end Maurice Evans, despite losing his starting position and playing time to Maybin due to a three-game suspension for marijuana possession, also declared for the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season\nAfter the Rose Bowl, defensive line coach Larry Johnson, Sr. interviewed with Illinois head coach Ron Zook to become the Illini's defensive coordinator. While many anticipated Johnson to take the job, in the end Johnson decided to stay at his current position at Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season\nEight players were invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, held February 18\u201324 in Indianapolis: Deon Butler, Gerald Cadogan, Maurice Evans, Aaron Maybin, Jordan Norwood, Lydell Sargeant, A. Q. Shipley and Derrick Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season, NFL draft\nFive Penn State players were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198252-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season, NFL draft\nAlong with the five players selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, nine other players have signed with NFL teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198253-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Attorney General election\nThe Pennsylvania Attorney General election of 2008 was held on November 4, 2008. The primary election was held on April 22. As of 2021, this is the last time a Republican was elected Attorney General of Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198253-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Attorney General election, Candidates\nIncumbent Republican Tom Corbett of Shaler Township was unopposed in the Republican Party, as he ran for a second term. Democrat John Morganelli of Bethlehem also was unopposed; the Northampton County District Attorney had been defeated in his party's primary for this position in both 2000 and 2004. Morganelli attempted to cast himself as a conservative Democrat, and he has shown a strong opposition to illegal immigration; he has testified on this issue before the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. Libertarian Marakay Rogers, who also ran for governor in 2006 was the third candidate in the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198253-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Attorney General election, Result\nOn November 4, 2008, Tom Corbett won the Pennsylvania State Attorney General position in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198254-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Auditor General election\nThe Pennsylvania Auditor General Election, 2008 was held on Election Day. Incumbent Democrat Jack Wagner of Pittsburgh was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Republican Chet Beiler, a construction executive from Penn Township, Lancaster County, was also unopposed for the Republican nomination after primary opponent Chris Walsh withdrew from the race, citing problems with his nomination petitions. Wagner had previously served as a State Senator, while Beiler had no prior political experience, but was a manufacturing executive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary was held on April 22 by the Pennsylvania Department of State in which voters chose their preference for the Democratic Party's candidate for the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters also chose the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's candidates for various state and local offices. The selected candidates will be placed on the ballot of the 2008 General Election on November 4. The Democratic primary was part of a General Primary that also included the 2008 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary\nThe Democratic primary was open to registered Democrats only. Polls opened at 7am and closed at 8pm. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were the only candidates on the ballot for President of the United States. The primary was considered to be a \"must win\" for Clinton, who defeated Obama, but by a smaller margin than hoped for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nThe Pennsylvania Democratic Party sent a total of 187 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of those delegates, 158 were pledged, and 29 were unpledged. All of the 158 pledged delegates were allocated (pledged) to vote for a particular candidate at the National Convention according to the results of the Pennsylvania Presidential Primary. The 29 unpledged delegates were popularly called \"superdelegates\" because their vote represented their personal decisions, whereas the regular delegates' votes represented the collective decision of many voters. The superdelegates were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nThe 158 pledged delegates were further divided into 103 district delegates and 55 statewide delegates. The 103 district delegates were divided among Pennsylvania's 19 Congressional Districts and were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the primary results in each district. The 55 statewide delegates were divided into 35 at-large delegates and 20 Party Leaders and Elected Officials (abbreviated PLEOs). They were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the preference of the delegates at the State Committee meeting on June 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nOf the 29 unpledged delegates, 26 were selected in advance and 3 were selected at the State Committee meeting. The delegates selected in advance were 13 Democratic National Committee members, the 11 Democratic U.S. Representatives from Pennsylvania, Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Casey Jr., and Democratic Governor Ed Rendell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Importance of Pennsylvania\nThe primary was the first time since 1976 that Pennsylvania played a major role in a presidential nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Importance of Pennsylvania, Importance of Pennsylvania for Clinton\nAs the race continued to Pennsylvania, Indiana, and North Carolina, many observers had concluded that Clinton had little chance to overcome Obama's lead in pledged delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 117], "content_span": [118, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Importance of Pennsylvania, Importance of Pennsylvania for Clinton\nFormer President Bill Clinton highlighted the importance of the state for the Clinton campaign saying on March 11 at an event in Western Pennsylvania that \"If she wins a big, big victory in Pennsylvania, I think it'll give her a real big boost going into the next primaries... I think she's got to win a big victory in Pennsylvania. I think if she does, she can be nominated, but it's up to you.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 117], "content_span": [118, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Importance of Pennsylvania, Importance of Pennsylvania for Clinton\nThis was a repetition of his tactic before March 4, warning supporters that his wife might not be able to continue if she did not win Ohio and Texas. Hillary Clinton emphasized that Pennsylvania was something of a home state for her, as her father came from Scranton, Pennsylvania, she and her brothers were christened there and had vacationed near there each summer, and her brothers still maintained the family cottage near there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 117], "content_span": [118, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Importance of Pennsylvania, Importance of Pennsylvania to Obama\nOn March 18, 2008 Barack Obama chose Philadelphia as the site to deliver his much-anticipated \"A More Perfect Union\" speech dealing with the race and the controversy surrounding his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 114], "content_span": [115, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Campaign, Obama's \"Road to Change\" bus tour\nObama started a 6-day \"Road to Change\" bus tour across Pennsylvania, with stops in Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Altoona, State College, Harrisburg", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Campaign, Obama's \"Road to Change\" bus tour\nOn March 28, Obama started the bus tour with a rally in Pittsburgh's Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. Obama was introduced and endorsed by Senator Bob Casey Jr., who had indicated earlier that he would remain neutral in the democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Campaign, Obama's \"Road to Change\" bus tour\nCasey traveled to Florida over the Easter holiday, where he said rain forced him to stay inside and think about the election. Obama's ability to \"transcend\" the racial divide and his ability to engage younger voters proved decisive to his decision. According to sources, Casey's four daughters lobbied their dad to endorse Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Campaign, Obama's \"Road to Change\" bus tour\nOn March 29, the Obama bus tour stopped at the Pleasant Valley Recreation Center in Altoona, where he famously bowled a 37. Both Obama and Senator Casey (who rolled a score of 71) lost to local homemaker Roxanne Hart, who rolled a score of 82. On April Fool's Day, Senator Clinton jokingly challenged Obama to a \"bowl-off,\" with the winner taking all the delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Controversy\nOn April 11, 2008, The Huffington Post blogger Mayhill Fowler, a self-admitted Barack Obama supporter, reported that during an April 6 \"closed press\" fundraising event in San Francisco, California, Obama recounted the obstacles facing his campaign in the Pennsylvania primary as it pertained to rural, white voters. Fowler wrote that during the speech, Obama said the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Controversy\nYou go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them... And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Controversy\nFowler later posted a three-minute, 30-second audio snippet confirming the accuracy of the remark. Senators Clinton and John McCain both issued statements condemning the remarks. Obama later defended his comments, but conceded: \"I didn't say it as well as I should have.\" However, he also added: \"I said something that everybody knows is true.\" Obama had addressed similar themes of guns, religion, and economics in 2004 during an interview with Charlie Rose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Final week\nOn the last Friday before the primary, Senator Obama spoke on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a crowd of more than 35,000, the largest audience yet drawn by either candidate during the campaign. The crowd was nearly twice what had been projected and spilled over into nearby streets. The next day, Obama conducted a whistle stop train tour from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, drawing a crowd of 6,000 at a stop in Wynnewood and 3,000 at a stop in Paoli. On Monday, Sen. Obama held the final events of his Pennsylvania campaign in Scranton, McKeesport and at the University of Pittsburgh's Petersen Events Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Final week\nThe Saturday before the primary, Senator Clinton spoke in five Pennsylvania cities, including West Chester and York, Pennsylvania. More than 300 people showed up at the West Chester firehouse to hear the New York Senator speak. At the Wilson high gymnasium in West Lawn, Pennsylvania, Clinton told several hundred more supporters: \"The job of a leader is to bring people together to solve problems\u00a0. . . to understand that sometimes we have to fight to get the political will and the votes to make that happen\". On Monday, April 21, Senator Clinton along with husband Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd of 6,000 in Downtown Pittsburgh. Other events were held Monday in Scranton, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia. Both candidates refused to participate in the political custom of street money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nPublic opinion polling from early January 2007 through mid-February 2008 consistently gave Hillary Clinton a double digit lead over Barack Obama. By the beginning of April, polls of Pennsylvanians showed Obama trailing Clinton by an average of 5 points. According to 2 polls taken one day before the primary, Hillary Clinton was leading Barack Obama by 49%-42% and 51%-41%. Other polls showed Clinton leading by an average of about 6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nSome superdelegates also announced their preferred candidates before the primary. As of April 30, 16 superdelegates had announced support for Senator Clinton and 5 had announced support for Senator Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198255-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Results\nIn the end, Hillary Clinton won the primary by 9.28 percentage points, a wider margin than expected than recent polls suggested, but smaller than most January and February polls. Despite her victory, she gained only nine delegates on Obama. In particular superdelegates were not swinging in her direction after her win; the Clintons had been trying to secure the support of Congressman Jason Altmire but he remained uncommitted after she won his district by 31 percentage points during the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198256-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election\nThe 2008 Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 4, 2008, with all districts being contested. Necessary primary elections were held on April 22, 2008. The term of office for those elected in 2008 will run from January 6, 2009 until November 2010. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198257-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary was an election held on April 22 by the Pennsylvania Department of State in which voters chose their preference for the Republican Party's candidate for the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters also chose the Pennsylvania Republican Party's candidates for various state and local offices. The selected candidates were placed on the ballot of the 2008 General Election on November 4, 2008. The Republican primary was part of a General Primary that also included the 2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198257-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary\nPolls opened at 7:00 am and closed at 8:00 pm. John McCain was the winner. He had already been declared the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, having secured enough delegate votes in earlier primary contests to win the nomination at the 2008 Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198257-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary, Campaigning\nUnlike on the Democratic side, little campaigning took place as John McCain had already clinched the nomination. Outsider candidate Ron Paul made several stops in the state, including his birthplace of Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198257-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary, Results\nSome media sources noted that Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee combined took in around 220,000 votes (about 27% of the vote total), despite McCain's status as presumptive nominee and the statistical irrelevance of Pennsylvania, as a possible sign of continuing social conservative or libertarian unease with McCain's nomination and have speculated about whether these results could potentially affect McCain in the November general election. Although some strategists disputed this theory, pointing to low turnout among McCain supporters and arguing that primary results would not necessarily affect the result in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198258-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Senate election\nElections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 4, 2008, with odd-numbered districts being contested. Republicans had a net gain of 1 seat for the 2008 elections, expanding their majority to 30-20. State Senators are elected for four-year terms, with half of the Senate seats up for a vote every two years. The term of office for those elected in 2008 will run from December 1, 2008 until December 1, 2012. Necessary primary elections were held on April 22, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198258-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania Senate election, General Elections\n1 Senator Rhoades died prior to the election but remained on the ballot. As he was posthumously re-elected, his seat will be filled by a special election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198259-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election\nPennsylvania's election for Treasurer was held on November 4, 2008. Democratic incumbent Treasurer Robin Wiessmann had been appointed by Governor Ed Rendell to fill Bob Casey Jr.'s term when he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006; Wiessman's appointment included the condition that she would not run for election in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198259-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election, Candidates\nFour candidates sought the Democratic nomination for the office: John Cordisco, an attorney and former State Representative from New Hope; Rob McCord, a venture capitalist from Lower Merion; Dennis Morrison-Wesley, an investment banker from Harrisburg; and Jennifer Mann, a State Representative from Allentown  McCord won the primary by a fair margin and faced Tom Ellis in the general election on November 4, 2008; the Republican Ellis, a Montgomery County Commissioner, was unopposed for the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198259-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election, Candidates\nMcCord had no prior record in elected office, but worked at the beginning of his career on Capitol Hill, specializing in \"budget and regulatory issues.\" McCord worked more recently as a financial advisor and venture capitalist; his website claims that, during his career, he managed $1 billion in assets and has indirectly worked to create more than 1,900 jobs in Pennsylvania. McCord's opponents, especially Cordisco, have accused him of a lack of financial transparency and of risking conflicts of interest were he to become Treasurer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198260-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania elections\nPennsylvania's state elections were held on November 4, 2008. Necessary primary elections were held on April 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198260-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania elections\nAll 203 seats of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 25 seats of the Pennsylvania Senate, as well as the offices of Pennsylvania Treasurer, Pennsylvania Auditor General, and Pennsylvania Attorney General were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198260-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania elections, Presidential Primary, Democratic Primary\nPennsylvania's Democratic Primary to award the state's 158 pledged delegates took place on April 22, 2008. Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton were the only 2 Democratic candidates on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198260-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania elections, Presidential Primary, Democratic Primary\nAccording to official results from the primary, Clinton won 54.6% of the vote, and Obama took the remaining 45.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198260-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania elections, Presidential Primary, Republican Primary\nJohn McCain had already secured the majority of delegates for the Republican Party nomination, and captured 73% of Republican votes in the Pennsylvania primary. Republican turn-out was low, perhaps due in part to Republicans switching their registration to vote for Hillary Clinton and extend her candidacy as part of \"Operation Chaos\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198260-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pennsylvania elections, Statewide Ballot Referendums\nThe ballot question asked the voters to authorize the issuance of $400,000,000 in bonds for the \"acquisition, repair, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, extension, expansion and improvement\" of sewage treatment facilities and water supply systems. The money raised would be dispensed by the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority. The measure passed with a healthy statewide margin and had a gained a majority in 64 of 67 counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198261-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pep Boys Auto 500\nThe 2008 Pep Boys Auto 500, is the thirty-third race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the third to the last race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Pep Boys Auto 500 was held on October 26 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. ABC will carry the race beginning at 1 PM US EDT and Performance Racing Network along with Sirius Satellite Radio will have radio coverage starting at that same time. This race will be the last at this track in the current Chase format as they will swap this date for the Labor Day weekend date as a night race with Auto Club Speedway, and the Southern California track assuming the Chase date for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198261-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pep Boys Auto 500, Qualifying\nFailed to make race as qualifying was canceled due to rain: Joey Logano (#02), Bryan Clauson (#40). NOTE: The #08 car, to have been driven by Johnny Sauter was withdrawn earlier in the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198262-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pepsi 500\nThe 2008 Pepsi 500 was the twenty-fifth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the next-to-last race to determine the twelve drivers to compete in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 500 miles (800\u00a0km) race was held on Sunday night, August 31 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. ESPN carried the race beginning at 7 PM US EDT and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio having radio coverage starting at 7:15 PM US EDT. This year marked the final time that this race would be run on Labor Day Weekend. In 2009, this race will move into the current spot occupied to Talladega Superspeedway as part of the NASCAR 2009 realignment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198262-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pepsi 500, Qualifying\nJimmie Johnson took the top position for the fourth time this season and 17th in his career, and A. J. Allmendinger closed fast to take the other front row spot, edging Johnson's Hendrick teammate, Jeff Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198262-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pepsi 500, Race\nA caution came out early in the race due to debris when one of the track's caution lights fell onto the track itself. Another caution came out on lap 43 when Kurt Busch spun due to tire tread separation on his left rear tire. The fourth caution came out when Joe Nemechek over corrected  for over steer and hit the wall. The fifth caution came out around lap 102 due to debris on the track. The sixth caution on 160 was also due debris that was from a small piece of another caution light falling on the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 20], "content_span": [21, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198262-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Pepsi 500, Race\nThe seventh caution came out with 70 laps to go due to Robby Gordon spinning out. The eighth caution came out due to Marcos Ambrose's car hitting a wall, after which Jimmie Johnson won the race, leading 228 of 250 laps. Three drivers - Johnson, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Jeff Burton - all locked up spots in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. Greg Biffle, who finished second, also all but wrapped up a spot in the Chase as well, and all he'll have to do is qualify his car and start in Richmond next week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 20], "content_span": [21, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198262-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pepsi 500, Race\nPolesitter Johnson dominated, leading 238 out of 250 laps to score his 36th victory at the venue where he scored his first just more than six years prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 20], "content_span": [21, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198262-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pepsi 500, Race\nPost-race temperatures got as low as 61.9\u00a0\u00b0F (16.6\u00a0\u00b0C); a radical shift from the high temperatures witnessed prior to the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 20], "content_span": [21, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198263-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Permatang Pauh by-election\nA by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat parliamentary seat of Permatang Pauh on 26 August 2008 with nomination day on 16 August 2008. The seat of Permatang Pauh in the Dewan Rakyat, fell vacant after the resignation of the incumbent, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, on 31 July 2008. Wan Azizah was the Leader of the Opposition as well as the President of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), a component party of the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition. The by-election was contested by the PR candidate former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. This election has been dubbed \"the mother of all by-elections\" by the media due to the potentially significant implication of the election as well as the high profile of Anwar Ibrahim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198263-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Permatang Pauh by-election\nAnwar won the election and was sworn into Parliament on 28 August 2008, vowing to topple the government with the help of defectors from Barisan Nasional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198263-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Permatang Pauh by-election, Background of the by-election\nOn 27 July 2008, Anwar said that he aimed to return to parliament for the first time in a decade later that year if a court ordered a by-election near his home town. The seat mentioned would probably be Kulim-Bandar Baharu constituency next to his hometown of Permatang Pauh in Penang. Anwar Ibrahim on 31 July 2008 said he would contest a by-election for the parliamentary seat of Permatang Pauh vacated by his wife to expedite his return to political office. His wife Wan Azizah said she handed her letter of resignation to the parliament speaker on Thursday 31 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198263-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Permatang Pauh by-election, Background of the by-election\nParty officials said the by-election must be held within 60 days. The Election Commission (EC) had fixed the nomination day for the Permatang Pauh by-election on 16 August, with polling to be held ten days later on 26 August. Some 58,459 voters in the Permatang Pauh constituency would be eligible to vote on 26 August, a working Tuesday, adding that the figure also include 490 postal voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198263-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Permatang Pauh by-election, Background of the by-election\nAnwar Ibrahim was charged on 7 August 2008 for sodomy under Section 377B of the Penal Code, fueling speculations over a possible conspiracy on the part of the Malaysian government to derail his election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198263-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Permatang Pauh by-election, Background of Permatang Pauh\nParliamentary seat P.44 Permatang Pauh lies in the federal state of Penang. In the 2008 election, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (a component party of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition), garnered 30,338 votes, defeating Firdaus Ismail of the United Malay National Organization (UMNO) (a component party of the Barisan Nasional coalition) (16,950 votes) .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198263-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Permatang Pauh by-election, Nominations\nIbrahim said: \"Barisan Nasional is clearly overwhelmed. It's no longer a by-election. It's more than that.\" Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak admitted the ruling party was the underdog: \"It is going to be an uphill task but nothing is impossible in politics.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198263-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Permatang Pauh by-election, By-election results\nEarly results indicated a landslide victory for Anwar. Reuters reported \"Anwar Ibrahim has won with a majority of 16,210 votes. According to news website : Anwar won 26,646 votes, while the government's Arif Omar won 10,436 votes. Anwar's People's Justice Party spokeswoman Ginie Lim told BBC: \"We won already. We are far ahead.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198263-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Permatang Pauh by-election, By-election results\nMalaysia's government and ruling coalition declared defeat in a landslide victory in by-election by Anwar Ibrahim. Muhammad Muhammad Taib, information chief of the United Malays National Organisation which leads the Barisan Nasional coalition stated: \"Yes of course we have lost . . . we were the underdogs going into this race.\u201c Malaysia's Election Commission officials announced Anwar won by an astounding majority against Arif Shah Omar Shah of United Malays National Organisation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198263-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Permatang Pauh by-election, By-election results\nFinal results announced by the Election Commission reveals Anwar Ibrahim won 31,195 of the estimated 47,000 votes cast in the district in the northern state of Penang, while rival Arif Shah Omar Shah got only 15,524 votes and a third candidate had 92 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198264-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Peru oil scandal\nThe 2008 Peru oil scandal started after a Peruvian TV station broadcast an audio tape of an alleged conversation between a government official and a lobbyist agreeing to help a firm win contracts. The speakers were allegedly Alberto Quimper, an executive in Petroper\u00fa, the state company in charge of promoting foreign investment in the petroleum sector, and a prominent lobbyist and politician member of the Apra party R\u00f3mulo Le\u00f3n Alegr\u00eda discussing payments to help the Norwegian company Discover Petroleum win contracts. This was followed by street protests led by workers, teachers, builders and doctors for the resignation of the Council of Ministers. The scandal led to the resignation of Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo and the appointment of a new cabinet headed by Yehude Simon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198264-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Peru oil scandal, Tape\nOn October 5, 2008, TV news magazine Cuarto Poder broadcast alleged audio recordings of Alberto Quimper, vice-president of Petroper\u00fa, and R\u00f3mulo Le\u00f3n Alegr\u00eda, a lobbyist and prominent member of the APRA, the party that was currently in office. In the tape, they discussed secretive $10,000 monthly payments to Quimper, Le\u00f3n and Ernesto Arias-Schreiber, the legal representative of the company Discover in Peru, in exchange for steering lucrative petroleum contracts to explore offshore oil blocks and gas fields in Peru Discover's way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198264-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Peru oil scandal, Consequences\nThousands of workers, including teachers, builders and doctors protested in Peru calling for the resignation of the government. On October 10, 2008, Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo submitted resignation of his cabinet to president Alan Garc\u00eda. A new cabinet led by 61-year-old Yehude Simon was sworn in on October 14, 2008. He had been the president of the Lambayeque Region and is from outside the ruling party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198264-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Peru oil scandal, Consequences\nOn February 16, 2016, a Peruvian court acquitted R\u00f3mulo Le\u00f3n, former Petroperu president C\u00e9sar Guti\u00e9rrez, former Perupetro president Daniel Saba, former Discover Petroleum director Jostein Kjerstad and six other defendants in the case. Meanwhile, Peru's statutes of limitations exonerated Alberto Quimper when he turned 75 years old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198265-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Peruvian Segunda Divisi\u00f3n\nThe 2008 season of the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n Peruana season was the 63rd edition of the second tier of Federaci\u00f3n Peruana de Futbol. There were 10 teams in play. Only 7 teams from last season remain. Sport \u00c1guila, from the 2007 Copa Per\u00fa, was promoted to this season's edition, and Total Clean and Deportivo Municipal were relegated from the first division. Uni\u00f3n Huaral was not relegated last season but they dropped out and participated in the Copa Per\u00fa. Each team will play 27 games. The teams will first play home-and-away games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198265-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Peruvian Segunda Divisi\u00f3n\nThe teams will then play each other for a third time. The team that will play at home is going to be determined by the results of the first two games: the one with the better aggregate will play at home. The winner and runner-up of this season will be promoted to the Peruvian First Division. The team that finishes last will be relegated to the 2009 Copa Per\u00fa. The promoted teams will be replaced by the third and fourth place teams of the Copa Per\u00fa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198266-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Peshawar bombings, September 2008 Peshawar bombing\nThe September 2008 Peshawar bombing was a bombing that occurred on 6 September 2008, in the outskirts of Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. A suicide bomber blew up at a police checkpoint, killing 35 and injuring 70. The explosives-packed pick-up truck blasted a crater 3-foot-deep (0.91\u00a0m) crater and caused some buildings in a nearby market to collapse, leading to frantic rescue efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198266-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Peshawar bombings, December 2008 Peshawar bombing\nThe December 2008 Peshawar bombing was a bombing that occurred on 5 December 2008 in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing 29 people and injuring over 100 others. Local police chief Naveed Khan suggested that chemicals intended to increase the spread of fire were contained in the bomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198266-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Peshawar bombings, December 2008 Peshawar bombing\nThe attack destroyed a hotel and a mosque, and set fire to several shops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198266-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Peshawar bombings, December 2008 Peshawar bombing, Background\nThe incidents took place while people were shopping for the Eid al-Adha festival, which starts on 9 December 2008, and it took place on the same day as another attack in the country, which killed six people. This attack took place in the area south of Peshawar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198266-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Peshawar bombings, December 2008 Peshawar bombing, Background\nDuring the weeks before the attack Sunni Muslim groups of militants launched attacks on the minority Shi'ite population, with this attack being located near a community centre for Shi'ites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198266-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Peshawar bombings, December 2008 Peshawar bombing, Reaction\nAsif Ali Zardari, the President of Pakistan, strongly condemned the attacks, and said that the perpetrators of the attacks will be found and brought to justice, and expressed his condolences to the families of the dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198266-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Peshawar bombings, December 2008 Peshawar bombing, Reaction\nHe also stated, in response to the attacks, that his country was committed to fighting terrorism. The Pakistani military strengthened its operations against the Taliban and al-Qaida, who are blamed for the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198267-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Petit Le Mans\nThe 2008 Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New Mazda6 was the eleventh running of the Petit Le Mans and the tenth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, United States of America on October 4, 2008. This race marked the first time that the American Le Mans Series awarded victors in their Green Challenge, in preparation for a full championship in the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198267-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Petit Le Mans, Report, Qualifying\nOn Friday afternoon before Saturday's race, qualifying was held in two 25-minute sessions. The two GT categories ran first, led by the lone GT1 entries of Corvette Racing. Halfway through the session, it was Johnny O'Connell's #3 Corvette which achieved the fastest time before the squad ended the session early. In GT2, much of the battle was between the various Porsche and Ferrari teams. The Porsche of Farnbacher-Loles and the Ferrari of European entrant JMB Racing led early, but Jaime Melo in the Risi Competizione was able to give Ferrari the pole position by a margin of 0.057\u00a0seconds. Marc Goossens' LG Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette was the fastest qualifier not in a Ferrari or Porsche, completing the session in seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198267-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Petit Le Mans, Report, Qualifying\nAfter a short break, the two Le Mans Prototype classes began their qualification session. After six minutes, Allan McNish in the Audi R10 TDI claimed overall pole position. Although Peugeot closed the gap on the Audi, McNish eventually returned to the pits to end his session. As McNish exited the car, St\u00e9phane Sarrazin was able to better the Audi's time by 0.085\u00a0seconds and claim overall pole position for the race. In the LMP2 category, returning Penske Porsche driver Ryan Briscoe led the class early. He was eventually joined by his two Penske teammates, giving the team a lock on the top three qualifying positions in the class. Andretti Green Racing's Acura followed the Porsche trio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198267-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Petit Le Mans, Report, Qualifying\nPrevious qualifying records for all four classes were broken in these two sessions. The top six overall qualifiers, the Peugeot, two Audis, and three Penske Porsches were also able to break an absolute track qualifying record initially set by Davy Jones in a Jaguar XJR-9 in 1992. Sarrazin's Peugeot bettered the Jaguar's record lap by approximately 2.5\u00a0mph (4.0\u00a0km/h) in average speed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198267-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Petit Le Mans, Report, Qualifying, Qualifying result\nPole position winners in each class are marked in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198267-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Petit Le Mans, Report, Qualifying, Qualifying result\n\u2020 - The #73 Tafel Racing was penalized due to a rule infraction during a pit stop in qualifying. The car was therefore moved to the back of the starting grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198267-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Petit Le Mans, Report, Race\nJust twenty minutes short of the ten-hour limit, the #1 Audi of Allan McNish completed the 1,000-mile (1,600\u00a0km) endurance just 4.5\u00a0seconds ahead of the #07 Peugeot of Christian Klien. The second Audi finished the overall podium, also on the lead lap. In LMP2, rookie Petit Le Mans entrant H\u00e9lio Castroneves led the trio of Penske Porsches past the checkered flag, locking out the podium. Porsches finished in five of the top six positions in the LMP2 class, joined only by the de Ferran Acura in fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198267-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Petit Le Mans, Report, Race\nAfter earlier mechanical problems with the #4 Corvette, its #3 teammate led to victory in the GT1 class unchallenged. The GT2 class was won by a Ferrari for the first time in the event's history, the #62 car of Risi Competizione leading the marque. It was followed by several seconds by the championship-leading Flying Lizard Porsche.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198267-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Petit Le Mans, Report, Race\nIn the first ever Green Challenge, Penske Racing and Corvette Racing won in their respective categories. The #6 car was the most efficient of the LMP cars, while the already victorious #3 Corvette was also the most efficient amongst GTs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198267-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Petit Le Mans, Report, Race, Race result\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198268-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Barrage season\nThe Philadelphia Barrage played their eighth season, as a charter member of the MLL (originally known as the Bridgeport Barrage), during the 2008 season of Major League Lacrosse. The Barrage ended up in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 7-5. The Barrage qualified for the MLL Playoffs for the fourth time in franchise history. The Barrage lost to the Rattlers 16-15 in OT in the MLL Semifinals at Harvard Stadium on August 23, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season\nThe 2008 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 76th season in the National Football League, and the tenth under head coach Andy Reid. The Eagles improved upon their 8\u20138 record and a fourth-place finish in the NFC East in the 2007 season by going 9\u20136\u20131 and earning the 6th seed in the NFC Playoffs. The team lost in the Conference Championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season\nDespite their low-seeding in the NFC playoffs, Football Outsiders calculated that the 2008 Eagles were the best team in the league, play-for-play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season\nThe 2006 Eagles were mentioned in the novel, but the 2008 Eagles were in the film adaptation of Silver Linings Playbook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason\nThough the Eagles finished the  2007 season strong, winning their final three games, they finished 8\u20138 and in last place in a tough division. In the off-season, the Eagles made noise by signing star cornerback Asante Samuel from the New England Patriots on February 29, 2008, the first day that he became available. Samuel, signed to a six-year, $57\u00a0million contract, was considered the top player available in free agency, and was Philadelphia's biggest signing since Terrell Owens in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason\nThe Eagles also signed defensive end Chris Clemons, and gave him a sizable signing bonus, but he struggled with injuries in the preseason, and barely made the team. Oft-injured defensive lineman Jevon Kearse returned to the Tennessee Titans and Takeo Spikes was released, with a young corps of linebackers ready to replace him. Tight end L.J. Smith, who has battled injury, was given a franchise tag to keep him in Philadelphia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason\nIn the draft, the Eagles traded down again, lining themselves up with two first-round picks in 2009. Training camp and the preseason were mixed with good news and bad news. On the negative side, All-Pro guard Shawn Andrews had a late-start to the preseason because of a personal battle with depression. Cornerback Lito Sheppard now looked like a third wheel in the secondary behind Samuel and Sheldon Brown, and vented his frustration. A contract dispute with star running back Brian Westbrook also looked to be another distraction until the team signed him to a three-year, $21\u00a0million extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason\nPhiladelphia's biggest issue was the weak receiving corps. In the spring, the team was unsuccessful in acquiring a big name receiver, and the situation was exacerbated when number one receiver Kevin Curtis went down with a sports hernia in the preseason, while number two receiver Reggie Brown nursed a sore hamstring. No moves were made to fix the problem, and many experts considered the Eagles too weak at the position to go deep into the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason\nHowever, 5'10 second round draft pick DeSean Jackson had a great preseason, and was named as a Week 1 starter for the Eagles at receiver. Quarterback Donovan McNabb also had a strong preseason, and finally looked fully recovered from his 2006 knee surgery. The rebuilt special teams unit impressed in the preseason, with draft picks Jackson and Quintin Demps returning a punt and a kick respectively for touchdowns in an exhibition win over the Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason\nThe offense went into the season with Westbrook in his prime and a seemingly rejuvenated McNabb, but the receiving corps looked feeble, and the offensive line looked uncertain, with the aging tackles Jon Runyan and Tra Thomas anchoring the unit, and Shawn Andrews not playing until the middle of the preseason. The defense featured the deepest secondary in the NFL with Samuel, Brown, Sheppard, and veteran safety Brian Dawkins. The linebacking corps looked young and quick, and Trent Cole was the clear star on the defensive line. Possibly the most key improvement in the team over 2007 lies in the special teams, which was a consistent weakness the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. St. Louis Rams\nThe Eagles raced out of the gates to dismantle the St. Louis Rams 38\u20133, their largest opening week margin-of-victory ever. Rookie DeSean Jackson pulled down a 47-yard reception on the second play, and the drive finished with a shovel pass touchdown to Brian Westbrook. Donovan McNabb marched the Eagles down the field again on their second possession, finding L.J. Smith in the back of the end zone to make it 14\u20130. Late in the second quarter, receiver Hank Baskett beat the coverage and scored on a 90-yard reception (which was also McNabb's second longest career TD pass).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. St. Louis Rams\nFullback Tony Hunt scored from a yard out in the third quarter. DeSean Jackson's 60-yard punt return set up a short field goal for David Akers, and Philadelphia's lead grew to 31\u20130. Westbrook added a 6-yard rushing touchdown early in the fourth quarter before St. Louis kicked a field goal to avoid the shutout. McNabb threw for 361 yards and three scores. Jackson, Greg Lewis, and Baskett each had over 100 yards receiving. Westbrook ran for 91 yards and two touchdowns", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. St. Louis Rams\nWith the win, the Eagles began their season at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 2: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Eagles went toe-to-toe with their hated rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, on MNF in the teams' final meeting at Texas Stadium. The game would be high-scoring \u2013 filled with exciting plays and seven lead changes. On their opening drive, Philadelphia scored first with kicker David Akers nailing a 34-yard field goal. The Cowboys struck right back with Tony Romo completing a 72-yard touchdown pass to Terrell Owens, who badly beat the Eagles' secondary. Donovan McNabb drove the Eagles' into Dallas territory again, but again settled for a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 2: at Dallas Cowboys\nDallas immediately answered when rookie Felix Jones returned the kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown and a 14\u20136 Cowboy advantage. Asante Samuel intercepted Romo on Dallas' next drive, leading to a 6-yard touchdown reception by Brian Westbrook early in the second quarter. Romo fumbled in his own end zone on the first play of the ensuing drive and linebacker Chris Gocong recovered for the touchdown and a 20\u201314 Eagle lead. However, the Cowboys would respond with Romo and Owens hooking up with each other again on a 4-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 2: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Eagles took over and McNabb connected with rookie DeSean Jackson on a 60-yard play, but his premature celebration cost him what would have been his first career touchdown (as well as a pass-for-touchdown by McNabb). Nevertheless, Westbrook scored on the resulting 1st and goal from the 1-yard line, diving over the pile to put Philadelphia back on top. Akers nailed a 22-yard field goal and Philadelphia had its biggest lead of the night, 30\u201321. Dallas would end the explosive half with kicker Nick Folk making a 51-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0008-0003", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 2: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys went ahead again as Romo completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to running back Marion Barber. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles would once again retake the lead, at 37\u201331, with Westbrook's 1-yard touchdown run. Nick Folk's 47-yard field goal made it 37\u201334 Philadelphia. The critical turnover occurred when McNabb botched a handoff to Westbrook at the Cowboy 33-yard line that Dallas recovered. Romo led his team down the field and Barber rushed it in to the right side, giving Dallas the winning margin at 41\u201337.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0008-0004", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 2: at Dallas Cowboys\nNeeding a touchdown, Philadelphia had two more possessions, but failed to score. McNabb threw for 281 yards and a score, while Romo had 312 passing yards and three touchdowns. Westbrook found the end zone three times while gaining 103 all-purpose yards. DeSean Jackson again had over 100 receiving yards. The game featured the second most first half points in MNF history (54) and most combined points in the rivalry's history (78). With the loss, the Eagles fell to 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nAfter a turnover, the Steelers scored the first points on a Jeff Reed 37-yard field goal. Brian Westbrook left the game with an ankle injury early in the second quarter, but Correll Buckhalter finished the drive with a 20-yard touchdown catch. The touchdown was the 176th for Donovan McNabb, surpassing Ron Jaworski on the franchise list. The Philadelphia defense began to take over at this point, sacking Roethlisberger six times in the quarter. A fumble recovery by Brodrick Bunkley after a sack led to a David Akers field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nPittsburgh would end the half with Reed kicking a 53-yard field goal to make it 10\u20136. Without Westbrook, the Eagles' offense struggled to score, but the defense continued to shut down the Steelers. An intentional grounding penalty on Roethlisberger from his own end zone resulted in a safety. A diving sack and fumble recovery by Brian Dawkins led to a field goal and sealed the win, giving the Eagles a 15\u20136 lead. The defense sacked Roethlisberger and Byron Leftwich nine times, forced two fumbles, and intercepted a pass. Punter Sav Rocca also contributed to the second-half shutout with his punts. The Eagles improved to 2\u20131 with the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 4: at Chicago Bears\nWithout Brian Westbrook, but coming off their dominant defensive performance over the Steelers, the Eagles flew to Soldier Field for a Week 4 Sunday night duel with the Chicago Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 4: at Chicago Bears\nThe Bears started quickly, forcing a three-and-out, then scoring on three passing plays. DeSean Jackson was responsible for gaining 66 of the 74 yards traveled on the next drive, including a 22-yard touchdown reception from Donovan McNabb to tie the score. Kyle Orton passed to Marty Booker for a 23-yard touchdown to make it 14\u20137 Chicago in the second quarter, but the Eagles came right back with a quick drive ending in Correll Buckhalter scoring from a yard out. After a missed 50-yard field goal by David Akers, the Bears used the short field to set up a 20-yard touchdown pass to Devin Hester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 4: at Chicago Bears\nAkers missed another field goal in the third quarter before making two short kicks that came after Kyle Orton fumbled. Robbie Gould booted a 41-yard kick to make it 24\u201320 Bears in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 4: at Chicago Bears\nMcNabb then took the Eagles down the field, and with 5:40 left to play, Philadelphia had 1st-and-goal from the 4-yard line. Buckhalter got to the 1-yard line on first down, but he and Tony Hunt failed to score on second and third down. Andy Reid went for it on fourth down and Buckhalter was stuffed for no gain. The Bears killed most of the clock on their next drive and the Eagles fell 24\u201320. McNabb threw for 262 yards. Reggie Brown had 6 catches for 79 yards. The loss made the Eagles 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Washington Redskins\nThe Eagles dropped a divisional matchup to a Washington Redskins team that was coming off an upset win over the Dallas Cowboys. Philadelphia enjoyed a fast start, with Donovan McNabb marching the Eagles on a 12-play opening drive, ending with a 9-yard touchdown by Brian Westbrook. After a Washington three-and-out, DeSean Jackson reversed the field andreturned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown to give Philadelphia a 14\u20130 advantage. After a 50-yard field goal miss by David Akers on Philadelphia's next drive, the Redskins began their comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Washington Redskins\nThey chipped away at the lead with three second-quarter field goals by Shaun Suisham. In the third quarter, Washington took the lead on a trick play, with receiver Antwaan Randle El completing an 18-yard touchdown pass to tight end Chris Cooley. Clinton Portis scored on a 4-yard run for Washington, making it 23\u201314. Midway through the final quarter, the Eagles had 2nd and 1 from the Washington 2-yard line, but were forced to settle for a field goal. A successful fourth down conversion by Portis ended the game. The Philadelphia running defense gave up 203 yards, 144 of them to Portis. Westbrook learned after the game that he had broken his ribs during the first quarter. With the loss, Philadelphia fell to 2\u20133 in the NFC East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 6: at San Francisco 49ers\nPlaying without several offensive starters, the Eagles pulled out a 40\u201326 win with a gutsy fourth quarter comeback against the San Francisco 49ers. Following a 49ers field goal, the Eagles capitalized on a big kickoff return by Quintin Demps to eventually score on a Correll Buckhalter 1-yard run. San Francisco kicked another field goal to close to 7\u20136, but Donovan McNabb connected with Hank Baskett on a 2-yard fade pass for a touchdown early in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 6: at San Francisco 49ers\nA chip shot field goal by David Akers gave Philadelphia a 17\u20136 lead, but 49ers kicker Joe Nedney made a 53-yarder on the next drive to make it 17\u20139. Just before halftime, Akers attempted a long 54-yard attempt, but the kick was blocked and returned for a touchdown by San Francisco. On their first drive of the third quarter, the 49ers drove down the field and took the lead 23\u201317 on a 6-yard run by Frank Gore. Nedney added another field goal and it was 26\u201317 49ers going into the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 6: at San Francisco 49ers\nMcNabb led the Eagles on a scoring drive, finding tight end L.J. Smith in the middle of the endzone for the touchdown. The Philadelphia defense began to smother the San Francisco attack, and the Eagles got the ball back and retook the lead on a 38-yard Akers field goal. An interception by safety Quintin Mikell led to another Philadelphia field goal, making it 30\u201326. A fumble recovery by defensive lineman Chris Clemons resulted in another Akers field goal. With Philadelphia up by seven points, Juqua Parker intercepted San Francisco's J. T. O'Sullivan and returned it for a touchdown. McNabb threw for a pair of touchdowns and 279 yards. Buckhalter had a huge game, rushing for 97 yards and a touchdown, and catching seven passes for 89 yards. DeSean Jackson added 94 receiving yards. With the win, the Eagles entered their bye week at 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 924]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 8: vs Atlanta Falcons\nThe Eagles improved to 10\u20130 after the bye under Andy Reid with a 27\u201314 victory over the 4\u20132 Atlanta Falcons. The Eagles offense struggled to get into a rhythm through the first quarter and a half, with Donovan McNabb misfiring on several passes. Atlanta scored first with a 55-yard catch and run from Matt Ryan to Roddy White. The Eagles tied the score when McNabb capped off a long drive with a 3-yard quarterback draw for a touchdown. Philadelphia drove down the field and scored on a 36-yard David Akers field goal in just 45 seconds before halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 8: vs Atlanta Falcons\nThe Eagles continued to roll on their opening possession of the third quarter, scoring on a 16-yard run by Brian Westbrook to open up a 17\u20137 lead. Atlanta drove to the Philadelphia 1-yard line in the third quarter, but Lito Sheppard intercepted a fade to the end zone. In the fourth quarter, Philadelphia's offense failed to capitalize on yet another goal line situation, and instead settled for a field goal, giving Atlanta hope. The Falcons responded with an impressive drive that ended in a touchdown pass to Roddy White, making it 20\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 8: vs Atlanta Falcons\nThe Eagles went three and out and punted, but the officials ruled the punt was muffed by Adam Jennings and recovered by the Eagles. Atlanta, out of timeouts, could not challenge the controversial call, and two plays later Westbrook broke a 39-yard touchdown to the left side to put the game away. Westbrook rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns and had 42 receiving yards. McNabb had 253 passing yards and also ran for 25 yards. The win was the 100th of Reid's career and the 500th in the history of the franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 9: at Seattle Seahawks\nPhiladelphia shook off a shaky start and cruised to a 26\u20137 victory over a banged-up Seattle Seahawks team. Seattle scored on their first play from scrimmage on a 90-yard reception by Koren Robinson, but did not threaten the rest of the game. Robinson beat Lito Sheppard and Brian Dawkins missed the tackle as the Seahawks jumped out to a 7\u20130 lead. Donovan McNabb had another ugly start, firing incompletions on his first seven pass attempts. However, in the second quarter, the Eagles began to move the ball and McNabb found Reggie Brown for a 22-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 9: at Seattle Seahawks\nOn the next drive, with first and goal, the Eagles ran a play-action fake and McNabb threw it to offensive guard Todd Herremans (who was lined up as a tight end) for a 1-yard touchdown and a 14\u20137 lead. Philadelphia's next four drives led to David Akers field goals as they sailed to a 26\u20137 win. The Eagles' defense forced Seattle to punt on their final ten possessions and Darren Howard had two sacks. McNabb finished with 349 yards passing, two touchdowns, and an interception. Backup tight end Brent Celek had the game of his life \u2013 finishing with six catches and 131 receiving yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. New York Giants\nThe Eagles, who had not won on prime time in two years, faced off against the defending Super Bowl champion   New York Giants on a Sunday night game at Lincoln Financial Field. Mike Patterson batted up and intercepted Eli Manning, returning the ball inside the New York 10-yard line. Two plays later DeSean Jackson took the direct snap and rushed 9 yards, diving to the pylon for a touchdown less than two minutes into the game. Manning then led the Giants up the field and he found Plaxico Burress for a 17-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. New York Giants\nThe Eagles fumbled the kickoff, and New York cashed in for a field goal. On New York's next drive, Manning capped off another long drive with a short touchdown pass to Kevin Boss to take a 17\u20137 lead early in the second quarter. A fumble by Giant rusher Brandon Jacobs gave Philadelphia the ball in New York territory. Six plays later, Donovan McNabb completed a 10-yard pass to Jason Avant for an Eagle touchdown. Sam Madison picked off McNabb deep in Eagle territory on the next drive, but the Giants settled for a field goal to make it 20\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0018-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. New York Giants\nMcNabb ran the two-minute drill before the half to get the Eagles a 29-yard field goal before halftime, narrowing the score to 20\u201317. After a good kickoff return by rookie Quintin Demps, the Eagles navigated the short field for another touchdown, this one a fade to Hank Baskett and a 24\u201320 Philadelphia lead. The Giants, continuing to have success with their ground game, drove down the field. On a critical 3rd-and-10 from the Eagle 20-yard line, Manning completed a 17-yard pass to Boss, but was flagged for crossing the line of scrimmage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0018-0003", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. New York Giants\nGiants' coach Tom Coughlin challenged the call, and it was reversed, giving New York 1st-and-goal. They scored when Jacobs powered forward on a 3-yard run. Another long Giant drive led to a field goal early in the fourth quarter making it 30\u201324 Giants. The Giants scored again on their next drive, a 3-yard rush by Jacobs. Andy Reid challenged consecutive plays at the end of the drive, but lost both of them, leaving the Eagles with only one timeout, 9:30 left to play, and a 36\u201324 deficit (after New York missed on the two-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0018-0004", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. New York Giants\nA 32-yard completion to DeSean Jackson jump-started the offense, and McNabb hit Kevin Curtis for a 2-yard touchdown on fourth down to keep Philadelphia alive. The Eagles got the ball back with 3:14 left, but could not convert on a 4th-and-1 near midfield to lose the game 36\u201331. McNabb had three touchdown passes, but Brian Westbrook was limited to just 26 yards on 13 carries. Jacobs rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns for the Giants. The Eagles fell to 5\u20134, 0\u20133 in their division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 11: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals played to a controversial 13\u201313 tie. Donovan McNabb turned the ball over on a sack at the end of the first quarter, leading to a Bengal field goal. A 44-yard catch and run by Correll Buckhalter set up a 42-yard David Akers field goal to tie the score early in the second quarter. McNabb was picked off in Bengal territory with less than two minutes left in the half, and Cincinnati scored four plays later on a 26-yard touchdown reception by T. J. Houshmandzadeh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 11: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Bengals added another field goal early in the third quarter to take a 13\u20133 lead. Hank Baskett came up with a 57-yard completion, followed by a 4-yard touchdown reception by L.J. Smith to make it 13\u201310. In the fourth quarter, Philadelphia tied the game on a field goal after a 13-play drive. The offenses struggled throughout the rest of regulation and the game went to overtime. The Eagles won the toss, but the Bengals had the field position advantage throughout most of overtime. Nevertheless, neither team could score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0019-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 11: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Bengals had a chance to win on 47-yard field goal attempt by Shayne Graham, but the kick went wide right and the game ended in a tie. McNabb passed for 338 yards and a touchdown, but had three interceptions (all in Cincinnati territory) and a lost fumble. The defense registered eight sacks. This was the first game in the NFL to end in a tie since the 2002 Falcons-Steelers game. It was also played 11 years to the day since the Eagles' last tie game. At the post-game press conference, Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb infamously admitted he didn't know NFL games could end in a tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 11: at Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the tie, the Eagles fell to 5\u20134\u20131, putting them back into last place in the NFC East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 12: at Baltimore Ravens\nThe Eagles faced off with the Baltimore Ravens in an interconference matchup. Both defenses dominated the first quarter, and in the second quarter, Baltimore forced three turnovers (two interceptions and a fumble) from Donovan McNabb. Ravens kicker Matt Stover booted a 44-yard field goal, while quarterback Joe Flacco completed a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Daniel Wilcox. However, rookie  Quintin Demps returned the following kickoff 100 yards for a Philadelphia touchdown to make it 10\u20137 Ravens at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 12: at Baltimore Ravens\nAndy Reid decided to bench McNabb (who was 8-for-18 for 59 yards and two interceptions) and put backup quarterback Kevin Kolb into the game. Kolb also struggled with the Baltimore defense, and the Eagles fell behind 12\u20137 when linebacker Jameel McClain blocked Sav Rocca's punt into the back of the endzone for a safety. In the fourth, the Ravens kicked another field goal after a Kolb interception, then Mark Clayton took a short slant 53 yards for a touchdown to make it 22\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 12: at Baltimore Ravens\nKolb drove Philadelphia to the Raven 1-yard line, but was intercepted in the end zone by Ed Reed, who returned the ball an NFL-record 108 yards for the touchdown. Le'Ron McClain added a 1-yard touchdown run as Baltimore won 36\u20137. Kolb was 10-for-23 for 73 yards and two interceptions, and Brian Westbrook had 39 yards rushing on 14 carries. The Eagles dropped to 5\u20135\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nAndy Reid waited until Monday afternoon to name Donovan McNabb as his starter for a Thanksgiving Day matchup with the Arizona Cardinals. On the opening drive, the Eagles marched down the field and scored on 5-yard touchdown pass up the middle to Brian Westbrook  After Joselio Hanson intercepted Kurt Warner, the Eagles scored again on four runs to Westbrook, the final one being a 1-yard burst up the middle. In the second quarter, the Eagles increased their lead to 21\u20130 when McNabb hooked up with Westbrook again on a 2-yard touchdown pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nThe Cardinals would get on the board with a 1-yard TD pass to Larry Fitzgerald, but Philadelphia closed out the half with kicker David Akers getting a 42-yard field goal. Westbrook scored his fourth touchdown on a 9-yard run in third quarter as Philadelphia made it 31\u20137. Arizona capitalized on a muffed punt return by DeSean Jackson with a touchdown pass to Steve Breaston (with a failed 2-point conversion). After a Philadelphia field goal, the Cardinals closed to 34\u201320 when Fitzgerald caught his second touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nHowever, the Eagles pulled away for good with McNabb completing short touchdown passes to DeSean Jackson and Jason Avant. With the win, Philadelphia improved to 6\u20135\u20131 and returned to the playoff hunt. McNabb was 27-for-39 for 260 yards and four touchdowns, and Westbrook gained 110 yards rushing, scored two touchdowns on the ground, and two more in the air. McNabb and Westbrook were both given NFL Network's 2008 Pudding Pie Award for their efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 14: at New York Giants\nAfter the win over Arizona on Thanksgiving, the Eagles dealt the 11\u20131 New York Giants a 20\u201314 loss in a rematch against the defending Super Bowl champions. Philadelphia would close out the first quarter with kicker David Akers getting a 51-yard field goal, then they blocked an attempt by John Carney early in the next quarter. Brian Westbrook broke a 30-yard touchdown run to make it 10\u20130. Before halftime, Kevin Dockery returned a blocked Akers field goal attempt 71 yards for a New York touchdown. In the scoreless third quarter, the Eagles held the Giants' offense to six plays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 14: at New York Giants\nPhiladelphia scored in the fourth when Donovan McNabb found Westbrook, who had beaten the coverage of linebacker Antonio Pierce, for a 40-yard touchdown pass. Westbrook carried the ball 11 times on the next drive, which was capped with Akers making a 34-yard field goal to make it 20\u20137. Eli Manning completed a 1-yard touchdown to tight end Darcy Johnson for New York to close the scoring. Westbrook had 131 rushing yards on 33 carries and a touchdown, as well as six catches for 72 yards and another touchdown. With the win, Philadelphia improved to 7\u20135\u20131. This was also the first time McNabb had beaten the Giants since Philadelphia's 2004 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Cleveland Browns\nTrying to continue their two-game winning streak and keep their playoff hopes alive, the Eagles hosted the Cleveland Browns on Monday Night Football. The Eagles scored a touchdown on their opening drive \u2013 a 14-yard pass from Donovan McNabb to Kevin Curtis. After trading field goals later in the first quarter, the Eagles took a 17\u20133 lead when Asante Samuel returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Cleveland Browns\nOn the final play of the half, McNabb was intercepted on a fade pass by Brandon McDonald, who returned the ball all the way to inside the Eagle 5-yard line before being forced out of bounds. David Akers converted a 34-yard field goal in the third quarter to make it 20\u20133 Eagles. Following another Akers field goal, McNabb found Greg Lewis on a 10-yard touchdown pass, increasing the lead to 30\u201310. Cleveland's sole touchdown came on an interception return by Brandon McDonald off of Eagle second-string quarterback Kevin Kolb. With the win, the Eagle's winning streak increased to three games, and hopes of a playoff berth continued. Their record went to 8\u20135\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 16: at Washington Redskins\nThe Eagles came out flat and lost 10\u20133 to the Washington Redskins in a game that was almost a must-win for them (thanks to the losses by the Cowboys and Buccaneeers). After a scoreless first quarter, Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham kicked a 33-yard field goal to send Eagles to halftime with a 3\u20130 deficit. In the third quarter, Washington cashed in on a fumble recovery deep in Philadelphia territory when running back Clinton Portis scored on a 1-yard touchdown run. The Eagles answered with kicker David Akers nailing a 22-yard field goal to make it 10\u20133 Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 16: at Washington Redskins\nWith 3:48 to play, Philadelphia's offense mustered up a late-game drive. After a couple of incomplete passes in the direction of DeSean Jackson, a pair of receptions by Brian Westbrook got the Eagles inside the Washington red zone. However, the rally fell short when a pass to wide receiver Reggie Brown only got to the 1-yard line, as Redskins cornerback Fred Smoot and safety LaRon Landry tackled Brown shy of the goal line, allowing time to run out. The Eagles dropped to 8\u20136\u20131, and needed a loss by Tampa Bay, either a loss by Chicago or Minnesota, and a win against Dallas to get into the playoffs. It was thought at the time that the season was over (other than last regular-season game).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nLosses by the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers earlier in the day gave the Eagles the help they needed and created a situation where the winner between the Eagles and Dallas Cowboys would earn a playoff berth. In the first quarter, the Eagles scored first with a 40-yard field goal from kicker David Akers. The game would soon be tied by Cowboys kicker Nick Folk's 37-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Eagles took control when quarterback Donovan McNabb found Correll Buckhalter for a 59-yard catch-and-run, then snuck the ball up the middle himself for touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nMcNabb completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to Buckhalter later in the quarter, then hit tight end Brent Celek for a 1-yard touchdown pass as Philadelphia took a 24\u20133 lead. A kick return fumble by Pacman Jones with five seconds left in the half allowed the Eagles to close out the half with a David Akers 50-yard field goal. A gadget play where Jason Witten passed 42 yards to Terrell Owens took Dallas into Philadelphia territory, but Brian Dawkins sacked Tony Romo, causing a fumble which was recovered and returned for a touchdown by Chris Clemons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0026-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nOn the Cowboys' next drive, Marion Barber fumbled (Also caused by Dawkins) inside the Eagle 5-yard line, and Joselio Hanson returned the ball 96 yards for a touchdown and it was now 41\u20133 Eagles. A Chris Clemons sack of Romo caused another fumble, which led to a field goal and 44\u20133 lead. The Eagles forced five turnovers, Buckhalter had 122 yards from scrimmage, and McNabb had a pair of touchdown passes and one rushing score. Philadelphia ended the regular season at 9\u20136\u20131, but more importantly, they had improbably clinched the NFC's #6 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card: at Minnesota Vikings\nEntering the postseason as the NFC's sixth seed, the Eagles began their playoff run at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome against the #3 seeded Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings, coached by Andy Reid protege Brad Childress, finished the season at 10\u20136 with an NFC North title. Minnesota's defense was ranked #1 in the league against the rush. The offense featured emerging superstar running back Adrian Peterson, but inexperienced Tarvaris Jackson had taken over at quarterback late in the year and would start in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the opening quarter, a 62-yard punt return by DeSean Jackson led to a 43-yard field goal by kicker David Akers. Akers converted from 51 yards at the end of the quarter and the Eagles led 6\u20130. The Vikings struck in the second quarter when running back Adrian Peterson broke a 40-yard touchdown run to the left, giving Minnesota a 7\u20136 lead. A 34-yard completion by Donovan McNabb to DeSean Jackson set up another field goal for the Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card: at Minnesota Vikings\nOne minute later, cornerback Asante Samuel returned an interception of Tarvaris Jackson 44 yards return for a touchdown (the 4th of his career, which is the most career postseason TD interception returns in NFL history). Peterson carried it in 3 yards for a touchdown late in the half to make the score 16\u201314 Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card: at Minnesota Vikings\nThe defenses stiffened in a scoreless third quarter, but the game remained tight. Then, with 6:37 left in the fourth quarter, Brian Westbrook took a screen pass 71 yards for a touchdown to extend Philadelphia's lead to 23\u201314. Westbrook's play was greatly aided by excellent downfield blocking by the rest of the Eagle offense. The Eagles' recovery of a low shotgun snap to Tarvaris Jackson led to Akers' fourth field goal of the day and a 26\u201314 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card: at Minnesota Vikings\nWestbrook had 121 yards from scrimmage, as well as a key touchdown. Tight end Brent Celek chipped in with 6 catches for 56 yards, while McNabb threw for 300 yards a touchdown and an interception. With the win, the Eagles improved their overall record to 10\u20136\u20131. Also, Philadelphia improved their Wild Card record under head coach Andy Reid to 4\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at New York Giants\nComing off their Wild Card road win over the Vikings, the Eagles took a bus up the NJ Turnpike to Giants Stadium for their NFC Divisional duel with their NFC East rival, the top-seeded/defending champion New York Giants. The Giants had defeated the Eagles 36\u201331 in Week 10, but the Eagles won 20\u201314 four weeks later in the Meadowlands. It was the start of a skid for New York where they lost three of their final four games after the loss of receiver Plaxico Burress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at New York Giants\nAhmad Bradshaw returned the opening kickoff to the Eagle 35-yard line and the Giants finished the drive with a 22-yard John Carney field goal. On the first play of New York's next drive, Asante Samuel came up with another big playoff interception for the Eagles, returning the ball inside the New York 5-yard line. Donovan McNabb stretched the ball over the plane for a touchdown on a quarterback sneak as Philadelphia took a 7\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at New York Giants\nNew York punter Jeff Feagles pinned the Eagles deep in their own territory early in the second quarter, and the Giants defense forced McNabb into committing an intentional grounding penalty from his own endzone, giving the Giants a safety. Carney missed from 46 yards on the ensuing New York possession, but he was good from 34 yard on the next possession as New York went ahead 8\u20137. The Eagles' offense finally got on track on their last possession of the half, driving down the field and getting a 25-yard field goal by David Akers to take a 10\u20138 lead to the locker room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at New York Giants\nNew York defensive lineman Fred Robbins came up with an interception of McNabb early in the third quarter, and New York retook the lead on a field goal. Philadelphia responded with an impressive drive highlighted by McNabb finding slot receiver Jason Avant for a 21-yard gain on 3rd-and-20 and running back Correll Buckhalter for 19 yards on 3rd-and-10. The drive ended in a short field goal and the Eagles led 13\u201311. Carney missed a 47-yarder on the next drive, and the Eagles capitalized with a 10-play drive capped with a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brent Celek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at New York Giants\nEarly in the fourth quarter, on 4th-and-1 from the Giant 44-yard line, Eli Manning was stuffed on a quarterback sneak. On the next drive, the Eagles defensive line stopped Derrick Ward and Brandon Jacobs on third and fourth down. After the ball turned over on downs, McNabb laced a 48-yard bomb to DeSean Jackson. A field goal followed and the Eagles took a 23\u201311 lead. Quintin Mikell's interception of Manning essentially ended the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Round: at New York Giants\nThe Eagles had delivered a big upset and now advanced to the NFC Championship against the Arizona Cardinals. McNabb threw for 217 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions in windy conditions. Brian Westbrook was held to 36 rushing yards, but DeSean Jackson caught four passes for 84 yards. While Jacobs and Ward combined for 138 yards, Manning struggled in the passing game, throwing two interceptions. With the win, the Eagles improved their overall record to 11\u20136\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: at Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their divisional road win over the top-seeded Giants, the Eagles flew to the University of Phoenix Stadium for the NFC Championship Game against the Arizona Cardinals. On Thanksgiving Night, the Eagles had crushed Arizona 48\u201320. The Cardinals, who finished 9\u20137 with losses in four of their last six games, were considered by some experts to be one of the worst playoff teams ever. However, they put together wins over the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers behind strong performances by veteran quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: at Arizona Cardinals\nThe Cardinals marched down the field after the game's opening kickoff and ended the drive with Kurt Warner's 9-yard touchdown pass to Larry Fitzgerald. Donovan McNabb scrambled for 21 yards on Philadelphia's first play, and the drive ended in a 45-yard field goal by David Akers (improving his NFL record for consecutive postseason field goals to 19). Akers missed on the next Eagles' drive, and on Arizona's first play after taking over, Fitzgerald scored on a 62-yard touchdown pass on a trick play to give Arizona a 14\u20133 second quarter lead. A 47-yard catch and run by Kevin Curtis helped Philadelphia answer with a 33-yard field goal, but the Cardinals would end the half with Warner's 1-yard touchdown pass to Fitzgerald and kicker Neil Rackers' 49-yard field goal to take a commanding 24\u20136 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 883]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: at Arizona Cardinals\nThe third quarter began with safety Adrian Wilson sacking McNabb on a blitz and Arizona recovering. However, the Eagles' defense held and McNabb began to rally Philadelphia. A 50-yard completion to Curtis jump-started a drive that ended in a 6-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brent Celek to make it 24\u201313. The Eagles got the ball right back and scored again on a 31-yard touchdown pass from McNabb to Celek, narrowing the score to 24\u201319 after a failed PAT by Akers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: at Arizona Cardinals\nThe Cardinals punted again, and with 10:45 left in the fourth quarter, McNabb launched a bomb to DeSean Jackson that he bobbled and then hauled in despite the coverage of Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. The 62-yard play put Philadelphia ahead 25\u201324 (after a failed 2-point conversion). The Cardinals began an eight-minute drive (that included a 4th-and-1 conversion) that was capped by an 8-yard touchdown pass to running back Tim Hightower. The successful 2-point conversion by Ben Patrick put Arizona back on top 32\u201325. The Eagles drove in Arizona territory, but four straight incompletions ended Philadelphia's hopes of a Super Bowl XLIII appearance, as well as an all-Pennsylvania Super Bowl (the Steelers had won the AFC Championship Game over the Ravens later in the day).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 857]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198269-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith the loss, Philadelphia's season ended with an overall record of 11\u20137\u20131. McNabb threw for 375 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception. Curtis had 122 receiving yards, Jackson had 92 receiving yards, and Celek had 10 catches and two touchdowns. However, Brian Westbrook (71 yards from scrimmage) was a non-factor and the defense forced zero turnovers. Larry Fitzgerald, who eventually set a record for receiving yards in a playoff season, had 152 yards, three touchdowns, and dominated the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season\nThe 2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season was the eighth season of the franchise (in its current incarnation) in World TeamTennis (WTT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season\nThe Freedoms finished the regular season with 7 wins and 7 losses and narrowly missed qualifying for the WTT playoffs. They were eliminated on a standings tiebreaker at the conclusion of the final match of the WTT regular season. The Freedoms were led by Travis Parrott, who was named 2008 WTT Male Rookie of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Venus Williams returns, and Freedoms get a new home\nAt the WTT Marquee Player Draft on March 19, 2008, the Freedoms protected Venus Williams. They did not select any other marquee players. The team also announced that its home matches would be played at King of Prussia mall in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania starting with the 2008 season, after seven years at Cabrini College. A temporary stadium with a seating capacity of approximately 2,500 was to be constructed in the parking lot of The Court, then the smaller of the two buildings that composed the mall, in front of Macy's and Bloomingdale's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 100], "content_span": [101, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Venus Williams returns, and Freedoms get a new home\nThere would be room to expand the seating capacity of the stadium should demand merit doing so. Freedoms general manager Jeff Harrison said, \"The Freedoms couldn\u2019t be more excited to have the opportunity to play at such recognizable location. While this new site will give us the ability to expand our product, we want to assure our fans that they will continue to view world-class tennis in an intimate, exclusive setting. We are very confident that our new home will have a positive effect on our team, supporters and the community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 100], "content_span": [101, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Venus Williams returns, and Freedoms get a new home\nOur relationship with the King of Prussia Mall allows us to grow awareness of the team and introduce some new fans to our brand of tennis.\" Owner Billie Jean King said, \"The relocation of the Freedoms to King of Prussia Mall allows us to expand our overall fan experience. While we have enjoyed a spectacular run at Cabrini College, we have seen the success of other WTT franchises that showcase their teams in nontraditional settings. The timing is right, and the Philadelphia market is another perfect opportunity for us to continue with this approach. The Freedoms have a new home, and we will be driving more traffic to the mall. It's a win-win for everyone involved.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 100], "content_span": [101, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Roster Player Draft\nThe Freedoms were active in the trade market at the WTT Roster Player Draft on April 1, 2008. In the first round, they protected local favorite Lisa Raymond, which left Jamea Jackson unprotected. Since Jackson had substituted for Raymond in 2007, she had to be protected in the first round (Raymond's 2007 position), if the Freedoms intended to keep her. Raymond, on the other hand, could have been protected in the fourth round, if the Freedoms had protected Jackson in the first round. In the second round, the Freedoms protected Travis Parrott, who had substituted for Daniel Nestor in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Roster Player Draft\nParrott was still technically a WTT rookie under the rules in place at the time, even though he played for Sacramento Capitals in 2006, and for the Freedoms in 2007. The Freedoms traded their third round pick to the Delaware Smash for Alex Bogomolov Jr., whom had been selected by the Smash with the seventh pick in the first round. The trade forced the Freedoms to leave 2006 WTT Male Most Valuable Player Nestor and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Niemeyer unprotected. The Smash used the third round selection it acquired from the Freedoms to draft Madison Brengle. In the fourth round, the Freedoms selected Audra Cohen and left Olga Savchuk unprotected. The Freedoms did not select any roster-exempt players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Substitutes for Raymond\nOn July 3, 2008, with Lisa Raymond's availability in doubt, because she and her partner Samantha Stosur reached the semifinals of the ladies' doubles tournament at Wimbedon, the Freedoms signed Carly Gullickson and Mouna Sabri as substitute players to replace her in the first two matches of the season. On July 6, the Freedoms signed Robin Stephenson as a substitute player to fill in for Raymond, who had lost the Wimbledon ladies' doubles final the previous day, in the third match of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Substitutes for Raymond\nThe Freedoms expected to have both Raymond and Venus Williams, who with her sister Serena defeated Raymond and Stosur in that Wimbledon doubles final, available for the fourth match of the regular season on July 8. Raymond and Williams were to play women's doubles together in that match as well as the following two matches on the Freedoms' schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, A rough start\nThe Freedoms opened their season on July 4, 2008, with a home match against the expansion Washington Kastles, which was the inaugural match for Washington. After falling behind 15\u20139 after three sets, the Freedoms started a comeback when Audra Cohen and Carly Gullickson won a tiebreaker in the fourth set of women's doubles. Gullickson and Travis Parrott followed with a 5\u20133 set win in mixed doubles to send the match to overtime with the Kastles leading 22\u201319. Mashona Washington and Scott Oudsema clinched a 23\u201319 victory for the Kastles when they won the first game of overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, A rough start\nThe following evening, the Freedoms met the Springfield Lasers on the road and raced to a 15\u20138 lead after three sets. Alex Bogomolov Jr. won the opening set of men's singles and teamed with Parrott to win the third set of men's doubles. Cohen and Parrott won the second set of mixed doubles. After the Lasers won the fourth set of women's singles, the Freedoms still held and 18\u201313 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, A rough start\nShenay Perry and Chanelle Scheepers won a tiebreaker over Cohen and Mouna Sabri in the final set of women's doubles to send the match to overtime with the Freedoms leading, 22\u201318. Perry and Scheepers then won four straight overtime games and took the super tiebreaker, 7\u20132, to hand the Freedoms a shocking 23\u201322 loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, A rough start\nOn July 7, 2008, the Freedoms visited the New York Sportimes and won three of the five sets. However, Cohen's 5\u20130 set loss to Bethanie Mattek in the fourth set of women's singles meant the Freedoms still trailed, 20\u201318, after Robin Stephenson and Parrott won a tiebreaker in the final set of mixed doubles to send the match to overtime. Mattek and Brian Wilson won the first game of overtime to give the Sportimes a 21\u201318 victory and drop the Freedoms' record to 0 wins and 3 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Williams and Raymond arrive\nVenus Williams and Lisa Raymond were both available for the third and final match of the Freedoms' early-season three-match road trip, and they had an immediate impact. The Freedoms visited the Delaware Smash on July 8, 2008, in the opener of a home-and-home series. Williams teamed with Travis Parrott for a 5\u20133 set win in the opening set of mixed doubles. She followed with a 5\u20132 set win in women's singles. Parrott and Alex Bogomolov Jr. won the third set of men's doubles, 5\u20133. Williams and Raymond earned a 5\u20132 set win in the fourth set of women's doubles. After the Smash won a tiebreaker in the closing set of men's singles, the match went to overtime with the Freedoms holding a commanding 24\u201315 lead. Bogomolov won the first game of overtime to secure the Freedoms' first victory of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 880]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Williams and Raymond arrive\nThe Freedoms hosted the Smash the following evening in a match that was much tighter. Williams and Parrott dropped the opening set of mixed doubles, 5\u20132. Williams needed a tiebreaker to beat 18-year-old Madison Brengle in the second set of women's doubles. Bogomolov and Parrott gave the Freedoms a 12\u201311 lead with a 5\u20132 set win in the third set of men's doubles. The Smash surged to a 16\u201314 lead, when Brengle and Liezel Huber won the fourth set of women's doubles over Williams and Raymond. Bogomolov rescued the Freedoms by dominating the final set of men's singles, 5\u20131, to clinch a 19\u201317 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Williams and Raymond arrive\nPaying for the fourth consecutive day in the fourth different venue, the Freedoms visited the Boston Lobsters on July 10, 2008. Williams gave them an early lead when she won an opening-set tiebreaker in women's singles and then teamed with Raymond for a 5\u20132 set win in women's doubles. The Lobsters worked their way back into the match by winning the final three sets, the last two in tiebreakers, to send the match to a super tiebreaker. Bogomolov and Parrott won a match-deciding point to win the super tiebreaker, 7\u20136, and give the Freedoms a 22\u201321 triumph. The victory evened the Freedoms' record at 3 wins and 3 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run\nThe Freedoms embarked on a four-match homestand with a record of 4 wins and 4 losses, having won four of their previous five matches. However, just as quickly as they appeared to have turned their season in the right direction, the Freedoms suffered another untimely three-match losing streak. In each of the three matches, the Freedoms lost four of the five full sets played. The closest of the three matches was a five-game overtime loss to the Kansas City Explorers. With three matches remaining on their schedule, the Freedoms' record stood at 4 wins and 7 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run\nIn the final match of the homestand on July 19, 2008, the Freedoms, without warning, played their best match of the season against the New York Buzz, who entered the match with 7 wins and 3 losses. Alex Bogomolov Jr. and Travis Parrott started the match with a 5\u20132 set win in the opening set of men's doubles. Audra Cohen won the women's singles set, 5\u20133. Parrott teamed with Lisa Raymond for a 5\u20132 set win in the third set of mixed doubles. Raymond and Cohen won a tiebreaker in the fourth set of women's doubles. Bogomolov completed the five-set sweep for the Freedoms by winning a men's singles tiebreaker in the closing set to secure a 25\u201315 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run\nThe next evening, the Freedoms visited the Washington Kastles, who had 5 wins and 6 losses and were in the thick of the race for the WTT wild card playoff berth. Bogomolov won the opening set of men's singles and teamed with Parrott to win the third set of men's doubles. Raymond paired with Cohen to win the second set of women's doubles and with Parrott to win the fourth set of mixed doubles. After Cohen lost the final set of women's singles, she clinched a 23\u201319 triumph by winning the first game of overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run\nThe Freedoms closed their regular season on July 21, 2008, with a dominant home win over the Delaware Smash. Raymond teamed with Parrott for a 5\u20132 set win in the third set of mixed doubles and with Cohen for a 5\u20131 set win in the fourth set of women's doubles. Bogomolov paired with Parrott for a 5\u20133 set win in the opening set of men's doubles and closed out the match by posting a dominant 5\u20131 margin in the closing set of men's singles. The 23\u201312 victory evened the Freedoms' record at 7 wins and 7 losses and kept them alive in the WTT playoff race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Elimination from playoff contention\nWith their schedule completed, the Freedoms became interested spectators on the final day of the WTT regular season. They were fourth in the Eastern Conference, and their record stood at 7\u20137, identical to that of the Boston Lobsters, who held a tiebreaker edge over them. The Washington Kastles entered the final day fifth in the Eastern Conference at 5\u20138 and were eliminated. The Newport Beach Breakers held third place in the Western Conference at 5\u20138 and were also eliminated. It would seem that the Freedoms had no hope and that the Lobsters had already clinched the wild card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Elimination from playoff contention\nHowever, the wild card berth was to be awarded to the team that had the highest overall seeding without finishing in the top two places in its conference. That is not necessarily identical to the third place team with the best record. In the overall seeding of the teams, it remained possible for the 7\u20136 Sacramento Capitals, who had already clinched second place in the Western Conference, to finish 7\u20137, creating a three-way tie with the Lobsters and Freedoms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Elimination from playoff contention\nThe games won against common opponents tiebreaker step would apply, and the Freedoms would be first with 157, the Lobsters second with 152 and the Capitals third with 133 plus the number of games they would win in a loss to the Sportimes. The maximum number of wins against common opponents the Capitals could reach in a loss was 157. Therefore, the tiebreaker would have given the Freedoms the wild card and the #4 seed in the WTT playoffs. The Capitals, as the second-place team in the Western Conference, would have been the #5 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0015-0003", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Elimination from playoff contention\nThe Lobsters would be eliminated, even though they held a head-to-head tiebreaker edge over the Freedoms, and even if they finished second in the three-team tiebreaker for the #4 and #5 seeds. Therefore, the Freedoms needed a Sportimes victory, which would give the Capitals a 7\u20137 record and create the three-way tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Elimination from playoff contention\nIn a tightly contested match that ended the WTT regular season, which would have given the Sportimes the Eastern Conference title had they won, the Capitals prevailed in a final-set tiebreaker, 20\u201319. The Freedoms were eliminated from playoff contention on what was literally the season's final point played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Draft picks\nSince the Freedoms had the worse regular-season record of the two 2007 WTT conference championship match losers, they selected fourth from the bottom (eighth) in each round of WTT's two drafts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Draft picks, Marquee Player Draft\nIn the Marquee Player Draft on March 19, 2008, the Freedoms protected Venus Williams in the first round. They did not make a second-round selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Draft picks, Roster Player Draft\nThe league conducted its 2008 Roster Player Draft on April 1, in Miami, Florida. The selections made by the Freedoms are shown in the table below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Draft picks, Roster Player Draft\nThe Freedoms traded their third-round selection (30th overall) to the Delaware Smash for American Alex Bogomolov Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Statistics\nPlayers are listed in order of their game-winning percentage provided they played in at least 40% of the Freedoms' games in that event, which is the WTT minimum for qualification for league leaders in individual statistical categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198270-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Individual honors and achievements\nTravis Parrott was named WTT Male Rookie of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season\nThe Philadelphia Phillies' 2008 season was the 126th in the history of the franchise. The team finished with a regular season record of 92\u201370, first in the National League East. In the postseason, the Phillies won the World Series; this was the first major sports championship for Philadelphia since the 76ers swept the 1983 NBA Finals. During the season, they were managed by Charlie Manuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season\nThe Phillies opened the season by posting their first winning April since 2003. They also scored 60\u00a0runs over 5\u00a0games in late May in a sweep over the Colorado Rockies and accrued a 14\u20134 record over 18\u00a0games entering the month of June. The Phillies' performance declined in late June, but they improved after the All-Star break, going 9\u20136 immediately following the midseason hiatus. Closer Brad Lidge earned eight saves in those games, and did not blow a save throughout the season and the postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season\nPhiladelphia traded sweeps with the Los Angeles Dodgers in August and went 13\u20133 in their last 16\u00a0games, taking advantage of a late swoon by the New York Mets for the second year in a row to capture the division crown. The team won its position in the playoffs after its second consecutive East Division title. The Phillies also posted the best road record in the National League, at 44\u201337.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season\nPhiladelphia defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Division Series (NLDS), 3\u20131, and the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series (NLCS), 4\u20131, to win the National League Pennant and advance to the World Series. In the World Series, the Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 4\u20131, to win their first championship in 28 years, ending the Curse of Billy Penn. Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels was named the most valuable player of the NLCS and the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season\nStatistical leaders in batting for the 2008 team included center fielder Shane Victorino (batting average, .293), first baseman Ryan Howard (home runs, 48; runs batted in, 146), and second baseman Chase Utley (runs scored, 113). For their accomplishments, Howard won the Josh Gibson Award for the National League, and Utley won his third consecutive Silver Slugger Award. Pitching leaders included left-handed starting pitcher Hamels (innings pitched, 2271\u20443), left-hander starter Jamie Moyer (wins, 16), and right-handed relief pitcher Lidge (saves, 41). Lidge won the DHL Delivery Man of the Year and the Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year awards for his performance during the season. Victorino and shortstop Jimmy Rollins also won Gold Glove awards for their play in the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Offseason, Players and coaches\nOn October 29, 2007, Charlie Manuel signed an extension to manage the Phillies for two more years. All of the coaches from the 2007 division championship season were also retained. However, Davey Lopes underwent treatment for cancer and had to be replaced on an interim basis in the early part of the season. The Phillies re-signed left-handed relief pitcher J. C. Romero to a new two-year contract after a dominating 2007, in which he struck out 42 batters in 56+1\u20443 innings pitched while posting a 1.92 earned run average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Offseason, Players and coaches\nOutfielder Michael Bourn and right-handed pitcher Geoff Geary were traded to Houston for closer Brad Lidge and infielder Eric Bruntlett on November 7, 2007. Outfielder Chris Roberson was traded to Baltimore for cash in January 2008, while third baseman Pedro Feliz, outfielder Geoff Jenkins, and outfielder So Taguchi arrived as free agents; Feliz was signed on January 31, while Jenkins and Taguchi signed the month before. In the broadcast booth, Tom McCarthy also returned to the team after two years as a radio announcer for the New York Mets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Offseason, Uniforms\nOn November 29, 2007, the team announced that in honor of the franchise's 125th anniversary of playing in Philadelphia, the Phillies would wear an alternate home uniform based on their 1948\u00a0uniforms for all day home games during the season. The cap formerly used for interleague play, a red-crowned cap with a blue bill and a star within the \"P\" logo, was retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Offseason, Controversy with the Mets\nOn February 16, 2008, Mets center fielder Carlos Beltr\u00e1n made a statement regarding the upcoming season. He stated that \"[without] Santana, we felt, as a team, that we had a chance to win in our division. With him now, I have no doubt that we're going to win in our division. I have no doubt in that. We've got what it takes. To Jimmy Rollins: We are the team to beat.\" Beltran's statement echoed Rollins' 2007 assertion that the Phillies were \"the team to beat in the NL East\u2014finally\". Inasmuch as Beltran had imitated Rollins' 2007 preseason prediction, Rollins arrived in camp for Spring training and responded:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Offseason, Controversy with the Mets\n\"There isn't a team in the National League that's better than us. The pressure's back on them if you ask me. They were on paper the best team in the division last year and they were supposed to win, and they didn't. One, there are four other teams in our division who are going to make sure that doesn't happen, and two, has anyone ever heard of plagiarism? That was pretty good, especially coming from him. He's a quiet guy, so it was probably shocking when he said it. Not shocking in a bad way, like 'Wow, I can't believe he said  that.' More like, 'Wow, he finally said something because he's a leader on that team and you definitely need to be a vocal leader.'\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, March/April\nThe Phillies opened the season against the Washington Nationals at home on March 31. They failed to win any of their first three series, losing two of three against the Nationals and New York Mets, with a four-game split against the Cincinnati Reds between those series. The Phillies won their next two series against the Chicago Cubs and the Houston Astros. After dropping a second series to the Mets, the Phillies finished the month with 15\u00a0wins and 12\u00a0losses. They did not achieve a three-game sweep against any team in the opening month, nor were they swept. By winning at least one game in each series, the Phillies were able to achieve their first winning April in several seasons, and only their fourth since their last World Series appearance in 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, March/April\nWith a batting average of .360 and his Major League Baseball-leading 11\u00a0home runs, Chase Utley paced the team's offense, followed closely by a resurgent Pat Burrell and his 25 runs batted in. Though team speed was hampered by the loss of Shane Victorino and Jimmy Rollins to the disabled list, the latter for the first time in his career, the Phillies still pushed forward to a 15\u201313 record, including their Opening Day loss to Washington. The pitching rotation was led by ace Cole Hamels, who led the team in wins (3), earned run average (ERA) (2.70), and innings pitched (43+1\u20443). Reliever J. C. Romero and new closer Brad Lidge both went the entire month without sacrificing a single run, over 12+1\u20443 and 11\u00a0innings respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May\nThe Phillies did not achieve their first three-game series sweep until almost the end of May, taking two from the San Francisco Giants, the Arizona Diamondbacks (splitting the series 2\u20132), the Atlanta Braves, and the Nationals, and dropping two to the Giants, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Astros. However, the Phillies' first sweep was achieved in dramatic fashion, as the offense broke out for 60\u00a0runs in five\u00a0games, including a 20\u20135 win over the Colorado Rockies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May\nThough several fill-in players, including Brad Harman and T. J. Bohn, substituted during Victorino's and Rollins' absence, none was more valuable to the team during May than Jayson Werth. Expected to be primarily a platoon player coming into the season, Werth showed positive form. While Utley slowed down, Werth had a game with three home runs and stole four bases in the month. However, as Rollins and Victorino returned, Werth was lost to the disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, May\nRyan Howard broke out of his early-season slump, batting .245 in May, nearly an 80-point increase from his average in April, and hitting ten home runs. Hometown pitcher Jamie Moyer also became the sixth pitcher in Major League Baseball history to defeat all 30\u00a0teams in the league on May 26 in a 20\u20135 Phillies win over Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June\nJune was a tale of two halves for the Phillies, as they started June with a strong combination of offense and pitching. From May 26 to June 13, the team posted a 14\u20134 record, starting their run with a 15\u20136 win over the Astros and ended with a 20\u20132 win over the Cardinals, as their record reached a first-half high of 13\u00a0games over .500 at 41\u201328. However, the offense took a downturn as the Phillies pitchers began to sacrifice more runs in the latter part of the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June\nThe Phillies went 3\u201311 over the remainder of June, as the pitchers allowed an average of 4.79 runs per game, compared to the offense's 3.36 runs scored per game. This was punctuated by a season-high six-game losing streak. The poor records coincided with the Phillies' stretch of interleague play for 2008, as they were swept by the Angels, and lost their series with the Red Sox, A's, and Rangers, in addition to dropping two NL series against the Cardinals and Marlins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, June\nWhile Hamels and Kyle Kendrick each managed to post a 3\u20131 record in the rotation, the other starters (Moyer, Adam Eaton, and Brett Myers) were not so lucky. Myers' poor performance received arguably the most scrutiny, based on management's decision to move him back to the rotation from the bullpen after the 2007\u00a0season. Myers would eventually accept an option to Triple-A to work on his mechanical issues and confidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July\nJuly began with the announcement that Chase Utley and Brad Lidge would represent the team at the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; Utley garnered the most votes of all National League players. Pat Burrell was also selected as a \"Final Vote\" candidate, but lost out on the opportunity for his first All-Star appearance to Milwaukee outfielder Corey Hart. The Phillies went 8\u20135 in July before the All-Star break, compiling a four-game win streak, a four-game losing streak, and winning four of their last five. The team posted a sweep of the Braves, a series loss to the Mets, and series wins over the Cardinals and the Diamondbacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July\nIn a move to bolster their starting rotation in preparation for the pennant race, the Phillies traded three minor league players, including second baseman Adrian Cardenas, pitcher Josh Outman, and outfielder Matthew Spencer to the Oakland Athletics for starting pitcher Joe Blanton on July 17. The move would prove necessary, as Blanton's start was the only game of their next series against the Mets that the Phillies would win; bullpen pitchers earned the victory (Chad Durbin) or suffered the loss (Ryan Madson and Romero) in each game of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, July\nThe Phillies managed to go 7\u20135 after the All-Star break within their own division, dropping series to the Marlins and Mets, but besting the Braves and sweeping the Nationals. Brad Lidge posted a save in six straight Phillies wins, and the team ended the month on a five-game winning streak, with a final record of 15\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, August\nThe Phillies opened August by taking two of three from the Cardinals, though they followed that by dropping a series to the Marlins. On August 7, the Phillies acquired left-handed reliever Scott Eyre from the Cubs. After taking two of three from the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Phillies went west for their first trip to Dodger Stadium, dropping three consecutive games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The first game saw the team sacrifice a 7-run lead that they could not overcome, and the second two of the series were both blown by the bullpen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, August\nThe Dodgers' sweep in Los Angeles was completed as the Phillies dropped the last game of the series, leaving them out of first place in the division. However, the Phillies struck back, taking two of three from both the Padres and the Nationals, and completing a revenge sweep of the Dodgers at Citizens Bank Park. The following evening, the Phillies saw starter Jamie Moyer give up seven runs over the first three innings of their game against the Mets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, August\nHowever, the offense made up that deficit by scoring the tying run in the ninth; catcher Chris Coste capped the comeback by going four-for-four coming off of the bench and driving in the winning run with a bases-loaded single to deep center in the bottom of the 13th\u00a0inning. They ended up splitting the short series with the Mets and the next four-game series against the Cubs to close out the \"dog days\" of summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September\nWith a nearly-full slate of division rivals in the final month, the Phillies opened by dropping series to the Nationals and Marlins, with a 2\u20131 series win over division leaders New York between the two losses. However, they pushed back into contention on the back of strong pitching, sweeping the Brewers over a four-game set while allowing only eight runs. Brett Myers' return to the rotation in late July bolstered the strength of the Phillies' starters toward the end of the season; he boasted a 7\u20132\u00a0record and a 1.80\u00a0ERA from his return until September 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September\nTaking their winning ways south to Atlanta, the Phillies completed a series sweep of the Braves; the Phillies also swept the Braves at Turner Field for the season and handed the Braves franchise its first nine-game home losing streak against a single team since 1909. With an 8\u20134\u00a0win over the Washington Nationals on September 26, the Phillies secured their first 90-win season since 1993. The next day, the Phillies clinched the NL East Division title for the second consecutive season, beating the Nationals by a score of 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, September\nJamie Moyer contributed a one-run, six-hit performance over six innings and Jayson Werth led off the fifth inning with a home run. They won the division title as Brad Lidge earned his 41st consecutive save on a game-ending double play. Having gone an entire season without losing a save opportunity, Lidge was recognized as 2008's National League Comeback Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Roster\nAll players who made an appearance for the Phillies during 2008 are included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, National League Division Series\nFollowing their four-game sweep of Milwaukee in the beginning of September, the Phillies recorded their first playoff win since their 1993 World Series appearance on October 1, defeating the Brewers in Game 1. Cole Hamels was the victor, earning his first career playoff win. Hamels allowed no runs and two hits over his eight innings of work. Chase Utley batted in two runs, while Ryan Howard walked three times in the game. In Game 2, Shane Victorino's grand slam was all the run support starter Brett Myers needed, as he pitched seven innings and allowed only two runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, National League Division Series\nThe Phillies' second consecutive victory was also supported by a pair of doubles from Victorino and from Jayson Werth. In a reversal of fortune, the Brewers scored two runs in the first inning of Game 3, and it proved to be enough to win the game. Brewers starter Dave Bush and closer Salom\u00f3n Torres were able to hold off the Phillies despite a rally in the top of the ninth inning, keeping the Brewers alive for Game 4. However, the Phillies defeated the Brewers in Game 4 at Miller Park to win the series, 3\u20131. Jimmy Rollins, Jayson Werth and Pat Burrell all hit solo home runs, and Burrell contributed a three-run homer as well. Joe Blanton struck out seven Brewers, holding the team to one run on five hits through six innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, National League Championship Series\nFacing off against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS for the fourth time in history, Derek Lowe stifled the Phillies' offense for the first five innings of Game 1; however, the Phillies came from behind to score three runs in the sixth on home runs by Utley and Burrell. Hamels followed his stellar NLDS performance with a seven-inning, two-run outing, and Brad Lidge earned his 44th consecutive save in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, National League Championship Series\nManny Ram\u00edrez' home run could not overcome the Phillies' potent offense in Game 2, who scored four runs in both the second and third innings to win the game, 8\u20135. Starting pitcher Brett Myers was 3 for 3 at the plate, driving in three runs to help his own cause. He was supported by two-hit performances from Victorino and Greg Dobbs, who started at third base. Tensions escalated the following night in the third inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0019-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, National League Championship Series\nAfter a beanball and a throw-behind by the Phillies in the previous game and no retaliation from the Dodgers, Los Angeles starter Hiroki Kuroda threw a fastball up and in to Shane Victorino, narrowly missing his head. Victorino gestured angrily, warning Kuroda to throw at other parts of his body, but not his head. This soon escalated to clearing the benches, and the Dodgers rode their momentum to the end of the game, defeating the Phillies 7\u20132 after posting five runs in the first inning. The Phillies staged another comeback in the following game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0019-0003", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, National League Championship Series\nDown 5\u20133 in the eighth inning, two home runs by Shane Victorino and pinch-hitter Matt Stairs plated four runs and put the Dodgers in a hole out of which they could not climb; the Phillies won the game 7\u20135. In the first decisions of the series for either bullpen, right-handed reliever Ryan Madson got the win for Philadelphia, while Cory Wade suffered the loss for Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0019-0004", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, National League Championship Series\nDodgers fans were hoping for a comeback in game five; however, Jimmy Rollins started the contest with a leadoff homer off of Chad Billingsley, who was forced out of the game in the third inning because of a pair of Phillies runs. Philadelphia added two runs on a trio of Rafael Furcal errors in the fifth. Ram\u00edrez did bring the Dodger Stadium crowd to life with a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth, but the Dodgers never threatened after that. The Phillies won the series in five games; winning pitcher Cole Hamels was named the series Most Valuable Player (MVP). Thus, the Phillies advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, 2008 World Series\nThe Phillies played in their first Fall Classic in fifteen years, which began on October 22 against the Tampa Bay Rays. The first two games were played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, followed by three games at Citizens Bank Park. The Rays had home field advantage for the series, due to an American League victory in the 2008 All-Star Game. The Phillies defeated Tampa Bay, four games to one. Starting pitcher Cole Hamels (4\u20130, 1.80 ERA, 30 K in the postseason) was named the series MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, 2008 World Series, Game 1\nPhiladelphia scored the first runs of the series when Chase Utley hit a home run with Jayson Werth on base in the top of the first inning. Tampa Bay loaded the bases in the bottom of the third inning; however, Upton grounded into an inning-ending double play and the score remained 2\u20130. The Phillies extended their lead when Carlos Ruiz batted in Victorino in the fourth inning. A solo home run from Carl Crawford pulled the Rays back within two runs. Tampa Bay added their second run the following inning on an RBI double by Akinori Iwamura. Philadelphia starter Cole Hamels pitched seven innings and allowed only two runs, while Brad Lidge recorded his 47th consecutive save in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, 2008 World Series, Game 2\nTampa starter James Shields shut down the Phillies lineup, scattering seven hits and allowing no runs in 5+2\u20443 innings of work. Outfielder B. J. Upton (2 for 4, one run scored, one RBI) and catcher Dioner Navarro (2 for 3, one run scored) led the offensive charge for the Rays as Brett Myers gave up four runs (three earned) while notching two strikeouts and three walks. Rather than power-hitting Matt Stairs, Charlie Manuel opted to go with Greg Dobbs as the DH; Dobbs was 1 for 3 for the Phillies, while Victorino and Howard supplied two hits each. Cliff Floyd extended the Rays' lead to four runs after leading off the bottom of the fourth inning with a single, advancing to third base, and scoring on a Jason Bartlett sacrifice bunt. The Phillies' loss tied the series at 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, 2008 World Series, Game 3\nAfter a 91-minute rain delay, the offenses fought back and forth, scoring run after run in an up-and-down affair in Philadelphia. Ryan Howard ended his home run drought, hitting his first round-tripper since the end of September. Chase Utley and Carlos Ruiz also hit home runs for the Phillies, while Carl Crawford and Dioner Navarro contributed a double each for the Rays. Philadelphia starter Jamie Moyer turned in his first strong performance of the postseason, allowing three runs over 6+1\u20443 innings. His counterpart Matt Garza allowed four runs over six innings, but neither would factor in the decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, 2008 World Series, Game 3\nAfter the Rays tied the game in the top of the eighth, the Phillies loaded the bases on two intentional walks with Eric Bruntlett on third base. Even with a five-man infield, Ruiz was still able to engineer some late-game heroics, sneaking a dribbling ground ball down the third base line to score Bruntlett. Philadelphia took a 2\u20131 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, 2008 World Series, Game 4\nThe Phillies' offensive woes seemed in the distant past as the lineup broke out in a big way during Game 4. Led by Ryan Howard's 3-for-4, 2 home run performance, and home runs by Jayson Werth and starting pitcher Joe Blanton, the Phillies pushed 10 runs across the plate. Blanton became the first World Series pitcher to hit a home run in 34 years, in addition to a strong performance on the mound, pitching six innings and allowing two earned runs on four hits. Roster addition Eric Hinske hit a home run for the Rays, as did left fielder Carl Crawford, his second of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, 2008 World Series, Game 5\nPhiladelphia scored in the first inning for the third consecutive game, taking a 2\u20130 lead when Shane Victorino batted in Chase Utley and Jayson Werth. Tampa Bay cut the lead in half in the fourth inning; Carlos Pe\u00f1a doubled and was batted in on Evan Longoria's single, both players' first hits of the Series. The Rays then tied the game in the sixth inning when B. J. Upton scored from second base on a Pe\u00f1a single. The game was suspended after the top of the sixth inning due to rain, making it the first game in World Series history to not be played through to completion or declared a tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, 2008 World Series, Game 5\nAfter the game was suspended, home plate umpire Tim Tschida told reporters that he and his crew ordered the players off the field because the wind and rain threatened to make the game \"comical\". Chase Utley agreed, saying that by the middle of the sixth inning, \"the infield was basically underwater.\" Rain continued to fall in Philadelphia on Tuesday, further postponing the game to Wednesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, 2008 World Series, Game 5\nUnder normal conditions, games are considered to be official games after five innings, or four and a half if the home team is leading at that point. However, both Rays and Phillies management knew before the first pitch that Commissioner Bud Selig, who is responsible for the scheduling of post-season games, would not allow a team to clinch the Series by winning a rain-shortened game. Thus, the game resumed on October 29 in the middle of the sixth inning at Citizens Bank Park, with the Phillies batting in the bottom of the sixth inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, 2008 World Series, Game 5\nPinch hitter Geoff Jenkins led off with a double and was bunted to third by Rollins. Batting third, Jayson Werth batted in Jenkins to give the Phillies the lead, 3\u20132. Rocco Baldelli re-tied the game at three runs with a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning, but Jason Bartlett was thrown out at home to end the inning on a fake throw-over by Utley, which went down as one of the greatest plays in World Series history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0027-0002", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, 2008 World Series, Game 5\nIn the bottom of the seventh, Pat Burrell led off with a double; Eric Bruntlett entered as a pinch runner and scored on a hit by Pedro Feliz to put the Phillies up by a run again. Brad Lidge gave up a single and a stolen base but struck out Eric Hinske for the final out, sealing the Phillies' first World Series championship since the 1980 World Series, and the city's first major sports championship in 25 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, Breaking the curse\nThe alleged curse of Billy Penn was sometimes used to explain the failure of professional sports teams based in Philadelphia to win championships. In March 1987, One Liberty Place, a 945-foot (288\u00a0m) tall skyscraper, opened three blocks from the 548\u00a0ft (167\u00a0m) high statue of William Penn atop Philadelphia City Hall. For many decades, a gentlemen's agreement stated that the Philadelphia Art Commission would approve no building in the city that would rise above this statue. The supposed curse had gained such prominence in Philadelphia that a documentary film entitled The Curse of William Penn was produced about it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Postseason, Breaking the curse\nThe curse ended on October 29, 2008, when the Phillies won the World Series, a year and four months after a statuette of the William Penn figure atop City Hall was affixed to the final beam put in place during the June 2007 topping-off of the Comcast Center, then the tallest building in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nThe 2008 team won the Commissioner's Trophy for its World Series title and the Warren C. Giles Trophy as National League champions. It was also named \"Team of the Year\" by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association and received the Pride of Philadelphia Award from the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame. In 2009, the Philadelphia Sports Congress presented the team with the John Wanamaker Athletic Award. In May 2009, the team was recognized at the White House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nStarter Cole Hamels received the NLCS and World Series MVP awards. He also received the Babe Ruth Award from the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nCloser Brad Lidge was named the Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year and the DHL Delivery Man of the Year for his perfect 48-for-48 performance throughout the 2008 regular season and postseason. He also received the Rolaids NL Relief Man Award, the Sporting News NL Reliever of the Year Award, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association (PSWA) Outstanding Pro Athlete award, and the  Daily News Sportsperson of the Year award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nShortstop Jimmy Rollins and center fielder Shane Victorino were honored by Rawlings with Gold Gloves, honoring their defense in 2008. Rollins also received the Fielding Bible Award for shortstop. Rollins posted a fielding percentage of .988, compiling 193 putouts and 393 assists while making only seven errors; Victorino's fielding percentage was even higher, at .994, notching 7 assists from the outfield along with 328 putouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nClean-up hitter and first baseman Ryan Howard was named the recipient of the Babe Ruth Home Run Award (in MLB) and the Negro Baseball League Museum's Josh Gibson Legacy Award, as the NL leader in home runs. Howard hit 48 home runs in 2008, more than any other player in the National League. Howard also batted in 146 runs, and finished the regular season with 11 homers and 32 RBIs during September. Second baseman Chase Utley also won his third consecutive Silver Slugger Award, given annually to the best hitter in each league at his position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nFour of the This Year in Baseball Awards also went to the Phillies. Lidge was recognized as the Closer of the Year, while Utley won the Postseason Moment of the Year award for his fake throw to first base which allowed him to throw out Rays' shortstop Jason Bartlett at home plate during the World Series. Manager Charlie Manuel and general manager Pat Gillick were also named Manager of the Year (distinct from Major League Baseball's Manager of the Year award) and Executive of the Year, respectively, for their leadership of the 2008 team and for winning the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nThe Philadelphia chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) presented its annual franchise awards to Brad Lidge (\"Mike Schmidt Most Valuable Player Award\"), Cole Hamels (\"Steve Carlton Most Valuable Pitcher Award\"), Jamie Moyer (\"Dallas Green Special Achievement Award\"), and Greg Dobbs (\"Tug McGraw Good Guy Award\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nShane Victorino also received the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award for displaying character and integrity both on and off the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nPat Gillick also received the ceremonial title of King of Baseball from Minor League Baseball, in recognition of longtime dedication and service to professional baseball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season player statistics, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198271-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season player statistics, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198272-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Soul season\nThe 2008 Philadelphia Soul season was the fifth season for the franchise. The Soul started the season by winning their first nine games. Finishing the regular season with a 13\u20133 record, this was the Soul's best regular season to that point in their then-short history. They won their first Eastern Division title, and went into the playoffs as the top seed in the National Conference. Against the New York Dragons, the Soul won their Divisional round game by a score of 49\u201348 to advance to the National Conference Championship. They won that game on July 12, 2008, against the Cleveland Gladiators, 70\u201335. They won ArenaBowl XXII in New Orleans on July 27, 2008, against the defending champion San Jose SaberCats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198272-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Soul season, Standings\nz - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198273-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Wings season\nThe Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 22nd in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198273-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Wings season\nThe Wings had not made the playoffs in five years, the longest playoff drought in the history of the franchise. But the Wings began the season 6-0, and second-year players Athan Iannucci and Geoff Snider were rewriting the record books. Iannucci broke Gary Gait's single-season scoring record in the Wings' 14th game, and ended up with 71 goals. Snider set new records for loose balls (242), penalty minutes (103), and faceoffs won (318), and won 73.8% of his faceoffs, just short of his own record of 75% set in 2007. The Wings finished 4th in the East and made the playoffs again, but were beaten in the division semi-finals by the Buffalo Bandits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198273-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Wings season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198273-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Wings season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198273-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Philadelphia Wings season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198274-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship\nThe 2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship is the inaugural tournament of the Philippine Collegiate Championship (PCC) for basketball in its current incarnation, and the sixth edition overall. The champion teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) and 3 other Metro Manila leagues took part in the final tournament dubbed as the \"Sweet Sixteen\". Other teams had to qualify in the zonal tournaments to round out the 16 teams in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198274-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship\nThe De La Salle Green Archers defeated arch-rivals Ateneo Blue Eagles in the championship; budding rivals Letran Knights and the San Beda Red Lions disputed third place, with Letran winning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198274-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship\nThe winners would have qualified for the 2009 Summer Universiade in Serbia as the Philippine representative. However, FISU thumbed down an application by the SBP and the Philippine Olympic Committee. As a result, other international tournaments were lined up for the champion team. The 1967 UE Red Warriors led by Robert Jaworski and Danny Florencio was the last team to participate in the Universiade's basketball tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198274-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship\nSolar Sports served as the main coverage partner, with the games broadcasting on C/S 9 and Basketball TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198274-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship, Qualifying, Wildcard qualifying\nTop two teams from each group qualify for the zonal championships:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198274-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship, Qualifying, Zonal championships\nWinners from the regional championships and wildcard qualifying are drawn into four different teams: each zone has to have only one wildcard team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198274-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship, Qualifying, Zonal championships, Zone 1\nGames were held at the Makati Coliseum from November 3\u20136:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198274-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship, Qualifying, Zonal championships, Zone 2\nGames were held at the Makati Coliseum from November 3\u20136:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198274-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship, Qualifying, Zonal championships, Zone 3\nGames were held at the Ormoc City Superdome from November 9\u201311:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198274-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship, Qualifying, Zonal championships, Zone 4\nGames were held at the Xavier University Gym from November 14\u201317:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198274-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship, Record per league\nThe CUSA and the UCAA went 0\u20131. Other provincial leagues aside from the CESAFI failed to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198275-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round was the 2nd round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 29 February \u2013 2 March 2008, at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit near Cowes, Victoria, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198276-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Phoenix Mercury season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the 12th for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury were not able to win their second consecutive WNBA Championship and became the first defending champion to not qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198276-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Phoenix Mercury season, Offseason\nOn September 27, 2007, head coach Paul Westhead resigned and took a job as an assistant coach under P.J. Carlesimo for the Seattle SuperSonics. Assistant coach Corey Gaines was named the team's new head coach on November 7 of that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198277-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Piala Belia\nThe 2008 Piala Belia (transl. Youth Cup) is the first season of the Piala Belia. The league is currently the youth level (U19) football league in Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198278-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pickup Truck Racing\nThe 2008 Pickup Truck Racing season was the 12th Pickup Truck Racing season. Gavin Seager took the Rockingham Championship on September 28 and then sealed the overall championship at Pembrey with a double race win, taking his tally for the season to 13 victories with two races remaining. Gavin became the first driver to win the overall championship three times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198278-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pickup Truck Racing, Additional Race\nFollowing the rain-shortened race at Rockingham on 26 May (for which half points were awarded) an additional race was run on 12 July, making a three race weekend", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198279-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Piliyandala bus bombing\nThe 2008 Piliyandala bombing was a bombing of a commuter bus carried out on April 25, 2008 in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka, a suburb of Colombo. The bombing killed 26 and injured at least 64,and was the first major attack against civilians on the island since the April 6 Weliveriya bombing that killed Highways Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle and national athletics coach Lakshman de Alwis. It was also the deadliest bus bombing since the January 16 attack on a civilian bus at Buttala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198279-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Piliyandala bus bombing\nThe bombing took place amid a government offensive against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the island's north.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198279-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Piliyandala bus bombing, Details\nThe blast was caused by a parcel bomb deposited \"on an overhead rack near the front of the bus\", and took place during the evening peak hour. The explosion, which came as the bus began to drive away from a bus stand in the residential neighbourhood of Piliyandala in southern Colombo, tore off the vehicle's roof and destroyed windows of nearby structures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198279-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Piliyandala bus bombing, Details\nAccording to police, the blast killed 26 people\u2014ten at the scene of blast, 14 en route to hospital, and two in hospital\u2014and injured at least 64 others. The deceased included a Buddhist monk, a 10-year-old boy and eight women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198279-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Piliyandala bus bombing, Details\nLakshman Hulugalle, a spokesman for the government of Sri Lanka, blamed the LTTE for the attack, stating:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198279-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Piliyandala bus bombing, Details\nWith the heavy defeats that the LTTE is having in the North during the last two to three days, I think that the terrorists have again turned to [attacking] the innocent civilian who does not carry any arms or gun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198279-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Piliyandala bus bombing, Details\nPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa later echoed these sentiments,claiming that the LTTE \"had once again resorted to killing innocent civilians in the face of heavy setbacks on the battlefield\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198279-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Piliyandala bus bombing, Arrests\nThe Sri Lankan police arrested a man, Sityanadan Anandan Sudhakaran, alias Wasanthan, in connection with the bombing. He had reportedly been ordered by the LTTE leadership to bomb a bus in order to maximize casualties, and detonated the explosives via remote control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198280-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis\nThe 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, United States, from August 15 through August 23, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198280-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis\nThe men's field was headlined by ATP No. 13, Nottingham runner-up and Umag champion Fernando Verdasco, Cincinnati Masters semifinalist and Nottingham titlist Ivo Karlovi\u0107, and winner of back-to-back titles in Stuttgart, Kitzb\u00fchel, Los Angeles and Washington Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro. Other top seeds are Gstaad and Umag finalist Igor Andreev, Vi\u00f1a del Mar and P\u00f6rtschach runner-up Juan M\u00f3naco, Marin \u010cili\u0107, Andreas Seppi and Mardy Fish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198280-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis\nThe women's draw was led by WTA No. 10, Rome Tier I semifinalist and Paris champion Anna Chakvetadze, Australian Open semifinalist and Indian Wells Tier I quarterfinalist Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, and Paris, Eastbourne and Montreal semifinalist, Stanford finalist Marion Bartoli. Also competing are Paris finalist \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, Bangalore runner-up Patty Schnyder, Flavia Pennetta, Aliz\u00e9 Cornet and Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198280-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis, Finals, Men's Doubles\nMarcelo Melo /  Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Mark Knowles, 7\u20135, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198280-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis, Finals, Women's Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke /  Lisa Raymond defeated  Sorana C\u00eerstea /  Monica Niculescu, 4\u20136, 7\u20135, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198281-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 were the defending champions, but Zimonjic chose not to participate, and only Bhupathi competed that year. Bhupathi partnered with Mark Knowles, but Marcelo Melo and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 defeated them 7\u20135, 6\u20132, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198282-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Men's Singles\nJames Blake was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198282-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Men's Singles\nMarin \u010cili\u0107 won in the final 6\u20134, 4\u20136, 6\u20132, against Mardy Fish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198283-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Women's Doubles\nSania Mirza and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198283-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Women's Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke and Lisa Raymond won in the final 4\u20136, 7\u20135, 10\u20137, against Sorana C\u00eerstea and Monica Niculescu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198284-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Women's Singles\nSvetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198284-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Women's Singles\nCaroline Wozniacki won in the final 3\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20131, against Anna Chakvetadze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198284-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198285-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pitcairnese general election\nGeneral elections were held in the Pitcairn Islands on 8 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198285-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pitcairnese general election, Electoral system\nThe four elected members of the Island Council were elected by single transferable vote for two year terms. In addition, the Council had six other members; the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor, both of whom were elected separately. The four elected members and the Deputy Mayor nominated a further member, whilst two were appointed by the Governor and one seat was reserved for a Commissioner liaising between the Governor and the Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198285-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pitcairnese general election, Results\nJay Warren was elected Deputy Mayor, whilst Turi Griffiths, Brenda Christian, Dave Brown and Jacqui Christian were elected to the Island Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198286-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pitch and Putt World Cup\nThe 2008 Pitch and putt World Cup was held on the Papendal course, close to Arnhem (Netherlands) and was the third edition for this championship promoted by the Federation of International Pitch and Putt Associations (FIPPA), with 14 national teams. Ireland won the World Cup after defeating The Netherlands in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team\nThe 2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was the fourth under head coach Dave Wannstedt. The 2008 season marked the team's eighth at Heinz Field and the program's 119th season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team\nThe Panthers started the 2008 season with new defensive coordinator Phil Bennett. Ranked in the top 25 for the second time under Wannstedt's leadership, Pitt suffered an early and surprising setback in the opening game against Bowling Green. Pitt rebounded to defeat Buffalo and then Iowa by a score of 21\u201320. The winning continued when the Panthers upset undefeated and tenth ranked South Florida in a game nationally televised by ESPN. A win at Navy preceded a home upset to Rutgers, Pitt's fourth consecutive loss to the Scarlet Knights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team\nHowever, Pitt rebounded the following week at Notre Dame with a 36-33 four-overtime victory over the Irish, the longest game ever for both Notre Dame and Pittsburgh. After a 41\u20137 rout of visiting Louisville, the Panthers improved to 7\u20132, were bowl-bound for the first time under Wannstedt, and were in contention for a Big East Championship and a BCS bowl bid. However, a loss at Cincinnati in the River City Rivalry eliminated the Panthers from championship contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team\nPitt rallied to defeat archrival West Virginia 19-15 on the Friday after Thanksgiving in a nationally televised game on ABC for its second consecutive win in the Backyard Brawl. The following week the Panthers won at UConn to improve to 9-3 and clinched a bid to the Sun Bowl, the first bowl bid under Wannstedt. Pitt lost 3-0 to Oregon State, a team that had previously defeated USC. It was the first time Pitt was held scoreless in twelve years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Previous season\nThe Panthers finished with a disappointing 5-7 record in the 2007 season. Rarely though does a losing record leave fans filled with satisfaction and optimism, but that was the case in 2007. It was the third season under the direction of Head Coach Dave Wannstedt. It was also the third consecutive season without a postseason bowl game. The Panthers schedule included six home games and six road games. The schedule was generally viewed as unappealing, lacking any marquee matchups at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Previous season\nThe Panthers appeared on national television on a Wednesday night, October 10, with a 48-45 2OT loss to Navy that ended when Pitt failed to convert on a two-point conversion. For Homecoming 2007 Pitt hosted #23 Cincinnati, defeating the Bearcats 24-17. The final game of the season on December 1 saw the Panthers visit #2 West Virginia. In this game, the 100th edition of the Backyard Brawl, the Panthers defeated the Mountaineers, 13-9, to gain their first road victory of the season and, more importantly, eliminate West Virginia from the National Championship race in one of the most memorable games of the entire 2007 college football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason, Recruits\nHead Coach Dave Wannstedt signed the top recruiting class in the Big East, his 3rd consecutive top-25 recruiting class, to kick off the 2008 football year. Although Wannstedt had been recruiting well since the beginning of his tenure at Pitt some of that 2008 recruiting power has been attributed to the Panthers' season finale win over West Virginia. The highlights of the class are projected to be WR Jon Baldwin, RB Chris Burns, OT Lucas Nix, LB Shayne Hale, and athlete Cameron Saddler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason, Spring practices\nThroughout spring practices the defense dominated the offense, but in the annual Blue-Gold Game on April 19 at Heinz Field, the offense got the better of the defense, winning 60-25 under a modified scoring system that favored the offense. The rising stars of the spring practices were defensive tackle Mick Williams, wide receiver Cedric McGee, and newly converted tight end Dorin Dickerson, who all earned the Ed Conway Award given to Pitt's most improved players at spring practices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason, Spring practices\nOther important spring performances included Bill Stull, who re-established himself as the team's top quarterback, and John Malecki, a two-time letterman on defense at nose tackle who earned a starting spot on the offensive line at guard. The Blue-Gold Game was simulcast live locally in Pittsburgh on WPCW and nationally on the NFL Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason, Award watchlists\nSeveral players on the Panthers have been nominated to various award preseason watchlists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Roster\nQuarterbacks:\u00a04 Andrew Janocko \u2013 RS Fr11 Bill Stull \u2013 RS Jr12 Kevan Smith \u2013 RS Jr14 Greg Cross \u2013 Jr16 Tino Sunseri \u2013  Fr19 Pat Bostick \u2013 So", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Roster\nTailbacks:24 Kevin Collier \u2013 RS So25 LeSean McCoy \u2013 So29 Chris Burns \u2013  Fr34 LaRod Stephens-Howling \u2013 Sr43 Shariff Harris \u2013 RS Fr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Roster\nFullbacks:\u00a06 Chris Bova \u2013 RS Jr27 Henry Hynoski \u2013 RS Fr30 Conredge Collins \u2013 Sr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Roster\nWide Receivers:\u00a01 Cedric McGee \u2013 RS Jr\u00a03 Aaron Smith \u2013 RS Fr\u00a05  Cameron Saddler \u2013  Fr \u00a09 Tamarcus \"T.J.\" Porter \u2013 Jr10 Aundre Wright \u2013 RS Fr81 Derek Kinder \u2013 RS Sr82 Jon Baldwin \u2013 Fr85 Francis Johns \u2013 RS So85 Samson Horne \u2013 RS So87 Mike Shanahan \u2013  Fr88 Oderick Turner \u2013 RS Jr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Roster\nTight Ends:\u00a02 Dorin Dickerson \u2013 Jr80 Nate Byham \u2013 Jr83 John Pelusi \u2013 RS Jr85 Mike Cruz \u2013  Fr92 Justin Virbitsky \u2013  Fr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Roster\nOffensive Line:52 Lucas Nix G \u2013 Fr 53 Alex Karabin C \u2013 RS So54 Chris Jacobson G \u2013 RS Fr55 C. J. Davis G/C \u2013 Sr56 Joe Thomas T \u2013 Jr59 Mark Estermyer LS \u2013 RS Sr60 Greg Gaskins T \u2013 RS Fr62 John Bachman G \u2013 RS Jr63 Wayne Jones G/C \u2013 RS Fr64  Robb Houser C \u2013 Jr 66 Scott Corson G \u2013 RS So67 Dan Matha T\u2013 RS Fr68 Jordan Gibbs T \u2013 RS Fr69 Jared Martin C \u2013 RS So70 Dominic Williams G \u2013 RS Sr71 John Fieger G \u2013 RS Fr72 Chase Clowser T \u2013 RS Sr74 John Malecki G \u2013 Jr75 Ryan Turnley T \u2013  Fr76 Frank Kochin T \u2013 RS Sr77 Jason Pinkston T \u2013 RS So78 Josh Novotny \u2013 RS Jr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Roster\nDefensive Line:45 Tyler Tkach DE \u2013 RS So48 Doug Fulmer DE \u2013 RS Jr50 Rashaad Duncan DT \u2013 Sr51 Tommie Duhart DT \u2013 Jr57 Craig Bokor DT \u2013 RS Jr90 Tony Jaye Tucker Jr. DE \u2013 RS Fr91 Greg Romeus DE \u2013 RS So93 Gus Mustakas DT \u2013 RS Jr94 Myles Caragein DT \u2013 RS Fr95 Mick Williams DT \u2013 RS Jr95 Justin Hargrove DE \u2013 RS Fr97 Jabaal Sheard DE \u2013 So98 Chas Alecxih DT \u2013 RS Fr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Roster\nLinebackers:\u00a06 Steve Dell MLB \u2013 RS Jr\u00a08  Adam Gunn OLB \u2013 RS Sr 15  Shane Murray OLB \u2013 RS Jr 16 Brian Kaiser OLB \u2013 RS Jr32 Tristan Roberts OLB \u2013 RS Fr35 Brandon Lindsey MLB \u2013 RS Fr38 Greg Williams OLB \u2013 RS Fr40 Scott McKillop MLB \u2013 RS Sr41 Manny Williams \u2013  Fr44 Nate Nix OLB \u2013 RS So46 Shayne Hale \u2013  Fr49 Max Gruder OLB \u2013 RS Fr53 Joe Trebitz \u2013  Fr86 Austin Ransom OLB \u2013 RS Sr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Roster\nDefensive Backs:\u00a04 Elijah Fields SS \u2013 RS So\u00a05 Scott Shrake \u2013 Sr\u00a07 Jovani Chappel CB \u2013 Jr11 Dan Cafaro \u2013 RS Jr17 Aaron Berry CB \u2013 Jr20 Irvan Brown FS \u2013 RS Jr21 Buddy Jackson CB \u2013 RS Fr22 Antwuan Reed CB \u2013 Fr23 Ronald Hobby CB \u2013  Fr26 Ricky Gary CB \u2013 RS So28 Eric Thatcher FS \u2013 RS Sr31 Dom DeCicco SS \u2013 So36 Michael Toerper S \u2013 RS Jr36 Andrew Taglianetti \u2013 Fr 39 Jarred Holley CB \u2013  Fr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Roster\nKickers:24 Luke Briggs \u2013 RS So27 Cody Sawhill \u2013 Sr31 Dan Hutchins \u2013 RS So37 Conor Lee \u2013 RS Sr47 Kevin Harper \u2013  Fr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Roster\nFr \u2013 Freshman; first year player. So \u2013 Sophomore; second year player. Jr \u2013 Junior; third year player. Sr \u2013 Senior; fourth year player. RS \u2013 Previously used a redshirt season. \u2013 Redshirted during the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Rankings\nPitt began the season ranked at #25 in the AP Poll. It was the Panthers first appearance in any major polling service since 2005 and first preseason ranking since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green\nThe Panthers entered the season in the preseason rankings for the first time since 2005, but their stay didn't last long as they were upset at home by the Falcons. The Panthers, who outgained the Falcons 393-254 on the day, jumped out to an early 14-0 lead in the first half as they outgained Bowling Green 137-6 in the first quarter. After falling behind early the Falcons rallied and took advantage of four costly Pitt turnovers. The Falcons keyed on Panther tailback LeSean McCoy, who fumbled once and was held to 71 yards on 23 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green\nThe Panthers defense was repeatedly befuddled by some of the odd formations that the Falcons used on offense, such utilizing an imbalanced offensive line or lining up a wide receiver at the quarterback position. However, the following year, defensive coordinator Phil Bennett praised head coach Dave Wannstedt for the way he handled the defeat, saying, \"I told many people this: I've seen a lot of head coaches where the whole thing would have toppled after a game like that. I thought the way he handled it \u2013 his demeanor not just with the players but with the coaches \u2013 was phenomenal.\" ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Buffalo\nThe Panthers, facing a MAC foe for the second straight game, withstood an early charge by the Bulls, taking the lead in the 2nd quarter and holding off Buffalo every time they made a move. LeSean McCoy scored all three touchdowns for the Panthers, scoring on runs of three, one, and two yards. ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nPitt went into the Iowa game looking to make a positive statement for themselves against a quality program as well as wipe away some of the stigma attached to themselves due to their earlier loss to Bowling Green. The game was billed as a showdown of two top running backs, Pitt's LeSean McCoy and Iowa's Shonn Greene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nPitt men's basketball coach Jamie Dixon provided a motivational speech for the football team two days before the game against the Hawkeyes in which he described a potential win over Iowa as a \"program-building\" victory that could help put the Panthers back onto the national radar, propelling them to new heights of success. The Panthers jumped out to an early 14\u20133 lead when two Pitt quarterbacks, Bill Stull and Gregg Cross, each ran a called draw in for a touchdown in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nGreg Cross, an athletic, change-of-pace, junior college transfer quarterback, made his Panthers debut, scoring a touchdown on a 17-yard scramble in his first play as a Panther. The Panthers offense struggled greatly after taking the lead in the second quarter. However, Pitt's defensive line dominated Iowa's offensive line in the fourth quarter as the well-conditioned yet undersized Panthers outlasted the Hawkeyes. The Panthers' depth on the defensive line also played a role as they were able to rotate nine defensive linemen throughout the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0020-0003", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nCoach Wannstedt and his staff were noticeably more aggressive in their play-calling; all three Panthers touchdowns resulted from an offensive drive that included a fourth-down conversion. Although the victory was a big one for the team, the offense still showed great inconsistency and need for improvement. Punter Dave Brytus and linkbacker Scott McKillop were named the Big East Player of the Week for special teams and defense, respectively, following their performances against Iowa. Brytus punted eight times for an average of 47.8 yards, including a longest of sixty yards, one touchback, and one downed inside the twenty. McKillop, who broke his nose on a tackle of Shonn Greene when his nose was crushed by his own facemask, finished with ten tackles, including six solo tackles, two and a half tackles for a loss of nine yards, and one sack. ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 914]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nThe Panthers came away with a 36-33, four-overtime victory after falling behind Notre Dame by two touchdowns, 17-3, at halftime. Conor Lee made the game-winning field goal, one of four overtime fields goals, during his perfect, 5-for-5 day to help lead the Panthers. His five field goals and 18 points are both Pitt records for a kicker; he also extended his school record of consecutive extra points without a miss to 100.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nLeSean McCoy lead the way on offense with 32 rushing attempts for 169 yards, his 5th straight 100-yard game, and one touchdown as he surpassed 1,000 yards rushing for the season; he also had two catches for 23 yards. The Panthers fell behind in the first half when Notre Dame controlled the clock and took advantage of poor play by Pitt on offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nQuarterbacks Kevan Smith and Pat Bostick, who were playing in place of the injured started Bill Stull, who suffered a concussion in the previous game, were ineffective in the first half, and the running game couldn't get going as McCoy had only 5 yards on 3 carries. In total, the offense only had 71 yards and five first downs in the entire first half. The offense got back on track in the 2nd half as the Panthers scored 10 straight points to tie the game at 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0021-0003", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nThe Panthers first possession of the 3rd quarter went eight plays and 71 yards, including a converted fourth-and-one pass that Oderick Turner turned into a 37-yard gain. The Panthers next touchdown came on a 15-play, 70-yard drive that used 8:28 of time during the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th quarters. Pat Bostick, although he was intercepted three times in the game, persevered and stepped up his play in the second half, leading the Panthers on three critical scoring drives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0021-0004", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nAfter the game Bostick, speaking of his own performance, said, \"\"I came out and made some mistakes out there, forced a couple of things, made a couple of plays. We made enough plays to win though and this was a total team win... But the bottom line is we are here to win a football game and when you throw picks, it is not about you, you can't say 'Woe is me.'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198287-0021-0005", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nIt is all about, 'What do I have to do on the next drive to take this team down the field to win the game?'\" The Panthers defense, led again by linebacker Scott McKillop with 15 tackles, played significantly better than in the week before, allowing only one big play versus the Irish's offense, a 47-yard pass from Jimmy Clausen to Golden Tate. They also held Notre Dame to only 146 yards in the second half and all four overtimes, including just seven yards on three three-and-out possessions in the third quarter. ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198288-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season\nThe 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 127th season of the franchise; the 122nd in the National League. This was their eighth season at PNC Park. It was the first under new president Frank Coonelly, general manager Neal Huntington, and manager John Russell. Unable to improve on their 68\u201394, last place finish during the 2007 season, the Pirates had not had a winning record or made it to the playoffs since 1992, and finished 67\u201395 for their 16th straight losing season. The season was the final of play-by-play announcer Lanny Frattare, whose 33-year tenure as Pirates' broadcaster was the longest in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198288-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season\nOn November 5, 2007, John Russell was introduced as the Pirates manager, replacing Jim Tracy. Team management cited three areas that the franchise hoped to improve: \"refocused emphasis on fundamentals\", holding players to a higher standard, and signing younger players. The Pirates won their season opener against the Atlanta Braves, by the score of 12\u201311, in 12\u00a0innings. The Pirates played their home opener against the division-rival Chicago Cubs on April 7, losing 10\u20138, also in 12\u00a0innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198288-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season\nThe Pirates started out the season with a 7\u20137\u00a0record after the first half-month; however, after a five-game losing streak they began to struggle, finishing out April with an 11\u201316 record. The Pirates losing continued as they dropped three of four to the Washington Nationals to begin May. The team fought back, winning six straight games\u2014the most consecutive since 2004, to bring their record within one victory of a .500\u00a0record. Throughout the remainder of May the team struggled, but never fell more than four games under .500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198288-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season\nThroughout the early months of the season closer Matt Capps was perfect, getting saves in 15\u00a0consecutive opportunities. However, on June 10, Capps gave up a two-run home run to the Nationals, losing his first decision of the season. In addition, Capps would blow saves in two of his next three appearances; however, he achieved his first win of the season after an extra-inning victory over the Baltimore Orioles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198288-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season\nPittsburgh went 6\u20139 in interleague play, including two wins against the New York Yankees who returned to Pittsburgh for the first time since the 1960 World Series. On July 12, in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Pirates came back to win a game that they trailed by six runs in the seventh inning. It was only the second time in the past 25\u00a0years that the Pirates won at home after scoring runs in the seventh, eighth, ninth, and extra innings. The Pirates finished out the remainder of July with a 6\u20139 record\u201450\u201358 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198288-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season\nOn the final day of July, the Pirates made a deal with the Yankees to send outfielder Xavier Nady and pitcher D\u00e1maso Marte in return for Jeff Karstens, Daniel McCutchen, Ross Ohlendorf and Jos\u00e9 T\u00e1bata. Later in the day the team became involved in a three-team deal in which the Pirates sent Jason Bay to the Boston Red Sox in return for four players from the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Pirates won seven of the first 18\u00a0games in August before dropping ten consecutive games to close out the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198288-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season\nPittsburgh entered the final month of the season 21\u00a0games below the .500\u00a0mark. On September 7, the Pirates lost their 82nd game of the season, tying them with the Philadelphia Phillies as the only two franchises in professional sports history to have losing records in 16\u00a0consecutive seasons. The Pirates concluded their season on September 28 with a victory against the San Diego Padres. The team became the second in the Pirates' 122-year history to have no pitchers to win 10\u00a0games. The performance of the pitchers lead the team to fire pitching coach Jeff Andrews after the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season\nThe 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 76th season in the National Football League (NFL). The season concluded with the team winning Super Bowl XLIII to become the first franchise in the NFL with six Super Bowl titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season\nThe Steelers entered the season as defending champions of the AFC North Division, coming off a 10\u20136 record in 2007. Based on the previous season's results, the team faced the most difficult schedule in over 30 years; however, they were called Super Bowl contenders by ESPN. The Steelers opened their regular season on September 7, with a win over the Houston Texans en route to a 12\u20134 record, and a second straight AFC North Division title. In his second season as head coach Mike Tomlin was selected in fan balloting as the Motorola Coach of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season\nLinebacker James Harrison was named the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year after leading a defense which set the standard for the league in nearly every defensive category, including total yardage allowed, points allowed, passing yardage allowed, first downs allowed, yards per play, and yards per pass, among others. The playoffs began on January 11, 2009, with a win over the San Diego Chargers. The following week saw the third victory of the season over the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship game and the advancement to Super Bowl XLIII where the Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals on February 1, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season\nEntering the 2008 season, the Pittsburgh Steelers lost ten-year lineman Alan Faneca, after his contract expired, and he signed with the New York Jets. Allen Rossum, Jerame Tuman, and Clint Kriewaldt were released on February 22. The team also lost Dan Kreider, Verron Haynes, Brian St. Pierre, and eight-year veteran Clark Haggans to free agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season\nThe Steelers renewed quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's contract with an eight-year, $102\u00a0million agreement, the largest in franchise history. The team re-signed Max Starks to the largest single-year deal in franchise history, despite him not being a starter during the 2007 season. Nate Washington, Chris Kemoeatu, and Trai Essex also agreed to one-year deals. Seven-year center Justin Hartwig and running back Mewelde Moore were signed to multi-year deals, and linebacker Keyaron Fox agreed to a one-year deal. Entering the season, 14\u00a0players were in the final year of their contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Draft\nThe 2008 NFL Draft was held on April 26 and April 27, 2008, at Radio City Music Hall. In the first round, the Steelers selected running back Rashard Mendenhall, from the University of Illinois, with the 23rd overall pick. He was the first running back selected in the first round by the franchise since 1989. The Steelers selected Limas Sweed, from the University of Texas, in the second round. Sweed was ranked by the Steelers as one of the top three receivers in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Draft\nThe drafting of Sweed came after quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's suggestion of acquiring a tall wide receiver; Sweed is 6-feet 4-inches in height. In round three, the Steelers selected Bruce Davis, of UCLA. Davis primarily played defensive end at his alma mater, however, he is expected to switch to linebacker at the pro level. The Steelers traded their fourth-round pick (123rd overall) to the New York Giants for the Giants' fourth and sixth-round selections, 130th and 194th overall, respectively. The Steelers selected offensive tackle Tony Hills with the 130th overall selection, in the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Draft\nLike second-round pick Sweed, Hills came out of the University of Texas where he had been elected a captain of the football team during his senior season. With their fifth-round selection, the Steelers chose quarterback Dennis Dixon. Prior to an injury in 2007, Dixon was a Heisman Trophy candidate. The sixth round selection was the Steelers' second linebacker of the draft, Mike Humpal out of the University of Iowa. Also in the sixth round, the final selection of the team was safety Ryan Mundy, a Pittsburgh native.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0004-0003", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Draft\nThe Steelers did not pick in the seventh round, due to a 2007 trade with the Atlanta Falcons. Kevin Colbert, Director of Football Operations, said of the draft, \"we\u2019re happy with the way things turned out.\" Also stating that the first and second-round selections were players who the team expected to have already been chosen. Coach Mike Tomlin said that the Steelers tried to select skilled offensive \"weapons\" over a strong offensive line, which struggled the previous season. The following day, the Steelers signed twelve free-agent rookies. All draft picks agreed to terms by July 25, two days prior to the start of training camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Mini-camp and OTAs\nA mandatory three-day mini-camp was held in early May. Hines Ward, Aaron Smith and Troy Polamalu attended the camp, but did not fully participate because of injuries. First round draft pick, Rashard Mendenhall was welcomed by Steelers current running back Willie Parker. Parker was \"surprised\" when he heard a running back was selected in the first round, but hoped to work with Mendenhall like Jerome Bettis worked with Parker during his rookie season. During the mini-camp, the offense experimented with formations using Parker and Mendenhall in the backfield simultaneously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Mini-camp and OTAs\nReceiver Hines Ward took a similar approach to Parker's in welcoming second round draft pick Limas Sweed. As with other receivers in the past, Ward was \"very hands-on with Sweed throughout the weekend\". Coach Mike Tomlin called the new draft picks \"humble\", adding that he liked their \"spirit and attitude\"; however, it was too early to tell how well they will ultimately perform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Mini-camp and OTAs\nThe team held two Organized Team Activities (OTAs) prior to the draft, in addition to 12 throughout May and June. The OTAs were voluntary, however, most players did attend. Many players routinely worked on their conditioning and strength together, in addition to \"informal\" on field training. A week prior to the end of OTAs Mike Tomlin said he was happy with the team's progress during the sessions. Also stating, \u201cWe are having a productive off-season and that is what we are here for. We are here to get better individually and collectively and I think we are doing that.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Mini-camp and OTAs\nLimas Sweed experimented on special teams play for the first time ever, with a concentration in punt blocking. On the day of the final OTA, June 12, Tomlin stated that while he was pleased with the progress of the team, no positions would be gained or lost based on the voluntary camp. Tomlin added, \"it's been teach-oriented, it's been skill-develop-oriented. It's different than playing the game of football.\" The team was given 44\u00a0days off until the beginning of training camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Off-field activity\nIn May, ESPN The Magazine released the findings of its annual survey of over 80,000\u00a0fans entitled the \"Ultimate Standings: Fan Satisfaction Ranking.\" The Steelers ranked as the 25th best major league sports franchise out of 122\u00a0Teams from MLB, NFL, NBA, and the NHL. The franchise finished one position behind the cross-town hockey team Pittsburgh Penguins. The Steelers were sixth among all NFL teams. In August, ESPN.com ranked Steelers' fans as the best in the National Football League, citing their \"unbelievable\" sellout streak of 299\u00a0consecutive games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Off-field activity\nDuring the Pittsburgh Penguins run for the Stanley Cup multiple members of the Steelers showed support for the cross-town team. Ben Roethlisberger attended Stanley Cup Finals games in Detroit, where he and the Steelers won Super Bowl XL three years prior. Mike Tomlin watched Game Six of the finals outside Mellon Arena, along with 3,000\u00a0other fans, on a JumboTron which had been erected for fans unable to acquire tickets to the sold-out game. Kevin Colbert, Charlie Batch, and Tomlin attended many games throughout the regular season. In September, Penguins' coach Michel Therrien attended the Steelers' first game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Off-field activity\nOn February 17, Ernie Holmes, who played for the Steelers from 1972 to 1977, was killed in a car crash. Ten days later, on February 27, award-winning journalist, Steelers radio announcer of 35 years, and inventor of the Terrible Towel, Myron Cope, died at age 79. On June 6, Dwight White, a defensive end on the Steel Curtain died from a blood clot. Upon his death, Dan Rooney called White, \"one of the greatest players to ever wear a Steelers uniform.\" A pre-game ceremony was held in their honor prior to the first game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Training camp\nTraining camp was held at Saint Vincent College, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, for the 42nd consecutive year. Players reported on July 27, practices commenced the following day and ran through August 17. Throughout the twenty three day span, seventeen included practices; making the camp one of the shortest in Steelers history. The camp was less demanding under Tomlin, who was in his second year as coach. \"We are a veteran team in some areas. You have to approach it differently because of that,\" said Tomlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Off-season, Training camp\nPittsburgh looked to build on their defense, which was ranked first in the league throughout the 2007 season. At over thirty years in age each, all three starting linemen returned. First round draft pick, Rashard Mendenhall entered camp with expectations to make an impact on the team throughout his rookie season. Pittsburgh's Willie Parker, who returned after suffering a broken leg in the 2007 season, was expected to share the load with Mendenhall. On July 29, punter Daniel Sepulveda tore the ACL in his right leg and was placed on season-ending injured reserve. The Steelers acquired Paul Ernster later in the day as a possible replacement. After concluding practices at St. Vincent's, the Steelers began to practice at their facility on Pittsburgh's South Side. Tomlin called the camp \"very productive\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 869]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Preseason\nWe're ready. I know that I feel good, and I can speak for the team. We've been practicing, gone through the preseason, and it's time to put what we've been practicing to work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Preseason\nPittsburgh opened their pre-season schedule with a 16\u201310 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. The Steelers scored on their first possession, after driving 80\u00a0yards on eight plays. Ben Roethlisberger's 19-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes completed the drive. In the first quarter, Charlie Batch was removed from the game after breaking his clavicle. Jeff Reed converted three field goals from 20, 24, and 50\u00a0yards. Toronto's Rogers Centre hosted the second pre-season game; it was the first pre-season game Pittsburgh played in Toronto since 1960. Pittsburgh's starting offense played longer in the second game. Willie Parker increased his output over the first game by playing on third downs. However, the team failed run the ball consistently and struggled on defense, losing the game 24\u201321. \"We fell short essentially in all three phases,\" stated coach Tomlin after the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 927]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Preseason\nPittsburgh traveled to Minnesota to play the Vikings for their third pre-season game. The Steelers's defense held the Vikings early, led by Aaron Smith who had three tackles, including one sack, in the first quarter. The offense failed to score a touchdown, with Rashard Mendenhall fumbling twice. Quarterback Byron Leftwich, who was signed to replace the injured Batch, lead the team with 129\u00a0yards passing. Jeff Reed accounted for all of the Steelers' points, kicking four field goals\u2014the final with 4\u00a0seconds remaining\u2014to give Pittsburgh a 12\u201310 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Preseason\nEntering their final pre-season game the Steelers had selected every starting player except the punter. Carolina tied the game with 1:54\u00a0remaining in regulation, but rookie Dennis Dixon lead the Steelers on a 47-yard drive, which was capped with Reed kicking the game winning 43-yard field goal as time expired. After the three point victory, Tomlin stated, \"It has been a pleasure working with this group guys, but it is that time of year where we need to make tough decisions.\" The Steelers cut 22\u00a0players on August 30, to bring their roster to the required 53\u00a0player total. The following day the Steelers signed nine players from their pre-season team to the practice squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season\nBased on 2007 records, the Steelers boasted the NFL's most difficult schedule in 2008, with an opponent winning percentage of .598; ten games were played against teams that finished 2007 with winning records. The Steelers played each of the teams in the AFC North twice, once home and once on the road. The Steelers also faced the teams from the AFC South and NFC East divisions throughout the season. Pittsburgh's matchups included the San Diego and New England, who each won their division in the 2007 season. The Steelers played five nationally televised primetime games, the maximum allowed number by the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season\nEntering the first week of the season, players voted Ben Roethlisberger, Hines Ward, James Farrior, and Jeff Reed team captains. Farrior, James Harrison, and Troy Polamalu were voted to represent the Steelers at the 2009 Pro Bowl. James Harrison set the Steelers' franchise single-season record for sacks, surpassing Mike Merriweather's previous record of 15\u00a0sacks in 1984. Harrison also became the first undrafted player to win the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year Award. He was the fifth Steeler to win the award\u2014the first since Rod Woodson in 1993. Harrison and Polamalu were also voted to the NFL's All-Pro team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season\nThe Steelers' defense tied the 1973 Los Angeles Rams record by holding 14\u00a0consecutive opponents under 300\u00a0yards of total offense. The defense finished ranked first in the league in total and passing yards given up and second in rushing yards. For the fifth time in his career Hines Ward received for over 1,000\u00a0yards throughout the season. The team's offense ranked 22nd in overall offense, 17th in passing, and 23rd in rushing. Rashard Mendenhall was the team's only rookie to start a game; the fewest rookie starts of any team in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Standings\nThe 2008 season was the Steelers' seventh as members of the AFC North Division. Pittsburgh defended their division title from the 2007 season, which they obtained by tying the Cleveland Browns' 10\u20136 record, but holding the tie-breaker with two wins over the Browns. Through 2008, Pittsburgh is the only team to have won the AFC North four times, since its inception prior to the 2002 NFL season. Entering the 2008 season, the Steelers were chosen to win the division by sportswriter Ron Borges, as well as nine of 13 analysts interviewed by ESPN.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Standings\nFour NFL.com analysts predicted that the Steelers would finish with a 10\u20136 record. The Steelers finished the regular season with a record of 12\u20134, going undefeated against opponents in the AFC North and winning 12\u00a0games for the fourth season since 1979. The team clinched the second seed in the AFC for the playoffs and received a bye the first week of the post-season. The Baltimore Ravens finished at second place in the AFC North with an 11\u20135 record, clinching a playoff seed as an AFC wild card. The Cincinnati Bengals finished 4\u201311\u20131, winning their final three games of the season. The Cleveland Browns finished in the AFC North's fourth position at 4\u201312; the team fired head coach Romeo Crennel after the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Houston Texans\nThe Steelers started their regular season against the Houston Texans, in front of 64,001\u00a0spectators at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The Steelers drove the ball 52\u00a0yards on their opening drive, with their biggest gain coming on a 17-yard run from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Willie Parker scored a touchdown at 5:44 of the opening quarter and added a second touchdown in the following quarter. After a LaMarr Woodley interception the Steelers extended their lead to 21\u00a0points when Roethlisberger completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Ward. With 4:34 remaining in the half, former-Steelers' kicker Kris Brown converted a 34-yard field goal for Houston. Pittsburgh led the game 21\u20133 as time expired on the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 91], "content_span": [92, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Houston Texans\nIn the second half, Parker scored his third touchdown of the game\u2014surpassing his touchdown total for the entire 2007 season\u2014and was named the AFC offensive player of the week for his performance. Pittsburgh's defense held Houston to six\u00a0yards on their ensuing drive and the Steelers drove 80\u00a0yards to take a 35\u20133 lead. The Texans scored two touchdowns in the final quarter, but Pittsburgh's James Harrison led the team with three sacks\u2014forcing a fumble on the third\u2014and the Steelers won their first game of the season starting out 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 91], "content_span": [92, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns\nThe Steelers entered their first matchup with the Cleveland Browns having won 15 of the last 16\u00a0games between the two teams. Ben Roethlisberger started the game despite missing practice time during the week due to a shoulder injury suffered in Week One. The Steelers' defense held the Browns to 16\u00a0yards on their first four drives, as the teams played to a scoreless tie after the first quarter. After a Bryant McFadden interception the Steelers drove 70\u00a0yards and Roethlisberger connected with Hines Ward for their third touchdown combination of the season. Cleveland responded with a 14\u00a0play, 71\u00a0yard drive, but Troy Polamalu intercepted a Cleveland pass as time expired in the first half solidifying Pittsburgh's seven point halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 835]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns\nA 48-yard pass from Roethlisberger to Santonio Holmes and a 48-yard field goal from Jeff Reed on the team's second drive of the second half brought the score to 10\u20130. The Browns' Phil Dawson converted two consecutive field goals, to pull Cleveland within four points with 3:21\u00a0remaining. After a fourth down stop, Cleveland's offense took over with 26\u00a0seconds remaining, but failed to gain yardage as time expired. With the win, the Steelers increased their win streak over the Browns to 10\u00a0consecutive games\u2014the longest current winning streak over a single opponent in the NFL. With the win the Steelers improved to 2\u20130 and led the AFC North by 1/2 a game ahead of the Ravens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Philadelphia Eagles\nPittsburgh's first inter-conference opponent of the season was the Philadelphia Eagles. The Steelers scored on their first drive, with a Jeff Reed field goal. The Eagles offense drove 85\u00a0yards to take the lead on a touchdown pass from Donovan McNabb to Correll Buckhalter. The Eagles defense sacked Ben Roethlisberger eight times throughout the game, two of which resulted in fumbles. Bryant McFadden intercepted his second pass of the season which allowed Reed to add his second field goal of the day\u2014this one from 53-yards. The field goal brought the half time score to 10\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Philadelphia Eagles\nA third quarter diving Troy Polamalu interception, on Kevin Kolb's first NFL pass, was named a \"Can't Miss Play\" by NFL Network. The Steelers did not capitalize, punting two more times in the third quarter. The Eagles entered the final quarter leading 10\u20136, and added two more points when Roethlisberger was called for Intentional grounding while in the end zone. Roethlisberger was forced to leave the game after his hand was stepped on in the final quarter. Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians took responsibility for the offense's performance. \"Anybody who wants anybody to blame for Philadelphia, you just blame me,\" Arians stated, \"and then we can get ready for Baltimore.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nDonning their throwback uniforms, the Steelers played the Baltimore Ravens in their first Monday Night game of the season. Multiple Steelers starters did not play in the game, due to various injuries. After a 3\u20133 first quarter, Baltimore took a ten-point lead into half time with a field goal and touchdown pass in the second quarter. Rashard Mendenhall\u2014in his first NFL start\u2014left the game in the third quarter with a season-ending shoulder injury. On Pittsburgh's third drive of the half, Roethlisberger connected with Santonio Holmes for a 38-yard touchdown pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nOn the first play of Baltimore's ensuing drive, James Harrison's forced fumble was picked up by LaMarr Woodley and returned 7\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The two touchdowns within 15\u00a0seconds took the Steelers from ten points behind to four points ahead. In the final quarter, the Steelers' offense was stopped on the one yard line and Reed kicked his second field goal of the night. Baltimore drove 76\u00a0yards and tied the game with a touchdown. Neither team was able to score on their final drive as the regulation clock expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nBaltimore won the overtime coin toss and elected to receive. The Ravens started the drive at their own 15\u00a0yard line. The Steelers held them for no gain on the first two plays and Lawrence Timmons sacked Flacco on third down. The Steelers took over after a punt and Mewelde Moore caught a 24-yard reception to bring the Steelers to Baltimore's 31-yard line. Jeff Reed converted a 46-yard field goal to win the game for the Steelers. Reed was named the NFL's special teams player of the week. With the win the Steelers passed the Ravens for first place in the AFC North at 3\u20131, as well as extending their all-time record of 14\u00a0consecutive home wins on Monday Night Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nThe Steelers' matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars\u2014their first since the Jaguars knocked the Steelers out of the 2007 playoffs\u2014was featured as the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Throwback Game of the Week. On the Steelers opening drive, Roethlisberger\u2014who missed practice time during the week due to injections for his shoulder\u2014was intercepted by Rashean Mathis who returned the ball 72\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Pittsburgh responded by driving 71\u00a0yards, with Heath Miller receiving a 1-yard touchdown pass to tie the game. Jacksonville re-gained the lead on the next drive when Maurice Jones-Drew ran for a touchdown. Pittsburgh took the lead in the second quarter with two field goals and a 48-yard touchdown pass from Roethlisberger to Nate Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nJacksonville scored first in the final quarter with a touchdown pass from David Garrard to Marcedes Lewis. The Steelers drove from their 20-yard line in the fourth quarter, Ward received an 8-yard touchdown pass to put the Steelers up by 5\u00a0points with 1:53 remaining in regulation, however, the 2-pt conversion failed. Roethlisberger received the AFC offensive player of the week award for his 309-yard, 3\u00a0touchdown pass performance, despite having an injured throwing shoulder. The NFL selected the game as the league's Week Five Game of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: Bye Week\nThe Steelers used their bye week to rest injured players including Brett Keisel, Willie Parker, Jeff Reed, and Ben Roethlisberger. The team hosted an event to honor wounded veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom at Heinz Field. Players signed autographs and held on-field drills with the veterans, while soldiers and Marines spoke of their experiences. Chris Hoke, who attended the event said, \"These are the people who fight for us to have our freedom and be who we are as Americans. To come out here and spend a couple hours with them and hear their stories is unbelievable. There's nothing better than this.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Cincinnati Bengals\nWillie Parker was expected to return after missing two games, but aggravated his knee injury during a weekday practice and missed the game. Pittsburgh received the opening kickoff and drove 75\u00a0yards to open the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Mewelde Moore to put the Steelers up 7\u20130. The Steelers' defense forced the Bengals offense into five consecutive three-and-outs, before the Bengals scored on their final possession of the opening half. The 5-yard pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick to Chad Johnson brought the Bengals within three points of the Steelers, who added a field goal from Jeff Reed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 94], "content_span": [95, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Cincinnati Bengals\nPittsburgh added their second touchdown of the game on their opening drive of the second half when Moore rushed to the left side for 13\u00a0yards. Cincinnati retaliated on their ensuing drive adding a field goal from Dave Rayner. The Steelers scored three consecutive touchdowns in the final quarter, while holding the Bengals scoreless. At 8:26 of the fourth quarter Roethlisberger connected with Nate Washington for a 50-yard touchdown pass. Pittsburgh's Moore scored his third touchdown of the day\u2014his second rushing\u2014and Hines Ward's 16-yard touchdown reception gave the Steelers 31\u00a0points to the Bengals' ten. Moore finished the game with 120\u00a0yards rushing, while Santonio Holmes lead the Steelers with 89\u00a0receiving yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 94], "content_span": [95, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Giants\nWillie Parker missed his fourth game due to a knee injury. Santonio Holmes also missed the game after a \"small quantity of marijuana\" was found in his car and the team placed him on the inactive list. Mewelde Moore opened up the game's scoring with a 32-yard touchdown run on the Steelers opening drive. The 5\u20131 New York Giants responded with a field goal on the ensuing drive. Pittsburgh stopped the Giants on four consecutive plays from inside the Steelers 2-yard line to force a turnover on downs. But were unable to score when two Ben Roethlisberger interceptions and a punt lead to two more field goals in the second quarter for the Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Giants\nAt 10:10 of the third quarter Roethlisberger completed a 65-yard touchdown pass to Nate Washington to give the Steelers a 14\u20139 lead. Later in the quarter, a Steelers 53-yard touchdown pass was negated due to a holding penalty and Pittsburgh was forced to punt. In the final quarter Pittsburgh kept New York out of the end zone on three plays inside the 10-yard line, however, the Giants connected on a field goal to bring the Giants to within two points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Giants\nOn the next drive, James Harrison\u2014who was called in to replace injured long snapper Greg Warren\u2014snapped the ball out of the end zone to give the Giants a safety and tie the game. The Giants drove after receiving the safety's kickoff to score a touchdown\u2014taking a 21\u201314 lead with 3:07 remaining. Pittsburgh was unable to convert on their final two drives, as Roethlisberger threw his fourth interception of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Washington Redskins\nThe night before the United States presidential election, the Steelers played in the nation's capitol, Washington, D.C.; both major party candidates were interviewed at half-time. The Washington Redskins took a 6\u20130 lead in the first quarter with two field goals. The Steelers defense shut out the Redskins in the second quarter while the Steelers scored on a field goal to cut the lead in half. A blocked punt with 2:21 remaining in the half led to a Steelers 1-yard touchdown run from Ben Roethlisberger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Washington Redskins\nDue to an injury to Roethlisberger, Byron Leftwich took over as quarterback in the second half. Leftwich completed a 50-yard pass to Nate Washington on the opening drive of the third quarter; the Steelers capped the drive with a Willie Parker touchdown run. Pittsburgh extended their lead in the final quarter with a touchdown pass from Leftwich to Santonio Holmes. The Redskins gained 124\u00a0yards in the final quarter, but were unable to score. The Steelers' 17\u00a0point win took their record to 6\u20132 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nBoth the Steelers and Indianapolis Colts drove more than 60\u00a0yards on their opening offensive drives, each scored a touchdown to bring the score to 7\u20137 after the first quarter. A Steelers 42-yard flea flicker advanced the ball to the 2\u00a0yard line. On the following play Mewelde Moore scored his second touchdown of the game. The Steelers extended their lead to ten, but an interception with 1:30 remaining in the half led to a Colts touchdown\u2014bringing the halftime score to 17\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nThe Colts kicked a 36-yard field goal in the third quarter to tie the game at 17. A Steelers field goal in the final quarter gave them a three-point lead. The Colts scored on Peyton Manning's third touchdown pass of the game to take the lead with 3:10 remaining in regulation. The Steelers drove from their own 27\u00a0yard line to the Colts' 27 yard line, but a 4th down Hail Mary attempt from Roethlisberger was intercepted in the end zone as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. San Diego Chargers\nPittsburgh entered week eleven with starters having missed 31\u00a0games due to injuries. The San Diego Chargers scored first, and led 7\u20130 after the first quarter of play. On the second play of the second quarter, the Steelers' James Harrison forced a fumble in the endzone, then forced a safety by tackling Marcus McNeill after he had recovered the fumble. Jeff Reed converted on a field goal as time expired on the first half, pulling the Steelers within two points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. San Diego Chargers\nReed kicked his second field goal of the game from 41-yards to give the Steelers the lead going into the final quarter. The Chargers drove 74\u00a0yards on 17\u00a0plays, converting on a field goal to give them the lead again, with 6:45 remaining. On the Steelers' ensuing drive, the offense drove 73\u00a0yards and Reed converted on his third field goal of the day, giving the Steelers an 11\u201310 lead with 15\u00a0seconds remaining in regulation. The Chargers attempted to score on their final play, but Troy Polamalu forced and recovered a fumble, returning it for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. San Diego Chargers\nThe call was reversed when the officials ruled that San Diego had made an illegal forward pass. After the game, head referee Scott Green admitted that the touchdown should have been counted. With the touchdown not counted the final score kept Pittsburgh under the 5\u00a0point spread by which they were favored, and resulted in over $32\u00a0million being lost in bets. The game was the first regular season game in NFL history to end with a final score of 11\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Steelers concluded their primetime schedule with their only Thursday night game of the season. The Cincinnati Bengals took a 7\u20130 lead in the first quarter after a 62-yard drive. In the second quarter the Steelers tied the game on a touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Heath Miller. Jeff Reed converted a field goal with 1:56 remaining in the first half to give the Steelers a 10\u20137 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nPittsburgh added another ten points in the third quarter when Gary Russell ran for his first rushing touchdown of the season, after Reed's second field goal. In the final quarter, Roethlisberger rushed for a touchdown to put the Steelers up by a score of 27\u201310. Roethlisberger passed for 243\u00a0yards and one touchdown, while Santonio Holmes led the game with 84\u00a0receiving yards. James Farrior led the Steelers with 8\u00a0tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at New England Patriots\nThe Steelers fell behind the New England Patriots less than three minutes into the first quarter, after an interception of Ben Roethlisberger was driven to the endzone. The Steelers came back with 2:55 remaining in the initial quarter to convert on a 20-yard Jeff Reed field goal. The Patriots extended their lead to seven points with a 29-yard field goal in the second quarter. Pittsburgh drove 63\u00a0yards on nine plays, capping their drive with a touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes to tie the game at ten points at the halfway point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at New England Patriots\nPittsburgh took their first lead of the game on their first drive of the second half, after Reed's second field goal put them up by three points. On the ensuing kickoff the Steelers recovered a Patriots' fumble and Roethlisberger connected with Hines Ward for an 11-yard touchdown pass. James Harrison forced his first of two fumbles on the Patriots' next drive and the Steelers recovered as Reed added his third field goal of the game\u2014putting the Steelers up 23\u201310. Gary Russell scored a touchdown after Lawrence Timmons returned an interception 89\u00a0yards to the Patriots' one-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nThe Dallas Cowboys and the Steelers held each other scoreless in the first quarter. Troy Polamalu intercepted a pass in his fourth consecutive game, overall he led the league with seven interceptions. The Steelers scored first on a 24-yard field goal from Jeff Reed with 2:44 remaining in the second quarter. The Cowboys converted a 44-yard field goal as time expired on the first half to tie the game at 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nA Tony Romo touchdown pass in the third quarter gave the Cowboys their first lead of the game. The lead was extended when Nick Folk converted his second field goal of the day, putting the Cowboys up 13\u20133 as the game entered the final quarter. Reed converted his second field goal of the game, bringing the Steelers within seven points with 7:20 remaining in regulation. On the Steelers next drive, Ben Roethelisberger threw a touchdown pass to Heath Miller\u2014tying the game with 2:04 remaining. Two plays later Deshea Townsend intercepted Romo's next pass and returned the ball 25\u00a0yards, scoring a touchdown to give the Steelers a seven-point lead, which they held to the end of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Baltimore Ravens\nEntering their second game of the season against Baltimore, the Steelers' defense ranked first in the league, while the Ravens' defense ranked second. \"We're going to win by any means necessary. If the defense has to score, if the special teams have to kick in a score, or if the offense has to score 50 points \u2013 whatever it takes to win,\" stated James Harrison prior to the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Baltimore Ravens\nBoth teams were held scoreless before a record crowd at M&T Bank Stadium until a Baltimore field goal gave the Ravens a 3\u20130 lead at 12:34 of the second quarter. Pittsburgh tied the game on a Jeff Reed field goal; Matt Stover converted a second time to give the Ravens a three-point lead at halftime. Stover kicked his third field goal of the game in the third quarter, extending their lead to six points. In the final quarter, Reed kicked his second field goal of the game to put the Steelers within three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Baltimore Ravens\nOn the Steelers final drive of the game, the offense drove 92\u00a0yards over 2:53, with Ben Roethlisberger completing a touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes with 50\u00a0seconds remaining. The Ravens embarked on one more drive, but the Steelers second interception of the game prevented them from scoring. With the victory the Steelers won their second consecutive AFC North title and clinched a first round bye and became the first AFC franchise to amass 550\u00a0wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Tennessee Titans\nPittsburgh entered their final road game of the regular season with a chance to surpass the Tennessee Titans for the top seed in the AFC. The Steelers and the Titans were scoreless after the first quarter, when Tennessee took a 3\u20130 lead on the second play of the second quarter. Justin Gage's 34-yard reception later in the quarter extended the lead to 10\u20130. Pittsburgh's Santonio Holmes also received a touchdown pass in the second quarter, bringing the halftime score to 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Tennessee Titans\nIn the second half, Ben Roethlisberger threw his second touchdown pass of the game\u2014to Hines Ward\u2014to give the Steelers their only lead of the game. After a 21-yard touchdown run on Tennessee's ensuing drive, the Titans entered the final quarter with a three-point lead. The Titans scored two touchdowns in the final quarter, and the Steelers were unable overcome two Roethlisberger fumbles and two interceptions throughout the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Cleveland Browns\nAlthough guaranteed the second seed in the AFC Tomlin stated, \"It is a big week for us.\" Willie Parker's 34-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was the Steelers longest run of the season. With less than two minutes left in the first half, Ben Roethlisberger was hit by D'Qwell Jackson and Willie McGinist and had to be immobilized and carried off the field after suffering from a concussion. Byron Leftwich replaced Roethlisberger and scored the Steelers second touchdown of the game to give the Steelers a 14\u20130 lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 94], "content_span": [95, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Cleveland Browns\nPittsburgh scored the only points of the third quarter when Jeff Reed converted his sole field goal attempt of the game. The Steelers added two touchdowns in the final quarter\u2014on a Gary Russell rush and Tyrone Carter's return of his second interception of the game. \"We were so upset we had to practice on Christmas, we had to take it out on the Browns,\" said Larry Foote after the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 94], "content_span": [95, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason\nTheir 12\u20134 regular season record gave the Steelers a second-place finish in the AFC. Along with the Tennessee Titans, who finished with the best record in the AFC, the Steelers received a bye during the opening week of the post-season. The 2008 season was the seventh of the past 16 that the Steelers were the first or second seed in the AFC entering the playoffs\u2014never winning the Super Bowl during those seasons. Pittsburgh defeated the San Diego Chargers in the Divisional round, giving up a franchise post-season low of 15\u00a0Rushing yards. The victory was head coach Mike Tomlin's first in the post-season. The Steelers defeated the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game. The Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII over the NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals on February 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason, Game summaries, Wild Card round: Bye week\nThe team rested on December 29\u2014the day following their final regular-season game. They began preparations for their first post-season game on Tuesday, December 30 through Thursday, January 1, before three days of weekend rest. Roethlisberger did not practice until Monday, January 5\u2014Tomlin stated of the injury, \"We will proceed slowly with him because we have that luxury. But we feel comfortable with where he is relative to Sunday and where he\u2019s capable of being next week.\" Although the January 1 practice was expected to be normal, Tomlin allowed players to leave after team meetings and a walk-through. Multiple Steelers stated that they would watch the games of the Wild Card round. Some including James Farrior and Ryan Clark watched as fans; however, Chris Hoke said, \"I will be watching the guys I am going against... That is how I watch it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 939]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Round: vs. San Diego Chargers\nPittsburgh hosted the San Diego Chargers at Heinz Field due to the Chargers' overtime victory over the Indianapolis Colts during the Wild Card round. The Chargers scored on the game's first drive with a 41-yard pass from Philip Rivers to Vincent Jackson for a touchdown. After the Steelers defense stopped the Chargers on their next drive, Pittsburgh's Santonio Holmes returned a punt 67\u00a0yards to tie the game at seven. With two minutes remaining in the first half Nate Kaeding converted a 42-yard field goal to reclaim the lead for the Chargers. Pittsburgh's offense responded with a 7\u00a0play, 66\u00a0yard drive in 1:33 to take their first lead of the game after a 3-yard touchdown run from Willie Parker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Round: vs. San Diego Chargers\nThe Steelers opened the second half with a 7:56, 13\u00a0play drive which concluded with Ben Roethlisberger's sole touchdown pass to Heath Miller. San Diego had one offensive play in the third quarter, which resulted in an interception. The Steelers entered the final quarter with a 21\u201310 lead. Gary Russell scored on a 1-yard touchdown rush to extend the Steelers lead. The Chargers scored on their next possession, when Legedu Naanee received Rivers' second touchdown pass of the game to conclude a 73-yard drive. With 4:17 remaining Willie Parker scored his second touchdown of the game\u2014with a 16-yard run. The Chargers' Darren Sproles concluded the game's scoring with a 62-yard touchdown reception, bringing the final score to 35\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 839]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Championship: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nPittsburgh hosted the Baltimore Ravens\u2014who defeated the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans in the Wild Card and Divisional rounds respectively\u2014for the AFC Championship Game. During the week before the game, Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl temporarily changed his name to Luke Steelerstahl in order to remove the \"Raven\". Though the change was not official the mayor did comment that \"As soon as [he] heard [the idea], [he] thought it was a great idea.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 99], "content_span": [100, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Championship: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nPittsburgh scored the game's first points, with Jeff Reed converting on field goals from 34 and 42\u00a0yards in the first quarter. Santonio Holmes received a pass from Ben Roethlisberger in the second quarter and ran for a 65-yard touchdown to give the Steelers a 13\u20130 lead. Baltimore's Willis McGahee ran into the endzone for a touchdown with 2:44 remaining in the second quarter\u2014bringing the halftime score to 13\u20137. Reed converted his third field goal of the game from 46\u00a0yards in the third quarter. McGahee scored his second touchdown of the game with 9:32 remaining in the final quarter bringing the Ravens within two points. Troy Polamalu intercepted a pass from Joe Flacco and returned it 40\u00a0yards to score the final touchdown of the game, giving Pittsburgh a 23\u201314 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 99], "content_span": [100, 876]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason, Game summaries, Super Bowl: at Arizona Cardinals\nJeff Reed concluded the first drive of Super Bowl XLIII with a field goal\u2014giving the Steelers a 3\u20130 lead over the Arizona Cardinals. Gary Russell scored on a 1-yard touchdown rush on the Steelers' second drive and the Cardinals responded by scoring a touchdown on the ensuing drive. On the final play of the first half James Harrison intercepted a pass from Kurt Warner and returned it 100\u00a0yards for a touchdown. As he did in the first quarter, Reed scored the sole points of the third quarter giving the Steelers a 20\u20137 lead entering the final quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason, Game summaries, Super Bowl: at Arizona Cardinals\nThe Cardinals scored three consecutive times in the fourth quarter\u2014with two Larry Fitzgerald touchdown receptions and a Steelers' holding call in the endzone that resulted in a safety\u2014to give them a 23\u201320 lead with 2:37 remaining in regulation. Pittsburgh drove 78\u00a0yards in 2:02 and scored on a touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Santonio Holmes. The Steelers four point lead held as time expired and the Pittsburgh Steelers became the first team to win six Super Bowl titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198289-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason, Game summaries, Super Bowl: at Arizona Cardinals\nSantonio Holmes was voted the game's Most Valuable Player. Mike Tomlin became the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl. Harrison's interception return was the longest play in Super Bowl history. On February 3 a parade was held in Pittsburgh to celebrate the victory, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette an estimated 400,000\u00a0people attended. The city's name was ceremonially changed to \"the City of Sixburgh\" for the duration of 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198290-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Players Championship\nThe 2008 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 8\u201311 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 35th Players Championship  and was won by Sergio Garc\u00eda,  in a sudden-death playoff over Paul Goydos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198290-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Players Championship\nDefending champion Phil Mickelson finished nine strokes back, in a tie for 21st place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198290-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Players Championship, Venue\nThis was the 27th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597\u00a0m).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198290-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Players Championship, Field\nMichael Allen, Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby, Ryan Armour, Tommy Armour III, Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Brian Bateman, Cameron Beckman, Rich Beem, Jason Bohn, Bart Bryant, Jonathan Byrd, \u00c1ngel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, Paul Casey, Alex \u010cejka, K. J. Choi, Daniel Chopra, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Jos\u00e9 C\u00f3ceres, Fred Couples, Ben Crane, Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Chris DiMarco, Luke Donald, Ken Duke, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Niclas Fasth, Steve Flesch, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Sergio Garc\u00eda, Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Mathew Goggin, Retief Goosen, Jason Gore, Paul Goydos, Nathan Green, Mathias Gr\u00f6nberg, Bill Haas, Todd Hamilton, S\u00f8ren Hansen, P\u00e1draig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. P. Hayes, J. J. Henry, Mark Hensby, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Freddie Jacobson, Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez, Dustin Johnson, Richard S. Johnson, Zach Johnson, Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim, Greg Kraft, Cliff Kresge, Matt Kuchar, Bernhard Langer, Stephen Leaney, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan, John Mallinger, Steve Marino, Shigeki Maruyama, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, George McNeill, Rocco Mediate, John Merrick, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson, Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Nick O'Hern, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal, Jeff Overton, Rod Pampling, Jesper Parnevik, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice Jr., Kenny Perry, Tim Petrovic, Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter, Brett Quigley, Jeff Quinney, John Rollins, Andr\u00e9s Romero, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini, Adam Scott, John Senden, Vijay Singh, Heath Slocum, Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Stadler, Henrik Stenson, Richard Sterne, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, Nicholas Thompson, David Toms, D. J. Trahan, Bo Van Pelt, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Charles Warren, Nick Watney, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Brett Wetterich, Charlie Wi, Tim Wilkinson, Dean Wilson, Mark Wilson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 2105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198290-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Players Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nIn windy conditions, the final pairing struggled on the final day; overnight leader Paul Goydos managed a 2-over-par 74, whilst Kenny Perry crashed to an 81 (+9). In the groups ahead, the pairing of Jeff Quinney and Sergio Garc\u00eda produced some of the best golf of the day, and Garc\u00eda became the clubhouse leader at 5-under-par 283. Goydos still led, but missed a 15-foot (4.6\u00a0m) par putt to win on the final hole, forcing a sudden-death playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198290-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Players Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Playoff\nAt the first playoff hole, the infamous par-3 17th, Goydos' went first and his tee shot found water. Garcia stayed dry, stopping 4 feet (1.2\u00a0m) from the pin and the playoff was essentially over. Goydos finished the hole with a double bogey to give Garcia three putts to win; he two-putted for par and the title. It was the first playoff at the Players Championship since 1987 and the first to start at the 17th hole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198291-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Players' Championship\nThe 2008 Tylenol Players' Championship is the last Grand Slam event of both the World Curling Tour and Women's Curling Tour for the 2007-08 season. This was the sixteenth time the event has taken place, and the third time since it was switched to joint men's/women's format. The event was held at the Mile One Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador April 15\u201320. Since the event is a part of the Olympic qualifying process in Canada, only Canadian teams were invited. The total purse for each event is $100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198291-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Players' Championship\nBoth of these teams were awarded 40 CTRS points for their feats at the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198291-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Players' Championship, Men's, Teams\nKey: CTRS refers to the CCA rankings and WCT refers to the money list ranking on the World Curling Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198291-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Players' Championship, Women's, Teams\nKey: CTRS refers to the CCA rankings and WCT refers to the money list ranking on the Women's World Curling Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198292-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Plymouth City Council election\nThe 2008 Plymouth City Council election was held on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party remained in control of the council with an increased majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198292-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Plymouth City Council election, Overall results\nNote: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2004 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198292-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Plymouth City Council election, Ward results, Plympton Erle\nNote: This Plympton Erle seat was won by Lock for the Liberal Democrats the previous time it was contested in 2004, but he defected to the Conservatives in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198293-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pocono 500\nThe 2008 Pocono 500 was the fourteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and was run on Sunday, June 8 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race was the first NASCAR telecast on TNT for the 2008 season starting at 12:30 PM US EDT and on radio via MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio at 1:15 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198293-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pocono 500, Qualifying\nJimmie Johnson started out on the pole position, but almost an hour later, Kasey Kahne bumped him. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. teammates Mark Martin and Regan Smith made up the second row, while Joe Nemechek and Carl Edwards made up their third row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198293-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pocono 500, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: \u00a0 J.J. Yeley (#96), Kenny Wallace (#87-WD)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198293-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pocono 500, Happy Hour\nIt was anything but happy for points leader Kyle Busch, attempting to race all three series in three days in three sites. His primary car crashed and will be forced to a back-up car and start from the rear as a result. Also going to the back of the field was Sam Hornish Jr. for the same reason. Carl Edwards ran the fastest lap of the session at 164.769\u00a0mph. Eventual race winner Kasey Kahne ran the second lap of the session, which was 0.6 seconds slower than Edwards lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198293-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pocono 500, Race, Information\nThe woes of the #18 team continued into the race, when Kyle Busch crashed into the wall early into the race, and had to replace the nose, finishing dead last in the 43-car field, changing a 142-point lead to a 21-point lead to Jeff Burton. Greg Biffle suffered a pit road speeding penalty late in the race under green, causing him to lose the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198293-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Pocono 500, Race, Information\nCarl Edwards looked to be a favorite to win the race in the closing laps, but a flat tire under a caution with about 20 laps to go destroyed his chances, as there were 33 cars on the lead lap. As the green flag came out, polesitter Kasey Kahne took the lead with 15 laps remaining from Brian Vickers in the Team Red Bull #83 Toyota and won his second points race of the season within the last three weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198294-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pohang Steelers season\nThe 2008 season is Pohang Steelers' 26th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in K-League, League Cup, Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198294-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pohang Steelers season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198294-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pohang Steelers season, K-League, Regular season\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198295-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Poinsettia Bowl\nThe 2008 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl was the fourth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game started at 5 PM US PST on Tuesday, December 23, 2008. The game, simulcast on ESPN and ESPN Radio with Rece Davis, Mark May, and Lou Holtz announcing, pit the Boise State Broncos against the Texas Christian Horned Frogs. In the game, TCU overcame a 13\u20130 deficit to pull off an impressive 17\u201316 win over Boise State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198295-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Poinsettia Bowl\nWith Boise State ranked 9th and TCU ranked 11th, this bowl pairing featured teams both ranked higher than the teams playing in a BCS game during the same season, the 2009 Orange Bowl, a first in BCS history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198295-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Poinsettia Bowl\nTCU and Boise State would face off in a bowl game again the following season when both played in a BCS game, the 2010 Fiesta Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak\nA tornado outbreak struck southern and central Poland between 15 and 16 August 2008. Overall, it killed four people. Tornadoes affected Opole Voivodeship, Silesian Voivodeship and \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Voivodeship. The European Storm Forecast Experiment issued a Level 3 which means there could potentially be a major severe thunderstorm outbreak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak, Tornado outbreak\nMultiple supercells formed in southern Poland on the afternoon of August 15, 2008 and produced several significant tornadoes that resulted in many casualties and significant damage. The main tornado-producer was a long-tracked right moving supercell with a BWER and a hook echo visible on radar which formed in southern Poland and moved north-northeastward, spawning several strong tornadoes. The outbreak began when a weak tornado touched down in Knur\u00f3w causing little damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak, Tornado outbreak\nWhile the first tornado was occurring, the main tornado-producer produced its first tornado, a large and violent multiple-vortex that struck the villages of Dolnica, Kopanina, Zimna W\u00f3dka, Kolonia Jarysz\u00f3w, Balcarzowice, B\u0142otnica Strzelecka and D\u0105br\u00f3wka with a total path of 20\u00a0km damaging or destroying hundreds of buildings and wounding 15 people, with a width of 500\u20131000 m before dissipating in a wooded area. It was given a rating of high-end F3/low-end F4. The supercell produced another multiple-vortex tornado near Pi\u0142ka and struck the northern side of town, causing little damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak, Tornado outbreak\nNortheast of Rusinowice the tornado quickly became large and destroyed a large swath of forest, its path still clearly visible on satellite imagery today. The tornado then hit the western suburbs of Kalina where it killed 1 person and caused more tree damage before it probably dissipated east of Herby, where the supercell either quickly recycled and produced a new F3 tornado that struck the city of Blachownia, or the same tornado continued into Blachownia. After the tornado that impacted Blachownia dissipated, the supercell produced an F2 tornado struck the town of Mykan\u00f3w.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0001-0003", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak, Tornado outbreak\nThis tornado flipped a bus while it was crossing a highway, and a video taken by one of the passengers can be seen on YouTube today. At 16:40 UTC the same supercell produced another multiple-vortex and non-fully condensed  F3 which struck the west part of Radomsko, destroying or damaging about 100 houses on a path of about 4\u20135\u00a0km. Four other tornadoes touched down, including another F3 and an F2 before the main tornado-producing supercell decayed. Another F1 tornado touched down in Radom, likely associated with a different supercell, before activity on the 15th ended. The outbreak continued on 16 August, producing two tornadoes, both were F1, one in Osipy Kolonia and one, the strongest (T3), struck Seroczyn damaging 130 buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak, Notable tornadoes, Jarysz\u00f3w tornado\nThe tornado start at 15:00 UTC (17:00 local time) just north-east of Dolnica cutting down trees and power poles. The multiple-vortex tornado continued its path and struck the village of Kopanina with a width of about 600\u2013700 m causing serious damage to homes. The wedge tornado changed direction pointing south side of the city of Zimna W\u00f3dka where 15\u201320 buildings were damaged or destroyed. The tornado changed direction and struck Kolonia Jarysz\u00f3w.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak, Notable tornadoes, Jarysz\u00f3w tornado\nThere the tornado reached a maximum width of 1000 m and many buildings were damaged or destroyed and on the highway A4 some cars and trucks were thrown tens of meters away and the trees were debarked. Crossing the highway the tornado struck Sieroniowice and Balcarzowice where many buildings were almost razed to the ground (F4\u2013T8 damage) and some people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak, Notable tornadoes, Jarysz\u00f3w tornado\nAfter Balcarzowice the tornado struck B\u0142otnica Strzelecka with a width of about 400\u2013500 m causing severe damage, classifiable as a strong F2 (T5), and finally the tornado struck the forest between B\u0142otnica and D\u0105br\u00f3wka causing F2 sporadic damage and causing damage classifiable as a low F1 (T2). Throughout the tornado was classified as an F3 T7 and it damaged about 150 buildings and injured 15 people. No one was killed by the storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak, Notable tornadoes, Rusinowice-Kalina-Herby tornado\nThe second tornado from the main tornado-producing supercell formed near Pi\u0142ka and then struck the North side of Pi\u0142ka at 15:30 UTC, producing little damage. The tornado continued on to Rusinowice, where it significantly intensified into a strong tornado as it passed through the southern and eastern part of the town, where several buildings were destroyed. The tornado continued to quickly intensify and quickly expanded as it moved northeast of Rusinowice, where it snapped, uprooted, and debarked hundreds of trees in a forest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak, Notable tornadoes, Rusinowice-Kalina-Herby tornado\nThe tornado reached its maximum width of at least half a mile north of Ciesnowia, clipping the northern side of town and leveling entire swaths of forest, denuding and debarking hundreds of trees. The tornado then continued moving north-northeast and caused its worst damage in the western suburbs of Kalina, where many homes were leveled. One woman lost her life in this area. The tornado then turned to the northeast, producing more tree damage before it is assumed to have dissipated after passing southeast of Herby, where the supercell quickly produced another F3 tornado that struck Blachownia. The parent supercell brought 4 centimetres (1.6\u00a0in) hail to some places while the tornado was in progress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak, Notable tornadoes, Mykan\u00f3w tornado\nThe tornado struck the town of Mykan\u00f3w at 16:20 UTC hitting the southern and the eastern part of the town causing damage to some houses, some with the roof torn off. The tornado probably touched down near Topol\u00f3w or Radostk\u00f3w, but this may have been the same tornado that hit Blachownia causing F3 damage along its path. The storm crossed national road 1 where a bus was turned and lifted into the air injuring the 40 people inside, 10 seriously. The tornado struck Grabowa and Bogus\u0142awice causing T4 (F2) damage and low F1 damage in Kruszyna before it dissipated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198296-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Poland tornado outbreak, Effects\nIn total, 4 people were killed and about 770 buildings sustained damage. It was strongest tornado outbreak in Poland in many years. Many downbursts occurred between Slovak Republic and Poland, some with winds up to 140\u2013150\u00a0km/h causing severe damage to some towns and 2 deaths in Slovak Republic. Large hail caused injuries and destruction; in Poland the hail reached 8\u20139\u00a0cm but also 10\u201313\u00a0cm in diameter (but this is not confirmed) injuring 10 people and causing severe damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198297-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Polaris Music Prize\nThe 2008 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 30, 2008 at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. The prize was won by Caribou for his album Andorra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198297-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Polaris Music Prize\nUnlike in prior years, the Polaris Prize committee did not release a compilation album of songs from the nominated albums. Instead, customers who purchased one of the nominated albums in a record store were given a free card entitling them to download one free song from each album at iTunes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198297-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Polaris Music Prize, Jury\nThe 2008 grand jury consisted of Mike Bell (Calgary Herald), Denise Benson (Eye Weekly), Evelyn Cote (Ici), Lana Gay (CBC Radio 3), Kevin Kelly (Newfoundland Herald), Joshua Ostroff (AOL Canada), James Stewart Reaney (London Free Press), Li Robbins (CBC Radio/The Globe and Mail), Hannah Simone (MuchMusic), Darryl Sterdan (Winnipeg Sun) and Frank Yang (Chromewaves).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198297-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Polaris Music Prize, Longlist\nOn June 12, for the first time in the three-year history of the award, the preliminary 40-album longlist was published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198298-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Polish Air Force C-295 Miros\u0142awiec crash\nThe Miros\u0142awiec air accident occurred in Poland on 23 January 2008 when an EADS CASA C-295 military transport plane crashed as it approached the Miros\u0142awiec runway, killing all passengers and crew. The Polish Air Force plane had been flying from Warsaw to the 12th Air Base in Miros\u0142awiec, and the 20 victims included high-ranking Polish air force officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198298-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Polish Air Force C-295 Miros\u0142awiec crash\nAlthough this was the first serious accident of a CASA C-295, after the accident all Polish C-295s were grounded until further notice. In the subsequent investigations the primary cause of the accident was determined to be an inadvertent loss of spatial and situational awareness by the aircraft crew during the landing approach in poor weather conditions, with a low cloud ceiling and little visibility. A number of secondary causes and contributing factors were also found by the investigation after the accident, including deficiencies in the air traffic controllers' skills and methods of directing and controlling the landing. Military experts had qualified it as \"the safest plane of the Polish air force\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198298-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Polish Air Force C-295 Miros\u0142awiec crash\nThe Polish defence minister Bogdan Klich dismissed five air force personnel after the accident investigation concluded that multiple failings contributed to the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198299-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Polish Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Polish Figure Skating Championships (Polish: Mistrzostwa Polski w \u0142y\u017cwiarstwie figurowym 2007/2008) were held in two parts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198300-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries\nThe 2008 Popular Democratic Party primaries were the primary elections by which voters of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for the 2008 general elections. They were held on March 9, 2008. Incumbent Governor An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1 faced no opposition for his candidacy, making him the official candidate for the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198300-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Background\nAt the time of the primaries, incumbent Governor An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1 was allegedly being investigated by federal authorities for allegations of irregularities in his campaign finances. However, despite this, the party supported his candidacy for Governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198300-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Background\nAlso, one of the most contested campaigns was the one for Mayor of Ponce, with incumbent Francisco Zayas Seijo facing the former administrator of the city, Carlos Jirau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198300-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Candidates, Senate, District\nThe Popular Democratic Party held primaries on only 4 of the 8 senatorial districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198300-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Candidates, House of Representatives, District\nThe Popular Democratic Party held primaries on 24 of the 40 representative districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 102], "content_span": [103, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198300-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Candidates, Mayors\nThe Popular Democratic Party held primaries on 23 of 78 municipalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 74], "content_span": [75, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198300-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Aftermath, Acevedo Vil\u00e1's candidacy\nSeveral weeks after the primaries, Incumbent Governor and PPD candidate, An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1, was officially indicted on 19 counts of campaign finance violations. This put his candidacy in jeopardy, and several candidates where taunted as possible replacements. However, Acevedo Vil\u00e1 decided to run for reelection, and was openly endorsed by the Party in a massive caucus held at the Jos\u00e9 Miguel Agrelot Coliseum on April 2008. Acevedo Vil\u00e1 would lose the 2008 general elections. However, on March 2009, he was found not guilty of all charges by a jury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 91], "content_span": [92, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198300-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Aftermath, Split in Ponce\nIn the primary for the Mayor of Ponce, incumbent Francisco Zayas Seijo narrowly beat his opponent, former Ponce administrator, Carlos Jirau. Zayas beat Jirau by less than 30 votes. After the defeat, Jirau appealed the primary claiming there were irregularities in the process. He also started an independent movement called Movimiento Aut\u00f3nomo Ponce\u00f1o. At the 2008 general elections, both Zayas and Jirau were defeated by the PNP candidate Mayita Mel\u00e9ndez. This was the first time a PNP candidate had won in Ponce in more than 20 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 81], "content_span": [82, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198301-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany\nThe 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season was the 23rd German Porsche Carrera Cup season. It began on 13 April at Hockenheim and finished on 26 October at the same circuit, after nine races. It ran as a support championship for the 2008 DTM season. Ren\u00e9 Rast won the first of his two championships with the MRS-Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198301-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, Championship standings, Drivers' championship\n\u2020\u00a0\u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198302-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain\nThe 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was the sixth season of the one-make championship. It consisted of 20 rounds, beginning on 29 March at Brands Hatch and finishing on 21 September at the same venue. The series supported the British Touring Car Championship throughout the season. Tim Harvey claimed his first title, having finished as runner-up to Richard Westbrook in 2004, Damien Faulkner in 2006 and James Sutton in 2007, Michael Caine finished the season as runner-up. Other front runners throughout the season were Sam Hancock, Tim Bridgman and Phil Quaife. Guest drivers Stefan Hodgetts, son of former British Touring Car champion Chris, and Nick Tandy were also victorious. Former BTCC race winner Paul O'Neill was another notable guest driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198303-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Centre Gold Coast 500\nThe 2008 Porsche Centre Gold Coast 500 was the seventh 500km race held at Queensland Raceway. It was held on 15 November 2008, and only attracted nine entrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198303-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Centre Gold Coast 500, Results, Qualifying 1\nQualifying session 1 was held on Saturday, 15 November, at 10:30am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198303-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Centre Gold Coast 500, Results, Qualifying 2\nQualifying session 2 was held on Saturday, 15 November, at 11:40am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198303-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Centre Gold Coast 500, Results, Race\nThe race was held on Saturday, 15 November, at 3:45pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198303-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Centre Gold Coast 500, Results, Race\n* Cars 11 and 29 finished first and second respectively, however were relegated to positions two and three after the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198304-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Supercup\nThe 2008 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 16th Porsche Supercup season. The races were all supporting races in the 2008 Formula One season. It travelled to ten circuits across Europe and also a double-header in Bahrain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198304-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Supercup, Championship standings\n\u2020 \u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198305-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 27 September through 5 October 2008. Second-seeded Jelena Jankovi\u0107 won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198305-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles\nAnna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld /  Patty Schnyder defeated  Kv\u011bta Peschke /  Rennae Stubbs 6\u20132, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198306-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix \u2013 Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions and first seed, but Anna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld and Patty Schnyder, who entered the tournament with a wild card, defeated them 6\u20132, 6\u20134, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198307-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix \u2013 Singles\nJustine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198307-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix \u2013 Singles\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20133, against Nadia Petrova. Jankovi\u0107 became the highest ranking singles player by winning the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198307-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198308-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie state by-election\nA by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Port Macquarie on 18 October 2008. This was triggered by the resignation of independent MP Rob Oakeshott who was elected to the federal seat of Lyne at a by-election the previous month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198308-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie state by-election\nThe writ for the Port Macquarie by-election was issued on 29 August, which was also when the rolls closed. Candidate nominations closed on 18 September. The by-election was contested on the same boundaries drawn for Port Macquarie at the 2007 state election. At that election, the independent MP won the seat over the Nationals by a two-party preferred margin of 78.2% to 21.8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198308-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie state by-election, Background\nCreated in a 1988 redistribution, Port Macquarie has always been based on Port Macquarie and Laurieton\u2013Camden Haven. It was a safe National Party seat prior to the election of Oakeshott, who was MP for Port Macquarie since 1996, becoming an independent in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198308-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie state by-election, Campaign\nFederal Hume MP Alby Schultz was seen campaigning a few times for Besseling, referring to him as \"the pick of the candidates\", with similar support from Senator Bill Heffernan, sparking anger and resentment within the coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198308-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie state by-election, Results\nDespite independent Rob Oakeshott moving into federal politics, another independent, Peter Besseling, retained the seat, winning on the primary and two party vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal\nThe dismissal of the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council on 27 February 2008 marked the end of a series of events involving a project which was initiated in 2001 in the New South Wales coastal town of Port Macquarie to build a cultural and entertainment centre, known to locals as the Glasshouse. The project, initially a joint venture with the management of the neighbouring shopping centre, Port Central, was originally expected to cost the Council A$7.3 million. However, by late 2007, despite the centre not yet having opened, the costs had blown out to over A$41.7 million, with interest repayments likely to extend the council's liability to A$66 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal\nOn 27 July 2007, a full public inquiry was announced by the Minister for Local Government, Paul Lynch. The inquiry reported its findings in February 2008. It found that the council had failed to provide appropriate financial and project management and had lost control of the costs, that the project costs had harmed the council's ability to provide services and amenities to the community, and that the council's communications management strategy had resulted in inadequate consultation with the public and inappropriate regard to their concerns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal\nThe Minister for Local Government dismissed the council and its mayor, Rob Drew, and appointed an administrator upon receiving the inquiry's report. Drew was critical of the process throughout, maintaining that errors had been made and misinformation had been accepted as fact; however, the New South Wales Urban Task Force, a property development lobby group, believed the sacking served as a warning to other councils to stick to \"core responsibilities\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal\nThe events continued to impact upon the community and the individuals involved. At a federal by-election for the normally safe National Party seat of Lyne in which Port Macquarie is located, the former mayor, who was the endorsed National candidate, failed to win against Rob Oakeshott, an independent politician, and a former state member of parliament who had been openly critical of the council throughout the drama. During the period under administration, voluntary redundancies were offered to 27 staff in order to improve the council's financial position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal\nIn 2012, the community elected a representative council and mayor, replacing the administrator appointed in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, Background\nOn 30 March 1999, the Council met to initiate planning for a centre to house the visual and performing arts at the former Civic Centre site in the Port Macquarie central business district. It recommended a project plan be developed by 2001. On 21 August 2000 a Cultural Facilities Taskforce was created. In December 2000, the Council approached the management of the neighbouring shopping centre, Port Central, about a possible joint venture on the site, and the Council endorsed further negotiations on 28 May 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, Background\nThe joint venture was expected to cost around A$13.5 million, with the Council contributing A$7.3 million. The joint venture collapsed in August 2002 because the council was not prepared to accommodate the needs of their commercial partner to make the project viable, and decided to go it alone. The new centre became an icon building under the direction of the council's General Manager, managed by a Project Control group including the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, Background\nThe costs blew out considerably by 28 June 2004, when the Council unanimously backed the project, outlays had already reached A$15\u2013A$20 million, and by late 2007 they had reached A$41.7 million. This was due to a range of factors including, that the Council bought and demolished neighbouring shops to make the facility big enough to include meeting rooms and conference facilities, and a drain built by convicts in the 19th century, and still in remarkably good condition, was discovered by archaeologists and needed to be preserved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, The Payne report\nIn October 2006, the NSW Department of Local Government announced it would investigate the council's financial management and would try to determine whether it properly considered the impact the added costs could have on its other functions. The investigation, which commenced on 6 November 2006, was conducted under Section 430 of the  (NSW), which allows the Director-General of the Department to investigate any aspect of a Council or of its work or activities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, The Payne report\nThe report, delivered in May 2007 to the Minister of Local Government, concluded that the Council did not exercise due diligence and that there had been a failure to scope the project, and recommended to the Minister that a Section 740 public inquiry, which would be independent and have some of the powers and protections of a Royal Commission, be held. A Section 740 inquiry is a necessary step before a Council can be dismissed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, The Payne report\nOn 21 May 2007, Councillors Lisa Intemann and Jamie Harrison, who believed the council had exceeded its mandate and failed to consult with the community, led a public rally in Port Macquarie. The Mayor, Rob Drew, believed the centre development should be an exciting time for Port Macquarie and was critical of opposition to the project, characterising it as \"slanderous accusations\" and \"fomenting discontent\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, The Payne report\nHe acknowledged the report raised concerns about the processes behind the project, but insisted the project itself was sound, saying in a press release, \"I for one make no apologies that this is a multi-purpose facility which will provide for performers, community groups, which will provide for conferences, seminars and meetings, which will provide for activities never seen before in Port Macquarie.\" Harrison meanwhile told ABC News, \"The report has said categorically that [the] Council has lied to the community about the cost of the arts centre at every opportunity it's had and it's put a gloss or a spin on it\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, The Payne report\nBy June, the mayor was looking for political support to avert a full public inquiry. The National Party, whose members were dominant on the council, and MLC Melinda Pavey had been particularly critical of the actions of the Department of Local Government in the General Purpose Standing Committee. Local independent MP, Rob Oakeshott said, however, that the council should instead address the findings of the report, and stop arguing about the facts or using emotional arguments in support of it. He also cautioned against getting politicians involved, stressing that this was a formal legal process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, The Willan inquiry\nOn 27 July 2007, the Minister for Local Government announced a Section 740 inquiry into Port Macquarie-Hastings Council and the Glasshouse project, with particular regard to aspects of financial and project management, the project's impact on the council to provide services and amenities to the community, and the openness and transparency of decisions made by the council. He appointed Frank Willan, a former administrator of Glen Innes Severn Council in 2004, as Commissioner. The mayor expressed disappointment, asserted the methodology of the earlier Section 430 investigation was faulty, and believed the council's management and decision-making processes would be vindicated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, The Willan inquiry\nAfter 18 days of public hearings and a total of 765 submissions, Willan released the inquiry report in February 2008. The report contained a number of critical findings. The key finding was that the Council and its Councillors had not been rigorous in seeking accurate information about the project, had been swayed by developers and supporters and had failed to plan and manage the project and had lost control of the \"uncontrollably escalating\" cost. The result was an adverse impact upon works and services in other areas of the council's operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, The Willan inquiry\nThe Glasshouse, in the commissioner's view, would not have been able to generate the projected income once it opened. It further found that the community had been \"consistently misled\", that the council had improperly used its support group to campaign against critics and its \"communication strategies have driven its processes\". The council had therefore failed to meet its charter. Willan recommended to the Minister that all civic offices be declared vacant, an administrator be appointed, and that changes to the way Councils dealt with their own proposals be enacted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, Sacking and aftermath\nUpon the report's release, the Local Government Minister, Paul Lynch, concluded on 27 February 2008 that it gave him no choice but to dismiss the Council and appoint Dick Persson, who had administered Warringah Council in 2003, to serve as administrator. He said of the development, \"What seems to have happened is that a reasonable community facility has been treated by the Council as an icon which must be built come hell or high water, regardless of the cost to ratepayers.\" He emphasised that in his view, incompetence rather than corruption was the reason for the cost blowout, which would reach A$66 million once interest repayments were accounted for. The outgoing Mayor, Rob Drew, criticised the dismissal, calling it \"atrocious\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, Sacking and aftermath\nThe New South Wales Urban Task Force, a property development lobby group, believed the sacking served as a warning to other Councils to stick to \"core responsibilities\", and in late March, the administrator adopted stricter financial measures listed in an independent review of the project.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, Sacking and aftermath\nIn September and October 2008, by-elections in the Port Macquarie area at both federal and state level gave a new forum to some of the players in the controversy. When the member for the federal seat of Lyne, Mark Vaile, retired from politics on 30 July 2008, Oakeshott and Drew, the latter standing as the endorsed National Party candidate, emerged as the major candidates in the resulting by-election on 6 September. With the Glasshouse as a major issue, Oakeshott won 63.80% of the primary vote to Drew's 22.88%, with a further 10.07% coming to Oakeshott via preferences. In Oakeshott's old state seat of Port Macquarie, former Councillors Jamie Harrison and Lisa Intemann ran as independents, between them attracting 15.8% of the vote, whilst former Oakeshott staffer Peter Besseling went on to win the election against the endorsed National candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 926]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, Sacking and aftermath\nOn 17 December 2008, the council announced that some staff would be offered voluntary redundancies as part of a strategy to address the $7.1 million deficit it faced for the 2008\u20132009 financial year without increasing Council rates. The following day, it set a deadline of 19 January 2009 and clarified that 27 positions were being made redundant, while 29 vacancies would not be filled. The redundancies proceeded as planned, although forced redundancies down the track were not ruled out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, Sacking and aftermath\nOn 20 January 2009, administrator Dick Persson announced his decision to step down at the end of the month, largely due to the demands of being away from his Sydney home for several days a week. He described the Glasshouse project as a \"wrong decision\" by the council, attributing it to \"woolly thinking with the best of intentions from people not experienced with planning and delivering major capital works.\" He was replaced in the role by Garry Payne, head of the Department of Local Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198309-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council dismissal, Sacking and aftermath\nOn 8 September 2012, the community elected a mayor and councillors, to form a new Port Macquarie-Hastings Council. Former State member for Port Macquarie, Peter Besseling, was elected mayor and Lisa Intemann, the only member of the dismissed council to contest the 2012 election, was re-elected as councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198310-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Portim\u00e3o Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Portim\u00e3o Superbike World Championship round was the last round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of October 31-November 2, 2008, at the Aut\u00f3dromo Internacional do Algarve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198311-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland LumberJax season\nThe Portland LumberJax are a lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 3rd in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198311-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland LumberJax season\nAfter a disappointing 1-5 start and a mediocre 6-10 season, the LumberJax caught fire in the playoffs, defeating both San Jose and Calgary in their own buildings to advance to their first ever NLL Championship game in only their third season. The Jax put up a good fight, but the Buffalo Bandits defeated the Jax 14\u201313 to win the Champion's Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198311-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland LumberJax season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198311-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland LumberJax season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198311-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland LumberJax season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198312-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland Timbers season\nThe 2008 Portland Timbers season was the 8th season for the Portland Timbers\u2014the third incarnation of a club to bear the Portland Timbers name\u2014of the now-defunct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198312-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USL First Division, Standings\nCommissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs\u00a0\u00a0First round of playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198312-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USL First Division, Standings\nTie-breaker order: 1. Head-to-head points; 2. Total wins; 3. Goal difference; 4. Goals for; 5. Lottery\u2020 Rochester deducted 1 point for use of an ineligible player on August 10, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198312-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USL First Division, Results summary\nSource: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198312-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Kits\nThe Timbers wore a green home kit, bearing white accents on the collar and sleeves, with green shorts and green socks. The away kit was white with white shorts and white socks. The third kit was a deep maroon color, called \"Rose City Red\", with maroon shorts and maroon socks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198312-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Final roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198312-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Statistics, Appearances and goals\nAll players contracted or loaned to the club during the season included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198313-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland, Oregon mayoral election\nThe 2008 Portland mayoral election was held on May 20, 2008, to elect the mayor of Portland, Oregon. Sam Adams was elected, defeating challenger Sho Dozono. Incumbent mayor Tom Potter did not seek a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198313-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland, Oregon mayoral election\nPortland uses a nonpartisan system for local elections, in which all voters are eligible to participate. All candidates are listed on the ballot without any political party affiliation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198313-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Portland, Oregon mayoral election\nCandidates competed in a blanket primary election on May 20, 2008. Because Sam Adams received an absolute majority of the vote in the primary election, no run-off election was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198314-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Portsmouth City Council election\nThe 2008 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council (14 seats) was up for election using the first-past-the-post voting system. The Conservatives won a majority of the seats being contested, while the council remained in no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198314-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Portsmouth City Council election, Election result\nNB: All comparisons are to the 2004 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198314-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Portsmouth City Council election, Ward results\nNB: All comparisons are to the 2004 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198315-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament\nThe 2008 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament was a United States basketball tournament played in Portsmouth, Virginia from April 9 through April 12, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198315-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, Rosters\n* - Asterisk denotes Most Valuable Player** - Double Asterisks denotes All Tournament Team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198316-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11\u201313 April 2008 at the Aut\u00f3dromo do Estoril located in Estoril, Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198316-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix\nThis race would mark the first start in Grand Prix motorcycle racing for future multiple time MotoGP champion Marc M\u00e1rquez. M\u00e1rquez had entered the previous round at Jerez, but withdrew before the race began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198316-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198317-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Potrero de los Funes TC2000 round\nThe 2008 TC2000 in San Luis was the 13th race of the 2008 TC2000 season. It took place at the Potrero de los Funes Circuit in Argentina on 23 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198318-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Powys County Council election\nThe fourth election to the Powys County Council following  local government reorganisation was held in May 2008. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. The election resulted once again in a majority of Independent councillors", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198319-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Preakness Stakes\nThe 2008 Preakness Stakes was the 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race time was at 6:15\u00a0pm EDT and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. Big Brown, the 1-5 favorite, was the winner by 5\u200b1\u20444 lengths over Macho Again. Approximate post time was 6:17\u00a0p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:54.80. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 121,876, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198320-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier Basketball League season\nThe 2008 Premier Basketball League season was the first in the league's history, and ended with the Rochester Razorsharks winning the inaugural PBL championship. Ten teams played a 20-game regular season schedule, and all ten teams would qualify for the league playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198321-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier Hockey League\nThe 2008 Premier Hockey League Season was the fourth, and most recent season of the Premier Hockey League. It was won by Bangalore Hi-Fliers who took home prize money of Rs. 4 million. Chandigarh Dynamos finished second and Hyderabad Sultans ended up on third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198321-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier Hockey League, Results\nBangalore Hi-fliers won the PHL 2008 against Chandigarh Dynamos, beating them by 2\u20131 in best of 3 finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198322-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Darts\nThe 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The prize money was increased by \u00a375,000 compared to 2007. The overall fund was \u00a3340,000 with the eventual winner taking home \u00a3100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198322-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Darts\nPhil Taylor continued his dominance of this tournament by taking the title for the fourth year in a row despite losing for the first time in 44 matches, losing the opening game 8\u20136 to newcomer James Wade and going on to lose twice more in his first four matches. Taylor beat Wade 16\u20138 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198322-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Darts\nSky Sports secured television coverage of the event until 2010, and Whyte & Mackay sponsored the tournament for the same duration \u2013 taking over from Holsten who sponsored the event in 2006 and 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198322-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Darts, Qualifiers\nThe World Grand Prix in October 2007 was the cut-off point for automatic qualification for the event. The top six players in the World Rankings after the tournament received an automatic place in the Premier League. The qualifiers were thus:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198322-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Darts, Prize money\nThe prize fund increases for 2008 \u2013 with the top prize of \u00a3100,000 matching the amount that the 2008 PDC World Champion received. The guaranteed prize for reaching the Premier League is now \u00a320,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198322-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Darts, Results, League Stage, 27 March \u2013 Week 9\n\u2020 = Terry Jenkins replaced Adrian Lewis on 27 March show against Phil Taylor because Lewis was too ill to play. The next week, Lewis played his match against Taylor and James Wade, giving Jenkins the night off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198322-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Darts, Table and Streaks, Table\nNB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198322-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Darts, Table and Streaks, Streaks\nNB: W = WonD = DrawnL = LostN/A = Did Not Play", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198322-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Darts, Player statistics\nThe following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198323-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Snooker\nThe 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 11\u00a0September to 7\u00a0December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198323-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Snooker\nRonnie O'Sullivan won in the final 7\u20132 against Mark Selby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198323-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Snooker, League phase\nTop four qualified for the play\u2013offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3\u20133 then the player who got to four first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198323-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Snooker, Play-offs\n* 83\u201334, (110)\u20134, (128) 133\u20130, (115)\u20134, (77)\u20130 ** 55\u201368, (85) 93\u20130, 20\u201393 (79), (72) 76\u20138, 24\u201393, (95)\u20130, 6\u201369 (52), (100)\u20134, 4\u2013(104)*** 11\u2013121 (93), 8\u201382 (62), 18\u201374, 14\u2013(84), 48\u201383 (62), 61\u201358, 13\u2013(105), (84)\u20130, 20\u2013(74)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198323-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League Snooker, Qualifiers\nThe qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 25 February to 15 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198324-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League speedway season\nThe 2008 Premier League speedway season was the second division of motorcycle speedway racing in the United Kingdom and the 14th season since its creation in 1995. The league was governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198324-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League speedway season, Summary\nThe League consisted of 16 teams for the 2008 season with the addition of the 2007 Conference League champions the Scunthorpe Scorpions. New rules introduced for 2008 include three points for an away win compared to two points in 2007, and the removal of bonus points, in which a team was awarded an additional point for an aggregate win over a home and away match against another team. The team finishing at the top of the league table at the end of the season after accumulating the most points were declared the Premier League champions. The four highest placed teams were entered into promotion play-offs, whereby the Premier League play-off winner faced the Elite League relegation play-off final losers over two legs. Teams finishing in fifth to twelfth at the time of the fixture cut-off date compete in the Young Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 873]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198324-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League speedway season, Summary\nThe Edinburgh Monarchs were crowned the Premier League champions after ending the season as the highest placed team. The Somerset Rebels finished second, King's Lynn Stars third and the Rye House Rockets fourth. All four teams took part in the promotion play-off with Edinburgh and King's Lynn reaching the final. Edinburgh won 93\u201390 on aggregate and faced Elite League team Wolverhampton Wolves, but lost the two-legged promotion/relegation final 106\u201376.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198324-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Knockout Cup\nThe 2008 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 41st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Somerset Rebels were the winners of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198324-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Knockout Cup, Final\nSomerset were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98\u201384.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198325-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Premios Juventud\nThe 5th Annual Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) were broadcast by Univision on July 17, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198325-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Premios Juventud, Audience\nThe broadcast attracted an average audience of 5.2 million viewers and was the top-rated program of the evening among adults 18-34, attracting more viewers than all of its English-language competitors, including Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, So You Think You Can Dance, Greatest American Dog, CSI, Swingtown, Last Comic Standing, Fear Itself, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, and Hopkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198325-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Premios Juventud, Performers\nThe following is a list of musical artists in order of performance:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198325-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Premios Juventud, Winners and nominees\nThe following is a list of the nominees and winners (in bold) in the fourteen music-related categories. The reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel won four awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198325-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Premios Juventud, Winners and nominees, Mi Ringtone\nFour fashion and image awards were presented (winners in bold).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198325-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Premios Juventud, Winners and nominees, Pel\u00edcula M\u00e1s Padre\nThree other pop culture awards were presented (winners in bold).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 63], "content_span": [64, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198326-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team\nThe 2008 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Bobby Bentley and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 4\u20138, 1\u20134 in Big South play to finish in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198327-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election\nElection of the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic was held on 26 November 2008. P\u0159emysl Sobotka wa reelected for his third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198327-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background and voting\nThe Civic Democratic Party has suffered heavy losses during 2008 Senate election losing its Senate majority despite remaining the largest senate faction. The Czech Social Democratic Party has won the election and had major gains. Social Democrats then suggested they would nominate Petr Pithart or Ji\u0159\u00ed Dienstbier for the position of Senate President. Civic Democrats decided to support the incumbent President P\u0159emysl Sobotka. Sobotka stated he would run even if Social Democrats would nominate him a rival. Social Democratic leader Ji\u0159\u00ed Paroubek supported Pithart's nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 82], "content_span": [83, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198327-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background and voting\nP\u0159emysl Sobotka announced his candidacy on 26 October 2008. Social Democrats announced on 29 October 2018 they wouldn't nominate their own candidate. Social Democratic Senator Milan \u0160t\u011bch stated that Sobotka should remain the leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 82], "content_span": [83, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198327-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background and voting\nElection was held on 29 November 2008. Sobotka was the only candidate he received 78 votes on 80 and was elected for his third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 82], "content_span": [83, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198328-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 President's Cup (Maldives)\nThe 2008 President's Cup is the 58th season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs. New Radiant are the defending champions, having defeated Victory Sports Club in last season's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198328-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 President's Cup (Maldives), Broadcasting rights\nThe broadcasting rights for all the matches of 2008 Maldives President's Cup were given to the Television Maldives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198328-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 President's Cup (Maldives), Qualifier\nTop 4 teams at the end of 2008 Dhivehi League will be qualified for the President's Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election\nElections to Preston City Council took place on 1 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election\nPreston council is elected \"in thirds\" which means one councillor from each three-member ward, and councillors from selected two-member wards, are elected each year, with one year free from all elections to ensure all councillors serve a full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election\nDue to the \"in thirds\" system, these election results are compared to the 2004 Preston Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Summary\nIn this summary, \"seats\" represent the number of wards each party are defending. In two cases this year, the winning candidate in 2004 has since defected to another party, but for comparison the defending party is that from 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Summary\nIn this summary box, The Left List are a party split from RESPECT - The Unity Coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Ashton\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Conservative Party, majority 51", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Brookfield\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Labour Party, majority 265", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Cadley\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Liberal Democrats, majority 329", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Fishwick\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Conservative Party, majority 41. The winning candidate subsequently defected to the Liberal Democrats (and switched back to the Conservatives after losing the 2008 election). The result in 2008 will be based on the Conservative \"defence\", as is normal practice when comparing election results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Garrison\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Conservative Party, majority 650", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Greyfrairs\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Conservative Party, majority 1,142", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Ingol\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Liberal Democrats, majority 380. The winning candidate subsequently defected to the Conservative Party. The result in 2008 will be based on the Liberal Democrat \"defence\", as is normal practice when comparing election results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Larches\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Liberal Democrats, majority 137", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Lea\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Liberal Democrats, majority 409", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 39], "content_span": [40, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Rural East\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Conservative Party, majority 828", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Rural North\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Conservative Party, majority 1,711", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Ribbleton\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Labour Party, majority 631", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Riversway\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Labour Party, majority 185", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Sharoe Green\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Conservative Party, majority 639", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, St George's\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Labour Party, majority 185", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, St Matthew's\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Labour Party, majority 199", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Town Centre\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Labour Party, majority 142", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Tulketh\nWon in corresponding 2004 elections by Labour Party, majority 49", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198329-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Preston City Council election, Tulketh\nHeld by Labour in 2008 by-election, majority over Liberal Democrats of 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198330-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic\nThe 2008 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic was a 2008 ATP Challenger Series event. It took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from April 21 to April 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198330-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic, Champions, Doubles\nPhillip Simmonds /  Tim Smyczek def. Ryan Harrison /  Michael Venus 2-6, 6-1, [10-4]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198331-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic \u2013 Doubles\nBrian Battistone and Dann Battistone were the defending champions (while the tournament was part of the ITF Men's Circuit), but lost in quarterfinals to Martin Fischer and Philipp Oswald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198331-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic \u2013 Doubles\nPhillip Simmonds and Tim Smyczek won the title by defeating Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus 2\u20136, 6\u20131, [10\u20134] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198332-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles\nIzak van der Merwe was the defending champion (while the tournament was part of the ITF Men's Circuit), but lost in first round to Martin Fischer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198332-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles\nBobby Reynolds won the title by defeating Igor Kunitsyn 6\u20133, 6\u20137(3\u20137), 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198333-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera A\nThe Primera A 2008 season (officially \"Torneo Primera A 2008\") started on February 23, 2008. The Apertura champions was Ori\u00f3n and the Clausura champion was R\u00edo Abajo F.C.. On November 15, 2008 a grand final was played and R\u00edo Abajo were crowned champions after defeating 2\u20131 Ori\u00f3n. However R\u00edo Abajo lost the promotion play-off against Plaza Amador in a 3\u20132 aggregate score, thus failing to promote to ANAPROF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198333-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera A, Primera A Clausura 2008, Clausura 2008 standings\nGreen indicates Semifinal Berth (Los equipos en verde se\u00f1alan los clasificados a semifinales).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 64], "content_span": [65, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198334-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera B de Chile\nThe 2008 Primera B de Chile was the 58th completed season of the Primera B de Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198334-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera B de Chile\nCuric\u00f3 Unido \u2014 tournament\u2019s champion \u2014 reached its first ever promotion to top-tier in its 35-year existence, whilst the second promoted was Deportes Iquique after beating Coquimbo Unido in the promotion playoffs. Nevertheless Arturo Fern\u00e1ndez Vial was relegated to the Tercera Divisi\u00f3n following 26 years at the professionalism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198335-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile\nThe 2008 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de Chile is the 77th season of top-flight football in Chile, and the 7th under its current format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198335-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile, Torneo Apertura\nThe Torneo Apertura \"Copa BancoEstado\" opened the 2008 season on January 25. The 20 teams were organized into four groups, but played each other in a single round-robin format. The top-two teams from each group advanced to a single elimination play-off, but the best 3rd-place team had to worst 2nd-place team in an advancement play-off match. The winner of the tournament will be crowned the Apertura champion, and will earn a spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage. The champion and runner-up with earn spots in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198335-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile, Torneo Clausura\nThe Torneo Clausura \"Copa BancoEstado\" began on June 21. The format is the same as the Apertura tournament, but the field was reduced from 20 teams to 19 since Deportes Concepci\u00f3n withdrew before the start of the tournament due to financial problems. The best-placed team in the first stage earned a spot in the First Stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores. The tournament champion will earn a spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage. Relegation will be determined at the end of this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198335-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile, Relegation\nFour teams were relegated this year to reduce the field for next season to 18 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198335-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile, Relegation, Aggregate table\nThe aggregate table is only a sum of the two first-stages from the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The bottom-two teams are relegated from the results of this table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198335-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile, Relegation, Relegation table\nThe next two teams to be relegated were determined through a special aggregate table for the 2007 & 2008 season. The teams' performances were put under a specific formula (shown below) and then ranked. The two worst teams who have not been relegated by this season's aggregate table were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198335-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile, Relegation, Relegation table\nIn the case of Rangers, Provincial Osorno, and Santiago Morning, the following formula was used since they were not in the Primera Divisi\u00f3n in the 2007 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198335-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile, Relegation, Relegation table\nIn both formulas, Pd is the relegation average; P2007 is the total points earned in the 2007 season; PAp-2008 is the points earned in this season's Apertura tournament; PCl-2008 is the points earned in this season's Clausura tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198335-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile, Relegation, Relegation/promotion play-off\nThe 15th & 16th place team in the aggregate table have to play two promotion/relegation matches the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n runner-up (Puerto Montt) and the winner of the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n Apertura/Clausura play-off (Coquimbo Unido). The winners will play in the Primera Divisi\u00f3n the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198336-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2008 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held Jan. 18\u201322 in at the Charlottetown Curling Club in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The winning team was Team Suzanne Gaudet who represented Prince Edward Island, finished with a 3\u20138 record at the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Regina, Saskatchewan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198337-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Princeton Tigers football team\nThe 2008 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198337-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Princeton Tigers football team\nThe Tigers played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198338-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe\nThe 2008 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 5 October 2008. It was the 87th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198338-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe\nThe winner was Zarkava, a three-year-old filly trained in France by Alain de Royer-Dupr\u00e9. The winning jockey was Christophe Soumillon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198338-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe\nZarkava had been a doubtful runner because of the soft ground at Longchamp. Her participation was confirmed just before the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198339-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pro Bowl\nThe 2008 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2007 season. It was played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 10, 2008. The game was televised in the United States by Fox and began shortly after 11:40am local time (4:40pm EST) following Pole Qualifying for 2008 Daytona 500. The NFC won, 42\u201330, despite a 17-point first half AFC lead. NFC running back Adrian Peterson rushed 16 times for 129 yards and was named the game's MVP, winning a Cadillac CTS in recognition of his efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198339-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pro Bowl\nThe starting rosters for the game were released on December 18, 2007, with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady starting for the AFC and the Green Bay Packers' Brett Favre for the NFC. However, Brett Favre withdrew due to an ankle injury. Notable Pro Bowl selections included the late Sean Taylor. The Dallas Cowboys had a record thirteen players named to the Pro Bowl roster, while five teams, including all four members of the NFC South, had no players initially named (Jeff Garcia of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was later chosen as a replacement quarterback for Brett Favre.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198339-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Pro Bowl\nThis was the first occasion since their 1\u201315 1980 season that the New Orleans Saints had no player make the Pro Bowl. The AFC was coached by Norv Turner of the San Diego Chargers staff, while Mike McCarthy and the staff of the Green Bay Packers coached the NFC. Three Washington Redskins players (Chris Cooley, Chris Samuels and Ethan Albright) wore #21 in memory of Taylor, their deceased teammate. The game featured 41 players appearing in their first Pro Bowl (out of 86 total players), the most in eight years. In addition, the NFC played their first defensive play with only ten players on the field, lacking a free safety, in Taylor's honor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198339-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Pro Bowl\nOn February 4, 2008, Brady, Patriots receiver Randy Moss, Chargers tight end Antonio Gates, and Chargers defensive lineman Jamal Williams decided to pull out of the 2008 Pro Bowl. Brady was replaced by Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson, Moss was replaced by Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Johnson, Gates was replaced by Browns tight end Kellen Winslow, and Williams was replaced by Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Casey Hampton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198339-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Pro Bowl\nThe game was the most watched Pro Bowl since 2000, pulling in a Nielsen rating of 6.3 and a 12 share. It also marked the first ever Pro Bowl to be televised by Fox. The 2008 Pro Bowl also marked the fewest players represented by a Super Bowl winning team, with Osi Umenyiora being the lone representative of the New York Giants, winners of Super Bowl XLII.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198339-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Pro Bowl, Halftime\nThe halftime show featured a performance by the band Lifehouse, who played their songs \"Hanging by a Moment\" and \"First Time\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198340-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election\nThe Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick held a leadership election in 2008, following the resignation of Bernard Lord on December 13, 2006. The Conservatives had last had a leadership election in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198340-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election\nThe leadership convention occurred on Saturday, October 18, 2008. The main convention site was at the Aitken University Centre on the UNB Fredericton campus in Fredericton, NB. The party also operated satellite convention sites around the province. The event also saw a tribute to former Premier Bernard Lord on the evening preceding the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198340-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election\nThe PC Party is a fiscally conservative and otherwise moderate political party in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. It is, with the New Brunswick Liberal Association, one of two parties that contend for power in the province and most recently controlled the government from winning the 1999 election until losing the 2006 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198340-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election\nOn January 5, 2007, it was reported that interim leader Jeannot Volp\u00e9 would not allow the contest to begin until after the first session of the 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly closed that June, making it unlikely for the leadership to be  decided before late 2007 or possibly into 2008. In fact, the leadership race did not begin in earnest until the end of the second session when David Alward declared his candidacy on June 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198340-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election\nAt the party's annual general meeting in Fredericton on October 20, 2007 it was announced that the convention would be held in the fall of 2008, on February 11, 2008 it was announced that the vote would take place on October 18, 2008 - exactly 11 years after the previous leadership election for the party. The voting will take place primarily at a convention at the Aitken University Centre in Fredericton, but there will be satellite conventions in Moncton, Saint John, St. Leonard and Bois-Blanc (near Paquetville) as well as polling stations on Grand Manan, Deer Island and Campobello Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198340-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election, Candidates, Non candidates\nThe following individuals were subject of media attention as possible leadership candidates but did not run:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 100], "content_span": [101, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198341-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Proximus Diamond Games\nThe 2008 Proximus Diamond Games was the 2008 Tier II tournament in the WTA Tour of the annually-held Proximus Diamond Games tennis tournament. It was played from 11 February through 17 February 2008 at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium. First-seeded Justine Henin won the singles title and earned $95,500 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198341-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Proximus Diamond Games, Gambling threat\nOn February 11, the first day of the event, tournament spokeswoman Katia Stroobants announced that three men had been ejected from the stadium after being caught gambling. The men, two Russians and one German, were logged on to a gambling website and were exploiting the delay between when the point was won, and when it appeared on the official website. Stroobants said that the men were asked to leave or hand over their laptops, and took the decision to leave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198341-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Proximus Diamond Games, Gambling threat\nThis incident followed a spate of gambling scandals to hit the sport, with several male players admitting that they had been approached to fix matches; irregular betting patterns had also been observed in certain matches, in the months leading up to the event. In January 2007, WTA Tour chief Larry Scott had announced that the organization was anticipating problems and was trying to put in place measures to deal with them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198341-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Proximus Diamond Games, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Kv\u011bta Peschke /  Ai Sugiyama 6\u20131, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198342-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Proximus Diamond Games \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title, defeating Kv\u011bta Peschke and Ai Sugiyama in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198343-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Proximus Diamond Games \u2013 Singles\nAm\u00e9lie Mauresmo was the three-time defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198343-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Proximus Diamond Games \u2013 Singles\nJustine Henin won the title, defeating Karin Knapp in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198344-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pub Charity Sevens\nThe 2008 Pub Charity Sevens tournament was held in Queenstown, New Zealand between 13 and 14 January 2008. It was the fifth New Zealand National Rugby Sevens Tournament to be held in Queenstown. Auckland were the defending champions, having previously won the tournament three consecutive times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198345-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rican general election\nThe 2008 Puerto Rican general elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to elect the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198345-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rican general election\nThe election was won by incumbent Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Luis Fortu\u00f1o (from the New Progressive Party), who defeated the incumbent Governor, An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1 (from the Popular Democratic Party). Fortu\u00f1o received  1,025,965 votes, and Acevedo Vil\u00e1 801,071. Also, most of the other positions were won by the candidates of the PNP, who ended up with a majority of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198345-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rican general election\nThe elections occurred after one term of what was called \"shared government\", as a result of the 2004 elections. Because of this, the island had a Governor from one party (Acevedo Vil\u00e1), while the opposing party held a majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The struggles faced by the opposing parties attempts at cooperation, mixed with the global economic crisis, paved the campaign for this elections. Also, Acevedo Vil\u00e1 was facing criminal accusations at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198345-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rican general election\nFortu\u00f1o was sworn in as Governor of Puerto Rico on January 2, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198345-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rican general election, Nominations\nBefore the election year, the Constitution of Puerto Rico provides for any qualified person to present their candidacy for a specific position. If two or more candidates from the same party present their candidacy for the same position, and they can't reach an agreement within the party, a primary election is held. This election is held within the inscribed members of each party, to select which of the candidates will represent the party in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198345-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rican general election, Nominations\nBoth of the main parties: New Progressive Party (PNP) and Popular Democratic Party (PPD), held primaries for several positions on March 9, 2008. The PNP primary was more notable for having two candidates for the position of Governor of Puerto Rico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198345-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rican general election, Nominations, New Progressive Party (PNP)\nThe primaries were held on March 9, 2008. In it, Fortu\u00f1o comfortably defeated Rossell\u00f3 to win the spot for Governor at the 2008 elections. Also, Pedro Pierluisi defeated Charlie Rodr\u00edguez and Miriam Ram\u00edrez de Ferrer with 60% of the votes to win the spot for Resident Commissioner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198345-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rican general election, Nominations, Popular Democratic Party (PPD)\nThe primaries were held on March 9, 2008 to determine several candidates for the Senate, House of Representatives, and others. Among the most notable outcomes, former Secretary of Consumer Affairs Alejandro Garc\u00eda Padilla received the most votes for the Senate, despite being his first time in an election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198345-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rican general election, Nominations, Popular Democratic Party (PPD)\nAlso, in the primaries for Mayor of Ponce, incumbent Francisco Zayas Seijo narrowly beat Carlos Jirau V\u00e9lez, for less than 50 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198345-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rican general election, Final candidates, Governor\nAfter the primaries, the official candidates for Governor of Puerto Rico were set. The incumbent governor, An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1, Popular Democratic Party (PPD) faced the following candidates for the Governorship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198345-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rican general election, Final candidates, Resident Commissioner\nThe United States House of Representatives elections in Puerto Rico, 2008 was won by Pedro Pierluisi, New Progressive Party (PNP). He ran against:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198346-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary took place on June 1, 2008. It was an open primary. Puerto Rico initially planned to hold caucuses, as was done in 2000 and 2004, on June 7, 2008. In December 2007, an error in the plan was discovered; the caucus date should have read June 1, 2008. Puerto Rico also decided to conduct a primary, rather than caucuses. Puerto Rico sent 55 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. These delegates were allotted on a proportional basis. The territory's delegation also included eight unpledged \"superdelegates\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198346-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary\nPuerto Rico also selected one unpledged add-on delegate. Selection of the unpledged add-on delegate occurred at the Assembly of the Democratic Party of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on June 21, 2008 in San Juan. Polls were open from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, prevailing local time, Atlantic Standard Time (AST) (UTC-4, same as Eastern Daylight Time). Hillary Clinton won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198346-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary\nThe primary was the subject of a book published in 2010", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198346-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nIn a poll conducted from March 31\u2013April 5, 2008, Clinton led Obama by 13%, holding 50% to his 37%, with 13% undecided and a margin of error of \u00b1 4.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198346-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nIn a poll conducted from May 8\u2013May 20, 2008, Clinton led Obama by 13%, holding 51% to his 38%, with 11% undecided and a margin of error of \u00b1 3.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198346-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary, Superdelegate endorsements\nPuerto Rico's superdelegates endorsed candidates before the election. Four superdelegates, Democratic State Chair Roberto Prats, Vice Chair Luisette Caba\u00f1as, Puerto Rico Democratic National Committeeman Kenneth McClintock and Young Democrats of America (YDA) National Committeeman Francisco Domenech, a majority, had announced support for Sen. Hillary Clinton and the remaining 2, Governor An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1 and National Committeewoman Celita Roque, had announced support for Sen. Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198346-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary, Campaigning on the Island\nBoth Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama visited the island, campaigning to get as many votes as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198346-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary, Campaigning on the Island\nBoth campaigns also sent surrogates. In the Obama campaign, his spouse, Michelle, travelled once to Puerto Rico. In the Clinton campaign, the candidate's daughter, Chelsea, and her spouse President Bill Clinton, both travelled twice to Puerto Rico and during one extensive campaign day, May 26, the three attended several events together in Ponce and San Juan, according to a book by Democratic State Chair Roberto Prats and former Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198347-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Islanders season\nThe 20098 season is the Puerto Rico Islanders 5th season in the USL First Division. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club had during the 2008 season. It also includes matched played in 2008 for the CONCACAF Champions League 2008\u201309.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198348-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Puerto Rico Republican presidential caucuses were held on February 24, 2008. John McCain won all 20 pledged (and the support of three unpledged delegates) at the Commonwealth's convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198349-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Soccer League season\nThe 2008 Puerto Rico Soccer League Playoffs is the first year the tournament has been held. It is the championship of the Puerto Rico Soccer League. The format is set up for the  top 4 teams from the league playing in the Tournament. These teams play in the Semi-Finals with the winner of each match going on to the Championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198349-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico Soccer League season, Champions\nSevilla FC won the Championship as they defeated River Plate Ponce 2-1 in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198350-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, took place on November 4, 2008 as part of the Puerto Rican general elections. It coincided with the 2008 United States general elections. Then-incumbent governor An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1, Democratic, PPD was eligible for reelection, and ran for a second four-year term. His opponent, Luis Fortu\u00f1o, Republican and PNP Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, defeated him. As of 2021, this is the last time a governor was elected in Puerto Rico by a majority instead of a plurality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198350-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Candidates, Popular Democratic Party\nIncumbent An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1 (PPD/D) decided to run for a second four-year term. He faced a tough reelection campaign due to an indictment in March 2008 for alleged conspiracy to illegally raise money to pay off his campaign debts in 2000 and the fallout from the 2006 Puerto Rico budget crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198350-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Candidates, New Progressive Party\nOn February 19, 2007, Incumbent Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Luis Fortu\u00f1o announced his candidacy for Governor of Puerto Rico for the 2008 general election and said he will not run for Congress. On May 18, 2007, Fortu\u00f1o announced that former Attorney General Pedro Pierluisi would be his running mate and run for Fortu\u00f1o's current office of Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. Pierluisi Urrutia was a classmate at Colegio Marista, a fellow member of the Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association and also a fellow cabinet member of Fortu\u00f1o's during former Governor Pedro Rossell\u00f3's first term from 1993 to 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198350-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Candidates, New Progressive Party\nOn March 7, 2007, Former Governor Pedro Rossell\u00f3 stated that he was no longer interested in the Senate Presidency and is now focusing his attention in preventing Resident Commissioner Luis Fortu\u00f1o from winning the March 2008 gubernatorial primary, and has allowed his name to be placed in nomination for the party's gubernatorial primary. Senate President Kenneth McClintock and four other senators won in San Juan Superior Court a suit to nullify the sanctions and expulsions that the party leadership has levied against them. The Puerto Rico Supreme Court confirmed the lower court decision by a 5-to-1 vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198350-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Candidates, New Progressive Party\nAs a result, McClintock and his supporters are recognized as NPP members and free to run under the party banner. On March 9, 2008, Pedro Rossell\u00f3 conceded the victory to Luis Fortu\u00f1o after a large margin of votes in favor of his opponent in the NPP party primaries for the presidency of the party and gubernatorial nomination. Rossell\u00f3 admitted defeat even before the votes were completely tallied claiming Fortu\u00f1o as the next candidate of the PNP party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198350-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Candidates, New Progressive Party\nIn Rossell\u00f3's conceding speech he said \"Luis Fortu\u00f1o has been selected by the people to be the new president of this party and the candidate for governor. I always say the people speak and I obey, Fortu\u00f1o here is your party and here is your office (signaling the party's official headquarters). Now its up to you, the loyal members of this party, to make sure that this new leadership works for the statehood for Puerto Rico\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198350-0002-0004", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Candidates, New Progressive Party\nAfter this conceding speech it was rumored and even announced at Fortu\u00f1o's headquarters that the former Governor would arrive there along with his loyal supporter and mayor of the capital city of San Juan, Jorge Santini, but after Fortu\u00f1o's followers waited for hours to see their leaders united neither Rossell\u00f3 or Santini arrived. After the primary was over it was heavily rumored by many that Rossell\u00f3 would not be campaigning for Fortu\u00f1o and that he'd resign as senator to go back to his home in Virginia. On March 10, 2008, Rossell\u00f3 sent the media a written statement regarding his future in which he confirmed he will be retiring from active politics and will not be campaigning for any candidate, however he will finish his term as Senator for the Arecibo District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198350-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Candidates, Puerto Ricans For Puerto Rico Party\nThis Party was a newcomer to the political scene and put forward Rogelio Figueroa as it candidate for governor. It campaigned as a no status party, similar to the PPD at its start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198350-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Candidates, Puerto Rico Independence Party\nThe party had failed to register in the former 2004 elections. A new face was selected to run, as Edwin Irrizary Mora was the gubernatorial candidate. It campaigned as the \"radical\" option for voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198351-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pulitzer Prize\nThe 2008 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on April 7, 2008, the 92nd annual awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198351-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Pulitzer Prize\nThe Washington Post won six awards, second only to the seven won by The New York Times in 2002. Three organizations were awarded prizes for the first time: Reuters, Investor's Business Daily and the Concord Monitor. No prize was given for editorial writing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198352-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Punjab provincial election\nProvincial elections were held in The Punjab on 18 February 2008 alongside with Nationwide General elections, after being postponed from 8 January 2008. The original date was intended to elect Provincial Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198352-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Punjab provincial election, Aftermath\nIn the 2008 elections, the PML (N) and the PPP formed a coalition government, with PML (N) as the senior party and Shehbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab. However, in 2011, the PPP was expelled from this coalition due to corruption in the Federal Government, (which was led by the PPP at the time).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198353-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Purbeck District Council election\nElections to Purbeck District Council were held on 1 May 2008. Nine of the twenty-four seats on the council were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 44.86%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198353-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Purbeck District Council election\nA big issue in the election was housing with much criticism of plans to build over five thousand homes in the district by 2026. The nominations for the election saw an unusual event when Liberal Democrat candidate Alexandra Brenton signed the nomination papers for her friend and Labour Party candidate Selby Bennett. Two seats were contested in Lytchett Matravers after Liberal Democrat councillor Michael Peacock stood down in February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198353-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Purbeck District Council election\nThe results saw the Liberal Democrat party gained Wareham and Wool wards from the Conservative Party to pull level on the Council. The Conservative party took Swanage South from Liberal Democrat Colin Bright who had defected from the Conservatives the previous month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team\nThe 2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Joe Tiller, in his 12th and final season at Purdue, was the team's head coach. The Boilermakers' home games were played at Ross\u2013Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. They posted a 4\u20138 record, finishing in a ninth place tie in the Big Ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nKory Sheets rushed for an 80-yard touchdown for the Boilermakers and Matt Evensen kicked a 23-yard field goal for the Ducks. Chris Summers then kicked a 29-yard and a 38-yard field goals in the first quarter. Kory Sheets rush for 2 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nIn the third quarter, Summers' punt was returned by Jairus Byrd for an 87-yard touchdown. Then LeGarrette Blount rushed for 5 yards for a touchdown to tie the score. Summers kicked a 27-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, but missed a field goal try to tie the game in regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nBoth teams kicked a field goal in overtime, but the Boilermakers failed to score in the second overtime period. The Ducks scored a touchdown to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nIrish quarterback Jimmy Clausen threw for a career-high 275 yards and three touchdowns and Notre Dame running backs ran for 201 yards in the 38\u201321 defeat over the Boilermakers. Purdue took a 7\u20130 lead on a Kory Sheets run, but Notre Dame countered with a 47-yard interception return for a touchdown by cornerback Robert J. Blanton. Purdue answered back when Aaron Valentin scored on a 3-yard pass from Curtis Painter to make the score 14\u20137. Clausen threw a touchdown pass to Golden Tate to tie it 14\u201314 heading into half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nThe Irish scored on their first two possessions of the second half to open a 28\u201314 lead. The Boilermakers cut the lead to 28\u201321 four plays later when Painter threw a pass that Desmond Tardy caught at the Notre Dame 30 and raced up the left sideline for a touchdown. The Irish answered immediately, however, when Clausen threw a 30-yard TD pass to David Grimes on a fourth-and-7. The Boilermakers fell to 1\u201315 at Notre Dame Stadium since 1976. The loss also left Joe Tiller with a 5\u20137 record against the Irish. (Purdue had lost 11 straight to Notre Dame before Tiller arrived.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nThe Nittany Lions defeated the Boilermakers 20\u20136, outgaining Purdue 422 to 241 in total offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nPenn State quarterback Daryll Clark completed 18 of 26 passes for 226 yards and a ran for a touchdown on a quarterback sneak on 4th-and-goal in the second quarter for the first points of the game. Running back Evan Royster ran for 141 yards and a touchdown and also caught four balls for 53 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nCurtis Painter finished 13-for-22 for 112 yards but was replaced in the fourth quarter by backup Joey Elliott after throwing an interception to Nittany Lion safety Drew Astorino. Placekicker Chris Summers missed all three of his kick attempts\u2014two field goal attempts and an extra point attempt. Kory Sheets' fourth-quarter touchdown run was Purdue's first offensive touchdown against Penn State since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nPurdue managed to keep Ohio State's offense out of the end zone with OSU's only touchdown coming from a blocked punt. While the Purdue defense shut down Ohio State's Terelle Pryor and Beanie Wells, Ohio State's defense shut down Purdue's high powered offense. Purdue did manage to cut the lead to 13\u20133 in the third, but an Ohio State field goal restored the lead to 13. Ohio State stopped a late Purdue chance to make things interesting to hold on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nIn his first collegiate start, third-string quarterback Justin Siller completed 21-of-34 passes for 266 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 77 yards and another score. Kory Sheets rushed for 118 yards and tied a career-high with four touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198354-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nTo finish a mostly dismal season for Purdue, the Boilermakers blew out arch-rival Indiana to reclaim the Old Oaken Bucket in Joe Tiller's final game. The win produced the largest ever margin of victory in the Bucket series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198355-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Pusk\u00e1s Cup\nThe 2008 Pusk\u00e1s Cup was the first edition of the Pusk\u00e1s Cup and took place 2 April to 5 April. Real Madrid C.F. won their first title by defeating Pusk\u00e1s Akad\u00e9mia FC 5-1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198356-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse\nThe P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse occurred on November 7, 2008, in P\u00e9tion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when the church-operated  Coll\u00e8ge La Promesse \u00c9vang\u00e9lique (\"The Evangelical Promise School\") collapsed at around 10:00 a.m. local time (15:00 GMT). About 700 students from kindergarten through high school attended the school; however, it is unclear how many were in the three-story building when it collapsed. At least 93 people, mostly children, were confirmed killed, and over 150 injured. At least 35 students, 13 girls and 22 boys, were rescued from the rubble alive on November 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198356-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse, Collapse\nDuring the collapse, the first floor of the school buckled under, and the second and third floors of the building came down upon it. The collapse also destroyed several nearby homes. However, only the first and second floors were filled with students, and some students were in the playground area. The cause of the collapse remains officially unstated, but residents of the town have said they suspect poor-quality construction as a cause.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198356-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse, Collapse\nThe school had previously experienced a partial collapse in 2000, but it was rebuilt. After the first collapse, neighbors living downhill from the school abandoned their property out of fear that the building would fall onto their homes. The owner of the church-run school attempted to buy these vacated properties. In addition, the third floor of the building was under construction at the time of the 2008 collapse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198356-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse, Collapse\nAfter the collapse, at least 200 people were seen at hospitals in and around Port-au-Prince. However, because of strikes at General Hospital and Hospital de la Paix, two hospitals in the town, Trinit\u00e9 Hospital and University of Haiti Hospital saw most of the injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198356-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse, Collapse, Arrest\nCollege La Promesse school owner, Rev. Fortin Augustin, Protestant minister and preacher, was arrested on November 8, 2008. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter and brought to a Haitian police station, after he allegedly told Haitian president Ren\u00e9 Pr\u00e9val that \"the church school had been built with hardly any structural steel or cement to hold its concrete blocks together; he constructed the building all by himself, saying he didn't need an engineer as he had good knowledge of construction.\" He claimed to have the knowledge of construction and the word of God with him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198356-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse, Collapse, Arrest\nEverywhere he went he had always tried to spread it, teaching people that the way that they are supposed to get through life is with the word of God in their hearts because that's really the only thing that can save when you are in a situation you can't get out of.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198356-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse, Reaction and rescue operations\nHaiti's neighbor, the Dominican Republic, sent two helicopters to assist in evacuating the injured. United Nations peacekeepers, stationed in the country since the 2004 coup d'\u00e9tat, assisted in the rescue efforts, as did members of the aid group Doctors Without Borders and the International Red Cross. The U.S. Agency for International Development sent a disaster response team to the school, and provided more logistical and rescue equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198356-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse, Reaction and rescue operations\nThis consists of some 38 Virginia search-and-rescue officials and four rescue dogs, (led by Capt. Michael Istvan, operations chief for the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue team, flown by Alexandre Deprez, acting director for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Haiti). Also, a team of 15 Martinique firefighters and doctors, led by Daniel Vigee, and groups from M\u00e9decins sans Fronti\u00e8res and Haiti arrived to rescue the remaining trapped children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198356-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse, Reaction and rescue operations\nHilario Davide, Jr. reported that \u201cFilipino Blue Berets were the first to arrive at the scene on November 7 and immediately went to action, using their bare hands to roll over concrete slabs and dig through the rubble in their bid to pull out both the living and the dead. 157 officers and enlisted personnel from the Philippine Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as 13 other officers from the Philippine National Police, are serving with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). The Filipinos were instrumental in the recovery of 9 victims who survived the tragedy.\u201d The Filipino peace-keepers worked with blue helmets from Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador and Haitian police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198356-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse, Related incidents\nOnly five days after the P\u00e9tion-Ville school disaster, portions of Grace Divine School in Port-au-Prince also collapsed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198356-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 P\u00e9tion-Ville school collapse, Further reading\nThe school collapse is recounted in the prologue of Jonathan M. Katz's . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. ISBN\u00a0978-0230341876", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198357-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards\nThe 2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards were held on Saturday 13 September 2008 at the Civic Theatre in Auckland. For the first time, the craft awards were presented separately to the rest of the awards, at an earlier luncheon ceremony at the Civic Wintergarden, Auckland, on Friday 12 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198358-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Ladies Open\nThe 2008 Qatar Ladies Open, known as the 2008 Qatar Total Open, for sponsorship reasons, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the Qatar Total Open, and was part of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, from February 18 through February 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198358-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Ladies Open\nThe field was led by WTA No. 2 and Australian Open finalist Ana Ivanovic, US Open and Sydney runner-up and defending finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Australian Open semifinalist Jelena Jankovi\u0107. Other top seeds were Australian Open champion and 2005 Doha titlist Maria Sharapova, Paris winner Anna Chakvetadze, Venus Williams, Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and Marion Bartoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198358-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Ladies Open\nThe granting of a visa to Shahar Pe'er to play in the tournament was considered a diplomatic success.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198358-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Ladies Open, Champions, Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke /  Rennae Stubbs def. Cara Black /  Liezel Huber, 6\u20131, 5\u20137, 10\u20137", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198359-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Ladies Open \u2013 Doubles\nMartina Hingis and Maria Kirilenko were the defending champions, but Hingis retired on November 1, 2007, and Kirilenko teamed up with \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198359-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Ladies Open \u2013 Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs won in the final 6\u20131, 5\u20137, [10\u20137], against Cara Black and Liezel Huber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198359-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Ladies Open \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198360-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Ladies Open \u2013 Singles\nThe 2008 Qatar Ladies Open \u2013 Singles was the singles event of the 2008 Qatar Ladies Open, a WTA Tier I tennis tournament held in February. Justine Henin was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198360-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Ladies Open \u2013 Singles\nMaria Sharapova won in the final 6\u20131, 2\u20136, 6\u20130, against Vera Zvonareva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198360-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Ladies Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198361-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Open\nThe 2008 Qatar Open, known as the 2008 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, for sponsorship reasons, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from 31 December 2007 through 5 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198361-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Open\nThe men's singles field was led by ATP No. 4, US Open semifinalist and Moscow champion Nikolay Davydenko, Metz titlist Tommy Robredo, and St. Petersburg winner and 2007 Doha runner-up Andy Murray. Among other top seeds competing were Doha defending champion Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107, Stockholm winner Ivo Karlovi\u0107, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Igor Andreev and Dmitry Tursunov. Third-seeded Andy Murray won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198361-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Open, Finals, Doubles\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber /  David \u0160koch defeated  Jeff Coetzee /  Wesley Moodie, 6\u20134, 4\u20136, [11\u20139]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198362-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Open \u2013 Doubles\nFollowing are the results of the 2008 Qatar Open - Doubles tennis competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198362-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Open \u2013 Doubles\nMikhail Youzhny and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 were the defending champions, but Youzhny chose not to participate and only Zimonjic competed that year. Zimonjic partnered with Daniel Nestor, but lost in the quarterfinals to Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198362-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Open \u2013 Doubles\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber and David \u0160koch won in the final 6\u20134, 4\u20136, [11\u20139], against Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198363-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Open \u2013 Singles\nIvan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Stanislas Wawrinka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198363-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Open \u2013 Singles\nThird-seeded Andy Murray won in the final 6\u20134, 4\u20136, 6\u20132, against unseeded Stanislas Wawrinka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198364-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open\nThe 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open was a women's tennis event that was played from 5 May to 11 May 2008. It was one of two Tier I events that took place on red clay in the build-up to the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open. It was played at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in the German capital of Berlin. The tournaments offered a total prize fund of US$1,300,000 across all rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198364-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open\nWorld number one Justine Henin, the three-time French Open defending champion, was the tournament's top seed. She was hoping to win this event for the fourth time after collecting titles here in 2002, 2003 and 2005. Defending champion Ana Ivanovic was Henin's biggest threat for the title as the number two seed, with Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and Svetlana Kuznetsova rounding out the top four seeds. Fifth seed Serena Williams was also a big threat for the title; she had won her last three tournaments and is a former French Open champion. Russian pair Anna Chakvetadze and Elena Dementieva brought the field up to seven of the world's top ten players. Maria Sharapova and Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 were also due to play the event but it was announced that both had pulled out on April 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198364-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open, Review\nThe tournament was won by Dinara Safina, who started the tournament as the thirteenth seed. She enjoyed the best week of her career to win her first ever Tier I title. In the third round, she beat  top seed Justine Henin in a match that turned out to be the last before she retired, her second victory over a world number one, and followed it up by stopping Serena Williams's 17-match winning streak. She defeated Elena Dementieva (who had defeated defending champion Ivanovic in the semi-finals) in the final, in the 14th all-Russian final on the WTA Tour, and the third of five in the 2008 season (Dementieva would go on to beat Safina in the final of the Olympics).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198364-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open, Review\nAna Ivanovic was the only top six seed to reach the semifinals in a tournament littered with upsets. Henin and Williams lost the aforementioned matches to Safina, third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to Alyona Bondarenko, Jelena Jankovi\u0107 lost to Elena Dementieva and Anna Chakvetadze went down in her first match to Victoria Azarenka, who eventually made her first ever Tier I semifinal. Ivanovic, for her part, was defeated in the semi-finals by Elena Dementieva; the defeat dropped her to World No. 3 behind Henin and Maria Sharapova at the conclusion of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198364-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open, Review\nWorld number ones Cara Black and Liezel Huber won the doubles title, beating the unseeded Spanish pairing Nuria Llagostera Vives and Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez, who had upset number two seeds Kv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs in a thrilling match tiebreak in the semifinals, which ended at 16\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198364-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Nuria Llagostera Vives /  Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez, 3\u20136, 6\u20132, [10\u20132]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198365-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open \u2013 Doubles\nThe reigning champions Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur did not defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198365-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won the tournament, by defeating Nuria Llagostera Vives and Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198365-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\nThe top 4 seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198366-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open \u2013 Singles\nSeven of the top ten women on the WTA Tour will be playing the Qatar Telecom German Open from May 5 to May 11 of 2008, including world number one Justine Henin. World number 3, Maria Sharapova, along with Venus Williams and Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, ranked 8th and 10th respectively, are the only top 10 players not participating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198366-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open \u2013 Singles\nThis was the last tournament in which Justine Henin participated in before announcing her sudden retirement a week after this tournament. She was defeated in the third round by the eventual champion Dinara Safina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198366-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open \u2013 Singles\nAna Ivanovic was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the semi-finals by Elena Dementieva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198366-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar Telecom German Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198367-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 7\u20139 March 2008 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. The race was historic in that it was the first one to be run at night, with the MotoGP race getting underway at 23:00 local time. Rookies Lorenzo and Toseland started their season strong with Lorenzo getting pole position and Toseland in 2nd during qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198367-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake\nThe 2008 Qeshm earthquake occurred on 10 September in the Hormozg\u0101n Province of southern Iran, 850 kilometres (528\u00a0mi) south of Tehran. Its epicenter was near the port city of Bandar Abbas, where an earthquake two years prior had caused damage. The earthquake measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale and 6 on the surface wave scale, killing seven people and injuring up to 45. Causing both catastrophic and minor damage, the earthquake devastated up to 200 villages throughout southern Iran, but left the port city of Bandar Abbas almost unscathed. Citizens reportedly panicked when the earthquake hit, emptying into the parks of the city and other open areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake, Geological setting\nIran lies within the complex zone of collision between the Arabian Plate and the Eurasian Plate; near Qeshm the rate of convergence is about 25 millimeters annually. Part of this convergence is accommodated by shortening within the Zagros fold and thrust belt, with the remainder occurring to the north of the Iranian Plateau. The most active part of the Zagros is the 'Simply Folded Belt', which is characterised by large folds formed above a layer of late Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian Hormuz salt, which locally reaches the surface in the crests of some anticlines as salt diapirs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake, Geological setting\nThe sedimentary rocks above the salt layer comprise a basal Cambrian conglomerate and a thick sequence of limestones of Palaeozoic to Upper Cretaceous age, known together as the 'Competent Group' due to their relatively high competence, followed by a sequence of mechanically weaker marls and interbedded limestones of latest Cretaceous to Lower Miocene age topped by Neogene sandstones and conglomerates. There is evidence of intermediate level detachment at some of the weaker layers, leading to folds at different stratigraphic levels have different locations, orientations or wavelengths. Earthquake focal mechanisms and hypocentral depths show that shortening is accommodated by a mixture of high-angle and low-angle reverse faulting, within either the lowest part of the sedimentary cover or in the basement beneath the Hormuz salt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 880]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake, Geological setting\nThe island of Qeshm is elongated WSW\u2013ENE, parallel to the coastline and the regional trend of the main fold axes. It is formed of Neogene sediments apart from a diapir of Hormuz salt that pierces through to the surface at the western end of the island. The sediments are affected by a series of large, mainly anticlinal folds that show a variety of trends in the central part of the island. The axis of the Laft anticline runs mainly NW\u2013SE, while the Salakh anticline trends roughly W\u2013E and the Suza anticline and Ramkan syncline trend SW\u2013NE. The island shows clear evidence of recent uplift in the form of marine terraces, with the highest terrace identified at 220 meters (720\u00a0ft) above sea level. An uplift rate of 0.2 millimeters annually has been estimated from Uranium series dating of aragonite from corals on the terraces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 872]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake, Earthquake\nThe earthquake had a magnitude of 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale, making it the largest in the region since 2005. The hypocentral depth is estimated as 8\u00a0km from body wave modelling. The calculated focal mechanism indicates reverse faulting with a small component of strike-slip, on two possible fault planes, either dipping 43\u00b0 to the north or 52\u00b0 to the southeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake, Earthquake\nUplift associated with the earthquake has been measured using SAR interferometry. The results are consistent with a fault that did not reach the surface. A simple fault plane model with a width of 12.8\u00a0km dipping to the southeast makes a reasonable match with the observed uplift pattern. However, the best fit to both the results from body wave modelling and SAR interferometry comes from a model with two contiguous fault segments, one to the northeast with a strike of 025\u00b0, and the other to the southwest with a strike of 065\u00b0, both with an overall southeasterly dip. It has been suggested that this earthquake and the 2005 Qeshm event may have ruptured adjacent parts of the same fault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake, Damage and casualties\nThe earthquake occurred at 3:00\u00a0pm local time and was followed by up to seventeen aftershocks. The main shock lasted at least 30 seconds. According to the BBC, fatalities from the tremor were limited to Qeshm Island; 30 people were injured. Qeshm Island reported 15 injured; its homes were constructed from earthquake-resistant material. The earthquake was felt throughout southern Iran, causing slight to moderate damage. Mercalli ratings of IV (Light) were assigned to Ajman and Ra's al Khaymah, and intensity III (Weak) occurred in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah. Doha in Qatar also reported the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake, Damage and casualties\nThough major locations held up well against the earthquake, most villages did not. From Qeshm Island came reports of power outage and minor damage; 100 houses in all of Qeshm were damaged between 30 and 50 percent. Two-hundred villages were devastated by the earthquake's velocity. Walls in the village of Zeynabi were leveled; all were reduced by the earthquake to debris. Relief workers were sent to rescue any residents from their homes if they had been caught under debris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake, Damage and casualties\nThe earthquake posed a threat to all of Bandar Abbas' oil companies, as well as at least one highly productive and expensive refinery at the time of the earthquake. Because of past earthquakes, including one in 2006, many of the city's homes had been rebuilt and outfitted with seismically engineered designs. The major oil refinery did not sustain damage, according to Hojjatollah Ghanimifard, the vice-president of investment affairs for National Iranian Oil Company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake, Damage and casualties\nThe effects were concentrated on Qeshm, where several buildings were destroyed, although minor damage was reported around Bandar Abbas. All of the seven reported deaths occurred on Qeshm, with the injured being transferred to Bandar Abbas by boat. There were no reports of damage to oil industry facilities in the area. High-rise buildings in Dubai swayed during the earthquake, causing some of them to be evacuated, but there were no reports of damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake, Future threats\nAs the world's worst in a 2004 report on countries with poor earthquake engineering, Iran is especially prone to earthquakes. In addition, poor construction practice has exacerbated death tolls; 1 in 3,000 Iranians has died in an earthquake-related incident. Roger Bilham, a professor at the University of Colorado declared that \"Most of Iran needs rebuilding. If the population of Iran had a choice between spending oil revenues on munitions or houses that won't kill them, I suspect they would choose a safe home. It's all a matter of earthquake education.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198368-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Qeshm earthquake, Future threats\nThe United Nations developed a Common Country Assessment for Iran, stating, \"While adequate building regulations exist for large cities, it is generally believed that they are not rigorously adhered to... most of those who have suffered in recent major earthquakes have lived in small towns and villages. Earthquake-proof construction is very rare in those areas and adequate building regulations are not yet in place\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198369-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada\nThe 2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada was a tournament of Twenty20 international cricket matches that was held in Canada from 10 to 13 October 2008. The four participating teams are Canada, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The matches were played at the North-West ground of Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198369-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada, Squads\nSunil Dhaniram (c)Abdool Samad (vc)Harvir BaidwanBalaji RaoUmar BhattiManoj DavidAbzal DeanKarun JethiSandeep JyotiEion KatchayMohammad IqbalAshif Mulla (WK)Henry OsindeRizwan Cheema", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198369-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada, Squads\nShoaib Malik (c)Misbah-ul-Haq (VC)Abdur RaufAnwar AliFawad AlamKamran Akmal (WK)Khalid LatifSalman ButtShahid AfridiShoaib AkhtarShoaib KhanSohail KhanSohail TanvirUmar GulYounis Khan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198369-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada, Squads\nMahela Jayawardene (Captain)Dilhara LokuhettigeTillakaratne Dilshan (WK)Dilhara FernandoSanath JayasuriyaThilina KandambyChamara KapugederaNuwan KulasekaraJeevantha KulatungaFarveez MaharoofAjantha MendisJehan MubarakThilan ThusharaMahela UdawatteKaushalya Weeraratne", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198369-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada, Squads\nProsper Utseya (Captain)Regis Chakabva (WK)Chamu ChibhabhaElton ChigumburaGraeme CremerKeith DabengwaTimycen MarumaHamilton MasakadzaStuart MatsikenyeriChris MpofuTawanda MupariwaTaurai MuzarabaniRay PriceTatenda Taibu (WK)Cephas Zhuwao", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198370-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Quebec general election\nThe 2008 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on December 8, 2008. The Quebec Liberal Party, under incumbent Premier Jean Charest, was re-elected with a majority government, marking the first time since the 1950s (when the Union Nationale of Maurice Duplessis won four consecutive elections) that a party or leader was elected to a third consecutive mandate, and the first time for the Liberals since the 1930s, when Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198370-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Quebec general election\nThe 2008 election also marked the first time that Qu\u00e9bec solidaire won a seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198370-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Quebec general election, Issues\nCharest called the election on November 5, saying he needed a \"clear mandate\" and a majority to handle the economic storm. He was criticized, however, by the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois and the Action d\u00e9mocratique du Qu\u00e9bec for calling a snap election to get a majority when they were willing to work with him to fix the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198370-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Quebec general election, Issues\nMost notably, the election was marked by a significant collapse in support for the ADQ. Formerly a relatively minor party, the ADQ had attracted significant protest support in the 2007 election, beating the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois to Official Opposition status. In 2008, however, the party's support dropped back to approximately 15 per cent of the popular vote, roughly the same range of support the party attracted before 2007. As a result of this loss of support, Mario Dumont announced in his concession speech that he would step down as party leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198370-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Quebec general election, Issues\nIn the final days of the election campaign, the concurrent parliamentary confidence dispute became an issue, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper attacking the credibility of a potential Liberal-New Democratic Party coalition government because the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois had pledged to support the coalition on motions of confidence. Both Marois and Dumont called upon Charest, a former leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives, to clarify where he stood on the coalition and on Harper's use of anti-sovereigntist rhetoric in the dispute. Charest emphasized that the Bloc MPs had been legitimately elected by Quebecers, and stated that \"I live in a society in which people can be sovereigntists or federalists, but they respect each other. The same thing should prevail in the federal parliament.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 832]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198370-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Quebec general election, Issues\nMedia analysts noted that while Charest's Liberals won a majority, the final result was much narrower in both the popular vote and the seat total than polls even just a few days before the election had predicted, because the Liberals only won an eight-seat majority, a result which was widely credited to a late voter swing toward the PQ as a result of Harper's comments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198371-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Quebec provincial by-elections\nProvincial by-elections were held in Quebec on 12 May 2008 to fill three vacancies in the National Assembly. The by-elections were called on 9 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198371-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Quebec provincial by-elections, Bourget\nThe district of Bourget was vacated by Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois MNA Diane Lemieux on 17 October 2007. Federal Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois MP Maka Kotto resigned from the House of Commons of Canada to contest the by-election, which in turn resulted in the federal Saint-Lambert by-election of September 8, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198371-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Quebec provincial by-elections, Hull\nThe riding of Hull was vacated by Liberal MNA Roch Cholette on 9 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198371-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Quebec provincial by-elections, Pointe-aux-Trembles\nPointe-aux-Trembles was vacated by PQ MNA Andr\u00e9 Boisclair on 15 November 2007. The by-election was won by Nicole L\u00e9ger, Boisclair's predecessor as MNA for the riding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198372-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)\nThe Queen's Birthday Honours 2008 were appointments Australian honours system to recognise and reward good works by citizens of Australia and other nations that contribute to Australia. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations and were announced on 8 June 2008 in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198372-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)\nThe recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by honour with grades and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198373-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland Cup\nThe 2008 Queensland Cup season was the 13th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Queensland Wizard Cup due to sponsorship from Wizard Home Loans featured 11 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198373-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland Cup\nThe Souths Logan Magpies won their first premiership after defeating the Ipswich Jets 24\u201318 at North Ipswich Reserve. Central Comets' five-eighth Nat Bowman was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198373-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland Cup, Teams\nTwo new teams entered the Queensland Cup in 2008, as the competition expanded north with the Mackay Cutters and the Northern Pride. Mackay hadn't hosted a team since the 1996 season, while the Pride, based in Cairns, were represented by the Cairns Cyclones from 1996 to 2000. The two new clubs replaced the Aspley Broncos and North Queensland Young Guns, who withdrew from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198373-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland Cup, Teams\nWith the loss of Aspley and the Young Guns, the Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys formed new feeder club partnerships. The Broncos sent players to six different clubs and the Cowboys sent players to the Cutters and Pride, while the Canberra Raiders formed a partnership with the Souths Logan Magpies. 2008 marked the first season since 1997 that the Melbourne Storm were not affiliated with the Norths Devils, instead forming the Central Coast Storm who played in the NSW Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198373-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland Cup, Regular season\nThe 2008 Queensland Cup regular season featured 22 rounds, with one team receiving a bye in each round. Each team played 20 games and received two byes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198373-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland Cup, Grand Final\nIpswich had their best regular season to date, finishing with their first minor premiership. They then defeated the Northern Pride in the major semi final to earn their second Grand Final appearance. Souths Logan, who finished second and qualified for the finals for just the second time, were upset by the Pride in Week 1 of the finals. In Week 2, they hosted and defeated Redcliffe before getting revenge on the Pride and defeating them 16\u201312 in the preliminary final to qualify for their first Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198373-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, First half\nSouths Logan got off to a brilliant start when they forced an error off the kickoff and scored in the second minute through prop Cy Lasscock. It took them just five minutes to extend their lead when hooker McKanah Gibson dived over from dummy half in almost the exact spot of their first try. After denying two Ipswich try scoring opportunities, the Magpies crossed for their third try of the game when Matt Templeman intercepted an Ian Lacey pass and sprinted away to score. With two minutes left in the half, Souths Logan converted a penalty goal from in front to lead 18-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198373-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half\nDown 18, Ipswich began their fightback with a try from hooker Michael Ryan just four minutes into the second half. In the 55th minute, the Jets cut the lead to six when centre Donald Malone pulled down a Lacey kick to score. Just a minute later, Ipswich completed the comeback when prop Aaron Sweeney scored under the posts to level the scores. A tense final 20 minutes followed, with Souths Logan being denied a try in the 65th minute and Ipswich missing a field goal from in front in the 78th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198373-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half\nWith 40 seconds left to play, Magpies' halfback Albert Talipeau put his centre Kyle Lodge through a gap close to the line. Lodge was cut down short by Jets' fullback Troy O'Sullivan but got up and scored after O'Sullivan couldn't complete the tackle. Referee Justin Eastwood checked with the video referee, who awarded the try. Josh White converted the try to seal the win and give Souths Logan their first Queensland Cup premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198374-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland Cup season results\nThe 2008 Queensland Cup season was the 13th season of Queensland's premier rugby league competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198374-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland Cup season results, Regular season\nAll times are in AEST (UTC+10:00) on the relevant dates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198375-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland Reds season\nThis article covers the 2008 Super 14 season results and statistics of Super Rugby side, the Reds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198376-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland storms\nThe 2008 Queensland storms were a series of three thunderstorms that struck South East Queensland, Australia. The first storm hit on 16 November 2008 and was followed by two further storms on 19 and 20 November. The storms resulted in 2 fatalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198376-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland storms, Background, First incident\nWinds reached 130 kilometres (81\u00a0mi)/h, equivalent to a Category 3 cyclone. Electricity was cut to about 230,000 homes and about 4,000 homes were left in need of serious repair, and at least 30 houses were beyond repair. Some of the worst hit areas included The Gap, Kenmore, Arana Hills and Albany Creek. Forecasters at the Bureau of Meteorology rated the storm the worst to hit south-east Queensland since 2004 & The Biggest to The South east Queensland region since 1985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198376-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland storms, Background, Second incident\nTorrential rain affected areas of Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba, with rainfall reaching more than 250\u00a0mm in some locations. The Ipswich and Marburg areas were the worst affected, whilst four homes in inner-city Paddington were unroofed. The Inner City Bypass was flooded and forced to close, as was the Moggill Ferry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198376-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland storms, Background, Third incident\nBlackwater, near Emerald in Central Queensland, was hit hard by the third storm, with 20 houses sustaining roof damage and up to 100 more were damaged in some way. Gregory MP Vaughan Johnson said the storm was terrifying. He said he was driving to an appointment when the storm slammed into Blackwater, forcing him to turn back to Emerald. Hail was described as the size of golf balls and witnesses saw a lot of damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198376-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Queensland storms, Relief effort\nAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd inspected The Gap, a badly hit suburb in north-western Brisbane, with Premier of Queensland Anna Bligh and the Lord Mayor of Brisbane Campbell Newman on 18 November, likening it to a \"war zone\". He announced that Centrelink would make payments of $1000 per adult and $400 per dependent child in cases where they were seriously injured or their houses were destroyed. Bligh launched a Disaster Relief Appeal with $500,000 to supplement other government support packages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198377-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite\nThe Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite was a plebiscite on the creation of the province of Quezon del Sur from Quezon; the original Quezon province would have been renamed to \"Quezon del Norte\" had the plebiscite been approved by the residents of Quezon. The plebiscite was held on December 13, 2008, and the result was a slight majority rejecting the creation of the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198377-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite\nGumaca would have been the capital of Quezon del Sur, while Lucena would have been retained as Quezon del Norte's capital. Both provinces would have remained part of Calabarzon under their original acronym \"zon\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198377-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite, Referendum question\nThe Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite was supervised and officiated by the COMELEC pursuant to .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198377-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite, Referendum question\nDO YOU APPROVE OF THE CREATION OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEZON DEL SUR, WHICH SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF AGDANGAN, BUENAVISTA, CATANAUAN, GENERAL LUNA, MACALELON, MULANAY, PADRE BURGOS, PITOGO, SAN ANDRES, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN NARCISO, UNISAN, ALABAT, ATIMONAN, CALAUAG, GUINAYANGAN, GUMACA, LOPEZ, PEREZ, PLARIDEL, QUEZON AND TAGKAWAYAN, AND THE RENAMING OF THE MOTHER PROVINCE OF QUEZON INTO QUEZON DEL NORTE, WHICH SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BURDEOS, GENERAL NAKAR, INFANTA, JOMALIG, LUCBAN, MAUBAN, PAGBILAO, PANUKULAN, PATNANUNGAN, POLILLO, REAL, SAMPALOC, TAYABAS CITY, CANDELARIA, DOLORES, SAN ANTONIO, SARIAYA, TIAONG AND LUCENA CITY, PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9495 DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 2007?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198377-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite, Background\nIn 1992, Republic Act No. 9495  was proposed to further divide Quezon into Quezon del Norte and Quezon del Sur. Quezon del Norte was to be composed of the first and second congressional districts of the province (Burdeos, General Nakar, Infanta, Jomalig, Lucban, Mauban, Pagbilao, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Polillo, Real, Sampaloc, Tayabas, Candelaria, Dolores, San Antonio, Sariaya, Tiaong and Lucena City), with Lucena City as its capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198377-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite, Background\nQuezon del Sur, with its capital at Gumaca, would have been composed of the third and fourth congressional districts (Agdangan, Buenavista, Catanauan, General Luna, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Unisan, Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Perez, Plaridel, Quezon and Tagkawayan). The act lapsed into law without the signature of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on September 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198377-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite, Background\nAs required by law, the COMELEC held a plebiscite on December 13, 2008, 60 days after Republic Act No. 9495 took effect. Gov. Rafael Nantes, one of the original authors of the law, and Vice Gov. Carlos Portes, opposed the division of the province. Board member Sonny Pulgar and businessman Hobart Dator Jr. launched the \"Save Quezon Province Movement.\" The Comelec allotted P 50 million for the plebiscite. Academician Prof. Joseph Jadway \"JJ\" Marasigan provided what he called the \"strong theoretical framework\" that deemed the said split as a step backward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198377-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite, Background\nHe instead called for the professionalization of service institutions and the differentiation of functions as the answer to the province's increasingly becoming complex environment. He organized students and fellow academicians to oppose such move. His participation resulted in a grave misunderstanding with Lucena Catholic Bishop Emilio Marquez who strongly supported the idea of splitting the province. Marasigan maintained that bishops have no business in dealing with entirely political matters and should refrain from using their influence over their flock. Gov. Rafael Nantes later softened his stand against the proposed creation of Quezon del Sur. Accordingly, upon request of Comelec Chair Jose Melo, a P38 million \"Special Allotment Release Order\" was issued by the Department of Budget and Management to the Commission on Elections (Philippines) to fund the holding of the plebiscite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 948]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198377-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Quezon del Sur creation plebiscite, Background\nOn November 17, 2008, Save Quezon Province Movement (SQPM) asked the Supreme Court of the Philippines to declare Republic Act 9495 as unconstitutional, and to restrain the implementation of a November 12 COMELEC Resolutions Nos. 8533, 8534, 8535, 8537, 8538 and 8539, setting the plebiscite. Yet the plebiscite proceeded with the majority of votes rejecting the division, therefore the split did not push through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198378-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 R League\nThe 2008 edition of R League (the Korea Professional Football Reserve League for the reserve teams of the top football clubs in South Korea) was held during K League season. Since 2008 season, Daegu FC and Daejeon Citizen participated for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198378-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 R League\nIncheon United won the competition by defeating Pohang Steelers in final on penalties on 23 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198379-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 RCSL season\nThe 2008 Rugby Canada Super League season is the eleventh season for the RCSL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198379-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 RCSL season, Standings\nNote: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 bonus point for a loss by 7 points or less, 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries or more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198379-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 RCSL season, Championship Final\nThe championship game took place on August 9, 2008 between the Calgary Mavericks and the Newfoundland Rock in St. John's, at Swilers Rugby Park. The game was won by the Newfoundland Rock by a score of 30-6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198380-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 RLIF Awards\nThe 2008 RLIF Awards were presented on Monday 17 November 2008 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia recognising achievements in the sport of rugby league from October 2007 to October 2008 (including the NRL and Super League Grand Finals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198380-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 RLIF Awards\nThe 2008 RLIF Awards were marked by inaugural awards ceremony and featured new awards, notably the Rugby League International Federation Player of the Year Award. Other new awards included the Rookie of Year, for players who made their Test debut and were under 21 years of age in the awards year, the Nations' International Players of the Year, selected by each nation's governing body from the 19 teams that competed to qualify for the 2008 RLWC and the Spirit of Rugby League, for those who have made significant contributions to the sport in their lifetime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198380-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 RLIF Awards, Awards\nFor awards presented with nominees, winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198381-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards\nThe 31st RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards (Chinese: \u7b2c\u4e09\u5341\u4e00\u5c46\u5341\u5927\u4e2d\u6587\u91d1\u66f2\u5f97\u734e) was held on January 18, 2009 for the 2008 music season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198381-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, Top 10 song awards\nThe top 10 songs (\u5341\u5927\u4e2d\u6587\u91d1\u66f2) of 2008 are as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198382-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Race of Champions\nThe 2008 Race of Champions was the 21st running of the event, and took place on December 14, 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London. Two special races were due to take place during the event, the first of which, with Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy cycling against the reigning Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who was due to be driving a Mercedes road car. However, due to the slippery track at Wembley, Hoy could not take part on the bicycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198382-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Race of Champions\nHamilton did demonstrate his championship-winning Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula One car at the event, his first major British public appearance since winning the F1 title. There was also a celebrity race, with eight celebrities taking part in Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corses. These celebrities were Hoy, boxers Frank Bruno, David Haye, Amir Khan and Enzo Maccarinelli, chef James Martin, footballer Bacary Sagna and singer Shayne Ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198383-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Racquetball World Championships\nThe 14th Racquetball World Championships were held in Kingscourt (Ireland) from August 2 to 9, 2008, with 22 men's national teams and 15 women's national teams; and several players in the Singles and Doubles competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season\nThe 2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on January 1 with the start of the 2008 ATP Tour. Nadal's 2008 tennis season is considered to be one of his best seasons on tour. Nadal won 8 titles in 2008, including two Grand Slams and the Olympic gold medal. In addition, Nadal also won three Masters titles - Monte Carlo, Hamburg, and Toronto. Nadal's winning streak of 32 in 2008 is the longest across three surfaces in tennis history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season\nHe won the French Open for the loss of no sets and just 41 games, in one of the most comprehensive Grand Slam performances of all time. Nadal also won Wimbledon that year, defeating Roger Federer in what is widely recognized as the greatest tennis match in history. He won the Olympic gold medal at Beijing, becoming the first-ever top-5 player to win the gold medal in the Open Era. Nadal also claimed the No. 1 ranking that year after the Olympics. He finally ascended to the top spot after 160 consecutive weeks as No. 2 . Nadal would hold the No. 1 ranking for the rest of the season and finish the year ranked No. 1 for the first time in his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary\nNadal kickstarted his season with a runner-up showing at the Indian city of Chennai. He then played the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open. Nadal raced through the tournament before a shock straight-sets loss at the hands of Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinals. Nadal then had a form slump, winning just three of his next five, and six of his next nine matches. Nadal had his second runner-up result that year at Miami, losing to long-term rival Nikolay Davydenko. Nadal then won his fourth consecutive Monte-Carlo Masters title, losing just 29 games in 5 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary\nHe followed that up with his second tournament win of the year at the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell. Nadal's winning streak of 10 matches was snapped when compatriot Juan Carlos Ferrero stunned him in the second round of the Rome Masters, where Nadal was a three-time defending champion. Nadal then regrouped and began a 32-match winning streak across clay, grass, and hard courts, which is the longest streak on three surfaces in the history of the sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary\nHe won his first Hamburg Masters title in May, and followed it up with a brilliant performance to win his fourth consecutive French Open title, losing just 4 games in the final. Nadal's streak continued with his first grass-court title at Queen's Club in London, and then his first-ever Wimbledon, where he outlasted Federer in what is considered the greatest match in tennis history. Nadal then won his third Masters title and first hard-court title of the year at Toronto. His streak was finally ended in the semifinals of the Cincinnati Masters by Novak Djokovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0001-0003", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary\nNadal then entered the Summer Olympics at Beijing, and became the first top-5 ranked player to win the Olympic Gold in the history of the sport. This win also catapulted Nadal to the top of the rankings for the first time in his career. Nadal then made his second hard-court Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open, before losing to Andy Murray in four tight sets. He then helped guide Spain into the Davis Cup Final, notching up wins over Sam Querrey and Andy Roddick. Nadal ended the year as World #1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring hard-court season, Chennai Open\nNadal began the year by participating in the Chennai Open in Chennai, India. Nadal defeated Carlos Moy\u00e1 in the semi-finals in (at the time) the longest three-set match in history, 6\u20137(3), 7\u20136(8), 7\u20136(1), lasting three hours and fifty-four minutes. An exhausted Nadal went on to lose in the finals to Mikhail Youzhny 6\u20130, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring hard-court season, Australian Open\nNadal played his second tournament of the year at the Australian Open. Nadal stormed through the tournament, dropping no sets until he was shocked by the then world number 38 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals. He beat Viktor Troicki in the first round 7\u20136(3), 7\u20135, 6\u20131. He then demolished Frenchman Florent Serra, 6\u20130, 6\u20132, 6\u20132. In the third round, he defeated another Frenchman, Gilles Simon, 7\u20135, 6\u20132, 6\u20133. In the round of 16, he beat his third Frenchman of the tournament, Paul-Henri Mathieu, after Mathieu retired when he was down 4\u20136, 0\u20133. In the quarter-finals, he beat Jarkko Nieminen, 7\u20135, 6\u20133, 6\u20131. Nadal's impressive run came to a halt when Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga comprehensively beat him in the semi-finals 6\u20132, 6\u20133, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 831]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring hard-court season, ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament\nNadal then participated in his first indoor tournament of the year at the Rotterdam Open, Netherlands. Nadal beat Dmitry Tursunov 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the first round before squandering a one-set lead to lose 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 4\u20136 to Italian Andreas Seppi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring hard-court season, Dubai Tennis Championships\nNadal then returned to the Dubai Open, where he was a former champion. Nadal had won the title by beating Roger Federer in the 2006 Dubai Open, 2\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20134. This time around, however, his performance was less than impressive as he lost in the quarter-finals to American World No. 6 Andy Roddick. Nadal looked uncomfortable in his first-round match against Philipp Kohlschreiber, recovering from a one-set deficit to win 3\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20134. He then proceeded to push aside World No. 171 Mikhail Ledovskikh 6\u20134, 6\u20130, before losing to Roddick in the quarters, 6\u20137(5), 2\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 99], "content_span": [100, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring hard-court season, Pacific Life Open\nIn the first Masters Series event of the year, Nadal put in a consistent performance to reach the semi-finals. He beat Colombian Santiago Giraldo in the second round 6\u20133, 6\u20133, before defeating American Donald Young 6\u20131, 6\u20133 in the third round. Nadal then defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a rematch of their Australian Open semi-final match-up. Nadal stuttered for a while but regrouped to exact revenge on his opponent, 6\u20137(4), 7\u20136(3), 7\u20135. Nadal then defeated World No. 9 James Blake in the quarter-finals in three sets - 7\u20135, 3\u20136, 6\u20133. In the semi-finals, he fell to World No. 3 and the man he beat in the previous year's final, Novak Djokovic, 3\u20136, 2\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 90], "content_span": [91, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring hard-court season, Sony Ericsson Open\nNadal reached the final of Miami Masters for the second time in his career. He defeated German Benjamin Becker 7\u20135, 6\u20132 in the second round, followed by the demolition of another German, Nicolas Kiefer in the third round 6\u20132, 6\u20134. Nadal defeated James Blake for the second time in two weeks in the quarter-finals, and then beat big-hitting Czech Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych in the semi-finals, 7\u20136(6), 6\u20132. Nadal finally fell to long-time rival and the only man with a positive head-to-head against him (minimum 5 matches), Nikolay Davydenko, 4\u20136, 2\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 91], "content_span": [92, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring hard-court season, Sony Ericsson Open\nNadal then defeated Kiefer again at the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals, 7\u20136(5), 6\u20130, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 91], "content_span": [92, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European clay-court season, Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters\nNadal was back on the surface of his choice, red clay. A magnificent run on the red clay would set him up for the great year he had. Nadal won his fourth consecutive Monte Carlo Masters title. He lost just 29 games in 5 matches he played. Nadal received a bye into the second round, where he routed Croatian Mario An\u010di\u0107 6\u20130, 6\u20133. Nadal then defeated fellow Spaniard and former World No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in the second round, 6\u20134, 6\u20131. In the quarterfinals, Nadal beat World No. 5 David Ferrer 6\u20131, 7\u20135. Nadal then squandered just 5 games in a comprehensive defeat of Russian Nikolay Davydenko, before defeating long-time rival Roger Federer 7\u20135, 7\u20135 in the final to win his tenth Masters title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 100], "content_span": [101, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European clay-court season, Open Sabadell Atl\u00e1ntico Barcelona\nNadal entered the Barcelona Open as the top seed for the first time in a tournament that year. Nadal stormed through the tournament losing just one set, and extended his winning streak to 10. He defeated a succession of top-50 players up to the semifinals, including Potito Starace, compatriot Feliciano L\u00f3pez and Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela. He then thrashed World No. 85 Denis Gremelmayr, 6\u20131, 6\u20130, before winning the trophy by defeating David Ferrer for the second time in two weeks, 6\u20131, 4\u20136, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European clay-court season, Internazionali BNL d'Italia\nNadal entered the Italian capital as a three-time defending champion. However, he fell in the second round to Juan Carlos Ferrero, 5\u20137, 1\u20136. This loss snapped his winning streak of 16 in the Italian capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 102], "content_span": [103, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European clay-court season, Hamburg Masters\nNadal won for the first time at the German city of Hamburg, flagging off his 32-match winning streak which would continue on till the Cincinnati Masters in August. Nadal beat Potito Starace in the second round for the second time that month. He then won a lopsided third-round match against future Grand Slam champion Andy Murray before defeating Carlos Moy\u00e1 for the second time that season, 6\u20131, 6\u20133. Nadal then had two tough matches back-to-back, but came out on top on both occasions. He beat World No. 3 Novak Djokovic 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 in the semifinals. In the finals, he avenged his loss the previous year's championship match by beating Roger Federer, 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 90], "content_span": [91, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European clay-court season, Roland Garros\nNadal then entered the French Open as a three-time defending champion. Nadal's 2008 French Open is considered one of the greatest Grand Slam performances of all time. Nadal won every single set he played in the tournament, and dropped just 41 games en route to his fourth consecutive French Open title. Nadal defeated Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in the first round for the loss of 9 games. He then walked past Frenchman Nicolas Devilder in the second round, and then Finn Jarkko Nieminen in the third round, for the total loss of just 10 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European clay-court season, Roland Garros\nNadal then thrashed two fellow Spaniards, Fernando Verdasco and Nicol\u00e1s Almagro back-to-back for the loss of just 6 games. In the semifinals, Nadal played the toughest match of his tournament, defeating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(3) to book his spot in the final. Nadal then proceeded to win one of the most lopsided finals in tennis history, routing World No. 1 Roger Federer for the third consecutive year, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, Queen's Club Championships\nNadal entered the Queen's Club tournament as a warm-up to Wimbledon. At the time, Nadal was riding a 12-match winning streak and by the end of the tournament, he would have lengthened the streak to 17. Nadal defeated Swede Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman in the second round, before stumbling through his next two matches, beating Kei Nishikori in three sets in the third round and then 6'10 Ivo Karlovi\u0107 in three tie-break sets in the quarterfinals. Nadal then defeated another big server, Andy Roddick 7\u20135, 6\u20134 in the semifinals; finally winning his first ever grasscourt title by sidling past Novak Djokovic for the third time that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, The Championships, Wimbledon\nNadal entered the 2008 Wimbledon Championships as the two-time runner-up. He was riding a winning streak of 17 matches. Nadal had lost the previous two finals to Roger Federer, including the 2007 Wimbledon final, which was considered to be one of the great matches in recent times. Nadal defeated German Andreas Beck in the first round. He then lost his first set of the tournament in a tight second-round match against Latvian Ernests Gulbis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, The Championships, Wimbledon\nNadal stormed through the rest of the tournament, thrashing Nicolas Kiefer, 7-6(3), 6-2, 6-3, Russian Mikhail Youzhny, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 and future Wimbledon Champion Andy Murray, 6\u20133, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal then defeated surprise semifinalist Rainer Sch\u00fcttler 6-1, 7-6(3), 6-4 to set up a third consecutive Wimbledon final with 5-time defending champion Roger Federer. Nadal then played what is considered the greatest match in tennis history, defeating Federer in a 4-hour, 48-minute match, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7 in the longest Wimbledon final in history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, The Championships, Wimbledon\nThe win gave Nadal his first Grand Slam outside the French Open, and his fifth Grand Slam overall. The match is notable for its long, well-crafted rallies and the clutch shots produced on crucial points. Federer saved two match points in the fourth-set tie-break, but eventually caved on Nadal's fourth match-point. The two greatest passing shots of the tournament were hit back-to-back late into the fourth-set tiebreak. Nadal hit a clutch forehand pass to set up match-point on his own serve. Federer responded with a backhand pass to save the match-point. Federer eventually closed out the set, but lost the match. Many experts agree this match set Nadal up to the great success that would ensue in the following months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 819]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Summer hard-court season, Rogers Cup\nNadal rode his streak through the Toronto Masters event in Toronto, Canada. He received a bye into the second round where he routed home hope Jesse Levine, 6\u20134, 6\u20132. In the third round, Nadal thrashed Russian Igor Andreev 6\u20132, 7\u20136(1). Nadal then faced childhood rival Richard Gasquet in the quarterfinals. He lost the first set in an excruciatingly long tie-break, 6\u20137(12\u201314). However, he recovered immediately and pushed Gasquet aside by winning the next two sets 6\u20132, 6\u20131. In the semifinals, Nadal was matched up against up-and-comer Andy Murray. Nadal won 7\u20136, 6\u20133, reaching his third hard-court final of the year. The final was a contest between him and German Nicolas Kiefer. Nadal destroyed Kiefer 6\u20133, 6\u20132 to win his first hard-court title of the year and extend his streak to 29 match wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 882]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198384-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Summer hard-court season, Western & Southern Financial Open\nNadal next played at the only Masters tournament he has never reached the final at, the Cincinnati Masters. He strode through the draw, demolishing Frenchman Florent Serra for the loss of just one game and then taking down former World No. 2 Tommy Haas, 6\u20132, 7\u20136(1). In the quarterfinals, Nadal beat Ecuadorian Nicol\u00e1s Lapentti in the last win of his streak. It finally ended when World No. 3 Novak Djokovic defeated Nadal in the semifinals, 6\u20131, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198385-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election\nRajasthan state assembly elections, 2008 were held in Indian state of Rajasthan on 4 December 2008. Results were announced on 8 December. The incumbent ruling party BJP lost to Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198386-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Argentina\nThe 2008 Rally Argentina, officially 28\u00ba Rally Argentina, is the fourth round of 2008 World Rally Championship season; it is a second gravel round of the championship and also the second round of the Production World Rally Championship. The event began with a ceremonial start on Thursday, March 27 in C\u00f3rdoba and ended after a Super Special Stage and ten minutes service \"E\" in Villa Carlos Paz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198386-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Argentina\nSome stages of the rally, especially the ones from final day, similarly to those seen on the Mexican event, are held in the mountainous area of the country, thus drivers climb up to 2100 meters above sea levels. The event, however, is more varied and some competitive kilometers lead through vast Argentinian plains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198386-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Argentina, Summary\nThe rally began in rainy and muddy conditions. Mikko Hirvonen was the first on the road as the championship leader and managed to open up a 48-second gap to Jari-Matti Latvala and a 50-second gap to S\u00e9bastien Loeb. However, the BP Ford drivers soon dropped out of contention. On the second stage, Latvala spun off and lost about nine minutes, and on the fifth stage, Hirvonen and Stobart VK M-Sport Ford's Henning Solberg damaged their cars while hitting rocks and retired from the rally. Loeb managed to open up a comfortable gap to Subaru's Chris Atkinson and Petter Solberg. Other drivers in the points after day one were Gigi Galli, Dani Sordo, Federico Villagra, Matthew Wilson and Latvala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198386-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Argentina, Summary\nLoeb continued to lead throughout day two, and Solberg passed his teammate Atkinson for second place. Galli retired from fourth place to preserve his vehicle when smoke started to pour from his Ford Focus after SS13. Latvala also had problems with his Focus and retired. After day two, due to the high level of attrition, Sordo was now in fourth place, Conrad Rautenbach had climbed to fifth, Hirvonen, who re-joined the event under SupeRally rules, to sixth and Andreas Aigner to seventh. Villagra was in eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198386-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Argentina, Summary\nFrench World Rally Champion held his lead until the very end of the event and won the event with over two and a half minute advantage over the Subaru driver, Atkinson. The young Australian's steady pace paid off and he was able to claim second place after electric in Petter Solberg's car malfunctioned and he had to retire. Petter's brother, Henning, didn't manage to finish either - shock absorber in older Solberg's Focus was blown through the hood again, same way as on Friday, and he ended his rally at the very same spot as his younger sibling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198386-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Argentina, Summary\nThe last man on the podium was second Citro\u00ebn driver, Dani Sordo, followed by Conrad Rautenbach in another C4 WRC, who was therefore first Zimbabwean to ever score points in an WRC event. Fifth was Ford's Mikko Hirvonen who managed to score four points in drivers' and five in manufacturers' championship despite massive penalties for using SupeRally. Last three pointing drivers were Munchi's Federico Villagra, Stobart's Gigi Galli, who also restarted under SupeRally format and Andreas Aigner driving a group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX. He was also first in PWRC classification, followed by Argentinian Sebasti\u00e1n Beltr\u00e1n and Finn Jari Ketomaa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198387-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Catalunya\nThe 2008 Rally Catalunya, officially 44\u00e8 Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada, was the 44th Rally Catalunya and the 12th round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place during October 2\u20135, 2008 and consisted of 18 special stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198387-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Catalunya\nThe rally was won by Citro\u00ebn Total World Rally Team's S\u00e9bastien Loeb ahead of his teammate Dani Sordo. This was Citro\u00ebn's third double win in a row, after previous one-two finishes in Germany and New Zealand. BP Ford World Rally Team's Mikko Hirvonen and Fran\u00e7ois Duval took comfortable third and fourth positions, although only battled with each other and never managed to challenge the Citro\u00ebns. Duval eased off in one stage to let Hirvonen, who continued his fight for the drivers' title with Loeb, to take the third place and one extra point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198387-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Catalunya\nSubaru World Rally Team's Petter Solberg fought for fifth place with Urmo Aava until the penultimate stage, when Aava retired after making a mistake and breaking his Citro\u00ebn C4 WRC's suspension. The battle for sixth place went down to the wire, with Stobart M-Sport Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala edging out Subaru's Chris Atkinson by 1.1 seconds. Andreas Mikkelsen drove his privateer Ford Focus RS WRC 07 to eighth place, taking the second points finish of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198388-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Finland\nThe 58th Rally Finland, the ninth rally of the 2008 World Rally Championship season took place between July 31 and August 3, 2008. The event was the first rally held after a six-week mid season break. The rally was based in the city of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 in the centre of Finland with the special stages held on fast gravel roads in the lake district area of the country. The winner was the reigning world champion S\u00e9bastien Loeb, who became only the fourth non Scandinavian driver to win the event in fifty-eight runnings. It was his sixth win of the season and reduced the gap in the championship standings between himself and Finland's Mikko Hirvonen to just one point. Hirvonen finished in second, with Chris Atkinson taking the third podium spot for the Subaru World Rally Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198388-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Finland, Event, Day one\nThe event started with a short superspecial stage on Thursday evening - which was won by S\u00e9bastien Loeb - before the first full day of action on Friday. The first stage on Friday demonstrated the competitive nature of the rally, with Loeb and Hirvonen setting identical times, and Jari-Matti Latvala only finishing three seconds behind them. However, Latvala was the first big casualty, hitting a rock on SS3 and damaging the suspension - an accident that put him out for the day and angered his Ford team boss Malcolm Wilson (rally).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198388-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Rally Finland, Event, Day one\nMeanwhile, Loeb was eking out a narrow advantage by winning every special stage until SS8. Hirvonen was also driving flat out and matched Loeb's time on SS6 and took his first outright stage win on the 7.86 mile test at Urria. At the end of day one, Loeb had built up a useful lead of 14.4 seconds, although Hirvonen had not given up hope. Behind the two leaders saw a three way battle between the two Stobart Ford drivers, Henning Solberg and Gigi Galli, and Loeb's teammate Dani Sordo. These three were covered by only twelve seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198388-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Rally Finland, Event, Day one\nThe two Subaru World Rally Team drivers, Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson were having their own private battle, just over ninety seconds behind the leader. Suzuki's Per-Gunnar Andersson was in the final points paying position despite suffering a huge spin on SS2. Impressive performances were made by privateers Urmo Aava and Andreas Mikkelsen, with both featuring in the points earlier on day one - Aava was third after SS4 with Mikkelsen in fifth. However they both crashed out near the end of day one - Aava in SS9 and Mikkelsen in SS10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198388-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Finland, Event, Day two\nThe battle between Loeb and Hirvonen continued throughout day two with the pair regularly setting fastest times. They were opening up a big lead to the drivers behind them, with Hirvonen describing the pace as \"crazy...how much longer can this go on for, I don't know.\" By the end of the day Loeb had pulled out another four seconds to take his lead to eighteen seconds. Most of this time was gained when Hirvonen stalled at the start of SS20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198388-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Rally Finland, Event, Day two\nBehind the leaders, Gigi Galli had been drawing away in the battle for third before an accident in the Kakaristo stage (which was a truncated and reversed version of Ouninpohja) put him out of the rally. After Galli, PG Andersson also rolled at the same corner. The main mover of the day was Subaru driver Chris Atkinson who leapt from seventh to third on the leaderboard by the end of day two. Dani Sordo was only a second behind in fourth but was having to be cautious in order to score manufacturer points. Henning Solberg was slipping back in fifth place while his brother Petter was one place behind in sixth. Privateer driver Matti Rantanen had moved up to seventh due to the retirements of others and Toni Gardemeister was keeping his Suzuki in the points despite having problems with his gearbox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 839]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198389-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Japan\nThe 2008 Rally Japan was the fourteenth and penultimate round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The event saw S\u00e9bastien Loeb clinch his fifth consecutive world drivers title with his drive to a third-place finish. The event was won by Mikko Hirvonen in a Ford Focus, who led the event from start to finish to claim his third win of the season. Second place went to Hirvonen's teammate Jari-Matti Latvala, his fifth podium of the year and his first since the Rally of Turkey back in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198389-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Japan\nStobart M-Sport Ford's Fran\u00e7ois Duval crashed out from second place during the sixth stage. Duval was not injured in the crash, but his co-driver Patrick Pivato sustained a fractured pelvis and tibia. He was rushed to the hospital, and internal bleeding was discovered during surgery. On day two of the rally, after a second operation, his condition was described as critical but stable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198389-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Japan\nOn the 19th stage, Toni Gardemeister took the Suzuki World Rally Team's first-ever stage win. Suzuki also had their most successful rally to date with Gardemeister finishing sixth and teammate Per-Gunnar Andersson recording his best ever finish of fifth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198389-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Japan\nThe event was originally planned to run on October 24\u221226, but as to make full use of venues, including the Sapporo Dome, with its tenant the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters possibly needing it for the Japan Series, the event was approved by FIA to be delayed for a week. The dome was not needed for baseball, as the Ham Fighters didn't make it to the Japan Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198389-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally Japan\nThe Sapporo Dome Super Special Stage was the second to be held in indoor venues in WRC history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198390-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally M\u00e9xico\nThe 2008 Rally M\u00e9xico, officially 22\u00ba Corona Rally M\u00e9xico, was the third round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The rally was held on February 29 \u2014 March 2 and began with a ceremonial start on Thursday, February 28. It was the first gravel event of the season and also the opening round of the Junior World Rally Championship this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198390-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally M\u00e9xico, The event\nThe rally consisted of 20 special stages, one of which was cancelled due to safety reasons, as there were too many spectators gathered around the road. Also five of the stages were Super Special Stages. Some of the sections were placed as high as 2700 meters over sea level, causing significant engine power loss due to lower air pressure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198390-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally M\u00e9xico, The event\nThe event was won by the previous edition's winner, S\u00e9bastien Loeb. Before the rally there was some controversy with Citro\u00ebn Team changing the engine in his car after a major malfunction during the shakedown, but the team reverted to the original unit and avoided a five minutes penalty. The first rally leader was Jari-Matti Latvala, but after having to be the opening driver on the second day's stages and suffering from the broken intercooler pipe, causing the turbo to overheat and break, he dropped to third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198390-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Rally M\u00e9xico, The event\nSubaru's Chris Atkinson finished second after constant pace placing him in the top eight on every stage, achieving the best result in his career so far. Fourth overall was Mikko Hirvonen who lost large amounts of time after a few punctures and having to change a wheel in his Ford Focus RS WRC 07. Henning Solberg lost his battle for fourth with Hirvonen and had to settle for fifth after damaging his damper. The rest of pointing drivers were Matthew Wilson, Federico Villagra, both in Focuses 2007 spec and privateer Ricardo Trivi\u00f1o driving a Peugeot 206 WRC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198390-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Rally M\u00e9xico, The event\nPetter Solberg managed to score the last point in Manufacturers' Championship, even though having to restart under SupeRally format after having mechanical problems with the front left driveshaft in his Subaru Impreza WRC2007 on SS10. Citro\u00ebn's number two, Daniel Sordo, came back into the fight after breaking the suspension in his C4 WRC and retiring too, but even though he won 3 stages overall, he wasn't able to regain the penalty he was given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198390-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally M\u00e9xico, The event\nSuzuki drivers suffered from mechanical problems during the first day and both Toni Gardemeister and Per-Gunnar Andersson had to retire from the rally for good. Also Stobart's Gigi Galli wasn't able to finish the event - the Italian had to retire from top-eight position after breaking the suspension in his Ford Focus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198390-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally M\u00e9xico, The event\nThe top eight was followed by the JWRC podium - Frenchman Sebastien Ogier in Citro\u00ebn C2 S1600, Estonian Jaan M\u00f6lder and Pole Micha\u0142 Ko\u015bciuszko, both in Suzuki Swifts S1600.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198390-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally M\u00e9xico, The event, Result change\nMexican Ricardo Trivi\u00f1o was disqualified during the second day of the event for using non-homologated driving gloves; he was able to complete the rally after deciding to appeal his case to higher jurisdiction. His request was later rejected and Trivi\u00f1o was excluded from the event, which resulted in Sebastien Ogier, WRC debutant, to score one point in drivers' championship. It was the first time in World Rally history that JWRC driver driving Super 1600 front-wheel drive rally car scored points in overall classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198391-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally New Zealand\nThe 2008 Rally New Zealand was the eleventh round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The event was based on the northern island of the country near the city of Hamilton. The stages were run on gravel roads characterised by their pronounced camber, which gives them a fast flowing nature. They are also known for their picturesque qualities. The rally ran between 28 and 31 August. S\u00e9bastien Loeb won his forty-fourth WRC rally, and his eighth of the season, in a dramatic event, where Mikko Hirvonen came third after being passed in the latter stages of the rally. Daniel Sordo, like Loeb, also driving for Citro\u00ebn, claimed 2nd place. After the event Loeb had an eight-point lead over Hirvonen in the drivers championship with four events remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198391-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally New Zealand, Event\nHeavy rain in the buildup before the event forced a change to the itinerary, with the 43\u00a0km Waitomo stage having to be split into two due to a landslip. Despite the poor weather before the event Matthew Wilson still believed the first car would be at a disadvantage, thus making team tactics - as seen at Turkey - more likely. After Gigi Galli's accident in Germany, Fran\u00e7ois Duval was called up by Stobart Ford to replace him as an approach to two time world champion Marcus Gr\u00f6nholm failed to lure him out of retirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198391-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally New Zealand, Event, Day one\nDespite sweeping the roads for the other competitors, and a big moment when he nearly rolled his car during the very first stage, Loeb was just 0.7 seconds behind Hirvonen going into the penultimate stage of the day. With road positions for day two being decided at the end of this stage, rather than at the short Super special stage at Mystery Creek, Hirvonen was expected to intentionally drop behind Loeb to ensure a better starting position. Loeb then suffered a starter motor problem which meant he couldn't start at his allotted time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198391-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Rally New Zealand, Event, Day one\nWith Hirvonen now effectively running first on the road, he was unable to play the tactical game and therefore ended day one in front, and as road sweeper for day two. When questioned after the stage, Loeb denied any suggestion of tactics - citing the thirty-second time penalty he picked up for starting the stage late - \"Do you really think I'd give away that much time?\" Hirvonen agreed that Loeb seemed to have a genuine problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198391-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Rally New Zealand, Event, Day one\nJari-Matti Latvala also tried to improve his starting position but although falling behind Loeb, he managed to stay ahead of Dani Sordo by 0.1 second - despite backing off before the end of the stage. Behind the two factory Ford and Citro\u00ebn drivers was Duval, who was just under ninety seconds off the lead. Urmo Aava was in sixth, Petter Solberg in seventh with Suzuki driver PG Andersson enjoying a trouble free run in eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198391-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 Rally New Zealand, Event, Day one\nDrivers who weren't so lucky included Henning Solberg - who lost seven and a half minutes with power steering problems, Matthew Wilson - who suffered gearbox problems and had to retire for the day after SS4, the same stage as Subaru driver Chris Atkinson - who rolled his car halfway through the stage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198391-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally New Zealand, Event, Day two\nLoeb used his starting position to close on Hirvonen throughout the day. After taking seven seconds out of his lead on the first stage of the day, Loeb took over the lead on stage twelve. With only one stage left to run on the day Loeb was 4.2 seconds clear - below his target time of a twenty-second lead. With this in mind he slowed down at the end of Te Akau North to let Hirvonen back into the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198391-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Rally New Zealand, Event, Day two\nLatvala was able to help Hirvonen by finishing ahead of him on time and to start the final day in front. With Sordo keeping close to the pace of the other leaders, there was only a sixteen-second gap between the first four drivers. Behind the leading pack, the points positions remained the same as on day one. The most noteworthy performance came from Henning Solberg, who used his advantageous road position to claim four stage wins on his climb back up the leaderboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198392-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally d'Italia Sardegna\nThe 2008 Rally d'Italia Sardegna is the sixth round of 2008 World Rally Championship season. The event began on May 16 in Olbia, Italy, and finished on May 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198393-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally of Turkey\nThe 9th Rally of Turkey, the 8th round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season took place between June 12\u201315, 2008. The event returned after a year sabbatical and was held in the south west of Turkey, with the rally headquarters and service park based in the seaside resort of Kemer. The special stages are held on gravel mountain roads to the south west of Antalya. The rally was won by Finland's Mikko Hirvonen, with Jari-Matti Latvala finishing second and S\u00e9bastien Loeb third. With this result Hirvonen took a three-point lead over Loeb in the drivers world championship going into the six-week summer break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198393-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally of Turkey, Event, Day one\nThe event kicked off with a short superspecial stage on Thursday evening, which was won by S\u00e9bastien Loeb. On Friday - the first full day of the rally - he was due to run first and 'clean' the roads. This had a big impact on his performance (his stage times were up to 29 seconds quicker on the second pass through the stages) and meant that he would only win one stage on the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198393-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Rally of Turkey, Event, Day one\nDespite this he would still be leading the end of day one as the Ford drivers all took a tactical approach to the final stage of the day in order to secure a more advantageous road position for day two  - a tactic criticised by the Citro\u00ebn Total team boss Olivier Quesnel. Behind Loeb were the drivers for the BP-Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team and the Stobart VK M-Sport team, with the last of the Ford quartet, fifth place man Mikko Hirvonen, a mere 6.2 seconds behind Loeb at the end of day one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198393-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Rally of Turkey, Event, Day one\nAhead of Hirvonen was Gigi Galli in fourth place. Galli won three stages, with his teammate Henning Solberg winning one stage and finishing the day in second place. The remaining Ford driver was Jari-Matti Latvala who ended the day in third place after an astonishing performance that saw him take  two stage wins (one by a margin of 15 seconds) and pick up two punctures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198393-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally of Turkey, Event, Day one\nBehind the leaders was Subaru driver Petter Solberg. The new Subaru was more disappointing than on its debut in Greece with Petter Solberg nearly 50 seconds off the pace. Matthew Wilson was in seventh spot, just over a minute behind despite suffering with a cold. In the final points paying position was Dani Sordo. Sordo was running in fifth until suspension damage on stage 7 put him back into 8th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198393-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally of Turkey, Event, Day two\nThe Citro\u00ebn teams fears about road sweeping were confirmed throughout the day as Loeb lost time to both factory Ford drivers. By the end of the day Loeb was 34 seconds adrift of new rally leader Mikko Hirvonen, yet Loeb still believed that \"anything was possible\". Hirvonen had earlier said that he needed a lead of 50 seconds  to hang on to his lead throughout Sunday. With a lead of only 16 seconds over his teammate Latvala - there was still everything to play for going into Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198393-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Rally of Turkey, Event, Day two\nBehind the three leaders, the two Stobart drivers both had a less successful day. After starting brightly, Gigi Galli suffered turbo problems throughout stages 12 and 13  which dropped him to 8th place by the end of the day. Galli had to retire from the rally at this stage as he was suffering from dehydration and exhaustion. Henning Solberg had a quiet day and gradually dropped time, finishing up just over two minutes off the pace in 4th place with Dani Sordo looming large, only 7 seconds behind. Petter Solberg and Matthew Wilson continued their steady runs in 6th and 7th place respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198393-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally of Turkey, Event, Day three\nWith over sixty five kilometres of special stages still to go, the rally was still wide open. The tension was increased further after the first special stage of the day as Hirvonen stalled at the start line and lost nine seconds of his advantage to Latvala. Everything had looked settled after special stage 18, with Latvala making a small mistake and losing the advantage he had gained at the previous stage, but the final thirty kilometre stage saw drama right to the end. Both the challengers to Hirvonen's lead were making significant inroads at the mid way split.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198393-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Rally of Turkey, Event, Day three\nLatvala was 4.3 seconds faster than Hirvonen, with Loeb 11.3 seconds faster and putting both Ford drivers under enormous pressure - pressure that was increased when Hirvonen suffered a puncture near the end of the stage. However, Latvala and Loeb's tyres were also very worn and they could not maintain their final stage attack. At the end Hirvonen hung on to win by 7.9 seconds from Latvala, with Loeb 25 seconds back in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198393-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally of Turkey, Event, Day three\nBehind the podium finishers, Citro\u00ebn's Dani Sordo easily picked off Henning Solberg to claim fourth place. Henning's brother Petter Solberg maintained his sixth position, never really being in a position to challenge the Stobart Ford driver. Matthew Wilson shrugged off his cold to finish in seventh with eighth place going to privateer Conrad Rautenbach, scoring his second points finish of the season. Federico Villagra and Barry Clark finished ninth and tenth, thus earning the Munchi's Ford team three valuable manufacturer points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198394-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally of WA\nThe 2008 Australian Rally Championship Rally of WA was held in, around and near the town of Nannup, Western Australia. Once again, 20 stages were featured in the Rally and it was won for the 6th time by Toyota Team Racing driver, Neal Bates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198394-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rally of WA, Results\nThe rally commenced at Busselton with 2 special stages. It then moved across through Kinky, Ferndale, Ellis, Healthway before returning to Nannup, Western Australia at the end of the First Leg. The 2nd Leg started once again at Busselton before moving to Brockman(A stage for the Targa Rally) and repeating the Heathlway and Ellis stages before finally finishing the 2 day rally at Hellium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 25], "content_span": [26, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198395-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rallye Deutschland\nThe 2008 Rallye Deutschland was the tenth round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The event ran from August 15 to August 17 and was won by S\u00e9bastien Loeb for the seventh consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198395-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rallye Deutschland\nThe rally marked the first time a driver had won a WRC event seven times in a row, and the second time a driver had won the same event seven times during his career, after Marcus Gr\u00f6nholm's seven wins in the Rally Finland. Loeb's teammate Dani Sordo took second place, eventually starting a series of three double wins for the Citro\u00ebn Total World Rally Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198395-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rallye Deutschland\nStobart M-Sport Ford driver Fran\u00e7ois Duval beat factory Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen to the last podium place. Subaru's Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson took the following positions, and Henning Solberg edged out Urmo Aava to take two points for seventh place. In the Junior World Rally Championship, S\u00e9bastien Ogier closed in on the title with his third win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198395-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rallye Deutschland\nGigi Galli retired after crashing heavily on the fifth stage and fracturing his left femur. The recovery was expected to take five months, and he missed the five last rallies of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198396-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Reading Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Reading Borough Council election to the Reading Borough Council resulted in gains for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats and losses for the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198397-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Real Salt Lake season\nThe 2008 Real Salt Lake Season was the fourth season of the team's existence. It was the first season that the team made it to the MLS Cup Playoffs, thanks to some last minute heroics by Yura Movsisyan. After defeating Chivas USA in the first round of the playoffs, Real Salt Lake lost to New York Red Bulls in the Western Conference finals. The 2008 season was also the last season that Real Salt Lake played at Rice-Eccles Stadium, as they moved to the soccer-specific Rio Tinto Stadium on October 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198397-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Real Salt Lake season, Squad, First Team\nAs of November 15, 2008Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198397-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Real Salt Lake season, Results, League table\n(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198398-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Recopa Sudamericana\nThe 2008 Recopa Sudamericana (officially the 2008 Recopa Visa Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198398-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Recopa Sudamericana\nThe match was contested by Boca Juniors, winners of the 2007 Copa Libertadores, and Arsenal, winners of the 2007 Copa Sudamericana. Boca Juniors won their 4th Recopa Sudamericana title after accumulating the most points over the two legs (4-1). The title ties them in first place for the most international titles won by a club with 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198398-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Recopa Sudamericana, Match details, First leg\nAssistant referees: Horacio Herrero Ariel BustosFourth official: Juan Pablo Pompei", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198399-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Recopa Sul-Brasileira\nThe 2008 Recopa Sul-Brasileira was the 2nd staging of this Brazilian football knockout competition. All matches of the competition were played at Est\u00e1dio Augusto Bauer, Brusque, Santa Catarina. Four clubs participated of the competition: Pelotas, of Rio Grande do Sul (champion of Copa FGF), Londrina of Paran\u00e1 (champion of Copa Paran\u00e1), Atl\u00e9tico Sorocaba of S\u00e3o Paulo (champion of Copa Paulista de Futebol), and Brusque of Santa Catarina (champion of Copa Santa Catarina).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198399-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Recopa Sul-Brasileira, Prize money\nThe winner of the competition was awarded a prize money amount of R$30,000, and the runner-up was awarded a prize money amount of R$10,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198399-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Recopa Sul-Brasileira, Competition format\nThe competition is a one legged knockout tournament played in two stages, semifinals and the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198400-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Bull Air Race World Series\nThe 2008 Red Bull Air Race World Series season was the sixth Red Bull Air Race World Series season. The 2008 champion was Hannes Arch, who won the series for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198400-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Bull Air Race World Series, Aircraft and pilots, New pilots\nSouth African Glen Dell was the only new pilot to join the Red Bull Air Race Series for the 2008 season as Klaus Schrodt and Frank Versteegh left the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198400-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Bull Air Race World Series, Race calendar and results\n* Due to strong winds, the first day of racing in Detroit was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198400-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Bull Air Race World Series, Race calendar and results\n* Due to course complications, the race in Stockholm was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198400-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Bull Air Race World Series, Race calendar and results\n* Due to security reasons, the race in Spain was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198401-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup\nStarting its second season, the 2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season continued the search for future World Champions. The 2008 season begins with two races during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend at Jerez on March 29 and March 30 and ends with another double header at the Czech Republic Grand Prix in Brno on August 16 and August 17. Another six European GPs see single Rookies races on each Saturday, making it a ten-race championship, which is two more races than the last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198401-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup\nThe end of the season ended with two international team events that matched ten of the best riders from the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup with ten of the best from the first and only year of the Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup. So twenty of the world's best teenagers will compete to see which side of the Atlantic can claim the Red Bull Riders Cup over two races, the first being held on September 13 at Indianapolis alongside the Grand Prix. The rematch will be on October 25 at the final Grand Prix of the season in Valencia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198401-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup\nThe commercial rights of the championship are held by the rights-holders for the MotoGP World Championships, Dorna Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198401-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup\nThe American dirt tracker J.D. Beach was proclaimed champion in the last race, in only his second season of road racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198401-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, Season standings, Scoring system\nPoints are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198402-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Square demonstration\nThe 2008 Red Square demonstration was a political demonstration that took place on August 24, 2008, at the Lobnoe Mesto in Moscow, Russia, in reference to the 1968 Red Square demonstration. The demonstration involved seven protesters unfurling a banner with the slogan For Your Freedom And Ours (Russian: \u0417\u0430 \u0432\u0430\u0448\u0443 \u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0443 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0443), before police arrived at the scene several minutes later. The police officers detained several protesters and spectators, and tried to destroy all record of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198402-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Square demonstration, Historic context\nThe demonstration was a reference to the 1968 Red Square demonstration, in which seven Russians protested against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia (see Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia). The 2008 demonstration was organized to express the sentiment that the Russian Federation had reverted to such Soviet customs, an impression fueled by the inconsistency of official notices published in the media during the Russo-Georgian War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198402-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Square demonstration, Events and aftermath\nAt noon on 24 August 2008, the protesters unfurled a banner reading For Our Freedom And Yours, and began to shout that slogan. After several minutes, they started explaining their views to spectators, distributing notices, and answering questions. The basic views of the protesters included the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198402-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Square demonstration, Events and aftermath\nOne police officer subsequently approached the protesters and requested that they leave the area. The protesters complied and began walking along the Red square along with the officer; other officers subsequently joined the group. The protesters handed the banner to the police officers and left the Red Square; only three of them, Dmitroshkin, Zboroshenko and Ninenko, were detained, along with several spectators who took pictures and recorded videos of the event. These pictures and videos were destroyed, and one camera was reported to have been broken by the police. Four journalists were amongst the detained spectators, namely", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198402-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Red Square demonstration, Events and aftermath\nThe detained individuals  were sent to the Kitai-gorod police department, where the police officer major Selishev (\u0421\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0449\u0435\u0432) dealt with them. At 12:20pm, all the journalists were released except Kostuchenko, who insisted that the police officers state officially that they had broken her camera. The actions of detained persons were classified as \"violation of rules of public events\"  (article 20.2 of the Offences Code of Russia, \"not following the rules of proceedings of a public protest\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198403-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Redditch Borough Council election\nElections to Redditch Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 33.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198403-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Redditch Borough Council election\nThis was the first time in 26 years that the Conservative party had control of Redditch council. This came after the Conservatives gained 4 seats from the Labour party, with local and national issues being said to be behind the results. The results in Redditch were described as being representative of the mood of the electorate nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198404-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Reform Party presidential primaries\nThe Reform Party of the United States of America held primary elections for its presidential candidate in May 2008. Ted Weill ran unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198405-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup\nThe 2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup were tennis tournaments played on indoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, the 23rd edition of the Cellular South Cup, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, from February 24 through March 2, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198405-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup\nThe men's singles featured ATP No. 6, 2007 Davis Cup champion and recent San Jose winner Andy Roddick, other Davis Cup champion, Australian Open quarterfinalist and Delray Beach runner-up James Blake, and three-time Memphis winner, defending champion Tommy Haas. Other seeded players were San Jose finalist Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, Delray Beach semifinalist Sam Querrey, Thomas Johansson, J\u00fcrgen Melzer and Robin S\u00f6derling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198405-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup\nThe women's side included WTA No. 8, Australian Open quarterfinalist and Memphis defending champion Venus Williams, Portoro\u017e winner Tatiana Golovin, and Australian Open doubles runner-up and 2007 Memphis finalist Shahar Pe'er. Also competing were 1997 Cellular South Cup titlist and recent Auckland champion Lindsay Davenport, Quebec City quarterfinalist Olga Govortsova, Caroline Wozniacki, Sofia Arvidsson and Laura Granville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198405-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, Champions, Men's Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi /  Mark Knowles defeated  Sanchai Ratiwatana /  Sonchat Ratiwatana, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 93], "content_span": [94, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198405-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, Champions, Women's Doubles\nLindsay Davenport /  Lisa Raymond defeated  Angela Haynes /  Mashona Washington, 6\u20133, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 95], "content_span": [96, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198406-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships \u2013 Doubles\nEric Butorac and Jamie Murray were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Butorac partnered with Todd Perry, but lost in the first round to Scott Lipsky and David Martin. Murray partnered with Max Mirnyi, but lost in the first round to Thomas Johansson and Robert Lindstedt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198406-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships \u2013 Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20132, against Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198407-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships \u2013 Singles\nTommy Haas was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Benjamin Becker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198407-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships \u2013 Singles\nSteve Darcis won in the final 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20135), against Robin S\u00f6derling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198408-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom\nThe 2008 Elf Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season began at Brands Hatch on 29 March and finished after 20 races over 10 events at the same circuit on 21 September. The Championship was won by Ben Winrow driving for Team Pyro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198408-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Calendar & Winners\nThe series supported the British Touring Car Championship at nine of the ten rounds. The series skipped the round at Knockhill and instead raced at the World Series by Renault meeting at Silverstone on 7\u20138 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198408-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Standings\nPoints were awarded on a 32, 28, 25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 20 finishers in each race, with 2 bonus points for the fastest lap in each race. A driver's best 18 scores counted towards the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198408-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Winter Cup\nThe Winter Cup was contested over two rounds at Croft on 1 November and Rockingham on 8 November. It was won by \u00c1r\u00f3n Smith driving for Team Pyro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198408-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Winter Cup, Drivers' Championship\nPoints were awarded on the same scale as the main championship. All scores counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198409-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Reno earthquakes\nThe Reno earthquakes of 2008, also known as the \"Mogul-Somersett earthquake sequence\",  occurred in or near the western Reno, Nevada, suburbs of Mogul and Somersett. The earthquake swarm began in February 2008, but the first significant quake of the series occurred on April 15, 2008, registering a 3.6 magnitude. On April 24, 2008, two quakes in the same area registered 4.1 and 4.2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198409-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Reno earthquakes\nOn April 25, 2008, the quake of largest magnitude occurred, registering 4.7 on the Richter scale and causing damage in the immediate area around the epicenter, including destroying 200 feet of a wooden flume supplying water from the Highland Ditch, also known as the Highland Ditch flume. The flume carried up to 50\u00a0million US gallons (190,000\u00a0m3) a day from the Highland Ditch to  Reno's Chalk Bluff Water Treatment Facility and another 5\u00a0million US gallons (19,000\u00a0m3) to area irrigation users.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198409-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Reno earthquakes\nIn addition to these significant quakes, hundreds of smaller events have also occurred in the same area. This swarm is significant because no known dominant fault line has been responsible for the earthquake swarm occurring in the region. It is also highly unusual because the quakes have, for the most part, been limited to a three-mile area. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that over 620 earthquakes have occurred in the general three mile vicinity since the swarm has been monitored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198409-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Reno earthquakes\nSeismologists with the USGS as well as the Nevada Seismological Laboratory expressed concern that the increasing magnitude of the felt quakes may indicate that a larger earthquake was imminent. As yet, they have not identified the particular tectonics involved with these earthquakes. However, they have stated categorically that volcanic activity is not involved. The last strong earthquake (M6.1) in the Reno area in occurred on April 24, 1914, and the state's most powerful quake to date was the M7.4 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake south of Winnemucca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198410-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Republic of the Congo Senate election\nAn indirect Senate election was held in the Republic of the Congo on 5 August 2008. 42 of the 72 seats in the Senate were at stake in this election, with six elected from each of seven departments. The Senate was expanded by six members at the time of this election to account for the creation of Pointe-Noire Department. The senators were elected by councillors who were in turn elected in local elections on June 29, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198410-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Republic of the Congo Senate election\nA presidential decree on July 24, 2008 stated that an electoral college to elect senators from seven departments\u2014Pointe-Noire, Niari, Lekoumou, Pool, Plateaux, Cuvette West, and Likouala\u2014would meet on August 5. In the election, there were a total of 133 candidates across the six departments where the election was being held. 33 candidates of the Rally of the Presidential Majority (RMP), which supports President Denis Sassou Nguesso, were elected to the Senate, in addition to seven independent candidates and two candidates of the opposition Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198410-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Republic of the Congo Senate election\nFollowing the election, the Senate met on August 12, 2008, and elected its bureau. In the vote, conducted by secret ballot, a single list of candidates was presented and approved. Andr\u00e9 Obami Itou was re-elected as President of the Senate, Benjamin Bounkoulou was re-elected as First Vice-President, and Vincent Ganga was elected to the previously vacant post of Second Vice-President. Philom\u00e8ne Fouti Soungou was elected as First Secretary and Dominique Lekoyi was elected as Second Secretary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention\nThe United States 2008 Republican National Convention took place at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from September 1, through September 4, 2008. The first day of the Republican Party's convention fell on Labor Day, the last day of the popular Minnesota State Fair, though because of Hurricane Gustav, this day was mostly a call for action to help victims and formal, required activities; most of the politicking and partying did not start until Tuesday, the second scheduled day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention\nThis was the latest any major party convention has ever been convened, and the first one to take place entirely in September. Traditionally, the party who holds the White House has the opportunity to select the date of its convention second, and normally the challenging party holds their convention in July while the incumbent party holds its convention in August. This year, later dates were chosen for both conventions because the parties wanted to schedule their conventions after the 2008 Summer Olympics ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention\nPresident George W. Bush did not attend the convention (although he did appear by satellite), in order to oversee relief efforts to help citizens recover from Hurricane Gustav. The attending delegates at the convention nominated Senator John McCain from Arizona for president and Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska for vice president. 1,191 pledged delegates were necessary for candidates to win the respective nominations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Hosting city selection\nFour cities made bids to the Republican National Committee (RNC) for proposals to host the 2008 Convention. Those cities were Cleveland, Ohio;  Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota; New York City, New York; and Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida. The RNC Selection Committee made its recommendation for Minneapolis-Saint Paul and on September 27, 2006, the RNC made its decision public that the 2008 Republican National Convention would be held in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. The RNC made their decision earlier than originally scheduled because the Democratic National Committee (DNC) also had Minneapolis-Saint Paul as a finalist among bidding cities. (After the RNC's selection, the DNC removed Minneapolis-Saint Paul from consideration which left the DNC with only two cities to choose from: New York City and Denver, Colorado.) This is the second time the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area held the Republican National Convention\u2014the first was held in 1892.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 1004]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Political significance\nThe 27 electoral college votes from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa as a block\u2014equal in value to Florida's\u2014was judged by the University of Minnesota Elections project to be subject to swing toward either major party. Even so, Minnesota has not gone to the Republicans since the 1972 election when during his reelection President Richard Nixon won every state except Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. In 1984, during his reelection, President Ronald Reagan was victorious over Minnesota's \"favorite son,\" Walter Mondale, in all states except Minnesota, and the District of Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Political significance\nSince the U.S. Constitution limits the president to two terms and vice president Dick Cheney did not seek the presidency, the 2008 election was the first election in which neither the sitting president nor the sitting vice president sought his party's nomination since 1928 (when neither the sitting president, Calvin Coolidge, nor the sitting vice president, Charles G. Dawes, chose to seek the presidency) and the first since 1952 where neither the sitting president nor sitting vice president received his party's nomination (when the sitting president, Harry S. Truman, chose not to seek reelection and the sitting vice president, Alben Barkley, lost the Democratic Nomination to Adlai Stevenson). With the exception of the 1964 convention, which nominated Barry Goldwater for president and William E. Miller for vice-president, this was the first convention since 1948 not to feature a man named either Nixon, Dole or Bush on the ticket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 1002]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Political significance\nSarah Palin, nominated for vice president, became the first female on the Republican presidential ticket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Political significance\nConsidering the signs that were waved by the delegates, the dominant message of the convention was \"Country First.\" The \"U.S.A.!\" chant was also a part of the message of the convention with the delegates chanting it during Lieberman's and Thompson's speeches on the first evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Scheduling\nWith the landfall of Hurricane Gustav on the U.S. Gulf Coast, the White House canceled the planned appearances of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Governors Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Rick Perry of Texas skipped the convention to remain in their states during the hurricane's landfall. The Monday, September 1, 2008, schedule was compressed to two hours from seven. McCain called on the party to reduce partisan activities ahead of the hurricane's arrival. The Republican Party chartered a DC-9 to fly convention delegates representing the affected areas back home to their families. The last time a major hurricane struck in a Presidential-election year was Hurricane Andrew in 1992, which hit South Florida four days after the Republican Convention in Houston, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 834]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Scheduling\nOn March 26, 2008, the NFL and NBC agreed to move the kickoff time of a September 4 season-opening football game to 7:00\u00a0p.m. EDT instead of 8:30\u00a0p.m. EDT to accommodate the convention. The game ended relatively on time, at 10:01\u00a0p.m. EDT, with NBC Sports handing off to NBC News within moments of the end of the game. According to Nielsen Media Research, 38.9 million Americans watched McCain deliver his acceptance speech\u2014a half million more than tuned in to see Obama the previous week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Delegate count\nTo be selected as the 2008 Republican Party Nominee, a candidate must have received the vote of 1,191 delegates. As of March 4, 2008, McCain had received the pledges of more than 1,191 delegates. Although most of those delegates were not required to vote for him, on September 3, 2008, McCain won the nomination almost unanimously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Delegate count\nPalin was nominated for vice president by voice vote on September 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Hurricane Gustav\nSeveral early predictions made by the National Hurricane Center showed Minneapolis-St. Paul on the predicted ground track of Hurricane Gustav. Gustav would have long been extra-tropical by the time it reached the area, it could have caused a significant impact to the convention due to rain. Most of the convention's activities were curtailed as Gustav neared, and President Bush canceled his plans to attend the convention. As the hurricane moved inland, its track shifted well to the east missing the area by several hundred miles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests\nApproximately 10,000 largely peaceful protesters marched against the war in Iraq and 2,000 more to end homelessness and poverty. They represented a number of organizations opposed to the Republican Administration including the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, the Teamsters, Code Pink, the American Indian Movement and the RNC Welcoming Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests\nAbout 1,000 people in place for the third major march, and the last to be sanctioned, were stopped on Thursday, September 4, 2008, by police because they attempted to begin their march after the time their march permit expired. The Anti-War Committee, which supports nonviolent action and civil disobedience and had cooperated with anarchist groups, had organized and publicized the march to protest at the time of McCain's acceptance speech, which was in violation of the court-approved protest permit time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests\nRon Paul's Campaign for Liberty and 10,000 Ron Paul supporters attended the Rally for the Republic, a protest convention on September 2, 2008, held a few miles from the Xcel Energy Center at the Minneapolis Target Center in direct contrast to the Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests\nSeveral groups had been preparing to protest near the convention. In early January 2008, protesters marched from the Minnesota State Capitol to the Xcel Energy Center in hopes of securing a protest permit. The Saint Paul Police Department authorized the event, but only approved the permit through July 2008. On February 8 and February 9, 2008, antiwar protesters attended a weekend conference at the University of Minnesota to discuss the protests and antiwar rally. On February 28, 2008, the Associated Press (AP) reported that the police department adopted new guidelines for the investigation of protest groups. The police department said that this did not have anything to do with the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests\nIn early March 2008, the city of Saint Paul gave the first permits to protest organizers. The city had said that it was not going to follow the \"New York model\" for protest security, referring to the tactics the New York City Police Department used for the 2004 Republican National Convention protest activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests\nLater, on March 24, 2008, the antiwar group the Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War, sued the city, claiming their free speech and due process rights were denied by the vagueness of the permits which did not specify a permitted route for their march. On July 16, 2008, a Federal judge upheld the terms of the permit. And when the time came on September 2, 2008, police led the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign for two hours on a 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km) trek away from the convention which had been less than 1 mile (1.6\u00a0km) from their starting point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Search warrants and arrests\nBefore the convention began, search warrants were executed by Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Six persons who were a part of the organizing group, the RNC Welcoming Committee, were arrested when police executed search warrants on a handful of homes in Minneapolis and Saint Paul during the weekend preceding the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Search warrants and arrests\nMedia outlets reported on several of the searches. Given the nature of the probable cause for the warrant applications, a district court judge authorized no-knock warrants. Police entered the homes wearing body armor with weapons drawn, which is standard for no-knock warrants. RNC Welcoming Committee members detained at the group's headquarters, located in an old theater on Saint Paul's West Side, were ultimately arrested by Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher of misdemeanor fire code violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Search warrants and arrests\nOn the first day of the convention, a group of protesters stood in front of approximately 30 to 40 delegates from Connecticut in an attempt to prevent them from entering the convention. Paramedics had to treat an 83-year-old member of the delegation for breathing problems when his credentials were ripped from his neck by a protester. Additionally, a black bloc smashed windows of downtown businesses and slashed the tires several police cars, lit one police car on fire, and used a garbage dumpster as a battering ram against another. About 12 protesters were arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Search warrants and arrests\nDuring the convention's first three days, more than 300 individuals were detained by police, including journalists, healthcare workers, and legal observers. Some were released, but nearly half received felony charges. Of these felony arrests, many cases were dropped or reviewed, sometimes for lesser charges, and about 21 were found to be prosecutable. About 102 persons were arrested for unlawful assembly at a Rage Against the Machine concert in downtown Minneapolis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Search warrants and arrests\nOver the four days of the convention, more than 30 journalists were arrested while reporting on the protests. The arrests included journalists from national organizations such as AP and Democracy Now!, journalists from local radio and TV stations, as well as university journalism students and advisors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Search warrants and arrests\nThree journalists from Democracy Now!\u2014including principal host Amy Goodman\u2014were detained by police during their reporting on the protests. According to a press release by Democracy Now!, Goodman was arrested after confronting officers regarding the arrest of her colleagues. The officers were in the midst of crowd control, and ordered Goodman to move back. She was arrested after refusing the officer's orders. All were held on charges of \"probable cause for riot\". Several news sources have criticized the arrest as unlawful and a violation of the freedom of the press, and warned of the \"chilling effects\" of such measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Search warrants and arrests\nDemocracy Now! journalist Amy Goodman and producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazarprevailed in a lawsuit against the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the U.S. Secret Servicebrought by the Center for Constitutional Rights, attorney Steven Reiss from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York, and Albert Goins of Minneapolis. The federal lawsuit asserted that the government cannot, in the name of security, limit the flow of information by intimidating and arresting journalists who engage in constitutionally protected reporting on speech protected by the First Amendment, such as dissent or law enforcement activities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Search warrants and arrests\nThe settlement included compensation of $100,000 for the three journalists and an agreement by the St. Paul Police Department to implement a training program aimed at educating officers regarding the First Amendment rights of the press and public with respect to police operations \u2014 including police handling of media coverage of mass demonstrations \u2014 and to pursue implementation of the training program in Minneapolis and statewide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Search warrants and arrests\nThe final protest march was permitted for 2:00 to 5:00\u00a0p.m. on the final day of the convention. This meant that the last of the marchers needed to be back on capitol grounds by 5\u00a0p.m. By 4\u00a0p.m., the march had still not left the capitol grounds. Understanding that the protesters were interested in being near the Xcel Energy Center when delegates were, police offered a compromise: march leaders were told that if they started their march before 5\u00a0p.m., police would allow it to continue past the permit time. March organizers refused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Search warrants and arrests\nWhen the final protest march permit expired at 5\u00a0p.m., overpasses over Interstate 94 leading into downtown from the state capitol were closed. Two hours later, when the final assembly permit on capitol grounds expired and protesters refused several commands to disperse, police used tear gas, smoke bombs, pepper spray, flash bangs, mounted police, paint marker rounds, and rubber bullets to prevent an antiwar march organized by the Anti-War Committee to march on the Xcel Energy center. This march would have been in violation of the court-approved march permits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0023-0002", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Search warrants and arrests\nBetween 300 and 400 people were arrested or held including 19 journalists, among them AP reporters Amy Forliti and Jon Krawczynski, reporters from Twin Cities Daily Planet and The Uptake, and Paul Demko of The Minnesota Independent. Total arrests of convention protesters numbered approximately 800, although only 15 cases resulted in criminal charges. Several suits were started in U.S. District Court, claiming civil rights abuses by the St. Paul Police Department and other agencies involved in the RNC, particularly the Minneapolis Police Department and Ramsey County Sheriff's Office. Search warrants were still being granted into 2009 in relation to the events that transpired during the 2008 RNC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198411-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican National Convention, Protests, Post-RNC convictions of protesters\nBoth McKay and Crowder were arrested based on FBI surveillance and testimony by former-activist turned informant, Brandon Michael Darby and Andrew C. Darst, also known as \"Panda,\" \"warchyld\" or Killswitch. Darst is currently being charged in Ramsey County, MN, with two felony counts of first- and second-degree burglary as well as fifth-degree assault relating to a January 11, 2009, domestic disturbance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates\nThis article contains lists of official candidates associated with the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates\nIn accordance with the 22nd Amendment, incumbent President George W. Bush was prohibited from running for president in 2008, having served two full terms in the office. Vice President Dick Cheney chose not to run for president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates\nOn March 4, 2008, John McCain became the Republican presumptive presidential nominee when he obtained the 1,191 delegates necessary to receive the party's nomination. Mike Huckabee announced his withdrawal from the race later in the evening. McCain's last remaining competitor in the race, Ron Paul, withdrew on June 12, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Delegate race count\nThis chart shows the total number of delegates committed to each candidate from the Primaries/caucuses/state conventions (different state parties use varied methods for electing delegates).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Nominee\nJohn McCain, born August 29, 1936, in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, Senator from Arizona. Born into a military family, he became a naval aviator and POW during the Vietnam War. Often characterized as a Republican maverick in the Senate, he is well known. In 2000, he failed in his attempt against George W. Bush for the Republican nomination: McCain continued his ultimately unsuccessful campaign long after the other Republican candidates had united behind Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Nominee\nMcCain's bipartisan compromise on judicial nominations and his strong support of campaign finance reform have drawn the ire of many groups, However, his party stands with him on issues concerning foreign policy and government spending. On November 15, 2006, McCain announced he would form an exploratory committee. On the Late Show with David Letterman on February 28, 2007, he announced he would seek the GOP presidential nomination. He made a formal announcement on April 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Nominee\nOn November 4, McCain was defeated for the presidency by Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nRudy Giuliani, born May 28, 1944, in New York, former mayor of New York City. Giuliani said on October 2, 2005, that he would look at the possibility of running for president. On November 13, 2006, he announced that he was forming an exploratory committee. He led several state and nationwide polls for the Republican nomination and the general election, and had been mentioned by many media sources as a possible candidate since the 9/11 attacks and a speech to the 2004 Republican Convention. (See polls below)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nOn February 5, 2007, Giuliani unofficially entered the race for the 2008 U.S. presidential election by filing a \"statement of candidacy\" with the Federal Election Commission, but legally keeping him at the same level as he was while running an exploratory committee. On February 15, Giuliani officially announced that he was running on CNN's Larry King Live show. Giuliani finished third in the Florida primary on January 29, 2008. The next day he withdrew from the race and endorsed John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nDuncan Hunter, born May 31, 1948, in Riverside, California, U.S. Representative from that state and former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Hunter formally announced his presidential candidacy in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on January 25, 2007. He withdrew from the race on January 19, 2008 after a poor showing in the Nevada Republican caucuses, and endorsed Mike Huckabee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nMike Huckabee, born August 24, 1955, was the governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He announced his candidacy on January 28, 2007. After Mitt Romney withdrew from the race, Huckabee chose to continue with his campaign, despite the fact McCain was already the presumptive nominee. Following losses to McCain in the Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island primaries, he ended his presidential campaign on the evening of March 4, 2008, and endorsed McCain the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nRon Paul, born August 20, 1935, in Green Tree, Pennsylvania, is a long time U.S. Representative from Texas with a strong constitutionalist and libertarian voting record. He first ran for president as a Libertarian nearly two decades before the 2008 campaign. On January 11, 2007, Paul filed papers to form an exploratory committee for the 2008 presidential race. He formally declared his candidacy 12 March 2007 as a guest on Washington Journal on C-SPAN. On February 20, 2007, Paul's exploratory committee posted on YouTube a formal video of him explaining his reason for running. Paul did well in Republican straw polls and broke several fundraising records including raising the most money ever raised in 24 hours, when Paul raised over $6.3 million on December 16, 2007 as a part of a moneybomb celebrating the Boston Tea Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 917]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nOn June 12, Paul withdrew from the race. He did not endorse John McCain as the presumptive nominee for president - Paul eventually went on to endorse Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nMitt Romney, born March 12, 1947, in Michigan, is former Governor of Massachusetts. He formed a presidential exploratory committee on January 3, 2007, the day before he left the governor's office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nRomney officially announced his candidacy on February 13, 2007 at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. On February 7, 2008, Romney announced that he was withdrawing from the race, and endorsed John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nAlan Keyes, born August 7, 1950, is an American conservative political activist, author, former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nKeyes announced his candidacy for president in a radio interview on September 14, 2007. He participated in one nationally televised debate before the primaries. His best showing was a 4th-place finish in North Carolina. Keyes withdrew from consideration on April 15, 2008, when he announced he was leaving the Republican party and advocating to be the Constitution Party nominee for president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew during the primary elections\nFred Dalton Thompson, born August 19, 1942, was a former Senator from Tennessee and a former actor, best known for playing D.A. Arthur Branch on Law & Order. On March 11, 2007 Thompson said \"I'm giving some thought to it. Going to leave the door open. A lot of people think it's late already. I don't really think it is, although the rules of the game have changed somewhat. ... I think people are somewhat disillusioned. I think a lot of people are cynical out there. I think they're looking for something different.\" On June 1, Thompson announced he had established a preliminary campaign committee, thus taking his first formal step toward an official presidential bid. On September 5, he officially entered the presidential race. On January 22, 2008 he ended his campaign and endorsed John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 886]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew before primary elections\nSam Brownback, born September 12, 1956, in Kansas, senior Senator from that state. In April 2005, the Associated Press reported that Brownback, who is little known outside his home state, \"is using a network of social conservatives and Christian activists to raise his profile\" in such battleground states as Iowa and New Hampshire. He is well known for his social and fiscal conservative record, such as opposing abortion and instituting a flat tax alternative to the current IRS Code. He was also instrumental in Congress' bestowing the Congressional Medal upon Mother Teresa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew before primary elections\nIn his own words, \"The core of my being is to rebuild the family and renew the culture.\" On December 4, 2006, Brownback announced that he would form an exploratory committee. On January 20, 2007, Brownback officially announced his candidacy. Of his campaign, Brownback has said, \"I'm a son of a farmer from Kansas ... I still think anybody can be president. I don't think you have to show up with $100 million to do it. ... I'm the tortoise in the race. And I don't like how the race starts; I like how it ends up.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew before primary elections\nBrownback was one of three who raised his hand in the May 3, 2007, Republican candidates debate when asked \"Is there anybody on the stage who does not believe in evolution?\". Despite his high-profile among Evangelicals, most of them threw their support behind Mike Huckabee. Brownback officially withdrew from the presidential race on October 19, 2007, and endorsed John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew before primary elections\nJim Gilmore, a  group was formed in August 2006, encouraging former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore to run for president after he was seen traveling to the presidential primary states. In November 2006, Gilmore told ABC News that a 2008 presidential run was one of several possibilities he is considering. On December 19, 2006, Gilmore announced he was forming an exploratory committee for a presidential candidacy. Gilmore announced on December 20, 2006, that he would launch his exploratory committee on January 2, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew before primary elections\nPerhaps hoping to mirror the surprising 2004 campaign of Democrat Howard Dean, another former governor with little national recognition when he entered the race, Gilmore declared that he represents \"the Republican wing of the Republican Party\" echoing the popular Dean quotation. Gilmore declared his candidacy from the Des Moines, Iowa GOP headquarters on April 26, 2007. Gilmore, however, raised a mere $380,000 in the first half of 2007, which he cited as a reason why he withdrew from the presidential race on July 14, 2007, and endorsed John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew before primary elections\nTom Tancredo, born December 20, 1945, in Colorado, U.S. Representative from that state and leading advocate for more restrictive immigration policies. On April 2, 2007, Rep. Tancredo announced his official candidacy on Iowa talk radio station 1040 WHO. Tancredo has a dedicated grassroots following among paleoconservatives. He has visited early Presidential primary states such as New Hampshire, Michigan and Iowa to begin building popular support and has polled favorably amongst grassroots Republicans. Tancredo announced on January 16, 2007, that he was forming an exploratory committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew before primary elections\nTancredo was one of three who raised his hand in the May 3, 2007, Republican candidates debate when asked \"Is there anybody on the stage who does not believe in evolution?\" On December 20, 2007, Tancredo withdrew from the race and endorsed Mitt Romney. After Romney withdrew from the race, Tancredo threw his support behind John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198412-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential candidates, Withdrew before primary elections\nTommy Thompson, born November 19, 1941, in Elroy, Wisconsin, is the former four-term Governor of Wisconsin and was Secretary of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He announced interest in the 2008 nomination and, on December 15, 2006, announced that he had formed an exploratory committee. He officially announced his candidacy on April 1, 2007. After a poor showing in the August 11 Iowa Straw Poll, Tommy Thompson announced on the following day that he is withdrawing from the race, and endorsed Rudy Giuliani. After Giuliani withdrew from the race, Thompson threw his support behind John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums\nThe first political debate before the 2008 Republican primaries was held on May 3, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. Other debates have taken place in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida. They were generally broadcast by television networks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums\nThe debates can have a substantial effect on the primaries and are important chances for the public to compare the candidates side-by-side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, Attendance\nKey: \u00a0P\u00a0 denotes candidate participated in debate; \u00a0N\u00a0 denotes candidate was not invited; \u00a0A\u00a0 denotes candidate absent but was invited; \u00a0O\u00a0 denotes candidate was out of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, Attendance\nKey: \u00a0P\u00a0 denotes candidate participated in debate; \u00a0N\u00a0 denotes candidate was not invited; \u00a0A\u00a0 denotes candidate absent but was invited; \u00a0O\u00a0 denotes candidate was out of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 3, 2007 - Simi Valley, California\nThe first Republican debate was at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. It was simulcast live for 90 minutes on MSNBC and Politico.com. Questions were gathered from The Politico readers for the candidates. All declared candidates were present, as Fred Thompson had not yet declared. Former First Lady Nancy Reagan was present, along with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 3, 2007 - Simi Valley, California\nThe debate was moderated by MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews of Hardball and The Politico's John Harris. Questions were gathered from The Politico readers for the candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 3, 2007 - Simi Valley, California\nThe candidates presented differing opinions of President George W. Bush, with McCain and Huckabee criticizing Bush's mismanagement of the Iraq War while Giuliani and Romney praised Bush, Ron Paul said Bush was a poor conservative. The candidates also presented different opinions on contentious issues such as abortion and stem-cell research but were united in calling for further tax cuts. All candidates opposed a pullout from Iraq except for Ron Paul, who spoke and voted against the resolution to authorize war on Iraq in 2002 and has been a vocal critic of the war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 3, 2007 - Simi Valley, California\nJohn McCain answered \"yes\" when asked whether he believed in evolution. Immediately following, the questioner inquired whether any of the candidates did not believe in evolution, three candidates (Tancredo, Brownback, and Huckabee) raised their hands. McCain then added \"I believe in evolution, but I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see a sunset, that the hand of God is there also.\" Later in the June 5 debate, Brownback and Huckabee elaborated on their position, taking a far more moderate approach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 3, 2007 - Simi Valley, California\nPundits Howard Fineman and Joe Scarborough concluded that Romney did the best and maintained his posture by seeming the most energetic in the debate. Eugene Robinson deduced that Romney showed that he has the potential to be a formidable candidate and also answered the most questions in a consistent manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 3, 2007 - Simi Valley, California\nAt the end of the debate, MSNBC's online votes showed Ron Paul standing out from the other candidates. Ron Paul won \"Best one liner,\" \"Who stood out from the pack\" \"Most convincing debater\", and \"Who showed the most leadership qualities?\" In all four, he had at least 45% of the total vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 3, 2007 - Simi Valley, California\nMitt Romney won an online vote taken at The Drudge Report, with Giuliani and Paul close behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 15, 2007 - Columbia, South Carolina\nThe second Republican debate was May 15 in Columbia, South Carolina at the Koger Center for the Arts at the University of South Carolina. All candidates then declared participated. It was broadcast live for 90 minutes on Fox News Channel, and simulcast on Fox News Radio affiliates, including the station of the debate, WVOC. The event was moderated by Brit Hume, with Chris Wallace and Wendell Goler asking most of the questions. The debate was in three rounds, the first on the War in Iraq, the second on domestic issues, such as abortion, gay rights, spending and tax cuts. For the last, Brit Hume proposed a fictional scenario involving terrorism. The candidates had to predict their actions in that situation. Fox News held text message voting by the audience. Ron Paul received the most (33%) with Mike Huckabee second (18%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 117], "content_span": [118, 949]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 15, 2007 - Columbia, South Carolina\nDuring the debate, Ron Paul asserted that American interventionism in the Middle East, from CIA installation of Iranian leaders to the bombing of Iraq in the 1990s, culminating in the ongoing Iraq war, led to anti-American sentiment in the Middle East and to terrorists plotting attacks against America. Rudy Giuliani portrayed Paul as implying that America had justified the 9/11 attacks through its actions and interrupted the proceedings to demand a retraction, which Paul refused. Former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit, Michael Scheuer, congratulated Ron Paul for his comments, calling them \"the truth.\" Others portrayed the exchange as a victory for Giuliani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 117], "content_span": [118, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 15, 2007 - Columbia, South Carolina\nThe fictional ticking time bomb scenario suggested by the moderator was: \"Three shopping centers near major U.S. cities have been hit by suicide bombers. Hundreds are dead, thousands injured. A fourth attack has been averted when the attackers were captured off the Florida coast and taken to Guantanamo Bay, where they are being questioned. U.S. intelligence believes that another larger attack is planned and could come at any time.\" John McCain and Ron Paul were the only candidates who said they were opposed to the concept of \"enhanced interrogation techniques\", a phrase Paul labeled Orwellian newspeak for torture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 117], "content_span": [118, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 15, 2007 - Columbia, South Carolina\nMitt Romney suggested that the U.S. double the size of facilities holding non-citizen enemy combatants held in places like Guantanamo and deny them access to the protections afforded to American citizens, such as the right of having an attorney. Giuliani said interrogators should use \"any method they can think of\" and did not exclude water-boarding. Expressing disbelief at the idea of debating \"whether or not waterboarding would be a bad thing to do\" Tom Tancredo said \"I'm looking for Jack Bauer.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 117], "content_span": [118, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, May 15, 2007 - Columbia, South Carolina\nMike Huckabee drew the biggest laughter of the night when he accused Congress of spending money \"like John Edwards at a beauty shop,\" a reference to Edwards, who at that time was a 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate, spending $800 of campaign money on two haircuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 117], "content_span": [118, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, June 5, 2007 - Goffstown, New Hampshire\nWMUR-TV, CNN, and the New Hampshire Union Leader hosted Democratic and Republican debates at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, part of the Manchester urban area. The debate was two hours, without commercials, making it and the CNN Democratic debate the longest debates in the 2008 season so far. All declared candidates participated, which excluded Fred Thompson. Wolf Blitzer of The Situation Room and Late Edition on CNN moderated the debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 117], "content_span": [118, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, June 5, 2007 - Goffstown, New Hampshire\nAccording to the online CNN.com poll, Ron Paul received the most votes in all but two categories: \"snappiest dresser,\" who was Mitt Romney, and \"most disappointing performance\" who was Rudy Giuliani. The \"big three\" candidates (Giuliani, McCain, Romney) also received larger shares of air time compared to the \"minor candidates.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 117], "content_span": [118, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, June 5, 2007 - Goffstown, New Hampshire\nA WBZ-Franklin Pierce College poll showed Romney as the winner of the debate at 22%, followed by Rudy Giuliani at 18% and John McCain at 11%. In that poll, none of the other candidates earnered over 3%. Participants in the debate:Sam Brownback,James S. Gilmore,Rudy Giuliani,Duncan Hunter,Mike Huckabee,John McCain,Ron Paul,Mitt Romney,Tom Tancredo andTommy Thompson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 117], "content_span": [118, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, July 12, 2007 - Detroit, Michigan\nAttended only by Tom Tancredo. All 10 Republican candidates were invited, only Tancredo attended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 111], "content_span": [112, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, July 12, 2007 - Detroit, Michigan\nThis was held during the NAACP 98th annual convention. It was hosted by Russ Mitchell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 111], "content_span": [112, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, August 5, 2007 - Des Moines, Iowa\nABC News conducted a live, 90-minute debate that aired Sunday morning on a special edition of This Week, moderated by George Stephanopoulos at Drake University. All Republican candidates were present. Mitt Romney defended his change from a pro-choice to pro-life position on abortion. Ron Paul spoke of pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq. The debate concluded with the candidates' revealing their biggest mistakes. Frontrunners Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain were given more time to speak than were lesser-known candidates, as in previous debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 111], "content_span": [112, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, August 5, 2007 - Des Moines, Iowa\nAccording to an on-line poll at ABCNews.com, Paul won the debate with 63% of votes. Paul's vote total was nearly eight times as many as runner-up Romney. Frank Luntz, a political commentator for Fox News, asserted that Mike Huckabee had won the debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 111], "content_span": [112, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, September 5, 2007 - Durham, New Hampshire\nFox News Channel hosted a Republican debate at The Whittemore Center at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, for 90 minutes on Fox News. The event was moderated by Brit Hume, with Chris Wallace and Wendell Goler asking most of the questions. According to a public text messaging poll, Ron Paul won with 33%, Mike Huckabee came in second with 18%, followed by Rudy Giuliani and John McCain who received 15% and 14% respectively. All candidates who were declared participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 119], "content_span": [120, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, September 5, 2007 - Durham, New Hampshire\nThe Fox News Luntz focus groups watching the debate declared disappointment with the performance by Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani, though John McCain was viewed favorably. However, some noted the lack of McCain supporters in the audience. The status of Larry Craig was discussed in the debate, with Sam Brownback stating that Craig should go through with his decision to resign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 119], "content_span": [120, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, September 5, 2007 - Durham, New Hampshire\nAn exchange between Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee over the war in Iraq was covered extensively by many news agencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 119], "content_span": [120, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, September 17, 2007 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida\nThe first-ever \"Values Voter\" Presidential Debate was held for the GOP candidates at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was broadcast live on television on Sky Angel, and live on many Christian radio stations, including the Voice of Christian Youth America (VCY America) network and WKBF-AM, and online on the American Family Association (AFA) Web site. Seven candidates attended-- Brownback, Huckabee, Hunter, Paul, Tancredo, and newly announced candidate Alan Keyes and John H. Cox, a candidate who had then not appeared in any of the other debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 123], "content_span": [124, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, September 17, 2007 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida\nThe official Web site reports the immediate straw poll of 340 delegates was won by Huckabee with 219 votes (63%) to Paul 44 (13%), Keyes 22 (7%), Brownback 18 (5%), Fred Thompson 15 (4%), Hunter 4%, Tancredo 2%, Giuliani 1%, McCain 1%, Cox 1%, and Romney 0%. A similar event was planned for the Democratic candidates, but none would confirm their participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 123], "content_span": [124, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, September 27, 2007 - Baltimore, Maryland\nPBS television hosted a Republican debate in Baltimore, Maryland, at Morgan State University that aired live on PBS and on www.pbs.org. Dubbed the \"All-American Presidential Forums,\" it was the first prime time debate with a panel exclusively of journalists of color. Questions were asked by host Tavis Smiley and panelists Ray Suarez of The NewsHour, Cynthia Tucker of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and NPR's Juan Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, September 27, 2007 - Baltimore, Maryland\nThe six debaters were Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, Alan Keyes, Ron Paul, Duncan Hunter, and Tom Tancredo. Absent were Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson, who, according to public opinion surveys, were the leading Republican candidates. The organizers put empty podiums on the stage in place of the candidates who refused to attend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, September 27, 2007 - Baltimore, Maryland\nFor the most part, the candidates agreed with one another about most of the issues discussed. One exception came near the end when Cynthia Tucker asked, \"Does the U.S. have a role to play in ending the genocide in Darfur?\" All the candidates except Paul answered in the affirmative, though most ruled out using U.S. troops. Huckabee added that we also need to address \"the infanticide in our own country, with the slaughter of millions of unborn children.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, September 27, 2007 - Baltimore, Maryland\nPaul opposed even sending food, and added, \"we should direct our attention only to national security, and not get involved for these feel-good reasons of going overseas for the various reasons, and this is the main reason why I think we ought to just come home from every place in the coun-, from every place in the world.\" Keyes replied, \"I have to say I'm appalled by the suggestion that we retreat into some kind of Fortress America, and forget who we are. We are a nation of nations, a people of many peoples.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, September 27, 2007 - Baltimore, Maryland\nWe are in touch with every people on the face of the earth. If somebody's is being hurt somewhere in the world, somebody in America grieves for them. And I don't believe we can turn our backs on that universal significance, that universal mission...  We don't have to send troops, but we need to support and reinforce the sense of local regional responsibility for both humanitarian and military order in that region.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 9, 2007 - Dearborn, Michigan\nCNBC, The Wall Street Journal, and the University of Michigan\u2013Dearborn hosted a Republican debate in Dearborn, Michigan at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. It was co-moderated by MSNBC's Chris Matthews and CNBC's Maria Bartiromo. The focus of the debate was on the American economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 9, 2007 - Dearborn, Michigan\nSam Brownback, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, participated, along with Fred Thompson in his debate debut. Alan Keyes was not invited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 9, 2007 - Dearborn, Michigan\nAfter the debate, Ron Paul won with over 7000 votes, because of which CNBC took take down the page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 9, 2007 - Dearborn, Michigan\nOne highlight of the debate occurred when Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani debated whether the line-item veto was constitutional or not. Giuliani claimed that it was unconstitutional and challenged former President Bill Clinton on its use, while Romney praised the practice citing that he used it 844 times as Governor of Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 9, 2007 - Dearborn, Michigan\nAnother highlight in the debate happened when candidates were asked by Chris Matthews if they need to go to Congress to get authorization to take military action against Iran's nuclear facilities, if they were president of the United States. While Hunter, Huckabee, McCain, Thompson and Giuliani replied they would not obtain Congressional authorization if there was an imminent threat from Iran. Romney replied, \"You sit down with your attorneys and (they) tell you what you have to do...\" Paul advocated obtaining Congressional authorization, which he claimed is mandated by the US Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 9, 2007 - Dearborn, Michigan\nIn the end of the debate, Mitt Romney remarked, \"This is a lot like 'Law & Order,' senator. It has a huge cast, the series seems to go on forever and Fred Thompson shows up at the end.\" Romney was making a reference to Fred Thompson's role on Law & Order. Thompson replied, \"And to think I thought I was going to be the best actor on the stage.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 9, 2007 - Dearborn, Michigan\nCritics of the debate have commented on the uneven amount of time given to \"second tier\" candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 16, 2007 - Washington, D.C.\nThe Republican Jewish Coalition debate at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Independence Ballroom featured five candidates:  Sam Brownback, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson. Although Mike Huckabee was invited, he did not attend, due to being in California at an event with Newt Gingrich. RJC Communications Director Shari Hillman wrote that \"due to the limited time available for the event, the RJC could only include the top six candidates currently in the field.\" The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that sources close to the RJC leadership said that Paul was excluded due to his \"record of consistently voting against assistance to Israel and his criticisms of the pro-Israel lobby\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida\nThe Republican Party of Florida hosted a two-day event on October 20 and  21 featuring Republican candidates in a debate. Produced with the Fox News Channel, it was moderated by Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, Wendell Goler, and Carl Cameron. Eight candidates participated. Alan Keyes was not invited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida\nThe event was at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel and Resort in Orlando, Florida. The weekend culminated in the nationally televised, prime-time debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida\nAccording to Fox News Viewers \"text voting\" after the debate, Ron Paul won with 34%, Huckabee came in second with 27%, Giuliani third with 11%, Romney 10%, Thompson 9%, McCain 5%, Hunter 1% and Tancredo less than 1%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida\nAt one point, with the poll showing Ron Paul winning the informal \"cell phone\" poll, Fox News talk show host Sean Hannity declared, \"Ron Paul did not win the debate tonight.\" Hannity described the results as \"stacking.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida\nPaul was the only candidate to be jeered during the debate\u2014both times Paul advocated a non-interventionist foreign policy. Alan Colmes, in the post-debate analysis, stated that Paul drew the most spirited reaction of any candidate, both positive and negative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida\nThis Republican debate also revealed that the Republican contenders think America will go bankrupt if spending policies are not changed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida\nThompson hit on a theme on which all of the debaters seemed to agree, that out-of-control spending is bankrupting America: \"We're spending the money of our grand kids and kids yet to be born\", Thompson said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida\nGiuliani accused Fred Thompson of being the \"biggest obstacle to tort reform\". Giuliani, touting his record as New York City mayor, said, \"I brought down crime 60%\", and called for school choice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida\nRegarding health care, Ron Paul said that \"managed care isn't working\" and that \"drug companies lobby for managed care\". Paul said, \"We could take care of these poor people if we weren't trying to maintain an empire overseas\". Ron Paul hit continued to discuss the issue of military non-interventionism, \"70% of Americans want war over with and are sick and tired of big government at home and overseas\". They want their \"civil liberties and not allow government to spend endlessly and bankrupt us\". Paul also answered questions related to his experience with Medicaid and endorsed allowing civil unions for same-sex couples country-wide, with marriage itself handled solely by religious institutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida\nMike Huckabee defended the \"sanctity of human life, it is one of the defining issues of our culture\" and on health care promoted \"personalization not privatization. We do not have health care system, we have a maze. It's a health care crisis\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida\nFOX News Channel and its affiliates moderated and televised the debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 25, 2007 - Sioux City, Iowa\nAARP and IPTV held their second presidential candidate forum at the Orpheum Theater in Sioux City. Of the candidates invited, only former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and U.S. Senator John McCain attended. The forum was webcast live but was not aired on PBS stations across the country as originally planned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, October 25, 2007 - Sioux City, Iowa\nDue to the absence of most candidates, the format was changed to \"allow Sen. John McCain and Gov. Mike Huckabee to discuss the issues of health and financial security with Iowa caucus-goers. The format included opening remarks, questions from moderator Dean Borg of IPTV, Sioux City Journal readers and those selected in the audience.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 113], "content_span": [114, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, November 28, 2007 - St. Petersburg, Florida\nThis debate is known as the \"YouTube\" debate. CNN planned it with a simulcast on CNN en Espa\u00f1ol (in the Spanish language). Internet services YouTube and Google also participated, allowing them to stream the event live and have clips for future use. Video questions had to be submitted by November 25 to YouTube . According to Nielsen Media Research, the debate drew a record Cable TV audience for a presidential primary debate, an estimated 4.4 million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, November 28, 2007 - St. Petersburg, Florida\nThe debate format permitted audience applause and boos\u2014something that had been uncommon in the debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, November 28, 2007 - St. Petersburg, Florida\nSeveral candidates cited scheduling conflicts with the original date, September 17, 2007, so it was rescheduled. The invited candidates are Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, and Fred Thompson. Alan Keyes was not invited. All invited candidates accepted, and all appeared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, November 28, 2007 - St. Petersburg, Florida\nThirty-three questions were chosen for the debate, with Anderson Cooper - the moderator - determining which candidates would respond to each question. Giuliani spoke 20 times, for a total of 16:38. Mitt Romney spoke 19 times, for a total of 13 minutes and 18 seconds. Fred Thompson and John McCain each spoke 12 times, for 12:16 & 11:00, respectively. Mike Huckabee spoke 11 times, for a total of 10:00. Paul spoke 9 times, for a total of 7:43. Hunter spoke 7 times, for a total of 5:06, and Tancredo spoke 7 times, for a total of 3:49. Mike Huckabee was not given a question to answer until minute 26, while Ron Paul's first question was given after the first half-hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, November 28, 2007 - St. Petersburg, Florida\nCNN's on-line viewer poll shows Ron Paul the winner of the debate with 49% of the vote. Viewers found Rudy Giuliani to have the most disappointing performance, with 27% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, November 28, 2007 - St. Petersburg, Florida\nForty-four percent of Florida Republicans who said they were undecided surveyed by InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research judged that Mike Huckabee won this debate, whereas 18% thought Rudy Giuliani won, 13% felt that Mitt Romney won, and 10% picked John McCain. No other participant was selected as the debate's winner by more than 5% of those surveyed. The poll's margin of error was +/- 6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0055-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, November 28, 2007 - St. Petersburg, Florida\nAn InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research survey of over 1,035 decided & undecided Iowa Republicans taken during the last 20 minutes of the debate found that 32% thought Huckabee won the debate, while 16% judged that Romney won, 12% felt that Giuliani won, and 10% picked John McCain. In this poll, Fred Thompson was chosen by 7% and Ron Paul was chosen by 6% as the debate's winner. No other participant was selected as the debate's winner by more than 2% of those surveyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, November 28, 2007 - St. Petersburg, Florida\nJohn McCain and Ron Paul had a notable exchange over the Iraq War and the Vietnam War. McCain stated that troops wanted the US government to \"let them win.\" Ron Paul replied \"The real question you have to ask is why do I get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel?\" McCain also called Paul an isolationist, saying \"We allowed Hitler to come to power with that kind of isolationism.\" Paul replied that McCain was confusing isolationism with non-intervention, \"I want to trade with people, talk with people, travel, but I don't want to send troops overseas using force to tell them how to live.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, November 28, 2007 - St. Petersburg, Florida\nDuring breaks, ads created by each campaign were aired. Fred Thompson's ad attacked Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, to which they were allowed to respond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, November 28, 2007 - St. Petersburg, Florida\nCNN was criticized for not revealing during the debate that Keith Kerr, an openly gay military general who had submitted a question and spoke during the debate, was on a campaign advisory organization supporting Hillary Clinton. CNN cut the question and candidate response in the subsequent airing of the debate. Los Angeles Times editorial writer Tim Rutten criticized CNN's handling of the debate, calling the network \"corrupt\" and accusing it of focusing the debate on immigration to benefit Lou Dobbs' ratings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 121], "content_span": [122, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, December 9, 2007 - Miami, Florida\nUnivision, the nation's largest Spanish-speaking television network, sponsored a Republican debate hosted by the University of Miami on December 9, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 111], "content_span": [112, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, December 9, 2007 - Miami, Florida\nThe candidates in attendance were Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson. Alan Keyes was not invited. Tom Tancredo was invited, but has vowed never to participate in a Spanish-language forum. As expected a prominent portion of the debate focused on immigration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 111], "content_span": [112, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, December 12, 2007 - Johnston, Iowa\nThe Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television were originally to host a Republican debate in Johnston, Iowa, on January 5, 2008. The Iowa Republican Party, undecided on a date for the caucus, finally settled on January 3, two days before the planned debate. The debate was then moved to December 12, the day before the Des Moines Register  hosted a Democratic debate. It aired live on Iowa Public Television, CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN3, Fox News Channel, C-SPAN Radio, and Fox News Radio, with a prime time replay on C-SPAN2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 112], "content_span": [113, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, December 12, 2007 - Johnston, Iowa\nRudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, and Fred Thompson participated in the 90-minute debate; thus, with 9 candidates in attendance, this became the single largest Republican debate of the 2008 cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 112], "content_span": [113, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, December 12, 2007 - Johnston, Iowa\nThe moderator, Carolyn Washburn, editor of the Des Moines Register, was criticized by the media for being overly \"strict\" in dictating answer time and for barring questions on both Iraq and immigration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 112], "content_span": [113, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, January 5, 2008 \u2013 Goffstown, New Hampshire\nABC, WMUR-TV and Facebook jointly hosted back-to-back Republican and Democratic debates from Saint Anselm College three days before the first-in-the-nation primary on Tuesday. According to Nielsen Media Research, this debate drew the largest televised audience of the Republican primaries with an estimated 7.35 million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 120], "content_span": [121, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, January 5, 2008 \u2013 Goffstown, New Hampshire\nThe Republican debate included Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson. Charles Gibson moderated. Candidates were allowed to participate if they meet one of three criteria, \"place first through fourth in Iowa, poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major New Hampshire surveys, or poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major national surveys.\" Thus, ABC News eliminated Republican Duncan Hunter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 120], "content_span": [121, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, January 5, 2008 \u2013 Goffstown, New Hampshire\nABC said the rules were quite inclusive, and that none of the candidates objected ahead of time. \"In previous debates where the stage was more crowded you had to make sure all of the candidates got equal time,\" said David Chalian, ABC News political director. \"Here you will have more time to go in depth on the issues.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 120], "content_span": [121, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, January 6, 2008 \u2013 Milford, New Hampshire\nA brunch forum housed by Chris Wallace with presidential candidates, originally to be sponsored by the New Hampshire Republican Party, was planned for broadcast on Fox News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, January 6, 2008 \u2013 Milford, New Hampshire\nCandidates Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter were excluded by Fox News, though Paul got 10 percent of the Iowa vote while Giuliani, who was invited, got just 3 percent. Fox News said they had only enough room for \"so many candidates.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, January 6, 2008 \u2013 Milford, New Hampshire\nNew Hampshire Republican Party chair Fergus Cullen said on December 31, \"Limiting the number of candidates who are invited to participate in debates is not consistent with the tradition of the first in the nation primary. The level playing field requires that all candidates be given an equal opportunity to participate\u2013-not just a select few determined by the media prior to any votes being cast.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, January 6, 2008 \u2013 Milford, New Hampshire\nOn January 5, following Fox News' continued refusal to allow a fair debate format, the New Hampshire Republican Party withdrew their sponsorship. Jay Leno invited Ron Paul to be a guest on the January 7 Tonight Show specifically because he felt Paul's exclusion was \"unfair.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, January 6, 2008 \u2013 Milford, New Hampshire\nIn a post-debate analysis by Fox News, Mitt Romney was declared the winner of the debate by several analysts. On top of this, Frank Luntz, a pollster with Fox News, indicated that Mitt Romney's performance was well received by his focus group of both conservatives and moderate conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, January 10, 2008 - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina\nFox News hosted a debate at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. All candidates except Duncan Hunter and Alan Keyes participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 125], "content_span": [126, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, January 24, 2008 - Boca Raton, Florida\nMSNBC hosted a two-hour debate at Florida Atlantic University. The organizers include the university, NBC, Leadership Florida, the Florida Press Association and the Florida Public Broadcasting Service Inc. It took place on Thursday, January 24, from 9 to 11 pm EST. A text message poll was taken after the debate asking viewers who they believed had won. The results showed Romney won with 41%, Paul with 40%, Huckabee with 8%, McCain with 7%, and Giuliani with 4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 116], "content_span": [117, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, January 30, 2008 - Simi Valley, California\nThe Los Angeles Times, The Politico, CNN, and former First Lady Nancy Reagan, hosted a Republican debate in Simi Valley, California, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. This was the first debate after Rudy Giuliani withdrew and the last before Super Tuesday. Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and John McCain participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 120], "content_span": [121, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198413-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums, The candidate debates, February 2, 2008 - New York, New York\nMTV and MySpace hosted a two-party debate on February 2, 2008, \"Closing Arguments: A Presidential Super Dialogue\", broadcast live from the MTV studios. The candidates were two Democrats, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and two Republicans, Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee. Invited but not attending were John McCain and Mitt Romney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries\nFrom January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Republican Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator John McCain of Arizona was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2008 Republican National Convention held from Monday, September 1, through Thursday, September 4, 2008, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. President George W. Bush was ineligible to be elected to a third term due to the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries\nIn a crowded primary of several prominent Republicans eyeing the nomination, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was the early frontrunner. However, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee won the Iowa Caucuses as he gained momentum just two months prior to the primary. Moderate U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain won the New Hampshire and Florida primaries. After failing to win in Florida, Giuliani ended his campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries\nMcCain ultimately won the nomination after winning most of the primaries on Super Tuesday. He was officially nominated at the 2008 Republican National Convention on September 4, 2008, but went on to lose the general election to Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Candidates\nNotes for the following table: Delegate counts is the final estimated delegate count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Candidates, Nominee\nThe vast majority of primaries were of the \"winner-take-all\" variety, and convention rules meant that no one with less than five states in their \"pockets\" would be allowed to have their names placed in nomination. This guaranteed that the primary season would be very short. McCain won New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida and thus became nearly unstoppable. After decisive victories on super tuesday and the potomac primary McCain became the presumptive nominee. Candidates are listed by delegate counts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Calendar\nRepublican candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential election campaigned for the nomination of their party in a series of primary elections and caucus events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Calendar\nUnlike the Democratic Party, which mandates a proportional representation for delegate selection, the Republican Party has no such limitation. For states with primaries, some states choose to use the \"winner-take-all\" method to allocate delegates within a state, while others do winner-take-all within a specific congressional district, and still others use the proportional process. Unlike the Democratic Party, state party by-laws determine whether each delegate is pledged and for how long the delegate is pledged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Calendar\nIn caucus states, most state parties use a two pronged process. A straw poll, often called a presidential preference poll, is conducted of the attendees at the caucus. The results are released to the media and published on the state party website. Delegates are then elected to the county conventions. It is at the county conventions that delegates are elected to state conventions, and from the state convention to the national convention. At each level, delegates may be bound or unbound to a candidate. If unbound, delegates are not obligated to follow the results of the presidential preference poll. Thus, all estimates of delegates from caucus states are dependent on state party by-laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, 2007\nWith Vice President Dick Cheney choosing not to seek the nomination and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ruling herself out, the race for the 2008 presidential nomination was wide open. It officially began in March 2006 when John H. Cox became the first candidate to enter the 2008 race. The Democratic takeover of both houses of Congress and President Bush's unpopularity were strong issues for the GOP field. At the beginning of 2007, the announced Republican field was former Governor of Wisconsin and Cabinet member Tommy Thompson, former Governor of Virginia Jim Gilmore, and Senator of Kansas Sam Brownback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, 2007\nFormer senator of Virginia George Allen was considered a top contender until his loss in the midterm elections. He announced on December 10, 2006 that he would not seek the 2008 nomination. In early January former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney announced he was forming an exploratory committee. Afterwards several others announced they were running, including U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, Rudy Giuliani of New York City, U.S. Senator John McCain, U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter, and U.S. Congressman Tom Tancredo. A poll released in early February had Giuliani leading with 32% and John McCain second with 18%. By early March, Giuliani had become the frontrunner. Alan Keyes and former Senator and actor Fred Thompson entered the race later in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 848]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, 2007\nThe first to drop out of the race was former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore in July. After that Tommy Thompson also dropped out in August after finishing sixth in the Ames Iowa straw poll. Then pro-life advocate Sam Brownback dropped out of the race in October. In December, staunch illegal-immigration opponent Tom Tancredo and businessman John H. Cox also left the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Iowa and New Hampshire\nOn January 3, 2008, the Iowa caucuses began. The final averaged polling results from Real Clear Politics showed Mike Huckabee at 30%, Romney at 27%, McCain and Thompson tied at 12%, Paul at 7%, and Giuliani at 6%. Among those surveyed in Exit Polling data, 45% cited themselves as very conservative and voted for Huckabee 35% to Romney's 23% and Thompson's 22%. Among those who called themselves \"somewhat conservative\" (43%), Huckabee won 34% to Romney's 27% and McCain's 18%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Iowa and New Hampshire\nFinal Results showed Huckabee swept much of the state with the exception of the western and eastern portions of the state which included Davenport, Cedar Rapids, as well as Sioux City. Romney swept the eastern and western portions of the state and Paul took one southern county. The final results in Iowa were Huckabee with 34%, Romney with 25%, Thompson and McCain each with 13%, Paul with 10% and Giuliani with 4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Iowa and New Hampshire\nIn the New Hampshire Primary, both McCain and Romney had gambled much on the state. McCain had staked much on his grassroots efforts in the state he won in 2000, as well as the state with one of the most independent voting blocks which was McCain's strong suit. Romney, coming from neighboring Massachusetts was known by many in New Hampshire and even owned a home in the state of New Hampshire. Pre -Primary polling showed McCain with a slight edge (32\u201328%) with Huckabee leading Giuliani for third (12\u20139%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Iowa and New Hampshire\nOn Primary night, McCain won 37\u201332% and Huckabee beat Giuliani for third 11\u20139%. After the results, Huckabee decided to focus on the South Carolina primary, while both McCain and Romney went to Michigan where polls showed a competitive race between the two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Michigan\nWith different winners in Iowa and New Hampshire \u2013 and Mitt Romney taking the lower-profile Wyoming caucus \u2013 the January 15 Michigan primary loomed as an important battle. Polls after New Hampshire showed a tight race between McCain and Romney, with Huckabee a close third. Many saw Michigan as Romney's last chance for a campaign-saving win after disappointments in the first two races. Others said that a win in Michigan could cement McCain's status as the \"front-runner\" for the nomination. McCain's campaign garnered about $1 million in newly contributed funds immediately after the New Hampshire win, but still had $3.5 million in bank debt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Michigan\nNevertheless, some polls showed McCain getting a significant national bounce from his New Hampshire win; the January 11 CNN nationwide poll had him at 34 percent support, a 21-point increase from where he had been just a month before, and a significant lead over Huckabee (21 percent) and Giuliani (18 percent). As the Michigan race entered its final days, McCain gained some notoriety by sending out mailers there and in South Carolina attacking Romney's tax record and touting his own. A Romney campaign spokesman called the ad \"as sloppy as it is factually incorrect\", and FactCheck.org called the piece \"misleading.\" McCain responded by saying, \"It's not negative campaigning. I think it's what his record is.\" \"It's a tough business,\" he added.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Michigan\nThe dominant issue in Michigan was the state of the economy. Michigan had by far the nation's largest unemployment rate, at 7.4 percent, and was continuing to lose jobs from its historical manufacturing base. McCain offered a bit of his \"straight talk\", saying that \"There are some jobs that aren't coming back to Michigan,\" and proposing federal job training plans and other remedies to compensate. Romney seized on McCain's statement as overly pessimistic and promoted instead his family heritage \u2013 \"[I've] got the automobile industry in my blood veins\" \u2013 as well as his being a Washington outsider who would go there and \"turn Washington inside out.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Michigan\nIn the end, McCain finished second in the primary behind Romney, gaining 30 percent of the vote to Romney's 39 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Nevada and South Carolina\nMitt Romney was heavily favored to win Nevada, leading 34% to 19% in polls. He exceeded expectations, earning 51% of the vote with Ron Paul beating out John McCain for second. Romney campaigned hard in Nevada and did not campaign in South Carolina, while the other leading Republican candidates, John McCain and Mike Huckabee, kept their focus on South Carolina. Nevada was not subject to the Republican party cutting in half the number of delegates the state can send to the national convention, and neither was South Carolina. However, Nevada had more delegates at stake than South Carolina. A win in Nevada extended Romney's lead in total delegates. Nevada's large Mormon population helped Romney win the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Nevada and South Carolina\nAfter coming last in this caucus, Duncan Hunter withdrew his bid for the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Nevada and South Carolina\nMike Huckabee needed to win South Carolina for his campaign to remain viable. RealClearPolitics reported that the average support from polls placed McCain in the lead with 27%, followed by Huckabee with 25%, Romney with 15%, Thompson with 15%, Paul with 4%, and Giuliani with 3%. Thompson started attacking Mike Huckabee heavily, questioning his conservative credentials. But in the end McCain narrowly won by 14,743 or 3%, putting McCain as the frontrunner in Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Nevada and South Carolina\nFred Thompson only placed third, even though he had started to campaign in South Carolina immediately after Iowa and before the other candidates had started campaigning there. He withdrew the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Florida\nRudy Giuliani campaigned heavily in Florida, which he expected to use as his \"launch pad\" for a \"strong showing\" on Super Tuesday. He campaigned almost entirely in Florida, and largely ignored South Carolina and other states voting before February 5. Polls taken before the primary showed that John McCain was the slight front runner over Mitt Romney. Giuliani had been campaigning with virtually no opposition; however, following the South Carolina Republican primary, 2008, several candidates flew down to Florida to begin campaigning up to January 29 when the primary occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Florida\nRealClearPolitics reported that the average support from polls taken in the days immediately prior to primary day placed McCain slightly in the lead with 31%, followed by Romney with 30%, Giuliani with 15%, Huckabee with 13%, and Paul with 4%. Former Senator Fred Thompson and Rep. Duncan Hunter, though already out of the race, still remained on the ballot in the Florida primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Florida\nMcCain was able to ride a last-minute endorsement by then-Republican Governor Charlie Crist to a five-point victory on January 29. He took all 57 delegates in Florida's winner-take-all contest. (The state's delegate total had been reduced by half due to RNC rules about primaries held before February 5.) Giuliani, having banked heavily on Florida, ended his campaign the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Super Tuesday\nOn January 31 McCain received the endorsement of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and began campaigning with him. This was a key endorsement, as California was one of the Super Tuesday states and had more delegates than any other state. The same day, Governor Rick Perry of Texas threw his support behind McCain. Perry had previously been a Giuliani supporter, while Schwarzenegger had refrained from endorsing either McCain or Giuliani because he counted both men as friends. Meanwhile, Romney, still burning about McCain's Iraq withdrawal timetable charge, compared McCain to disgraced former President Richard Nixon, saying that McCain's claim was \"reminiscent of the Nixon era\" and that \"I don't think I want to see our party go back to that kind of campaigning.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 846]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Super Tuesday\nMcCain won his home state of Arizona, taking all 53 of the state's delegates and the largest of the Super Tuesday prizes, winning nearly all of California's 173 delegates. McCain also scored wins in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and Oklahoma. Huckabee also made surprise wins in states he had polled behind in previously like Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. Huckabee also won the first contest of Super Tuesday in West Virginia. Romney won his home state of Massachusetts. He also won Utah, Colorado, and Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Super Tuesday\nThe next day, McCain appeared confident that he would be the Republican nominee. Estimates showed him with 707 delegates - nearly 60% of the total needed to win the nomination. He began to appeal to disaffected conservatives, saying: \"We share the common principles and values and ideas for the future of this country based on a fundamental conservative political philosophy, which has been my record.\" He also suggested that the right wing of the party \"calm down a little bit\" and begin to look for areas of agreement. Meanwhile, Romney advisers privately expressed doubts about whether their candidate could realistically hope to defeat McCain, and it was unclear if Romney would spend significant money on key February 12 contests in Virginia and Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nBoth McCain and Romney addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC on February 7, while Mike Huckabee spoke on February 9. Romney used his speech to announce the end of his campaign, saying, \"Now if I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention \u2013 (cheers, applause). I want you to know I've given this a lot of thought. I'd forestall the launch of a national campaign and, frankly, I'd be making it easier for Senator Clinton or Obama to win. Frankly, in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.\" McCain spoke about an hour later, again appealing to right-wing uncertainty about his ideology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nHe focused on his opposition to abortion and gun control, as well as his support for lower taxes and free-market health care solutions. He told the CPAC audience that he arrived in Washington as \"a foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution\", and addressed the issue of illegal immigration - one of the major issues where conservatives have attacked McCain. He said that \"it would be among my highest priorities to secure our borders first\", before addressing other immigration laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nMike Huckabee spoke to CPAC two days later and said, \"I know that there was some speculation that I might come here today to announce that I would be getting out of the race. But I want to make sure you understand. Am I quitting? Well, let's get that settled right now. No, I'm not. And the reason is simple \u2013 I never learned arithmetic. You see folks, while I didn't get a college degree in mathematics and writing, I majored in miracles. Mathematically impossible miracles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nIt is because I go back to that which helped crystallize in me a conservative viewpoint as a teenager when it wasn't easy or popular to be a Republican or a conservative in my hometown, because I do believe that America is about making choices, not simply echoing that of others. Let others join the \"Me, too\" crowd. But I didn't get where I am today and I didn't fight the battles in a state that, when I became its governor, was 90 percent Democrat, by simply echoing the voices of others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0028-0003", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nI did it by staking out a choice, stating that choice, making that choice and fighting for that choice, to believe that some things were right, some things were wrong, and it's better to be right and even to not win than it is to be wrong and to be a part of the crowd.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nFebruary 9 saw voting in Louisiana, Kansas and Washington state. Huckabee won an easy victory in Kansas, claiming all 36 of the state's delegates to the national convention. Only 14,016 votes were cast, and the McCain campaign expressed no concern over the lightly attended caucus. However, social conservatives had a strong presence in the Kansas Republican party, and the results served to highlight conservative dissatisfaction with the Senator. Louisiana was much closer, but Huckabee won there as well, beating McCain by less than one percentage point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nMcCain was declared the winner of the Washington caucuses, where 18 delegates were at stake. The February 19 primary would determine the other 19 delegates from the state. When McCain was declared the winner of the caucuses, with a lead of only 242 (3,468 to 3,226) over Huckabee and counting stopped with only 87% of the precincts reporting, Huckabee's campaign indicated that they would challenge the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nNext up was the Potomac primary on February 12, with voting in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. McCain swept the three races and took all 113 delegates which were at stake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nThe next day, the McCain camp released a memo calling a Huckabee win \"mathematically impossible.\" In truth, however, it was not impossible. In fact, if Huckabee failed to reach 1191 delegates but succeeded in keeping McCain from reaching 1191, then the result would have been a brokered convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nWith the media declaring McCain the \"presumptive nominee\", McCain began to focus on the Democrats, particularly leading candidate Barack Obama, in anticipation of the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nThe day after McCain's Potomac sweep, the Kansas City Star published a list of people who have been mentioned as possible McCain running mates, if he secured the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nOn February 14, Mitt Romney officially endorsed McCain and asked his approximately 280 delegates to support him at the national convention. If all or most of Romney's delegates backed McCain, it would give him nearly enough to win the nomination, with several large states still yet to vote. Despite these developments, Huckabee vowed to stay in the race. \"I may get beat, but I'm not going to quit,\" he said. A few days later, McCain was endorsed by former President George H.W. Bush, in a move intended to shore up his support among base party elements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, Later February contests\nOn February 19, McCain continued his winning ways, picking up wins over Huckabee in the Wisconsin primary and the Washington state primary. McCain and Barack Obama engaged in a pointed exchange over Al-Qaeda in Iraq on February 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March contests\nCNN had cancelled a debate originally scheduled for February 28, saying that McCain was the \"presumptive nominee.\" Mike Huckabee challenged John McCain to a debate before the March 4 primaries, and the Values Voter coalition stepped in, arranging for a debate hall and inviting both McCain and Huckabee, as well as Rep. Ron Paul to participate in a March 3 debate event. After Governor Huckabee had accepted the invitation, Senator McCain said that he had a prior commitment and begged off. Huckabee had previous success with rural and Evangelical Christian voters. Huckabee was endorsed by Dr. James Dobson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign, March contests\nMcCain received an endorsement from Pastor John Hagee (which he later renounced on May 22). On March 4, Super Tuesday 2, McCain managed to win a large number of Evangelical voters along with his usual independent and veteran supporters. John McCain officially clinched the Republican presidential nomination on March 4, 2008, sweeping the primaries in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, and Vermont. That night, Mike Huckabee withdrew from the race and endorsed McCain. President George W. Bush invited Senator McCain to the White House for Bush's endorsement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Endorsements\nUnlike in the Democratic Party, Republican members of Congress (including Senate members, House members, and non-voting delegates), and state governors are not automatically made delegates to the party's national convention, however their endorsements can hold sway on voters in caucuses and primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Endorsements\nEach state's two members of the Republican National Committee, and the party chairs of each U.S. state and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands are the only automatic delegates to the party's national convention. These superdelegates while officially uncommitted, may also publicly endorse a candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Statewide results, Early primaries and caucuses\nGOP February 5 ruleUnder Republican National Committee rules, no state was allowed to hold its 2008 primary before February 5. Five states - Wyoming, New Hampshire, Michigan, South Carolina, and Florida - moved their primaries ahead and were subsequently stripped of one-half of their apportioned delegates by the RNC. This punishment was eventually the same as Democratic procedures though that party originally decided to strip all delegates from offending states Michigan and Florida before seating half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 93], "content_span": [94, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Statewide results, Early primaries and caucuses\nThe Republican rules did not affect Iowa, Maine, Nevada and Louisiana, because those states did not technically choose their delegates until district or state conventions that occurred after February 5. The Iowa county and state conventions were held on March 15 and June 14, 2008 respectively. The Nevada state convention was held on April 26, 2008, but was suspended by party officials before delegates were elected. The Executive Board of the Nevada Republican Party met on July 25, 2008 and appointed all 34 delegates and 31 alternates. The Louisiana caucuses selected 105 state delegates to the state convention on February 16 in Baton Rouge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 93], "content_span": [94, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198414-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Statewide results, Super Tuesday\nMany states moved the dates of their primaries or caucuses up to February 5 (Super Tuesday). With almost half the nation voting on that date it acted as a quasi-\"national primary\". This has also been dubbed \"Super Duper Tuesday,\" and \"Tsunami Tuesday\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198415-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection\nThis article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 election. On March 4, 2008, Senator John McCain of Arizona won a majority of pledged delegates for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, and became the presumptive nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198415-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection\nMcCain held an event with Alaska governor Sarah Palin, revealing her as his vice-presidential running mate on August 29, 2008 (the date coinciding both with McCain's 72nd birthday and the Palins' 20th wedding anniversary), at the Ervin J. Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio, the day after Barack Obama's acceptance speech. The McCain\u2013Palin ticket ultimately lost in the general election to the Obama\u2013Biden ticket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198415-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection, Selection process\nSarah Palin was the GOP choice for Vice President. At a speech in Norfolk, Virginia, McCain told supporters that regional considerations would have less bearing on his decision than the candidate's perceived ability to take over the office of the presidency\u2013and the candidate's \"values, principles, philosophy, and priorities.\" One factor that McCain had to consider, more so than did his opponent, was age. Had McCain won in 2008, he would have (on January 20, 2009) been the oldest person to assume the Presidency in U.S. history at initial ascension to office, being 72 years old. Other factors to be considered were shoring up the conservative base, choosing someone with executive experience, expertise in domestic policy (to complement McCain's foreign policy focus), and electoral college calculations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 78], "content_span": [79, 888]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198415-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection, Selection process\nMcCain initially wished to choose Lieberman, his close friend and the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, as his running mate; however, Lieberman's liberal record (voting with Democrats 86.9% of the time in the 110th Congress) and pro-choice stance led McCain's aides to veto the choice. Close aide Mark Salter preferred Pawlenty, while the campaign manager Steve Schmidt preferred Palin. By picking Palin, Schmidt argued, McCain could snatch the \"change\" mantle away from Obama. McCain, rejecting 'safer' choices such as Pawlenty or Romney, instead chose Palin as his running mate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 78], "content_span": [79, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198415-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection, Media speculation on John McCain's possible running-mates\nAfter his selection by Republican primary voters as presumptive presidential nominee, news sources and political pundits began to speculate on whom McCain would or should choose, based on the candidates' ability to enhance the Republican ticket, personality (ability to work well with McCain), and preparedness for assuming the office of the presidency. The Associated Press reported that McCain had composed a list of 20 or so potential running mates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 118], "content_span": [119, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198415-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection, Media speculation on John McCain's possible running-mates\nOver two dozen names had been offered as viable potential running mates by the Kansas City Star, the Salt Lake Tribune, the New York Sun, the Indianapolis Star, the Saint Louis Post Dispatch, the Times of India, and The Globe and Mail. This list includes both names that had been mentioned in several sources and some much less likely candidates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 118], "content_span": [119, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198416-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy\nThe 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy was the thirteenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season, and was held on July 26, 2008, at Rexall Speedway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The race was won by Scott Dixon, followed by H\u00e9lio Castroneves and Justin Wilson. Although it was the fourth edition of the Grand Prix, it was the first race in the IndyCar Series, but also the first IndyCar Series race to be held in Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198417-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary took place on March 4, 2008. It was an open primary. 21 delegates were awarded on a proportional basis. Rhode Island's delegation to the 2008 Democratic National Convention also included 11 superdelegates whose votes were not bound by the results of the primary election. Hillary Clinton won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198417-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nThe Rhode Island Democratic Party sent a total of 32 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of those delegates, 21 were pledged, and 11 were unpledged. All of the 21 pledged delegates were allocated (pledged) to vote for a particular candidate at the National Convention according to the results of the Rhode Island Presidential Primary. The 11 unpledged delegates were popularly called \"superdelegates\" because their vote represented their personal decisions, whereas the regular delegates' votes represented the collective decision of many voters. The superdelegates were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Rhode Island Democratic Party's officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198417-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nThe 21 pledged delegates were further divided into 13 district delegates and 8 statewide delegates. The 13 district delegates were divided among Rhode Island's 19 Congressional Districts and were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the primary results in each District. Congressional District 1 chose 6 delegates and Congressional District 2 chose 7 delegates. The 8 statewide delegates were divided into 5 at-large delegates and 3 Party Leaders and Elected Officials (abbreviated PLEOs). They were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the primary results statewide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198417-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nOf the 11 unpledged delegates, 10 were selected in advance and 1 was selected at the State Executive Committee meeting on June 19, 2008. The delegates selected in advance were 6 Democratic National Committee members; the two Democratic U.S. Representatives from Rhode Island, Patrick J. Kennedy (District 1) and James Langevin (District 2); and both Democratic U.S. senators from Rhode Island, Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198417-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary, Polling\nOn March 2, 2008, the most recent opinion polling of likely Democratic Primary participants showed Senator Clinton leading her opponent, Senator Barack Obama, 42% to 37%, with 22% undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198417-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary, Polling\nAmong Rhode Island's 11 superdelegates, ten had endorsed a candidate by February 2. Eight had announced support for Senator Hillary Clinton, and two had committed to Senator Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198418-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhode Island Rams football team\nThe 2008 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their first and only season under head coach Darren Rizzi, the Rams compiled a 3\u20139 record (1\u20137 against conference opponents) and tied for last place in the North Division of the CAA's North Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198419-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary took place on March 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198419-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before March 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198420-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election\nThe fourth election to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council was held in May 2008. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. On the same day there were elections to  the other 21 local authorities in Wales as well as community councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198420-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election, Overview\nAll 75 council seats were up for election. Labour maintained control of the authority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198420-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election, Ward Results, Llantwit Fardre (two seats)\nOne of the councillors elected for Plaid in 2004 had defected to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 97], "content_span": [98, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198420-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election, Ward Results, Penygraig (two seats)\nDavies had been elected as a Plaid Cymru candidate in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 91], "content_span": [92, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198420-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election, Ward Results, Rhigos (one seat)\nThe sitting Plaid Cymru member had been returned unopposed in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 87], "content_span": [88, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198420-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election, Ward Results, Tonypandy (one seat)\nThe retiring member had defected from Plaid Cymru to the Liberal Democrats since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 90], "content_span": [91, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198421-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships\n24th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships were held in Torino, Italy from 5 June to 7 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team\nThe 2008 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls played six home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas The Owls finished the season with an overall record of 10\u20133 and a conference record of 7\u20131 in David Bailiff's second season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, SMU\nThe game kicked off Rice's 97th season of football. Rice began down 13\u20130, but two scores, both Chase Clement touchdown passes, within 52 seconds put the Owls up by one point to close the first quarter. Clement threw two touchdown passes in the second quarter as well, to Jarett Dillard (21 yards) and Corbin Smiter (12 yards), to take a 28\u201313 lead into halftime. After a Mustang touchdown pass, Rice exploded for four scores, two Clement passes, a James Casey run, and an interception returned 55 yards for a score by Andrew Sendejo. Logan Turner would throw a touchdown for SMU with 2:10 remaining in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, SMU\nClement's six touchdown passes and Dillard's three receiving TDs both tied career highs in Rice's highest offensive output in a season opener in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nThe Owls were behind the Tigers by fifteen, 35\u201320, with 8:33 to play. The comeback began when James Casey snared a 41-yard pass from Chase Clement, setting up a 5-yard hook-up with Jarett Dillard on the ensuing play, cutting the Memphis lead to 35\u201327 with 6:22 remaining. Rice began their comeback. After a quick stop, the Owls were looking to score again, taking over at their own six. Clement would sprint in from the nine four plays later. Casey would haul in the two-point conversion that knotted the game at 35\u201335.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nMemphis would drive to the Rice 38, until the third-and-one slant was intercepted by Chris Jammer, who broke a tackle and scored with eleven seconds left, giving Rice the 42\u201335 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nDillard became the all-time leader in total points and touchdowns during the game, with Clement passing Tommy Kramer on the Rice all-time passing list. James Casey set career highs with 11 receptions and 208 yards, which passed David Houser for the Owl's single-game receiving yardage record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nThe Vanderbilt game marked the first time the Owls traveled to Nashville to play the Commodores, although the two programs had met three times before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, Texas\nRice began the game with a Clark Fangmeier field goal,  but it would be all Texas after that. Colt McCoy would run in a score before tossing two touchdowns to Jordan Shipley. Texas also added a field goal to their lead, making it 24\u20133. The lone Owls touchdown came in the third quarter, a Clement-to-Dillard hook-up of fifteen yards. McCoy would strike again, with a 46-yard completion to Chris Ogbonnaya for a score. Back-up Longhorn signal-caller John Chiles added a rushing touchdown, as did Cody Johnson, to put the final at 52\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, Texas\nColt McCoy of Texas threw four touchdown passes, and led the Longhorns in rushing, as Texas rolled over Rice. McCoy also took the all-time passing touchdown record at Texas. Andrew Sendejo recorded 13+ tackles for the third consecutive game. His 17 stops against the Longhorns also fell one short of a career mark. Jarett Dillard had 158 yards receiving to lead the Owls. Clement also had his second career punt downed inside the twenty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nRice set a record for most points by a Rice team since 1916, when the Owls defeated SMU 146\u20133. Quarterback Chase Clement and receiver Jarett Dillard combined to set a record, becoming the most productive duo in NCAA history, eclipsing Tim Rattay and Troy Edwards at Louisiana Tech. Rice took advantage of North Texas mistakes, recovering three muffed punts, picking off three passes (two returned for touchdowns), and blocking a pair of kicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nRice opened the scoring with a 50-yard pass from Chase Clement to Toren Dixon. The Mean Green responded with a 71-yard drive capped with a one yard score by Cam Montgomery, but the extra point was blocked. Clement came back with a touchdown pass to Jarett Dillard, giving the Owls a 14\u20136 lead. Rice would score another touchdown before the close of the first quarter, a 25-yard scamper by Clement. Cam Montgomery again scored in the first period for North Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nRice's Jeramy Goodson threw a touchdown pass to Dillard, and North Texas replied with a Giovanni Vizza passing touchdown to push the score to 28\u201320. Chase Clement then added a rushing touchdown, followed by a Marcus Knox rushing score to give the Owls a 22-point lead. Dillard and Clement hooked up for two scores within four minutes, giving the Owls a 56\u201320 lead and the two players a place in history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198422-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Rice Owls football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nAfter halftime, Clement would hit Patrick Randolph for a six-yard touchdown, and two North Texas interceptions would be returned for touchdowns by Rice, first by Arnaud Gascon-Nadon, then by Christopher Douglas. Neither team would score in the fourth quarter, leaving the Owls a 77\u201320 victory. Clark Fangmeier set a school record by converting eleven extra points in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198423-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Richmond Spiders football team\nThe 2008 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Richmond competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), and played their home games at the University of Richmond Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198423-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Richmond Spiders football team\nThe Spiders were led by first-year head coach Mike London. Richmond finished the regular season with a 9\u20133 overall record and 6\u20132 record in conference play. After suffering three defeats, the Spiders secured an at-large berth for the FCS playoffs. At home they defeated Eastern Kentucky, and then on the road, Richmond beat Appalachian State and Northern Iowa to advance to the championship game. In Chattanooga, Richmond defeated Montana, 24\u20137, to earn the NCAA Division I FCS championship. It was the University of Richmond's first NCAA national title in any sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198424-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rink Hockey European Championship\nThe 2008 Rink Hockey European Championship was the 48th edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship\u2014the biennial rink hockey competition for European national teams, supervised by CERH\u2014that took place in the Spanish city of Oviedo, at the local arena Palacio de los Deportes (English: Sports Palace), on July 21\u201326, 2008. In a final against long-time rivals, Portugal, the hosts and holders Spain won their fifth consecutive European title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198424-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rink Hockey European Championship, Format\nThe tournament consists of two distinct phases: a single round-robin group phase and a knockout phase. In the first phase, the eight finalist teams are divided into two groups of four teams. Within each group, every team plays one match against all the other teams, to decide the group classification. Unlike previous editions, all participating teams advance to the quarterfinals phase, whatever their final placing in the group phase. In the quarterfinals, each group winner and the runner-up teams will play the third and fourth placed teams of the other group, respectively, for a place in the semifinals. The four losing teams will play one last game to decide their final ranking in the tournament. The quarterfinal winning sides progress to the semifinals and the two winners meet in the title-awarding final. A game deciding the third and fourth place will be held between the semifinal losing sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 955]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198424-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rink Hockey European Championship, Group phase\nThe group phase was contested on July 21\u201323, with two matches per group, each day. Group A was composed by France, Italy, Netherlands and hosts Spain; Group B included Germany, England, Portugal and Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198424-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rink Hockey European Championship, Goalscorers\nBelow is a list of all the tournament goalscorers by decreasing number of goals scored:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198425-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rink hockey World Club Championship\nThe 2008 Rink hockey World Club Championship was the (second edition) of the Rink hockey World Club Championship and took place in Reus, Spain from September 22 to 28, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198425-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rink hockey World Club Championship, Format\n16 teams from 10 different countries participated. The teams were divided into 4 groups of four teams each. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semifinals. The teams that didn't advance to the final stage played the classification knockout rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198426-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Road America 500\nThe 2008 Generac 500 at Road America presented by Time Warner Cable was the seventh round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America, Wisconsin on August 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198426-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Road America 500, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198427-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300\nThe 2008 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 was the fourth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on April 27, 2008 at the 1.520-mile (2.446\u00a0km) Kansas Speedway. At the start, Scott Dixon took the lead from the pole position. Meanwhile, Enrique Bernoldi spun and headed to the pits. On lap 23, Will Power crashed in turn 2. While the field pitted under the caution, Justin Wilson stayed out and took the lead. Dixon took the lead back on the restart, and maintained the lead through the next series of pit stops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198427-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300\nOn lap 98, the caution came out again for a crash involving E. J. Viso and Tomas Scheckter. After another long green flag segment, Buddy Rice brought out the yellow on lap 153 with a heavy crash in turn 2. In the pits, Danica Patrick retired from the race with a broken wheel hub. Meanwhile, Dixon, who had dominated most of the race, was shuffled back to seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198427-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300\nThe race resumed after a long yellow with Dan Wheldon leading. Wheldon pulled away and led the final 49 laps to record his first IndyCar Series victory since April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198428-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Robert Morris Colonials football team\nThe 2008 Robert Morris Colonials football team represented Robert Morris University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Colonials were led by 15th-year head coach Joe Walton and played their home games at Joe Walton Stadium. They were a member of the Northeast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198429-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Rochdale Council in Greater Manchester, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats stayed in control of the council after gaining seats in Balderstone and Kirkholt, and North Heywood from the Labour party but losing East Middleton back to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198430-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rochester Knighthawks season\nThe Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 14th in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198430-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rochester Knighthawks season\nAfter finishing the 2007 season with a 14-game winning stream winning the Champion's Cup, the Knighthawks hoped to continue their success into 2008. They continued their winning streak by beating the Buffalo Bandits in the season opener, but then lost the next three. The Knighthawks finished with an 8-8 record, good for 5th place in the Eastern division, and missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198430-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rochester Knighthawks season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198430-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rochester Knighthawks season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198430-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rochester Knighthawks season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198431-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rochford District Council election\nElections to Rochford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198431-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rochford District Council election\nThe Conservative party won all 15 seats up for election with no surprises in the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season\nRoger Federer won one major in 2008, the US Open, defeating Briton Andy Murray, 6\u20132, 7\u20135, 6\u20132. Federer was defeated by Rafael Nadal in two Grand Slam finals: at the French Open, which he lost 1\u20136, 3\u20136, 0\u20136, and at Wimbledon in a famous five-setter, 4\u20136, 4\u20136, 7\u20136, 7\u20136, 7\u20139, when he was aiming for six straight wins to break Bj\u00f6rn Borg's record. At the Australian Open, Federer lost in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, ending his record streak of 10 consecutive Major finals. Roger Federer lost twice in Master Series 1000 Finals on clay to Nadal at Monte Carlo and Hamburg. However, Federer was able to capture three more victories in 250-level events at Estoril, Halle, and Basel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season\nIn doubles, Federer and compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season\nFederer began the year by attempting to defend his title at the Australian Open. Federer suffered an illness related to food poisoning prior to the start of the Australian Open. He lost, however, in the semifinals to eventual champion Djokovic, 5\u20137, 3\u20136, 6\u20137. This ended his record of ten consecutive Grand Slam finals, the most ever for a men's player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season\nIn March, Federer revealed that he had recently been diagnosed with mononucleosis and that he may have suffered from it as early as December 2007. He noted, however, that he was now \"medically cleared to compete\". Despite being cleared to compete Federer admitted that he had suffered a significant dip in fitness due to his struggle with mononucleosis, which would prove to negatively impact his results till the Miami Masters in which he lost to long-time foe, Andy Roddick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season\nAlthough Federer was seeded first and was the defending champion at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, he lost to Murray in the first round. On 10 March, Federer won his third exhibition match out of four against former world no. 1 Pete Sampras at Madison Square Garden in New York City, 6\u20133, 6\u20137, 7\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Clay court season\nFederer began the clay-court season at the Estoril Open in Portugal. This was his first tournament with coach Jos\u00e9 Higueras. and his first non-Master Series clay-court tournament since Gstaad in 2004. Federer won his first tournament of the year, when Nikolay Davydenko retired from the final while trailing, 7\u20136, 1\u20132 with a leg ligament strain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Clay court season\nFederer then played three Masters Series tournaments on clay. At the Masters Series Monte Carlo, Federer lost to three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal in the final in straight sets. Federer made 44 unforced errors, lost a 4\u20130 lead in the second set, and fell to 1\u20137 against Nadal on clay courts. At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Federer lost in the quarterfinals to Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek. Federer was the defending champion at the Masters Series Hamburg, but lost to Nadal in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Clay court season\nAt the French Open, Federer was defeated quickly by Nadal in the final, 1\u20136, 3\u20136, 0\u20136. This was the fourth consecutive year that Federer and Nadal had played at the French Open, with Federer losing his third consecutive final to Nadal. Federer's record of 23\u20134 (2005\u201308) at the French Open is second only to Nadal's record of 28\u20130 during the same period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season\nFederer bounced back by winning the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany without dropping a set or a service game. This was the fifth time he had won this event. With this result, he tied Pete Sampras's record for most titles on grass in the open era with 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season\nAt Wimbledon, Federer once again played world no. 2 Nadal in the final. A victory for Federer would have meant his sixth consecutive Wimbledon singles title, breaking Borg's modern era men's record and equaling the all-time record held since 1886 by William Renshaw. Federer saved two championship points in the fourth set tiebreak, but eventually lost the match, 4\u20136, 4\u20136, 7\u20136, 7\u20136, 7\u20139. The rain-delayed match ended in near darkness after 4 hours, 48 minutes of play, making it the longest (in terms of elapsed time) men's final in Wimbledon recorded history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season\nIt concluded 7 hours, 15 minutes after its scheduled start. The defeat also ended Federer's 65-match winning streak on grass. John McEnroe described the match as \"The greatest match I've ever seen.\" After Nadal surpassed him as world no. 1 later in the year, Federer stated that his main goal would be to regain the Wimbledon title, rather than the top spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Summer hard court season\nFederer made early exits in his next two singles tournaments, the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Federer was chosen to carry the national flag at the Beijing Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Summer hard court season\nAt the Summer Olympics in Beijing, Federer lost in the quarterfinals to James Blake for the first time in their nine matches. Federer however, finally won his first Olympic gold medal in the men's doubles, when he and compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka upset the world no. 1 doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States in the semifinals and defeated Sweden's Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, 6\u20137, 6\u20133. The following day, Federer lost his world no. 1 ranking to Nadal after 237 consecutive weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Summer hard court season\nAt the US Open, Federer reached the fourth round without dropping a set. He defeated third-seeded Novak Djokovic in a rematch of the 2007 US Open Final, 6\u20133, 5\u20137, 7\u20135, 6\u20132, in the semifinals, and then defeated Andy Murray, who was playing in his first Grand Slam final, 6\u20132, 7\u20135, 6\u20132, to win his fifth straight US Open title and 13th career Grand Slam title, leaving him one Grand Slam title from tying Pete Sampras's all-time record of 14. This extended his US Open winning streak to 34 matches. Federer became the first player in tennis history to have five consecutive wins at both Wimbledon and the US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Fall indoor season\nAt the Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid, Federer reached the semifinals without losing a set. There he lost to Murray, 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 5\u20137. Meanwhile, he became the all-time leader in career prize money in men's tennis, earning over US$43.3 million at the end of the tournament and surpassing 14-time Grand Slam singles champion Pete Sampras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Fall indoor season\nFederer won his 57th career title at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, beating David Nalbandian in the final. He became the only player in history to win the title three consecutive years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Fall indoor season\nHe reached the quarterfinals of his next event, the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, before withdrawing because of back pain. This was the first time in Federer's career of 763 matches that he had withdrawn from a tournament. This meant that 2008 was the first year since 2003 in which he did not win a Masters Series title. Federer entered the Tennis Masters Cup as the top-seeded player, after Nadal withdrew from the tournament. He drew Simon, Murray, and Roddick in the Red Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198432-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Fall indoor season\nIn his opening match, Federer lost to Simon, but kept his hopes alive by defeating Roddick's replacement, Stepanek, in his second match. He lost his third match to Murray, 6\u20134, 6\u20137, 5\u20137. Federer had received medical treatment for back and hip problems in the third set, but lost after saving seven match points. However, Federer still ended the year ranked world no. 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198433-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup\nThe 2008 Canada Masters (also known as the 2008 Rogers Masters and 2008 Rogers Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 119th edition of the Canada Masters for the men (the 107th edition for the women), and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198433-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup\nThe men's event took place at the Rexall Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from July 19 through July 27, 2008, and the women's event at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from July 26 through August 3, 2008. The event was scheduled two weeks earlier than the usual early-August date to avoid conflicting with the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198433-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup\nThe men's field featured World No. 1, French Open and Wimbledon runner-up Roger Federer, ATP No. 2, French Open and new Wimbledon winner Rafael Nadal, and Australian Open titlist and Canada Masters defending champion Novak Djokovic. Also competing were ATP No. 4, Miami Masters, P\u00f6rtschach and Warsaw titlist Nikolay Davydenko, Valencia and s'Hertogenbosch winner David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, James Blake and Andy Murray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198433-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup\nOn the women's side were present World No. 1 and French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, Rome Tier I winner and 2007 Canada Masters runner-up Jelena Jankovi\u0107, and reigning Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova. Other top seeded players were French Open semifinalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, Wimbledon semifinalist and Dubai titlist Elena Dementieva, Anna Chakvetadze, Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198433-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles\nDaniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan 6\u20132, 4\u20136, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198433-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles\nCara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Maria Kirilenko /  Flavia Pennetta 6\u20131, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198434-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup \u2013 Doubles\nKatarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but Srebotnik chose not to participate, and only Sugiyama competed that year. Sugiyama partnered with Ayumi Morita, but lost in the quarterfinals to Kv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198434-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20131 against Maria Kirilenko and Flavia Pennetta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198434-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198435-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup \u2013 Singles\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by EditQwerty (talk | contribs) at 16:05, 22 June 2020 (Added {{Unreferenced}} tag (TW)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198435-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup \u2013 Singles\nJustine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198435-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup \u2013 Singles\nDinara Safina won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20131, against Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198435-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Cup \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198436-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Masters \u2013 Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi and Pavel V\u00edzner were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Bhupathi partnered with Mark Knowles, but lost in the quarterfinals to Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Leander PaesV\u00edzner partnered with Martin Damm, but lost in the second round to Mario An\u010di\u0107 and Jeff Coetzee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198436-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Masters \u2013 Doubles\nDaniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 won in the final 6\u20132, 4\u20136, [10\u20136], against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198437-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Masters \u2013 Singles\nRafael Nadal defeated Nicolas Kiefer in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20132, to win the Singles title at the 2008 Canadian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198437-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Masters \u2013 Singles\nNovak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andy Murray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198437-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rogers Masters \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198438-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rolex Sports Car Series\nThe 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the ninth season of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16. The 14-race championship for Daytona Prototypes (DP) and 13-race championship for Grand Touring (GT) cars began January 26, 2008 and concluded on September 20, 2008. New Jersey Motorsports Park replaced Iowa Speedway. At 15 races, it was the longest Rolex Sports Car Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198438-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rolex Sports Car Series\nChip Ganassi Racing drivers Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas won the DP drivers' championship, with Riley and Pontiac won the chassis and engine manufacturers' championships, respectively. In the GT class, Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards won the drivers' championship and brought Pontiac the manufacturers' championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198438-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rolex Sports Car Series, Schedule\nAll 200 or 250-mile (400\u00a0km) events have a maximum time limit of 2 hours and 45 minutes. 2008 season marked New Jersey Motorsports Park's Rolex Sports Car Series debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198438-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rolex Sports Car Series, Driver standings, GT\n\u2020: Did not complete 30 minutes of driving, and was not awarded points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198439-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Roma Open \u2013 Doubles\nFlavio Cipolla and Marcel Granollers were the defenders of championship title, but Granollers decided to not participate this year, he played in Barcelona with Nicol\u00e1s Almagro. Cipolla chose to play with Simone Vagnozzi, and won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20133, against Paolo Lorenzi and Giancarlo Petrazzuolo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198440-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Roma Open \u2013 Singles\nThierry Ascione was the defender of title; however, he chose not to play. Eduardo Schwank won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20137(2\u20137), 7\u20136(7\u20133), against \u00c9ric Prodon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198441-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Romanian Figure Skating Championships took place between January 10 and 13, 2008 in Bucharest. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior and junior levels. The results were used to choose the Romanian teams to the 2008 World Championships and the 2008 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198441-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Men\nVlad Ionescu won the junior men's competition with a score of 101.41, and the ISU recognizes him as the senior silver medalist, subsequently making Zsolt Kosz the bronze medalist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in Romania on 30 November 2008. The Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) won most seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although the alliance headed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) won a fractionally higher vote share. The two parties subsequently formed a governing coalition with Emil Boc of the PDL as Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Electoral system\nPresident Traian B\u0103sescu had wanted to introduce a single-winner two-round electoral system before this election, but a 2007 referendum on the proposal failed due to insufficient turnout. A new electoral system was introduced as a compromise, with the previous party-list proportional representation system changed to a mixed member proportional representation system using sub-county constituencies (colegii electorale). A candidate was declared the winner in any electoral college where they obtained more than 50% of the vote. Seats where no candidate won an outright majority are then allocated using the D'Hondt method.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Electoral system\nIf necessary, the number of seats for each chamber is raised, by giving supplementary seats. An electoral threshold of 5% was applied for each chamber; or winning at least six colleges for the Chamber of Deputies and three colleges for the Senate by more than 50%. There was an additional adjustment for the Chamber of Deputies around the national minorities candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Contenders\nThe main contenders in the election were the centre-left alliance made up of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Conservative Party (PC); the liberal-conservative Democratic Liberal Party (PDL); and the liberal National Liberal Party (PNL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Contenders\nOther significant contenders were the ethnic Hungarian party Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) and the right-wing nationalist Greater Romania Party (PRM), both of whom were represented in the previous Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Opinion polls\nThe first exit-polls, published by INSOMAR after the polls were closed, predicted the results for the Chamber of Deputies as:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Results\nAccording to the official final results, the centre-left Alliance PSD+PC won 33.1% in the Chamber of Deputies, just ahead of the PDL on 32.4%, with the National Liberal Party on 18.6% and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania on 6.2%. The alliance led by Social Democratic Party won 34.2% in the Senate, just ahead of the PDL on 33.6%, with the National Liberal Party on 18.7% and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania on 6.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Results\nCompared to the 2004 election, the Social Democratic Party-led alliance fell back a few percent in the national vote share. The PDL and National Liberal Party had competed in the last election together as the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA), but had split in April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Results\nThe Democratic Liberal Party made significant gains in 2008 to become the largest party in both houses, while the National Liberal Party made smaller gains. Support for the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania was largely unchanged. The Greater Romania Party obtained 13% of the national vote for the Chamber in 2004, but failed to make the 5% threshold for representation this year. Another nationalist party, the New Generation Party, again failed to cross the 5% threshold for representation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Aftermath, Government formation\nIt was expected that a grand coalition of the Social Democrats and the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) would be formed. Initially the Prime Minister-designate was Theodor Stolojan, the PDL's official candidate. He was designated Prime Minister by the President Traian B\u0103sescu on 11 December 2008, the official decree being issued and printed in the Monitorul Oficial the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Aftermath, Government formation\nOn 15 December 2008, four days after his nomination, and one day after the coalition protocol was signed, Stolojan announced that he had resigned from the position of Prime Minister-designate, without giving any reason. The same day, B\u0103sescu signed a decree that nominated the Mayor of Cluj-Napoca and PDL president Emil Boc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Aftermath, Government formation\nBoc's coalition government with the Social Democrats was approved by parliament in a 324\u2013115 vote and was sworn in on 22 December 2008. Mircea Geoana of the Social Democrats became the new head of the Senate, with Roberta Alma Anastase of the PDL as the new President of the Chamber of Deputies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Aftermath, By-elections\nAt the start of the 2008\u20132012 parliamentary term, only parties that had won seats in the 2008 elections were eligible to contest parliamentary by-elections. However, this changed in 2011, after which all parties were allowed to propose candidates. The change came after repeated contests to the Constitutional Court of Romania of former 2009 presidential candidate Remus Cernea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Aftermath, By-elections\nFollowing the nomination of Bogdan Olteanu to the Council of Administration of the National Bank of Romania as Deputy Governor, the first by-election of the parliamentary term took place in Bucharest constituency 1 will be held the first by-election of this legislature. The election was held on 17 January 2010 and was a contest between Radu Stroe of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and Honorius Prigoan\u0103, representing the PDL. The Social Democrats decided not to propose a candidate and to support the PNL candidate. Stroe was subsequently elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Aftermath, By-elections\nDaniela Popa resigned from the Chamber of Deputies to take office as President of the Insurance Supervising Committee, also stepping down as president of the Conservative Party. The PNL decided not to have its own candidate, but to support the PSD+PC candidate, based on the gentlemen's agreement for the Bucharest by-election. The PSD nominated Conservative Party member and former Romanian Lottery director Liliana Minc\u0103, with the PDL putting forward former TV show host Teo Trandafir, who went on to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Aftermath, By-elections\nFollowing the death of Ioan Timi\u015f, Deputy for Hunedoara County constituency 3, a by-election took place on 28 November 2010. All parties nominated candidates, with former Minister of Labour, Mariana C\u00e2mpeanu of the PNL winning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Aftermath, By-elections\nIn January 2011, the representative of the Macedonians in Romania, Liana Dumitrescu, died. As she was a representative of a national minority, her seat had no college. As a result, her seat was left empty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Aftermath, By-elections\nIn April 2011 Victor Surdu died, vacating his seat in the Chamber of Deputies, Neam\u021b County constituency 6. The by-election was held on 21 August 2011 and won by the PDL candidate, Adrian R\u0103dulescu, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Aftermath, By-elections\nIn May 2011, C\u0103t\u0103lin Chereche\u0219 was elected Mayor of Baia Mare, automatically vacating her seat in the Chamber of Deputies, Maramure\u0219 County constituency 2. The by-election on 21 August saw Florin T\u0103taru of the Social Liberal Union elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198442-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian legislative election, Aftermath, By-elections\nOn 30 August 2011, Zolt\u00e1n P\u00e1lfi died, vacacting Cluj County constituency 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198443-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian local elections\nLocal elections were held in Romania on 1 June 2008, with a runoff for mayors on 15 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198443-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian local elections\nOn 17 April 2008, the Social Democratic Party and the Conservative Party announced they would form a political alliance for these elections, the Alliance PSD+PC. For the first time the presidents of the County Councils were elected directly by the people, and not by later negotiations inside the County Council; other notable characteristics included a substantial number of Roma candidates standing, as well as some representatives of the Romanian Orthodox Church.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198443-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Romanian local elections\nTurnout was low, with fewer than half of the eligible voters turning out to vote; in most big cities, except for Constan\u0163a (incumbent PSD member Radu \u015etefan Maz\u0103re won) and Cluj-Napoca (incumbent Democratic Liberal Party member Emil Boc won), the election was not decided in the first round; in Bucharest, PDL member Vasile Blaga and independent Sorin Oprescu (former member of the PSD) will meet in the run-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198443-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian local elections\nOverall, PD-L got 28.37%, PSD got 28.04%, PNL got 18.66%, and UDMR got 5.43% of the cast votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198443-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian local elections, Runoff\nThe mayoral runoff was held in 1,441 local constituencies. Also, in the communes of \u015etef\u0103ne\u015fti and Vidra, in Ilfov County the first tour was repeated, due to the cancellation of the election held on 1 June in the two communes. If a runoff is needed for the mayor's election, it will be held on 24 June. A sentence regarding the cancellation of the electoral process in the commune of Iepure\u015fti, Giurgiu is pending from the Central Electoral Bureau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198443-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian local elections, Runoff\nThe independent and former Social Democratic Party member Sorin Oprescu won the election for mayor of Bucharest with 54% against Vasile Blaga from the president's Democratic Liberal Party. Overall, Social Democratic Party won about a third of the mayors, while Democratic Liberal Party won slightly less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198443-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian local elections, Runoff\nIn Voine\u015fti, a tiny town in northeastern Romania, the incumbent Social Democratic Party mayor Neculai Iva\u015fcu, who died on the election day, was nonetheless elected over his rival, Gheorghe Dobreanu of the National Liberal Party; however, the election commission declared the runner-up elected, but Social Democratic Party said they would appeal that decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198443-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian local elections, Notable partial election\nThe legislature of the local authorities is of four years, for all the local authorities. If a local elected official cannot serve its term (death, incompatibility or resignation), he (or she) is replaced. The members of the Local Councils and County Councils are replaced by the next person on the list elected. For the Mayors and Presidents of the County Councils, elected on a two-round system, and first past the post respectively, no later than 90 days from the vacancy of the post the Government must announce the day the early election is called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198443-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Romanian local elections, Notable partial election\nThe election is not called if the vacancy occurs in the last six months of the term. The newly elected Mayors and Presidents of the County Councils serve the rest of the term. The ad interim Mayors and Presidents of the County Councils are one of the Deputy-Mayors (elected by the Local Council, if the settlement has more than one Deputy-Mayor), and one of the Vice President of the County Council, elected by the County Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198443-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Romanian local elections, Notable partial election, Cluj-Napoca\nOn 22 December 2008 Emil Boc was sworn in as Prime Minister of Romania. He resigned from the office of Mayor of Cluj-Napoca on 4 January 2009. The Government called for partial election in Cluj-Napoca on 15 February 2009. The three main competitors were the ad interim Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Sorin Apostu (PD-L), former Cluj County Council President and current Senator Marius Nicoar\u0103 (PNL), and former Cluj-Napoca Police commander, Teodor Pop-Pu\u015fca\u015f (PSD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election\nSnap municipal elections were held in Rome on 13\u201314 April 2008, at the same time as the Italian general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election\nThe incumbent Mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni (PD), resigned on 13 February 2008 to run as the main candidate of the centre-left coalition in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election\nThe center-right coalition candidate Gianni Alemanno, who was defeated by Veltroni in 2006, faced the centre-left coalition candidate, the incumbent Minister of Culture and Deputy Prime Minister Francesco Rutelli, who had previously hold the position of Mayor of Rome from 1993 to 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election\nGianni Alemanno unexpectedly won the election on the second round and became the first centre-right directly elected mayor of Rome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election, Background\nFollowing the fall of Prodi's government in January 2008, Veltroni, as national secretary of the newborn Democratic Party (PD), was chosen to run as the main candidate for the centre-left coalition in the April snap general election and resigned to concentrate on the national campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election, Background, Mayoral election\nThe centre-right coalition was led by Gianni Alemanno (PdL). Alemanno rejected a formal alliance with the far-right parties, but his critics emphasized that his victory was greeted by crowds of supporters, among them far right skinheads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election, Background, Mayoral election\nThe centre-left coalition was led by Francesco Rutelli, who continued to maintain a huge popularity across the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election, Voting system\nThe voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants. Under this system voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. This gives a result whereby the winning candidate may be able to claim majority support, although it is not guaranteed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election, Voting system\nFor municipi the voting system is the same, not referred to the mayor but to the president of the municipio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election, Voting system\nThe election of the city council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election, Municipi election\nTable below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition on the first round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198444-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Rome municipal election, Municipi election\nTable below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition on the second round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198446-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rose Bowl\nThe 2008 Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi, the 94th Rose Bowl Game, played on January 1, 2008 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, was a college football bowl game. The contest was televised on ABC, the 20th straight year the network aired the Rose Bowl, starting at 4:30pm EST. The game's main sponsor was Citi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198446-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rose Bowl\nThe 2008 Rose Bowl featured the 7th-ranked USC Trojans hosting the 13th-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini. As with the previous year's game, the contest was a semi-traditional Rose Bowl in that while it was a Big Ten versus Pac-10 matchup, the Big Ten representative was an at-large team because the conference champion, Ohio State, which lost to Illinois earlier in the season, was selected to play in the BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198446-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rose Bowl\nUSC was making its third straight appearance in the Rose Bowl, while Illinois had not played in the game since 1984. Though Illinois won the Big Ten Conference title in 2001, the then-rotating BCS title game moved them to the Sugar Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198446-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rose Bowl, Game summary\nUSC took an early 21\u20130 lead, including a touchdown pass by backup quarterback Garrett Green on a trick play. Illinois verged on closing to 21\u201310 midway through the third quarter, but receiver Jacob Willis fumbled into the end zone after a catch and Trojans linebacker Brian Cushing recovered for a touchback. USC converted that miscue into a touchdown and then cornerback Cary Harris intercepted Illinois quarterback Juice Williams's pass on the first play of the ensuing possession. Five plays later, Trojans freshman Joe McKnight scored on a 6-yard run, making the score 35\u201310. USC gained a Rose Bowl-record 633 yards of offense in defeating Illinois 49\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 28], "content_span": [29, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198446-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rose Bowl, Game records\nMost TD passes career, Rose Bowl History- 7, John David Booty", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 28], "content_span": [29, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198447-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rossendale Borough Council election\nElections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was up by one per cent from the last election in 2007 at 36.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198447-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rossendale Borough Council election\nThe Conservative party gained three seats in the election including Worsley, the seat of the former Conservative leader of the council, Duncan Ruddick, who had defected from the party in 2007 to become an independent councillor. The Liberal Democrats gained one seat, while the Labour party lost three seats, with one defeated Labour councillor, Tina Durkin, blaming the Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup\nThe 2008 Royal Bank Cup was the 38th Junior \"A\" 2008 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The national championship was won by the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup\nThe Royal Bank Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and the host team, the Cornwall Colts of the Central Junior A Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup\nThe tournament ran from May 3\u201311, 2008 with games played at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall, Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup, Event\nThe 2008 Royal Bank Cup was kicked off with an announcement from the CJAHL that it was shortening its name to the Canadian Junior Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup, Event\nThe first game of the tournament was between the Western Champion Humboldt Broncos and the Host Cornwall Colts. The Colts, who finished the season barely breathing and only played five playoff games, held the Broncos to only one goal in the first period. In the second period, the Colts fell apart and allowed six more goals on the next 16 shots over the last forty minutes. Humboldt's Laurent Benjamin scored a hat trick, while Taylor Nelson made 21 saves in the 7\u20130 shutout victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup, Event\nThe early game on day two was between the Eastern Champion Weeks Crushers and the Pacific Champion Camrose Kodiaks. Weeks came out strong and took an early 1\u20130 lead, but the Crushers started taking a lot of penalties which killed their momentum. The Kodiaks scored five unanswered goals to win the game 5\u20131. In the late game, the Eastern Champion Oakville Blades challenged Cornwall. The Blades came out flat and left the first period down 2\u20130. Oakville returned on fire in the second period, scoring three goals in less than three and a half minutes. The momentum did not last, and the Colts took advantage by eventually pulling out an unexpected 5\u20134 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup, Event\nOn day three, the Kodiaks defeated the Broncos 2\u20131 in a very close game. The Broncos led the game until the final nine minutes by a score of 1\u20130, but the Kodiaks finally solved Taylor Nelson's 111+ minute shutout streak by score two quick goals to win the game. The late game placed the Oakville Blades against the Weeks Crushers. The Blades outshot the Crushers 49\u201325, but the Crushers kept it close and came from behind to tie it in the third period. The Crushers took advantage of a Too Many Men penalty in the extra frame as Geoff Hum scored a powerplay marker to win the game for the Crushers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup, Event\nThe only game of day four was between the Host Colts and the Fred Page Cup champion Weeks Crushers based in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. A strong opening period from the hometown Colts allowed for a 3\u20130 lead that was never breached by the Crushers. A lone goal by the Crushers in the second period would be as close as they would get to the Colts. Another three goal period by Cornwall in the final frame sealed the deal as the Colts skated to a 6\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup, Event\nOn day five, the early game had the Oakville Blades, on the brink of elimination, versus the Humboldt Broncos. The Broncos blew three leads in the game; 1\u20130, 2\u20131, and 5\u20133; to allow the Blades to live another day with a 7\u20136 victory. The loss for the Broncos kills their ability to clinch a semi-final spot before their final game. The next game was between Cornwall and Camrose. Cornwall came out to send a message and caught the Kodiaks on their heels. Camrose came out with a tight 2\u20131 victory despite badly outshooting them. Because of Humboldt's loss, both Camrose and Cornwall clinch a spot in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup, Event\nDespite the fact that they didn't play each other on day six, the day was a battle between Oakville and Humboldt. If Weeks defeated Humboldt, Oakville was in and Humboldt was out. If Oakville beat the undefeated Kodiaks in a game that meant nothing to them statistically, Humboldt was out and Oakville was in. If Humboldt won, they were in. If neither Weeks or Oakville won, Humboldt was in. The day began by the Humboldt showing their worth in a 4\u20131 victory over the Weeks Crushers. The day closed out with Camrose dismantling the Oakville Blades 6\u20131, even though the Blades outshot them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup, Event\nAfter six days of play, the Oakville Blades were eliminated from the tournament by virtue of their head-to-head loss to the Weeks Crushers. The Blades were suspect in the goaltending department. Goalie Oliver Wren sported an 0.810 save percentage, the worst amongst starting goaltenders in the tourney. Wren came into the tournament cold, having barely played in Oakville's long playoff run. Season and Playoff long starter Scott Greenham, left the team in the middle of the Dudley Hewitt Cup and could not return due to NCAA eligibility issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup, Event, Semi-finals\nThe Camrose Kodiaks defeated the Weeks Crushers by a score of 3\u20130 in the early semi-final. Two early first period goals and a strong patient defense held off the Crushers' attack. A late goal was added by the Kodiaks to ensure a fifth straight tournament victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup, Event, Semi-finals\nIn the late semi-final, the host Cornwall Colts played off against the Humboldt Broncos. The Broncos proved dominant, but the Colts kept the score tight. The score was 2-1 Humboldt after the first and 3-1 after the second, but the Colts could not hold on any longer as the Broncos cracked the twine three times in the third to complete the 6-1 route.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198448-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Royal Bank Cup, Event, Final\nThe RBC final was a battle of the goaltenders. Columbus Blue Jackets draft pick Allen York 27 of 28 shots for the Camrose Kodiaks, while a rock solid Taylor Nelson held a 31-save shutout for the Humboldt Broncos to win the Royal Bank Cup. Nelson made a game saving glove save with less than a second to go to hold on for Humboldt's second ever Royal Bank Cup. The game-winning goal was scored by Edward Gale in the first period on the power play. Gale is the cousin of former NHLer Gary Leeman. This marks the fourth time in six years that the Kodiaks have made the RBC tournament and have failed to win. The victory for the Humboldt Broncos marks their first national championship since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198449-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League European Bowl\nThe competition had a major setback with the Ukrainian team's visas not being passed in time for them to play a double header in Latvia. The tournament was won by Latvia, with an aggregate score of 110\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup\nThe 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 1954, and the first since the 2000 tournament. The tournament was held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 22 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup\n2008 was the fourth time that the World Cup was held in Australia, the first being in 1957. The tournament was won by New Zealand, who defeated Australia 34\u201320 in the final in one of the greatest upsets in the history of the sport. The tournament featured the best ten teams around the globe which were split into three groups. A total of eighteen matches took place in twelve different venues across four Australian states. The tournament ended a year of celebrations commemorating the centenary of the game in the southern hemisphere and was part of the Festival of World Cups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup\nThe thirteenth Cup was scheduled to be held in Australia in 2004, however the lack of international success by Great Britain and New Zealand after the 2000 World Cup and the rise of the Tri-Nations tournament meant that it was delayed for a further four years. The Rugby League International Federation officially announced this tournament on 6 May 2006, with further details on scheduling and dates following on 19 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup\nThe first match took place in Townsville between England and Papua New Guinea, although the official opening ceremony of the competition occurred before the Australia and New Zealand match the following day in Sydney. The final took place at Lang Park (Suncorp Stadium) in Brisbane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup\nThe tournament proved a commercial success, delivering a profit of A$5 million and re-establishing the credibility of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Format, Draw\nThe draw, after being confirmed by the RLIF on 19 April 2007, involved three groups. The first group was made up of four teams; Australia, England, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Whilst the other two groups involved three teams each. The semi finals were made up of the first three teams in the first group and the winner of a playoff between the winners of the second and third groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Format, Draw\nThe draw was put into doubt after the Papua New Guinea team claimed that it was unfair to them and threatened to boycott the tournament should it not be changed. Marcus Bai, former Papua New Guinean winger and captain, said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Format, Draw\nThey have to change it and if they don't, we won't come. We will ring up the other island nations and teams elsewhere who don't qualify and we can have our own competition. They have shown no respect for our country or for our efforts to promote the game up there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Format, Draw\nFortunately for the tournament, this separate island competition did not eventuate. Papua New Guinea still remained upset with the draw, seeing it as a huge challenge but one which would have seen them be rewarded if they had won. The draw was finalised on 4 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Format, Points\nTeams received 2 points for a win, and 1-point for a draw. This meant that, unlike in the Australasian National Rugby League, there was no \"golden point\" rule enforced. In group stages, if two teams had the same number of points then positions were determined on points difference, the number of points scored minus the number of points conceded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Format, Ranking matches\nAfter group matches were completed, a match featuring the second placed teams in Group B and Group C took place with the winner receiving 7th place. Similarly the third placed teams in Group B and Group C played off for 9th place. It was believed that these results were to be taken into account in the 2009 RLIF World Rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Qualification\nThe hosts, Australia, were given automatic entry into the World Cup, along with New Zealand, England, France and Papua New Guinea. The five remaining places in the World Cup were determined by qualification rounds. Two European rounds and Pacific, Atlantic and Rep\u00eachage rounds were scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Qualification\nTonga and Fiji became the first two nations to qualify after Tonga defeated Samoa 18\u201310 in Leeds on 22 October, forcing Samoa to enter the rep\u00eachage. In the European Group Two, Ireland drew 16\u201316 with Lebanon to ensure qualification, while Lebanon were forced to enter the rep\u00eachage. The final automatic place went to Scotland, who defeated Wales 37\u201332 on aggregate after two legs. Wales then faced Lebanon in the rep\u00eachage semi-final, where they lost in a surprise 50\u201326 defeat, to knock them out of World Cup Qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Qualification\nLebanon then faced Samoa, who beat USA 42\u201310 in the first semi-final, on 14 November for the final qualifying position. The game was won by Samoa, 38\u201316, and so they booked the tenth and final place. Many qualification matches were broadcast live by Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, whilst BigPondTV broadcast matches online for other fans around the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Match officials\nSix referees from four countries controlled matches in the tournament. These four nations also provided touch judges while England and Australia provided the video referees. In support of the Australian National Breast Cancer Foundation, the referees wore pastel pink shirts while officiating matches to raise awareness. The shirts, which carried the NBCF logo on the collar, were signed by the team captains at each World Cup game and were later auctioned off with the proceeds going to the NBCF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Venues\nDue to Rugby League World Cup rules prohibiting the use of commercial venue names, all venues were known by their non-commercial names, e.g. Suncorp Stadium was known as Lang Park during the tournament. Lang Park would also host the World Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Opening ceremony\nOn Sunday night, 26 October, the Sydney Football Stadium hosted the Opening Ceremony of the World Cup. It started with Greg Inglis reciting a speech about \"Playing Fair\". Following Inglis' speech there was an Aboriginal Smoking ceremony to welcome all the athletes and participants. This included a rather large sized Rainbow Serpent which represented the Aboriginal Dreamtime. The last part of the ceremony involved a performance of the Rugby League World Cup anthem \"Hero\" by Natalie Bassingthwaighte. A curtain raiser to the Australia vs. New Zealand match included an Indigenous Australian squad playing against New Zealand M\u0101ori which featured several prominent NRL players and rising stars, including Chris Sandow, Wairangi Koopu, Preston Campbell, Sam Thaiday, Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Carl Webb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Opening ceremony\nAs part of the official opening of the World Cup on 26 October, an exhibition game was played between an Aboriginal selection and a New Zealand M\u0101ori side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Group stage\nThe 2008 Rugby League World Cup's eighteen matches were played during October and November in various locations throughout the east coast of Australia. The tournament's teams were divided into three pool groups. The teams finishing highest amongst those groups progressed to the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Group stage\nAll teams from group A (shaded in green) with the exception of the bottom qualifying team progressed to the semi-finals, the other two groups the top finisher progressed to a playoff match, in which the winner would qualify to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Criticism and controversy\nDue to the generally poor response of the 2000 World Cup, there were several key criticisms of the tournament before any matches had kicked off. The RLIF were forced to defend the credibility of the tournament in October 2007 after New Zealand, one of the favourites for the competition, were heavily beaten in a Test match 58\u20130 in Wellington against Australia. Another concern was whether there would be enough competitiveness throughout the ten teams, with some fans worried about the possibility of too many one-sided matches, which was a common sight in the Group Stages of the 2000 tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Criticism and controversy\nRicky Stuart, coach of the Australian team, was reported to be so incensed by his team's defeat in the final that he verbally attacked Geoff Carr, the chief executive of Australian Rugby League, claiming that tournament organisers and match officials conspired to cause the Australian loss. The next morning he had a chance meeting with Ashley Klein, who refereed the final, and Stuart Cummings, the Rugby Football League's director of match officials, at their hotel. He reportedly abused both officials in front of a number of witnesses, calling Klein a cheat, and behaved in an aggressive and physically intimidating manner. Stuart later apologised for his behaviour and resigned from his post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Tickets\nTickets for Australian residents went on sale 7 November 2007 and internationally on 18 February. However tickets were not distributed until 3 March. Ticketek were announced as the official ticketing agency for the competition, selling tickets for all matches. Ticketmaster and Pilbeam Theatre were selling tickets to the Telstra Dome and Browne Park matches respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Sponsorship\nThe Official Sponsors of the Rugby League World Cup 2008 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, \"Heroes Here 08\" campaign\nThe World Cup's \"Heroes Here 08\" promotional campaign was launched at the Sydney Opera House on 6 May 2008. At the launch, Paul Kind, the World Cup Director of Marketing, explained, \"Heroes Here 08 underlines that fact that the international game, and particularly this tournament, will bring out the best in every player who takes part. It will create heroes.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, \"Heroes Here 08\" campaign\nNatalie Bassingthwaighte recorded an \"Australian version\" of the Mariah Carey song \"Hero\" which accompanied the \"Heroes 08\" promotional video and other World Cup advertising. The World Cup Opening Ceremony featured a live performance of the song by Bassingthwaighte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, \"Heroes Here 08\" campaign\nFilming of visuals for the promotional video began in Leeds during the worldwide ticketing launch for the event in November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, \"Heroes Here 08\" campaign\nAdvertising agency MJW, celebrity photographer Garry Heery and production company Engine worked together to combine the latest digital animation with a dark and determined set that highlighted the passion players feel in representing their country on the international stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, \"Heroes Here 08\" campaign\nThe Heroes campaign featured Mark Gasnier (Australia), Roy Asotasi (New Zealand), Rob Burrow (England), Keith Peters (PNG), Waisale Sukanaveita (Fiji), Nigel Vagana (Samoa), Jerome Guisset (France), Lee Paterson (Scotland), Stuart Littler (Ireland) and Lopini Paea (Tonga). Gasnier was later removed from some of the promotional material after he left the sport mid-season and was replaced by Darren Lockyer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, \"Heroes Here 08\" campaign\nThe video also appeared in the video game Rugby League 2: World Cup Edition, which featured a world cup mode based on the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Broadcasting, Television\nThe 2008 World Cup had 26 separate television deals taking coverage to 127 countries and generating more than $20 million income. A global television audience of 19.2 million made it the most widely broadcast event in the game's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Broadcasting, Television\nChannel 9 broadcast all Group A matches and the Knockout Stage matches in Australia. Fox Sports broadcast all Group B and C matches plus Ranking Stage matches live. In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports broadcast all matches live, meaning that all were shown in the morning and some as early as 06:00\u00a0am with highlights being shown on the BBC. Sky Sport showed all games live across New Zealand. Mai TV broadcast all matches live in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Islands and the Solomon Islands. Orange Sport provided coverage of all matches live in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Broadcasting, Television\nCoverage of the competition also extended to countries not taking part. Showtime showed all matches live across the Middle East. G offered coverage of all games in many countries in Africa. Astro showed all matches in Malaysia, and ESPN360 showed all matches in the United States. In Brazil, some matches were broadcast by Bandsports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Broadcasting, Television\nThe only participating country with no television coverage of the matches was Tonga; the RLIF were hoping to secure a deal before the World Cup started, but this never happened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198450-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup, Broadcasting, Television\nBigPondTV, an online television station, broadcast all matches live and also repeated matches. This service was available to everyone for free.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198451-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Final\nThe 2008 Rugby League World Cup final was the championship-deciding game of the 2008 Rugby League World Cup tournament. Played between New Zealand and Australia on 22 November 2008 at Brisbane's Lang Park, the match was a re-play of the 2000 Rugby League World Cup final and its outcome determined who became World Cup-holders for the following five years. In one of the biggest rugby league upsets of all time, New Zealand beat Australia by 34-20 after trailing by four points at half time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198451-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Final, Background\nAustralia went into the final as favourites, having not only won every game of the tournament so far, but each with margins ranging from 24 to 52 points. It was Australia's 10th consecutive World Cup Final having played in each one since the second-ever in 1957, and New Zealand's 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198451-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Final, Background\nThe 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 1954, and the first since the 2000 tournament. The tournament was held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 22 November. The two teams had played each other once already at this World Cup in the opening ceremony where Australia ran out easy winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198451-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Final, Match Details\nAustralia went into the match as clear favorites. They had won 9 of the previous 12 Rugby League world cup's including the last six consecutively. Australia had also not lost since 2006. New Zealand had won the Tri nations in 2005 but had lost to Australia eight times in a row since that victory. The TAB offered odds of more than 20 to one on a Kiwi win by more than 13 points and New Zealand were paying $6.25 to win at many outlets. Suncorp Stadium was sold out months in advance for the final. The captains of both teams, Nathan Cayless and Darren Lockyer, were the only players in this match who had also played in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198451-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Final, Match Details\nAt halftime Justin Morgan said on the BBC \"It has been a great display from both teams in the first half. The Kiwis have been a little unlucky but they are still in the game and I would like to see them put the ball in the air more in the second half and see if they can get some results.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198451-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Final, Match Details\nThe game was the Australian team's first loss since Great Britain defeated them in November 2006 and their first loss to New Zealand since November 2005. It was also their first loss in a World Cup match since 1995 and in a final since 1972. 1.2 million Australians watched the game live on television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198451-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Final, Post Match\nHundreds of New Zealanders welcomed the team home at Auckland Airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198451-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Final, Post Match\nRicky Stuart, coach of the Australian team, was reported to be so incensed by his team's defeat in the final that he verbally attacked Geoff Carr, the Chief Executive of Australian Rugby League, claiming that tournament organisers and match officials conspired to cause the Australian loss. The next morning he had a chance meeting with Ashley Klein, who refereed the final, and Stuart Cummings, the Rugby Football League's director of match officials, at their hotel. He reportedly abused both officials in front of a number of witnesses, calling Klein a cheat, and behaved in an aggressive and physically intimidating manner. Stuart later apologised for his behaviour and resigned from his post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198451-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Final, Post Match\nThe Kiwis were nominated for team of the year in the Halberg Awards but lost to the gold medal rowing pair of Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A\n2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A was one of the three groups of teams that competed in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Group A was the largest of the tournament, consisting of four teams: Australia, New Zealand, England and Papua New Guinea. After all teams had played each other once, only Papua New Guinea did not advance to 2008 Rugby League World Cup Knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs Papua New Guinea\nThe World Cup tournament opened with England facing Papua New Guinea at Townsville in tropical North Queensland. It was to be the first time the two nations had met at a World Cup and second time ever since 1975, the Kumuls having only played against Great Britain previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs Papua New Guinea\nThe first points of the tournament were scored in the twelfth minute of the game by English winger Ade Gardner who received a short ball from dummy half James Roby close to the try-line and dived over in the right corner. Kevin Sinfield's sideline conversion was successful and the score was 6 nil. PNG responded with a try of their own seven minutes later when Rod Griffin, running a good line, received the ball from dummy half Paul Aiton and crashed over near the uprights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs Papua New Guinea\nJohn Wilshere kicked the extras and with a quarter of the match gone the score was level at 6 all. In the twenty-sixth minute PNG's Jessie Joe Parker was taken from the field and subsequently to hospital with a suspected fractured eye socket. Two minutes later England were on the attack and spread it out wide to the left this time for Lee Smith who crossed for a try in his World Cup debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs Papua New Guinea\nSinfield was again successful with his sideline conversion, making the score 12 - 6 in favour of the English with ten minutes of the first half remaining. The Kumuls however were dominating possession, making their opposition do a mountain of defence, and just after the 35-minute mark, while raiding England's line again, PNG's five-eighth, Stanley Gene (playing in his third consecutive World Cup), threw a cut-out pass to Jason Chan that saw him cross untouched for Papua New Guinea's second try. Wilshere's conversion made the scores level once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs Papua New Guinea\nWith a minute until the half-time siren Kumuls halfback Keith Peters sent a high kick across-field which England couldn't secure and it bounced up for winger George Kepa who put it down in the corner. The video referee ruled it was a try and Wilshere's attempt at goal from the sideline was missed so Papua New Guinea went into the half-time break leading 16 - 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs Papua New Guinea\nLess than seven minutes into the second half Papua New Guinea crossed England's line again but the try was disallowed by Shane Hayne for a slightly forward pass. England were the first to score with Smith crossing from close range in the fifty-first minute to pick up his second try and level the scores again. Sinfield's conversion attempt was unsuccessful, leaving the score at 16 all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs Papua New Guinea\nThe English however, with the weight of possession, raided the Kumuls' line repeatedly and scored again in the 58th minute with halfback Rob Burrow dummying wide before passing back inside for Martin Gleeson to go over untouched from close range. This gave England the lead once more and Sinfield converted the try, pushing the margin out to six points with just over a quarter of the match remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs Papua New Guinea\nWith Papua New Guinea struggling to get out of their own half, England's Danny McGuire sent his winger Smith over the try-line once again, but the pass was ruled to have been forward. However, in the seventieth minute, England worked the ball to the other wing and Gardner crossed out wide for his second try off what appeared to be a forward pass from Leon Pryce. Sinfield's boot added the extras to give England the biggest lead of the match so far at 28 - 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0003-0003", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs Papua New Guinea\nThree minutes later, now back on the other wing, England made a break and got the ball to Smith who crossed again. The video referee was required to check the grounding as PNG's fullback Wilshere had gotten his arm between the ground and the ball, but the try was awarded, giving Smith a hat-trick. Sinfield's conversion attempt was wide but England had scored twenty unanswered points in the second half and had a comfortable lead at 32 - 16 with only six minutes to play left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0003-0004", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs Papua New Guinea\nThis would not be the final score however, as from the restart Papua New Guinea went for the short kick-off and successfully re-gathered, going on the attack. On the last tackle Peters sent a grubber through and Aiton dived on it for the Kumuls' fourth try. Wilshere's conversion put the final score at 32 - 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs New Zealand\nAlthough this was actually the second World Cup match to be played, it featured the tournament's opening ceremony as it was the first game featuring hosts Australia and was played in Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs New Zealand\nThe first points of the match came from a penalty kick by Johnathan Thurston (playing despite the murder of his uncle the previous day in a Brisbane park)  after New Zealand's Simon Mannering held Brett Stewart down for too long in a tackle at the 9-minute mark. Three minutes later the Kiwis were again penalised in their own territory when Steve Matai's swinging arm struck Paul Gallen in the head, the incident being placed on report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs New Zealand\nAustralia opted to attack New Zealand's line and the first try of the match went to Greg Inglis who beat his opposite number Matai to dive over. Thurston's successful conversion gave the Kangaroos an 8 nil lead. Later as the Kiwis were on the attack, second-rower Sika Manu, playing his debut match for New Zealand, ran an inside line onto a Benji Marshall short ball and found a way through the middle of Australia's defence to touch down near the uprights just on 27 minutes. Matai's conversion brought the margin back to two points. Shortly after however, Australia struck back through debutant winger Joel Monaghan whose try was awarded by the on-field referee after the video official referred the decision back to him. Thurston's conversion gave the Kangaroos a 14 - 6 lead going into the half-time break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 873]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs New Zealand\nAustralia were again the first to score in the second half, this time on the right side, with Israel Folau's arm reaching out over one of his tacklers at the goal-line to plant the ball down in the 48th minute. Thurston missed his first kick of the night so the score was 18 - 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs New Zealand\nTen minutes later Brent Tate was being taken from the field with a neck injury just before the Australian halfback Thurston made a break mid-field and, as he was being brought to the ground by a defender, threw the ball back for Billy Slater to regather and score. Thurston then kicked the extras, pushing Australia's lead out to three converted tries with just under a quarter of the match remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs New Zealand\nWith less than three minutes of game time left the Kiwis looked to have scored a consolation try when Jerome Ropati crashed over out wide, the decision being put to the video referee. The replay however showed that the Australian fullback, Slater, had slid across in desperation feet-first, knocking the ball from Ropati's grasp with his boot just before he could touch it to the ground. In the final seconds of the match Australia scored one more try when quick hands from Slater flicked the ball out wide for Folau who dived over for his second. Cameron Smith was assigned the conversion from the side-line and was successful, giving the Kangaroos a 30 - 6 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea\nIn the second week of the tournament, Group A's New Zealand and Papua New Guinea faced off at Queensland's Gold Coast. It was the first time the two countries had met since the Kiwis had a 64-0 win over the Kumuls at Palmerston North in 1996. Papua New Guinea made no changes to their side from the previous match, while New Zealand were without Steve Matai who was serving a suspension due to his high tackle on Australia's Paul Gallen in their previous match. This meant Krisnan Inu got his chance to play, and Sika Manu and Dene Halatau were also replaced by Isaac Luke and David Fa'alogo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea\nThe first points came in the ninth minute when New Zealand, from fifteen metres out, moved the ball through the hands from the right side of the field out to the left, catching PNG's defence outnumbered so Jermoe Ropati could crossed untouched. Krisnan Inu's conversion attempt missed, leaving the score at 4 nil. Less than four minutes later it was Ropati again who fell over PNG's line, but was held up in goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea\nIn the sixteenth minute the Kiwis again moved the ball out wide through the hands, this time to the right side where Simon Mannering was able to pass untouched between the thinly stretched defence to score. Inu kicked the extras and New Zealand were leading 10 nil. Mannering scored his second try eight minutes later, again on the right side of the field, after taking on the defensive line and breaking through. Inu's conversion was successful, taking New Zealand's lead out to 16 nil with fourteen minutes of the first half remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea\nNew Zealand's defence then withstood a series of assaults on their line when Papua New Guinea got repeat sets. Back in the Kumuls' half though, the Kiwis scored in the thirty-fourth minute, again on the right wing, when Benji Marshall threw an enormous cut out pass over to Sam Perrett who jogged over unchallenged by PNG's severely outnumbered defence. Inu's conversion made it 22 unanswered points by New Zealand and this would remain the scoreline at the half time break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea\nMarshall, New Zealand's key play maker, sat out the second half to ice a tightened hamstring muscle and after seven minutes it was Papua New Guinea who got the first points. On the left side of the field Neville Costigan got a pass out of a tackle to Jessie Joe Parker who also managed to pass from a tackle back inside for winger David Moore to race through some defenders and over the try-line, improving his kicker's field position by putting the ball down behind the uprights. Wilshere's simple conversion made the score 22 - 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea\nIn the fifty-sixth minute, New Zealand returned to their try-scoring ways when Isaac Luke ran from dummy half thirty-seven metres out from Papua New Guinea's line and evaded a few defenders to score. Inu, however, missed the simple conversion. The Kiwis crossed again in the fifty-ninth minute from close range, Fa'alogo receiving a short ball from Fien and barging over the line. Isaac Luke missed the conversion so the score was 30\u20136 with a quarter of the match remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea\nLess than ten minutes later, Adam Blair scored in the same spot, taking a short ball from dummy half Leuluai at close range and crashing over. Inu, making a return to the goal-kicking job, successfully converted the try. In the seventy-first minute, New Zealand were attacking again when Luke kicked high and to the left wing. Inu leapt for it but couldn't catch the ball and it ricocheted off the PNG defence before coming down for Sam Perrett to regather and ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0009-0003", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea\nAfter examination by the video referee of a possible New Zealand knock on, the try was awarded due to the benefit of the doubt. Inu's conversion attempt was successful, bringing the score to 42\u20136. The Kiwis got one more try in the match when Greg Eastwood ran the ball from over thirty metres out, stepping and brushing past some defenders to score under the posts. The extras were kicked by Inu, leaving the final score at 48\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea\nThe loss for Papua New Guinea effectively ended their hopes of making the semi-finals, now requiring a win over Australia by an enormous margin to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nThe last time the New Zealand and England sides met was in the semi-final of the 2000 World Cup, with the Kiwis winning 49 to 6. So far in this tournament both sides had defeated Papua New Guinea and lost to Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nChanges to the New Zealand side were: Jason Nightingale in for Sam Perrett on the right wing; Steve Matai, after serving his one-match suspension, regained his place at right centre from Krisnan Inu; Evarn Tuimivave replaced Nathan Cayless in the front row (with Benji Marshall being named captain); David Fa'alogo was moved from the bench into Setaimata Sa's spot in the second row; Sam Rapira was dropped with David Kidwell and Bronson Harrison added to the bench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nEngland were the first to score after getting repeat sets which took them down close to New Zealand's line where hooker Mickey Higham pushed through the defence from dummy half in the 4th minute. The simple conversion was kicked by Rob Purdham so the score was 6 nil. Less than 4 minutes later England were working the ball out from their own 10-metre line when they decided to pass out wide to their centre Keith Senior, who beat the defence and raced down along the left wing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nHe then passed back inside for Rob Burrow running up in support and the diminutive halfback was away for England's second try. Purdham's conversion was successful so England were in front 12 nil with under ten minutes of the match gone. However New Zealand struck back just on 13 minutes after a break made by centre Jerome Ropati from a scrum win mid-field afforded Manu Vatuvei a run at the disorganised defence from within ten metres, the giant winger barging his way over for his first try of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nThe conversion attempt by Steve Matai was wide, so the score remained 12 - 4 in favour of England. At the sixteen-minute mark from a scrum win the English stand-off, Martin Gleeson made a sudden break from 30 metres out and was into open space, his run good enough for the momentum to drag him and his tackler over the try-line. The video referee awarded the four points and Purdham kicked the extra two so England's lead was pushed out to 18 - 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0012-0003", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nIn the 20th minute, the Kiwis were down close to the English try-line when New Zealand fullback Lance Hohaia dummied and stepped his way through the defensive line and fought his way through his tacklers to force the ball down, the video referee awarding the try after some deliberation. The kick from Matai missed so the score was 18 - 8 with three quarters of the match still remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0012-0004", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nSix minutes later, England were back deep in New Zealand's territory when Burrow at first-receiver and on the last tackle stepped and dashed through the defence to score his second try of the night. Purdham's conversion put the score at England 24, New Zealand 8. A few minutes later play was halted while Kiwi centre Steve Matai was taken from the field after falling into a tackle awkwardly and injuring his neck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0012-0005", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nNew Zealand, ten metres into England's half and before the first tackle of a new set of six, offloaded from some tackles and kept the ball alive before sending it out to Jason Nightingale on the right wing where he dived over in the corner. Isaac Luke was given the sideline conversion attempt and kicked it, putting New Zealand back in the contest at 24 - 14, with three minutes of the first half remaining. No more points were scored before the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nIn the 47th minute, New Zealand were on the attack and were the first to score in the second half when a long pass from Hohaia out to Vatuvei saw him dive over untouched in the left corner for his second try of the match. The video referee awarded the try and Luke's sideline conversion attempt was wide, so the score was New Zealand 18, England 24. The Kiwi's then continued dominating possession and field position and in the 55th minute Vatuvei scored his 3rd, again diving over untouched in the corner after receiving a long ball from Hohaia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nOnce more Luke had to kick for goal from the sideline and this time was successful so the scores were level at 24 all. In the 69th minute, Luke gained his team a penalty when he was given a push by an England player while running in to contest a bomb and fell to the ground. The Kiwis decided to take the kick from in front of the posts and Luke got the two points which put New Zealand in the lead for the first time at 26 - 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nNew Zealand were attacking England's line again in the 75th minute when an English defender fumbled an intercept chance and from the confusion Nathan Fein, who was playing on despite a broken nose, picked up the ball and crashed over. The try was awarded by the video referee and the conversion was kicked by Jeremy Smith, so New Zealand led 32 to 24 with 5 minutes of the match remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0013-0003", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nThe Kiwis got one more try, again from Lance Hohaia throwing a long ball out to Manu Vatuvei to cross untouched on the left wing once more, his fourth try for the night. Benji Marshall took the sideline conversion attempt and missed, but the game was already beyond doubt, with New Zealand winning 36 - 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, England vs New Zealand\nManu Vatuvei's four tries saw him break the record of three previously held by Robbie Paul and Lesley Vainikolo for most tries in a World Cup match by a New Zealand player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs Papua New Guinea\nThe last time these two teams had met was in 2001 at Port Moresby when Australia defeated Papua New Guinea by 42 points, and it was their first World Cup match since 1992. Papua New Guinea's place in the tournament was at stake, with a win by more than 2 points required. The Kangaroos' undefeated run so far had guaranteed their place in the play-offs so they could afford to experiment with the player lineup for this match. Captain Darren Lockyer and star fullback Billy Slater were rested while four of the Australians were to make their international debuts: Terry Campese taking Lockyer's place at five-eighth, Darius Boyd, David Williams and Anthony Watmough. Karmichael Hunt took Slater's place at fullback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs Papua New Guinea\nAustralia opened the scoring in the ninth minute when Johnathan Thurston kicked across-field from close range for winger David Williams, making his international debut, to leap for and score in the right corner. Thurston then converted the try so the score was 6 nil. Just over two minutes later Williams crossed in the corner again after receiving a long ball from Karmichal Hunt which was ruled to be forward, so no try was given. Terry Campese, making his debut for Australia was forced to leave the field after receiving a poke in the eye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs Papua New Guinea\nAustralia were attacking close to PNG's line again in the twenty-second minute when the ball was moved out to the other wing where Joel Monaghan forced his way over. The video referee ruled that he'd got the ball down, and after Thurston's second successful kick from near the sideline, this time the left one, the score was 12 nil in favour of the Kangaroos. Less than three minutes later, Australia were again up on the Kumuls' line when quick hands got the ball out to Monaghan and he dived over in the corner untouched for his second try.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs Papua New Guinea\nThurston's kicking accuracy from difficult angles continued so The Kangaroos had 18 unanswered points. Slick passing before PNG's line resulted in Australia's fourth try as well, this time out to the right for David Williams to cross untouched. Thurston missed his fourth sideline conversion of the night, so the score was 22 nil with three minutes of the first half remaining. No more points were scored before the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs Papua New Guinea\nAfter holding out Australia's first raid on their line successfully, Papua New Guinea were about to start working their way back up the field when they conceded an easy try to Scott Prince who rushed up to intercept a Stanley Gene pass to score under the posts. Thurston's kick was simple so the score was 28 nil after forty-three minutes. Ten minutes later Australia scored again after keeping the ball alive close to the Kumuls' line, Prince crossing untouched again for his second try.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs Papua New Guinea\nThurston again kicked the extra two points so the score was 34 nil with twenty-five minutes of the match remaining. In the seventieth minute the Australians, while in their own half, moved the ball out to the right where Williams got it and ran forty metres to score his third try. In doing so he became only the third Kangaroo since Lionel Morgan in 1960 and Brad Mackay in 1990 to score a hat-trick on debut for Australia. Thurston kicked another sideline conversion so it was 40 nil. Papua New Guinea's kick-off was short and they successfully regained the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs Papua New Guinea\nAfter working their way up into an attacking position close to the Kangaroos' try-line, Ron Griffin put in the perfect grubber kick behind the defence for Menzie Yere to run through and dive on. Wiltshere converted successfully so the score was 40 - 6 in favour of the home side. Australia scored one more try a few minutes later when Anthony Tupou ran onto a short pass from close range to put the ball down behind the posts. Thurston's kick made the final score 46 - 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Australia vs Papua New Guinea\nThe match was the last international for Stanley Gene, the only player to have played in the last three World Cups, who was chaired from the field by his teammates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198452-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A, Final standings\nAll teams from group A (shaded in green) with the exception of the bottom qualifying team will progress to the semi-finals, the other two groups the top finisher will progress to a playoff match, in which the winner will qualify to the semi-finals. Australia were the only team in the tournament to play all their group stage matches with no losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198453-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group B\n2008 Rugby League World Cup Group B was one of the three groups of teams that competed in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Group B consisted of three teams: Fiji, Scotland and France. After all teams played had each other once, only Fiji advanced to 2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198453-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group B, Final standings\nIn the 2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage Fiji played in the qualifying final while Scotland and France played for 7th and 9th place respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198454-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group C\n2008 Rugby League World Cup Group C was one of the three groups of teams that competed in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup tournament's group stage. Group C consisted of three teams: Ireland, Tonga and Samoa. After all teams played had each other once, only Ireland advanced to 2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198454-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup Group C, Group C, Final standings\nIn the 2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage Ireland played in the qualifying final while Tonga and Samoa played for 7th and 9th place respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage\nThe 2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage took place after the Group stage of the 2008 Rugby League World Cup and culminated in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, 7th-place playoff, Scotland vs Tonga\nThis was the lowest-attended match of the tournament, however it was filled to capacity for a ground that had never seen top-level rugby league before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-final qualifier, Fiji vs Ireland\nFiji and Ireland, who had finished at the top of their respective groups, faced off at Queensland's Gold Coast. At stake was the chance to play Australia in the semi-final. Fiji had lost prop Iowane Divavesi to a two-match ban for tripping just hours before the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 81], "content_span": [82, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-final qualifier, Fiji vs Ireland\nAmhr\u00e1n na bhFiann was performed as the Ireland team's national anthem before the match. Fiji opened the scoring early with their captain Wes Naiqama from the half way line finding space down the right side of the field and scoring on the 2-minute mark. He then converted his own try so the score was 6 nil. About 5 minutes later Ireland responded with their own 50-metre runaway try down the right side thanks to winger Damien Blanch. Pat Richards kicked the extras so the scores were level at 6 all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 81], "content_span": [82, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-final qualifier, Fiji vs Ireland\nIn the 25th minute Fiji were penalised just over 40 metres out from their own line and the Irish decided to take the shot at goal. Richards' attempt went wide so the score remained unchanged. Fiji scored again about 5 minutes later when from close-range, Akuila Uate ran from dummy half on his wing infield to find a gap in the defence and score near the uprights. Naiqama's conversion was successful so Fiji led 12 - 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 81], "content_span": [82, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-final qualifier, Fiji vs Ireland\nIt was Ireland's turn to score again and they did so in the 46th minute when from within Fiji's 10-metre line, captain Scott Grix decided to run from first receiver, charging through a gap and getting the ball down. Richards' kick to level the scores hit the upright and missed, so Fiji remained two points ahead at 12 - 10 and this was the score until half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 81], "content_span": [82, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-final qualifier, Fiji vs Ireland\nAbout a minute into the second half Fiji were up at their opponents' try-line when hooker James Storer ran from dummy half and crashed over but was held up by the defence. After repeated raids on the Irish try-line and despite some enormous drop-outs from Pat Richards, Fiji kept on coming and scored just on 55 minutes, when from close range Jason Bukuya found a gap in the defence and reached out to plant the ball down. Naiqama's conversion was successful so Fiji led 18 - 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 81], "content_span": [82, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-final qualifier, Fiji vs Ireland\nA few minutes later Fiji were again down close to Ireland's try-line when they got a penalty for a ruck infringement. Naiqama decided to take the shot at goal and didn't miss, so the score was 20 - 10 in favour of Fiji with seventeen minutes left on the clock. Ireland continued to be under siege and 10 metres out from their line, Fiji's halfback Aaron Groom stabbed a kick in behind the defence for Jarryd Hayne to chase and put down after clipping one of the uprights in his haste in the 66th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 81], "content_span": [82, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-final qualifier, Fiji vs Ireland\nThe video referee awarded the try and Naiqama kicked the simple conversion so Fiji had a comfortable lead at 26 - 10. Ten minutes later Fiji scored again after continuing to attack Ireland's line, this time Uate crossing out wide on the right wing. Naiqama's kick from the sideline hit the upright and missed, so with just over 5 minutes of the game remaining, the score was 30 - 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 81], "content_span": [82, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0004-0003", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-final qualifier, Fiji vs Ireland\nIreland got one more chance to attack Fiji's line in the closing minutes and it was Blanch who scored for them again, benefiting from a good offload from Lee Doran close to the try-line. Richards missed the conversion attempt so the final score was Fiji 30, Ireland 14. The Bati would play Australia next, with the winner of that match going to the World Cup Final, while the Irish exited the tournament with A$75,000 prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 81], "content_span": [82, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, New Zealand vs England\nIn a re-play of both sides' last match, New Zealand once again faced England, this time for the right to play in the World Cup final. English coach Tony Smith left it to within an hour of kick-off before naming his team for the match. Kevin Sinfield was dropped from his position on the bench. Ben Westwood was promoted from the bench to the run-on side. For New Zealand Jason Nightingale was replaced by Sam Perrett. Sika Manu's faster than expected recovery from an eye socket injury saw his return with David Kidwell dropped in his place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, New Zealand vs England\nNo British side had won a test match in Brisbane since Wales had defeated England at Lang Park during the 1975 World Cup. New Zealand had lost their last 8 international matches in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, New Zealand vs England\nThis time when the Kiwis performed their haka, the England side stood in a line ten metres away and faced them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, New Zealand vs England\nIn the ninth minute New Zealand were on the attack courtesy of a mistake from England and got the first try of the match, passing to Sam Perrett on the right wing who crossed out wide, then improved his kicker's position before putting the ball down. Jeremy Smith's conversion was successful so England trailed 6\u2013nil. England, also benefitting from some New Zealand mistakes, were attacking the Kiwis' line and threw the ball out wide to the right wing as well and Ade Gardner dived over in the corner just before the fifteen-minute mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, New Zealand vs England\nThe video referee showed that Gardner's toe touched the sideline before he grounded the ball so the try was not given. Four minutes later the Kiwis were back down at England's end when Lance Hohaia got over for a close-range try. Smith's kick went wide so the score was 10\u2013nil in favour of New Zealand with a quarter of the match gone. Rob Purdham's restart kick went over the sideline on the full so New Zealand got the ball back and in the following set of six they scored again through Jerome Ropati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, New Zealand vs England\nSmith's kick was good this time, so the Kiwis had 16 unanswered points. Then in the twenty-ninth minute England had an opportunity in attack down at New Zealand's end and kept the ball alive, the ball going to captain Jamie Peacock who forced his way over from close range. Purdham missed the conversion attempt so the score remained 16\u20134 in favour of the Kiwis. A New Zealand knock-on less than two minutes from half time saw the English get a scrum a few metres into the opposition's half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0008-0003", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, New Zealand vs England\nIn a bold set move from the scrum base, England's loose forward Purdham broke away with the ball and immediately kicked it ahead for Danny Maguire racing through to regather and dive over by the goal posts. The video referee ruled that the chaser was only just in line with the kicker so the try was awarded. Rob Burrow was given the conversion attempt and kicked it, so England were back within a converted try at 16\u201310 at the half-time break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, New Zealand vs England\nAfter a few minutes of the second half, England second-rower Gareth Ellis was forced from the field with a rib injury. Both sides had attacking opportunities during the first 16 minutes of the half, but it was New Zealand's Bronson Harrison who scored first after receiving a good short ball from halfback Nathan Fien on England's twenty metre line which saw him cut through the defence, step past the fullback and score by the uprights. Smith's conversion meant the score was New Zealand 22, England 10 with twenty-two minutes of the match remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, New Zealand vs England\nAfter a bomb from England which Hohaia failed to take securely, England were on the attack again. They moved the ball out through the hands to the right, and centre Martin Gleeseon dragged himself through the defence to reach out and score in the sixty-first minute. Burrow kicked the sideline conversion so England were back within a converted try of New Zealand at 22\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, New Zealand vs England\nThe Kiwis then got repeat sets down near England's line and were the next to score: Fien kicked the ball over towards the goal posts and as it came down in-goal two English defenders failed to secure it and Jerome Ropati was there to fall onto it. Benji Marshall was given the conversion this time and kicked it successfully so the score was 28\u201316 with ten minutes to go. Three minutes later England gave themselves a glimmer of hope when Maguire found space between New Zealand's defence and ran through it from fifteen metres out to score by the posts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198455-0009-0003", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, New Zealand vs England\nBurrow's conversion meant that England were back within six points with six minutes of the game left to go. However the English were let down by further handling errors and New Zealand were the last to score after England again failed to defend against a bomb out to the left, Marshall putting it down in the corner at the seventy-eighth minute, placing the game beyond doubt. Smith missed the sideline conversion so the final score was 32\u201322. England then went home with A$130,000 prize money and New Zealand had booked a place in the final the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198456-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying\n2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying matches took place from April 2006 to November 2007. Of the ten teams to compete in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, five of them qualified based on their performance in these matches. The other five teams had qualified automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198456-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying, Qualified teams\n6 Asian-Pacific teams qualified for the World Cup; 3 qualified automatically, with the top 2 in the Pacific qualifying group also reaching the finals. Samoa finished third in the Pacific qualifying group and earned a qualification spot by winning the repechage. 4 European teams qualified for the World Cup. 2 qualified automatically, with a further 2 finals berths for the winner of each European qualifying group. No teams from the Atlantic qualifying group reached the finals, with the USA losing at the repechage semi-final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198456-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying, Continental qualifying, Europe\nGroup BIn early 2011 Ireland and Lebanon's two draws, which involved Ryan Tandy and Jai Ayoub, became subject to police investigation as the two had been connected to match-fixing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198456-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying, Continental qualifying, Atlantic\nOriginally the USA, Japan, South Africa and West Indies were going to compete in a fourway tournament at Bernie Robbins Stadium, Atlantic City from 21\u201328 October. However the West Indies and South Africa withdrew and so a one-off match was played between Japan and the USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198457-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup squads\nThe 2008 Rugby League World Cup featured the national teams (selected from twenty-four-man squads) of ten nations: Australia, England, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, France, Scotland, Ireland, Samoa, and Tonga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198457-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup squads, Pool A, Australia\nHead coach: Ricky Stuart Assistant coaches: John Cartwright and Allan Langer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198457-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup squads, Pool A, Australia\n1 Replaced originally selected Brett Stewart and Justin Hodges who withdrew on 16 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198457-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup squads, Pool A, Australia\n2 Replaced originally selected Michael Crocker who withdrew due to injury on 9 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198457-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup squads, Pool A, New Zealand\n1 Replaced originally named Iosia Soliola who withdrew due to injury on 21 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198457-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup squads, Pool A, New Zealand\n2 Replaced originally named Brent Webb and Jeff Lima who withdrew due to injury on 7 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198457-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup squads, Pool B, Scotland\nExcept for Edinburgh Eagles stand-off Paddy Couper, all of the Scottish team's players were selected under the grandparent rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198457-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Rugby League World Cup squads, Welcome to Country\nAs part of the official opening of the World Cup on 26 October, an exhibition game was played between an Aboriginal selection and a New Zealand M\u0101ori side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198458-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Runnymede Borough Council election\nElections to Runnymede Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198458-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Runnymede Borough Council election\nThree councillors had resigned from the council before the election and a further two did not stand for re-election. No seats changed hands with the Conservative party remaining dominant on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198459-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rushmoor Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Rushmoor Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198459-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives held 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats 7, Labour 6 and a further 3 vacant. 15 seats were up for election with 2 seats in St Johns ward being contested after the death of Conservative councillor Graham Tucker. The other 2 vacant seats were in Cove and Southwood, and Empress wards, where Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors respectively stood down at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198459-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Campaign\n50 candidates were standing including 4 from the British National Party and 1 from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party as well as candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour parties. The candidates included a 19-year-old Conservative in Heron Wood ward who was hoping to become the youngest ever councillor in Rushmoor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198459-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Campaign\nIssues in the election included local developments, an increase in flights at Farnborough Airfield, the recent trial of alternate weekly rubbish collection, anti-social behaviour, spending cuts and councillors' expenses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198459-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council with 29 seats compared to 8 for the Liberal Democrats and 5 Labour. The Conservatives gained two seats from the Liberal Democrats in Cove and Southwood and West Heath wards to increase their majority. However the Liberal Democrats did take one seat back in St Marks ward defeating the Conservative councillor for the previous 10 years Nigel Baines. Meanwhile, in Heron Wood ward the Liberal Democrats gained a seat in Aldershot for the first time since 2006 after defeating the sitting Labour councillor. Labour easily held their only other seat in North Town, while narrowly failed to gain Wellington from the Conservatives by 50 votes; however Labour came last in all 9 wards in Farnborough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198459-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Election result\nOverall turnout was down from the 2007 election at 33.7% with the lowest turnout in Wellington ward at 19.8%. Following the election the Liberal Democrats elected a new group leader with Sue Gadsby taking over from Craig Card who had been party leader for the previous 9 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198460-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: \u0427\u0435\u043c\u043f\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0442 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438 \u043f\u043e \u0444\u0438\u0433\u0443\u0440\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044e \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u044c\u043a\u0430\u0445 2008) took place between 3 and 7 January 2008 at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg. Skaters competed at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198460-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Figure Skating Championships\nThe event was used as one of the criteria to help determine the team for the 2008 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198460-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Junior results\nThe 2008 Russian Junior Championships were held in Rostov-on-Don from 30 January through 2 February 2008. The event was among the criteria used to choose the team for the 2008 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198461-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian First Division\nThe Russian First Division 2008 was the 17th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198461-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian First Division, Teams\n15 clubs placed 3\u201317 in 2007 Russian First Division, 2 clubs relegated from 2007 Russian Premier League and 5 zone winners from Russian Second Division 2007 took part in the league:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198461-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian First Division, Teams\nOn 23 October 2008 FC Zvezda Irkutsk had to stop participation in the league due to lack of funds, their main sponsor Interavia airlines is having financial problems at the time. Zvezda failed to fulfil four last fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League\nThe Russian Premier League 2008 was the 17th edition of the Russian Football Championship, and the seventh under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on Friday, 14 March 2008 with a match between Terek and Krylia Sovetov in Grozny. Krylia Sovetov won 3\u20130. The first goal of the season was scored by Krylia Sovetov's forward Yevgeny Savin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League\nDue to Russia's participation in UEFA Euro 2008, the season was interrupted from 16 May until 5 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League\nThe champions were determined on the 27th matchday, 2 November 2008. Rubin claimed their first championship title in Russian Premier League, defeating Saturn 2\u20131 away, with Savo Milo\u0161evi\u0107 scoring in the 89th minute to claim the title for his club. Rubin became the third (and second consecutive) non-Moscow club to become Russian champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League\nThe last round of matches was played on 22 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League, Teams\nAs in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2008 season. After the 2007 season, Kuban Krasnodar and Rostov were relegated to the 2008 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Shinnik Yaroslavl and Terek Grozny, the winners and runners up of the 2007 Russian First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League, Awards\nOn 16 December 2008 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League, Medal squads\nGoalkeepers: Sergei Ryzhikov (26), Sergei Kozko (6). Defenders: Cristian Ansaldi  (27 / 1), Roman Sharonov (26 / 1), Dato Kvirkvelia  (24 / 3), Stjepan Tomas  (19), Lasha Salukvadze  (15), Aleksandr Orekhov (10), Aleksei Popov (7), Jefthon  (2), Andrei Fyodorov  (1), Gabriel Atz  (1). Midfielders: G\u00f6kdeniz Karadeniz  (27 / 6), Sergei Semak (27 / 5), MacBeth Sibaya  (25), Serhiy Rebrov  (24 / 5), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (22 / 1), Christian Noboa  (21 / 6), Andrei Kobenko (17 / 2), Yevgeni Balyaikin (10), Aleksei Rebko (3), Vagiz Galiullin  (1), Pyotr Gitselov  (1). Forwards: Hasan Kabze  (23 / 2), Aleksandr Bukharov (20 / 6), Roman Adamov (13 / 1), Savo Milo\u0161evi\u0107  (16 / 3). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League, Medal squads\nTransferred out during the season: Gabriel Atz  (on loan to FC Khimki), Pyotr Gitselov  (on loan to FC Rostov), Aleksei Rebko (to FC Moscow).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League, Medal squads\nGoalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (30). Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (28 / 4), Vasili Berezutski (28), Aleksei Berezutski (24 / 2), Deividas \u0160emberas  (24), Chidi Odiah  (23), Anton Grigoryev (16). Midfielders: Milo\u0161 Krasi\u0107  (28 / 6), Yuri Zhirkov (28 / 3), Evgeni Aldonin (25 / 3), Elvir Rahimi\u0107  (23), Alan Dzagoev (20 / 8), Caner Erkin  (18 / 1), Pavel Mamayev (17 / 2), Dudu  (10 / 1), Lubo\u0161 Kalouda  (1). Forwards: V\u00e1gner Love  (26 / 20), Ricardo Jesus  (10), J\u00f4  (8 / 3), Dmitri Ryzhov (8), Ram\u00f3n  (7), Daniel Carvalho  (4), Dawid Janczyk  (4). Manager: Valery Gazzaev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League, Medal squads\nTransferred out during the season: Dudu  (to  Olympiacos), J\u00f4  (to  Manchester City), Daniel Carvalho  (on loan to  Internacional).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League, Medal squads\nGoalkeepers: Vladimir Gabulov (12), \u017dydr\u016bnas Kar\u010demarskas  (9), Anton Shunin (9). Defenders: Leandro Fern\u00e1ndez  (28 / 4), Denis Kolodin (22 / 1), Jovan Tanasijevi\u0107  (20 / 1), Marcin Kowalczyk  (20), Aleksandr Dimidko (12 / 2), Luke Wilkshire  (11 / 2), Vladimir Granat (11), Ar\u016bnas Klimavi\u010dius  (9 / 1), Nikita Chicherin (3), Aleksandr Tochilin (3). Midfielders: Dmitri Kombarov (30 / 1), Igor Semshov (29 / 6), Dmitri Khokhlov (27 / 2), Kirill Kombarov (26 / 1), Danny  (18 / 5), Andrei Karpovich  (12), Aleksandr Denisov (1). Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (27 / 7), Tsvetan Genkov  (23 / 4), Aleksandr Kokorin (7 / 2), Fyodor Smolov (7 / 1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198462-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Premier League, Medal squads\nTransferred out during the season: Danny  (to FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Aleksandr Denisov (on loan to FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198463-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Professional Rugby League season\nThe 2008 Russian Professional Rugby League Season was the fourth season of the new Russian Professional Rugby League. The season saw a huge expansion of the competition with the entrance of 14 teams into the preliminary group stage of the championship. VVA Monino were the eventual champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198463-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Professional Rugby League season, Format\nThis season saw the introduction of an initial group stage whereby the championship was divided into two Divisions, the Eastern Division consisting of six teams, and the Western Division consisting of eight, with the West Division further subdivided into two groups of four. At the end of the group stage the top six sides formed a super-group that then featured a home and away stage between these six sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198463-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Professional Rugby League season, Format\nThe play-offs again featured a best of three semi final stage with the top side playing against the four side, whilst two versed three. The final itself was a best of three if required, though the surprise finalists Slava Moscow were defeated by VVA Monino 2-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198464-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Second Division\nThe Russian Second Division 2008 was the third strongest Division in Russian football. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division. The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198465-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian Super Cup\nThe 2008 Russian Super Cup was the 6th Russian Super Cup match, a football match which was contested between the 2007 Russian Premier League champion, Zenit Saint Petersburg, and the winner of 2006\u201307 Russian Cup, Lokomotiv Moscow. The match was held on 9 March 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Zenit St. Petersburg beat Lokomotiv Moscow 2\u20131 to win their first Russian Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform\nSignificant reforms of the Russian Armed Forces were announced in October 2008 under Defence Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov, and major structural reorganisation began in early 2009. The stated aims of the reform are to reorganize the structure and the chain of command in the Russian army, and to reduce it in size.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform\nKey elements of the reforms announced in October 2008 included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform\nThere had previously been several reform attempts such as the 1997 plan under defence minister Igor Sergeyev and the 2003 programme of President Putin (\u2018Urgent Tasks for the Development of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\u2019), the latter of which was very similar to the 2008 programme, as it emphasized already the need for reductions in personnel strength, a gradual decrease in the use of conscripts in favour of professional soldiers, the creation of a professional NCO corps and drastic changes to officer training and education. The 2003 program however moved at a very slow pace, mainly due to the unwillingness of the military to reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Personnel strength\nAn essential part of the military reform is its downsizing. By the beginning of the reform, there were about 1.13 million active personnel in the Russian Armed Forces. The planned reduction to 1 million servicemen will be advanced from 2016 to 2022. Largely, the reductions falls within the officers. They used to account for about one third of the total strength of the Armed Forces: this will be reduced to 15%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Personnel strength\nThe enlisted men are to be reduced according to the table:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Personnel strength\nOn April 4, 2011 General-Colonel Vasily Smirnov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, said that the reformed forces would consist of 220,000 officers, 425,000 contract servicemen and 300,000 conscript soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, NCO Corps\nAn important element of the reforms is the creation of a professional NCO corps. Such a corps would serve as the basis for soldier training and military discipline. The NCO corps will consist of specialists with almost 3 years (2 years and 10 months) of training. The first new NCO Training Center was established in December 2009 at the Ryazan Institute for Airborne Troops. The future NCOs will occupy the posts of commanders and deputy commanders of motor rifle, reconnaissance, airborne, and motor transport platoons, as well as company and battery first sergeants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, NCO Corps\nIt is planned to have 2,000 candidates annually. However, the introduction of sergeants into the system will take not 3\u20134 years as envisaged, but at least 10\u201315. This delay could undermine reform by creating problems with management and the manning of those combat arms where a relatively high percentage of officers are involved in the direct operation of military equipment, such as the submarine fleet, air-defense forces, etc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, NCO Corps, Military districts\nFrom 1992 to 2010, the Russian Ground Forces were divided into seven military districts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, NCO Corps, Military districts\nIn mid 2010, a reorganisation was announced which would consolidate military districts and the navy's fleets into four Joint Strategic Commands (OSK). Geographically divided, the four commands will be:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, NCO Corps, Military districts\nIn 2014, the decision to give the Northern Fleet more autonomy was made and a fifth strategic command was established:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, NCO Corps, Military districts\n\"Serdyukov's Defense Ministry will also be putting some soon-to-be-vacant real estate up for sale, e.g., Moscow MD headquarters (Polina Osipenko Street, Moscow), Far East MD headquarters (Seryshev Street, Khabarovsk). The initial asking prices for these buildings and land will be several billion U.S. dollars. As long planned, proceeds from these sales, along with the sale of the Navy Main Staff, military educational institutions, and other military establishments in Moscow, are supposed to fund construction of housing for servicemen as well as military garrison infrastructure in new army deployment locations.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Ground Forces\nBefore the 2008 reform, the Russian Ground Forces (SV) had 24 divisions, namely 3 tank divisions, 16 motorized rifle divisions and 5 machine gun artillery divisions, as well as two division-strength military bases in Armenia and Tajikistan, and 12 independent brigades. Out of those 24 divisions, only 5 motorised rifle-divisions were at full strength in 2008. Only about 13% of the army units could be deemed permanently combat-ready. It was announced that every tank or motorized-rifle division will be split, as a rule, into two brigades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Ground Forces\nThis process began in October 2008 with the splitting of the 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Division near Moscow. By the end of 2009, 23 of the 24 divisions had been disbanded and their elements were used to create 4 tank brigades, 35 motorized rifle brigades (10 of which were pre-existing) and one \"fortifications\" brigade. All the brigades are permanent-readiness forces. Almost all brigades are now designated otdelnaya (separate), with several units retaining the \"Guards\" honorific. The only remaining division is the 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division on the Kuril Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Ground Forces\nThe number of military units and formations in the Ground Forces will be reduced from 1,890 to 172 within three years. The original four-link command and control system (military district \u2013 army \u2013 division \u2013 regiment) has been replaced by a three-link system (military district \u2013 operational command \u2013 brigade).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Air Forces\nThe number of units in the Russian Air Force (VVS) will be reduced from 340 to 180, the number of air bases from 245 to 52. It was announced that the Air Force plans to eliminate the reduced, two-squadron aviation regiments (those with 24 combat aircraft per regiment). The new organization of the VVS establishes the Air Base as the basic structural element. Each air base will include an HQ, 1\u20137 air squadrons (or aviation groups), an airfield service battalion and communication units. The Belarusian Air Force currently uses the same structure. All Aviation Division HQs have been disbanded and the Air Bases receive their orders from the seven new Aviation Commands:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Air Forces\nAll the air defence divisions and corps of the Air Defence Forces (PVO), which are part of the Air Force since 1998, have been disbanded and replaced by 13 aerospace defence brigades. These new brigades have been distributed among the seven commands, and consist of fighter aviation air bases, SAM regiments and radar regiments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Air Forces\nThe Gagarin and Zhukovskiy air force academies have been merged into the new Zhukovskiy-Gagarin Air Force Academy in Monino.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Navy\nThe Russian Navy (VMF) will be cut almost by half, from 240 to 123 units. On the other hand, its fighting capability will be bolstered by bringing various units to 100% of their full wartime strength. Other planned changes are the offloading of non-military assets such as housing, the outsourcing of some jobs to civilian contractors and a reduction of the number of non-combat officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Navy\nThe Fleets have been subordinated to the new Operational Strategic Commands: the Northern and Baltic Fleets are part of the Western Military District, the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla are part of the Southern Military District, and the Pacific Fleet is part of the Eastern Military District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Navy\nUnder the State Armament Program, 100 warships will be procured by 2020. The purchase of 20 submarines, 35 corvettes and 15 frigates is planned for example 6-8 Project 885 SSNs and 6 Project 636.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Navy\nThe Navy's schools and research institutes have been merged into a territorially distributed Naval Academy Research and Training Center which consists of the Naval Academy, the Higher Special Officer Courses, five naval research institutes, three MOD research institutes, the Nakhimov Naval School in St. Petersburg and the Naval Cadet Corps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Navy\nThe Naval Aviation and the support units were reorganized into 13 air bases which were in a second stage merged into territorially integrated structures. As is the case for the reformed Air Force, each new air base consists of an HQ, support units and one or more aviation groups (the former air bases).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Navy\nSeveral units of the Naval Infantry have changed their status. The 61st Separate Naval Infantry Brigade of the Northern Fleet has become a regiment, the 810th Regiment of the Black Sea Fleet has become a brigade, the 55th Division of the Pacific Fleet has been disbanded and replaced by the 155th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade, and the 77th Brigade of the Caspian Flotilla was disbanded too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Airborne Troops\nInitially it was planned to transform the four existing divisions of the Airborne Troops (VDV) into 7 to 8 air-assault brigades, among a number of other cuts and changes which drew of lot of protest of reserve and active airborne troopers who fear a loss of status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Airborne Troops\nHowever general Shamanov, who was appointed as new CinC of the VDV in May 2009 and who generally supports the reform programme, cancelled all cuts and changes in the VDV and announced that the airborne troops would be reinforced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Airborne Troops\nMOD Serdyukov announced that he does not see the need to create independent rapid-reaction forces. \"The Armed Forces already have such units in the VDV. They will be strengthened, and each military district will have an Airborne brigade to carry out urgent missions and operations under unpredictable circumstances.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Airborne Troops\nThe divisions have been beefed up and there are now four independent airborne/air-assault brigades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Strategic Missile Troops\nThe Strategic Missile Troops (RVSN) will retain 8 in place of twelve missile divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Space Troops\nThe number of units/formations of the Russian Space Forces (KV) will be reduced from 7 to 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Reform of military education\nThe centralization and downsizing of the military education system is closely related to planned reductions to the officer corps. The Russian military education system had been based upon the previous set of Soviet military academies. Serdyukov announced that the 65 military institutions of higher learning (15 academies, four universities, 46 colleges \u2013 including Suvorov and Nakhimov schools \u2013 and institutes) will be reduced by 2012 to just ten \"systemic institutions\": three research and teaching centers, six academies and one university. The new institutions will not only serve to train officers, but also to conduct research.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Reform of military education\nThey will be established according to territory, not combat arm. For now, all existing facilities will become affiliates of these ten centers; decisions regarding potential closures will be taken later. Serdyukov affirmed that the entire faculty of existing military institutes will be preserved and absorbed into the new system, and that only the managerial layer will be reduced. He also said that many formerly military specializations, such as lawyers, will now be educated at civilian facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Closure of military towns\nWhen Serdyukov became the Minister of Defence, Russia had 27 000 fortified settlements/military bases, that were in practice closed towns. Reform of 2008 reduced this number to 500. The problems with this started when the search started for alternative owners. Mostly the local councils were obliged to take them over but this created issues that made local councils reluctant. There was no decent oversight over the residents, many towns contained large criminal or homeless element that the local law enforcement was unable to touch since the closed establishment was under military jurisdiction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Closure of military towns\nAlso the residential and infrastructure was in a poor shape and locals councils did not have resources to fix. As long as these towns were under control of military, residents from these establishments could make written complaints. Most of these complaints however disappeared, were ignored or simply were not replied. Mostly complaining was useless and responsible people with power to change anything were not reachable. Local council, who after Serdyukov's 2008 reforms had to take over, is however reachable. Considering the residents of these towns also gained right to participate local elections after military's withdrawal, most of the local councils management did not want to take them over at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Bringing finances under control and reducing power of General Staff\nDespite significant raise in the defence spending before Serdyukov became MOD, the better funding was not visible because it had vaporised. Apparently the first task of Serdyukov was to established control over flow of finances, explaining why he created financial control department in MOD and staffing it with people from Federal Tax Service of Russia. This strained already explosive relations between Serdyukov and General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation further since traditionally everything defence related was under General Staff's control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Bringing finances under control and reducing power of General Staff\nDismissal of General Yuri Baluyevsky from General Staff, implementing reforms in 2008 and promoting of General Nikolay Yegorovich Makarov was salami tactics style of cutting power from the General Staff. Next step was to reduce massive maintenance costs since Russian military before Serdyukov's reforms was just a downsized version of Soviet Armed Forces. Since 1991, there had been many plans to reform Russian Armed Forces to post-soviet level and make more suitable for Russian national defence needs, however due to the resistance from General Staff and exciting structures, most of them were implemented only by name. Reform of 2008 was the first clearly implemented reform where General Staff's resistance was broken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Bringing finances under control and reducing power of General Staff\nThere are multiple samples of mismanagement of funds under General Staff. Most of the famous incident is with the Russian submarine Ekaterinburg (K-84). On 29 December 2011 around 1220 UTC, Ekaterinburg caught fire while in the floating drydock PD-50. As per some date, 3 fires happened on that day and last one did spin out of control, creating dangerous incident with the weaponry on board, including nuclear weapons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Bringing finances under control and reducing power of General Staff\nOfficials initially confirmed that all weaponry was moved from the Ekaterinburg before but Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin lead the investigation personally and concluded Ekaterinburg \u201cdid not unload the ammunition set for repair: there were torpedoes on it, and regular ballistic missiles.\u201d  Partially reason for Moscow's dissatisfaction was that for that there had been funds released to remove the armaments from Ekaterinburg for the duration of repairs but these most likely disappeared. Another issue was ammunition storage and ammunition dump explosions, such as Severomorsk Disaster that did have a risk occurring once in a while.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198466-0031-0002", "contents": "2008 Russian military reform, Bringing finances under control and reducing power of General Staff\nBefore 2008 reforms Russian military industry did utilise 150 000 tons of ammunition a year. By 2011, there was 4,5 million tons of obsolete ammunition in storage at ammunition depoos. Some of the obsolete ammunition in storage was made in 1920s for artillery and there was also ammunition for T-34, that had been already phased out from Russian Armed Forces. By the end of 2012, they has blown up Russian military's training fields 3,6 million tons of this ammo. Russian military industry, who had been responsible for storing this ammo, did not like this since it did hurt their business.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election\nThe 2008 Russian presidential election was held on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four-year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party \"The Greens\"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election\nThe fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as \"neither free nor fair.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election\nThe Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called \"severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government\", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision \"unacceptable\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Candidates, Registered candidates\nCandidates are listed in the order they appear on the ballot paper (alphabetical order in Russian).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Campaign\nFollowing his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post \u2013 United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Campaign\nUnited Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Campaign\nIn January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan \"Together we will win\" (\"\u0412\u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0431\u0435\u0434\u0438\u043c\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Campaign\nDuring the pre-election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a \"sick man, a schizoid\", \"bastard\", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Opinion polls\nAccording to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Opinion polls\nAn opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 Parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nThe Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nAfter weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order effectively monitor the election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nRussia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed \"contempt for basic ethical norms ... which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nThe Russian side consented to 25 observers arriving this week and the rest of them on February, 25. Our proposal was denied. The Office (OSCE) insisted it will not send its observers to Russia unless Moscow accepts its demands. This is an ultimatum a self-respecting country cannot accept.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nRussia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said \"The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable.\" Kamynin added that Moscow \"deeply regretted\" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10-20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nAn incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nThe European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as \"neither free nor fair.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nRepresentatives from the GOLOS monitoring group stated that \"the Election Day was held in a relatively quiet atmosphere in contrast to the State Duma election day. Such large-scale violations observed then as campaigning next to polling stations, transporting of voters, intimidation of voters and others were practically non-existent.\" They did however report irregularities in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nThe Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. \"The CIS observer mission states that the election is a major factor in the further democratization of public life in the Russian Federation, and recognizes it as free, open and transparent,\" said Nauryz Aidarov, head of the CIS mission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nObservers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nAn observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a \"reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped\". They said \"In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President-elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nThe head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been \"fair but not equal\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nThe Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high-profile job as chairman of the state-owned gas monopoly, Gazprom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nA report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as \"the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Conduct\nRussian Novaya Gazeta claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reporter more than 90% turnaround.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Results\nMedvedev was also endorsed by Agrarian Party, Fair Russia, Russian Ecological Party - \"The Greens\" and Civilian Power, but was officially nominated as a United Russia candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Results, Reactions\nAccording to Russia Today, many in the Western media portrayed Russia's presidential election as nothing but a farce. It reported that the claims of rigging the election were not supported by the various international election monitoring organizations in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198467-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Russian presidential election, Results, Reactions\nPolitical analyst and United Russia member, Sergei Markov, said that the outcome of this poll was predetermined because of how much support the Russian people show for Vladimir Putin's policies. \"The Russian people have seen how successful these policies have been, and they want them to continue\", he says. Markov cited fears that the West would interfere and change the course of the election, like they did in Ukraine and Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis\nAn international diplomatic crisis between Georgia and Russia began in 2008, when Russia announced that it would no longer participate in the Commonwealth of Independent States economic sanctions imposed on Abkhazia in 1996 and established direct relations with the separatist authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The crisis was linked to the push for Georgia to receive a NATO Membership Action Plan and, indirectly, the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis\nIncreasing tensions led to the outbreak of the Russo-Georgian War in 2008. After the war, a number of incidents occurred in both conflict zones, and tensions between the belligerents remained high.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Prelude to war, Lifting of CIS sanctions\nDuring the meeting with the presidents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in February 2008, the Russian official declared Moscow should \"reshape its relations with self-proclaimed republics\". Russia's Duma called a session for 13 March to discuss the issue of recognition of the unrecognized republics in the former Soviet Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Prelude to war, Lifting of CIS sanctions\nOn 6 March 2008, Russia lifted Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) sanctions imposed on Abkhazia in 1996, and declared them outdated, \"hindering the implementation of economic and social programs in the region and is causing unjustified hardship for the people of Abkhazia.\" The Russian decision was met with protests from Tbilisi and lack of support from the other CIS countries. Shalva Natelashvili, leader of the Georgian Labour Party, warned Russia's lifting of economic sanctions on Abkhazia meant Georgia would lose Abkhazia. Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel said the European Union was concerned by this development. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, raised concerns about the dropping of trade restrictions saying, \"That could look like a de facto annexation and that would be a matter of great concern if it were the case.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 929]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Prelude to war, Increased involvement of Russia with breakaway republics in Georgia\nOn 1 March 2008, Russian General Vasily Lunev, former Deputy Commander of Siberian Military District was appointed as defence minister of South Ossetia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 122], "content_span": [123, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Prelude to war, Increased involvement of Russia with breakaway republics in Georgia\nAbkhazia and South Ossetia both submitted formal requests for recognition of their independence to Russia, and international community, citing the precedent of the recognition of Kosovo. European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner said that there was \"a growing preoccupation and anxiety that Russia may be paving the way for recognition of Abkhazia,\" and stated the EU's support for Georgia's territorial integrity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 122], "content_span": [123, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Prelude to war, Increased involvement of Russia with breakaway republics in Georgia\nRussia's ambassador to NATO warned that a move by Georgia to join NATO could bolster the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, arguing that since the NATO referendum held in Georgia did not include the breakaway states, it showed Georgia intended to join NATO without them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 122], "content_span": [123, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Prelude to war, Increased involvement of Russia with breakaway republics in Georgia\nThe Duma Committee for CIS on 13 March, following a hearing on the unrecognized republics, recommended a deepening of links with Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Other recommendations included the establishment of diplomatic missions in the regions (with the foreign ministry to decide whether they would be consulates or another type of mission), a removal of import duties on goods created by businesses with Russian shareholders in the regions, and increased humanitarian and economic assistance for Russian passport holders in the regions. The Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily described the hearing as \"the launch of a procedure of recognition.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 122], "content_span": [123, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Prelude to war, Increased involvement of Russia with breakaway republics in Georgia\nOn 21 March 2008, Russian State Duma adopted a resolution, in which it called on Russian president and the government to consider the recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 122], "content_span": [123, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Prelude to war, Increased involvement of Russia with breakaway republics in Georgia\nOn 3 April 2008, when the NATO summit was being held in Bucharest, President Putin sent a letter to the leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, addressing them as \"presidents\" and promising Russian support that would be \"practical, not declaratory\" in nature. Five days later, the Georgian Ministry of Justice received a letter from its Russian counterpart; the letter said Russia would upgrade its direct relations with the two separatist regions, and featured language such as \"closely cooperate, hold talks and make legal-related decisions with the Abkhaz authorities\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 122], "content_span": [123, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Prelude to war, Increased involvement of Russia with breakaway republics in Georgia\nOn 16 April 2008, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia was going to recognise some documents issued by the separatist authorities and cooperate with them on trade and other issues. Putin also instructed his government to recognise businesses and organisations registered under Abkhaz and South Ossetian law, and to look at providing consular services to residents in the two regions. Georgian Foreign Minister David Bakradze said Russia's move amounted to a \"legalisation of the de facto annexation process\" being conducted by Russia and NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged Russia to reverse the move. This decision was linked to the push for Georgia to receive a NATO Membership Action Plan and, indirectly, the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo. Anonymous Russian diplomat had told Nezavisimaya Gazeta that the draft decree was aimed at de facto annexation rather than recognition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 122], "content_span": [123, 1036]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Prelude to war, Increased involvement of Russia with breakaway republics in Georgia\nDirect dealings between Russia and Abkhazia on the transfer of Russian citizens from Abkhaz prisons raised concern from Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis since the dealings were done without seeking the permission of the Georgian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 122], "content_span": [123, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Prelude to war, Increased involvement of Russia with breakaway republics in Georgia\nRussia's state-owned Gazprom was reported to be planning oil and gas exploration in Abkhazia beginning 1 July 2008. In addition, Abkhazia said international airline flights from Russia could use Sukhumi airport through the International Civil Aviation Organization had said such flights would be unacceptable. Officials from Gazprom said there were no plans for oil exploration in Abkhazia, but did say there was a proposal being considered to build a gas pipeline to Abkhazia. Responding to Russian media reports that sea links between Sochi in Russia and Gagra in Abkhazia would be resumed, Georgia threatened to appeal to international marine organizations over the use of \"illegal\" routes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 122], "content_span": [123, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-War, Separation\nBetween 1918 and 1921 Georgia was briefly independent from the Russian empire. After a couple of years, Georgia and another former Russian state became Soviet Socialist Republics. During the transition to the Soviet Socialist Republic, in 1922 South Ossetia was created within the new Georgian republic than a few years later in 1931 the Abkhazia republic was downgraded to being an Oblast republic in Georgia. A year later in 1990, South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia. A year later Georgia declared independence from the Soviet Union which leads to future Georgian conflicts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-War, Separation\nFrom 1991\u20131992 there were armed conflicts between Georgia, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia; during this conflict, Zviad Gamsakhurdia was disposed of as the president. After 1992 the two territories try to claim independence bit it always resulted in an armed conflict with Georgia. Up until the Abkhazian separatist forces defeated the Georgian military in 1993; after that in October 1993 Georgia joins the Commonwealth of Independent States. After a couple of years of fighting, a cease-fire was declared and signed in 1994 between the Georgian forces and the Abkhazia separatists; during the ceasefire Russian Peace troops were dispatched in the conflicted area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-War, Russian peacekeepers\nAfter the armed conflict between Georgia and the South Ossetia region, both sides agreed and signed the involvement of Russia and Russia peacekeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Russian tactics\nAs the conflict between Georgia and Russia raged on in August 2008, Georgian forces began to realize that is was not a coincidence and that the Russian forces seemed prepared to fight. When Russian forces began to move south into Georgia, they would pick advantageous points and use aircraft to knock out television towers. Russia began to build illegal fences around the South Ossetia territory. Russia's actions included \"constructing illegal fencing and earthen barriers to separate communities and further divide the Georgian population\u201d The West and Georgia feared Russia was trying to slowly annex Georgia and divide the country. Over time, Russia installed 19 military bases in South Ossetia which made the West very concerned for the future of Georgia and the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Russia-Georgia relations in 2013\nFive years after the 2008 Russia Georgia conflict, the Georgian government showed support for restoring relations with Russia. Russia continued to maintain a military presence, \"Russian troops [were] stationed in 20% of the country's territory.\" Russia was in talks about lifting sanctions off of Georgia and relaxing travel restrictions; Georgia wanted to continue its path toward membership in the European Union and NATO. During the conflict, many Georgians were asked what their views were on Russia. Many claimed to love the people of Russia, but one interviewee claimed to only dislike Vladimir Putin. The relationship between Russia and Georgia was improving very slowly as both sides talked about the future of the relationship between the two and the future of Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 850]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Impact on Georgia and South Ossetia\nThe Russia-Georgian conflict came to an end with a ceasefire that was implemented 12 August 2008. Georgia ended with conflict without the South Ossetia territory, which Russia recognized their independence, but Georgia still viewed it as part of its own territory. Ossetia's split from Georgia caused its domestic economy to collapse. After the conflict, South Ossetia \"totally rely on funding from Russia, but because of corruption\". This pushed Georgia to sign an association agreement with the European Union, but they had yet to submit for membership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Impact on Georgia and South Ossetia\nAfter the conflict political unrest in Georgia caused people to look at each other negatively if they said anything negative about Saakashvili's government during the conflict. Many saw it as being against Georgia when they were trying to defend themselves some even go as far as being a Russian supporter or agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, War crimes\nAt the end of the conflict between Russia and Georgia, Georgia went to the European court of human rights to provide evidence that Russia committed war crimes during the conflict. During the hearing Georgia claimed, \"Russian planes carried out more than 100 attacks on Georgian targets\u201d These Russian bombing lead to many Georgians losing their homes and being killed. Communities and villages were destroyed, and many Georgians were forced by Russian troops to leave their homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, War crimes\nGeorgia also claimed that when the conflict first broke out in 2008, Russia had approximately 30,000 troops that were distributed in South Ossetia and Abkhazia provinces. These Russian troops along with Ossetia forces began \"sealing off entrances and exits... then systematically burned down Georgian homes and entire villages... adding that they carried out summary executions and threaten individuals that would not leave\u201d. The verdict for the case is supposed to be given and it may find Russia guilty for some of these cries, but the Kremlin threatens to hold funding from the court and to withdraw from the court entirely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war\nGiven the history and connection of Russia and Georgia, they both used different types of weapons during the conflict. By Georgia is a former state of the Soviet Union, it was expected for them to use Soviet-era weaponry. Many of the Russian weapons were Soviet era and many soldiers had a hard time using them during the conflict. It was \"estimated that some 80 percent of Russian weaponry had not been refurbished since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war\nThe Soviet-era weapons set Russia back a little during the conflict while Georgia was using more efficient and updated weaponry. Before the conflict, Georgia had many of its tanks and infantry vehicles updated by western firms. Reports also claimed, \"Georgian aircraft tended to have superior communication, avionics, and weapon-control system\u201d compared to the Russian aircraft. Russian soldiers at one point during the conflict had to strip dead Georgian soldiers of their armor to increase their protection. Most of the Russian's military equipment was ineffective against the Georgian forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Georgia drone-downing incidents\nOn 20 April 2008 a Georgian unarmed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was shot down over the Abkhaz conflict zone. Russia's Air Force denied Georgian claims that a MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter, from the Gudauta military base, was involved in the incident. Abkhazia's separatist administration said earlier that they had shot down the drone at 6 a.m. GMT, but Georgians denied this. Abkhazia said that they were defending their airspace. The Abkhaz Defense Ministry identified the drone as an Israeli-made Hermes 450. Garry Kupalba, deputy defence minister of the Republic of Abkhazia, told reporters the drone was shot down by an \"L-39 aircraft of the Abkhaz Air Force\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Georgia drone-downing incidents\nHowever, Georgia's defence ministry released video the next day showing what appears to be a Russian MiG-29 shooting down the unarmed Georgian drone. , shot from the drone, shows a jet launching a missile over what appears to be the Black Sea. Furthermore, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement accusing Georgia of violating the 1994 Moscow agreement and United Nations resolutions on Abkhazia by deploying without authorisation a UAV which also can be used for adjusting of fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Georgia drone-downing incidents\nOn 23 April 2008, a closed meeting of the UN Security Council was held in New York. After a closed-door UN Security Council emergency session, the U.S., the United Kingdom, France and Germany issued a joint statement expressing their concern over Russia's actions in Abkhazia and calling on Moscow to reverse or not to implement its decision to deepen ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin called the demand by the Western states \"a tall order\" and stressed that Russia had no intention of reversing its plans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Georgia drone-downing incidents\nThe Ambassador of Russia to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, suggested that a MiG-29 belonging to a NATO member might have downed the Georgian spy plane. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer reportedly remarked that \"he'd eat his tie if it turned out that a NATO MiG-29 had magically appeared in Abkhazia and shot down a Georgian drone.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Georgia drone-downing incidents\nEarly in May 2008, both Russian and Abkhaz sides claimed that two more Georgian reconnaissance drones were shot over Abkhazia. Georgia denied these allegations, stating that it was \"a provocation\" aimed at \"information-propagandistic support of Russia's military intervention.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Georgia drone-downing incidents\nOn 26 May 2008, the U.N. mission released the conclusion of its independent investigation into the 20 April incident. It confirmed that the Georgian video footage and radar data were authentic and the jet which destroyed the drone was indeed Russian. The conclusion report said that the jet flew towards the Russian territory after the incident, but it was unclear where the attacker took off, naming the Gudauta base as a possible locality. Georgia hailed the report, but Russia dismissed it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Georgia drone-downing incidents\nAccording to Der Spiegel, after the incident President Saakashvili deployed 12,000 Georgian troops to Senaki in May 2008. Georgia had officially suspended drone flights over Abkhazia in early June, but Abkhazia accused Georgia of continuing to fly drones in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nIn late April 2008, Russia said that Georgia was amassing 1,500 soldiers and police in the upper Kodori Gorge area and planning to invade Abkhazia. President Saakashvili, in his televised address, pledged to pursue only a peaceful line in the conflict areas and called upon the Abkhaz and Ossetians to unite with Georgia in defying attempts by \"outrageous and irresponsible\" external force to trigger bloodshed. Russia accused Georgia of trying to solve the Abkhazia problem by force and of sending its troops in the Georgian-controlled upper Kodori Valley in Abkhazia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nRussia announced it would increase its military in the region and threatened to \"retaliate\" militarily to Georgia's efforts. The Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze said Georgia would treat any additional troops in Abkhazia as aggressors. The European Union also urged caution, saying to increase troop numbers would be \"unwise\". The United States called on Russia \"to reconsider\" \"some provocative steps\" it had taken in respect of Abkhazia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nGeorgia suspended Russia's admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Russian Cossacks and North Caucasian volunteers declared their readiness to fight Georgia in the case of a renewed confrontation in Abkhazia. On 6 May 2008, the Georgian state minister for reintegration Temur Iakobashvili said Georgia was on the verge of war with Russia. UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) said on 8 May that its monitors had \"not reported any buildup of security forces\" either in Kodori Gorge, or at the administrative Abkhaz border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nRussian Ministry of Defense claimed that the chief UN observer \"agreed that actions by the Russian side do not contradict basic agreements on the conduct of the peacekeeping operation\", but the mission later responded to this statement, declaring that it \"has no authority to pronounce on the conformity between the CIS peacekeeping operation in the Zone of the Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict and CIS rules.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nAccording to the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense issued on 8 May, it had increased the number of its peacekeepers in Abkhazia to 2,542 peacekeepers, which was 458 short of the 3,000 limit set by agreement. Georgia showed video footage to the BBC allegedly proving that Russian troops used military hardware in Abkhazia and were a fighting force, rather than peacekeepers; Russia denied the accusations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nSergei Bagapsh, Abkhazia's separatist president, said he was in favor of Russia establishing a military base in Abkhazia and called for the signing of a military cooperation agreement with Russia modeled on the Taiwan Relations Act. Alexander Zelin, commander of the Russian Air Forces said if such a decision was made it would \"promote the implementation of air defense tasks\" and noted Russia had similar cooperation with Armenia. On 16 May 2008, Yuri Baluevsky, chief of general staff of the Russian Armed Forces denied Russia had any plans to build a military base in Abkhazia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nOn 18 May 2008, Georgia detained five Russian peacekeepers along the administrative border with the Abkhazia region saying that their armoured personnel carrier collided with a Georgian woman's car, in the town of Zugdidi. The peacekeepers were later released. Alexander Diordiev, a Russian peacekeeping official, confirmed the detention of the Russian soldiers but said there was no collision and instead that Georgians provoked the peacekeepers in an attempt to discredit the Russians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nAccording to Diordiev, peacekeepers were redeploying hardware near the village of Urta on the night of 17\u201318 May when Georgian law-enforcement officers blocked the road to the peacekeepers' armored personnel carrier and fuel tanker truck. Then a damaged Volga car approached the scene and the Georgian police claimed that the car had been damaged by the Russian peacekeepers. Diordiev said that force was used against the peacekeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0032-0002", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nA statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry issued on 19 May 2008 compared the Georgians' actions to those of \"true street bandits\" saying the Georgians used \"crude physical force,\" striking one peacekeeper in the head and taking two to the police station. According to the statement, only after the intervention of the Collective Forces for the Support of Peace command and the UN observation mission, were the Russian peacekeepers released. Diordiev stated that the Georgians were informed in advance that the equipment would be moved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nOn 19 May 2008, Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported that over the weekend Moscow's military leadership authorized peacekeepers to conduct armed operations on their own behalf if necessary. Sergei Shamba, the Abkhaz foreign minister, said the report was \"credible.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nOn 21 May 2008 heavy gunfire was reported near the Abkhaz administrative border. A Georgian interior ministry official said two buses of passengers going to vote in the Georgian elections were fired upon. Some reports said the bridge, connecting Abkhazia and Georgian region of Mingrelia, was blocked by Abkhaz separatists during the elections in Georgia. Georgian officials accused Abkhazia of the attacks and preventing Georgians from voting in the legislative elections. Abkhaz president Sergei Bagapsh denied these allegations, instead saying that the attack occurred on the Georgian territory and Georgians living in Abkhazia were not interested in voting. Abkhazia said Russian peacekeepers were sent to the border to prevent further violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nGeorgia's Foreign Ministry sent a protest note to the CIS secretariat demanding illegal Russian troops and armaments to be immediately withdrawn from Abkhazia, saying that according to the UN, an airborne battalion, 50 BMD-2 airborne combat vehicles, and two artillery batteries had been deployed in Abkhazia. The ministry said this deployment contradicted a 1995 resolution of the CIS presidents' council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nOn 15 June 2008, media reports said that Russia had set up a military base near the village of Agubedia in Abkhazia's Ochamchira District and had deployed heavy armor there. Russia's Defense Ministry denied the report. The Georgian-backed Abkhaz government-in-exile said on 17 June, that Russia refused to allow UN observers in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nOn 17 June 2008, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman warned that Tbilisi's proposal to review the status of the peacekeeping operation in the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone could \"unfreeze\" the conflict, while the situation in the Caucasus as a whole could \"slip out of control.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nOn 17 June 2008, Georgia detained four Russian peacekeepers and a military truck in the conflict zone between Georgia proper and Abkhazia. Georgia's Interior Ministry said that the peacekeepers were transporting 35 crates of ammunition, including guided missiles and anti-tank mines, thus violating the existing agreements. Russia's Defense Ministry said the arrest was \"in violation of all regulatory norms in the buffer zone.\" The peacekeepers were released after nine hours of interrogation. Lieutenant General Alexander Burutin, a deputy head of the General Staff, on 19 June compared the detention to \"a bandit attack\", saying Russian peacekeepers had every right to use their weapons. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would not tolerate such actions against peacekeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 874]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nA Russian military expert, Pavel Felgenhauer, commenting on the situation in the conflict zone predicted war between Georgia and Abkhazia if provocations didn't stop. Felgenhauer said that Vladimir Putin had already decided to start a war against Georgia in Abkhazia and South Ossetia supposedly in late August 2008. Provocations against Georgia would begin in the Upper Abkhazia and South Ossetia, then the war would spread to the rest of Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nOn 23 June 2008, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin. The sides discussed a broad spectrum of bilateral relations, including the situation in Abkhazia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military buildup in Abkhazia\nOn 30 June, Abkhaz separatist government claimed Georgian special services were responsible for the terrorism in Abkhazia. There was one blast in Sukhumi and two were in Gagra. These blasts wounded two in Sukhumi and six in Gagra. Abkhazia threatened to close the border with Georgia in response to the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 83], "content_span": [84, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, May and June events in South Ossetia\nGeorgia's foreign minister, Eka Tkeshelashvili, said on 15 May 2008 that Georgia would regard any increase in Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia as a \"gross encroachment on Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity\". In late May 2008, there were about 1,000 Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, May and June events in South Ossetia\nIn South Ossetia three explosions occurred near the administrative border. A bomb exploded meters away from a line of Georgian military vehicles. Georgian Deputy Defense Minister Batu Kutelia accused the South Ossetian administration of being responsible, saying they had taken up \"tactics of terrorism.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, May and June events in South Ossetia\nOn 20 May 2008, Taymuraz Mamsurov, president of the Russian Republic of North Ossetia, asked foreign ambassadors for their support in uniting the province with South Ossetia. Georgian Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili said such unification would contravene international law. South Ossetia's President Eduard Kokoity hailed Mamsurov's pronouncement saying \"South Ossetia's main goal is unification with North Ossetia in the Russian Federation. We make no secret of this in front of the international community.\" Kokoity and Dmitry Medoyev suggested an interim period where South Ossetia would be recognized as independent and then formally incorporated into Russia through a referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, May and June events in South Ossetia\nOn the night of 14\u201315 June 2008, mortar fire and an exchange of fire broke out between South Ossetian and Georgian forces. South Ossetia claimed that mortar fire was launched from Georgian-controlled villages on Tskhinvali, the South Ossetian capital, and that their forces were responding to fire from Georgian forces on the outskirts of the capital. South Ossetian interior minister, Mikhail Mindzaev, said that the exchange of fire lasted for about four hours. Georgia denied firing the first shot, saying instead that South Ossetia had attacked the Georgian-controlled villages of Ergneti, Nikozi and Prisi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, May and June events in South Ossetia\nOne person was killed and four injured in the clashes, and several houses were reportedly damaged. In a separate incident, a 14-year-old boy was injured by a land mine near Ergneti; he later died of his injuries. According to South Ossetia, five people were wounded during the violence and one of them died later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, May and June events in South Ossetia\nRussian, Georgian, and North Ossetian peacekeepers as well as Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe monitors went to the site of the clashes. They came under fire near Ergneti, with no injuries. The fire exchange began on the night of 15 June at 11:38 PM and lasted for half an hour. Automatic firearms and grenade launchers were used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, May and June events in South Ossetia\nAleksandr Dugin, leader of the International Eurasian movement, who was known for his strong ties with the Russian military and intelligence, visited South Ossetia in late June 2008. On 30 June he said at a press conference: \"Russia has practically decided to recognize [Abkhazia and South Ossetia], and you have perfectly prepared everything for this. [ ...] If Russia recognizes independence of South Ossetia and deploys there not peacemaking but Russian border troops, the issue of Georgia joining NATO either will be removed from the agenda for a long time, or this will mean direct conflict with the United States. [ ...] So, we must recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia before December.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Russian spy accusation\nOn 16 May 2008 it was reported that Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed to have intercepted a Chechen spy working for Georgia who was trying to help rebels in the North Caucasus. The alleged agent was identified as Ramzan Turkoshvili, a Georgian-born Russian citizen, who the unnamed FSB official said was recruited by Georgian intelligence officers working with Zelimkhan Khangashvili. Khangashvili's group was accused of being involved in a 2004 attack in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia that left nearly 100 people dead, many of them policemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Russian spy accusation\nAn unidentified FSB official also claimed Georgian intelligence paid Turkoshvili to establish contacts with militants in the North Caucasus and help Georgia finance them. The detention was cast as proof that confirmed that Georgia's security service was \"participating in disruptive terrorist activities in the North Caucasus.\" The spokesman for Georgian Interior Ministry, Shota Utiashvili denied the accusations and called it \"a continuation of Russia's policy of provocation toward Georgia, which has taken a particularly acute form recently.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Russian railway troops in Abkhazia\nOn 31 May 2008, Russia sent its railway troops to repair a railway line in Abkhazia. The Russian defence ministry claimed they were unarmed. Georgia condemned the move as an \"aggressive\" step aimed against the territorial integrity of Georgia. The US Department of State also said that it was \"dismayed\" by the deployment. Temur Mzhavia, chairman of the exiled Supreme Council of Abkhazia, claimed that Russia planned to recognize Abkhazia on 27 September, when the Abkhaz celebrate an \"independence day\", but Vyacheslav Kovalenko, Russia's ambassador to Georgia, dismissed such claims as \"fabrications\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Russian railway troops in Abkhazia\nThe new Russian troops' arrival in Abkhazia preceded by a few days a planned meeting between the presidents Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia on the sidelines of a CIS summit in Saint Petersburg on 6\u20137 June. It was reported that Saakashvili would hold a phone conversation with Medvedev on 3 June to discuss the deployment of Russian engineering units in Abkhazia. On 3 June, NATO's secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer accused Russia of breaching Georgia's sovereignty by sending in military railway personnel and demanded their withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Russian railway troops in Abkhazia\nOn 7 June 2008, the Russian defense minister Anatoliy Serdyukov said the railroad troops would leave within two months after they would have finished work on the railroad. Moscow claimed to have found an anti-tank mine on 13 June on the section of the Abkhaz railway, which was being repaired by the Russian Railway Forces. Russia claimed this was an attempt at carrying out a \"subversive-terrorist act\" against the Russian Federation's Railway Forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Russian railway troops in Abkhazia\nOn 18 June 2008, a military official announced the security of the Russian railway troops had been increased, following two blasts on the railway near Sukhumi. Abkhaz police suspected the bombings were targeted at Russian railway forces. Malkhaz Akishbaya, chairman of the Georgian-backed Abkhaz government in exile, claimed the blast was a next provocation aimed at discrediting Georgia. He also said it was directed at legalizing the presence of Russian railway troops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Russian railway troops in Abkhazia\nOn 23 June 2008 Sergei Bagapsh said the railways repaired by the Russian railway troops would be used to transport construction material for a sports complex to be used in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Russian railway troops in Abkhazia\nOn 24 July 2008 the Russian Defense Ministry said Russian railroad troops had almost finished repair work on the railway in Abkhazia and would withdraw in early August. A spokesman for the Defense Ministry said there would be a ceremony for resuming the operation of the fixed section at the end of July, and the troops would return to their bases in Russia after taking part in the ceremony. Russian railroad troops began pulling out of Abkhazia on 30 July 2008. After the war broke out, a part of the 9,000 Russian troops who went into Georgia from Abkhazia travelled with their hardware via the repaired railway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 5 March 2008, Georgia withdrew from Joint Control Commission for Georgian\u2013Ossetian Conflict Resolution. Georgia proposed a format which also envisaged active roles for the EU, OSCE and the Sanakoyev administration. Russian special envoy Yuri Popov said that it was too early to include Sanakoyev in the JCC negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 28 March 2008, the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, speaking at an international conference \"The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations in the Processes of Reintegration in Georgia\" organised by the Office of the Georgian State Minister for Reintegration, unveiled a series of new proposals designed to resolve the Abkhaz conflict. These initiatives included a joint free economic zone, Abkhaz representation in the central government with an Abkhaz vice-president, the right to veto all Abkhaz-related decisions, unlimited autonomy and various security guarantees. However, when United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia delivered the proposals to Abkhaz separatists, they refused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 15 May 2008, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in which it recognized the right of return of all refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to Abkhazia. The resolution stressed the importance of retaining the property rights of the refugees and IDPs and underlined the need for a timetable to ensure the voluntary return of all refugees and IDPs. Russia voted against the Georgian-sponsored resolution. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Georgia's submission of the draft was \"a counterproductive step\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 5 June 2008, the European Parliament adopted a resolution expressing its concern at the escalation of the situation in Abkhazia. The resolution deplored deployment of Russian forces to Abkhazia to restore the rail and road infrastructure and supported Georgia's territorial integrity. The resolution called on the Russian Federation to withdraw its additional troops from Abkhazia immediately. The EP declared that the Russian peacekeepers had lost their neutrality and the present peacekeeping format must be revised, with a deeper European involvement in the conflicts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 7 June 2008, fifteen EU ambassadors headed by EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Javier Solana completed a two-day visit to Abkhazia. After meeting with Solana, Abkhaz president Sergei Bagapsh said: \"There is no alternative to the Russian peacekeepers in the region. Their replacement with any other troops will not be discussed with anyone... If Georgia wants them out of its territory, we will do everything for them to remain in Abkhazia.\" Solana said that the conflict could not be resolved without Russia and Russia was a key player in the peace process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0059-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nGiorgi Baramidze, the Georgian deputy prime minister and minister on European and Euro-Atlantic integration said: \"Georgia is ready to sign a ceasefire agreement with Abkhazia if it is guaranteed by the European Union.\" Baramidze said that earlier agreements without an effective guarantor had resulted in the loss of Gagra, Sukhumi and the main part of Abkhazia for Georgia. He added, \"We are ready for constructive dialogue both with the Russians and the separatists. We want to carry out our peace plan, which primarily entails the introduction of neutral and genuinely peace-oriented European and international peacekeepers, and decent, safe and unconditional return of refugees.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 28 June 2008, the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE supported the preservation of Georgia's territorial integrity. \"We want to find a compromise and a peaceful resolution of this issue,\" OSCE PA President G\u00f6ran Lennmarker said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nIn late June-early July 2008, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier presented his three-stage peace plan to a United Nations group of experts on Abkhazia in the Foreign Ministry in Berlin. Phase one of the plan envisaged a year of trust-building measures and the return of around 250,000 refugees to Abkhazia. The second phase would see the beginning of reconstruction work. The third phase would involve finding a political solution to the conflict. Steinmeier's plan was met with the approval of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, as well as Georgian president Saakashvili.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 8 July 2008, the United States Department of State called on the central Georgian government and the Abkhaz de facto authorities to resume direct talks. The Department of State also called for International Police Force presence in Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone. The State Department spokesman also spoke about visit of Condoleezza Rice to Georgia, who would encourage a peaceful resolution of the Abkhaz and South Ossetian conflicts. However, Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh ruled out the possibility of replacing the Russian peacekeepers with an international police force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 14 July 2008, the Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh met with Hans-Dieter Lukas, special envoy of the German Foreign Ministry for Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus, who briefed the Abkhaz side about the peace plan. On the same day EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby met with Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh in Sukhumi. Bagapsh said that he studied a draft plan on the settlement of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict that was worked out by the U.N. Secretary-General's Group of Friends. However he added, \"We can\u2019t discuss it in the form that it has been presented today.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0063-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nBagapsh stressed that the main condition for resuming the dialogue with Georgia was \"the withdrawal of all armed units from the Kodori gorge and the signing of an agreement on non-use of force\". He also said, \"However, we are not going to discuss Abkhazia\u2019s status with anyone. We are building an independent, democratic state.\" Peter Semneby also met with Prime minister Alexander Ankvab and foreign minister Sergei Shamba. Sergei Shamba said that the plan needed \"more preparation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 14 July, the U.S. Department of State said in a statement it was \"deeply troubled\" by Russia's acknowledgement that Russian military aircraft flew over South Ossetia. \"Such actions raise questions about Russia's role as peacekeeper and facilitator of the negotiations and threaten stability throughout the entire region,\" said the statement. That day, the OSCE Permanent Council held a special meeting underscoring the urgency of the resumption of dialogue between Georgian and South Ossetian authorities to de-escalate tensions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 15 July 2008, NATO said it was troubled by Russian military overflights of Georgian territory and called into question Moscow's role as a peacekeeper and facilitator of talks between Georgia and separatists. \"These actions raise questions about Russia's role as peacekeeper and facilitator of negotiations,\" spokesman James Appathurai said on behalf of Jaap De Hoop Scheffer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 16 July 2008, Georgian National Security Council Secretary Aleksandre Lomaia said that the new plan had \"positive elements,\" but still required \"polishing.\" Lomaia also said that the repatriation process of IDPs could not start until the Russian peacekeeping force was withdrawn. David Bakradze, Georgian parliament's speaker, said that if a German plan for resolving the conflict did not get wide support, Georgia would be forced to \"unilaterally bring an influence to bear on the deployment of armed forces in Abkhazia.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 17 July 2008, German Foreign Minister Steinmeier met with his Georgian counterpart Eka Tkeshelashvili in Tbilisi. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the return of refugees to Abkhazia was \"entirely unrealistic at this stage.\" He said \"the situation first needs to be improved and trust restored.\" On the evening of the same day, Steinmeier met with Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili in Batumi. Saakashvili said at a briefing that Tbilisi had no intention of using force to retake Abkhazia. Steinmeier said that Germany supported the territorial integrity of Georgia and considered Abkhazia to be Georgia's inalienable part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0067-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 18 July, Steinmeier met with Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh in Gali. After his meeting with Steinmeier, Bagapsh said that Abkhazia still would not discuss German peace proposal. Bagapsh also said he planned to submit his own counterproposal. On the same day, Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. Lavrov called for an internationally developed \"road map\" to resolve the tensions over Abkhazia. However, Lavrov said the German plan was flawed because it called for the return of Georgian refugees as part of the first phase instead of at the end of the process. Steinmeier also met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 23 July 2008, Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, said that it was time to stop violence in the conflict zones and to continue negotiations. He said that refugees must return to Abkhazia. He approved the German plan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 25 July 2008, the South Ossetian separatists rejected proposal by the OSCE chairman-in-office Alexander Stubb to hold Georgia-South Ossetia meeting in Helsinki. The separatists had previously refused to participate in talks in Brussels arranged by EU on 22 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 25 July, the Abkhaz separatists met with Matthew Bryza, the U.S. deputy assistance secretary of state. Bryza attempted to convince the Abkhaz side to participate in talks in Berlin the following week without any preconditions. However, Abkhaz officials rejected the talks. Later on that day, Abkhaz leader Sergey Bagapsh did not rule out Sukhumi's possible participation in a meeting of the Group of Friends in Berlin. Abkhaz foreign minister Sergey Shamba also said that Sukhumi was not \"in principle\" against the Berlin meeting, but that did not mean the resumption of direct talks with Tbilisi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0070-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nRussian ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin said that Russia was against immediately summoning a meeting of the UN Secretary General's Group of Friends on Georgia to discuss the Abkhaz conflict. The availability of a peace plan from an unbiased Western actor would steer the process away from the Russian-controlled formats, so Russia had encouraged Sukhumi to thwart the German-proposed consultations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 30 July 2008, a German Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Germany was closely involved in attempts to arrange high-level talks between the Georgian and Abkhaz sides. A previous proposal to hold a meeting in Berlin on 30\u201331 July failed to materialise as the Abkhaz separatists refused to attend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 31 July 2008, Abkhaz president Sergei Bagapsh said the talks in Berlin would be between Georgia and the Group of UN Secretary General's Friends on Georgia (the U.K., Germany, Russia, U.S. and France) and between Abkhazia and the Group. Bagapsh also said, \"The meeting was initially planned for July 28\u201329. However, this didn't suit us. We have settled on August 15\u201320 for the meeting.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, New peace efforts\nOn 3 August, president Sergei Bagapsh declared that the Abkhaz representatives would not meet with the U.N. Secretary-General's Group of Friends. Bagapsh cited the events in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone as reason for this, claiming Georgia was pursuing \"a policy of genocide\". That day, a phone conversation was held between Georgian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vashadze and Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Karasin. The Georgian side stressed that the complicated situation in the South Ossetian conflict zone was caused by ineffective format of negotiations and peacekeeping operation. Vashadze said that the Georgian side was ready for direct negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nThe overall situation in South Ossetia seriously deteriorated in early July 2008. A South Ossetian police official was killed in a bomb attack on 3 July 2008 and that was followed by an intense exchange of gun fire. Later, a convoy carrying Dmitry Sanakoyev, the head of the Tbilisi-backed South Ossetian provisional administration was attacked and three of his security guards were injured. On 4 July 2008 two people were killed as a result of shelling and shooting in Tskhinvali and some villages in South Ossetia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0074-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nThe South Ossetian Press and Information Committee reported that a South Ossetian militiaman had been killed and another injured in an attack on a police post in the village of Ubiat and this was followed by the shelling of Tskhinvali, which resulted in the death of one man. According to South Ossetia, the shelling involved the use of mortars and grenade launchers. Georgia said it had opened fire in response to the shelling by South Ossetian militiamen of Georgian-controlled villages. South Ossetia called up military reservists and put its security forces on alert in response to the clashes. The head of Russia's peacekeeping troops in the region was quoted as saying extra soldiers could be deployed if the stand-off worsened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nOn 6 July 2008 a bomb in Gali, Abkhazia killed four people and injured six. Abkhaz authorities claimed that the chain of bombings was done by Georgian spies. Abkhazia called on G8 countries, the UN and the OSCE to stop a \"terror threat from Georgia.\" Abkhazia also cut off all contact with Georgia in response to the bombing. Georgia condemned the bombings and blamed them on Russia, claiming the attacks were being done in the interest of a prolonged presence of Russian armed forces in Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nThe Georgian Ministry of Defense said on 7 July that a group of up to ten militiamen were apparently prevented from placing mines on a Georgian-controlled by-pass road linking the Georgian villages in the north of Tskhinvali with the rest of Georgia. The Georgian side opened fire and the group was forced to retreat towards the nearby South Ossetian-controlled village. On 8 July 2008 South Ossetia reported that it had detained four \"officers from the artillery brigade of the Georgian Ministry of Defense\" close to the village of Okona in the Znauri district at the administrative border the night before. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili told police to prepare an operation to free the four soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nRussian military jets flew over South Ossetia on 8 July 2008. On 9 July, the deputy commander of Georgia's air force, Colonel Zurab Pochkua said: \"For almost 40 minutes, four Russian planes were circling over the territory north of Tskhinvali.\" In turn Russia accused Georgia of \"a serious breach\" of the flight ban, with a spokesman for Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia saying two Georgian Su-25 fighter jets flew over the region. On 10 July, the Russian authorities confirmed the flight and said, in an official statement, the fighters were sent to \"let hot heads in Tbilisi cool down.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0077-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nThis was Russia's first admission in a decade that its air force had flown over Georgian territory without permission. Moscow had always denied earlier overflights. The Russian overflight was ordered less than 24 hours before the U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, was due to arrive in Georgia. In response, Georgia recalled its ambassador to Moscow \"for consultations\", stating that it was \"outraged by Russia's aggressive policies.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nOn 8 July 2008, the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before her arrival in Tbilisi said that granting NATO Membership Action Plan to Georgia would help resolve the Abkhaz and South Ossetian problems. The statement caused a negative outcry in Moscow: the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov responded, during his meeting with the de facto Abkhaz president Sergei Bagapsh, that Georgia's NATO integration process \"may undermine the conflict resolution\" process. Rice arrived in Georgia on 9 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0078-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\n\"Frankly, some of the things that Russia did over the last couple of months added to tensions in the region,\" she said in Tbilisi. \"Georgia is an independent state. It has to be treated like one. We have said that both Georgia and Russia need to avoid provocative behavior.\" On 11 July 2008 Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting on the conflict zones. The U.N. Security Council discussed the overflights at a closed meeting on 21 July, however no decision was reached. Russian envoy Vitaliy Churkin denounced the \"pro-Georgian bias\" of some Security Council members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nOn 10 July 2008, Colonel General Sergey Makarov, the commander of the North Caucasus Military District (SKVO), said \"The major tasks for SKVO in the event of an escalation or the launch of combat action between the conflicting sides are: the provision of assistance to the peacekeeping troops so as to separate the forces of the conflicting sides; the provision of humanitarian assistance to the population residing in the conflict zones.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0079-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nA South Ossetian envoy on 11 July 2008 declared that South Ossetia was capable of repelling any attack by Georgia without help from Russia and also said the mainly Russian peacekeeping contingent in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone should be increased. That day the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement that measures had been taken \"to increase the combat readiness\" of the Russian peacekeeping forces stationed in Abkhazia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0079-0002", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nIt also said that security had been tightened at the Russian peacekeepers' base camps, observation posts and checkpoints, and \"additional training\" of the peacekeeping personnel had been conducted \"to explain regulations governing the use of firearms while on duty.\" Nika Rurua, Deputy Head of the Parliament's Security and Defense Committee, warned Georgia would shoot down Russia's military aircraft should they appear in its airspace again. The initiative was considered to this effect. But Georgian lawmakers decided instead to appeal to the world community on the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0079-0003", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nMedia reports published information about Russia's alleged plans to seize the Kodori Gorge specifying that the details of the operation were worked out by Russian high-ranking military officials, with Abkhazia's President Sergei Bagapsh. In response to Georgia's summoning of a special UNSC session, the sources of Kommersant with the Russian Foreign Office claimed that Russia would reveal the details of a planned military invasion of South Ossetia by Georgia to release the detained Georgian officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nOn 14 July 2008 Georgia's deputy defense minister Batu Kutelia said Georgia planned to expand its military more than 15 percent to 37,000 soldiers to counter Russian aggression. The additional manpower would be used to defend Georgia's airspace and the Black Sea coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nAlso on 15 July, Abkhazia and South Ossetia were said to be planning to join the Union of Russia and Belarus. A spokesman for the Union said both regions had talked about joining the Union, but that they would need to be recognized as independent and become observers before they could join the Union as members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nAccording to media reports, on 19 July 2008 a Georgian police post was attacked by Abkhaz militias using grenades; one Abkhaz militiaman died from a grenade exploding accidentally. Abkhaz officials denied attack on the Georgian police post. Georgian media also reported on 19 July that a battalion of Russian troops had moved into the lower Kodori Gorge. Georgia's Defense Ministry claimed Russian troops encroached on strategic passes of the Main Caucasus Ridge and were in the combat alert. Commenting on alleged Russian deployment to the Kodori Gorge, Abkhazia's Foreign Minister said no new troops were brought in to Abkhazia over the quota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nOn 20 July 2008, South Ossetian official media concluded its news report by saying that \"But the fact that events in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone continue to be one of the most interesting topics for discussion even at the international level, is a good sign that allows us to hope for a positive solution of the issue of freedom and independence of the Republic of South Ossetia in the near future.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nA U.N. report issued on 23 July 2008 covering the period between April and July 2008 noted discrepancies with the Georgian account of a shooting in Khurcha on the day of Georgian elections. In particular the report noted the way the incident was filmed suggested the attack was anticipated. The report said reconnaissance flights by Georgia were a violation of the ceasefire, but said the shooting down of those fights also constituted a breach of the ceasefire. Concerning a military buildup by Georgia the UN report said it found no evidence of a buildup but noted observers were denied access to certain areas of Abkhazia controlled by Georgia, including the Kvabchara Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 751]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nOn 25 July 2008, one person was killed from a bomb blast in Tskhinvali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nOn 28 July 2008, the Russian command of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces said South Ossetian forces had blocked peacekeepers and OSCE observers from the village of Cholibauri which was close to where Georgia said South Ossetia was building fortifications. South Ossetian armed militias fired at the peacekeepers and OSCE observers. Georgian media reported that Georgian posts on the Sarabuki heights were attacked by South Ossetian forces overnight and early on 29 July, with no injuries reported. The Georgian village of Sveri was shelled with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades by the South Ossetians on the morning of 29 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0086-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nThe peacekeepers and OSCE observers visited the area to investigate an exchange of fire, however they were fired upon at 10 AM. On the late evening of the same day, South Ossetia said two South Ossetian villages had been fired on by Georgian forces in response to South Ossetia reinforcing its positions on the perimeter of the conflict zone. According to the South Ossetian Press and Information Committee, one person was injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, July 2008 events\nAt the end of July South Ossetia confirmed it had been setting up military fortifications in the conflict zone and acknowledged this violated previous agreements, but claimed it was in response to similar actions by the Georgian side. According to Colonel Wolfgang Richter, a military adviser to the German Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) mission, Georgia concentrated troops along the South Ossetian border in July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military exercises\nAccording to anonymous European diplomat, Russia's defense chief talked to a group of his NATO counterparts in April 2008 and warned them of an invasion of Georgia later in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military exercises\nIn early July 2008, OSInform Information Agency published several articles where the participation of the Russian army in the future \"peace enforcement\" operation in Georgia was discussed. One of the articles said that the planned Russian exercises were not accidental and this suggested a military operation on the foreign soil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military exercises\nOn 5 July 2008, the Russians began military exercises, dubbed Caucasus Frontier 2008, in the North Caucasus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military exercises\nOn 15 July 2008 the U.S. and Russia both began exercises in the Caucasus though Russia denied the timing was intentional. The Russian exercises, dubbed Caucasus 2008 involved units of the North Caucasus Military District, mainly the 58th Army, the 4th Air Force Army, Interior Ministry troops, and border guards. The exercises included training to support peacekeepers in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. A Russian army spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that around 700 pieces of military hardware would be used during the exercises. Georgia said the exercises were a manifestation of Russian aggression against it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0091-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military exercises\nThe Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement: \"Not a single document on conflict resolution authorises Russian armed forces to carry out any kind of activity on the territory of Georgia.\" During exercises a leaflet entitled \"Soldier! Know your probable enemy!\" (that described the Georgian Armed Forces) was circulated among the Russian participants. The Russian exercises ended on 2 August. Russian troops remained near the Georgian border after the end of their exercise, instead of returning to their bases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military exercises\nThe US exercises were called \"Immediate Response 2008\" and included forces from the United States, Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. 127 U.S. trainers participated in the exercises. The Georgian 4th Brigade (which later participated in the war) took part in the Georgian exercise with 1,000 American troops, and Russia accused the United States of aiding Georgian attack preparations. Joint exercises focused on counterinsurgency operations and a Georgian brigade was prepared for duty in Iraq. The joint exercises of the US and Georgian Armed Forces ended on 31 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Weapons of war, Military exercises\nOn 6 August the Georgian Defense Ministry announced a two-week exercise, \"Georgian Express 2008\", would take place with 180 British military personnel, starting in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, War\nIn the first week of August 2008, a number of confrontations took place in South Ossetia after Ossetian separatists attacked Georgian positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, War\nThe crisis gave rise on 7 August 2008, when South Ossetian separatists began shelling Georgian villages several hours after President Saakashvili had called for a cease-fire and resumption of peace talks. Georgia launched a large-scale military operation against South Ossetia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 26 August 2008, Russia officially recognized both South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states. In response to Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Georgian government announced that the country had cut all diplomatic relations with Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 28 August 2008, South Ossetian representative Mikhail Mindzaev claimed that Georgian pilotless aerial vehicle was shot down during the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nIn the beginning of September 2008, the White House announced a $1 billion program of economic aid for Georgia, with about half going to Georgia before President Bush would leave office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 10 September 2008, a Georgian policeman was killed allegedly by Russian soldiers in a village north of Gori. The shooting happened several hundred meters from a Russian checkpoint in Karaleti, twelve miles from South Ossetia. Russian officials denied responsibility, saying that it may have been perpetrated by South Ossetians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 13 September 2008, a Georgian policeman was killed in Ganmukhuri on the administrative border between Abkhazia and Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 21 September 2008, a Georgian policeman was killed and three wounded on the administrative border between Abkhazia and Georgia. Georgian authorities stated the incident occurred at the time when shots were fired \"from the direction of the [nearby] Russian army checkpoint\", with the following exchange of fire between Georgian police and Abkhaz-controlled territory lasting for several minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 22 September 2008, two Georgian policemen were wounded by a mine on the administrative border between Abkhazia and Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 24 September 2008, Georgian police detained a Russian military truck near the village of Odzisi in the Mtskheta Municipality. The truck contained ammunitions and explosives. The Russian driver said he had lost his way. He was handed over to OSCE observers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 25 September 2008, a 13-year-old South Ossetian resident was killed when an explosive device blew up on the outskirts of Tskhinvali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0105-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 3 October 2008, seven Russian soldiers were killed and another seven wounded by a car bomb that exploded near the Russian military base. Among them was Colonel Ivan Petrik, the peacekeeper's Chief of Staff. The Russians accused the Georgians of orchestrating the \"terrorist attack\", claiming that just before the blast, the Russians arrested two cars, four Georgians and seized light firearms and two grenades. \"The cars and the detained people were escorted to Tskhinvali. During the search of one of the cars, an explosive device equivalent to some 20\u00a0kg of TNT went off,\" a military spokesman told Interfax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0105-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nThe South Ossetian leader accused Georgia of \"state terrorism\". \"The latest terrorist attacks in South Ossetia prove that Georgia has not renounced its policy of state terrorism,\" he said. \"We have no doubt that these terrorist acts are the work of Georgia special forces.\" The Georgian government blamed Russia for the incident. \"If provocations and tensions are in the interest of anyone, it's the Russians,\" the Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili told the Reuters news agency, \"They are doing everything not to pull troops out within the set term\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0105-0002", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nGeorgia also said it would have had to find Ossetians to take the car into the Russian-controlled area. \"I don't understand the logic. How could the Georgian secret service plan that the Ossetians would steal the car and that the Russians would take it to their base. Are we geniuses or what?\" Utiashvili said. The French Presidency of the European Union condemned the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0106-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 6 October 2008, an Abkhaz border guard was shot and killed near the administrative border between Abkhazia and Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0107-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 18 October 2008, Georgian media reported that a bridge in the Adzva village in the Gori district was partially blown up by allegedly Ossetians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0108-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 21 October 2008, the police car was blown up by a mine near the village of Avnevi and one policeman was injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0109-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nIn mid-October 2008, South Ossetian police were given orders to return fire should they be on the receiving end of a firing from the Georgian side. This was seen as directive that could increase the threat of new violence. South Ossetia's top police official issued this order in response to a police post coming under automatic weapons fire from an ethnic Georgian village. The acting Interior Minister Mikhail Mindzayev said nobody was hurt by the gunfire, although he did refer to it as a series of provocations by Georgians forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0110-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 25 October 2008, a bomb exploded in the Georgian town of Mujava near the administrative border with Abkhazia killing a villager and the governor of the Tsalenjikha district of Georgia, Giorgi Mebonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0111-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Post-war events in 2008\nOn 9 November 2008, in the morning two Georgian policemen were killed and three injured after the police car was exploded by a mine on the road near the village of Dvani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0112-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 19 January 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a law making it illegal to sell, supply, or transfer military production to Georgia, and prohibiting the use of Russian railways, waters, and airspace for military co-operation with Georgia. According to RIA Novosti, countries or individuals found to be in breach of these regulations would face economic and financial sanctions. The sanctions were to last until December 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0113-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 19 and 21 January, Russia requested that Georgia allow its experts access to Georgian military installations for evaluation and verification checks in accordance with a 1999 Vienna OSCE document on confidence and security-building measures. Georgia rejected these requests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0114-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 23 January 2009, Russia expressed concern over \"Georgia's expanding military presence on the borders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.\" Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had said, \"EU monitors working in areas adjacent to South Ossetia and Abkhazia have been reporting a buildup of Georgian military units and special forces near the borders with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and our 'technical devices' have also recorded this. Provocations also occur sporadically. We are concerned by this.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0115-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 26 January 2009, Russian junior sergeant Alexander Glukhov appeared in Tbilisi. He gave press interviews at McDonald's in the presence of Georgian Interior Ministry officials. The 21-year-old claimed that bad living conditions and problems with his superior forced him to desert: \"I had very bad relations with my commander. He didn't like anything I did and that was why I left.\" According to Georgian interior ministry sources, he appealed for permission to remain in Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0116-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 2 February 2009, at a meeting with EU envoys, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko expressed concern over the build-up of Georgian troops on the border with South Ossetia. \"Grushko expressed concern in connection with the build-up of a Georgian military presence on South Ossetia's borders,\" the Foreign Ministry declared in a statement. \"The increased activity of their [Georgian] special units has been reported on the eastern part of the South Ossetian border.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0117-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 6 February 2009, Georgia submitted the application against Russia to the European Court of Human Rights, to continue the process that started on 11 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0118-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nIn February 2009, Pavel Felgenhauer, a military analyst, claimed that Russia planned to invade Georgia from South Ossetia in order to topple the Saakashvili government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0119-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 22 April 2009, shooting took place on the administrative border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Both sides reported automatic weapons fire, and blamed each other for the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0120-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nIn May 2009, former U.S. Ambassadors to Georgia William Courtney and Kenneth Yalowitz, and the former European Commission ambassador to Georgia, Denis Corboy, called on the United States to lead efforts at preventing a \"new tragedy\" in Georgia. They cited Russia's military buildup in the country and Moscow's resentment over the \"unfinished business\" of the August 2008 Russo-Georgian War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0121-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nBy 1 August 2009, at least 28 Georgian policemen patrolling the South Ossetian administrative boundary had been killed by sniper fire or mines during the first year after the end of the war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0122-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 1 August 2009, Russian Defense Ministry said that Georgia had previously opened fire on the South Ossetian territory several times in the past few days. The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) said its patrols on the ground did not see any evidence to confirm that any firing had taken place. Earlier, the spokesman for EUMM had said that four explosions took place on the South Ossetian side of the administrative border, but causes were not known. The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia also said that its unarmed patrols were blocked from entering South Ossetia and EUMM needed access to areas \"where the incidents are purported to have taken place\" in order to make a \"more complete assessment of the situation on the ground.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0123-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 3 August 2009, South Ossetian separatists threw grenades into Georgian and Russian checkpoints. The next day, South Ossetia accused Georgia of opening fire on 3 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0124-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 3 August 2009, RIA Novosti published an interview with South Ossetian president Eduard Kokoity. Kokoity said that he ruled out a new \"Georgian aggression\". He said he would demand ceding of the Truso Gorge (part of the Georgian administrative unit of Mtskheta-Mtianeti) to South Ossetia. He also talked about Georgian president Saakashvili: \"As for that lover of wars and bellicose slogans, that international criminal, I would advise him to be careful. Considering his behavior, Georgia has a shortage of mental hospitals.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0125-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 4 August 2009, it was reported that tensions were rising before the war's first anniversary. The European Union urged \"all sides to refrain from any statement or action that may lead to increased tensions at this particularly sensitive time.\" Georgia's Foreign Ministry condemned Russia's \"deliberate attempts\" to escalate the situation. Mikheil Saakashvili urged the US and EU to defuse the tensions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0126-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 5 August 2009, Russia claimed that the United States continued to deliver large amounts of weapons to Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0127-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nYulia Latynina wrote in The Moscow Times that events in South Ossetia were unfolding according to last year's scenario. As soon as the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had announced that the United States would not provide arms to Georgia, the South Ossetian president Eduard Kokoity claimed that Tskhinvali had come under fire from the Georgian village of Nikozi. Latynina argued: \"Considering the fact that South Ossetian forces had already wiped Nikozi off the map, his statement sounded a bit strange.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0127-0001", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nIt would be impossible to repeat last year's scenario again, because in 2008 the world didn't pay attention to the fact that before the war started, South Ossetian forces were shelling Georgian territory while declaring their readiness to launch a \"counterstrike\" against Georgian cities. Latynina concluded that if the conflict was renewed, nobody would believe that Kokoity had started the war; everyone would conclude that it had been Putin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0128-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nClose to the one year anniversary of the start of the war, internet attacks occurred that targeted one Georgian user. The Twitter account of a Georgian blogger, Cyxymu came under attack, leading to a several-hour-long downtime of the entire service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0129-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nOn 14 August 2009, Shota Utiashvili, Georgia's Interior Ministry representative said that the South Ossetian side had confessed to shelling of the Georgian villages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198468-0130-0000", "contents": "2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Relations in 2009\nIn late September 2009, the explosion occurred with no casualties on a road near the village of Ergneti, south of Tskhinvali, when a police car drove over it. The explosion happened 40 minutes before a meeting between the Georgian, South Ossetian, and Russian sides to discuss the situation in the region and ways to implement a mechanism for incident prevention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198469-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team\nAfter losing star halfback Ray Rice to the NFL Draft, Rutgers faced a rebuilding season. Senior Mike Teel was forced to step up his game at quarterback without being able to rely on Rice so frequently. Rutgers started off very slowly, dropping 5 of the first 6 games, including two to Big East rivals West Virginia and Cincinnati. With dreams of a Big East championship now completely eroded, Rutgers now had to recover to try to at least secure a fourth consecutive bowl berth. Starting with a 12-10 win against Connecticut on homecoming weekend, Rutgers never lost another game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198469-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team\nThe next week, they posted an impressive 54-34 win over #17 Pittsburgh. They won their next four games, finishing the season 7-5 with a solid 5-2 conference record. Rutgers earned a bowl berth in the PapaJohns.com Bowl, and they won a close game against NC State for their third consecutive bowl win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198470-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Rwandan parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Rwanda from 15 to 18 September 2008. The elections were boycotted by the opposition, and resulted in a victory for the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (FPR), which won 42 of the 53 elected seats. The elections also produced the world's first national parliament with a female majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198470-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Rwandan parliamentary election, Electoral system\nThe 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies consisted of 53 directly-elected members elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, 24 women elected by electoral colleges, and three members elected by mini-committees, two of which represented youth and one represented disabled people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198470-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Rwandan parliamentary election, Campaign\nCampaigning for the elections began on 25 August 2008. The day was marked by a march of about 2,000 FPR supporters through Kigali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198470-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Rwandan parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe FPR assembled a coalition which included six smaller parties: the Ideal Democratic Party (PDI), the Centrist Democratic Party (PDC), the Party for Progress and Concord (PPC), the Prosperity and Solidarity Party (PSP), the Democratic Union of the Rwandan People (UPDR) and the Rwandan Socialist Party (PSR). Aside from the FPR coalition, only two other parties participated in the elections; the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party. Since both also supported President Paul Kagame, there was no opposition participation, as they remained in exile. In addition to the political parties, a single independent candidate, J.M.V. Harelimana, stood in the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198470-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Rwandan parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe United Democratic Forces opposition coalition, based in Belgium, said that the FPR had total control of the state machinery and electoral process, making the election a mere \"smoke screen\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198470-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Rwandan parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe EU sent an observation mission, as did the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union, COMESA, and the East African Legislative Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198470-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Rwandan parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe direct phase of voting for 53 seats occurred on 15 September. Voting was from 6 am to 3 pm. Kagame voted in the Nyarugenge district of Kigali, and he said on this occasion that the people and the parties needed \"to work together for national development\". The indirect phase of voting for 27 seats began on 16 September and ended on 18 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198470-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Rwandan parliamentary election, Results\nChrysologue Karangwa, the head of the electoral commission, announced on 16 September that the FPR had won 42 seats, the Social Democratic Party won seven, and the Liberal Party won four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198470-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Rwandan parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe newly elected deputies were sworn in on 6 October, and Rose Mukantabana was elected as President of the Chamber of Deputies, receiving 70 votes and defeating Abbas Mukama. Dennis Polisi was re-elected as First Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies, and Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo was elected as its Second Vice-President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198471-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryde state by-election\nA by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Ryde on 18 October 2008 to coincide with the Port Macquarie, Lakemba and Cabramatta by-elections. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of sitting member and Deputy Premier John Watkins, who cited exhaustion and the lack of time spent with his family for his resignation. Watkins resigned as Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport and retired from parliament on 8 September 2008, prompting a Cabinet reshuffle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198471-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryde state by-election\nThe by-election was won by Liberal candidate Victor Dominello on a swing of 23%. This was a marked turnaround to the result at the 2007 state election, when Watkins was reelected with 60.09% of the two-party preferred vote. However, the writ was dropped at a very bad time for the government. Labor had been sinking in the polls since being reelected a year earlier. It had suffered from several months of bad press that had driven its poll numbers downward. It was only polling at 44% support, a swing of almost 8% from the 2007 election. Additionally, Watkins' resignation had touched off a domino effect that ultimately resulted in Premier Morris Iemma leaving politics as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198471-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryde state by-election\nWatkins had held Ryde without interruption or serious difficulty since its re-creation in 1999, having held its predecessor seat of Gladesville since 1995. Labor sat on a margin of 10.1%, which would have been considered safe under normal conditions (any seat with a two-party margin greater than 10% is considered safe on paper). However, the seat had historically been marginal at the federal level. Combined with Labor's declining poll numbers, commentators thought it was vulnerable to being taken by the Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198471-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryde state by-election\nOn paper, Dominello's victory turned Ryde from a safe Labor seat into a safe Liberal seat in one stroke. At the time, it was the largest swing against a sitting government in New South Wales history; it has since been outdone by the 2010 Penrith by-election (which saw a 25% swing against Labor) and the 2013 Miranda by-election (which saw a 26% swing against the Coalition).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198471-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryde state by-election\nThe loss of Ryde significantly weakened the standing of Iemma's successor, Nathan Rees, who would himself be ousted in a party room coup a year later. Labor would go on to suffer a landslide defeat at the 2011 state election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup\nThe 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19\u201321, 2008, in the United States at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Team USA won 161\u20442 - 111\u20442 to end the streak of three successive victories for Europe. This was USA's largest margin of victory since 1981 and the first time since 1979 that the Americans had held the lead after every session of play. The team captains were Paul Azinger for the US and Nick Faldo for Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup\nThe U.S. team had been in the lead since the contest began on the Friday. Europe was two points behind going into the Sunday singles matches. They had only previously overturned a deficit once before, in 1995. USA won the majority of the first matches out and subsequently Jim Furyk defeated Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez 2 & 1 to win his match and win the Ryder Cup for the USA. Other matches still out on the course would see this margin of victory increase further. Following the defeat Nick Faldo was heavily criticised for his decision to \"bottom load\" his best players in the singles when the Americans only needed 51\u20442 points to win which they got before they could have any effect on the overall outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Television\nAll matches were covered live in the United States. ESPN handled Friday coverage. Mike Tirico and Andy North hosted from the 18th tower, with Curtis Strange calling holes, and on-course reporters Billy Kratzert and Judy Rankin. With Azinger, ESPN's lead analyst, captaining the U.S. team, North was moved to the booth to fill Azinger's seat. NBC Sports covered the weekend action, with Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller hosting from the 18th tower, Gary Koch and Bob Murphy calling holes, and on-course reporters Mark Rolfing, Roger Maltbie, and Dottie Pepper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Format\nThe Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used in 2008 was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Format\nWith a total of 28 points available, 141\u20442 points were required to win the cup, and 14 points for the defending champion to retain it. All matches were played over a maximum 18 holes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Format\nFor the first time since 1995, the opening matches featured foursomes. US captain Paul Azinger chose the format, hoping to give his team an early advantage in Kentucky. Foursomes was used in the first sessions of every event since 1981 until European captain Seve Ballesteros opened with better ball (fourball) in 1997 at Valderrama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, United States\nThe selection process was radically changed for 2008. The United States team consisted of:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 63], "content_span": [64, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, Europe\nThe qualification process was the same as in 2006. The European team consisted of:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 56], "content_span": [57, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, Europe\nThe final line-up for the European team was announced after the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles on August 31, 2008. S\u00f8ren Hansen, Oliver Wilson and Justin Rose were the last three automatic qualifiers after successful tournaments. Nick Faldo handed wildcards to Paul Casey and Ian Poulter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 56], "content_span": [57, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Teams, Captains\nThe team captains were Paul Azinger for the US and Nick Faldo for Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 31], "content_span": [32, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Teams, Vice-captains\nThe USA vice-captains were Olin Browne, Raymond Floyd and Dave Stockton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 36], "content_span": [37, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Teams, Vice-captains\nThe only European vice-captain was Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal. Paul McGinley had been announced as a vice-captain in May 2007 but resigned in September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 36], "content_span": [37, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Teams, Players\nTiger Woods was the leading player on the points list but was recovering from knee surgery and unable to compete. Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2008 Ryder Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Teams, Players\nCaptains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2008 Ryder Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Friday's matches, Morning foursomes\nThe morning foursomes began well for Team Europe, as they took the lead in all four matches within the first hour. However, things changed by the end of the morning, with Team USA ending the session up 3\u20131, marking the first time since the last American win in 1999 that Team USA held the lead at the end of any Ryder Cup session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 51], "content_span": [52, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Friday's matches, Afternoon four-ball\nThe afternoon session was almost a replay of the morning session. Team Europe led after the front nine in three of the four matches, but only won one. Team USA ended up with its largest lead after the first day since Europe was first included in the Ryder Cup in 1979.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 53], "content_span": [54, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198472-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Ryder Cup, Individual player records\nEach entry refers to the Win\u2013Loss\u2013Half record of the player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198473-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 S.League\n2008 S.League is the 13th season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their seventh league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198473-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 S.League, Foreign players\nEach club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 4 foreign players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198474-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SAFF Championship\nThe 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Mal\u00e9, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198474-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SAFF Championship\nInitially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198475-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SANFL Grand Final\nThe 2008 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final saw the Central District Bulldogs defeat Glenelg by 42 points to claim the club's seventh premiership victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198475-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SANFL Grand Final\nThe match was played on Sunday 5 October 2008 at Football Park in front of a crowd of 34,128.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198476-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SANFL season\nThe 2008 South Australian National Football League season was the 129th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198477-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SAP Open\nThe 2008 SAP Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 119th edition of the SAP Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States, from February 18 through February 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198477-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SAP Open\nThe singles draw featured ATP No. 6 and 2007 Davis Cup champion Andy Roddick, Australian Open quarterfinalist and other 2007 Davis Cup champion James Blake, and 2007 US Open quarterfinalist Tommy Haas. Other seeds were Sydney semifinalist Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, 2007 SAP Open quarterfinalist Hyung-taik Lee, J\u00fcrgen Melzer, Sam Querrey and Kristof Vliegen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198477-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 SAP Open\nThe event started off with an exhibition match between fourteen time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras and Tommy Haas, replacing injured Marat Safin, scheduled to play the exhibition in the first place. The retired American legend defeated his opponent 6\u20134, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198477-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 SAP Open, Finals, Doubles\nScott Lipsky /  David Martin defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198478-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SAP Open \u2013 Doubles\nEric Butorac and Jamie Murray were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Butorac partnered with Todd Perry, but lost in the first round to Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana. Murray partnered with Max Mirnyi, but lost in the quarterfinals to Steve Darcis and Kristof Vliegen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198478-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SAP Open \u2013 Doubles\nScott Lipsky and David Martin won in the final 7\u20136(4), 7\u20135, against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198479-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SAP Open \u2013 Singles\nAndy Murray was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198479-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SAP Open \u2013 Singles\nFirst-seeded Andy Roddick won in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20135, against Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198480-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SBS Drama Awards\nThe 2008 SBS Drama Awards (Korean:\u00a0SBS \uc5f0\uae30\ub300\uc0c1) is a ceremony honoring the best performances in television on the SBS network for the year 2008. It was held on December 31, 2008, at the SBS Open Hall in Deungchon-dong, Seoul, and was hosted by Ryu Si-won and Han Ye-seul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198481-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SEAT Cupra Championship\nThe 2008 Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra Championship season was the sixth and final season of the SEAT Cupra Championship. It began on 30 March at Brands Hatch, and ended on 21 September at the same circuit, supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198482-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SEAT Le\u00f3n Eurocup\nThe 2008 SEAT Le\u00f3n Eurocup was the first season of the SEAT Le\u00f3n Eurocup, a one-make racing series supporting the World Touring Car Championship. The best classified driver at each event was rewarded with a drive in a SUNRED Engineering\u2013run SEAT Le\u00f3n TFSI at the next round of the WTCC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198482-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SEAT Le\u00f3n Eurocup\nOscar Nogu\u00e9s won the championship tied on 47 points with Marin \u010colak, winning by having three race wins to \u010colak's two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game\nThe 2008 Dr Pepper SEC Championship Game was played December 6, 2008, in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia to determine the 2008 football champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game featured the Florida Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Gators were classified as the home team. Before this game was played, the designated \"home team\", chosen on an alternating basis, was 10\u20136 (11-6 after Florida's win in this game) in SEC Championship Games. The SEC East is 10\u20136 in SEC Championship games (11-6 after Florida's win), with the Florida Gators accounting for six of the 10 victories. (seven after this game) Before this game, Alabama had represented the SEC West five times in the conference championship game with a 2\u20133 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game\nThe game was televised by CBS Sports and kicked off at 4:00 pm EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Selection process\nThe SEC Championship Game matches up the winner of the Eastern and Western divisions of the Southeastern Conference. The game was first played in 1992, when the conference expanded from 10 to 12 teams with the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina. The SEC was the first conference in college football to have a conference championship game. Seven other conferences currently have conference championship games (ACC, BIG 10, BIG 12, CUSA, MAC, MWC & Pac-12).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Regular season\nAlabama entered Nick Saban's second year as head coach with an AP preseason ranking of 24. After finishing the 2007 season 7\u20136, including a win in the Independence Bowl, the Crimson Tide brought in one of the nation's top recruiting classes and was expected to improve in 2008. The team started off strong in the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff with a convincing 34-10 win over #9 Clemson. Four weeks later they shocked the nation by defeating #3 Georgia 41\u201330 in Athens after building a 31\u20130 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Regular season\nThe rest of the season included a 27\u201321 overtime victory over #16 LSU in Nick Saban's first game in Baton Rouge against his old team, as well as a 36\u20130 shutout of Auburn to end Alabama's 6-game losing streak to their in-state rival. The Crimson Tide finished the regular season with a 12\u20130 record and a #1 ranking in the BCS, AP, and Coaches' Polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Regular season\nOnly two years removed from a national championship, Florida entered the season with high hopes and an AP preseason ranking of 5. The Gators went 9\u20134 in 2007, and they had many key players returning, including Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow. After a 3-0 start, the team suffered a devastating home loss to Ole Miss. However, this loss was later seen as a turning point for Florida. In their last 8 games, the Gators scored no less than 38 points and had an average margin of victory of 39.6. Key victories included #4 LSU (51\u201321), #6 Georgia (49\u201310), #25 South Carolina (56\u20136), and #20 Florida State (45\u201315). Florida finished the regular season with an 11\u20131 record and a #2 ranking in the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Game hype and difference in style\nAfter the match-up between Alabama and Florida was set November 8, when Alabama defeated LSU and Florida defeated Vanderbilt, the game began to receive a great deal of attention in sports media. Many college football analysts called the game a \"play-in game\" for the BCS National Championship, easily making it one of the most anticipated games of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Game hype and difference in style\nAnalyst cited the differences in the teams' styles as a major point of interest. Florida's style of football came directly from Urban Meyer's offensive-minded philosophy of a fast-paced offense and defense, generally using smaller, quicker players. They run a form of the spread offense, using speed to spread the field, which results in quick drives and higher scoring games. The Gators use a basic 4-3 defense and again use speedy players to try to gain an advantage on their opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Game hype and difference in style\nAlabama on the other hand run an almost complete opposite style of football, led by Nick Saban's defensive-minded philosophy of physical domination on both sides of the ball, generally using bigger, more physical players. The Tide run a smashmouth offensive scheme utilizing a physical offensive line and power running backs to control the line of scrimmage, which results in slower drives, an advantage in time of possession and lower scoring games. On defense, the team runs out of a base 3-4 defense, utilizing quick and physical linebackers to allow more flexibility in stopping multiple offensive formations and schemes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Game summary\nAfter a forcing Alabama to a three-and-out on their opening drive Florida struck first moving 59 yards while never facing a third-down to take a 7-0 lead on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Tim Tebow to Carl Moore. Alabama responded with a touchdown \"drive\" of their own. On the first play, quarterback John Parker Wilson connecting on a 64-yard bomb to superstar freshman receiver Julio Jones. On the very next play Glenn Coffee burst through for an 18-yard touchdown run. After a Florida three-and-out Alabama took its first lead at 10-7 with a 30-yard field goal by Leigh Tiffin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Game summary\nAfter another Florida three-and-out Alabama drove to the Florida 32-yard line. The 49-yard field goal attempt was a fake and holder P. J. Fitzgerald could only gain a yard. Taking over at their own 31-yard line, Florida retaliated with a swift drive culminating in a 19-yard field goal by Jonathan Phillips to tie the game, 10-10. Following an Alabama three-and-out Florida retook the lead with a 57-yard drive that Tebow capped off with a 5-yard touchdown pass to David Nelson. Alabama was forced to punt on their next drive and Florida lead at halftime 17-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Game summary\nAlabama's defense forced a three-and-out and then their offense used the \"ground-and-pound\" strategy to perfection running 15 plays, gaining 91 yards and taking 6:53 off the clock to tie the game at 17-17 with a 2-yard rushing touchdown by Mark Ingram Jr.. Florida seemed poised to take the lead on their drive, but after the drive stalled Phillips missed a 42-yard field goal. Alabama didn't waste their chance as a 27-yard Tiffin field goal gave them a 20-17 lead going into the fourth quarter. Then, Tebow took over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0008-0003", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Game summary\nFlorida took a page from the Alabama playbook, using a long drive, converting two third downs before Jeffery Demps ran in a touchdown from one yard out, retaking the lead 24-20. Return ace Javier Arenas returned the resulting kickoff 41 yards to the Alabama 41, but on 3rd-and-8 Jermaine Cunningham sacked Wilson for an 11-yard loss. The Gators put the game away on their next drive, storming 67 yards in just 8 plays with Tebow throwing a dart to Riley Cooper to increase the lead to 31-20 with just 2:50 remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0008-0004", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Game summary\nAn interception by Joe Haden with 1:41 sealed the deal as Florida ran out the rest of the clock. Florida out gaining Alabama 358-323, converting 7 of their 13 third downs to Alabama's 5 of 12, and  zero Florida turnovers were the most deciding factors. Despite going just 14-22 for the game, Tebow was 5-5 for 70 yards and 1 touchdown in the fourth quarter bringing his overall night to 14-22 for 218 yards 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. Tebow and Demps carried the Florida running game combining for 110 yards on 30 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198483-0008-0005", "contents": "2008 SEC Championship Game, Game summary\nLouis Murphy was the leading receiver for Florida with 86 yards on just 4 catches. Wilson struggled going just 12-25 for 187 yards  0 touchdowns and 1 interception, but Coffee continued his hot streak by rushing for 112 yards on 21 carries including an 18-yard touchdown run. Jones was spectacular with 124 yards on merely 5 catches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198484-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 13\u201316, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised by Raycom/LF Sports, and the SEC Championship Game was produced by CBS and televised by ESPN2. The University of Georgia, the improbable winner of the tournament, earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198484-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe tournament was originally scheduled to be played at the Georgia Dome, but a tornado struck downtown Atlanta on the night of March 14, while the third of four quarterfinal games was in overtime. While that game was completed, SEC officials decided not to risk playing the fourth game, between the University of Kentucky and University of Georgia. That quarterfinal was subsequently postponed until Saturday morning. That game and all subsequent games were played at Alexander Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Georgia Tech, a school in the Atlantic Coast Conference (and coincidentally a former SEC member). Due to the smaller capacity, only the players' families, credentialed media, school officials and 400 fans from each school were allowed to attend the rest of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198484-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament\nGeorgia, which had a sub-.500 record (13\u201316, 6\u201312 in the SEC) going into the tournament and had to win the title to secure an NCAA Tournament bid, was forced to play and win three games in the space of 30 hours, including two games on Saturday \u2014 the original quarterfinal game against Kentucky that was postponed by the tornado and venue change, and the subsequent semifinal game. Coincidentally, Georgia won the SEC tournament championship on the home court of its bitter rival, Georgia Tech. This was Georgia's first SEC men's basketball tournament championship since 1983.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198484-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket\n* Denotes game ended in overtime. \u2020 Game originally scheduled for 9:45\u00a0p.m. the day before. Postponed due to tornado. \u2021 - Game was originally to have been telecast on CBS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198484-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket, All-Tournament Team\nSundiata Gaines, Georgia (Most Valuable Player)Terrance Woodbury, GeorgiaCharles Thomas, ArkansasDarian Townes, ArkansasMykal Riley, Alabama", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198484-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket, Game delays and relocation\nDuring overtime of the Friday night quarterfinal between Mississippi State and Alabama, a tornado hit the Georgia Dome at 9:40\u00a0p.m. The National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning at 9:26\u00a0p.m., because radar indicated a thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado. The storm tore open a panel on the north side of the dome; sheared bolts and insulation fell into the arena. After the storm passed, the teams returned to the court at 10:30 and completed the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198484-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket, Game delays and relocation\nThe Kentucky\u2013Georgia basketball game, originally scheduled for Friday night, was postponed. It was rescheduled for Saturday at noon. Due to the severe damage suffered at the Georgia Dome, the remainder of the tournament was moved to Georgia Tech's Alexander Memorial Coliseum. The semifinals began at 6:00pm Saturday in Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Because the games were moved to a significantly smaller arena, only players' families & friends, bands, cheerleaders, and persons with working credentials were admitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198484-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket, Game delays and relocation\nThe SEC looked at several possible scenarios; one specifically mentioned by media involved playing only the Kentucky-Georgia game on Saturday, playing both semifinals on Sunday, and declaring the semifinal winners co-champions. However, tournament officials were told by the NCAA tournament selection committee (which included SEC commissioner Michael Slive) that it had to finish the tournament in order to preserve the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198484-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket, Game delays and relocation\nThe championship game was originally slated to be televised by CBS but was bumped to ESPN2 after the SEC opted to move the tip time to 3:30\u00a0p.m. (EDT). The move to ESPN2 was because CBS televised the Big Ten tournament final at 3:30\u00a0p.m. However, CBS still produced the game, with announcers Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery calling the game. All CBS affiliates in the finalists' home markets also carried the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198485-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Softball Tournament\nThe 2008 SEC Softball Tournament was held at Tiger Park on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from May 8 through May 10, 2008. Florida won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198486-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 6-9, 2008 in Nashville, TN at the Sommet Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198486-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament\nTennessee won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198487-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SK Brann season\nThe 2008 season was SK Brann's 100th season and their 22nd consecutive season in the Norwegian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198487-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SK Brann season, Information\nManager: Mons Ivar MjeldeLeague: Norwegian Premier LeagueShirt supplier: Kappa Shirt sponsor: Sparebanken VestAverage league attendance: 16,954 League: 8th Norwegian Cup: 4th round  (0-8 vs. Molde)Champions League: Third qualifying round (0-1 (h) and 1-2 (a) vs. Marseille) UEFA Cup: First round (2-0 (h) and 0-2 (a) vs. Deportivo Coru\u00f1a. Brann lost 2\u20133 on the penalty shootout)Top goal scorer: Thorstein Helstad (11 in league, 13 over-all) Player of the year: Olafur \u00d6rn Bjarnason", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198487-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 SK Brann season, Squad\nMatches and goals updated as of November 21, 2008 and is for league only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198487-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 SK Brann season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198487-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 SK Brann season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198487-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 SK Brann season, Matches (goals)\nThe table shows matches and goals in the Norwegian Premier League, Norwegian Cup, Champions League and UEFA Cup, and was last updated after the game against V\u00e5lerenga on November 2, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198488-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SMU Mustangs football team\nThe 2008 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Mustangs, led by first-year head coach June Jones, played their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium and competed in Conference USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198489-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SVL season\nThe 2008 Shakey's V-League (SVL) season was the fifth season of the Shakey's V-League. There were two indoor conferences for this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198489-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SVL season, 1st Conference\nThe Shakey's V-League 5th Season 1st Conference was the seventh conference of Shakey's V-League, a collegiate women's volleyball league in the Philippines founded in 2004. The conference started March 30, 2008 at the Filoil Flying V Centre (formerly The Arena), San Juan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198490-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 12\u201315, 2008 at Fair Park Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198490-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Southwestern Athletic Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198491-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sabah state election\nThe 2008 Sabah state election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008, simultaneously with the 12th general election of Malaysia. 60 state assembly seats were contested. The election was won by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition with a similar number of seats won as in the previous election, where they won 59 seats. One seat was won by Democratic Action Party (DAP). In the previous election, BN won 59 seats, while one seat was won by an independent candidate. Other parties contesting in this election are Democratic Action Party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, BERSEKUTU, Pasok, Setia, and 47 independent candidates. The 25 parliamentary seats were also contested the same time. This is the second time the state election of Sabah is held simultaneously with the general (parliamentary) elections, the first time being in the 2004 general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 868]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198491-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sabah state election\nThe State Legislative Assembly was dissolved on 13 February 2008, after state Chief Minister Musa Aman obtained consent from the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Ahmadshah Abdullah. The nomination day was held on 24 February 2008. On this day, Ramlee Marbahan of BN won the seat of N.54 Bugaya unopposed. Barisan Nasional also won two parliamentary seats on nomination day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198491-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sabah state election\nOn 27 February 2008, the PKR candidate Mohaspa Mohd Hassan pulled out of the election, thus awarding the N.41 Gum Gum seat to Zakaria Mohd Edris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198491-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sabah state election, Parties representing Barisan Nasional\nAllocation of seats among parties within the ruling BN coalition is as follows. This formula was used in the 2004 election and has been retained for this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198491-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sabah state election, Parliamentary seats\nThe parliamentary election was held simultaneously nationwide with the state elections of all Malaysian states except Sarawak. Barisan Nasional had won two seats unopposed on nomination day itself\u2014the P.182 Pensiangan seat by Joseph Kurup, and P.191 Kalabakan by Ghapur Salleh. The following is a summary of results for parliamentary seats in Sabah:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198492-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sacramento Monarchs season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the 12th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team reached the playoffs for the man consecutive season. It was also their 9th and final playoff berth before folding a season later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198492-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sacramento Monarchs season, Player stats\nNote: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198493-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sacramento State Hornets football team\nThe 2008 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198493-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sacramento State Hornets football team\nSacramento State competed in the Big Sky Conference. The Hornets were led by second-year head coach Marshall Sperbeck and played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins and six losses (6\u20136, 3\u20135 Big Sky). Sacramento State was outscored by its opponents 319\u2013324 for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198493-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sacramento State Hornets football team, Team players in the NFL\nNo Sacramento State players were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198494-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sacramento mayoral election\nThe 2008 Sacramento mayoral election was held on June 3, 2008 and November 4, 2008 to elect the mayor of Sacramento, California. It saw the election of Kevin Johnson, who defeated incumbent mayor Heather Fargo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198495-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Saginaw Sting season\nThe 2008 Saginaw Sting season was the first season for the American Continental Indoor Football League franchise, who began play as an expansion team. Original team owners were Mike Johnson, Mike Trumbull, and Esteban Rivera, who also owned the Kalamazoo Xplosion. The team was led by former Michigan State quarterback Damon Dowdell, who led the league in passing yards (2,190), touchdowns (54) and completion percentage (62%). Nick Body was Dowdell's favorite target, leading the league in receptions (78), yards (1,005) and touchdowns (31). Despite their offensive numbers, neither player won Offensive Player of the Year or the CIFL MVP. The duo led the Sting to a 10\u20132 regular season and a playoff berth. On June 29, 2008, the Sting defeated the Xplosion 41\u201337 to win the CIFL Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198495-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Saginaw Sting season, Roster\nRookies in italics updated June 29, 20082 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198496-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sahrawi legislative election\nA legislative election for the Sahrawi National Council took place between 17 February and 19 February 2008. More than 126 candidates competed for the 53 seats of the Sahrawi National Council, which is the unicameral legislature of the partially recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The Council was elected for a period of three years. The election was only held in the so-called Free Zone as well as in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria, the rest of Western Sahara being under the de facto administration of Morocco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198496-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Sahrawi legislative election\nAs stipulated in the Sahrawi Constitution, the renewal of the Council occurred after the previous Council was dissolved following the 12th Congress of the Polisario Front, which took place two months earlier between 14 December and 21 December 2007. First-time MPs represented 61.53% of those elected. The percentage of young people in the new Council stood at 57.67%, while women gained 34.61% of seats, thanks in part to a quota system. Mahfoud Ali Beiba was reelected Speaker of the Council on 27 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198497-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sai Kung bus crash\nOn 1 May 2008, at approximately 09:02 HKT, a tour bus flipped onto its side on Hiram's Highway in Sai Kung District, New Territories. The crash killed 19 people and injured 43.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198497-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sai Kung bus crash\nThe incident was Hong Kong's third deadliest road traffic accident, behind a 2018 incident killing 19 and injuring 61, and a 2003 incident which killed 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198497-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sai Kung bus crash, Incident, Crash\nOn 1 May 2008, at 8:30 am, two tour buses carrying several members of the Shinji Shumeikai Hong Kong branch left from Tsz Wan Shan for Sai Kung. At around 9:02, one of the tour buses rolled over when entering the Hiram's Highway roundabout in Nam Pin Wai. The bus flipped onto its side and struck a noise barrier, causing the roof of the bus to collapse, trapping many passengers between the roof and the seats, and hindering rescue efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198497-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sai Kung bus crash, Incident, Immediate aftermath\nFirefighters arrived after nine minutes, and 14 passengers were pronounced dead at the scene. A makeshift morgue was set up, the first time since a bus accident in 2003. Four more passengers died after being transferred to hospital, bringing the death toll to 18. Then-Chief Executive Donald Tsang visited Tseung Kwan O Hospital, where the largest amount of injured passengers were transferred, then visited the crash site. He expressed that this was Hong Kong's most serious traffic accident in recent years, and asked for all relevant departments to investigate the causes of this accident, as well as provide help for all affected families.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198497-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sai Kung bus crash, Incident, Immediate aftermath\nFour days after the crash, on 5 May, one more passenger died after being transferred to a hospital, bringing the death toll to a final of 19. Many of the survivors were left with lifelong injuries and disabilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198497-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Sai Kung bus crash, Criminal proceedings\nThe 33-year-old bus captain, Hung Ling-kwok, was charged with dangerous driving causing death. Investigators stated that Hung was travelling around 67 kph, while the speed limit was 50 kph. The bus was found to have no mechanical faults. The judge in the case criticised Hung for descending the hill in the wrong gear, failing to use the throttle or exhaust brake, and ignoring warning signs including passengers' repeated calls to slow down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198497-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Sai Kung bus crash, Criminal proceedings\nHung apologised to the families of the victims in the District Court in June 2009, but the apology was not accepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198497-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Sai Kung bus crash, Criminal proceedings\nOn 1 May 2009, Hung pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving causing death, for which the maximum sentence was five years' imprisonment at the time of the offence. On 19 June 2009, Hung was sentenced to three years and four months in prison, with the maximum sentence being reduced in recognition of his guilty plea. His driving licence was also suspended for three years. However, as his driving licence suspension would take place during the period of his imprisonment, he would be able to drive upon his release.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198497-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Sai Kung bus crash, Criminal proceedings\nThe families of victims, as well as survivors of the crash, called the sentence excessively lenient. They felt that the prison sentence was light, and said that Hung should not be allowed to drive again. Hung evaded a longer jail term as new legislation raising the penalty for dangerous driving causing death (to ten years) only came into effect on 4 July 2008, and he was charged under the old law. On 29 June 2009, the victims petitioned the Department of Justice for a review of the sentence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198497-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Sai Kung bus crash, Criminal proceedings\nIn response, the Department of Justice applied to the Court of Appeal to review the length of the driving ban. On 15 April 2010, the Court of Appeal doubled the driving ban to six years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198498-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Saint Francis Cougars football team\nThe 2008 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2008 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 11th year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Bishop John D'Arcy Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished in 1st place in the MSFA MEL division, so they received an automatic bid to the 2008 postseason NAIA playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198498-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Schedule\n(12-1 overall, 6-0 conference)After an undefeated regular season, USF finished with a loss at Sioux Falls. This was the second time in three seasons that Sioux Falls put the only blemish on the USF record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198499-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Saint Francis Red Flash football team\nThe 2008 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represented Saint Francis University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Red Flash were led by seventh-year head coach Dave Opfar and played their home games at DeGol Field. They finished the season 0\u201311 overall and 0\u20137 in NEC play to place last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198500-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Saint John River flood\nThe 2008 Saint John River flood was considered the worst flooding of the Saint John River in 35 years. Flood levels reached 27 feet and 4 inches in Fredericton on May 1, almost reaching the previous record of 28 feet and 3 inches, set in 1973. Flooding was attributed to the melting of record snowfall from the 2007-2008 winter and heavy rain during the melting season. Fifty streets in Fredericton area were closed as a result of the flooding. The flooding caused severe damage in areas of northern Maine and western New Brunswick including international bridges and hundreds of homes and buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198500-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Saint John River flood\nBy May 3, the Canadian Red Cross had registered 680 residents who had been forced to evacuate from their homes. An additional 600 residences were evacuated in Maine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198501-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season\nThe 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season was the 59th season of the Saitama Seibu Lions franchise. The Lions played their home games at Seibu Dome in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Hisanobu Watanabe on his first season as team manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198501-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season\nSeibu finished the season in first place with a record of 76\u201364\u20134, winning the team its 21st PL pennant and qualifying them for the Climax Series. In the 2008 Pacific League Climax Series, the Lions defeated the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the Second Stage and went on to win the 2008 Japan Series, its thirteenth, as well as the 2008 Asia Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198502-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Salford City Council election\nThe 2008 Salford City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party lost six seats but stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198503-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Salt Lake County mayoral election\nThe 2008 Salt Lake County mayoral election was held to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah on November 4, 2008, alongside the presidential, House of Representatives and gubernatorial elections. This marked the third election to the office since the post was created in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198503-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Salt Lake County mayoral election\nPopular incumbent Democrat Peter Corroon was elected in a nearly 2 to 1 landslide against token Republican opposition. In the same election cycle, Salt Lake County narrowly voted for Democrat Barack Obama for president, but also voted for incumbent Republican Governor Jon Huntsman Jr..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198504-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Salwator Cup\nThe 2008 Salwator Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2008 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Krak\u00f3w, Poland between 3 and 9 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198504-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Salwator Cup, WTA entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198504-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Salwator Cup, WTA entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry from a Lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198504-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Salwator Cup, Champions, Doubles\nAngelique Kerber /  Urszula Radwa\u0144ska def. Olga Br\u00f3zda /  Sandra Zaniewska, 6\u20133, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198506-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sammarinese general election\nA snap general election was held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. Elections were called after the collapse of the centre-left majority which had won the previous 2006 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198506-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sammarinese general election\nIn June 2008, due to disagreements within the coalition partners, the Party of Socialists and Democrats (PSD), Popular Alliance (AP) and United Left (SU), AP left the coalition and the cabinet fell down. The PSD tried to form a narrow-majority coalition with SU and Sammarineses for Freedom (SpL), but two dissenting members of PSD left their party  and formed Arengo and Freedom (AL), leaving the proposed coalition without a majority in Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198506-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sammarinese general election\nDue to the new electoral law passed earlier in 2008 which introduced a number of changes (an electoral threshold of 3.5% and a majority premium for the winning coalition, on the example of the electoral system for the Italian cities), the election was contested by two major coalitions: Pact for San Marino (centre-right) and Reforms and Freedom (centre-left).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198506-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sammarinese general election, Electoral system\nVoters had to be citizens of San Marino and at least 18 years old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198506-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sammarinese general election, Coalitions and parties\nDue to the new electoral law, Sammarinese political parties are organized in two major coalitions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198507-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sammarinese referendum\nFour referendums were held in San Marino on 16 March 2008. Voters were asked questions on the voting system, raising salaries in line with inflation, projects, and the abolition of temporary employment contracts. As voter turnout was just 35.36%, all four referendums failed to pass the 32% quorum of registered voters required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198507-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sammarinese referendum, Results, Voting system\nVoters were asked whether they wanted to only allow voters a single preference on their ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198507-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sammarinese referendum, Results, Wages rising in line with inflation\nVoters were asked whether they wished for salaries of employees to be revalued on 1 January each year in line with the rate of inflation recorded by the Centro di Elaborazione Dati e Statistica dello Stato.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198507-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sammarinese referendum, Results, Projects\nVoters were asked whether they wished to delete Article 18 of the September 2005 law on promoting, supporting and developing employment training, which related to projects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198507-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sammarinese referendum, Results, Temporary contracts\nVoters were asked whether they wished to delete Article 17 of the September 2005 law on promoting, supporting and developing employment training, which related to temporary contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198508-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Samoa National League\nThe 2008 Samoa National League, or also known as the Upolo First Division, was the 20th edition of the Samoa National League, the top league of the Football Federation Samoa. OSM Sinamoga won their first record title, though it is thought that they won their first title in the unrecorded period from 1986-96.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198509-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Samsung 500\nThe 2008 Samsung 500 was the seventh race for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and run on Sunday, April 6 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. The race was broadcast on television by Fox starting at 1:30 PM US EDT, and broadcast via radio and Sirius Satellite Radio on the Performance Racing Network beginning at 1 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198509-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Samsung 500, Qualifying\nDale Earnhardt, Jr. won his first pole as a member of Hendrick Motorsports, with a speed of just under 191\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198509-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Samsung 500, Qualifying\nHowever, the major story to come out of this was the spectacular crash of Michael McDowell into Turn One during his second qualifying lap in the #00 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing. Going into Turn 1, McDowell said on the radio \"Way too tight!\" The car proceeded to turn sharply left, then when McDowell tried to correct it, the car sharply steered hardly to the right, plowing head-first into the SAFER barrier at over 180 mph, causing his car to barrel-roll 8 times with fire coming from the engine compartment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198509-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Samsung 500, Qualifying\nMcDowell was shown to be moving around in the car when the car landed on its wheels in the middle of Turns 1 and 2, and seconds later was able to get out of the car under his own power, uninjured. Due to the fact that his primary car was destroyed, he was forced into the rear of the field in a backup. The crash would prove the safety of the Car of Tomorrow, which had been criticized for its looks. For most of McDowell's career, this would be his legacy; proving the safety of the Car of Tomorrow until the 2021 season, when in a stunning upset McDowell would pass Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano on the final lap to win the 2021 Daytona 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198509-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Samsung 500, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify: Burney Lamar (#08), Dario Franchitti (#40), Chad McCumbee (#45).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198509-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Samsung 500, Race recap\nThe race was won by Carl Edwards. Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman and Denny Hamlin would round out the top five while Jeff Burton, Tony Stewart, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth and Clint Bowyer would be the remaining finishers in the top ten finishing order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198510-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Samsung FEI Nations Cup Promotional League\nThe 2008 Samsung FEI Nations Cup Promotional League was the 2008 edition of the second division of the Samsung Super League, an international team Grand Prix show jumping competition run by the FEI. Ireland won the Promotional League the previous year and had been promoted to the 2008 Samsung Super League. France joined the series, having been relegated from the 2007 Samsung Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198510-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Samsung FEI Nations Cup Promotional League\nBefore the beginning of the 2009 season of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup (the follower of the Samsung Super League), the number of participating nations teams in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup has been increased up to ten. Thus, after the descent of Sweden, three nations starting positions are reassigned. This was done by the placement of best placed show jumpers from every nation in the world rankings. The emerging nations to the 2009 Meydan FEI Nations Cup were Sweden, France and Canada. The national equestrian federation of Canada refrained, so Italy moved into the Meydan FEI Nations Cup for the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198510-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Samsung FEI Nations Cup Promotional League, Standings\nThe points of the seven best results of each nation are added to the final result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198511-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Samsung Super League\nThe 2008 Samsung Super League was the 2008 edition of the Samsung Super League, the premier international team Grand Prix show jumping competition run by the FEI and sponsored by Samsung Electronics. It was held at eight European venues from May 9 to September 21, 2008. Germany won the series for the third consecutive year, while Ludger Beerbaum of Germany won the title of top rider. Sweden was relegated to the 2009 FEI Nations Cup after finishing last in the eight team series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198511-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Samsung Super League, Standings, Overall\nSweden was relegated to the 2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League. Before the beginning of the 2009 season of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup (the follower of the Samsung Super League), the number of participating nations teams in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup has been increased up to ten. Thus, after the descent of Sweden, three nations starting positions are reassigned. This was done by the placement of best placed show jumpers from every nation in the world rankings. The emerging nations to the 2009 Meydan FEI Nations Cup were Sweden, France and Canada. The national equestrian federation of Canada refrained, so Italy moved into the Meydan FEI Nations Cup for the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198512-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Antonio Silver Stars season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the 12th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198512-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Antonio Silver Stars season, Regular season\nSilver Stars guard Shanna Crossley tore the ACL in her left knee during a preseason game against the Detroit Shock. The news was announced by head coach and general manager Dan Hughes on May 14. Crossley injured her knee during San Antonio\u2019s second offensive possession of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198512-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Antonio Silver Stars season, WNBA Playoffs\n\u00b0 Played in the Galen Center, Los Angeles, CA ^ Played in the EMU Convocation Center, Ypsilanti, MI", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season\nThe 2008 season was the San Diego Chargers' 39th in the National Football League and their 49th overall. While they completed the regular season with only an 8\u20138 record, they nonetheless captured their third consecutive AFC West championship. In the first round of the playoffs, the Chargers upset the Indianapolis Colts, but they were eliminated the following week during their divisional round game on the road against the eventual Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season\nThe Chargers became the first team to go 8\u20138 and win their division since the 1985 Cleveland Browns, and by winning their Wild Card playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts, became the first team in NFL history to actually go an entire season without having a winning record until after the first round of the playoffs. They also became the first team in NFL history to start the season 4\u20138, yet make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, 2008 schedule, Regular season\nIn addition to their regular games with AFC West rivals, the Chargers played teams from the AFC East and NFC South as per the schedule rotation, and also played intraconference games against the Colts and the Steelers based on divisional positions from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, 2008 schedule, Regular season\nOn October 26, the Chargers had a game against the New Orleans Saints in London, England, where the Saints were the designated home team. i.e. They were playing their home game in London. This was the second NFL game played in London in as many years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, 2008 schedule, Regular season\nNote: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. * NFL overseas game in England. New Orleans is the designated home team. * * Game time changed due to NBC's flex scheduling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe Chargers began their 2008 campaign at home against the Carolina Panthers. After a scoreless first quarter, the Panthers pounced first as kicker John Kasay got a 44-yard field goal. The Chargers would take the lead with QB Philip Rivers completing a 44-yard TD pass to WR Chris Chambers, yet Carolina would take the halftime lead as Kasay nailed a 33-yard and a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, San Diego got the lead with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 27-yard field goal, yet the Panthers regained the lead with CB Chris Gamble returning a fumble 31 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Carolina increased its lead with Kasay nailing a 49-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Chargers got the lead again with Rivers completing a 24-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates and a 5-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson. Unfortunately for San Diego, Panthers QB Jake Delhomme threw the game-winning 14-yard TD pass to TE Dante Rosario as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers\nWith the loss, San Diego began its season at 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Denver Broncos\nHoping to rebound from their last-second home loss to the Panthers, the Chargers flew to Invesco Field at Mile High for a Week 2 AFC West duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as FB Michael Pittman getting a 1-yard TD run, after a Philip Rivers pass to Chris Chambers was ruled an interception on the field. The Chargers challenged the ruling, but the replay system was inoperative to the officials, so the ruling on the field stood. The 'Bolts would respond with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 34-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Denver Broncos\nIn the second quarter, Denver increased its lead with QB Jay Cutler completing a 3-yard and a 14-yard TD pass to TE Tony Scheffler. San Diego would immediately respond with RB Darren Sproles returning a kickoff 103-yard for a touchdown, yet the Broncos replied with kicker Matt Prater getting a 52-yard field goal. The Chargers would strike at Denver's lead as QB Philip Rivers completing a 48-yard TD pass to WR Chris Chambers, yet the Broncos would end the half with Cutler completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, the 'Bolts began to rally as Rivers completed a 15-yard TD pass to Chambers, along with Kaeding nailing a 21-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, San Diego took the lead with Kaeding's 28-yard field goal and Rivers\u2019 66-yard TD pass to Sproles. However, Denver responded with a 12-play, 80-yard drive (which included a second controversial officiating call that turned a game-winning fumble into an incomplete pass) that concluded with Cutler completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Eddie Royal, including Cutler's 2-point conversion pass to Royal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Denver Broncos\nNotable: The game has been titled by press and websites as \"The Mile High Highjacking\" after the officiating call that cost San Diego the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. New York Jets\nHoping to avoid an 0\u20133 start, the Chargers went home for a Week 3 MNF duel with the New York Jets. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as Jets CB David Barrett returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown on QB Philip Rivers' first attempted pass of the game. The Chargers responded with kicker Nate Kaeding\u2019s 36-yard field goal and a Rivers 1-yard TD pass to rookie FB Mike Tolbert. In the second quarter, the 'Bolts increased their lead as CB Antonio Cromartie returned an interception 52 yards for a touchdown. New York tried to answer as QB Brett Favre completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles, yet the Chargers replied with Rivers completing a 27-yard TD pass to WR Chris Chambers and a 6-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, San Diego continued its march as RB LaDainian Tomlinson got a 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Jets tried to rally as Favre completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Chansi Stuckey (with a failed 2-point conversion) and kicker Jay Feely got a 32-yard field goal. San Diego would answer with Tomlinson's 2-yard TD run. New York tried to make another rally as Favre completed a 13-yard TD pass to TE Dustin Keller (with another failed 2-point conversion), yet the 'Bolts pulled away as Kaeding nailed a 49-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Oakland Raiders\nComing off their MNF home win over the Jets, the Chargers flew to Oakland\u2013Alameda County Coliseum for a Week 4 AFC West duel with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, the 'Bolts trailed early as Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski got a 22-yard field goal, along with Safety Gibril Wilson sacking QB Philip Rivers in his endzone for a safety. In the second quarter, San Diego continued to trail as QB JaMarcus Russell completed a 63-yard TD pass to TE Zach Miller, along with Janikowski's 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter the Chargers began to rally as kicker Nate Kaeding made a 28-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the 'Bolts continued their rally as Rivers completed a 9-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates, along with RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 13-yard TD run (with a successful 2-point conversion pass from Rivers to RB Darren Sproles). Oakland tried to respond as Janikowski got a 32-yard field goal, yet San Diego completed its comeback with Kaeding making a 47-yard field goal and Tomlinson rushing for a 41-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Oakland Raiders\nNotable: Through 15 games against a single opponent, LaDainian Tomlinson set a new record in touchdowns and yards against an opponent previously held by Barry Sanders, 1,763 yards, and Marcus Allen, 20 Touchdowns, respectively, by totaling 1,815 yards and 21 touchdowns. In this game, Janikowski attempted and failed a 76-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Miami Dolphins\nComing off their divisional road win over the Raiders, the Chargers flew to Dolphin Stadium for a Week 5 duel with the Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, the 'Bolts struck first with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 34-yard field goal. The Dolphins would respond with kicker Dan Carpenter nailing a 47-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Miami took the lead as QB Chad Pennington completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Greg Camarillo, along with RB Ronnie Brown getting a 5-yard TD run. In the third quarter, San Diego tried to rally as QB Philip Rivers completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Chris Chambers (a former Dolphin). However, Miami's defense prevented the 'Bolts from striking again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. New England Patriots\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Dolphins, the Chargers went home, donned their alternate uniforms, and played a Week 6 Sunday night duel with the New England Patriots, in a rematch of last year's AFC Championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the first quarter, the 'Bolts struck first as kicker Nate Kaeding got a 25-yard field goal, along with QB Philip Rivers completing a 49-yard TD pass to WR Malcom Floyd. In the second quarter, the Patriots got on the board as kicker Stephen Gostkowski got a 47-yard field goal. San Diego closed out the half with Rivers completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, the Chargers continued its victory march as Rivers completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates, along with Kaeding kicking a 35-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the 'Bolts closed out the night with Kaeding nailing a 35-yard field goal. New England would respond with RB Sammy Morris getting a 1-yard TD run, yet San Diego was too much for them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 8: at New Orleans Saints\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Bills, the Chargers flew to Wembley Stadium for the 2008 International Series game with the New Orleans Saints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 8: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as kicker Taylor Mehlhaff got a 23-yard field goal. The 'Bolts would respond with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 33-yard field goal. In the second quarter, New Orleans regained the lead as QB Drew Brees (a former Charger) completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson (with a failed PAT) and RB Deuce McAllister getting a 1-yard TD run. San Diego answered as QB Philip Rivers completed a 12-yard TD pass to RB LaDainian Tomlinson, but the Saints replied with Brees completing a 30-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore. The Chargers closed out the half with Rivers completing a 12-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 8: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans increased its lead Brees completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Mark Campbell, after a very controversial Pass interference call on cornerback Cletis Gordon put the Saints on the 1-yard line. The 'Bolts would answer with Kaeding getting a 24-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Saints continued to build its lead as FB Mike Karney got a 1-yard TD run. San Diego tried to rally as Kaeding nailed a 31-yard field goal, Rivers completed a 14-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson, and Brees giving the 'Bolts a safety via an incomplete pass thrown into the back of his own endzone. However, New Orleans\u2019 defense stiffened for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 751]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 8: at New Orleans Saints\nWith the loss, the Chargers went into their bye week at 3\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nComing off their bye week, the Chargers went home for a Week 10 AFC West duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as Chiefs QB Tyler Thigpen completed a 30-yard TD pass to WR Mark Bradley. In the second quarter, the 'Bolts got on the board as kicker Nate Kaeding got a 34-yard and a 26-yard field goal. Kansas City would close out the half as Thigpen completed a 34-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez (with a failed 2-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the third quarter, the Chargers tied the game as QB Philip Rivers completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Malcom Floyd. In the fourth quarter, San Diego took the lead as Rivers completed an 8-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates. The Chiefs tried to rally as Thigpen completed a 3-yard TD pass to Gonzalez after a very controversial Pass Interference call on Safety Clinton Hart, in which Gonzalez did not look for a flag, making the call even more controversial. Fortunately, the Chargers\u2019 defense stopped both the 2-point conversion and the ensuing onside kick to preserve their much-needed victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their divisional home win over the Chiefs, the Chargers flew to Heinz Field for a Week 11 duel with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, the 'Bolts struck first as RB LaDainian Tomlinson got a 3-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Steelers slowly responded as LB James Harrison forced a fumble from QB Philip Rivers in his own endzone, which was picked up by OT Marcus McNeill, who got tackled by Harrison in the endzone for a safety. Pittsburgh would end the half as kicker Jeff Reed got a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the third quarter, the Steelers took the lead as Reed made a 22-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, San Diego regained the lead as kicker Nate Kaeding made a 22-yard field goal. However, Pittsburgh got the lead as Reed nailed a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nThis marked the first, and so far only, time in NFL history that an NFL game ended with a final score of 11\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Steelers, the Chargers went home for a Week 12 Sunday Night game with the Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri made a 23-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the 'Bolts took the lead as kicker Nate Kaeding got a 35-yard field goal, while QB Philip Rivers completed a 39-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson. Indianapolis would tie the game with QB Peyton Manning completing a 13-yard TD pass to WR Anthony Gonzalez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nIn the third quarter, the Colts took the lead with Manning's 1-yard TD pass to RB Dominic Rhodes. In the fourth quarter, Indianapolis increased their lead as Vinatieri got a 38-yard field goal. San Diego would rally to tie the game as Rivers completed a 1-yard TD pass to rookie FB Jacob Hester, while Kaeding made a 47-yard field goal. However, the Colts came out on top as Vinatieri nailed the game-winning 51-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nWith the loss, the Chargers fell to 4\u20137. This marked the 5th game the Chargers lost in the last 24 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nHoping to rebound from their last-second loss to the Colts, the Chargers stayed at home for a Week 13 interconference duel with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as Falcons kicker Jason Elam got a 35-yard field goal. The 'Bolts would strike back as RB LaDainian Tomlinson got a 3-yard TD run (which was his 136th career TD, tying him with Marshall Faulk for fifth all-time). Atlanta answered with Elam making a 40-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Falcons took the lead as QB Matt Ryan completed an 18-yard TD pass to former Chargers TE Justin Peelle, along with Atlanta's defense forcing QB Philip Rivers to commit intentional grounding from his own endzone, giving the Falcons a safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, San Diego began to charge back as safety Eric Weddle returned a fumble 86 yards for a touchdown (with a failed two-point conversion). In the fourth quarter, Atlanta began to pull away as Ryan completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Harry Douglas. The Chargers tried to come back as kicker Nate Kaeding nailed a 28-yard field goal. However, the Falcons\u2019 defense prevented any possible comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nWith the loss, the Chargers fell to 4\u20138. This was San Diego's seventh loss by one possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Oakland Raiders\nTrying to snap a three-game losing streak, the Chargers stayed at home, donned their alternate uniforms again, and played a Week 14 AFC West rematch with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, the 'Bolts struck first as kicker Nate Kaeding got a 20-yard field goal, along with RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 3-yard TD run. In the second quarter, San Diego increased their lead as QB Philip Rivers completed an 8-yard TD pass to RB Darren Sproles and a 59-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson, while Kaeding made a 39-yard field goal. Oakland would close out the half with CB Justin Miller returning a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown. After a scoreless third quarter, the 'Bolts pulled away in the fourth quarter as Rivers hooked up with Sproles again on an 18-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 863]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 15: at Kansas City Chiefs\nHoping to get a 2nd straight win and stay alive for the playoffs, the Chargers went to Kansas City for a divisional road game vs. the Chiefs. The 'Bolts trailed early as RB Larry Johnson threw a 4-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez. The Chiefs extended the lead to 14\u20130 when QB Tyler Thigpen completed a 1-yard TD pass to WR Dwayne Bowe. The 'Bolts closed out the half with Nate Kaeding getting a 32-yard field goal. The Chiefs started the 2nd half by Thigpen scrambling for a 3-yard TD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 15: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Chargers started to rally as RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 6-yard TD run, while QB Philip Rivers completed a 4-yard TD to Malcom Floyd (with a failed 2-pt conversion) with 1:19 left in the game. The 'Bolts recovered the onside kick and Rivers threw a 10-yard TD to WR Vincent Jackson with 40 seconds left (with another failed 2-pt try). to take a 22\u201321 lead. The Chiefs\u2019 only answer was kicker Connor Barth's 50-yard field goal try sailing wide left as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 15: at Kansas City Chiefs\nWith the comeback win the Chargers improved to 6\u20138 and stayed in the hunt for a playoff spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nComing off their season-sweep of the Chiefs, the Chargers flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 16 interconference duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, San Diego struck first as quarterback Philip Rivers completed an 11-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brandon Manumaleuna. The Buccaneers would respond with fullback B.J. Askew getting a 1-yard touchdown run. The Chargers would answer in the second quarter Rivers completing a 15-yard touchdown pass to tight end Antonio Gates, followed by kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 28-yard field goal. Tampa Bay would answer with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 49-yard field goal. San Diego would close out the first half with Kaeding's 57-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Buccaneers would take the lead in the third quarter with quarterback Jeff Garcia getting a 7-yard touchdown run and completing a 71-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Antonio Bryant. Afterwards, in the fourth quarter, the Chargers rallied to victory with Rivers completing a 5-yard touchdown pass to Gates and a 32-yard touchdown pass to running back Darren Sproles, followed by cornerback Antoine Cason returning an interception 59 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith the win, San Diego kept their playoff hopes alive at 7\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 17 vs. Denver Broncos\nComing off their road win over the Buccaneers, the Chargers went home for a crucial Week 17 AFC West rematch with the Denver Broncos, with the division crown on the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 17 vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the first quarter, San Diego struck first as kicker Nate Kaeding got a 28-yard field goal. The Broncos would respond with running back Tatum Bell getting a 26-yard touchdown run (with a failed PAT), yet the Chargers answered with running back LaDainian Tomlinson\u2019s 1-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, San Diego would jump out to a big lead as quarterback Philip Rivers completed a 12-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brandon Manumaleuna, followed by Tomlinson's 4-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 17 vs. Denver Broncos\nDenver would try to rally in the third quarter as Bell got a 37-yard touchdown run, yet the Chargers struck back with Rivers completing a 13-yard touchdown pass to running back Darren Sproles, followed by a 14-yard touchdown run by Tomlinson. The Broncos would try to make a comeback in the fourth quarter as quarterback Jay Cutler completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tony Scheffler (followed by Cutler's 2-point conversion run), yet San Diego pulled away with Sproles\u2019 2-yard touchdown run and ending with rookie fullback Jacob Hester\u2019s 4-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 17 vs. Denver Broncos\nWith the win, not only did the Chargers finish their season at 8\u20138, but they also won the AFC West title and clinched the AFC's #4 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason results, Wild Card vs. Colts\nEntering the postseason as the AFC's fourth seed, the Chargers began their playoff run at home in the AFC Wild Card round against the #5 Indianapolis Colts, in a rematch of their Week 12 contest. San Diego trailed in the first quarter after Colts running back Joseph Addai got a 1-yard touchdown run. The Chargers responded in the second quarter as running back LaDainian Tomlinson got a 3-yard touchdown run. Indianapolis answered with a 43-yard field goal from kicker Adam Vinatieri, yet San Diego got the halftime lead with running back Darren Sproles' 9-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason results, Wild Card vs. Colts\nThe Colts took the lead in the third quarter when quarterback Peyton Manning hiked the ball while the Chargers weren't paying attention and completed a 72-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Reggie Wayne, but then San Diego tied the game in the fourth quarter as kicker Nate Kaeding nailed a 26-yard field goal. In overtime, the Chargers delivered the final strike as Sproles got the game-winning 22-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason results, Wild Card vs. Colts\nWith the win, San Diego improved their overall record to 9\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason results, AFC Divisional Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their impressive wild card home win over the Colts, the Chargers flew to Heinz Field for their AFC Divisional round duel with the #2 Pittsburgh Steelers, in a rematch of their Week 11 contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason results, AFC Divisional Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nSan Diego got off to a fast start in the first quarter as quarterback Philip Rivers completed a 41-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Vincent Jackson. The Steelers responded with wide receiver Santonio Holmes returning a punt 67 yards for a touchdown. The Chargers answered in the second quarter as kicker Nate Kaeding got a 42-yard field goal, but Pittsburgh struck back with running back Willie Parker\u2019s 3-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason results, AFC Divisional Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nThe Steelers would add to their lead in the third quarter as quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completed an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Heath Miller. The San Diego Chargers ran exactly one offensive play in the third quarter, which resulted in a Philip Rivers interception off a deflection. In the fourth quarter, San Diego tried to rally as Rivers completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Legedu Naanee, but Pittsburgh answered with Parker's 16-yard touchdown run. The Chargers tried to come back as Rivers completed a 62-yard touchdown pass to running back Darren Sproles, but San Diego's onside kick attempt failed, allowing the Steelers to seal the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198513-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason results, AFC Divisional Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, the Chargers\u2019 season ended with an overall record of 9\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198514-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego City Attorney election\nThe 2008 San Diego City Attorney election occurred on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The primary election was held on Tuesday, June 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198514-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego City Attorney election\nMunicipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, although most members do identify a party preference. A two-round system was used for the election, starting with a primary in June followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198515-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego City Council election\nThe 2008 San Diego City Council election occurred on November 4, 2008. The primary election was held on June 5, 2008. Four of the eight seats of the San Diego City Council were contested. This was the last election for the odd-numbered districts using the boundaries created by the 2000 Redistricting Committee. No incumbent council members were eligible to run for reelection due to term limits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198515-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego City Council election\nMunicipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, although most members do identify a party preference. A two-round system was used for the election, starting with a primary in June followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates if no candidate received a majority of the votes in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198515-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego City Council election, Campaign\nThe 2008 election was the last to use the eight district boundaries created by the 2000 Redistricting Commission for the odd numbered districts. Seats in districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198515-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego City Council election, Campaign\nPrior to 2008, there had been two openly gay members of the San Diego City Council: Christine Kehoe and Toni Atkins, both from the Third District. In the June primary for District 5, Carl DeMaio, a Republican, won a majority of the vote to become San Diego's first openly gay man and gay Republican elected to city council (after Christine Kehoe and Toni Atkins, both lesbians and Democrats). In the November general election, Todd Gloria, joined him, resulting in the first occasion that two openly gay council members served concurrently.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198515-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego City Council election, Results, District 1\nDistrict 1 consisted of the  communities of Black Mountain Ranch, Carmel Valley, Del Mar Mesa, La Jolla, Pacific Highlands Ranch, Rancho Pe\u00f1asquitos, Torrey Highlands, Torrey Hills, Torrey Pines, and University City. Incumbent council member Scott Peters was ineligible to run due to term limits. After advancing out of the primary with a plurality of the vote Sherri Lightner was elected with a majority of the vote in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198515-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego City Council election, Results, District 3\nDistrict 3 consisted of the communities of Balboa Park, City Heights, Golden Hill, Hillcrest, Kensington, Normal Heights, North Park, South Park, Talmadge, and University Heights. Incumbent council member Toni Atkins was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. After advancing out of the primary with a plurality of the vote Todd Gloria was elected with a majority of the vote in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198515-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego City Council election, Results, District 5\nDistrict 5 consisted of the communities of Carmel Mountain Ranch, Mira Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Sabre Springs, Scripps Ranch, and San Pasqual. Incumbent council member Brian Maienschein was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. Carl DeMaio was elected with the majority of the vote in the primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198515-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego City Council election, Results, District 7\nDistrict 7 consisted of the communities of Allied Gardens,City Heights, College Area, Del Cerro, El Cerrito, Grantville, MCAS Miramar, Mission Trails Regional Park, Redwood Village \u2013 Oak Park, Rolando, San Carlos, Stonebridge Estates, and Tierrasanta. Incumbent council member Jim Madaffer was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. After advancing out of the primary with the second-most votes, Marti Emerald was elected with a majority of the vote in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198515-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego City Council election, Council President\nThe new city council was sworn in December 2008. Ben Hueso was elected as council president in a 6-2 vote by his fellow council members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash\nThe San Diego F/A-18 crash was the crash of a United States Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet in a residential area of San Diego, California on December 8, 2008. The pilot, First Lieutenant Dan Neubauer (28) from VMFAT-101, was the only crewmember on board the two-seat aircraft; he ejected successfully, landing in a tree. The jet crashed into the University City residential area, destroying two houses and damaging a third. A total of four residents in one house, two adults and two children, were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash\nA USMC investigation concluded that poor maintenance caused the engine malfunction. Errors by the pilot and USMC personnel on the ground led to the aircraft crashing into the San Diego residential neighborhood. As a result, in early 2009 the pilot was temporarily grounded and thirteen other officers and enlisted personnel were relieved and/or disciplined. The Marine Corps notified other F/A-18 squadrons of the engine and fuel problems discovered during the investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Crash\nOn December 8, 2008 Lt Neubauer was piloting an F/A-18D-30-MC Hornet (Lot 12), BuNo 164017, from VMFAT-101, based at MCAS Miramar. Along with several other VMFAT-101 aircraft, he was conducting day and night carrier qualifications (catapult launches and tailhook arrested carrier landings) aboard the aircraft carrier USS\u00a0Abraham Lincoln offshore 60 miles southwest of San Diego. Neubauer was the only crewmember on board the two-seat aircraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Crash\nAfter taking off from the carrier at 11:11\u00a0a.m., Neubauer reported an oil caution light for the right engine, and shut it down after efforts to clear the problem failed. After declaring an emergency, he was first directed towards Naval Air Station North Island, but was redirected by superior officers to his home base of MCAS Miramar when about 50 miles (80\u00a0km) away from North Island. Neubauer attempted to make an arrested landing at Miramar but the jet lost power in its operating engine while on final approach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Crash\nEyewitnesses reported the jet flew slowly eastbound at a low altitude and was dumping fuel (which is not uncommon for an emergency landing). The pilot said that as he broke through the clouds at 2,500 feet (760\u00a0m), his left engine's thrust slipped dangerously low, and he unsuccessfully tried to restart the right engine. The left engine lost more thrust, before its generator dropped offline and the jet lost electrical power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Crash\nThe jet flew over University City High School and crashed into the residential area just past the school about two miles from the Miramar's runway 6L. Neubauer waited \"until the last possible moment\" to eject from the plane, bailing out at an altitude of just 400 feet (120\u00a0m), having attempted to steer away from homes on the ground before the crash. He ejected successfully, landing in a tree in Rose Canyon, just behind a home. The jet crashed into the University City residential area at Cather Ave and Huggins St (between the high school and exit 24 of Interstate 805), destroying two houses and damaging three others. A total of four residents in one house, two adults and two children, were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Crash\nNeubauer was taken to a military hospital and treated for unspecified mild injuries, and reported being \"horrified\" by the crash at that time. Killed on the ground in one home were Youngmi Yoon, 36; her 15-month-old baby, Grace; her 2-month-old newborn daughter, Rachel; and her mother, Suk Im Kim, 60, who had recently arrived from South Korea to help care for her daughter's newborn. The other house destroyed belonged to John and Sunny Wu, who lived there with their two daughters. None of the family was home at the time of the crash but the home and everything in it were lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Aftermath\nIn the aftermath of the crash, University City residents renewed previous calls for the US military to relocate aircraft from the base to a more remote location. In a counterpoint, homeowners in University City signed disclosure forms saying they were aware of overflying jets and that this \"...extraordinarily rare event...got enormous publicity [and] the risk of living in University City and having a plane fall on you is millions to one.\" Miramar was also the location of the Navy Fighter Weapons School before it was moved to the more remote Naval Air Station Fallon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Aftermath\nMarine commanders apologized for the crash and defended the decision to order Neubauer to land at Miramar instead of North Island, which isn't surrounded by residences, stating that double-engine failures are extremely rare. Said Colonel Christopher O'Connor, Miramar's commander, \"We are not contemplating changing our emergency procedures at this time. We very seldom fly over the area. We take being good neighbors very seriously.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Aftermath\nOn December 15, 2008, Marine officials stationed in South Korea helped receive Suk Im Kim's remains at Incheon International Airport and transport them to her home in Damyang. The next day, United States Forces Korea commander General Walter L. Sharp sent a delegation to Kim's home headed by Republic of Korea Army Major General Yong-goo Jang and U.S. Marine Corps Major General Frank Panther to express condolences to Kim's son-in-law, Dong-yun Yoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Aftermath\nAs of July 2010, US$700,000 in claims had been paid by the government. Youngmi Yoon's husband, Dong Yun, publicly forgave Neubauer during a news conference the day after the crash. Said Sunny Wu of the crash, \"I don't want to blame anybody. I think everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Just as long as you can learn from your mistake, it's fine.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Aftermath\nIn July 2010, represented by the Los Angeles law firm Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, Yoon sued Boeing and the United States government for $56M. In the suit, Yoon alleges that the government violated many of its procedures in its operation of the mishap aircraft and that Boeing was responsible for the defects in the aircraft's fuel systems which caused the crash. Yoon later stated that the compensation offer from the US government for the loss of his four family members and his home was \"insulting\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Aftermath\nYoon's lawsuit against the US Navy was heard in a federal district court in San Diego in December 2011. On 28 December 2011, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller awarded Yoon, his father-in-law, and mother-in-law's three adult children a total of $17.8 million in damage compensation from the U.S. government, the highest wrongful death judgment against the United States and 20th highest verdict to date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Aftermath\nThe US government appealed the award, and the appellate decision is pending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Aftermath\nThe Wu family lived in a temporary home for two years until their home was rebuilt. Their homeowner's insurance did not cover all the cost of the reconstruction, temporary lodging expense, or replacement of all their lost possessions. More surprising, according to the Wu family, is that they have yet to receive any compensation from the US Navy. The family has filed a lawsuit against the US government for compensation for their damages. Said Sunny Zhuang-Wu, \"I didn\u2019t know the military would be so difficult.\" Four other lawsuits against the US Navy for crash damage are pending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Investigation\nOn March 3, 2009, an investigation by the Marine Corps concluded that the accident was preventable. The report was generally scathing in its criticism of the conduct of the participants, including the pilot. The commanding officer of the squadron, its maintenance officer, its operations officer, and the operations duty officer were relieved of duty as a result of the investigation. Nine other marines received other disciplinary action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Investigation\nFrom the report, it appeared that the jet in question had a known track record of trouble in its left engine for several months. Maintenance was deferred after mechanics detected problems in the fuel flow system, a practice that was allowed at the time under established maintenance rules and procedures (since altered to forbid this practice); the aircraft had flown 146 times since the problem was identified. When the right engine was shut down for low oil pressure, the left engine did not receive enough fuel to produce sufficient thrust for flight, leading to the crash. Forty similar aircraft throughout the fleet have been grounded to investigate similar fuel issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Investigation\nFollowing the pilot's report of the failure of the jet's right engine, controllers aboard Abraham Lincoln, as well as a civilian air traffic controller, directed the pilot to land at NAS North Island, the closest divert field. Squadron officials, however, ordered the pilot to land at MCAS Miramar after a brief discussion, which the investigation deemed \"collectively bad decision-making by the duty officer, by the operations officer and by the squadron's commanding officer.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Investigation\nThe pilot also failed to consult his emergency procedures checklist during the emergency, as well as unnecessarily lengthening his approach to Miramar by making a 270-degree left turn after bypassing North Island, rather than a shorter 90-degree right turn. Specifically, the report criticized Neubauer for not questioning the order to divert to Miramar more forcefully, which he had briefly questioned. The squadron operations officials had underestimated the urgency of the situation, and placed undue emphasis on returning the pilot to his home field, having in mind the pilot's familiarity with that base, the longer runway, and better repair resources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198516-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash, Investigation\nDespite criticism, Neubauer was returned to a probationary flight status and allowed to resume training in late April 2009, in a decision made by Lieutenant General George J. Trautman, III, the Deputy Commandant for Aviation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198517-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Padres season\nThe 2008 San Diego Padres season was the 40th season in franchise history. The Padres were attempting to win the NL West for the 3rd time in 4 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198517-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Padres season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198517-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego Padres season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198518-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team\nThe 2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were coached by Chuck Long and played their home games at Qualcomm Stadium. The 2008 season was expected to be rough for the Aztecs after losing several key offensive players to the National Football League (NFL). The team looked to redshirt freshman quarterback Ryan Lindley to replace star quarterback Kevin O'Connell. The team also lost two of its leading wide receivers in Brett Swain and Chaz Schilens along with four starting offensive linemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198518-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team, Game summaries, at No. 17 BYU\nThis will be the 33rd game between San Diego State and BYU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198518-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team, Awards\n2nd Team Preseason All Mountain West- WR Darren Mougey and LB Luke Laolagi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198518-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team, Awards\n3rd Team Preseason All Mountain West- WR Vincent Brown and DB Corey Boudreaux", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198519-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego mayoral election\nThe 2008 San Diego mayoral election was held on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Jerry Sanders ran for a second term as mayor against field of four other candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198519-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego mayoral election\nMunicipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though some candidates do receive funding and support from various political parties. The non-partisan primary was held Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Since the incumbent Sanders received a majority of primary votes, he was elected outright with no need for a runoff in the November general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198519-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign\nFellow republican Steve Francis was considered the main opponent to incumbent Jerry Sanders by local reporters. The race was notable for the open hostility between the two front-runners. Memorably, after an April debate in Balboa Park, instead of shaking Francis's hand, Sanders privately said \"Fuck you, Steve\" instead. Francis later reported the profanity to the local media. In response to questions about the incident, Sanders claimed that he was frustrated with Francis trying to \"buy the office\" with his personal fortune and conducting push polls impugning his record as mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198519-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 San Diego mayoral election, General election\nBecause Sanders won a majority of the votes in the June primary, there was no need for a runoff in the November general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season\nThe 2008 season was the San Francisco 49ers' 59th in the National Football League, their 63rd overall, and their fourth and final under the head coach Mike Nolan. The team improved on their 5\u201311 record from the 2007 season, and ended the season with a 7\u20139. But they failed to reach the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. It was the final season that the 49ers wore their 1996 dark red uniforms. With the 49ers offense struggling the previous season, offensive coordinator Jim Hostler was fired and replaced by Mike Martz. In addition, Scot McCloughan was promoted from vice president of player personnel to general manager. Mike Nolan was terminated after a 29\u201317 loss to the New York Giants in Week 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Departures\nUFA: Unrestricted free agent; RFA: Restricted free agent; ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nThe 49ers began their 2008 campaign at home against their NFC West foe, the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, the Niners trailed early as Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers got a 25-yard field goal. San Francisco responded with RB Frank Gore getting a 41-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Arizona regained the lead with QB Kurt Warner completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. San Francisco tied the game with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals began to fly away as Rackers nailed a 31-yard field goal, along with RB Tim Hightower getting a 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Niners tried to respond as Nedney got a 30-yard field goal. However, Arizona pulled away with Rackers' 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nWith the loss, the 49ers began their season at 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Seattle Seahawks\nHoping to bounce back from their divisional home loss to the Cardinals, the 49ers flew to Qwest Field for an NFC West duel with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, the Niners trailed early as Seahawks RB Julius Jones got a 27-yard TD run, along with DT Craig Terrill returning a fumble 10 yards for a touchdown. San Francisco responded with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 26-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the 49ers continued to close in on Seattle as Nedney kicked a 28-yard field goal. The Seahawks responded with kicker Olindo Mare getting a 51-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Niners chopped at Seattle's lead with QB J.T. O'Sullivan completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Bryant Johnson. The Seahawks closed out the half with Mare's 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 851]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, San Francisco took the lead with LB Patrick Willis returning an interception 86 yards for a touchdown and RB Frank Gore getting a 2-yard TD run. However, in the fourth quarter, Seattle regained its lead with RB T.J. Duckett getting a 1-yard TD run and Mare getting a 32-yard field goal. The Niners tied the game with Nedney's 28-yard field goal. Afterwards, in overtime, San Francisco completed its upset as Nedney nailed the game-winning 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Seattle Seahawks\nWR Isaac Bruce (4 receptions for 153 yards) became the first 49ers wideout to have a 100-yard receiving game since Antonio Bryant during Week 2 in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. Detroit Lions\nComing off their thrilling overtime divisional road win over the Seahawks, the 49ers went home for a Week 3 duel with the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, the Niners struck first as QB J.T. O'Sullivan completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. In the second quarter, San Francisco increased its lead with RB Frank Gore getting a 4-yard TD run. Striking again, Delanie Walker caught a touchdown pass shortly before half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. Detroit Lions\nThe Lions responded with a 44-yard field goal by kicker Jason Hanson, yet the 49ers replied in the fourth quarter with CB Allen Rossum getting a 1-yard TD run. Detroit tried to rally as QB Jon Kitna completed a 34-yard TD pass to RB Rudi Johnson, but San Francisco sealed their victory with kicker Joe Nedney nailing a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 4: at New Orleans Saints\nComing off their home win over the Lions, the 49ers flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 4 duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, the Niners struck first as kicker Joe Nedney got a 47-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Saints took the lead with QB Drew Brees completing a 5-yard and a 33-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore. San Francisco answered with Nedney's 49-yard field goal, yet New Orleans replied with Brees' 47-yard TD pass to WR Robert Meachem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 4: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers tried to rally as Nedney kicked a 38-yard field goal. However, in the fourth quarter, the Saints continued to pull away as RB Deuce McAllister got a 1-yard TD run. The Niners tried to rally as QB J.T. O'Sullivan completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce, yet New Orleans sealed the win with kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica nailing a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. New England Patriots\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Saints, the 49ers went home for a Week 5 interconference duel with the New England Patriots. In the first quarter, the Niners struck first as QB J.T. O'Sullivan completed a 16-yard TD pass to RB Frank Gore. The Patriots responded with QB Matt Cassel completing a 66-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss, yet San Francisco answered with O'Sullivan completing a 35-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. In the second quarter, New England took the lead as kicker Stephen Gostkowski got a 35-yard field goal, along with RB Kevin Faulk getting a 2-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, the Patriots increased their lead with Faulk getting another 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, New England added on to its lead with Gostkowski kicking a 40-yard field goal. The Niners tried to come back as O'Sullivan completed a 5-yard TD pass to Bruce, but the Patriots pulled away with Gostkowski nailing a 49-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. New England Patriots\nDuring the halftime ceremony, the 49ers retired former QB Steve Young's #8 uniform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nHoping to snap a two-game losing skid, the 49ers stayed at home for a Week 6 duel with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, the Niners struck first as kicker Joe Nedney got a 32-yard field goal. The Eagles took the lead as RB Correll Buckhalter got a 1-yard TD run. San Francisco responded with a 37-yard field goal by Nedney. In the second quarter, Philadelphia increased their lead as QB Donovan McNabb completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Hank Baskett, along with kicker David Akers getting a 19-yard field goal. The 49ers closed out the half with Nedney making a 53-yard field goal, along with DB Donald Strickland returning a blocked field goal attempt 41 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Niners took the lead as RB Frank Gore got a 6-yard TD run, along with Nedney getting a 29-yard field goal. However, in the fourth quarter, the Eagles rallied as McNabb completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE L.J. Smith, Akers nailing a 38-yard, a 25-yard, & a 28-yard field goal, and DE Juqua Parker returning an interception 55 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 7: at New York Giants\nTrying to snap a three-game losing skid, the 49ers flew to Giants Stadium for a Week 7 duel with the New York Giants. In the first quarter, the Niners trailed early as Giants RB Brandon Jacobs got a 26-yard TD run. San Francisco responded with a 40-yard field goal by kicker Joe Nedney. In the second quarter, New York answered with Jacobs getting a 2-yard TD run. The 49ers responded with QB J.T. O'Sullivan completing a 30-yard TD pass to rookie WR Josh Morgan. The Giants ended the half with kicker John Carney nailing a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 7: at New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, New York increased its lead with QB Eli Manning completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress. The Niners struck back as CB Nate Clements returned a block field goal 74 yards for a touchdown. However, in the fourth quarter, the Giants pulled away as Carney got a 48-yard field goal, while DE Justin Tuck forced O'Sullivan into a fumble, causing the ball to roll into San Francisco's endzone, and Morgan kicking it out of the back of the endzone, giving New York a safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 7: at New York Giants\nOn Monday, October 20, the day after the game, the 49ers fired coach Mike Nolan and replaced him with Mike Singletary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Giants, the 49ers went home for a Week 8 NFC West rematch with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, the Niners trailed early as Seahawks kicker Olindo Mare got a 43-yard and a 42-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Seattle increased its lead with RB T.J. Duckett getting a 1-yard TD run. San Francisco got on the board with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 42-yard field goal, but the Seahawks continued its beatdown as CB Josh Wilson returned an interception 75 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers replied with Nedney making a 40-yard field goal, yet Seattle continued to pull away as QB Seneca Wallace completed a 43-yard TD pass to FB Leonard Weaver. In the fourth quarter, San Francisco tried to rally as QB Shaun Hill completed a 2-yard TD pass to rookie WR Jason Hill. However, the Seahawks pulled away as Wallace hooked up with Weaver again on a 62-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nDuring the game, Vernon Davis committed a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct which prompted Singletary's now infamous \"I want winners\" tirade during the post-game press conference: \"I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team. It is more about them than it is about the team. Cannot play with them, cannot win with them, cannot coach with them. Can't do it. I want winners. I want people that want to win.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nWith the loss, the 49ers enter into their bye week at 2\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their bye week, the 49ers flew to the University of Phoenix Stadium for a Week 10 NFC West rematch with the Arizona Cardinals. Due to J.T. O'Sullivan's inconsistency, QB Shaun Hill was named the starter for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the first quarter, the Niners immediately struck first as CB Allen Rossum returned the game's opening kickoff 104 yards for a touchdown. The Cardinals answered with a 28-yard field goal by kicker Neil Rackers. In the second quarter, San Francisco increased their lead as Hill completed a 31-yard TD pass to rookie WR Josh Morgan. Arizona responded with QB Kurt Warner completing a 13-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin, along with Rackers making a 33-yard field goal. The Niners closed out the first half scoring with Hill completing an 18-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals tried to catch up as Warner completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald, yet the 49ers answered with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 41-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Arizona took the lead as Racker nailed a 23-yard field goal, along with Warner hooking with Boldin again on a 4-yard TD pass (with a failed 2-point conversion). San Francisco did manage to get a late-game drive. However, the Cardinals' defense made a goal-line stand to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith their sixth straight loss, the 49ers fell to 2\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 86], "content_span": [87, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. St. Louis Rams\nTrying to snap a six-game losing streak, the 49ers went home for a Week 11 NFC West duel with their hated rival, the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, the Niners struck first as RB Frank Gore got a 5-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Rams responded with kicker Josh Brown getting a 24-yard field goal. Afterwards, San Francisco unleashed its frustrations as QB Shaun Hill completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis, Gore got a 1-yard TD run, Hill got a 1-yard TD run, and Hill completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Bryant Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, St. Louis got a 48-yard and a 44-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter QB Marc Bulger completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Dane Looker. The 49ers had deployed most of the second string roster for the 4th quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. St. Louis Rams\nShaun Hill had a perfect passer rating in the first half and a career-high 47-yard completion. Hill also won NFC Offensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. St. Louis Rams\nWith their six-game losing streak snapped, the 49ers improved to 3\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys\nComing off their divisional home win over the Rams, the 49ers flew to Texas Stadium for a Week 12 game with the throwback-clad Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, the Niners struck first as kicker Joe Nedney got a 23-yard and a 22-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Cowboys took the lead as QB Tony Romo completed a 75-yard TD pass to former 49ers WR Terrell Owens. Dallas continued its domination as LB Carlos Polk blocked punter Andy Lee's punt into the back of the endzone for a safety. The Cowboys closed out its period of power as kicker Nick Folk got a 48-yard and a 41-yard field goal, along with Romo completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Martellus Bennett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, Dallas increased its lead with Romo completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton. San Francisco tried to rally as Nedney got a 35-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cowboys answered with Folk getting a 47-yard field goal. The 49ers tried to come back as QB Shaun Hill completed an 18-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce, but Dallas replied with Folk nailing a 42-yard field goal. The Niners tried to rally as Hill completed a 9-yard TD pass to RB DeShaun Foster, but that was as close as San Francisco's comeback got.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Buffalo Bills\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Cowboys, the 49ers flew to Ralph Wilson Stadium for a Week 13 interconference duel with the Buffalo Bills. In the first quarter, the Niners struck first as QB Shaun Hill completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. In the second quarter, San Francisco increased their lead as kicker Joe Nedney got a 50-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Bills tried to rally as kicker Rian Lindell nailed a 22-yard field goal. The Niners' defense held Buffalo's offense scoreless for the remainder of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Buffalo Bills\nWith the win, not only did the 49ers improve to 4\u20138, but they finally gave the West Coast its first East Coast win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. New York Jets\nReturning to Candlestick Park, the 49ers geared up for a rematch against Brett Favre and his new team. The game started when the 49ers attempted an onside kick, recovered by the Jets. Later, the 49ers went up first as Shaun Hill completed a pass to Jason Hill that was fumbled at the goal line and recovered by offensive tackle Joe Staley for the touchdown. Then, Brett Favre ran for a 2-yard touchdown. The 49ers retook the lead as Shaun Hill completed a touchdown screen pass to Frank Gore. After half-time, Thomas Jones plowed through the 49ers secondary to get a 17-yard score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. New York Jets\nOn the ensuing 49ers possession, a Shaun Hill touchdown pass to Delanie Walker was called back, and the 49ers settled for a Joe Nedney 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the 49ers cemented their lead when Shaun Hill completed a 3-yard touchdown pass to a diving Bryant Johnson. The Jets had enough time to make a late comeback, but a Brett Favre deep pass was intercepted by Walt Harris. The 49ers ran down the clock and punted, and the Jets did not have sufficient time to attempt the comeback. The 49ers fumbled the ball a total of 5 times, although they lost only one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. New York Jets\nWith the win, the 49ers improved to 5\u20138. However, they were officially eliminated from playoff contention with the Arizona Cardinals win against the St. Louis Rams, clinching the NFC West for Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 16: at St. Louis Rams\nHoping to rebound from their loss to the Dolphins, the 49ers flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 16 NFC West rematch with the awful Rams. In the first quarter, the Niners struck first with a 48-yard field goal from kicker Joe Nedney. The Rams took the lead in the second quarter with kicker Josh Brown's 43-yard field goal, quarterback Marc Bulger's 30-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Keenan Burton, and Brown's 38-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, St. Louis increased its lead in the fourth quarter with Brown nailing a 22-yard field goal. Afterwards, San Francisco took the lead with quarterback Shaun Hill completing a 3-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Isaac Bruce and a 48-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Josh Morgan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 848]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 16: at St. Louis Rams\nWith the season-sweep, the 49ers improved to 6\u20139. This was also the 1st time the 49ers swept the Rams since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Washington Redskins\nLooking to keep the momentum from their last-minute victory against the Rams, the 49ers closed out their season at home in a Week 17 duel with the Washington Redskins. San Francisco struck first in the first quarter as quarterback Shaun Hill got a 2-yard touchdown run. Washington took the lead in the second quarter as running back Clinton Portis got a 4-yard touchdown run, kicker Shaun Suisham got a 41-yard field goal, and quarterback Jason Campbell completing a 6-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Antwaan Randle El.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Washington Redskins\nThe 49ers began to rally in the third quarter as running back DeShaun Foster got a 1-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, San Francisco took the lead as Hill completed a 9-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jason Hill, along with kicker Joe Nedney's 33-yard field goal. The Redskins tied the game as Campbell getting a 2-yard touchdown run, yet the Niners prevailed as Nedney nailed the game-winning 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Washington Redskins\nThey were 2\u20135 under Coach Mike Nolan at the beginning of the season, and finished their season 5\u20134 under interim coach Mike Singletary. With the strong finish to their season, the 49ers ended their season at 7\u20139, 2 games behind the division leading Arizona who finished 9\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Washington Redskins\nSan Francisco running back Frank Gore (11 carries for 58 yards) became the first player in franchise history to rush for over 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198520-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Washington Redskins\nShortly after the game ended, the 49ers announced that the 'interim' label had been removed from head coach Mike Singletary and that he would return next season. New 49ers team president Jed York reportedly signed Singletary to a 4-year deal worth approximately $10\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198521-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election\nThe 2008 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections occurred on November 4, 2008. Seven of the eleven seats of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors were contested in this election. Four incumbents were termed out of office, while three ran for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198521-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election\nMunicipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though most candidates in San Francisco do receive funding and support from various political parties. The election was held using ranked-choice voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198521-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 1\nThis district consists of the Richmond District. Incumbent supervisor Jake McGoldrick was termed out of office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198521-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 3\nDistrict 3 consists of the northeastern corner of San Francisco, including Chinatown, the Financial District, Fisherman's Wharf, Nob Hill, North Beach, and Telegraph Hill. Incumbent supervisor Aaron Peskin was termed out of office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198521-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 4\nDistrict 4 consists primarily of the Sunset district. Incumbent supervisor Carmen Chu was seeking her first election after being appointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom in the wake of Ed Jew's suspension and resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198521-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 5\nDistrict 5 consists of the Fillmore, Haight-Ashbury, Hayes Valley, Japantown, UCSF, and the Western Addition. Incumbent supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was seeking reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198521-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 7\nDistrict 7 consists of City College, Forest Hill, Lake Merced, Mount Davidson, Parkmerced, San Francisco State University, St. Francis Wood, and Twin Peaks. Incumbent supervisor Sean Elsbernd was seeking reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198521-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 9\nDistrict 9 consists of Bernal Heights, the Inner Mission, and part of the Portola. Incumbent supervisor Tom Ammiano was termed out of office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198521-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 11\nDistrict 11 consists of the Excelsior, Ingleside, Oceanview, and the Outer Mission. Incumbent supervisor Gerardo Sandoval was termed out of office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198522-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Giants season\nThe 2008 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 126th year in Major League Baseball, and their ninth at AT&T Park. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 72-90 record, 12 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. 2008 marks their 50th Anniversary in the Bay Area since moving from New York in 1958. It is also their first since 1992 without all-time home run champion Barry Bonds, who was not re-signed following the 2007 season. At the end of the season, Tim Lincecum was voted the 2008 National League Cy Young Award winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198522-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Giants season, Pre-season\nOn September 21, 2007, Giants' ownership announced that Bonds would not return after the 2007 season. The Giants did not resign Ryan Klesko and Pedro Feliz. On December 12, 2007 the Giants signed Aaron Rowand to a five-year and $60 million contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198522-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Giants season, Pre-season\nThe Giants finished spring training with a record of 9\u201323\u20132, the worst spring training in their recorded history. The Giants had the highest ERA and the lowest batting average among teams whose spring training was in Arizona. The team lead the majors with 40 errors. The Giants lost a spring training game 4\u20133 to their Triple-A affiliate Fresno Grizzlies. Giants opening day starter Barry Zito allowed 24 earned runs in 25 innings in Spring training.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198522-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Giants season, Pre-season\nGiants spring training included injuries and competitions for several roster positions. Steve Holm won the back up catcher spot against Eliezer Alfonzo and Guillermo Rodr\u00edguez. Relievers Merkin Valdez, Erick Threets, and Keiichi Yabu earned spots on the opening day roster. Noah Lowry, Vinnie Chulk, Kevin Frandsen and Omar Vizquel started the season the on disabled list. Brian Bocock was the opening day shortstop in place of Vizquel. Steve Kline was designated for assignment. The Giants claimed Jose Castillo off waivers from the Florida Marlins late March 2008. He was the opening day third baseman. Kevin Correia won the competition to be the team's 5th starter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198522-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Giants season, Pre-season\nThe Giants were widely expected to miss the playoffs in 2008, according to numerous sports writers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198522-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 San Francisco Giants season, Regular season\nOn May 16, 2008, Peter Magowan, the owner who brought Barry Bonds to San Francisco, built a new ballpark and kept major league baseball in the city, announced he would be stepping down as the managing partner of the Giants. Effective October 1, 2008 Bill Neukom would be the new managing partner of the Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198523-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Jose Earthquakes season\nThe 2008 San Jose Earthquakes season was the eleventh season of the team's existence, and the first in their return to the league after a two year hiatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198523-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Jose Earthquakes season, Squad, Current squad\nAs of August 18, 2009. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198523-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Jose Earthquakes season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup qualification, Standings\n(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198524-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Jose SaberCats season\nThe 2008 San Jose SaberCats season was the 14th season for the franchise. The SaberCats looked to improve on their 13\u20133 record from 2007 and defend their ArenaBowl title. Finishing the regular season with an 11\u20135 record, though not as successful as the previous season, still won them a third consecutive Western Division title, and they went into the playoffs as the 2nd seed in the American Conference. In their Divisional round game, they defeated the Colorado Crush, 64\u201351, to advance to the American Conference Championship. In that game, the SaberCats defeated the Grand Rapids Rampage 81\u201355, to advance to their second consecutive ArenaBowl. The SaberCats played the Philadelphia Soul in ArenaBowl XXII, which they lost, 59\u201356.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198524-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Jose SaberCats season, Final roster\nRookies in italics updated October 7, 200823 Active, 10 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198525-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Jose State Spartans football team\nThe 2008 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season was the Spartans' fourth season with Dick Tomey as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198526-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Jose Stealth season\nThe San Jose Stealth are a lacrosse team based in San Jose, California. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 9th in franchise history and 5th as the Stealth (previously the Albany Attack).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198526-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Jose Stealth season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198526-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 San Jose Stealth season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198526-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 San Jose Stealth season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198527-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election\nThe 2008 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election was held on November 4, 2008 to elect the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Among other elections, it was held concurrently with the 2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election. It saw the reelection incumbent mayor Jorge Santini, a member of the New Progressive Party, to a third consecutive term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198528-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 29\u201331 August 2008 at the Misano World Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198528-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 104], "content_span": [105, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198529-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198529-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election Labour ran the council with 52 of the 72 seats, compared to 11 for the Conservatives, 5 Liberal Democrats, 2 British National Party and 2 independents. This meant the Conservatives could not gain control of the council whatever the results, despite Labour defending 17 of the 24 seats being contested. Other candidates in the election included 12 from the British National Party, 7 from the Green Party and 1 Socialist Labour Party candidate in Oldbury ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198529-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw Labour remain in control of the council with 49 seats, but the Conservatives made a net gain of 3 to move to 14 seats. The Conservatives gained 4 of the 17 seats Labour had been defending, in the wards of Bristnall, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, Princes End and Wednesbury South. However Labour did take 1 seat back from the Conservatives in St Pauls ward. Labour put the results down to them keeping council tax levels low and improving services, however the Conservatives said they were moving forward in \"a traditional Labour stronghold\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198529-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Liberal Democrats held the 2 seats they had been defending in Great Barr with Yew Tree and Newton wards to stay on 5 seats, while neither the Greens or the British National Party won any seats. The British National Party share of the vote in the 12 seats they contested, dropped to 17% from the 33% they had won in the 2006 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198530-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Santa Catarina floods\nThe 2008 Santa Catarina floods were floods in Santa Catarina, Brazil in November 2008. They occurred after a period of heavy rainfall, most significantly from 20-23 of November. The state had suffered constant rainfalls for over two months on the coast, which turned the soil wet enough to cause a landslide during the storm that hit the state in late November. It affected around 60 towns and over 1.5 million people in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil. At least 128 people are confirmed to have been killed  with over 78,700 being forced to evacuate their homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198530-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Santa Catarina floods\nA further 150,000 have been left without electricity, while water rationing is being carried out in at least one town due to purification problems. Santa Catarina state Governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira had earlier suggested that the final death toll was likely to be over 50, a figure that has proved optimistic. Several towns in the region have become cut off due to floodwater and landslide debris and on November 23 the Mayor of Blumenau, Jo\u00e3o Paulo Klein\u00fcbing, declared a state of emergency in the city. Water levels in the Vale do Itaja\u00ed have risen to eleven metres above normal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198530-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Santa Catarina floods, Reactions, Blogosphere\nSoon after the floods began, various bloggers from Blumenau began reporting about the situation on Twitter, providing photos, videos, forecast conditions and river levels for other people on the internet who were isolated by the floods. A site showed up on the Brazilian blogosphere to keep people informed and offering a channel for donations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198531-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum\nA referendum to approve the autonomy statute of Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia was held on 4 May 2008. The vote resulted from strains between the Prefecture of Santa Cruz and President Evo Morales. The referendum was declared illegal and unconstitutional by the National Electoral Court. Final results from the referendum showed that 85.6% of participating voters supported autonomy. Abstention rates were 37.9%. Partisans of the Movement for Socialism called for a boycott of the vote, and the Guarayo, Guaran\u00ed, Chiquitano, Ayoreo, Yuracar\u00e9-Moxe\u00f1o indigenous peoples were urged to reject holding the vote in their territories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198531-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum\nSimilar referendums were held in Beni Department and Pando Department on 1 June 2008 (see 2008 Bolivian autonomy referendums) and in Tarija Department on 22 June 2008 (see 2008 Tarija autonomy referendum).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198531-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum, Response\nRuben Costas, the governor of Santa Cruz, welcomed the result saying \u201dWith the vote the start of a structural reform of transcendental importance in our nation has been consolidated... The ballot boxes have delivered their verdict: the emissaries of evil cannot impose their bitterness and hate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198531-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum, Response\nThe United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights stated in its annual human rights report that the referendums: \"took place even though the National Electoral Court ruled that the prefectures did not have the authority to call for such a vote and that they were infringing the Constitution.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198531-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum, Response\nA United Nations mission to Bolivia from the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues later declared that the Santa Cruz autonomy statute \"promotes, allows, strengthens and reproduces practices of servitude\", referring to conditions of debt-servitude and conditions analogous to slavery that are suffered by some indigenous groups in Santa Cruz. Bartolom\u00e9 Clavero, a Spanish law professor from the Permanent Forum later stated that: \"Anyone who has voted for this statute supports servitude.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198531-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum, Legacy\nEvo Morales's government eventually reversed its position on autonomy during the 2009 election, granting autonomy to Santa Cruz in 2010 along similar lines to those requested in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198532-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Santos FC season\nThe 2008 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety-sixth in existence and the club's forty-ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198532-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Santos FC season\nOn 15 December 2007, Santos appointed Emerson Le\u00e3o to coach the team for the third time. This was after the dismissal of Vanderlei Luxemburgo at the end of 2007 season. Later, Le\u00e3o was fired due to bad results and for his place Cuca was signed. Cuca also didn't get good results and was fired on 7 August, replaced by M\u00e1rcio Fernandes, who assumed the team as caretaker until the end of season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198532-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Santos FC season\nUnlike the last two seasons, Santos did not get the Campeonato Paulista title, reaching the 7th position. Their Campeonato Brasileiro campaign was the worst of history, where they were almost relegated, ending in the 15th position, out of 20 teams. Santos advanced to quarter-finals of Copa Libertadores, but were eliminated by Mexican side Club Am\u00e9rica after a 1\u20132 aggregate loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198532-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Santos FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198532-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Santos FC season, Kit\nThe kits for the 2008 season were revealed on 3 March 2008 bearing the Semp Toshiba logo. The main novelty was the third shirt, with navy blue, based on the first model used by the club in 1912.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 26], "content_span": [27, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198533-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sark general election\nGeneral elections were held in Sark on 10 December 2008, the first elections on the island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198533-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sark general election\nFifty-seven candidates (12% of the eligible electors) stood for 28 seats in the Chief Pleas. The elected members in the new Chief Pleas were titled Conseillers and replaced the mixed system of elected People's Deputies and ex-officio Tenants in the outgoing Chief Pleas. The President of the Chief Pleas continued to be the Seneschal, whose term was extended from three years to for-life. The Conseillers elected in 2008 served either four or two-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198533-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Sark general election\n14 Conseillers elected for two-year terms served until the 2010 election, held in December 2010; while the remainder served four years terms, thus achieving a rolling election cycle. The selection of which Conseillers elected in 2008 were to serve a two-year term or a four-year term was determined by random ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198533-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sark general election\nA recount took place on 11 December due to the closeness of the votes for the 28th seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198533-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sark general election, Background\nOn 16 January and 21 February 2008, the Chief Pleas approved a law which introduces a 30-member chamber, with 28 elected members and two unelected members. On 9 April 2008 the Privy Council approved the Sark law reforms, and the new chamber convened for the first time on 21 January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198533-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sark general election, Electoral system\nThe first election held in Sark under the new system took place on 10 December 2008. In total, 28 Conseillers were to be elected from 57 candidates, with the latter figure representing about 12% of the electorate in the island. Each voter received 28 votes to select their preferred candidates for each of the available seats. A recount was ordered as several of the candidates for the last seat were separated by only a few votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198533-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Sark general election, Results\nThe elections reflected the \"Sark chasm\" throughout the island between those who supported the traditional system and those who supported further reforms. The overwhelming majority of candidates who were elected had either previously voted in Chief Pleas to enact the 2008 Reform Law, or had made public statements in support of it, and since advocated the further dismantling of the feudal system via the reform of the ancient feudal land tenure laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198533-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Sark general election, Results\nAfter the results of the ballot were declared, a separate ballot was held among the 28 successful Conseillers to determine which would serve for two years, and which for four years, which is indicated by the figure after the number of votes. After the initial period, Conseillers will serve four-year terms with half elected every two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198533-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Sark general election, Reaction of the Barclay brothers\nWhen it became apparent that only about five candidates they had supported had been elected, the Barclay brothers announced that they were shutting down their businesses on Sark \u2013 hotels, shops, estate agents and building firms \u2013 leaving about 100 people, or a sixth of the population, out of work. The closures started almost immediately following the announcement. Diana Beaumont, the wife of Seigneur John Michael Beaumont, commented that \"[the Barclay brothers] were the ones that started all this democracy business, now they don\u2019t like it because they haven't won.\" The States of Jersey, sitting in session on 12 December 2008, resolved to send a message of support to its sister island of Sark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198533-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Sark general election, Reaction of the Barclay brothers\nIn January 2009, the Barclays quietly began reversing the shutdown process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198534-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders season\nThe 2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders finished in 2nd place in the West Division with a 12\u20136 record for the second consecutive year. It was their 51st season in the Canadian Football League. The Roughriders attempted to repeat as Grey Cup champions, but, due to an abundance of injuries, lost to the BC Lions in the West Semi-Final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198534-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Off-season\nSeveral months after capturing the 2007 Grey Cup, 2007 CFL coach of the Year Kent Austin stepped down as head coach to become the offensive co-ordinator at Ole Miss. In accepting this position in the NCAA, Austin turned down a very lucrative contract that the Riders had offered. On February 6, 2008, Eric Tillman announced that the new head coach would be Ken Miller. Miller was formerly an offensive coordinator under Austin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198534-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Off-season\nLast season's starting quarterback Kerry Joseph was traded to the Toronto Argonauts on March 5, 2008, along with a third round pick in the 2010 CFL Draft in exchange for offensive tackle Glenn January, defensive lineman Ronald Flemons, the Argos' first-round pick in the 2008 CFL Draft and a 2010 second-round selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198534-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Off-season\nOn April 5, 2008 a report was released saying that the Roughriders set a new record for earnings in a single season. At the Roughriders' annual general meeting, Mike Back, the club's vice-president of finance and operations, reported the Roughriders registered a record profit of $1,737,377 in 2007. The Roughriders exceeded the $22 million plateau in total operating revenue and expenditures. This figure eclipsed the previous mark of $15 million. Total net assets increased by $1,998,857 to $5,096,393. These earnings were due in part to the championship season the Roughriders sported, which included 8 home game sellouts and their first home playoff game in 19 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198534-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Regular season, Crowd trouble\nOn September 20, an unsportsmanlike incident occurred during a game in Saskatchewan. It started in the fourth quarter when Saskatchewan fans became angry about a B.C. play they thought should have been a face mask penalty. Lions defensive back Dante Marsh fired the ball into the stands, and Saskatchewan fans responded by pelting the Lions with full cans of beer. The incident occurred on the night when the Roughriders were honouring past CFL legend Ron Lancaster, who recently died at the age of 69. The club subsequently announced that in order to reduce the probability of a similar incident beer in the east stands (where the visitors bench is) would be sold in plastic cups for at least the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198534-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Regular season, Ron Lancaster\nOn Thursday, September 18, Ron Lancaster, 69, died from an apparent heart attack, less than two months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The former Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback, also had a long career as a head coach, with the Edmonton Eskimos and Hamilton Tiger Cats. He was diagnosed in late July and had been undergoing radiation and chemotherapy. Lancaster played 16 seasons with Saskatchewan, and led the team to five Grey Cup appearances. He led the club to their first CFL championship in 1966 when Saskatchewan upset the Ottawa Rough Riders 29\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198534-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Regular season, Ron Lancaster\nWhen he retired in 1978, at the age of 41, he was the league's all-time leader in passing yards (50,535), touchdown passes (333), pass attempts (6,223) and completions (3,384). He also suffered more interceptions than any other quarterback in CFL history. He had also passed for more yards than any passer in professional football history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198534-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Regular season, Roster\nItalics indicate Import player updated 2008-10-30 \u2022 46 Active, 11 Inactive, 7 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198534-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Playoffs, West Semi-Final\nDate and time: Saturday, November 8, 3:30 PM Central Standard TimeVenue: Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field, Regina, Saskatchewan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198535-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2008 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts women's provincial curling championship, was held from January 23 to 27 at the North Battleford Civic Centre in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. The winning team of Michelle Englot, represented Saskatchewan at the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Regina, Saskatchewan, where she would finish with a 5-6 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198536-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final\nThe 2008 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 33rd final of the Crown Prince Cup. It took place on 7 March 2008 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Hilal and Al-Ettifaq. It was Al-Ettifaq's fourth Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Hilal's eighth. This was the first meeting between these two clubs in the final. It was Al-Ettifaq's first final since 2001 and Al-Hilal's third final in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198536-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final\nAl-Hilal won the match 2\u20130 to claim their seventh Crown Prince Cup title. It was also their third title in four years, following those in 2005 and 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198536-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Venue\nThe King Fahd International Stadium was announced as the host of the final venue. This was the eighth Crown Prince Cup final hosted in the King Fahd International Stadium following those in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198536-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Venue\nThe King Fahd International Stadium was built in 1982 and was opened in 1987. The stadium was used as a venue for the 1992, 1995, and the 1997 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Its current capacity is 68,752 and it is used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Nassr, Al-Shabab, and major domestic matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198536-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nAl-Hilal reached their eighth final after a 1\u20130 aggregate win against Al-Shabab. This was Al-Hilal's third final in the four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198536-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nAl-Ettifaq reached their fourth final, after a 4\u20133 aggregate win against defending champions Al-Ahli. They reached their first final since 2001 when they finished as runners-up losing to Al-Ittihad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198536-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nThis was the first meeting between these two sides in the Crown Prince Cup final. The two teams met each other six times in the finals of other competitions, twice in the King Cup and four times in the Federation Cup. Al-Ettifaq won twice in the King Cup and once in the Federation Cup, while Al-Hilal 3 times in the Federation Cup. The two teams played each other four times in the season prior to the final, twice in the 2007 Gulf Club Champions Cup, once in the League and once in the Federation Cup. Al-Ettifaq defeated Al-Hilal 2\u20131 on aggregate in the semi-finals of the Gulf Club Champions Cup. Al-Hilal defeated Al-Ettifaq 2\u20130 in both the League and Federation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team\nThe 2008 Savannah State Tigers football team competed in college football on behalf of the Savannah State University. The Tigers competed an independent as the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level. This was the first season under the guidance of head coach Robby Wells.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team\nThe Tigers entered the 2008 season seeking its first winning season since joining Division I-AA in 2000, but compiled a 5\u20137 record. The season did mark the most wins since 1999, when the Tigers finished with a 5\u20136 as a member of the NCAA Division II. The Tigers last winning season was in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Jacksonville University\nSavannah State lost its season opener against Jacksonville, 20\u20137. The Tigers put up 226 yards of total offense. QB JaCorey Kilcrease was 4\u201318 with an interception and 28 yards passing. QB Kurvin Curry, who took over in the second half, was 6\u20139 for 73 yards and tossed a touchdown to Tyron Kirkland. Senior free safety Javorris Jackson made a game-high 10 tackles and intercepted a pass in the second quarter. Senior cornerback Marcus Darrisaw and sophomore linebacker Vince Cochran each recovered fumbles. Junior linebacker Willie Hall forced a fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Jacksonville University\nEleven SSU players were declared ineligible to play because of NCAA Clearinghouse issues. Calvin Leonard and Frank Usher were both injured during the game. Leonard was the starter at middle linebacker while Leonard was the starter at weakside linebacker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Livingstone College\nSavannah State defeated Livingstone College 45\u201310, giving the team their first win of the season  and ending a 9-game losing streak dating back to last season. The win was the first for first year Head Coach Robbie Wells.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Livingstone College\nSavannah State had 29 first downs and 485 yards of total offense. The Tigers had 217 yards passing and 268 rushing. QB Kurvin Curry had a total of 326 yards with four touchdowns and was 10\u201323 passing for 217 yards and 2 touchdowns. He rushed for 109 yards and two scores. The Tigers first drive resulted in a 33-yard touchdown run by Curry. Justin Babb caught 3 passes for 114 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for 71 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Livingstone College\nJeff Robertson had 9 total tackles including a sack. Malik Allah recorded a sack and freshman Rashard Russell blocked a Livingstone punt and returned it for a touchdown in the 1st quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Livingstone College\nWide receiver Deleon Hollinger was reinstated prior to the game after being suspended for an undisclosed violation of team rules during the Tigers' season-opening loss. Hollinger was SSU's leading receiver during the 2007 season. Antonio Lenton, Quincy Watie, Thelmore Jackson, Keon Hayward, Patrick Thomas and Javares Taylor were cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse to play in the game after missing the season opener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Winston-Salem State University\nKurvin Curry threw for 154 yards and passed for two touchdowns to help Savannah State beat Winston-Salem State University. The victory was SSU's first over an NCAA Football Championship Subdivision team and first road win since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Bethune-Cookman University\nBethune-Cookman University ended the Tiger's two-game winning streak with a 34\u20139 victory. B-CU limited the Tigers to 43 yards rushing (24 carries) and 210 total yards on office. The Tigers scored just three points despite four trips to the red zone. SSU scored their only touchdown on a fumble recovery returned for a 33-yard touchdown by Willie Hall in the fourth quarter. QB Kurvin Curry completed 11 of his 22 passes for 167 yards and had one interception. Bethune-Cookman has won nine straight against the Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Howard University\nKurvin Curry threw for 126 yards (11-of-28 with a touchdown and an interception) and ran for 77 yards as the Tigers were defeated by Howard University in the 2008 Miami Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Clark Atlanta University\nDerek Williams made three field goals as Savannah State defeated Division II Clark Atlanta University, 17\u201314. QB Kurvin Curry threw for 220 yards and a 33-yard touchdown in the second quarter. He also ran for 81 yards as the Tigers improved to 3\u20133 on the season. Deleon Hollinger caught seven passes for 132 yards. Senior free safety Javorris Jackson made an interception and blocked a field goal attempt by Clark Atlanta in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Clark Atlanta University\nThe Tigers overcame an 11\u20130 lead by the Panthers to tie the game at 11\u201311 in the third quarter. Clark Atlanta regained a three points lead in the third quarter, but Williams made two field goals in the fourth quarter to seal the victory for the Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Charleston Southern University\nCharleston Southern University committed five turnovers, but held off the Tigers for a 29\u201320 victory. SSU QB Kurvin Curry ran to CSU's 11-yard line in the fourth quarter, but fumbled the ball with 1 minute, 56 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Charleston Southern University\nSSU kept the game close at several points. SSU running back Justin Babb, on second-and-goal from the CSU 1-yard line, was tackled for a 2-yard loss as time expired in the first half. That gave the Buccaneers a 26\u201314 halftime lead. Curry threw a touchdown pass to Deleon Hollinger with 13 minutes, 14 seconds to play and cut the score to 26\u201320, but kicker Luis Justiniano's missed extra point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Charleston Southern University\nCurry was 17-of-29 passing (181 yards, 3 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and 2 sacks) and ran for 35 of SSU's 71 yards. Curry also threw a 15-yard touchdown to Isaiah Osborne in the first quarter. Hollinger had eight catches for 122 yards and 2 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Charleston Southern University\nThe SSU defense intercepted three passes, the most since the Tigers intercepted three passes against South Carolina State University on Sept. 20, 2003. Sophomore cornerback Jamar Graham intercepted two of the three while cornerback Marcus Darrisaw and defensive end LaDarien Redfield each forced fumbles that were recovered by Redfield and defensive back Chris Asbury. Senior linebacker Calvin Leonard and junior linebacker Antwan Allen made 11 tackles each for the game high.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Charleston Southern University\nCSU moved to 3\u20133 on the season and improved to 5\u20130 all time against SSU . The Tigers fell to 3\u20134 as they lost their first game at home this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi Valley State University\nMississippi Valley State University's QB Paul Roberts threw a game-winning touchdown (one of three) with five seconds left in the game as the Delta Devils came from behind to beat Savannah State 22\u201320 and salvage their homecoming celebration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi Valley State University\nThe Delta Devils held a 9\u20133 lead at the end of the first quarter, but the Tigers went back on top, 13\u20139, at halftime. The Tigers took a 20\u201316 lead with 36 seconds to play in the fourth quarter before Mississippi Valley State scored the final touchdown for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi Valley State University\nSSU QB Kurvin Curry passed for 173 yards and one touchdown. He rushed for 79 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi Valley State University\nThe Delta Devils moved to 2\u20134 on the season while the Tigers fell to 3\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Concordia College\nA 2008 Homecoming crowd of 9,217 at T.A. Wright Stadium watched as the Tigers overcame a 7\u20136 lead by Concordia College and a second quarter injury by starting quarterback Kurvin Curry for a 23\u20137 victory. This marked the first Homecoming game win for the Tigers since 2004 as SSU improved to 4\u20135 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Concordia College\nJunior QB JaCorey Kilcrease, last season's starting quarterback, replaced Curry in the game, engineering four scoring drives, including 17 points in the fourth quarter. He completed 9-of-11 passes for 58 yards with no interceptions. The Tigers' offense committed no turnovers while the Tigers' defense intercepted three passes. Running back Justin Babb ran for 164 yards on 19 carries and freshman kicker Derek Williams made field goals of 27, 26 and 24 yards, and kicked two extra points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Edward Waters College\nEdward Waters College quarterback Kamau Leitner threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jonathan Johnson over SSU's senior free safety Javorris Jackson, who slipped on the play, with 28 seconds left as the Tigers beat SSU, 26\u201321, before a crowd of 3,117 at Gilman Stadium in Kingsland, Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Edward Waters College\nEdward Waters improved to 3\u20137 and won its second in a row versus SSU (Edward Waters spoiled SSU's Homecoming, 24\u20137 in 2007). SSU fell to 4\u20136 with two games remaining in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Edward Waters College\nJunior QB JaCorey Kilcrease completed 13-of-24 passes (131 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions) and freshman running back Rashard Russell ran for 106 yards on 14 carries. SSU played without its regular starting quarterback, Kurvin Curry (separated his right shoulder), left tackle Rashad Jackson (illness), and  wide receiver Deleon Hollinger (suspended).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, Webber International University\nThe Tigers built a 14\u20130 halftime lead en route to a 24\u20137 victory over Webber International University. Freshman QB Kurvin Curry returned after injury and completed 10 of 22 passes for 194 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. The Warriors fell to 3\u20138 on the season while the Tigers improved to 5\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 89], "content_span": [90, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, North Carolina Central University\nThe Tigers' effort to achieve its first non-losing season since 1998 fell short as the Tigers lost to", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 91], "content_span": [92, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Game summaries, North Carolina Central University\nNorth Carolina Central, 10\u20137. In its first season under coach Robby Wells the team finished 5\u20137. The teams' last winning season was 1998 when they finished 7\u20134 as a member of the NCAA's Division II. The Tigers have failed to produce a winning season since joining the Football Championship Subdivision in 2002. Quarterback Kurvin Curry passed for 99 yards (8 of 18) and had one interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 91], "content_span": [92, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198537-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Savannah State Tigers football team, Statistics\nCurrent as of November\u00a016,\u00a02008\u00a0(2008-11-16) \u2013 All Games", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198538-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Scheldeprijs\nThe 2008 Scheldeprijs cycling race took place on April 16, 2008. It was the 96th running of the Scheldeprijs. It was won by Mark Cavendish, who repeated his 2007 win. It was a surprise win as Tom Boonen celebrated too early and Cavendish was able to overtake at the last second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198539-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotland rugby union tour of Argentina\nThe 2008 Scotland rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2008 in Argentina by the Scotland national team. It consisted of two tests v. the Argentine side, with one win for both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198539-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotland rugby union tour of Argentina, Players\nIn May 2008, the Scottish Rugby Union announced the list of players to tour to Argentina:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling tournament was held February 16\u201324, 2008 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The winner was the 2005 champion team from Manitoba, under skip Jennifer Jones. In winning, they became the first team since Kelley Law's rink from B.C. in 2000 to win the championship after playing a tie-breaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Kelly Scott Third: Jeanna Schraeder Second: Sasha Carter Lead: Renee Simons Alternate: Michelle Allen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Shannon Kleibrink Third: Amy Nixon Second: Bronwen Saunders Lead: Chelsey Bell Alternate: Nikki Smith", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Allison MacInnes Third: Karla Sparks Second: Janelle Yardley Lead: Amanda Brennan Alternate: Sandra Jenkins", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Jennifer Jones Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham Second: Jill Officer Lead: Dawn Askin Alternate: Jennifer Clark-Rouire", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Sylvie Robichaud Third: Danielle Nicholson Second: Marie Richard Lead: Julie Carrier Alternate: Stacey Leger", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Heather Strong Third: Cathy Cunningham Second: Laura Strong Lead: Peg Goss Alternate: Bobbie Sauder", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Mary-Anne Arsenault Third: Kim Kelly Second: Laine Peters Lead: Nancy Delahunt Alternate: Cheryl McBain", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Sherry Middaugh Third: Kirsten Wall Second: Kim Moore Lead: Andra Harmark Alternate: Tara George", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Suzanne Gaudet Third: Robyn MacPhee Second: Carol Webb Lead: Stefanie Clark Alternate: Kim Dolan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Marie-France Larouche Third: Nancy B\u00e9langer Second: Annie Lemay Lead: Jo\u00eblle Sabourin Alternate: Val\u00e9rie Grenier", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Michelle EnglotThird: Darlene Kidd Second: Roberta Materi Lead: Cindy Simmons Alternate: Lorie Kehler", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Kerry Galusha Third: Teejay Surik Second: Dawn Moses Lead: Heather McCagg-Nystrom Alternate: Shona Barbour", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198540-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playdowns, Newfoundland and Labrador\nJanuary 23\u201327, Bally Haly Golf and Curling Club, St. John's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198541-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Challenge Cup Final\nThe 2008 Scottish Challenge Cup Final was played on 16 November 2008 and was the 18th Scottish Challenge Cup Final. The final was contested by Ross County who beat Greenock Morton 4\u20131 in their semi-final and Airdrie United who beat Partick Thistle 1\u20130. The match was played at McDiarmid Park, Perth. Airdrie won the game 3\u20132 on penalties, after the match ended 2\u20132 following extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198541-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Challenge Cup Final\nBoth teams had appeared in a Challenge Cup final before, Ross County had been in two, defeating Clyde on penalties in the 2006 final but losing the 2004 final to Falkirk. whereas Airdrie's only final ended in defeat, losing to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the 2003 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final\nThe 2008 Scottish Cup Final was a football match which took place at Hampden Park in Glasgow on 24 May 2008. The match was the final of the 123rd Scottish Cup and was contested by Queen of the South and Rangers. Ranvers won the match 3-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final\nQueen of the South beat Aberdeen 4\u20133 in their semi-final, Rangers beat St Johnstone 4\u20133 on penalties after the match had ended 1\u20131 after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final\nFirst Division Queen of the South were contesting a Scottish Cup final for the first time in their history. The final was four weeks after the end of Queens' league season meaning the First Division side had not played a competitive game in that time. This was Rangers' 50th appearance in the final, winning 31 times and losing 17, with one final (1909) resulting in the cup being withheld  It was Rangers' third cup final of the season, having won in the League Cup Final and lost in the UEFA Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Team news\nQueen of the South started with the same team which had beaten Aberdeen in the semi-final with Stephen Dobbie and Sean O'Connor up-front as part of a 4-4-2 formation. The midfield was composed of Paul Burns, Neil MacFarlane, Steve Tosh and Jamie McQuilken. The defence was made up of Ryan McCann (the quarter final hero with a goal against Dundee from 84 yards meriting an application to the Guinness Book of Records as the longest distance goal from an outfield player) Jim Thomson, Andy Aitken and Robert Harris. Jamie MacDonald started in goal. Sean O'Connor was the only player not from Scotland in the team. The only player to drop out of the squad from the semi final victory was former Rangers youth Brian Gilmour, with Scott Robertson taking his place on the bench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Team news\nRangers also used a 4\u20134\u20132 formation, making four changes from the side who were beaten 2\u20130 in Aberdeen, with Kris Boyd and Jean-Claude Darcheville up-front. Rangers were without Nacho Novo who was suspended and without Chris Burke and Steven Naismith who were both injured, DaMarcus Beasley had recently returned from injury and was a surprise inclusion and started in midfield with Kevin Thomson, Barry Ferguson and Lee McCulloch. Steven Whittaker, Carlos Cu\u00e9llar, David Weir and Sa\u0161a Papac made up the defence. Neil Alexander was making only his 12th start in goal for rangers. Carlos Cu\u00e9llar, Sa\u0161a Papac, DaMarcus Beasley and Jean-Claude Darcheville were the non-Scots to start, meaning that 17 out of the 22 players that started the match were from Scotland, this was 5 more than the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 844]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Match summary\nQueen of the South were the more dangerous team in the early stages, with problems being caused by Stephen Dobbie and Sean O'Connor. Rangers' best chance came when Boyd passed to Beasley in a good position but his shot went into the side-netting, minutes later and the roles were reversed when Boyd met a Beasley cross eight yards with his head, he could only nod over the net, although should have done better. A disputed foul was awarded against Tosh for a challenge on Beasley 25 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Match summary\nBarry Ferguson tapped the free kick to Boyd who hit the ball into the top left corner, Rangers were 1\u20130 up after 33 minutes. Queen of the South felt they should have had a penalty when Steven Whittaker pushed Sean O'Connor but the referee did not agree. Rangers doubled their lead three minutes before half time when Carlos Cuellar's header was missed by Jim Thomson and Ryan McCann who collided which allowed Cuellar's header to reach the back post to fall for Beasley, whose shot from 12 yards went under goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Match summary\nBoth teams started the second half unchanged. Four minutes after the restart, O'Connor broke clear of Cuellar in the Rangers box and then cut the ball back for Tosh to score using his pelvis. Queens were back in the match. Rangers briefly threatened to restore their advantage, but a Boyd header was held by MacDonald. Papac then fouled McCann 10 yards from the Rangers box. Thomson rose to firmly head home from the Bob Harris free-kick. After 53 minutes the sides were tied at 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Match summary\nRangers could have restored their lead when Jean-Claude Darcheville passed to Beasley and he then passed to the feet of Ferguson but the skipper shot straight at the keeper. Boyd scored after he rose highest from Beasley's corner to head the ball over the goalkeeper and into the net with 18 minutes to go. Queens never seemed likely to score after that despite making three changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Post match comments\nTosh commented in The Scotsman after the cup final, \"We showed what we're capable of in the second half, and when I went into the Rangers dressing room they knew they had been in a game. But I'm still bitterly disappointed.\" Tosh added, \"I thought the free-kick that led to their first goal was very soft and that lots of decisions that were given against us were very easy to give. Sean O'Connor got pushed in the back in the box at the back post and it was as blatant as the nose on my face but that would have been a decision against Rangers in a cup final at the Rangers end and that's just not going to happen.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Post match comments\n\"The gaffer (Gordon Chisholm) didn't lose his head (at half-time),\" said Queens midfielder Jamie McQuilken, \"he just said that we never showed up in the first half. He was spot on, but he reminded us of how we got to the final and inspired us to play like that in the second half.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Post match comments\nMcQuilken added, \"We're so disappointed. You don't win anything by giving Rangers a two-goal lead and we don't think we'll ever get a better chance to beat Rangers. After we scored we got an extra spring in our step and they looked worried and tired. They were arguing amongst themselves and I thought 'we've got a right good chance here'. We needed to score in the first five minutes after our second goal when we were on top. But credit to Rangers, you don't get to UEFA Cup finals for nothing.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Post match comments\nChisholm said, \"To be honest, I thought we didn't turn up in the first half and that was disappointing. I would say that is the poorest we have played in a long time. In the second half we did much better and it was more like us. There are no excuses but I think four weeks is a hell of a long time to have a break and for the first 45 minutes we looked rusty and we looked as though we didn't have any belief.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Media coverage\nThe 2008 Scottish Cup Final between Rangers and Queen of the South was broadcast live in Scotland on BBC One Scotland and in the rest of the UK on Sky Sports Xtra. BBC One Scotland also broadcast highlights later on that night at 23:35 BST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Media coverage\nIn North America it was broadcast live on pay-per-view Setanta Premium. In Kenya it was shown live on G Sports 1. In the Czech Republic it was shown live on Sport 1. In Italy it was shown live on Sky Sport 1 and Sky Super Calcio. In Russia it was broadcast live on 7tv. In Bosnia it was shown live on OBN BiH.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198542-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Cup Final, Media coverage\nThe final was also broadcast live on radio by BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio nan G\u00e0idheal and BBC Radio 5 Live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198543-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election\nThe 2008 Scottish Labour Party deputy leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new deputy leader of the Labour Party in the  Scottish Parliament, and was triggered following the resignation of Cathy Jamieson, who stood down in order to campaign in the leadership election which is being held alongside the deputy leadership election. Johann Lamont won the election and was elected deputy leader on Saturday 13 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198543-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election\nThe timetable for the election was finalised on Monday 28 July, and is identical to that of the leadership election. Nominations closed on Friday 1 August with the result declaration being made on 13 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198543-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election, Successfully nominated candidates\nBoth of the declared candidates received more than five nominations from MSPs, which was the minimum requirement for them to get onto the ballot paper, by the close of nominations at 12:00 UTC+1 on 1 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 82], "content_span": [83, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198543-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election, Successfully nominated candidates, Nominations\nCandidates are initially nominated by their parliamentary colleagues from within the Scottish Parliament, following which Westminster MPs, constituency Labour parties and affiliated trade union organisation can submit 'supporting nominations', providing their backing to a specific candidates. These nominations can be seen in the tables below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 95], "content_span": [96, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198543-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election, Result\nThe election took place using Alternative Vote in an electoral college, with a third of the votes allocated to Labour's MSPs, Scottish MPs and Scottish MEPs, a third to individual members of the Scottish Labour Party, and a third to individual members of affiliated organisations, mainly trade unions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198543-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election, Result\nIn order to be elected, one candidate must have achieved a majority of votes, i.e. 50% plus 1 vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198543-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election, Suggested candidates not standing\nThe following either publicly suggested they would stand for election or received media speculation to that effect. However, at the close of nominations they had not been nominated by any MSPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 82], "content_span": [83, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198544-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour leadership election\nThe 2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament, and was triggered following the resignation of Wendy Alexander following a row over donations to her own leadership campaign in 2007. Iain Gray won the contest and was announced as leader on 13 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198544-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour leadership election\nIt was the second Scottish Labour leadership election in as many years, the first being caused by the resignation of Jack McConnell, following the Scottish National Party's victory over Labour in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, however in this election, Alexander was unopposed, meaning that no ballot actually took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198544-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour leadership election\nThe timetable for the election was finalised on Monday 28 July, having been put on hold for a month to allow the party to focus on the Glasgow East by-election, which ultimately saw the Scottish National Party overturn a 13,507 Labour majority to gain the seat. Nominations closed at noon on Friday 1 August with the result being declared on Saturday 13 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198544-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour leadership election\nA deputy leadership election was held alongside the leadership election following the resignation of Cathy Jamieson on 28 July. Johann Lamont was elected deputy leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198544-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour leadership election, Successfully nominated candidates\nAll three declared candidates received more than five nominations from MSPs, which was the minimum requirement for them to get onto the ballot paper by the close of nominations at 12:00 UTC+1 on 1 August 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198544-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour leadership election, Successfully nominated candidates, Nominations\nCandidates are initially nominated by their parliamentary colleagues from within the Scottish Parliament, following which Westminster MPs, constituency Labour parties and affiliated trade union organisation can submit 'supporting nominations', providing their backing to a specific candidates. These nominations can be seen in the tables below;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198544-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour leadership election, Result\nThe election took place using Alternative Vote in an electoral college, with a third of the votes allocated to Labour's MSPs, Scottish MPs and Scottish MEPs, a third to individual members of the Scottish Labour Party, and a third to individual members of affiliated organisations, mainly trade unions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198544-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour leadership election, Result\nIn order to be elected, one candidate must have achieved a majority of votes, i.e. 50% plus 1 vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198544-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Labour leadership election, Suggested candidates not standing\nThe following either publicly suggested they were considering standing for election or received media speculation to that effect. However at the close of nominations they had not been nominated by any MSPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198545-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish League Cup Final\nThe 2008 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 16 March 2008 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the 61st Scottish League Cup Final. The final was contested by Dundee United, who beat Aberdeen 4\u20131 in the semi-final, and Rangers, who beat Hearts 2\u20130. The two sides had last met in a League Cup Final in the 1984\u201385 season with Rangers winning 1\u20130 on that occasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198545-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Scottish League Cup Final\nThe previous year's winners were Hibernian, who beat Kilmarnock 5\u20131 in the 2007 Final but they were knocked out in the third round by Motherwell who beat them 4\u20132, it was the fifth successive year in which both of the previous year's finalists did not make it to the final. Rangers won the match 3\u20132 on penalties after the match had ended in a 2\u20132 draw after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198545-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish League Cup Final, Match, Team news\nDundee United manager Craig Levein made four changes after the side's midweek goalless draw at Celtic. Noel Hunt returned to the starting line-up along with Christian Kalvenes, Willo Flood and Morgaro Gomis. Out went David Robertson and Craig Conway, who dropped to the bench and cup-tied duo Danny Grainger and James O'Brien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198545-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish League Cup Final, Match, Team news\nRangers were without the suspended duo Nacho Novo and Charlie Adam, who were replaced by Lee McCulloch and Chris Burke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198545-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish League Cup Final, Match, Match Summary\nNeither team looked better than the other during a fairly uneventful first 10 minutes. in the 18th minute the Rangers captain Barry Ferguson forced Dundee United's goalkeeper, \u0141ukasz Za\u0142uska to produce the first real save of the game. It was Dundee United however who became the dominant team as the first half progressed and took a deserved lead in the 33rd minute, the first shot by Noel Hunt was saved by Allan McGregor but the ball wasn't cleared and Hunt somehow managed to get the ball over the line despite the best efforts of Steven Davis. United could have been two goals in front moments later as Sa\u0161a Papac almost scored an own goal with a pass back but Carlos Cu\u00e9llar was there to clear it off the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198545-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish League Cup Final, Match, Match Summary\nBefore the second half got underway, Rangers manager Walter Smith made a substitution with midfielder Brahim Hemdani making way for Striker Jean-Claude Darcheville. The second half started in a similar way to the first, with neither team in control. United felt they should have been awarded a penalty in the 53rd minute when Cuellar appeared to pull back Christian Kalvenes in the box, but referee Kenny Clark inexplicably waved play on. Walter Smith made another substitution in the 61st minute when the left back Papac was replaced by Striker Kris Boyd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198545-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Scottish League Cup Final, Match, Match Summary\nDarcheville headed the ball into the net in the 77th minute from a quickly-taken free-kick, but the referee decided that Ferguson had taken the set-piece too quickly. Rangers scored the equalizing goal with 6 minutes of normal time remaining, Mark Kerr attempted a pass back to his goalkeeper but Boyd was there to score the goal that would take the match into Extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198545-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish League Cup Final, Match, Match Summary\nThe first half of extra time got underway with Rangers looking the better team, however with just 5 minutes played Mark de Vries restored United's lead when he put the ball past McGregor with a strike from the top-right edge of the box. Rangers dominated the second half and were rewarded when Boyd headed in the equalizer at the back post in 112th minute. The match would be decided by a Penalty shootout, Boyd scored the winning penalty after a miss by Lee Wilkie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198546-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election\nThe 2008 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election was an election to choose a new leader of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland, triggered following the resignation of Nicol Stephen for personal reasons. Deputy leader Michael Moore (MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) took over as interim party leader, and the timetable for the election was agreed on 5 July 2008: Nominations closed on 24 July 2008, the return of the ballot papers was set for 26 August 2008 and the declaration of results occurred on the same date. The last leadership election was held in 2005 after the resignation of Jim Wallace, when Stephen defeated Mike Rumbles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198546-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election, Candidates, Successfully nominated candidates\nThe following MSPs gained the required one nomination from a fellow MSP, and were therefore candidates for the leadership:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 98], "content_span": [99, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198546-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election, Result\nThe result of the leadership election was announced on 26 August 2008; turnout was 61%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198547-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Scottsdale mayoral election\nThe 2008 Scottsdale mayoral election was held on November 4, 2008 to elect the mayor of Scottsdale, Arizona. It saw the election of Jim Lane, who unseated incumbent Mary Manross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198548-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Scream Awards\nThe Spike Scream Awards is an award show dedicated to the horror, sci-fi, and fantasy genres of feature films. The show was created by executive producers Michael Levitt, Cindy Levitt, and Casey Patterson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198548-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Scream Awards\nBilled as Scream 2008, the 2008 ceremony was held on October 18, 2008 at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. It premiered on Tuesday, October 21, 2008. Performances included The Smashing Pumpkins and Kerli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198548-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Scream Awards, Competitive Categories\nNominees and winners for each announced category are listed below. Winners are listed in boldface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198549-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Mariners season\nThe 2008 Seattle Mariners season was the 32nd Major League Baseball season in the team's history. Coming off the heels of the previous 2007 season, in which the M's finished with their first winning record since 2003, the team was widely expected to once again compete for the American League West division championship. The team was bolstered by some major roster additions during the previous offseason, most notably starting pitchers \u00c9rik B\u00e9dard and Carlos Silva. However, by the end of May, it became apparent that the team had gone back to its losing ways of the 2004\u201306 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198549-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Seattle Mariners season\nDespite their losing ways, they won their first and last game of the season. Their longest winning-streak of the season is 4 games after a Cleveland sweep at the end of August and a 12-6 win against the Texas Rangers on the first day of September. However, standing at 57-87, their longest losing-streak of the season is 12 games, 11 on the road, 1 at home, after being swept by the L.A. Angels, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and suffering a loss at the last homestand opener against the L.A. Angels. On September 23, the Mariners became the first club to spend $100 million in payroll and lose 100 games. The team finished the season with a 61\u2013101 (.377) record, last in the West for the 4th time in 5 years, and second worst in the majors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198549-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Mariners season\nWith the team underperforming and underachieving, a number of people who had become scapegoats for the team's underperformance were dismissed during the season, most notably general manager Bill Bavasi, field manager John McLaren, first baseman Richie Sexson, and designated hitter Jos\u00e9 Vidro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198549-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In. Min. games 40., listed by average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198549-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198549-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198549-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Mariners season, Major League Baseball Draft\nBelow is a complete list of the Seattle Mariners draft picks from the two 2008 Major League Baseball drafts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198549-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Mariners season, Major League Baseball Draft\nThe Seattle Mariners took part in both the Major League Baseball Rule 4 draft and the Rule 5 draft in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198549-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Mariners season, Major League Baseball Draft\nThe 2008 Major League Baseball Draft was held on June 5 and June 6, 2008. He Mariners made the 20th selection in the draft, selecting Joshua Fields. The Mariners selected a total of 50 players and signed 36 of those selected players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198549-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Mariners season, Major League Baseball Draft\nIn the 2008 Rule 5 draft the Mariners selected two players, one in the Major League phase and one in the Triple-A phase. They also had three players selected by other teams, two in the Triple-A phase and one in the Double-A phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season\nThe 2008 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 33rd season in the National Football League, The seventh season in Qwest Field, and the 10th and final under head coach Mike Holmgren. The Seahawks' streak of four consecutive NFC West divisional championships was broken, as they fell to a 4\u201312 record and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2002. As he had announced back in January, the 2008 season was the final season for Mike Holmgren as the team's head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Buffalo Bills\nThe Seahawks began their 2008 campaign on the road against the Buffalo Bills. In the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as Bills RB Marshawn Lynch got a 21-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Seahawks continued to struggle as WR/PR Roscoe Parrish returned a punt 63 yards for a touchdown. Seattle responded with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 20-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson. Buffalo closed out the half with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 35-yard and a 38-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Seahawks replied with kicker Olindo Mare nailing a 45-yard field goal. However, the Bills pulled a trick play on Seattle. Appearing to go for a 32-yard field goal, Buffalo's holder (punter Brian Moorman) instead threw a 19-yard TD pass to DE Ryan Denney. The Bills pulled away with QB Trent Edwards completing a 30-yard TD pass to TE Robert Royal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 944]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Buffalo Bills\nWith the loss, the Seahawks began their season at 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nHoping to rebound from their disappointing road loss to the Bills, the Seahawks played their Week 2 home opener their NFC West foe, the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, the 'Hawks RB Julius Jones got a 27-yard TD run, along with DT Craig Terrill returning a fumble 10 yards for a touchdown. The 49ers would reply with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 26-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Nedney gave San Francisco a 28-yard field goal. Seattle responded with kicker Olindo Mare getting a 51-yard field goal. The 49ers would hack away at the lead as QB J. T. O'Sullivan completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Bryant Johnson, yet the Seahawks closed out the half with Mare's 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, San Francisco took the lead with LB Patrick Willis returning an interception 86 yards for a touchdown, along with RB Frank Gore's 2-yard TD run. Seattle regained the lead as RB T. J. Duckett made a 1-yard TD run, along with Mare kicking a 32-yard field goal. However, the 49ers tied the game with Nedney's 28-yard field goal. In overtime, San Francisco's Nedney nailed the game-winning 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nJulius Jones (26 carries for 127 yards and a touchdown) got his first 100-yard game since Week 14 of 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. St. Louis Rams\nThe Seahawks stayed at home for a Week 3 NFC West duel with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Seattle's kicker Olindo Mare made a 28-yard field goal. The Seahawks continued their assault as QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 10-yard TD pass to rookie WR Michael Bumpus and RB Julius Jones getting a 29-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Rams got on the board with former Seahawks kicker Olindo Mare getting a 43-yard field goal. Seattle would reply with RB T. J. Duckett getting a 4-yard TD run. St. Louis tried to rally as Brown kicked a 29-yard field goal, yet the Seahawks continued to increase their lead with Mare's 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, the Rams tried to come back as QB Marc Bulger completed a 21-yard TD pass to WR Dane Looker. In the fourth quarter, Seattle flew away as Duckett got a 1-yard TD run and Mare nailed a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. St. Louis Rams\nWith the win, the Seahawks entered their bye week at 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 5: at New York Giants\nComing off their bye week, the Seahawks flew to Giants Stadium for a Week 5 duel with the defending Super Bowl champions, the New York Giants. In the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as QB Eli Manning completed a 32-yard TD pass to WR Domenik Hixon. The Seahawks responded with kicker Olindo Mare completing a 30-yard field goal, yet New York answered with RB Brandon Jacobs getting a 3-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Giants increased their lead with kicker John Carney getting a 29-yard field goal, Jacobs getting a 1-yard TD run, and Carney making a 33-yard field goal. Seattle closed out the half with Mare kicking a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 5: at New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, New York pulled away as Manning completed a 23-yard TD pass to WR Sinorice Moss, along with Carney nailing a 35-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Giants sealed the win as QB David Carr completed a 5-yard TD pass to Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Green Bay Packers\nHoping to rebound from their embarrassing road loss to the Giants, the Seahawks returned home for a Week 6 duel with the Green Bay Packers, as head coach Mike Holmgren faced his former team for the last time. Also, QB Seneca Wallace was unable to play due to a knee injury he suffered from last week. QB Charlie Frye was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as Packers kicker Mason Crosby got a 29-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Seahawks took the lead as kicker Olindo Mare got a 50-yard field goal, while Frye completed a 6-yard TD pass to rookie TE John Carlson. Green Bay tied the game as QB Aaron Rodgers got a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the Packers regained the lead as Rodgers completed a 45-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings. In the fourth quarter, Green Bay pulled away as Rodgers completed a 1-yard TD pass to FB John Kuhn, along with Crosby nailing a 51-yard field goal. Seattle tried to come back as Frye completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Keary Colbert, but the Packers' defense was too much.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nHoping to snap a two-game losing streak, the Seahawks flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 7 Sunday night duel with their 1976 expansion rival, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With QB Seneca Wallace recovering from an injured knee, back-up Seneca Wallace was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as Buccaneers QB Jeff Garcia completed a 47-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Bryant. In the second quarter, Tampa Bay increased their lead as RB Earnest Graham got a 1-yard TD run, along with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 27-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Seahawks got on the board as kicker Olindo Mare got a 26-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Buccaneers sailed away as Bryant nailed a 27-yard field goal. Seattle ended the game's scoring as Wallace completed a 2-yard TD pass to rookie TE John Carlson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith the loss, not only did the Seahawks fall to 1\u20135, but they also suffered their first-ever loss at Tampa Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at San Francisco 49ers\nTrying to snap a three-game losing streak, the Seahawks flew to Bill Walsh Field at Candlestick Park for a Week 8 NFC West rematch with the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, the Seahawks took flight as kicker Olindo Mare got a 43-yard and a 42-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Seattle increased its lead with RB T. J. Duckett getting a 1-yard TD run. The 49ers responded with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 42-yard field goal. The Seahawks closed out the half as CB Josh Wilson returned an interception 75 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, San Francisco responded with Nedney making a 40-yard field goal, yet Seattle responded with QB Seneca Wallace completing a 43-yard TD pass to FB Leonard Weaver. In the fourth quarter, the 49ers tried to rally as QB Shaun Hill completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Jason Hill, yet the 'Hawks pulled away as Wallace hooked up with Weaver on a 62-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their divisional road win over the 49ers, the Seahawks went home for a Week 9 duel with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, the 'Hawks immediately took flight as QB Seneca Wallace completed a franchise-long 90-yard TD pass to WR Koren Robinson. In the second quarter, the Eagles took the lead as QB Donovan McNabb completed a 22-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Brown and a 1-yard TD pass to Todd Herremans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, Philadelphia continued its domination as kicker David Akers got a 39-yard and a 24-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles flew away as Akers nailed a 42-yard and a 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, the Seahawks fell to 2\u20136. As of 2020, this is their most recent loss to Philadelphia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 10: at Miami Dolphins\nThe Seahawks flew to Dolphin Stadium for a Week 10 interconference duel with the Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as Dolphins QB Chad Pennington completed a 39-yard TD pass to WR Ted Ginn Jr. In the second quarter, the Seahawks continued to trail as Miami unleashed another play from the infamous \"Wildcat Offense\", with RB Ronnie Brown handing the ball off to RB Ricky Williams, who then took the ball 51 yards for a touchdown. Seattle responded as DB Jordan Babineaux returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 10: at Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, the Seahawks drew closer as former Dolphins kicker Olindo Mare nailed a 37-yard and a 27-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Dolphins answered with Brown getting a 16-yard TD run. Seattle tried to come back as QB Seneca Wallace completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Koren Robinson. However, Miami's defense prevented Wallace's 2-point conversion pass from working.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Seahawks went home for a Week 11 NFC West duel with the Arizona Cardinals. For this game, QB Matt Hasselbeck finally recovered from his knee injury and was able to reclaim his starting role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers made a 38-yard field goal, along with RB J. J. Arrington getting a 4-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Arizona increased their lead as Rackers got a 48-yard field goal. The Seahawks got on the board as Hasselbeck completed a 13-yard TD pass to RB Maurice Morris. The Cardinals closed out the half with Rackers making a 54-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, Arizona increased its lead as Rackers nailed a 26-yard field goal, along with Warner completing a 6-yard TD pass to Arrington. Seattle tried to rally as RB T. J. Duckett got a 1-yard (with a failed 2-point conversion) and a 2-yard TD run. However, the Cardinals' defense prevented any possible comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Washington Redskins\nTrying to snap a three-game losing streak, the Seahawks stayed at home for a Week 12 duel with the Washington Redskins, headed by former Seahawk QB/Assistant Coach Jim Zorn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Washington Redskins\nIn the first quarter, Seattle took flight as kicker Olindo Mare got a 45-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Redskins took the lead with RB Ladell Betts getting a 1-yard TD run. The Seahawks got the lead again prior to halftime as QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 4-yard TD pass to RB Maurice Morris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Washington Redskins\nIn the third quarter, Washington retook the lead as kicker Shaun Suisham made a 26-yard field goal, while QB Jason Campbell completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Antwaan Randle El. In the fourth quarter, Seattle tried to come back as Hasselbeck completed a 10-yard TD pass to rookie TE John Carlson. However, the Redskins retook with Suisham nailing a 22-yard field goal. The Seahawks tried to get one final rally, but a Shawn Springs interception ended any hope of a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys\nTrying to snap a four-game losing streak, the Seahawks flew to Texas Stadium for a Week 13 Thanksgiving duel with the Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as Cowboys QB Tony Romo completed a 16-yard TD pass to TE Martellus Bennett, along with RB Marion Barber getting a 2-yard TD run. The Seahawks would respond with kicker Olindo Mare getting a 44-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Dallas answered with Romo completing a 7-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten, while Folk got a 41-yard field goal. Seattle would close out the half with Mare making a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, the Seahawks tried to rally as Mare made a 25-yard field goal. The Cowboys replied with Romo completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. In the fourth quarter, Dallas closed out the game with Folk nailing a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys\nThis would prove to be the final game in the career of Seahawks legend Walter Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at St. Louis Rams\nThe Rams played a solid 1st half but the Seahawks turned the tables with 10 points in the final 2:47 for a 23\u201320 victory Sunday. T. J. Duckett's 1-yard run tied it, the Rams fizzled while going three-and-out, and Olindo Mare's 27-yard field goal as time expired ended the Seahawks' six-game losing streak and extended the Rams' losing streak to 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. New York Jets\nAfter snapping a six-game losing streak the previous week, the Seahawks went home for a Week 16 interconference duel with the New York Jets, in what would be Mike Holmgren's last home game as the franchise's head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. New York Jets\nSeattle would trail in the first quarter as Jets kicker Jay Feely got a 20-yard field goal. The Seahawks would respond with quarterback Seneca Wallace completing a 2-yard touchdown pass to rookie tight end John Carlson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. New York Jets\nIn the second half, Seattle pulled away with kicker Olindo Mare's 31-yard field goal in the third quarter and a 38-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, while the defense would shut down New York's offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. New York Jets\nWith the win, the Seahawks improved to 4\u201311. This was the only time during the season that the Seahawks won back-to-back games as well as their only win over a team with a winning record. This was also only the second ever Seahawks home game with snow falling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 17: at Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their home win over the Jets, the Seahawks closed out the Mike Holmgren era at the University of Phoenix Stadium in a Week 17 NFC West rematch with the Arizona Cardinals. Seattle would get the first quarter lead as running back T. J. Duckett got a 1-yard touchdown run. The Cardinals would take the lead in the second quarter as quarterback Kurt Warner completed a 16-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jerheme Urban and a 5-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. The Seahawks tied the game prior to halftime as quarterback Seneca Wallace completed a 30-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Deion Branch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198550-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 17: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, Arizona retook the lead as Warner completed a 38-yard touchdown pass to Fitzgerald and a 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Steve Breaston. Seattle tried to come back in the fourth quarter as Wallace hooked up with Branch again on a 2-yard touchdown pass, but the Cardinals closed out the game with kicker Neil Rackers nailing a 23-yard and a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198551-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Storm season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the ninth season for the Seattle Storm. The Storm qualified for the postseason for the fifth consecutive season. Sue Bird was a key contributor to the club, averaging 14.1 points per game, and 5.1 assists per game. With the departure of the Seattle SuperSonics NBA franchise to Oklahoma City, the Storm were forced to look for 30 people in positions in marketing, public relations and corporate and ticket sales. The Storm had a shared services agreement with the Sonics, and the departure left the Storm with many positions vacant. By season's end, the Storm were in negotiations with the city of Seattle in hopes of a long-term lease at KeyArena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198551-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Seattle Storm season, Offseason\nOn November 30, 2007, the Storm announced the resignation of head coach, Anne Donovan. Her replacement, Brian Agler, was named on January 9, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198552-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198553-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nThe 2008 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoci\u00f3n de Ascenso) were the final playoffs for promotion from 2007\u201308 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B to the 2008\u201309 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. The four first placed teams in each of the four Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B groups played the Playoffs de Ascenso and the four last placed teams in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n were relegated to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B. It also decided the two teams which placed 16th to be relegated to the 2008\u201309 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198553-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nThe top four placed teams from each group in the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B played in the Liguilla de Ascenso. Each liguilla contained one team from each of the four regular season groups. Teams were then drawn to plan one another with the 1st placed team in each group playing the 4th placed team, and the 2nd placed playing 3rd. The winners of these ties then played each other with the winning team being promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198553-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nThe teams finishing 16th in each group of the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B were drawn into 2 pairs, with the losing teams relegated to the Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198553-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nAll ties were two-legged, with each team playing once at home. The winner of each tie was determined by aggregate score, with draws being separated by the away goals rule or a penalty shoot-out where necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198553-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs, Promotion play-offs\nThe regular season finished on the 18 May and the play-offs began on the 24 May and 25 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198553-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs, Relegation play-off, Matches\nThe losers of this tournament will be relegated to the 2008-09 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198554-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Senior Bowl\nThe 2008 Senior Bowl was a college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2007 college football season and prospects in the 2008 NFL Draft. The 59th edition of the Senior Bowl was played on January 26, 2008, at 3 p.m. EST at Ladd\u2013Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. Coverage of the event was on high-definition on the NFL Network during January 21\u201326. Clothing company Under Armour sponsored the event for the second consecutive year, and provided apparel for the game, including \"newly-designed, state-of-the-art game jerseys.\" The South team won, 17\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198554-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Senior Bowl, Coaching staffs, North\nWith the worst record (1\u201315) during the 2007 NFL season, the Miami Dolphins were originally slated to coach the North squad. However, after all but two members of the coaching staff were fired the Dolphins became ineligible for the duties. They were replaced by  head coach Lane Kiffin and the Oakland Raiders, who went 4\u201312 in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198554-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Senior Bowl, Coaching staffs, South\nSan Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Nolan and his staff coached the South squad for the third consecutive year after going 5\u201311 in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198555-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Senior League World Series\nThe 2008 Senior League World Series took place from August 10\u201316 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Upper Deerfield, New Jersey defeated Willemstad, Cura\u00e7ao in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198556-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3\nThe 2008 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3 was the third edition of the Seniors Torneo God\u00f3 and it took place from April 24\u201328, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198556-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3\nTie-breaks were used for the first two sets of each match, which was the best of three sets. If the score was tied at one set all, a 'Champions Tie-break' (the first player to win at least 10 points or by a margin of two points) would be used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198556-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3\nSergi Bruguera was the defending champion, but had to withdrew (due to an injury) before his 3rd match of the Round Robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198556-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3\nMarcelo R\u00edos won the title by defeating Michael Stich 6\u20133, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198556-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3, Draw, Group stage, Group B\nBruguera had to withdrew before his match against R\u00edos due to an injury in his right knee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections\nLocal elections were held in Serbia on 11 May 2008, concurrently with the 2008 Serbian parliamentary election and the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election. A re-vote was held at three poling stations in Belgrade on 18 May 2008 due to irregularities in the voting process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Background\nAccording to the Constitutional Law adopted by the National Assembly on 30 September 2006 that proclaimed the new constitution, the parliamentary Speaker (at that time Oliver Duli\u0107 from DS) had to schedule the elections for local administrative units by 31 December 2007. He scheduled them on 2007-12-29. Following the official breakdown of the government on 8 March 2008, early parliamentary elections were held on the same date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Background\nNegotiations between the ruling parties, the President's DS and the Premier's DSS, were trying to enact a compromise on the date of the election. Tadi\u0107's Democratic Party wanted to respect the constitutional law, wanting to schedule the election by the end of year and hold it in March 2008, which is DSS's demand because of the solution of the status of Kosovo. G17 Plus wanted the Mayors and municipal Presidents to be elected directly as in the past, but the Democratic Party wanted them to be elected by the local parliaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Background\nFour laws necessary for the local elections (on territorial organisation, the capital, local elections and local self-government) were passed before the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Background\nThere were some notable changes from the previous local electoral cycle in 2004:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Background\nIn areas geographically comprising Sand\u017eak, the Sand\u017eak Democratic Party and Democratic Party ran in local elections together. The European Coalition of DS, G17+ and SPO ran in all Municipalities and Cities, except in Ni\u0161, where G17+ had been part of ruling coalition for the last years and where DS was running against them. The \"Serb List\" political of SRS, DSS, NS, SPS and several nationalist civic groups and organizations had been formed and ran in most of Vojvodina locally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Background\nMy Serbia of Branislav Le\u010di\u0107 ran individually in local elections. Mayor of Novi Sad and former Radical Maja Gojkovi\u0107 ran in the City with her civic group \"For Our Novi Sad\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Kosovo\nAccording to UNMIK practice, Serbian national referendums and elections for Parliament and President were allowed in Kosovo, but local elections are organized separately by UNMIK and the PISG. Despite all of this Serbia accomplished the local elections in Kosovo 2008 that were not recognized by UNMIK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results\nNote: The first percentage column refers to the percentage of valid votes received by each list; the second column refers to the percentage of all votes. Lists were required to receive five per cent of all votes cast to cross the electoral threshold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, City of Belgrade\nThe result of the election for the Belgrade City Assembly were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, City of Belgrade\nThe City of Belgrade election, like the concurrent national assembly election, did not initially produce a clear winner. Representatives of the Radical Party, the Democratic Party of Serbia\u2013New Serbia alliance, and the alliance around the Socialist Party held discussions about forming government; had these parties finalized an agreement, Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 of the Radical Party would have become mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, City of Belgrade\nUltimately, however, For a European Serbia formed a coalition government with the alliance around the Socialist Party. The Liberal Democratic Party was not a part of the coalition but offered outside support. Dragan \u0110ilas of the Democratic Party became mayor and Milan Krkobabi\u0107 of the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (aligned with the Socialist Party) became deputy mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, City of Belgrade\nBranislav Beli\u0107 served as mayor on an interim basis from July to August 2008, before \u0110ilas was sworn in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nElections were held in all seventeen of Belgrade's constituent municipalities in 2008. The elections were generally a victory for the For a European Serbia alliance led by the Democratic Party, which ultimately won the mayor's office in twelve municipalities. The Democratic Party of Serbia did not finish in first place in any municipalities, but party representatives became mayors in three municipalities: Grocka and Mladenovac in alliance with the Democratic Party, and Lazarevac in alliance with the Radical Party. The Radicals held the mayoralty in their historical stronghold of Zemun, and former Socialist \u017divorad Milosavljevi\u0107's independent list retained power in Sopot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThis was the last time the Radical Party was the dominant party in any municipal government in Belgrade. The party split later in the year, and the breakaway Serbian Progressive Party ultimately superseded the Radicals in popular support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nMany of the governing coalitions formed after the election were unstable, and new elections were held in the municipalities of Vo\u017edovac and Zemun in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Barajevo were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nBranka Savi\u0107 of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The local government was formed by the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Serbia, New Serbia, and the Socialist Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of \u010cukarica were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nMilan Tla\u010dinac of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The municipal government was formed by the Democratic Party and G17 Plus (both from the For a European Serbia alliance) and the Liberal Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Grocka were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe election did not produce a clear winner. Zoran Jovanovi\u0107 of the Democratic Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election; the Democratic Party of Serbia, Democratic Party, Socialist Party, and Strength of the Citizens formed the municipal government. After a shift in the municipality's political alliances, Milan Jankovi\u0107 of the Socialist Party became mayor on 22 June 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Lazarevac were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe election did not produce a clear winner. Incumbent mayor Branko Bori\u0107 of the Democratic Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office following the election. The local government was formed by the Democratic Party of Serbia, the Radicals, New Serbia, and the Socialist Party of Serbia\u2013Party of United Pensioners of Serbia alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mladenovac were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe election did not produce a clear winner. Branislav Jovanovi\u0107 of the Democratic Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor, by a vote of twenty-nine to twenty-six. The municipal government was formed by For a European Serbia, the Democratic Party of Serbia\u2013New Serbia alliance, and Alliance for the Revival of Mladenovac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of New Belgrade were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nNenad Milenkovi\u0107 of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Obrenovac were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\n\u017deljko Joveti\u0107 of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Palilula were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nIncumbent mayor Danilo Ba\u0161i\u0107 of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, receiving thirty out of fifty-five votes. The municipal government was formed by For a European Serbia, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the alliance around the Socialist Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rakovica were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nIncumbent mayor Bojan Mili\u0107 of the Democratic Party was confirmed for a new term in office after the election. The governing majority consisted of For a European Serbia, the alliance around the Socialist Party, and the Liberal Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Savski Venac were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nIncumbent mayor Tomislav \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The government was formed by the Democratic Party and G17 Plus (both from the For a European Serbia alliance) and the Liberal Democratic Party. Parliamentarian Nata\u0161a Vu\u010dkovi\u0107 was elected as a Democratic Party candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sopot were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nIncumbent mayor \u017divorad Milosavljevi\u0107 of the For the Municipality of Sopot list was confirmed for another term in office after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Stari Grad were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nIncumbent mayor Mirjana Bo\u017eidarevi\u0107 of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sur\u010din were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe election did not produce a clear winner. Incumbent mayor Vojislav Jano\u0161evi\u0107 of the Democratic Party was ultimately confirmed for another term in office after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vo\u017edovac were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nIncumbent mayor Goran Luka\u010devi\u0107 of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, with the support of twenty-nine delegates. He was supported by the For a European Serbia coalition, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Socialist\u2013Pensioners alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vra\u010dar were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nVra\u010dar was the only municipality in Belgrade where the For a European Serbia list won an outright majority. Incumbent mayor Branimir Kuzmanovi\u0107 of the Democratic Party was confirmed for a new term in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zemun were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nSlavko Jerkovi\u0107 of the Radical Party was chosen as mayor after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zvezdara were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Municipalities of Belgrade\nIncumbent mayor Milan Popovi\u0107 of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nLocal elections were held in the one city (Novi Sad) and all eleven separate municipalities in the South Ba\u010dka District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe City of Novi Sad comprises two municipalities (the City municipality of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin), although their powers are very limited relative to the city government. Unlike Belgrade, Ni\u0161, and Vranje, Novi Sad does not have directly elected municipal assemblies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe Radical Party finished in first place in six municipalities, although the party's hold on power in these areas was not strong. The Radicals initially formed government in four of the six municipalities where they won the popular vote, but they soon lost power in all four, weakened by internal divisions and by the loss of the Socialist Party as a coalition partner. (The Radicals returned to power in Ba\u010dka Palanka in 2010 and remained in office there until 2012. They have not led a city or municipal government in the district since that time.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nBy the end of 2008, members of the Democratic Party held the mayoralties in Novi Sad and eight other jurisdictions. Representatives of different parties in the Hungarian Coalition claimed the mayoralties in Be\u010dej and Temerin, and an independent list broadly aligned with the Democratic Party won the election in Srbobran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the City Assembly of Novi Sad were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nIgor Pavli\u010di\u0107 of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election, with the support of forty-one delegates. The Hungarian Coalition and the Socialist Party participated in the governing coalition (with the latter party serving on the city's executive, even though it did not win any seats in the assembly). Former mayor Milorad Mir\u010di\u0107 appeared in the second position on the Radical list, although he did not take a mandate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ba\u010d were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nIncumbent mayor Tomislav Bogunovi\u0107 of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ba\u010dka Palanka were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nIncumbent mayor Dragan Bozalo of the Radical Party was confirmed for another term in office on 3 June 2008, following a coalition agreement between the Radicals, the Socialists, and the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS). The Democratic Party (DS) subsequently formed a new multi-party coalition including the Socialist Party and the DSS, and on 3 November 2008 DS member Kosta Staki\u0107 became mayor. In April 2010, the Radicals formed a new coalition with the DSS (following the defection of a For a European Serbia delegate), and Bozalo returned to office again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ba\u010dki Petrovac were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nOndrej Benka of the Democratic Party was initially chosen as mayor after the election. He resigned in October 2008 and was replaced by Vladimir Turan of the same party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Be\u010dej were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nPeter Knezi of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was chosen as mayor after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Beo\u010din were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nIncumbent mayor Zoran Te\u0161i\u0107 of the Radical Party was initially confirmed for a new term in office in June 2008, with an assembly majority that also included the Socialists, the Democratic Party of Serbia, the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, the Goran Kalabi\u0107 list, and the New Democratic Party of Roma in Serbia. Two months later, a realignment of political forces in the community led to Bogdan Cveji\u0107 of the Democratic Party replacing Te\u0161i\u0107 as mayor. Cveji\u0107's administration was supported by G17 Plus, the League of Social Democrats, the Socialist Party of Serbia, and the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Srbobran were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nIncumbent mayor Branko Gajin was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The municipal government was formed by Gajin's list, the Hungarian Coalition, and the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sremski Karlovci were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nIncumbent mayor Milenko Filipovi\u0107 of G17 Plus (a part of the For a European Serbia alliance) was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He later joined the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Temerin were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nGustonj Andra\u0161 of the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians (a part of the Hungarian Coalition) was chosen as mayor after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the City Assembly of Titel were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nIncumbent mayor Milivoj Petrovi\u0107 of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The local administration was supported by the Democratic Party, the Socialist Party, and the two independent assembly members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vrbas were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nIncumbent mayor \u017deljko Lainovi\u0107 of the Radical Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The assembly majority consisted of the Radicals, the Socialists, and the Democratic Party of Serbia. The Socialists subsequently withdrew their support from the government, leading to new elections in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of \u017dabalj were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198557-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nDragi\u0161a \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 of the Radical Party was chosen as mayor after the election, in a coalition with the alliances around the Socialist Party and the Democratic Party of Serbia. In November 2008, both of these groups left the Radicals and formed a new coalition led by the Democratic Party, with Branko Staji\u0107 as mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo\nThe 2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo were held on 11 May 2008, together with Serbia's parliamentary elections and elections in Vojvodina. UNMIK authorities have criticized Serbia organizing", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo\nelections saying only the UN can organize elections in Kosovo. Kosovo's President Fatmir Sejdiu accused Serbia of trying to challenge Kosovo's statehood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo\nThere is a total of 115,712 registered voters and they were able to vote in 295 voting places. There are 157 voting places in Central Serbia and Vojvodina, and each of the seven major Montenegrin cities has one, for refugees from Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Background\nSerbia's elections in Kosovo follow the unilateral declaration of independence by Albanian leadership in Kosovo, a declaration that Serbia considers illegal. This proposal for what many observers have called a de facto partition was said to be in response to unrest in Northern Kosovo and other Kosovo Serb areas. Establishment of Serb institutions in Kosovo is part of the \"functional division\" of Kosovo proposed by the Serbian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Dispute over elections\nUNMIK considers the holding of local elections in Serbia without its agreement as invalid and as a breach of UNSCR 1244. It has, however, proposed to hold local elections in the mostly Serb-populated municipalities of Leposavi\u0107, Zubin Potok, \u0160trpce, Zve\u010dan and Novo Brdo, where the 2007 local elections were declared invalid due to the Serb voters' boycott; however, UNMIK insisted that it would have to organise the elections there, not Serbia, and that the date would likely not be 11 May 2008. UNMIK has no problem with the participation of Kosovo Serbs in the parliamentary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Dispute over elections\nHowever, on 14 April 2008 the Election Commission announced it would hold local elections in Serb areas of Kosovo; internally displaced persons, whether living in Kosovo or not, will be able to vote as if they were living in the municipality from which they were displaced. Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samard\u017ei\u0107 subsequently called on Joachim R\u00fccker to sanction the elections. UNMIK spokesman Alexander Ivanko reiterated that UNMIK would view all elections held without its approval as illegal and in breach of UNSCR 1244.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Dispute over elections\nOn April 18, 2008 Joachim Ruecker, the Chief of UNMIK, said the elections would cross a \u201cred line\u201d if organized by Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Dispute over elections\nThe International Steering Group for Kosovo has expressed its support for the UNMIK position saying it opposes the \"institutional separation by ethnic lines\" in Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Dispute over elections\nKosovo's Assembly adopted a statement condemning Serbia\u2019s plans to hold local elections in Kosovo and showing support for the position taken by UNMIK and President Fatmir Sejdiu. However, Kosovo police authorities have said they would not interrupt voting to prevent local elections. UNMIK declared the local Serb elections held in Kosovo in May 2008 null and void.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Kosovo Serb Institutions\nMarko Jak\u0161i\u0107, a Kosovo Serb political leader and ally of then-Prime Minister Vojislav Ko\u0161tunica, said Kosovo Serbs would form their own assembly following the elections. He argued that the Kosovo Assembly was dominated by \"Albanian puppets\" who would not work in the interest of the Serb minority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Kosovo Serb Institutions\nFollowing the elections Samard\u017ei\u0107 outlined the makeup of the Kosovo Serb institutions consisting of municipal assemblies and executive councils. According to Samard\u017ei\u0107 municipal governments will act in keeping with the Serbian constitution and resolve all problems independently or in agreement with Belgrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Kosovo Serb Institutions\nUNMIK officials have said they will continue working with appointed Serb leaders declaring the local elections \"illegal\" and pledging not to negotiate with the elected officials. Yves de Kermabon, head of the EULEX mission to Kosovo, said he was \"willing to talk to everybody\" including officials elected on May 11, stressing that he would go to Northern Kosovo as soon as he found people there willing to talk. Kermabon said his reason was that he does not want the EU to be \"forcibly deployed\" there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Kosovo Serb Institutions\nThe mayor of Mitrovica condemned the formation of a parallel municipal assembly in North Mitrovica by Serbs following the election saying the institution was \"illegal\" as well as the elections. On June 13, 2008 a parallel assembly with 30 members, the majority from the Serbian Radical Party, was formed for Pristina with the first session being held in a warehouse due to a lack of space. Radovan Nicic was elected president of the municipality by the assembly. Another assembly was formed in Obilic north of Pristina the same morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Kosovo Serb Institutions\nSerbian parties (SRS, DSS, SPS, NS and DS) agreed to form a parliament for Kosovo Serbs including 45 delegates, 43 from the local assemblies and two seats reserved for Romani and Muslims. Slobodan Samard\u017ei\u0107 announced that the Kosovo Serb assembly would be formed on June 28. He said the body would be representative not executive. The parliament shall only be transitional before direct elections. The parliament was officially scheduled on 16 June 2008 to be held in Pri\u0161tina on 28 June 2008, symbolically on Saint Vitus' Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Kosovo Serb Institutions\nIts official name shall be The Assembly of the Community of Municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohia. The parliamentary majority has been formed by the Democratic Party of Serbia, Serbian Radical Party, Socialist Party of Serbia and Civic Initiative of Gora. The opposition Democratic Party supports its constitution, but will for now boycott it. The cause of restoration of parliamentarism since 1999 was specifically stated as a reaction to the recently put in act Constitution of Kosovo and will only officialize the two separate systems which were already in act for years. It is pointed out that it is the representative body of Kosovar citizens loyal to the Republic of Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, Results\nThe turnout of registered voters was at 57%. Serbian Radical Party came first in 15 municipalities, the DSS has the most councilors in six, as well as various citizens' lists. The Radicals and DSS formed a coalition in the Assembly of the Community of Municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198558-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian local elections in Kosovo, 2013 Brussels Deal\nAs part of the 2013 Brussels deal all aspects of this election were repudiated and invalidated by Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 11 May 2008 to elect members of the National Assembly. The election was held barely a year after the previous parliamentary election. There were 6,749,886 eligible electors who were able to vote in 8,682 voting places, as well as 157 special voting stations for refugees from Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Background\nThe Government of Serbia had passed through weeks of severe crisis after the unilateral declaration of independence of its southern province of Kosovo on 17 February 2008. Its stability, however, was also tested and questioned before, being comprised by two very different political currents. Kosovo's independence was gradually recognized by the United States and numerous European Union countries, leading to strain in their relations with Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Background\nPrime Minister Vojislav Ko\u0161tunica of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) offered in late February to the Democratic Party (Serbia) (DS), which holds governmental majority, a restructuring of the governmental contract including an annex according to which Serbia can continue European exclusively with Kosovo as its integral part. The controversy was further heated up when Olli Rehn, the European Commissioner for enlargement of the European Union, offered to continue negotiations with Serbia. President Boris Tadi\u0107 of the DS responded that European integrations of Serbia cannot be questioned by anyone or anything, and that since the province of Kosovo-Metohija is written into the constitution, meaning that the proposal would mean that the Constitution is being questioned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Background\nAfter days of DS and G17+ utilising their majority to outnumber the DSS-New Serbia (NS) populist coalition, the Premier finally stated on 8 March 2008 in a press conference that the government had fallen. He scheduled an irregular session of the Serbian government for 10 March 2008, in which his proposal to issue a request to the President to dismiss the parliament and schedule pre-term parliamentary elections for 11 May 2008, the same as the local elections. In the event that this did not occur, he would announce his imminent resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Background\nSubsequently, all parliamentary leaders, save for Ivica Da\u010di\u0107 of the Socialist Party of Serbia who called for forming a government of national unity and Dragan Markovi\u0107 Palma of United Serbia, supported his proposal. Hours later, the President confirmed he would dismiss the parliament and schedule the election upon receiving the government's request, although unlike the PM he stated that there is no dispute in the government regarding Kosovo, but exclusively regarding European integration. The dissolution took place on 13 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Background\nA revote was held in three polling stations (in Kraljevo, \u017dagubica and Srbica) on 18 May 2008 due to irregularities in the electoral process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Party lists, For a European Serbia coalition\nPresident Boris Tadi\u0107 has gathered a large pro-EU coalition around his DS and G17 Plus. On the list 166 candidates are from DS, 60 from G17+ and 8 members from each of the following parties Sanjak Democratic Party and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. 25 seats are guaranteed for G17+, 4 seats and a Ministry in the future government for both SDP and SPO and 3 seats for LSV. However, if the alliance wins over 100 seats, their seats will gradually increase. The list's name is For a European Serbia \u2013 Boris Tadi\u0107 and its leader is Dragoljub Mi\u0107unovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Party lists, For a European Serbia coalition\nThe List won 102 seats, of which 25 went to G17+.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Party lists, DSS-NS coalition\nThe populist coalition of incumbent Prime Minister Ko\u0161tunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and their coalition partner New Serbia (NS) ran together in the election. 70% of the seats went to DSS and 30% to NS. Its campaign slogan was Support Serbia!. Ko\u0161tunica was its candidate for Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Party lists, DSS-NS coalition\nThe Populists won 30 seats, 21 of which went to DSS and 9 to NS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Party lists, Serbian Radical Party\nThe Serbian Radical Party ran alone in this parliamentary election. The party presented its list of 250 candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Party lists, SPS-PUPS-JS coalition\nThe Socialist Party of Serbia and the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia have strengthened their links by forming a coalition, on which United Serbia and Movement of Veterans of Serbia will be present. 151 candidates are from SPS (with 1 from PVS), 69 from PUPS and 30 from JS. The Socialists' presidential candidate Milutin Mrkonji\u0107 was nominated for Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Party lists, Liberal Democrats\nLiberal Democratic Party, Social Democratic Union and the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia formed pre-electoral coalition. \u010cedomir Jovanovi\u0107 was its candidate for Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Party lists, Minorities\nThe Party for Democratic Action is determined to go on the election and gather the ethnic Albanian minority parties from the Pre\u0161evo Valley. The Hungarian Coalition of Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians and Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians ran together after the presidential elections success in an attempt to strengthen the Magyar minority's representation. The Civic Initiative of Gora ran for the first time representing the Goranis in the Serbian parliament for the very first time. The Bosniak Democratic Party of Sand\u017eak gathered a Bosniac List \u2013 For a European Sanjak \u2013 Sulejman Ugljanin (\u0411\u043e\u0448\u045a\u0430\u0447\u043a\u0430 \u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430 \u2013 \u0417\u0430 \u0435\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0421\u0430\u043d\u045f\u0430\u043a \u2013 \u0421\u0443\u043b\u0435\u0458\u043c\u0430\u043d \u0423\u0433\u0459\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043d) coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Party lists, Minorities\nOn proposal of SRS the electoral boards has changed the electoral rules for the minority parties, which now need the standard 10,000 signatures instead of privileged 3,000. This has caused an outbreak of public protest amongst Roma and Albanian minorities, who consider this a scandalous removal of positive discrimination of the national minorities, as it opens the question whether they could accumulate that many signatures in time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Results, Seats\nThis election resulted in a Gallagher index of 3.86, which measures disproportionality of votes received and seats allocated to each party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Government formation\nSRS has declared post-electoral cooperation forming a government with DSS, which in turn didn't disregard this possibility, but stated that there will be no more cooperation with DS or G17+, on the allegation that they do not really want to protect Kosovo. NS excluded cooperation with G17+ and LSV, calling them \"anti-state\" parties who \"had brought down the government twice\", but also did not rule out a coalition with the SRS, and furthermore claimed that the DS had talked with the DSS about throwing G17+ out of the government and having it supported by the SPS. SPS-PUPS-JS confirmed its determined to form a post-electoral coalition with SRS and DSS-NS and excluded the possibility of any cooperation with the Europeists because of G17+ and LSV, but its leaders have continually left an option of open dialog with the DS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 887]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Government formation\nThe European Coalition excluded all cooperation with SRS and stated that all other coalitions are in option, as long as they accept the pro-EU cause and the five principles of the former government. Regarding coalition with DSS, Ko\u0161tunica can no longer count on the PM seat. LDP however, excluded the possibility to take part in any government with DSS, SPS or NS under any circumstance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Government formation\nAccording to a post-electoral poll conducted by Strategic Marketing from 22 to 24 May 2008, 51% of the citizens support a pro-European Coalition with the Socialists  and minority support (ZES, SPS-PUPS-JS & minorities), 45% a Patriotic government (SRS, DSS-NS & SPS-PUPS-JS) and 6% are undecided. On the question regarding the possibility of repeated elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Government formation\nAfter long and difficult negotiations, the new pro-European government was formed on 7 July 2008 by 128 out of 250 parliamentary votes of ZES, SPS-PUPS-JS and 6 of 7 minorities representatives. Mirko Cvetkovi\u0107 became the new Prime Minister, a non-partisan candidate endorsed by the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Government formation, Involvement of the United States\n\"We got him to flip over and join the pro-Europeans...he put a knife in Ko\u0161tunica's back.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 91], "content_span": [92, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198559-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian parliamentary election, Government formation, Involvement of the United States\nAfter the embassy of the United States was set on fire during the protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence on February 17, 2008, Ambassador Cameron Munter insisted on undermining Prime Minister Ko\u0161tunica's party, DSS. His rationale was based on an allegation that Ko\u0161tunica approved of an attack on the US embassy during demonstrations. Munter helped arrange a meeting for SPS leader Ivica Da\u010di\u0107 with Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero and George Papandreou, who helped persuade Da\u010di\u0107 to have his party form a majority pro-European coalition, as opposed to remaining in the bloc with DSS. After the election was over, SPS joined the coalition supported by the US and Da\u010di\u0107 was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 91], "content_span": [92, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198560-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian presidential election\nA pre-term presidential election was held in Serbia on January 20 and February 3, 2008. Incumbent President Boris Tadi\u0107 was re-elected as President of Serbia in the second round with 51.61 percent of the votes cast, defeating challenger Tomislav Nikoli\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198560-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian presidential election\nThe election for president was the first since Serbia became independent, when the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was dissolved by the secession of Montenegro in 2006. The first round of elections was held on January 20, 2008, when none of the candidates secured an absolute majority of the votes cast. Thus a run-off election took place on February 3, 2008 between Tomislav Nikoli\u0107 of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) and Boris Tadi\u0107 of the Democratic Party (DS) (the incumbent President) who finished first and second respectively in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198560-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Serbian presidential election\n6,708,697 registered voters were able to vote, which was around 50,000 more since the parliamentary election held in the beginning of 2007, on 8,481 electoral posts across Serbia and 65 in 36 foreign countries. Of that figure, 37,053 are abroad, 9,187 in military service and 8,201 in prison. Persons residing in Montenegro with Serbian citizenship were also allowed to vote in seven Montenegrin towns: Podgorica, Berane, Herceg Novi, Budva, Tivat, Sutomore and Andrijevica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198560-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian presidential election\nA re-vote of the second round was held in Dobro Polje due to some irregularities on 12 February 2008. Tadi\u0107 was sworn in for his second term on 15 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198560-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian presidential election, Background\nThe previous session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted a Constitutional Law on 10 November 2006 that proclaimed the new Constitution. As per it, parliamentary Speaker Oliver Duli\u0107 was to schedule the election by 31 December 2007 or 60 days after the new laws regarding the President of the Republic, presidential elections, defense, the military, foreign affairs and the security services are passed. Five of the six necessary laws on presidential elections was passed by the parliamentary majority on 11 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198560-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian presidential election, Background\nOn 12 December 2007 Duli\u0107 had scheduled the first round of election for January 20 and second round for February 3, 2008. The Electoral Commission of the Republic of Serbia declared that candidates were due to apply on December 30, 2007 the latest, submitting 10,000 signatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198560-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian presidential election, Background\nThe Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Commonwealth of independent States were the nationwide neutral observer of the election, including several British and American observers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198560-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian presidential election, Background\nTwo parties representing the Albanians from Pre\u0161evo Valley, the Democratic Union of the Valley and the Party of Democratic Action called for Albanians from outside Kosovo to participate in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198560-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian presidential election, Campaign and issues\nAfter it was determined that the two-candidate runoff would consist of Tadi\u0107 and Nikoli\u0107, the period after the first round voting converged on Serbia's accession to the European Union, the status of Kosovo in Serbia's constitution, and various social issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198560-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Serbian presidential election, Campaign and issues\nOn January 30, 2008, Tadi\u0107 and Nikoli\u0107 participated in a televised debate conducted by RTS. Tadi\u0107 emphasized Serbia's accession process to the European Union, whereas Nikoli\u0107 stated that Serbia needed to cooperate with both the EU and Russia. Tadi\u0107 and Nikoli\u0107 exchanged accusations on each of their own stances regarding the European Union. Tadi\u0107 criticized Nikoli\u0107's Serbian Radical Party for its eurosceptic history, after which Nikoli\u0107 said that \"Serbia will never be a Russian governorate, but also never a European colony.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198560-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Serbian presidential election, Campaign and issues\nThey both shared similar concerns for corruption, poverty, and both candidates told the audience that Kosovo is an integral part of Serbia. However, Nikoli\u0107 stated in the debate that Kosovo \"will declare independence as soon as the presidential election is finished.\" Just over a month later, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season\nSerena Williams's 2008 tennis season officially began at the 2008 Australian Open. Williams finished the year ranked world no. 2, finishing in the top 5 for the first time since 2003. She also won her 9th slam at the US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Hopman Cup\nWilliams made her Australian Open preparation at the Hopman Cup representing United States with Mardy Fish. Williams missed the first tie against India, where Meghann Shaughnessy took her spot. Williams competed in the tie against Czech Republic represented by Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych and Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1, she played \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 in singles and won in three sets, taking the first set in a bagel and the third set in the twelfth game. She then paired with Fish and won after the Czech team retired after losing the first set in a bagel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 107], "content_span": [108, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Hopman Cup\nIn their third tie they took on Alicia Molik and Peter Luczak of Australia. Williams won her match against Molik, with a two break lead in the first and a second set tie-break. She and Fish then took the doubles in two easy sets. Winning all their three ties it send United States to the final. In the final they faced Serbia against Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and Novak Djokovic, Jankovi\u0107 withdraw from the singles with an upper right leg injury, which gave USA the lead, however Fish lost to Djokovic pushing them to a decisive mixed doubles match. Williams and Fish won the doubles in a tie-break in the first and at two in the second, handing them the Hopman Cup trophy, Williams' second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 107], "content_span": [108, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nWilliams came into the Australian Open with a 14-match winning streak, missing the 2006 edition and winning the 2005 and 2007 edition. Williams began her title defense facing Wild card Jarmila Gajdo\u0161ov\u00e1 and won easily in straight sets winning both sets in three. She then took on Chinese qualifier Yuan Meng and once again came through it straight, this time dropping only four games. In the third round, she faced Victoria Azarenka, Williams won in straight sets aided by 15 aces she served in the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nIn the following round, 12th seed Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 was in her path in her title defense and once again Williams won in straight sets. In the final 8, Williams faltered against Jelena Jankovi\u0107 losing in straight sets, Williams serve broke down as she was broken 7 times in the match. This ended Williams winning streak at the event at 18. This was her fourth straight loss in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament and the first time since the 2001 Wimbledon Championship where she completed a four-in-a-row loss in the quarterfinals of a slam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nWilliams also played doubles with Venus Williams, they went into the quarterfinals without dropping a set defeating the teams of Monique Adamczak and Christina Wheeler, Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama, and Maret Ani and Meilen Tu. In the quarterfinals they faced the Chinese pair of Yan Zi and Zheng Jie, however they fell in three sets after claiming the first set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Canara Bank Bangalore Open\nWilliams, then played at the Canara Bank Bangalore Open. Williams as the third seed received a bye in the first round. In her opening match against Tzipora Obziler, after scrapping through the first set, Williams bageled Obziler in the second set. In her next match, she took on Russia's Anastasia Rodionova and cruised through dropping only five games. In the semifinals, she took on sister Venus Williams, Serena won the first set breaking Venus twice while getting broken once herself. Venus came back to win the second set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 123], "content_span": [124, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Canara Bank Bangalore Open\nIn the decider Serena broke Venus in the seventh game and served for it in the tenth game and had a match point, but Venus came back and had a match point herself at the twelfth game, which Serena saved to push it to a tie-break. Serena came through the tie-break to advance. In the final she took on Swiss Patty Schnyder, In the first set, Williams served for the set at the tenth game with two set points, but got broken, only to break back, and closed out the set in the twelfth game. Williams was then down by a break early in the second, just to win the next five games, serving it out in the ninth game to win the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 123], "content_span": [124, 750]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Sony Ericsson Open\nWilliams next scheduled event was the Sony Ericsson Open. Being seeded, Williams received a bye into the second round, where she faced Edina Gallovits and won, only dropping three games. In the third round, she took on Italian Flavia Pennetta. The first set went to a tie-break, which the Italian won. Pennetta then won the first three games of the second, Williams then made a comeback winning 12 of the last 1four games to beat the Italian in three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 115], "content_span": [116, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Sony Ericsson Open\nThere was a rain delay after the fifth game, Penneta up by a break, which Williams said helped her comeback in the match. Williams overcame 60 unforced errors in the match In the round of 16, Williams faced Estonia's Kaia Kanepi and won easily in straight sets, winning both sets in three. In the final 8, she faced world no. 1 Justine Henin, in a rematch of the previous year's final. The match went on serve for the first four games, before Williams reeled in ten straight games to advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 115], "content_span": [116, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Sony Ericsson Open\nIn the semifinals, Williams took on world no. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova took the first set breaking Williams twice while getting broken once herself. In the second set, Williams broke Kuznetsova in the 11th game and served it out in the following game to go to a decider. Williams then made the decisive break in the 8th game and closed it out in the 9th game to go through. In the final, Williams faced 3rd ranked Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Williams took the first set in a breadstick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 115], "content_span": [116, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0005-0003", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Sony Ericsson Open\nIn the second set Williams took the first three games and served for the match at the tenth game, but Jankovi\u0107 came back and won the last three games to push it to a decider. Williams then won the first five games of the third set, Jankovi\u0107 came back, before Williams could close it out in her 8th match point at the 9th game. Williams claims her fifth Miami title, tying her with Steffi Graf for most titles in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 115], "content_span": [116, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Family Circle Cup\nWilliams began her clay preparations at Family Circle Cup. As the fifth seed, Williams received a bye in the first round. In the first round she won in straight sets against Frenchwoman Gisela Dulko. In the second round, she took on Katarina Srebotnik and came back winning in three after losing the first set. In the following round, Williams faced second seed Maria Sharapova, Williams won the first set in the twelfth game and then lost the second set with a single break advantage for the Russian. Williams then cruised in the third set dropping only a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 104], "content_span": [105, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Family Circle Cup\nIn the final 4, Williams defeated surprise semifinalist Aliz\u00e9 Cornet in straight sets. In the final, Williams faced Russian Vera Zvonareva. Williams took the first set when she broke Zvonareva in the first set and the held proceedings. Zvonareva then came back in the second when she broke in the sixth game with a Williams double fault, Zvonareva took advantage and won the second set to force a decider. In the final set, Williams was broken early, just to broken back. Williams then made the decisive break in the eight game and then serve it out to win her first Charleston title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 104], "content_span": [105, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Qatar Telecom German Open\nHer next scheduled event was the Qatar Telecom German Open. She received a bye to advance to the second round to face Francesca Schiavone, Williams cruised pass the Italian losing five games in the process. In the following round, she took on Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska and cruised, losing only four games. In the quarterfinals, she faced Russian Dinara Safina, Williams took the first set dropping only two games, Safina came back to take the second. The third set then went to decisive tie-break which Safina won. This loss ends Williams 17 match winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Internazionali BNL d'Italia\nWilliams made her final French Open preparation at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. After receiving a bye in the first round, Williams won easily against Alona Bondarenko losing only two games, winning the second set in a bagel. In the next round, she faced Italian wildcard Sara Errani and won in straight sets with a break advantage in each. Williams was bound to face Aliz\u00e9 Cornet in the quarterfinal, when she withdrew before the match with a back injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 114], "content_span": [115, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, French Open\nWilliams was the fifth-seeded player at the French Open. She was the only former winner of this tournament in this year's draw, following the sudden retirement of four-time champion Justine Henin. Williams began her campaign for a second French Open against compatriot Ashley Harkleroad, who she beat convincingly dropping only three games. In the second round, Williams defeated wild card Mathilde Johansson, cruising through the first set and was pushed to 1two games in the second set. In the round of 32, Williams took on Katarina Srebotnik. Williams was broken early just to break back to go back on serve. Srebotnik took advantage of the error-prone Williams to break and closed it out in the tenth game. In the second set, Williams had break points in three of Srebotnik's service games but failed to break. Srebotnik then won the second in the tenth game to produce the upset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 98], "content_span": [99, 983]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon\nWilliams came into the Wimbledon Championships trying to win her third title in the event, having last won the title in 2003. She also was the sixth seed. In her opener she took on French Open quarterfinalist Kaia Kanepi, Kanepi had break points in the eleventh game, but Williams saved them and broke in the next game to take a set lead. Williams then took the second set, closing it out in the ninth game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon\nIn her next match, she faced Poland's Urszula Radwa\u0144ska, Williams took an early two break lead, Radwa\u0144ska was able to get one back, Williams hold on with the lead and closed the set in the tenth game. In the second set the pair broke each other early, but Williams took another break and sealed the win. In the third round, it was a battle of former no. 1's and former Wimbledon champions, when she took on Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo. The first set the two went toe-to-toe as both struggled, but Williams outlasted Mauresmo in a tie-break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon\nWith Mauresmo struggling with her movement, Williams took advantage winning the second set with a breadstick scoreline. In the round of 16, Williams faced compatriot Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and won easily in straight winning both sets in three. In the final 8, Williams faced her second Radwa\u0144ska opponent of the tournament in Agnieszka. Williams cruised, losing only four games, winning the second set with a bagel in just 51 minutes. She finished with 11 aces, including 4 in one game in the first set. In all, Williams finished with 27 winners and 6 unforced errors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0010-0003", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon\nIn the last four, Williams took on surprise semifinalist Zheng Jie, Williams came through in straight with a drop of 8 games, edging Zheng in a second set tie-break. In the final, she faced sister Venus in their 7th slam final match, with Serena leading 5\u20131. Serena opened up the match breaking Venus, just to see Venus break back in the eight game and twelfth game to take the first set. They then traded breaks in the third and fourth game of the second. Venus then broke Serena in the tenth game to take the title. This was the first Grand Slam final in which the Williams sisters had played each other since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon\nIn the doubles, she and sister Venus cruised through their first four matches with wins over the teams of Tatiana Poutchek and Anastasia Rodionova, Marta Domachowska and Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza, winning all matches in straight sets. In the semifinals, they defeated the France-Australia combination of Nathalie Dechy and Casey Dellacqua in straight sets, both in three. In the final, they faced the team of former no. 1 doubles players Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, but cruised through their 6th slam title dropping only four games, 2 in each set. In the victory the pair did not drop a set all tournament long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, Bank of the West Classic\nWilliams made her preparation for the Summer Olympics and US Open at the Bank of the West Classic. Williams received a bye in the first round and faced 15-year-old qualifier Michelle Larcher de Brito. Williams took an early break lead, until Larcher de Brito won six games in a row to take a set and the first two games of the second set. Williams then came back winning 12 of the last 1five games to go through. In the last 8, unlike her opening match, she cruised pass Patty Schnyder in straight sets with a drop of four games. In the semifinal, Williams retired against surprise semifinalist and qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak while trailing by a set and break due to a left knee injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 105], "content_span": [106, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, East West Bank Classic\nWilliams withdrew from the East West Bank Classic due to the same knee injury she retired from the previous tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 103], "content_span": [104, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, Summer Olympics\nWilliams came into the Summer Olympics, trying to claim her first singles gold. In her opening match she took Belarus' Olga Govortsova and was a set and on serve in the third game when the match was suspended due to rain. In the resumption the next day Williams won the four games to take the in second set in a breadstick and win. In her next match, she faced Australia's Samantha Stosur and made quick work of her opponent winning in just 44 minutes and a loss of two games, winning the second set in a bagel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, Summer Olympics\nIn her third round match, she was pushed by France's Aliz\u00e9 Cornet, Williams dropped the opening, but came back to win the next two, to advance. In the last 8, Williams took on Russia's Elena Dementieva, Williams took the first set in the ninth game. Dementieva then battled back to take the second in the tenth game. In the final set, the Russian raced through the first five games, winning them all, before Williams could racked in three herself. However, Dementieva was able to close it out in the ninth game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, Summer Olympics\nIn the doubles, she and sister Venus Williams was one of the two teams player for the United States. It is their second Olympics as a team, having won in 2000 and missing the 2004 edition. In the first round they faced the Czech pairing of Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, the Czech pair took the first set with a single break. The second set was tight but the Williams sisters were able to come through, breaking in the 11th game and holding serve to push it to a decider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, Summer Olympics\nThe Williams sisters then dominated the last set with a breadstick. In their next two matches, they won in straight sets against the Japan's Ayumi Morita and Ai Sugiyama, and the Russian pairing of Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva. In the semifinals they faced the Australian Open doubles champions Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko. The first set was won by the Bondarenko sisters with an advantage of a single break, the Williams sisters came back with the same scoreline in the second set and then dominated the third with a breadstick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, Summer Olympics\nIn the battle for the Gold medal the faced Spanish French Open champions Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual and cruised to their second gold medal with a drop of only two games including a bagel in the first set. This is their second doubles gold and stays undefeated at the Olympics as a pair", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, US Open\nWilliams came into the US Open as the world no. 3, and was one of seven contenders to claim the number 1 ranking. Williams was also trying the title for the first time in six years. Williams began her tournament against Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko and cruised in straight set. She recorded six aces and won 92 percent of the points on her first serve. Williams, in her second round match took on Russia's Elena Vesnina and won with a double breadstick victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, US Open\nIn the following round, she faced 30th seed Ai Sugiyama and cruised in a 66 minutes straight sets win. In the fourth round, Williams cruised pass French wild card S\u00e9verine Br\u00e9mond in straight sets winning both sets in two. In the final 8, Williams took on sister Venus Williams in their 17th meeting. In the first set Venus had the advantage serving for the set at the tenth game, however younger sister Serena came back to push it to a tie-break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, US Open\nVenus then had two set points in the tie-break, but Serena reeled in four straight points to win the set. In the second set, once again Venus served for the set in the ninth game and had three set points, just to see Serena save them all and save another one at the twelfth game to push to another tie-break. Venus then had another three set points in the tie-break, just to see Serena win 6 of the last 7 points to win the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0016-0003", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, US Open\nIn the semifinals, Williams faced French Open finalist Dinara Safina, Safina took an early lead winning the first two games, just to see Williams come back breaking her in the fourth and eight game and served the set out in the ninth game saving two break points. Williams then cruised in the second set winning it in two. In her first final since 2002, Williams took on Jelena Jankovi\u0107 for the title and the number 1 ranking. In the first set, Williams took control with a single break lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0016-0004", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Olympics and US Open Series, US Open\nThe second set was a turn-around, Jankovi\u0107 had her chances she had three set points in the Williams serve in the ninth game and served for the set in the tenth game. However, Williams came back and broke Jankovi\u0107 in the tenth and twelfth game to win her third US Open title and ninth slam without dropping a set. Williams finished with 44 winners, offsetting her 39 unforced errors, while Jankovi\u0107 had 15 winners and 22 unforced errors. The win also gave Williams the number 1 ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indoors and year-end Championships, Porsche Tennis Grand Prix\nWilliams then played the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix as the world no. 1. After receiving a bye in the first round, she faced Li Na. Williams won the first set in a bagel, then lost the second set in a breadstick. The third set went to Li with a single break advantage. The loss meant that Williams will loss her number 1 ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 113], "content_span": [114, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indoors and year-end Championships, Porsche Tennis Grand Prix\nIn the doubles, she and sister Venus won in straight sets against Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay before withdrawing in their match against Andrea Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 and Lucie Hradeck\u00e1 because of a left ankle injury to Serena", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 113], "content_span": [114, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indoors and year-end Championships, Kremlin Cup\nWilliams then withdrew from the Kremlin Cup citing a continuing left ankle injury and a desire to give her body time to recover from a packed playing schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 99], "content_span": [100, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198561-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indoors and year-end Championships, WTA Tour Championships\nWilliams being the third seed was drawn with Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, and Venus Williams. Williams played Safina first and won comfortably in straight sets. In her second round robin match, she took on sister Venus, Serena took the first set in the twelfth game. However, from then on Serena only won a game losing the next to in a breadstick and a bagel. Handing the first bagel in the Williams sisters rivalry. Williams then pulled out with a stomach injury before her match against Dementieva and was replaced by Nadia Petrova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 110], "content_span": [111, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198562-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Setanta Sports Cup\nThe 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in Cork.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198562-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Setanta Sports Cup, Group stage\nTeams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198562-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Setanta Sports Cup, Group stage\nTeams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198562-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Setanta Sports Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1\u20130 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda, while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198562-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Setanta Sports Cup, Final\nThe final took place on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198563-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanghai International Film Festival\nThe 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival is the 11th such festival devoted to international cinema to be held in Shanghai, China. It was held from June 14\u201322, 2008. Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai was the head of jury at this year's film festival along with other jury members such as Chinese-American actress Joan Chen, legendary Danish director Bille August and Israeli stage actress Gila Almagor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198563-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanghai International Film Festival\nThe competition lineup included films from China, Europe, Japan, Argentina, South Korea, Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic and New Zealand. A total of 260 films were shown at this year's festival. Lithuanian film Loss was awarded two Golden Goblets - for best directing (M\u0101ris Martinsons) and best music (Andrius Mamontovas).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198563-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanghai International Film Festival\nThe 11th Shanghai International Film Festival was searching for a new film director to be the head of the SIFF jury, after the sudden death of Anthony Minghella.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198564-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanghai Masters\nThe 2008 Roewe Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 September and 5 October 2008 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. It was the second ranking event of the 2008/2009 season and was the second annual edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198564-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanghai Masters\nFormer World Champion Graeme Dott withdrew from the competition after breaking his left arm on 30 September, during an informal football match with other snooker players. As a result, Jamie Cope, who was due to play Dott in the first round, received a bye to the last 16, where he made the 64th official maximum break against Mark Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198564-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanghai Masters\nQualifier Ricky Walden won in the final 10\u20138 against World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan to win his first ranking title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198564-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanghai Masters, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198564-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanghai Masters, Qualifying rounds\nThese matches took place from 2 to 5 September 2008 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198565-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series\nThe Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the inaugural running of the V8 Touring Car National Series, a third-tier series for V8 Supercars. The season began on 17 May 2008 at the Mallala Motor Sport Park and finished on 30 November at Sandown Raceway. The season consisted of four rounds, held across three different states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198565-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series\nThe series was won by Chris Smerdon who was the only driver to finish all twelve races, but also won eight races. He finished 130 points ahead of Steve Ingwersen who was the only other driver to attend all four rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198565-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers have competed during the 2008 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198565-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series, Results and standings\nThe season consisted of four rounds held across three different states. Each round consisted of three races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198566-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanxi mudslide\nThe 2008 Shanxi mudslide was caused by the collapse of an unlicensed mine landfill in Xiangfen county, Linfen, Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China which caused 277 dead, 4 missing and 33 injured. Around 8:00\u00a0a.m. on September 8, 2008, the retaining wall of a waste iron ore reservoir collapsed after torrential rain, causing a major mudslide which inundated a village and crowded marketplace. The unlicensed Tashan Mine was operated by the Tashan Mining Company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198566-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanxi mudslide, History\nThe ore reservoir was built in the 1980s, halfway up a mountain, about 50 meters above an office building, marketplace and some residences. It was built only 100 meters away from the nearest residence. The reservoir was supposedly decommissioned a few years later, but its new owner, Zhang Peiliang, put it back into use when he took over the company in 2005. In 2006, the Tashan Mining Company did not renew its safety production license, and in 2007, the mining license of Zhang also expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198566-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanxi mudslide, Damages and casualties\nThe entire village of Yunhe was inundated by the mudslide, including an outdoor market crowded with customers. As of September 24, the Chinese state media reported that the death toll was 267, and the number of injuries 34. Only 128 bodies, mostly of locals, have been identified. Some 268,000 cubic meters of mudslide sludge flooded over an area of 30.2 hectares in the disaster, and the mud was up to six meters deep in some parts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198566-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanxi mudslide, Damages and casualties\nThe final official count is: 277 dead, 4 missing and 33 injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198566-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanxi mudslide, Damages and casualties\nA worker had said \"It's not because of the rain. It wasn't a natural disaster, it was man-made.\" Up to 500 people may still be buried, according to the Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198566-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanxi mudslide, Rescue efforts\n5,300 police and rescuers, using more than 110 excavators, were looking for survivors. The rescuers covered about 90% of the mudslide zone so far. In addition, 2,100 medical workers were at the site to provide medical care.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198566-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanxi mudslide, Aftermath\n1,047 people are displaced because of the mudslide. The provincial level government says relatives of the dead will receive 200,000 yuan (US$ 29,215). The Communist Party chief, the head of Taosi township, work safety bureau director, and chief engineer in Xiangfen county were dismissed for neglect of duty. Thirteen mine executives, including Zhang Peiliang, were detained by Chinese authorities, and four other local officials were also dismissed. The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) said that an investigation is pending, and that the people responsible will be \"punished in line with the relevant laws.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198566-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Shanxi mudslide, Aftermath\nWang Jun, the director of SAWS said, \"It is the most grave accident that involves the largest death toll so far this year. The rising accidents disclose local governments' poor supervision on work safety. Those responsible must be dealt with seriously.\" Meng Xuenong, Governor of Shanxi, resigned a day after the event, on September 14. Wang Jun was subsequently transferred to become Governor of Shanxi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198566-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Shanxi mudslide, Aftermath\nIn September 2010, 58 people, including 34 former government officials, were handed out sentences in relation to the collapse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198567-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sharpie 500\nThe 2008 Sharpie 500 was the twenty-fourth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and was raced on Saturday night, August 23 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. The event has been considered one of the toughest tickets in all of sports, tougher than the Super Bowl or the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics, and is annually a sellout, of which this was the 53rd in a row for NSCS racing at the .533 miles (0.858\u00a0km) track. ESPN telecast the race beginning at 7\u00a0pm US EDT and Performance Racing Network along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage starting at that same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198567-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sharpie 500, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify: Jeff Green (#34), Johnny Sauter (#70), Patrick Carpentier (#10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198567-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sharpie 500, Race recap\nSince the addition of the Car of Tomorrow and the repaving of the track, many fans thought that the old days of Bristol were over. These thoughts however were blown away in the closing laps of the race when Carl Edwards used the \"Bump and Run\" technique to get past Kyle Busch for the win, causing a post race confrontation where Busch rammed into the side of Edwards car during the cool down lap. Edwards responded by spinning Busch out as Busch turned to enter pit road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198567-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Sharpie 500, Race recap\nBusch used the same technique to take the lead from Carl Edwards on lap 55. Kyle Busch was called to the NASCAR Hauler after his post-race interview for the incident, and on August 27, both Edwards and Kyle Busch were put on probation for the next six Sprint Cup Races. The race was also red-flagged at Lap 210 after an accident commonly called \"The Big One\" saw nine cars - including Chase contender Kasey Kahne - pile up in Turn 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198567-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sharpie 500, Race recap\nThere were only three lap leaders the entire race. Edwards and Busch led 499 laps combined, while Jeff Gordon led a lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198568-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sheffield City Council election\nSheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 1 May 2008. There were 30 seats up for election - one of the three councillors from each ward, plus two seats from Labour councillors who had stepped down. Liberal Democrats made several gains, regaining control of the council for the first time since losing it in 2002. The overall turnout for this election was 36.8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198569-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Shelbourne Irish Open\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Jevansen (talk | contribs) at 23:38, 28 November 2019 (removed Category:2008 ATP Tour using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198569-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Shelbourne Irish Open\nThe 2008 Shelbourne Irish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the 3rd and final edition of the event, and part of the 2008 ATP Challenger Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the tennis courts at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin, Ireland, from 30 June through 5 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198569-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Shelbourne Irish Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198569-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Shelbourne Irish Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198570-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Shelbourne Irish Open \u2013 Doubles\nRohan Bopanna and Adam Feeney were the defending champions but Bopanna chose not to compete this year. Feeney instead partnered Andrew Coelho and lost in the quarterfinals to Prakash Amritraj and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198570-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Shelbourne Irish Open \u2013 Doubles\nAmritraj and Qureshi went on to win the title, defeating Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in the final, 6\u20133, 7\u20136(8\u20136).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198571-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Shelbourne Irish Open \u2013 Singles\nRohan Bopanna was the defending champion but chose not to compete this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198571-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Shelbourne Irish Open \u2013 Singles\nRobert Smeets won the title, defeating Frederik Nielsen in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198572-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Shenzhen anti-police riot\nThe Shenzhen anti-police riot began in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China November 7, 2008 when a policeman threw a walkie talkie at a speeding motorcyclist causing the driver to lose control of his bike. The driver then crashed into a lamp post and died a few hours later. The biker's relatives began gathering people starting a riot against the local police station that grew to involve hundreds of people and thousands of bystanders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198572-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Shenzhen anti-police riot, Further reading\nThis law enforcement\u2013related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198573-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Shimizu S-Pulse season\nThe 2008 S-Pulse season was S-Pulse's seventeenth season in existence and their sixteenth season in the J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season fifth in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198574-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Shiraz explosion\nThe 2008 Shiraz bombing was an April 12, 2008 explosion that occurred during prayers at the Hosseynieh Seyed al-Shohada Mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz. Fourteen people were killed and 202 were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198574-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Shiraz explosion, Event\nAccording to Aljazeera, reports showed that  the explosion occurred in the side that males were praying. Around 800 people, which were mostly youth, were gathered at the Mosque to hear sermons which usually include sermons attacking the Wahabi denomination of Sunni Islam and the Bah\u00e1\u02bc\u00ed Faith. According to the BBC, the explosion shattered windows of several houses that were close to the mosque, as reported by Iran News Agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198574-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Shiraz explosion, Event\nThe deputy governor of the province, Mohammad Reza Hadaegh, told IRIB an investigation was under way. Iranian officials first stated that the blast was not a terrorist attack, but caused by leftover munitions that were on display in the mosque as part of an exhibition commemorating Iran's 1980\u20131988 war against Iraq. However, in May, Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said the blast was an act of terrorism and 12 terrorists had been arrested before attacking the Russian Consulate and religious centers in Qom. Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejehei accused United States and Britain of involvement in the bombing and attempted to press charges against the two countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198574-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Shiraz explosion, Event\nAn Iranian monarchist group calling itself the Soldiers of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran,(Anjoman-e Padeshahi-e Iran), claimed responsibility for the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198574-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Shiraz explosion, Event\nIn November 2008, Iran sentenced three men to death after they were convicted of the bombing. One of these men, Mehdi Eslamian, was hanged with four others on May 9, 2010. His brother had previously been hanged for the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake\nThe 2008 Sichuan earthquake (Chinese: \u6c76\u5ddd\u5927\u5730\u9707; pinyin: W\u00e8nchu\u0101n d\u00e0 d\u00eczh\u00e8n; lit. ' Great Wenchuan earthquake'), also known as the Great Sichuan earthquake or Wenchuan earthquake, occurred at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008. Measuring at 8.0 Ms (7.9 Mw), the earthquake's epicenter was located 80 kilometres (50\u00a0mi) west-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial capital, with a focal depth of 19\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi). The earthquake ruptured the fault for over 240\u00a0km (150\u00a0mi), with surface displacements of several meters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake\nThe earthquake was also felt in nearby countries and as far away as both Beijing and Shanghai\u20141,500 and 1,700\u00a0km (930 and 1,060\u00a0mi) away, respectively\u2014where office buildings swayed with the tremor. Strong aftershocks, some exceeding 6 Ms, continued to hit the area up to several months after the main shock, causing further casualties and damage. The earthquake also caused the largest number of geohazards ever recorded, including about 200,000 landslides and more than 800 quake lakes distributed over an area of 110,000\u00a0km2 (42,000\u00a0sq\u00a0mi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake\nOver 69,000 people lost their lives in the quake, including 68,636 in Sichuan province. 374,176 were reported injured, with 18,222 listed as missing as of July 2008. The geohazards triggered by the earthquake are thought to be responsible for at least one third of the death toll. The earthquake left at least 4.8\u00a0million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11\u00a0million. Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake\nIt was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 242,000\u00a0people, and the strongest in the country since the 1950 Assam\u2013Tibet earthquake, which registered at 8.6 on the Moment magnitude scale. It is the 18th deadliest earthquake of all time. On November 6, 2008, the central government announced that it would spend 1\u00a0trillion RMB (about US$146.5\u00a0billion) over the next three years to rebuild areas ravaged by the earthquake, as part of the Chinese economic stimulus program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology\nAccording to a study by the China Earthquake Administration (CEA), the earthquake occurred along the Longmenshan Fault, a thrust structure along the border of the Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian Plate. Seismic activities concentrated on its mid-fracture (known as Yingxiu-Beichuan fracture). The rupture lasted close to 120 seconds, with the majority of energy released in the first 80 seconds. Starting from Wenchuan, the rupture propagated at an average speed of 3.1\u00a0km/s (6,900\u00a0mph), 49\u00b0 toward north east, rupturing a total of about 300\u00a0km (190\u00a0mi). Maximum displacement amounted to nine metres (30\u00a0ft). The focus was deeper than 10\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology\nIn a United States Geological Survey (USGS) study, preliminary rupture models of the earthquake indicated displacement of up to nine metres (30\u00a0ft) along a fault approximately 240\u00a0km (150\u00a0mi) long by 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) deep. The earthquake generated deformations of the surface greater than three metres (9.8\u00a0ft) and increased the stress (and probability of occurrence of future events) at the northeastern and southwestern ends of the fault. On May 20, USGS seismologist Tom Parsons warned that there is \"high risk\" of a major M>7 aftershock over the next couple weeks or months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology\nJapanese seismologist Yuji Yagi at the University of Tsukuba said that the earthquake occurred in more than 1 stage: \"The 250-kilometre (155 mi) Longmenshan Fault tore in two sections, the first one ripping about 6.5 metres (7 yd) followed by a second one that sheared 3.5 metres (4 yd).\" His data also showed that the earthquake lasted about two minutes and released 30 times the energy of the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995 in Japan, which killed over 6,000\u00a0people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology\nHe pointed out that the shallowness of the epicenter and the density of population greatly increased the severity of the earthquake. Teruyuki Kato, a seismologist at the University of Tokyo, said that the seismic waves of the quake traveled a long distance without losing their power because of the firmness of the terrain in central China. According to reports from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, the earthquake tremors lasted for \"about two or three minutes\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Tectonics\nThe extent of the earthquake and after shock-affected areas lying north-east, along the Longmen Shan fault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Tectonics\nThe Longmen Shan Fault System is situated in the eastern border of the Tibetan Plateau and contains several faults. This earthquake ruptured at least two imbricate structures in Longmen Shan Fault System, i.e. the Beichuan Fault and the Guanxian\u2013Anxian Fault. In the epicentral area, the average slip in Beichuan Fault was about 3.5 metres (11\u00a0ft) vertical, 3.5 metres (11\u00a0ft) horizontal-parallel to the fault, and 4.8 metres (16\u00a0ft) horizontal-perpendicular to the fault. In the area about 30 kilometres (19\u00a0mi) northeast of the epicenter, the surface slip on Beichuan Fault was almost purely dextral strike-slip up to about three metres (9.8\u00a0ft), while the average slip in Guanxian\u2013Anxian Fault was about two metres (6.6\u00a0ft) vertical and 2.3 metres (7.5\u00a0ft) horizontal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Tectonics\n\"The energy source of the Wenchuan earthquake and Longmenshan's southeast push came from the strike of the Indian Plate onto the Eurasian Plate and its northward push. The inter-plate relative motion caused large scale structural deformation inside the Asian continent, resulting in a thinning crust of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the uplift of its landscape and an eastward extrude. Near the Sichuan Basin, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau's east-northward movement meets with strong resistance from the South China Block, causing a high degree of stress accumulation in the Longmenshan thrust formation. This finally caused a sudden dislocation in the Yingxiu-Beichuan fracture, leading to the violent earthquake of Ms\u00a08.0.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Tectonics\nThe earthquake occurred as the result of motion on a northeast striking reverse fault or thrust fault on the northwestern margin of the Sichuan Basin. The earthquake's epicenter and focal-mechanism are consistent with it having occurred as the result of movement on the Longmenshan Fault or a tectonically related fault. The earthquake reflects tectonic stresses resulting from the convergence of crustal material slowly moving from the high Tibetan Plateau, to the west, against strong crust underlying the Sichuan Basin and southeastern China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Tectonics\nOn a continental scale, the seismicity of central and eastern Asia is a result of northward convergence of the Indian Plate against the Eurasian Plate with a velocity of about 50\u00a0mm/a\u00a0[2.0\u00a0in/year]. The convergence of the two plates is broadly accommodated by the uplift of the Asian highlands and by the motion of crustal material to the east away from the uplifted Tibetan Plateau. The northwestern margin of the Sichuan Basin has previously experienced destructive earthquakes. The magnitude 7.5 earthquake of August 25, 1933, killed more than 9,300\u00a0people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Tectonics\nThe earthquake occurred 92\u00a0km\u00a0[57\u00a0mi] northwest of the city of Chengdu in eastern Sichuan province and over 1,500\u00a0km\u00a0[930\u00a0mi] from Beijing, where it was also strongly felt. Earthquakes of this size have the potential to cause extensive damage and loss of life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Tectonics\nThe epicenter was in the mountains of the Eastern Margin of Qing-Tibet Plateau at the northwest margin of the Sichuan Basin. The earthquake occurred as a result of motion on a northeast striking thrust fault that runs along the margin of the basin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Tectonics\nThe seismicity of central and eastern Asia is caused by the northward movement of the India plate at a rate of 5\u00a0cm/year\u00a0[2.0\u00a0in/year] and its collision with Eurasia, resulting in the uplift of the Himalaya and Tibetan plateaux and associated earthquake activity. This deformation also results in the extrusion of crustal material from the high Tibetan Plateaux in the west towards the Sichuan Basin and southeastern China. China frequently suffers large and deadly earthquakes. In August 1933, the magnitude 7.5 Diexi earthquake, about 90\u00a0km\u00a0[56\u00a0mi] northeast of today's earthquake, destroyed the town of Diexi and surrounding villages, and caused many landslides, some of which dammed the rivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Intensities and damage area\nThe map of earthquake intensity published by CEA after surveying 500,000\u00a0km2 (190,000\u00a0sq\u00a0mi) of the affected area shows a maximum liedu of XI on the China Seismic Intensity Scale (CSIS), described as \"very destructive\" on the European Macroseismic Scale (EMS) from which CSIS drew reference. (USGS, using the Modified Mercalli intensity scale (CC), also placed maximum intensity at XI, \"extreme\".)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Intensities and damage area\nTwo south-west-north-east stripes of liedu XI are centered around Yingxiu, Wenchuan (the town closest to the epicenter of the main quake) and Beichuan (the town repeatedly struck by strong aftershocks including one registering Ms 6.1 on August 1, 2008), both in Sichuan Province, occupying a total of 2,419\u00a0km2 (934\u00a0sq\u00a0mi). The Yingxiu liedu-XI zone is about 66\u00a0km (41\u00a0mi) long and 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) wide along Wenchuan\u2013Dujiangyan\u2013Pengzhou; the Beichuan liedu-XI zone is about 82\u00a0km (51\u00a0mi) long and 15\u00a0km (9.3\u00a0mi) wide along An County\u2013Beichuan\u2013Pingwu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Intensities and damage area\nThe area with liedu X (comparable to X on EMS, \"destructive\" and X on MM, \"disastrous\") spans 3,144\u00a0km2 (1,214\u00a0sq\u00a0mi). The area affected by earthquakes exceeding liedu VI totals 440,442\u00a0km2 (170,056\u00a0sq\u00a0mi), occupying an oval 936\u00a0km (582\u00a0mi) long and 596\u00a0km (370\u00a0mi) wide, spanning three provinces and one autonomous region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Intensities and damage area\nQLARM (Quake Loss Alarms for Response and Mitigation) issues near-real-time estimates of fatalities and number of injured for earthquakes worldwide. Recent alerts can be found on the web page of the International Institute for Earth Simulation Foundation. Such an alert was issued 21 minutes after the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake of 2008. It had at first been assigned M7.5, internationally. This initial underestimate of the magnitude is a known problem with earthquakes of M8 and larger. Based on the M7.5 information, QLARM distributed an email to about 300 recipients estimating that 1,000 to 4,000 fatalities had occurred. After learning that the earthquake may measure M8, QLARM distributed a revised estimate of 40,000 to 100,000 fatalities. This information was distributed within 100 minutes of the Wenchuan earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 889]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Intensities and damage area\nThe news and official reports of fatalities are often strongly misleading. After the Wenchuan earthquake, officials led the public to believe for more than a week that the fatalities numbered only a fraction of what they really were (Figure 1). At the very beginning, everyone expects the news reports to be an initial count that will grow, not however, after one week. After such a long time, the false news reports take on a reality in their own right and the theoretical loss calculations by experts are discarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Intensities and damage area\nOnce the extent of the rupture of the Wenchuan earthquake became known, QLARM calculated a more detail picture of the losses. Figure 2 shows a map of the expected mean damage of the settlements affected by the Wenchuan earthquake on a scale of 5. The resistance to shaking of buildings in large cities is assumed to be stronger than in villages, therefore the damage and percentage of fatalities in large cities is less than in villages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Aftershocks\nBetween 64 and 104 major aftershocks, ranging in magnitude from 4.0 to 6.1, were recorded within 72 hours of the main quake. According to Chinese official counts, \"by 12:00 CST, November 6, 2008, there had been 42,719 total aftershocks, of which 246 ranged from 4.0 MS to 4.9 MS, 34 from 5.0 MS to 5.9 MS, and 8 from 6.0 Ms to 6.4 MS; the strongest aftershock measured 6.4 MS.\" The latest aftershock exceeding M6 occurred on August 5, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Geology, Aftershocks\n(The Ms\u202f\u00a06.1 earthquake on August 30, 2008, in southern Sichuan was not part of this series because it was caused by a different fault. See 2008 Panzhihua earthquake for details.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties\nThe earthquake had a magnitude of 8.0 Ms and 7.9\u00a0Mw. The epicenter was in Wenchuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, 80\u00a0km (50\u00a0mi) west/northwest of the provincial capital of Chengdu, with its main tremor occurring at 14:28:01.42 China Standard Time (06:28:01.42 UTC), on May 12, 2008, lasting for around two minutes; in the quake almost 80% of buildings were destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Extent of the tremors\nPlaces ordered by distance from epicenter (or time of propagation):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Immediate aftermath\nOffice buildings in Shanghai's financial district, including the Jin Mao Tower and the Hong Kong New World Tower, were evacuated. A receptionist at the Tibet Hotel in Chengdu said things were \"calm\" after the hotel evacuated its guests. Meanwhile, workers at a Ford plant in Sichuan were evacuated for about 10 minutes. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport was shut down, and the control tower and regional radar control evacuated. One SilkAir flight was diverted and landed in Kunming as a result. Cathay Pacific delayed both legs of its quadruple daily Hong Kong to London route due to this disruption in air traffic services. Chengdu Shuangliu Airport reopened later on the evening of May 12, offering limited service as the airport began to be used as a staging area for relief operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 864]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Immediate aftermath\nReporters in Chengdu said they saw cracks on walls of some residential buildings in the downtown areas, but no buildings collapsed. Many Beijing office towers were evacuated, including the building housing the media offices for the organizers of the 2008 Summer Olympics. None of the Olympic venues were damaged. Meanwhile, a cargo train carrying 13 petrol tanks derailed in Hui County, Gansu, and caught on fire after the rail was distorted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Immediate aftermath\nAll of the highways into Wenchuan, and others throughout the province, were damaged, resulting in delayed arrival of the rescue troops. In Beichuan County, 80% of the buildings collapsed according to Xinhua News. In the city of Shifang, the collapse of two chemical plants led to leakage of some 80\u00a0tons of liquid ammonia, with hundreds of people reported buried. In the city of Dujiangyan, south-east of the epicenter, a whole school collapsed with 900 students buried and fewer than 60 survived. The Juyuan Middle School, where many teenagers were buried, was excavated by civilians and cranes. Dujiangyan is home of the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, an ancient water diversion project which is still in use and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The project's famous Fish Mouth was cracked but not severely damaged otherwise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 894]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Immediate aftermath\nBoth the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange suspended trading of companies based in southwestern China. Copper rose over speculations that production in southwestern China may be affected, and oil prices dropped over speculations that demand from China would fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Immediate aftermath\nImmediately after the earthquake event, mobile and terrestrial telecommunications were cut to the affected and surrounding area, with all internet capabilities cut to the Sichuan area too. Elements of telecommunications were restored by the government piece by piece over the next number of months as the situation in the Sichuan province gradually improved. Eventually, a handful of major news and media websites were made accessible online in the region, albeit with dramatically pared back webpages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Immediate aftermath\nChina Mobile had more than 2,300 base stations suspended due to power disruption or severe telecommunication traffic congestion. Half of the wireless communications were lost in the Sichuan province. China Unicom's service in Wenchuan and four nearby counties was cut off, with more than 700 towers suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Immediate aftermath\nInitially, officials were unable to contact the Wolong National Nature Reserve, home to around 280 giant pandas. However, the Foreign Ministry later said that a group of 31 British tourists visiting the Wolong Panda Reserve in the quake-hit area returned safe and uninjured to Chengdu. Nonetheless, the well-being of an even greater number of pandas in the neighbouring panda reserves remained unknown. Five security guards at the reserve were killed by the earthquake. Six pandas escaped after their enclosures were damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Immediate aftermath\nBy May 20, two pandas at the reserve were found to be injured, while the search continued for another two adult pandas that went missing after the quake. By May 28, 2008, one panda was still missing. The missing panda was later found dead under the rubble of an enclosure. Nine-year-old Mao Mao, a mother of five at the breeding center, was discovered on Monday, her body crushed by a wall in her enclosure. Panda keepers and other workers placed her remains in a small wooden crate and buried her outside the breeding centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Immediate aftermath\nThe Zipingpu Hydropower Plant located 20 kilometres (12\u00a0mi) east of the epicenter was damaged. A recent inspection indicated that the damage was less severe than initially feared, and it remains structurally stable and safe. However, the Tulong reservoir upstream is in danger of collapse. About 2,000 troops have been allocated to Zipingpu, trying to release the pressure through spillway. In total, 391 dams, most of them small, were reported damaged by the quake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Casualties\nAccording to Chinese state officials, the quake caused 69,180 known deaths including 68,636 in Sichuan province; 18,498 people are listed as missing, and 374,176 injured. This estimate includes 158 earthquake relief workers who were killed in landslides as they tried to repair roads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Casualties\nOne rescue team reported only 2,300 survivors from the town of Yingxiu in Wenchuan County, out of a total population of about 9,000. 3,000 to 5,000\u00a0people were killed in Beichuan County, Sichuan alone; in the same location, 10,000 people were injured and 80% of the buildings were destroyed. The old county seat of Beichuan was abandoned and preserved as part of the Beichuan Earthquake Museum. Eight schools were toppled in Dujiangyan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Casualties\nA 56-year-old was killed in Dujiangyan during a rescue attempt on the Lingyanshan Ropeway, where due to the earthquake 11 tourists from Taiwan had been trapped inside cable cars since May 13. A 4-year-old boy named Zhu Shaowei (Chinese: \u6731\u7ecd\u7ef4) was also killed in Mianzhu when a house collapsed on him and another was reported missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Casualties\nExperts point out that the earthquake hit an area that has been largely neglected and untouched by China's economic rise. Health care is poor in inland areas such as Sichuan, highlighting the widening gap between prosperous urban dwellers and struggling rural people. Vice Minister of Health Gao Qiang told reporters in Beijing that the \"public health care system in China is insufficient.\" The Vice Minister of Health also suggested that the government would pick up the costs of care to earthquake victims, many of whom have little or no insurance: \"The government should be responsible for providing medical treatment to them,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Casualties\nIn terms of school casualties, thousands of school children died due to shoddy construction. In Mianyang City, seven schools collapsed, burying at least 1,700 people. At least 7,000 school buildings throughout the province collapsed. Another 700 students were buried in a school in Hanwang. At least 600 students and staff died at Juyuan Elementary School. Up to 1,300 children and teachers died at Beichuan Middle School. According to Tan Zuoren, 5,600 pupils were dead or missing from the 64 schools Tan investigated in the quake zone. Tan was  detained after he published such a casualties number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Casualties\nTang Xuemei was in a school dormitory building during the earthquake. She was trapped for 28 hours before being rescued. Her left leg had to be amputated. She became a Paralympic sitting volleyball player and became Paralympic champion in 2012 winning the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Casualties\nDetails of school casualties had been under non-governmental investigation since December 2008 by volunteers including artist and architect Ai Weiwei, who had been constantly posting updates on his blog since March 2009. The official tally of students killed in the earthquake was not released until May 7, 2009, almost a year after the earthquake. According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, the earthquake killed 5,335 students and left another 546 children disabled. Some parents believe the real figure is twice that officially cited. The executive vice governor of Sichuan Wei Hong said the student death toll is 19,065.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Casualties\nMr. Wei noted the toll was incomplete as the officials were still tallying the final number. In the aftermath of the earthquake, the Chinese government declared that parents who had lost their only children would get free treatment from fertility clinics to reverse vasectomies and tubal ligations conducted by family planning authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Property damage\nThe earthquake left at least 5\u00a0million people without housing, although the number could be as high as 11\u00a0million. Millions of livestock and a significant amount of agriculture were also destroyed, including 12.5\u00a0million animals, mainly birds. In the Sichuan province a million pigs died out of 60 million total. Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reported official estimates of insurers' losses at US$1 billion from the earthquake; estimated total damage exceeded US$20\u00a0billion. It values Chengdu, at the time having an urban population of 4.5\u00a0million people, at around US$115\u00a0billion, with only a small portion covered by insurance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Property damage\nReginald DesRoches, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Georgia Tech, pointed out that the massive damage of properties and houses in the earthquake area was because China did not create an adequate seismic design code until after the devastating 1976 Tangshan earthquake. DesRoches said: \"If the buildings were older and built prior to that 1976 earthquake, chances are they weren't built for adequate earthquake forces.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Property damage\nIn the days following the disaster, an international reconnaissance team of engineers was dispatched to the region to make a detailed preliminary survey of damaged buildings. Their findings show a variety of reasons why many constructions failed to withstand the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Property damage\nNews reports indicate that the poorer, rural villages were hardest hit. Swaminathan Krishnan, assistant professor of civil engineering and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology said: \"the earthquake occurred in the rural part of China. Presumably, many of the buildings were just built; they were not designed, so to speak.\" Swaminathan Krishnan further added: \"There are very strong building codes in China, which take care of earthquake issues and seismic design issues. But many of these buildings presumably were quite old and probably were not built with any regulations overseeing them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Later casualties\nStrong aftershocks continued to strike even months after the main quake. On May 25, an aftershock of 6.0\u00a0Mw (6.4\u00a0Ms according to CEA) hit northeast of the original earthquake's epicenter, in Qingchuan County, Sichuan, causing eight deaths, 1,000 injuries, and destroying thousands of buildings. On May 27, two aftershocks, one 5.2\u00a0Mw in Qingchuan County and one 5.7\u00a0Mw in Ningqiang County, Shaanxi, led to the collapse of more than 420,000 homes and injured 63 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Later casualties\nThe same area suffered two more aftershocks of 5.6 and 6.0\u00a0Ms\u202f (5.8 and 5.5\u00a0Mw\u202f, respectively, according to USGS) on July 23, resulting in 1 death, 6 serious injuries, the collapse of hundreds of homes and damaging kilometers of highways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0039-0002", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Later casualties\nPingwu County and Beichuan County, Sichuan, also northeast of Wenchuan and close to the epicenter of a 7.2\u00a0Ms earthquake in 1976, suffered a 6.1\u00a0Ms\u202f aftershock (5.7\u00a0Mw\u202f according to USGS) on August 1; it caused 2 deaths, 345 injuries, the collapse of 707 homes, damage to over 1,000 homes, and blocked 25 kilometres (16\u00a0mi) of country roads. As late as August 5, yet another aftershock of 6.1\u00a0Ms (6.2\u00a0Mw according to USGS) hit Qingchuan, Sichuan, causing 1 death, 32 injuries, telecommunication interruptions, and widespread hill slides blocking roads in the area including a national highway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Damage and casualties, Later casualties, Government data\nExecutive vice governor Wei Hong confirmed on November 21, 2008, that more than 90,000 people in total were dead or missing in the earthquake. He stated that 200,000 homes had been rebuilt, and 685,000 were under reconstruction, but 1.94\u00a0million households were still without permanent shelter. 1,300 schools had been reconstructed, with initial relocation of 25 townships, including Beichuan and Wenchuan, two of the most devastated areas. The government spent $441\u00a0billion on relief and reconstruction efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 81], "content_span": [82, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nGeneral Secretary and President Hu Jintao announced that the disaster response would be rapid. Just 90\u00a0minutes after the earthquake, Premier Wen Jiabao, who has an academic background in geomechanics, flew to the earthquake area to oversee the rescue work. Soon afterward, the Ministry of Health stated that it had sent ten emergency medical teams to Wenchuan County. On the same day, the Chengdu Military Region Command dispatched 50,000 troops and armed police to help with disaster relief work in Wenchuan County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nHowever, due to the rough terrain and close proximity of the quake's epicenter, the soldiers found it very difficult to get help to the rural regions of the province. Premier Wen ordered the People's Liberation Army by saying, \"It is the people who have raised you. It's up to you to see what to do! Even if it means walking on foot, you must nonetheless walk in there anyways. (Chinese:\u662f\u4eba\u6c11\u517b\u80b2\u4e86\u4f60\u4eec, \u4f60\u4eec\u81ea\u5df1\u770b\u7740\u529e! \u4f60\u4eec\u5c31\u662f\u9760\u53cc\u817f\u8d70, \u4e5f\u8981\u7ed9\u6211\u8d70\u8fdb\u53bb)\" However, PLA commander Guo Boxiong only listened to Jiang Zemin's order, neither Wen Jiabao's or Hu Jintao's. The first 72 critical rescue hours were wasted. The New York Times reported \"the troops were unprepared to save lives in the first 72 hours, when thousands were buried under toppled masonry and every minute mattered.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nThe National Disaster Relief Commission initiated a \"Level II emergency contingency plan\", which covers the most serious class of natural disasters. The plan rose to Level I at 22:15 CST, May 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nAn earthquake emergency relief team of 184\u00a0people (consisting of 12\u00a0people from the State Seismological Bureau, 150 from the Beijing Military Area Command, and 22 from the Armed Police General Hospital) left Beijing from Nanyuan Airport late May 12 in two military transport planes to travel to Wenchuan County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nMany rescue teams, including that of the Taipei Fire Department from Taiwan, were reported ready to join the rescue effort in Sichuan as early as Wednesday. However, the Red Cross Society of China said that (on May 13) \"it was inconvenient currently due to the traffic problem to the hardest hit areas closest to the epicenter.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nThe Red Cross Society of China also stated that the disaster areas need tents, medical supplies, drinking water and food; however it recommended donating cash instead of other items, as it had not been possible to reach roads that were completely damaged or places that were blocked off by landslides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0044-0002", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nLandslides continuously threatened the progress of a search and rescue group of 80 men, each carrying about 40\u00a0kg of relief supplies, from a motorized infantry brigade under commander Yang Wenyao, as they tried to reach the ethnically Tibetan village of Sier at a height of 4000\u00a0m above sea level in Pingwu county. The extreme terrain conditions precluded the use of helicopter evacuation, and over 300 of the Tibetan villagers were stranded in their demolished village for five days without food and water before the rescue group finally arrived to help the injured and stranded villagers down the mountain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nPersistent heavy rain and landslides in Wenchuan County and the nearby area badly affected rescue efforts. At the start of rescue operations on May 12, 20 helicopters were deployed for the delivery of food, water, and emergency aid, and also the evacuation of the injured and reconnaissance of quake-stricken areas. By 17:37 CST on May 13, a total of over 15,600 troops and militia reservists from the Chengdu Military Region had joined the rescue force in the heavily affected areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nA commander reported from Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan, that around 3,000 survivors were found, while the status of the other inhabitants (around 9,000) remained unclear. The 1,300 rescuers reached the epicenter, and 300 pioneer troops reached the seat of Wenchuan at about 23:30 CST. By 12:17 CST, May 14, 2008, communication in the seat of Wenchuan was partly revived. On the afternoon of May 14, 15 Special Operations Troops, along with relief supplies and communications gear, parachuted into inaccessible Mao County, northeast of Wenchuan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nBy May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, resulting in the largest non-combat airlifting operation in People's Liberation Army history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nBeijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan late on May 13. Tzu Chi was the first force from outside the People's Republic of China to join the rescue effort. China stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nA direct chartered cargo flight was made by China Airlines from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport sending some 100\u00a0tons of relief supplies donated by the Tzu Chi Foundation and the Red Cross Society of Taiwan to the affected areas. Approval from mainland Chinese authorities was sought, and the chartered flight departed Taipei at 17:00 CST, May 15 and arrived in Chengdu by 20:30 CST. A rescue team from the Red Cross in Taiwan was also scheduled to depart Taipei on a Mandarin Airlines direct chartered flight to Chengdu at 15:00 CST on May 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nFrancis Marcus of the International Federation of the Red Cross praised the Chinese rescue effort as \"swift and very efficient\" in Beijing on Tuesday. But he added the scale of the disaster was such that \"we can't expect that the government can do everything and handle every aspect of the needs\". The Economist noted that China reacted to the disaster \"rapidly and with uncharacteristic openness\", contrasting it with Burma's secretive response to Cyclone Nargis, which devastated that country 10 days before the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nOn May 16, rescue groups from South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Russia and Taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort. The United States shared some of its satellite images of the quake-stricken areas with Chinese authorities. During the weekend, the US sent into China two U.S. Air Force C-17's carrying supplies, which included tents and generators. Xinhua had reported a total of more than 100,000 Chinese troops, medics, and volunteers from other provinces that were involved in the rescue effort across 58 counties and cities in Sichuan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nThe Internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts. For example, the official news agency Xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery. After knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in Wenchuan, a student proposed a landing spot online and it was chosen as the first touchdown place for the helicopters. Volunteers also set up several websites to help store contact information for victims and evacuees. On May 31, a rescue helicopter carrying earthquake survivors and crew members crashed in fog and turbulence in Wenchuan county. No-one survived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nRescue efforts performed by the Chinese government were praised by western media, especially in comparison with Myanmar's blockage of foreign aid during Cyclone Nargis, as well as China's previous performance during the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. China's openness during the media coverage of the Sichuan earthquake led a professor at the Peking University to say, \"This is the first time [that] the Chinese media has lived up to international standards\". Los Angeles Times praised China's media coverage of the quake of being \"democratic\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nRescue efforts also came from Jet Li's One Foundation which saw the martial arts actor Wu Jing assisting in the efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts\nIn Tuanshan Village, Longmenshan Town, Pengzhou, the Strong-Willed Pig was rescued suffering only skin trauma after being buried under rubble for 36 days. The pig had survived off rainwater and charcoal, but lost 100\u00a0kg from its original 150\u00a0kg weight. The Jianchuan Museum bought the pig from its original owner and gave the pig a new home on the museum premises. The pig became famous nationwide as it \"illustrated the spirit of never giving up.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts, \"Quake lakes\"\nAs a result of the earthquake and the many strong aftershocks, many rivers became blocked by large landslides, which resulted in the formation of \"quake lakes\" behind the blockages; these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared that the blockages would eventually crumble under the weight of the ever-increasing water mass, potentially endangering the lives of millions of people living downstream. As of May 27, 2008, 34\u00a0lakes had formed due to earthquake debris blocking and damming rivers, and it was estimated that 28 of them were still of potential danger to the local people. Entire villages had to be evacuated because of the resultant flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Rescue efforts, \"Quake lakes\"\nThe most precarious of these quake-lakes was the one located in the extremely difficult terrain at Mount Tangjia in Beichuan County, Sichuan, accessible only by foot or air; an Mi-26T heavy lift helicopter belonging to the China Flying Dragon Special Aviation Company was used to bring heavy earthmoving tractors to the affected location. This operation was coupled with the work done by PLAAF Mi-17 helicopters bringing in PLA engineering corps, explosive specialists and other personnel to join 1,200\u00a0soldiers who arrived on site by foot. Five tons of fuel to operate the machinery was airlifted to the site, where a sluice was constructed to allow the safe discharge of the bottle-necked water. Downstream, more than 200,000\u00a0people were evacuated from Mianyang by June 1 in anticipation of the dam bursting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 865]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Domestic reactions\nThe State Council declared a three-day period of national mourning for the quake victims starting from May 19, 2008; the PRC's National Flag and Regional Flags of Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions flown at half mast. It was the first time that a national mourning period had been declared for something other than the death of a state leader, and many have called it the biggest display of mourning since the death of Mao Zedong. At 14:28 CST on May 19, 2008, a week after the earthquake, the Chinese public held a moment of silence. People stood silent for three minutes while air defense, police and fire sirens, and the horns of vehicles, vessels and trains sounded. Cars and trucks on Beijing's roads also came to a halt. People spontaneously burst into cheering \"Zhongguo jiayou!\" (Let's go, China!) and \"Sichuan jiayou\" (Let's go, Sichuan!) afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 919]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Domestic reactions\nThe Ningbo Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympic torch relay announced that the relay, scheduled to take place in Ningbo during national mourning, would be suspended for the duration of the mourning period. The route of the torch through the country was scaled down, and there was a minute of silence when the next leg started in city of Ruijin, Jiangxi on the Wednesday after the quake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Domestic reactions\nMany websites converted their home page to black and white; Sina.com and Sohu, major internet portals, limited their homepages to news items and removed all advertisements. Chinese video sharing websites Youku and Tudou displayed a black background and placed multiple videos showing earthquake footage and news reports. The Chinese version of MSN, cn.msn.com, also displayed banner ads about the earthquake and the relief efforts. Other entertainment websites, including various gaming sites, such as the Chinese servers for World of Warcraft, had shut down altogether, or had corresponding links to earthquake donations. After the moments of silence, in Tiananmen Square, crowds spontaneously burst out cheering various slogans, including \"Long Live China\". Casinos in Macau closed down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Domestic reactions\nAll Mainland Chinese television stations (along with some stations in Hong Kong and expatriate communities) cancelled all regularly-scheduled programming, displayed their logo in grayscale, and replaced their cancelled programmes with live earthquake footage from CCTV-1 for multiple days after the quake. Even pay television channels (such as Channel V) had their programmes suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Domestic reactions\nOn the evening of May 18, CCTV-1 hosted a special four-hour program called The Giving of Love (simplified Chinese: \u7231\u7684\u5949\u732e; traditional Chinese: \u611b\u7684\u5949\u737b), hosted by regulars from the CCTV New Year's Gala and round-the-clock coverage anchor Bai Yansong. It was attended by a wide range of entertainment, literary, business and political figures from mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Donations of the evening totalled 1.5\u00a0billion Chinese Yuan (~US$208\u00a0million). Of the donations, CCTV gave the biggest corporate contribution at \u00a550\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0061-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Domestic reactions\nAlmost at the same time in Taiwan, a similarly themed programme was on air hosted by the sitting president Ma Ying-jeou. In June, Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan, who donated $1.57\u00a0million to the victims, made a music video alongside other artists entitled \"Promise\"; the song was composed by Andy Lau. The Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign, an 8-hour fundraising marathon, was held on June 1 in Hong Kong; it was attended by some 200 Sinosphere musicians and celebrities. In Singapore, MediaCorp Channel 8 hosted a 'live' programme \u8ba9\u7231\u5ddd\u6d41\u4e0d\u606f to raise funds for the victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nAlthough the Chinese government was initially praised for its response to the quake (especially in comparison to Myanmar's ruling military junta's blockade of aid during Cyclone Nargis), it then saw an erosion in confidence over the school construction scandal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nThe central government estimates that over 7,000 inadequately engineered schoolrooms collapsed in the earthquake. Chinese citizens have since invented a catch phrase: \"tofu-dregs schoolhouses\" (Chinese: \u8c46\u8150\u6e23\u6821\u820d), to mock both the quality and the quantity of these inferior constructions that killed so many school children. Due to the one-child policy, many families lost their only child when schools in the region collapsed during the earthquake. Consequently, Sichuan provincial and local officials have lifted the restriction for families whose only child was either killed or severely injured in the disaster. So-called \"illegal children\" under 18 years of age may be registered as legal replacements for their dead siblings; if the dead child was illegal, no further outstanding fines would apply. Reimbursement would not, however, be offered for fines that were already levied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 932]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nOn May 29, 2008, government officials began inspecting the ruins of thousands of schools that collapsed, searching for clues about why they crumbled. Thousands of parents around the province have accused local officials and builders of cutting corners in school construction, citing that after the quake other nearby buildings were little damaged. In the aftermath of the quake, many local governments promised to formally investigate the school collapses, but as of July 17, 2008, across Sichuan, parents of children lost in collapsed schools complained they had yet to receive any reports. Local officials urged them not to protest but the parents demonstrated and demanded an investigation. Furthermore, censors discouraged stories of poorly built schools from being published in the media and there was an incident where police drove the protestors away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 908]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nIn the China Digital Times an article reports a close analysis by an alleged Chinese construction engineer known online as \"Book Blade\" (\u4e66\u5251\u5b50), who stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\n\"...because of our nation's particular brand of education, our children are fed 20 years of Marxist philosophy with Chinese characteristics\u2014a philosophy that has nothing to say about saving lives...School construction is the worst. First, there\u2019s not enough capital. Schools in poor areas have small budgets and, unlike schools in the cities, they can\u2019t collect huge fees, so they\u2019re pressed for money. With construction, add in exploitation by government officials, education officials, school managers, etc. and you can imagine what\u2019s left over for the actual building of schools. When earthquake prevention standards are raised, government departments, major businesses, etc. will all appraise and reinforce their buildings. But these schools with their 70s-era buildings, no-one pays attention to them. Because of this, the older school buildings suffer from inadequate protection while the new buildings have been shoddily constructed.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 991]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nOn Children's Day, June 1, 2008, many parents went to the rubble of schools to mourn for their children. The surviving children, who were mostly living in relief centres, performed ceremonies marking the special day, but also acknowledging the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nYe Zhiping, the principal of Sangzao Middle School in Sangzao, one of the largest in An County, has been credited with proactive action that spared the lives of all 2,323 pupils in attendance when the earthquake happened. During a three-year period that ended in 2007, he oversaw a major overhaul of his school. During that time he obtained more than 400,000 yuan (US$60,000) from the county education department, money used to widen and strengthen concrete pillars and the balcony railing of all four storeys of his school, as well as secure its concrete floors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nThe AP reported that \"The state-controlled media has largely ignored the issue, apparently under the propaganda bureau's instructions. Parents and volunteers who have questioned authorities have been detained and threatened.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nHowever, Reuters reported in June that, to date, Chinese prosecutors have joined an official inquiry into ten collapsed schools during May's devastating earthquake to gain first-hand material of construction quality at the collapsed schools, launch preliminary inquiries and prepare for possible investigations into professional crime. It was also reported that safety checks were to be carried out at schools across China after last month's earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nThe New York Times reported that \"government officials in Beijing and Sichuan have said they are investigating the collapses. In an acknowledgment of the weakness of building codes in the countryside, the National Development and Reform Commission said on May 27 that it had drafted an amendment to improve construction standards for primary and middle schools in rural areas. Experts are reviewing the draft, the commission said.\" To limit protests, officials pushed parents to sign a document, which forbade them from holding protests, in exchange of money, but some who refused to sign were threatened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0071-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nThe payment amounts varied from school to school but were approximately the same. In Hanwang, parents were offered a package valued at US$8,800 in cash and a per-parent pension of nearly US$5,600. Furthermore, officials used other methods of silencing: riot police officers broke up protests by parents; the authorities set up cordons around the schools; and officials ordered the Chinese news media to stop reporting on school collapses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nBesides parents, Liu Shaokun (\u5218\u7ecd\u5764), a Sichuan school teacher, was detained on June 25, 2008, for \"disseminating rumors and destroying social order\" about the Sichuan earthquake. Liu's family was later told that he was being investigated on suspicion of the crime of inciting subversion. Liu had travelled to the Shifang, taken photos of collapsed school buildings, and put them online. He had also expressed his anger at \"the shoddy tofu-dregs buildings\" (\u8c46\u8150\u6e23\u5de5\u7a0b) in a media interview. He was ordered to serve one year of re-education through labor (RTL). According to the organization Human Rights in China, Liu has been released to serve his RTL sentence outside of the labor camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nOn May 15, 2008 Geoffery York of the Globeandmail.com reported that the shoddily constructed buildings are commonly called \"tofu buildings\" because builders cut corners by replacing steel rods with thin iron wires for concrete re-inforcement; using inferior grade cement, if any at all; and using fewer bricks than they should. One local was quoted in the article as saying that \"the supervising agencies did not check to see if it met the national standards.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Collapse of schoolhouses\nIn January 2010, Hong Kong-based English newspaper The Standard reported that writer Tan Zuoren attempted to document shoddy construction that may have led to massive casualties in schools, was sentenced to in prison ostensibly for his writing an article in 2007 in support of the pro-democracy movement in 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Foreign and domestic aid\nBecause of the magnitude of the quake, and the media attention on China, foreign nations and organizations immediately responded to the disaster by offering condolences and assistance. On May 14, UNICEF reported that China formally requested the support of the international community to respond to the needs of affected families.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Foreign and domestic aid, Mainland China\nBy May 14, the Ministry of Civil Affairs stated that 10.7\u00a0billion yuan (approximately US$1.5\u00a0billion) had been donated by the Chinese public. Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, one of the country's most popular sports icons, gave $214,000 and $71,000 to the Red Cross Society of China. The association has also collected a total of $26\u00a0million in donations. Other multinational firms located in China have also announced large amounts of donations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Foreign and domestic aid, Mainland China\nThe Red Cross Society of China flew 557 tents and 2,500 quilts valued at 788,000 yuan (US$113,000) to Wenchuan County. The Amity Foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked US$143,000 for disaster relief. The Sichuan Ministry of Civil Affairs said that they have provided 30,000 tents for those left homeless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Foreign and domestic aid, Mainland China\nCentral State-owned enterprises have accumulatively donated more than $48.6 million. China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec donated 10 million yuan each to the disaster area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Foreign and domestic aid, Mainland China\nFollowing the earthquake, donations were made by people from all over mainland China, with booths set up in schools, at banks, and around gas stations. People also donated blood, resulting in according to Xinhua long line-ups in most major Chinese cities. Many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to accounts set up by China Unicom and China Mobile By May 16, the Chinese government had allocated a total of $772\u00a0million for earthquake relief so far, up sharply from $159\u00a0million from May 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Foreign and domestic aid, Mainland China\nOn May 16 China stated it had also received $457\u00a0million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts so far, including $83\u00a0million from 19\u00a0countries and four international organizations. Saudi Arabia was the largest aid donor to China, providing close to \u20ac40,000,000 in financial assistance, and an additional \u20ac8,000,000 worth of relief materials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, First anniversary\nOn May 12, 2009, China marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead. The government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the Beichuan county seat for three days, after which it would be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum in remembrance of the disaster. There were also several concerts across the country to raise money for the survivors of the quake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Completion of works\nIn 2008, State Council established a counterpart support plan (\u300a\u6c76\u5ddd\u5730\u9707\u707e\u540e\u6062\u590d\u91cd\u5efa\u5bf9\u53e3\u652f\u63f4\u65b9\u6848\u300b). The plan is to arrange 19 eastern and central provinces and municipalities to help 18 counties, on \"one province to one affected county\" basis. The plan spanned 3 years, and cost no less than one percent of the province or municipality's budget.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Completion of works\nIn 2012, vice governor Wei Hong announced that the restoration and reconstruction are completed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Completion of works\nWei said that 99.5 percent of the budget, or 865.8 billion yuan (137.5 billion U.S. dollars), has been invested in post-quake reconstruction efforts, and 99 percent of 29,692 related projects have been completed. . . . Local governments have successfully helped more than 12 million people in rural and urban areas repair their houses, and have relocated 200,000 farmers who lost their farmlands, the vice governor added.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Precursors and postmortems\nThe earthquake was the worst to strike the Sichuan area in over 30 years. Following the quake, experts and the general public sought information on whether or not the earthquake could have been predicted, and whether or not studying statistics related to the quake could result in better prediction of earthquakes in the future. Earthquake prediction is not yet established science; there was no consensus within the scientific community that earthquake \"prediction\" is possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Precursors and postmortems\nIn 2002, Chinese geologist Chen Xuezhong published a Seismic Risk Analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003, attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.0 occurring in Sichuan region. He based his study on statistical correlation. That Sichuan is a seismically active area has been discussed for years prior to the quake, though few studies point to a specific date and time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Precursors and postmortems\nIn a press conference held by the State Council Information Office the day after the earthquake, geologist Zhang Xiaodong, deputy director of CEA's Seismic Monitoring Network Center, restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue, in the sense that no proven methods exist, and that no prediction notification was received before the earthquake. Seismologist Gary Gibson of Monash University in Australia told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that he also did not see anything that could be regarded as having 'predicted' the earthquake's occurrence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Precursors and postmortems\nThe earthquake also provided opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions. Using data from the Intermagnet Lanzhou geomagnetic observatory, geologists Lazo Pekevski from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in Macedonia and Strachimir Mavrodiev from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences attempted to establish a \"time prediction method\" through collecting statistics on geomagnetism with tidal gravitational potential. Using this method, they were said to have predicted the time of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake with an accuracy of \u00b11 day. The same study, however, acknowledges the limitation of earthquake prediction models, and does not mention that the location of the quake could be accurately predicted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Precursors and postmortems\nAn article in Science suggested that the construction and filling of the Zipingpu Dam may have triggered the earthquake. The chief engineer of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau said that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture. The effect was \"25 times more\" than a year's worth of natural stress from tectonic movement. The government had disregarded warnings about so many large-scale dam projects in a seismically active area. Researchers have been denied access to seismological and geological data to examine the cause of the quake further.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Precursors and postmortems\nMalaysia-based Yazhou Zhoukan conducted an interview with former researcher at the China Seismological Bureau Geng Qingguo (\u803f\u5e86\u56fd), in which Geng claimed that a confidential written report was sent to the State Seismological Bureau on April 30, 2008, warning about the possible occurrence of a significant earthquake in Ngawa Prefecture region of Sichuan around May 8, with a range of 10 days before or after the quake. Geng, while acknowledging that earthquake prediction was broadly considered problematic by the scientific community, believed that \"the bigger the earthquake, the easier it is to predict.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198575-0090-0001", "contents": "2008 Sichuan earthquake, Precursors and postmortems\nGeng had long attempted to establish a correlation between the occurrence of droughts and earthquakes; Premier Zhou Enlai reportedly took an interest in Geng's work. Geng's drought-earthquake correlation theory was first released in 1972, and said to have predicted the 1975 Haicheng and 1976 Tangshan earthquakes. The same Yazhou Zhoukan article pointed out the inherent difficulties associated with predicting earthquakes. In response, an official with the Seismological Bureau stated that \"earthquake prediction is widely acknowledged around the world to be difficult from a scientific standpoint.\" The official also denied that the Seismological Bureau had received reports predicting the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots\nIn Sichuan province, in an area incorporating the traditional Tibetan areas Kham and Amdo, Tibetan monks and police clashed in riots on 16 March in Ngaba county (Aba) after the monks staged a protest. It formed part of the 2008 Tibetan unrest and was one of two major events to happen in Sichuan during 2008, the other being the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Events\nOn 16 March, Tibetan monks staged a protest against its harsh treatment by the Chinese government. The word got out and the police became involved. The monks and local residents clashed with police, killing at least one policeman, and setting fire to three or four police vans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Events\nIn Aba, an eyewitness said 17 people were killed, including a young girl that attended middle school. By 18 March, the witness described the area as teeming with police and soldiers, and the people as anxious. Protests continued for several days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Events\nOn 24 March, AP reports that Chinese state-run Xinhua said \"381 people involved in protests...had surrendered to police\" in Aba, which was not verified by independent sources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Unverified reports\nAs reported by the BBC, the unverified reports in Sichuan and the \"expulsions and restrictions of foreigners, and uncorroborated reports of vast convoys of paramilitaries entering areas of unrest, raise fears that the government has created a \"black box\" in which its security personnel can take action without scrutiny.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Unverified reports\nThe BBC also reports, \"Unrest was also said to have flared again in Aba, Sichuan, where there are claims that police shot between 13 and 30 protesters after a police station was set on fire. Like Tibetan exiles' claims that at least 80 have died in Lhasa, the reports of deaths are impossible to verify because of the restrictions on journalists.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Crackdown on violence\nDuring the week of 22 March, authorities and security forces in the city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, locked down a Tibetan neighborhood located near the Southwest University for Nationalities and the Wu Hou Temple. The lockdown comes amid unconfirmed reports of Tibetan protests earlier in the week and unconfirmed reports of a stabbing attack of a Han Chinese man by a Tibetan. Cars and other vehicles are not allowed to drive through the neighborhood, which has a large police presence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Crackdown on violence\nIn Sichuan's Ngaba prefecture, Chinese authorities fired on protestors. The Tibetan government-in-exile's Central Tibetan Administration states the police shot and killed 19 people during the protest. The Chinese authorities denied killing anyone. Photographs of bodies with bullet wounds were released by a rights group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Crackdown on violence\nThe Foreign Correspondents Club of China has reported \"official interference with journalists in Chengdu\", and that travel by foreign journalists to other areas of the province has been restricted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Arrests\nOn 21, 27 March nuns of the Kirti Monastery in Ngawa county were arrested by Chinese police forces. The information was confirmed by the Swiss newspaper Neue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung after phonecalls into the region with locals. Troops also blocked roads in nearby Sertar. The London-based Free Tibet Campaign reported that troops had been sent to the county after residents blew up a bridge near the village of Gudu. Arrests have also been reported from Sertar after security forces cracked down on protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Further clashes\nOn Monday, 24 March 2008 in Drango county, Garze prefecture, a Tibetan rights group reports 200 monks, nuns, and ordinary people gathered to march before clashes with police began. Police fired shots into the crowd, killing a monk and critically wounding another monk, as reported to Associated Press by the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Further clashes\nOn 25 March, Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency, citing local authorities, reported that one police officer was dead and \"several others\" injured, as sympathy protests spread in western Tibet, and added the police were \"forced to fire warning shots\" and had \"dispersed the lawless mobsters.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Further clashes\nOn 27 and 30 March, the suicides by two monks in Amdo have been reported by TCHRD as an act of freeing from oppression. Independent verification is however outstanding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198576-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Sichuan riots, Further clashes\nOn 3 April new violence broke out in Sichuan as various sources report. According to Xinhua News Agency at least one government official has been seriously injured. An overseas Tibet activist group said eight people had been killed in the incident. It said police opened fire on hundreds of Buddhist monks and lay people who marched on local government offices to demand the release of two monks detained for possessing photographs of the Dalai Lama. Unidentified eyewitnesses told Radio Free Asia's Tibetan agency that 15 people had been killed in the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198577-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sicilian regional election\nThe Sicilian regional election of 2008 for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the Presidency of Sicily, Italy, was held on 13 and on 14 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198577-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sicilian regional election\nThe election was competed by two main competitors: Raffaele Lombardo for the centre-right and Anna Finocchiaro for the centre-left. Lombardo won by a landslide, 65.3% against 30.4% of Finocchiaro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198578-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sidecarcross World Championship\nThe 2008 FIM Sidecarcross world championship, the 29th edition of the competition, started on 20 April and finished after twelve race weekends on 14 September 2008. Dani\u00ebl Willemsen and Reto Gr\u00fctter were the defending champions, having won the title in 2007, and repeated this achievement in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198578-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview\nThe 2008 season was the 29th edition of the sidecarcross world championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198578-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview\nThe twelve races of the season were held in ten countries, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, France (2x), Germany (2x), Croatia, Belgium, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198578-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview\nAfter 17 seasons in the Sidecarcross World Championship, five-time World Champion Kristers Sergis announced his retirement from the competition, finishing his career with a second place in the 2008 edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198578-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format\nEvery Grand Prix weekend is split into two races, both held on the same day. This means, the 2008 season with its twelve Grand Prix has 24 races. Each race lasts for 30 minutes plus two rounds. The two races on a weekend actually get combined to determine an overall winner. While this overall winners receives no extra WC points, they usually are awarded a special trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198578-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format\nThe first twenty teams of each race score competition points. The point system for the 2008 season is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198578-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Sidecarcross World Championship, Classification, Manufacturers\nParallel to the riders championship, a manufacturers competition is also held. The final standings in the manufacturers competition were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198578-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Sidecarcross World Championship, Race by race statistics\nThe numbers for every team are allocated according to their 2007 season finish, meaning the world champion received number one and so on. The numbers for drivers not participating this season were not re-allocated. New entries received a random number above the number 48 which is the last place achieved by a driver in the points in 2007. This system makes it possible to see a driver's improvement or decline from last year by comparing number with position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198578-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Sidecarcross World Championship, Race by race statistics\nThe following teams have taken part in races this season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198579-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sierra Leonean local elections\nLocal elections were held in Sierra Leone on 5 July 2008 for the first time since the Sierra Leonean Civil War. Following this election, the United Nations political mission UNIOSIL planned to withdraw. According to early results, the ruling All People's Congress is leading the Sierra Leone People's Party, with the People's Movement for Democratic Change clearly behind in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198580-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Silver Helmet (Poland)\nThe 2008 Silver Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Srebrny Kask, BK) is the 2008 version of Silver Helmet organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198580-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Silver Helmet (Poland)\nThe Final took place on October 10, 2008 in Rzesz\u00f3w.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 80]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198580-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Silver Helmet (Poland), Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198581-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Silverstone GP2 Series round\n2008 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 5 and 6 July 2008 at Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom. It was the fiveth round of the 2008 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2008 British Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election\nOn 4 February 2008 a by-election was held in for the Simaria (SC) seat of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Jharkhand. The by-election was called after the death of the sitting MLA Upendra Nath Das.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Precedents\nBharatiya Janata Party legislator Upendra Nath Das, who had been elected from Simaria in the 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, died from cancer on 6 August 2007. In the 2005 election his main competitors had been Ram Chandra Ram from the Communist Party of India and Yogendra Nath Baitha from the Rashtriya Janata Dal. The notification for the by-poll was issued on 10 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Precedents\nBefore the by-election the ruling coalition led by Madhu Koda held 42 out of the 82 seats of the Legislative Assembly; 17 from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, 9 from the Indian National Congress, 7 from RJD and 9 independents. As United Progressive Alliance partners could not agree of a single candidate, Koda declared himself neutral in the by-election and did not campaign for any candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates\nFifteen nominations were presented for the by-election, but one candidate (Binod Bihari Paswan of UGDP) withdrew from the race. In total 12 men and 2 women stood as candidates. Nine of them stood as independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, Yogendra Nath Baitha\nThe by-election coincided with the lapse of a 60-day deadline that the Indian National Congress had put forth to Koda to comply with a number of demands, and the party threatened to bring down the government if unfulfilled. On 16 January 2008 the Indian National Congress declared that it would contest the by-election on its own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, Yogendra Nath Baitha\nYogendra Nath Baitha had won the Simaria seat in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He had served as the Jharkhand State Committee president of RJD. But ahead of the Simaria by-poll, RJD withdrew Baitha as its candidate for the sake of UPA unity. In response Baitha broke with the party and contested the by-poll as an Indian National Congress candidate instead. Baitha presented his nomination papers on 17 January 2008 in the presence of Jharkhand Congress state President Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu. One hypothesis on why Congress decided to break UPA ranks was that it sought to use the by-election to 'test the waters' ahead of the 2009 Legislative Assembly election. Notably, Congress leaders had expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of the Koda cabinet in terms of development and corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 875]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, Yogendra Nath Baitha\nUnion Ministers Ajay Maken and Subodh Kant Sahay campaigned in favour of Baitha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, Anjali Bhogta\n26-year old Anjali Bhogta contested the election as an independent. A key demand of her campaign was the set-up a NTPC power plant at Tandwa. Her husband had been jailed, accused of belonging to the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (a Naxalite splinter group). Bhogta herself had been a BJP member. Fearing that her candidacy would draw voters from J.P.S. Bhogta, the JVM(P) actively tried to convince her to withdraw her nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, J.P.S. Bhogta\nThe Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) candidate was Jai Prakash Singh Bhogta, a political newcomer in his late 20s. Bhogta is the son of former legislator Mahendra Bhogta. Press reports claimed that JVM(P) would hire two helicopters to help Bhogta campaign across the constituency. Key JVM(P) leaders like Pradeep Yadav, Ravindra Rai, Theodore Kido and Saba Ahmad came to the constituency to campaign for Bhogta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, Kumar Ujjwal Das\nOn 16 January 2008 BJP declared that it would field Kumar Ujjwal Das, Upendra Nath Das' son and political newcomer, as its candidate. The party hoped to benefit sympathy wave after the death of Das. He was a 26-year old management graduate of Jadavpur University. Ahead of the election  \tKumar Ujjwal Das faced opposition from BJP legislator Satyanand Bhogta from the nearby Chatra constituency who wished to field his wife as the BJP candidate instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, Kumar Ujjwal Das\nFormer Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha, former Chief Minister Arjun Munda as well as Jharkhand BJP chief P.N. Singh campaigned for Das.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, Meena Devi\nThe Jharkhand Party candidate Meena Devi was noted for declaring the largest assets, 1,430,000 Indian rupees and two buses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, Kuldeep Ganjhu\nKuldeep Ganjhu contested the election behind bars as an independent. Once a Communist Party of India (Maoist) zonal commander, Ganjhu had been arrested in 2004. Ganjhu had requested to get a Bahujan Samaj Party ticket to contest the by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, Ram Chandra Ram\nCPI candidate Ram Chandra Ram had contested the Simaria seat since 1985. In the by-poll Ram's candidacy was backed-up by RJD, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). CPI Member of Parliament Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta declared Ram as the joint candidate of the United Progressive Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, Ram Chandra Ram\nJMM declared its support for Ram on 16 January 2008 (after RJD and CPI(M) had already pledged their support), calling for unity of UPA partners to defeat communal forces. However, the Indian National Congress (key constituent of UPA) hesitated to support Ram, seemingly wanting to field a candidate of its own instead. Mehta requested Congress president Sonia Gandhi to withdraw their candidate in favour of Ram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Candidates, Ram Chandra Ram\nSeeking to distance itself from the Koda cabinet, CPI requested that neither Koda nor any of his ministers would campaign in favour of Ram. Union Railway Minister and RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav campaigned in favour of Ram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Security measures\nThe Communist Party of India (Maoist) called for a boycott of the election. All 228 voting stations were declared as sensitive. 20 companies of paramilitary and other security forces were deployed across the constituency to ensure that the election was held. Authorities organized an aerial vigil on polling day. BJP legislator Satyanand Bhogta was put under preventive detention for some time during the election day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Voting\nVoting passed peacefully. Low turn-out was attributed to poll boycott and poor weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Result\nThe counting of votes and declaration of the result was done on 7 February 2008. Ram Chandra Ram was declared as winner. He took his oath a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Ranchi on 8 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198582-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Simaria by-election, Result\nThe result was a set-back for BJP leader Arjun Munda, as it was the fourth consecutive by-election loss for BJP in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198583-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Simeulue earthquake\nOn February 20, 2008, an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.4 struck off the coast of Sumatra at a hypocentre depth of 26\u00a0km. The earthquake had an epicenter located on the island of Simeulue, northwest from Sinabang, a small town on the island. Three people were killed and an additional 25 seriously injured as a result of the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198583-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Simeulue earthquake, Tectonic setting\nThe west coast of Sumatra is dominated by the Sunda megathrust; a 5,000\u00a0km long convergent boundary where the Australian Plate subducts beneath the Burma Plate and Sunda Plate at a rate of 60\u00a0mm/yr. The subduction zone offshore Sumatra has been responsible for several large earthquakes in 2004 and 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198583-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Simeulue earthquake, Earthquake\nThe Simeulue earthquake occurred as a result of thrust faulting along the subduction zone where the Australian and Burma Plates meet. It earthquake had an epcenter close to another magnitude 7.4 earthquake in 2002. That was considered a foreshock of the 2004 event. The rupture patch for the 2008 event is located between the southern rupture area of the 2004 quake, and the northern rupture for another 2005 quake. Prior to this quake, that section of the megathrust was considered a seismic gap that last ruptured in 1797. It was not considered an aftershock of neither the 2004 or 2005 earthquakes. During the earthquake in 2008, a circular rupture area with a diameter of 60\u00a0km broke and slipped for 2.2 meters at its maximum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 767]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198583-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Simeulue earthquake, Earthquake, Damage and casualties\nThree people were reported killed and 25 suffered serious injuries from the quake. The earthquake damaged many buildings in Simeulue due to the strong ground shaking. It was felt in northern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and even Thailand. This caused many residents along the Sumatran coast to evacuate for fear of a tsunami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198584-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sindh provincial election\nProvincial elections were held in Sindh on 18 February 2008 to elect the Provincial Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198585-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Armed Forces FC season\nSingapore Armed Forces FC competed as one of the 12 teams in the 2008 NTUC Income Yeo's S-League season. The club also took part in the 2008 editions of the RHB Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup, as well as the regional AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198585-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Armed Forces FC season, First team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198585-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Armed Forces FC season, First team, List of 2007-08 transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198585-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Armed Forces FC season, First team, List of 2007-08 transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 81], "content_span": [82, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198585-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Armed Forces FC season, Player seasonal records\nCompetitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 20, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198586-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Cup\nThe 2008 edition of the Singapore Cup soccer competition was officially known as the RHB Singapore Cup (due to sponsorship from RHB Bank). It was the 11th staging of the annual Singapore Cup tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198586-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Cup\nThe competition began on 6 May 2008, with 12 S.League clubs and 4 invited foreign teams from Thailand (2 teams), Cambodia (1) and Brunei (1). The cup was a single-elimination tournament, with all sixteen teams playing from the first round. The first round involved one-off matches. Subsequent rounds involved ties of two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198586-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Cup\nThe final (single-leg) was played on 28 November 2008, and SAFFC beat Woodlands Wellington 2\u20131, with the deciding goal scored by Kenji Arai in the first period of extra-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198586-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Cup, Knockout stage, First knockout round\nThe draw for the first knockout round was held on Friday, 5 April 2008 in Singapore. The first round matches started on 6 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, formally known as the 2008 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, was a Formula One race held on 28 September 2008 at 20:00 SST at the newly built Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It was the 15th race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship, the 800th Formula One World Championship race overall, and the first ever Formula One race held at night. This was also the first time Singapore hosted a Formula One race, as the last Singapore Grand Prix was a Formula Libre event in 1973.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix\nThe 61-lap race was won by Fernando Alonso for the Renault team from 15th on the grid, after his teammate deliberately crashed on lap 14 to bring out the safety car after his first pit stop. Nico Rosberg claimed second in his Williams followed by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix\nFelipe Massa of Ferrari started from pole position. Drivers' Championship leader Hamilton was second while reigning world champion Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen qualified third. They continued in this order until Renault's Nelson Piquet, Jr. deliberately crashed on lap 14, bringing out the safety car as planned after Alonso's pit stop. The leading drivers all pitted when the pit lane was opened. Massa prematurely left the pit box with his fuel hose still attached and dropped to last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix\nAlonso, who had pitted before the safety car was deployed, subsequently took the lead and won the race. Nico Rosberg managed to finish second despite incurring a stop-go penalty and Hamilton completed the podium in third. Red Bull Racing's David Coulthard finished 7th, scoring the final points of his career. Kazuki Nakajima also scored his final points. The result saw Hamilton extend his lead in the Driver's standings to 7 points over Massa, who failed to score. McLaren also took over the lead in the Constructors' Championship by one point from Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix\nIn September 2009, Renault F1 admitted to an FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting that Piquet had deliberately crashed per instructions from Renault team principal Flavio Briatore and chief engineer Pat Symonds, in the hope of helping Alonso win. The Renault team were handed a disqualification from F1, which was suspended for two years pending any further rule infringements. Briatore was banned from all FIA-sanctioned events for life, while Symonds was banned for five years. However,  Briatore and Symonds sued the FIA in French courts, and on 5 January 2010, the Tribunal de Grande Instance overturned the ban which had been put in place on both men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Background\nIn early 2007, talks of staging a Formula One Grand Prix in Singapore began, with the focus on arranging this to be a night race in order to cater Formula One's audience in Europe. The race was approved in May and construction for the grand prix complex began in August 2007. The lighting system consisted of nearly 1600\u00a0light projectors, separated by four meters and suspended 10\u00a0meters above the track. The system generated a total of 3000\u00a0lux intensity, approximately four times intensity used in standard  football stadium. The whole system required total of 108,423 meter cables and was connected to twelve twin-powered generators, generating estimated power of three megawatts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Background\nAt the previous race in Italy, Sebastian Vettel took his and Toro Rosso's maiden win in the wet race. Vettel became the youngest driver to win a Formula One race, aged 21 years and 73 days. Ferrari's Felipe Massa finished in sixth place, narrowing Lewis Hamilton's lead in the Drivers' Championship to a single point. They were followed by BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica and Massa's teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were in the lead with 134 points, followed by McLaren-Mercedes and BMW Sauber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Background\nDue to the unusual time of the race, teams and drivers had to adapt their working hours by waking up at around midday local time, starting work around late afternoon, and staying up until 4am. Most drivers and teams praised the track after carrying out track inspections as well as arrangements undertaken by the track authorities. However, concerns were raised about high bumps on kerbs of the Turn 10\u00a0chicane. Concerns were also expressed on safety measures needed in case of rain during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nHamilton set the fastest time in the first practice session on 26 September. He was followed by the Ferraris of Massa and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Hamilton's teammate Kovalainen. Red Bull's Mark Webber suffered a crash at Turn 18, damaging his front suspension. A number of drivers faced problems at the final corner of the circuit, including Honda's Rubens Barrichello who crashed backwards into the barriers. Toyota's Jarno Trulli also spun at this corner and subsequently made his way into the pits by driving in the wrong direction. Trulli was fined \u20ac10,000 for his misconduct.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nRenault's Fernando Alonso was fastest in the second practice session, displacing Hamilton to second position with his final flying lap. The two were followed by Kovalainen, Massa and Nico Rosberg. During the session, Toro Rosso's S\u00e9bastien Bourdais almost collided with Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber as he exited from the pit lane into the first corner. In separate incidents, Timo Glock lost his front wing when he crashed into wall at Turn 7, Giancarlo Fisichella faced gearbox problems and Massa mistakenly took a wrong turn towards the escape road off the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nAlonso was again the fastest man on the track in the final practice session, with Hamilton and Massa second and third respectively. Numerous drivers faced problems with bumps on the track, narrowly avoiding accidents. Fisichella damaged his Force India VJM01's front wing and suspension after it launched off the kerbs at the Turn 10 chicane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nI think first of all the car was just perfect, you know, so nice to drive smoothly and then I managed to do a perfect lap and that always helps when you have a good car and you don't make any single mistakes in whatever corner you go. That is always a great achievement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen topped the first qualifying session, ahead of Kovalainen and Hamilton. Nelson Piquet, Jr., S\u00e9bastien Bourdais, Rubens Barrichello, Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella were eliminated in this session. Fisichella was unable to record a time during the session after he crashed into barriers at Turn 3 due to a punctured tyre. During his flying lap, Barrichello was impeded by Nick Heidfeld and subsequently entered the pits to abandon his lap. Heidfeld was dropped three grid places for blocking and Barrichello was fined \u20ac10,000 for an unsafe pit lane entry as he did not use the deceleration zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe second qualifying session was led by Felipe Massa, with Kovalainen and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in second and third place. Hamilton barely managed to reach the third session, after a driving mistake during his penultimate run. Fernando Alonso was eliminated early in this session when his car suffered a fuel feed problem before he could set a lap time. The other drivers who failed to reach the top ten were Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button and both Red Bulls of Mark Webber and David Coulthard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nMassa took the pole position in the final session, with Hamilton, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Kubica completing first two rows of the grid. Massa secured his position by clocking lap time six-tenths faster than Hamilton, describing it as his best qualifying result of the season. Kovalainen, managing fifth position, rued his tyre selections in the final session. Kovalainen, Heidfeld, Vettel and Glock occupied the third and fourth rows of the grid while the Williams' of Rosberg and Nakajima completed the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe race began at 20:00 SST. During the warm-up lap, Piquet spun out at Turn 23, but immediately recovered and took his position on the grid. At the start, Massa, championship rival Hamilton and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen all got through the first sequence of corners safely and retained their positions. Kubica and Kovalainen made contact at Turn 3, causing Kovalainen to lose two places to Vettel and Glock. Heidfeld and Alonso cut the first corner but they did not receive any penalty. Massa began to edge away from Hamilton, who in turn was pulling away from R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Jarno Trulli had begun the race on a heavy fuel load, and soon was holding up a number of cars with Williams's Nico Rosberg immediately behind him. It was not until the seventh lap that Rosberg finally passed Trulli's Toyota, and soon Nakajima and Alonso got through as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 872]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAfter ten laps, Massa had built up a lead of over three seconds to Hamilton and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was a further seven seconds behind Hamilton. On lap twelve, Alonso was the first driver who came into the pits. He switched his super-soft tyres for the soft compound tyres and rejoined at the back of the field. Two laps later, teammate Nelson Piquet, Jr. lost control of his car and hit the wall at Turn 17, blaming his hard tyres for the accident. This resulted in the first safety car period of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe two Red Bull cars and Rubens Barrichello managed to come into the pits before it was closed. With very little fuel left, Rosberg and Kubica had no choice but to pit despite the pit lane being closed. Barrichello's Honda then had a mechanical failure and became the second retirement of the race. After all the cars were behind the safety car, the pit lane was opened and nearly all the drivers pitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nIn the pits, Ferrari prematurely released Massa with the fuel hose still attached to the car. The Brazilian was also released into the path of Adrian Sutil, who narrowly avoided the Ferrari. Massa went the full length of the pitlane before stopping just before the exit. Massa rejoined at the back of the field after the Ferrari mechanics ran down the pitlane and removed the hose from the car. Cars who had either pitted before the safety car or were on one stop strategies were now in front. Rosberg now led from Trulli, Fisichella, Kubica, Alonso, Webber, Coulthard and Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nRosberg started to pull away from the heavily fuelled Trulli and Fisichella's Force India, who held up most of the field behind him. In the next few laps, Felipe Massa was given a drive through penalty for an unsafe release from the pits while Rosberg and Kubica were given 10 second stop-go penalties for refuelling when the pitlane was closed. The Ferrari driver served his penalty and rejoined the track still in last place. Kubica came into the pits from fourth and dropped behind Massa. After building a lead of over fifteen seconds to Trulli, Rosberg served his penalty a lap later but only lost three positions. He rejoined the circuit in fourth behind Alonso and Jarno Trulli took over the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nA lap later, Fisichella came in from second to make his only pit stop, moving Alonso and Rosberg into second and third. Trulli led the race for four more laps before making his only stop of the night, handing the lead to Alonso. He soon pulled away from Rosberg who pitted from second on lap 41, rejoining in seventh. Alonso made his final stop a lap later but still rejoined in the lead, just ahead of second and third placed Coulthard and Hamilton. Coulthard lost momentum and the McLaren overtook the Red Bull at turn seven. At the end of the lap, both cars pitted and Coulthard nearly left with his fuel hose attached.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAfter 45 laps, Alonso led Timo Glock by just over six seconds and Rosberg by a further eleven seconds in third. The Toyota driver pitted two laps later, rejoining in fifth. Four laps later, Trulli began to slow down and soon retired after a mechanical failure. On the same lap, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen made his second and final stop of the race and rejoined in fifth. A lap later, Massa spun at Turn 18 and lightly tapped the tyre wall without sustaining much damage. Moments later, Sutil fell victim to the same corner and damaged his front suspension, becoming the fifth retirement of the night. The incident brought out the second safety car period of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe safety car withdrew from the circuit with nine laps remaining and Alonso pulled away from Rosberg and Hamilton. Glock, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Vettel, Heidfeld and Coulthard (ultimately, claiming points for the final time) were in the remaining points positions. Rosberg was coming under pressure from Hamilton, who was looking to capitalize on Massa's incidents. With four laps remaining, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen bounced off the kerbs at the Turn 10 chicane and crashed into the barriers while chasing Glock, promoting Nakajima into the points. Alonso maintained his lead over Rosberg and took his first win for Renault since his return to the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nRosberg held on to second and Hamilton settled for third. Massa finished in 13th place and the points difference between himself and Hamilton increased to seven points and McLaren took over the lead in the Constructors' Championship. With teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen failing to finish, this was the first time the Ferrari team had failed to score any points in a race since the 2006 Australian Grand Prix. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen recorded his tenth fastest lap of the season during the race, tying his own record that he shared with Michael Schumacher. Heidfeld broke a Schumacher record, being classified for a 25th consecutive race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nA first podium of the season and first victory as well and I am extremely happy. I cannot believe it right now, I think I need a couple of days to realise we won a race this year. It seems impossible all through the season to be close to the top guys and here suddenly we have been competitive from Friday. Obviously we started at the back and the first safety car helped me a lot and I was able to win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nFernando Alonso, speaking after his first win of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nFernando Alonso credited his success to the team's strategy and bit of luck. He said that the team chose a two-stop strategy with a short initial stint as opposed to a one-stop strategy, considering the difficulties of overtaking on the track and possibility of brake problems. Nico Rosberg was pleased with his career best result, although he recalled when he thought his efforts for a good finish might have been in vain after being given a stop-and-go penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nHe mentioned that he had to come in for the pit stops on the same lap that the safety car came out, and admitted that he was annoyed with the penalty. Hamilton said that he tried to get close to Rosberg towards the final laps, after the second safety car period. However, seeing that overtaking was extremely risky, he decided against it, considering that neither of the Ferraris was going to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nFerrari team principal Stefano Domenicali said that the reason for Massa's pit incident was not the electronic signalling system but a human error. He defended the electronic system saying that the system saves any reaction time for the driver as opposed to a standard \"lollipop\" system, and considering it was a human error, the incident may have happened with a lollipop as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nToyota filed a protest against Toro Rosso for releasing Sebastian Vettel in Timo Glock's path during their first pit stops under the safety car. The stewards, however, rejected Toyota's plea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nIn the Drivers' Championship, Lewis Hamilton's third place moved him seven points clear of Felipe Massa on 84 points. With both Ferrari drivers failing to score, McLaren took over the lead in the Constructors' Championship on 135 points. Fernando Alonso's victory meant that Renault overtook Toyota for fourth place in the constructors standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Reactions\nThe international media and many of those directly involved in Formula One praised the staging of the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix highly. Fears which were previously expressed about the weather, visibility and narrow nature of the circuit itself all proved unfounded. Organisation of the event itself was widely deemed to be impeccable as the ushering, transport, and security services all ran like clockwork. However, the drivers did complain about how bumpy the track was, particularly off the racing line, which made overtaking difficult on a street circuit hemmed in by barriers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Reactions\nSports supremo and Formula One's commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone heralded the Singapore Grand Prix as the \"new jewel in the Formula One sports crown\", a phrase often used to describe the Monaco Grand Prix circuit. He described Singapore as an example to follow and would make people reconsider their opinions of Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Reactions\nFor years I've been saying go East, not West. When you think about it, most parts of Asia where people have visited, they sort of put everything in one basket \u2013 'Singapore is the same as India, Malaysia and Thailand'. That's how they feel because they don't know any better. Hopefully this will open people's eyes and they'll say, my God, Singapore really is alive and well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Reactions\nSeveral other prominent Formula One personalities were quoted as saying,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Reactions\nThe guys here have done an absolutely unbelievable job. The effort that has gone into this circuit in the last 12 months is nothing short of phenomenal. I think of the spectacle of a night race, but not only have we got a night race, we have also got a great circuit, a really challenging circuit. They have just raised the bar considerably for a new circuit and the spectacle of racing at night in a big city such as Singapore is really exciting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Reactions\nIt has a good chance of challenging Monaco for being the jewel in the crown of Formula One. That is the most accurate thing to say. They have great weather, a very good track and the grandstands packed. I think there is a lot of enthusiasm out there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Reactions\nIt is not just a new experience, it is a real big step in the history of grand prix racing because it has been done so well. Everything has been proven now and we can take this model and apply it to anywhere in the world \u2013 either to bring to Europe the race at a time when people watch it, or even within Europe to make it more spectacular.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Reactions\nI think it is a big, big step forward for Formula One. The pictures, the atmosphere is really one of a kind and this gives a completely new experience to all the viewers worldwide but also to the spectators. That is very positive and the whole scenery I think is unreal. It is like in a movie and I think it is a big, big step. I think Bernie pushed very hard, so thanks to him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Reactions\nThe most impressive thing for me is what an amazing job they have done here in Singapore to prepare the circuit. I cannot particularly fault it. I think they did a tremendous job, so I feel everyone deserves a real pat on the back because it is really impressive.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Reactions\nOf course, when you race on a track that would work better as a circus rink or something along those lines, anything can happen, because the real show was put on yesterday by the safety car. This is humiliating for the F1 world. During the next few weeks, I would like discuss this with all the other teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Reactions\nLocally, Sunday's F1 night race on the local MediaCorp TV Channel 5 drew more viewers than the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony in the previous month, becoming the highest-rated programme for the year. The average ratings for Sunday's race were 17.8 per cent, or 789,000 viewers, as compared to 17.3 per cent (765,000 viewers) for the opening of the Beijing Games. The world's inaugural F1 race under floodlights is reported to have been watched by an estimated global TV audience of about 400 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, FIA investigation\nDuring the race, Renault F1 driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. crashed on Lap 14, which at the time he attributed to a simple mistake. At the time, his Renault teammate Fernando Alonso was the only driver to have pitted for fuel, and he later went on to win the race. After Piquet, Jr. left Renault in August 2009, allegations surfaced that this crash had been deliberate, to give an advantage to Alonso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198587-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Singapore Grand Prix, FIA investigation\nFollowing a F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) investigation in which Piquet, Jr. stated he had been ordered by Renault team principal Flavio Briatore and engineer Pat Symonds to stage the crash, on 4 September 2009 Renault were charged with conspiracy and race fixing, and were due to face the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on 21 September 2009. Initially, Renault and Briatore stated they would take legal action against Piquet, Jr. for making false allegations; before the 21 September meeting, however, Renault announced they would not contest the charges and that Briatore and Symonds had left the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198588-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore League Cup\nThe 2008 Singapore League Cup marks the second occasion on which the Singapore League Cup competition has been staged. (The event was launched in 2007). Its official sponsored name for 2008 is the Avaya-J&J League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198588-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore League Cup\nIn 2007, the event was held before the start of the S.League season (and serving as a pre-season warm-up tournament), and was won by Woodlands Wellington FC. However, in 2008, the event is being held during the S.League season. All 12 S.League teams have entered the 2008 competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198588-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore League Cup\nThe cup is being played over four rounds. The top four teams in the S.League in 2007 were given a bye to the Quarter-Final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198588-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore League Cup\nThe final will be played on 16 June at Jalan Besar Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198588-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore League Cup, Teams, Round one\nThe draw for the first knockout round was held on Tuesday, 13 May 2008 in Singapore. The first round matches kick off on 30 May. The matches are played on a one match basis. The winners advance to the Quarter-Final stage. Teams who had finished in top 4 positions of 2007 S.League received a bye and need not participate in Round one knockout competition. They were: Singapore Armed Force FC, Home United, Tampines Rovers and Gombak United respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198589-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Singapore Super Series\nThe 2008 Singapore Super Series was the fifth tournament of 2008 BWF Super Series badminton tournament. It was held from June 10 to June 15, 2008 in Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198590-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s\nThe 2008 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s was the tenth year and final year of the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s tournament. Malaysia defeated South Korea 31 - 21 in the final of the Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198591-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sioux Falls Cougars football team\nThe 2008 Sioux Falls Cougars football team represented the University of Sioux Falls in the 2008 NAIA football season. The Cougars captured the 2008 NAIA Football National Championship with a 23\u20137 victory over the top-ranked Carroll (MT). The team also won the Great Plains Athletic Conference championship with a perfect 10\u20130 record. This was the school's third NAIA Championship (1996, 2006) and second in three years. The team was coached by Kalen DeBoer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198591-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sioux Falls Cougars football team, Schedule\nUSF would start the season ranked #2 and would stay at that spot through the championship series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198592-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Days Track Cycling Events\nThe 2008 Six days track cycling events are multi-race competitions, each taking place over six days at various locations in mainland Europe. The riders challenge each other in track cycling disciplines including the madison, track time trials, sprints, and Derny motor-paced races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198593-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship\nThe 2008 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2008 RBS 6 Nations because of sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the ninth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, the 114th series of the international championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198593-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship\nFifteen matches were played over five weekends from 2 February to 15 March, resulting in Wales winning the Grand Slam, their second in the last four championships and tenth overall. In winning the Grand Slam, Wales also won the Triple Crown, for beating each of the other Home Nations, for the 19th time. Wales conceded only two tries in the championship, beating England's previous record of four tries conceded. Wales' Shane Williams was named the Player of the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, England\nSquad announced on 9 January 2008, accessed from . Caps updated 10 January 2008 from . On 19 January 2008, Peter Richards was injured playing in a match for London Irish and ruled out of the Six Nations. Due to more injuries in the squad London Irish scrum-half Paul Hodgson, Bath flanker Michael Lipman and Gloucester number eight Luke Narraway were all called up to the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, England\nOn 2 February 2008, in England's opening match, Mike Tindall and Tom Rees were injured and ruled out of the rest of the tournament, while David Strettle is out for four to eight weeks. Because of this Newcastle scrum-half Lee Dickson, London Irish fly-half Shane Geraghty and Sale flanker Magnus Lund were added to the squad. Andrew Sheridan and Phil Vickery were forced to withdraw from England's game against Italy, Bristol's Jason Hobson was called up to the bench as a reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, England\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, France\nInitial squad announced on 22 January 2008, accessed from . Changes since then are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, France\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland\nSquad announced 15 January 2008, accessed from . Cap totals updated 16 January 2008 from . On 24 January 2008, Jerry Flannery was handed an eight-week suspension for stamping on Julien Bonnaire in a match for Munster, therefore ruling him out of taking any part in the Six Nations. He later appealed against this decision and had his ban reduced to one month, making him available for Ireland's final three games. Gordon D'Arcy broke his right arm in the first half of Ireland's Six Nations opener against Italy on 2 February, ending his Six Nations campaign. On 19 February, Paul O'Connell was named on the bench for Ireland's game against Scotland after making a successful return from a back injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy\nSquad announced 9 January 2008, accessed from . Nick Mallett decided to drop Denis Dallan, Enrico Patrizio, Ludovico Nitoglia, Ramiro Pez, Robert Barbieri and Antonio Pavanello from the original squad, while former captain Marco Bortolami is out for the first half of the tournament with an eye injury. Carlos Nieto missed the game against Ireland because of the death of his father, meaning Lorenzo Cittadini took his place on the bench. He then returned for their match against England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy\nOn the announcement of Italy's squad for their game against Wales, Matteo Pratichetti, Kaine Robertson and Pablo Canavosio were ruled out with minor injuries, Enrico Patrizio and Ludovico Nitoglia were recalled due to this. Meanwhile, David Bortolussi was injured in training and ruled out for the rest of the tournament, Paolo Buso took his place in the squad. Also with the return of Marco Bortolami to full fitness, Tommaso Reato lost his place in the squad. But then Ludovico Nitoglia once again lost his place in squad, this time to Alessio Galante", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy\nOn 27 February, Mauro Bergamasco was handed a 13-week ban for gouging Wales' Lee Byrne during the teams' match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland\nSquad announced 8 January 2008, accessed from . Caps updated 17 January 2008 from . After originally being dropped from the squad, hooker Dougie Hall, props Bruce Douglas and Craig Smith and lock Scott Murray were all called up to the squad due to injuries in the main squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales\nSquad announced 14 January 2008, accessed from . Caps updated 14 January 2008 from . In Wales' opening game of the Six Nations, Alun Wyn Jones was left with an injury to his ankle. For their next game, Warren Gatland called up Cardiff lock Deiniol Jones to cover for him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198594-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198595-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Under 20s Championship\nThe 2008 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the first Six Nations Under 20s Championship, a rugby union competition for under-20 national teams, played between February and March 2008. This was the first competition of the new under-20s tournament, following the merger of the under-19 and under-21 tournaments. England won the tournament along with the Grand Slam and Triple Crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198595-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, Top try scorers\nZagar, Bastareaud (both FRA), Strain (SCO), Stegmann, Ellis, Cox, Eves (all ENG) \u2013 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198596-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Six-red Snooker International\nThe 2008 Six-red Snooker International (also known as the 2008 SangSom 6-red Snooker International for promotional and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 13 July 2008 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198596-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Six-red Snooker International\nTwenty-one of the tournament's 48 competitors were currently on the 2008/09 main tour of the more established 15-reds game, including former world champions Peter Ebdon and Ken Doherty, 2007 finalist Mark Selby and the hugely successful Jimmy White. A relatively high proportion of competitors were from Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198596-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Six-red Snooker International, Round-robin stage\nThe top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198597-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Skagit County shootings\nOn September 2, 2008, 28-year-old Isaac Zamora killed six people (including one sheriff's deputy) and wounded two more on a shooting rampage in Skagit County, Washington. The incident began when Skagit County Sheriff's Deputy Anne Jackson responded to a call at Zamora's home in Alger, Washington. Zamora shot Jackson and then left the residence. He shot seven additional people and led authorities on a high-speed chase along Interstate 5 before surrendering at the Skagit County Sheriff's Office in Mount Vernon, Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198597-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Skagit County shootings\nAt his 2009 trial, Zamora pled guilty to several felony charges, including four counts of aggravated murder, in the shootings, and not guilty by reason of insanity to two additional counts of aggravated murder. Zamora received four life sentences and was subsequently committed to Western State Hospital. In 2012, Zamora was moved to the Monroe Correctional Complex due to concerns that his presence posed a threat to hospital staff and other patients. In 2019 Zamora is appealing for a new trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198598-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Skate America\nThe 2008 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2008\u201309 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Comcast Arena at Everett in Everett, Washington on October 23\u201326. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008\u201309 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198599-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Skate Canada International\nThe 2008 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2008\u201309 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario on October 30 \u2013 November 2. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008\u201309 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Pasodoble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198599-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Skate Canada International, Schedule\nThe switch from daylight saving time to standard time was on November 2. Therefore, the events on Friday and Saturday were UTC-4, and the events on Sunday were UTC-5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198600-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Skorpion Zinc strike\nThe 2008 Skorpion Zinc strike was a worker's strike against the ownership of the Skorpion Zinc mine near the southern Namibian town of Rosh Pinah in \u01c1Karas Region. Skorpion Zinc is the largest zinc mine in Africa and the eighth largest in the world. Lasting 19 days (from May 10, 2008, to May 29, 2008), the workers ended their strike when management agreed to a 12 percent raise in wages plus overtime and travel expenses. The workers had originally demanded a 14 percent raise in wages. The strike was supported by the Namibia's Mineworkers Union of Namibia, who accused Skorpion Zinc of practising racial discrimination and of negotiating in bad faith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198600-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Skorpion Zinc strike, Effects\nThe strike only marginally affected outputs, as only a day's worth of production was lost during the 19-day strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198601-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Skycity Triple Crown\nThe 2008 Skycity Triple Crown was the sixth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of July 4 to 6 at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198602-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Skyrunner World Series\nThe 2008 Skyrunner World Series was the 7th edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunner World Series, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation from 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198602-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Skyrunner World Series\nFrom this year and up to 2011 (4 editions) was introduced Skyrunner World Series Trials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198602-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Skyrunner World Series, Skyrunner World Series Races\nThe World Cup has developed in 6 races from May to September. in addition at the 8 trials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198603-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Skyrunning European Championships\nThe 2008 Skyrunning European Championships was the 2nd edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunning European Championships, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation and was held in Zegama (Spain), took place on 25 May 2008, coinciding with the Zegama-Aizkorri Maratoia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198603-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Skyrunning European Championships, Results\nThe race of the VII Zegama-Aizkorri Maratoia (42.195 km) was the only competition with 391 athletes who reached the finish line of both sexes and nations (including non-European ones). obviously the medals of the European Championships were awarded by compiling single rankings, male and female, and not including non-European athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198604-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sk\u00e5ne County earthquake\nThe 2008 Sk\u00e5ne County earthquake occurred at 06.20am CET (05.20 UTC) on 16 December and affected the southern part of Sweden and eastern parts of Denmark. The epicenter was 5\u00a0km southwest of Sj\u00f6bo and 60\u00a0km east of Malm\u00f6. The earthquake was considered \"moderately strong\" with a moment magnitude calculated at 4.2\u20134.3 . Strong shaking was reported widely in Sweden from Sk\u00e5ne to \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland, in Denmark, and in northern Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198604-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Sk\u00e5ne County earthquake\nThe Sk\u00e5ne region is known for extremely low seismic activity, with only three small earthquakes (each less than 2.8) detected between 1970 and 2008, and only 14 earthquakes since 1375. Roadways in Sweden and Denmark were reported with cracks but investigations did not determine if any were caused by the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198605-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Slamdance Film Festival\nThe 2008 Slamdance Film Festival took place in Park City, Utah from January 17 to January 25, 2008. It was the 14th iteration of the Slamdance Film Festival, an alternative to the more mainstream Sundance Film Festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198605-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Slamdance Film Festival\nThe Festival received over 3,500 submissions from 25 countries for less than 100 slots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198605-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Slamdance Film Festival, Awards\nThe 2008 Slamdance Film Festival recognized the following films at its awards ceremony. The Grand Jury Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature Award winners will be screened at the IFC Center in New York City in February 2008. Only first-time filmmakers working with production budgets of $1 million or less were allowed to compete in Feature competition. The winners shared more than $200,000 in cash and prizes, and one winner won guaranteed production of a feature film.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198605-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Slamdance Film Festival, Films\nFilms that premiered at the festival included Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, a documentary about the murder of Zachary Turner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198606-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship\nThis is a round-up of the 2008 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship. St. Molaise Gaels were crowned champions for the fourth time, the first under the new name, after a replayed final victory over 2005 champions Coolaney/Mullinabreena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198606-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship, Group Stages\nThe Championship was contested by 13 teams, divided into four groups. The top two sides in each group advanced to the Quarter-Finals, with the remaining sides in each group facing the Relegation playoffs to retain Intermediate status for 2009, as the restructuring of the Championships got under way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198607-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sligo Senior Football Championship\nThis is a round-up of the 2008 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Eastern Harps were crowned champions for the sixth time in their history, after a convincing defeat of Tubbercurry in the decider. The reigning champions, Tourlestrane, surrendered the title after failing to emerge from their group, and the once-dominant town outfit, St. Mary's, were forced to survive a playoff to retain their senior status. The 2000 champions Bunninadden were not so fortunate however, and were relegated to Intermediate level, just two years after last contesting the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198607-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Group Stages\nThe Championship was contested by 16 teams, divided into four groups. The top two sides in each group advanced to the Quarter-Finals, with the bottom sides in each group facing the Relegation playoffs to retain Senior status for 2009, as the restructuring of the Championships got under way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election\nElections to the Borough Council in Slough, England, were held on 1 May 2008. This was the 123rd Slough general local authority election (including both whole council elections and elections by thirds) since Slough became a local government unit in 1863.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election\nThe regular 2008 election was to fill fourteen seats, one from each ward, for the 2008-2012 term. These fourteen seats were last contested in the whole Council election of 2004, following the redrawing of the ward boundaries in the Borough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election\nThe election also filled a casual vacancy, for the remaining three years of a 2007-2011 term. The vacancy was caused when Eshaq Khan (Conservative-Central ward) was removed from office, on 18 March 2008, following the hearing of an election petition (for more details see the external link to the judgment of the Election Commissioner below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election\nThe remaining twenty-six Slough Councillors will continue in office, for seats which will be next contested in 2010 or 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election\nIn an election where, in most parts of England, the Labour Party did badly; in Slough they regained control of the Council for the first time since 2004. Labour gained two seats from the Conservatives (and arguably a third by taking the vacant seat, last held by Eshaq Khan), one seat from the Liberal Democrats and one seat from the UK Independence Party. The Tories offset their losses by gaining one seat from Labour and another from The Slough Party. As a result of these changes the Council then had 23 Labour members and 18 opposition councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election\nDissension within the Labour Party, within a few weeks of the election, led to three councillors defecting to the Conservative Party; producing a 21 non-Labour and 20 Labour split on the Council. Two of them returned to Labour later the same day, again reversing control of the Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nSlough has an unusual balance of political forces. The council, between 2004 and 2008, had no party in overall control. A coalition of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrats Group (BILLD) and the Conservative Group formed a coalition administration. In the 2007-2008 municipal year the Labour Group and the one councillor of The Slough Party were in opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nThe BILLD Group is itself a local coalition, before the 2008 election containing members from five parties or groups of independents. The organisations represented in the group, as at April 2008, were the Slough Liberal Democrats, the Slough Liberals, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), the Independent Britwellian Residents and Independents from Wexham Lea ward. The existing members of the Group had an electoral pact for the 2008 election, continuing electoral arrangements which started with the 2001 Slough Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nThe Slough Party and a number of Independents, not affiliated to the BILLD group or the coalition administration, also contested the 2008 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nIn the previous election, in 2007, the Labour Party gained one seat from the Conservatives and one from the Liberal Democrats. However the Conservative Party defeated the then longest serving Labour Councillor and former Mayor, Lydia Simmons. This return was subsequently found, by an Election Commissioner, to have been obtained by corrupt and illegal means. Labour finished the 2007 count with a net gain of one, which left Slough Council still in a state of no overall control. The existing coalition administration (supported by all Councillors not in the Labour group, except for one) continued in office for the 2007-2008 municipal year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nDuring 2007-2008 the Conservative Party lost one seat following the hearing of an election petition. The casual vacancy, caused by the removal from office of former Councillor Eshaq Khan (Conservative-Central ward), was filled at the May election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nAt the time of the 2008 election there were twenty councillors each supporting the administration and the opposition, with one vacancy. A single net gain by the opposition parties would have probably resulted in a change of administration. Two net gains for the Labour Party would ensure the first single party majority administration since the party lost control in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nAfter the election count Labour secured four net gains, to give the party a 23:18 margin and a majority of five for the start of the 2008-2009 municipal year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough, Election result 2008\nThe change in Conservative representation is calculated on the basis of the outcome of the 2007 count, without regard to the subsequent  election petition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 94], "content_span": [95, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough, Election result 2008\nThe plus/minus figure is the change in votes percentage from the 2007 Slough Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 94], "content_span": [95, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough, Election result 2008\nTotal valid votes: 29,910Total spoilt votes: 182Slough BC turnout: 32.93%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 94], "content_span": [95, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough, Election result 2008\nNew Council by group: Labour 23, BILLD 12 (Independent 3, Independent Britwellian Residents 3, Liberal 3, Liberal Democrats 3), Conservative 6. Total 41.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 94], "content_span": [95, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough, Changes after the election\nThe Labour Party officially decided to nominate Raja Mohammaed Zarait (Chalvey) for Mayor, Joginder Singh Bal (Farnham) for Deputy Mayor, Robert Anderson (Farnham) for Leader of the Council and James Swindlehurst (Cippenham Green) for Deputy Leader of the Council. These nominations were due to be confirmed at the Annual Meeting of the Council on 15 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough, Changes after the election\nPervez Choudhry, elected as a Labour Councillor for Central on 1 May 2008, claimed that 15 of the then 23 Labour Councillors had wanted him as leader. Councillor Diana Coad (Conservative-Langley St Mary's) announced, on 12 May 2008, that Choudhry and an unspecified number of other ex-Labour councillors would enable the Conservative-BILLD coalition to remain in control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough, Changes after the election\nOn 13 May 2008 the Conservatives announced that two more Labour Councillors had defected to them, reducing the Labour group to 20 members and giving the 21 non-Labour Councillors the chance to control the Council. The new defecting Councillors were Sukhjit Dhaliwal (Farnham) and Mohammed Rasib (Chalvey).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough, Changes after the election\nLater, on 13 May 2008, the Labour Party announced that the two Councillors were no longer leaving, so the balance on the Council would be 22-19 in favour of Labour. The Labour Party Chairman was quoted as saying \"There was an internal misunderstanding and certain people tried to exploit that. Once it is all over they party needs to look at what happened and how it can be rectified for the future.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough, Changes after the election\nOn 15 May 2008 the Labour nominees for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Leader of the Council (and Labour group) and Deputy Leader were installed in office. The Leader of the Opposition (and BILLD group leader) is Robert Plimmer (Liberal Democrat-Foxborough) and the leader of the Conservative group is Derek Cryer (Conservative-Langley St Mary's).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Summary of Election results by party from 2004\nNote: The 2004 election was for the whole Council. Other elections are for a third of the Council. For them the overall totals, after the election, are given in brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results\nA candidate who was an incumbent Councillor for the ward being contested has an * following their name. An incumbent Councillor for another ward, has a + following the name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results\nFigures for the eligible electorate are given as at 3 March 2008. The Returning Officer has confirmed that the number of electors for each Ward has to be based on the current Register, plus any alterations made up to 3 March. The number given is derived from the full register, not the edited register available to the general public. The spoilt votes and turnout figures are taken from the Slough Council website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results\nThe maximum election expenses for a candidate are calculated on the basis of \u00a3600 plus 5 pence for every entry in the register (as first published).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results\nThe change columns record alterations from the 2007 results. In Central Ward, where there were two seats up this year and only one last year, no attempt is made to calculate changes in party vote share. The problems with vote fraud in 2007 would, in any event, make any figures for changes in that ward largely meaningless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results\nSwing figures are only calculated when the same two parties shared the first two places in both the 2007 and 2008 elections. The swing given is two party or Butler swing, ignoring votes for other candidates. Swing is not calculated for Central Ward, for the same reasons why changes are not calculated. Contrary to the usual convention a positive swing figure is towards Labour and a negative swing towards Conservative (or other party as specified in the result).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Britwell (Independent Britwellian Residents hold)\nPaul Janik is a former Independent Britwellian Residents Councillor for this ward, serving from 2003 to 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 101], "content_span": [102, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Central (2008-2012 term: Labour gain from Conservative; 2008-2011 term: Labour gain from vacant)\nAs two seats were filled at the election, the bloc vote electoral system was used. Each elector was entitled to cast up to two votes. The candidate with most votes was elected to the four-year term and the one in second place was returned for three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 148], "content_span": [149, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Central (2008-2012 term: Labour gain from Conservative; 2008-2011 term: Labour gain from vacant)\nA local newspaper (the Slough Observer) reported, in its edition of 18 April 2008, that Councillor Aziz (the current Deputy Mayor of Slough) had appeared at Slough Magistrates Court facing charges related to the election fraud scandal at last year's Central ward election. The councillor was suspended from the Conservative Party on Thursday 17 April 2008. As it was too late for a nominated candidate to withdraw from this year's election, Councillor Aziz will remain on the ballot as an official Conservative candidate. Former Councillor Eshaq Khan, one of the other defendants in the criminal case, had been expelled from the Conservative Party following the recent election court hearing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 148], "content_span": [149, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Central (2008-2012 term: Labour gain from Conservative; 2008-2011 term: Labour gain from vacant)\nCouncillor Pervez Choudhry was an incumbent councillor for the Chalvey ward, at the time of the election. A.S. Dhaliwal had represented the ward from 2000 until the 2004 Slough Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 148], "content_span": [149, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Cippenham Green (Labour gain from UK Independence Party)\nGeoff Howard is a former Slough Councillor for the Labour Party and then the Conservative Party. He ultimately joined UKIP in 2004, shortly before the parliamentary election of 2005 at which he contested the Slough seat for his new party. He was seeking re-election to the council seat which he last won as a Conservative candidate in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 108], "content_span": [109, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Cippenham Meadows (Labour hold)\nKevin Pond is a former councillor, representing Upton ward between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated shortly before the close of nominations when the previous Conservative candidate proved to be ineligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Colnbrook with Poyle (Labour gain from Conservative)\nCouncillor Smith was, at the time of the election, the leader of the Conservative group on Slough Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 104], "content_span": [105, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Farnham (Labour hold)\nCouncillor Anderson was the leader of the Labour group on Slough Council. Sumander Khan represented Central ward from 2004 to 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Foxborough (Liberal Democrats hold)\nDuncan Buchanan served as a Councillor from Baylis & Stoke ward from 2004 to 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Haymill (Liberal hold)\nCouncillor Stokes was the Leader of the Council (2004\u20132008) and of the BILLD group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Langley St Mary's (Conservative gain from The Slough Party)\nNeil Arnold was elected in 2004 as an Independent Langley Residents candidate. He supported the coalition administration until he joined The Slough Party around the time of the 2007 council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 111], "content_span": [112, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Langley St Mary's (Conservative gain from The Slough Party)\nPeter Dale-Gough is the husband of Diana Coad, another Councillor from this ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 111], "content_span": [112, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Upton (Conservative hold)\nJulia Long is a former Mayor of Slough from 2004\u20132005", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198608-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Slough Borough Council election, Ward results, Wexham Lea (Independent hold)\nCouncillor Haines is a member of the BILLD group and a supporter of the former (2004\u20132008) coalition administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198609-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Slovak Cup Final\nThe 2008 Slovak Cup Final was the final match of the 2007\u201308 Slovak Cup, the 39th season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the \u0160tadi\u00f3n pod Dub\u0148om in \u017dilina on 1 May 2008 between FC Artmedia Petr\u017ealka and FC Spartak Trnava. Artmedia defeated Spartak Trnava 1-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198610-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Slovenian Supercup\nThe 2008 Slovenian Supercup was a football match that saw the 2007\u201308 PrvaLiga champions Dom\u017eale face off against the Slovenian Cup winners Interblock. The match was held on 9 July 2008 at the Sports Park in Dom\u017eale. After 120 minutes of no goals, Interblock won their first Slovenian Supercup title by defeating Dom\u017eale 7\u20136 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198611-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Slovenian parliamentary election\nEU Member State(Eurozone Member State)(Schengen Area Member State)NATO Member StateCouncil of Europe Member StateOECD Member State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198611-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Slovenian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 21 September 2008 to elect the 90 deputies of the National Assembly. 17 parties filed to run in the election, including all nine parliamentary parties. The election was won by the Social Democrats (SD), who then went on to form a government together with Zares, Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) and the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198611-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Slovenian parliamentary election, Opinion polls, Exit polls\nAccording to exit polls, conducted by the Interstat agency for Radiotelevizija Slovenija, Social Democrats (SD) won the most votes, 32.02%. Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) finished second with 28.04%. Other parties followed: Zares 10.05%, Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) 6.74%, Slovenian National Party (SNS) 5.58%, Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) 5.21%, and Slovenian People's Party (SLS) with Youth Party of Slovenia (SMS) 4.28%. New Slovenia (NSi) and Lipa, the parliamentary parties before the elections, did not reach the 4% limit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198611-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Slovenian parliamentary election, Opinion polls, Exit polls\nAccording to exit polls, conducted by the Mediana agency for POP TV, the results are following: SD 31.5%, SDS 27.7%, Zares 9.7%, DeSUS 7.6%, LDS 6.1%, SNS 5.8%, SLS-SMS 4.2%. The margin was not reached by NSi (2.6%) and Lipa (2.3%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198612-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Slovenian regionalisation referendum\nA referendum on establishing thirteen provinces was held in Slovenia on 22 June 2008. While turnout was only 10.9% of registered voters, voters in all but one of the thirteen proposed provinces approved the change, the exception being central Slovenia. The referendum was not binding, and a parliamentary decision to establish the provinces was expected later in 2008. While the government explained the necessity of the reform with the fact that Slovenia is the only EU country not to have primary subdivisions, and that it would lead to better administration, the opposition criticised the large number of provinces and called for abstention in the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198613-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sobeys Slam\nThe 2008 Sobeys Slam was held November 27\u201330 at the John Brother MacDonald Stadium in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. It was the fourth of five women's Grand Slam events during the 2008-09 curling season. It was the last Sobeys Slam before a one-year hiatus. It was also the second season where the event was a Slam. The total purse was $C 60,000 with $16,000 going to the champion Marie-France Larouche rink", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198614-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season\nThe 2008 season is the 94th season in Palmeiras's existence, and their 93rd in Brazil's first division. They spent 1 season in Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B in 2003", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198614-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, League table, Results summary\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198614-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, League table, Results summary\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss\nIn January 2008, the bank Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale lost approximately \u20ac4.9 billion closing out positions over three days of trading beginning January 21, 2008, a period in which the market was experiencing a large drop in equity indices. The bank states these positions were fraudulent transactions created by J\u00e9r\u00f4me Kerviel, a trader with the company. The police stated they lacked evidence to charge him with fraud and charged him with breach of trust and illegally accessing computers. Kerviel states his actions were known to his superiors and that the losses were caused by panic selling by the bank. Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale's own wrongs were later established by a French jurisdiction, which led the Cour de cassation to cancel the \u20ac4.9 billion sanction on Kerviel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Employment history of J\u00e9r\u00f4me Kerviel\nKerviel joined the middle offices in the bank Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale in the summer of 2000, working in its compliance department. In 2005 he was promoted to the bank's Delta One products team in Paris where he was a junior trader. Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale's Delta One business includes program trading, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), swaps, index and quantitative trading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, The incident\nBank officials claim that throughout 2007, Kerviel had been trading profitably in anticipation of falling market prices; however, they have accused him of exceeding his authority to engage in unauthorized trades totaling as much as \u20ac49.9 billion, a figure far higher than the bank's total market capitalization. Bank officials claim that Kerviel tried to conceal the activity by creating losing trades intentionally so as to offset his early gains. According to the BBC, Kerviel generated \u20ac1.4 billion in hidden profits by the end of 2007. His employers say they uncovered unauthorized trading traced to Kerviel on January 19, 2008. The bank then closed out these positions over three days of trading beginning January 21, 2008, a period in which the market was experiencing a large drop in equity indices, and losses attributed are estimated at \u20ac4.9 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 908]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, The incident\nThe bank claimed Kerviel \"had taken massive fraudulent directional positions in 2007 and 2008 far beyond his limited authority\" and that the trades involved European stock index futures. Though bank officials say Kerviel apparently worked alone, skeptics question how unauthorized trading of this magnitude could go unnoticed. Kerviel's unassuming background and position have heightened the skepticism that he worked alone. Some analysts suggest that unauthorized trading of this scale may have gone unnoticed initially due to the high volume in low-risk trades normally conducted by his department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, The incident\nThe bank said that whenever the fake trades were questioned, Kerviel would describe it as a mistake then cancel the trade followed by replacing that trade with another transaction using a different instrument to avoid detection. Kerviel's lawyers, Elisabeth Meyer and Christian Charri\u00e8re-Bournazel, said that the bank's managers \"brought the loss on themselves\"; accused the bank's management of wanting to \"raise a smokescreen to divert public attention from far more substantial losses in the last few months\"; and said that Kerviel had made the bank a profit of $2 billion as of Dec. 31, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, The incident\nKerviel is not thought to have profited personally from the suspicious trades. Prosecutors say Kerviel has been cooperative with the investigation, and has told them his actions were also practiced by other traders in the company. Kerviel admits to exceeding his credit limits, but claims he was working to increase bank profits. He told authorities that the bank was happy with his previous year's performance, and was expecting to be paid a \u20ac300,000 bonus. Family members speaking out say the bank is using Kerviel as a scapegoat to excuse its recent heavy losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Methods used\nThe bank states that Kerviel was assigned to arbitrage discrepancies between equity derivatives and cash equity prices, and \"began creating the fictitious trades in late 2006 and early 2007, but that these transactions were relatively small. The fake trading increased in frequency, and in size\". The Executive Chairman of Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Daniel Bouton described the pattern as like \"a mutating virus\" in which hundreds of thousands of trades were hidden behind offsetting faked hedge trades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Methods used\nOfficials say Kerviel was careful to close the trades in just two or three days, just before the trades' timed controls would trigger notice from the bank's internal control system, and Kerviel would then shift those older positions to newly initiated trades. City experts have expressed skepticism of the bank's account, saying that a pattern of closing out trades within the three-day cycle alleged could not be accomplished given the immense sums involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Allegations of fraud and legal ramifications\nIn answers to the rumors alleging J\u00e9r\u00f4me Kerviel had fled Paris following the discovery of the unauthorized trading, on January 24, 2008, Kerviel's lawyer denied that he attempted to disappear and said he remained in Paris to face the accusations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Allegations of fraud and legal ramifications\nAlso on January 24, 2008, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale filed a lawsuit against \"a 31-year-old person\" for creating fraudulent documents, using forged documents and making attacks on an automated system, according to Clarisse Grillon, a spokeswoman for the Nanterre prosecutor. Le Figaro reported that in addition to the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale lawsuit, a group of shareholders filed a lawsuit for fraud, breach of trust and forgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Allegations of fraud and legal ramifications\nOn the eve and afternoon of January 25, 2008, police raided the Paris headquarters of Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale and Kerviel's apartment in the western suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine to seize his computer files. On January 26, 2008, the Paris prosecutors' office stated that Kerviel \"is not on the run. He will be questioned at the appropriate time, as soon as the police have analysed documents provided by Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale.\" He was taken into police custody later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Allegations of fraud and legal ramifications\nKerviel's initial 24-hour detention was extended to 48 while French law enforcement questioned him about possible accomplices. The investigation later widened to encompass his personal cell phone records, and to explore possible links to other individuals working at rival banks and private investment firms who may be involved. The police are investigating whether he worked alone, and whether any investors outside of Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale may have been tipped in advance. Police are interested whether others were involved in either the trades themselves, or received notice of the bank's impending sell-off before the details of the scandal were publicly disclosed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Allegations of fraud and legal ramifications\nKerviel was formally charged on January 28, 2008, with abuse of confidence and illegal access to computers. He was released from custody a short time after. The charges filed carry a maximum three-year prison term. On January 29, 2008, investigating judges Renaud van Ryumbecke and Francoise Desset had rejected prosecutor Jean-Claude Marin's bid to charge Kerviel with the more serious crime of \"attempted fraud\" and refuse bail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Allegations of fraud and legal ramifications\nSoci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale characterizes Kerviel as a rogue trader and claims Kerviel worked these trades alone, and without its authorization. Kerviel, in turn, told investigators that such practices are widespread and that getting a profit makes the hierarchy turn a blind eye. The current investigation involves what is reported to be the largest fraud in banking history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Allegations of fraud and legal ramifications\nOn 11 March 2008, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale announced that another of their employees had been taken into custody in connection with the investigation of the fraud, and their headquarters searched by police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Allegations of fraud and legal ramifications\nKerviel's trial began on 8 June 2010. On 5 October 2010, he was found guilty and sentenced to five years of prison, with two years suspended, full restitution of the $6.7b which was lost, and a permanent ban from working in financial services. Caroline Guillaumin, a spokes-woman for Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale, stated that the restitution was \"symbolic\", and that the bank had no expectation that the sum would be paid. Olivier Metzner, Kerviel's lawyer, described the sentence as \"extraordinary\" and said that Kerviel would appeal. Kerviel's sentence was suspended until his appeal is completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Potential economic effects\nOn January 21, 2008, European stock markets suffered heavy losses of about 6%. The sharp fall, which was followed by an emergency cut in the federal funds rate by the United States Federal Reserve on the following Tuesday (US markets were closed on the Monday for Martin Luther King Jr Day), came as Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale tried to close out positions built up by Kerviel. This has led to speculation that stock market turbulence caused the Federal Reserve Board to cut the rate. A Federal Reserve spokesperson denied the central bank knew of Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale's situation when it made its decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198615-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale trading loss, Potential economic effects\nIt is estimated that over the period the total trading in futures and the cash market for the Euro Stoxx 50 was \u20ac544 billion. This would make the unwinding of Kerviel's position account for five per cent or less of overall activity. Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale's investment banking chief, Jean Pierre Mustier, acknowledged that the three days of forced selling played a role in the market's overall decline, but characterized that impact as \"minimal\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198616-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sokoto State gubernatorial by-election\nThe 2008 Sokoto State gubernatorial by-election occurred on May 24, 2008. PDP candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko won the election, defeating DPP Muhammed Dingyadi and other candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198616-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sokoto State gubernatorial by-election, Results\nAliyu Magatakarda Wamakko from the PDP won the election. He defeated Muhammed Dingyadi of the DPP and several others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198616-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sokoto State gubernatorial by-election, Results\nThe total number of votes cast was 785,682, valid votes was 698,362 and rejected votes was 87,320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198617-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198617-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\n17 seats were contested in the election, with the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour and Green parties contesting every ward. The British National Party had 12 candidates, up from 5 in the 2007 election, the United Kingdom Independence Party stood 9 candidates and the sole Independent stood in St Alphege, having previously won a seat there in a 2005 by-election for the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198617-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nAmong those standing were Jim Ryan, defending Bickenhill as a Conservative, having previously won it as an Independent after over twenty years of being a Labour councillor there, Howard Allen returned to the Liberal Democrats to defend his seat in Shirley West, after time as an Independent and Peter Hogarth in Silhill where he had lost his seat in 2007. Meanwhile, 2 councillors stood down at the election, Conservative Susan Gomm and Liberal Democrat June Gandy from Silhill and Shirley East wards respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198617-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe Conservatives had lost their majority on the council at the 2007 election but continued to run it as a minority administration. During the campaign the Conservative party leader David Cameron visited Solihull, saying that the council was well run under the Conservatives and that they were hopeful of making gains. The Liberal Democrats criticised the record of the council on recycling, said they would create more activities for young people to take part in and called for the Liberal Democrats to be represented in the council's cabinet. Meanwhile, Labour said its councillors had a strong impact on the council and had been involved in getting the regeneration project for northern Solihull started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198617-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives regain a majority on the council after making 2 gains. The Conservatives gained Kingshurst and Fordbridge from Labour and Blythe from the Liberal Democrats, while Jim Ryan was re-elected as a Conservative in Bickenhill. This meant the Conservatives took a 1-seat majority with 26 of the 51 councillors, although they did lose 1 seat to the Liberal Democrats in Elmdon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198617-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nMeanwhile, the Green party won a first seat on the council after winning Smith's Wood ward by 331 votes. The Green's Mike Sheridan defeated the Labour leader on the council, Hugh Hendry, who had been a councillor for 18 years. Sheridan thus became the first Green councillor in the West Midlands conurbation and one of only 4 in the whole Midlands, after a campaign that he said focused on regeneration and preserving green space.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198617-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThis result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections\u00a0:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198618-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sony Ericsson Open\nThe 2008 Miami Masters (also known as the Sony Ericsson Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the Miami Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, United States, from March 26 through April 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198618-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sony Ericsson Open\nThe men's field was headlined by World No. 1 and Masters Cup champion Roger Federer, Chennai finalist Andy Roddick, and Australian Open champion, Indian Wells Masters winner and defending champion Novak Djokovic. Other top players in the field were 2007 Moscow titlist Nikolay Davydenko, Masters Cup runner-up David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian and Richard Gasquet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198618-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sony Ericsson Open\nThe women's field was led by World No. 1 and Tour Championships winner Justine Henin, Australian Open runner-up and Indian Wells champion Ana Ivanovic, and Indian Wells finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova. Among other players competing were Australian Open semifinalist and Indian Wells semifinalist Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Paris titlist Anna Chakvetadze, Venus Williams, Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and Serena Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198618-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sony Ericsson Open, Finals, Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Mark Knowles 6\u20132, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198618-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sony Ericsson Open, Finals, Women's Doubles\nKatarina Srebotnik /  Ai Sugiyama defeated  Cara Black /  Liezel Huber 7\u20135, 4\u20136, [10\u20133]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198619-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, and won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20132, against Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198620-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThe 2008 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Men's Singles was the men's singles event of the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, an ATP Masters Series tennis tournament held in late March and early April. Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Kevin Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198620-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nNikolay Davydenko defeated Rafael Nadal 6\u20134, 6\u20132 in the final to win his second Masters Series title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198621-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions, but Stosur chose not to participate, and only Raymond competed that year. Raymond partnered with Elena Likhovtseva, but lost in the quarterfinals to Kv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198621-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nKatarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 7\u20135, 4\u20136, [10\u20133] against Cara Black and Liezel Huber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198622-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThe 2008 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Women's Singles was the women's singles event of the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, a WTA Tier I tennis tournament held in late March and early April. Serena Williams was the defending champion, and won in the final 6\u20131, 5\u20137, 6\u20133 against Jelena Jankovi\u0107. It was the fifth time Williams had won the tournament, tying the record with Steffi Graf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198623-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Africa Sevens\nThe Emirates Airlines South Africa Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition, took place on 5 December and 6 December at Outeniqua Park in George, Western Cape, it was the second Cup trophy in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198624-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe\nThe 2008 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 2008 in Great Britain by South Africa national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198625-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South African Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 South African Figure Skating Championships were held at the Festival Ice Rink in Kempton Park from 30 September through 3 October 2007. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles at the senior, novice, and pre-novice levels. There was also a junior and juvenile ladies' competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections\nA series of South African municipal by-elections was held in 2008 for ward seats on local municipal councils throughout the country. These by-elections were held to replace deceased, resigned or incapacitated councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, January\nTwo seats in one province were up for election on 23 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, February\nTwo seats in one province were up for election on 13 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, 5 March\nOne seat in one province was up for election on 5 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, 19 March\nFive seats in one province were up for election on 19 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, April\nFive seats in three provinces were up for election on 2 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, 7 May\nOn 7 May, Vusumuzi Moses Ncube of the IFP was elected as councillor for Ward 3 in Mtubatuba (Mtubatuba) \u2013 KZ275.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, 21 May\n11 seats in 6 provinces were up for election on 21 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, July\nOn 15 July, a municipal by-election was held in five provinces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, July, Eastern Cape\nTwo wards were contested:In Ward 26 in Qaukeni Municipality [Flagstaff (Ingquza Hill)] \u2013 EC153 Sizakele Theophilus Hlongwane of the ANC is the new councillor, while Dean Neville Biddulph of the DA is the new councillor in Ward two in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (Port Elizabeth) \u2013 NMA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, July, Gauteng\nWard 55 in Tshwane Metro (Pretoria) \u2013 City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (TSH) was won by Suzette Fourie of the DA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, July, KwaZulu-Natal\nTen by-elections were scheduled to take place in KwaZulu-Natal of which only nine took place. The Natal High Court interdicted the holding of the by-election in Ward four in eMadlangeni (Utrecht) \u2013 KZN253 on 15 July. The interdict was issued pending the outcome of a Court Application by M. E. Khoza involving the decision by the Executive Council of KwaZulu-Natal to remove him from office as a councillor of the eMadlangeni Municipal Council. Of the nine, eight were won by the IFP and one by the DA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, July, KwaZulu-Natal\nThe new councillor for DA is Anton Michael Raubenheimer in Ward three in Endumeni Local Municipality (Dundee) \u2013 KZN241. This ward was previously held by the IFP. The new councillors for the IFP in KwaZulu-Natal are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, July, Northern Cape\nWard two in Moshaweng Municipality (Kgalagadi) \u2013 NC451 was won by Kebonye Gladys Gasehete of the African National Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, July, Western Cape\nWard 103 in City of Cape Town (Cape Town) \u2013 CPT was won by Johannes Frederik Hermanus van der Merwe of the DA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, September\nFour seats in four provinces were up for election on 10 September:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, 15 October\n9 seats in 4 provinces were up for election on 15 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, 15 October, 29 October\nThree seats in two provinces were up for election on 29 October:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, December\nOn 10 December, a by-election was held in 41 local municipality seats in 5 provinces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, December, By province, Free State\ntwo by-elections took place and both wards were won by the African National Congress:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 76], "content_span": [77, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, December, By province, KwaZulu-Natal\neight by-elections took place in KwaZulu-Natal. The new councillors for the African National Congress are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, December, By province, KwaZulu-Natal\nThe Inkatha Freedom Party has four new councillors in KwaZulu-Natal. They are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, December, By province, Northern Cape\nWard 5 in Dikgatlong (Barkly West) was won by Naledi Georginah Molete of the African National Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, December, By province, Western Cape\nOf the eight wards contested in the City of Cape Town (Cape Town), two went to the Democratic Alliance and six went to independent candidates. They are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, December, By province, Western Cape\nIn the rest of the province, the new councillors are:For the African National Congress", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, December, Controversy, ANC barring from ward elections\nThe ANC was barred from fielding candidates in 12 of the 27 seats up for election in Western Cape by the IEC, a decision that was contested by the ANC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 97], "content_span": [98, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198626-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 South African municipal by-elections, December, Controversy, Participation of COPE\nThe newly formed COPE party did not field candidates due to it not being formally constituted and registered with the Independent Electoral Commission in time. However, all ten independent councillors who won seats in the Western Cape were also members of the COPE party, and the by-election was seen as the first electoral test for the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 87], "content_span": [88, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198627-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South African presidential election\nAn indirect presidential election was held in South Africa on 25 September 2008 following the resignation of the President Thabo Mbeki. The ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), with a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly of South Africa, elected Kgalema Motlanthe as president. The ANC indicated that Motlanthe would be a \"caretaker\" president until the 2009 election, after which ANC president Jacob Zuma would take office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198627-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South African presidential election, Jacob Zuma's election as ANC President, Candidature for ANC President\nIn terms of party tradition, as the deputy president of the ANC, Zuma was in line to succeed Mbeki as president of the ANC, and, by implication, the president of South Africa in 2009. Zuma was elected as President of the ANC on 18 December 2007 with 2329 votes to Mbeki's 1505 votes, making him the clear favorite to become the next president of South Africa following the 2009 general election, since Mbeki was constitutionally unable to run again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 111], "content_span": [112, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198627-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South African presidential election, Jacob Zuma's election as ANC President, Candidature for ANC President\nOn 28 December 2007, the Scorpions served Zuma an indictment to stand trial in the High Court on various counts of racketeering, money laundering, corruption and fraud linked to the $5bn arms procurement deal by the South African government in 1999. The trial was to proceed on 4 August 2008. Zuma applied to the High Court to have the charges against him declared unlawful. Zuma's application was successful, and the ruling made inferences of political interference by Mbeki and others in Zuma's prosecution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 111], "content_span": [112, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198627-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South African presidential election, Resignation of Mbeki\nAs a result of the judge's inferences that Mbeki had interfered in Zuma's prosecution, the ANC National Executive Committee's decided to withdraw parliamentary support for Mbeki. Without that support, Mbeki formally announced his resignation on 21 September 2008. Parliament convened on 22 September and accepted the resignation with effect from 25 September, with 299 votes in favour to 10 against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198627-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 South African presidential election, Resignation of Mbeki\nIn cases of such a void in the presidency, the constitution requires that the replacement elected by parliament to serve as the interim president until the next general election must be either the Deputy President, the Speaker of Parliament, or a Member of Parliament. ANC president Jacob Zuma was not eligible as he did not hold any of those positions at the time. Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was not supported by parliament, apparently due to her close ties to Mbeki and because her husband, Bulelani Ngcuka was involved in the decision to charge Zuma with corruption. Zuma said that the deputy president of the ANC, Kgalema Motlanthe, would become acting president until the 2009 general elections: \"I am convinced - if given that responsibility - he (Motlanthe) would be equal to the task.\" This was confirmed by the ANC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 900]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198627-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 South African presidential election, Election\nIn the parliamentary election, the ANC nominated Motlanthe, while the official opposition Democratic Alliance nominated Joe Seremane, its party chairman. Motlanthe was elected with 269 votes out of 361 cast to Seremane's 50.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198628-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Beach Soccer Championship\nThe 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier, also later and commonly known as the 2008 South American Beach Soccer Championship, was the second Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for South America, held from April 23\u201327 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198628-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Beach Soccer Championship\nThe qualifiers were not coordinated by CONMEBOL at the time. The event was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), under the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier title. CONMEBOL began recognising the tournaments in 2013, under the title South American Beach Soccer Championship, also acknowledging the 2006\u201311 events as historic editions of the championship. CONMEBOL eventually began organising the qualifiers in 2017, under a new title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198628-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Beach Soccer Championship\nBrazil won the championship for a second consecutive time, with Argentina finishing second and Uruguay winning the third place play of to finish third. The three nations moved on to play in the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille, France from July 17\u201327.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198629-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Cross Country Championships\nThe 2008 South American Cross Country Championships took place on March 2, 2008. The races were held at the Parque \u00d1u Guaz\u00fa in Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay. A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198629-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Cross Country Championships\nComplete results and results for junior and youth competitions were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198629-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Cross Country Championships, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 91 athletes from 7 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 62], "content_span": [63, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198630-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Race Walking Championships\nThe 2008 South American Race Walking Championships were held in Cuenca, Ecuador, on March 15-16, 2008. The track of the championship runs in the Avenida Espa\u00f1a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198630-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Race Walking Championships\nA detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results was given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198630-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Race Walking Championships\nComplete results were published. The junior events are documented on the World Junior Athletics History webpages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198630-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Race Walking Championships, Participation\nThe participation of 74 athletes from 7 countries is reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198631-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Rugby Championship \"A\"\nThe 2008 South American Rugby Championship was the 30th edition of the now multi-divisional rugby competition involving the top rugby nations from South America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198631-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Rugby Championship \"A\"\nDivision A consisted of three teams and was played on a home and away basis. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198632-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Rugby Championship \"B\"\nThe 2008 South American Rugby Championship \"B\"  will double as world cup qualifiers. It was the ninth edition of this competition", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198633-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Swimming Championships\nThe 2008 South American Aquatics Championships, or  Campeonato Sudamericano de Primera Fuerza de Deportes Acu\u00e1ticos (as they were called in Spanish), were held March 12\u201316, 2008, in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. The Championships were an event of CONSANAT, the South American Swimming Confederation, and featured competitions in diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198633-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Swimming Championships\nThe swimming competition at the Championships served as a qualifying event for the 2008 Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198633-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Swimming Championships\nThe water polo competition served as the South American qualifier for the UANA Cup: the Americas qualifier for the 2009 World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198633-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Swimming Championships, Swimming\nNote: Competition was in a long course (50\u00a0m) pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198633-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Swimming Championships, Open water swimming\nNote: Competition dates were March 7 (5\u00a0km) and March 9 (10\u00a0km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198633-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Swimming Championships, Open water swimming, Team results\nNote: Based on fastest total time of compiled 3 fastest times (male and female) per country in both events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 77], "content_span": [78, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198633-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Swimming Championships, Synchronized swimming, Point standings\n*Aruba is not a normal CONSANAT member, and only competed in the synchro solo competition at these Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198634-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South American U-17 Women's Championship\nThe 2008 South American Under-17 Women's Championship was the inaugural edition of the South American Under-17 Women's Championship. It was held from 12 to 30 January 2008 in Melipilla, Pe\u00f1alol\u00e9n and Villarrica, Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198635-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South American U-20 Women's Championship\nThe 2008 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the third edition of South American under-20 women's football championship. It was held from 7 to 23 March 2008 in Porto Alegre and Bag\u00e9, Brazil. Team Brazil won this championship for the third time in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198636-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics\nThe 3rd South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics were heldin Lima, Peru, at the Estadio de la Villa Deportiva Nacional (VIDENA) on September 5\u20137, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198636-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Participation\nBetween 220 and 260 athletes from 11 countries were reported to participate in theevent. An unofficial count through the result lists resulted in 230 participating athletes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 70], "content_span": [71, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198636-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nDetailed results can be found on the CBAt website, on the Fecodatle website, on the FEDACHI website and on the Tilastopaja website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 70], "content_span": [71, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198636-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Team trophies\nThe placing tables for team trophy (overall team, men and women categories) were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 70], "content_span": [71, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198637-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results\nThese are the full results of the 2008 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics which took place between September 5 and September 7, 2008, at Villa Deportiva Nacional (VIDENA) in Lima, Peru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198637-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results, Note\nThe names of the Brazilian athletes were completed using the published list of participants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 71], "content_span": [72, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198638-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Youth Championships in Athletics\nThe 19th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Per\u00fa from November 29\u201330, 2008. A detailed report on the results was given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198638-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nMedal winners are published. Complete results can be found on the \"World Junior Athletics History\"website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 67], "content_span": [68, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198638-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)\nDetailed result lists can be found on the \"World Junior Athletics History\"website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 256athletes from about 12 countries:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198639-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Cambridgeshire District Council election\nElections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 1 May 2008, as part of the 2008 United Kingdom local elections. Twenty seats, making up just over one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Both seats in Gamlingay were contested at this election after one of the councillors retired earlier in the year. Seats up for election in 2008 were last contested at the 2004 election, and were next contested at the 2012 election. The Conservative Party retained their majority on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198639-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South Cambridgeshire District Council election, Summary\nAt this election, Conservatives were defending 8 seats, Independents were defending 6 seats and Liberal Democrats 5 seats. Labour were defending their only seat on the council in Bassingbourn. Several councillors had switched parties in the year leading up to the election, with independents Mark Howell (Papworth and Elsworth) and Simon Edwards (Cottenham) joining the Conservatives, while Liberal Democrat James Quinlan (Whittlesford) ran for re-election as an Independent. Incumbent Liberal Democrat Val Trueman also ran as an independent in Melbourn. Conservatives gained the latter two seats at the election, but lost in Girton to an independent candidate. No other seats changed hands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on January 26, 2008. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the primary's popular vote by a 28.9% margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary\nFor both parties in 2008, South Carolina's was the first primary in a Southern state and the first primary in a state in which African Americans make up a sizable percentage of the electorate. For Democrats, it was also the last primary before 22 states hosted their primaries or caucuses on February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary\nSouth Carolina's 45 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention were awarded proportionally based on the results of the primary. The state also sent nine superdelegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Campaign Finances\nOn the day of the South Carolina primary, Senator John Edwards led in fund raising from the state of South Carolina, followed by Barack Obama and Bill Richardson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Polling leading up to primary\nDespite maintaining a major early lead in the polls, Senator Clinton rapidly fell after the Iowa Caucuses, as Barack Obama skyrocketed and John Edwards began to receive a gradual increase in the polling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Polling leading up to primary\nHowever, in the last three polls taken before the South Carolina Primary, Barack Obama took a commanding lead over both Edwards and Clinton. Also, Former Senator John Edwards had come into the margin of error with Senator Clinton for second place in the South Carolina Primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Obama Campaign\nThroughout the South Carolina campaign, most pundits had predicted Barack Obama the winner, primarily because of the state's large African-American population. For this reason, Obama was shown to be significantly ahead of his two rivals, John Edwards, who carried the state in 2004, and Hillary Clinton, whose husband was popular in the African-American community. In early polls taken in the weeks leading up to the primary, Clinton had a double-digit lead over both Edwards and Obama (see poll averages above). However, Obama's victory in the Iowa Caucuses instantly garnered him a wide lead in the polls and he never looked back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Obama Campaign\nDuring a majority of the final campaigning, the attacks between the Clinton campaign and the Obama campaign highly intensified by the candidates as well as the media coverage. Barack Obama began to attack former President Bill Clinton for his comments which were taken as racist. These comments are considered by analyst and historians alike as the turning point of the South Carolina primary and ultimately the cause of Clinton's loss of support from the black community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Obama Campaign\nDespite the increasing tensions between the Clinton and Obama camps, Obama continued to widely lead in the polls (despite a surge by Edwards). Into the final days of the campaign in South Carolina, it became apparent that Obama would win by a rather wide margin. The final tally had Obama winning by 28.9% over his closest rival, Hillary Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Clinton Campaign\nIn the early months of the campaign, Clinton enjoyed a steep lead over Senator Obama, and a 30-point lead over former Senator John Edwards. However, after Obama's win in Iowa, Clinton's campaign in South Carolina began to fall apart by the Obama political machine rolling into South Carolina with force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Clinton Campaign\nFor Clinton, despite winning the popular vote in Nevada, the fact that she had lost Nevada's National Delegates, receiving 12 compared to Obama's 13 still lingered in the media. This, combined with the fact of Bill Clinton's continuing negative publicity from \"injecting race into the campaign\" as several people called Bill Clinton's actions in his wife's campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Clinton Campaign\nBetween battling media scrutiny on Bill Clinton, constant attacks between the Obama and Clinton campaigns, and a surging John Edwards which threatened a Clinton second-place finish, poll number began to plunge, with a poll taken by Reuters-Cspan-Zogby showing Clinton in the margin of error for second place with Edwards, with Edwards at 21% and Clinton at 25%. This was also combined with the fact of Edwards's constant barrage of attacks claiming Clinton (and Obama's) big city politics were \"too good for the people of South Carolina\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Clinton Campaign\nHowever, despite the attacks from opponents that Bill Clinton's attacks largely alienated African-Americans, Clinton was able to keep a 35% support amongst that key constituency, while losing the white vote to Edwards, In the end, Clinton's African-American support was able to place her in a clear second-place finish, finishing 9 points ahead of John Edwards despite losing to Obama by 29 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Edwards Campaign\nAfter the terrible results for the Edwards Campaign during the Nevada caucuses, in which Edwards finished in third with 4% of the state delegation and received no national delegates, South Carolina began to look as a state where he needed a strong finish, after finishing in third in the last three primaries which took place, and trailing in the number of total national delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Edwards Campaign\nSouth Carolina was the state in which Edwards was born and raised. In 2004, Edwards won the South Carolina Primary, with 45% of the vote to John Kerry's 30% and Al Sharpton's 10%. While entering South Carolina, it became apparent that he needed a first-place finish, which seemed impossible, or a second-place finish, which seemed more within grasp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Edwards Campaign\nBefore the CNN South Carolina Debate in Myrtle Beach on Monday, January 21, 2008, John Edwards was placing a distant third in a poll taken before the debates on January 19, in which he placed third with 15% compared to Hillary Clinton's second place with 27%. However, after the South Carolina debates, the tone of the campaign severely shifted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Edwards Campaign\nDuring the South Carolina Democratic Debate in Myrtle Beach, Edwards sought to distinguish himself from Senators Obama and Clinton, and criticized them for their attacks and \"big city\" politics. As soon as he began to question how the attacks helped, he was widely cheered by the audience for in what many people thought was what distinguished Edwards from negative campaigning. Saying \"This kind of squabbling, how many children are going to get healthcare? How many people are going to get an education from this? How many kids are going to be able to go to college because of this?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Edwards Campaign\nWe have got to understand and I respect both of my fellow candidates, but we have got to understand that this is not about us personally, it is about what we are trying to do for this country and what we believe in\", Edwards began to get applause from several members of the audience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Edwards Campaign\nAfter the debate, John Edwards began to see a major influx of money and in turn, poll numbers began to rise rapidly in Edwards's favor. Along with the debate performance, Bill Clinton's remarks began to alienate black supporters from Clinton, and white supporters from Obama. As a result, Edwards won amongst white voters ages 30 to 50, while receiving the same amount of support from white 60+ year olds as Hillary Clinton according to CNN Exit Polls", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Final Campaigning, Edwards Campaign\nHowever, Edwards was not able to get much support from non-whites, and according to Exit Polls, received only 2% of the non-white support, while receiving 40% of the white support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198640-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, Results\nBarack Obama won the primary, taking 44 of the 46 counties; Edwards won in his native Oconee County, while Clinton won in Horry County, which contains Myrtle Beach. Those in italics are candidates who have withdrawn from the race but still remained on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198641-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team\nThe 2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Steve Spurrier, who served his fourth season at USC. The Gamecocks played their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198641-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Preseason\nCarolina had their first spring practice on March 21, 2008. It was the first of 15 spring practice sessions for the Gamecocks, who return 54 lettermen in Steve Spurrier's fourth season. The annual Garnet & Black Spring Game was scheduled for 1:00\u00a0p.m., Saturday, April 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198641-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Schedule\nRadio coverage for all games was provided by the Gamecock Sports Radio Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198641-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Players, Depth chart\nThese are the projected starters and primary backups for the Outback Bowl on January 1, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198641-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Players, Depth chart\nAntonio Allen \u2013 DBAkeem Auguste \u2013 DBEric Baker \u2013 RBReggie Bowens \u2013 LBJarrett Burns \u2013 ATHRonald Byrd \u2013 DLKenny Davis \u2013 DLAramis Hillary \u2013 QBT.J. Johnson \u2013 OLJarriel King \u2013 DLReid McCollum \u2013 QBKenneth Miles \u2013 RBD.L. Moore \u2013 WRDarrell Simmons - DBJay Spearman \u2013 DBChaz Sutton \u2013 DLDevin Taylor \u2013 DLMike Triglia \u2013 TECharles Whitlock \u2013 DB/WRElliot Williams - OLLaCharles Lindsey - WR", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash\nOn the night of September 19, 2008, a Learjet 60 business jet (registration N999LJ) operating for Global Exec Aviation crashed during take-off from Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash\nFour of the six people on board died in the crash. The survivors, musician Travis Barker and disc jockey Adam \"DJ AM\" Goldstein, were critically injured. The jet had been due to fly Barker, Goldstein, and their entourage to Van Nuys, California, after their TRV$DJAM band's performance at a concert in Five Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Aircraft and crew\nThe aircraft involved was a Learjet 60 that had first flown in 2006, receiving its airworthiness certificate on December 14. It was powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW305A turbofan engines and had 108.5 flight hours with 123 take off and landing cycles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Aircraft and crew\nThe captain was Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, California and the first officer was James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, California. Both pilots had joined Global Exec Aviation the same year of the accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Aircraft and crew\nCaptain Lemmon had 3,140 flight hours, including 35 hours on the Learjet 60, though only eight of them were as a captain of that aircraft. An instructor described her as having \"excellent\" crew resource management. However, she had received several notices of disapprovals during her training.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Aircraft and crew\nFirst officer Bland had 8,200 flight hours with 300 of them on the Learjet 60. The director of Global Exec Aviation, who had flown with both crew members of the accident flight, described Bland as \"not overly assertive.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Accident\nJust before midnight, the plane was heading down the runway for takeoff when the occupants heard a loud bang. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, air traffic controllers saw sparks emanating from the plane. The pilots told the control tower that a tire had blown out and they would be aborting the take-off. Barker and Goldstein stated that the aircraft felt \"out of control\" and was swaying back and forth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Accident\nThe aircraft overran the runway end, crashed through the airport boundary fence, crossed South Carolina Highway 302, and came to rest onto an embankment, bursting into flames. It took firefighters more than an hour to get the fire under control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Victims and survivors\nBoth pilots were killed, as well as passengers Charles Monroe Still, Jr. and Chris Baker. The pilot and co-pilot died from smoke inhalation and burns minutes after the crash. Passengers Still, Jr. and Baker died upon impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Victims and survivors\nBarker and Goldstein escaped the plane and told first responders four others were on board. Both suffered second and third degree burns and received skin grafts. Goldstein was asleep at the time of the crash and woke up to Barker screaming. Barker opened the door to the plane and slid down the plane's wing. Goldstein jumped out after him. Goldstein was on fire, but was able to put out the flames by rolling on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Victims and survivors\nBarker stated that he was covered in jet fuel, and started running and ripping off his clothes. Eventually, he heard someone tell him to stop, drop and roll, which put out most of the fire on his body. Barker had burns on sixty-five percent of his body and was in the hospital for eleven weeks following the accident. He suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, and did not fly on a plane again until August 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Investigation\nOn the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) the pilot indicates she is reacting to the apparent sound of a tire burst and attempting a rejected takeoff. Pieces of a tire were found at the crash site. The plane did not carry a flight data recorder (FDR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Investigation\nThe National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) report attributed the accident to tire bursts during take-off and the pilot's resulting decision to abort at high speed. Several tires were severely under-inflated and punctured during take-off. Pieces of the tires damaged the plane's hydraulic system, causing the plane's brakes to fail. The captain aborted at 144 knots (267\u00a0km/h; 166\u00a0mph). The normal operating procedure for Learjet 60s is never to abort above the \"go/no-go\" decision speed V1 , which for this particular take-off was 136 knots (252\u00a0km/h; 157\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Investigation\nThe captain therefore aborted the takeoff after V1 , violating these operating procedures. The first officer can be heard saying the appropriate \"go go go\" on the CVR. A contributing factor was the engines giving full power, even though the pilots were applying reverse thrust. The reason for this was the aircraft's air/ground sensor was damaged by debris and caused the sensor to go to \"air\" mode. Investigators also found that the captain had limited experience in the Learjet 60 and that the company\u2019s tire pressure inspections were inadequate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Investigation\nGlobal Exec Aviation estimated that the tire pressure had been checked three weeks before the crash, but investigators stated that the type of tires on the Learjet 60 at the time lose approximately two percent of their pressure per day and would need to be replaced after eight days if they were not properly maintained. Additionally, investigators noted a design flaw in the thrust reverser system which the NTSB believed may have contributed, increasing the severity of the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198642-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, Lawsuits\nBoth survivors, as well as the estates of two of the deceased, sued for damages from parties including Learjet, tire manufacturer Goodyear, and, in at least Goldstein's case, against the estates of the dead pilots. Barker's case was settled out of court in December 2009 and the terms of the settlement are confidential. The estates of Still, Jr. and Baker also reached settlements. Global Exec Aviation and ITAS, Inc. also filed a lawsuit against Learjet and Bombardier, the manufacturers of the plane. The owner of the plane also sued the Columbia Metropolitan airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198643-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary was held on January 19, with 24 delegates at stake. The Republican National Committee took half of South Carolina's 47 delegates away from them because the state committee moved its Republican primary before February 5. It was held on the same day as the Nevada Republican caucuses, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198643-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary\nThe primary has become one of several key early state nominating contests in the process of choosing the nominee of the Republican party for the November 2008 election for President of the United States. It has historically been more important for the Republican Party than for the Democratic Party; from its inception in 1980 through the election of 2000, the winner of the Republican presidential primary has gone  on to win the nomination. As of 2008, the primary has cemented its place as the \"First in the South\" primary for both parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198643-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary\nThis state's 24 delegates would be awarded on a  \"Winner-Takes-All\" basis. 12 Delegates for the Statewide winner and 12 delegates awarded on a District-winner basis awarding 2 delegates for each of the states then 6 Congressional districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198643-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary, Polling\nAs of January 19, RealClearPolitics reported that the average support from polls placed McCain in the lead with 26.9%, followed by Huckabee with 25.9%, Romney with 14.7%, Thompson with 14.6%, Paul with 4.4%, and Giuliani with 3.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198643-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary, Results\nHuckabee was for weeks leading in the state but lost by a 14,743 vote margin. He did manage to win Congressional districts 3, 4 and 5 in the North of the state earning him a total of 6 delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198643-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary, Results\nJohn McCain won the statewide primary earning him 12 Delegates as well as Congressional Districts 1, 2 and 6. earning him an additional 6 delegates for a total of 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198643-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate withdrew his bid for the nomination prior to the reporting of the primary. On January 22, 2008 after a poor showing Fred Thompson dropped out of the race. Duncan Hunter did so too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election\nThe 2008 South Carolina Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The primary elections were held on June 10 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 24. The current composition of the state delegation is 27 Republicans and 19 Democrats. Senators are elected for four-year terms, all in the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 1\nThe district includes Oconee and parts of Pickens counties. Republican incumbent Thomas C. Alexander is the owner of Alexander's Office Supply. Polly Nicolay is the Constitution Party challenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 2\nThe district includes parts of Pickens county. Republican incumbent Larry A. Martin works in textiles for Alice Manufacturing Company. In the Republican primary, Martin won over C J Mac Martin Jr 80.15% to 19.85%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 3\nThe district includes parts of Anderson county. Freshman Republican incumbent Kevin L. Bryant is a pharmacist. The Democratic nominee is Marshall Meadors, a family practice physician. In the first major controversy, which gained national attention, Bryant posted a controversial cartoon about Barack Obama on his blog on July 18, 2008, and Meadors answered in a July 22nd press release. Bryant later removed the cartoon, but screenshots and commentary remain elsewhere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 4\nThe district includes parts of Abbeville, Anderson and Greenwood counties. Republican incumbent William H. O'Dell  is CEO of O'Dell Corporation. Capt . Leonardo Ortiz is the Democratic nominee, winning against Roger Odachowski 60.59% to 39.41% in the primary. .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 5\nThe district includes parts of Greenville county. Republican incumbent Lewis R. Vaughn is a retired businessman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 6\nThe district includes parts of Greenville county. Republican incumbent Michael L. Fair works in insurance. In the Republican primary, Fair won over Patrick B Haddon 61.88% to 38.12%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 7\nThe district includes parts of Greenville county. Democratic incumbent Ralph Anderson is a retired postmaster. In the Democratic primary, Anderson won over Lillian Brock Flemming, Andrew M Jones and Seldon Peden 51.19% to 35.21%, 4.18% and 9.42% respectively. He is being challenged by Republican Roan Garcia-Quintana and Constitution Party candidate John Langville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 8\nThe district includes parts of Greenville county. Republican incumbent David L. Thomas is an attorney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 9\nThe district includes parts of Greenville and Laurens counties. Republican incumbent Daniel B. Verdin III is the owner of Verdin's Farm and Garden Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 10\nThe district includes parts of Abbeville, Greenwood and Laurens counties. Democratic incumbent John W. Drummond is President of Drummond Oil Company, Inc. and President Pro Tempore Emeritus of the South Carolina Senate. In the Republican run-off, Dee Compton won over Chip Stockman, 68.89% to 31.11%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 11\nThe district includes parts of Spartanburg county. Democratic incumbent Glenn G. Reese is a businessman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 12\nThe district includes parts of Spartanburg county. Republican incumbent John D. Hawkins is an attorney. In the Republican run-off, Lee Bright won over Scott Talley 51.30% to 48.70%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 13\nThe district includes parts of Greenville, Spartanburg and Union counties. Republican incumbent James H. Ritchie, Jr. is an attorney. In the Republican run-off, Shane Martin won over Ritchie 66.15% to 33.85%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 14\nThe district includes parts of Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union and York counties. Republican incumbent Harvey S. Peeler, Jr. is a dairyman/businessman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 15\nThe district includes parts of York county. Republican incumbent Robert W. Hayes, Jr. is an attorney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 16\nThe district includes parts of Lancaster and York counties. Republican incumbent Chauncey K. Gregory is President of Builders Supply Company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 17\nThe district includes parts of Chester, Fairfield, Union and York counties. Retiring Democratic incumbent Linda H. Short (Mrs. Paul) is a homemaker. In the Democratic run-off, Creighton B Coleman won over Leah Bess Moody 52.40% to 47.60%. In the primary, the results were Coleman (47.58%), Moody (37.09%) and Michael Squirewell (15.33%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 18\nThe district includes Newberry and parts of Saluda and Lexington counties. Republican incumbent Ronnie W. Cromer is a pharmacist. The Democratic nominee is Michael Ray Ellisor, winning over Pete Oliver 52.30% to 47.70% in the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 19\nThe district includes parts of Richland county. Democratic incumbent Kay Patterson is a retired educator. In the Democratic primary recount, John L Scott Jr. won over Vince Ford 50.47% to 49.53%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 20\nThe district includes parts of Lexington and Richland counties. Republican incumbent John E. Courson is Senior V.P., Keenan & Suggs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 21 )\nThe district includes parts of Richland county. Republican incumbent Darrell Jackson is a businessman and minister; Pres., Sunrise Enterprise of Columbia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 22\nThe district includes parts of Kershaw and Richland counties. Democratic incumbent Joel Lourie is a businessman", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 23\nThe district includes parts of Lexington county. Republican incumbent John M. Knotts, Jr. is retired from law enforcement. In the Republican run-off, Knotts won over Katrina Shealy 57.52% to 42.48%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 24\nThe district includes parts of Aiken county. Republican incumbent W. Greg Ryberg is CEO of REI, Inc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 25\nThe district includes parts of Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick and Saluda counties. Freshman Republican incumbent A. Shane Massey is an attorney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 26\nThe district includes parts of Aiken, Lexington and Saluda counties. Democratic incumbent Nikki G. Setzler is an attorney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 27\nThe district includes parts of Chesterfield, Kershaw and Lancaster counties. Democratic incumbent Vincent A. Sheheen is an attorney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 28\nThe district includes parts of Dillon, Horry, Marion and Marlboro counties. Democratic incumbent Dick Elliott is a real estate developer, retail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 29\nThe district includes parts of Chesterfield, Darlington, Lee and Marlboro counties. Democratic incumbent Gerald Malloy is an attorney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 30\nThe district includes parts of Dillon, Florence, Marion and Marlboro counties. Freshman Democratic incumbent Kent M. Williams is a Deputy County Administrator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 31\nThe district includes parts of Darlington and Florence counties. Republican incumbent Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. is a businessman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 32\nThe district includes parts of Florence, Georgetown, Horry and Williamsburg counties. Democratic incumbent J. Yancey McGill is a real estate broker and residential homebuilder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 33\nThe district includes parts of Horry county. Republican incumbent Luke A. Rankin is an attorney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 34\nThe district includes parts of Charleston, Georgetown and Horry counties. Freshman Republican incumbent Raymond E. Cleary III is a dentist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 35\nThe district includes parts of Lee and Sumter counties. Democratic incumbent Phil P. Leventis is an aviation and management services consultant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 36\nThe district includes parts of Calhoun, Clarendon, Florence and Sumter counties. Democratic incumbent John C. Land III is an attorney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 37\nThe district includes parts of Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton and Dorchester counties. Republican incumbent Lawrence K. Grooms is president and CEO of GTI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 38\nThe district includes parts of Charleston and Dorchester counties. Freshman Republican incumbent Randy Scott is a small businessman. Bill Collins qualified as a petition candidate and will have his name on the ballot in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 39\nThe district includes parts of Bamberg, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and Orangeburg counties. Democratic incumbent John W. Matthews, Jr. is a businessman and retired elementary school principal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 40\nThe district includes parts of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell and Orangeburg counties. Democratic incumbent C. Bradley Hutto is a trial lawyer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 41\nThe district includes parts of Charleston county. Republican incumbent Glenn F. McConnell is an attorney/businessman, and President Pro Tempore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 42\nThe district includes parts of Charleston county. Democratic incumbent Robert Ford is a developer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 43\nThe district includes parts of Berkeley and Charleston counties. Republican incumbent George E. Campsen III is a businessman/attorney. Dist . No. 43 - Berkeley & Charleston Cos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 44\nThe district includes parts of Berkeley county. Freshman Republican incumbent Paul G. Campbell, Jr. is a retired Regional President for Alcoa, now a consultant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 45\nThe district includes parts of Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties. Democratic incumbent Clementa C. Pinckney is a pastor and student.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198644-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina Senate election, District breakdown, District 46\nThe district includes parts of Beaufort county. Republican incumbent Catherine C. Ceips is a full-time legislator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198645-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina elections\nIn addition to federal elections for President, Senate, and the House of Representatives, South Carolina held state elections on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Voters elected state senators, state representatives, solicitors and local officers, and voted in three statewide constitutional referendums.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198645-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina elections, South Carolina Senate\nRepublicans maintained their majority in the State Senate, keeping their majority of eight seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198645-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina elections, South Carolina House of Representatives\nRepublicans maintained their majority in the State House, decreasing their majority from 22 seats to 20 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198645-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina elections, Constitutional Referendums\nVoters voted on Amendment 1, which amended Section 33 of Article III of the South Carolina constitution to delete a provision that set the age of consent for sexual activity for unmarried women at 14. This amendment allowed the state legislature to set the age of consent by statute. The proposed amendment passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198645-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina elections, Constitutional Referendums\nAmendment 2 would have changed section 16 of Article X of the state constitution to allow state trust funds for post-retirement benefits of public school teachers and state employees to be invested in equity securities. The amendment failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198645-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 South Carolina elections, Constitutional Referendums\nAmendment 3 would have amended section 16 of the Article X of the state constitution to allow local employee benefit trust funds to be invested in equity securities. The amendment failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198646-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South China floods\nThe 2008 South China floods began on 26 May 2008. Four rounds of torrential rains with landslides and flooding lasted for 20 days and affected fifteen provinces in Eastern and Southern China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198646-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South China floods\nThe first round of floods affected twelve provinces in South China and killed 93 people as of 30 May. A new round of floods began on 6 June and swept nine provinces in southern China killing 55 people with 7 missing and forcing 1.3 million to evacuate as of 14 June. China's National Meteorological Centre has said that heavy rain would continue and that precipitation in the provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan would be 30 to 70% greater than in the same period last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198646-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South China floods, Mainland China\nMainland provinces affected include Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198646-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South China floods, Mainland China, May\nChina Daily that torrential rains caused by Cloud seeding in the southern provinces killed 64 people in May. According to State Flood Control and Drought Relief headquarters, floods have claimed 59 lives up to this point of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198646-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 South China floods, Mainland China, June\nFrom 28 May to 2 June, some places in Guangdong experienced heavy rainfalls. After 7 days, flood situations were investigated by the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on 3 June. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief headquarters and National Meteorological Centre (NMC) both raised emergency levels expecting more torrential rain and thunderstorms. On the weekend of 7\u20138 June, Guangzhou Daily reported it to be the heaviest rain storm in 50 years for Guangdong province. Wuzhou was struck with their worst flooding in 100 years. In two days the rainfall in some areas measured more than 400 millimetres (15.7\u00a0inches).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198646-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 South China floods, Mainland China, June\nOn 14 June, the Ministry of Water Resources said close to 1 million hectares of farmland have been affected with the worst hit provinces being Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan and Hubei. From 25 May to 14 June, up to 18 people have died, including 2.22 million people were affected in 17 cities in Guangdong. The average rainfall of 415\u00a0mm (16.3\u00a0in) was double the long-term level, with the media reporting it as \"Freak rain\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198646-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 South China floods, Mainland China, June\nOn 15 June, more than 300 places in Shenzhen were submerged underwater. Floods have forced more than 1.66 million people to evacuate, caused 67,000 houses to collapse, and killed 63 people. Three days later officials in Guangdong warned of a \"black June\" as high tides, rain and rivers threatened levees. Across the region, 169 were reported killed in the floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198646-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 South China floods, Mainland China, June\nOn 21 June, the main precipitation areas include the Huai River valleys, Guizhou, Sichuan and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Heavy rain follow in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, Qinghai, and Inner Mongolia. At the end of the month, 252 people were killed in the rainstorms and flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198646-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 South China floods, Hong Kong, June\nOn 7 June, more than 400\u00a0mm (16\u00a0in) of rain fell on Lantau Island and more than 300\u00a0mm (12\u00a0in) fell on Hong Kong Island. By noon, almost 40 landslides and 156 floods were reported. In Tsim Sha Tsui, the 124-year record of rainfall per hour was smashed, with 145.5\u00a0mm (5.73\u00a0inches) of rainfall being recorded. The North Lantau Highway was blocked, for the first and so far the only time since its opening in 1997, by a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198646-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 South China floods, Hong Kong, June\nLand traffic to the villages of Tai O was cut off, forcing the government to increase the frequency of ferries to and from the villages. Newspaper vendors in the streets reported that the water came very fast, flooding the area within five minutes to thigh-deep level (over-the-knee). One of the landslides killed two people in Tuen Mun. The Hong Kong Observatory thus changed the \"amber rainstorm\" warning to a \"black rainstorm\" warning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198647-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary took place on June 3, 2008. Along with Montana, it was one of the final two elections in the 2008 primary season. Senator Hillary Clinton won the primary, but on the same day, her opponent Barack Obama secured enough delegate votes for the 2008 Democratic National Convention to ensure his eventual nomination for President by the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198647-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary, Polling\nA poll published April 3, 2008 indicated that Obama was supported by more respondents, 46%, than Clinton, who received the support of 34%. However, a May 31-June 1, 2008 poll by ARG projected a Clinton victory in South Dakota, with 60% of respondents supporting her versus 34% supporting Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198647-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary, Results\nEarly on the day of the primary, hours before polls closed, the Associated Press projected Barack Obama's nomination for the presidency. The projection was based on the declarations of a large number Democratic superdelegates, as well as exit polls of voters in South Dakota and Montana. However, the AP calculated that Obama would be the Democratic nominee even if he lost the primaries in South Dakota and Montana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198648-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Dakota Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 South Dakota Republican presidential primary took place on June 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198649-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Florida Bulls football team\nThe 2008 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was Jim Leavitt, and the USF Bulls played all of their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. The 2008 college football season was the 12th season overall for the Bulls and their fourth season in the Big East Conference. The 2008 season was the first in which the team was ranked in the preseason rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198650-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Korean legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in South Korea on April 9, 2008. The conservative Grand National Party won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats. This election marked the lowest-ever voter turnout of 46.0%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198650-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South Korean legislative election, Parties and Coalitions\nAs of April 9, 2008, there are six political parties represented in the 18th National Assembly of South Korea, in addition to independents:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198651-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Lakeland District Council election\nThe 2008 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2007 reducing the number of seats by 1. The Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198651-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South Lakeland District Council election, Background\nSince the last election in 2007 boundary changes had taken place reducing the number of seats from 52 to 51. Among the changes made was the combining of the Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198651-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South Lakeland District Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Liberal Democrats ran the council with 31 seats, compared to 16 for the Conservatives, 2 for Labour, 1 Green Party and 1 independent. Among the sitting councillors to stand down at the election was the only independent David Foot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198651-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South Lakeland District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Liberal Democrats increase their majority on the council finishing the election up on 36 councillors. This came at the expense of the Conservatives who dropped to 14 seats and Labour who lost 1 of their 2 councillors. Meanwhile, the Green Party also lost their only seat in Kendal Far Cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198652-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Sydney Rabbitohs season\nThe 2008 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 99th in the club's history. Coached by Jason Taylor and captained by David Kidwell & Roy Asotasi, the team competed in the National Rugby League's 2008 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 14th place out of 16 teams and so failing to reach the finals. The club also competed in the 2008 Under-20s competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198652-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 South Sydney Rabbitohs season\nOn 26 January 2008, the Rabbitohs played the Leeds Rhinos at the Hodges Stadium at University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, the first time first-grade professional rugby league teams from Australia and England played each other in the United States. A crowd of about 12,000 attended with Russell Crowe, Greg Norman, and the stars of television show American Chopper among the audience. Leeds Rhinos won the game 26-24(after having been behind 26-0 at half-time South Sydney staged an unlikely comeback that fell agonisingly short).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198652-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 South Sydney Rabbitohs season\nSouth Sydney equalled the second-biggest comeback in premiership history in Round 16 against the North Queensland Cowboys. After trailing 28\u20134 after fifty minutes, the Rabbitohs won the match 29\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198652-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 South Sydney Rabbitohs season\nNo Rabbitohs players were selected for the 2008 State of Origin series, however at the end of season 2008 Rugby League World Cup tournament four were selected to play for Tonga (Manase Manuokafoa, Eddie Paea, Fetuli Talanoa and Joel Taufa'ao); three for the successful New Zealand squad (David Fa'alogo, David Kidwell and Issac Luke) and one captained Samoa (Nigel Vagana).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198653-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198654-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southampton City Council election\nThe 2008 Southampton Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198654-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Southampton City Council election, Background\nAfter the 2007 election the Conservative party took control as a minority administration after one Liberal Democrat councillor, Norah Goss, broke with her party to support the Conservatives. However, at the February 2008 budget meeting, the Labour and Liberal Democrats joined together to take control from the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198654-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Southampton City Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservative party win a majority on the council for the first time since 1984. The Conservatives gained 8 seats, 4 from Labour, 3 from the Liberal Democrats and 1 from an independent. Two 18-year-olds were among the Conservative winners, David Fuller taking Bitterne by 460 votes and Matthew Jones gaining Peartree by over 500 votes. Meanwhile, both the Labour leader of the council, June Bridle, in Sholing and the Liberal Democrat group leader, Adrian Vinson, in Portswood were among those who lost seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198654-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Southampton City Council election, Election result\nThe Conservative gains meant that they won 15 of the 17 seats contested to take a 4-seat majority with 26 seats, compared to 14 seats for Labour and 8 for the Liberal Democrats. Overall turnout in the election was 29.7%, down on the 30.3% in 2007 and varying between a low of 16.1% in Bargate and a high of 36.9% in Shirley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198654-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Southampton City Council election, Election result\nThe Conservative election success was put down to a combination of a rejection of the pact between the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, anger at plans to charge people for parking outside their homes and the national issue of the abolition of the 10p rate of income tax. The results were also seen as indications for the next general election, with projections that the Conservatives could gain Southampton Test and Southampton Itchen constituencies from Labour on swings of 15.9% and 18.9% respectively, based on the local election results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198654-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Southampton City Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election, Alec Samuels became the new Conservative leader of the council, Richard Williams became leader of the Labour group and Jill Baston took charge of the Liberal Democrat group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198655-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 21st through May 25th. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198655-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament, Regular Season Results\nThe top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 72], "content_span": [73, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198655-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament, Format\nThe 2008 tournament will feature a \"flipped bracket\" for the first time. This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket will move into the other bracket. This reduces the number of rematches teams will have to play in order to win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198656-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southeastern Conference football season, Bowl games\nRankings are from AP Poll. All times Central Time Zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198657-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198657-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives ran the council with 29 seats, compared to 10 for the Liberal Democrats, 7 Labour and 5 independents. The election was seen as being the closest for years with the other parties needing to gain 4 seats from the Conservatives to deprive them of a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198657-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Campaign\nThere was a record number of candidates in the election, with St Luke's ward having 7 candidates and the British National Party putting up candidates in every ward for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198658-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern 100 Races\nIn 2008 the Southern 100 motorcycle races on the Isle of Man featured a Solo Championship race, won by the Welsh rider Ian Lougher on a 1000cc Yamaha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198658-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern 100 Races, Race 11; Solo Championship Race\nThursday 10 July 2008 \u2013 Billown Circuit 4 laps (Reduced Race Distance) \u2013 17.00\u00a0miles (25.76\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198658-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern 100 Races, Race 11; Solo Championship Race\nFastest Lap; Ian Lougher \u2013 2\u00a0minutes 28.301 seconds 103.169\u00a0mph", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting\nZambian President Levy Mwanawasa called an emergency meeting of SADC leaders for 12 April during the 2008 Zimbabwe presidential election to discuss the post-election impasse. According to Mwanawasa, Zimbabwe's \"deepening problems\" meant that the issue needed to be \"dealt with at presidential level\". Jacob Zuma, meanwhile, said that he thought results should have already been announced, and he described the failure to release them as \"unprecedented\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details\nBiti said on 10 April that the MDC would not participate in a second round, reiterating the party's claim that Tsvangirai won a majority in the first round. According to the law, if one candidate in a second round withdraws, the other candidate is automatically the winner. Chinamasa was dismissive of the MDC's claim that it would not participate in a second round, saying that if the party was serious, it should formally withdraw. According to Chinamasa, the MDC wanted to avoid humiliation in a second round, which he predicted ZANU-PF would win by a large margin, and was using the threat to boycott as a \"face-saving gesture\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details\nBiti also urged SADC leaders due to meet in Zambia on 12 April to call for Mugabe's resignation, and he said that Tsvangirai would attend the SADC meeting. Matonga, the Deputy Information Minister, said initially that Mugabe would also attend the SADC meeting, although Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu said that \"there is no crisis in Zimbabwe that warrants a special meeting on Zimbabwe\". Soon afterwards, state radio reported that three ministers would represent Zimbabwe at the summit, rather than Mugabe himself. Matonga said the summit was called without consulting Zimbabwe. According to Matonga, Mugabe decided not to attend because he could not answer anything; as a candidate, he was unable to say what the results of the election would be or when they would be announced. Tsvangirai met with South African President Thabo Mbeki on 10 April in Johannesburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 952]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details\nThe MDC issued pamphlets on 11 April calling for a general strike beginning on 15 April to demand the release of results. The strike was to continue until the announcement of results. On the same day, police banned political rallies in Harare. Bvudzijena, announcing the ban, said that most policemen were occupied with guarding ballot boxes and ensuring security in the wake of the election, meaning that they were not able to handle rallies; furthermore, he said that there was no need for rallies because the election had already been held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details\nThe MDC had planned to hold a rally on 13 April. Nelson Chamisa of the MDC said: \"We cannot accept a declaration of a police state. People have just voted for change, for democracy and what do they get? This is unacceptable.\" Assistant Police Commissioner Faustino Mazango accused the MDC of sending 350 activists to stir up violence and warned that anyone attempting to \"provoke a breach of peace, whoever they are and whatever office they hold, will be dealt with severely\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details\nMbeki visited Harare and met with Mugabe on 12 April immediately before going to Lusaka for the SADC meeting on the same day. After he met with Mugabe, Mbeki said that there was not a crisis, emphasising that it was the responsibility of the Electoral Commission to release results and urging patience in waiting for the results. At the summit, Zimbabwe was to be represented by Mnangagwa, Chinamasa, Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, and Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Joey Bimha. Mugabe, for his part, said that his decision not to attend the summit was not a snub: \"We are very good friends and very good brothers. Sometimes you attend, sometimes you have other things holding you back.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 781]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details\nRegarding Mbeki's statement that the situation in Zimbabwe was not a crisis, Tsvangirai said that \"such a misrepresentation creates the perception of quiet approval which I think is quite shocking\", and he indicated that Mbeki had expressed a different view when the two had met privately. MDC Secretary for International Affairs Elphas Mukonoweshuro was overtly hostile in his reaction to Mbeki's statement, wondering if Mbeki had been drunk at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details, After the SADC meeting\nDespite the absence of Mugabe, the 13-hour SADC meeting in Lusaka lasted well into the night. Tsvangirai attended the meeting, and he and Biti were broadly happy with the outcome. Zambian Foreign Minister Kabinga Pande, reading a joint statement, said that \"the summit urged the electoral authorities in Zimbabwe that verification and release of results are expeditiously done in accordance with the due process of law\" and that it \"also urged all the parties in the electoral process in Zimbabwe to accept the results when they are announced.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 102], "content_span": [103, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details, After the SADC meeting\nThe summit also urged the government \"to ensure that the run-off elections are held in a secure environment\". The regional leaders also called on Mbeki to continue his mission as chief mediator between Zanu-PF and the MDC; Biti urged Mbeki to deal more aggressively with Mugabe in the future. The joint statement included no criticism of Mugabe or any mention of him at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 102], "content_span": [103, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details, After the SADC meeting\nYouth Absolom Sikhosana called on the youth to vote for Mugabe. He said that many people in the first round \"voted with their stomachs\", hoping Tsvangirai could bring economy recovery, but according to Sikhosana \"the same foreign interests who are promising an overnight turnaround in the event of a Tsvangirai presidency are the same who have destroyed the economy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 102], "content_span": [103, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details, After the SADC meeting\nSikhosana said that, while Tsvangirai promised employment, Mugabe was offering more: \"he is giving the youth the opportunity to own the means of production\" and \"have full charge of their environment and control their resources\", which Sikhosana described as a prerequisite for national wealth. In The Herald on the same day, ZANU-PF spokesman Nathan Shamuyarira denied the existence of any plan to kill Tsvangirai, saying that it had \"no foundation whatsoever except in his own dreams\". Similarly, Matonga said that the claim of an assassination plot was \"stupid\". US Ambassador James McGee called on Tsvangirai to return, noting his security concerns but saying that \"as a strong leader, he should be back showing his people that he cares every bit as much for them as they do for him.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 102], "content_span": [103, 891]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details, After the SADC meeting\nAlso on 20 May, in response to Chinamasa's proposal in the previous week to establish joint ZANU-PF/MDC committees to bring an end to the violence, Chamisa said that the MDC was willing to participate in these committees, but he nevertheless strongly criticised ZANU-PF. He said that ZANU-PF had made this offer only due to international pressure, that the violence was ongoing (by this point the MDC placed the death toll at 43), as part of a \"grand plan to rig the elections\" by attacking MDC supporters and displacing them from their constituencies, and he doubted that ZANU-PF would stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 102], "content_span": [103, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198659-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern African Development Community emergency meeting, Meeting details, After the SADC meeting\nMDC MP Ian Kay was arrested on 20 May for alleged responsibility for violence in Mashonaland East, while another MDC MP, Amos Chibaya was arrested on 21 May for allegedly inciting junior officers in the police to rebel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 102], "content_span": [103, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198660-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC from May 20 through May 24. Top seeded Elon won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Elon's first SoCon tournament win. Elon joined the conference beginning with the 2004 baseball season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198660-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament\nAll ten baseball programs in the conference participated in the tournament, with the seventh through tenth place teams playing a single-elimination opening day prior to an 8-team, two bracket, double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198661-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place between Friday, March 7 and Monday, March 10 in North Charleston, South Carolina at the North Charleston Coliseum. All rounds were available on ESPN 910. The semifinals were televised by SportSouth, and the Southern Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198662-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team\nThe 2008 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Eagles were led by first-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 7\u20136, 4\u20134 in C-USA play. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl where they defeated Troy, 30\u201327.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198663-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm football team\nThe 2008 Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm football team (variously \"So-Naz\", \"SNU\", or the \"Crimson Storm\") represents Southern Nazarene University in the college football season of 2008-2009. The team is led by head coach Mike Cochran, who has coached at SNU since 2006. They play their home games at McFarland Park Stadium in Bethany, Oklahoma. It was the first time in the history of the program, the Crimson Storm have opened the season 2-0. This will be SNU's longest season by 1 game, for the past 7 seasons the Crimson Storm have only played 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198663-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm football team, Game summaries, Eastern New Mexico\nThe game was delayed about 2\u00bd hours due to extreme lightning in the area. The stadium was cleared and the game was paused for at 11:11 minutes left in the third quarter until the storm cleared the area. SNU missed an extra point, and gave a safety to ENMU by a high snap that crossed out of the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 86], "content_span": [87, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198663-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm football team, Game summaries, Olivet Nazarene, Ill.\nSNU won its second game of the season. Never have they started 2-0. There was no extra point tried for since the ONU touchdown happened at 0:00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 89], "content_span": [90, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198663-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm football team, Game summaries, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Texas, 6:00 PM\nSouthern Nazarene University's road football game at Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas, scheduled for Saturday at 6:00\u00a0p.m., has been moved up to Friday night, September 12 at 6:00\u00a0p.m. due to the approach of Hurricane Ike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 102], "content_span": [103, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198663-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm football team, Game summaries, Southwestern Assemblies of God, Texas, 2:00pm\nThis will be senior night, and also the last home game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 113], "content_span": [114, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198664-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2008 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21\u201324. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Sam Houston State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198664-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198665-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 13\u201316, 2008 at Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198665-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Southland Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198666-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round\n2008 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round was the ninth race of the 2008 GP2 Series season. It was held on 6 September and 7, 2008 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps at Spa, Belgium. The race was used as a support race to the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198667-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Formula Three Championship\nThe 2008 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the eighth Spanish Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on May 3, 2008 and ended on November 2. The Spanish driver Germ\u00e1n S\u00e1nchez was crowned champion, two points ahead of runner-up Nelson Panciatici, who was driving an older 'B-class' car. The title was decided in favour of S\u00e1nchez and Natacha Gachnang after the resolution of various claims. Panciatici was disqualified for using duct tape on the wings of the car, a common technique in this championship, which does not influence the behavior of the vehicle or guarantee any improvement according to a press release from Hache Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio de Espa\u00f1a Telef\u00f3nica 2008) was a Formula One motor race held on 27 April 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. It was the fourth race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen for the Ferrari team won the 66-lap race starting from pole position. Felipe Massa finished second in the other Ferrari, and Lewis Hamilton was third in a McLaren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen began the race from pole position alongside Renault driver Fernando Alonso. Massa began from third, alongside BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica. Hamilton, the eventual Drivers' Champion, began from fifth and passed Kubica into the first corner, as Massa passed Alonso. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen maintained his lead through most of the race, leading to Ferrari's one-two finish. The safety car was deployed several times throughout the race, including for a serious crash involving McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen, though the Finn escaped with only a minor concussion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix\nPrior to the race weekend, the event was put on probation by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile, the sport's governing body, for racist taunting during pre-season testing at the circuit. Subsequently, no such racism was reported during the race weekend. The event was Super Aguri's final Grand Prix, withdrawing afterwards due to financial pressures, leaving the sport with ten teams; this was also the last race for both of the team's drivers, Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson. The result promoted Ferrari to the lead in the Constructors' Championship, 12\u00a0points ahead of BMW Sauber and 13\u00a0points ahead of McLaren. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 29\u00a0points, nine points ahead of Hamilton and ten points ahead of Kubica. Massa moved into fourth place on 18\u00a0points, with 14\u00a0races remaining in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 866]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by 22\u00a0drivers, in 11 teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, Honda, Force India, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Williams, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri. Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought two different tyre compounds to the race; the softer of the two marked by a single white stripe down one of the grooves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Background\nPrior to the race, Ferrari driver Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen led the Drivers' Championship with 19\u00a0points, and BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld was second with 16\u00a0points. McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, BMW driver Robert Kubica and Hamilton's teammate Heikki Kovalainen held the next three positions, all with 14\u00a0points. In the Constructors' Championship, BMW Sauber were leading with 30\u00a0points, one point ahead of Ferrari, and two ahead of McLaren-Mercedes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Background\nAfter Hamilton won the season opener in Australia, Ferrari had dominated the next two races in Malaysia and Bahrain. In the Malaysian Grand Prix, Ferrari driver Felipe Massa had claimed pole position, and while he later spun off and retired, his teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen went on to win the race. Ferrari's form had continued at the Bahrain Grand Prix, where Massa had led R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to a one-two finish. Despite the promising start to the season, Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali said the team was not celebrating prematurely:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Background\nThe real Ferrari is not the one we've seen at the Australian GP. The team reacted immediately and has shown the great potential of our package, which is extremely competitive. Having said that, we have to be aware. We're approaching the Spanish GP with a maximum effort, keeping our feet on the ground: we were not depressed after the first race and we are not euphoric after Bahrain. We need absolute motivation and we are aware of the fact that our competitors are getting better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Background\nWith his team leading the Constructors' Championship, Heidfeld said BMW was outperforming expectations: \"It's better than expected after the winter time, of course, but it could also be better. It can always be better.\" BMW had opened the season with podium finishes in each of the first three races, which team principal Mario Theissen said put his team amongst the top three, along with Ferrari and McLaren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Background\nAfter a poor race in Bahrain, where he narrowly avoided stalling on the grid before colliding with Renault's Fernando Alonso a lap later, Hamilton said he would return stronger in Spain: \"I approach it in the same way and obviously I won't be making the same mistake again. This weekend being here, feeling fresh after a good break from racing, and making sure we come here fresh has been important. I feel good.\" His team said that they had made significant improvements to their car, the McLaren MP4-23, in the three-week break, but were reserving judgement until the race to see how their performance had improved in comparison to their rivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Background\nThe event also took place under the shadow of incidents that had taken place at the same circuit during pre-season testing. At one of the test sessions, Hamilton was subjected to racist taunting by some of the spectators. In response, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) launched a \"Racing Against Racism\" programme, and placed the Spanish and European Grands Prix on probation, the latter event being held in the Spanish city of Valencia. During the course of the event itself, no such incidents were reported. Hamilton was particularly unpopular with the country's Formula One fans due to his acrimonious inter-team rivalry with Spaniard Alonso during the previous year's championship, which had resulted in the latter leaving the McLaren team and returning to Renault for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 832]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Background\nThe Super Aguri team had been in financial trouble since a proposed takeover deal backed by equity firm Dubai International Capital, under the \"Magma Group\" banner, failed to take effect. The team narrowly avoided folding in mid-April, and were only given confirmation to compete by team owners Honda on the Friday prior to the race. This would be the team's final Grand Prix, withdrawing after two years in Formula One prior to the Turkish Grand Prix, leaving the sport with ten teams for the first time since the 2005 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race\u2014two on Friday, and a third on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90\u00a0minutes. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. The Ferraris were fastest in the first session; R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was quickest with a time of 1:20.649, ahead of Massa, who recovered from a spin and an off-track excursion on his first two laps to take second. Hamilton, Kubica and Kovalainen took the next three positions, ahead of home driver Alonso in sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Practice\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen repeated his morning effort in the second session, with a time of 1:21.935, as the frontrunners experimented with higher fuel loads. Renault driver Nelson Piquet was next quickest, ahead of Alonso, Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima, Massa and Red Bull driver Mark Webber. The McLarens had a less successful session; Kovalainen struggled with gearbox problems, and difficulty with Hamilton's set-up meant he managed 11th after suffering from excessive oversteer. Heidfeld was quickest in the final session, his 1:21.269 benefiting from use of the quicker soft compound tyre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0011-0002", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Practice\nWebber's teammate David Coulthard was next quickest, ahead of Alonso, Kubica, Toyota driver Jarno Trulli and S\u00e9bastien Bourdais of Toro Rosso. Ferrari and McLaren again ran heavier cars, and neither team managed better than ninth quickest. Mechanical problems meant Webber failed to set a time, his car coming to a halt in the pit-lane exit after two installation laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying\nThe qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three\u00a0parts. The first part ran for 20\u00a0minutes, and cars that finished the session 17th or lower were eliminated from qualifying. The second part of qualifying lasted 15\u00a0minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions\u00a011 to 16. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race, so ran lighter in those sessions. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to refuel before the race, and as such carried more fuel than in the previous sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying\nI've been chasing pole for a while now, but for one reason or another, it always escaped me. But today I got it. There is no better place to start so I will try and make the most of that tomorrow. It will be important to get off the line well, getting through the first corner without any problems. Then it will be down to exploiting the car's potential and that is definitely good. The race is what matters and tomorrow I want to bring home a nice result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen clinched his first pole position of the season with a time of 1:21.813. Alonso would start alongside him on the grid, amid suspicions the Spaniard was fuelled light for the race. Massa, Kubica and Hamilton qualified next quickest; just 0.2\u00a0seconds separated Hamilton's time from that of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Kovalainen would line up on the third row of the grid next to his teammate; Webber and Trulli would start from the fourth row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying\nHeidfeld was disappointed with his ninth place, after suffering from tyre problems on his final lap; Piquet, who made it into the final session for the first time in his career, qualified just ahead of Honda driver Rubens Barrichello and Nakajima. Honda driver Jenson Button and Timo Glock of Toyota would occupy the seventh row; Williams driver Nico Rosberg was outqualified by his teammate for the first time in the season, and would start from 15th, ahead of Bourdais.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0014-0002", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying\nCoulthard failed to make it through the first session after failing to get sufficient heat into his tyres; Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel and the two Force Indias of Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil took positions 18 to 20. The Super Aguris of Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato would line up on the back row of the grid in their final race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race\nThe conditions on the grid were dry before the race. The air temperature was 23\u00a0\u00b0C (73\u00a0\u00b0F) and the track temperature was 38\u00a0\u00b0C (100\u00a0\u00b0F); weather forecasts indicated a light wind, but otherwise calm conditions. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen held his lead into the first corner, as Massa passed Alonso to take second; Hamilton passed Kubica to take fourth. However, an incident further down the field brought out the safety car. Sutil's car entered a spin after attempting to pass Coulthard; the resulting collision eliminated Sutil and Vettel from the Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race\nThe race restarted on lap\u00a0four when the safety car peeled off, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen quickly increased his lead over Massa to more than a second. The gap between the Ferraris increased as R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen continued to lap the quickest on track; Hamilton began to close in on Alonso, only to see the Renault pit on lap\u00a016, promoting the McLaren to third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race\nFurther down the field, several incidents reduced the field to 15\u00a0cars. Piquet, after running off the track on lap\u00a0five, collided with Bourdais two laps later while attempting to pass at turn\u00a010. The Renault retired from the race immediately; Bourdais struggled back to the pit lane before Toro Rosso decided to retire his car. The resulting debris ended Davidson's race when he retired on lap\u00a0eight after sustaining radiator damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race\nOn lap\u00a022 Kovalainen's front left tyre suffered a rapid deflation, hurling his car into the barriers at an estimated 210 kilometres per hour (130\u00a0mph), with an impact of 26\u00a0g. As the track marshals extracted the McLaren from the barriers, the safety car was once again deployed. Heidfeld was forced to pit immediately as he was low on fuel, incurring a ten-second stop-go penalty for coming in before the pit-lane was officially re-opened. Barrichello and Fisichella then collided in the pit-lane on lap\u00a026, heavily damaging the Honda's front wing, and requiring Barrichello to drive the whole lap with a disintegrating car, before retiring into his team's garage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Massa, Hamilton, Kubica and Alonso, having already made their pit stops, trailed the safety car until it peeled off on lap 29. As R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen again increased his lead over Massa to more than two seconds, Alonso pulled over to the side of the track, smoke billowing from his engine, and retired. Rosberg's engine also suffered a failure, and the Williams retired on lap\u00a042 from seventh place. Four laps later, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:21.670 (a lap record that still stands), as Massa pitted from behind him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Hamilton and Kubica followed into the pit-lane on lap\u00a047. Coulthard and Glock collided on lap\u00a053 after the Toyota driver attempted to pass the Red Bull at the first corner. Glock sustained front wing damage, and Coulthard suffered a puncture to his left rear tyre; both pitted soon after for repairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took his second win of the season when he crossed the line at the end of the 66th lap, 3.2\u00a0seconds ahead of the second-placed Massa. Hamilton took third, ahead of Kubica, Webber and Button, who scored Honda's first points for the season. Nakajima finished in seventh place, ahead of Trulli, who was running in sixth place before his team mistakenly called him into the pit-lane. Toyota had mistaken Glock's damaged car for Trulli, dropping the latter down the order after the stop. Heidfeld, recovering after his penalty, finished in ninth place ahead of Fisichella. Glock and Coulthard filled the next two positions after their late collision, ahead of Sato in 13th. Rosberg, Alonso, Barrichello, Kovalainen, Davidson, Bourdais, Piquet, Vettel and Sutil were the retirements from a punishing Spanish Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nIf we had wanted we could have gone a bit faster but there is no point to push it when you don't need to. I think it was closer than we expected but saying that there were many safety cars, so without them maybe it would have been looking a little bit different. It was a good day \u2013 everything was brilliant. I am happy that Heikki [Kovalainen] seems to be okay after his accident. I cannot ask anything more as the guys did perfect work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe top three finishers appeared on the podium and in the subsequent press conference, where R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen said his pole position start was an important factor in his victory: \"This circuit is very difficult to overtake. The start is the best place and when you have a lot of things going with the safety car you might be lucky or very unlucky, so the best place to try to win is always from the front. It was good yesterday and it really helped us today.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nMassa said that the result was a good one for his team, as they moved ahead of BMW Sauber in the Constructors' Championship: \"We did our homework and brought two Ferrari's in the front \u2013 first and second \u2013 which is very important for the Championship.\" Although Ferrari had performed well, Massa said their speed was not significantly better than their opponents, so \"we need to keep working like crazy in the factory to improve the car in every area.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nHamilton agreed that the start was the most important part of the race: \"Obviously when we qualified fifth we knew that it would be very difficult to beat the Ferraris. But the key was to get a good start and make as many places as possible and fortunately I was able to do that.\" Apart from the start of the race, only two passing manoeuvres were recorded: Heidfeld's lap\u00a055 pass on Fisichella and Coulthard's lap\u00a061 pass on Sato.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nDespite his accident, Kovalainen suffered no physical injuries, except for minor concussion. After spending the night under observation in a nearby hospital, the McLaren driver was cleared to race in the next Grand Prix, two weeks later. McLaren said that the wheel failure was due to a faulty wheel clamp which made it vulnerable to the rapid changes in load and pressure that a Formula One car endures, eventually leading to the deflated tyre and Kovalainen's accident. Kovalainen praised Formula One's safety procedures and medical staff:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nIt was a serious accident and I managed to walk away. I was a bit lucky, but the safety standards the FIA has been pushing worked very well, ... The chassis, the impact, all the barriers took the impact well, the FIA medical team plus the marshals and the team took the job very well and did a fantastic job to get me out of there quickly in a short period of time ... I was able to make a recovery without any injuries. I think it is something that we must still keep working on, but the work paid off that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nHowever, Mark Webber, a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, said that standards at the track should have been better. Speaking in his regular BBC Online column, Webber said the \"run-off on that corner is too tight and we need to have a look at it because any driver that has an error there is going to have a big crash. If Heikki's accident had happened two seconds later he would have been fine and controlled the car, but it probably happened on the worst section of that whole track.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198668-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's win increased his points tally in the Drivers' Championship to 29\u00a0points, nine ahead of second-placed Hamilton. Kubica and Massa were one and two points behind Hamilton, respectively; Heidfeld was fifth on 16\u00a0points, after failing to score. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari took the lead with 47\u00a0points, 12\u00a0points ahead of BMW Sauber and 13\u00a0points ahead of McLaren, with 14\u00a0races remaining in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198669-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish National Badminton Championships\nThe 2008 Spanish National Badminton Championships was the 27th edition of the Spanish National Badminton Championships. It was held in Ibiza Town, from May 9 to May 11, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election\nThe 2008 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 9 March 2008, to elect the 9th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 264 seats in the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election\nAfter four years of growing bipolarisation of Spanish politics, the election saw a record result for both ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and opposition People's Party (PP), together obtaining more than 83% of the vote share\u2014over 21 million votes\u2014and 92% of the Congress seats. The PSOE under Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero benefitted from tactical voting against the PP and emerged as the most-voted party just 7 seats short of an overall majority. On the other hand, Mariano Rajoy's PP saw an increase in its vote share and seat count but remained unable to overtake the Socialists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election\nUnited Left (IU) had its worst general election performance ever with less than 4% and 2 seats. Regional nationalist parties Convergence and Union (CiU), Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) or Aragonese Union (CHA) were also hurt by the massive tactical voting towards the PSOE, falling to historical lows of popular support. Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD), with 1 seat and slightly more than 300,000 votes, became the first nationwide party aside from PSOE, PP and IU entering in parliament in over two decades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election\nZapatero was sworn in as Prime Minister of Spain for a second term in office in April 2008, just as the Spanish economy began showing signs of fatigue and economic slowdown after a decade of growth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Spanish Cortes Generales were envisaged as an imperfect bicameral system. The Congress of Deputies had greater legislative power than the Senate, having the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a prime minister and to override Senate vetoes by an absolute majority of votes. Nonetheless, the Senate possessed a few exclusive, yet limited in number functions\u2014such as its role in constitutional amendment\u2014which were not subject to the Congress' override. Voting for the Cortes Generales was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system\nFor the Congress of Deputies, 348 seats were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Spain, with each being allocated an initial minimum of two seats and the remaining 248 being distributed in proportion to their populations. Ceuta and Melilla were allocated the two remaining seats, which were elected using plurality voting. The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system\nFor the Senate, 208 seats were elected using an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. In constituencies electing four seats, electors could vote for up to three candidates; in those with two or three seats, for up to two candidates; and for one candidate in single-member districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system\nEach of the 47 peninsular provinces was allocated four seats, whereas for insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, districts were the islands themselves, with the larger\u2014Majorca, Gran Canaria and Tenerife\u2014being allocated three seats each, and the smaller\u2014Menorca, Ibiza\u2013Formentera, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma\u2014one each. Ceuta and Melilla elected two seats each. Additionally, autonomous communities could appoint at least one senator each and were entitled to one additional senator per each million inhabitants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of each chamber of the Cortes Generales\u2014the Congress and the Senate\u2014expired four years from the date of their previous election, unless they were dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of the Cortes in the event that the prime minister did not make use of his prerogative of early dissolution. The decree was to be published on the following day in the Official State Gazette (BOE), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Overview, Election date\nThe previous election was held on 14 March 2004, which meant that the legislature's term would expire on 14 March 2008. The election decree was required to be published in the BOE no later than 19 February 2008, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Cortes Generales on Sunday, 13 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Overview, Election date\nThe prime minister had the prerogative to dissolve both chambers at any given time\u2014either jointly or separately\u2014and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no state of emergency was in force and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. Additionally, both chambers were to be dissolved and a new election called if an investiture process failed to elect a prime minister within a two-month period from the first ballot. Barred this exception, there was no constitutional requirement for simultaneous elections for the Congress and the Senate. Still, as of 2021 there has been no precedent of separate elections taking place under the 1978 Constitution, with governments having long preferred that elections for the two chambers of the Cortes take place simultaneously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 903]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Overview, Election date\nThe Cortes Generales were dissolved on 15 January 2008, after it was announced by Andalusian president Manuel Chaves in November 2007 that he had agreed with Zapatero to hold the 2008 Spanish general election and the regional election in Andalusia simultaneously on 9 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Parliamentary composition\nThe Cortes Generales were officially dissolved on 15 January 2008, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official State Gazette. The tables below show the composition of the parliamentary groups in both chambers at the time of dissolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Parties and candidates\nThe electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Parties and candidates\nBelow is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Parties and candidates\nIn the Canary Islands, an alliance was formed between New Canaries (NC) and Nationalist Canarian Centre (CCN), two splinter groups from Canarian Coalition. In the Valencian Community, Valencian People's Initiative (IdPV)\u2014splinter from United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV)\u2014joined a coalition with the Valencian Nationalist Bloc (Bloc) and The Greens\u2013Ecologist Left of the Valencian Country (EVEE). Unity for the Isles, an electoral alliance based in the Balearic Islands, was formed by PSM\u2013Nationalist Agreement (PSM\u2013EN), Majorcan Union (UM), Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Agreement for Majorca (ExM) and The Greens of Menorca (EV\u2013Me).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Timetable\nThe key dates are listed below (all times are CET. Note that the Canary Islands use WET (UTC+0) instead):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Campaign, Party slogans\nAlthough the official electoral campaign period in Spain only lasts for the 15 days before the election, (with the exception of the day just before the election), many parties, especially the PP and PSOE, start their \"pre-campaigns\" months in advance, often before having finalised their electoral lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Campaign, Party slogans\nThe first phase campaign was done under the slogan \"Con Z de Zapatero\" (With Z of Zapatero), a joke based on the Prime Minister and socialist candidate's habit of tending to pronounce words ending with D as if they ended with Z. The campaign was linked to terms like equality (Igualdad-Igualdaz) or solidarity (Solidaridad-Solidaridaz), emphasizing the policies carried out by the current government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Campaign, Party slogans\nThe second phase was done under the slogan \"La Mirada Positiva\" (The Positive outlook), emphasising the future government platform, and \"Vota con todas tus fuerzas\" (Vote with all of your strength), aiming to mobilize the indecisive or potentially abstaining voters. Another common slogan through all the campaign was \"Motivos para creer\" (Reasons to believe in).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Campaign, Party slogans\nFor the pre-campaign the PP used the slogan \"Con Rajoy es Posible\" (With Rajoy it's Possible). Usually emphasizing PP's campaign proposals, such as \"Llegar a fin de mes, Con Rajoy es Posible\" (Making ends meet, With Rajoy it's Possible). IU accused PP of copying its slogan from the last municipal elections", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Campaign, Party slogans\nIU chose the pre-campaign slogan \"LlamazarES + M\u00e1s Izquierda\" (LlamazarES (is) More Left), calling attention to their position as the third national party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues\nThe economy became a major campaign issue due to a number of factors:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198670-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues\nThe sudden emergence of the economy as a political issue came after several years of steady economic growth, and led some observers to suggest that maybe the government would have benefitted from calling an earlier election. In addition to those factors both the PP and the PSOE made competing proposals on taxation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198671-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 28\u201330 March 2008 at the Circuito de Jerez located in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. The MotoGP race was won by Dani Pedrosa, who finished ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, who started on pole position. Mika Kallio won the 250cc race after \u00c1lvaro Bautista and Marco Simoncelli, the two leaders, collided on the last lap. The 125cc race was won by Simone Corsi, ahead of Nicol\u00e1s Terol and Bradley Smith, who started the race in pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198671-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198672-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speed World Challenge\nThe 2008 Speed World Challenge season was the nineteenth Speed World Challenge season. It began March 14, 2008, and finished on October 4, 2008, after 13 rounds. The defending champions were Jeff Altenburg in Touring Car and Randy Pobst in Grand Touring competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198673-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedcar Series\nThe 2008 Speedcar Series was the inaugural Speedcar Series championship. It consisted of four points-scoring race meetings, with a further non-championship round beforehand. The Drivers' Championship was won by Johnny Herbert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198673-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedcar Series, Teams and drivers\nAll of the teams used the Speedcar V8 vehicle with tyres supplied by Michelin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198673-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedcar Series, Championship Standings, Drivers\nPoints were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198674-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Conference League\nThe 2008 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198674-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Conference League, Summary\nThe title was won by Weymouth Wildcats who won the play offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198674-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Conference League, Conference League Knockout Cup\nThe 2008 Conference League Knockout Cup was the 11th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Plymouth Devils were the winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198675-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Ekstraliga\nThe 2008 Speedway Ekstraliga season is the 9th since its establishment. The first fixtures of the season are scheduled for April 6, 2008, and the season will end on October 19, 2008. Unia Leszno are the defending Polish champions. The Speedway Ekstraliga (pl. Ekstraliga \u017cu\u017clowa) is the top division of speedway in the Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198675-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Ekstraliga\nThe 2008 Juniors League (pl. Liga Junior\u00f3w) season is the first its establishment. Every Ekstraliga team must send a Team U-21 to youth league. Eight events will be on July and August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198675-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Ekstraliga, First round, Results\nThe home team is listed in the left-hand column. Blue indicates a win to the home team while a red represents a loss to the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198676-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix was the 63rd edition of the official World Championship and the 14th season in the Speedway Grand Prix used to determine the Speedway World Champion. It was the second under the promotion of IMG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198676-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix, Event format\nThe format for 2008 was the same as that used in 2007 with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix. Over the course of 20 heats each rider raced against every other rider once. The top eight scorers advanced to a semi-final and from each semi-final the first and second placed riders advanced to the GP final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198676-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix, Event format\nAll rides count towards Grand Prix points totals, including the semi-final and final, which counts double (6-4-2-0) and therefore the maximum points for a single Grand Prix is 24 (five heat wins, semi final win and final win). This format means that the winner of each Grand Prix may not be the rider who scores most GP points from each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198676-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification\nFor the 2008 season, there were 15 permanent riders who were joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198676-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification, 2007 Grand Prix\nThe top eight riders from the 2007 championship qualified as of right. These eight qualifiers were, in championship order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198676-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification, Grand Prix Challenge\nThe top eight riders from 2007 were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge. These riders were, in order by qualifying position:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 61], "content_span": [62, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198676-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification, Nominations\nThe final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198677-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification\nThe 2008 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification Meetings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198677-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification, Domestic Qualification, Poland\nPawe\u0142 Hlib was injury before Quarter-Final and was replaced by Tomasz Gapi\u0144ski. Wies\u0142aw Jagu\u015b (8th) and Sebastian U\u0142amek (9th) refused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198677-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification, Grand Prix Challenge\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022  t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022  x - other exclusion \u2022  e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022  f - fell \u2022  ns - non-starter \u2022  nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198678-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the sixth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 2 in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198678-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic\nCzech Republic SGP was won by current World Champion Nicki Pedersen from Denmark. It was his first GP Won in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198678-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Lubo\u0161 Tom\u00ed\u010dek as a wild card, and Adrian Rymel and Filip \u0160itera both as track reserves. The draw was made on July 22 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198678-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198679-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark will be the fourth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 14 in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198679-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark\nCopenhagen is also the second of four rounds of the 2008 Super Prix. The meeting winner will be given the blue helmet in the Super Prix Final at Gelsenkirchen in October with a chance of winning a share of an extra $200,000 prize fund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198679-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Kenneth Bjerre as a wild card, and Nicolai Klindt and Patrick Hougaard both as track reserves. The draw was made on June 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198679-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Result\nTomasz Gollob was the winner at Parken and became the first rider to win two Grand Prix rounds in 2008. He won the final from Nicki Pedersen, Jason Crump and Hans N. Andersen. The result kept Nicki Pedersen at the top of the World Championship standings, eleven points ahead of nearest rival Gollob. Danish wild card entry Kenneth Bjerre reached the semi finals and finished in fifth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198679-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198680-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe was the second race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 10 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The main sponsor was the commercial bank Bank Zachodni WBK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198680-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe\nThe Grand Prind was won by Leigh Adams from Australia. It was the 7th Grand Prix win of his career. In the final, Adams beat American Greg Hancock and defending World Champion Danish Nicki Pedersen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198680-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jaros\u0142aw Hampel as wild card, and Damian Bali\u0144ski and Krzysztof Buczkowski as track reserves. The draw was made on April 29 at the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Motocyclisme Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. Because of an injury, Bjarne Pedersen was replaced by Lubo\u0161 Tom\u00ed\u010dek, Jr. Adams, Kasprzak, Hampel and Bali\u0144ski are all riding for Unia Leszno, whose home track is at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, in the 2008 season in Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198680-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198681-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the eleventh and closing race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was scheduled to take place on 11 October 2008, in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. However, the meeting was cancelled because the track (temporary) was deemed unsafe by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) jury due to adverse weather conditions. The event was re-staged at the Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland, on the 18 October and was renamed the 2008 FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix. The Grand Prix was won by Polish rider Tomasz Gollob, who also won the 2008 Super Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198681-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Smolinski as a wild card, and Tobias Kroner and Max Dilger both as track reserves. Kevin W\u00f6lbert later replaced the injured Max Dilger. The draw was made on September 29 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. The SGP Commission re-nominated Maciej Janowski and Grzegorz Zengota both as track reserves. Track reserve Janowski later replaced the injured Niels Kristian Iversen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198681-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198681-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Super Prix\nFor the Super Prix Final the $200,000 prize fund will be awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198681-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Super Prix\nIf a Super Prix event is won by a rider who has already qualified for the Super Prix Final, then the World Championship Final Classification following the completion of Heat 23 in Germany will determine who is awarded this place or places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198681-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Super Prix\nAt the Super Prix Final in Germany, if a rider has won more than one Super Prix he will take the starting gate colour of his first Super Prix win. e.g. If he has won in Sweden (red) and Denmark (blue), the rider will have the red starting gate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198681-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Super Prix\nIf qualified riders are unable to participate in the Super Prix Final due to injury or other circumstances, they will be replaced using the World Championship Final Classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198681-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Super Prix\nA Wild Card or Reserve rider could qualify to the Super Prix Final in Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198681-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Super Prix\nIt is the placing in the Final of a Super Prix which determines who qualifies, not points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198682-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, known as the 2008 FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 June, in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The British Grand Prix is one of the four Super Prix events held in 2008. The winner in Cardiff will progress to the Super Prix final, taking gate 3 and the white helmet colour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198682-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Riders\nEdward Kennett was nominated as a wild card after he finished 2nd at the 2008 British Speedway Championship. Tai Woffinden and Simon Stead were the next highest finishing non-Grand Prix riders and both will be track reserves at Cardiff. The starting positions draw was made on 18 June, at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198682-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Result\nJason Crump from Australia was the winner of the British Grand Prix, he finished ahead of second placed Greg Hancock of the United States. Crump therefore takes the white helmet colour in the Super Prix final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198682-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Result\nNicki Pedersen benefited from controversial decisions by Polish referee Marek Wojaczek. Pedersen touched the tapes in an early heat, which should have resulted in a mandatory exclusion but Wojaczek allowed the race to continue and later, after an innocuous clash with Leigh Adams on the first corner of heat 17, Adams was excluded. In the first semi-final Bjarne Pedersen, who led the qualifying scorers with 14 points, clashed with his Nicki Pedersen in identical fashion to Adams and he, too, was excluded, much to the anger of the 45,000 crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198682-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Result\nGreat Britain's Scott Nicholls reached the final for the first time this year only to break the start tapes which resulted in his exclusion from the final. Nicki Pedersen fell in the final and therefore scored 0 points from the race, but still took third place on the podium. Nicki Pedersen still led the standings after the British Grand Prix, and it was the fifth time out of five Grand Prix that he had reached the final, although his first Grand Prix win in 2008 would not come until the following Czech Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198682-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198683-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy was the tenth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 27 in the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo, Italy. Italian SGP was won by Hans N. Andersen from Denmark. It was his first GP Won in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198683-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Guglielmo Franchetti as a wild card, and Mattia Carpanese and Alessandro Milanese as track reserves. The draw was made on September 16 at the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Motocyclisme Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198683-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198684-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia was the eighth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was held on August 30, 2008, in the Latvijas Spidveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia. The Grand Prix was won by Jason Crump from Australia, it was his second GP win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198684-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Grigory Laguta as a wild card, and Mr. John and Maksims Bogdanovs both as track reserves. The draw was made on August 19 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198684-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198685-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the ninth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 13 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock from United States, it was his first GP win of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198685-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Wies\u0142aw Jagu\u015b as a wild card, and Krzysztof Buczkowski and Adrian Gom\u00f3lski both as track reserves. The draw was made on September 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. Maciej Janowski replaced Adrian Gom\u00f3lski, having been injured in the Polish First League match on 2008-09-07 (KM Ostr\u00f3w vs Polonia Bydgoszcz 42:47).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198685-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Riders\nAndreas Jonsson and Krzysztof Buczkowski were Polonia Bydgoszcz's riders in 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198685-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198686-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia was the seventh race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 16, in the G&B Stadium in M\u00e5lilla, Sweden. The Grand Prix was won by Leigh Adams from Australia. It was his second GP Won in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198686-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Peter Ljung as a wild card, and Jonas Davidsson and Thomas H. Jonasson both as track reserves. The draw was made on August 5 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198686-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198687-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia was the first race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on April 26 at the Matija Gubec Stadium in Kr\u0161ko, Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198687-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia\nSlovenian SGP was won by Tomasz Gollob from Poland. It was the 12th SGP win of his career. In the final, Gollob beat Danes Nicki Pedersen and Hans N. Andersen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198687-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matej \u017dagar as Wild Card, and Izak \u0160antej and Jernej Kolenko both as Track Reserves. The Draw was made on April 15 in FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. Denis \u0160tojs later replaced the injured Jernej Kolenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198687-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198688-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden\nThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden is the third race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 24 May in the Ullevi Stadium in G\u00f6teborg, Sweden It is the fourth time that the Ullevi Stadium has staged a GP, the last time being the 2004 Grand Prix of Scandinavia. At 416 metres, the semi-permanent track is the largest track on the 2008 Grand Prix calendar, and the longest ever used for a Grand Prix event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198688-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden\nSweden is also the first of four rounds of the 2008 Super Prix. The meeting winner will be given the red helmet in the SuperPrix final at Gelsenkirchen in October with a chance of winning a share of an extra $200,000 prize fund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198688-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jonas Davidsson as a wild card, and Sebastian Ald\u00e9n and Billy Forsberg both as track reserves. Bjarne Pedersen was again replaced by Lubo\u0161 Tom\u00ed\u010dek because of an injury. The draw was made on 13 May at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198688-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Result\nRune Holta won the Swedish Grand Prix with a fast overtaking manoeuvre on the back straight on the first lap of the final. It was Holta's 50th Grand Prix and the first Grand Prix win of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198688-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Result\nFredrik Lindgren had been unbeaten from his previous races but had to settle for second place, although he did score the most points from the meeting. Nicki Pedersen extended his series lead to ten points with third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198688-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Result\nThe meeting overran by over an hour due to a number of stoppages caused by the unpredictable, rutted track. Andreas Jonsson was taken to hospital after a high-speed crash but escaped serious injury, Niels Kristian Iversen also crashed in one of his heats and suffered a dislocated shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198688-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198689-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup\nThe 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup (SWC) is the 8th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 19 2008 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by host team Denmark (49 pts) and they beat defending champion Poland (46 pts), Sweden (39 pts) and Australia (21 pts) in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198689-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup\nIt was the second time the Speedway World Cup was won by Denmark and their thirteenth Team World Champion title overall. It was the second time Hans Andersen, Niels Kristian Iversen, Bjarne Pedersen and Nicki Pedersen had been members of a  World Cup winning team (Champions in 2006, but it was the first time for Kenneth Bjerre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198689-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup, Qualification\nThe top 6 teams of the overall 2007 Speedway World Cup was directly seeded into the 2008 SWC Final Tournament: Poland (Rank #1 - the defending Champion), Denmark (#2), Australia (#3), Great Britain (#4), Sweden (#5) and Russia (#6). 2 other teams was shall qualify to the SWC through 2 preliminary rounds: Czech Republic (#7) and Hungary (#8).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198689-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup, Qualification\nIn Preliminary Round 1 in Miskolc, Hungary won with (51+3 points) after a run-off between Matej Ferjan and Tobias Kroner from Germany (51+2 pts). The last places were taken by Latvia (36 pts) and United States (12 pts) competing without Grand Prix rider Greg Hancock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198689-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup, Qualification\nIn Ljubljana, Slovenia rode Preliminary Round 2 which was won by the Czech Republic team (59 points). They beat Finland (40 pts), Slovenia (35 pts) and Italy (16 pts).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198689-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup, Tournament\nThe SWC Final Tournament was held by Poland (Event 1), Great Britain (Event 2) and Denmark (Race-Off and The Final).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198689-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup, Tournament\nThe first Semi-Final (Event 1) was held in Leszno, Poland. This meeting was won by Australia (56+3 points) after a Run-Off between Leigh Adams and Jaros\u0142aw Hampel from Poland (56+2 points). In Event 2 in Coventry, Great Britain, the Denmark team won (63 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198689-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup, Tournament\nThe Race-Off and the Final were held in Vojens, Denmark. The Swedish team won the Race-Off(53 points). Sweden and Poland (50 points) qualified for the Final. The last two places were taken by Great Britain (36 points) and Russia (17 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198689-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup, Tournament\nIn the Finale the Denmark team won (49 points). They beat Poland (46), Sweden (39) and Australia (21).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198690-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup Event 1\nThe 2008 Speedway World Cup Event 1 was the first race of the 2008 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on July 12, 2008 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198690-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup Event 1, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198691-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup Event 2\nThe 2008 Speedway World Cup Event 2 was the second race of the 2008 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on 14 July 2008 in the Brandon stadium in Coventry, Great Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198691-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup Event 2, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198692-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup Final\nThe 2008 Speedway World Cup Final was the fourth and last race of the 2008 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on July 19, 2008 in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198692-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup Final, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198693-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification\nThe 2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was a two events of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the two national teams who qualify for the 2008 Speedway World Cup. According to the FIM rules the top six nations (Poland, Denmark, Australia, Great Britain, Sweden and Russia) from the 2007 Speedway World Cup were automatically qualified. Qualification was won by Hungary and Czech Republic teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198693-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification, Heat details, Miskolc (1)\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198693-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup Qualification, Heat details, Lonigo (2)\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198694-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup Race-off\nThe 2008 Speedway World Cup Race-off was the third race of the 2008 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on July 17, 2008 in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198694-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Speedway World Cup Race-off, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198695-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Spengler Cup\nThe 2008 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland between December 26, 2008 and December 31, 2008. All matches were played at host HC Davos's home Vaillant Arena. The final was won 5-3 by HC Dynamo Moscow over Team Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198696-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season\nThe 2008 season was the 98th edition of the football club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, their debut in S\u00e9rie B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198696-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Club, Team kit\nThe team kit for the season was produced by Nike and the shirt sponsor was  Medial Sa\u00fade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198696-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Season, Campeonato Paulista, Results summary\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198696-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Season, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B, Results summary\nLast updated: 13 November 2008. Source: 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 99], "content_span": [100, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198697-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sport Club Internacional season\nThe 2008 season is the 99th season in Sport Club Internacional's existence, and their 38th in the Campeonato Brasileiro, having never been relegated from the top division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198697-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sport Club Internacional season, Club, Team kit\nThe team kit for the season was produced by Reebok and the shirt sponsor is Banrisul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198697-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sport Club Internacional season, Season 2008, Campeonato Ga\u00facho, Results summary\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198697-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sport Club Internacional season, Season 2008, Campeonato Brasileiro, Results summary\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198698-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio\nThe 2008 Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio was the sixth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Ohio on July 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198698-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198699-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg\nThe 2008 Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida on April 5, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198699-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election\nThe Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections, 2008 was held on May 10, 2008 to elect members to Sri Lanka\u2019s Eastern Provincial Council. Following the successful completion of local government elections in the Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka\u2019s Elections Department announced on March 14 that the elections for the Eastern Provincial Council were to be held in May, after a lapse of 20 years. It was only the second time direct elections are held to select members for the council, and first time for the Eastern Provincial Council alone, after it was separated from the North-Eastern Provincial Council in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election\nNominations for contesting in the elections were accepted from March 27 to April 3, and a total of 1342 candidates from 18 political parties and 56 independent groups contested the elections where over 980,000 people were eligible to vote. Both of Sri Lanka\u2019s major political parties, the opposition United National Party and the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance took part in the election in coalitions with a number of other parties, but under their own names.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election\nAccording to the official results released by the Elections Department, the ruling UPFA were victorious in the election, winning 20 seats, while the opposition UNP won 15 seats. Two smaller parties, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the Tamizh Democratic National Alliance also won 1 seat each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Background\nThe Provincial Council system was first set up in Sri Lanka following the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord in 1987. Although Sri Lanka has 9 provinces, as part of the agreement the Northern and Eastern provinces were merged into a single North Eastern Province, and a joint North-Eastern Provincial Council formed. This was done following demands of Tamil political parties, who consider the north and east of Sri Lanka as their \"traditional homeland\", and wanted to administer the area as a single entity, against the protests of some members of the Sinhalese and Muslim communities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Background\nThe first elections were held for the North Eastern Provincial council on November 19, 1988. The Tamil nationalist parties Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) and Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF) won 35 and 12 seats respectively, while the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) won 17 seats and the ruling United National Party won one seat. Varatharaja Perumal was appointed Chief Minister by the victorious EPRLF, who also announced that they would form a ruling coalition with the ENDLF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Background\nHowever, as relations soured with India, and renewed fighting broke out between the government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam organization (the Tamil Tigers), the North-Eastern Provincial Council was dissolved in 1990 and its administration taken over by the government. The area was ruled by the government since then, with parts of it under the control of the Tamil Tigers. While fresh elections were held for the other 7 provincial councils in 1993, and subsequently every five years later, no elections were held for the North Eastern due to the situation on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Background\nThroughout the 1990s, control over parts of the province changed hands between the government and LTTE. When the ceasefire agreement was signed in 2002, parts of all 3 districts composing the Eastern Province were under the control of the LTTE. As the ceasefire broke down in mid-2006, the government launched a major military offensive to clear the Eastern Province of the LTTE. The Sri Lankan military fully achieving this objective in July 2007, and plans were immediately drawn up to hold local elections for the area. Elections were however delayed due to the unstable situation on the ground, as it was the first time in 14 years that some parts of the province came under the control of the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Background\nIn the meantime, in a landmark decision the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ruled on October 16, 2006 that since other conditions set the merger were not satisfied, the merger of the two provinces was \"null and void without having any legal effect\", thereby separating the administrative functions of the two provinces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Background\nAs a precursor to the Provincial Council elections, the government first held elections to local government bodies in the Batticaloa district on March 10, with the TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) winning 8 of the 9 bodies up for grabs. (see )", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Details\nThe Eastern Province contains 15% of the landmass of Sri Lanka, and has a population of approximately 1.5 million people, or 7.8% of the country's population. Members for provincial councils are directly elected for 5-year terms. The leader of the council majority serves as the province's Chief Minister, alongside a board of ministers. A provincial governor is appointed by the President of Sri Lanka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Details\nVoting to select members for the provincial councils took place between 7:00am and 4:00pm Sri Lankan time, at 1070 polling stations throughout the Eastern Province. A total of 37 members were to be elected to the Provincial Council, 14 from the Ampara District, 11 from the Batticaloa District and 10 from the Trincomalee District, with the overall winner gaining two additional \"bonus\" members. 79 counting centers were set up to tally the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Contesting political parties\nThe opposition United National Party (UNP) boycotted the Batticaloa local government elections in March claiming the existence of the armed TMVP cadres would prevent the holding of free and fair elections. This move was however criticized by some analysts, and the UNP also faced pressure from within the party to contest the Provincial Council Elections. Subsequently, the UNP announced on March 25 that they would be contesting the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Contesting political parties\nThe Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, the largest Muslim Party in the country, initially attempted to contest the elections as part of a larger coalition of Muslim parties. However discussions regarding this fell through, mainly because the parties could not agree on a symbol to contest under, with the SLMC insisting the alliance should use the \u201ctree\u201d symbol, a proposal the other parties were opposed to. On April 2, the SLMC announced they would contest the elections with the UNP, under the United National Party banner and the \u201celephant\u201d symbol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Contesting political parties\nIn a surprise move, SLMC leader and Member of Parliament Rauff Hakeem, along with 2 other SLMC MPs, Party Chairman Basheer Segudawood and General Secretary Hasen Ali also resigned from their seats in the national parliament on April 2, and announced they would be contesting in the Provincial Council Elections. At the same time, another senior member of the SLMC, M.L.A.M. Hisbullah crossed over to the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Contesting political parties\nAfter discussions, the TMVP and the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) also announced on March 30 that they will jointly contest the polls under the UPFA's \u201cbetel leaf\u201d symbol. After some arguments between the leading Muslim candidate M.L.A.M. Hisbullah, and the leading Tamil candidate and leader of the TMVP Pillayan as to who will be appointed Chief Minister if the UPFA won the election, the ruling party decided that whichever community won the most votes would be given the Chief Ministerial post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Contesting political parties\nThe largest Tamil  political party Tamil National Alliance totally boycotting these polls. United National party (UNP) and Tamil National Alliance  groups claim unfair elections took place. TNA claimed it wasn't safe for them to operate in the east because the TMVP group was armed. TMVP threatened TNA MP's and also captured alive family members of TNA MP prior to the elections. Human rights groups claim that TMVP used violence before the election and therefore the elections were \"tainted\". An independent candidate also claimed that people voted out of fear for army backed TMVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Contesting political parties, Parties contesting in 1 district\nIn addition, there were 11 independent parties contesting in the Batticaloa District, 22 in the Ampara District and 19 in the Trincomalee District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 114], "content_span": [115, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Lead up to the elections\nDespite some concerns that armed groups would disrupt the elections, the independent election monitoring group People's Action Front for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) said that they did not see any evidence of any groups using arms during the campaigning. 10 days before the election, the chief of PAFFEREL Kingsley Rodrigo told the Daily Mirror that he expected to see a free and fair election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Lead up to the elections\nThere will also be 2,500 local and 20 internal polls monitors on the ground monitoring the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Lead up to the elections\nThere was a powerful bomb exploded at the town of Ampara on May 9, 2008 just a day before the elections, also 11 people killed and 36 sustained injuries. The suspected LTTE planted the bomb by targeting government military personnel that used this place as a resting place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Results\nAccording to official results, the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance gained a majority in the Provincial Council, which was seen as a strike against the Tamil Tiger rebels. The UPFA won 20 seats (18 seats directly and two bonus seats for gaining the most votes overall), the opposition United National Party 15 seats and two smaller parties, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and the Tamizh Democratic National Alliance won one seat each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Results\nPillayan, a former rebel leader, was sworn in as Chief Minister of Eastern Province on 16 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198700-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election, Claims of election irregularities\nThe United National Party, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna claimed that many incidents of election irregularities such as vote rigging was carried out by members of the United People's Freedom Alliance and the TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal during election day. The UNP and the SLMC has made a petition challenging the result of Ampara district PC to the supreme court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 85], "content_span": [86, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198701-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Football Premier League\nThe following covers the events of the 2008 Sri Lanka Football Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198701-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Football Premier League\nThe 2008 Premier League championship was organized by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, and by Dialog Telekom. Army SC won the championship after its win over Rathnam SC. Kasun Jayasooriya of Renown SC was the top scorer in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198701-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Football Premier League, Teams\nBoth Pelicans SC and Java Lane SC were lowered to Division I because they were the last two teams in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198702-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka Vavuniya bombing\nThe 2008 Sri Lanka Vavuniya bombing was a bombing on a police station that killed 12 members of police and injured 40 including children in the town of Vavuniya, Northern Province, Sri Lanka on June 16, 2008. The bombing was carried out by detonating a motorcycle laden with explosives, although the perpetrator has not been confirmed, the Tamil Tigers is believed to be responsible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198703-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sri Lanka roadside bombings\nThe 2008 Sri Lanka roadside bombings were two separate roadside bombings that killed 32 people and injured 62 others on January 16, 2008. The first roadside bomb was aimed towards a civilian bus, with gunmen shooting at fleeing survivors and then retreating into the bush, killing farmers who encountered them. The second roadside bomb was aimed towards a military vehicle, injuring three soldiers. The Sri Lankan Government has blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198704-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 St Albans City and District Council election\nThe 2008 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198704-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 St Albans City and District Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Liberal Democrats had 29 seats, compared to 19 for the Conservatives, 8 for Labour and there were 2 Independents. 18 of the 20 wards were contested in 2008, with only Colney Heath and Sandridge wards not having an election. Each of the Liberal Democrat, Conservative, Labour and Green parties contested every seat, apart from in Redbourn where the Liberal Democrats did not put up a candidate against the sitting independent councillor Tony Swendell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198704-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 St Albans City and District Council election, Background\n3 Liberal Democrat councillors, Brian Peyton, Brian Sinfield and Jenny Stroud, and 2 Conservative councillors, Clare Ellis and Liz Stevenson, stood down at the election. Independent, former Conservative, councillor John Newman also did not defend his seat in Harpenden West after moving to Dorset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198704-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 St Albans City and District Council election, Election result\nThe Liberal Democrats regained an overall majority of 2 on the council with 30 councillors, after making a net gain of one seat. They gained seats in Batchwood, Sopwell and Verulam wards, but lost Harpenden East and Wheathampstead to the Conservatives, who increased to 22 seats on the council. The Labour party lost all of the seats they had been defending, including London Colney to the Conservatives, to fall to 5 seats on the council, while independent Tony Swendell held his seat in Redbourn. Labour blamed their defeats on voters protesting against the national Labour government. Overall turnout was 42.5%, a drop from 43.6% at the 2007 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198704-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 St Albans City and District Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the national Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg came to St Albans to celebrate the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198704-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 St Albans City and District Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010\nA by-election was held in Harpenden South on 4 June 2009 after Conservative councillor Paul Foster resigned from the council. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Brian Ellis with a majority of 899 votes over the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 85], "content_span": [86, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198705-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198705-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background\nAt the last election in 2007, Labour remained the largest party with 21 seats, the Liberal Democrats has 20, Conservatives 6 and there was 1 independent. However soon after the election the independent councillor, Bessie Griffin, joined the Liberal Democrats. Since the 2006 election the Liberal Democrats and Conservative had run the council together, while Labour was in opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 64], "content_span": [65, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198705-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background\n16 seats were contested in 2008 and as well as candidates from Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, there were 10 candidates from the British National Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 64], "content_span": [65, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198705-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nLabour gained 2 seats to have 23 councillors, but fell 2 short of regaining a majority on the council, as the Liberal Democrats had 19 seats and the Conservatives 6. The Labour gains from the Liberal Democrats came in Billinge and Seneley Green and in West Park, while they held marginal seats in Haydock and Bold, with the result in Bold only coming after 3 recounts. The Labour gain in Billinge and Seneley Green meant the party regained the seat they had lost when councillor Bessie Griffin had left Labour to become an independent and then later joined the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198705-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the Liberal Democrat and Conservative parties continued to run the council together, with Liberal Democrat Brian Spencer remaining leader of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198705-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Parr\nA by-election took place in Parr on 12 March 2009 after the death of Labour councillor Ken Pinder. The seat was held for Labour by Andy Bowden with a majority of 340 votes over Liberal Democrat Barry Dodd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 94], "content_span": [95, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198705-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Rainhill\nA by-election took place in Rainhill on 12 March 2009 after the death of Labour councillor Mike Doyle. The seat was held for Labour by Barrie Grunewald with a majority of 503 votes over Liberal Democrat Denise Aspinall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 98], "content_span": [99, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198705-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Moss Bank\nA by-election was held in Moss Bank on 16 July 2009 after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Anna Heyes. The seat was held for Liberal Democrats by David Kent with a majority of 469 votes over Labour's Jeffrey Fletcher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 99], "content_span": [100, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198706-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 St Helens RLFC season\nThe 2008 St Helens R.F.C. season was the 136th in the club's history. They competed in Super League XIII as well as the 2008 Challenge Cup tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198706-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 St Helens RLFC season, 2008 Fixtures/Results\nSource: . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198707-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 St Kilda Football Club season\nThe St Kilda Football Club's 2008 season was its 112th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198707-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 St Kilda Football Club season, Summary, NAB Cup\nThe season began well with the club winning the preseason competition, the 2008 NAB Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198707-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 St Kilda Football Club season, Summary, NAB Cup\nThe club had wins over Richmond in the round of 16, Geelong in the quarter-finals, Essendon in the semi-finals and won the final against the Adelaide Crows by five points at Football Park (AAMI stadium) 2-7-9-(69) to 0-9-10-(64) - St Kilda's third preseason cup win in the AFL. Jason Gram won the Michael Tuck medal for the player judged best on ground during the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198707-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 St Kilda Football Club season, Summary, Regular season\nDespite the promising start, the Saints went on to have a mixed first half of the season with a five-win, six-loss record. After this their fortunes vastly improved and they gained a place in the finals series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198707-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 St Kilda Football Club season, Summary, Regular season\nThis mixed season drew both criticism and praise at differing times towards Lyon from supporters and the media. His game plan has been described as one championing accountability, similar to the Sydney Swans model by Paul Roos. Lyon's surprise move to drop midfielder Nick Dal Santo (as well as Stephen Milne) from the side was due to them not meeting these \"benchmarks\". Arguably, it was a turning point in the Saints' season, as they went on to win the next four games following this bold move.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198707-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 St Kilda Football Club season, Summary, Regular season\nIn a very competitive 2008 premiership season St Kilda Football Club qualified for the 2008 premiership season finals series, finishing the home and away rounds in the top four, in fourth position, with 13 wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198707-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 St Kilda Football Club season, Summary, Finals series\nIn the 2008 finals series, St Kilda played Geelong in the qualifying finals. St Kilda 8.13 (61) lost to Geelong 17.17 (119) in front of 71,653 at the MCG. In the  semi finals St Kilda 17.4 (106) defeated Collingwood 9.18 (72) in front 76,707. In the preliminary finals St Kilda 9.10 (64) lost to Hawthorn 18.10 (118) by 54 points in front of 77,002 at the MCG, being eliminated from the finals. St Kilda was eliminated by Hawthorn in the preliminary final. This was the third preliminary final lost to an eventual premier (after Sydney in 2005 and Port Adelaide in 2004) in five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season\nThe 2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 10th in the joint venture club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2008 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 7th out of 16 teams, being knocked out in the finals by eventual premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, NRL Telstra Premiership\nHaving failed to bring the club a premiership during his current tenure with the Dragons and coming off contract at the end of the year, Coach Nathan Brown has had heat on him from 2007 to bring the Dragons up and away from the bottom of the ladder. Since the start of the 2008 season, the Dragons have had, once again, loss after loss which has caused Peter Doust (Dragons CEO), to bring in a new coach in the case of Brisbane Broncos current coach Wayne Bennett for the 2009 season up until 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, NRL Telstra Premiership\nThe Dragons started the 2008 season by winning the Mercury Challenge match against the Bulldogs 40\u201330 at WIN Stadium in Wollongong and winning their first Toyota Cup trial match against Bulldogs at 30\u201322. The following week the Dragons went down to the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the annual Charity Shield clash 24\u201320 at ANZ Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, NRL Telstra Premiership\nThe club received a boost in May when former Union and League (Brisbane Broncos) star Wendell Sailor joined the team after a 2-year ban from professional sport in Australia due to his cocaine controversy. The Dragons started another year with disappointing results when they only won three times after 10 rounds, defeating the Gold Coast Titans in Round 2, the Sydney Roosters in Round 7 and the Melbourne Storm in Round 10 all with terrific results. On 23 May, the Dragons recorded their first back-to-back wins of the season when they defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval with a final score of 20\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, NRL Telstra Premiership\nThe Dragons new winger Wendell Sailor made his NRL return in this match also sustaining a minor cheekbone injury. The club also signed South Sydney Rabbitohs player Ben Rogers from an immediate release to join the Dragons on 12 June but released Jason Ryles from his contract to join the Catalans Dragons in the Super League for 2009. Days later they signed New Zealand international and Melbourne Storm player Jeremy Smith for three seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, NRL Telstra Premiership\nTheir 7-game winning streak came to an end in Round 18 when they were defeated by the Canberra Raiders 19\u201312 at WIN Stadium for the Illawarra Heritage Match. On 15 July, it was announced that captain Mark Gasnier would not be returning after the end of the 2008 season to join the Stade Fran\u00e7ais Rugby Union team in France. The deal is worth around $1 million a year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, NRL Telstra Premiership\nAfter 1 win in their last 5 games, the Dragons defeated the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium with a 24\u201320 win. Then in Round 24, they defeated the New Zealand Warriors 34\u20136 at WIN Stadium, Wollongong to keep their finals hopes alive. The dragons were favoured to defeat the Roosters in round 26 to either finish fourth or fifth. They had been playing widespread open football and Mark Gasnier and Matt Cooper were carving up the opposition. In extremely wet conditions, the Roosters pack were more favoured to the conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, NRL Telstra Premiership\nThey finished the regular season 7th place on the ladder which could have been 6th if they scored at least 2 points in their Round 26 match with the Sydney Roosters. They made it to the first week of the finals, but lost to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 34\u20136 at Brookvale Oval being eliminated from the Finals Series due to their lowly position in the Top 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, NRL Telstra Premiership\nThe club went on a 'signing spree' purchasing Neville Costigan, Darius Boyd and Luke Priddis among others, but lost flyer Josh Morris (Bulldogs), Mark Gasnier (French Rugby), Jason Ryles (French league), Rangi Chase (ESL), Lagi Setu (Broncos) and Simon Woolford & Kirk Reynoldson with retirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, NRL Telstra Premiership, First Grade Signed Players\nSt George Illawarra Dragons has 31 signed players in first grade that play in the main competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, NRL Telstra Premiership, Team Lineup\nLine up for the Qualifying Finals vs. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles:Saturday, 13 September 2008 at 8:30pm AEST at Brookvale Oval, Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, National Youth Competition (Toyota Cup Under 20s)\nThe Dragons U20s side were strong off from the start. For the Toyota Cup inaugural season, the Dragons Under-20s Side is coached by Steven Price. Before the regular season began, the Dragons won a Toyota Cup Trial match against the Bulldogs down at WIN Stadium in Wollongong. They started the regular season disappointing with a 34\u201322 loss to the Wests Tigers. However, the Dragons have not lost another match after that with 1 bye in their past leaving them on top of the Toyota Cup table, on 22 competition points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 91], "content_span": [92, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, National Youth Competition (Toyota Cup Under 20s)\nTheir 10-match winning streak came to an end in Round 13 at WIN Stadium when they drew 22 all with the Brisbane Broncos. While the First Grade side continued their winning streak, the Under 20s were looking to start a losing streak as they were defeated back-to-back for the first time this year by the Penrith Panthers 28\u201326 in Round 15 at ANZ Stadium and 32-16 by the Gold Coast Titans at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast. They returned to the winners circle in Round 17 defeating the Newcastle Knights 26\u201318 at EnergyAustralia Stadium. In Round 18, straight after a fresh win, they once again lost a match this time against the Canberra Raiders 38\u201328 at WIN Stadium. They then had back and forth wins during the regular season keeping them in the top 8, struggling to keep their spot(s).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 91], "content_span": [92, 880]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, National Youth Competition (Toyota Cup Under 20s), Toyota Cup signed players\nThe following 34 players are signed with the St. George Illawarra Dragons for the Toyota Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 118], "content_span": [119, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198708-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, National Youth Competition (Toyota Cup Under 20s), Toyota Cup lineup\nThis is the Dragons' Toyota Cup weekly lineup. Lineup for the Preliminary Finals vs. Canberra Raiders:Friday, 26 September 2008 at 5:30 pm AEST at the Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 110], "content_span": [111, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season\nThe St. Louis Cardinals' 2008 season was the 127th season for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri and the 117th season in the National League. The Cardinals, coming off a 78-84 season that was their worst since 1999, improved by eight games, going 86-76 in 2008. However, this was only good for fourth place in the National League Central, 11.5 games behind the division champion Chicago Cubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Offseason departures and acquisitions, Front office\nWalt Jocketty, GM of the Cardinals for twelve years, was fired due to \"tension mounting\" that had \"grown counterproductive\u00a0... with respect to some baseball issues.\" Tony La Russa, however, signed a contract to return to manage the Cardinals for his 13th and 14th seasons. John Mozeliak took Jocketty's place as GM. John Abbamondi, former senior director of labor economics working for Major League Baseball in New York, joined the Cardinals as assistant GM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Offseason departures and acquisitions, Front office\nOn March 13, it was announced that Mark Lamping, president of the Cardinals for 13 years, resigned to become the CEO of the New Meadowlands Stadium Company. Bill DeWitt III, son of Cardinals chairman William DeWitt, Jr. and formerly the team's vice-president of business development, took Lamping's place as president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Offseason departures and acquisitions, Hitters\nA major offseason story for the Cardinals was the hostile relationship between manager Tony La Russa and third baseman Scott Rolen. LaRussa publicly criticized Rolen on December 5, and Rolen requested a trade, but the team was unable to find a suitable offer at the winter meetings. On January 12, the Cardinals reached a tentative agreement with the Toronto Blue Jays to trade Rolen for their third baseman, Troy Glaus, and the trade was finalized on January 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Offseason departures and acquisitions, Hitters\nCenter fielder Jim Edmonds, the most senior member of the Cardinals' roster, having been with the team since the 2000 season, was traded to the San Diego Padres for single-A third baseman David Freese and cash considerations on December 14, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Offseason departures and acquisitions, Hitters\nSo Taguchi, backup outfielder and the only Japanese player in franchise history, was released by the Cardinals in December after six seasons with the organization. The Cardinals declined to offer arbitration to shortstop David Eckstein and acquired C\u00e9sar Izturis as his replacement. St. Louis acquired Jason LaRue to be the backup catcher, replacing Gary Bennett. The Cardinals took outfielder Brian Barton from Cleveland on December 6 in the Rule 5 draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Offseason departures and acquisitions, Hitters\nUtility player Scott Spiezio was released by the Cardinals on February 27 after California authorities issued a warrant for his arrest on charges that included hit-and-run, drunk driving and assault. Spiezio had previously missed a month of the 2007 season to go on rehab for drug abuse problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Offseason departures and acquisitions, Hitters\nIn spring training, LaRussa confirmed that he would continue to bat the pitcher eighth after the Cardinals adopted the unconventional lineup for the last two months of the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Offseason departures and acquisitions, Pitchers\nStarting pitcher Kip Wells, who posted a 5.70 ERA in 2007, departed via free agency. Starting pitcher Joel Pi\u00f1eiro, effective for the Cardinals in 2007 after a late-season trade from Boston, signed a two-year deal to remain with the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Offseason departures and acquisitions, Pitchers\nOn January 3, St. Louis signed starting pitcher Matt Clement, a former All-Star who missed the entire 2007 season after undergoing shoulder surgery. However, Clement's rehab went slowly and he was not ready for Opening Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Offseason departures and acquisitions, Pitchers\nConcerned over health issues in the rotation, with Clement not ready and Pi\u00f1eiro suffering from shoulder pain, St. Louis signed another free agent, starting pitcher Kyle Lohse, to a one-year contract on March 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season\nThe Cardinals were 17-10-2 in Grapefruit League play with a .286 team batting average (5th in NL) and a 4.01 ERA (4th in NL). Attendance at Roger Dean Stadium was 92,465 in 16 home games (9-5-2) for an average home attendance of 5,779. In 13 road games (8-5-0), attendance 85,655; road average 6,589. Their overall Spring training record was 19-11-2. St. Louis started the season with three players--Brian Barton, Kyle McClellan, and Rico Washington \u2013 who were making their big-league debuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season\nOnly nine players on the Opening Day roster \u2013 Yadier Molina, Albert Pujols, Chris Duncan, Aaron Miles, Randy Flores, Anthony Reyes, Adam Wainwright, Braden Looper and Brad Thompson \u2013 were on the roster of the 2006 World Series champion Cardinals. With a pitching rotation in flux and many long-time Cardinals off to other teams, and coming off a losing season, most experts picked St. Louis to play poorly again in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, April\nOpening Day, scheduled for March 31, was postponed to April 1 due to rain after the Cards and Rockies had played 2\u00bd innings. The rain wiped out an Albert Pujols home run. In the make-up game, St. Louis lost 2-1, with a Yadier Molina home run the only offense. After the opening loss the Cardinals won the other five games on their home stand; the 5-1 start marked the first time since 2006 that the Cardinals had been more than one game above .500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, April\nSt. Louis finished the month of April with an 18-11 record and in sole possession of first place in the NL Central. Albert Pujols reached base safely in all 29 games for the month. Staff ace Adam Wainwright finished the month 3-1 with a 2.79 ERA. Jason Isringhausen had nine saves in April. However, new third baseman Troy Glaus ended April hitting only .260 and had only one home run for the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, May\nMay opened with St. Louis' first series of the year against their arch-rival and the preseason NL Central favorite Chicago Cubs, with the Cardinals winning two of three games to stay atop the NL Central standings. Pujols continued to get on base: on May 6 he reached base safely for the 34th consecutive game since the start of the season, the longest such streak in MLB since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, May\nJason Isringhausen struggled mightily as Cardinal closer in late April and early May, blowing four saves and taking three losses between April 25 and May 9. His ERA rose from 4.50 to 7.47 during that span. After Isringhausen's fifth blown save of the season on May 9, LaRussa announced that Isringhausen would no longer be closing games and instead the Cardinals would be adopting a closer-by-committee approach. Ryan Franklin received the first save opportunity after LaRussa's decision. On May 16, Isringhausen was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right hand laceration. Josh Kinney was transferred to the 60-day disabled list (from the 15-day list) to make room for highly touted prospect Chris Perez, who was called up from Memphis. Finally, on May 17, Manager La Russa officially designated Ryan Franklin as his closer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 886]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, May\nAlbert Pujols' on-base streak was snapped at 42 games when he failed to reach safely in a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on May 16. It was six games shy of his career-best 48 games in a row on base, set in his rookie season of 2001. The loss was the eighth in ten games for the Cardinals, a stretch that dropped them into second place behind the Cubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, May\nIn late May, Pi\u00f1eiro went to the DL and rookie Mike Parisi took his spot in the rotation. Chris Duncan, slumping all year after offseason hernia surgery, followed him to the DL, with Joe Mather getting the callup. Parisi and Mather were the fifth and sixth players to make their big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals, following Brian Barton, Kyle McClellan, Rico Washington and Chris Perez. After slumping in the middle of the month, the Cardinals got hot at the end of May, going 15-13 for the month. They remained in second place behind the Cubs. Todd Wellemeyer was named NL Pitcher of the Month after going 4-0 with a 2.19 ERA in May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June\nOn June 1, pitcher Mark Worrell got called up; he became the seventh rookie to make his MLB debut with the Cardinals in 2008. On June 5, Worrell hit a home run in his first big-league at-bat, the eight Cardinal in franchise history to do so. On June 6, Mitchell Boggs followed Worrell to the big leagues as the eighth rookie to make his debut with the 2008 Cardinals; fellow rookie Parisi was sent down to make room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June\nTroy Glaus began to find his power stroke, hitting four home runs between May 31 and June 5 after hitting only two in the first two months of the season. Ryan Ludwick, who never hit more than 14 home runs in a season prior to 2008, hit his 15th home run on June 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June\nThe Cardinals suffered a serious setback on June 9, when staff ace Adam Wainwright went to the DL with a sprained finger. The injury situation became even worse on June 10, when Albert Pujols strained his left calf muscle running from home on a ground ball, sending him to the disabled list for only the second time in his eight-year career. Meanwhile, former closer Jason Isringhausen made his return from the disabled list on June 14, with the club intending to use him in middle relief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June\nOn June 20 the Cardinals traveled to Boston for a three-game set with the Red Sox; it was St. Louis' first trip to Fenway since the 2004 World Series. They won two of three in Boston. Nick Stavinoha, called up on June 22 after Izturis went on the DL, became the ninth player to make his big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June\nAlbert Pujols was activated from the disabled list on June 26. The Cardinals went 6-7 in his absence. In Pujols' first game back he got four hits, but the Cardinals lost 3-2 to the Tigers after closer Franklin blew the save in the bottom of the 9th and Mike Parisi issued a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th. The loss was part of a season-long trend of bullpen failures and blowups. It was the 19th blown save and 18th loss for Cardinal relievers, as opposed to 11 blown saves and 12 losses for the bullpen in all of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June\nMark Mulder, who had pitched only sporadically for the Cardinals since undergoing shoulder surgery in 2006, was activated on June 27 and sent to the bullpen. In his first appearance, on June 30, he threw a scoreless ninth inning against the New York Mets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June\nDespite Pujols (June 11\u201325) and Wainwright (June 9-?) both going on the DL in June, the Cardinals went 15-12 for the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nThe Fourth of July weekend brought a showdown series in St. Louis between the Cardinals (49-38) and Cubs (51-35) with the Cardinals 2.5 games behind Chicago. It was the first meeting between the teams since the first week of May. On July 4, Albert Pujols (aged 28 years, 170 days), became the fifth-youngest player to hit his 300th home run, but the Cardinals lost 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nOn July 5, a crowd of 46,865, the biggest ever in the short history of the new Busch Stadium, saw St. Louis score three in the bottom of the 9th against ace closer Kerry Wood to beat Chicago 5-4. It was the first time in 33 games in 2008 where the Cardinals had won a game when trailing after eight innings. The Cubs won the rubber game 7-1 to take a 3\u00bd game lead in the Central Division. The three-game series set a new attendance record of 140,067 at the new Busch Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nOn July 6, Albert Pujols and Ryan Ludwick were named as the Cardinal representatives to the National League All-Star Team. Ludwick, who had never hit more than 14 home runs in a season before 2008, entered the break with 21 homers, leading the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nMark Mulder's comeback ended when, in his first start since September 2007, he suffered pain in his throwing shoulder on July 9 and had to leave the game after only 16 pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies. He was replaced on the roster by Jaime Garc\u00eda, who debuted against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 11, and became the 10th rookie to make his big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals, the most since 13 rookies made their debut in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nSt. Louis entered the All-Star break with a 53-43 record, in second place in the NL Central and one-half game ahead of Milwaukee for the NL Wild Card. This was the second-best record in the National League, but it was also the product of St. Louis playing .500 baseball after reaching ten games over .500 in early May, at 22-12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nIn their first series after the break, the Cardinals swept the Padres in four games to reach a season-high 14 games over .500 (57-43). They promptly were then swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in four games (Jul. 21\u201324) to return to only 10 games over .500 (57-47). Cardinal relief pitchers took the losses in all four games against Milwaukee, part of a season-long trend of ineffective to disastrous performances by the bullpen, then leading all of MLB in 23 games lost by the bullpen and 24 blown saves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nIn a game against the NY Mets on July 26, the Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak by winning 10-8 in 14 innings. Albert Pujols' game-winning home run was his first since he hit his 300th on July 4. Skip Schumaker had six singles in seven at-bats; he became the first Cardinal since Terry Moore in 1935 to have six base hits in one game. Pujols and Schumaker, meanwhile, were the first Cardinals' teammates with five or more hits apiece in a game since Charley Gelbert and Taylor Douthit each had five against the Cubs on May 16, 1930. The extra-inning affair was made necessary by Ryan Franklin's blown save, his second blown save in a row and third consecutive appearance with a home run allowed. On July 28, LaRussa gave the closer's job back to Isringhausen, who lost it to Franklin earlier in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 868]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nOn July 30, 2005 Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter was re-activated from the 60-day disabled list, and started versus the Atlanta Braves, his first start since April 1, 2007. Operating on a pitch count not to exceed 80, Carpenter threw 67 pitches (36 for strikes) in four innings, and gave up one run and five hits (all singles), while walking two and striking out two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nThe Cardinals made no trades at the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline. They went 13-14 in July, their first losing month of the season. They ended July (61-50), a fraction of a percentage point behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the NL Wild card spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nOn August 1, Isringhausen got his first save since May 5, as the Cardinals beat the Phillies, 6-3. On August 2, Matt Clement, signed in the offseason to fill out the rotation but unable to complete a comeback from injury, was released by the Cardinals without ever pitching for them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nRyan Ludwick was named 'NL Player of the Week' for the week ending August 3, as he led the league with a .538 batting average, 14 hits, a .613 on-base percentage, 8 RBI and 27 total bases. He also hit four home runs and recorded a 1.038 slugging percentage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nOn August 5, Brendan Ryan was optioned to (AAA) Memphis and the Cardinals signed free agent infielder Felipe L\u00f3pez, who was released by the Washington Nationals on July 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nBullpen issues continued to dog St. Louis. On August 5, the Cardinals took a 4-0 lead into the top of ninth inning, only to have Villone, Isringhausen and Franklin combine to give up four runs to the Dodgers. It was the 27th blown save of the season for the Cardinal bullpen, worst in MLB. (The Cardinals eventually salvaged a 6-4 win when Ryan Ludwick hit a walk-off homer in extra innings.) After the game, the Cardinals announced that Isringhausen was again being removed from the closer's role. Chris Perez returned from the minor leagues and got the first save of his career; a five-out save as the Cardinals beat L.A. 9-6 on August 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nRick Ankiel was limited to pinch-hitting for 14 games at the end of July and the beginning of August due to an abdominal strain. Chris Carpenter suffered a physical setback with a strain in his right triceps and had to be removed after only 5.1 innings, trailing 1-0 against the Cubs on August 10. The Cardinals lost the game and two of three in the series. On August 15 Carpenter returned to the DL, diagnosed with a strained muscle in his shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nBrad Thompson started in Carpenter's place and won, while Chris Perez picked up his fourth save in four chances. August ended with the Astros sweeping the Cardinals in three at Houston, dropping them to 13-13 for the month and 74-63 for the season and leaving St. Louis a full six games behind Milwaukee in the loss column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nJason Isringhausen's frustrating season came to a disappointing finish when he was diagnosed on August 19 with elbow tendinitis and a partially torn tendon. Meanwhile, staff ace Adam Wainwright, out since June 7 with a right middle finger sprain, made a triumphant return for the Cardinals on August 22, giving up only one run and five hits in six innings \u2013 and going 3-for-5 at the plate with an RBI, as St. Louis thrashed Atlanta 18-3 with 26 hits \u2013 21 of them singles (5 doubles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nA crucial two-game series with Milwaukee August 26\u201327 ended in a split and with the Cardinals still four losses behind the Brewers in the race for the NL Wild Card. It ended the season series with the Brewers, which Milwaukee won 10 games to 5. August ended with the Astros sweeping the Cardinals in three in Houston. The Cardinals went 13-13 for the month and ended August six games behind Milwaukee in the loss column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September\nSeptember opened on a particularly unpleasant note as the Cardinals blew a 5-1 lead against the Diamondbacks on September 1, losing 8-6. Stephen Drew of the D-backs hit for the cycle. The next day St. Louis promoted six players from Memphis as part of September call-ups. Included in the call-ups was Jason Motte, the 11th player to make his debut with the 2008 Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September\nA loss to the Cubs on September 10 dropped them into fourth place behind the surging Astros. That loss was the start of a season-high seven-game losing streak that saw the Cardinals officially eliminated in the NL Central race and fall out of wild-card contention. The losing streak was finally snapped on September 18 versus Cincinnati with the first save of Jason Motte's career. Rick Ankiel, slowed by a sports hernia, was shut down for the year on September 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September\nThe Cardinals finished the year on a high note, winning six in a row (their longest winning streak of the year) against Arizona and Cincinnati. They ended the season with an 86-76 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Game log\n* June 17, originally 43,793 reported. * * July 5, largest ever at Busch Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B= Doubles; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; BB = Walks;  Avg. = Batting Average; OBP = On-base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Starting pitchers\nNote: GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Loss; ERA = Earned Run Average; WHIP = (Walks + Hits) per Innings Pitched; HBP = Hit by Pitch; BF = Batters faced; O-AVG = Opponent Batting Ave.; O-SLG = Opponent Slugging Ave.; R support avg = Average Runs support from his team per Games Started", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Starting pitchers\n* now, a reliever + not on 25-man active roster \u2020 on 15-day or 60-day disabled list (n/a) not available to pitch", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Relief pitchers\nPitchers: Last date pitched in ( ) TOTAL PITCHING: (NL rank)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Relief pitchers\nSv/SvOpp: 43/73 (59%) 1st batter/retired: 491/331 (67%) Inherited runners/scored: 228/67 (29%)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Relief pitchers\n* not on 25-man active roster \u2020 on 15-day disabled list + traded away", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals Record When\nScoring more than 3 runs \u00a0  78-18 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Scoring 3 runs \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 6-18 Scoring fewer than 3 runs \u00a0  2-40", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals Record When\nLeading after 7 innings \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 73-14 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Tied after 7 innings \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  8- 11 Trailing after 7 innings \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5-51", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals Record When\nLeading after 8 innings \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 75-6 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Tied after 8 innings \u00a0 \u00a0 10- 9 Trailing after 8 innings \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1-61", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals Record When\nBlown Saves by bullpen: 31 (1st in NL) Games lost by bullpen: \u00a0 31 (2nd in NL to San Diego Padres)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals Record When\nOut-hit opponents \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 60-18 Same hits as opponents 9-9 Out-hit by opponents \u00a0 \u00a0 17-49", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals Record When\nMon. 6- 7 Tue. 13-12 Wed. 15- 9 Thu. 8-14 Fri. \u00a0  14-12 Sat. 17- 9 Sun. 13-13", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals Record When\nNL Central \u00a0  20-19 \u00a0 16-22 \u00a0 36-41 NL East \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 12-7 \u00a0 \u00a0 10-7 \u00a0 22-14 NL West \u00a0 \u00a0 12-5 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 9-8 \u00a0 21-13 AL East \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2-1 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2-1 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4-2 AL Central \u00a0 0-3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3-3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3-6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Busch Stadium (Indexes)\n2008 \u00a0 (100 = Neutral Park, > 100 Ballpark favors, < 100 Ballpark inhibits \u00a0 81 G; Cardinals: 2,731 AB; \u00a0 Opponents: 2,847 AB)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Busch Stadium (Indexes)\nBA 98 \u00a0R 94 \u00a0H 96 \u00a02B 88 \u00a03B 102 \u00a0HR 93 \u00a0BB 99 \u00a0SO 97 \u00a0E 94 \u00a0E-inf. 93 \u00a0LHB-BA 97 \u00a0LHB-HR 105 \u00a0RHB-BA 98 \u00a0RHB-HR 87", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Busch Stadium (Indexes)\nBA 99 \u00a0R 94 \u00a0H 99 \u00a02B 91 \u00a03B 92 \u00a0HR 84 \u00a0BB 99 \u00a0SO 94 \u00a0E 108 \u00a0E-inf. 106 \u00a0LHB-BA 98 \u00a0LHB-HR 86 \u00a0RHB-BA 99 \u00a0RHB-HR 83", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198709-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Cardinals season, Draft picks\nSt. Louis' picks at the 2008 Major League Baseball draft in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on June 5, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season\nThe 2008 season was the St. Louis Rams' 71st in the National Football League and their 14th in St. Louis. They failed to improve upon their 3\u201313 record from the previous season and dropped to a 2\u201314 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season\nOn September 29, 2008, following a 0\u20134 start, head coach Scott Linehan was fired and replaced by defensive coordinator Jim Haslett, who occupied the head coach position with the team for the remainder of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Off season\nAfter having been hospitalized for several months with breast cancer, owner Georgia Frontiere died on January 18, 2008. Frontiere's son and Rams owner Chip Rosenbloom wanted to have the team wear its old blue and yellow uniforms from the 1999 season, but was denied his request by the NFL stating that he needed to give a one-year notice. Rosenbloom announced on April 24, 2008 that the Rams will have a patch on the left shoulder of the jersey with the word \"Georgia\" written the way Frontiere signed her name during the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Off season, Free agency\nOn March 1, the first day of free agency, the Rams signed place kicker Josh Brown from the Seattle Seahawks to a five-year, $14.2\u00a0million contract to replace retired Jeff Wilkins. On March 3, the Rams signed Offensive Lineman Jacob Bell as a free agent from the Tennessee Titans to a six-year, $36\u00a0million deal, and includes a $7\u00a0million signing bonus. On March 6, the Rams signed Tight End Anthony Becht as a free agent from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for an undisclosed amount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Off season, NFL Draft\nPrior to the draft, Billy Devaney was named vice president of player personnel, and took over decisions in for the off season and draft. The Denver Broncos traded their sixth-round selection (180th overall) to the Rams for defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy. The Rams traded their seventh-round selection (209th overall) to the Minnesota Vikings for offensive tackle Adam Goldberg. The Rams received the Cincinnati Bengals' seventh-round pick (217th overall) in exchange for Ryan Fitzpatrick. The Rams received one seventh-round pick (252nd overall) as a compensatory selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Off season, NFL Draft\nDuring Draft Day, the Washington Redskins traded their fifth-round and seventh-round selections (#157 and #228 overall) to the Rams for its two sixth-round selections (#168 and #180 overall).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Off season, Training camp\nSteven Jackson held out of camp because he believed he was underpaid, and there was only one year left on his rookie contract. He later ended his holdout and said that he would report to camp. Jackson ended his holdout officially, after he signed a six-year contract worth a maximum of $49.3\u00a0million, including $21\u00a0million in guarantees. The final two years of the deal can be voided upon performance so it can be a three-year extension worth $29.3\u00a0million. At the time, this made him the highest paid running back in the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 1: at Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Eagles raced out of the gates to dismantle the Rams 38\u20133, the Eagles\u2019 largest opening week margin-of-victory ever. Rookie DeSean Jackson pulled down a 47-yard reception on the second play over Tye Hill, and the drive finished with a shovel pass touchdown to Brian Westbrook. Donovan McNabb marched the Eagles down the field again on their second possession, finding L.J. Smith in the back of the end zone to make it 14\u20130. During the drive, Hill was beat again, this time by Greg Lewis on a double move and was benched for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 95], "content_span": [96, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 1: at Philadelphia Eagles\nLate in the second quarter, receiver Hank Baskett beat the coverage and scored on a 90-yard reception. Fullback Tony Hunt scored from a yard out in the third quarter and the rout was on. DeSean Jackson's 60-yard punt return set up a short field goal for David Akers, and Philadelphia's lead grew to 31\u20130. Westbrook added a 6-yard rushing touchdown early in the fourth quarter before Josh Brown kicked a 46-yard field goal to avoid the shutout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 95], "content_span": [96, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 1: at Philadelphia Eagles\nMcNabb had a vintage performance, throwing for 361 yards (mostly in the first half) and three scores. Jackson, Greg Lewis, and Baskett each had over 100 yards receiving. Westbrook ran for 91 yards and two touchdowns, while the defense completely shut down the St. Louis offense. The Rams didn't convert on all 11 3rd down plays, the first time since 1991. Steven Jackson had 40 yards on 14 carries and the team averaged 2.4 yards rushing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 95], "content_span": [96, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 1: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn addition to beginning the season 0\u20131, the Rams suffered injuries with Leonard Little leaving the game with a hamstring injury, Drew Bennett with a foot injury and Orlando Pace with bruised ribs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 95], "content_span": [96, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. New York Giants\nHoping to rebound from their dismal road loss to the Eagles, the Rams played their Week 2 home opener against the defending Super Bowl champions, the New York Giants. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Giants QB Eli Manning completed a 33-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress. In the second quarter, the Rams responded with kicker Josh Brown getting a 54-yard field goal, yet New York answered with kicker John Carney kicking a 39-yard field goal. St. Louis would reply with Brown's 54-yard field goal, yet the Giants answered with Carney nailing a 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, New York increased its lead with Manning completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Amani Toomer. In the fourth quarter, the Rams tried to rally as WR Torry Holt made a 45-yard juggling, circus catch in the end zone from QB Marc Bulger, making the Rams down 20\u201313 with 10 minutes 46 seconds left to play. However, the Giants pulled away with Manning's 18-yard TD pass to RB Ahmad Bradshaw, DE Justin Tuck\u2019s 41-yard interception return for a touchdown, and Bradshaw's 31-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. New York Giants\nWith the loss, St. Louis fell to 0\u20132. Over the course of two games the defense gave up almost 1,000 yards. The Rams offense has yet to be in the red zone all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: at Seattle Seahawks\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Rams flew to Qwest Field for a Week 3 NFC West duel with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Seahawks kicker Olindo Mare got a 28-yard field goal, QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Michael Bumpus, and RB Julius Jones getting a 29-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Rams got on the board as former Seahawk kicker Josh Brown got a 43-yard field goal, yet Seattle responded with RB T.J. Duckett getting a 4-yard TD run. St. Louis would answer with Brown kicking a 29-yard field goal, yet the Seahawks increased its lead with Mare kicking a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: at Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, the Rams tried to rally as QB Marc Bulger completed a 21-yard TD pass to WR Dane Looker. However, in the fourth quarter, Seattle pulled away with Duckett's 1-yard TD run and Mare's 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: vs. Buffalo Bills\nStill searching for their first win, the Rams went home for a Week 4 interconference duel with the Buffalo Bills. Hoping to find consistency, QB Marc Bulger was benched in favor of Trent Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: vs. Buffalo Bills\nIn the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Bills kicker Rian Lindell got a 45-yard field goal. The Rams would respond with rookie WR Donnie Avery getting a 37-yard TD run. Buffalo would answer with Lindell kicking a 35-yard field goal. In the second quarter, St. Louis increased its lead with RB Steven Jackson getting a 29-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: vs. Buffalo Bills\nIn the third quarter, the Bills crept closer as RB Fred Jackson got a 22-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Buffalo sealed the win with CB Jabari Greer returning an interception 33 yards for a touchdown, QB Trent Edwards completing a 39-yard TD pass to WR Lee Evans, and Lindell nailing a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: vs. Buffalo Bills\nWith the loss, the Rams went into their bye week at 0\u20134. Head coach Scott Linehan was fired after the loss and was replaced by Jim Haslett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: at Washington Redskins\nComing off their bye week, the Rams flew to Fedex Field for a Week 6 duel with the Washington Redskins. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Redskins RB Clinton Portis got a 3-yard TD run. The Rams would respond with kicker Josh Brown getting a 51-yard field goal. In the second quarter, St. Louis took the lead as free safety Oshiomogho Atogwe returned a fumble 75 yards for a touchdown. In the third quarter, the Rams increased their lead as Brown kicked a 25-yard and a 44-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Washington rallied as kicker Shaun Suisham got a 38-yard field goal and Portis got a 2-yard TD run. Fortunately, St. Louis was able to prevail as Brown nailed the game-winning 49-yard field goal as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 95], "content_span": [96, 835]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nHoping to build on their last-second road win over the Redskins, the Rams went home for a Week 7 duel with the Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Cowboys RB Marion Barber got a 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Rams offense exploded with points as QB Marc Bulger completed a 42-yard TD pass to rookie WR Donnie Avery, along with RB Steven Jackson getting an 8-yard and a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, St. Louis added onto their lead as kicker Josh Brown got a 52-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, the Rams continued their victory march as Jackson got a 56-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, St. Louis\u2019 domination ended with Brown nailing a 35-yard field goal. Dallas ended the game's scoring with QB Brad Johnson completing a 34-yard TD pass to TE Martellus Bennett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nWith their second straight win, the Rams improved to 2\u20134. The game also marked the first time that the Rams wore white jerseys at home, instead of their usual blue jerseys, since moving from Los Angeles in 1995, forcing the Cowboys to wear their \"jinxed\" navy blue jerseys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: at New England Patriots\nHoping to build on their two-game win streak, the Rams flew to Gillette Stadium for a Week 8 interconference duel with the New England Patriots. In the first quarter, St. Louis struck first as kicker Josh Brown got a 20-yard field goal. The Patriots answered with RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis getting a 2-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Rams regained the lead as QB Marc Bulger completed a 69-yard TD pass to rookie WR Donnie Avery. New England would get its lead back as kicker Stephen Gostkowski got a 30-yard and a 27-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 96], "content_span": [97, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: at New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, St. Louis tied the game as Brown made a 44-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Rams regained the lead on Brown's 25-yard field goal. However, the Patriots sealed the win Gostkowski nailing a 41-yard field goal, along with QB Matt Cassel completing a 15-yard TD pass to RB Kevin Faulk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 96], "content_span": [97, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 9: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Patriots, the Rams went home for a Week 9 NFC West duel with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, St. Louis struck first as QB Marc Bulger completed an 80-yard TD pass to WR Derek Stanley. In the second quarter, the Cardinals responded with a vengeance as safety Antrel Rolle returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown, kicker Neil Rackers got a 36-yard field goal, RB Tim Hightower got a 30-yard TD run, and former Rams QB Kurt Warner completed a 56-yard TD pass to WR Jerheme Urban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 94], "content_span": [95, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 9: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, Arizona increased its lead as Warner completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. In the fourth quarter, the Rams tried to come back as Bulger completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt (with a failed 2-point conversion). However, the Cardinals flew away as Rackers nailed a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 94], "content_span": [95, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 9: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nDuring the game, the Rams inducted former Head Coach Dick Vermeil (who helped the franchise win Super Bowl XXXIV) onto the Rams Ring of Honor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 94], "content_span": [95, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: at New York Jets\nTrying to snap a two-game losing streak, the Rams flew to The Meadowlands for a Week 10 interconference duel with the New York Jets. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Jet RB Thomas Jones got a 13-yard TD run, kicker Jay Feely got a 22-yard field goal, and LB Calvin Pace returned a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: at New York Jets\nIn the second quarter, the Rams\u2019 misery continued as Jones got a 2-yard TD run, Feely got a 49-yard and a 46-yard field goal, QB Brett Favre completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Dustin Keller, and Feely made a 55-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: at New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, St. Louis would get their only score of the game as kicker Josh Brown nailed a 37-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New York flew away as Jones got a 6-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers\nTrying to snap a three-game losing streak, the Rams flew to Candlestick Park for a Week 11 NFC West duel with their rival, the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as 49ers RB Frank Gore got a 5-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Rams responded with kicker Josh Brown getting a 24-yard field goal. However, San Francisco took a commanding lead as QB Shaun Hill completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis, Gore got a 1-yard TD run, Hill got a 1-yard TD run, and Hill completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Bryant Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 96], "content_span": [97, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, St. Louis hacked at their deficit as Brown nailed a 48-yard and a 44-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Rams tried to complete their comeback as QB Marc Bulger completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Dane Looker. However, the 49ers' defense was too much to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 96], "content_span": [97, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Chicago Bears\nTrying to snap a four-game losing streak, the Rams went home for a Week 12 duel with the Chicago Bears. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Bears RB Matt Forte got a 13-yard TD run, while QB Kyle Orton completed a 7-yard TD pass to FB Jason McKie. In the second quarter, the Rams\u2019 struggles continued as Fort\u00e9 got a 47-yard TD run. St. Louis would respond with kicker Josh Brown getting a 43-yard field goal. Chicago would close out the half with Gould making a 43-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Bears pulled away with Gould nailing a 38-yard field goal. From there on out, Chicago's defense stiffened for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Miami Dolphins\nTrying to snap a five-game losing streak, the Rams stayed at home for a Week 13 interconference duel with the Miami Dolphins. The Rams would welcome back Steven Jackson to the lineup after weeks of sitting out with a thigh injury. Jackson gave the Rams a good enough boost to strike first with a first possession field goal by Josh Brown from 23 yards. Brown would kick a 51-yard field goal to give the Rams a 6\u20130 lead. In the second quarter, the Dolphins responded as RB Ronnie Brown got a 3-yard TD run. The Rams would answer with Brown making a 33-yard field goal, but Miami replied with kicker Dan Carpenter getting a 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, the Dolphins increased their lead as Carpenter got a 47-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, St. Louis tried to keep up as Brown made a 38-yard field goal, yet Miami answered right back with Carpenter nailing a 42-yard field goal. The Rams tried to come back, but a late-game interception shattered any hope of a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 15: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nThe Rams played a solid 1st half but the Seahawks turned the tables with 10 points in the final 2:47 for a 23\u201320 victory Sunday. T.J. Duckett's 1-yard run tied it, the Rams fizzled while going three-and-out, and Olindo Mare's 27-yard field goal as time expired ended the Seahawks' six-game losing streak and extended the Rams\u2019 losing streak to 8 as they fell to 2\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 94], "content_span": [95, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nHoping to snap an eight-game losing streak, the Rams stayed at home for a Week 16 NFC West rematch with the San Francisco 49ers. St. Louis would trail in the first quarter as 49ers kicker Joe Nedney got a 48-yard field goal. The Rams would take the lead in the second quarter as kicker Josh Brown got a 43-yard field goal, quarterback Marc Bulger completed a 30-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Keenan Burton, and Brown making a 38-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, St. Louis added onto their lead as Brown nailed a 22-yard field goal. However, San Francisco rallied with quarterback Shaun Hill completing a 3-yard touchdown pass to former Rams wide receiver Isaac Bruce and a 48-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Josh Morgan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 97], "content_span": [98, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nWith their ninth-straight loss, St. Louis fell to 2\u201313 and were swept by the 49ers for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 97], "content_span": [98, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 17: at Atlanta Falcons\nHoping to end a miserable season on a high note, the Rams flew to the Georgia Dome for a Week 17 duel with the playoff-bound Atlanta Falcons. St. Louis trailed early in the first quarter as Falcons kicker Jason Elam got a 39-yard field goal. The Rams would respond with running back Steven Jackson getting a tough 4-yard touchdown run. Atlanta would answer in the second quarter with running back Michael Turner getting a 9-yard touchdown run, yet St. Louis would strike right back as quarterback Marc Bulger completed a 16-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Donnie Avery. However, it would be the Falcons who took the halftime lead as running back Jerious Norwood got an 8-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 17: at Atlanta Falcons\nAtlanta would increase their lead in the third quarter as quarterback Matt Ryan completed an 18-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Roddy White. The Rams would begin to rally as kicker Josh Brown nailed a 31-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, St. Louis would regain the lead as Jackson got a 2-yard touchdown run, followed by Brown's 27-yard field goal. However, the Falcons got the last laugh as Norwood got a 45-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198710-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 17: at Atlanta Falcons\nWith the loss, the Rams closed out their season at 2\u201314 and on a ten-game losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198711-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Petersburg Bowl\nThe 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl was the inaugural edition of the new  college football bowl game, and was played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game was played beginning at 4:30\u00a0PM US EST on Saturday, December 20, 2008, and was telecast on ESPN2, saw the South Florida Bulls (based in nearby Tampa) defeat their former conference rivals Memphis Tigers, 41\u201314. Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman and Rob Stone called the game. For sponsorship reasons, the game was officially known as the 2008 magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198712-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Petersburg Open\nThe 2008 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October 20 through October 26, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198712-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Petersburg Open\nThe singles draw was headlined by ATP No. 4, US Open runner-up, Cincinnati and Madrid Masters, Doha and Marseille winner, St. Petersburg defending champion Andy Murray, Miami Masters, P\u00f6rtschach, Warsaw winner Nikolay Davydenko, and Umag titlist Fernando Verdasco. Also competing were Australian Open quarterfinalist Mikhail Youzhny, New Haven winner Marin \u010cili\u0107, Dmitry Tursunov, Mario An\u010di\u0107 and Marat Safin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198712-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Petersburg Open, Finals, Doubles\nTravis Parrott /  Filip Pol\u00e1\u0161ek defeated  Rohan Bopanna /  Max Mirnyi 3\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20134), [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198713-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Doubles\nDaniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198713-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Doubles\nTravis Parrott and Filip Pol\u00e1\u0161ek won in the final 3\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20134), [10\u20138], against Rohan Bopanna and Max Mirnyi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198714-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Singles\nAndy Murray was the defending champion, and won in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20131, against Andrey Golubev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198715-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Cardinal baseball team\nThe 2008 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Sunken Diamond. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 32nd year at Stanford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198715-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Cardinal baseball team\nThe Cardinal won the Palo Alto Regional and the Fullerton Super Regional to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Georgia Bulldogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198716-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Cardinal football team\nThe 2008 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Jim Harbaugh, who entered his second year at Stanford. The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Cardinal improved on their  4\u20138 record from the 2007 season by going 5\u20137. After winning back the Stanford Axe from rival California in 2007 for the first time in five years, Stanford lost the Axe to Cal in the 2008 Big Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198716-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe week before, the Cardinal beat Arizona 24\u201323 in an exciting conference game, while the Bruins lost a close game to the Ducks. UCLA had a record of 44\u201331\u20133 on the Cardinal before game time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198716-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nWith ten seconds left in this UCLA's homecoming game and the Bruins behind by four points, Bruin quarterback Kevin Craft passed to freshman Cory Harkey for a 7-yard touchdown to win the game, 23\u201320, over the Stanford Cardinal in the northeast corner of the Rose Bowl Saturday afternoon. Two turnovers by the Bruins led to the 14 Stanford points in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198716-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nIn the game, Craft had 285 passing yards and Taylor Embree caught 72 yards, while Stanford's Toby Gerhart rushed for 138 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198716-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, California\nThe Cardinal traveled up to Berkeley in an attempt to hold on to the Axe and earn a bowl berth with a sixth win. The Bears led 10\u20133 at the half and ran up 20 unanswered points in the third quarter. Stanford was able to score two quick back to back touchdowns in the fourth quarter but could not close a 21\u2013point deficit. Tavita Pritchard threw for 306 yards and a score while Toby Gerhart rushed for 103 yards and a score. Although the loss relinquished the Axe to Cal and prevented Stanford from becoming bowl eligible, Harbaugh set the standards even higher for 2009 by declaring that \"Bowl Championship Series eligible is what we\u2019re aiming for.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series\nThe 2008 Stanford Super Series was a cricket tournament sponsored by Texan billionaire Allen Stanford. The tournament was played between 25 October \u2013 1 November consisting of 5 warm-up matches and a US$ 20 million for the grand finale. This final match was played between the Stanford Superstars and England. Before it began, the tournament was threatened with cancellation due to a row between Digicel, the West Indies Cricket Board's (WICB) main sponsor, and Stanford. Digicel argued that it should get sponsorship rights because it is WICB's sponsorship rights holder and that the tournament was officially sanctioned by the WICB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series\nAll 2008 Super Series matches took place at the Stanford Cricket Ground in Antigua, and started at 5:30\u00a0pm local time (9:30\u00a0pm in the United Kingdom). All games were aired on Sky Sports in the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Qualification\nThe Stanford Superstars was a squad selected from the best players in the Stanford 20/20 competition. England competed in the first year of a five-year contract to be involved in the tournament. Trinidad and Tobago qualified as the winners of the Stanford 20/20 whilst Middlesex Crusaders qualified as winners of the Twenty20 Cup in England and Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Summary\nThe tournament was seen to have been commenced successfully, though pitch conditions meant that its opening matches were low-scoring. Criticism was also levelled at the floodlights in the Antigua pitch, which were low enough to obstruct the vision of fielding players, with Middlesex captain Shaun Udal stating \"I have not known a ground where the visibility is as bad\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Summary\nThe behaviour of organiser Allen Stanford was also questioned, particularly after he offended a number of England players by acting flirtatiously with their wives during a match, actions for which he later apologised The England team was later hit by a stomach bug, leading Kevin Pietersen to declare that he was looking forward to the tournament's completion. Before the tournament ended, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that they would be reviewing the five-year contract that they had signed with Stanford, bringing into question their participation in future tournaments", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Summary\nHowever, the Trinidad and Tobago v England game was described as 'thrilling'. The tournament received a large amount of media coverage whilst it was extremely popular with fans in the West Indies. Commentators were generally positive about the success of the tournament within its host venue, with Jonathan Agnew claiming that it was organised significantly better than the previous World Cup, also held in the West Indies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Squads, 2008 Stanford SuperStars\nOn 14 August 2008, the All-Stars selection panel, which was led by cricketing legend Sir Viv Richards, and which included fellow  West Indies cricketing luminaries as Sir Everton Weekes, Curtly Ambrose, Lance Gibbs, Richie Richardson, Andy Roberts and Courtney Walsh, announced 17 players who would play under the Stanford SuperStars colours in the Super Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Squads, 2008 Stanford SuperStars\nChris Gayle (c) Daren Powell Jerome Taylor Sylvester Joseph (Vice-captain) Chad Hampson Dave Mohammed Kieron Pollard Rayad Emrit Ramnaresh Sarwan Shivnarine Chanderpaul Lennox Cush Andre Fletcher Sulieman Benn Lionel Baker Lindon James", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Squads, 2008 Stanford SuperStars\nSupport Staff: Coach, Head: Eldine Baptiste Coach, Asst: Roger Harper Coach, Fielding: Julien Fountain Coach, Manager: Cardigan Connor Analyst: Robin Singh Trainer: Hector Martinez Physiotherapist: Kim Jackson Physiotherapist Julio Gonsalves Physical Therapist: Virgil Browne", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Squads, 2008 Stanford SuperStars\n(Dwayne Bravo  (injury), and Xavier Marshall  (failed drug test) were named to the initial team under the initial selection procedures, but withdrew before the Series was played. Darren Sammy  and Travis Dowlin  were named to replace them in the squad.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Squads, 2008 English squad\nOn 9 September 2008, three weeks after the Superstars squad was named, the England Cricket Board announced their 15-man squad for the 2008 Super Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Squads, 2008 English squad\nKevin Pietersen, Hampshire, (captain)James Anderson, LancashireIan Bell, WarwickshireRavi Bopara, EssexStuart Broad, NottinghamshirePaul Collingwood, DurhamAlastair Cook, EssexAndrew Flintoff, LancashireStephen Harmison, DurhamSamit Patel, NottinghamshireMatt Prior, SussexOwais Shah, MiddlesexGraeme Swann, NottinghamshireRyan Sidebottom, NottinghamshireLuke Wright, Sussex", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Squads, 2008 Trinidad and Tobago Squad\nRishi BachanSamuel BadreeDarren BravoKevon CooperDaron CruickshankDaren Ganga (captain)Sherwin GangaJustin GuillenAmit JaggernauthRichard KellyWilliam PerkinsDenesh RamdinRavi RampaulLendl SimmonsNavin Stewart", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Squads, 2008 Middlesex Squad\nNeil CarterNeil DexterSteven FinnBilly GodlemanTyron HendersonEd JoyceMurali KartikDawid MalanEoin MorganTim MurtaghDavid NashAlan RichardsonBen ScottAndrew StraussShaun Udal (captain)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198717-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanford Super Series, Commercial dispute\nDigicel, who sponsors the West Indies Cricket Board, filed suit to halt the Stanford Super Series. They claimed that due to their deal with the West Indies Cricket Board,  that they were due certain advertising and broadcasting rights that weren't being granted to them. The response from the West Indies Board, and from the representatives of the Super Series was that the Stanford Superstars were an unofficial team, and thus the Digicel agreement did not come into play. Digicel won the suit, in front of the High Court in London, England. However, they later reached a deal with Stanford Super Series officials, that allowed the tournament to continue for at least three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals\nThe 2008 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2007\u201308 season, and the culmination of the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Western Conference champion Detroit Red Wings and the Eastern Conference champion Pittsburgh Penguins. This was Detroit's 23rd appearance in the Finals, and its first since winning the Cup in 2002. This was Pittsburgh's third appearance in the Finals, and its first since winning consecutive Cup championships in 1991 and 1992. The Red Wings defeated the Penguins four games to two to earn the Stanley Cup. Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals\nThis was Detroit's 11th Stanley Cup title and was also the first Cup Finals between two United States-based NHL teams since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals\nIn the United States, Versus televised games one and two, and NBC broadcast the rest of the series. It was broadcast in Canada on CBC in English and on RDS in French. In the United Kingdom, all games were aired live on Five, and on the cable sports channel NASN. The series was also broadcast by NHL Radio via Westwood One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals\nTo date, this remains the last sports championship to be won by a Detroit franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals\nThe Detroit Red Wings entered the Finals after winning the Presidents' Trophy as the team that had the best record during the regular season. Led by forwards Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk, and Johan Franzen, Detroit scored 55 goals in the first three rounds of the playoffs. With struggling goaltender Dominik Hasek being replaced mid-series by Chris Osgood, the Red Wings defeated their division rival Nashville Predators in the Western Conference Quarterfinals, in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals\nThe team swept the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Semifinals, in which Franzen scored nine goals \u2013 tying with the entire Avalanche squad, who also scored nine goals in the series. The Red Wings then defeated the Dallas Stars in six games to win their fifth Clarence S. Campbell Bowl in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals\nThe Pittsburgh Penguins entered the championship series after winning the Atlantic Division and earning the second-best regular season record in the Eastern Conference. The team was led by Sidney Crosby; missing 29 games throughout the regular season because of an ankle injury, the captain returned to lead the first three rounds of the playoffs in assists, and to tie for the lead in points heading into the Stanley Cup Finals. Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury recorded three shutouts throughout the playoffs, to lead the league in that category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals\nEvgeni Malkin and Marian Hossa each recorded nine goals and ten assists throughout the playoffs. The Penguins swept the Ottawa Senators in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, a reversal of the series of the previous season when Ottawa beat Pittsburgh 4\u20131. In the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Penguins defeated division rival the New York Rangers, in five games. The team won the Prince of Wales Trophy by defeating another division rival, their in-state rivals, and another fierce rival of the Rangers, the Philadelphia Flyers, also in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries\nThe 2008 Stanley Cup Finals marked the first time that the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins met in postseason play, and the first time since the 1909 World Series that professional sports teams from Detroit and Pittsburgh met in a postseason series or game. The Red Wings and Penguins did not play each other during the 2007\u201308 regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one\nPittsburgh's Gary Roberts and Detroit's Chris Chelios were both healthy scratches for game one. Prior to the game, a ceremonial faceoff featuring former Pittsburgh captain and current team chairman Mario Lemieux and former Detroit captain and team vice president at the time Steve Yzerman. Each dropped a puck to their current captains Sidney Crosby and Nicklas Lidstrom, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one\nAt 15:20 into the first period, a goal scored by Lidstrom was waved off after Tomas Holmstrom was called for goaltender interference. The remainder of the first period went scoreless, as Pittsburgh failed to capitalize on four consecutive power plays. At 13:01 into the second period, Mikael Samuelsson gave the Red Wings the unassisted game-winning goal, on a wrap-around. Just over two minutes into the third period, Samuelsson added his second unassisted goal of the game. At 17:18 into the third period, Dan Cleary scored shorthanded to give the Red Wings a 3\u20130 lead. Henrik Zetterberg scored on the power-play with 13 seconds remaining. Chris Osgood recorded his second shutout of the playoffs, to give the Red Wings a 4\u20130 victory in game one. The Red Wings outshot the Penguins 36\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 840]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game two\nIn preparation for game two, head coach Michel Therrien revised Pittsburgh's lines; the revision included Gary Roberts who did not play in game one. Johan Franzen, the leading goal-scorer in the playoffs, returned to the line-up for Detroit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game two\nDetroit's Brad Stuart scored the first goal of the game 6:55 into the first period, on a slap shot, with an assist from Valtteri Filppula. Tomas Holmstrom added a goal at 11:18 into the first period, to put Detroit up 2\u20130. Pittsburgh struggled throughout the period, failing to get a shot on goal for the game's first twelve minutes. Detroit outshot the Penguins 11\u20136 in the second period, but both teams failed to score. At 8:48 into the third period, Valtteri Filppula scored his first goal of the series, beating goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury with a wrist-shot. Chris Osgood recorded his second consecutive shutout, stopping all 22 shots faced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three\nGame three was held in Pittsburgh, where going into the matchup the Penguins had won sixteen consecutive home games. Pittsburgh continued to shuffle their lineup by replacing defenceman Kris Letang with veteran Darryl Sydor, but going back to the top line combinations from game one. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby scored the team's first goal of the series late in the first period, with an assist from Marian Hossa. The Penguins went up 2-0 after Crosby scored a second time, his second coming on the power-play, just 2:34 into the second period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three\nJohan Franzen pulled the Red Wings within one, when he scored on the power-play at 14:48 of the second period. Adam Hall scored his second goal of the post season, when the Penguins winger scored at 7:18 of the third period, putting his team up 3-1. Mikael Samuelsson scored a second goal for the Red Wings, with assists from Brad Stuart and Valtteri Filppula. However, Pittsburgh's 3-2 lead held, giving the team their first victory of the series. Despite winning the game, Pittsburgh was outshot by the Red Wings for the third consecutive game by at least 10 shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four\nEntering Game Four, Petr Sykora said the game was a must-win for the Penguins, \"For us, basically, [game four] is a do-or-die game\". Jiri Hudler's game-winning goal at 2:26 of the third period broke a 1\u20131 tie, and the Red Wings killed off a Penguins 1:26 5-on-3 advantage midway through the final period to help preserve the victory, thanks in large part to a terrific defensive play by Henrik Zetterberg on Sidney Crosby, preventing what would have been a tap-in goal when he tied up Crosby's stick at the front of the net. Pittsburgh scored first on Marian Hossa's power play goal 2:51 into the game before Nicklas Lidstrom tied the game at 7:06 of the first period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nPittsburgh's Marian Hossa scored the first goal of the game at 8:37 into the first period. Teammate Adam Hall added his second goal of the series at 14:41 of the first period, giving the Penguins a 2\u20130 lead. Detroit then scored three consecutive goals\u2014by Darren Helm, Pavel Datsyuk, and Brian Rafalski\u2014to gain the lead. After Pittsburgh pulled its goalie with less than one minute remaining in regulation, Maxime Talbot scored with 34.3 seconds remaining to tie the game and force overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nThe goal marked only the second time in NHL history that a team avoided elimination in the Finals by scoring in the last minute of the third period. The first two overtime periods were scoreless, and the game went into the third overtime with Detroit killing two consecutive penalties, and Pittsburgh killing one. At the 9:21 mark, Pittsburgh's Petr Sykora scored the game-winning goal on another power-play, forcing the series back to Pittsburgh for game six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nThe goal was assisted by defenceman Sergei Gonchar, who was playing his first shift in forty minutes as a result of an injury, and Evgeni Malkin, who got his first point of the Finals. Pittsburgh became the first team in modern NHL history to have three overtime power-plays in the Finals. Goaltenders Marc-Andre Fleury and Chris Osgood stopped 55 and 28 shots, respectively. The triple overtime game was the fifth-longest in Stanley Cup Finals history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game six\nPittsburgh's Ryan Malone was scheduled to have X-rays on June 3, after being hit in the face with the puck in game five, but was expected to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game six\nThe Red Wings took a 2\u20130 lead in the second period in game six en route to a 3\u20132 victory to clinch the Stanley Cup. Brian Rafalski scored a power play goal at 5:03 in the first period before Valtteri Filppula extended the lead with a goal at 8:07 in the second. The Penguins had an opportunity to get their first goal later in the first period, with a 5-on-3 advantage for 1:33, but could not convert. Pittsburgh finally cut the lead at 15:26 of the second period with Evgeni Malkin's power play goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game six\nHowever, a third period shot by Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg squeezed through the legs of Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who, after noticing he was not covering the puck, fell backwards and accidentally knocked the puck across the goal line for the Red Wings' third goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game six\nMarian Hossa scored a power play goal (in addition to the Penguins pulling Fleury for an extra attacker and the Red Wings' Andreas Lilja having lost his stick as a result of Malone knocking it out of his hands) at 18:33 of the third period to cut the lead to 3\u20132, but the Penguins, despite a shot by Sidney Crosby and shot off rebound by Hossa in the final seconds, could not tie the game before time ran out. Lidstrom became the first European-born Stanley Cup captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game six\nThe Wings' victory also saw the Triple Gold Club, made up of individuals who have won the Stanley Cup plus gold medals at the Olympics and World Championships, gain three new members. Niklas Kronwall, Mikael Samuelsson, and Zetterberg had previously won the other two components with the Sweden national team in 2006 at that year's Olympics and World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Television\nIn the United States, Versus aired games one and two while NBC televised the remainder of the series. Game one of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals had a 1.8 rating, drawing 2.3 million viewers. The rating was a 157% increase over the previous Playoff Finals opener, and a 100% rise from two years previous. Game two had a 1.9 rating, drawing 2.5 million viewers. It was the highest-rated and most-watched cable telecast of the Finals in six years in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Television\nThe rating was the highest for an NHL game on Versus and the second highest rating for a Versus broadcast ever only to Lance Armstrong's seventh straight Tour de France victory in 2005 (2.1). Game three drew a 2.8 rating, representing an 87% increase over the previous year's game three. In Detroit, game three drew higher ratings (18.2) than game five of the 2008 NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics (15.9). Game four earned a 2.3 rating, up 21% over the previous year's game four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Television\nGame five drew a 4.3 rating, representing a 79% increase from the previous year's game five. It drew the highest ratings for a game five since 2002. Game six had a 4.4 rating, the best performance in a game six since 2000. It was a 100% increase over game six of 2006 and was the highest rated game for NBC since they reacquired the NHL broadcasting rights in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Television\nOn the CBC in Canada, this was the last Stanley Cup Finals that Bob Cole served as the play-by-play announcer for, as Jim Hughson took over the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Team rosters\nYears indicated in boldface under the \"Finals appearance\" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving\nThe 2008 Stanley Cup was presented to Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Red Wings 3\u20132 win over the Penguins in game six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving\nThe following Red Wings players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198718-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Stanley Cup engraving\nIncluded on team picture, but left off the Stanley Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs\nThe 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 9, 2008, after the 2007\u201308 regular season. The 16 teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for conference quarterfinals, semifinals and championships, then the conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs\nThe Buffalo Sabres became the second team to miss the playoffs after winning the Presidents' Trophy in the prior season. This would not happen again until 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs\nThe Finals ended on June 4, 2008 with the Detroit Red Wings defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins four games to two to win their eleventh championship and their fourth in eleven seasons. It was the first championship in the 16-year career of Red Wings winger Dallas Drake, who retired following the season. Red Wings winger Henrik Zetterberg was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs' Most Valuable Player. Sidney Crosby and Zetterberg led the tournament with 27 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Highlights\nThe San Jose Sharks were the media's favorite to win the Cup going into the playoffs, having gone the entire month of March without a regulation loss and nearly finishing first overall during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Highlights, Milestones\nIn game one of the Western Conference Quarterfinals against the Minnesota Wild, captain Joe Sakic of the Colorado Avalanche extended his record for playoff overtime goals to eight, with a goal 11:11 into overtime. Chris Chelios appeared in his 248th career playoff game surpassing Patrick Roy for most career playoff games of all time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Highlights, Milestones\nIn game one of the Western Conference Semifinals in San Jose, Dallas Stars center Brad Richards tied an NHL record for most points in one period of a playoff game, when he recorded one goal and three assists in the third period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Highlights, Milestones\nIn the Western Conference Semifinals against the Avalanche, Johan Franzen became the first player to score multiple hat tricks in a series since Jari Kurri tallied three in 1985. In the process, he set an NHL record for most goals in a four-game sweep and the Red Wings' record for most goals in a playoff series with nine, beating the previous record of eight set by Gordie Howe in 1949. Franzen achieved this feat in only four games, moreover, while Howe achieved it in seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Highlights, Milestones\nGame six of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Sharks and Stars was the eighth-longest game in the history of the NHL, lasting 129:03. Stars captain Brenden Morrow ended the game at 9:03 of the fourth overtime, tapping in a power-play goal. Goaltenders Marty Turco and Evgeni Nabokov set team records for saves in a game with 61 and 53, respectively. The final score was 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Highlights, Milestones\nDetroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom became the first European (and Swedish) born and trained player to lead an NHL team to the Stanley Cup. Charlie Gardiner (born in the United Kingdom) and Johnny Gottselig (born in Russia) both won the Stanley Cup as captains of the Chicago Blackhawks in 1934 and 1938 respectively, but they were both raised in Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Highlights, New interpretation of NHL rule\nIn game three of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series, while on a five-on-three power play, the New York Rangers' Sean Avery tried to screen the New Jersey Devils' goaltender Martin Brodeur by waving his hands and stick while facing Brodeur. This prompted the NHL to issue an interpretation of the league's rules, stating that an unsportsmanlike conduct minor penalty will be called on actions such as the one used by Avery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage, which gives them a possible maximum of four games on their home ice, with the lower-seeded team getting a possible maximum of three. In the Stanley Cup Finals, home ice is determined based on regular season points; thus, the Detroit Red Wings had home ice advantage throughout the playoffs, including in the Finals. Each best-of-seven series follows a 2\u20132\u20131\u20131\u20131 format. This means that the higher-seeded team has home ice for games one and two, and if necessary, five and seven, while the lower-seeded team has home ice for games three, four and, if necessary, six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (8) Boston Bruins\nThe Montreal Canadiens entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference regular season and Northeast Division champions with 104 points. Boston qualified as the eighth seed earning 94 points (losing the tie-breaker in total wins with Ottawa) during the regular season. This was the 31st playoff meeting between these two Original Six rivals, with Montreal winning twenty-three of the thirty previous series. They last met in the 2004 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where Montreal won in seven games. Montreal won all eight games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 131], "content_span": [132, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (8) Boston Bruins\nThe Canadiens held off Boston winning the series in seven games. Montreal took the lead early in game one and never looked back in a 4\u20131 victory. The Bruins forced overtime in game two by scoring two third period goals before coming up short in the first overtime as Alexei Kovalev ended the game with a power-play goal at 2:30 for Montreal. Boston forward Marc Savard scored the overtime winner in a 2\u20131 game three victory; the win ended a 13-game losing streak against Montreal by the Bruins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 131], "content_span": [132, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (8) Boston Bruins\nPatrice Brisebois scored the only goal of game four for the Canadiens and Carey Price made 27 saves for his first career playoff shutout in a 1\u20130 win. Boston scored five unanswered goals in game five, including four goals in the third period as they extended the series with a 5\u20131 win. For the second game in a row the Bruins scored four times in the third period as they tied the series with a 5\u20134 victory. In game seven Montreal rebounded from the lackluster performances of their previous two games and eliminated Boston with a 5\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 131], "content_span": [132, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (7) Ottawa Senators\nThe Pittsburgh Penguins entered the playoffs as the Atlantic Division champions, earning the second seed in the Eastern Conference with 102 points. Ottawa qualified as the seventh seed earning 94 points (winning the tie-breaker in total wins with Boston) during the regular season. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Ottawa winning the only previous series. They last met in the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where Ottawa won in five games. Ottawa won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (7) Ottawa Senators\nThe Penguins swept the Senators in four games. Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves and Gary Roberts scored twice as the Penguins won game one by a score of 4\u20130. Penguins forward Ryan Malone put Pittsburgh ahead again in game two after they blew a three-goal lead earlier in the game with a power-play goal at 18:58 of the third period; the Penguins held on for a 5\u20133 victory. Sidney Crosby's goal in the opening seconds of the third period of game three broke a 1\u20131 tie as Pittsburgh eventually won 4\u20131. Pittsburgh completed the series sweep in game four with a 3\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Washington Capitals vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers\nThe Washington Capitals entered the playoffs as the Southeast Division champions, earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference with 94 points. Philadelphia qualified as the sixth seed earning 95 points during the regular season. This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Washington winning the two of the three previous series. They last met in the 1989 Patrick Division Semifinals where Philadelphia won in six games. Philadelphia won this year's four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 138], "content_span": [139, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Washington Capitals vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers\nThe Flyers held off the Capitals in a seven-game series. Washington scored three times in the third period of game one as they overcame a two-goal deficit before Alexander Ovechkin scored the game-winner for the Capitals with just over four and a half minutes remaining in regulation time. Martin Biron made 24 saves as the Flyers won game two 2\u20130. The Flyers broke game three open with two goals just 17 seconds apart in the first period as they went on to win by a final score of 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 138], "content_span": [139, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Washington Capitals vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers\nPhiladelphia forward Mike Knuble ended game four at 6:40 of the second overtime period as the Flyers took a 3\u20131 series lead. Sergei Fedorov and Mike Green each recorded two points for Washington as they extended the series with a 3\u20132 victory. The Flyers took a two-goal lead early in the second period of game six before the Capitals responded with four unanswered goals to force a seventh and deciding game. Flyers goaltender Martin Biron made 39 saves in game seven and Joffrey Lupul scored a power-play goal in the first overtime as the Flyers advanced to the Conference Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 138], "content_span": [139, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) New Jersey Devils vs. (5) New York Rangers\nThe New Jersey Devils entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 99 points. New York qualified as the fifth seed earning 97 points during the regular season. This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Rangers winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 2006 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where New Jersey won in four games. New York won seven of the eight games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 133], "content_span": [134, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) New Jersey Devils vs. (5) New York Rangers\nThe Rangers defeated the Devils in five games. Scott Gomez had three assists in game one as the Rangers won 4\u20131. New York scored twice in 23 seconds to break a scoreless tie in the third period of game two and Henrik Lundqvist allowed one goal against for the second consecutive game as the Rangers took a 2\u20130 series lead. During the second period of game three while on a two-man advantage, the Rangers' Sean Avery tried to screen New Jersey goaltender Martin Brodeur by waving his hands and stick while facing Brodeur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 133], "content_span": [134, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) New Jersey Devils vs. (5) New York Rangers\nDevils forward John Madden ended the game at 6:01 of the first overtime in a 4\u20133 New Jersey victory. After the game the NHL issued an interpretation of the League's rules, stating that an unsportsmanlike conduct minor penalty would be called on actions such as the one used by Avery. Marc Staal broke a 3\u20133 tie for the Rangers late in third period of game four as New York took a 3\u20131 series lead. Rangers forward Jaromir Jagr had a goal and two assists as New York finished off the Devils in game five with a 5\u20133 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 133], "content_span": [134, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Nashville Predators\nThe Detroit Red Wings entered the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Western Conference regular season and Central Division champions with 115 points. Nashville qualified as the eighth seed earning 91 points during the regular season. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Detroit winning the only previous series. They last met in the 2004 Western Conference Quarterfinals where Detroit won in six games. Detroit won five of the eight games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 136], "content_span": [137, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Nashville Predators\nThe Red Wings defeated Nashville in six games. Nashville goaltender Dan Ellis made 37 saves in a losing effort and Henrik Zetterberg scored twice in the third period for the Red Wings as Detroit took game one by a final score of 3\u20131. Detroit forward Kris Draper broke the tie early in the second period of game two as the Red Wings won 4\u20132. Nashville scored two goals just nine seconds apart late in game three as Jason Arnott scored the game-winning goal in a 5\u20133 Predators victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 136], "content_span": [137, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Nashville Predators\nRed Wings goaltender Dominik Hasek was pulled in the second period of game four after allowing three goals; he was replaced by Chris Osgood for the remainder of the series, the Predators evened the series with a 3\u20132 win. Johan Franzen ended game five 1:48 into the first overtime as the Red Wings took a 2\u20131 victory. Detroit eliminated the Predators with a 20 save shutout from Chris Osgood in a 3\u20130 win in game six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 136], "content_span": [137, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (2) San Jose Sharks vs. (7) Calgary Flames\nThe San Jose Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division champions, earning the second seed in the Western Conference with 108 points. Calgary qualified as the seventh seed earning 94 points during the regular season. This was the third and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams, with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 2004 Western Conference Final where Calgary won in six games. Calgary won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (2) San Jose Sharks vs. (7) Calgary Flames\nSan Jose eliminated the Flames in seven games. Stephane Yelle's second goal of the game was the game-winner as Calgary took the opening game of the series 3\u20132. San Jose goaltender Evgeni Nabokov recorded a shutout making 21 saves in game two to help the Sharks tie the series. The Flames rallied from a three-goal deficit to win game three 4\u20133 as backup goaltender Curtis Joseph relieved Miikka Kiprusoff after he was pulled just three and a half minutes into the game. San Jose scored two goals late in the third period of game four to win the game 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (2) San Jose Sharks vs. (7) Calgary Flames\nSan Jose had a three-goal lead in game five and held off a Calgary comeback in a 4\u20133 victory. Miikka Kiprusoff recorded a shutout in game six to force a deciding game seven as the Flames won 2\u20130. After being held pointless in the first six games of the series San Jose forward Jeremy Roenick scored two goals and two assists in game seven as the Sharks won 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Minnesota Wild vs. (6) Colorado Avalanche\nThe Minnesota Wild entered the playoffs as the Northwest Division champions, earning the third seed in the Western Conference with 98 points. Colorado qualified as the sixth seed earning 95 points during the regular season. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Minnesota winning the only previous series. They last met in the 2003 Western Conference Quarterfinals where Minnesota won in seven games. Minnesota won five of the eight games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 132], "content_span": [133, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Minnesota Wild vs. (6) Colorado Avalanche\nThe Avalanche eliminated the Wild in six games. Colorado captain Joe Sakic added to his own league record in game one as he scored his eighth and final career playoff overtime goal in a 3\u20132 victory. The teams traded goals in the final two minutes of regulation in game two before Keith Carney ended the game 1:14 into the first overtime period, as the Wild evened the series with a 3\u20132 win. Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored the overtime winner in game three for Minnesota at 11:58 in the third consecutive overtime game of this series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 132], "content_span": [133, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Minnesota Wild vs. (6) Colorado Avalanche\nFive different Colorado players scored in game four as the Avalanche forced Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom from the game, winning 5\u20131. Colorado goaltender Jose Theodore made 38 saves in a 3\u20132 game five win. Theodore continued his strong play in game six as he made 34 saves from 35 shots against as Colorado closed out the series with a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 132], "content_span": [133, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Anaheim Ducks vs. (5) Dallas Stars\nThe Anaheim Ducks entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 102 points. Dallas qualified as the fifth seed earning 97 points during the regular season. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Anaheim winning the only previous series. They last met in the 2003 Western Conference Semifinals where Anaheim won in six games. Dallas won five of the eight games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 125], "content_span": [126, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Anaheim Ducks vs. (5) Dallas Stars\nThe Stars defeated the Ducks in six games. Dallas took advantage of the undisciplined play of the Ducks in game one as they scored four goals on the power-play and Marty Turco made 23 saves in a 4\u20130 victory. The Stars broke open game two by scoring three times in the third period as they won 5\u20132. In game three the Ducks jumped out to an early 4\u20130 lead, Anaheim held on to win the game 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 125], "content_span": [126, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Anaheim Ducks vs. (5) Dallas Stars\nStars goaltender Marty Turco came eight seconds short of posting a shutout in game four as he made 28 saves in a 3\u20131 Dallas victory. The Ducks avoided elimination in game five as their special teams contributed two power-play goals in a 5\u20132 win. Corey Perry gave Anaheim a one-goal lead after two periods of play in game six before the Stars scored four unanswered goals in the third period and ended the series with a 4\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 125], "content_span": [126, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers\nThis was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Montreal winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 1989 Prince of Wales Conference Final where Montreal won in six games. Montreal swept this year's four game regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 131], "content_span": [132, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers\nThe Flyers eliminated the Canadiens in five games. Montreal fought back from a two-goal deficit early in game one as Alexei Kovalev forced overtime with his second goal of the game in the final minute of regulation time. In the first overtime period Canadiens forward Tom Kostopoulos scored the game-winner 48 seconds into the period, in a 4\u20133 Montreal victory. R. J. Umberger scored twice for the Flyers in game two as Philadelphia evened the series with a 4\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 131], "content_span": [132, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers\nPhiladelphia scored three times in the second period of game three and hung on to win 3\u20132 despite allowing two power-play goals in the third period after Derian Hatcher was ejected from the game for boarding Francis Bouillon. Flyers goaltender Martin Biron made 36 saves as the Flyers won game four 4\u20132. Flyers forward Scottie Upshall broke the tie in game five as he scored the series-clinching goal with just over three minutes remaining in regulation time as Philadelphia earned a 6\u20134 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 131], "content_span": [132, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) New York Rangers\nThis was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Pittsburgh winning all three of the previous series. They last met in the 1996 Eastern Conference Semifinals where Pittsburgh won in five games. New York won five of the eight games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) New York Rangers\nThe Penguins defeated the Rangers in five games. The Penguins scored two goals 14 and 20 seconds apart in both the second and third periods of game one as they overcame a 3\u20130 deficit early in the second period. Evgeni Malkin scored a late power-play goal for the Penguins as they held on to win the game 5\u20134. Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves to earn his second shutout of the playoffs in game two as the Penguins won 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) New York Rangers\nEvgeni Malkin's second power-play goal of the game scored late in the second period of game three held up as the game-winning goal as the Penguins won 5\u20133. Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves in a shutout performance as the Rangers avoided elimination with a 3\u20130 victory in game four. The Rangers battled back to tie the game early in the third period of game five, however they came up short in overtime as Pittsburgh's Marian Hossa scored the series-winner at 7:10 of the first overtime period to win the series for the Penguins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Colorado Avalanche\nThis was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Colorado winning three of the five previous series. They last met in the 2002 Western Conference Final where Detroit won in seven games. Detroit swept this year's four game regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Colorado Avalanche\nThe Red Wings swept the Avalanche in four games. Avalanche goaltender Jose Theodore was pulled early in the second period of game one after allowing four goals on 16 shots; the Red Wings held on to win 4\u20133. Detroit forward Johan Franzen's hat trick in game two helped the Red Wings to a 5\u20131 victory. Henrik Zetterberg's power-play goal just past the midway mark of the second period held up as the game-winner for Detroit in game three. After allowing the tying goal early in the first period of game four, the Red Wings scored the next seven goals and easily eliminated the Avalanche with an 8\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) San Jose Sharks vs. (5) Dallas Stars\nThis was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with Dallas winning both of the previous series. They last met in the 2000 Western Conference Semifinals where Dallas won in five games. Dallas won this year's eight-game regular season series earning ten of sixteen points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 121], "content_span": [122, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) San Jose Sharks vs. (5) Dallas Stars\nThe Stars held on to defeat the Sharks in six games. Jonathan Cheechoo tied game one late in the third period for San Jose, but Dallas captain Brenden Morrow scored 4:39 into the first overtime to give Dallas a 3\u20132 victory. Dallas forward Brad Richards keyed a four-goal outburst in the third period of game two by scoring a goal and three assists to lead the Stars to a 5\u20132 win. In game three the Stars overcame a one-goal deficit in the third period as they won in the first overtime on a goal from defenceman Mattias Norstrom at 4:37.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 121], "content_span": [122, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) San Jose Sharks vs. (5) Dallas Stars\nMilan Michalek broke the tie for San Jose in game four with his power-play goal at 3:26 of the third period as the Sharks avoided elimination with a 2\u20131 victory. Dallas took a two-goal lead into the third period of game five, however the Sharks tied the game with goals by Milan Michalek and Brian Campbell. Overtime was needed for the third time in five games and just 1:05 into the first overtime San Jose forward Joe Pavelski converted on a turnover to keep the Sharks alive with a 3\u20132 win. After trading goals in regulation time, game six became the eighth-longest game in NHL history as Brenden Morrow tipped home a pass on the power-play from defenceman Stephane Robidas to end the game 9:03 into the fourth overtime period and win the series for the Stars 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 121], "content_span": [122, 889]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers\nThis was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Philadelphia winning all three of the previous series. They last met in the 2000 Eastern Conference Semifinals where Philadelphia won in six games. Pittsburgh most recently made it to the Conference Finals in 2001, when they lost to the New Jersey Devils in five games. Philadelphia last made the Conference Finals in 2004, where they lost in seven games to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Philadelphia won five of the eight games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 123], "content_span": [124, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers\nThe Penguins eliminated their cross-state rivals the Flyers in five games. Evgeni Malkin's seventh goal of the playoffs held up as the game-winner for Pittsburgh in game one as the Penguins earned a 4\u20132 win. Pittsburgh forward Maxime Talbot broke the tie in game two just before the midway mark of the third period and Jordan Staal added an empty-net goal for the Penguins to give them their second consecutive 4\u20132 victory. Marian Hossa scored twice in game three for the Penguins as they won the game 4\u20131 to take a commanding 3\u20130 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 123], "content_span": [124, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers\nThe Flyers jumped out to a 3\u20130 lead in the first period of game four and held on to win the game 4\u20132. Marian Hossa recorded four points for Pittsburgh in game five as the Penguins won their eighth consecutive home game to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals by a decisive final score of 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 123], "content_span": [124, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Dallas Stars\nThis was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Detroit winning all three of the previous series. They last met in the 1998 Western Conference Final where Detroit won in six games. This was Detroit's second consecutive Conference Finals appearance; they lost to the Anaheim Ducks in six games in the previous year. Dallas last made the Conference Finals in 2000, where they defeated the Colorado Avalanche in seven games. Detroit won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 114], "content_span": [115, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Dallas Stars\nThe Red Wings defeated the Stars in six games. Detroit scored three power-play goals as they took game one 4\u20131. Red Wings' goaltender Chris Osgood made 17 saves in game two to give Detroit a 2\u20131 win. Stars' forward Mike Ribeiro was assessed a match penalty at the end of game two for retaliating to an earlier stick infraction with a two-handed slash to Chris Osgood's chest; neither players were suspended. Detroit forward Pavel Datsyuk scored a hat-trick in game three for the Red Wings; while Osgood stopped 16 shots for the 5\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 114], "content_span": [115, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Dallas Stars\nMarty Turco made 33 saves as the Stars avoided elimination in game four winning 3\u20131. Turco continued his strong play for Dallas in game five as he stopped 38 shots in a 2\u20131 victory. The Red Wings used the strength of a three-goal first period in game six to eliminate the Stars and return to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 114], "content_span": [115, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals\nThis was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Both teams won their last appearance in the Finals; Detroit defeated Carolina in five games in 2002, while Pittsburgh swept Chicago in four games in 1992. The teams did not play each other during this year's regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Skaters\nThese are the top ten skaters based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Skaters\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Goaltending\nThis is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion is bolded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Goaltending\nGP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Television\nNational Canadian English-language coverage of the playoffs were split between the CBC and TSN, with the CBC holding exclusive rights to the Stanley Cup Finals. French-language telecasts were broadcast on RDS and RDS2. This marked the last season that all playoff games involving Canadian teams had to air on the CBC instead of TSN, even if it mean they had to be broadcast regionally. Under new contracts that would take effect in 2009, the CBC and TSN would began to select the rights to individual series using a draft-like setup, regardless if they involved Canadian teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198719-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, Television\nIn the United States, coverage was split between NBC and Versus. During the first three rounds, NBC primarily televised weekend afternoon games and Versus aired evening games. During the first and second round, excluding games exclusively broadcast on NBC, the regional rights holders of each participating U.S. team produced local telecasts of their respective games. Not all first and second round games were nationally televised, while the Conference Finals were exclusively broadcast on either NBC or Versus. Versus then aired games one and two of the Stanley Cup Finals while NBC televised the remainder of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198720-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Star Mazda Championship\nThe 2008 Star Mazda Championship was a season of the open wheel racing series the Star Mazda Championship. It consisted of a 12-race schedule beginning in March and ending in October, with only the best eleven race results counting towards the championship. As with 2007, the series featured races exclusively on road and street courses. In addition to the main championship that is typically tested by young, developing drivers, there were also additional class titles for older drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198720-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Star Mazda Championship\nJohn Edwards won the championship ahead of Joel Miller and Peter Dempsey despite missing the first round of the championship. Edwards won four races, the same as Dempsey, but Dempsey had three finishes of 20th or worse, one of which counted in his points total, while Edwards worst points-scoring finish was 4th. Miller won only once, in the season opener. Noted British drivers Charles Hall and Tom Gladdis also participated in the series and finished fifth and sixth in points, respectively. Each won a single race. British driver Richard Kent won the final race of the season in his series debut, despite not being registered for the championship. Notable international female drivers Natalia Kowalska and Michele Bumgarner also competed in the series despite not being registered for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 834]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198720-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Star Mazda Championship\nChris Cumming won the Expert class for drivers 30 and older and Chuck Hulse won the Masters class championship for drivers 40 and older.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198720-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Star Mazda Championship, Championship standings, Driver's\nNote: Expert and Masters classes have different point system than the overall championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series\nThe 2008 State of Origin series was the 27th year that the annual best-of-three series of interstate rugby league football matches between the Queensland and New South Wales representative teams was contested entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. At its commencement each side had won twelve Origin series with two series drawn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series\nQueensland's Mal Meninga was to coach against a former Canberra Raiders teammate in the Melbourne Storm's premiership-winning coach, Craig Bellamy who was to make his debut in charge of New South Wales against a number of his in-form Melbourne players. New South Wales took a 1-0 series lead with a convincing victory in Game I on 21 May 2008. After some key personnel changes, Queensland then achieved a record 30-point margin to win Game II on 11 June 2008 to level, and on 2 July won Game III 16 - 10 to take the series 2-1 and edge one ahead in the cumulative series tally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series\nThe series marked Mal Meninga's third as Queensland coach and also his third consecutive series victory. Johnathan Thurston was judged the player of the series. The 2008 series also set new nationwide television audience records for State of Origin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game I\nThe New South Wales side came to Origin I well prepared by Craig Bellamy, brought in to coach against Meninga, who was captaining Canberra in the 1990 NSWRL season's Grand final victory when Bellamy played for them from the interchange bench. Six of Meninga's Maroons were members of Bellamy's club, the Melbourne Storm. Queensland were missing their injured captain and playmaker Darren Lockyer but were spoilt for choice for fullbacks with Melbourne's Billy Slater and the Broncos' Karmichael Hunt in tremendous season form. Maroons selectors opted to experiment with Hunt at five-eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game I\nThe Blues forwards ran at the Queensland playmakers and Cameron Smith and Hunt were forced to do a mountain of defence. Steady and deep kicks from Blues debutant Peter Wallace (a late call up to the side during the week following the withdrawal of Kurt Gidley) kept Slater returning from deep in his territory often without easy linkage to his wing supports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game I\nQueensland took a long time to get out of first gear - Thurston's first kick of the night was low and travelled only 35 metres. The Blues however worked the ball through the hands with confidence and began to move it wide early. New South Wales played down their left hand side for the first two tries, both scored by debutante winger Anthony Quinn. One came through the hands with five-eighth Greg Bird, creating space via a cut out pass to Ryan Hoffman The other resulted from a well executed kick from Peter Wallace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game I\nQueensland scored late in a first half almost devoid of penalties and errors and they made a better showing after half-time with a few breaks and by picking up on some New South Wales errors. However their efforts came to nothing in the face of an all round defensive effort from the Blues, including a number of try-saving and punishing tackles by try-scorer Quinn supported by his three-quarter teammate Matt Cooper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game I\nThurston lifted in the second-half and threatened with a number of well-paced grubber kicks in- behind but he was marked closely by the man-of-the-match Greg Bird and the vigilant defence of Ryan Hoffman who also kept Folau and Inglis well contained. Slater showed touches of brilliance but at times was outshone by Mark Gasnier who was dangerous all night and had a hand in two Blues tries. Hunt defended heroically throughout but every big tackle he made sapped something from his attacking spark. Eventually the Maroons ran out of steam and another Blues debutant in Anthony Laffranchi crossed in the 68th minute, taking the score to 18-4. Again at the death of the second half Queensland picked up another late try out wide through debutant Folau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game II\nQueensland made ten positional-personnel changes for Origin II: Boyd debuted as Winger replacing Tate; Tate moved to Centre replacing Hodges (suspended on a tackling charge in the NRL round 11); Thurston moved to Five-eighth after Lockyer was again ruled out unfit after initially being named in the side; Prince was called into the side at Half-back, replacing Thurston; Thaiday moved to the interchange bench; Price back from injury as Prop replacing Webb (dropped); Hunt moved to fullback thus Slater replacing Marsh (dropped) on interchange; Myles swapped with Thaiday to second row; Harrison onto the interchange bench, replacing Lillyman (dropped).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game II\nNew South Wales on the other hand made only four player changes: Turner debuted as winger replacing Hayne (suspended on a tackling charge in NRL round 11); Fitzgibbon moved to starting prop, replacing Cross (injured in game I); Simpson was moved onto the interchange bench for Fitzgibbon; Gidley (who had been named for game I, but suffered an eye injury in the club round prior) replacing Hornby who moved to 18th Man.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game II\nDarius Boyd on debut scored Queensland's first two tries, and with two penalty goals kicked by Thurston, Queensland held a 16\u20130 lead at half-time. Another penalty just after the break, then two further converted tries between the 65th and the 70th minute, made it 30\u20130 to Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game II\nGreg Inglis answered his critics from game I and spoke after the match of \"getting one back on Gaz\" (referring to having been outshone in game I by Mark Gasnier) with a blistering performance setting up both tries for Boyd from long range beating Gasnier and embarrassing the defence of Blues debutante Steve Turner in the process. The Queensland forwards were consistently up fast in defence and flustered New South Wales. Blues halves Greg Bird and Peter Wallace seemed at times bereft of attacking ideas and whilst Wallace had a reasonable kicking game, the control demonstrated by the pair in game I was not to be seen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game II\nAs predicted by the pre-match press, the Blues attack was aimed at Scott Prince wherever possible but he was ably assisted by Brent Tate, defending alongside him. Tate made thirty-three tackles in the game and regularly featured in attacking returns from loose play. Queensland were strong across the park with Johnathan Thurston shining, Israel Folau showing his class and veterans Steve Price and Petero Civoniceva giving tireless service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game II\nFor New South Wales, the only flawless performances were by captain Danny Buderus and fullback Brett Stewart, who pulled off a number of solo try-saving tackles. Otherwise the tables were completely turned from game I and Blues had no answers for a Maroons outfit this time perfectly prepared by coach Meninga. Queensland had levelled the series with a 30\u20130 win, only the second time in history that New South Wales were held scoreless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game II\nThe national TV audience peaked at 2.49 million viewers, which was a new record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game III\nComing into the decider, Queensland's record at the venue (dating back to 1999) was 1 win, 11 losses and a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game III\nQueensland made no changes to their lineup for the decider while New South Wales made seven: Hayne returned from suspension and replaced Turner on the Wing; Cross, back from injury replaced Simpson; Anasta and Pearce formed a new halves pairing replacing the injured Bird and Wallace; Monaghan replaced Gasnier out with a back injury; Fitzgibbon moved to the Second-row and Mason to Prop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game III\nIn starting, Danny Buderus beat two Blues standing records - Harragon's for consecutive matches and Fittler's for most games as captain. Much of the media build-up focused on the match being his state representative farewell, as well as Mitchell Pearce's debut and Braith Anasta's State of Origin comeback. Blues' utility Kurt Gidley had been shuffled at the last minute into the starting line-up over Brett Stewart, resulting in formal pre-match protest from Queensland. The decision to bench Stewart was perplexing, who was arguably the Blues' best in game 1 and 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game III\nAfter one minute of Game III a tackle was made on New South Wales forward Ben Cross by the Queenslanders which sparked a brawl. A penalty was awarded to the Blues and Craig Fitzgibbon kicked it, putting NSW in front 2 - 0. In the fifth minute the Maroons were advancing on the Blues' line when Queensland halfback Scott Prince put a high kick up to the right corner which Bues winger Anthony Quinn failed to catch, allowing Israel Folau to grab the ball and simply fall over the try-line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game III\nJohnathan Thurston missed the conversion, leaving the score at 2 - 4 in favour of the Maroons. Ten minutes later Queensland were a man down after Prince's forearm was broken in a tackle and the New South Welshmen capitalised, working the ball up close to the Maroons' line and out to left centre Matt Cooper to stretch out through the defence and plant the ball. Fitzgibbon added the extras to give his team an 8 - 4 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game III\nIn the twenty-second minute, the Queenslanders were again attacking close to the Blues' try-line when from in front of the posts Thurston put a kick up high and across to Folau's wing. Folau, coming through at speed, leapt above his opposite number to grab the ball and as he fell awkwardly back down, managed to ground it one-handed behind his head in what was a remarkable effort. The conversion was missed by Thurston so the scores were level at 8 - 8. A few minutes later, New South Wales hooker Danny Buderus ran from dummy half, catching the Maroons' defence off-side and gaining his team a penalty, which Fitzgibbon successfully kicked, giving the Blues a 10 - 8 lead. No more points were scored before half time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game III\nNew South Wales started the second half with repeat sets of six in Queensland's half of the field. A loose ball in the Maroons' in-goal was dived on by Anasata, but the video referee found that it was a penalty to Queensland. The maroons' following set of six ended with another penalty to them in attacking position, with Thurston kicking the two points to level at 10 - 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game III\nQueensland forward Nate Myles was lucky not to be sent off (but was later suspended for 6 weeks) for a tackle in the forty-eighth minute which upended Ben Cross and resulted in another minor scuffle and a penalty to the Blues, but the Maroons withstood NSW's attack. A few minutes later the game was halted when Queensland forward Michael Crocker was knocked out as Mitchell Pearce's attempted clearing kick sent the ball into the back of his head.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0018-0002", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game III\nJust at the sixty-seven minute mark Thurston, from within his own half, got the ball at first-receiver and threw a dummy, slicing through the defensive line before passing to Billy Slater running through in support to score the match-winning try under the posts. The conversion was simple and Queensland regained the lead at 10 - 16. In the final minutes the Blues attacked the Maroons' line repeatedly but could not break through and Queensland had won their third series in a row, replicating \"three-peats\" achieved in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1987, 1988, 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198722-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 State of Origin series, Game III\nThe national TV audience peaked at more than 2.5 million, breaking the record set in the last game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198723-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 State of the Union Address\nThe 2008 State of the Union Address was given by the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush, on Monday, January 28, 2008, at 9 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 110th United States Congress. It was Bush's seventh and final State of the Union Address and his eighth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, accompanied by Dick Cheney, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198723-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 State of the Union Address, Topics\nThe White House indicated beforehand that President Bush's speech would mention the following policies:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198723-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 State of the Union Address, Democratic response\nIn keeping with tradition of Democrats from red states giving the response, Governor of Kansas Kathleen Sebelius delivered the Democratic response from the Governor's Mansion in Topeka. It has been noted that she focused not on the usual Democratic rebuttal, but more so on the need to get past partisan politics to get the important legislation passed in a timely manner. She was picked by Democratic congressional leaders to make the response because of her ability to reach across partisan lines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198723-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 State of the Union Address, Democratic response\nTexas state Senator Leticia Van de Putte gave the Democratic response in Spanish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198723-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 State of the Union Address, Libertarian response\nLibertarian Party Chair William Redpath issued a written response to the State of the Union on behalf of the national Libertarian Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198723-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 State of the Union Address, Libertarian response\nSteve Kubby, a candidate for the Libertarian Party's 2008 presidential nomination, delivered his own \"State of the Union address\" via Internet video on January 25, 2008, three days before President Bush's speech. Framed as a preemption rather than merely a response, Kubby's speech attempted to predict the themes President Bush would strike and offered Kubby's own proposals in their stead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198724-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stella Artois Championships \u2013 Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Knowles chose not to participate, and only Nestor competed that year. Nestor partnered with Nenad Zimonji\u0107, and won in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20133), against Marcelo Melo and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198725-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stella Artois Championships \u2013 Singles\nAndy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Rafael Nadal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198725-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stella Artois Championships \u2013 Singles\nRafael Nadal won in the final 7\u20136(8\u20136), 7\u20135, against Novak Djokovic. It was the first time since 1999 that neither Lleyton Hewitt nor Andy Roddick won the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198725-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Stella Artois Championships \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198726-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden\nThe 2008 Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden was the 11th edition of the Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden, a women's cycling stage race in the Netherlands. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.2 race and was held between 19 and 21 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198727-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stevenage Borough Council election\nElections to Stevenage Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2004. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198727-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stevenage Borough Council election\nThe election saw the Conservative party gain 3 seats but the Labour party remained firmly in control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198728-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stock Car Brasil season\nThe  2008 Copa Nextel Stock Car was the 30th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on April 13 at the Interlagos and ended on December 7 at the same circuit, after twelve rounds. This season Volkswagen announced the retired from the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198729-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats held overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198729-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election, Summary\nThe following summary indicates the number of seats which are being defended by each party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198729-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Brinnington and Central ward\nA month after the election Councillor Chris Walker was charged with racist abuse of a police officer and suspended by the Liberal Democrats and served as an Independent councillor, he was found guilty in April 2010. Walker returned to the Lib Dems in November 2010. He declared himself Independent again in June 2011. He did not try to defend the seat at the May 2012 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 96], "content_span": [97, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198730-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stockton, California mayoral election\nThe 2008 Stockton, California mayoral election was held on June 3, 2008, and November 4, 2008, to elect the mayor of Stockton, California. It saw the election of Ann Johnston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198731-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election\nThe 2008 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election for the Stoke-on-Trent City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198732-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour\nThe 2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour was a 75-date reunion tour for the  rock band Stone Temple Pilots, who originally disbanded in 2002. The tour, which kicked off on May 17, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio at the Rock on the Range festival, ran throughout the summer and ended on October 31 at the Verizon Wireless Center in Pelham, Alabama. The Stone Temple Pilots reunion tour was a success, receiving positive reviews from critics and fans alike as well as high ticket sales. At one point, the Stone Temple Pilots tour was ranked at #1 on Pollstar's \"Top 50\" list. According to Rolling Stone, the band sold an average of $230,000 of tickets a night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198732-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour, Tour history\nAfter Stone Temple Pilots broke up in 2002, the members formed different side projects; lead singer Scott Weiland formed the supergroup Velvet Revolver with former members of Guns N' Roses, and brothers Robert (bass) and Dean DeLeo (guitar) were in the short-lived band Army of Anyone. Drummer Eric Kretz kept a low-profile, operating out of his own studio, Bombshelter Studios, in Los Angeles. Army of Anyone announced its breakup in 2007 and Weiland left Velvet Revolver on April 1, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198732-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour, Tour history\nAccording to Dean DeLeo, steps toward a reunion started with a simple phone call from Weiland's then-wife, Mary Forsberg. She would later invite the DeLeo brothers to play at a private beach party, which led to the reconciliation of Weiland and the DeLeo brothers. In 2007 Dean DeLeo discussed with Weiland an offer from a concert promoter to headline several summer festivals. Weiland accepted and said he had cleared the brief tour with his Velvet Revolver bandmates. Weiland said \"everything was cool. Then it wasn't\", and stated that the rest of the band stopped talking to him. As a result, Weiland announced in the middle of a Velvet Revolver show on March 21, 2008 in Glasgow that it would be his last performance with the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198732-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour, Tour history\nStone Temple Pilots first show since 2002 was at a private show on April 7 at Harry Houdini's estate outside of Los Angeles. The band performed for a second time on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 1, and officially kicked off the tour on May 17 in Columbus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198732-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour, Tour history\nDespite several positive reviews regarding the tour from fans and critics, there were some negative reviews regarding Scott Weiland's performance at the PNC Bank Arts Center on May 31 in New Jersey. The band was over an hour late onstage, and an intoxicated Weiland mumbled some lyrics and almost lost his balance. He even apologized to his band mates for \"messing up\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198732-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour, Tour history\nDue to the death of his father, Eric Kretz did not play with the band for a few shows in October. Ray Luzier, current drummer for Korn and former drummer for Army of Anyone, filled in on drums. Kretz returned for the last few dates of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198732-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour, Tour history, Tampa Show Incident\nSTP had to postpone their performance for the Ford Amphitheatre show (August 22, 2008). The second opening act, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, played an extended set to push time for STP, ending at 9:30 pm. It wasn't until 10:30 that it was announced the show had been canceled due to the band's inability to make it to the venue as a result of Tropical Storm Fay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198732-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour, Tour history, Tampa Show Incident\nSome fans accused the band of canceling due to Weiland not showing up, claiming that they had seen the other members of the band at the venue before it was announced that they were unable to travel. Also, the storm cited as the reason for the cancellation was already well to the north of the route the band would have taken to make it to Tampa from the previous show in Ft. Lauderdale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198732-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour, Tour history, Setlist\nNot every single show had the same setlist, but all of STP's \"hits\" were played nightly, with the song \"Big Empty\" opening every show, except during the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore where the band opened with \"Vasoline\". The hits \"Dead and Bloated\" and \"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart\" were traditionally the tour's two encore songs, with the band's other hits, deep cuts, and covers played throughout each night's setlist. STP also covered artists such as Queen, The Beatles and Bob Marley on the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198732-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour, Tour history, Setlist\nBlack Rebel Motorcycle Club, Pixies singer Black Francis, Meat Puppets, The Secret Machines, Tommy Joe Wilson, (artist signed to Weiland's label Softdrive Records) and 10 Years were the opening bands on the tour. The band came onstage to the song \"Manhattan Rumble\" by Electric Light Orchestra at the beginning of each performance on the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198733-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election\nThe 2008 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Stratford-on-Avon District Council in Warwickshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198733-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives had a 21-seat majority with 37 councillors, as compared to 14 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. 19 seats were being contested in the election, which was expected to be fought mainly between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198733-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Liberal Democrats make 5 gains to reduce the Conservatives majority on the council. 3 of the gains for the Liberal Democrats came in the wards of Stratford-upon-Avon itself, along with 2 in Harbury and Shipston. Meanwhile, the one independent councillor who was up for election, Kim James, successfully held his seat in Bidford and Salford ward, defeating the Liberal Democrat candidate by 185 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198733-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election, Election result\nThe losses for the Conservatives were one of the worst performances by the party in the 2008 local elections, in contrast to the national picture where they made strong gains. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg described the Stratford election as \"an excellent result\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198734-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stroud District Council election\nThe 2008 Stroud Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198734-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stroud District Council election, Background\nBefore the election the council had 31 Conservative, 9 Labour, 5 Green, 4 Liberal Democrat and 2 independents. 61 candidates stood for the 17 seats that were being contested, with the Green party contesting every seat for the first time. Councillors standing down at the election included Conservative Sue Fellows and the Labour party's Hilary Fowles and Mattie Ross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198734-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Stroud District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives stay in control with 31 seats, after both gaining and losing 2 seats, while increasing their vote share to 51%. The Conservatives gained the seats of Dursley and Stonehouse from Labour, after the sitting Labour councillors had stood down, reducing Labour to 7 seats. However the Conservatives also lost Nailsworth by 28 votes to the Greens and Wotton-under-Edge by 25 votes to the Liberal Democrats. This meant the Greens went up to 6 seats and the Liberal Democrats up to 5 seats, while there remained 2 independents who had not defended seats in the election. Turnout in the election varied from a high of 50.03% in Painswick to a low of 33% in Cainscross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198734-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Stroud District Council election, Election result\nThe local Labour Member of Parliament David Drew blamed the defeats for Labour on \"general disillusionment with the Government\" and the issues of government assistance after the 2007 floods and the abolition of the 10 pence income tax rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198735-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Stud\u00e9nka train wreck\nOn 8 August 2008, at approximately 10:30 local time (8:30 UTC), EuroCity train EC 108 Comenius, en route from Krak\u00f3w, Poland, to Prague, Czech Republic, struck a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near the Stud\u00e9nka railway station in the Czech Republic. The train derailed, killing eight people and injuring 64.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198735-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Stud\u00e9nka train wreck, Crash\nThe motorway bridge near Stud\u00e9nka railroad station was undergoing repairs that were to last until September 2008. On 8 August the workers were putting a beam to span between the two supports on the sides of the railroad track. Parts of the beam fell onto the track when the train was 452 metres (1,483\u00a0ft) away, approaching the bridge at around 135\u00a0km/h (84\u00a0mph). The driver noticed the iron bridge structure swaying and immediately engaged the emergency brake and escaped from the control cab to the engine room, which is much better protected against impact. This behaviour was later recognized by the Czech Railways inspectors as exactly what drivers should do in this kind of situation. It was said that there is a very high probability that this conduct saved his life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198735-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Stud\u00e9nka train wreck, Crash\nThe train struck the obstacle within just a few seconds, by which time the train had slowed to 90\u00a0km/h (56\u00a0mph). The locomotive and four carriages derailed after the impact; the carriage coupled directly behind the locomotive sustained the most damage. Six other carriages, among them the restaurant carriage, remained on the track. Three freight vans on another track were also derailed. At the time of the accident, there were approximately 400 people on board the train, 105 of them of Polish nationality. There was also a group of people travelling to an Iron Maiden concert in Prague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198735-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Stud\u00e9nka train wreck, Rescue operation\nSince the accident happened during the day and there were people present in the proximity of the track, the rescue units were notified about the situation almost instantly. The first rescue unit, which consisted of firefighters stationed in Stud\u00e9nka, arrived at the accident site only seven minutes after the alarm was issued. There were a total of 20 firefighter rescue units (altogether 100 firefighters and 40 firefighter engines) rescuing the passengers. Twenty ambulances together with helicopters transported the injured into all the nearest hospitals in Ostrava, Nov\u00fd Ji\u010d\u00edn, Fr\u00fddek-M\u00edstek, Opava, B\u00edlovec, Olomouc and Vala\u0161sk\u00e9 Mezi\u0159\u00ed\u010d\u00ed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198735-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Stud\u00e9nka train wreck, Rescue operation\nThanks to cooperation within the Integrated rescue system (Integrovan\u00fd z\u00e1chrann\u00fd syst\u00e9m), all the injured were in the hospitals within two hours of the accident. Polish authorities offered help with the rescue operation immediately when notified about the disaster, but the offer was not accepted as Czech rescue services did not consider it necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198735-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Stud\u00e9nka train wreck, Criticism\nImmediately after the accident there was a great public uproar about finding the culprits. First accused was the Czech Railways company for letting trains travel at relatively high speeds in the construction area. However, the Czech Railways spokesman stated that the building company had not notified the Czech Railways about the ongoing reconstruction of the bridge. The building company Dopravn\u00ed stavby Ostrava was also accused of being responsible for the accident. The spokesman for the company stated that the causes of the falling bridge parts onto the track were being investigated and that all the compulsory notifications to the Czech Railways about the reconstruction of the bridge had definitely been issued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198735-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Stud\u00e9nka train wreck, Aftermath\nTwo Czech men, three Czech women and a Polish woman were killed in the crash, while the seventh victim, a young Ukrainian man, died later in hospital. The eighth fatality, a 21-year-old Polish woman, died two months after the disaster on 26 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198735-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Stud\u00e9nka train wreck, Aftermath\nThe cost of the damage was estimated at 136 million CZK (5.6 million Euros, 8.4 million US dollars), according to a Czech Rail Safety Inspection Office announcement. The Czech Railways company promised to pay compensation to everyone injured as well as to families of the dead. The amount of money paid would then vary depending on individual circumstances of every case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198736-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500\nThe 2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was the eighth race for the NASCAR Sprint Cup season and ran on Saturday, April 12 at Phoenix International Raceway for 312 laps in Avondale, Arizona. The race was broadcast on television by Fox starting at 8:53 PM US EDT, and broadcast via radio and Sirius Satellite Radio on the Motor Racing Network beginning at 7:45 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198736-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Qualifying\nDaytona 500 champion Ryan Newman won the pole position, the 34th of his career. Elliott Sadler started on the outside. Kyle Petty and John Andretti failed to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198736-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500, The race\nThe outcome of this race was determined largely on fuel mileage strategy. Based on crew chief Chad Knaus' calculations, Jimmie Johnson stayed out late in the race while leaders Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Mark Martin entered their pits. Johnson held on for the win while Clint Bowyer finished second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198736-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500, The race\nJeff Burton climbed from 39th starting position to a sixth-place finish and retained his lead in points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198736-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Yankees / Red Sox coverage\nCoverage of the pre-race was interrupted when Fox switched over to cover the remaining New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox baseball game which had been delayed due to rain. Fox then switched back to the race as the cars were on the dogleg just after the start. The final two pitches of the game were shown on the cable / satellite channel FX leaving some baseball fans confused. Fox was contractually required to show the entire race on its broadcast network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198736-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Yankees / Red Sox coverage\nNASCAR fans were upset that the network did not show the invocation and national anthem, especially as it was realized that the game was shown on both Fox and FX, in a simulcast, for about 10 minutes. Theoretically, the baseball game could have continued on Fox and the pre-race ceremonies would have been seen on FX, but parent company News Corporation chose not to use that option.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198736-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Yankees / Red Sox coverage\nThis is the first known occurrence in the history in American sports television that a network missed both the ending of one event (similar to the Heidi Game, except that there was an option to see the remainder of it) and the beginning of another.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198736-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Yankees / Red Sox coverage\nOn the Speed Channel rebroadcast later that week, the start of the race was shown, in real time, from Brett Bodine pulling the pace car to pit road, and Fox analyst Larry McReynolds waving the green flag, all the way through the entire first lap. It is evident in that replay that the broadcast started on the backstretch as the graphics package did not appear until the cars were on the dogleg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198737-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sudan Premier League\nThe 2008 Sudan Premier League was the 37th edition of the highest club level football competition in Sudan. The competition started on February 21 with Al-Ittihad (Wad Medani) 1-0 win over Amal Atbara, and concluded on November 17 with 1-1 draw between Al-Hilal Omdurman and Al-Merreikh. Al-Merreikh were crowned champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198738-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sugar Bowl\nThe 2008 Allstate Sugar Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) for the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and was the 74th Sugar Bowl. It was played on January 1, 2008, in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198738-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sugar Bowl\nBecause the SEC champion (LSU) was slated to participate in the BCS National Championship Game, the number-five Georgia Bulldogs were selected to host the number-ten, WAC champion Hawaii Warriors, the last undefeated major college football team going into the bowl season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198738-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sugar Bowl\nThe Warriors were only the third team not in any of the six BCS conferences (not counting major independent Notre Dame) to play in a BCS game. Boise State qualified for the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, and Utah made the same game two years earlier. Both teams won their respective games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198738-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sugar Bowl\nThe final result was less exciting than the build-up, as Georgia earned an easy 41-10 win. It was already a one-sided affair at halftime with a 24-3 score and it was 41-3 at one point early in the 4th. The closest Hawaii got was 7-3 after a Dan Kelly field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198738-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sugar Bowl, Aftermath\nWith Hawaii's defeat, the 2007-08 college football season ended with no undefeated teams, something that had not happened since the 2003-04 season. This is also the second time in the BCS era that this has occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198738-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Sugar Bowl, Aftermath\nGeorgia DE Marcus Howard was named the MVP of the Sugar Bowl Game, the first time in its history that a purely defensive player has received the honor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198738-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Sugar Bowl, Aftermath\nWith the win, Georgia Head Coach Mark Richt became the first head coach in Georgia history to win more than one Sugar Bowl (his previous victory was over Florida State University following the 2002 season). Vince Dooley and Wally Butts won one Sugar Bowl each, with Dooley's only win securing the 1980 National Championship. Dooley lost four other Sugar Bowl games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198738-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Sugar Bowl, Aftermath\nOn January 8, Hawaii Head Coach June Jones left Hawaii to become the head coach at Southern Methodist University. He signed a five-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198739-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sukma Games\nThe 2008 Sukma Games, officially known as the 12th Sukma Games was a Malaysian multi-sport event held in Terengganu from 31 May to 9 June 2008. Selangorian swimmer Foo Jian Beng and Sarawakian swimmer Marellyn Liew were announced as Best Sportsman and Best Sportswoman of the event respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198739-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sukma Games, Development and preparation\nThe 12th Sukma Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198739-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sukma Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nThe 2008 Sukma Games used a mix of new and existing venues. Some venues were existing public-sporting facilities, while others were newly constructed venues. Some retrofitting work were done in venues which are more than a decade old. They were revert to public use after the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198739-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sukma Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nAt the centrepiece of the activities was the newly built Gong Badak Sports Complex. Incorporating the 50,000-seat Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, it hosts most of the events. A games village was not built, instead athletes and officials were housed in universities across Terengganu. Besides being physically near to the competition venues, it was hoped that it will add vibe to the host cities and reduce post-games costs in converting a dedicated games village to other uses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198739-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sukma Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nThe 12th Sukma Games had 32 venues for the games, 18 in Kuala Terengganu, 3 each in Hulu Terengganu and Kemaman respectively and 2 each in Besut, Dungun, Marang and Setiu respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198739-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Sukma Games, Marketing, Logo\nThe logo of the 2008 Sukma Games is an image of a 'T' letter, which is the initial of the host state of the Sukma Games, Terengganu. The logo consists of four colors which are black, red, blue and yellow. Black represents Terengganu, the host state of the 2008 Sukma Games, Red represents the fighting spirit of the athletes in achieving victory, Blue represents unity and Terengganu as a coastal state and yellow represents the people involved in the 2008 Sukma Games and Terengganu as a constitutional monarchy state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198739-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Sukma Games, Marketing, Mascot\nThe official mascot of the 2008 Sukma Games is an Ocellaris Clownfish named Si Diman. It is said that the clownfish is a bisexual fish found in the waters of the islands off the coast of Terengganu. The adoption of the clownfish as the games' mascot is to relate its active and aggressive characters to that of the athletes participated at the games. The smile on the mascot's face represents the joy the games bring to the people. The mascot's name Diman is an abbreviation of the honorific host state of the games, Terengganu, Darul Iman which means Abode of Faith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198739-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Sukma Games, Marketing, Songs\nThe theme song of the games is \"Sukma Dua Belas Terengganu 2008\" (The 12th Sukma Games Terengganu 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198739-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Sukma Games, Broadcasting\nRadio Televisyen Malaysia was responsible for live streaming of several events, opening and closing ceremony of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198740-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sulawesi earthquake\nThe 2008 Sulawesi earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, on 16 November at 17:02:31 UTC. A 7.4 Mw earthquake, it was followed by seven aftershocks higher than 5.0 Mw\u202f. Tsunami warnings were issued for the region, but later cancelled. Four people were killed in the quake and 59 injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198740-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sulawesi earthquake, Effects\nThe earthquake caused four fatalities and nearly 60 injuries. Over 700 houses were destroyed, and several buildings collapsed, one of which killed a man in the city of Gorontalo. The assessment of damage in rural areas with unreliable communication led officials to believe that the extent of the damage was greater than their initial evaluations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198741-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup\nThe 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 17th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198741-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 112 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.67 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198742-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sultan Qaboos Cup\nThe 2008 Sultan Qaboos Cup was the 36th edition of the Sultan Qaboos Cup (Arabic: \u0643\u0623\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0642\u0627\u0628\u0648\u0633\u200e), the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Oman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198742-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sultan Qaboos Cup\nThe competition began on 26 August 2008 with the Group Stage and concluded on 15 December 2008. Sur SC were the defending champions, having won their third title in 2007. On Monday 15 December 2008, Al-Suwaiq Club were crowned the champions of the 2008 Sultan Qaboos Cup when they defeated Al-Nahda Club 1\u20130, hence winning the title for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198742-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Teams\nThis year the tournament had 27 teams. The winners qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198742-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Group stage, Group Stage Results\nThe first match played was between Al-Tali'aa SC and Nizwa Club on 26 August 2008. 8 teams advanced to the Round of 16 and joined the other 8 teams who were pre-qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198742-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Round of 16\n16 teams played a knockout tie. 8 ties were played over two legs. The first match was played between Ja'lan SC and Muscat Club on 5 October 2008. 8 teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198742-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Quarterfinals\n8 teams played a knockout tie. 4 ties were played over two legs. The first match was played between Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. and Al-Tali'aa SC on 30 October 2008. Al-Tali'aa SC, Al-Oruba SC, Al-Nahda Club and Al-Suwaiq Club qualified for the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198742-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Semifinals\n4 teams played a knockout tie. 2 ties were played over two legs. The first match was played between Al-Nahda Club and Al-Oruba SC on 24 November 2008. Al-Nahda Club and Al-Suwaiq Club qualified for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics (Chinese: 2008\u5e74\u590f\u5b63\u5965\u8fd0\u4f1a; pinyin: Li\u01ceng qi\u0101n b\u0101 Ni\u00e1n Xi\u00e0j\u00ec \u00c0oy\u00f9nhu\u00ec), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Chinese: \u7b2c\u4e8c\u5341\u4e5d\u5c4a\u590f\u5b63\u5965\u6797\u5339\u514b\u8fd0\u52a8\u4f1a; pinyin: D\u00ec \u00c8rsh\u00edji\u01d4 Ji\u00e8 Xi\u00e0j\u00ec \u00c0ol\u00ednp\u01d0k\u00e8 Y\u00f9nd\u00f2nghu\u00ec) and also known as Beijing 2008 (Chinese: \u5317\u4eac2008; pinyin: B\u011bij\u012bng \u00e8r l\u00edng l\u00edng b\u0101), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24\u00a0August 2008 in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events, one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics\nIt marked the first time China had hosted the Olympic Games, and the third time the Summer Olympic Games had been held in East Asia, following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state, the first being 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union (present day Russia).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics\nBeijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13\u00a0July 2001, having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two rounds of voting. The Government of the People's Republic of China promoted the 2008 Games and invested heavily in new facilities and transport systems. 37 venues were used to host the events, including twelve constructed specifically for the 2008 Games. The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong, making these the third Olympics for which the events were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs. The sailing events were contested in Qingdao, while the football events took place across several different cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics\nThe official logo for the 2008 Games, titled \"Dancing Beijing \"(\u821e\u52a8\u5317\u4eac), created by Guo Chunning (\u90ed\u6625\u5b81), featured the Chinese character for capital (\u4eac, stylized into the shape of a human being) in reference to the host city. The 2008 Olympics were watched by 3.5\u00a0billion people worldwide, and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay. The 2008 Games also set numerous world and Olympic records, and were the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time, and the second most expensive overall, after the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. The opening ceremony was lauded by spectators and numerous international presses as spectacular, spellbinding, and by many accounts, \"the greatest ever in the history of Olympics\". Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, making it the first city ever to host both the Summer and Winter Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 859]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics\nAn unprecedented 87 countries won at least one medal during the 2008 Games. Host nation China won the most gold medals (48), and became the seventh different team to top an overall Summer Olympics medal tally, winning a total of 100 medals overall. The United States placed second in the gold medal tally but won the highest number of medals overall (112). The third place in the gold medal tally was achieved by Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics\nThese also became the first Olympic Games involving Montenegro and Serbia (as a separated states in 2006) and Nepal (as a republic, also in 2006), as well as the last Olympic Games involving Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (dissolved in 2011) and Netherlands Antilles (dissolved in 2010). These games saw the return of the Summer Olympics to Asia after 22 years, the last being 1988 in Seoul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Bid\nBeijing was elected as the host city for the 2008 Summer Olympics on 13 July 2001, during the 112th IOC Session in Moscow, defeating bids from Toronto, Paris, Istanbul, and Osaka. Prior to the session, five other cities (Bangkok, Cairo, Havana, Kuala Lumpur, and Seville) had submitted bids to the IOC, but failed to make the short list chosen by the IOC Executive Committee in 2000. After the first round of voting, Beijing held a significant lead over the other four candidates. Osaka received only six votes and was eliminated. In the second round, Beijing was supported by a majority of voters, eliminating the need for subsequent rounds. Toronto's bid was its fifth failure since 1960 (failed bids for 1960, 1964, 1976 and 1996 Games, losing to Rome, Tokyo, Montreal and Atlanta).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Bid\nMembers of the IOC did not disclose their votes, but news reports speculated that broad international support led to China's selection, especially from developing nations that had received assistance from China to construct stadiums. The size of China, its increased enforcement of doping controls, and sympathy concerning its loss of the 2000 Summer Olympics to Sydney were all factors in the decision. Eight years earlier, Beijing had led every round of voting for the 2000 Summer Olympics before losing to Sydney by two votes in the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Bid\nHuman rights concerns expressed by Amnesty International and politicians in both Europe and the United States were considered by the delegates, according to IOC Executive Director Fran\u00e7ois Carrard. Carrard and others suggested that the selection might lead to improvements in human rights in China. In addition, many IOC delegates who had formerly been athletes expressed concern about heat and air quality during the Games, considering the high levels of air pollution in Beijing. China outlined plans to address these environmental concerns in its bid application.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Costs\nThe Oxford Olympics Study 2016 estimates the outturn cost of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics at US$6.8 billion in 2015-dollars and cost overrun at 2% in real terms. This includes sports-related costs only, that is, (i) operational costs incurred by the organizing committee to stage the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and (ii) direct capital costs incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast center, and media and press center, which are required to host the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Costs\nIndirect capital costs are not included, such as for road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or for hotel upgrades or other business investment incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to staging the Games. The Beijing Olympics' cost of US$6.8 billion compares with costs of US$4.6 billion for Rio 2016 and US$15 billion for London 2012. The average cost for the Summer Games since 1960 is US$5.2 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Costs\nOn 6 March 2009, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games reported that total spending on the Games was \"generally as much as that of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games\", which was equivalent to about US$15\u00a0billion. They went on to claim that surplus revenues from the Games would exceed the original target of $16\u00a0million. Other reports, however, estimated the total costs from $40\u00a0to $44\u00a0billion, which would make the Games \"far and away the most expensive ever\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Costs\nIts budget was later exceeded by the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, which suffered from major cost overruns; the 2014 Winter Olympics costed roughly US$50\u00a0billion in private and public funding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Venues\nBy May 2007 the construction of all 31 Beijing-based Olympic Games venues had begun. The Chinese government renovated and constructed six venues outside Beijing, and constructed 59 training facilities. The largest structures built were the Beijing National Stadium, Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing National Aquatics Center, Peking University Gymnasium, Olympic Green Convention Center, Olympic Green, and Beijing Wukesong Culture & Sports Center. Almost 85% of the construction budget for the six main venues was funded by $2.1\u00a0billion (RMB\u00a517.4\u00a0billion) in corporate bids and tenders. Investments were expected from corporations seeking ownership rights after the Olympics. Some events were held outside Beijing, namely football in Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Tianjin; sailing in Qingdao; and, because of the \"uncertainties of equine diseases and major difficulties in establishing a disease-free zone\", the equestrian events were held in Hong Kong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 1011]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Venues\nThe showpiece of the 2008 Summer Olympics was the Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed \"The Bird's Nest\" because of its nest-like skeletal structure. The stadium hosted both the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the athletics competition. Construction of the venue began on 24 December 2003. The Guangdong Olympic Stadium was originally planned, constructed, and completed in 2001 to help host the Games, but a decision was made to construct a new stadium in Beijing. In 2001, the city held a bidding process to select the best arena design.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Venues\nSeveral criteria were required of each design, including flexibility for post-Olympics use, a retractable roof, and low maintenance costs. The entry list was narrowed to thirteen final designs. The bird's nest model submitted by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron in collaboration with Li Xinggang of China Architecture Design and Research Group (CADG) was selected as the top design by both a professional panel and by a broader audience during a public exhibition. The selection of the design became official in April 2003. Construction of the stadium was a joint venture among the original designers, project architect Stefan Marbach, artist Ai Weiwei, and a group of CADG architects led by Li Xinggang. Its $423\u00a0million cost was funded by the state-owned corporate conglomerate CITIC and the Beijing State-Owned Assets Management Company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 897]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Venues\nThe 2008 Beijing Olympics caused traditional Hutong neighborhoods to be cleared to construct modern Olympic stadiums. In an effort to ensure success for the Games, the government invested billions in building new infrastructure, although clearance to tiny, outdated neighborhoods in Beijing called hutongs resulted (Petrun). Jim Yardley, a New York Times reporter interviews Pan Jinyu, a 64-year-old local resident: \"They [the government] don't want foreigners to see this scarred old face.\" Feng Shuqin and her husband, Zheng Zhanlin, have lived in their house for 50 years, and the family has owned the property before the Communists took control in 1949.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Venues\nThe government, trying to clear the area, has offered them to move with a compensatory sum of US$175,000, but the family insists the land is worth US$1.4\u00a0million (Yardley). Michael Meyer, an American who lives in the hutongs, reported that 500,000 residents were relocated from their homes before the Olympics began (Meyer).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Transport\nTo prepare for Olympic visitors, Beijing's transportation infrastructure was expanded. Beijing's airport underwent a major renovation with the addition of the new Terminal 3, designed by architect Norman Foster. Within the city itself, Beijing's subway was doubled in capacity and length, with the addition of seven lines and 80 stations to the previously existing four lines and 64 stations. Included in this expansion was a new link connecting to the city's airport. A fleet of thousands of buses, minibuses, and official cars transported spectators, athletes, and officials between venues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Transport\nIn an effort to improve air quality, the city placed restrictions on construction sites and gas stations and limited the use of commercial and passenger vehicles in Beijing. From 20 July through 20 September, passenger vehicle restrictions were placed on alternative days depending on the terminal digit of the car's license plate. It was anticipated that this measure would take 45% of Beijing's 3.3\u00a0million cars off the streets. The boosted public transport network was expected to absorb the demand created by these restrictions and the influx of visitors, which was estimated at more than 4 million additional passengers per day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Marketing\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics emblem was known as Dancing Beijing. The emblem combined a traditional Chinese red seal and a representation of the calligraphic character for \"capital\" (\u4eac, also the second character of Beijing's Chinese name) with athletic features. The open arms of the calligraphic word symbolized the invitation from China to the world to share in its culture. IOC president Jacques Rogge was rather pleased with the emblem, saying, \"Your new emblem immediately conveys the awesome beauty and power of China which are embodied in your heritage and your people.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Marketing\nThe official motto for the 2008 Olympics was \"One World, One Dream\" (\u540c\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e16\u754c \u540c\u4e00\u4e2a\u68a6\u60f3). It called upon the whole world to join in the Olympic spirit and build a better future for humanity, and was chosen from over 210,000 entries submitted from around the world. Following the announcement of the motto, the phrase was used by international advocates of Tibetan secession. Banners reading \"One World, One Dream, Free Tibet\" were unfurled from various structures around the globe in the lead up to the Beijing Olympics, such as from the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge and the Sydney Opera House in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Marketing\nThe mascots of Beijing 2008 were the five Fuwa, each of which represented both a color of the Olympic rings and a symbol of Chinese culture. In 2006, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games released pictograms of 35 Olympic disciplines (however, for some multidiscipline sports such as cycling, a single pictogram was released). This set of sport icons was named the beauty of seal characters, because of each pictogram's likeness to Chinese seal script.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Look of the Games\nFour primary colors were used in the branding of the Games: China Red, Yellow, Lime Green, and Sky Blue, which were used to represent China, sun, land, and water, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Media coverage\nThe 2008 Games were the first to be produced and broadcast entirely in high definition by the host broadcaster. In comparison, American broadcaster NBC broadcast only half of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics in HD. In their bid for the Olympic Games in 2001, Beijing stated to the Olympic Evaluation Commission that there would be \"no restrictions on media reporting and movement of journalists up to and including the Olympic Games.\" However, some media outlets claimed that organizers ultimately failed to live up to this commitment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Media coverage\nAccording to Nielsen Media Research, 4.7\u00a0billion viewers worldwide tuned in to some of the television coverage, one-fifth larger than the 3.9\u00a0billion who watched the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. American broadcaster NBC produced only two hours of online streaming video for the 2006 Winter Games but produced approximately 2,200\u00a0hours of coverage for the 2008 Summer Games. CNN reported that, for the first time, \"live online video rights in some markets for the Olympics have been separately negotiated, not part of the overall 'broadcast rights.'\" The new media of the digital economy was said to be growing \"nine times faster than the rest of the advertising market.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Media coverage\nThe international European Broadcasting Union (EBU) provided live coverage and highlights of all arenas only for certain territories on their website, Eurovisionsports.tv. Many national broadcasters likewise restricted the viewing of online events to their domestic audiences. The General National Copyright Administration of China announced that \"individual (sic) and websites will face fines as high as 100,000 yuan for uploading recordings of Olympic Games video to the internet\", part of an extensive campaign to protect the pertinent intellectual property rights. The Olympic Committee also set up a separate YouTube channel at Beijing 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Organization, Theme song\nThe theme song of the 2008 Summer Olympics was \"You and Me,\" which was composed by Chen Qigang, the musical director of the opening ceremony. It was performed during the opening ceremony by Chinese singer Liu Huan and British singer Sarah Brightman. The theme song was originally going to be a song called \"So much love, so far away (Tanto amor, tan lejos)\" written by Cuban singer-songwriter Jon Secada and Peruvian singer-songwriter Gian Marco under production from Cuban producer Emilio Estefan Jr. from EMI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Torch relay\nThe design of the 2008 Olympic Torch was based on traditional scrolls and used a traditional Chinese design known as the \"Propitious Clouds\" (\u7965\u4e91). The torch was designed to remain lit in 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph) winds, and in rain of up to 50\u00a0mm (2\u00a0in) per hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Torch relay\nThe relay, with the theme \"Journey of Harmony\", was met with protests and demonstrations by pro-Tibet supporters throughout its journey. It lasted 130\u00a0days and carried the torch 137,000\u00a0km (85,000\u00a0mi)\u2014the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition began at the 1936 Berlin Games. The torch relay was described as a \"public relations disaster\" for China by USA Today, with protests against China's human rights record, particularly focused on Tibet. The IOC subsequently barred future Olympics organizers from staging international torch relays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Torch relay\nThe relay began 24 March 2008, in Olympia, Greece. From there, it traveled across Greece to Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on 31 March. From Beijing, the torch followed a route passing through every continent except Antarctica. The torch visited cities on the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. A total of 21,880 torchbearers were selected from around the world by various organizations and entities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Torch relay\nThe international portion of the relay was problematic. The month-long world tour encountered wide-scale anti-Chinese protests. After trouble in London involving attempts by protesters to put out the flame, the torch was extinguished in Paris the following day. The American leg in San Francisco on 9 April was altered without prior warning to avoid such disturbances, although there were still demonstrations along the original route. The relay was further delayed and simplified after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake hit western China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Torch relay\nThe flame was carried to the top of Mount Everest on a 108\u00a0km (67\u00a0mi) long \"highway\" scaling the Tibetan side of the mountain, built especially for the relay. The $19.7\u00a0million blacktop project spanned from Tingri County of Xigaz\u00ea Prefecture to the Everest Base Camp. In March 2008, China banned mountaineers from climbing its side of Mount Everest, and later persuaded the Nepalese government to close their side as well, officially citing environmental concerns. It also reflected concerns by the Chinese government that Tibet activists may try to disrupt its plans to carry the Olympic torch up the world's tallest peak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Torch relay\nThe originally proposed route would have taken the torch through Taipei after leaving Vietnam and before heading for Hong Kong. However, the government of Taiwan (then led by the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party) objected to this proposal, claiming that this route would make the portion of the relay in Taiwan appear to be part of the torch's domestic journey through China, rather than a leg on the international route.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Torch relay\nThis dispute, as well as Chinese demands that the flag and the national anthem of the Republic of China be banned along the route led the government of Taiwan to reject the proposal that it be part of the relay route. The two sides of the Taiwan Strait subsequently blamed each other for injecting politics into the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Calendar\nIn the following calendar for the 2008 Summer Olympics, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. Each bullet in these boxes is an event final, the number of bullets per box representing the number of finals that were contested on that day. On the left, the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Olympic and world records\n125 Olympic records including 37 world records were set in various events at the Games. In swimming, sixty-five Olympic swimming records including 25 world records were broken due to the use of the LZR Racer, a specialized swimming suit developed by NASA and the Australian Institute of Sport. Only two swimming Olympic records remained intact after the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony officially began at 8:00 pm China Standard Time (UTC+8) on 8 August 2008 in the Beijing National Stadium. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture, and here it was a triple eight for the date and one extra for time (close to 08:08:08\u00a0pm). The ceremony was co-directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou and Chinese choreographer Zhang Jigang and featured a cast of over 15,000 performers. The ceremony lasted over four hours and was reported to have cost over US$100\u00a0million to produce. UNGA President Miguel d\u2019Escoto and leaders from 105 countries attended this ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Opening ceremony\nA rich assembly of ancient Chinese art and culture dominated the ceremony. It opened with the beating of Fou drums for the countdown. Subsequently, a giant scroll was unveiled and became the show's centerpiece. The official song of the 2008 Olympics, titled \"You and Me,\" was performed by Britain's Sarah Brightman and China's Liu Huan, on a large spinning rendition of the globe. On the parade of nations section, the Greek team, which hosted the previous games, enters first in honour of its status as the Olympic birthplace. They were led by judoka Ilias Iliadis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Opening ceremony\nMeanwhile, the Chinese team enters last as the host country, led by NBA's Houston Rockets superstar Yao Ming and earthquake survivor Lin Hao, who was just 9 years old. The last recipient in the Olympic Torch relay, former Chinese gymnast Li Ning ignited the cauldron, after being suspended into the air by wires and completing a lap of the National Stadium at roof height.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony was lauded by spectators and various international presses as \"spectacular\" and \"spellbinding\". Hein Verbruggen, chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for the XXIX Olympiad, called the ceremony \"a grand, unprecedented success.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Sports\nThe program for the Beijing Games was quite similar to that of the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens. There were 28 sports and 302 events at the 2008 Games. Nine new events were held, including two from the new cycling discipline of BMX. Women competed in the 3,000-meter (9,843\u00a0ft) steeplechase for the first time. Open water swimming events for men and women, over the distance of 10 kilometers (6.2\u00a0mi), were added to the swimming discipline. Team events (men and women) in table tennis replaced the doubles events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Sports\nIn fencing, the women's team foil and women's team saber replaced men's team foil and women's team \u00e9p\u00e9e. Two sports were open only to men, baseball and boxing, while one sport and one discipline were open only to women, softball and synchronized swimming. Equestrian and mixed badminton are the only sports in which men and women compete together, although three events in the Sailing allowed the opportunity for both males and female participants. However, only male participants took part in all three events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Sports\nThe following were the 302 events in 28 sports that were contested at the Games. The number of events contested in each sport is indicated in parentheses (in sports with more than one discipline, as identified by the IOC, these are also specified).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Sports\nIn addition to the official Olympic sports, the Beijing Organizing Committee was given special dispensation by the IOC to run a wushu competition in tandem with the Games. The 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament saw 128 athletes from 43 countries participate, with medals awarded in 15 separate events; however, these were not to be added to the official medal tally since Wushu was not on the official program of the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Closing ceremony\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony concluded the Beijing Games on 24 August 2008. It began at 8:00\u00a0pm China Standard Time (UTC+8) and took place at the Beijing National Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Closing ceremony\nThe Ceremony included the handover of the Games from Beijing to London. Guo Jinlong, the Mayor of Beijing handed over the Olympic flag to the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, followed by a performance organized by London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This presentation included performances by guitarist Jimmy Page and recording artist Leona Lewis. Footballer David Beckham was also featured during London's presentation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Medal table\nOf the 204 nations that participated in the 2008 Games, 87 earned medals and 54 of those won at least one gold medal, both of these figures setting new records for Olympic Games. There were 117 participating countries that did not win any medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Medal table\nAthletes from China won the highest number of gold medals of any nation at these Games, with 48, thus making China the seventh nation to rank top in the medal table in the history of the modern Olympics, along with the United States (fifteen times), France (in 1900), Great Britain (in 1908), Germany (in 1936), the Soviet Union (six times), and the Unified Team (in 1992).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Medal table\nThe United States team won the most medals overall, with 112. Afghanistan, Mauritius, Sudan, Tajikistan and Togo won their first ever Olympic medals. Mongolia (which previously held the record for most medals without a gold) and Panama won their first gold medals. Four members of the water polo team from Serbia won the first medal for their country under its new name, having previously won medals representing Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Medal table\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps won a total of eight gold medals, more than any other athlete in a single Olympic Games, setting numerous world and Olympic records in the process. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt also set records in several different events, completing the 100\u00a0m final with a time of 9.69 seconds, beating his own previous world record. Gymnast Nastia Liukin won the all-around gold medal in artistic gymnastics, becoming the third American female to do so, following in the footsteps of Mary Lou Retton in 1984 and Carly Patterson in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Games, Medal table\nThese are the top ten nations that won medals in the 2008 Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees\nAll but one of the 205 recognized National Olympic Committees (NOCs) that existed as of 2008  participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics, the exception being Brunei. Three countries participated in the Olympic Games for their first time: the Marshall Islands, Montenegro and Tuvalu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees\nWhile not a full member recognized by the IOC and thus not allowed to compete formally in the Olympics, the Macau Sports and Olympic Committee sent a delegation to participate in the Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008, being the only unrecognized National Olympic Committee to have taken part in the 2008 Summer Olympics. It also coordinated efforts with the Chinese Olympic Committee to organize the torch relay through Macau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees\nThe Marshall Islands and Tuvalu gained National Olympic Committee status in 2006 and 2007 respectively, and 2008 was the first Games in which they were eligible to participate. The states of Serbia and Montenegro, which participated at the 2004 Games jointly as Serbia and Montenegro, competed separately for the first time. The Montenegrin Olympic Committee was accepted as a new National Olympic Committee in 2007. Neighboring Kosovo, however, did not participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees\nAfter the declaration of independence in Kosovo, the IOC specified requirements that Kosovo needs to meet before being recognized by the IOC; most notably, it has to be recognized as independent by the United Nations. However, it has since been recognised by the IOC in 2014 without fulfilling this criteria and made its debut in the 2016 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees\nMore than 100 sovereigns, heads of state and heads of government as well as 170 Ministers of Sport attended the Beijing Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees, National participation changes\nAthletes from the Republic of China (Taiwan) competed at the 2008 Games as Chinese Taipei (TPE) under the Chinese Taipei Olympic flag and used the National Banner Song as their official anthem. The participation of Taiwan was briefly in doubt because of disagreements over the name of their team in the Chinese language and concerns about Taiwan marching in the Opening Ceremony next to the special administrative region of Hong Kong. A compromise on the naming was reached, and Taiwan was referred to during the Games as \"Chinese Taipei,\" rather than \"Taipei, China,\" as the mainland China government had proposed. In addition, the Central African Republic was placed between Chinese Taipei and the Special Administrative Regions during the march of nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 95], "content_span": [96, 855]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees, National participation changes\nStarting in 2005, North Korea and South Korea held meetings to discuss the possibility of sending a united team to the 2008 Olympics. The proposal failed, because of disagreements about how athletes would be chosen; North Korea was demanding a certain percentage representation for its athletes. A subsequent attempt to broker an agreement for the two nations to walk together during the March of Nations failed as well, despite their having done so during the 2000 and 2004 Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 95], "content_span": [96, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees, National participation changes\nOn 24 July 2008, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned Iraq from competing in the 2008 Olympic Summer Games because of \"political interference by the government in sports.\" The IOC reversed its decision five days later and allowed the nation to compete after a pledge by Iraq to ensure \"the independence of its national Olympics panel\" by instituting fair elections before the end of November. In the meantime, Iraq's Olympic Organization was to be run by \"an interim committee proposed by its national sports federations and approved by the IOC.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 95], "content_span": [96, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees, National participation changes\nBrunei Darussalam was due to take part in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. However, they were disqualified on 8 August, having failed to register either of their two athletes. The IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau said in a statement that \"it is a great shame and very sad for the athletes who lose out because of the decision by their team not to register them. The IOC tried up until the last minute, midday Friday 8 August 2008, the day of the official opening, to have them register, but to no avail.\" Brunei's Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports issued a press release stating that their decision not to participate was due to an injury to one of their athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 95], "content_span": [96, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees, National participation changes\nGeorgia announced on 9 August 2008, that it was considering withdrawing from the Beijing Olympic Games because of the 2008 South Ossetia war, but it went on to compete while the conflict was still ongoing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 95], "content_span": [96, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees, Participation of athletes with disabilities\nSouth African swimmer Natalie du Toit, whose left leg was amputated following a motor scooter accident, qualified to compete at the Beijing Olympics. The five time gold medalist at the Athens Paralympics in 2004 made history by becoming the first amputee to qualify for the Olympic Games since Oliv\u00e9r Halassy in 1936. She was able to compete in the Olympics rather than the Paralympics because she does not use a prosthetic leg while swimming. Polish athlete Natalia Partyka, who was born without a right forearm, competed in Table Tennis in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Paralympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 108], "content_span": [109, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Mascots\nThe mascots of the 2008 Summer Olympics are the Fuwa, created by Han Meilin (\u97e9\u7f8e\u6797). The mascots consisted of Beibei, a fish, Jingjing, a panda, Huanhuan, an Olympic flame, Yingying, a Tibetan antelope, and Nini, a sand martin kite. If combined, it would being Beijing Huanying Ni (\u5317\u4eac\u6b22\u8fce\u4f60) or Beijing Welcomes You, which is a theme (and a song) for welcoming the athletes to Beijing several months before. They were featured in an animated cartoon, 100-episode The Olympic Adventures of Fuwa, launched in 2007, a year before the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Concerns and controversies\nA variety of concerns over the Games, or China's hosting of the Games, had been expressed by various entities, including claims that China violated its pledge to allow open media access, various claims of human rights violations, its alleged continuous support of repressive regimes (such as Zimbabwe, Myanmar, Sudan, and North Korea), air pollution in both the city of Beijing and environs, proposed boycotts, warnings of the possibility that the Beijing Olympics could be targeted by terrorist groups, disruption from Tibetan separatist protesters, and religious persecutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Concerns and controversies\nThere were also claims that several members of China's women's gymnastics team, including double gold medal winner He Kexin, were too young to compete under the International Gymnastics Federation's rules for Olympic eligibility, but all were exonerated after an official IOC investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Concerns and controversies\nCollectively, the Beijing Olympics are associated with a variety of problematic topics: the ecological impact, residential displacement due to construction, treatment of migrant workers, the government's political stance on Tibet, etc. In the lead-up to the Olympics, the government allegedly issued guidelines to the local media for their reporting during the Games: most political issues not directly related to the Olympics were to be downplayed; topics such as pro-Tibetan independence and East Turkestan movements were not to be reported on, as were food safety issues such as \"cancer-causing mineral water\". As the 2008 Chinese milk scandal broke in September 2008, there was widespread speculation that China's desire for a perfect Games may have been a factor contributing towards the delayed recall of contaminated infant formula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 888]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Concerns and controversies\nThe 2008 Olympics were hit by a number of doping scandals before and after the Games had commenced. Since seven Russian track and field stars were suspended just before the start of the Games for allegedly tampering with their urine samples, only five of the seven who were due to take part could participate. Eleven Greek weightlifters also failed tests in the run up to the Games and the entire Bulgarian weightlifting team had to withdraw after eleven of their weightlifters also failed tests. A small number of athletes from other nations also failed pre-Games tests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Legacy\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics have been generally accepted by the world's media as a logistical success. Many of the worst fears about the Games failed to materialize: no terrorists struck Beijing; no athlete protested at the podium (though Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian tossed his bronze medal in disgust over judging); and the air quality, despite being the worst in Olympics history, was not as bad as many had feared beforehand \u2013 due largely to favorable weather patterns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Legacy\nMany in China viewed the Olympics as \"an affirmation of a single nationalistic dream\" and saw protests during the international torch relay as an insult to China. The Games also bolstered domestic support for the Chinese government, and for the policies of the Communist Party, giving rise to concerns that the Olympics would give the state more leverage to suppress political dissent, at least temporarily. Efforts to quell any unrest before and during the Games also contributed to a rapid expansion in the size and political clout of China's internal security forces, and this growth continued through the following years. Reports also indicated that the Olympics boosted the political careers of pro-Beijing politicians in Hong Kong, as many Chinese gold medal winners campaigned on behalf of the pro-Beijing DAB during the 2008 election, although any trend towards greater identification by Hong Kongers with Mainland China appears to have been short-lived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 991]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Legacy\nThe long-term economic impact of the Games on China and Beijing, in particular, is not yet clear. Some sectors of the economy may have benefited from the influx of tourists. Other sectors such as manufacturing lost revenue because of plant closings related to the government's efforts to improve air quality. Four years after the Games, many of the specially constructed facilities were underused or even deserted. It is generally expected by economists that there will be no lasting effects on Beijing's economy from the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Legacy\nOne 2009 study found that countries that host the Olympics experience a significant boost in trade, but this is also the case for countries which merely bid to host: \"The benefit, in other words, came from the signal that a country was open for business, not from the spending itself.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198743-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics, Legacy\nSeven years after the 2008 Games, Beijing was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics. It will thus be the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198744-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations\n2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations was part of the opening ceremony that originating with the 1896 Olympic Games. The national team from each nation participating in the Olympic Games paraded behind their national flag into the Olympic Stadium. The flag bearer was an athlete of each national delegation chosen, to represent the athletes, either by the National Olympic Committee or by the national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198744-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations, Parade order\nPer tradition, the national team of Greece, which hosted the previous Summer Olympics, in Athens, entered first as the progenitor of the Olympic Games, and the host country, in this case  China, marched last. Each nation marched in name order in the language of the host nation, which in this case is the Chinese language. The collation method used is based on the names as written in Simplified Chinese characters and is similar to that used in Chinese dictionaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198744-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations, Parade order\nThe names were sorted by the number of strokes in the first character of the name, then by the stroke order of the character (in the order \u6a6b\u7ad6\u6487\u637a\u6298, c.f. Wubi method), then the number of strokes and stroke order of the second character, then next character and so on. For example, this placed Australia (\u6fb3\u5927\u5229\u4e9a) in 202nd position, just ahead of Zambia (\u8d5e\u6bd4\u4e9a) because the initial character for \"Australia\" (\u6fb3) is written in 15 strokes, while that for \"Zambia\" (\u8d5e) is written in 16 strokes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198744-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations, Parade order\nAn exception to the ordering was Macedonia, which entered under its provisional designation as used by the IOC, \"former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia\" (\u524d\u5357\u65af\u62c9\u592b\u9a6c\u5176\u987f\u5171\u548c\u56fd), but was sorted under \u9a6c\u5176\u987f (M\u01ceq\u00edd\u00f9n = \"Macedonia.\")", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198744-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations, Parade order\nAfter marching in as a joint team in the previous two editions of the games, North Korea (Choson \u2013 \u671d\u9c9c; pinyin: Ch\u00e1oxi\u01cen) and South Korea (Hanguk \u2013 \u97e9\u56fd; pinyin: H\u00e1ngu\u00f3) marched in separate teams after negotiations failed for political reasons. The North Korean delegation were initially slated to march immediately after the South Korean delegation, but successfully requested a change of team designation which meant they were no longer ordered consecutively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198744-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations, Parade order\nThe Marshall Islands, Montenegro and Tuvalu participation in the Olympic Games with their debut at these Games, and Serbia competed under this name for the first time after the 1912 Summer Olympics. Montenegro and Serbia were previously part of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. Brunei was excluded from the Games by the IOC shortly before the Opening Ceremony as no athletes had been registered. Brunei athletes would have marched 36th between Uzbekistan and Barbados.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198744-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations, Parade order\nAnnouncers in the stadium read off the names of the marching nations in French, English, (the official languages of the Olympics) and Mandarin Chinese with music accompanying the athletes as they marched into the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198744-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations, List\nThe following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the sequence that each nation appeared in the parade of nations. The names are given in their official designations by the IOC, and the Chinese names follow their official designations by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics cauldron is the Olympic flame holder that was used during the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. It was first lit on August 8, 2008, as part of the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and last extinguished as part of the closing ceremony of the games of the Paralympics on September 17. Originally located on the inside roof of the Beijing National Stadium, it was relocated to outside the stadium on the Olympic Green following the completion of the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Design and production\nThe Cauldron was designed by Chinese Technology Company Lenovo, who also designed the Olympic torch. It, along with the rim of the stadium's roof were designed to look like an unrolling scroll, with the cauldron itself representing the end of the scroll, spiralling up above the stadium. Decorated with cloud imprinting and an outer red lining, which according to Lenovo, was part of a motif meant to represent 'clouds of promise'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Design and production\nThe design team based the cauldron's structure on the 'ancient Chinese concept' of \"round heaven and square earth\" (which was the design theme of the entire Beijing Olympics), drawing inspiration from the Historic Temple of Heaven Complex in Central Beijing. Its design was also inspired by the shape of a traditional Chinese Bronze Age cauldron, with the 56 individual cloud swirls on its exterior engraving representing the 56 ethnic groups of China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Design and production\nThe Cauldron was built by Shougang Group, a state-owned steel company and constructed over seven months in the lead up to the Beijing Olympics. Additional work on the project was completed by Beijing Gas Group and the Centre for Engineering Design and Researching (Part of the General Armaments Department of the People's Liberation Army). Its construction was led by Shougang Group project manager Li Tingxiang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Design and production\nThe cauldron was made from over 2000 unique handcrafted pipes and sheets of steel. It stands over 35 meters, 10-stories, tall and weighs in excess of 45 tons. The exterior of the cauldron was coated in 1,026 individual perforated steel plates, designed to increase wind resistance in its exposed position protruding out the top of the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Design and production\nAccording to Party Secretary of Shougang Group, Wang Wenli, the cauldron cost 10 million yuan (US$1.45million) to construct.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Installation\nThe logistics of installing the Cauldron required extensive preparation. Upon its completion, the cauldron was lifted onto the roof at the north-east end of the Bird's Nest, requiring an 800-ton load crane, two months before the start of the games. Extensive secrecy surrounded its relocation, with the aim of keeping its design secret to the public and press until the opening ceremony. To protect it from wind and rain, and to conceal its appearance, a reverse U-shape air-cushioned facility was erected over the top of the cauldron, which was laid on its side flat along the stadium's roof.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Installation\nAn automatic hydraulic system was installed on the roof with the purpose of moving and slotting the cauldron into its final intended position on the inside rim of the stadium's roof during the final phase of the game's opening ceremony. The mechanics consisted of a flat cart to hold the cauldron and a rail track to transport it to the edge of the roof. When in position, it was moved into an upright position with the assistance of a hydraulic jack and held in place from below by steel supports. The Cauldron, plus the entire mechanical apparatus to move it into position, weighed in excess of 405 tons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Installation\nThis process was designed to occur automatically at the press of a button to prevent the need for human labour that could prove dangerous and distracting during the opening ceremony. The cauldron took 16-minutes to move into position and this was timed to happen alongside the parade of athletes on the field below, to minimise alerting spectators and camera crews. The Cauldron started moving at 10:08\u00a0pm and was in place by 10:24\u00a0pm in time for its scheduled lighting at 11:30\u00a0pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, History and use\nThe Cauldron was used to hold the Olympic flame, the symbol of the Olympics. It draws this tradition from the Ancient Olympics and Greek Mythology. The flame symbolises the theft of fire from Gods by the titan Prometheus, and a sacred fire was kept continuously burning throughout the duration of Ancient Olympics. The Modern Flame traces its origin to the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and the torch relay\u00a0\u2013  the\u00a0tradition in which the Olympic flame travels from Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympics, across country to the host city\u00a0\u2013  to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, History and use\nThe flame of the XXIX Olympiad was lit in Olympia, Greece on March 24, 2008, and travelled 137,000\u00a0km (85,000\u00a0mi) across all 6 inhabited continents over the course of 129 days. There were multiple protests and demonstrations against the Chinese government's human rights record (particularly in regards to the sovereignty of Tibet) over the course of the relay and the flame had to be extinguished for security reasons at 2 stages of the relay. The torch arrived in China for the domestic leg of the relay on May 4 and toured 103 Chinese cities, attractions and landmarks before reaching Beijing on August 8, the day of the Opening Ceremony.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, History and use\nThe Cauldron was lit as part of the Opening Ceremony at Beijing National Stadium on August 8 by former Chinese Gymnast Li Ning. Li was lifted into the air on cables and completed a lap of the stadium, mimicking running along the \"parchment\" of the stadium's rim, as images China's history were projected over the scroll. Li lit the Torch's wicker in front of a crowd of 90,000 spectators and an estimated television audience of between 1 and 4 billion people. Once lit, the flame continued burning throughout the duration of the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, History and use\nAfter 16 days, The Flame was extinguished as part of the closing ceremony of the Olympics on August 24, 2008. As part of the ceremony, it retracted on its hydraulic track back onto the roof of the stadium, hidden from view of the spectators below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, History and use\nThe Cauldron was again used for the 2008 Beijing Paralympic games, being lighted this time by Chinese high-jump athlete Hou Bin, the first Chinese Paralympian to win 3 Gold medals for the same event at 3 consecutive Paralympics, as part of the opening ceremony on September 6. It was extinguished again for the final time during the Paralympic closing ceremony on September 17, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, History and use\nThe Cauldron's Lighting Ceremony was praised by international media. Valkerie Mangnall, of the Australian Associated Press, said of the event: \"The way of lightening the torch is amazing, I didn't expect he (Li Ning) will run the long way along the stadium. At the beginning I was guessing what is the image on the screen before I realized it's the scroll being unfolded with so many torch bearers. That is so full of imagination.\" It was considered the crowning jewel of a critically acclaimed opening ceremony, exemplary of the Ceremonies theme of celebrating China's ancient culture and heritage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, History and use\nKent Ewing, writing in the Asia Times, described it as a \"stunning opening ceremony ... with its panoply of color, painstaking choreography and sweeping portrait of Chinese culture and history\" (while also criticising its seriousness). It was described as \"an exhilarating display of China's thousands of years of traditions of art and culture\" by USA Today, and the Art Daily applauded its celebration of China's ancient history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Cauldron lighters, Li Ning\nChinese Gymnast and entrepreneur Li Ning (born March 10, 1963) was selected to light the Cauldron for the games of the XXIX Olympiad. Li is one of China's most decorated Olympic Athletes, winning 6 Olympic medals, including 3 Gold at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He won a further 11 medals at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships across the 1980s. Over his career Li has won over 106 gold medals across numerous events and competitions. His events were men's floor exercise, men's pommel horse, men's rings, men's vault, and Team all-round. Li retired from sporting competitions in 1988, after competing at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Cauldron lighters, Li Ning\nFollowing his gymnastics career, Li became a successful entrepreneur, founding Li-Ning Company Limited in 1990, which sells footwear and sporting apparel. He remains the company's CEO, and according to Hurun Report's China Rich list, this has enabled him to amass a net worth of RMB5billion (approx.. US$700 million) making him one of China's richest people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Cauldron lighters, Li Ning\nIn 2000, Li Ning was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, becoming the first Chinese national to achieve that honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Cauldron lighters, Li Ning\nLi was the last of 8 torch bearers for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on August 8, 2008, and the one chosen to light the cauldron. In his role, he was lifted into the air on wires and preceded to do a lap around the brim of the stadium. Li mimed running in slow motion, and a projection of an unfurling scroll was projected in front of him, on which was displayed images of the torch relay for the 129 days leading up to the Games. When he reached the cauldron, Li lit a long fuse, sending a wall of flame searing up along the spiralling edge of the cauldron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Cauldron lighters, Li Ning\nLi Ning was praised for his role in the Games Opening Ceremony, with Chinese Media describing the event as a moment when China's national achievements and ambitions won acceptance on a world stage. Liu Qi, head of the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games called the spectacle a \"dazzling historic moment\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Cauldron lighters, Li Ning\nLi's net worth increased an estimated US$30 million the night of the games, due to a rise in the share price of his eponymous sporting brand thanks to exposure from the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Cauldron lighters, Hou Bin\nHou Bin (born 1975), a Chinese former Track and Field Athlete, relit the Cauldron as part of the opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. Hou is an amputee Paralympian specialising in Long Jump, having lost his left leg in an accident at the age of 9. He won 3 gold medals for high jump in 3 consecutive Paralympic games in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004, becoming the first Chinese Paralympian to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Cauldron lighters, Hou Bin\nDuring the opening ceremony on September 6, Hou was attached to suspended wires and pulled himself and his wheelchair up above the stadium floor with his hands to light the Cauldron's fuse. With the torch attached to his wheelchair, and suffering a broken finger he sustained from an earlier practise, he achieved the 127 feet climb in 3 minutes in front of a crowd of 90,000 spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Cauldron lighters, Hou Bin\nHou Bin's feat of strength was praised by Chinese and International media. Sir Philip Craven, then president of the International Paralympic Committee, said of his accomplishment: \"To watch him climb a rope from the stadium floor to the roof, with a broken finger rubbing on the rope, and with a flame on his chair, was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. That was the Paralympic spirit in action.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Cauldron lighters, Hou Bin\nFollowing the Games and his retirement from athletics, Hou Bin has become motivation speaker and activist for people with disabilities. In 2013, he launched the fundraising project \"Stand Up Again\", to help provide prosthetics to children injured 2008 Sichuan and 2013 Yu'an Earthquakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198745-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, Fate\nThe cauldron remained at the top of the stadium following the completion of the games, until September 25, 2010, when it was removed and dismantled. Following cleaning, renovation and reinforcements of its steel plates, it was relocated to outside the stadium on the Olympic Green, North-East of the Stadium and close to the Ling Long Pagoda, now on public display.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 35], "content_span": [36, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It was directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou and began at 20:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8) on 24 August 2008. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony\nThe Ceremony also included the handover of the games from Beijing to London. Guo Jinlong, the Mayor of Beijing, handed over the Olympic flag to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. There was also a performance organized by the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony\nWhile the opening ceremony was described as an artistic and serious introduction of China's ancient past, the closing ceremony was described by Western media as \"much more lighthearted\", \"silly\" and \"fun\" than the opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony\nBy the end of the 16 days of NBC's coverage of the Beijing Olympics in the United States, it had also become the most-watched U.S. television event of all time, with over 211 million American viewers tuned into the Olympics on NBC according to the Nielsen Media Research; this is 2 million more than the 1996 Atlanta Games, the previous all-time record-holder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Opening\nHu Jintao entered the stadium, accompanied by Jacques Rogge. They were followed by the entrance of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife, Sarah. The countdown started from \"29\", indicating the 29th Summer Olympics. From \"29\" to \"11\", highlights of this Olympic Games were shown with countdown numbers on the screen. Accompanied by sound effects, the atmosphere reached its climax countdown to number digital millennium terminator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Opening\nGuided by volunteers the entire audience counted down from 10 together for 10 seconds to starting at 19:59:50 China Standard Time at the country and sky above the stadium is the same as the countdown to the 2008 Beijing Paralympic opening ceremony from \"10\" to \"1\" with all voice screaming as \"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1\" or \"Shi!! !, Jiu!! !, Ba!! !, Qi!! !, Liu!! !, Wu!! !, Si!! !, San!!!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Opening\nEr!! !, Yi!!!\" is used to release large-scale fireworks above the stadium to the Games and herald the start of the officially opening time at 20:00:00 China Standard Time with the fireworks burst immediately when the countdown ended, forming a great circle in the sky which symbolized the success of the Beijing Olympic Games. The People's Liberation Army Ground Force prepared the national flag of China. The soldiers then carried the flag, in a slow, goose-stepping march,  to the flag podium and the Chinese national anthem, March of the Volunteers, was sung by a 224-member choir while the flag was raised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Opening\nAll lights were extinguished in the stadium. A video was played on the large screen in the north and south to explain the theme of the Closing Ceremony. The video reviewed the exciting and memorable moments during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. A grand celebration began:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Opening\nNext, silver bell performers danced in time to the beat of the heavenly drums on the Main Stage to greet the guests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Attending heads of state and dignitaries\nThe closing ceremony was attended by at least 30 heads of state and dozens of other dignitaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 99], "content_span": [100, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Attending heads of state and dignitaries\nNotable faces included United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon, ASEAN secretary general Surin Pitsuwan, Chinese president Hu Jintao, British prime minister Gordon Brown, Princess Anne, Finland prime minister Matti Vanhanen,  King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King Albert II of Belgium, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, United States president George Walker Bush, German president Horst Kohler, South Korean prime minister Han Seung-soo, David Paterson,  Michael Bloomberg, Scott Stringer, Australia prime minister Kevin Rudd, Sellapan Ramanathan, former Indonesia president B. J. Habibie, Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, Prabowo Subianto, Donald Tsang, Prince Albert I of Monaco, Iranian president Mahmood Ahmadinejad, Edmund Ho, Sandra Angelia, Zivanna Letisha Siregar, Tara Conner, Rachel Smith, Amelia Vega,  Jennifer Hawkins,  Natalie Glebova and IOC president Jacques Rogge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 99], "content_span": [100, 997]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Entrance of the flag bearers\nLed by guides and placard holders, the flag bearers of all delegations entered the stadium, divided into two groups. One group (1-102), headed by Greece as per tradition, entered from Gate 4 in alphabetical order and stood along the main stage. The other group (103-204), headed by Saudi Arabia, entered from Gate 3 and also stood along the main stage. The Chinese Flag bearer entered last and stood at the designated place. Greece entering first and China entering last symbolizing the first and the most recent Summer Olympics host nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Entrance of the flag bearers\nAfter all flags were in position, the athletes  entered the stadium in no particular order. All athletes entered from four gates without differentiation of nationality. While the athletes were entering, a women's percussion band and two children percussion players played cheerful music. The entire stadium was in raptures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Medal ceremony\nAt this point, Samuel Wanjiru received his gold medal. He was very excited as he climbed to the first position. Three flags, including the flag of Kenya, were raised as the national anthem of Kenya was played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Medal ceremony\nAfterwards, twelve children led twelve representatives of volunteers to walk from Gate 2 to the stage. Then, four children led four new members of IOC Athletes' Commission (Moon Dae-Sung of South Korea, Alexander Popov of Russia, Claudia Bokel of Germany and Yumilka Ruiz Luaces of Cuba) to walk together with four people for the ceremony from Gate 1 to the Main Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Speeches and lowering the Olympic flag\nThe People's Liberation Army then enter the stadium, holding the national flag of Greece. While the Greek flag was being hoisted, the Greek national anthem \"Hymn to Liberty\" was performed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Speeches and lowering the Olympic flag\nRogge and Liu Qi walked to the main stage from the VIP corridor. During his speech, Rogge praised the Chinese for their warm reception and effort. He also stated that the Beijing Games were \"truly exceptional\". Finally, he declared in French that the 2008 Olympic Games were officially closed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Speeches and lowering the Olympic flag\nGod save our gracious Queen! Long live our noble Queen! God save the Queen! Send her victorious,Happy and glorious,Long to reign over us:God save the Queen! Not in this land alone,But be God's mercies knownFrom shore to shore:Lord make the nations seeThat men should brothers be,And form one familyThe wide world o'er.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Speeches and lowering the Olympic flag\nThe British flag was then raised and the British national anthem God Save The Queen was played. Shortly thereafter, the soldiers slowly lowered the Olympic flag and Chinese and foreign youth singers sung the Olympic Anthem in Greek. Afterwards, the PLA soldiers folded the Olympic flag and exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Speeches and lowering the Olympic flag\nThe Olympic flag was handed from Guo Jinlong, the Mayor of Beijing, to Count Rogge, the President of the IOC. It was then handed to Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Presentation of the 2012 Summer Olympics\nA demonstration entitled \"From London, 'With a whole Lotta love.\" was then staged by the British. It featured the urban dance group ZooNation, the Royal Ballet and Candoco, a disabled dance group, all dressed as typical London commuters waiting for a bus by a zebra crossing, whilst Olympic Champions Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and Jamie Staff cycled around the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 99], "content_span": [100, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Presentation of the 2012 Summer Olympics\nA double-decker bus drove around the stadium to the music 'This is London' composed by Philip Sheppard and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, before eventually stopping and transforming into a privet hedge featuring famous London landmarks such as Tower Bridge, The Gherkin and the London Eye. Jimmy Page and Leona Lewis then performed the Led Zeppelin classic Whole Lotta Love and David Beckham kicked a football into the crowd of athletes accompanied by violinist Elspeth Hanson and cellist Kwesi Edman. Page recalled:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 99], "content_span": [100, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Presentation of the 2012 Summer Olympics\n\"Doing the Olympics with Leona Lewis was phenomenal. She's really plucky, she's superb, and she sang 'Whole Lotta Love' brilliantly. We managed to do the full-length of 'Whole Lotta Love' \u2013 it wasn't edited \u2013 and she sang it beautifully. It was so cool, the way she approached it. For that audience, and the fact we didn't fuck it up\u2026 'We're really going to do this and we're going to do it proud.' That was important. It was a Led Zeppelin number but it took on another persona. I was proud to be able to play that riff for the handover.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 99], "content_span": [100, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Presentation of the 2012 Summer Olympics\nAn airport electronic flight screen appeared on the large screen of the Stadium. An athlete about to leave walks up the boarding ladder and turns around affectionately. In special-effect lighting, the boarding ladder truck with the logo of Beijing Olympic Games is slowly elevated. He slowly takes out an exquisite painting scroll and unfolds it. In the dark, a huge mechanic device \u2014 the \"memory tower\" at the center of the field \u2014 rises slowly, with two \"sports sculpture\" performers standing on top of it and showing various athletic gestures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 99], "content_span": [100, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Presentation of the 2012 Summer Olympics\nThe rim of the bowl changed into a red track. Special lights cast scenes of the 16 days from the lighting of the holy flame to now onto the track in the air. At the center of the field, two \"sports sculpture\" performers rise gradually and show different athletic gestures slowly in the air, conveying the noble Olympic spirit. The athlete on the boarding ladder looks at the burning flame in the distance, and slowly folds the painting scroll, just as the flame was about to be extinguished. A huge \"holy flame\" is lighted at the center of the field (396 \"memory tower\" performers simulate the flame with their bodies) as the Olympic flame took its final breath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 99], "content_span": [100, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Final last closing events\nThe torch lights in the hands of the marshals and the 90,000 audience members were turned on at the same time. In the passionate far-reaching music, 16 lucky cloud yarn strips slowly rose along the \"memory tower\" on the main stage. The top ends of the lucky cloud yarn strips extended towards the sky and changed into a lucky cloud tree symbolizing friendship and joy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Final last closing events\nThe concert section started. Tan Jing, Kelly Chen and Han Xue, Wang Lee Hom and Rain sing together \"Beijing, Beijing, I Love Beijing\", a song full of passion, vitality and energy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Final last closing events\nNext, seven singers walked from below the steps to the Main Stage and sang \"The Moon is Bright Tonight\". Two Chinese and foreign singers on the mobile singing performance car went from Gate 1 to the front of the VIP corridor, and sang \"The Flame of Love\". Two singers on the main stage sang the joyous and passionate song \"Surpass It\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Final last closing events\nAt this point, there were 50 young singers together. At the same time, 75 aerobatic performers wearing luminous flight clothes performed elevation and rotation in the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Final last closing events\nDuring the last final ended closing farewell musical song \"Please stay, Guests from afar\", 50 male dancers holding Fuwa lucky cloud yarn strips and paper flower launchers and 120 other dancers danced on the Main Stage in tune with the rhythm of the song. Also, 600 female performers in festival clothes entered the stadium, flew around the athletes and danced with all athletes in the stadium and 1,046 marshals in tune with the rhythm of the song, forming a spectacular dance circle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Final last closing events\nFinally, 600 female performers in festive clothes, 112 performers of minority ethnic groups, 50 male dancers, 70 collectors of launched red silk and 200 \"memory tower\" performers threw the Fuwa lucky cloud yarn strips into the stadium, interacting with the athletes to fireworks at closing ceremony \"sign-off\". At the same time, innumerable dazzling fireworks were launched from the top of the \"Beijing National Stadium\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Final last closing events\nAll full festival fireworks formed a huge circle of extravaganza, all full fireworks were fired in a one-off event from all Beijing, launching from the top of the building outwards above the many spectators and well wishers below, farewell in the year in which Beijing went on to host the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games say farewell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0026-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events, Final last closing events\nAll full fireworks were launched in the shape and colour of the see you 2012 London Olympics Games, in a display that all full minutes compared to being reduced to all full minutes along with 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony, symbolizing the successful back to home at closedown of 2008 Summer Olympics. The closing ceremony ended at 21:55 CST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198746-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Television\nEstimates of the global television audience varied: \"around one billion\" (Reuters), \"experts estimated ... more than two billion\" (The Wall Street Journal), \"2.3 billion\" (MindShare), \"Billions...probably the largest live television audience in history\" (Bloomberg), \"3 billion\" (Sky News), \"nearly 4 billion\" (Xinhua, \"as many as 4 billion\" (The Washington Post), \"estimated 4 billion\" (McClatchy). This included an estimated 842 million viewers watching on host Chinese broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), with polls ranging from 63 to 69% of the Chinese viewing population, exceeding that of the 51-58% who watch the network's annual closing ceremonies forms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 721]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198747-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers\nThe flag bearers of 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into the main Olympic Stadium, during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing on 24 August 2008. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes without any distinction or grouping by nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198747-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers\nThe blending of all the athletes is a tradition that dates from the 1956 Summer Olympics, after a suggestion by Australian-born British student John Ian Wing, who thought it would be a way of bringing the athletes of the world together as \"one nation.\" The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198747-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers, List\nThe following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the order in which each nation appears in the parade of nations. The names are given in their official designations by the IOC, and the Chinese names follow their official designations by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 56], "content_span": [57, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing\n2008 Summer Olympics marketing has been a long running campaign that began since Beijing won its bid to host the games in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Symbols, Emblem\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics emblem is known as Dancing Beijing (Chinese: \u821e\u52a8\u7684\u5317\u4eac) designed by Guo Chunning. The emblem combines a traditional Chinese red seal and a representation of the calligraphic character j\u012bng (\u4eac, \"national capital\", also the second character of Beijing's Chinese name) with athletic features. The open arms of the calligraphic word symbolizes the invitation of China to the world to share in its culture. IOC president Jacques Rogge was very happy with the emblem, saying, \"Your new emblem immediately conveys the awesome beauty and power of China which are embodied in your heritage and your people.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Symbols, Slogan\nThe slogan for the 2008 Olympics is \"One World, One Dream\" (simplified Chinese: \u540c\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e16\u754c \u540c\u4e00\u4e2a\u68a6\u60f3; traditional Chinese: \u540c\u4e00\u500b\u4e16\u754c \u540c\u4e00\u500b\u5922\u60f3; pinyin: T\u00f3ng Y\u00edge Sh\u00ecji\u00e8 T\u00f3ng Y\u00edge M\u00e8ngxi\u01ceng.) The slogan calls upon the whole world to join in the Olympic spirit and build a better future for humanity. It was chosen from over 210,000 entries submitted from around the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Symbols, Look of the Games\nFour primary colours were used in the branding of the games. China Red, Yellow, Lime Green, and Sky Blue. These colours were used to represent China, sun, land, and water, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Symbols, Look of the Games\nThe graphic elements of the Look of the Games for the Beijing 2008 Olympics was centered on the \"Lucky Cloud,\" a motif found throughout Chinese art. Consistent with past Olympic Games, the Look of the Games was most prominently used on decorations found throughout Beijing 2008 host cities and official venues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Symbols, Look of the Games\nAdditionally, the Beijing 2008 Look of the Games was applied to the official  invitation from the IOC to all National Olympic Committees to participate in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, on official Beijing 2008 merchandise and tickets, on the official Beijing 2008 Volunteer and Staff uniforms, and on various other official and/or promotional material.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Symbols, Look of the Games\nThe Look of the Games was edited for the International Torch Relay of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The graphic identify of the \"Lucky Cloud\" motif remained, and an ancient Chinese phoenix motif was added to further represent the themes of the Torch Relay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Symbols, Mascots\nThe official 2008 Olympic Mascots are the five Fuwa (Chinese: \u798f\u5a03, literally \"good luck dolls\"). The Fuwa consist of five members that incorporate fish, giant panda, fire, Tibetan antelope, and swallow designs. The Fuwa each have as their primary color one of the colors of the five Olympic Rings that stand for the five continents. The five Fuwa are named Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini. When the first syllable of each of the five names are said together, the result is the phrase \u5317\u4eac\u6b22\u8fce\u4f60 (B\u011bij\u012bng hu\u0101ny\u00edng n\u012d) which means \"Beijing welcomes you\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Tickets\nIn April 2007, over seven million tickets for sporting events and ceremonies went on sale. Approximately 75% of tickets went on sale through the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, which set low ticket prices for domestic tickets, to encourage the Chinese people to attend the Games. International tickets are available through each nation's NOC. By June 2007, 2.2 million tickets had already been sold. The last round of some 250,000 tickets were on sale in Beijing on 25 July 2008. Long lines were formed the day before at the ticket office including many who slept overnight. Another 570,000 tickets for football matches are up for grabs in co-host cities just weeks before the opening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Merchandising\nSince early 2007, licensed Olympics merchandise stores have been in business throughout China. More than 800 official stores were in operation at the end of July 2007. Since August 2007, Olympic merchandise has been made available online, with more than 5000 products available via the official merchandising website, which include apparel, mascot dolls, key-chains and commemorative chopsticks. In November 2007, the overseas Olympic E-shop provided online access to customers all over the world to Licensed Products of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, excluding the USA, Japan, UK, Canada and China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Bank notes\nThe China's central bank issued a new 10-yuan note without the picture of Mao Zedong featuring a Greek discus thrower and the Bird's Nest. A total of 6 million notes were released at 10 yuan (US$1.46). Another 4 million notes were released in Hong Kong as a special-edition note at HK$20 (US$2.56) before the official release on 15 July 2008. Of the 4 million notes, 3.76 million of them were sold in Hong Kong, with the remainder sold to Macau and the overseas community, ranging from HK$138 to HK$1,338. Thousands of people formed long lines outside the Hong Kong Bank of China branch, more than 48 hours before the notes were issued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Multimedia, Opening ceremony\nAn international release of a double DVD set of the official Opening ceremony was released on 11 August 2008 in Mandarin and English.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Multimedia, Albums\nOn 5 May 2008 an official olympic soundtrack album titled The Official Album for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was released featuring various artists including Andy Lau, Wakin Chau, A-Mei Chang, Nicholas Tse, Coco Lee, Jackie Chan, Natasha Na (\u90a3\u82f1), Leehom Wang, Han Geng, Joey Yung, Sun Nan, David Huang (\u9ec3\u5927\u7152), Stefanie Sun, Jay Chou, Wang Feng (\u6c6a\u5cf0), Han Hong (\u97d3\u7d05), Wei Wei, Liu Huan, Dai Yu Chen (\u6234\u7389\u5f37), Yu Quan, Xu Yang (\u5f90\u6d0b), Tan Jing, Bibi Zhou, Jane Zhang. It also included one Korean artist, Jang Nara. On 7 August 2008 Jackie Chan became the only male singer authorized to release his own version of the same album.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Multimedia, Albums\nAnother album was released around 14 August 2008 titled The Olympics Album - One World One Dream: featuring Krystal Meyers, Fireflight, Avril Lavigne, Joanna Wang, Coco Lee, Sun Nan, David Huang (\u9ec3\u5927\u7152) and Tan Jing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Songs, Theme songs\nThe official song for the game's one-year countdown celebration was \"We Are Ready\". The song was sung by an ensemble of 133 artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Singapore and Korea. The song is composed by Hong Kong songwriter Peter Kam with lyrics by Keith Chen. Among the participating HK singers are Alan Tam, Hacken Lee, Eason Chan, Joey Yung, Gigi Leung, Leo Ku and Jackie Chan. Elva Hsiao, David Huang, and Chris Yu represented Taiwan. Stefanie Sun and A-Do also represented Singapore. While JJ Lin represented Malaysia. Also with Jang Na Ra representing Korea. Bibi Zhou, Li Yuchun, Jane Zhang, Pu Shu, Wang Feng, Han Geng and Huang Xiaoming represented mainland China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Songs, Theme songs\n\"You and Me\", the official theme song for the games themselves, was first performed at the Opening Ceremony by Liu Huan and Sarah Brightman. Containing both Mandarin and English lyrics, it was composed by Chen Qigang, a Shanghai born French Chinese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Songs, Beijing songs\nBeijing Welcomes You was the theme song for the 100-day countdown celebration. \"I am a Star\" and \"Smile Beijing\" have been selected as theme songs for the Beijing Olympic Volunteers Committee. Beijing Beijing, I Love Beijing was performed at the closing ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Songs, Torch relay songs\nThe official theme for the torch relay was \"Light the Passion, Share the Dream\" (simplified Chinese: \u70b9\u71c3\u6fc0\u60c5\uff0c\u4f20\u9012\u68a6\u60f3; traditional Chinese: \u9ede\u71c3\u6fc0\u60c5 \u50b3\u905e\u5922\u60f3), performed by Wang Leehom, Stefanie Sun, Jane Zhang and Wang Feng, with the English version performed by the 106 contestants of Miss World 2007. Another song to accompany the relay is \"Red around the world\" composed by Wyman Wong with lyrics by Albert Leung. The song also happens to be the new Coca-Cola promotional song. Individual versions are available for different artists such as Jacky Cheung, S.H.E, Will Pan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Songs, Other songs\nChinese American singer Coco Lee and mainland singer Sun Nan performed a promotional duet \"Forever Friends\", and Nicholas Tse and Joey Yung sings \"Together On The Blue Planet\". Twenty-eight different sports are represented by 28 mainland China singers in a promotion video and song called \"In Magnificent Shape to Uphold the Dream\". Members include Fan Bingbing, Eva Huang (\u9ec3\u8056\u4f9d), and Li Bingbing. Korea artists also contributed. Rain performed \"Any Dream\". Jang Nara performed \"Our Dream\", Zhang Liyin performed \"One More Try\", and Super Junior M performed \"The One\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Film\nThe film \"One Person's Olympics\" supported by Beijing's Olympic promotion committee shows Jackie Chan, Stefanie Sun, Leehom Wang, and Han Hong singing \"Stand Up Together\" in unison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 36], "content_span": [37, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Video games\nTwo games were made for this event. Beijing 2008 is the official game for the 2008 olympics developed by Eurocom. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games was published by Sega for North America and Europe and published by Nintendo for Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Animations\nA Chinese animation titled The Olympic Adventures of Fuwa was jointly produced by BTV and Kaku Cartoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Stamps\nThe United Nations postal service launched six commemorative stamps by Brazilian pop-artist Romero Britto released on 8 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198748-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics marketing, Stamps\nA special edition of stamps were issued by Hong Kong Post on 9 August with the theme of hosting the Equestrian event. Two limited edition products - Prestige Crystal Blocks Gift Set and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Limited Edition Prestige Stamp Album was on sale at 37 philatelic offices with limited stocks available. The album is issued in a limited edition of 6,000 copies with a certificate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198749-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics medal table\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. Approximately 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 302 events in 28 sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198749-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics medal table\nAthletes from 87 countries won medals, and 55 of them won at least one gold medal. Both of these categories set new records until surpassed in 2016. Athletes from China won the most gold medals, with 48 gold medals. Athletes from the United States won the most total medals, with 112. Afghanistan, Mauritius, Sudan, Tajikistan and Togo won their first Olympic medals. Athletes from Mongolia (which previously held the record for most medals without a gold) and Panama won their first gold medals. Serbian swimmer Milorad \u010cavi\u0107 won the first medal for the country as an independent NOC. Serbian athletes had previously won medals as nationals of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. Samoa won its first Olympic medal due to medals reallocation after the IOC retested doping samples in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198749-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics medal table, Medal table\nThe ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a \"nation\" is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198749-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics medal table, Medal table\nIn boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling, two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class. Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals. An exception was the men's 84\u00a0kg Greco-Roman wrestling, where Ara Abrahamian was stripped of his medal due to his conduct during the medal ceremony. Additionally there was a tie for the silver medal in the women's 100 metres in athletics and no bronze was awarded. Ties for third in swimming's men's 100 metre backstroke and men's 100 metre freestyle meant that two bronze medals were awarded for those events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198749-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics medal table, Changes in medal standings, List of official changes in medal standings\nBelarusian athletes Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan, who won silver and bronze respectively in the men's hammer throw, both tested positive for abnormal levels of testosterone. After attending a disciplinary hearing in September 2008, they were stripped of their medals on 11 December 2008. Kriszti\u00e1n Pars of Hungary was awarded the silver medal, and Koji Murofushi of Japan was awarded the bronze. However, both of the Belarusian athletes subsequently had their medals reinstated because the doping tests were not handled correctly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198749-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics medal table, Changes in medal standings, List of official changes in medal standings\nTatyana Lebedeva of Russia lost two silver medals in the women's long jump and triple jump events due to use of turinabol. The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and, after CAS dismisses the appeal of Tatyana Lebedeva, the medals were redistributed accordingly. In the women's long jump event, Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria was advanced to silver, and Chelsea Hammond of Jamaica was advanced to bronze. In the women's triple jump event, Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan was advanced to silver, and Yargelis Savigne of Cuba was advanced to bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198750-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics on NBC\nNBC Sports coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics (the broadcasts being officially titled, as were the games themselves, The Games of the XXIX Olympiad) was broadcast from August 6 to August 24, 2008 (including selecting football matches prior to the opening ceremonies) on the various television networks of NBC Universal in the United States. Coverage was broadcast on NBC, Telemundo, USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, their associated HDTV simulcast channels where applicable, and Universal HD. NBC also set up two dedicated cable channels, the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel and the NBC Olympic Basketball Channel, for the express purpose of providing additional coverage of those two sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198750-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics on NBC, Coverage\nThe scale of the coverage grew to the same huge proportions as the Games themselves. In 2008, NBC was scheduled to air over 3,600 hours of live coverage (1,400 on the TV networks and 2,200 more online). According to NBC, that is 1,000 more hours than the combined coverage of all Summer Games since that first telecast in 1960. NBC also is using 106 hosts, announcers, and commentators to cover the action. The main transmission center in the United States was Studio 8-H at Rockefeller Center in New York City, where Saturday Night Live is based. Some announcers and hosts were assigned to the New York studio and were not on location in Beijing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198750-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics on NBC, Ratings\nThrough August 12, NBC was averaging 30.4 million viewers for each night of primetime coverage, up five million from the same period in 2004. The increased number was attributed to Michael Phelps's ongoing quests for the most gold medals in a single Olympics and in a career. On August 11, NBCOlympics.com had 7.8 million unique page visits and 476,062 downloads from cellular telephones. The number of average viewers had dropped to 28.7 million by August 17, but it still far outpaced shows on other networks. Most programming opposite the Olympics was in reruns, except for Big Brother 10 on CBS and High School Musical: Get in the Picture on ABC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198750-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics on NBC, Ratings\nBy the end of the Olympics, NBC estimated a total audience of 214 million people for at least some of the telecasts, an all-time record for any Olympics. In the second week of the Games, all eight primetime telecasts (there were two on August 24) finished in the top eight of the ratings. On all 17 nights, NBC had more viewers than ABC, CBS, and FOX combined. However, ratings on the final Friday and Saturday of the Games were the lowest for primetime coverage since 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198750-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics on NBC, Ratings\nEven other sports events saw ratings downturns attributable to Games coverage. Declines ranged from 14 percent for the PGA Tour The Barclays to 36 percent for the Little League World Series final. (scroll to middle of page)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198750-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics on NBC, Announcers, Event announcers\n*These announcers were to call the action from the NBC studios in New York City rather from onsite in Beijing", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198750-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics on NBC, Announcers, Event announcers\nNBC did not plan coverage of judo, sailing, or taekwondo on any of its networks. Coverage in the U.S. was to be available only online at NBCOlympics.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198750-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics on NBC, DVDs\nNBC has made three DVDs available related to the 2008 Summer Olympics. One covers the opening ceremony, another covers the highlights from the entire competition, and the final is a retrospective of Michael Phelps' record-setting Olympic career in swimming. They are produced by the Ten Mayflower production company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It began at 20:00 China Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on Friday, 8 August 2008, as the number 8 is considered to be auspicious. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture. The artistic part of the ceremony comprised two parts titled \"Brilliant Civilization\" and \"Glorious Era\" respectively. The first part highlighted the Chinese civilization and the second part exhibited modern China and its dream of harmony between the people of the world. The stadium was full to its 91,000 capacity according to organizers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony\nThe ceremony was directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, who was the chief director and was assisted by Chinese choreographers Zhang Jigang and Chen Weiya. The director of music for the ceremony was composer Chen Qigang. It was noted for its focus on ancient Chinese culture, and for its creativity, as well as being the first to use weather modification technology to prevent rainfall. The final ascent to the torch featured Olympic gymnast Li Ning, who appeared to run through air around the membrane of the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony\nFeaturing 15,000 performers, the ceremony lasted over four hours and was reported to have cost over US$100 million to produce. The opening ceremony was lauded by spectators and numerous international presses as spectacular and spellbinding, and by many accounts \"the greatest ever in the history of Olympics\". It drew rave reviews from media around the world, and was praised for its magnitude and ingenuity, attracting a huge worldwide TV audience. The opening ceremony can also be considered an important branding initiative for China. At four hours and nine minutes, this was one of the longest ceremonies, second to Sydney 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Dignitaries and other officials in attendance\nIn addition to the athletes and members of the IOC, more than 105 heads of state and government and 5 leaders of international organizations attended the opening ceremony. The number of heads of state who attended the opening ceremony was by far the largest in Olympic history (until the 2012 ceremony). It was also the largest gathering of world leaders for a sporting event in world history (also until 2012).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Reception of the President ceremony\nPeople's Liberation Army Navy Band performed the \"Welcome March\" song to welcome IOC members and Hu Jintao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Countdown\nThe welcoming ceremony began by a flame and an ancient Chinese sundial, awakened by the light of time from the sky, lights up 2008 bronze Fou drums. The drums, running like a time machine, form giant digits (in both Hindu\u2013Arabic and Chinese numerals) to count down the seconds to the Games. The digits is formed in ten-second intervals starting from sixty before switching over to the final ten seconds. At the end, a huge fireworks display is set off from the top of the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Welcoming ceremony \u2013 The Song-Fou\nThe 2,008 drummers play the bronze Fou drums and sing the quote from The Analects of Confucius written 2000 years ago: \"Isn\u2019t it delightful to have friends coming from afar?\u201d to welcome friends from all over the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Footprints of History and Olympic Rings\nThe firework footprints were set off at the rate of one every second; each represented one of the 29 Olympiads, signifying the Beijing Olympics as the XXIX Olympiad of the modern era. The 29th footprint arrived at Bird's Nest and transformed into Star Olympic Rings. Next, the rings were lift up by twenty \"Dunhuang fairies\" (Mahayana Chan (Zen) Chinese Buddhist apsaras of the Mogao Caves).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, National flag-raising ceremony\nAttention was then turned to 56 young children representing the 56 ethnic groups of modern China, and donning respective costumes. They marched in the flag of the People's Republic of China as a young girl in red, 9-year-old Lin Miaoke (\u6797\u5999\u53ef L\u00edn Mi\u00e0ok\u011b), was seen performing \"Ode to the Motherland\", while miming to the voice of Yang Peiyi. Only one-third of \"Ode to the Motherland\" was sung, to save time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 82], "content_span": [83, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, National flag-raising ceremony\nThe flag of the People's Republic of China was then handed over to eight well-dressed People's Liberation Army from Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion soldiers who carried the flag in a slow, goose-stepping march over to the flag podium and the Chinese national anthem \"March of the Volunteers\" was sung by a 224-member choir while the flag was raised with red and yellow fireworks going off at the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 82], "content_span": [83, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Scroll Painting\nAt the prelude to the section, Beautiful Olympics, a short film, was screened depicting the making of paper, another of the Four Great Inventions, ending with a rolled-up scroll painting to set the stage for the next segment. Ceramics, porcelain vessels and other Chinese fine arts artifacts were beamed on a giant LED scroll, representing the first of the Four Great Inventions of China, paper, and displaying animated graphics, slowly unfurling. At its center was a piece of white canvas paper, which then ushered in a performance of black-costumed dancers whose hands hid brushes that had been dipped in ink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Scroll Painting\nThey performed a dance while leaving their trails on the block of white paper, reminiscent of Chinese ink and wash painting. This was accompanied by the sounds of the guqin, China's ancient seven-string zither, as played by Chen Leiji (S: \u9648\u96f7\u6fc0, T: \u9673\u96f7\u6fc0, P: Ch\u00e9n L\u00e9ij\u012b). The LED scroll then showed an old, rare painting by Wang Ximeng.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Written character\nThe giant scroll was then moved aside to show a fluid array 897 movable type blocks that formed three variations of the character \u548c (H\u00e9 \"harmony\"), representing the third great Chinese invention: the movable type press. The character was shown, consecutively, in bronze inscription, Seal script and KaisScript (Modern Chinese script). Performers in Zhou-era clothing representing the \"3000 Disciples of Confucius\", carrying bamboo slips, recited excerpts from the Analects: \"Isn't it great to have friends coming from afar?\" (\u6709\u670b\u81ea\u9060\u65b9\u4f86\uff0c\u4e0d\u4ea6\u6a02\u4e4e) and \"All men are brothers within the Four Seas\" (\u56db\u6d77\u4e4b\u5167\uff0c\u7686\u5144\u5f1f\u4e5f).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Written character\nThe blocks changed into a small version of the Great Wall, which then sprouted peach blossoms, the Chinese symbol for openness. At the end of the sequence the tops of the movable type blocks came off to reveal 897 performers, who waved vigorously to the crowds, indicating that the individual pieces of type block were not computer controlled and synchronized, but rather the combined efforts of 897 perfectly in-sync performers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Opera\nThe next segment saw ancient terracotta soldiers and Chinese opera, followed by a Beijing opera puppetry performance. The Wusheng type of Beijing opera performers was also enacted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Silk Road\nA Dunhuang fairy dances on the paper\u2014which has become golden desert under the projection, held by hundreds of men in clothing of ancient diplomatic envoys. On the giant scroll is a depiction of ancient Silk Road on the land. This was followed by a procession of men, in blue costumes, who with huge oars formed formations of junks, symbolizing the expeditions of Zheng He.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Silk Road\nA performer holding another great Chinese invention, the compass, in its ancient form a metal spoon floating in a fluid suspensible vessel, danced in the center of the giant LED scroll that showed images of sailing junks and maps of Zheng He's seven voyages on Maritime Silk Road in the Ming Dynasty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Li and Yue (Ritual and Music)\nThe segment represents the prosperity of ancient China as \"The State of Li and Yue\". Accompanied by the music of Kunqu, one of the oldest extant Chinese operas, the giant scroll expands and shows several beautiful classic ancient paintings from Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. At this point, two rows of huge royal dragon pillars called huabiao (S: \u534e\u8868, T: \u83ef\u8868, P: Hu\u00e1bi\u01ceo) emerged and stretched skyward, with the performers dancing to the ancient tune Ch\u016bnji\u0101ng Hu\u0101 Yu\u00e8y\u00e8 (\u6625\u6c5f\u82b1\u6708\u591c), as pink and orange fireworks were set off overhead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 99], "content_span": [100, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Starlight\nThen followed the modern segment where pianist Lang Lang and five-year-old Li Muzi performed a melody from the Yellow River Cantata. Around the pianists a sea of rainbow-coloured luminescent performers swayed in wave-like unison to suggest the flow of the Yellow River. The illuminated performers, symbolizing modern-day China, then arranged themselves in the shape of the Dove of Peace, which wings were then set into motion as the performers moved about. They formed the bird's nest shape of the Beijing National Stadium. When a young girl flew a kite \u2013 also a Chinese invention \u2013 above them in mid-air, the performers' lights flickered in an intricate pattern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Nature\nA T\u00e0ij\u00edqu\u00e1n performance by 2,008 masters showed the fluid movements achieved when in harmony with nature. They demonstrated martial arts while combining to form geometric mass human formations. A skit was shown with schoolchildren drawing and coloring on the paper scroll and chanting poetry. These were the same children representing the 56 ethnic groups of China. They symbolized a Green Olympics (to protect the world). As their sequence drew to an end, the giant white paper was lifted vertically to reveal a drawing of mountains and waters with a smiling face as the sun. Then, there was a light presentation showing brightly coloured flying birds, symbolizing the rebirth of the phoenix and the bird-nest stadium itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 803]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Dream\nThe next segment was a celestial show and the arrival of astronauts symbolizing Chinese space exploration, with a gigantic, 60-foot, 16-tonne ball structure representing the earth. 58 acrobats tumbled rightside up, sideways or upside down on its surface, which was then transformed into a giant glowing Chinese lantern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Theme song\nChinese singer Liu Huan and British singer Sarah Brightman stood on the central platform and sang the 2008 Olympic theme song: \"You and Me.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Artistic section, Theme song\n2,008 performers then held out parasols with smiling faces of young children. This was followed by red and orange fireworks in the form of smiley faces. The representatives from the 56 ethnic groups danced a vigorous folk dance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nThe athletes taking part in the XXIX Olympiad parade of nations marched out to the centre of the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nIn accordance with Olympic tradition, the national team of Greece, which hosted the last Summer Olympics, in Athens, entered first, in honor of Greece's status as the birthplace of the Olympics, while China, as the host country, came last. Traditionally nations are ordered in alphabetic order of the national language of the host country (or if there is more than one, the more dominant of the languages of the host city); as Chinese writing is not alphabetic, the teams paraded by stroke order of the first character of their respective countries' names in Simplified Chinese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nCountries with the same number of strokes in the first character are sorted by the order of the five basic strokes in Chinese characters (\u4e00,\u4e28,\u4e3f,\u4e36 and \u4e59). If the name of two or more countries has the same first character, then they are ordered according to the stroke order of the second character. For example, Latvia (Chinese: \u62c9\u8131\u7ef4\u4e9a), Great Britain (Chinese: \u82f1\u56fd), and British Virgin Islands (Chinese: \u82f1\u5c5e\u7ef4\u5c14\u4eac\u7fa4\u5c9b) were the 114th, 115th and 116th to enter respectively while the first characters of their names are all eight strokes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nHowever, the stroke order of Latvia's first character (\u62c9) is \u4e00\u4e28\u4e00\u4e36\u4e00\u4e36\u4e3f\u4e00 while that of Great Britain is \u4e00\u4e28\u4e28\u4e28\u4e59\u4e00\u4e3f\u4e36. Latvia's third stroke (\u4e00) is before that of Great Britain (\u4e28), which gave Latvia precedence to Great Britain. Great Britain and the British Virgin Islands share the same first character, \u82f1. However the second one in Great Britain's name is \u56fd, which has 8 strokes, while the second in British Virgin Islands is \u5c5e, which has 12 strokes. Thus Great Britain entered before British Virgin Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nGuinea (Chinese: \u51e0\u5185\u4e9a) was the second country to enter following Greece as it only takes two strokes to write the first character in the country's name (\u51e0). Australia (Chinese: \u6fb3\u5927\u5229\u4e9a) marched 202nd, just ahead of Zambia (Chinese: \u8d5e\u6bd4\u4e9a), which was the last country to march before China. The first characters of these countries' names (\u6fb3 and \u8d5e) are written with 15 and 16 strokes respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nAnnouncers in the stadium read off the names of the marching nations in French, English (the official languages of the Olympics), and Standard Chinese with music accompanying the athletes as they marched into the stadium. The leading signs of delegations, carried by young Chinese women in red dresses, had their names printed in these three languages: the Chinese version in traditional Chinese calligraphy; and above it in the other two languages, using a Roman alphabetic typeface that mimicked brush calligraphy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nChinese names of most states were condensed to their short forms when possible. For example, Bosnia and Herzegovina (\u6ce2\u65af\u5c3c\u4e9a\u548c\u9ed1\u585e\u54e5\u7ef4\u90a3) entered as \u6ce2\u9ed1 Bohei in Chinese, while Saudi Arabia (\u6c99\u7279\u963f\u62c9\u4f2f) entered as simply \u6c99\u7279 Shate. One exception was the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which entered in Chinese as its full designation (\u524d\u5357\u65af\u62c9\u592b\u9a6c\u5176\u987f\u5171\u548c\u56fd) because of the Macedonia naming dispute (though the country was sorted according to its short name, \u9a6c\u5176\u987f). China entered as People's Republic of China/R\u00e9publique populaire de Chine in English and French, but simply as \u4e2d\u56fd Zhongguo in Chinese, the most common short name. \u5370\u5ea6\u5c3c\u897f\u4e9a (Indonesia) was used instead of \u5370\u5c3c, \u9a6c\u6765\u897f\u4e9a (Malaysia) was used instead of \u9a6c\u56fd, and \u5361\u5854\u5c14 (Qatar) was used instead of \u5361\u8fbe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nThe athletes marched along the tracks toward the center of the stadium, which was encircled by white-capped Chinese cheerleaders welcoming each contingent. As they did so, they would step on colored ink before treading on the Chinese painting done earlier by the children and the performance artists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nThroughout the entire Parade of Nations, the Olympic athletes were treated to live traditional music ensembles, hand-picked by the Chinese Olympic committee from around the world. Each ensemble represented a continent from the five Olympic rings. The groups included Chinese orchestra, Scottish bagpipers Mains of Fintry Pipe Band (), Aboriginal musicians and dancers from Australia (William Barton), South African drummers (Drum Cafe), and North American mariachi group Mariachi Mujer 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nUnlike in previous years, North and South Korea did not send a unified team; their athletes marched in separately as Republic of Korea (South Korea, Chinese: \u97e9\u56fd) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea, Chinese: \u671d\u9c9c\u6c11\u4e3b\u4e3b\u4e49\u4eba\u6c11\u5171\u548c\u56fd). Taiwan marched under the name \"Chinese Taipei\" (Chinese: \u4e2d\u534e\u53f0\u5317; pinyin: Zh\u014dnghu\u00e1 T\u00e1ib\u011bi) as per a 1989 agreement and in the Olympics since then \u2013 and the Chinese media has followed suit, referring to Taiwan as Zhonghua Taibei instead of the previously used and controversial Zhongguo Taibei (Chinese: \u4e2d\u56fd\u53f0\u5317; pinyin: Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3 T\u00e1ib\u011bi, literally \"Taipei, China\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nThe Chinese contingent, which was last, was led by Yao Ming and Lin Hao, the 9-year-old primary school student who had rescued two schoolmates during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Opening Addresses\nLiu Qi, the head of the Beijing Olympic Organising Committee, gave a speech in Mandarin welcoming the athletes. His Excellency Count Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Committee, followed with a speech in English, praising the Chinese for their warm reception and effort. The Count urged the athletes to \"have fun\" and to reject doping and performance enhancement drugs. This reminder was reiterated in French. Afterward, Hu Jintao, the paramount leader of China, formally announced the opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics by speaking in Mandarin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Opening Addresses\nI declare, the XXIX Olympic Games of Beijing\u00a0... open!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, The Olympic Flag\nAfterward, the Olympic flag was carried in by eight former athletes from China. They were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, The Olympic Flag\nThey then passed on the flag to the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (the PLA) and the Olympic anthem played while the flag was being raised. A multinational chorus of 80 children sang the Olympic anthem in Greek. Chinese table tennis champion Zhang Yining and arbiter Huang Liping took the Olympic oath, representing athletes and officials respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, The Olympic Flag\nThere was a short dance presentation, followed by bright yellow fireworks \u2013 representing the release of doves of peace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Torch relay and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron\nAt this point, the Olympic flame entered the stadium as a continuation of the Beijing relay leg from the outside. The Olympic torch was relayed around the stadium by seven athletes, and was finally passed on to Li Ning, the former Olympic gymnast champion, the eighth and final athlete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 104], "content_span": [105, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Torch relay and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron\nLi Ning, who was suspended by wires, then appeared to run horizontally along the walls of the stadium through to the Olympic cauldron, which at this moment was still not shown. As he ran along the upper wall of the stadium, the projection displayed a scroll opening ahead of him, on which was beamed footage of the entire torch relay. At the final moment, a spotlight revealed the final resting place of the Olympic flame, which had appeared during the torch run. A colossal torch situated at the top of the stadium was lit by a proportionately large fuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 104], "content_span": [105, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Torch relay and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron\nA flurry of spectacular fireworks of various colours and shapes, some projecting Olympic rings, others forming hoops, flower outwards, fountain or float down, accompanied the ending of the ceremony. The ceremony ended at 12:09\u00a0am, 9 August 2008 CST, which was later than the time originally planned: 11:30 pm, 8 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 104], "content_span": [105, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Proceedings, Encore\nAs the audience started to exit the stadium, singers from Mainland China and Hong Kong came onto the stage to provide music as a way to stall the audience from leaving all at once. Jackie Chan, Karen Mok, Han Hong, and Sun Nan (\u5b59\u6960) sang the first song, \"Stand Up\", while Andy Lau, Nicolas Tse, Joey Yung, Wakin Chau, Wang Feng, and Sun Yue sang the second song, \"Cheering for Life\". Since the ceremony was already over time by then, this portion was not televised in the CCTV coverage; however, it can be still partially heard in the coverages of television stations such as the BBC Sport and the NBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Creative team\nThe creative team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games consisted of a roster of renowned individuals. The artistic performance of the Opening Ceremony, titled the \"Beautiful Olympics\", had the internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou as General Director, and Zhang Jigang and Chen Weiya as Deputy General Directors. Its core planning team comprised some of the best artists and technology experts in the world, including Yu Jianping, Lu Jiankang, Cai Guoqiang, Chen Qigang, British stagecraft designer Mark Fisher, Chen Yan, Sha Xiaolang, Japanese designer Eiko Ishioka, Xu Jiahua, Cheng Xiaodong, and Tan Dun. Jennifer Wen Ma was the youngest member of the creative team, and Chief Designer for Visual and Special Effects for the Opening Ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 859]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Creative team\nIn 2006, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) initially chose American filmmaker Steven Spielberg, Yves Pepin, head of the French entertainment group ECA2, and Sydney Games opening ceremony director Ric Birch as special consultants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Creative team\nAfter working in collaboration with Artistic Director Zhang Yimou on his original creative and production proposal to BOCOG, David Zolkwer, Project Director for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games ceremonies was formally commissioned to provide ongoing Creative and Production consultancy for the Opening Ceremony directly to BOCOG along with colleagues Mik Auckland (Technical) and Celia Smith (Production) \u2013 all of whom worked for Jack Morton Worldwide at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Creative team\nIn February 2008, Spielberg pulled out of his role as advisor in protest over China's alleged continuing support of the Sudanese government and the ongoing violence in the Darfur region. American composer Quincy Jones offered to write a theme tune for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and decided to stay on and contribute to the Beijing Olympics. Chinese filmmaker Ang Lee was also part of the team creating the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Creative team\nGillian Chung was originally scheduled to be a performer at the opening ceremony, but due to the Edison Chen photo scandal, director Zhang Yimou replaced her and her partner, Charlene Choi (not involved in the photo incident) with PRC C-pop act A-One. A-One was not a part of the performances on 8 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Incidents and controversies, Accident during rehearsal\nLiu Yan, one of China's top Chinese dancers, fell from a three-metre high platform during practice on 27 July 2008 and sustained severe spinal injuries. She was paralyzed waist-down after a six-hour operation. Despite her not performing in the ceremony proper, deputy director Zhang Jigang ensured Liu's name was written in the programme as the lead dancer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 93], "content_span": [94, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Incidents and controversies, Accident during rehearsal\nIn an interview after visiting Liu Yan in the hospital, Director Zhang Yimou said, \"I feel sorry for Liu Yan, my heart is full of regrets, I\u2019m deeply sorry. Liu Yan is a heroine. She sacrificed a lot for the Olympics, for me, for the opening ceremony.\" Shortly after the opening ceremony, in an earlier media interview, Zhang expressed: \"I regret many things, many details of this performance, many things I could have done better. For example, there are performers who were injured. I blame myself for that.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 93], "content_span": [94, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Incidents and controversies, Rehearsal leakage\nThe South Korean Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) secretly filmed rehearsals of the opening ceremony and leaked parts of it, violating a prohibition by the Organizing Committee. The video was uploaded at YouTube on 30 July 2008, but was deleted soon after its upload. However, several additional videos have been uploaded by other users. The Organizing Committee investigated the unauthorized filming, and on 6 August 2008, banned SBS cameras inside the stadium during the ceremony as reprisals for the leak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Incidents and controversies, Girl lip-synching to recording by another singer\nThe song \"Ode to the Motherland\" appeared to be sung by Lin Miaoke at the ceremony, but it emerged she had mimed her performance to a recording by another girl, Yang Peiyi. It was a last-minute decision to use lip-synching, following a Politburo member's objection to Lin's voice. International Olympic Committee executive director Gilbert Felli defended the use of a more photogenic double. Although the names of both Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi appeared in the programme notes, the vast majority who watched the broadcast did not realise Yang Peiyi's role until several days later when music director Chen Qigang acknowledged it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 116], "content_span": [117, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Incidents and controversies, Girl lip-synching to recording by another singer\nPerformers at previous Olympic opening ceremonies had occasionally synched to recordings of their own performance, however never to that of another person. Examples include the tenor Luciano Pavarotti at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, due to his pancreatic cancer. Then nine-year-old Eleonora Benetti also lip-synched to a previous recording of the Italian National Anthem. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra appeared to perform at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, but the music spectators heard was entirely pre-recorded, with some of the music pre-recorded by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 116], "content_span": [117, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Incidents and controversies, Computer-simulated fireworks\nTelevision coverage of the fireworks show which displayed the 29 firework \"footprints\" outside the stadium was simulated by computer animation. Twenty-nine sets of fireworks in the shape of a footprint did actually go off, but it was decided that it would be difficult and dangerous to get a good shot from helicopters capturing all 29 of the footsteps (which went off every two seconds), so a CGI of 27 of the footprints was made for television broadcasts, and only the last two were filmed live. The 55 seconds of display took the BOCOG a year to choreograph. The substitution of CGI footage was mentioned during the time-delayed U.S. broadcast of the ceremony on NBC by announcers Matt Lauer and Bob Costas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 96], "content_span": [97, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Incidents and controversies, Children representing minority groups\nOn 15 August, Wang Wei, the vice president of the BOCOG, confirmed that children who appeared in the opening ceremony in the costumes of the 56 ethnic groups of modern China did not belong to the ethnic minorities their costumes indicated, as described in publicity materials, but instead all or most were members of the majority Han Chinese. Wang said it was \"traditional\" and not unusual for actors in China to wear different ethnic costumes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 105], "content_span": [106, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception\nCount Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, described the ceremony as \"spectacular\" and an \"unforgettable and moving ceremony that celebrated the imagination, originality and energy of the Beijing Games.\" He furthermore hailed the Beijing National Stadium as \"one of the world's new wonders\" and a \"fitting setting for an amazing Opening Ceremony.\" Hein Verbruggen, IOC Member and Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, called the ceremony \"a night to remember\", \"a breathtaking culmination of seven years of planning and preparation\" and \"an unprecedented and grand success\" that exceeded all his expectations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception\nThe AFP called it \"a spectacular opening ceremony.\" The BBC and The Times concurred by calling it a dazzling and spectacular show in Beijing. The Associated Press praised the show as spectacular with an extravaganza of pageantry and \"interlude of fervor and magic\" as well as being \"spellbinding\" and noted the show steered clear of modern politics. The USA Today described it as an exhilarating display of China's thousands of years of traditions of art and culture, and the Art Daily stated it was a celebration of China's ancient history, along with sumptuous costumes from different imperial dynasties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception\nRoger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times commented that \"the scope, precision and beauty of the production was, you will agree, astonishing.\" The Spanish media were impressed by the opening ceremony, with Antena 3 describing the ceremony as \"an astonishing effort,\" while Cuatro called it \"awesome and impressive.\" Cadena COPE said it was \"the most dramatic Olympic opening ceremony ever.\" Germany's Deutsche Welle also praised it as a spectacular and a firecracker of a show, and a trip through China's rich history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception\nSteven Spielberg called the show \"an unforgettable spectacle\" and \"arguably the grandest spectacle of the new millennium.\" At the end of 2008, the American Film Institute selected the coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony as one of their \"Eight Moments of Significance\" of the year of 2008, and states: \"The opening ceremony, directed and staged by acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, marked the most significant live event of the year\" and it described the opening ceremony as \"staged with breathtaking poetry.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception\nWorld leaders were also impressed by the opening ceremony. U.S. President George W. Bush described the ceremony as \"spectacular and successful\". Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair called it \"the spectacular to end all spectaculars and probably can never be bettered.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception\nWhile praise for the opening ceremony was widespread amongst the world's media, the Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times described some western media reactions as \"cynical\" and \"hostile\". The Globe and Mail had a column with title \"The iron hand behind the magic show\", some questioned the \"heavy military theme\". Asia Times, although praising the show as \"stunning opening ceremony\u00a0... with its panoply of color, painstaking choreography and sweeping portrait of Chinese culture and history\" referred to the games as one devoid of \"fun\" in its article headlined \"Awe (but no laughter) in Beijing\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0052-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception\nThe artist Ai Weiwei also criticized the ceremonies, comparing them unfavorably to the British Olympic ceremonies of 2012, which produced a sense of intimacy and a \"clear understanding of what England was.\" Others have pointed out that the ceremony committee purposefully tried to find a Chinese aesthetic that valorized community and working together to produce a good result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Television\nEstimates of the global television audience varied: \"around one billion\" (Reuters); \"experts estimated\u00a0... more than two billion\" (The Wall Street Journal); \"2.3 billion\" (MindShare); \"Billions\u00a0... probably the largest live television audience in history\" (Bloomberg); \"3 billion\" (Sky News); \"nearly 4 billion\" (Xinhua); \"as many as 4 billion\" (The Washington Post); \"estimated 4 billion\" (McClatchy). This included an estimated 842 million viewers watching on host Chinese broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), with polls ranging from 63 and 69 percent of the Chinese viewing population, exceeding that of the 51\u201358 percent who watch the network's annual Chinese New Year gala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0053-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Television\nThe BBC reported five million viewers in the United Kingdom, the Seven Network had 7.8 million viewers in Australia, The Hollywood Reporter said 4.4 million in France watched the ceremony, the ARD estimated 7.72 million viewers in Germany, while in Italy, RAI had 5.5 million viewers, and in Spain, TVE obtained 4 million viewers. R\u00e1dio e Televis\u00e3o de Portugal obtained 591 thousand viewers, a record breaking audience for RTP2, even surpassing programming from popular private broadcasters and its sister channel in the same time slot, with the tape delayed broadcast in the evening on RTP1 managing a more modest 4.4 rating and 20.4 share.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Television\nA report made a year later for the International Olympic Committee estimated that 1.5 billion people (including 739 million within China itself) watched at least one minute of the ceremony, and 1.4 billion worldwide watched at least 15 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Television\nIn the United States, the NBC network delayed its telecast by 12 hours for evening primetime viewing, though Americans in markets bordering Canada could watch it on CBC Television, and others watched clips of it earlier on YouTube and other online video websites. Still, it managed to capture an average of 34.2 million viewers and a total of 69.9 million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Television\nThe Opening Ceremonies in Beijing became the most watched Olympic Opening Ceremony ever held in a non-U.S. city by an American audience, a record previously held by the Lillehammer Games of 1994. It was the biggest television event in the U.S. in 2008 since the Super Bowl, and it also surpassed the ratings for the 2008 Academy Awards ceremony and that year's finale of American Idol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198751-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Reception, Television\nIn the United States, NBC concluded its broadcast with a message saying that their coverage of the opening ceremony was dedicated in memory of Jim McKay, longtime Olympics broadcaster with rival ABC, who died on 7 June. ABC \"loaned\" McKay to NBC to serve as a special correspondent during their coverage of the Salt Lake City Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198752-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mount Everest\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mount Everest was the special route of the torch relay as part of the 2008 Summer Olympics taking place in China. Torchbearers reached Mount Everest at 9.20 in the morning (local time) on  May 8, in parallel with the Shenzhen route. Another name for the climb is the Beijing Olympics Torch Relay Qomolangma Leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198752-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mount Everest, Planning\nThe route taking the Olympic torch to the summit of the world's tallest peak was a side spur of the main relay, whilst the main relay continued elsewhere in China. It was the most technically challenging leg of the entire torch relay. Aside from the physical difficulty of scaling the mountain, the torch that was used for the climb had to be specially designed to burn in a frigid, windy, oxygen-thin environment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198752-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mount Everest, Preparation\nIn April the Chinese government completed a blacktop highway to the Mount Everest base camp to be used when the Olympic torch was taken to the peak. Workers spent 10 months widening, evening the surface of, and installing guardrails on the 67-mile road, the Xinhua News Agency said. \"The upgraded highway ... will provide a safe path for drivers, tourists and mountaineers, and facilitate torchbearers (taking) the Olympic flame to the top of the world,\" the report said. Critics claim the highway, which begins in Tibet's Xigaze prefecture, will damage the permafrost in the ecologically fragile area. But officials said they had conducted a thorough study of the effects on the permafrost, and that the 150 million yuan (US$21.5 million, \u20ac13.5 million) project did not damage the environment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198752-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mount Everest, Preparation\nThe Chinese government said that the Everest event will be a show of international sportsmanship and national pride. \"The torch relay to Mount Everest is a highlight of the whole relay, and it also represents the idea of green Olympics, high-tech Olympics and people's Olympics,\" Beijing Vice Mayor Liu Jingming said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198752-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mount Everest, Resistance\nThe government of Nepal imposed a complete communication ban on journalists and ordered soldiers and police to set up camps on Mount Everest with permission to use force against pro-Tibet demonstrators \"to stop any anti-Chinese activities\" during the torch's climb to the summit. \"This could mean shooting if necessary,\" Home Ministry spokesman Mod Raj Dotel said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198752-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mount Everest, Climb\nOn May 8, the Chinese Mountaineering Team successfully scaled the world's highest peak. A total of 36 torchbearers participated in the torch relay, 12 of them reaching the summit from the 8,300-meter base camp. The relay was televised live on CCTV state television, and globally. On the summit, banners of the Olympic slogans were unfurled, and the first and last two torch-bearers were female Tibetan mountaineers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198752-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mount Everest, Criticism\nOn March 13, China announced it would restrict world mountaineers from climbing Everest and Cho Oyu over concerns that Tibet activists may try to disrupt plans for the climb. John Ackerly, president of the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet, criticized the climb as an attempt by the PRC to legitimize Chinese rule: \"Beijing is using the Olympics torch ceremony, which should stand for human freedoms and dignity, to bolster its territorial claim over Tibet.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of \"one world, one dream\". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the \"Journey of Harmony\", lasted 129 days and carried the torch 137,000\u00a0km (85,000\u00a0mi) \u2013 the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay\nAfter being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents. The torch has visited cities along the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet, China from the Chinese side, which was closed specially for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay\nIn many cities along the North American and European route, the torch relay was protested by advocates of Tibetan independence, animal rights, and legal online gambling, and people protesting against China's human rights record, resulting in confrontations at a few of the relay locations. These protests, which ranged from thousands of people in San Francisco, forced the path of the torch relay to be changed or shortened on a number of occasions. The torch was extinguished by Chinese security officials several times during the Paris leg for security reasons, and once in protest in Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay\nThe attacks on the torch in London and Paris were described as \"despicable\" by the Chinese government, condemning them as \"deliberate disruptions... who gave no thought to the Olympic spirit or the laws of Britain and France\" and who \"tarnish the lofty Olympic spirit\", and vowed they would continue with the relay and not allow the protests to \"impede the Olympic spirit\". Large-scale counter-protests by overseas Chinese and foreign-based Chinese nationals became prevalent in later segments of the relay. No major protests were visible in the Latin America, Africa, and Western Asia legs of the torch relay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay\nPrompted by the chaotic torch relays in Western Europe and North America, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge described the situation as a \"crisis\" for the organization and stated that any athletes displaying Tibetan flags at Olympic venues could be expelled from the games. However, he stopped short of cancelling the relay altogether despite calls to do so by some IOC members. The outcome of the relay influenced the IOC's decision to scrap global relays in future editions of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay\nIn June 2008, the Beijing Games' Organizing Committee announced that the planned international torch relay for the Paralympic Games had been cancelled. The Committee stated that the relay was being cancelled to enable the Chinese government to \"focus on the rescue and relief work\" following the Sichuan earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Relay elements, Torch\nThe Olympic Torch is based on traditional scrolls and uses a traditional Chinese design known as \"Lucky Cloud\". It is made from aluminum. It is 72 centimetres high and weighs 985\u00a0grams. The torch is designed to remain lit in 65 kilometre per hour (37\u00a0mile per hour) winds, and in rain of up to 50 millimetres (2\u00a0inches) per hour. An ignition key is used to ignite and extinguish the flame. The torch is fueled by cans of propane. Each can will light the torch for 15 minutes. It is designed by a team from Lenovo Group. The Torch is designed in reference to the traditional Chinese concept of the 5 elements that make up the entire universe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Relay elements, Lanterns\nThe Olympic flame is supposed to remain lit for the whole relay. When the Torch is extinguished at night, on aircraft, in bad weather, or during protests (such as the several occasions in Paris), the Olympic flame is kept alight in a set of 8 lanterns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Relay elements, Aircraft\nInternationally, the torch and its accompanying party traveled in a chartered Air China Airbus A330 (registered B-6075), painted in the red and yellow colors of the Olympic Games. Air China was chosen by the Beijing Committees of the Olympic Game as the designated Olympic torch carrier in March 2008 for its long-standing participation in the Olympic cause. The plane traveled a total of 137,000\u00a0km (85,000\u00a0mi) for a duration of 130 days through 21 countries and regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Relay elements, Route\nThe route carried the torch through six continents from March 2008 to May 2008 to August 2008. The planned route originally included a stop in Taipei between Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong, but there was disagreement in Beijing and Taipei over language used to describe whether it was an international or a domestic part of the route.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Relay elements, Route\nWhile the Olympic committees of China and Chinese Taipei reached initial consensus on the approach, the government of the Republic of China in Taiwan intervened, stating that this placement could be interpreted as placing Taiwan on the same level as Hong Kong and Macau, an implication it objected to. The Beijing Organizing Committee attempted to continue negotiation, but further disputes arose over the flag or the anthem of the Republic of China along the 24\u00a0km torch route in Taiwan. By the midnight deadline for concluding the negotiation on September 21, 2007, Taiwan and mainland China were unable to come to terms with the issue of the Torch Relay. In the end, both sides of the Taiwan Strait decided to eliminate the Taipei leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nGreece: On March 24, 2008, the Olympic Flame was ignited at Olympia, Greece, site of the ancient Olympic Games. The actress Maria Nafpliotou, in the role of a High Priestess, ignited the torch of the first torchbearer, a silver medalist of the 2004 Summer Olympics in taekwondo Alexandros Nikolaidis from Greece, who handed the flame over to the second torchbearer, Olympic champion in women's breaststroke Luo Xuejuan from China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nFollowing the recent unrest in Tibet, three members of Reporters Without Borders, including Robert M\u00e9nard, breached security and attempted to disrupt a speech by Liu Qi, the head of Beijing's Olympic organising committee during the torch lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece. The People's Republic of China called this a \"disgraceful\" attempt to sabotage the Olympics. On March 30, 2008 in Athens, during ceremonies marking the handing over of the torch from Greek officials to organizers of the Beijing games, demonstrators shouted 'Free Tibet' and unfurled banners; some 10 of the 15 protesters were taken into police detention. After the hand-off, protests continued internationally, with particularly violent confrontations with police in Nepal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 834]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nChina: In China, the torch was first welcomed by Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang and State Councilor Liu Yandong. It was subsequently passed onto CPC General Secretary Hu Jintao. A call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boycott to include French luxury goods and cosmetic products.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nAccording to the Washington Times on April 15, however, the Chinese government was attempting to \"calm the situation\" through censorship: \"All comments posted on popular Internet forum Sohu.com relating to a boycott of Carrefour have been deleted.\" Chinese protesters organized boycotts of the French-owned retail chain Carrefour in major Chinese cities including Kunming, Hefei and Wuhan, accusing the French nation of pro-secessionist conspiracy and anti-Chinese racism. Some burned French flags, some added Nazism's Swastika to the French flag, and spread short online messages calling for large protests in front of French consulates and embassy. The Carrefour boycott was met with anti-boycott demonstrators who insisted on entering one of the Carrefour stores in Kunming, only to be blocked by boycotters wielding large Chinese flags and hit by water bottles. The BBC reported that hundreds of people demonstrated in Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming and Qingdao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 1051]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nIn response to the demonstrations, an editorial in the People's Daily urged Chinese people to \"express [their] patriotic enthusiasm calmly and rationally, and express patriotic aspiration in an orderly and legal manner\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nKazakhstan: The first torchbearer in Almaty, where the Olympic torch arrived for the first time ever on April 2, was the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev. The route ran 20\u00a0km from Medeo stadium to Astana Square. There were reports that Uighur activists were arrested and some were deported back to China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nTurkey: The torch relay leg in Istanbul, held on April 3, started on Sultanahmet Square and finished in Taksim Square. Uyghurs living in Turkey protested at Chinese treatment of their compatriots living in Xinjiang. Several protesters who tried to disrupt the relay were promptly arrested by the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nRussia: On April 5 the Olympic torch arrived at Saint Petersburg, Russia. The length of the torch relay route in the city was 20\u00a0km, with the start at the Victory Square and finish at the Palace Square. Mixed martial arts icon and former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko was one of the torch bearers. This gives him the distinction of the being the first active MMA fighter to carry the Olympic flame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nGreat Britain: The torch relay leg held in London, the host city of the 2012 Summer Olympics, on April 6 began at Wembley Stadium, passed through the City of London, and eventually ended at O2 Arena in the eastern part of the city. The 48\u00a0km (30\u00a0mi) leg took a total of seven and a half hours to complete, and attracted protests by pro-Tibetan independence and pro-Human Rights supporters, prompting changes to the planned route and an unscheduled move onto a bus, which was then briefly halted by protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nHome Secretary Jacqui Smith has officially complained to Beijing Organising Committee about the conduct of the tracksuit-clad Chinese security guards. The Chinese officials, seen manhandling protesters, were described by both the London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Lord Coe, chairman of the London Olympic Committee as \"thugs\". A Metropolitan police briefing paper revealed that security for the torch relay cost \u00a3750,000 and the participation of the Chinese security team had been agreed in advance, despite the Mayor stating, \"We did not know beforehand these thugs were from the security services. Had I known so, we would have said no.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nOf the 80 torch-bearers in London, Sir Steve Redgrave, who started the relay, mentioned to the media that he had received e-mailed pleas to boycott the event and could \"see why they would like to make an issue\" of it. Francesca Martinez and Richard Vaughan refused to carry the torch, while Konnie Huq decided to carry it and also speak out against China. The pro-Tibetan Member of Parliament Norman Baker asked all bearers to reconsider. Amid pressure from both directions, Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomed the torch outside 10 Downing Street without holding or touching it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe London relay saw the torch surrounded by what the BBC described as \"a mobile protective ring.\" Protests began as soon as Redgrave started the event, leading to at least thirty-five arrests. In Ladbroke Grove a demonstrator attempted to snatch the torch from Konnie Huq in a momentary struggle, and in a separate incident, a fire extinguisher was set off near the torch. The Chinese ambassador carried the torch through Chinatown after an unpublicized change to the route amid security concerns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe torch made an unscheduled move onto a bus along Fleet Street amid security concerns and efforts to evade the protesters. In an effort to counter the pro-Tibet protesters and show their support for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more than 2,000 Chinese also gathered on the torch route and demonstrated with signs, banners and Chinese flags. A large number of supporters were concentrated in Trafalgar Square, displaying the Olympic slogan \"One World, One Dream\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nFrance: The torch relay leg in Paris, held on April 7, began on the first level of the Eiffel Tower and finished at the Stade Charl\u00e9ty. The relay was initially supposed to cover 28\u00a0km, but it was shortened at the demand of Chinese officials following widespread protests by pro-Tibet and human rights activists, who repeatedly attempted to disrupt, hinder or halt the procession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nA scheduled ceremony at the town hall was cancelled at the request of the Chinese authorities, and, also at the request of Chinese authorities, the torch finished the relay by bus instead of being carried by athletes. Paris City officials had announced plans to greet the Olympic flame with peaceful protest when the torch was to reach the French capital. The city government attached a banner reading \"Paris defends human rights throughout the world\" to the City Hall, in an attempt to promote values \"of all humanity and of human rights.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0018-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nMembers from Reporters Without Borders turned out in large numbers to protest. An estimated 3,000 French police protected the Olympic torch relay as it departed from the Eiffel Tower and criss-crossed Paris amid threat of protests. Widespread pro-Tibet protests, including an attempt by more than one demonstrator to extinguish the flame with water or fire extinguishers, prompted relay authorities to put out the flame five times (according to the police authorities in Paris) and load the torch onto a bus, at the demand of Chinese officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0018-0003", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThis was later denied by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, despite video footage broadcast by French television network France 2 which showed Chinese flame attendants extinguishing the torch. Backup flames are with the relay at all times to relight the torch. French judoka and torchbearer David Douillet expressed his annoyance at the Chinese flame attendants who extinguished the torch which he was about to hand over to Teddy Riner: \"I understand they're afraid of everything, but this is just annoying. They extinguished the flame despite the fact that there was no risk, and they could see it and they knew it. I don't know why they did it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe Chinese officials decided they would not stop here because they were upset by Parisian citizens expressing their support for human rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nChinese officials canceled the torch relay ceremony amidst disruptions, including a Tibetan flag flown from a window in the City Hall by Green Party officials. The third torchbearer in the Paris leg, Jin Jing, who was disabled and carried the torch on a wheelchair, was assaulted several times by unidentified protesters seemingly from the pro-Tibet independent camp. In interviews, Jin Jing said that she was \"tugged at, scratched\" and \"kicked\", but that she \"did not feel the pain at the time.\" She received praise from ethnic Chinese worldwide as \"Angel in Wheelchair\". The Chinese government gave the comment that \"the Chinese respect France a lot\" but \"Paris [has slapped] its own face.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nReporters Without Borders organised several symbolic protests, including scaling the Eiffel Tower to hang a protest banner from it, and hanging an identical banner from the Notre Dame cathedral.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nSeveral hundred pro-Tibet protesters gathered at the Trocad\u00e9ro with banners and Tibetan flags, and remained there for a peaceful protest, never approaching the torch relay itself. Among them was Jane Birkin, who spoke to the media about the \"lack of freedom of speech\" in China. Also present was Thupten Gyatso, President of the French Tibetan community, who called upon pro-Tibet demonstrators to \"remain calm, non-violent, peaceful\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nFrench members of Parliament and other French politicians also organised a protest. All political parties in Parliament\u2014UMP, Socialists, New Centre, Communists, Democratic Movement (centre) and Greens\u2014jointly requested a pause in the National Assembly's session, which was granted, so that MPs could step outside and unfurl a banner which read \"Respect for Human Rights in China\". The coach containing the torch drove past the National Assembly and the assembled protesting MPs, who shouted \"Freedom for Tibet!\" several times as it passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nFrench police were criticised for their handling of the events, and notably for confiscating Tibetan flags from demonstrators. The newspaper Lib\u00e9ration commented: \"The police did so much that only the Chinese were given freedom of expression. The Tibetan flag was forbidden everywhere except on the Trocad\u00e9ro.\" Minister of the Interior Mich\u00e8le Alliot-Marie later stated that the police had not been ordered to do so, and that they had acted on their own initiative. A cameraman for France 2 was struck in the face by a police officer, knocked unconscious, and had to be sent to hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nUnited States of America: The torch relay's North American leg occurred in San Francisco, California on April 9. On the day of the relay officials diverted the torch run to an unannounced route. The start was at McCovey Cove, where Norman Bellingham of the U.S. Olympic Committee gave the torch to the first torchbearer, Chinese 1992 Olympic champion swimmer Lin Li. The planned closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza was cancelled and instead, a ceremony was held at San Francisco International Airport, where the torch was to leave for Buenos Aires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe route changes allowed the run to avoid large numbers of China supporters and protesters against China. As people found out there would be no closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza, there were angry reactions. One demonstrator was quoted as saying that the route changes were an effort to \"thwart any organized protest that had been planned.\" San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, a critic of Mayor Gavin Newsom, said that it was a \"cynical plan to please the Bush State Department and the Chinese government because of the incredible influence of money.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0025-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nNewsom, on the other hand, said he felt it was in \"everyone's best interest\" and that he believed people had been \"afforded the right to protest and support the torch\" despite the route changes. Peter Ueberroth, head of the U.S. Olympic Committee, praised the route changes, saying, \"The city of San Francisco, from a global perspective, will be applauded.\" People who saw the torch were surprised and cheered as shown from live video of CBS and NBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0025-0003", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe cost to the city for hosting the event was reported to be US$726,400, nearly half of which has been recovered by private fundraising. Mayor Gavin Newsom said that \"exponential\" costs associated with mass arrests were avoided by his decision to change the route in consultation with police chief Heather Fong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nOn April 1, 2008, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a resolution addressing human rights concerns when the Beijing Olympic torch arrives in San Francisco on April 9. The resolution would welcome the torch with \"alarm and protest at the failure of China to meet its past solemn promises to the international community, including the citizens of San Francisco, to cease the egregious and ongoing human rights abuses in China and occupied Tibet.\" On April 8, numerous protests were planned including one at the city's United Nations Plaza led by actor Richard Gere and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nSome advocates for Tibet, Darfur, and Falun Gong (recognized as cult in mainland China), planned to protest the April 9 arrival of the torch in San Francisco. China had already requested the torch route in San Francisco be shortened. On April 7, 2008, two days prior to the actual torch relay, three activists carrying Tibetan flags scaled the suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge to unfurl two banners, one saying \"One World, One Dream. Free Tibet\", and the other, \"Free Tibet '08\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nAmong them was San Francisco resident Laurel Sutherlin, who spoke to the local TV station KPIX-CBS5 live from a cellphone, urging the International Olympic Committee to ask China not to allow the torch to go through Tibet. \"Sutherlin said he was worried that the torch's planned route through Tibet would lead to more arrests and Chinese officials would use force to stifle dissent.\" The three activists and five supporters face charges related to trespassing, conspiracy and causing a public nuisance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe torch was lit at a park outside at AT&T Park at about 1:17\u00a0pm PDT (20:17 UTC), briefly held aloft by American and Chinese Olympic officials. The relay descended into confusion as the first runner in the elaborately planned relay disappeared into a warehouse on a waterfront pier where it stayed for a half-an-hour. There were clashes between thousands of pro-China demonstrators, many of whom said they were bused in by the Chinese Consulate and other pro-China groups, and both pro-Tibet and Darfur protesters. The non-Chinese demonstrators were reported to have been swamped and trailed by angry crowds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nAround 2\u00a0pm PDT (21:00 UTC), the torch resurfaced about 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) away from the stadium along Van Ness Avenue, a heavily trafficked thoroughfare that was not on official route plans. Television reports showed the flame flanked by motorcycles and uniformed police officers. Two torchbearers carried the flame running slowly behind a truck and surrounded by Olympic security guards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nDuring the torch relay, two torchbearers, Andrew Michael who uses a wheelchair and is the Vice President for Sustainable Development for the Bay Area Council and Director of Partnerships For Change, and an environmental advocate, Majora Carter, managed to display Tibetan flags in protest, resulting in their ejection from the relay. The closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza was canceled due to the presence of large numbers of protesters at the site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0028-0003", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe torch run ended with a final stretch through San Francisco's Marina district and was then moved by bus to San Francisco International Airport for a makeshift closing ceremony at the terminal, from which the free media was excluded. San Jose Mercury News described the \"deceiving\" event as \"a game of Where's Waldo, played against the landscape of a lovely city.\" International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said the San Francisco relay had \"fortunately\" avoided much of the disruptions that marred the legs in London and Paris, but \"was, however, not the joyous party that we had wished it to be.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nArgentina: The torch relay leg in Buenos Aires, Argentina, held on April 11, began with an artistic show at the Lola Mora amphitheatre in Costanera Sur. In the end of the show the mayor of Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri gave the torch to the first torchbearer, Carlos Esp\u00ednola. The leg finished at the Buenos Aires Riding Club in the Palermo district, the last torchbearer being Gabriela Sabatini. The 13.8\u00a0km route included landmarks like the obelisk and Plaza de Mayo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe day was marked by several pro-Tibet protests, which included a giant banner reading \"Free Tibet\", and an alternative \"human rights torch\" that was lit by protesters and paraded along the route the flame was to take. Most of these protests were peaceful in nature, and the torch was not impeded. Chinese immigrants also turned out in support of the Games, but only minor scuffles were reported between both groups. Runners surrounded by rows of security carried the Olympic flame past thousands of jubilant Argentines in the most trouble-free torch relay in nearly a week. People showered the parade route with confetti as banks, government offices and businesses took an impromptu half-day holiday for the only Latin American stop on the flame's five-continent journey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 858]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nArgentine activists told a news conference that they would not try to snuff out the torch's flame as demonstrators had in Paris and London. \"I want to announce that we will not put out the Olympic torch,\" said pro-Tibet activist Jorge Carcavallo. \"We'll be carrying out surprise actions throughout the city of Buenos Aires, but all of these will be peaceful.\" Among other activities, protesters organized an alternative march that went from the Obelisk to the city hall, featuring their own \"Human Rights Torch.\" A giant banner reading \"Free Tibet\" was also displayed on the torch route. According to a representative from the NGO 'Human Rights Torch Relay', their objective was to \"show the contradiction between the Olympic Games and the presence of widespread human rights violations in China\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 881]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe outreach director of HRTR, Susan Prager, is also the communication director of \"Friends of Falun Gong\", a quasi-government non-profit funded by fmr. Congressman Tom Lanto's wife and Ambassador Mark Palmer of NED. A major setback to the event was caused by footballer Diego Maradona, scheduled to open the relay through Buenos Aires, pulling out in an attempt to avoid the Olympic controversy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nTrying to avoid the scenes that marred the relay in the UK, France and the US, the city government designed a complex security operative to protect the torch relay, involving 1200 police officers and 3000 other people, including public employees and volunteers. Overall, the protests were peaceful in nature, although there were a few incidents such as the throwing of several water balloons in an attempt to extinguish the Olympic flame, and minor scuffles between Olympic protesters and supporters from Chinese immigrant communities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nTanzania: Dar es Salaam was the torch's only stop in Africa, on April 13. The relay began at the grand terminal of the TAZARA Railway, which was China's largest foreign aid project of the 1970s, and continued for 5\u00a0km through the old city to the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Temeke, which was built with Chinese aid in 2005. The torch was lit by Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein. About a thousand people followed the relay, waving the Olympic flag. The only noted instance of protest was Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai's withdrawal from the list of torchbearers, in protest against human rights abuses in Tibet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nSultanate of Oman: Muscat was the torch's only stop in the Middle East, on April 14. The relay covered 20\u00a0km. No protests or incidents were reported. One of the torchbearers was Syrian actress Sulaf Fawakherji.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nPakistan: The Olympic torch reached Islamabad for the first time ever on April 16. President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani spoke at the opening ceremony of the relay. Security was high, for what one newspaper called the \"most sensitive leg\" of the torch's Olympic journey. The relay was initially supposed to carry the torch around Islamabad, but the entire relay was cancelled due to security concerns regarding \"militant threats or anti-China protests\", and replaced by an indoors ceremony with the torch carried around the track of Jinnah Stadium. In fear of violent protests and bomb attacks, the torch relay in Pakistan took place in a stadium behind closed doors. Although the relay was behind closed doors, thousands of policemen and soldiers guarded the flame. As a consequence, no incidents arose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 917]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nIndia: Due to concerns about pro-Tibet protests, the relay through New Delhi on April 17 was cut to just 2.3\u00a0km (less than 1.5\u00a0miles), which was shared amongst 70 runners. It concluded at the India Gate. The event was peaceful due to the public not being allowed at the relay. A total of five intended torchbearers -Kiran Bedi, Soha Ali Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Bhaichung Bhutia and Sunil Gavaskar- withdrew from the event, citing \"personal reasons\", or, in Bhutia's case, explicitly wishing to \"stand by the people of Tibet and their struggle\" and protest against the PRC \"crackdown\" in Tibet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nIndian national football captain, Baichung Bhutia refused to take part in the Indian leg of the torch relay, citing concerns over Tibet. Bhutia, who is Sikkimese, is the first athlete to refuse to run with the torch. Indian film star Aamir Khan states on his personal blog that the \"Olympic Games do not belong to China\" and confirms taking part in the torch relay \"with a prayer in his heart for the people of Tibet, and ... for all people across the world who are victims of human rights violations\". Rahul Gandhi, son of the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, also refused to carry the torch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nWary of protests, the Indian authorities have decided to shorten the route of the relay in New Delhi, and have given it the security normally associated with Republic Day celebrations, which are considered terrorist targets. Chinese intelligence's expectations of points on the relay route that would be particularly 'vulnerable' to protesters were presented to the Indian ambassador to Beijing, Nirupama Sen. The Indian media responded angrily to the news that the ambassador, a distinguished lady diplomat, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry at 2\u00a0am local time; the news was later denied by anonymous sources in Delhi. The Indian media reported that India's Commerce Minister, Kamal Nath, cancelled an official trip to Beijing in protest, though both Nath and Chinese sources have denied it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 880]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nIndia rejected Chinese demands that the torch route be clear of India's 150,000-strong Tibetan exile community, by which they required a ban on congregation near the curtailed 3\u00a0km route. In response Indian officials said India was a democracy, and \"a wholesale ban on protests was out of the question\". Contradicting some other reports, Indian officials also refused permission to the \"Olympic Holy Flame Protection Unit\". The combined effect is a \"rapid deterioration\" of relations between India and China. Meanwhile, the Tibetan government in exile, which is based in India, has stated that it did not support the disruption of the Olympic torch relay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe noted Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedirefused to participate saying \"she doesn\u2019t want to run in the event as \u2018caged woman\u2019.\" On April 15, Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan pulled out of the Olympic torch relay, citing \u201cvery strong personal reasons\u201d. On April 16, a protest was organised in Delhi \"against Chinese repression in Tibet\", and was broken up by the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThailand: The April 18 relay through Bangkok was the Olympic flame's first visit to Thailand. The relay covered just over 10\u00a0km, and included Bangkok's Chinatown. The torch was carried past Democracy Monument, Chitralada Palace and a number of other city landmarks. M.R. Narisa Chakrabongse, Green World Foundation (GWF) chairwoman, withdrew from the torch-running ceremony, protesting against China's actions in Tibet. Several hundred protesters were present, along with Olympic supporters. Thai authorities threatened to arrest foreign protesters and ban them from future entry into Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nA coalition of Thai human rights groups announced that it would organise a \"small demonstration\" during the relay, and several hundred people did indeed take part in protests, facing Beijing supporters. Intended torchbearer Mom Rajawongse Narissara Chakrabongse boycotted the relay, to protest against China's actions in Tibet. In Bangkok, students told the media that the Chinese Embassy provided them with transportation and gave them shirts to wear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nMalaysia: The event was held in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, on April 21. The 16.5\u00a0km long-relay began from the historic Independence Square, passed in front of several city landmarks before coming to an end at the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. Among the landmarks the Olympic flame passed next to were the Parliament House, National Mosque, KL Tower and Merdeka Stadium. A team of 1000 personnel from the Malaysian police Special Action Squad guarded the event and escorted the torchbearers. The last time an Olympic torch relay was held in Malaysia was the 1964 Tokyo edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nJust days before the relay supporters of Falun Gong demonstrated in front of the Chinese embassy in the Malaysian capital. As many as 1,000 personnel from the special police unit were expected to be deployed on the day of the relay. A Japanese family with Malaysian citizenship and their 5-year-old child who unfurled a Tibetan flag were hit by a group of Chinese nationals with plastic air-filled batons and heckled by a crowd of Chinese citizens during the confrontation at Independence Square where the relay began, and the Chinese group shouted: \"Taiwan and Tibet belong to China.\" Later during the day, the Chinese volunteers forcefully took away placards from two other Malaysians protesting at the relay. One of the protesting Malaysian was hit in the head.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 849]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nIndonesia: The Olympic flame reached Jakarta on April 22. The original 20\u00a0km relay through Jakarta was cancelled due to \"security worries\", at the request of the Chinese embassy, and the torch was instead carried round the city main's stadium, as it had been in Islamabad. Several dozen pro-Tibet protesters gathered near the stadium, and were dispersed by the police. The event was held in the streets around the city main's stadium. The cancelling of the relay through the city itself was decided due to security concerns and at the request of the Chinese embassy. Only invitees and journalists were admitted inside the stadium. Protests took place outside the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nAustralia: The event was held in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory on April 24, and covered around 16\u00a0km of Canberra's central areas, from Reconciliation Place to Commonwealth Park. Upon its arrival in Canberra, the Olympic flame was presented by Chinese officials to local Aboriginal elder Agnes Shea, of the Ngunnawal people. She, in turn, offered them a message stick, as a gift of peace and welcome. Hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters and thousands of Chinese students reportedly attended. Demonstrators and counter-demonstrators were kept apart by the Australian Federal Police. Preparations for the event were marred by a disagreement over the role of the Chinese flame attendants, with Australian and Chinese officials arguing publicly over their function and prerogatives during a press conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 894]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nFollowing the events in Olympia, there were reports that China requested permission to deploy People's Liberation Army personnel along the relay route to protect the flame in Canberra. Australian authorities stated that such a request, if it were to be made, would be refused. Chinese officials labeled it a rumor. Australian police have been given powers to search relay spectators, following a call by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association for Chinese Australian students to \"go defend our sacred torch\" against \"ethnic degenerate scum and anti-China separatists\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nTony Goh, chairman of the Australian Council of Chinese Organisations, has said the ACCO would be taking \"thousands\" of pro-Beijing demonstrators to Canberra by bus, to support the torch relay. Zhang Rongan, a Chinese Australian student organising pro-Beijing demonstrations, told the press that Chinese diplomats were assisting with the organization of buses, meals and accommodation for pro-Beijing demonstrators, and helping them organise a \"peaceful show of strength\". Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Chinese officials were urging supporters to \"turn up and put a point of view\", but that he had no objection to it as long as they remained peaceful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nIntended torchbearer Lin Hatfield Dodds withdrew from the event, explaining that she wished to express concern about China's human rights record. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said her decision was \"a very good example of peacefully making a point\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nUp to 600 pro-Tibet protesters were expected to attend the relay, along with between 2,000 and 10,000 Chinese supporters. Taking note of the high number of Chinese supporters, Ted Quinlan, head of the Canberra torch relay committee, said: \"We didn't expect this reaction from the Chinese community. It is obviously a well-coordinated plan to take the day by weight of numbers. But we have assurances that it will be done peacefully.\". Also, Australia's ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope confirmed that the Chinese embassy was closely involved to ensure that \"pro-China demonstrators vastly outnumbered Tibetan activists.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nAustralian freestyle swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe ended the Australian leg of the torch relay April 24, 2008, touching the flame to light a cauldron after a run that was only marginally marked by protests. People demonstrated both for China and for Tibet. At least five people were arrested during the torch relay. Police said \"the five were arrested for interfering with the event under special powers enacted in the wake of massive protests against Chinese policy toward Tibet.\" At one point, groups of Chinese students surrounded and intimidated pro-Tibet protesters. One person had to be pulled aboard a police launch when a group of pro-Chinese students looked like they might force him into the lake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nJapan: The event was held in Nagano, which hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, on April 26. Japanese Buddhist temple Zenk\u014d-ji, which was originally scheduled to be the starting point for the Olympic torch relay in Nagano, refused to host the torch and pulled out of the relay plans, amid speculation that monks there sympathized with anti-Chinese government protesters. as well as the risk of disruption by violent protests. Parts of Zenk\u014d-ji temple's main building (Zenk\u014d-ji Hond\u014d), reconstructed in 1707 and one of the National Treasures of Japan, was then vandalized with spraypaint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nA new starting point, previously the site of a municipal building and now a parking lot, was chosen by the city. Thousands of riot police were mobilized to protect the torch along its route. The show of force kept most protesters in check, but slogans shouted by pro-China or pro-Tibet demonstrators, Japanese nationalists, and human rights organizations flooded the air. Five men were arrested and four injured amidst scenes of mob violence. The torch route was packed with mostly peaceful demonstrators. The public was not allowed at the parking lot where the relay started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0047-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nAfter the Zenkoji monks held a prayer ceremony for victims of the recent events in Tibet. More than 100 police officers ran with the torch and riot police lined the streets while three helicopters flew above. Only two Chinese guards were allowed to accompany the torch because of Japan's concern over their treatment of demonstrators at previous relays. A man with a Tibetan flag tried to stop the torch at the beginning of the relay but was dragged off by police. Some raw eggs were also thrown from the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nSouth Korea: The event was held in Seoul, which hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics, on April 27. Intended torchbearers Choi Seung-kook and Park Won-sun boycotted the event to protest against the Chinese government's crackdown in Tibet. More than 8,000 riot police were deployed to guard the 24-kilometre route, which began at Olympic Park, which was built when Seoul hosted the 1988 Summer Games. On the day of the torch relay in Seoul, Chinese students clashed with protesters, throwing rocks, bottles, and punches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nA North Korean defector whose brother defected to China but was captured and executed by the DPRK, attempted to set himself on fire in protest of China's treatment of North Korean refugees. He poured gasoline on himself but police quickly surrounded him and carried him away. Two other demonstrators tried to storm the torch but failed. Fighting broke out near the beginning of the relay between a group of 500 Chinese supporters and approximately 50 protesters who carried a banner that read: \"Free North Korean refugees in China.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0048-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe students threw stones and water bottles as approximately 2,500 police tried to keep the groups separated. Police said they arrested five people, including a Chinese student who was arrested for allegedly throwing rocks. Thousands of Chinese followed the torch on its 4.5 hour journey, some chanting, \"Go China, go Olympics!\" By the end of the relay, Chinese students became violent, and it was reported in Korean media that they were \"lynching\" everyone who was disagreeing with them. One police man was also rushed to hospital after being attacked by Chinese students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0048-0003", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nOn Apr 29, the Secretary of Justice, Kim Kyung Han, told the prime minister that he will find \"every single Chinese who was involved and bring them to justice.\" Later in the day, South Korea's Prosecutor's Office, National Police Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Intelligence Service made a joint statement saying that they will be deporting every Chinese student that was involved in the incident. China defended the conduct of the students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nNorth Korea: The event was held in Pyongyang on April 28. It was the first time that the Olympic torch has traveled to North Korea. A crowd of thousands waving pink paper flowers and small flags with the Beijing Olympics logo were organized by the authoritarian regime watched the beginning of the relay in Pyongyang, some waving Chinese flags. The event was presided over by the head of the country's parliament, Kim Yong Nam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe North, an ally of China, has been critical of disruptions to the torch relay elsewhere and has supported Beijing in its actions against protests in Tibet. Kim passed the torch to the first runner Pak Du Ik, who played on North Korea's 1966 World Cup soccer team, as he began the 19-kilometre route through Pyongyang. The relay began from the large sculpted flame of the obelisk of the Juche Tower, which commemorates the national ideology of Juche, or \"self-reliance\", created by the country's late founding President Kim Il Sung, father of leader Kim Jong Il, who did not attend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe United Nations Organization and its children's agency UNICEF withdrew their staff, saying that it was not sure the event would help its mission of raising awareness of conditions for children and amid concerns that the relay would be used as a propaganda stunt. \"It was unconscionable,\" said a UN official who was briefed on the arguments. North Korea is frequently listed among the world's worst offenders against human rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nVietnam: The event was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 29. Some 60 torchbearers carried the torch from the downtown Opera House to the Military Zone 7 Competition Hall stadium near Tan Son Nhat International Airport along an undisclosed route. Vietnam is involved in a territorial dispute with China (and other countries) for sovereignty of the Spratly and Paracel Islands; tensions have risen recently following reports that the Chinese government had established a county-level city named Sansha in the disputed territories, resulting in anti-Chinese demonstrations in December 2007 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. However to sustain its relationship with China the Vietnamese government has actively sought to head off protests during the torch relay, with Prime Minister Nguy\u1ec5n T\u1ea5n D\u0169ng warning government agencies that \"hostile forces\" may try to disrupt the torch relay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 962]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nPrior to the rally, seven anti-China protesters were arrested in Hanoi after unfurling a banner and shouting \"Boycott the Beijing Olympics\" through a loudhailer at a market. A Vietnamese American was deported for planning protests against the torch, while a prominent blogger, \u0110i\u1ebfu C\u00e0y (real name Nguy\u1ec5n V\u0103n H\u1ea3i), who blogged about protests around the world and who called for demonstrations in Vietnam, was arrested on charges of tax evasion. Outside Vietnam, there were protests by overseas Vietnamese in Paris, San Francisco and Canberra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0052-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nL\u00ea Minh Phi\u1ebfu, a torchbearer who is a Vietnamese law student studying in France, wrote a letter to the president of the International Olympic Committee protesting China's \"politicisation of the Olympics\", citing maps of the torch relay at the official Beijing Olympic website depicting the disputed islands as Chinese territory and posted it on his blog. One day before the relay was to start, the official website appeared to have been updated to remove the disputed islands and dotted lines marking China's maritime claims in the South China Sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nHong Kong: The event was held in Hong Kong on May 2. In the ceremony held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Chief Executive Donald Tsang handed the torch to the first torchbearer, Olympic medalist Lee Lai Shan. The torch relay then traveled through Nathan Road, Lantau Link, Sha Tin (crossed Shing Mun River via a dragon boat, which had been never used before in the history of Olympic torch relays), Victoria Harbour (crossed by Tin Hau, a VIP vessel managed by the Marine Department) before ending in Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0053-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nA total of 120 torchbearers were selected to participate in the event consisting of celebrities, athletes and pro-Beijing camp politicians. No politicians from the pro-democracy camp were selected as torchbearers. One torchbearer could not participate due to flight delay. It was estimated that more than 200,000 spectators came out and watched the relay. Many enthusiastic supporters wore red shirts and waved large Chinese flags. According to Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang, 3,000 police were deployed to ensure order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThere were several protests along the torch relay route. Members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, including pro-democracy activist Szeto Wah, waved novelty inflatable plastic Olympic flames, which they said symbolised democracy. They wanted accountability for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and the implementation of democracy in Hong Kong. Political activist and Legislative Council member Leung Kwok-hung (Longhair) also joined the protest, saying \"I'm very proud that in Hong Kong we still have people brave enough to speak out.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0054-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nPro-democracy activists were overwhelmed by a crowd of torch supporters with insults like \"running dog,\" \"traitor,\" \"get out!,\" and \"I love the Communist Party.\" At the same time, about 10 members of the Civil Human Rights Front had orange banners calling for human rights improvements and universal suffrage. Onlookers were saying \"Aren't you Chinese?\" in Mandarin putonghua as they tried to cover the orange banners with a large Chinese national flag. One woman had an orange sign that said, \"Olympic flame for democracy\", while a man carried a poster with a tank and the slogan \"One world, two dreams\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0054-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nA university student and former RDHK radio host Christina Chan wrapped the Tibetan snow lion flag around her body and later began waving it. Several onlookers heckled Chan, shouting \"What kind of Chinese are you?\" and \"What a shame!\" In the end, she and some of the protesters were taken away against their will by the authorities via a police vehicle \"for their own protection.\" Chan is currently suing the Hong Kong government, claiming her human rights were breached. (case number HCAL139/08)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nThe Color Orange democracy group, led by Danish sculptor Jens Galschi\u00f8t, originally planned to join the Hong Kong Alliance relay and paint the \"Pillar of Shame\", a structure he built in Hong Kong to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. However, Galschi\u00f8t and two other people were denied entry to Hong Kong on April 26, 2008 due to \"immigration reasons\" and were forced to leave Hong Kong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0055-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nIn response, Lee Cheuk Yan, vice chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, said, \"It's outrageous that the government is willing to sacrifice the image of Hong Kong because of the torch relay.\" Hollywood actress Mia Farrow was also briefly questioned at the Hong Kong airport though officials allowed her to enter. She later gave a speech criticizing China's relations with Sudan in Hong Kong, as there was also a small minority of people protesting about China's role in the crisis of Darfur. Legislator Cheung Man Kwong have also said the government's decision allowing Farrow to enter while denying others is a double standard and a violation to Hong Kong's one country, two systems policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nMacao: The event was held in Macau on May 3. It was the first time that the Olympic torch had traveled to Macau. A ceremony was held at Macau Fisherman's Wharf. Afterward, the torch traveled through Macau, passing by a number of landmarks including A-Ma Temple, Macau Tower, Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho, Ponte de Sai Van, Macau Cultural Centre, Macau Stadium and then back to the Fisherman's Wharf for the closing ceremony. Parts of the route near Ruins of St. Paul's and Taipa was shortened due to large crowds of supporters blocking narrow streets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nA total of 120 torchbearers participated in this event including casino tycoon Stanley Ho. Leong Hong Man and Leong Heng Teng were the first and last torchbearer in the relay respectively. An article published on Macao Daily News criticized that the list of the torchbearers could not fully represent the Macanese and that there were too many non-athletes among the torchbearers. (some of whom had already been torchbearers of other sporting events)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nA union planned to protest at the relay for better living conditions. Hong Kong legislator Michael Mak Kwok-fung and activist Chan Cheong, both members of the League of Social Democrats, were not allowed to enter Macau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, International and HK&Macau leg\nA Macau resident was arrested on April 26 for posting a message on cyberctm.com encouraging people to disrupt the relay. Both orchidbbs.com and cyberctm.com Internet forums were shut down from May 2 to 4. This fueled speculation that the shutdowns were targeting speeches against the relay. The head of the Bureau of Telecommunications Regulation has denied that the shutdowns of the websites were politically motivated. About 2,200 police were deployed on the streets, there were no interruptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Sequence of events, Domestic (Mainland China) leg\nMainland China: The torch returned to China for the first time since April. The torch arrived in Sanya, Hainan on May 4 with celebrations attended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials and Chinese big names like Jackie Chan. The entire relay through Mainland China was largely a success with many people welcoming the arrival of the torch along the way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Media coverage\nThe coverage of the events by the media came under scrutiny during the relay. Chinese media coverage of the torch relay has been distinct in a number of ways from coverage elsewhere. Western reporters in Beijing have described Chinese media coverage as partial and censored (for example when Chinese media did not broadcast Reporters Without Borders' disruption of the torch lighting ceremony), whereas Chinese netizens have in turn accused Western media coverage of being biased. The French newspaper Lib\u00e9ration was criticised by the Chinese State press agency Xinhua for its allegedly biased reporting; Xinhua suggested that Lib\u00e9ration needed \"a stinging slap in the face\" for having \"insulted the Olympic flame\" and \"supported a handful of saboteurs\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Media coverage\nIn response to pro-Tibet and pro-human rights protests, the Chinese media focused on the more disruptive protesters, referring for example to \"a very small number of 'Tibet independence' secessionists and a handful of so-called human rights-minded NGO activists\" intent on \"disrupting and sabotaging the Beijing Olympic Games\". However, the Chinese media published articles about crowds supporting the torch relay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Media coverage\nXinhua and CCTV quoted relay spectators who condemned the protests, to a greater extent than most Western media, but did not quote any alternate viewpoints, providing no coverage of support for the protests by some ordinary citizens in Western countries. It quoted athletes who expressed pride at taking part in the relays, to a greater extent than Western media, but not those who, like Marie-Jos\u00e9 P\u00e9rec, expressed understanding and support for the protesters. The Beijing Organising Committee for the Games mentioned the \"smiling faces of the elderly, children and the artists on the streets\", of cheering and supportive Londoners. Xinhua said that protesters were \"radicals\" who \"trampled human rights\" and whose activities were condemned by \"the people of the world who cordially love the Olympic spirit\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 873]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Media coverage\nReports on the Delhi relay were similarly distinct. Despite intended torchbearers Kiran Bedi, Soha Ali Khan, Sachin Tendulkar and Bhaichung Bhutia all withdrawing from the event, the official Chinese website for the relay reported \"Indian torchbearers vow to run for spirit of Olympics\", and quoted torchbearers Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Abhinav Bindra, Ayaan Ali Khan and Rajinder Singh Rahelu all stating that sports and politics should not be mixed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Media coverage\nChinese media have also reported on Jin Jing, whom the official Chinese torch relay website described as \"heroic\" and an \"angel\", whereas Western media initially gave her little mention \u2013 despite a Chinese claim that \"Chinese Paralympic athlete Jin Jing has garnered much attention from the media\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Media coverage\nSome Western media have reported on Chinese accusations of Western media bias. The Daily Telegraph published an opinion piece by the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom, Fu Ying, who accused Western media of \"demonising\" China during their coverage of the torch relays. The Telegraph also asked its readers to send their views in response to the question \"Is the West demonising China?\" The BBC reported on a demonstration in Sydney by Chinese Australians \"voicing support for Beijing amid controversy over Tibet\" and protesting against what they saw as Western media bias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0065-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Media coverage\nThe report showed demonstrators carrying signs which read \"Shame on some Western media\", \"BBC CNN lies too\" and \"Stop media distortion!\". One demonstrator interviewed by the BBC stated: \"I saw some news from CNN, from the BBC, some media [inaudible], and they are just lying.\" Lib\u00e9ration also reported that it had been accused of bias by the Chinese media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Media coverage\nOn April 17, Xinhua condemned what it called \"biased coverage of the Lhasa riots and the Olympic torch relay by the U.S.-based Cable News Network (CNN)\". The same day, the Chinese government called on CNN to \"apologise\" for having allegedly insulted the Chinese people, and for \"attempting to incite the Chinese people against the government\". CNN issued a statement on April 14, responded to China over 'thugs and goons' comment by Jack Cafferty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Media coverage\nOn April 19, the BBC reported that 1,300 people had gathered outside BBC buildings in Manchester and London, protesting against what they described as Western media bias. Several days earlier, the BBC had published an article entitled \"The challenges of reporting in China\", responding to earlier criticism. The BBC's Paul Danahar noted that Chinese people were now \"able to access the BBC News website for the first time, after years of strict censorship\", and that \"many were critical of our coverage\". He provided readers with a reminder of censorship in China, and added: \"People who criticise the media for their coverage in Tibet should acknowledge that we were and still are banned from reporting there.\" He also quoted critical Chinese responses, and invited readers to comment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 850]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Media coverage\nOn April 20, the People's Daily published a report entitled \"Overseas Chinese rally against biased media coverage, for Olympics\". It included images of Chinese people demonstrating in France, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. One picture showed Chinese demonstrators holding a sign which claimed, incorrectly, that the BBC had not reported on Jin Jing. The People's Daily quoted one protester who claimed the \"BBC on some of the recent events has misled the British public and the rest of the world by providing intensive untruthful reports and biased coverage.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Media coverage\nOn April 4, there were reports of an Anti- cnn website that criticizes the cable network's coverage of recent events. The site appears to have been created by a Beijing citizen. However, foreign correspondents in Beijing claimed that the site may be a semi-government-made website. A Chinese government spokesman said the site was spontaneously set up by a Chinese citizen angered over media coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Torch security\nThe Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee sent out a team of 30 unarmed attendants selected from the People's Armed Police to escort the flame throughout its journey. According to Asian Times, sworn in as the \"Beijing Olympic Games Sacred Flame Protection Unit\" during a ceremony in August 2007, their main job was to keep the Olympic flame alight throughout the journey and to assist in transferring the flame between the torches, the lanterns and the cauldrons. They wear matching blue tracksuits and are intended to accompany the torch every step of the way. One of the torch attendants, dubbed \"Second Right Brother,\" had developed a significant online fan-base, particularly among China's female netizens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Controversies, Torch security\nTwo additional teams of 40 attendants each accompanied the flame on its Mainland China route. This arrangement had however sparked several controversies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Reactions\nIn China, a call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boycott to include French luxury goods and cosmetic products. Chinese protesters organized boycotts of the French-owned retail chain Carrefour in major Chinese cities including Kunming, Hefei and Wuhan, accusing the French nation of pro-secessionist conspiracy and anti-Chinese racism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0072-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Reactions\nSome burned French flags, some added Swastika (due to its conotaions with Nazism) to the French flag, and spread short online messages calling for large protests in front of French consulates and embassy. Some shoppers who insisted on entering one of the Carrefour stores in Kunming were blocked by boycotters wielding large Chinese flags and hit by water bottles. Hundreds of people joined Anti- French rallies in Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming and Qingdao, which quickly spread to other cities like Xi'an, Harbin and Jinan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0072-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Reactions\nCarrefour denied any support or involvement in the Tibetan issue, and had its staff in its Chinese stores wear uniforms emblazoned with the Chinese national flag and caps with Olympic insignia and as well as the words \"Beijing 2008\" to show its support for the games. The effort had to be ceased when the BOCOG deemed the use of official Olympic insignia as illegal and a violation of copyright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Reactions\nThe more the Dalai Lama clique tries to disrupt the Olympic torch relay and some Western politicians and media take advantage to launch attacks and condemn China, the more we need to unify with the people of the world to hold a successful Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Reactions\nIn response to the demonstrations, the Chinese government attempted to calm the situation, possibly fearing the protests may spiral out of control as has happened in recent years, including the anti-Japanese protests in 2005. State media and commentaries began to call for calm, such as an editorial in the People's Daily which urged Chinese people to \"express [their] patriotic enthusiasm calmly and rationally, and express patriotic aspiration in an orderly and legal manner\". The government also began to patrol and censor the internet forums such as Sohu.com, with comments related to the Carrefour boycott removed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0074-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Reactions\nIn the days prior to the planned boycott, evidence of efforts by Chinese authorities to choke the mass boycott's efforts online became even more evident, including barring searches of words related to the French protests, but protests broke out nonetheless in front of Carrefour's stores at Beijing, Changsha, Fuzhou and Shenyang on May 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Reactions\nPro -China rallies and demonstrations were held in several cities in response to the relay protests, including Paris, London, Berlin and Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198753-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Reactions\nIn Japan, the Mayor of Nagano Shoichi Washizawa said that it has become a \"great nuisance\" for the city to host the torch relay prior to the Nagano leg. Washizawa's aides said the mayor's remark was not criticism about the relay itself but about the potential disruptions and confusion surrounding it. A city employee of the Nagano City Office ridiculed the protests in Europe, saying \"they are doing something foolish\" in a televised interview. The City Office officially apologized later and explained what he had wanted to say was \"such violent protests were not easy to accept\". Also citing concerns about protests as well as the recent violence in Tibet, a major Buddhist temple in Nagano cancelled its plans to host the opening stage of the Olympic torch relay. This temple was vandalised by an unidentified person the day after in apparent revenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 899]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198754-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route\nThe 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route involved 21 countries where the Olympic torch was carried between its lighting in Greece in March 2008 and the Olympic opening ceremony in China's host city of Beijing in August 2008. The relay took place in four separate legs: in Greece, an international leg, in the Special Administrative Region of China (Hong Kong and Macau), and in mainland China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198754-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route\nThe planned route originally included a stop in Taipei between Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong, but there was disagreement in Beijing and Taipei over language used to describe whether it was an international or a domestic part of the route. While the Olympic committees of China and Chinese Taipei reached initial consensus on the approach, the government of the Republic of China in Taiwan intervened, stating that this placement could be interpreted as placing Taiwan on the same level as Hong Kong and Macau, an implication it objected to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198754-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route\nThe Beijing Organizing Committee attempted to continue negotiation, but further disputes arose over the flag or the anthem of the Republic of China along the 24\u00a0km torch route in Taiwan. By the midnight deadline for concluding the negotiation on September 21, 2007, Taiwan authorities and Mainland China were unable to come to terms with the issue of the Torch Relay. In the end, both sides of the Taiwan Strait decided to eliminate the Taipei leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198754-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route, International and HK&Macau route\nThe opening relay route ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The song \"We are ready\" was performed by Eason Chan, Hotcha, EO2 accompanied by Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong Dance company, Gauido international golden eagle gymnastics team, and senior mixed choir of the Diocesan Girls' School and the Diocesan Boys' School.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198754-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route, International and HK&Macau route\nLee Lai-shan \u2013 gold medalist in windsurfingLi Ching, Ko Lai-chak \u2013 table-tennis playersAndy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Alex Fong, Kelly Chen, Leo Ku \u2013 singersRebecca Chiu Wing-yin \u2013 squash playerLeung Chun-ying \u2013 member of Executive CouncilStephen Chan \u2013 general manager of TVBVictor Li", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198754-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route, International and HK&Macau route\nTzar-kuoi \u2013 managing director of Cheung Kong groupThomas Kwok Ping-kwong \u2013 managing director of Sun Hung Kai groupNg Ching-fai \u2013 principal of Hong Kong Baptist UniversityMichael Cheng Lai-hin \u2013 footballerKoon Wai-chee, Wang Chen \u2013 badminton playersLee Ka-kit \u2013 vice chairman of Henderson GroupChu Ching-wu \u2013 president of The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyLiza Wang \u2013 actress, singer & chairperson of Cantonese Opera Performers AssociationYip Wing-sie \u2013 music director of Hong Kong SinfoniettaRita Fan \u2013 president of Legislative CouncilTimothy Fok \u2013 president of SFOCWong Kam-po \u2013 gold medalist at Asian games in cycling", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198754-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route, Route in Mainland China\nThe total torchbearer counts for each city are available at . The relay was suspended from May 19 \u2013 21 to honor victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics\nThe 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (Chinese: 2008\u5e74\u590f\u5b63\u6b8b\u75be\u4eba\u5965\u6797\u5339\u514b\u8fd0\u52a8\u4f1a; pinyin: 2008 Ni\u00e1n Xi\u00e0j\u00ec C\u00e1nj\u00ed R\u00e9n \u00c0ol\u00ednp\u01d0k\u00e8 Y\u00f9nd\u00f2nghu\u00ec), the 13th  Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics\n3,951 athletes from 146 countries took part, the largest number of nations ever (ten more than the 2004 Games in Athens). Five countries competed for the first time. As host country, China fielded more athletes than any other country. The slogan for the 2008 Paralympics was the same as the 2008 Summer Olympics, \"One World, One Dream\" (simplified Chinese: \u540c\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e16\u754c \u540c\u4e00\u4e2a\u68a6\u60f3; traditional Chinese: \u540c\u4e00\u500b\u4e16\u754c \u540c\u4e00\u500b\u5922\u60f3 Pinyin T\u00f3ng y\u012bge sh\u00ecj\u00ece t\u00f3ng y\u012bge m\u00e8ngxi\u01ceng, lit. \"One World, One Dream\"). China dominated the medal count, finishing with 89 gold medals and 211 total medals, more than double the next-ranked NPC in both cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics\nInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Philip Craven declared the Games \"the greatest Paralympic Games ever.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics\nBeijing has been selected to host the 2022 Winter Paralympics; it would then become the first city ever to host both a Summer and Winter Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics\nIt was first time the new Paralympic logo featured in the Summer Paralympics since its rebranding after the 2004 Summer Paralympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, Venues\nNineteen competition venues were selected\u2014seventeen in Beijing, one in Hong Kong, and one in Qingdao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, Symbols, Emblem\nThe Games's emblem, \"Sky, Earth, and Human Beings\" (Chinese: \u5929\u3001\u5730\u3001\u4eba), was unveiled in July 2004, a multicolored Chinese character \"\u4e4b\" (Chinese: zh\u012b) stylized as an athletic figure in motion. Its red, blue and green colors represent sun, sky and earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, Symbols, Slogan\nThe slogan was the same as the 2008 Summer Olympics, \"One World, One Dream\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, Symbols, Mascots\nThe mascot was a cartoon cow named Fu Niu Lele (Chinese: \u798f\u725b\u4e50\u4e50), roughly meaning \"Lucky Ox 'Happy'\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, Symbols, Theme song\nThe theme song was \"Flying with the Dream\" Chinese: \u548c\u68a6\u4e00\u8d77\u98de. It was performed by Chinese-Tibetan singer Han Hong and Hong Kong singer and actor Andy Lau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, Torch relay\nThe torch relay of the 2008 Summer Paralympics started from Tian Tan (Temple of Heaven) on August 28. The flame then gathered before The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (\u7948\u5e74\u6bbf) and followed two routes (the \"Route of Ancient China\" and the \"Route of Modern China\"). Both routes returned to Beijing on September 5, and the torch was flamed at the National Stadium during the Opening Ceremony on September 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, The Games, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony took place on September 6, 2008. The pre-ceremony performance was a succession of various musical performances, ranging from military music to folk music and a performance of Ode to Joy. Following a countdown, a fireworks display signalled the beginning of the ceremony proper. The national flag of China was then raised, in accordance with usual protocol, and the national anthem of China performed. Performers wearing suits in bright colours paraded round the stadium, as a welcoming ceremony preceding the athletes' entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, The Games, Opening ceremony\nAs with the 2008 Summer Olympics, the ceremony included a parade of nations, with a flag bearer for each national team. Contrary to Olympic tradition, the national team of Greece did not enter first, as the Paralympic Games traces its roots to Stoke Mandeville rather than Olympia; the host country, as is customary in both Olympic and Paralympic Games, came last. As Chinese is written in characters and not letters, the order of the teams' entry was determined by the number of strokes in the first character of their respective countries' Simplified Chinese names.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0011-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, The Games, Opening ceremony\nCountries with the same number of strokes in the first character are sorted by those of the next character. This made Guinea (\u51e0\u5185\u4e9a) the first country to enter as it takes two strokes to write the first character in the country's name (\u51e0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0011-0003", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, The Games, Opening ceremony\nFollowing the athletes' parade, a performance took place, divided into chapters and sub-chapters entitled the \"Journey of Space\" and \"Journey of Life\" The sunbird performance entailed Yang Haitao (\u6768\u6d77\u6d9b), a singer with a visual impairment, singing about dreams while an acrobat in sunbird costume descended in simulated flight from the air and \"awakened the blind singer from his sleep\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0011-0004", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, The Games, Opening ceremony\nThe ceremony concludes with Hou Bin, the first Chinese paralympian to be three-time champion  consecutively in the same event, lifted himself and his wheelchair up on a rope by strength of arms to the top of Beijing National Stadium, where he lit the cauldron to mark the beginning of the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, The Games, Closing ceremony\nThe 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium. It began at 8:00 pm China Standard Time (UTC+8) on September 17, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, The Games, Sports\nRowing made its first appearance in the Paralympics at these games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, The Games, Participating NPCs\nThe following National Paralympic Committees sent delegations to compete. Macau and the Faroe Islands are members of the International Paralympic Committee, but not of the International Olympic Committee; hence they participate in the Paralympic Games but not in the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, The Games, Participating NPCs\nBurundi, Gabon, Georgia, Haiti and Montenegro participated in the Paralympics for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, The Games, Participating NPCs\nBotswana was due to take part, but its single athlete, defending Paralympic champion sprinter Tshotlego Morama, withdrew prior to the Games due to injury. The country's last-minute attempt to field other athletes in her place was rejected, as they did not meet the requirement of having participated in international events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, Medal count\nThis table is based on the medal count of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, Medal count\nThe ranking is sorted primarily by the number of gold medals earned by a National Paralympic Committee. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC Country Code.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, International television\nIn France, following the Games, Philippe Juvin, national secretary of the governing Union for a Popular Movement, accused national public television network France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions of having practiced \"segregation\" by providing live coverage of the Beijing Olympics but only ten-minute daily summaries of events, outside prime time, for the Beijing Paralympics. France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions replied that it would take Juvin to court for slander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198755-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics, International television\nWhile the Games were not broadcast live in the United States, NBC broadcast a documentary featuring highlights and athlete profiles on November 9, 2008, followed by a week-long series of coverage shown by Universal Sports beginning the day after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198756-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony\nThe 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It began at 8:00 pm China Standard Time (UTC+8) on September 17, 2008. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198756-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony, Sequence of events\nThe closing ceremony took place on September 17, 2008 in the National Stadium . The sequence of events was;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198757-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics medal table\nThe medal table of the 2008 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition. The 2008 Paralympics was the thirteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 6\u00a0September to 17\u00a0September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198757-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics medal table\nSome 3,951\u00a0athletes from 146 NPCs participated in 472\u00a0events in 20\u00a0sports, with Burundi, Gabon, Georgia, Haiti and Montenegro making their Paralympic debuts. This set new records for both the number of NPCs competing and the number of athletes overall. The design of the medals was similar to those awarded in the 2008 Summer Olympics, featuring jade discs inserted into the medals themselves, with different color discs included for the three types of medals. A total of 21\u00a0designs were submitted from designers from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University and the China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation, with the final design approved in the autumn of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198757-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics medal table\nAthletes from a record 76\u00a0NPCs won medals, leaving 70\u00a0NPCs without a medal. Athletes from Croatia, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Venezuela won their first ever gold medals. Host China topped the medal table with 211\u00a0medals in total, including 89\u00a0gold medals, while Great Britain placed second with 102\u00a0medals, including 42\u00a0golds. Canadian wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc, S9 swimmers Natalie du Toit and Matthew Cowdrey, from South Africa and Australia respectively, each won five gold medals at the 2008 Games. Brazilian S5 swimmer Daniel Dias won the most individual medals overall, a total of nine medals, comprising four golds, four silvers and a bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198757-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics medal table, Medal table\nThe ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a \"nation\" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198757-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics medal table, Medal table\nIn the judo competition, an additional thirteen bronze medals were awards as the losing competitors in both of the semi finals were each awarded a medal rather than having a playoff bout to decide the medallist. The swimming also saw multiple instances of the same medals being awarded, in the women's 100m backstroke S10, both Sophie Pascoe and Shireen Sapiro swam a dead heat in the final and were both awarded a gold medal, resulting in no silver medal being given that for event. In both the women's 400, freestyle S13 and the men's 100m butterfly S11, two bronze medals were awarded each as two swimmers set the same time in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198757-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics medal table, Changes in medal standings\nOn 14\u00a0September 2008, Rebecca Chin was stripped of the silver medal she had won in the F37-38 discus competition. The IPC overruled a change in her classification made earlier in the month, making her ineligible to have won the medal as she was reclassified as a F44 competitor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198758-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics national flag bearers\nDuring the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, athletes from each participating country paraded in the stadium, preceded by their flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country. It is considered a great honour to bear the country's flag in the Parade of Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198758-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics national flag bearers, Parade order\nPer tradition, the host country, in this case the People's Republic of China, marched last however contrary to tradition in the Olympic Games the national team of Greece did not enter first. All other nations marched in name order in the language of the host nation, which in this case is the Chinese language. As Chinese is written in characters and not letters, the order of the teams' entry was determined by the number of strokes in the first character of their respective countries' Simplified Chinese names. Countries with the same number of strokes in the first character are sorted by those of the next character. This made Guinea (\u51e0\u5185\u4e9a) the first country to enter, as it takes two strokes to write the first character in the country's name (\u51e0), and Zambia (\u8d5e\u6bd4\u4e9a) last-but-one, ahead of China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 859]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198758-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics national flag bearers, List\nThe following is a list of each country's flag bearer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 51], "content_span": [52, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony\nThe 2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium on September 6, 2008 just two weeks after the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The event was themed \"One World, One Dream\" and \"Transcendence, Integration, Equality.\" The show was attended by about 91,000 to 100,000 spectators. It was approximately 3-hours in length and consisted of 6,000 performers and 4,000 disabled athletes from 148 countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Pre-ceremony performance\nThe site of pre-ceremony performance is the Small Stage to the north of the field. After Pre-ceremony performance, the hosts give interactive guidance to the audience for 40 minutes. The pre-ceremony performance included a series of musical performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Welcoming ceremony\nPresident of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao makes an entrance along with Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Welcoming ceremony\nCountdown started several children displayed cards with \"60\", \"50\" and \"20\" after distributing fireworks in Tiananmen Square for 10 seconds and starting at 19:59:50 China Standard Time at the country and sky above the stadium is the same as the countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics closing ceremony from \"10\" to \"1\" with all voice screaming as \"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1\" or \"Shi!! !, Jiu!! !, Ba!! !, Qi!! !, Liu!! !, Wu!! !, Si!! !, San!!! Er!! !, Yi!!!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Welcoming ceremony\nand \"0\" (the moment of opening) is used to release large-scale fireworks above the stadium to the Games and herald the start of the officially opening time at 20:00:00 China Standard Time. The flag of the PRC is raised while the military band of the  People's Liberation Army from Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion raise the flag and play the national anthem March of the Volunteers. More fireworks are displayed. Cartoon marathon athletes wear suits of different colors to form a line of rainbow. The rainbow stripe stretches around the stadium. They form the symbol of the Paralympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Parade of nations\nAs with the 2008 Summer Olympics, the ceremony included a parade of nations, with a flag bearer for each national team. . As Chinese is written in characters and not letters, the order of the teams' entry was determined by the number of strokes in the first character of their respective countries' Simplified Chinese names. In this list the host country came last Countries with the same number of strokes in the first character are sorted by those of the next character.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Parade of nations\nThis made Guinea (\u51e0\u5185\u4e9a) the first country to enter as it takes two strokes to write the first character in the country's name (\u51e0). A total of 148 nations enter in the predetermined order. With the Paralympic Games, athletes enter the stadium first and then watch the performances together with the audience. A huge feather consisting of 148 feathers is formed within the Bird's Nest, with each feather symbolizing the ideal of all people with disability in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Artistic section\nSound of birds chirping resonate in the otherwise silent stadium. A sunbird flies from the top of the Bird's Nest. Then the sunbird flies down to the golden meadow in the field to awaken a blind singer from his sleep. The sunbird chirps in front of him, and the singer translates the sunbird's message for the whole audience with sign language. Meanwhile, Chinese and English voice-over is aired \"there are dreams in life after all\". The sunbird and the blind singer Yang Haitao (\u6768\u6d77\u6d9b) walk onto the center stage in the field together referred to as the \"White Jade Plate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Artistic section\nYang performs the song \"Heaven\" (\u5929\u57df), then saids \"My name is Yang Haitao. I am blind. My home is China. If I can see the light for three days, I want to see my father, my mother and you the most\u2026\"  A white cloud appears, then a trumpeter plays the music of \"Hello, Stars\" and 300 deaf girls communicate with sign languages, led by 50 sign language teachers. The girls form a series of circles at the \"White Jade Plate\" and expand. Fireworks are lighted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Artistic section\nA girl with one leg appears in a wheelchair. She wears one red shoe having lost her leg in the Sichuan earthquake. She is circled by a group of ballet performers dancing with arm aerobics wearing shoes in their hands. The girl in the center is then carried around.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Artistic section\nBlind pianist Jin Yuanhui (\u91d1\u5143\u8f89) plays the piano to accompany the four seasons theme. The plate panels are rotated in different colors to represent different sceneries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Artistic section\nThen 2,000 space robots appear in a circle. They change into the four forms of frog, seagull, cow and duck with a popular cartoon dance. The audience imitate the sounds of these animals: \"Croak! Croak! Croak!\" \" Moo! Moo! Moo!\" and \"Quack! Quack! Quack!\" Fireworks are displayed. The Paralympics mascot Fu Niu Lele (\u798f\u725b\u4e50\u4e50) is represented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Artistic section\nA female singer pushing a baby carriage and a male singer walk and sing on the White Jade Plate. 100 female dancers slowly flow to the White Jade Plate like a galaxy. Thousands of luminous silver threads pull the whole Earth, as if he is carrying a traveling bag full of mountains, rivers and lands of the whole world. A display of 750 performers form birds and swans with their hands. On the blue backdrop it appears as birds or animals in the sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Speech\nLiu Qi, head of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games accompanies Philip Craven, president of the IPC, to the podium to give an address. Paramount leader Hu Jintao then declares the Paralympics games opened at 22:36 Beijing time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Paralympic flame lighting of the flame cauldron\nAfter a performance of the theme song Flying with the Dream by Han Hong and Andy Lau, the Paralympic flag was raised by PLA Army from Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion and the Paralympic anthem played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 107], "content_span": [108, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Paralympic flame lighting of the flame cauldron\nRepresentatives of the athletes and judges then take an oath. Chinese goalball judge Hao Guohua took the Paralympic oath on behalf of all officials, while Paralympic runner Wu Chunmiao took the oath on behalf of the competitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 107], "content_span": [108, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198759-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony, Paralympic flame lighting of the flame cauldron\nThe first torchbearer, Jin Jing, brought in the Olympic torch lit from the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. It was handed down by six torchbearers. The Paralympic flame is transferred last by Ping Yali to Hou Bin, the high jump gold medalist with one leg. In his wheelchair, Hou Bin pulls himself up to the cauldron and the flame is lit. A long series of fireworks is displayed around the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 107], "content_span": [108, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198760-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics torch relay\nThe torch relay for the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games was held between August 28 and September 6 in eleven cities, and also included the tomb of Yellow Emperor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198760-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics torch relay, Planned Route\nIn 2007, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games announced the torch relay route, composed of three parts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198760-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics torch relay, Change of the route\nIn June 2008, the Beijing Games' Organizing Committee announced that the planned four international torch relay cities and four national cities for the Paralympic Games had been cancelled. The Committee stated that the relay was being cancelled to enable the Chinese government to \"focus on the rescue and relief work\" following the Sichuan earthquake. The torch relay was held exclusively within China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198760-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics torch relay, Change of the route\nDespite the officially stated reason for the cancellation, The Guardian attributed it to China's wish to avoid \"a repeat of the protests\" which had occurred in a number of cities around the world during the Olympics torch relay. Similarly, The Times wrote: \"China has cancelled the international leg of the Paralympic torch relay, which was due to pass through London, in an apparent attempt to avoid similar protests to those that dogged the Olympic torch\u2019s global tour.\" Reuters reported simply: \"China, whose Beijing Olympic torch relay was dogged by protest overseas, on Wednesday cancelled the international leg of the Paralympic torch relay, giving the devastating Sichuan earthquake as the reason.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198760-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics torch relay, Change of the route\nThe relay started from Tiantan on August 28 and then divided to two parallel lines before coming together in Beijing:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198760-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Summer Paralympics torch relay, Final Relay in Main Stadium\nChinese athletes with disabilities carried the torch in Beijing National Stadium during the Games' Opening Ceremony. Jin Jing carried the torch into the stadium, before it was passed on to Paralympic gold medallists Wu Yunhu, Zhang Hongwei, Zhang Haidong, Sun Changting and Hou Bin. Hou then pulled himself up on a rope to the top of the stadium to light the Paralympic flame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198761-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament was won by Oral Roberts. It took place March 8\u201311, 2008 at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198761-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198761-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Format, 2008 seeds\nNOTE: North Dakota State and South Dakota State are ineligible for the 2008 Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198761-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Format, 4th Place Tiebreaker\nIPFW and Southern Utah split their two games and had identical records against each conference team. Southern Utah received the 4th seed, because their RPI of 231 was better than IPFW's RPI of 235.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198762-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 5\u201311, 2008. The first round was held at campus sites. The quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game took place in Mobile, Alabama at the Mitchell Center. The semifinals were televised by ESPN Regional Television. The Sun Belt Conference Championship Game were televised by ESPN2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198763-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sun Bowl\nThe 2008 Brut Sun Bowl, part of the 2008\u201309 NCAA Division I FBS bowl season, was played on December 31, 2008 at the stadium of the same name on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, Texas. The 75th annual contest pitted the Pittsburgh Panthers against the Oregon State Beavers. Pittsburgh previously appeared in the Sun Bowl in 1975 and 1989. Oregon State previously appeared in the Sun Bowl only once, in 2006. Entering the contest, the teams had a combined 3\u20130 record in Sun Bowls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198763-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sun Bowl\nOregon State won 3\u20130, the lowest scoring bowl game since a 0\u20130 tie between Air Force and TCU in the 1959 Cotton Bowl Classic and the lowest-scoring Sun Bowl since a 0\u20130 tie between Arizona State and Catholic University on January 1, 1940. It was the first shutout loss for the Panthers since 1996. This game, however, was special because the only points were scored on a field goal kicked off of a botched hold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198763-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sun Bowl\nOregon State opted to wear orange uniforms, even though as the nominal visiting team they should have worn white. As a result, they were docked a time out in lieu of a penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198763-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sun Bowl\nThis game marked the 41st consecutive telecast by CBS Sports. No other network and bowl game has been paired for a longer period of time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198763-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sun Bowl\nThe halftime show included a performance by musical group The Village People as Sun Bowl officials broke the Guinness World Record for largest Y.M.C.A. dance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198764-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 SunTrust Indy Challenge\nThe 2008 SunTrust Indy Challenge was the ninth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on June 28, 2008 at the 0.750-mile (1.207\u00a0km) Richmond International Raceway, in Henrico County, Virginia. At the start, Ryan Hunter-Reay spun just before the start/finish line, which brought the yellow out immediately. The first 7 laps were run under yellow with Tony Kanaan leading from the pole position. On lap 8, the green came out, but only one lap was completed before the next yellow. Will Power was driving below H\u00e9lio Castroneves, lost control, and crashed in turn 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198764-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 SunTrust Indy Challenge\nThe race finally got going on lap 21, when the green came out once again. On lap 31, A. J. Foyt IV touched wheels with John Andretti, and Foyt crashed in the wall in turn 2. His Vision Racing teammate Ed Carpenter ran over debris from the crash, and both cars were sidelined. During the caution, a handful of cars pitted, including Danica Patrick and rookie Jaime Camara, but most of the leaders stayed on the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198764-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 SunTrust Indy Challenge\nKanaan continued to lead when debris brought out the caution again on lap 67. All of the leaders pitted, while Camara and Patrick stayed out and took the first two spots. On the restart, Camara led the field, but Buddy Rice spun and tagged the wall on the frontstretch. The field checked up, and Darren Manning, Ryan Briscoe and Bruno Junqueira were involved in a separate crash. Camara led at the next restart, while Kanaan, Patrick, and Castroneves went 3-wide for second. Behind them in turn 2, John Andretti and V\u00edtor Meira tangled, and crashed hard in the wall. Patrick returned to the pits, and topped off with fuel. Camara continued to lead, and impressively held off Kanaan on the restart. On lap 116, Marco Andretti caught up to Camara, and took the lead for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198764-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 SunTrust Indy Challenge\nGraham Rahal crashed on lap 133 in turn 4. Many of the leaders pitted, but Marco Andretti stayed out to lead. Another restart saw only three green laps, as yet another crash occurred, this time involving Hunter-Reay and Mario Moraes. Around this time, some teams anticipated that rain might end the race early. Marco Andretti gave up the lead on lap 204 when he made his final pit stop. That put Kanaan back into the lead. On lap 217, after a brilliant run in the top five, Camara lost control and crashed on the frontstretch. The yellow trapped Andretti a lap down, and kept Kanaan in the lead after the final sequence of pits stops. The rain held off, and Kanaan led the rest of the way for his first victory of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198765-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sundance Film Festival\nThe 2008 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 17, 2008 to January 27 in Park City, Utah. It was the 24th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival. The opening night film was In Bruges and the closing night film was CSNY D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198765-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sundance Film Festival, Films\nOut of 2,021 U.S. and 1,603 international feature-length films submitted for consideration, 121 were selected to be shown at the festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198765-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sundance Film Festival, Films\nFor a list of films that were shown at the festival, see List of films at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198765-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sundance Film Festival, Juries\nThe juries at the Sundance Film Festival are responsible for determining the Jury Prize winners in each category and to award Special Jury Prizes as they see fit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198766-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunderland City Council election\nThe 2008 Sunderland Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198766-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunderland City Council election, Background\nBefore the election the council had 53 Labour, 17 Conservative, 4 independents and 1 Liberal Democrat councillors. 25 seats were contested in the election with a record 70,828 voters being registered to vote by post, a third of all registered voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198766-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunderland City Council election, Background\nIn the period since the previous local elections, the Conservatives had won a seat from Labour in a by-election in September 2007 in Washington East. Two Labour councillors who had left the party in November 2006 to sit as Independents, George Blyth in Doxford and Bryn Sidaway in Hendon, retired at this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198766-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunderland City Council election, Election result\nThe results saw Labour remain in control of the council, but with a reduced majority after the Conservative party gained 5 seats, including 4 from Labour. The Conservatives gained 2 seats from Labour in Washington and a seat each in Ryhope and St Chads, while also taking a seat from an independent, formerly Labour, councillor in Doxford. The Conservative gains took the party to 22 seats, compared to 48 for Labour. Labour also lost 2 seats to independents in Copt Hill and Houghton wards, but did take one seat back in Hendon which had been held by an independent. This meant there were 4 independents on the council, while the Liberal Democrats remained on 1 seat. Overall turnout in the election was 34.9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198766-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunderland City Council election, Election result\nThe leader of the Conservatives on the council, Lee Martin, put the Labour losses partly down to national issues such as the abolition of the 10 pence income tax rate and partly down to local issues. The Labour leader of the council described the results as \"mid-term blues\", while the defeat of the Labour cabinet member Joseph Lawson in Houghton ward to an independent was put down to plans to shut a quarry in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198766-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunderland City Council election, Ward results\nThe incumbent Labour councillor, George Blyth, had been elected in 2004 as a Labour candidate, but subsequently left the party to sit as an Independent councillor, and retired at this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198766-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunderland City Council election, Ward results\nThe incumbent Labour councillor, Bryn Sidaway, had been elected in 2004 as a Labour candidate, but subsequently left the party to sit as an Independent councillor, and retired at this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198767-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500\nThe 2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500, the twenty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and was held on August 3 of that year at Pocono Raceway in the village of Long Pond, Pennsylvania. ESPN carried the race beginning at 1 PM US EDT and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage of the 500 miles (800\u00a0km) race starting at 1:15 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198767-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500\nThe race was sponsored by Sunoco through its official NASCAR gasoline sponsorship and will benefit the American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter (covering Philadelphia and the surrounding five-county region), and marked the first time since 1996 that a race at the 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km) track has had a corporate sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198767-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500, Qualifying\nJimmie Johnson took the pole position with Mark Martin and David Gilliland in the second and third positions, and Jeff Gordon starting fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198767-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500, Race Recap\nAfter \"Happy Hour\" was washed out on Saturday due to rain, a mandatory caution would be flying at Lap 20, however two accidents predated them. A rain delay held up the race with 69 laps left, and Carl Edwards would win his fourth race of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198768-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunshine Tour\nThe 2008 Sunshine Tour was the ninth season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the second since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198768-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunshine Tour\nThe tour was based predominantly in South Africa, with 26 of the 30 tournaments being held in the country. Two events were held in Swaziland, with one each in Zambia and Namibia. There were two new tournaments, The Africa Open, which the tour hopes will become \"Africa's Major\" in the future, and the BMG Classic, founded by the Bearing Man Group, who wished to continue their involvement with the tour following the end of their long run as title sponsors of the Highveld Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198768-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunshine Tour\nThe order of merit was dominated by Richard Sterne, who won all three European Tour co-sanctioned tournaments, by far the richest on the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198768-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunshine Tour, Schedule\nThe table below shows schedule of events for the 2008 Sunshine Tour. As usual, the tour consisted of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the \"Summer Swing\" and \"Winter Swing\". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally had much higher prize funds, attracted stronger fields, and were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points, with three events being co-sanctioned with the European Tour. Since the tour switched to a calendar based season, this part of the tour has been split in two, with six events being held at the start of the year, and the remainder in December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198768-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunshine Tour, Schedule\nThe Winter Swing ran from March to November, starting with the Mount Edgecombe Trophy, and closing with the Coca-Cola Charity Championship, hosted by Gary Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198768-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunshine Tour, Schedule\nPrize funds shown did not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198768-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Sunshine Tour, Order of Merit\nEngland's Robert Rock was the third highest money winner (with R1,280,632.80) but did not qualify for the Order of Merit, having only played in two events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198769-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 Final\nThe final of the 2008 Super 14 season, a provincial rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere, took place on 31 May 2008 at AMI Stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The match was hosted by the Canterbury Crusaders who defeated the New South Wales Waratahs by 20 points to 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198769-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 Final, Road to the Final\nThe Crusaders and Waratahs finished the round-robin first and second on the Super 14 table respectively. The Crusaders finished nine points clear of second place, and had secured a top of the table position prior to the last week of the round-robin. The Waratahs only secured second place, and a place in the finals in the last round of the competition. The Hurricanes lost to the Blues in their final-match of the round robin, and the Waratah's defeat of the Queensland Reds allowed them to leap the Hurricanes into second place. The Sharks bonus point defeat of the Chiefs in Durban secured them third place on the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198769-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 Final, Road to the Final\nThe Crusaders then hosted the Hurricanes in Christchurch, and the Waratahs hosted the Sharks in Sydney. The Crusaders defeated the Hurricanes 33\u201322 with three tries each, and the Waratahs defeated the Sharks 28\u201313. The Crusaders eventually prevailed in a toughly fought final, 20\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198769-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 Final, Match, First half\nThe Crusaders scored the first points of the game when Fly-half Dan Carter kicked a penalty in the fourth minute, giving the Crusaders a 3\u20130 lead. The Waratahs scored their first points of the match when Kurtley Beale kicked the ball across field, and Waratah's winger Lachlan Turner caught the ball to score a try. The attempted conversion by Beale was unsuccessful, leaving the Waratahs with a 5\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198769-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 Final, Match, First half\nThe next score occurred in the 25th minute when Waratahs flanker Phil Waugh intercepted a pass from Dan Carter. Waugh passed to Turner who chipped the ball and then collected to score his second try. Beale's conversion was successful and the Waratahs extended their lead to 12\u20133. Carter kicked a penalty in the 32nd minute to reduce the Waratah's lead to 12\u20136. The final score before half time came in the 38th minute when Crusaders No. 8 Mose Tuiali'i scored in the right hand corner. Carter's conversion was unsuccessful, and the half ended with the Waratahs leading by 12 points to 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198769-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 Final, Match, Second half\nIn the 46th minute the Crusaders took the lead again by 14 points to 12 via a Dan Carter penalty. The Crusaders looked to have scored their second try in the 56th minute when prop Wyatt Crockett landed on a loose ball in the Waratah's in-goal area, but play was taken back 60 metres after touch judge Cobus Wessels reported that Crusaders lock Brad Thorn had thrown a punch. The try was disallowed and the Crusaders penalised. Thorn was given a yellow card and sent to the sin bin for ten minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198769-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 Final, Match, Second half\nDespite having an extra man for the next ten minutes, the Waratahs were unable to score, and were further hampered by the loss of Kurtley Beale to injury. In the 70th minute Carter kicked a drop-goal to take the Crusaders lead to 17\u201312, and four minutes later kicked a penalty to further extend the lead to 20\u201312. With only minutes remaining Crusaders winger Scott Hamilton dropped the ball only metres from the Waratahs try-line. The score remained at 20\u201312, and the Crusaders won their seventh Super rugby title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198769-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 Final, Match details\nTouch judges: Craig Joubert Cobus WesselsTelevision match official: Shaun Veldsman", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198770-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 season\nThe 2008 Super 14 season started in February 2008 with pre-season matches held from mid-January. It finished on 31 May, when the Crusaders won their seventh Super Rugby title with a 20\u201312 victory over the Waratahs in front of the Crusaders' home fans at AMI Stadium. The 2008 season was the third of the expansion, which led to the name change to the Super 14. The schedule, which covered 3\u00bd months, featured a total of 94 matches, with each team playing one full round robin against the 13 other teams, two semi-finals and a final. Every team received one bye over the 14 rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198770-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 season, Introduction of Experimental law variations\nThe 2008 competition is currently the highest level competition to trial any of the International Rugby Board's (IRB) Experimental law variations (ELVs). The laws had been trialled in various competitions in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. The highest level competition the laws had previously been introduced to was the 2007 Australian Rugby Championship. The introduction of the laws for the 2008 season was approved by the competition's governing body, SANZAR, at a meeting on 4 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 65], "content_span": [66, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198770-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 season, Introduction of Experimental law variations\nSANZAR decided not to adopt all the ELVs, and decided to adopt the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 65], "content_span": [66, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198770-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 season, Finals, Grand final\nThe final of the 2008 Super 14 season took place on 31 May 2008 at AMI Stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The match was hosted by the Crusaders who defeated the New South Wales Waratahs by 20 points to 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198770-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 season, Finals, Grand final, The match\nThe Crusaders scored the first points of the game when fly-half Dan Carter kicked a penalty in the fourth minute, giving the Crusaders a 3\u20130 lead. The Waratahs scored their first points of the match when Kurtley Beale kicked the ball across field, and Waratah's winger Lachlan Turner caught the ball to score a try. The attempted conversion by Beale was unsuccessful, leaving the Waratahs with a 5-3 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198770-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 season, Finals, Grand final, The match\nThe next score occurred in the 25th minute when Waratahs flanker Phil Waugh intercepted a pass from Dan Carter. Waugh passed to Turner who chipped the ball and then collected to score his second try. Beale's conversion was successful and the Waratahs extended their lead to 12\u20133. Carter kicked a penalty in the 32nd minute to reduce the Waratahs lead to 12\u20136. The final score before half time came in the 38th minute when Crusaders No. 8 Mose Tuiali'i scored in the right hand corner. Carter's conversion was unsuccessful, and the half ended with the Waratahs leading by 12 points to 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198770-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 season, Finals, Grand final, The match\nIn the 46th minute the Crusaders took the lead again by 14 points to 12 via a Dan Carter penalty. The Crusaders looked to have scored their second try in the 56th minute when prop Wyatt Crockett landed on a loose ball in the Waratahs in-goal area, but play was taken back 60 metres after touch judge Cobus Wessels reported that Crusaders lock Brad Thorn had thrown a punch. The try was disallowed and the Crusaders penalised. Thorn was given a yellow card and sent to the sin bin for ten minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198770-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 season, Finals, Grand final, The match\nDespite having an extra man for the next ten minutes, the Waratahs were unable to score, and were further hampered by the loss of Kurtley Beale to injury. In the 70th minute Carter kicked a drop-goal to take the Crusaders lead to 17\u201312, and four minutes later kicked a penalty to further extend the lead to 20\u201312. With only minutes remaining Crusaders winger Scott Hamilton dropped the ball only metres from the Waratahs try-line. The score remained at 20-12, and the Crusaders won their seventh Super rugby title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198770-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Super 14 season, Finals, Grand final, Match details\nTouch judges: Craig Joubert Cobus WesselsTelevision match official: Shaun Veldsman", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 56], "content_span": [57, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198771-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Fours\nThe 2008 Super Fours was the 7th cricket Super Fours season. It took place from May to July and saw 4 teams compete in a 50 over league and a Twenty20 knockout tournament. Sapphires won the 50 over tournament, achieving their third 50 over title, whilst Rubies won the Twenty20 tournament, claiming their first title in the format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198771-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Fours, Competition format\nIn the one day tournament, teams played each other twice in a round-robin format, with the winners of the group winning the tournament. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198771-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Fours, Competition format\nThe group worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198771-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Fours, Competition format\nWin: 15 points. Tie:  6 points. Loss: 0 points. Bonus Points: Up to 5 points available to the winning team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198771-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Fours, Competition format\nThe Twenty20 competition consisted of two semi-finals, with the winners progressing to a Final and the losers playing in a third place play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198772-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Super GT Series\nThe 2008 Autobacs Super GT Series was the sixteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fourth season as the Super GT series. It marked as well as the twenty-sixth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. This was the first season for the new R35 GT-R, replacing the 350Z which had been used for all GT500 Nissan teams from 2004-2007. The season began on March 15 and ended on November 9, 2008 after 9 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198773-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League Grand Final\nThe 2008 Super League Grand Final was the 11th official Grand Final and conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XIII season. Held on Saturday 4 October 2008, at Old Trafford, Manchester, the match was between League Leaders St. Helens and defending champions from 2007 Leeds Rhinos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198773-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League Grand Final, Match details\nThe coin to see who kicked off was tossed by 12-year-old, James Baxter who won the opportunity through a competition through the leagues sponsor Engage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198773-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League Grand Final, 2009 World Club Challenge\nThe Rhinos' win in the grand final earned them the right to play against the 2008 NRL season premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles on 1 March 2009 in the World Club Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198774-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League of Belize season\nThe 2008 season of the Super League of Belize began on October 21, 2007 and will conclude in early 2008. This is its first semiprofessional season, with nine teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198774-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League of Belize season, Results/Fixtures, Week 3\nO. Acevedo 28', E. Cruz 37', C. Cawich 58', O. Sandoval 73'. Bye: Belmopan Bandits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198775-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League season results\nThis article details the 2008 Super League season results. From February to October 2008, a total of 162 games were played by twelve teams over 27 regular rounds, in addition to six games played during the play-off series. The season culminated with the Grand Final on 4 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198775-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League season results, Regular season\nAll teams were required to play each team twice, once home and once away, as well as their Millennium Magic fixture, and four more fixtures decided by their league position at the end of the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198775-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League season results, Play-offs\nThe 2008 Super League championship was decided through a play-off system, in which the participants were included according to their league position at the end of 27 regular rounds. The play-off system had no bearing on the minor premiership (otherwise known as the League Leaders' Shield).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198775-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format\nSuper League XIII followed the top-six play-off system. It was the seventh year in a row the format had been applied, as well as being the final year before the play-offs were expanded in the 2009 season. Places were granted to the top six teams in the Super League XIII table. Following the final round of matches on the weekend of 5\u20137 September, all six play-off teams were set (in order of finishing place):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198775-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format\nHome field advantage was given by league position at the end of regular rounds, with the lower of the two teams playing at the higher team's ground. The only exception to this was the Grand Final, which was played at Old Trafford following tradition. The top-six system followed double elimination rules for the first and second placed team, meaning whichever of the teams lost in the qualifying semi-final had to lose again before being knocked-out of the play-offs entirely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198775-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League season results, Play-offs, Details\nElimination play-offs: , ;Qualifying Semifinal: ;Elimination Semifinal: ;Elimination Final: ;Grand Final: .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198775-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Super League season results, Play-offs, Details\nNote A: Wigan Warriors vs Bradford Bulls was played at Stobart Stadium Halton due to the JJB Stadium being unavailable due to an association football fixture taking place the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198776-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday II\nSuper Tuesday II, 2008 is the name, for 4 March 2008 the day on which the second largest simultaneous number of state presidential primary elections was held for the 2008 presidential election cycle. On this day, Mike Huckabee withdrew from the race when John McCain won enough delegates to claim the Republican nomination for president. It was the second Super Tuesday election of 2008 and took place approximately one month after the first Super Tuesday of this election. The Democratic primaries saw 444 delegates selected on this date, with 265 delegates in the Republican primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198776-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday II, Names and prior election cycles\nAfter the front-loading rush that saw twenty-four states hold their caucuses and primaries on Super Tuesday, 2008, only four states -Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont- remained on the traditional March Super Tuesday date. This caused pundits in the states left behind to note that \"this year, however, Super Tuesday isn't so super.\" The 2004 election cycle saw a similar but smaller split, with seven states holding elections in February on Mini-Tuesday, and ten holding contests on Super Tuesday II on the traditional March date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198776-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday II, Delegate allocation, Democratic\nUnder Democratic Party rules, all delegates are awarded via proportional representation, with a minimum 15% threshold required to receive delegates. A total of 444 delegates were pledged by the results of the March 4th primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198776-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday II, Delegate allocation, Republican\nThe Republican Party does not mandate a proportional representation system for delegate selection, but instead allows each state to determine its selection process. A total of 265 delegates were pledged by the results of the March 4th primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198776-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday II, Super Tuesday III\nSuper Tuesday III was the name for 6 May 2008, the day on which the states of Indiana and North Carolina held primary elections for both the Democratic and Republican nominations. It was a day tied for the fifth-largest simultaneous number of state presidential primary elections to be held in the 2008 presidential election cycle. It was the third Super Tuesday election of 2008 and took place approximately two months after Super Tuesday II, 2008. The Democratic primaries had a total of 218 delegates selected on this date, with 126 delegates chosen in the Republican primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198776-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday II, Super Tuesday III, Names and prior election cycles\nPundits have noted that this is the first time that Indiana has garnered widespread attention from presidential primary candidates since Robert F. Kennedy campaigned in the state during the 1968 election. The unexpected relevance of the Indiana Democratic primary has also resulted in much higher than normal voter registration. Likewise, North Carolina Democratic new voter registrations are triple the number reported for the same time period during the 2004 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198776-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday II, Super Tuesday III, Names and prior election cycles\n\"Super Tuesday III\" was largely considered the \"Waterloo\" of the Democratic primaries. Obama had been under fire for controversial remarks made by Jeremiah Wright, and his lead in North Carolina polls had been reduced to single digits, so Clinton's double-digit loss in that state was a major disappointment. Further hurting Clinton's campaign was the time-zone differences, as the defeat was reported in prime time, and the news of the narrow victory in Indiana had come too late. MSNBC's Tim Russert was quoted as saying \"She did not get the game-changer she wanted tonight.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198776-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday II, Super Tuesday III, Names and prior election cycles\nDemographics also played a role as North Carolina featured a lot of African-American as well as young voters in college towns, key groups who have favored Obama during the race. Indiana on the other hand had a significant number of blue-collar and rural voters, groups who favoured Clinton however the race was close as votes from nearly 330,000 people who live in Lake County, directly neighboring Chicago, an Obama stronghold were being counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198776-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday II, Super Tuesday III, Results, Democratic\nUnder Democratic Party rules, all delegates are awarded via proportional representation, with a minimum 15% threshold required to receive delegates. A total of 218 delegates will be pledged by the results of the May 6th primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198776-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday II, Super Tuesday III, Results, Republican\nThe Republican Party does not mandate a proportional representation system for delegate selection, but instead allows each state to determine its selection process. A total of 126 delegates will be pledged by the results of the May 6th primaries. The Republican primaries on this date were of little importance, as John McCain had already secured enough delegates in prior contests to win the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198776-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday II, Super Tuesday IV\nSuper Tuesday IV was held on May 20, 2008, consisting of the Democratic Kentucky and Oregon primaries. A total of 125 delegates were seated as a result of these primaries. Hillary Clinton handily won the Kentucky primary and Barack Obama handily won the Oregon primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak\nThe 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak was a deadly tornado outbreak which affected the Southern United States and the lower Ohio Valley on February 5 and 6, 2008. The event began on Super Tuesday, while 24 states in the United States were holding primary elections and caucuses to select the presidential candidates for the upcoming presidential election. Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Alabama, and Tennessee were among the affected regions in which primaries were being held. Some voting locations were forced to close early due to the approaching severe weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak\nThe outbreak generated 87 tornadoes over 15 hours from the afternoon of February 5 until the early morning of February 6. The storm system produced several destructive tornadoes in heavily populated areas, most notably in the Memphis metropolitan area, in Jackson, Tennessee, and the northeastern end of the Nashville metropolitan area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak\nA total of 57\u00a0people were killed across four states and 18\u00a0counties, with hundreds of others injured. The outbreak, at the time, was the deadliest in the era of modern NEXRAD doppler radar, which was fully implemented in 1997. The event was the second deadliest in February since 1950 behind the February 1971 Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak, which killed 123, the deadliest outbreak in both Tennessee and Kentucky since the 1974 Super Outbreak, and was at the time the deadliest tornado outbreak in the US overall since the 1985 United States\u2013Canada tornado outbreak which killed 76 people. This record would not be surpassed until the 2011 Super Outbreak which killed 324 people. Damage from tornadoes was estimated at over $500 million (2008 USD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak\nThe weather system which produced the tornadoes caused significant straight-line wind damage, hail as large as softballs \u2013 4.5 inches (11\u00a0cm) in diameter \u2013 major flooding, significant freezing rain, and heavy snow across many areas of eastern North America. The total damage from the entire weather system reached $1.2\u00a0billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis\nA series of strong low pressure systems formed across the southern Great Plains on February 4, contributing to record warmth on February 4 and 5 in the southern Plains and lower Mississippi River Valley. High temperatures across many areas reached the 70s\u00b0F (21\u201326\u00a0\u00b0C), and in Alabama temperatures reached the low 80s\u00b0F (27\u00a0\u00b0C) with dew points in the middle 60s\u00b0 (17\u201320\u00a0\u00b0C). Dewpoints in the mid 60s\u00b0F were recorded as far north as Memphis. A strong cold front trailing the low-pressure area approached the region from the west.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis\nAs the surface low progressed northeast, a strong jet streak was positioned over the warm sector, with winds moving East which was perpendicular to the direction of the surface winds, which were out at the southeast. This sharp change in winds resulted in much wind shear and wind profiles favoring rotating supercells capable of producing significant tornadoes. The strong jet streak also provided tons of lift, favoring supercells to form in the open warm sector. instability across the outbreak area. CAPE values, a measurement of the level of tropospheric instability, was well over 1000\u00a0J/kg, and Storm Relative Helicity, a measurement of the potential for rotating winds, reached over 200\u00a0m2/s\u00b2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis\nOn February 5 at 6:39\u00a0am CST (1239 UTC), the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a high risk of severe storms for most of Arkansas, the first in February since 1998. At 10:16 am CST (1616 UTC), the high risk area was extended farther northeast to include western Kentucky, northwestern Mississippi, the Missouri Bootheel, West Tennessee, and Southern Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis\nA moderate risk of severe weather was issued for northwestern Alabama, the rest of Arkansas, the rest of southern Illinois, southern Indiana, most of the rest of Kentucky, northern Louisiana, central Mississippi, parts of southeastern Missouri, southwestern Ohio, eastern Oklahoma, middle Tennessee and northeastern Texas. A total of fifteen watches were issued by the SPC during the outbreak, including thirteen tornado watches (two of which were PDS watches) and two severe thunderstorm watches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis\nEarly on the morning of February 5, a squall line developed across eastern Texas northward into Missouri and moved east towards the high risk area. Ahead of the squall line, the cap took longer than expected to break, but when it finally did in the late afternoon hours, numerous supercell thunderstorms quickly formed across Arkansas and southern Missouri. The first tornadoes touched down around 3:30 pm CST (2130 UTC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis\nA cap is a layer of relatively warm air aloft (usually several thousand feet above the ground) which suppresses or delays the development of thunderstorms; the cap often prevents or delays thunderstorm development even in the presence of extreme instability. However, if the cap is removed or weakened, then explosive thunderstorm development can occur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis\nSome of the most powerful tornado-producing supercells were situated across the Memphis and Jackson areas, as well as central Arkansas (one producing a tornado that tracked 122 miles (196\u00a0km) and lasted about two hours) between 5:00 and 7:30 pm CST (2300 to 0130 UTC) while numerous other tornadoes were reported across northern Mississippi northwest of Tupelo, Mississippi, early in the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0007-0003", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis\nAs the evening progressed, one of these supercells traveled across Middle Tennessee including the Nashville metropolitan area and south-central Kentucky, where several deadly tornadoes were reported during the evening hours between 7:30 pm and 11:00 pm CST (0130 to 0500 UTC)Meanwhile, the squall line that developed from near Dallas to Kansas City moved eastward throughout the late evening and overnight hours causing numerous reports of damaging wind along with many spin-up tornadoes from Louisiana to Ohio and Indiana. It then moved through the southeast U.S. during the early morning hours. Additional strong thunderstorms developed ahead of the front across the southeast during the overnight and early morning hours. A record (at the time) of five tornado emergency declarations were issued on February 5; four for Tennessee, and one in Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 914]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Meteorological synopsis\nOn February 6, a slight risk of severe weather was issued for much of the eastern United States from Pennsylvania to the Florida Panhandle as the squall line raced eastward ahead of the cold front. After several additional tornadoes touched down in Alabama during the early morning hours just before dawn, the primary severe weather threat became damaging wind across the Mid-Atlantic States. No additional tornadoes were reported during the late morning and afternoon as the cold front exited into the Atlantic Ocean, although wind damage was reported across eastern Kentucky, eastern Pennsylvania and most of Georgia. Farther north, snow and freezing rain, at times heavy, continued from Iowa to Quebec until February 7 as the center of the system moved slowly out of the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 840]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atkins\u2013Clinton\u2013Mountain View\u2013Highland, Arkansas\nThe first long-lived supercell, which spawned the tornado with the longest continuous track of any single tornado to occur during this outbreak, developed around 4:50\u00a0p.m. CST (2250 UTC) southeast of Centerville in Yell County, Arkansas. The tornado touched down to the southwest of New Neely, causing minor damage to two structures and downing trees at EF0 to EF1 strength. The tornado tracked into Pope County, rapidly intensifying to EF3 strength as it slammed into Lucky Landing, a marina at Lake Atkins where multiple vehicles, boats, and mobile homes were destroyed, and one woman was killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atkins\u2013Clinton\u2013Mountain View\u2013Highland, Arkansas\nContinuing northeast, the tornado struck the southern and eastern outskirts of Atkins, killing three people. 65 homes were heavily damaged or destroyed, and 39 others were damaged to a lesser degree in the Atkins area. Several vehicles were blown off of Interstate 40, and six mobile homes were destroyed as well, with five others damaged. Northeast of Atkins, the tornado toppled metal truss towers, destroyed chicken houses, and heavily damaged a large church and gym.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atkins\u2013Clinton\u2013Mountain View\u2013Highland, Arkansas\nIn the Happy Bend area, another fatality occurred as a man abandoned his mobile home and sought shelter in a large metal shipping container, which was tossed hundreds of yards into a wooded area. The tornado continued on and crossed into Conway County at EF3 intensity, passing near the town of Cleveland. 36 homes and mobile homes were destroyed, six sustained major damage, and eight sustained minor damage along this segment of the path. Several chicken houses were completely destroyed, killing 80,000 chickens, and an elderly couple was killed when their mobile home was swept completely away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atkins\u2013Clinton\u2013Mountain View\u2013Highland, Arkansas\nThe tornado intensified to EF4 strength as it entered Van Buren County and tore through the south edge of Clinton, killing three people in the vicinity. One of these deaths occurred at a boat manufacturing plant in town which was destroyed. The plant was completely leveled to the ground, with its metal beam frame severely mangled. Homes in this area were leveled and swept from their foundations, vehicles were wrapped around trees and rendered nearly unrecognizable, a dentists office was obliterated, and trees were debarked. A church and several businesses were damaged as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atkins\u2013Clinton\u2013Mountain View\u2013Highland, Arkansas\n62 homes and mobile homes were destroyed, 30 were severely damaged, and 31 sustained minor damage. The tornado maintained EF4 intensity as it continued into Stone County, slamming into the town of Mountain View. The local hospital sustained heavy roof and wall damage, and several doctors offices were destroyed, along with a paint shop, a body shop, and a car parts store. A car dealership was completely flattened, with vehicles being tossed from the sales lot and across the highway. One vehicle was lofted a considerable distance through the air and over a building before being dropped into a ravine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atkins\u2013Clinton\u2013Mountain View\u2013Highland, Arkansas\nSurveyors observed a utility pole in this area that was pulled up and jammed back into the ground with wires still attached. The town's fire station was heavily damaged, and one fatality occurred when a house was swept from its foundation. 38 homes and mobile homes were destroyed, 15 sustained major damage, and 15 sustained minor damage in the Mountain View area. The tornado weakened slightly to high-end EF3 strength as it crossed into Izard County and impacted the rural community of Zion, killing two people, destroying 43 homes and mobile homes, severely damaging 14, and lightly damaging 36 more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0010-0003", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atkins\u2013Clinton\u2013Mountain View\u2013Highland, Arkansas\nHundreds of cattle were killed in this area, and a Jeep was stripped down to its frame and tires and found wrapped around the stump of a large tree that was snapped. An unanchored home in the area was swept clean from its foundation as well, leaving only the slab behind. Maintaining EF3 intensity, the tornado then struck the town of Highland in Sharp County, resulting in severe damage. At least 40 businesses along U.S. Route 412 in Highland were damaged or destroyed, including a strip mall, a restaurant, a church, and a car dealership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0010-0004", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atkins\u2013Clinton\u2013Mountain View\u2013Highland, Arkansas\nThe local fire station was destroyed along with much of the equipment inside, and multiple vehicles were overturned along the highway. 40 homes and mobile homes were destroyed, eight sustained major damage, and 19 sustained minor damage in the Highland area. Highland High School and two apartment buildings sustained minor damage as well. To the northeast of Highland, the tornado rapidly weakened and dissipated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Atkins\u2013Clinton\u2013Mountain View\u2013Highland, Arkansas\nAn aerial survey later determined that the damage across the seven counties was caused by one continuous tornado, with a track estimated at 122\u00a0miles (196\u00a0km) in length. This was the longest single tornado track recorded in Arkansas since detailed record keeping began in 1950. In all, 13 people were killed and 140 were injured. At least 200 homes and businesses were destroyed along the tornado's path. Damage from this tornado was estimated at nearly $120 million across the seven counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Southaven, Mississippi/Memphis, Tennessee\nAt 5:32\u00a0p.m. CST (2332 UTC), a supercell thunderstorm produced a multiple-vortex tornado in Southaven, Mississippi. The tornado first struck Southaven High School, where 30 windows were broken, minor roof damage occurred, and damage was rated EF0. In the nearby Carriage Hill subdivision, several homes sustained minor damage as well. The tornado rapidly intensified to EF2 strength as it crossed the intersection of Stateline Road and Airways Boulevard, destroying three warehouse buildings. One of the buildings destroyed was the Cooper Lighting Plant, and a gas station in this area was damaged as well. Numerous trees and power poles were also downed in Southaven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 99], "content_span": [100, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Southaven, Mississippi/Memphis, Tennessee\nThe tornado maintained EF2 intensity as it quickly tracked across the Mississippi \u2013 Tennessee state line and into southeastern portions of Memphis, where WREG tower cameras broadcast live footage of the tornado moving through the southeastern parts of Memphis, producing multiple bright blue power flashes along the way. By this point, the National Weather Service issued a Tornado Emergency (the first of five to be issued during the outbreak) for most of the Memphis metropolitan area. The tornado produced an extensive swath of damage as it moved through residential and commercial areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 99], "content_span": [100, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Southaven, Mississippi/Memphis, Tennessee\nConsiderable damage was reported at Memphis International Airport, where a hangar lost its roof, the FedEx freight terminal's fire station suffered roof damage, airstair trucks were thrown 100\u00a0yards (91\u00a0m), and aircraft were moved around, including a Boeing 737 that was moved one foot. FedEx service was disrupted due to flight delays and closed roads, all because of the tornado damage in surrounding areas. The airport weather station's reporting equipment recorded a wind gust of 73\u00a0knots (84\u00a0mph, 135\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 99], "content_span": [100, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Southaven, Mississippi/Memphis, Tennessee\nIn the Clarke Road area, tractor trailers were tossed around, a power substation was severely damaged, and several warehouse structures sustained heavy damage. This included a DSC warehouse that was destroyed, killing three people inside. Numerous windows were shattered at the Willow Lake Business Park, and utility poles and trees were snapped in the area. Multiple homes along Maple Tree Drive and Pinbranch Court were damaged, five of which sustained major damage. The Hardy Bottling Company facility was also damaged, which released 120,000\u00a0pounds (54,500\u00a0kg) of anhydrous ammonia into the atmosphere, although no public health impacts were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 99], "content_span": [100, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0013-0003", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Southaven, Mississippi/Memphis, Tennessee\nContinuing northeast, the tornado weakened to EF1 strength and struck the Hickory Ridge Mall, resulting in total collapse of a large wall and much of the roof at the Sears department store. Damage surveyors noted very poor construction at this location, and six people in the mall were injured. Cars and semi-trailers near the mall were flipped and damaged as well. A Taco Bell and a few other businesses were damaged along Winchester Road before the tornado dissipated. Numerous trees and power poles were snapped along much of the tornado's path through Southaven and Memphis, and electricity supply to about 65,000 customers was briefly cut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 99], "content_span": [100, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Southaven, Mississippi/Memphis, Tennessee\nThe National Weather Service office in Memphis rated the tornado as an EF2. Three people were killed and 13 others were injured. Shelby County Election Commission administrator James Johnson stated the weather did not interfere with Super Tuesday primary voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 99], "content_span": [100, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Jackson, Tennessee tornado family\nFarther to the northeast in Fayette County, Tennessee, another powerful tornado touched down near the rural community of Yum Yum and quickly reached EF3 intensity. This tornado was spawned by the same supercell that had affected Memphis about an hour earlier. Near the beginning of the path, a shed was obliterated and a pickup truck parked inside was thrown 40 feet and mangled, killing a man inside the vehicle. Several other vehicles were tossed, and significant damage to large trees was observed before the tornado crossed into Haywood County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 91], "content_span": [92, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Jackson, Tennessee tornado family\nWeakening to EF2 strength, the tornado struck the town of Dancyville, destroying a house, severely damaging another house and a church, and uprooting numerous large trees. The tornado then struck the rural community of Hillville, where two mobile homes were completely destroyed, a frame home was heavily damaged, and a convenience store sustained roof damage. Numerous large trees in this area were snapped, and an outbuilding was flattened. Several other homes along this segment of the path sustained minor damage. Regaining EF3 strength, the tornado crossed into Madison County, striking the Huntersville community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 91], "content_span": [92, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Jackson, Tennessee tornado family\nNumerous homes were damaged or destroyed in Huntersville, and two people were killed. A church in town sustained major damage, and a nearby church bus was tossed several hundred feet and flipped upside down. The tornado then exited Huntersville and headed towards the city of Jackson. Several cars and at least 13 tractor trailers were blown off of Interstate 40 by the tornado in this area. One car was tossed 75 yards into a farm field. A rest area along the interstate was severely damaged before the tornado began to weaken and lifted as it approached U.S. Route 412, dissipating just before it would have entered densely populated areas of western and northern Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 91], "content_span": [92, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Jackson, Tennessee tornado family\nShortly after the initial tornado dissipated, a new circulation rapidly developed to the east of the old one. This new circulation produced a tornado that touched down at the Union University campus in Jackson, almost immediately intensifying into a violent EF4 and causing tremendous damage. Several large, brick, two-story dormitory buildings sustained major structural damage, two of which completely collapsed. 80% of the dormitory buildings on campus were damaged or destroyed, and hundreds of vehicles were damaged or destroyed in the parking lots around campus. Twelve students at the university were trapped in damaged buildings but all were eventually rescued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 91], "content_span": [92, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Jackson, Tennessee tornado family\nDue to the damage, the university was closed until February 18. Past Union University, the tornado weakened slightly and maintained EF3 strength along the remainder of the path. It tracked across U.S. Route 45, heavily damaging several banks, businesses, a hospital, and several doctors offices. The tornado then moved through the northern part of Jackson, inflicting significant damage to many subdivisions and businesses. The Chapel Creek, Indian Hills, and Wyndhurst subdivisions were all struck by the tornado. Numerous homes were damaged in this area, some of which sustained loss of roofs and exterior walls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 91], "content_span": [92, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Jackson, Tennessee tornado family\nAdditional damage was noted at Northside High School, at the Jackson Oaks Senior Living Complex, and in the Walnut Trace subdivision as well. Continuing northeast, the tornado caused major damage to multiple additional homes as it crossed near the intersection of Christmasville Road and Ashport Road. The Madison County Fire Station #11 was destroyed in this area as well, with the station's fire engine and pumper, along with its water and brush trucks all being damaged. Beyond this point, the tornado weakened and dissipated. 70 structures were destroyed in Jackson, with over 500 more damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 91], "content_span": [92, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0016-0003", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Jackson, Tennessee tornado family\nDespite causing EF4 damage after dark in a densely populated area, the tornado did not cause any deaths in Jackson, though 51 people were injured, and the initial EF3 tornado caused three fatalities and 14 injuries. The second of the two tornadoes was the third violent tornado to hit Jackson in 10 years. Two others, both rated F4, had devastated the community on January 17, 1999 and May 4, 2003. Over 60 people in the city of Jackson were treated for injuries as a result of the severe weather, 50 of whom were released immediately. Estimates indicate that the tornadoes caused about $47\u00a0million worth of damages in Madison County, with $40\u00a0million of that total occurring at Union University alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 91], "content_span": [92, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Castalian Springs\u2013Lafayette, Tennessee/Tompkinsville, Kentucky\nJust after 9:00\u00a0p.m. CST (0300 UTC), a supercell that had spawned tornadoes over northern Mississippi as well as a deadly EF4 in Hardin County, Tennessee, moved to the northeast over Nashville. Fortunately, no tornadoes were reported there and no significant damage was reported in Nashville or Davidson County, though funnel clouds were sighted during the storm's passage. At the time the supercell moved over Nashville, a National Hockey League game between the Nashville Predators and the Carolina Hurricanes, which was nationally televised on Versus, was being played at the Sommet Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 120], "content_span": [121, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Castalian Springs\u2013Lafayette, Tennessee/Tompkinsville, Kentucky\nWith just over nine minutes left in the third period, Predators head coach Barry Trotz was told that the game may have to be stopped. Although the game continued to completion, at the game's end fans were not allowed to leave the arena until the storm had passed. National Weather Service Meteorologist Bobby Boyd theorized that cold air downbursts impinged on the development of a strong, low-level circulation as the storm moved through the Nashville area, forcing the area of rotation to remain aloft as it crossed over Davidson County and downtown Nashville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 120], "content_span": [121, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Castalian Springs\u2013Lafayette, Tennessee/Tompkinsville, Kentucky\nAfter the supercell moved through Nashville and the environment became favorable again, a tornado touched down to the southwest of Castalian Springs in Sumner County, Tennessee, just after 10:00\u00a0p.m. CST (0400 UTC). This was the beginning of a devastating, long-track EF3 tornado that would go on to kill 22 people and become the deadliest of the outbreak. At the beginning of the path, damage was relatively minor and limited to snapped trees and damaged roofs. However, the tornado rapidly intensified to EF3 strength as it tore directly through Castalian Springs, destroying numerous homes and businesses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 120], "content_span": [121, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Castalian Springs\u2013Lafayette, Tennessee/Tompkinsville, Kentucky\nThe town's post office was completely leveled, mobile homes were obliterated, and several block-foundation homes were leveled or swept away. The 19th century Wynnewood Inn, a national historical landmark and stagecoach stop, suffered major damage to its second floor and grounds during the storm. 11-month old Castalian Springs resident Kyson Stowell survived being thrown from his family's home and carried through the air by the tornado as the structure was completely destroyed. Kyson was found unharmed in an open field, nearly 500 feet away from where he originated. Kyson's mother, Kerri Stowell, was killed in the tornado. A total of 85 homes were destroyed along this portion of the tornado's path. Seven fatalities were confirmed in Castalian Springs, and 14 other people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 120], "content_span": [121, 915]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Castalian Springs\u2013Lafayette, Tennessee/Tompkinsville, Kentucky\nThe tornado then tracked into Trousdale County and passed through rural areas to the northwest of Hartsville, weakening slightly to high-end EF2 strength. Frame homes were damaged or destroyed, vehicles were tossed and damaged, numerous trees were snapped and denuded, and mobile homes were obliterated with debris and insulation strewn long distances downwind. Ten homes were destroyed, and 23 homes had major damage along this segment of the path. As a result of the tornado, a major fire occurred as a natural gas plant was ripped apart by the tornado in the southwestern portion of the county.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 120], "content_span": [121, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Castalian Springs\u2013Lafayette, Tennessee/Tompkinsville, Kentucky\nThe area was evacuated and no one was injured at the plant. Two people were killed at a home along U.S. Route 231, and five other people were injured in the county. Crossing into Macon County, the tornado regained EF3 intensity as it struck the western and northern sections of Lafayette, resulting in widespread, major destruction in the area. Numerous homes and several churches were destroyed in Lafayette, with several leveled to the ground. An auto sales business in town sustained heavy damage as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 120], "content_span": [121, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0019-0002", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Castalian Springs\u2013Lafayette, Tennessee/Tompkinsville, Kentucky\nSurveyors observed major damage to a large, expensive brick home that was built unanchored on a very weak, unreinforced cinder block foundation. The house shifted off the foundation during the tornado, causing walls to buckle and collapse. 170 homes were destroyed, and 9 homes had major damage in the Lafayette area. 13 people were killed in and around town, and 44 others were injured. President George W. Bush toured the Macon County destruction on February 8 and promised relief to individuals. The logging industry in Macon County was hit hard, with about a million dollars worth of trees destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 120], "content_span": [121, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0019-0003", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Castalian Springs\u2013Lafayette, Tennessee/Tompkinsville, Kentucky\nDebris from Lafayette was found as far north as Sano, Kentucky, in Adair County, approximately 70 miles (113\u00a0km) to the northeast. Sixteen thousand TVA electricity customers in Macon and Trousdale Counties lost power, some of whom did not have their service restored for a week. Macon County schools were closed until February 19. In total, roughly 260 houses in the three Tennessee counties were destroyed, and damage amounts were estimated at $78\u00a0million in Macon County alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 120], "content_span": [121, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Castalian Springs\u2013Lafayette, Tennessee/Tompkinsville, Kentucky\nThe tornado continued across the state boundary into Monroe County, Kentucky as an EF3, where two frame homes and two mobile homes near Gamaliel were destroyed, and several other structures suffered extensive damage. Thirteen people from an adjacent trailer park took shelter in the basement of one of the frame homes that was destroyed, and were trapped by debris for up to 30\u00a0minutes before being rescued. Past Gamaliel, the tornado struck a subdivision and damaged several homes at that location before moving through rural areas towards Tompkinsville, snapping and uprooting numerous large trees along the way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 120], "content_span": [121, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Castalian Springs\u2013Lafayette, Tennessee/Tompkinsville, Kentucky\nThe tornado maintained EF3 strength as it clipped the north edge of Tompkinsville, where a large wood frame warehouse was destroyed, a metal frame industrial building was twisted off of its foundation, and a large, well-built brick home was left with only interior walls remaining. A three car detached garage was completely destroyed as well. Continuing northeast past Tompkinsville, the tornado began to weaken, and eventually lifted as it crossed into Cumberland County. The tornado caused no injuries or fatalities in Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 120], "content_span": [121, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Castalian Springs\u2013Lafayette, Tennessee/Tompkinsville, Kentucky\nExtensive damage surveys by the National Weather Service office in Nashville confirmed that all 22 deaths along the path (which was revised downward from 24 due to double-counting) were caused by a single long-track EF3 tornado. The tornado path was 50.32 miles (80.98\u00a0km) long and up to 880 yards (800\u00a0m) wide at times. The devastation was described by Governor Phil Bredesen as \"It looks like the Lord took a Brillo pad and scrubbed the ground\" while surveying by helicopter. This tornado was the deadliest single tornado to strike Middle Tennessee in over 75\u00a0years, and the deadliest single US tornado since the Evansville Tornado of November 2005 (which killed 24 people).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 120], "content_span": [121, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Moulton\u2013Decatur, Alabama\nAt approximately 1:00\u00a0a.m. CST (0700 UTC), the broken squall line that had affected Oklahoma and Missouri entered the state of Alabama. Individual supercell storms began to develop ahead of the squall line along the Alabama\u2013Mississippi border due to the strengthening of the upper-level jet stream. A supercell that developed over Starkville, Mississippi, and tracked over Lamar, Marion and Fayette Counties in Alabama spawned a tornado in Lawrence County, Alabama, at 3:02\u00a0a.m. CST (0902 UTC). The tornado touched down south of Moulton near the William B. Bankhead National Forest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Moulton\u2013Decatur, Alabama\nMany houses were damaged or destroyed, and a church was leveled. Three fatalities, all from a single family, were reported north of Aldridge Grove. A large, brick, two story home was completely leveled to the ground at one location, and a truck was thrown more than 100 yards into a field. Fence posts anchored in concrete were ripped out of the ground and thrown up to 100 feet away in different directions. Numerous large trees were snapped, uprooted, and denuded along the path as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Moulton\u2013Decatur, Alabama\nIn addition to the other three fatalities, an elderly woman was also killed in the destruction of her mobile home, and 23 others were injured. The tornado was initially classified as an EF3, although it was upgraded to EF4 in later analysis. The hardest hit communities were the rural communities of Wren, Speake, Pin Hook and Five Points. The tornado moved into Morgan County and threatened the Decatur area, leading the NWS in Huntsville to issue a tornado emergency (the fifth for the outbreak) for Morgan County and southern Limestone County. The tornado lifted off the ground before reaching Decatur. The same supercell moved over the Huntsville Metro area, though no tornadoes were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 82], "content_span": [83, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Non-tornadic events\nNumerous reports of damaging winds were associated with the passage of the cold front. Wind gusts from Arkansas to Indiana exceeded 50\u00a0mph (80\u00a0km/h), bringing down numerous trees and power lines, and causing widespread power outages. A 67\u00a0mph (108\u00a0km/h) wind gust was recorded during the passage of a squall line at Little Rock National Airport. The highest recorded wind gust associated with the passage of the squall line was 82\u00a0mph (131\u00a0km/h) in Terre Haute, Indiana. Hail as large as softballs (4.5 inches (11\u00a0cm) in diameter) was reported in several communities. In Canada, unseasonably early thunderstorms brought bouts of heavy rainfall to parts of southern Ontario late on February 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Non-tornadic events, Flooding\nHeavy rains in association with thunderstorms on February 4 to February 6, combined with the melting of snow, caused flooding across parts of Illinois, New York, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. Among the areas hardest hit by the flooding rivers and streams were the Miami Valley, areas along the Blanchard River in Findlay and parts of northern Indiana between Indianapolis and north of Fort Wayne along the Tippecanoe, St. Marys and Wabash Rivers. Several streets in Fort Wayne were under water, and flooding also occurred between Lafayette and Terre Haute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Non-tornadic events, Winter storm\nThe same low pressure systems that caused the tornado outbreak also spawned a significant snowstorm from the Central Plains to the western Great Lakes where winter storm warnings were issued. Between 10 and 15\u00a0inches (25\u201338\u00a0cm) of snow fell from eastern Iowa to southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, with local amounts ranging from 18 to 21\u00a0inches (45\u201353\u00a0cm) in southeastern Wisconsin. In Michigan, up to 14\u00a0inches (35\u00a0cm) of snow fell north of Grand Rapids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Non-tornadic events, Winter storm\nEnvironment Canada also issued freezing rain and winter storm warnings for Southern Ontario, where some areas north of Lake Erie received close to 1\u00a0inch (25\u00a0mm) of freezing rain. In Toronto, two waves of moderate to heavy snow accompanied by thunder and lightning, along with ice pellets, brought up to 14\u00a0inches (35\u00a0cm) of accumulated winter precipitation on February 6 and 7. Other areas from Windsor to Ottawa, as well as southwestern Nova Scotia, received from 4 to 20\u00a0inches (10\u201350\u00a0cm) of snow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Non-tornadic events, Winter storm\nOver 1,000 flight cancellations were reported at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, and numerous flight cancellations also occurred at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. In Milwaukee, whiteout conditions and 13\u00a0inches (33\u00a0cm) of snow briefly shut down the General Mitchell International Airport. Near Madison, Wisconsin, about 1,000 vehicles were stranded on Interstate 90 due to the snow. Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle declared a state of emergency for the area and activated the Wisconsin National Guard. On February 6, numerous schools, colleges, government buildings, churches, businesses, and shopping malls were forced to close throughout southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois due to the inclement weather. The winter storm was responsible for at least four deaths: one each in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Quebec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 909]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Aftermath\nOn February 7 a federal disaster declaration was made by President George W. Bush for 11 counties in Arkansas and five counties in Tennessee. Sixteen additional counties in Tennessee requested federal aid, and on February 12, Tennessee Governor Bredesen announced that eight counties in Tennessee became eligible. President Bush also visited Tennessee to tour the devastated areas on February 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Aftermath\nThe American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the United Way and other charitable groups also quickly mobilized volunteers to assist survivors in the aftermath across the regions affected. In the three hardest hit Middle Tennessee counties alone, the Red Cross sent out over 100 volunteers to deliver meals and supplies. Emergency assistance was also offered by the Tennessee Department of Human Services for low income victims in the counties affected by the tornadoes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198777-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Aftermath\nIn addition, the Nashville Predators announced that for their game on February 7 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, half the ticket sales revenue would be donated to the American Red Cross to help with their efforts, and that fans could make additional donations to Red Cross volunteers at the arena's main entrances. The National Football League's Tennessee Titans along with the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management of Nashville organized a donation drive during the weekend of February 9 at LP Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198778-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Superbike World Championship\nThe 2008 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-first season of the Superbike World Championship. Corona Extra ceased to be the championship's title sponsor, as it had been since 1998. The electronics  manufacturer HANNspree took over as the title sponsor in 2008 and this arrangement remained in place until 2010, with the championship officially known as the \"HANNspree SBK Superbike World Championship\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198778-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Superbike World Championship\nThe Superbike World Championship returned to the United States on 1 June 2008, for the 2008 6th round of the Superbike World Championship. The round took place at the Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, Utah. This was the first time SBK had raced in the United States since the 2004 round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The Superbike World Championship shared the weekend with the AMA Superbike Championship and its support classes. However to avoid direct comparisons between World Superbike and AMA Superbike, and because of sponsorship issues the two championships raced on different configurations of the circuit. World Superbikes used the 3.048 miles (4.905\u00a0km) Outer Track, while AMA Superbike and its support classes used the 4.5 miles (7.2\u00a0km) Main Track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198778-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Superbike World Championship\nThe provisional championship calendar was made up of 15 rounds but the Indonesian round in Sentul International Circuit was removed from the final calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198778-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Superbike World Championship\nAustralian rider Troy Bayliss won his third Superbike World Championship riding the factory supported Ducati 1098. He secured the title with his 50th race win at the second race at Magny-Cours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000\nThe 2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was the twelfth running of the Australian 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 52nd race tracing its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000\nThe race, which was the tenth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, held from 9\u201312 October at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000\nCraig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup driving a Ford BF Falcon for TeamVodafone, won the race for the third year in succession, the first 'three-peat' of Bathurst 1000 wins since 1984 when it was achieved by Lowndes' mentor, Peter Brock and present day Jack Daniel's Racing team principal, Larry Perkins for the Holden Dealer Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Entry List\nTwenty-nine cars were entered into the event \u2013 16 Holden Commodores and 13 Ford Falcons. At the time it was the lowest field size since the race moved to Bathurst in 1963. Seven drivers made their debut in 2008 \u2013 Chris Pither, Dale Wood, Boris Said, Fabrizio Giovanardi, Marc Hynes, Michael Patrizi and Karl Reindler. The three non-Antipodean drivers (Said, Giovanardi and Hynes) would be making their only appearances in the race. Kayne Scott, Adam Macrow and Steven Ellery made their last starts in 2008, whilst Paul Radisich and Paul Weel were entered for the final time but did not make the start of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Entry List, Driver changes\nThe following driver changes were made following the 2008 L&H 500:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Entry List, Driver changes\nAlex Davison joined the Glenfords Racing team alongside regular driver Fabian Coulthard, replacing John McIntyre who substituted for Davison at the L&H 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Entry List, Driver changes\nKarl Reindler replaced Grant Denyer at Ford Rising Stars Racing. Denyer suffered a spinal injury while competing in the NSW Monster Truck Championships at the Dapto Showgrounds and was sidelined for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Practice\nFree practice began on Thursday 9 October when three sessions were held. The first session, (in which the top 15 placegetters from the 2007 V8Supercar Championship Series are not allowed to take part), was topped by Warren Luff in the second Jim Beam Racing Falcon with a 2:10.7158 ahead of Tony D'Alberto in the Rod Nash Racing Commodore and Alex Davison in the Glenfords Racing Falcon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Practice\nGarth Tander topped the second session, recording a 2:09.3700 in the Holden Racing Team Commodore ahead of Craig Lowndes in the Team Vodafone Falcon and Greg Murphy in the Sprint Gas Racing Commodore. Jason Bargwanna continued D'Alberto's form from the first session to be fourth fastest in a session marred by a crash for Jack Perkins who backed the Jack Daniel's Racing Commodore into the wall across the top of the Mountain, putting the car out of action for the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Practice\nA second red flag emerged in the longest third session, for the Sprint Gas Racing Commodore shared by Mark Noske and Dale Wood. After the resumption Jamie Whincup recorded the fastest time of the day, a 2:07.5975 in the Team Vodafone Falcon, to be two hundredths quicker than Greg Murphy (Sprint Gas Racing Commodore).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Practice\nMark Winterbottom was third fastest for Ford Performance Racing ahead of Rick Kelly (HSV Dealer Team Commodore), Russell Ingall (Supercheap Auto Racing), Steve Owen (Jim Beam Racing), Paul Dumbrell (HSV Dealer Team), Lee Holdsworth (Garry Rogers Motorsport), Shane van Gisbergen (Stone Brothers Racing) with Garth Tander completing the top ten fastest cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Practice\nIn the first practice session on Friday morning a major accident occurred at Sulman Park when Chris Pither struck a stationary Paul Weel. Weel had to be cut from the wreckage, but neither driver was seriously hurt. Both cars were withdrawn suffering from extensive damage. With both cars belonging to single car teams, Paul Weel Racing and Team Kiwi Racing appeared to be eliminated from the meeting. However the Team Kiwi Falcon was repaired and did in fact start in Sunday's race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Practice\nGarth Tander topped the morning's practice sessions with a 2:06.9922, with Jamie Whincup recording a 2:07.1371 in the second Friday session. Combined times saw Craig Lowndes third fastest ahead of James Courtney, Jason Richards, Steve Owen, Greg Murphy, Will Davison, Steven Richards all under 2:08 with Mark Winterbottom completing the fastest ten drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Practice\nIn Saturday morning practice Jason Richards recorded the fastest lap of the weekend, a 2:06.9076. Paul Radisich had a major accident at McPhillamy Park Corner when a stuck throttle pushed the HSV Dealer Team Commodore into the wall. Radisich broke his right ankle in the accident. The car sustained heavy damage and was subsequently withdrawn. Later in the day it was announced that David Reynolds would step out of his drive in the second HSV Dealer Team Commodore in order to allow Rick Kelly to start the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Qualifying\nMark Winterbottom took provisional pole position during qualifying on 10 October, snatching it in the final lap of leg two to secure the tenth and final Top 10 Shootout position with a 2:07.1920 lap. Jason Richards had held top spot for the final ten minutes of the session, finishing second fastest. Jamie Whincup was third fastest ahead of James Courtney. Garth Tander was fifth fastest in the Holden Racing Team Commodore ahead of arms-length teammate Rick Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Qualifying\nWill Davison and Paul Dumbrell were next with Fabian Coulthard climbing into the top ten towards the end of the session in the Paul Cruickshank Racing Falcon. Tenth fastest and first Shootout position was claimed by Russell Ingall, with Max Wilson spinning at Murray's Corner on the last lap chasing a top ten position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Qualifying\nA power steering leak took Lee Holdsworth out of qualifying by pitching him into the wall at the Dipper, leaving him in 14th, while Fabrizio Giovanardi damaged the second Triple Eight Race Engineering Falcon, bringing out red flags during leg one of qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Qualifying\nAfter the withdrawal of the damaged Kelly/Radisich car, the Wilson/Jones entry was promoted into the Top 10 Shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Top 10 Shootout\nThe Top 10 Shootout was held on Saturday 11 October 2008. Max Wilson and Fabian Coulthard were rapidly consigned to the bottom spots, handicapped by a lack of fresh tyres for the Shootout. Paul Dumbrell was quick jumping into a high 2:07 lap. Will Davison was untidy on his lap. Garth Tander was very quick, recording what become pole position, a 2:07.2963. James Courtney was quick, but half a second behind Tander. Jamie Whincup's car appeared unsettled and Jason Richards had a big moment at Reid Park, losing him two tenths of a second that he never recovered. Mark Winterbottom was ahead of Tander at the second sector split but was slower down the hill, finishing second fastest, 0.12s behind Tander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nFrom pole position Garth Tander stalled allowing Steven Richards to lead early. Later Tander was also assigned a ten-second penalty for jumping the start as well. The Penalty was served at the car's first pitstop. Into Griffins Bend on the opening lap Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy touched, giving the Holden slight damage which caused Murphy to pit on lap four. James Courtney raced through to dominate the opening stint. Craig Lowndes gave chase with Will Davison settling in to chase with Max Wilson and Russell Ingall leading the Holden charge while Steven Richards and Rick Kelly (starting Paul Dumbrell's Commodore) slid backwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nStarting with Jack Perkins on lap 15 cars started to appear in the pits with a failed left rear tyre. Delaminations were to strike the entire field throughout the day, with the cars of Will Davison, Todd Kelly and Lee Holdsworth worst affected of the front runners. Kayne Scott was the first retirement on lap eight, the hastily repaired Team Kiwi Racing Falcon was four-five seconds behind the pace and effectively unraceable. The second retirement was on 40 when Andrew Jones spun the Brad Jones Racing Commodore into the wall at Griffin's Bend. Jones limped the car back to the pits without bothering the safety car. By this stage Rick Kelly was out of contention, with the same sticking throttle that caused the #15 car to crash on Saturday starting to blight the #16 car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nA slowly deflating tyre (originally diagnosed as a damaged anti-roll bar) slowed David Besnard's stint in James Courtney's car allowing Jamie Whincup to assert dominance over the field in the second stint. The first safety car occurred on lap 73, after Todd Kelly spun his Jack Daniel's Racing Commodore across the Chase dumped sandtrap debris across the most delicate corner of the circuit. Marshals worked to clean the corner and get the race quickly back under way. The third safety car was called about 15 laps later when Michael Patrizi spun the Ford Rising Stars Falcon at Murray's Corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nJust after the restart Jonathan Webb put the second Stone Brothers Racing Falcon into the sandtrap at McPhillamy Park after striking the wall exiting the previous corner, becoming the race's third retirement. Lowndes pitted for Whincup's second stint at this point. With a safety car having s recently occurred Whincup was buried, emerging back into the field in 17th position. Will Davison moved into the lead at this point that he would hold until lap 98 when he pitted. Greg Murphy led for a single lap before pitting for Jason Richards, handing the lead to Max Wilson. Wilson lead until the next safety car on lap 106 when he pitted for Brad Jones and Jamie Whincup resumed the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nBy this stage Mark Skaife had removed the lead Holden Racing Team Commodore from contention, wiping the car's nose across the Forrests Elbow wall. A safety car on lap 128 caused the majority of the field to pit, putting David Besnard back into the lead until his final stop for James Courtney on lap 137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nTwo rapid safety cars occurred shortly afterwards, first after Lee Holdsworth's Commodore stopped in the Cutting, then at the restart a touch between Craig Baird, who had just been unsettled by another car passing him at Griffin's Bend, and Warren Luff in the second Jim Beam Racing Falcon, put Baird into the wall. Luff was given a drive-through penalty for his part in the incident. Russell Ingall also dropped out at roughly this point with power steering failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nAt the lap 147 restart Lowndes led from Steven Richards and Greg Murphy. Tucked in behind were Max Wilson and James Courtney ahead of Tony D'Alberto, Fabian Coulthard, Warren Luff (about to pit for his penalty), Jason Bright and Luke Youlden. Courtney, on fresh tyres and cut through the pack and on lap 153 ducked under Max Wilson at Forrests Elbow for fourth place. Murphy, while faster than Richards was unable to get by, allowing Lowndes to build a comfortable buffer. On lap 158 Murphy finally moved into second position at Hell Corner and set off after Lowndes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nTwo laps later, Richards, fading badly on rear tyres was unable to stop Courtney move into third place. The gaps stabilised over the final laps and Lowndes took a two-second victory, earning himself and Jamie Whincup their third consecutive victory, a feat not managed since Peter Brock and Larry Perkins took their third consecutive win in the 1984 James Hardie 1000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nBehind Murphy and Courtney, Steven Richards hung onto fourth position ahead of Max Wilson. Tony D'Alberto spun into the Griffins Bend wall on the second last lap, becoming the races final retirement. Will Davison climbed back into sixth position after a late race tyre delamination had removed him lead battle. Luke Youlden completed a good team result for Ford Performance Racing in seventh ahead of Jack Perkins and Jason Bright. Fabian Coulthard dropped to tenth after having to make a pitstop for fuel with two laps to go. Warren Luff was the final car to complete full race distance in eleventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nGarth Tander limped home in twelfth place ahead of Mark Noske, Marcus Marshall and Fabrizio Giovanardi. Two of the hardest hit by tyre delaminations, Steve Ellery and Todd Kelly finished 16th and 17th and were the last fit cars home. Ingall limped his car home for some championship points ahead of Patrizi, while Rick Kelly and Dumbrell were classified in 20th position after the team rebuilt the throttle linkages, having lost 34 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nThe race victory vaulted Whincup back into the championship lead he lost after crashing out of the Hamilton 400 in April. Tander's twelfth-place finish helped to minimise the points loss but dropped to third place behind Mark Winterbottom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Results, Starting grid\nThe following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Results, Race\n- David Reynolds practiced the #16 HSV Dealer Team, before stepping aside for Rick Kelly after his car was withdrawn after a crash on Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198779-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Championship standings\nAfter Round 10 of 14, the top five positions in the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198780-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a\nThe 2008 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a was two-leg Spanish football matches played on 17 August and 24 August 2008. It was contested by Valencia, who were Spanish Cup winners in 2007\u201308, and Real Madrid, who won the 2007\u201308 La Liga. Real Madrid won 6\u20135 on aggregate for their eighth Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198781-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a de Baloncesto\nThe Supercopa 2008 was disputed in the Pabell\u00f3n Pr\u00edncipe Felipe, Zaragoza. The teams that took part in the tournament were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198782-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercoppa Italiana\nThe 2008 Supercoppa Italiana was a football match that was played by 2007\u201308 Serie A winners Internazionale and 2007\u201308 Coppa Italia winners Roma. The match proved to be a tightly contested affair. After exchanging goals, it appeared that Inter was on its way to victory on Mario Balotelli's goal on the 83rd minute, however, Mirko Vu\u010dini\u0107 tied the game for Roma at the 90th minute. Extra time settled nothing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198782-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Supercoppa Italiana\nIn the penalty shoot-out, it appeared that a miss by Inter's Dejan Stankovi\u0107 would be decisive, however, Roma captain Francesco Totti missed the team's fifth shot, which would have given his team the cup. In the seventh round, Roma's Juan missed while Inter captain Javier Zanetti scored, ending the match in favour of the Serie A champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198782-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercoppa Italiana\nThe match took place on 24 August 2008 in San Siro, Milan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 83]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198782-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Supercoppa Italiana\nTo date, this remains the only occasion on which manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho won a trophy on a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198783-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Superettan, Overview\nIt was contested by 16 teams, and \u00d6rgryte IS won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198783-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Superettan, Relegation play-offs\n\u00d6ster stays in, Limhamn Bunkeflo is relegated to Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198784-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Superleague Formula season\nThe 2008 Superleague Formula season was the inaugural Superleague Formula championship. The season started very late in 2008 with the first round being on August 31 at Donington Park. There were six rounds (twelve races) in total with the successful season finale at Circuito Permanente de Jerez on 23 November. In the 18 cars on the grid were established A1GP and GP2 drivers as well as two ex-Formula One race starters, Robert Doornbos and Ant\u00f4nio Pizzonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198784-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Superleague Formula season\nBeijing Guoan, run under former Formula One team Zakspeed with driver Davide Rigon, were eventually crowned the first ever champions at the last event of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198785-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Supersport World Championship\nThe 2008 Supersport World Championship was the tenth FIM Supersport World Championship season\u2014the twelfth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. The season started on 23 February at Losail and finished on 2 November at Portim\u00e3o after 13 rounds. The championship supported the Superbike World Championship at every round with the exception of Salt Lake City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198786-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Superstars Series\nThe 2008 Superstars Series season was the fifth season of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the second season of the International Superstars Series. The Italian championship was won by Gianni Morbidelli driving for Audi, while the international series was won by Stefano Gabellini driving for BMW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira\nThe 2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira was the 30th edition of the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). 2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira was constested by Porto and Sporting CP. Porto participated in their 24th Superta\u00e7a final, their third consecutive final since 2006. Porto went into the match as the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira 14-time winners. Sporting CP participated in their eighth Superta\u00e7a final, also their second consecutive final. Sporting CP went into the match as the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira six-time winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira\nThe final took place at Est\u00e1dio Algarve in Faro on 16 August 2008. The match was televised on TVI. Porto entered the match as the 2007\u201308 Primeira Liga winners while Sporting entered the match as the winners of the 2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal after defeating Porto at the Est\u00e1dio Nacional in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira\nAfter an even first half, Yannick Djal\u00f3 broke the dead lock just before the half was over. Following the brake, Sporting would go on to score again from Djal\u00f3 after Cristian S\u0103punaru's mistake. Porto would later go on to be awarded a penalty following a poor challenge by Marco Caneira. Rui Patr\u00edcio would save Lucho Gonz\u00e1lez's penalty and Sporting held on to capture the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira. Sporting collected a second consecutive Super Cup, raising the club's tally to seven trophies in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match\nThe Superta\u00e7a was played at the Est\u00e1dio Algarve in Faro. This was the second time that the Superta\u00e7a was played in this stadium the other time being in 2005. This was third time that the Est\u00e1dio Algarve hosted a major final, four months prior to the Superta\u00e7a it hosted the 2008 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final between Sporting and Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal. Ten thousand tickets were allocated for each team which went on sale on the 2 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry\nPorto qualified for their third consecutive Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira by clinching the Primeira Liga title with five games to spare. Porto's strong start to the season with important victories over rivals Benfica and Sporting CP provided distance from their main title rivals. However, a drop in form in early 2008 which resulted in two loses in three games meant that Porto's main title challengers were able to capitalize on Porto's mistakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry\nPorto's resurgence after a dip in form saw them pick up decisive away wins at crucial stages of the season against Belenenses and Leix\u00f5es which helped deliver the trophy back to Porto for a third consecutive season. In Gameweek 25, Porto defeated Estrela da Amadora, 6\u20130 at the Est\u00e1dio do Drag\u00e3o to clinch the Primeira Liga for the 23rd time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry\nSporting CP qualified by winning the 2008 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final, beating Porto 2\u20130 in the final. Sporting beat Louletano 4\u20130, Lagoa 4\u20130, Mar\u00edtimo 2\u20131, Estrela da Amadora 1\u20130 and Benfica 5\u20133. Sporting's 5\u20133 semi-final victory over Benfica saw the club come back from 2\u20130 down with goals from Li\u00e9dson, Derlei, Simon Vuk\u010devi\u0107 and two from Yannick Djal\u00f3. The 2008 victory was Sporting's fifteen Ta\u00e7a de Portugal triumph and consequently gained a berth in the 2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Officials\nThe match officials for the game were confirmed on 12 August 2008. Carlos Xistra of Castelo Branco was named as referee. Xistra had previously officiated the 2004 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira between Benfica and Porto at the Est\u00e1dio Cidade de Coimbra. Xistra was assisted by Jos\u00e9 Braga of Portalegre and M\u00e1rio Dion\u00edsio of Set\u00fabal, while the fourth official was Andr\u00e9 Gralha of Santar\u00e9m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Background\nPorto were appearing in their 24th Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira in which it was their third consecutive Superta\u00e7a appearance since 2006. Porto went into the match as 15-time winners (1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994,  1996, 1998, 1999,  2001, 2003, 2004, 2006). Of their 23 appearances, they had lost 8 times (1979, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2007). Sporting were appearing in their eighth final. Sporting went into the match as six-time winners (1982, 1987, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2007). Of the seven Superta\u00e7as they had played in, they had only lost one occasion, in 1980 against Benfica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Background\nIn Porto's and Sporting's history, the two sides had met prior to their meeting in the Superta\u00e7a on seven different occasions. Of those seven, Sporting won three games whilst the four games ended in draws. Porto went into the game without a single win against Sporting in this competition. The last meeting between these two sides in this competition was the 2007 Superta\u00e7a competition where Sporting defeated Porto, 1\u20130 thanks to a goal from Marat Izmailov. The last meeting between these sides prior to this match was the 2008 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final, where Sporting defeated Porto, 2\u20130. Rodrigo Tiu\u00ed scored two goals in extra time to clinch Sporting the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Match, Team selection\nBoth clubs went into the 2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira with players missing. Sporting were missing several key players like Li\u00e9dson, Pedro Silva and Simon Vuk\u010devi\u0107, while Porto were without influential talisman Ricardo Quaresma. Li\u00e9dson was ineligible for the Superta\u00e7a following an injury sustained in a pre-season game. Pedro Silva was suspended after being red-carded in Sporting's last pre-season game of the summer against Dutch side PSV. Sporting were also without Montenegrin midfielder Vuk\u010devi\u0107 due to injury. Vuk\u010devi\u0107 sustained an injury at the beginning of August which kept him out of action for one month. He suffered an acute muscle injury to his left thigh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Match, Team selection\nJesualdo Ferreira's squad selection for the match saw the presence of nine newly acquired players of which they included Cristian Rodr\u00edguez, Cristian S\u0103punaru, Daniel Candeias, Fernando, Fredy Guar\u00edn, Hulk, Nelson Ben\u00edtez, Rolando and Tom\u00e1s Costa. Of those nine, Rodr\u00edguez, S\u0103punaru, Guar\u00edn and Ben\u00edtez started the game. Candeias and Hulk were later used in the match as substitutes. Paulo Bento's squad selection saw him include four new signings in Daniel Carri\u00e7o, F\u00e1bio Rochemback, H\u00e9lder Postiga and Marco Caneira. Of those four, Rochemback and Caneira would start the game, although Postiga was later used in the match as a substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Match, Summary\nSporting started strong with more possession of the ball but failed to create clear cut chances. As the game progressed in the first half, Porto started to grow more into the game and created several chances which tested Sporting's Rui Patr\u00edcio. Porto's most clear cut chance in the first half fell to Porto captain Lucho Gonz\u00e1lez who struck the post on 32 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198787-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Match, Summary\nAs the half came to a close, clever link up play between Leandro Romagnoli and Abel dismantled Porto's wing and Abel threaded a ball threw to an unmarked Yannick Djal\u00f3 who on the edge of the box fired the ball past Helton. Following the break, Porto started stronger and began to create more in attack after Ernesto Far\u00edas gave away to Hulk. Despite Porto's superiority, Djal\u00f3 would score yet again after a series of defense mistakes. Despite Sporting's second goal, Porto pressed to find a consolation. Porto's hunt for their first goal, saw them awarded a penalty by Carlos Xistra following a clumsy challenge by Marco Caneira. Gonz\u00e1lez stepped up and saw his penalty saved by Patr\u00edcio. Sporting would hold on to capture a seventh Superta\u00e7a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198788-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Suruga Bank Championship\nThe 2008 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: \u30b9\u30eb\u30ac\u9280\u884c\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30d4\u30aa\u30f3\u30b7\u30c3\u30d72008; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2008) is the inaugural match between the winners of the previous season's J. League Cup and the Copa Sudamericana. It was contested by the 2007 J. League Cup winner Japanese club Gamba Osaka and the 2007 Copa Sudamericana champion Argentine club Arsenal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198788-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Suruga Bank Championship\nThe match was won by Arsenal after a late second-half header by Carlos Casteglione off a corner kick by Javier Yacuzzi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198789-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season\nThe 2008 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season was Suwon Samsung Bluewings's thirteenth season in the K-League in Republic of Korea. Suwon Samsung Bluewings is competing in K-League, League Cup and Korean FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198789-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198790-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Svenska Cupen\nSvenska Cupen 2008 was the fifty-third season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition started on March 20, 2008 and concluded on September 21, 2008 with the Final, held at Fredriksskans, Kalmar. The final was decided on a penalty shootout that IFK G\u00f6teborg won 5\u20134 against Kalmar FF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198790-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Svenska Cupen, First round\nThe matches were played between March 20 and April 12, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198790-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Svenska Cupen, Second round\nIn this round entered winners from the previous round as well as all teams from Allsvenskan and Superettan. The matches were played between April 23 and May 1, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198790-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Svenska Cupen, Third round\nIn this round entered winners from the previous round. The matches were played between May 14 and 18, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198790-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Svenska Cupen, Fourth round\nThe matches were played on June 25, 26 and 28, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198791-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Svenska Cupen Final\nThe 2008 Svenska Cupen Final took place on 21 September 2008 at Fredriksskans, Kalmar. The match was contested by the then-leaders in Allsvenskan, Kalmar FF, and 4th placed IFK G\u00f6teborg. It was two years running that Kalmar and G\u00f6teborg met in the cup final and the latter match was played at Fredriksskans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198791-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Svenska Cupen Final\nThe 90 minutes plus extra time ended in a goalless draw. After four successive penalties for both teams, G\u00f6teborg keeper Kim Christensen saved Marcus Lindberg's penalty. Thereafter Pontus Wernbloom scored and secured the fifth Svenska Cupen title for IFK G\u00f6teborg of all time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198792-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Svenska Supercupen\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Frietjes (talk | contribs) at 16:25, 8 January 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198792-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Svenska Supercupen\nSvenska Supercupen 2008, Swedish Super Cup 2008, was a Swedish football match, played 22 March 2008 between Allsvenskan champions IFK G\u00f6teborg and Svenska Cupen winners Kalmar FF. The match was played at Ullevi in Gothenburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198792-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Svenska Supercupen\nJonas Wallerstedt gave IFK the lead in halftime in the 24th minute. Later, in the 67th minute, Hj\u00e1lmar J\u00f3nsson scored on a freekick from distance and Wallerstedt got his second of the afternoon in the 82nd minute. C\u00e9sar Santin got one back for Kalmar in the 87th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198792-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Svenska Supercupen\nThis was the 2nd edition of Svenska Supercupen, the first was in 2007 when IF Elfsborg beat Helsingborgs IF 1-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198793-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swale Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Swale Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198793-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swale Borough Council election, Background\n16 of the 47 seats on the council were contested in 2008, with the Conservatives defending 9 seats, the Liberal Democrats 4 seats and Labour 3 seats. A total of 53 people contested the election and as well as candidates from the main political parties,  there were also 2 candidates from Sheppey First standing on the Isle of Sheppey and 2 candidates from Faversham First contesting wards in Faversham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198793-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Swale Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservative majority on the council was increased by one seat after gaining three seats, but also losing two seats. Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats had a net loss of one seat, while Sheppey First gained a seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198793-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Swale Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives picked up two seats from the Liberal Democrats in Minster Cliffs and St Michaels and one seat from Labour in Queenborough and Halfway. However the Liberal Democrats took one seat from the Conservatives in Davington Priory, while Sheppey First also gained a seat from the Conservatives in Sheppey Central.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198793-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Swale Borough Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Minster Cliffs\nA by-election was held in Minster Cliffs on 25 September 2008 after the resignation of Sheppey First councillor Chris Boden. The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Andy Booth with a majority of 221 votes over Sheppey First candidate Ray Adams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 87], "content_span": [88, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198793-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Swale Borough Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Sheerness East\nA by-election was held in Sheerness East on 25 September 2008 after the resignation of Sheppey First councillor Gemma Wray. The seat was gained by Labour candidate David Sargent with a majority of 149 votes over Liberal Democrat Colin Howe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 87], "content_span": [88, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198793-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Swale Borough Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Teynham and Lynsted\nA by-election was held in Teynham and Lynsted on 2 October 2008 after the death of Conservative councillor John Disney. The seat was held by Conservative Trevor Fentiman with a majority of 274 votes over Labour candidate Ken Rowles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198794-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swat Valley bombing\nThe 23 August 2008 Swat Valley bombing occurred on 23 August 2008 when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a police station in Charbagh Tehsil of Swat valley of North West Frontier Province killing 20 people. The Tehrik-e-Taleban organisation claimed responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198795-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swazi general election\nGeneral elections were held in Swaziland on 19 September 2008 to elect the members of the House of Assembly. It was the first election under the new constitution introduced in 2006, and the first time that foreign observers were allowed to monitor an election in the country. It was observed by an Expert Team established by the Commonwealth Secretary-General at the request of the Elections and Boundaries Commission of Swaziland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198795-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swazi general election\nOn the day before the election, several union officials were arrested for attempting to block the border with South Africa at Oshoek for a pro-democracy protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198795-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Swazi general election\nPolitical parties remained banned in Swaziland, so all candidates for the 55 seats were independents. Following the election, King Mswati III was to appoint 10 more MPs. The National Assembly would then elect 10 members for the Senate, with the King appointing 20 more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198796-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swaziland Four Nations Tournament\nThe Swaziland Four Nations Tournament 2008 soccer finals were held from February 9 to February 10, 2008 at the Somhlolo National Stadium in Lobamba, Swaziland. Swaziland, Botswana, Lesotho and Mozambique IX were the teams who played in this tournament. Malawi were originally due to take part, but withdrew at the last moment and Mozambique took their part. Mozambique played with an Invitational XI not their A team, therefore all their matches are unofficial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198797-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Football Division 2\nThe following are the statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198797-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Football Division 2, Player of the year awards\nEver since 2003 the online bookmaker Unibet have given out awards at the end of the season to the best players in Division 2. The recipients are decided by a jury of sportsjournalists, coaches and football experts. The names highlighted in green won the overall national award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198798-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Football Division 3\nStatistics of Swedish football Division 3 for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198799-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Golf Tour\nThe 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments held in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Latvia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198799-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Golf Tour\nScandinavian Airline System (SAS) took over as main sponsor of the tour after 12 years with Telia Company, and the name was changed to the SAS Masters Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198799-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Golf Tour\nMost of the tournaments also featured on the 2008 Nordic Golf League (NGL) or the 2008 Challenge Tour (CHA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198799-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule\nThe season consisted of 14 events played between May and October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198800-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\nThe 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198800-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\nScandinavian Airlines replaced Telia Company as the tour's main sponsor and minimum purse for tournaments were raised to SEK 300,000. The sponsorship agreement amounted to a total of SEK 55 million and included the men's SAS Masters (formerly Scandinavian Masters) and women's SAS Masters in Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198800-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\nThe Swedish International, held since 1962 and included on the tour since its inception in 1986, was discontinued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198800-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\nTeenage twins Jacqueline and Caroline Hedwall finished top at the inaugural SAS Masters Tour event. Catrin Nilsmark and Czech Republic's Zuzana Masinova both won two events, and Masinova won the Order of Merit thanks to three runner-up finishes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198800-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\n25 places at the LET event G\u00f6teborg Masters was reserved for players of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198800-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Schedule\nThe season consisted of 12 tournaments played between May and October, where one event was held in Finland, and one was a Ladies European Tour event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198800-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Order of Merit\nAn official feeder tour for the Ladies European Tour, the top two finishers in the Order of Merit earned LET cards for 2009. The two qualifiers received Exemption Category 7, ahead of the 30 Q-School graduates with Category 8A. Johanna Lundberg received the second card, as Catrin Nilsmark was already exempt in Category 2, after winning an LET major, the Evian Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198801-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Open\nThe 2008 Swedish Open (also known as the Catella Swedish Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 61st edition of the Swedish Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the B\u00e5stad tennisstadion in B\u00e5stad, Sweden, from 7 July through 13 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198801-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Open\nThe singles draw was headlined by new ATP No. 4, Valencia and 's-Hertogenbosch titlist and B\u00e5stad defending champion David Ferrer, Nottingham finalist Fernando Verdasco, and Warsaw runner-up and 2006 B\u00e5stad winner Tommy Robredo. Also present were Miami Masters semifinalist Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, Costa do Sau\u00edpe runner-up and 2002 B\u00e5stad champion Carlos Moy\u00e1, Ga\u00ebl Monfils, Jarkko Nieminen and Robin S\u00f6derling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198801-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Open, Finals, Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman /  Robin S\u00f6derling defeated  Johan Brunstr\u00f6m /  Jean-Julien Rojer, 6\u20132, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198802-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Open \u2013 Doubles\nSimon Aspelin and Julian Knowle were the defending champions, but Knowle chose not to participate, and only Aspelin competed that year. Aspelin partnered with Thomas Johansson, but lost in the semifinals to Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Robin S\u00f6derling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198802-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Open \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Robin S\u00f6derling won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20132, against Johan Brunstr\u00f6m and Jean-Julien Rojer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198803-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Open \u2013 Singles\nDavid Ferrer was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Tommy Robredo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198803-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Open \u2013 Singles\nThirds-seeded Tommy Robredo won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20131, against fourth-seeded Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198803-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198804-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Rally\nThe 2008 Swedish Rally, officially 57th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, was the second round of 2008 World Rally Championship season. It was the season's first and only event held on snow- and ice-covered gravel roads. The rally took place during February 7\u201310, beginning with Super Special Stage placed in rallybase, Karlstad. The rally was also the first round of Production Car World Rally Championship this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198804-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Rally\nEven though it snowed before the rally, eliminating the threat of calling the event off, the mild temperatures caused cancellation of stages 12 and 18, shortening the overall competitive kilometers count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198804-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Rally\nThe rally was won by BP Ford World Rally Team's 22-year-old Jari-Matti Latvala. With his debut win, Latvala became the youngest winner in the history of the World Rally Championship, breaking Henri Toivonen's record from the 1980 RAC Rally. Latvala's teammate and compatriot Mikko Hirvonen was second and Stobart VK M-Sport Ford's Gigi Galli completed an all-Ford podium. Subaru World Rally Team's Petter Solberg was fourth, followed by Andreas Mikkelsen, Dani Sordo, Toni Gardemeister, Juho H\u00e4nninen, Mads \u00d8stberg and Jari Ketomaa. Fifth-placed Matthew Wilson ran into technical problems with throttle on the penultimate stage and had to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198804-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Swedish Rally\nS\u00e9bastien Loeb crashed out and rolled his car while running third, then retired again, after restarting under SupeRally and winning two stages, because of the damaged engine. Henning Solberg  inherited the third place, but later suffered a puncture causing him to slip further down and then crashed while running fourth and was forced to retire for the second day; after rejoining the fight under SupeRally format Norwegian was the fastest driver on day three, winning all the remaining stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198805-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships\nThe 2008 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships took place in Eriksdalsbadet, Sweden between November 27, 2008 and November 30, 2008. 44 champions were declared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198806-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship\nThe 2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 13th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198806-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Drivers\nThese were the STCC entries for the 2008 season. Entrants with numbers 90 and above also competed in the privateer competition known as Semcon Cup. All teams were Swedish-registered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198807-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swindon Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2008 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198807-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swindon Borough Council election, Campaign\nSeveral unusual events attracted attention during the campaign. A yorkshire terrier was reported as having received a polling card for the election, with his owner being faced with being charged with supplying false electoral information and as a result had to write a letter of apology. Meanwhile, Swindon council got a look-alike of Captain Jack Sparrow to hand out balloons and leaflets on the election in an attempt to increase interest in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198807-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Swindon Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw each party end with the same number of seats as before the election with the Conservatives remaining in control with 43 seats. The Conservatives gained one seat from Labour in Park ward but Labour also took a seat back from the Conservatives in Central ward. In total 15 councillors were re-elected with Labour staying on 12 seats, the Liberal Democrats 3 and 1 independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198808-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss Federal Council election\nOn 10 December 2008, the Swiss Federal Assembly elected Ueli Maurer as successor to Federal Councillor Samuel Schmid. Schmid resigned on 12 November 2008 after a number of controversies, officially citing health and personal reasons. Maurer took office on 1 January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198808-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates\nThe Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), Switzerland's largest party by voter share but no longer represented in the Federal Council after the 2008 split-off of Schmid's Conservative Democratic Party (BDP), claimed Schmid's seat. The other governing parties including the BDP accepted the SVP's claim and declined to field candidates of their own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198808-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates\nOn 27 November 2008, the SVP's parliamentary group decided to nominate former Federal Councillor Christoph Blocher and former party president Ueli Maurer as candidates for Schmid's seat. Under new SVP party rules, any SVP member elected to the position without being nominated for it by the group would automatically lose his or her party membership. The opposition Green Party, citing their opposition to the SVP's policies and their representation on the Council, fielded State Councillor Luc Recordon as a candidate of their own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198808-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates\nAll governing parties declared Blocher to be unacceptable as Federal Councillor. The center-right Free Democrats (FDP/PRD) decided to support Maurer, while the center-left Social Democrats (SP/PS) announced that they would not elect him and were looking for an alternative SVP candidate. The centrist Christian Democrats (CVP/PDC) announced on 9 December 2008 that a narrow majority of their parliamentary group, 23 MPs, would vote for Maurer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198808-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss Federal Council election, Results\nPrior to the first round, Hansj\u00f6rg Walter, an SVP councillor from Thurgau who had previously been rumored to be the favorite of the center-left parties, announced that he would not accept an election. He nonetheless received 109 votes. Following the first round, SVP group leader Caspar Baader announced that Christoph Blocher's candidacy was withdrawn in favor of Ueli Maurer. Green Party candidate Luc Recordon, who did not receive more than ten votes in the first round, declared that he would \"suspend\" his candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198808-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss Federal Council election, Results\nUeli Maurer was elected Federal Councillor on the third ballot, receiving exactly the 122 votes required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198809-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Swiss Figure Skating Championships (officially named German: Schweizermeisterschaften Elite Kunstlaufen und Eistanzen and French: Championnats Suisses Elite Patinage Artistique et Danse sur Glace) were held at the Eishalle Deutweg in Winterthur from December 7 through 8th, 2007. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198810-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss Open Super Series\nThe 2008 Swiss Open Super Series was the fourth tournament of 2008 BWF Super Series badminton tournament. It was held from March 11 to March 16, 2008 in Basel, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums\nTen referendums were held in Switzerland during 2008. The first two were held on 24 February on business tax reform and aircraft noise. A further three were held on 1 June on public information campaigns, naturalisation and health reform. The final five were held on 30 November on legalising cannabis, making the pension age flexible, restricting the right of appeal of associations against construction projects, amending the constitutional article on narcotics and eliminating the statute of limitations with respect to pornographic crimes against children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, June referendums\nAll three questions were rejected in the referendum. The most controversial initiative was the proposal to allow local communities to hold popular votes on the naturalisation of foreigners with no right of appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, June referendums, Naturalisation\nSwitzerland has one of the largest number of foreign residents in Europe with foreigners making up over 20% of residents. In order to gain citizenship people must have lived in Switzerland for 12 years and have passed tests on the language and culture of Switzerland. In July 2003 the Swiss Supreme court blocked the holding of popular votes by local communities to decide on the naturalisation of immigrants who live in that community. The Supreme Court acted after a vote in Emmen in which eight Italians were approved but 48 Eastern European and Turkish candidates were rejected. The court ruled that they had been discriminated against on religious and ethnic grounds and said that all applicants had the right to know the reason for rejection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, June referendums, Naturalisation\nThe Swiss People's Party (SVP) brought an initiative forward to permit such popular votes to take place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, June referendums, Naturalisation\nDuring the campaign on naturalisation votes the SVP sent literature out detailing crimes committed by people who had been granted citizenship. They also produced billboards  showing black, brown and white hands reaching for Swiss passports and saying \"Stop the Mass Naturalizations\". They argued the measure was needed due an eightfold increase in naturalisations between 1991 and 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, June referendums, Naturalisation\nThe government and the four other main political parties opposed the naturalisation referendum and preferred the existing system where elected bodies took the decision and where there is a right to appeal. In May 2008 a group of 72 professors of constitutional law produced newspaper adverts urging people to reject the measure. Opponents argued that the measure was unconstitutional and violated international law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, June referendums, Naturalisation\nA poll on the referendum in April showed support for the measure but another in May showed only 33% supporting the measure, 56% against and 11% undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, June referendums, Naturalisation\nIn order for the initiative to pass a majority of Swiss cantons would have had to support it as well as a majority of voters. In the end only one of the 26 cantons, Schwyz, supported the initiative. Some cantons, such as Geneva and Vaud, had up to 82% of voters against the measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, June referendums, Naturalisation\nInternal disputes within the People's Party and the lack of a clear message in favour of the proposal were seen as reasons for the defeat of the measure. The government welcomed the results of the referendum saying that they showed people had confidence in the authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, June referendums, Government information\nThis question asked voters to restrict the information that the government could provide before referendums. The measure would have prevented members of the government from giving their opinions on topics that were to be voted on in a referendum. Supporters, including the People's Party, argued the government should not be providing what they described as propaganda at the expense of the taxpayers. The measure had been proposed due to what they described as excessive government propaganda on foreign policy questions. However opponents, including most other political parties, argued it was the job of the government to provide their opinion on referendums.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, June referendums, Health reform\nThis measure was intended to reform the health sector by reducing expenditures and increasing the role of insurers. The measure would have amended the constitution to give an outline of the health care system including the principles of competition and free choice. It was designed to increase competition within the health insurance sector. However opponents feared it would bolster the position of insurance companies, give higher costs for patients and restrict access to doctors. It was supported by the government but opposed by the Social Democratic and Christian Democrat parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums\nIn the November referendums Swiss voters rejected initiatives aiming at a legalisation of cannabis, at a flexibilisation of the pension age and at restricting the right of appeal of associations against construction projects. They accepted the revision of the federal statute on narcotics and, as a surprise result, the elimination of the statute of limitations with respect to pornographic crimes against children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Elimination of the statute of limitations with respect to pornographic crimes against children\nThe initiative \"for the elimination of the statute of limitations with respect to pornographic crimes against children\" (German: F\u00fcr die Unverj\u00e4hrbarkeit pornografischer Straftaten an Kindern, French: Pour l'imprescriptibilit\u00e9 des actes de pornographie enfantine) provided for an amendment to the Swiss Federal Constitution, introducing a new article 123b stating that \"the prosecution of sexual or pornographic infractions against prepubescent children, as well as the penalty for such infractions, are not subject to the statute of limitations\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 140], "content_span": [141, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Elimination of the statute of limitations with respect to pornographic crimes against children\nThe initiative was submitted on 1 March 2006 by \"Marche Blanche\", an association of victims of child sexual abuse and their relatives, with 119,375 valid signatures. The proponents of the initiative argued that victims of pedophilia often take a long time to become old enough and muster the courage to bring the perpetrators, who are often members of their immediate family, to justice. Therefore, according to the proponents, the statute of limitations often has the effect of preventing the effective prosecution of child sexual abuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 140], "content_span": [141, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Elimination of the statute of limitations with respect to pornographic crimes against children\nThe Swiss Federal Council and the Swiss Federal Assembly recommended that the initiative be rejected. The National Council opposed the initiative with 163 against 19 votes, the Council of States unanimously. All political parties in Switzerland with the exception of the Swiss People's Party and the Federal Democratic Union also opposed the initiative. The federal authorities argued that the initiative was vaguely phrased, making reference to the puberty of children, a developmental phase often difficult to exactly pinpoint in time and varying among children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 140], "content_span": [141, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Elimination of the statute of limitations with respect to pornographic crimes against children\nThey noted that the statute of limitations was necessary to prevent useless prosecutions, because after dozens of years the testimony of witnesses was often not reliable enough to secure a conviction. In the opinion of the federal authorities, imprescriptibility should remain reserved for crimes of exceptional gravity such as genocide and terrorist acts. Finally, the federal authorities argued that a previous change in law had already accomplished much of what the proponents desired, fixing the period of prescription at 15 years starting with the 18th birthday of the victim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 140], "content_span": [141, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Legalisation of the personal consumption and production of cannabis\nThe initiative \"for a sensible cannabis policy with effective protection of the youth\" (German: F\u00fcr eine vern\u00fcnftige Hanfpolitik mit wirksamem Jugendschutz, French: Pour une politique raisonnable en mati\u00e8re de chanvre prot\u00e9geant efficacement la jeunesse) provided for an amendment to the Federal Constitution. It would have introduced a new article 105b declaring the consumption, purchase and production of cannabis for personal use to be legal, while charging the federal authorities with ensuring an adequate protection of the Swiss youth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 113], "content_span": [114, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Legalisation of the personal consumption and production of cannabis\nThe initiative was submitted on 13 January 2006 by a committee of left-wing and liberal politicians with 105,994 valid signatures. The proponents of the initiative argued that the prohibition of cannabis was ineffective, as attested by some 600,000 consumers of the drug in Switzerland, and should be lifted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 113], "content_span": [114, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Legalisation of the personal consumption and production of cannabis\nThe Swiss Federal Council and the Swiss Federal Assembly recommended that the initiative be rejected. The National Council opposed the initiative with 111 against 73 votes, the Council of States with 19 against 18. Among the political parties in Switzerland, only the liberal and left-wing parties and the youth wing of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland supported the initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 113], "content_span": [114, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Revision of the federal statute on narcotics\nThe revision of the federal statute on narcotics (German: Bundesgesetz \u00fcber die Bet\u00e4ubungsmittel und die psychotropen Stoffe, French: Loi f\u00e9d\u00e9rale sur les stup\u00e9fiants et les substances psychotropes) was adopted on 20 March 2008 by the Swiss Federal Assembly, with the National Council passing the law by 114 to 68 votes and the Council of States unanimously. It provided for a statutory basis for the Swiss strategy against illegal drugs practiced since 1999, which consists of four pillars: prevention, harm reduction, therapy and repression. Most controversially, the revision allowed for a continuation of the governmental distribution of heroin to heavily addicted persons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 90], "content_span": [91, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Revision of the federal statute on narcotics\nObjecting to that programme and demanding a strict policy of prohibition, a committee of conservative politicians of the Federal Democratic Union and Swiss People's Party collected 51,969 valid signatures against the change in law, thereby subjecting it to a popular referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 90], "content_span": [91, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Restriction of the right of associations to appeal against building projects\nThe initiative for the restriction of the right of associations to appeal against building projects (German: \"de:Verbandsbeschwerderecht: Schluss mit der Verhinderungspolitik - Mehr Wachstum f\u00fcr die Schweiz! \", French: \"Droit de recours des organisations: Assez d'obstructionnisme - Plus de croissance pour la Suisse!\") provided for an amendment to the Federal Constitution. It would have introduced a new article 30a, which would have removed the standing of environmental organizations to take legal action against construction projects approved by popular vote or by a federal, cantonal or municipal legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 122], "content_span": [123, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198811-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Flexible state pension age\nThe initiative \"for a flexible state pension age\" (German: \"\"f\u00fcr ein flexibles AHV-Alter\"\", French: \u00abPour un \u00e2ge de l'AVS flexible\u00bb) provided for an amendment to the Federal Constitution. It would have introduced a new article art. 112 par. 2 littera e, which would have allowed most people to retire without the loss of state benefits at the age of 62 instead of at the age of 65 for men or 64 for women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 72], "content_span": [73, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198812-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sydney Roosters season\nThe 2008 Sydney Roosters season was the 101st in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2008 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 4th out of 16. Despite losing their first finals match, the Roosters got another chance the following week but were knocked out by the New Zealand Warriors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198812-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sydney Roosters season, Squad\nThe following players are contracted to the Sydney Roosters for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198812-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sydney Roosters season, Player Movement\nThe Roosters have had a rather significant amount of player movement which will result in an extensive squad change from the 2007 season. The Roosters have lost 10 players from their 2007 squad and gained 4 new players, including high-profile signings Willie Mason and Mark O'Meley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198813-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nThe 2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex, was the 64th annual running of the \"blue water classic\" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198813-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nAs in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales. As with previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races, the 2008 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at noon on Boxing Day (26 December 2008), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170\u00a0km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198813-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nThe 2008 fleet comprised 100 starters. By placing first in line honours, Wild Oats XI became the first yacht to claim fourth consecutive line titles, beating the previous record held by Morna/Kurrewa IV of three consecutive line honours victories (1946, 1947 and 1948).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198813-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, 2008 fleet\n100 yachts registered to begin the 2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht race. They are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198814-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Sylvania 300\nThe 2008 Sylvania 300 was the twenty-seventh race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the first race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198814-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Sylvania 300, Summary\nThe 300-lap, 317.4 miles (510.8\u00a0km) race was held on September 14 at the 1.058 miles (1.703\u00a0km) New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. ABC televised the race beginning at 1 pm US EDT with radio coverage by Performance Racing Network along with Sirius Satellite Radio starting at that same time. This was PRN's first race to be broadcast from NHMS as Motor Racing Network handled the June event following an agreement settled in May, almost one year following the purchase of the facility by Speedway Motorsports, Inc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198814-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Sylvania 300, Summary, Qualifying\nAfter a 90-minute practice session, rain hit Loudon and washed out qualifying, so the field was lined up according to the rulebook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198814-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Sylvania 300, Summary, Race Recap\nKyle Busch, who came into the race as the top seed in the chase, suffered major mechanical problems as his sway bar was broken. Matt Kenseth was involved in a major crash and, when all was settled, Greg Biffle won and jumped to third place in the Chase standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198814-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Sylvania 300, Summary, Race Recap\nFailed to make race as qualifying was canceled due to rain: Tony Raines (#34) and Carl Long (#46).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team\nThe 2008 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were coached by Greg Robinson and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Before the season\nThe Orange lost its leading receiving from the 2007 season, Mike Williams. Williams was suspended from the team due to academic reasons. The most recent report says that Williams is not enrolled in classes for the fall semester. Williams led the team with 60 catches for 837 yards in 2007. He finished the season on a school-record streak of nine games with a touchdown reception. That mark stands nine short of Larry Fitzgerald's record of 18 consecutive games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Before the season\nSyracuse's number two receiver, Taj Smith, declared himself eligible for the NFL Draft. Smith was not drafted, but did sign as a free agent with the Green Bay Packers. Smith recorded 44 catches for 822 yards in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Before the season, Recruiting\nSyracuse landed the nation's No. 50 recruiting class, which featured three 4-star recruits and five 3-star recruits. The class was headlined by Churchville, NY tailback Averin Collier, Syracuse, NY receiver Marcus Sales and New Berlin defensive end Romale Tucker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Northwestern\nSyracuse opened the 2008 football season with a 30\u201310 defeat at the hands of Northwestern. The Orange marched the ball 63 yards on its opening drive, settling for a 36-yard field goal. SU's defense kept Northwestern at bay until late in the second quarter, but the offense provided the Wildcats first points. Syracuse quarterback Andrew Robinson was called for intentional grounding in his own end zone, resulting in a safety. Northwestern closed out the first half with 16-yard touchdown pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Northwestern\nThe Orange took advantage of a Tyrell Sutton fumble to open the second half. The ensuing touchdown run from back Curtis Brinkley gave the Orange its second lead of the game 10\u20139. Brinkley would finish with 49 yards on nine carries. He was joined by Delone Carter and Doug Hogue in the backfield. Neither broke 50 yards, though Carter's long rush of 32 yards was longer than any carry the Orange had in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Northwestern\nNorthwestern closed the game on a 21-point run. One of those touchdowns came off an interception. From the opening drive on, the Orange had only one possession that went longer than 40 yards. The drive resulted in a missed field goal, as kicker Patrick Shadle hit the upright from 51 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Akron\nSyracuse lost its fourth straight home opener and second straight game to a MAC opponent with a 42\u201328 loss to Akron. The Zips set the pace early, taking the ball 65 yards down the field for a touchdown. Akron scored again in the first quarter. The 79-yard drive was capped off with a 35-yard run by Dennis Kennedy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Akron\nThe Orange found the endzone for the first time in the second quarter. Quarterback Cam Dantley connected with tight end Mike Owen for a 32-yard touchdown pass, his first career touchdown reception. Akron and Syracuse would then exchange touchdowns on one-yard runs. The Orange's score came from Curtis Brinkley, who set a career-high with 143 yards. The Zips would score again on a one-yard carry heading into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Akron\nSyracuse tied the game in the fourth quarter, thanks to two touchdown passes from Dantley. One went for four-yards to Owen; the other was a 15-yard pass to redshirt freshman Nick Provo. Dantley finished 13-of-20 with 135 yards, 3 touchdowns and an interception. Akron put the game out of reach with back-to-back touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nSyracuse renewed its historic rivalry with Penn State with a 55\u201313 defeat. The teams last played in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nEach of Penn State's three quarterbacks threw touchdown passes. Daryll Clark finished 10 of 21 for 163 yards and two touchdowns, Pat Devlin was 8 of 13 for 130 yards and two touchdowns, and Paul Cianciolo was 2 of 4 for 51 yards and a score. Receivers Jordan Norwood and Deon Butler both had over 100 yards receiving and two touchdowns apiece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nThe Nittany Lion defense held the Orange offense without a first down until early in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Northeastern\nSyracuse defeated Football Championship Subdivision Northeastern, 30\u201321, behind a combined 245 yards and two touchdowns from tailbacks Doug Hogue and Curtis Brinkley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Northeastern\nQuarterback Cam Dantley completing 14 of 17 passes for 167 yards and one touchdown in his third straight start for the Orange.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nPittsburgh tailback LaRod Stephens-Howling scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, Conor Lee kicked four field goals, and Pittsburgh scored 18 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to rally past Syracuse 34\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, West Virginia\nPlaying without starting quarterback Pat White, West Virginia turned to tailback Noel Devine, who rushed for a career-high 188 yards and a touchdown, in a West Virginia 17\u20136 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, West Virginia\nAlthough Syracuse outgained West Virginia 346\u2013268, and SU tailback Curtis Brinkley rushed for 144 yards, the Orange (1\u20135, 0\u20132) didn't register a touchdown for the first time in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nSouth Florida quarterback Matt Grothe threw three touchdown passes and ran for another as South Florida crushed Syracuse, 45\u201313. Grothe finished with 72 yards on the ground and went finished 19-for-26 in the air for 248 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nSyracuse tailback Curtis Brinkley set a Syracuse single-season record Saturday night with his fifth consecutive 100-yard game as Syracuse upset Louisville for the second year in a row, 28\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nThe win was just head coach Greg Robinson's third Big East Conference win. After the game, Robinson had accumulated a 3\u201322 overall in four seasons against the Big East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nRutgers quarterback Mike Teel threw three touchdown passes and Rutgers overcame a 14-point deficit to beat Syracuse 35\u201317. The loss made the Orange ineligible to compete in a bowl game for the fourth straight year under coach Robinson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Connecticut\nConnecticut tailback Donald Brown rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown, Jasper Howard scored on a 69-yard punt return and Robert McClain delivered a 37-yard interception return for a score as Connecticut defeated Syracuse 39\u201314. Connecticut broke the game open after struggling to hold on to a 22\u201314 second half lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nA week after Syracuse announced that it was firing its head coach at the conclusion of the season, Syracuse delivered the biggest win under the Robinson era, stunning the Irish in South Bend, 24\u201323. QB Cameron Dantley's 11-yard touchdown pass to Donte Davis with 42 seconds left proved to be the game winner, as the Irish lost to an eight-loss team for the first time in its school's storied history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nThe victory allowed Syracuse (3\u20138) to avoid a third 10-loss season in four years under Robinson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nThe Greg Robinson era came to an end against the Bearcats as the Orange was dominated by the Bearcats. Cincinnati QB Tony Pike threw for 274 yards on 28-of-44 passes while kicker Jake Rogers connected from 45, 38 and 45 yards. Syracuse went 10\u201347 in coach Greg Robinson\u2019s four seasons, including 3\u201325 in the Big East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Statistics, Offense\nNote: These lists are not complete. Only the leaders are included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198815-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Syracuse Orange football team, Statistics, Defensive Leaders\nNote: This list includes only defensive leaders. Click  for a complete list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198816-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nThe 2008 season was S\u00e3o Paulo's 79th season since club's existence. In Campeonato Paulista was eliminated in semifinals by rival Palmeiras. The club participated in the Copa Libertadores for the fifth time being defeated by the Fluminense in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198816-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nHowever the consecration became for the third time in S\u00e9rie A with an unprecedented done of three nationals titles in a row, reaching 6 titles altogether becoming the greatest Brazilian champion in history of league (since 1971), the trophy came in the last round with a victory by 1\u20130 over Goi\u00e1s in the Bezerr\u00e3o stadium situated in city of Gama, in the Federal District. The single goal was scored by forward Borges along the 22 minutes of first half. For the Copa Sudamericana was eliminated in penalty shootout by Atl\u00e9tico Paranaense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198816-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198816-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198816-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198817-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 S\u00e3o Paulo mayoral election\nThe 2008 S\u00e3o Paulo municipal election took place in the city of S\u00e3o Paulo, with the first round taking place on 5 October and the second round taking place on 26 October 2008. Voters voted to elect the Mayor, the Vice Mayor, and 55 City Councillors for the administration of the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198817-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 S\u00e3o Paulo mayoral election\nThe result was a 2nd round victory for incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab of the Democrats (DEM), who had previously assumed office after the resignation of Jos\u00e9 Serra, who went to run for governor in the 2006 S\u00e3o Paulo gubernatorial election., winning 3,790,558 votes and a share of 60,72% of the popular vote, defeating Marta Suplicy, of the Worker's Party (PT), who took 2,452,527 votes and a share of 39,28% of the popular vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198818-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 TAC Cup season\nThe 2008 TAC Cup season was the 17th season of the TAC Cup competition. Murray Bushrangers won their 2nd premiership title after defeating the Dandenong Stingrays in the grand final by 81 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198819-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 TC 2000 Championship\nThe 2008 TC 2000 Championship was the 30th Turismo Competicion 2000 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3\n2008 TC3 (Catalina Sky Survey temporary designation 8TA9D69) was an 80-tonne (80-long-ton; 90-short-ton), 4.1-meter (13\u00a0ft) diameter asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere on October 7, 2008. It exploded at an estimated 37 kilometers (23\u00a0mi) above the Nubian Desert in Sudan. Some 600 meteorites, weighing a total of 10.5 kilograms (23.1\u00a0lb), were recovered; many of these belonged to a rare type known as ureilites, which contain, among other minerals, nanodiamonds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3\nIt was the first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted before its entry into the atmosphere as a meteor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Discovery\nThe asteroid was discovered by Richard A. Kowalski at the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) 1.5-meter telescope at Mount Lemmon, north of Tucson, Arizona, US, on October 6, 06:39 UTC, 19 hours before the impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 19], "content_span": [20, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Discovery\nIt was notable as the first such body to be observed and tracked prior to reaching Earth. The process of detecting and tracking a near-Earth object, an effort sometimes referred to as Spaceguard, was put to the test. In total, 586 astrometric and almost as many photometric observations were performed by 27 amateur and professional observers in less than 19 hours and reported to the Minor Planet Center, which in eleven hours issued 25 Minor Planet Electronic Circulars with new orbit solutions as observations poured in. On October 7, 01:49 UTC, the asteroid entered the shadow of the Earth, which made further observations impossible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 19], "content_span": [20, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Discovery\nImpact predictions were performed by University of Pisa's CLOMON 2 semi-automatic monitoring system as well as Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Sentry system. Spectral observations that were performed by astronomers at the 4.2-meter William Herschel Telescope at La Palma, Canary Islands are consistent with either a C-type or M-type asteroid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 19], "content_span": [20, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Entry\nThe meteor entered Earth's atmosphere above northern Sudan at 02:46 UTC (05:46 local time) on October 7, 2008, with a velocity of 12.8 kilometers per second (29,000\u00a0mph) at an azimuth of 281 degrees and an altitude angle of 19 degrees to the local horizon. It exploded tens of kilometers above the ground with the energy of 0.9 to 2.1 kilotons of TNT over a remote area of the Nubian Desert, causing a large fireball or bolide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 15], "content_span": [16, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Entry\nThe Times reported that the meteor's \"light was so intense that it lit up the sky like a full moon and an airliner 1,400\u00a0km (870\u00a0mi) away reported seeing the bright flash.\" A webcam captured the flash lighting up El-Gouna beach 725 kilometres north of the explosion (see this webcam frame). A low-resolution image of the explosion was captured by the weather satellite Meteosat 8. The Meteosat images place the fireball at . Infrasound detector arrays in Kenya also detected a sound wave from the direction of the expected impact corresponding to energy of 1.1 to 2.1 kilotons of TNT. Asteroids of this size hit Earth about two or three times a year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 15], "content_span": [16, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Entry\nThe trajectory showed intersection with Earth's surface at roughly  though the object was expected to break up perhaps 100\u2013200 kilometers (60\u2013120\u00a0mi) west as it descended, somewhat east of the Nile River, and about 100 kilometers (60\u00a0mi) south of the Egypt\u2013Sudan border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 15], "content_span": [16, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Entry\nAccording to U.S. government sources U.S. satellites detected the impact at 02:45:40 UT, with the initial detection at  at 65.4 kilometers (40.6\u00a0mi; 35.3\u00a0nmi) altitude and final explosion at  at 37 kilometers (23\u00a0mi; 20\u00a0nmi) altitude. These images have not been publicly released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 15], "content_span": [16, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Recovered fragments\nA search of the impact zone that began on December 6, 2008, turned up 10.5 kilograms (23\u00a0lb) of rock in some 600 fragments. These meteorites are collectively named Almahata Sitta (Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0637\u0629 \u0633\u062a\u0629\u200e), which means \"Station Six\" and is a train station between Wadi Halfa and Khartoum, Sudan. This search was led by Peter Jenniskens from the SETI Institute, California and Muawia Shaddad of the University of Khartoum in Sudan and carried out with the collaboration of students and staff of the University of Khartoum. The initial 15 meteorites were found in the first three days of the search. Numerous witnesses were interviewed, and the hunt was guided with a search grid and specific target area produced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 29], "content_span": [30, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Recovered fragments\nSamples of the Almahata Sitta meteorite were sent for analysis to a consortium of researchers led by Jenniskens, the Almahata Sitta consortium, including NASA Ames in California, the Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and Fordham University in New York City. The first sample measured was an anomalous ultra-fine-grained porous polymict ureilite achondrite, with large carbonaceous grains. Reflectance spectra of the meteorite, combined with the astronomical observations, identified asteroid 2008 TC3 as an F-type asteroid class. These fragile anomalous dark carbon-rich ureilites are now firmly linked to the group of F-class asteroids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 29], "content_span": [30, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 TC3, Recovered fragments\nAmino acids have been found on the meteorite. The nanodiamonds found in the meteorite were shown to have grown slowly, implying that the source is another planet in the solar system. More recently, in December 2020, further studies on the fragments have been reported. These studies revealed an extremely rare form of hydrated crystals, in a fragment called AhS 202, known as amphibole, suggesting to the researchers that 2008 TC3 early on likely belonged to a very large Ceres-class dwarf planet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 29], "content_span": [30, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Recovered fragments\nRichard Kowalski, who discovered the object, received a tiny fragment of Almahatta Sitta, a gift from friends and well-wishers on the Minor Planet Mailing List, which Kowalski founded in order to help connect professional and amateur astronomers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 29], "content_span": [30, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Gallery\nMeteosat 8/EUMETSAT visual image of first light flare from 2008 TC3 with lat/long reference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 17], "content_span": [18, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Gallery\nMeteosat 8/EUMETSAT IR image of main fireball from 2008 TC3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 17], "content_span": [18, 77]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198820-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 TC3, Gallery\nMeteosat images combined, showing offset from first light flare to main IR flare", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 17], "content_span": [18, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198821-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team\nThe 2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Patterson. The Frogs played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs finished the season 11\u20132, 7\u20131 in conference, and won the Poinsettia Bowl against #9 Boise State, 17\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198821-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Schedule\n** Game was moved to an earlier start time due to Hurricane Ike", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198821-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Rankings\nNote that parenthetical rankings are not official below No. 25, but are based on number of votes received in the various polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament\nThe 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament was a professional wrestling X Cup Tournament produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It was the third World X Cup Tournament and the last held as of 2021. The competition began on June\u00a010, 2008 and concluded on July\u00a013, 2008 at TNA's Victory Road pay-per-view (PPV) event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament\nThe tournament featured several international wrestlers alongside several TNA wrestlers. The theme of the contest was four competing teams, each representing a specific country or organization. However, the 2008 competition featured the debut of Team International, which represented several countries and cultures. Daivari, Tyson Dux, Doug Williams, Alex Koslov, Averno, Rey Bucanero, \u00daltimo Guerrero, Volador Jr., Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Puma, Milano Collection A.T., Kaz, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Curry Man all competed in the 2008 installment. They formed the four teams involved: Team International, Team Mexico, Team Japan, and Team TNA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament\nThe contest consisted of four rounds, made up of eight matches each, with the third round and finals held at Victory Road. Several of the wrestlers who competed in the tournament went on to make regular appearances in TNA after the conclusion of the contest. Team Mexico won the tournament by having scored the most points, with seven, compared to TNA with six, Japan with four, and International with three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament\nBob Kapur, of the professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer, reviewed Victory Road, giving the third round a 9 out of 10, while the final round received an 8 out of 10. Kapur said the third round was an \"incredible match\", while the final was \"excellent with some tremendous crazy spots\". Wade Keller of the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter reviewed the matches involved in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament\nKeller said the third round bout was a dream match for some, with \"lots of cool spots from start to finish\", but that it had \"little context early\" and was more just a \"bunch of spots\". As for the final round, Keller commented that \"it had some spectacular (and ridiculously dangerous looking) spots\", but that it ended up \"feeling short for a match of that caliber\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Production\nThe 2008 installment of the TNA World X Cup Tournament was announced in February 2008 by TNA Management Director Jim Cornette. Cornette did not reveal when the tournament would be held or who would be involved. On the May\u00a01 episode of TNA's television program TNA Impact!, TNA commentator Mike Tenay announced that the tournament was planned for the summer. In mid-May, it was reported that New Japan Pro-Wrestling was sending Milano Collection A.T. and Taichi Ishikari to be featured in the tournament. TNA was also interested in bringing in British wrestler Doug Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Production\nAverno, Rey Bucanero, \u00daltimo Guerrero, Volador Jr., Naruki Doi, and Masato Yoshino were revealed at the end of May to be involved. In June, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Daivari, Tyson Dux, Williams, and Alex Koslov would make up Team International, while Averno, Bucanero, Guerrero, and Volador Jr. would be Team Mexico, and Team Japan would consist of Milano Collection AT, Ishikari, Doi, and Yoshino. The finals of the tournament were also planned to be held at TNA's Victory Road pay-per-view (PPV) event on July\u00a013. It was announced on the June\u00a019 episode of Impact!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Production\nthat the finals would be contested in an Ultimate X match. Team Mexico had trouble entering the United States, resulting in the tournament starting without them and the team appearing late in the festivities. Team TNA was revealed on the June\u00a012 episode of Impact!, with Kaz as the team captain and Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Curry Man rounding out the team. Despite the report by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Ishikari did not compete in the tournament; instead, Puma filled out Team Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Production\nBefore the tournament commenced, TNA held three preview matches involving World X Cup participants. The first two were featured on the June\u00a012 episode of Impact!. In the first preview match, Team TNA's The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) were pitted against Team Japan's Speed Muscle (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) in a tag team match lasting 6 minutes. The Motor City Machine Guns won when Sabin pinned Doi, after Shelley and Sabin performed a double kick to the face.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Production\nThe second was between Team International's Alex Koslov and Team TNA's Curry Man, which lasted 4 minutes. Koslov won the match by pinfall after a splash from the top rope. TNA held another preview match on the June\u00a019 episode of Impact!. In this match, Kaz of Team TNA defeated Koslov after smashing Koslov face-first into the mat with his signature Wave of the Future maneuver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nThe 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament featured eight matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nThe tournament consisted of four rounds, with the first two rounds taking place on Impact!, while round three and four were held at Victory Road. Round one was taped on June\u00a010 and June\u00a023, and aired on the June\u00a019 and June\u00a026 episodes of Impact!. Round two was taped on June\u00a024, and aired on the July\u00a03 and July\u00a010 episodes of Impact!.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nRound one of the 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament was strictly Tag Team matches between each of the participating groups, with each victory being worth one point. Two matches were held during round one. The first match was between Team TNA and Team International on the June\u00a019 episode of Impact!. The Motor City Machine Guns represented Team TNA in the contest, while the team of Tyson Dux and Daivari fought for Team International. The Motor City Machine Guns won the encounter by pinfall at 13 minutes when Shelley forced Daivari head-first into the mat with his signature Sliced Bread#2 maneuver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nThe next match pitted Team Mexico against Team Japan on the June\u00a026 episode of Impact!. The team of Rey Bucanero and \u00daltimo Guerrero represented Team Mexico in the contest, while Speed Muscle represented Team Japan. Team Mexico won the bout after Bucanero and Guerrero each performed a corkscrew aerial splash on Doi to gain the pinfall victory at 6 minutes. At the end of round one, this left Team International and Team Japan with zero points, while Team TNA and Team Mexico both had one point a piece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nThe format for round two changed from Tag Team matches to Standard wrestling matches, with each victory now worth two points. Four matches were held during round two. The first bout pitted Team Mexico against Team International. Rey Bucanero of Team Mexico faced Alex Koslov of Team International, which Bucanero won at 2 minutes after a somersault dive from the top rope. The next bout was between Team Japan and Team TNA. Milano Collection A.T. of Team Japan defeated Curry Man of Team TNA in the match. He won by pinfall at 4 minutes after a backflip splash from the top rope. Both of these contests were featured on the July\u00a03 episode of Impact!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nThe final two matches of round two took place on the July\u00a010 episode of Impact!. The first was between Team International and Team Japan. In this contest, Doug Williams of Team International defeated Masato Yoshino by pinfall after slamming Yoshino neck-first onto the mat with his signature Chaos Theory maneuver at the 5 minute mark. In the final match of round two, Team TNA faced Team Mexico. Team TNA's Kaz defeated Team Mexico's Ultimo Guerrero in 5 minutes. Kaz won the bout by pinfall after slamming Guerrero face-first onto the mat with his signature Wave of the Future maneuver. At the end of round two, the point standings for the teams were Team Mexico with three points, Team TNA with three, Team Japan with two, and Team International with two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nThe third round of the 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament opened Victory Road on July\u00a013. It was a Four Team Twelve Man Elimination Tag Team match between Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Curry Man of Team TNA, Masato Yoshino, Milano Collection A.T., and Puma of Team Japan, Averno, Rey Bucanero, and \u00daltimo Guerrero of Team Mexico, and Alex Koslov, Doug Williams, and Tyson Dux of Team International. The bout lasted 24 minutes and 16 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nThe rules of this encounter involved only two wrestlers in the ring at all times, with any member of any team being allowed to tag in at any time. Members of each team were eliminated until only one team remained, that team was considered the winner and earned three points in the World X Cup Tournament. The first person eliminated was Dux at 2 minutes and 55 seconds by Bucanero. Puma then followed at 5 minutes and 4 seconds by Averno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0011-0002", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nMilano Collection A.T. was eliminated by Sabin at 7 minutes and 2 seconds, leaving Team Japan down to one member. At 10 minutes and 27 seconds, Yoshino pinned Averno. At this time, Team TNA was the only team to not lose a member, until Guerrero pinned Curry Man to drop Team TNA down to two members in the bout at 12 minutes and 51 seconds. Bucanero eliminated another competitor at 13 minutes and 23 seconds by pinning Williams, which left Team International one member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0011-0003", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nTeam Mexico was then eliminated from the encounter after Guerrero was pinned by Koslov at 15 minutes and 9 seconds, along with Bucanero being pinned by Sabin at 16 minutes and 12 seconds. Koslov followed up by eliminating Sabin at 19 minutes and 6 seconds, leaving Team TNA, Team International, and Team Japan one member a piece. Team International was eliminated afterwards at 20 minutes and 34 seconds by Yoshino. The match came down to Shelley of Team TNA and Yoshino of Team Japan. Shelley won the bout by pinning Yoshino after forcing Yoshino back-first onto the mat with his signature Automatic Midnight maneuver to win the contest and three points for Team TNA at 24 minutes and 16 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nWith the win by Shelley of Team TNA, the point standings for the teams were Team TNA with six, Team Mexico with three, Team Japan with two, and Team International with two going into the final round. However, TNA stated that Team International and Team Japan also gained points in the match for eliminating competitors, so by TNA statistics the point values were Team TNA with six, Team Mexico with three, Team Japan with four, and Team International with three heading into the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nThe fourth and final round of the 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament was held later on the card of Victory Road. It involved one member of each respective team in a Four Way Ultimate X match. The encounter was between Daivari of Team International, Kaz of Team TNA, Naruki Doi of Team Japan, and Volador Jr. of Team Mexico. In an Ultimate X match, two steel cables are attached to four steel supports in such a way that they form an \"X\" above the ring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nAt the center of this \"X\" an item is hung, which must be retrieved by a participant to win the match. In this bout, the item hanging above the ring was an enlarged red \"X\" which symbolized four points in the World X Cup Tournament. During the encounter, Kaz ascended one of the steel supports before jumping off towards the center of the ring and slamming his leg onto Daivari, who was holding onto the cables. This action forced both of them to fall and crash onto the ring mat below. Afterwards, Volador Jr ascended the cables and retrieved the \"X\" to win the match and four points for Team Mexico at 10 minutes and 58 seconds. Team Mexico were awarded a trophy for their victory after the bout by Mike Tenay and TNA Spanish commentator Willie Urbina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Tournament\nWith this victory, Team Mexico won the 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament with seven points, compared to six by Team TNA, four by Team Japan, and three by Team International.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Reception\nWade Keller and James Caldwell of the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter each reviewed the matches involved in the tournament. Caldwell said the first round match between The Motor City Machine Guns and the team of Tyson Dux and Daivari was a \"high-energy affair with a fast-paced sequence to finish the match.\" He also said it was \"very heavy on forgettable spots\", but that it was \"the type of in-ring action expected by viewers of this show.\" He rated it on a scale of 5 stars, giving it 2 1/4 stars. Caldwell reviewed the Team Mexico versus Team Japan contest from round one. He called it \"very much a lucha-style match with fast-paced action and plenty of tag team double-teaming\" that was a \"good X Cup showcase,' which he gave 1 1/2 stars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Reception\nFor round two, Caldwell reviewed the World X Cup matches from the July\u00a03 episode of Impact!, while Keller reviewed the bouts from the July\u00a010 broadcast. Caldwell gave the Rey Bucanero versus Alex Koslov bout a 1/2 star rating and said it was \"disappointingly short\" and that TNA must have given it less time in order to \"squeeze in 18 more Kurt Angle skits.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Reception\nThe encounter between Milano Collection A.T. and Curry Man was also given a 1/2 star rating with Caldwell commenting that \"from a viewer's perspective\" it was \"too short\" and that TNA did not give \"enough background on Milano\" for the viewers \"to care about this.\" Keller gave the contest between Doug Williams and Masato Yoshino a 1 star rating and quipped that the \"win gave Team International 2 points, so that meant that in the standings for those who care... wait. Nobody cares? Okay. Never mind, then.\" As for the contest pitting Kaz against \u00daltimo Guerrero, Keller said it was \"decent action\" and gave it 3/4 of a star.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Reception\nRegarding the third round, Keller said the bout was a dream match for some with \"lots of cool spots from start to finish\", but that it had \"little context early\" and was more just a \"bunch of spots.\" He also said that the \"last ten minutes was better without as many people tagging in and out somewhat indiscriminately.\" As for the final round, Keller commented that \"it had some spectacular (and ridiculously dangerous looking) spots\", but that it ended up \"feeling short for a match of that caliber.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Reception\nCaldwell stated that the third round bout was \"entertaining yet quite long\" and that the \"crowd was super into Sabin and Shelley.\" He also said that after the match settled into \"one-on-one action\" it \"turned into a pretty good match.\" The final round was seen by Caldwell as \"one of those rinse and repeat spot fest matches until Kaz busted out the big double foot stomp on Daivari that popped the crowd.\" Overall, he called it a \"one spot match.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Reception\nChris Sokol, Bryan Sokol, and John Waldman all of the professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer reviewed the Impact! episodes involving the 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament. For the first round, Chris said the bout between The Motor City Machine Guns and the team of Tyson Dux and Daivari \"was a really good match.\" Meanwhile, Waldman reviewed the match between Team Japan and Team Mexico, in which he stated \"the action is fast paced and unlike anything we see on North American TV.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Reception\nBryan Sokol reviewed the first two standard matches of round two, with him commenting on the encounter between Bucanero and Koslov as being an \"overall quick match with not much to talk about\", but did not give an opinion on the Milano Collection A.T. versus Curry Man bout. Bryan and Chris Sokol reviewed the last two standard matches of round two together, with them saying that the contest pitting Masato Yoshino against Doug Williams was a \"nice back and forth match.\" Neither gave their opinion on Kaz versus \u00daltimo Guerrero in their review.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Reception\nBob Kapur also of the Canadian Online Explorer reviewed Victory Road. In his review, he gave the third round of the 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament a 9 out of 10, while the final round received an 8 out of 10. Kapur gave several comments regarding the third round bout: \"This was a throwback to some of the jaw-droppingly amazing X-Division matches that TNA used to deliver consistently back during their weekly PPV days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Reception\nFor the most part, the action was too quick and too plentiful to describe in words...Incredible match that went for about 30 minutes and seriously should be seen \u2013 get the replay or the DVD.\" As for the final round, Kapur said it was \"like the first match\" in that it \"was excellent with some tremendous crazy spots.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Aftermath\nAfter the 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament concluded, Kaz challenged Petey Williams for the TNA X Division Championship on the July\u00a017 episode of Impact!. Kaz failed to defeat Williams for the championship. Kaz then entered into a storyline in which he quit TNA due to his failure to win the World X Cup Tournament, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, and the X Division Championship on several occasions, with the narrative beginning on the July\u00a031 episode of Impact!. Kaz later returned as the Suicide character on December\u00a07 at TNA's Final Resolution PPV event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Aftermath\nDaivari signed a contract with TNA following the tournament, debuting under the moniker \"Sheik Abdul Bashir\" at TNA's Hard Justice PPV event on August\u00a010 attacking Consequences Creed during Creed's X Division Championship match with Petey Williams. Bashir went on to win the X Division Championship in a Three Way match with Creed and Williams at TNA's No Surrender PPV event on September\u00a014. Bashir held the title until December, when he lost it to Eric Young at Final Resolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Aftermath\nChris Sabin and Alex Shelley went back to competing in the tag team division as The Motor City Machine Guns before both transitioned into the X Division, challenging each other for the vacant X Division Championship at TNA's Genesis PPV event on January\u00a011, 2009. However, they also continued as a tag team, with the two winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on January\u00a04, 2009 by defeating No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro) at New Japan Pro-Wrestling's (NJPW) Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Aftermath\nThey then defended the NJPW championship in TNA against No Limit on the April 9, 2009 episode of Impact! successfully. The team defended it a second time in TNA, this time in a Three Way Six Sides of Steel Cage match with No Limit and The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) at TNA's Lockdown PPV event on April\u00a019, 2009; they retained the championship at the show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Aftermath\nCurry Man went on to form the Price Justice Brotherhood with Shark Boy and Super Eric. The group fought The Rock 'n' Rave Infection (Lance Rock, Jimmy Rave, and Christy Hemme) in a Six Person Intergender Tag Team match at No Surrender. They won the contest at the show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198822-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Aftermath\nAll remaining competitors in the tournament besides Volador Jr. and Doug Williams did not compete in TNA again for some time. Williams and Volador Jr both returned to TNA at their Turning Point PPV event on November\u00a09, competing in a Ten Man X Division Elimination Rankings match. Volador Jr. competed as Volador in the contest but neither he nor Williams were successful in winning the bout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198823-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 TPG Tour\nThe 2008 TPG Tour was a season of golf tournaments on the TPG Tour, the official professional golf tour of Argentina. The season ran from February to December and consisted of sixteen tournaments, fifteen in Argentina and one, the Carlos Franco Invitational, held in Paraguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198823-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 TPG Tour\nSeven events were also part of the Tour de las Americas, the highest level tour in Latin America. Of those, the Center Open and the Argentine Open were co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, and the Argentine Masters by the Canadian Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198823-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 TPG Tour\nThe Order of Merit was won by Estanislao Goya, who also topped the 2008 Tour de las Americas standings, despite only winning one tournament. Andr\u00e9s Romero was second, having claimed two titles, with Rafael G\u00f3mez finishing third with three victories during the course of season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198824-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 TSC Stores Tankard\nThe 2008 TSC Stores Tankard, the Ontario men's curling championship, was held February 4-10 at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex in Waterloo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198824-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 TSC Stores Tankard\nThe event featured 11 teams, instead of the usual 10, since the Glenn Howard team was granted an automatic bye for having won the Brier the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198824-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 TSC Stores Tankard\nTeam Glenn Howard would repeat their third straight provincial championship, defeating 2000 champion Peter Corner in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season\nThe 2008 TSFA season was the tenth regular season of the Texas Sixman Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season\nThere was a little shake up in the team roster for 2008. A veteran team changed ownership and names with one returning under a new banner as well as two returning second year teams after varying hiatus'. That left the TSFA with 13 teams again and the post season ended with the 3rd straight all-star game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Teams\nThe Rhinos continued as the longest tenured organization in the TSFA coming back for their ninth season. The Bandits, Longhorns and Wolverines entered their eighth years of competition. The Ruff Ryders and Wrecking Crew returned for their fourth seasons. The Panthers returned for a third season of play. The Bulldawgs and Phoenix returned for their second seasons. The Hit-Squad re-entered the league with a lot of Hurricane players for their second season and the Jets returned after a one-year hiatus. The Bucs changed ownership and names/colors to be the Storm. The Revolution entered their first season being the Rage reborn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Teams\nThe Northern Conference consisted of the Bandits, Hit-Squad, Longhorns, Panthers, Phoenix and Revolution. The Southern Conference consisted of the Bulldawgs, Jets, Rhinos, Ruff Ryders, Storm, Wolverines and Wrecking Crew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season\nThe tenth year of the TSFA lasted eleven weeks from February 2, 2008 to April 20, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 1\nFebruary 2, 2008Bulldawgs 39 - Hit Squad 33Bandits 19 - Longhorns 18Wolverines 39 - Panthers 38Wrecking Crew 7 - Ruff Ryders 6Revolution 18 - Rhinos 14Jets 26 - Phoenix 14", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 2\nFebruary 10, 2008Wolverines 52 - Storm 7Bulldawgs 39 - Jets 28Revolution 48 - Panthers 13Bandits 19 - Rhinos 18Ruff Ryders 25 - Longhorns 20Hit Squad 33 - Phoenix 30", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 3\nFebruary 17, 2008Wolverines 19 - Wrecking Crew 13Panthers 41 - Phoenix 6Revolution 20 - Longhorns 12Bulldawgs 8 - Ruff Ryders 0Bandits 35 - Storm 7Rhinos 24 - Jets 13", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 4\nFebruary 24, 2008Phoenix 34 - Bandits 27Revolution 32 - Wrecking Crew 26Bulldawgs 32 - Wolverines 26Panthers 30 - Storm 27Rhinos 30 - Longhorns 27Hit Squad 21 - Ruff Ryders 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 5\nMarch 2, 2008Jets 21 - Panthers 19Bulldawgs 25 - Storm 6Revolution 32 - Hit Squad 19Rhinos 20 - Wrecking Crew 19Longhorns 40 - Wolverines 26", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 6\nMarch 9, 2008Longhorns 19 - Phoenix 6Rhinos 41 - Hit Squad 34Panthers 26 - Bandits 6Revolution 14 - Ruff Ryders 12Jets 25 - Wolverines 19Wrecking Crew 27 - Storm 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 7\nMarch 16, 2008Hit Squad 27 - Panthers 26Longhorns 25 - Storm 24Revolution 30 - Phoenix 13Jets 1 - Bandits 0Ruff Ryders 19 - Rhinos 13Wrecking Crew 12 - Bulldawgs 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 8\nMarch 30, 2008Wrecking Crew 19 - Panthers 14Storm 24 - Phoenix 20Wolverines 32 - Hit Squad 20Revolution 24 - Bandits 6Ruff Ryders 21 - Jets 6Rhinos 8 - Bulldawgs 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 9\nApril 6, 2008Jets 19 - Revolution 16Bandits 30 - Hit Squad 21Wrecking Crew 25 - Phoenix 6Bulldawgs 1 - Longhorns 0Rhinos 23 - Wolverines 0Ruff Ryders 25 - Storm 7", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 10\nApril 13, 2008Longhorns 24 - Hit Squad 19Wolverines 42 - Phoenix 25Panthers 16 - Buldlawgs 14Ruff Ryders 21 - Bandits 13Rhinos 35 - Storm 25Wrecking Crew 32 - Jets 7", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 11\nApril 20, 2008Bandits 26 - Bulldawgs 9Wrecking Crew 19 - Hit Squad 12Longhorns 13 - Panthers 12Revolution 29 - Phoenix 25Ruff Ryders 20 - Wolverines 13Storm 27 - Jets 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Playoffs\nThe tenth year of playoffs for the TSFA consisted of the top 4 from each conference making the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Playoffs, Conference Semi-Finals\nApril 27, 2008Revolution 27 - Bandits 26Panthers 30 - Longhorns 27Bulldawgs 26 - Wrecking Crew 18Ruff Ryders 20 - Rhinos 19", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Playoffs, Conference Championships\nMay 4, 2008Revolution 30 - Panthers 26Ruff Ryders 14 - Bulldawgs 12", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 52], "content_span": [53, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, Regular Season Awards\nNorthern Conference Offensive Player of the Year: Tim Huizar - #7 RevolutionNorthern Conference Defensive Player of the Year: Steve Navarro - #21 LonghornsSouthern Conference Offensive Player of the Year: Frankie Guerra - #8 WolverinesSouthern Conference Defensive Player of the Year: Vincent Stevenson - #7 Ruff Ryders2008 TSFA Regular Season MVP: Tim Huizar - #7 Revolution", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, 2008 TSFA All-Stars\nThe 2008 All-Star Game was held May 24, 2008 at the Winston School. It ended with the Northern Conference All-Stars defeating the Southern Conference All-Stars with a last second field goal 30 to 29. The game was sponsored by JK Athletics and Pampered Chef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198825-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 TSFA Season, 2008 TSFA All-Stars, Rosters\nThe All-Stars were selected for the first time on a voting system. The league's players, coaches and fans were allowed to vote for six weeks with the top players at each position getting a spot with at least one slot per team guaranteed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198826-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 TT Pro League\nThe 2008 TT Pro League was the tenth season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of ten teams took part in the league, with San Juan Jabloteh the defending champions. The season began on 5 April and ended on 29 November, with the conclusion of the Lucozade Sport Big Six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198826-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 TT Pro League\nMa Pau were admitted as a new club into the league and would be based in Woodbrook. After one season upon their return to the Pro League, Police withdrew with the intention of returning for the 2009 season. The Superstar Rangers decided to change the name of the club to St. Ann's Rangers to increase community awareness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198826-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 TT Pro League\nThe first goal of the season was scored by San Juan Jabloteh's Peter Byers against Ma Pau in the sixth minute of the first game on 5 April. Devorn Jorsling, who also scored on the first day, went on to claim the Golden Boot with a season high 21 goals. Josimar Belgrave of St. Ann's Rangers scored the first hat-trick of the season against Tobago United on 3 May, having scored a season high four goals in the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198826-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 TT Pro League\nFollowing the regular season, San Juan Jabloteh, W Connection, Caledonia AIA, Joe Public, North East Stars, and United Petrotrin all qualified for the Lucozade Sport Big Six. However, Jabloteh and W Connection were 20 points clear of third place, Caledonia AIA, before the competition began. The league was won on the final day of the season, when the San Juan Kings used a draw over W Connection to defend their crown and win their fourth Pro League title. Having finished as the league champion and runner-up, San Juan Jabloteh and W Connection both qualified for the 2009 CFU Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198826-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 TT Pro League\nAfter the season, North East Stars withdrew from the Pro League, citing the state of their home ground, Sangre Grande Recreational Ground, for the past few years as the cause to sit out the 2009 season. The Sangre Grande Boys stated that they fully intend to return to the Pro League following needed repairs and improvements to the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198826-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 TT Pro League, Teams, Team summaries\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198826-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 TT Pro League, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for the tenth round of matches, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198826-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 TT Pro League, Awards, Annual awards\nThe 2008 TT Pro League awards distribution took place on Super Friday, 8 May 2009, prior to the 2009 season's opening match at Marvin Lee Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198826-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 TT Pro League, Awards, Annual awards\nHaving won the Pro League and Big Six titles, San Juan Jabloteh was named the Team of the Year for the second time. Having led the San Juan Kings to their fourth league championship, Terry Fenwick won his first Manager of the Year award. Midfielder Trent Noel was named the Player of the Year; receiving the award for the first in his career. After recording 21 goals, Defence Force's Devorn Jorsling received the Golden Boot. In addition, North East Stars was named the Most Disciplined Team of the Year. Neal Brizan, won his second consecutive Referee of the Year award and Boris Punch was named the Match Commissioner of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198827-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwan Series\nThe 2008 Taiwan Series was played by the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, team that placed first in the all-season standing, and the Brother Elephants, wild card winner who advanced to Taiwan Series by defeating La New Bears in the Playoff Series. The Lions defeated the Elephants four games to three and won the title and went on to represent Taiwan in the 2008 Asia Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198827-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwan Series, Summaries, Game 1\nOctober 25, 2008 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198827-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwan Series, Summaries, Game 2\nOctober 26, 2008 at Chengcing Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198827-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwan Series, Summaries, Game 3\nOctober 28, 2008 at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung City", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198827-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwan Series, Summaries, Game 6\nNovember 1, 2008 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198827-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwan Series, Summaries, Game 7\nNovember 2, 2008 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum\nTwo referendums on United Nations membership applications were held in Taiwan on 22 March 2008, the same day as the presidential elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum\nThe first referendum question, supported by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of President Chen Shui-bian, asked whether voters agree that the government should seek United Nations membership under the name \"Taiwan\". The second referendum question, supported by the Kuomintang (KMT), which on the same day won the presidential election, asked whether voters supported \"our nation\" seeking to \"return\" to the United Nations and join other international organisations under \"flexible and practical strategies\", including joining as \"Republic of China\", \"Taiwan\", or any other name that aids success and national dignity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum\nAlthough large majorities voted in favour of both proposals, the referendums were invalidated as voter turnout was just 36%, well below the 50% required. In contrast, the simultaneous presidential elections had a turnout of 76%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Questions, Proposal 5\nProposal 5 was initiated by Yu Shyi-kun, former Premier and chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party. The topic was \"Application to become a new member of the United Nations under the name \u201cTaiwan\u201d\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Questions, Proposal 5\nIn 1971, the People\u2019s Republic of China joined the United Nations, replacing the Republic of China and causing Taiwan to become an orphan in the world. To strongly express the will of the people of Taiwan to enhance Taiwan\u2019s international status and participation in international affairs,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Questions, Proposal 5\nDo you agree that the government should apply for UN membership under the name \"Taiwan\"?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Questions, Proposal 5\n(Chinese text: 1971\u5e74\u4e2d\u83ef\u4eba\u6c11\u5171\u548c\u570b\u9032\u5165\u806f\u5408\u570b\uff0c\u53d6\u4ee3\u4e2d\u83ef\u6c11\u570b\uff0c\u53f0\u7063\u6210\u70ba\u570b\u969b\u5b64\u5152\u3002\u70ba\u5f37\u70c8\u8868\u9054\u53f0\u7063\u4eba\u6c11\u7684\u610f\u5fd7\uff0c\u63d0\u5347\u53f0\u7063\u7684\u570b\u969b\u5730\u4f4d\u53ca\u53c3\u8207\uff0c\u60a8\u662f\u5426\u540c\u610f\u653f\u5e9c\u4ee5\u300c\u53f0\u7063\u300d\u540d\u7fa9\u52a0\u5165\u806f\u5408\u570b\uff1f)(Pinyin: 1971 Ni\u00e1n zh\u014dnghu\u00e1 r\u00e9nm\u00edn g\u00f2ngh\u00e9gu\u00f3j\u00ecnr\u00f9 li\u00e1nh\u00e9gu\u00f3, q\u01d4d\u00e0i Zh\u014dnghu\u00e1 m\u00edngu\u00f3, T\u00e1iw\u0101n ch\u00e9ngw\u00e9i gu\u00f3j\u00ec g\u016b'\u00e9r. W\u00e9i qi\u00e1ngli\u00e8 bi\u01ceod\u00e1 t\u00e1iw\u0101n r\u00e9nm\u00edn de y\u00eczh\u00ec, t\u00edsh\u0113ng T\u00e1iw\u0101n de gu\u00f3 j\u00ec d\u00ecw\u00e8i j\u00ed c\u0101ny\u00f9, n\u00edn sh\u00ecf\u01d2u t\u00f3ngy\u00ec zh\u00e8ngf\u01d4 y\u01d0 `t\u00e1iw\u0101n'm\u00edngy\u00ec ji\u0101r\u00f9 li\u00e1nh\u00e9gu\u00f3?)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Questions, Proposal 6\nProposal 6 was first initiated by Vincent Siew, former Premier and Vice President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Questions, Proposal 6\nDo you agree that our nation should apply to return to the United Nations and join other international organizations based on pragmatic, flexible strategies with respect to the name [under which we apply to and participate in them]? That is:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Questions, Proposal 6\nDo you approve of applying to return to the United Nations and to join other international organizations under the name \u201cRepublic of China\u201d, or \u201cTaiwan\u201d, or other name that is conducive to success and preserves our nation\u2019s dignity?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Questions, Proposal 6\n(Chinese text: \u60a8\u662f\u5426\u540c\u610f\u6211\u570b\u7533\u8acb\u91cd\u8fd4\u806f\u5408\u570b\u53ca\u52a0\u5165\u5176\u5b83\u7d44\u7e54\uff0c\u540d\u7a31\u63a1\u52d9\u5be6\u3001\u6709\u5f48\u6027\u7684\u7b56\u7565\uff0c\u4ea6\u5373\u8d0a\u6210\u4ee5\u4e2d\u83ef\u6c11\u570b\u540d\u7fa9\u3001\u6216\u4ee5\u53f0\u7063\u540d\u7fa9\u3001\u6216\u4ee5\u5176\u4ed6\u6709\u52a9\u65bc\u6210\u529f\u4e26\u517c\u9867\u5c0a\u56b4\u7684\u540d\u7a31\uff0c\u7533\u8acb\u91cd\u8fd4\u806f\u5408\u570b\u53ca\u52a0\u5165\u5176\u4ed6\u570b\u969b\u7d44\u7e54\uff1f)(Pinyin: N\u00edn sh\u00ecf\u01d2u t\u00f3ngy\u00ec w\u01d2gu\u00f3 sh\u0113nq\u01d0ng ch\u00f3ng f\u01cen li\u00e1nh\u00e9gu\u00f3 j\u00ed ji\u0101r\u00f9 q\u00edt\u0101 z\u01d4zh\u012b, m\u00edngch\u0113ng c\u01cei w\u00f9sh\u00ed, y\u01d2u t\u00e1nx\u00ecng de c\u00e8l\u00fc\u00e8, y\u00ec j\u00ed z\u00e0nch\u00e9ng y\u01d0 Zh\u014dnghu\u00e1 m\u00edngu\u00f3 m\u00edngy\u00ec, hu\u00f2 y\u01d0 T\u00e1iw\u0101n m\u00edngy\u00ec, hu\u00f2 y\u01d0 q\u00edt\u0101 y\u01d2u zh\u00f9 y\u00fa ch\u00e9ngg\u014dng b\u00ecng ji\u0101ng\u00f9 z\u016bny\u00e1n de m\u00edngch\u0113ng, sh\u0113nq\u01d0ng ch\u00f3ng f\u01cen li\u00e1nh\u00e9gu\u00f3 j\u00ed ji\u0101r\u00f9 q\u00edt\u0101 gu\u00f3j\u00ec z\u01d4zh\u012b?)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Campaign\nAlthough the proposals referendums were both supported by one of the two major parties in Taiwan, they were both formally voter-initiated, rather than government-sponsored. While the KMT initiated one of the two referendums, it encouraged its voters to least boycott the DPP-initiated referendum, and expressed understanding if supporters chose to boycott both referendums. Although KMT officials such as presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou and chairman Wu Po-hsiung received ballot papers for the KMT-sponsored referendum, their family and other KMT officials, such as chairman emeritus Lien Chan refused to take ballot papers for either referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Campaign\nFormer president Lee Teng-hui did not take either ballot paper, which he said was because he \"forgot\" to bring the documentation, although reporters at the scene pointed out to him that he did not need documentation to vote. DPP officials, including president Chen Shui-bian, called on voters to vote in both referendums.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Reactions\nUnited States: The United States Department of State has stated that it opposed a referendum on membership in the United Nations. While it strongly supports Taiwan's democratic development and is not opposed to referendums in principle, it is against \"any initiative that appears designed to change Taiwan's status unilaterally.\" In September 2007, Zogby International conducted an opinion poll on the support of this referendum, the result shows over 61% of Americans believe that the US government should support the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Reactions\nJapan: A Japanese company also conducted a poll on the same issue; the result shows over 74% Japanese support Taiwan's entry into the UN, and over 81% support the referendum. However, this referendum has not become a major political issue in either the United States or Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Reactions\nChina: China made relatively few comments on the issue. It argued that the referendum would \"endanger peace and stability across the Strait and the Asia-Pacific region. \", and was \"pinning hope on the Taiwan people\" and will keep promoting cross-Strait exchanges to strengthen opposition to secessionist forces. It had stated that it appreciated the US opposition to the referendum. After the referendums were defeated due to low voter turnout, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China commented that the results showed the lack of popular support for independence in Taiwan. The Bureau also expressed optimism for the two governments to work together to maintain cross-strait peace and aid development in future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198828-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum, Reactions\nPresident Chen Shui-bian accused both the United States and the European Union of caving into Chinese pressure over the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election\nThe 2008 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 12 January 2008 for members of the Legislative Yuan. It was the first Legislative Yuan election after the constitutional amendments of 2005, which extended term length from three to four years, reduced seat count from 225 to 113, and introduced the current electoral system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election\nThe results gave the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Pan-Blue Coalition a supermajority (86 of the 113 seats) in the legislature, handing a heavy defeat to then-President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party, which won the remaining 27 seats only. The junior partner in the Pan-Green Coalition, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, won no seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election\nTwo transitional justice referendums, both of which failed to pass due to low turnout, were held at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election, Legislature reform\nFor the first time in the history of Taiwan, most members of the Legislative Yuan were to be elected from single-member districts: 73 of the 113 members were chosen in such districts by the plurality voting system (first-past-the-post). Parallel to the single member constituencies, 34 seats under an Additional Member System were elected in one national district by party-list proportional representation. For these seats, only political parties whose votes exceed a five percent threshold were eligible for the allocation. Six further seats were reserved for Taiwanese aborigines. Therefore, each elector had two ballots under parallel voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election, Legislature reform\nThe aboriginal members were elected by single non-transferable vote in two 3-member constituencies for lowland aborigines and highland aborigines respectively. This did not fulfill the promise in the treaty-like document A New Partnership Between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan, where each of the 13 recognized indigenous peoples was to get at least one seat, and the distinction between highland and lowland abolished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election, Legislature reform\nThe delimitation of the single-member constituencies within the cities and counties was a major political issue, with bargaining between the government and the legislature. Of the 15 cities and counties to be partitioned (the ten others have only one seat), only seven of the districting schemes proposed by the CEC were approved in a normal way. The eight other schemes were decided by drawing lots: \"Taipei and Taichung cities and Miaoli and Changhua counties will adopt the version suggested by the CEC, while Kaohsiung city will follow the consensus of the legislature. Taipei county will follow the proposal offered by the opposition Taiwan Solidarity Union, Taoyuan county will adopt the ruling Democratic Progressive Party\u2019s scheme, and Pingtung county will use the scheme agreed upon by the Non-partisan Solidarity Union, People First Party, Kuomintang and Taiwan Solidarity Union.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 946]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election, Impact of the electoral system\nThe elections were the first held under a new electoral system which had been approved by both major parties in constitutional amendments adopted in 2005, but which one political scientist has argued favored the KMT. The rules are set up so that every county has at least one seat, which gave a higher representation for smaller counties in which the KMT traditionally has done well. Northern counties tend to be marginally in favor of KMT, whereas southern counties tend to be strongly for DPP, and the single member system limits this advantage. The partially led to the result that the legislative count was highly in favor of the KMT while the difference in the number of votes cast for the KMT and DPP were less dramatic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election, Impact of the electoral system\nIt was considered possible that the 2008 Taiwanese presidential election would be held on the same day as this election, but this was eventually not the case, with the presidential happening 10 weeks later, in March. Two referendums were held on the same date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election, Results, Legislators elected through constituency and aborigine ballots\nLiao Kuo-tung ( Kuomintang)Yang Jen -fu ( Kuomintang)Lin Cheng-er (\u6797\u6b63\u4e8c) ( People First Party)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 108], "content_span": [109, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election, Results, Legislators elected through constituency and aborigine ballots\nChien Tung-ming ( Kuomintang) Kung Wen-chi (\u5b54\u6587\u5409) ( Kuomintang)Kao Chin Su-mei ( Non-Partisan Solidarity Union)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 108], "content_span": [109, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election, Impact\nWith this election the KMT and the Pan-Blue Coalition have more than the two-thirds majority needed to propose a recall election of the President and if NPSU votes are counted with the pan-Blue coalition, more than the three-quarters majority needed to propose constitutional amendments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election, Reaction from the government of China\nThe government of China, which claims sovereignty over Taiwan, remained largely silent on the election result. State media carried brief updates of results and passed no comment on either the referendum or the Kuomintang victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198829-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese legislative election, Reaction from the government of China\nThe government of China appointed 13 representatives for Taiwan to its own National People's Congress on the same day. These delegates are mostly descendants of Taiwanese who emigrated to the Mainland, or Communist supporters who fled Taiwan. Their positions are ceremonial as the PRC do not exercise effective jurisdiction over Taiwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election\nThe  12th President and Vice President election of the Republic of China (Chinese: \u4e2d\u83ef\u6c11\u570b\u7b2c\u5341\u4e8c\u4efb\u7e3d\u7d71\u526f\u7e3d\u7d71\u9078\u8209) was held on 22 March 2008. Kuomintang (KMT) nominee Ma Ying-jeou won with 58% of the vote, ending eight years of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rule. Along with the 2008 legislative election, Ma's landslide victory brought the Kuomintang back to power in Taiwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election\nThis was the fourth direct election for the President of the Republic of China. The two candidates were Democratic Progressive Party candidate Frank Hsieh and Kuomintang (KMT) nominee Ma Ying-jeou. The KMT ticket was officially formed as of June 23, 2007, with Ma announcing his choice for running mate to be former premier Vincent Siew. The DPP ticket was announced in August, 2007, with Frank Hsieh selecting former Premier Su Tseng-chang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election\nUnlike the 2004 presidential election, the political rhetoric of the campaigns tended to focus on economic issues and government corruption rather than national identity and the political status of Taiwan, with both candidates endorsing the status quo in the short term. But much like previous elections, this election was also marked with island-wide mass rallies and much political mudslinging.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election\nThe KMT ticket received a larger percentage and more votes than any other candidate in the previous three direct presidential elections. The election occurred as incumbent President Chen Shui-bian's popularity remained at record lows following mass rallies in September 2006 urging him to resign amid implications of corruption. Amid general economic malaise, as unemployment had risen under Chen's presidency and Taiwan's per capita GDP was surpassed by that of South Korea, Ma won on a platform of economic revitalization and a promise to improve cross-straits relations, in contrast to Chen's confrontational style, as \"a peacemaker not a troublemaker\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election\nThe election occurred in the wake of the KMT's landslide victory in the 2008 legislative elections in which the Pan-Blue Coalition won a three-quarters majority in the Legislative Yuan. On the same day two referenda on joining the United Nations, the first supported by the DPP of President Chen and the second supported by the KMT, failed due to low turnout. Prior to the vote, the KMT had encouraged its supporters to boycott the DPP referendum, and expressed its \"understanding\" if supporters boycotted both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Presidential nominees\nCandidates were to register with their respective parties March 5\u20139, 2007, for a primary election. Selection of candidates for President in Taiwan, unlike most other nations, were weighed. The actual primary election results accounted for 30% of the final outcome while public opinion polls accounted for the other 70%. Final tallies were announced May 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Presidential nominees, Democratic Progressive Party\nLeading candidates for the Democratic Progressive Party \"Four Heavenly Kings\" (a less literal translation in English that perhaps gives the meaning more clearly is the \"Four Heavyweights\") sans incumbent President Chen Shui-bian (who was barred from running due to term limits)\u2014Frank Hsieh, Su Tseng-chang, and Yu Shyi-kun\u2014and incumbent vice president Annette Lu. All three of the men had served as premier under Chen Shui-bian and as DPP chairman during part of the Chen presidency. In addition, Hsieh has been a popular mayor of Kaohsiung, Su has been county magistrate of Taipei County and Pingtung County, and Yu served as Secretary-General in the Office of the President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Presidential nominees, Democratic Progressive Party\nOn May 6, 2007, the DPP primaries took place in all 24 cities and counties in Taiwan. There were 254,963 eligible voters, with voter turnout at 56.06%. Former premier Frank Hsieh emerged as the winner of the DPP primaries, winning 17 of 24 cities and counties with 62,849 votes, about 44% of the votes cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Presidential nominees, Democratic Progressive Party\nDespite the fact that the primary results only account for 30% of the final outcome in determining the nominee, fellow DPP candidates Su, who got 46,994 votes; Yu, with 22,211 votes; and Lu with 8,666 votes, endorsed Hsieh before the second stage primary, based on opinion polls, was held, causing the DPP to cancel the second stage primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Presidential nominees, Democratic Progressive Party\nThe junior partner in the pan-green coalition, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, neither fielded nor endorsed a candidate. TSU Chairman Shu Chin-chiang seemingly endorsed Ma on September 19, 2007 when he referred to Ma as \"our President-to-be.\" At the same time, several TSU legislators stated that they would support DPP candidate Frank Hsieh. In December, Lee Teng-hui, considered the \"spiritual leader\" of the TSU, rescinded his support of Chen in 2004, and urged citizens against voting for the DPP in upcoming legislative elections. While Lee openly denounced supporting the ruling DPP party, he stopped short of endorsing any party or candidate and waited until March 20, 2008 (two days before the election) to endorse Hsieh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Presidential nominees, Kuomintang\nFollowing the KMT's defeat in 2004 and before the 2005 KMT chairman election, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou and Legislative Yuan President Wang Jin-pyng were both considered leading candidates for the nomination. Ma's landslide victory over Wang in the 2005 KMT chairman election immediately made him the frontrunner. His position was furthered bolstered by the KMT's victories in the 2005 3-in-1 local elections. Ma Ying-jeou began his campaign before his announcement for candidacy, taking trips Europe and Japan in 2006, nominally to obtain business deals for Taipei, but covered widely by the media for his foreign policy remarks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Presidential nominees, Kuomintang\nHe met with numerous politicians in Washington, DC, including U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick. Significantly, Ma Ying-jeou became the first head of a pan-Blue coalition party to state that declaring de jure Taiwanese independence was a legitimate choice of the Taiwanese people, though he qualified it saying that this was not a position of the KMT, after receiving much criticism from pan-Blue politicians. He also stated that Taiwan should form a common market with mainland China and establish direct transportation links.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Presidential nominees, Kuomintang\nOn February 13, 2007 Ma was indicted for misuse of official funds as Taipei Mayor and announced his candidacy as he resigned the KMT chairmanship. He was formally nominated as the KMT candidate on May 2, 2007. Wang did not run against Ma, who was virtually unopposed. Final approval of the nomination was passed by the KMT congress in June. Wang was an early frontrunner to be Ma's running-mate but declined the position absent of assurances from Ma of what responsibilities he would hold as vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Presidential nominees, Kuomintang\nOther leading candidates were Wu Den-yih, incumbent KMT general secretary; Jason Lin, CEO of Uni-President Group; and Tsai Ing-wen, a DPP member and former vice-premier. On June 23, 2007, Ma officially announced former premier and former vice-presidential candidate (in 2000) Vincent Siew as his running mate, praising Siew's economic experience and declaring the economy to be the central focus of his campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Presidential nominees, Kuomintang\nNeither the New Party nor the People First Party, junior partners of the KMT in the \"Pan-Blue Coalition,\" fielded a candidate and endorsed the KMT ticket. PFP Chairman James Soong appeared at KMT headquarters once Ma's victory became apparent and pledged to dissolve the PFP to join the KMT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues\nTens of thousands of Taiwanese waved banners and shouted political slogans March 16, 2008, as the island's rival parties rallied support ahead of the March 22, 2008 presidential elections, with the March 2008 violence in Tibet in the background and Taiwan's own relations with the China on the front burner. The Taiwan-wide events were meant to energize supporters in the home stretch of a race that has so far lacked the passion and commitment of presidential elections in 2000 and 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Economy\nSince selecting Vincent Siew as his running mate, Ma announced that the focus of his election campaign was the recovery of the Taiwanese economy. He said that the independence\u2014reunification debate is a \"fake issue\" with no bearing on the general welfare of the Taiwanese people. He also labeled Siew as the would-be \"chief architect\" to revive the economy, because of Siew's solid economic background.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Economy\nMa proposed a common market with China; Hsieh said this would lead to job losses and importation of dangerous Chinese products, referring to lead-contaminated toys from Mattel and an excess of highly qualified workers from China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Corruption\nThe investigations into alleged misuse of funds by members of both the KMT and DPP were another hot topic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Corruption\nPresident Chen Shui-Bian suffered a large loss in popularity due to corruption allegations concerning his family. The KMT attempted to capitalize on Ma's public image as a man of integrity, which stemmed from his investigations into vote-buying within his own party while he served as Justice Minister in the early 1990s. Ma resigned as Justice Minister in the mid-1990s and his political career was considered to be over due to what some thought was his zealous investigation of corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Corruption\nHowever, Ma Ying-Jeou was indicted on charges of misusing his mayoral discretionary funds, which was intended for funding personal expenses related to official duties. Ma moved half of the funds into his personal accounts, and his defense was that this practice was standard among government officials. Ma maintained his innocence and stated that the indictment amounted to political prosecution and he would not give up his run for presidency even if found guilty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Corruption\nDPP candidate Frank Hsieh came under investigation for similar charges in irregularity and misuse of funds while he served as mayor of Kaohsiung. However, different from Ma, Hsieh stated that if he was found guilty in his mayoral funds case, he would not continue running for president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Corruption\nOn August 12, 2007, Ma was acquitted of misusing the funds, but one of his office clerks was found guilty and faced a year in prison for his own failures in administrative duties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Status of Taiwan\nAs is common with Taiwanese elections, an important issue in the election is the future political status of Taiwan and maintenance of good cross-straits relations and avoidance of war with China (PRC). In general, the DPP favors Taiwan independence; the KMT, on the other hand, promotes the one-China principle and desires eventual unification of Taiwan with mainland China, as the KMT still regards the ROC as the sole legitimate government of China. The KMT's main objective is to establish a closer economic relationship with mainland China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Status of Taiwan\nIt was widely recognized that no candidate could win without supporting the status quo of de facto autonomy and ambiguous legal status (as they did in 2004) in order to attract centrist voters. Also, in 2004, both mainstream candidates recognized eventual unification and independence as a possible option as a means to attract the center. The strategy of both sides, as was the case in 2004, was to persuade voters that it can best maintain the status quo and protect Taiwan from coerced unification by China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Status of Taiwan\nWhile the smaller, more radical TSU favors immediate moves to rename the country as Republic of Taiwan, the much more mainstream DPP under Chen Shui-bian has taken a more moderate position regarding independence during incumbency. At the same time the Chen administration has moved to promote a separate Taiwanese identity and give official recognition to Taiwan's de facto independence from the mainland such as by equating Taiwan with the Republic of China. The front-runners for the DPP nomination are all considered more moderate then Chen Shui-bian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Status of Taiwan\nThe KMT party line is against one country, two systems, but supports dialogue with the Communist Party of China under the \"1992 Consensus\" which presumes one China, different interpretations. During the campaign, Ma articulated a three noes policy, no independence, no unification, no use of force. He has also stated that during his first term of office, he will not discuss unification, make no changes to the ROC constitution, and will not personally meet Hu Jintao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Status of Taiwan\nThe DPP, in contrast, opposes recognizing One China (a prerequisite set by the PRC for negotiations), and no official talks have occurred under the Chen administration. The DPP also denies that there ever was a consensus in 1992. Both sides supports opening of the three links with mainland China, but with different focus on time and security. Difficulty comes from the PRC's refusal to negotiate unless the Taiwanese counterparty accepts the one-China principle under the 1992 consensus, which only allows the KMT to start three links in early incumbency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Use of the name \"Taiwan\"\nDuring the presidency of Chen Shui-bian, some state-controlled and state-owned firms have restored or added \"Taiwan\" to their names, such as renaming Chunghwa Post (Chinese Post) to Taiwan Post, the name it bore into the ROC period of rule on Taiwan; and Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, its originally planned name. The naming controversy of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and the legality of the Central Government's name-change administrative order was another topic of heated debate. Some observers viewed the name changes as signs of reactionary desinicization, while others viewed the name changing as signs of Taiwan localization movement carving a separate identity for Taiwan's name. The issue was, like most others, split strongly between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 903]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Use of the name \"Taiwan\"\nPresident-Elect Ma Ying-jeou pledged that he would revert the name changes of national landmarks, government organizations, and government-owned corporations conducted by the Chen Shui-bian administration. The Pan-Blue generally considered these name changes to be illegal because they were done through administrative orders, bypassing the Pan-Blue dominated legislature. Further examples of landmarks and organizations that were renamed are Chinese Petroleum Company and China Shipbuilding Corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Green card issue\nDuring the campaign, Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh and DPP legislators questioned Ma Ying-jeou's loyalty to the Republic of China and to the people of Taiwan. Hsieh stated that Ma would not have become former President Chiang Ching-kuo's English secretary in 1977 if Chiang had known that Ma was in possession of a green card and his status as a US permanent resident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Green card issue\nChiang instructed public servants not to keep a foot in both camps. Public servants working under him were not allowed to have green cards,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Green card issue\nWhen asked, Ma Ying-jeou stated that he and his family members did not have green cards. He later clarified that he once possessed one. He also stated that he had not violated any law by possessing a US green card and that he never intended to hide the fact he was once a US permanent resident. He also maintained that possession of a green card, as well as having the status as a US permanent resident, was not against any government regulations at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Green card issue\nMa also stated that he believed that his green card was automatically invalidated when he applied for a US visa at the American Institute in Taiwan in 1985. Hsieh's questioning of his opponent's residency status extended to Ma's family members who carried US passports and citizenship, including Ma's US born daughter Lesley Weichung Ma. Ma's response was that", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Green card issue\n[My family members] have US passports, but they love Taiwan very much. Obtaining a green card has nothing to do with the issue of loyalty. It is only a way to live or travel in the US", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Green card issue\nTwo TVBS political opinion poll conducted after Hsieh released his statement showed a slight dip in Ma Ying-jeou's support, but was well within the margin of error.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Hsieh office incident\nFour pan-blue legislators attempted to enter the Hsieh election headquarters without permission, with the reason that they were there to investigate the claim that the government provided them office space for free. Hsieh's supporters surrounded them and blocked them as they tried to leave; fighting broke out. The pan-green called it an illegal search and said the pan-blue camp will carry out further similar actions if they controlled both the executive and legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Hsieh office incident\nThe legislators were labeled the \"Four Idiots\"(\u56db\u500b\u7b28\u86cb) by the media and suspended from the party. Ma apologized for their actions on six separate occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Hsieh office incident\nIt is illegal to publish opinion polls in the ten days leading up to the election, but gambling syndicates changed their offering to \"Ma wins by 200,000 votes\" bets, down from \"Ma wins by 500,000 votes\" bets before the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Chuang Kuo-jung's profanity incident\nOn March 16, 2008, standing for DPP candidate Frank Hsieh at a rally in Taichung, Chuang Kuo-jung, a deputy secretary for the Department of Education, called Ma Ying-jeou a \"chicken\" and further insulted his father and family. He mentioned a recent discovery by a magazine investigation that Ma's father Ma Ho-ling was proven to have slept with his foster daughter in the past. This drew the wrath of the Taiwanese public. With more investigations by broadcasting channels, the claims were deemed fake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Chuang Kuo-jung's profanity incident\nDPP officials felt that the wording used by Chuang was insulting and inappropriate, and therefore, publicly apologized for Chuang's uncalled for and profane remarks. His speech was ridden with distaste and foul language deemed inappropriate for broadcast television, and had to be censored by NCC. Chuang initially resigned from his post as secretary of the Ministry of Education without an apology. Minister Tu accepted the resignations, after reservations. The next day, Chuang issued a formal apology through media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Chuang Kuo-jung's profanity incident\nChuang's behavior has consequences affecting his teaching position at the National Chengchi University. As of June 19, 2008, the faculty panel has decided not to renew his teaching contract for the following school year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Issues, Impact of unrest in Tibet\nHsieh seized on the 2008 unrest in Tibet to shift the focus of the campaign away from economic issues and accuse Ma of wanting to make Taiwan a \"second Tibet\". Ma was more cautious, and said he didn't know who was responsible for the violence. Government ministers tried to help Hsieh by ominously comparing a reunified Taiwan with Tibet, and pressuring China to speak with the Dalai Lama. Ma himself tried to capitalize on the Tibet issue by suggesting a boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Hsieh fired back that it would only hurt the Chinese Taipei athletes, and that that proved that Ma was a \"cold-hearted person\". But while there was speculation that Tibet could become a swing issue, the final vote went as predicted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Opinion polling\nOpinion polls were held by various news agencies and organizations in Taiwan during the election campaign. Before the election, the last of such polls was published on March 11, 2008 because, according to ROC law, opinion polls could not be published within ten days of the election. However, polls can still be taken during the ten days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Opinion polling\nRepublic of China law also prohibits the publishing of any new opinion polling data in the last ten days leading up to the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Mechanics\nThe election was by direct popular vote; a simple plurality was required to win. According to the Constitution of the Republic of China, all citizens of at least 20 years of age who have held household registration in the \"Free Area of the Republic of China\" (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.) were eligible to vote. Under existing law, all voters travelled to their registered precincts to vote. Ballots were counted by hand at the precincts and the KMT declared victory less than three hours after the close of polls at 4:00 pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Mechanics\nBecause of KMT strategy of having people boycott the referendum, one major controversy, like in 2004 was the format of the polling, specifically as whether the referendum questions would be on the same or different ballots as the Presidency. While in 2004 the Central Electoral Commission allowed U shaped line in which people would first cast a ballot for President and then cast a separate ballot for each of the two questions, the Commission ordered voters to cast all votes at once on separate ballots. Voters who choose not to cast a referendum ballot simply declined to pick up the extra two ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Results\nPolls closed at 16:00 local time (UTC+8) on March 22, 2008. The final result, with all 14,401 precincts reporting, showed a landslide victory for the KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou over the DPP candidate Frank Hsieh, with 7,658,724 votes, 58.45% of the popular vote for Ma against 5,445,239 votes, 41.55% for Hsieh. Turnout was 76.33%, with 13.2 million votes from 17.3 million eligible voters. The CEC released the final results with 100% of precincts reporting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Results\nOne local media commentator analyzed that their primary concern may be more economic than political, andquoted Bill Clinton's famous slogan, \"It's the economy, stupid\", as an explanation of the landslide victory for Ma. There was a sizeable number of Taiwanese who would prefer maintaining the status quo, a position favoured by Ma when he proclaimed that he would \"not push for Taiwan independence or reunification with China if elected\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Reactions, Domestic reactions\nIn various KMT headquarters throughout Taiwan, celebrations of the party's landslide victory took place. The largest event was located at the Main KMT Headquarters in Taipei. Former Chairman Lien Chan, Legislative Yuan Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, Chairman Wu Po-hsiung were presented and celebrated with the large crowd. At 7:30 pm, Presidential-elect Ma Ying-jeou came out and spoke about what is expected of his new government when it begins office on May 20, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Reactions, Domestic reactions\nMany DPP supporters were very disappointed with the results of the election. Various DPP members went on stage at the party's Central Headquarters in Taipei and apologised to the Taiwanese people. Runner-up Presidential candidate Frank Hsieh stated that the result should be considered a blow to himself rather than a blow to Taiwan's young democracy. He pledged he would never again run for public office. The DPP leaders ended the day by bowing down to the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Reactions, Domestic reactions\nAfter a press conference on March 23 where Ma stated that he will work to open up the Three Links and improve cross-strait relations, Taiwan's stock market saw a large rise. The accumulated index jumped 534 points to 9049. 1100 listed companies saw their share prices rise. Of these, financial stocks all rose to trading limit levels, with transportation companies, speculated to benefit from improved relations with mainland China, also quickly reaching price rise limits. Other sectors that saw strong rises include large conglomerates, real property, electronics and technology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Reactions, PRC reactions\nConsistently with its silence before the election, the PRC government refrained from commenting directly on the election results, and PRC media, which follows instructions on reporting from the government, has been very quiet as to the result of the elections. Also consistently with its behaviour before the election, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China commented on the failure of the two United Nations-related referenda held concurrently with the election, stating that the results showed the lack of popular support for independence in Taiwan. The Bureau also expressed optimism for the two governments to work together to maintain cross-strait peace and aid development in future. It is speculated that the mainland government would be pleased with the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 874]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Reactions, PRC reactions\nWhile also refraining from commenting directly on the results, the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China prominently displayed the election results, including the photos and brief biographies of the winning candidates, on its website. This, speculated Hong Kong's Ming Pao, showed signs of positive interaction between the two governments in future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Reactions, Other reactions\nSingapore was the first country to send official congratulatory messages about the election results. It has since been the only country to do so together with the United States. China has thus far not responded to these messages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198830-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese presidential election, Reactions, Other reactions\nMost other countries chose to issue general statements without specifically congratulating anyone:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198831-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese transitional justice referendum\nTwo referendums were held in Taiwan on 12 January 2008, alongside legislative elections. One (officially numbered as Question 3) concerned transitional justice and the treatment of contentious properties acquired by the Kuomintang, whilst a counter-referendum (Question 4) was initiated by the Kuomintang on alleged corruption in politics. The referendum was considered to be a dress rehearsal for a more contentious referendum on support for Taiwan admission to the United Nations to be held in March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198831-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese transitional justice referendum\nAlthough a majority of voters voted in favour of both proposals, voter turnout was only 26%, well below the 50% required to make the results valid. The legislative elections had a turnout of around 58%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198831-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese transitional justice referendum, Questions, Proposal 3\nThis question was officially championed by former premier Yu Shyi-kun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198831-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese transitional justice referendum, Questions, Proposal 3\nDo you agree that the following principles should be followed to legislate a \u2018Regulation for the Disposal of Properties Inappropriately Acquired by Political Parties\u2019, in order to return such properties of the Kuomintang to the people? : Kuomintang\u2019s and its associate organization\u2019s properties\u00a0\u2013 outside of party dues, political donations, and public subsidies\u00a0\u2013 should be presumed inappropriately acquired and returned to the people. Those already liquidated, the party should compensate at market value. (\u4f60\u662f\u5426\u540c\u610f\u4f9d\u4e0b\u5217\u539f\u5247\u5236\u5b9a\u300c\u653f\u9ee8\u4e0d\u7576\u53d6\u5f97\u8ca1\u7522\u8655\u7406\u689d\u4f8b\u300d\uff0c\u5c07\u4e2d\u570b\u570b\u6c11\u9ee8\u9ee8\u7522\u9084\u7d66\u5168\u6c11\uff1a\u570b\u6c11\u9ee8\u53ca\u5176\u9644\u96a8\u7d44\u7e54\u7684\u8ca1\u7522\uff0c\u9664\u9ee8\u8cbb\u3001\u653f\u6cbb\u737b\u91d1\u53ca\u7af6\u9078\u88dc\u52a9\u91d1\u5916\uff0c\u5747\u63a8\u5b9a\u70ba\u4e0d\u7576\u53d6\u5f97\u7684\u8ca1\u7522\uff0c\u61c9\u9084\u7d66\u4eba\u6c11\u3002\u5df2\u8655\u5206\u8005\uff0c\u61c9\u511f\u9084\u50f9\u984d\u3002)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198831-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese transitional justice referendum, Questions, Proposal 4\nThis question was officially championed by former finance minister Wang Chien-shien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198831-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese transitional justice referendum, Questions, Proposal 4\nDo you agree that legislation should be enacted to investigate the responsibility of leaders of the nation and their subordinates, when there is grave damage to the nation due to their wrongful intentions or grave failure in carrying out their duties? Further, do you agree that Commissions of Inquiry should be set up by the Legislative Yuan to investigate such matters; and that the departments of the government should co-operate fully without resistance, in order that the benefits of the people will be preserved? That the personnel criminally at fault should be punished and their illegal income be recovered? (\u60a8\u662f\u5426\u540c\u610f\u5236\u5b9a\u6cd5\u5f8b\u8ffd\u7a76\u570b\u5bb6\u9818\u5c0e\u4eba\u53ca\u5176\u90e8\u5c6c\uff0c\u56e0\u6545\u610f\u6216\u91cd\u5927\u904e\u5931\u4e4b\u63aa\u65bd\uff0c\u9020\u6210\u570b\u5bb6\u56b4\u91cd\u640d\u5bb3\u4e4b\u8cac\u4efb\uff0c\u4e26\u7531\u7acb\u6cd5\u9662\u8a2d\u7acb\u8abf\u67e5\u59d4\u54e1\u6703\u8abf\u67e5\uff0c\u653f\u5e9c\u5404\u90e8\u9580\u61c9\u5168\u529b\u914d\u5408\uff0c\u4e0d\u5f97\u6297\u62d2\uff0c\u4ee5\u7dad\u5168\u6c11\u5229\u76ca\uff0c\u4e26\u61f2\u8655\u9055\u6cd5\u5931\u8077\u4eba\u54e1\uff0c\u8ffd\u511f\u4e0d\u7576\u6240\u5f97\uff1f)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198831-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Taiwanese transitional justice referendum, Campaign\nThe Kuomintang urged voters to boycott both referendums to prevent them from reaching the 50% voter turnout needed to for validate the result, and there was much pre-election controversy over the format and structure of the balloting. Initially, the Kuomintang was in favor of a two-step balloting system where voters would vote for the legislative elections and then for the referendum, while the DPP was in favor of a one-step system in which voters would get all four ballots to vote. The final system was a one-step, two-table system in which voters would get the ballots at separate tables but would mark the ballot papers together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198832-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tajik League\nThe 2009 Tajik League was the 17th season of Tajik League, the Tajikistan Football Federation's top division of association football. Regar-TadAZ retained their championship, having won the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198833-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Tameside Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2012. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198833-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Results, Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward\nDorothy Cartwright defected from the Conservative Party to the Labour Party in December 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 91], "content_span": [92, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season\nThe 2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 33rd season in the National Football League the 11th playing their home games at Raymond James Stadium, and the seventh and final under head coach Jon Gruden. Though the team finished with a winning record (9\u20137), they failed to defend their 2007 NFC South championship and did not qualify for the playoffs after finishing the year on a four-game losing streak. Just weeks after the conclusion of the regular season, head coach Jon Gruden was fired,a move that came as a surprise both to sports writers and Gruden himself. General manager Bruce Allen was also fired. It would also be Gruden's last time coaching until 10 years later, when he returned to coach the Oakland Raiders, whom he previously coached from 1998 to 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season\nThe failure of the Buccaneers to return to the Super Bowl marked the 24th consecutive year in which the Super Bowl did not include the team in whose region the game was being played a feat that never has been achieved since the 49ers in 1984. The 2008 season marked a turning point in Tampa's history. From 2008 to 2020, Tampa Bay would not reach the postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Signings\nThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers resigned free agents Michael Bennett (cut November 12), Kevin Carter, Antoine Cash, Sammy Davis, Jerramy Stevens. On June 11, the team settled with estranged quarterback Jake Plummer for $3.5\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Signings\nFree agent acquisitions include former team player Warrick Dunn (Falcons) and Brian Griese (Bears).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Summary\nTampa Bay's offseason gained attention when they expressed interest in free agent quarterback Brett Favre. After Favre signed with the Jets, tension was reported between head coach Jon Gruden and incumbent quarterback Jeff Garcia. Garcia was recovering from a preseason injury, but was still named the starter. After dropping the season opener, Garcia was benched in favor of Brian Griese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Summary\nGriese helped the team to victories in the next three games. With Garcia back as the starter for week 6, the Buccaneers went 6\u20131 over the next 7 games. At the end of November, Tampa Bay found themselves in first place in the NFC South. They tied a franchise best start of 9\u20133, were undefeated at home (6\u20130), and controlled their own destiny for a first-round bye in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Summary\nThe month of December, however, saw the Buccaneers season collapse. A humiliating loss on Monday Night Football against Carolina took away their hopes of a division title. Meanwhile, longtime defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin announced he was leaving to join his son Lane at Tennessee. The defense began to struggle mightily, especially against the run. An overtime loss at Atlanta, followed by two home losses, dropped the Bucs to 9\u20137, and out of the playoffs. Less than three weeks later, head coach Gruden and general manager Bruce Allen were fired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason\nNOTE: Due to NBC's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics, two of the Buccaneers' pre-season games were telecast on WTVT as WFLA broadcast the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason\nThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers held Training Camp at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex from July 26 through August 14. They played four preseason games, and finished with a record of 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason\nDuring the month of July, and into the early stages of training camp, the Buccaneers were one of the teams in the running to sign Brett Favre (who ended his 6-month-long retirement). Favre ultimately signed with the Jets. Meanwhile, starting quarterback Jeff Garcia suffered a calf injury during the first week of camp. Quarterback duties were shared among five players for the preseason, with Garcia named the starter for the regular season. On the final day of cuts, Tampa Bay finally waived quarterback Chris Simms, who had played sparsely since injuring his spleen in week 3 of 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 1: at New Orleans Saints\nThe Buccaneers began their 2008 campaign on the road against their NFC South foe, the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Tampa Bay trailed as Saints QB Drew Brees completed a 39-yard TD pass to WR David Patten. The Bucs would respond with CB Phillip Buchanon returning an interception 26 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Tampa Bay took the lead with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 1: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans would reply with kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica getting a 34-yard field goal, yet the Buccaneers replied with Bryant nailing a 33-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Saints got their lead back with Brees completing an 84-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson. In the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay would go ahead again as QB Jeff Garcia completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Ike Hilliard. However, New Orleans regained the lead after Brees completing a 42-yard TD pass to RB Reggie Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 1: at New Orleans Saints\nInside the final minute, Garcia drove the Buccaneers to the Saints 24-yard line. Facing 4th down & 6, Garcia threw an interception, and the Saints clinched the victory. With the loss, the Buccaneers began their season at 0\u20131 and lost on opening day for the third straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nTampa Bay held their home opener facing their second division game, against the Atlanta Falcons. Quarterback Jeff Garcia was inactive due to an ankle injury. However, rumors persisted during the week that the relationship between head coach Jon Gruden and Garcia had broken down after a poor performance the week before, and after preseason distractions due to a nagging injury, and the team's rumored interest in acquiring Brett Favre. Back-up quarterback Brian Griese, who last played at Tampa Bay in 2005, started. Derrick Brooks, who also was nursing injury, was activated and started the game to keep his consecutive games started streak (209) alive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nOn the first drive of the game, Atlanta started at their own 23. On the third play of the game, Aqib Talib intercepted Matt Ryan, and returned the ball to the 19. Five plays later, Brian Griese connected with John Gilmore for a 5-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nEarly in the second quarter, Tampa Bay started a 12-play, 81-yard drive at their own 19-yard line. On first & goal at the Atlanta 8-yard line, Earnest Graham rushed for an apparent 8-yard touchdown, but it was called back for a holding penalty. After losing ground and facing 3rd & goal at the 17, Warrick Dunn rumbled 17 yards, breaking several tackles for a touchdown. It was Dunn's first score since returning to the team. After a kickoff, Atlanta started their next drive at the 22-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nAfter two incompletions, on third down, Ryan was intercepted by Sabby Piscitelli, who returned the ball to the 17-yard line. Matt Bryant capped off the turnover with a field goal, and a 17\u20130 lead. Atlanta finally got onto the scoreboard with 12 seconds remaining in the half, with a Jason Elam field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nEarly in the fourth quarter, Atlanta trailed 17\u20136. Facing 3rd & 8 at their own 19-yard line, an unusual play occurred. Matt Ryan completed a 20-yard pass to Roddy White. White fumbled, and it was recovered by Sabby Piscitelli of the Buccaneers. Piscitelli then ran 3 yards and attempted a lateral to Cato June. The lateral was actually an illegal forward pass, and fell incomplete to the ground. Thought to be a live ball, it was recovered once more by Atlanta, meanwhile a flag for a personal foul by Tampa Bay was also on the field. After several minutes of confusion and discussion by the officials, they awarded the ball to Atlanta at the Tampa Bay 48-yard line. Atlanta continued the drive and managed a field goal, trimming the lead to 17\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nLate in the fourth quarter, Earnest Graham iced the game with a 68-yard touchdown run, and a final score of 24\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Chicago Bears\nIn the first quarter, both Tampa Bay and Chicago were fired up and committed several skirmishes. On the second play of the game, Brian Griese's pass was tipped and intercepted by Lance Briggs. The Bears capitalized on the turnover with a field goal. A field position battle saw the Bears kick another field goal, and hold a 6\u20130 lead early. After the early turnover, Brian Griese led the Buccaneers on an 8-play, 81-yard scoring drive. The drive was capped off by a touchdown pass to Ike Hilliard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Chicago Bears\nEarly in the second quarter, Griese completed a pass to Maurice Stovall, but Stovall fumbled the ball with Chicago recovering at the 38-yard line. Attempting to score quickly, Kyle Orton threw deep to the endzone on the next play. The pass was broken up in the endzone, and bounced into the hands of Barrett Ruud for an improbable interception. The teams traded possessions twice, and the Bears found themselves driving across midfield with about 6 minutes left in the half. After a sack, Orton was again pressured, and threw a screen pass which was intercepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Chicago Bears\nGaines Adams returned the ball 45 yards to the goal line, and after review, was awarded a touchdown. The Bears regrouped and drove to their own 44-yard line. On fourth down, a well-executed fake punt resulted in a 38-yard run by  Garrett Wolfe. The Bears scored a third field goal as time expired in the half, and Tampa Bay took a 14\u20139 lead into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Chicago Bears\nAfter an interception midway through the third quarter, Chicago scored their first touchdown (and added a two-point conversion) for a 17\u201314 lead. With less than 7 minutes to go in the fourth quarter, hoping to put the game out of reach, a fourth field goal by Gould put the Bears up by ten points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Chicago Bears\nBrian Griese drove the Buccaneers 63 yards in 12 plays, and set up a 35-yard field goal by Matt Bryant. The kick narrowed the deficit to 7 points. The Buccaneer defense held Chicago to a 3-and-out, and the Bears punted to Tampa Bay immediately after the two-minute warning. In just over a minute and a half, Griese drove the Buccaneers 81 yards in 11 plays. Jerramy Stevens caught a 1-yard touchdown pass with 10 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score and force overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Chicago Bears\nIn the overtime period, Tampa Bay won the coin toss and received. They quickly drove to the Chicago 39-yard line, but an intentional grounding penalty stalled the drive. Chicago received a punt, but was unable to cross midfield. Brad Maynard punted, and pinned the Buccaneers at their own 7-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Chicago Bears\nFacing 3rd & 9 at their own 8-yard line, Griese passed to Jerramy Stevens for a short 2-yard gain. The drive, however, was given new life when a skirmish broke out and Charles Tillman of the Bears was called for unnecessary roughness. In seven plays, Griese drove the Buccaneers to the Chicago 44-yard line. With just over 5 minutes left in the overtime period, Griese connected with Antonio Bryant for a 38-yard pass, and a first & goal at the Chicago 6. Two plays later, Matt Bryant came on the field, and kicked a game-winning field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Chicago Bears\nBrian Griese set a franchise record for most pass attempts (67, fourth most in NFL history). His passing yards (407) was the third-most in team history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Green Bay Packers\nGreen Bay took the opening drive 58 yards for a touchdown, and the first score of the game. The remainder of the Packers' drives in the first half were largely unsuccessful. On the first play of the second quarter, Aaron Rodgers pass was tipped and then intercepted by Derrick Brooks. The turnover set the Buccaneers up on the Packers 32-yard line. Shortly thereafter, Brian Griese connected to Alex Smith to tie the score at 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Green Bay Packers\nLater in the second quarter, Green Bay faced 4th & 15 at their own 5-yard line. Derrick Frost punted from the back of the endzone, but the punt took a \"Buccaneer bounce\" and was downed at the Green Bay 41-yard line. The resulting good field position led to a Matt Bryant field goal, and a 10\u20137 lead. Earlier in the week, Bryant suffered tragedy off the field, with the death of his 3-month-old son Tryson. Four plays later, Rodgers was intercepted again, this time by Barrett Ruud. Before the end of the second quarter, Bryant kicked another field goal, and the Buccaneers led 13\u20137 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Green Bay Packers\nTampa Bay took the second half kickoff, and drove to the Packers 17-yard line. A play later, however, Griese's pass was bobbled by Michael Clayton at the 5, and intercepted by Tramon Williams. After trading possessions, midway through the third quarter, Green Bay was at their own 40-yard line. Ryan Grant fumbled, and Jermaine Phillips recovered for a 38-yard Buccaneer touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Green Bay Packers\nOn the second play of Tampa Bay's next drive, Griese threw his second interception, which was returned to the 42-yard line. Aaron Rodgers threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings to trim the score to 20\u201314. Rodgers, however, appeared to injure his throwing arm on the play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Green Bay Packers\nEarly in the fourth quarter, Griese threw his second straight interception (and third overall), which was returned 62 yards by Charles Woodson for a touchdown. The Packers took a 21\u201320 lead with just under 14 minutes to go, while rookie back-up quarterback Matt Flynn took over for the next drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Green Bay Packers\nWith just over 8 minutes remaining, Griese led the Buccaneers on a 10-play, 58-yard drive, capped off by Matt Bryant's third field goal, and a 23\u201321 lead. Green Bay started with 2:26 remaining. On the drive's second play, Rodgers was intercepted by Gaines Adams. Earnest Graham iced the game with a 47-yard rush, followed by a 1-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Denver Broncos\nThe Buccaneers traveled to Denver for the first time since 1996, and lost their second game of the 2008 season. Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler threw for 227 yards and one touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Denver Broncos\nAfter trading possessions twice to start the game, Tampa Bay drove 65 yards on 7 plays, taking the lead 3\u20130. On the next possession, Denver managed to tie the score with a 55-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Denver Broncos\nLater in the second quarter, Denver made a 9-play drive, capped off by a field goal, and a 6\u20133 lead. Tampa Bay took over with 2:21 left in the half. Brian Griese drove the Buccaneers in 11 plays to the Denver 11-yard line. As time ran out in the half, Matt Bryant kicked another field goal, and the game was tied 6\u20136 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Denver Broncos\nTampa Bay took the second half kickoff, but was forced to punt. Josh Bidwell pinned the Broncos at their own 4-yard line. On the first play of the drive, however, Cutler connected with Tony Scheffler for 33 yards, and dug themselves out of the hole. The resulting good field possession allowed Denver to punt, and pin Tampa Bay at their own 11. Brian Griese threw an incompletion, and suffered an injured shoulder on the play. Jeff Garcia took over at quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Denver Broncos\nWith a short field, Denver drove 47 yards on only five plays, and took the lead again with a 10-yard touchdown pass by Cutler. They followed up with a field goal early in the fourth quarter, and held a 16\u20136 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Denver Broncos\nLate in the fourth quarter, Jeff Garcia drove the Buccaneers 90 yards in 13 plays. The drive was capped off with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Ike Hilliard. The touchdown trimmed the deficit to 16\u201313. Rather than an onside, Tampa Bay elected to squib kick, and Denver recovered. The Broncos managed two first downs, and ran out the clock to secure the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Carolina Panthers\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Broncos, the Buccaneers went home for a Week 6 NFC South duel with the Carolina Panthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Carolina Panthers\nCarolina received the opening kickoff, but their opening drive was short-lived. At their own 41-yard line, Jason Baker's punt was blocked, and LB Geno Hayes returned the ball 22 yards for a touchdown, which was the first time that Tampa Bay returned a blocked punt for a touchdown since December 2, 2001 against the Bengals. Later in the first quarter, Jake Delhomme was intercepted by Tanard Jackson at the Carolina 36. Jeff Garcia drove the Buccaneers in five plays for a touchdown, and a 14\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Carolina Panthers\nCarolina got on the board early in the second quarter, with a 20-yard field goal. The Panthers had 1st & goal at the Tampa Bay 3, and nearly suffered a fumble. After review, the ruling on the field (down by contact) was upheld, and the Pathers trimmed the deficit to 14\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Carolina Panthers\nOn the next drive, Garcia connected deep to Michael Clayton, and a Matt Bryant field goal put the Buccaneers up 17\u20133. After trading possessions, Carolina was pinned back at their own 6-yard line. Delhomme drove the Panthers into Tampa territory, but was intercepted in the endzone by Jermaine Phillips. The turnover came up short, however, as Bryant missed a field goal to end the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Carolina Panthers\nTampa Bay took the second half kickoff. Josh Bidwell punted, and the ball appeared to be downed at the 1-yard line, but officials ruled a touchback. After a replay challenge, the ruling was overturned, and Carolina took over inside their own 1. The poor field position led to another Tampa Bay field goal, and a 20\u20133 lead. Carolina's next drive went 3-and-out, and a poor punt set up the Buccaneers up at the 41. Jeff Garcia drove the Buccaneers to the 1-yard line, including a 3rd down scramble at the 2. Earnest Graham capped off the drive with a 1-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Carolina Panthers\nAll of Carolina's fourth quarter drives came up empty, and Tampa Bay ran out the clock to seal the victory. The win snapped a 5-game losing streak to Carolina at Raymond James Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nTampa Bay appeared on NBC's Sunday Night Football for the first time, and hosted a primetime home game for the first time since 2003. At halftime, festivities were scheduled honoring retired player Mike Alstott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nSeattle took the opening kickoff, but the Buccaneer defense forced a punt. Jeff Garcia led the Buccaneers to a 7\u20130 lead on their first drive after a 47-yard touchdown pass. Seattle's two other first quarter drives were 3 & outs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nEarly in the second quarter, Garcia drove the Buccaneers to the Seattle 4-yard line. Ike Hilliard caught a pass, but was knocked out by a helmet-to-helmet hit. After a replay challenge, it was determined that Hilliard also fumbled the ball. Seattle took over possession, but the drive went 3 & out. Seattle's punt was received by Tampa Bay at their own 41. Garcia quickly drove the Buccaneers to the endzone, with Earnest Graham upping the lead to 14\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nJustin Forsett returned the ensuing kickoff for Seattle all the way to the Tampa Bay 31. On the first play of the drive, however, Seneca Wallace was intercepted by Aqib Talib. The turnover led to a Matt Bryant field goal and a 17\u20130 lead. With just over 2 minutes remaining, Seneca Wallace fumbled the center exchange at the snap, and Tampa Bay recovered. As time expired in the half, Matt Bryant attempted a 47-yard field goal into the wind, but it fell short.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nSeattle earned good field position early in the third quarter, which led to an Olindo Mare field goal. On their next drive, Maurice Morris broke for a 45-yard rush. The Buccaneer defense stiffened in the red zone, however, and Seattle missed a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nTampa Bay dominated the fourth quarter, executing a clock-eating, 16-play, 9\u00bd-minute drive, culminating with a Matt Bryant field goal and a 20\u20133 lead. A late touchdown pass by Seattle trimmed the lead to 20\u201310, but an ensuing onside kick failed. Tampa Bay ran the clock down, and improved to 4\u20130 at home with the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys\nTampa Bay traveled to Dallas, for what would be their final regular season game at Texas Stadium. Jeff Garcia passed for 227 yards and no interceptions, and the Buccaneer defense held the Cowboys to only 172 yards, but the team fell by a score of 13\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys\nWith Tony Romo on the sidelines with a broken finger, former Buccaneer Brad Johnson started at quarterback for the Cowboys. Dallas' first three drives went 3-and-out, and Johnson's passing game sputtered. Meanwhile, Jeff Garcia twice drove the Buccaneers into the red zone, and two Matt Bryant field goals put Tampa Bay ahead 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys\nDallas got onto the scoreboard in the second quarter with a field goal. On the next drive, Tampa Bay drove 48 yards in 14 plays, but missed a 51-yard field goal. The Cowboys took the good field position, and drove into Tampa Bay territory. With 47 seconds left in the half, facing 3rd & 12 at the 49, the Cowboys' drive appeared to be halted. However, Ronde Barber was called for a horse-collar penalty, and the drive continued. Johnson capitalized on the penalty, and scored a touchdown pass to Roy Williams with 4 seconds left in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys\nClifton Smith fumbled away the second half kickoff for Tampa Bay, setting up a field position battle in the third quarter. Each team added another field goal, and the score stood at 13\u20139 late in the fourth quarter. Garcia drove the Buccaneers 56 yards in 16 plays, to the Dallas 18-yard line. Facing 4th & 5 with 19 seconds to go, Garcia's pass fell incomplete, and Dallas held on for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs\nTampa Bay got off to a slow start as Kansas City took the opening drive 69 yards for a touchdown. On Tampa Bay's first play from scrimmage, Earnest Graham fumbled and the Chiefs recovered. The turnover led to another Kansas City touchdown, and a 14\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs\nEarly in the second quarter, Tampa Bay drove into the red zone, and scored a field goal. On the following drive, the Chiefs executed a flea-flicker play and quarterback Tyler Thigpen caught an improbable 37-yard touchdown pass. Late in the second quarter, the Chiefs added a field goal, to stretch the lead to 24\u20133. On the ensuing kickoff, Clifton Smith scored a 97-yard kickoff return touchdown, the second such in franchise history. The Buccaneer defense held the Chiefs to a 3-and-out, and the offense took over with 1:08 to go. As time expired in the half, Matt Bryant's second field goal trimmed the deficit to 24\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs\nNeither team scored in the third quarter, and all drives ended in punts. Early in the fourth quarter, Jeff Garcia again drove Tampa Bay into the red zone. Clifton Smith caught a pass, but fumbled at the 13. Kansas City recovered at their own 10. On the very next play, Jamaal Charles fumbled away a pitch in the backfield, and Tampa Bay recovered inside the 3. In a trick play, Jeff Garcia handed off to Earnest Graham, who passed to Alex Smith for a touchdown. A two-point conversion failed, and the score trimmed to 24\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs\nWith 3:34 to go, the Buccaneers drove to the Kansas City 3, and Earnest Graham appeared to be heading for a potential game-tying score. The ball was fumbled, however, and the Chiefs took over on a touchback. The Buccaneer defense forced a punt, and they took over with 1:50 to go. Jeff Garcia quickly drove the Buccaneers to a 25-yard touchdown, and a two-point conversion catch by Alex Smith sent the game to overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the overtime period, Tampa Bay won the coin toss. They drove to the Kansas City 15-yard line, and Matt Bryant won the game on a 34-yard field goal. The victory marked the largest comeback (from 21 points behind to win) in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs\nWith the win, the Buccaneers went into their bye week at 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nThe Tampa Bay defense sacked quarterback Gus Frerotte five times, and kicker Matt Bryant scored four field goals, as the Buccaneers prevailed over the visiting Vikings. Running back Adrian Peterson was held to only 85 yards, and the Vikings lost two fumbles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nOn the second play of their first drive, running back Earnest Graham suffered an injured ankle, and sat out the remainder of the game. Both teams traded field goals, and the first quarter was tied 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nTwo costly Tampa Bay penalties set the Vikings up at the Tampa Bay 12. Three plays later, a touchdown gave Minnesota a 10\u20133 lead. On the following drive, Jeff Garcia drove the Buccaneers into Vikings territory. A roughing the passer penalty on Ray Edwards then gave the Buccaneers a 1st & goal at the 3-yard line. A field goal was the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nMinnesota went on a long field goal drive, and improved their lead to 13\u20136 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nTampa Bay's defense took over in the second half. The Buccaneers took the second half kickoff, and Garcia methodically drove the offense into the red zone. At the Minnesota 17-yard line, a series of penalties disrupted the drive. A holding call on Jerramy Stevens pushed them back 10 yards. Antonio Bryant then electrified the crowd with an apparent 27-yard catch and run touchdown. The touchdown, however, was called back for holding. An offsides penalty on Minnesota set up 2nd & 25 at the 32. Garcia connected for a 31-yard pass to Stevens, and the Buccaneers ultimately tied the game at 13\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nMinnesota's first drive of the third quarter saw them drive to their own 49-yard line. They went for it on a 4th & 1, but failed, turing the ball over on downs. Tampa Bay again drove into Minnesota territory, but Clifton Smith fumbled. The turnover came up empty, however, as the Vikings were forced to punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nWith 14:28 remaining in the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay started a 13-play, 69-yard, drive of almost 9 minutes, capped off by a go-ahead field goal. Maurice Hicks fumbled away the ensuing kickoff, and Tampa Bay scored yet another field goal. Two drives in the final 4 minutes by the Vikings came up empty, a turnover on downs, and a fumble, and Tampa Bay held on to win 19\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nIn the first quarter, the Buccaneers started out flat, and found themselves trailing 17\u20130 to the winless Detroit Lions. After trading possessions to open the game, quarterback Daunte Culpepper led the Lions on a seven-play touchdown drive to go up 7\u20130. On the following drive, Jeff Garcia ran into running back Carnell Williams and fumbled the ball. Daniel Bullocks recovered the ball and returned it 44 yards for a touchdown. The Lions added a field goal late in the first quarter, and led 17\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nEarly in the second quarter, Jeff Garcia quickly moved the Buccaneers down the field for their first touchdown. The Lions went three-and-out, and the Buccaneers went on another touchdown drive to trim the deficit to 17\u201314. Less than two minutes later, Ronde Barber intercepted Daunte Culpepper at the Detroit 24. On the very next play, Garcia connected with Jerramy Stevens, and the Buccaneers took their first lead of the game at 21\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nOn their first possession of the second half, the Lions again went three-and-out. Nick Harris punted, and Clifton Smith returned the punt 70 yards for a touchdown. Later in the third quarter, Ronde Barber intercepted Culpepper for the second time, this time returning the ball for a touchdown. Culpepper was benched and back-up quarterback Drew Stanton stepped in. By the end of the third quarter, the Lions trimmed the deficit to 35\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nWarrick Dunn broke off a 40-yard run, and a roughing the passer penalty put Tampa Bay in the red zone. An unnecessary roughness penalty, along with Garcia being tripped by him own man, however, forced the Buccaneers to settle for a fourth quarter Matt Bryant field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nWith 8 minutes remaining, the Lions received a punt and Daunte Culpepper returned to the game. Culpepper's pass was complete to John Standeford, but he fumbled and Tampa Bay recovered. They did not surrender the ball again, and ran out the clock to seal the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints\nNew Orleans took the opening kickoff, and quarterback Drew Brees drove the Saints to the Tampa Bay 30-yard line. On a 4th down and 1, however, they were stopped and turned the ball over on downs. At their own 41-yard line, Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia threw an apparent completion, but was intercepted by Jonathan Vilma. The turnover led to a Saints field goal. Midway through the first quarter, heavy rain began to fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints\nTampa Bay took their next possession to the New Orleans 21, and tied the score at 3\u20133. Late in the second quarter, Clifton Smith returned a New Orleans punt 42 yards to the 39-yard line. The good field position led to a second Matt Bryant field goal. Brees took over with just over two minutes left in the half. He quickly led the Saints on a six-play touchdown drive, and took a 10\u20136 lead into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints\nTampa Bay's opening drive of the third quarter was capped off by an 8-yard touchdown run by Carnell \"Cadillac\" Williams, his first touchdown since returning to play a week earlier. New Orleans went three-and-out on their next drive, while Tampa Bay stretched their lead moments later with a 39-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Bryant. Looking to answer, Brees was intercepted in the endzone by Cato June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints\nEarly in the fourth quarter, Brees again drove deep into Tampa Bay territory. An apparent interception in the endzone was negated by a penalty, and the drive continued. With new life, Brees connected to Pierre Thomas, and trimmed the deficit to 20\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints\nAfter Tampa Bay was held to two three-and-outs, Josh Bidwell shanked a punt, setting New Orleans up at the Tampa Bay 49-yard line. A field goal tied the score at 20\u201320 with less than six minutes remaining. With 2:33 to go, Jermaine Phillips intercepted Drew Brees, and returned the ball to the New Orleans 17. Matt Bryant kicked the go-ahead field goal at the two-minute warning. With 1:45 left, Brees was intercepted by Phillip Buchanon to ice the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints\nThe win marked head coach Jon Gruden's 100th career NFL victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Carolina Panthers\nTampa Bay visited division foe Carolina on Monday Night Football with first place in the NFC South on the line. The Buccaneers went 3-and-out on their first drive, while Carolina scored a field goal for the first points of the game. Late in the first quarter, Tampa Bay drove to the Carolina 22, but Matt Bryant's field goal bounced off the upright no good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the second quarter, Jake Delhomme drove the Panthers into Tampa Bay territory. At the 19-yard line, Ronde Barber intercepted. The Buccaneers then drove to the Carolina 1-yard line, but their red zone woes continued. They failed to score a touchdown, and Matt Bryant instead tied the game at 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Carolina Panthers\nDeAngelo Williams rushed for a 40-yard gain late in the second quarter, setting up a Jonathan Stewart touchdown run at the two-minute warning. Carolina took the lead into halftime 10\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Carolina Panthers\nA penalty on the second half kickoff set Carolina up at their own 7. DeAngelo Williams again broke another long rush (28 yards), and Carolina crossed midfield. Jermaine Phillips made a \"circus catch\" interception, and the Buccaneers took over at the 47. Two plays later, Jeff Garcia connected to Antonio Bryant for a 50-yard touchdown bomb, tying the score at 10\u201310. After back-to-back \"shootout\" touchdowns, the score was tied 17\u201317 after three-quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the fourth quarter, the rushing duo of DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart steamrolled a weary Buccaneers defense. Two touchdowns early in the fourth put the Panthers up 31\u201317. Garcia attempted to mount a comeback, and led the Buccaneers on an 82-yard touchdown drive. After a blocked extra point, and a failed onside kick, Carolina took over with 2:28 remaining. Facing 3rd down & 4, DeAngelo Williams stymied the Buccaneers with a breakaway 36-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Carolina Panthers\nCarolina racked up 299 yards rushing, and took over sole possession of first place in the NFC South division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Atlanta Falcons\nQuarterback Jeff Garcia, as well as Cato June, sat out of the game with injuries, and Brian Griese started for the Buccaneers. Penalties and defense dominated the game, a key matchup in the NFC South playoff race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Atlanta Falcons\nLeading 10\u20130 in the second quarter, Matt Ryan threw deep to the endzone, but was intercepted by Aqib Talib. On Atlanta's nxt drive, Ronde Barber intercepted Ryan, setting the Buccaneers up at the 33-yard line. With 15 seconds remaining in the half, Brian Griese connected for a 20-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Bryant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Atlanta Falcons\nMidway through the third quarter, Matt Ryan completed a pass to Jason Rader, who ran for the endzone. Before he crossed the goal line, however, Jermaine Phillips punched the ball from his grasp, and it was recovered in the endzone by Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers' ensuing possession, however, came up empty, as Griese himself was intercepted past midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Atlanta Falcons\nThe next five possessions by both teams resulted in punts. In an attempt to tie the score with 3:43 remaining, Matt Bryant's field goal sailed wide left. The Falcons were held to a 3-and-out, and lined up for a punt with 2:37 to go. Michael Koenen's punt was blocked, and Sabby Piscitelli returned it to the 22. After driving to the 9-yard line, the Buccaneers settled for a game-tying field goal, and forced overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn overtime, the Buccaneers won the toss, but were forced to punt. With just over 4 minutes remaining in the overtime period, Jason Elam kicked a game-winning field goal for the Falcons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. San Diego Chargers\nTampa Bay hosted San Diego, with both teams alive for playoff contention. With quarterback Jeff Garcia back in the lineup, the Buccaneers drove into San Diego territory early in the first quarter. At the 36-yard line, an Antonio Bryant fumble was recovered by San Diego. Philip Rivers quickly led San Diego down the field for their first score. On the ensuing kickoff, Clifton Smith returned the ball 72 yards to the San Diego 11-yard line. Four plays later, B. J. Askew tied the score at 7\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. San Diego Chargers\nTrailing 17\u20137 late in the second quarter, Tampa Bay drove to the San Diego 31, where Matt Bryant kicked a field goal with 22-second left in the half. A quick 25-yard pass by Rivers, however, allowed Nate Kaeding to kick a 57-yard field goal, and take a 20\u201310 lead into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. San Diego Chargers\nTampa Bay took the second half kickoff, and Garcia led the Buccaneers on a long scoring drive. After a scramble to the 7, Garcia scrambled once more for a 7-yard touchdown run. On their next possession, Garcia connected deep to a wide-open Antonio Bryant for a 71-yard touchdown. The third quarter ended with Tampa Bay leading 24\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. San Diego Chargers\nThe fourth quarter saw Tampa Bay's hope fizzle. Two touchdowns by the Chargers, and a Garcia interception saw the Buccaneers trailing 34\u201324 with time running out. With less than 7 minutes to go, Garcia found himself scrambling again, this time for a 7-yard first down run. Quentin Jammer slammed into Garcia's helmet, and Garcia began to bleed visibly from him nose and forehead. Driving across midfield with just over 3 minutes to go, Garcia was intercepted by Antoine Cason, who returned the ball 59 yards for the game-icing touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. San Diego Chargers\nWith the loss, their first home defeat of the season, the Buccaneers failed to secure a playoff berth. A win in week 17 against the Raiders, coupled with a loss by Dallas, would have been required for Tampa Bay to qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Oakland Raiders\nTampa Bay concluded the 2008 regular season against the Oakland Raiders, coach Jon Gruden's former team, and the team they beat in Super Bowl XXXVII. Tampa Bay needed a victory, and a loss by Dallas to clinch a wild card playoff berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Oakland Raiders\nThe first quarter was a defensive battle, with both teams struggling to cross midfield. Early in the second quarter, Johnnie Lee Higgins returned a punt for Oakland to the Tampa Bay 40. Michael Bush scored a touchdown run, the first rushing touchdown given up by the Buccaneers at home, to give Oakland a 7\u20130 lead. Jeff Garcia followed up with a 10-play, 80-yard drive, including a 29-yard pass to Michael Clayton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Oakland Raiders\nBoth teams started the third quarter with 3-and-out drives. Ont the next drive Jeff Garcia connected for a 25-yard pass to Carnell \"Cadillac\" Williams, then a 58-yard bomb to Clayton for a touchdown. Nearing the end of the third quarter, Tampa Bay again went on a long scoring drive, capping it off with a Matt Bryant field goal, and a 17\u201314 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWith 12:25 remaining, JaMarcus Russell was intercepted by Sabby Piscitelli at the 5-yard line. Piscitelli returned the ball 84 yards to the Oakland 11. Two plays later \"Cadillac\" Williams was in the endzone for his second touchdown of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Oakland Raiders\nA pass interference call on Will Allen moved Oakland to the Tampa Bay 12-yard line, and led to a Raiders touchdown. Leading 24\u201321 with just under 10 minutes to go, Tampa Bay looked to run the clock out. \"Cadillac\" Williams rumbled for 28 yards, but fell with an apparent serious knee injury, the second of his career. Tampa Bay ultimately turned the ball over on downs at the Oakland 33. On the very next play, Michael Bush busted through the Buccaneer defense to score a go-ahead, 64-yard touchdown run. After a Jeff Garcia interception, and a late Oakland field goal, the Buccaneers fell to the Raiders 31\u201324, and thus once again the home team hosting the Super Bowl will not play in it, having failed to even make the post-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198834-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWith the loss, Tampa Bay's season ended at 9\u20137. Head coach Jon Gruden and General manager Bruce Allen were fired January 16, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season\nThe 2008 Tampa Bay Rays season was the 11th season in franchise history, and the first season in which they were known as the Tampa Bay Rays, formerly being known as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. This was the third season with Joe Maddon managing the club. After being plagued by futility as the Devil Rays, amassing just a .398 winning percentage over their first 10 years as a franchise and finishing in last place nine times, the team finished their first season as the Rays with a 97\u201365 record to win their first American League East division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season\nIn the postseason, they beat the Chicago White Sox three games to one in the ALDS, and beat the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox in seven games in the ALCS to advance to their first World Series in franchise history. They would go on to lose to the Philadelphia Phillies in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Spring training\nThe Rays, with their off-season acquisitions and continued prospect development, fostered high hopes both within the organization and from analysts for the team to perform well during the 2008 season. Their performance on the field during spring training justified those hopes. On March 23, they won their team-record 15th spring training game, and finished with a record of 18\u20138 with two ties and two cancellations due to rain, along with having the highest winning percentage of all teams in spring training.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Spring training\nThere were lingering questions, however. Ace pitcher Scott Kazmir had been dogged with arm soreness all spring, and was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 21. He was expected to be ready in early May. Ben Zobrist, who had been groomed for a super-utility role, suffered a broken thumb during the second week of spring training. Rocco Baldelli, after missing most of the 2007 season with a hamstring injury, was sidelined indefinitely due to chronic fatigue believed to be caused by mitochondrial disease, and placed on the 60-day disabled list just days before the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Spring training\nElliot Johnson, an infielder prospect on the 40-man roster who spent the previous season with the Durham Bulls, made headlines during a game against the New York Yankees when he crashed into Yankees prospect catcher Francisco Cervelli in a play at the plate. He was tagged out, but the collision led to Cervelli breaking his wrist. While the Yankee organization said the move was uncalled-for, most analysts claimed that it was a good baseball play. Johnson himself stated he never intended to hurt Cervelli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Spring training\nThe act is believed to have led to heightened tensions in their next game on March 12, leading to an incident where Yankees outfielder Shelley Duncan slid with his spikes high into Akinori Iwamura, leading to a fight between Duncan and Jonny Gomes. During the bench-clearing brawl, Melky Cabrera punched Rays third baseman Evan Longoria. Duncan, Cabrera and Gomes were suspended for three, three, and two games respectively. All three dropped their appeals, and had their suspensions reduced by a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Spring training\nPitcher David Price, the #1 pick in the 2007 Amateur Draft, made his spring training debut on March 8 (prior to the Elliot Johnson incident), accidentally hitting Francisco Cervelli on the arm before striking out 2 to get through the inning. His fastball reached 99\u00a0mph on radar guns. After three appearances, he was officially assigned to High-A Vero Beach but was expected to advance quickly through the minor leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Spring training\nThe initial starting rotation for the Rays was James Shields, Matt Garza, Andy Sonnanstine, Edwin Jackson and Jason Hammel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April\nApril turned into feast-or-famine for the Rays. The bullpen, which was derided as the worst in baseball in 2007, was the best in the league at the end of the month, with a 2.52 ERA. New closer Troy Percival saved 5 games, and did not allow a single run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April\nCarlos Pe\u00f1a was bringing the lumber that made him a superstar in 2007, having six home runs in the first 20 games, but finished the month with 31 strikeouts, and had difficulty getting on base with a batting average of just .200. The bigger surprise has been Eric Hinske. Appearing in 25 games, he hit .293 with 6 home runs and 15 RBI. On April 22, against the Toronto Blue Jays in Orlando, he was a single away from hitting for the cycle, which would have made him the first Ray to ever accomplish such a feat. For the second year in a row, the Rays won a sweep during the home series at Champion Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April\nEvan Longoria was one of the last cuts in spring training, surprising Rays fans. He was called up on April 11 after their chosen third baseman, Willy Aybar, went on the disabled list. After six appearances, he was signed to a six-year, $15 million contract. His future seemed promising for the season, with a .250 average and 3 home runs in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April\nIn one game against the Yankees, Longoria hit a home run that capped a 5-run inning to tie the game, and a few weeks later, he homered off of Josh Beckett of the Red Sox, which provided a cushion for the team to complete their first sweep of the Boston Red Sox in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April\nJames Shields, with the absence of Scott Kazmir, became the team's ace pitcher. In six starts, he went 3\u20131, with the one loss coming to the New York Yankees, opposite their ace Chien-Ming Wang. On April 27, he pitched his first complete game of his career in a game against the Red Sox, where he allowed only 3 batters to reach base. Just a few days after his career outing, he was named AL Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April\nAfter their sweep of the Red Sox, the Rays were 14\u201311, which was the latest the team had ever been 3 games over .500 in a season. In 26 games during the month, the Rays went 14\u201312, which marked the first time in franchise history that the team had a winning record for the month of April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May\nAfter winning a series in Baltimore on May 1, the Rays were 16\u201312, the first time ever the team was 4 games over .500. Although they suffered a sweep to the Red Sox at Fenway Park immediately following, they bounced back with a series win against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre and a sweep of the Angels at Tropicana Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May\nAfter a win over the Yankees in extra innings Hank Steinbrenner, Senior Vice President and part-owner of the New York Yankees, expressed his frustration with his team at the time, saying that the Yankees \"got to start playing the way the Rays are playing\", and that he wished the Rays were in a different division. Hank also stated that he was happy for the Rays, but that he wished they played in the National League instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May\nFollowing a win on Memorial Day, the Rays became the first team in over 100 years to hold the best record in the league through Memorial Day after having the worst record in the league the year before. The last team to do it was the New York Giants in 1903.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May\nCloser Troy Percival was placed on the disabled list for precautionary measures following his removal from a game in which he felt tightness in his hamstring after striking out a batter and then falling to the ground. Percival threw several warm-up pitches but then left the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May\nScott Kazmir set a new franchise record for the most wins in one month. Kazmir lost his first start of the season in Boston, but then won his next five starts following that loss, also sporting a 1.22 ERA in all six starts. Because of this, he was named American League Pitcher of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May\nThe Rays finished May with a 34\u201322 record, the best record in the American League, leading the division by one game over the Boston Red Sox, and had their first winning record in the month of May (19\u201310).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June\nCarlos Pe\u00f1a fractured his left index finger on June 4, and was placed on the disabled list. He returned to the team on June 26, wearing a protective padding outside of his left batting glove to help ease impact. Rays manager Joe Maddon stated that once the Rays finished interleague play, and returned to playing American League teams, he would consider putting Pena in the designated hitter role to help ease the workload on his left index finger, as the Rays were more concerned about his ability to throw the ball, more than having to swing the bat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June\nOn June 5 the Rays were involved in a benches clearing brawl at Fenway Park with the Boston Red Sox following a series of events leading up from the previous night's game. In the previous game, Red Sox center fielder Coco Crisp attempted to steal second base, and slid into the base head first. Rays Shortstop Jason Bartlett who was covering the base on the play, knelt on his left knee while attempting to catch the throw from Catcher Dioner Navarro, which blocked the base and caused Crisp to make contact with Bartlett's leg, jamming Crisp's thumb. Crisp was safe on the play. Crisp stated that Bartlett's actions were \"not something you do. You can do that, but that's shady. And he's not a bad dude, but that was shady. If you going to hurt me, I'm gonna come back and hurt you.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June\nIn the same game, Crisp reached base in his next at-bat, and attempted to steal second base once again. On this steal attempt however, Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura was covering the bag. Unlike his previous steal attempt, Crisp slid feet first, resembling the way a runner attempts to break up a double play by sliding into the player covering the base. Crisp was out on the play. Rays manager Joe Maddon engaged in a heated argument with Crisp upon Maddon making a mound visit, with Crisp being in the Red Sox dugout at that time. Joe Maddon said after the game's conclusion, \"I was not pleased with the slide. I totally felt there was intent to hurt our middle infielder and that's what I was upset with. There's no place for that when you intentionally try to hurt somebody.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June\nThe next night, Rays pitcher James Shields hit Crisp below the waist on the first pitch in Crisp's first at-bat of the game. Crisp then charged the mound, punches were thrown by both players, and both teams' benches emptied onto the field. Shields and Crisp were ejected from the game, as well as Rays Designated Hitter Jonny Gomes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June\nFollowing the brawl, suspensions were given to players on both teams. For the Rays, Shields was given a suspension of 6 games, and for their actions in the fight, Gomes and pitcher Edwin Jackson were given 5 game suspensions, left fielder Carl Crawford was given a four-game suspension, and Iwamura was given a three-game suspension. For the Red Sox, Crisp was suspended for seven games, and for their actions in the fight, pitcher Jon Lester was given a 5-game suspension, and first baseman Sean Casey was given a 3-game suspension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June\nBoth Crisp and Iwamura appealed their suspensions. On June 27, it was announced that Iwamura's suspension was upheld, while Crisp's was reduced to 5 games, no longer making him the longest suspended player of all involved. Iwamura was unhappy that his suspension was upheld so that he had to miss the first game of the next series against the Red Sox. Rays manager Joe Maddon stated that the decision \"baffles\" him and sought an explanation from the decision-makers. Both suspensions started the following day, and the decision caused Crisp to miss the next series against the Rays at Tropicana Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June\nOn June 12, it was reported that Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon had made comments about the incident stating that in his opinion, it was \"a bunch of bull what [the Rays] did. All I got to say is what comes around goes around, man. Payback's a bitch, I'll tell you what\", and that \"this thing isn't all settled and done.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June\nPapelbon also said that things would be different at Tropicana Field the next time the Red Sox were there, as opposed to the last time in which the Red Sox were swept by the Rays for the first time in franchise history. In that series from June 30 to July 2, the Rays swept the Red Sox at home for the second time in the season, and Papelbon never pitched in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June\nOn June 19, the Rays swept the Chicago Cubs in a 3-game series. It was the first time in franchise history that the Rays had swept a team with the best record in baseball, as the Cubs entered the series with the best record in the league at 45\u201325.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June\nThe Rays went 16\u201310 in June, improving to 50\u201332 overall and leading the division over the Red Sox by \u00bd game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July\nTroy Percival was placed on the Disabled List once again on July 1, due to re-injuring his hamstring, this time after running to back up a throw to third base. Percival and Rays manager Joe Maddon had a brief argument over Maddon's decision to take Percival out of the game, but Percival eventually walked off the field and understood Maddon's concern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July\nOn July 2, the Rays completed a 3-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox, which was the first series between the two teams since their altercation in early June. It was the second home sweep by the Rays of the Red Sox in the season, and increased their division lead to 3.5 games over the Red Sox, as well as giving the Rays the best record in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July\nPitcher Scott Kazmir and Catcher Dioner Navarro were named to the American League All-Star team on July 6. It was Navarro's first selection, while Kazmir had been selected previously in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July\nThird baseman Evan Longoria was named to the American League All-Star roster on July 10. It was the first time the Rays sent three players to the All-Star Game. Longoria was voted into the roster by the All-Star Final Vote, where fans vote for one of five players for each league to be the final players selected for the All-Star Game. The chance to vote began on July 6 after the initial All-Star lineups were announced. Longoria was reported to have received over 9 million votes out of 47.8 million total votes cast. He won over Jermaine Dye, Jason Giambi, Brian Roberts, and Jos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July\nLongoria also took part in the Home Run Derby, the first Ray to ever do so. He was quickly eliminated, hitting only three home runs in the first round, the least of any competitor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July\nThe Rays went into the All-Star break with a 7-game losing streak. They had won 7 straight before then. The losing streak caused the Rays to fall to 2nd place in the AL East, but by only half a game behind the Boston Red Sox. Even though the Rays lost the division lead, they still led the Wild Card spot by 2+1\u20442 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July\nBarely managing a winning record for the month of July at 13\u201312, the Rays nonetheless went into August with the AL East division lead having an overall record of 63\u201344.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July\nDespite many rumors and reports that the Rays would make a deal before the July 31 trade deadline, the Rays made no trades. Andrew Friedman, Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Rays, commented on the lack of trade activity saying, \"At the end of the day we didn't find something that lined up for us. We're in first place on July 31 and we control our own destiny. I feel we have the talent on hand to continue to do what we did the first two-thirds of the season.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August\nThe Rays acquired relief pitcher Chad Bradford on August 8 from the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named later. To make room for Bradford on the roster, relief pitcher Al Reyes, who was the Rays' closer from the 2007 season and had 26 saves in that role, was designated for assignment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August\nOn August 9, against the Seattle Mariners, the Rays equaled their franchise record, set in 2004, of 70 wins in a season. The following day, the Rays won again meaning at the season's conclusion, the Rays will have won more games in one season than in any other season in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August\nThe injury bug bit the Rays a few times in August. On August 3, Shortstop Jason Bartlett was hit by a pitch on his right index finger, the result of a failed bunt attempt. Bartlett was not placed on the Disabled List but missed several days before returning to the lineup as the designated hitter. He did not return to his position in the field until August 15. Left fielder Carl Crawford was placed on the disabled lst on August 10, with a hand injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August\nCrawford's injury was called by the Rays as a \"tendon subluxation\" in the middle finger of his right hand, simply meaning that the tendon is not in its normal position. Crawford opted to have surgery, deciding not to place a splint on his hand instead. An initial report stated that there was a possibility that Crawford could miss the rest of the season, but after it was announced that he would undergo surgery, he was reported to \"likely, though not absolutely\" miss the rest of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0035-0002", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August\nOne day after placing Crawford on the Disabled List, the Rays place third baseman Evan Longoria on it as well, retroactive to August 8. The injury to Longoria's right hand, suffered from being hit by a pitch, was at first thought to be just a bruise, but turned out to be a fracture. Executive Vice President, Andrew Friedman, stated that Longoria was expected to be out for three weeks. Closer Troy Percival was removed from another game on August 14, because of a right knee sprain which he suffered from fielding a bunt and tagging the runner out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0035-0003", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August\nAfter further evaluation, it was reported that there was \"cartilage involvement\" in Percival's injury, but it was not a tear. The following day, Percival was once again placed on the Disabled List. When the announcement was made that he would not have surgery, Percival revealed that he may return sooner than expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August\nBecause of Crawford's injury, Rocco Baldelli was finally activated to take his place on the roster. On August 10, Baldelli started the day's game in right field, his first major league game since May 15, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August\nOn August 29, the Rays recorded their 82nd win of the season, needing just 133 games to reach the milestone, and thus clinching the first winning season in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August\nBy the end of the month, the Rays' entire starting rotation, Scott Kazmir, Matt Garza, Edwin Jackson, Andy Sonnanstine, and James Shields, had recorded at least 10 wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August\nOn the last day in August, shortstop Jason Bartlett hit his first home run as a member of the Rays, and his first home run overall since August 27, 2007, spanning 471 at-bats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August\nDespite the injuries to Longoria, Crawford, and Percival, the Rays had the best single month in franchise history, going 21\u20137 for the month of August. With an 84\u201351 overall record, the Rays went into September with the best record in baseball, with a 5+1\u20442-game lead in the division, and eyeing their first playoff appearance in franchise history. As Jason Bartlett stated, the Rays were \"pumped\" for the final month of the season, \"no one wants to play us, especially at home,\" and the team was determined to prove that they were a legitimate post-season contender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September\nTroy Percival was activated from the disabled list on September 2. In Toronto for his second outing since his return, he allowed a walk-off grand slam with two outs when the Rays were ahead by a single run and in position to win the game in extra innings. Against Boston during another extra inning game, Percival came in to close with a three-run lead and allowed the first three batters to reach base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September\nHe was removed from the game in favor of Jason Hammel, who had never recorded a save at the MLB level, and was the only remaining reliever available for the Rays in the game due to its length. Hammel converted the save opportunity, but many questioned if Percival should remain as the team's closer. The reason for Percival's removal from the game against Boston was a stiff back, and not for the game's situation, or for any sort of leg injury that had plagued him throughout the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0041-0002", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September\nPercival stated that because of warming up multiple times throughout the game, only to not come in until the Rays took a lead, was what pained his back. Percival acknowledged that he knew he didn't feel well, and that he should have called for his own removal, but decided that with the lead the Rays had, he was able to get the job done. As a result of the game, the Rays decided to not use Percival too often on consecutive nights, and using him in a tie game if the situation of the game changes while he is warming up. He still was listed as the team's closer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September\nInstant Replay made its debut in Major League Baseball at Tropicana Field on September 3 after Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees hit a ball near the left-field foul pole that was initially ruled a home run by third base umpire Brian Runge. Rays manager Joe Maddon argued that the ball was foul and asked for a review. After a conversation among the umpires, though all agreed the play was ruled correctly, crew chief Charlie Reliford allowed the replay to take place and after review, upheld the home run call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0042-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September\nOn September 19 at Tropicana Field, instant replay overturned a call on the field for the first time ever in Major League Baseball. A fly ball hit by Rays' first baseman Carlos Pe\u00f1a, the umpires ruled, was interfered with by a fan sitting in the front row of the stands, when the ball hit the hands of the fan and fell back onto the field of play. After Joe Maddon requested the umpires hold a conference to discuss the play, the umpires, headed by Gerry Davis, decided to look at instant replay. Just over four minutes later, Davis returned to the field and signaled that the ball was a home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September\nDavid Price, the Rays' first overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, was called up from Triple-A class Durham on September 12. Price made his way up through the ranks, accumulating a 12\u20131 record, and a 2.30 ERA in 19 starts. He made his first career start against the Baltimore Orioles on September 22, pitching 5+1\u20443 innings, allowing four hits and two runs (one earned), while striking out three, but did not pick up a decision in the Rays 4\u20132 win that night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September\nThird baseman Evan Longoria made his return to the Rays as a starter on September 13 in the first game of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees, more than a month after being hit by a pitch in his hand, causing a fracture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September\nOn September 18, it was reported that left fielder Carl Crawford would miss the rest of the regular season due to a finger injury suffered in the previous month. Joe Maddon stated that the concern was over Crawford's inability to swing a bat, and that if he were to be used at all before being completely healed, it would be for defense and baserunning. Crawford said that if the Rays were to make the ALCS or the World Series, he had a chance to come back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September\nOn September 20, the Rays clinched their first playoff berth in franchise history, after a 7\u20132 victory over the Minnesota Twins. On September 24, St. Petersburg mayor Rick Baker declared 2008 the \"Year of the Rays\" in the city. On September 26, despite losing that day, the Rays clinched their first ever AL East Division Championship when the Boston Red Sox lost to the New York Yankees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September\nGoing 13\u201314 for the month, the Rays suffered their only losing month of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September\nThe Rays finished the regular season 2 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox for the division championship with a 97\u201365 record, the third best record in the league, and 31 games better than their finish in the 2007 season. They also surpassed the record for most wins by a team in a single season having finished with the worst record in the previous year, set by the Atlanta Braves in 1991 who went 94\u201368 after finishing 65\u201397 in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Chicago White Sox\nThe Rays began their first playoff run in franchise history against the AL Central division champion Chicago White Sox, who finished the regular season 89\u201374 and advanced to the playoffs after defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff to decide the winner of their division. In the regular season, the Rays were 5\u20132 against the White Sox. The Rays had home-field advantage for the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Chicago White Sox\nOn September 30, it was announced that Carl Crawford would start for the Rays in his regular left field position, his first start in nearly two months after injuring his right hand and undergoing surgery thereafter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Chicago White Sox\nIn Game 1, Rays first baseman Carlos Pe\u00f1a started the game, but left after his first at-bat after reportedly having blurry vision because of an eye injury suffered at his home the previous night. Rays third baseman Evan Longoria hit a solo home run in the 2nd inning on the first pitch of his first career post-season at-bat, giving the Rays the early one-run lead. White Sox left fielder DeWayne Wise hit a 3-run home run in the next inning to put Chicago ahead 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Chicago White Sox\nThe Rays came back in the bottom half of the 3rd inning with three runs of their own, including another home run by Longoria, putting the Rays back on top 4\u20133. Two more RBI singles in the 5th inning gave the Rays a 6\u20133 cushion. In the 7th inning, Rays relief pitcher Grant Balfour appeared to get into an argument with White Sox shortstop Orlando Cabrera. After Balfour's first pitch to Cabrera, which was a ball to Cabrera's far side, Cabrera kicked some dirt in Balfour's direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0051-0002", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Chicago White Sox\nBalfour, who is known to get fired up by shouting to himself, may have yelled something that Cabrera took offense too. After words were exchanged between the two, play continued and Balfour finished the at-bat by striking out Cabrera. Cabrera later stated that he was unaware of Balfour's tendency to pump himself up, and that \"it was just heat of the moment.\" Dan Wheeler came in to close for the Rays in the 9th inning. After giving up a leadoff home run, he retired the next three batters, capping off a 6\u20134 win for the Rays in their first playoff game in franchise history, giving them a one-game lead in the 5-game series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Chicago White Sox\nPe\u00f1a was expected to start Game 2, but was scratched before the first pitch. Still, the Rays continued to shine. After starter Scott Kazmir allowed the bases to become loaded in the 1st inning, and gave up two runs to put the Rays in an early hole, the pitching staff did not allow another run as the Rays' offense came through strong for the second consecutive night. In the 2nd inning, Dioner Navarro cut the deficit to 2\u20131 on an RBI single. Akinori Iwamura hit a 2-run home run in the 5th inning to put the Rays ahead 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0052-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Chicago White Sox\nAdding some insurance runs in the 8th inning from three RBI singles by Carl Crawford, Rocco Baldelli, and Navarro, the Rays had a comfortable 6\u20132 lead going into the final inning. Chad Bradford came in to finish the game off, and did so by striking out Jim Thome of the White Sox to give the Rays a commanding two games to none lead in the best-of-five series, with a chance to win their first ever playoff series, and a trip to the ALCS in Game 3 as the series moved to Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Chicago White Sox\nThe Rays looked to be in shape to win the series early in Game 3, after Akinori Iwamura hit an infield single to bring in the game's first run, but starter Matt Garza allowed the White Sox to tie the game in the 3rd inning, and then take a 4\u20131 lead in the 4th inning. Juan Uribe of the White Sox added an RBI single in the 6th inning to increase the lead for Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0053-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Chicago White Sox\nB.J. Upton hit a 2-run home run for the Rays in the 7th inning to make the game a bit closer, but the Rays could not get their bats going enough. The White Sox took Game 3 by a final score of 5\u20133, living to play another day only down two games to one in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Chicago White Sox\nIn Game 4, B.J. Upton hit two solo home runs in his first two at-bats which gave the Rays an early 2\u20130 lead. Cliff Floyd added an RBI double, followed by a Dioner Navarro RBI single in the 4th inning put the Rays ahead by 4 runs. Paul Konerko put the White Sox on the board with a solo home run in the 4th inning, but was answered in the 5th inning by a Carlos Pe\u00f1a single that scored one run, giving the Rays a 5\u20131 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0054-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Chicago White Sox\nJermaine Dye had a solo home run in the 6th inning, but once again the Rays answered back with another RBI single by Pe\u00f1a in the 7th inning. Grant Balfour came in to close the game and struck out Ken Griffey, Jr. to end the game, and in their first playoff series in franchise history, the Rays took the series three games to one, and advanced to the American League Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nThe Rays' next round opponent was their division rivals, the Boston Red Sox. Boston won the American League wild card, and advanced to the ALCS by defeating the team who had finished the regular season with the best record in baseball, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, three games to one in their ALDS series. The Rays won the season series against the Red Sox 10\u20138. In those 18 games, the visiting team won only three times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nIn Game 1 neither team scored until the 5th inning when Jed Lowrie of the Red Sox hit a sacrifice fly that scored a run from third base. Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka held a no-hitter through six innings until a hit by Carl Crawford leading off the 7th inning. Following Crawford's base hit, Cliff Floyd singled, advancing Crawford to a scoring position. However, the Rays could not capitalize as the next three batters were retired to end the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nIn the 8th inning, Kevin Youkilis hit a fly ball to left field for the Red Sox, which went off the end of Carl Crawford's glove, scoring Dustin Pedroia from first base and giving the Red Sox a 2\u20130 lead. The 8th inning for the Rays saw the first two batter reach base to send Carlos Pe\u00f1a to the plate with none out. With three balls and no strikes, Rays manager Joe Maddon gave Pena the green light to swing away, a move which backfired as Pe\u00f1a flew out to right field. Evan Longoria then grounded into an inning ending double play. The Red Sox held on to their lead and shut out the Rays by a score of 2\u20130, taking the first game of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nWhile the first game of the series was a pitchers' duel, Game 2 was the exact opposite. The scoring opened up quickly, as the Red Sox put on a 2-out rally against Rays starter Scott Kazmir in the 1st inning from a Jason Bay double that scored Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz to put the Red Sox up 2\u20130. The Rays answered in their half of the 1st inning off Red Sox starter Josh Beckett, with a 2-out home run by Evan Longoria which also brought in Carlos Pe\u00f1a, evening the game at 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0057-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nDustin Pedroia hit a solo home run to left field in the 3rd inning, which was again answered by the Rays with B.J. Upton hitting a solo home run of his own to left field to tie the game back up at 3\u20133. Carl Crawford hit a single to score Evan Longoria, and the Rays took their first lead of the night at 4\u20133. Cliff Floyd went deep to center field in the 4th inning to give the Rays a 5\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0057-0002", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nThe Red Sox hit three solo home runs in the 5th inning, including Dustin Pedroia for his second long ball of the night, Kevin Youkilis, and Jason Bay, respectively, putting the Red Sox back on top at 6\u20135. The Rays also scored three separate times in the 5th inning, off of a single from Carlos Pe\u00f1a, a double by Evan Longoria, and a single by Carl Crawford, retaking the lead at 8\u20136. The Red Sox did not go away quietly as Jason Bay hit a bases-loaded single to center field and cut the Rays' lead to 8\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0057-0003", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nWith Dan Wheeler in to pitch for the Rays in the 8th, a wild pitch scored Dustin Pedroia from third base to again tie the game at 8\u20138. The game went extra innings, where in the 11th inning, and Dan Wheeler still pitching for the Rays, walked a batter with one out, and rookie David Price came in for the Rays. Price walked the first batter he faced but stuck out Mark Kotsay, and was able to get Coco Crisp to ground into a force out at second base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0057-0004", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nFor the Rays in the 11th inning, Dioner Navarro walked to lead off, and Fernando Perez came in to pinch run. Ben Zobrist then walked, and a ground out by Jason Bartlett advanced the runners. The Red Sox intentionally walked Akinori Iwamura to set up a double play chance, but B.J. Upton hit a fly ball to right field deep enough to score Fernando Perez from third base on a sacrifice fly, ending the game in the Rays' favor 9\u20138, knotting the series at one game each as the series shifted to Fenway Park for the next three games. The time that the game took to complete was 5 hours and 27 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nGame 3 did play out very well for the Rays. Red Sox starter Jon Lester threw four pitches in the 1st inning, but gave up one run in the 2nd inning to put his team in an early hole. In the 3rd inning, the Rays distanced themselves from their opponents. B.J. Upton hit a 3-run home run, and two batters later, Evan Longoria added a solo home run to put the Rays up 5\u20130 in Boston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0058-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nRays starter Matt Garza held the Red Sox scoreless until a sacrifice fly scored a run in the 7th inning, the Rays still having a 5\u20131 advantage. Rocco Baldelli and Carlos Pe\u00f1a put the final nails in the Red Sox' coffin as far as Game 3 was concerned, Baldelli with a 3-run home run, and Pe\u00f1a with a solo shot in the 8th and 9th innings, respectively. The Rays won 9\u20131, taking a two games to one lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nIt was more of the same for Tampa Bay in Game 4, jumping out to a 3\u20130 lead in the 1st inning on Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield with a 2-run home run by Carlos Pe\u00f1a, immediately followed by a solo home run by Evan Longoria. Willy Aybar added a 2-run home run of his own in the 3rd inning to make it 5\u20130. Kevin Cash put the Red Sox on the board in the bottom half of the 3rd inning with a solo home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0059-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nThe Rays however, were not finished with their offensive explosion, putting together a lead of 11\u20131 through six innings. The Red Sox scored a run in the 8th inning, causing Rays manager Joe Maddon to pull starter Andy Sonnanstine. Both teams scored two runs in the 8th inning, but the Rays' lead proved to be insurmountable for the Red Sox, and they won by a final score of 13\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nGame 5, for the longest time, looked as if it was going to be the clinching win for the Rays. B.J. Upton hit a two-run home run in the 1st inning to make it 2\u20130. Carlos Pe\u00f1a hit one of his own in the 3rd inning, immediately followed by a home run by Evan Longoria, giving the Rays a 5\u20130 lead. Upton double in the 7th inning, scoring two more runs, increasing the lead to 7\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0060-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nIn the bottom half of the 7th inning, with Rays starter Scott Kazmir having been removed from the game by manager Joe Maddon, the Red Sox began to rally. Boston scored four runs in that inning via a Dustin Pedroia RBI single, and a 3-run home run by David Ortiz which cut the Rays' lead to 7\u20134. With the Rays' bats quiet in the 8th inning, J. D. Drew hit a 2-run home run to bring the Red Sox within one run, and Coco Crisp singled home the tying run to make the score even at 7\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0060-0002", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nIn the 9th inning, with the score still tied and two out, Kevin Youkilis hit a ground ball to Rays third baseman Evan Longoria who made an errant throw which allowed Youkilis to advance to second base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0060-0003", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nAfter an intentional walk issued by the Rays, J. D. Drew came up big for Boston once again, sailing a fly ball over the head of right fielder Gabe Gross which fell to the ground and then bounced over the right field wall, scoring Youkilis on the ground rule double and capping off the largest comeback by a team facing elimination in postseason history. The Rays series lead was now down to only one game heading into Game 6, but returned home as the series shifted back to Tropicana Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nGame 6 began well for the Rays, with B.J. Upton continuing his postseason emergence with a solo home run in the 1st inning and giving the Rays the first lead of the night. The Red Sox returned that with a solo home run by Kevin Youkilis, leveling the score at 1\u20131. Youkilis gave the Red Sox the lead in the 3rd inning by grounding out, but scoring Dustin Pedroia from third base. In the 5th inning, Jason Bartlett hit his second home run of the entire season, another solo shot which tied the game at 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0061-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nAgain, Boston quickly answered back, with a solo home run by captain Jason Varitek, his first base hit of the ALCS, Boston now having a 3\u20132 lead. Later in the inning, Coco Crisp singled, and in the next at-bat, Jason Bartlett committed a throwing error to First Base, allowing Crisp to advance to third base. David Ortiz then hit a single to give the Red Sox a 4\u20132 cushion, having scored Crisp. The Rays were unable to make a comeback, and lost the game by that score, their series lead now erased as a Game 7 had to be played to decide the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nThe starting pitchers of Game 7 were Jon Lester of the Red Sox, and Matt Garza of the Rays, a rematch of Game 3. Lester, who was the losing pitcher in Game 3, had never lost consecutive outings in his career. Dustin Pedroia wasted no time, homering off of Garza in the 1st inning for the early 1\u20130 lead in favor of Boston. After that, Garza was almost unhittable until his departure. Lester was also great early, retiring the first nine batters he faced before allowing a single in the 4th inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0062-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nLater in the inning, Evan Longoria dropped a double into right field, and scored Carlos Pe\u00f1a all the way from 1st Base to tie the game at 1\u20131. Rocco Baldelli knocked a single into left field in the 5th inning, scoring Willy Aybar from second base and putting the Rays ahead for the first time in the game, 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0062-0002", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nWith one out the 6th inning for the Red Sox, with Dustin Pedroia on first base and David Ortiz at the plate, Matt Garza was able to get \"Big Papi\" to swing and miss for the strikeout, and Dioner Navarro gunned down Pedroia at second base, who was attempting to steal on the pitch, ending that half of the inning. Willy Aybar belt a solo home run for the Rays in the 7th inning to give them a slightly more comfortable lead at 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0062-0003", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nGarza was removed with one out in the 8th inning, having allowed only two hits and striking out nine batters, and receiving a standing ovation from Rays fans at the game as he left the field. The defending world champion Red Sox did not go away though, loading the bases in that inning. Joe Maddon elected to go with rookie David Price in hopes of ending the threat. Price did just that by striking out J. D. Drew on a check swing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0062-0004", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox\nPrice returned to close out the game in the 9th inning, and after two strikeouts and a walk, Jed Lowrie hit a ground ball to Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura, who stepped on second base to make the final out and send the Tampa Bay Rays to their first World Series in franchise history, defeating the Boston Red Sox four games to three. Garza, who had won two games in the series, was named ALCS MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nThe Rays now stood only four wins from their first world championship, with only the Phillies in their way. Philadelphia won the NL East division title, disposed of the Milwaukee Brewers in their division series in four games, and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS in five games. The Rays had home field advantage because of the American League's win in the 2008 All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nIn Game 1, Rays starting pitcher Scott Kazmir did not get off to a good start to the Rays' first ever World Series game, giving up a 2-run home run to the Phillies' Chase Utley in the 1st inning. The Rays had a chance to get on the scoreboard in the 3rd inning with the bases loaded and one out, but did not score as B.J. Upton hit into a double play. The Phillies added another run in the 4th inning on an RBI groundout, jumping out to a 3\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0064-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nCarl Crawford the longest tenured Ray on the team's roster, gave the Rays their first run in World Series history, by hitting a solo home run off of Phillies' starter Cole Hamels in the 4th inning, cutting the deficit of 3\u20131. In the 5th inning, Akinori Iwamura hit an RBI double to bring the Rays within one. The Rays were not able to put up any more offense, with the Phillies relief pitchers retiring the Rays' last six batters and winning the game 3\u20132, taking the first game of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nGame 2, saw an impressive performance by the Rays' \"Big Game James\" Shields. In this game, it was the Rays taking a 2\u20130 lead in the 1st inning, on two consecutive RBI groundouts, each scoring a runner from third base. In the 3rd inning, B.J. Upton singled home Dioner Navarro, with Rocco Baldelli being thrown out at home plate after the score, giving the Rays a 3\u20130 lead. Shields was taken out of the game in the 6th inning after getting into a jam, but he did not give up any runs to the Phillies in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0065-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nDavid Price eventually came into the game for the Rays in the 7th inning, and allowed the Phillies to get on the scoreboard from a solo home run by pinch-hitter Eric Bruntlett to make the score 4\u20131 with the Rays still ahead. Price finished the game, with the Phillies making it interesting by scoring a runner from second base because of an error by Rays' third baseman Evan Longoria, who deflected the ball into shallow left field. Already with one out, Price then struck out Chase Utley, and retired Ryan Howard on a groundout to end the game and give the Rays the 4\u20132 win. The series moved to Philadelphia and Citizens Bank Park, tied at one game for each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nWith the start of Game 3 delayed by rain for an hour and 31 minutes, the series finally resumed in Philadelphia just after 10 pm EST. Jamie Moyer became the oldest pitcher to start a World Series game, facing off against ALCS MVP Matt Garza. Philadelphia was on the board early, as Chase Utley was put out on a ground ball that scored a runner from third. The Rays evened the game at one run each in the 2nd inning as Gabe Gross flew out on a sacrifice fly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0066-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nThe Phillies took back the back in the 2nd inning after a solo home run by Carlos Ruiz. The Phillies made it 4\u20131 in the 6th inning from back-to-back home runs by Chase Utley and Ryan Howard. Gabe Gross scored Carl Crawford by grounding out, and Jason Bartlett did the same to score Dioner Navarro during the next at-bat to make the score 4\u20133 Philadelphia. In the 8th inning for the Rays, B.J. Upton singled to reach base. During Evan Longoria's at-bat, Upton stole second base, and later steal third base in the same at-bat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0066-0002", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nTrying to throw out Upton at third base, Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz made a throwing error which allowed Upton to score and tie the game at 4\u20134. The 9th inning went sour for the Rays defensively, as Phillies batter Eric Bruntlett was hit by a pitch. When Bruntlett attempted to steal second base, Rays catcher Dioner Navarro made a throwing error which allowed Bruntlett to advance to third base. The Rays intentionally walked the next two batters, which loaded the bases with no outs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0066-0003", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nCarlos Ruiz hit a soft ground ball down the third base line, which was fielded cleanly by Rays third baseman Evan Longoria, but trying to toss to Navarro at home to make a forceout, sailed the throw over the catcher's head, and the winning run was scored by the Phillies to win the game 5\u20134, and take a two games to one series lead. Because of the game's late start, it was not completed until 1:47 am EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nThe Phillies scored in the 1st inning of Game 4 on a bases-loaded walk, and never looked back. Pedro Feliz drove in a run in the 3rd inning to make it a 2\u20130 Phillies lead. In the 4th inning, Carl Crawford hit a solo home run to cut the deficit in half to just one run for the Rays, but in the bottom half of the inning, Ryan Howard knocked a 3-run home run to make it a 5\u20131 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0067-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nEric Hinske hit a solo home run to make it 5\u20132, but Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton hit a solo home run of his own to make it 6\u20132. In the 8th inning for the Phillies, Jayson Werth and Ryan Howard each hit 2-run home runs, finishing off the Rays in the most one-sided game the series had seen by a score of 10\u20132. The Phillies now had the Rays on the ropes, needing just one more win to become World Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nGame 5 was perhaps the most interesting game of the series. The Phillies scored in the 1st inning again, on a bases-loaded single by Shane Victorino to make it 2\u20130. Evan Longoria scored Carlos Pe\u00f1a to make it a 2\u20131 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nAt one point, it began to rain, and the weather conditions got worse as the game continued. There was much speculation, including that from Fox baseball commentators Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, that the game may be called early because of the weather. Major League Baseball rules state that the game could have been called after the 5th inning, ending the game and resulting in the Phillies winning the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0069-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nMLB commissioner Bud Selig had made it clear to both teams prior to the game anyway, that the game was not going to be called early under any circumstance, as he would not allow such an important game like this to be ended before the 9th inning. However, such a controversy was prevented from happening because of the events on the field, when in the 6th inning, Carlos Pe\u00f1a scored B.J. Upton to tie the game at 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nFollowing the completion of the top of the 6th inning, the tarps were pulled over the infield, and the game was delayed until 11:10 pm EST, when it was officially announced that the game was suspended, making it the first time ever for a World Series game. It was not resumed the next day, as it continued to rain in Philadelphia, but the day following that, the game resumed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nThe Phillies had scored in the 1st inning in each game of the World Series in Philadelphia, and essentially did the same again as Jayson Werth singled on a pop up that scored a run in the bottom of the 6th inning to give the Phillies a 3\u20132 lead. Rocco Baldelli kept the Rays in it with a solo home run in the 7th inning to tie the game again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0071-0001", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nPedro Feliz answered that home run with an RBI single that ended up being the game winner, as Phillies closer Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske in the 9th inning to end the game. The Philadelphia Phillies had defeated the Rays four games to one to win their second World Series title, and first since 1980, and the first championship for the city of Philadelphia since the 76ers swept the 1983 NBA Finals. Cole Hamels was named MVP of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Walk-off wins\nA key component of the success of the Rays in 2008 was its ability to hang on late in games. The team took eleven walk-off victories in the 2008 regular season, and one in the postseason, four of which were home runs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summer Concert Series\nIn March 2008, the Rays announced Tropicana Field would host seven Saturday night postgame concerts featuring various artists. One concert was added to the schedule later in the season. The Rays did not lose any of the eight games in which a concert followed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198835-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Rays season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198836-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tampa Bay Storm season\nThe 2008 Tampa Bay Storm season is the 22nd season for the American Arena Football League franchise, their 18th season in Tampa, Florida. The Storm were able to finish the season with an 8\u20138 record, but missed the playoffs due to losing a tiebreaker with the New Orleans VooDoo and New York Dragons, both teams finishing with the same record as the Storm. This was only the second time ever that the franchise had failed to make the playoffs, the first time being in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198837-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tamworth Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Tamworth Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Tamworth District Council in Staffordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198837-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tamworth Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives held 23 seats, Labour had 6 and there was 1 independent councillor. 10 seats were being contested, with the Conservatives defending 8 and Labour 2. Among the councillors defending seats were the former Conservative council leader Ron Cook in Spittal ward and the Mayoress Mary Oates in Wilnecote. Labour would have needed to gain every Conservative seat that was being contested in order to deprive the Conservatives of a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198837-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tamworth Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results in Tamworth were one of the first local election results to be declared and saw just one seat change hands. The Conservative party gained Galscote ward from the Labour to hold 24 seats, compared to 5 for Labour. Galscote was taken by Conservative, Nicola Annandale, who was the fiancee of the leader of the council Jeremy  Oates. Overall turnout was 29.97%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198837-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tamworth Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservative leader of the council Jeremy Oates said that voters were \"fed up of party politics and have voted on the delivery of services\". However the Labour Member of Parliament for Tamworth, Brian Jenkins said that people had wanted \"to give the Government a kicking\" and that the election had been \"all about national issues\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood\nThe 2008 Tanana Valley flood or the 2008 Fairbanks flood was a flood in late July and early August 2008 that affected several rivers in the central portion of the American state of Alaska. The city of Fairbanks, Alaska saw high water levels, while the towns of Nenana, Salcha, and Old Minto received heavy damage. The Salcha River and Tanana River reached their second-highest levels since record-keeping began (the highest was during the 1967 Tanana Valley Flood), while the Chena River, which bisects Fairbanks, was kept below flood stage by the use of the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood\nSeveral hundred homes were inundated by the flood in Fairbanks, Salcha, unincorporated Fairbanks North Star Borough, Nenana, and smaller villages, but due to early warnings from the National Weather Service, volunteer fire departments, and the borough's emergency contact system, no one was injured. The area affected by the flood was declared a state disaster area, making residents whose homes were flooded eligible for state aid. The long-term effects of the flood, including its effect on the salmon spawning season, are as yet unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Background\nThe summer of 2008 was an unusually wet one for central Alaska. In June, the National Weather Service recorded 2.1 inches (53\u00a0mm) of precipitation at the Fairbanks International Airport\u2014the most in that month since June 1994, and 0.68 inches (17\u00a0mm) above average. By July 27, 1.47\u00a0inches of rain had fallen in July. This was slightly below the average for the month at that time (1.49\u00a0inches), but the year-to-date rainfall total was still one and two-thirds inches above normal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Background\nThe next day, July 28, 1.14\u00a0inches of rain fell in Fairbanks, setting a single-day Fairbanks rainfall total for that date, with heavier amounts measured east of the town. Scattered locations between Salcha and Delta Junction received up to four\u00a0inches of precipitation. On the 29th, another 0.77\u00a0inches of rain fell in Fairbanks\u2014another record for the date\u2014and again, locations outside of the town received greater amounts. Just 0.14\u00a0inches of rain fell on the 30th, but on the 31st, 0.6\u00a0inches fell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Background\nThis amount was not a record for the date, but it brought the overall rainfall total in Fairbanks for the month of July to 4.12\u00a0inches\u2014more than double the normal average of 1.73 inches (44\u00a0mm) of rain. At Eielson Air Force Base, which lies to the southwest of Fairbanks, 7.30\u00a0inches of rain were recorded as having fallen in July, making it the rainiest July ever recorded and the second-rainiest month ever recorded at the base. Though more rain fell on August 1 and afterward, the Tanana, Salcha, and Chena rivers had already crested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Salcha\nBy the evening of July 28, the record-breaking rainfall that had fallen to that point caused the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning for the tributaries of the Tanana River east of Fairbanks. On the 29th, the continued rain forced the expansion of the flood warning to cover the entire Tanana and Salcha River basins between Salcha and Nenana, a stretch of land 320 miles (510\u00a0km) long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Salcha\nThe rising Salcha River forced home evacuations on the 29th and caused the Old Richardson Highway to be closed in several locations as the Salcha overflowed its banks and covered the road near the town of Salcha. An emergency shelter was set up to handle refugees from the Salcha River's flooding, and forecasters predicted the river would continue to rise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Salcha\nOn the 30th, the Salcha River crested at 16.8\u00a0feet\u2014almost three feet above flood stage\u2014where it crosses the Richardson Highway. This was the sixth-highest crest since measurements began in the first half of the 20th century. The last time the river reached that height was October 15, 2000, when the river crested at 16.91 feet (5.15\u00a0m). More than 100\u00a0homes were at least partially underwater, and nearly two dozen Salcha town residents took advantage of the emergency shelter that had been set up at Salcha Elementary School the day before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Salcha\nHigh water remained in Salcha through the 31st, though the crest of the flooding had passed. Water continued to cover roads in and around Salcha, and water-borne debris accumulated under several local bridges, causing impromptu dams. By August 1, the Salcha River had begun to recede to a noticeable extent. Though some roads remained underwater and falling trees knocked out power to areas of the town, residents began to pump out basements and begin recovery efforts. By early afternoon on the first, the Old Richardson Highway had been cleared of water and the National Weather Service canceled its flood warning for the Salcha area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Fairbanks\nThe first effects of the flood began to be felt in Fairbanks late on the 29th, as the Tanana River overflowed its banks and covered low-lying areas of South Fairbanks. Thought was given on that date to closing the floodgates of the Moose Creek Dam, located on the Chena River as part of the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project, but the Chena's rise was not as rapid as that of the Tanana, which lies to the south of the town, and no action was taken on the 29th. Engineers also considered lowering the gates on the 30th, but the flow of the Chena River had not reached a level where computer models mandated the closing of the gates to protect Fairbanks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Fairbanks\nThe Tanana River, which is not controlled by the flood project, meanwhile reached a crest of 26.60\u00a0feet at Fairbanks on the 30th. This amount was more than two feet above flood stage and was the highest level seen since August 1967, when the river crested at 27.80 feet (8.47\u00a0m) during the great 1967 Fairbanks flood. The height of the water caused flooding in the Rosie Creek and Chena Pump neighborhoods west of Fairbanks, and caused some residents to evacuate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Fairbanks\nResidents who remained were placed under a boil-water order for fear that floodwater had contaminated the public drinking water system. In response to the continuing spread of the flood, Fairbanks and Fairbanks North Star Borough authorities opened an emergency operations center to handle the response to the flood and answer residents' questions. Residents of the Rosie Creek neighborhood were awakened in the early morning hours of the 31st by borough warnings and volunteer firefighters, who instructed them to evacuate. High water had surrounded the residents' homes, causing many to flee to a shelter set up at a nearby elementary school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Fairbanks\nNo residents were injured in the evacuation, something many of them credited to prompt and efficient warnings. The continued high water of the Tanana River caused overflow to flood into the nearby Chena, normally a tributary of the Tanana. Despite that unusual flow, engineers at the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project decided not to close the project's floodgates, forecasting that the Chena would not rise above flood stage, even with the increased flow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Fairbanks\nBy the morning of August 1, the Tanana River had begun to fall in Fairbanks, just as the Salcha River had begun to recede in Salcha. Though isolated roads continued to wash out from heavy water flow and residents were not allowed to return to their homes, the water level of the river continued to fall. Due to this fact, the opening of Fairbanks' Tanana Valley Fair\u2014scheduled for August 1\u2014was not delayed. Despite the falling water level in the Tanana, the Chena River continued to rise due to the differing water levels in the two rivers. This fact caused the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close the floodgates of the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project at 3:30 a.m. on August 1. They remained closed throughout the day before being reopened at 5:30 a.m. on August 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Nenana\nThough Nenana also received heavy rain from the storm system that began the flood, its position further downstream on the Tanana River meant that it did not receive the first effects of the flood until the 30th, when Alaska Railroad officials suspended operations south of Nenana due to track damage caused by rising water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Nenana\nOn July 31, the Tanana River began to overflow its banks in Nenana. Water flooded the rails of the Alaska Railroad in town, caused an evacuation of the town's clinic, and flooded low-lying areas throughout the town. By August 1, the entire town was at least partially flooded, with most basements and other low-lying areas being completely filled by floodwater. The flooding of the Alaska Railroad track in town forced a halt to all passenger and freight operations between Anchorage and Fairbanks, effectively cutting off Fairbanks from rail traffic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Nenana\nOn August 2, the Tanana River at Nenana crested at 14.64\u00a0feet. This total was more than four feet above flood stage and was the third-highest water level ever recorded, falling short of a 15.9-foot mark in 1948 and the record 18.9-foot mark recorded during the flood of 1967. The town shipyard was submerged under three feet of water, and the town's clinic was moved from its interim location in the fire station to the town airport after floodwater threatened the station. Town leaders encouraged residents to evacuate to higher ground until the flood receded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Flood, Nenana\nNenana High School was saved from flooding by just eight inches of elevation. Water lapped around the school's base, but did not enter the school itself due to that small margin. High water lingered in the town until August 3, when a National Weather Service forecaster felt confident enough to say, \"The worst is over.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Aftermath\nOn the morning of August 1, the mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Jim Whitaker, issued a disaster declaration for the drainage area of the Tanana River. In the declaration, he appealed for help from state and federal governments in the recovery process, saying, \"substantial damage is occurring due to high water and river current on the Tanana River, the Salcha River and the Chena River, resulting in damage to over 500\u00a0private residences with an estimated 1,000 inhabitants and to the road networks\" maintained by the borough and the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Aftermath\nThe next day, the Alaska commissioner of military and veterans affairs and the state director of homeland security and emergency management toured the flooded areas by helicopter. On August 4, Alaska governor Sarah Palin visited Fairbanks to officially sign the disaster declaration and tour the flooded area. By the middle of August, the total damage from the flooding was estimated to be more than $10 million. In late September, President Bush approved a federal disaster declaration for the affected area, allowing federal aid to be spent on reconstruction efforts for damaged homes and buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198838-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Tanana Valley flood, Aftermath\nSome Alaska subsistence fishermen feared the floods could exacerbate an already poor salmon fishing season by disrupting the spawning season for king salmon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198839-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tandridge District Council election\nThe 2008 Tandridge District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198839-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tandridge District Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 31 seats, while the Liberal Democrats were the main opposition with 9 councillors. This was after Liberal Democrat councillor Sakina Bradbury of Whyteleafe ward defected to the Conservatives in February 2008. 14 of the 42 seats on the council were being contested by a total of 45 candidates, with 3 of the sitting councillors not defending seats. The Conservatives contested all 14 seats, compared to 13 Liberal Democrat candidates, 9 Labour Party, 6 UK Independence Party and 1 for the Green Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198839-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tandridge District Council election, Campaign\nIssues at the election included housing, with Labour calling for more affordable housing, while both the UK Independence Party and Green Party had concerns over the number of houses being built. Other issues included recycling, with the Conservatives pointing to the weekly refuse collection that the council ran, council tax and leisure facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198839-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tandridge District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservative party retained control of the council and made a net gain of 2 seats to have 42 councillors. The Conservatives gained Queens Park and Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh from the Liberal Democrats and Valley from independent Peter Longhurst. The leader of the council, Conservative Gordon Keymer, said that it had been \"a good night for us\". However the Conservatives did lose Westway to the Liberal Democrats by 88 votes, which left the Liberal Democrats with 8 seats and there was 1 independent councillor. Overall turnout at the election was 42.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198839-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tandridge District Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Whyteleafe\nA by-election was held in Whyteleafe on 2 February 2010 after Liberal Democrat councillor Jeffrey Gray resigned from the council when he moved away from Tandridge. The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by David Lee with 57% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198840-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Targa Tasmania\nThe 2008 Targa Tasmania was the seventeenth running of the five-day Tarmac Rally event. It was held between 15 April 2008 and 20 April 2008 on 38 competitive closed road stages in the state of Tasmania, Australia. It was contested by over 300 competitors breaking the previous record field for the five-day format of 291 in 2002 and 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198840-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Targa Tasmania, Controversy, Targa racers just 'hoons and bandits'\nAngry Hobart aldermen branded Targa Tasmania as \"organised hooning\" and its competitors \"environmental bandits\". Eva Ruzicka and Bill Harvey came out firing in their decision not to approve a proposed Targa stage on the Domain in April. Targa boss Mark Perry said if the Domain stage did not go ahead, there would be no plans for a 2009 stage. The council refused to agree on a night stage in 2007 and the Domain stage was axed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198840-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Targa Tasmania, Controversy, Skelta robbed of Targa podium\nVandersee/Kelley were penalised for stopping to offer assistance to the crew of a crashed car near lunchtime on day four. This penalty ultimately cost the Skelta team its first podium in the Targa Tasmania tarmac event. The seven second penalty ultimately pushed the hard charging team to a four-second deficit behind the Subaru crew of Dean Herridge and Glenn McNeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198841-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tarija autonomy referendum\nAn autonomy referendum was held in Tarija Department in Bolivia on 22 June 2008, following the autonomy referendum held in Santa Cruz Department on 4 May 2008 and the autonomy referendums held in Beni Department and Pando Department on 1 June 2008. The referendum was approved with over 80% in favour, though most supporters of President Morales did not vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198842-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tashkent Challenger\nThe 2008 Tashkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2008 ATP Challenger Series. It took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 13 and 19 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198842-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tashkent Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198842-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tashkent Challenger, Champions, Doubles\nFlavio Cipolla /  Pavel \u0160nobel def. Michail Elgin /  Alexandre Kudryavtsev, 6\u20133, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198843-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tashkent Open\nThe 2008 Tashkent Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the Tashkent Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from September 29 through October 5, 2008. Third-seeded Sorana C\u00eerstea won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198843-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tashkent Open, Finals, Doubles\nIoana Raluca Olaru /  Olga Savchuk defeated  Nina Bratchikova /  Kathrin W\u00f6rle, 5\u20137, 7\u20135, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198844-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tashkent Open \u2013 Doubles\nEkaterina Dzehalevich and Anastasiya Yakimova were the defending champions. They are both present but do not compete together. Dzehalevich partnered with Yaroslava Shvedova, but were forced to withdraw before their quarterfinals match against Alexandra Panova and Magdal\u00e9na Ryb\u00e1rikov\u00e1 due to an illness for Shvedova. Yakimova partnered with Vesna Manasieva, but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Dzehalevich and Yaroslava Shvedova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198844-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tashkent Open \u2013 Doubles\nIoana Raluca Olaru and Olga Savchuk won in the final 5\u20137, 7\u20135, 10\u20137, against Nina Bratchikova and Kathrin W\u00f6rle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198845-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tashkent Open \u2013 Singles\nPauline Parmentier was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198845-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tashkent Open \u2013 Singles\nSorana C\u00eerstea won her first WTA Tour singles title, defeating Sabine Lisicki in the final, 2\u20136, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20134).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198846-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election\nPeriodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 3 May 2008. The two seats up for election were Huon, held by independent MLC Paul Harriss, and Rosevears, held by independent MLC Kerry Finch. These seats were last contested in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198846-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Huon\nIndependent MLC Paul Harriss had held Huon since 1996. A former Liberal Party member, there was speculation about his endorsement as a federal Liberal candidate for the federal seat of Franklin in the 2007 federal election, but this did not eventuate. His only opponent was Huon Valley councillor Mark Rickards, an endorsed candidate of the Tasmanian Greens, who focused his campaign on Harriss's support for the Gunns pulp mill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 58], "content_span": [59, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198846-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Rosevears\nIndependent MLC Kerry Finch first won Rosevears in 2002, when it was a new seat. He was not opposed by the Tasmanian Greens, which was attributed to his opposition to the Gunns pulp mill and his generally socially liberal views. Like Harriss, he attracted only one challenger, in this case independent Colin O'Brien. O'Brien gave qualified support to the pulp mill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 63], "content_span": [64, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198847-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final\nThe 2008 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final was the final match of the 2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, the 1st season of the Ta\u00e7a da Liga, a knockout cup competition organized by the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP). The match was played on the 22 March 2008 at the Est\u00e1dio do Algarve in Faro, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides Sporting CP and Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198847-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final\nIn Portugal, the final was televised live on RTP and Sport TV. Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal defeated Sporting CP 3\u20132 on penalties, after both sides were unable to break the deadlock in normal time. As a result of Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal winning the Ta\u00e7a da Liga, the Sadinos claimed over \u20ac500,000 in prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198847-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Route to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198848-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final\nThe 2008 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2007\u201308 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, the 68th season of the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 18 May 2008 at the Est\u00e1dio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Porto and Sporting CP. Sporting CP defeated Porto 2\u20130, thanks to two extra-time goals from Brazilian striker Rodrigo Tiu\u00ed which would give Sporting CP their fifteenth Ta\u00e7a de Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198848-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final\nIn Portugal, the final was televised live in HD on SIC and Sport TV. As Sporting CP claimed their fifteenth Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, they qualified for the 2008 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, where they took on the winners of the 2007\u201308 Primeira Liga, Porto at the Est\u00e1dio Algarve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198849-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Flexpoint season\nThe 2008 women's road cycling season was the fourth season for the 2008 UCI Women's Cycling Team Team Flexpoint (UCI code: FLX), which began as Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198849-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Flexpoint season, Other achievements, Dutch national records, team pursuit\nThe women's 3000 m team pursuit track cycling discipline was introduced at the 2007\u201308 track cycling season. Elise van Hage was once part of the team when they broke the Dutch national record. This is not the current record anymore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198849-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Flexpoint season, UCI World Ranking\nThe team finished 19th in the UCI ranking for teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198850-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Ice Racing World Championship\nThe 2008 Team Ice Racing World Championship was the 30th edition of the Team World Championship. The final was held on\u00a0?, 2008, in Krasnogorsk, in Russia. Russia won their 14th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198851-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Long Track World Championship\nThe 2008 Team Long Track World Championship was the second annual FIM Team Long Track World Championship. The final took place on 24 August 2008 in Werlte, Germany. The championship was won by host team and the defending champion Germany who beat Netherlands in a final heat. Great Britain finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198851-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Long Track World Championship, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198852-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship\nThe 2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship was the 1st UEM Team Speedway Junior European Championship season. The Final took place on May 22 2008 in Florian Kapa\u0142a Stadium in Rawicz, Poland. First edition Europeam Championship was won by Sweden team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198852-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship, Results\nIt was the first Champion title for Linus Ekl\u00f6f (11 points in Final), Ludvig Lindgren (10 pts), Simon Gustafsson (9 pts), Linus Sundstr\u00f6m (6 pts) and Niklas Larsson (0 heats).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198852-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship, Results\nIn Semi Final 1 in G\u00fcstrow, Germany won Germany team (45 points). Second was Denmark (38 pts) and they were qualified also. Third was Croatia (28 pts) with Jurica Pavlic (the then Individual European Champion) who was the best rider in this meeting (18 points in 6 heats). Last was France (9 pts).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198852-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship, Results\nIn Semi Final 2 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria won Sweden team (37 points). Second was Russia (31 pts) but they did not qualify because the 2nd team in SF1 Denmark had more points. Third Latvia (28 pts) and fourth Czech Republic (24 pts) did not-qualified also. The best rider in SF2 was Artem Laguta from Russia (15 points in 6 heats).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198852-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship, Results\nIn the Final, Sweden team (36 points) beat Germany (29 pts), Denmark (28 pts) and Poland (26 pts). Champion title was won after 19th heat, when Lindgren beat German Erik Pudel. Silver medal for Germany was won after last heat, when Frank Facher was last, but Danish Patrick Hougaard took only one point. Poland lost chance for a bronze medal after the 19th heat: Dawid Lampart won, but Danish Simon Nielsen took one point. The best rider in Final was Maciej Janowski from Poland (15 points in 6 heats). Janowski won 2nd heat the best time (62.16 sek. ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198852-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship, Heat details, Semi-Final 1\nM - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198852-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship, Heat details, Semi-Final 2\nM - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198852-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship, Heat details, The Final\nM - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 72], "content_span": [73, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198853-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior Polish Championship\nThe 2008 Team Speedway Junior Polish Championship (Polish: M\u0142odzie\u017cowe Dru\u017cynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, MDMP) is the 2008 version of Team Speedway Junior Polish Championship organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM). The Final took place on 4 September 2008 in Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno. Championship was won by Unia Leszno. They beat defending champions RKM Rybnik and Z\u0142omrex W\u0142\u00f3kniarz Cz\u0119stochowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198853-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior Polish Championship, Final\nM - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198854-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior World Championship\nThe 2008 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the fourth FIM World Team Junior Championship. The final took place on 21 September 2008, in Holsted, Denmark. The championship was won by the Polish junior team who were the defending champions from 2007. Denmark finished in second place and Sweden were third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198854-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, Qualification, Semifinal 1\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198854-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, Qualification, Semifinal 2\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198854-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, Final\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198855-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Polish Championship\nThe 2008 Team Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: Dru\u017cynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP) is the 2008 version of the Team Speedway Polish Championship organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) and Speedway Ekstraliga LLC (Ekstraliga \u017bu\u017clowa Sp. z o.o.). In 2008 there are three leagues: Ekstraliga, First and Second League. The Ekstraliga and First League have eight teams competing; the Second League has seven teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198855-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Team Speedway Polish Championship\nThe winner of the top division (the Ekstraliga) will be the 2008 Team Polish Champion (Dru\u017cynowy Mistrz Polski). The Finals took place on September 28 and October 19. The defending Polish Champions are Unia Leszno who won in 2007 after defeating Unibax Toru\u0144 in the play-off final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198856-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Teen Choice Awards\nThe 2008 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 4, 2008, at the Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California. The event was hosted by Miley Cyrus, who also performed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198857-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Telkom Knockout\nThe Telkom Knockout is a football (soccer) knockout competition which comprises the 16 teams in the South African Premier Soccer League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198857-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Telkom Knockout\nIn all matches there has to be a winner on the day, this will be decided if there is a winner after full-time (90 minutes). If teams are tied at full-time then extra time will be played, penalties will decide the winner if the scores are still even (there is no golden goal rule).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198857-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Telkom Knockout, Teams\nThe 16 teams that competed in the Telkom Knockout competition are: (listed in alphabetical order).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198858-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Telus Cup\nThe 2008 Telus Cup was Canada's 30th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21\u201327, 2008 at Arnprior, Ontario. The Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves defeated the Winnipeg Thrashers 6-4 in the gold medal game to win their first national title. The Blizzard de S\u00e8miniaire Saint-Fran\u00e7ois from Quebec picked up their second consecutive bronze medal. Current Vegas Golden Knights forward Mark Stone, playing for the Thrashers, was the tournament's top scorer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198859-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Temple Festival\nThe 2008 Temple Festival was a multi-disciplinary festival celebrating the 400th anniversary of James I of England granting the Honourable Societies of the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple the freehold of the Temple lands, by letters patent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198859-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Temple Festival, History\nThe 1608 charter imposed a number of conditions on Inner and Middle Temple in order that they retain the freehold in perpetuity: the accommodation and legal training of students, the maintenance of the Temple Church as a place of worship and the provision of lodging for its Master.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198859-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Temple Festival, History\nIt also marks the beginning of the modern Bar, founded on the relationship between the two learned societies, their property in the Inns and the barristers who lived and worked there. The Inner and Middle Temple are two of the four Inns of Court to which English barristers must belong before they can be called to the English bar. Over the years, there have also been many barristers called to the English bar by the two Inns who have subsequently gone to practice in other parts of the world; some have become statesmen. Mahatma Gandhi is perhaps the best known of all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198859-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Temple Festival, Events\nThis significant anniversary in the history of the Inns was marked by a year of celebration and rededication to their fundamental  aims of:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198860-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Temple Owls football team\nThe 2008 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Temple competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division. The team was coached by Al Golden and played their home game in Lincoln Financial Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198861-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198862-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team\nThe 2008 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team was an American softball team, representing the University of Tennessee for the 2008 NCAA softball season. The team played their home games at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. The team's season was cut short by Angela Tincher and the Virginia Tech Hokies in the Knoxville Regional, failing to qualify for the Women's College World Series for the first time since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198863-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday), with 52 national delegates. Mike Huckabee narrowly defeated John McCain to win the largest share of Tennessee's delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. Both McCain and the third-place candidate Mitt Romney received delegates along with Huckabee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198863-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary\nAt of 10:15 PM ET on February 5, the Associated Press reported that with 44% of precincts reporting Huckabee and McCain were tied with about one-third of the vote each. Earlier, with 31% of precincts in, McCain had 34% support, Huckabee 31%, Romney 23% and Paul 6% support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198863-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary\nThe City Paper reported that voter turnout could beat the state's record of 830,000 in 1988 when Al Gore was on the presidential ballot for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198863-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary\nAP exit polls showed that Huckabee did well with born-again Christians and conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198863-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season\nThe 2008 Tennessee Titans season was the team's 49th season and 39th in the National Football League, their 12th in Tennessee, and their tenth as the Titans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season\nDespite making the playoffs in the 2007 season with a record of 10\u20136, the Titans were expected by most sportswriters to finish third or even fourth in the AFC South. They compiled a 13\u20133 regular season record\u2014the best in the NFL\u2014and won home-field advantage for the duration of the playoffs after clinching AFC South on December 7 after a win over the Cleveland Browns and a 10\u20130 start. However, the Titans lost two of their last three regular season games, and were eliminated by the Baltimore Ravens in the divisional round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season\nThis was the last season the Tennessee Titans qualified for the playoffs until 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season\nThis was also the last season the Tennessee Titans won the AFC South until 2020, in which they also lost to the Ravens in their first playoff game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nThe Titans pulled off an important divisional win behind the strong running of rookie RB Chris Johnson, who rushed for 93 yards in his NFL debut, and the arm of backup quarterback Kerry Collins, who replaced starter Vince Young when he went down late in the 4th quarter. Young had been inconsistent, throwing 1 TD pass to Johnson and 2 INTs. However, Collins moved the ball down field effectively and that drive led to the eventual game-winning touchdown run by LenDale White.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nJacksonville trailed for much of the game and couldn't run the ball against a locked in Titans defense, who sacked Jaguars quarterback David Garrard 7 times. Both teams' defenses played well but the Titans held on. This game was also significant because the Jaguars, Texans, and Colts (in their debut at Lucas Oil Stadium) lost, so the Titans grabbed first place in the AFC South for the first week of the season, ending a 56-week streak of holding 1st place in the division by the Colts as the team started the season 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Titans stayed in 1st place thanks to the extremely strong wind from the remnants of Hurricane Ike (which interfered with an important field goal attempt by Shayne Graham) and a sloppy Cincinnati offense in a 24\u20137 rout. Chris Johnson ran for over 100 yards for the first time in his career and Kerry Collins had a good day filling in for the injured Vince Young. The Titans first scored on a 1-yd TD run by LenDale White after a scoreless 1st quarter and then Cincinnati scored its only touchdown with a Chris Perry 13-yd TD run on 4th down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Titans, with a little over a minute left, drove the ball downfield and took a 14\u20137 lead at the half thanks to an 11-yd touchdown reception by Justin Gage. The knockout punch was delivered early in the 4th quarter with the Titans leading 17\u20137. Keith Bulluck recovered a blocked punt in the endzone to finish off the Bengals and keep the Titans perfect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe win also gave the Titans their first 2\u20130 start for the first time since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. Houston Texans\nComing off their road win over the Bengals, the Titans went home for a Week 3 duel with the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Houston Texans kicker Kris Brown got a 44-yard field goal. The Titans responded with RB LenDale White getting a 2-yard TD run. Houston drew close as Brown kicked a 24-yard field goal, yet Tennessee answered with QB Kerry Collins completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Bo Scaife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. Houston Texans\nThe Texans replied with RB Steve Slaton getting a 6-yard TD run (with a failed PAT), while the Titans closed out the half with White's 1-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Tennessee increased its lead with kicker Rob Bironas nailing a 44-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Titans closed out the game with CB Cortland Finnegan returning an interception 99 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. Houston Texans\nWith the win, Tennessee acquired its first 3\u20130 start since their Super Bowl run of 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nComing off their home win over the Texans, the Titans stayed at home for a Week 4 interconference duel with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, Tennessee drew first blood as kicker Rob Bironas got a 20-yard field goal, along with rookie RB Chris Johnson getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Vikings responded with RB Adrian Peterson getting a 28-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Titans answered with Bironas kicking a 32-yard field goal, along with RB LenDale White getting a 1-yard TD run. Minnesota closed out the half with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, Tennessee increased its lead with Bironas nailing a 49-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings tried to rally as Peterson got a 3-yard TD run, yet the Titans pulled away with Johnson getting a 6-yard TD run. The end of the game came with a bad call by the coach, as he elected to punt on 4th down, despite being after the two minute warning, down by two scores and out of time outs. After the Vikings caught a fair catch, they proceeded to take three kneel downs to run out the game clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nWith the win, Tennessee acquired its first 4\u20130 start in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Baltimore Ravens\nComing off their home win over the Vikings, the Titans flew to M&T Bank Stadium for a Week 5 defensive duel with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Ravens kicker Matt Stover got a 38-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Titans tied the game with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 35-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Baltimore took the lead as RB Le'Ron McClain got a 1-yard TD run. Fortunately, in the fourth quarter, Tennessee rallied with Bironas nailing a 26-yard field goal, along with QB Kerry Collins completing an 11-yard TD pass to TE Alge Crumpler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Baltimore Ravens\nWith the win, the Titans kept their perfect season alive as they entered their bye week at 5\u20130. During the bye week, the Titans became the only undefeated team in the NFL with the Giants' loss to the Browns in Week 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Kansas City Chiefs\nComing off their bye week, the Titans flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 7 duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, Tennessee drew first blood as kicker Rob Bironas got a 49-yard field goal, along with RB LenDale White getting a 6-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Titans increased their lead as White got a 2-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Tennessee continued its victory march as Bironas got a 46-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Titans ripped it up as White got an 80-yard TD run. The Chiefs would get on the board as kicker Nick Novak nailed a 26-yard field goal, yet Tennessee replied with rookie RB Chris Johnson getting a 66-yard TD run. Kansas City ended the game's scoring with QB Tyler Thigpen getting a 14-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 851]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the game, Tennessee's overall ground game reached a franchise-best 332 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nOn Monday Night Football, the Titans responded to the doubters and defeated the Colts for only the fourth time since formation of the AFC South; the final score was 31\u201321 and came after Indianapolis had been heavily favored to win. Rob Bironas got it started with a field goal but then Peyton Manning found Dallas Clark for a touchdown on the next drive. Bironas pulled the Titans to within one with another field goal, but missed one before the half to keep the Titans behind going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nManning found Clark once again the 3rd quarter for a 14\u20136 lead but that would be the last time they would lead as LenDale White scored and Ahmard Hall caught a two-point conversion from Kerry Collins. Bironas hit another field goal to give the Titans the lead for good. Two key interceptions by the Titans put the Colts away as White scored again and rookie Chris Johnson added his fourth rushing touchdown late. Manning would score a rushing touchdown in the final minute but it was too little too late. With the win, the Titans picked up their first 7\u20130 start in the franchise's overall history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nDuring halftime, former Titans Steve McNair, Eddie George, and Frank Wycheck were honored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Green Bay Packers\nThe Titans kept their record perfect by edging the Packers 19\u201316 in OT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Green Bay Packers\nRob Bironas and Mason Crosby each traded field goals early in the first half and the Titans had a 6\u20133 edge until Aaron Rodgers hooked up with Donald Driver for a touchdown. Then LenDale White helped drive the ball downfield with 50-yard run that set up Chris Johnson's TD run to make it 13\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the second half, the Packers were able to tie the game with two more Crosby field goals and force it into overtime when Bironas missed a potential game-winning field goal at the end of regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn overtime, Kerry Collins and Johnson helped move the ball down the field for a game-winning 47-yard field goal by Bironas, who made up for his mistake at the end of the 4th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Green Bay Packers\nWith the win, the Titans ran their regular season winning streak to 11 games, continued their hottest start in franchise history, and remained the only unbeaten team in the league as they improved to 8\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Chicago Bears\nComing off their home win over the Packers, the Titans flew to Soldier Field for a Week 10 interconference duel with the Chicago Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Chicago Bears\nIn the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Bears QB Rex Grossman completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to RB Matt Forte. In the second quarter, the Titans answered with QB Kerry Collins completing a 10-yard TD pass to TE Bo Scaife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, Tennessee took the lead as Collins completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Justin Gage (a former Bear). In the fourth quarter, the Titans increased their lead as RB LenDale White got a 2-yard touchdown run. Chicago tried to rally as Grossman got a 1-yard touchdown run, yet Tennessee's defense stiffened for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 10: at Chicago Bears\nWith the win, the Titans kept their perfect season alive at 9\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off two wins in a row over NFC North Division teams, the Titans continued their road tour to Florida for a Week 11 AFC South rematch with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Tennessee drew first blood as kicker Rob Bironas nailed a 32-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Jaguars took the lead as RB Maurice Jones-Drew got a 2-yard and a 1-yard TD run. In the third quarter, the Titans regained the lead as QB Kerry Collins completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Jones and a 56-yard TD pass to WR Justin Gage. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee closed out the game as Collins hooked up with Gage again on a 38-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith the win, the Titans kept their dream season alive, improving to a perfect record of 10\u20130. And sweeping the Jaguars for the 1st time since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. New York Jets\nComing off their season-sweeping road win over the Jaguars, the Titans went home for a Week 12 duel with the New York Jets. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Jets QB Brett Favre completed a 10-yard TD pass to RB Thomas Jones. In the second quarter, New York increased its lead with kicker Jay Feely getting a 20-yard field goal. The Titans closed out the half with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 43-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, the Jets responded as Feely kicked a 30-yard field goal, while Favre completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee tried to rally as Rob Bironas nailed a 49-yard field goal, but New York replied with RB Leon Washington getting a 61-yard TD run. The Titans had one last attempt to keep their perfect season alive as QB Kerry Collins completed a 6-yard TD pass to FB Ahmard Hall. However, Tennessee's perfect season went down the tubes as Washington helped seal things for the Jets on a 4-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Detroit Lions\nHoping to rebound from their first loss of the season, the Titans flew to Ford Field for a Week 13 Thanksgiving game against the winless Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Tennessee drew first blood as rookie RB Chris Johnson got a 6-yard TD run. The Lions would respond with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 53-yard field goal. The Titans would answer with Johnson getting a 58-yard TD run, along with DE Dave Ball returning an interception 15 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Tennessee increased their lead with RB LenDale White getting a 6-yard and a 2-yard TD run. Detroit would reply with QB Daunte Culpepper completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Michael Gaines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, kicker Rob Bironas would kick field goals of 41 and 49 yards to put the Titans up by 31, and in the fourth quarter, he would nail field goals of 45 and 43 yards to put the Titans up for good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Detroit Lions\nWith the win, Tennessee not only improved to 11\u20131 on the season, but the Titans were the only AFC South team to defeat all four NFC North teams in interconference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Detroit Lions\nCenter Kevin Mawae, DT Albert Haynesworth, and Running Backs Johnson & White were given CBS's All-Iron Award for their performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Cleveland Browns\nComing off their Thanksgiving win over the Lions, the Titans came home to face the Cleveland Browns in a Week 14 duel. In the first quarter, Cleveland would jump on top early as Phil Dawson made 47 and 41-yard field goals. Tennessee, however, would answer with a 28-yard pass from Kerry Collins to Ahmard Hall. Then, later in the 2nd quarter, LenDale White found the end zone from 3 yards out to give them a 14\u20136 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Cleveland Browns\nIn the 3rd quarter, Kerry Collins found Justin Gage for a 9-yard touchdown and the Titans found themselves in control, leading 21\u20139 heading into the 4th quarter. Cleveland attempted to make a comeback with Phil Dawson making a 39-yard field goal, but could not finish as Chris Johnson scored from 25 yards out and put the game away for the Titans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Cleveland Browns\nWith the win, not only did Tennessee improve to 12\u20131, but they also clinched their first AFC South title since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 15: at Houston Texans\nWith the loss, the Titans fell to 12\u20132 and their winning streak against the Texans came to an end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Texans, the Titans went home for a crucial Week 16 battle with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with the AFC's top seed on the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, the Titans got the second quarter lead as kicker Rob Bironas got a 42-yard field goal, along with quarterback Kerry Collins completing a 34-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Justin Gage. The Steelers would respond with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completing a 31-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Santonio Holmes. In the third quarter, Pittsburgh took the lead as Roethlisberger completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Hines Ward, yet Tennessee struck back with rookie running back Chris Johnson getting a 21-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nThe Titans would then pull away in the fourth quarter with running back LenDale White's 1-yard touchdown run and safety Michael Griffin's 83-yard interception return for a touchdown. This was the first game of the year where the league-leading Steelers defense allowed more than 300 yards of total offense (allowing 332 yards).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the win, not only did Tennessee improve to 13\u20132, but they also locked up the AFC's #1 seed. This would be the Titans last win until Week 8 of the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nThis would also be the last time a team swept both the AFC and NFC North in the same season until the Dallas Cowboys did it during the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Indianapolis Colts\nWith the AFC's #1 seed under their belt, the Titans flew to Lucas Oil Stadium to close out their regular season in a Week 17 AFC South rematch with the Indianapolis Colts. The Titans rested several of their starters for the game including Chris Johnson and benched Kerry Collins early. Tennessee trailed early in the first quarter as Colts quarterback Peyton Manning completed a 55-yard touchdown pass to running back Joseph Addai followed by kicker Adam Vinatieri's 28-yard field goal. The Titans' deficit would increase in the second quarter as Vinatieri nailed a 21-yard and a 38-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, Indianapolis closed out the game in the fourth quarter as center Jamey Richard recovered a fumble within Tennessee's endzone for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 859]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Indianapolis Colts\nWith the loss, the Titans ended the regular season at 13\u20133. This would be the beginning of an 8-game losing streak for the Titans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Round: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nEntering the postseason as the AFC's top seed, the Titans began their postseason run at home in the AFC Divisional round against the #6 Baltimore Ravens, in a rematch of their Week 5 contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Round: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nMatt Stover kicked a 43-yard field goal with 57 seconds remaining to send the Ravens into the AFC Championship Game at the expense of the Titans, as quarterback Joe Flacco became the first rookie quarterback to win two playoff games in a single postseason. Tennessee turned the ball over three times, which proved to be the difference between the two teams, as Baltimore never gave the ball away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Round: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nThe Titans took the lead on their second drive of the game with Kerry Collins completing a 28-yard pass to rookie running back Chris Johnson and a 20-yarder to Justin Gage before Johnson finished the drive with an 8-yard touchdown run. But the Ravens answered back with a 48-yard touchdown Flacco pass to former Titan Derrick Mason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Round: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nEarly in the second quarter, Tennessee drove to the Ravens 25-yard line, only to turn the ball over on downs due to a fumbled snap on a fourth down conversion attempt. Then after forcing a punt, their drive to the Ravens 32-yard line also ended with no points when a pass from Collins was picked off by former Titan Samari Rolle. Following another punt, the Titans moved the ball into scoring range for the third time in a row, this time driving to the Baltimore 22. But once again they came up empty after LenDale White's fumble was recovered by Ravens safety Jim Leonhard with 25 seconds left in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Round: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the second half, a 29-yard punt return by Leonard and a 37-yard reception by Mark Clayton set up a Stover field goal to take a 10\u20137 lead. Meanwhile, the Titans failed to score again, as Rob Bironas missed a 51-yard field goal and after Stover's field goal, and Ravens cornerback Fabian Washington forced and recovered a fumble from tight end Alge Crumpler on Baltimore's 1-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Round: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nHowever, the Ravens were unable to gain any yards with their ensuing drive and Tennessee got the ball back with great field position at the Ravens 42-yard line. This time, they managed to drive to the 10-yard line and score with a Bironas field goal to tie the game at 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198864-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Titans season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Round: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nTwo plays after the ensuing kickoff, Baltimore faced 3rd down and 2. On the next play, the play clock appeared to expire before the snap, but no penalty flag was thrown and Flacco ended up completing a 23-yard pass to Todd Heap. Five plays later, Stover's 43-yard field goal gave the Ravens a 13\u201310 lead with 53 seconds left. Baltimore's defense then sealed the victory by forcing Tennessee to turn the ball over on downs on their own 40-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team\nThe 2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head football coach Phillip Fulmer in his 16th and final season as head coach. The Vols played their home games in Neyland Stadium and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The 2008 campaign followed a 10\u20134 2007 season, which saw the Vols win the Eastern Division of the conference and the Outback Bowl. This season marked the ten year anniversary of Tennessee's 1998 BCS National Championship. On November 3, Fulmer announced that, after winning some 150 games over his career, he would step down from coaching his alma mater at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Recruiting\nThe Vols followed the previous year of a top 5 class, with an effort that found the team ranked outside of the top 25 by both major recruiting websites, Rivals.com and Scout.com. The top players of the class were considered to be tight end Aaron Douglas out of Maryville, Tennessee and wide receiver/linebacker E.J. Abrams-Ward out of Thomasville, North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Recruiting\nDouglas played at Tennessee as a redshirt freshman 2009, transferred to Arizona Western College in the 2010 season and winter of 2010 signed with Alabama, where he participated in spring drills. Douglas was recruited to Tennessee as a tight end, and was moved to tackle by then first year coach Lane Kiffin. When Kiffin left Tennessee for USC, Douglas failed to report for spring drills under new coach Derek Dooley (American football)  and eventually transferred to Arizona Western.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Recruiting\nDouglas redshirted his first season at Tennessee under then coach Phillip Fulmer, and a year later developed into an elite offensive lineman under Kiffin and line coach James Cregg. Douglas told the News Sentinel in May 2010 that a third coach in three years flipped the plan he had mapped out for himself \u201cupside down.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Recruiting\nOn Thursday, May 12, 2011 Police received a call at 8:13\u00a0a.m. Thursday and, upon investigation, they found Douglas' body on the second-floor balcony of a Fernandina Beach, Florida residence. Douglas was pronounced dead at the scene. Of what was characterized as an accidental drug overdose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Recruiting\nAbrams-Ward, a receiver redshirted for the 2008 season, selecting UT over North Carolina in a heated recruiting battle. On January 22, 2009 UT announced that E.J. Abrams-Ward and Ramone Johnson where no longer members of Tennessee's football team. UT said that the two were dismissed from the team for disciplinary reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Coaching changes\nTennessee lost 4 members of their offensive staff. Offensive Coordinator David Cutcliffe accepted the head coaching position at Duke. Cutcliffe took along OL/TE coach Matt Luke, and RB coach Kurt Roper. Roper joined the Blue Devils' staff as Offensive Coordinator. WR coach Trooper Taylor also left the Vols for a coordinator position, accepting a job as Co-Offensive Coordinator at Oklahoma State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Coaching changes\nCutcliffe was replaced by Dave Clawson, who comes to Tennessee from the University of Richmond, where he was the head coach. Joining Clawson from Richmond is Latrell Scott, who replaced Taylor as the wide receivers coach. Stan Drayton, formerly the running backs coach at Florida, was hired to replace Roper as the running backs coach. Jason Michael, formerly on the staff for the New York Jets, was hired to coach the tight ends, replacing Matt Luke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Coaching changes\nDefensive coordinator John Chavis interviewed with the Atlanta Falcons but chose to stay at Tennessee. This decision followed a similar decision by defensive ends coach Steve Caldwell. In December 2007 Caldwell chose to stay with Tennessee and turned down an offer to be the Defensive Coordinator at Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Player news\nTennessee was bolstered by the return of safety Demetrice Morley. Morley was a five star recruit out of Miami, Florida who played for the Vols in 2005 and 2006 before being dismissed from the football team and leaving school for academic reasons. After sitting out the 2007 season, Morley was readmitted to the University in January 2008 and will rejoin the team. Morley told the media that he had been living in his car following his dismissal from the team, but that the birth of his son motivated him to return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Player news\nAnother defensive back, Antonio Gaines, was awarded a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA in February. Gaines had missed the majority of both the 2003 and 2007 seasons due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Player news\nThe Vols are also welcoming two major transfer student athletes. Gerald Williams, who originally signed with Tennessee in 2005 has been cleared to join the team after spending finishing up at San Francisco Junior College. Brandon Warren, a Freshman All American at Florida State has been cleared to play by the NCAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Discipline\nThe Volunteer football team has also seen its share of off of the field issues since the close of the 2007 season. The first incident of the offseason occurred during a recruiting weekend. Wide receivers Gerald Jones and Ahmad Paige were cited for a misdemeanor possession of marijuana while hosting a recruit. Neither were suspended, but both were required to undertake more frequent drug testing and participate in a police ride along program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Discipline\nAnother incident involved redshirt freshman running back Daryl Vereen. Vereen was arrested and charged with public intoxication and underage consumption after an on campus fight. Vereen was required to perform community service and was under a semester-long curfew. Fulmer also required the entire team to attend 6 A.M. running as punishment for the offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Discipline\nOffensive lineman Anthony Parker was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in January. Parker's punishment included morning runs, curfew, community service and the police ride along program. Parker was charged after failing to obey the commands of a Knoxville police officer with whom he had previous run-ins. This incident was followed by the arrest of incoming walk-on Vincent Faison for DUI. Faison was suspended for two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Before the season, Discipline\nIn February, linebacker Dorian Davis and defensive back Antonio Wardlow were dismissed from the team for a violation of team rules. The most recent incident of the offseason involved decorated punter Britton Colquitt. Colquitt was suspended for five games after being arrested and charge with both DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. Colquitt also had his scholarship revoked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offense\nWide Receivers: Latrell ScottOffensive Line: Greg AtkinsRunning Backs: Ronald Gallant Jr.Tight Ends: Jason Michael", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offensive outlook\nCoachesHead Coach Phillip Fulmer hired Dave Clawson, formerly the head coach at the University of Richmond, to replace David Cutcliffe as offensive coordinator. Greg Atkins (offensive line) is the only returning coach on the offensive staff. Joining him are newly hired assistants Stan Drayton (running backs), Jason Michael, and Latrell Scott (wide receivers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offensive outlook\nQuarterbacksThe Vols must replace graduate Erik Ainge, a 5th-round selection of the New York Jets in the 2008 NFL Draft. The leading candidates are Jonathan Crompton, who started one game as an injury replacement for Ainge in 2006, redshirt freshman B. J. Coleman and redshirt sophomore Nick Stephens. After spring practices, Crompton had minor elbow surgery but should be ready for the season opener and all reports are that Crompton will be the starting quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offensive outlook\nArian Foster saw the majority of time at tailback last season, with relief appearances by LaMarcus Coker, Montario Hardesty, and Lennon Creer. Coker was eventually dismissed from the team following the South Carolina game for a violation of team rules. Foster finished the season with 1193 rushing yards and 12 TDs. Foster, Hardesty and Creer all return and look to see significant time in the backfield. Looking to work his way into the rotation will be Daryl Vereen, a highly touted redshirt freshman. The fullback position may also be used more under Clawson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offensive outlook\nThe starter was supposed to be David Holbert, but he has suffered another ACL injury and is out for the year. To honor Holbert, Arian Foster will wear Holbert's #30 jersey in the season opener at UCLA. With the injury to Holbert, sophomore Kevin Cooper looks to be the starter but true freshman Austin Johnson, who just recently moved from linebacker to fullback, will also compete for playing time. Receivers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offensive outlook\nThe wide receivers were led by Lucas Taylor and Austin Rogers last season. Taylor had 73 receptions for 1,000 yards, while Rogers caught 56 passes for 624 yards. Both return for their senior season in 2008. Joining them will be Senior Josh Briscoe, Junior Quintin Hancock, Sophomores Gerald Jones, who many said was the star of the spring and will also see time at quarterback, Denarius Moore, and redshirt freshman Ahmad Paige.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offensive outlook\nOffensive lineThe offensive line returns the entire starting group from late in the 2007 season. The line was shuffled after an injury to Eric Young. Josh McNeil will anchor the line at center, with guards Anthony Parker and Jacques McClendon. Ramon Foster and Chris Scott will be the starters at tackle. This line allowed only 4 sacks during the 2007 season. Many experts predict Anthony Parker to be a First team All-American and for this unit to be the strongest in the SEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offensive outlook\nTight EndsThe tight end position is up in the air following the losses of Chris Brown and Brad Cottam. Brad's brother Jeff Cottam and Luke Stocker are the leading candidates for the starting job. Because of the depth issues at tight end, offensive lineman Cody Pope was moved to play the position", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nDefensive coordinator / linebackers / associate head coach: John Chavis (20th year)Base Defense: Multiple (4\u20133 and 3\u20132\u20136 \"Mustang\")", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nDefensive line: Dan BrooksDefensive ends: Steve CaldwellDefensive backs: Larry Slade", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nCoaches2008 will be the 14th season as defensive coordinator for John Chavis. The defensive staff had been together and unchanged since the 1999 Season, with Dan Brooks, Steve Caldwell and Larry Slade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nOn the defensive line, the Vols must replace two starters at end. Senior Robert Ayers and Junior Wes Brown are the leading candidates at those two spots. Tackles Dan Williams and DeMonte Bolden return after starting for the majority of the 2007 season. Providing depth will be tackles Walter Fisher, Chase Nelson, Donald Langley and Victor Thomas along with ends Ben Martin, Andre Mathis, and Chris Walker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nLinebackersThe Vols replace two starters in the linebacker corps. Junior Rico McCoy returns to man one of the outside spots. Ellix Wilson, who started the 2008 Outback Bowl at the middle linebacker looks to earn that job for the 2008 season. The other outside spot is up in the air, with Nevin McKenzie seeing the most time there the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nDefensive backsThe defensive backfield saw a slew of injuries and changes in 2007, but looks to be much more stable and seasoned in 2008. The Vols must replace departing safety Jonathan Hefney. Sophomores Eric Berry (SS), Brent Vinson and DeAngelo Willingham (Cornerbacks) should return to their spots with special teams phenom, Dennis Rogan expected to see plenty of snaps at both cornerback and safety. SS Demetrice Morley was reinstated in school after academic trouble caused him to miss the 2007 season. He is the leading candidate at the vacant free safety spot. It has also been stated during the off season that Eric Berry could see time on the offensive side of the ball, as he has lined up at quarterback multiple times during spring practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198865-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Special teams\nPosition outlookSophomore Daniel Lincoln (kicker) replaced departing Senior James Wilhoit in 2007 and earned All American Honors. Britton Colquitt returns as punter and will handle kickoffs. Sophomores Dennis Rogan emerged as the main kick and punt returner last, with Lennon Creer joining him as kick returner. Both players return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 93], "content_span": [94, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198866-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Channel Open\nThe 2008 Tennis Channel Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Tennis Channel Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at The Amanda & Stacy Darling Memorial Tennis Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, from March 3 through March 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198866-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Channel Open\nThe singles field featured Vi\u00f1a del Mar champion Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, former World No. 1 and 2007 Cincinnati Masters semifinalist Lleyton Hewitt, and Marseille semifinalist Marcos Baghdatis. Other top seeds competing were 2007 Metz semifinalist Guillermo Ca\u00f1as, Buenos Aires and Acapulco quarterfinalist Potito Starace, Micha\u00ebl Llodra, Robin S\u00f6derling and Nicolas Kiefer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198866-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Channel Open, Finals, Doubles\nJulien Benneteau /  Micha\u00ebl Llodra defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 6\u20134, 4\u20136, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198867-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but Julien Benneteau and Micha\u00ebl Llodra defeated them 6\u20134, 4\u20136, [10\u20138], in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198868-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Singles\nLleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Julien Benneteau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198868-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Singles\nUnseeded Sam Querrey won in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against qualifier Kevin Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup\nThe 2008 Tennis Masters Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 34th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and part of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China, from November 9 through November 16, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup\nAssociation of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No . 3 Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his first year-end championships title in the singles event, defeating ATP No. 5 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia in the final 6\u20131, 7\u20135. Four-time winner, two-time defending champion Roger Federer was defeated in the round robin stage of the event for the first time in seven consecutive appearances. Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 of Serbia won the doubles event 7\u20136, 6\u20132 over Americans Bob and Mike Bryan in the final for their first year-end championships doubles title together. With the win, they clinched the year-end No. 1 spot for the first time together. Nestor successfully defended his 2007 Tennis Masters Cup title with his new partner Zimonji\u0107, while the other defending champion, Mark Knowles, lost in the round robin, with Mahesh Bhupathi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 863]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup\nIt was the last time that the singles and doubles year-end championships took place in Shanghai as the Tennis Masters Cup. Starting in 2009, the season-ending event went to London, United Kingdom, at the O2 arena, under the new name of ATP World Tour Finals. Shanghai instead received a newly created event in the 2009 season, the Shanghai Masters, which take places earlier in the ATP calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification\nSpots were awarded to the top seven players and the top seven doubles teams in the 2008 ATP Race, with one spot reserved for Grand Slam champions who finished within the Top 20 players or teams of the ATP Race rankings. Two more players and teams also went to Shanghai as alternates in case of withdrawals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nOn July 9 \u2013 after the 2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 the first three\u00a0players to qualify for the 2008 year-end championships were selected: ATP No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain, World No. 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland and third-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia. These players, who held the top three spots of the ATP rankings during the whole year, secured their fourth, seventh and second appearance respectively in the season's finale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nRafael Nadal, who reached his first hard courts Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open (lost to Tsonga), qualified after winning the French Open for a fourth consecutive time, matching Bj\u00f6rn Borg's record performance from 1978 to 1981. He broke Roger Federer's streak of five consecutive titles in Wimbledon as he defeated the Swiss 6\u20134, 6\u20134, 6\u20137, 6\u20137, 9\u20137, in a four-hour-forty-eight-minute-long final \u2013 the second longest championship match in Wimbledon's history \u2013 to become the first tennis player to complete the Roland-Garros/Wimbledon double since Borg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nIn addition to the two Grand Slam titles, Nadal had also, at the time of his qualification, reached two\u00a0finals in Chennai (lost to Youhzny) and Miami (lost to Davydenko), won his fourth consecutive title in Monte Carlo (def. Federer) and at Barcelona (def. Ferrer), and his first in Hamburg (def. Federer) and at London's Queen's Club (def. Djokovic), where he became, two\u00a0weeks before his Wimbledon victory, the first Spaniard to win a grass court title since Andr\u00e9s Gimeno in 1972.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nAfter his qualification, Nadal clinched a second title at the Canada Masters (def. Kiefer), a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics (def. Gonz\u00e1lez), and a semifinal run at the US Open (lost to Murray). On August 18, after 160 weeks at ATP No. 2, Rafael Nadal overtook Roger Federer, breaking his 237-week\u00a0streak at the top spot, to become the 24th player to hold the No. 1 rank in the twenty-five\u00a0years of computerised-rankings history. Nadal eventually withdrew in the run-up to the tournament, citing fatigue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nRoger Federer started his 2008 campaign with his first exit before the final in a major event since a 2005 defeat by Rafael Nadal at the French Open, when he lost in the Australian Open semifinals to Djokovic. After announcing he had contracted mononucleosis in December 2007, Federer hired clay-court specialist Jos\u00e9 Higueras to coach him, first during the clay court season, but eventually for the rest of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nFederer qualified after he reached his third consecutive French Open final (lost to Nadal), where he suffered a 6\u20131, 6\u20133, 6\u20130 defeat, and his sixth consecutive Wimbledon final (lost to Nadal). After failing to beat the five-consecutive-title streak at the All England Club record and losing his third Grand Slam tournament in a row for the first time since 2002, Federer described the Wimbledon final as his \"hardest loss by far\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nWhen he qualified, Federer had lost two more finals to Nadal in Monte Carlo and Hamburg, and won only two ATP International Series titles in Estoril (def. Davydenko) and Halle (def. Kohlschreiber). Despite losing his number 1 spot to Nadal in August, the rest of Federer's season featured better results with a third consecutive title in Basel (def. Nalbandian), and a fifth straight victory at the US Open (def. Murray) which brought him one Grand Slam title short of Pete Sampras's record of fourteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nNovak Djokovic had the best start of the season, as the Serb reached his second straight Grand Slam final after the 2007 US Open, and won his first major title at the Australian Open (def. Tsonga), becoming the first man other that Federer or Nadal to win a Grand Slam since Marat Safin in Melbourne three years before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nDjokovic reached his fifth straight Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open (lost to Nadal), but suffered his earliest exit in a major since a first round loss at the 2006 Australian Open, in the second round of the Wimbledon Championships (lost to Safin). In the first part of the year, Djokovic also reached the London's Queen's Club final (lost to Nadal), and won two ATP Masters Series titles in Indian Wells (def. Fish) and Rome (def. Wawrinka).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nAfter qualifying for the year-end event, Djokovic lost to Nadal in the semifinals of the Beijing Olympics tennis event, but defeated James Blake in the third place match to win a Bronze Medal for Serbia. Despite this run, Djokovic failed to win another title in 2008 until the Tennis Masters Cup. He could not defend his 2007 final appearance at the US Open (lost to Federer), reaching only two tournaments finals in Cincinnati (lost to Murray) and Bangkok (lost to Tsonga).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nThe fourth qualifier, announced after the US Open on September 9, was Andy Murray of Great Britain, who secured his first Tennis Masters Cup ticket \u2013 the first for a Briton since Tim Henman in the 2004 edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nAndy Murray, who started the year just outside the Top Ten, qualified after improving his Grand Slam performances throughout the season. After defeats in the first round of the Australian Open (lost to Tsonga), and in the third round of the French Open (lost to Almagro), Murray reached his first quarterfinals in a major at the Wimbledon Championships (lost to Nadal), after coming back from a two-sets-to-love deficit to beat 2007 Wimbledon semifinalist Richard Gasquet in the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nMurray capped his season in majors with his first Grand Slam final \u2013 the first for a Briton since Greg Rusedski lost in the 1997 US Open final \u2013 at the US Open (lost to Federer), after defeating Nadal, in his first tournament as World No. 1, in the semifinals. By that time in the season, Murray had already won two International Series titles in Doha (def. Wawrinka), Marseille (def. An\u010di\u0107) and his first Masters Series shield in Cincinnati (def. Djokovic). Murray consolidated his fourth place in the rankings after the US Open by winning two more titles at the Madrid Masters (def. Simon) and in Saint Petersburg (def. Golubev), where he was the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nThe fifth player to be selected, on October 19, was Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, who obtained his fourth consecutive qualification for the year-end championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nNikolay Davydenko, a two-time Grand Slam semifinalist in 2007, never went into second week at a major in 2008. He had early exits in the fourth round at the Australian Open (lost to Youzhny), in the third round at the French Open (lost to Ljubi\u010di\u0107), in the first round at the Wimbledon Championships (lost to Becker), and in the fourth round at the US Open (lost to M\u00fcller).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nThough he did not defend his 2007 title in Moscow, Davydenko performed better in smaller events in 2008, reaching an International Series final in Estoril (lost to Federer), and winning two International Series titles in P\u00f6rtschach (def. M\u00f3naco) and Warsaw (def. Robredo), and his second career Masters shield in Miami (def. Nadal).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nThe last three qualifiers, who locked their spots during the final event before the year-end championships, at the Paris Masters, were Andy Roddick of the United States, qualified for the sixth straight year (withdrew in 2005) on October 30, Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro of Argentina, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, who both qualified in the last two days of the event and ended in the Top Eight for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nAndy Roddick did not perform as well as in previous seasons in Grand Slam tournaments, exiting in the third round of the Australian Open (lost to Kohlschreiber), withdrawing from the 2008 French Open (due to a right shoulder injury contracted in the semifinals of the Rome Masters), crashing in a four-setter in the second round of Wimbledon (lost to Tipsarevi\u0107), and matching his 2007 US Open performance with a quarterfinal in New York (lost to Djokovic). During the rest of the season, Roddick lost one final in Los Angeles (lost to del Potro), and captured three titles in San Jose (def. \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek), Dubai (def. L\u00f3pez), and Beijing (def. Sela), clinching the qualification when he reached the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nJuan Mart\u00edn del Potro lost in the second round of all first three majors; at the Australian Open (lost to Ferrer), the French Open (lost to Bolelli), and Wimbledon (lost to Wawrinka). After Wimbledon, del Potro went on to win his first four titles in as many tournaments in Stuttgart (def. Gasquet), Kitzb\u00fchel (def Melzer), Los Angeles (def. Roddick) and Washington (def. Troicki), becoming the first player ever to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nIn the rest of the year, del Potro extended his 23-match streak to the quarterfinals of the US Open (lost to Murray), and reached another final in Tokyo (lost to Berdych). Del Potro's qualification came during the Paris Masters, when Tsonga defeated other Masters Cup hopeful James Blake, the only other contender for del Potro's place, in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nJo-Wilfried Tsonga, ranked 38 on January 1, defeated Murray, Gasquet and Nadal en route to his first final in the ATP Tour at the Australian Open (lost to Djokovic). Sidelined during three months of the season due to a right knee injury, Tsonga missed both the French Open and Wimbledon, coming back to competition at the US Open where he was defeated in the third round (lost to Robredo). Tsonga won his first career title in a rematch of the Australian Open final in the International Series event of Bangkok (def. Djokovic), and earned his Tennis Masters Cup qualification with his second career title (his first Masters Series shield) at the Paris Masters (def. Nalbandian).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nAfter Nadal's withdrawal on November 3, the ninth player of the ATP Race, Gilles Simon of France, was elevated to the playing field, for his first career qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Singles\nGilles Simon, one of fifteen Frenchmen of the ATP Top 100 at the beginning of the year, did not perform well in Grand Slam events, losing in the third round of the Australian Open (lost to Nadal), the first round of the French Open (lost to \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek), the third round of Wimbledon (lost to Gasquet), and the third round of the US Open (lost to del Potro). His ninth place at the race resulted from three titles in Casablanca (def. Benneteau), Indianapolis (def. Tursunov), and Bucharest (def. Moy\u00e1), a semifinals run at the Canada Masters, and a final at the Madrid Masters (lost to Murray).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nThe first two teams to qualify for the year-end doubles tournament were selected on July 9. They were World No. 1 duo Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan from the United States, and then-ATP Race-leaders Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 of Serbia. The Bryan brothers qualified for their sixth straight Tennis Masters Cup appearance (withdrew in 2007), while Nestor qualified for the tenth time, the first with another partner than Mark Knowles, and Zimonji\u0107 qualified for the third time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan started their 2008 season with an unsuccessful defense of their 2007 Australian Open title, where they were upset in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open (lost to Bhupathi/Knowles). The Bryans matched their 2007 French Open performance with a quarterfinal appearance in Paris (lost to Cuevas/Horna), but were again upset before the final in Wimbledon (lost to Bj\u00f6rkman/Ullyett), leaving the tournament without ever dropping serve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nWhen they qualified, the Bryan brothers had already reached eight\u00a0finals, losing five \u2013 in Sydney (lost to Gasquet/Tsonga), Delray Beach (lost to Mirnyi/Murray), San Jose (lost to Lipsky/Martin), Las Vegas (lost to Benneteau/Llodra), and Hamburg (lost to Nestor/Zimonji\u0107) \u2013 and winning the other three in Miami (def. Bhupathi/Knowles), Barcelona (def. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski), and Rome (def. Nestor/Zimonji\u0107). After Wimbledon, the Bryans entered the US Open without a Grand Slam title for the first time since 2005. They ended their title drought in majors by winning their second final in New York (def. Dlouh\u00fd/Paes), their sixth Grand Slam crown overall. The Bryans also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, defeating Cl\u00e9ment/Llodra, after they were upset in the semifinals by Federer/Wawrinka, and reached two more finals, losing in Toronto (lost to Nestor/Zimonji\u0107), and winning in Cincinnati (def. Erlich/Ram).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 983]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nDaniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107, who had previously partnered for four events in 2007, started their first full season together with an appearance in the Australian Open quarterfinals (lost to Cl\u00e9ment/Llodra), and the final of the French Open, which Nestor had won the previous year with Knowles (lost to Cuevas/Horna). The pair qualified after winning their first Grand Slam title together at the Wimbledon Championships (def. Bj\u00f6rkman/Ullyett).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nThe title was Zimonji\u0107's first in a major after three lost finals, and completed Nestor's career Golden Slam, having previously won the three other majors and the Gold Medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Nestor and Zimonji\u0107's partnership also led them to three\u00a0ATP Masters Series finals in Indian Wells (lost to Erlich/Ram), Rome (lost to Bryan/Bryan), and Hamburg (def. Bryan/Bryan), and a final at London's Queen's Club (def. Melo/S\u00e1). After clinching their first ticket as a team for the Tennis Masters Cup, Nestor and Zimonji\u0107, who held the top spot of the ATP Race for several weeks, lost early in the third round of the US Open (lost to Nieminen/Lindstedt), and win one more title in Toronto (def. Bryan/Bryan).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nThe third team to qualify, announced on September 9, was the pairing of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram from Israel, who participated in the 2006 and 2007 editions of the event, losing each time in the round robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nJonathan Erlich and Andy Ram kicked off their season with their first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open (def. Cl\u00e9ment/Llodra), becoming the first Israeli players to capture a major title in tennis history. Erlich and Ram did not match that performance in the remaining majors of the year, exiting in the third round at the French Open, in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon (lost to Dlouh\u00fd/Paes), and in the second round at the US Open (lost to Robredo/Roitman).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nUpset in the first round of the Olympic doubles event by Cl\u00e9ment/Llodra, Erlich and Ram reached two other tournaments finals in the season, in Masters Series events of Indian Wells (def. Nestor/Zimonji\u0107) and Cincinnati (lost to Bryan/Bryan). Sidelined by a recurring elbow injury since the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs against Peru, Erlich did not participate in any event after the US Open. Partnering with different other players in the rest of the season, Ram won two more titles; partnering with Max Mirnyi in Vienna (def. Petzschner/Peya) and in Lyon, and partnering with Micha\u00ebl Llodra (def. Huss/Hutchins).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nThe fourth and fifth teams selected for the Tennis Masters Cup, on October 19, were the pairing of Mahesh Bhupathi from India and Mark Knowles \u2013 one of the two defending champions \u2013 from The Bahamas, who secured respectively their eighth and eleventh spots for the season championships, and the then-13th-ranked duo of Pablo Cuevas from Uruguay and Luis Horna from Peru, who qualified as Grand Slam champions certain to finish the year within the Top 20 of the ATP Race rankings, and reached the year-end event for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles started competing together in 2008 with a deep run at the Australian Open, in which they defeated defending champions Bryan/Bryan, before losing in the semifinals (lost to Erlich/Ram). Bhupathi and Knowles exited in the first round of the French Open, where Knowles was the defending champion (lost to Huss/Hutchins), and in Wimbledon (lost to Petzschner/Peya). At the US Open, the pair did not get past the third round (lost to Gonz\u00e1lez/M\u00f3naco). Despite the poor season in majors, Bhupathi and Knowles reached five finals in Vienna (lost to Mirnyi/Ram), Madrid (lost to Fyrstenberg/Matkowski), Memphis (def. Ratiwatana/Ratiwatana), Dubai (def. Damm/V\u00edzner), Basel (def. Kas/Kohlschreiber).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nPablo Cuevas and Luis Horna did not start their partnership until the French Open, in which they upset four seeded teams (Cl\u00e9ment/Llodra; Dlouh\u00fd/Paes; Bryan/Bryan; Nestor/Zimonji\u0107) to win their first Grand Slam title, the first ever claimed by a South American team. Cuevas and Horna entered two more tournaments together in the rest of the season, losing in the second round of the US Open (lost to de Voest/Fisher), and the first in Washington (lost to Gicquel/Lindstedt). The pair had more success separately, as Cuevas reached the final in Houston, partnering with Marcel Granollers (lost to Gulbis/Sch\u00fcttler), and Horna won two titles in Auckland, partnering with Juan M\u00f3naco (def. Malisse/Melzer), and Buenos Aires, partnering with Agust\u00edn Calleri (def. Eschauer/Luczak).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nThe sixth and seventh teams to enter the field on October 26 were the duo of Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman of Sweden and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe, who qualified for their seventh and fifth year-end finale (their first together), and the pair of Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd of the Czech Republic and Leander Paes of India, who qualified for their second and ninth year-end finale (their first together).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Kevin Ullyett reached the quarterfinals at the French Open (lost to Soares/Vemic), the first major of their season, and were defeated in the Wimbledon final (lost to Nestor/Zimonji\u0107). Set to retire at the end of 2008, Bj\u00f6rkman entered the US Open and was knocked out in the second round (lost to Kas/Petzschner). Bj\u00f6rkman and Ullyett had won one title together in Stockholm (def. Brunstr\u00f6m/Ryderstedt) by October, then clinched one more after they qualified, in Paris (def. Coetzee/Moodie). Bj\u00f6rkman also won in B\u00e5stad (def. Brunstrom/Rojer), partnering with Robin S\u00f6derling. Ullyett reached two finals with Bruno Soares in Nottingham (def. Coetzee/Murray) and Washington (lost to Gicquel/Lindstedt), and one with Jamie Murray in Estoril (lost to Coetzee/Moodie).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Leander Paes, who started the season with different partners, Franti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k and Paul Hanley respectively, debuted their partnership at the French Open, where they reached the third round (lost to Cuevas/Horna), and found success in Wimbledon, where they reached the semifinals (lost to Nestor/Zimonji\u0107), and the US Open, where they reached their first Grand Slam final together (lost to Bryan/Bryan). Aside from the majors, Dlouh\u00fd and Paes reached three other finals together: in Bangkok (def. Lipsky/Martin), Halle (lost to Youhzny/Zverev), and Tokyo (lost to Youzhny/Zverev).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nAt the Paris Masters, several teams competed for the last spot of the Tennis Masters Cup doubles event. Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie from South Africa eventually finished runners-up, gathering enough points to reach their first year-end event together \u2013 the first ever for Coetzee, the second for Moodie (after 2005).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nJeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie climbed to the eighth place of the Race starting with a semifinal at the Australian Open (lost to Cl\u00e9ment/Llodra), followed by early losses in the second round of the French Open (lost to Tipsarevi\u0107/Troicki), and of Wimbledon (lost to L\u00f3pez/Verdasco). Coetzee partnered with Rogier Wassen at the US Open, where they were beaten in the first round (lost to Gonz\u00e1lez/M\u00f3naco). Coetzee and Moodie reached three tournaments finals together during the season: in Doha (lost to Kohlschreiber/\u0160koch), Estoril (def. Murray/Ullyett), and Paris (lost to Bj\u00f6rkman/Ullyett). Individually, Coetzee also reached two finals in Marseille, partnering with Yves Allegro (lost to Damm/Vizner), and Nottingham, partnering with Jamie Murray (lost to Soares/Ullyett).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nAfter Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram's withdrawal on November 3, the eighth team of the ATP Doubles Race, Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski of Poland, were selected as replacements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Qualification, Doubles\nMariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski never got further than the third round in majors in 2008, exiting in the third at the Australian Open (lost to Bhupathi/Knowles), the second at the French Open (lost to Merti\u0148\u00e1k/Scherrer), and the first in Wimbledon (lost to Bopanna/Qureshi) and at the US Open (lost to Andreev/Zverev). Despite the poor runs in majors, Fyrstenberg and Matkowski reached five finals in Barcelona (lost to Bryan/Bryan), Warsaw (def. Davydenko/Schukin), Bucharest (lost to Devilder/Mathieu), Metz (lost to Cl\u00e9ment/Llodra), and Madrid (def. Bhupathi/Knowles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Withdrawals\nFour days after retiring from his quarterfinal against Nikolay Davydenko at the Paris Masters due to a recurring right knee injury, ATP Race-leader Rafael Nadal announced on November 3 that he would withdraw from the year-end championships, for the second time in four qualifications. Nadal had already pulled out of the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup due to a left foot injury before his opening match against Gast\u00f3n Gaudio, and was replaced by alternate Mariano Puerta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Withdrawals\nNadal's withdrawal in 2008 happened as the Spaniard was scheduled to lead his country's Davis Cup team in the event's final, to be played five days after the Tennis Masters Cup in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on indoor hard courts, against an Argentinian team led by Stockholm titlist, Basel and Paris runner-up David Nalbandian, and other year-end event qualifier Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0033-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Withdrawals\nNadal cited the Davis Cup final necessary preparation as another reason to withdraw from the event, saying: \"I want to recover and be ready for the important Davis Cup final with my country that will be played in Mar del Plata, Argentina\". He eventually announced, on November 10, his withdrawal from the Davis Cup final (set to be played November 21\u201323), due to his knee injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Withdrawals\nNadal's withdrawal elevated the first alternate, Gilles Simon, into the draw, making him the second Frenchman of the eight-men field, alongside Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and marking the first time that two Frenchmen participated in the year-end event since the Masters Grand Prix event of 1986, in which Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte competed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Withdrawals\nSimon was ranked eighth in the ATP Race entering the Paris Masters thanks to his final in Madrid and his semifinal at the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, where he lost to eventual champion Robin S\u00f6derling, but was knocked out of the Top Eight when he lost to Andy Roddick in the third round, and Tsonga qualified by winning the title. Simon, who flew to Shanghai with countryman and friend Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on November 5, commented on Nadal's withdrawal and his first selection for the year-end event: \"I was unhappy that he had to pull out. I would really have preferred to qualify directly by finishing eighth. It's not in my nature to wish that another player can't play. [ ...] I'm really happy to be going there and I really want to experience this.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Withdrawals\nOn the same day, Israeli Jonathan Erlich, who had been suffering from an elbow injury since September, also announced he was pulling out from the doubles field, alongside his partner Andy Ram, with whom he had won the Australian Open in January. Hoping that Erlich would be fit to play the year-end event, Ram had continued to compete with different players between September and the last ATP Tour event before the Masters Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Withdrawals\nDuring that period, he won a Davis Cup World Group Play-off match against Peru with Harel Levy, an ATP International Series Gold title in Vienna against Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya with Max Mirnyi, lost to Pablo And\u00fajar and Marcel Granollers in the first round of the Madrid Masters with Mikhail Youzhny, won another title in Lyon against Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins with Micha\u00ebl Llodra, and eventually lost in the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters to Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra, with Bruno Soares.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Withdrawals\nErlich and Ram's exit allowed the first alternates, Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, to join the eight-team field days after they lost a chance to qualify regularly during the Paris Masters. Fyrstenberg and Matkowski, who had boosted their chances to qualify by winning the Madrid Masters, met Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie in the semifinals of Paris, as both teams were vying for the seventh spot of the Race. Fyrstenberg and Matkowski were then beaten in straight sets, and denied a guaranteed spot in Shanghai. Their qualification as alternates marked their second appearance at the Masters Cup after a previous run in 2006, where they lost all of their round robin matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Alternates\nAlthough the ATP Rulebook states that the two players immediately ranked after the last qualifier at the Masters Cup should be selected as singles alternates, and be present at the event's location, only two players ranked in the Top 35 of the ATP Race, after Gilles Simon, accepted the invitation to come to Shanghai\u00a0: 26th-ranked Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek of the Czech Republic, and 35th-ranked Nicolas Kiefer of Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Alternates\nAmong the twenty-four players who declined to come \u2013 because they needed to prepare for the Davis Cup final, for reasons of injury, or to preserve themselves for the next season \u2013 were James Blake, David Nalbandian, 2007 Tennis Masters Cup finalist David Ferrer, Stanislas Wawrinka, 2007 qualifier Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, Fernando Verdasco, Ga\u00ebl Monfils, Robin S\u00f6derling, Igor Andreev, Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, Tommy Robredo, Marin \u010cili\u0107, Mardy Fish, 2007 qualifier Richard Gasquet, Ivo Karlovi\u0107, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Dmitry Tursunov, Marat Safin, Feliciano L\u00f3pez, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Mikhail Youzhny, Andreas Seppi, Rainer Sch\u00fcttler and Mario An\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Alternates\nCzech Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, who started the year as No. 30 and ranked as high as No. 12 on July 7, had his best Grand Slam performance at the French Open, where he reached the fourth round, losing to David Ferrer in five sets on the score of 4\u20136, 6\u20132, 1\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20133. \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek reached one final in the season in San Jose (lost to Roddick), and reached the semifinals at four events, in Sydney (lost to Guccione), Memphis (lost to S\u00f6derling), Rome (retired due to illness against Djokovic), and Metz (lost to Tursunov).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Alternates\nFormer World No. 4 Nicolas Kiefer, who qualified once for the year-end event at the 1999 ATP Tour World Championships, where he reached the semifinals (lost to Sampras), did not get past the third round at a Grand Slam event in 2008 but reached his first tournament final since Saint Petersburg in 2005, his first career ATP Masters Series final \u2013 and his only final of the season \u2013 at the Toronto Masters (lost to Nadal). His other best results included a semifinal in Halle (lost to Federer), and a quarterfinal at the Hamburg Masters (lost to Seppi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Alternates\nThe substitutes for the doubles event, ranked in the ninth position of the ATP Doubles Race, directly after Fyrstenberg and Matkowski, were Marcelo Melo and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 from Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Alternates\nPartnering together since 2006, Marcelo Melo and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 advanced the third round in Grand Slam events in 2008, having been knocked out in the first round of the Australian Open (lost to Arnold Ker/L\u00f3pez), the second at the French Open (lost to Ram/Reynolds), the third in Wimbledon (withdrew against Anderson/Lindstedt), and the first at the US Open (lost to Robredo/Roitman). The pair lost one final at London's Queen's Club (lost to Nestor/Zimonji\u0107), but won three titles in Costa do Sau\u00edpe (def. Monta\u00f1\u00e9s/Ventura), P\u00f6rtschach (def. Knowle/Melzer), and New Haven (def. Bhupathi/Knowles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nThe draw ceremony, which divided the eight competing players/teams in the two round robin groups, took place on November 5, in Shanghai's Hilton hotel, in attendance by ATP No. 4 Andy Murray. With Rafael Nadal withdrawn due to a knee injury, Roger Federer took the top seed and the heading of the Red Group; Novak Djokovic took the second seed, headlining the Gold Group. Federer was drawn alongside Murray, Andy Roddick and Nadal's replacement Gilles Simon, while Djokovic was joined in his group by Nikolay Davydenko, Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nThe Red Group's composition set several rematches of the year's encounters, confronting Federer with three players against which he lost in their last meeting \u2013 having been defeated by Roddick in the quarterfinals of the Miami Masters, losing to him for the second time in their seventeen matches against each other; by Simon in their only meeting in the second round of the Toronto Masters; and by Murray in the semifinals of the Madrid Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nFederer and Murray's match was their fourth encounter of the year, after a first round match in Dubai (won by Murray), the US Open final (won by Federer), and a Madrid semifinal (won by Murray), which brought their head-to-head record to 2\u20133 in Murray's favor. The announced meeting of Murray and Simon was also a rematch, that of Madrid Masters' final, which Murray won in straight sets, defeating the Frenchman for the second time in the year, after a second round at the Hamburg Masters, to lead their head-to-head 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0043-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nRoddick's encounter with Simon was to be their third career meeting, the second in 2008 after a Paris Masters third round (won by Roddick), which helped the American clinch his spot at the Tennis Masters Cup, and prevented Simon to gather enough points to qualify directly for the event. Finally, Roddick and Murray's meeting, their seventh overall, in a head-to-head led by Murray 4\u20132, was to be their first real match of the year, as Murray withdrew due to a thumb injury before what could have been their previous 2008 encounter, in the Queen's Club Championships quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nGold Group leader Novak Djokovic, who lost all three of his round robin matches at the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup to Nadal, Richard Gasquet and David Ferrer, was set to meet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for the fourth time of the year, having lost their last two meetings in Bangkok's final and Paris Masters' third round, after their first encounter in the Australian Open's final (won by Djokovic).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nDjokovic's eventual meetings with Davydenko and del Potro were also uncertain for the Serb, as Djokovic had to retire in his only encounter with Davydenko, in a deciding match of the Davis Cup's first round, and had not met del Potro since a third round at the 2007 US Open, before the Argentinian elevated his level of play in the end of 2008 to enter the Top Ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0044-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nDel Potro's meeting with Davydenko was to be their third overall, their second that year, and give an advantage in their head-to-head record to either player, who had previously won one match against each other, with Davydenko defeating del Potro in the second round of the 2007 Paris Masters \u2013when del Potro, a qualifier, had a ranking of only 51\u2013, and the Argentinian avenging this loss by crushing the Russian in the Davis Cup semifinals 6\u20131, 6\u20134, 6\u20132. Tsonga entered the competition with a 0\u20131 record against both del Potro and Davydenko, but with each meeting (versus del Potro in New Haven, versus Davydenko in Moscow) coming in the 2007 season, before the Frenchman's rise in the rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nThe repartition of the doubles teams also took place, with Bob and Mike Bryan holding the top seed, and headlining the Red Group, and defending champion Daniel Nestor and new partner Nenad Zimonji\u0107 taking upon the second seed and the head of the Gold Group. With the Bryans landed Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles, Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie, and Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna, while Nestor and Zimonji\u0107 were joined by Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Kevin Ullyett, Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Leander Paes, and Erlich and Ram's replacements Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nRed Group top duo Bob and Mike Bryan, who had withdrawn from the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup due to an elbow injury for Mike Bryan, were set to face Mark Knowles, one of the two separated defending champions, and new partner Mahesh Bhupathi, for the fourth time in 2008, after meetings in the Australian Open quarterfinals (won by Bhupathi/Knowles), in the Miami Masters final (won by Bryan/Bryan), and in the Cincinnati Masters semifinals (won by Bryan/Bryan).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nThe Bryans had also defeated Knowles, partnering fellow Bahamian Devin Mullings \u2013then ranked 1017 in singles, not ranked in doubles\u2013 in the first round of the Beijing Olympics doubles tournament. The Bryan/Bryan-Coetzee/Moodie encounter was also a repeat of a matchup having already occurred three times in the season, at the Indian Wells Masters (won by Bryan/Bryan), the Miami Masters (won by Bryan/Bryan), and the Monte Carlo Masters (won by Coetzee/Moodie).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0046-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nCoetzee and Moodie, after defeating the Bryans in Monte Carlo Masters' quarterfinals, went on to lose in the semifinals to Bhupathi and Knowles, in their only meeting before the Masters Cup. Occasional doubles team of Cuevas and Horna, who competed in only three tournaments in the year, had a head-to-head record against only one of the three other teams, having upset the Bryan brothers in the French Open quarterfinals, en route to their Roland Garros title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nIn the Gold Group were set rematches of the Wimbledon final, between champions Nestor and Zimonji\u0107 and Bj\u00f6rkman and Ullyett, whose encounter at Wimbledon (won by Nestor/Zimonji\u0107) was the only one in their career, as well as of a Wimbledon semifinal between Nestor and Zimonji\u0107, and Dlouh\u00fd and Paes (won by Nestor/Zimonji\u0107). Nestor and Zimonji\u0107, and Dlouh\u00fd and Paes had met three times in the year before the Masters Cup, in the Wimbledon semifinal first, then in a Toronto Masters semifinal (won by Nestor/Zimonji\u0107), and a Cincinnati Masters quarterfinal (won by Nestor/Zimonji\u0107).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nThe second seeds' perfect record in 2008 against Dlouh\u00fd and Paes also included a victory of the pair over Paes and Tommy Robredo in the Hamburg Masters semifinal, and of Nestor and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Niemeyer over Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi in the first round of Indianapolis, where both players were preparing for the Beijing Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0047-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Build-up, Groupings\nPrevious matchups between the group's teams also included a 2\u20132 head-to-head record between Nestor and Zimonji\u0107, and Fyrstenberg and Matkowski, with three meetings in 2008 in Sydney (won by Fyrstenberg/Matkowski), Rome (won by Nestor/Zimonji\u0107), and Madrid (won by Fyrstenberg/Matkowski), and a second round in Monte Carlo between Fyrstenberg and Matkowski, and Bj\u00f6rkman and Ullyett (won by Bj\u00f6rkman/Ullyett). Finally, two encounters were to be first matchups in Shanghai, as neither Fyrstenberg and Matkowski nor Bj\u00f6rkman and Ullyett entered the Tennis Masters Cup having played against the pairing of Dlouh\u00fd and Paes during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 1\nThe first match of the competition to take place, on November 9, was the second career confrontation, in the doubles' Red Group, of Bob and Mike Bryan, and Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna, since the South Americans upset the American duo at the French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 1\nThe top seeded pair, which entered the tournament in a race with Gold Group leaders Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 to clinch the year-end No. 1 spot, overwhelmed Cuevas and Horna, in their fourth career hard court match together (with previously one win and two losses), racing to a 6\u20131 win in the first set, before their opponents fought back in the second, breaking to eventually lead 5\u20132, when the Americans rallied back to serve for the match at 6\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0048-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 1\nCuevas and Horna took the Bryans' serve once more to reach a tie-break, in which the Americans eventually prevailed to win the match 6\u20131, 7\u20136. The other match taking place on the first day opposed Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles to Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie, and left the Indian-Bahamian pair victorious for the second time in two career meetings. Bhupathi and Knowles faced little resistance, breaking their adversaries three times to score a 6\u20132, 6\u20133 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 1\nThe singles event kicked off later in the day, first opposing ATP No. 3 Novak Djokovic to seventh seed Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro. No upset was produced, as Djokovic scored his first career victory at the year-end championships, after losing all his matches at the 2007 edition, and increased his head-to-head against del Potro to 2\u20130, beating the Argentinian in straight sets. Djokovic had broken early in the first set, and was serving for the set at 5\u20133, when del Potro broke, and reached 5\u20135, before Djokovic took back the advantage, to win the set 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 1\nIn the second set, del Potro broke to lead 2\u20131, but Djokovic immediately levelled the score to 2\u20132, breaking again later in the set, and keeping his lead to a 7\u20135, 6\u20133 victory, in little less than two hours. In the second Gold Group match of the day, Nikolay Davydenko faced recent Paris Masters champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, in their second career meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0049-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 1\nBoth players held their serve in the first set, to a tie-break the Russian eventually lost 6\u20138, on an unforced error, and the second set was just as tight, until Davydenko made one break at 5\u20134, levelling the match to one-set-all. The Russian broke early in the final set, and was serving for the match at 5\u20132, when Tsonga started a comeback, taking the match to a crucial tie-break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0049-0003", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 1\nDavydenko then proved too solid for Tsonga, repeating his own performance from their only previous meeting, in Moscow, where he had won 7\u20130 in a first set tie break, and scored again a perfect tie-break in Shanghai to win the match 6\u20137, 6\u20134, 7\u20136 after more than two hours and a half of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 2\nIn the doubles event, on November 10, second-seeded Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 faced Erlich and Ram's replacements Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the first doubles match of the day. The Canadian-Serbian pair edged a close win over the Poles to improve their head-to-head against them to 3\u20132 (2\u20132 in 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0050-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 2\nNestor and Zimonji\u0107 faced strong competition in the first set, snatching a 7\u20134 victory in the tie-break, before Fyrstenberg and Matkowski levelled the score to one-set-all winning the second set 7\u20135, forcing the encounter into a match tie-break, in which Nestor and Zimonji\u0107 proved stronger, eventually claiming a 7\u20136, 5\u20137, [10\u20134] victory, in little less than two hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0050-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 2\nThe second match of the day, a first career meeting between Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman, in his last appearance on the tour \u2013his seventh at the year-end event, having won in 1994 and 2006\u2013 and Kevin Ullyett, and Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Leander Paes, turned out an easier task for the veteran Bj\u00f6rkman and partner Ullyett, as they lost merely ten points on their serve, and converted all their break opportunities, to win 6\u20133, 7\u20135, in just more than one hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 2\nThe first of the two singles matches, both from the Red Group, saw Nadal's replacement Gilles Simon take on top seed Roger Federer, to record his second straight win against the Swiss in two career meetings. Federer took the first opportunity, breaking the Frenchman to lead 3\u20132 and win the set 6\u20134. The Swiss continued his domination early in the second set, breaking to 2\u20131, before Simon broke back to even the score. Both players held their serve until the last game, when the Frenchman, taking advantage of Federer's repeated forehand errors, broke to a 6\u20134 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 2\nFederer's errors kept on going, as Simon tightened his game, breaking the Swiss one more time, and clinching a 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20133 comeback victory, repeat of his first Toronto Masters win over Federer. The loss was Federer's fourth in his seven-year, thirty-matches Masters Cup history, and marked the second time he started the tournament with a round robin loss, after his defeat by Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0051-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 2\nThe second match was set to be the first complete encounter of Andy Murray and Andy Roddick since a Memphis semifinal (won by Roddick), after a Miami Masters quarterfinal (Roddick retired) and a Queen's Club quarterfinal (Murray withdrew). In Shanghai, Murray converted his first break opportunities to win the first set 6\u20134. Roddick struck back in the second set, dominating the game to a 5\u20130 lead, closing on the set 6\u20131. The final set followed exactly the same pattern, with Murray taking the lead this time, to claim victory on the score of 6\u20134, 1\u20136, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 3\nIn the doubles' Red Group matches, on November 11, Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna recorded their first Masters Cup win, and their second hard court win together, against South Africans Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie, in the two teams' first ever meeting. Despite being broken once, the South American French Open champions dominated the first set, breaking three times themselves to win it 6\u20132. Both pairs held their serve in the second set, with Coetzee and Moodie taking the tie-break 7\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0052-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 3\nThe eighth seeds eventually claimed victory after clinching a close match tie-break, on the final score of 6\u20132, 6\u20137, [11\u20139], eliminating Coetzee and Moodie from the tournament. In the other encounter of the day, Bob and Mike Bryan scored their second victory in the round robin, defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles for the third straight time in four meetings in 2008. The Americans snatched the first set 7\u20135 with a late break, before their opponents took the second set, breaking the Bryans twice to a 6\u20133 victory. As they did in their first round robin match, Bob and Mike Bryan edged out in the match tie-break, to finally score a 5\u20137, 6\u20134, [10\u20134] victory, and qualify for the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 3\nThe second series of two Gold Group matches took place, with Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro coming out on top for the second time in two meetings with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7\u20136, 7\u20136. Both players broke their opponent's serve several times, despite the tie-breaks finishes, with del Potro taking the advantage in the first game, and Tsonga immediately breaking back to 2\u20132, to see the set end in a deciding tie-break the Argentinian took, on an unforced error by his adversary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0053-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 3\nThe second set took the same start as the first, with a break by del Potro, this time held to a 5\u20134 advantage, when Tsonga once again broke back, forcing another tie-break. Del Potro was once more victorious in the set decider, to clinch his first Masters Cup victory. The match between the first day's winners, Nikolay Davydenko and Novak Djokovic, was their second meeting, after a Davis Cup first round encounter in which Djokovic retired, handing Russia a decisive victory. Davydenko broke in the first service game, holding his advantage until serving at 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0053-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 3\nDjokovic then broke back, and the set went into a tie-break, which he won, as Davydenko's error count went up during the set decider. The Russian started a comeback, lining up seven straight games to win the second set with a bagel, and lead 1\u20130 in the third. Djokovic then saved two breaks points, and converted one at 5\u20135, with Davydenko's unforced errors giving him the break, and eventually the match, on the score of 7\u20136, 0\u20136, 7\u20135. The win meant Tsonga's elimination, and Djokovic's qualification for the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 4\nTwo more matches of the doubles' Gold Group took place on November 12, with second-seeded Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107, vying for the year-end No. 1 spot, defeating in straight sets Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Kevin Ullyett. The Canadian-Serbian team breezed by their opponents, saving all breaks points Bj\u00f6rkman and Ullyett held against them, and breaking three times (twice in the first set and once in the second), to score a 6\u20131, 6\u20134 victory, the second career win over Bj\u00f6rkman and Ullyett, following a close final at the Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0054-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 4\nIn the second match, Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Leander Paes faced Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski for the first time, with the Poles taking the close match in straight sets 7\u20136, 6\u20133. Neither team converted their break opportunities in the first set, before Fyrstenberg and Matkowski took the advantage in the tie-break, winning it 7\u20132. The second set was more competitive, as Dlouh\u00fd and Paes managed to score one break, but their opponents scored three, to eventually claim victory after less than two-hours-and-a-half. The results of the day assured Nestor and Zimonji\u0107 of a semifinal spot, and Dlouh\u00fd and Paes of the fourth place of the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 4\nThe fourth day of the competition had started earlier with another withdrawal, as fifth seed and 2007 Masters Cup semifinalist Andy Roddick announced he was pulling out of the event, after injuring his ankle during a practice session on the previous day. \"Yesterday in the warm-up during practice I just went over on it. [ ...] We tried the best we could to get it better but I can't really stop and start on it very quickly.\" commented Roddick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0055-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 4\nThe American's withdrawal allowed 26th-ranked Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, who accepted the invitation to Shanghai as first alternate, after sixteen players ranked above him, and below last qualifier Gilles Simon, refused to come to the Masters Cup. Roddick said he had called \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, before deciding not to play, to tell him he might enter the competition\u00a0: \"I called \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek earlier today to let him know where my head was at, and then just told him when I came off the practice court. So he knew as early as anybody else.\" \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek's unexpected appearance (Murray had commented \"\u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek's turned up without his own racquets, he borrowed some socks off me earlier and he hasn't got his contact lenses either\") marked the Czech's first career participation to the year-end championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 4\nThe third match of the Red Group, in the singles event, was a repeat of the Madrid Masters final which Andy Murray had won over Gilles Simon in straight sets less than a month earlier. The World No. 4 made the strongest start of the match, quickly racing to a 4\u20130 lead. The Frenchman then fought back to 4\u20133, but failed to break Murray a second time, letting the Scot use his advantage to win the set 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 4\nThe second set was a formality for Murray, who saved all three break points he had against him, and took Simon's serve twice to record his second round robin win, 6\u20134, 6\u20132, after one-hour-and-a-half of play. The unexpected line up of the second match of the day opposed top Roger Federer to Roddick's replacement, ninth-seeded Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, for the fourth time in the year, after a Rome quarterfinal (won by \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek), a US Open third round (won by Federer), and a Madrid second round (won by Federer).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0056-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 4\nThe Swiss broke in the opening game of the match, and led 2\u20131 when \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek broke back to 2\u20132. Both players held their serve to a tie-break Federer eventually took 7\u20134, capitalizing on \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek's unforced errors. Federer and \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek continued to serve strongly in the second set, before the Swiss took the advantage at 4\u20133, to lead 5\u20133 and serve for the set. \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek managed to break back one last time, but Federer took the Czech's serve again to close the match 7\u20136, 6\u20134, in less than two hours, already crushing \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek's slim chances to leave the round robin, and allowing Murray to secure a semifinal berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 5\nThe final matches of the doubles' Red Group, on November 13, opposed, in a dead rubber, top-seeded Bob and Mike Bryan, already qualified for the semifinals, and Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie, already assured of ending fourth of the group. The two first sets went on similarly, with the South Africans breaking twice in the first to win it 6\u20132, and the Americans doing the same in the second to level the score. Coetzee and Moodie managed to take the close deciding tie-break, improving their head-to-head against the Bryans to 2\u20132 by scoring a 6\u20132, 2\u20136, [12\u201310], victory over them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0057-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 5\nThe second, crucial match, for a semifinal spot, saw Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna face for the first time Mark Knowles (defending champion) and Mahesh Bhupathi (three-time runner-up). Both teams served strongly, converting none of their breaks points in the first set, and providing none in the second. Bhupathi and Knowles took the first tie-break 7\u20133, Cuevas and Horna the second 7\u20134, before the latter extended their second set domination to a 6\u20137, 7\u20136, [10\u20135] victory, eliminating Bhupathi and Knowles, and setting a semifinal clash with Nestor and Zimonji\u0107 \u2013which they had beaten in the French Open final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 5\nThe last two matches of the singles' Gold Group took place, with the first, also a dead rubber, opposing Novak Djokovic (already qualified) to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (already eliminated) for the third time since the Serb won their Australian Open final. Djokovic easily raced through the first set, breaking Tsonga twice to a 6\u20131 win. The second set was closer, as both players were holding their service games until 5\u20136, when Djokovic, serving for a tie-break, found himself led, then broken by Tsonga, who levelled the match to one-set-all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0058-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 5\nIn the final set, Tsonga increased his game level breaking Djokovic twice to win the last set, ending the match on the score of 1\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20131, to improve his head-to-head record against the Serb to 3\u20131, and score his first career Masters Cup win. The second match, set to decide of the third semifinalist after Djokovic and Murray, was the third career meeting of Nikolay Davydenko and Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro. The Russian broke del Potro early in the first set, leading 4\u20131 at a point, when the Argentinian took back Davydenko's serve, seemingly getting back into the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0058-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 5\nThe fourth seed, though, did not let del Potro complete his comeback, and broke him again, eventually taking the set 6\u20134. Davydenko's momentum took him through the second set, where he converted each of the two break points obtained, to close the match 6\u20134, 6\u20132 after less than an-hour-and-a-half of play. The result eliminated del Potro, and allowed Davydenko to qualify for his second semifinal in four season-ending events appearances, after 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 6\nIn the first of the last two doubles round robin matches, within the Gold Group, on November 14, Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107, already qualified to meet Cuevas and Horna in the semifinals, faced already eliminated Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Leander Paes, in a dead rubber. The second seeds did not leave many opportunities to the US Open runners-up Dlouh\u00fd and Paes, breaking them twice in the first, and once in the second set, saving all break points against themselves, to cruise to a 6\u20131, 6\u20134 win, and leave the round robin stage as the only undefeated team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0059-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 6\nIn the second match \u2013to decide of the last doubles qualifiers\u2013, Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski defeated Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Kevin Ullyett, to enter the last four, setting a semifinal meeting with Bob and Mike Bryan. The first two sets were each dominated by one of the teams, with the Poles breaking twice to win the first, and Bj\u00f6rkman and Ullyett doing the same to win the second, before Fyrstenberg and Matkowski eventually took the advantage in the deciding match tie-break, to score a 6\u20132, 1\u20136, [10\u20136] victory, and complete the semifinals line up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 6\nBj\u00f6rkman and Ullyett's loss to Fyrstenberg and Matkowski marked the last career match of the Swede Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman, who had announced his retirement at the end of the year, after a seventeen-year career, started in 1991, at the Swedish Open in B\u00e5stad. In singles, Bj\u00f6rkman won six career titles, and went as high as the 4th place in the rankings, in 1997, reaching two Grand Slam semifinals at the 1997 US Open (lost to Rusedski), and at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships (lost to Federer).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0060-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 6\nA former World No. 1 in doubles, Bj\u00f6rkman won fifty-four career doubles titles, including nine Grand Slam crowns (runner-up at six more). He was one of four active doubles players at the time of the Masters Cup to have completed a career Grand Slam (with Bob and Mike Bryan, and Daniel Nestor), and two year-end championships titles, in 1994 and 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0060-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 6\nBj\u00f6rkman, who mainly partnered during his career with Jan Apell, Nicklas Kulti, Todd Woodbridge, Max Mirnyi and Kevin Ullyett, also finished runner-up at two mixed doubles Grand Slam finals at Wimbledon, with Anna Kournikova in 1999, and Alicia Molik in 2007, and was part of the Sweden Davis Cup team for their last three championships in 1994, 1997 and 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0060-0003", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 6\nUpon retirement, as a ceremony was taking place for him, following his loss to Fyrstenberg and Matkowski, Bj\u00f6rkman declared: \"We were hoping to maybe get through [to the semifinals]. I still think it's great to end my career in the biggest event of the year. But you can't get everything. I've been mentally prepared for this because I'm mentally very ready to retire. [ ...] I've been very fortunate to be able to play for so long. It started as my hobby, and I've been able to do it for seventeen years, which is great. I'm really looking forward for the next step in life.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 6\nThe final round robin matches first opposed, in singles, Gilles Simon to Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek. Despite them having nothing to gain from a win (\u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek was already eliminated, and only the last match would determine Simon's fate), the Frenchman took the opportunity to avenge a French Open first round loss to the Czech, breaking him twice in the first set, once in the second, to clinch a 6\u20131, 6\u20134 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0061-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 6\nAndy Murray then faced Roger Federer in a match to decide of the Red Group's standings \u2013a Murray win giving him the first place, Simon the second, a Federer win making him first, Murray second. Federer first took Murray's serve to lead 3\u20131, but the Briton broke back, and it took a second break by the Swiss at 5\u20134 to take the set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0061-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 6\nMurray was quick, with two breaks of serve, to race to a 5\u20132 second set lead, and was serving when Federer lined up four games to get back into the set, forcing a tie-break \u2013which Murray eventually won, 7\u20133. Murray seemed to have grasp of the match at 3\u20130 in the third, with Federer, already diminished by an illness, calling the trainer for the back injury that had forced him out from the Paris Masters, but the Swiss fought back again, winning four straight games to lead 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0061-0003", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Round robin, Day 6\nUnable to retain his advantage, Federer found himself led 4\u20135, saving seven match points on his ten-deuce-serve, before being broken, at 5\u20136, allowing Murray to reach the semis (vs. Davydenko) undefeated, with a 4\u20136, 7\u20136, 7\u20135 win, and giving Simon a semifinal spot (vs. Djokovic). Federer made his earliest exit to the tournament since 2002, when he went out in the semifinals (lost to Hewitt).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 7\nThe semifinals of the Masters Cup, now in a knockout stage, took place on November 15, first opposing doubles Gold Group winners, ATP No. 2 Daniel Nestor (2007 champion, 1998 and 2006 runner-up) and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 (2005 finalist), undefeated in the event, to Red Group seconds Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna (in their first year-end event appearance). The two teams had only met once before this match, in the French Open final, where the South Americans had upset the Canadian-Serbian pair, defeating them 6\u20132, 6\u20133 in less than an hour to win their first Grand Slam title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0062-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 7\nNestor and Zimonji\u0107 eased through the Roland-Garros rematch, providing no break opportunities on their serve, but taking their opponents' four times, to score a 6\u20131, 6\u20133 victory in less than an hour-and-a-half, and qualify for their first final together. Red Group top pair and current World No. 1 Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan next faced Gold Group seconds, Erlich and Ram's substitutes Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0062-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 7\nThe semifinal was preceded by a five-match history, with the Bryans leading the head-to-head 4\u20131, having played in 2004 in Acapulco (won by Bryan/Bryan), in 2007 in Madrid (won by Bryan/Bryan), and in 2008 in Barcelona (won by Bryan/Bryan), Cincinnati (won by Bryan/Bryan), and Paris (won by Fyrstenberg/Matkowski). Bob and Mike Bryan dominated the encounter, serving strongly throughout the meeting, and breaking once in each set, to clinch, after little more than an hour, a 6\u20134, 6\u20134 victory, and reach their third final at the year-end event after winning their two previous ones in 2003 and 2004. Qualifying for the final, Nestor and Zimonji\u0107, and Bob and Mike Bryan, separated by a mere sixty-three points in the Race rankings, set a match to decide of the year-end No. 1 spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 7\nThe singles semifinals saw first facing Novak Djokovic and Gilles Simon, both in their first semifinal appearances at the year-end event. The two's only previous meeting was then a second round in Marseille, in Djokovic's first tournament after his Australian Open win, where the Frenchman had taken the advantage in three sets 6\u20132, 6\u20137, 6\u20133. Simon was once again the first to take the lead in their second encounter, in Shanghai, returning and serving slightly better than his opponent, to snatch the first set 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0063-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 7\nAfter calling the trainer to nurse a neck pain at the start of the second set, Simon failed to hold his serve to be led 1\u20133 by the Serb, who then maintained his break to the end of the 6\u20133 set. Djokovic took the chance to break at 1\u20131 in the third, leading 5\u20134, when, after taking a time out for cramp, the Serb served for the match, and Simon managed to break back to 5\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0063-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 7\nThe fatigue of the nearly three hours match, though, proved too strong for the Frenchman, who lost his serve at 6\u20135, allowing Djokovic to finish the match on the score of 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 7\u20135, and reach his first year-end championships final. Andy Murray, victor of Federer in a three-hours match on the previous day, faced Nikolay Davydenko, in his second semifinal showing at the Masters Cup, after 2005, when he lost to David Nalbandian in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0063-0003", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 7\nThe Murray-Davydenko match was preceded by six previous meetings, split between the two players, in 2006 in Indian Wells (won by Davydenko) and at the US Open (won by Davydenko), in 2007 in Doha (won by Murray) and Indian Wells (won by Murray), and in 2008 in Doha (won by Murray) and Dubai (won by Davydenko).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0063-0004", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 7\nDavydenko broke in the first game, only to be immediately broken back by Murray, but the Russian, who had not played since his last round robin match two days before, proved himself fresher in the course of the game, and was able to take Murray's serve a second time at 5\u20135, keeping his following service game to score a 7\u20135 win in the first set. Davydenko capitalized on his momentum to line up five straight games in the second set from 1\u20132 to 6\u20132, clinching his 7\u20135, 6\u20132 win over Murray in little more than an hour-and-a-half, to reach his fifth final of the season, and his first at the Masters Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 8\nThe first final to take place on November 16, was that of the doubles event, taking place between World No. 1s, US Open, Miami, Rome and Cincinnati Masters, Barcelona champion Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, and World No. 2s, Wimbledon, Hamburg and Toronto Masters, London Queen's Club titlists Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107, in a match to decide of the year-end No. 1 ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0064-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 8\nIt was the third year-end event final of the Bryans, after 2003 (def. Llodra/Santoro) and 2004 (def. Black/Ullyett), the fourth of Daniel Nestor, after three finals with Mark Knowles, in 1998 (lost to Eltingh/Haarhuis), 2006 (lost to Bj\u00f6rkman/Mirnyi), and 2007 (def. Aspelin/Knowle), and the second of Nenad Zimonji\u0107 after a previous final in 2005 with Leander Paes (lost to Llodra/Santoro).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0064-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 8\nThe two teams also shared a four-match history before the final, having played together in four ATP Masters Series finals, in 2007 in Paris (won by Bryan/Bryan), and in 2008 in Rome (won by Bryan/Bryan), Hamburg (won by Nestor/Zimonji\u0107), Toronto (won by Nestor/Zimonji\u0107). The Canadian-Serbian duo took the upper hand early in the match, breaking the Americans to lead in the first set, until the Bryans broke back to level the score \u2013both teams then held their serve to a tie-break, in which Nestor and Zimonji\u0107 prevailed, 7\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0064-0003", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 8\nThe second seeds raced through the next set, converting their two break points to notch a 7\u20136, 6\u20132 win \u2013their fifth title of the year, and their first at the year-end championships. The win also meant a first year-end No. 1 spot together for the undefeated champions Nestor and Zimonji\u0107 (Zimonji\u0107's first ever, Nestor's third, after ending No. 1 in 2002 and 2004 with Knowles) and, in the individual rankings for doubles players, the top spot for Zimonji\u0107, and the second for Nestor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 8\nThe Tennis Masters Cup singles final featured ATP No. 3, Australian Open, Indian Wells and Rome champion Novak Djokovic, and Miami Masters, P\u00f6rtschach and Warsaw winner Nikolay Davydenko, in both men's first year-end championships final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0065-0001", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 8\nThe encounter was the third match of the two, after a Davis Cup rubber won by Davydenko after Djokovic retired, leading two sets to one, and their round robin meeting on day 3, in which Djokovic prevailed 7\u20136, 0\u20136, 7\u20135. Djokovic started the encounter on serve, and took the advantage of a weak Davydenko service game (the Russian went on to win only 42% of his service points in the set) to break and lead 2\u20130. A nervous Davydenko failed again to keep his serve at 3\u20130, and was broken again by the Serb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0065-0002", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 8\nThe Russian managed to save his service game at 5\u20130, forcing Djokovic to serve for the set. The Serb did not falter, and clinched the set 6\u20131. Despite holding his first service game, Davydenko was broken again at 1\u20131 in the second set. Davydenko avoided another break of serve when led 1\u20133, but was unable to gain the advantage on Djokovic's serve until the Serb served for the match at 5\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0065-0003", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 8\nDavydenko then increased his level of play, and came back to 5-all, but Djokovic, keeping his momentum of the match, broke once more, and held to serve to claim victory, after one hour and forty-two minutes, on the final score of 6\u20131, 7\u20135. The win marked Djokovic's fourth title of the year (after a six months title drought since Rome, won on May 11) and his eleventh overall, as well as his first year-end championships crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0065-0004", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 8\nDjokovic became the first Serbian player to win the singles championships (Nenad Zimonji\u0107 had become the first Serbian to win the doubles championships just hours before \u2013 and all three men, Djokovic, Zimonji\u0107 and Nestor were born in Belgrade), succeeding to two-time defending champion Roger Federer, and, thanks to the win, and Federer's early loss, finished the year only two points behind the Swiss in the ATP Race. Djokovic commented on his win\u00a0: \"I would put it in the same league as a Grand Slam because the best eight players in the world are participating here. [", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0065-0005", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Day 8\n...] I feel very happy. End up the season the way I started it, with a win in a big event. So it's a great boost up for upcoming season.\" On the possibility of going up in the rankings in the 2009 ATP World Tour season, Djokovic admitted again his goal to become World No. 1\u00a0: \"Certainly, I believe that I have quality to reach the top spot in the upcoming year or, you know, whatever, next couple of years, 10 years [...] That is my lifetime goal that I\u2019ve been always trying to achieve.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198869-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Champions, Doubles\nDaniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonji\u0107 def. Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198870-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Knowles partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi, but lost in the round robin. Nestor partnered with Nenad Zimonji\u0107, and won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20132, against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198870-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles, Draw, Red Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198870-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles, Draw, Gold Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198871-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles\nNovak Djokovic defeated Nikolay Davydenko in the final, 6\u20131, 7\u20135 to win the Singles tennis title at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198871-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the round-robin. This marks the only instance that he was eliminated before the semifinals at the year-end championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198871-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles\nRafael Nadal qualified as the world No. 1, but withdrew before the tournament citing a knee injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198871-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles, Draw, Red Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198871-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles, Draw, Gold Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198872-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n play-offs\nThe 2008 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n play-offs to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B from Tercera Divisi\u00f3n (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2007\u201308 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n to 2008\u201309 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B. In some groups four teams took part in the play-off while other groups have only three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team\nThe 2008 Texas A&M football team (often referred to as \"A&M\" or the \"Texas Aggies\") represented Texas A&M University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Mike Sherman, who replaced Dennis Franchione after the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Recruiting\nWhile head coach Mike Sherman was finishing his offensive coordinator duty for the Houston Texans, he contacted A&M's orally committed recruits by telephone, and hired former Nebraska recruiting coordinator Tim Cassidy\u2014who had been the recruiting coordinator at A&M from 1989\u20132004\u2014to serve as the recruiting coordinator for football. Once Sherman commenced his head coaching duties, he and his coaching staff scoured the state for speedy players, recruiting running back Cyrus Gray, wide receiver Jeffrey Fuller, linebacker Ricky Cavanaugh, defensive backs Terrence Frederick and Trent Hunter, and defensive tackle Eddie Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Recruiting\nThe coaches also signed five offensive lineman and three tight ends, after losing four starting offensive lineman and two starting tight ends from the 2007 season. The staff was able to retain 18 of the previous coaching staff's recruits, but lost another 3 to other schools. Jeff Fuller, Tommy Dorman, and A&M's only junior college transfer, Matt Moss, enrolled at A&M in the spring to take part in spring practices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Recruiting\nIn all, A&M received letters of intent from 24 players on National Signing Day, which was on February 6, 2008. Of those 24, 3 ranked in ESPN's top 150 national players list, and 5 ranked in Rivals.com's top 250. 22 are from Texas. Rivals.com also included 14 of the commits on its Texas Top 100 ranking. The recruiting class was ranked No. 16 by Rivals, No. 15 by Scout.com, and No. 25 by ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Recruiting\nDerrick Hall and Blake Chavis were not able to make the team due to academic ineligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Players, Position changes\nDuring the preseason, Coach Sherman made some player adjustments to fit his pro-style offensive scheme. Von Miller, who was a backup defensive end last season, and Garrick Williams, his high school teammate, were moved to outside linebacker. Safety Jordan Pugh was shifted to cornerback, which he played in high school. Devin Gregg moved to free safety from strong safety. Jordan Peterson, after playing two seasons at cornerback, became a safety. Jamie McCoy, who moved from quarterback to wide receiver the previous season, shifted to tight end. Defensive back Chevar Bryson and Kenny Brown became wideouts. Running back Jorvorskie Lane is losing weight to make the move from tailback to fullback. Billy Chavis made the move from linebacker to tight end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Players, Position changes\nStarting quarterback Stephen McGee recovered from surgery he had on his non-throwing shoulder in January 2008, causing him to miss most of the spring drills. He competed with sophomore Jerrod Johnson and freshman Ryan Tannehill for the starting position. He was named the starter for the season-opener against Arkansas State, but continued to compete for the job for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Players, Position changes\nThe Aggies are looking to improve their offensive line, after losing three starters, including two who earned all-Big 12 honors. They also are looking to field adequate linebackers and tight ends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Players, Honors\nJustin Brantly made the preseason All-Big 12 team and was also a Ray Guy Award candidate. Running back Mike Goodson and fullback Jorvorskie Lane were two of 75 college players named to the 2008 Maxwell Award watch list. Additionally, quarterback Stephen McGee, along with 25 other quarterbacks, appeared on the 2008 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Spring game\nThe Aggies played their spring intrasquad Maroon and White exhibition game on April 19, 2008 at 6:00\u00a0p.m. The game attracted 32,000 fans, including more than 100 college football prospects from the class of 2009. The game featured a new format of two halves. The first half featured a two-quarter game that pitted the Texas A&M team, led by quarterbacks Stephen McGee and Tommy Dorman, and the Texas Aggies team, led by quarterbacks Jerrod Johnson and Ryan Tannehill. The second half consisted of situational work, including the red zone, overtime, goal line, and two-minute drills. Two honorary student coaches, who were selected by the coaching staff and players, also served during the game. Each student coach gave their respective team a pre-game speech and interacted with players, coaches, and staff on the sidelines during the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 900]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Spring game\nOn the opening drive of the game, running back Mike Goodson picked up 58\u00a0yards on 8 carries, and McGee ended the drive with a 1-yard bootleg play to the endzone. On the next drive, led by Johnson, Bradley Stephens ran 41\u00a0yards on 5 carries, though the drive ended on a 44-yard field goal by Matt Szymanski. Dorman led the ensuing drive, and Cornell Tarrant eventually scored a touchdown on a 40-yard run. The Texas A&M team defeated the Texas Aggies 14\u20133. Tarrant became the leading rusher of the game with his 59\u00a0yards on 4 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Spring game\nMcGee was the game's leading passer, completing 5-of-8 passes for 58\u00a0yards, though none of the passes were to a wide receiver. Converted tight end Jamie McCoy was the leading receiver with two catches for 31\u00a0yards, including a 25-yard catch thrown by McGee. Tannehill completed 6-of-10 passes for 50\u00a0yards, while Johnson was 3-of-5 for 25\u00a0yards. In the goal-line drill of the second half, defensive back Chevar Bryson made a length-of-the-field interception return for a touchdown. Jorvorskie Lane did not play due to a stomach virus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Spring game\nHead coach Mike Sherman commended the running backs, especially Mike Goodson, calling him a \"very dangerous weapon\". Though the Aggies didn't run any option plays in the game, the play-calling was run-heavy, as was planned. Sherman stated that they had a running game because they \"wanted to show some toughness, not just throw it around\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Rankings and predictions\nIn June 2008, Rivals.com ranked the team 65th out of 119 Division I FBS teams. A Sporting News writer ranked the team No. 48 in his 2008 top 50 list. Sports Illustrated ranked the Aggies 51st out of the 119 national teams. A Washington Times columnist placed the team 65th, while an Orlando Sentinel reporter ranked it 38th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Rankings and predictions\nAnother Sporting News writer ranked the team's nonconference schedule the 4th toughest in the Big 12. A Tulsa World sports columnist rated the Aggies 9th in the Big 12 in July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Rankings and predictions\nIn June 2008, ESPN's Mark Schlabach predicted the team would face the Oregon State Beavers in the Brut Sun Bowl. In July 2008, ESPN's Tim Griffin picked the team to go to the Texas Bowl to face longtime Southwest Conference rival SMU. The Rivals.com staff predicted that A&M will not play in a bowl this season. The 2008 edition of Dave Campbell's Texas Football predicted the team would finish the season with an 8\u20134 record. Point-Spreads.com, a spread betting website, projected the Aggies to go 5\u20137. The official Big 12 Media Preseason Poll picked the Aggies to finish fifth in the Big 12 South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Rankings and predictions\nThe Oklahoman ranked the wide receiver corps last in the Big 12. The same writer ranked the defensive line 10th, and the linebackers 10th as well. The Kansas City Star rated the quarterbacks 10th, the running backs 1st, the offensive line 8th, the wide receivers and tight ends 12th, the defensive line 12th, the linebackers 11th, the defensive backs 5th, and the special teams 6th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Rankings and predictions\nThe team did not rank in the preseason AP or Coaches polls. It did receive 3 votes in the Coaches Poll, however.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Coaching staff\nAfter former coach Dennis Franchione resigned on November 23, 2007, former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman, who was the Houston Texans' offensive coordinator at the time, was hired three days later, becoming the 28th head coach of the Texas A&M football program. Sherman chose to finish his term with the Houston Texans before working full-time as the Aggies' head coach. The Texans ended their regular season December 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Coaching staff\nDuring that period, Sherman contacted A&M's orally committed recruits by telephone, and hired former Nebraska recruiting coordinator Tim Cassidy\u2014who had been the recruiting coordinator at A&M from 1989\u20132004\u2014to serve as the recruiting coordinator as well as the associate athletic director for football. Once Sherman started his job full-time, he named Seattle Seahawks wide receivers coach Nolan Cromwell to be his offensive coordinator and Reggie Herring to be his defensive coordinator. Herring, however, resigned a month later and became the linebackers coach for the Dallas Cowboys. Sherman worked with Cromwell under head coach Mike Holmgren at Green Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Coaching staff\nOn January 9, 2008, Sherman announced Buddy Wyatt would coach the defensive line. Wyatt had 18 years of collegiate coaching experience, including 3 seasons at A&M from 2000\u201302. In 2001, the Aggie defense ranked 10th in the nation. Sherman also retained defensive backs coach Van Malone, who coached under Franchione for the 2006\u201307 seasons. Malone is the only member from Franchione's staff to be retained. Shortly afterwards, Charles McMillan, who worked at TCU from 2004\u201307 as the cornerbacks coach, was announced to also coach the defensive backs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0016-0003", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Coaching staff\nFormer Boston College offensive line coach Jim Turner, as well as former NFL running back Randy Jordan, will coach the offensive line and running backs, respectively. Former Green Bay Packers coach Tom Rossley was hired to coach the quarterbacks. Former Alabama defensive coordinator Joe Kines was hired to replace Herring, and was also named the assistant head coach. Former Denver Broncos coach Kirk Doll, who also coached at A&M from 1988\u201393, was hired to be the tight ends and special teams coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nThis marked the fourth\u00a0meeting between the Aggies and the Arkansas State Red Wolves, a member of the Sun Belt Conference. A&M went into the game with a 3\u20130 all-time record against the Red Wolves; the third game occurred in 2003, the Aggies' 4\u20138 season. This was Arkansas State's first football game with its new nickname of \"Red Wolves\". Previously, Arkansas State's sports teams had been nicknamed \"Indians\" in honor of the Osage Nation that inhabited the area until the 1800s. The use of an Indian mascot was the subject of ongoing controversy, including NCAA restrictions on the use of the mascot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nArkansas State, which finished 5\u20137 the previous season, returned six\u00a0;starters on offense and five\u00a0on defense. Experience was lacking on the team's secondary, where the Red Wolves must replace all four\u00a0starters, and the offensive line, which has only one\u00a0returning starter. Key players include junior quarterback Corey Leonard, who set school records for total yards and passing touchdowns in 2007, as well as junior tailback Reggie Arnold, who rushed for more than 1,000\u00a0yards the previous two seasons. Arkansas State was predicted to finish fourth in its conference by the preseason Sun Belt Conference coaches' poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nASU compiled 60\u00a0yards on the game opening possession, ending it with a 37-yard field goal. A&M answered with a 69-yard drive that resulted in a 9-yard touchdown run by tailback Mike Goodson. On their next possession, Arkansas State lost a fumble, allowing the Aggies to take over on downs on the A&M 28-yard line. The Aggies eventually moved to the Red Wolves 15-yard line, but faced a fourth-down situation. Kicker Richie Bean missed a 32-yard field goal to keep the score at 7\u20133. The Red Wolves' ensuing drive led to a punt, which A&M recovered at its 23-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nMcGee cranked up A&M's passing game after making completions of 5, 13, 12, and 16\u00a0yards. Goodson soon scored a touchdown on a 7-yard run. Bean added the extra point to give A&M a 14\u20133 lead with 4:23 left in the half. Neither team could advance the ball for a touchdown over the remainder of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nIn the second half, the Aggies' had four turnovers, three of which led to ASU scoring drives. Posting just 103 offensive yards \u2013 including 9 rushing \u2013 A&M failed to score on all eight of its possessions. In the third quarter, an interception and a fumble recovery let the Red Wolves to score two field goals, cutting the score to 14\u20139. In the fourth quarter, A&M kicker Richie Bean kicked a 25-yard field goal wide right. After the missed field goal, the ball was spotted on the ASU 20-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nASU drove 80\u00a0yards into A&M territory for a touchdown to take the lead. Although their two-point conversion pass was incomplete, the Red Wolves could maintain their 15\u201314 advantage with 4:39 remaining in the game. On their next possession, the Aggies lost the ball on a fumble by Goodson after four plays. This set up ASU to kick its fourth successful field goal of the game to extend its lead to 18\u201314. Once the clock went down to 1:12, the Aggies looked to score on their final drive in order to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nOn the third play of the drive, McGee threw a 26-yard pass to third-string quarterback Ryan Tannehill to move the ball to the ASU 39. Two subsequent passes to Goodson allowed only a net gain of 5\u00a0yards, and on fourth down \u2013 with 7\u00a0seconds remaining \u2013 McGee threw another interception. ASU ran out the clock to preserve their 18\u201314 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nGoodson had his third career 100-yard rushing game. He was three yards short of breaking his game record of 127\u00a0yards, compiled against Oklahoma his freshman season. Third-string quarterback Ryan Tannehill was the leader in receiving yards in the game, with 5 catches for 59\u00a0yards. McGee hit the 5,000-passing yards mark, becoming the fifth all-time A&M quarterback to do so. His two interceptions in the game was also the second time of his career in which he threw two or more interceptions. The first time occurred against Texas in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nJorvorskie Lane received only a few snaps and no carries or catches in the game due to a neck injury he got during one of the August practices. The defense compiled only three tackles for a loss. Linebacker Matt Featherston posted a game-high of 16 stops, and safety Arkeith Brown made 11 tackles with two pass breakups. Featherston was the second player in the nation with the most tackles during the first week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nThe game attracted the second-largest home opener crowd of 78,691. By losing the game, A&M broke a 20-game winning streak in home openers. ASU captured its first victory against a Big 12 team after 14 tries. It was also their first season-opening road victory since joining Division I-A in 1992. The game was called \"one of the most embarrassing losses in [A&M] history\" by several sport columnists. The team's performance also placed 5th in ESPN's Bottom 10 weekly rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nPrior to this meeting, A&M had only played the Lobos once in 1926, shutting them out 63\u20130 at College Station. Former A&M head coach Dennis Franchione coached the Lobos from 1992\u201397, leading them to a Western Athletic Conference Mountain Division Championship in 1997 and their first bowl appearance since 1961. The Lobos lost the game, and Franchione later resigned to take the head coaching position at TCU. Rocky Long has since taken over and led the Lobos to their first bowl victory since 1961 at the 2007 New Mexico Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nUNM signed a home-and-home deal with the Aggies after the 2006 season. Shortly after signing the deal, UNM was approached by an unidentified third party that offered US$1.5\u00a0million to move the game to San Antonio. UNM rejected the offer, and the offer was increased to $1.8\u00a0million by June 2007. The Lobos declined the offer again, stating that they needed to build fan loyalty at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nIn their opener, UNM lost 26\u20133 to conference opponent TCU. Senior running back Rodney Ferguson, who posted 1,000-yard back-to-back seasons, rushed for only 59\u00a0yards in the game. Quarterback Donovan Porterie sat out in the game after throwing 4-of-10 passes for 37\u00a0yards, one interception, and losing one fumble that caused his neck injury. UNM's backup quarterback threw 3-of-14 passes for 93\u00a0yards, including one catch for 81.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nThe Aggies started the game on offense and did not see any success on their first drive. Quarterback Stephen McGee had to sit out after the first drive due to a right shoulder strain, causing Jerrod Johnson to replace him. McGee did not see any action afterwards. The Lobos began their first drive on their 5-yard line. On their second third-down possession, Porterie threw an interception to safety Jordan Peterson, who returned the ball 48\u00a0yards for a touchdown. This was the first time A&M scored a defensive touchdown since the Wyoming game in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nThe touchdown was also significant in that the Lobos had lost 10 of its previous meetings in which the opponent scored first. On their next possession, the Lobos gave up the ball once Porterie threw yet another pick, which set the ball for the Aggies at the UNM 20. On third down, Jerrod Johnson threw a touchdown to receiver Jeff Fuller. The Lobos answered with a 45-yard touchdown run by Ferguson on their next possession to cut A&M's lead to 14\u20137. In the second quarter, both teams failed to move to score on two respective drives. On their final drive of the half, the Aggies drove the ball for 93\u00a0yards on 14 plays, ending it with another touchdown pass to Fuller. After an unsuccessful UNM drive, A&M left the field for halftime leading 21\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nEarly in the third quarter, the Lobos scored on a 27-yard field goal, thanks in part to an A&M muffed punt which the Lobos recovered at A&M's 14. Trouble hit the Lobos again when Porterie mishandled a snap, which led to a fumble recovery by defensive end Michael Bennett. Bennett returned the ball for 37\u00a0yards and stepped out of the field at the UNM 22. Johnson ended the drive on a 9-yard pass to tight end Jamie McCoy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nWith 6\u00a0minutes left in the game, the Lobos found the end zone on a 5-yard run, though a subsequent two-point conversion failed. The Aggies used their next drive to run out the clock, but eventually had to give the ball back to the Lobos on a punt. The Lobos were able to move 92\u00a0yards on 17 plays, capping it with a rushing touchdown by Ferguson. The Lobos then looked to gain the lead with less than a minute in the game, but missed the onside kick recovery. A&M ran out the clock and preserved their 28\u201322 victory. This victory was a milestone in that it was the first non-conference road victory for A&M since the win over Pittsburgh in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nJerrod Johnson finished the game with 10-of-19 pass completions (including three touchdowns) for 124\u00a0yards. Tailback Mike Goodson was held only to 6 carries for 9\u00a0yards. Goodson left the game early due to a sprained right knee, although he did return to play for some time in the second half. Fullback Jorvorskie Lane got more playing time, and compiled 19\u00a0yards on seven carries. Head coach Mike Sherman stated that Jorvorskie could block and play better than he did in the game. Ryan Tannehill made three receptions for 57\u00a0yards, while Jeff Fuller caught 3 for 36. Cyrus Gray finished with 29 rushing yards on 10 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nAs for UNM, Rodney Ferguson ran for 135\u00a0yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries. Donovan Proterie completed 22-of-35 for 154\u00a0yards, though threw two interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nThis was the third meeting between the two teams. In their first meeting in 1944, the Aggies won 70\u201314 at the Hurricanes' home field. The 1944 game remains to be Miami's worst loss in their football history. In their second meeting in 2007, Miami upset the 16th-ranked Aggies 34\u201317 in their home field, which was the Orange Bowl. The Canes finished 5\u20137 that season, which was their worst in 30 years. A&M's speed did not match that of Miami's, which is part of the reason why the Canes blanked A&M 31\u20130 in the first three quarters. This was the second time that a Florida team plays at Kyle Field. Florida State first played at the stadium in 1967.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nComing off a bye week, the Aggies looked to regroup at home. After their first two games, the Aggies ranked last in the Big 12 in every major offensive category: scoring offense (21 points per game), rushing yards (112.5), passing yards (157), total offense (269.5\u00a0yards), pass efficiency (126), first downs (34) and sacks allowed (seven). Part of the off week was used to practice specific schemes, including third-down and short yardage, which hadn't been worked on in weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nQuarterback Stephen McGee underwent an MRI on the Monday of the bye week (i.e. directly following the New Mexico game), and the MRI revealed that he suffered a sprained and slightly separated right shoulder. He was not able to practice that week. The following week, both McGee and Jerrod Johnson took snaps during practice. Tailback Mike Goodson, after suffering a mild ankle sprain in the New Mexico game, did not miss any practice time. Third-string quarterback Ryan Tannehill may miss the game due to a sprained ankle from the previous game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nMiami, among other things, aimed to improve its passing offense, which had ranked 106th nationally (out of 119 Division I FBS teams). The Canes lost an away game to Florida 26\u20133, after holding the Gators to 7 points before the fourth quarter. ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit stated that the Canes' play against A&M might determine whether they (Miami) turn out to be a surprise team this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nThe 113th-nationally ranked A&M rushing defense, which gave up 255 and 216 rushing yards to Arkansas State and New Mexico, respectively, could catch a break in this game as Miami lost its starting running back in Javarris James, who sprained his right ankle early in the Florida game. Miami's speed on defense outmatches that of the Aggies. The Canes' defense had ranked 8th nationally 17 tackles for a loss. However, they have yet to produce a turnover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Army\nThis was the fourth game in the series between the Army Black Knights and the Aggies, and the second of the AT&T Corps Classic. Army's lone trip to College Station was in 1972, the only time they defeated A&M. The third game, which was played in the Alamodome in 2006, was the debut of the AT&T Corps Classic. The Black Knights failed to score in the final drive of the game, and A&M escaped with a 28\u201324 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Army\nArmy had lost all of its previous three home games to Temple, New Hampshire, and Akron. The Black Knights had been outscored 85\u201320, and did not score more than 10 points in each of those games. Over the past two seasons, they posted a 1\u20139 record in away games. Using its triple option attack, Army had averaged 179 rushing yards per game, ranking 41st in the country. Its 118th-ranked passing offense, however, had recorded only 77\u00a0yards per game. The offense had also lost 10 fumbles, the most of any Division I team. On the other side of the ball, the Black Knights had limited their opposition to 309.7 ypg. The defense had also produced five turnovers, though the front line had only forced two sacks in the first three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe Aggies had a four-game winning streak coming into their 24th meeting with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. They also had held a 7\u20133 record for games played at Stillwater. In the 2007 home game, after trailing 17\u20130 at the end of the first half, the Aggies matched their largest comeback in school history to defeat the Cowboys 24\u201323. In the 2006 meeting at Stillwater, the Aggies defeated the Cowboys 34\u201333 in overtime, after defensive tackle Red Bryant blocked the overtime field goal attempt that would have tied the game at 34\u201334 and started a second overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nOSU entered the game with a nationally ranked No. 1 rushing offense, No. 3 scoring offense, and No. 4 total offense. The Aggies, on the other hand, came in with a 115th-ranked rushing defense, and a scoring and total offense that had placed last in the Big 12. OSU, which was ranked in the top 25 for the first time since 2004, was a 24-point favorite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nIn the first half, OSU outscored A&M 28\u20137. The Cowboys gained a 7\u20130 lead when defensive end Ugo Chinasa returned an interception 6\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The Cowboys scored again with Zac Robinson's 29-yard throw to Dez Bryant to make the score 14\u20130. Bryant later ran a 78-yard punt return for another touchdown to extend the lead to 21\u20130. ESPN's SportsCenter called Bryant's touchdown return the No. 1 play of the night. A&M finally answered with Mike Goodson running an 80-yard touchdown, the longest of his career. There were five A&M turnovers in the first half alone. OSU did not convert on three lost A&M fumbles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nThe Aggies came into the game with an 8\u20134 all-time record with the Kansas State Wildcats, and a 5-game winning streak, which started in 1998 when the Aggies defeated the Wildcats 36\u201333 (in two overtimes) to win the Big 12 Championship. The Wildcats are led by third-year head coach Ron Prince, who led the Wildcats to a 7\u20136 record and an appearance in the Texas Bowl in 2006, and a 5\u20137 record in 2007. In both seasons, however, he led his team to upset the Texas Longhorns, who were ranked among the top 10 in the national polls coming into the matchups. Coach Prince used his 2008 junior college transfers to strengthen the team's play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nA few players had to sit out during the game due to injuries, including offensive linemen Travis Schneider, Michael Shumard and Robbie Frost. Lineman Lee Grimes played three different positions in order to counter the injuries. Mike Goodson had to sit out the first quarter since he missed class during the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nKansas State opened the game with an 81-yard touchdown drive, which consisted of 31 rushing yards by quarterback Josh Freeman. Immediately afterwards, A&M settled for a field goal on their possession, after driving 73\u00a0yards deep into K-State territory. In the second quarter, the Wildcats' special teams unit blocked their fourth punt of the season, and returned the blocked punt for a 10-yard touchdown. Safety Courtney Herndon was able to pick up his third blocked punt of the season in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nPunter Justin Brantly had his first punt block after 129 attempts (his last blocked punt occurred in the 2005 Texas game). The Wildcats failed to score the extra point to keep the score at 13\u20133. After another unsuccessful A&M drive, Kansas State opened up its passing game in a drive that consisted of 10, 20, 15, 7, and 5 receptions. The drive ended on a 4-yard touchdown run by Logan Dold, and the subsequent extra point extended K-State's lead to 20\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0040-0002", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nOn their next possession, the Aggies fumbled on KSU's 48-yard-line, and one of the Wildcat defenders returned the fumble for 10\u00a0yards. This eventually allowed the Wildcats to compile another scoring drive, moving the score up to 27\u20133. Prior to halftime, A&M finally got a touchdown on a 7-play, 80-yard drive, which was capped by a 38-yard catch by Howard Morrow, who had yet to make an impact this season. Jorvorskie Lane scored the touchdown on a 4th-and-1 situation at the KSU 1. With his 46th touchdown of his career, Lane became the all-time school record holder in rushing touchdowns. The previous record of 45 was held by Darren Lewis (1987\u201390).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nThe Aggies started the second half and were able to advance the ball 54\u00a0yards using a balanced rushing and passing attack. They missed the opportunity to move past the KSU 33 on 4th-and-8, and had to turn the ball over on downs. K-State used the drive to make a 49-yard field goal. With 7:53 remaining in the third quarter, A&M utilized its passing game to move the ball, thanks in part to two 22-yard receptions, one made by Jeff Fuller, and the other completed by Ryan Tannehill. Jerrod Johnson rushed to the endzone from the KSU 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nRandy Bullock, however, missed the extra point. Still trailing 30\u201316, the Aggies looked to pull a comeback. Hopes of a comeback diminished when Jorvorskie Lane's second attempt at scoring on a short goal-line rush failed. A&M had to turnover on downs once again, despite moving the ball for 62\u00a0yards and just a yard shy of scoring. K-State used its rushing game to drain out the clock a little, and successfully ended the drive on a 1-yard run by Josh Freeman. Less than 5\u00a0minutes remained in the game once A&M got the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0041-0002", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nJohnson made 3 consecutive completions to Tannehill worth 50\u00a0yards, and Goodson scored on the next play via a 23-yard reception. After their quick touchdown, the Aggies attempted an onside kick, which was recovered by K-State at the A&M 41. The Wildcats ran the ball once again, and were rewarded yet another touchdown to extend their lead to 44\u201323. About a minute was left, and on the second play of A&M's last possession, Johnson connected to Tannehill for a 55-yard touchdown. The Aggies tried another onside kick, but K-State found the ball and preserved their 44\u201330 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nWith this loss, A&M dropped to 0\u20132 in conference play, the program's worst start since 1982. KSU left with their first win at Kyle Field since 1996. On a brighter note, Tannehill's 210\u00a0yards from 12 catches are the 3rd-best of all A&M receivers in a single game. Johnson's 487 offensive yards and 419 passing yards went down on A&M's record books as the best ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe Aggies had led the all-time series with the Texas Tech Red Raiders 34\u201331\u20131, though the Red Raiders had won 10 of the past 13 games. The last victory at Kyle Field was in 2004, when the game went into overtime. Ninth-year Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach had held a 6\u20132 record against the Aggies. The Red Raiders had led the nation in passing offense and are second in total offense, due in part to Sammy Baugh Trophy winning quarterback Graham Harrell and unanimous first-team All-American receiver Michael Crabtree. In fact, Leach's spread offense philosophy has allowed the Red Raiders to rank among the top 10 passing offense teams in the country ever since the 2001 season. Sports bettors favored Tech to win by 21 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nIn the first half, A&M outgained Tech 274\u00a0yards to 254, and led 23\u201320. A&M did not produce any turnovers, while Tech gave away 2 possessions to A&M. A&M scored 10 points off Tech's turnovers, but Tech was able to score on its other possessions. In the second half, however, the Aggies could only post 32 offensive yards and 5 first downs. Harrell completed 44-of-56 throws for 450\u00a0yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions. He also scored touchdowns on two rushes. Crabtree scored two touchdowns off of his eight catches for 71\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe Aggies had held an undefeated 7\u20130 record against the Cyclones until the 2005 meeting, when they lost 42\u201314 at Kyle Field. The Cyclones were led by Dan McCarney, who was 0\u20136 against the Aggies until that matchup. McCarney resigned from Iowa State in 2006 to accept an assistant coaching position at South Florida. Former Texas Longhorns co-defensive coordinator Gene Chizik, who coached the Longhorns to their national championship in 2005, was hired to replace him. Chizik led the Cyclones to a 3\u20139 record in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nBoth teams went into the game with the same overall record and were still looking to get their first conference win. Both Iowa State's and A&M's defenses had ranked 98th and 101st in the nation, respectively. Iowa State's secondary had allowed Baylor and Nebraska to complete 78 percent of their passes. Sports bettors predicted Iowa State to beat A&M by three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nComing into the game, the Aggies had held a 2\u20135 overall record against the Colorado Buffaloes. Of the three games that were played at Kyle Field, the Aggies had only won the 2004 contest. In the preseason, the Buffaloes acquired Darrell Scott, who was ranked the best running back in the 2008 recruiting class by Rivals.com. In their previous game, the Buffaloes suffered a 58\u20130 shutout at the hands of No. 16 Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nBoth teams bought an even matchup to the field, with Colorado fielding an offense that had scored 19 points per game, whereas A&M's scoring defense had allowed 35 points per game. The Aggie defense had given up a total of 1,584 in their past three games against Iowa State, Texas Tech, and Kansas State. A&M was favored to win by 3.5 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nOklahoma head coach Bob Stoops came in 3\u20131 against the Aggies in games played at Kyle Field. All three of their victories had been decided within one touchdown. In the offseason, a columnist for The Oklahoman stated \"Sooner-Aggie games at Kyle Field have been classics this decade.\" In the 2000 game, the Sooners intercepted a pass by Mark Farris and returned it for a touchdown to win 35\u201331. They eventually ended up winning the 2000 national title. In 2002, the Aggies upset then-ranked No. 1 Oklahoma 30\u201326.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe Sooners came into the 2004 game ranked No. 2, and scored a touchdown with 6:43 remaining in the game to win 42\u201335. In 2006, the Aggies allowed the Sooners to escape with a one-point victory. Then-head coach Dennis Franchione elected to go for a field goal rather than score a touchdown from the 2-yard line with 3:28 left in the game. Oklahoma was predicted to win by 27.5 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe Aggies suffered their worst home loss in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Aggies came into the 2008 Battle of the Brazos as 8-point underdogs but leading in the series 65\u201330\u20139. A&M had held a 13-game winning streak against Baylor until 2004, when the Bears upset a #16-ranked Aggie team in Waco. Art Briles took over as the Bears' new head coach in the offseason, replacing Guy Morriss. The Bears freshman phenom quarterback Robert Griffin carved up the Aggies for 56 yards rushing on 12 carries to go along with 13 of 23 passing for 241 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Baylor tailback Jay Finley rushed for 115 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0050-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Aggies turned the ball over five times, four of which were interceptions of Aggie sophomore quarterback Jerrod Johnson. The Aggies scored two touchdowns late in the game to make the final score a more respectable, 41\u201321. First-year coach Mike Sherman summed up the game saying, \"Each (loss) has been more disappointing than the next. I take nothing away from Baylor, but we fully expected to come in and play better than we did. Before the Oklahoma game, I thought we were making progress. The culmination of last week and this week are very disappointing.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198873-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThis game marked the 115th meeting between Texas and Texas A&M and it was the fifth\u00a0year as part of a multi-sport rivalry called the Lone Star Showdown. The football rivalry began in 1894 and it was the longest-running rivalry for both the Longhorns and Aggies and it is also was the third most-played rivalry in Division I-A college football. Texas entered into the 2007 contest with a 73\u201335\u20135 record. Since the series began in 1900, the game has traditionally been played on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend. The 2007 game marked the twelfth\u00a0straight game to be scheduled the day after Thanksgiving. The two schools had agreed to move the game back to Thanksgiving Day for the 2008 and 2009 contests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198874-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team\nThe 2008 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team represented Texas A&M University in the 2008 NCAA Division I women's college soccer season. The team belongs to the Big 12 Conference and played its home games at Aggie Soccer Stadium. The Aggies were led by G. Guerrieri, who has coached the team since the program's inception in 1993 (16 years).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198874-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team\nThe Aggies finished the season 18\u20135\u20131 and advanced to the Elite 8 of the 2008 NCAA Tournament before falling to North Carolina 2\u20131 in 2OT in Chapel Hill, NC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198874-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team\nThe 2008 team had 28 roster players, with 14 scholarships to utilize between them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198875-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Bowl\nThe 2008 Texas Bowl was the third edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game was played at 7:00 PM US CST on Tuesday, December 30, 2008. The game, telecast on NFL Network, featured the hometown Rice Owls against the Western Michigan Broncos. The Owls won the game 38-14, which was their first post-season victory since the 1954 Cotton Bowl Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198875-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Bowl\nThe game was televised on the NFL Network for the third year in a row. Fran Charles, Tom Waddle, and Kara Henderson called the action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses\nThe 2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses were a series of events to determine the delegates that the Texas Democratic Party sent to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Delegates were selected using results from two sources: the Texas Presidential Primary held on March 4 by the Secretary of State of Texas's office, and a series of caucus events held between March 4 and June 7 by the Texas Democratic Party. The indecisive results of Super Tuesday, and the fact that Texas had the largest number of delegates among the states remaining on the Democratic primary calendar, resulted in the Texas primary receiving significant attention from both the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaigns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses\nOf 12,752,417 registered voters, 22.49% turned out. The contest between the two candidates was very close: Senator Hillary Clinton won the primary, while her opponent, Senator Barack Obama, received more support in the caucuses. In the end, Obama secured 99 pledged delegates to Clinton's 94.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate breakdown\nThe Texas Democratic Party sent a total of 228 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of those delegates, 193 were pledged and 35 were unpledged. Most of the 193 pledged delegates were allocated at the National Convention according to the results of the Texas Presidential Primary on March 4. The 35 unpledged delegates were popularly called \"superdelegates\" because their votes represented their personal decisions, whereas the regular delegates' votes represented the collective decision of many voters. Superdelegates were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Texas Democratic Party's officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 75], "content_span": [76, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate breakdown\nThe 193 pledged delegates were further divided into 126 district delegates and 67 statewide delegates. The 126 district delegates were divided among Texas's 31 Senatorial Districts and were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the primary results in each District. The 67 statewide delegates were divided into 42 at-large delegates and 25 Party Leaders and Elected Officials (abbreviated PLEOs). They were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the preference of the delegates at the State Convention on June 6\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 75], "content_span": [76, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate breakdown\nOf the 35 unpledged delegates, 32 were selected in advance and 3 were selected at the State Convention. The delegates selected in advance were 17 Democratic National Committee members, the 13 Democratic U.S. Representatives from Texas, and 2 Distinguished Party Leaders: former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright and former DNC chairman Robert Schwarz Strauss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 75], "content_span": [76, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process\nThe Texas Democratic Party used a combination of two processes to select delegates and determine how they would be allocated to each presidential candidate. First, the Party used the results of the primary process to determine how 126 of its 193 pledged delegates would be allocated to each candidate. Second, the Party used the caucus process to select its precinct, county, state, and national delegates, and also to determine how many of the remaining 67 pledged delegates would be allocated to each candidate. Many states require that candidates receive at least 15% of the total votes to receive delegates. The Texas Democratic Party only applies this requirement to the primary process and the final step of the caucus process, since those are the only two occasions in which the Party allocates delegates to candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 83], "content_span": [84, 910]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Primary\nThe Texas Presidential Primary was held on March 4. It was an open primary, permitting participants to vote for candidates in any one party, regardless of voters' party affiliations. Participants were then considered as restricted to that party for the purpose of calculations regarding primaries and runoff elections for the next two years. The Primary itself was funded by the Texas State Government and administered by the Secretary of the State of Texas's office. The Texas Democratic Party used the results of the Primary to determine how its 126 district delegates would be apportioned to each presidential candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 92], "content_span": [93, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Primary\nUnlike other states, and even the Republican Party of Texas, the Texas Democratic Party does not allocate its delegates to Congressional Districts. Instead, it allocates its delegates to the state's 31 Senatorial Districts. The number of delegates that the Party allocates to each District depends on the votes cast in each district for the Democratic candidates during two previous general elections: Chris Bell in the 2006 Texas gubernatorial election and John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. One effect of this allocation scheme is that districts with a high population of African-American residents are awarded a higher number of delegates, while districts with a high population of Hispanic residents are awarded a lower number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 92], "content_span": [93, 840]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Primary\nPrimary polling places were open from 7:00\u00a0a.m. until 7:00\u00a0p.m. In accordance with the law, any voter in line by 7:00\u00a0p.m. was permitted to vote. The Texas Secretary of State had a web site that provides the location of polling places. The site also offered a list of contact numbers for local county clerks and elections administrators where voters may obtain polling place location information. The Texas Democratic Party's official web site also included information about the locations of polling places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 92], "content_span": [93, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Caucuses\nThe Texas Democratic Party holds three tiers of caucus events to select its delegates: precinct conventions, County and Senatorial District conventions, and a State Convention. The precinct conventions immediately followed the primary, a process in 2008 that was advertised as the \"Texas Two-Step\". Senator Royce West is chair of the Advisory Committee on the Texas Democratic Party Convention/Caucus System, which is charged with investigating the caucus system, including whether to retain the Texas Two Step. Former Texas Attorney general Jim Mattox testified against the Texas Two-Step at a hearing of Senator West's committee held in Austin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 93], "content_span": [94, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Caucuses, Precinct conventions\nThe precinct conventions were held beginning March 4 at 7:15\u00a0p.m. (15 minutes after the Primary polls close) or after the last person in line at 7:00\u00a0p.m. had voted. At each precinct convention, participants chose Precinct Delegates to go to the County or Senate District conventions. The Texas Democratic Party allocated one Precinct Delegate to each precinct for every 15 votes cast for Chris Bell (the party's gubernatorial candidate) in the 2006 Texas general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 115], "content_span": [116, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Caucuses, Precinct conventions\nParticipation was open to anyone who voted in the Primary, whether they voted early, as an absentee, or on the day of the Primary. Participants had to sign in and provide proof that they voted in the Primary. Such proof could be provided in one of several ways: showing a registration card that was stamped at the Primary, producing an early voting receipt, providing an official photo identification that can be checked against a roll of early voters, or signing an affidavit (oath). Texas Democratic precinct conventions are governed by Robert's Rules of Order and Texas Democratic Party Rules. Participants arriving late to the convention could still participate but could not affect any voting that had already taken place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 115], "content_span": [116, 843]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Caucuses, Precinct conventions\nWhen the time came to select the Precinct Delegates, participants declared their candidate preference, or that they were uncommitted, which is an option not available on the primary ballot. The participants in each presidential candidate preference group then chose the delegates to represent them at the County and Senate District conventions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 115], "content_span": [116, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Caucuses, Precinct conventions\nA total of 8,247 precinct conventions were held throughout the 254 counties in Texas, most of which were held at each precinct's Primary polling place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 115], "content_span": [116, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Caucuses, Precinct conventions\nConcerns had been raised in the media about the logistics in place for the precinct conventions in light of the unprecedented massive participation. For example, in Harris County \u2014of which Houston is the seat, and in which 874 conventions are scheduled\u2014 the highest primary turn-out in the past two decades was 78,000 in 2004, whereas 170,032 have already voted early in this year's Primary. Typically about 5,000 people attend the precinct conventions held throughout Harris County; up to 100,000 were expected to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 115], "content_span": [116, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Caucuses, Precinct conventions\nIn the event, there was an estimated turnout of one million throughout the state, and as of March 11 the final result of the caucuses in Harris County was unknown., as party volunteers were still collecting packets from that county's 874 precincts. The Dallas Morning News reported a projected turnout of 1.1 million. Overall, less than half of the precincts statewide had reported to the state Democratic party by mid-March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 115], "content_span": [116, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Caucuses, County and Senatorial District conventions\nCounty and Senatorial District Conventions were held on March 29. At each convention, Precinct Delegates chose the County Delegates (7,315 in total among all the conventions) to go to the State Convention. The Texas Democratic Party allocated one County Delegate to each convention for every 180 votes cast for Chris Bell in the 2006 Texas gubernatorial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 137], "content_span": [138, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Delegate selection process, Caucuses, State Convention\nThe State Convention was held on June 6\u20137. At the Convention, the 7,315 County Delegates plus 351 state superdelegates chose 67 delegates to go to the Democratic National Convention: 42 At-large Delegates and 25 Pledged Party Leader and Elected Official (PLEO) delegates. These 67 delegates, along with the 126 district delegates, brought the total for pledged delegates to 193. The delegates at the State Convention also chose 3 \"add-on\" unpledged delegates to attend the Democratic National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 111], "content_span": [112, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Polls\nA poll of likely Democratic primary voters on March 2 showed Sen. Hillary Clinton with a statistically insignificant 50% to 49% lead, with 1% Not Sure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 62], "content_span": [63, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198876-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses, Results, Precinct convention results, Challenged results\nOn March 14, the Clinton campaign issued a letter to the Texas Democratic Party challenging the results of its precinct conventions. The letter proposed that the Party delay the County and Senatorial District conventions until it could provide the campaign with \"presidential preference counts [that] can be made based on a review of each and every sign in sheet to determine eligibility of participants and delegates\". Texas Democratic Chairman Boyd Richie issued a statement on March 17 rejecting the proposal, stating that the Texas Democratic Party \"will not set up an unnecessary, ad hoc 'verification' process that could effectively disqualify delegates selected at their precinct conventions after the fact.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 113], "content_span": [114, 829]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198877-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Legislature election\n2008 elections for the Texas Legislature were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, in the U.S. state of Texas. The Texas Legislature election was conducted concurrently with the election for the 2008 United States presidential race, the United States Senate seat of Republican John Cornyn, and the state's 32 congressional representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198877-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Legislature election\nSuccessful candidates served in the 81st Texas Legislature, that convened on January 13, 2009, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin through June 1, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198877-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Legislature election, Texas Senate, Notable races\nDistrict 10: The Democratic Party ran City Councilwoman Wendy Davis against Republican and Sunset Advisory Commission chairperson Kim Brimer. The district had been Republican-leaning, having been won by George W. Bush in 2004 and by Governor Rick Perry in 2002 and 2006. Davis won that race with 49.91% of the vote. In 2014, she was the Democratic nominee for governor to succeed Perry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198877-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Legislature election, Texas Senate, Notable races\nDistrict 11: The Democrats ran former Galveston city council member Joseph Jaworski against Republican candidate Mike Jackson. The district encompasses the southeast Houston suburbs and part of Galveston County that has consistently voted for Republicans including George W. Bush in 2004, Governor Perry in 2002 and 2006, and U.S. Senator John Cornyn in 2002. Mike Jackson won that race with 56.48% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198877-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Legislature election, Texas Senate, Notable races\nDistrict 17: The Incumbent Republican Kyle Janek announced he would be resigning from the State Senate effective June 2, 2008 to spend more time with his family, who had moved to Austin. A special election was called and was held concurrently with the general election. 4 Republicans and 2 Democrats ran for the unexpired term, most notably, the Republican Party's Joan Huffman, and Democratic former U.S. Representative Christopher Bell, the party's 2006 nominee for governor. Huffman and Bell advanced to a runoff, held December 16th, 2008. Huffman won that race with 56% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198877-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Legislature election, Texas Senate, Notable races\nDistrict 21: Democratic candidate Judith Zaffirini prevailed in her historically Democratic state Senate seat, which includes Laredo. The seat was held from 1967-1973 by her mentor, Wayne Connally, a younger brother of John Connally. Republicans fielded former Webb County administrative judge Louis Henry Bruni (born 1949), who switched parties in December 2007 to run against Zaffirini. The district voted for George W. Bush in 2004 and Kay Bailey Hutchison in 2006 but for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198877-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Legislature election, House of Representatives, Notable races\nDistrict 97: A special election was held on November 6th, 2007 to fill the unexpired term of Rep. Anna Mowery. Dan Barret, who had lost the seat to Mowery in 2006, ran against 6 Republicans in the jungle primary, securing a plurality of 31.53% of the vote. A runoff was held on December 18th, 2007 between Barret and second place finisher, Mark M. Shelton in which Barret won an upset victory with 52.19% of the vote. As the legislative session had already ended, Barret did not spend any time legislating during his term. He was later defeated by Shelton in the 2008 general election, only securing 42.75% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198877-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Legislature election, House of Representatives, Notable races\nDistrict 106: Representative Kirk England was re-elected in 2006 as a Republican with 49.16% of the vote. On September 20th, 2007, he announced that he would switch parties and seek re-election as a Democrat. He would later go on to win re-election in 2008 with 55.49% of the vote before losing re-election by 204 votes in 2010 to Republican Rodney E. Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe 2008 Texas Longhorn football team (variously \"Texas\" or the \"Horns\") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mack Brown, who has a contract lasting through the 2016 season. The Longhorns play their home games in Darrell K Royal\u2013Texas Memorial Stadium (DKR), which during 2006\u20132008 was undergoing renovations to improve older sections as well as to add extra seating capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe team entered the season ranked 10th in the USA Today Coaches' Poll. They won their first four games to rise to number\u00a05 in the national rankings. Texas began Big 12 Conference play on October 4, 2008 with a trip to Boulder, Colorado and a win over the Colorado Buffaloes. On October 11, 2008 they defeated the number-one ranked Oklahoma Sooners at the Cotton Bowl, in Dallas, Texas, in the 103rd\u00a0Red River Shootout and Texas moved into the number-one spot in the polls the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team\nOne week later, defending the number-one ranking in a home game for the first time since 1977, the Horns beat the number-eleven ranked Missouri Tigers. The following day, Texas was ranked #1 in the first Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings released during the 2008 season. The next week, the Horns beat previously undefeated Oklahoma State, who were ranked #6 in the BCS at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team\nTexas lost a close road game against Texas Tech, who were undefeated at 8\u20130 and ranked #5 in the Coaches' Poll. As a result, the Horns fell to #7 in the Coach's poll while the Red Raiders rose to #3. Texas fell to #4 in the BCS Standings, keeping alive the possibility they could still play for the national championship if other top teams stumble. Next, the Longhorns won a home game against Baylor and a road-game against Kansas, who were previously ranked but had fallen out of the polls since losing to Texas Tech. Oklahoma defeated Texas Tech, which returned Texas to a #2 ranking in the BCS and created a three-way tie (Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma) in the Big 12 South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe final regular-season opponent for Texas was in-state rival Texas A&M, part of the Lone Star Showdown. The Longhorns won 49\u20139, the largest margin of victory in the rivalry for 110\u00a0years. Despite this victory, Oklahoma moved past Texas in the BCS rankings. The three-way tie was resolved by the fifth\u00a0tie-breaker so Oklahoma advanced to the Big 12 Championship instead of Texas. This was controversial since Texas had beaten both Oklahoma and Missouri (the Big 12 North champion) during the regular season. Texas finished out the season with a 24-21 win over Ohio State in the 2009 Fiesta Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the season\nThe Longhorns have enjoyed considerable success in recent seasons. Mack Brown's Longhorns won at least 10 games in each of the previous 7 seasons (2001\u20132007); that is the longest active streak in the nation. The 2004 team had the first Bowl Championship Series win for any Texas team  and the 2005 team won the National Championship (the fourth for the Texas football program). The 2006 team finished with 10 wins, 3 losses, including a victory in the 2006 Alamo Bowl. They received a final-ranking of 13th in the nation by both the Associated Press AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches' Poll", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the season\nTexas entered the 2007\u00a0season ranked third in the all-time list of both total wins and winning percentage. The 2007 team was ranked in the Top\u00a010 by numerous pre-season polls. For instance, a pre-season ranking by ESPN writer Mark Schlabach had the Longhorns ranked eighth; Rivals.com had them at ninth. College Football News and Real Football 365 both had Texas ranked third in the pre-season. The Longhorns came into the season ranked\u00a0fourth in both the Coaches' Poll and AP Poll. Texas started out 4\u20130, but with sloppy playing, edging out 4 unranked teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the season\nTexas came particularly close to being upset when the beat unranked UCF, 38\u201335. Texas then suffered losses to Kansas State (41\u201321) and Oklahoma (28\u201321). Texas then surged back, winning five\u00a0games in a row. At 9\u20132, they were poised to gain a BCS bowl berth. However, a 30\u201338 loss to Texas A&M dashed these hopes. The Longhorns finished the season 10\u20133 with a victory in the 2007 Holiday Bowl. The Longhorns were ranked tenth in the final AP poll and in the USA Today Coaches' Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the season\nFive\u00a0Longhorns were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft: Limas Sweed (53rd pick), Jamaal Charles (73rd), Jermichael Finley (91st), Tony Hills (130th), and Frank Okam (151st). In addition, Brandon Foster, Marcus Griffin, Nate Jones and Derek Lokey agreed to sign free-agent contracts with NFL teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the season\nBoth Jamaal Charles and Jermichael Finley skipped their senior year in order to enter the NFL early. The loss of Charles was a particularly hard blow to the Horns. Despite skipping his senior year, Charles ranks fourth on the list of total rushing yards by a UT player, behind Ricky Williams, Cedric Benson, and Earl Campbell, with 3,328\u00a0yards. Williams and Campbell each won the Heisman Trophy in their senior seasons. With Charles' departure, quarterback Colt McCoy becomes the leading returning rusher for the Longhorns. Tight end Jermichael Finley also declared he would forgo his senior season to enter the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the season\nTexas entered the 2008 season ranked number\u00a011 in the AP Poll and number\u00a010 in the Coaches' Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the season, Facilities and equipment\nFollowing the final home game of 2006, construction workers demolished the north end of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. This section was rebuilt to make the lowest seats closer to the field while adding luxury boxes and an upper-deck. The lower deck of the expansion was completed for 2007, and the upper deck and remaining renovations were ready for 2008. The modifications put the north end-zone seats thirty\u00a0yards closer to the field of play. This results in several game day changes, such as Smokey the Cannon moving to the south end-zone near Bevo. Texas worked with Bluetooth SIG to deploy Bluetooth kiosks throughout the stadium. These kiosks will broadcast free game-day information to Bluetooth-enabled cell-phones in the stands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the season, Facilities and equipment\nFor the second straight year in 2006\u20132007, Texas merchandise products were the top-selling products among clients of Collegiate Licensing Company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the season, Coaches\nIn 2007, the University of Texas Board of Regents voted unanimously to raise head coach Mack Brown's salary by $300,000. This brings his annual compensation to $2.81\u00a0million and keeps him among the five\u00a0highest paid coaches in the sport. The package also includes up to $3\u00a0million in bonuses, including \"$100,000 if he wins the Big 12 Championship and $450,000 if he wins this year's national championship, as well as bonuses based on the percent of players who graduate.\" Brown's contract is good through the 2016 season and includes buy-out clauses should another school attempt to hire Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the season, Coaches\nGreg Davis is the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; As of 2008 Davis is in his eleventh\u00a0season at Texas. In 2007, Duane Akina was the defensive co-coordinator along with Larry Mac Duff. Mac Duff left Texas at the end of the 2007 season  and Akina was demoted to \"Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs\". The Longhorns hired Will Muschamp as defensive coordinator; he will also coach linebackers in 2008. Muschamp was previously defensive coordinator at Auburn and will make a $425,000 salary at Texas. Running backs coach Ken Rucker transferred to a newly created position with the athletic department where he will act as a liaison to high school athletic programs. On January 16, 2008 Texas replaced Rucker by hiring former Texas quarterback Major Applewhite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the season, Coaches\nOn November 18, 2008, The University of Texas announced that Will Muschamp would eventually succeed Mack Brown as head football coach. They agreed in principle to increase Muschamp's salary to $900,000. There was no timetable set for Brown's departure, and both Brown and UT said they expected Brown to stay a long time. Austin American-Statesman commentator Kirk Bohls stated, \"Muschamp's ascension conveys to fans and recruits that Texas values what it has now as one of the elite programs in the country and wants to maintain. This smart, bold move should bring coaching stability, sustained recruiting and possibly expanded recruiting into the Southeast and a continued framework for success.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Schedule\nThe primary source of schedule, attendance and box score information is the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Schedule\nRadio broadcast of Texas Longhorns football games is available on XM Satellite Radio channel 241.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Players\nThe Longhorns are led by junior Quarterback Colt McCoy, who was the starting quarterback for the Longhorns in 2006 and 2007. Rivals.com named McCoy one of the top-10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season and he also made the Athlon Sports first-team All Big 12 McCoy has been the subject of much discussion regarding his chances of winning the 2008 Heisman trophy. With the departure of running back Jamaal Charles for the 2008 NFL Draft, McCoy became the leading returning rusher for the Longhorns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Players\nMcCoy has continued to be leading rusher in 2008; through the first 11\u00a0games of the season he rushed for a net 527\u00a0yards. The leading running backs were Vondrell McGee (347 yards), Chris Ogbonnaya (333) and Cody Johnson (234), all of whom have played in all 11\u00a0games. Despite injuries limiting him to only five\u00a0games, freshman Foswhitt Whittaker rushed for 226\u00a0yards. McCoy had 3134\u00a0passing yards for a total of 3661\u00a0total yards of offense, which also led the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Players\nThe leading receivers through 11\u00a0games were Jordan Shipley (897 yards), Quan Cosby (872), Chris Ogbonnaya (458) and Lucas Hampton (428). The leading scorer was Hunter Lawrence, the place-kicker. He had made 9 of 11 field goal attempts and 52 of 52 extra points, for a total of 79 points contributed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Players\nOn defense, Roddrick Muckelroy led the team in tackles with 63\u00a0solo tackles and 39\u00a0assists. Brian Orakpo led the team in sacks, with 9\u00a0sacks for 79\u00a0yards. Ryan Palmer led the team in interceptions with 3, one of which he returned for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Players\nBesides Whittaker, several other Longhorns missed playing time due to sickness or injury. Cosby and Orakpo were both injured in the game vs. Texas Tech. Safety Blake Gideon suffered a head injury in the Kansas game but was expected to be healthy for the A&M game. Cornerbacks Aaron Williams missed the Kansas game with the flu and cornerback Chykie Brown missed three games due to injury. Tight end Luke Tiemann missed the season due to an ACL injury. Starting center Chris Hall missed time due to a knee sprain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Players\nOne player was suspended, and another dismissed, for off-the-field infractions. Defensive tackle Lamarr Houston was suspended for one game (vs. UTEP) for driving under the influence. Back-up center Buck Burnette was dismissed from the team for posting a racially charged message on his Facebook page after the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. Afterwards he issued an apology saying \"That lack of judgment on my part has had devastating consequences. Those that know me understand that this is not a true reflection of my character. I sincerely apologize to everyone that I have offended. I have had the opportunity to apologize to my teammates and coaches and have received support from many of them in return.\" Burnette's dismissal coincided with the injury to Hall, so true freshman David Snow was called upon to start at center vs. Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 913]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Players\nJordan Shipley was a senior in 2008 but has requested an extra year of eligibility due to playing time missed due to injuries. On December 22, 2008, the NCAA granted Shipley's hardship request for a sixth season of eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Players, Roster\nAn * indicates that the player is a \"walk-on\" (a non-scholarship player)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Players, Recruiting\nTexas signed 20 overall recruits for the 2008 recruiting class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Players, Recruiting\nTwelve 4-stars (DeSean Hales, Jarvis Humphrey, D.J. Monroe, Aaron Williams, Mark Buchanan, Dan Buckner, Nolan Brewster, Derrick \"D.J.\" Grant, Jeremy Hills, Dravannti Johnson, Kheeston Randall and David Snow), seven 3-stars (Emmanuel Acho, Antoine Hicks, Tre' Newton, Luke Poehlmann, Ryan Roberson, Brock Fitzhenry and Justin Tucker)  and two 2-star (Blake Gideon and Rocky Hamden) according to Rivals' recruiting service, and two 5-stars (Aaron Williams and Dan Buckner), eleven 4-stars (David Snow, Dravannti Johnson, Nolan Brewster, Jarvis Humphrey, DeSean Hales, Ryan Roberson, Derrick \"D.J.\" Grant, Luke Poehlmann, D.J. Monroe, Jeremy Hills and Mark Buchanan), six 3-stars (Emmanuel Acho, Brock Fitzhenry, Kheeston Randall, Blake Gideon, Antoine Hicks and Tre' Newton) and one 2-star recruit (Justin Tucker), according to Scout's recruiting service. The class was ranked #14 on Rivals and #16 on Scout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 962]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Players, Recruiting\nTexas originally also received a commitment from Southlake Carroll quarterback Riley Dodge, son of former Longhorns quarterback Todd Dodge, but Riley Dodge later chose to decommit and headed to North Texas to play under his father. Texas was also in the run for the nation's top running back prospect, five-star Darrell Scott of Ventura, California. Scott, however, picked the Colorado Buffaloes over the Longhorns on National Signing Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nThe 2008 game marks the first meeting between the Texas Longhorns and the Florida Atlantic Owls. Florida Atlantic first played football in 2001 and began playing football in the Sun Belt Conference in 2005. The 2007 Owls won their conference and went on to play in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl. That set a record for the shortest amount of time between a school starting college football and being invited to a bowl game. The Owls won the game 44\u201327.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nTexas began the season with a lack of experience in some positions, such as safety. The Longhorns entered the week of the game with many questions still remaining about the starting roster. On the depth chart released to the media, eleven positions still did not have definite starters. Brown said that he might wait until 48\u00a0hours prior to kickoff to decide on key positions such as running back and fullback, and that he may decide on the punter based upon who looks best in pre-game warmups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nTexas had one player listed on the injury list. Redshirt freshman running back Fozzy Whittaker suffered a knee injury August 16, 2008 and was listed as \"questionable\" to be able to play. He had been competing in the off-season for a starting spot with Vondrell McGee and Chris Ogbonnaya. Whittaker is a highly anticipated player for the Longhorns due to his holding the sixth\u00a0best record for a Texas high school running back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nThe University of Texas retired former Texas quarterback Vince Young's jersey number\u00a010 jersey during the pre-game ceremonies. The morning of the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Texas by 24 points. The weather forecast called for a high of 94\u00a0\u00b0F (34\u00a0\u00b0C) and a 20% chance of rain. The attendance of 98,053 set a new record for the most people to see a football game in the state of Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nTexas kicked off to start the game and the kick went out of bounds for a penalty, an inauspicious beginning to the season. Due to rule changes for 2008 that gave FAU the ball on their 40-yard line. On the opening drive of the game, the Owls drove the ball 45\u00a0yards, including two\u00a0completions from Rusty Smith to fullback Willie Rose and wide receiver Chris Bonner for 22\u00a0yards and 16\u00a0yards, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nHowever, inside the red zone, the drive came to a halt when the snap was botched by center David Matlock, resulting in a 21-yard fumble and turnover. The proceeding drive for the Owls also reached the red zone, but resulted in another turnover when Rusty Smith threw an interception to Texas freshman defensive back, Earl Thomas. The missed opportunities to turn successful drives into touchdowns set the tone of the game for the Owls, which would go on to turn into a blowout in favor of 10-ranked Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nJunior quarterback and preseason Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, Rusty Smith threw for 253\u00a0yards and completed 15\u00a0of\u00a031\u00a0pass attempts. Along with his interception, he threw a touchdown to tight end Rob Housler on a 20-yard hook up. Kicker Warley Leroy kicked a 31-yard field goal. Receiver Cortez Gent and tight end Jamari Grant combined for 7\u00a0completions and brought in 59\u00a0yards and 93\u00a0yards, respectively. Smith threw for more yards than McCoy, who ended with 222\u00a0yards, McCoy threw for three\u00a0touchdowns and zero\u00a0interceptions. McCoy also ran for a touchdown. The Owls running backs ran for 37\u00a0yards combined, while McCoy ran for 103\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nIn the post-game press conference Schnellenberger said, \"I know one thing: they are a lot tougher than we are...I was hoping I could raise the level of consciousness on my football team (so the players) could be as physical as they could become. I don't know if my remarks helped (Texas). If they did, I apologize to my team.\" FAU's losing-streak against ranked opponents ran to five games as the Texas Longhorns beat FAU, 52\u201310. The Owls are now 0\u20135 all-time against ranked opponents. Mack Brown improved his record for season opening games to 10\u20131, including nine\u00a0straight years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nAt approximately 3:00am the night of the game, starting defensive tackle Lamarr Houston was arrested for DWI. Brown says Houston would miss game two against UTEP, but did not say if further disciplinary action would be taken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nThis 2008 game marks the first meeting between the Longhorns and the University of Texas at El Paso Miners to occur in El Paso. Texas holds a 2\u20130 record against the Miners, with the most recent game occurring in 1933 when the school was known as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy. Besides both being in The University of Texas System the two schools also share the same alma mater, The Eyes of Texas. While the Longhorns have the Hook 'em Horns symbol, Miners' fans make a symbol called the \"Pickaxe\", with pinkie and thumb extended from a closed fist. Coach Mike Price also followed the tradition of leading the team through the field carrying a large pickaxe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nThe Miners opened their season with a loss to the Buffalo Bulls 42\u201317. Afterwards, Miners coach Mike Price said of the upcoming game against the Longhorns, \"Man, I hope they're not as good as Buffalo.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nThe kickoff for the game was set for 8:00pm local time (Mountain Time) which is an unusually late start and which translates to 9:00pm in Austin. Sports analysts have speculated that the Miners excitement for the game, the crowd noise, the distance traveled, and time may pose a problem for Texas. They have also compared the game to Texas' 2007 road trip to Central Florida, which was a very close win for Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nLonghorn defensive coordinator Will Muschamp said of the time slot, \"Doesn\u2019t matter where we play, who we play or what time we play, Texas defense is gonna show up and play.\" The game was one of the most anticipated games in UTEP history and \"because season-ticket packages were available for $99, some Texas fans bought them in advance to avoid the hassle of a single-game purchase. The sales pushed UTEP to nearly 24,000 season tickets, a school record.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nThe morning of the game, Las Vegas sports books favored Texas by 27 points. The weather forecast called for a game time temperature of 83\u00a0\u00b0F (28\u00a0\u00b0C) and mostly clear skies. The attendance was 53,415, the largest crowd ever for the Sun Bowl Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nUTEP got the ball to start the game and scored a field goal. Texas was not able to secure a first down and punted back to Miners, who scored another field goal to take a 6\u20130 lead. On their second possession, Texas drove 80 yards for a touchdown on a McCoy pass to Quan Cosby. The extra point gave Texas a 7\u20136 lead which they still held at the end of the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nThe Longhorns scored again ten seconds into the second quarter, as McCoy threw a 12-yard touchdown to wide receiver Dan Buckner. The Miners' Jose Martinez attempted a 65-yard field goal, but it fell short and Quan Cosby returned it 65 yards to the UTEP 35 yard-line. Texas put John Chiles in as quarterback on the next series, and fullback Cody Johnson scored his second rushing touchdown of the season to make the score 21\u20136. With four minutes to go in the half, McCoy threw a touchdown pass to tight end Blaine Irby to make the score 28\u20136 with the extra point. UTEP scored a touchdown with 18 seconds remaining in the half, making the score 28\u201313 at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nTexas got the ball to start the second half and drove to the UTEP 14-yard line when McCoy threw an interception in the UTEP end zone; it was his first interception of the season. Neither team scored during what the Austin American-Statesman called a \"sloppy\" third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nMcCoy faked a hitch pass to Brandon Collins and instead threw downfield to Jordan Shipley to extend the lead to 35\u201313. On the very next play from scrimmage, Emmanuel Acho forced Tarrell Jackson to fumble and Roddrick Muckelroy retrieved the ball returned it for a touchdown, making the score 42\u201313. UTEP missed a field goal to end their next possession. Texas punted on their next possession, and then took over on downs when UTEP was unable to score on their last possession. The Horns kept the ball on the ground and ran out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nPrior to the 2008 season, Texas and Rice had competed in football on 90 prior occasions. The series, which began in 1914, is the fourth oldest (by number of games) in Texas history. Like Arkansas, Rice once played alongside Texas in the Southwest Conference and the rivalry has continued (67 Texas wins vs 21 wins for Rice, with one tie). This was alluded to by President John F. Kennedy when he admired the challenge faced by the Rice Owls when they play Texas in Austin. Rice coach David Bailiff used this speech to motivate his team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThe coach distributed wristbands bearing the letters \"BIH\". The letters stand for the phrase \"Because it's hard\". Bailiff explains that Rice plays Texas for the same reason he intends to build Rice's expectations of winning. \"Because it's hard\", he says, \"It is hard here. But it's not impossible.\" Over the 47\u00a0years since Kennedy made his speech, the Owls are 2\u201344\u20131 against Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nIn addition to continuing a traditional rivalry, playing Rice in a \"home and away\" series allows for Texas to play games in Houston, Texas, a city that is an important recruiting base for Rice as well as Texas, along with having a significant Texas Exes alumni population. The 2006 game was won by Texas, 52\u20137. Texas won the 2007 game 14\u201358.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThe morning of the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Texas by 29\u00a0points. Texas won the game 52\u201310, and Colt McCoy threw 4\u00a0touchdowns to achieve a total of 62 in his career at Texas. That puts him in first place in the Texas record book, ahead of Major Applewhite (60) and Chris Simms (59).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThis game was designated as the 2008 Alumni Band Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nThe Arkansas Razorbacks are coached by Bobby Petrino who was introduced as the new coach on December 11, 2007. Petrino follows the ten\u00a0season tenure of Houston Nutt who resigned November 26, 2007 after a year marked by off-the-field turmoil. In 1964, the Razorbacks were the only team to go through the regular season and a bowl game undefeated, and they were awarded the Football Writers Association of America National Championship. The 1969 Razorbacks, led by challenged Texas for a national championship in the Game of the Century. Texas won 15\u201314 to claim the national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nIn the most recent match-up between the two programs, the 2004 Longhorns achieved a 22\u201320 win against an unranked Arkansas team. Texas leads the series 55\u201321\u20130. The two schools were once conference foes in the Southwest Conference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nThe threat of adverse weather from Hurricane Ike postponed the football game between the two programs. The game originally was scheduled to be played on September 13, 2008 and has been rescheduled for two weeks later on September 27, 2008, an open date for both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nThe morning of the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Texas by 27 points. The temperature was 91\u00a0\u00b0F (33\u00a0\u00b0C) at kickoff, with mostly clear skies. The Longhorns won 52\u201310 in the most lopsided game in the Texas/Arkansas rivalry since the 1916\u00a0meeting. McCoy threw 3\u00a0touchdown passes and ran for 2\u00a0more to give him 75 in his career, third\u00a0place in Longhorn history. In the fourth\u00a0quarter, all the points were scored by the defensive units. Texas returned an interception 81\u00a0yards for a touchdown, and Arkansas returned a fumble 80\u00a0yards in reply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nTexas' most recent game against Colorado was in 2005 and they faced each other twice: once in the regular season, and once in the Big 12 Championship Game. In the first game, the Longhorns established a lead early in the game and never lost it; they led 35\u201310 at halftime and defeated the 2005 Colorado team by a final score of 42\u201317. Texas scored touchdowns on all five of their first\u00a0half possessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nVince Young had the best statistical performance of his career to date, completing 25 of 29\u00a0passing attempts for 336\u00a0yards and 2 passing touchdowns in addition to 58\u00a0yards rushing and 3\u00a0rushing touchdowns. His 86.2%\u00a0completion percentage set a new single-game record for Texas, breaking his previous record of 85.7%\u00a0set against Oklahoma State in 2004. After the game, Colorado Head Coach Gary Barnett said of Young's passing performance, \"We can't do that in practice against air\", meaning that his team would not have been able to complete 86.2%\u00a0of their passes even if playing unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThe championship game matched the Big 12 North Division champion against the South Division champion in a game held after the regular season has been completed. Despite losing the last two games of the regular season, Colorado retained the best record in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference. Texas won the 2005 Big12 Championship 70\u20133, the most lopsided score in any college football conference championship to date. Texas earned its second\u00a0Big 12\u00a0football championship to make 27\u00a0conference championships total, including 25\u00a0in the Southwest Conference). The week after the game, Barnett was fired as Colorado's head coach and replaced by Dan Hawkins, the former head coach of Boise State. Entering 2008, Texas leads the series with Colorado 9\u20137\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThe morning of the game, sports books favored Texas by 13\u00a0points. The weather forecast called for a game-time temperature of 64\u00a0\u00b0F (18\u00a0\u00b0C) and a 30% chance of rain, with isolated thunderstorms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThe Longhorns won 38\u201314. McCoy threw for two\u00a0touchdowns and moved past Ricky Williams into second on Texas' all-time list for touchdowns responsible for (passing, rushing, receiving). McCoy has 77 while Williams had 76 with the Horns; Vince Young is in first place with 81.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe game against the 2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team marked the 103rd meeting of the Red River Shootout, which has been called one of the greatest sports rivalries. It is the second longest running rivalry for the Longhorns, behind the one with Texas A&M. Since 1929 the game has been held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas typically in mid-October with the State Fair of Texas occurring adjacent to the stadium. Prior to 2007, Texas led the series 57\u201339\u20135, including the two consecutive wins. The 2006 match-up was a 28\u201310 Longhorn victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nIn the week prior to facing the Oklahoma Sooners, Longhorn fans conduct their traditional Torchlight Parade and Rally. The rally first took place in 1916 prior to a game versus Texas A&M, but since 1986 it has been an annual event held exclusively during the week prior to the Texas\u2013OU game. Another annual tradition is the running of game balls by the schools' Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs. Each school's ROTC program uses a relay running system to run one game ball all the way from their respective campus to Dallas. Once there, they participate against each other in a football scrimmage, with the winner taking home a rivalry trophy and bragging rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nTexas won this 103rd meeting of the Red River Shootout, 45\u201335. It was the highest scoring event in the history of rivalry, and it was seen by the most fans ever to attend the Red River Shootout - a record 92,182.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nThe 2008 matchup was billed as a battle between two great quarterbacks, Colt McCoy of Texas and Chase Daniel of Missouri having both been mentioned as possible Heisman trophy candidates. Texas was playing their first home game as a number-one ranked team since 1977. Missouri won their first five\u00a0games of 2008 and had moved into third\u00a0place in the nation before they were upset at home by the Oklahoma State Cowboys and fell to eleventh\u00a0place. The Tigers came into the game with a 0-10 record against number-one ranked teams, and they had not won a football game in Austin since 1896.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nTo help ensure that the Longhorns did not dwell on the emotional victory over the Sooners, the Texas coaching staff called the team together and buried the game ball in the Texas practice field on the Monday before the game. The morning of the game the betting line on the morning of the game was Texas by 4\u00bd points; the over/under was 65. The temperature was 72\u00a0\u00b0F (22\u00a0\u00b0C) at kickoff, with clear skies. ESPN College GameDay was in Austin for the game, which set a new attendance record (University of Texas, state of Texas, Big12 Conference) of 98,383.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nMissouri won the coin toss and elected to receive the kickoff. They returned the ball to their 40 yard-line. On the first play from scrimmage, Missouri tried a reverse, but Texas dropped them for a loss and Missouri went three-and-out. Missouri had gone without a three-and-out for the whole season until having two during their loss the previous week against Oklahoma State. The Missouri punt rolled to the Texas 6-yard line. Colt McCoy led the Longhorns 95-yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nTexas had the ball 5-times in the first half and scored a touchdown each time, taking a 35-0 lead. Missouri scored a field goal at the end of the first half to make the score 35-3. Texas was forced to punt on their first possession of the second half and Missouri scored a touchdown to narrow the lead to 35-10. Texas rebounded with a touchdown and Missouri was never able to cut the lead to less than 25 points. The final score was Texas-56, Missouri-31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nMcCoy completed the game with 337 yards on 29-of-32 passing with two touchdowns, rushed for two more and at one point completed a school-record 17 passes in a row. His completion ratio of 79% coming into the game improved as he completed 91% of his passes in this game. His four touchdowns put him in first place for the most career touchdowns scored at Texas (82), passing Vince Young (81). McCoy's performance helped propel him into the midst of the Heisman Trophy speculation for 2008. For example, Tim Tebow, quarterback of the Florida Gators has a vote as the 2007 winner. Tebow said after Missouri game that McCoy would have his vote at this point in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nESPN's recap of the game said, \"And when McCoy dribbled the ball on the ground only to pick it up and throw a strike that kept the last drive of the half alive, he created the 'Did you just see that?' moment of the season so far. With one half of near-perfect football, Texas buried not only the remnants of the Sooners and the Tigers, but any doubt about who deserves to be No. 1. For now.\" When the initial Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings were released following the game, Texas was in the #1 spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nTexas has played the Oklahoma State Cowboys football (OSU) program 22\u00a0times and holds a 20\u20132\u20130 record from 1916 through 2007. Texas has a ten\u00a0game active winning streak against OSU, with the Cowboys most recent victory occurring in 1997. The Longhorns have needed spectacular comebacks to win some of the games. They trailed by as many as 28\u00a0points in 2004 yet rallied to win. They erased a 19\u00a0point half-time deficit in 2005, tying the school record for a second-half comeback. In the most recent meeting OSU led by 21\u00a0points entering the fourth\u00a0quarter but Texas scored 24\u00a0unanswered points to secure a 38\u201335 victory and set a record for the largest fourth-quarter comeback in Longhorn history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe 2008 Cowboys have a high-scoring offense and they come into the game undefeated at 7\u20130, including a big win over then #3 Missouri. Oklahoma State was ranked #8 in the Coaches' Poll and #7 in the AP Poll and BCS standings. Oklahoma State is averaging 46.4 points\u00a0a game and running for 283\u00a0yards a game, the fifth-best rushing attack in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0063-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe Houston Chronicle reported, \"For a program that's never finished higher than third in the Big 12 South, the Cowboys are tied with Texas and Texas Tech for the division lead and remain in the national title discussion as one of only nine remaining unbeatens in Division I-A. The Cowboys also represent the most balanced offense Texas will face this season.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe morning of the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Texas by 12\u00bd points. The weather forecast called for a high of 84\u00a0\u00b0F (29\u00a0\u00b0C) and partly cloudy skies. Texas won the hard fought contest 28\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nIt was the third ranked opponent defeated by Texas in as many weeks. The last time a team beat three teams ranked in the AP top 11 was Auburn in 1983. ESPN's Beano Cook said, \"What Texas is doing is unbelievable. If they go undefeated, they should go straight to the Super Bowl.\" When he was asked to recall a more difficult run, Cook replied, \"the Marines in the South Pacific.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe series with the Texas Tech Red Raiders began in 1928 and the Longhorns' record through 2007 was 43\u201314\u20130. In the 2006 contest, #5\u00a0ranked Texas barely came away with a 35\u201331 win over an unranked Texas Tech team. In the 2007 game #14\u00a0Texas won 59\u201343. During his post-game press conference, Texas Tech's Mike Leach used most of his time to rail against the officiating crew for incompetence and bias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0066-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nHe speculated that the officials may have favored Texas because the head official lives in Austin, because they are incompetent, or possibly because the conference wants Texas to appear in a BCS bowl because of the increased appearance fees that such a bowl generates for the conference. Jim Vertuno of the Associated Press wrote \"Leach was upset officials disallowed two Tech touchdowns in the third quarter. The first was overruled when video replay clearly showed the receiver let the ball hit the ground. On the next play, a touchdown pass was negated by a holding penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0066-0002", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nLeach also wanted, but didn't get, a flag for roughing the quarterback.\" The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported, \"Big 12 policy prohibits coaches from commenting publicly about game officials, so Leach's actions leave him open to reprimand, fine or worse.\" ESPN reported, \"Leach's rant will likely draw a fine from the league and possibly a suspension.\" The Big12 fined Leach $10,000, the largest fine in conference history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe morning of the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Texas by 3\u00bd points. The weather forecast called for a temperature of 72\u00a0\u00b0F (22\u00a0\u00b0C) and clear skies at kick-off. Students camped for a week to secure seating, and ESPN's College GameDay broadcast from Lubbock, Texas for the first time in the program's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTexas Tech won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball. The Longhorns forced a stop and the ensuing punt rolled inside the Texas 2-yard line. Offensive coordinator Greg Davis opted to line up in the I formation, an unusual formation for a team having trouble establishing a strong running game. The Texas running back was stopped in the end-zone for a two-point safety. Tech led the Horns for most of the game, by as much as nineteen points. Texas rallied to take a one-point lead with less than 1\u00bd minutes remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0068-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nOn the Red Raiders drive, Tech running back Baron Batch let a perfect pass slip through his hands and off his helmet, sending it spiraling into the air where a Texas defensive back missed an interception that would have sealed a Texas victory, letting the ball slide through his hands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0068-0002", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nIn the final minute, down 33\u201332 with one timeout remaining, Texas Tech Heisman Trophy candidate QB Graham Harrell engineered a drive down the field by throwing for first downs which repeatedly stopped the clock in order to move the chains, and almost threw an interception that bounced off the hands of Tech running back Baron Batch and then fell through the hands of Texas defensive back Blake Gideon that would have ended the comeback attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0068-0003", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nHarrell's final play was a pass to Heisman Trophy candidate wide receiver Michael Crabtree, who caught the ball near the sideline and broke away from two Longhorn defenders to scamper in for the winning score with a second left to play. The extra point gave them a 39\u201333 lead with one second remaining. The Tech fans had rushed the field after the touchdown, and again after the extra point. Tech was penalized accordingly and had to kick off from the 7\u00bd-yard line. Texas took the squib kick and lateraled twice in an attempt to score on the kickoff, but Tech caught one of the laterals to end the game. Subsequent to the loss, Texas fell from #1 to #4 in the BCS Poll, and Texas Tech rose to #2, behind Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Longhorns first played the Baylor Bears in 1901 and faced them annually during the days of the Southwest Conference. In the 97\u00a0meetings through 2007, Texas' record with the Bears was 71\u00a0wins, 22\u00a0losses, and 4\u00a0ties. This is Texas' third-longest rivalry by number of games: only Oklahoma and Texas A&M have faced Texas more often on the football field. Texas won the 2006 game 63\u201331. The 2007 game was initially a close fought contest, but Texas outlasted the Bears for a 31\u201310 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe morning of the game, sports books favored Texas by 27 points. The temperature was 69\u00a0\u00b0F (21\u00a0\u00b0C) at kickoff and the skies were sunny for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nTexas got off to a fast start with two\u00a0touchdowns in the first quarter, but Baylor tied the score at 14\u201314. Texas then scored 31\u00a0straight points before yielding a late field goal to Baylor. The final score was 45\u201321. McCoy passed for 300\u00a0yards and five\u00a0touchdowns. The Associated Press story commented, \"And McCoy likely refueled his Heisman Trophy bid by completing 26 of 37 passes for his fourth 300-yard game this season, and eighth of his career, even without playing the final 12 minutes. The touchdowns went to four different receivers, though he did have two interceptions.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nTexas had lost a close road game the prior week to Texas Tech, who were undefeated at 8-0 and ranked #5 in the Coaches' Poll. As a result, the Horns fell to #7 in the Coach's poll and #4 in the BCS Standings, keeping alive the possibility they could still play for the national championship if other top teams stumble. The same day Texas defeated Baylor, #3 Penn State lost their game and Texas subsequently moved up to #3 in the BCS rankings. The win over Baylor was the 829th win for the UT football program, which tied Notre Dame for 2nd in the list of college football's ten most victorious programs. Notre Dame lost later the same day, so the tie will last until at least November 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nOn November 11 (with UT holding an 8-1 record) Heisman voter Rodney Gilmore of ESPN.com had Colt McCoy listed third of five Heisman candidates. Gilmore said, \"I love his numbers (78 percent completion percentage, 28 TDs, only 7 picks and 2,879 yards) and his gutsy second-half performance against Texas Tech. And I have not forgotten about his epic performance against Oklahoma just a few weeks ago. However, Harrell outplayed McCoy head-to-head in the showdown last week, so Harrell has a leg up on him for now, but McCoy is within striking distance.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nComing into 2008, Texas held a 6\u20130 record against Kansas since the formation of the Big12. In order to win the 2004\u00a0game against the Kansas Jayhawks, Texas had to convert a 4th-and-18\u00a0situation and complete a touchdown pass with only eleven\u00a0seconds remaining on the clock. The 2005 game provided much less on-field drama, as Texas led 52\u20130 by halftime and defeated Kansas 66\u201314. The two teams did not face each other in 2006 or 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nThe morning of the 2008 game, Las Vegas casinos favored Texas by 14 points. The weather at kickoff was 37\u00a0\u00b0F (3\u00a0\u00b0C) and partly cloudy, with winds of 23\u201330 miles per hour. Snow flurries began near the end of the first\u00a0half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nTexas won the 2008 game, 35\u20137; Notre Dame won vs. Navy the same day, leaving the Longhorns and the Fighting Irish tied for second\u00a0place in all-time wins. It was Colt McCoy's 30th career win, which tied him with Vince Young for the school record. McCoy completed 24 of 35 passing attempts (71%) for 255\u00a0yards and 2\u00a0touchdown passes. He was also the leading rusher for both schools, rushing for 78\u00a0yards and a touchdown. Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing, an Austin native, completed 25 of 50 passes for 258\u00a0yards and 1\u00a0touchdown. McCoy's two\u00a0touchdown passes put him at 31 for the season, breaking his own school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nThe Longhorns also ensured their eight\u00a0consecutive season with ten or more wins per season. That is the longest active streak in the nation and it ties them with Miami (1985\u201392) for the second-longest streak of all-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThis game marks the 115th meeting between Texas and the Texas A&M Aggies and it will be the fifth\u00a0year as part of a multi-sport rivalry called the Lone Star Showdown. The football rivalry began in 1894 and it is the longest-running rivalry for both the Longhorns and the Aggies and it is also the third most-played rivalry in Division I-A college football. Since the series began in 1900, the game has traditionally been played on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend. The 2007 game marked the twelfth\u00a0straight game to be scheduled the day after Thanksgiving. The two schools have agreed to move the game back to Thanksgiving Day for the 2008 and 2009 contests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nAlthough Texas entered the 2008 contest with a record of 73\u201336\u20135, the Longhorns had lost the last two\u00a0games to the Aggies. The 2006 meeting was the first time in eight years that both teams entered the game with at least eight wins coming into the match-up. That game came one week after Texas lost to Kansas State and the Longhorns suffered a 7\u201312 loss to the Aggies. Going back to 1999 when Texas lost the final three games of the season, the Longhorns had gone 87\u00a0games without losing back-to-back games. That was the longest active streak for any college or professional football team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\n2007 was a turbulent year for the Aggies. A&M head coach Dennis Franchione spent much of the season being criticized for his coaching performance. Criticism intensified in late September as it became known that Franchione had been selling a secret email newsletter to athletic boosters who paid US$1,200 annually for team information that Franchione has refused to release to the public. The newsletter, called \"VIP Connection\", had been written by Franchione's personal assistant, Mike McKenzie, and included specific injury reports and Franchione's critical assessments of players. A bright spot was their defeat of the Longhorns, 38\u201330. At the beginning of the post-game press conference, Franchione announced his resignation effective immediately. Mike Sherman was hired three days later, becoming the 28th head coach of the Texas A&M football program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 918]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nAs a result of a 1999 accident that killed 12\u00a0students and injured 27\u00a0others, the Aggies can no longer hold a school sponsored version of their traditional Bonfire but an unofficial \"Student Bonfire\" will burn on November 22, 2008. The Longhorns will hold their traditional Hex Rally November 24, 2008. The Aggies came into the 2008 game with a 4\u20137 record, assuring that they would have a losing season no matter the outcome of the game with UT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe weather forecast called for a game-time temperature of 70\u00a0\u00b0F (21\u00a0\u00b0C) and a 40% chance of rain. Odds makers in Las Vegas predicted Texas would win by 35\u00a0points. The biggest margin of victory in the history of the rivalry occurred when Texas beat A&M 48\u20130 in 1898. Texas nearly equaled that record this year by producing a 49\u20139 victory, the second-largest margin of victory for this rivalry series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe win was the 31st for Colt McCoy, setting a new school record. It was also the 200th\u00a0career win for Mack Brown, and it set a new attendance record for UT, the State of Texas, the Big 12 Conference, and the southwest region. Texas entered the season trailing Michigan and Notre Dame in the list of all-time victories. With the win, Texas finished its regular season 11\u20131, bringing its all-time win total to 831. Notre Dame compiled a 6\u20136 regular season record, increasing its win total to 830. Thus, Texas passed Notre Dame and now holds the #2 spot as of the completion of the 2008 regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nMcCoy threw ran for 2\u00a0touchdowns and threw for 2\u00a0more. He completed 23\u00a0of 28\u00a0attempted passes for a total of 311\u00a0yards. That yardage put him at 3,594\u00a0yards for the season - another school record. His longest pass of the evening, 68\u00a0yarder on a post route to Jordan Shipley late in the third quarter, ended up a yard short of being McCoy's fifth\u00a0touchdown of the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nOklahoma and Texas Tech also won their final regular-season games, which left in place a three-way tie for first place in the Big 12 south. The tie was broken in favor of the Oklahoma Sooners using a controversial ranking formula (see below). Thus, Oklahoma advanced to play in the 2008 Big 12 Championship Game and Texas waited for the results of that game to determine which bowl game would select Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, 2009 Fiesta Bowl - Ohio State\nAfter being passed over in the selection for the 2009 BCS National Championship Game (see below), Texas accepted an invitation to play the Ohio State Buckeyes (OSU). The day the bowl bids were announced the sports betting line opened with Texas as ten-point favorites, the most of any of the 2009 BCS bowls. Texas and Ohio State have two of the longest-running programs in college football, but they have played each other only twice. Texas won the 2005 game en route to winning their most recent national championship. In the 2006 game, which was won by Ohio State, OSU and Texas were ranked #1 and #2 respectively. It was only the 36th time that the top two teams in college football had ever faced each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, 2009 Fiesta Bowl - Ohio State\nWith under a minute to play, Texas Quarterback Colt McCoy engineered a comeback, and capped off the drive with a pass to WR Quan Cosby. Cosby eluded 2 defenders and ran almost 35 yards to score a touchdown. On the ensuing Ohio State drive which started with about 40 seconds on the clock, the Texas defense stepped up, and denied Ohio State from scoring. With a couple of seconds on the clock, Ohio State tried a hail mary, in vain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities\nThe BCS does not have an end-of-season ranking. It exists only to match up the top-two teams in a Bowl Game, and declares the winner of that team the BCS National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities\nIn order to have played in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game at the end of the 2008 season, Texas would have needed to have been ranked #1 or #2 in the final BCS rankings of the season. Texas rose to first place in the BCS rankings following their win over Missouri. They held that position for two\u00a0weeks before losing to Texas Tech and dropping to fourth. The loss to Texas Tech on November 1 left the Longhorns dependent on the play of other teams to determine UT's fate for the season. Texas won the rest of their games, but so did Oklahoma. Texas Tech's only regular season loss was to Oklahoma. Because the three teams finished in a three-way tie, the final BCS poll of the season served as the tie-breaker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities\nIn the November 9 BCS rankings the Longhorns rose to third\u00a0place due to a loss by Penn State, who had been in third place. Alabama was in the top position, Texas Tech was second, Florida fourth, and Oklahoma fifth. The following weekend, Alabama, Texas, and Florida won while Texas Tech and Oklahoma did not play. The top\u00a0five rankings remained unchanged except that Texas switched places with Oklahoma in the Coaches' Poll, moving up to fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities\nWhen Texas only had its final game of the regular season, against Texas A&M, Texas Tech had two\u00a0games remaining: against Oklahoma and Baylor. Besides Tech, Oklahoma still had a game pending against Oklahoma State. Alabama still faced Auburn and then the 2008 SEC Championship Game against Florida. Florida faced The Citadel prior to meeting Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. That left a variety of scenarios possible for Texas' championship hopes, provided they won against A&M.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities\nEven if it didn't win the Big 12 South Division, Texas still had a reasonable chance at that point of playing for the national championship. In the 2001 season and the 2003 season, the national championship game included a Big 12 team that had not won the conference championship. In 2001, Nebraska did not play in the Big 12 Championship but went on to play for the national title. In 2003, the Sooners entered Big 12 Conference Championship ranked number one in the BCS rankings, but lost to Kansas State. They only fell to second place and went on to the BCS championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities, 45\u201335 campaign and BCS controversy\nOn November 22 Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 65\u201321 in Norman, Oklahoma. The win dropped Texas Tech to #7 in the BCS and moved Texas and Oklahoma to #2 and #3, respectively. It also forced a three-way tie in the Big 12 South division between Texas, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma. Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas Tech each had one remaining regular season game. Texas played Texas A&M on Thanksgiving (November 27) and won 49\u20139. Texas Tech played Baylor on November 29 and won 35\u201328. Oklahoma played Oklahoma State on the same day and won 61\u201341.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 111], "content_span": [112, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0093-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities, 45\u201335 campaign and BCS controversy\nAccording to Big 12 Conference tie-breaker rules, when three teams finish tied, the highest in the BCS on December 1 goes to the Big 12 Championship Game. If Texas had finished #1 or #2 in the BCS, they would have gone to the National Championship Game even without going to the Big 12 Championship Game. BCS rules exist primarily to match up #1 vs. #2, and the rules prohibit three\u00a0teams from the same conference making BCS berths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 111], "content_span": [112, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities, 45\u201335 campaign and BCS controversy, Polls prior to final regular season games\nAccording to the average rankings by Jeff Sagarin, Texas was the top team in the country followed by Oklahoma. Sagarin's ELO_CHESS ranking is a portion of the BCS computer rankings and it does not consider margin of victory. UT scored 93.56% vs 92.32% for Oklahoma. Sagarin's PREDICTOR score does include margin of victory in its calculation, but it is not part of the BCS formula. In this score, Texas still ranked higher than OU (95.28% vs 94.79%) and Texas Tech (89.35%) but the top three\u00a0teams were USC (99.94%), Florida (99.58%), and Penn State (95.34%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 154], "content_span": [155, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities, 45\u201335 campaign and BCS controversy, Polls prior to final regular season games\nTexas combined BCS point average was 92.09% and Oklahoma's was 91.25%, for a separation of .84%. The human voters in the Coaches' Poll and Harris Interactive Poll, which each constitute 1/3 of the BCS formula, had moved Oklahoma ahead of Texas. Before the final game, Texas had a substantial lead over OU in the computer rankings (96% to 90%). However, in the final week, OU faced OSU, which was ranked 12th in the BCS, while Texas played an unranked Texas A&M. With both teams winning, the Sooners edged past the Longhorns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 154], "content_span": [155, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities, 45\u201335 campaign and BCS controversy, 45\u201335 campaign\nLonghorn fans created a 45\u201335 campaign to remind voters in the AP and Coaches' polls that Texas beat OU 45-35 on a neutral field. Sophomore Austin Talbert created a Facebook group titled Texas did beat OU 45\u201335, lest we forget. and senior Matt Parks created a website titled Better Consider the Scoreboard. The campaign raised over $7,500 to have 20,000 45-35 signs printed for the Texas A&M at Texas game and to have a plane bearing the message Texas 45 OU 35 \u2014 settled on a neutral field fly over ESPN GameDay prior to the Oklahoma at Oklahoma State game. Excess proceeds were donated to the UT Orange Santa program and the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer research. The Daily Texan printed an additional 5,000 to 30,000 signs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 127], "content_span": [128, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities, 45\u201335 campaign and BCS controversy, 45\u201335 campaign\nJohn Bianco, UT's assistant athletic director for media relations, said that the campaign was done \"independently\" of the university.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 127], "content_span": [128, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities, 45\u201335 campaign and BCS controversy, 45\u201335 campaign\nThe campaign was covered by the Austin American-Statesman, CBS, the Dallas Morning News, the Denver Post, ESPN, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Houston Chronicle, the Kansas City Star, KEYE-TV, The New York Times, The Oklahoman, and the San Antonio Express-News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 127], "content_span": [128, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities, 45\u201335 campaign and BCS controversy, Texas Tech and Oklahoma fan response\nIn response to the 45\u201335 campaign, Texas Tech and Oklahoma fans created a 39\u201333 campaign to remind voters that Texas Tech beat Texas 39\u201333 in Lubbock. An anonymous individual also created a website titled The game that Texas Longhorn fans seem to have forgotten. Tech Alumnus Shane Walker and other Red Raider fans also raised money to have their own plane fly over ESPN GameDay at the OU at Oklahoma State game, with a banner carrying the website \"www.39-33.com\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 149], "content_span": [150, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities, 45\u201335 campaign and BCS controversy, Texas Tech and Oklahoma fan response\nThat campaign was covered by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Oklahoman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 149], "content_span": [150, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities, 45\u201335 campaign and BCS controversy, Results\nIn the Coaches' Poll,  Oklahoma lost 15 votes, but remained at #2 with 1,397 votes while Texas gained 26 votes to move up to #3 with 1,396 votes. In the Harris poll, Texas gained two votes to pass OU and move up to #3 while OU lost 29 votes to fall to #4. In the AP poll, Texas gained six votes to pass OU and move up to #3 while OU lost six votes to fall to the #4 position. In the Sagarin ratings, one of the six computer polls that makes up one third of the BCS rankings, one loss Oklahoma moved into the #1 spot, jumping undefeated Alabama. Texas moved up to the #2 spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 120], "content_span": [121, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198878-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings and championship possibilities, 45\u201335 campaign and BCS controversy, Results\nOklahoma and Missouri both went to the Big 12 Championship Game, so the game featured two teams that Texas beat by double digits. Oklahoma beat Missouri 62\u201321 and finished ranked #1 in the final BCS standings. Oklahoma would then go on to lose the BCS Championship to Florida, 24-14. Texas Tech also lost their bowl game to Mississippi in the Cotton Bowl. Texas would win the BCS Fiesta Bowl over Ohio State, 24-21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 120], "content_span": [121, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198879-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Rangers season\nThe Texas Rangers 2008 season was the 48th year of the franchise and 37th since moving to Arlington, Texas. The organization, after finishing fourth in the American League Western Division in 2007. The new season would be the first under the oversight of newly hired club president and former Ranger great Nolan Ryan. Upon his hire, Ryan indicated that his role in the 2008 season would be largely observational with regard to baseball operations, and any major changes would be made following the conclusion of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198879-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Rangers season\nI don't come in with any preconceived ideas of what I want to do or what needs to be done\", said Ryan, who indicated that he will make two extended trips to spring training to become acquainted with players and staff. \"I think it'll be a learning process for me. I'm going to try to get my arms around our organization so I'll have a better understanding of who we are and what we do and what I can do to help us be better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198879-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Rangers season\nThe Rangers set a Major League record for the most doubles by a team in a season, with 376.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198879-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Rangers season, Preseason, Notable offseason transactions\nThe Rangers' offseason was filled with activity as Jon Daniels moved to quickly acquire talent both on and off the field. The 2007 club roster fielded several arbitration-eligible players, whose status for 2008 remained unsure. Several of these players would sign short-term contracts with the Rangers while others would seek playing time elsewhere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198879-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Rangers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198879-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Rangers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198880-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Texas Republican presidential primary took place on March 4, 2008. John McCain won the primary election, giving him enough delegate votes to guarantee his nomination at the 2008 Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198880-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Republican presidential primary, Process\nThe Texas Republican primary process allocates delegates solely through the primary process. In addition to the candidates shown on the ballot, the ballot also shows a spot for \"uncommitted\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198880-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Republican presidential primary, Process\nTexas does not require a primary voter to be a registered party member \u2013 primaries are open to all voters, but a voter cannot vote in both the Republican and Democrat primaries; s/he must choose one or the other. In addition, voters who vote in a primary election cannot later sign a petition for a third-party or independent candidate to appear on the November general election ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198880-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Republican presidential primary, Process\nIn 2008, Texas had 140 Republican delegates available for the taking, divided into three categories:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198880-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Republican presidential primary, Process\nThe delegate split for the congressional delegates uses a modified proportional methodology:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198880-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Republican presidential primary, Process\nThe delegate split for the at-large delegates uses a similar methodology. If a candidate receives over 50% of the vote, s/he receives all 41 delegates. Otherwise, the split is proportional to the statewide vote; however, a candidate must receive at least 20% of the statewide vote to earn any delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198880-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Republican presidential primary, Process\nThe actual delegates are selected at precinct conventions on the date of the primary, which are held after the polls close at the site where voters in a precinct cast ballots (not always the same as early voting sites). Unlike the process in the Texas Democratic Party, these conventions only select the persons who will go to the state senatorial district, state, and the national conventions. All delegates are bound by the popular vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198880-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Republican presidential primary, Results\nThe results of the Texas primary, along with the other three states (Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont), gave McCain the number of delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination. After these primaries, Mike Huckabee ended his presidential campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198881-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas State Bobcats football team\nThe 2008 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University\u2013San Marcos in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats led by second year head coach Brad Wright, played their home games at Bobcat Stadium as a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and five losses (8-5, 5-2 Southland). They finished the season with a loss at Montana in the First Round of the FCS playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team\nThe 2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mike Leach. The Red Raiders played their home games at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team\nWith an 11\u20131 record in the regular season, the Red Raiders finished in a three-way tie with the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns atop the Big 12 South. In order to break the tie, BCS standings were used to determine who would face Missouri in the conference championship game. The Sooners, ranked #2 in the BCS polls at the time, were chosen to represent the South Division in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team\nIn a 2013 poll, the 2008 team was voted as the second best team in Texas Tech football history, losing to the 1973 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team by a margin of 53.2% to 46.8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Preseason, Rankings\nSports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel has Tech ranked at #10 in his preseason poll and later #8 in his college football power rankings. The team is also ranked #10 in the preseason by Fox Sports. ESPN.com writer Mark Schlabach ranked the Red Raiders #12 in his preseason poll and later #11 and #8 in revised editions of his preseason polls. In a March 26, 2008 article, Yahoo! Sports writer Olin Buchanan declared that Tech could challenge Oklahoma and Texas for supremacy in the Big 12 South in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Preseason, Rankings\nAs plusses, he cited a strong quarterback (Graham Harrell), experienced wide receivers (including Michael Crabtree), and five returning starters on the offensive line. As a weakness, he mentioned the defense's trouble stopping the run but speculated that a year of experience and new talent may help to alleviate this problem. Another weak spot he pointed out was the Red Raiders' trouble moving the ball on the ground on those rare instances when a rushing play is called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Preseason, Rankings\nTexas Tech was ranked #14 in the preseason USA Today Coaches' Poll, their highest ever preseason ranking since the 1977 season when they came in at #8. The Associated Press's preseason poll put the team at #12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Preseason, Dave Campbell's Texas Football\nCoach Mike Leach, along with players Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree were featured on the cover of the 2008 edition of Dave Campbell's Texas Football. The magazine predicted that the 2008 Red Raider football team would be the best in Texas and would challenge for the Big 12 South title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Preseason, Personnel changes\nOn January 22, 2008, Ruffin McNeill was hired as the team's defensive coordinator. He had held the position in an interim capacity since Lyle Setencich was reassigned during the previous season. After McNeill took over from Setencich, the Red Raiders' numbers for the 2007 season improved in all areas: rushing defense per game (198.1 to 157.1), passing defense per game (206.8 to 190.8), scoring defense per game (28.2 to 24.5), opponent first downs per game (22.5 to 19.9), and opponent third-down conversions per game (47.8% to 39.3%). For the McNeill-coached games, Tech's average yield of 347.9 yards was the lowest allowed in the Big 12 Conference, and the scoring defense was fourth-best in the conference for that time frame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Preseason, Personnel changes\nOn February 1, 2008, offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen resigned his position with the Red Raiders. He announced that he had been hired to the same position with the Houston Cougars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington\nThe Tulsa Golden Hurricane were scheduled to travel to Lubbock for this game but backed out of the deal, choosing to play the Arkansas Razorbacks instead. On February 7, 2008, Texas Tech Athletic Director Gerald Myers announced that the Red Raiders would play the Eagles of Eastern Washington on August 30. During the previous season, the Eagles made it to the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs before being defeated, 38\u201335, by three-time defending national champion Appalachian State. They came into the game ranked #7 in the FCS. Texas Tech came in with a #14 ranking in the FBS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington\nThe Eagles won the coin toss and opted to receive the ball. On the first play after kickoff, Matt Nichols's pass was intercepted by Tech's Brian Duncan. The resulting drive ended in a two-yard rushing touchdown by Shannon Woods, followed by successful point after try by Donnie Corona. The Red Raiders scored twice more in the first quarter while shutting out the Eagles to bring the score to 21\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington\nEastern Washington was able to respond in the second quarter by scoring two touchdowns and a field goal. Meanwhile, Texas Tech was held to a single touchdown with successful PAT. Going into halftime, the score stood at 28\u201317 in favor of the Red Raiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington\nIn the third quarter, both Eastern Washington and Texas Tech added seven points. In the final quarter, the Red Raiders extended their lead when Aaron Crawford and Baron Batch both scored rushing touchdowns to bring the final score to 49\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington\nDuring the game, the Red Raiders rushed 25 time for a total of 103 yards. Quarterback Graham Harrell completed 43 out of 58 pass attempts for 536 yards, two touchdowns and was intercepted once. He was named AT&T ESPN All-America Player of the Week for his performance. The team had a school record 18 penalties for 169 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Nevada\nThe Red Raiders started off with the ball to begin the game. After failing to get a first down on the first three plays, Texas Tech decided to go for it on fourth down in Nevada territory and failed to make it. On the ensuing Nevada drive, the Wolf Pack successfully kicked a field goal giving them the lead, 0\u20133. On the next drive by Texas Tech, Graham Harrell's pass was intercepted by Uche Anyanwu. The next Nevada drive stalled on a three-and-out. Nevada was forced to punt to Eric Morris who took it 86 yards for a touchdown, giving the Red Raiders the lead, 7\u20133. Texas Tech and Nevada failed to score on their next drives with Nevada missing a field goal with a few minutes remaining in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Nevada\nIn the second quarter, Nevada's only points came from a field goal. Texas Tech drove 68 yards on five plays and scored on a one-yard run by Shannon Woods. The key play was a 50-yard pass from Harrell to Michael Crabtree who ran it all the way to the one-yard line. On the next Nevada drive, defensive end Brandon Williams tipped a pass which landed in the hands of defensive tackle Richard Jones. Both teams went scoreless the rest of the half. Nevada received the kickoff to begin the second half and immediately drove the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Nevada\nNevada's quarterback Colin Kaepernick dove into the endzone in what appeared to be a touchdown. However, after a lengthy review, the officials agreed that Texas Tech's Daniel Charbonnet forced the ball out of Kaepernick's hands resulting in a touchback. The next Red Raider drive, Mike Leach decided to go for a first down on fourth down, which they failed to make again. Nevada's resulting drive stalled, but they were able to kick a field goal due to good field position after the failed fourth down attempt. The only other points in the third quarter came on Texas Tech's next drive of six plays and 39 yards, scoring on Eric Morris' 13-yard run giving the Red Raiders the lead, 21\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Nevada\nHarrell was intercepted to begin fourth quarter and the resulting Nevada drive went three-and-out. On the next drive, Harrell and Crabtree connected for another big play, this one resulting in 82-yards and a touchdown giving Texas Tech a 28\u201312 lead. Texas Tech's celebration did not last long, as on the very next drive Nevada's Kaepernick passed for the team's only touchdown, a 48-yard pass to Marko Mitchell to make the score 28\u201319 in favor of Texas Tech. The Red Raiders scored on their very next drive on a 21-yard run by Woods with 6:18 remaining. The next Nevada drive resulted in a turnover on downs and the Red Raiders held on to the ball and the win, 35\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Nevada\nThe story of the game was Texas Tech's defense, not the offense. So much so, that as the Red Raiders were walking off the field, Texas Tech fans in attendance chanted, \"De-fense! De-fense!\" Although they allowed 488 total yards, the defense held the Wolf Pack to four field goals in six red zone attempts. Harrell, after being named Player of the Week last week against Eastern Washington, went 19 of 46 (41.3%) and 297 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions and set a career low in completions and completion percentage. There has been only two other times in Harrell's career in which he had completed less than 60 percent of his passes. This is the first time Texas Tech has won one of those games. Michael Crabtree had 7 catches for 158 yards and one touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 842]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Nevada\nNevada's place kicker Brett Jaekle went 4 of 6 on field goals from distances of 27, 26, 43, and 31 yards. Nevada quarterback Kaepernick had a huge game going 24 of 35 for 264 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. He was also the team's leading rusher, gaining 92 yards on 17 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU\nThe Mustangs received the kickoff to begin the game. On the first play from scrimmage, SMU quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell's pass was intercepted by Daniel Charbonnet. Tech's following offensive drive ended in a Donnie Carona 35-yard field goal. The Red Raiders scored twice more in the first quarter. The first on a 43-yard rush by Baron Batch, followed by failed Carona point-after try. The second on a 23-yard pass from Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree, followed by failed two-point conversion. Tech scored once in the second quarter to bring the score to 22\u20130 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU\nIn the second half, the Red Raiders scored three more times before putting in backup personnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU\nThe Mustangs only score of the game came with 3:29 remaining when Logan Turner passed to Aldrick Robinson for a seven-yard touchdown, followed by a successful Thomas Morstead PAT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU\nTexas Tech safety Daniel Charbonnet had a school-record three interceptions and was later named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, UMass\nDuring the first quarter, the Red Raiders scored three touchdowns, followed by successful point after tries. The Minutemen scored once, on a 53-yard return of a Texas Tech fumble. The Red Raiders scored three times in the second quarter while shutting out the Minutemen. The score going into the half stood at 42\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, UMass\nTech's first score of the third quarter came when Darcel Mcbath returned an interception 45\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Their second score was an 18-yard rushing touchdown by Shannon Woods. At the end of the third period of play, Texas Tech led 56\u20137. The only score by either team in the fourth quarter was a 2-yard rush by UMass's Korrey Davis with 51\u00a0seconds remaining on the game clock. The final score was 56\u201314 in favor of the Red Raiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, UMass\nDuring the game, Texas Tech's Graham Harrell completed 27 of 34 passes for 322\u00a0yards. Backup quarterback Taylor Potts was 4 of 9 for 37\u00a0yards. The Red Raiders had a total of 359\u00a0yards passing with 11 players catching passes. They also had 179\u00a0yards combined rushing from 5 different players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Kansas State\nComing into the game, K-State had lost the last 3 of 4 to the Red Raiders. Their last win against Texas Tech was in 2000 in Manhattan, Kansas. Texas Tech was favored by seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Kansas State\nThe Red Raiders scored first, on a 1-yard pass from Graham Harrell to Lyle Leong. The Wildcats responded by scoring on the following drive on a 33-yard TD pass to Ernie Pierce. Texas Tech made another touchdown, followed by successful PAT, to bring the score to 14\u20137. Facing fourth-and-inches from their own 29 late in the first quarter, the Red Raiders sent Shannon Woods on a sweep. But he was stopped and, four plays later, Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman scored on a 1-yard run, bringing the score to 14\u201314. A moment later, Texas Tech's Richard Jones recovered Lamark Brown's fumble on the Kansas State 34 and Baron Batch capped the ensuing drive with a 9-yard touchdown run on the following play to make the score 58\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Kansas State\nOn successive possessions in the second quarter, Harrell led quick-hitting drives of 53-, 70-, and 54-yards. Freeman, however, misfired on 9 of 10 passes, several of which Tech defenders got their hands on. The Kansas State junior, who a week earlier had become his own school's career passing leader, was 13-for-28 for 170 yards. Ernie Pierce scored on an 18-yard return of a blocked punt late in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Kansas State\nK-State's defense gave up 626 yards in the game. It was the third consecutive game that the Wildcats gave up more than 600 yards on defense. Graham Harrell threw six touchdown passes, matching his single-game career best. During the game, he also broke the school passing-yards record of 12,429\u00a0yard set by Kliff Kingsbury from 1999 to 2002. For his performance, Harrell was also named Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week as well as the O'Brien Quarterback of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Kansas State\nLyle Leong snared three touchdown passes from Harrell, who was 38-for-51 for 454 yards. Texas Tech scored on seven straight possessions and did not attempt a punt until Taylor Potts replaced Harrell late in the fourth quarter. Heisman candidate Michael Crabtree had nine catches for 107 yards and two TDs. With six, Harrell tied his career-best for touchdown passes, getting the ball to ten different receivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nFor homecoming, Texas Tech hosted the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Coming into the game, the Cornhuskers led the all-time series with Texas Tech, 7\u20132. However, the Red Raiders had won the previous two games. At Texas Tech's 2004 homecoming, they dealt Nebraska their worst loss in school history, 70\u201310. The following year, the Red Raiders won, 34\u201331, in Lincoln. This was Nebraska's first loss at their own homecoming in 37 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nTo begin the game, both the Red Raiders and Cornhuskers were forced to punt. On Texas Tech's next drive, Graham Harrell connected with Michael Crabtree on a 35-yard pass for the only score in the first quarter. This touchdown gave Crabtree the most touchdown receptions in school history. On the ensuing Nebraska drive, Quentin Castille scored on a 4-yard run and tied the game at 7\u20137. Texas Tech's Donnie Carona successfully kicked a 26-yard field goal on the Red Raider's next drive. After forcing a Nebraska turnover on downs, Shannon Woods gave Texas Tech a 17\u20137 lead on a 4-yard run. Nebraska later missed a field goal to end the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nNebraska began with the ball in the second half and drove 75 yards and scored on an Alex Henery 21-yard field goal. On the ensuing Texas Tech drive, Harrell again found Crabtree in the end zone this time on a 4-yard pass. Texas Tech had the lead 24\u201310 to end the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nTo begin the fourth quarter, the Texas Tech defense forced a Nebraska fourth down and 1 in field goal range. The Cornhuskers brought out the kicker but faked the field goal and passed for a first down to the 1-yard line. Nebraska's Joe Ganz then scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak to pull Nebraska within 7 points with 12:10 remaining in the fourth quarter. After a Red Raider punt, the Cornhuskers once again drove the field and scored on a Ganz 2-yard pass to Dreu Young to tie the game at 24\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nOn the very next drive by Texas Tech, the Cornhuskers forced the Red Raiders to a fourth down with 5 yards to go on Texas Tech's own 36-yard line. Mike Leach decided to go for it, and Harrell found Crabtree again for a 47-yard reception keeping the drive alive. Harrell later said of the play, \"If he was just a little covered, I would go to him. I threw it up there and he made the play.\" A few plays later, Harrell scored on a 1-yard run to give the Red Raiders the lead 31\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0033-0002", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nNebraska then drove the field 79 yards in 8 plays and scored on a 17-yard pass from Ganz to Todd Peterson to tie the game at 31 a piece with 29 seconds remaining in the game. Texas Tech failed to score on the next drive and the game went into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nIn overtime, Texas Tech received the ball first. The Red Raiders utilized a screen pass to running back Baron Batch to the 1-yard line. Harrell then handed the ball to Eric Morris for a 1-yard touchdown run. On the extra point, however, Carona's kick was partially blocked which kept the score difference at 6, 37\u201331. On Nebraska's first overtime try, Ganz's pass was intercepted by cornerback Jamar Wall after Ganz tried to throw the ball away to avoid being sacked. This interception gave Texas Tech the win preserving their top-10 ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nHarrell's two touchdown passes to Crabtree gave the tandem the most touchdown connections by a quarterback-receiver combination in Big 12 Conference history with 32. Harrell ended the game completing 20 of his 25 passes for 284 yards and two touchdowns. Crabtree caught 5 passes for 89 yards and 2 touchdowns. Running back Baron Batch rushed 10 times for 89 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nNebraska's Joe Ganz completed 36 of his 44 passes for 349 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception. The Cornhuskers held the ball for 40 minutes and 12 seconds in contrast to Texas Tech's 19 minutes and 48 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Texas A&M\nAlthough, before the game, the Texas A&M Aggies led the all-time series with the Red Raiders, 34\u201331\u20131, they have not beaten Texas Tech since an overtime victory at Kyle Field in 2004. Mike Leach had a 6\u20132 record versus the Aggies. Sports bettors favor Tech to win by 21\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Texas A&M\nThe Aggies scored first on a 46-yard Randy Bullock field goal. The Red Raiders were able to answer with a touchdown to take the lead. However, A&M responded with a touchdown of their own, bringing the score to 10\u20137 in their favor. Thirty-nine seconds into the second quarter, Tech's Baron Batch scored on a three-yard run but the point after try was blocked. The Aggies scored two more field goals before the Red Raiders scored on an eight-yard pass from Graham Harrell to Baron Batch. Cory Fowler's extra point was good and Tech held a 20\u201316 advantage before A&M scored another touchdown to take a 20\u201323 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Texas A&M\nIn the third quarter, Texas Tech scored a touchdown and a field goal while holding A&M scoreless. Going into the final period of play, the Red Raiders led 30\u201323. With seven minutes remaining in the game, Texas Tech scored on a one-yard run by Graham Harrell. The extra point was blocked by Texas A&M and returned 97\u00a0yards by Arkeith Brown for the Aggies' final score of the game. The Red Raiders added one more touchdown to bring the final score to 43\u201325.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Kansas\nTexas Tech placekicker Matt Williams made his debut during the game. Williams came to the attention of Coach Mike Leach when he kicked a 30-yard field goal during a halftime contest at the game versus UMass. Following Tech's victory over Kansas, Williams was recognized as the AT&T ESPN All-America Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe series between Texas Tech and Texas originated in Austin in 1928 and the two teams have met annually since 1960. Texas led the series 43\u201314 entering the game, with the Red Raiders last win coming in a 42\u201338 upset of the #3\u00a0Longhorns in Lubbock in 2002. In the 2006 contest, #5\u00a0Texas narrowly came away with a 35\u201331 win over an unranked Texas Tech team at Jones AT&T Stadium. In the 2007 game, #14\u00a0Texas won 59\u201343.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nOn the day of the game, ESPN's College GameDay broadcast from Lubbock for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nTexas Tech and Oklahoma State first played in 1935. Coming into the game, the Red Raiders led the series over the Cowboys, 20\u201312\u20133. Oklahoma State last won in 2007 in Stillwater, 49\u201345, in a game that came down to the final possession. However, the Cowboys had not won in Lubbock since 1944. Texas Tech would not defeat Oklahoma State again until the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nTexas Tech and Oklahoma first played in 1992. Coming into the game, the Sooners led the series 11\u20134\u20130 though the Red Raiders had won 2 of the last 3 with the last loss coming in Norman in 2006. The only road game Tech had won in the series was during the inaugural season of the Big 12 in 1996. Under head coach Bob Stoops, the Sooners had lost only two games at home. The Sooners are 7-point favorites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nThe Red Raiders opened the game with a kickoff return to their 32-yard line. The Sooners forced a punt, and fielded their offense at their 27. The Sooners scored a touchdown with 8:59 left in the first. DeMarco Murray contributed 48 rushing yards in the drive. Tech returned the ensuing kickoff to their 22, and a Sooner personal foul after the return gave the Red Raiders 15 yards. Texas Tech lost 10 of those yards due to a delay of game and a false start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nStarting at their 27, the Red Raiders were stopped at the Oklahoma 48, where they punted again. The Sooners got the ball on their 20. On the second play of the drive, Oklahoma was punished again with a 15-yard penalty. After three failed attempts to pass the ball for a first down, the Sooners elected to make their first punt. On the next Tech possession, Graham Harrell was sacked on two consecutive plays, once by Adrian Taylor and the other by Gerald McCoy. Coming into the game, the Red Raiders ranked second in the nation in sacks allowed, with only 5. The Sooners ended the first quarter with a 42-yard reception by tight end Jermaine Gresham and two rushes by Chris Brown for a combined 12\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nOnce the second quarter commenced, both Brown and Gresham moved the ball for a touchdown on three different plays. Tech started their next drive at their own 38 and advanced the ball through the air to eventually get to the Oklahoma 15. Two incompletions caused the Red Raiders to face a 4th-and-3. Tech decided to go for it. Woods was unable to catch a pass by Harrell to convert and Tech turned the ball over on downs. Murray rushed the ball for 23\u00a0yards on Oklahoma's first play of the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nMurray followed with a 31-yard reception, which put the ball on the Tech 30. After two rushes by Brown, Gresham scored a touchdown on a 19-yard catch, and the subsequent extra point extended the Sooners lead to 21\u20130. Oklahoma's defense forced Tech to four plays on the next drive, with the fourth play being a 4th-and-4, Tech's second 4th down conversion attempt. With 9:31 remaining, Oklahoma completed a 1:44 scoring drive, which was capped by Juaquin Iglesias' 28-yard scoring reception. On the following possession, the Red Raiders reached the end zone, thanks to Harrell's 25-yard throw to Tramain Swindall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0046-0002", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nMatt Williams' extra point brought the score to 28\u20137. With 6:28 left in the half, Oklahoma began to drain the clock using their running game. The Sooners eventually scored on the 12th play of the drive. Once Tech got the ball, about a minute was left on the clock. On the second play, Harrell threw an interception to Travis Lewis, who returned the ball 47\u00a0yards. Tech offensive guard Brandon Carter, who stopped Lewis at the Tech 1, received a personal foul. Murray scored on a 1-yard rush to increase the Sooners' lead to 42\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0046-0003", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nTech got the ball again after the Sooner touchdown with 18 seconds remaining in the game. Harrell threw a shovel pass to Baron Batch, who ran 21 yards to the Tech 28. The half ended with Tech receiving a 16-yard personal foul. The Red Raiders left the field facing their biggest deficit of the season (35 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nTech attempted an onside kick to start off the second half, though the Sooners grabbed the ball at the Tech 34. OU ended the drive on a 33-yard field goal. Tech fumbled on their next possession, Oklahoma's Keenan Clayton recovered the fumble and return it 53\u00a0yards to the Tech 3. The Sooners added another 7 points to extend their lead to 52\u20137. Tech cranked up its passing game on its next possession, eventually scoring a touchdown and extra point with 5:39 remaining in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nOn the subsequent drive, the Red Raider defense forced their first sack on Bradford, and also forced the Sooners to punt. The Sooner defense countered in the next drive by forcing a three-and-out. The Sooner offense then added another score on a 66-yard reception by Manuel Johnson. The Tech defense blocked the extra point, and the score remained at 58\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nIn the fourth quarter, Tech failed to convert another fourth down, producing another turnover. Oklahoma scored immediately afterwards, improving their lead to 65\u201314. On the next possession, Tech was able to make three pass completions of at least 12 yards, though on the final play of the drive, Harrell lost the ball to the Sooners on a sack. With 10:50 left in the game, the Sooners started to run out the clock. The Red Raiders stopped them from scoring on a 4th down from the 1. Tech got the ball back with 4:48 on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nAfter a few plays, Tech faced another 4th down, and this time was able to convert it with a 13-yard throw to Crabtree. Tech later score their third touchdown with 11 seconds left, and Williams tacked on the extra point to change the score to 65\u201321. Tech attempted an onside kick and recovered the ball. The final play was a short-yard catch by Woods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma\nSince the Sooners won, Tech, Texas, and OU all tied for first in the division at 6\u20131. All three teams won their regular season finales to tie again at 7\u20131, the highest ranked team in the BCS standings earned a spot in the Big 12 Championship game. Sports columnists also stated that the quarterback of the winning team would be the front runner for the Heisman Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nTwo of Tech's starters on the secondary were unable to play in the game. Tech scored on the first possession of the game. The Bears countered on the ensuing drive, in which they scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak by Robert Griffin. On the next drive, Harrell's pass got intercepted on third down, and Antonio Johnson returned the interception for four yards to the Tech 34. After a few plays, Griffin soon scored a 13-yard rushing touchdown. Baylor's kicker Ben Parks missed the extra point, keeping the Baylor lead at 13\u20137 by the end of the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nAt the start of the second quarter, the Tech offensive line gave up another sack on Harrell, which cost them 10 yards. The Red Raiders, however, were able to complete the drive with a touchdown to regain their lead at 14\u201313. On the second to last play of the drive, Michael Crabtree injured his right ankle with about four minutes left in the half. Crabtree's right ankle twisted as he got tackled while making a 6-yard reception at the Baylor 1-yard line. Crabtree hobbled to the Tech bench, and was later taken to the locker room on a cart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nHe did not return for the second half. Baylor was forced to kick a field goal on their next possession, though Parks missed it from 29 yards. Once Tech got the ball back again, Harrell got sacked on the second play of the drive, and lost the ball in the process. Baylor recovered the fumble and fielded their offense at the Tech 16. Griffin led his team to another scoring drive, which ended on a successful two-point conversion. Baylor left the field leading 21\u201314 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Bears opened the third quarter with a 9-play 78-yard offensive drive that produced another touchdown. The longest play was running back Jay Finley's 47-yard rush. On their next drive, the Red Raiders scored again, though still trailed 28\u201314. Early on in the drive, Antonio Johnson sacked Harrell and forced a fumble, but running back Baron Batch was able to recover the fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Red Raiders compiled 7 points with 12:20 remaining in the game. On Baylor's next drive, Tech intercepted the ball at the Baylor 38. They soon converted the interception into a touchdown. On Baylor's final possession, which lasted 5 plays, Griffin was sacked twice. The second sack occurred on a fourth down, which caused the Bears to turn the ball over on downs. Tech ran out the clock and preserved their 35\u201328 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198882-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, vs. Ole Miss (Cotton Bowl Classic)\nThe Red Raiders were defeated by the Ole Miss Rebels in the 2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, Texas on January 2, 2009. The Red Raiders and the Rebels have met in bowl games twice before: the 1986 Independence Bowl and the 1998 Independence Bowl, with Ole Miss winning both. The teams also met during the 2002 and 2003 regular seasons with Texas Tech winning both games of the home-and-home series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 93], "content_span": [94, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game\nThe 2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game was a Big 12 Conference college football game played between the Texas Longhorns and Texas Tech Red Raiders at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. The game was played on November 1 and was one of the most memorable games in the two teams' rivalry. Heading into the game, both teams were undefeated at 8\u20130. However, a big difference between the teams was their rankings in the AP poll. Texas came into this game as the number 1 ranked team in the nation, led by coach Mack Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game\nThe Red Raiders, unlike their rivals, were not in the top 3. Instead, they came into the game ranked number 6 in the country. In the game, the Red Raiders stunned the Longhorns 39\u201333 on a last second touchdown pass. The game appeared over on the previous play, but Texas dropped an interception. The game has gone down as one of the greatest upsets in the rivalry's history and was crucial in a 3-way tie that happened in the Big 12 at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Pregame\nThe rivalry between Texas Tech and Texas originated in Austin in 1928 and the two teams have met annually since 1960. Texas led the series 43\u201314, with the Red Raiders last win coming in a 42\u201338 upset of the #3\u00a0Longhorns in Lubbock in 2002. In the 2006 contest, #5\u00a0Texas narrowly came away with a 35\u201331 win over an unranked Texas Tech team at Jones AT&T Stadium. In the 2007 game, #14\u00a0Texas won 59\u201343.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Pregame\nOn the day of the game, ESPN's College GameDay broadcast from Lubbock for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Game summary, First quarter\nThe Red Raiders received the opening kickoff, but their opening drive stalled out when quarterback Graham Harrell was sacked at the Texas 44-yard line on third down. The punt pinned the Longhorns at their own 2-yard line, and on their first play from scrimmage, they were forced into the end zone for a safety, giving Tech the first points of the game. The Red Raiders' next drive would result in a 29-yard Matt Williams field goal, and after the Longhorns had to punt again, Texas Tech finished the first quarter with a 3-yard touchdown run by Baron Batch as the clock ran out, giving them a 12\u20130 lead following the extra point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Game summary, Second quarter\nTexas Tech's early dominance continued as the Longhorn offense went three-and-out on each of their first two drives of the second quarter, and Tech's first possession of the quarter resulted in another touchdown, extending the lead to 19\u20130. However, their second possession ended with the first turnover of the game when Texas linebacker Sergio Kindle forced wide receiver Michael Crabtree to fumble at the Texas Tech 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Game summary, Second quarter\nA 43-yard Hunter Lawrence field goal would get the Longhorns on the board, though the Red Raiders would come back to answer with a field goal of their own, giving Texas the ball with 1:37 left in the half. The Longhorns would get as far as the Tech 8 before settling for a field goal as time expired, and the first half would end with the Red Raiders leading 22\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Game summary, Third quarter\nTexas received the ball to start the second half and was unable to cross midfield on their opening drive, but a 61-yard punt pinned the Red Raiders at their own 1-yard line, where they would go three-and-out, Jordan Shipley returning the ensuing punt 45 yards for a touchdown to bring the Longhorns within 9. Their next drive would stall out just past midfield, but a pair of penalties had the Longhorns facing second-and-22 from their own 7-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Game summary, Third quarter\nTexas quarterback Colt McCoy was then intercepted by safety Daniel Charbonnet, who returned it 18 yards for a Red Raiders touchdown, pushing the lead back to 16 points. The teams would trade punts before the Longhorns scored again with 12 seconds left in the quarter, Malcolm Williams catching a 37-yard pass from McCoy. The Longhorns then attempted a 2-point conversion to get within 8 points, but McCoy's pass was knocked down, and Texas trailed 29\u201319 after three quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nHarrell quickly led the Red Raiders down the field on the first drive of the fourth quarter, where they would reach second-and-7 from the Texas 9, but an incompletion and a sack for a 16-yard loss would force a Matt Williams field goal attempt, which the Longhorns would block. McCoy then hit Malcolm Williams for a 91-yard touchdown pass on the first play from scrimmage, and the extra point cut the deficit to 29\u201326 with 11 minutes remaining. The Red Raiders' next drive would eat up 5:15 and ended with a 42-yard Donnie Carona field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nMcCoy then led the Longhorns on an 11-play, 80-yard drive, completing four of five pass attempts as well as gaining 11 rushing yards on two carries, culminating in a 4-yard touchdown run by Vondrell McGee. Lawrence's extra point made it 33\u201332 Longhorns, their first lead of the game, with 1:29 left on the clock. The Red Raiders returned the kickoff to their 38-yard line, where Harrell went to work, completing passes of 8, 5, 11, and 10 yards to get a first down at the Texas 28-yard line with 15 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nHarrell's next pass was deflected to Texas safety Blake Gideon, but Gideon was unable to catch what would have been a game-clinching interception, giving Harrell another chance with 8 seconds to go. Harrell's pass went to Crabtree, who caught it near the sideline at the 6-yard line, broke a tackle, and went in for the touchdown with one second remaining. Thousands of Texas Tech fans rushed the field and had to be shooed off as officials reviewed the play to make sure Crabtree had stayed in bounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0006-0003", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nAs a result, the Red Raiders were charged with two excessive celebration penalties and had to kick off from their own 7-yard line following the extra point. However, Texas was unable to convert the kickoff for a touchdown, Texas Tech recovering an errant backwards pass attempt to ice the 39\u201333 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Aftermath\nTexas Tech's victory raised its record of 9\u20130, while Texas' loss dropped it to a record of 8\u20131. The following Monday, the polls reflected the game's outcome and Texas Tech rose from 6th to 2nd in the AP Poll, 5th to 3rd in the Coaches Poll, and 7th to 2nd in the BCS rankings while Texas dropped from 1st in all three polls to 5th in the AP, 7th in the Coaches, and 4th in the BCS rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Legacy\nThe game was named ESPN Classic's game of the week. In 2010, Stewart Mandel named the game as his Moment of the Year for the 2008 season. In 2009, Michael Crabtree's last second catch was named as the 2nd most memorable moment in Big 12 Conference history by ESPN, with the San Antonio Express-News listing it  in its top 12. Following the season, the Los Angeles Times listed the game as one of the top 10 moments of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198883-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, Legacy\nFollowing the end of the Bowl Championship Series to transition into the College Football Playoff, Yahoo! Sports listed the game as one of the top 50 moments in the entire 15 year era. Sporting News ranked the game as 7th in their top 10 moments in the BCS era. The notable nature of the game also earned a profile in the National Football Foundation's This Week In College Football History series. In 2014, the NFL Network listed the game as one of the best 10 games in the 2000s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198884-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai Senate election\nPrawit Wongsuwan (PPRP)Wissanu Krea-ngamAnutin Charnvirakul (BJT)Jurin Laksanawisit (D)Don PramudwinaiSupattanapong Punmeechaow", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198884-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai Senate election\nBorders\u00a0: Cambodia Laos Malaysia Myanmar (Maritime\u00a0: India Indonesia Vietnam)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198884-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai Senate election\nSenate elections were held in Thailand on 2 March 2008, the first under a new constitution. Voter turnout was 56%. Results were expected on 9 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198884-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai Senate election\n76 candidates were elected, one for each province, while 74 senators will be appointed by a selection panel headed by the Constitution Tribunal's president Virat Limvichai. Nominations for these seats were made by professional groups between 13 January and 18 January 2008, whereafter a panel appointed by the Electoral Commission vetted the nominees' credentials before forwarding the nominations to the selection panel. The Thai Election Commission endorsed the 74 senators selected from the nominations. The senators will serve six-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198884-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai Senate election\nThe appointed senators are considered to be closer to the outgoing military administration, while among the elected senators a substantial number are closely connected to deposed former PM Thaksin. A prominent critic of Thaksin and anti-corruption activist also appeared to have been elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198884-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai Senate election, Aftermath\nOn 13 March 2008, the Senate President was elected. The former Appeals Court president Prasopsuk Boondej, a nominated senator, received 78 votes. Thaweesak Khidbanchong, considered to be close to former minister Newin Chidchob, received 45 votes; General Lertrat Ratanawanit, reportedly closely connected to the defunct coup-making Council for National Security received 15 votes, and Police Lieutenant-General Manoj Kraiwong, who had been criticised for having leaned onto the opposition Democrat Party, received six votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis\nBeginning in 2008, there was worsening conflict between the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and the People's Power Party (PPP) governments of Prime Ministers Samak Sundaravej and Somchai Wongsawat. It was a continuation of the 2005\u20132006 political crisis, when PAD protested against the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PAD followers usually dressed in yellow, yellow being the royal color of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, and were called \"yellow shirts\". National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) followers, known as supporters of the deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, dressed in red and were widely called \"red shirts\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, History\nThe PPP won the December 2007 general election. Though it became the largest party in the House, it did not gain an absolute majority. PPP became the leading party when five other smaller parties, previously allies of Thaksin Shinawatra, agreed to join the coalition government under Samak Sundaravej.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, History\nThe coalition government vowed to amend the 2007 constitution which they called undemocratic, prompting PAD to resume protests against the constitutional amendment plan after having suspended its movement after the 2006 coup. PAD charged that the amendment was aimed at revoking charges against Thaksin and election fraud charges by PPP executive members. The Samak government suspended its amendment plan, yet PAD vowed to continue their protest, calling for Samak Sundaravej's resignation, noting that during his election campaign, he had declared himself a nominee of Thaksin. Tensions escalated when PAD seized Government House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, History\nSamak was forced to resign in September after the Constitutional Court found him guilty of being an employee of a television cooking program after he became the prime minister. PPP deputy leader Somchai Wongsawat, vice president of PPP and a brother-in-law of Thaksin, became the new prime minister. This change prompted continued PAD protests. The protests led to violent clashes between the police, PAD, and anti-PAD protesters on 7 October as the government aimed to disperse them from blocking the entrances of the House. A PAD protester was killed by a grenade near the premier's office and a member of the PAD security forces was killed when his car exploded. Many protesters were also injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, History\nAs PAD was attacked, it stepped up its protests by seizing the government's temporary offices at Don Mueang Airport, and the seizure and closure of Suvarnabhumi Airport after the arrest of Chamlong Srimuang, one of its leaders. The sieges ended in December when the Constitutional Court dissolved the PPP and banned its executive board from political office after finding it guilty of election fraud. The Constitutional Court dissolved two coalition partners of the PPP on similar charges, which broke the coalition apart. Prime minister Somchai resigned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, History\nIt is alleged that the army then urged MPs of a former PPP faction, the Friends of Newin Group, and MPs of the former PPP coalition partners to cross the aisle and form a coalition with the Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva. After days of negotiations, Abhisit Vejjajiva, leader of the Democrat Party, was voted in by a margin of 235 in favor, 198 against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, History\nThe People's Alliance for Democracy opposed to what it called the \"Thaksin system\", which is seen by some as the Thaksin' \"autocracy\", his domination of independent supervisory institutions and violations of human rights and the freedom of the press. It began the mass protest against Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006 after the removal of the critical TV program of Sondhi Limthongkul. In 2008, PAD accused Samak Sundaravej and Somchai Wongsawat of being proxies for Thaksin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, History\nSamak had announced that he was Thaksin's nominee during his election campaign, Somchai is Thaksin's brother-in-law, and several new Pheu Thai Party members are former TRT/PPP members. PAD was opposed to all attempts to reform the constitution in ways that would allow politicians banned from political office to re-enter politics, and to revoking the charges against Thaksin. PAD has also called for \"new politics\", a \"new age of politics, free from the corrupted politicians\". In May 2009, PAD founded its party, the New Politics Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, History\nOne of the PAD's major aims was to oppose what it considered the anti-monarchy movement, supposedly among some Thaksin supporters. PAD promoted the role of the king as the guard of the all people's power against the \"corrupted politician\". That is why PAD uses yellow, Rama IX's symbolic birthday colour, Monday, as its brand. Yet its ideology was blasted by some critics as \"anti-democratic\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, History\nThe National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) was the group consisting mainly of social activists, scholars, and Thaksin supporters who opposed the 2006 coup deposing Thaksin Shinawatra. It believed that the coup was supported by powerful persons, the \"elites\" or \"nobles\", targeting Prem Tinsulanonda, head of the privy council. The UDD aimed to topple the amatayathipatai (government run by traditional elites, nobles, and the bureaucratic polity).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, History\nIn the April 2009 protest, its aims were the immediate resignation of the prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and members of the privy council, Prem Tinsulanonda and Surayud Chulanont, as well as new elections. It also demanded that charges be brought against PAD for the 2008 airport seizures and unrest. Several members of parliament in the Pheu Thai Party were vocal in their support of UDD, as well as of Thaksin Shinawatra himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Origins of the crisis\nThe 2008 crisis had its roots in the 2005\u20132006 Thai political crisis, the 2005 election and 2006 elections, the 2006 coup, and the 2007 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Origins of the crisis\nThaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai party (TRT) won a landslide victory in the 2001 election, the first elections held under the Thai Constitution of 1997. Thaksin's grassroots economic policies helped reduce poverty and provided universal health care, making him hugely popular in rural Thailand. His drug policies were effective at reducing drug use but were attacked for the large number of extrajudicial executions that resulted. He was accused of conflicts of interest due to his family's continued holdings in Shin Corporation, the telecoms business that he founded prior to becoming Premier. Despite this, he became the first politician in Thai history to finish his term. Thaksin's re-election in 2005 election had the highest voter turnout in Thai history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Origins of the crisis\nMedia mogul Sondhi Limthongkul had been a staunch supporter of Thaksin until major losses at state-owned Krung Thai Bank caused CEO Viroj Nualkhair to be fired. Viroj was Sondhi's former banker and had forgiven Sondhi for billions in bad personal debts. Sondhi's levied public criticisms of Thaksin on his TV show and his media outlets, the Manager Daily newspaper and ASTV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Origins of the crisis\nSondhi's People's Alliance for Democracy soon gathered supporters among Dhammayuttika Nikaya disciples of Luang Ta Maha Bua, prominent socialites and members of the Thai royal family who claimed that Thaksin frequently insulted King Bhumibol Adulyadej, several state-enterprise unions who were against Thaksin's state-enterprise privatization plans, and various factions in the Royal Thai Army who claimed that Thaksin promoted only those who were loyal to him. The movement gained in popularity after Thaksin's family sold their share in Shin Corporation to Temasek Holdings while making use of a regulation that exempted individuals from paying capital gains tax. The PAD led protests demanding that Thaksin pay additional taxes, despite the SEC and the Revenue Department saying that no wrong had been done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 860]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Origins of the crisis\nThe protests escalated. In February 2006, Army Commander Sonthi Boonyaratglin started secretly planning for a military coup, despite regular denials. On 14 July 2006, Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda addressed graduating cadets of the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, telling them that the Thai military must obey the orders of the King \u2013 not the Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Origins of the crisis\nThe coup was executed on 19 September 2006 while Thaksin was attending a UN summit, just weeks before a planned Parliamentary election. The junta canceled the elections, abrogated the Constitution, dissolved Parliament, banned protests and all political activities, suppressed and censored the media, declared martial law, and arrested Cabinet members. The PAD voluntarily dissolved after announcing that its goals had been accomplished. Surayud Chulanont, Prem's former close aide, was appointed Prime Minister. A junta-appointed court banned the TRT and 111 of its executives from politics for five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Origins of the crisis\nPrivy Council President Prem harshly criticized Thaksin, who was in exile, comparing him to Adolf Hitler. A junta-appointed committee drafted a substantially revised constitution. Elections were scheduled for December 2007. Many TRT politicians moved to the People's Power Party. The PPP won the December elections and nominated Samak Sundaravej as Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, 2008 resumption of PAD protests\nThe Samak Sundaravej government, elected in the December 2007 general elections, came under pressure to resign since May 2008, when the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) reformed and staged regular street protests. They protested the government's proposals to amend the 2007 constitution, claiming that Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his government are acting as a proxy for former deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The PAD also criticized the Samak government's decision to support the Cambodian government's application for the listing of the disputed Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, 2008 resumption of PAD protests\nTensions rose between Thailand and Cambodia as the PAD called for Thai investors to withdraw from Cambodia, the closure of all 40 Thai-Cambodian border checkpoints, a ban on all flights from Thailand to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, the construction of a naval base at Koh Kut near the border, and the abolition of the committee which oversees demarcation of overlapping sea areas and the unilateral declaration of a Thai marine map.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, 2008 resumption of PAD protests\nIn late June, the opposition filed a no-confidence motion in parliament, which the government survived. The PAD proposed that the constitution be amended to reduce the proportion of elected members of Parliament. This would disenfranchise the rural population, which the PAD viewed as being insufficiently educated to vote for anti-Thaksin Shinawatra parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Siege of Government House\nTensions escalated to crisis when on Tuesday 26 August the protesters stormed and occupied the grounds of the Government House, displacing the prime minister from his offices. Another armed group attacked the headquarters of the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand, while the offices of three ministries were also partially invaded. Major roads into Bangkok were blocked by PAD supporters. Prime Minister Samak remained defiant, refusing to resign, while also vowing not to violently remove the protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Siege of Government House\nDespite a court warrant for the arrest of the PAD's nine leaders and a Civil Court order to evacuate, the PAD remained firmly lodged in the government compound. Friday 29th saw semi-violent clashes at various protest sites between protesters and riot police, who were still largely unable to control the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Siege of Government House\nTransport infrastructure was disrupted beginning 29 August, with state railway workers union, the PAD's alliance, was on strike partially disabling train services. PAD demonstrators occupied the runways of and closed down airports in the southern cities of Hat Yai, Phuket and Krabi. (The airports later reopened on the 30th and 31st.) The State Enterprise Worker's Union threatened to disrupt public infrastructure services including electricity, waterworks, airline, bus, port and communications services, beginning with police and government offices, on 3 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Siege of Government House\nPrime Minister Samak called an emergency session of parliament on 31 August to resolve the issue, but refused to dissolve parliament as suggested by the opposition. Meanwhile, pro-Thaksin protesters calling themselves the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship of Thailand (UDDT) began to gather in Sanam Luang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, September 2008 state of emergency\nOne week after the PAD began occupation of the Government House grounds, violence erupted as members of the UDDT clashed with the PAD in a melee involving firearms, resulting in 43 injuries and at least one death. Prime Minister Samak, by virtue of the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situation, BE 2548 (2005), declared a state of emergency in Bangkok at 07.00 hours of the following morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, September 2008 state of emergency\nSundaravej also put Gen Anupong Paochinda, Army Commander in Chief, in charge of the remedy of the said State of Emergency, and appointed Pol Gen Patcharavat Wongsuwan, National Police Commander in Chief, and Lt Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha, 1st Army Area Commander as assistants to Gen Anupong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, September 2008 state of emergency\nHe also issued bans on the gathering or assemblage of more than five persons within the Bangkok Metropolis; on the nationwide press release, distribution or dissemination of letters, publications or any other information containing the matters which may instigate apprehension amongst the people or is intended to distort information in order to mislead an understanding of the State of Emergency to the extent of affecting the security of state or public peace and order or good moral of the people; and on other matters which were a kind of public rights and liberties restriction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, September 2008 state of emergency\nHowever, on the same day, Mr Nitithon Lamluea, a member of Thailand Lawyer Council's Human Rights Committee, lodged with the Supreme Administrative Court a complaint against Prime Minister Samak accusing him of abuse of power as he imposed a state of emergency in Bangkok, but the circumstances on 2 September were not what was prescribed in said Emergency Decree as being a State of Emergency. The complaint also requested the Court to revoke the State of Emergency. Tej Bunnag, then the Minister of Foreign Affairs, resigned from office as he disagreed with the Government's measures to remedy the crisis and felt uneasy in representing the Government to foreigners when explaining the prevailing circumstances to them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, September 2008 state of emergency\nOn 14 September, the Government issued an Announcement revoking the State of Emergency throughout Bangkok together with all the pertinent announcements, orders, and articles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Fall of Samak\nOn 9 September 2008, the Constitutional Court of Thailand found that Samak had hosted and received payment for hosting two cooking TV shows, \"Tasting and Grumbling\" and \"All Set at 6\u00a0am,\" for a few months after he had become Prime Minister. He had been hosting the shows for years prior to becoming Premier. Section 267 of the 2007 Constitution of Thailand forbids members of the Cabinet from being employees of any person; this was to prevent conflicts of interest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Fall of Samak\nThe court found that although Samak was a contractor to the show's producers, and did not fit the definition of the term \"employee\" as defined under the Civil and Commercial Code, the law on labour protection or the law on taxation, the spirit of the Constitution gave a broader definition to the term. It thus found Samak guilty of breaching the Constitution and terminated his Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Fall of Samak\nA session of the House of Representatives was held on 12 September to vote for a new prime minister. The People Power Party decided to renominate Samak as Premier (he had stopped hosting the TV shows earlier that year and thus was no longer an employee). The session was cut short because the House lacked a quorum. The nomination of a new Prime Minister was postponed until 17 September, where the PPP successfully nominated Deputy Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat as Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Fall of Samak, Reactions to court decision\nKarn Tienkaew, deputy leader of Samak's People Power Party, said the party planned to propose a parliamentary vote Wednesday on returning Samak to power: \"Samak still has legitimacy. The party still hopes to vote him back unless he says no. Otherwise we have many other capable candidates.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Fall of Samak, Reactions to court decision\nOn 10 September 2008, however, the PPP shied away from their earlier statement they would renominate Sundaravej and was apparently looking for an alternative candidate instead; the new PM was to be nominated on 12 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Fall of Samak, Reactions to court decision\nPeople Power Party's deputy spokesman Kuthep Suthin Klangsang, on 12 September 2008, announced that: \"Samak has accepted his nomination for prime minister. Samak said he is confident that parliament will find him fit for office, and that he is happy to accept the post. A majority of party members voted Thursday to reappoint Samak. Samak is the leader of our party so he is the best choice.\" Despite objections from its coalition partners, the PPP, in an urgent meeting, unanimously decided to renominate Samak Sundaravej.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Fall of Samak, Reactions to court decision\n5 coalition parties, namely Chart Thai, Neutral Democratic, Pracharaj, Puea Pandin and Ruam Jai Thai Chart Pattana, unanimously agreed to support the People Power party (PPP) to set up the new government and vote for the person who should be nominated as the new prime minister. Chart Thai deputy leader Somsak Prissananantakul and Ruam Jai Thai Chart Pattana leader Chettha Thanajaro said the next prime minister who will be nominated on Friday. Caretaker prime minister Somchai Wongsawat said PPP secretary-general Surapong Suebwonglee will notify the 5 parties who the PPP nominates to take office again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0027-0002", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Fall of Samak, Reactions to court decision\nSome lawmakers, however, said they will propose an alternate candidate. Meanwhile, Thailand's army chief Gen. Anupong Paochinda said he backed the creation of a unity government that would include all the country's parties, and he also asked for the lifting of a state of emergency that Samak imposed on 2 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Fall of Samak, Reactions to court decision\nOn 12 September 2008, the quorum for selecting the new PM was not reached and the decision was delayed to 17 September 2008 in an event seen as signaling the end of Samak's career. After its four coalition partners stated they'd prefer someone else to become PM instead of Samak, the PPP agreed to drop his nomination. Embattled Samak Sundaravej abandoned his bid to regain his Thailand Prime Minister post, and Teerapon Noprampa said Samak would also give up the ruling People's Power Party (PPP) leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Fall of Samak, Reactions to court decision\nMeanwhile, PPP's chief party spokesman Kudeb Saikrachang and Kan Thiankaew announced on 13 September that caretaker prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, caretaker justice minister Sompong Amornwiwat, and PPP Secretary-General Surapong Suebwonglee were PPP's candidates for the premiership. However, Suriyasai Katasila of People's Alliance for Democracy (a group of royalist businessmen, academics, and activists), vowed to continue its occupation of Government House if a PPP candidate would be nominated: \"We would accept anyone as prime minister, as long as he is not from the PPP.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Fall of Samak, Reactions to court decision\nThe ruling People Power Party, on 15 September 2008, named Somchai Wongsawat, as its candidate for prime minister to succeed Samak Sundaravej. Somchai Wongsawat was ratified by the National Assembly of Thailand as Prime Minister of Thailand on 17 September, winning 263 votes against 163 votes for Abhisit Vejjajiva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, October violence, Chamlong's arrest\nOn 4 and 5 October 2008, respectively, Chamlong Srimuang and rally organizer, Chaiwat Sinsuwongse, of People's Alliance for Democracy, were detained by the Thai police on charges of insurrection, conspiracy, illegal assembly, and refusing orders to disperse (treason) against each of them and eight other protest leaders. At the Government House, Sondhi Limthongkul, however, stated that demonstrations would continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, October violence, Clashes and the siege of Parliament\nArmed with batons, PAD forces surrounded Parliament and used razor wire barricades to prevent the legislature from meeting to hear Samak's replacement, Somchai Wongsawat, formally announce his policies. The government decided to crack down on the protesters. Police used tear gas but many bullets were fired at the protesters. Many protesters got seriously wounded; some even lost legs, causing over a hundred injuries. One additional PAD leader was killed, claimed by the police, when the bomb in his car went off in front of the headquarters of the Chart Thai Party, a member of the government coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, October violence, Clashes and the siege of Parliament\nSeveral protesters lost their hands and legs, although it was not clear whether these injuries were caused by tear gas rounds or the ping-pong grenades. Pornthip Rojanasunand, Director of the Central Institute of Forensic Science, claimed that the loss of one particular PAD member's leg could not have been the result of tear gas usage, but came from a more powerful explosion. After viewing photographs of Angkhana Radappanyawut's injuries, Pornthip Rojanasunand suggested unequivocally that the death was caused by the explosion of a tear gas canister. She also stated that there was no need to conduct further investigations into the death and injuries of protesters because it became clear that they were caused by weapons of police. Investigations took place while charges against the police and government were filed by many protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 925]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, October violence, Clashes and the siege of Parliament\nAfterwards, Doctor Suthep Kolcharnwit of Chulalongkorn Hospital led a campaign calling for doctors to refuse medical care to police injured during the clashes as a protest against the violence. Doctors from several major Bangkok hospitals joined him in his campaign. Doctor Suthep Kolcharnwit of the Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Medicine along with several doctors from also refused to provide medical care to police injured in the clash, and urged doctors of other hospitals to boycott police as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, October violence, Clashes and the siege of Parliament\nAfter the violent crash, the demonstrators returned; the siege of the parliament was given up in the evening. Yet demonstrators started the siege of police headquarters near the Government House. The demonstrators called for the counter-attack on police force, then new clash erupted, causing the death of a female protester and injury of several protesters. The PAD leaders called the demonstrators to return to the Government House and limit the protest only at their 'stronghold', at the House, avoid using violence. Then calm returned to Bangkok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, October violence, Queen's appearance\nOn 13 October 2008, Queen Sirikit presided over the funeral ceremony of Angkhana Radappanyawut, the PAD supporter who had been killed by police during the protests. The Queen was accompanied by her youngest daughter, Princess Chulabhorn, Army Chief Anupong Paochinda, Opposition Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, and many high-ranked officials, but there were no signs of any police personnel. The Queen received a jubilant welcome from thousands of PAD supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, October violence, Queen's appearance\nShe spoke with the deceased's father, Jinda Radappanyawut, who later said she was concerned for the welfare of the protesters and \"would soon send us flowers\". Her Majesy told Angsana's parents that their daughter had sacrificed her life for the sake of the monarchy, and that she was a good person.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, October violence, Queen's appearance\nPreviously, the revered Queen had donated \u0e3f1 million to cover the medical expenses of those injured on both sides in the clashes. The protesters tried to claim the financial donation as a gesture of support for them, though in reality it went to aid injured policemen as well. The King also made a financial contribution to the dead woman's family.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, October violence, Queen's appearance\nSince the Queen's appearance was without precedent in modern times, many academicians and media deemed them to be \"unusual\" and perhaps an \"explicit royal backing to a five-month street campaign to oust the elected government\". Historian David Streckfuss of the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison noted that no Thai social activists slain in the previous decade had had royal attendance at their funerals, \"so it is interesting to note that in this case\u2014a conflict that is controversial and ongoing\u2014that a member of the royalty should apparently show support.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, October violence, Queen's appearance\nYet one could claim in support of the PAD that really was there was a small 'anti-monarchy' movement which supported Thaksin. This disturbed many monarchists. Sondhi Limthongkul, forefront leader of PAD, had claimed this since 2005, when he started criticizing Thaksin Shinawatra for his 'inappropriate' act defaming the monarchy when Thaksin held a religious ceremony at the royal temple of Wat Phra Kaeo. From then on, PAD has accused Thaksin's followers as being 'anti-monarchy'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, October violence, Queen's appearance\nThe UDD's and Thaksin's harsh attack on Prem Tinsulanonda, head of royal Privy Council and close advisor of the king, has been seen as a contradiction of Thai tradition and a hidden attempt to make a regime change. Moreover, a leader of UDD, such Jakrapob Penkair has engaged in public criticism of the role of the monarchy, mostly, seen 'negatively'. Several UDD leaders were also charged and arrested and accused of insulting the monarchy, a crime under Thai criminal law. The PAD, therefore, has always claimed that it was defending the most revered institution according to the Constitutions, blasting UDD and Thaksin Shinawatra as anti-monarchist. The controversial issue of the monarchy has been then one of the fierce causes among these factions' supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Airport seizures, Protest at Suvarnabhumi International Airport and closures of airports\nOn the evening of Tuesday 25 November 2008, the PAD executed what they called \"Operation Hiroshima.\" A convoy of hundreds of armed PAD members dressed in yellow blocked the two ends of the road in front of the terminal building of Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok's main airport and an important regional hub and blockaded the main road to the airport, aiming at resisting the landing of the prime minister's flight. PAD forces quickly overpowered hundreds of policemen armed with riot gear. PAD leaders mounted a mobile stage and proceeded to criticize the government. PAD members armed with clubs, iron bars and knives, with some wearing black balaclavas, then entered the terminal, much to the surprise of the thousands of travellers inside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 116], "content_span": [117, 872]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport\nPAD forces also forced their way into the control tower, demanding the flight plan for Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's return from the APEC summit in Peru. Somchai flew into Bangkok Don Mueang airport on the evening of 25 November 2008 before flying on to Chiang Mai. After hours of turmoil, the Airports of Thailand, AOT, eventually decided that all Suvarnabhumi flights were suspended, leaving thousands of travelers stranded in the airport., this action led to the official closure of the airport later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport\nThe government called on the Royal Thai Army to restore order at the airport. The Army did not follow the orders. In a press conference on 26 November, Army Commander General Anupong Paochinda proposed that the PAD withdraw from the airport and that the government resign. He also proposed that if the PAD did not comply, that they be subject to \"social sanctions\", whereas if the government did not comply, that the bureaucracy stop implementing government orders. A written copy of the proposal was sent to the government. Neither the PAD or the government complied with the proposal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport\nAt 4:30\u00a0am on the morning of 26 November, three explosions were heard on the fourth floor of Suvarnbumi on the outside of the passenger terminal. Another explosion was reported at 6\u00a0am. Several people were injured. It was not clear who set off the explosions. The PAD did not allow the police or forensics experts to investigate the explosions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Attempts to evict the PAD\nAlso on 26 November, the Civil Court issued an injunction ordering the PAD to leave the Suvarnabhumi International Airport immediately. Notices of the injunction were placed on the front doors of the houses of the 13 PAD leaders. The PAD did not comply with the injunction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Attempts to evict the PAD\nOn the evening of 27 November, the government declared a state of emergency around the two occupied airports and ordered police to clear out PAD forces. The state of emergency allowed the military to ban public gatherings of more than five people. The Navy was assigned to aid police at Suvarnabhumi, while the Air Force was assigned to aid police at Don Muang. The Army's spokesman noted, \"The army disagrees with using troops to resolve the problem. The army does not want to do that, and it is not appropriate to do that.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Attempts to evict the PAD\nThe PAD was defiant. PAD leader Suriyasai Katasila announced that the PAD would fight off police. \"If the government wants to clear the protesters, let it try. The PAD will protect all locations because we are using our rights to demonstrate peacefully without causing damages to state properties or rioting,\" Suriyasai said. Suriyasai also threatened to use human shields if police attempted to disperse the PAD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Attempts to evict the PAD\nOn the morning of 28 November, PAD leader Chamlong Srimuang announced to PAD forces that he had received a call from an unspecified \"senior person\" (\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e0d\u0e48\u0e17\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07) telling him to end the rallies. But he refused to do what the senior person told him. \"For the past 108 days, the Alliance has protested together under hardship, while another group of people has remained in comfort. They can't just suddenly ask us to stop protesting,\" he told the assembled forces. Addressing supporters on ASTV, Sondhi said, \"If we have to die today, I am willing to die. This is a fight for dignity.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Attempts to evict the PAD\nPolice manned checkpoints on roads leading to the airport. At one checkpoint, police found 15 home-made guns, an axe, and other weapons in a Dharma Army six-wheel truck taking 20 protesters to Suvarnabhumi airport. One checkpoint, about 2 kilometers from the airport, was attacked by armed PAD forces in vehicles, causing the police to withdraw. Police Senior Sgt Maj Sompop Nathee, an officer from the Border Patrol Police Region 1, later returned to the scene of the clash and was detained by PAD forces. He was interrogated by Samran Rodphet, a PAD leader, and then detained inside the airport. Reporters and photographers tried to follow Sompop to his interrogation, but PAD forces did not allow them. PAD supporters were moved from Government House to the airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 856]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Attempts to evict the PAD\nWith the exception of one airplane leaving for the Hajj, no flights with passengers were allowed for eight days. The PAD was apologetic to inconvenienced travelers in the airports and offered them food.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, End of the siege\nShortly after the Constitutional Court dissolved the three parties of the government coalition on 2 December 2008, the PAD held a press conference where they announced that they were ending all of their protests as of 10\u00a0am local time (GMT 7+) on 3 December 2008. \"We have won a victory and achieved our aims,\" said Sondhi Limthongkul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, End of the siege\nFlights from Suvarnabhumi resumed on 4 December, when a Thai Airways flight departed for Sydney, Australia. Thai Airways expected to have five other international flights departing on 4 and 5 December to New Delhi, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Seoul, and Copenhagen. Passengers for these flights had to check in at a convention centre outside the airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Views on the seizure, Democrat Party\nDemocrat Party MP for Sukhothai, Samphan Benchaphon, said of the airport seizure that the PAD \"have the right to do it.\" Democrat Party MP for Bangkok, Thawil Praison, said that the PAD \"could seize the airport and doing so is not excessive. The entire world understands that this is a normal matter in the struggle of democratic countries.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 97], "content_span": [98, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Views on the seizure, International reactions\nThe governments of China, France, New Zealand, Singapore, Britain, the United States, Australia, and Japan warned their citizens to avoid Thailand and steer clear of protesters at the airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 106], "content_span": [107, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Views on the seizure, International reactions\nThe European Union urged the protesters to peacefully leave the airports. EU ambassadors to Thailand wrote in a joint statement that the demonstrators are hurting Thailand's image and economy, continuing \"While respecting the right of protesting and without interfering in any way with the internal political debate in Thailand, the EU considers that these actions are totally inappropriate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 106], "content_span": [107, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Views on the seizure, International reactions\nUS State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said that occupying the airports was \"not an appropriate means of protest\" and that the PAD should \"walk away from the airports peacefully.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 106], "content_span": [107, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Closure of Bangkok Don Muang Airport\nOn the night of 26 November 2008, the services at the Don Mueang Airport were stopped after the People's Alliance for Democracy seized control of the domestic passenger terminal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 97], "content_span": [98, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Closure of Bangkok Don Muang Airport\nA bomb exploded near a bunker made of tires near the main entrance to the passenger terminal at Don Muang Airport at 3.55\u00a0am on 30 November. Before the explosion occurred, about seven gunshots were heard from the direction of a warehouse deeper inside the airport compound. No one was injured in the explosion. It was not clear who or what set the bomb off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 97], "content_span": [98, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Official closure of the airport, Closure of Bangkok Don Muang Airport\nA plainclothes policewoman at the airport was identified and captured by PAD security forces and forced onto the main PAD stage inside the airport. Angry PAD protesters threw water at her and many tried to hit her. She was eventually allowed to leave the airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 97], "content_span": [98, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Constitutional Court ruling on parties' dissolution, Prior to the decision\nIn December 2008, the Constitutional Court was scheduled to rule on whether or not to dissolve the PPP, Chart Thai, and Matchima Thippatai parties on electoral fraud charges. If the parties were dissolved, executives of the parties could have their political rights stripped for five years. However, non-executive MPs of the parties have the right to change parties for a period of time after the court decision. 37 PPP executives were also MPs, although 8 had resigned, leaving only 14. If the PPP was to be dissolved, the number of MPs they have would fall from 233 to 219.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0058-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Constitutional Court ruling on parties' dissolution, Prior to the decision\nOut of Chart Thai's 43 executives, 19 of them are MPs. No Matchima executives are MPs. Thus, if the Constitutional Court dissolved all three parties, the government coalition would reduce in size to 283 out of a total of 447 MPs in Parliament \u2013 a majority is 224. The opposition Democrat Party has only 164 MPs. If all the non-PPP parties allied with the Democrats, they would have a total of 228 MPs \u2013 only 4 MPs above a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Constitutional Court ruling on parties' dissolution, Prior to the decision\nThe site for the court decision was changed from the Constitutional Court to the Supreme Administrative Court after UDD supporters surrounded the Constitution Court. The Supreme Administrative court was protected by Royal Thai Army troops armed with M16 rifles. The Constitutional Court handed down its decision immediately after hearing closing comments from the Chart Thai party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Constitutional Court ruling on parties' dissolution, Summary of decision\nPrior to the delivery of decision, judge Chat Chonlaworn, President of the nine-judge panel, remarked that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 100], "content_span": [101, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Constitutional Court ruling on parties' dissolution, Summary of decision\nThe Court's trials at this time are independent, and not interfered or compelled by any political influences. The provisions under the Constitution are taken as the Court's guidance in trying these cases. And in this kind of political circumstances in our Country, certain sectors would favour with the outcome of the trials while the others would not; however, the Court ask for the faith and trust in it... The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, Buddhist Era 2550 (2007) contains the spirits to justify the elections, especially, through providing the provisions to prevent electoral fraud, such as vote buying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 100], "content_span": [101, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0061-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Constitutional Court ruling on parties' dissolution, Summary of decision\nThe vote buying is one of countless means chronically practiced by the politicians to be able to win the election; but, it is a severe offence and detrimental to the democratic development as well as the Country, for the politicians, after having come into the power, are brazen-faced in wrongfully seeking for self-interests in order to benefit their future elections. The Constitution, hence, attempts to pitch out this unceasing unpropitious circle, and promotes the politicians, whose heart and hands are so devoted, to participate in bringing about the advantages to the Country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 100], "content_span": [101, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Constitutional Court ruling on parties' dissolution, Following the decision\nPrime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was, therefore, disqualified by the Court's decision, and replaced in a caretaker capacity by Chaovarat Chanweerakul, the Deputy Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Constitutional Court ruling on parties' dissolution, Following the decision\nThe PPP issued a statement calling the ruling a \"judicial coup\", and called into question the court's procedures, for instance, allowing all the PPP's witnesses only 2 hours to speak. It also noted that the wife of one of the judges was an active PAD member, and said that these and other irregularities would likely lead the Thai people to call the integrity of the court into question and see the ruling as an alternative means of accomplishing a coup. Former PPP MPs and members founded the For Thais Party to prepare for the event that the PPP should be banned, and PPP members immediately started joining the For Thais Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Constitutional Court ruling on parties' dissolution, Following the decision\nReelections for the 26 constituencies of the banned executive members from the three parties were held on 11 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Constitutional Court ruling on parties' dissolution, Following the decision\nOn 6 December 2008, the opposition Democrat Party announced it had garnered sufficient support from former coalition partners of PPP and their splinters to be able to form a government, while For Thais claimed the same, adding that it had already been joined by more than a third of MPs. The coalition partners of the Democrat Party appeared to be most of the dissolved parties, the Thai Nation Party and the Neutral Democratic Party, as well as the Thais United National Development Party, the For the Motherland party, and the \"Friends of Newin\" faction, a splinter of the banned PPP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Constitutional Court ruling on parties' dissolution, Following the decision\nOn 15 December 2008, Abhisit Vejjajiva was elected the new Prime Minister. Army commander and co-leader of the 2006 coup, General Anupong Paochinda, was widely reported to have coerced PPP MPs to defect to the Democrat Party. PAD leader Khamnoon Sitthisamarn and junta-appointed Senator called Abhisit's premiership a \"genuine PAD victory\" and a \"Anupong-style coup d'etat.\" The circumstances of his ascent to power closely linked Abhisit to the Bangkok elite, the Army, and the Royal Palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 103], "content_span": [104, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Economic effects\nAs the crisis is ongoing and fluid, the final economic consequences of the crisis are as yet unclear. After a state of emergency was declared on 2 September 2008, the SET Index reached its lowest point since January 2007 at 655.62; it had fallen 24.7% since the beginning of the PAD's demonstrations in May 2008. The baht hit a one-year low of 34.52 per US dollar, prompting the Bank of Thailand to intervene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Economic effects\nThe PAD seizure of Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi Airports is estimated to have cost the Thai economy at least three billion Baht (approximately US$100 million) a day in lost shipment value and opportunities. As of 1 December 2008, the number of stranded passengers was estimated at anywhere from over 100,000 to 350,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Political effects\nThe long term political consequences of the crisis are as yet unclear. The crisis, and particularly the siege of Suvarnabhumi Airport, saw a rise in international press coverage on Thailand, with numerous high-profile articles breaking Thai taboos about public discussion of the role of the monarchy in the crisis as well as the succession. There was a decline in the popularity of the PAD among the Bangkok elite as the crisis escalated and increasingly affected the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198885-0069-0001", "contents": "2008 Thai political crisis, Political effects\nThe crisis saw increasing polarization in Thai political thinking, with David Streckfuss of the Council on International Educational Exchange noting that it \"shattered the myth of unity that has been papered over the many social and political cleavages in Thailand.\" The judiciary was increasingly seen as a tool of the elite, having flagged the government for even the tiniest infractions while refusing to rein in the growing violence of the PAD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198887-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand League Division 2\n2008 Thailand League Division 2 was contested by the two Group league winners of the 3rd level championships of Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198887-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand League Division 2\nThe league winners and runners up  Group A and Group B were promoted to Thailand Division 1 League. No teams would be relegated due to restructuring at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198887-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand League Division 2, Champions\nThe 2008 winner of the Thailand Division 2 League Championship was Prachinburi FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198888-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand League Division 2 (Group A)\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Frietjes (talk | contribs) at 20:53, 14 April 2020 (Fix). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198888-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand League Division 2 (Group A)\nThe 2008 Thailand League Division 2 Group A had 11 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198888-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand League Division 2 (Group A)\nThe league winners and runners up were promoted to Thailand Division 1 League. No teams would be relegated due to restructuring at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198889-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand League Division 2 (Group B)\nThe 2008 Thailand League Division 2 Group B had 11 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198889-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand League Division 2 (Group B)\nThe league winners and runners up were promoted to Thailand Division 1 League. No teams would be relegated due to restructuring at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198890-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand National Games\nThe 37th Thailand National Games (Thai:\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e41\u0e02\u0e48\u0e07\u0e02\u0e31\u0e19\u0e01\u0e35\u0e2c\u0e32\u0e41\u0e2b\u0e48\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e15\u0e34 \u0e04\u0e23\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 37 \"\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e29\u0e13\u0e38\u0e42\u0e25\u0e01\u0e40\u0e01\u0e21\u0e2a\u0e4c\") also known (2008 National Games, Phitsanulok Games) held in Phitsanulok, Thailand  during 14 to 24 December 2015. Representing were 35 sports. This games held in Phitsanulok Sport Center, Phitsanulok sport school, etc. and Nakhon Sawan hosted 17th national games in 1984.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198891-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Open (tennis)\nThe 2008 Thailand Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from 22 September through 28 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198891-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Open (tennis)\nThe singles field was led by ATP No. 3, Australian Open champion, French Open and US Open semifinalist, Indian Wells and Rome Masters winner Novak Djokovic, Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Miami Masters semifinalist, B\u00e5stad finalist Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych. Also lined up were French Open semifinalist Ga\u00ebl Monfils, Australian Open quarterfinalist Jarkko Nieminen, Robin S\u00f6derling, Marat Safin and J\u00fcrgen Melzer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198891-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Open (tennis), Champions, Doubles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd /  Leander Paes defeated  Scott Lipsky /  David Martin, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20134)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198892-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Open \u2013 Doubles\nSanchai Ratiwatana and  Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198892-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Open \u2013 Doubles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Leander Paes won in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20134), against Scott Lipsky and David Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198893-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Open \u2013 Singles\nDmitry Tursunov was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198893-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Open \u2013 Singles\nJo-Wilfried Tsonga won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20134, against Novak Djokovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198893-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198894-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Premier League\nThe 2008 Thai Premier League had 16 teams. It was the twelfth since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 18 February 2008, and the season ended on 11 October 2008. Three teams would be relegated to Thailand Division 1 League. The Champion in this season would qualify for the AFC Champions League 2009 qualification stage and the runner-up would be enter the AFC Cup 2009. The official name of the league at this time was Thailand Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198894-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Premier League\nProvincial Electricity Authority won their first championship after they changed their home stadium from Bangkok to Ayutthaya, where they have a bigger fan base. This season also saw the great successful team of Thai football league, Bangkok Bank relegated to Division 1 league after they were defeated by Chonburi in the final match of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198894-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Premier League\nDefending champions Chonburi were pipped to the title after faltering against new Premier League side Samut Songkhram in the second to last game of the season. Samut finished in a creditable 7th place, one place above Chula United who also impressed in their first season back in the top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198894-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Premier League\nCustoms Department FC, the other newcomers along with, found life to difficult and dropped back into Division One at the first attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198894-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Premier League, Member clubs\n\u2020 Chula-Sinthana  changed to \"Chula United\" from August 2008 season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198894-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Thailand Premier League, Champions\nThe league champion was PEA. It was the team's first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198895-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 The Citadel Bulldogs football team\nThe 2008 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Kevin Higgins served as head coach for the fourth season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198896-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge\nThe 2008 The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge is the eleventh round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 24 to 26 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198896-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge, Qualifying\nQualifying rounds for the race were held on Friday the 24 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198896-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge, Race 1\nRace 1 was held on Saturday the 25 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198896-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge, Race 2\nRace 2 was held on Sunday the 26 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198896-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge, Race 3\nRace 3 was held on Sunday the 26 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198896-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge, Other categories\nThe 2008 Nikon Indy 300 had five categories (including V8 Supercars) of racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198897-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 The National\nThe 2008 edition of The National was held December 3-7, 2008 at the ExpoCit\u00e9 in Quebec City, Quebec. It was the second Grand Slam event of the men's 2008-09 World Curling Tour season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198898-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup\nThe 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 25th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 22nd tournament of the Uber Cup, the men's and women's team competition in badminton, respectively. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 11 to May 18, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198898-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup, Host city selection\nChina, Indonesia, and the United States submitted a bid for the event. International Badminton Federation selected Indonesia as the host for the event during a council meeting in December 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198898-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup, Seedings\nAll the seeding list based on February 28, 2008 world rankings as the draw was conducted on March 11, 2008. The top four seeding teams is in first pot, follow by next four teams in the second pot and the bottom four teams was put in the third pot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198898-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup, Controversies\nThe controversy arose when an unfair scheduling forced some of the teams to play twice a day. Most of the teams were unhappy with the Badminton World Federation decision, including the Indonesia Uber Cup team who threatened to pull out from the tournament due to the scheduling affair, forcing organisers to amend the schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198898-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup, Controversies\nAnother controversy cropped up in the tournament was the decision of Korea Thomas Cup team to throw both of their group matches to get a better opposition in the knockout stage. They lost 4\u20131 in both group matches against England and Malaysia and soon admitted they played to lose the game. However, Korean manager denied any fault on them and blamed on the format. This controversy forced the BWF to reexamine the rules and format for future tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198899-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification\nThe 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification was held in February 2008 to determine another ten places for the men's and women's tournaments for the 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup along with China and Indonesia as defending champion and host. Each confederation held a qualifying tournament in a fixed venue to determine the places allocated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198899-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification, Africa\nThe tournament was held in Rose Hill, Mauritius, from February 18 to February 22, 2008, having moved from Kenya because of security concerns. The winner in the final was given a place in the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198899-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification, Asia\nThe tournament was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from February 18 to February 24, 2008. 14 teams participated in the men's event and 11 in the women's. The Hong Kong women's team went through to the final tournament based on a higher team ranking than Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 42], "content_span": [43, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198899-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification, Europe\nThe 2008 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships also served as qualification for the 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup. Denmark, England and Germany went through to the final tournament for men. In the women's competition, Denmark, Netherlands and Germany went through to the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198899-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification, Oceania\nThe tournament was held on February 8, 2008, in Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia. Only two teams took part in the tournament, New Zealand and Australia. The winner won a place in the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198899-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification, Americas\nThe tournament was held from February 16 to February 18, 2008, in Campinas, Brazil. Four teams participated: Brazil, Canada, Peru and the United States. The winner in the final went through to the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198900-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cup squads\nThis article listed the confirmed squads lists for 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup between May 11 and May 18, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198901-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa\nThe 2008 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa were held in Rose Hill, Mauritius, between 17\u201321 February and  organised by Mauritius Badminton Association. Kenya was scheduled to host the events, but domestic unrest has led to them being moved to Mauritius. South Africa was the defending champion in men's and women's team events. This tournament serves as qualification stage for African countries for the 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198902-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas Cup group stage\nThis article lists the complete results of the group stage of the 2008 Thomas Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198903-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thomas Cup knockout stage\nThis article lists the complete results of the knockout stage of the 2008 Thomas Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia. All times are West Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198904-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Three Days of De Panne\nThe 2008 Three Days of De Panne was the 32nd edition of the Three Days of De Panne cycle race, held from 1\u20133 April 2008. It started in Middelkerke and finished in De Panne, and was won by Joost Posthuma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198905-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Three Rivers District Council election\nElections to Three Rivers District Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats won the most seats, despite the Conservatives winning more votes. The Conservatives also gained a seat, strengthening their position against the Liberal Democrats, who remained stayed in overall control of Three Rivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198905-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Three Rivers District Council election\nThe election was marked by the collapse of Labour support in South Oxhey, where Labour had been at their strongest. They lost one seat, Ashridge, to the far-right British National Party (BNP). Another seat, Northwick, was lost to the Conservatives. Labour's group leader, Kerron Cross, only narrowly retained his seat, with the BNP candidate coming second by 14 votes in a tight three-horse race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198906-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Thurrock Council election\nThe 2008 Thurrock Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198906-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Thurrock Council election, Campaign\nThe 2008 election in Thurrock was seen as one of the key national contests with the Conservatives needing to gain one seat to take overall control. Important issues in the election included recycling, local bus services and race relations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198906-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Thurrock Council election, Campaign\n18 seats were contested in the election with the Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park seat being a by-election after the previous councillor resigned. The Conservatives, Labour and British National Party contested all 18 seats except in East Tilbury where the Conservatives did not put up a candidate. There were also 8 Liberal Democrats and 2 other candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198906-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Thurrock Council election, Election results\nThe results saw the council stay under no overall control but with the British National Party gaining a seat. The Conservatives remained the largest party on the council after winning 10 of the seats contested as compared to 6 for Labour. The final seat was won by independent Barry Palmer in East Tilbury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198906-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Thurrock Council election, Election results\nWhile the Conservatives were still just short of an overall majority they remained in control of the council due to their existing agreement with the 2 independent councillors. Both main parties said they would not work with the new British National Party councillor, although she said she did not want to work with them anyway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198906-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Thurrock Council election, Election results\nFollowing the election in March 2009, Terry Hipsey, the then Conservative leader of the council, defected from the Conservatives to Labour, leaving each of the major parties with 23 councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198907-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Th\u00e9nia bombing\nThe 2008 Th\u00e9nia bombing occurred on January 29, 2008 when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into the headquarters of the Algerian police (BMPJ) in the town of Th\u00e9nia, Boumerd\u00e8s Province, Algeria killing 2 and injuring 23. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest\nThe 2008 Tibetan unrest (also referred to as the 2008 uprising in Tibetan media or the 3-14 Riots in Chinese media) was a series of protests and demonstrations over the Chinese government's treatment and persecution of Tibetans. Protests in Lhasa by monks and nuns on 10 March have been viewed as the start of the demonstrations. Numerous peaceful protests and demonstrations were held to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising Day, when the 14th Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest\nThe protests and demonstrations spread spontaneously to a number of monasteries and throughout the Tibetan plateau, including into counties located outside the designated Tibet Autonomous Region. The arrest of monks at Labrang Monastery increased the tension of the situation. Violence began when Chinese police and People's Liberation Army units used force on non-violent protests by monks and nuns, and spread when protesting Tibetans later clashed with security forces. Clashes also occurred between Tibetans and Chinese Han and Hui residents, resulting in Han and Hui stores and buildings being destroyed and numerous Chinese civilians being injured or killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest\nThe use of force by Chinese police and military forces during the demonstrations have been controversial, with some deeming it excessive force. The demonstrations in Lhasa were met with electric prods, tear gas, and shootings, according to a report by Human Rights Watch on the use of force by Chinese forces. The International Campaign for Tibet estimates a total of 235 protests occurred from 10 March until the end of October 2009. The Chinese government's Xinhua News Agency estimated that 150 protests occurred between 10 March and 25 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest\nA casualty estimate according to the Chinese government stated 23 people were killed during the riots themselves, the Central Tibetan Administration stated 203 were killed in the aftermath alone, and the Dalai Lama stated 400 Tibetans were killed in total. Foreign journalists were expelled or forced to leave during the uprising anniversary. Amnesty International reported 1,000 Tibetan protestors remained \"unaccounted for\" by June 2008, while the Central Tibetan Administration reported 5,600 arrests of Tibetans between March 2008 and January 2009, with 1,294 injuries within the same period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest\nProtests supporting Tibetans were held in cities in North America and Europe, as well as in Beijing, Australia, India, and Nepal. Many of the international protests also called for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics. On 24 March, the torch lighting ceremony in Greece was disrupted by activists, including some from Reporters Without Borders. At Chinese embassies, protests ranged from pelting the embassies with eggs and rocks to protestors entering the premises and raising Tibetan flags, which was outlawed in Tibet by the Chinese government in 1959.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest\nProtesters in Tibet that were arrested and detained claimed they were tortured and told to admit they were paid to protest by the 14th Dalai Lama. The Chinese government stated the unrest was motivated by separatism and blamed the Dalai Lama for orchestrating it. The Dalai Lama denied the accusation and said that the situation was caused by \"deep seated disillusionment and despair\" in Tibet, and invited Chinese officials to come to India with its evidence. Representatives of the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama held talks on China's Tibet policies on 4 May and 1 July of the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Background\nThe protests erupted amidst growing frustrations with China's persecution of Tibetans and of Tibetan Buddhists, which Tibetans assert began after China's annexation in 1950. Unresolved situations remained regarding Tibet's three highest spiritual leaders - the 14th Dalai Lama and the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa both escaped to India, while the 11th Panchen Lama's location remains unknown since his 1995 forced disappearance by the Chinese government. Photographs of the Dalai Lama remain outlawed, as are Tibetan flags. Efforts at brokering agreements on behalf of Tibetans by the Dalai Lama with China had stalled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Background\nThe protests and uprisings in Tibet since 1950 include earlier mass protests in Lhasa\u2014the 1959 Tibetan uprising, and the 1987 protests which were likewise led by monks from Sera monastery, Drepung monastery and Ganden monastery, as reported by Tibet Watch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Background\nOf the 1989 bloody suppression in Lhasa, journalist Jim Yardley wrote:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Background\n\"In the past China has not hesitated to crush major protests in Tibet or to jail disobedient monks. [ Former] President Hu Jintao, who [was] also the general secretary of the Communist Party, served as party boss in Tibet during a violent crackdown in 1989. His support for the bloody suppression of unrest that year earned him the good will of Deng Xiaoping, then the paramount leader, and led directly to his elevation to the Politburo Standing Committee and eventually to China\u2019s top leadership posts.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Background\nThe Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) proposed the Middle Way Approach to address the government of China's policies in Tibet. Specific agreements offered to China include the Five Point Peace Plan in 1987, the Strasbourg proposal in 1988, and the Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Background\nTibetan loyalty to the Dalai Lama is considered disloyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and is viewed by the Chinese government as a crime of separatism and a threat to China's national security and expansionism. Kelsang Dolma wrote, \"when the 2008 Tibet protests erupted, fomented by discontent with decades-long repression, the CCP ruthlessly responded by killing and arbitrarily arresting protesters\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Background\nAs a policy begun by Chairman Mao in 1950, Beijing promotes settlements of Han Chinese within Tibet, which dilute Tibetan culture and identity, as the Dalai Lama and others have stated. The CTA also states,  \"[u]nder the guise of the economic and social development, Beijing encourages its population to migrate to Tibet with the clear aim to marginalize Tibetans from the economic, educational, political and social life of the region.\" A railway link opened in 2006 delivers three thousand Han a day to the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Background\nWithin Lhasa, Tsering Woeser reports that Tibetans are discriminated against at spiritual sites, and residents were relocated to rural areas, as urban areas were redeveloped for Han residents and businesses. Nomadic Tibetans are forced to build homes and borrow money for construction costs, while their grazing lands are redistributed, as reported by Free Tibet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Background\nChina's policies which the Dalai Lama describes as \"cultural genocide\"  marginalize Tibetans and create simmering socio-economic issues in Lhasa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Background\nAccording to the Tibetan Independence Movement, Tibetans in Lhasa were angered by inflation that caused the prices of food and consumer goods to increase. Prices also continued to rise in other parts of the country, while Tibetan youth stated that equal access to jobs and education is another economic issue related to the mass settling of Han Chinese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Background\nAccording to the Central Tibetan Administration, environmental concerns also motivated the protests. Some of Asia's most important rivers flow from the Tibetan plateau, and \"are being polluted and diminished by careless industrialisation and unplanned irrigation\" as stated by the Dalai Lama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Lhasa\nOn 10 March near midday, a group of 300\u2013400 monks from Drepung monastery marched to Lhasa's center demanding religious freedom according to a report by the Human Rights Watch. According to eyewitnesses in the report, a sitting protest began after Chinese police blocked their route. According to witness accounts in the report, monks were kicked and beaten with batons and 60 monks were arrested that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Lhasa\nThe next day on 11 March as 300\u2013400 monks from Sera monastery departed in a line to demand the release of the arrested Sera monks. An eyewitness told the BBC that around 300 monks from Sera monastery moved onto the street and were kicked and beat by 10 to 15 plainclothes Chinese police officers in what he described as \"gratuitous violence\". Outside the monastery, the monks began a sitting protest and were surrounded by riot police and armed military units. Radio Free Asia reported that an eyewitness saw tear gas being fired into the crowd. The Human Rights Watch report stated hundreds of monks and nuns from Ganden Monastery and Mani Nunnery also began marching into Lhasa on 11 March. According to the report, participants claimed that they were stopped by police and returned to their monastic centers, which were promptly cordoned off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 891]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Lhasa\nOn 14 March, a group of monks preparing to depart from Ramoche Temple in the center of Lhasa to demand the release of monks from Drepung and Sera were barred from leaving by police. A commotion was reportedly witnessed by nearby residents that began congregating outside before throwing stones at the police and overturning their vehicles. Crowds swelled as the police withdrew, and it soon led to ethnic-targeted clashes. Reports state Han Chinese businesses were ransacked and their inventory piled into the streets and burned. Fires were spread to buildings, and Han and Hui Chinese people were beaten, while a building's fire killed four Han women and a Tibetan woman hiding in same building.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Lhasa\nWhen Chinese police and military units reentered Lhasa on 14 March, reports state tear gas canisters were launched and shootings began. Amnesty International reports that machine guns were used. State hospitals were reported by Human Rights Watch as closed to protestors by Chinese authorities, and reports of wounded and killed Tibetans were suppressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Lhasa\nPolice cars, fire engines and other official vehicles were reportedly set on fire. Reports state Tibetans attacked Han and Hui passerby using stones, and an eyewitness stated from their hotel window, \"It seems like it's ethnic\u2014like they want to kill anyone not Tibetan.\" The witness also said he saw a group of 20 armed men firing guns, and that he was unsure if they were police officers or armed rioters. Chinese state media reported non-Tibetan-owned businesses and banks were robbed and houses were attacked and burned down, including government buildings and schools. Police used tear gas and cattle prods. According to Chinese state media, 18 civilians were killed by rioters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Lhasa\nA crowd tried to storm the Lhasa Great Mosque and set fire to the front gate. Shops and restaurants in the Muslim quarter were destroyed. A Chinese businessman reported that many Hui Muslim stores were burnt. Also burnt were stationery shops, banks, and a wholesale market at Tsomtsikhang, where many shops are owned by Han Chinese and Hui Muslims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Lhasa\nThroughout Lhasa, raids, security sweeps and arrests by Chinese security forces reportedly continued for several days. Tsondru, a monk, is reported to have died after being thrown off a roof while under arrest by Chinese security forces. An early official statement by Tibet Autonomous Region Chairman Pema Trinley reported, \"Only three law-breakers died during the pacification of the Lhasa unrest, no participation from the PLA\" was revised to add that another person \"jumped from a building\" to avoid arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Gansu\nOn 14 March, 200 Labrang Monastery monks led a crowd of 300 people in demonstrations outside of their monastery in Gansu. The Guardian reported witness accounts of security vehicles being set on fire and Tibetan mob violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Gansu\nOn 15 March, 4,000 Tibetans gathered near the Labrang Monastery and clashed with Chinese forces. The clashes centered around the Gelug school's Labrang monastery, one of the largest Buddhist monasteries in Tibet. Demonstrators marched through the streets of Xiahe. There were reports of government offices being damaged by the protesters, as well as reports of police using tear gas and shooting at protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Gansu\nIn Lanzhou on 16 March, 100 students participated in a sitting protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Gansu\nIn Machu on 16 March, rioters set a government building on fire, while clashes continued on 18 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Gansu\nIn Hezou on 19 March, footage emerged showing protestors tearing Chinese flags and raising Tibetan flags in their place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Gansu\nChina's Xinhua News Agency reported the cost of damage in Gansu at an estimated \u00a5230 million (US$32.7 million).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Gansu\nThe Tibetan government-in-exile stated that 19 Tibetans were shot and killed on 18 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Qinghai\nChinese authorities arrested twelve Tibetan monks after an incident in the historic region of Rebkong, which is located in the Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai (known to Tibetans as Amdo). Chinese security forces surrounded the Ditsa monastery in Bayan County. Qinghai province borders the Tibet Autonomous Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Qinghai\nOn 19 March, Chinese forces cordoned off the village of Taktser, where the 14th Dalai Lama was born.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Qinghai\nIn Tongren, demonstrations occurred at the Rongwo Monastery between 14 and 16 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Qinghai\nIn the capital city of Xining, a journalist with Neue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung reported that residents were receiving intimidating calls from the Public Security Bureau. A call received by a Tibetan professor was reported as having said \"Take good care of yourself\" in a threatening manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Qinghai\nDuring special classes for students in the region, videos of Tibetan demonstrators demolishing stores and attacking police were shown. The sessions have been deemed propaganda by some. Tibetan students at the Medical University of Xining held demonstrations to express their solidarity with the protestors, as well as a vigil for killed protestors in Lhasa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Amdo/Qinghai\nPassports belonging to Tibetans were confiscated to prevent returns to India and the delivery of reports on events to Tibetan exiles. Tourists and foreign residents were surveilled and informed about their possible expulsion in case they got involved in Tibetan protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Kham & Amdo/Sichuan\nOn 16 March, Tibetan monks and local residents clashed with police in Ngawa after monks held a protest at the traditional Tibetan grounds of Kham and Amdo. A witness told the BBC that approximately 17 Tibetans were killed, including a school girl. By 18 March, the town was \"teeming with police and soldiers\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Kham & Amdo/Sichuan\nThe India-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy reported that at least seven people were shot. There are other reports that police shot between 13 and 30 protesters after a police station was set on fire, reports of at least one policeman being killed, and the burning three or four police vans. Reports on the exact number of deaths were difficult due to the expulsion of journalists. The Chinese government stated that it opened fire on protestors in self defense on 20 March, reporting that four were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Kham & Amdo/Sichuan\nIn Ngawa Town, after days of protests by 3,000 monks and 300 nuns, 27 of the nuns at the Kirti monasteries and nunneries were arrested by Chinese police forces on 20 March. Photographs of killed protestors near Kirti were circulated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Kham & Amdo/Sichuan\nNeue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung reported that phone calls into the region from Zurich were intercepted, and exiled Tibetans were harassed during the calls. The arrested nuns were not heard from afterwards. During a telephone call, a nun stated she and the other nuns had no regrets, and that \"the road of liberty is long and arduous\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Kham & Amdo/Sichuan\nA wave of arrests occurred in Sertar on 21 March, where police shot and killed a protestor. Chinese army troops blocked roads in Sertar, and many Tibetans were arrested. The London-based Free Tibet Campaign reported that troops had been sent to the county after residents used explosives to destroy a bridge near the village of Gudu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Kham & Amdo/Sichuan\nRadio Free Asia reported demonstrations in Kardze on 23 April, and on 11\u201312 May when 14 of the nuns demanding the release of two arrested in April were beaten and detained. The report states nuns were from nearby nunneries, and armed Chinese forces continued to patrol the area. Other protests were held in Chori.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Kham & Amdo/Sichuan\nThe TCHRD reported that three people were killed by Chinese forces on 15\u201316 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Protests in Tibet, Kham & Amdo/Sichuan\nThe BBC reported that around 16 March, 600 monks from Lhasa were flown to Chengdu by Chinese security forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses\nCNN Beijing reported Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao \"blamed supporters\" of the Dalai Lama for the recent violence in Tibet. During a televised news conference, he claimed, \"there is ample fact and we also have plenty of evidence proving that this incident was organised, premeditated, masterminded and incited\" by them. A spokesman for the 14th Dalai Lama said the accusations were \"absolutely baseless\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses\nContrastingly, Tibetan news website Phayul reported the protests were spontaneous and not orchestrated by the Dalai Lama. It claimed the younger generation of Tibetans were impatient with the Middle Way diplomatic approach and chose action instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses\nThe Dalai Lama said pacifism is the only path to stop the \"ethnic genocide\", caused by migrating Han Chinese and by religious restrictions. The Dalai Lama has also stated that Tibetans are treated by China as second-class citizens in their own land, which has caused simmering resentment, and has repeatedly denied any involvement in organizing or inciting the unrest, and proposed to resign as the political leader if the violence continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses\nA reporter for The Economist, James Miles, when asked in an interview if the Dalai Lama was responsible for the riots, responded that he \"didn't see any evidence of any organized activity\", opining that \"it's more likely that what we saw was inspired by a general desire of Tibetans both inside Tibet and among the Dalai Lama's followers, to take advantage of this Olympic year, but also inspired simply by all these festering grievances on the ground in Lhasa.\" He noted in another report that the rioting \"seemed to be primarily an eruption of ethnic hatred\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses\nOn April 1, rhetoric increased when the Chinese Public Security Ministry alleged that Tibet's supporters were planning suicide attacks, but provided no evidence or details. Samdhong Rinpoche, prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, denied these allegations, stating \"Tibetan exiles are one-hundred-percent committed to nonviolence. There is no question of suicide attacks. But we fear that Chinese might masquerade as Tibetans and plan such attacks to give bad publicity to Tibetans\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses\nOn 14 April, Chinese forces claimed that they had found semi-automatic firearms hidden throughout a temple in Ngawa. Chinese police officers told Chinese reporters, \"they were modified semi-automatic weapons.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses, Riot actions\nChina responded by deploying the People's Armed Police. The BBC reported seeing over 400 troop carriers mobilizing into Tibet, which would represent a deployment of up to 4,000 troops. The Chinese authorities ordered all Hong Kong and foreign journalists to leave Lhasa. According to General Yang Deping, regular military troops from the People's Liberation Army were not deployed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses, Riot actions\nChinese authorities were also reportedly concerned that the Tibetan protests could \"embolden activists in restive Xinjiang province\" to organise street protests as well. The Chinese government's People's Daily reported a statement by Gyaincain Norbu, which condemned the unrest, stating", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses, Riot actions\n\"the rioters' acts not only harmed the interests of the nation and the people, but also violated the aim of Buddhism [...] We strongly condemn the crime of a tiny number of people to hurt the lives and properties of the people.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses, Riot actions\nIn addition to sealing off monasteries, an eyewitness at Sera Monastery claimed, \"they [Chinese authorities] were grabbing monks, kicking and beating them.\" In Ngawa, police fired at the crowd after protestors reportedly burned down government buildings including the local police station, destroyed vehicles including police vehicles, stabbed police officers with swords, and attempted to take firearms from the police, during which the police fired warning shots to no avail. The government stated that the police acted in self-defense. According to the Chinese government, four protesters were wounded, and 18 civilians, along with a police officer, were killed. The Tibetan government-in-exile claimed there were at least 99 deaths across the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses, PRC and Dalai Lama dialogues\nOn March 19, Premier Wen Jiabao condemned the Dalai Lama's alleged role in the riot, but said the possibility for a dialogue remained open if he renounced Tibetan independence, and if he \"recognizes Tibet and Taiwan as inalienable parts of the Chinese territory\". The Dalai Lama has repeatedly stated he seeks autonomy, not independence, citing the need for Tibet to develop as a modern nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 83], "content_span": [84, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses, PRC and Dalai Lama dialogues\nOn May 4, two representatives of the PRC government, Zhu Weiqun and Sitar met with two representatives of the Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. The two sides exchanged views and agreed that a further round of talks should be held at an appropriate time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 83], "content_span": [84, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses, PRC and Dalai Lama dialogues\nPlans for the meeting had been announced by the Xinhua News Agency on April 25, and was confirmed by the Dalai Lama's spokesman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 83], "content_span": [84, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses, PRC and Dalai Lama dialogues\nThis was the first high-level dialogue between the Dalai Lama's representatives and the PRC government since the March unrest, and was the continuation of a series of talks between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama's representatives, including his immediate family and close aides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 83], "content_span": [84, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese and Dalai Lama responses, PRC and Dalai Lama dialogues\nA second meeting was scheduled for June 11. However, due to the 2008 Sichuan earthquakes, the two sides agreed to postpone the meeting. The second meeting was held on July 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 83], "content_span": [84, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Casualties and fatalities\nReports of casualties, deaths deaths and machine gun fire from reliable independent media sources and Tibetan sources contradict reports from Chinese government sources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Casualties and fatalities\nChina's state media Xinhua News Agency reported on early Saturday, 15 March, that 10 people had been burned to death by Tibetans, including two hotel employees and two shop owners. It also reported that the victims were all innocent civilians and that most of them were business people. The state-run People's Daily reported on 21 March that, according to the Tibet regional government, 18 civilians and 1 police officer had been confirmed dead in the unrest by the night of Friday, 14 March. It also reported the number of injured civilians rose to 382 from 325, 58 of whom were critically wounded. 241 police officers were injured, 23 of whom were critically wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Casualties and fatalities\nOn 17 March, Tibet Autonomous Region governor Champa Phuntsok announced that 16 had been confirmed dead over the weekend's violence and dozens injured. Other sources published after the same press conference indicate that China put the death toll in Lhasa at 13. The Associated Press later reported that the Chinese government's official death toll from the previous week's rioting in Lhasa had risen to 22. Accordingly, the death toll reported by Xinhua had risen to 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Casualties and fatalities\nThe 14th Dalai Lama said China was causing a cultural genocide in Tibet, and the Central Tibetan Administration reported by 16 March to have confirmed at least 80 deaths of Tibetans, then increased the death count by Chinese forces to more than 140 people, as reported on 5 April. The Central Tibetan Administration's number of Tibetans killed since increased to 220, including subsequent deaths through to January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Casualties and fatalities\nA month after the unrest began on 10 March, the Dalai Lama stated that since the beginning of the demonstrations in Tibet at least 400 people had been killed, and thousands of others arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Casualties and fatalities\nForeign tourists and Chinese eyewitnesses in Lhasa said \"they saw and heard repeated gunfire there on Friday\", 14 March. Although Phuntsok claimed that Chinese police did not fire their guns or use anti-personnel weapons against the Tibetan protesters, additional reports from BBC, Central Tibetan Administration, Tibetan Review, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International contradict Puncog's claim and state \"indiscriminate shootings\" by Chinese forces occurred, and that leaked evidence of machine gun use has been documented. Puncog also states Tibetans wounded 61 police officers, including six seriously, and reported that 13 civilians had been killed. According to reporter James Miles, the police fatalities included both Tibetans and the Han Chinese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Casualties and fatalities\nA blockade by China of monasteries was reported by an Indian newspaper and Phayul, a news source affiliated with Central Tibetan Administration. The police had blocked off water, electricity, food and health facilities in Sera Monastery, Drepung monastery, Ganden monastery and at other monasteries active in the demonstrations. As a consequence, monks were suffering starvation, and on 25 March one monk died from starvation at Ramoche Temple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Casualties and fatalities\nOn 28 March, the International Herald Tribune reported 5 female retail workers had been burned alive when Tibetan rioters set fire to the Yishion clothing store where they worked. The article noted one of them was Tibetan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Casualties and fatalities\nIn October 2009, four Tibetans were executed in connection with their involvement with the unrest. According to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, \"the executions were not announced by the Chinese news media, and a woman who answered the phone at the Lhasa Municipal Intermediate People\u2019s Court hung up when asked to confirm the accounts provided by the exile group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Arrests and disappearances\nThe BBC, sourcing information from a Human Rights Watch report, reported that \"witnesses recounted that monks who initially tried to go through the police lines were thrown to the ground, kicked, and taken away.\" The arrest of 15 monks from Sera Monastery was confirmed by state-run China Tibet News, which added 13 of the monks were prosecuted. The Human Rights Watch report stated that \"up to 60 monks were arrested\" on 10 March in Lhasa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Arrests and disappearances\nThe first non-monastic Tibetans were reportedly arrested in Barkhor Square on 11 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Arrests and disappearances\nIn Aba Town, Free Tibet reported on 21 March that dozens of nuns from Mani Nunnery were arrested, while many more Tibetans in the area were reported as missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Arrests and disappearances\nAnother report on the Kardze area from Radio Free Asia in May 2008 states at least 200 people were detained after 24 March, while 7 nuns were sentenced to prison and 107 nuns were detained. The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy reported that three nuns from Dragkar Nunnery detained in Kardze were tortured, reportedly leading to the death and disappearance of one of the nuns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Arrests and disappearances\nDuring a Chinese state sponsored tour for journalists on 7 April, two monks at Labrang Monastery that spoke out to reporters have since disappeared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Arrests and disappearances\nAmnesty International reported in June 2008 that over 1,000 Tibetan protesters detained by Chinese authorities were \"unaccounted for\", while more than 1,000 monks, nuns, students and citizens had disappeared by 2008. Another report from Amnesty International stated 5,600 Tibetans were arrested through to January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Arrests and disappearances\nBy 5 April, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy reported that the Chinese authorities had arrested over 2,300 Tibetans from various parts of Tibet, and claimed that \"Tibetans are sometimes secretly killed in detention\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Arrests and disappearances\nThe TCHRD also reported that a 38-year-old Tibetan woman, who was involved in peaceful protests on 16 and 17 March in Ngaba County, died after reportedly being tortured in a Chinese prison. Following her release, the government hospital had reportedly refused to admit her.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Arrests and disappearances\nAccording to a 10 October 2009 report by the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, at least 670 Tibetans had been imprisoned in 2009 for activities that included peaceful protest or leaking information to the outside world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Arrests and disappearances\nOn 7 November, the state-run Lhasa Evening News reported a retired doctor was sentenced in Lhasa to 15 years imprisonment on espionage charges for passing information to the Central Tibetan Administration. The sentencing corresponds to the PRC's concealment of hospital records, as Human Rights Watch reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Media coverage\nDuring the protests and demonstrations, Chinese authorities prohibited foreign and Hong Kong media from entering Tibet and expelled those already there. Two German reporters, Georg Blume of Die Zeit and Kristin Kupfer of Profil, left Tibet on March 18 due to pressure from the authorities, and James Miles, a correspondent from The Economist, said that China \"insisted however that when my permit did expire on the 19th that I had to leave. I asked for an extension and they said decisively no.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0076-0001", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Media coverage\nDomestic Chinese media initially downplayed the riots, but this changed relatively quickly as they began to focus on the violence against Han citizens. There was speculation that the violence would affect attendance at the 2008 Olympic Games, particularly amid pressure for leaders to boycott the games, but the calls for boycott went largely unheeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Media coverage\nTania Branigan of The Guardian reported the Chinese government blocked foreign broadcasters and websites, and denied journalists access to protest areas. Websites such as YouTube, The Guardian website, portions of the Yahoo! portal, and sections of The Times website had been restricted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Media coverage\nThe Chinese media accused Western media of reporting with inaccuracy and little independent cross-checking. The Chinese state-run newspaper China Daily claiming Western media deliberately misrepresented the situation. The newspaper stated that The Washington Post used pictures of baton-wielding Nepalese police in clashes with Tibetan protesters in Kathmandu, claiming that the officers were Chinese. The article stated that Chinese citizens had been angered by what they saw as biased and sometimes dishonest reporting by Western media. There was also criticism of CNN's use of a cropped picture that shows only the military truck but not rioters who were attacking it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0078-0001", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Media coverage\nJohn Vause, who reported this story, responded to the criticism saying, \"technically it was impossible to include the crashed car on the left\". The CNN image was later replaced with one that was cropped differently. On 24 March, the German TV news channel RTL Television disclosed that a photograph depicting rioters had been erroneously captioned. Separately, another German station, n-tv, admitted that it had mistakenly aired footage from Nepal during a story on Chinese riots. The Agence France-Presse reported that Chinese students abroad had set up the website Anti-CNN to collect evidence of \"one-sided and untrue\" foreign reporting. Media accused of falsified reporting include CNN, Fox News, The Times, Sky News, Der Spiegel, and the BBC. Der Spiegel has rejected the accusations in an article. According to The New York Times, CNN apologized on May 18 over some comments made on April 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 933]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Media coverage\nRiots against non-Tibetans began on Friday, 14 March. Chinese TV channels aired hours of anti-Chinese riots in Lhasa and the aftermath. Employees at the state television service CCTV's English service were instructed to keep broadcasting footage of burned-out shops and Chinese wounded in attacks. As of 18 March, no footage of demonstrators acting peacefully was shown. China's Communist Party newspaper, the People's Daily, called on the government to \"resolutely crush the 'Tibet independence' forces' conspiracy and sabotaging activities\". The People's Daily also accused the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration of orchestrating the protests in its commentary. Yahoo! China published \"most wanted\" posters across its homepage to assist Chinese police in apprehending protestors; 24 Tibetans are believed to have been arrested as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 892]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Media coverage\nOn 17 March, the Toronto Star reported the accounts of various Canadian witnesses who were caught up in the violence. One Canadian witnessed an attack by a mob on a motorcyclist, others recounted how the violence of the riots forced them to escape with help from taxi drivers and guides, and another described how they intervened to save a Han Chinese man from a mob.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Media coverage, Foreign reporter group\nAfter expelling foreign journalists, the Chinese government selected a group of foreign journalists which were given restricted access to the region. The Agence France-Presse and Deutsche Welle reported on the decision by the Chinese government, which allowed a small group of reporters to tour Tibet. The journalists allowed to tour Tibet included those from The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Financial Times, Kyodo News Agency, the Korean Broadcasting System, Al-Jazeera, and the Associated Press. The journalists were kept under close control while in Lhasa. Chinese authorities said the limited number of journalists permitted to attend and the restrictions on their movements were based on logistical considerations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Media coverage, Foreign reporter group\nOn 27 March, the media tour through Lhasa was disrupted by a group of detained monks from Jokhang Monastery. Reports from Taiwanese journalists also invited on the tour stated that the Jokhang monks told them that they had been locked down in the temple even though they had not participated in the riots, and implored the journalists to report the information. Padma Choling, the vice-chairman of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, stated that they were locked down pending police interviews in relation to the riots, and that they were released once interviewed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0082-0001", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Media coverage, Foreign reporter group\nHe also promised that the monks involved in the protest would be \"dealt with\" according to law. The Tibetan activist group International Campaign for Tibet stated on 28 March that it feared for the welfare and whereabouts of the monks which spoke out during the media tour, specifically those monks from Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery, Ganden Monastery and Ramoche Temple. The group did not explain why it identified four monasteries when the protest involved only monks from Jokhang. Choling later told reporters the monks would not be punished. Detained monks at Labrang Monastery also reportedly spoke to the journalists on tour, and likewise implored them to report their detainment. Subsequent reports of blockades by Chinese authorities at Sera, Drepung, Ramoche and Labrang monasteries reportedly led to starvation conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 896]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, International reaction\nAccording to Wen Jiabao, the Premier of the People's Republic of China, attacks on between ten and twenty Chinese embassies and consulates occurred around the same time as attacks on non-Tibetan interests in the Tibet Autonomous Region and several other ethnic Tibetan areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, International reaction\nAccording to an article by Doug Saunders published in The Globe and Mail, the protests were loosely coordinated by a group of full-time organizers hired by two umbrella groups that were loyal to the Tibetan government in exile. Documents were sent to more than 150 Tibet support groups around the world giving them detailed notes on how to behave when organizing similar disruptions as the Olympic flame made its six-month trip around the world. This included advice on maintaining non-violence and following the Dalai Lama's opposition to Tibetan national independence. Protesters were to advocate a more autonomous Tibet within China. However, many of the protestors did not follow this advice. Doug Saunders further stated that the torch-relay protests had no relationship with the unrest in Tibet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Impact on the 2008 Summer Olympics\nThere were rumors that some athletes were considering boycotting the 2008 Summer Olympics over the unrest. The vice-president of the International Olympic Committee discouraged this, as well as the European Union and the Olympic Committees of Europe and Australia, who condemned politicizing sport. The 14th Dalai Lama also reiterated that he was against any boycott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Impact on the 2008 Summer Olympics\nThe attendance of government leaders at the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was watched by the media, because some groups called for a boycott of the ceremony on both human rights and Tibetan violence grounds. Nonetheless, by the end of July 2008, the leaders of more than 80 countries had decided to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, more than in any of the preceding Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0086-0001", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Impact on the 2008 Summer Olympics\nAll but one leader of the countries that did not attend the opening ceremonies emphasized that it was not to boycott the Olympics; one German chancellor said that there was \"no link to Tibet\". Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk was the one European head of government to boycott the opening ceremonies because of the violence in Tibet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Impact on the 2008 Summer Olympics\nOn 20 March, the U.S. Department of State issued a warning to U.S. citizens attending the Beijing Olympics, stating that \"Americans' conversations and telephones could be monitored and their rooms could be searched without their knowledge or consent\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Aftermath\nAccording to the People's Daily, normalcy returned on 24 March to some affected areas in Sichuan Province, as schools, shops and restaurants reopened to the public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Aftermath\nOn March 26, a small group of foreign journalists were taken by bus into Tibet, in a move that appeared calculated to bolster government claims that authorities were in control and that the protests which began peacefully were acts of destruction and murder. The heavily armed police presence indicated Lhasa remained under lockdown. Reporters were guided to burned streets in Lhasa hung with a red banner that read, \"Construct a Socialist Harmonious Society\", a catchphrase from the Chinese president's efforts to deal with social unrest created by an increasing gap between an urban middle class and the poor. The Dalai Lama called the trip \"a first step\", provided that reporters were given complete freedom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198908-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Tibetan unrest, Aftermath\nThe Open Constitution Initiative, operated by several Weiquan lawyers and intellectuals, issued a paper in May 2009 challenging the official narrative and suggesting that the protests were a response to economic inequities, Han Chinese migration, and religious sentiments. The OCI recommended that Chinese authorities better respect and protect the rights and interests of the Tibetan people, including religious freedom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier\nThe 2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's men's curling championship, was held from March 8 to 16 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Skipped by Kevin Martin, Alberta defeated the defending champion, and reigning World Champion Glenn Howard and Team Ontario. The final pitted arguably the top 2 teams in the world, at least the top 2 teams in the World Curling Tour. The final, while close, failed to live up to expectations, and was widely considered boring, and was full of mistakes due to ice problems. Martin had a draw to the button in the tenth end to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Kevin Martin Third: John Morris Second: Marc Kennedy Lead: Ben Hebert Alternate: Adam Enright", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nFourth: Jim Cotter Skip: Bob Ursel Second: Kevin Folk Lead: Rick Sawatsky Alternate: Tom Buchy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Kerry BurtnykThird: Dan KammerlockSecond: Richard DaneaultLead: Garth SmithAlternate: Reid Carruthers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : James Grattan Third: Mike Kennedy Second: Jason Vaughan Lead: Peter Case Alternate: Andy McCann", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Chris Schille Lead: Dave Noftall Alternate: Glenn Goss", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Eric Harnden Third: E. J. Harnden Second: Ryan Harnden Lead: Caleb Flaxey Alternate: Brad Jacobs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Brian Rafuse Third: Curt Palmer Second: Alan Darragh Lead: Dave Slauenwhite Alternate: Glenn Josephson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Glenn Howard Third: Richard Hart Second: Brent Laing Lead: Craig Savill Alternate: Steve Bice", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Peter Gallant Third: Kevin Champion Second: Mark O'Rourke Lead: John Desrosiers Alternate: Mark Butler", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Jean-Michel M\u00e9nard Third: Martin Cr\u00eate Second: \u00c9ric Sylvain Lead: Jean Gagnon Alternate: Philippe M\u00e9nard", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Pat Simmons Third: Jeff Sharp Second: Gerry Adam Lead: Steve Laycock Alternate: Warren Jackson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Chad Cowan Third: Wade Scoffin Second: James Buyck Lead: Clint Ireland Alternate: Doug Gee", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Round robin results\nAll draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC\u22126).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Alberta\nThe 2008 Boston Pizza Cup February 12\u201317, Grant Fuhr Arena, Spruce Grove", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Manitoba\nDouble knock out format with a playoff round and then a page playoff championship. After Saturday afternoon draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Ontario\nThe 2008 TSC Stores Tankard, February 4\u201310, Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Waterloo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Saskatchewan\nFebruary 6\u201310, Balgonie Arena, Balgonie. Triple elimination until playoff round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Yukon/Northwest Territories\nFebruary 14\u201317, Whitehorse Curling Club, Whitehorse. Double round robin. Through five draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198909-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Yukon/Northwest Territories\nDefending champion Jamie Koe was eliminated in the N.W.T. playdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing\nOn the morning of March 6, 2008, an unknown individual placed a small bomb in front of a United States Armed Forces recruiting station in Times Square, located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. There were no injuries. A security camera shows the bomber riding a bicycle as he approaches the station, dismounting the bike and planting the bomb, and then speeding off shortly before the blast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing\nNew York City police has yet to identify the bomber. Because of their similarities, investigators have suggested the bombing may be linked to two prior and one subsequent New York City bombings done in front of the Mexican Consulate in 2007, the British Consulate in 2005  and an Upper East Side Starbucks in 2009; however, upon the arrest of a suspect police now believe the Starbucks blast to be unrelated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing\nA letter sent to Congress with the words \"we did it\" was originally thought to be connected to the bombing, but ended up being completely unrelated to the incident. Investigators also initially suspected the bombing may be related to an incident on the Canada\u2013United States border in February 2008. Pictures of Times Square and anarchist-type material were found in a car that was randomly stopped by the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Incident\nThe bombing took place at around 3:43 a.m in front of a United States Armed Forces recruiting station in Times Square. A security camera mounted at 1501 Broadway shows an individual riding a bicycle eastbound on 38th Street and Madison Avenue. He headed toward the recruiting center, putting himself out of camera view. He then placed an improvised explosive device in front of the building, and left the area on a bicycle, reappearing on camera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Incident\nThe bomber was seen riding a bicycle wearing a grey hooded jacket and a backpack, and was described as a \"large\" man. Retired New York City detective Ray Pierce suggested he may be a bicycle messenger, noting the \"comfortable\" way he is seen riding his bicycle. He also described the bomber as being a young, \"frustrated\" individual, who is trying to send a \"confusing\" message. Because of the low-powered explosive and the attack coming in the early morning hours, Pierce has suggested that the bomber is more likely trying to send a message, rather than hurting anyone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Incident\nKelly described the bomb as \"low-order explosive\" and \"not a particularly sophisticated device\" contained in a military-style ammunition box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Investigation, Bicycle\nA 1980s blue 10-speed Ross bicycle was found by construction workers in a dumpster located on East 38th Street, a few blocks from the bombing. Unaware of the bombing, several of the workers rode around on the bicycle, which made it harder for investigators to obtain fingerprints. After they heard about the bombing, they turned the bicycle over to the police. Investigators believed that the bicycle was the one used by the bomber. Fingerprints lifted from the bicycle ended up having \"no value\" in figuring out the identity of the bomber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Investigation, Bicycle\nNew York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly stated \"I don't think anyone was seen leaving the bike\". Investigators hoped that the public would be able to focus on the bike for up to a month after the bombing occurred. The bicycle was manufactured and sold in the 1980s at a store called \"Yonkers Cycle Center\" located in Westchester County, New York. The store has since been closed down and the owner has died. Investigators believed the bicycle may have recently changed owners, as one investigator stated \"someone may have sold it at a yard sale\". Investigators believe the bicycle was stored indoors for most of the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Investigation, Letters\nHours after the bombing, Democratic Party members of Capitol Hill received letters that contained the words \"Happy New Year, We did it\" and a picture of a man standing in front of the Times Square recruiting center. The letters also included  a 64-page anti-Iraq War statement. The letters were sent in 5\u00a0inch-by-8\u00a0inch manila envelopes with two $1 stamps and a white label. Because each letter was numbered, investigators believed over 100 letters were mailed out. Recipients of the letters were warned not to open them and to notify police. Investigators originally believed the letters were connected with the bombing, but were proved to be completely unrelated to the incident and a coincidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Investigation, Letters\nThe letters were mailed by David Karnes, a Los Angeles area lawyer and anti-war protester. After Karnes was questioned and his house was searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), his claim of not being connected with the bombing was proved to be valid. He was actually trying to send an anti-Iraq War statement and advice for the Democrats on how to win the 2008 presidential election. In an interview with The New York Times, David Karne's mother stated \"I know when he said, \u2018We did it,\u2019 he was talking about the Democratic Party\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Investigation, Letters\nShe also stated that the picture of the man standing in front of the Times Square recruiting center was  David Karnes. Investigators have said that the letters must have been sent weeks before the bombing occurred, since they went through the standard screening process, which can take up to a week or more. A law enforcement officer referred to the letters as an \"ugly coincidence\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Possible connection to past incidents, Similarities to past bombings\nInvestigators have noted the similarities between the Times Square bombings and past bombings in New York. In 2005 an individual riding a bike threw a grenade in front of the British consulate. A similar incident occurred in front of the Mexican consulate, which also involved an individual throwing a grenade in front of the window. Like the Times Square bombing, both incidents took place in the early morning hours and involved a man riding a bicycle. Investigators have not linked the incidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 95], "content_span": [96, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Possible connection to past incidents, Canada\u2013U.S. border incident\nAfter the bombing, investigators revisited an incident that occurred on the Canada\u2013United States border. In February 2008, four men attempted to cross the border into Canada from New York. While they were being questioned by Canadian border agents, one of the men fled from the car, getting away. He left behind a backpack, inside of which pictures of New York City locations were found, including pictures of the Times Square recruiting center. At the time of the incident U.S. authorities did not find any evidence of criminal activity. Investigators have not linked the bombing to the border incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 93], "content_span": [94, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Possible connection to past incidents, Canada\u2013U.S. border incident\nThe men have been described as \"anarchist types\". A U.S. government official has stated he strongly doubts a link between the border incident and bombing will be found, noting that the recruiting center is in a prominent location in Times Square and would most likely appear in pictures taken at Times Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 93], "content_span": [94, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Response\nMayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Federal Bureau of Investigation officials appeared later in the morning in a joint news conference. Mayor Bloomberg denounced the attack and said that it \"insults every one of our brave men and women in uniform stationed around the world.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Response\nJohn McCain\u2019s presidential campaign released a statement after the bombing:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Response\nThe attempted attack that happened in New York City this morning when someone tried to harm a recruiting station in Times Square is unacceptable in America. I know Mayor Bloomberg as well as other law enforcement agencies are actively working, and I have been assured a full investigation is taking place and hope they bring the individuals to justice as quickly as possible. We cannot allow this to happen to the men and women serving in our military whether they are at home or abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Response\nI am deeply concerned by the detonation of a small bomb at the military recruiting office in Times Square. While we should be grateful that there were no injuries and minimal damage, there is an ongoing investigation into whether the attack is linked to foreign terrorist groups, and federal, state, and city authorities should be given every resource and every tool to swiftly complete that investigation. Having worked with and supported our law enforcement and national security authorities in New York, I am confident that they will get the job done. Whatever else we learn about this attack, it is a reminder of the threats we continue to face at home and the importance of remaining vigilant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198910-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Times Square bombing, Response\nOn June 18, 2013, the FBI released new video footage of the purported bomber, also announcing that a $65,000 reward would be given to anyone who could provide information leading to his identification, arrest and conviction. The reward was increased to $115,000 in April 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198911-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tippeligaen\nThe 2008 Tippeligaen was the 64th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 29 March and ended 2 November. Brann were the defending champions, having won their third Tippeligaen championship in 2007. The teams promoted from the 1. divisjon at the end of the previous season were champions Molde, automatic qualifiers HamKam, and play-off winners Bod\u00f8/Glimt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198911-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tippeligaen, Overview, Summary\nStab\u00e6k secured their first ever league championship by defeating V\u00e5lerenga 6\u20132 in the penultimate round. From the 2009 season onwards, the number of teams in the Tippeligaen was expanded from fourteen to sixteen. To accommodate this expansion, only one team faced automatic relegation to the 1. divisjon, as opposed to the regular two, while the three best teams in the 1. divisjon were awarded automatic promotion. As in previous years, there was a two-legged playoff at the end of the season, this time between the thirteenth-placed team in the Tippeligaen and the fourth best team in the 1. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198911-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tippeligaen, Teams, Stadiums and locations\nFourteen teams competed in the league \u2013 the top eleven teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from 1. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198911-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tippeligaen, Relegation play-offs\nBy finishing 13th, Aalesund competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Sogndal, who finished 4th in the 2008 1. divisjon, for the right to play in the 2009 Tippeligaen. Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF. Aalesund won 7\u20132 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. Sogndal remained in the 1. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198912-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 118th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2008 fixtures took place in August 2008. The championship began on 13 September 2008 and ended on 19 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198912-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship\nLoughmore-Castleiney were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Toomevara in the semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198912-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 19 October 2008, Toomevara won the championship following a 2-14 to 0-17 defeat of Thurles Sarsfields in the final. This was their 22nd championship title overall and their first since 2006. It remains their last championship victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198912-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nAll the teams that reached the divisional semi-finals qualified for the county championship. The eight teams that made the divisional finals were protected by being put in one side of the draw while the defeated semi-finalists were put in the other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198913-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tipperary county hurling team season\nThe 2008 season was Liam Sheedy's first season in charge of the Tipperary senior hurling team. He was appointed for a one-year term at a meeting of the county board on 25 September 2007. Paul Ormond was the team captain for the year but Eoin Kelly was the playing captain when Ormond wasn't named in the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198913-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tipperary county hurling team season\nOn 27 January, Tipperary won the pre-season Waterford Crystal Cup for the second year in a row after a 3\u201313 to 1\u201313 defeat of Waterford. During the National League, Tipperary recorded three wins and two draws to finish second in Division 1B and secure a place in the knock-out stages. Subsequent defeats of Waterford and Kilkenny saw Tipperary qualify for the final in which they defeated Galway by 3\u201318 to 3\u201316 to take the title for the 19th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198913-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tipperary county hurling team season\nIn the Munster Championship, Tipperary recorded their first defeat of Cork in Cork since 1923, before winning the Munster title following a 2\u201321 to 0\u201319 defeat of Clare in the final. Tipperary's went on to play Waterford in the All-Ireland semi-final where they lost by two points, it was there only defeat of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198913-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tipperary county hurling team season\nLiam Sheedy was reappointment as manager for another term in October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198913-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2008 senior hurling management team, 2008 squad\nThe following players made their competitive senior debut in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 90], "content_span": [91, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198913-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tipperary county hurling team season, Awards\nBrendan Cummins, Conor O'Mahony, and Shane McGrath all won All Star Awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198914-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico\nThe 2008 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, the 43rd running of the race, took place from March 12 to March 18, 2008. The race started in Civitavecchia and ended in San Benedetto del Tronto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198915-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season\nThe 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the fourth season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Miyagi Baseball Stadium in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Katsuya Nomura on his third season as team manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198915-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season\nRakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the season in fifth place with a record of 65\u201376\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198916-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tokelauan general election\nParliamentary elections were held in Tokelau on 17 January, 18 January and 19 January 2008 to elect the 20 members of the General Fono. The elections saw Kolouei O'Brien replaced as faipule of Fakaofo by Foua Toloa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198917-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tokyo Marathon\nThe 2008 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: \u6771\u4eac\u30de\u30e9\u30bd\u30f3 2008) was the second edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 17 February. The men's race was won by Switzerland's Viktor R\u00f6thlin in a time of 2:07:23, while the women's race was won by German Claudia Dreher in 2:35:35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198918-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toledo Rockets football team\nThe 2008 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Toledo competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Rockets were led by Tom Amstutz in his eighth and final year as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198918-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toledo Rockets football team\nToledo finished the year 3\u20139 overall and 2\u20136 in conference play. The season highlight was a 13\u201310 victory over the Michigan Wolverines; Michigan entered the game 24\u20130 against MAC teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198919-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tommy Murphy Cup\nThe fifth Tommy Murphy Cup Gaelic football competition commenced on July 12, 2008. The competition was in knockout format: the nine teams who play in the National Football League 2009 Division 4 competed. Antrim beat holders Wicklow in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198920-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tonga Major League\nThe 2008 season of the Tonga Major League was the 30th season of top flight association football competition in Tonga. Lotoha\u02bbapai United won the championship for the eleventh time, the last championship won in a record streak of 11 titles in the Tonga Major League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198921-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tongan Legislative Assembly\nThe 2008 Tongan Legislative Assembly is the previous term of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. Its composition was determined by the 2008 elections, held on April 23 and 24, 2008. It served until 2010, when special elections were held under a new constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198921-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tongan Legislative Assembly\nNine members of the parliament are People's Representatives, nine represent the 33 nobles, and fourteen are Cabinet Ministers appointed by the King.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198921-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tongan Legislative Assembly\nThe Speaker of the 2008 Legislative Assembly was Hon Tu'ilakepa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198922-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tongan general election\nGeneral elections were held in Tonga on 23 and 24 April 2008 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly. The nobles were elected on 23 April, and the nine people's representatives on 24 April. A total of 32,000 people turned out to vote, giving a turnout of 48%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198922-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tongan general election\n71 candidates had filed for the people's representatives' seats, among them eight women. All nine incumbents stood for reelection, with six retaining their seats. Most of the pro-democracy MPs were returned, despite several facing charges of sedition over the 2006 Nuku'alofa riots Reportedly, all nine elected MPs were pro-democracy activists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198922-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tongan general election\nThese elections were the last ones before democratic reforms expected to be implemented in 2010, which would change the seat balance as follows: 17 MPs would be popularly elected, nine MPs would be elected by the nobles and four MPs appointed by the king.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198922-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tongan general election\nViliami Uasike Latu requested a recount in Vava'u, the constituency he contested, as he missed out on the second seat there by only 51 votes. The recount was conducted from 5 to 9 May at the Office of the Governor of Vava\u2019u, and confirmed the original result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198922-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tongan general election, Controversy\nAbout two weeks before the election, it was announced that the Tonga Broadcasting Commission would henceforth censor candidates' political broadcasts, and that TBC reporters would be banned from reporting on political matters, allegedly because they lacked the necessary training for objective coverage. The decision was criticised by the Pacific Islands News Association, and New Zealand's Minister of Revenue, Peter Dunne, commented that it was \"unfortunate\". Tonga Review said that the decision was a restriction on freedom of speech, and compared Tonga with Zimbabwe, a comparison rejected by the TBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198922-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Tongan general election, Controversy\nTongan MP Clive Edwards said that the TBC's decision was aimed at stifling criticism of the government in the lead-up to the election, and to hamper the re-election chances of pro-democracy MPs. Pesi Fonua, head of the Tonga Media Council, said that the election \"very much depends on how the candidates present themselves\", and that censorship would \"definitely have an impact\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198922-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tongan general election, Results, By constituency, Nobles' representatives\nNine nobles were elected by the 29 eligible members of the nobility on 23 April. All 29 voters cast votes. There were no nominations, and no candidates. Tu'iha'angana, outgoing Speaker of the House, lost his seat in Ha'apai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series\nThe 2008 Top League Challenge Series was the 2008 edition of the Top League Challenge Series, a second-tier rugby union competition in Japan, in which teams from regionalised leagues competed for promotion to the Top League for the 2008\u201309 season. The competition was contested from 27 January to 10 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series\nKintetsu Liners and Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars won promotion to the 2008\u201309 Top League, while Mazda Blue Zoomers and World Fighting Bull progressed to the promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series, Competition rules and information\nThe top two teams from the regional Top East League, Top West League and Top Ky\u016bsh\u016b League qualified to the Top League Challenge Series. The regional league winners participated in Challenge 1, while the runners-up participated in Challenge 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series, Competition rules and information\nThe top two teams in Challenge 1 won automatic promotion to the 2008\u201309 Top League, while the third-placed team in Challenge 1 and the Challenge 2 winner qualified to the promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification\nThe teams qualified to the Challenge 1 and Challenge 2 series through the 2007 regional leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification, Top West League\nThe final standings for the 2007 Top West League were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification, Top East League\nThe final standings for the 2007 Top East League were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification, Top Ky\u016bsh\u016b League\nThe final standings for the 2007 Top Ky\u016bsh\u016b League were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 1, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2008 Top League Challenge 1 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 1, Matches\nThe following matches were played in the 2008 Top League Challenge 1:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 2, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2008 Top League Challenge 2 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198923-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 2, Matches\nThe following matches were played in the 2008 Top League Challenge 2:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198924-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toppserien\nThe 2008 season of the Toppserien, the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 12 April 2008 and ended on 2 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198924-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toppserien\n22 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve were relegated, while the two top teams from the First Division were promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198924-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Toppserien\nR\u00f8a won the league, defending their title. Asker went defunct after the season, but relocated their team to Stab\u00e6k.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198925-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open\nThe 2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the Toray Pan Pacific Open, and was part of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 15 through September 21, 2008. Dinara Safina won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198925-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Champions, Doubles\nVania King  /  Nadia Petrova  defeated  Lisa Raymond /  Samantha Stosur, 6\u20131, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198926-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions, but Vania King and Nadia Petrova defeated them 6\u20131, 6\u20134, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198927-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Singles\nMartina Hingis was the defending champion, but she retired from tennis the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198927-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Singles\nDinara Safina won the title, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20133. This was Safina's fourth title of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198927-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Singles\nThis was the first edition of the Toray Pan Pacific Open to be held on outdoor hard courts; previously, the tournament had been held on indoor carpet courts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198927-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198928-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Torneo Apertura (Chile)\nThe 2008 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco Estado  was the 83rd Chilean League top flight, in which Everton won its 4th league title after beating Colo-Colo in the finals. The 20 teams were organized into four groups, but played each other in a single round-robin format. The top-two teams from each group advanced to a single elimination play-off, but the best 3rd-place team had to worst 2nd-place team in an advancement play-off match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198929-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Torneo Clausura (Chile)\nThe 2008 Campeonato Nacional Clausura Copa Banco Estado  was the 84th Chilean League top flight, in which Colo-Colo won its 28th league title after beating Palestino in the finals. The format is the same as the Apertura tournament, but the field was reduced from 20 teams to 19 since Deportes Concepci\u00f3n withdrew before the start of the tournament due to financial problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198929-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Torneo Clausura (Chile), Relegation, Relegation/promotion playoffs\nUni\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola & Universidad de Concepci\u00f3n remained at the Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198930-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Torneo Descentralizado\nThe 2008 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable M\u00e1gico for sponsorship reasons) was the ninety-second season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Universidad San Mart\u00edn defending their national title. The season began on February 17, 2008 and ended on December 14, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198930-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus\nThe season was divided into two tournaments; Torneo Apertura from February to July and the Torneo Clausura from July to December. Both tournaments had the fourteen teams play a round-robin home-and-away round for a total of 26 matches in each tournament. The winner of the Torneo Apertura qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores group stage and was eligible to play in the season final if they finished above 8th place in the Torneo Clausura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198930-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus\nThe winner of the Torneo Clausura also qualified to the group stage and was eligible to play in the season final if they finished above 8th place in the Torneo Apertura. A team that would've won both tournament was automatically season champion. If one of the tournament winners failed to place above 8th place, the other tournament winner would've been season champion. If both teams failed to finish above 8th place, the team that placed higher on the aggregate table\u2013the summation of the points earned in both tournaments\u2013would've been season champion. The two teams that placed last on the aggregate table were relegated and the best placed team\u2013excluding the two tournament winners\u2013qualified to the first stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores. The second and third best placed teams on the aggregate table qualified to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 896]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198930-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Torneo Descentralizado, Changes from 2007, Promotion and relegation\nDeportivo Municipal and Total Clean finished the 2007 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, in the aggregate table and thus were relegated to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. They were replaced by the champions of the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n 2007 and Copa Per\u00fa 2007, Universidad C\u00e9sar Vallejo and Juan Aurich. The F.P.F. also invited Jos\u00e9 G\u00e1lvez and Minero into the first division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198930-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Torneo Descentralizado, Season overview\nUniversitario won the Apertura title after 6 years of failing to win a half-year tournament. They won the title with 50 points, a ten-point lead, and had four games left to be played. Sporting Cristal was the other team close to winning the title, however they had three games left to play and would have been unable to reach Universitario. Universitario had a 15-game undefeated streak and a 9-game winning streak. In the Clausura Universitario did surprisingly worse and finished 11th. They lost four games at home and failed to finish in the top 7 to contest the national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198930-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Torneo Descentralizado, Season overview\nU. San Martin finished third in the Apertura and won the Clausura with three games to spare. They achieved their second national title after only four years of existence. This is the first time since 1958 where the big three were not able to win the title for two consecutive years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198930-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Torneo Descentralizado, Season overview\nAlianza Lima experienced a terrible season because they were close to being relegated this season. Every team, with the exception of Jos\u00e9 G\u00e1lvez, gained points playing at their home ground and they had also lost several home games. Fortunately, Alianza Lima remained in the First Division. Sport Boys saved itself from relegation two years ago, however this year they could not. They were the worst team of the year and won very few games. Problems arose in the club as the players were not paid for many months. This led to a sorrowful year for the fans of Sport Boys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198931-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Torneo di Viareggio\nThe 2008 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198931-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Torneo di Viareggio, Format\nThe 48 teams are seeded in 12 pools, split up into 6-pool groups. Each team from a pool meets the others in a single tie. The winning club from each pool and two best runners-up from both group A and group B progress to the final knockout stage. All matches in the final rounds are single tie. The Round of 16 envisions penalties and no extra time, while the rest of the final round matches include 30 minutes extra time and penalties to be played if the draw between teams still holds. Semifinal losing teams play 3rd-place final with penalties after regular time. The winning sides play the final with extra time and repeat the match if the draw holds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198932-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Argonauts season\nThe 2008 Toronto Argonauts season was the 51st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and 136th season overall. The Argonauts attempted to win their 16th Grey Cup, but they failed to make the playoffs ending the season on a nine-game losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198932-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Argonauts season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nIn the 2008 CFL Draft, 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198932-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Argonauts season, Rosters, Preseason roster\nItalics indicates Import player updated 2008-06-10 \u2022 69 Active, 3 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198932-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Argonauts season, Rosters, End of season roster\nItalics indicates Import player updated 2008-10-31 \u2022 55 Active, 4 PR", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198932-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Argonauts season, Regular season\nToronto started the season off well, winning against the Blue Bombers 23\u201316, but after that they compiled a 2\u20135 record the next 7 games. After the Bye week, everything went downhill, they won only one game and lost 9 start to finish the season 4\u201314 and missed the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198932-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Argonauts season, Regular season\nA raucous Labour Day crowd of 25,911 at Ivor Wynne Stadium witnessed a game that ended with a 34\u201331 Argo victory, the team's first win against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the season. Argo head coach Rich Stubler's job was rumoured to be on the line. Argos receiver Arland Bruce III found time for a little theatrics, celebrating an 11-yard TD catch by donning a Spider-Man mask produced from his pants. Several days later, the Canadian Football League fined the Argonauts receiver an undisclosed amount for his touchdown celebration. Game officials had handed Bruce an objectionable conduct penalty after the incident. Bruce went on to have his best game of the season, catching 10 passes for a game-high 149\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198932-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Argonauts season, Regular season\nOn September 9, Stubler was released as head coach of the Argonauts after posting a 4\u20136 record. There was the belief he could not get along with those he worked with. The Argos hired Don Matthews, the head coach with the most wins in CFL history and head coach during Toronto's back-to-back Grey Cup victories in 1996 and 1997, to return to the club as head coach for the third time in his coaching career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198932-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Argonauts season, Regular season\nDuring the team's next game on September 12 at Rogers Centre, Winnipeg Blue Bombers slotback Milt Stegall became the most prolific receiver in the history of the CFL. The slotback caught a 92-yard pass at 9:02 in the second quarter to raise his career total to 14,983, breaking the mark of 14,891\u00a0yards previously held by former Stampeders receiver Allen Pitts. Stegall took a pass from Kevin Glenn and scored a touchdown, his second of the game. It put the Bombers ahead 28\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198932-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Argonauts season, Regular season\nOn October 31, Matthews resigned from the Argonauts a day after the conclusion of the Argonauts 2008 regular season, which saw the Argos fail to win a game in the eight games under his leadership and finishing out of the playoffs for the first time since the 2001 CFL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198932-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Argonauts season, Postseason\nThe Argos finished third in the East Division with a record of 4 wins and 14 losses. The Edmonton Eskimos, who finished fourth in the West, had a better record of 10 and 8, and under the cross-over rule eliminated Toronto from the playoffs and play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the East semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season\nThe 2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, the team's 32nd year of existence, saw the Blue Jays finish in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses for a .531 winning percentage, thus making this season the third consecutive winning season for the Jays, as well as being the highest win-loss record since their 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off-season\nGeneral Manager J. P. Ricciardi maintained through the off-season that he was content with the Blue Jays' roster as it was. Nevertheless, he made a number of moves, two of which would likely have a significant effect on the team in the 2008 season. The team's acquisition of all-star shortstop David Eckstein was met with a mixed reception from fans and critics. Eckstein's role on the team would displace two of Toronto's most popular players from their regular roles; Reed Johnson as leadoff hitter and John McDonald as starting shortstop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off-season\nEckstein was signed to fill the leadoff spot in the order which was void of a true leadoff man for much of 2007 due to the injury to Johnson. Johnson was released by the Blue Jays on March 23 and the LF position was given to Shannon Stewart who split time with Matt Stairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off-season\nThe other major move by the club in the off-season was the trade of third baseman Troy Glaus to the Cardinals for David Eckstein's teammate, Scott Rolen. The move was generally seen to be a major risk to both parties, as both players were dealing with injuries over the past several seasons. The move was also noted as being somewhat redundant, given the various similarities between the two players. Both hit for power, though Glaus slightly more so, both were approximately the same age, and both were prone to injury. Rolen was, however, a significantly better defender than Glaus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off-season\nThe Blue Jays played their 5000th franchise regular season game on Friday July 25 against the Seattle Mariners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Other acquisitions\nThe Blue Jays also signed catcher Rod Barajas (who split time with Gregg Zaun) and Marco Scutaro, who played third base for most of the games for the beginning of the season, until Scott Rolen returned from his injury in May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Other acquisitions\nOn April 20, 2008, the Jays released veteran DH Frank Thomas. Although the Jays said it was due to a weak performance, Thomas stated it was probably because he only needed a little more than 300 at-bats to put his 2010 option year in effect. General Manager J. P. Ricciardi stated that this move was because the Blue Jays were falling behind early and Thomas was not producing. Ricciardi needed someone who could hit home runs and drive in RBIs from Thomas' spot in the batting order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Expectations\nThe Blue Jays were picked by many experts to contend for a playoff spot in the agonizing AL East. The Blue Jays were also expected to challenge the Yankees and Red Sox in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Though they finished 2006 in second place, 2007 was an injury riddled season for the Jays, resulting in another mediocre third-place finish. The key to the Blue Jays' success in 2008 would be to stay healthy and hit well. Another repeat of 2007 would mean likely another mediocre season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Expectations\nKey players such as Alex R\u00edos, Vernon Wells, Scott Rolen, David Eckstein, Roy Halladay, A. J. Burnett and B. J. Ryan needed to stay virtually healthy and produce as they are capable of, if the Jays wished to seriously challenge or dethrone the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians for a playoff spot. Ultimately, the Blue Jays did not meet the expectations of contending and finished with a less than impressive season record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, April\nThe Blue Jays finished the first week of the season by taking 4 out of 6 games against AL East powerhouses New York and Boston, including a sweep of the Red Sox. Following the first two series, however, they faced a 4\u20134 Oakland Athletics team and promptly got swept at home, including two close one-run losses. Closer Jeremy Accardo blew a save in the second game and took the loss for the second straight night after the A's scored in the ninth inning in the first game against him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, April\nFollowing the sweep by Oakland, the Jays headed out on the road and swept the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, which had been considered a house of horrors of sorts as Toronto had lost 16 of its last 19 games there. Before the third game of the series, pitcher B. J. Ryan was activated from the disabled list and reinstated as the team's closer. He went on to save the final game. The Jays completed their road trip by splitting a short two-game series with the Baltimore Orioles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, April\nThe Blue Jays returned home to face Texas for a pair of games and lost both contests, despite an incredible pitching performance by the Toronto relief corps in the first game and a complete game from ace Roy Halladay in the second. In the first game, despite the energy provided by escaping dangerous situations (the Rangers left the bases loaded three times in extra innings and failed to score), the Blue Jays' offense struggled and failed to respond. Manager John Gibbons used up all the relievers and had to send starter A. J. Burnett to face the Rangers in the 14th inning, where he went on to give up two runs and took the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, April\nAfter splitting a four-game set with the surprisingly underachieving Detroit Tigers, Toronto left for a nine-game road trip, facing the Tampa Bay Rays, Kansas City Royals, and Boston Red Sox. The sojourn was completely forgettable, with the Jays being swept three straight by the Rays at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando and dropping two out of three to the Royals at Kauffman Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, April\nPrior to the Royals series, the Blue Jays activated third baseman Scott Rolen from the disabled list, and he hit his first home run in a Jays uniform in the third game, which the Jays took behind Jesse Litsch to snap a six-game losing streak (dating back to the last game of the Detroit series). However, the Blue Jays then travelled to Boston and closed out April by losing the first two games against the Red Sox in heartbreaking fashion, with Halladay and Scott Downs respectively giving up walk-off hits to give the BoSox narrow one-run victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, April\nFor Halladay, it was his fourth complete game in a row, but a lack of hitting by the Toronto lineup doomed him to a loss. The Blue Jays lost 11 of their last 14 games in April, and manager Gibbons received a lot of criticism for his team's performance from fans due to the lack of manufacturing runs and a seeming lack of motivation; some suggested that it may be time for a managerial change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, May\nToronto salvaged the rubber match of the Boston series on May 1, but not without some controversy. After Burnett and Jesse Carlson shut out the Red Sox for eight innings, B. J. Ryan was called in to close out the game. Coco Crisp popped out to right to seemingly end the tilt, but second base umpire Bruce Dreckman called Ryan for a balk and ordered the game to continue. Crisp followed with a single to right, moving Brandon Moss to third. However, Ryan vindicated himself with a strikeout of Jed Lowrie to end the game for good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, May\nBuilding off the momentum, the Jays came back home and completed a four-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox (the first time they had swept a four-game set since 2003). The Toronto pitching kept Chicago at bay, shutting them out twice, while Vernon Wells and Matt Stairs in particular came through with clutch hits against ChiSox pitching. Despite hopes that the woeful offense would come around, the Blue Jays then dropped two of three to the visiting Rays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, May\nIn the first contest, starting shortstop David Eckstein left the game due to a hip injury, and his backup John McDonald followed him a short time later with a sprained ankle; both were eventually put on the 15-day disabled list. The last game with Tampa seemingly symbolized Toronto's struggles \u2013 after trailing for eight innings, they came back to tie in the bottom of the ninth, only to come up empty the next inning and waste a leadoff triple by Alex R\u00edos. In the 13th, Carl Crawford came through with a sacrifice fly off Shawn Camp, and a few batters later Dioner Navarro hit a grand slam, putting the game out of reach for the Jays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, May\nPrior to a road series in Cleveland, general manager Ricciardi attempted to pick up the team's sagging offense and deepen the bench by signing free-agent outfielder Brad Wilkerson and acquiring outfielder Kevin Mench in exchange for cash considerations. However, the Jays still lost three of four to the Indians, with Vernon Wells breaking his wrist trying to make a diving catch in the first game and missing the next 6\u20138 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, May\nDespite the blow dealt by the absence of Wells, the victory in the last game of the Cleveland series seemed to spur the Jays' bats back to life somewhat, as they proceeded to sweep the Twins in Minnesota and then take two of three from the Phillies in their first interleague series of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, May\nReturning home, Toronto lost the first two games of a close three-game set to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim but won the last game, using it as a springboard for a four-game sweep of the Royals that brought them three games above .500 for the first time in the season. The Jays then took off for the West Coast, splitting the first two tense games in Oakland before blowing out the A's 12\u20130 in the final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0013-0003", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, May\nThe momentum continued in Anaheim when the Jays pounded the Angels 10\u20134 in the first game, but lost a 3\u20132 nail-biter in 10 innings in the second game. Despite the tight loss to the Angels, Toronto enjoyed a remarkable recovery from their disastrous April, winning 20 games, just one shy of the club record for the most wins in a single month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, June\nOn Friday June 20, 2008, after losing 5 in a row and falling 10.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox, the Blue Jays replaced John Gibbons with Cito Gaston. Cito is the only manager to lead the Blue Jays to World Series victories in 1992 over the Braves and won again 1993 over the Phillies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, July\nOn Tuesday July 8, 2008, the Blue Jays won their first game in walk-off fashion of the season, and marking the first time since September 17, 2007 that the Jays won a walk-off-style game. The win was a 7\u20136 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles, and the walk-off win was achieved by an RBI single from Scott Rolen, bringing Alex R\u00edos to score, after stealing two bases via a strikeout by Vernon Wells before Rolen's at-bat in the bottom of the 9th inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, July\nRios earlier in the bottom of the 7th inning, scored a three-run triple (his 3rd triple of the season), bringing the score to 6\u20135 Baltimore. Immediately afterwards, Vernon Wells hit an RBI single (his 2nd single of the night), bringing Rios home and tying the game 6\u20136 before the walk-off finisher two innings later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, July\nJust 2 days later, on July 10, the Blue Jays won their second walk-off victory of the season, against the Baltimore Orioles. The win resulted in the Orioles being swept by the Jays, the first time since late May that the Jays won a sweep; against the Kansas City Royals. The Jays won 6\u20135. Marco Scutaro came as the first batter of the bottom of the 9th, as a pinch hitter for Matt Stairs; he struck out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, July\nScutaro was followed by Rod Barajas who fired a single into right field and was subsequently replaced with pinch runner John McDonald, who ran to 2nd base. Then came Scott Rolen who fired the ball deep into right field, landing near the foul line and resulting in a double, sending Rolen to 2nd and McDonald to 3rd. Gregg Zaun was intentionally walked by Orioles' closer George Sherrill thus loading the bases. This was followed by a sacrifice fly from Lyle Overbay, scoring  McDonald and tying the game at 5\u20135. Lastly, Adam Lind came up and launched a ground ball single off to right field, past the glove of Aubrey Huff and placed near right fielder Nick Markakis. Rolen runs from 2nd base and makes it to home plate, giving the Blue Jays the sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 803]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, August\nOn August 28, the Blue Jays designated DH Matt Stairs for assignment shortly after their 3\u20132 loss against the Tampa Bay Rays. He was then traded to the Philadelphia Phillies, who went on to win the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, August\nAfter the Jays won their final game against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium 6\u20132 on August 31, shortstop David Eckstein was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a right-handed pitcher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, September\nThe Jays swept the Minnesota Twins from September 2\u20134, marking the second straight sweep of the Twins for the Jays this season and also the first time since several years ago that they swept one team three times in a row, since the Jays swept the Twins in July 2007 in addition to the two sweeps this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, September\nThe Jays beat the Rays on September 5, 6\u20134 and then on September 6, they won their first series victory over the Rays this season, winning the game 7\u20134 due to a walk-off grand slam by catcher Gregg Zaun at the bottom of 13th inning. As a result, three records occurred: 1. That walk-off grand slam was the second in franchise history (the first was by George Bell on September 4, 1988) as well as being the franchise's first walk-off grand slam to occur in extra innings. 2 .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, September\nThe win was the Jays seventh straight win, the first time this happened since September 2002. 3 . With the win, the Jays were 5\u20130 so far for the month of September, marking the first time since September 1998 that the Jays had that record at the beginning of that month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, September\nOn September 7, the Jays won the final game against the Rays 1\u20130, thus sweeping them. David Purcey got the win, going 8 solid innings, and Jesse Carlson got the save, his 2nd of the season. With this win, the Jays now have their longest winning streak since April 1999. The sweep of the Rays was also the first time in franchise history that they swept the Rays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, September\nThe Jays opened a four-game series with the Chicago White Sox by winning a rain-postponed double-header on September 9. A.J.Burnett got his 17th victory of the season by taking a no-hitter into the 6th inning before giving up a run. Jays win 3\u20131. Jesse Litsch pitched a solid 7 innings and records his fifth win since being recalled from AAA. Marco Scutaro leads off the game with his 2nd career lead-off home run. Litsch again receives much run support and the Jays win 8\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, September\nOn September 12, the Jays went into Fenway Park to face the AL Wild Card Leaders, The Boston Red Sox. The Jays promptly lost 3 out of 4 in that weekend series, ultimately dropping them out of the AL Wild Card contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, September\nOn September 18, the Jays scored a 3\u20132 victory over the Baltimore Orioles, moving their record to 82\u201371. The victory secured a third consecutive winning season for the team, something which they have not accomplished since 1998\u20132000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Season summary, September\nOn September 25, versus the New York Yankees, Roy Halladay pitched a complete game six-hitter for his 20th win of the season, the first time he did so since his Cy Young Award-winning 2003 season. Halladay became only the 2nd Blue Jays pitcher to have pitched two 20+ win seasons, after Roger Clemens did so in 1997 and 1998. With that win, Halladay also became the first pitcher to have a 5\u20130 record against the Yankees in a season, since Luis Tiant accomplished the feat in 1974.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198933-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Blue Jays season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198934-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto FC season\nThe 2008 MLS season was the second season in Toronto FC's existence. The club's season began on March 29, 2008 in an away game against Columbus Crew, which resulted in a 2\u20130 loss. The club's first goal of the season was scored by Maurice Edu on April 5, 2008 in a 4\u20131 loss against D.C. United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198934-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto FC season, Squad, First team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198934-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto FC season, Squad, List of 2008 transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198934-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto FC season, Squad, List of 2008 transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198934-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto FC season, Squad, List of 2008 transfers, Players out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 74], "content_span": [75, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198934-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto FC season, Squad statistics\nCompetitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate number of games started. Updated to games played October 26, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198934-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto FC season, Squad statistics, Goalkeepers\n1Player is no longer with team2Left club at start of the season but later rejoined under a new contractGA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; CS = Clean sheets", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198934-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto FC season, Competitions summary, Regular season, Results summary\nLast updated: October 30, 2008Source: 2008 Major League Soccer seasonPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 77], "content_span": [78, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198934-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto FC season, Player seasonal records\nCompetitive matches only. Updated to games played October 26, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198935-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto International Film Festival\nThe 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This 33rd annual festival was from September 4 to September 13, 2008. The opening night gala was the World War I romantic epic Passchendaele from Canadian director Paul Gross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198935-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto International Film Festival, About the 2008 Festival\nThe 2008 festival was heavy on Canadian fare as well as featuring prominent indie films and worldwide as well as North American debuts including: Adoration directed by Canada's own Atom Egoyan, Appaloosa the second film from Ed Harris (who directed Pollock), Blindness from screenwriter-director, Fernando Meirelles, Iraq war thriller The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and veteran filmmaker Barbet Schroeder's Inju, la b\u00eate dans l'ombre. Scheduled is The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (directed by Jodie Markell), based on a \"rediscovered\" Tennessee Williams screenplay. TIFF screened 312 films from 64 countries. These include 249 features, most of which were North American and/or world premieres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198935-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto International Film Festival, About the 2008 Festival\nNeil Burger (director of The Illusionist) world premiered The Lucky Ones a character study of U.S. soldiers on an unplanned road trip, starring Tim Robbins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198935-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto International Film Festival, About the 2008 Festival\nAlso featured was Me and Orson Welles helmed by American \"slacker\" Richard Linklater, the Spike Lee-directed World War II film, Miracle at St. Anna as well as the Jonathan Demme directed film Rachel Getting Married. Other festival highlights are screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's first film, Synecdoche, New York, a slice of experimental filmmaker James Benning's Americana RR was featured in the \"Wavelengths\" avant-garde showcase, the four-hour-long Steven Soderbergh epic Che (playing in two parts), as well as The Wrestler lensed by Darren Aronofsky. The Brits are also well represented with Happy-Go-Lucky directed by Mike Leigh and Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198935-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto International Film Festival, About the 2008 Festival\nDespite showing fewer films than last year, among the 249 features, 116 are premieres and 61 are first features. Films from as many as 64 countries were screened, with more than 340,000 admissions expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198935-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto International Film Festival, About the 2008 Festival\n\"Canadian Open Vault\", which always highlights a restored Canadian film, focused on Quebec filmmaker Fran\u00e7ois Girard's 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould made in 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198935-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto International Film Festival, About the 2008 Festival\nActors Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Benicio del Toro, Ethan Hawke, Laura Linney and film directors  Julian Schnabel, Kathryn Bigelow and Steven Soderbergh are among the celebs the festival has invited on its 500-plus guest list, thus completing its lineup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198935-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto International Film Festival, About the 2008 Festival\nThe festival closed on September 13, 2008 with the North American premiere of Stone of Destiny written and directed by Charles Martin Smith, the true story of four Glasgow university students who try to restore the 300-pound Stone of Scone to its rightful Scottish home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198935-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto International Film Festival, About the 2008 Festival\nWith the film Fifty Dead Men Walking, Rose McGowan expressed support for the cause of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), with the reports of her comments being released into the media on September 11, 2008. After starring in Fifty Dead Men Walking, she was quoted as saying \"I imagine had I grown up in Belfast, I would 100% have been in the IRA. My heart just broke for the cause. Violence is not to be played out daily and provide an answer to problems, but I understand it.\" Her comments were attacked by the original author Martin McCartlend. McCartland had general objections against the film, but approved of an out of court settlement, believed to be in the region of \u00a320,000 (US$35,000 in summer 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198936-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Rock season\nThe Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 12th in franchise history, and 11th as the Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198936-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Rock season\nThe 2008 season almost never happened. On October 16, 2007 the league released a statement officially cancelling the season, after no agreement could be reached on a new collective bargaining agreement. However, negotiations continued, and on October 25, the league announced that a new CBA has been agreed on, and that the season would proceed. The new revised schedule was released on November 2, 2007, but only included 12 of the expected 14 teams were included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198936-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Toronto Rock season\nThe expansion Boston Blazers and 2007 Western division champion Arizona Sting had decided for \"a number of business reasons\" to opt out of the 2008 season and return in 2009. Due to the short time frame between the agreement on a new CBA and the start of the season, the New York Titans were unable to secure 8 home dates for the revised schedule, and thus both the Toronto Rock and Buffalo Bandits hosted a Titans home game in their own arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198936-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Rock season\nThe Rock had their second consecutive sub-.500 season, finishing 7\u20139, and out of the playoffs for the first time since they were the Ontario Raiders in 1998. Despite the losing season, veteran Bob Watson was named NLL Goaltender of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198936-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Rock season\nThis was captain Jim Veltman's final season as a player; he retired after 16 seasons and joined the Rock coaching staff in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198936-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Rock season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198936-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Rock season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198936-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Rock season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198937-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike\nThe 2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike was a legal strike action by Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) unionized employees that began on April 26, 2008, at 12:01\u00a0a.m. EDT. All bus, streetcar and subway service in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was suspended, leaving thousands of people stranded across the city. Although the strike action was legal, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113 did not provide 48-hour notice of the service withdrawal as they had previously promised they would do. Instead, the ATU only provided 90 minutes' notice before the service withdrawal. Bob Kinnear, president of ATU Local 113, claimed that the lack of an advance notice was necessary to protect the TTC employees from \"angry and irrational members of the public\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198937-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike, General synopsis\nThe strike occurred when the two unions, ATU Local 113 and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2, voted 65% to reject the offer made on April 20, 2008. The result of the ratification vote was completed just after 10:00\u00a0p.m. on April 25 and Torontonians and TTC employees were given approximately 90 minutes' notice before the job action began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198937-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike, General synopsis\nThe rejected offer had offered TTC operators a 3% wage increase each year for three years. Some operators and maintenance staff were not pleased with the offer. There were also concerns over the injury compensation package and, according to some reports, contracting out work. TTC employees voiced their concerns over the week prior to the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198937-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike, General synopsis, Back-to-work legislation\nAt approximately 11:45\u00a0p.m. on April 25, minutes before the strike began, Toronto mayor David Miller held a news conference stating that the strike action was  \"unacceptable and irresponsible\" after the ATU failed to comply with the initial 48-hour strike notice and the subsequent rejection of the contract. The mayor made a special request to Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty asking him to seek back-to-work legislation, a special law that would block the TTC strike from continuing. By 12:30\u00a0p.m. on April 26, the provincial government had signed an Order in Council allowing for a rare Sunday sitting of the Ontario legislature to consider a bill (Bill 66) to order the union and its members back to work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198937-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike, General synopsis, Back-to-work legislation\nOn April 27, 2008, Bill 66 was unanimously passed by the Ontario Legislature, a process which only took 30 minutes. The law was quickly given royal assent by David Onley, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and it came into force at 2 p.m. The TTC was given a few hours to ensure the system was ready to operate and to build up service. Most transit service resumed by that evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198938-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toulon Tournament\nThe 2008 Toulon Tournament was the 36th edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 20 May to 29 May 2008. Tournament finished with the final between Italy and Chile at Stade Mayol in Toulon as Italy had the title after the final score of 1\u20130, scored by Pablo Osvaldo in the 70th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198939-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toulon Tournament squads\nBelow are the rosters for the 2008 Toulon Tournament. The given age and club affiliation were current as of the start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198939-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toulon Tournament squads\nThose marked in bold have now been capped at full international level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198940-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour Down Under\nThe 2008 Tour Down Under was the 10th edition of the Tour Down Under road cycling stage race, taking place from 22 to 27 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. The Tour Down Under was the first race outside of Europe to be given ProTour status by the UCI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198940-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour Down Under\nThe race was preceded by an opening race called Down Under Classic, not part of the UCI ProTour competition. It was won by German Andr\u00e9 Greipel of Team High Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198940-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour Down Under, Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race\nAs of 27 January 2008, after the Tour Down Under", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 70], "content_span": [71, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198940-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour Down Under, Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race\nAfter winning 4 stages of Tour Down Under and the overall classification, German Andr\u00e9 Greipel is the first leader of 2008 UCI ProTour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 70], "content_span": [71, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198940-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour Down Under, Teams\nThe Australian national team called Team UniSA-Australia was the only non-UCI ProTour team invited to the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198941-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour F\u00e9minin en Limousin\nThe 2008 Tour F\u00e9minin en Limousin was the 4th edition of the Tour F\u00e9minin en Limousin, a women's cycling stage race in France. It was rated by the UCI as category 2.2 race, and was held between 24 and 27 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198942-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Corse\nThe 2008 Tour de Corse was the thirteenth round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. The event was won by Citro\u00ebn driver S\u00e9bastien Loeb for the fourth year in succession. It was his tenth victory of the season and gave him a fourteen-point lead in the drivers table with just two rallies left in the season. Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen finished in second place after team orders issued by the Ford team forced Fran\u00e7ois Duval and Jari-Matti Latvala to drop behind him, in order to improve his championship hopes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France\nThe 2008 Tour de France was the 95th running of the race. The event took place from 5 to 27 July. Starting in the French city of Brest, the tour entered Italy on the 15th stage and returned to France during the 16th, heading for Paris, its regular final destination, which was reached in the 21st stage. The race was won by Carlos Sastre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France\nUnlike previous years, time bonuses were no longer awarded for intermediate sprints and for high placement on each stage. This altered the way the General Classification was awarded in comparison to previous seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Teams\nLong running disputes between the event organisers, the ASO and the UCI reached a head when the race organisers insisted upon the right to invite, or exclude, whichever teams it chose for the event. Under UCI rules, any ProTour event must be open to all member teams of the UCI's top level. The ASO made it clear that, despite changes in team management and personnel, it intended to exclude Astana from the event as a result of its involvement in the doping scandals that marred the 2007 Tour and its links to the 2006 Operaci\u00f3n Puerto doping case. This meant that the champion (Alberto Contador) and third-place finisher (Levi Leipheimer) from 2007, both of whom had since signed with Astana, could not compete in the 2008 Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Teams\nThe ASO announced on 20 March 2008 that all ProTour teams except Astana would be invited, along with three wildcard teams: Agritubel, Barloworld, and Slipstream\u2013Chipotle (subsequently renamed as Garmin\u2013Chipotle p/b H30). With each team consisting of nine riders, 180 riders started the Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nBecause Astana was not invited to the 2008 Tour de France, the winner of the 2007 Tour de France, Alberto Contador, the 3rd-place finisher Levi Leipheimer and the 2004 and 2006 Tour de France runner up Andreas Kl\u00f6den did not compete. Ten days before the start of the tour, Contador picked Cadel Evans as the likely winner for 2008. Shown in the table below are the riders that, according to the bookmakers in the months before the start of the 2008 Tour de France, had a chance of winning the 2008 Tour better than or equal to 25/1. The odds shown are the odds in July 2008, directly before the start of the race. Thomas Dekker and Michael Rogers were also given odds in this range, but were not included in the Tour de France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Route and stages\nThe 2008 Tour de France was almost entirely in France, with only a small part in Italy. In previous years, the Tour started with a prologue, followed by a week of flat stages. The flat stages were dominated by the sprinters' teams, and the yellow jersey was worn by a sprinter who had a good prologue. At the presentation of the Tour de France 2008 schedule, Tour Director Christian Prudhomme announced that the 2008 Tour would be different: \"We have wanted a first week of racing with much more rhythm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Route and stages\nWith no prologue, an uphill finish that will suit different types of sprinters at the end of stage one, with a short time trial on stage four and the first mountain at Super-Besse only 48 hours later, we have decided to change the scenario.\" The time bonuses at the end of each stage were removed, and there was 82 kilometres (51\u00a0mi) of time trials, less than usual. The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,802\u00a0m (9,193\u00a0ft) at the Cime de la Bonette loop road on stage 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview\nIn the first week of the 2008 Tour de France, the stages were mostly flat. As traditionally in the Tour de France, this resulted in small breakaways of cyclists, and the sprinters' teams trying to get them back. In the first stage, the sprinters won, with Thor Hushovd winning the stage, but in the second stage, four cyclists managed to stay away. The fourth stage was a time trial, won by Stefan Schumacher, who took over the lead. In the fifth stage, the sprinters won the battle and Mark Cavendish won the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview\nThe Massif Central mountains were visited in stage six and seven. In stage six, all the breakaways were caught, and the favourites stayed together and finished together. In stage seven, the same scenario, only now Luis Le\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez managed to stay a few seconds ahead and win the stage. The eighth stage was a sprinter stage, won by Cavendish. Then, from stage nine, the Pyrenees were climbed. Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 broke away from the bunch on the final climb, and won the stage. On stage 10, a group of four with some main contenders escaped, and Leonardo Piepoli won the stage. Stage eleven had easier climbs, and a group of four riders, not important for the overall classification, were allowed to break away and win by 14 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 764]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview\nStages twelve to fourteen were flat stages, and were dominated by the sprinters. Mark Cavendish won another two stages, and \u00d3scar Freire took his first. In the fifteenth stage, a group of four cyclists escaped and stayed away, a similar thing happened in stage sixteen. In the seventeenth stage, Carlos Sastre placed a surprise attack (not only a surprise for his opponents, but also for his team mates and Directeur Sportif) won the stage and took the lead in the general classification. The eighteenth and nineteenth stage again saw breakaways of cyclists not important for the general classification. The twentieth stage, a time trial, was won by Stefan Schumacher who had also won the first time trial. The last stage was a sprinters' stage, won by Gert Steegmans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 803]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nOn 26 May 2008, the 2007 green jersey (points) winner Tom Boonen tested positive for cocaine. Since this was outside competition, Boonen was not sanctioned by the UCI or WADA, but he was nevertheless barred from the 2008 Tour de France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nFollowing protracted disagreement between the organisers of the Tour de France (ASO) and the UCI, the race was sanctioned by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Fran\u00e7aise de Cyclisme (FFC), as was the 2008 Paris\u2013Nice in March. Thus the FFC were in charge of the doping controls before and during the race, and rather than increasing the number of doping controls during the Tour, they applied a more targeted approach on suspect riders. The French government's anti-doping agency AFLD carried out approximately 60 random and targeted tests in the weeks leading up to the Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nThey took blood samples from all the 180 riders in a two-day period just before the first stage, and during the race took samples from up to 14 riders a day shortly after the stage was finished, 250 tests being run in total. The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) also performed unannounced doping tests of riders at the finish of stage 15, which ended at the ski resort of Prato Nevoso, Italy. On 3 July 2008, France enacted a law criminalizing using or trafficking in doping substances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nOn 11 July news broke that Spanish rider Manuel Beltr\u00e1n tested positive for erythropoietin after the first stage of the tour. Blood abnormalities before the tour start had led AFLD to target the rider. Beltr\u00e1n's team Liquigas withdrew him from the tour with immediate effect. French law enforcement authorities questioned Beltr\u00e1n over possible offences and searched his hotel room, but he claimed his innocence. The B-Sample has not yet been tested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nOn 13 July, prior to the ninth stage, it was revealed that AFLD had informed team doctors that five riders had unusually high hematocrit levels. The Italian press reported that Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, who won the stage later that day, had been selected for testing several times during the first week, which led to a suspicion that he was among those whose teams had been notified. Ricc\u00f2 has for some time been known to have a naturally high hematocrit level of 51%, above the 50%-level which usually is taken to be an indicator of possible blood manipulation. Ricc\u00f2 stated that he has a licence confirming that this is a natural, long-term condition, which he gave to the doping agencies before the start of the race, but he later admitted to the offence at a hearing of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 853]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nOn 16 July Barloworld started the 11th stage without Mois\u00e9s Due\u00f1as, who had been withdrawn from the team after being tested positive for EPO at the end of the time trial fourth stage. Barloworld Ltd, two days later, announced that they were withdrawing from sponsorship after this year's Tour de France, but on 28 October, they announced that they would sponsor the team for another year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nOn 17 July, shortly before the start of stage 12, Ricardo Ricc\u00f2 and the rest of the Saunier Duval-Scott team, withdrew from the race after the announcement that he had tested positive for MIRCERA, a new type of EPO, at the end of stage 4. Leonardo Piepoli, winner of stage 10, was sacked by his team for \"violation of the team's ethics code\" the following day, though no positive test was reported at that time. Almost 3 months later his tests came back positive for samples taken one day prior to the start of the Tour, on 4 July, and also on 15 July, on the rest day in Pau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nOn the last day of the race, but after the end of the stage, Dmitry Fofonov was announced to have tested positive for the banned stimulant heptaminol after Stage 18. He was asked for a medical exemption to use the stimulant, but did not produce one. He was subsequently fired by his team Cr\u00e9dit Agricole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nAfter the race ended, French cyclist Jimmy Casper was suspended from Agritubel because he tested positive after the stage to Super Besse for glucocorticoids, an asthma drug that is banned unless the user has a medical exemption for its use. Casper, an asthmatic, carried a therapeutic use exemptions (TUE) for the last twelve years but failed to renew this exemption. His authorisation expired on 29 May and was not renewed before the 2008 Tour de France. The French cycling federation's disciplinary commission exonerated Casper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nIn late September it was announced that several Tour de France riders were to have their blood samples retested for traces of EPO. Pierre Bordry, the head of AFLD, claimed the testing involved riders who were already under scrutiny for suspicious urine samples. AFLD had suspicion that there was MIRCERA in some samples but the laboratory could not say definitively. The urine tests were somewhat unreliable at giving definitive results, so the AFLD decided to order the blood samples taken before and during the Tour for additional testing with a newly developed CERA blood test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nAs a result of this additional testing, both Leonardo Piepoli and Stefan Schumacher tested positive for the same substance which Ricc\u00f2 used, MIRCERA. The riders were declared positive by AFLD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nOn 13 October 2008, the AFLD announced that Bernhard Kohl, who finished in third place overall and winner of the climbers' competition, had also tested positive for MIRCERA on 3 and 15 July, before and during the Tour de France. Initial results were verified, and Kohl also confessed to doping. His third-place overall finish in the 2008 Tour and his first place in the King of the Mountains competition are considered vacancies in the Tour's official history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThere were four main individual classifications contested in the 2008 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. There were no time bonuses given at the end of stages for this edition of the Tour. If a crash had happened within the final 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, the riders involved would have received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred. The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Tour. The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the highest positions in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe third classification was the mountains classification. Most stages of the race included one or more categorised climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The climbs were categorised as fourth-, third-, second- or first-category and hors cat\u00e9gorie, with the more difficult climbs rated lower. The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1983. The leader wore a white jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie. The riders in the team that lead this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nIn addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass start stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have \"made the greatest effort and who has demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship\". The winner wore a red number bib the following stage. At the conclusion of the Tour, Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) was given the overall super-combativity award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThere were also two special awards each with a prize of \u20ac5000, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder and first race director Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 17, and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given in honour of the second director Jacques Goddet to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Tourmalet on stage 10. Stefan Schumacher won the Henri Desgrange and R\u00e9my Di Gregorio won the Jacques Goddet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Prize money\nA total prize fund of approximately \u20ac3.25\u00a0million was awarded throughout the tour. In addition, each team received \u20ac51,243 towards expenses of participation, with an additional \u20ac1,600 per rider who completed the race, provided that at least seven did so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198943-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Prize money\nBy tradition, a team's winnings were pooled and shared among the riders and support team. Team CSC, the team of Tour winner Sastre, won the most prize money, more than \u20ac600,000. Saunier Duval's prize money was not awarded after the positive tests of Riccardo Ricc\u00f2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nThese are the profiles for the individual stages in the 2008 Tour de France, with Stage 1 on 5 July, and Stage 11 on 16 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 1\nFor the first time since 1967, the tour started with a road stage rather than the traditional prologue. The stage was hilly with four fourth category climbs through the Monts d'Arr\u00e9e in the department of Finist\u00e8re. The finish at Plumelec is uphill on the C\u00f4te de Cadoual, with a 1.7\u00a0km climb at 6.2%. As there were no time bonuses in the three intermediate sprints, the first rider home wore the yellow jersey at the start of stage 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 1\nAn eight-man breakaway formed at the 3\u00a0km mark, and it got away for some time. At the first feeding station, Herv\u00e9 Duclos-Lassalle crashed and sustained a broken left wrist, becoming the first rider to have to abandon the 2008 Tour. At about the 30\u00a0km to go mark, two in the break, Lilian Jegou and David de la Fuente got away from the other six after a short series of attacks and counter-attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 1\nThe peloton, paced by Silence-Lotto, increased pace when the other six rejoined them, and Jegou and de la Fuente were caught at around the 7\u00a0km to go mark. At that point, the peloton split into several groups for the run in toward the finish, won by Alejandro Valverde. One of the pre-race favourites, Mauricio Soler, fell with 20\u00a0km remaining and lost more than three minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 2\nThe second stage was another hilly stage, with three fourth category climbs and the third category \"wall\" at M\u00fbr-de-Bretagne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 2\nSylvain Chavanel and Thomas Voeckler established a breakaway at the first categorized climb, reaching a maximum advantage of 6'25'' before being joined by Agritubel teammates Christophe Moreau and David Lelay with 57\u00a0km remaining. The four Frenchmen were caught by the peloton in the final 2\u00a0km, and the sprint was won by Thor Hushovd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 3\nStage 3 was flat, with no ranking climbs, which was expected to favour the sprinters at the finish alongside the River Loire in Nantes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 3\nA four-man breakaway formed at the 9\u00a0km mark, comprising William Frischkorn, Samuel Dumoulin, Paolo Longo Borghini, and Romain Feillu. They quickly took the three intermediate sprints available on the course and had a maximum advantage of 14 minutes before the peloton began to reel them in. Several teams helped with the workload to bring the breakaway back. With the day's early rain saturating the road, Fabian Wegmann crashed around 60\u00a0km in, needing to change his bike minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 3\nFor many kilometers, the time gap didn't decrease beyond about 6'30\" to 6'45\", leading to speculation that the four in the breakaway could survive to the line. The teams of the prominent sprinters came forward to make a faster pace at around 35\u00a0km to go. With about 23\u00a0km to go, \u00c1ngel G\u00f3mez and Nicki S\u00f8rensen were involved in a crash that split the peloton into three fragments, the second of which contained the white jersey Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 and Denis Menchov, finished 38 seconds behind the first, which contained the yellow jersey Alejandro Valverde. The third group contained Christophe Moreau. G\u00f3mez eventually had to abandon the Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 3\nThe breakaway survived to the finish, giving the Tour a new maillot jaune for the next day's individual time trial. Dumoulin won the sprint to the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 4\nThe fourth stage was an individual time trial over a flat course to the west of Cholet in the department of Maine-et-Loire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 4\nDenis Menchov and Jens Voigt set nearly identical times about two-thirds of the way into the time trial, with Menchov one second better. It stood as best until reigning world time trial champion and stage favorite Fabian Cancellara gained a one-second advantage, despite having been behind Menchov's and Voigt's pace at both intermediate time checks. The surprise of the day came when Stefan Schumacher beat Cancellara by 33 seconds, having similar leads at each time check. Cadel Evans, David Millar, and Kim Kirchen also beat Cancellara, but could not match Schumacher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 4\nAs was expected, the top three men in the GC, having been in a breakaway almost the entire previous day, fell in the overall standings after the time trial, and the Tour had its third different rider in yellow at the day's end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 5\nThis was the longest stage of the 2008 tour, over flat roads in the departments of Maine-et-Loire, Deux-S\u00e8vres, Vienne, Indre-et-Loire and Indre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 5\nMauricio Soler fell in the neutral zone before the start; already suffering injuries from a fall on the opening day, the Colombian who won the polka-dot jersey last year finally succumbed and retired from the race at the 11\u00a0km mark of stage five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 5\nThe stage was led almost from start to finish by three breakaway riders. The French trio of Lilian Jegou, Florent Brard and national champion Nicolas Vogondy opened up a gap of more than eight minutes, which was slowly whittled away by the chasing peloton. Vogondy broke away from his compatriots in the final 1.5\u00a0km, only to be overhauled by the sprinters around 30 metres from the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 5\nMark Cavendish, who was led out by his German team-mate Gerald Ciolek, held off late attacks from Thor Hushovd, \u00d3scar Freire and Erik Zabel, and pulled away from his rivals in the final metres to claim glory after almost five-and-a-half hours in the saddle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 6\nThis was the first mountain stage of the tour through the Massif Central, with two Fourth Category climbs in the first half of the race before the riders crossed the Second Category Col de la Croix-Morand after 158\u00a0km. The finish is at the ski station of Super Besse on the slopes of Puy de Sancy with a climb of 11\u00a0km at an average gradient of 4.7%, including the final 1.5\u00a0km with a maximum gradient of 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 6\nA three-man breakaway, made up of Frenchmen Sylvain Chavanel, Beno\u00eet Vaugrenard and Freddy Bichot, claimed the sprints and the two small category 4 climbs early on in the stage. The group attained a maximum lead of 5'15'' after 95\u00a0km. The main field split on the climb of the Col de la Croix-Morand, with many of the sprinters and leadout men fell back into an autobus, and many short-lived attempts to catch the two remaining riders from the breakaway, Vaugrenard having been dropped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 6\nChavanel and Bichot survived to the top of the Col de la Croix-Morand, giving Chavanel sufficient points on the day's climbs to gain the lead in the King of the Mountains classification, but he was caught with 20m remaining, and Bichot 7\u00a0km later. The autobus rejoined the second peloton on the descent from the Col de la Croix-Morand, before the field split into several small groups again. Riders who posed no threat to the GC attacked on the way up to Super-Besse, and the yellow jersey group, still being paced by Caisse d'Epargne, let them all go. Even when Christian Vande Velde, sixth overall and a member of the first place team Garmin-Chipotle, launched an attack, Caisse d'Epargne did not respond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 6\nFinally, at the 1 kilometer to go mark, the peloton came forward to bring back those who had broken away. Virtually all of the GC contenders were at the front of the main group. The last of Valverde's teammates peeled off to open the sprint to the line, won by Riccardo Ricc\u00f2. In seeking a position for the final sprint, the yellow jersey wearer Stefan Schumacher caught the wheel of Kim Kirchen with 300m remaining, and fell. Since the finish was on an uphill climb, the rule giving anyone who crashes in the final 3 kilometers the same time as the group they were in upon crashing was not invoked, and he lost 32'' on the stage, and Kirchen took the overall lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 7\nThis is a short stage along the steep roads of the Massif Central, through the Monts du Cantal with the third category C\u00f4te de Fraisse coming after only 11\u00a0km. After a fourth category climb came a pair of Category Two climbs: the Col d'Entremont after 101\u00a0km, and the Pas de Peyrol, before descending to Aurillac via another fourth category climb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 7\nEarly crosswinds split the peloton. Damiano Cunego crashed after about 50\u00a0km and although he rejoined the leading group, he missed a later break, losing 33 seconds on the day. A breakaway made up of Josep Jufr\u00e9, Luis Le\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez, David de la Fuente and Vincenzo Nibali formed on the way up the Col d'Entremont and were caught by a group of nineteen, including most of the overall favourites, with about 9\u00a0km remaining, but S\u00e1nchez counterattacked on the descent and held on to win the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 7\nDe la Fuente's three leads over the tops of climbs earned him the lead in the King of the Mountains classification, while four riders, including Agritubel team leader Christophe Moreau failed to finish and Magnus B\u00e4ckstedt finished outside regulation time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 7\nLiquigas rider Manuel Beltr\u00e1n was revealed after this stage to have failed a blood doping test earlier in the tour, and was withdrawn by his team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 8\nThis was a connecting stage from the Massif Central to the Pyrenees and had four categorized climbs in the first half of the race before the finish in Toulouse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 8\nThe significant break of the day saw Laurent Lefevre go clear on the second climb, and was followed by his Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com teammate J\u00e9r\u00f4me Pineau, Amets Txurruka, and Christophe Riblon. Eventually Lefevre allowed the other three to join him, and the group attained a maximum advantage of 5' 15'' at 110\u00a0km, but pressure from sprinters' teams reduced the gap rapidly over the following 20\u00a0km, to less than three minutes. Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 was one of four fallers at 116\u00a0km, and after being assisted to catch up with the peloton, needed medical attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 8\nWith 13\u00a0km to go, Pineau and Txurruka moved clear of their colleagues in the break, who were absorbed into the peloton 3\u00a0km later. The pursuit of the peloton, which had eased up to avoid regrouping too soon and allow other attacks, put on pressure again in the last 20\u00a0km, finally catching the two escapees with 3.5\u00a0km left. In a bunched sprint, Mark Cavendish gained his second stage victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\nThis stage took the riders into the Pyrenees with a series of fourth category climbs in the early stages before the third category Col des Ares at the 100\u00a0km mark. After passing through Bagn\u00e8res-de-Luchon, the riders climbed the First Category Col de Peyresourde before the final climb over the Col d'Aspin, after which came a 26\u00a0km descent to the finish at Bagn\u00e8res-de-Bigorre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\nAleksandr Kuschynski, Nicolas Jalabert, and Sebastian Lang formed a breakaway after 22\u00a0km that claimed the intermediate sprint and first few small climbs. They attained a maximum advantage of 14' 20'' at 55\u00a0km before the peloton, being paced by Euskaltel-Euskadi, started bringing them back. Cadel Evans crashed after about 105\u00a0km, injuring his left elbow and needing to ride with torn clothing the rest of the stage. He had to change bikes and was paced back into the peloton by the rest of his Silence-Lotto team. He, and subsequently Alejandro Valverde, needed to seek medical attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\nThe leaders' advantage, after staying at around ten minutes for many kilometers, began to fall on the ascent of the Col de Peyresourde, and first Jalabert, then Kuschynski, dropped off Lang's pace. Maxime Monfort and King of the Mountains leader David de la Fuente moved ahead of the peloton before the first major mountain pass of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\nAfter consolidating on the descent from the Peyresourde, the peloton thinned and split again on the way up the Col d'Aspin. The main GC contenders came to the front of the peloton as it neared the summit, and only Lang of the early escapees remained clear. After several other riders attempted unsuccessfully to do so, Luis Le\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez bridged the gap to Monfort and de la Fuente, only for the latter to drop away. The decisive attack of the stage came from Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, who rapidly passed the four riders ahead of the peloton and crossed the top of the Col d'Aspin 1' 15'' ahead of the yellow jersey group he had left 4\u00a0km earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\nRicc\u00f2 preserved that margin on the descent to win the stage, with only Vladimir Efimkin moving clear of the peloton on the descent, to claim second position on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 10\nThis stage was selected for the 2008 L'\u00c9tape du Tour run on Sunday 6 July when nearly 7,500 amateur and club cyclists raced over the route, with Laurent Four coming home in the fastest time of 5 hours 38 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 10\nThe highlight of this short, intense stage is the Hors Categorie climb over the Col du Tourmalet at 2115 m, with the finish at the ski-station at Hautacam. The final climb is 14.4\u00a0km, with an average gradient of 7.2%, with the steepest section at 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 10\nTwenty-four riders representing seventeen teams broke away from the peloton almost immediately. Included in the group were three riders each for Gerolsteiner and Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com as well as the green and polka-dot jersey wearers \u00d3scar Freire and David de la Fuente. Only Milram, Lampre, and Garmin-Chipotle were unrepresented. Freire took the first intermediate sprint and with it the outright lead in the points classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 10\nSeven of the twenty-four came clear on the way up the C\u00f4te de Loucrup. Freire was among them and took the second sprint to cement his lead. The leaders' time gap grew to over nine minutes before the peloton thinned as chases came forward to bring them back. R\u00e9my Di Gregorio attacked and got free of the group of seven, going it alone to be the first over the Tourmalet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 10\nJens Voigt and Team CSC Saxo Bank set a blistering pace up the Tourmalet in the peloton, with the intention of knocking off as many teammates of the overall contenders as they could while protecting Carlos Sastre. Several team leaders, including Alejandro Valverde, eventually dropped as well. Di Gregorio at last was caught by the yellow jersey's group of contenders at the 12 kilometers to go mark. The contenders traded attacks on the way up to Hautacam, and the yellow jersey himself Kim Kirchen was dropped along the way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 10\nFr\u00e4nk Schleck, Juan Jos\u00e9 Cobo, and Leonardo Piepoli came forward and gained a maximum advantage of two minutes on the other contenders. The Saunier Duval riders went on to drop Schleck, and the time gap between Schleck and Cadel Evans was very close to see who would wear yellow at the day's end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 11\nStage 11 was a relatively straightforward ride through the foothills of the Pyrenees, with one first category climb over the Col de Portel at the 110\u00a0km mark, and two third category climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 11\nBefore the stage began, Mois\u00e9s Due\u00f1as was revealed to have failed a test for evidence of blood-doping at the end of stage 4, and was withdrawn by his team. Two more Barloworld riders withdrew injured during the stage, F\u00e9lix C\u00e1rdenas and Paolo Longo Borghini. After 35\u00a0km, a 13-man breakaway, initiated by Fabian Wegmann and Kurt Asle Arvesen, formed, and with no rider within 20 minutes of the lead, came under no pressure from the main peloton. Gert Steegmans was dropped from this group on the first climb, but the rest of the breakaway increased their margin over the peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 11\nOn the ascent of the Col de Portel, Ama\u00ebl Moinard moved clear of the other escapees, and reached the top of the climb almost 2 minutes ahead of the rest of the group, while \u00d3scar Pereiro moved ahead of the peloton, prompting a response by the CSC Saxo Bank team, and a split in the main field, but not isolating any GC contenders. Pereiro was re-integrated into the peloton with about 20\u00a0km remaining, while at the front of the race, Martin Elmiger and Arvesen attacked with 4\u00a0km left, shortly before Moinard was caught by the chasing group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198944-0037-0002", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 11\nThey were joined by Alessandro Ballan, and briefly by Koos Moerenhout, and in the final 200m Arvesen started the sprint, hanging on to win the stage in a photo-finish. The main peloton, including all the main contenders, finished over 14 minutes behind, but leading standings were unaffected by the day's events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nThese are the profiles for the individual stages in the 2008 Tour de France, with Stage 12 on 17 July, and Stage 21 on 27 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 12\nThis stage featured one fourth category climb over the Col du Camperi\u00e9 east of Axat after 111\u00a0km, before a long rapid descent to Narbonne, which was expected to give the sprinters the chance to demonstrate their skills.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 12\nThe day began with news of the withdrawal from the Tour of the Saunier Duval-Scott team after their leader Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, who was top of both the King of the Mountains and Young Riders' categories, had failed a blood test taken at the end of Stage 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 12\nAt the 40 kilometer mark, Samuel Dumoulin and Arnaud Gerard broke away, and attained a maximum advantage of 4 minutes. Juan Jos\u00e9 Oroz joined them at the 113 kilometer mark. The peloton didn't let them get very much of a lead, keeping the time gap at around a minute and a half for most of the race, until the catch occurred with about 9 kilometers to go. A bunched sprint saw Mark Cavendish win his third stage this tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 13\nA series of fourth category climbs took the riders through Languedoc, before the run into N\u00eemes on this transitional stage before the riders move into the Alps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 13\nThis stage was remarkably similar to the one from the day before. An early breakaway, by Niki Terpstra and Florent Brard led almost the entire day until being caught in the final 10 kilometers. Another bunched sprint saw Mark Cavendish win yet again, but beyond that, eight of the top ten placed riders were the same both days, with three (including Cavendish) in the same exact position. Cavendish became the first sprinter to win four stages at a single Tour de France since Alessandro Petacchi did so in 2003, although Lance Armstrong won five of the last eight stages in the 2004 Tour de France including two individual time trials and three mountain stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 14\nThe race approached the Alps through the Vaucluse department crossing two fourth category climbs before dropping down to Digne-les-Bains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 14\nA break of 21 riders, with representatives from all but three of the teams, moved away after 5\u00a0km. Only four riders remained clear by the 41st kilometer; Bram Tankink, Sandy Casar, William Bonnet and Jose Ivan Gutierrez. They were eventually caught on the last climb, and on the descent there were many splits in the field. Of many attempted breaks on the descent towards the finish, Sylvain Chavanel came closest to success, but the stage again finished in a sprint. Cavendish had been dropped from the peloton on the climb, and points classification leader \u00d3scar Freire won the sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 15\nThe 15th stage was due to start at Digne-les-Bains but due to the risk of rock falls in the climb up the Col de Larche, the organisers decided to modify the itinerary. The stage started instead from Embrun and headed to Prato Nevoso, crossing into Italy via the climb over the Hors Categorie Col Agnel (2,744 m). The finish at Prato Nevoso is rated First Category with an 11.4\u00a0km climb at an average of 6.9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 15\nThe road conditions at the start in Embrun were terrible, with consistent rain soaking the road. After several attempts earlier, Egoi Mart\u00ednez, Jos\u00e9 Luis Arrieta, Danny Pate, and Simon Gerrans broke away from the peloton at the 12 kilometer mark, just before the first intermediate sprint. The peloton was content to let them go up the Col Agnel well ahead, as their maximum advantage was almost fourteen minutes before the summit. When the peloton's relatively lax pace finally quickened, the autobus formed in back of it on the way up the Col Agnel. Martinez was the first over the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 15\nThe peloton consolidated on the descent, but for an unusual reason - Robert Hunter and \u00d3scar Pereiro clipped wheels and crashed, with Pereiro dramatically tumbling through a barricade from one section of the road down to a lower section. This happened at the front of the main group, and afterwards for several kilometers the peloton slowed nearly to the pace they'd had in the rain-soaked neutral zone. The time gap to the four leaders rose from eleven and a half to over seventeen minutes in this time. Pereiro broke his arm in the crash, and had to abandon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 15\nThe field similarly slowed, affording more time to the breakaway, after a crash (which involved Christian Vande Velde, Damiano Cunego, Vincenzo Nibali, Sebastian Lang, and others) on both sides of a roundabout at the 60 kilometers to go mark. At that point, it was calculated that the peloton had no chance to catch the break, so the peloton stayed together, with the contenders poising to attack on the climb up to Prato Nevoso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 15\nTeam CSC Saxo Bank set a blistering pace on the way up the Colle del Morte and again up to Prato Nevoso, splitting the field and trying to isolate Cadel Evans. The yellow jersey group thinned to ten riders, including the top six in the GC, as the CSC domestiques dropped off. On the way up to Prato Nevoso, Martinez attacked the other leaders and Arrieta was dropped. The favorites traded attacks and split as well on the way up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 15\nGerrans won the sprint to the line. Bernhard Kohl, Carlos Sastre, Denis Menchov and Alejandro Valverde came clear of Evans' group on the way to the finish. Fr\u00e4nk Schleck came clear of Evans in the last 100m to claim the yellow jersey, with Kohl narrowly failing to have taken enough time out of them both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 16\nThe race returned to France on this short stage, via the Hors Categorie Col de la Lombarde and Col de la Bonette (the highest pass in Europe at over 2,800 m altitude), before a descent of more than 20\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 16\nFive riders, Samuel Dumoulin, Christophe Le M\u00e9vel, Sebastien Rosseler, and former classification leaders Stefan Schumacher and Thomas Voeckler came clear of the peloton after 42 kilometers. Twenty-four riders also came clear as a chase shortly thereafter, splitting the field well before the climb up the Col de la Lombarde began. Riders were dropped and attacked from the various groups and the field split into numerous fragments, until Schumacher was the only leader left. He stayed well clear of the trailing groups and actually gained time to be the first over the Lombarde. The others from the breakaway, aside from Schumacher, were eventually absorbed by the chases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 16\nThe field split even more on the way up the Col de la Bonette, to the point where it was difficult to call any particular group the peloton. Christian Vande Velde was the first GC contender to be dropped from the yellow jersey group, cracked by the pacemaking being done by Andy Schleck. A chase group paced by Cyril Dessel and Yaroslav Popovych caught Schumacher some 3 kilometers before the summit of the Bonette. John-Lee Augustyn, attacked from this group shortly before the summit and was the first to reach the top. He later skidded off the road and tumbled down a steep decline on the dirt beside it, losing his bike. He had no choice but to wait for a service car with a spare machine, and thus lost the chance to rejoin the leading group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 16\nThe leading group was whittled to four on the descent - Popovych, Dessel, David Arroyo and Sandy Casar. Denis Menchov was dropped from the yellow jersey group early on in the descent, and lost time. This brought Cadel Evans forward to make the pace in the yellow jersey group, to put as much time as possible between them and Menchov, since Menchov was likely Evans' biggest threat in the individual time trial that was to come and thus in all likelihood, for the Tour title itself. Popovych tried to open the sprint at just over 1 kilometer to go, but the others got him back. Dessel eventually took down the run to the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 17\nThis was the last stage before the race left the Alps, with three Hors Categorie climbs of the Col du Galibier (2,645 m.), the Col de la Croix de Fer (2,067 m.) and the final climb up the Alpe d'Huez (1,850 m.).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 17\nAt the very beginning of the day's racing a breakaway started, with R\u00e9my Di Gregorio, Rub\u00e9n P\u00e9rez and Peter Velits, joined later by Stefan Schumacher. With three major cols, the field inevitably became very fractured, but this group stayed clear of the main contenders for much of the day, with Schumacher first over the Galibier, and Velits taking the Croix de Fer. By the base of the Alpe d'Huez, only Velits and J\u00e9r\u00f4me Pineau were in front of the elite riders, whose group then numbered about 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 17\nAt the bottom of this final ascent of the day Carlos Sastre attacked twice, tagged by Menchov on the 1st go before eventually breaking clear. His fellow Team CSC Saxo Bank members in the group, Andy and Fr\u00e4nk Schleck worked to interrupt any counterattacks on the way up to Alpe d'Huez, and Sastre finished two minutes clear to claim yellow from the older Schleck brother, and establish a lead that he might be able to sustain in the time trial to follow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 18\nThe race left the Alps and headed towards central France, with three rated climbs, including the second category Croix de Montvieux (811 m.) at 33\u00a0km from the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 18\nAt 30 kilometers in, Alexander Bocharov and Damiano Cunego crashed, with Cunego falling face-first into a road obstruction. He lay on the road for seven minutes before remounting his bike, falling ten minutes behind the peloton, with four teammates remaining with him for the rest of the stage. After 68\u00a0km, Carlos Barredo made a break, prompting a reaction from Marcus Burghardt and Christophe Le M\u00e9vel. After 81\u00a0km, Burghardt caught up with Barredo, meanwhile, Mikel Astarloza and Romain Feillu joined Le M\u00e9vel, about four minutes behind the leaders. These time gaps held up to the start of the Croix de Montvieux, at which point the breakaway appeared uncatchable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 18\nThe four main groups on the road continued up the final climb with time gaps remaining relatively unchanged. Barredo and Burghardt traded several attacks to the top of this climb and after it but Burghardt won a late, tense dash to the line. Feillu lead the next group home for third place, while an attack by Roman Kreuziger, an attempt to gain time on young rider classification leader Andy Schleck, resulted in a group of five riders including both Schleck and Kreuziger finishing some 20 seconds in front of the peloton. Cunego and his team-mates finished last, with Cunego dropping six places to twentieth in the general classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 19\nAfter two rated climbs in the first 42\u00a0km, this was an undulating route through the Allier department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 19\nA four-man group, made up of Stefan Schumacher, Egoi Mart\u00ednez, Alessandro Ballan and Pierrick F\u00e9drigo, moved away from the peloton after 16\u00a0km and led over the climbs, but never got more than 1'05'' clear, and by 69\u00a0km the group had been caught. Nine km later, Sylvain Chavanel made an attack, and J\u00e9r\u00e9my Roy bridged the gap to join him. This pair stayed clear for the rest of the stage, with Chavanel thereby becoming the rider to have spent the greatest distance in this tour as part of a breakaway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 19\nThe group's maximum advantage of over five minutes was reduced to a little over one by the end of the stage, in which Chavanel held off Roy's sprint to win. The bunched sprint for the minor positions was won by the tour's youngest rider, Gerald Ciolek, but green jersey leader \u00d3scar Freire gained enough points to all but ensure victory in that competition. All the main contenders for Tour victory remained in the peloton all day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20\nThe second and final individual time trial followed rolling roads in the Allier and Cher departments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20\nDespite the work he had done for his team in the Alps, two-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara had the legs to set the first true time to beat, nearly two minutes clear of early leader Sebastian Lang at the intermediate time checks and the finish. Stefan Schumacher, winner of the first time trial in the Tour, exactly tied Cancellara at the first time check and caught Sylwester Szmyd, who started two minutes before him, after only 18 kilometers. He came 14 seconds clear of Cancellara at the third time check and finished 21 seconds better than the world champion at the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20\nRoman Kreuziger took back over a minute from Andy Schleck in the race for the white jersey over the first two time checks, but missed winning the jersey at the end. Fr\u00e4nk Schleck seemed to be in poor form, losing considerable time as well as four places. Cadel Evans was unable to gain the time he needed on Carlos Sastre to regain yellow. Bernhard Kohl rode an unexpectedly good time trial, gaining slightly on Sastre and riding almost identically to Evans at the first two time checks, despite having fallen off the starthouse ramp before his ride began. Sastre was consistent and strong, riding one of his best ever time trials, catching Fr\u00e4nk Schleck and riding well enough to keep his yellow jersey for the ride to Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 21\nThis was a hilly course to Paris winding through the Chevreuse Valley before the traditional loop on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, Place de la Concorde and the Rue de Rivoli. Once again, the strong men among the remaining sprinters fought it out for this prestigious stage win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198945-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 21\nIn keeping with tradition, the peloton took it easy on the way to the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, with many riders taking time to smile for the cameras and enjoy some champagne courtesy of the team car of the victorious Team CSC Saxo Bank. Atop bicycles with new yellow handlebars, Team CSC led the field onto Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es for the eight circuits over the famous cobblestone way. Beginning at the end of the first circuit, numerous riders tried to break away from the field, but none succeeded, and a classic bunched sprint saw Gert Steegmans win the race to the line. The field split in this final sprint, resulting in shifts of a few seconds in the final general classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198946-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Georgia\nThe 2008 Tour de Georgia was a seven-stage professional bicycle race held from April 21 through April 27, 2008 across the state of Georgia. The race was part of the 2008 USA Cycling Pro Tour and 2007-2008 UCI America Tour, and was presented by AT&T.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198946-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Georgia, Stage Results, Stage 1, April 21, Tybee Island - Savannah, 115.6 km\nThe first stage of the Tour was a short and flat stage suited for sprinters, starting in Tybee Island and finishing in Savannah. A group of six riders broke clear of the main field and established a lead of over one minute, before being caught in the final 10 miles (16\u00a0km). The stage was won in a bunch sprint by Ivan Dominguez of Toyota United, ahead of Nicholas Sanderson (Jelly Belly) and Robert F\u00f6rster (Gerolsteiner). Dominguez's win meant that he assumed the lead in the overall classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 89], "content_span": [90, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198947-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Hongrie\nThe 2008 Tour de Hongrie was the 35th edition of the Tour de Hongrie cycle race and was held from 22 to 26 July 2008. The race started in Gyomaendr\u0151d and finished in Miskolc. The race was won by Hans Bloks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198948-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Langkawi\nThe 2008 Tour de Langkawi was the 13th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 9 February in Alor Setar and ended on 17 February in Kuala Lumpur. This race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC race category and was highest ranked stage race on the 2007-08 UCI Asia Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198948-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Langkawi\nMoldova's Ruslan Ivanov emerged as the winner of the race, followed by Matthieu Sprick second and Gustavo Cesar third. Aur\u00e9lien Clerc won the points classification category and Filippo Savini won the mountains classification category. Diquigiovanni\u2013Androni won the team classification category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198948-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Langkawi, Stages\nThe cyclists competed in 9 stages, covering a distance of 1,377.4 kilometres. The route for the Tour was unveiled on 17 December 2007 and revised on 31 December 2007. The traditional final race, criterium in Merdeka Square was also brought back to the race schedule. On January 23, 2008 it was announced that the route for Stage 8 Maran to Genting Highlands had been replaced with a route from Temerloh to Fraser's Hill due to the cyclist's safety reason. For the first time in the Tour's history, Genting Highlands route was not included in the race schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198948-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Langkawi, List of teams and riders\nA total of 25 teams were invited to participate in the 2008 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 148 riders, a total of 131 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198949-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Pologne\nThe 2008 Tour of Poland cycling road race took place from 14 to 20 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198949-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 2\n15 September 2008 \u2014 P\u0142ock > Olsztyn - 231.2\u00a0km", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 84]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198949-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 3\n16 September 2008 \u2014 Miko\u0142ajki > Bia\u0142ystok - 184.8\u00a0km", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198949-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 4\nSeptember 17: Bielsk Podlaski > LublinThe results of Stage 4 were annulled due to a protest on the finishing laps. The riders stopped riding within the wet and technical finishing circuit when they learned that time gap were counted within the last circuit lap. All results, including intermediate sprints during the stage, were annulled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198950-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Romandie\nThe 2008 Tour de Romandie (62nd Edition) cycling road race took place from 29 April to 4 May 2008 in Switzerland. It is the sixth race of the 2008 UCI ProTour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198950-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Romandie, Stages, Stage 4 - 3 May 2008: Sion > Zinal, 112.4\u00a0km\nA landslide forced the organizers to cancel the third climb of the day, Saint-Luc, and the route was shortened to 112.4\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 75], "content_span": [76, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198950-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Romandie, Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race\nAs of 4 May 2008, after the 2008 Tour de Romandie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198951-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de San Luis\nThe 2008 Tour de San Luis was a men's road cycling race held from 22  to January 27, 2008 in Argentina. The second edition of this road racing event was a multiple stage race with a prologue, five stages and a total length of 622 kilometres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198952-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Suisse\nThe 2008 Tour de Suisse was the 72nd edition of the Tour de Suisse road cycling stage race. The race took place from 14 June to 22 June 2008 and is part of the 2008 UCI ProTour. It began in Langnau im Emmental and ended in Bern. The race was won by Roman Kreuziger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198952-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 1\n14 June 2008 - Langnau I.E. to Langnau I.E., 146\u00a0km (91\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198952-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 2\n15 June 2008 - Langnau I.E. to Flumserberg, 197\u00a0km (122\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198952-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 3\n16 June 2008 - Flums to Gossau SG, 155\u00a0km (96\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198952-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 4\n17 June 2008 - Gossau SG to Domat/Ems, 171\u00a0km (106\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198952-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 5\n18 June 2008 - Domat/Ems to Caslano, 190\u00a0km (120\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198952-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 6\n19 June 2008 - Ambr\u00ec to Verbier, 188\u00a0km (117\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198952-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 7\n20 June 2008 - Gruy\u00e8res to Lyss, 171\u00a0km (106\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198952-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 8\n21 June 2008 - Altdorf to Klausen Pass, 25\u00a0km (16\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198952-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 9\n22 June, 2008 - Altdorf to Berne, 168\u00a0km (104\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 86]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198953-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Vineyards\nThe 2008 Tour de Vineyards was a cycling tour centered on the New Zealand city of Nelson, and was held between 2 and 5 January 2008. The men's race was eventually won by New Zealander Jeremy Yates, while fellow New Zealander Serena Sheridan took out the woman's title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198953-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Vineyards\nFull results of the race can be found on the cyclingnews.com website, .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198954-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de Wallonie\nThe 2008 Tour de Wallonie was the 35th edition of the Tour de Wallonie cycle race and was held on 26\u201330 July 2008. The race started in Tubize and finished in Aubel. The race was won by Sergei Ivanov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198955-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste F\u00e9minin\nThe 2008 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste F\u00e9minin was the 24th edition of the Tour de l'Aude Cycliste F\u00e9minin, a women's cycling stage race in France. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.1 race and was held between 16 and 25 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198956-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de las Am\u00e9ricas\nThe 2008 Tour de las Am\u00e9ricas season consisted of 15 golf tournaments, hosted in eight countries across Latin America. Six events were played in Argentina, two each in Chile and Venezuela and one each in Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay, and Peru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198956-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de las Am\u00e9ricas\nThe Tour de las Am\u00e9ricas continued its close association with the PGA European Tour, with three events being co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, Europe's official development tour. It also began an association with the Canadian Tour, co-sanctioning three events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198956-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour de las Am\u00e9ricas, Tournament results\nIn 2008 the prize funds ranged from US$40,000 to US$200,000. The richest events are the first three, which are co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, and the last three, co-sanctioned by the Canadian Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198957-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour du Haut Var\nThe 2008 Tour du Haut Var was the 40th edition of the Tour du Haut Var cycle race and was held on 24 February 2008. The race started and finished in Draguignan. The race was won by Davide Rebellin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198958-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)\nTour of Azerbaijan 2008 was the 23rd running of the Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), which took place between 22 May and 29 May 2008 in Iranian Azerbaijan. The tour had 7 stages, in which Hossein Askari from Iran won the first place in over all of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198959-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Britain\nThe 2008 Tour of Britain was a UCI 2.1 category race of eight stages from 7 September till 14 September 2008. The race was the fifth edition of the latest version of the Tour of Britain. It formed part of the 2007\u20132008 UCI Europe Tour. The race begun with a circuit stage in London and ended in Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198959-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Britain\nThe race was won by Geoffroy Lequatre of Agritubel, whilst both Alessandro Petacchi and Edvald Boasson Hagen won three stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198959-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 8\nThe final stage departed from Blackpool and finished in Liverpool with six laps of a city centre circuit. Alessandro Petacchi took the stage win, his third of the tour, whilst Geoffroy Lequatre finished third to win the general classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198960-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of California\nThe 2008 Tour of California was the third edition of an eight-day, 650-mile (1,045\u00a0km) stage race, which began in Palo Alto (Stanford University), then raced through the California redwoods, wine country and the Pacific Coast and finished in Pasadena. The road bicycle racing event was held February 17\u201324. The 2008 Tour of California is part of the 2007\u20132008 UCI America Tour and the 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198961-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Flanders\nThe 2008 Tour of Flanders cycle race was the 92nd edition of this monumental classic and took place on April 6. The course was 264\u00a0km long and went from Bruges to Meerbeke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198961-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Flanders\nPre -race favorites included Fabian Cancellara (winner of Milan\u2013San Remo and Tirreno\u2013Adriatico), Alessandro Ballan (defending champion), Tom Boonen (winner in 2005 and 2006) and Leif Hoste (second-place position in 2004, 2006 and 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198961-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Flanders, General standings\n200 riders had started the race, just 101 riders managed to finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198962-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Ireland\nThe 2008 Tour of Ireland took place between Wednesday 27 August 2008 to Sunday 31 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198963-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Missouri\nThe 2008 Tour of Missouri was the second annual edition of a professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Missouri. It began on September 8, 2008 with seven days of racing. Run by same organizers as the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, the Tour of Missouri is being billed as the third highest profile domestic race in the United States. The race was broadcast on Universal Sports, a network being carried on the digital subchannels of twenty-one television stations throughout the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198964-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Qatar\nThe 2008 Tour of Qatar was held from 27 January to 1 February 2008 in Qatar. It is a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over six stages with a total of 712.5 kilometres and is part of the 2007\u20132008 UCI Asia Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198965-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Turkey\nThe 2008 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, the 44th running of the race, took place from April 13 to April 20, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198965-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of Turkey, Teams\n25 teams started the race \u2013 each had 6 riders at the start of the tour i.e., 150 started in total. The teams were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198966-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of the Basque Country\nThe 2008 Tour of the Basque Country, the 65th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country stage cycling race, took place from 7 April to 12 April 2008. It was won by Spanish rider Alberto Contador of Astana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198966-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 1\n7 April 2008 - Legazpi to Legazpi, 137\u00a0km (85\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198966-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 2\n8 April 2008 - Legazpi to Erandio, 153\u00a0km (95\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198966-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 3\n9 April 2008 - Erandio to Viana, 195\u00a0km (121\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198966-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 4\n10 April 2008 - Viana to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 171\u00a0km (106\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198966-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 5\n11 April 2008 - Vitoria-Gasteiz to Orio, 162\u00a0km (101\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198966-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 6\n12 April 2008 - Orio to Orio, 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198966-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tour of the Basque Country, Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race\nAs of 13 April 2008, after the 2008 Tour of the Basque Country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198967-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Towson Tigers football team\nThe 2008 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Gordy Combs and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium. They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 3\u20139, 1\u20137 in CAA play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198968-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach\nThe 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season, for teams who competed in the Champ Car World Series in 2007. This was because the 2008 Indy Japan 300 occurred on the same weekend and there was no way of changing dates to avoid the clash. It was held on April 20, 2008, at the 1.968-mile (3.167\u00a0km) street circuit in Long Beach, California, United States. The race was historic in that Will Power became the last winner of a Champ Car-style race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198968-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach\nThe contingent of former Champ Car teams produced a 20-car field, all utilizing the turbocharged Panoz DP01-Cosworth for the final time. All participants entering other IndyCar races earned points towards the 2008 IndyCar Series championship. All the teams raced together again a week later at Kansas Speedway, and for the remainder of the schedule together. The race was run under Champ Car rules, which included the standing start, option tire, two-day qualifying format, ran on time (1 hour, 45 minutes) rather than a set number of laps. The option tire rule was adopted by the IRL for 2009, as well as standing starts for selected road and street course races in 2013 and 2014 only to be abandoned in 2015 due to safety concerns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198968-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach\nSeveral IRL staff and team personnel had flown back from Japan Sunday afternoon (local time) and saw at least part of the race, including Motegi winner Danica Patrick, who had scored her historic win the previous evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198969-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350\nThe 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was the sixteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and the first of two scheduled road course races on the 2008 schedule. The event was held on Sunday, June 22, 2008, at Infineon Raceway at Sears Point in Sonoma, California, televised on TNT starting at 3:30 PM US EDT, and broadcast on radio via Sirius Satellite Radio and Performance Racing Network starting at 4 PM US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198969-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Pre-Race News, Race notes\nThe Australian rookie Marcos Ambrose had his first NASCAR Cup race/start in this race. He started 7th and the NASCAR Cup world noticed him. When Marcos Ambrose came to Sonoma to race, the fans and drivers remembered him for him being crashed by Robby Gordon in 2007 at Montreal with 2 laps left. Marcos Ambrose because of his road course talent & good finishes in the Busch series in his past, qualified seventh; and was contending to win in his Wood Bros. #21 Chevy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198969-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Pre-Race News, Race notes\nHowever, with 25 laps left, NASCAR veteran Elliott Sadler tapped Marcos Ambrose who crashed and was damaged enough that he could not race anymore that day. Marcos Ambrose was really unhappy about the end of his good run and in post-race ceremonies he argued with Elliott Sadler in the garages. Ambrose said to reporters that he felt like beating Elliott Sadler for the tap but he got over it the next week after a call/apology from Sadler. Marcos finished in 42nd spot as a heartbreak for his first NASCAR Cup run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198969-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Pre-Race News, Race notes\nItalian driver Max Papis also had one of his first NASCAR Cup races at Sonoma. He drove for Gene Haas' (Now Stewart-Haas) #66 Automation chevy and ended up in 35th spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198969-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Pre-Race News, Race notes\nThe 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 also had one of NASCAR's largest numbers of road course drivers competing in the races with 8 drivers (Ron Fellows, Marcos Ambrose, Patrick Carpentier, Boris Said, Scott Pruett, Sam Hornish, Brian Simo, Robby Gordon).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198969-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Qualifying\nKasey Kahne, who went out third in qualifying won the session, his second this season. Kahne, driver of the #9 Gillett Evernham Motorsports Budweiser Dodge had bettered Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s time, and then sweated out 44 other attempts to sit on P-1. Jimmie Johnson started next to Kahne on the front row, with Kurt Busch and Bobby Labonte in the second row, followed by Jeff Gordon and Elliott Sadler in the third row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198969-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Qualifying\nFailed to Qualify: J.J. Yeley (#96), Scott Riggs (#70), Dario Franchitti (#40), Brandon Ash (#02)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198969-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race recap\nKyle Busch came from the 30th starting position to win the race under a green-white-checker finish, the second furthest back in this race to win, bettering Juan Pablo Montoya's position one year earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198969-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Results\nNOTE: Race extended two laps due to green-white checker finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198970-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Trafford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2012. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198970-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election\nAfter the election, the composition of the council was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198970-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, Summary\nThe following summary indicates the number of seats which are being defended by each party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198971-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Trail Appliances Curling Classic\nThe 2008 Trail Appliances Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held October 10-13 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2008-09 Women's World Curling Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198972-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Trentino-Alto Adige/S\u00fcdtirol provincial elections\nThe Trentino-Alto Adige/S\u00fcdtirol provincial elections of 2008 took place on 26 October 2008 in South Tyrol and on 9 November in the Trentino. It was the first time since 1946 that elections were not held on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198972-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Trentino-Alto Adige/S\u00fcdtirol provincial elections\nThe Trentino election was postponed as the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats' list (which would have supported Lorenzo Dellai) was excluded from the race due to lack of signatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198972-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Trentino-Alto Adige/S\u00fcdtirol provincial elections, Trentino\nIn Trentino, where the President is elected directly by the people, incumbent Lorenzo Dellai (Union for Trentino, supported also by the Democratic Party, the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party, the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, the Greens and Democrats of Trentino, Loyal to Trentino, Italy of Values, and the Ladin Autonomist Union) defeated Sergio Divina (Lega Nord Trentino, supported also by The People of Freedom, Divina Civic List, Popular Autonomists, United Valleys, Fassa Association, Pensioners' Party, The Right, Tricolour Flame and other minor parties) by a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198972-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Trentino-Alto Adige/S\u00fcdtirol provincial elections, Trentino\nThe Democratic Party (PD) became the largest party in the Province, followed by Union for Trentino (UpT) and Lega Nord Trentino (LNT). The People of Freedom (PdL) lost many votes to LNT, UPT and the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT). In fact both UpT and PATT were centrist parties, running strong campaigns at the provincial level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198972-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Trentino-Alto Adige/S\u00fcdtirol provincial elections, South Tyrol\nIn South Tyrol the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP), which had governed the Province for sixty years, was confirmed by far as the largest party, but lost many votes to Die Freiheitlichen. Also South Tyrolean Freedom (a splinter group from Union for South Tyrol) and Lega Nord Alto Adige\u2013S\u00fcdtirol (LNST) made gains, while The People of Freedom (PdL), the Democratic Party (PD) and the Greens all lost votes and seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 67], "content_span": [68, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198972-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Trentino-Alto Adige/S\u00fcdtirol provincial elections, South Tyrol\nAfter the election President Luis Durnwalder proposed a coalition composed of SVP, PD and LNST, but finally stuck to the SVP\u2013PD alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 67], "content_span": [68, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198973-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tri Nations Series\nThe 2008 Tri Nations Series was the thirteenth annual Tri Nations competition between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The All Blacks won the series on 13 September 2008 after defeating Australia in the last match of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198973-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tri Nations Series, Background\nThis was the first Tri Nations tournament after South Africa's 2007 Rugby World Cup victory, and they went into the competition as the top team in the IRB World Rankings (having ended a 175-week run for New Zealand). On 30 June 2008, before the tournament began, New Zealand and Australia were ranked second and third in the world respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198973-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tri Nations Series, Background\nThe All Blacks went into the series with a world record 29 successive home victories, and South Africa with a 13 match winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198973-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tri Nations Series, Background\nBy the end of the tournament New Zealand had retaken top place in the IRB World Rankings. After 26 weeks at number one, South Africa slipped to second. Australia remained third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198973-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tri Nations Series, Background\nThe final match of the Bledisloe Cup series between Australia and New Zealand took place after the Tri-Nations, on 1 November (the first 3 matches of the series were part of the Tri-Nations).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198973-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tri Nations Series, Experimental Law Variations\nSeveral of the sport's Experimental Law Variations (or ELVs) were trialled as part of the 2008 Tri Nations. A global trial of 13 ELVs at all levels is to be conducted for one year from 1 August 2008. The Tri Nation's governing body SANZAR approved the trial of all the ELVs that had been included in the 2008 Super 14 season, as well as the ELVs to be trialled globally. Statistics from the 2008 Super 14 revealed the ELVs increased the number of tries, reduced the number of line-outs and penalties, increased the number of free kicks, but did not change the number of scrums or mauls. The changes increased the attacking opportunities from scrums.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198973-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tri Nations Series, Fixtures\nTouch judges: Mark Lawrence James BolabiuTelevision match official: Shaun Veldsman", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198974-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Triglav Trophy\nThe 2008 Triglav Trophy was held between April 2 and 5, 2008. It was an international figure skating competition held annually in Jesenice, Slovenia. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles across the levels of senior, junior, and novice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic\nThe 2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic was the fourth season of the TOYOTA Classic, which is a knockout tournament competition for teams in the TT Pro League and the National Super League. The tournament took place at the conclusion of the 2008 season. Joe Public entered as the tournament's defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Qualification\nEvery club from the TT Pro League automatically qualified for the competition. In addition, following the conclusion of the National Super League season, the top five teams ranked according to the league table qualified. All teams entered the competition at the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Qualification\nThe draw for the first round for the fourth edition of the tournament was conducted by Pro League CEO Dexter Skeene on 26 November 2008, at the Constantine Stand, Queen's Park Oval. The 16 teams in the competition, valued at TT$150,000 in total sponsorship, were drawn into four groups, all named after TOYOTA branded vehicles, Terios (Group A), Sirion (Group B), Delta (Group C), and Daihatsu (Group D). All clubs were seeded based on their positions in their respective leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Qualification\nW Connection, Caledonia AIA, San Juan Jabloteh, and Joe Public of the TT Pro League were drawn as the top seeds in Groups A, B, C, and D, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Qualification\nThe following clubs have qualified for this year's edition of the TOYOTA Classic:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Schedule\nThe schedule for the 2008 TOYOTA Classic, as announced by the TT Pro League and National Super League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Results\nAll matches were played over two 45 minutes halves, and in the process if the match were drawn at the end of regulation time, penalty kicks determined the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Results, First round\nThe tournament commenced on 1 December, with all 16 teams competing in single elimination matches. Despite having the chance to upset a club from the Pro League, each Super League team lost in the first round. Tobago United provided the only upset of the round, when the Tobago Boys topped Defence Force in Group C. All other higher-seeded teams advanced to the quarterfinals with little difficulty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Results, Quarterfinals\nIn the quarterfinals, top-seeded clubs W Connection and Joe Public were ousted from the competition following defeats to North East Stars and St. Ann's Rangers, respectively. On the other side of the bracket, San Juan Jabloteh and Caledonia AIA both advanced easily as both Pro League sides did not concede a goal during the round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Results, Semifinals\nOne week after the quarterfinals, on 12 December, St. Ann's Rangers continued their run through the tournament with a 1\u20130 win over fellow Pro League side North East Stars. San Juan Jabloteh also advanced to the final with a victory against Caledonia AIA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Results, Third place\nIn the consolation match-up, Caledonia AIA narrowly defeated North East Stars 6\u20135 on penalty kicks, after the match ended 2\u20132 in regulation, to claim the competition's third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198975-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Results, Final\nIn the final, San Juan Jabloteh claimed their first TOYOTA Classic title with a 2\u20131 win over St. Ann's Rangers using goals from Jason Marcano and Trent Noel. Conrad Smith used a brace in Caledonia AIA's victory in the first round to eventually end as the tournament's leading goal scorer with four goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy\nThe 2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy was the 79th season of the FA Trophy, which is the oldest football competition for teams in Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament took place at the conclusion of the 2008 season. Joe Public entered as the tournament's defending champion. The tournament began on 3 December, with 32 teams competing in single elimination matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Qualification\nThe tournament featured teams from the top three levels of the football pyramid. These three levels and 8 leagues, namely the TT Pro League, National Super League, Central FA's Premier Division, Eastern FA's Premier Division, Eastern Counties' Football Union, Northern FA's Premier Division, Southern FA's Premier Division, and Tobago FA's Premier Division, each have their own separate qualification process to trim their ranks down to their final team delegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Qualification\nThe top eight finishers in the Pro League for the 2008 season all qualified for the competition. In addition, the top eight finishers from the Super League also qualified. However, only three clubs from 4 of the 6 regional football associations were awarded qualification into this year's edition, with the Eastern Counties and Northern FA as the exceptions as they only received two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Qualification\nThe following clubs qualified for the 79th edition of the FA Trophy:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Schedule\nThe schedule for the 2008 FA Trophy, as announced by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results\nAll matches were played over two 45 minute halves, and in the process if the match were drawn at the end of regulation time, then two additional 15-minute halves were used, and if necessary, penalty kicks if still drawn after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, First round\nThe draw for the most prestigious knockout tournament held by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association was made on 24 November 2008 at its head office in Port of Spain, Trinidad with ties played on 3 December 2008. The only Pro League match-up featured United Petrotrin against North East Stars. All Pro League clubs advanced easily into the second round with a combined scoreline of 28\u20132. With the withdrawal of Trinidad and Tobago U20, Charlotteville Unifiers was the lone survivor facing competition from a higher division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Second round\nThe draw for the second round took place on 4 December 2008 and involved the 16 winning teams from the first round. These were from the following levels:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Second round\nMatches in the second round were played on 7 December 2008. 1976 FC Phoenix and WASA provided the Trophy's first two upsets over Pro League clubs by putting out Joe Public and North East Stars, respectively. Another surprise from the round was that Dathea Copious Suns defeated T&TEC to be the lone representative from the third level of the pyramid in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Quarterfinals\nThe draw for the quarterfinals took place on 8 December 2008 and involved the 8 winning teams from the second round. These were from the following levels:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Quarterfinals\nMatches in the quarterfinals were played on 10 December 2008. WASA remained the only club from outside the TT Pro League to advance to the semifinals after defeating Dathea Copious Suns. Caledonia AIA needed extra time to defeat St. Ann's Rangers (PL), Defence Force stunned San Juan Jabloteh 2\u20131, and W Connection put out giant-killers 1976 FC Phoenix to advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Semifinals\nThe draw for the semifinals took place on 11 December 2008. It consisted of Caledonia AIA, Defence Force, and W Connection from the Pro League (1) and WASA from the National Super League (2). The semifinal matches took place at Marvin Lee Stadium on 15 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Semifinals\nW Connection made quick work of Super League side WASA to end their run in the competition by putting up eight goals. Caledonia AIA defeated Defence Force 4\u20132 to make it back-to-back final appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198976-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Final\nThe final was played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad on 17 December 2008. The match was contested by Caledonia AIA, who beat Defence Force 4\u20132 in their semifinal, and W Connection who beat WASA 8\u20131. Caledonia AIA used a goal late from Conrad Smith to level the match at two each in the 82nd minute. After the match ended 2\u20132 in regulation, Caledonia AIA used the momentum and produced a goal from Jameel Perry in the 108th minute to give Caledonia AIA their first FA Trophy title. Atiba McKnight claimed the title of the Trophy's leading goal scorer with six goals for W Connection on their way to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198977-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup\nThe 2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup was the ninth season of the First Citizens Cup, which is the league cup competition for Trinidad and Tobago teams competing in the TT Pro League. The slogan for the year's league cup was No Room for Losers and was sponsored by First Citizens Bank for the eighth consecutive year. W Connection entered as the defending champions after having defeated Caledonia AIA 2\u20130 in the 2007 final for their fourth consecutive league cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198977-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Qualification\nSeeding for the competition was determined from the league standings following the eighteenth league match day. The bottom four teams were placed in the qualifying round to determine which teams advance to the quarterfinals. The teams ranked from first to sixth advanced directly to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198977-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Qualification\nThe automatic quarterfinal qualifiers in order of league position were: San Juan Jabloteh, W Connection, Caledonia AIA, United Petrotrin, Joe Public, and St. Ann's Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198977-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Schedule\nThe schedule for the 2008 First Citizens Cup, as announced by the TT Pro League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198977-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results\nAll matches were played for 90 minutes duration, at the end of which if the match was still tied, penalty-kicks were used to determine the match winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198977-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Qualifying round\nThe knockout cup began in the qualifying round with Tobago United and Defence Force recording upsets over higher-seeded Ma Pau and North East Stars respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198977-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Quarterfinals\nFans saw a goal spree in the quarterfinals where 22 goals were scored in four matches on 12 September, which saw Jabloteh, Joe Public, Rangers, and W Connection advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198977-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Semifinals\nOn 19 September 2008, Joe Public used a lone goal from Gregory Richardson to advance to the final. In the other semifinal, W Connection blanked St. Ann's Rangers after goals from Jonathan Fa\u00f1a and Atiba McKnight on either side of half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198977-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Third place\nWith wins by Joe Public and W Connection in the semifinals; San Juan Jabloteh and St. Ann's Rangers were sent to the third place match. Before the final match, St. Ann's Rangers used strikes from Keyon Edwards and Josimar Belgrave in two minutes to put away top seeded San Juan Jabloteh for a third-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198977-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Final\nW Connection claimed their fifth consecutive title and sixth overall in the tournament's nine-year history with a win over Joe Public in the final. The match was held on 26 September in Manny Ramjohn Stadium. After being dead-locked 2\u20132 at the end of regulation, W Connection used a miss by Joe Public's Jason Springer on the twelfth kick from the penalty spot to win 6\u20135 in the shootout. Although Joe Public finished runners-up, Gregory Richardson led the tournament with four goals scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198978-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl\nThe 2008 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl was the fifth season of the Courts Pro Bowl, which is a knockout tournament competition for teams in the TT Pro League. W Connection entered as the tournament's defending champion. The tournament commenced on 6 May, with 10 teams competing in single elimination matches and concluded on 23 May, with Caledonia AIA defeating Defence Force 2\u20130 to claim the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198978-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Qualification\nEvery club from the TT Pro League automatically qualified for the competition. Seeding was determined by the league standings following the fourth match day of the 2008 season. Teams ranked seventh to tenth were placed directly into the qualifying round which determined the seventh and eight spots in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198978-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Qualification\nThe automatic quarterfinal qualifiers in order of league position were: Caledonia AIA, W Connection, San Juan Jabloteh, United Petrotrin, Joe Public, and Defence Force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198978-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Schedule\nThe schedule for the 2008 Courts Pro Bowl, as announced by the TT Pro League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198978-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Results\nAll matches were played for 90 minutes duration, at the end of which if the match was still tied, penalty-kicks were used to determine the match winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198978-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Results, Qualifying round\nIn the qualifying round, St. Ann's Rangers defeated Tobago United 3\u20131, whereas North East Stars upended Ma Pau 1\u20130 to advance to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198978-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Results, Quarterfinals\nCaledonia AIA and W Connection met little resistance from St. Ann's Rangers and North East Stars respectively. However, Defence Force upset San Juan Jabloteh 5\u20134 on penalties after the match ended 1\u20131 in regulation. United Petrotrin advanced to the semifinals after they beat Joe Public with the lone goal from Beville Joseph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198978-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Results, Semifinals\nOn 16 May, Caledonia AIA needed penalty kicks to defeat United Petrotrin 4\u20132. In addition, Defence Force continued their run through the competition with a 2\u20130 upset win over W Connection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198978-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Results, Final\nIn the final on 23 May, Caledonia AIA claimed the title over Defence Force following a quick goal from Kendall Velox in the 6th minute and an own goal by Corey Rivers a minute before half-time. Using a double in W Connection's win over North East Stars, Oscar Velasco-Torijano was the tournament's leading goal scorer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198979-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election\nIndirect presidential elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 11 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198979-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election\nThe incumbent George Maxwell Richards was expected to be reelected after being approved as the only nominee by 15 MPs on 4 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198979-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election\nThe election was held through an electoral college consisting of a joint sitting of the two houses of parliament consisting of 73 representatives, and Richards was reelected as expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198979-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election\nThe Opposition party nominated no candidate, in part as a protest to a foregone conclusion of the result and a boycott of the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198980-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombings\nBombings occurred in Tripoli, Lebanon on August 13 and September 29, 2008. Both attacks targeted military buses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198980-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombings, Background\nBeginning in May, Tripoli saw some of its worst sectarian battles, pitting Sunni groups which support the Western-backed Lebanese Government against the Arab Democratic Party (ADP) of the city's Alawite community. ADP is a part of the opposition, and has close links to the Alawite-dominated regime in Damascus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198980-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombings, Background\nA formal reconciliation was reached in September 2008, between the feuding factions in north Lebanon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198980-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombings, Background\nRifaat Eid, the son of the leader of the ADP, accused Saudi Arabia of funding Salafi jihadists in Northern Lebanon, blaming them for the violence. \"The Salafis are like kittens when they are weak, but when they are strong they are like tigers.\" Salafist leaders in Tripoli insisted that the threat of jihadist militancy is exaggerated. Sheikh Omar Bakri, a Salafist preacher, said \"They say we are fanatics and cite what is happening in Iraq, but this is just propaganda to weaken the Sunnis in Lebanon.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198980-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombings, Bombings\nOn August 13, a bomb in a briefcase on a bus carrying Lebanese Army soldiers killed 15 people including 10 soldiers. Two days previously there was another attack, this one a bombing in neighbouring Syria. There was a quick chorus of condemnation and denunciation from local politicians, who said it was targeted at the army. Former Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati told a local radio station: \"This is a direct targeting of the military institution.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198980-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombings, Bombings\nIn August, Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian President, gave a warning that Islamic extremists were destabilising Northern Lebanon. Later, at the beginning of September, thousands of Syrian troops deployed along the Lebanon-Syria border, triggering fears in Beirut of a possible military incursion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198980-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombings, Bombings\nOn September 29, 2008, a car bombing occurred in Tripoli, Lebanon, targeting a military bus carrying soldiers, killing 7 and injuring 30 people. Lebanese officials said the blast came from a car parked by a busy roadside and was detonated by remote control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198981-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election\nThe 2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 23 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred on 7 March 2008; with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in this election, the results were ready within the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198981-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election\nThe Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))-led alliance, the Left Front, retained control of the Assembly by winning 49 seats and securing a more than a two-thirds majority. This provided the CPI(M) with a fourth consecutive governing term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198981-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election\nCPI(M) leader Manik Sarkar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tripura for the fourth time on 10 March 2008 along with 11 other cabinet Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198981-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Highlights\nElection to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 23, 2008. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198981-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Background\nExcept for a one term period of Congress government between 1988 and 1993, the CPI(M) was the dominant governing party in the state since 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198981-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Background\nThe previous elections to the 9th Tripura Legislative Assembly was held in 2003 and the term for this Assembly was set to expire on 19 March 2008. The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced fresh elections for the 10th Tripura Legislative Assembly on 14 January 2008. Of the 60 constituencies for the 2008 election, 20 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes and seven reserved for Scheduled Castes. Elections in all polling stations were held using electronic voting machines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198981-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Background\nThe CPI(M), headed by Manik Sarkar, had formed the Government in the 9th Tripura Assembly after being re-elected in 2003. The Left Front had won 41 of the 60 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198981-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Election Day\nElection Day (23 Feb 2008) was peaceful and passed without any incidents of violence in this state that has traditionally faced insurgency from militant outfits. Unprecedented security arrangements were in place for this election - 20,000 paramilitary personnel from the Border Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Central Reserve Police Force supported by air surveillance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198981-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Election Day\nVoter turnout across the state was over 90%, a record high for any state in India. This beat the previous record of around 86% set in Sikkim during the Assembly Elections in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198982-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tro-Bro L\u00e9on\nThe 2008 Tro-Bro L\u00e9on was the 25th edition of the Tro-Bro L\u00e9on cycle race and was held on 20 April 2008. The race was won by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Guesdon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198983-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Trofeo Federale\nThe 2008 Trofeo Federale was a four-team football tournament in San Marino running from 1 to 16 September 2008. The teams were 2007-08 league champions, Murata and runners-up, Juvenes/Dogana; since the 2007-08 Coppa Titano finalists were also the league finalists, the cup's semi-finalists, Tre Fiori and Faetano were used instead as the remaining two clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198984-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Troph\u00e9e des Champions\nThe 2008 Troph\u00e9e des Champions Final was a football match that saw the 2007\u201308 Ligue 1 and Coupe de France champions Lyon face off against Bordeaux. Since Lyon won both the league and the Coupe de France, they faced the club that finished in second place in Ligue 1 this past season, Bordeaux.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198984-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Troph\u00e9e des Champions\nThe match was held on 2 August 2008 at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux. After the score finished in a 0\u20130 draw after 90 minutes, Bordeaux ended Lyon's streak of six-straight Troph\u00e9e des Champions titles by defeating them 5\u20134 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198985-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Troph\u00e9e \u00c9ric Bompard\nThe 2008 Troph\u00e9e \u00c9ric Bompard was the fourth event of six in the 2008\u201309 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris on November 13\u201316. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008\u201309 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Paso Doble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198985-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Troph\u00e9e \u00c9ric Bompard, Results, Pairs\nDuring the free skating, Meagan Duhamel accidentally sliced Craig Buntin's hand a minute into the program on their side-by-side salchow jumps and blood dripped on the ice; the pair stopped to get his hand bandaged and then completed the program to win the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198986-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tropical Storm Fay tornado outbreak\nFrom August\u00a018\u201327, 2008, Tropical Storm Fay produced 50\u00a0tornadoes as it meandered across the Southeastern United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198986-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tropical Storm Fay tornado outbreak, Background\nOn August\u00a06, 2008, a tropical wave emerged over the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa. Tracking westward, the system gradually organized into a tropical depression on August\u00a015 just west of Puerto Rico. After making landfall in the Dominican Republic, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Fay. Turning west-northwestward, the system crossed Haiti and Cuba while gradually intensifying. The system emerged over the Florida Straits on August\u00a018 and struck Key West before turning northeastward and striking the southern Florida Peninsula. Despite moving onshore, the system continued to organize, developing an eye and attaining peak winds just below hurricane-force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198986-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tropical Storm Fay tornado outbreak, Background\nWeakening steering currents caused Fay's motion to become slow and erratic, with the system emerging back over the Atlantic Ocean only to turn westward and strike Florida again by August\u00a021. This slow motion continued for the remainder of the storm's track as it briefly moved back over the Gulf of Mexico before turning inland again. Weakening to a tropical depression, Fay moved slowly northwest before turning northeast over Mississippi. It into an extratropical cyclone on August\u00a027 before being absorbed by a larger system over Kentucky the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198987-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Troy Trojans football team\nThe 2008 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Trojans played their home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans successfully defended their Sun Belt Championship, winning their third title in a row. Troy was coming off an 8\u20134 record in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198988-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tulane Green Wave football team\nThe 2008 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Tulane competed as a member of the Conference USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198988-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tulane Green Wave football team\nThe team was led by second-year head coach Bob Toledo. Tulane finished the season with a 2\u201310 record. Despite this, sports columnist King Kaufman declared the Green Wave the national champions. In a Salon article, meant more to point out the flaws in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) than make a real argument in Tulane's favor, he wrote:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198988-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tulane Green Wave football team\n\"Tulane beat Louisiana-Monroe, who beat Troy, who beat Middle Tennessee, who beat Maryland, who beat Wake Forest, who beat Mississippi\u00a0... [who beat BCS champions] Florida\u00a0... [ and] also beat Texas Tech, who beat Texas, who beat [BCS runners-up] Oklahoma.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198989-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team\nThe 2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Todd Graham, in his second year at Tulsa. They played home games at Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198990-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tums QuikPak 500\nThe 2008 Tums QuikPak 500 was the thirty-second stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and started off the second half of the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 500-lap, 263-mile (423\u00a0km) event, the only race on the Chase that was held on a short track (0.526 miles (0.847\u00a0km)), was held on October 19 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. ABC carried the race beginning at 1 pm US EDT and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage starting at 12:45 pm US EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198990-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tums QuikPak 500, Rockingham testing\nA new 0.526-mile clone of Martinsville at Rockingham Speedway was finished the Monday before the race, and was broken-in by owner Andy Hillenburg's driving school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198990-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tums QuikPak 500, Rockingham testing\nAs Rockingham is not on any of NASCAR's national series, unrestricted testing was permissible at the track, and six teams tested at Rockingham in preparation for the race\u2014Sprint Cup teams Furniture Row Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, and Haas CNC Racing, in addition to the Craftsman Truck team of Wyler Racing tested Tuesday. Hendrick Motorsports, Petty Enterprises, and Gillett Evernham Motorsports (which tested both AJ Allemendinger, who drives the #10 for the remainder of 2008, and test driver Dennis Setzer) tested Wednesday. Thursday, Colin Braun tested a Sprint Cup car in the afternoon after testing on the traditional 1.017-mile (1.637\u00a0km) speedway in the morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198990-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tums QuikPak 500, Rockingham testing\nJimmie Johnson, who tested for Hendrick, noted Rockingham's half-mile was similar to Martinsville, and credited the Wednesday test for helping him during Saturday practice and eventually Sunday's race at Martinsville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198990-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tums QuikPak 500, Rockingham testing\nWith NASCAR's 2009 testing ban in effect, Rockingham's half-mile is expected to pick up testing, especially in the week before the Sprint Cup returns to Martinsville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198990-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tums QuikPak 500, Qualifying\nFor the second week in a row and the ninth time this season, rain cancelled qualifying, and the field will be set via rulebook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198990-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tums QuikPak 500, Race recap\nJimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon were the main two factors early in the race until Gordon's car started falling back where Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the only one giving Johnson a run for his money. Jimmie Johnson went on to win the race and Earnhardt finished second. Earnhardt criticized NASCAR for finding a way to bring out the yellow flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198990-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tums QuikPak 500, Race recap\nNOTE: Race extended four laps due to green-white-checker finish rule. Failed to make race as qualifying was cancelled due to rain: Sterling Marlin (#09), Derrike Cope (#75).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198990-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tums QuikPak 500, Race recap\nFollowing the race in an inspection at NASCAR's Research and Development Center, it was discovered that the Team Red Bull #83 Toyota driven by Brian Vickers had illegal sheet metal thinner than that required under NASCAR's rules. As a result, the team's crew chief, Kevin Hamlin and car chief Kevin Smokstad were suspended indefinitely, Hamlin fined $100,000 and the team and Vickers were penalized 150 owners and drivers points respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198991-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198991-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives retain control after gaining 3 seats from the Liberal Democrats to have 44 seats compared to 4 for the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198992-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tunis Open\nThe 2008 Tunis Open was a 2008 ATP Challenger Series men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts and held from 28 April through 4 May 2008. Thomaz Bellucci won the singles tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198992-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tunis Open, Champions, Doubles\nThomaz Bellucci /  Bruno Soares defeated  Jean-Claude Scherrer /  Nicolas Tourte, 6\u20133, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198993-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tunis Open \u2013 Doubles\nThe 2008 Tunis Open was a 2008 ATP Challenger Series tennis tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198994-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tunis Open \u2013 Singles\nThe 2008 Tunis Open was a 2008 ATP Challenger Series tennis tournament. Thomaz Bellucci won the singles tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198995-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tunisian protests\nThe 2008 Gafsa strikes, also referred to as the Gafsa Social Movement, Gafsa events or the revolt in the Gafsa mining basin is an important social movement that shook the mining region of southwestern Tunisia\u2014particularly the town of Redeyef, but also Moular\u00e8s, M\u00e9tlaoui, and Mdhilla\u2014for nearly six months in 2008. These events took place in the phosphate-rich Gafsa mining basin, 350 kilometers southwest of Tunis, in a central region hard hit by unemployment and poverty. The protests were the most important social unrest known by Tunisia since the \u201cbread riots\u201d in 1983\u201384 and since the coming to power of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198995-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tunisian protests, Protests\nThe 2008 Gafsa movement included demonstrations, work stoppages, hunger strikes, sit-ins, and roadblocks of mining vehicles in protest against the crony capitalist regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and widespread poverty and unemployment in the area. Riots erupted in small villages across mining areas, demanding an end to unemployment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198995-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tunisian protests, Protests\nAn anti-government uprising erupted throughout mining towns and rural, poor areas across the country. Thousands protested against mining and poverty in Kasserine, Tataouine, Hammamet, Sfax and Tunis. The protests \"paralyzed the industry,\" and as the Tunisian National Guard and the army were sent in, protesters called for an overall rebellion against president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The protests were met with live ammunition, tear gas, water cannons, and birdshot; such brutality was \"so severe\" and \"entrenched\" that \"ordinary citizens sought revenge for it\" afterward. It is often said that the 2008 Gafsa movement was the \"spark\" of the Tunisian Revolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198996-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Cup Final\nThe 2008 Turkish Cup Final was a football match between Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi and Kayserispor and the final of the 2007\u201308 Turkish Cup. Kayserispor won 11\u201310 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198996-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Cup Final, Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi\nGen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi started the tournament in the Second Qualifying Round. They beat Ak\u00e7aabat Sebatspor 4-1, and proceeded to the group stage. Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi was put in Group B with Adana Demirspor, Trabzonspor, Manisaspor and K\u0131r\u0131kkalespor. Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi finished 1st and continued to the Quarter Finals. They beat Adana Demirspor 1-0 at home and 2-2 away. In the Semi Finals, Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi played Galatasaray. Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi won 1\u20130 at home and 1-1 in Istanbul. With the win over Galatasaray, they proceeded to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198996-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Cup Final, Kayserispor\nAfter finishing in second place in group C, Kayserispor played and beat G.Ofta\u015fspor 2-0. In the Semi Finals, Kayseri beat \u00c7aykur Rizespor 3-0 away and 4-1 at home. With this win Kayseri proceeded to the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198996-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Cup Final, Final\nAfter ending extra time with a 0\u20130 tie, poth teams competed in a penalty shootout. With the game tied at 10\u201310, Mehmet \u00c7ak\u0131r (Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi) missed the shot and Ayd\u0131n Toscal\u0131 scored for Kayseri giving them an 11\u201310 victory giving Kayserispor their first Turkish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198996-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Cup Final, Match details\nMan of the match: Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor)Referee:  Yunus Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m Assistant referees: B\u00fclent G\u00f6k\u00e7\u00fc Serkan OkFourth referee: Koray Gen\u00e7erler", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Turkish Grand Prix (officially the 2008 Formula 1 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 May 2008 at the Istanbul Racing Circuit, Tuzla, Turkey. The 58-lap race, the fifth of the 2008 Formula One World Championship, was won by Felipe Massa for the Ferrari team from pole position. Lewis Hamilton finished second in a McLaren, with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen third in the second Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix\nMassa claimed pole, with teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen fourth, the two Ferrari cars sandwiching the McLarens of Heikki Kovalainen and Hamilton. At the first corner R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen clipped Kovalainen's rear tyre and gave him a puncture. The safety car was deployed on the first lap, after a collision, but only remained out for one lap. During the course of the race, Hamilton, intending to make one more pit stop than both Ferrari drivers, was faster than Massa due to carrying a lighter fuel load and overtook him on lap\u00a024.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix\nAfter Hamilton had made his third pit stop, he rejoined in second behind Massa but in front of the Championship leader, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Massa won the race, with Hamilton 3.779\u00a0seconds behind, and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen a further half-second behind. The two BMW Sauber cars of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld took fourth and fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix\nIn the week running up to the grand prix, the Super Aguri team had withdrawn from Formula One, due to financial problems, leaving the sport with only ten teams. Massa's victory was his third consecutive pole position and victory in Turkey, having also won the race from pole in 2006 and 2007. Rubens Barrichello celebrated his 257th\u00a0Grand Prix start, breaking Riccardo Patrese's previous record of 256. Due to the race result, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's lead in the Drivers' Championship was lowered to seven points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix\nMassa rose to second from fourth, whilst Hamilton dropped to third, both drivers tying on 28\u00a0points but separated by Massa's two wins thus far to Hamilton's one. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari increased their lead to 22\u00a0points ahead of BMW Sauber, with McLaren a further two\u00a0points behind in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by 20\u00a0drivers, in ten teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Renault, Williams, Red Bull Racing, Toyota, Toro Rosso, Honda, Force India and McLaren. This was two drivers fewer than in previous rounds of the 2008 season, due to the withdrawal of the Super Aguri team from the sport following the previous race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Background\nGoing into the race, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was leading the Drivers' Championship, on 29\u00a0points; nine\u00a0points ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's teammate, Felipe Massa, in fourth 11\u00a0points behind. BMW Sauber drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld were third and fifth, on 19 and 16\u00a0points respectively. In the Constructors' Championship Ferrari were leading on 47\u00a0points; 12\u00a0points ahead of BMW Sauber on 35\u00a0points, with McLaren just one further point behind them. The race was also Rubens Barrichello's 257th\u00a0Grand Prix, which broke the record for the number of Grand Prix starts previously held by Riccardo Patrese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Background\nThe particular Grand Prix at which he broke this record was disputed, as there was some disagreement about what constituted a \"start\", such as the 2002 Spanish Grand Prix, where Barrichello entered but did not actually take part in the race on Sunday. Barrichello and Honda decided to make Turkey the site for their celebrations, issuing a statement that said, \"In view of the lack of consensus regarding which specific race marks Rubens's 257th Grand Prix, Rubens will celebrate the milestone of 257 Grand Prix appearances at the Turkish Grand Prix\". His Honda team gave him a special anniversary livery and helmet, both of which prominently featured the number 257. Patrese said that he would feel some sadness at having his record broken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Background\nThe Super Aguri team had been in financial trouble since a proposed takeover deal backed by equity firm Dubai International Capital, under the \"Magma Group\" banner, failed to take effect. Early in the week before the Grand Prix, after team owner Aguri Suzuki revealed the extent of his difficulties, the team's trucks were blocked from entering the paddock by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), Formula One's governing body.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Background\nThis decision was taken by the FIA after being informed by Honda's Formula One team CEO, Nick Fry, that Super Aguri, who used Honda engines and Honda-derived chassis, would not be racing at Istanbul Park. Suzuki then admitted that his financial troubles could not be solved by existing primary sponsor SS United Group Oil & Gas Company, leaving the team with no choice but to withdraw from Formula One as of May 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Background\nThe Toro Rosso team's plan to introduce its new car, the STR3, at this race were postponed due to a lack of spare parts. This was due to an accident suffered by driver S\u00e9bastien Bourdais during testing prior to the previous race, which had resulted in the chassis sustaining heavy damage. Toro Rosso had already used an updated version of its 2007 car, the STR2, for the first four races of the season, and were now forced to race with it in Turkey as well. The team's other driver, Sebastian Vettel, said that he was \"disappointed\" that the new car was not ready. However, this was the last race in which the STR2 competed, as the STR3 subsequently made its d\u00e9but at the next race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Background\nFerrari decided not to use a new nose for their car that had made its d\u00e9but at the previous race due to the low-downforce nature of the Turkish circuit. According to team manager Luca Baldisserri, \"The cars used by Kimi [R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen] and Felipe [Massa] are basically to the same specification as those that were used in Spain, with the exception that at Istanbul Park we will not use the slotted nose. This is because this solution is much more efficient at medium to high downforce levels, whereas Turkey requires less downforce. The new nose worked very well, but as we said when we gave it its race debut in Barcelona, we would only use it at circuits where we deem it will bring us an advantage over a more conventional component.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Background\nMcLaren's Heikki Kovalainen was passed fit to race in the days leading up to the race. At the previous race, Kovalainen had suffered a serious crash, although he escaped uninjured apart from minor concussion. Kovalainen said that he felt ready to race again: \"I arrived here today feeling confident that I would pass the FIA test as I feel 100% and if I had not felt 100% I would have told the team already and stayed at home. My preparation for this weekend has gone well and we have done a lot of fitness training.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Practice\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race\u00a0\u2013 two on Friday, and a third on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90\u00a0minutes. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. In the first free practice session, several large damp patches around the circuit\u00a0\u2013 caused by late track cleaning rather than rain\u00a0\u2013 dissuaded drivers from attempting laps and left the frustrated teams sitting in the pits waiting for the surface to dry as low track temperatures made the situation worse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Practice\nWhen the cars did take to the track, many of the drivers either went off the road or spun. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen only did three laps, before retiring with a gearbox problem, causing him to finish last. Massa set the session's fastest time, ahead of McLaren duo Heikki Kovalainen and Hamilton. After the session had ended, Fisichella was given a three-place grid penalty by the stewards for exiting the pit lane whilst the light at its exit was still red.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Practice\nThe second free practice session was held in dry conditions, but the track was still damp from earlier drizzle. After 30 minutes, Red Bull's Mark Webber crashed at turn six, his car sustaining serious damage. Webber was unhurt, although the crash meant that he finished the session in 19th\u00a0position as he was unable to complete any further laps. The session was briefly stopped as a result while the marshals cleared away the debris. In this session, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen set the fastest time, with Hamilton next up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Practice\nMassa was third, while David Coulthard of Red Bull broke up the Ferrari-McLaren domination by setting the fourth-fastest time, ahead of Kovalainen. The third and final practice session was held on the Saturday morning in dry conditions, but with damp patches on the track from earlier rain. As was the pattern for the season, the championship contenders appeared to work on preparations for the final part of qualifying and the race in this session and thus carry heavier fuel loads. Webber set the fastest time in the session, with Renault's Fernando Alonso in second, and Coulthard in third. Massa was fifth, Hamilton seventh, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen 11th and Kovalainen 12th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Qualifying\nFollowing the withdrawal of the Super Aguri team's two entries, minor changes were made to the qualifying procedure. In the first qualifying session, which would run for 20\u00a0minutes, the five slowest cars (a reduction from the previous number of six) would be eliminated, leaving 15\u00a0drivers to continue into the second session. In the second session, which would last 15\u00a0minutes, the five slowest runners (again reduced from six) were to once again be eliminated, leaving the ten fastest drivers to compete in session three, as had previously been the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Qualifying\nThe time taken for each session remained the same. The third session would determine the positions from first to tenth, and would decide pole position. Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race, so ran lighter in first and second sessions. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to refuel before the race, and as such carried more fuel than in the previous sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Qualifying\n\"I am very happy to have taken a third consecutive pole at this circuit: it is really motivating and it would be fantastic to do the same again tomorrow in the race.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Qualifying\nQualifying was a two-way battle between Ferrari and McLaren, with BMW Sauber not showing as strong a pace as they had in previous qualifying sessions, and Alonso not on as light a fuel load as he had in Spain. Massa qualified on pole with a time of\u00a01:27.617, ahead of Kovalainen and Hamilton. Hamilton elected not to run a lap on the softer option of the two tyre compounds, feeling that they were running low on grip in the later stages of the lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Qualifying\nHe completed his final lap of the session on a \"scrubbed\" set of the harder tyre compound and it got him third place. Afterwards Hamilton said that he felt that his tyre choice had been incorrect. However, he changed his mind the following day, having made an examination of the relevant telemetry data. Championship leader R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen qualified\u00a0fourth, ahead of Kubica and Webber. Alonso, Trulli, Heidfeld and Coulthard completed the top 10. Nico Rosberg driving for Williams qualified\u00a011th, ahead of Barrichello and his teammate Jenson Button. Vettel qualified 14th, followed by Timo Glock for Toyota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Qualifying\nNakajima qualified in\u00a016th, ahead of Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault) and Bourdais. Afterward Bourdais said that his low position was due to being held up by both Force India drivers: \"Bad traffic, basically the Force India guys, ruined my afternoon: on my first run I was held up by Sutil as early as Turn 3 and on the second, I came up behind Fisichella in Turn\u00a08\". Fisichella qualified\u00a019th but his three-place penalty saw him drop behind teammate Sutil to 20th and last place on the grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race\nAt the start, Hamilton immediately overtook Kovalainen to claim second behind Massa. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had a bad start and was squeezed into the first corner by Kovalainen. The two cars made light contact, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's front wing touching Kovalainen's left rear tyre. This resulted in a puncture for the McLaren driver which forced him to make an unscheduled pit stop on the second lap, which dropped him to 18th and last position. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen damaged his front wing but continued the entire race distance without changing the nose section of his car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race\nMeanwhile, Kubica took advantage to move up into third position, whilst R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was also passed by Alonso. Further back, Vettel collided with Sutil and both were forced to pit, Vettel with a puncture and Sutil for a new front wing. Sutil's teammate Fisichella and Nakajima collided at the first turn as well, after Fisichella braked too late and could not avoid the Williams driver. Fisichella retired on the spot but Nakajima, despite losing both his front and rear wing in the incident, was able to make it back to his pit box before retiring. The incident resulted in the safety car being deployed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race\n\"I thought he [Hamilton] was light\u00a0\u2013 He pushed me hard\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race\nThe safety car was withdrawn at the end of the second lap and the race got underway again with Massa in the lead. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, meanwhile, overtook Alonso for fourth place. Between lap\u00a0four and lap\u00a0eleven, Massa and Hamilton exchanged fastest laps and the McLaren driver managed to hold the gap between him and the leader at one and a half seconds. The two drivers left third-placed Kubica behind, who in turn was being caught quickly by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Further back, Kovalainen passed Sutil on lap 12 and Vettel on lap 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton then began to close the gap between himself and Massa, posting consecutive quick lap times and was within seven\u2013tenths of a second by lap fifteen. Alonso was the first of the leading runners to make a pit stop on lap 15, dropping to tenth. Hamilton pitted one lap later and dropped to sixth, while Massa stayed out for another three\u00a0laps. Both he and Kubica pitted at the same time, leaving R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen temporarily in the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race\nOn lap 20, he set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:21.506, before he himself pitted at the end of lap 21, as did the then second-placed Heidfeld. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen rejoined ahead of Kubica, while Heidfeld came out ahead of both Alonso and Webber, to elevate himself to fifth. Massa was now back in the lead, but with Hamilton just 0.8\u00a0seconds behind. Running lighter on fuel with a view to making an additional pit stop to the Ferrari driver, Hamilton was able to close the gap on Massa and on lap\u00a024, he overtook him at turn\u00a0twelve. Hamilton now led, with Massa second and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race\nHamilton soon broke away from Massa, lapping over a second quicker than the Ferrari driver. Further back, Bourdais spun off at turn twelve, with a rear suspension failure that put him out of the race. The top five in the race were now Hamilton, Massa, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Kubica and Heidfeld. Over the next six laps, Hamilton stretched his lead to over six seconds before pitting on lap\u00a032. He rejoined the race in third, 2.6\u00a0seconds behind second-placed R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Further back, on lap 34, Kovalainen passed Glock, only to be immediately re-passed. He did succeed up the main straight, on the same lap. Two laps later, he passed Button.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race\nEight laps after Hamilton's pit stop, Ferrari called Massa in for his final stop of the afternoon, making R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen the leader of the race once more. This lead, however, only lasted for a couple of laps as the Finn pitted on lap\u00a043, also making his final stop of the afternoon. On lap\u00a043, Hamilton led by 14.4\u00a0seconds from Massa with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen a further seven\u00a0seconds behind. Two laps later Hamilton was forced to make his third and final pit stop. The McLaren driver rejoined the track behind Massa but crucially ahead of championship leader R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. The top three would remain this way for the remainder of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race\nFurther back in fourth and fifth were the two BMW Saubers of Kubica and Heidfeld and behind them were Alonso, Trulli, Webber, Rosberg and Coulthard, with Kovalainen pursuing closely behind them. Kovalainen passed Coulthard on lap 48, and then on the next lap passed Rosberg. However, Rosberg immediately overtook Kovalainen to regain his position, and Kovalainen was forced to pit on lap 50. After his final pit stop, Kovalainen rejoined the circuit in 13th position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race\nFelipe Massa won the race, making it his third consecutive win at the circuit, 3.7\u00a0seconds ahead of Hamilton, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen a further half-second behind in third. The two BMWs of Kubica and Heidfeld finished fourth and fifth respectively while further back Alonso, Webber and Rosberg completed the top eight. Coulthard finished ninth, Trulli\u00a010th and Button\u00a011th. After his puncture at the start, Kovalainen had managed to recover to 12th by the end of the race, passing Glock in the closing stages. Glock, Barrichello, Piquet, Sutil and Vettel were the last of the classified finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nI am so thrilled with today's result, and I think this is the best race ever for me. It's not about winning, it's about feeling that you extract 100% from yourself and the car and I did that today. Before the race our prediction was that all being well I would finish fifth, so second is such a bonus. I was not happy with my performance yesterday and perhaps if I had managed to get the car on pole I could have won. However, we knew that we would have to use a three stop strategy as a precaution as we had some issues with our tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nThe race victory was Massa's third win in Turkey in as many years, having won in both 2006 and 2007. The top three finishers appeared in the subsequent press conference. Massa said that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nIt was a very tough race but the team work magnificently, giving me a great car. When Hamilton came underneath me at an incredible pace, I preferred not to take too many risks: the pit wall informed me that he was clearly running a lighter fuel load even if we were not certain he was on a three stop strategy. When that became clear, we were calmer, knowing we had everything in place to go for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nRon Dennis, McLaren's team principal, commented on Hamilton's drive: \"Today we saw a truly phenomenal drive from Lewis [Hamilton], in which he optimised a three-stop strategy that we were forced to adopt as a consequence of concerns we had with his tyres.\" Hamilton said that he felt that McLaren had closed the gap on Ferrari, and that he was \"very excited\" about the next race in Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen said: \"It was a difficult weekend for me but six points are definitely better than nothing. At the start, I was almost alongside Heikki but then he slowed and I had to brake too to avoid a heavy crash. We touched just enough to damage the end plate of the front wing on my car: it was not a very serious problem, but it definitely didn't help my race.\" R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen also said that he decided not to change his front wing, which was damaged after his collision with Kovalainen, the process would have taken too long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nFisichella, who had collided with Nakajima on the first lap, which caused both drivers to retire, blamed Bourdais: \"I made a good start but then under braking Bourdais changed direction twice and I couldn't brake in time and went into the back of the Williams.\" Nakajima said that, \"I don't know exactly what happened; I just went into the first corner following the guy in front. I didn't change my line and I was suddenly hit from behind.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nBourdais commented on his retirement: \"Something broke at the back of the car... Going into Turn 12, I braked at the usual point and the car went sideways, I felt the right rear corner of the car drop and it spun me round.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198997-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's lead in the Drivers' World Championship was reduced by two points to seven, ahead of Massa and Hamilton, the latter two on 28\u00a0points each. Kubica was in fourth, on 24\u00a0points, followed by his teammate Heidfeld on 20\u00a0points. In the Constructors' Championship, the Ferrari team increased its lead with a total of 66\u00a0points, whilst BMW Sauber were second with 44\u00a0points. McLaren were third with 42\u00a0points, Williams fourth with 13\u00a0points, and Red Bull were fifth, on ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198998-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish Super Cup\nThe 2008 Turkish Super Cup was a football match between the S\u00fcper Lig champions Galatasaray, and the Turkish Cup winners Kayserispor. This was the third Super Cup match, played on 17 August 2008, in Duisburg, MSV-Arena. Galatasaray won the game 2\u20131 with goals of Harry Kewell and Shabani Nonda, while Mehmet Topuz scored a last minute goal for his side as a sign of Kayserispor's effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq\nThe 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, code-named Operation Sun (Turkish: G\u00fcne\u015f Harekat\u0131) by the Turkish Armed Forces, began on February 21 2008, when the Turkish Army sent troops into northern Iraq to target the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The ground offensive was preceded by Turkish Air Force bombardments of PKK camps in northern Iraq, which began on December 16 2007. It was the \"first confirmed ground incursion\" of Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq\nInitial reports indicated that up to 10,000 troops had taken part in the operation, although the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Multi-National Force \u2013 Iraq claimed only a few hundred troops were involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Background\nIn October 2007, Turkish jets and ground forces clashed with PKK forces in Turkey and over the border into northern Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Winter bombing campaign\nTurkey launched its first cross-border raid on December 16, 2007, involving 50 fighter jets. A Turkish military statement said that up to 175 militants were killed on that day alone, while Iraqi officials reported that the strikes had targeted 10 villages and killed one civilian. The PKK reported seven deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Winter bombing campaign\nOn December 26, the Turkish General Staff said Turkish military aircraft bombed eight PKK bases in northern Iraq in a raid undertaken after \"it was determined that a large group of militants, who have been watched for a long time, were preparing to pass the winter in eight caves and hideouts in the Zap region,\" the statement said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Winter bombing campaign\nOn January 10, 2008, Turkish warplanes bombed PKK hideouts in northern Iraq, the military announced, but there were no reports of casualties or serious damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Winter bombing campaign\nThe Turkish military said in a statement on February 4 that Turkish fighter jets struck nearly 70 PKK targets in northern Iraq in a series of strikes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Winter bombing campaign\nThe president of Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Massoud Barzani, condemned Turkey's raids and warned Ankara to stop the strikes, and the Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who is a member of the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), expressed concern that \"unilateral actions\" could harm Iraqi and Turkish interests. According to the Turkish General Staff's estimates, there were 300 PKK militants in the region prior to the incursion and the General Staff claims that 240 militants were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Preparation for the ground incursion\nOn February 21, Turkey began targeted artillery and aerial bombardment of PKK positions in northern Iraq in order to \"destroy the organizational infrastructure in the region.\" This lasted from 10:00 to 18:00 local time. The Turkish government reported that on the day of the operation, Turkish President Abdullah G\u00fcl made a telephone call to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, himself a Kurd, to brief him on the details of the incursion. He also invited Talabani to come to Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 94], "content_span": [95, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Preparation for the ground incursion\nTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he called Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the night the ground operation began, and later U.S. President George W. Bush. The United States was guarded in its response to the incursion, requesting that Turkey take care to only target the PKK, to \"limit the scope and duration of their operations,\" and to work with Iraqi and Kurdish officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 94], "content_span": [95, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Incursion\nThe incursion itself began at 17:00 UTC February 21, 2008. Reports from NTV Turkey indicated that 10,000 troops were involved in the operation, and had advanced 10\u00a0km beyond the Turkish border into Iraq,  mainly around the Hakurk region. Another report from CNN-Turk said that 3000 special forces were involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Incursion\nThe incursion was announced on the Turkish General Staff's website the following day, and would constitute the \"first confirmed ground incursion\" since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Incursion\nAccording to the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Turkish troops had advanced only 5\u00a0km into Iraqi territory. 60 tanks were also said to have initially entered Iraq, but by the following day some had returned across the border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Incursion\nKurdish-Iraqi peshmerga forces were put on alert and prevented Turkish military monitors in northern Iraq from leaving their camps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Incursion\nIraqi officials announced that no Turkish troops had crossed the Iraqi border using the major land route into Iraq, the Khabur Bridge, and there were no reports of Turkish contact from the Kurdistan Regional Government Peshmerga forces. Iraq claimed that Turkey had destroyed five bridges in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Incursion\nOn February 24, PKK sources claimed that PKK fighters had shot down a Turkish Cobra helicopter. Turkey confirmed this later in the day, saying that the incident happened \"due to an unknown reason.\" Advancing Turkish troops were attacking the PKKs' shelters, logistic centers and ammunition. According to Turkey, the retreating PKK militants set booby traps under the corpses of dead comrades and planted mines on escape routes in order to gain time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Incursion\nBy February 25, the military had advanced more than 30\u00a0km (20 miles) into Iraq and claimed to have destroyed seven militant camps. Heavy fighting raged at the entrance to the Great Zab valley with most of the Turkish troops inside Iraq involved in an attack on a key PKK command centre in the valley after taking control of the PKK's Haftanin camp about 5\u00a0km (3 miles) from the border. Fighting was concentrated on a strategic hill controlling the entrance to the valley. At least 21 militants were killed in the battle for the hill according to the Turkish army. The PKK used long-range guns to hold off the military, killing two Turkish soldiers, until silenced with light and heavy weapons fire. PKK losses could not be determined because of bad weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Incursion\nIn the coming days Turkish warplanes bombed PKK hideouts in the mountainous Siladze area and heavy fighting raged in the area near the PKK camps in Zap and Haftanin, with the guerrillas putting up stiff resistance. On February 27 Turkey sent additional troops to Iraq in the face of ongoing pressure from the international community for a speedy withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Incursion\nOn February 28 a senior Turkish official said Turkish security forces were planning to pull back their troops in a few days to an uninhabited cordon sanitaire on the southern side of the border. Pressure on Turkey to withdraw, however, continued to mount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Operation Sun, Incursion\nThe Turkish Army withdrew from Iraq on February 29, declaring that their goals had been achieved and the operation concluded, while also denying that the withdrawal had been prompted by pressure from the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Casualties and losses\nAccording to the Turkish General Staff, a total of 272 aerial and 517 ground attack targets were hit during the operation; while 126 caves, 290 shelters, 12 command posts, 11 communication posts, 6 training facilities, 23 logistical facilities, 18 transportation facilities, 40 light artillery guns and 59 anti-aircraft weapons of the PKK were destroyed or disabled. Turkey claimed to have killed 237 PKK militants and captured 3 during the ground operation. On the Turkish side, 24 soldiers and 3 village guards were killed in combat. Prior to the ground operation, Turkey estimated that an additional 300 PKK militants had been killed by Turkish air strikes which began on December 16, 2007 and continued until the beginning of the ground offensive on February 21, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Post-conflict operations\nTurkey continued sporadic long-range attacks in the weeks following the operation. In the week of March 24, 2008, Turkey's military announced that it had killed at least 15 rebels in northern Iraq after firing on them with long-range weapons. A spokesman for the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Security Forces, however, denied the report, saying Turkey has not conducted any military operation or air assault there in the previous two weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Post-conflict operations\nOn April 25 and 26, 2008, the Turkish Air Force bombed the PKK bases in the northern Iraqi regions of Zap, Avasin-Basyan and Hakurk. This was described as the largest attack since the end of Operation Sun. First the T-155 F\u0131rt\u0131na howitzers (which have a range between 30 and 56\u00a0km, depending on the type of ammunition) were used to shell the PKK positions starting from 18:00\u00a0pm on April 25, which lasted for two hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Post-conflict operations\nThen F-16 jets equipped with LANTIRN belonging to the 181st Squadron (Pars Filo) and F-4E 2020 Terminator jets belonging to the 171st Squadron (Korsan Filo) began bombing the PKK's positions in northern Iraq, which lasted 45 minutes. In the meantime, Heron MALE UAVs were used for gaining reconnaissance data regarding the PKK's positions, and about 1000 Turkish commandos entered 8 kilometers into northern Iraq from the border area near Derecik (\u015eemdinli) in pursuit of the PKK militants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Post-conflict operations\nOn April 26, 2008, at around 06:00\u00a0am, a second aerial strike by the jets of the Turkish Air Force from Diyarbak\u0131r Air Base took place, in which the PKK militants using the cemetery area in Hakurk as a hideout were bombed. This was followed by another air strike at 10:00\u00a0am in the same morning, during which the Turkish Air Force jets entered 30 kilometers into Iraqi air space.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00198999-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, Post-conflict operations\nOn May 1, 2008, at least 30 jets of the Turkish Air Force bombed the PKK camps in northern Iraq. The operation began just before midnight and continued into Friday, May 2, 2008. According to Turkish military sources, the PKK targets that were bombed are far from civilian settlements, at the mountains of the Qandil (Kandil) area. On May 3, the Turkish General Staff announced that \"more than 150 PKK militants have been neutralized in the latest operation, which targeted the camps in the Qandil Mountains, where most of the high-ranking members of the organization are located.\" The Turkish General Staff, without giving a precise name, implied that the PKK rebels who were neutralized may also include \"a guerilla who leads the organization\" as well; leading the Turkish press to speculate that Murat Karayilan might have also been killed during the latest aerial strikes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 943]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199000-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Turkmenistan President's Cup\nThe XIV Turkmen President\u2019s Cup took place in Ashgabat beginning February 21, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199001-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Turner Prize\nThe 2008 Turner Prize was awarded on 1 December 2008 to Mark Leckey. The \u00a325,000 Turner Prize is awarded by the Tate to one of four nominees and is based on their work in the previous year. The other three 2008 nominees were Runa Islam, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes; for the first time since 1998, there were three female nominees. The chairman of the jury was Stephen Deuchar, director of Tate Britain. The artwork shown by the nominees at the invitational exhibition was generally unpopular with critics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199001-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Turner Prize\nNicholas Serota made a short speech before the award was presented by Nick Cave. Leckey had not prepared an acceptance speech. In an interview with Channel 4 News directly following the announcement, Leckey said, \"The critics like middlebrow art. I don't make middlebrow art. Sod them. If you are working as an artist nowadays, the worse place to be, in terms of critics, is Britain.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199001-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Turner Prize, Exhibition\nAn exhibition of work by the nominees was shown at Tate Britain from 30 September 2008 to 18 January 2009. The curator was Carolyn Kerr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199001-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Turner Prize, Exhibition\nThe Turner Prize is awarded for a show by the artist in the previous year. When nominees are told of their nomination, they then prepare exhibits for the Turner Prize exhibition, often at short notice. As such, the Turner Prize exhibition may not feature the works for which the artist was initially nominated by the judges. However, it tends to be the basis on which public and press judge the artist's worthiness for nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199001-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Turner Prize, Nominees\nIt was the first time since 1998 that three of the four nominees had been women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199001-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Turner Prize, Nominees\nStephen Deuchar, who chaired the jury, said: \"The prize is not there to award the most competent artist at work today, but to draw attention to what the jury considers new developments.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199001-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Turner Prize, Works and press coverage, Goshka Macuga\nMacuga's works incorporated photographs by surrealist Paul Nash and drawings by his mistress Eileen Agar. There were also sculptures utilising work by Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich made in glass and steel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 58], "content_span": [59, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199001-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Turner Prize, Critics' reception of the exhibition as a whole\nCoverage was mostly negative. Richard Dorment wrote in The Daily Telegraph: \"The shortlist for this year's Turner Prize is so wilfully opaque it's irrelevant.\" In his opinion the artists selected exemplified \"Euro-art, a term I've made up to describe a certain kind of technically competent, bland, and ultimately empty art made specifically for international biennales.\" Similarly, Jonathan Jones wrote in The Guardian that the show \"reflect[ed] a mentality only too dominant in art magazines and curating right now\u2014a rather overthought, overtalked, pseudo-intellectual culture.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 66], "content_span": [67, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199001-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Turner Prize, Critics' reception of the exhibition as a whole\nIn The Times, Rachel Campbell-Johnston wrote, \"I can't help thinking that this show will prove ... like the returns desk of Ikea on a Monday morning. Lots of frustrated people will be left staring at a pile of inscrutable junk.\" In the Financial Times, Jackie Wullschlager wrote, \"Don\u2019t go. Don\u2019t even think about going. This year\u2019s Turner Prize exhibition is without competition the worst in the history of the award.... a killer mix of self-indulgence and academicism.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 66], "content_span": [67, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199001-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 Turner Prize, Critics' reception of the exhibition as a whole\nLaura Cumming in The Observer agreed, \"If ever you were thinking of giving the Turner Prize a miss then 2008 is the ideal year.\" saying that \"[i]t is not that the art is wilfully bad ... it is just that it is almost entirely inactive.\" In contrast, Adrian Searle wrote in The Guardian: \"[T]here's a depth and complexity [in the Turner exhibition] that, it would be nice to think, might overtake the usual chat about winners and losers.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 66], "content_span": [67, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199001-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Turner Prize, Critics' reception of the exhibition as a whole\nOutside the exhibition, the Stuckists art group handed out leaflets with the message \"The Turner Prize is Crap\", to protest the lack of figurative painting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 66], "content_span": [67, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199002-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tuvalu A-Division\nThe 2008 Tuvalu A-Division was the third season of association football competition. The league was won by Nauti FC for the second consecutive time and the third time overall. The league, containing 9 participating teams, which ran between February and October, was renamed, Premier League, having been called TNPF Soccer League the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199003-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tuvaluan constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in Tuvalu on 30 April 2008. The referendum sought to abolish the monarchy of Tuvalu and establish the country as a republic. Had the referendum passed, the new president would have been indirectly elected by the Parliament of Tuvalu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199003-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tuvaluan constitutional referendum\nThe referendum failed, with 679 votes in favour of establishing a republic and 1,260 votes to retain the monarchy. As a consequence, Tuvalu remained a monarchy, and Elizabeth II remained head of state. Turnout for the referendum was low. Only 1,939 voters cast valid ballots, out of the approximately 9,000 voting-aged Tuvaluans. In comparison, 8,501 votes were cast in the 2006 parliamentary election. A previous referendum on becoming a republic in 1986 was also rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199004-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup\nThe 2008 Twenty20 Cup was the sixth running of the tournament, and saw Middlesex Crusaders winning the tournament after a thrilling climax to the final against the reigning champions, the Kent Spitfires. The tournament began on 11 June 2008 before culminating in Finals Day, held at The Rose Bowl, Southampton on 26 July. As always, the eighteen county sides were split into three groups of six, depending on the location of the counties in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199004-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup, Group stage, Tables, North Division\n1 The match on 27 June between Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire had no points awarded after it was found that Yorkshire had fielded an ineligible player for the match; Yorkshire were also ejected from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 54], "content_span": [55, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199004-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup, Knockout stage\nNote: The draw for the semi-finals occurred after the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199004-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe match at the Riverside was postponed in bizarre circumstances. The ECB received allegations about Yorkshire fielding an ineligible player in their final group game, against the Nottinghamshire Outlaws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199004-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nIn an original meeting on 10 July, Yorkshire were summoned to Old Trafford and were told that they were to be ejected from the tournament, with Nottinghamshire to be reinstated in the draw. However, Yorkshire appealed and at a second meeting held on 14 July, their appeal was heard and rejected, but this time Glamorgan were placed into the draw on a superior run rate, because Nottinghamshire were not awarded the points for the 27 June game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199004-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nHaving waited fifteen days to play their quarter-final, Durham progressed to Finals Day after a 44-run win at the Riverside. Having been put into bat, the visitors took three early wickets, removing dangermen Phil Mustard, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Paul Collingwood, with the score only on 26. After Michael Di Venuto fell, Durham looked to be in some trouble. However, a fifth wicket partnership of 53 between Will Smith and captain Dale Benkenstein pushed the score up. Smith made 51 as Durham set a target of 164, for Glamorgan to chase. It could have been somewhat lower had it not been for virtuoso innings by Gareth Breese, smashing 20 off just 9 balls, and Liam Plunkett who hit 12* off 3. James Harris took 3 wickets, but accounted for around a quarter of the runs conceded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199004-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe Glamorgan reply could not have gotten off to a worse start, losing opener Richard Grant very first ball. David Hemp soon followed, becoming Plunkett's second victim, with only seven runs on the board. Glamorgan were always struggling with the run-rate, with most of the top-order recording strike rates of below 100. Only four players made it to double figures, with Jamie Dalrymple top scoring with 32, and had stern support from wicket-keeper Mark Wallace, who fired 26 off sixteen deliveries. However, Glamorgan fell a long way short with Plunkett, the pick of the Durham attack, taking 3-16 off three overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199005-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Finals Day\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Dunarc (talk | contribs) at 21:19, 16 December 2019 (\u2192\u200eReferences:  categories). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199005-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Finals Day\nThe Finals Day of the 2008 Twenty20 Cup comprised the semi-finals and final of the 2008 Twenty20 Cup. The matches were held on Saturday 26 July 2008 at the Rose Bowl in Southampton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199005-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Finals Day\nMiddlesex and Kent qualified for the final at the expense of Durham and Essex respectively. Middlesex eventually emerged as champions by 3 runs, posting a score 187/6 and Kent could only make 184/5 in their 20 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199005-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Finals Day, Semi-finals, 1st Semi-Final, Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles\nKent progressed to the final after a 14-run victory in the first semi-final at the Rose Bowl. Having won the toss and electing to bat, openers Joe Denly and captain Robert Key compiled the opening fifty in just five overs. Key was first to fall, clean bowled to Danish Kaneria with the score on 58. Yasir Arafat was next in, and lasted 9 balls and 10 runs before falling to the same bowler. Denly top scored with 36, but he was the third man down, neatly stumped by James Foster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199005-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Finals Day, Semi-finals, 1st Semi-Final, Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles\nMost of the middle order chipped in with good runs, Martin van Jaarsveld with sixteen, Darren Stevens with 29 and Azhar Mahmood with 24. A late flourish from 2007 Finals Day hat-trick hero Ryan McLaren who faced just three balls for his unbeaten ten, as the Spitfires managed to compile a target of 174.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199005-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Finals Day, Semi-finals, 1st Semi-Final, Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles\nEssex's opening stand of Ravinder Bopara, who was top bowler in the Kent innings (3-36 off 4 overs) and Mark Pettini started very well, putting on 78 for the first wicket before Bopara was caught off the bowling of James Tredwell. The dangerous Graham Napier followed almost straight away, and the steady rate of wickets to fall continued to the end of the innings. Pettini was the top scorer, hitting a 47-ball 54 but with a lack of support, the Eagles were always going to fall short. Three run outs didn't help either as the Eagles' chance at the Stanford Super Series ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199005-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Finals Day, Semi-finals, Second semi-final, Middlesex Crusaders v Durham Dynamos\nMiddlesex put paid to the Dynamos' challenge with a convincing eight wicket win in the afternoon semi-final. Dale Benkenstein had won the toss and followed the earlier game in putting his own team in to bat first. Losing Michael Di Venuto for a third-ball duck didn't seem to help matters. It was then left to Paul Collingwood, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Will Smith to hit the runs. However, as the innings wore on, the conditions began to favour the slower bowlers. This was reflected in the bowling of Shaun Udal and Murali Kartik. In the eight overs that they bowled, only 36 runs were conceded. The Dynamos were thus limited to just 138 off their twenty overs, Chanderpaul top scoring with 48.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199005-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Finals Day, Semi-finals, Second semi-final, Middlesex Crusaders v Durham Dynamos\nThe Crusaders got off to a steady start with openers Billy Godleman and Ed Joyce, as they began to eke into the target. They had almost reached halfway by the time the first wicket fell. It was almost like London buses in that Middlesex went from 65 without loss, to 65 for 2 with the loss of Godleman for 20 and Joyce for 41. But no more wickets were to fall as an unbeaten partnership of 76 between Owais Shah and Tyron Henderson allowed the Crusaders to advance. Henderson kept much of the strike, hitting a quite superb unbeaten 59 off only 21 balls, including 7 sixes, of which 3 came in the one over. This earned him man of the match, and earned the Crusaders a spot in the Twenty20 Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division\nThe Midlands/Wales/West Division of the 2008 Twenty20 Cup determined which counties would qualify for the knockout stage of the 2008 Twenty20 Cup. Warwickshire and Northamptonshire qualified automatically, while Glamorgan qualified as the second-best of the third-placed finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 13\nWantage Road, Northampton, EnglandUmpires: RJ Bailey (Eng) and RT Robinson (Eng)Points: Northamptonshire 2, Worcestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 13\nAJ Hall; 66* (51), 69 mins - 7 x 4's, 2 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 14\nCounty Ground, Taunton, EnglandUmpires: RK Illingworth (Eng) and MJ Harris (Eng)Points: Warwickshire 2, Somerset 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 15, Glamorgan Dragons v Worcestershire Royals\nThe match at SWALEC Stadium was abandoned without a ball being bowled. One point was awarded to both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 107], "content_span": [108, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 15, Glamorgan Dragons v Worcestershire Royals\nNevil Road, Bristol, EnglandUmpires: NGC Cowley (Eng) and NA Mallender (Eng)Points: Northamptonshire 2, Gloucestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 107], "content_span": [108, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 17\nCampbell Park, Milton Keynes, EnglandUmpires: B Leadbeater (Eng) and JF Steele (Eng)Points: Northamptonshire 2, Gloucestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 17\nHJH Marshall; 59 (33), 43 mins - 10 x 4'sRA White; 94* (57), 74 mins - 8 x 4's, 3 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 17\nCounty Ground, Taunton, EnglandUmpires: TE Jesty (Eng) and GI Burgess (Eng)Points: Somerset 2, Glamorgan 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 17\nPD Trego; 79 (50), 59 mins - 7 x 4's, 3 x 6'sHH Gibbs; 76* (51), 65 mins - 9 x 4's, 2 x 6'sRDB Croft; 50 (37), 46 mins - 5 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 17\nNew Road, Worcester, EnglandUmpires: PJ Hartley (Eng) and VA Holder (WI)Points: Warwickshire 2, Worcestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 17\nVS Solanki; 50 (48), 49 mins - 8 x 4'sIJL Trott; 61* (49), 71 mins - 8 x 4's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 17, Glamorgan Dragons v Gloucestershire Gladiators\nThe match at SWALEC Stadium was abandoned without a ball being bowled. One point was awarded to both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 112], "content_span": [113, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 19\nCampbell Park, Milton Keynes, EnglandUmpires: MJ Harris (Eng) and PJ Hartley (Eng)Points: Warwickshire 2, Northamptonshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 19\nNM Carter; 52 (28), 33 mins - 5 x 4's, 4 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 19\nNew Road, Worcester, EnglandUmpires: NL Bainton (Eng) and AA Jones (Eng)Points: Somerset 2, Worcestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 19\nGA Hick; 63 (47), 64 mins - 5 x 4's, 2 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 20\nSWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, WalesUmpires: SA Garratt (Eng) and P Willey (Eng)Points: Glamorgan 2, Northamptonshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 20, Somerset Sabres v Gloucestershire Gladiators\nThe match at the County Ground was abandoned without a ball being bowled. One point was awarded to both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 110], "content_span": [111, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 20, Somerset Sabres v Gloucestershire Gladiators\nEdgbaston, Birmingham, EnglandUmpires: AA Jones (Eng) and G Sharp (Eng)Points: Warwickshire 2, Worcestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 110], "content_span": [111, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 22\nWantage Road, Northampton, EnglandUmpires: RJ Bailey (Eng) and G Sharp (Eng)Points: Northamptonshire 2, Glamorgan 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 22\nNJ O'Brien; 69 (37), 56 mins - 9 x 4's, 2 x 6'sDJG Sales; 57* (37), 44 mins - 4 x 4's, 3 x 6'sHH Gibbs; 98 (52), 68 mins - 14 x 4's, 2 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 22\nCounty Ground, Taunton, EnglandUmpires: RA Kettleborough (Eng) and JF Steele (Eng)Points: Somerset 2, Worcestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 22\nME Trescothick; 107 (57), 72 mins - 15 x 4's, 3 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 22\nEdgbaston, Birmingham, EnglandUmpires: GI Burgess (Eng) and SA Garratt (Eng)Points: Warwickshire 2, Gloucestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 22\nCG Taylor; 66 (43), 60 mins - 4 x 4's, 4 x 6'sIJL Trott; 50* (48), 65 mins - 6 x 4's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 24\nNevil Road, Bristol, EnglandUmpires: MJ Harris (Eng) and G Sharp (Eng)Points: Gloucestershire 2, Glamorgan 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 24\nWTS Porterfield 62 (57), 56 mins - 7 x 4's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 24\nEdgbaston, Birmingham, EnglandUmpires: RJ Bailey (Eng) and P Willey (Eng)Points: Warwickshire 2, Somerset 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 24\nJO Troughton; 57 (30), 30 mins - 6 x 4's, 3 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 24\nNew Road, Worcester, EnglandUmpires: SA Garratt (Eng) and JW Lloyds (Eng)Points: Worcestershire 2, Northamptonshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 24\nAJ Hall; 58 (51), 67 mins - 5 x 4's, 1 x 6SC Moore; 51 (36), 44 mins - 4 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 25\nNevil Road, Bristol, EnglandUmpires: MJ Harris (Eng) and G Sharp (Eng)Points: Worcestershire 2, Gloucestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 26\nWantage Road, Northampton, EnglandUmpires: NA Mallender (Eng) and NJ Llong (Eng)Points: Northamptonshire 1, Somerset 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 26\nOAC Banks; 50* (39), 42 mins - 6 x 4's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 26\nEdgbaston, Birmingham, EnglandUmpires: NL Bainton (Eng) and JW Lloyds (Eng)Points: Warwickshire 1, Glamorgan 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 27, Gloucestershire Gladiators v Somerset Sabres\nThe match at Nevil Road was abandoned without a ball being bowled. One point was awarded to both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 110], "content_span": [111, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 27, Gloucestershire Gladiators v Somerset Sabres\nEdgbaston, Birmingham, EnglandUmpires: NL Bainton (Eng) and JW Lloyds (Eng)Points: Northamptonshire 2, Warwickshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 110], "content_span": [111, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 27, Gloucestershire Gladiators v Somerset Sabres\nNew Road, Worcester, EnglandUmpires: PJ Hartley (Eng) and P Willey (Eng)Points: Glamorgan 2, Worcestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 110], "content_span": [111, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199006-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division, Matches, June 27, Gloucestershire Gladiators v Somerset Sabres\nGA Hick; 59 (45), 52 mins - 5 x 4's, 2 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 110], "content_span": [111, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division\nThe North Division of the 2008 Twenty20 Cup determined which counties would qualify for the knockout stage of the 2008 Twenty20 Cup. Durham and Lancashire qualified automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Table\n* - The match on 27 June between Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire had no points awarded, due to Yorkshire fielding an ineligible player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 13 June\nHeadingley, Leeds, EnglandUmpires: NGC Cowley (Eng) and JW Lloyds (Eng)Points: Nottinghamshire 2, Yorkshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 14 June\nTrent Bridge, Nottingham, EnglandUmpires: NL Bainton (Eng) and JW Holder (Eng)Points: Nottinghamshire 2, Durham 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 14 June\nSR Patel; 56 (45), 48 mins - 5 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 15 June\nQueen's Park, Chesterfield, EnglandUmpires: GI Burgess (Eng) and RT Robinson (Eng)Points: Yorkshire 2, Derbyshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 15 June\nA McGrath; 72* (42), 48 mins - 3 x 4's, 6 x 6'sGM Smith; 68 (42), 43 mins - 10 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 15 June\nOld Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, EnglandUmpires: RA Kettleborough (Eng) and P Willey (Eng)Points: Lancashire 2, Leicestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 15 June\nHD Ackerman; 63 (54), 58 mins - 8 x 4'sJim Allenby recorded the first instance of four wickets in four balls in the Twenty20 Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 16 June\nTrent Bridge, Nottingham, EnglandUmpires: RJ Bailey (Eng) and AA Jones (Eng)Points: Derbyshire 2, Nottinghamshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 16 June\nAC Voges; 52 (39), 49 mins - 6 x 4's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 87]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 17 June\nOld Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, EnglandUmpires: JW Holder (Eng) and P Willey (Eng)Points: Durham 2, Lancashire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 17 June\nSG Law; 54 (36), 33 mins - 9 x 4'sMB Loye; 53 (37), 68 mins - 4 x 4's, 2 x 6'sP Mustard; 61 (44), 57 mins - 4 x 4's, 4 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 17 June\nGrace Road, Leicester, EnglandUmpires: NA Mallender (Eng) and G Sharp (Eng)Points: Yorkshire 2, Leicestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 17 June\nHD Ackerman; 57* (51), 73 mins - 5 x 4'sA McGrath; 59 (46), 52 mins - 8 x 4's, 1 x 6JA Rudolph; 56 (47), 59 mins - 6 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 18 June, Durham Dynamos v Nottinghamshire Outlaws\nThe match at the Riverside was abandoned without a ball being bowled. One point was awarded to both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 18 June, Durham Dynamos v Nottinghamshire Outlaws\nHeadingley, Leeds, EnglandUmpires: NL Bainton (Eng) and JW Holder (Eng)Points: Yorkshire 2, Lancashire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 19 June\nTrent Bridge, Nottingham, EnglandUmpires: B Dudleston (Eng) and JF Steele (Eng)Points: Nottinghamshire 2, Leicestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 19 June\nHD Ackerman; 55 (45), 60 mins - 6 x 4'sCL Cairns; 50 (38), 46 mins - 6 x 4's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 20 June\nCounty Ground, Derby, EnglandUmpires: GI Burgess (Eng) and JF Steele (Eng)Points: Nottinghamshire 2, Derbyshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 20 June\nRiverside, Chester-le-Street, EnglandUmpires: NGC Cowley (Eng) and JW Lloyds (Eng)Points: Durham 2, Leicestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 20 June\nOld Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, EnglandUmpires: B Dudleston (Eng) and VA Holder (WI)Points: Yorkshire 2, Lancashire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 22 June\nCounty Ground, Derby, EnglandUmpires: MJ Harris (Eng) and NA Mallender (Eng)Points: Derbyshire 2, Leicestershire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 22 June\nTrent Bridge, Nottingham, EnglandUmpires: NGC Cowley (Eng) and RT Robinson (Eng)Points: Lancashire 2, Nottinghamshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 22 June\nAC Voges; 51 (42), 57 mins - 6 x 4'sF du Plessis; 57* (37), 47 mins - 7 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 22 June\nHeadingley, Leeds, EnglandUmpires: B Dudleston (Eng) and AA Jones (Eng)Points: Yorkshire 1, Durham 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 22 June\nA McGrath; 65 (58), 62 mins - 6 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 23 June\nOld Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, EnglandUmpires: AA Jones (Eng) and SA Garratt (Eng)Points: Lancashire 2, Derbyshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 23 June\nWW Hinds; 72 (52), 67 mins - 10 x 4'sL Vincent; 102* (63), 55 mins - 11 x 4's, 3 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 23 June, 24 June\nRiverside, Chester-le-Street, EnglandUmpires: MJD Bodenham (Eng) and GI Burgess (Eng)Points: Durham 2, Yorkshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 23 June, 24 June\nGrace Road, Leicester, EnglandUmpires: JH Evans (Eng) and TE Jesty (Eng)Points: Leicestershire 2, Nottinghamshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 23 June, 24 June\nJ Allenby; 57 (52), 58 mins - 5 x 4's, 1 x 6AC Voges; 59 (50), 72 mins - 6 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 25 June\nCounty Ground, Derby, EnglandUmpires: JH Evans (Eng) and SA Garratt (Eng)Points: Durham 2, Derbyshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 25 June\nJA Morkel; 54* (34), 37 mins - 6 x 4's, 2 x 6'sMatch reduced to 18 overs due to bad light.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 25 June\nOld Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, EnglandUmpires: MJD Bodenham (Eng) and JW Lloyds (Eng)Points: Lancashire 2, Nottinghamshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 25 June\nL Vincent; 56 (36), 51 mins - 9 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 26 June, Yorkshire Carnegie v Leicestershire Foxes\nThe match at Headingley was abandoned without a ball being bowled. One point was awarded to both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 27 June\nRiverside, Chester-le-Street, EnglandUmpires: RJ Bailey (Eng) and B Leadbeater (Eng)Points: Durham 1, Lancashire 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 27 June\nMatch reduced to 10 overs due to rain and bad light.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 27 June\nGrace Road, Leicester, EnglandUmpires: NGC Cowley (Eng) and JH Evans (Eng)Points: Leicestershire 2, Derbyshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 27 June\nJ Allenby; 50 (31), 39 mins - 3 x 4's, 3 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 27 June\nTrent Bridge, Nottingham, EnglandUmpires: SA Garratt (Eng) and TE Jesty (Eng)Points: Nottinghamshire 0, Yorkshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 27 June\nGL Brophy; 57* (45), 65 mins - 6 x 4's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199007-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division, Matches, 27 June\nDue to Yorkshire fielding an ineligible player, the match was awarded to Nottinghamshire on 10 July. The result was changed back to a Yorkshire win, but with no points awarded on 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division\nThe South Division of the 2008 Twenty20 Cup determined which counties would qualify for the knockout stage of the 2008 Twenty20 Cup. Middlesex and Essex qualified automatically, while Kent qualified as the best of the third-placed finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 13 June\nThe Oval, London, EnglandUmpires: GI Burgess (Eng) and P Willey (Eng)Points: Kent 2, Surrey 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 13 June\nJL Denly; 52 (33), 28 mins - 6 x 4's, 2 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 13 June\nCounty Cricket Ground, Hove, EnglandUmpires: SA Garratt (Eng) and AA Jones (Eng)Points: Hampshire 2, Sussex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 13 June\nDR Smith; 72* (27), 37 mins - 4 x 4's, 6 x 6'sMW Goodwin; 69 (57), 55 mins - 9 x 4'sMA Carberry; 58 (29), 41 mins - 7 x 4's, 3 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 14 June\nThe Rose Bowl, Southampton, EnglandUmpires: RJ Bailey (Eng) and B Dudleston (Eng)Points: Hampshire 2, Kent 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 14 June\nMA Carberry; 57 (42), 52 mins - 5 x 4's, 1 x 6MJ Lumb; 54 (34), 34 mins - 4 x 4's, 3 x 6'sJL Denly; 63 (51), 52 mins - 4 x 4's, 3 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 15 June\nCounty Ground, Chelmsford, EnglandUmpires: SA Garratt (Eng) and G Sharp (Eng)Points: Middlesex 2, Essex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 15 June\nJS Foster; 50* (42), 53 mins - 6 x 4's, 1 x 6T Henderson; 64* (30), 43 mins - 9 x 4's, 2 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 15 June\nThe Oval, London, EnglandUmpires: TE Jesty (Eng) and NGB Cook (Eng)Points: Surrey 2, Sussex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 15 June\nCD Nash; 52 (41), 40 mins - 7 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 16 June\nSt Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, EnglandUmpires: NGB Cook (Eng) and JH Evans (Eng)Points: Kent 2, Sussex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 16 June\nMA Carberry; 51 (39), 44 mins - 7 x 4'sJL Denly; 50 (46), 54 mins - 4 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 16 June\nLord's, London, EnglandUmpires: VA Holder (WI) and NA Mallender (Eng)Points: Middlesex 2, Surrey 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 16 June\nJGE Benning; 50* (53), 78 mins - 2 x 4's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 17 June\nCounty Cricket Ground, Hove, EnglandUmpires: NGC Cowley (Eng) and MJ Harris (Eng)Points: Essex 2, Sussex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 18 June\nCounty Ground, Chelmsford, EnglandUmpires: NA Mallender (Eng) and G Sharp (Eng)Points: Essex 2, Kent 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 18 June\nThe Oval, London, EnglandUmpires: MJ Harris (Eng) and B Leadbeater (Eng)Points: Hampshire 2, Surrey 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 18 June\nA Razzaq; 65 (34), 38 mins - 4 x 4's, 5 x 6'MR Ramprakash; 60 (43), 60 mins - 6 x 4's, 3 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 19 June\nLord's, London, EnglandUmpires: JH Evans (Eng) and B Leadbeater (Eng)Points: Middlesex 2, Sussex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 19 June\nBA Godleman; 58 (34), 45 mins - 9 x 4's, 1 x 6MW Goodwin; 52 (45), 47 mins - 6 x 4's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 20 June\nCounty Ground, Chelmsford, EnglandUmpires: JH Evans (Eng) and RK Illingworth (Eng)Points: Essex 2, Surrey 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 20 June\nThe Rose Bowl, Southampton, EnglandUmpires: TE Jesty (Eng) and B Leadbeater (Eng)Points: Sussex 2, Hampshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 20 June\nCounty Cricket Ground, Beckenham, EnglandUmpires: MJD Bodenham (Eng) and MJ Harris (Eng)Points: Kent 2, Middlesex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 22 June\nCounty Cricket Ground, Beckenham, EnglandUmpires: RK Illingworth (Eng) and B Leadbeater (Eng)Points: Kent 2, Essex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 22 June\nJL Denly; 91 (57), 57 mins - 9 x 4's, 5 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 22 June\nOld Deer Park, Richmond, EnglandUmpires: TE Jesty (Eng) and JW Lloyds (Eng)Points: Hampshire 2, Middlesex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 22 June\nCounty Cricket Ground, Hove, EnglandUmpires: NL Bainton (Eng) and VA Holder (WI)Points: Sussex 2, Surrey 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 22 June\nAD Brown; 51 (21), 34 mins - 10 x 4's, 1 x 6MW Goodwin; 79* (46), 66 mins - 9 x 4's, 2 x 6'sMJ Prior; 56 (37), 42 mins - 8 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 23 June\nThe Rose Bowl, Southampton, EnglandUmpires: PJ Hartley (Eng) and RA Kettleborough (Eng)Points: Hampshire 2, Surrey 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 23 June\nSA Newman; 52 (52), 61 mins - 6 x 4'sMJ Lumb; 63 (45), 50 mins - 7 x 4's, 2 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 24 June\nCounty Ground, Chelmsford, EnglandUmpires: B Dudleston (Eng) and NJ Llong (Eng)Points: Essex 2, Sussex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 24 June\nGR Napier; 152* (58), 66 mins - 10 x 4's, 16 x 6'sGraham Napier breaks three domestic records and ties another, en route to the highest score in the history of the Twenty20 Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 24 June\nGatting Way, Uxbridge, EnglandUmpires: JF Steele (Eng) and B Leadbeater (Eng)Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 24 June\nEJG Morgan; 62 (43), 46 mins - 3 x 4's, 5 x 6'sDJ Malan; 52* (34), 52 mins - 3 x 4's, 3 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 25 June\nThe Rose Bowl, Southampton, EnglandUmpires: AA Jones (Eng) and VA Holder (WI)Points: Hampshire 1, Essex 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 25 June\nMA Carberry; 51 (42), 52 mins - 4 x 4's, 1 x 6JER Gallian; 55 (42), 52 mins - 7 x 4's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 25 June\nSt Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, EnglandUmpires: RT Robinson (Eng) and JF Steele (Eng)Points: Surrey 2, Kent 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 25 June\nA Mahmood; 55 (31), 38 mins - 7 x 4's, 1 x 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 25 June\nCounty Cricket Ground, Hove, EnglandUmpires: NGC Cowley (Eng) and RK Illingworth (Eng)Points: Middlesex 2, Sussex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 25 June\nBA Godleman; 69 (49), 50 mins - 7 x 4's, 2 x 6's", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 27 June\nCounty Ground, Chelmsford, EnglandUmpires: NA Mallender (Eng) and GI Burgess (Eng)Points: Essex 2, Hampshire 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 27 June\nThe Oval, London, EnglandUmpires: RT Robinson (Eng) and AA Jones (Eng)Points: Middlesex 2, Surrey 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199008-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division, Results, 27 June\nCounty Cricket Ground, Hove, EnglandUmpires: G Sharp (Eng) and VA Holder (WI)Points: Kent 2, Sussex 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2008 Twenty20 Cup comprises the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the 2008 Twenty20 Cup. The top two teams from each of the three groups progressed to the quarter finals along with the two best placed third teams. The teams were redrawn and played one knockout match to decide the semi-finalists. Finals day was held on 26 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Quarter-Finals, 7 July, Durham Dynamos v Yorkshire Carnegie\nThe match at the Riverside was postponed in bizarre circumstances. The ECB received allegations about Yorkshire fielding an ineligible player in their final group game, against the Nottinghamshire Outlaws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Quarter-Finals, 7 July, Durham Dynamos v Yorkshire Carnegie\nIn an original meeting on 10 July, Yorkshire were summoned to Old Trafford and were told that they were to be thrown out of the tournament, with Nottinghamshire to be reinstated in the draw. However, Yorkshire appealed and at a second meeting held on 14 July, their appeal was heard and rejected, but this time Glamorgan were placed into the draw on a superior run rate. This was because Nottinghamshire were not awarded the points to the 27 June game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Quarter-Finals, 7 July, Essex Eagles v Northamptonshire Steelbacks\nEssex qualify for Finals Day, after a 59-run win at Chelmsford. Ravi Bopara top scored with a 26-ball 47, and was backed up by Graham Napier who added a 20-ball 40, to his record knock of 152* in the group stages. Grant Flower also added 33 from 31 deliveries, as Essex enjoyed the best of conditions, recording three 50+ partnerships. They ended on a total of 192 for 9, after losing their last five wickets for the princely sum of two runs, with South Africans Nicky Boje and Andrew Hall picking up two wickets each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 100], "content_span": [101, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Quarter-Finals, 7 July, Essex Eagles v Northamptonshire Steelbacks\nRain revised the Northamptonshire target to 175 in 18 overs, and never looked likely to reach that target, with the top five batsmen only scoring eleven runs between them. In fact, only three batsmen made double figures, as the Steelbacks fell a long way short, having recovered from 27 for 5. Boje top scored with an unbeaten knock of 58 from 43 balls, as Napier took 4-10 from his allotted four overs, earning him the man of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 100], "content_span": [101, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Quarter-Finals, 8 July, Middlesex Crusaders v Lancashire Lightning\nMiddlesex sealed their place in Finals Day, after a 12-run win at their \"home\" for one game, The Oval. This was of course down to their normal home of Lord's being used for the First Test against South Africa beginning 10 July. Middlesex made an uncertain start, losing openers Billy Godleman and Owais Shah with only two runs on the board. Things got worse and at one point, the Crusaders were 21 for 4. Coming in at number 6, was Dawid Malan who would go on to record the 24th century in the history of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 100], "content_span": [101, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Quarter-Finals, 8 July, Middlesex Crusaders v Lancashire Lightning\nLasting 56 minutes, he scored 103 off 54, and helped to lift the total to 176 for 7 after their 20 overs. This performance also gave Malan man of the match. Only Eoin Morgan and Tyron Henderson would also reach double-figures as Andrew Flintoff was pick of the bowlers, taking 3-17 off his four overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 100], "content_span": [101, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Quarter-Finals, 8 July, Middlesex Crusaders v Lancashire Lightning\nLancashire's reply got off to a similar start to the Middlesex innings, with both openers Gareth Cross and Lou Vincent going cheaply. The third wicket of Stuart Law, fell with only fourteen runs on the scoreboard, and it looked ominous for the Lightning. Flintoff then stepped up, and hit a 41-ball 53, but when he fell to Steven Finn, it looked as if the game was up. Steady knocks from Kyle Hogg and Glen Chapple left the Lightning with eighteen to win, off the final six balls. However, Middlesex held out for victory, and progress to the second semi-final on Finals Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 100], "content_span": [101, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Quarter-Finals, 9\u201310 July, Warwickshire Bears v Kent Spitfires\nKent kept their chances of retaining the Twenty20 Cup by hammering the Bears by 42 runs in a rain-delayed match at Edgbaston. The match was played on Thursday, as persistent rain had called off the game, 90 minutes before play on Wednesday. Having been put into bat, the Spitfires reached 37, before losing their first wicket, Joe Denly for 27. Coming to the crease with the score at 54 for 3, was hero of Finals Day last season and the man of the match in this game, Darren Stevens. He then proceeded to make a rapid-fire 69, coming from just 32 deliveries. He was the last wicket to fall, as Azhar Mahmood hit big runs towards the end of the innings, hitting two sixes in a 13-ball 25*. This set the Bears, a target of 176.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Quarter-Finals, 9\u201310 July, Warwickshire Bears v Kent Spitfires\nLosing Neil Carter in the second over, did not help matters for Warwickshire, as they struggled at the beginning of their reply. Jim Troughton and Jonathan Trott fell in quick succession leaving Warwickshire on 42 for 3. The returning Darren Maddy and Ant Botha pushed the score higher, with Maddy scoring 27 off 18 deliveries and Botha top-scored with 35 off nineteen. However, it was to all be in vain, as the Spitfires' bowling attack always kept them below the 8.8 required run rate. Yasir Arafat was the pick of the bowlers with 3-29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Quarter-Finals, 22 July, Durham Dynamos v Glamorgan Dragons\nHaving waited fifteen days to play their quarter-final, Durham progressed to Finals Day on Saturday after a 44-run win at the Riverside. Having been put into bat, the visitors took three early wickets, removing dangermen Phil Mustard, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Paul Collingwood, with the score only on 26. After Michael Di Venuto fell, Durham looked to be in some trouble. However, a fifth wicket partnership of 53 between Will Smith and captain Dale Benkenstein pushed the score up. Smith made 51 as Durham set a target of 164, for Glamorgan to chase. It could've been somewhat lower had it not been for virtuoso innings by Gareth Breese, smashing 20 off just 9 balls, and Liam Plunkett who hit 12* off 3. James Harris took 3 wickets, but accounted for around a quarter of the runs conceded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 887]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Quarter-Finals, 22 July, Durham Dynamos v Glamorgan Dragons\nThe Glamorgan reply could not have gotten off to a worse start, losing opener Richard Grant very first ball. David Hemp soon followed, becoming Plunkett's second victim, with only seven runs on the board. Glamorgan were always struggling with the run-rate, with most of the top-order recording strike rates of below 100. Only four players made it to double figures, with Jamie Dalrymple top scoring with 32, and had stern support from wicket-keeper Mark Wallace, who fired 26 off sixteen deliveries. However, Glamorgan fell a long way short with Plunkett, the pick of the Durham attack, taking 3-16 off three overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199009-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage, Finals Day\nDurham, Middlesex, Kent and Essex qualified for the semi-finals from their quarter final ties. Durham were drawn to play Middlesex and Essex played Kent on 26 July 2008. Kent and Middlesex progressed to the final, which was won by Middlesex by 3 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199010-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Tyrolean state election\nThe 2008 Tyrolean state election was held on 8 June 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Tyrol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199010-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Tyrolean state election\nThe election saw major losses of almost ten percentage points for both the governing Austrian People's Party (\u00d6VP) and the opposition Social Democratic Party of Austria (SP\u00d6), with each suffering its worst ever result up to this point. The \u00d6VP lost its absolute majority for only the second time in history, while the SP\u00d6 fell to third place for the first time. The major winner of the election was the Fritz Dinkhauser List, which debuted at a strong 18.4%, immediately becoming the second largest party. The Freedom Party of Austria (FP\u00d6) made gains, while The Greens fell by almost five points compared to their best-ever result from 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199010-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Tyrolean state election\nDespite its losses, the \u00d6VP under Governor Herwig van Staa remained by far the largest party. After leading post-election coalition negotiations, in which the \u00d6VP secured a coalition with the SP\u00d6, van Staa resigned and was replaced by G\u00fcnther Platter on 23 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199010-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Tyrolean state election, Background\nIn the 2003 election, the \u00d6VP under new Governor Herwig van Staa regained its absolute majority, which it had lost in 1999. The SP\u00d6 made gains, while the FP\u00d6 lost more than half its voteshare. The Greens were the biggest winner, doubling their result to almost 16% and placing third. Despite its majority, the \u00d6VP chose to form a coalition with the SP\u00d6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199010-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Tyrolean state election, Background\nIn 2008, Fritz Dinkhauser founded his own party in Tyrol, named the Fritz Dinkhauser List. Dinkhauser was chairman of the \u00d6AAB, the \u00d6VP-affiliated trade union association, and known for his criticism of his own party, including the \u00d6VP government of Herwig van Staa. With his new party, he promoted affordable housing, support for families, and improved education.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199010-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Tyrolean state election, Electoral system\nThe 36 seats of the Landtag of Tyrol are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between nine multi-member constituencies, corresponding to the districts of Tyrol. For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 5 percent state-wide electoral threshold. Seats are distributed in constituencies according to the Hare quota, with any remaining seats allocated using the D'Hondt method at the state level, to ensure overall proportionality between a party's vote share and its share of seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199010-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Tyrolean state election, Contesting parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199010-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Tyrolean state election, Contesting parties\nIn addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, three parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199010-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Tyrolean state election, Aftermath\nDuring the election campaign, Governor van Staa had stated he would resign if the \u00d6VP fell below 40% of votes. The party narrowly exceeded this threshold, and van Staa was re-affirmed as \u00d6VP leader by the party after the election. However, his presence was a stumbling block in coalition negotiations, as both the Fritz list and Greens desired his resignation. The \u00d6VP thus sought to form government with the SP\u00d6 instead; a coalition agreement was finalised on 23 June. However, van Staa announced on the same day that he would indeed resign. His successor was G\u00fcnther Platter, who became the new Governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199010-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Tyrolean state election, Aftermath\nThe SP\u00d6's disastrous result, following losses in the recent Graz local election, compounded pressure on federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer. He was replaced as federal SP\u00d6 chairman a week after the election, and ultimately resigned as Chancellor in December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199011-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U-League\n2008 U-League was the first season for university football teams in South Korea. The competition included ten university football teams in Seoul National Capital Area. The season began on 1 May, and ended on 3 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199012-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 20 and 27th at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Skaters competed in four disciplines \u2013 men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing \u2013 across three levels of competition \u2013 senior, junior, and novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199012-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships\nThe event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 2008 World Championships, 2008 Four Continents Championships, and 2008 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199012-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Qualifying\nQualification for the U.S. Championships begins at one of nine regional competitions. The regions are New England, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Upper Great Lakes, Eastern Great Lakes, Southwestern, Northwest Pacific, Central Pacific, and Southwest Pacific. The top four finishers in each regional advance to one of three sectional competitions (Eastern, Midwestern, and Pacific Coast). Skaters who place in the top four at sectionals advance to the U.S. Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199012-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Qualifying\nThe top five finishers in each discipline from the previous year are given byes to the U.S. Championships, as are any skaters who qualify for the Junior or the Senior Grand Prix Final. Skaters are also given byes through a qualifying competition if they are assigned to an international event during the time that qualifying event is to take place. For example, if a skater is competing at an event at the same time as his or her regional competition, that skater would receive a bye to sectionals. If a skater is competing at an event at the same time as his or her sectional competition, that skater would qualify for the national event without having had to compete at a sectional championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199012-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Men\n* Weir and Lysacek tied in the overall score. Lysacek won the title on the tiebreaker, which was the free skating placement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199013-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships\nThe 2008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 40th edition of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas, United States, from April 14 through April 20, 2008. Seventh-seeded Marcel Granollers-Pujol won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199013-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships\nThe singles draw featured ATP No. 8, 2007 Davis Cup champion and Delray Beach finalist James Blake, Indian Wells quarterfinalist Tommy Haas, and Miami Masters runner-up Mardy Fish. Among other top players competing were Las Vegas winner Sam Querrey, Acapulco quarterfinalist Agust\u00edn Calleri, Dudi Sela, Marcel Granollers-Pujol and \u00d3scar Hern\u00e1ndez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199013-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Finals, Doubles\nErnests Gulbis /  Rainer Sch\u00fcttler defeated  Pablo Cuevas /  Marcel Granollers-Pujol, 7\u20135, 7\u20136(7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199014-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199014-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Doubles\nErnests Gulbis and Rainer Sch\u00fcttler won in the final 7\u20135, 7\u20136(7\u20133), against Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers-Pujol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199015-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Singles\nIvo Karlovi\u0107 was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199015-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Singles\nSeventh-seeded Marcel Granollers-Pujol won in the final 6\u20134, 1\u20136, 7\u20135, against James Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199016-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Olympic Trials (gymnastics)\nThe 2008 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials, referred to just as the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, was held from June 19\u201322, 2008, at the Wachovia Center (now known as Wells Fargo Center) in Philadelphia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199016-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Olympic Trials (gymnastics), Venue\nThe Wachovia Center, which has a capacity of up to 20,478 spectators, is home to the Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Philadelphia Wings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199016-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Olympic Trials (gymnastics), Olympic Team selection\nAt the conclusion of the Olympic Trials only Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin were named to the team to represent the USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The remaining members of the team were to be determined after a selection camp; attendees included: Jana Bieger, Chelsea Davis, Ivana Hong, Mattie Larson, Corrie Lothrop, Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek, Alicia Sacramone, Bridget Sloan, and Shayla Worley. The camp concluded in mid-July with Memmel, Peszek, Sacramone, and Sloan being named to the team while Bieger, Hong, and Lothrop were named as the alternates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf)\nThe 2008 United States Open Championship was the 108th U.S. Open, played June 12\u201316 at Torrey Pines in San Diego, California. Tiger Woods won his third U.S. Open and 14th major title, defeating Rocco Mediate on the first hole of sudden-death, following an 18-hole playoff. With this victory, Woods joined Jack Nicklaus as the only two players to win the career grand slam three times. The U.S. Open was held at the Torrey Pines Golf Course for the first time, on its South Course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf)\nIt was an unlikely victory for Woods, who entered the tournament considerably short of match practice and was plagued throughout the week by an ailing left knee. Two days after the championship, Woods revealed that he would miss the remainder of the 2008 season after undergoing knee surgery; this was his last win in a major championship until the 2019 Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf)\nThis was the final 18-hole playoff at the U.S. Open. A two-hole aggregate playoff was introduced by the United States Golf Association (USGA) in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nAbout half the field each year consists of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Below is the list of the 72 players that were fully exempt for the 2008 U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Field\n\u00c1ngel Cabrera (8,11,17), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (8,9,17), Retief Goosen (11,17), Lee Janzen (8), Geoff Ogilvy (9,12,17), Tiger Woods (3,4,5,8,9,10,12,13,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nStephen Ames (17), Aaron Baddeley (9,17), Paul Casey (11,17), Nick Dougherty (11), Niclas Fasth (11,17), Jerry Kelly, Hunter Mahan (9,17), Justin Rose (9,11,17), Steve Stricker (9,17), David Toms, Scott Verplank (9,17), Bubba Watson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nRobert Allenby (17), Woody Austin (17), Mark Calcavecchia, K. J. Choi (13,17), Stewart Cink (12,17), Tim Clark (17), Luke Donald (17), Ernie Els (11,17), Steve Flesch (13), Charles Howell III, John Rollins, Rory Sabbatini (17), Adam Scott (17), Heath Slocum, Brandt Snedeker (17), Boo Weekley (12,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nS\u00f8ren Hansen (17), Colin Montgomerie, Andr\u00e9s Romero (17), Henrik Stenson (17), Richard Sterne (17), Lee Westwood (17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nStuart Appleby, J. B. Holmes, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Justin Leonard, Rod Pampling, Ian Poulter, Mike Weir", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries\nThe U.S. Open is played over four days with an 18-hole round being played each day, for a total of 72 holes plus practice rounds. Players outside the top 60 and ties and outside ten strokes of the leader will be \"cut\" after 36 holes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, First round\nThe leaders after the first round were two little-known American players, Justin Hicks, a 33-year-old Nationwide Tour player, and Kevin Streelman, a 29-year-old PGA Tour rookie. They both shot 3 under-par 68s to lead four other players at 69 (\u22122), including the 2006 champion, Geoff Ogilvy. The top three ranked players in the world were paired together for the first two rounds, but none of them broke par for the day: Woods 72 (+1), Phil Mickelson 71 (E), Adam Scott 73 (+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, First round\nWoods was playing his first event since the Masters, after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery, and Scott was playing with a broken little finger on his right hand. The World Golf Rankings were also used for three other pairings, making four pairings include the top 12 golfers in the world. Defending champion \u00c1ngel Cabrera shot 79 (+8). Mark Calcavecchia withdrew after playing nine holes with an injured knee and foot. In all, 11 players shot sub-par rounds and the scoring average was 75.58.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nThe first round co-leaders both fell well down the leaderboard: Justin Hicks shot an 80 (+9) to drop to a tie for 49th and Kevin Streelman shot 77 (+6) to drop to tied for 22nd. Stuart Appleby carded a 70 (\u22121) to take the lead at 139 (\u22123), one stroke ahead of Robert Karlsson, Mediate, and Woods. Woods shot a 30 on the front nine, one stroke more than the U.S. Open record for nine holes set by Vijay Singh in 2003. Singh made his 14th consecutive cut at the U.S. Open, the longest current streak. Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez shot the low round of the day \u22125 (66) and moved into a tie for 5th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nThe cut was at +7 (149), 10 strokes from the leader, and 80 players made the cut. Defending champion Cabrera shot a 76 (+5) for at total of 155 (+13) to miss the cut by six shots. Ian Poulter withdrew with a wrist injury after playing 15 holes. Three amateurs made the cut: Derek Fathauer (+4), Michael Thompson (+5), and Rickie Fowler (+7).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nIn all, 19 players shot sub-par second rounds. The scoring average was 74.96 for round two and 75.27 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nAmateurs: Fathauer (+4), Thompson (+5), Fowler (+7), Stanley (+8), Taylor (+10), Tway (+11), Cox (+15), Wilson (+17), Henderson (+21), Wolstenholme (+23), Quagliano (+25).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Third round\nOvernight leader Stuart Appleby shot 79 (+8) to slip back to T-19 at 218 (+5), while playing partner Rocco Mediate shot 72 (+1) to finish two strokes behind at 212 (\u22121). Many of the leaders struggled on day three. Karlsson and Jim\u00e9nez dropped back to 215 (+2), Davis Love III to 4 over-par and D. J. Trahan to 1 over-par. Lee Westwood finished at 211 (\u22122) after a round of 70, the only one to shoot par or better in all three rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Third round\nWoods, despite struggling with his knee injury, dazzled on the back nine with some improbable shots, resulting in two eagles and a chip-in birdie from the rough on the 17th to take the 54-hole lead at 210 (\u22123), a stroke ahead of Westwood. Brandt Snedeker shot the low round of the day at 68 (-3). In total, 11 players shot sub-par rounds and the scoring average for the round was 74.36 and 75.08 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nWoods had previously won each of the thirteen major championships in which he entered the final round with at least a share of the lead, and his fourteenth was no different. He lost his lead on the first hole, double-bogeying the hole for the third time in the tournament, and followed that with a bogey on the second, but regained two of the shots with birdies on 9 and 11. He also bogeyed 13, the same hole on which he had sunk an eagle putt the previous day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nMediate had put together a solid round, only scoring one bogey over the final 13 holes. However, he barely missed a birdie putt on 17 and hit a wedge too strong on 18; his pars on the two final holes kept both Woods and his playing partner Westwood in contention. Both came to the par-5 final hole one shot behind Mediate, who was in the clubhouse at 283 (\u22121).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nWoods and Westwood both hit their drives into bunkers and had to lay up. Woods' second shot went into the rough; Westwood laid up in the fairway. Both reached the green with their third shots, leaving them with birdie putts to force an 18-hole playoff with Mediate. Westwood's 15-foot (4.6\u00a0m) putt, which had a severe break to the right, was not successful. Woods' putt was closer at 12 feet (3.7\u00a0m), with a much less severe break; his putt lipped the hole before dropping and putting him in the playoff. Both Woods and Mediate became the first to finish under par at the U.S. Open since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nHeath Slocum shot the low round of the day (and the tournament) at 65 (\u22126). In total, 12 players shot sub-par rounds and the scoring average for the round was 72.87 and 74.71 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Playoff\nThe 18-hole playoff was the first playoff for the U.S. Open since 2001. After trading the lead three times on the front nine, Woods built a three stroke lead through ten holes. Mediate rallied on the back nine with three consecutive birdies which gave him a one stroke lead heading to the 18th hole. Like the day before, Woods birdied to tie Mediate and forced the playoff into sudden-death, the third in U.S. Open history (1990, 1994: previously, extra full rounds were played, last in 1946).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Playoff\nThe sudden-death playoff started and ended at the par-4 7th hole; Woods left his birdie putt inches short and tapped in, while Mediate's tee shot found the left fairway bunker and his 18-foot (5.5\u00a0m) putt to save par missed right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Playoff\nThe playoff started at noon Eastern on ESPN, with NBC taking over at 2 p.m. Eastern and showing the final ten holes; ESPN's two hours earned the highest ever ratings for golf coverage on cable at the time, while NBC had the highest-rated Monday golf broadcast since 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Playoff\nWith the win, Woods kept his unbeaten streak alive when he has at least a share of the lead heading into the final round of a major championship (14\u22120). The streak ended at the PGA Championship in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199017-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open (golf), Woods' injury\nTwo months earlier on April 15, Woods had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. During his rehab, Woods sustained a double stress fracture of his left tibia. Throughout the tournament it was clear Woods was in pain, and the general feeling was that he was just returning from the initial surgery too soon. He did not reveal the news about the fracture until Wednesday, two days after the Monday playoff. He had surgery to repair his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and needed time to rehab that and the stress fracture, and announced on his website that he would miss the remainder of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199018-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup\nThe 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 95th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199018-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup\nD.C. United won the final 2\u20131 over the Charleston Battery on September 3 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. on a pair of goals from Brazilians Luciano Emilio and Fred. It was United's second Open Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199018-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup\nThe Battery were the first USL club in the final since the Rochester Rhinos won the cup in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199018-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup\nThe Cup schedule was shortened in 2008, ending in September instead of October, so as to avoid interfering with Major League Soccer's end-of-season playoff drive in the fall and the new CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199018-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup\nThe 13 US-based MLS clubs participated, although only 8 competed in the main tournament (Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, D.C. United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls). Qualifying was similar to the 2007 tournament, with the top 3 teams from each conference in 2007 qualifying automatically, and the other 7 playing off during the early part of the 2008 season for the remaining 2 spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199018-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup\nUnited Soccer Leagues had a separate qualifying plan for each tier. The 8 US-based USL-1 teams qualified automatically (Puerto Rico has its own federation, thus the Puerto Rico Islanders are not eligible to participate in the Open Cup). 8 of the 9 US-based USL-2 teams qualified. The defending USL-2 playoff champions, the Harrisburg City Islanders, and the 2007 regular-season champion Richmond Kickers qualified automatically. The remaining 7 teams played off for 6 spots, based on early regular season results. The PDL used selected early regular-season games for qualification. The top two teams in the Eastern and Central conferences, and the top teams in the Mid-South, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest divisions qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 751]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199018-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup\nThe tournament was rounded out by 8 amateur USASA clubs (Adria, Arizona Sahuaros, Boston Olympiakos, Clearwater Galactics, Eagles, Hollywood United, New Stars, New York Pancyprian-Freedoms). USASA qualifying began in the fall of 2007. Clubs from the NPSL enter the Cup through USASA qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199018-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup, Participating teams\nThe tournament consists of 40 teams, according to the following distribution:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199018-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup, Participating teams\n*Includes 8 USL Premier Development League teams and 8 USASA regional qualifiers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199018-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup, Open Cup bracket\nSecond Round winners advance to play one of 8 MLS clubs in 16-team knockout tournamentHome teams listed on top of bracket", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199018-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup, Schedule\nNote: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final\nThe 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final was played on September 3, 2008, at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. The match determined the winner of the 2008 U.S. Open Cup, a tournament open to amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation. This was the 95th edition of the oldest ongoing competition in United States soccer. The match was won by D.C. United, who defeated Charleston Battery 2\u20131. Ian Fuller scored Charleston's only goal. Luciano Emilio and Fred scored D.C.'s two goals as the club won their second U.S. Open Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final\nCharleston Battery entered the tournament as only the second club in the second pro era to make the final as a minor league team. D.C. United previously had won the 1996 edition of the tournament and made it to the 1997 finals, where they lost to Dallas Burn (now FC Dallas).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final\nD.C. United entered the tournament as the competition's defending champions. They had previously won the tournament in 1996 as well. Both Sounders FC and D.C. United had to play through two qualification rounds for MLS teams before entering the official tournament. Prior to the final, there was a public dispute between the owners of the two clubs regarding the selection of D.C. United to host it at their home field, RFK Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final\nD.C. United qualified automatically for the third round proper of the U.S. Open Cup tournament by finishing amongst the top six in the 2009 Major League Soccer season standings. While United entered in the third round, Charleston Battery, as a USL First Division club, had to start their U.S. Open Cup campaign in the first round proper. To reach the final, United had to win three games, while the Battery had to win five games. D.C. United won the bidding process to host the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final\nAs the tournament champions, United earned a berth in the preliminary round of the 2009\u201310 CONCACAF Champions League, as well as a $100,000 cash prize. The Battery received $50,000 as the runner-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final, Route to the final\nThe U.S. Open Cup is an annual American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs of Major League Soccer (MLS). The 2008 tournament was the 95th edition of the oldest ongoing soccer tournament in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final, Route to the final\nEach year, MLS, which has teams that play in both the United States and Canada, is allowed to enter eight of its U.S.-based teams in the tournament. The top six MLS teams from the previous season's league table qualify automatically for the tournament, while the remaining two spots are determined by preliminary qualification matches. D.C. United, who finished first in the regular season, earned a direct bye into the third round proper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final, Route to the final\nFor the then-second tier USL First Division, the league was allowed to enter all of its U.S.-based teams into the tournament. Unlike MLS clubs, who enter in the third round, USL First Division sides entered in the first round of the tournament. As a USL First Division club, Charleston Battery entered in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final, Route to the final, Charleston Battery\nUntil Charleston Battery's run to the 2008 final, the closest the Battery ever came to reaching the final was in 1999. There, the Battery reached the Open Cup semifinals. During their 1999 run, their string of victories included a 4\u20133 extra time victory over D.C. United, in which was cited as one of the largest upsets in American soccer history, and as well as the starting of a rivalry later regarded as the Coffee Pot Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final, Route to the final, Charleston Battery\nThe Battery entered the competition in the first round proper, playing USASA-side, ASC New Stars of Houston, Texas on June 10. A hat trick from Darren Spicer gave the Battery a 3\u20130 victory over the New Stars, earning them a berth into the second round of the tournament proper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final, Route to the final, D.C. United\nBefore 2008, D.C. United had reached the U.S. Open Cup final on two occasions, in 1996 and again in 1997, winning the cup in the former appearance. On July 1, 2010, United began their cup campaign, by hosting the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland in front of a crowd of 2,752. United defender, Marc Burch scored both goals for United, all in  the second half. In the 78th minute, Burch took a low free kick from 30 yards out that opened the score sheet for United. Just moments later, in the 85th minute, Burch tallied his second goal on the night also off of a free kick. The set piece was taken from 20 yards out, which deflected off a wall of Rochester defenders before finding the back of the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final, Route to the final, D.C. United\nOn July 8, United hosted Chicago Fire, again at Maryland SoccerPlex for the quarterfinals. In front of a crowd of 4,118; United pulled off an extra time 2\u20131 victory over the Fire thanks to a goal in the 99th minute from Bryan Namoff. The Fire scored the opening goal in the 36th minute, thanks to a brace from Chicago's Daniel Woolard. Woolard, received a long pass from teammate Logan Pause and caught United's defense off guard. Woolard then dribbled around United goalkeeper, Zach Wells to give Chicago the 1\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final, Route to the final, D.C. United\nIn the 77th minute, United equalized thanks to United's Francis Doe received a pass from Jaime Moreno and drilled a low shot from 10 yards out. The controversy of the match swirled around a brawl between Chicago's Cuauht\u00e9moc Blanco and D.C.'s Marc Burch. According to reports, Blanco was ejected for punching Burch in the 108th minute, while Burch was subsequently ejected for retaliating against Blanco. Following the match, the United States Soccer Federation banned Blanco from the U.S. Open Cup for two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final, Route to the final, D.C. United\nFor the semifinal match, United took on the defending champions, New England Revolution. The August 12 match was scheduled at United's main stadium, RFK Stadium. An announced crowd of 6,797 were on hand to see United take on the Revolution. For the match, both sides fielded a mix of starters and reserves. In the 4th minute of play, United scored a quick goal off of Luciano Emilio was successfully converted a cross from Namoff. Thirty minutes later, the Revolution were able to pull one back, from a 34th-minute equalizer from Joe Germanese. The scoreline would remain level through halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final, Route to the final, D.C. United\nThree minutes into the second half, United regained the lead, when Santino Quaranta bagged a pass from Moreno. The match continued to play in United's advantage when New England's Wells Thompson earned a caution in the 54th minute, when he collided with United goalkeeper, Wells. Thompson was dismissed from the match in the 71st minute through a reckless challenge on Moreno. The foul was deemed by the center official, Jorge Gonzalez, as a yellow card worthy foul. Since the foul resulted in a second yellow card, Thompson received a red card. Ten minutes later, Emilio gave United a 3\u20131 lead in the 81st minute by heading a cross from Iv\u00e1n Guerrero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199019-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup Final, Route to the final, D.C. United\nThe 3\u20131 victory against New England sealed United a spot in their first Open Cup final since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199020-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup qualification\nThis page describes the qualification procedure for the 2008 U.S. Open Cup. This will be the first season where 8 teams from each level of the American Soccer Pyramid will compete in the tournament proper. As a result, each level will trim its ranks to its 8 team delegation before entering the full tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199020-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup qualification, United Soccer Leagues (USL), USL 2nd Division (USL-2)\nHarrisburg City Islanders (2007 USL-2 champions) and Richmond Kickers (2007 USL-2 Regular Season Champions) have qualified based on their end of season performance in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199020-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup qualification, United Soccer Leagues (USL), USL 2nd Division (USL-2)\nEarly season USL-2 games doubled as Open Cup qualification. Because teams played an uneven number of games the percentage of \"Points per Points Possible\" was used to rank the teams. All but the bottom-ranked team qualified for the tournament proper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199020-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup qualification, United Soccer Leagues (USL), USL Premier Development League (PDL)\nAll teams play 4 designated regular season games that double as Open Cup qualificationGreen indicates Open Cup berth clinched", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 99], "content_span": [100, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199020-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup qualification, United Soccer Leagues (USL), USL Premier Development League (PDL), Central Conference\n*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per gameStandings as of .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 119], "content_span": [120, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199020-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup qualification, United Soccer Leagues (USL), USL Premier Development League (PDL), Eastern Conference\n*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per gameStandings as of .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 119], "content_span": [120, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199020-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup qualification, United Soccer Leagues (USL), USL Premier Development League (PDL), Southern Conference\n*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per gameStandings as of .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 120], "content_span": [121, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199020-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup qualification, United Soccer Leagues (USL), USL Premier Development League (PDL), Southern Conference\n*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per gameStandings as of .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 120], "content_span": [121, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199020-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup qualification, United Soccer Leagues (USL), USL Premier Development League (PDL), Western Conference\n*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per gameStandings as of .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 119], "content_span": [120, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199020-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Open Cup qualification, United Soccer Leagues (USL), USL Premier Development League (PDL), Western Conference\n*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per gameStandings as of .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 119], "content_span": [120, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199021-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential convention\nThe 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential convention took place on February 9, 2008. The convention chose 6 delegates, all pledged to Senator Barack Obama. Each delegate, however, only counted for half a vote at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The Virgin Islands' delegation also included 6 unpledged \"superdelegates\" not bound by the results of the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199022-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican territorial meeting, also known as the Republican caucuses, took place on the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas on April 5, 2008. Virgin Islands Republicans could select six pledged delegates for the 2008 Republican National Convention; three party leaders also attended the convention as unpledged delegates. However, the delegates chosen in the meeting did not support any presidential candidate, so all nine Virgin Islands delegates attended the convention as unpledged delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199022-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses\nThe turnout, around 150 people, did not match the comparatively staggering number of voters in the Democratic Territorial Meeting, but it was still a record turnout for the Virgin Islands Republican Party. Caucus-goers voted for delegates rather than candidates. Of 25 people who sought delegate spots, the majority, 16, were not committed to any presidential candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open\nThe 2008 U.S. Women's Open was the 63rd U.S. Women's Open, held June 26\u201329 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. It was the first U.S. Women's Open played at the course, which hosted the Solheim Cup in 2002. The winner was 19-year-old Inbee Park, four strokes ahead of runner-up Helen Alfredsson. The tournament was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open\nThe course hosted the U.S. Open in 1930, part of the grand slam of Bobby Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Field, Exempt players\n1. Last 10 U.S. Women's Open ChampionsJuli Inkster, Birdie Kim, Cristie Kerr, Hilary Lunke, Meg Mallon, Se Ri Pak, Annika S\u00f6renstam, Karrie Webb", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Field, Exempt players\n2. Top two finishers in the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur and winner of the 2006 U.S. Women's AmateurAmanda Blumenherst (a), Kimberly Kim (a), Mariajo Uribe (a)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Field, Exempt players\n4. Last five Women's British Open ChampionsJeong Jang, Lorena Ochoa, Sherri Steinhauer, Karen Stupples", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Field, Exempt players\n6. From the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, the 20 lowest scorers and ties. Kyeong Bae, Paula Creamer, Julieta Granada, Amy Hung, Jimin Kang, Christina Kim, Mi Hyun Kim, Jee Young Lee, Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew, Ai Miyazato, Angela Park, Inbee Park, Jiyai Shin, Angela Stanford", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Field, Exempt players\n7. From the 2007 LPGA Tour money list, the top 40 money leadersShi Hyun Ahn, Nicole Castrale, Laura Davies, Laura Diaz, Meaghan Francella, Natalie Gulbis, Sophie Gustafson, Rachel Hetherington, Maria Hjorth, Pat Hurst, I.K. Kim, Young Kim, Brittany Lang, Sarah Lee, Seon Hwa Lee, Na On Min, Stacy Prammanasudh, Reilley Rankin, Lindsey Wright", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Field, Exempt players\n8. From the 2008 LPGA Tour money, the top 35 money leaders through June 1Minea Blomqvist, Na Yeon Choi, Allison Fouch, Hee-Won Han, Song-Hee Kim, Candie Kung, Leta Lindley, Teresa Lu, Jane Park, Momoko Ueda, Sun Young Yoo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Field, Exempt players\n9. Winner of tournaments from the conclusion of last year's U.S. Women's Open until nowLouise Friberg", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Field, Exempt players\n10. Top 3 players from the Japan LPGA Tour, LPGA of Korea Tour, and Ladies European TourSun-Ju Ahn, Bettina Hauert, Mi-Jeong Jeon, Eun-Hee Ji, Gwladys Nocera, Sakura Yokomine", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Round summaries, First round\nThe Open kicked off on Thursday with the field playing in threesomes starting from either the first tee or the tenth tee. Featured threesomes included Annika S\u00f6renstam, Suzann Pettersen, and Paula Creamer, ranked 2, 3, and 4 respectively in the world rankings. Sorenstam and Petterssen opened their U.S. Opens with scores of 75 (+2) and 77 (+4) respectively. Creamer shot a 70 to move three shots off the pace. The other featured threesome included number one ranked player Lorena Ochoa, defending U.S. Open champion Cristie Kerr, and 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champion Maria Jos\u00e9 Uribe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Round summaries, First round\nUribe led that group with a 69 to lead all amateurs and end the day in a tie for fourth overall; Kerr shot a 1-under 72; Ochoa had an up-and-down round of even-par 73. The rounds of the day belonged to Ji Young Oh, who had eight birdies and two bogeys and to Pat Hurst who had six birdies and an eagle. Oh and Hurst tied after Round 1 at six-under par 67.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Round summaries, Second round\nWith Thursday's rounds completed many well-known American players took a step down on the competition while many lesser-known and international players took a step up. A two-hour weather delay required some to finish their rounds on Saturday morning. Angela Park had an even round on Thursday, and a 6-under 67 in the second round. She held a one-stroke lead over three others: Inbee Park of Korea, Helen Alfredsson of Sweden, and the only Finnish player in the tournament, Minea Blomqvist. The two leading Americans were Paula Creamer and Cristie Kerr at 4-under 142.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199023-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 U.S. Women's Open, Round summaries, Second round\nBoth first-round leaders took a severe fall on Friday, with Ji Young Oh, who had to finish her second round on Saturday due to the weather delay, shooting a 76 and Pat Hurst turning in a 5-over 78. Many top-ranked or well-known players missed the cut, including Laura Davies (70-81), Natalie Gulbis (73-80), 13-year-old Alexis Thompson (75-77), 2003 champion and Minnesotan Hilary Lunke (74-78), Juli Inkster (74-81), and Michelle Wie (81-75).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute\nThe 2007\u20132008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute refers to a series of naval stand-offs between Iranian speedboats and U.S. Navy warships in the Strait of Hormuz in December 2007 and January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute, Incident\nOn 6 January 2008, five Iranian patrol boats crewed by the Revolutionary Guard approached three United States Navy warships in the Strait of Hormuz: the cruiser USS Port Royal, the destroyer USS Hopper and the frigate USS Ingraham. In a compilation of video and audio released by the Pentagon of the most provocative moments of the encounter, the radio officer of the USS Hopper is seen and heard attempting to make radio contact with the Iranian vessels. A few moments later, another voice radioed the USS Hopper saying, \"I am coming at you. You will explode [in or after] [static] minutes.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute, Incident\nEarly United States reports indicated that because the Iranian boats continued to circle the United States warships and had been seen to drop several packages into the water, the United States ships had no choice but to take the threats seriously and maintain a defensive posture. Pentagon officials said the American ships were about to open fire when the Iranian boats withdrew. The commander of the destroyer USS Hopper publicly denied that the American ships were about to open fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute, Incident\nUnited States officials said the Iranians \"harassed and provoked\" their naval vessels, coming within 200 yards (180\u00a0m) of one warship. Iranian officials responded by calling the incident a routine contact of a sort that happens all the time in the crowded waters of the Persian Gulf. In response, on 8 January 2008 the Department of Defense released an abridged  segment of the audio and video recordings of the incident that included the radio threat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute, Incident\nAn Iranian Revolutionary Guard source stated, \"The footage released by the US Navy are file pictures and the audio has been fabricated\" On 10 January 2008, Iran accused the United States of creating a \"media fuss\". The Iranian Press TV then released its own abridged video of the incident, where no threats can be heard. The United States later released a 36-minute video of the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute, Incident\nThere has been confusion as to the source of the threatening radio transmissions. Persian-speakers and Iranians have told The Washington Post that the accent in the American recording does not sound Iranian. The New York Times pointed out that the United States-released audio includes no ambient noise of the kind that might be expected if the broadcast had come from on one of the speedboats. The Navy Times wrote that the incident could have been caused by a locally famous heckler known as the \"Filipino monkey\", noting that the threatening voice sounds different from that of the Iranian officer. Several media outlets reported that the Navy spliced the audio recording of the alleged Iranian threat onto to a videotape of the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute, Incident\nThe Pentagon spokesman who described the Iranian boats as \"highly maneuverable patrol craft\" that were \"visibly armed\" did not note that such boats usually only carry a two- or three-man crew and that they are normally armed only with machine guns. The only boat that was close enough to be visible to the United States ships was unarmed, as an enlarged photo of the boat from the navy video shows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute, Incident\nOn 12 January 2008, it was revealed that, contrary to previous reports, the packages the Iranian boats had dropped into the water posed no threat to the United States vessels. The leading United States vessels observed that they were harmless light floating objects and did not report them to follow United States vessels as a danger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute, Incident\nOn 12 January 2008, two earlier incidents during December 2007 were revealed by United States Navy officials, one in which the USS Whidbey Island fired warning shots in response to a small Iranian boat which was approaching it on 19 December. The Iranian boat reportedly then retreated after the shots were fired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute, Incident\nIn an 8 July speech to the Revolutionary Guards, Ali Shirazi, a mid-level clerical aide to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, \"The Zionist regime is pressuring White House officials to attack Iran. If they commit such a stupidity, Tel Aviv and U.S. shipping in the Persian Gulf will be Iran's first targets and they will be burned,\" according to the student news agency ISNA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute, Historical context\nThe presence of United States warships in the Strait has been a sensitive issue for Iran since 3 July 1988, when the U.S. Navy cruiser USS\u00a0Vincennes\u00a0(CG-49) shot down an Iranian commercial flight in Iranian airspace over the Strait, killing 290 civilians, an incident for which the United States never apologized, though it did provide monetary compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199024-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 U.S.\u2013Iranian naval dispute, Territorial context\nTo travel through the Strait of Hormuz, which at its narrowest is 21 nautical miles (39\u00a0km) wide, ships pass through the territorial waters of Iran and Oman under the transit passage provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Neither Iran or the United States have ratified the convention, but the United States accepts the traditional navigation rules as reflected in the convention. Iran has stated that it reserves \"the right to require prior authorization for warships to exercise the right of innocent passage through its territorial sea.\" It is unclear if the incident happened in the territorial waters of Iran or Oman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team\nThe 2008 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blazers' head coach was Neil Callaway, who entered his second year at UAB. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They improved upon a 2\u201310 record from the 2007 season and finished the 2008 campaign with an overall record of 4\u20138 (3\u20135 C-USA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team\nAll games were broadcast live on the UAB-ISP Sports radio network. The flagship was WWMM 100.5 FM in Birmingham, and this marked the first season for it serving as the flagship. The games were called by David Crane (play-by-play) and Jake Arians (color commentary), with Pat Green and Dan Burks as field reporters. Other UAB radio programming was carried on WJOX 94.5 FM. The team did not have a local TV contract, but their games appeared nationally on cable television five times\u2014one on Raycom Sports, two on CSS, and two on CBS College Sports (formerly CSTV).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Preseason, Recruiting\nIn what was the second recruiting class for head coach Neil Callaway, UAB signed 25 recruits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Tulsa\nThe Blazers began their season at home against Golden Hurricane of Tulsa, but after taking a 13\u20137 lead after the first would fall by a final score of 45\u201322. UAB would score first on a 32-yard touchdown pass from Joe Webb to Frantell Forrest. Tulsa would respond with a 10-yard David Johnson pass to Jacob Collums, only to have UAB take a 13\u20137 lead on a 9-yard Jeffery Anderson touchdown reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Tulsa\nTulsa would respond with a pair of consecutive touchdowns in the second to take a 21\u201313 lead before Forrest returned a kickoff 90-yards for a touchdown to bring the score to 21\u201319. A late 32-yard Swayze Waters field goal would give the Blazers a 22\u201321 halftime lead. However, UAB would not score again for the afternoon and lose by a final score of 45\u201322.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Florida Atlantic\nThe Blazers first road game of the 2008 season took UAB to Ft. Lauderdale, where they would lose too the FAU Owls in a 49\u201334 shootout. After going down 14\u20130 on a pair of FAU touchdown passes, UAB would score its first points on a 27-yard Swayze Waters field goal. The Owls would answer with a touchdown run early in the second in taking a 21\u20133 lead only to see the blazers respond with a pair of Joe Webb touchdown passes, 20-yards to Zach Lankford and 19-yards to Frantell Forrest, in closing the gap to 21\u201317. However, FAU would score once more before the half in taking a 28\u201317 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Florida Atlantic\nThe Blazers would open the third by scoring on a 2-yard Aaron Johns run only to see the Owls once again respond with another touchdown. After a late 43-yard Waters field goal in the third, UAB's final points would come in the fourth on a 10-yard Justin Brooks touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Tennessee\nTraveling to Knoxville to face the Volunteers, all the Blazers could manage was a single 47-yard Swayze Waters field goal in the third to avoid the shutout in this 35\u20133 defeat. For the game, UAB was outgained on offense 275 to 548 total yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Alabama State\nThe Blazers would amass 486 yards of total offense in winning their first game of the 2008 season with a 44\u201310 victory over the Hornets of Alabama State. UAB would strike first on a 41-yard Joe Web run with the Hornets responding in kind on a 39-yard Rei Herchenbach touchdown pass to Darius Mathis in tying the game at 7\u20137 midway through the first quarter. The Blazers would regain the lead late in the first quarter, and never relinquish it again on a 24-yard Webb touchdown pass to Jeffery Anderson. In the second, the Blazers would add another pair of touchdowns on an 11-yard Rashaud Slaughter run and a 36-yard Webb pass to Anderson in taking a 28\u20137 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Alabama State\nUAB would continue to amass points in the third on another pair of touchdowns coming on a 6-yard Slaughter run and 15-yard Justin Brooks run in extending their lead to 42\u20137 entering the fourth. In the fourth, each team would exchange a pair of field goals in bringing the final score to 45\u201310. For the game, Joe Webb would rush for 121 yards and a touchdown and pass for 238 yards and a pair of touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, South Carolina\nTraveling to face their second SEC opponent on the 2008 season, the Blazers were defeated 26\u201313 by the home Gamecocks in Columbia. After only connecting on a pair of Swayze Waters field goals in the first half, the Blazers lone touchdown came late in the fourth on a 1-yard Joe Webb run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Memphis\nIn the annual Battle for the Bones, Memphis defeated UAB 30\u201333 on a Thursday night in Birmingham. The Blazers would get on the board in the first after Joe Webb connected with Mike Jones for a 16-yard touchdown reception, followed with an 18-yard Swayze Waters field goal to give the Blazers a 10\u20130 lead entering the second quarter. After Memphis scored early in the second, UAB would respond with a 9-yard Webb run to take a 16\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Memphis\nHowever this would be UAB's final lead of the evening as Memphis would score another pair of touchdowns in taking a 20\u201316 lead at the half. In the second half, Webb would score on runs of 12 and 10-yards in the third and fourth quarters respectively, but were unable to take the lead in falling by a final score of 30\u201333. For the game, Webb rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns in addition to passing for 235 yards and another touchdown for the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Houston\nIn the first conference road game of the 2008 season, the Blazers would fall 20\u201345 at Houston. UAB would dominate the first half in taking a 20\u20133 lead going into the half. The Blazer would score on a pair of Swayze Waters field goals (50 and 23 yards respectively) and on a 3-yard Joe Webb touchdown run and a 21-yard, Zach Lankford touchdown reception. However, 42 unanswered Cougar points in the second half would provide Houston the 45\u201320 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Southern Miss\nThe Blazers were out-rushed 96 to 463 total yards in this 70\u201314 blowout loss on the road to the Golden Eagles. After going down 28\u20130 after the first, UAB would score their first points on a 14-yard Joe Webb touchdown pass to Rashaud Slaughter early in the second. The Blazers only other points would come in the third on a 12-yard Mario Wright touchdown reception. For the game, the Golden Eagles out-gained the Blazers in total offense by a final margin of 610 to 223 yards, with both USM's Tory Harrison and V.J. Floyd each gaining over 100 yards on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, Tulane\nFollowing a bye week, the Blazers would make the trip to the Superdome and emerge with a 41\u201324 victory over the home Green Wave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199025-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 UAB Blazers football team, Game Summaries, East Carolina\nThis 17\u201313 Pirates victory marked the first all-time win for East Carolina in Legion Field against the Blazers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400\nThe 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 was the third stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on March\u00a02, 2008, before a crowd of 153,000 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, an intermediate track that holds NASCAR races. The 267-lap race was won by Carl Edwards of the Roush Fenway Racing team, who started from second position. Dale Earnhardt\u00a0Jr. finished second and Edwards's teammate Greg Biffle was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400\nKyle Busch won the pole position, which he held for twenty laps until he was passed by Edwards. He held the lead until the first green-flag pit stops and regained the position after the stops ended. Busch retook the lead on lap\u00a081 and held it until he was passed by Matt Kenseth. Jeff Gordon took over the lead on lap\u00a0163, before Earnhardt became the leader on the 181st lap and maintained this position until Edwards regained it 14 laps later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400\nThe race was stopped for 17\u00a0minutes when Gordon crashed on lap\u00a0262, and car parts were strewn into the path of other drivers, requiring officials to clean the track. Edwards maintained the lead at the restart and held it to win the race. There were 11 cautions and 19 lead changes by nine different drivers during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400\nThe race was Edwards's second consecutive win of the season, and the ninth of his career. He was later issued with a 100-point penalty after his car was found to violate NASCAR regulations, dropping him from first to seventh in the Drivers' Championship. Kyle Busch increased his lead over Ryan Newman to twenty points as a consequence. Ford took over the lead of the Manufacturers' Championship, five points ahead of Dodge. Chevrolet moved clear of Toyota in third place, with 33 races left in the season. The race attracted 12.1\u00a0million television viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Background\nThe UAW-Dodge 400 was the third out of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on March\u00a02, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, an intermediate track that holds NASCAR races. The standard track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a four-turn 1.5-mile (2.4\u00a0km) oval. Its turns are banked at 20\u00b0 and both the front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch are banked at 9\u00b0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Background\nBefore the race, Kyle Busch led the Drivers' Championship with 335 points, ahead of Ryan Newman in second and Tony Stewart third. Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards were fourth and fifth, respectively, and Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Brian Vickers, and Martin Truex\u00a0Jr. rounded out the top 12. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Dodge and Ford were tied for the lead with 12 points each; their rivals Chevrolet and Toyota were tied for third place with 10 points each. Johnson was the race's defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Background\nIn preparation for the race, NASCAR held the second of its two preseason tests for Sprint Cup entrants on January\u00a028\u201329 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Sessions began at 9:00\u00a0am Eastern Standard Time (EST), paused from 12:00 to 1:00\u00a0pm, and concluded at 5:00\u00a0pm Sixty-seven cars participated in the January\u00a028 morning session; Denny Hamlin was quickest with a top speed of 178.265 miles per hour (286.890\u00a0km/h), while Kyle Busch was quickest in the afternoon session, with a top speed of 183.350 miles per hour (295.073\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Background\nSeveral incidents occurred during the second session; Regan Smith spun leaving turn two and damaged his car's nose after hitting the inside wall; Sam Hornish\u00a0Jr. heavily damaged his car after scraping the wall hard; and Dario Franchitti heavily damaged his Dodge's rear after spinning. Jacques Villeneuve spun, but did not damage his car; David Ragan wrecked after spinning off turn two; and Mark Martin damaged the front of his vehicle when he hit a concrete piling after swerving to avoid a tow truck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Background\nDuring the third session with 74 cars, Edwards had the fastest speed of 184.256 miles per hour (296.531\u00a0km/h), and Burton damaged the right side of his car after hitting the wall. Juan Pablo Montoya recorded the fastest speed of the two days, at 186.761 miles per hour (300.563\u00a0km/h) in the fourth and final session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Background\nEdwards was looking forward to the race weekend, and felt his result would be good. Biffle was confident he could secure a top-five finishing position, and stated if his car's handling were good, he believed he could be in contention for winning the race. Having won twice at the track in the early 2000s, Kenseth said he enjoyed racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and hoped the Roush Fenway Racing cars would be able to contend for race victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Background\nJohnson was considered by some bookmakers as the favorite to win the race, and in the event he succeeded, he would have become the first person to secure four consecutive victories in a NASCAR Cup Series racing event since Jeff Gordon won the Southern 500 four times between 1995 and 1998. He said it would be \"great\" if he took the victory, but would not approach the event differently from at a track where he had not won a race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Background\nOne change of driver happened before the race. Jon Wood, the grandson of retired driver Glen Wood, was originally scheduled to replace 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Bill Elliott in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing car, but withdrew because of a lack of experience with the Car of Tomorrow, and former Haas CNC Racing driver Johnny Sauter took over his seat. Wood said he felt Sauter was a better qualifier when Elliott was not available to drive. Kahne developed a sinus infection two days before the event, and his team had Nationwide Series driver Jason Keller ready to replace him if he could not compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Practice and qualifier\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, one on Friday and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90\u00a0minutes, the second 45\u00a0minutes and the third 60\u00a0minutes. In the first practice session, Kyle Busch was fastest with a time of 30.009\u00a0seconds; Jeff Gordon, Johnson, Stewart, David Reutimann, Dale Earnhardt\u00a0Jr., Edwards, Elliott Sadler, Kurt Busch, and Jeremy Mayfield rounded out the session's top-10 fastest drivers. Hornish made contact with the turn-two barrier, while Reed Sorenson and Patrick Carpentier spun in turn four, but avoided damaging their cars. Montoya switched to a back-up car after heavily colliding with the turn-two wall, and Bobby Labonte did the same after he lost control in turn four and damaged his left-rear quarter. Kahne made light contact with the turn-four wall, and the car was repaired by his team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 894]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Practice and qualifier\nForty-seven drivers entered qualifying on Friday afternoon. Due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, 43 could race. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitors' fastest times. Drivers who recorded their lap times early in the session were at an advantage because the track was cooler, and thus the air was more dense and the track gave more grip. Edwards felt his car had oversteer during his run. Kyle Busch won the third pole position of his career with a time of 29.613\u00a0seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Practice and qualifier\nHe was joined on the grid's front row by Edwards, who was 0.125\u00a0seconds slower and had the pole position until Kyle Busch's lap. Martin qualified third, Gordon fourth, and Mike Skinner fifth. Biffle, Scott Riggs, Earnhardt, Kurt Busch, and Sadler completed the top-10 qualifiers. The four drivers who failed to qualify were A.\u00a0J. Allmendinger, Joe Nemechek, John Andretti, and Sauter (who crashed at turn two on his first qualifying lap). Burney Lamar withdrew from the race prior to qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Practice and qualifier\nAfter the qualifier, Busch said his team was aware of the car's potential, which was displayed in Friday's sole practice session and the January test session; he was worried about his vehicle being very tight going into the first and second turns, having been on the accelerator pedal throughout his fastest lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Practice and qualifier\nOn Saturday afternoon, Matt Kenseth was fastest in the second practice session with a time of 30.321\u00a0seconds, ahead of Clint Bowyer, Earnhardt, Travis Kvapil, David Gilliland, Biffle, Johnson, Newman, Hornish, and Edwards. Kyle Busch scraped the outside wall while driving up the track; he sustained minor damage and did not switch to a back-up car. Later that day, Kahne led the final practice session with a time of 30.580 seconds; Edwards, Paul Menard, Gordon, his Hendrick Motorsports teammates Johnson and Earnhardt, Reutimann, Biffle, Bowyer, and Dave Blaney occupied positions two through 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Practice and qualifier\nBowyer moved to the outside of the track, but was unable to steer left and hit the outside wall leaving turn two and into the backstretch; he came down the track and Kyle Petty hit Bowyer and damaged his front-left fender before Bowyer's car stopped after he made contact with the inside wall. Bowyer was required to use a back-up car, but Petty was able to repair his chassis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nLive television coverage of the race began at 3:30\u00a0pm EST in the United States on Fox. Around the start of the race, weather conditions were sunny, between 54 and 64\u00a0\u00b0F (12 and 18\u00a0\u00b0C), and no rain was expected. Gusty winds from the north created strong headwinds on the back straight. Kenny Farmer, chaplain of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, began prerace ceremonies with an invocation. Actress Carol Linnea Johnson of the stage production Mamma Mia! performed the national anthem, and John Byers, co-director of UAW-Chrysler National Training Center, commanded the drivers to start their engines. During the pace laps, two drivers moved to the rear of the field because of unapproved changes: Bowyer had switched to a back-up car, and Kahne had changed his engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nThe race started at 4:48\u00a0pm; Kyle Busch maintained his pole position advantage heading into the first corner and led the field on the first lap. Carpentier went up the track on the same lap, but avoided hitting the barriers, while Reutimann did the same and scraped the outside wall, causing right-rear damage to his car. He was black-flagged by NASCAR because debris was dangling from his vehicle. Reutimann's right-rear tire exploded while entering the pit road on lap\u00a05, but no debris was left on the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nOn lap\u00a09, Bowyer hit the wall, causing Kahne to drive down the track. He also made contact with Jamie McMurray, who slid through the infield frontstretch grass, causing the first caution flag and the appearance of the pace car. During the caution, most drivers elected to make pit stops for tires, and 18 drivers remained on the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nKyle Busch stayed out and led the field back up to speed on the lap\u00a013 restart. Three laps later, Edwards started to challenge Kyle Busch for the lead. Jeff Gordon moved up to third on lap\u00a018, and Martin moved from third to eighth by the same lap. Kyle Busch and Edwards ran alongside each other in the battle for the first position on lap\u00a020; the battle concluded after Edwards passed Kyle Busch on the following lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nGordon was passed by Biffle for third place on lap\u00a022, while Kurt Busch moved up to fifth on the same lap. By lap\u00a028, Biffle had closed the gap to Kyle Busch and passed him for second position two laps later. Edwards had a 1.3-second lead over teammate Biffle on the same lap. Kyle Busch fell to fourth place after Gordon passed him on the 33rd lap. Kyle Busch reclaimed the third position from Gordon two laps later; Kurt Busch had moved into third after moving ahead of Gordon on the same lap. By the 42nd lap, Edwards and teammate Biffle had opened a 3.0-second lead over Kyle Busch. Riggs and Kurt Busch both moved in front of Kyle Busch for third and fourth positions on lap\u00a045.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nGreen-flag pit stops began on lap\u00a048. Edwards and Biffle made pit stops on lap\u00a049, handing the lead to Riggs. Hornish hit the turn-two outside wall on the following lap after his right-front tire went down in the trioval, and sustained damage to his right-front quarter panel, but no debris came off his car. After the pit stops, Edwards regained the lead and held a 5.0-second lead over Kyle Busch; Martin moved into third place, Riggs regained fourth place, and Harvick moved up to fifth place by lap\u00a065.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nFour laps later, a second caution was needed when debris was spotted at turn two. Most of the leaders, including Edwards, made pit stops. Jeff Burton chose to remain on the track and led on the lap-76 restart, ahead of Earnhardt and Kyle Busch. On lap\u00a078, Kyle Busch moved ahead of Earnhardt to take second place, and began to close the gap to Burton. Kyle Busch passed Burton to reclaim the lead three laps later, and opened up a 1.3-second advantage over Burton by the 92nd lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0014-0002", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nEarnhardt was passed by Edwards for fifth place on lap\u00a094, and Biffle got ahead of Gordon for seventh on the same lap. Edwards gained fourth place when he passed Stewart on the 96th lap, and Burton lost second to Kenseth two laps later. On lap\u00a0102, Burton fell to fourth place after Edwards passed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nBy lap\u00a0105, Kyle Busch held a 3.1-second lead over Kenseth. Four laps later, the third caution was triggered when Stewart's car made heavy contact with the turn-two wall after his right-front tire burst. Stewart grazed his foot and climbed out of his car; emergency workers helped take him to a waiting car, which took him to the infield medical center for further examination. All the leaders, including Edwards, chose to make pit stops for tires and adjustments under caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nNASCAR required Edwards to fall back to the end of the longest line because one of his crew members had allowed a tire to roll away from the pit box. Kyle Busch maintained the lead at the restart on lap\u00a0115; he was followed by Kenseth and Gordon. Kenseth passed Kyle Busch to take the lead on lap\u00a0116. On the next lap, Gordon passed Busch. By lap\u00a0135, Kenseth had opened up a 2.2-second lead over Gordon. Biffle moved in front of Burton for fourth place on the 139th lap. On lap\u00a0144, Robby Gordon's right-front tire blew, causing him to hit the turn-two wall, and the fourth caution was triggered. All the leaders made pit stops during the caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nKenseth remained the leader at the lap-150 restart; he was followed by Gordon. The fifth caution was deployed 12 laps later, when Carpentier was squeezed towards the backstretch outside wall by Newman, causing Carpentier to slide down the track and hit the inside wall. Ken Schrader was close by the incident, but swerved to avoid damaging his car. During the caution, the leading drivers, including Kenseth, elected to make pit stops for tires. Gordon took the lead and maintained it at the lap-166 restart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nBiffle and his teammate Kenseth drove alongside each other in a battle for second place on lap\u00a0166, until Biffle escaped and ran onto the apron on the next lap. Mayfield burst his right-front tire on lap\u00a0171, but no debris came off his car, avoiding the need for a caution. Six laps later, Biffle passed Kyle Busch to take fifth place. Riggs experienced oversteer in the fourth turn while running down the inside of Labonte; Franchitti ran into Riggs, causing the sixth caution on lap\u00a0179. All the leaders, including Kenseth, elected to make pit stops for tires. Earnhardt led the field on the lap-184 restart; he was followed by Harvick and Edwards. Gordon moved into fifth place by lap\u00a0188. Harvick fell to fourth place when Edwards and Kenseth passed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nEdwards passed Earnhardt to reclaim the lead on lap\u00a0195, while Earnhardt lost a further position after Kenseth got ahead of him on the same lap. Ten laps later, Biffle moved ahead of Harvick to take fifth place, while his teammate Kenseth had a 1.5-second lead over the second-place Edwards by the 211th lap. Three laps later, the seventh caution was issued when officials located debris in the turn-two groove. The leaders, including Edwards, chose to make pit stops for tires and car adjustments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nOne tire from Edwards's car went outside his pit box, but he was not penalized because a cameraman blocked Edwards's crew from retrieving the tire. Kenseth led the field back up to speed on the lap-220 restart; Earnhardt was in second place and Edwards third. Casey Mears hit Vickers, who spun and triggered the eighth caution on lap\u00a0224; both drivers avoided contacting the wall. Kenseth maintained the lead on the lap-228 restart. Edwards drove up the track in an attempt to take the lead on lap\u00a0229, but Kenseth kept the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nFour laps later, the ninth caution was needed when Dale Jarrett spun and hit the turn-two outside wall. Kenseth remained the leader at the restart on lap\u00a0237. Edwards passed teammate Kenseth for the lead two laps later, and began to pull away. Earnhardt caught up to Kenseth by lap\u00a0243, and 10 laps later, he passed Kenseth for second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nKurt Busch's right-front tire exploded, causing him to hit the wall between turns three and four, and the 10th caution happened on lap\u00a0257. Kurt Busch retired from the race because of his crash. He was transported to the infield medical center for a mandatory check-up. Edwards remained in the lead for the lap-263 restart. Earnhardt spun his tires, forcing Kenseth onto the outside lane and Gordon to the inside, where he passed Earnhardt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nKenseth moved in front of Earnhardt and then made contact with Gordon, who was sent into the inside backstretch retaining wall, which had no SAFER barrier installed. Gordon's car's radiator flew out from its chassis and into the path of oncoming traffic. Kenseth slid, but was able to straighten his car and continue. The final caution was initially waved before a red flag was shown, stopping the race to allow officials to remove debris from the track. The race resumed 17\u00a0minutes later, with Edwards leading Earnhardt and Biffle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0018-0002", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race\nEdwards maintained the lead for the remaining two laps to secure his second consecutive win and the ninth of his career. Earnhardt finished second, ahead of Biffle in third, Harvick fourth, and Burton fifth. Ragan, Kahne, Kvapil, Hamlin, and Martin rounded out the top-10 finishers. The race had 11 cautions and 19 lead changes among 9 drivers. Edwards led four times for a total of 86 laps, more than any other competitor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 24], "content_span": [25, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race, Postrace comments\nEdwards appeared in Victory Lane in front of the crowd of 153,000 people to celebrate his second victory of the season, earning him $425,675. He was pleased with the result, saying it was \"a very special win\" and that he felt he was close to the form he had achieved in 2005: \"I tried hard to stay calm. And I'm not the best at it sometimes. We all know that.\" He added, \"We do this to win. Winning these races is the greatest. Winning a championship would be the ultimate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race, Postrace comments\nWhat we\u2019re trying to do is win the championship this year. That's our number-one goal.\" Second-place finisher Earnhardt was disappointed, saying he had his car in his chosen position, but the red-flag period prevented him from winning the race: \"Carl wasn't going to get beat today. He had it in the bag. He was so strong\u00a0... I was terrible on cold tires. I wish all of you knew what that felt like. I hate it.\" Biffle was philosophical as he argued that he had the fastest car, but did not gain the track position he needed to challenge Edwards because he slid on pit road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race, Postrace comments\nDespite his injury, Stewart said he hoped to participate in a planned two-day test session at Phoenix International Raceway. He also said he was worried about his crash because his legs and hips were tingling and his lower back was in pain. Stewart said the crash scared him and the tingling in his legs had improved after leaving the infield care center. Kurt Busch's crew chief Pat Tryson said  the Penske Racing South team and he were relieved the driver emerged uninjured after his crash on lap\u00a0256, and that they would do better at the next weekend's race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race, Postrace comments\nGordon said his crash on lap\u00a0264 was \"probably the hardest hit I've ever taken\" and admitted fault for causing the crash. According to Kenseth, \"I knew he was going to get a run on me, so I laid back a little bit\u00a0... We came off [turn]\u00a02 and I was up as high as I thought I could, and Jeff just came across. Whether it was on purpose or not, it just kind of wiped us out.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race, Postrace comments\nGordon said he hoped Speedway Motorsports chairman and chief executive Bruton Smith (the owner of Las Vegas Motor Speedway) would install SAFER barriers along the inside retaining walls around the track. Biffle said the circuit barriers should not have had gaps, and that all NASCAR tracks should have SAFER barriers installed. After consulting NASCAR officials, construction crews installed a 1,700-foot (520\u00a0m) long SAFER barrier along the inside backstretch wall in August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race, Postrace comments\nAfter the race, NASCAR announced it had found a problem with the lid on the oil reservoir encasement during a postrace inspection on Edwards's car, which was later taken to the NASCAR Research and Development Center in Concord, North Carolina, for further analysis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race, Postrace comments\nThree days after the race, Roush Fenway Racing was given penalties for \"actions detrimental to stock car racing\", \"car, car parts, components and/or equipment used do not conform to NASCAR rules\", and a device or duct work that permitted air to pass through the car from one area of the interior of the car to another, or to the outside of the car. The penalties included a $100,000 fine and a six-race suspension for Edwards's crew chief Bob Osborne, who was suspended from NASCAR until April\u00a030, 2008, and placed on probation until December\u00a031, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race, Postrace comments\nRoush Fenway Racing chief engineer Chris Andrews took over Osborne's role at the next race weekend. Edwards and car owner Jack Roush incurred the loss of 100 driver and owner points. If Edwards qualified for the Chase for the Sprint Cup, he would not receive 10 bonus points awarded to him for winning the race, which was used to determine the seeding order. Edwards was allowed to keep the victory; he moved from first to seventh in the Drivers' Championship. On March\u00a012, Roush Fenway Racing announced it would not appeal the penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race, Postrace comments\nRoush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith said a bolt that held the oil lid together did not work because of vibration harmonics generated by Edwards's car and the Las Vegas race track. Edwards said the infraction was \"an absolute mistake\" and that his team had no intention of cheating. Edwards's teammate Biffle and Newman agreed the penalties were justified. According to Sadler, the penalties were not severe enough; he argued that the driver should be penalized or required to miss one event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race, Postrace comments\nToyota Racing Development general manager Lee White said Roush Fenway Racing had modified Edwards's car to enhance downforce by 240\u00a0lb (110\u00a0kg), which increased the car's horsepower leaving the corners. Roush felt White's comments were motivated by results. White later issued a statement in which he apologized for his comments. An internal investigation found no evidence another person had intentionally caused the bolt to come loose, and that the team enacted protective measures to ensure the oil lid would stay fastened in future events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199026-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Race, Postrace comments\nThe result meant Kyle Busch maintained his lead in the Drivers' Championship, 20 points ahead of Newman in second place. Kahne's seventh-place finish allowed him to advance into third place, 16 points in front of Harvick, who also moved up three positions. Biffle was in fifth at 427 points. Burton, Edwards, Truex, Sadler, Earnhardt, Stewart, and Kurt Busch rounded out the top 12. Ford moved into the lead of the Manufacturers' Championship, five points ahead of Dodge. Chevrolet moved three points clear of Toyota. The event had a television audience of 12.1\u00a0million viewers; it took 3:08:08 to complete the race, and the margin of victory was 0.504\u00a0seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199027-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UC Davis Aggies football team\nThe 2008 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They competed in the Great West Conference (GWC). The conference had previously been only football, but converted to all sports for the 2008\u20132009 school year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199027-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UC Davis Aggies football team\nThe 2008 Aggies were led by head coach Bob Biggs in his sixteenth year and played home games at Aggie Stadium. UC Davis finished the season with a record of five wins and seven losses (5\u20137, 2\u20131 GWC). This was the second straight losing season after 37 consecutive winning years. The Aggies outscored their opponents 342\u2013326 for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199027-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UC Davis Aggies football team, UC Davis players in the NFL\nNo UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199027-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UC Davis Aggies football team, UC Davis players in the NFL\nThe following finished their UC Davis career in 2008, were not drafted, but played in the NFL:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team\nThe 2008 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was George O'Leary, in his fifth season with the team. For the second season, the UCF Knights played all of their home games at Bright House Networks Stadium on the school's main campus in Orlando, Florida. The Knights sought unsuccessfully to defend their Conference USA football championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Personnel, Recruiting class\nCoach O'Leary and his coaching staff announced these people to the 2008 UCF Knights Football Team on Wednesday February 6, 2008; as it was the National Football Signing Day:-- --- -- --- -- --- -- --- -- --- --", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Personnel, Recruiting class\nDefensive EndsJarvis Gathers (Feather River C.C. \u2013 Andrews, South Carolina)Robert Pritchard (North Gwinnett \u2013 Suwanee, Georgia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Personnel, Recruiting class\nDefensive TackleTheo Goins (Hightower \u2013 Fort Bend, Texas)Chris Martin (Choctawhatchee \u2013 Fort Walton Beach, Florida)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Personnel, Recruiting class\nLinebackersJosh Linam (Tavares \u2013 Tavares, Florida)Loren Robinson (Lyman \u2013 Longwood, Florida)David Williams (Cardinal Gibbons \u2013 Ft. Lauderdale)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Personnel, Recruiting class\nOffensive LinemanChad Hounshell (Lake Catholic \u2013 Mentor, Ohio)Jarien Moreland (Glade Central Community \u2013 Belle Glade, Florida)John Oliver (Troup \u2013 LaGrange, Georgia)Steven Robinson (Lincoln \u2013 Tallahassee, Florida)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Personnel, Recruiting class\nRunning BacksBrandon Davis (Peachtree Ridge \u2013 Suwanee, Georgia)Brynn Harvey (Largo \u2013 Largo, Florida)Vance King (Stockbridge \u2013 Stockbridge, Georgia)Latavius Murray (Onondaga Central \u2013 Nedrow, New York)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Personnel, Recruiting class\nTight Ends / Hybrid BackBrendan Kelly (Shoreham-Wading River \u2013 Shoreham, New York)Kyle Madden (Harrison \u2013 Kennesaw, Georgia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Offseason\nOn August 22, 2008, wide receiver Richard Jackson announced that he had completed his enrollment at UCF, completing a transfer from the University of Notre Dame. Jackson was a star prospect from East Ridge High School in nearby Clermont, Florida. He received a hardship waiver from the NCAA on September 5, giving him immediate eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State\nThe Knights began their season at home against South Carolina State. Making his first start at quarterback, Michael Greco had a difficult time trying to find his groove, completing 9-of-16 passing for 90 yards, and running 13 times for 57 yards. But the defense remained strong and carried the team, holding the Bulldog offense to less than 22 minutes of play time, with Jason Venson catching an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nGreco's struggles continued when the Knights hosted South Florida for the last match in their \"War on I-4\" rivalry. While the Bulls scored first, Joe Burnett answered back with a 91-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. The Knights defense held as well as they could, holding the Bulls to 10 points in the first half and allowing the Knights to tie the game going into halftime. However, the Knights had difficulty maintaining their discipline, and it cost them in penalties. The Knights had 12 penalties for 148 yards, one of which negated a touchdown on an interception in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nAlthough it appeared the Bulls would begin to run away with the game, scoring two touchdowns in the third quarter, Michael Greco finally awoke toward the end of the fourth quarter, leading two touchdown drives in the final minutes of regulation to force overtime. However, they came up short on a fourth-down run on their turn, failing to answer a quick South Florida touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nAlthough sluggish for most of the game, the Knights offense did not turn the ball over. After their first two games, UCF has a +3 turnover ratio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199028-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nThe unanticipated struggles for the Bulls dropped them back to their preseason #19 ranking in the AP poll despite the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199029-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI BMX World Championships\nThe 2008 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Taiyuan in China and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX racing. Great Britain's Shanaze Reade won her second consecutive world championships in the elite women's category, whilst Latvian M\u0101ris \u0160trombergs won the elite men's category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199030-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships\nThe 2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships took place in Treviso, Italy on the weekend of January 26 and January 27, 2008. As 2007, four events were scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199031-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race\nThis event was held on Sunday January 27, 2008 as part of the 2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Treviso, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199031-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Race summary\nDue to the speedy track, no riders managed to break away from the pack and about 20 riders were still in contention for the title going into the final lap. One of the favourites, Lars Boom, managed to break away at the beginning of the last lap and stayed away, riding to his first World Championship title in the Men's Elite category. Sven Nys, Zden\u011bk \u0160tybar and Erwin Vervecken came within 4 seconds of closing the gap again, but never succeeded. At the finish line, \u0160tybar outsprinted Nys to take the silver, Vervecken finished fourth. Boom was the first non-Belgian winner since Richard Groenendaal in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 73], "content_span": [74, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199031-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Race summary\nOther favourites Francis Mourey and Bart Wellens crashed heavily in the sixth lap. Mourey abandoned the race, Wellens finished but was unable to recover fully and get back into the leading group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 73], "content_span": [74, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199031-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Ranking\n2 riders, Francis Mourey and Maarten Nijland abandoned the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199032-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's junior race\nThis event was held on Saturday 26 January 2008 as part of the 2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Treviso, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199033-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 race\nThis event was held on Saturday January 26, 2008 as part of the 2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Treviso, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199033-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 race\nNiels Albert was the big favorite to win and on the first lap he drew away from the rest of the pack, where he remained, finishing more than half a minute in front of the number two. Duval pulled away from the pack, while Cominelli outsprinted Lopez to take the bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199034-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Women's elite race\nThis event was held on Sunday 27 January 2008 as a part of the 2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Treviso, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199034-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Women's elite race, Ranking\nTwo riders, Katie Compton and Birgit Hollmann, abandoned the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 70], "content_span": [71, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199035-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships\nThe 2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Val di Sole, Italy from 17 to 22 June 2008. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 19th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 23rd edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199035-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships\nFuture three-time road world champion and seven-time Tour de France points classification winner Peter Sagan won the junior men's cross-country title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199036-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup\nThe 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup includes four disciplines: cross-country, downhill, marathon and four-cross. It is sponsored by Nissan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199037-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI ProTour\nThe 2008 UCI ProTour is the fourth year of the UCI ProTour system. Following protracted disagreement between the organisers of the Grand Tours (ASO, RCS and Unipublic) and the UCI, all races organized by ASO, RCS and Unipublic were withdrawn from the ProTour calendar. This removed all three Grand Tours (Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a), four of the five monuments (Milan\u2013San Remo, Paris\u2013Roubaix, Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge and Giro di Lombardia) and four further races (Paris\u2013Nice, Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne and Paris\u2013Tours). As such, the quality of the races of the ProTour was diminished. The Australian race, the Tour Down Under was added to the calendar, making it the first race outside Europe on the ProTour (although races had previously been held outside Europe as part of the UCI Road World Cup).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 848]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199037-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI ProTour\nThe highly successful U.S. Postal Service ceased operations at the end of the 2007 season. Johan Bruyneel signed on to become the directeur sportif and revamp the embattled Astana; joining him are 2007 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador and 2007 Tour of California champion Levi Leipheimer. Other major signings included American George Hincapie moving to Team High Road and Daniele Bennati from Lampre to Liquigas, while Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca left Liguigas for the UCI Professional Continental team LPR Brakes\u2013Ballan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199037-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI ProTour, Teams\nUnibet.com Cycling Team, whose sponsors have pulled out of cycling, failed to submit its application renewal by the November 20, 2007 deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199038-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships\nThe 2008 UCI Road World Championships took place in Varese, Italy, between September 23 and September 28, 2008. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199038-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships, Participating nations\nCyclists from 57 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199039-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race\nThe Men's Individual Road Race of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on September 28 in Varese, Italy. The course comprised 15 laps around 17.35-kilometre route, making a total distance of 260.25\u00a0km. Each lap featured two ascents: the first at Via Montello (6.5% gradient for 1.15 kilometres); and the second at Ronchi (4.5% for 3.13 kilometres). The highest elevation measured 480 metres (1,570\u00a0ft) at Via Montello.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199039-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race\nPre -race favourites included Paolo Bettini, who was trying for an unprecedented third consecutive title, and the 1999, 2001 and 2004 champion \u00d3scar Freire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199039-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race\nThe race was won by Alessandro Ballan, with his fellow Italian Damiano Cunego in second and Matti Breschel of Denmark taking the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199039-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Final classification, Did not finish\n128 riders failed to finish the race. Levi Leipheimer of the United States did not start the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199040-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's time trial\nThe 2008 edition of the UCI Road World Championships Time Trial took place on September 25 in Varese, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199041-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Qualification\nThis page is an overview of the qualification criteria for the 2008 UCI Road World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199041-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Qualification, Elite events, Elite men's road race\nQualification was based on performances on the UCI run tours during 2008. Results from January to the middle of August would count towards the qualification criteria on both the 2008 UCI ProTour and the UCI Continental Circuits across the world, with the rankings being determined upon the release of the numerous tour rankings on 15 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 86], "content_span": [87, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199041-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Qualification, Elite events, Elite women's road race\nQualification will be based mainly on the 2008 UCI Nation Ranking as of 15 August 2008. The first five nations in this classification qualified 7 riders to start, the next ten nations qualified 6 riders to start and the next 5 nations qualified 5 riders to start. Other nations and non ranked nations had the possibility to send 3 riders to start. Moreover, the outgoing World Champion and continental champions are qualified to take part in the race on top of the nation numbers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 88], "content_span": [89, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199041-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Qualification, Elite events, Elite men's time trial\nAll National Federations were allowed to register four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions may take part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 87], "content_span": [88, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199041-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Qualification, Elite events, Elite women's time trial\nAll National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199041-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Qualification, Under-23 events, Men's under-23 time trial\nAll National Federations were allowed to register four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions may take part", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 93], "content_span": [94, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199042-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race\nThe women's road race of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 27 September in Varese, Italy. The course comprised eight laps around a 17.35-kilometre route, making a total distance of 138.8\u00a0km. Each lap featured two ascents: the first at Montello (6.5% gradient for 1.15\u00a0kilometres); and the second at Ronchi, Gallarate (4.5% for 3.13\u00a0kilometres). The race included a total of 1,937\u00a0metres of climbing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199042-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race\nPre -race favourites included Varese local rider Noemi Cantele and her team mates Tatiana Guderzo and Giorgia Bronzini, Marianne Vos of the Netherlands, Judith Arndt of Germany (champion in 2004), reigning Olympic champion Nicole Cooke and silver medallist Emma Johansson. Notably missing from the start list was Marta Bastianelli, reigning champion from 2007, who was awaiting a verdict on a non-negative drug test result in July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199042-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race\nThe race was won by Great Britain's Nicole Cooke, with Marianne Vos and Judith Arndt finishing with the same time, second and third respectively. Cooke was the first British woman to win the race since Mandy Jones in 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199042-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, The race\nNot long after the race began, a Swedish rider brought down the front row of the peloton when her tyres slipped on some painted letters on the road. Christine Thorburn was also brought down in a crash, when she was squeezed up against a fence. Although she was not severely injured and did attempt to chase the bunch, she failed to make contact and did not finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199042-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, The race\nA group of thirteen riders soon broke away from the main group, driven mainly by the American Kristin Armstrong. They gained 25 seconds on the field but were pulled back by the Dutch and British teams with one lap to go. As soon as the break was caught, Marianne Vos launched a counter-attack on the Montello climb, Nicole Cooke, Judith Arndt, Trixi Worrack and Emma Johansson, and Susanne Ljungskog joined her in what was to become the winning break. Ljungskog's chances ended when she punctured, leaving five in the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199042-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, The race\nWorrack and Vos attacked on the final hill, but were brought back to the break with 2\u00a0km to go. The race finished with a sprint, Vos took the lead before being overtaken by Cooke just before the finish line. Arndt struggled to match their speed in the sprint, she was nearly caught out by a late surge by Johansson, but eventually crossed the line in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199042-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Final classification, Did not finish\n45 riders failed to finish the race. Mayuko Hagiwara of Japan was disqualified, and Grassi Herrera of Mexico did not start the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 91], "content_span": [92, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199043-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's time trial\nThe Women's time trial of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 24 September in Varese, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199043-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's time trial\nAfter finishing one place out of the medals in last World Championships, Amber Neben became gold medal winner, recording a time 7 seconds quicker than Austria's Christiane Soeder with Germany's Judith Arndt finishing behind Soeder in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199043-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's time trial, Qualification\nAll National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 69], "content_span": [70, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199044-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships\nThe 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Manchester Velodrome in Manchester, United Kingdom from 26 to 30 March 2008. Eighteen events were scheduled; the women's team pursuit being the only addition from the 2007 championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199044-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships\nAs in 2007, the domination of the Great Britain team was clear. Breaking three world records en route, they won eleven medals in total. Indeed, half of the eighteen gold medals on offer were won by the British team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199045-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's 1 km time trial\nThe 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's 1\u00a0km Time Trial was the 2008 world championship track cycling time trial. It was held on 30 March 2008 in Manchester, United Kingdom. The event was conducted over a single round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199046-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's individual pursuit\nThe Men's individual pursuit event of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 26 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199047-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's keirin\nThe Men's keirin event of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 29 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199048-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's madison\nThe Men's madison event of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 29 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199049-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's omnium\nThe Men's sprint event of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 30 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199050-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's points race\nThe Men's points race event of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199051-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's scratch\nThe Men's scratch event of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 26 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199052-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's sprint\nThe Men's sprint event of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 27 and 28 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199053-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit\nThe Men's team pursuit event of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 27 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199054-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team sprint\nThe Men's team sprint event of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 26 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199055-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's 500 m time trial\nThe Women's 500 m time trial was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199055-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's 500 m time trial\n16 cyclists from 12 countries participated in the contest. The final was held on March 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199056-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nThe Women's Individual Pursuit was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199056-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\n20 Cyclists from 16 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest 2 riders advanced to the Final and the 3rd and 4th best riders raced for the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199056-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nThe qualification took place on 27 March and the Finals later the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199057-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's keirin\nThe Women's Keirin is one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199057-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's keirin\n20 Cyclists from 16 countries participated in the contest, which was held on 29 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199058-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's points race\nThe Women's Points Race was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199058-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's points race\n22 Cyclists from 22 countries participated in the contest. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199058-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's points race, Final\nThe Final and only race was run on March 29. The competition consisted on 100 laps, making a total of 25\u00a0km with 10 sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 71], "content_span": [72, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch\nThe 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch  was the women's scratch race at 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. It was one of the eight women's events, held at the Manchester Velodrome in Manchester, Great Britain on the fifth and final day of the Championships on 30 March 2008. It was the seventh women's scatch race appearance at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. 21 women from 21 countries participated in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch\nAfter several attacks that did not come to anything Ellen van Dijk of the Netherlands struck out alone with less than eight laps to go. No one else reacted and she rode solo to the finish. The sprint of the peloton behind Van Dijk was won by Yumari Gonz\u00e1lez of Cuba who took the silver medal with Belinda Goss from Australia taking bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Qualification\nQualification for the race was restricted to one cyclist per nation for the countries in the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) individual standings as of 18 February 2008, after the fourth and final round of the 2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics. Additionally, one place was available at the B World Championship, one place at each continental championships and one wild card for nations that did not qualify through the UCI standing. National federations of the qualified countries selected the rider. The maximum quota of the event was set at 24 cyclists but only 21 cyclists were registered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 75], "content_span": [76, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Competition format\nA scratch race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is to cross the finish line. The competition consisted on 40 laps, making a total of 10\u00a0km without intermediate points or sprints. There were no qualification rounds for this discipline so the event was run direct to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 80], "content_span": [81, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Schedule\nTimes are in British Summer Time (UTC+1)Sunday 30 March16:30-16:50 Final17:15:-17:25 Victory Ceremony", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 70], "content_span": [71, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Pre-race favorites\nNot all 2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics medalists could participate in the race because each qualified country was only allowed to select one rider. Beside that, not all countries selected their World Cup medalist, if they had one. The main favorite for the race was Yumari Gonz\u00e1lez from Cuba, the defending champion, who won the scratch race at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and won the first World Cup race in Sydney and finished third in the second World Cup race in Beijing. The silver medalist of 2007, Mar\u00eda Luisa Calle of Colombia, was also selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 80], "content_span": [81, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Pre-race favorites\nThe start list further included Belinda Goss of Australia, Jarmila Macha\u010dov\u00e1 from the Czech Republic and Annalisa Cucinotta from Italy who won all three a silver medal during a World Cup race. The Netherlands did not select Marianne Vos, who won two of the four World Cup races, but selected Ellen van Dijk instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 80], "content_span": [81, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Race\nThe race started at 16:30\u00a0British Summer Time (UTC+1) and was scheduled to last until 16:50. 21 women form 21 countries took part in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 66], "content_span": [67, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Race\nThe race had several attacks, the first meaningful one coming in only lap five from Aksana Papko of Belarus in an early bid to match her countryman Aliaksandr Lisouski's victory in the men's race on day one. She was chased down by a small group that included Svetlanan Paulikaite of Lithuania, Svitlana Halyuk of Ukraine and Ellen van Dijk of the Netherlands. The rest of the bunch was very attentive at this early stage and they were soon back together. Paulikaite struck out alone, but her effort did not come to anything.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 66], "content_span": [67, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Race\nA crash in the middle period of the race took down Catherine Cheatley of New Zealand and Spain's Gema Pascual Torrecilla after a touch of wheels near the back. Cheatley rejoined after a few minutes, but Torrecilla pulled out having fallen more heavily. More attacks continued, but all were reeled. With less than eight laps to go, Van Dijk struck out alone and no one else reacted. She overtook the Danish rider Trine Schmidt from an earlier escape and had soon almost half lap lead. The rest of the riders did not react and looked to each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 66], "content_span": [67, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Race\nDespite having almost half a lap on the rest of the bunch, Van Dijk refused to start getting complacent and kept going. When a chase did materialise, it was too late and Van Dijk finished alone with a considerable gap to take the gold medal and the rainbow jersey. Behind Van Dijk the sprint was won by the 2007 champion Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso of Cuba, ahead of Belinda Goss from Australia. Annalisa Cucinotta of Italy was fourth and Rebecca Quinn from the United States of America finished fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 66], "content_span": [67, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Final classifications\nThe victory ceremony was held at 17:15\u00a0British Summer Time (UTC+1). The winner was awarded the rainbow jersey and the top three riders got flowers and respectively a gold, silver and bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 83], "content_span": [84, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Medalists reactions\n\"I was never World champion so it is my biggest victory so far! I was focused on the individual pursuit, everything for me was on that. My individual pursuit was good, but I was fifth and just missed the finals. I was very disappointed because I also missed the Olympic Games, because I only started riding [world cups] on the track four months ago. I didn't have enough points to ride in the individual pursuit in the Olympics.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 81], "content_span": [82, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Medalists reactions\nAbout the scratch race she continued: \"My plan was to attack about 10 laps from the finish, I wanted to go when the speed was a bit lower. I did it about eight laps before the finish. I was surprised, but every country has just one rider so they don't work together. That was better for me to ride away. I didn't look behind, just once,\" she added. \"I knew I had to give it everything and if there was no gap, then there was no gap. But it worked out well.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 81], "content_span": [82, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Medalists reactions\nDespite having quite a considerable gap coming into the final lap, Van Dijk refused to believe that the race was won until the very end. She detailed the point at which she realised that she was definitely going to triumph. \"Just 100 metres before the finish,\" she said. \"I didn't know how big the gap was [before then], I didn't look back, I was just focused on riding hard and getting everything out.\" A few days on from the frustration of non-qualification, her new rainbow jersey and gold medal provide her with a great deal of compensation. \"I was really, really disappointed with that,\" she confirmed. \"But this makes up for it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 81], "content_span": [82, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Medalists reactions\n\"The race was very fast.\" She told the assembled media. \"I didn't feel very good but at the end I was able to get the silver medal so I am happy about that.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 81], "content_span": [82, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199059-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Medalists reactions\n\"I'm certainly stoked by the result. It is such a great improvement on last year. It would have been great to have got gold, the top prize, but I am really happy. It has been a long wait. I had to put it in my head that I'd get in some training this week, get a bit fitter. But I am really happy with myself; things have been going well for me. I rode well in Europe last year.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 81], "content_span": [82, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199060-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\nThe Women's Sprint was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199060-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\n28 cyclists from 18 countries were due to participate in the contest, but two riders did not start. After the qualifying heats, the fastest 24 riders were to advance to the 1/16 finals, therefore all riders who contested the qualification advanced to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199060-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\nThe first rider in each of the 12 heats advanced to the second round. There was no repechage for this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199060-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\nThe first rider from each of the six Second Round heats advanced to the Quarterfinals and the second placed riders from a repechage to determine the other two riders that competed in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199060-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\nThe quarterfinals turned out to be quite eventful, as Simona Krupeckait\u0117 was relegated in her first match sprint against Willy Kanis when she failed to hold her line in the last 200 metres but won the next two matches to go through to the semifinals. Guo Shuang was also relegated in her second match sprint against Clara Sanchez when she entered the sprinter's lane when the opponent was already there. Lisandra Guerra also received a warning for dangerous riding in the final bend. The first rider in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals and the 4 losing athletes faced a race for 5th-8th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199060-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\nThe qualifying, first round, second round, second round repechages and quarterfinals took place on 28 March. The Semifinals and Finals took place on 29 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199061-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team pursuit\nThe Women's Team Pursuit was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom. 42 cyclists from 14 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest two teams advanced to the final and the 3rd and 4th fastest raced for the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199061-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team pursuit\nThe qualification took place on 28 March and the finals were held later the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199062-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint\nThe Women's Team Sprint was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199062-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint\nTen teams of 2 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199062-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint\nThe Qualifying and the Finals were held on the evening session on 27 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199063-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup\nThe 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup is the 11th edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The calendar remains close to the 2007 UCI Women's Road World Cup with the addition of the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio and a team time trial event in conjunction with the Open de Su\u00e8de Vargarda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199064-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Women's Road World Rankings\nThe 2008 UCI Women's Road Rankings is an overview of the UCI Women's Road Rankings, based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2008 women's road cycling season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199064-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCI Women's Road World Rankings, UCI Teams Ranking\nThis is the ranking of the UCI women's teams from 2008.Final result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199065-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins baseball team\nThe 2008 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. UCLA finished the regular season as the #3 team in the Pacific-10 Conference behind #2 Stanford and #1 Arizona State. The Bruins made it to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament for the third year in a row, competing in the Fullerton Regionals. After beating Virginia 3\u20132 in the first round, the Bruins beat the number 1 seeded Cal State Fullerton Titans 11\u20134. Since the Titans beat Virginia in their double elimination game, the Bruins faced the Titans again in the Regional Finals. The Bruins lost 11\u20138 and 5\u20134 to the Titans to finish the season as runners-up in the Fullerton Regionals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 824]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199065-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins baseball team, Previous season\nThe 2007 season saw the Bruins finish 33\u201328 and third in the Pac-10 Conference behind #1 Arizona State and #2 Arizona. The 2007 season ended in the Fullerton Super Regionals when the Bruins lost two games in a row to Cal State Fullerton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199065-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins baseball team, UCLA Bruins in the 2008 MLB Draft\nThe following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team\nThe 2008 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They opened the season at home against Tennessee under new head coach Rick Neuheisel, at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California. The Bruins played six of the Top 25 teams in the 2007 final Associated Press rankings. More than half of the opponents had won nine or more games during the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team\nThe Bruins had seven home games and five away games this season, UCLA's 90th season in college football and 27th season at the Rose Bowl. Since moving to the Rose Bowl, the Bruins had a 109\u201346\u20132 record, winning 70% (prior to this season).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team\nOn Monday, August 19, Neuheisel named Kevin Craft (#3) as starting quarterback for the first game of the season. Both Ben Olson (#7) and Patrick Cowan (#12) were injured in pre-season practices. Other available quarterbacks were Chris Forcier (#8), Osaar Rasshan (#11), and Nick Crissman (#18).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team\nAlterraun Verner and Aaron Perez were named to the 2008 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team. Verner majors in mathematics and Perez is a sociology major. Sophomore place kicker Kai Forbath was named to Associated Press' All-America third team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Coaching staff, Norm Chow\nOther members of the coaching staff include: Wayne Moses, Running Backs coach; Bob Palcic, Offensive Line coach; Reggie Moore, Wide Receivers coach; Todd Howard, Defensive Line coach; Chuck Bullough, Linebackers coach; Tim Hauck, Secondary Coach; Frank Gansz, Jr., Special Teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Players, Depth chart\nSPECIALISTS: PK \u2013 Kai Forbath (25), Jeff Locke (49); KO \u2013 Jimmy Rotstein (37); P \u2013 Aaron Perez (17),\t39 Danny Reese (39); LS \u2013 Christian Yount (52); H \u2013 17 Aaron Perez (17); PR \u2013 Terrence Austin (4), Ryan Graves (2); KOR 4 Terrence Austin (4), Raymond Carter (20).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Media\nIn addition to the games on TV, the football games were broadcast on the UCLA ISP Sports Network (AM570 Sports, in Los Angeles), with Chris Roberts, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook. 2008 marked the 17th year of the voice of the Bruins for Roberts, 12th season for Stevens, and 7th year for Cook. Both Stevens and Cook are former quarterbacks for UCLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nThis was the season-opening game for both teams. Tennessee held a 7\u20134\u20132 record on the Bruins before game time. Only San Diego State had more games with the Bruins in a non-conference series history. The 1996 game against Tennessee set an attendance record with a crowd of 106,297 at Neyland Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nUCLA and the University of Tennessee agreed to move up their football game to Labor Day in order to have the game nationally televised on ESPN as one of only two football games played on the final day of college football opening weekend. The game was originally scheduled for September 6. The game kicked off from the Rose Bowl at 5 p.m. Pacific Time in the ESPN Monday Night Football time slot, which for the rest of the season was devoted to NFL professional football. The moving of the game altered the schedules of the two teams. Tennessee was scheduled to begin the season on August 30 against the University of Alabama-Birmingham, but that game was moved to September 13. UCLA changed the September 6 slot to be an open date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nUCLA went ahead in the first quarter when Sean Westgate returned a blocked-punt for a 17-yard touchdown. After throwing four interceptions in the first half, Kevin Craft threw a 3-yard pass to Ryan Moya in a 70-yard drive that gave UCLA the lead late in the fourth quarter. Then Tennessee's Daniel Lincoln's 47-yard field goal tied the game with no time in regulation. But Kai Forbath kicked a 42-yard field goal to give the Bruins a 27\u201324 lead in overtime. The Volunteers were unable to match the Bruins in overtime when Lincoln's field goal attempt went wide left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nThe win made Rick Neuheisel, a former UCLA quarterback who was the 1984 Rose Bowl MVP, only the third head coach to win in the first game. The win also marked the first win as a Bruin offensive coordinator for Norm Chow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nTennessee Head Coach Phil Fulmer has a season opener record of 14\u20133, with all three losses coming to teams in California: a 25\u201323 loss to UCLA at the Rose Bowl in 1994, a 45\u201331 loss to California in 2007, and this game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, BYU\nIt was a homecoming for Norman Chow, who was an assistant coach at BYU for many years. Dewayne Walker also coached the Cougars as defensive coordinator. The Bruins held a 7\u20132 record on the Cougars prior to the game. BYU was ranked No. 18 in the AP Top 25 poll and No. 15 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll. Former BYU quarterback Ben Olson did not play due to injuries. In his first career start at San Diego State, Kevin Craft completed 20 of 32 passes for 216 yards against BYU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, BYU\nBYU scored first on a Max Hall pass to Dennis Pitta for 10 yards for a touchdown; then another Hall pass to Austin Collie for a two-yard score in the second quarter. UCLA fumbled the ball and the Cougars recovered, which led to Hall's pass to Collie for the third touchdown. The Bruins again fumbled and Hall had his 4th touchdown pass to Michael Reed. Another Bruins' fumble gave Hall his 5th pass touchdown. Before the end of second quarter, Hall threw his 6th pass (2 yards) to Pitta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, BYU\nIn the second half, Max Hall passed to Harvey Unga for a 6-yard touchdown, Mitch Payne kicked a 24-yard field goal and Wayne Latu rushed for a 13-yard touchdown to give BYU the 59-0 win. This was the worst loss the Bruins endured since a 76\u20130 defeat in the very first UCLA\u2013USC rivalry football game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Bruins held a 19\u201311\u20132 record on the Wildcats at game time. On a day when the Bruins were woeful in punt coverage and bad in third down conversions, the Arizona Wildcats won 31-10 in the Rose Bowl. Arizona quarterback Willie Tuitama, who had been a thorn to UCLA for the last couple of years, threw 222 yards and a pair of touchdowns to tight end Rob Gronkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe only touchdown for UCLA came from Korey Bosworth, who recovered a Wildcat fumble and rolled one yard into the end zone for the score. Kai Fobath kicked a 35-yard field goal to cut Arizona's lead to 17\u201310 at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nNo scoring by either team in the third quarter, but Arizona took care of that by scoring two touchdowns with the short fields in the final period. UCLA running back Chane Moline (#42) had 72 yards rushing and Arizona's wide receiver Mike Thomas (#10) caught for 112 yards. Aaron Perez kicked two punts for more than 50 yards for the Bruins and they were downed inside the two-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nBefore the game, the Bruins held a 6\u20131 record on the Bulldogs. The game was a public safety appreciation game. Because of a knee injury, Fresno State's top defense lineman Jon Monga did not play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nA Derrick Coleman fumble in the redzone in the fourth quarter took away the Bruins' hope of keeping the Bulldogs from winning a game in the Rose Bowl stadium. Fresno State won its first game there by five points, taking control of the final 8 minutes and 55 seconds and not allowing a UCLA comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nThe Bruins had a 35\u201318\u20131 record on the Cougars. UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony was held during half-time. The game was the conference opener for both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nUCLA quarterback Kevin Craft (#3) passed for 224 yards, Derrick Coleman (#33) rushed for 51 yards and Terrence Austin (#4) had 78 yards of receiving in this game. There were no UCLA turnovers for the first time since their game at Arizona on November 3, 2007. With the win, Coach Rick Neuheisel has a 6\u20130 record on the Washington State Cougars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Ducks beat the Washington Huskies 44\u201310 in the first game of the season. UCLA led the series with a 39\u201322 record on Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Oregon Ducks handed UCLA a fourth loss for the season by scoring two touchdowns in the first half. In the early third quarter, Derrick Coleman scored a touchdown for UCLA, but the Ducks answered with a LeGarrette Blout touchdown within 90 seconds. Kahlil Bell scored with 27 seconds left in the third quarter to close the gap at 21\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nFourth quarter saw both teams scoring a field goal and a touchdown. Jeff Miller caught a touchdown pass for the Bruins and Blount had a touchdown for the Ducks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nIt was Homecoming, parent's weekend and high school Band Day at the Rose Bowl for the Bruins. High school bands, along with Stanford Band and UCLA Band performed during half time. The Cardinal started the season with a Pac-10 win over the Beavers 36\u201328 and had a 4\u20133 (3\u20131 in Pac-10) record entering the game. In the previous week, the Cardinal beat Arizona 24\u201323 in an exciting conference game, while the Bruins lost a close game to the Ducks. UCLA had a record of 44\u201331\u20133 on the Cardinal going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nWith ten seconds left and UCLA behind by four points, quarterback Kevin Craft passed to freshman Cory Harkey for a 7-yard touchdown in the northeast corner of the Rose Bowl to stage an upset win, 23\u201320, over the Stanford Cardinal. Two turnovers by the Bruins led to the 14 Stanford points in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nIn the game, Bruins' Craft had 285 passing yards and Taylor Embree caught 72 yards, while Stanford's Toby Gerhard rushed for 138 yards. Also for UCLA, Terrence Austin scored on a 2-yard pass from Craft and Kai Forbath kicked three field goals (37, 19, and 28 yards). Gerhard scored two touchdowns and Aaron Zagory kicked two field goals (40 and 29 yards) for Stanford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California\nCal quarterback Kevin Riley started for the Bears, his first since nearly a month before against Colorado State on September 27. The Bruins took their only lead of the game at the beginning of the second quarter by managing to block a punt attempt by Bryan Anger and recovering the ball in the end zone to go up 7\u20133. On the ensuing possession Jahvid Best was able to break free for 34-yard run, the only offensive touchdown in the first half for the Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California\nMarcus Ezeff then intercepted a pass by Bruins quarterback Kevin Craft which he was able to return for a 69-yard touchdown. Both teams then traded field goals into the fourth quarter. After getting a stop on a fake Bruins punt attempt which nearly converted a 4th and 23 with a 22-yard pass, Riley hit Nyan Boateng for a 53-yard touchdown. Michael Mohammed then intercepted a Craft pass for a 19-yard score. Riley threw his second touchdown pass of the game on a ten-yard strike to Cameron Morrah. UCLA got in the final score of the game when backup quarterback Chris Forcier threw a nine-yard pass to Dominique Johnson, which was set up by a kickoff return by wide receiver Terrence Austin for 81 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California\nCraft passed for 206 yards and was picked off four times, two coming off tipped balls. Wide receiver Taylor Embree had 90 yards receiving. The Bears held the Bruins to 16 yards rushing, while Jahvid Best ran for 115 and Shane Vereen had 99. Riley passed for 153 yards and two touchdowns, although he was sacked three times. The victory continued Cal's win streak against UCLA at Memorial Stadium, having not lost to the Bruins at home since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nVeterans and Armed Forces Appreciation Day at the Rose Bowl, honoring the U.S. service men and women. Flyover by the United States Air Force. UCLA led the series with a 39\u201313\u20134 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Oregon State Beavers took the game away from the Bruins in the second half by scoring 14 points after half-time in the third quarter and allowing only a field goal to UCLA. Kevin Craft was intercepted twice in the fourth quarter to dash any hope of a comeback. Highlights for the Bruins included a 67-yard punt by Aaron Perez, Taylor Embree's five receptions for 64 yards and Reggie Carter's 10 tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington\nHuskies head coach Tyrone Willingham already had been fired from his position. On October 27, 2008, the University of Washington announced that he will not be retained as head coach after the completion of Washington's 2008 football season. Willingham became the third Washington coach to be fired (out of the last four) since Hall of Fame coach Don James resigned in 1993 because of pending NCAA and Pac-10 sanctions against his team where his players were determined to have \"accepted substantial and illegal benefits under James, likely with his knowledge\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington\nUCLA coach Neuheisel had been fired in the summer of 2003 from the University of Washington in relation to his participation in a neighborhood pool for the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and lies he told about his actions. The University of Washington had its probation extended for failing to monitor its football program. This was Neuheisel's first return to Husky Stadium following the firing. There was some booing, but not a significant amount. The Huskies had been on a winless streak all season, and were at 0\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington\nThe day was sunny and dry, so weather was not a factor as can often be the case in Seattle in November. Under the direction of quarterback Kevin Craft, the Bruins drove 80 yards in 12 plays. Running back Derrick Coleman rushed for a touchdown in the first half. In the second half, the Bruins launched a ninety-two yard drive. Backed up against the goal line, running back Kahlil Bell ran four straight times, and Craft followed with several key pass completions. UCLA finally scored on a run by Bell, taking the 24\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nUCLA led the series 15\u20138\u20131 entering the game, following the Sun Devils' 2007 24\u201320 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThe Sun Devils ended UCLA's hope of postseason play with a 34\u20139 victory over the Bruins. Kai Forbath kicked three field goals, including a 53-yarder, for all of the Bruins' points. ASU had four defensive touchdowns, including a 100-yard interception touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nIn the game, Marcus Everett caught eight passes for 75 yards, Michael Norris had six tackles, and Korey Bosworth tallied two sacks during the game for UCLA. A school record was set when Aaron Perez punted eight times for a total career punt yards mark and Terrence Austin ran for 188 all purpose yards, 131 yards in kickoff returns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nUSC led the series, 42\u201328\u20137, but UCLA had an 8-5 record over the Trojans in the Rose Bowl. Rick Neuheisel vs. USC was 1-1. Senior athlete salute. Before the season, this game garnered interest in seeing how coach Rick Neuheisel would perform in his battle to gain supremacy in Los Angeles. Both schools wore their home colorful uniforms, the first time since 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nA fumble recovery turned into a pass reception touchdown by Kahlil Bell in the beginning of the game was all the scoring by the Bruins in this the latest cross-town rivalry game. Quarterback Kevin Craft completed 11 out of 28 passes for a total of 89 yards and had one pass intercepted. He finished the season with 232 completions, second place in history. Terrence Austin set a new school record with 1,878 all-purpose yards, surpassing Maurice Jones Drew, who had 1,863 yards in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199066-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nJoe McKnight (12-yard run), Damian Williams (12-yard pass from Mark Sanchez), Stafon Johnson (2-yard run) and Patrick Turner (18-yard pass from Sanchez) accounted for the Trojans' scores. Sanchez passed for 269 yards, McKnight ran for 99 yards and Turner caught for 81 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199067-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships\nThe 2008 European Track Championships took place in Pruszk\u00f3w, Poland from 3 September to 7 September 2008. They were the annual European championship for track cycling for junior and under 23 riders. Events were also held at elite level in the women's omnium discipline. A men's omnium European Championship was held in Alkmaar, the Netherlands at 18 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199067-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships, Medal summary, Under 23\ni) There were awarded 2 gold medals (and no silver medal) because Ellen van Dijk and Lizzie Armitstead finished at the same time. See the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199068-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 U23 Women's 500 m time trial\nThe Women's 500 m Time Trial was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 European Track Championships, held in Pruszk\u00f3w, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199069-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's omnium\nThe Women's Omnium was the only elite women's events at the 2008 European Track Championships held in Pruszk\u00f3w, Poland and took place at 3 September. The omnium consisted of four events: elimination race, scratch race, 3000m individual pursuit and a points race. Seventeen cyclists participated in the women's omnium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199070-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 individual pursuit\nThe U23 Women's individual pursuit was one of the 8 women's under-23 events at the 2008 European Track Championships, held in Pruszk\u00f3w, Poland. It took place from 5 to 6 September 2008. 17 cyclists participated in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [75, 75], "content_span": [76, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199070-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 individual pursuit, Competition format\nThe women's individual pursuit consists of a 3\u00a0km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one rider catches the other, the race is over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [77, 95], "content_span": [96, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199070-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 individual pursuit, Competition format\nThe tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top four riders advanced to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the gold medal match and losers advanced to the bronze medal race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [77, 95], "content_span": [96, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199071-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 points race\nThe Women's Points Race was one of the 8 under-23 women's events at the 2008 European Track Championships, held in Pruszk\u00f3w, Poland. The race was held on 6 September and 22 cyclists from 14 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199071-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 points race\nEllen van Dijk won the race ahead of Lizzie Armitstead and Aksana Papko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199072-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 scratch\nThe U23 Women's scratch was one of the 8 women's under-23 events at the 2008 European Track Championships, held in Pruszk\u00f3w, Poland. It took place on 7 September 2008. 23 cyclists were on the start list and 22 participated in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199072-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 scratch, Competition format\nA scratch race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. There are no intermediate points or sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 84], "content_span": [85, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199072-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 scratch, Final results\ni) There were awarded 2 gold medals because Ellen van Dijk and Lizzie Armitstead finished at the same time. See the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199073-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 sprint\nThe Women's Sprint was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 European Track Championships, held in Pruszk\u00f3w, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final\nThe 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on 21 May 2008, at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, to determine the winner of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League. It was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, making it an all-English final for the first time in the history of the competition; it was only the third time that two clubs from the same country had contested the final, after 2000 and 2003. It was the first European Cup final played in Russia, and hence the easternmost final in the tournament's history. It also marked the 100th anniversary of Manchester United's first league triumph, the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, and the 40th anniversary of United's first European Cup triumph in 1968. It was Manchester United's third European Cup final after 1968 and 1999, while it was Chelsea's first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 895]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final\nManchester United won the match 6\u20135 on penalties, following a 1\u20131 draw after extra time. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 26th minute with a header from a cross by Wes Brown, but Frank Lampard equalised shortly before half-time. The second half and most of extra time passed without incident until Chelsea's Didier Drogba was sent off for slapping Nemanja Vidi\u0107 four minutes from the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final\nIn the penalty shoot-out, Ronaldo missed Manchester United's third kick, giving John Terry the chance to win the title for Chelsea, only for his shot to hit the post when he slipped as he was about to kick the ball. Edwin van der Sar then saved Nicolas Anelka's effort from Chelsea's seventh kick to secure Manchester United's third European Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final\nMore than 67,000 people watched the game in the stadium, along with more than 17.5\u00a0million television viewers in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. In addition to prize money received from earlier in the competition, Manchester United received \u20ac7\u00a0million for winning the final, while Chelsea received \u20ac4\u00a0million. As winners, Manchester United went on to play in the 2008 UEFA Super Cup, losing 2\u20131 to 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup winners Zenit Saint Petersburg, and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, which they won after beating 2008 Copa Libertadores winners LDU Quito 1\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nManchester United and Chelsea had played each other 150 times prior to the Champions League final, including 18 meetings in domestic cup competitions (the FA Cup, the Football League Cup and the FA Community Shield). Due to various historical restrictions regarding the number of teams from the same country entering European competitions, they had never met in Europe before. Manchester United held the upper hand in the teams' previous meetings, winning 65 times to Chelsea's 41, with 44 draws. Their cup record was equally good, winning 10 of their 18 meetings, with 4 draws and 4 Chelsea wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nHowever, honours were even in cup finals, with Manchester United having won the 1994 FA Cup Final 4\u20130, while Chelsea won the 2007 FA Cup Final 1\u20130, the last cup game between the two sides. Manchester United responded to defeat in the 2007 FA Cup Final by beating Chelsea in the 2007 FA Community Shield the following August, winning 3\u20130 on penalties after a 1\u20131 draw in normal time. They went on to claim their 17th league title at the end of the 2007\u201308 Premier League season, finishing two points ahead of Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nBoth teams went into the final game of the season level on points, but United were ahead of Chelsea because of their superior goal difference, meaning United's 2\u20130 win against Wigan Athletic on the final day made Chelsea's late draw with Bolton Wanderers irrelevant. In the two sides' league meetings that season, United won 2\u20130 at Old Trafford in Avram Grant's first game in charge of Chelsea on 23 September 2007, while Chelsea won 2\u20131 at Stamford Bridge in the return game on 26 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nBecause of the aforementioned restrictions on entry to UEFA competitions, Manchester United had only met English opposition in Europe twice before, while Chelsea had far more experience against English opposition, having played 12 matches against compatriot clubs, winning five, drawing five and losing just two. There had been two previous Champions League finals between teams from the same country: in 2000, when Real Madrid beat fellow Spanish side Valencia 3\u20130 at the Stade de France; and in 2003, when Italian sides Milan and Juventus played out a 0\u20130 draw at Old Trafford before Milan won 3\u20132 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nBoth sides had a connection to the early history of European football; Chelsea were invited to take part in the inaugural European Cup in 1955\u201356 as champions of England, only to be denied entry by The Football League, allowing Manchester United to become the first English entrants in the competition the following season. In February 1958, eight Manchester United players were killed in the Munich air disaster, when the aeroplane carrying their team back from a match in Belgrade crashed while attempting to take off from a refuelling stop in Munich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nManager Matt Busby was seriously injured in the crash and almost died as a result, but he rebuilt the team, and in May 1968, Manchester United became the first English winners of the European Cup, beating Benfica 4\u20131 in the 1968 European Cup Final. Chelsea won their first European trophy three years later, when they beat Real Madrid 2\u20131 in the 1971 European Cup Winners' Cup Final replay after a 1\u20131 draw in the first match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nBoth Chelsea and Manchester United won that same competition during the 1990s \u2013 first Manchester United beat Barcelona 2\u20131 in the 1991 final (followed by victory over Red Star Belgrade in the 1991 Super Cup), and then Chelsea beat VfB Stuttgart in the 1998 final (followed by victory over Real Madrid in the 1998 Super Cup, their most recent European success at the time). Manchester United then won their second European Cup the following year, beating Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Manchester United\nManchester United were drawn in Group F along with Roma, Sporting CP and Dynamo Kyiv. United won their first five group games; they first travelled to Lisbon, where Cristiano Ronaldo's header secured a 1\u20130 win against his old club, Sporting. Next was another 1\u20130 win at home to Roma, followed by back-to-back four-goal victories over Dynamo Kyiv (4\u20132 in Ukraine and 4\u20130 at Old Trafford). United secured top spot in the group with a 2\u20131 win at home to Sporting in their fifth game. They travelled to Roma for the final group game, in which both teams were already guaranteed to progress; it finished as a 1\u20131 draw, with Gerard Piqu\u00e9 scoring his second goal for the club before Mancini's equaliser. United finished with 16 points, the most of all the group winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 834]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Manchester United\nIn the first knockout round, United were drawn against Lyon. They drew the away leg 1\u20131, thanks to a late equaliser from Carlos Tevez, before winning the second leg 1\u20130 \u2013 Ronaldo scoring the only goal \u2013 to ensure a 2\u20131 aggregate victory and a place in the quarter-finals, where they were again drawn against Roma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Manchester United\nThe quarter-final matches represented the fifth and sixth times these two clubs had met in Europe in just over 12 months; they had met at the same stage of the previous season's competition and then again in the group stage this season. United went to Rome and secured a 2\u20130 win with a first-half header from Ronaldo and a second-half goal tapped in by Wayne Rooney. United went on to secure the tie in the second leg with a 1\u20130 win, their record 11th consecutive home Champions League win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Manchester United\nThe semi-final pitted United against Barcelona; the teams had not met since the group stage of the 1998\u201399 tournament, the last time United won it. The teams also had identical records going into the semi-final, each having won eight and drawn two of their 10 games, scoring 18 goals and conceding just five. The first leg at the Camp Nou saw United spend most of the game defending, while Barcelona tried to pass the ball around them. United were awarded a penalty in the first minute, but Ronaldo sent the ball wide, hitting the stanchion behind the goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Manchester United\nThat was as close as either team got to a goal in the first leg and it ended 0\u20130. The second leg at Old Trafford was played at a higher tempo, and United won 1\u20130 thanks to a goal from Paul Scholes after 14 minutes. This result extended United's consecutive home win record in the Champions League to 12 and ensured that they reached the final unbeaten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Manchester United\nIn reaching the final, United won nine and drew three of their 12 matches, dwarfing their record of four wins and six draws in the 10 games they took to reach the final in 1999 (when teams advanced from the group stage directly into the quarter-finals). United scored 19 goals en route to the final, Ronaldo scoring seven of them, more than any other player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Chelsea\nIn the group stage, Chelsea were drawn into Group B, along with Schalke 04 of Germany, Rosenborg of Norway and Spanish club Valencia. Chelsea's first match in the group was against Rosenborg at Stamford Bridge, where they were held to a 1\u20131 draw. Two days later, manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho left Chelsea by mutual consent, and was replaced by their director of football, former Israel national team coach Avram Grant. Chelsea's second match was against Valencia, whom they beat 2\u20131, leaving Chelsea with four points from their two matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Chelsea\nThey then faced Schalke in their next two matches; the first was played at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea winning 2\u20130, while the return match in Gelsenkirchen ended in a 0\u20130 draw. Chelsea's final two matches in their group resulted in a 4\u20130 victory away to Rosenborg and a goalless draw at home to Valencia. Chelsea progressed as group winners with 12 points from six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Chelsea\nChelsea faced Greek side Olympiacos in the first knockout round. The first leg in Athens ended in a 0\u20130 draw, but a 3\u20130 win in the second leg, with goals from Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Salomon Kalou, saw Chelsea through to the quarter-finals. There, they were drawn against Fenerbah\u00e7e of Turkey. The first leg was held at the \u015e\u00fckr\u00fc Saraco\u011flu Stadium in Istanbul, and ended in a 2\u20131 defeat, as Deivid made up for an early own goal by scoring the winner nine minutes from time after Colin Kazim-Richards' equaliser. Chelsea won the second leg at Stamford Bridge 2\u20130, with goals from Ballack and Lampard, to claim a 3\u20132 aggregate victory over the Turkish side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Chelsea\nChelsea faced fellow English club Liverpool in the semi-finals. This was the fourth year in succession that these teams had met in the Champions League, following semi-final meetings in 2004\u201305 and 2006\u201307, and two group stage matches in 2005\u201306. The first leg at Anfield was a 1\u20131 draw, in which Chelsea got a 95th-minute equaliser through a John Arne Riise own goal after Dirk Kuyt had put Liverpool 1\u20130 up just before half-time. Chelsea won the second leg 3\u20132 after extra time, with two goals from Didier Drogba and one from Lampard sending the Blues through to the first Champions League final in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue\nThe Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow was selected as the venue for the match at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 4 October 2006. The committee \u2013 who decided the venue for the 2009 final and the 2008 and 2009 UEFA Cup Finals at the same meeting \u2013 based their decision on a number of factors, including stadium capacity, safety and security facilities, and accessibility. The other venues in contention were the Estadio Ol\u00edmpico in Seville, the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Wembley Stadium in London, and the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, which was chosen to host the 2009 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue\nThis was the easternmost final in the history of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League. It was the first time the competition's showpiece match had been played in Russia, although the Luzhniki Stadium had previously played host to the 1999 UEFA Cup Final, in which Italian club Parma beat French side Marseille 3\u20130. Because of the difference in time zones, the match kicked off at 22:45 Moscow Time, making it the first Champions League final to start on one day and finish in the next.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue\nOriginally known as the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium, the venue opened in 1956 as a new national stadium for the Soviet Union national football team. In 1973, it served as the principal venue for the seventh Summer Universiade, before going on to perform the same function at the 1980 Summer Olympics. By this point, the stadium's capacity was 103,000; however, renovations in the mid-1990s reduced the capacity to just under 85,000. The stadium was given five-star status by UEFA in 1998, before hosting the UEFA Cup final the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue\nTo help the stadium cope with cold Russian winters, the grass pitch was replaced by an artificial FieldTurf surface in 2002. Although UEFA allowed matches in earlier rounds and European Championship qualifying to be played on the synthetic surface, they mandated that the Champions League Final should be played on natural grass. The FieldTurf was removed after Russia's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match against England on 17 October, but the first grass pitch laid was deemed to be too bumpy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue\nAnother pitch was laid less than three weeks before the final at a cost of \u00a3160,000, using turf shipped in from Slovakia, but groundsman Matt Frost said, \"I'm totally disappointed with the whole project and what we are presenting for the final.\" UEFA's director of communications, William Gaillard, said the pitch might not look as good as they had hoped to television audiences, but was confident that it would be fine to play on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue\nAs part of the marketing for each Champions League final since 1997, UEFA commissions a unique design concept inspired by the cultural and historical heritage of the host city. The 2008 final's design was announced on 31 October 2007 in a ceremony at the Luzhniki Stadium, attended by the ambassador for the final, former Russian goalkeeper Rinat Dasayev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue\nThe design was based on a colour scheme of deep red and gold, inspired by the predominant colours of Red Square, the Kremlin and the gold domes of Moscow's cathedrals, and featured images of the Moscow skyline, as well as the UEFA Champions League logo and trophy rendered in a Russian artistic style, with text in a font similar to Cyrillic script.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue\nAs has also taken place for every Champions League final since 1997, a ceremonial handover of the UEFA Champions League trophy was held in the host city; the 2008 ceremony was at the GUM Centre in Moscow's Red Square on 3 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue\nOn behalf of 2007 champions Milan, their technical operations director and former player Leonardo, and club director Umberto Gandini presented the trophy to UEFA president Michel Platini, who passed it on to the Mayor of Moscow, Yury Luzhkov, for it to be displayed in five cities around the country \u2013 Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Saint Petersburg and Samara \u2013 before returning to Moscow ahead of the final. Also in attendance at the ceremony were final ambassador Rinat Dasayev and Russian Football Union president Vitaly Mutko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and supporters\nAlthough the Luzhniki Stadium had a usual capacity of almost 85,000 spectators, that was reduced to 69,500 for the final. Of those tickets, approximately 21,000 were reserved for each finalist club, with a further 10,500 available for purchase by the general public via the UEFA website. Recipients of those tickets were determined by a random ballot following an online application process that ran from 28 February to 19 March 2008. Tickets were available in three categories, priced at \u20ac80, \u20ac140 and \u20ac200 depending on their location in the stadium. UEFA received around 125,000 applications for tickets from the general public over the course of the three-week application process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and supporters\nThe clubs were able to distribute their tickets however they wished; Manchester United chose to make their allocation available to all Executive Seat Holders and any Season Ticket Holders who had successfully applied for a ticket to at least one of the club's five away Champions League matches between the group stage and the quarter-finals, while Chelsea opened up applications to all club members and season ticket holders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and supporters\nManchester United chief executive David Gill expressed disappointment that his club had only been allocated 21,000 tickets for their supporters, claiming that they could have potentially sold up to 100,000. While Manchester United managed to sell out their entire allocation, UEFA's William Gaillard indicated that Chelsea still had \"up to a couple of thousand\" tickets unsold the day before the game, despite claims by Chelsea's chief operations officer, Ron Gourlay, to the contrary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and supporters\nOne of the major concerns for English fans attending the final was the acquisition of visas for entry into Russia. However, after a period of negotiations between representatives of Russia, the United Kingdom, UEFA and the two clubs, it was agreed that fans with tickets for the match would not require a visa, provided they were also able to produce a passport with at least six months before expiry and a completed immigration card on entry into Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and supporters\nThe visa-free period was initially supposed to run for 72 hours between 19 May and 23 May, but this was later extended to an eight-day period lasting from 17 to 25 May. Because of the difficulty and expense of acquiring a ticket and visa, fans who had not already got tickets were advised against travelling to Moscow by Gaillard, who also warned fans about Russia's strict laws regarding the consumption of alcohol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and supporters\nAlthough the two clubs claimed to have sold most of the 42,000 tickets allocated to them, only about 25,000 fans were said to have travelled to Moscow from the United Kingdom, with about 110 charter flights arriving ahead of the game. According to the head of the Russian national tourist office, Mikhail Ignatiev, many fans were put off by the cost of travel and accommodation. Additionally, most of Moscow's hotels were full on the night of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and supporters\nAs some fans looked to offload tickets to the match, The Moscow Times reported that the black-market price dropped from a high of \u20ac2,000 (\u00a31,600) to around \u20ac500 (\u00a3400), while Russian TV channel Sport-1 was reporting prices as low as \u00a3300 for tickets belonging to fans who had failed to make the trip to Moscow. Among the celebrities who did not travel were Chelsea supporter and chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) Sebastian Coe, who had to attend meetings ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics, and Manchester United fan and Simply Red lead singer Mick Hucknall, who was due to perform at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Match ball\nThe match ball for the final was the Adidas Finale Moscow, the eighth in the Adidas Finale range. The ball's design was based around the \"starball\" pattern, inspired by the UEFA Champions League logo; the stars are dark red with gold detailing, tying in with the overall design concept for the final. Technically, the ball is based on the Adidas Europass, which was used at UEFA Euro 2008 later that summer; it has the same 14-panel configuration as the Adidas Teamgeist, but with the proprietary surface texture developed for the Europass. The ball was unveiled at a ceremony in Moscow's Manezhnaya Square, attended by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, former Germany player and coach Franz Beckenbauer, final ambassador Rinat Dasayev and Russian Football Union president Vitaly Mutko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Officials\nThe referee for the final was 40-year-old Slovakian referee \u013dubo\u0161 Miche\u013e, the first Slovak to take charge of a European Cup final. His team was completed by fellow Slovak assistant referees Roman Slysko and Martin Balko and fourth official Vladim\u00edr Hri\u0148\u00e1k. Having presided over the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, Miche\u013e was the second man to referee the finals of both the Champions League and UEFA Cup since the latter changed to a single-legged affair in 1998; the other was Pierluigi Collina, who had been the referee in Manchester United's last Champions League final appearance in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Officials\nMiche\u013e began refereeing in 1987 at the age of 19, and took charge of his first top-flight game in 1993. That same year, he was promoted to the FIFA list of international referees, and in November 1993, he refereed his first international match \u2013 a UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifier between San Marino and England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Officials\nMiche\u013e's first UEFA Champions League matches came in the 1998\u201399 season, including Manchester United's 5\u20130 win over Br\u00f8ndby in the group stage. Up to the 2008 final, he had refereed 55 Champions League matches (including qualifying), notably the second leg of the semi-final between Chelsea and Liverpool in 2005, in which Liverpool's Luis Garc\u00eda scored a controversial goal that Miche\u013e chose to allow. He was also selected to referee at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, and the European Championships in 2004 and 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection\nSir Alex Ferguson guaranteed a place in the starting line-up for Paul Scholes, after the midfielder had missed the 1999 final through suspension. Ferguson made one change from the team that had beaten Wigan Athletic to secure the league title 10 days earlier, with Owen Hargreaves starting on the right side of midfield in a 4\u20134\u20132 formation in place of Park Ji-sung, who did not even make the substitutes bench despite starting both legs of the semi-final. Cristiano Ronaldo started on the left wing, where he was pitted against makeshift Chelsea right-back Michael Essien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection\nThis went against the prediction of The Guardian's David Pleat, who thought a duel between Ronaldo and Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole would be key to the final. Ferguson hoped his substitutes might have a big impact on the match, just as Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r did in 1999, when the pair came off the bench to help Manchester United come from behind and beat Bayern Munich. A week before the game, Ryan Giggs was philosophical about his chances of being included in the starting line-up; he was eventually named as one of seven allowed substitutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection\nThe day before the match, Chelsea manager Avram Grant predicted that the game would throw up few tactical surprises due to the two teams' knowledge of each other from the domestic league. Like Ferguson, Grant made only one change to the team that started Chelsea's final league game against Bolton 10 days earlier; centre-back Ricardo Carvalho overcame a recurring back injury to start in place of Alex. Captain John Terry (dislocated elbow) and striker Didier Drogba (knee) also recovered from injuries suffered against Bolton to start the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection\nFlorent Malouda retained his place on the left wing ahead of Salomon Kalou, while Michael Essien continued at right-back, rather than in his preferred midfield position, ahead of Paulo Ferreira \u2013 who did not even make the bench despite starting both legs of the semi-final \u2013 and Juliano Belletti. Ashley Cole also started despite hurting his right ankle in training the day before the game under a heavy challenge from Claude Mak\u00e9l\u00e9l\u00e9; Cole's replacement would have likely been Wayne Bridge, but he recovered sufficiently that Bridge was not even included in the matchday squad as cover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, First half\nAfter a fairly cagey first 21 minutes, the first major incident of the game occurred when Scholes and Mak\u00e9l\u00e9l\u00e9 clashed in mid-air, resulting in both players being booked and Scholes having to leave the field for treatment to a bloody nose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, First half\nThe first goal of the game came five minutes later, when an interchange of passes between Scholes and Wes Brown after a throw-in on the right flank gave Brown time to pick out a cross for Ronaldo, who directed his header past Petr \u010cech; it was the first time United had scored in the first half of a European final, and the first time Chelsea had gone behind in their three final appearances. Chelsea almost equalised in the 33rd minute when Frank Lampard's cross was headed back into the goal area by Drogba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, First half\nUnited's Rio Ferdinand, under pressure from Michael Ballack, was forced to head the ball towards his own goal and Edwin van der Sar pulled off a one-handed save to deny Chelsea a goal. United spent the rest of the first half pressing for a second goal, and had two good opportunities to extend their lead, but were denied by a double-save from \u010cech. Wayne Rooney delivered a long ball into the path of Ronaldo and the United goalscorer placed his cross on the head of the diving Carlos Tevez, only for \u010cech to deny him. Chelsea's failure to clear the loose ball gave Michael Carrick the chance to extend his side's lead, but \u010cech was again equal to the task with another save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, First half\nChelsea survived the pressure, as Tevez failed to connect with a low cross from Rooney, and equalised in the final minute of the first half. The goal followed a long-range shot by Michael Essien, which deflected first off Nemanja Vidi\u0107 and then Ferdinand. The ball's change in direction caused Van der Sar to lose his footing, leaving Lampard, who had made a run from deep, with a simple finish. In celebration, Lampard looked up and pointed to the sky with both hands in memory of his mother, Pat, who had died a month earlier. At the end of the first half, Sir Alex Ferguson confronted referee Miche\u013e, \"jabbing out an angry finger and spitting out a few choice words\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half\nLampard's equaliser at the end of the first half led to a transformed Chelsea in the second, and they kept United on the back foot for long periods. Nevertheless, the Red Devils managed to contain most of Chelsea's attacks. Chelsea had a few opportunities to take the lead, with Essien breaking free of United's defence in the 54th minute, only for his left-footed shot to curl well over the goal. Chelsea's closest opportunity to take the lead came in the 77th minute when a Drogba shot struck the post from 25 yards (23\u00a0m) out. The Ivorian striker came very close to turning Joe Cole's low cross home for the winner four minutes from time, but fired wide. Ryan Giggs was then introduced in place of Scholes, making a record 759th appearance for Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Extra time\nThe game moved into extra time, and both teams had chances to score a vital second goal; first, Lampard hit the underside of the bar with a left-footed shot after the ball was played in to him with a disguised pass from Ballack, then Giggs stabbed the ball left-footed towards goal instead of sweeping it with his weaker right foot, only to see it headed off the line by Terry. Late in the second half of extra time, the ball was put out of play so players could be treated for cramp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Extra time\nIn returning the ball to Chelsea, Tevez put it out for another throw-in deep in Chelsea's half then signalled to his teammates to put pressure on the restart. Terry and Ballack reacted angrily to this and were joined by several of their teammates, while Manchester United's players rushed in to protect Tevez. Ultimately, most of the 22 players were involved in the fracas. Amid the mel\u00e9e, assistant referee Martin Balko saw Drogba slap Nemanja Vidi\u0107 and reported the incident to referee Miche\u013e.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0032-0002", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Extra time\nAfter showing a yellow card to Ballack, Miche\u013e showed a red card to Drogba for violent conduct, making him only the second player in history to be sent off in a European Cup final after Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann in 2006. In preparation for the penalty shoot-out, both clubs made last-minute substitions; Manchester United brought on Anderson in place of Brown, while Chelsea took off Mak\u00e9l\u00e9l\u00e9 in favour of Belletti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Penalty shoot-out\nAs the match went to penalties, Rio Ferdinand won the coin toss for Manchester United, and opted for his side to go first in the shoot-out, which would be taken at the end housing the Manchester United fans. Tevez stepped up first and sent \u010cech the wrong way. Ballack was next up, shooting powerfully past Van der Sar. Carrick buried his spot-kick, as did Belletti with his first touch of the game. The first miss of the shoot-out came from Ronaldo, who characteristically stuttered in his run-up in an attempt to put \u010cech off, but the goalkeeper dived to his right to save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Penalty shoot-out\nLampard then put Chelsea 3\u20132 ahead, but Hargreaves levelled things up with a shot into the top corner. Ashley Cole was the next up, and Van der Sar got a strong hand to the ball but could not keep it out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Penalty shoot-out\nNani then knew he had to score to keep United in it, and he did, leaving it up to Terry to win the cup for Chelsea; however, Terry lost his footing when planting his standing foot by the ball, and, even though Van der Sar was sent the wrong way, Terry's mis-hit effort struck the outside of the right post and went wide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Penalty shoot-out\nWith the first penalty of sudden death, Anderson \u2013 like Belletti \u2013 scored with his first kick of the game. Kalou then sent Van der Sar the wrong way to make it 5\u20135. Giggs was next up and he was also successful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Penalty shoot-out\nVan der Sar then pulled off the crucial save for United; he pointed to his left to indicate to Nicolas Anelka that he thought he would kick to that side, as had the six players who had kicked before him, only to correctly dive to his right to deny Anelka, whose kick was at a good height to be saved, securing European football's top prize for United for the third time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details\nUEFA Man of the Match:Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United)Fans' Man of the Match:Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nHaving missed what would have been Chelsea's winning penalty, John Terry had to be consoled by his manager, Avram Grant. The Manchester United players formed a guard of honour for Chelsea, lining up in two opposite rows at the foot of the steps up to the presentation party and applauding as the Chelsea team \u2013 led by chief executive Peter Kenyon \u2013 walked through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nAs Drogba had been sent off during the game, he was not allowed to collect his medal himself and it was given to Grant; when he returned to pitch level, Grant tossed his own medal into the crowd. After Chelsea's team received their medals, Munich air disaster survivor Bobby Charlton, who had captained United to the European Cup title in 1968, led his team up to collect their medals in his capacity as a club director.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0037-0002", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nUEFA President Michel Platini presented both Kenyon and Charlton with commemorative plaques and medals, but Charlton declined to accept his medal; he later donated it to the club museum. When all the players had received their medals, Platini presented Manchester United with the trophy, which Rio Ferdinand \u2013 as team captain for the match \u2013 and Ryan Giggs \u2013 standing in for injured club captain Gary Neville \u2013 lifted together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nUnited manager Sir Alex Ferguson said his side deserved to win the game despite Chelsea performing better in the second half, and acknowledged the historical significance of the win, which came 40 years after the club's first European Cup title and 50 years after the Munich air disaster. He also said it was the first penalty shoot-out he had ever won as a manager: \"I won the Charity Shield that way, but that doesn't really count. The European Cup? The FA Cup? The Scottish cups? Never.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nI've lost three with Aberdeen and three with United, so seventh time lucky \u2013 magnificent.\" Ferguson later apologised to Park Ji-sung for not including him in the matchday squad. Ronaldo expressed his relief at his side's shoot-out victory, saying, \"In my opinion I played well in the game, scored a goal, and then missed the penalty. It would have been the worst day of my life. We deserved to win as we played better in the whole game. It means everything to me, we have won both trophies, it is the best day in my life.\" He then attempted to quash speculation about his future and a potential transfer to Real Madrid, saying, \"I am going to stay.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nCarvalho, Lampard and Grant all refused to point the finger of blame at Terry, but assistant manager Henk ten Cate admitted that Terry was not originally due to take one of the first five penalties (if Drogba had not been sent off, the Ivorian would have taken the fifth penalty). Chelsea offered Terry counselling to help cope with having missed his penalty and lost the match. Terry was later accused of spitting at Manchester United striker Tevez, but a UEFA report into the video evidence cleared him of any wrongdoing. Terry also wrote an open letter, published on Chelsea's official website, apologising for missing the penalty and costing Chelsea the trophy. Nicolas Anelka, who took the decisive kick, revealed he did not actually want to take a penalty, citing his lack of warm-up time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 840]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nFollowing the loss, Grant's future as manager was thrown into doubt, and owner Roman Abramovich (who attended the final), chief executive Peter Kenyon, director Eugene Tenenbaum and chairman Bruce Buck were reportedly already seeking a replacement for Grant the day after the game. Buck was unimpressed with Chelsea's second-place league finish and being runners-up in the Champions League, saying, \"We have very high expectations at Chelsea and a couple of second-place finishes is just not good enough for us.\" Grant was officially sacked three days after the match. Buck also confirmed plans to trim the Chelsea squad by selling at least three players, and said that discussions were due to take place regarding Drogba's future with the club, after the striker reportedly expressed a desire to leave earlier in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 870]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nIn Moscow, around 6,000 police were on duty to prevent a repeat of the 2008 UEFA Cup Final riots in Manchester a week earlier, but police reported that none of the 40,000 visiting fans were arrested, due in part to public safety measures such as a ban on public drinking and no large screens being set up for members of the public to watch the game outdoors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nIn London, violence escalated outside Fulham Broadway tube station, near Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground; police arrested 12 people on public order offences, while one man was arrested for grievous bodily harm, drink driving and dangerous driving, after he hit a 31-year-old while attempting to drive down Fulham Broadway. Five police were also believed to have been injured in the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nManchester United had originally intended to hold a parade through the streets of Manchester to celebrate their Double triumph on their return from Moscow on 22 May. However, following the violence that occurred at the UEFA Cup Final, Greater Manchester Police determined that any victory parade could only take place later in the summer. The public parade was ultimately cancelled, but fans were given the opportunity to photograph the players with the Premier League and Champions League trophies before Manchester United's home friendly against Juventus on 6 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Media, Broadcasters\nThe match was shown simultaneously in the United Kingdom by free-to-air channel ITV 1 and subscription channel Sky Sports 1, whose networks in 2005 had won the rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League matches for three seasons from 2006\u201307 to 2008\u201309. Sky acted as the host broadcaster for UEFA, providing pictures to all other networks covering the final with around 30 cameras and 100 crew members. The ITV broadcast was led by Steve Rider, with Clive Tyldesley commentating, David Pleat as an analyst, and Andy Townsend and Mark Hughes as in-studio pundits. Sky's team consisted of presenter Richard Keys, joined in the studio by Graeme Souness and Jamie Redknapp, and Ruud Gullit via phone, with commentary from Martin Tyler and analysis from Andy Gray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Media, Broadcasters\nITV's viewing figures peaked at 14.6\u00a0million in the five minutes from 22:30, during the penalty shoot-out. During the match (from 19:45 to 22:35), the number of viewers averaged at 11.1\u00a0million (46% of the total audience), while the average over the entire broadcast from 19:00 to 23:15 was 9.6\u00a0million (43% of the total). Meanwhile, Sky Sports' peak was 2\u00a0million viewers in a five-minute period near the end of extra time; their average for the match was 1.8\u00a0million, and 1.3\u00a0million for the full broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Media, Broadcasters\nIn Ireland, RT\u00c9 Two's coverage of the match reached a one-minute peak of 998,000 (62% share), with an average over their four-hour broadcast of 653,000 (44% share). In the United States, viewership was split between the English-language channel ESPN2 and Spanish-language channel ESPN Deportes; viewership on ESPN2 averaged at 1.097\u00a0million, while ESPN Deportes received an average of 213,000 viewers, totalling 1.31\u00a0million. It was the first time a UEFA match on ESPN had been watched by more than 1\u00a0million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Media, Advertising\nBased on an expected audience of up to 13\u00a0million, ITV raised the prices of their 30-second advertising slots during the final from between \u00a3100,000 and \u00a3150,000 to as much as \u00a3250,000. It was estimated that ITV would stand to make \u00a39\u00a0million in advertising revenue during the final, rising to \u00a310\u00a0million if it went to extra time and penalties; this compared with amounts of \u00a32\u20133\u00a0million normally received for its Wednesday night schedule and \u00a33\u20134\u00a0million for a Champions League final with no British teams involved. Among the confirmed advertisers on ITV were Ford, Cadbury, Nike, Heineken, Audi and BlackBerry. Sky's advertising prices were not reported, but among their scheduled advertisers were Audi, Ford, Nike, Samsung and Pepsi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Rewards\nIn addition to the \u20ac5.4\u00a0million participation bonus, \u20ac5.7\u00a0million won from the group stage and \u20ac7.7\u00a0million from the three rounds prior to the final, Manchester United also received \u20ac7\u00a0million for winning the final. Chelsea also received \u20ac5.4\u00a0million for participation and \u20ac7.7\u00a0million for the first three knockout rounds, but received only \u20ac5.1\u00a0million from the group stage, having drawn two more games and won two fewer than Manchester United. Chelsea also received \u20ac4\u00a0million for finishing as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Rewards\nIn addition to the \u20ac23.4\u00a0million and \u20ac19.8\u00a0million earned respectively by the two clubs as prize money, Manchester United and Chelsea received money from the UEFA market pool share. The market pool share had a total value of \u20ac277\u00a0million, shared between the 32 clubs that qualified for the group stage. The pool was split in proportion to each national association's strength in the television market, with the Premier League clubs receiving around \u20ac60\u00a0million in total from the pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Rewards\nThe money was then split between the four teams who qualified for the Champions League from the 2006\u201307 FA Premier League based on their position in the league and the number of matches played in the 2007\u201308 Champions League. This meant that Manchester United, having won the 2006\u201307 Premier League, received around \u20ac19.5\u00a0million, and Chelsea, as runners-up, received around \u20ac16.5\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199074-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Rewards\nAs winners of the Champions League, Manchester United earned places in the 2008 UEFA Super Cup and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. In the Super Cup, United faced 2008 UEFA Cup Final winners Zenit Saint Petersburg at Stade Louis II in Monaco on 29 August 2008; Zenit won the match 2\u20131. As UEFA's representative at the Club World Cup, Manchester United entered the tournament at the semi-final stage, where they beat 2008 AFC Champions League winners Gamba Osaka 5\u20133. They then beat 2008 Copa Libertadores winners LDU Quito 1\u20130 in the final to become the first English club to win the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final\nThe 2008 UEFA Cup Final was a football match that took place on 14 May 2008 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England. It was the 37th annual final of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second tier club football tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final\nThe match, which was contested by Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia and Rangers of Scotland, was billed as a battle between former Rangers manager Dick Advocaat, then the manager of Zenit, and incumbent Rangers boss Walter Smith, both of whom had completed the Scottish domestic treble; Smith in 1993, Advocaat in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final\nZenit won the match 2\u20130 with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov, to claim their first UEFA Cup title, making them only the second Russian side to win the competition, after CSKA Moscow in 2004\u201305.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final\nThe fixture is notable for having the largest travelling support in football history, with close to 200,000 Rangers fans travelling to Manchester for the occasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Background\nZenit and Rangers had never previously met in European competition, although Rangers had played Russian opposition on 10 prior occasions, winning seven \u2013 including a 3\u20132 win over Dynamo Moscow in the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final \u2013 drawing two and losing one. Zenit had never played against Scottish opposition, although they had played in England three times, winning once against Bradford City in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup and losing to Bolton Wanderers in the 2005\u201306 UEFA Cup and Everton earlier in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Background\nRangers' European record was significantly better than Zenit's going into this match, having reached the final of the Cup Winners' Cup three times \u2013 in 1961, 1967 and 1972, winning the last one. By winning the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup, Rangers also played in the 1972 European Super Cup, losing to Ajax of the Netherlands, although this is not considered official by UEFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Background\nRangers went into the final four points behind Glasgow rivals Celtic in the Scottish Premier League, albeit with three games left to play, compared to Celtic's one. However, they had already won the League Cup against Dundee United two months earlier and were due to play in the Scottish Cup Final against Queen of the South 10 days after the UEFA Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Background\nBecause of the difference between the Russian and Scottish football calendars at the time \u2013 Russia operated a March\u2013November calendar until 2011 \u2013 Zenit had only played six games of their 2008 league season by the time of the UEFA Cup final; however, they had finished the previous season in November 2007 as league winners, as well as reaching the quarter-finals of the 2007\u201308 Russian Cup and beating Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Super Cup in March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Route to the final\nThroughout the season in Europe, Rangers had developed a reputation for being involved in tight games, principally due to their disciplined, defensive tactics which nullified opponents \u2013 scoring 16 goals and only conceding 11 in their 18 matches in the two competitions. This approach intensified after dropping into the UEFA Cup, with none of their matches involving more than two goals; there were four 0\u20130 draws amongst the eight matches. This cautious tactical approach drew both criticism (for the largely unexciting and unattractive football which resulted from the tactics) and praise (for successfully limiting the opportunities created by their opponents, all of whom were considered to have more skillful, dangerous players than Rangers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Route to the final\nZenit were considered by the clubs of Western Europe to be a more unpredictable opponent (although not an unknown quantity, as they had reached the quarterfinals of the 2005\u201306 UEFA Cup and had won the 2007 Russian Premier League). In contrast to their opponents in the final, they scored 28 and conceded 15 in their 16 UEFA Cup games, which included impressive wins over Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich by large margins, but also defeats by Everton, Villarreal and Marseille which had seen them close to elimination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue\nThe City of Manchester Stadium was selected as the venue for the 2008 UEFA Cup Final at the October 2006 meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Other candidates to host the match included the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg, Germany; the Stadionul Na\u021bional in Bucharest, Romania; the Ramat Gan Stadium in Ramat Gan, Israel; and the \u015e\u00fckr\u00fc Saraco\u011flu Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, which was awarded the 2009 UEFA Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue\nThe stadium was initially built as the primary venue for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, hosted in Manchester, but the athletics track was removed when Manchester City moved from their old Maine Road stadium in 2003. The conversion increased the capacity of the stadium from 41,000 for the Commonwealth Games to almost 48,000. In 2005, the stadium was selected as one of the venues for UEFA Women's Euro 2005, played in five towns across north-west England. The only previous major European final held in Manchester was the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final at Old Trafford between Juventus and Milan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue\nFor the past few years, like the Champions League final, each UEFA Cup final was branded with a unique visual identity. The identity of the 2008 final, unveiled at a ceremony at the City of Manchester Stadium on 6 December 2007, was created by Manchester artist Liam Spencer, who is known for his paintings of the Manchester area; the series of paintings produced for the 2008 UEFA Cup Final combines inspiration taken from both the UEFA Cup branding and the City of Manchester Stadium itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Pre-match, Ambassador\nEuropean Cup winner and Manchester United legend Denis Law, who also played for Manchester City was appointed as ambassador of the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Pre-match, Ticketing\nZenit and Michel Platini asked the British government to ease visa procedures for Russian fans, despite Russia having cancelled visas for British fans travelling to 2008 UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow. However, the Director for British Visa Services for the CIS, Mandy Ivemy, said that \"for the U.K. government, visas and biometric checks are a vital part of immigration policy, and we are not prepared to waive them\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Pre-match, Ticketing\nMeanwhile, there was a mass flow of Rangers fans into Manchester. An estimated 150,000 Rangers supporters descended upon the city, despite the club's official ticket allocation being just 13,000 and police requests for fans to stay at home. The influx of people resulted in there being no vacant hotel rooms in a twenty-mile radius of the city and the total amount of money that was ploughed into the local economy was estimated to be around \u00a325\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Pre-match, Ticketing\nRangers' home ground, Ibrox, was opened to show a live beamback of the match to approximately 40,000 spectators. Fans queued overnight for a seat in the stadium, and the capacity was reached more than two hours before kick-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Team selection\nZenit were without the competition's top scorer, Pavel Pogrebnyak, who had picked up two bookings in the knockout stages of the tournament and was therefore suspended. However, they were able to call upon their other star names such as attacking midfielders Andrey Arshavin and Konstantin Zyryanov, as well as holding midfielder Anatoliy Tymoshchuk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Team selection\nRangers manager Walter Smith started with Jean-Claude Darcheville on his own up-front, with a five-man midfield supporting him comprising Steven Davis, Kevin Thomson, Steven Whittaker, Barry Ferguson and Brahim Hemdani. Neil Alexander was making his tenth start in goal for Rangers following his arrival in January 2008, with first choice keeper Allan McGregor injured. Other notable absentees included right-back Alan Hutton who had transferred to Tottenham Hotspur, and forward Steven Naismith who had sustained a serious injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees: Stefan Wittberg (Sweden) Henrik Andr\u00e9n (Sweden)Fourth official: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Fan violence\nThe event was marred by Rangers supporters rioting in Manchester city centre; these riots started after a big screen that was due to show the match had failed. BBC News 24 interrupted normal programming to broadcast the riots live on television and ITN's flagship News at Ten programme gave extensive coverage to the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199075-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final, Fan violence\nA Zenit fan was also attacked and stabbed, although it was later established that Rangers supporters were not responsible. Eleven people were convicted of rioting and given prison sentences varying from six months to three-and-a-half years in September 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots\nThe 2008 UEFA Cup Final riots were a series of public disorder incidents that took place in Manchester, England, on the day of the 2008 UEFA Cup Final. Serious disorder was allegedly sparked by the failure of a big screen erected in Piccadilly Gardens to transmit the match to thousands of Rangers fans who had travelled to the city without tickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots\nGreater Manchester Police reported that only \"a minority of thugs\" among the 150,000\u00a0visiting Rangers fans were involved in the violence; while Detective Superintendent Geoff Wessell, of Greater Manchester Police, stressed that a \"very, very low proportion\" of the travelling Rangers fans had been involved in disorder. In addition to property damage, fifteen policemen were injured and ambulance crews attended 52 cases of assault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0000-0002", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots\nA Manchester City Council inquiry into the events estimated that over 150,000 Rangers fans visited Manchester for the match, with 39 fans were arrested for a range of offences across the city, while 38 complaints were received about the conduct of Greater Manchester Police officers. The report concluded that the 37,000 Rangers fans inside the City of Manchester Stadium were well behaved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Early scuffles\nOne early incident occurred when fighting between rival fans broke out in a pub, resulting in its closure. The evening before the match, someone had set off fire alarms in the city, a criminal offence. An official report found that missile-throwing and fighting by Rangers fans occurred as long as eight hours before the match began. Around late afternoon the Piccadilly fans zone's gates were forced. Large numbers of fans were jumping upon the roofs of sales units and urinating. The sales units were \"overrun\" and frightened staff had to flee. Police were called but were powerless in the face of the large number of supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Screen failure\nSerious civil disorder began when a large screen, erected to broadcast the game at the Zenit fanzone in Piccadilly Gardens, failed. Chris Burrows, chair of the Manchester Police Federation, claimed the screen was deliberately switched off. The technicians who were brought in to try to rectify the fault were attacked with bottles and had to withdraw. Rangers fans then tore down railings, fighting amongst themselves, as the riot police arrived en masse. Several hundred people became directly involved in disorder and \"considerable violence\" was directed at the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Screen failure\nThirty-nine police officers were injured, including one incident in which hundreds of fans isolated and attacked a riot officer. PC Paul Ritchie received a High Commendation for saving a police officer knocked to the ground by a bottle thrown by a rioter. A police dog was injured when it stood on some broken glass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Screen failure\nBBC News reported that groups of Rangers supporters had clashed with police in the city centre after attacking a bank, bus stops and a sports car which was bounced over the road. Greater Manchester Police reported that \"a minority of thugs\" among the 150,000\u00a0visiting Rangers fans were involved in the violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Screen failure\nThere were reports that a Zenit Saint Petersburg fan was stabbed before the game outside the stadium. However, people detained in connection with the alleged incident were released without charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Screen failure\nAuthorities had to draft in hundreds of extra riot police to deal with the rioting. As the riots continued, by 2100 BST, ambulances were no longer being sent into the city centre unless accompanied by a police escort due to concerns about the \"safety of the crew\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Screen failure\nBritish Transport Police reported sporadic outbursts of rioting at Piccadilly, Oxford Road and Deansgate railway stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Reaction\nBBC News interrupted normal programming to broadcast the riots live on television, with ITN's flagship News at Ten programme giving extensive coverage to the riots. Judge Andrew Blake of Manchester Crown Court, when later sentencing twelve people in connection to the disorder, described the riots as \"the worst night of violence and destruction suffered by Manchester city centre since the Blitz\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Reaction\nRangers' chief executive Martin Bain described the scenes as \"dreadful\" but claimed that the violent scenes \"were caused by supporters that don't normally attach themselves to our support\". He also stated that the club was \"in general, absolutely delighted with the behaviour of our supporters.\" The following day the Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned the rioting as \"a disgrace\". Scottish Conservative leader, Annabel Goldie, said she was \"absolutely appalled\" by the footage, condemning the behaviour as \"horrific and inexcusable\". Steven Purcell, leader of Glasgow City Council, offered an apology in a Manchester newspaper for 200 hardcore thugs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Reaction\nPC Mick Regan, attacked by a gang of twenty men whilst lying on the ground, described the violence. \"It was unbelievable when we got there, it was already in motion. It was frightening, on a different scale from any other match I have worked in my 23-year career. It seemed the vast majority were drunk and they just wanted to cause trouble. A lot of the fans were OK and just asking for directions but there was a large hard core\u00a0... .I know they will say it's a minority but a few thousand is a big minority.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Reaction\nA UEFA spokesman indicated that Rangers were unlikely to face sanctions because the violence did not occur at the City of Manchester Stadium where the match was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Reaction\nMany Rangers fans criticised the tactics employed by Greater Manchester Police. In particular, the deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives' Murdo Fraser suggested the problem might have been caused by heavy-handed policing. He later retracted this after police released footage showing the scale of the problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Reaction\nThere were 63 complaints about police conduct, mainly on the grounds of excessive force. They included one from a 60-year-old man who spent four weeks in hospital after suffering a broken hip and perforated bowel. One fan, James Clark, was charged with rioting, but later cleared of all charges by a court in Manchester. He told STV, \"I have been through utter hell because of the police. They picked me out of crowd of fans at random, beat me black and blue with their batons and set their dogs on me. Yet they charged me with being violent. You couldn't make it up.\" The police, however, defended their actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Reaction\nThere was also criticism from supporters regarding the organisation of the event. In response the Leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese, said \"If we are going to put a finger of blame anywhere it has to be with those fans having to take responsibility for their own behaviour.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Reaction\nUpon the advice of Greater Manchester Police following the unrest, Manchester United cancelled plans for a public parade to celebrate their 2007\u201308 Premier League and UEFA Champions League Double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Arrests and convictions\nManchester City Council announced that 39 fans were arrested for various offences. These included Section 18 wounding at the stadium in relation to the Russian man who was allegedly stabbed, public order offences, touting, affray, possession of an offensive weapon, Section 47 assault, common assault, possession of Class A drugs, theft, possession of forged tickets, and a Zenit fan for pitch incursion. The force's Assistant Chief Constable referred to the behaviour of the fans who were involved in trouble as \"unnecessary and unacceptable\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Arrests and convictions\nAn appeal was issued on Crimewatch in January 2009, and published in Rangers' match programme, attempting to trace 49 men in connection with the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Arrests and convictions\nIn August 2009, thirteen suspected football hooligans appeared in Manchester magistrates court charged with violent disorder following the final. In particular, Scott McSeveny was charged with knocking PC John Goodwin unconscious; another fan, Mark Stoddart, was alleged to have assaulted PC Mick Regan. Twelve people were convicted of rioting and eleven given prison sentences varying from six months to three and a half years in September 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Arrests and convictions\nAn arrested rioter was found to be a serving Essex police officer who was off duty at the time of the incident. He was charged with violent disorder and was released on bail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Return to Manchester\nPlans by Manchester United to invite Rangers to be the opponents for Gary Neville's testimonial match were reportedly abandoned in April 2010 due to objections from police and the local council over fears of trouble due to remaining bad feeling over the damage caused to Manchester city centre by the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Return to Manchester\nRangers were drawn alongside Manchester United in the same group for the 2010\u201311 UEFA Champions League group stage, with the opening game in Manchester on 14 September 2010, with a reverse fixture in Glasgow on 24 November. The draw raised security concerns, in particular regarding the potential for possible reprisals, and the prospect of a large number of ticketless fans arriving in Manchester. United's chief executive David Gill played down the potential for trouble, emphasising instead the connection the two clubs had in both the current club managers in Alex Ferguson of United and Walter Smith of Rangers. The Rangers chief executive Martin Bain also dismissed concerns, highlighting the club's good relations, and prior Champions League meeting in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199076-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Cup Final riots, Return to Manchester\nPrior to kick-off, away supporters were held at Wigan Athletic's DW Stadium, to prevent congregation within Manchester city centre. The match passed with 10 arrests for minor offences, involving five Rangers supporters and five Manchester United fans. The behaviour of Rangers fans was praised by Greater Manchester Police. Wigan Athletic's safety officer also commended supporters' behaviour, commenting \"Rangers fans are welcome here any time in the future, because we had a superb reaction from those who travelled\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199077-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship\nThe final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 26th UEFA European Under-17 Championship, UEFA's premier football tournament for players under the age of 17. The tournament was held in Turkey from 4 to 16 May 2008. Players born after 1 January 1991 were eligible to participate in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199077-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification\nTwo rounds of qualifying were held in order to determine the seven teams to join the hosts, Turkey, at the final tournament. The qualifying round, held from 14 September to 28 October 2007, divided the 52 remaining UEFA nations into 13 groups of four. At the end of the qualifying round, the top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the elite round. The elite round, held from 13 to 31 March 2008, divided the remaining 28 teams into seven groups of four. At the end of the round, the top team in each group advanced to the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199078-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round\nUEFA U-17 Championship 2008 elite round is the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2008. The winners of each group join hosts Turkey at the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199079-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round\nThe 2008 UEFA U-17 Championship qualifying round was the first round of qualification for the main tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. The top two teams from each group and the best two third-placed teams entered the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199079-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, Third-placed teams\nSlovenia and Sweden advanced for the elite round as the two best third-placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199080-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads\nBelow are the rosters for the UEFA U-17 Championship 2008 tournament in Turkey. Players name marked in bold went on to earn full international caps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199080-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads\nPlayers' ages as of the tournament's opening day (4 May 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199081-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship\nThe final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 24th UEFA European Under-19 Championship, UEFA's premier competition for players under the age of 19. The tournament was held in the Czech Republic with matches played from 14 July to 26 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2009 U-20 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199081-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification\nQualification for the final tournament was played over two stages. The first qualifying stage divided the remaining 52 UEFA nations (minus the hosts, the Czech Republic) into 13 groups of four teams. Matches in the first stage were played from 24 September 2007 to 15 November 2007. The top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams then qualified for the elite qualifying stage, where the 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four. Matches in the elite qualifying stage were played from 1 March 2008 to 31 May 2008, when the top team from each group advanced to the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199081-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Final group stage\nThe groups were drawn on 1 June 2008 in Prague by the first vice-chairman of the UEFA Youth and Amateur Football Committee, Jim Boyce, and senior Czech internationals Petr \u010cech and Martin Fenin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199081-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Final group stage\nKey:Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference, Pts Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199081-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Team of the tournament\nAfter the final, the UEFA technical team selected 22 players to integrate the \"team of the tournament\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199082-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification\nUEFA U-19 Championship 2008 (Elite Round) is the second round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-19 Championship 2008. The winners of each group join hosts Czech Republic at the Final Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199083-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification\nUEFA U-19 Championship 2008 (Qualifying Round) was the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. 52 teams are split into 13 groups of 4 and teams in each group play each other once. The top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams will enter UEFA U-19 Championship 2008 (Elite Round).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199084-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in the tournament. Players' age as of 14 July 2008 \u2013 the tournament's opening day. Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup\nThe 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. Fifty teams were invited, with the eleven winners after the third round then advancing to the second qualifying round of the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 21 April 2008. Based on the subsequent progress of the eleven co-winners in their UEFA Cup efforts, Braga is declared the outright winner of the Intertoto Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Association team allocation\n50 teams participated in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup from 50 UEFA associations. Below is the scheme for the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup. The rankings throughout are based on the 2007 UEFA coefficients.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round\nFirst leg matches were played on 21 and 22 June 2008 and second leg matches were played on 28 and 29 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round, Second leg\nEthnikos Achnas 1\u20131 Besa on aggregate. Besa won on away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round, Second leg\nGrbalj 4\u20134 \u010celik on aggregate. Grbalj won on away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round, Second leg\nTiraspol 2\u20132 Mika on aggregate. Tiraspol won on away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round, Second leg\nNitra 3\u20133 Neftchi Baku on aggregate. Neftchi Baku won on away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round, Second leg\nLocomotive Tbilisi 2\u20132 Etzella Ettelbruck on aggregate. Etzella Ettelbruck won on away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Second round\nThe first leg was held on 5 and 6 July 2008, while the second leg was held on 12 and 13 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Second round, Second leg\nBudapest Honv\u00e9d 3\u20133 Teplice on aggregate. Budapest Honv\u00e9d advanced on away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Second round, Second leg\nBohemians 2\u20132 Riga on aggregate. Riga advanced on the away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round\nThe first leg was held on 19 and 20 July 2008, while the second leg was held on 26 and 27 July 2008. The 11 winners entered the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round, Second leg\nTavriya Simferopol 1\u20131 Rennes on aggregate. Rennes won in a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199085-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Winners\nEight of the eleven Intertoto Cup co-winners entered the UEFA Cup by winning their qualifying ties and progressed to the First Round. Five of those eight sides survived the First Round and entered the Group stage. Four of those five qualified for the Round of 32. Only Braga progressed to the Round of 16, making them the overall winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199086-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Super Cup\nThe 2008 UEFA Super Cup was the 33rd UEFA Super Cup, a football match played between the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions. The 2008 competition was contested by Manchester United of England, who won the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, and Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia, the winners of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup. The match was played on 29 August 2008 at the Stade Louis II in Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199086-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Super Cup\nZenit won the match 2\u20131, Pavel Pogrebnyak scoring just before half-time, before Danny doubled the Russians' lead just before the hour mark. Nemanja Vidi\u0107 reduced the deficit to one goal in the 73rd minute, but it was not enough to wrest the trophy from Zenit's grasp, as they became the first Russian team to win the competition. The sending-off of Paul Scholes for handball in the 90th minute resulted in him missing Manchester United's opening game in their defence of the Champions League, a home tie against Villarreal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199086-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Super Cup\nThis was Zenit's first appearance in the competition, while Manchester United had appeared twice before, in 1991 and 1999; their first appearance finished in a 1\u20130 win over Red Star Belgrade, while their most recent appearance was a 1\u20130 loss to Lazio, the last winners of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup to compete in the UEFA Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199086-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary, First half\nThe opening exchanges of the match were dominated by Zenit, counter-attacking down their right flank, exploiting the attack-minded Patrice Evra. Both Konstantin Zyryanov and Aleksandr Anyukov created opportunities on the right wing, only for Pavel Pogrebnyak to miss the target from a promising position on both occasions. Danny also managed to break into the box from the right-hand by-line, only for Rio Ferdinand to block his low cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199086-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary, First half\nUp at the other end, United had a couple of half-chances of their own as, first, Carlos Tevez hit a weak shot into Vyacheslav Malafeev's arms before sprinting after a ball played up the right wing, just managing to keep it in, before breaking through one tackle into the box and squaring the ball to Wayne Rooney. However, the England striker's first touch was poor, and the delay meant that the chance had passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199086-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary, First half\nZenit's pressure began to mount and, with half-time approaching, they won a corner on the left-hand side. Alejandro Dom\u00ednguez took an in-swinging corner. Igor Denisov flicked the ball on at the near post, and it floated over Edwin van der Sar for Pavel Pogrebnyak to head in on the line. Paul Scholes picked up a yellow card shortly after the game had restarted, but the half-time whistle soon followed and Zenit went in on top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199086-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary, Second half\nAndrey Arshavin, a target for Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur over the summer, came on as a substitute for Alejandro Dom\u00ednguez at half-time, but it was Danny who made the breakthrough for the second goal on the hour mark. Picking up the ball just inside the United half, the United defence continued to back off from him and he broke into the box, firing a shot past Edwin van der Sar, who dived the wrong way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199086-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary, Second half\nA Carlos Tevez effort came close to pulling a goal back for Manchester United, and sparked a period of sustained pressure for the European champions. As United began to get into full swing, the Zenit side struggled to cope and, after Tevez had been found in space in the box by Wayne Rooney, he pulled the ball back to Nemanja Vidi\u0107 who stabbed the ball into the net from six yards out. John O'Shea, Park Ji-sung and Wayne Rooney all went close as the clock ran down, but it was Danny who went closest to getting another goal for Zenit, shooting over the bar with just Van der Sar to beat after picking up a through ball from Andrey Arshavin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199086-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary, Second half\nWith only a minute of normal time remaining, Wes Brown sent over a cross from the right wing. Paul Scholes rose to meet the ball, but, instead of heading the ball, he stuck out his right arm and punched the ball into the goal. The referee had no hesitation in showing Scholes a second yellow card and sending him off. The red card meant that Scholes would miss Manchester United's first Champions League game of the 2008\u201309 season, at home to Villarreal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199086-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Details\nAssistant referees: Henrik Sonderby (Denmark) Anders Norrestrand (Denmark)Fourth official: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199086-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Super Cup, Sponsorship\nDanish brewers Carlsberg were the main sponsors of the event, and the Man of the Match award was officially called \"Carlsberg Man of the Match\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199087-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Women's Cup Final\nThe 2008 UEFA Women's Cup Final was played on 17 May and 24 May 2008 between Frankfurt of Germany and Ume\u00e5 of Sweden. Frankfurt won 4\u20133 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199088-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship\nThe 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the first edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. Germany won the trophy for the first time ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199088-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Qualification\nThere were two qualifying rounds, and four teams qualified for the final round, played in Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199088-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Qualification, First qualifying round\nThere were ten groups of four teams each. The ten group winners and best six runners-up advanced to the second qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199088-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Qualification, First qualifying round, Ranking of group runners-up\nOnly matches against 1st and 3rd placed teams were used in the ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 107], "content_span": [108, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199088-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Second qualifying round\nThe sixteen qualified teams from the first qualifying round were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The group winners advanced to the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199088-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Final tournament\nThe knockout stage was played in Switzerland. The four teams qualified to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199089-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship\nThe UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2008 Final Tournament was held in France between 7\u201319 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199089-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualification\n11 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199089-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualification\n6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one club, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199090-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship\nThe 2008 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship was the 8th UEFS futsal championship held in Belgium, with 8 national teams. The matches were played in Antwerp, Li\u00e8ge, Limbourg, La Louvi\u00e8re and Namur, from March 20 to March 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199090-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship\nEuropean Union of Futsal (UEFS) organizes the European Championship biennially.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199091-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UEMOA Tournament\nFollowing are the results of the 2008 UEMOA Tournament, the soccer tournament held among member nations of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). The tournament is also called Coupe de l'int\u00e9gration ouest africaine. All games were played in Bamako, Mali, at the Stade Modibo Keita.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199092-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year\nThe 2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 83rd year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199092-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary\nThe premier competitions were won by Loyal Honcho (2008 English Greyhound Derby) and Shelbourne Aston (2008 Irish Greyhound Derby) respectively. However their achievements were overshadowed by the closure of the sports leading stadium Walthamstow. The shareholders sold up and the track closed in August despite assurances from the owners in December 2007 that no deal had been made to sell the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199092-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary\nThe track had been opened in 1933 by William Chandler and was still owned by the Chandler family but the directors of Walthamstow Stadium Limited agreed to the sale of the Company\u2019s freehold property to a development consortium led by Yoo Capital and K W Linfoot plc. Formal contracts were exchanged and the final race was held on Saturday 16 August. The closure left some of the best trainers in the country pondering their futures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199092-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary\nRacing Manager Chris Page joined Harlow Stadium along with five trainers, John Coleman, Mark Wallis Mick Puzey, Graham Sharp and Kelly Mullins but Puzey soon relinquishes his licence. John Sherry and Dick Hawkes retired, Paul Rich who had only just taken his father's (Peter Rich) licence in February left the sport while Seamus Cahill joined Hove and Paul Garland returned to Wimbledon. Stacey Baggs relinquished her licence to work for Ricky Holloway and her father Gary Baggs (a very successful trainer) passed away later that year in October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199092-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks\nThere was a major blow when Reading in Bennet Road closed after 33 years. The council did not renew the track's lease and the site would be redeveloped despite promises from the BS Group/Gaming International to build a new modern Reading stadium. Similar BS Group plans had failed to materialise at Bristol and Milton Keynes previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199092-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks\nPortsmouth city council announced that the long-term lease was nearing its end and they were considering selling the Portsmouth Stadium site for redevelopment. Leaseholders GRA allowed the track to be taken under lease by a new company registered in March 2008, called PGS Ltd headed by Portsmouth general manager Eric Graham, who would pay \u00a31,000 per year as a peppercorn rent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199092-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Competitions\nThe IbetX Scottish Greyhound Derby started in horrendous weather and the track ran 170 slow, only three heats were completed before the meeting was abandoned. This meant that some greyhounds would have to run four times in nine days leading to withdrawals headed by Charlie Lister's team that included Clash Harmonica and Farloe Reason. Heat eight would result in a remarkable two dog heat. However the competition saw superb semi-finals with Paul Hennessy\u2019s Tyrur Kieran breaking the track record when beating Loyal Honcho in 28.69. He went on to win a very strong final that included Derby finalist Loyal Honcho and Laurels champion Kylegrove Top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199092-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News\nLeading marathon runner Spiridon Louis retired in May after reaching the Dorando Marathon final. Sprinter Horseshoe Ping made the Scurry Gold Cup final again in addition to the Guys and Dolls final and won the National Sprint at Nottingham. Lenson Joker, a white and brindle dog picked up the Cesarewitch trophy before  winning the William Hill Grand Prix and Champion Stakes unbeaten. He would be voted Greyhound of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199092-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News\nIn December Irish Derby finalist Ballymac Ruso trained by Matt Dartnall recorded the fastest ever time for 480 metres (27.79 at Monmore) and Mark Wallis ended the year with the trainer's title, a remarkable achievement bearing in mind the upheaval caused when he lost his Walthamstow contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199092-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News\nFormer Wimbledon trainer Sydney 'Clare' Orton died on 11 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199092-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News\nThe Bord na gCon announced a 6% increase in prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199093-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Championship\nThe 2008 Maplin UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 21 December 2008 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England. It was the 32nd edition of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199093-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Championship\nWorld Snooker, the sports governing body, opened an investigation into allegations of match fixing, after Stephen Maguire beat Jamie Burnett 9\u20133 in the first round. Several bookmakers had stopped taking bets on the match before it even started, when reports of a number of large sums having been placed on the same correct score began to circulate within the industry. Just prior to the 2009 World Championship, where Maguire and Burnett were drawn together the first round, it was announced that Strathclyde Police had opened an official enquiry into the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199093-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 UK Championship\nThe enquiry was closed in 2011 with no criminal charges against either of them, and a World Snooker disciplinary enquiry was announced, which ended without any regulatory action. In September 2013 it was announced, that Stephen Lee was found guilty of agreeing to lose the first frame of his first and second round matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199093-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Championship\nShaun Murphy won the title with a 10\u20139 victory over Marco Fu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 82]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199093-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Championship, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199093-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Championship, Qualifying\nThe qualifying took place from December 1 to 8 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199094-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Music Video Awards\nThe 2008 UK Music Video Awards were held on 14 October 2008 at the Odeon West End in Leicester Square, London to recognise the best in music videos and music film making from United Kingdom and worldwide. The nominations were announced on 25 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199094-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and Technical Categories\nThe Hoosiers \u2014 \"Cops and Robbers\"  (Stylist: Hannah Glossop, Suzie Coulthard)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199094-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and Technical Categories\nThe Last Shadow Puppets \u2014 \"The Age of the Understatement\"  (DOP: Andre Chemetoff)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199094-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and Technical Categories\nKT Tunstall \u2014 \"If Only\"   (TK: Adrian Seery at Rushes)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199094-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and Technical Categories\nHot Chip \u2014 \"Ready for the Floor\"   (Editor: Dan Sherwin at Final Cut)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199094-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and Technical Categories\nThe Horrors \u2014 \"She Is the New Thing\"  (VFX: Corin Hardy, David Lupton)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199095-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Open\nThe 2008 Blue Square UK Open was the sixth year of the PDC's UK Open darts tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at Bolton Wanderers' Reebok Stadium, Bolton, England, between 5\u20138 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199095-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Open\nJames Wade won the tournament; his first UK Open title, and his third major championship inside 12 months. He defeated American Gary Mawson in the final 11\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199095-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Open, Format\nAs in previous years, eight regional UK Open events were staged across the UK where players winning were collated into the UK Order Of Merit. The top 128 players in the list, who played a minimum of three events (plus ties) won a place at the final stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199095-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Open, Format\nThe final UK Open Order of Merit qualifiers (146) were also joined by 32 Holsten qualifiers from pub tournaments throughout the UK. The Holsten qualifiers and the players outside the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit began the tournament on the Thursday night. They played down to 32 players, and they were joined by the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit the following night, to provide the competition's last 64. A random draw was made after each subsequent round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199095-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Open, 2007-2008 UK Open Regional Finals\nThere were eight regional final events staged between September 2007 and March 2008 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 47], "content_span": [48, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199095-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Open, Tournament review\nThe tournament has the nickname, the \"FA Cup of darts\" as a random draw is staged after each round. This provides no protection for the top players, who are usually seeded to avoid each other in early rounds. Raymond van Barneveld and Phil Taylor, the top two in the PDC rankings respectively, met at the quarter-final stage for the third successive year, with the Dutchman coming out on top each occasion, this time 10-9. In addition, Adrian Lewis and Wayne Mardle - two players who played in the 2008 Premier League - played as early as the third Round, the last 64 stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 31], "content_span": [32, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199095-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Open, Tournament review\nVan Barneveld, who had won the tournament for the previous two years went out in the semi-finals to Gary Mawson, which was the Dutchman's first loss at the Reebok Stadium in the event. It also meant that Phil Taylor now overtook him to regain the top spot in the PDC Order of Merit/world rankings, as van Barneveld had failed to defend the \u00a330,000 from the UK Open two years ago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 31], "content_span": [32, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199095-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Open, Tournament review\nEarlier in the tournament, Phil Taylor threw his fourth nine dart leg in six years in the UK Open, during a 9-1 victory over Jamie Harvey in the fourth Round. In his Fifth Round match against Wesley Newton, Taylor achieved the highest televised 3 dart average (to date) of 114.53 surpassing Darryl Fitton's record (114.15) in the International Darts League 2004 against Davy Richardson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 31], "content_span": [32, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199095-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Open, Tournament review\nThe semi-final line-up contained only one player from the United Kingdom for the first time it the tournament's six-year history. That one player - James Wade, however went on to claim to the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 31], "content_span": [32, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199095-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Open, Tournament review\nGary Mawson was the first American player to reach the UK Open final, and the first American since Larry Butler in 1994 to reach a major PDC final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 31], "content_span": [32, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199095-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UK Open, Results, Final Stages\nRandom draws were made after each round up to the semi final stage. Draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 35], "content_span": [36, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199096-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 ULEB Cup Final Eight\nULEB Cup 2007\u201308 Final Eight was the final round of 2007\u201308 ULEB Cup, and there were eight teams, which won their matches in Sixteenth Finals and Eighth finals. The Final Eight was held in Turin, Italy, at the Torino Palavela arena. The matches were played from 10 to 13 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199096-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 ULEB Cup Final Eight, Accommodation, Arena\nThe arena, which hosted the Final Eight, is Torino Palavela in Turin. It is used also for figure skating and ice hockey. For basketball the seating capacity of the arena is 9,200.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199097-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UMass Minutemen football team\nThe 2008 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. The team was coached by Don Brown and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 2008 season was Brown's last as head coach of the Minutemen. He left the position the following season to become the defensive coordinator at Maryland. The Minutemen finished the season with a record of 7\u20135 (4\u20134 CAA), missing the playoffs for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199098-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UNAF U-17 Tournament (Algeria)\nThe second 2008 edition of the UNAF U-17 Tournament took place in December 2008, with Algeria as the host of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199099-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UNAF U-17 Tournament (Tunisia)\nThe 2008 UNAF U-17 Tournament was the third edition of the UNAF U-17 Tournament. It took place in March 2008 in Tunisia. Tunisia won the tournament after topping the round robin competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199100-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UNAF U-20 Tournament\nThe 2008 UNAF U-20 Tournament was the 4th edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament. The tournament took place in Morocco, from 5 to 14 June 2008. Egypt wins the tournament for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199101-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UNAF Women's Club Tournament\nThe 2008 UNAF Women's Club Tournament is the 2nd edition of the UNAF Women's Club Tournament. The clubs from Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia faced off for the title. The algerian team ASE Alger Centre wins the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199101-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UNAF Women's Club Tournament, Teams\nWadi Degla was chosen by the Egyptian Football Association as an Egyptian representative, the Egyptian Women's Premier League was cancelled since the 2002\u201303 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199101-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UNAF Women's Club Tournament, Tournament\nThe competition played in a round-robin tournament determined the final standings. It's hosted in Algiers, Algeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199102-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UNLV Rebels football team\nThe 2008 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. UNLV competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. The Rebels were led by fourth-year head coach Mike Sanford. UNLV finished the season with a 5\u20137 record (MW: 2\u20136), narrowly missing bowl eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199102-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UNLV Rebels football team\nUNLV won three of their four out-of-conference games, including overtime upsets of both of their opponents from Bowl Championship Series conferences: 15th-ranked Arizona State of the Pac-10, 23\u201320, and Iowa State of the Big 12, 34\u201331. The Rebels led Colorado State in the fourth quarter, 28\u201327, but the Rams scored with 0:09 left to play and then on the ensuing kickoff recovered a fumble and scored again. UNLV led Air Force in the fourth quarter, 28\u201320, but lost by one point after the Falcons scored a touchdown and made a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199102-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 UNLV Rebels football team\nThe Rebels were tied at half and the end of the third quarter against 18th-ranked BYU. In the final period, UNLV took a 35\u201334 lead, but lost after yielding a touchdown with 1:46 remaining to play. Despite losing starting quarterback Omar Clayton to an injury, the Rebels still managed victories over New Mexico and Wyoming. UNLV entered the regular season finale with five wins and needed one more victory to attain bowl eligibility and, with it, very likely a bowl game invitation. The Rebels, however, surrendered 21 points in the fourth quarter against a \"woeful\" San Diego State team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts)\nThe 2008 US Open is the second year of a darts tournament, organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was played at the Mohegan Sun Casino Resort, Connecticut, USA between May 16 and May 18, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts), Television coverage and format\nThe event was broadcast on Nuts TV in the UK from the last 16 onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts), Television coverage and format\nThe tournament was open to PDPA members and citizens and Green Card holders from the USA and Canada. The elimination tournament was played down to the last 16 on the Friday and the last 16 played off on Saturday. The quarter-finals onwards took place on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts), Television coverage and format\nIn addition, the PDC also staged the $50,000 North American Darts Championship on the 16th and 17 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts), Tournament Review, Friday 16th May\nFive American players made it through to the last 16 as there were a series of shock results on the opening day of the event. The biggest shock was when Gary Mawson beat world number one and five-time former World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld in the last 32. Current World Champion, John Part went out in round two to Roger Carter who also progressed to the last 16. Bill Davis beat Tony Eccles to reach Saturday's main stage competition. David Fatum and Ray Carver completed the American line-up of five in the last 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 56], "content_span": [57, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts), Tournament Review, Friday 16th May\nWorld number four, Terry Jenkins also suffered a surprise defeat at the hands of Paul Lim, the man who achieved the first ever World Championship nine darter in 1990. World number seven, Andy Hamilton, was beaten in the third round by Buddy Lessig. Number three seed, James Wade withdrew from the event due to illness. Out of the top 8 seeds, only two, Phil Taylor and Roland Scholten, made it to the last 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 56], "content_span": [57, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts), Tournament Review, Saturday 17th May\nThe fifth round action opened with David Fatum being the first player and first American to reach the quarter finals, beating out fellow countryman Bill Davis. Davis however did save some face with a 164 checkout, the highest of the night. Roger Carter was another American player to lose out, to Chris Mason. Mark Dudbridge also put on an impressive display in beating Dave Honey in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts), Tournament Review, Saturday 17th May\nVeteran Dennis Priestley moved into the quarters, dropping only one leg against Adrian Gray. Phil Taylor continued his imposing form, averaging 107 against Colin Osborne, who did take a set out of 'The Power'. American Gary Mawson, who had earlier knocked out the number one seed Raymond van Barneveld, lost 3\u20131 to Blackpool's Ronnie Baxter, and Colin Lloyd also looked to be in menacing form, not dropping a leg against world number eight Roland Scholten. The biggest shock of the night came with America's Ray Carver beating Wayne Mardle 3\u20131 in a high quality match including a 131 checkout from Carver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts), Results\nScores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts), North American Darts Championship\nFor the first time the PDC staged a large tournament available only to citizens and Green Card holders from the USA and Canada. The tournament was worth $50,000, with $15,000 going to the winner. It was played separately from the US Open on the 16th and 17 May, though players could enter for both tournaments. Darin Young, who had been knocked out in the first round of the US Open, emerged the victor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 55], "content_span": [56, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts), North American Darts Championship\nOn the first night the main shock was the defeat of World Champion and number one seed John Part, who was beaten by Buddy Lessig in the third round. The number two seed, Gerry Convery, also lost in the second round to Paul Lim. Leading American and third seed Ray Carver was defeated in the fifth round by Brad Wethington and John Kuczynski was beaten in the quarters by Brian Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 55], "content_span": [56, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199103-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (darts), North American Darts Championship\nThe second night saw the semi-finals and final being played out. Number eight seed Darin Young beat out Bill Davis in a close 7\u20135 game in the first semi-final, while Brad Wethington just beat Chris White in a 7\u20136 affair. The final followed suit. Wethington missed a dart to win the title before Young came back to win 8\u20137 and claim the title. Young said it was 'the biggest win of [his] career'. That moment was dubbed the 'most interesting' part of the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 55], "content_span": [56, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis)\nThe 2008 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 128th edition of the US Open, and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States, from August 25 through September 8, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis)\nThe men's defending champion, Roger Federer, won the US Open for a fifth consecutive time. Justine Henin, the women's defending champion, did not return to defend her title due to her retirement from tennis, for personal reasons, earlier in the year. Serena Williams was the champion on the women's side, winning her third US Open title; she had last won the event in 2002. Federer and Williams's opponents, Andy Murray and Jelena Jankovi\u0107, were making their d\u00e9buts in Grand Slam finals. World number ones Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic went out in the semifinal and second round, respectively. This was Nadal's best ever result at the US Open; for Ivanovic, it was her second early exit at a Grand Slam since her win at the 2008 French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis)\nThe home nation had success; Serena Williams was the first American to win a singles title since Andy Roddick in 2003. Twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan won their second US Open title, and Liezel Huber (who became an American citizen in 2007) won the women's doubles with Zimbabwean Cara Black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Preparations\nThe International Tennis Federation and United States Tennis Association offered audiences a number of new ways to access the Open in 2008. A YouTube channel was set up to broadcast highlights, and the official US Open website featured hourly updates of what was happening at the tournament. Multiple matches could be accessed at any one time, on handheld video devices courtesy of American Express.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Preparations\nIn celebration of the 40th anniversary since the US National Championships became \"open\" to professionals, a special opening ceremony was held, showcasing all the singles champions of the previous 40 years, with over two dozen of them in attendance. The ceremony was hosted by actor Forest Whitaker and included musical performances from funk band Earth, Wind & Fire. In addition to this, fans were shown nightly video tributes, and a commemorative book was published. On August 23, the annual Arthur Ashe Kids Day was held; Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Novak Djokovi\u0107, Ana Ivanovic, and Serena Williams led the player participation. Musical acts including the Jonas Brothers and Sean Kingston performed on this day as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries\nDay by day summaries of the men's and women's singles events, with men's, women's, and mixed doubles exits also listed. Both the men's and women's singles draw are composed of 128 players, with 32 of these players seeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nSeeds progressing on the first day of play included David Ferrer, Andy Murray, David Nalbandian, Stanislas Wawrinka, Gilles Simon, Philipp Kohlschreiber, and Ga\u00ebl Monfils. Recent Olympic gold medalist, and new World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, who acknowledged that he was suffering from fatigue post-match, advanced after being tested by qualifier Bj\u00f6rn Phau; and Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro, who entered the Open on a run of nineteen consecutive wins, and who, over the course of this run, had become the first player in ATP history to win his first four titles in as many tournaments, beat fellow Argentine Guillermo Ca\u00f1as.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nTogether Nadal and del Potro had completed the longest winning streaks on the tour in 2008, with Nadal's run having extended to 32 matches. Americans James Blake (seeded ninth) and Donald Young treated the home crowd to a match spanning five sets, in one of the scheduled night matches, with Blake emerging as the victor. Juan M\u00f3naco and Feliciano L\u00f3pez were the only seeds who failed to progress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nIn the women's competition, Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva, Marion Bartoli, Victoria Azarenka, Patty Schnyder, Caroline Wozniacki, Francesca Schiavone, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Katarina Srebotnik, and Sybille Bammer all made safe passage into the second round. Nadal's Olympic counterpart, Elena Dementieva, made hard work of her win against Akgul Amanmuradova, and former champion Lindsay Davenport, playing the US Open for the first time since her return to the sport from a break due to motherhood, beat recent Bank of the West Classic winner Aleksandra Wozniak in a comfortable two sets. Seeded losers included 2007 semifinalist Anna Chakvetadze, who lost to Ekaterina Makarova, making this her worst Slam finish in three years; Maria Kirilenko, who lost to Tamira Paszek; and Shahar Pe'er, who lost to Li Na 2\u20136, 6\u20130, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 900]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nDay 2 saw the first round matches from the bottom half of the draw begin; Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, Fernando Verdasco, Ivo Karlovi\u0107, Tommy Robredo, Igor Andreev, and Paul-Henri Mathieu all progressed. Defending champion and number two seed Roger Federer, playing his first Grand Slam since the 2004 Australian Open at a seeding lower than number one, beat M\u00e1ximo Gonz\u00e1lez 6\u20133, 6\u20130, 6\u20133, and Andreas Seppi, the thirty-first seed, triumphed in five sets (6\u20133, 7\u20135, 3\u20136, 3\u20136, 6\u20133) over Hyung-taik Lee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nFour seeds exited the tournament: Richard Gasquet, who lost in five sets to former world number two Tommy Haas; Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, who lost to home favorite Sam Querrey in a humbling 6\u20133, 6\u20131, 6\u20132 scoreline; Canada Masters runner-up Nicolas Kiefer, who retired at two sets to one and 4\u20131 down in his match against Ivo Min\u00e1\u0159; and Mikhail Youzhny, who withdrew due to a viral illness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nWorld No. 1 and top seed Ana Ivanovic, who had recently returned from injury, began her campaign with a hard fought win over Vera Dushevina, coming through 6\u20131, 4\u20136, 6\u20134. The Williams sisters Venus and Serena, both former champions, advanced with relative ease, as did in-form player and US Open Series winner Dinara Safina. Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, Flavia Pennetta, Aliz\u00e9 Cornet, Nadia Petrova, Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, Alona Bondarenko, Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1, and former world number one Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo all scored victories to enter the second round. However, eleventh seed Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 suffered a heavy defeat by qualifier Anna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld, and thirty-first seed Virginie Razzano was also beaten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nMadison Dauenhauer of Anaconda, Montana was a spectator, and also Paul Hanley's niece, at the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nOn Day 3, the remaining men's first round matches were completed. Third-seeded Novak Djokovi\u0107, who had won the Australian Open earlier in the year, won in straight sets against Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment, but was hampered by an ankle injury, for which he received courtside treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nAndy Roddick produced a sterling performance to defeat Fabrice Santoro 6\u20132, 6\u20132, 6\u20132, and Nikolay Davydenko, who entered the tournament on a poor run of form was, by his own admission, surprisingly efficient in dispatching Dudi Sela 6\u20133, 6\u20133, 6\u20133. Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, and Marin \u010cili\u0107 won their matches to claim places in the second round, meaning that no seeds were knocked out on Day 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nIn the women's second round matches, Elena Dementieva, Patty Schnyder, Marion Bartoli, Victoria Azarenka, Caroline Wozniacki, Lindsay Davenport, Katarina Srebotnik, and Sybille Bammer all recorded routine victories to reach the third round. Two players who faced greater resistance from their opponents were Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and Svetlana Kuznetsova. Jankovi\u0107, playing against Sofia Arvidsson, had match points in the second set, and eventually came through 6\u20133, 6\u20137(5), 6\u20134. The match, which lasted two hours and forty-four minutes, left Jankovi\u0107 unable to complete her warmdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nKuznetsova meanwhile, had to come back from being 4\u20132 down to Sorana C\u00eerstea in the first set, before winning in two. Fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva, a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games, lost to Tatiana Perebiynis; Francesca Schiavone lost to Anne Keothavong, making Keothavong the first British woman to reach the third round of the US Open since Jo Durie's run at the 1991 Open; and Anabel Medina Garrigues lost to recent Wimbledon semifinalist Zheng Jie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nThe second round of the men's singles commenced, and David Nalbandian, Stanislas Wawrinka, Ivo Karlovi\u0107, Gilles Simon, and Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro all reached the final sixty-four of the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nJoining them was Rafael Nadal, who completed an imposing defeat over qualifier and world number 261 Ryler DeHeart, 6\u20131, 6\u20132, 6\u20134. Three seeds who faced sterner tests from their opponents were David Ferrer, who won a battling contest against Andreas Beck in four sets, Andy Murray, who was inconsistent in defeating Micha\u00ebl Llodra 6\u20134, 1\u20136, 7\u20135, 7\u20136(7), and American James Blake, who was tied 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 1\u20130 with Steve Darcis before the Belgian's retirement. Two upsets occurred on Day 4: one involved Philipp Kohlschreiber, who retired against the Legg Mason Tennis Classic finalist of a fortnight previous, Viktor Troicki, at 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, 3\u20130 down; the other saw Paul-Henri Mathieu beaten by American Mardy Fish 6\u20132, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nIn the second set of women's second round matches, world number 188 Julie Coin provided one of the biggest shocks of the tournament, as she defeated Ana Ivanovic, the World No. 1, 6\u20133, 4\u20136, 6\u20133. It was the earliest exit made by a top seed at the tournament since Maria Bueno's second round loss at the 1967 U.S. National Championships (Bueno received a first round bye), before the beginning of the Open Era. Ivanovic, who made a similarly unexpected exit at the Wimbledon Championships, conceded that she was not playing to the standard of a world number one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nCoin set up a clash with Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo, who bypassed the threat of Kaia Kanepi 2\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20130. Venus Williams eased to victory over Rossana de los R\u00edos 6\u20130, 6\u20133, and sister Serena won in similar fashion versus Elena Vesnina, 6\u20131, 6\u20131. A top ten seed who had greater problems progressing was Dinara Safina, who was troubled by her own unpredictable manner of play in defeating Roberta Vinci 6\u20134, 6\u20133; Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, Nadia Petrova, Flavia Pennetta, Aliz\u00e9 Cornet, and Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1 also came through. Two seeded players who fell were \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, who lost to Tathiana Garbin 5\u20137, 6\u20132, 6\u20133, and Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, who lost to S\u00e9verine Br\u00e9mond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nRoger Federer and Nikolay Davydenko completed easy wins, over Thiago Alves and Agust\u00edn Calleri respectively, to reach the third round on the fifth day of play at Flushing Meadows. Novak Djokovi\u0107 was forced into a first set tiebreak against American qualifier Robert Kendrick, and, after having been 6\u20132 up, faced two sets points in Kendrick's favor, before winning it 10\u20138; Djokovi\u0107 then took the next two sets, 6\u20134, 6\u20134. Afterwards, Djokovi\u0107 credited the first set win to his improved mental strength.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nAnother top ten seed who faced problems in the early stages of his match was Andy Roddick, who eventually secured a 3\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20132, 7\u20135 win over Ernests Gulbis. Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez won in straight sets against Bobby Reynolds, despite sustaining an ankle injury; Tommy Robredo ended 2000 champion Marat Safin's participation in four; and Gilles M\u00fcller and Jarkko Nieminen, two unseeded players, won their matches after each having been two sets down. Other seeds to make progress were Fernando Verdasco, Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Igor Andreev, Dmitry Tursunov, Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, Marin \u010cili\u0107, and Andreas Seppi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nIn the women's singles, Svetlana Kuznetsova became the second top five seed to be knocked out in the space of two days, as she succumbed to number twenty-eight seed Katarina Srebotnik, 6\u20133, 6\u20137(1), 6\u20133. Kuznetsova praised Srebotnik in defeat, saying that she had no qualms over her own performance. Jelena Jankovi\u0107, who was playing Zheng Jie, found herself in a similar predicament to Kuznetsova, in that she was facing a second difficult match-up in three days. Jankovi\u0107, however, prevailed, 7\u20135, 7\u20135, after a steadfast Zheng saved four match points in a final game that witnessed 11 deuces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nMarion Bartoli reached the fourth round, beating veteran Lindsay Davenport, who would neither confirm nor deny whether she was on the brink of retirement. Elena Dementieva, Patty Schnyder, and Sybille Bammer all continued their progress through the early rounds, and Caroline Wozniacki, the twenty-first seed and winner of titles in Stockholm and New Haven in the month leading up to the Open, upset fourteenth seeded Victoria Azarenka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nDay 6 featured several upsets and lengthy contests, as four of the eight men's matches went to five sets, and five seeded players were knocked out. The win that The New York Times lauded as the greatest upset of the men's competition thus far, was Kei Nishikori's victory over 2007 semifinalist and fourth seed David Ferrer. Nishikori, ranked world number 126, won after Ferrer had staged a comeback from two sets down, and then saved five match points of his, 6\u20134, 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 2\u20136, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nAged 18, he was the youngest man to reach the fourth round at the US Open since Marat Safin in 1998, and the first Japanese man since Shuzo Matsuoka at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam. Nishikori set up a tie with Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro, who stretched his winning run to 22 matches with a 6\u20134, 6\u20137(4), 6\u20131, 3\u20136, 6\u20133 triumph over Gilles Simon, who was seeded one place higher than him at sixteenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0016-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nAndy Murray and Stanislas Wawrinka both came through in five sets, and both had to forge comebacks after having been 2\u20130 down in sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0016-0003", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nMurray, who at one point was two points away from losing the match, defeated J\u00fcrgen Melzer 6\u20137(5), 4\u20136, 7\u20136(5), 6\u20131, 6\u20133; whilst Wawrinka beat lucky loser Flavio Cipolla 5\u20137, 6\u20137(4), 6\u20134, 6\u20130, 6\u20134. Thirty-second seed Ga\u00ebl Monfils, who had reached the semi-finals of his last Grand Slam, the French Open, knocked out number seven David Nalbandian; unseeded Mardy Fish beat number nine seed and good friend James Blake; and the also unseeded Sam Querrey beat number fourteen Ivo Karlovi\u0107 (all straight sets). Rafael Nadal also reached the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nMilestones were also being set in the women's competition, as Anna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld (who beat number seventeen seed Aliz\u00e9 Cornet) became the first qualifier to reach the fourth round of the US Open since Anna Kournikova in 1996. The Williams sisters continued their progression untroubled, as each won on the scoreline of 6\u20132, 6\u20131 (Venus against number twenty-seven seed Alona Bondarenko, Serena against number thirty Ai Sugiyama). Dinara Safina was again forced into a tough match, eventually beating teenager Timea Bacsinszky 3\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20132, after being two points away from losing the match in the second set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nIn the other matches, ninth seed Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska eased to victory over eighteenth seed and recent Rogers Cup finalist Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1, 6\u20130, 6\u20133; sixteenth seed Flavia Pennetta beat Nadia Petrova, seeded three places lower; Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo ended the run of Julie Coin; and wild card S\u00e9verine Br\u00e9mond knocked Tathiana Garbin out of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nOn the day that marked the half-way point of the tournament, the men's third round matches were finished. Novak Djokovi\u0107, facing the number thirty seed and recent Pilot Pen Tennis champion Marin \u010cili\u0107, was severely tested by the 19-year-old, but won through 6\u20137(7), 7\u20135, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(0) in four hours. \u010cili\u0107 continued to claw his way back into the match, as early breaks of serve by Djokovi\u0107 in the final three sets were all nullified, and two match points were missed before he won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nRoger Federer's win was in contrast to this, as he completed a comprehensive victory over number twenty-eight seed Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, 6\u20133, 6\u20133, 6\u20132; and Andy Roddick also made easier passage to the fourth round, defeating number thirty Andreas Seppi 6\u20132, 7\u20135, 7\u20136(4). Both of these players were particularly successful on their serves. Nikolay Davydenko also put in a consummate performance to beat twenty-sixth seed Dmitry Tursunov, 6\u20132, 7\u20136, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0018-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nFifteenth seed Tommy Robredo knocked out the nineteenth seed and Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (who was playing his first tournament since having knee surgery in May); eleventh seed Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez defeated Jarkko Nieminen in four sets; and number twenty-three seed Igor Andreev defeated his higher-ranked opponent, number thirteen Fernando Verdasco, 6\u20132, 6\u20134, 6\u20134. Finally, qualifier Gilles M\u00fcller, who had not won three successive Tour level matches since July 2005 coming into the event, beat a second opponent after being two sets to love down (this time number eighteen Nicol\u00e1s Almagro) in consecutive rounds, 6\u20137(3), 3\u20136, 7\u20136(5), 7\u20136,(6) 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nNumber two seed Jelena Jankovi\u0107 faced a third successive match in which she struggled to reach the next round, but came through against teenager Caroline Wozniacki 3\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20131. Jankovi\u0107, who faced a similarly stern test versus Wozniacki at Wimbledon, was sluggish in the opening set, but proved dangerous on the rebound, as she took the next two losing only three games, and played in a more aggressive manner. Elena Dementieva cruised to victory against Li Na, and fifteenth seed Patty Schnyder beat Katarina Srebotnik to reach her second US Open quarterfinal, her first having come ten years earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nNotably, the other fourth round match played, between twenty-ninth seed Sybille Bammer and number twelve Marion Bartoli, matched the longest women's singles match on record at the Open, clocking in at three hours and three minutes\u2014with Bammer prevailing, 7\u20136(3), 0\u20136, 6\u20134. Bartoli called the trainer twice during the match, and said afterwards that she had been ailed by a stomach bug and low blood pressure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nRafael Nadal faced the first opponent, home favorite Sam Querrey, to cause him a palpable threat, as he came through 6\u20132, 5\u20137, 7\u20136(2), 6\u20133. Nadal struggled in the latter stages of the second set (which was the first one he dropped in the tournament), and up until the tiebreak of the third, putting in a subdued performance in which the quality of his serve wavered. An American who did progress to the quarterfinals was Mardy Fish, who beat number thirty-two seed Ga\u00ebl Monfils 7\u20135, 6\u20132, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nFish played an attack-minded match, hitting 49 winners and regularly utilizing serve and volley tactics. Meanwhile, in the men's night match between number six seed Andy Murray and number ten Stanislas Wawrinka, Murray secured an accomplished win (6\u20131, 6\u20133, 6\u20133), in what BBC journalist Piers Newbery called \"one of the best performances of his career\". Murray set up a clash with Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro, who defeated Kei Nishikori in straight sets, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nIn the women's singles, fourth seed Serena Williams continued to make serene progress, as she defeated S\u00e9verine Br\u00e9mond 6\u20132, 6\u20132. Williams was highly successful on her first serve, with a conversion rate of 69%, and a points-won rate of 90%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nSister Venus, the number seven seed, set up a quarter-final clash with her, as she also completed an easy victory, over ninth seed Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, 6\u20131, 6\u20133. Serena and Venus, who had recently played each other in the Wimbledon final (with Venus emerging the victor), expressed dismay at their seedings, which meant that they met at an earlier round than the final. The pair had previously faced each other in the Open final, with Venus winning in 2001 and Serena the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0021-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nAlso progressing was sixth seed Dinara Safina, who faced a difficult first set against Anna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld, 7\u20135, 6\u20130. Safina, who had encountered several difficult opponents before this round, revealed afterwards that she was in tears directly before the match, due to the physical exertion she had endured thus far. However, coach Zeljko Krajan had persuaded her to play, and she told reporters of her relief at having done so. Flavia Pennetta also navigated her way into the quarterfinals (the first time that she had reached this stage of a Grand Slam), defeating Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo 6\u20133, 6\u20130. Mauresmo, a former world number one and two-time Grand Slam champion, played an error-strewn match, in which she served 14 double faults and hit 40 unforced errors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nOn Day 9, two of the top three seeds, and the two finalists from the previous year, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovi\u0107, were severely tested. Federer, aiming for his fifth consecutive Open title, was playing twenty-sixth seed Igor Andreev in one of the scheduled night matches on the Arthur Ashe Stadium; he was victorious in five sets, 6\u20137(5), 7\u20136(5), 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nFederer struggled to break Andreev's serve in the opening two sets, whereas Andreev broke Federer in the first game of the first, and had seven break points in the early games of the second (Andreev had a low success rate overall, only taking advantage of two out of fifteen break points in the whole match). In the final set Andreev, at 4\u20132 down, had five further break point opportunities, but failed to convert any as Federer served out the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0022-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nDjokovi\u0107 was also pushed to five sets, defeating fifteenth seed Tommy Robredo 4\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20133, 5\u20137, 6\u20133 in nearly four hours. Robredo broke Djokovi\u0107's serve at 4\u20134 the first set, before Djokovi\u0107 won sets two and three with some ease. However, after having broken serve in the fourth, Robredo levelled the match at 3\u20133, prompting the number three seed to smash his racket, and be the subject of booing from sections of the crowd. Djokovi\u0107 failed to convert break points at 5\u20135, allowing Robredo to forge a break of his own and take it to a fifth set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0022-0003", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nDjokovi\u0107 was able to close out the match after breaking at 2\u20132 in the final set. Djokovi\u0107 was beset by problems related to both a hip injury (for which he required two time-outs) and exhaustion, having been unable to sleep until 4.30 am (UTC-5) on Day 8 after his match with Marin \u010cili\u0107. Robredo responded by saying, \"I think that if you're not fit enough, then don't play.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0022-0004", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nDjokovi\u0107 set up a tie with sixth seed Andy Roddick, who easily beat eleventh seed and Olympic silver medalist Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez 6\u20132, 6\u20134, 6\u20131; 2003 champion Roddick acknowledged that he would have to complete an upset to defeat Djokovi\u0107, despite Djokovi\u0107's admission that whomever he faced in the next round would be a fitter opponent. Gilles M\u00fcller continued his unexpected run, as he defeated fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko in a demanding match that finished 6\u20134, 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 7\u20136(10).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0022-0005", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nM\u00fcller, who served twenty aces, became the lowest-ranked player, at world number 130, to reach the quarterfinals of the Open since Nicolas Escud\u00e9 (rank 136) in 1999, and the lowest-ranked at a Grand Slam tournament since Alexander Popp (rank 198) at Wimbledon 2003. He was also the first Luxembourgian to reach the quarterfinal stage of a Grand Slam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nThe latter stages of the women's tournament began, as the quarterfinal matches in the bottom half of the draw were played. Fifth seed and 2004 finalist Elena Dementieva progressed first, defeating the fifteenth seed Patty Schnyder with a competent display, 6\u20132, 6\u20133. Dementieva won the first set with two breaks, and although Schnyder broke back to level at 3\u20133 in the second, Dementieva won the next three games. Jelena Jankovi\u0107, a semifinalist in 2006, joined her, completing an easy 6\u20131, 6\u20134 win over twenty-ninth seed Sybille Bammer, who was playing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal. Jankovi\u0107, whose match was relocated to the Louis Armstrong Stadium after the Federer-Andreev match overran, was one of four players, along with Dementieva, Serena Williams, and Dinara Safina who stood a chance of claiming the World No. 1 spot at the end of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 915]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThe first two quarterfinal matches of the men's singles were played; top seed Rafael Nadal and sixth seed Andy Murray advanced to set up a match versus each other. Murray, who played first, defeated seventeenth seed Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro, and ended del Potro's 23-match winning streak in the process. Murray endeavored to victory in nearly four hours, with the final scoreline at 7\u20136(2) 7\u20136(1), 4\u20136, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThere was a history of antagonism between the pair, despite having only played once before, at the 2008 Rome Masters; in this match, del Potro had allegedly hit a ball straight at Murray, and not apologized, and later insulted Murray's mother. In the first set, Murray raced ahead, and led 4\u20131 before del Potro went on to win the next four games. Murray then broke back, and dominated the tiebreak that took place shortly afterwards. In the second set, it was Murray who broke late in the set, at 5\u20135, and he had an opportunity to serve for the set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0024-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nAlthough del Potro broke back, Murray again eased through the tiebreak. Murray accelerated to a 3\u20131 lead in the third set, but del Potro fought back, and won the set, affording Murray only one more game. The players exchanged two breaks of serve in the final set, before Murray gained a decisive break at 6\u20135 to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal. Murray said the history of ill feeling between the pair did not transfer itself to the court, and that del Potro had apologized as the players shook hands at the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0024-0003", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThe nineteen-year-old del Potro, who was playing in his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, hailed Murray as one of \"best players in the world\" in his press conference; however, he was unable to finish the round of questioning, and left midway through in tears. In the match between Nadal and the unseeded American Mardy Fish, Fish continued to play the attacking brand of tennis that he had done in the previous round, and, in front of a partisan home crowd, won the first set 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0024-0004", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nHowever, Nadal improved his performance in the following three sets, and produced a number of passing shots to counter Fish's aggressive play, eventually coming through 3\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20134, 6\u20132. Due in part to the longevity of the Williams-Williams match, the players remained on court till after 2.11 am, meaning that the match was sixteen minutes shy of the latest match ever played at the Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThe late women's match was between the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, both of whom had won the Open title twice previously. Serena prevailed in two sets, 7\u20136(6), 7\u20136(7), but not without considerable difficulty. Venus took the initiative in the opening stages, breaking to lead 3\u20131, and had the advantage of serving for two sets points at 5\u20133, 40\u201315. However, Serena launched a comeback, and won the first set on a tiebreak score of 8\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nIn a second set that mirrored the first in many ways, Venus broke at 3\u20132 up, and again served for the set at 5\u20133; Venus used an array of attacking shots, regularly approaching the net and playing a number of cross-court forehands. Venus then led Serena for a large portion of the second set tiebreak, but squandered eight sets points; Serena, meanwhile, won on her first match point to secure the tiebreak 9\u20137. Serena commented afterwards that the siblings were \"definitely playing the best [tennis of the tournament] so far.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0025-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nSixth seed Dinara Safina filled the other semifinal spot, defeating sixteenth seed Flavia Pennetta 6\u20132, 6\u20133. Safina, who had reached the final stage of six of her previous seven tournaments, said that she hoped to emulate her brother Marat, who won his maiden Grand Slam tournament at Flushing Meadows in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nDay 11 featured a men's quarterfinal, between Novak Djokovi\u0107 and Andy Roddick, that, like the match between Murray and del Potro, was preceded, and in this case, followed, by a controversial incident somewhat extraneous to the match played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nRoddick said, in a press conference held on Day 10, that Djokovi\u0107 was \"either quick to call a trainer or the most courageous guy of all time\", insinuating that his opponent had a reputation for being injured (as he had been in his previous match) and, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, listed a series of esoteric conditions that Djokovi\u0107 may have been afflicted with (\"Back and a hip? And a cramp? Bird flu? Anthrax? SARS? Common cough and cold?\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0026-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe American, renowned for his serve, struggled with this aspect of his game in the early stages of the match, and Djokovi\u0107 broke three times in the first set, winning in 27 minutes; he then took the second, needing only one break of serve in that set. However, Roddick, who had the support of the home crowd to his advantage, broke to lead 3\u20131 in the third, and he eventually won the set. In the fourth set, Roddick appeared to have gained momentum after breaking Djokovi\u0107's serve to lead 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0026-0003", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nRoddick was playing with increased exuberance at this point, and the crowd became more vocal, even making noise during Djokovi\u0107's service motions. Roddick's serve failed him again though when, at 5\u20134, 30\u20130 up, he doubled-faulted twice and allowed Djokovi\u0107 to break back; the number-three seed then went on to win the tie-break and seal the win 6\u20132, 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 7\u20136(5). Djokovi\u0107 then vented his anger at Roddick's comments in a post-match, court-side interview, beginning by stating, sarcastically, \"Andy was saying that I have 16 injuries in the last match; obviously I don't, right?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0026-0004", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe crowd then began to boo Djokovi\u0107, to which he said, \"Like it or not, it's like that.\" The interviewer, wanting to defuse the situation, told Djokovi\u0107 that, \"This crowd loves you, but you could turn them against you real fast\"; Djokovi\u0107 responded by saying \"I know [the crowd] are already against me because they think I am faking everything.\" In a later interview, Roddick criticized Djokovi\u0107 for being able to mock other players with his impressions, but being unable to receive mockery of himself in a gracious manner; Djokovi\u0107 showed contrition, calling it a \"mistake\" and apologizing to Roddick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0026-0005", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nDjokovi\u0107 had set up a match with the player he lost to in the 2007 final, Roger Federer, who had earlier beaten qualifier Gilles M\u00fcller 7\u20136(5), 6\u20134, 7\u20136(5). The former World No. 1 produced a measured performance, attacking M\u00fcller in the latter stages of the three sets. M\u00fcller fended off five set points in the first, before being broken in the tiebreak at 4\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0026-0006", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nFederer broke serve at 4\u20134 (games) in the second set, and then served that set out; M\u00fcller put up stronger resistance in the third set tiebreak, leading 4\u20131 and 5\u20133, but after this allowed Federer to win the next four points. With this victory, Federer maintained his sequence of consecutive Grand Slam semifinals, with this being the eighteenth time he had done so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nOn women's semifinal day it was the two former World No. 1s, Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and Serena Williams, who came through in blustery conditions. For Jankovi\u0107, it was the first time she had reached the final of a Grand Slam, having made the semi-finals on four previous occasions. She was also the third Serb to reach a Grand Slam final in 2008 (men's and women's singles), making them the most successful nation in this regard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nShe progressed first, defeating Elena Dementieva 6\u20134, 6\u20134. Dementieva was in the ascendency in the early part of the match, as she broke serve to lead 4\u20132 and dictated the play from the baseline. However, Dementieva began to hit more unforced errors at this point, and Jankovi\u0107 took advantage of this, winning the next four games to secure the first set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0027-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nOn set point, which was on Dementieva's serve, Jankovi\u0107 caused a minor controversy when she asked the ball boy for a towel, thus exceeding the 25 second time limit between points; she received a code violation (warning) from the umpire as a result of this incident. Both players struggled to hold serve in the early stages of the second set, and they traded two breaks apiece from 1\u20131 to 3\u20133. Both players then held serve to 4\u20134, before Jankovi\u0107 broke at 5\u20134 to win the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0027-0003", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nDementieva had problems throughout the match; she was broken on serve five times, and committed forty-two unforced errors in total. However, she said that her recent Olympic triumph provided more than mere consolation, as she assigned a higher worth to the Olympic tennis event. Jankovi\u0107, who was in tears at the end of the match, had suffered a spate of injuries in 2008, and claimed that this was the first tournament of the year that she was injury free. Williams also won in two sets, defeating Dinara Safina 6\u20133, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0027-0004", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nSafina broke Williams in the first game of the match, but Williams soon asserted herself, and after having broken back, broke again to lead 5\u20133. Although Williams faced break points in this game, she eventually came through to win the first set. Safina, who was troubled by the wind for the whole match, was then broken after being 40\u20130 up in the first game of the second set. Williams eased to a 5\u20131 lead before closing out the match with a big serve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0027-0005", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nWilliams told afterwards of her excitement of having an American player back in the final (the last women's singles final to feature an American woman was 2002, when, as previously mentioned, she and her sister played each other). Safina meanwhile, chastised her own behavior on the court, saying that she acted like a \"spoilt girl\" and would in the future try to contain her emotions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nFears had been raised on the days leading up to Day 13 that this would be the date on which the north-east coast of the US would be affected by the remnants of Hurricane Hanna, and they proved to be correct. A substantial part of \"Super Saturday\", as it often known (because the men's semifinals and women's final are played on the same day, something unique among the Grand Slam events), was called off due to rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nThe United States Tennis Association's original contingency plan was to start the men's semifinals at the earlier time of 11 am (UTC-5), an hour earlier than tradition dictates. If the men's matches were completed, but the women's final could not be, then both finals would be played on Day 14, the final Sunday. Were none of the matches to be completed, Day 13's schedule would be forwarded by one day, and an extra day would be allocated for the men's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nMinor rescheduling took place on the day; for example, the match between Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray began at a later start time than the Roger Federer\u2013Novak Djokovi\u0107 match, 12:40 pm (it was relocated from the Arthur Ashe to Louis Armstrong Stadium), to allow people to see part of both matches. This created logistical problems for the organizers, as many fans left the semifinal between Federer and Djokovi\u0107 to get good seats at the other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0028-0003", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nUltimately, with one men's match finished, and another half-way completed, the organizers decided to designate a fifteenth day's play, with the women's final having been cancelled due to ongoing rain. The final decision was that on Day 14, the conclusion of the men's semifinal between Nadal and Murray and the women's final would be played in separate sessions, and the men's final would be played on the following day. This was the first time since the 1974 Open, when Billie Jean King beat Evonne Goolagong, that the women's final was not played on the Saturday, and the first time since 1987 that an extra day was required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nIn the one men's semifinal that was completed, Federer, who had endured a poor season by his standards, defeated Djokovi\u0107 6\u20133, 5\u20137, 7\u20135, 6\u20132 to reach his third Grand Slam final of the year, and seventeenth overall. The last time the pair had met on hardcourts was in January, in the Australian Open semifinal, where Djokovi\u0107 had convincingly beaten Federer; the time before this was in the aforementioned 2007 final, where Federer had won in straight sets. Both players made impressive starts to their encounter on this occasion, as they secured easy holds of serve the opening two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nHowever, in third game, Federer broke, and did not lose another service game in the first set. In the second set, it was Djokovi\u0107 who gained the early break, and he led 3\u20131 before Federer rallied back to draw level at 4\u20134. However, this proved to be in vain as Federer, who had already saved two set points from 0\u201340 down, was broken at 5\u20136 to hand Djokovi\u0107 the second set. The score was deadlocked at 5\u20135 in the third when Federer fashioned a crucial break of serve, and went on to win the set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nDuring the match, Djokovi\u0107 had felt the wrath of the US crowd, who were vociferous in their support for Federer, and who at times cheered when he hit unforced errors. After being broken at 5\u20135, Djokovi\u0107 turned and gave them a mock gesture of thanks, which only incited them further. Federer added afterwards that he felt he had broken Djokovi\u0107's will by winning this set. Federer broke again in the fifth game of the fourth set, and did not lose another game as he cruised to victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0029-0003", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nThe other men's semifinal, between Nadal and Murray, was suspended with the score at 6\u20132, 7\u20136(5), 2\u20133 in Murray's favor (although he was a break down in the third). Murray began the match in an aggressive manner, serving and volleying, and hitting several winners from the back of the court. He was rewarded with two breaks of serve in the first set, at 1\u20131 and 4\u20132. Murray continued to bother Nadal on serve in the second, but could not break, despite holding seven break points, and facing none against himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0029-0004", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nIn the tie-break, he squandered an early lead before reeling off three points in a row at 4\u20135 down to gain a two-set advantage. Nadal broke Murray early in the second set, before a short postponement in play was initiated when a light rain appeared, in order to give the referee time to assess whether the court was still suitable for play. Murray queried the initial decision to stop play, but the rain soon came on stronger, and the match was suspended overnight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nThe first session of play on Day 14 saw Murray round off his victory against Nadal, 6\u20132, 7\u20136(5) 4\u20136, 6\u20134. Play resumed on Arthur Ashe Stadium, and Nadal won all three of his service games, fending off one break point from Murray in the process, to win the third set. Both players then had opportunities to break at the start of the fourth. Nadal had one in the first game, and Murray had seven in the second; this second game spanned a total of twenty-two points, and took 15 minutes to be concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nThe resolute Nadal held out though, and broke Murray to love in the next game. Murray came back into the match, levelling the scores at 3\u20133; and he broke again to win the match at 5\u20134. After a somewhat fortuitous net cord at deuce of that game, Murray hit a backhand pass at match point to confirm the win. Murray, who came into the match having failed to beat Nadal in five previous encounters, became the first Briton, male or female, since Greg Rusedski at the 1997 Open to reach the final of a Grand Slam singles tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0030-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nNadal, who was also playing in his first US Open semifinal, said that, with the number of matches he had played recently taken into consideration, he was pleased with his overall performance at the Open. Had the match gone to seeding, Nadal would have been facing his rival, Federer, for a third time in a Grand Slam final in 2008, after having already beaten him at the French Open and Wimbledon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nThe women's singles final was also played, and Williams was victorious over Jankovi\u0107 in two sets, 6\u20134, 7\u20135. Williams also reclaimed the number one berth for the first time since 2003, something that Jankovi\u0107 would have done had she won the title. The players came into the final with a win-loss record against each other of 3-3, although Jankovi\u0107 said beforehand that, \"Overall, she's, I think, the strongest player on the tour, together with her sister.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nThe match was preceded by an opening ceremony that included Anita Baker singing the US national anthem, a group of people moving a gigantic American flag over the court, and a coin toss performed by Billie Jean King. The match, which the BBC called \"one of the more memorable US Open finals\", began in exciting fashion, with Serena being edged to deuce in the first game, as both players hit a number of winners and unforced errors in the opening stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0031-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nJankovi\u0107 appeared to be playing with greater confidence though, when she broke to love in the third game of the match. Any advantage that this break gave her was nullified in the next game, as Williams broke back from 40\u20130 down. Jankovi\u0107 was broken again to go 4\u20132 down, but it was her turn to break back as Williams made several errors when serving for the set at 5\u20133. Her work was undone when she went 0\u201340 down in the subsequent game, and after saving one set point, ceded the first set to Williams on the following one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nWilliams began the second set ominously for Jankovi\u0107, as she held to love and then forced two break points on her serve. The next four games saw the players contest several exhausting rallies, but Williams was the only one to force any break points, gaining a lead of 15\u201340 at 2\u20131 and 3\u20132, with Jankovi\u0107 holding both times. Before the seventh game of the third set, Williams went to use her towel, and Jankovi\u0107 complained to the umpire about the violation; the same one she had committed in the previous round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nWith the score at 40\u201330 in Williams's favor, Jankovi\u0107 hit a winner, and although the decision of the line judge incensed Williams, it was shown to be clearly in on the Hawk-Eye review; Jankovi\u0107 then won the game, and her next one when back on serve. She had her first three set points in the next game, racing to a 0\u201340 lead, but failed to convert any as Williams held on. With Jankovi\u0107 serving for the set (5\u20134), Williams hit three winners to take a 0\u201340 lead, the final point in this sequence being her eighth in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0032-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nJankovi\u0107 won the next three points, and after Williams twice held advantage, she hit an ace to bring up her fourth set point. However, Jankovi\u0107 double-faulted on this opportunity, and allowed Williams to win the game on her sixth break point. Williams won the next two games, and although Jankovi\u0107 had a game point at 6\u20135, she double-faulted, and Williams took the match on her second championship point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nThis was the ninth Grand Slam tournament that Williams had won, and she did not drop a set on her way to doing so. At the time, Williams joined an elite group of six women who had won nine or more Grand Slam titles in the open era, equalling Monica Seles's tally with this triumph. Williams, who had dominated the sport from 2002 to 2003, but been ranked outside the top 125 in 2006, put her renaissance, not only in this tournament but for the whole of 2008, down to a better approach towards fitness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nWilliams had won her first Grand Slam at the Open, in 1999, and reflected on her future by saying that she wanted to win several more before her career was over. Jankovi\u0107 meanwhile, said she was contented with her first outing in a Grand Slam final, and joked that she probably deserved an Oscar for the dramatic nature of her matches in the two weeks that led up to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nRoger Federer defeated Andy Murray in straight sets 6\u20132, 7\u20135, 6\u20132, to claim his fifth consecutive title, thus cementing his place in history as the first man since Bill Tilden in 1924 to have achieved this feat. The only other men to have done so were Richard Sears, in 1887, and Bill Larned, in 1911 (Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras had each won five times, but not consecutively).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nFederer created a new record, becoming the first man to have won two different Grand Slam events five consecutive times (the other being Wimbledon), and this win left him one short of Pete Sampras's all-time men's record of 14 Grand Slam singles wins. In the context of Federer's career, this was the sixth straight year in which he had won a Grand Slam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0034-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nMurray also came into the match aiming to break a pre-open-era record, his being one of national importance\u2014the last British man to have won a Grand Slam singles title was Fred Perry at the 1936 U.S. National Championships, the last British woman to have done so was Virginia Wade at Wimbledon 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nComing into this tournament, both players had contrasting records at Grand Slams: the twenty-seven-year-old Federer had reached sixteen Grand Slam finals, and won twelve, whereas the 21-year-old Murray had yet to reach the final of one. Murray also had the task of becoming the first man since Sergi Bruguera, at the 1993 French Open, to beat the top two players in the world at a Grand Slam. He did however, hold a win-loss record of 2-1 against Federer, and had most recently beaten him at the 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships. Murray, who expressed confidence coming into the final, said that this small positive record stood for little, and he, along with a number of commentators, including former Wimbledon champions Pat Cash and Michael Stich, acknowledged Federer to be the favorite, despite his disappointing year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 874]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nThe match, dubbed by American sports promoter Don King as the \"Grapple in the Apple\", began at 5:00\u00a0pm (UTC-5). The pair easily held the opening three games, before Federer launched his first assault on Murray's serve at 2\u20131 up; he could not, however, convert his one break point opportunity. Federer eased through next service game, and broke Murray for the first time at 3\u20132 following a succession of errors from Murray. Federer fired another series of big serves in the seventh game, and then broke Murray to win the first set, 6\u20132, in twenty-seven minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nMurray lost the first two games of the second set, meaning that Federer had won a cumulative total of six games in a row. Murray immediately broke back though, and appeared to have steadied himself by winning the next game, allowing Federer only one point. Federer failed to hit any successful first serves in the next game, and Murray gained three consecutive break points at 0\u201340. Federer won the next three points, despite, on evidence of a replay, having clearly hit one of his shots long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0036-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nBecause Murray did not stop the point, he could not challenge the call; after the match, when Murray was asked about this, he said he was disappointed, but thought that the rules were correct in not allowing retrospective challenges. Both players comfortably held the next four games, although some minor threats presented themselves for Federer at 4\u20134, 0\u201315 and 30\u201330 (Murray hit backhands long both times). Murray was aided in the next game, when he was serving to stay in the set, as Federer hit four unforced errors, all going long. Federer won the next game, and then seized his final opportunity on a Murray service game, winning the final game of the second set to love.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nFederer began to overpower his opponent in the third set; Murray was broken to love twice as Federer raced ahead to a 5\u20130 lead, with Murray winning only four points up to that point. He did, however, win the next two games. Federer broke the game after though, winning on his second championship point in a point that required three smashes from the defending champion. The match lasted one hour and fifty-one minutes, thirteen minutes fewer than it took to complete the women's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nThe only players that Federer had not surpassed, in terms of US Open wins, at this point in his career were: Richard Sears, who had won seven straight, Bill Larned, who won seven overall, and Bill Tilden with six straight and seven overall (all three of these players played before the open era). In the last on-court televised interview, Federer was adamant that he would not stop at thirteen, describing such a scenario as \"terrible\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0037-0002", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nFederer, who at the time had a total win-loss record of 45\u20134 at the Open and 34-match winning streak, said that the streak was of great importance to him, especially after having lost at Wimbledon. Reflecting on his year, he said, \"I had a couple of tough Grand Slams this year. To take this one home is incredible.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0037-0003", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nMurray said of the competition with Federer in tournaments that \"I got the better of him the past two times, but he definitely set the record straight\", and said, on his future, \"I know mentally now that I can get to a Slam final, and physically. The only thing it comes down to is the tennis.\" Paying tribute to Federer, he said that, \"I came up against, in my opinion, the best player ever to play the game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Summaries of other events, Seniors Doubles, Men's\nIn the men's doubles, American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won the sixth Grand Slam title of their careers, and their second at the US Open, having last won in 2005. They beat the pairing of Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Leander Paes, 7\u20136(5), 7\u20136(10). Dlouhy and Paes, who were the number seven seeds, were playing in only their sixth tournament as a team. Of the sixteen seeds, the Bryans and the Dlouhy-Paes combination were the only ones to make it as far as the quarterfinal stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 72], "content_span": [73, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Summaries of other events, Seniors Doubles, Men's\nIn the final itself, the Bryans had to come back from being a break down in the first set, before winning it in the tiebreak. In the second set, the teams traded breaks, before the Bryans came through a longer tiebreak. The pair came into the event having won the bronze medal at the Olympics, and they did not drop a set on their way to winning the tournament. This win allowed them to recover their number one spot in the rankings, dethroning Daniel Nestor, who had lost in the third round partnering Nenad Zimonji\u0107. After the match, the 30-year-old brothers played down their chances of catching The Woodies, who won 11 Grand Slam titles in their career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 72], "content_span": [73, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Summaries of other events, Seniors Doubles, Women's\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won the women's doubles, which was their fourth Grand Slam title together (Black's fifth overall), the first US Open win for either, and Huber's first as a US citizen (she was born in, and had previously represented, South Africa). Black and Huber were top seeds, but had last won a Grand Slam at Wimbledon 2007. In the final, they beat the tenth seeded team of Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, both of whom were former World No. 1s and Grand Slam champions, 6\u20133, 7\u20136(6).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 74], "content_span": [75, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Summaries of other events, Seniors Doubles, Women's\nBlack and Huber had been down two set points in the second set tiebreak, at 6\u20134, but went on to win the next four points to ensure that, like the Bryans, they did not lose a set in any of their matches. Black and Huber had faced each other three days earlier in the mixed doubles final. Speaking of this match, Black said that it was \"one of the toughest matches I've ever played\" and that, because of this, \"I really wanted to win it for her.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 74], "content_span": [75, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Summaries of other events, Seniors Doubles, Mixed\nIn the mixed doubles, Black and Paes, seeded fifth, teamed up to defeat the unseeded partnership of Huber and Jamie Murray (brother of Andy), 7\u20136(6), 6\u20134. It was Paes's fourth mixed doubles title, Black's third, and their first together. Huber and Murray dominated the opening stages of the first set tiebreak, leading 5\u20132 and 6\u20134, before Black and Paes came back to take the set. Despite some pressure on Paes's serve in the early stages of the second set, Murray was broken early on, and Black and Paes took the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 72], "content_span": [73, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Summaries of other events, Juniors\nDue to the rain on Saturday, the boys' and girls' singles semi-finals were moved to an indoor tennis centre at Port Chester, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Summaries of other events, Juniors, Boys'\nThe boys' singles final saw reigning Wimbledon champion Grigor Dimitrov pitted against home favorite Devin Britton, a qualifier who had knocked out several seeds, including number two and reigning Australian Open champion Bernard Tomic, on his way to the final. Dimitrov, playing in his final junior tournament, defeated Britton 6\u20134, 6\u20133. Three American boys made the semifinals, making this the most successful tournament for the home nation since 2000, when Andy Roddick, Ytai Abougzir, and Robby Ginepri all reached that stage. Britton was surprised at his breakthrough, saying that he was \"happy to be in the main draw\" at the beginning of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 64], "content_span": [65, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Summaries of other events, Juniors, Girls'\nIn the girls' singles final, American wild card Coco Vandeweghe defeated Gabriela Paz Franco 7\u20136(3), 6\u20131. Both players were inexperienced coming into the final: it was Vandeweghe's first tournament win on the ITF Tour, and Paz-Franco, who called the tournament an \"amazing experience\", was playing in her first junior Grand Slam. Vandeweghe, who is the niece of former basketball player Kiki Vandeweghe, credited her improved performances to greater maturity. Their match, like the boys' final, was concluded relatively quickly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Summaries of other events, Juniors, Girls'\nBy reaching the finals, Britton and Vandeweghe became the first American boy/girl duo to make the singles finals since 1992, when Brian Dunn and Lindsay Davenport did so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Summaries of other events, Juniors, Doubles\nThe junior doubles competitions were rescheduled for Friday evening before Super Saturday, to avoid the weather. In the boys' doubles, Niki Moser and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe defeated Henri Kontinen and Christopher Rungkat in a close final, 7\u20136(5), 3\u20136, 10\u20138. In the girls', Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and Sandra Roma defeated Mallory Burdette and Sloane Stephens, 6\u20130, 6\u20132. Lertcheewakarn said she was glad to have won for Roma, who was playing in her final junior Grand Slam. Roma said that she would like to partner Lertcheewakarn again at some point in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 66], "content_span": [67, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd /  Leander Paes, 7\u20136(5), 7\u20136(10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Women's Doubles\nCara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Lisa Raymond /  Samantha Stosur, 6\u20133, 7\u20136(6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Mixed Doubles\nCara Black /  Leander Paes defeated  Liezel Huber /  Jamie Murray, 7\u20136(6), 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Boys' Doubles\nNiki Moser /  Cedrik-Marcel Stebe defeated  Henri Kontinen /  Christopher Rungkat, 7\u20136(5), 3\u20136, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Girls' Doubles\nNoppawan Lertcheewakarn /  Sandra Roma defeated  Mallory Burdette /  Sloane Stephens, 6\u20130, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Wheelchair\nThe wheelchair events did not take place in 2008 due to a conflict with the Beijing Summer Paralympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Legends, Mixed Champions Invitational\nAnne Smith /  Stan Smith defeated  Ilana Kloss /  Guillermo Vilas, 6\u20134, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Qualifier entries, Men's Qualifiers entries\nThe following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 66], "content_span": [67, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Qualifier entries, Women's Qualifiers entries\nThe following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Protected ranking\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199104-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open (tennis), Wildcard entries\nBelow are the lists of the wildcard awardees in the main draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199105-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open Series, 2008 Series results\nTo be included in the standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player has to have countable results from two different tournaments. Players finishing in the top three in the series can earn up to $1 million in extra prize money. Roger Federer received the largest US Open pay day of $2.4 Million in 2007 after capturing the title in both the US Open Series and the US Open championship. In 2008, the men's  series leader Rafael Nadal received US$570,000 for his semifinal finish with a bonus of US$250,000. Women's leader Dinara Safina received US$570,000 for her semifinal finish as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199106-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nJonathan Eysseric and J\u00e9r\u00f4me Inzerillo were the defending champions, but did not compete in the Juniors in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199106-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nNikolaus Moser and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20135), 3\u20136, 10\u20138, against Henri Kontinen and Christopher Rungkat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199107-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nRi\u010dardas Berankis was the defending champion but, no longer competing in junior tennis, did not defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199107-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nGrigor Dimitrov won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20133, against Devin Britton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199108-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nKsenia Milevskaya and Urszula Radwa\u0144ska were the defending champions, but did not compete in the juniors that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199108-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nNoppawan Lertcheewakarn and Sandra Roma won the tournament, defeating Mallory Burdette and Sloane Stephens in the final, 6\u20130, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199109-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nKrist\u00edna Ku\u010dov\u00e1 was the defending champion, but did not compete in the juniors that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199109-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nCoCo Vandeweghe won the tournament, defeating Gabriela Paz in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199110-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nSimon Aspelin and Julian Knowle were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199110-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20135), 7\u20136(12\u201310), against Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Leander Paes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199111-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFour-time defending champion Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray in the final 6\u20132, 7\u20135, 6\u20132 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2008 US Open. It was Federer's 13th Grand Slam title and his only successful title defense in majors that year, after losing the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles. He moved to second place on the all time men's singles Grand Slam wins list, passing Roy Emerson. This was Federer's fifth consecutive and last US Open title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199111-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nMurray became the first British man to reach a Grand Slam final since Greg Rusedski in the 1997 US Open, and he was attempting to become the first British male player to win a Grand Slam title since Fred Perry in 1936. Murray would eventually do so by winning the title at this event four years later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199111-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nRafael Nadal had a chance to be the first man to win Grand Slam tournaments on clay, grass and hard courts in the same calendar year, after having won the French Open and Wimbledon. He also could have become the first man to win the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open since Rod Laver in 1969, but he lost to Murray in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199111-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThis was Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro's first appearance as a seeded player in a Grand Slam. He lost in the quarterfinals against Murray to end his 23-match winning streak. He would go on to win the title the following year. Another future champion, Marin \u010cili\u0107, appeared in the main draw of the US Open for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199111-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThis was the last Grand Slam tournament for 2002 Australian Open Champion and former world No. 7 Thomas Johansson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199112-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nVictoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but Azarenka chose not to participate. Mirnyi partnered with Anna Chakvetadze, but lost in the first round to Nadia Petrova and Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199112-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nCara Black and Leander Paes won the title, defeating Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray in the final 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199113-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nNathalie Dechy and Dinara Safina were the defending champions, but Safina chose not to participate, and only Dechy competed that year. Dechy partnered with Casey Dellacqua, but lost in the first round to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199113-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 6\u20133, 7\u20136(8\u20136), against Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199114-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nSerena Williams defeated Jelena Jankovi\u0107 in the final, 6\u20134, 7\u20135 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2008 US Open. With the win, she regained the world No. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2003. This was also her second US Open and third major overall won without losing a set during the tournament. Three of the top four seeds (with the exception of previous year's runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova) were in contention for the No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199114-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nJustine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199114-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nNotably this was the final singles major in which 1998 champion and former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport competed. She lost to Marion Bartoli in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199114-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nJulie Coin, ranked 188th at the time, defeated top seed Ana Ivanovic in the second round, making her the lowest-ranked player ever to defeat a world No. 1. Coin surpassed Zheng Jie's record, who was ranked 133rd when she also defeated Ivanovic just two months earlier at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. This record would remain unbroken until the 2009 China Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199114-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199115-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's Singles at the 2008 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea\nThe 2008 US beef protest in South Korea was a series of protest demonstrations made between 24 May 2008 and mid August 2008. against president Lee Myung-bak in Seoul, Korea. The protest involved several hundred thousands and at its height up to one million people. The protest began after the South Korean government reversed a ban on US beef imports. The ban had been in place since December 2003, when mad cow disease was detected in US beef cattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea\nThe protests occurred on a background of talks concerning the US-Korea free trade agreement. Critics accuse the move as an attempt by the Korean government to please the US government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea\nLocal media also criticized the government's attempt. An example of this is the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) PD Notebook program \"Is American Beef Really Safe from Mad Cow Disease?\" televised on 27 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Background\nSouth Korea was once the third-largest importer of US beef. This changed when in 2003 mad-cow disease, specifically the prion responsible for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), was detected in US beef. Imports were then halted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Background\nIn 2008, the then new Lee Myung-bak government agreed, after extensive negotiations, to restart imports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Background\nThat decision set off a firestorm of controversy, leading hundreds of thousands of citizens to come out in the spring and early summer of 2008 in protest over the resumed imports and against the corrupt chaebol government. Media reports, public networks, and PD Notebook uncovered the new president's policies to be putting South Koreans' health at risk of contracting mad cow disease. The deal has sparked public outrage for exposing the country to a higher risk of mad cow disease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Background\nNatively referred to as the \"Million Citizen Protests,\" the events comprised nation's largest anti-government movement in two decades, drawing hundreds of thousands of citizens daily and 1,700 civic groups over a span of three months. The conflict escalated to over 770,000 protesters in contention with 470,000 police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Origin of the protest, 2003\nOn 23 December 2003, a first case of BSE in the US was found in Washington state. The Holstein cow had been imported from Canada in 2001. On 9 December the 6.5-year-old cow was slaughtered. The cow was a \"downer\" (a cow that is unable to walk). For that reason, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) was automatically notified; and the cow was examined before and after its death by a government vet. The veterinarian determined that the cow was suffering from complications of calving. Samples of tissue were taken for further testing for BSE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Origin of the protest, 2003\nParts of the cow with a high risk of transmitting the BSE prion were removed but may have been sent for \"inedible rendering\" into food for non-ruminant animals. The carcass itself was allowed to continue on for further processing into human food at other facilities. On 23 December 2003 when tests proved positive for BSE, a recall was made. The contaminated meat had not entered the commercial market. Offspring of the cow were destroyed. South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan banned imports of US beef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Origin of the protest, 2003\nThe head of the US FDA at the time was Ann M. Veneman, a former lobbyist for the food industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Origin of the protest, 2003\nJapan is allowed \"imports of beef and beef products aged 20 months or younger\" as a \"'scientifically sound and internationally recognized standard,'\" stated US Agriculture secretary Mike Johanns. In contrast, the first phase of Korea's agreement allows bone-in beef 30 months or younger while the second phase allows \"specified products from animals over 30 months at a later date.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Origin of the protest, 2003\n\"Most Koreans eat 85 parts of the cow\u2026that are highly susceptible to prions that huddle in certain areas of the brain, eyes, intestines, spinal cords and backbones.\" Despite compliance with OIE rules, \"the first three shipments of U.S. beef to Korea contained bone fragments, including one shipment that contained an entire spine were banned over disease concerns last October.\" Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. Typically, onset of symptoms occurs at approximately the age of 60. About 90 percent of patients die within one year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Origin of the protest, 2003\nContrary to FDA regulations and those specified by the Free Trade Agreement, only 5 out of 57 local companies requested for packages to be checked. There was a 3% inspection from US and 1% inspection agreement from Australia/New Zealand. The sample packages were inspected solely for labeling discrepancies, instead of the presence of disease. Although there were many confirmed cases of BSE in brain scans and medical tests performed on the public, the true death toll of these policies has yet to be calculated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Origin of the protest, 2006\nBy 2006, sixty-five nations had full or partial restrictions on the importation of US beef. Export sales of US beef fell from $3.8 billion in 2003 to $1.4 billion in 2005. An attempt to reopen the South Korean market to US beef imports in 2006 (restricted to boneless meat from cattle less than 30 months old) failed when the South Korean government discovered bone chips in a shipment of 3.2 tons of meat. Sporadic attempts made in the following year also failed for similar reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Origin of the protest, 2008 \u2013 Lee's reversal of the beef import ban\nOn 17 January 2008 representatives of the president of South Korea met with Alexander Vershbow, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea to discuss beef imports. Further talks were held between 11 and 17 April 2008. On 18 April U.S. and South Korean negotiators reached an agreement on the sanitary rules that Korea would require of U.S. beef imports. The agreement allowed imports of all cuts of U.S. beef (both boneless and bone-in) and certain beef products, including those from cattle over 30 months old. Processors had to remove material known to risk BSE prion transmission. President Lee visited President George W. Bush at Camp David on 20 April 2008. The U.S. reported,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 104], "content_span": [105, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Origin of the protest, 2008 \u2013 Lee's reversal of the beef import ban\nPresident Bush welcomed the decision of the Korean government to resume the import of U.S. beef, based on international standards and science. The two presidents pledged to make every effort to urge their respective legislatures to approve the KORUS FTA (Korean US Free trade agreement) within this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 104], "content_span": [105, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Origin of the protest, 2008 \u2013 Lee's reversal of the beef import ban\nDemonstrators accused Lee of reversing the ban on imports of U.S. beef in haste, giving the U.S. unwarranted concessions, so that Korea would receive a favorable reception, particularly with respect to ratifying the proposed free trade agreement. The demonstrators said Lee had abandoned his duty of care to the people of South Korea for political gain by ignoring their concern about BSE prion transmission and by lowering tariffs on imported beef. Korea agreed to remove a 40% tariff on beef muscle meat imported from the U.S. for a period of 15 years. Korea could however, impose temporary tariffs if there was a surge of U.S. beef imports above specified levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 104], "content_span": [105, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Origin of the protest, 2008 \u2013 Lee's reversal of the beef import ban\nThe government's main reason for the concessions involved Lee's deal to sell Hyundai cars, as the former vice president of Hyundai Corporation. \"Mr. Lee hoped his decision to end the five-year-old ban on American beef would help win United States Congressional support for a free trade agreement between the countries. Congressional leaders have warned that they will never ratify the pact unless South Korea fully opens its market to American beef.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 104], "content_span": [105, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, MBC PD Notebook program\nOn 27 April 2008, MBC televised a program called \"Is American Beef Really Safe from Mad Cow Disease?\" The program precipitated mass demonstrations. After a complaint was received from the South Korean agriculture ministry, the Seoul central prosecutors' office formed a team of five to investigate the program's content.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, MBC PD Notebook program, Downer cows\nDowner cows are animals presented for slaughter that are sick or unable to walk. One of many causes for a downer is BSE. MBC was criticised for broadcasting footage of downer cows with translated subtitles that suggested they suffered from BSE, whereas they were filmed because of animal cruelty concerns, not BSE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, MBC PD Notebook program, Aretha Vinson\nAretha Vinson was a 21-year-old student at Virginia State University. She died on 9 April 2008 of Wernicke's encephalopathy. The MBC broadcast showed footage of Vinson's mother speaking about her daughter's illness. Translated subtitles suggested Vinson had vCJD, but that was only one initial diagnostic possibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, MBC PD Notebook program, Risk of US beef to South Korea\nConcerns that some commentators raised about the program included, MBC's statements about a genetic vulnerability of Koreans to CJD; the US exporting cattle over 30 months old to Korea rather than selling it to the domestic market; and, the risk of contracting CJD by consuming beef products such as powdered soup base in instant noodles, cosmetics, and gelatin medication.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Reaction to PD Notebook\nDemonstrations involving tens of thousands of people began shortly after the first broadcast, and increased when MBC aired another segment two weeks later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Reaction to PD Notebook, Korean Communications Commission\nMBC became the subject of legal action. On 12 August 2008, the Korea Communications Commission called for MBC to apologise to the public over misrepresentations made in the PD Notebook program. MBC apologised in a two-minute broadcast, conceding that six translation errors had been made and that downer cattle had been mistakenly identified as suffering from BSE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 94], "content_span": [95, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Reaction to PD Notebook, MBC versus Government\nThe government of South Korea directed its prosecutors office to investigate alleged actions of the MBC including mis-representations made by the PD Notebook program; aggravation of civil unrest; and, defamation of the minister for agriculture. In June 2009, four producers and one writer were indicted on the charges. In January 2010, the MBC staff were exonerated by judges of the Seoul central district court. The supreme court upheld the findings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, \"Candlelight\" demonstrations\nSome commentators argue that there is a long-held and perpetual \"culture of protest\" in South Korea involving groups ranging from anarchists to social reformers. Anti US beef protests began on 24 May 2008. After the MBC PD Notebook broadcast, the US beef protests in Seoul increased. A three-day demonstration held in relay took place from 5 June 2008 to 7 June 2008. Attendance peaked on the evening of 10 June 2008, (80,000 protestors in attendance) before declining. (Photographs depicting the demonstrations from \"Reuters\", \"Getty Images\" and \"AFP\" are published )", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, \"Candlelight\" demonstrations, Influence of social media\nInternet and text messaging also assisted in publicising the movement. With ready access to social media, among the first to protest were teenage schoolgirls. A teenage schoolgirl holding a lit candle became the symbol of the anti-US beef protests. Comments made by some protestors had little basis in science.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, \"Candlelight\" demonstrations, The demonstrators\nAfter the initial demonstration, the area in front of Seoul's city hall, as well as the adjoining streets, were occupied by demonstrators. Early in the protest, a festival like atmosphere prevailed as protesters of all walks of life, built a makeshift tent city on the lawn at Seoul Plaza. However, some massive, disruptive and sometimes aggressive demonstrations and street marches were held each night, particularly at weekends. Thus, the protest had two faces: more peaceful during the day and more violent at night. About 200 protestors required hospital treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 84], "content_span": [85, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, \"Candlelight\" demonstrations, The demonstrators\nResulting in over 200 injuries and over 1,000 arrests, the issue had far-reaching effects, including a large outcry from groups philosophically opposed to civil disobedience. \"Police estimated that 60,000 people, including 7,000 monks clad in gray Buddhist garb, gathered in front of City Hall in Seoul.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 84], "content_span": [85, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, \"Candlelight\" demonstrations, Police action\nOn 1 June 2008, police took action to control demonstrators. Buses and shipping containers were used to halt the progress of street marches. A barrier of shipping containers were erected across Sejong-Ro to stop marchers from reaching Cheongwadae (office and residence of the president). The protestors named the barrier, \"Myung-bak's Fortress\" and decorated it with leaflets and large Korean flags. They photographed themselves standing on the barrier. It was dismantled several days later without conflict. Water cannons were used to suppress protestors. Some demonstrators were detained for questioning. The Amnesty International report on the human rights aspects of the demonstrations is published  The report said,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, \"Candlelight\" demonstrations, Police action\nThe protests were for the most part peaceful and given its size and duration, both the protesters and the police showed notable organization and restraint. However, there were sporadic incidents of violence, as riot police and protesters clashed. The two main flashpoints of violence occurred on 31 May/1 June, when the police first used water cannons, tear gas, and fire extinguishers, and 28/29 June, the weekend following the government's announcement that US beef imports would resume. The decision to use water cannons and fire extinguishers contributed to the mass resignation of all 14 members of the Korean National Police Agency's human rights committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, \"Candlelight\" demonstrations, Other forms of protest\nSeveral workers' unions went on strike to show their opposition to the beef import. One of them is the Korean Metal Workers' Union, which represents workers at 240 companies, including the country's four major automakers. On 2 July, they went on a two-hour strike to demand a new beef deal and better working conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 89], "content_span": [90, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, \"Candlelight\" demonstrations, Other forms of protest\nOn 6 July, the Catholic Priests' Association for Justice, an influential religious group known for its struggle against the dictatorships, lead an outdoor Mass to lend its moral support to the protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 89], "content_span": [90, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Effects of the protests, Korean government\nThe approval rating of Lee fell below 20%. Prime Minister Han Seung-soo and other cabinet members submitted their resignations to President Lee. On 22 May and then again on 18 June 2008, Lee apologised for ignoring public health concerns. Lee said,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Effects of the protests, Korean government\nI should have paid attention to what people want. Sitting on a hill near Cheongwadae on the night of 10 June, watching the candlelight vigil, I blamed myself for not serving the people better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Effects of the protests, Korean government\nLee also delayed the announcement of any further relaxation of beef importation rules, for example, importation of meat from cattle over 30 months of age. On 2 July 2008, Han Seung-soo, Prime Minister of South Korea bought 260,000 Korean won (roughly US$230\u2013$260) worth of U.S. steak to eat with his family at his official residence to alleviate public worries about U.S. beef. The same amount of Korean beef would have cost approximately 800,000 Korean won (roughly $700\u2013$800, three times more expensive than imported U.S. beef).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Effects of the protests, United States\nOn 22 June 2008, an American trade envoy headed by Susan C. Schwab, agreed with the Korean prime minister and agriculture minister to limit the export of meat to that from carcasses of cattle less than 30 months old with government certification of their age and to allow Korea to inspect a sample of U.S. slaughterhouses. The agreement also included the banning of importation to Korea of meat from cattle organs considered high risk for transmission of the BSE prion such as brains, eyes, skulls and spinal cord. Schwab said,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Effects of the protests, United States\nWe look forward to safe, affordable, high-quality American beef \u2013 the same beef enjoyed by hundreds of millions of U.S. consumers and people in countries around the world \u2013 soon arriving on Korean tables.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Effects of the protests, United States\nTom Casey, deputy spokesman at the U.S. State Department rejected the notion that the U.S. had bullied S. Korea into removing the 2003 ban on U.S. beef imports and said,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Effects of the protests, United States\n[The U.S. and S. Korea] have a long history of military and security cooperation. I don't think this or any other individual issues are going to change the fundamental relations (between the two countries).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Effects of the protests, United States\nFrom December 2009 to December 2010 the US meat export federation (USMEF) used a 3 phase project called, \"To trust\". It was an image campaign, designed to increase the trust of Koreans in US beef. It depicted three women who were mothers and homemakers. One was a rancher, one a scientist and one a food safety inspector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Effects of the protests, Hi! Seoul festival\nIn 2009, a small number of demonstrators commemorated the anniversary of the 2008 protests. They forcibly occupied the Hi! Seoul Festival stage in front of the city hall in central Seoul. The police removed the protestors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Effects of the protests, Commentators\nKim Dae-joong (not to be confused with former Korean President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kim Dae-jung), a columnist at the Korea Times, wrote in his editorial piece: \"It amounts to double-crossing to be really fond of America in all substantive matters, while bad-mouthing America in public protests.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199116-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 US beef protest in South Korea, US beef imports in South Korea\nOn 1 July 2008, U.S. beef imports resumed. In 2009, the US exported 141 million lbs of beef to South Korea worth $215 million. In 2017, the United States became the top beef exporter to South Korea, with a record of sending 177,445 tonnes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199117-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour\nThe 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour is the second year of this elite men's professional road bicycle racing series organized by USA Cycling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199117-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour\nLevi Leipheimer (381 points) and the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (810 points) are the defending champion of the overall individual and team titles, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199117-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour, Events\nThe 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour consists of the following 16 one-day races and stage races:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199118-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 USA Sevens\nThe 2008 USA Sevens competition took place on February 9 and 10 at Petco Park in San Diego, California. It was the fourth Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series. The USA Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199118-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 USA Sevens\nThe top-level Cup competition was won by New Zealand, who became the first team in the history of the IRB Sevens to win the first four tournaments of a season; it was also the Kiwis' sixth consecutive tournament win overall. In the Cup semifinal against Kenya, they made history with their 35th consecutive match win in the IRB Sevens, breaking their own record set in 2001/02. They took the record to 36 with their final win over South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199118-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 USA Sevens\nThe second-level Plate was won by Fiji in a sudden-death extra time thriller against Argentina. In the Bowl final, Wales beat the hosts in another thriller, in which the USA scored a try after the final horn, but missed the conversion that would have sent the match to extra time. The remaining trophy, the Shield, went to Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199118-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 USA Sevens\nThe New Zealand brewery Steinlager was the presenting sponsor for this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team\nThe 2008 USC Trojans football team (variously \"Trojans\" or \"USC\") represented the University of Southern California during the  2008 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Pete Carroll and played their home games at the Los Angeles Coliseum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nThe Trojans finished the 2007\u00a0season with a decisive Rose Bowl victory, #2\u00a0ranking in the Coaches Poll and #3\u00a0ranking (with one first-place vote) in the AP Poll. In January 2008, immediately after the bowl season, USC was ranked at #4 by Sports Illustrated online and #5 by ESPN.com; the general opinion was that while the Trojans were facing key player departures, the losses were mitigated by the overall talent level of the program. Georgia was ranked as the early pre-season #1\u00a0team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nSports Illustrated and ESPN.com soon revised their rankings to #3 and #4, respectively, after nearly all draft-eligible juniors decided to remain with the program instead of entering the NFL Draft. Going into the spring, USC ranked as the premier team in the Pac-10 Conference, taking advantage of a deep talent pool, including a number of talented running backs holding over from the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nThe Trojans' biggest question entering spring practices was who would take over the starting quarterback position from John David Booty. Junior Mark Sanchez entered spring practice as the acknowledged leader, having started three games the previous season due to an injury to Booty, winning two; however, Arkansas-transfer and former Razorback starter Mitch Mustain had the most college game experience, having started and won eight games for the 2006\u00a0Razorbacks team his freshman year while putting on an impressive performance on the scout team in the 2007\u00a0season during the NCAA-mandated waiting period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nBoth Sanchez (2005) and Mustain (2006) were considered the top quarterback in the nation coming out of their respective high school classes. The Trojans entered spring with a number of qualified running backs, but not quite as many as in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nBattling for the starting position were top returners Junior Stafon Johnson (673\u00a0yards) and sophomore Joe McKnight (540\u00a0yards); but challenging them would be redshirt sophomore C.J. Gable, who started five games as a freshman in 2006 and the first two of 2007 before a season-ending injury, junior Allen Bradford, as well as previously injured redshirt freshman Broderick Green and Marc Tyler. All six running backs earned Parade or USA Today All-American honors in high school, four earned both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nQuestions remained around the wide receivers, who had struggled with consistency the previous season; all starters returned, with special attention focused on Arkansas transfer Damian Williams, who caught 19\u00a0passes for the Razorbacks in 2006 but sat out 2007 along with fellow Arkansas teammate Mustain. The offensive line was hit hard by graduation, returning only one\u00a0starter. The defense lost several important players to graduation, but the linebacker corp returned key players such as Brian Cushing Rey Maualuga and Clay Matthews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nBy the end of spring practice, the USC coaching staff announced that Sanchez would be the designated starting quarterback going into fall camp. A crowd of 22,000 watched the Trojan Huddle, USC's spring game that ends spring practices, where Sanchez, Mustain and redshirt freshman Aaron Corp all performed well against Trojan defenses; the White team defeated Cardinal, 39\u201336, in double overtime. With a number of talented linebackers, the Carroll and defensive coordinator Nick Holt began experimenting with using a 3-4 defense variation implementing the \"Elephant Position\", which features a hybrid end/linebacker position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nThe Trojans had used Cushing in the Elephant position during the 2006\u00a0season before returning to their traditional 4-3 during the 2007\u00a0season. In the 2008\u00a0variation, the position was filled by senior Clay Matthews, a former walk-on. After spring practices finished across the nation, Sports Illustrated revised its rankings and placed USC as the #3\u00a0team, behind Georgia and Ohio State; while ESPN ranked the Trojans #4, behind Ohio State, Georgia and Oklahoma. The running back tandem of Stafon Johnson and Joe McKnight was compared to the \"Thunder and Lightning\" combination of LenDale White and Reggie Bush, with McKnight mentioned as a top\u00a0ten Heisman Trophy contender going into the fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nAt the Pacific-10 Conference media day, the Trojans were the near-unanimous pre-season pick to win the conference. USC took 38 of 39\u00a0first-place votes; California, which were picked to finish fourth in the overall standings, received the other vote. This was USC's sixth\u00a0year in a row as the favorite to win the conference title, the longest streak since the Trojans 18-year run from 1965 to 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nOn the release of the preseason Coaches' Poll, USC was ranked #2 in the nation, behind the 2008 Georgia team: Georgia received 1438 points with 22 first-place votes while USC received 1430 points with 14 first-place votes. Meanwhile, the 2008 Ohio State team was ranked third with 1392 points but an equal number of first-place votes with 14. The preseason Associated Press (AP) Poll ranked USC #3 in the nation, behind Georgia and Ohio State. USC received 12 first-place votes and 1490 points, compared to Georgia's 22 first-place votes and 1528 points and Ohio State's 21 first-place votes and 1506 points. Both polls added to the interest in the OSU-USC game on September 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nA major concern arose in the first week of fall camp, when Sanchez suffered a dislocated left kneecap while warming up for practice. Trainers were able to immediately put the kneecap back into place, but the injury sidelined Sanchez and threw his availability for the season opener at Virginia (and beyond) into question. As a result, Mustain and redshirt freshman Aaron Corp began alternating repetitions with the first team offense and competing for the possible starting spot. After missing nearly three weeks, Sanchez was cleared to play in the opener on the final day of fall camp; Corp was selected as his back-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nThe biggest issue facing the team entering the season was how the rebuilt offensive line would perform, though it had improved over the course of fall camp. Sanchez, Cushing, offensive lineman Jeff Byers, and senior safety Kevin Ellison were elected team captains by their teammates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nIn the week preceding the regular season, all twelve experts polled by ESPN picked USC to win the Pac-10 conference, and three expected them to make it to the BCS National Championship Game with two expecting them to prevail. All seven experts polled by Sports Illustrated picked USC to win their conference, with three forecasting them in the Championship Game with one selecting them to prevail. Rivals.com's panel of four experts unanimously picked USC to play in the title game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Recruiting class, Transfers\nShane Horton, the brother of 2008 recruit Wes Horton, transferred from UNLV and would be required to sit out one season by NCAA rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Recruiting class, Transfers\nJunior transfer Steve Gatena, former United States Air Force Academy Class of 2008 Cadet, transferred in from UC Davis as an offensive left tackle. Gatena was required to sit out one season by NCAA rules. However, due to his academic standing as a graduate student, Gatena was granted a one time transfer exception for pursuing his academic career and played as the second string left tackle in the season opener against Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Recruiting class, Transfers\nJordan Cameron, the uncle of Matt Leinart's son with USC basketball player Brynn Cameron, transferred in from Ventura College. A former freshman basketball player from Brigham Young University, Cameron attempted to transfer before the 2007 season to also play football as a wide receiver. However, when some of Cameron's units from Brigham Young did not transfer to USC, he needed to withdraw and attend Ventura College, missing the season but with the option to try to rejoin the team in 2008 (regardless, he would have been ineligible to play in 2007 due to NCAA transfer rules).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Recruiting class, Departures\nIn addition to graduating starting senior 2007 All-Americans Sam Baker (offensive tackle), John Mackey Award-winner Fred Davis (tight end), Sedrick Ellis (nose tackle), and Keith Rivers (linebacker), as well as first team all-conference defensive end Lawrence Jackson, 2006 first team all-conference quarterback John David Booty and second team all-conference defensive back Terrell Thomas, the Trojans also lost junior All-Conference offensive guard Chilo Rachal to the 2008 NFL Draft. Pac-10 conference honorable mention offensive linemen Drew Radovich and Matt Spanos, tailback Chauncey Washington, and linebacker Thomas Williams also departed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Recruiting class, Offseason news\nOn the Monday after the 2007 UCLA\u2013USC rivalry game, a 24\u20137 Trojans victory, embattled Bruins head coach Karl Dorrell was fired. His replacement was former UCLA quarterback Rick Neuheisel, who held previous head coach positions at both Colorado and Washington where he led teams to overall successful records but his departures coincided with NCAA investigations at both universities. Within a month on the job, Neuheisel attracted attention by hiring former USC offensive coordinator Norm Chow as his offensive coordinator. While with Trojans from 2001 to 2004, Chow led the offense to the 2003 and 2004 national championships and saw quarterbacks Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart win the Heisman Trophy. The hire of Chow injected a new level of drama to the rivalry that had somewhat stagnated under Dorrell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 891]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Schedule\nThe Sporting News ranked the schedule as the toughest in the Pac-10; ESPN.com ranked it as the fourth toughest in the conference. ESPN.com ranked the nonconference schedule as the fifth most difficult in the nation, noting that if Virginia had a good year it would be the toughest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Coaching staff\nNearly the entire USC coaching staff returned from the 2007 season, with the only change being a different Graduate Assistant working with the secondary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nThe Trojans opened their season by visiting the University of Virginia Cavaliers of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) under Al Groh in the first ever game between the two programs and first USC game in Virginia. Virginia went 9\u20134 in 2007, but off-season losses to both the NFL and unexpected issues left the Cavaliers ranked fifth-out-of-six teams in the ACC's Coastal Division in the preseason. Five UVA players were arrested during the off-season and five other players were dismissed from the team because of academic reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nThe game was described as possibly the biggest home opener for Virginia at Scott Stadium. Groh noted that he was pleased the game opened his team's schedule due to USC's ability and the general distraction it would otherwise pose to conference play: \"It's as good a time as any in that we only wanted to play it in the first game, and they only wanted to play it in the first game.\" Virginia entered the game having gone 3\u20134 in opening games under Groh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nVirginia will become the 34th state (plus Japan) where the Trojans have played football. USC entered the game favored by 19.5 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nScoring three touchdowns in the first quarter was all USC needed to beat up on the Cavaliers at their home field. Quarterback Mark Sanchez threw for 338 yards, CJ Gable ran for 73 yards, and Ronald Johnson had 78 yards in receiving. The No. 3 Trojans got off to a good start, thanks to the Virginia turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nUSC continued their undefeated streak in openers away from home under Carroll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nAfter a bye week, the Trojans hosted the Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference under head coach Jim Tressel. USC or Ohio State had played in five of the last six BCS title games. The non-conference game between two perennial powers had potential national championship implications for either program. A historic rivalry existed between the two teams: Between 1968 and 1984, they met six times in the Rose Bowl and determined the eventual National Champion in three of those contests. The teams had not faced one another since September 29, 1990, when Todd Marinovich led the Trojans to a 35\u201326 victory in Ohio Stadium in a game that was called because of a thunderstorm with 2\u00a0minutes 36\u00a0seconds to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 771]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nBy the end of the 2007\u201308 season, the game garnered interest as a possible early-season battle between top-10 teams. By the beginning of the season it was named as the most anticipated regular-season game of 2008. The winning team was assumed to have an inside track to the national title game, though, given recent trends in the title game, the loser also had a reasonable chance as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nIn naming it the top potentially season-defining game of 2008, Sports Illustrated highlighted a theme of credibility: Ohio State enters the game trying to move past the BCS title game losses of the previous two seasons and USC enters trying to show it remains highly competitive with its new starting quarterback and four of five new players on the offensive line. The game was also viewed as a possible Heisman Trophy showdown, primarily between Ohio State's running back Chris \"Beanie\" Wells and USC's Sanchez. During the preseason Pac-10 Media Day, Carroll noted that \"It's games like this that make us.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nThe Buckeyes featured a combination of quarterbacks: Fifth-year senior and All-Big-Ten quarterback Todd Boeckman continued to start for the Buckeyes, however in 2008 he was supplemented by highly regarded true-freshman quarterback Terrelle Pryor. The combination aimed to use Boeckman's prowess as a classic drop-back passer with Pryor's speed and ability to scramble for yards. The Trojans had particular concerns about Pryor, who had many of capabilities that made previous athletic scrambling quarterbacks, such as Dennis Dixon, Jake Locker and Vince Young, difficult for the defense to contain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nThe Buckeyes came in with a strong defense, led by All-American and Butkus Award-winning linebacker James Laurinaitis and cornerback Malcolm Jenkins. Both linebacking corps, highlighted by the Buckeyes' Laurinaitis and Marcus Freeman as well as the Trojans' Rey Maualuga and Brian Cushing, were considered the best in the country. One of the major storylines entering the game surrounded the health of Ohio State's star running back, Beanie Wells. Well injured his foot in the Buckeyes' opener, and sat out the second game of the season. Early during the week of the game he was cleared to play against the Trojans; however by the Thursday his presence assessed as doubtful after he experienced soreness in his foot one day after returning to practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nAlthough scheduled for the third week of the season, the game was the primary focus of fan and media attention for both programs. Ticket prices rose to levels from $100 to $5,000 apiece. The game received heightened attention in national sports news when USC alumnus and starting quarterback for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals, Carson Palmer told a radio show \"I cannot stand the Buckeyes and having to live in Ohio and hear those people talk about their team, it drives me absolutely nuts [. . .]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nI just can't wait for this game to get here so they can come out to the Coliseum and experience L.A. and get an old-fashioned, Pac-10 butt-whupping.\" While Tressel defended Palmer's comments as those of fan, Ohio State fans were incensed. In the week before the game, Buckeyes wide receiver Ray Small stated that USC lacked the \"class\" of Ohio State, noting that \"[A]t Ohio State, they teach you to be a better man. There, it's just all about football\", further nothing that he felt that USC was \"not even serious about the game.\" Sideline passes were in high demand, with celebrities such as Denzel Washington and Jamie Foxx in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nUSC and Ohio State opened the preseason ranked No. 2 and 3 in both the AP and Coaches Polls, swapping positions in each. After the Trojans' strong performance against Virginia, USC rose to No. 1 and Ohio State ranked No. 3 in both polls. However, after Ohio State struggled in their week 2 win against an unregarded Ohio team, they fell to No. 5 in both polls while USC remained No. 1. By game week the Trojans were considered 10-point favorites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Trojans began their Pac-10 Conference schedule on the road against the Oregon State Beavers, under head coach Mike Riley, in Corvallis, Oregon. On their previous visit to Reser Stadium, during the 2006 season, the Beavers defeated the Trojans, 33\u201331, in a major upset; as such, the game was mentioned in the preseason as a possible upset for the Trojans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nFreshman Jacquizz Rodgers (#1) ran for 186 yards and two touchdowns for OSU, USC quarterback Mark Sanchez (#6) passed for 227 yards, and Damian Williams (#18) caught 80 yards for the top ranked Trojans in an upset loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nOregon State was the only Pac-10 Conference school to have beaten USC twice during the Pete Carroll era, until Oregon and Stanford equaled the feat in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nBefore the season the game was named a game of interest and the second most interesting Pac-10 game to watch after Ohio State-USC, in part due to the potential battle for the top of the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nEntering the season, Arizona State was named as a possible challenger to USC's dominance of the Pac-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California\nThis game was mentioned as a possible upset for the Trojans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nBefore the 2007 season, Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh, in his first year with the Cardinal, garnered attention by first stating that 2007 was going to be Carroll's last year at USC, then, during the Pac-10 media day, that USC \"may be the best team in the history of college football.\" The Cardinal then stunned the Trojans in a major upset, 24\u201323, ending the Trojans' 35-game home winning streak and causing a major obstacle to the Trojans national title hopes. During the 2008 Pac-10 media day, noted that the aftermath of the Cardinal's victory over USC was \"water under the bridge.\" Given the previous season, before the season it was named as a game to watch by ESPN.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nBefore the season this game garnered interest in seeing how new Bruins' coach Rick Neuheisel would do in his battle to gain supremacy in Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nJoe McKnight (12-yard run), Damian Williams (12-yard pass from Mark Sanchez), Stafon Johnson (2-yard run) and Patrick Turner (18-yard pass from Sanchez) scored for the Trojans. Sanchez passed for 269 yards, McKnight ran for 99 yards and Turner caught for 81 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nA fumble recovery turned into a pass reception touchdown by Kahlil Bell in the beginning of the game was all the scoring by the Bruins in this the latest cross-town rivalry game. UCLA Quarterback Kevin Craft completed 11 out of 28 passes for a total of 89 yards and had one pass intercepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nGoing into the game, the Trojans were set to be, at worst, co-Pac-10 Champions with Oregon State. However, after the win over UCLA and Oregon State's loss the same day, the Trojans became the Pac-10 Champions for the seventh straight year and qualified for the Rose Bowl, played on January 1, 2009. Linebacker Rey Maualuga was named Pac-10 defensive player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199119-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nTwelve USC players were invited to the NFL Combine. Of the twelve, Josh Pinkard applied for and was granted a sixth season of eligibility by the NCAA and opted to stay at USC for another season. Of the eleven players who attended the Combine, all were drafted by the end of the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. USC topped the total number of draftees for the second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season\nThe 2008 W-League Season was the league's 14th. The regular season began on May 10, 2008, and ended on July 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season\nPali Blues finished the season as national champions, beating FC Indiana 2-1 in the W-League Championship game in Virginia Beach, Virginia on 2 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season\nThe Pali Blues also finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning all 12 of their matches, and finishing with a +35 goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season\nAtlanta Silverbacks Women's striker Sarah Steinmann was the league's top scorer, with 19 goals. FC Indiana's Laura Del Rio led the league with 13 assists, while Pali Blues goalkeeper Valerie Henderson enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.142 per game, and posting 6 shutouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season, Changes from 2007 season\nThree teams folded after the 2007 season: Mile High Edge, and San Diego Sunwaves. Cocoa Expos Women left the league for the WPSL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season, Standings\nOrange indicates W-League title and bye into W-League semifinals. Blue indicates division title clinchedGreen indicates playoff berth clinched", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format\nFive teams each from the Central and Eastern Conferences, and two from the Western Conference, qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format\nIn the Central Conference, the second and third place teams from the Northern Division play a one-leg playoff with the winner advancing to the Conference Semifinals, where they will play the Midwest Division champion. The other semifinal will have the second place team from the Midwest Division playing the Northern Division champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format\nIn the Eastern Conference, the second and third place teams from the Northeast Division play a one-leg playoff with the winner advancing to play the Atlantic Division champion. The other semifinal will have the second place team from the Atlantic Division playing the Northeast Division champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format\nThe two teams in the Western Conference will play each other to advance to the W-League Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format\nThe Regular Season champion, Pali Blues, receive a bye into the W-League semifinals, with the second and third place teams from the Western Conference receiving playoff berths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199120-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Conference Brackets\nPali captured the W-League regular season title and bye into W-League semifinals, enabling Vancouver to take their spot in the Conference Playoffs, and allowing Seattle to clinch a playoff berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199121-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 71st season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2008-09 began on July 5, 2008 and the host school for the season was the University of the Philippines who were celebrating their centennial year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199121-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nUST finished fifth at the end of the double-round eliminations. They won six games against eight losses. Two of their games went into overtime. The first was an 86\u201380 win over the Adamson Falcons in the first round, and the other was a 69\u201374 loss to the FEU Tamaraws in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199121-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThe Tigers' second round losses to FEU and to the De La Salle Green Archers meant that they needed to win their last two games to at least tie the UE Red Warriors to gain a playoff for the fourth and final seed heading into the final four. They were fifth in the standings at 5 wins and 7 losses, while UE was fourth with a 7\u20135 win-loss record. They were also hoping for the Red Warriors to lose their remaining two games for a playoff to happen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199121-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThe game resulted to a two-point loss for UST. The Tigers had struggled throughout the game with errors and inconsistencies. The opponent had led by 22 points at the end of three quarters. Head coach Pido Jarencio got ejected, but in a display of grit and determination, UST fought back and tried to chip away at UE's lead, resulting a 24\u20131 run. The Tigers who got eliminated ended up scoring 35 points in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199121-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nSeason 70 MVP Jervy Cruz was included in the Mythical team selection during the presentation of awards for Season 71. He had played the entire season while nursing a hamstring injury and even led the MVP race at the end of the double-round eliminations with 75.07 statistical points, as well as a double-double average of 19.8 points scored and 13.7 rebounds per game. He has led the league in rebounds since his first playing year in Season 69. The MVP award eventually went to Ateneo's Rabeh Al-Hussaini who was second in running with 71.14 statistical points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199121-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThe Growling Tigers was the season's top rebounding team with a 48.4 per game average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199121-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes\nThe Growling Tigers have lost team captain Anthony Espiritu to graduation, as well as veteran center June Dizon and point guard Rum Perry Scott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199121-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes\nUST has eight new players composed of rookies, transferees and players from the Team B training pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199121-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Injuries\nThe Growling Tigers did not join any major preseason tournaments on two reasons: their veteran players had been busy playing for their commercial teams in the PBL in the summer; and eight of their players suffered various injures before and during the UAAP tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199121-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, UAAP Season 71 games results\nElimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on Studio 23 & Balls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team\nThe 2008 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Price. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. UTEP averaged 37,296 fans per game, ranking 66th nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Schedule\n* ** Denotes the largest crowd ever for the Sun Bowl Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Buffalo\nIn their first trip to the state of New York, UTEP rolled up 266\u00a0yards but had three\u00a0turnovers while the Bulls' Drew Willy threw four touchdown passes to help Buffalo to a 42\u201317 victory over the Minders. Willy complete 10-of-16 passing attempts for 221 passing yards and no interceptions. His first completion of the game broke Cliff Scott's school record for career completions. The UTEP defense surrendered 484\u00a0total yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThis game marks the first time for the Miners to play the Texas Longhorns. Texas holds a 2\u20130 record against the Miners, with the most recent game occurring in 1933 when the school was known as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy. Besides both being in The University of Texas System the two schools also share the same alma mater, \"The Eyes of Texas\". While Miners' fans make a symbol called the \"Pickaxe\", with pinkie and thumb extended from a closed fist, the Longhorns have the Hook 'em Horns symbol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas\nAfter the Miners opened their season with a loss to the Buffalo Bulls 42\u201317, Miners coach Mike Price said of the upcoming game against the Longhorns, \"Man, I hope they're not as good as Buffalo.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe kickoff for the game was set for 8:00\u00a0pm local time (Mountain Time) which is an unusually late start and which translates to 9:00\u00a0pm in Austin. Sports analysts have speculated that the Miners' excitement for the game, the crowd noise, the distance traveled, and time may pose a problem for Texas. They have also compared the game to Texas' 2007 road trip to Central Florida, which was a very close win for Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas\nLonghorn defensive coordinator Will Muschamp said of the time slot, \"Doesn't matter where we play, who we play or what time we play, Texas defense is gonna show up and play.\" The Dallas Morning News reported the game was one of the most anticipated games in UTEP history and \"because season-ticket packages were available for $99, some Texas fans bought them in advance to avoid the hassle of a single-game purchase. The sales pushed UTEP to nearly 24,000 season tickets, a school record.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe morning of the game, Las Vegas sports books favored Texas by 27\u00a0points. The weather forecast called for a gametime temperature of 83\u00a0\u00b0F (28\u00a0\u00b0C) and mostly clear skies. The attendance was 53,415, the largest crowd ever for the Sun Bowl Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas\nUTEP got the ball to start the game and scored a field goal. Texas was not able to secure a first down and punted back to Miners, who scored another field goal to take a 6\u20130 lead. On their second possession, Texas drove 80\u00a0yards for a touchdown on a McCoy pass to Quan Cosby. The extra point gave Texas a 7\u20136 lead which they still held at the end of the first\u00a0quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe Longhorns scored again ten\u00a0seconds into the second quarter, as McCoy threw a 12-yard touchdown to wide receiver Dan Buckner. The Miners attempted a 65-yard field goal, but it fell short and Quan Cosby returned it 65\u00a0yards. Texas put John Chiles in as quarterback on the next series, and fullback Cody Johnson scored his second rushing touchdown of the season to make the score 21\u20136. With four\u00a0minutes to go in the half, McCoy threw a touchdown pass to tight end Blaine Irby to make the score 28\u20136 with the extra point. UTEP scored a touchdown with 18\u00a0seconds remaining in the half, making the score 28\u201313 at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas\nTexas got the ball to start the second\u00a0half and drove to the UTEP 14-yard line when McCoy threw an interception in the UTEP end zone; it was his first interception of the season. Neither team scored in the third\u00a0quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe Horns faked a wide receiver screen and scored on a McCoy pass to Jordan Shipley to extend the lead to 35\u201313. On the next Miner possession, Emmanuel Acho forced a fumble and Roddrick Muckelroy returned it for a touchdown, making the score 42\u201313. UTEP missed a field goal to end their next possession. Texas punted on their next possession, and then took over on downs when UTEP was unable to score on their last possession. The Horns kept the ball on the ground and ran out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, NMSU\nChase Holbrook passed for 329 yards and five touchdowns to lead New Mexico State to a 34\u201333 win Saturday over UTEP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, NMSU\nHolbrook connected with wide receiver Marcus Anderson on three scores, including the go-ahead touchdown with 3:12 to go in the game. Anderson finished with five catches for 70 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, NMSU\nHolbrook has 1,269 passing yards in three games against the Miners (0\u20133).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, NMSU\nWith the win, NMSU (1\u20131) snapped a six-game losing streak, while UTEP extended its losing skid to nine games. It was the Aggies' first win in the Sun Bowl since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, NMSU\nIn the second quarter, NMSU went up 14\u201310 on a pair of passing scores from Holbrook to Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, NMSU\nUTEP quarterback James Thomas II answered with a 44-yard scoring run, but NMSU went ahead 21\u201317 on a 27-yard touchdown reception by A.J. Harris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, NMSU\nUTEP's Jose Martinez kicked a 36-yard field goal to make it 21\u201320 with 3:05 remaining in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, NMSU\nThe Aggies took a 28\u201327 lead into the fourth quarter, until Thomas stretched into the end zone from a yard out and put UTEP back up 33\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, NMSU\nNMSU went ahead for good on Holbrook's final touchdown pass to Anderson. The Aggie defense forced a UTEP fumble, then stopped the Miners on a fourth-and-11 in the final minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, NMSU\nUTEP' top two running backs were out with injuries and starting quarterback Trevor Vittatoe left the game for good with an ankle injury after the third series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, NMSU\nThomas led UTEP with 142 yards rushing and two scores, becoming only the third Miner quarterback to eclipse the 100-yard mark since 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UCF\nTrevor Vittatoe threw for 263 yards and three touchdowns to lead UTEP to a 58\u201313 win over Central Florida on Saturday night, halting a streak of nine consecutive losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UCF\nJose Martinez kicked a 64-yard field goal for the Miners (1\u20133, 1\u20130 Conference USA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UCF\nCornelius Brown, who had two interceptions and blocked a punt, led the UTEP defense as it forced UCF (1\u20133, 0\u20131) into six turnovers, including two fumbles recovered for touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UCF\nVittatoe's second-quarter scoring pass to Jamar Hunt gave UTEP a 17-point lead, and Martinez' 64-yarder gave the Miners a 27\u20137 lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UCF\nRob Calabrese, making his first start for UCF, threw for 167 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nTrevor Vittatoe threw four touchdown passes, including the game winner in double overtime, as UTEP defeated Southern Mississippi 40\u201337 on Saturday night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nVittatoe hit Chris Adams on a 7-yard touchdown pass in the second overtime, after Southern Miss' Britt Barefoot gave the Golden Eagles a 37\u201334 lead with a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nIt was the second consecutive victory for UTEP (2\u20133, 2\u20130 Conference USA) and the second straight loss for the Golden Eagles (2\u20133, 0\u20132).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nSouthern Miss is 0\u20132 in league play for the first time in the 13-year history of Conference USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nThe loss overshadowed a career-high effort by Damion Fletcher, who had 34 carries for 260 yards, becoming the program's all-time leading rusher in the third quarter. He has 3,654 career yards, passing Ben Garry, who finished with 3,595.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nThe 260-yard effort was also the second highest single-game mark in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nVittatoe was 24 of 41 for 263 yards and four scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nThe Miners led 17\u201314 at halftime, thanks to a 37-yard field goal by Jose Martinez with 1:25 to go in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nFletcher gave USM an early lead on a 1-yard scoring run five minutes into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nJustin Estes missed a pair of short field goals for the Golden Eagles in the first half, one after Fletcher ran 56 yards to the Miners' 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nTory Harrison also had a 1-yard scoring run for USM in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nThe Miners responded with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Vittatoe to Adams and an 11-yard touchdown run by Donald Buckram in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nMartinez made the score 20\u201314 with a 34-yard field goal at the 11:33 mark of the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nUTEP tried an onside kick that USM recovered at midfield. The Golden Eagles took advantage of it to take the lead with a 10-yard scoring pass from Austin Davis to Shawn Nelson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nThe Miners came back with a 13-yard touchdown pass from Vittatoe to Tufick Shadrawy on the first play of the fourth quarter for a 27\u201321 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nBut Barefoot replaced Estes in the second half, and despite missing his first attempt, kicked a pair of short field goals in the fourth quarter. The second, from 22 yards out on the final play of regulation, sent the game into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nThe teams traded 4-yard scoring passes in the first overtime, as Vittatoe hit Terrell Jackson and USM's Austin Davis found DeAndre Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nTrevor Vittatoe threw three touchdown passes as UTEP came back for a 24\u201321 win over Tulane on Saturday night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nThe Miners (3\u20133, 3\u20130 Conference USA) reached .500 after an 0\u20133 start for the first time in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nAndre Anderson, who entered the game as the nation's ninth-leading rusher, carried the ball 29 times for 255 yards and two touchdowns for Tulane (2\u20134, 1\u20132).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nUTEP took an early 7\u20130 lead, scoring on its opening possession for the first time this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nFollowing rushing scores of 72 and 28 yards by Anderson, UTEP tied it 14\u201314 in the second quarter after Daniel Palmer hauled in a low pass and scurried 8 yards to the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nDown 21\u201314 at halftime, UTEP inched back on a 28-yard field goal from Jose Martinez in the third quarter, then took the lead for good on a 68-yard bomb to Jeff Moturi with 4:22 remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nDavid Johnson threw for 434 yards and five touchdowns to help lead Tulsa to a record-setting performance and a 77\u201335 blowout of UTEP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nBrennan Marion had six catches for 233 yards and three touchdowns Saturday night, setting a Conference USA record for yards per catch in a game (38.8), as Tulsa (7\u20130, 4\u20130 CUSA) strengthened its case to move into the national rankings. The Golden Hurricane hovered just outside the Associated Press poll this week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nUTEP (3\u20134, 3\u20131 CUSA) kept pace with Tulsa early and the game was tied 28\u201328 in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nDavid Johnson connected with Marion on passes of 97 and 51 yards; Damaris Johnson returned a kickoff 94 yards for a score and A.J. Whitmore caught a 24-yard strike from David Johnson, who finished 21-for-27 with one interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nUTEP quarterback Trevor Vittatoe hit Jeff Moturi with a 6-yard pass, Kris Adams with a 22-yard strike and a 1-yarder to Jamar Hunt for a score. He finished 21 of 34 for 321 yards and four touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nBy the second quarter, Tulsa had turned up the heat, rattling Vittatoe with a variety of blitzes and holding the Miners scoreless, while the Golden Hurricane scored 28 consecutive points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nTarrion Adams, who finished with 115 yards, scored two touchdown in the third quarter that gave Tulsa a 63\u201335 advantage and UTEP lost all fight after that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nMarion added a 40-yard touchdown before the quarter ended to make it 70\u201335.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice\nChase Clement threw for 372 yards and accounted for six TDs, and Rice matched its best conference record in nearly a half-century with a 49\u201344 win over Texas-El Paso on Saturday night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice\nClement threw five TD passes and ran for a 3-yard score that gave Rice the lead for good in the second quarter. UTEP kept close, and a third touchdown pass from Trevor Vittatoe to Jeff Moturi with 1:23 left gave the Miners hope before their onside kick attempt failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice\nRice (6\u20133, 5\u20131 Conference USA) clinched bowl eligibility for the second time in three seasons. Not since 1960 have the Owls been 5\u20131 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nTrevor Vittatoe threw touchdown passes to each team as UTEP finished the first quarter tied 7\u20137 with Louisiana-Lafayette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nGerren Blount intercepted Vittatoe and returned it 55 yards for the opening score, but UTEP answered with 1:51 left in the first quarter on Jeff Moturi's fifth touchdown reception in the last three games. It came from 16 yards out. Moturi's 20th career touchdown catch put him all alone in third on UTEP's all-time list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nBy Halftime, The UTEP defense played perhaps its best half of the season, holding the Louisiana-Lafayette to three offensive points and the Miners led 16\u201310 at the intermission. In the Second Quarter, Trevor Vittatoe threw touchdown passes to Tufick Shadrawy and Jeff Moturi, but also threw one to the Rajin' Cajuns' Gerren Blount to open the scoring. UTEP answered with 1:51 left in the first quarter on Jeff Moturi's fifth touchdown reception in the last three games. It came from 16 yards out. Moturi's 20th career touchdown catch put him all alone in third on UTEP's all-time list. The Miners also made a goal-line stand shortly before their final touchdown of the half, which came with 51 seconds left on a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nMiners defeat Louisiana-Lafayette LAFAYETTE, La. \u2013 The UTEP football team picked up its second road win of the year on Saturday with a 37\u201324 victory against Louisiana-Lafayette at Cajun Field. The Miners improved to 4\u20135 overall with the win in the non-conference game. UTEP is 3\u20132 in Conference USA going into next week's Conference USA home game against SMU. The Ragin' Cajuns fell to 5\u20134 on the season and saw a four-game win streak come to an end. However, the loss didn't affect the team's Sun Belt Conference mark, which remained at 4\u20130. The win allowed UTEP to keep alive hopes of qualifying for a bowl game this season. UTEP needs two more wins in its final three games to qualify for one. After hosting SMU next week, the Miners finish the season with road trips to Houston and East Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 868]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, SMU\nTrevor Vittatoe threw for 410 yards and connected with Kris Adams for three touchdowns to lead UTEP to a 36\u201310 victory over SMU on Saturday night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, SMU\nVittatoe completed 21-of-31 passes, finishing his evening after just three-quarters. Adams caught five of those passes for 145 yards and the three touchdowns. It was a career-high for Vittatoe and Adams, both sophomores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, SMU\nVittatoe connected with Adams for an 85-yard touchdown pass on UTEP's first play from scrimmage. The Miners (5\u20135, 4\u20132 Conference USA) rolled up 544 total yards and never trailed, leading 10\u20133 after one quarter and 26\u20133 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, SMU\nJose Martinez kicked five field goals in the game, connecting from 34, 48, 26, 31 and 23 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, SMU\nSMU (1\u201310, 0\u20137) scored its lone touchdown in the fourth quarter after trailing 36\u20133. Logan Turner hit Bradley Haynes with a 27-yard pass for the touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston\nAlthough meeting for the first time during the Cougars' inaugural season in 1946, the UTEP Miners had only met with the Cougars five times in history. [ 40] As Conference USA foes, the Cougars held a 2\u20133 all-time record against the Miners, whereas both wins came consecutively during the 2006 and 2007 meetings of the teams. Mike Price returned as the Miners' head coach this season. After a close game, where Houston lagged behind, the Cougars made a fourth quarter comeback to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199122-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nThe Pirates welcome the Miners to Greenville for the first time ever. East Carolina and this Conference USA West opponent are meeting for the second time. The first meeting occurred last fall in El Paso, Texas. ECU won in overtime, 45\u201342 in the Sun Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199123-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Uber Cup group stage\nThis article lists the complete results of the group stage of the 2008 Uber Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199123-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Uber Cup group stage, Group W, China vs. Germany\nA fallen bulb from the overhead lights cause the remaining fourth and fifth match abandoned, after the discussion, China takes walkover for fourth match while Germany takes walkover for fifth match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199124-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Uber Cup knockout stage\nThis article lists the complete results of the knockout stage of the 2008 Uber Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199125-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukraine coal mine collapse\nThe 2008 Ukrainian coal mine collapse occurred at the Karl Marx Coal Mine in the city of Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine on June 8, 2008. The mine collapse was said to have been caused by a gas pipe explosion. The explosion occurred at a depth of about 1,750 feet (533\u00a0m). 37 miners were trapped underground at the time of the collapse, located 3,301 feet (1,006\u00a0m) below the surface of the earth. Additionally, five surface workers suffered from burns and other injuries in a blast that they described as one of the most powerful in the industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199125-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukraine coal mine collapse\nThe workers in the mine were supposed to have been checking for safety concerns in the mine and fixing them, not mining, as the Karl Marx Coal Mine was one of 23 coal mines in the country closed for safety violations. However, a spokeswoman for the safety agency said that audio tapes prove that the miners were extracting coal that day, thus violating the ban. An investigation commission plans to have the management of the mine charged with negligence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199125-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukraine coal mine collapse\nRescue crews were sent down ventilation shafts, as the main shafts were blocked  because of the explosion, and two miners were rescued at some time after the collapse. One body was found in the rubble. On June 9, it was announced that 22 more miners, who had been waiting for 30 hours, were rescued by the crews, while 13 remained buried.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199125-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Ukraine coal mine collapse\nOn June 10, an official said that there was little chance that the 12 remaining miners were alive, as 9 of them were riding up an elevator when the blast happened, sending the cage down the shaft, and the other 3 were 1,000 metres (3,281\u00a0ft) underground, where methane levels were dangerously high after the explosion. Officials were also concerned that the mine could flood. More than 30 metres (98\u00a0ft) have flooded into the mine, a report says. Little hope was expressed by officials for the twelve miners still trapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199125-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukraine coal mine collapse\nThe Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko criticized the gas explosion and mine collapse as a failing of the government's policies and the outdatedness of the mines in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199126-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Amateur Cup\nThe 2008 Ukrainian Amateur Cup was the thirteenth annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition for amateur football teams. The competition started on 6 August 2008 and concluded on 8 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199126-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule\nThis year Luzhany, BRV-VIK V/V, Polissya Dobrianka, Irpin Horenychi, Yednist-2 Plysky, and Torpedo Mykolaiv received a bye to the second round (1/8 finals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199127-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Cup Final\nThe 2008 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Metalist Stadium on May 7, 2008. The match was the 17th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv. The 2008 Ukrainian Cup FInal was the first to be held outside of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Shakhtar won the match 2\u20130 through goals from Oleksandr Gladkiy and Oleksiy Gai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199127-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Cup Final\nThe match had five red cards issued, two to Dynamo players and three to Shakhtar players. The match also had six yellow cards (Gladkiy received two), four of which were given to Shakhtar players and two to Dynamo players. This was in part because of players' violent behavior and also because referee Victor Shvetsov made several misjudgments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199127-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Cup Final, Road to Kharkiv\nAll 16 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition; Dynamo and Shakhtar therefore both qualified for the competition automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199127-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Cup Final, Road to Kharkiv\nDynamo had a lot of instability en route to the final. At the beginning of the season, manager Anatoliy Demyanenko resigned after \u0440oor results to start the season. He was replaced by former Dynamo player and coach Yozhef Sabo, who later resigned from his post afterwards due to personal health problems. In November 2007, Dynamo appointed assistant coach Oleh Luzhny as interim coach, who was in charge until 8 December and managed to get Dynamo through the quarter-finals. Finally, in December 2008, the club appointed former Russia national team manager Yuriy Semin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199128-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships took place between December 18 and 20, 2007 in Kyiv. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level. The results of the national championships were used to choose the teams to the 2009 World Championships and the 2009 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199129-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Football Amateur League\nFollowing are the results of the Ukrainian Football Amateur League 2008 season. Participation is restricted to the regional (Oblast) champions and/or the most regarded team by the respective regional association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199129-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Football Amateur League\nThis season competition consisted of two stages. The first stage was organized in regional principal and was played in two rounds where each team could play another at its home ground. On the first stage each group winners and the best runner-up advanced to the next part of the competition automatically, the other four runners-up were paired together to identify two more teams that were to advance. Sokil Zolochiv that won the play-off and was accepted for the finals at the end was not able to arrive to play. The second stage and the concluding was played in Chernivtsi where the teams were split in two groups and the first places were advancing to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199129-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, First stage, Group B\nNote: Polissya-2 Zhytomyr is the youth sport-school of the disbanded professional team Polissya Zhytomyr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199130-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Super Cup\nThe 2008 Ukrainian Super Cup became the fifth edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Top League and Ukrainian Cup competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199130-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian Super Cup\nThe match was played at the Vorskla Stadium, Poltava, on 15 July 2008, and contested by league winner Shakhtar Donetsk and cup winner Dynamo Kyiv. Shakhtar won it 5\u20133 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis\nThe 2008 Ukrainian political crisis started after President Viktor Yushchenko's Our Ukraine\u2013People's Self-Defense Bloc (NU-NS) withdrew from the governing coalition following a vote on a bill (4 September 2008) to limit the President's powers in which the Prime Minister's Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) voted with the opposition Party of Regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis\nThe bill would have required the consent of the Prime Minister for the appointment and dismissal of the Prosecutor General by the President, given the government power to appoint local heads of government if the President rejects the candidates, stripped from the President the right to reject a candidate for Prime Minister, dismiss the Defense, Interior and Foreign Ministers, and appoint a head of the State Intelligence Service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0000-0002", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis\nPresident Yushchenko stated that a clear position on the 2008 Russo-Georgian War was one of the conditions under which return to talks in the Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) was possible, as well as the repeal of all the constitutional laws adopted after 3 September. Yushchenko claimed that a \"de-facto coalition\" was formed with 'no other aims but to conduct coup d'\u00e9tat and usurp power in the country'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0000-0003", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis\nTymoshenko stated that the real intentions behind the President's party in 'declaring war on her' was to ensure his victory in the next presidential election, although she still called for a reformation of the coalition between the two parties. She also reiterated her position on the Georgian conflict, claiming to be neutral and more in line with the European Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis\nOn 16 September, the collapse of the BYuT/NU-NS coalition was officially announced. Following the failure to re-create the coalition, the Ukrainian parliament was dissolved by president Yushchenko on 8 October 2008, giving way to the third parliamentary election in three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis\nThe crisis ended when the Orange Coalition was reformed on 9 December 2008, but including Lytvyn's Bloc after Volodymyr Lytvyn was elected as parliamentary speaker the day before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Treason accusation\nDuring the conflict between Russia and Georgia, Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko issued a decree requiring advance notice of the movements of the Russian Black Sea Fleet into and out of the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol. He also came out strongly in support of Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili, condemning Russia's invasion in Georgia during the August 2008 Russo-Georgian War. Prime Minister Tymoshenko and her Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc put forward a less critical position towards Russia and the Prime Minister herself was out of public view during much of the conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Treason accusation\nOn 18 August 2008 Yushchenko's office accused Prime Minister Tymoshenko of taking a softer position as a way to win the support of Russia during the 2010 Presidential election. Andriy Kyslynskyi, the president's deputy chief of staff, said Tymoshenko's actions showed \"signs of high treason and political corruption\" adding that documents supporting these allegations were being handed over to prosecutors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Treason accusation\nTymoshenko denied the accusations and rejected the accusation that she was soft in her support for Georgia, saying that she supported the \"sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia\" but she does not agree with the president\u2019s tough stance on the Black Sea Ports and defends her position as being \"in line with the European Union and not to drag Ukraine into conflicts\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Treason accusation\nAndriy Semchenko, an MP from the Tymoshenko bloc, called on the President and the head of the President's Secretariat Viktor Baloha to apologize to the Prime Minister before there could be constructive work in the coalition. He said it was not appropriate for the President and Baloha to spread information that Tymoshenko was a traitor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nOn 1 September 2008 Prime Minister Tymoshenko put forward draft legislation which would facilitate the procedure for impeachment, though she insisted it would not affect President Yushchenko and was meant for future presidents. When the legislation came to a vote two days later, Tymoshenko's bloc voted together with the Party of Regions and Communists to pass it. They also approved legislation limiting the powers of the President while increasing the powers of the Prime Minister. In particular the parties approved legislation which would strip the President of the right to reject a candidate for Prime Minister, dismiss the Defense, Interior and Foreign Ministers and appoint a head of the State Intelligence Service. Yushchenko promised to veto the legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nFollowing the vote President Yushchenko's bloc pulled out of the governing coalition saying Tymoshenko was colluding with the opposition and the President warned he would call a snap election if a new coalition was not formed within the required time. He further accused Tymoshenko of trying to set up a \"dictatorship of the prime minister\" and calling the parliamentary vote \"a political and constitutional coup d'\u00e9tat.\" Tymoshenko rejected the allegations and said the real reason the president \"declared a war against me is to ensure his victory in the next presidential elections.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nIn spite of this Tymoshenko has called for restoring the coalition between the two groups. She also defended her position on Georgia saying it was \"in line with the European Union and it is not to drag Ukraine into conflicts.\" Parliament further increased the powers of the Prime Minister by passing legislation requiring the appointment and dismissal of the Prosecutor General by the President to receive the consent of the Prime Minister and giving the government power to appoint local heads of government if the President rejects the candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nOn 8 September, Our Ukraine MP Andry Parubij claimed Tymoshenko and Regions had already reached a deal on forming a new government and were dividing up posts for a new cabinet (a claim Tynoshenko has denied). He also said that if a coalition is formed between Tymoshenko's bloc and Regions, Our Ukraine would appeal to the Constitutional Court to assess the legality of the December 2004 changes made in the constitution which, if successful, would restore wide powers held by the office of president. During the \"Freedom of Speech\" program on 9 September 2008 Tymoshenko said she was \"categorically against\" the decrees made by Yushchenko on the Russian Black Sea Fleet saying they risked provoking a response from Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nOn 10 September, Tymoshenko reiterated her call for the coalition to be restored, but said she would not accept any preconditions for Our Ukraine to return. She also said at the moment they were not discussing any other coalition. Tymoshenko added that a snap poll would \"destroy the normal life of the country\" so it was not a way out of the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nThe same day Yan Bernazyuk, Yushchenko's liaison to the government of Tymoshenko, said representatives of the Presidential Secretariat were not allowed to attend the government session. Bernazyuk claimed the reason was because the government was discussing four issues which had a \"clear Kremlin face\" concerning \"permits on use of mineral products without any contests, sales, and tenders.\" Yushchenko urged representatives and members of the regional, city and district councils to unite against the formation of a new coalition by retaining the \"democratic coalition\" in the local governments as well as for all other \"national forces\" to unite. He said the new relationship between the Tymoshenko bloc and Regions was a \"serious threat for democratic choice of Ukraine\" which was in danger of reconsidering \"national priorities to principles of democratic governing, including the local one.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 949]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nOfficials from the Party of Regions accused Yushchenko of planning to impose direct presidential rule by dissolving the parliament without calling early elections. At the same time members of the Central Election Commission sympathetic to Yushchenko would resign prolonging the time without an acting parliament. Another claim said Yushchenko had secretly instructed the oblast governors and leaders of NGOs to request the imposition of a direct presidential rule by Yushchenko and that he would launch a military coup. Yushchenko denied planning to resolve the crisis with force saying Ukraine can resolve the crisis in a \"democratic way\" through dialogue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nOn 16 September, the collapse of the BYuT/NU-NS coalition was officially announced. Yulia Tymoshenko unleashed one of her harshest attacks on Yushchenko yet, accusing the President of destroying the gains of the Orange Revolution, sinking hopes of rebuilding the coalition. \"Since 2004, this president has managed to destroy everything: people's faith in the ideals of the revolution and faith in the president himself \u2013 only 5 percent still support him,\" she told reporters after a cabinet meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\n\"Unfortunately, this president will leave a legacy of shattered remnants of the 'orange' promises and democratic coalitions, of his own team and even of his friends and his own political standing.\" Tymoshenko also blamed Yushchenko for \"everything bad that will happen in relations between Ukraine and Russia\" calling for Ukraine to pursue a more \"balanced\" policy towards Russia. Yushchenko accused Tymoshenko and the Party of Regions of trying to create a twoparty system in parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0011-0002", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nThe two blocs joined forces in drafting and registering a new law in parliament on 17 September that would introduce a two-round election system for parliament which would likely lead to BYuT and Regions being the only parties in parliament after the next election. Viktor Yanukovich said his party did not want to initiate early elections and added \"The Constitution must be changed so as to provide efficient operation of authorities.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nYuri Lutsenko leader of Civil Movement \"People's Self-Defense\" (part of the Our Ukraine\u2013People's Self-Defense Bloc) said on 17 September 2008 that the breakup of the coalition was provoked by the Secretariat of the President and that \"People\u2019s Self Defense\" was categorically against it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nOn 18 September, Yulia Tymoshenko refused to resign as prime minister as agreed under a coalition pact saying \"The coalition has not collapsed.... It's the president and part of his team betraying the democratic coalition who have left it unilaterally.\" She also made reference to the alleged poisoning plot that almost killed President Viktor Yushchenko in 2004 by saying \"The main poisoning is the poisoning with unlimited power, a serious intoxication in the presidential secretariat.\" Yushchenko accused Tymoshenko of not providing adequate funding for Ukraine's military and asked when she would show respect to Ukraine's soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nPresident Yushchenko later said Tymoshenko was working with the Party of Regions, and the Communist Party on decisions aimed at destabilizing the country in order to establish a new political regime. Yuriy Yekhanurov, Ukraine's Defense Minister and member of Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc, said he and his political force would take all effort necessary to maintain the stability of the country. On 19 September Yulia Tymoshenko called the information about the existence of an informal coalition between BYuT, the Party of Regions and Communist Part of Ukraine \"black political propaganda\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nThe Premier believed that the spreading of such information was aimed at changing the arrangement of political forces leading up to the Ukrainian presidential elections in 2010. She also stated: \"I think that this (the creation of a coalition of a different format) can be a last resort and forced step before the dissolving of the Verkhovna Rada, the Communists have nothing to do with this\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0014-0002", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nOn 22 September Our Ukraine issued a statement which said: \"People\u2019s Union Our Ukraine call on everybody, for who the values of independence and freedom are more important than personal or group interests, to unite around President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko, as a guarantor of the national state, and around Our Ukraine, as the only real force defending Ukrainian interests in the current Verkhovna Rada\" and called on BYuT members to \"put interests of nation before the interests of party leaders, to refuse being accomplices of the plot (to revise the Ukrainian Constitution and give all power to the hands of the pro-Kremlin parliamentary oligarchs), and to take part in the unification process of Ukrainian democratic forces\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Coalition collapses\nOn 26 September 2008, Tymoshenko suggested holding early parliamentary and presidential elections as a way out of the crisis. Tymoshenko said in parliament she would accept any conditions of Our Ukraine \"in order to preserve Ukraine's strategic orientation, to preserve the parliament and not to throw the country into a new crisis.\" Talks were on track to reforge the orange coalition by early October 2008. But no coalition was formed on 8 October and in the evening of 8 October while visiting Italy President Yushchenko announced Ukraine's third general election in less than three years in a pre-recorded speech on Ukrainian television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Opposition to Presidential decree\nMost politicians, besides the president's closest allies, denounced the decree, with even some Yushchenko sympathisers and allies from the Presidents own party, vowing to challenge his action in the courts. On 10 October the People\u2019s Self-Defense (PSD) leader Yuriy Lutsenko announced that all democratic forces should unite into a single democratic bloc on basis of BYuT at the snap poll. Although other PSD members disagreed and rather continued to collaborate with Our Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Opposition to Presidential decree\nInternational reactions were also negative: the European Union did hope beforehand that there will be no snap elections and Poland\u2019s former President Aleksander Kwa\u015bniewski, stated that by dissolving the Verkhovna Rada, Yushchenko \"shot himself in the foot.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Opposition to Presidential decree\nOn 16 October, after resistance, the cabinet endorsed amendments to the 2008 national budget to finance the snap elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Opposition to Presidential decree\nProposal by (19 October) by Yulia Tymoshenko to create a \"megacoalition\" and by Viktor Yanukovych (23 October) to create a \"anti-crisis government\" in the Ukrainian Parliament and postpone the snap elections until the threat of the financial crisis of 2007\u20132008 had passed lead to nothing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Opposition to Presidential decree\nOn 29 October the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) voted against a bill to finance the early elections. On 31 October, the Verkhovna Rada refused to include a provision on funding snap parliamentary elections into a bill on immediate anti-financial crisis measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Opposition to Presidential decree, Juridical challenge of Presidential decree\nThe Kyiv District Administrative Court on 11 October 2008 suspended Yushchenko's election call, responding to a lawsuit filed by BYuT MPs. Tymoshenko refused to approve funds for the election, stating that Ukraine couldn't afford an early election and that she expected parliament to refuse the necessary funds, as well. Yushchenko appealed the suspension on the basis that he had fired the judge who gave the order beforehand. Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko dispatched rival security forces to the appeals and Tymoshenko's supporters planned to hold a round-the-clock vigil at the court to prevent illegal action from taking place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 110], "content_span": [111, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, Opposition to Presidential decree, Juridical challenge of Presidential decree\nThe Kyiv Prosecutor's Office also launched an investigation of the judge who suspending the decree on the charge of \"knowingly passing an unlawful ruling\". On 13 October President Yuschenko liquidated the Kyiv District Administrative Court altogether. On 15 October, Kyiv Regional Administrative Court suspended the president decree on liquidation of the Kyiv District Administrative after the Supreme Court of Ukraine had asked Yuschenko to cancel the decree on liquidation of the Kyiv District Administrative Court. So on 15 October Yuschenko liquidated the Kyiv District Administrative Court again. On 17 October The Kyiv Central Administrative Court has overturned the ruling of the Kyiv District Administrative Court. On 28 October The Kyiv Appeal Administrative Court cancelled the suspension of Yushchenko's election decision by the Kyiv District Administrative Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 110], "content_span": [111, 986]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, End of crisis\nOn 22 October, President Yushchenko stated that the precise date for the early election could not be set until parliament (work in parliament was blocked by protests from 21 October till 24 October) approved finances for the poll and voted for legislation to help Ukraine through the world financial crisis. So far parliament hasn't approved funding. On 12 November 2008 Yushchenko stated in an interview published in the Warsaw daily Rzeczpospolita that the election could no longer take place this year because anti-crisis actions had to be undertaken first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199131-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Ukrainian political crisis, End of crisis\nEarly December 2008 there were negotiations between Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) and Party of Regions to form a coalition but after Volodymyr Lytvyn was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine) 9 December 2008 he announced the creation of a coalition between his Lytvyn Bloc, BYuT and Our Ukraine\u2013People's Self-Defense Bloc (OU-PSD). After negotiations the three parties officially signed the coalition agreement on 16 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199132-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship\nThe 2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 41st staging of the annual Ulster Senior Club Football Championship which is administered by Ulster GAA. Nine GAA county boards compete for the S\u00e9amus McFerran Cup. The championship started on 19 October 2008 and concluded with the final replay on 14 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199132-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship\nCrossmaglen Rangers won the competition, beating Ballinderry Shamrocks in the final, after a replay. Crossmaglen therefore went on to compete in the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199133-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ulster Senior Football Championship\nThe 2008 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 120th installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. It was won by Armagh who defeated Fermanagh in the final after a replay. This was Armagh's sixth title since the turn of the century and their 14th overall. Fermanagh were appearing in their first final since 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199133-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ulster Senior Football Championship\nSteven McDonnell, 2003's Player of the Year, was the top scorer, hitting 1-17 in Armagh's run to victory in Ulster. Although defeated after a replay by Down in the first round of the Ulster Championship, Tyrone emerged as victors in the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, beating Kerry in the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199133-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ulster Senior Football Championship, Draw\nWith the usual nine teams contesting the Championship, Antrim and Cavan met in the preliminary round to reduce the field to eight. The draw, made in October 2007, also produced two big opening round clashes: Tyrone against Down and Donegal against Derry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199134-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was the 63rd installment of the annual Ulster Senior Hurling Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. Antrim were the defending champions and successfully claimed their ninth consecutive title, beating finalists Down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199134-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nThe draw for the Ulster championship was seeded, and took place in a staggered single elimination format. Antrim and Down received byes until the semifinal, Armagh and Derry to the quarterfinal and London and Donegal to the second round. All four other teams entered in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199134-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nThis was the last year where a winning team was granted entry from the Ulster Championship to the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship proper. Antrim entered that competition through the Qualifier series. From 2009 onwards, the Ulster championship continued as a stand alone tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199134-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nThe other Ulster teams took part in lower tier competitions, such as the 2008 Christy Ring Cup, the second tier All-Ireland hurling championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199134-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nThe number of teams in the championship grew enormously from 2007. The entry for 2008, ten, was a record, and for many marked a first foray back into senior championship hurling. All nine historic counties of Ulster took part, in addition to London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199134-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nIn order to avoid mismatches, the draw was set so that the weaker counties were not faced with the prospect of facing regional powers Antrim or Down at an early stage; instead all the other counties took part in a series of elimination matches for the right to meet Antrim or down in the semifinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199135-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup\nThe 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was held in Malaysia from 17 February 2008 to 2 March 2008. The opening ceremony took place on 15 February 2008. The final was played between South Africa and India, which India won by 12 runs by D/L Method.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199135-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Venues\nThe matches took place at three locations, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang. The respective venues were", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199135-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Groups\nThe league stage of the tournament consisted of four groups of four teams each. Each team would play once with every team in the group. The groups would be stationed at their respective venues for the group stage. The figures in brackets indicate respective seedings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199135-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Groups\nPakistan (1)\u00a0Zimbabwe (8)\u00a0New Zealand (9)\u00a0Malaysia (H) (16)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199135-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Groups\nIndia (2)\u00a0West Indies (7)\u00a0South Africa (10)\u00a0Papua New Guinea (15)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199136-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads\nThe following players were selected to play in the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199136-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Papua New Guinea\nThe following players were selected for Papua New Guinea's squad:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199136-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, West Indies\nThe following players were selected for the West Indie's squad:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199137-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions season\nThe Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions began their 2008 season by defeating La New Bears 14 \u2013 9 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium on March 16. There was no seasonal game scheduled between August 4 and August 26 due to 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199138-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United Indoor Football season\nThe 2008 United Indoor Football season was preceded by 2007. It was the fourth and final season of the UIF. For this year, there were 8 teams (4 teams in 2 conferences) playing a 15-game season schedule with all teams playing 14 regular season games from Saturday, March 8 to Saturday, June 14. The winning team was decided in United Bowl IV on Saturday, July 12. For the fourth-straight year, the Sioux Falls Storm became the UIF champion as they beat the Bloomington Extreme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199138-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United Indoor Football season\nFollowing United Bowl IV, the champion played against the Intense Football League champion (the Louisiana Swashbucklers) on Saturday, August 2 and won the inaugural National Indoor Bowl. The National Indoor Bowl was popular enough to allow the two leagues (UIF and IFL) create a new league called the Indoor Football League for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package\nA bank rescue package totalling some \u00a3500 billion (approximately $850 billion) was announced by the British government on 8 October 2008, as a response to the global financial crisis. After two unsteady weeks at the end of September, the first week of October had seen major falls in the stock market and severe worries about the stability of British banks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package\nThe plan aimed to restore market confidence and help stabilise the British banking system, and provided for a range of what was claimed to be short-term \"loans\" from the taxpayer and guarantees of interbank lending, including up to \u00a350 billion of taxpayer  investment in the banks themselves. The government also bought shares in some banks, which have since been sold back to the market at an overall profit to the taxpayer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package\nSubsequently, broadly similar measures were introduced by the United States and the European Union in response to the financial crisis. Some commentators noted that, although under the capitalist model inefficient private commercial enterprises should be allowed to go bust, the banks were \"too big to fail\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Background\nThe announcement came less than 48 hours after Britain's leading share index, the FTSE100, recorded its largest single-day points fall since 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, The rescue plan\nThe plan provided for several sources of funding to be made available, to an aggregate total of \u00a3500 billion in loans and guarantees. Most simply, \u00a3200 billion was made available for short term loans through the Bank of England's Special Liquidity Scheme. Secondly, the Government supported British banks in their plan to increase their market capitalisation through the newly formed Bank Recapitalisation Fund, by \u00a325 billion in the first instance with a further \u00a325 billion to be called upon if needed. Thirdly, the Government temporarily underwrote any eligible lending between British banks, giving a loan guarantee of around \u00a3250 billion. However, only \u00a3400 billion of this was 'fresh money', as there was already in place a system for short term loans to the value of \u00a3100 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 844]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, The rescue plan\nAlistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the House of Commons in a statement on 8 October 2008 that the proposals were \"designed to restore confidence in the banking system\", and that the funding would \"put the banks on a stronger footing\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, The rescue plan\nPrime Minister Gordon Brown suggested that the government's actions had 'led the way' for other nations to follow whilst Shadow Chancellor George Osborne stated that \"This is the final chapter of the age of irresponsibility and it's absolutely extraordinary that a government has been driven by events to today's announcement\"; in addition to offering opposition support for the plan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, The rescue plan\nAlso on the 8 October 2008 there was a strategic and co-ordinated global effort by seven central banks to calm the financial crisis, by cutting interest rates by 0.5%. The banks were all members of the OECD and included The Bank of England, The European Central Bank and the U.S Federal reserve along with central banks in China, Switzerland, Canada and Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, The rescue plan, Comparison with U.S. TARP\nThe British rescue plan differed from the initial United States' $700bn bailout under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, which was announced on 3 October and entitled the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The \u00a350bn being invested by the UK Government saw them purchasing shares in the banks, whereas the American program was primarily devoted to the U.S. government purchasing the mortgage backed securities of the American banks which were not able to be sold in the secondary mortgage securities market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, The rescue plan, Comparison with U.S. TARP\nThe U.S. program required the U.S. government to take an equity interest in financial organisations selling their securities into the TARP but did not address the fundamental solvency problem faced by the banking sector; rather was aimed at tackling the immediate funding shortfall. The UK package tackled both solvency, through the \u00a350bn recapitalisation plan, and funding, through the government guarantee for banks' debt issuances and the expansion of the Bank of England's Special Liquidity Scheme. Announced on 14 October, the U.S. subsequently undertook investments in banks through the Capital Purchase Program and the FDIC guaranteed banks' debt through the Temporary Lending Guarantee Program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, The rescue plan, Capital investment\nThrough the Bank Recapitalisation Fund, the government bought a combination of ordinary shares and preference shares in affected banks. The amount and proportion of the stake taken in any one bank was negotiated with the individual bank. Banks that took the rescue packages had restrictions on executive pay and dividends to existing shareholders, as well as a mandate to offer reasonable credit to homeowners and small businesses. The long-term government plan was to offset the cost of this program by receiving dividends from these shares, and in the long run, to sell the shares after a market recovery. This plan covered the possibility of underwriting new issues of shares by any participating bank. The plan has been characterised as, in effect, partial nationalisation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 854]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, The rescue plan, Capital investment\nThe extent to which different banks participated varied according to their needs. HSBC Group issued a statement announcing it was injecting \u00a3750\u00a0m of capital into the UK bank and therefore has \"no plans to utilise the UK government's recapitalisation initiative\u00a0... [ as] the Group remains one of the most strongly capitalised and liquid banks in the world\". Standard Chartered also declared its support for the scheme but its intention not to participate in the capital injection element. Barclays raised its own new capital from private investors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, The rescue plan, Capital investment\nThe Royal Bank of Scotland Group raised \u00a320 billion from the Bank Recapitalisation Fund, with \u00a35 billion in preference shares and a further \u00a315 billion being issued as ordinary shares. HBOS and Lloyds TSB together raised \u00a317 billion, \u00a38.5 billion in preference shares and a further \u00a38.5 billion issue of ordinary shares. The Fund purchased the preference shares outright, for a total \u00a313.5 billion investment, and underwrote the issues of ordinary shares.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Participating banks\nThe plan was open to all UK incorporated banks and all building societies, including the following: Abbey, Barclays, Clydesdale Bank, HBOS, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Nationwide Building Society, Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Chartered Bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Participating banks\nHowever, of these, Abbey, Barclays, Clydesdale, HSBC, Nationwide, and Standard Chartered chose not to receive any government money, leaving Lloyds and RBS as the only major recipients.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Participating banks\nDarling said in 2018 that the country was hours away from a breakdown of law and order if the Royal Bank of Scotland had not been bailed out and people could not access money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Reactions\nPaul Krugman, writing in his column for The New York Times, stated that \"Mr Brown and Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer have defined the character of the worldwide rescue effort, with other wealthy nations playing catch-up.\" He also stated that \"Luckily for the world economy,... Gordon Brown and his officials are making sense,... And they may have shown us the way through this crisis.\" Other commentators noted that although the capitalist model should have allowed inefficient businesses to go bust, the banks were \"too big to fail\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Reactions\nThe British banking bail-out example was closely followed by the rest of Europe, as well as the U.S Government, who on the 14 October 2008 announced a $250bn (\u00a3143bn) Capital Purchase Program to buy stakes in a wide variety of banks in an effort to restore confidence in the sector. The money came from the $700bn bail-out package approved by U.S. lawmakers earlier that month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Reactions\nA wave of international action to address the financial crisis had at last an effect on stock markets around the world. Although shares in the affected banks fell, the Dow Jones went up by more than 900 points, or 11.1 per cent, while London shares also bounced back, with the FTSE100 Index closing more than 8 per cent higher on the 13 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199139-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Reactions\nThe shares in RBS and Lloyds have now started to be sold off. Labour criticised the Conservative government for making a huge loss for taxpayers on the sale of the RBS shares. The government claimed that this will be more than made up for by a profit on the Lloyds shares and that waiting for longer to sell the RBS shares would not necessarily lead to a higher price for them. The loss to the tax payer of the first round of RBS share sell off is stated by the BBC to be \u00a31.07bn compared to when they were sold. Other estimates were that the loss to taxpayers, and a consequent subsidy to private shareholders in the bank, was \u00a32 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199140-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom budget\nThe 2008 United Kingdom Budget, officially known as Budget 2008: Stability and opportunity: building a strong, sustainable future, was formally delivered by Alistair Darling in the House of Commons on 12 March 2008. It was the first Budget to be delivered by Darling, who had been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer the previous June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199140-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom budget\nAmong the changes from the previous year were that taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and high-polluting cars would be increased. Child Benefit would be raised to \u00a320 a week from April 2009; winter fuel payments for pensioners would also be increased. All long-term recipients of Incapacity Benefit would have to attend work capacity programmes from April 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199140-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom budget\nThe growth of the national economy was expected to slow down to approximately 2% in 2008, down from 3% in the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199141-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom local elections\nThe 2008 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2008. These elections took place in 137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199141-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom local elections\nThere were also extraordinary elections held for four of the new unitary authorities being created, in Northumberland, County Durham and Cheshire (two councils - Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester). Scheduled elections for Penwith in Cornwall, Shrewsbury and Atcham in Shropshire, Bedford and South Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire and five district councils in Cheshire were cancelled, due to the up-coming unitary authorities being established in those counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199141-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom local elections\nThe Labour Party finished in 3rd place, trailing the Conservatives by 20%, the largest such margin ever between the two main parties. Aside from the strong showing for David Cameron's Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Lib Dems each made net gains of over 30 seats and the BNP made 10 net gains to finish with over 30 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199141-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom local elections\nThe strong showing for the Conservatives and the disappointing showing by Labour reflected the change in the political mood of Britain at the time, where the Labour government, now led by prime minister Gordon Brown, had suffered a slump in popularity due to the financial crisis and economic fears which were affecting Britain at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199141-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom local elections, England, Metropolitan boroughs\nAll 36 English metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199141-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom local elections, England, Unitary authorities, Existing councils\nIn 19 English unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 84], "content_span": [85, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199141-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom local elections, England, Unitary authorities, New councils\nElections were held in three of the current non-metropolitan counties of Cheshire, County Durham and Northumberland for four new unitary authorities which were established in 2009. These councils were \"shadow councils\" until then.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199141-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom local elections, England, District councils, Whole council\nIn 4 English district authorities the whole council was up for election following ward boundary changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199141-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom local elections, England, District councils, Half of council\nIn 7 English district authorities, half of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199141-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom local elections, England, District councils, Third of council\nIn 67 English district authorities, a third of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199141-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United Kingdom local elections, Wales\nIn all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nThe 2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place at PIF Congress Centre, Pozna\u0144 International Fair (PIF), in Pozna\u0144, Poland, between December 1 and December 12, 2008. Representatives from over 180 countries attended along with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nThe conference encompassed meetings of several bodies, including the 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 14) and the 4th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (MOP 4 or CMP 4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nSubsidiaries of these bodies also met, including the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 4), a resumed session of the Ad HocWorking Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 6), and the twenty-ninth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 29), and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 29).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, History of Climate Change\nSince the late 1800s, the surface of the earth has experienced an increase of 0.6\u00a0\u00b0C in global temperatures. The earth historically has experienced periods of large increases in global temperatures. For example, around 2 million B.C the surface temperature of the earth is estimated to have been 5\u00a0\u00b0C warmer than today. While these temperatures increased as a result of the natural warming and cooling of the earth, current increases in global temperatures are attributed to increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, History of Climate Change\nGreenhouse gases have increased since the late 19th century due to the industrialization of nations worldwide. Examples of greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and hydro-fluorocarbons. While each of these have a significant impact on the effects of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide is considered to be the most important as approximately three-quarters of the human-generated global warming effect may attributed to increased carbon dioxide output .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, History of Climate Change\nThe levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases have increased dramatically since the late 19th century. Until the late 1970s, scientists were unable to determine to what degree human behavior contributed to the increase in greenhouse gases. However, since then, scientists have recognized that the Earth is unable to dispose of the increasing levels of carbon dioxide naturally through the carbon cycle. As a result, excessive levels of carbon dioxide trap heat in the earth's atmosphere and cause global warming. The global warming of the earth's surface creates climate change that affects humans in a variety of ways, including: the melting of polar ice caps, increasing sea levels, droughts, storms, and floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Previous Climate Change Action\nThe first World Climate Conference was held by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1979 in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference established that \"continued expansion of man's activities on earth may cause significant extended regional and even global changes of climate\". The WMO created the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988 to provide a source of \"objective information\" on global climate change. Then in 1992, 154 nations signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), which aimed to reduce emission levels in industrialized nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Previous Climate Change Action\nThe FCCC is a set of principles and does not legally bind a country to specific standards. Primarily, the FCCC seeks to \"establish a set of principles, norms, and goals\" amongst nations. In 1997, 159 nations signed the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol carries a legal obligation for nations to uphold specific standards in the reduction of greenhouse gases and emissions. The Kyoto Protocol defines countries as being \"Annex 1 parties\" or \"non-Annex 1 parties\". Annex 1 parties are industrialized nations while non-Annex 1 refers to developing nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Issues with the FCCC and Kyoto Protocol\nThe FCCC sought to have nations reduce greenhouse gas emissions to more acceptable levels in 1990. However, the convention did not specify emission targets or create standards that were legally binding. As a result, of the 154 nations that signed the FCCC, only 50 chose to ratify the standards set by the convention. Additionally, the FCCC failed to include emissions resulting from aviation and shipping under the standards set by the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 86], "content_span": [87, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Issues with the FCCC and Kyoto Protocol\nThe Kyoto Protocol focuses primarily on the production of greenhouse gases and not the consumption. For example, a nation may import high carbon goods such as steel or aluminum, but still have a relatively low output of greenhouse gases. The Kyoto Protocol places a large amount of pressure on Annex 1 nations to reduce their emissions. Annex 1 nations face harsher goals of emission reduction compared to non-Annex 1 nations. The Kyoto Protocol also establishes carbon emission caps that create strain on industrialized nations and their ability to produce and consume goods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 86], "content_span": [87, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Focuses of the Conference\nNegotiations on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol were the primary focus of the conference. Management of the Adaptation Fund was addressed during the conference and led to a decision granting easier access to the money available in the fund. Delegates from varying countries suggested increasing the levy of 2% on certified emission reductions to 3% in order to provide the fund with additional money that would aid developing countries in establishing protection from natural disasters and droughts. Another important issue addressed was carbon capture and storage - specifically whether it should be implemented as a pilot program or if it should be incorporated as a part of the clean development mechanism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Focuses of the Conference\nThe International Atomic Energy Agency presented information regarding the role of nuclear energy in reducing the effect of climate change. Holger Rogner, head of the IAEA\u00b4s Planning and Economic Studies Section and lead IAEA delegate at the conference, reasoned in his presentation that use of nuclear power produces fewer green house gases relative to those produced by other sources of fuels, such as fossil fuels. The IAEA introduced their newest publication entitled Climate Change and Nuclear Power 2008 to the delegates in attendance. The book focused on the benefits of nuclear power in climate change mitigation as well as addressing potential fuel supply, safety, and security concerns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Opposition\nAt the time of the 2008 United Nations Climate Change conference, over 650 international scientists expressed doubt regarding the claims made about global climate change by scientists representing the UN, who have published papers providing evidence of climate change, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 Summary for Policymakers. Arguments exist over how sensitive our climate is to increasing levels of Carbon Dioxide. According to the International Policy Network (IPN), debates exist over Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPNN) claims' on climate change and how realistic these situations are.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Opposition\nCanada was singled out as a country that was particularly resistant to making changes regarding climate change at the 2008 conference. In a comparison of countries\u2019 climate change performance, Canada was ranked next to last in developing regulations to decrease its impact on climate change. Canada\u2019s lack of regulations for the Alberta Tar Sands, the largest source of greenhouse gases in the country, brought further criticism to the Canadian government and its lack of greenhouse reduction targets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Opposition\nAccording to multiple 1998 nationwide polls, the United States public viewed global warming as a \"real problem that requires action\". In July 1997 the United States Senate passed Senate Resolution 98 that would not ratify any treaty imposing mandatory greenhouse gas reductions without other developed nations imposing the same sanctions, or that would pose serious harm in the economy. Despite a general American concern being expressed over climate change studies show that opinions of American range from citizens believing that climate change is hoax, or \"alarmists with extreme perceptions to naysayers\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Outcomes\nVarying opinions about the success of the conference have been expressed by various media publications from a multitude of countries in attendance. The conference mainly focused on planning for what would come at the 2009 conference in Copenhagen. At the conclusion of the conference, delegates from all of the parties in attendance agreed to submit their national reduction targets and measures for 2020 by mid February 2009. Delegates made progress on discussing how to effectively transfer environment-friendly technology to developing countries and concurred that the need to reduce deforestation has reached a level of urgency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199142-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Outcomes\nCOP 14, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - COP14. Pozna\u0144. Entrance PIF", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199143-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Security Council election\nThe 2008 United Nations Security Council election was held on 17 October 2008 during the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections were held for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199143-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Security Council election\nIn accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, the ten non-permanent Security Council seats rotate among the regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes. All five contests were won on the first ballot. The five available seats were allocated as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199143-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Security Council election\nThe newly elected five member states served on the Security Council for the 2009\u201310 period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199143-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Security Council election, Elected members\nBoth Mexico and Uganda ran unopposed for their seats within their regional groups, while Japan faced competition in the Asian region from Iran, and Austria and Turkey in the Western European and Others region had opposition from Iceland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199143-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Security Council election, Elected members\nThe election of Japan as a member of the Security Council marks the nation's tenth time there, the longest tenure up until then of any nation excluding its permanent members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199143-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Security Council election, Detailed results\nBoth Iceland and Iran were contending for spots on the Council. Iceland was considered an unlikely choice for the Western European and Others Group, and its recent financial crisis further hurt its chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199143-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Security Council election, Detailed results\nIran lost the Asia seat to Japan. Japan is the second-largest financial contributor to the UN and is thought by many to be a candidate for a permanent Security Council seat. Iran, by contrast, has had Security Council sanctions imposed on it for its nuclear program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199143-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United Nations Security Council election, Detailed results\nVoting was by secret ballot. The official UN results showed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199144-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United Soccer Leagues\nThe 2008 Season is the 22nd edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199144-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United Soccer Leagues\nThe season kicked off on Friday, April 12 with two First Division games, as the Charleston Battery visited Miami FC and the Montreal Impact visited the Vancouver Whitecaps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199144-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United Soccer Leagues, Standings, First Division, Awards and All-League Teams\nFirst TeamF: Alex Afonso (Miami FC) (Leading Goalscorer); Macoumba Kandji (Atlanta Silverbacks)M: Osvaldo Alonso (Charleston Battery); Stephen deRoux (Minnesota Thunder); Martin Nash (Vancouver Whitecaps); Jonathan Steele (Puerto Rico Islanders) (MVP)D: Cristian Arrieta (Puerto Rico Islanders) (Defender of the Year); Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders); David Hayes (Atlanta Silverbacks); Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact)G: Bill Gaudette (Puerto Rico Islanders) (Goalkeeper of the Year)Coach: Colin Clarke (Puerto Rico Islanders) (Coach of the Year)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199144-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United Soccer Leagues, Standings, First Division, Awards and All-League Teams\nSecond TeamF: Sebastien Le Toux (Seattle Sounders); Eduardo Sebrango (Vancouver Whitecaps)M: Leonardo Di Lorenzo (Montreal Impact); Johnny Menyongar (Rochester Rhinos); Ricardo Sanchez (Minnesota Thunder); Matt Watson (Carolina RailHawks)D: Wesley Charles and Takashi Hirano (Vancouver Whitecaps); Cameron Knowles (Portland Timbers); Scott Palguta (Rochester Rhinos)G: Matt Jordan (Montreal Impact)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199144-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United Soccer Leagues, Standings, Second Division, Awards and All-League team\nFirst TeamF: Jorge Herrera (Charlotte Eagles); Boyzzz Khumalo (Pittsburgh Riverhounds); Dustin Swinehart (Charlotte Eagles) (league MVP)M: Mike Burke (Richmond Kickers); Floyd Franks (Cleveland City Stars); Shintaro Harada (Crystal Palace Baltimore)D: Brady Bryant and Steve Shak (Charlotte Eagles); Sascha Gorres (Richmond Kickers); Mark Schulte (Cleveland City Stars) (Defender of the Year)G: Terry Boss (Charlotte Eagles)Coach: Mark Steffens (Charlotte Eagles) (Coach of the Year)Rookie of the Year: Stanley Nyazamba (Richmond Kickers)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199144-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United Soccer Leagues, Standings, Second Division, Awards and All-League team\nSecond TeamF: Gary Brooks (Crystal Palace Baltimore); Sallieu Bundu (Cleveland City Stars); Jeff Deren (Western Mass Pioneers) M: Trey Alexander (Wilmington Hammerheads); Justin Evans (Pittsburgh Riverhounds); Matthew Mbuta (Crystal Palace Baltimore) D: Dustin Bixler (Harrisburg City Islanders); Trevor McEachron (Richmond Kickers); Federico Molinari (Western Mass Pioneers); Dame Walters (Wilmington Hammerheads) G: Ronnie Pascale (Richmond Kickers)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199145-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska\nThe 2008 congressional election in Alaska was held on November 4, 2008, to determine who will represent the state of Alaska in the United States House of Representatives. Alaska has one seat in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; whoever was elected would serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009, until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the nationwide presidential election. The primary election was held August 26, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199145-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, Background\nAlaska's at-large congressional district covers the entire state, and has been represented by Republican Don Young since 1973. He was challenged by Democratic nominee Ethan Berkowitz and Alaskan Independence candidate Don Wright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199145-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, Background\nBerkowitz won the Democratic primary against Diane E. Benson and Jake Metcalfe. The Republican primary was so close that Young and Sean Parnell needed to wait for the overseas absentee ballots, which had until September 10, 2008, to arrive and be counted. Young held a narrow lead of 239 votes after counting the other absentee and questioned ballots on September 6, 2008. Final results on September 18 showed Young winning by 304 votes, and Parnell announced that he would not seek a recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199145-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, Background\nAccording to the 9/15-17 Research 2000 poll for Daily Kos, Berkowitz led Young in the general election by a 53%\u201339% margin, with a \u00b14% margin of error. After the primary, CQ Politics changed its forecast to 'Leans Democratic'. The Cook Political Report ranked it 'Republican Toss Up' and The Rothenberg Political Report rated it 'Democrat Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199145-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, Background\nOn November 12, 2008, Young was declared the winner, retaining the seat for his 19th term, despite a strong challenge from Berkowitz. Young was proclaimed winner, getting 50% of the vote compared to Berkowitz's 45%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199145-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, Results, ADL primary\nThe \"ADL\" ballot contained all of the primary candidates for the Alaska Democratic Party, the Alaskan Independence Party, and Libertarian Party of Alaska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 84], "content_span": [85, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199146-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa\nThe United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa took place on November 4, 2008 to elect the delegate from American Samoa's At-large congressional district. The non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives is elected for two-year terms; whoever is elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincides with the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Incumbent Eni Faleomavaega was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199146-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa, Candidates\nAll elections in American Samoa are officially non-partisan, but incumbent Faleomavaega identifies with the Democratic Party and challenger Amata with the Republican Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199147-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware\nThe 2008 United States House election in Delaware was held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Delaware in the United States House of Representatives for the 111th Congress, coinciding with the presidential election. The primary election was held on September 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199147-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware\nDelaware has a single at-large representative in the House of Representatives. Republican incumbent Mike Castle was reelected for an eighth term. As of 2021, this is the last congressional election in Delaware won by a Republican, the last statewide election where a Republican won by a double digit margin, the last statewide race where the Republican won New Castle county and the last time a Republican won a statewide election during a presidential election year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199147-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, Overview\nThe state of Delaware is completely contained in a single at-large district. The district had a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+7 in 2008. Since 1993, the district had been represented by Republican Michael N. Castle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 74], "content_span": [75, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199147-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, Overview, Primary election\nPrimary elections in Delaware are closed primaries; that is, only voters who have declared a party affiliation may vote in that party's primary. Three Democrats were on the primary ballot: children's rights advocate and 2006 independent candidate Karen Hartley-Nagle, veterinarian and Vietnam War veteran Jerry Northington, and Michael Miller. Hartley-Nagle was nominated with 55.4 percent of the vote, with turnout at 28 percent. Castle did not face any Republican primary challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 92], "content_span": [93, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199147-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, Overview, General election\nIn the general election, Republican incumbent Mike Castle was challenged by Democratic nominee Karen Hartley-Nagle and Libertarian Party candidate Mark Anthony Parks. CQ Politics forecasted the race in Delaware's At-large congressional district as 'Safe Republican'. Castle enjoyed a lead throughout the campaign, and ultimately won the election with slightly over 61 percent of the votes cast. Statewide turnout for the election was at 68 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 92], "content_span": [93, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199148-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia\nThe 2008 congressional election for the Delegate from the District of Columbia was held on November 4, 2008. The winner of the race was incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton (D).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [76, 76], "content_span": [77, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199148-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia\nThe non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia is elected for two-year terms. This election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [76, 76], "content_span": [77, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199148-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia, Candidates\nIncumbent Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat, sought re-election for a 10th full term to the United States House of Representatives. She launched her re-election campaign with an announcement at the Eastern Market playground on May 10, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 88], "content_span": [89, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199148-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia, Candidates\nNorton was opposed by Green Party candidate Maude Hills and Seth Dellinger, a candidate for the Socialist Workers Party. The incumbent won reelection with over 85% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 88], "content_span": [89, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199149-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Guam\nThe 2008 Congressional election for the Delegate from Guam's At-large congressional district was held on November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199149-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Guam\nThe non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Guam is elected for two-year terms. Incumbent Democrat Madeleine Bordallo ran unopposed and is now serving in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009, until her term of office expires on January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199150-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Montana\nThe 2008 United States House of Representatives election in Montana took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Voters selected a single representative for the At-large District (), who ran on a statewide ballot. Incumbent Representative Denny Rehberg sought re-election; he was originally elected in 2000 with 52% of the vote. He was formerly a Billings area rancher, state legislator (1984\u201390) and Montana Lieutenant Governor (1991\u201397).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199151-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota\nThe 2008 election for North Dakota's at-large congressional district took place on November 4, 2008. The incumbent, Democratic-NPL Congressman Earl Pomeroy, was re-elected to his ninth term. Republican Duane Sand formally announced that he was running on March 20, 2008. He previously challenged Pomeroy in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199151-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota\nInitial speculation for a Republican challenger included Governor of North Dakota John Hoeven and Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, who were enjoying very high approval ratings throughout their terms of office. State Representative Kim Koppelman and State House Majority Leader Rick Berg ruled themselves out of the running on February 20, 2008, Another possible challenger was Brian Kalk, who decided to run for Public Service Commissioner and was successful in the November election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199151-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota\nAs of 2021, this is the last time that a Democratic-NPL candidate won North Dakota's House seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199152-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands\nThe United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands, 2008 took place on November 4, 2008 and was the Northern Mariana Islands' first election of a delegate to the United States House of Representatives. Since the CNMI traditionally had general elections in odd-numbered years, the November 2008 ballot contained only this office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [80, 80], "content_span": [81, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199152-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands\nThe Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands was the most recent United States jurisdiction to receive congressional representation in the United States House of Representatives (in the form of a non-voting delegate).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [80, 80], "content_span": [81, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199152-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands\nGregorio Sablan, who ran as an independent, won the election and became the first Northern Mariana Islands Delegate in Congressional history. He assumed office in January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [80, 80], "content_span": [81, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199152-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands, Election background\nThe Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 allowed the Northern Mariana Islands to elect its first Delegate in history to the United States House of Representatives and created a new Northern Mariana Islands' At-large congressional district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 101], "content_span": [102, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199152-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands, Election background\nUnder the 2008 law, the new CNMI delegate was allowed to serve in United States Congressional committees within the House of Representatives and vote on proposed legislation on the committee level. However, as with the delegates from other U.S. territories, the CNMI delegate received limited powers, not being permitted to vote on full legislation on the United States House floor. The new delegate received all of the same allowances, benefits and compensation, including an approximately $170,000 a year salary, as a full member of the House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 101], "content_span": [102, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199152-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands, Election background\nThe new legislation also federalized the islands' immigration and labor controls and policies. The new provisions for United States government control over CNMI immigration policy were opposed by Governor Benigno Fitial, who filed a lawsuit in September 2008 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to halt the takeover. Fitial's suit contended that the immigration takeover by U.S. federal authorities, scheduled for mid-2009, would harm the economy of the Northern Mariana Islands by limiting the number of foreign aliens allowed to work in the territory. The leadership of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate opposed Fitial's lawsuit against the United States government and voted to deny a requested $400,000 in funding for the legal action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 101], "content_span": [102, 863]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199152-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands, Election background\nThough legal action was still pending at the time of the election, Governor Benigno Fitial encouraged all registered CNMI voters to cast their ballots for the new delegate on election day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 101], "content_span": [102, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199152-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands, Election background\nThe deadline for prospective candidates to file to run in the election was August 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 101], "content_span": [102, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199152-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands, Election background\nThe historic first federal election did not attract much attention, in terms of overall voter registration. Less than 13,000 people registered to vote in the lone Congressional election. These voters represented 1/4 of the total CNMI population. This represented a 15 percent drop in the number of registered voters from the 2007 midterm legislative elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 101], "content_span": [102, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199152-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands, Candidates\nTo be eligible to run in the 2008 Congressional election, each candidate was required to be a United States citizen, at least 25 years of age, and must have resided in the Northern Mariana Islands for at least seven years before the election. Candidates were also required to be registered CNMI voters on the day of the election (November 4, 2008) and could not seek any other elected office simultaneously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 92], "content_span": [93, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199152-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands, Candidates\nThe field of nine candidates for the Congressional election consisted of one Republican, one Democrat and seven independents. The nine candidates represented a very diverse mix of professional backgrounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 92], "content_span": [93, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199153-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico\nThe election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 4, 2008, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States general elections, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199153-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, Background\nThe incumbent one-term Resident Commissioner (same as non-voting territorial delegate) Luis Fortu\u00f1o, of the (NPP/R), was retiring from his House seat to run for Governor of Puerto Rico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199153-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, Background\nPedro Pierluisi (NPP), the former Puerto Rican Secretary of Justice under former Governor Pedro Rossell\u00f3, was the favorite to succeed Fortu\u00f1o over economist Alfredo Salazar (PDP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199153-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, Background\nRegardless of which of the two men won, the seat would switch from Republican to Democratic hands in January as both candidates would caucuses with the Democrats. However, this seat would not have impacted which party controls the chamber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199154-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota\nThe 2008 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Voters selected a representative for their single At-Large district, who ran on a statewide ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199154-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota\nDemocratic incumbent Stephanie Herseth Sandlin was challenged by the Republican nominee, businessman and attorney Chris Lien. Neither candidate was opposed in the June 3, 2008 primary. CQ Politics forecasted this race as 'Safe Democrat'. George W. Bush won in this district 60% to 38% for John Kerry in 2004. As of 2021, this election, along with the simultaneous Senate race, is the last time a Democrat won a statewide election in South Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199155-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in United States Virgin Islands\nThe 2008 Congressional election for the Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands was held on November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 84], "section_span": [84, 84], "content_span": [85, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199155-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in United States Virgin Islands\nThe non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands is elected for two-year terms. The winner of the race will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 84], "section_span": [84, 84], "content_span": [85, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199155-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in United States Virgin Islands, Candidates\nIncumbent U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate Donna Christian-Christensen announced that she intended to seek a fourth term in the United States House of Representatives. Her announcement of her decision to seek re-election came in a press conference held at her congressional district office in Sunny Isle, United States Virgin Islands, on January 10, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 84], "section_span": [86, 96], "content_span": [97, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199155-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in United States Virgin Islands, Candidates\nChristensen, who has held the seat since 1996, easily won re-election in the previous contest in 2006. She received 66% of the vote in 2006, in contrast to her nearest rival, Warren Mosler, who garnered 29% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 84], "section_span": [86, 96], "content_span": [97, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199155-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in United States Virgin Islands, Candidates\nChristensen ran unopposed in the 2008 Congressional election. This all but guaranteed her successful re-election to the House of Representatives. As such, Christensen was re-elected again with over 99% of the popular vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 84], "section_span": [86, 96], "content_span": [97, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199156-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont\nThe 2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 4, 2008 and determined who represents the state of Vermont in the United States House of Representatives. Democratic Congressman Peter Welch decided to run for a second term in Congress, and, in an aberration for a freshman member of Congress, encountered no major-party opposition. Welch defeated a series of independent candidates with ease and represented Vermont in the 111th Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199157-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Wyoming was held on November 4, 2008. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election, as well as with two United States Senate races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199157-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming\nWyoming has one seat in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007\u20132008 congressional delegation consisted of one Republican. That remains unchanged although CQ Politics had forecasted the district to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199157-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, Campaign\nA February 2008 poll showed this race in a dead heat with Democratic nominee Gary Trauner slightly edging Republican nominee Cynthia Lummis 41% to 40%. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Republican'. A mid-May poll by Research 2000/Daily Kos showed Trauner leading Lummis 44-41%. A mid-October poll by the same group showed Trauner leading Lummis 44-43%, with 4% supporting Libertarian W. David Herbert and 9% undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 73], "content_span": [74, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199157-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, Campaign\nSix-term Barbara Cubin (R), who held the seat at the time of the election, announced her retirement and didn't run for re-election, making this an open seat. She had beaten her Democratic opponent, Teton County School Board Chairman Gary Trauner, by only 1,012 votes in 2006. She sought reelection in a district \u2013 coterminous with the state of Wyoming \u2013 that gave George W. Bush an overwhelming victory with 69% of the vote in 2004 but whose governor, Dave Freudenthal (D), was reelected with 70% of the vote in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 73], "content_span": [74, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199157-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, Campaign\nCubin had been a lightning rod for controversy over a number of incidents that ranged from receiving money from ARMPAC, to distributing penis-shaped cookies to male colleagues while in the Wyoming Legislature, to even an incident after a televised debate in which she remarked that if the Libertarian candidate, Thomas Rankin, who has multiple sclerosis and must use a wheelchair, \"weren\u2019t sitting in that chair,\" she would have slapped him in the face. So few were surprised when Cubin announced that she would retire from Congress as she would have faced both a tough primary and general campaign for an 8th term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 73], "content_span": [74, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199157-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, Campaign\nOn the Republican side, Cheyenne substitute teacher Swede Nelson was the first to announce his candidacy for the seat on September 8, 2007. State House Majority Leader Colin M. Simpson, son of former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, announced he intended to run early in 2007 but later withdrew from the race. Other Republicans running include conservative former state Treasurer Cynthia Lummis, state Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, businessman and rancher Mark Gordon of Buffalo, and retired naval captain and 2006 candidate Bill Winney who had garnered 40 percent of the vote against Cubin in the 2006 primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 73], "content_span": [74, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199157-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, Campaign\nNelson and Zwonizter withdrew, with Lummis and Gordon remaining in the field. Lummis had the experience and name recognition and Gordon a massive war chest, $647,768 in self-financing as of June 30, 2008, and early television advertising. After Zwonizter withdrew, Green River physician and Ron Paul backer Mike Holland jumped in the race. Gordon outspent Lummis 4-1 in the primary. After anonymous circulation of two mailings attacking him personally, Gordon became critical of Lummis' campaign and hence aired ads about her past voting record of increasing taxes. Lummis countered with criticism of Gordon's past funding of Democrats Trauner, Governor Dave Freudenthal in 2006, and John F. Kerry for president in 2004. Lummis ultimately won the nomination, 46-37 over Gordon, with Winney obtaining 12 percent and Holland 5 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 73], "content_span": [74, 907]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199157-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, Campaign\nMoving on from her win in the primary, Lummis faced the Democrat, Trauner. While Trauner had a tremendous fundraising advantage over Lummis, the race would have likely be decided by who received the most Gordon supporters, and if Trauner gained as much Republican support as he did in 2006. In addition, since the Libertarian Rankin received over 7,500 votes in 2006, while Cubin's margin of victory was only 1,012 votes, support for Herbert and whether he drew more votes away from Lummis or Trauner could have also played a factor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 73], "content_span": [74, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199157-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, Campaign\nTrauner's massive war chest from the DNC contributed to his TV ads swamping television across the state, while Lummis had very little money left from her expensive primary battle. Trauner won the key endorsement of Governor Freudenthal, and pushed his ads negatively on Lummis. Lummis countered with her own attack ads, and the National Parties contributed their own attack ads. After a long fight for the open seat, Wyoming voters selected Lummis to succeed Barbara Cubin in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 73], "content_span": [74, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections\nThe 2008 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2008, to elect members to the United States House of Representatives to serve in the 111th United States Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. It coincided with the election of Barack Obama as President. All 435 voting seats, as well as all 6 non-voting seats, were up for election. The Democratic Party, which won a majority of seats in the 2006 election, expanded its control in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections\nThe Republican Party, hoping to regain the majority it lost in the 2006 election or at least expand its congressional membership, lost additional seats. With one exception (Louisiana's 2nd district), the only seats to switch from Democratic to Republican had been Republican-held prior to the 2006 elections. Republicans gained five Democratic seats total, while losing 26 of their own, giving the Democrats a net gain of 21 seats, effectively erasing all gains made by the GOP since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections\nIn addition, with the defeat of Republican congressman Chris Shays in Connecticut's 4th district, this became the first time since the 1850s that no Republican represented the New England region. The 10.6% popular vote advantage by the Democrats was the largest by either party since 1982, 26 years earlier. Turnout increased due to the 2008 presidential election. The presidential election, 2008 Senate elections, and 2008 state gubernatorial elections, as well as many other state and local elections, occurred on the same date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections\nAs of 2021, this is the last election in which Democrats won congressional seats in Idaho, North Dakota, and South Dakota, the last election in which Democrats won more than one seat in Alabama, and the last election in which Democrats won a majority of seats in Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. It is also the last time Republicans won a seat in Delaware.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Composition entering the election\nAt the end of the 110th Congress (2nd Session), the membership of the U.S. House of Representatives was composed of 235 Democrats, 199 Republicans, and one vacancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Special elections\nThe thirteen special elections to the 110th United States Congress are listed below by election date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Special elections\nIn 2008 there were eight special elections for vacant seats in the United States House of Representatives, for the 110th United States Congress. In the special elections, Democrats gained three seats while keeping hold of five seats. Republicans held only one of their four seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Retiring incumbents, Democratic incumbents\nAll six seats held by retiring Democrats were won by Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 97], "content_span": [98, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Retiring incumbents, Republican incumbents\nTwenty-seven Republicans retired. Thirteen of their seats were then won by Democrats (see Open seat gains, below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 97], "content_span": [98, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Defeated incumbents, Incumbents defeated in primary election\nOne Republican lost in a primary and the seat was eventually won by a Democrat. One Democrat lost the primary as did two Republicans. The three primary winners, however, managed to retain the seat for the same party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Defeated incumbents, Incumbents defeated in general election\nFourteen Republicans and five Democrats lost their general elections, thereby losing their seats to the other party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Open seat gains\nTwelve seats (and one delegate's seat) held by retiring Republicans were won by Democrats. No Democratic retirements were picked up by Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Predictions\nOn April 8, 2008, analyst Stuart Rothenberg of The Rothenberg Political Report stated that the fight for the House would be a \"one-sided battle, with Democrats having most of the targets.\" He points to a list of one dozen seats (out of all 435 seats in the House) that are most likely to change hands, of those twelve, ten are open seats, seats which Republicans won by 3% or less in 2006 or otherwise endangered GOP seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Predictions\nIn May 2007, conservative columnist Robert Novak wrote that he believed there were at least a few House seats that were won by Democrats in 2006 \"solely because of GOP corruption,\" and that such seats would be \"the most likely to return to the Republican column in 2008\". He also said,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Predictions\na continued sour mood over the Iraq War could produce another massive Republican defeat in 2008 that makes 2006 look tame by comparison. Republicans in Washington generally concede that the continued presence of U.S. troops in Iraq by next November could mean disaster for the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Predictions\nNovak qualified this by saying that in \"previous elections, major House gains by either party have always been followed by losses in the next election\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Predictions\nInTrade.com, the only betting site that offered odds on control of the House, put the likelihood of the Democrats retaining control at about 90% as of October\u00a02008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Predictions\nThere have been three special elections for open Republican seats, IL-14 (formerly held by Dennis Hastert), LA-06 (formerly held by Richard Baker) and MS-01 (formerly held by Roger Wicker). Democrats won all three elections. After the MS-01 loss, Ron Gunzburger wrote, \"GOP insiders in DC now privately acknowledge the Democratic victory in this seat likely foreshadows a dismal general election ahead for congressional Republicans.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Predictions\nThe following table rates the competitiveness of selected races from around the country according to noted political analysts. Races not included should be considered safe for the incumbent's party. (Incumbents not running for re-election have parentheses around their name.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199158-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Louisiana\nNote: In Louisiana's 2nd and 4th districts, primary runoffs were held November 4, 2008 and the general election for both of these races were held December 6, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199159-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama\nThe 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama were held on November 4, 2008, to determine the representation of the state of Alabama in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009, until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199159-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama\nAlabama has seven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007\u20132008 congressional delegation consisted of five Republicans and two Democrats. It is now four Republicans and three Democrats. District 2 changed party (from open Republican to Democratic). As of 2020, this is the last election in which Democrats won more than one congressional district in Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199159-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 1\nThe Democratic and Republican primaries were not contested, with incumbent representative Jo Bonner winning the Republican party and Thomas Fuller winning the Democratic primary. However, Fuller  withdrew from the race on June 12, 2008, stating he was unable to wage a creditable campaign in the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199159-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 1, General election\nCQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'. Bonner won re-election with over 98% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 94], "content_span": [95, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199159-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 2\nThis district covers southeastern Alabama, including Dothan and Montgomery. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'No Clear Favorite'. The Rothenberg Political Report rated it 'Pure Toss-Up'. The Cook Political Report ranked it 'Republican Toss Up'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199159-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 2\nRepublican Terry Everett, who had represented the district since 1993, decided to retire. Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright won the Democratic primary. State Representative Jay Love won the Republican run-off election on July 15 against State Senator Harri Anne Smith (). George W. Bush won 67% in 2004 here. Bright won 50% of the vote to Love's 49%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199159-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 4\nThe Republican primary was uncontested, and Nick Sparks won against Greg Warren in the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199159-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 5\nThis district includes the counties of Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Jackson, and parts of Morgan. Democratic incumbent Bud Cramer has represented the district since 1990. He did not seek reelection and endorsed State Senator Parker Griffith. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'No Clear Favorite'. The Rothenberg Political Report rated it 'Pure Toss-Up'. The Cook Political Report ranked it 'Democrat Toss Up'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199159-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 5\nIn the June 3, 2008, primary election, there were eight candidates running for the seat. On the Democratic side, State Senator Dr. Parker Griffith defeated physicist David Maker (), carrying 90% of the vote. Wayne Parker won the Republican runoff on July 15 against attorney Cheryl Baswell Guthrie (). In the primary, Wayne Parker had failed to gain the necessary 51% of the vote to avoid the runoff. Guthrie had carried 18% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199159-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 5\nA year after his election, Griffith switched parties and ran for a second term in the 2010 Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Arizona were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Arizona in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected would serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009, until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona\nArizona had eight seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of four Republicans and four Democrats. Two of the Democrats had taken Republican seats in 2006, and were at risk during the 2008 election. The delegation elected in 2008 consisted of three Republicans and five Democrats: district 1 changed party (from open Republican to Democratic), although CQ Politics had forecast districts 1, 3, 5 and 8 to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 1\nThis open seat was contested by Republican Sydney Ann Hay, a mining industry lobbyist; Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick, a former State Representative and prosecutor; Independent Brent Maupin, a Sedona engineer and businessman; and Libertarian Thane Eichenauer. The Cook Political Report ranked this race as 'Likely Democratic,' and  CQ Politics,  the Rothenberg Political Report, and The New York Times all forecast the race as 'Leans Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 1\nThis district had been represented by Republican Rick Renzi since 2003. In August 2007, Renzi announced he would not seek re-election, four months after the FBI raided Renzi's family business as part of a federal investigation. Renzi received only 52% of the vote compared to 44% for his Democratic opponent \u2013 Sedona civil rights attorney Ellen Simon \u2013 in 2006; George W. Bush won 54% of the vote in this northern Arizona district in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 1\nIn the Democratic primary, Kirkpatrick won by almost 15 points, against publisher and former Phoenix TV newscaster Mary Kim Titla, mental health advocate Jeffrey Brown and attorney Howard Shanker. (Simon had announced her intention to run again, but then dropped out in May 2007, citing personal reasons.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 1\nIn the Republican primary, Hay, who ran unsuccessfully in 2002, earned a narrower-than-expected victory against Sandra L. B. Livingstone, Tom Hansen and Barry Hall. State Representative Bill Konopnicki, former Navajo County Supervisor Lewis Tenney and State Senator Tom O'Halleran were other potential candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 1\nKirkpatrick earned endorsements from leaders in government, education, tribal communities, first responders, and other groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 1\nAmong those endorsing her were: Governor Janet Napolitano, U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords, U.S. Representative Harry Mitchell, the Arizona Education Association, the Arizona Police Association, the Arizona Conference of Police and Sheriffs, the International Association of Firefighters, Navajo County School Superintendent Linda Morrow, county sheriffs in Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, and Pinal Counties, Coconino County School Superintendent Cecilia Owen, Pinal County School Superintendent Orlenda Roberts, Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, San Carlos Apache Tribal Chairman Wendsler Nosie, White Mountain Apache Tribal Chairman Ronnie Lupe, former Navajo Nation president Dr. Peterson Zah, and many other tribal leaders. The Arizona Republic, the state's largest newspaper, and the White Mountain Independent and the Arizona Daily Sun, two of the most widely read newspapers in the district, also endorsed her candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 1041]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 1\nKirkpatrick ran on a platform of tax cuts for 86 million middle-class families, making health care affordable and accessible to all, and encouraging renewable energy projects to end America's dependence on foreign energy and create jobs for rural Arizona. She supports increasing teacher salaries, expanding SCHIP, and adding a division to the army. Kirkpatrick is known as an advocate for early education, Native Americans, and law enforcement. As a member of the Arizona State Legislature, Kirkpatrick was known for her willingness to work across party lines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 2\nThis district has been represented by Republican Trent Franks since 2003. In what was essentially a rematch of the previous election, he was challenged by Democrat John Thrasher (), Libertarian Powell Gammill and Green William Crum. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 2, Results\nIncumbent Trent Franks held on to his seat with almost 60% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 105], "content_span": [106, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 3\nThis district has been represented by Republican John Shadegg since 1995. He was challenged by Democrat Bob Lord (), a tax attorney, and Libertarian Michael Shoen. Running as Independents were Mark Yannone (), Annie Loyd, Steve May and Edwin Winkler. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 3\nAn outspoken conservative, Shadegg has consistently been re-elected in this Republican-leaning district (Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+6) in the northern Phoenix suburbs which gave George W. Bush 57.9 percent of the vote in 2004. However, Lord outraised Shadegg in the first quarter of 2007 and even had more cash on hand compared to Shadegg, which resulted in an unusually competitive race. However, Shadegg's campaign team noted that Shadegg's funds are smaller than expected due to Shadegg donating most of the money in 2006 to fellow Republicans in a last-ditch, albeit lackluster attempt to retain control of Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 3\nOn February 11, 2008, incumbent Shadegg announced he would not run for an eighth term, saying that he wanted to \"seek a new challenge in a different venue to advance the cause of freedom.\" However, on February 21, Shadegg retracted the statement and announced he would seek re-election. Over 140 Republicans in Congress had signed a letter asking Shadegg to keep his seat. Although it was speculated that he would run for the United States Senate if John McCain were to become president, Shadegg had expressed his intention to leave public life and return to the private sector before changing his mind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 3\nAnnie Loyd, running on a platform of \"transpartisan politics\", has been described by The Arizona Republic as a moderate. Born in South Dakota and a community activist in Los Angeles, Loyd is a 15-year resident of Phoenix. She has also appeared at Columbia University. Shadegg's 2006 opponent, consultant Herb Paine, announced his support for Loyd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 3\nThe race was covered in the East Valley Tribune and showed a 27% independent voter population and noted increased registration of independents, in a district of 600,000 people cutting across urban Phoenix into rural parts of northern Maricopa county. The Federal Elections Commission reports that as of December 31, 2007, Shadegg had raised over $1,000,000, Lord over $600,000, and Loyd $26,000. May and Winkler had not reported any fundraising.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 3\nThis district was previously held by Arizona's junior United States Senator, Republican Jon Kyl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 3, Results\nIncumbent John Shadegg held his seat with about 54% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 105], "content_span": [106, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 4\nThis district has been represented by Democrat Ed Pastor since 1991. He was challenged by Republican Don Karg, Libertarian Joe Cobb and Green Rebecca DeWitt. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 4, Results\nIncumbent Ed Pastor held his seat with about 72% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 105], "content_span": [106, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 5\nThis district has been represented by Democrat Harry Mitchell since 2007. Mitchell unseated conservative Republican J.D. Hayworth by 50% to 47% in this Republican-leaning district (Cook PVI: R+4) in the northeastern Phoenix suburbs that gave George W. Bush 54% of the vote in 2004. The largely Republican nature of this district made a tough 2008 race certain, though Mitchell, who has a government complex in Tempe named after him, had won a lot of tough elections in the past. Maricopa County Treasurer David Schweikert won the Republican primary against Susan Bitter Smith, former State Representative Laura Knaperek, State Representative Mark Anderson, Jim Ogsbury and Lee Gentry. Libertarian Warren Severin  also ran. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Leans Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 873]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 5, Results\nIncumbent Harry Mitchell held his seat with about 53% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 105], "content_span": [106, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 6\nThis district has been represented since 2001 by Republican Jeff Flake (), who is perhaps best known for his opposition to pork barrel projects and advocacy for earmark reform since 2001. He was challenged by Democrat Rebecca Schneider () and Libertarian Rick Biondi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 6\nRichard Grayson, an Apache Junction resident who ran as a write-in candidate in Florida's 4th congressional district in 2004, filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for this seat as a Democrat, as did trucking-firm account manager Chris Gramazio. Schneider, a library supervisor from Mesa, also filed and ended up defeating Gramazio in the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 6\nThere was no Democratic candidate in this heavily Republican district in 2004 or 2006. George W. Bush won with 64% here in 2004. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 6, Results\nIncumbent Jeff Flake held his seat with about 62% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 105], "content_span": [106, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 7\nThis district has been represented by Democrat Ra\u00fal Grijalva since 2003. He was challenged by Republican Joseph Sweeney and Libertarian Raymond Patrick Petrulsky. Republican Milton Chewning (), who previously ran for this seat in 2006, lost to Sweeney in the primary. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 7, Results\nIncumbent Ra\u00fal Grijalva held his seat with about 63% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 105], "content_span": [106, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 8\nHer challenger was Republican State Senate President Tim Bee. Libertarian Paul Davis and Independent Derek Tidball () also ran. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 8\nGiffords defeated conservative Republican Randy Graf by a 54% to 42% margin in 2006. Bush narrowly won here with 52% to 47% for John Kerry in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 8\nGiffords attracted a lot of attention in late May and June due to the shuttle flight of her husband Mark E. Kelly, who served as commander of the space shuttle's STS-124 mission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 8\nBee's campaign generated state and national press coverage when his campaign co-chair, former Congressman Jim Kolbe, resigned and withdrew his support in early July. Kolbe had held the seat for 22 years until Giffords took office in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 8\nOn July 13, The Arizona Republic summarized the race: \"Giffords has proved adept at fundraising and is considered a rising star in Democratic circles. But Bee is one of the state's highest-profile political figures and has enlisted the support of some heavy-hitters, including President Bush, the headliner of a Tucson fundraiser planned for later this month.\" Giffords has the \"advantages of incumbency. Plus, Bee is just off a tough legislative term in which he drew heavy criticism for his role in a state budget deal and the referral of an anti-gay-marriage proposal to the November ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 8\nBee remains a popular political figure, and registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by more than 14,000 in the district.\" On July 16, The Arizona Republic reported that freshman Congresswoman Giffords \"has proved to be the most successful fundraiser among the state's House delegation and now has more than $2 million in her campaign coffers.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199160-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District breakdown, District 8, Results\nIncumbent Gabrielle Giffords held her seat with about 55% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 105], "content_span": [106, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199161-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas\nThe 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives. Arkansas has four seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincides with the 2008 presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199161-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas\nNo incumbent was opposed by a candidate from the other major party. The Green Party of Arkansas is the only opponent to the incumbent in most districts. This is the largest number of congressional candidates fielded by an Arkansas party other than the Democratic or Republican parties since the People's Party in 1894. All incumbents were reelected. As of 2021, this is the last election in which Democrats won the House popular vote or the majority of congressional districts in Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199161-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, Overview\nNote that results from Arkansas's 1st congressional district, where only one Democratic ran, were not reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 75], "content_span": [76, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199161-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 1\nThis district covers the northeast part of the state. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199161-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 1\nMarion Berry won unopposed. The Secretary of State of Arkansas did not report vote totals for the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199161-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 2\nThis district covers central Arkansas. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199161-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 3\nThis district covers the northwest corner of the state. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199161-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 4\nThis district is roughly the southwest half of the state. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California\nThe 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent California various congressional districts in the United States House of Representatives. In the 111th Congress, California has 53 seats in the House, apportioned accordingly after the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected to two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 to January 3, 2011. The election coincides with the United States presidential election as well as other elections in California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California\nAccording to CQ Politics, the districts considered the most competitive were the 4th and 11th, with the 3rd, 8th, 26th, 46th and 50th as less than safe as well. However, the partisan balance of the state's congressional delegation did not change, despite the strong Democratic dominance during the broader elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results\nBelow are the final official results as reported by the Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 76], "content_span": [77, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 4\nOn December 2, 2008, Republican Tom McClintock declared victory over Democrat Charlie Brown in the race in the 4th congressional district. Brown conceded his defeat the next day. The race had been so close that it took four weeks of counting all mailed and provisional ballots before McClintock could be assured of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 88], "content_span": [89, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 4\nCQ Politics had forecast the race in this traditionally Republican district as 'No Clear Favorite'. Two polls sponsored by Brown showed Brown in the lead; two polls sponsored by McClintock showed McClintock in the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 88], "content_span": [89, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 4\nCharlie Brown is a retired Air Force officer who first ran for this seat in 2006, losing to incumbent John Doolittle by three percent of the vote. Brown announced in February 2007 that he would run again in 2008. Doolittle's prospects for reelection suffered because of a federal investigation into his alleged ties to Jack Abramoff. In April 2007, the FBI raided Doolittle's Virginia home. Doolittle denies all wrongdoing, and has not been charged with any crime. On January 10, 2008, Doolittle announced that he would finish his term but not run for re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 88], "content_span": [89, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 4\nOn March 4, 2008, State Senator Tom McClintock of Thousand Oaks officially launched his campaign for this district at the Placer County Courthouse in Auburn. McClintock received immediate endorsements from local and state Republicans, including State Senator Sam Aanasted, State Assemblyman Ted Gaines, State Assemblyman Rick Keene, Auburn City Councilman Kevin Hanley, Yuba County Supervisor Dan Logue, and Nevada County Supervisor Sue Horne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 88], "content_span": [89, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 4\nBrown was endorsed by Senator Max Cleland, former General Wesley Clark, former Republican Congressman Pete McCloskey, Senator Jim Webb of Virginia, and many veterans' groups including the Veterans' Alliance for Security and Democracy and VoteVets.org.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 88], "content_span": [89, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 4\nIn the primary election on June 3, 2008, Tom McClintock won the Republican primary with 54% of the vote ahead of Doug Ose, Suzanne Jones, and Theodore Terbolizard, in that order. Other Republican candidates had withdrawn from the race and thus did not appear on the ballot, including Rico Oller, Eric Egland, and Auburn City Councilman Mike Holmes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 88], "content_span": [89, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 4\nCharlie Brown won the Democratic primary with 88% of the vote, ahead of John \"Wolf\" Wolfgram, who had little financial support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 88], "content_span": [89, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 8\nThe eighth congressional district has been represented by Democrat Nancy Pelosi since 1993, when the area was redistricted from the 5th congressional district. Pelosi, who is Speaker of the House, is considered safe for re-election, but Iraq War activist Cindy Sheehan announced that she would consider running against Pelosi if Pelosi did not put in an article of impeachment against President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. She qualified for the ballot as an independent candidate and was endorsed by the Peace and Freedom Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 88], "content_span": [89, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 12\nCalifornia's 12th congressional district is represented by Democrat Jackie Speier. She won a special election months before the general election to replace Tom Lantos, who represented the district from 1981 until his death due to esophageal cancer at the age of 80 in 2008. Lantos had announced that he would not seek re-election due to his declining health. This overwhelmingly Democratic district comprises mainly northern San Mateo County and the Sunset area of San Francisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 13\nCalifornia's 13th congressional district has been represented by Democrat Pete Stark since 1973. Often regarded as the most liberal member of Congress (and its only atheist), Stark ran for re-election and was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. His overwhelmingly Democratic district is centered in the East Bay and includes Hayward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 24\nCalifornia's 24th congressional district has been represented by Republican Elton Gallegly since 1987. Although he had claimed that his 2006 campaign would be his last, Gallegly has announced that he intends to seek another term in 2008. Republican State Senator Tom McClintock, who has name statewide recognition from his several statewide campaigns, would have considered the likely frontrunner were there an open seat but moved to an open seat in Northern California's 4th District in 2008. McClintock had been an intra-party rival to Gallegly, who had hoped to have a political ally nominated to succeed him. Bush won 55% here in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 37\nThis district has been represented by Democrat Laura Richardson since winning a special election on August 21, 2007 that was called after Democrat Juanita Millender-McDonald died of cancer. The staunchly Democratic district includes Compton, some of south-central Los Angeles and much of Long Beach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 38\nCalifornia's 38th congressional district has been represented by Democrat Grace Napolitano since 1999. Napolitano's heavily Democratic east Los Angeles-based district is a largely Hispanic one that includes Montebello, Pico Rivera, La Puente, and part of Norwalk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 41\nCalifornia's 41st congressional district has been represented by Republican Jerry Lewis since 1979. Lewis served as the chair of the House Appropriations Committee when Republicans controlled the House. Lewis, who will be 74 in 2008, has come under investigation for connections to the Copeland Lowery lobbying firm. In spite of speculation that he would retire, Lewis announced he would seek reelection on August 31. Bush won 62% here in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 42\nCalifornia's 42nd congressional district is one of the most conservative districts in the state, and has been represented by Republican Gary Miller since 1999. Before the election, Miller suffered bad press, with four ex-aides accusing him of conflict-of-interest and using his position to profit from the sale of personal land holdings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 46\nRepublican Dana Rohrabacher's district (which includes the Southern Channel Islands, Palos Verdes Peninsula, and parts of Orange County) has been a Republican stronghold in recent years. Huntington Beach mayor Debbie Cook was the (Democratic) challenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 47\nCalifornia's 47th congressional district was represented by Democrat Loretta Sanchez since 1997. Sanchez won 62% of the vote in a district that barely went to George W. Bush with around 50% to 49% in 2004, which could have resulted in an opening for Republicans, who had not recruited a strong candidate in years. This year, Republican Rosie Avila hoped to oust Sanchez. However, Sanchez's district is located in one of the more Democratic areas of Orange County, including Anaheim and Santa Ana, and Al Gore won this district in 2000 by a comfortable margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 50\nCalifornia's 50th congressional district has been represented by Republican Brian Bilbray since 2006. Bilbray won 53% of the vote in a Republican-leaning district north of San Diego that was previously represented by the scandal-plagued Duke Cunningham (R). George W. Bush won 54% here in 2004. Nick Leibham won against Cheryl Ede in the Democratic primary. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 51\nThe congressional district has been held by Bob Filner, who formerly represented the 50th, since its inception following the 1992 redistricting. The district was redrawn following the 2000 Census, creating a gerrymandered district boundary. Democrat incumbent Bob Filner of San Diego is seeking reelection and is being challenged by Republican businessman David Lee Joy of Spring Valley. The Libertarian candidate is musician and software systems engineer Dan \"Frodo\" Litwin of San Diego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199162-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 52\nThis race is for an open seat, being vacated by former Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter. Both Democrat and Republican candidates are OIF veterans. The Libertarian candidate is 2002 congressional candidate Mike Benoit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Colorado were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Colorado in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 111th Congress from January 6, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado\nColorado had seven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of four Democrats and three Republicans. After the elections, it consisted of five Democrats and two Republicans. District 4 changed party (from Republican to Democratic), which was the only district CQ Politics had forecasted to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 1\nDemocratic incumbent Diana DeGette won against Republican nominee George Lilly. DeGette was unopposed in her primary, and Lilly won against Charles Crain in his primary. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 2\nDemocratic nominee Jared Polis, a businessman, won against Republican nominee Scott Starin, an aerospace engineer. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 2\nThis district had been represented by Democrat Mark Udall since 1999. With the retirement of Senator Wayne Allard, Udall ran for the Senate, leaving this an open seat. Polis won the Democratic primary against Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald and Colorado Conservation Trust Director Will Shafroth. Starin was unopposed in the Republican primary. Former Eagle County Commissioner Tom Stone was earlier considered a possible Republican candidate, as was Boulder Mayor Mark Ruzzin for the Green Party. Democrats held a strong edge in this district, with the most recent Democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry, having won 59% in 2004, as it was centered around heavily Democratic Boulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 3\nDemocratic incumbent John Salazar won against Republican nominee Wayne Wolf. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 4\nDemocratic nominee Betsy Markey, businesswoman and regional director for Senator Ken Salazar won against Republican incumbent Marilyn Musgrave), who had represented this district since 2003. Both ran unopposed in the party primary elections. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Democratic'. The Rothenberg Political Report rated it 'Toss-Up/Tilt Democratic'. The Cook Political Report ranked it 'Republican Toss Up'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 4\nMusgrave, a conservative known for her staunch opposition to gay marriage, won in 2006 by winning a plurality (46%) of the vote against Angie Paccione (D) and a strong Reform Party challenge from Eric Eidsness, who managed to garner 11% of the vote. That, along with her 51% showing in 2004 despite George W. Bush winning 58% of the vote in this eastern Colorado district that includes the Fort Collins area, made her vulnerable in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 4\nDemocrats suffered a setback earlier when State Senator Brandon Schaffer suddenly dropped out, citing his party's failure to clear the field. Eidsness switched parties again, having switched from Republican to Reform Party the year prior, and became a Democrat, which could have fueled a potential rematch with Musgrave in 2008. 2006 nominee Angie Paccione briefly launched a campaign as well, but left the race in September 2007. On October 24, 2008, the National Republican Congressional Committee abandoned Marilyn Musgrave's 2008 reelection campaign, believing the race was lost. This decision was based solely on Musgrave's poor poll numbers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 4\nMusgrave launched a negative advertisement, attacking Markey over the business of Syscom Systems, the data-processing equipment company run by Markey and her husband. The Musgrave ad was called \"highly misleading\" by a Denver television station that investigated the facts. After her defeat, Musgrave would not comment on the election results with the media, nor would she concede the race or contact Markey to congratulate her. She also did not thank her campaign staff for their efforts. She later recorded a robocall for Republican Georgia senator Saxby Chambliss, saying that she was defeated by \"leftist special interests\" who \"suppressed the truth with vicious attacks and lies.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 5\nFreshman Republican incumbent Doug Lamborn won against Democratic nominee Hal Bidlack, a Clinton administration National Security Council official, and Independent Rich Hand campaign website, running as a write-in candidate. The district is based in heavily Republican Colorado Springs. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 5\nLamborn got bad press when two constituents accused him of making a threatening phone call in response to a critical letter they wrote. He won against Jeff Crank and Bentley Rayburn, more moderate Republicans who had also run in 2006, in the Republican primary. In 2006, Lamborn had narrowly won a nasty multi-candidate primary with 27% of the vote, despite previous representative Joel Hefley's endorsement of Crank, citing Lamborn's \"sleazy\" campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 5\nCrank and Rayburn thus came to a gentleman's agreement - they would jointly conduct a poll of the primary, and whoever of the two of them was in third place would drop out and endorse the other, so as to have a better chance of defeating Lamborn. Rayburn came third in the poll, but he refused to drop out and Lamborn won the primary with 44% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 5\nAmid worries of vulnerability, Lamborn then won the general election by a 59%-41% margin, becoming the highest vote getter for a GOP Congressional candidate in the state in the 2006 cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 6\nRepublican nominee Mike Coffman won against Democratic nominee Hank Eng. CQ Politics, The Cook Political Report and The Rothenberg Political Report all forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican', despite some minor controversies surrounding Mike Coffman and Colorado Ethics Watch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 6\nEng ran unopposed in the Democratic Primary. Coffman defeated a crowded field of candidates including Ted Harvey, Steve Ward, and Will Armstrong (who was endorsed by the State GOP). Republican incumbent Tom Tancredo, who held the seat since 1999, decided to retire leaving it an open seat. His seat was considered to be the most Republican-dominated district of the Denver-area seats and was also one of the wealthiest in the nation. Tancredo was the second highest vote getter for a Republican congressional candidate statewide (59%-40%) in 2006, just behind Doug Lamborn in the 5th district. The district includes Columbine High School, which was devastated in a tragic 1999 school massacre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 7\nDemocratic incumbent Ed Perlmutter, who had represented this district since 2007, won against Republican nominee John W. Lerew. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199163-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District breakdown, District 7\nIn 2006, Perlmutter won 55% of the vote in this suburban Denver district that narrowly went to John Kerry with 52% in 2004. The district's voter registration was split, with independents constituting a slim plurality of 35% compared to Democrats (34%) and Republicans (31%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Connecticut were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut\nConnecticut has five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of four Democrats and one Republican. In the 2008 elections, District 4 changed from Republican to Democratic, so Connecticut's congressional delegation to the 111th Congress consists of five Democrats, giving Connecticut an all democratic congressional delegation for the 1st time since 1967. Christopher Shays, the Republican incumbent in District 4, had been the last remaining Republican representative in New England. Prior to the election, CQ Politics forecasted districts 2, 4 and 5 to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 1\nThis district covers much of central Connecticut and includes municipalities within Hartford, Litchfield, and Middlesex counties. Five-term incumbent John B. Larson faced Republican Joe Visconti and Green Party candidate Stephen E. D. Fournier. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 1, Results\nIncumbent John B. Larson retained his seat with over 71 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 89], "content_span": [90, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 2\nThis district covers eastern Connecticut, including New London and Norwich. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 2\nIn the closest U.S. House race of 2006, Democrat Joe Courtney unseated three-term incumbent Republican Rob Simmons by only 82 votes. Courtney's chance at reelection increased when Simmons decided against a rematch. Former Naval Submarine Base New London base commander Sean Sullivan was the Republican candidate. Third-party challengers included former State Department Of Environmental Protection scientist G. Scott Deshefy for the Green Party and Todd Vachon for the Socialist Party, running as a write-in candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 2, Results\nJoe Courtney was reelected with a substantially larger margin than in 2006, winning nearly 66 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 89], "content_span": [90, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 3\nThis district is centered on the city of New Haven and its immediate suburbs. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 3\nThe district has been represented by Democrat Rosa DeLauro since 1991. Her challengers in this election included Republican Bo Itshaky and Green Ralph Ferrucci.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 3, Results\nRosa DeLauro was easily reelected to a tenth term, receiving over 77 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 89], "content_span": [90, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 4\nThis district includes portions of Fairfield and New Haven counties in southwestern Connecticut. Democratic nominee Jim Himes, a former Goldman Sachs executive, won against Republican incumbent Chris Shays and third-party candidates Richard Duffee, who withdrew from the 2006 race, and Michael Anthony Carrano. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'No Clear Favorite'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 4\nShays won 51% of the vote in 2006 and 52% in 2004 in a district that went to John Kerry with 53% in 2004 (CPVI=D+5). In September, 2007, Shays indicated that if he was not given the top Republican seat on the Governmental Oversight Committee, he would retire. The only Republican House member in New England, he was expected to be a top target of Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 4\nDemocrat Himes announced his candidacy in April 2007. 2006 U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont was considered a potential candidate, although he lost in this district to incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman, whom Shays had endorsed. Other possible Democratic candidates included state Senators Bob Duff and Andrew MacDonald. Former professional hockey player Mike Richter, once considered a possible candidate, announced that he was not interested in running in 2008. It was thought Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. might try to reclaim his old seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 4, Results\nJim Himes defeated incumbent Christopher Shays, receiving slightly more than 51 percent of the vote. With Himes' victory, the Democrats now control all five of Connecticut's House seats, as well as all other House seats in New England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 89], "content_span": [90, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 5\nThis district includes all of Northwestern Connecticut, and runs from Meriden and New Britain in Central Connecticut, to Waterbury, the Litchfield Hills, and the Farmington River Valley. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 5\nFreshman Democrat Chris Murphy unseated 24-year incumbent Nancy Johnson with 56% of the vote in 2006. Nonetheless, the district is arguably Connecticut's most conservative (CPVI=D+4), and some considered Murphy vulnerable. State Senator David Cappiello was the Republican candidate. Tony Nania also considered a run, but withdrew from consideration for the Republican nomination in May. GOP state chairman Chris Healy dismissed claims that Murphy's large campaign warchest of $420,000 in the first quarter of 2007 may scare off potential challengers, as Cappiello filed as a candidate in April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 5\nNational Republicans ran radio ads in the summer of 2007 claiming Murphy has adopted special interest fundraising politics he had claimed to oppose. In addition, Cappiello accused Murphy of missing important votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 5\nThird-party candidates included Canton attorney Harold Burbank for the Green Party and Watertown resident Tom Winn, running as an independent candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199164-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 5, Results\nChris Murphy retained his seat, receiving just under 60 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 89], "content_span": [90, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida\nThe 2008 United States House of Representatives Elections in Florida were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of Florida in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida\nFlorida had twenty-five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its delegation to the 110th Congress of 2007-2009 consisted of sixteen Republicans and nine Democrats. In 2008, Districts 8 and 24 changed party from Republican to Democratic, and District 16 changed party from Democratic to Republican. Florida's delegation to the 111th Congress therefore consisted of fifteen Republicans and ten Democrats, a net increase of one Democrat. CQ Politics had forecasted districts 8, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 24 and 25 to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida\nThe Primary election was held August 26, 2008, with a registration deadline of July 28, 2008. The General election was held November 4, 2008, with a registration deadline of October 6, 2008. Early voting in Florida begins 15 days before an election and ends on the second day before an election. In 2008, early voting ran from October 20 through November 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Overview\nAll of the vote totals were copied from the Secretary of State of Florida's Website", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 74], "content_span": [75, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 1\nRepublican incumbent Jeff Miller has held this seat since winning a special election in 2001. He was challenged by Democrat Jim Bryan (), a Vietnam War veteran. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 1, Results\nIncumbent Jeff Miller retained his seat with about 70 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 110], "content_span": [111, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 2\nDemocratic incumbent Allen Boyd has held this seat since 1997. Other contestants in this race included Republican challenger Mark Mulligan and write-in candidate Robert Ortiz. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 2, Results\nAllen Boyd was reelected with slightly under 62 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 110], "content_span": [111, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 3\nDemocratic incumbent Corrine Brown has held this seat since 1993 and ran unopposed in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 4\nRepublican incumbent Ander Crenshaw has held this seat since 2001. He was challenged by Democrat Jay McGovern, an Iraq War veteran. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 4, Results\nRepublican Ander Crenshaw was reelected with around 65 percent of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 110], "content_span": [111, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 5\nRepublican incumbent Ginny Brown-Waite (), who has held this seat since 2003, was again challenged by Democrat John Russell (), who received 40% against Brown-Waite in the 2006 election. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'. (CPVI=R+5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 5\nBrown-Waite attracted a serious primary challenger in this sprawling Nature Coast district. As of November, Jim King had already begun a media campaign attacking Brown-Waite from the right and appealing to the conservative Christians who exert a serious influence in the local Republican Party. While King was a longshot to unseat Brown-Waite, a lengthy and divisive primary campaign of this sort risks draining the incumbent's campaign resources, splintering her support, and causing her to take up more conservative stances that would appeal less to moderate voters in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 5\nRussell is a businessman, acute care nurse practitioner and local activist. He hoped to capitalize on Brown-Waite's difficult primary, her modest fundraising, and the recent demographic changes in this high-growth area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 5, Results\nGinny Brown-Waite retained her seat. She received around 61 percent of the vote, improving her showing against Russell in the 2006 election by slightly over 1 percentage point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 110], "content_span": [111, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 6\nRepublican incumbent Cliff Stearns has held this seat since 1989. He faced Democratic challenger Tim Cunha (). CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 6, Results\nIncumbent Cliff Stearns was reelected with just under 61 percent of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 110], "content_span": [111, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 7\nRepublican incumbent John Mica, representing the district since 1993, faced Democratic challenger, Faye Armitage (). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 7, Results\nIncumbent John Mica held his seat, gaining 62 percent of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 110], "content_span": [111, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 8\nDemocratic nominee Alan Grayson challenged Republican incumbent Ric Keller, who had held the seat since 2001. On October 21, 2008,   January 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine switched its outlook on the race from \"No Clear Favorite\" to \"Leans Democratic,\" citing the fact that there are now more registered Democrats that Republicans in Keller's district. George W. Bush had won the district in 2004 with 55% of the vote (CPVI=R+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 8\nIn 2006, Keller, author of the \"Cheeseburger Bill\", was reelected by less than expected to Orlando businessman Charlie Stuart, who polled 46%. After the November 2006 election, Keller announced that he would break his 2000 pledge to serve only four terms. Todd Long, an Orlando attorney and radio talk show host, then announced he would challenge Keller in the Republican primary, promising to make an issue of the broken term-limits pledge. Greg Lewis and retired Marine Corps officer Bob Hering also announced they would challenge Keller in the primary, but they did not meet the qualifying requirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 8\nThe Keller-Long primary fight intensified over the summer, with Keller's term limit retraction, as well as his vote against The Surge making him increasingly vulnerable to defeat. However, just days before the August 26 primary, Keller sent out a mailer exposing Long's arrest record, a DUI, and another trespass warning. Keller squeaked by with a 53%-47% win in the GOP primary, but his reputation took a hit, as many saw the mailer as a political \"dirty trick.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 8\nGrayson, an attorney who prosecutes war profiteers, had run unsuccessfully in the 2006 Democratic primary. In the 2008 primary, he faced large field, including Charlie Stuart, who had lost to Keller by six percentage points in 2006; Mike Smith, a former state prosecutor and current trial lawyer with Morgan & Morgan; Corbett Kroeler, an environmental activist; Quoc Ba Van, local weight-lifting champion and recent Emory Law School graduate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 8, Results\nAlan Grayson defeated incumbent Ric Keller, receiving 52 percent of the vote. This was one of two pickups for the Democratic Party in Florida, along with District 24. The general election was heated, with \"mudslinging\" and attack ads by both sides on television and in mailers. The race gained considerable national attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 110], "content_span": [111, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 9\nRepublican freshman incumbent Gus Michael Bilirakis faced several opponents in this race. Challengers included Democrat Bill Mitchell, independents Richard Emmons and John Kalimnios, and write-in candidate Andrew Pasayan. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 101], "content_span": [102, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 9, Results\nIncumbent Gus Michael Bilirakis retained his seat, receiving around 62 percent of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 110], "content_span": [111, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 10\nRepublican incumbent Bill Young, who has represented this district since 1971 and is currently the longest-serving Republican in the House, faced Dunedin Mayor Democrat Bob Hackworth and write in candidate Don Callahan. Bob Hackworth won the Democratic primary on August 26, 2008 with 46% of the vote, defeating Samm Simpson and Max Linn. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 10, Results\nBill Young was reelected, receiving around 61 percent of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 11\nFreshman Democratic congresswoman Kathy Castor faced Republican challenger Eddie Adams, Jr.. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 11, Results\nKathy Castor easily retained her seat with nearly 72 percent of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 12\nRepublican incumbent Adam Putnam, who has held this seat since 2001, was challenged by Democrat and retired U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Doug Tudor. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 12, Results\nAdam Putnam was reelected, receiving 57.5 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 13\nFreshman Republican incumbent Vern Buchanan () was again challenged by Democratic banker Christine Jennings (). Former Democratic Congressional candidate Jan Schneider also filed, running as an Independent. This was expected to be a competitive race in 2008, though Buchanan was far ahead of Jennings in fundraising. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Republican'. George W. Bush won 56% of the district's vote in 2004 (CPVI=R+4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 13\nBuchanan was certified as having won in 2006 by a 369-vote margin over Jennings, but Jennings challenged the election in court. Although Buchanan was seated by the House, the House has made no final decision on the matter. In mid-July 2007, Jennings announced she would run again in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 13, Results\nVern Buchanan was reelected to a second term. In contrast to the 2006 election, Buchanan won by a convincing margin, receiving 55.5 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 14\nRepublican incumbent Connie Mack, holder of this seat since 2005, was challenged by Democrat Robert Neeld (), Independent Jeff George () and Republican State Senator Burt Saunders (who ran as an Independent). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 14, Results\nConnie Mack was returned to Congress for a third term, receiving over 59 percent of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 15\nSeven-term Republican incumbent Dave Weldon had easily won re-election contests for a decade, but is retiring in 2008, leaving this Florida's only open House seat. Republican nominee State Senator Bill Posey, who was endorsed by Weldon and the Florida Republican Party, faced Democratic nominee physician Steve Blythe (). Independent candidates Frank Zilaitis and Trevor Lowing also ran for the seat. Libertarian Jeffrey Bouffard, a computer engineer and army veteran, also filed to run, but did not qualify for the ballot. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Republican Favored'. George W. Bush won 57% of the vote here in 2004 (CPVI=R+4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 15, Results\nBill Posey won the open seat with 53 percent of the vote. As a result, this seat remained under Republican control for the 111th Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 16\nThis is normally a solidly Republican district, so consensus was that Mahoney's 50% to 48% win in 2006 could be attributed to the Mark Foley scandal. The Republican nominee Joe Negron's 2006 campaign was harmed by the fact that Foley's name remained on the ballot even though he was not a candidate, as his withdrawal from the race came too late to replace him on the ballot under Florida law. George W. Bush won this district by a 10-point margin in 2004 (CPVI=R+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 16\nAttorney Rooney won the Republican primary election against State Rep. Gayle Harrell and Palm Beach Gardens City Councilman Hal Valeche.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 16\nOn October 12, 2008, it was revealed that Mahoney had an affair with a staffer, and had paid her $121,000 in a settlement to stave off a potential lawsuit. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for an ethics inquiry. Two days later, CQ Politics changed their forecast on the race from \"No Clear Favorite\" to \"Leans Republican\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 16, Results\nRepublican Tom Rooney, with 60 percent of the votes, defeated incumbent Congressman Tim Mahoney. This was the only district in Florida to switch from Democratic to Republican control in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 17\nDemocratic three-term incumbent Kendrick Meek ran unopposed in this heavily Democratic district (CPVI=D+35).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 18\nRepublican incumbent Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has held this seat since 1989; however, her district has been increasingly trending Democratic in recent elections. The district contains many Miami suburbs and the entire Florida Keys. Founder and CEO of LanguageSpeak and Chair of the Women's Enterprise National Council's Leadership Forum Annette Taddeo was the Democratic nominee and was able to raise a  significant sum of money. Nonetheless, polls throughout the campaign showed Ros-Lehtinen in the lead. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Republican Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 18, Results\nIleana Ros-Lehtinen defeated challenger Taddeo, receiving nearly 58 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 19\nDemocratic incumbent Robert Wexler, representing this district since 1997, faced Republican Edward J. Lynch and fellow Democrat Ben Graber, who chose to run as an independent candidate rather than compete against Wexler in the Democratic primary. Wexler had run opposed in the previous two elections. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 19, Results\nWexler retained his seat, receiving around 66 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 20\nDemocratic incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz () has held this seat since 2005. Challengers Margaret Hostetter, who ran against Wasserman Schultz as a Republican in 2004 but chose to run as an independent in 2008, and Socialist write-in candidate Marc Luzietti () were not expected to be serious threats to Wasserman Schultz. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 20, Results\nAs expected, Debbie Wasserman Schultz easily won reelection, receiving over 77 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 21\nRepublican incumbent Lincoln Diaz-Balart () had faced little more than token opposition since taking office in 1993. This year, however, the race was expected to be much tougher for Diaz-Balart, as the Democratic nominee, former Hialeah Mayor Raul L. Martinez (), is very well known in the area and could be a formidable challenger. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Republican'. Rothenberg rated it as 'Pure Toss-Up.' Cook rated it as 'Republican Toss-Up'. Bush won 57% of the vote here in 2004 (CPVI=R+6).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 21\nOn May 22, 2008, Diaz-Balart did not attend a debate hosted by the South Florida AFL-CIO with Martinez due to scheduling and venue issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 21\nA July 7 poll conducted by a noted Democratic polster, Sergio Bendixen, showed Diaz-Balart ahead of Martinez by a four-point margin, 41 to 37 percent, with 22 percent undecided. David Hill, the Diaz-Balart brothers' pollster, said Lincoln's internal polling shows the congressman with a 12-point lead over Martinez and a \"double-digit advantage over his opponent in virtually every significant segment of the electorate.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 21\nOn August 1, 2008, a leading Washington analyst, Rothenberg Political Report, reported that they see a \"possible re-election trouble for Lincoln Diaz-Balart\". According to an August 14, 2008 Time article, Lincoln Diaz-Balart faces a competitive race. It also said that \"Democratic voter registration in Miami-Dade County, as in other places, is up, and Republican registration is down.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 21\nOn August 25, 2008, Lincoln Diaz-Balart agreed to debate Martinez, at a Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce event at noon on October 8. On August 26, 2008, Martinez challenged Diaz-Balart to an additional debate in Denver, Colorado, which both candidates were visiting during the 2008 Democratic National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 21\nIn a SurveyUSA poll sponsored by Roll Call conducted in August 2008, Martinez led Diaz-Balart (48% to 46%) among likely voters. According to the poll, Diaz-Balart enjoyed 70% support from Cuban-Americans in the district. The poll's demographics (which were chosen by the pollster in 2008) are different from those of the district (based on the US census of 2000.) 51% of those questioned were Hispanic (34% of respondents were Cuban and 17% were non-Cuban). The percentage of Hispanics in the district is higher at 69.7%. Later polls, however, showed Diaz-Balart back in the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 21, Results\nDespite predictions of a close election, Lincoln Diaz-Balart won reelection by a fairly comfortable margin, receiving just under 58 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 22\nFirst-term Democratic incumbent Ron Klein was challenged by former army officer and Iraq War veteran Allen West. Michael Prysner, an Iraq War veteran, peace activist, and college student, ran as a write-in candidate on the Party for Socialism and Liberation ticket. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 22\nRepublicans suffered a setback when popular former Boca Raton Mayor Steven Abrams announced he would not run. West and former navy pilot Mark Flagg announced they would run. Neurosurgeon Robert Brodner and 2006 Connecticut U.S. senatorial candidate Alan Schlesinger were also potential candidates. This Fort Lauderdale area district barely went to John Kerry in 2004 (CPVI=D+4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 22, Results\nRon Klein successfully defended his seat, receiving slightly less than 55 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 23\nDemocratic incumbent Alcee Hastings, who has held this seat since 1993, faced Republican Marion Dennis Thorpe Jr. in this heavily Democratic district. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 23, Results\nAlcee Hastings easily retained his seat with over 82 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 24\nThree-term Republican incumbent Tom Feeney () faced Democrat nominee and former State Representative Suzanne Kosmas () and independent Gaurav Bhola. On October 21, 2008,   January 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine switched its outlook on the race from \"No Clear Favorite\" to \"Leans Democratic.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 24\nThe district includes the Orlando suburbs as well as the Space Coast of Florida. In 2006, Feeney was re-elected by 58% to 42%. Although Feeney reportedly drew the district for himself while serving as speaker of the state house, the district is actually somewhat marginal on paper (CPVI=R+3). Bush took 55 percent of the vote in this district in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 24, Results\nSuzanne Kosmas ousted incumbent Tom Feeney, receiving around 57 percent of the vote. This district was one of two in Florida to switch from Republican to Democratic control in 2008, along with District 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 25\nRepublican three-term incumbent Mario Diaz-Balart faced Miami-Dade County Democratic Party chairman Joe Garcia (), a former executive director of the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Republican'. The Rothenberg Political Report as 'Toss-Up/Tilt Republican'. The Cook Political Report as 'Republican Toss Up'. Bush won 56% of the vote here in 2004 (CPVI=R+4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 25\nGarcia announced on February 7, 2008, his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in Florida's 25th congressional district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 25\nIn March 2008, the Garcia's campaign announced that noted political strategist Joe Trippi, the campaign manager for 2004 presidential candidate and former Vermont governor Howard Dean, was joining the campaign team as Senior Media Adviser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 25\nIn April 2008, Garcia held a controversial fundraiser with Representative Charles B. Rangel, who has met repeatedly with Fidel Castro and pushed legislation that would allow U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba and allow American firms to do business there. Garcia said he \"has serious disagreements with Rangel on Cuba. But having a relationship with the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee would help him bring federal money back to the district.\" Diaz-Balart claimed Garcia had a radical left-wing agenda including supporting higher taxes on working families and appeasing the nation's enemies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 25\nAn August 14, 2008 Time article labeled the race as competitive, pointing out that \"Democratic voter registration in Miami-Dade County, as in other places, is up, and Republican registration is down\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 25\nAccording to many commentators, Garcia is Mario Diaz-Balart's most formidable political opponent ever because of the amount of money that he has raised and the national media attention that he has generated  Nonetheless, the Rothenberg Political Report  and CQ Politics  rated the seat as \"Toss-up/Tilt Republican,\" the Cook Political Report  rated the district as \"Likely Republican,\" and the Crystal Ball has rated the district as \"Safe Republican\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 25\nA poll of the race, that was conducted June 6 to 22, by noted Democratic pollster, Sergio Bendixen, showed Diaz-Balart ahead of Garcia 44 percent to 39 percent, with 17 percent undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 25\nAs of August 6, 2008, Garcia has raised $1,001,313 with $789,667 cash on hand for the 2007-2008 cycle. Mario Diaz-Balart, the five-year incumbent, has raised $1,188,193 and has $1,029,556 cash on hand during the same cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 102], "content_span": [103, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199165-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Congressional districts, District 25, Results\nMario Diaz-Balart held off challenger Joe Garcia, receiving slightly more than 53 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 111], "content_span": [112, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Georgia were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Georgia in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia\nGeorgia has thirteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007\u20132008 congressional delegation consisted of seven Republicans and six Democrats. No districts changed party, although CQ Politics had forecasted districts 8 and 12 to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, Overview\nAll information came from the Secretary of State of Georgia website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 74], "content_span": [75, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Jack Kingston () won against Democratic nominee Bill Gillespie (). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 2\nDemocratic incumbent Sanford Bishop () won against Republican nominee Lee Ferrell (). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 3\nRepublican incumbent Lynn Westmoreland () won against Democratic nominee Stephen Camp (). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 4\nFreshman Democratic incumbent Hank Johnson () was unopposed on the ballot and easily defeated three write-in challengers. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 5\nDemocratic incumbent John Lewis () ran unopposed. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 6\nRepublican incumbent Tom Price () won against Democratic nominee Bill Jones (), an Air Force veteran and high-tech businessman. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 7\nRepublican incumbent John Linder () won against Democratic nominee Doug Heckman (), a veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and  Iraq. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 8\nDemocratic incumbent Jim Marshall () won against Republican nominee and retired Major General Rick Goddard ().", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 8\nMarshall survived a challenge from former Republican congressman Mac Collins in 2006 by 1,752 votes and was expected to face a tough re-election bid in 2008. Some thought this might prompt him to challenge U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss in Georgia's Senate race, but he decided to stay in the House. Marshall won easily in the primary against music teacher Robert Nowak ().", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 8\nOn the Republican side, retired Air Force Major General Rick Goddard announced that he would run. His background may have great appeal in a district with a large number of veterans, though Marshall's own military background and well-established credibility on military issues may cancel this out. Other potential Republican candidates were state Senator Ross Tolleson, state Senator Cecil Staton and former congressman Mac Collins, but Goddard ran unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 8\nThe present district, which was implemented starting with the 2006 election, would have given George W. Bush 61% of the vote in 2004 (CPVI=R+8).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 9\nRepublican incumbent Nathan Deal won against Democratic nominee Jeff Scott (). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 10\nRepublican incumbent Paul Broun () won against Democratic nominee and Iraq War veteran Bobby Saxon (). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 97], "content_span": [98, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 10\nIn a 2007 special election, physician Paul Broun, a Republican with libertarian views, won a stunning upset in a non-partisan runoff. On July 15, Broun fended off his Republican primary challenger and state Representative Barry Fleming 71.0% to 29.0%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 97], "content_span": [98, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 11\nRepublican incumbent Phil Gingrey () won against Democratic nominee Bud Gammon (). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 97], "content_span": [98, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 12\nDemocratic incumbent John Barrow () won against Republican John Stone (). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 97], "content_span": [98, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 12\nBarrow won against State Senator Regina D. Thomas in the Democratic primary. In 2006, John Barrow won by only 864 votes against the Republican nominee, former Representative Max Burns. Barrow had defeated then-incumbent Burns in 2004 with 52% of the vote, but in 2007 Burns accepted a job with North Georgia College and State University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 97], "content_span": [98, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 12\nOn the Republican side, radio announcer and former congressional aide John Stone won against mechanical engineer and former presidential candidate Ray McKinney and Ben Crystal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 97], "content_span": [98, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 12\nThe present district, which was implemented starting with the 2006 election, would have given John Kerry 51% in 2004 (CPVI=D+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 97], "content_span": [98, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199166-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District breakdown, District 13\nDemocratic incumbent David Scott () won against Republican nominee Deborah Honeycutt (), who also ran unsuccessfully in 2006. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'. Scott won against Donzella James in the Democratic primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 97], "content_span": [98, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199167-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Hawaii were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who was to represent the state of Hawaii in the United States House of Representatives for the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until their terms of office expire on January 3, 2011. Incumbent Neil Abercrombie (D) was reelected in Hawaii's 1st congressional district. Incumbent Mazie Hirono (D) was reelected in Hawaii's 2nd congressional district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199167-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii\nHawaii has two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199167-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, District 1\nThis district has been represented by Democrat Neil Abercrombie since 1991. He ran against Republican Steve Tataii and Libertarian Li Zhao. CQ Politics forecasted the race as \"Safe Democrat\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199167-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, District 2\nThis district has been represented by Democrat Mazie Hirono since 2007. She ran against Republican Roger B. Evans, Independent Shaun Stenshol, and Libertarian Jeff Mallan. CQ Politics forecasted the race as \"Safe Democrat\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199168-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Idaho were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of Idaho in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199168-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho\nIdaho has two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of two Republicans. In the 2008 elections, District 1 was won by Democrat Walt Minnick, so Idaho's delegation to the 111th Congress consists of one Republican and one Democrat. CQ Politics had forecasted District 1 to be at some risk for the incumbent party. As of 2020, this is the last time a Democrat was elected to congress from Idaho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199168-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, District 1\nThis district includes most of the Boise metropolitan area and northern Idaho, including all of the Idaho Panhandle. Major cities in the district include Nampa, Meridian, Coeur d'Alene, Lewiston as well as precincts in western Boise. Usually a Republican stronghold, in 2006 Bill Sali () won an open seat race with only 50 percent of the vote over Larry Grant's 45 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199168-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, District 1\nIn 2008 Sali faced Walt Minnick (), a businessman and former White House staffer who had been the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996. Grant announced his intention to run for the seat again, but withdrew from the race before the primary and endorsed Minnick instead. Sali defeated Iraq war veteran Matt Salisbury with 60 percent of the vote in the May 27 Republican primary. Minnick won the Democratic nomination unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199168-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, District 1\nInitially, Sali was considered safe due to the district's heavily Republican nature (CPVI R+19), and the race was initially rated 'Safe Republican' by the non-partisan Cook Political Report. However, it soon became increasingly competitive. According to The Wall Street Journal, a combination of poor fund raising (Sali trailed Minnick by nearly $200,000 according to reports in May) and Sali's combative reputation gave Minnick a chance to upset Sali despite the district's conservative majority. Many moderates who would have normally leaned Republican were reportedly concerned by Sali's far-right social views in a state where conservative voters have historically cared more about small government issues than social issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199168-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, District 1\nAs a result, the Cook Political Report adjusted its rating for the race throughout the campaign, moving it to 'Likely Republican' on July 3, 'Leans Republican' on September 18, and 'Republican Toss Up' on October 23. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Republican Favored', but changed its rating to 'No Clear Favorite' late in the campaign. The Rothenberg Report rated it as 'Lean Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199168-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, District 1, Results\nMinnick defeated Sali by just over 4,000 votes. Minnick was the first Democrat to be elected to Congress from Idaho since Larry LaRocco was defeated for reelection to this seat in 1994; he was only the second Democrat to hold the seat since the 1960s. According to CPVI, as calculated using the 2004 and 2008 presidential election results, Idaho's first district was the third most Republican-leaning district in the country to be represented by a Democrat in the 111th Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 83], "content_span": [84, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199168-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, District 2\nThis district includes the Eastern Idaho and Magic Valley regions of Idaho, including the cities of Pocatello, Idaho Falls and Twin Falls, as well as parts of Boise on its western edge. The seat was held by Republican Mike Simpson, who was first elected in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199168-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, District 2\nSimpson () ran for reelection against Democratic nominee Deborah Holmes (), a first-time candidate for public office. Both Simpson and Holmes decisively won their respective primaries. Although parts of the district have trended Democratic in recent years, including Blaine County, Teton County and the Boise precincts located in the district, a strong Mormon voting bloc has kept the district in Republican hands. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199168-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, District 2, Results\nMike Simpson easily won reelection over Deborah Holmes, receiving 71 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 83], "content_span": [84, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Illinois were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the State of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and U.S. Senate elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois\nIllinois has nineteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007\u20132008 congressional delegation consisted of eleven Democrats and eight Republicans. It became, following the election, twelve Democrats and seven Republicans. District 11 was the only seat which changed party (from open Republican to Democratic), although CQ Politics had forecast districts 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 18 to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 1\nThis district includes part of Cook County. Democratic incumbent Bobby Rush, who has held the seat since 1993, ran against Republican nominee Antoine Members. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 2\nThis district includes parts of Cook County and Will County. Democratic nominee Jesse Jackson, Jr., who has held the seat winning a special election in December 1995, ran against Republican nominee Anthony Williams. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 3\nThis district includes part of Cook County. Democratic incumbent Dan Lipinski, who has held the seat since 2005, ran against Republican nominee Michael Hawkins and Green Party nominee Jerome Pohlen. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 3\nPerennial candidate and alleged white supremacist Richard Mayers had attempted to run in the Green Party primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 4\nThis district includes part of Cook County. Democratic incumbent Luis Gutierrez, who has held the seat since January 1993, ran against Republican nominee Daniel Cunninghan and Green Party nominee Omar L\u00f3pez. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 4\nEarlier in 2007, Cook County Commissioner Roberto Maldonado and Chicago aldermen Manny Flores, Ricardo Mu\u00f1oz and George Cardenas had announced their intentions to run for the seat in 2008, as Gutierrez had said he planned to retire. However, Gutierrez later changed his mind and announced he would seek re-election in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 5\nThis district includes part of Cook County. Democratic incumbent Rahm Emanuel, who has held the seat since 2003, ran against Republican nominee Tom Hanson and Green Party nominee Alan Augustson. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nThis district includes parts of DuPage County and Cook County. Freshman Republican incumbent Peter Roskam, who won the then-open seat in a close election in 2006, ran against Democratic nominee Jill Morgenthaler, an Iraq War veteran. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Republican Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 7\nThis district lies entirely within Cook County. Democratic incumbent Danny K. Davis, who has held the seat since 1997, ran against Republican nominee Steve Miller, a United States Navy veteran. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nThis district includes parts of Lake County, McHenry County and Cook County. Democratic incumbent Melissa Bean, who has held the seat since 2005, ran against Republican nominee Steve Greenberg. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Democrat Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 9\nThis district includes all of Evanston, Skokie, Niles, Morton Grove, Park Ridge and Norridge, parts of Wilmette, Northfield, Glenview, Golf, Rosemont and Des Plaines, as well as much of the North Side of Chicago. Democratic incumbent Jan Schakowsky, who has held the seat since 1999, ran against Republican nominee Michael B. Younan and Green Party nominee Morris Shanfield. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 10\nThis district includes parts of Lake County and Cook County. Republican incumbent Mark Kirk, who has held the seat since 2001, ran against Democratic nominee Dan Seals, who also ran against Kirk in the 2006 election. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'No Clear Favorite'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 11\nThis district includes the towns of Joliet, Kankakee, LaSalle, Ottawa and Streator, as well as all or parts of Will County, Kankakee County, Grundy County, LaSalle County, Bureau County, Woodford County and McLean County. An open seat, Democratic State Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson ran against Republican nominee Marty Ozinga (a local businessman) and Green Party nominee Jason Wallace. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Democrat Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 11\nRepublican incumbent Jerry Weller, who had held the seat since 1995, decided not to seek re-election, leaving this an open seat. Tim Baldermann, mayor of New Lenox and police chief of Chicago Ridge, won the Republican nomination but withdrew on February 23. Martin Ozinga was chosen to replace Baldermann on April 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 12\nThis district is in the southwest part of the state and includes the cities of Alton, Carbondale and East St. Louis. Democratic incumbent Jerry Costello, who has held the seat since August 1988, ran against Republican nominee Tim Richardson and Chairman of the Metro East Green Party Rodger Jennings. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 13\nThis district includes parts of the Cook County, DuPage County and Will County. Republican incumbent Judy Biggert, who has held the seat since January 1999, ran against Democratic nominee Scott Harper and Green Party nominee Steve Alesch. CQ Politics initially forecast the race as 'Safe Republican', but changed the forecast to 'Republican Favored' after Harper had raised more money than the 2006 Democratic nominee for this seat by mid-July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 14\nThis district includes the cities of Aurora, Elgin, DeKalb and Dixon, as well as parts of Henry County, Whiteside County, Lee County, DeKalb County, Kane County, Kendall County and DuPage County. Democratic nominee Bill Foster, who had held the seat since March 2008, won against Republican nominee Jim Oberweis, who also lost to Foster in the special election. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Leans Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 14\nThe district was previously represented by former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert from 1987 to 2007. He resigned in November 2007; Bill Foster won the special election held on March 8, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 15\nThis district includes the cities of Charleston, Urbana, Danville and Champaign, as well as all or parts of Livingston County, Iroquois County, Ford County, McLean County, DeWitt County, Champaign County, Vermillion County, Macon County, Piatt County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Moultrie County, Coles County, Cumberland County, Clark County, Crawford County, Lawrence County, Wabash County, Edwards County, White County, Saline County and Gallatin County. Republican incumbent Timothy V. Johnson, who has held the seat since January 2001, won against Democratic nominee Steve Cox. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 16\nThis district includes the cities of Rockford, Crystal Lake, Machesney Park, Belvidere, Freeport and Galena, as well as all or parts of Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Winnebago County, Boone County, McHenry County, Carroll County, Ogle County, DeKalb County and Whiteside County. Republican incumbent Donald A. Manzullo, who has held the seat since 1993, won against Democratic nominee Robert G. Abboud and Green Party nominee Scott K. Summers. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 17\nThis district includes the cities of Sterling, Rock Island, Moline, Kewanee, Galesburg, Canton, Macomb, Quincy, Springfield and Decatur, as well as all or parts of Henry County, Whiteside County, Rock Island County, Mercer County, Knox County, Warren County, Henderson County, Fulton County, McDonough County, Hancock County, Adams County, Pike County, Calhoun County, Greene County, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Madison County, Montgomery County, Christian County, Sangamon County, Macon County, Shelby County and Fayette County. Democratic incumbent Phil Hare, who has held the seat since January 2007, ran unopposed. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 751]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 18\nThis district in the central and western part of the state includes the cities of Jacksonville, Peoria and Springfield. Republican nominee Aaron Schock won against Democratic nominee Colleen Callahan and Green nominee Sheldon Schafer. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Republican Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 18\nRepublican incumbent Ray LaHood, who had held the seat since 1995, decided to retire, leaving this an open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199169-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 19\nThis district in the central part of Southern Illinois includes part of Springfield and the outer St. Louis suburbs. Republican incumbent John Shimkus, who has held the seat since 1997, won against Democratic nominee Daniel Davis and Green Party nominee Troy Dennis. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Indiana were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the State of Indiana in the United States House of Representatives. Indiana has nine seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The elections coincide with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana\nThe delegation comprised five Democrats and four Republicans. All 9 incumbents won re-election. As of 2021, this is the last time in which Democrats won a majority of congressional districts in Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 1\nThis district includes a small strip of northwest Indiana and had been represented by Democrat Pete Visclosky since January 1985. The district has been one of the most Democratic in Indiana. John Kerry defeated George W. Bush in this district 55% to 44% in 2004. CQ Politics forecast the race as Safe Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 2\nThis district is centered on South Bend, Indiana and the Indiana portion of the Michiana region. It had been represented by Democrat Joe Donnelly since January 2007. CQ Politics forecast the race as Safe Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 3\nThis district is located in the northeast corner of Indiana and has a large population center in Fort Wayne. Republican Mark Souder represented the district since January 1995 and was challenged by Mike Montagano in 2008. CQ Politics forecast the race as Leans Republican. George W. Bush defeated John Kerry in this district 68% to 31%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 4\nThis district is located in west-central Indiana. Located within the district is the city of West Lafayette, Lafayette, Bedford, Monticello, Brownsburg, Plainfield, Zionsville, Lebanon, Frankfort, Greenwood and parts of Indianapolis and many smaller suburban towns. It had been represented by Republican Steve Buyer since January 1993. CQ Politics forecast the race as Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 5\nThis district located mostly north of Indianapolis is one of the most reliably Republican in America, having voted 71%-28% for George W. Bush in 2004. It was represented by Republican Dan Burton. CQ Politics forecast the race as Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 6\nThis district takes in a large portion of eastern Indiana, including the cities of Muncie, Anderson, and Richmond. It was represented by Republican Mike Pence. CQ Politics forecast the race as Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 7\nThis district is in the heart of Central Indiana and encompasses most of Marion County/Indianapolis. Andr\u00e9 Carson won the special election to fill this seat and represented Indiana's 7th congressional district since March 13, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 7\nCarson won the primary election with 46%, while Woody Myers received 24%, David Orentlicher received 21%, and Carolene Mays received 8%. Carson and his Republican challenger in the special election, Jon Elrod, were set to face off in the General Election but Elrod dropped out. Gabrielle Campo was selected by a party caucus to face the incumbent, Carson. John Kerry defeated George W. Bush in this district 58% to 41% in 2004. CQ Politics forecast the race as Safe Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 8\nThis district has been nicknamed the \"Bloody Eighth\" because of a series of hard-fought tight campaigns and political reversals. It ousted six incumbents from 1966 to 1982. The election in 1984 was so close that it was decided in Congress. In 2000, a New York Times reporter said of the district: \"With a populist streak and a conservative bent, this district does not cotton to country-club Republicans or to social-engineering liberals,\" and also said \"More than 95 percent white and about 41 percent rural, the region shares much of the flavor of the Bible Belt.\" Evansville and Terre Haute are located within its limits and was represented by Democrat Brad Ellsworth. CQ Politics forecast the race as Safe Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199170-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 9\nThis district is located in southeast Indiana. This swing district has been recently fought out by Democrat Baron Hill and Republican Mike Sodrel. Hill beat Sodrel in 2002, Sodrel beat Hill in 2004, and Hill beat Sodrel in 2006 to become the 9th's representative. Hill spent the most on his campaign of those in Indiana, spending $2.2 million. The largest city located within the district is Bloomington followed by Columbus, New Albany, Jeffersonville, and Clarksville which all have Democratic Mayors or Council Presidents. CQ Politics forecast the race as Democrat Favored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199171-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa\nThe Iowa United States House of Representatives election in 2008 was held on November 4, 2008 and determined who would hold Iowa's seats in the United States House of Representatives during 2009-10. Each of the five incumbents was up for election, and each won re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199171-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 1\nDemocrat Bruce Braley, an attorney from Waterloo, the incumbent, was completing his first term. His Republican challenger was state Senator David Hartsuch. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199171-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 2\nDemocrat Dave Loebsack of Mount Vernon, a former political science professor at Cornell College, the incumbent, was also completing his first term. His Republican challenger was U.S. Army Lt. Col. (Ret.) Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa, Iowa. He was also challenged by the Green Party's Wendy Barth and by Brian White, who was nominated by petition. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199171-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 3\nLeonard Boswell, a Democrat from Des Moines, the incumbent, was completing his sixth term. His Republican challenger was Kim Schmett and his Socialist Workers Party challenger was Frank Forrestal. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199171-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 4\nRepublican Tom Latham of Alexander, the incumbent, was completing his eighth term. His Democratic challenger was Becky Greenwald. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199171-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 5\nSteve King, a Republican from Kiron, the incumbent, was completing his third term. His Democratic challenger was Rob Hubler and was also challenged by independent candidate Victor Vara. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199172-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Kansas were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199172-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas\nKansas has four seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of two Republicans and two Democrats. It is now three Republicans and one Democrat. District 2 was the only seat which changed party (from Democratic to Republican), although CQ Politics had forecasted districts 2 and 3 to be at some risk for the incumbent party. The primary elections for Republican Party and Democratic Party candidates were held on August 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199172-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Jerry Moran won re-election, defeating Democratic nominee James Bordonaro and independents Kathleen Burton and Jack Warner. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199172-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, District 2\nRepublican nominee and former Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins won against Democratic incumbent Nancy Boyda, Libertarian Robert Garrard, and Reform Party candidate Leslie Martin. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'No Clear Favorite'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199172-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, District 3\nIncumbent Democrat Dennis Moore won against Republican nominee and Kansas State Senator Nick Jordan, Libertarian candidate Joe Bellis, and Reform candidate Roger Tucker. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199172-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, District 4\nIncumbent Republican Todd Tiahrt won against Democratic nominee and Kansas State Senator Donald Betts, Jr., Libertarian candidate Steven Rosile and Reform Party candidate Susan G. Ducey in the General election. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Kentucky were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives. Kentucky has six seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009, until January 3, 2011. The election coincides with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky\nThe deadline to file to run in the election was January 29, 2008. The primary for both parties took place on May 20, 2008. The current delegation consists of 2 Democrats and 4 Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 1\nThis district is in Western Kentucky. The seat has been held by Republican Ed Whitfield since 1995. Heather A. Ryan of Paducah, a self-described Democratic activist, has no primary opposition and will face Whitfield in the general election. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 1\nRyan, a Navy veteran and former movie theater manager, launched into the news in January 2008. On January 15, she protested a visit by Mitch McConnell to the non-profit theater where she worked. The theater was raising funds for an expansion and some would potentially come from McConnell. Three days later, the theater's board of directors told her to stay quiet about politics while running the theater. After questioning the request, she was fired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 1\nWhitfield declined to debate Ryan before the election. Whitfield won the election with 64% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 2\nThis district is in Western-central Kentucky. Republican state senator Brett Guthrie won against Democratic state senator David Boswell. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 2\nIn a surprise decision on the filing deadline, Republican incumbent Ron Lewis, who had held the seat since 1994, announced he would not run for re-election in 2008. It was believed that he intended to be succeeded by his chief of staff, Daniel London. However, State Senator Brett Guthrie learned of Lewis' retirement just before the deadline, and filed himself. After Guthrie won some key endorsements, London withdrew from the race. leaving Guthrie unopposed for the Republican nomination. State Senator David Boswell defeated Daviess County judge executive Reid Hare to win the Democratic nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 3\nDemocratic incumbent John Yarmuth won against Republican nominee Anne Northup, who had held the seat previously. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 3, Background and primary\nThis district consists of Louisville and most of its Jefferson County suburbs. The seat had been held by Northup from 1996 through 2006, when she was defeated by Yarmuth in a year in which Democrats regained control of the house, partially due to the unpopularity of the war in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 121], "content_span": [122, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 3, Background and primary\nOn January 28, 2008, Northup announced she would run for her old congressional seat in the 2008 election. She had previously endorsed Louisville lawyer Erwin Roberts, who had planned to run, and helped raise money for him. However, Roberts withdrew from the race after learning he would likely be called to active duty in the U.S. Army Reserve. Bob DeVore Jr., activist Corley C. Everett and developer Chris Thieneman filed to run in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 121], "content_span": [122, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 3, Background and primary\nThieneman, who spearheaded a successful campaign to defeat a Jefferson County library tax referendum in 2007 and ran unsuccessfully for Jefferson County Clerk in 2002, dropped out of the race on January 31, declared a return to the Democratic Party, and endorsed John Yarmuth in the election. Theineman said he had been pressured to drop out by people associated with Northup and Kentucky's senior senator Mitch McConnell, but McConnell and Northup denied they had tried to influence Thieneman. Thieneman subsequently reaffirmed he was a Republican, revoked his endorsement of Yarmuth, and unsuspended his campaign. Everett dropped out less than a week before the primary and endorsed Theineman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 121], "content_span": [122, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 3, Background and primary\nNorthup won the Republican primary on May 20. Yarmuth was not opposed in the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 121], "content_span": [122, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 3, General election\nAt a press conference held in front of a gas station on June 17, 2008, Northup claimed that the 2008 elections were about the rising price of energy. Over a five-day period in September, Yarmuth's campaign headquarters was broken into twice. The thieves took only computers and storage supplies, leaving behind cash and other valuables.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 115], "content_span": [116, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 3, General election\nNorthup reminded voters of her accomplishments during her years in office, claimed that she was better suited to get results in the long-delayed effort to build an east end bridge and, as she had often done, argued her opponent was too liberal for voters. A key issue in the election was funding for a Veterans Administration hospital to replace the aging one in Louisville; Yarmuth touted a commitment he and Mitch McConnell secured from the Department of Veterans Affairs to spend at least $60 million on the project, while Northup attempted to downplay the merits of the commitment. Northup also attacked Yarmuth for his eventual vote in favor of the bailout. Yarmuth did not run any attack ads, and generally focused his campaign on informing voters of his accomplishments during his term in the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 115], "content_span": [116, 922]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 3, General election\nThe district's daily newspaper, the Courier-Journal, endorsed Yarmuth on October 25, saying the Democrat had done \"an exceptionally good job as a freshman representative, winning widespread recognition as one of the brightest new stars in Congress.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 115], "content_span": [116, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 4\nThis district is a long district in Northern Kentucky that follows the Ohio River. The majority of the voters live in the booming largely white and suburban Cincinnati counties of Boone, Kenton and Campbell. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 5\nThis district is in Eastern Kentucky. It has been held by Republican Hal Rogers since 1981. He has filed to run for re-election in 2008. He was opposed by Independent Jim Holbert. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199173-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District breakdown, District 6\nThis district is located in central Kentucky. It contains the cities of Lexington (including its suburbs), Danville, and Frankfort, the state capital. Democrat Ben Chandler has held the seat since 2004. He faced Republican Lexington attorney Jon Larson in the general election. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Louisiana to determine representation for the state of Louisiana in the United States House of Representatives occurred November 4, 2008. Louisiana has seven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana\nThe primary elections were to be held September 6, 2008, but were rescheduled for October 3, 2008 due to storm damage following Hurricane Gustav. The necessary party runoffs were held on November 4, the same date as the presidential election. The general election for the House races was held December 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 1\nRepublican incumbent Steve Scalise won against Democratic nominee Jim Harlan, a businessman. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nThe district included nearly all of New Orleans and some of its suburbs, and is heavily Democratic: John Kerry won 75% of the vote here in 2004. CQ Politics forecasted the race as \"Safe Democrat\" for 9-term incumbent William Jefferson, but the Republican narrowly defeated him in an upset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nThe primary runoff in this district was held on November 4 in place of the general election, with the general election moving to December 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nThe investigation began in mid-2005, after an investor alleged $400,000 in bribes were paid through a company maintained in the name of his spouse and children. The money came from a tech company named iGate, Inc. of Louisville, Kentucky, and in return, it is alleged, Jefferson would help iGate's business.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nJefferson was to persuade the U.S. Army to test iGate's broadband two-way technology and other iGate products; use his efforts to influence high-ranking officials in Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon; and meet with personnel of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, in order to facilitate potential financing for iGate business deals in those countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nOn July 30, 2005, Jefferson was videotaped by the FBI receiving $100,000 worth of $100 bills in a leather briefcase at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Jefferson told an investor, Lori Mody, who was wearing a wire, that he would need to give Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar $500,000 \"as a motivating factor\" to make sure they obtained contracts for iGate and Mody's company in Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nA few days later, on August 3, 2005, FBI agents raided Jefferson's home in Northeast Washington and, as noted in an 83-page affidavit filed to support a subsequent raid on his Congressional office, \"found $90,000 of the cash in the freezer, in $10,000 increments wrapped in aluminum foil and stuffed inside frozen-food containers.\" Serial numbers found on the currency in the freezer matched serial numbers of funds given by the FBI to their informant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nLate on the night of May 20, 2006, FBI agents executed a search warrant at Jefferson's office in the Rayburn House Office Building. This is \"believed to be the first-ever FBI raid on a Congressional office,\" raising concerns that it could \"set a dangerous precedent that could be used by future administrations to intimidate or harass a supposedly coequal branch of the government.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nIncumbent U.S. Representative William J. Jefferson won the Democratic primaries in Fall 2008. Jefferson had weathered a major challenge in the 2006 Louisiana 2nd congressional district election, when voters had fresh on their minds allegations that the representative had inappropriately used the services of a Louisiana Army National Guard unit in accessing his house during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nBy fall 2008 the incumbent faced longstanding federal charges of bribery involving Nigerian business interests and was perceived by some as vulnerable, with only 25 percent of Democrats voting for him in the first round of the 2008 Democratic primaries. Jefferson faced six African-American challengers along with newscaster Helena Moreno in the first primary, all of them clamoring for change from Louisiana's reputation for political corruption. Jefferson defeated Moreno by 57 percent to 43 percent in a runoff which went largely along racial lines. Moreno later endorsed Cao in the general election. Cao, unopposed for the Republican nomination, was running against Jefferson, as were Green Party candidate Malik Rahim and Libertarian Party candidate Gregory Kahn. An earlier candidate, independent Jerry Jacobs, had withdrawn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 910]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nOn November 30 the New Orleans Times-Picayune editorially endorsed Cao while on the op-ed page its columnist James Gill asserted that Jefferson's reelection \"is not going to happen.\" The prospect of a serious general election in the majority African-American and heavily Democratic 2nd district was all the more startling in that the last Republican to represent the district was Hamilton D. Coleman, who left the office in 1891. According to the Los Angeles Times, Cao, if elected, would become the first individual of Vietnamese extraction to serve in the U.S. Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nCao's candidacy received the endorsement of the Alliance for Good Government, the Family Research Council's Action PAC, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and even entertainer Pat Boone. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin had announced his support for Jefferson during the Democratic primary elections. The New Orleans Gambit Weekly, citing its opposition to Jefferson's alleged corruption and Cao's noncommittal statements on embryonic stem-cell research, made no endorsement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nThe days before the December 6 election were characterized by what Jefferson's campaign called \"overly negative\" tactics undertaken on behalf of Cao's campaign by outside organizations such as the National Republican Congressional Committee. Besides references to Jefferson's removal from the House Ways and Means Committee by Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the negative tactics included automated telephone calls from a woman identifying herself as \"Katy\" and citing incumbent Jefferson's federal indictment on 16 counts of corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nIn a meeting of African-American ministers, the Reverend Samuel Butler said that the real reason for the negative campaign tactics was to disenfranchise African-American voters, which prompted Cao advisor and former New Orleans City Council member Bryan Wagner to assert that, \"with Rev. Butler's imagination, he may want to go to work for Walt Disney.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nOn December 6, the Times-Picayune reiterated its endorsement of Cao, this time pointing to President-Elect Barack Obama's efforts on behalf of Democrat Paul Carmouche in the simultaneous election in Louisiana's 4th congressional district and Obama's non-involvement in efforts to support Jefferson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nOn December 6 at 10:20 PM CST, CNN projected Cao the winner. Final unofficial results on the Louisiana Secretary of State's web site showed Cao with 33,122 (49.55%), Jefferson 31,296 (46.82%), Kahn 548 (0.82%), and Rahim 1,880 (2.81%). Jefferson won by 23,197 to 20,246 in Orleans Parish, where 21 of the 392 precincts showed zero votes for Cao, but Cao more than made up the difference with a margin 12,696 to the incumbent's 8,099 in Jefferson Parish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 3\nDemocratic incumbent Charlie Melancon ran unopposed for re-election. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 4\nIncumbent Jim McCrery retired, making this an open seat. The district contains northwestern Louisiana, including the cities of Shreveport, DeRidder, and Natchitoches. The district usually, but not reliably, votes Republican. Bill Clinton won it comfortably in 1996. CQ Politics' forecast of the race was \"No Clear Favorite\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 4\nThe Republican nominee was physician John Fleming () of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish. Fleming, a former Webster Parish coroner and a businessman defeated trucking company executive Chris Gorman in the Republican runoff primary held on November 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 4\nThe Democratic candidate was  Paul Carmouche (), who defeated African American attorney Willie Banks, Jr., in his party runoff on November 4. Republican candidate Jeff Thompson, despite being endorsed by Jim McCrery, was defeated in the first Republican primary, as were Democratic candidates Artis Cash and John Milkovich, later elected to the Louisiana State Senate. Patti Cox, local party organizer and environmental consultant and a 2006 candidate against McCrery, did not enter the 2008 race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 5\nRepublican incumbent Rodney Alexander was unopposed for re-election and won. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 6\nRepublican State Senator Bill Cassidy defeated Democratic incumbent Don Cazayoux in the November 4 election by a margin of 48%\u201340%. Cazayoux had defeated Republican Woody Jenkins 49%\u201346% in a special election earlier in the year, and given his narrow margin of victory and the Republican-leaning nature of the district (Bush won 59% here in 2004), Cazayoux was, as expected, a GOP target as he sought his first full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 6\nState Representative Michael L. Jackson, who had run against Cazayoux in the Democratic primary in the special election, ran as an independent with funding from long-time Cassidy supporter Lane Grigsby. He finished third, garnering 36,133 votes, more than the 25,000-vote margin between Cassidy and Cazayoux, suggesting that he siphoned off many African-American votes that would have otherwise gone to Cazayoux and threw the election to Cassidy. The Daily Kingfish published photos of Jackson meeting with Congressman-elect Cassidy just three days after the election. Cazayoux was one of five incumbent House Democrats to be defeated in the 2008 congressional elections, along with Nancy Boyda (D-KS), William J. Jefferson (D-LA), Nick Lampson (D-TX), and Tim Mahoney (D-FL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 855]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199174-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 7\nRepublican incumbent Charles Boustany defeated Democratic State Senator Don Cravins, Jr. by a solid margin in this district based in southwestern Louisiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199175-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Maine were held on November 4, 2008 to determine representation for the state of Maine in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199175-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine\nMaine has two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of two Democrats. No districts changed party, although CQ Politics forecasted district 1 to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199175-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine\nThe primary election for Republican Party and Democratic Party candidates was held on June 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199175-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine, District 1\nThis was an open seat in 2008 because incumbent Democrat Tom Allen ran for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Susan Collins. Democrats were favored to hold this seat but were not assured of victory; John Kerry won 55% here in 2004 (CPVI=D+6). The Democratic nominee was Chellie Pingree, former Common Cause President and former Maine Senate Majority Leader who ran against Collins in 2002. The Republican nominee was Charlie Summers, former Maine State Senator, Northeast Small Business Administration Director and Iraq War veteran who ran against Allen in 2004. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199175-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine, District 2\nIncumbent Democrat Mike Michaud () was challenged by Republican John N. Frary. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Maryland were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland\nMaryland has eight seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007\u20132008 congressional delegation consisted of six Democrats and two Republicans. Following the election, the delegation became seven Democrats and one Republican. District 1 was the only seat which changed party (from Republican to Democratic), and was the only district CQ Politics had forecast to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 1\nThe district encompasses the entire Eastern Shore of Maryland, as well as parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Harford Counties, and was represented by Republican Wayne Gilchrest since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 1\nIncumbent Wayne Gilchrest, a Republican, lost to state senator Andy Harris in the Republican primary, in which E.J. Pipkin also ran. Gilchrest was one of only two Republicans to vote for the bill to set a timetable on the Iraq War, which passed, 218\u2013212; he also voted on April 25, 2007, for another Democratic Iraq War bill, which passed, 218\u2013208. Harris was first elected to the Maryland Senate in 1998 and served as Minority Whip, 2003\u20132006. He has worked as an anesthesiologist, an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and chief of obstetric anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 1\nHarris entered the February 12 primary with endorsements from the Club for Growth, former Governor Bob Ehrlich, seven of ten state senators who represent parts of the Congressional district, and House minority leader Anthony J. O'Donnell. Despite Gilchrest's endorsement by The Baltimore Sun, Harris defeated him by 10 points in a relatively bitter race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 1\nQueen Anne's County State's Attorney Frank M. Kratovil, Jr., went into the February 12 primary as the Democratic frontrunner, with primary endorsement from The Baltimore Sun, governor Martin O'Malley, and Maryland comptroller Peter Franchot. Kratovil became Assistant State's Attorney in 1997, State's Attorney in 2003, and president of Maryland State's Attorney's Association, 2005\u20132007. He defeated his closest opponent, Cambridge lawyer Christopher Robinson, by nine points in a primary that was considered much more civil than on the Republican side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 1\nWhile Harris had stated his belief that \"the 1st Congressional District was drawn by Democrats to elect Republicans\" and Gilchrest had carried the district for nine terms, Democratic leaders believed the district had \"a moderate character\" and was ready to support Kratovil competitively. In addition to targeting by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Gilchrest staffers held \"Republicans for Kratovil\" events. Gilchrest hinted early on that he would endorse Kratovil, being quoted as saying, \"Let's see, the Republican Party, or my eternal soul?\" and \"Party loyalty, or integrity?\" On April 17, 2008, an article in Politico announced that long-time Wayne Gilchrest campaign manager Lynn Caliguri, spouse of Gilchrest chief of staff Tony Caliguri, had joined the Kratovil campaign. In early September 2008, Gilchrest officially endorsed Kratovil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 938]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 2\nThe district comprises parts of Harford, Baltimore, and Anne Arundel Counties, as well as small portions of the City of Baltimore, and has been represented by Democrat Dutch Ruppersberger since 2003. Prior to serving in Congress, Ruppersberger was Baltimore County Executive from 1994 to 2002. Ruppersberger serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Democratic Steering Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 2\nThe Republican candidate is Richard Matthews, a 28-year-old computer systems engineer from Orchard Beach, who is also the Anne Arundel County, Maryland organizer for the Ron Paul 2008 Presidential campaign. Matthews is a moderate Republican with libertarian political views on civil liberties and economic freedom. He opposes the Iraq War, and generally supports freedom of choice in both personal and economic matters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 3\nThe district comprises portions of Baltimore, Howard and Anne Arundel counties, as well as a significant part of the independent city of Baltimore, and has been represented by Democrat John Sarbanes since 2007. Sarbanes faced off against Republican candidate Thomas Harris; in this staunchly liberal district, Harris faced little chance against the popular Sarbanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 4\nThe district comprises portions of Prince George's and Montgomery Counties, and has been represented by Democrat Al Wynn since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 4\nComing off a close primary against progressive advocate Donna Edwards in 2006, Wynn faced a competitive primary against her again in 2008. While Wynn made an effort to appear more progressive, he remains one of the most conservative members of the Congressional Black Caucus. This time, Edwards defeated Wynn in the primary. Wynn then announced he would be leaving Congress before his term's expiration in January 2009, which triggered a special election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 5\nThe district comprises all of Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert Counties, as well as portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel Counties. The seat has been represented by Democrat and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer since 1981. He was challenged by Collins Bailey, a businessman and fourth-term elected member of the Charles County Board of Education.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 6\nThe district comprises all of Garrett, Allegany, Washington, Frederick and Carroll Counties, as well as portions of Montgomery, Baltimore, and Harford Counties, and has been represented by Republican Roscoe Bartlett since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 6\nBartlett's district is one of the more Republican seats in heavily Democratic Maryland, and includes several western cities such as Frederick and Hagerstown. Bartlett was 82 as of June 3, 2008. While he still managed to receive 58% of the vote in 2006 against little-known Democratic opponent Andrew J. Duck, a stockbroker and U.S. Army veteran, it was nine points lower than his 2004 showing. Although there were early rumors that Bartlett would retire rather than run again, he subsequently filed his candidacy for re-election. Duck, too, ran again in 2008. In a surprise, former Cumberland Mayor Frank K. Nethken announced that he would be a candidate for the GOP nomination even if Bartlett sought re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 6\nWhile Andrew Duck ran for the Democratic nomination, he lost to Jennifer Dougherty, the former Mayor of Frederick. Roscoe Bartlett won the Republican nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 7\nThe district encompasses parts of Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Howard County, and has been represented by Democrat Elijah Cummings since 1996. Cummings did not face any opposition in the Democratic primary or general election in his last election, but faced Republican Michael Hargadon and Libertarian Ronald Owens-Bey, whom he easily defeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199176-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 8\nThe district mostly consists of the larger part of Montgomery County, but also includes a small portion of Prince George's County, and has been represented by Democrat Chris Van Hollen since 2003. Van Hollen has achieved national prominence as head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Massachusetts were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the U.S. state of Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; whoever is elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincides with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts\nMassachusetts has ten seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of ten Democrats. This remains unchanged, and CQ Politics had forecasted all districts safe for its Democratic incumbent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 1\nMassachusetts's 1st congressional district covers roughly the northwest half of the state. It has been represented by Democrat John Olver since June, 1991. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 2\nMassachusetts's 2nd congressional district lies in the south-central part of the state. It has been represented by Democrat Richard Neal since 1989. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 3\nMassachusetts's 3rd congressional district lies in the central and southeastern part of the state. It has been represented by Democrat Jim McGovern since 1997. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 4\nMassachusetts's 4th congressional district lies in the southern part of the state,  including the South Coast region. It has been represented by Democrat Barney Frank since 1981. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 5\nMassachusetts's 5th congressional district lies in the north-east part of the state. It has been represented by Democrat Niki Tsongas since October, 2007. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 6\nMassachusetts's 6th congressional district covers the north-east corner of the state. It has been represented by Democrat John Tierney since 1997. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 7\nMassachusetts's 7th congressional district lies in the eastern part of the state, including some Boston suburbs. It has been represented by Democrat Edward J. Markey since 1976. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 8\nMassachusetts's 8th congressional district lies in the eastern part of the state, including part of Boston and the immediately adjacent cities of Cambridge, Somerville, and Chelsea. It has been represented by Democrat Mike Capuano since 1999. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 9\nMassachusetts's 9th congressional district lies in the eastern part of the state, including part of Boston and some of its southern suburbs. It has been represented by Democrat Stephen Lynch since October 2001. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199177-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 10\nMassachusetts's 10th congressional district covers the south-east part of the state, including parts of the South Shore and all of Cape Cod and The Islands. It has been represented by Democrat Bill Delahunt since 1997. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 83], "content_span": [84, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Michigan were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives. Michigan had fifteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009, until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan\nThe 7th and 9th district seats were considered to be competitive. Both seats were occupied by Republicans who lost to Democratic opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan\nThe makeup of the Michigan congressional delegation in 2008 consisted of nine Republicans and six Democrats. As a result of the 2008 election, the delegation in 2009/2010 consists of eight Democrats and seven Republicans. The two Democratic Party gains came in the 7th and 9th districts. As of 2019, this is the last time that Democrats won a majority of congressional districts in Michigan, although the party had a plurality of seats from July 2019 until January 2021 due to Justin Amash leaving the Republican Party to become an Independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 1\nPopular incumbent Bart Stupak was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Conservative state Representative Tom Casperson, from Escanaba, won the Republican primary election over Linda Goldthorpe and Don Hooper. The Libertarian Party nominated  Daniel Grow; the U.S. Taxpayers Party nominated Joshua Warren and the Green Party nominated Socialist Jean Treacy. The 1st District is generally socially conservative and strongly pro-union. It covers the entire Upper Peninsula and the northern part of the Lower Peninsula, and is the largest congressional district east of the Mississippi River. CQ Politics rating: Safe Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 2\nPete Hoekstra, a conservative incumbent and ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, was challenged by Democrat Fred Johnson, Libertarian Dan Johnson () and U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Ronald Graeser. The district is centered on Michigan's West Shoreline and includes the cities of Muskegon and Holland. CQ Politics rating: Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 3\nIncumbent Vern Ehlers was re-elected. The district trends Republican and is centered on Grand Rapids. Ehlers was challenged by Democrat Henry Sanchez and Libertarian Erwin Haas. CQ Politics rating: Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 4\nRepublican David Lee Camp was reelected. He was by challenged by Democrat Andrew Concannon, Libertarian Allitta Hren, and U.S. Taxpayer Party candidate John Emerick. This large district stretches from Owosso in the east central part of the state to Traverse City to the extreme northwest part of the Lower Peninsula. CQ Politics rating: Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 5\nDemocrat Dale Kildee ran for re-election in 2008. The Flint area congressman has served for over 30 years. His district (covering Flint, Saginaw, Bay City and part of the western part of The Thumb) is strongly Democratic. Petitions were circulated for Democratic state senator John Gleason to challenge Kildee, but Gleason decided not to run. Kildee is challenged on by Republican candidate by Matt Sawicki of Bay City, Libertarian candidate Leonard Schwartz and Green Party candidate Ken Mathenia of Grand Blanc. CQ Politics rating: Safe Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 6\nRepublican Fred Upton had three opponents, Democrat Don Cooney, Green Edward Pinkney and Libertarian Greg Merle. The sixth district covers the southwest corner of lower Michigan. CQ Politics rating: Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 7\nThe seventh district covers the middle part of southern lower Michigan. Republican incumbent Tim Walberg faced State Senate Minority Leader and Democratic nominee Mark Schauer, Libertarian Ken Proctor, Green Lynn Meadows and independent Sharon Reiner. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'No Clear Favorite'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 7\nWalberg was elected in 2006 with a surprisingly thin 49.9% of the vote, despite outspending Democratic opponent Sharon Reiner 20:1. This made Walberg a top target for defeat in 2008 by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Schauer defeated Renier in the August 5 primary, after which Renier ran in the general election as a write-in candidate with no party affiliation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 8\nIncumbent Republican Mike Rogers was re-elected in 2006 with 55.3% of the vote compared to 42.9% for his Democratic opponent. East Lansing Democratic activist Bob Alexander  (who lost in 2004 to Rogers) announced that he is running again. Aaron Stuttman is running for the Green Party, Will Tyler White for the Libertarian Party. and George Zimmer for the U.S. Taxpayer Party. This district stretches from the western Detroit suburbs to the Lansing area. CQ Politics rating: Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 9\nThis district covers parts of Oakland County. Republican incumbent Joe Knollenberg was challenged by former Michigan Lottery commissioner and military veteran, Democratic nominee Gary Peters. Libertarian Adam Goodman, Green Party Douglas Campbell and Independent Dr. Jack Kevorkian were also running. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'No Clear Favorite'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 9\nKnollenberg was targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee after his surprisingly narrow margin of victory in the 2006 election, receiving 51.5% of the vote compared with 46.2% for his Democratic opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 10\nRepublican incumbent Candice Miller was challenged by Democratic nominee Robert Denison, Libertarian Neil Kiernan Stephenson, and Green Candace Caveny. This district stretches from the northeast Detroit suburbs up to most of The Thumb. CQ Politics rating: Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 11\nIncumbent Republican Thad McCotter was challenged by Democrat Joseph Larkin who defeated Edward Kriewall in the August 5 party primary. Also running were Libertarian John Tatar and Green Erik Shelley. This district covers part of Detroit's western suburbs. CQ Politics rating: Lean Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 12\n12-term Democrat Sander M. Levin was challenged by Republican Bert Copple, Libertarian John Vico, Green William J. O'Palicky and U.S. Taxpayers' Lester Townsend. This district covers part of Detroit's northern suburbs. CQ Politics rating: Safe Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 13\nIncumbent Democrat Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick narrowly survived the August 5 party primary. She faced complications due to the legal troubles facing her son Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Cheeks Kilpatrick won with 39.1% of the vote over former state representative Mary Waters with 36% of the vote and state senator Martha Scott with 24.9% of the vote. A televised debate between the three candidates developed into a shouting match. Cheeks Kilpatrick faced Republican candidate Edward Gubics, Libertarian candidate Greg Creswell and Green Party candidate George Cosetti in the general election. This district covers the east side of Detroit and its eastern and Downriver suburbs. CQ Politics rating: Safe Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 14\nPowerful incumbent Democrat John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, had one Democratic opponent in the primary, Detroit pastor Rev. Horace Sheffield, but Sheffield's campaign was short lived because he withdrew his name and announced his support for Conyers. Conyers faced Libertarian Rick Secula and Green Party Clyde Shabazz in the general election. This district covers the west side of Detroit and some inner western and downriver suburbs. CQ Politics rating: Safe Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199178-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 15\n55-year Congressional veteran Democrat John Dingell is the Dean of the House and chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He was challenged by Republican Jack Lynch, Libertarian Gregory Scott Stempfle, Green Aimee Smith and U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate James Wagner. The 15th district includes Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Monroe, the downriver suburbs of Detroit and the semi-rural southeastern corner of Michigan. CQ Politics rating: Safe Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota\nThe 2008 Minnesota U.S. House of Representatives elections took place on November 4, 2008. All 8 congressional seats that make up the state's delegation were contested. Representatives were elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 111th United States Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota\nThe 2008 Presidential election, 2008 Senate election (for the seat held by Republican Norm Coleman), and 2008 Minnesota Legislature elections occurred on the same date, as well as many local elections and ballot initiatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota\nThe 110th congressional delegation from the U.S. state of Minnesota had 3 Republicans and 5 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party members (DFLers). Six were men; 2 were women. Three were freshmen in the 110th congress. The veterans ranged in experience from Jim Oberstar with 32 years of experience and the chairman of the Transportation Committee to John Kline with just four years of experience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1\nThis district extends across southern Minnesota from the border with South Dakota to the border of Wisconsin. DFLer Tim Walz defeated 6-term veteran Republican Gil Gutknecht in 2006 in somewhat of a surprise victory. Walz had no opponent in the race for the DFL nomination for the seat in the September 12, 2006 primary election. He beat incumbent Republican Gil Gutknecht in the general election by a margin of 53% to 47%. The popular Walz is a former teacher and Command Sergeant Major in the National Guard. The district is rated as an R+1 on the CPVI scale. Incumbent Tim Walz was opposed by Brian Davis, a Mayo Clinic physician, who was endorsed by the CD1 Republican Party and Independence Party of Minnesota candidate, Greg Mikkelson. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Leans Democratic'. Walz won the 2008 race, garnering 62.5% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 926]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 2\nThis district spans the width of the entire southern metro area and contains all of Carver, Scott, Le Sueur, Goodhue and Rice Counties and most of Dakota County. Republican John Kline held on to the second district seat in 2006, defeating DFL challenger, former FBI agent, Coleen Rowley. The district leans Republican with a CPVI of R+3, and Kline's unwavering support for Bush and the Iraq War did not make him too vulnerable to a challenger in 2008. On October 4, 2007, Iraq War veteran Steve Sarvi announced he would challenge Kline for the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 2\nHis experience also includes being mayor of Watertown, Minnesota and city administrator for Victoria, Minnesota. He believed that a change in U.S. policy in Iraq was needed. On May 3, Sarvi was endorsed by the 2nd District DFL party. Sarvi was also endorsed by the Independence Party of Minnesota. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Republican Favored'. Kline won the 2008 race, garnering 57.3% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 3\nThis district encompasses the suburbs of Hennepin County to the north, west, and south of Minneapolis. Republican 9-term incumbent Jim Ramstad announced on September 17, 2007 that he would not seek reelection in 2008. Erik Paulsen, a Republican who was the majority leader in the Minnesota House of Representatives when the Republicans held a majority was opposed by DFLer, Ashwin Madia who is an Iraq War veteran. David Dillon of the Independence Party of Minnesota () and Harley Swarm of the Constitution Party () also competed. The district is rated as an R+1 on the CPVI scale, indicating a district that could swing toward either party. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'No Clear Favorite'. Paulsen won the 2008 race, garnering 48.5% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 4\nThis district covers most of Ramsey County including all of Saint Paul and several Saint Paul suburbs. It is held by the solidly progressive 4-term DFLer, Betty McCollum. The district is rated a secure D+13 on the CPVI scale, posing a formidable barrier to any potential Republican challengers. Ed Matthews, an attorney, was the Republican candidate. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democratic'. McCollum won the 2008 race, garnering 68.4% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 5\nThis district covers eastern Hennepin County, including the entire city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with parts of Anoka and Ramsey counties. With the 2007 retirement of Martin Sabo, the opportunity presented itself for Keith Ellison to compete for Sabo's seat against several aspirants. He is the first African American U.S. Representative from Minnesota and the first Muslim member of the U.S. Congress. Like McCollum, Ellison is also a solidly progressive legislator, which is in keeping with the district, rating D+21 on the CPVI scale. He was challenged by Republican Barb Davis White, a minister, author, and civil rights activist. The Independence Party of Minnesota candidate was Bill McGaughey. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 838]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 6\nThis district includes most or all of Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, Anoka, and Washington counties. First-term Republican Michele Bachmann won a hard-fought battle against Patty Wetterling in 2006, with the help of Karl Rove and Dick Cheney campaigning on her behalf and a multimillion-dollar warchest. With a CPVI of R+5, the district posed an uphill battle for the DFL challenger, former state transportation commissioner Elwyn Tinklenberg (DFL). On April 26, 2008, the 6th District DFL endorsed Tinklenberg for this race, as did the Independence Party of Minnesota although Bob Anderson was running as an INDC candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 6\nBachmann's charges about \"anti-American views\" shifted the political dynamics of this campaign, giving a lift to Tinklenberg's candidacy and attracting $1.3 million in new contributions, plus $1 million from the DNC. At the same time the RNC withdrew media buys on behalf of Bachmann. CQ Politics changed its forecast from 'Republican Favored' to 'Leans Republican' on October 20, and then to 'No Clear Favorite' on October 28. The Cook Political Report then rated it as 'Republican Toss Up'. Despite the controversy, Bachmann won the 2008 race, garnering 46.4% of the vote to Tinklenberg's 43.4% and Anderson's 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 7\nThis district covers almost all of the western side of Minnesota from the Canada\u2013US border down to Lincoln County and is the largest district in the state. As chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, 9-term DFLer Collin Peterson is at home in his mostly-agricultural district. Although the district leaned Republican with a CPVI of R+6, Peterson's social conservatism and farmer/labor DFL values served him well in his district. He won with 70% of the vote in 2006. Republican Glen Menze challenged Peterson. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199179-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 8\nThis district covers the northeastern part of Minnesota and includes Duluth, Hibbing, and the Mesabi Range. Seventeen-term veteran DFLer, Jim Oberstar was Minnesota's senior representative. In 2006, former Republican U.S. Senator Rod Grams challenged Oberstar, garnering 34% of the vote. In 2008, 74-year-old Oberstar maintained his popularity among his constituency. The district leaned Democratic with a CPVI of D+4 owing to the loyalty of miners, loggers, and farmers to the DFL. Republican, Michael Cummins ran against Oberstar. On May 3, 2008, the 8th District DFL endorsed Oberstar for another term. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199180-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Mississippi were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives. The primary election for candidates seeking the nomination of the Republican Party or the Democratic Party was held on March 11, with a run-off being held for the Republican nomination in the first and third districts, and for the Democratic nomination in the first district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199180-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi\nMississippi has four seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives were elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the United States Senate special election to fill the remainder of Trent Lott's term, the regularly scheduled 2008 United States Senate election, and the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199180-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi\nWith the results of the 1st congressional district special election included, the Mississippi congressional delegation comprised three Democrats and one Republican. As of 2018, this is the last time in which Democrats won a majority of congressional districts from Mississippi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199180-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 1\nThis district covers the northeastern part of the state, including the cities of Columbus, Grenada, Oxford, Southaven, and Tupelo. Democrat Travis Childers was the Representative to the district, having defeated Republican Greg Davis in an April 22 special election. Childers and Davis faced each other again in November along with Green Party candidate John Wages, Jr., a college professor and farmer; and independent candidate Wally Pang, a restaurant owner. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Leans Democratic', and Childers was re-elected with 54.45% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199180-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 2\nThis district consists of the Mississippi Delta and most of the capital city of Jackson and is Mississippi's only majority-black district. Democrat Bennie Thompson had been in office since 1993, when he won a special election to replace Mike Espy who had resigned to become Secretary of Agriculture under President Bill Clinton. Thompson was challenged on the Republican side by teacher Richard Cook. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Democrat' and Thompson was comfortably re-elected with 69.05% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199180-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 3\nRepublican Chip Pickering retired from Congress at this election after 12 years of service. The candidates were Republican Gregg Harper, attorney and chairman of the Rankin County Republican Party; Democrat Joel Gill, Pickens town alderman and a cattle broker; and independent candidate Jim Giles, a former systems engineer and white supremacist. CQ Politics correctly forecast the race as 'Safe Republican', as Harper was elected with 62.54% of the vote", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199180-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 4\nDemocrat Gene Taylor had represented the district since 1989. He was challenged on the Republican side by Methodist minister and Air National Guard officer John McCay III.CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat' and Taylor was re-elected with nearly 75% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Missouri were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Missouri in the United States House of Representatives. The primary election for candidates seeking the nomination of the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the Libertarian Party was held on August 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri\nMissouri has nine seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincides with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri\nThe races not forecasted as safe for the incumbent party were 6 and 9; however, the Republicans held both seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 1\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman William Lacy Clay, Jr. easily dispatched with Libertarian challenger Robb Cunningham in this St. Louis-based liberal district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Todd Akin easily won re-election to a fifth term over Democratic nominee Bill Haas and Libertarian candidate Thomas Knapp in this conservative district rooted in the northern and western suburbs of St. Louis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 3\nIn this fairly liberal district based in the southern portion of St. Louis and previously represented by House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressman Russ Carnahan easily defeated Republican Chris Sander, Libertarian Kevin Babcock, and Constitution Party candidate Cindy Redburn to win a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 4\nLong-serving incumbent Democratic Congressman Ike Skelton, the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, easily defeated Republican nominee Jeff Parnell in this conservative, west-central Missouri district to win a seventeenth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 5\nDemocratic incumbent Congressman Emanuel Cleaver defeated Republican nominee Jacob Turk to win a third term in this fairly liberal district based in Kansas City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 6\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Sam Graves survived a high-profile challenge from Democratic nominee and former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes by a much healthier margin than expected. Barnes' inability to capitalize on the strong Democratic wave sweeping the country ultimately left her defeated in this normally conservative district based in northwest Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 7\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Roy Blunt, a former short-serving House Majority Leader defeated Democrat Richard Monroe, Libertarian Kevin Craig, and Constitution candidate Travis Maddox to easily win another term in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 8\nIn this staunchly conservative district based in southeast Missouri, incumbent Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson had no difficulty in dispatching Democrat Joe Allen, Libertarian Branden McCullough, and Constitution candidate Richard Smith to win another term in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199181-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 9\nWhen Republican Congressman Kenny Hulshof declined to seek another term in favor of running for Governor, an open seat emerged. Former Missouri State Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, the Republican nominee, defeated Democratic nominee Judy Baker, a member of the Missouri House of Representatives by a thin margin in this normally conservative district based in northeast Missouri, a part of \"Little Dixie.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199182-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Nebraska were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of Nebraska in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199182-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska\nNebraska has three seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of three Republicans. No district changed hands, although CQ Politics had forecasted district 2 to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199182-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 1\nThis district encompassed most of the eastern quarter of the state. Republican incumbent Jeff Fortenberry () won re-election. Max Yashirin () was the Democratic nominee. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199182-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 2\nThis district encompassed the core of the Omaha metropolitan area. Republican incumbent Lee Terry won against Democratic nominee Jim Esch, an Omaha businessman. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Republican'. The Cook Political Report ranked it 'Republican Toss Up'. The Rothenberg Political Report rated it 'Toss-Up/Tilt Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199182-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 2\nWhile campaigning, Terry had pledged that he would serve no more than three two year terms. However, he announced just months later that he would break the pledge. This garnered some bad press, but he won three more terms with little trouble. However, in 2006, he won by 55% to 45%, much less than expected in a solidly Republican district. His Democratic opponent in that race, Jim Esch, faced him again in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199182-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 3\nThis district encompassed the western three-fourths of the state. Republican incumbent Adrian Smith () won against Democratic nominee Jay C. Stoddard (). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199183-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Nevada were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who will represent the state of Nevada in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential election. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199183-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada\nNevada had three seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007\u20132008 congressional delegation consisted of two Republicans and one Democrat. After the election, it consisted of one Republican and two Democrats, with District 3 changing from Republican to Democratic. CQ Politics had forecasted districts 2 and 3 to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199183-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 1\nThis district covered most of the City of Las Vegas, as well as parts of North Las Vegas and parts of unincorporated Clark County. In the general election, the incumbent Democrat Shelley Berkley defeated Republican Kenneth Wegner, a Gulf War veteran and part-time Bail Enforcement Agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199183-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2\nThis district covered all of Nevada except for parts of Clark County. Reno, along with surrounding Washoe County, casts about 70% of the district's vote. The 2nd District had been represented by Republicans continuously since its creation, and had been represented by Republican Dean Heller of Carson City since 2007. He defeated Democrat Jill Derby of Gardnerville, a former Nevada System of Higher Education Regent and Chair of the Nevada Democratic Party. Heller had previously defeated Derby in the 2006 election, although this time the margin of victory was 10.4%, as opposed to just 5% two years before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199183-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 3\nThis district covered the suburbs of Las Vegas, including Henderson, parts of North Las Vegas and Summerlin, and much of unincorporated Clark County. Incumbent Republican Jon Porter of Boulder City () was considered to be at risk due to the increasingly Democratic electorate in the 3rd District. Porter lost re-election to the Democratic nominee, Nevada Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus of Las Vegas (). He was also challenged by Bob Giaquinta of the Green Party (), Floyd Fitzgibbons of the Independent American Party, Joseph P. Silvestri of the Libertarian Party (), and independent Jeffrey C. Reeves (). CQ Politics had forecasted the race as 'No Clear Favorite'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199183-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 3\nPorter had represented the district since its creation in 2003, but he faced a tough race: he won by only 48% to 46% in 2006 against a former aide to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and won by 54% in 2004. George W. Bush barely won this district with 50% to 49% for John Kerry in 2004 (CPVI=D+1). Leading Democratic candidates included Fraud Examiner Andrew Martin and Clark County prosecutor Robert Daskas, but Daskas dropped out in late April, citing family concerns. After losing their top candidate, the Democratic Party quickly recruited Titus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199184-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire\nThe 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives during the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. Both seats were held by Democratic incumbents before the election, which coincided with the 2008 presidential election, as well as the state's senatorial and gubernatorial elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199184-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire\nThe primary election was held on September 9, 2008. Republicans selected Former Representative Jeb Bradley and newspaper columnist and radio show host Jennifer Horn to challenge incumbent Representatives Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes. Although CQ Politics had forecast the First Congressional District to be at risk for a change of party control, both incumbents were re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199184-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1\nThis district covers the southeastern and eastern portions of New Hampshire, consisting of three general areas: Greater Manchester, the Seacoast and the Lakes Region. It includes all of Carroll and Strafford counties, almost all of Rockingham county, a small portion of Hillsborough County, and one town in Merrimack County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199184-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1\nDemocratic incumbent Carol Shea-Porter defeated Republican nominee Jeb Bradley and Libertarian Robert Kingsbury. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'No Clear Favorite'; The Rothenberg Political Report ranked the race as 'Pure Toss-Up'; and The Cook Political Report listed the race as a 'Democratic Toss-Up'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199184-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1\nShea-Porter squeaked into Congress by a 51% to 49% margin against incumbent Republican Bradley in one of the greatest upsets of the 2006 election cycle. In January 2007, Bradley announced his intent to seek a rematch in 2008. He faced and defeated Former Assistant Attorney General and Department of Health and Human Services commissioner John Stephen in a close Republican primary. Shea-Porter did not face a primary challenge. George W. Bush narrowly won this district with 51% to 49% for John Kerry in 2004 (CPVI=R+0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199184-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1, Opinion Polling\nThe University of New Hampshire's Granite State Poll conducted in July found that incumbent Representative Carol Shea-Porter had a +3% net favorability rating in the district (35% favorable, 32% unfavorable, 9% neutral, and 24% did not know enough about her) while Former Representative Jeb Bradley had a net favorability rating of +21% (48% favorable, 27% unfavorable, 8% neutral, and 17% did not know enough about him). The majority of Republicans supported Bradley, Democrats supported Shea-Porter, and Independents were leaning toward Bradley (40% to 26%). Shea-Porter led among women  (46% to 36%) and Bradley led among men (56% to 34%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 99], "content_span": [100, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199184-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1, Opinion Polling\nIn September, the fall Granite State Poll found that Shea-Porter's net favorability had increased to +13% (44% favorable, 31% unfavorable, 5% neutral, and 20% did not know enough about her), while Bradley's favorability has fallen to +7% (36% favorable, 29% unfavorable, 14% neutral, and 21% did not know enough about him). The majority of Republicans supported Bradley, Democrats supported Shea-Porter, and Independents were leaning toward Bradley (44% to 38%). Shea-Porter continued to lead among women (50% to 39%) and Bradley maintained his lead among men (52% to 32%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 99], "content_span": [100, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199184-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2\nThis district consists of the western and northern portions of the state, including all of Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, and Sullivan counties as well as almost all of Merrimack and Hillsborough counties plus three towns in Rockingham county and two towns in Belknap county.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199184-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2\nDemocratic incumbent Paul Hodes defeated Republican nominee Jennifer Horn and Libertarian Chester L. Lapointe, II. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199184-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2\nIn 2006, Democrat Hodes upended Republican incumbent Charlie Bass with a 53% to 45% victory. In 2008 Jennifer Horn, a radio talk show host, won the Republican primary against former Congressional Aide Grant Bosse, State Senator Bob Clegg, businessman Jim Steiner and Alfred L'Eplattenier. John Kerry narrowly won the district with 52% of the vote in 2004 (CPVI=D+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey\nThe 2008 congressional elections in New Jersey were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives. New Jersey has thirteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected serve din the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey\nThe statewide party primary elections were held June 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey\nDistrict 3 was the only seat which changed party (from open Republican to Democratic), although CQ Politics had forecasted districts 3, 5 and 7 to be at some risk for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 1\nThis district contains all or parts of Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 1, Election\nIncumbent Democrat Rob Andrews, in a surprise move on April 2, 2008, announced that he would be challenging incumbent Sen. Frank Lautenberg in the Democratic primary in June. His House seat, which is reliably Democratic (CPVI: D+14), thus became an open seat. The filing deadline for primary candidates was April 7, leaving only a few days for candidates to declare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 1, Election\nAndrews' wife, Camille Andrews, won the Democratic primary for his seat in the House, while Andrews himself was beaten by Lautenberg in the Senate primary. After this defeat, Rob Andrews decided to run for re-election to his House seat; Camille withdrew her candidacy on September 3, and Rob Andrews announced that on September 4 that he would take her place as the Democratic candidate. He maintained that his wife had not been merely a placeholder candidate and said that he had only decided to run for re-election a week before he announced it; according to Andrews, his change of heart was a result of personal reflection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 2\nThis district lies in the southern part of the state, containing all or portions of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May: Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 3\nThis district contains all or portions of Burlington, Camden and Ocean counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 3, Election\nIncumbent Republican Jim Saxton announced that he would retire at the end of his term. A mid-September internal poll by McLaughlin & Associates showed Myers defeating Adler by a margin of 33% to 29%, with a plurality of voters - 37% - undecided. The poll attributed Myers' lead to a general dissatisfaction among voters towards Adler's negative ads and negative mailers from various political committees supporting the Democrat. It also indicated that Adler's low approval ratings were partially due to the perception that he is a \"career politician\" and the fact that he is an Ivy League-educated lawyer. Adler's association with unpopular Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine also hurt him, while Myers was helped from his endorsement by incumbent Rep. Jim Saxton, who held a 53 percent favorable rating. However, later polls indicated that the race was too close to call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 955]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 4\nThis district lies in the central part of the state, including all or portions of Burlington County, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 5\nThis district contains most of the Northern New Jersey Skylands Region of Sussex and Warren counties and stretches along the New York border into Northern Passaic and Bergen Counties, including the townships of Paramus and Ridgewood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 5, Election\nRepublican incumbent Scott Garrett had been elected by safe margins in the past but in 2006 he only won by 10 points against Paul Aronsohn, the smallest margin of his career. Garrett was the only incumbent in the state thought to possibly be at risk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 6\nThis district lies in the east-central part of the state, including all or portions of Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset and Union counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 7\nThe incumbent, Republican Representative Mike Ferguson, announced on November 19, 2007, that he would not seek re-election, citing family obligations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 7, Election\nThe district was considered to lean Republican, but the 2008 election was expected to be highly competitive, considering the closeness of the previous election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 7, Election\nLance and Stender debated each other twice during the campaign. In September, they met in Scotch Plains for a debate hosted at the Jewish Community Campus of Central New Jersey. The candidates met in October in Edison for a second debate, which was televised on News 12 New Jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 7, Election\nBoth major-party candidates campaigned with prominent politicians of their party in the months before the election. Lance campaigned with then U.S. President George W. Bush and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Stender campaigned with former U.S. president Bill Clinton and U.S. House of Representatives majority leader Steny Hoyer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 89], "content_span": [90, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 8\nThis district lies in the north-east part of the state, including all or portions of Essex and Passaic counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 9\nThis district lies in the north-east part of the state, including all or portions of Bergen and Hudson and Passaic counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 10\nThis district lies in the north-east part of the state, including all or portions of Essex, Hudson and Union counties. Republicans again failed to nominate a candidate to oppose Payne, but the Socialist Workers Party nominated Michael Taber, an editor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 11\nThis district lies in the north-central part of the state, including all or portions of Essex,  Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Sussex counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 12\nThis district lies in the central part of the state, including all or portions of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and Somerset counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199185-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 13\nThis district lies in the north-east part of the state, including all or portions of Essex, Hudson, Middlesex and Union counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199186-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico\nThe 2008 congressional elections in New Mexico were held on November 4, 2008 to determine New Mexico's representation in the United States House of Representatives. The party primary elections were held June 3, 2008. Martin Heinrich, Harry Teague, and Ben R. Luj\u00e1n, all Democrats, were elected to represent New Mexico in the House. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; the winners of the election currently serve in the 111th Congress, which began on January 4, 2009 and is scheduled to end on January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election and senatorial elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199186-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico\nNew Mexico has three seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its  2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of two Republicans and one Democrat. All three incumbents chose to vie for New Mexico's open Senate seat. The election resulted in all three New Mexico seats are being occupied by freshman Democrats. Districts 1 and 2 changed from Republican to Democratic;  CQ Politics had forecast that these seats might be at risk for the Republican Party. This was the last time that Democrats won all of New Mexico's congressional districts until the 2018 midterm elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199186-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 1\nThis district includes the central area of New Mexico, in and around Albuquerque. An open seat, CQ Politics forecast the race as 'No Clear Favorite'. The Rothenberg Political Report rated it 'Pure Toss-Up'. The Cook Political Report ranked it 'Lean Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199186-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 1\nThe 2006 race between incumbent Republican Heather Wilson and Democratic state Attorney General Patricia Madrid was a cliffhanger, with Wilson being reelected by 861 votes. John Kerry had narrowly won the district with 52% in 2004 (CPVI=D+2). With the retirement of longtime U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, Wilson ran and lost as a candidate for the Republican nomination in the race for an open U.S. Senate seat, leaving this an open seat. The Democratic nominee was Martin Heinrich (former Albuquerque City Councilor). The Republican nominee was Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White. In the general election, Heinrich defeated White by a margin of 11%. When sworn into Congress in January 2009, Heinrich became the first Democrat to ever represent this district in the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 855]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199186-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 2\nThis district covers the southern half of the state of New Mexico, including Las Cruces and Roswell. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Leans Republican'. The Rothenberg Political Report rated it 'Pure Toss-Up'. The Cook Political Report ranked it 'Republican Toss Up'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199186-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 2\nRepublican incumbent Steve Pearce won his party's nomination over Heather Wilson for the U.S. Senate, leaving this an open seat. This district usually votes Republican. George W. Bush won the district 58% to 42% over John Kerry in 2004 (CPVI=R+6). Nevertheless, Democratic nominee Harry Teague defeated Republican Edward R. Tinsely III in the general election and is the first Democrat to represent this district since 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199186-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 2, Candidates\nTeague is a Hobbs business owner, civic leader and former Lea County Commissioner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 91], "content_span": [92, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199186-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 3\nThis district covers the northern half of the state of New Mexico, including the capital, Santa Fe. An open seat, CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat', as did The Rothenberg Political Report and The Cook Political Report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199186-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 3\nDemocratic incumbent Tom Udall won his party's nomination for Pete Domenici's open U.S. Senate seat,. The Democrats tend to hold the advantage in the district: John Kerry received 54% of the vote there (CPVI=D+6) in 2004. The Democratic nominee was State Public Regulation Commissioner Ben R. Luj\u00e1n. Luj\u00e1n's father serves as Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives. The Republican nominee was small business owner Dan East. Carol Miller, a 1997/1998 Green Party candidate, was seeking the seat as an independent. Luj\u00e1n won the three-way race fairly easily and was sworn into Congress in January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York\nThe 2008 congressional elections in New York were held on November 4, 2008 to determine representation in the state of New York in the United States House of Representatives. New York has 29 seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election in which Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain by a wide margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York\nThe districts with congressional races not forecast as \"safe\" for the incumbent party were New York's congressional districts 13, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26 and 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York\nThe Democratic Party gained three seats in New York's congressional delegation in the 2008 elections. In New York's 13th congressional district, Democrat Michael McMahon defeated Robert Straniere to win the seat vacated by Republican Rep. Vito Fossella. In New York's 25th congressional district, Democrat Dan Maffei defeated Republican Dale Sweetland to win the seat vacated by Republican Rep. Jim Walsh. In New York's 29th congressional district, Democrat Eric Massa defeated incumbent Republican Rep. Randy Kuhl. Beginning in 2009, New York's congressional delegation consisted of 26 Democrats and three Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 13\nRepublican incumbent Vito Fossella announced his retirement on May 20, 2008, leaving this an open seat. Democratic City Councilman Michael McMahon, endorsed by the Staten Island Democratic Party won the primary against Steve Harrison, who lost to Fossella in 2006. Republican Robert Straniere defeated Dr. Jamshad Wyne in the Republican primary. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'. McMahon defeated Straniere in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 19\nDemocratic incumbent John Hall was challenged by Republican Kieran Lalor. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'. Hall won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 20\nDemocratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand was challenged by Republican Sandy Treadwell. CQ Politics forecast race as 'Leans Democratic.' Gillibrand won easily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 20\nThis was incumbent Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand's first run for re-election, and was one of the most expensive House races in the nation, with both campaigns spending a total of more than $9 million. Gillibrand had defeated Republican Congressman John Sweeney in an upset in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 20\nRepresentative Gillibrand faced businessmen Morris Guller in the Democratic primary due, it was said, to her support for a supplemental appropriation for the Iraq conflict. Gilibrand won the primary by a wide margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 20\nThose who would have run in the 2008 Republican primary to face Gillibrand had there been one:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 20\nTreadwell, with the backing of the State Conservative Party and the GOP,  to disqualify Wallace and Rocque from the primary. He succeeded, and became the sole opponent of Kirsten Gillibrand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 20\nGillibrand faced Republican Sandy Treadwell, former Secretary of State for New York. On October 10, 2008, the  listed the 20th District as \"Likely Democratic\". Gillibrand won the November 4, 2008 election with 62% of the vote to Treadwell's 38%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 21\nDemocratic incumbent Michael R. McNulty retired, leaving this an open seat. Former State Representative Paul Tonko won the five-way Democratic primary, defeating Tracey Brooks and , and two others. Tonko then handily defeated Republican nominee Jim Buhrmaster, who defeated Ron Paul supporter Steven Vasquez in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 23\nRepublican incumbent John McHugh ran for re-election against Democrat Mike Oot. CQ Politics forecasted the race as \"Safe Republican.\" McHugh prevailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 24\nDemocratic incumbent Michael Arcuri was challenged by Republican businessman Richard Hanna. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'. Arcuri defeated Hanna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 25\nRepublican incumbent James T. Walsh retired, leaving this an open seat. Democrat Dan Maffei ran against Republican Dale Sweetland who won in a crowded primary race, and frequent candidate Howie Hawkins (who used the \"Green Populist\" label). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Democratic'. Maffei won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 25\nThe New York 25th congressional district election for the 111th Congress was held on November 4, 2008. The race featured Democratic Party nominee Dan Maffei, who narrowly lost to incumbent Jim Walsh for the same seat in 2006, Republican Party nominee Dale Sweetland, former Chairman of the Onondaga County Legislature, and Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins, Green Party founder and frequent political candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 25\nMaffei defeated Sweetland decisively, 55% to 42%, becoming the first Democrat to represent the district since 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 25\nOn January 24, 2008, Republican incumbent Jim Walsh announced he would not be running for an eleventh term. Walsh's 2006 Democratic challenger Dan Maffei had already announced his candidacy to challenge the seat in 2008, and had mounted a strong campaign. In March 2008, after Democratic Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll announced he would not be running for the seat, Maffei was virtually assured of the Democratic nomination, and ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 25\nAfter it appeared he might run unopposed in the general election, on April 2 Republican Dale Sweetland, coming off a narrowly unsuccessful September 2007 bid for Onondaga County Executive, announced he'd oppose Maffei. Other Republicans followed suit, but Sweetland won the crowded primary and received the party nomination in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 25\nMaffei was heavily favored to win the seat, and lead heavily in campaign contributions. In addition to rating the district as \"Leans Democratic\", RealClearPolitics ranked this as the third most likely Congressional district to switch parties. Going into the election, other pundits from CQ Politics, The Cook Report, and the Rothenberg Report are also ranking it as \"Lean Democrat\" to \"Democrat Favored\". In May 2008, and again on June 20, 2008, The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, author of \"The Fix\", ranked the race as the #1 Congressional race to turn over from a \"Red\" seat to a \"Blue\" seat 2008. Although Walsh had held it without serious difficulty before his near-defeat in 2006, the 25th had swung heavily to the Democrats at most other levels since the 1990s. The last Republican presidential candidate to carry the district was George H.W. Bush in 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 945]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 25\nOn November 4 Maffei defeated Sweetland, 55% to 42%. He will be the first Democrat to represent the area since 1981 (when it was the 32nd District).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 26\nRepublican incumbent Thomas M. Reynolds retired, leaving this an open seat. In an upset victory, Amherst environmental lawyer Alice Kryzan won the Democratic primary against Iraq War veteran Jonathan Powers and maverick millionaire Jack Davis. The Republican nominee was businessman Christopher Lee. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Republican'. Lee prevailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 26\nRepublican businessman Christopher J. Lee (R) won the seat running against Democratic lawyer Alice Kryzan (148,607 to 109,615), even though several analysts rated the race as a toss-up or leaning Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 26\nAlice Kryzan, an environmental attorney, won the Democratic party primary election on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. She ran against Jon Powers, an Iraq war vet and the endorsed Democratic candidate, as well as wealthy industrialist Jack Davis. The primary was notable for its large negative ad content, most heavily by self-financed Davis against Powers. Kryzan upset the conventional wisdom with a surprise win, partially on the strength of a last-minute TV ad characterizing the other two candidates as squabbling. A major selling point Kryzan used was that both of her primary rivals were former Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 26\nPowers remained on the Working Families Party ballot line despite endorsing Kryzan and attempting to get himself removed after having moved out of state. The Republican party brought a lawsuit to prevent the line from being given to Kryzan. However, the presence of Powers on the ballot made no difference to the outcome of the race as the number of votes his ballot line received was much smaller than the margin of victory for Lee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 26\nRepublican Chris Lee was the only candidate running for the party nomination and was endorsed by incumbent Representative Tom Reynolds. Operatives within the party also reportedly tried to recruit several other high-profile candidates, including WIVB-TV anchor Don Postles, a registered independent, which led to Postles having to issue an on-air rejection of their efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 27\nDemocrat Brian Higgins easily defeated Independence Party candidate Dan Humiston. The Republicans did not put forth a candidate, instead cross-endorsing Humiston. Higgins won the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 28\nDemocrat Louise Slaughter easily defeated her Republican opponent, David Crimmen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 29\nDemocratic nominee Eric Massa defeated Republican incumbent Randy Kuhl, following his unsuccessful 2006 run against Kuhl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 29\nTwo-term incumbent Randy Kuhl (R) had been elected to Congress with 52% of the popular vote over Democratic candidate Eric Massa in a two-way race in 2006. In March 2006, citing his frustration with actions at the in-patient mental health care hospital at the Canandaigua VA center, former Democratic candidate, and a long-time friend of 2004 presidential candidate General Wesley Clark, Eric J.J. Massa  filed to run as the Democratic candidate again in 2008. In May 2007, Pittsford businessman David Nachbar, a senior vice-president of Bausch & Lomb, also announced his candidacy as a Democratic candidate for the same seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 29\nAs of a post on April 18, 2007 from Massa on DailyKos, the DCCC placed a requirement on their support for any candidate relied upon that candidate  having $300K cash-on-hand by the end of the second quarter 2007 (June 30). In August 2007, Nachbar announced that he was withdrawing from the race, with news reports stating that a letter to supporters suggest his role as Senior VP of Human Resources for Bausch & Lomb during a buyout via hedge fund Warburg Pinkus rendered him unable to campaign effectively. Prior to Nachbar's announcement, Massa's campaign announced in a press release, that he had received all of the County endorsements of the 29th District and all of the townships in Monroe County, but had yet to secure the Monroe Democratic Committee endorsement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 849]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 29\nA native of the 29th District, Congressman Randy Kuhl has lived in the area all of his life. The son of a doctor and a nurse/teacher, Randy was born in Bath, picked grapes and worked inside the wineries on the shores of Keuka Lake, attended school in Hammondsport, had summer jobs in construction and on several different farms during his college years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 29\nHe owned and operated a business in Bath, became Steuben County attorney, then successfully ran for the New York State Assembly in 1980, the New York State Senate in 1986, and the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 where he now serves and represents the people of the 29th District. Randy Kuhl is a graduate of Hammondsport Central School, and earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Union College (1966), and in 1969 received his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 29\nHe is a communicant of St. James Episcopal Church and has been active in the Hammondsport Rotary Club and BPOE 1547 in Bath. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Five Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Branchport Rod and Gun Club, and the Executive Committee of the Steuben County Republican Committee. He is President of the Board of Directors of the Reginald Wood Scouting Memorial and an immediate past member of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Manufacturing and Technology. Randy Kuhl currently lives in Hammondsport and is the father of three sons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 29\nEric Massa was the Democratic nominee in 2006. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and went on to serve in the Navy for 24 years. He eventually served as aide to former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, General Wesley Clark. Near the end of his Navy career he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a disease he was able to survive. A , he claims he left his party over the issue of the Iraq War and campaigned in New Hampshire during the campaign of his former-boss, Wesley Clark's, failed presidential bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 29\nDuring the 2006 campaign, Massa positioned himself as strongly opposed to the Iraq war and unrestricted \"free trade,\" favoring instead \"fair trade\". Other issues in his platform included expanding farm aid programs, as well as bringing homeland security money to the 29th District. Massa is also active in Band of Brothers/Veterans for a Secure America whose goal is to help veterans who are running for Congress as Democrats. Massa has recently worked as a \"business consultant\" for , a defense consulting firm in Alexandra, Virginia. Massa, , stated that he has since \"curtailed all other activities in April (2007) when he became an active candidate\". Massa lives in Corning, New York with his wife Beverly, daughter Alexandra and son Justin. His eldest son Richard lives in California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 868]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 29\nDavid Nachbar is Bausch & Lomb's senior vice president for Human Resources. He was named to this post in October 2002. Nachbar joined Bausch & Lomb from The St. Paul Companies, Inc., where he was senior vice president for Human Resources. Previously, he was vice president for Human Resources and chief of staff for Asia for Citibank. He also held Human Resources posts with PepsiCo and Time Warner. In 1996, Nachbar ran for New York State Senate as a Democrat and was unsuccessful. Nachbar received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1984.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199187-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, District 29\nOn August 21, 2008, Massa attended a Kuhl press conference in the Corning City Hall. After the press conference ended, the two candidates spoke for a minute in the hallway. Massa challenged Kuhl to schedule debates and criticized him for not having accepted debate invitations from community leaders. After Massa left, Kuhl said he had not had time to schedule a debate. Kuhl later issued a press release which criticized Massa for being \"disrespectful\" at the event, which Kuhl said \"was not campaign related\". Councilman Dane Kane, a Democrat who also attended the press conference, joined in Massa's criticism, saying, \"Kuhl has stopped his town hall meetings, won\u2019t take questions from the public, and refuses to respond to invitations to debate the issues of the day.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina\nThe United States House of Representative elections of 2008 in North Carolina were held on 4 November 2008 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives. All thirteen seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, were elected to the 111th United States Congress. The party primary elections were held 6 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina\nCarried on the coattails of Barack Obama winning the state in the presidential election, the Democrats added one seat to their seven won in 2006. The Republican Party won the other five. In the 8th district, Democrat Larry Kissell defeated incumbent Robin Hayes. All other incumbents won re-election. The Republicans' hold on the 10th district had been thought to be at risk by CQ Politics, but Republican Patrick McHenry won re-election. The Democrats increased their total vote share by 1.5% statewide, and 2.5% if excluding the 1st, which the Republicans didn't contest in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina\nIt is not to be confused with the election to the North Carolina House of Representatives, which was held on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 1\nThis district, located in the northeastern portion of the state, is represented by Democrat G.K. Butterfield, who first won it in a 2004 special election. It is the only majority-black district in the state, and is overwhelmingly Democratic (Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+9). It is one of the few districts in the former Confederacy that has not elected a Republican since the end of Reconstruction. Butterfield was opposed by Republican William A. \"Dean\" Stephens. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 2\nThis district includes several suburban and rural areas near Raleigh, Rocky Mount and Fayetteville. It has been represented by Democrat Bob Etheridge since 1997. The district is a swing district on paper (CPVI of R+3); it narrowly supported Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, and gave equally narrow margins to George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. However, Etheridge is very popular in this area. In 2008, he faced his 2006 opponent, Republican Dan Mansell, and Libertarian . CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 3\nThis district stretches along the northeastern and east-central portions of the state, including the Outer Banks. It has been represented by Republican Walter B. Jones, Jr. since 1995. Although Democrats have a 14-point plurality of registered voters, Jones had long been thought to have an unbreakable hold on this district. Much of this area had been part of the 1st prior to 1993, and Jones's father, popular 14-term Democrat Walter Jones, Sr., is still an icon in this region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 3\nHowever, Jones's voting record has shifted increasingly to the center for some time, and he has become one of the most vocal Republican opponents of the Iraq War. This has caused considerable chagrin among Republicans in his district. Onslow County Commissioner Joe McLaughlin announced in mid-2007 that he would challenge Jones in the Republican primary. Jones defeated McLaughlin in the May 6 primary, with about 60 percent of the vote. 2006 Democratic nominee Craig Weber won his party's primary over Marshall Adame, carrying about 70 percent of the vote. The district has a CPVI of R+15\u2014a three-way statistical tie for the most Republican district in the state, making it a very difficult pickup for Democrats on paper. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 861]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 4\nThis district includes the heart of the Triangle area, including part of Raleigh and all of Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It has been represented by Democrat David Price since 1997 (he previously represented the 4th from 1987 to 1995). Despite a CPVI of only D+5, the influence of the state's three major research universities plus Price's status as an Appropriations subcommittee chairman (or \"Cardinal\") make Price a heavy favorite. Two Republicans competed in a May primary for the right to face Price: Augustus Cho and William (B.J.) Lawson. Lawson won, with about 70 percent of the vote. Libertarian Maximillian Longley also ran in the general election. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 5\nDemocrats Roy Carter and Diane Hamby filed to run against incumbent Virginia Foxx. Carter won the May 6 primary, with just over 50 percent of the vote. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 6\nDemocrats Johnny J. Carter, Jay Ovittore, and Teresa Sue Bratton () filed to run against incumbent Howard Coble. Bratton won the May 6 primary, with 61 percent of the vote. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 7\nRepublican Will Breazeale opposed incumbent Mike McIntyre. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 8\nDemocratic nominee Larry Kissell won against incumbent Robin Hayes, reversing the result from 2006 when Kissell came up only 329 votes short of upsetting Hayes. Libertarian Thomas Hill also ran. CQ Politics rated it as 'No Clear Favorite', The Rothenberg Political Report as 'Toss-Up/Tilt Democratic', and The Cook Political Report as 'Republican Toss Up'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 9\nRoss Overby and Harry Taylor ran in the Democratic primary, and incumbent Sue Myrick faced opposition from Jack Stratton in the Republican primary. Taylor defeated Overby, with about 58 percent of the vote, while Myrick easily won re-nomination with 92 percent of the vote. Libertarian Andy Grum also ran in the general election. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 10\nRepublican incumbent Patrick McHenry defeated Democratic nominee Daniel Johnson, but the margin of victory was McHenry's smallest to date. Johnson defeated Steve Ivester in the May 6 Democratic primary, with about 60 percent of the vote. McHenry won the Republican primary, garnering about 67 percent of the vote in a race against attorney Lance Sigmon. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Republican Favored', while Cook Political Report ranked it as 'Likely Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 84], "content_span": [85, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 11\nFirst-term incumbent Heath Shuler faced Carl Mumpower, who won a three-way Republican primary that included Spence Campbell and John C. Armor. Shuler was favored, since he did not face opposition from the man he defeated in 2006, former Rep. Charles H. Taylor. Libertarian Keith Smith also ran in the general election. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 84], "content_span": [85, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 12\nIncumbent Mel Watt was the heavy favorite over little-known Republican and U.S. Army veteran Ty Cobb, Jr. (no known relation to the baseball legend, Ty Cobb). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 84], "content_span": [85, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199188-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, District 13\nIncumbent Brad Miller faced Republican former state senator Hugh Webster, after easily defeating little-known Derald Hafner in the Democratic primary, with 88 percent of the vote. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 84], "content_span": [85, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Ohio were held on November 4, 2008 and determined who will represent the state of Ohio in the United States House of Representatives. The primary election was held on March 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio\nOhio has eighteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected in November 2008 served in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio\nDistricts 1, 15 and 16 changed party (from Republican to Democratic), although CQ Politics had forecasted districts 1, 2, 14, 15, 16 and 18 to be at some risk for the incumbent party. District 15 was not decided until December 8, 2008. As of 2021, this is the last time that Democrats won a majority of congressional districts from Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 1\nDemocratic nominee Steve Driehaus won against Republican incumbent Steve Chabot. CQ Politics rated the race as 'No Clear Favorite'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 2\nRepublican incumbent Jean Schmidt won against Democratic nominee Victoria Wulsin and Independent candidate David Krikorian. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Leans Republican'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 3\nRepublican incumbent Mike Turner won against Democratic nominee Jane Mitakides. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Safe Republican'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 4\nRepublican incumbent Jim Jordan won against Democratic nominee Mike Carroll. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Safe Republican'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 5\nRepublican incumbent Bob Latta won against Democratic nominee George Mays. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Safe Republican'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 6\nDemocratic incumbent Charlie Wilson won against Republican nominee Richard Stobbs. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Safe Democrat'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 7\nRepublican incumbent David Hobson did not run for reelection in 2008. Republican nominee Steve Austria won against Democratic nominee Sharen Neuhardt. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Republican Favored'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 8\nRepublican incumbent John Boehner won against Democratic nominee Nicholas Von Stein. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Safe Republican'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 9\nDemocratic incumbent Marcy Kaptur won against Republican nominee Bradley S. Leavitt. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Safe Democrat'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 10\nThe Democratic primary was held March 4, 2008, the same day as the Texas and Ohio presidential primaries. The candidates were Cleveland city councilman Joe Cimperman, North Olmsted mayor Thomas O'Grady, Barbra Ferris and Rosemary Palmer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 10\nKucinich previously stated that he would run again for Congress in 2008 if his bid for President were unsuccessful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 10\nFor 2008, however, Kucinich is facing four challengers in the Democratic primary scheduled for March 4, which prompted him to abandon his run for president. Opponents include Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman and North Olmsted Mayor Thomas O'Grady. Having only raised around $50,000 so far compared to Cimperman's $228,000, Kucinich has since been putting out appeals for campaign funding on YouTube. Since then, he has managed to raise $700,000, surpassing Cimperman's $487,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 10\nCimperman, who is endorsed by the Mayor of Cleveland and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, criticized Kucinich for focusing too much on campaigning for president and not on the district. Kucinich accused Cimperman of representing corporate and real estate interests. Cimperman described Kucinich as an absentee congressman who failed to pass any major legislative initiatives in his 12-year House career. In an interview, Cimperman said he was tired of Kucinich and Cleveland being joke fodder for late-night talk-show hosts, saying \"It's time for him to go home\". An ad paid for by Cimperman's campaign claimed that Kucinich has missed over 300 votes, but by checking the ad's source the actual number is 139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 10\nA report suggested that representatives of Nancy Pelosi and American Israel Public Affairs Committee would \"guarantee\" Kucinich's re-election if he dropped his bid to impeach Cheney and Bush, though Kucinich denies the meeting happened. It was also suggested that Kucinich's calls for universal health care and an immediate withdrawal from Iraq made him a thorn in the side of the Democrats' congressional leadership, as well as his refusal to pledge to support the eventual presidential nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 10\nAt last minute, Kucinich took part in a debate with the other primary challengers. Barbara Ferris criticized him for not bringing as much money back to the district as other area legislators and authoring just one bill that passed during his 12 years in Congress. Kucinich responded", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 10\n\"It was a Republican Congress and there weren't many Democrats passing meaningful legislation during a Republican Congress.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 10\nKucinich easily won the primary by a 15-point-margin over his nearest opponent Joe Cimperman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 10\nKucinich then beat Republican nominee Jim Trakas. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Safe Democrat'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 11\nDemocratic nominee Marcia Fudge won against Republican nominee Thomas Pekarek. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Safe Democrat'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 11\nA special election was held on November 18, 2008 to fill Jones's seat for the remainder of the 110th Congress, until January 3, 2009, which Fudge won with 100% of the vote. See Ohio's 11th congressional district special election, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 12\nRepublican incumbent Pat Tiberi won against Democratic nominee David Robinson. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Republican Favored'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 13\nDemocratic incumbent Betty Sutton won against Republican nominee David Potter. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Safe Democrat'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 14\nRepublican incumbent Steve LaTourette won against Democratic nominee Bill  O'Neill. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Republican Favored'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 15\nThe election results were essentially tied, requiring an automatic recount. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Leans Democratic'. Republican incumbent Deborah Pryce did not run for reelection in 2008, leaving this an open seat. Kilroy defeated Stivers by 2,311 votes in a race not decided until the final ballots were counted on December 7, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 16\nDemocratic nominee John Boccieri won against Republican nominee Kirk Schuring. Republican incumbent Ralph Regula did not run for reelection. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Leans Democratic'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 17\nDemocratic incumbent Tim Ryan won against Republican nominee Duane Grassell. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Safe Democrat'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199189-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 18\nDemocratic incumbent Zack Space won against Republican nominee Fred Dailey. CQ Politics rated the race as 'Democrat Favored'. The following candidates ran in the general election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199190-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Oklahoma were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Oklahoma in the United States House of Representatives. Oklahoma has five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; whoever is elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincides with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199190-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, District 1\nThis district is in the northeastern corner of the state and includes the Tulsa metropolitan area as well as all of Tulsa County. It also includes Washington County, Wagoner County, and parts of Rogers County and Creek County. It has been represented by Republican John A. Sullivan since February 2002. The Democratic nominee was Georgianna Oliver, a CEO residing in Tulsa. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199190-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, District 2\nThis district covers roughly the eastern quarter of the state, and has been represented by Democrat Dan Boren since 2005. His Republican challenger was Raymond Wickson of Okmulgee. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199190-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, District 3\nThis district covers the Oklahoma Panhandle and northwest half of the state, including portions of Oklahoma City and Tulsa. It has been represented by Republican Frank Lucas since May 1994. The Democratic nominee was engineer and USDA Forest Service employee Frankie Robbins. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199190-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, District 4\nThis district covers the south-central area, and has been represented by Republican Tom Cole since 2003. The Democratic nominee was oil industry land consultant Blake Cummings. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199190-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, District 5\nThis district covers the central part of the state and includes Oklahoma City, the state capital. It has been represented by Republican Mary Fallin since 2007. Lawyer and Democratic nominee Steven Perry challenged the freshman incumbent, campaigning on a platform focused on using American and not foreign energy. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199191-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon\nThe 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who will represent the state of Oregon in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms those elected will be serving in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199191-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon\nOregon has five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007\u20132008 congressional delegation consisted of four Democrats and one Republican. This remains unchanged although CQ Politics had forecasted district 5 to be at some risk for the incumbent party earlier in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199191-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon\nA primary election for Democrats and Republicans was held on May 20. To be eligible for the primaries, candidates had to file for election by March 11. Other parties had other procedures for nominating candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199191-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 1\nDemocratic incumbent David Wu has represented Oregon's 1st congressional district since 1998 and is the Democratic nominee in 2008, defeating Will Hobbs and Mark Welyczko in the primary. Hobbs, a political novice, earned some attention late in the race, by winning the endorsements of major newspapers The Oregonian and Willamette Week. He won 16.7% of the vote to Wu's 78.0%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199191-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 1\nIn the Republican primary, Joel Haugen defeated pathologist Claude W. Chappell IV, but later withdrew his acceptance of the Republican nomination after his endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama for President drew objections from Republican party leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199191-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Greg Walden has represented Oregon's 2nd congressional district since 1998 and was unopposed for the Republican nomination in 2008. In the general election, he faced Democrat Noah Lemas, a small business owner, Richard Hake of the Constitution Party of Oregon and Pacific Green Party candidate Tristin Mock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199191-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 3\nIncumbent Democrat Earl Blumenauer has represented Oregon's 3rd congressional district since 1996 and was the Democratic nominee in 2008, defeating TV co-host John Sweeney and retired utility worker and peace activist Joseph \"Lone Vet\" Walsh in the primary. In the general election, he faced Republican Delia Lopez, a real estate investor, and Pacific Green Party candidate Michael Meo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199191-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 4\nIncumbent Democrat Peter DeFazio has represented Oregon's 4th congressional district since 1986 and was unopposed for the Democratic nomination in 2008. He was being challenged in the general election by Constitution Party member Jaynee Germond and Pacific Green Mike Beilstein, a research chemist. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199191-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 5\nIn February 2008, Democrat Darlene Hooley, who had represented Oregon's 5th congressional district since 1996, announced that she would not seek re-election in 2008. The race to replace her was expected to be one of the most competitive in the nation, since the district contained about 2,000 more Republicans than Democrats at that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199191-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 5\nThere were two major factors for the competitiveness of the race: first, the demographics of the district had changed dramatically. In June, there were 20,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans in the district, a net swing of 22,000 voters since February. Secondly, Republican nominee Erickson won a contentious primary in which an opponent, Kevin Mannix, raised an allegation that Erickson paid for a former girlfriend's abortion. The girlfriend subsequently went public with the information, but Erickson denied knowledge of the event. Mannix refused to endorse Erickson in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199191-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 5\nDemocratic nominee Kurt Schrader won against Republican nominee Mike Erickson, 166,070 (54.5%) to 116,418 (38.2%). Also competing were Libertarian nominee Steve Milligan, Constitution nominee Douglas Patterson, Pacific Green nominee Alex Polikoff, and Independent Sean Bates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Pennsylvania was held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives. Pennsylvania has 19 seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincides with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania\nDistrict 3 was the only seat which changed party (from Republican to Democratic), although CQ Politics had forecasted districts 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15 and 18 to be at some risk for the incumbent party. As of 2021, this is the last time that Democrats won a majority of congressional districts from Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 1\nFive-term incumbent Bob Brady (D) ran for another term after losing his bid to be mayor of Philadelphia. He was challenged by businessman Mike Muhammad (R). This race was viewed as noncompetitive, as it took place in heavily Democratic Philadelphia. Brady ran unopposed in 2006 and has generally received over 80% of the vote in his campaigns. CQ Politics had forecast the race as 'Safe Democrat'. Brady defeated Muhammed by a nearly 10 to 1 margin, winning 242,799 to 24,714, or 90.8% to 9.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 2\nSeven term incumbent Chaka Fattah (D), who was unsuccessful in his bid to be mayor of Philadelphia, ran without major party opposition. Liberal Republican law professor Michael Livington won the Republican primary, but dropped out of the race due to lack of funding. He was replaced by Adam Lang. This seat is contained in one of the most Democratic districts in the country, with Democrats often winning 90% of the vote. In 2006, Fattah was elected with 88.6% support and in 2008 he won with 88.9% of the vote. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 3\nSeven-term Republican incumbent Phil English faced Democrat Kathy Dahlkemper (), director of the Erie Arboretum. Steven Porter, the 2006 Democratic nominee, is running as an independent. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'No Clear Favorite'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 3\nEnglish was tested in 2008. He represented a politically balanced Erie-based district that gave George W. Bush 53% of the vote. Also, in 2006, he received just 54% of the vote against an under-funded candidate with no political experience. He has, however, been able to remain a level of popularity due to a moderate voting record and close ties to organized labor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 3\nThe DCCC recruited Erie County Councilman Kyle Foust as its top choice to run against English. Dahlkemper, Attorney Tom Meyers, and religious nonprofit program coordinator Mike Waltner also declared for the Democratic primary. Dahlkemper proved better at mobilizing support than Foust, the original front runner, and won the Democratic nomination with 45% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 3\nDahlkemper defeated English 146,846 to 139,787 or 51.2% to 48.8% to capture the seat. It was the only seat in Pennsylvania to change parties in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 4\nDemocratic incumbent Jason Altmire again faced Republican Melissa Hart. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 4\nIn 2006, Altmire defeated incumbent Hart in a 52% to 48% upset. Hart had won 63% of the vote in 2004, when George W. Bush carried this suburban Pittsburgh district with 53%. In 2006, Pennsylvania was perhaps the most disastrous state for incumbent GOP House members, who lost four seats here. Hart ran unopposed for the Republican nomination in 2008 and attempted to use her public service credentials to regain her seat. She previously gained a reputation for appealing to moderate voters despite a conservative track record. She again lost to Altmire, this time by a wider margin than two years prior, with a 56\u201344% vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 4\nAltmire maintained close ties with organized labor, possessed experience with the health care issues that are important in a region with an older population, and was supported by the NRA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 5\nDemocrat Mark McCracken, Clearfield County commissioner is running against Republican and Centre County GOP chair Glenn \"G.T.\" Thompson in this open seat election. James Fryman represented the Libertarian Party. CQ Politics forecasted this largely rural district as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 5\nRepublican John Peterson announced his intention to retire on January 3, 2007, paving the way for a contentious open seat election. Nine Republicans were in the race for the nomination. Four men emerged as top tier candidates: Thompson, hotel developer Matt Shaner, financial consultant Derek Walker, and former Woodland Township supervisor Jeff Strohmann. Also on the Republican ballot were mortgage broker John Kupa, Clarion mayor John Stroup, Elk County coroner Lou Radkowski, former Centre County commissioner Chris Exarchos, and minister Keith Richardson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 5\nThompson won this hard-fought 9-way primary with just 19% of the vote, in large part due to the late endorsement of Peterson who got involved in the primary campaign 10 days prior to election day. Walker and Shaner proved to be superior fundraisers and aired numerous television and radio commercials to counter Peterson's endorsement of Thompson. The Republican primary included many personal attacks, with Shaner targeting Walker as being political incompetent and Walker referring to a DUI incident involving Shaner. Walker and Thompson were very close in the polls on Election Day, but Thompson received a late boost because of his political track record in Centre County, the district's population center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 5\nMcCracken, Lock Haven mayor Richard Vilello, and Bill Cahir, a journalist and Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War, battled for the Democratic nomination. McCracken won 40% in a hard-fought Democratic race that received much less attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 5\nDespite presenting an open seat opportunity, this race was always viewed as safe for the Republicans, who have generally won over 65% in this district. Prior to 2006, Peterson had previously run in three straight elections without Democratic opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 5\nThompson won with 56.7% of the vote (155,513 votes) to 41.0% for McCracken (112,509). Fryman garnered 6,155 voted or 2.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 6\nThree term Republican Jim Gerlach faced Democrat Bob Roggio (), a retired businessman from Charlestown who ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination after three opponents dropped out of the race. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Republican Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 6\nGerlach has become used to winning close elections, having survived threats from governor's assistant (and son of the former US Senator) Dan Wofford and attorney Lois Murphy in 2004 and 2006 with approximately 51% each year. The district is a classic swing district that went to John Kerry with 51% in 2004. However, Roggio did not have the name recognition nor the funding that Murphy had when waging her campaign, which made his candidacy more difficult than past challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 6\nHowever, due to the tough environment in 2008 for Republicans, and the fact that Democrats outnumber Republicans this year for the first time in this district, the race was close. In addition, Gerlach has had some trouble shaking a connection to ousted Republican leader Tom Delay, who provided contributions to Gerlach through his PAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 6\nHowever, Gerlach has a relatively moderate voting record and is seen as a tough campaigner who is knowledgeable in the suburban issues that are important in his district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 6\nGerlach once again held on and won the election 179,423 (52.1%) to 164,952 (47.9%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 7\nIncumbent Democratic nominee Joe Sestak defeated Republican nominee Wendell Craig Williams, winning 59.6% of the vote. In 2006 Sestak defeated incumbent Curt Weldon, who was being investigated for misuse of campaign funds, by 56% to 44%. Sestak used his military credentials as a retired vice admiral to present himself as a strong leader and as an ethical alternative to a Republican Party that has faced scandal within his district. Because of his moderate voting record, reputation as a tireless worker, and military background, Sestak was expected to have a large advantage over any Republican opponent in 2008. The NRCC initially had trouble finding any top-tier candidates, and eventually settled on Iraq War veteran and attorney Craig Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 8\nDemocratic incumbent Patrick Murphy, an Iraq War veteran, won against Republican nominee Tom Manion, a businessman and retired Marine, and Independent Tom Lingenfelter. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Democrat Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 8\nMurphy narrowly won in 2006, when he unseated one-term Republican Mike Fitzpatrick by 1,518 votes. Manion, a retired Marine Colonel and executive at Johnson and Johnson, ran unopposed in the Republican primary in April. Significant national attention has been drawn to the race because of the Iraq War connections of both candidates. Murphy is a veteran and a strong critic of the war, while Manion, whose son 1stLt Travis Manion was killed in Iraq in April 2007, supports the war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 8\nThis district contains Bucks County and a small part of Northern Philadelphia and Montgomery County. Once considered a safe Republican district, it has recently been trending more Democratic. Registered Democrats narrowly outnumber registered Republicans as of August 2008, due in large part to voter registration drives connected with the Democratic presidential primary in Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 9\nThree term Bill Shuster (R) won re-election with 64% of the vote. Shuster won 60.3% of the vote in 2006; George W. Bush carried the district with over 67% in 2004. Shuster also held the advantage of name recognition, as he is the son of a powerful congressman. The district is also the most Republican in Pennsylvania, further giving Shuster an advantage. His Democratic opponent was again 2006 candidate educator Tony Barr (). CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 10\nDemocratic incumbent Chris Carney defeated Republican staffing company executive Chris Hackett by a margin of 56% to 44%. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Democratic' prior to Carney's victory. The win on the part of the Democratic congressman coincided with John McCain winning 54 percent of the vote in the district as opposed to Democrat Barack Obama's 46 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 10\nCarney was initially thought to have been facing a difficult reelection bid in this heavily Republican district, which he won after widely publicized allegations of incumbent Republican Don Sherwood\u2019s extramarital affair with and alleged abuse of Cynthia Ore. Carney defeated Sherwood 53% to 47%. However, President George W. Bush won the 10th District 60% to 40% in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 10\nTwo Republicans fought for the nomination: staffing company executive Chris Hackett, who gained the endorsement of conservative organizations and manufacturing executive Dan Meuser, who has credibility as a disabled rights activist. While battling for the nomination, Meuser accused Hackett of wavering on his pro-life stance, while Hackett painted Meuser as associated with unpopular politicians. Hackett won a tough primary with 52% of the vote, which drained many of his resources for the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 10\nCarney, throughout the general election, was the favorite to retain his seat but the vote was expected to be somewhat close. The traditionally Republican leanings of the district were advantageous for Hackett, but Pennsylvania as a whole has been trending Democratic recently, having voted for the Democratic nominee for President in every election since 1992. The state ultimately backed Obama that year by a ten-point margin. Carney also has a strong military background and used his membership in the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate Democrats that promote compromise, as a boost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 10\nCarney easily beat Hackett by a twelve-point margin and was aided by a stronger than anticipated vote for the national Democratic presidential ticket in the district. Whereas John Kerry and John Edwards in 2004 received merely 40 percent of the vote in the 10th district, Barack Obama and Joe Biden received 46 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 11\nTwelve term Democratic incumbent Paul Kanjorski (D) was challenged by Republican Lou Barletta, the mayor of Hazleton. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'No Clear Favorite'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 11\nKanjorksi generally won reelection easily, considering the Democratic leanings of the district. John Kerry won this district in 2004 with 52% and Kanjorski was reelected with 72.5% of the vote in 2006. However, he faced one of the toughest elections of his career against Barletta, a figure who made the national spotlight for the anti-illegal immigration policies he promoted as mayor. He was unopposed for the Republican nomination and has national name recognition for his stance which may have helped or hurt him with different voting groups in the election. Kanjorksi came under scrutiny for several comments he has made during the recent Congress, including his quote that the Democrats stretched the facts on the Iraq War to provide a bigger advantage during the 2006 election cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 873]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 11\nKanjorski edged out Lou Barletta by fewer than 10,000 votes, 51.6% to 48.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 12\nSixteen term incumbent John Murtha (D) ran against Retired Lieutenant Colonel William Russell (R), who won the Republican nomination after staging a successful write-in campaign. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Democrat,' but the race tightened after Murtha made well-publicized comments referring to Western Pennsylvania as a \"racist\" and \"redneck\" area. Murtha's comments were spoofed in the October 25, 2008 episode of Saturday Night Live in a segment entitled \"Sen. Biden and  Rep. Murtha Say Crazy Things in Johnstown, Pa.\" By October, Russell out-raised and outspent Murtha for a whole week. Nevertheless, Murtha secured re-election by a 16-point margin. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R +1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 13\nWhile two term Democrat Allyson Schwartz is a target for Republicans in the 2008 race, her seat is expected to be relatively safe. She did not face a serious challenge in 2006 against Raj Bhakta in this Democratic-leaning district. 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate Al Taubenberger and state Senator Stewart Greenleaf pondered running on the Republican ticket, but did not enter the race. Attorney Marina Kats ran unopposed for the Republican nomination. Kats is underfunded and without name recognition, while running against and incumbent with a deep warchest of funds, which presents a crucial advantage in an expensive media market. This seat is currently considered to be noncompetitive. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 14\nSeven term incumbent Mike Doyle (D) will run for another term. For the fourth straight election, Doyle will not face a Republican opponent, although Green Party candidate, professor Titus North, will be on the ballot for the second straight year. Doyle represents a district that gave John Kerry 69% of the vote in 2004 and his seat is considered to be noncompetitive. The congressman presents a strongly pro-union image, while avoiding hot button social issues, which allows him to remain popular and noncontroversial. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 15\nRepublican incumbent Charlie Dent was challenged by Allentown Democratic Party Chair Sam Bennett. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Republican Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 15\nAlthough Dent was targeted by the Democrats for a tough race in 2006, his seat was ultimately relatively safe in 2008. In 2004, he won only 53% of the vote against a political newcomer with no political experience, but did significantly better in his bid for a second term. His district covers the Lehigh Valley region and is politically marginal, narrowly going to John Kerry with 50% of the vote in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 15\nLehigh County Executive Don Cunningham, and state Democratic Party Chairman T.J. Rooney declined to run for the Democratic nomination, leaving Sam Bennett as the sole member of her party's ticket. Bennett was not considered to be as strong of a candidate as Democrats would like, which helped this seat fall out of contention. Although Democrats have an advantage in registration in the district and that Pennsylvania as a whole is trending Democratic, Dent projects a moderate image. His relationship with popular liberal then-Republican Arlen Specter also aids Dent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 16\nSix-term Republican incumbent Joe Pitts is running for reelection against Democratic nominee Bruce Slater (),a U.S Navy veteran, historic restoration contractor, democratic committee person and community activist who ran unopposed in the primary. Green Party candidate John Murphy, a management consultant and Constitution Party candidate Dan Frank () will also be on the ballot. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 16\nPitts had the worst showing of his congressional career in 2008, winning 55.8% of the vote. However, he represents a historically conservative district which gave 61% of its votes to George W. Bush in 2004, and has not attracted a top tier Democratic challenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 17\nEight term incumbent Tim Holden (D) is running against Toni Gilhooley (R), a retired Pennsylvania state trooper. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 17\nThe 17th congressional district gave George W. Bush 58% of its votes and has historically been dominated by Republicans. However, Holden upset the district's 10-term incumbent, George Gekas, in 2002 after being drawn into the district (he'd previously represented a Reading-based district) and hasn't faced substantive opposition since then. He is a member of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition and opposes abortion and gun control. Gilhooley was a conservative candidate. Holden has used his overwhelming support in Schuylkill County, his home county, to make up for past deficits in areas such as Lebanon County and Dauphin County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 18\nThree term Republican Tim Murphy was challenged by Democrat  Steve O'Donnell, a Monroeville health care executive. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Republican Favored'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 18\nMurphy was reelected in 2006 with 58% of the vote against a little-known Democrat. He represents a suburban Pittsburgh district that George W. Bush won with 54% of the vote but that has a strong Democratic history. His campaigning skills have yet to be tested, with relatively easy wins in his three elections thus far, and he could be vulnerable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 18\nThe DCCC tried to persuade Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato to run, but he showed no interest in the race. Business consultant Beth Hafer, whose mother Barbara Hafer is a longtime state official, was then expected to be the front runner for the Democratic nomination. Insurance executive Brien Wall and Monroeville health care executive Steve O'Donnell also ran. O'Donnell won an upset victory with 45% of the vote in a somewhat under the radar election. Although O'Donnell should make the race competitive, Murphy has a significant advantage because of name recognition and a moderate image.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199192-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, District 19\nFour term incumbent Todd Russell Platts (R) will run for another term. His Democratic opponent will be 2006 candidate and college professor Phil Avillo (), who was unopposed in the party primary. Platts represents a highly conservative district, which gave 64% of the vote to George W. Bush in 2004. Avillo, meanwhile, has raised very little money for his campaign. This race is expected to be noncompetitive. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 82], "content_span": [83, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199193-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Rhode Island were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent Rhode Island in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199193-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island\nRhode Island has two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of two Democrats, both of whom were re-elected in 2008. Thus, no districts changed party. CQ Politics forecasted both districts as \"safe\" for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199193-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, District 1\nThis district covers the northern and East Bay sections of the state. Democratic incumbent Patrick J. Kennedy, who has represented this seat since 1995, won against Republican nominee Jonathan Scott. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199193-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, District 2\nThis district covers the areas roughly south and west of Providence. Democratic incumbent Jim Langevin, who has represented this seat since 2001, won against Republican nominee Mark Zaccaria. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199194-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina\nThe 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The primary elections were held on June 10 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 24. The composition of the state delegation before the election was four Republicans and two Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199194-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina\nAll seats were considered safe for their incumbent parties except for districts 1 and 2. This was the last time that Democrats won more than one congressional district from South Carolina until 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199194-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Henry E. Brown, Jr. defeated Democratic candidate Linda Ketner by a surprisingly thin margin to win a fifth term in Congress. Ketner's performance was the strongest performance by a Democrat that Brown had seen in his career and was made all the more surprising by the fact that she was openly lesbian and the 1st district, stretching across the coast of South Carolina, was strongly conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199194-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Joe Wilson defeated Democrat and Iraq War Veteran Rob Miller by the thinnest margin of his electoral career. Miller's performance in this conservative district rooted in eastern and southern South Carolina was surprising, though ultimately was not strong enough to unseat Wilson in his bid for a fifth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199194-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 3\nThough two of his fellow Republican Congressman faced tougher-than-expected bids for re-election, incumbent Republican Congressman J. Gresham Barrett easily dispatched Democratic nominee Jane Ballard Dyer, a pilot, in this staunchly conservative district based in western South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199194-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 4\nIncumbent Republican Congressman easily defeated Democratic candidate Paul Corden and Green Party candidate C. Faye Walters in this very conservative district rooted in Upstate South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199194-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 5\nLong-serving incumbent Democratic Congressman John Spratt has been able to maintain popularity in this conservative district based in northern South Carolina, enabling to repeatedly win re-election despite the national mood. This year proved no different, with Spratt easily winning a fourteenth term over Republican challenger Albert Spencer and Constitution Party candidate Frank Waggoner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199194-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 6\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn, the House Majority Whip, easily won a ninth term in this very liberal, African-American majority district in central South Carolina. Clyburn won re-election over Republican Nancy Harrelson by the largest margin out of anyone in the South Carolina congressional delegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Tennessee were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. Tennessee has nine seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; the elected served in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. In the 2008 elections, Tennessee elected 5 Democrats and 4 Republicans to the US House, as neither the Democratic or Republican Party gained any seats. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election. As of 2020, this is the last time that Democrats won a majority of congressional districts from Tennessee. Tennessee\u2019s US House delegation has been 7-2 Republican ever since, as white conservatives who had already voted Republican for president also began to vote Republican downballot in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 984]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 1\nThis district covers northeast Tennessee, including all of Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties and parts of Jefferson County and Sevier County. It has been represented by Republican David Davis since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 1\nJohnson City mayor Roe narrowly defeated Davis in the Republican primary by a margin of 50% to 49% (only 500 votes). Davis was elected in 2006, succeeding retiring congressman Bill Jenkins, winning the Republican nomination over a crowded field which included Roe. Roe, a retired OB/GYN, was endorsed by several local newspapers, refused PAC and special interest money, and promised not to serve any more than ten years in Congress. He was a shoo-in for election in a district which has only elected Republicans since 1880.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 2\nThis district lies in the east central part of the state, based in Knoxville and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has been represented by Republican Jimmy Duncan since November, 1988. He ran against Democrat Bob Scott. No Democrat has held this seat since 1855. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 3\nThis district has been represented by Republican Zach Wamp since 1995. His Democratic opponent was Doug Vandagriff. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 4\nThis district lies in Middle and East Tennessee and includes all of Bledsoe, Campbell, Coffee, Cumberland, Fentress, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Maury, Moore, Morgan, Pickett, Scott, Sequatchie, Van Buren, Warren, and White Counties, as well as portions of Hickman, Roane, and Williamson counties. It has been represented by Democrat Lincoln Davis since 2003. He ran against Republican Monty Lankford. Although the 4th is one of the few districts in the nation that is not considered safe for either party, its size and the fact it includes five television markets makes it fairly easy for incumbents to tenure themselves in. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 5\nThis district lies in Middle Tennessee, including almost all of Davidson County, half of Wilson County, and half of Cheatham County. Nearly two-thirds of the district's voting population lives in Nashville. It has been represented by Democrat Jim Cooper since 2003. He ran against Republican Gerard Donovan. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 6\nThis district lies in Middle Tennessee, including all of Bedford, Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Marshall, Overton, Putnam, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, and Trousdale Counties, as well as a portion of Wilson County. It has been represented by Democrat Bart Gordon since 1985. He ran against independent candidate Chris Baker. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 7\nThis district lies in Middle and southwestern Tennessee, connecting suburbs of Memphis and Nashville. It has been represented by Republican Marsha Blackburn since 2003. She ran against Democrat Randy G. Morris. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 8\nThis district covers roughly the northwestern part of the state. It has been represented by Democrat John S. Tanner since 1989. He ran unopposed by any party candidates and encountered opposition from only a few write-in votes. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 9\nThis district lies in southwestern Tennessee, located entirely within Shelby County and including most of the city of Memphis. It has been represented by Democrat Steve Cohen since 2007, who ran against independent candidates Jake Ford, Dewey Clark, and Taylor Shelby Wright. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199195-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 9\nCohen defeated attorney Nikki Tinker by a 79% to 19% margin in the Democratic primary. Cohen, who is the only white congressman representing a majority black district, defeated Tinker, who is black, by a much narrower margin in 2006. There was much controversy over accusations made by the Tinker campaign that Cohen was involved with the Ku Klux Klan, and circulation of anti-Semitic propaganda against Cohen, who is Jewish. No Republican filed in this overwhelmingly Democratic district, although Cohen's primary victory assured him of a second term in any case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas\nThe 2008 elections for the Texas delegation of the United States House of Representatives was held on November 4, 2008. 31 of 32 congressional seats that make up the state's delegation were contested. In Texas's 14th congressional district no one challenged incumbent Ron Paul. Since Representatives are elected for two-year terms, those elected will serve in the 111th United States Congress from January 4, 2009, until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas\nThe 2008 presidential election, 2008 Senate election (for John Cornyn's seat), and 2008 Texas Legislature election occurred on the same date, as well as many local elections and ballot initiatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 1\nSophomore Republican Louie Gohmert of Tyler was elected in 2004 following a controversial redistricting in 2003 by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay that moved the district of incumbent Democrat Max Sandlin into a strongly Republican constituency. Sandlin was defeated by a 24-point margin in 2004, and Gohmert won in 2006 with 68% of the vote. The district is a purely East Texas one stretching from the Tyler and Longview\u2013Marshall areas in the north to the Lufkin\u2013Nacogdoches area due south. Gohmert was renominated, while no Democrats ran in the 2008 primary. He won easily with 87.7% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 2\nRepublican Ted Poe of Humble was one of four Republicans who defeated a Democratic challenger (Nick Lampson, now representing District 22) in the 2004 elections. Poe won 56% of the vote in 2004 and 66% in 2006, making him one of only a handful of Republicans who gained from the previous election (In 2006, Democrats, who won control of the House from Republicans, generally improved on their 2004 margins). The district stretches from the northern Harris County and Houston suburbs of Spring and Kingwood to southern Liberty County and much of the Golden Triangle region. Poe was renominated, while no Democrats ran in the 2008 primary. The Libertarian Party nominated Craig Wolfe. Poe won re-election with 88.9% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 3\nLongtime Republican Sam Johnson of Plano was 78 in 2008 but chose not to retire. He won the Republican nomination. Tom Daley () is the Democratic nominee and Christopher J. Claytor () is the Libertarian nominee. Johnson was re-elected 59.8\u201338.0% over Claytor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 3\nThis district includes several northern and northeastern suburbs of Dallas, including southwestern Collin County (including Plano and McKinney) and northeastern Dallas County including large portions of Garland and Richardson, as well as some northern portions of Dallas itself. The district is heavily Caucasian, upper-middle class, and Republican, with incomes averaging around the $75,000 range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 4\nRepublican Ralph Hall of Rockwall, the oldest living member of the House of Representatives (he will be 85 in 2008), faced Democratic nominee Glenn Melancon. CQ Politics considered the race 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 4\nHall has represented the district since 1980, first elected as an \"old-time\" conservative Democrat before becoming a Republican in 2004. He won the 2008 primary election, defeating foreign relations expert Joshua Kowert; businessman and NASCAR team owner Gene Christensen; and former Frisco mayor Kathy Seei. Hall defeated Melancon 68.8\u201329.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 4\nThis Northeast Texas district encompasses the Ark-La-Tex, the Rockwall County suburbs of Dallas, and the Sherman\u2013Denison area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 5\nJeb Hensarling, a Republican from Dallas, was first elected in 2002 to a heavily Republican district comprising east Dallas and its neighboring suburbs, and stretching to the south and east to a number of small East Texas counties. A favorite among fiscal conservatives in Texas, Hensarling is a potential challenger for the U.S. Senate in 2012 should the incumbent Republican, Kay Bailey Hutchison, retire. In 2008, Hensarling is expected to win another term in this district despite recent Democratic gains in Dallas County. Hensarling was renominated, while no Democrats ran in the 2008 primary. Hensaring was re-elected with 83.6% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 6\nTwelve-term Republican Joe Barton of Ennis was the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee until Democrats took over the House in 2006. The district stretches from Arlington southward to several east central Texas counties all the way to Trinity County, which is west of Lufkin and is heavily Republican. Barton won the 2008 primary, and faced Democratic winner Ludwig Otto in the general election, which Barton won 62.0\u201335.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 7\nIncumbent Republican John Culberson faced Democratic businessman Michael Skelly in this Houston area district. CQ Politics considered this race 'Leans Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 7\nCulberson won a surprisingly modest 59% of the vote in 2006 in what is otherwise a normally strong Republican district. He was still favored to win in 2008, given the 2006 anti-Republican trend and the normally Republican voting trend of this mainly suburban district, which is among the most affluent in the nation. Skelly, a former executive of Horizon Wind Energy, earned an MBA from Harvard after serving in the Peace Corps. He currently serves on Houston Mayor Bill White's Green Building Advisory Committee. Culberson defeated Skelly 55.9\u201342.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 7\nThe district, which was once represented by former President George H. W. Bush, includes much of heavily Republican west Houston\u2014such as River Oaks, Uptown and Upper Kirby, Memorial/Spring Branch area, and the island cities of Bellaire, West University Place, and Jersey Village, as well as many unincorporated areas of northwest Harris County including a large chunk of the Cypress-Fairbanks area. The district also includes the heavily Democratic Neartown area. No Democrat has served this district since 1966, before the district was based in its current location.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 8\nRepublican Kevin Brady of The Woodlands represents a strongly GOP district centered on the northern suburbs and exurbs of Houston and Beaumont as well as the Huntsville and Lake Livingston areas, winning two thirds of the vote in 2004 and 2006. The district was expected to remain in Republican hands; no Democrat has won this district since Jimmy Carter, the last Democrat to carry Texas in the presidential electoral college (in 1976), was president. Brady won the 2008 primary and faced Democrat Kent Hargett, whom he defeated 72.6\u201324.8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 9\nSophomore Democrat Al Green was not expected to face a serious challenge in 2008 for his heavily Democratic district, which is situated in southwest Houston and includes Houston's Southside, as well as the Mission Bend and Alief areas (which have large Asian-American populations) and several heavily black and Hispanic northeastern neighborhoods of Missouri City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 9\nHe was elected by a 3 to 1 margin in 2004 after defeating displaced incumbent Congressman and fellow Democrat Chris Bell in the primary (Bell was moved out of his previous district in the controversial 2003 redistricting engineered by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay), and won a second term unopposed in 2006. Green was renominated, while no Republicans ran in the 2008 primary. Green was re-elected with 93.6% of the overall vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 99], "content_span": [100, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 10\nIncumbent Republican nominee Michael McCaul of Austin was challenged by Democratic nominee Larry Joe Doherty, a legal ethics attorney and former TV courtroom judge. CQ Politics considered this race 'Republican Favored'. In 2006, McCaul won only 55% of the vote against Democratic challenger, Ted Ankrum, and Libertarian Michael Badnarik. Ultimately McCaul won 53.9\u201343.1%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 10\nThis Republican-leaning district stretches from north Austin into Brenham traveling all the way to several far western and northwestern suburbs of Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 11\nMidland Republican Mike Conaway represents George W. Bush's strongest district in the 2004 election. He won 77% of the vote in 2004 and was one of only a handful of Republicans who ran unopposed in 2006. Conaway's district stretches from the Midland and San Angelo areas to several mostly rural areas northwest of Austin. No Democrat ran in the 2008 primary and Conaway received 88.3% of the vote over minor party opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 12\nRepublican Kay Granger, who is considered a moderate by Texas Republican standards, won two thirds of the vote in 2006, outperforming most of her fellow Texas Republican colleagues. The popular Fort Worth-based Granger was expected to win re-election in 2008 in this district comprising western areas of Fort Worth and surrounding areas. Granger defeated Democratic nominee Tracey Smith 67.6\u201330.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 13\nMac Thornberry represents this Texas Panhandle district that encompasses Amarillo and Wichita Falls. The Clarendon Republican won by a 3 to 1 margin in 2006 and faced only a Libertarian candidate in 2004. Thornberry defeated Democrat nominee Roger Waun 77.6\u201322.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 14\nRepublican Ron Paul is best known for his strong libertarian views. His slogan, \"The Taxpayers' Best Friend\", emphasizes his strong \u2014 and sometimes controversial \u2014 takes on fiscal conservatism, while his social policies, which includes ending the federal War on Drugs and legalizing marijuana, as well as his belief that the federal government should not be involved in wedge issues such as gay marriage, leading to a more negative nickname, \"Dr. No\", for his votes against much of the legislative agenda of both parties in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 14\nThe 73-year-old physician is a resident of Surfside. Paul was a Republican candidate in the 2008 presidential election (his second, following his run as Libertarian Party nominee in 1988), and ran un-opposed for re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 14\nIn 2006, Ron Paul won 60% of the vote against Democratic opponent Shane Sklar, a young rancher and Executive Director of the Independent Cattlemen's Association of Texas (ICA) who ran on a promise to serve as a fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrat and received a slightly more favorable rating from the NRA, in attempt to defeat the popular Paul. In 2008, Paul was renominated, while no Democrats ran in the primary. Libertarian Eugene J. Flynn filed to run on December 20, 2007. . The district extends from several far southern and southeastern areas of Houston, including Galveston and Brazoria County, to the Bay City, Wharton County, and Victoria areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 761]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 15\nDemocrat Rub\u00e9n Hinojosa of Mercedes won 62% of the vote in 2004 in a South Texas district that had to be realigned following a Supreme Court decision that made the neighboring 23rd District unconstitutional. Hinojosa, who was 68 in 2008, won the Democrat nomination and defeated Republican nominee Eddie Zamora 65.7\u201332.0%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 16\nDemocrat Silvestre Reyes represents El Paso and is the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which could make him a target of some conservative Republicans over issues relating to immigration in spite of the fact that Reyes was a former border patrol agent. Still, the district remains overwhelmingly Democratic due to its large Hispanic population, and Reyes is popular with his constituents. He won two thirds of the 2004 vote in a district that swung strongly in favor of John Kerry, and won with no Republican challenger in 2006. Reyes was renominated, while no Republican ran in the 2008 primary. Reyes won re-election with 82.1% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 17\nDemocrat Chet Edwards has been targeted for defeat in many recent elections. His district is widely seen as arguably the most heavily Republican district held by a Democrat, and won a close election in 2004, but recovered in 2006 with a strong eighteen point win. The district, which includes the official residence of George W. Bush, stretches from several rural areas south of Fort Worth to Edwards' hometown of Waco and the Brazos Valley region, which comprises the Bryan\u2013College Station area. This district gave George W. Bush 70% of the vote in 2004. Edwards won the 2008 Democratic nomination and defeated Republican nominee Rob Curnock 53.0\u201345.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 18\nDemocrat Sheila Jackson Lee represents one of the most heavily Democratic areas in the state, covering several largely poor and African-American areas of Houston (including downtown Houston) and whose three previous representatives (Barbara Jordan, Mickey Leland, and Craig Washington) were all African-Americans and took staunch liberal stances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 18\nA regular during C-SPAN's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the House while it is in session, Jackson Lee has also been seen as controversial, and is considered by some to be one of the \"meanest\" members of the House, as she is known to have one of the highest turnover rates of any congressional staff. Still, she is a well-respected figure in the district, and has been re-elected with at least 80% of the vote many times. Jackson Lee won the Democratic nomination and defeated  Republican nominee John Faulk 77.3\u201320.3% in the 2008 November general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 19\nRepublican Randy Neugebauer of Lubbock won re-election in 2006 with 68% of the vote. His district is heavily Republican and stretches from Lubbock to Big Spring and Abilene and was created in the controversial 2003 Texas redistricting, which in 2004 led to the defeat of Neugebauer's challenger, conservative Democrat Charles Stenholm. Neugebauer won re-election over 2008 Democratic nominee Dwight Fullingim, 72.5 to 24.9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 20\nDemocrat Charlie Gonzalez represents much of heavily Democratic, largely Hispanic inner San Antonio, including the downtown area. Gonzalez won 87% of the vote in 2006 against a Libertarian opponent and two thirds of the 2004 vote. Gonzalez is heavily favored to win re-election to this seat, which was once held by his father, Henry Gonzalez for nearly four decades. The Gonzalez family  have represented this district for 47 years as of 2008. Charlie defeated 2008 Republican nominee Robert Litoff 71.9\u201325.2% in the November general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 21\nLongtime representative Lamar S. Smith was the only Republican to win among the five congressional districts realigned as a result of a Supreme Court ruling that declared the nearby 23rd District unconstitutional as a result of allegations of diluted Hispanic voting power during the controversial 2003 Texas redistricting. Smith ended up being moved into a district that now encompasses several northern San Antonio suburbs as well as the Texas Hill Country and western parts of Travis County. The district includes a heavily Democratic portion of Austin, including the area around the University of Texas at Austin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 21\nHowever, it is no match for the heavily Republican areas around San Antonio. The Supreme Court decision restored a large amount of territory that had been shifted to Henry Bonilla's district in 2003. Smith won 60% of the vote in 2006 against six challengers, including two Democrats, in a special election that resulted from the ruling. Smith was renominated, while no Democrats ran in the 2008 primary. In the general election, Smith won with 80.0% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 22\nThe 2008 election for Texas's 22nd congressional district was held on November 4, 2008, as part of the United States House of Representatives elections for the 111th United States Congress. Pete Olson defeated the incumbent Nick Lampson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 22\nThis race was considered a key race because the seat was previously held by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, as well as the fact that the seat was represented by a Democrat, Nick Lampson, whose victory was largely attributed to Republicans being forced to run a write-in campaign. The Republican candidate was Pete Olson who faced the incumbent, Lampson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 22\nOlson clearly led the race in the weeks leading up to election day. On October 22, 2008, poll by John Zogby and the Houston Chronicle stated that Olson had a 17-point lead over Lampson. On October 30, 2008, Larry Sabato predicted in his Crystal Ball newsletter that Olson's congressional race to be a \"Republican Pick Up.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 22\nOlson won the general election with 52.4% of the vote against Lampson's 45.4% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 23\nCiro Rodriguez, a former Democratic congressman from San Antonio, faced Republican nominee Bexar County Commissioner Lyle Larson and Libertarian Lani Connolly in this majority-Hispanic district. CQ Politics considered this race 'Leans Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 23\nRodriguez defeated incumbent Republican Henry Bonilla in a December runoff after finishing in second place to Bonilla during the November general election, when Rodriguez himself ran out of money but was later helped by the DCCC. He was a former congressman who represented the nearby 28th District until a controversial redistricting plan that made this district more heavily Republican and favorable to Bonilla resulted in his defeat by that district's current representative, Henry Cuellar. Bonilla was seen as an ally of Tom DeLay, who engineered the redistricting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 23\nAlso, a Supreme Court ruled Bonilla's district, which was situated in the Hill Country suburbs of San Antonio, unconstitutional over claims that Hispanic voting rights were diluted in the redistricting. This resulted in the 23rd becoming much more Democratic with the addition of south San Antonio, which is Rodriguez's home base, and the removal of the Hill Country portions from the district, which were moved to Lamar S. Smith's district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 23\nLarson is a public official and businessman in San Antonio. A graduate of Texas A&M University, he worked as a salesman for Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. In 1991 and 1993, Larson was elected to the San Antonio City Council. In 1996, he was elected as one of the four Bexar County commissioners. He defeated attorney and banker Quico Canseco in the Republican primary for the U.S. House in 2008. Rodriguez then defeated Larson 55.8\u201341.9 percent. In addition to southern San Antonio and Bexar County, the district also includes several northwestern areas of San Antonio. Other areas represented in the district include the border towns of Del Rio and Eagle Pass, as well as Big Bend National Park and eastern El Paso County. It includes more than 600 miles of the Texas\u2013Mexico border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 897]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 24\nRepublican Kenny Marchant of Coppell won 60% of the vote in this Republican-leaning district that gave George W. Bush 65% of the vote in 2004. Marchant is heavily favored to win re-election to this district, which is located in the middle of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and includes the suburbs of Duncanville and Cedar Hill in the south, Grand Prairie and part of Irving in the central area of the district, and Colleyville, Grapevine and the Carrollton\u2013Farmers Branch area in the north, as well as Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Marchant's district was previously represented by Martin Frost, who was moved out of this district in Tom DeLay's controversial 2003 redistricting of the state. Marchant defeated 2008 Democrat nominee Tom Love () and 2008 Libertarian nominee David A. Casey 55.9\u201341.1% in the November election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 939]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 25\nAustin Democrat Lloyd Doggett represents a Democratic-leaning constituency that is centered on the Austin area and several smaller rural areas to the south and east which either lean Republican or strongly favor Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 25\nDoggett won 67% of the vote against a largely unknown Republican opponent who initially ran as a Libertarian until the previous 25th district was thrown out in a Supreme Court ruling that declared the nearby 23rd District of Henry Bonilla unconstitutional; this district was realigned as a result of the controversial mid-decade redistricting engineered by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, which realigned Doggett's district into a linear form that was derisively referred to as the \"fajita strip\". Doggett defeated 2008 Republican nominee George Morovich 65.8\u201330.5% in the November election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 26\nRepublican Michael Burgess of Lewisville won 60% of the vote in 2006 against an underfunded Democratic opponent, a six-percent drop from his 2004 victory against another Democrat. However, Burgess remains assured of a safe seat, as his seat takes in most of Denton County as well as parts of Fort Worth and lean heavily in favor of the Republican Party. The district was once represented by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, who engineered the 1994 Republican Revolution along with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Burgess defeated 2008 Democrat nominee Ken Leach () 60.2\u201336.4% in the November election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 27\nThe District is represented by Moderate Democrat Solomon Ortiz, the Dean of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Ortiz received 57% of the vote in 2006, a six-point decline from his 2004 performance, which was somewhat of an anomaly given the strong anti-Republican voting mood of 2006, where Democrats either performed above their 2004 performance or ran without opposition. In 2004, George W. Bush carried this South Texas district, which includes Corpus Christi as well as Brownsville and South Padre Island. Ortiz won the Democrat nomination and defeated Republican nominee Willie Vaden 57.9\u201338.4% in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 28\nConservative Democrat Henry Cuellar won 68% of the vote in 2006 against another Democrat who received 20% of the vote. Even though Cuellar is becoming a rising star in the Democratic Party, and has even been seen by some as a potential Democratic challenger to Senator John Cornyn, Cuellar could face a challenge for his seat, which includes Laredo (where Cuellar resides) and areas south of San Antonio, due to his somewhat conservative voting record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 28\nFor instance, Cuellar received the backing of the conservative Club for Growth during his 2006 primary campaign against Ciro Rodriguez, his predecessor, who later went on to win the 23rd District held by Republican Henry Bonilla, whom Cuellar nearly defeated in 2002. Cuellar won the Democratic nomination and defeated Republican nominee Jim Fish 68.7\u201329.2% in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 29\nDemocrat Gene Green of Houston has won re-election easily without facing a primary challenge in this strongly Latino, heavily Democratic district, which covers eastern portions of Houston as well as some of its suburbs. Green defeated Republican nominee Eric Story 74.7\u201323.9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 30\nIncumbent Democratic nominee Eddie Bernice Johnson () of Dallas defeated Republican nominee Fred Wood () 82.6\u201315.8%. This district includes the inner city areas of Dallas, including its downtown areas, as well as several southern Dallas County suburbs south of the city which boast a large African-American population. CQ Politics considered the race to be 'Safe Democratic'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 31\nJohn Carter of Round Rock won 59% of the vote in 2006 against a token Democratic opponent. His district, which was created as a result of the 2000 Census, stretches across a large segment of Central Texas from the northern Williamson County suburbs of Austin to the gigantic Fort Hood military base, all the way north to Stephenville. This description of the district would make it an opportunity for the Fighting Dems, a faction of military veterans who are members of the Democratic Party. Radio producer Brian P. Ruiz () of Hutto won the Democratic nomination but was defeated by Carter 60.3\u201336.5% in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 32\nSix-term incumbent and conservative Republican Pete Sessions () faced Democrat Eric Roberson () in this Dallas district. CQ Politics considered the race 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 32\nSessions was considered to be a vulnerable candidate for a number of reasons. First, he is known to have close ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, an issue that is likely to become the focus of his Democratic challenger's campaign in 2008. Also, while Sessions improved on his margin from his hotly contested 2004 race against Democrat Martin Frost, who was displaced from his previous district as a result of the controversial 2003 redistricting engineered by former House Majority Leader and Abramoff ally, Tom DeLay, it was only by a 2% margin (from 54% in 2004 to 56% in 2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 32\nContrarily, George W. Bush carried 59% of the vote in the district to 41% of the vote for John Kerry in 2004. Finally, in 2006, Democrats made unexpected gains in Dallas County, winning the District Attorney office and all contested state district judgeships in the county, along with a number of countywide offices on the basis of corruption within the local Republican establishment as well as momentum gained from Democratic Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez's unexpected 2004 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 32\nRoberson won against Steve Love in the April 8 party runoff election to determine the Democratic nominee., but lost to Sessions 57.2\u201340.6% in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199196-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Congressional Districts, District 32\nThis Republican-leaning district includes several northern affluent areas of Dallas, including Highland Park, and significant chunks of the suburbs of Irving and Richardson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199197-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Utah were held on November 4, 2008 to determine the representatives of the state of Utah in the United States House of Representatives for the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until their terms of office expire on January 3, 2011. Incumbent Rob Bishop (R) was reelected in Utah's 1st congressional district. Incumbent Jim Matheson (D) was reelected in Utah's 2nd congressional district. Jason Chaffetz (R) was elected to succeed Chris Cannon (R) in Utah's 3rd congressional district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199197-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah\nUtah has three seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199197-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah\nAll races were forecasted as safe for the incumbent party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199197-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, District 1\nThis district covers the northwest area of Utah including Ogden, Logan, Tooele, the northwest portion of Salt Lake City, and the entirety of the Great Salt Lake. It has been represented by Republican Rob Bishop since January 2003. His challengers were Democrat Morgan Bowen, Libertarian Joseph Geddes Buchman, and Constitution candidate Kirk D. Pearson. CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199197-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, District 2\nThis district covers the largely rural southern and eastern portions of Utah (including Saint George and Moab in the south and Vernal in the east), as well as the east side of urban Salt Lake County, the northern portion of Utah County, and Wasatch County. It has been represented by Democrat Jim Matheson since 2001. His challengers were Republican Bill Dew, Libertarian Mathew Arndt and Independent Dennis Ray Emery. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199197-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, District 3\nThis district covers central and west central Utah, including nearly all of Utah County and the west side of Salt Lake County. It has been represented by Republican Chris Cannon since 1997, who lost to Jason Chaffetz in the primary. His challengers were Democrat Bennion Spencer and Constitution Party Candidate Jim Noorlander. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Virginia were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. Primary elections were held on June 10, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia\nVirginia has eleven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Democrats flipped the 2nd, 5th, and 11th districts, flipping their 3-8 deficit into a 6-5 majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 1\nThe candidates appeared on Cathy Lewis's TV program, What Matters, on October 15. The candidates held a spirited and well-attended debate on October 22 in which differing opinions on health care and the economy played a central role. Wittman defended his vote against the bailout package, while Day said he would have voted for it, and Larson said that it would have been better for the economy if the banks had been allowed to fail. On Medicare, Wittman advocated restructuring the system, while Day argued for expanding it and Larson shocked the audience by calling for its abolition. Wittman won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 1\nIncumbent Rob Wittman was the Republican nominee. A Westmoreland County resident, former State Board of Health field director for the Division of Shellfish Sanitation and past member of the Virginia House of Delegates, he has only held the seat since January 2008, having won the Virginia's 1st congressional district special election, 2007 to succeed deceased Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis. He has taken up many of her causes, including the FairTax, veterans' interests and getting rid of the remainder of the ghost fleet stationed at the James River. Like Davis, he is also introducing legislation to allow Virginia to regulate the importation of trash from other states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 748]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 1\nBill Day was the Democratic nominee. He previously ran for Virginia Delegate representing the 31st District, losing to Scott Lingamfelter by a close margin of 45% to 55%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 1\nDay earned a bachelor's degree in construction from Arizona State University in 1974, an MBA from Harvard in 1983, and a master's degree in counseling from West Virginia State University in 1991. He used to live in Fauquier County where he worked as a mental health counselor. Day was very active in the community, and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in both Fauquier and Prince William County, and Mend A House in Prince William County. Day is an advocate of energy independence and renewable energy technologies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 1\nThe Democratic Party of Virginia held its convention on May 17 in Williamsburg, Virginia and selected Keith Hummel, the only person running for the Democratic nomination at the time. Only four votes were cast to not nominate anyone. A Westmoreland County physician and self-described \"populist Democrat\", Hummel also operates a farm and winery. The issues he was running on included enacting trade and tax policies to protect American jobs and American interests (rather than those of a few multinational corporations); using the military for defense rather than offensively; providing better health care and other benefits to veterans; and universal health care.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 1\nAnarcho-capitalist Catlett resident Nathan Larson filed a declaration of candidacy on May 7, and was certified for the ballot on June 6. He was nominated by the Libertarian Party 1st Congressional District Convention on June 3 and endorsed by the Independent Greens of Virginia on June 12. The main issues he was running on are free market roads and transit privatization, which he proposed as the solution to DC Metropolitan area traffic congestion, recently ranked the second-worst in the country. He supported auctioning off the Interstate Highway System and rail systems such as Amtrak to private investors. Larson also sought to dissolve the U.S. military and establish a competitive market for defense services. Prior to his campaign, Larson was a student senator and cannabis reform activist at George Mason University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 904]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 2\nThe District includes Virginia's two largest cities--Norfolk and Virginia Beach, and the Virginia portion of the Eastern Shore. Republican incumbent Thelma Drake lost to Democratic nominee Glenn Nye, a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., who served as a diplomat in Eastern Europe, Kosovo and Macedonia, Singapore, Afghanistan, the West Bank, Gaza and Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 2\nIn 2006, Drake survived a bid from Democrat Phil Kellam by only 51.27% to 48.45%. In 2004, Drake received 55% of the vote in this Virginia Beach-based district, which was won by George W. Bush with 57% to 42% for John Kerry in 2004. But in 2005 Democratic Governor Tim Kaine won the district by 50% to 47%. In 2006, Drake may have been hurt by the downfall of Republican U.S. Senator George Allen, who narrowly lost to Democrat Jim Webb, an ex-Republican and former Navy Secretary under Ronald Reagan. (Allen carried the district 51%\u201348%.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 2\nAnalysts: CQ Politics rated the seat \"Leans Republican\". The Cook Political Report rated it \"Republican Toss Up\". The Rothenberg Political Report rated it as \"Toss-Up/Tilt Republican\". The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee considered Drake a \"targeted Republican\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 3\nThe District runs from Hampton Roads to Richmond. Democratic incumbent Robert C. Scott won unopposed. The Republican Party of Virginia did not listed any prospective opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 3\nHistory: Scott won re-election with 96% of the vote in 2006. That year Democrat Webb carried 68% of the district in his Senate race. In 2005 Democrat Tim Kaine won the district by 71% to 27% in his gubernatorial race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 4\nThe District lies in southeastern Virginia. Republican incumbent Randy Forbes won against Democratic nominee Andrea Miller ().", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 4\nHistory: Forbes won with 76% of the vote in 2006. That year Democrat Webb lost the district 45%\u201354% in his Senate race. In 2005 Democrat Tim Kaine lost the district by 48.3% to 49.6% in his gubernatorial race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 5\nThe District lies in southern and central Virginia. Democratic nominee Tom Perriello is the winner against Republican incumbent Virgil Goode. A recount was conducted and Perriello was finally certified  as the winner by 727 of 316,893 votes on December 17, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 5\nAnalysts: CQ Politics rated the seat \"Leans Republican\". The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee considered Goode a \"targeted Republican\", based partly on Perriello's early fundraising. On August 1, the DCCC named Perriello as one of its Red to Blue candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 5\nHistory: Goode won re-election with 59% of the vote in 2006. That year Democrat Webb lost the district 45%\u201354% in his Senate race. In 2005 Democrat Tim Kaine won the district by 49.6% to 48.4% in his gubernatorial race. Goode originally won his seat as a Democrat in 1996, voted for President Clinton's impeachment in 1998, became an Independent in 2000, and then joined the Republican Party in 2002. He became the first Republican to represent the district since 1889.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 6\nThe District lies in western Virginia. Republican incumbent Bob Goodlatte won against Democratic nominee Sam Rasoul () and Independent Janice Lee Allen ().", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 6\nHistory: Goodlatte won with 75% of the vote in 2006. That year Democrat Webb lost the district 40%\u201358% in his Senate race. In 2005 Democrat Tim Kaine lost the district by 44% to 53% in his gubernatorial race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 7\nThe 7th District included western parts of Richmond, as well as its nearby suburbs in Henrico County, but otherwise is largely rural. CQ Politics rates the seat \"Safe Republican\". The Cook Political Report rates it \"Solid Republican\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 7\nIncumbent Eric Cantor was the Republican nominee. He has held the seat since January 2001, having won in the U.S. House Elections of 2000 to succeed retiring Congressman Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.. Cantor won the district in 2006 by 64% to 34%. Eric Cantor won the election, keeping this seat under republican control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 7\nAnita Hartke was the Democratic candidate. Mrs. Hartke, 48, is a resident of Amissville, Virginia in Culpeper County, though the town is primarily located in neighboring Rappahannock County. She is the daughter of the three-term US Senator from Indiana, Vance Hartke. Her stated positions include improvements on the National Energy Policy by investing in alternative energy in order to reduce the use of foreign oil and fossil fuels. She believes that this would create more jobs that could not be outsourced while simultaneously fighting global warming. She also supports universal health care.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 7\nConcerning the Iraq War, Hartke supports a gradual withdrawal of troops, stating that a brigade should be brought home every month. She supports reform of the controversial No Child Left Behind Act and increasing funding to the public school system. She also hopes to end student college loan rates in excess of 20%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 8\nThe District lies in heavily suburban Northern Virginia. Democratic incumbent Jim Moran won against Republican nominee Mark Ellmore and Independent Green J. Ron Fisher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 8\nIn the June 10, 2008, primary elections, Moran defeated Matthew T. Famiglietti, with 87% of the vote. Ellmore won against Amit Singh, by 56% to 44%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 8\nHistory: Moran won by 66%\u201331% in 2006. That year Democrat Webb won the district 69%\u201330% in his Senate race. In 2005 Democrat Tim Kaine won the district by 70% to 28% in his gubernatorial race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 9\nThe District covers much of Southwest Virginia. Democratic incumbent Rick Boucher won unopposed for re-election. The Republican Party of Virginia did not list any prospective opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 9\nHistory: Boucher won by 68%\u201332% in 2006. That year Democrat Webb lost the district 44%\u201355% in his Senate race. In 2005 Democrat Tim Kaine lost the district by 43% to 55% in his gubernatorial race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 10\nThe District lies in Northern and northwestern Virginia. It covers Loudoun, Prince William and parts of Fairfax and Fauquier counties, as well as Manassas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 10\nRepublican incumbent Frank Wolf won against Democratic nominee Judy Feder and Independent Neeraj Nigam in the general election in November 2008. Feder defeated Mike R. Turner in the June 10, 2008, Democratic primary election by 62% to 38%. On the same day, Wolf faced Vern McKinley in the Republican primary and won with 91% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 10\nIndependent Neeraj Nigam also ran in 2006 and received 0.77%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 10\nAnalysts: CQ Politics rates the seat \"Republican favored\". The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee considers Wolf a \"targeted Republican\". On August 1, the DCCC named Feder as one of its Red to Blue candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 10\nHistory: Wolf defeated Feder in 2006, 57% to 41%. That year Democrat Webb won the district 50.0%\u201348.8% in his Senate race. In 2005 Democrat Tim Kaine won the district by 50% to 46% in his gubernatorial race. In 2004 George W. Bush won 55% of this district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 11\nDemocratic nominee Gerry Connolly, Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, won against Republican nominee Keith Fimian, a former CPA, and Independent Green candidate Joseph Oddo in this open seat race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 11\nRepublican incumbent Thomas M. Davis announced his retirement on January 30, 2008. In 1994 Davis toppled one-term Democrat Leslie L. Byrne and rarely faced serious opposition in intervening years. However, his district, located in the wealthy Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, has become increasingly Democratic over the years and will definitely be a top Democratic target. George W. Bush barely won this district with 50% to 49% for John Kerry, which includes part of Fairfax and Prince William counties, in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 11\nFimian has personal wealth that he can draw upon. So far he has self-financed $325,000 of his campaign funds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 11\nConnolly won the June 10, 2008 primary with 58% of the vote, against Leslie L. Byrne (33%), Doug Denneny (6%), and Lori P. Alexander (3%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 11\nOddo is certified for the ballot. He favors light rail as an alternative to HOT lanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 11\nAnalysts: CQ Politics rates seat \"Democrat Favored\". The Cook Political Report rates in \"Likely Democratic\". The Rothenberg Political Report scores it \"Lean Democratic\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199198-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 11\nHistory: Davis won re-election 56%\u201344% in 2006. That year Democrat Webb won the district 55%\u201344% in his Senate race. In 2005 Democrat Tim Kaine won the district by  56% to 42% in his gubernatorial race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Washington was held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Washington in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Nonpartisan blanket primary elections were held on August 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington\nWashington has nine seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of six Democrats and three Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington\nAll of the incumbents were re-elected, with only the 8th district race being considered competitive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 1\nIncumbent Democrat Jay Inslee has represented the 1st district in Congress since 1999. Inslee won in the 2006 election with 68% of the vote. He was opposed by Republican candidate Larry Ishmael.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 2\nIncumbent Democrat Rick Larsen has represented the 2nd district in Congress since 2001. Larsen won in the 2006 election with 64% of the vote. He was opposed by Republican candidate Rick Bart. Two other Democrats challenged the two in the primary election, Doug Schaffer and Glen Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 3\nIncumbent Democrat Brian Baird has represented the 3rd district in Congress since 1999. Baird won in the 2006 election with 63% of the vote. He was opposed by Republican candidate Michael Delavar. Democrat Cheryl Crist and Republican Christine Webb also entered the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 4\nIncumbent Republican Doc Hastings has represented the 4th district in Congress since 1995. Hastings won in the 2006 election with 60% of the vote. He was opposed by Democratic candidate George Fearing. Republican Gordon Allen Pross was eliminated in the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 5\nIncumbent Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers has represented the 2nd district in Congress since 2005. Rodgers was elected in 2006 with 56% of the vote. She was opposed by Democratic candidate Mark Mays. Barbara Lampert of the Democratic party, Republican Kurt Erickson, Libertarian John Beck and Constitution candidate Randall Yearout were eliminated in the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 6\nIncumbent Democrat Norm Dicks has represented the 6th district in Congress since 1977. Dicks won in the 2006 election with 71% of the vote. He was opposed by Republican candidate Doug Cloud. Green candidate Gary Murrell and Democrat Paul Richmond also entered the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 7\nIncumbent Democrat Jim McDermott has represented the 7th district in Congress since 1989. McDermott won in the 2006 election with 79% of the vote in the most Democratic district in the state. He was opposed by Republican candidate Steve Beren. Democrats Donovan Rivers and Goodspaceguy entered the primary, as well as independents Mark Goldman and Al Schaefer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 8\nIncumbent Republican Dave Reichert has represented the 8th district in Congress since 2005. Reichert won in the 2006 election with 51.5% of the vote. He was opposed by Democratic candidate Darcy Burner. The primary also included Democrats James Vaughn and Keith Arnold, and Independents Richard Todd and Boleslaw Orlinski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 8\nThe District 8 race was considered competitive: it voted for Obama by a large margin and had a Cook PVI of D+2. It was rated \"toss up\" by Cook, \"no clear favorite\" by CQ Politics and \"toss up/tilt Republican\" by Rothenberg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199199-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 9\nIncumbent Democrat Adam Smith has represented the 9th district in Congress since 1997. Smith won in the 2006 election with 66% of the vote. He was opposed by Republican candidate James Postma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199200-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia\nThe 2008 congressional elections in West Virginia was held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; whoever is elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199200-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia\nWest Virginia has three seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of two Democrats and one Republican. As of 2020, this is the last time that Democrats won a majority of congressional districts from West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199200-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, District 1\nDemocratic incumbent Alan Mollohan ran unopposed. CQ Politics ranked the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199200-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, District 2\nRepublican incumbent Shelley Moore Capito () won against Democratic nominee Anne Barth (), a longtime former aide to U.S. Senator Robert Byrd. CQ Politics ranked the race 'Leans Republican'. The Rothenberg Political Report considered it 'Republican Favored'. The Cook Political Report considered it 'Likely Republican'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199200-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, District 2\nIn 2006, Capito was reelected with 57%, a solid margin, but not a sign of political security. She faced a potentially difficult challenge from state Sen. John Unger (D), but Unger surprised many when he dropped out of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199200-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, District 3\nDemocratic incumbent Nick Rahall was challenged by Republican Marty Gearheart. CQ Politics ranked the race as 'Safe Democrat'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199201-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin\nThe 2008 congressional elections in Wisconsin were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election and other Wisconsin elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199201-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin\nWisconsin has eight seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of five Democrats and three Republicans. That remained unchanged after the 2008 congressional elections in Wisconsin as all incumbent candidate won re-election, although CQ Politics had forecasted Wisconsin's 8 district to be at some risk for the incumbent party. As of 2021, this is the last election when Democrats won a majority of congressional districts from Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199201-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 1\nIn this relatively moderate district in southeast Wisconsin, incumbent Republican Congressman Paul Ryan has enjoyed popularity and faced no serious challenge from Democratic nominee, Marge Krupp, a chemist. Despite Barack Obama's strong performance in Wisconsin that year in the presidential election, Ryan was re-elected overwhelmingly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199201-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 2\nIn this very liberal district based in the Madison metropolitan area, incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, the first openly lesbian member of the House, easily turned away a challenge from Republican candidate Peter Theron and won her sixth term with nearly seventy percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199201-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 3\nIn this relatively liberal district based in western Wisconsin, incumbent Democratic Congressman Ron Kind easily won a seventh term over Republican challenger Paul Stark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199201-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 4\nIncumbent Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Moore, running for her third term, faced easy re-election prospects in this very liberal district based in Milwaukee; no Republican candidate even filed to run against her. Moore crushed independent candidate Michael LaForest in a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199201-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 5\nIn the wealthiest and most conservative district in Wisconsin, based in the northern suburbs of Milwaukee, long-serving incumbent Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner easily defeated his only challenger, independent candidate Robert R. Raymond, to win a sixteenth term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199201-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 6\nThis traditionally conservative district based in the Oshkosh-Neenah, Metropolitan Statistical Area was narrowly won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama in the 2008 election, but long-serving Republican incumbent Congressman Tom Petri held a tight grip on his seat. Petri sought and won a sixteenth term against Democratic candidate Roger Kittelson, winning handily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199201-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 7\nLong-serving incumbent Democratic Congressman Dave Obey held an iron grip on this district based in northwestern Wisconsin for forty years. Seeking a twenty-first term in Congress, Obey was overwhelmingly re-elected again over Republican challenger Dan Mielke despite the centrist nature of the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199201-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 8\nIncumbent Congressman Steve Kagen faced off against former Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker John Gard for a second time in this Republican-leaning district that is based in northeastern Wisconsin and that includes the cities of Green Bay and Appleton. Seeking a second term, Kagen defeated Gard by a larger margin than he did in 2006, allowing him to keep this swing district under Democratic control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199202-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Men's Curling Championship\nThe 2008 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 16 to 23 at the Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota. It was held in conjunction with the 2008 United States Women's Curling Championship. Craig Brown skipped his team to victory, his second national title. Craig Disher was runner-up for the third year in a row. As national champions, Team Brown earned the opportunity to represent the United States at the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where they finished in 7th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199202-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Men's Curling Championship, Round robin results\nAll draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC\u22126).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199203-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Olympic Trials (swimming)\nThe 2008 United States Olympic Trials for swimming events was held from June 29 to July 6 at the CenturyLink Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the qualifying meet for American swimmers who hoped to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199203-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Olympic Trials (swimming), Results\nKey:\u00a0Highlighted swimmers achieved the qualification conditions to be included in the Olympic team in that respective event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199204-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)\nThe 2008 United States Olympic Trials for track and field were held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Organised by USA Track and Field, the ten-day competition lasted from June 27 until July 8 and served as the  national championships in track and field for the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199204-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)\nThe results of the event determined qualification for the American Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing. Provided they had achieved the Olympic \"A\" standard, the top three athletes gained a place on the Olympic team. In the event that a leading athlete did not hold an \"A\" standard, or an athlete withdrew, the next highest finishing athlete with an \"A\" standard was selected instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199204-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)\nThe trials for the men's marathon were held November 3, 2007 in New York City, the women's marathon were held April 20 in Boston and the trials for the men's 50\u00a0km race walk were held February 9 in Miami, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199205-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alabama\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 4, 2008, to elect one of Alabama's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions won re-election to a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199205-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alabama, Background\nSince 1980, Alabama voters have increasingly voted for Republican candidates at the Federal level, especially in Presidential elections. By contrast, Democratic candidates have been elected to many state-level offices and, until 2010, comprised a longstanding majority in the Alabama Legislature; see Dixiecrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199205-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alabama, Background\nIn 2004, George W. Bush won Alabama's nine electoral votes by a margin of 25 percentage points with 62.5% of the vote. The eleven counties that voted Democratic are part of the Black Belt counties, where African Americans are the majority racial group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199205-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alabama, Background\nOn January 10, 2007, Rep. Artur Davis announced that he would not run for the seat. Despite voting heavily for George W. Bush in 2004, Alabama still had a strong Democratic presence in 2008, and Democrats controlled majorities in both chambers in the Alabama Legislature. Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Ron Sparks appeared to be preparing for a run, but on June 12, 2007, he announced that he would not seek the Senate seat, in order to avoid a primary battle with State Senator Vivian Davis Figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and former President pro tempore Ted Stevens ran for re-election to a seventh term in the United States Senate. It was one of the ten Senate races that U.S. Senator John Ensign of Nevada, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, predicted as being most competitive. The primaries were held on August 26, 2008. Stevens was challenged by Democratic candidate Mark Begich, the mayor of Anchorage and son of former U.S. Representative Nick Begich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska\nOn October 27, 2008, Stevens was convicted on seven charges of ethics violations and corruption. If reelected, Stevens would have been the first convicted felon to be elected to the United States Senate. On November 18, 2008, the Associated Press called the race for Begich, making Stevens the longest-serving U.S. Senator ever to lose a re-election bid. Stevens conceded the race to Begich on November 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska\nBegich was the only Democrat in 2008 to flip a Senate seat in a state that Barack Obama lost in the concurrent presidential election. With a margin of 1.3%, this election was the second-closest race of the 2008 Senate election cycle, behind only the election in Minnesota. As of 2021, this is the most recent statewide race in Alaska won by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska, Background\nThe FBI investigation and subsequent seven count indictment of Ted Stevens, as well as investigation of the state's only Representative, Don Young (R), generated some negative feelings in Alaska towards Republicans, even among Republican primary voters. Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (son of the last Democratic Rep. from Alaska, Nick Begich) was courted by both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. In February 2008, he announced the formation of an exploratory committee for the Senate seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska, Background\nThe possible Democratic field also included former Governor Tony Knowles, State Rep. Eric Croft and State Senators Hollis French and Johnny Ellis. Former Minority Leader of the Alaska House of Representatives Ethan Berkowitz was considered a possible candidate, but he decided to challenge Don Young instead. Sensing discontentment within the GOP, conservative Republican Dave Cuddy announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate in December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska, Background\nStevens was perceived by many as corrupt, but was also highly regarded by many Alaskans for his ability to steer federal funding toward the state; he was the longest-serving Republican in the Senate entering 2008 (first elected in 1968), and through his seniority he amassed a great deal of influence there. The selection of Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as the vice-presidential running-mate of Republican presidential candidate John McCain in late August 2008 coincided with a substantial improvement in Stevens' performance in opinion polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska, Background\nA poll in August showed Begich with a 17% lead, but in early September a poll from the same source showed Begich leading Stevens by only 3%. Begich's campaign and some observers attributed this change to Palin's popularity and the enthusiasm stimulated by her selection, although Palin's own reputation was partially based on her perceived opposition to Stevens or distance from him. The Stevens campaign disputed the low numbers shown in the August poll and said that the numbers had improved in September because Stevens had begun heavily campaigning. His campaign also presented the relationship between Palin and Stevens as positive, contrary to some portrayals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska, Background\nStevens was convicted of seven felony counts of failing to report gifts on October 27, 2008. This was considered a serious setback in his already difficult bid for re-election; he had requested and received a quick trial in hopes of winning an acquittal before election day. After the verdict, Stevens maintained his innocence and said that he was still running for re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska, ADL primary\nThe ADL ballot contained all of the primary candidates for the Alaska Democratic Party, the Alaskan Independence Party, and Libertarian Party of Alaska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska, Republican primary, Campaign\nWith three and a half weeks to go before the primary, Stevens still held a large polling lead over chief rival Dave Cuddy, 59% to 19%. Political newcomer Vic Vickers said on July 28 that he expected to pour $750,000 of his own money into his bid to defeat Stevens. According to Rasmussen polling of Alaskans, Cuddy \"does nearly as well against Begich\" as Stevens, trailing Begich 50% to 35%, while Vickers trailed the expected Democratic nominee 55% to 22%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska, Republican primary, Results\nIn the Republican primary on August 26, results from 70.5% of precincts showed Stevens winning with 63% of the vote; Cuddy had 28% and Vickers had 6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199206-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Alaska, General election, Results\nBegich won the election by 3,953 votes. Incumbent Stevens had held a lead of over 3,000 votes after election night, but a tally of nearly 60,000 absentee and mail-in ballots released on November 12 erased that lead and reduced the vote margin separating the candidates to less than 0.5%, with further counting, released on November 18, increasing the margin to more than 1% in favor of Begich. On November 19, 2008, Stevens conceded to Begich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199207-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor ran for a second term. No Republican filed to challenge him, and his only opponent was Green Party candidate Rebekah Kennedy. Pryor won re-election with almost 80% of the vote, despite Republican John McCain winning the state by nearly 20 points in the concurrent presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199207-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas\nKennedy received the highest ever vote share of any Green Party candidate running for U.S. Senate, and the highest for a third party Senate candidate in Arkansas until her record was surpassed by Libertarian candidate Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. in 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199207-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas\nAs of 2021, this is the last time the Democrats won a U.S. Senate election in Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199207-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas, General election, Campaign\nOn March 10, the state Republican Party announced it has no plans to field a candidate against Pryor. The only Republican to express interest in the race, health care executive Tom Formicola, decided not to run the weekend before filing began. Formicola lost the GOP primaries for the Senate in 2004 and the United States House of Representatives in 2006. As a result, Pryor was the only Senator in 2008 to face no major-party opposition in a reelection bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199207-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas, General election, Campaign\nThere had been speculation that former Governor Mike Huckabee would run against Pryor if his presidential bid were unsuccessful, but on March 8, Huckabee said he would not contest the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199207-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas, General election, Campaign\nPryor's sole challenger was Green Party nominee Rebekah Kennedy, who entered the race in April 2007. Kennedy received 206,504 votes (20.54%). This is the highest percentage of the vote for any Green Party candidate running for U.S. Senate ever, and her 206,504 votes is the second most total votes received by a Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate after Medea Susan Benjamin's 326,828 votes in the 2000 California Senate race. Kennedy's campaign, in addition to being record breaking for the Green Party, was also the strongest showing of any independent or third party candidate running for the U.S. Senate in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199207-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas, General election, Polling\nPryor was polled at 90% in a poll without a challenger in March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199208-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Colorado\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Colorado was held November 4, 2008. The primary elections were held August 12, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Wayne Allard decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Democratic nominee Mark Udall won the open seat, making this the first time a Democrat had held this seat since 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199208-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Colorado, General election, Campaign\nThe election featured an open contest because incumbent U.S. Senator Wayne Allard declined to seek re-election. He honored his 1996 pledge to serve no more than two terms in the U.S. Senate and announced that he will retire from his service to the US Senate and not seek a 3rd term, leaving Colorado's Class II Senate seat open. Both parties believed this senate contest would be one of the most competitive senate races during the 2008 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199209-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Delaware\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Biden won re-election to a seventh term and won the Vice Presidency of the United States on the same day. Biden took his oath of office in the Senate chamber with the rest of his colleagues on January 3, 2009, but resigned his seat on January 15, 2009, and assumed the Vice Presidency five days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199209-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Delaware, General election, Campaign\nAfter ending his 2008 presidential bid in January 2008, Biden focused instead on running for a seventh Senate term. He was unopposed within his party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199209-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Delaware, General election, Campaign\nO'Donnell faced businessman Tim Smith at the Republican state party convention and won with more than 60 percent of the  delegate vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199209-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Delaware, General election, Campaign\nOn August 23, 2008, Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama announced that he had selected Biden to serve as his vice presidential candidate. Under Delaware law, Biden could run simultaneously for both his Senate seat and for Vice President, which he decided to do.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199209-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Delaware, General election, Campaign\nThe statewide party primary elections were held September 9, 2008. O'Donnell was uncontested in the Republican primary, as was Biden in the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199209-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Delaware, General election, Campaign\nO'Donnell tried to make an issue of Biden's dual campaigns, claiming that serving his constituents was not important to him, and criticized his unwillingness to participate in debates and candidate forums. Nevertheless, she was heavily outspent by Biden and her campaign failed to gain traction. Her campaign ended with $23,000 in debt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199209-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Delaware, General election, Campaign\nMinutes after the polls closed on November 4, NBC called the race for Biden, with other news organizations soon following.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199209-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Delaware, Subsequent events\nAfter being sworn in on 6 January, Biden resigned as senator on 15 January in order to become vice president on 20 January. Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner appointed Ted Kaufman (D) to fill the vacant seat until a special election in 2010. O'Donnell once again ran unsuccessfully for the seat, as she was defeated by Chris Coons (D).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Georgia took place on November 4, 2008. The run off election took place on December 2, 2008. Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss, first elected in 2002, sought re-election to his position as a United States Senator from Georgia. He was challenged by Democratic nominee Jim Martin and Libertarian nominee Allen Buckley. After a runoff election on December 2, Chambliss was elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia\nThe runoff was necessary as neither Chambliss nor Martin, the two major party candidates, had won a majority of the vote in the first round. Early voting hours were set by county, and started November 17 or November 18. Prior to the runoff, advanced polls were open from November 24 to the 26th. Since the election was a runoff, only those voters who registered in time for the general election could cast ballots. It was the second Senate runoff election to be held in Georgia since runoffs were first mandated in 1964, following a runoff in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia, Election dates\nThe state party primaries were on July 15, 2008, with primary runoff elections on August 5, 2008. The general election was held on November 4, 2008 and the general election runoff will be held on December 2, 2008 because no candidate received the necessary fifty percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia, Democratic primary\nThe general primary was held July 15, 2008. A run-off between the top two Democratic contenders was held on August 5, in which Jim Martin defeated Vernon Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia, Democratic primary, Initial results\nResults for the first round showed that since Vernon Jones did not win a majority of the vote, a runoff was held between him and Martin. Martin subsequently won the runoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia, General election, Candidates, Democratic\nJim Martin, a former State Representative, former State Human Resources Commissioner, Vietnam War veteran, and 2006 nominee for lieutenant governor, is challenging Chambliss for his seat. He has made his support for PeachCare and other social services a signature issue in the campaign. He has made his opposition to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 an issue in the run off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia, General election, Candidates, Libertarian\nAllen Buckley - Attorney, Accountant, 2004 senate nominee, and 2006 nominee for lieutenant governor. He was eliminated in the general election, but his endorsement was sought by both the Martin and Chambliss campaigns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia, General election, Candidates, Republican\nSen. Saxby Chambliss running for re-election for the first time, is a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1994 and had only one serious election challenge while in the House. He maintains high ratings from conservative interest groups such as the National Rifle Association, and the National Right to Life Committee, and correspondingly low marks from liberal interest groups such as the NAACP and ACLU. He has sponsored legislation while in the Senate to replace the income tax with a national sales tax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia, General election, Results\nAs no candidate reached a majority on November 4, a runoff election was held on December 2, which Chambliss won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia, Runoff election, Campaign\nBoth qualifying candidates' runoff campaigns began in earnest on November 10, when election returns made it clear that a runoff would be required. With an election date of December 2, candidates were given only 3 weeks for additional campaigning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia, Runoff election, Campaign\nThe Libertarian nominee did not endorse either candidate in the run-off, though both campaigns reportedly inquired about getting Buckley's endorsement. Major political figures such as former President Bill Clinton, Republican Senator and 2008 presidential nominee John McCain and his former running mate Sarah Palin campaigned in Georgia, because of the election's potential to determine whether the Democratic Party could block filibusters in the United States Senate. Historically, run-off elections in Georgia have had significantly lower turnout than have general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia, Runoff election, Campaign\nChambliss's campaign verified that former Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Mike Huckabee would be campaigning in Georgia on the Senator's behalf, and former Democratic Governor and former U.S. Senator Zell Miller endorsed Chambliss. Former President Bill Clinton campaigned on Martin's behalf. Sarah Palin campaigned for the Chambliss campaign on December 1, the eve of the run-off election. President-elect Barack Obama had also been invited by the Democratic campaign but decided against making a stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199210-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Georgia, Runoff election, Campaign\nThe results of the runoff election were of particular interest to both parties. Subsequent to the November 4 general elections, Democrats had captured 58 seats in the Senate, two shy of a filibuster-proof supermajority. The result of Georgia's runoff election, as well as the results of an extremely close race and recount in Minnesota, would determine whether or not the required majority of 60 seats would be met.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199211-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Idaho\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Idaho was held on November 4, 2008. The primary elections were held on May 27. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Larry Craig decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican Jim Risch won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199211-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Idaho, Background\nIncumbent Larry Craig announced his intent to resign following an incident where he allegedly solicited another man for gay sex in a public restroom. Craig later decided not to resign; however, he announced that he would not seek re-election. The filing deadline for the election was March 21, 2008. A total of 13 candidates filed for the seat. Republican and Democratic candidates ran for their respective nominations in the May 27 primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199211-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Idaho, Background\nLieutenant Governor Jim Risch defeated a crowded field for the Republican nomination, while former Congressman Larry LaRocco won the Democratic nomination in similar fashion. Conservative independents Rex Rammell and Pro-Life (formerly Marvin Richardson) also qualified for the general election ballot. Former Caldwell city council member Kent Marmon secured the Libertarian nomination. In the general election, Risch defeated LaRocco and the other candidates to keep the seat in Republican hands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199212-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Illinois\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin sought a third term in office and faced minimal opposition from Republican Steve Sauerberg. As expected, Durbin overwhelmingly won re-election. On the same night, fellow Democratic Senator Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, defeating Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199212-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Illinois, Election information\nThe primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal elections (United States President and House), as well as those for state offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199212-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Illinois, Election information, Turnout\nFor the primary elections, turnout was 32.37%, with 2,364,409 votes cast. For the general election, turnout was 68.42%, with 5,329,884 votes cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199212-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Illinois, General election, Results\nDurbin's 3,615,844 votes is the highest vote total in a statewide election in Illinois. No one has broken his record since, however then Vice President Joe Biden received the most votes in the presidential election in Illinois in 2020. Durbin comfortably won re-election with the best margin of his career, winning all but four of the state's 102 counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199213-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Iowa\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin sought re-election to a fifth term in office. Unlike Harkin's three previous reelection bids, he was not challenged by a sitting United States Congressman but instead faced small businessman Christopher Reed, who won the Republican primary by just a few hundred votes. Harkin defeated Reed in a landslide, winning 94 of Iowa's 99 counties. As of 2021, this is the most recent election in which a Democrat won a U.S. Senate election in Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199214-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Kansas\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts won re-election to a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199214-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Kansas, Background\nThe state of Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1932. Kansas's other Republican Senator Sam Brownback announced that he is retiring due to \"self-imposed term limits,\" which meant Roberts became the senior senator from Kansas in 2011. It is considered one of the most Republican states in the U.S. The last time its electors went to a Democrat was the Presidential Election of 1964, when Lyndon Johnson carried the state over Barry Goldwater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199214-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Kansas, Background\nRoberts had announced ahead of the 1996 election that \"I plan only to serve two terms in the U.S. Senate\", but he broke that pledge in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199214-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Kansas, General election, Results\nRoberts won by 24 percentage points over Slattery, carrying 102 of the state's 105 counties. Slattery only carried three counties in northeast Kansas: Atchison, Douglas and Wyandotte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199215-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 4, 2008. Minority Leader and incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell won re-election to a fifth term. Although Barack Obama lost Kentucky by a 16.22% margin to John McCain in the presidential election which occurred simultaneously, McConnell more narrowly kept his seat with a 5.94% margin against businessman Bruce Lunsford. This was a greatly reduced margin from when he won re-election in 2002 with a 29.4% margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199215-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky, Background\nIn 2007 Kentucky's unpopular Republican Governor, Ernie Fletcher, lost his re-election bid. The Democrats took control of both Houses of Congress in the 2006 mid-term elections and in October Chuck Schumer acknowledged they were aiming for McConnell's seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199215-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky, Background\nState auditor Crit Luallen was considered a top contender for the Democratic nomination, but she decided to remain as auditor. Lunsford was asked to run by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear. Seven candidates competed for the Democratic Primary nomination. The primaries for both parties took place on May 20, 2008 in which Lunsford took more than 50%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199215-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky, General election, Campaign\nIn October Lunsford and McConnell were statistically tied in the polls. Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said \"If Lunsford is actually doing this well, its got to be because the public is so upset by the economic meltdown and may be blaming the legislative leaders.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199215-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky, General election, Campaign\nA debate scheduled for October 7 hosted by the League of Women Voters was canceled when incumbent McConnell decided not to participate even though Lunsford announced he wanted to debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199215-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky, General election, Campaign\nOn November 2, 2008, media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal noted that the website of The New Republic had reported that anti-McConnell flyers questioning the senator's sexuality as well as the reasons for his 1967 military discharge were being distributed in Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199216-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Louisiana\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 4, 2008. This was the first time since the 1970s that Louisiana used primaries for federal races. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu won reelection to a third term, while her Republican opponent John Kennedy won Louisiana's other Senate seat in 2016. As of 2021, this is the last time the Democrats won a U.S. Senate election in Louisiana. Despite her status as one of the most vulnerable senate Democrats up in 2008, Landrieu eked out a victory, boosted by the national Democratic lean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199216-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Louisiana\nShe also received praise and wide publicity for her advocacy after Hurricane Katrina, particularly as it came to hearings concerning the response from FEMA to the disaster. Her opponent had switched parties, becoming a Republican in 2007 just one year before the election, garnering some criticism of being a political opportunist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199216-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Louisiana, Background\nLandrieu's increased vulnerability was supposed to be the result of a significant drop in the state's African-American population after Hurricane Katrina, especially in Landrieu's home city of New Orleans. Louisiana also elected a Republican senator in 2004 and President Bush carried the state twice, in 2004 with 58 percent of the vote. Also, Republican Congressman Bobby Jindal won the 2007 gubernatorial election with 54 percent of the vote. After a continued backslide in support for the Democrats, Landrieu would go on to lose her seat by 12 points in 2014 to Bill Cassidy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199216-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Louisiana, General election, Results\nThough she was considered one of the most vulnerable incumbent senators in 2008, Landrieu won reelection by a margin of 121,121 votes and 6.39%, over-performing Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in the state by more than 12 percentage points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199217-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Maine\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Maine took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins won re-election to a third term against Democrat Tom Allen, the U.S. Congressman from the 1st district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199217-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Maine, General election, Campaign\nAllen tried to tie Collins to George W. Bush, but these tactics failed as Collins maintained her image as a  very popular, moderate, independent Republican. She obtained an endorsement from Independent and former Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199217-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Maine, General election, Campaign\nWhen Collins was first elected in 1996 she pledged to serve only two terms (twelve years) in office, which would have been up in 2008. She instead decided to seek a third term, and defeated Allen with over 60% of the vote. She was the only Republican Senate candidate to win in 2008 in a state that was simultaneously won by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199218-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry, who remained in the Senate after losing the presidency to incumbent President George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election, won re-election to a fifth term in office. Four years into his term, Kerry resigned upon becoming United States Secretary of State in the Barack Obama administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199218-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary, Campaign\nAt the state convention on June 7, 2008, Edward O'Reilly received 22.5% of the vote, thereby granting him a spot on the September primary ballot. Kerry, received the vast majority of votes, however, granting him the convention's endorsement. On July 25, O'Reilly challenged Kerry to a series of debates, and the two eventually met for one debate in early September. On September 16, Kerry defeated O'Reilly in the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199218-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, General election, Campaign\nDemocrat John F. Kerry, the incumbent since 1985, was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the 2004 election. He had historically attracted strong Republican challengers, including two former Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman, Ray Shamie in 1984, Jim Rappaport in 1990, and former state Governor William Weld in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199218-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, General election, Campaign\nKerry had explored the possibility of seeking the Democratic nomination for President once again in 2008, a circumstance which prompted many of Massachusetts's all-Democratic House delegation, including Marty Meehan, Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch, to declare that they would run in the Democratic primary for Senate should Kerry not seek reelection. However, on January 24, 2007, Kerry announced that he would run for reelection to the United States Senate and not for the Presidency. A December 23, 2007, poll indicated his approval rating at 52%, with 43% disapproving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199218-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, General election, Campaign\nMassachusetts held primary elections on September 16, 2008. Unlike in 2002, when Kerry was reelected against only third-party opposition, the Democratic nominee faced a Republican opponent in 2008. The Republican candidate, businessman Jeff Beatty who had lost a congressional race two years earlier, was not considered a serious contender in this overwhelmingly Democratic state. Massachusetts had not elected a Republican Senator since Edward Brooke in 1972, although Republican Scott Brown would go on to win a special Senate election in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199218-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, General election, Campaign\nOn September 16, 2008, Kerry defeated Edward O'Reilly in the Democratic primary and faced Republican Beatty in the November general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199219-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Michigan\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4, 2008 Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin won reelection to a sixth and final term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199219-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Michigan, Campaign\nLevin's 2002 opponent Andrew Raczkowski considered running again, but military commitments forced him to drop out. State representative Jack Hoogendyk declared his candidacy to challenge Levin.Troy engineer Bart Baron was also running. Baron apparently failed to qualify for the August 5, 2008 party primary ballot in the Michigan Secretary of State's office. So only Hoogendyk was listed on the Republican side in the Michigan primary election. Levin was unopposed on the Democratic side. The filing deadline for candidates to run was May 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199219-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Michigan, Campaign\nMinor party candidates who ran included Harley Mikkelson of the Green Party, Scotty Boman of the Libertarian Party, Michael Nikitin of the U.S. Taxpayers Party and Doug Dern of the Natural Law Party. Levin, who maintained a huge fundraising advantage over his opponents, easily won re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199219-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Michigan, Debates\nOn October 19 WGVU Public television hosted a Senatorial debate to which only Democratic Senator Carl Levin and Republican State Representative Jack Hoogendyk were invited. They debated topics such as the economy, immigration, and foreign policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199219-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Michigan, Debates\nLevin blamed job loss in Michigan on President Bush, while Hoogendyk blamed Levin. Levin supported a Federal bailout of the auto industry, while Hoogendyk opposed the idea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199219-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Michigan, Debates\nThe event, which was moderated by WZZM TV 13's News anchor Peter Ross, was met with protest by supporters of excluded candidates. One of the protesters was Libertarian candidate Scotty Boman, who asserted that he met the stations qualifications. WGVU required the candidates to show at least 5% support in a statewide scientific poll, but Boman said no statewide poll had been done that included him. An exclusive WXYZ poll included all of the candidates, but only contacted respondents in the 7th and 9th Congressional district. Boman also claimed that public broadcasters should have invited the other candidates since it is supported with tax dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199219-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Michigan, Debates\nSenator Carl Levin and State Representative Jack Hoogendyk met again, the following day (October 20),  for a forum hosted by the Detroit Economic Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199219-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Michigan, Results\nLevin was declared the winner right when the polls closed in Michigan. Levin won all but six of Michigan's 83 counties. Levin unsurprisingly won major metropolitan areas, such as Wayne County home of Detroit or Ingham County home of Lansing. He also became the first Senator since Donald Riegle in 1982 to carry Kent County home of Grand Rapids. When combining the suburban and rural counties, it was too much for Hoogendyk to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 2008. After a legal battle lasting over eight months, the Democratic\u2013Farmer\u2013Labor Party (DFL) candidate, Al Franken, defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in one of the closest elections in the history of the Senate, with Coleman's Senate predecessor Dean Barkley taking third place. Franken took his oath of office on July 7, 2009, more than half a year after the end of Coleman's term on January 3, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota\nWhen the initial count was completed on November 18, Franken was trailing Coleman by 215 votes. The close margin triggered a mandatory recount. After reviewing ballots that had been challenged during the recount and counting 953 wrongly rejected absentee ballots, the State Canvassing Board officially certified the recount results with Franken holding a 225-vote lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota\nOn January 6, 2009, Coleman's campaign filed an election contest and on April 13, a three-judge panel dismissed Coleman's Notice of Contest and ruled that Franken had won the election by 312 votes. Coleman's appeal of the panel's decision to the Minnesota Supreme Court was unanimously rejected on June 30, and he subsequently conceded the election. Franken was sworn in as the junior senator from Minnesota on July 7. With a margin of just 0.01%, this election was the closest race of the 2008 Senate election cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Candidates\nThe general election was among candidates nominated by three major parties, the Minnesota Democratic\u2013Farmer\u2013Labor Party (DFL), the Republican Party of Minnesota (R), and the Independence Party of Minnesota, as well as two other parties, the Libertarian Party (L) and the Constitution Party (C). The Green Party failed to nominate a candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Primaries\nIn Minnesota candidates are generally endorsed by their political parties before the party primaries. The Republican Party endorsed Norm Coleman, the DFL Party Al Franken, and the Independence Party Stephen Williams. In total 18 candidates had filed to run in the statewide primaries, including seven for the DFL Party, two for the Republican Party, seven for the Independence Party, one for the Libertarian Party, and one for the Constitution Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Primaries\nNotable challengers included former Ventura administration official Jack Uldrich and former Senator Dean Barkley for the IP nomination; lawyer and vocal Franken critic Priscilla Lord Faris for the DFL nomination; and dentist and fugitive Jack Shepard for the Republican nomination. Minneapolis attorney Mike Ciresi also campaigned for the DFL endorsement, but dropped out on March 10. Each party's respective primary was held on September 9, resulting in Barkley, Franken and Coleman on the general election ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Primaries, DFL\nThe following candidates sought an endorsement at the party's convention, but dropped out after Franken was endorsed: Mike Ciresi, Jim Cohen and Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 63], "content_span": [64, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Primaries, Independence\nThough Stephen Williams was endorsed by the Independence Party, he lost to former Senator Dean Barkley by over 51 points and was third place in the primary behind Jack Uldrich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 72], "content_span": [73, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Fundraising\n2007 year-end reports filed with the Federal Election Commission showed that Franken had raised $7.04 million through December 31, 2007, while Coleman had raised $6.24 million. Year-end cash on hand was $6.04 million for Coleman and $3.10 million for Franken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 60], "content_span": [61, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Fundraising\nPre -primary reports filed with the FEC on August 20 showed Coleman having raised $16.76 million (with $5.61 million on hand), Franken $13.09 million (with $2.37 million on hand), and Barkley $14,374 (with $5,071 on hand).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 60], "content_span": [61, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Fundraising\nA late October Star Tribune report showed Barkley having raised $56,763.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 60], "content_span": [61, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Polling\nEarly polling showed Coleman with a large lead over his prospective Democratic opponents. But the race narrowed considerably, becoming one of the most hotly contested elections in the nation in 2008. A January 29, 2008 poll from Minnesota Public Radio showed the first lead for Franken. Barkley consistently polled in the 15\u201320% range and was unable to break past 20%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Results\nAfter all the votes were tallied, Coleman led Franken by 215 votes\u2014well under the 0.5% margin that triggers a mandatory recount according to state law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Results\nEarly on November 5, news organizations including the Associated Press, Minnesota Public Radio, and Fox News called the election for Coleman. NPR and the AP uncalled the race mere hours later. Coleman declared himself the victor, and suggested that Franken waive his right to a recount. Franken was unwilling to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Results\nSince the unofficial results were first posted on the Minnesota Secretary of State's website, Coleman's lead had narrowed from 726 votes on November 5 to the official pre-recount tally of 215 votes on November 18. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie called these changes \"well within the normal range in the days immediately following an election, when county officials double check and verify election night tabulations reported to the secretary of state's office\", while Coleman's campaign decried the \"improbable shifts that are overwhelmingly accruing to the benefit of Al Franken.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Results\nAn independent analysis of statewide elections over the previous 10 years showed that the average change in vote totals as reported on election night compared to the certified result was 1,500 votes. The results were certified by each county's canvassing board and then on November 18, 2008, by the Minnesota State Canvassing Board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Results\nNote: The \u00b1% column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party from the previous election. Additionally, votes cast for Paul Wellstone in the 2002 election are not factored into the DFL's total from that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nIn accordance with state law, the Minnesota State Canvassing Board ordered a hand recount in the Senate race. Representatives of Coleman and Franken observed the sorting and recounting of the ballots at 120 locations across the state on November 19, and largely finished on December 5. The votes were counted locally, but ballots that were challenged by either campaign were sent to the state capital for consideration by the State Canvassing Board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nThe board was a five-person panel consisting of Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson, Justice G. Barry Anderson, Ramsey County District Court Chief Judge Kathleen Gearin, and Assistant Chief Judge Edward Cleary; they made determinations of voter intent for ballots where either of the campaign's representatives disagreed with the election officials at the county sites. Of the five Canvassing Board members, Ritchie was an elected DFLer, the two justices were appointed by a Republican governor, one judge was appointed by an Independence Party governor, and one was elected in a nonpartisan election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nOf the 4130 precincts in Minnesota, one had to delay reporting its totals because election officials deduced that 133 ballots, all in a single envelope, had gone missing during the recount process. After days of searching, the State Canvassing Board decided to use that precinct's election day totals, which included the missing 133 votes. The 133 missing ballots contributed a net 46 votes for Franken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nBy the end of the recount, each candidate had gained votes. In total, Coleman had challenged 3,377 ballots and Franken had challenged 3,278. These ballots were set aside until the State Canvassing Board could meet on December 16 to decide the fate of challenged ballots. But Ritchie's office insisted that each campaign voluntarily withdraw some of its challenges, due to the strain a large pile of ballot challenges would place on the State Canvassing Board. On December 3, Franken's campaign withdrew 633 of its challenges and said that it would withdraw more at a later date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nThe next day, Coleman's campaign responded by withdrawing 650 challenges. By the time all the ballots that Franken's campaign challenged were examined, only 420 challenges were left that had not been withdrawn, while Coleman's campaign had roughly 1,000. The Secretary of State's website had noted that none of the withdrawn ballot challenges were reflected in the running tally of the recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nBy December 19, the State Canvassing Board had largely concluded its review of the campaigns\u2019 ballot challenges. Of the 1,325 ballots that were reviewed, 319 were awarded to Coleman, 758 to Franken, and 248 were labeled \"other\". According to the AP, MPR, and the Star Tribune, the resolution of these challenges marked the first time Franken took a lead in the recount. On December 30, the board finished reallocating the withdrawn challenges, completing that phase of the recount and leaving Franken with a 49-vote lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nOne of the last\u2014and largest\u2014sources of uncertainty was the absentee ballots that had been improperly rejected by election officials during the original count. Franken's campaign asked for those ballots to be tallied by each county and counted in the recount results, while Coleman's campaign said the canvassing board did not have the authority to deal with the ballots. On December 8, some counties began sorting rejected absentee ballots to find out how many were incorrectly rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nOn December 12, the Board voted unanimously to recommend counties sort through their rejected absentee ballots, setting aside any that were incorrectly rejected, and resubmit their vote totals with the incorrectly rejected ballots included. The Coleman campaign filed suit with the state Supreme Court to temporarily halt such counting until \"a standard procedure\" could be determined, but the State Supreme Court ruled on December 18 that the improperly rejected absentee ballots be included in the recount. The Court also prescribed that a standard procedure be established by the Secretary of State's office in conjunction with the two campaigns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nAs of December 30, county officials had found about 1,350 wrongly rejected ballots. The Franken campaign agreed to count all of those ballots, while the Coleman campaign agreed to a subset, and also wanted to reconsider more than 700 other absentee ballots. On December 30 and 31, representatives of both campaigns met with officials in each county and sorted through the absentee ballots. After some were rejected by one campaign or the other, 953 ballots were sent to the secretary of state's office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nThe \"fifth pile\" of wrongly rejected absentee ballots was opened, checked for identifying marks, and counted (where found eligible) on January 3, 2009. Of the 933 ballots found to be eligible, 481 were for Franken; 305 were for Coleman; and 147 were for other candidates or were overvotes or undervotes. The process was broadcast live online.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nThe state canvassing board certified the recounted vote totals on January 5 with Franken ahead by 225 votes. Former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson, a Republican who did not endorse a candidate in the 2008 Senate race, called for Coleman to concede.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount\nNote: The \u00b1% column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party from the previous election. Additionally, votes cast for Paul Wellstone in the 2002 election are not factored into the DFL's total from that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election certificate\nAfter the Canvassing Board finished the recount, the next step was for the state to issue an official certificate of election. State law requires a seven-day delay from the Canvassing Board's final report until the certificate can be issued and signed by Ritchie and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. Furthermore, state law states that a certificate cannot be issued if an election contest is pending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election certificate\nOn January 12, 2009, Franken sent a letter to Ritchie and Pawlenty requesting an election certificate. Both declined, citing the unresolved election contest by Coleman. Later that day, Franken filed suit in federal court to force the state to issue a certificate, claiming that federal law relating to Senate elections superseded state law. The next day his campaign asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to require Pawlenty and Ritchie to issue the certificate, and the court held a hearing on the suit on February 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election certificate\nTexas Senator John Cornyn said that GOP senators were prepared to filibuster the seating of the canvassing board's declared winner until a signed election certificate was available, as provided under Minnesota law. On January 21, 2009, the day after the inauguration of President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that Senate Democrats were \"going to try to seat Al Franken\" at least provisionally until the challenge was resolved. Reid also said that there was \"not a question in anyone's mind...that there's been any fraud or wrongdoing in this election.\" Senate Republican leaders countered this by insisting that Franken respect Minnesota laws and allow the completion of the legal review.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nColeman filed a contest of the election results in the Ramsey County District Court on January 6, 2009. In it, he alleged ballot counting irregularities which, if corrected, would result in his winning the election. Among other issues, he alleged that there were double-counted duplicate ballots, 654 valid absentee votes rejected as invalid by county election officials, and problems in dealing with the lost ballots in a Minneapolis precinct.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nUnder Minnesota law the chief justice of the state Supreme Court appoints a three-judge panel to hear an election contest. Because Chief Justice Magnuson had served on the state canvassing board, he recused himself, passing the task to Alan Page, the senior justice on the court. Page chose Judge Elizabeth A. Hayden of Stearns County (who was first appointed by DFL governor Rudy Perpich) to preside over the contest. Assistant Chief Judge Kurt J. Marben of Pennington County (appointed by Independence Party governor Jesse Ventura) and Assistant Chief Judge Denise D. Reilly of Hennepin County (appointed by Republican governor Arne Carlson) were also appointed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nOn January 12, Franken filed a motion to dismiss Coleman's contest, claiming it was \"an imprecise and scattershot pleading\". He argued that even if the contest were to proceed, the three-judge panel should be limited to determining who would be awarded the already certified ballots and to a simple, mathematical recount to ensure the accuracy of the canvassing board's count, with no additional ballots reviewed. On January 22, Franken's attorneys also argued that the case should not go to trial because the U.S. Senate, not the court system, has the power under the United States Constitution to judge the election of its members. Franken's motion to dismiss was denied by the panel on January 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nOn January 19, Coleman attorney Fritz Knaak requested that the court open and review all rejected absentee ballots\u2014totaling roughly 12,000\u2014because some of them, he contended, were improperly rejected. Coleman's attorneys also proposed a multiple phase trial that would not start until February 2, in which the first phase would focus on rejected absentee ballots. The panel denied these requests on January 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nThe trial began on January 26. Coleman's legal team ran into trouble on the first day when the judges refused to enter into evidence copies of the envelopes from allegedly wrongly rejected absentee ballots. Coleman's team had made markings on some of their copies of the envelopes, so the panel ruled that Coleman's attorney would need to subpoena the original envelopes from the counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nOn February 3 the judges agreed to consider 4,797 rejected absentee ballots. This was fewer than the number requested by Coleman but more than Franken requested. These ballots fell into two categories: those where voters appeared to have met all legal requirements, and those where voters ran afoul of the law through no fault of their own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nOn February 13 the court ruled that no evidence had been presented to establish widespread problems with the counting of absentee ballots and that rejected absentee ballots from 12 of 19 disputed categories would not be counted. According to Coleman's attorney, this left approximately 3,500 ballots still open for consideration. The order also specified that parties must demonstrate that disputed ballots were legally cast, not just that they should not have been rejected, making it more difficult to argue in favor of counting remaining absentee ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nOn March 2, the Coleman team rested its case after five weeks of testimony. The contest resumed on March 3 with the Franken team presenting its counterarguments. On March 13, the trial portion of the contest concluded with closing argument from both sides. Franken's closing was delivered by attorney Kevin Hamilton and Coleman's by Joseph Friedburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nAfter closing arguments, Franken lead attorney Marc Elias said: \"After seven weeks of trial, hundreds of witnesses, and thousands of exhibits, the trial demonstrated what the state canvassing board found to be true after an exhaustive recount: that Al Franken got more votes on Election Day than Norm Coleman. We remain confident that the court will uphold the results of the election and allow Al Franken to begin the work the voters of Minnesota hired him to do.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nOn March 31, the court issued an order to count at most 400 rejected absentee ballots and denied any other relief. On April 7, the court scrutinized those ballots and determined that 351 had been legally cast. Those votes were counted, with 111 going to Coleman, 198 to Franken, and 42 to others, giving Franken a final margin of 312 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nThe court dismissed Coleman's suit \"with prejudice\" in its final ruling on April 13, finding that his claims had no merit and ordering the Coleman camp to pay the legal costs associated with Coleman's failure to disclose information about Pamela Howell, a precinct election judge and witness in the case, which was later determined to amount to $94,783. In the same ruling, the court also rejected Coleman's claim to exclude 132 missing ballots from the recount total and his request to adjust the results based on Coleman's allegations of double-counted ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Election contest\nNote: This table combines the certified results of January 5, 2009, listed above with the added absentee ballots from April 7, 2009, 198 for Franken and 111 for Coleman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court\nOn April 20, Coleman filed a notice of appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Franken's lawyers requested that the court follow an expedited schedule in hearing the case (with oral arguments scheduled for mid-May) to enable Minnesota to have two seated senators. In his reply, Coleman asked the Court to take its time, which would probably delay its decision until June. On April 24, the Court issued its order for briefs and oral arguments. Oral arguments took place on June 1. After the arguments the Minnesota Supreme Court did not indicate how soon it would render judgment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court\nSome Democrats and political commentators asserted that Coleman no longer had a serious chance of prevailing in the election, and that he continued to file appeals for the sole purpose of delaying the seating of a 60th member of the Democratic caucus in the U.S. Senate (after Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter changed his party affiliation from Republican to Democratic on April 28). (Sixty Senators would bring the Democrats to a level where they would not need any Republican votes to overcome a Republican filibuster in the Senate for the balance of the Senate term). Coleman disputed that allegation. About 60% of Minnesotans (64\u201328, 59\u201334, 63\u201337 in three polls) said they wanted Coleman to withdraw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court\nOn June 30, the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously rejected Coleman's challenge and stated that Franken was entitled to be certified as the winner. Coleman announced he would not appeal the result further, and congratulated Franken by phone, telling him that being senator was \"the best job he would ever have.\" Pawlenty and Ritchie signed the election certificate the same evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Further investigations\nIn July 2010, Minnesota Majority, a conservative watchdog group, conducted a study in which it flagged 2,803 voters in the Senate race for examination, including 1,359 it suspected to be ineligible convicted felons in the largely Democratic Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Subsequent investigations of Minnesota Majority's claims by election officials found that many of its allegations were incorrect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Further investigations\nSome of the cases that were submitted involved mistaking a legal voter for a felon with the same name, others involved felons who had had their voting rights reinstated after serving their sentences, and others were felons who illegally registered to vote but did not vote in 2008 election. Ramsey County officials narrowed their investigation to 180 cases, while Hennepin County examined 216 cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Further investigations\nPawlenty said, \"They [Minnesota Majority] seem to have found credible evidence that many felons who are not supposed to be voting actually voted in the Franken-Coleman election. I suspect they favored Al Franken. I don't know that, but if that turned out to be true, they may have flipped the election.\" Columnist Nick Coleman of the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune called the idea that illegal voting by felons made a difference in the race \"unbelievable\" and the Minnesota Majority report \"good fodder for a right-wing scare campaign.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199220-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Recount, Further investigations\nAs of July 2010, the Ramsey County Attorney's Office had brought charges against 28 people. In August 2010, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office received for investigation 110 alleged cases of voter fraud during the 2008 election. In October 2010, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office concluded that there was enough evidence to charge six people for voter fraud. \"Three of the suspects face two felony charges. Three other suspects each face one felony charge.\" In October 2010, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced that charges would be brought against 43 felons for illegally voting in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199221-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 4, 2008. The seat was regularly scheduled for election, unlike the special election taking place on the same day. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran won re-election to a sixth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199222-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Montana\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic Senator Max Baucus won re-election to a sixth term in a landslide, winning more than 70% of the vote and carrying every county in the state, despite Republican John McCain's narrow victory in the state in the concurrent presidential election. As of 2021, this is the last time a Democrat was elected to the Class 2 Senate seat in Montana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199222-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Montana, Background\nMontana generally gives its presidential electors to Republican candidates, but historically has elected several prominent Democrats to the United States Senate, including Thomas Walsh, Burton K. Wheeler, Mike Mansfield, and Lee Metcalf. Between 1913 and 2015, only two Republicans served as U.S. Senator from Montana, Zales Ecton and Conrad Burns. In 2004, the state elected Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer, reversing a 16-year trend of electing Republicans to the Governorship. In the 2006 elections, the Republican Party took over the state House of Representatives in Montana, the only pick-up of a state legislature for the Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199222-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Montana, Republican primary, Campaign\nAll Republican candidates trailed Baucus badly in polls. It was revealed that Garnett Shay had an outstanding warrant for his arrest, preventing him from running an effective campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199222-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Montana, General election, Campaign\nSenator Baucus defeated Kelleher as a Democratic incumbent running in a year that was very successful for his party in general. The Montana Senate race was somewhat unusual, in that it was perhaps the only race that year in which the Republican candidate was more liberal than the Democratic one. Kelleher, a perennial candidate and eccentric figure in Montana politics, took many positions that were highly unorthodox by GOP standards, such as favoring more liberal drug control policies, supporting universal healthcare and affirmative action, and favoring fair trade restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199222-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Montana, General election, Campaign\nHe was, at the time, an 85-year-old attorney and perennial candidate who has run for office on several different party tickets. Kelleher was pro-life, advocated a Parliamentary system of government for the United States, and supported nationalization of the American oil and gas industry and a single-payer health care system. He received no support from the Montana Republican Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199223-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 4, 2008. The primary elections was held on May 13. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Republican Mike Johanns won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199224-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire\nThe United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John E. Sununu ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in a rematch of the 2002 election. Shaheen's win ended 30 years of Republican control of this Senate seat, and made her the first Democratic Senator from New Hampshire since John A. Durkin left office in 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199224-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire, Background\nFor a considerable amount of time, New Hampshire had always been considered an island of conservatism in the Northeast. Following the 2006 election, however, many offices were taken over by Democrats: Representatives Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes,  Governor John Lynch, the majority of the New Hampshire Executive Council, and the majority of both legislative chambers (which had not occurred since 1911). The popularity of Governor Lynch was considered an impediment to Sununu's re-election. Though the state voted for then-Gov. George W. Bush in 2000, Sen. John Kerry narrowly won the state over Bush in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199224-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire, Democratic primary, Campaign\nAstronaut Jay Buckey MD, Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand, and Katrina Swett, (wife of former Congressman Richard Swett), had announced their candidacies but withdrew in favor of former governor Jeanne Shaheen upon her entrance into the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199224-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire, Democratic primary, Campaign\nShaheen had been the Democratic nominee for the race in 2002. Since 2005, Shaheen had served as director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government before leaving on September 14, 2007. She had been aggressively courted to run by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) on behalf of Senate Democrats, and by a \"Draft Shaheen\" campaign led by former New Hampshire Democratic Chairman Kathy Sullivan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199224-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire, Democratic primary, Campaign\nThe filing deadline for the Democratic and Republican Parties was June 13, 2008. Shaheen filed, as did Raymond Stebbins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199224-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire, General election, Campaign\nA November 2006 SurveyUSA poll of New Hampshire voters found Sununu had a 47% approval rating. A February 1, 2007 poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire found that only 45% of New Hampshire voters held a favorable opinion of Sununu. In June 2007, a poll by 7NEWS and Suffolk University of likely voters reported that only 31 percent in the poll said Sununu deserved re-election, with 47 percent saying that someone else should get his seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199224-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire, General election, Campaign\nA July 2008 Granite State Poll had Sununu's favorability rating at 52%, his unfavorability rating at 33%, and neutral or undecided by 16%. Shaheen is viewed favorable by 53%, unfavorable by 31% and neutral or undecided by 15%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199224-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire, General election, Campaign\nSenator John McCain, the Republican nominee for president, had mentioned Sununu as a possible running mate for the 2008 presidential election, as well as Lindsey Graham, Bob Riley, Steve Forbes and John Thune. Sununu had said he would remain neutral in the New Hampshire primary. However, McCain selected Alaska governor Sarah Palin instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199225-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg won re-election to a fifth, non-consecutive term, defeating former Republican congressman Dick Zimmer. Zimmer had also been the nominee for this seat in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199225-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Background\nIn November 2006, Senator Lautenberg had the lowest approval rating of any Democrat running for re-election in 2008 (with 39% approving and 45% disapproving), with his approval improving only slightly to 42% as of September 2007. In the same September 2007 poll conducted by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, voters surveyed decided that Lautenberg does not deserve re-election (46% to 36%) and that he is too old to effectively serve another six years in the Senate (54% to 40%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199225-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Background\nPoll results suggested that given the right formula, this could have been a surprise upset race in November 2008. \"The poll shows that Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who many voters say is too old to run for another term, would be vulnerable to a strong Republican candidate next year,\" according to Quinnipiac pollster Clay Richards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199225-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Background\nThe first poll conducted after the primaries (Rasmussen Reports, June 4, 2008) showed a tighter than expected race between Lautenberg and Zimmer, with the two candidates in a virtual tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199225-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Background\nHowever, the prevailing political climate at the time of the election was also a major factor. Voter anger was targeted against the GOP, and many Democrats once considered vulnerable managed to hold on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199225-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Republican primary, Results\nOfficial results, New Jersey Division of Elections (, July 11, 2008)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199225-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Debates\nOn October 29, 2008, a debate between Lautenberg and Zimmer was held on the radio station NJ 101.5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199225-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Debates\nOn November 1, 2008, the two candidates debated for the second time on New Jersey Network, in the only televised debate agreed to by the Lautenberg campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199226-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico was held on November 4, 2008 coinciding with the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pete Domenici decided to retire instead of seeking a seventh term. All three of New Mexico's U.S. Representatives (Tom Udall, Steve Pearce, and Heather Wilson) retired from the House to run in this election, which was the first open Senate seat in the state since 1972. Pearce narrowly defeated Wilson in the Republican primary, but Udall won the general election after an uncontested Democratic primary. Democrats won this seat for the first time since 1973, the NM-01 House seat for the first time ever, and the NM-02 seat for the first time since 1981, giving New Mexico an all-Democratic Congressional delegation for the first time since 1969.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 865]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199226-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico, Background\nIn February 2007 Domenici indicated his intention to run for re-election. By October 2007, he changed his mind, stating that because of the progression of a medical condition, he would not seek a seventh term. Domenici also lost his chairmanship after Republicans lost control of the Senate in the 2006 Senate election, which may have inclined him against running. On June 3, 2008 Pearce and Udall won their respective nomination contests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199226-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico, Democratic primary, Campaign\nAfter Domenici announced he was not running, Democratic Governor Bill Richardson was considered a leading candidate for the seat, but in October he affirmed his commitment to his presidential nomination campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199226-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico, Democratic primary, Campaign\nIn October Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez entered the race for the Democratic nomination. In early November five-term Democratic Rep. Tom Udall entered the race. On December 7 Chavez withdrew from the race, saying \"While I deeply appreciate all the support I have received, it has become very clear to me that Democrats should not be divided in the upcoming election.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199226-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico, General election, Controversy\nDomenici and Wilson were both being investigated by the Senate for their roles in the dismissal of prosecutor David Iglesias. This may have affected Wilson's chances in the 2008 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199226-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico, General election, Controversy\nIn late October Pearce made 130,000 automated phone calls, which led Wilson to \"cry foul.\" At issue was Pearce's use of the phone calls to justify his opposition to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill. The Wilson campaign claimed that \"Pearce violated House ethics by urging those he called to contact him through his official, non-campaign phone number or check out his official, non-campaign Web site.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199226-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico, General election, Finances\nThe National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) attempted to defend 23 Senate seats up for election in November. Committee chair Senator John Ensign identified the 10 most competitive Republican seats in June 2008. He was asked about the two Republican seats most likely to turn Democratic, Virginia and New Mexico. Ensign did not directly say whether the NRSC was considering walking away to work on other seats that can be won, but he said, \"You don\u2019t waste money on races that don\u2019t need it or you can\u2019t win.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199226-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico, General election, Finances\nUdall raised more than $801,000 prior to November 29. Wilson had slightly less, including a November Washington fundraiser with Vice President Dick Cheney that netted $110,000, bringing her total to about $750,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199226-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico, General election, Debates\nThe candidates agreed to three televised debates: October 15 on KOB-TV, October 18 on KRQE and October 26 on KOAT-TV. The AARP co-sponsored the second debate and the Albuquerque Journal co-sponsored the final debate. They also appeared together on Meet the Press in the fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Senate election coincided with the presidential, U.S. House elections, gubernatorial, Council of State, and statewide judicial elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democrat Kay Hagan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina\nThe November general election was the first time in North Carolina history, and only the eighth time in U.S. history, that the two major-party candidates for a U.S. Senate seat were both women. In addition, Hagan became the first Democrat to win this seat since it was won by the Republicans in 1972, and the first woman to defeat an incumbent woman in a U.S. Senate election. As of 2021, this is the last time the Democrats won a U.S. Senate election in North Carolina, and also the last time the winner of this seat received a majority of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina, Democratic primary, Campaign\nHagan, initially an unknown politician, decided to challenge incumbent Republican Senator Elizabeth Dole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina, Democratic primary, Campaign\nNational Democrats attempted to recruit incumbent Governor Mike Easley to make the race. A late October 2007 Rasmussen Report poll showed Easley defeating Dole 50% to 42%. Easley declined to run, as did Congressman Brad Miller, who expressed interest in early 2007. Former Governor Jim Hunt also declined to compete against Dole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina, Democratic primary, Campaign\nNeal earned the endorsement of the Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. He also was endorsed by Blue America PAC, eQualityGiving, the Independent Weekly and YES\u00a0! Weekly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina, General election, Campaign\nDole was initially a heavy favorite for reelection, especially after several potential top-tier challengers such as Congressman Brad Miller, Governor Mike Easley and former Governor Jim Hunt all declined to compete against Dole. Ultimately, Kay Hagan, a state senator from Greensboro, won the Democratic primary election and became Dole's general election opponent. Reports late in the campaign suggested that Dole, once considered a safe bet for reelection, suffered from Barack Obama's decision to aggressively contest North Carolina in the presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina, General election, Campaign\nHagan was initially given little chance against Dole, but Hagan was helped by independent 527 groups lobbying/advertising against incumbent Dole  The Democratic Senate Campaign Committee expended more money in North Carolina than in any other state during the 2008 election season. However, Dole benefited from more out-of-state funding overall than Hagan. The efforts appeared to be effective, as Hagan began to take the lead in several polls beginning in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina, General election, Campaign\nIn late October, Dole released a controversial television ad attacking Hagan for reportedly taking donations from individuals involved in the Godless Americans PAC, a group which advocates for the rights of people who do not believe in God. The ad also included a female voice saying, \"There is no God.\" The Dole campaign said the ad correctly shows who Hagan will associate with in order to raise campaign funds, and on November 1, Bob Dole also defended it, asserting that \"it never questions her faith,\" and that \"the issue is why she was there. There's no question about her faith. I think it's [the ad's] fair game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina, General election, Campaign\nHagan, who is a member of the Presbyterian Church and a former Sunday school teacher, condemned the ad as \"fabricated and pathetic,\" and, according to Hagan's campaign website, a cease-and-desist letter was \"hand-delivered to Dole's Raleigh office, faxed to her Salisbury office and sent to her home at the Watergate in Washington, DC.\" Hagan also filed a lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court accusing Dole of defamation and libel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina, General election, Campaign\nThe ad has met exceptionally strong criticism from the public as well as many local and several national media outlets. CNN's Campbell Brown said about the ad: \"[A]mid all the attack ads on the airwaves competing to out-ugly one another, we think we've found a winner.\" The ad has been described as \"ridiculously outrageous,\" \"indecent,\" a \"gross misrepresentation,\" \"worse than dishonest\" and \"beyond the bounds of acceptable political disagreement,\" among other harsh criticism. Another ad issued by the Dole campaign in mid-October 2008 was described by The Fayetteville Observer as \"[setting] the low mark in negative political campaigning.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina, General election, Campaign\nThe media reported, that within 48 hours of the first ad Hagan received over 3,600 contributions, including major donors as well as individual support from a range of atheists, agnostics and followers of other religious beliefs who felt they were being attacked by Dole. Following the second ad Hagan's lead doubled according to some polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina, General election, Polling\nPolls released during the week of October 28, 2008 showed Dole and Hagan within the statistical margin of error (3% apart).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 79], "content_span": [80, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199227-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina, General election, Analysis\nIn the 2008 election, Dole lost by a wider-than-expected margin, taking only 44 percent of the vote to Hagan's 53 percent \u2013 the widest margin for a Senate race in North Carolina in 30 years, and the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent Senator in the 2008 cycle. It has been speculated that the outcry over the \"Godless\" ads contributed to Dole's loss. Hagan trounced Dole in the state's five largest counties \u2013 Mecklenburg, Wake, Guilford, Forsyth and Durham. Hagan also dominated most of the eastern portion of the state, which had been the backbone of Helms' past Senate victories. While Dole dominated the Charlotte suburbs and most of the heavily Republican Foothills region, it was not enough to save her seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199228-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oklahoma\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held on November 4, 2008. The statewide primary election was held July 29, with the run-off on August 26. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James Inhofe won re-election to a third term over Democrat Andrew Rice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199228-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oklahoma\nAs of 2021, this is the last time a Democrat carried any counties in an Oklahoma U.S. Senate election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199228-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oklahoma, Democratic primary, Background\nRice officially filed as a candidate for the United States Senate from Oklahoma on Monday, June 2, 2008. He won the Democratic primary against Jim Rogers, a retired schoolteacher who stressed campaign finance reform. As in earlier campaigns, Rogers refused to accept money to avoid any question of his allegiances. State Senator Kenneth Corn had earlier expressed interest in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199228-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oklahoma, General election, Campaign\nInhofe, who in August 2008 had a 61% approval rating, emphasized his conservative record and tried to label Rice as a  \"committed liberal.\" In the debates, Rice tried to connect Inhofe to George W. Bush saying \"An era allowed this to happen. George Bush came into office eight years ago with a Republican majority and \u2026 an agenda of radical deregulation.\" Rice also believed in global warming, something Inhofe is famous for denying. In the election, Inhofe had over $5 million in the bank. Rice had $3.8 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Gordon H. Smith sought reelection to a third term. Smith was the only Republican Senator from the West Coast (excluding Alaska) and the only Republican holding statewide office in Oregon. He was opposed by Democrat Jeff Merkley, the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, and David Brownlow of the Constitution Party of Oregon. Merkley won by a narrow margin, with Smith not conceding until two days after the election. Merkley became the first Democrat to win this seat since 1960.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon\nThis was one of the most competitive races during the 2008 United States Senate elections., and the race was the most expensive in Oregon history. As of late October 2008, advertising related to the race exceeded $27 million, outstripping the $15 million spent on a 2007 tobacco tax ballot measure and the $14.7 million spent in the gubernatorial election of 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, Democratic primary, Campaign\nIn the Democratic primary, although Democrats held all statewide offices in Oregon, there was no clear Democratic challenger; former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber indicated early on that he was not interested. In January 2007, while the campaign was still in its infancy, Portland lawyer and political activist Steve Novick wrote a lengthy critique of Gordon Smith's record in the Portland Willamette Week. The article outlined a strategy to beat Smith, who Novick argued was actually more vulnerable than appeared. On April 18, 2007, Novick formally announced his candidacy for Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, Democratic primary, Campaign\nBy the end of May, both Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Peter DeFazio had announced they were not interested in entering the race, depleting what was considered by many the \"first-tier\" list of candidates for the position leaving Democrats searching for more candidates. With no high-profile Democrats in the race, it was believed by that the most likely candidates would come from the state legislature. Since the legislature was still in session at the time it was considered unlikely that any prominent lawmakers would jump into the race until the end of June or later. Of those, Jeff Merkley, then Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives was considered to be the most likely to challenge Smith due to rumors that he had been in talks with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 877]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, Democratic primary, Campaign\nThe rumors that Merkley was being courted by the DSCC were confirmed when it was reported that he had travelled to the East Coast to discuss a possible run at the invitation of Senator Charles Schumer of New York, who as chairman of the DSCC was in charge of recruiting possible challengers to take on Smith. Around the same time, State Senator Alan Bates from Jackson County was reported to be contemplating running for the Democratic nomination. Eventually Bates decided against running and on August 1, 2007 Merkley filed papers, officially entering the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, Democratic primary, Campaign\nMerkley and Novick gave back-to-back speeches at the yearly summit of the Democratic Party of Oregon in Sunriver. There Novick threw a political jab, challenging Merkley's statements that he had been an opponent of the war from the start by pointing to his support of a Republican-drafted non-binding resolution in 2003, two days after the invasion began, that praised President Bush for the invasion of Iraq and the efforts of the troops and prayed for their safety. The critique drew noticeably negative reactions from the crowd and Merkley won a straw poll at the summit, 103 to 50 for Novick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, Democratic primary, Campaign\nMerkley went on to dismiss the criticism, pointing out that Legislative resolutions carry no force of law and are only statements of principle, that a legislator could freely pick and choose which parts of the resolution to support, and that he made clear that \"you stand up and clarify what parts you're supporting and what parts you're opposed to and I did that more clearly than any member on the floor of the House.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, Democratic primary, Campaign\nBy the end of November 2007, six Democratic candidates had filed papers to run for the seat: Novick, Merkley, real estate agent Candy Neville of Eugene, retired mental health counselor David Loera of Salem, retired construction worker Roger Obrist of Damascus, and perennial candidate Pavel Goberman of Beaverton. Some pointed discussions ensued among the candidates over a debate schedule and formats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOn January 22, 2008 four of the Democratic candidates had their first debate in Pendleton, Oregon hosted by the East Oregonian newspaper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, Democratic primary, Campaign\nMerkley went on to defeat Novick and the four other candidates in the Democratic primary on May 20, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, General election, Results, County results\nAlthough Smith carried all but eight of Oregon's 36 counties, one of the counties he lost was Multnomah County, home to Portland. Ultimately, Merkley's 142,000-vote margin in Multnomah, his home county, proved too much for Smith to overcome; it was more than double Merkley's overall margin of 59,100 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199229-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, General election, Results, County results\nConstitution Party candidate David Brownlow was seen by some as a spoiler, as his number of votes was more than the margin between Merkley and Smith. Brownlow drew votes away from opponents of the Iraq War, which Smith supported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199230-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Rhode Island\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jack Reed won re-election to a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199231-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 4, 2008 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham won election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199231-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina, Democratic primary, Campaign\nConley, a conservative Democrat, supported ending illegal immigration, \"protecting American workers,\" bringing American troops home from the Iraq War, increasing veterans' benefits, reducing American dependence on foreign oil, ending Wall Street bailouts, repealing the Patriot Act, \"cutting spending,\" and \"fidelity to the Constitution.\" He also opposed same-sex marriage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199231-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina, Democratic primary, Campaign\nMichael Cone, Conley's primary opponent, criticized Conley for being too conservative, that \"We've nominated a Republican in a Democratic primary.\" Conley was a Republican but left the party due to frustration over immigration, trade, and the Iraq War. Some compared him to Republican Congressman Ron Paul, as Conley supported Paul in his presidential campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199231-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina, Democratic primary, Results\nConley defeated Cone in the primary election on June 16, following a recount, by a margin of 1,058 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 81], "content_span": [82, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199231-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina, General election, Campaign\nConley, who had switched to the Democratic Party from the Republican Party, was opposed by much of the Democratic establishment because of his controversial positions such as his vocal opposition to immigration reform and same-sex marriage and his support of Ron Paul's presidential bid. A number of prominent Democratic figures in the state, including U.S. Congressman James Clyburn, supported Lindsey Graham over Conley in the general election. Political scientist Bill Moore claimed \"The bottom line is, by not paying attention to this race, they ended up embarrassed by what has transpired: a Republican getting the Democratic Party's nomination for U.S. Senate and a Republican who comes across as even more conservative than Lindsey Graham.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199231-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina, General election, Campaign\nGraham had $3.8 million. In fact, he spent more time on the campaign trail for John McCain than he has defending his own seat. Conley only raised $23,628 during the campaign. Conley was so unknown that even Graham admitted \"Almost no one knows my opponent. The Democrats really didn't field a \u2014 make a serious challenge \u2014 in terms of trying to find an opponent for me.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199232-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in South Dakota\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 4, 2008. Primary elections were held on June 3, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Johnson won re-election to a third term. As of 2021, this election, along with the simultaneous House race, is the last time a Democrat won a statewide election in South Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199232-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in South Dakota, General election, Campaign\nAlready a well-regarded figure, following health problems, Johnson became more popular. \"South Dakota is a very kind state,\" Steve Jarding, a Harvard political scientist, said. \"People were rooting for Tim\u2014Democrats, Republicans, independents\u2014they wanted him to be O.K.\" He was also seen a pragmatic moderate. He received endorsements from the Republican Mayor of Sioux Falls, Dave Munson, and the NRA. Dykstra argued that Johnson voted 80% of the time with U.S. Senator Barack Obama and 90% with U.S. Senator Harry Reid. In response, Johnson pointed out his votes on the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court justices John Roberts/Samuel Alito, against flag burning, in favor for the Iraq War, Patriot Act, a ban on partial birth abortion, etc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199232-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in South Dakota, General election, Campaign\nOne of the other reasons why Johnson is popular is earmarks. Recent examples include $248,000 for the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, $11 million for Ellsworth Air Base, $400,000 for Rosebud Sioux Reservation, and $37 million for Mni Wiconi Rural Water System. Dykstra opposed earmarks, leading U.S. Senator Tom Coburn to campaign with him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199232-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in South Dakota, General election, Campaign\nIn August, Johnson visited 20 cities across the state. With nine reservations in the state, American Indians account for 10% of electorate. In 2002, Johnson carried 94% of the Oglala Sioux, the state's biggest tribe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199232-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in South Dakota, General election, Results\nJohnson easily won re-election to a third term, losing in only four counties. His friend and fellow Democrat, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin easily won re-election to South Dakota's at-large congressional district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199233-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 4, 2008 to elect a member of the U.S. Senate from the State of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander won reelection to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199233-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee\nHe won 65.1% of the vote against Democrat Bob Tuke, who won 32.6%; Alexander also won 28% of the African American vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199233-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Democratic primary, Campaign\nMike Padgett finished third after Gary Davis, who did not campaign and used no money. Many were surprised at the results. They claimed that perhaps there was name confusion, with two incumbent congressmen David Davis and Lincoln Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199233-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Candidates, Minor\nIn Tennessee, a candidate seeking a House or Senate seat at the state or national level must gather 25 signatures from registered voters to be put on the ballot for any elected office. Presidential candidates seeking to represent an officially recognized party must either be named as candidates by the Tennessee Secretary of State or gather 2,500 signatures from registered voters, and an independent candidate for President must gather 275 signatures and put forward a full slate of eleven candidates who have agreed to serve as electors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199233-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Candidates, Minor\nIn order to be recognized as a party and have its candidates listed on the ballot under that party's name, a political party must gather signatures equal to or in excess of 2.5% of the total number of votes cast in the last election (about 45,000 signatures based on the election held in 2006). The last third party to be officially recognized was the American Party in 1968; none of its candidates received five percent of the statewide vote in 1970 and it was then subject to desertification as an official party.. Due to these hurdles third party candidates almost always appear on the ballot as independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199233-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Campaign\nOn April 3, 2007, Alexander confirmed that he would seek re-election to the Senate in 2008. Alexander has remained a popular figure in Tennessee since his first term as governor and faced no opposition in the Republican primary Tuke is a former Marine who served in the Vietnam War. Tuke served as Barack Obama's Presidential campaign chair in Tennessee. Tuke declared himself to be a candidate March 3, 2008, and he secured the help of several high profile Democratic campaigners including Joe Trippi. There were many minor candidates in the race. Chris Lugo announced on January 17 that he was seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party as a 'Progressive Democrat.' In March 2008, Lugo announced he was dropping his candidacy for the Democratic nomination, and would run either for the Green Party nomination or as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 912]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199234-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Texas\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican John Cornyn won re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199234-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Texas, General election, Campaign\nCornyn, running as an incumbent, had a 42% approval rating with a 43% disapproval rating in June 2007. Texas is a red state, that Republican presidential nominee John McCain won with over 55% of the vote. Cornyn slightly underperformed McCain. However, Noriega underperformed both 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Texas and Cornyn's 2002 opponent, Ron Kirk, with Noriega receiving just 42.8% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Warner decided to retire instead of seeking a sixth term. Democrat Mark Warner (no relation) won the open seat by more than 31 percentage points. Warner became the first Democrat to win this seat since 1966. This was also the first time since 1964 that the state voted simultaneously for a Democratic presidential candidate and a Democratic Senate candidate, having voted for Barack Obama in the presidential election, albeit by a far lesser margin. This was Virginia's first open-seat election since 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia\nWarner's large margin of victory was reflected throughout the state \u2014 Gilmore won only six counties and independent cities (Augusta, Colonial Heights, Hanover, Poquoson, Powhatan and Rockingham) and his margin didn't exceed more than 2,000 votes in any of them. As of 2021, this is the last time Amelia County and Bland County voted Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, Background\nJohn Warner, a former United States Under Secretary of the Navy, had served Virginia in the Senate since 1979, and had been cagey about whether he would be running for re-election. He would have been favored for a sixth term had he decided to run again, even with recent Democratic gains in the state. In early 2007, it was speculated that Warner, who turned 80 in February of that year, would retire. When Warner reported on April 12, 2007 that he had raised only $500 in campaign contributions during the first quarter, speculation increased that he may not seek a sixth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, Background\nOn August 31, 2007, Warner formally announced that he would not be seeking re-election. The race was expected to be competitive, given the Democrats' two successive gubernatorial victories (2001, 2005) and the unseating of Republican senator George Allen by Jim Webb in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, Background\nThe Wall Street Journal reported a story of National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman Senator John Ensign outlining the 10 most competitive seats of the 2008 Senate Election. When asked about the two GOP seats likely to switch parties, Virginia and New Mexico, on whether the NRSC is mulling walking away to work on other seats that can be won, Ensign said, \"You don't waste money on races that don't need it or you can't win.\" This suggested that the NRSC may have started cutting money off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, State conventions, Democratic Party\nOn September 12, 2007, former Governor Mark Warner (no relation to John Warner) announced his candidacy. Mark Warner had challenged John Warner for his Senate seat in 1996, but was narrowly defeated. Mark Warner later won election in 2001 as Governor of Virginia, and left office with a high level of popularity in 2006. He was confirmed as the party nominee at the state convention on June 10, 2008, as he went unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 83], "content_span": [84, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, State conventions, Republican Party\nOn September 16, 2007, Republican Rep. Tom Davis of the 11th District unofficially announced that he would seek election to the seat. The Washington Times reported that John Warner delayed his retirement announcement specifically to help Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 83], "content_span": [84, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, State conventions, Republican Party\nOn October 1, 2007, the editors of the National Review encouraged Virginia voters to draft General Peter Pace, the retiring Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to run in 2008 for the Senate seat to be vacated by retiring Senator John Warner. The magazine cited Pace's conservative Catholic beliefs in making its suggestion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 83], "content_span": [84, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, State conventions, Republican Party\nOn October 13, the Republican Party of Virginia's State Central Committee voted 47-37 to hold a statewide convention rather than a primary. Former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore argued strongly for a convention, claiming it would save the candidates money. It reportedly costs $4 million to compete in a primary, while it costs only $1 million for a convention. Davis argued that a primary would expose the candidates to the kind of environment they would face in November. A primary was thought to favor Davis due to his popularity in voter-rich Northern Virginia. In contrast, a convention was thought to favor Gilmore because most of the delegates would come from the party's activist base, which is tilted heavily to the right. With the decision, Gilmore said he was seriously considering entering the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 83], "content_span": [84, 894]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, State conventions, Republican Party\nDavis dropped out of the race on October 25, 2007, citing the potential difficulties of defeating Gilmore in the conservative-dominated GOP convention and in taking on Warner, who is very popular in Davis' own Northern Virginia base. Gilmore confirmed his candidacy on November 19, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 83], "content_span": [84, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, State conventions, Republican Party\nOn January 7, 2008, Delegate Bob Marshall (R-Prince William County), a sixteen-year state legislator from Northern Virginia known for his social conservative values, announced he would challenge Gilmore for the Republican nomination May 31, 2008. The convention was held on May 31, 2008, where Gilmore won the nomination with 50.3% of the vote, just 66 votes more than Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 83], "content_span": [84, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, State conventions, Third parties\nOn March 29, 2008, the Libertarian Party of Virginia state convention nominated Bill Redpath as its Senate candidate. Redpath, who was serving as national party chair at the time, cited the importance of running a Libertarian candidate for federal office this election year, considering the fact that the Independent Greens have been fielding candidates so actively in recent years. Glenda Gail Parker from Alexandria, a retired U.S. Air Force officer, ran again for the Independent Greens as she did in the 2006 Senate election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, State conventions, Nominated candidates\nAfter the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian State Conventions, the final nominated candidates for the 2008 Virginia Senate Election were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Campaign\nAfter the conclusions of the state conventions, Democrat Mark Warner had emerged as the front-runner for the Class 2 Senate seat from Virginia. Some early polling showed Mark Warner leading Jim Gilmore by as much as 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Campaign\nPundits and analysists believed Virginia to be the single strongest pickup opportunity for the Democrats due to Warner's consistent lead in the polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Campaign\nJim Gilmore responded aggressively, mostly with ads on the Internet; his campaign had very little money. Gilmore attacked Warner for raising taxes during his term as governor, when he had pledged not to do so, flip-flopping among many other topics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Campaign\nOn October 6, 2008, Mark Warner and Jim Gilmore debated various issues, including the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, the Iraq War and Judicial nominees. The Richmond Times Dispatch sponsored the debate held at the Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Campaign\nMark Warner argued he'd be part of a radical centrist coalition, no matter who won the Presidency. He claimed the coalition would improve cooperation in the Congress and its subsequent public perception. Warner spoke of alternative energy, and Gilmore argued for offshore drilling. The issue of the 2004 tax increase under then-Governor Mark Warner was raised at the first debate of the campaign between Gilmore and Warner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Campaign\nThe Washington Post reported on July 24, 2008, that Jim Gilmore \"submitted false information on two financial disclosure forms that hid his ties to a government contractor embroiled in a legal dispute over allegations that two of its executives had conspired to defraud the federal government.\" The Gilmore campaign responded by saying, the controversy was due to a \"clerical error.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Campaign\nOn election night, Warner was declared the winner based on exit polls alone, before the votes were counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199235-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Fundraising\nMoney played a large role in the campaign. By July, Mark Warner had raised $9 million, while Jim Gilmore had raised $1.2 million. This does not include money from the DSCC or NRSC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199236-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller won re-election to a fifth term. As of 2021, this is the last time a Democrat won West Virginia's Class 2 Senate seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199236-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nBefore the 2000 presidential election, West Virginia had been won by the Democratic nominee every time since 1932 except for the Republican landslides of 1956, 1972, and 1984. In 2000, then Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas won West Virginia\u2019s five electoral college votes over then Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee by a margin of 52-46. Also in the 2000 election, Republican Shelley Moore Capito, the daughter of Former West Virginia Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr., won a surprise victory over Democrat Jim Humphreys for West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District seat to the United States House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199236-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nShe is the first Republican in West Virginia to hold a Congressional office for more than one term since her father (1957\u20131969). Before these two major victories for national and West Virginia Republicans, it was difficult to find a Republican who could mount a formidable campaign against Democrats running for public office in West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199236-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nPresident Bush won West Virginia again in the 2004 presidential election over John F. Kerry, the Democratic junior Senator from Massachusetts by a margin of 56-43. Both Representative Alan Mollohan (D-1st District) and Representative Nick Rahall (D-3rd District) had more formidable challenges from Republicans when compared to 2000 and 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199236-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nSince 2000, the Republicans have gained seven net seats in both the West Virginia Senate and the West Virginia House of Delegates. However, the Democrats hold 60% of the seats in the Senate and 68% of the seats in the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199236-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nAlong with continued majorities in the legislature, Democrats have also had some other victories. Even though both Bush and Capito won their respective offices in 2000, Senator Byrd sailed to an eighth term with 78% of the vote over Republican David Gallaher. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV easily won a fourth term to the Senate in 2002 by a margin of 63-37 over Republican former state senator Jay Wolfe. In 2000, 2002, and 2004, both Representative Mollohan and Representative Rahall were re-elected by much stronger margins than Capito. In 2004, Republican Monty Warner failed to defeat Democratic West Virginia Secretary of State Joe Manchin for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199236-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nAfter the Republicans failed to win the governor\u2019s race, West Virginia Republican Committee Chairman Kris Warner, the brother of Monty, was put under pressure to resign his post; he did so in May 2005 . Wheeling attorney Rob Capehart took his place. (Dr. Doug McKinney of Bridgeport now holds the post.) Another brother of Monty, Kasey, who was appointed by President Bush in 2001, was removed as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia on August 1, 2005. No explanation has been given for his departure and U.S. Attorney Lisa G. Johnston currently represents the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199237-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate election in Wyoming\nThe 2008 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mike Enzi won re-election to a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections\nThe 2008 United States Senate elections were held on November 4, 2008, with 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested. Thirty-three seats were up for regular elections; the winners were eligible to serve six-year terms from January 3, 2009 to January 3, 2015, as members of Class 2. There were also two special elections, the winners of those seats would finish the terms that ended January 3, 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections\nThe presidential election, which was won by Democrat Barack Obama, elections for all House of Representatives seats; elections for several gubernatorial elections; and many state and local elections occurred on the same date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections\nGoing into these elections, the Senate consisted of 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and two Independents who caucused with the Democrats, giving the Democratic caucus the slightest 51\u201349 majority. Of the seats up for election in 2008, 23 were held by Republicans and 12 by Democrats. The Republicans, who openly conceded early on that they wouldn't be able to regain the majority in this election, lost eight seats. Democratic candidates defeated Republican incumbents in Alaska; New Hampshire; North Carolina; Oregon; and, after a lengthy recount process, Minnesota. Additionally, they won Republican-held open seats in Colorado, New Mexico, and Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections\nThis election was the second cycle in a row in which no seats switched from Democratic to Republican, and the first since 1990 in which the Democrats retained all their seats. In addition, this was the largest Democratic Senate gain since 1986, where they also won eight seats. These elections marked the first time since 1964 in which a Democratic presidential candidate who won the White House had a Senate coattail effect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections\nDemocrats held at least 57 seats as a result of the election. When the new senators were first sworn in, the balance was 58\u201341 in favor of the Democrats, with the unresolved election in Minnesota causing that seat to remain vacant. The April 2009 party switch of Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter from Republican to Democrat and the July 2009 resolution of the Minnesota election in favor of Democrat Al Franken increased the Democratic majority to 60\u201340 (providing the Democrats, including the two Independent senators who caucus with them, a supermajority and thus able to hypothetically over-ride any filibusters). Republicans gained a seat in a January 2010 special election in Massachusetts, thereby making the balance 59\u201341 before the start of the next election cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections\nAs of the 2020 elections, this is the last time Democrats won U.S. Senate seats in Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Gains and losses\nDemocrats also picked up three Republican-held open seats: Colorado, New Mexico, and Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Results summary\nSummary of the November 4, 2008, United States Senate election results", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Race summary, Special elections during the 110th Congress\nIn these special elections, the winner was seated during 2008 or before January 3, 2009, sorted by election date, then state, then class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 94], "content_span": [95, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Race summary, Elections leading to the next Congress\nIn these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2009; ordered by state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 89], "content_span": [90, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Closest races\nIn nine races the margin of victory was under 10%. However, Georgia proceeded to a runoff election where the Republican candidate won by over 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Freshmen\nThere were 20 freshman Senators in the 111th United States Congress. Ten were elected on November 4, 2008. In addition, two freshmen were appointed to fill vacancies created by Barack Obama's and Joe Biden's resignations to become president and vice president. Two more freshmen were appointed to the Senate as a consequence of the appointment of Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State and Ken Salazar to be Secretary of the Interior. George LeMieux was appointed to replace Mel Martinez upon his resignation. A temporary interim senator, Paul G. Kirk, was appointed to the seat of Edward M. Kennedy upon his death. He was replaced by Scott Brown in the 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 762]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Hill committees' role\nEach major party has Hill committees that work to support its candidates for the House and Senate, chiefly by providing funds. On the Senate side, the committees are the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Hill committees' role\nIn this cycle the DSCC was more successful at fundraising. As of June 30, 2008, data from the Federal Election Commission showed the NRSC with $24.6 million on hand, as compared with the DSCC's $43 million. The NRSC chair, senator John Ensign, took the unusual step of chastising the Republican Senators who, like him, were not facing re-election, and who he thought should have done more to help raise money for their colleagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alabama\nAlabama senator Jeff Sessions sought re-election to a third term. Johnny Swanson announced his candidacy in March 2006 for the Democratic nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alabama\nDespite voting heavily for Bush in 2004, Alabama still had a strong Democratic presence; Democrats controlled majorities of both chambers in the state legislature. Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Ron Sparks appeared to be preparing for a run, but on June 12, 2007, Sparks announced that he would not seek the Senate seat, in order to avoid a primary battle with state senator Vivian Davis Figures. Figures has won elections in the Republican-leaning Mobile area. In the Democratic primary, Figures won the nomination and face Sessions in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alabama\nNot on the ballot, but running a write-in campaign, was Darryl W. Perry, the 2004 Libertarian Party nominee for Pennsylvania State Treasurer and 2007 candidate for Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Perry was endorsed by Alabama Statesmen, Boston Tea Party, and Christians for Life and Liberty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alabama\nSessions defeated Figures, taking 63% of the vote to Figures's 37%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alaska\nDispelling rumors that he would retire due to advanced age (he was 84 years old on election day) and ongoing federal investigations into his conduct, senator Ted Stevens filed papers for re-election for an eighth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alaska\nAn ex-oil company executive, Bill Allen, paid for part of the renovation costs on Stevens's personal residence. The FBI investigated the remodeling of Stevens home by Veco Corp., which is part of a broader corruption investigation involving Stevens's son, former State Senate President Ben Stevens. Two former Veco executives have plead guilty to paying the younger Stevens $242,000 in bribes. On July 30, 2007, the IRS and FBI raided Stevens's home in Alaska. On September 14, 2007, former Veco CEO Bill Allen testified at the trial of former State House Speaker Pete Kott that Veco paid people working to double the size of Stevens's home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alaska\nOn July 29, 2008, a federal grand jury indicted Stevens on seven felony counts for making false statements, and on October 26, a jury found Stevens guilty on all charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alaska\nThe Democratic candidate was Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, the son of popular former Democratic Representative Nick Begich. Begich announced his candidacy for the Senate seat on April 22, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alaska\nOn October 19, 2007, the AP reported that despite the allegations and FBI probe, several veteran GOP Senators\u2014including Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), and Kit Bond (R-MO)\u2014donated enough money to Stevens's re-election campaign to make it one of Stevens's most successful fund raising quarters ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alaska\nStevens's conviction on seven felony counts of corruption put his re-election bid in serious jeopardy, coming just over a week before the election, though Stevens appealed the conviction. Nevertheless, Stevens was narrowly ahead in the vote count after election day, with only about two-thirds of all votes counted. It only became clear Begich had prevailed when early votes, absentee ballots, and questioned ballots were counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alaska\nOn November 18, the race was called for Begich, who won with 47.8% to Stevens's 46.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Alaska\nOn April 1, 2009 U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, citing serious prosecutorial misconduct during the trial, decided to drop all charges against Stevens\u2014an action that vacated his conviction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Arkansas\nDespite being a first-term senator in a state George W. Bush won twice, Democrat Mark Pryor faced no opposition from Republicans in his re-election bid. Although Bush carried the state twice, Arkansas Democrats swept the seven state races held in the 2006 general election. Pryor is the son of longtime U.S. senator and former Arkansas Governor David Pryor. It was rumored that Lt. Governor Bill Halter would challenge Pryor in the primary, but Halter declined to file as a candidate. Rebekah Kennedy of the Green Party was Pryor's only opposition. Pryor won on election day, with 79.53% of the vote. Kennedy took 20.47%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Colorado\nOn January 15, 2007, incumbent senator Wayne Allard (R) announced he would not seek re-election, honoring his pledge to serve no more than two terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Colorado\nFormer Representative Bob Schaffer of Fort Collins was the Republican nominee. Former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway was rumored to be considering a run, but declined to do so. Other possible Republican candidates included former Congressman Scott McInnis and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Colorado\nThe Democratic nominee was 2nd district Congressman Mark Udall of Boulder who announced on January 15, 2007, that he would seek the seat and did not draw significant primary opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Colorado\nOther candidates included Bob Kinsey of Denver as the Green Party nominee, Douglas \"Dayhorse\" Campbell as the American Constitution Party's nominee, and Independent candidate Buddy Moore, unaffiliated any party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Delaware\nOn August 23, 2008, the Democratic nominee for President, Barack Obama, announced that Biden would be joining him on the ticket as the Vice Presidential nominee. Delaware law allowed Biden to run for Vice President and senator at the same time, so he would have kept the Senate seat if the presidential ticket had lost. In 2000, the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee Joe Lieberman ran similarly for his seat in Connecticut. On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential election, making Biden the next VP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Delaware\nBiden vacated his senate seat shortly after the election, allowing for the Governor of Delaware to appoint a successor. There was speculation as to whether the outgoing Governor, Ruth Ann Minner, or the incoming Governor-elect Jack Markell would make the appointment, and if Biden's son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden would receive the appointment. On November 24, 2008, Governor Minner appointed Biden's longtime Chief of Staff Ted Kaufman to fill the seat. Kaufman subsequently announced that he would not seek election to a full term in 2010, effectively making him a caretaker. Biden's Republican opponent in the Senate race, conservative political commentator Christine O'Donnell, tried to make an issue of Biden's dual campaigns, claiming that serving his constituents is not important to him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Delaware\nBiden was re-elected with 65% of the vote, or 257,484 votes. O'Donnell received 140,584 votes (35% of the vote).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Georgia\nIn the 2008 election, first-term incumbent Republican senator Saxby Chambliss was opposed primarily by Democrat Jim Martin, as well as third party candidates, including Libertarian Allen Buckley and Eleanor Garcia of the Socialist Workers Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Georgia\nMartin, current Georgia Commissioner of Human Resources, former member of the Georgia General Assembly, Vietnam War veteran, and 2006 candidate for lieutenant governor, secured the Democratic nomination after defeating DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones by a 59% to 41% margin in the August 5 run-off election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Georgia\nIn December 2007, Chambliss had an approval rating of 53% and a disapproval rating of 34% according to Strategic Vision, a Republican polling firm. For most of the campaign, Chambliss maintained a comfortable lead in most polls. However, in the weeks leading up to the 2008 general election, polls showed the race tightening, reflecting a general nationwide trend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Georgia\nOn November 4, 2008, Chambliss received 49.8% of the vote, with Martin about 3% behind and Buckley receiving 3% of the vote. However, Georgia law stated that if no candidate receives a simple majority of the popular vote, then the election will be decided in a run-off. On December 2, 2008, Chambliss won the run-off with 57% of vote to Martin's 43%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Idaho\nOn September 1, 2007, senator Larry Craig announced his intent to resign from the Senate effective September 30, 2007. The announcement followed by just six days the disclosure that he had pleaded guilty on August 1, 2007 to a reduced misdemeanor charge arising out of his arrest on June 11 at the Minneapolis airport for soliciting sex with a man in the restroom. Craig found almost no support among Republicans in his home state or Washington. On October 4, 2007, senator Craig announced he will not seek re-election, but would remain in office until the end of his term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Idaho\nLieutenant Governor Jim Risch was the Republican candidate; U.S. Army veteran and former congressman Larry LaRocco was the Democratic candidate. Risch and LaRocco ran against each other in the 2006 Lieutenant Governor race, which Risch won by a wide margin. Libertarian Kent Marmon also ran. The last Democratic senator from Idaho was Frank Church, who was defeated in the Republican landslide of 1980 after serving four terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Idaho\nRisch won the election with approximately 58% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Illinois\nSenate Majority Whip Richard Durbin remained favored in Illinois. He sought to be re-elected in a state that has steadily become more Democratic since 1992. CQpolitics.com rated the contest as \"safe Democrat.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Illinois\nPhysician Steve Sauerberg of La Grange won the February 5 Republican primary. Kathy Cummings, a retired special education teacher was nominated via convention by the Green Party. Chad Koppie, a retired airline pilot and vice-chairman of the Illinois Center Right Coalition, was the nominee of the Constitution Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Illinois\nDurbin won with 68% of the vote. Sauerberg had 29%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Iowa\nIn a state that has been trending to the Democratic party recently, senator Tom Harkin faced the Republican nominee, small business owner Christopher Reed, whom he defeated with 63% of the vote to Reed's 37%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Kansas\nSenator Pat Roberts sought re-election to a third term. Although Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932, former Democratic Congressman and army veteran Jim Slattery was nominated to run against Roberts. Pat Roberts currently has an approval rating of 56%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Kentucky\nDemocrats made Senate Minority Leader, four-term senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky a target due to his leadership of Senate Republicans and his ties to President Bush, as well as his mediocre approval rating in the state, which was below 50%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Kentucky\nBusinessman and U.S. Army veteran Bruce Lunsford, who lost the 2007 Democratic gubernatorial primary to Governor Steve Beshear, was the Democratic nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Kentucky\nOnce thought to be secure in his re-election, McConnell's lead had shrunk dramatically thanks to the financial crisis and polling showed the race tightening between him and Lunsford. Nevertheless, McConnell was re-elected by a margin of 53% to 47%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Louisiana\nIncumbent Mary Landrieu was elected in 1996 following a recount and was narrowly re-elected in 2002 in a runoff election. Since those elections, Democrats have had to endure the loss of some reliable voters because Hurricane Katrina dispersed many African-Americans from New Orleans, although the vast majority still live within Louisiana. The state has become more Republican over the past 12 years. Louisiana elected David Vitter in 2004, the state's first Republican senator since Reconstruction. And Louisianans elected Republican Bobby Jindal as the first Indian-American Governor in the country's history in 2007. Louisiana's electoral votes easily went to George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 742]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Louisiana\nOn August 27, 2007, state Treasurer John Neely Kennedy announced he was switching parties from Democrat to Republican. On November 29, after being personally recruited by Vitter and former Bush administration official Karl Rove, Kennedy announced plans to challenge Landrieu in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Louisiana\nIn the end, Landrieu was re-elected with 52% of the vote, Kennedy having 46%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Maine\nIn Maine, Susan Collins sought a third term in the Senate. She has maintained a high approval rating, and also in her favor is the landslide re-election of Maine's senior Senator, Olympia Snowe, who had the largest margin of victory of any GOP Senate candidate - besides the largely unopposed Richard Lugar (R-IN) - in the 2006 election cycle. Collins was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2002 over State Sen. Chellie Pingree. Fellow senator Joe Lieberman, citing his status as an independent, endorsed Collins in her 2008 re-election bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Maine\nOn May 8, 2007, Rep. Tom Allen (ME-1) announced his candidacy on . He had already expressed interest in running and had been building the apparatus necessary to wage a Senate campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Maine\nCollins won on election day with 61% of the vote, compared to 39% for Allen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Massachusetts\nIncumbent John Kerry sought another Senate term in Massachusetts. Republican author and conservative activist Jerome Corsi, known for his public criticism of Kerry, had stated that he would run for the seat in 2008 but later changed his mind. Jim Ogonowski, a retired Air Force pilot who was closely defeated by now-Representative Niki Tsongas in a 2007 special election, was running against Kerry. but failed to obtain the required candidacy signatures. The Republican challenger turned out to be Jeff Beatty, an ex-Army Delta Force officer who garnered 30% of the vote in a challenge to Democratic Congressman Bill Delahunt in 2006. Kerry was challenged by defense attorney Edward O'Reilly for the Democratic nomination, winning 69% of the vote to O'Reilly's 31%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Massachusetts\nKerry won with 66% of the vote to Beatty's 31%. Libertarian Robert J. Underwood had 3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Michigan\nWith the Democratic Party takeover of Capitol Hill in the 2006 midterm elections, senator Carl Levin has become one of the most powerful people in Washington as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He was expected to easily win re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Michigan\nChallenging Levin were Republican State Representative Jack Hoogendyk, Green candidate Harley G. Mikkelson,  candidate , Libertarian professor Scotty Boman, and Natural Law's candidate Doug Dern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Michigan\nLevin won re-election with 63% of the vote, to Hoogendyk's 34%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\n2007 year-end reports filed with the Federal Election Commission showed that Al Franken had raised $7.04 million through December 31, 2007 while Norm Coleman had raised $6.24 million. Year-end cash on hand was $6.04 million for Coleman and $3.10 million for Franken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nNote: The \u00b1% column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party from the previous election. Additionally, votes cast for Paul Wellstone in the 2002 election are not factored into the DFL's total from that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nThe 2008 U.S. Senate election in Minnesota featured first-term Republican incumbent senator Norm Coleman, Democrat Al Franken, a comedian and radio personality, and former U.S. senator Dean Barkley, a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nA December 2007 poll showed Coleman's approval rating among Minnesota voters at 53%. The seat was heavily targeted by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee because of Minnesota's Democratic leanings and recent Democratic gains in national and statewide elections. These factors, coupled with a national political climate favorable to Democrats, made the Minnesota Senate race one of the most competitive and closely watched of the cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nFranken announced his candidacy on February 14, 2007, more than 20 months before the election. Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, a professor at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minnesota), joined the race in October 2007. Attorney Mike Ciresi, an unsuccessful candidate in the 2000 Democratic U.S. Senate primary, was considered a serious candidate, but withdrew from the race on March 10, 2008, clearing the path for Franken to secure the party's nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nBarkley, who had briefly been appointed Senator after the death of Paul Wellstone in 2002, ran under the banner of the Independence Party, the largest third party in Minnesota. He was included in most of the debates and ultimately received 15% of the vote in the general election, a strong showing for a third party candidate. It is not clear whether Barkley detracted more votes from Coleman or Franken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nPolls over the course of the campaign indicated that the race was very competitive, with many polls showing Franken and Coleman virtually tied or within the margin of error, as well as several polls showing each candidate with a significant lead at one point or another. The presence of a serious third party candidate further complicated matters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nOn November 4, 2008, Coleman received 1,211,590 votes to Franken's 1,211,375 votes, a margin of 215 votes, far less than 0.1%, thereby triggering an automatic recount. Barkley received 437,404 votes, about 15% of total votes cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nOn January 3, 2009, with the recount apparently completed, Franken had an unofficial lead of 225 votes, but former senator Coleman's attorneys contested the official results in the courts. During the recount process, Minnesota was represented by only one senator, Amy Klobuchar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nOn April 13, 2009, a three-judge panel ruled that Al Franken received the most votes in Minnesota's 2008 Senate race and ruled against Coleman's claims on all counts. Coleman appealed this decision. On June 30, 2009, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Al Franken received the most votes, and Norm Coleman conceded defeat after the ruling, allowing Al Franken to be Senator-elect of Minnesota. Franken was sworn in as Minnesota's junior senator on July 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Mississippi, Mississippi (regular)\nIncumbent Republican Thad Cochran announced that he would seek re-election for a sixth term. Cochran, who has not faced serious opposition since he was re-elected in 1984, faced Democratic state Representative Erik R. Fleming, whom he defeated with 61% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Mississippi, Mississippi (special)\nRoger Wicker, formerly the representative of Mississippi's 1st congressional district, was appointed by Governor Haley Barbour on December 31, 2007, to fill the vacancy caused by the December 18 resignation of Trent Lott. It had been speculated that Lott wished to resign before a new lobbying reform law, effective the first day of 2008, took effect; having resigned before the end of 2007, Lott may become a lobbyist in 2009 instead of 2010. Controversy arose when Barbour called for the special election to be held on the same day as the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0069-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Mississippi, Mississippi (special)\nAs a result, Mississippi's Attorney General Jim Hood challenged Barbour in court, claiming that the special election needed to be held within 100 days of Lott's resignation, as per state law. Initially, a Mississippi Circuit Court judge sided with Hood, ruling that the election take place on or before March 19, 2008. However, Barbour filed an appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court, which overturned the earlier ruling and set the special election for November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Mississippi, Mississippi (special)\nDemocratic former Governor Ronnie Musgrove challenged Wicker. Another Democrat, former Congressman Ronnie Shows, also filed to run, but he withdrew in February 2008 and endorsed Musgrove. Wicker beat Musgrove 55% to 45%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Montana\nSenator Max Baucus was a popular Democrat in Montana, representing a state that has long been fairly Republican but also receptive to Democrats in state and local elections. President Bush won Montana by more than 20 points in both 2000 and 2004, but Montana also had a popular Democratic governor, Brian Schweitzer, and a newly elected Democratic junior senator, Jon Tester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0071-0001", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Montana\nBaucus was not expected to face a significant challenge from the 85-year-old Republican nominee, Bob Kelleher, who surprised observers by winning the June 3 Republican primary despite supporting a number of positions that put him to the political left of Baucus, such as nationalization of the American oil and gas industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Montana\nBaucus easily won re-election, taking 73% of the vote, with Kelleher taking 27%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Nebraska\nIn Nebraska, incumbent Republican Chuck Hagel chose to retire rather than run for a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Nebraska\nFormer Governor Mike Johanns, who recently resigned as Agriculture Secretary, was the Republican nominee, having defeated opponent Pat Flynn 87-13 in the primary. Scott Kleeb, 2006 candidate for Nebraska's 3rd congressional district, defeated businessman Tony Raimondo, a former Republican, by a wide margin in the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Nebraska\nNebraska state Green Party Co-Chairman Steve Larrick was also a candidate, as was Kelly Rosberg of the Nebraska Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Nebraska\nJohanns won, taking 58% of the vote, with Kleeb taking 40%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, New Hampshire\nIncumbent Republican John E. Sununu represented the swing state of New Hampshire. The state traditionally leaned Republican, but John Kerry from neighboring Massachusetts narrowly won the state in the 2004 Presidential election. New Hampshire also saw major Democratic gains in the 2006 elections, when Democrats took both of the previously Republican-held House seats, the gubernatorial race with a record vote share of 74%, and majorities in the State House and Senate, giving them concurrent control of both bodies for the first time since 1874. However, New Hampshire had not elected a Democratic United States senator since 1975.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, New Hampshire\nSununu's 2002 opponent, former Governor Jeanne Shaheen, decided to run and was generally considered to be a very formidable challenger. Three consecutive monthly Rasmussen Reports poll showed Shaheen defeating Sununu by 49% to 41%. Prior to Shaheen's entry, Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand, Katrina Swett, wife of former Democratic congressman Richard Swett, and former astronaut Jay Buckey had announced that they were running for the Democratic nomination. After Shaheen's entry, however, all three withdrew and endorsed the former governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nIncumbent Democrat Frank Lautenberg sought re-election in 2008, though he was 84. In the Primary, Lautenberg soundly defeated Representative Rob Andrews (NJ-1) by a margin of 62% to 32%. In November 2006, the senator had the lowest approval rating of any Democrat running for re-election in 2008 (with 39% approving and 45% disapproving), with his approval standing only at 42% as of September 2007 with voters saying he does not deserve re-election 46%-36%. The Republican nominee was former Congressman and 1996 senatorial candidate Dick Zimmer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nSara Lobman of the Socialist Workers Party and Independent Anthony Fisher were also declared candidates. Furthermore, in the wake of the financial crisis, Carl Peter Klapper entered the race as a write-in candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, New Mexico\nWhile senator Pete Domenici had declared that he would seek re-election in New Mexico, he changed his mind and announced on October 4, 2007 that he was retiring at the end of his current term due to a degenerative brain disorder. Domenici normally would have been expected to win re-election easily, having won his current term with the support of two out of three New Mexico voters; however, he is to be investigated by the Senate Ethics Committee for his role in firing U.S. Attorney David Iglesias. Domenici's role in the developing scandal had reduced the probability he would have been re-elected, and a SurveyUSA poll showed his approval ratings at 41%, with 54% disapproving. The potential scandal may have also contributed to his decision to leave the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, New Mexico\nTom Udall, the popular Representative from New Mexico's 3rd District, was the Democratic nominee. The Republican nominee was Rep. Steve Pearce, who represented the more conservative southern part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, New Mexico\nWhen asked whether the Republicans were abandoning their hopes of holding onto Domenici's seat, senator John Ensign, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, responded that \"You don\u2019t waste money on races that don\u2019t need it or you can\u2019t win.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, New Mexico\nUdall won the election with 61% of the vote, with Pearce taking 39%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, North Carolina\nIn North Carolina, there had been rumors that senator Elizabeth Dole would retire from the Senate and run for governor, but she said in 2006 that she intended to run for re-election. There was early speculation that North Carolina Governor Mike Easley might be pressured into running against her but this did not come to pass. The Democratic nominee was state senator Kay Hagan, who defeated Jim Neal and Dustin Lassiter in the Democratic primary. A Rasmussen poll released May 11, 2008 showed Hagan leading Dole by a statistically insignificant margin, 48% - 47%, suggesting a competitive race. Hagan's poll numbers continued to best Dole's, however, and Hagan defeated Dole by a wider than expected margin of 53% to 44%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Oklahoma\nIn Oklahoma, senator Jim Inhofe announced that he would seek a third full term. A September 2007 poll put Inhofe's approval rating at 47%, with 41% disapproving of his performance. Inhofe's opponent was State senator Andrew Rice. Inhofe was re-elected, 57% to 39%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Oregon\nSenator Gordon Smith of Oregon ran for a third term. He defeated ophthalmologist Gordon Leitch in the May 20 Republican primary. Smith faced Democratic Oregon House of Representatives Speaker Jeff Merkley in the November general election. Merkley beat longtime Democratic activist Steve Novick and three other candidates in a hotly contested primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Oregon\nIn a July 16, 2008 poll, Merkley overtook Smith for the first time 43% to 41%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Oregon\nOn November 6, 2008, Jeff Merkley was projected the winner of the contest, with 48.9% to Smith's 45.6%. Gordon Smith formally conceded soon afterward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Rhode Island\nIn Rhode Island, Democratic senator Jack Reed had an approval rating of 66% in November 2006. National Journal has declared that \"Reed is probably the safest incumbent of the 2008 cycle\". Reed's opponent was Robert Tingle, a pit manager at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, whom Reed defeated in his re-election campaign in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, South Carolina\nSenator Lindsey Graham, as a popular Republican incumbent in strongly conservative South Carolina, had been considered unlikely to be vulnerable to a Democratic challenge. Graham's support for a compromise immigration bill, however, drew an angry response from many South Carolina conservatives, who recruited Buddy Witherspoon, a former South Carolina Republican Party leader, to challenge Graham for the nomination. Graham easily bested Witherspoon in the June 10 primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, South Carolina\nFirst-time candidate Bob Conley, an airline pilot, was the Democratic nominee. Conley, whose victory in the Democratic primary over Michael Cone was a surprise, is a former Republican who supported Ron Paul in 2008 and campaigned as the more conservative candidate on some issues, notably illegal immigration and the bailout of Wall Street.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, South Carolina\nThe South Carolina Working Families Party had also nominated Michael Cone. South Carolina's election law allows for electoral fusion. This was the first time the party nominated a candidate for statewide office. However, because he lost the Democratic primary, Cone was not listed on the ballot under the state's sore loser law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, South Carolina\nGraham easily won re-election with 58% of the vote to Conley's 42%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, South Dakota\nIn South Dakota, senator Tim Johnson's seat was considered a top GOP target in 2008, considering Johnson's narrow 524-vote victory in 2002 over then-Representative and current U.S. senator John Thune, as well as his recent health problems. Johnson underwent surgery in December 2006 for a cerebral arteriovenous malformation and was discharged from the hospital on April 30, 2007. On October 19, 2007, Johnson formally announced that he is seeking re-election. According to a November 2006 SurveyUSA poll, Johnson has an approval rating of 70%, with just 26% disapproving of his performance, making him an early favorite despite the state's Republican leaning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, South Dakota\nRepublicans were unsuccessful in persuading Governor Mike Rounds and former Lieutenant Governor Steve Kirby to run. State Representative Joel Dykstra announced his candidacy on July 5, 2007. Other Republicans included Charles Lyonel Gonyo and Sam Kephart. Dykstra won the Republican primary on June 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, South Dakota\nJohnson was re-elected, with 62.5% to Dykstra's 37.5%. This seat was the tipping point state in the 2008 senate elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nFormer Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander was elected in 2002 to succeed retiring senator Fred Thompson. He has announced he will seek a second term in 2008. He was unopposed in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nFormer Chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party Bob Tuke was the Democratic nominee, defeating Businessman Gary Davis 30% to 23%. Knox County Clerk Mike Padgett received 20% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\n2006 Green Party Senate nominee Chris Lugo originally announced as a Democrat but dropped out of the Democratic race before the filing deadline. He filed as an independent and was subsequently named as the Green Party nominee Edward Buck was also in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nDaniel Lewis is running as a Libertarian candidate for the United States Senate. He was certified March 3, 2008 by the Tennessee Division of Elections as having achieved ballot access for the November 4, 2008 election as a candidate for United States Senate. The Libertarian Party of Tennessee officially selected Daniel Lewis as their candidate for United States Senate on Saturday March 8, 2008 the at their annual convention held in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Lewis is currently serving as the chairman of the Libertarian Party of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. He ran for the Tennessee House in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nAlso reported to be in the race are David \"None of the Above\" Gatchell a ballot activist & frequent candidate and Emory \"Bo\" Heyward, a software company employee, conservative activist & 2006 candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Texas\nTexas has not elected a Democrat in a statewide election since 1994, but according to pre-election Rasmussen polling, senator John Cornyn had an approval rating of 50%. Texas House of Representatives member and Afghanistan War veteran Rick Noriega secured his place as Cornyn's Democratic challenger in the March 4 primary, beating out opponents Gene Kelly, Ray McMurrey, and Rhett Smith. The same Rasmussen poll showed Cornyn leading Noriega by a narrow four percentage points - 47% to 43%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Texas\nChristian activist Larry Kilgore of Mansfield, Texas, was a Republican challenger for the March 2008 primary election, but Cornyn easily won the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0105-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Texas\nThere were three Libertarians, including 2006 LP senate nominee Scott Jameson, running for their party's nomination. In addition, the Green Party of Texas sought ballot access for its candidate David B. Collins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0106-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nJohn Warner announced on August 31, 2007 that he would not seek re-election for another term. Former Governor Jim Gilmore, who dropped out of the 2008 presidential election, was the Republican nominee for the seat. Popular Democratic former Governor Mark Warner (no relation) was the Democratic nominee for the race. Polling showed him as a strong favorite to win the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0107-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nWhen asked whether the Republicans were abandoning their hopes of holding onto Warner's seat, senator John Ensign, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, responded that \"You don\u2019t waste money on races that don\u2019t need it or you can\u2019t win.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0108-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nIn one of the first senate races called on election day, Warner won, taking 65% of the vote, with Gilmore winning 34%. Since Democrat Jim Webb had defeated incumbent Republican George Allen for Virginia's other Senate seat in 2006, Virginia's senate delegation flipped from entirely Republican to entirely Democratic in just two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0109-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nSenator Jay Rockefeller, great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, sought a fifth term representing West Virginia. Even though West Virginia is a historically Democratic state, in which the party had a 50-32% edge in party affiliation over the Republicans in the 2004 elections, the state party is more conservative than the national party, giving its votes to President George W. Bush in that election and in 2000. Democrats Sheirl Fletcher and Billy Hendricks challenged Rockefeller in the primary but were defeated. The Republican nominee was Jay Wolfe of Salem, a former State Senator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0110-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nRockefeller handily won on election day, being re-elected with 64% of the vote. Wolfe had 36%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0111-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Wyoming, Wyoming (regular)\nIncumbent Republican Mike Enzi was considered likely to be re-elected without significant opposition for a third term in strongly Republican Wyoming. His Democratic opponent was Chris Rothfuss, a professor at the University of Wyoming and a chemical engineer, nanotechnologist, and diplomat. Pre -election polling indicated that Enzi led Rothfuss by 24%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0112-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Wyoming, Wyoming (special)\nRepublican John Barrasso was appointed by Governor Dave Freudenthal (D) on June 22, 2007 to fill the senate seat of Republican Craig L. Thomas, who died on June 4. Wyoming law requires that the interim senator be affiliated with the same political party as the departed senator. Barrasso ran in the November 4, 2008 special election, held on the day of the 2008 presidential election, to serve out the remainder of Thomas's term, which expires in January 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0113-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Wyoming, Wyoming (special)\nOn the Democratic side, Casper City Councilman Keith Goodenough announced his candidacy. In the primary on August 19, Goodenough was defeated by a political newcomer, Gillette defense attorney Nick Carter, who became Barrasso's opponent in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199238-0114-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate elections, Wyoming, Wyoming (special)\nBarrasso won on Election Day, taking 73% of the vote and winning every county in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199239-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi\nThe 2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi was held on November 4, 2008. This election was held on the same day of Thad Cochran's re-election bid in the 2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi. The winner of this special election served the rest of the Senate term, which ended in January 2013. Unlike most Senate elections, this was a non-partisan election in which the candidate who got a majority of the vote won, and if the first-place candidate did not get 50%, a runoff election with the top two candidates would have been held. In the election, no run-off was necessary as Republican nominee and incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker won election to finish the term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199239-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi, Background\nOn December 18, 2007, U.S. Senator Trent Lott resigned in his fourth-term to pursue \"something else\" in the private sector. He ended up starting his own lobbying firm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199239-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi, Background\nOn December 31, 2007, Mississippi governor Haley Barbour appointed U.S. Representative Roger Wicker to the vacant seat. Wicker then began his Senate campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199239-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi, Background\nFormer Governor Ronnie Musgrove, former U.S. Representative and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy, former Jackson mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr., former Governor Ray Mabus, and former Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore were all considered potential Democratic candidates,. Of the five, only Musgrove decided to run. Another Democrat, former congressman Ronnie Shows also decided to run, but withdrew on February 19, 2008  after determining that he could not raise enough funds to effectively campaign against Wicker and Musgrove. Shows gave his endorsement to Musgrove. There was a dispute about the date on which the special election should occur and whether the governor appointed the interim senator in keeping with state law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199239-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi, Background\nMississippi law states that Gov. Barbour had 10 days after receiving official notification of the vacancy to appoint an interim senator pending a special election. Barbour appointed Wicker on December 31, 2007, 13 days after Lott's resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199239-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi, Background\nThe state Democratic party objected to the timing of the special election. Barbour set the special election for November 4, 2008. Democrats claimed that he had 10 days to set a special election within 90 days (no later than March 29, 2008 ), and the issue went to court for resolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199239-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi, Background\nMississippi Attorney General, Democrat Jim Hood, issued a non-binding opinion that the election must be held within 100 days of Lott's resignation. Hood said that Barbour would be breaking the law if he holds the special election in November 2008. Hood sued Barbour in court over the issue. Hood wanted the date of the special election to be March 11, the same day as Mississippi's presidential primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199239-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi, Background\nThe state\u2019s chief elections officer, the then-Mississippi Secretary of State, Democrat Eric Clark, backed the governor's position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199239-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi, Background\nGovernor Barbour claimed that the definition of \"year\" in the law in question is 365 days. Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Bobby DeLaughter ruled that the election must take place no later than March 19. On February 6, 2008, after Barbour appealed,the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed Judge Delaughter and ruled that the non-partisan special election may be held on November 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199239-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi, Candidates\nNote: Mississippi special elections are nonpartisan. Party labels are for informational purposes only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199240-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Wyoming\nThe 2008 United States Senate special election in Wyoming took place on November 4, 2008, at the same time as the regular election to the United States Senate in Wyoming. The special election occurred to complete the term of Republican incumbent Craig L. Thomas, who won reelection in 2006, but died in June 2007. Despite being a Democrat, Governor Dave Freudenthal was obliged by state law to appoint a Republican, and selected state senator John Barrasso. Barrasso was unopposed in the Republican primary, and went on to win the general election to fill the remainder of the term until January 3, 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199240-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Senate special election in Wyoming, Background\nWyoming law dictates that when a U.S. Senate seat becomes vacant, the departing senator's state party at the time of the most recent election must create a list of three finalists, with the governor to select one of those candidates to fill the seat. Speculation about potential Republican challengers had included the other finalists to succeed Thomas, Cynthia Lummis and Tom Sansonetti; as well as former state House Speaker Randall Luthi, and former U.S. Attorney Matt Mead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199241-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia\nThe 2008 Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia took place on November 4, 2008, to elect a shadow member to the United States House of Representatives to represent the District of Columbia. Unlike non-voting delegates, the Shadow Representative is only recognized by the District of Columbia and is not officially sworn or seated. Incumbent Shadow Representative Mike Panetta won election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [77, 77], "content_span": [78, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199241-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia, Primary elections, Other primaries\nA Republican primary was held but no candidates filed and only 248 write-in votes were cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [79, 113], "content_span": [114, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199242-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Virgin Islands general election\nLegislative elections were held in United States Virgin Islands on 4 November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199242-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Virgin Islands general election, United States House of Representatives\nIncumbent U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate Donna Christian-Christensen announced that she intended to seek a fourth term in the United States House of Representatives. Her announcement of her decision to seek re-election came in a press conference held at her congressional district office in Sunny Isle, United States Virgin Islands, on January 10, 2008. Christensen ran unopposed in the 2008 Congressional election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 90], "content_span": [91, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199243-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Women's Curling Championship\nThe 2008 United States Women's Curling Championship was held from February 16 to 23 at the Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota. It was held in conjunction with the 2008 United States Men's Curling Championship. Team McCormick, led by Debbie McCormick, won the tournament for the third year in a row, a record for the US Nationals. With the win Team McCormick earned the opportunity to represent the United States at the 2009 World Women's Championship held in Gangneung, South Korea, where they finished 9th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199243-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSeven teams competed in the 2008 Championship. It would have been eight teams but Alex Carlson's team chose to withdraw to focus on the 2008 US Junior Championships, which were held just before the Women's Championship, February 2 to 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199243-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States Women's Curling Championship, Round robin results\nAll draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC\u22126).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 68], "content_span": [69, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199244-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack\nIn the morning hours on July 9, 2008, an attack on the  Consulate General of the United States, Istanbul resulted in the deaths of the three gunmen and three Turkish National Police officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199244-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack\nThe attack occurred at a time when the facility was at full function. It is the responsibility of the host state to take care of security as per Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199244-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack, The attack\nAll three of the attackers were Turkish nationals, and ethnic Kurds. Armed with pistols and shotguns, the attackers arrived in a car and then got out. One of them quickly opened fire near the main entrance to the compound. Footage from a security camera at the site showed, as the shootout was unfolding, three armed and bearded men emerging from a Ford Focus being used as an unlicensed taxicab, killing a traffic policeman, then running toward a guard post some 50 yards away as other policemen fired back. The vehicle left the scene, but its driver later turned himself into the authorities; he had no prior connection to the attackers. There were no casualties in the attack apart from the three attackers and three police officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199244-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack, The attack\nTwo of the slain police officers were identified as Erdal Oztas, 28, from the village of Karahacik located in \u00c7orum Province, and Nedim Calik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199244-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack, The attack\nThe NTV television network and Do\u011fan News Agency identified the attackers as Erkan Karg\u0131n, 26, and Raif Top\u00e7\u0131l, 20, both from the southeastern city of Bitlis and B\u00fclent \u00c7\u0131nar, 23, from the eastern city of I\u011fd\u0131r. Police did not confirm their identities, but Interior Minister Besir Atalay said two of the assailants had criminal records. It was suggested that a shotgun used by Erkan Karg\u0131n and two Glock automatic pistols were purchased with a 4,000 YTL loan, withdrawn from the Istanbul branch of a bank, by Kadir \u00d6zmen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199244-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack, The attack\n\u00d6zmen had originally planned to attend the attack, but this plan was abandoned. A 24-page indictment, prepared by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office Deputy Fikret Se\u00e7en, charged \u00d6zmen with membership of an armed terrorist organization, possession of explosives and membership in the alleged Ergenekon organization, which meant being charged with attempting to overthrow the government of the Republic of Turkey. A decision to arrest him was made, however as his ID number could not be determined, the prosecutor's office closed the investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199244-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack, The attack\nIn response to the attack, the US temporarily increased security at all of its Turkish diplomatic missions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199244-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack, The attack\nThe unsuccessful attack showed that the (new) consulate grounds were safe for the American diplomatic staff. The project management for the land acquisition and the construction of the consulate building was headed by Gary S. Lachman while he was working as the New Embassy and Consulate Team Leader at the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations at the U.S. Department of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199244-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack, Allegations of al-Qaeda involvement\nTurkish officials initially blamed al-Qaeda, and the US did not rule out al-Qaeda support. However, the attackers had no direct connection to any transnational or indigenous terrorist group, other than possible training ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199244-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack, Allegations of al-Qaeda involvement\nOn July 13, 2008, one suspect was arrested and charged with membership in a terror organization in connection to the attack on the consulate. Another two individuals were also charged and released pending trials. In all, twelve individuals have been detained for questioning related to the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199244-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack, Allegations of al-Qaeda involvement\nIn December 2008, two suspected al-Qaeda members were charged over the consulate attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections\nThe 2008 United States elections were held on November 4. Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the presidential election, and Democrats bolstered their majority in both Houses of Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections\nObama won his party's presidential nomination after defeating Senator Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primaries. With Republican President George W. Bush term-limited, Senator John McCain of Arizona won the Republican nomination in the 2008 Republican primaries. Obama won the general election with 52.9 percent of the popular vote and 365 of the 538 electoral votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections\nDemocrats picked up net gains of eight Senate seats and 21 seats in the House of Representatives on the back of Obama's coattail effect. They also won a net gain of one gubernatorial seat. The 2006 elections and 2008 elections represented the first time since the 1930s that one party made substantial gains in Congress in two consecutive elections. This would be the last election until 2020 in which the Democrats won the Presidency and unified control of Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections\nBefore 2020, this is the last presidential election year where the party that won the White House had coattails in the Senate, House of Representatives and Governorships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections\nThe major theme during the campaign was the American public's general desire of change and reform from both Washington and the policies of President Bush. The economy and other domestic policies were also dominant issues, especially during the last months of the campaign after the onset of the 2008 economic crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, Federal races, President\nSenator Barack Obama of Illinois was the Democratic nominee, and Senator John McCain of Arizona was the Republican nominee. Incumbent President George W. Bush was ineligible for re-election per the 22nd Amendment, which limits a president to two terms, and incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney declined to run for the office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, Federal races, President\nThe 2008 presidential election was the first since 1952 in which neither an incumbent president nor an incumbent vice president was a candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, Federal races, President\nSenator Obama won the number of electors necessary to be elected president and was inaugurated on January 20, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, Federal races, United States Senate\nThe 33 seats in the United States Senate Class 2 were up for election, plus special Senate elections in Mississippi and Wyoming. The resignation of Mississippi Senator Trent Lott, and the death of Wyoming Senator Craig L. Thomas, both Class 1 senators, meant that both of those states' senate seats were up for election. The Democrats won 8 seats while the Republicans did not gain a seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, Federal races, United States House of Representatives\nAll seats in the House were up for election, including seats of the 435 voting representatives from the states and the 6 non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. This marked the first time that the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands selected a delegate to Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, Federal races, United States House of Representatives\nDemocrats won the nationwide popular vote for the House of Representatives by 7.2 percentage points, gaining 21 seats. They increased their total number of seats to 257, the largest number of seats held by either party in the House since Democrats lost control of Congress in the 1994 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, State races, Governors\nEleven of the fifty United States governors were up for re-election, as were the governorships of two U.S. territories. Eight incumbent state governors were running for re-election, while the retirements of Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware, Matt Blunt of Missouri, and Mike Easley of North Carolina left those gubernatorial positions open. The incumbent governors of Puerto Rico, An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1, and American Samoa, Togiola Tulafono, were also up for re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, State races, Governors\nThe only governorship that changed party hands was in Missouri: Democrat Jay Nixon was elected to replace Blunt, who chose to retire instead of seeking a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, State races, State legislatures\nThe New Hampshire Senate saw the election of the first ever female majority. This is first time this has occurred in any chamber of any state legislature in United States history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, State races, State legislatures\nThe New York State Assembly, New York State Senate, and Governor's mansion were controlled by the Democrats for the first time since the Great Depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, State races, State legislatures\nOverall, the Democrats took control of six legislative bodies to the Republicans' four. Democrats took control of the Delaware House of Representatives, for the first time since 1985, the Montana House of Representatives, the Nevada Senate, the New York State Senate, for only the second time since WWII, the Ohio House of Representatives, and the Wisconsin State Assembly. Republicans took control of the Montana Senate; both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly, for the first time since reconstruction; and the Oklahoma Senate, for the first time in state history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, State races, State legislatures\nAfter the election, Democrats controlled both houses in the state legislatures of 27 states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, State races, State legislatures\nRepublicans controlled both houses in the state legislatures of 14 states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199245-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States elections, State races, State legislatures\nEight states had divided legislatures: Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199246-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States federal budget\nThe 2008 United States Federal Budget began as a proposal by President George W. Bush to fund government operations for October 1, 2007 \u2013 September 30, 2008. The requested budget was submitted to the 110th Congress on February 5, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199246-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States federal budget\nThe government was initially funded through a series of four temporary continuing resolutions. Final funding for the Department of Defense was enacted on November 13, 2007 as part of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008, while the remaining departments and agencies were funded as part of an omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, on December 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199246-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States federal budget, Total spending\nThe President's budget for 2008 totals $2.9 trillion. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to 2007. This budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199246-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States federal budget, Total spending\nThe Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan are not included in the regular budget. Instead they are funded through special appropriations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199246-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States federal budget, Deficit\nWith projected receipts significantly less than projected outlays, the budget proposed by President Bush predicts a net deficit of approximately 240 billion dollars. The actual deficit was 454.8 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections\nThe 2008 United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 4, 2008, in 11 states and two territories. Prior to the election, eight of the total seats were held by Democrats and five by Republicans. Two governors were prohibited by term limits from seeking re-election in 2008. The only governorship to change party was the open seat in Missouri, which was won by a Democrat after being previously held by a Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections\nThese elections coincided with the presidential election, as well as the elections of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives and many local elections, state elections and ballot propositions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Democratic governors, Ruth Ann Minner (Delaware)\nRuth Ann Minner was term-limited in 2008. As of 2008, Democrats had controlled the Delaware governorship for 16 years. In an upset, state Treasurer Jack Markell defeated Lieutenant Governor John Carney by 51 to 49% for the Democratic nomination on September 9. The Republican nominee was former state Superior Court Judge William Swain \"Bill\" Lee, defeating airline pilot Michael Protrack. Lee was the Republican nominee for governor in 2004, and lost to Minner by a narrow margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 120], "content_span": [121, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Democratic governors, Ruth Ann Minner (Delaware)\nThe race got more attention due to the Vice Presidential candidacy of U.S. Senator Joe Biden. Since Biden, a senator, was elected to be Vice President, he needed to resign his Senate seat. The new governor was then called upon to appoint someone to replace Biden in the Senate. Since Lee would naturally have been more inclined to select a Republican, his election could have caused a Republican pickup in the Senate by proxy. However, he was defeated by a wide margin on election day by Markell. Senator Biden resigned his seat in the United States Senate on January 15, 2009, and Governor Minner appointed Ted Kaufman to Biden's seat. Kaufman had previously served as Senator Biden's Chief of Staff during his tenure in the United States Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 120], "content_span": [121, 868]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Democratic governors, Mike Easley (North Carolina)\nMike Easley was term-limited in 2008, in another state whose governorship has been held by Democrats for 16 years. Democratic Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue was the Democratic nominee, defeating Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, the Republican nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 122], "content_span": [123, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Matt Blunt (Missouri)\nMatt Blunt was considered to be the most vulnerable incumbent in the 2008 election cycle, but decided on January 22, 2008 not to seek re-election. Blunt's approval rating was the nation's second-lowest after Governor Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky for much of 2007, though his approval rating improved and approached 50% in a May poll conducted by SurveyUSA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 115], "content_span": [116, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Matt Blunt (Missouri)\nThe Republican nominee was Congressman Kenny Hulshof. The Democratic nominee was four-term Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon, who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1998. Nixon defeated Hulshof comfortably, despite the fact that Missouri ultimately voted for John McCain, a Republican, for president. Missouri was the only state not to re-elect the incumbent party for governor in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 115], "content_span": [116, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Democratic incumbents, Togiola Tulafono (American Samoa)\nAmerican Samoa's Togiola Tulafono sought re-election in 2008 with Lieutenant Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia. He won his first term 55.7% to 44.3% in the 2004 run-off against Afoa Moega Lutu. Tulafono was again challenged by Afoa Moega Lutu and Velega Savali, who ran as a nonpartisan team for governor and lieutenant governor respectively. Utu Abe Malae and Tuika Tuika also ran to become the next Governor on separate, nonpartisan tickets. Tulafono won in a close vote that split three ways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 120], "content_span": [121, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Democratic incumbents, Brian Schweitzer (Montana)\nDemocrat Brian Schweitzer of Montana (running with Lt. Governor John Bohlinger) was heavily favored to win re-election as he had better funding and high approval ratings as current Governor. The Republican nominee was State Senator Roy Brown (running with Steve Daines), and the Libertarian nominee was Stan Jones (running with Michael Baker). Schweitzer won some press coverage with his well-received speech to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. He was criticized, however, for a speech in July in which he jested that he helped defeat U.S. Senator Conrad Burns in 2006 by tampering with the vote totals, which he insisted was purely a joke. Schweitzer won re-election by a comfortable margin despite the criticism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 113], "content_span": [114, 836]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Democratic incumbents, John Lynch (New Hampshire governor)\nIn New Hampshire, Democrat John Lynch easily won re-election against State Senator Joseph D. Kenney, the Republican nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 122], "content_span": [123, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Democratic incumbents, John Lynch (New Hampshire governor)\nNOTE: New Hampshire's gubernatorial elections are held every in alternate (even-numbered) years, instead of every fourth year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 122], "content_span": [123, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Democratic incumbents, An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1 (Puerto Rico)\nAn\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1 of Puerto Rico ran for a second term in 2008. In 2004, Acevedo narrowly beat former Governor and Senator Pedro Rossell\u00f3, also a Democrat, by a mere 3,566 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 120], "content_span": [121, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Democratic incumbents, An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1 (Puerto Rico)\nRepublican at-large Resident Commissioner Luis Fortu\u00f1o, who announced in December 2006 that he would not again seek re-election to his current post, ran against him. There was also a movement to elect Senator Rossell\u00f3 as a write-in choice for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 120], "content_span": [121, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Democratic incumbents, An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1 (Puerto Rico)\nThe Puerto Rican Independence Party's candidate was Edwin Irizarry Mora, while a fourth candidate, Rogelio Figueroa (Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party), ran on an environmentalist platform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 120], "content_span": [121, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Democratic incumbents, An\u00edbal Acevedo Vil\u00e1 (Puerto Rico)\nAcevedo was defeated by Fortu\u00f1o on election day. The federal indictment against Acevedo for alleged corruption schemes when he was in Congress, and generally low approval, may have been a drag on his candidacy and chances of winning re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 120], "content_span": [121, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Democratic incumbents, Christine Gregoire (Washington)\nDemocrat Christine Gregoire is perhaps best known for having won in 2004 by 133 votes in the third official count, after having lost the initial count by 261 votes and the first recount by 24 votes. Her 2004 opponent, Republican former State Senator Dino Rossi, officially announced his candidacy on October 25, 2007. Pre -election SurveyUSA polls showed Gregoire leading Rossi by a statistically insignificant 50% to 47% margin. A September 10 poll by Rasmussen Reports showed Rossi pulling ahead by a 52% to 46% margin. The race was expected to be extremely close, but Gregoire was reelected by a wider than expected margin of 6.48%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 118], "content_span": [119, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Democratic incumbents, Joe Manchin (West Virginia)\nDemocrat Joe Manchin ran for re-election in West Virginia and was heavily favored according to pre-election polls. On November 4, he faced former State Senator Russ Weeks, a Republican, and Mountain Party candidate Jesse Johnson, who ran in 2004. Butch Paugh of the Constitution Party also attempted a run but failed to qualify for the ballot. Manchin won re-election by a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 114], "content_span": [115, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Republican incumbents, Mitch Daniels (Indiana)\nIncumbent Republican Mitch Daniels faced Democratic nominee former Congresswoman and Undersecretary of Agriculture Jill Long Thompson, and Libertarian nominee engineer Andy Horning, who also ran for governor in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Republican incumbents, Mitch Daniels (Indiana)\nSome pundits thought Mitch Daniels was vulnerable in 2008, but polling taken by SurveyUSA on October 21 and 22, 2008 showed him with a significant 54-35 lead. He won re-election easily, confirming these predictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Republican incumbents, Mitch Daniels (Indiana)\nWhile Indiana had not voted Democratic for president since 1964, Daniels was the first Republican elected governor in 16 years there. Daniels was also endorsed by the state's largest newspapers, the Indianapolis Star, the Evansville Courier & Press, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, the Times of Northwest Indiana, the Gary Post-Tribune and the Louisville Courier-Journal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Republican incumbents, John Hoeven (North Dakota)\nRepublican John Hoeven announced he would seek re-election for a third term in 2008. He won re-election with 74% of the vote. Soundly defeating the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, State Senator Tim Mathern, (24%) and independent candidate DuWayne Hendrickson (2%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 113], "content_span": [114, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Republican incumbents, Jon Huntsman, Jr. (Utah)\nJon Huntsman, Jr. was heavily favored to win re-election in Utah. As of 2008, Republicans had controlled the Utah governorship for 24 years. Democrat Bob Springmeyer challenged Huntsman, but was decisively defeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 111], "content_span": [112, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Republican incumbents, Jim Douglas (Vermont)\nThree-term incumbent Jim Douglas ran as a Republican, and House Speaker Gaye Symington ran as a Democrat. Other candidates included Anthony Pollina of the Vermont Progressive Party and Cris Ericson of the Marijuana Party. Douglas was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 108], "content_span": [109, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199247-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States gubernatorial elections, Overall results\nAt the 2008 Elections, all 55 governorships of the states and territories were occupied. However, in the 2008 election cycle, only thirteen seats were up for election - eleven were statewide, and two were territorial. Eight seats were held by Democrats, and the remaining five were held by Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199248-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team\nThe men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2007 FIBA American Championship held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team was nicknamed the \"Redeem Team\", a play on an alternative name for the legendary 1992 squad that was called the \"Dream Team\", and a reference to the fact that the United States came away with disappointing Bronze Medals during the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Kobe Bryant was named the team captain and Mike Krzyzewski was named the head coach of the 2008 team.\" An ESPN program, Road to Redemption, followed the team's preparations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199248-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team\nThe United States defeated Spain 118\u2013107 in the final to win the gold. Dwyane Wade was the leading scorer for team USA averaging 16 points per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199248-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team\nThe withdrawal of all major stars prior to the 2004 Olympics and an embarrassing performance of those young and inexperienced who were called to replace them prompted USA Basketball to change its approach to the formation of a national team. As a result, the organization initiated a long-term project that saw NBA players committing to play for the team long before the start of the 2008 Olympics (instead of hastily accepting invitations merely weeks prior to the start of the tournament). Many 2008 Olympians participated in the 2007 Americas championships, where the US won gold, thus qualifying for the Olympics. The final roster featured eleven NBA All-Stars, a Hall of Fame coach, and two NBA MVPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199248-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team, Record, Preliminary Round\nThe team competed in Group B of the Preliminary Round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199248-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team, Roster\nThe following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199249-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of July 18\u201320, 2008, at the Laguna Seca circuit. It was an eventful race between Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner where the lead was hotly contested between the two. On lap 23, with Rossi leading after an ingenious but controversial pass down the corkscrew, Stoner entered into the last corner too deep and ended up in the gravel trap. Rossi retained his lead for the remainder of the race while Stoner managed to finish in second place despite his mistake. Rossi won for the first time at Laguna Seca and Stoner set a new lap record with a time of 1:21.488.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199249-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States motorcycle Grand Prix\nAs usual, only the MotoGP class was permitted to race at Laguna Seca due to the Californian air pollution law prohibiting two-stroke engines in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199249-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates\nThe United States presidential debates of 2008 were sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization that sponsored four debates that occurred at various locations around the United States in September and October 2008. Three of the debates involved the presidential nominees, and one involved the vice-presidential nominees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates\nRepublican Party nominee John McCain and Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama did not agree to additional debates; however, each was interviewed at the Civil Forum on the Presidency, held on August 16, 2008, and at the Service Nation Presidential Forum on September 11, 2008. Their respective running mates, Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, did not participate in any additional debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Joint appearances\nOn Saturday, August 16, 2008, both McCain and Obama appeared at Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in California. Similar to the Compassion Forum held in the Democratic debates, each candidate appeared separately, answering similar questions from Warren for one hour. Obama appeared first, followed by McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Joint appearances\nOn September 11, 2008, McCain and Obama were separately interviewed at the Service Nation presidential forum at Columbia University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Debate schedule, Format\nThe first and third of the 90-minute CPD presidential debates were divided into nine 9-minute issue segments, allowing the candidates to discuss selected topics, answer follow-ups from the moderator and directly address each other. The second CPD presidential debate featured a town hall format in which voters, either present at the debate or via the internet, posed questions on a topic of their choice. The format of the single vice presidential debate followed that of the first and third presidential debates, but included questions on all topics, with shorter response and discussion periods compared to the presidential debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Debate schedule, Participants\nThe Republican nominees were Senator John McCain, and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The Democratic nominees were Senators Barack Obama and Joseph Biden. The debates were sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Debate schedule, Participants\nOn August 2, 2008, Obama accepted the CPD proposal. In his letter, he stated that due to the short period between the conventions and the campaign, that it was \"likely that the four Commission debates will be the sole series of debates\" between the two. McCain criticized Obama for rejecting his town hall proposal. On August 18, 2008, McCain and Obama announced they had agreed to the general CPD framework for the three scheduled presidential debates and the one vice presidential debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Debate schedule, Criticism\nA Zogby International poll released on August 15, 2008 indicated that more than 50% of Democratic and Republican voters would like to see Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr included in the presidential debates. Almost 70% of independent voters would also like to see him included. 46% of all voters polled and 59% of independents would also like to see independent candidate Ralph Nader included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, September 26: First presidential debate (University of Mississippi)\nAlthough the debate was originally planned to focus on foreign policy and national security, Lehrer did devote the first half of the debate due to the ongoing 2008 financial crisis, a portion of the debate focused on economic issues. McCain repeatedly referred to his experience, drawing on stories from the past. Often, he joked of his age and at one point seemed to mock his opponent. Obama tied McCain to what he characterized as Bush Administration mistakes and repeatedly laid out detailed plans. Neither McCain nor Obama broke from talking points, and neither candidate made any major gaffe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 108], "content_span": [109, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, September 26: First presidential debate (University of Mississippi), Reception\nAn estimated 52.4 million people watched the debate. A CBS poll conducted after the debate on independent voters found that 38% felt it was a draw, 40% felt Obama had won, and 22% thought that McCain had won. Voters and analysts agreed that Obama had won on the economy, but that McCain had done better on foreign policy issues, which were the focus of the debate. However, Obama had a more substantial lead on the economy than McCain did on foreign policy. Initial CNN polling reported Obama won the debate overall by a margin of 51\u201338.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 119], "content_span": [120, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, September 26: First presidential debate (University of Mississippi), Reception\nA CBS poll of uncommitted voters shows Obama winning 39\u201324, with 37% of voters undecided. Time's Mark Halperin graded Obama's performance an A- and McCain's performance a B-. One analyst, Nate Silver, gave greater emphasis to the fact that Obama spoke more effectively about the issues that mattered most to the voters, an interpretation that was backed up by Time Magazine commentator Joe Klein.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 119], "content_span": [120, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, September 26: First presidential debate (University of Mississippi), Reception\nSeveral pollsters noted in the subsequent week that the public's perception of the debate might have been influenced by John McCain not looking at, or directly talking to his opponent during the debate, something many considered disrespectful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 119], "content_span": [120, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, September 26: First presidential debate (University of Mississippi), Proposed postponement\nOn September 24, 2008, McCain announced his intention to suspend his campaign the next day and declared that he wanted to delay the first debate \"until we have taken action\" on the Paulson financial rescue plan. The reason given for the proposed postponement was so that McCain and Obama could return to Washington, D.C. in order to work on a legislative response to the unfolding financial crisis of 2007\u20132008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 131], "content_span": [132, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, September 26: First presidential debate (University of Mississippi), Proposed postponement\nObama rejected that idea, stating that \"this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who, in approximately 40 days, will be responsible for dealing with this mess.\" A McCain adviser suggested replacing the Vice Presidential debate with the first Presidential debates and postponing the VP debates to an unspecified later date. Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, Robert Khayat, proposed that Obama hold a townhall meeting with the audience if McCain failed to appear. On the morning of September 26, McCain agreed to participate in the debate, claiming that there had been enough progress in the financial bailout plan. Three days later, however, the House of Representatives defeated the bailout proposal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 131], "content_span": [132, 881]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis)\nThe vice presidential debate took place on October 2, 2008, between U.S. vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska, and Joe Biden, the senior Senator for Delaware, at Washington University in St. Louis, and was moderated by Public Broadcasting Service journalist Gwen Ifill. It was the first such debate to feature a female candidate since the 1984 vice presidential debate. The debate was watched by about 70 million viewers according to Nielsen Media Research, making it the most-watched vice presidential debate in history. It was only the second presidential or vice presidential debate to surpass 70 million viewers, the first being the 1980 presidential debate between Governor Ronald Reagan and President Jimmy Carter, which drew nearly 81 million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 113], "content_span": [114, 900]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Venue\nWashington State University in Pullman, Washington, had been offered the opportunity to host the debate, but declined in order to pursue hosting one of the presidential debates. In November 2007 it was announced that Washington University in St. Louis would be the venue for the debate, making the university the only institution, as of 2008, to have hosted three or more presidential debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 120], "content_span": [121, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Debate\nThe first 90-minute presidential debate was divided into nine 3-minute issue segments, allowing the candidates to discuss selected topics, answer follow-ups from a moderator and directly address each other. The vice-presidential debate format followed that of the first presidential debate, but included questions on all topics and had shorter response and discussion periods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Debate\nThe two candidates had never met before, which was part of the build-up to the debate. Palin said on one of her stump speeches before the debate, \"I've never met [Biden] before. But I've been hearing about his Senate speeches since I was in, like, second grade.\" After moderator Gwen Ifill introduced the candidates, where they came out, Palin asked Biden, \"Can I call you Joe?\" He replied affirmatively. She said at one point, \"I may not answer the questions the way the moderator and you want to hear.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Debate\nCritics said she was avoiding the debate itself, while her supporters could make the claim that she was answering the questions to \"Joe six-pack\" or \"hockey moms\". She used her inexperience to her advantage by saying, \"It's so obvious that I'm a Washington outsider and not used to the ways you guys operate.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Debate\nPalin spoke in greatest depth about energy policy while Biden spoke in greatest depth about foreign affairs. Biden refrained from criticizing Palin, concentrating his criticisms on McCain. Although Palin offered brief criticism of Biden, she concentrated most of her criticism on Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Whereas Biden defended against Palin's criticisms of Obama, Palin tended not to offer detailed defenses against Biden's criticisms of Republican nominee John McCain and the George W. Bush administration, emphasizing instead generalizations about McCain and Palin's plans to reform the ways of Washington. Biden let it be known that he thought at one time McCain was a \"maverick,\" but that is no longer the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 859]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Debate\nDuring the debate, Palin talked about a potential surge strategy in Afghanistan and identified the commanding general there as \"McClellan.\" Pundits criticized Biden's omission of the general's name; he referred to him several times only as the \"commanding general in Afghanistan,\" until it was discovered the General's name is in fact David D. McKiernan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Debate\nOne of the most memorable moments during the debate came at the end when Biden talked about the tragedy that affected his family when his wife and daughter died and his sons were injured. He explained by saying, \"The notion that somehow, because I'm a man, I don't know what it's like to raise two kids alone, I don't know what it's like to have a child you're not sure is going to \u2013 is going to make it \u2013 I understand [...].\" Palin did not react to this, instead returning to her campaign's platform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 121], "content_span": [122, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Reception\nMuch interest leading up to the debate stemmed from Governor Palin's poorly handled interviews conducted in the weeks leading up to the event; many of her responses were the brunt of severe criticism, and a poll in early October from the Pew Research Center showed that the number of people who believed Palin was qualified to serve as president had dropped to 37% from 52% in early September. Consequently, the vice-presidential debate was largely seen as an opportunity for further destruction or redemption on Palin's part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 124], "content_span": [125, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Reception\nSeveral polls suggested that Biden had won the debate; although, many observers were surprised by Palin's speaking abilities and knowledge of John McCain's policies. CNN polls found Biden won 51 to 36. It is widely agreed that both candidates accurately followed the \"do no harm\" guideline of vice-presidential debates. James Taylor, professor of political science at the University of San Francisco commented, \"[Palin] resuscitated herself, but I'm not sure she did quite enough to do anything for John McCain.\" He added \"Biden demonstrated he knows John McCain better than Sarah Palin does. She couldn't offer rebuttals during the depth of discussions. She read the Cliff Notes on McCain, and Biden has known John McCain.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 124], "content_span": [125, 849]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Reception\nAccording to a poll of uncommitted voters conducted immediately after the debate by CBS News and Knowledge Networks, 46% thought Senator Biden won the debate, 21% thought Governor Palin had won, and 33% thought it was a tie. Fox News Channel held a poll regarding the performance of each candidate, with 51% of the votes in favor of Biden, and 39% in favor of Palin. The Opinion Research Corporation's poll on the debate revealed that 51% of viewers felt Biden had won, while 36% were in favor of Palin. In the same poll, 87% said Biden was capable of fulfilling the duties of the vice presidency, while 42% said Palin was capable. Palin was considered more likable however, scoring 54% to Biden's 36%. Mark Halperin of Time graded both candidates' performances a B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 124], "content_span": [125, 891]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Reception\nThe event overall was widely described as having little effect on the 2008 presidential race, although a CBS News poll found that the presidential race tightened following the vice-presidential debate, with the Obama-Biden lead falling from 9 points to 4 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 124], "content_span": [125, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Moderator Gwen Ifill\nThe debate's format offered moderator Gwen Ifill great freedom and power to decide the questions which can cover domestic or international issues. On the day before the debate, it gained wide media attention that Ifill had authored a new book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, which was to be released by publisher Doubleday on January 20, 2009, the day of the presidential inauguration. Ifill did not inform the debate commission about her book.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 135], "content_span": [136, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Moderator Gwen Ifill\nFox News' Washington managing editor Brit Hume claimed Ifill had a \"financial stake\" in an Obama victory because of the profit she stood to make from her book. John McCain said he was confident Ifill would do \"a totally objective job,\" but stated, \"Does this help that if she has written a book that's favorable to Senator Obama? Probably not.\" In response to the controversy, Ifill questioned why people assume that her book will be favorable toward Obama, saying \"Do you think they made the same assumptions about Lou Cannon [who is white] when he wrote his book about [Ronald] Reagan? \".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 135], "content_span": [136, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis), Moderator Gwen Ifill\nA national poll was held immediately following the vice-presidential debate, indicating that 95% of viewers felt Ifill was fair and unbiased.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 135], "content_span": [136, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 7: Second presidential debate (Belmont University)\nModerator Tom Brokaw of NBC News opened the debate by stating that since the first debate, a lot had changed in the world and for the worse. While Brokaw did not ask the initial questions, he did ask follow-up ones. When the candidates were asked who they would consider as the next Secretary of the Treasury, John McCain said that he might concur with Obama's suggestion of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and then went on also to suggest former eBay president Meg Whitman. Barack Obama reiterated the mention of Buffett and said there are also many other qualified Americans. Both candidates said that it is important to choose as Treasury Secretary someone who earns the trust of the American people. The first 5 questions all were related to the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 99], "content_span": [100, 864]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 7: Second presidential debate (Belmont University)\nThe first Internet question came from a 78-year-old, as Brokaw pointed out, \"child of the Depression\" about sacrifices that Americans might have to make in the future. McCain responded that spending\u2013 besides defense, veterans' affairs, and certain other programs that he specified during the first debate\u2013 would have to be frozen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 99], "content_span": [100, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 7: Second presidential debate (Belmont University)\nMcCain was critical of Obama's support for a $3 million earmark which would have bought a new planetarium projector for Chicago's Adler Planetarium, the oldest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere. The current Zeiss Mark VI projector is 40 years old and no longer supported by its manufacturer, Carl Zeiss AG. McCain referred to it as an overhead projector. The earmark was not approved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 99], "content_span": [100, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 7: Second presidential debate (Belmont University), Reception\nCNN's poll conducted after the debate found that 54% of those surveyed thought that Obama had won and 30% felt McCain had won. In CBS's poll of uncommitted voters, 40% felt Obama had won, 26% thought McCain had won, and 34% said it was a tie. Time's Mark Halperin graded Obama's performance a B+ and McCain's performance a B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 110], "content_span": [111, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 7: Second presidential debate (Belmont University), Reception\nSeveral media outlets, especially those on the Internet, reported controversy over McCain referring to Obama as \"that one\" while discussing energy policy. Many critics of McCain, including the Obama campaign, compared it to the first debate, when McCain did not look at Obama. This incident was recreated on Saturday Night Live, with the actor portraying McCain referring to his opponent as \"this character here,\" \"junior,\" and \"pee-pants.\" Many comedy show performers - Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart and the Saturday Night Live crew - also lampooned McCain's habit of \"wandering aimlessly about the stage\" during the debate while Obama was speaking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 110], "content_span": [111, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 15: Third presidential debate (Hofstra University)\nThe third presidential debate occurred on Wednesday, October 15 at 9:00 PM EST in the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex on the campus of Hofstra University. The focus was on domestic policy and the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 99], "content_span": [100, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 15: Third presidential debate (Hofstra University), Joe the Plumber\nDuring the debate repeated references were made to Joe Wurzelbacher, aka \"Joe the Plumber\". Wurzelbacher had spoken with Obama while he was campaigning in Holland, Ohio. Wurzelbacher claimed that Obama's tax policy would make it difficult for him to expand his business and hire more employees if he bought the business at which he had been employed as a plumber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 116], "content_span": [117, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 15: Third presidential debate (Hofstra University), Joe the Plumber\nObama gave a five-minute response where he said \"under his proposal taxes on any revenue from $250,000 on down would stay the same, but that amounts above that level would be subject to a 39 percent tax, instead of the current 36 percent rate\", and that his plan includes a 50 percent small-business tax credit for health care and a proposal to eliminate the capital-gains tax for small businesses that increase in value,and \"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody\", which Wurzelbacher later dismissed as \"tap dancing...he was almost as good as Sammy Davis Jr.\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 116], "content_span": [117, 707]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 15: Third presidential debate (Hofstra University), Joe the Plumber\nIn the debate, McCain repeatedly brought up \"Joe the Plumber\" and Obama and McCain then made statements aimed directly at Wurzelbacher. These events led to subsequent media attention directed at Wurzelbacher. He reportedly had been registered to vote in 1992 under the name \"Samuel Joseph Worzelbacher\", and voted in his first primary on March 4 of this year, registering as a Republican. After the debate, Wurzelbacher did not declare his vote for either candidate, although he expressed concern that Obama's plans were \"one step closer to socialism.\" Obama's running mate Joe Biden argued that the vast majority of small businesses are smaller than Wurzelbacher's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 116], "content_span": [117, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 15: Third presidential debate (Hofstra University), Joe the Plumber\nIn an interview the day after the debate, Wurzelbacher said Obama's tax plan wouldn't affect him right now, because he doesn't make $250,000. He also indicated to reporters that he was a conservative, a fan of the military and McCain. He said meeting McCain would be an honor but said he hadn't been contacted by the Republican campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 116], "content_span": [117, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 15: Third presidential debate (Hofstra University), Reception\nCNN's poll conducted after the debate found that 58% of those surveyed thought that Obama had won and 31% felt McCain had won. In CBS's poll of uncommitted voters, 53% felt Obama had won and 22% thought McCain had won, Obama's largest margin of victory of the three debates. A Politico poll of undecided voters, conducted over a 15-minute period following the completion of the presidential debate, showed that 49% felt Obama won, while 46% believed McCain won the debate. Among respondents not identified with either major political party, McCain was judged the night\u2019s winner, 51-42 percent. Obama\u2019s most important lead may have come among Hispanic voters, who said he bested McCain by a 50-36 percent margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 110], "content_span": [111, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, October 15: Third presidential debate (Hofstra University), Reception\nBruce Merrill, professor of media and mass communications at Arizona State University, claimed, \"I really think that [McCain's] negativism, the attack mode was one that does not play well with women and independents.\" Many observers felt that Obama had to simply avoid stumbles or mistakes in order to succeed in the debate. This was reflected in another professor's sentiments: \"I didn't think Obama was as comfortable this time as he was in the other two debates, but I didn't really hear any gaffe, any major mistake,\" said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Sabato added, \"he might even be judged the winner.\" Time's Mark Halperin graded McCain's performance an A- and Obama's performance a B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 110], "content_span": [111, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Third party debates, October 15: C-SPAN (Columbia University)\nThe first of two televised third-party debates was held October 15 at Columbia University. The debate was broadcast by C-SPAN. It included Independent candidate Ralph Nader, Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin, and Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney. It was hosted by Amy Goodman, moderator of the widely syndicated TV/radio program Democracy Now.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 102], "content_span": [103, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Third party debates, October 15: C-SPAN (Columbia University)\nLibertarian candidate Bob Barr was invited, but declined to participate  (citing scheduling conflicts).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 102], "content_span": [103, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Third party debates, October 23: Free & Equal debate (Washington, D.C.)\nThe second of the televised third-party debates was sponsored by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation and took place in Washington, D.C. on October 23. The third party candidates who could theoretically win the 270 votes needed to win the election were invited, and Independent candidate Ralph Nader and Constitution party candidate Chuck Baldwin attended. Journalist Chris Hedges moderated. It was broadcast on cable by C-SPAN and on the Internet by Break-the-Matrix (BtM), one of the event sponsors (Other sponsors included Open Debates, the Daily Paul, and Steal Back Your Vote).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 112], "content_span": [113, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Third party debates, October 23: Free & Equal debate (Washington, D.C.)\nLibertarian candidate Bob Barr was invited, but declined to participate  (citing scheduling conflicts).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 112], "content_span": [113, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Third party debates, November 2: Free & Equal vice presidential debate (Las Vegas)\nOn November 2, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a third-party debate was hosted by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation. Libertarian VP nominee Wayne Allyn, Constitution Party VP nominee Darrell Castle, and independent VP nominee Matt Gonzalez participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 123], "content_span": [124, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Third party debates, Other, Alternative Presidential Candidates' Debate\nAn Alternative Presidential Candidates' Debate was hosted by The Coalition for October Debate Alternatives (CODA), the Nashville Peace Coalition, and Vanderbilt Students of Nonviolence at Vanderbilt University, moderated by Bruce Barry. The participants were Bradford Lyttle of the U.S. Pacifist Party, Charles Jay of the Boston Tea Party, Gloria LaRiva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Frank McEnulty of the New American Independent Party, Vice-Presidential candidate Darrell Castle of the Constitution Party and Brian Moore of the Socialist Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 112], "content_span": [113, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Third party debates, Other, October 28: Third Party Forum (Cypress College)\nOn October 28, a Third Party Forum was held at Cypress College hosted by Associated Students. Bradford Lyttle and Frank McEnulty participated as well as representatives for the Constitution Party, Green Party, and Nader campaign. A sixth, Bruce Bongardt, also participated describing himself as a \"virtual candidate\" who was not on the ballot but wanted to share his ideas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 116], "content_span": [117, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Proposed debates that did not materialize, Proposals by third parties\nIn November 2007, the CPD rejected New Orleans as a debate site on grounds that the city had not recovered sufficiently from Hurricane Katrina to handle such an event. The decision was criticized, and various candidates and newspapers urged the commission to hold a debate in New Orleans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 110], "content_span": [111, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Proposed debates that did not materialize, Proposals by third parties\nOn April 29, 2008, Google and YouTube announced that they would sponsor a U.S. Presidential Forum, to be held on September 18 at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center. It was intended to be hosted by The New Orleans Consortium, which consists of Women of the Storm and the Greater New Orleans Foundation as well as Dillard University, Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University, and Xavier University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 110], "content_span": [111, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Proposed debates that did not materialize, Proposals by third parties\nUnlike debates organized by the CPD, the 15% polling threshold was substituted with a threshold for participation at \"no less than 10 percent of the voting age population intending to vote, as measured by at least three nationally-recognized public opinion surveys.\" This non-CPD sanctioned event was cancelled because no candidates or parties agreed to appear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 110], "content_span": [111, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Proposed debates that did not materialize, Proposals by third parties\nAt the end of August, 2008, Barack Obama and John McCain agreed to participate in a written \"debate\" on scientific issues, organized by a coalition of scientific, professional and media organizations called ScienceDebate.org. On August 30, Obama's responses were published in Nature magazine, and McCain's were published on September 15, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 110], "content_span": [111, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199250-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential debates, Proposed debates that did not materialize, Proposals by the candidates\nIn June 2008, John McCain proposed 10 town-hall style debates, considered his best format. Obama proposed five total debates between June and Election Day: three traditional debates plus a joint town hall on the economy in July and an \"in-depth debate\" on foreign policy in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 111], "content_span": [112, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election\nThe 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior Senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior Senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior Senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska. Obama became the first African American to be elected to the presidency, as well as being only the third sitting United States Senator elected president, joining Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy. Meanwhile, Biden became the first senator running mate of a senator elected president since Lyndon B. Johnson (who was Kennedy's running mate) in the 1960 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election\nIncumbent Republican President George W. Bush was ineligible to pursue a third term due to the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment. McCain secured the Republican nomination by March 2008, defeating former governors Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and other challengers. The Democratic primaries were marked by a sharp contest between Obama and the initial front-runner, former First Lady and Senator Hillary Clinton. Clinton's victory in the New Hampshire primary made her the first woman to win a major party's presidential primary. After a long primary season, Obama secured the Democratic nomination in June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election\nEarly campaigning focused heavily on the Iraq War and Bush's unpopularity. McCain supported the war, as well as a troop surge that had begun in 2007, while Obama strongly opposed the war. Bush endorsed McCain, but the two did not campaign together, and Bush did not appear in person at the 2008 Republican National Convention. Obama campaigned on the theme that \"Washington must change,\" while McCain emphasized his experience. The campaign was strongly affected by the onset of a major financial crisis, which peaked in September 2008. McCain's decision to suspend his campaign during the height of the financial crisis backfired as voters viewed his response as erratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election\nObama won a decisive victory over McCain, winning the Electoral College and the popular vote by a sizable margin, including states that had not voted for the Democratic presidential candidate since 1976 (North Carolina) and 1964 (Indiana and Virginia). Obama received the largest share of the popular vote won by a Democrat since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and was the first Democrat to win an outright majority of the popular vote since Jimmy Carter in 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election\nObama's total count of 69.5 million votes stood as the largest tally ever won by a presidential candidate until 2020, when this was surpassed by both major party candidates in a high-turnout election. He was the first Democrat to win without Arkansas and Missouri since those states joined the Union in 1836 and 1821 and the first Democrat to win the presidency without winning West Virginia since 1916. Because one West Virginia elector voted for the Democrat in 1916, Obama was the first Democrat to win without any electors from the state since its founding in 1863. Obama flipped nine states that had voted Republican in 2004: Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia, as well as Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Background\nArticle Two of the United States Constitution provides that the President and Vice President of the United States must be natural-born citizens of the United States, at least 35 years old, and residents of the United States for a period of at least 14 years. Candidates for the presidency typically seek the nomination of one of the political parties, in which case each party devises a method (such as a primary election) to choose the candidate the party deems best suited to run for the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Background\nTraditionally, the primary elections are indirect elections where voters cast ballots for a slate of party delegates pledged to a particular candidate. The party's delegates then officially nominate a candidate to run on the party's behalf. The general election in November is also an indirect election, where voters cast ballots for a slate of members of the Electoral College; these electors in turn directly elect the president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Background\nPresident George W. Bush, a Republican and former Governor of Texas, was ineligible to seek reelection to a third term due to the Twenty-second Amendment; in accordance with Section\u00a01 of the Twentieth Amendment, his term expired at noon eastern standard time on January 20, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Background\nAlso ineligible to run for an additional term as president was past two-term president Bill Clinton. While neither of them ran, former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush, each having served only one term, were both eligible to run for a second term as president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Before the primaries\nMedia speculation had begun almost immediately after the results of the 2004 presidential election were released. In the 2006 midterm elections, the Democrats regained majorities in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Early polls taken before anyone had announced a candidacy had shown Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as the most popular potential Democratic candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 104], "content_span": [105, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Before the primaries\nNevertheless, the media speculated on several other candidates, including Al Gore, the runner-up in the 2000 election; John Kerry, the runner-up in the 2004 election; John Edwards, Kerry's running mate in 2004; senator from Delaware Joe Biden; New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack; and Indiana Senator Evan Bayh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 104], "content_span": [105, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Before the primaries\nEdwards was one of the first to formally announce his candidacy for the presidency, on December 28, 2006. This run would be his second attempt at the presidency. Clinton announced intentions to run in the Democratic primaries on January 20, 2007. Obama announced his candidacy on February 10 in his home state of Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 104], "content_span": [105, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Early primaries and caucuses\nEarly in the year, the support for Barack Obama started to increase in the polls and he passed Clinton for the top spot in Iowa; he ended up winning the caucus in that state, with John Edwards coming in second and Clinton in third. Obama's win was fueled mostly by first time caucus-goers and Independents and showed voters viewed him as the \"candidate of change.\" Iowa has since been viewed as the state that jump-started Obama's campaign and set him on track to win both the nomination and the presidency. After the Iowa caucus, Joe Biden and Christopher Dodd withdrew from the nomination contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 112], "content_span": [113, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Early primaries and caucuses\nObama became the new front runner in New Hampshire, when his poll numbers skyrocketed after his Iowa victory The Clinton campaign was struggling after a huge loss in Iowa and no strategy beyond the early primaries and caucuses. According to The Vancouver Sun, campaign strategists had \"mapped a victory scenario that envisioned the former first lady wrapping up the Democratic presidential nomination by Super Tuesday on Feb. 5.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 112], "content_span": [113, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Early primaries and caucuses\nIn what is considered a turning point for her campaign, Clinton had a strong performance at the Saint Anselm College, ABC, and Facebook debates several days before the New Hampshire primary as well as an emotional interview in a public broadcast live on TV. Clinton won that primary by 2% of the vote, contrary to the predictions of pollsters who consistently had her trailing Obama for a few days up to the primary date. Clinton's win was the first time a woman had ever won a major American party's presidential primary for the purposes of delegate selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 112], "content_span": [113, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Early primaries and caucuses\nOn January 30, 2008, after placing in third in the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries, Edwards announced that he was suspending his campaign for the presidency, but he did not initially endorse any remaining candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 112], "content_span": [113, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Super Tuesday\nSuper Tuesday was February 5, 2008, when the largest-ever number of simultaneous state primary elections was held. Super Tuesday ended up leaving the Democrats in a virtual tie, with Obama amassing 847 delegates to Clinton's 834 from the 23 states that held Democratic primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Super Tuesday\nCalifornia was one of the Super Tuesday states that could provide a large number of delegates to the candidates. Obama trailed in the California polling by an average of 6.0% before the primary; he ended up losing that state by 8.3% of the vote. Some analysts cited a large Latino turnout that voted for Clinton as the deciding factor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Super Tuesday\nThe Louisiana, Nebraska, Hawaii, Wisconsin, U.S. Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia primaries and the Washington and Maine caucuses all took place after Super Tuesday in February. Obama won all of them, giving him 10 consecutive victories after Super Tuesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania\nOn March 4, Hillary Clinton carried Ohio and Rhode Island in the Democratic primaries; some considered these wins, especially Ohio, a \"surprise upset\" by 10%, although she did lead in the polling averages in both states. She also carried the primary in Texas, but Obama won the Texas caucuses held the same day and netted more delegates from the state than Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 113], "content_span": [114, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania\nOnly one state held a primary in April. This was Pennsylvania, on April 22. Although Obama made a strong effort to win Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton won that primary by nearly 10%, with approximately 55% of the vote. Obama had outspent Clinton three to one in Pennsylvania, but his comment at a San Francisco fundraiser that small-town Americans \"cling\" to guns and religion drew sharp criticism from the Clinton campaign and may have hurt his chances in the Keystone State. In addition, Clinton had several advantages in Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 113], "content_span": [114, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania\nThroughout the primary process, she relied on the support of older, white, working class voters. Pennsylvania held a closed primary, which means that only registered Democrats could vote, and, according to Ron Elving of NPR, the established Democratic electorate \"was older, whiter, more Catholic and more working-class than in most of the primaries to date.\" After Pennsylvania, Obama had a higher number of delegates and popular votes than Clinton did and was still in a stronger position to win the nomination. Clinton, however, had received the endorsement of more superdelegates than Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 113], "content_span": [114, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Indiana and North Carolina\nOn May 6, North Carolina and Indiana held their Democratic presidential primaries. Clinton and Obama campaigned aggressively there before the voting took place. Polling had shown Obama a few points ahead in North Carolina and Clinton similarly leading in Indiana. In the actual results, Obama outperformed the polls by several points in both states, winning by a significant margin in North Carolina and losing by only 1.1% in Indiana (50.56% to 49.44%). After these primaries, most pundits declared that it had become \"increasingly improbable,\" if not impossible, for Clinton to win the nomination. The small win in Indiana barely kept her campaign alive for the next month. Although she did manage to win the majority of the remaining primaries and delegates, it was not enough to overcome Obama's substantial delegate lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 110], "content_span": [111, 937]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Florida and Michigan\nDuring late 2007, the two parties adopted rules against states' moving their primaries to an earlier date in the year. For the Republicans, the penalty for this violation was supposed to be the loss of half the state party's delegates to the convention. The Democratic penalty was the complete exclusion from the national convention of delegates from states that broke these rules. The Democratic Party allowed only four states to hold elections before February 5, 2008. Clinton won a majority of delegates and popular votes from both states (though 40% voted uncommitted in Michigan) and subsequently led a fight to seat all the Florida and Michigan delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 104], "content_span": [105, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Florida and Michigan\nThere was some speculation that the fight over the delegates could last until the convention in August. On May 31, 2008, the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic Party reached a compromise on the Florida and Michigan delegate situation. The committee decided to seat delegates from Michigan and Florida at the convention in August, but to only award each a half-vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 104], "content_span": [105, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Clinching the nomination\nThe major political party nomination process (technically) continues through June of an election year. In previous cycles, the candidates were effectively chosen by the end of the primaries held in March, but, in this cycle, Barack Obama did not win enough delegates to secure the nomination until June 3, after a 17-month campaign against Hillary Clinton. He had a wide lead in states won, while Clinton had won majorities in several of the larger states. Now, because a form of proportional representation and popular vote decided Democratic state delegate contests, numbers were close between Clinton and Obama. By May, Clinton claimed to hold a lead in the popular vote, but the Associated Press found that her numbers were \"accurate only\" in one close scenario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 108], "content_span": [109, 875]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination, Clinching the nomination\nIn June, after the last of the primaries had taken place, Obama secured the Democratic nomination for president, with the help of multiple super delegate endorsements (most of the super delegates had refused to declare their support for either candidate until the primaries were completed). He was the first African American to win the nomination of a major political party in the United States. For several days, Clinton refused to concede the race, although she signaled her presidential campaign was ending in a post-primary speech on June 3 in her home state of New York. She finally conceded the nomination to Obama on June 7. She pledged her full support to the presumptive nominee and vowed to do everything she could to help him get elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 108], "content_span": [109, 858]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Republican Party nomination\nNot only was the 2008 election the first time since 1952 that neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate in the general election, but it was also the first time since the 1928 election that neither sought his party's nomination for president; as Bush was term-limited from seeking another nomination, the unique aspect was Vice President Cheney's decision not to seek the Republican nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Republican Party nomination\nThe 2008 election was also the third presidential election since 1896 in which neither the incumbent president, the incumbent vice president, nor a current or former member of the incumbent president's Cabinet won the nomination of either major party the others being 1920 and 1952. With no members of the Bush administration emerging as major contenders for the Republican nomination, the Republican race was as open as the Democratic race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Republican Party nomination, Before the primaries\nImmediately after the 2006 midterm elections, media pundits began speculating, as they did about the Democrats, about potential Republican candidates for president in 2008. In November 2006, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani led in the polls, followed closely by Arizona Senator John McCain. The media speculated that Giuliani's pro-choice stance on abortion and McCain's age and support of the unpopular Iraq War would be detriments to their candidacies. Giuliani remained the frontrunner in the polls throughout most of 2007, with McCain and former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson fighting for second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 104], "content_span": [105, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Republican Party nomination, Before the primaries\nArkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Giuliani, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, and Texas Representative Ron Paul announced their candidacies on January 28, February 5, February 13, and March 12, respectively. McCain officially announced his candidacy on March 1, 2007, after several informal announcements. In the third quarter of 2007, the top four GOP (Republican) fundraisers were Romney, Giuliani, Thompson, and Ron Paul. MSNBC's Chuck Todd christened Giuliani and John McCain the front runners after the second Republican presidential debate in early 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 104], "content_span": [105, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Republican Party nomination, Early primaries/caucuses\nHuckabee, winner of Iowa, had little to no money and hoped for at least a third-place finish in New Hampshire. McCain eventually displaced Rudy Giuliani and Romney as the front runner in New Hampshire. McCain staged a turnaround victory, having been written off by the pundits and polling in single digits less than a month before the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 108], "content_span": [109, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Republican Party nomination, Early primaries/caucuses\nWith the Republicans stripping Michigan and Florida of half their delegates for moving their primaries into January 2008 against party rules, the race for the nomination was based there. McCain meanwhile managed a small victory over Huckabee in South Carolina, setting him up for a larger and more important victory over Romney in Florida, which held a closed primary on January 29. By this time, after several scandals, no success in the early primaries, and a third-place finish in Florida, Giuliani conceded from the nomination race and endorsed John McCain the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 108], "content_span": [109, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Republican Party nomination, Super Tuesday\nMcCain was also endorsed in February by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger before the California primary took place on Super Tuesday. This gave him a significant boost in the polls for the state's primary, which awarded the greatest number of delegates of all the states. On Super Tuesday, McCain won his home state of Arizona, taking all 53 delegates. He also won nearly all of California's 173 delegates, the largest of the Super Tuesday prizes. McCain also scored wins in seven other states, picking up 574 delegates. Huckabee was the \"surprise performer\", winning 5 states and 218 delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Republican Party nomination, Super Tuesday\nRomney won 7 states and 231 delegates. Two days later, Romney suspended his presidential campaign, saying that if he stayed in the race, he would \"forestall the launch of a national campaign and be making it easier for Senator Clinton or Obama to win\". His departure left Huckabee and Paul as McCain's only major challengers in the remaining primaries and caucuses. Romney endorsed McCain on February 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Republican Party nomination, Super Tuesday\nLouisiana, the District of Columbia, Kansas, Wisconsin, and Washington held primaries in February after Super Tuesday. Despite McCain picking up big victories, Huckabee won Louisiana and Kansas. McCain narrowly carried the Washington caucuses over Huckabee and Paul, who amassed a large showing. The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico closed February for the Republicans. After Super Tuesday, John McCain had become the clear front runner, but by the end of February, he still had not acquired enough delegates to secure the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Republican Party nomination, Super Tuesday\nIn March, John McCain clinched the Republican nomination after sweeping all four primaries, Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island, putting him over the top of the 1,191 delegates required to win the GOP nomination. Mike Huckabee then conceded the race to McCain, leaving Ron Paul, who had just 16 delegates, as his only remaining opponent. Romney would eventually become the Republican presidential nominee 4 years later, which he then lost to Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Third party and other nominations\nAlong with the Democratic and Republican parties, three other parties nominated candidates with ballot access in enough states to win the minimum 270 electoral votes needed to win the election. These were the Constitution Party, the Green Party, and the Libertarian Party. In addition, independent candidate Ralph Nader ran his own campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Third party and other nominations\nThe Constitution Party nominated writer, pastor, and conservative talk show host Chuck Baldwin for president, and attorney Darrell Castle from Tennessee for vice president. While campaigning, Baldwin voiced his opposition to the Iraq War, the Sixteenth Amendment, Roe v. Wade, the IRS, and the Federal Reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Third party and other nominations\nThe Green Party nominated former Democratic representative Cynthia McKinney from Georgia for president, and political activist Rosa Clemente from New York for vice president. McKinney campaigned on a platform that supported single-payer universal health care, the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, reparations for African Americans, and the creation of a Department of Peace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Nominations, Third party and other nominations\nThe Libertarian Party nominated former Republican representative Bob Barr from Georgia for president, and his former rival for the Libertarian nomination Wayne Allyn Root from Nevada, for vice president. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barr advocated a reworking or abolition of the income tax and opposed the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Iraq\nThe unpopular war in Iraq was a key issue during the campaign before the economic crisis. John McCain supported the war while Barack Obama opposed it (Obama's early and strong opposition to the war helped him stand out against the other Democratic candidates during the primaries, as well as stand out to a war-weary electorate during the general campaign).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Iraq\nThough McCain meant it as a peacetime presence like the United States maintained in Germany and Japan after World War II, his statement that the United States could be in Iraq for as much as the next 50 to 100 years would prove costly. Obama used it against him as part of his strategy to tie him to the unpopular President Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Iraq\nJohn McCain's support for the troop 'surge' employed by General David Petraeus, which was one of several factors credited with improving the security situation in Iraq, may have boosted McCain's stance on the issue in voters' minds. McCain (who supported the invasion) argued that his support for the successful surge showed his superior judgment. However, Obama was quick to remind voters that there would have been no need for a \"surge\" had there been no war at all, thus questioning McCain's judgment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Bush's unpopularity\nGeorge W. Bush had become increasingly unpopular among Americans by late 2005 due in part by the growing unpopularity of the Iraq War domestically and internationally, as well as Bush's handling of the financial crisis of 2007\u201308 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. By the time Obama was elected as President of the United States on November 4, 2008, Bush's approval rating was in the low to mid 20s and his disapproval grew increasingly significant, being in the high 60s, and even low 70s in some polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 96], "content_span": [97, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Bush's unpopularity\nPolls consistently showed that his approval ratings among American voters had averaged around 30 percent. In March 2008, Bush endorsed McCain at the White House, but did not make a single appearance for McCain during the campaign. Bush appeared at the 2008 GOP convention only through a live video broadcast. He chose not to appear in person due to disaster events in the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. Although he supported the war in Iraq, McCain made an effort to show that he had disagreed with Bush on many other key issues such as climate change. During the entire general election campaign, Obama countered by pointing out in ads and at numerous campaign rallies that McCain had claimed in an interview that he voted with Bush 90% of the time, and congressional voting records supported this for the years Bush was in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 96], "content_span": [97, 951]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Age issue\nSimilar to Senator Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign, one of the more widely leveled charges against McCain was the issue of his age\u2014he turned 72 in August and there was widespread concern about the idea of electing a man who would be 80 years old if he completed two full terms in office (the oldest president, Ronald Reagan, had been a month shy of 78 when he left office in January 1989). In addition, McCain suffered from the ill effects of his captivity in North Vietnam and reportedly had difficulty lifting his arms above his head.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0035-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Age issue\nHis age in particular was considered a liability against the youthful Senator Obama, who was the first Generation Xer to run for president on a major party ticket. McCain for comparison was born before World War II and belonged to the generation preceding the baby boomers. Much like Bob Dole, McCain attempted to counter these charges by releasing all of his medical records, something Obama did not do. McCain's wife Cindy dismissed concerns about his health by arguing that \"We went hiking the Grand Canyon last summer and [John] did great and had no trouble keeping up with us.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0035-0002", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Age issue\nMcCain also appeared at several campaign stops with his still-active 95-year-old mother. In a speech on the House floor, Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha criticized McCain's age by saying \"Seven presidents have come and gone since I've been in Congress, and I saw the toll the job took on each one of them.\" If elected, McCain would have been the first president born in the 1930s. McCain ultimately died in 2018, just one year after the completion of Obama's second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Age issue\nLike the Clinton campaign in 1996, Obama avoided discussing McCain's age directly, instead preferring to simply call his ideas and message \"old\" and \"old hat\". He also made a strong appeal to youth voters and back during his primary contest with Hillary Clinton, had stated \"When I watched the feud between the Clintons and [Newt Gingrich] unfold during the 1990s, I was reminded of old quarrels started on college campuses long ago. It's time for a new generation to take over.\" Obama's active use of a Blackberry and other modern technology also stood in contrast to the Arizona Senator's admission that he did not use a computer or a cell phone. McCain's service in Vietnam, while marketable to baby boomers, was referred to as \"unimportant\" to younger voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 850]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Age issue\nObama promised \"universal health care, full employment, a green America, and an America respected instead of feared by its enemies\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Age issue\nPolls regularly found the general electorate as a whole divided more evenly between 'change' and 'experience' as candidate qualities than the Democratic primary electorate, which split in favor of 'change' by a nearly 2\u20131 margin. Advantages for McCain and Obama on experience and the ability to bring change, respectively, remained steady through the November 4 election. However, final pre-election polling found that voters considered Obama's inexperience less of an impediment than McCain's association with sitting president George W. Bush, an association which was rhetorically framed by the Obama campaign throughout the election season as \"more of the same\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Age issue\nMcCain appeared to undercut his line of attack by picking first-term Alaska governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate. Palin had been governor only since 2006, and before that had been a council member and mayor of Wasilla. The choice of Palin was controversial; however, it appeared to solve two pressing concerns\u2014McCain's age and health (since a youthful vice president would succeed him to office if he died or became incapacitated) and appealing to right-wing conservatives, a group that had been comparatively unmoved by McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Age issue\nPalin also came off as more down-to-earth and relatable to average Americans than McCain, widely criticized as a \"Beltway insider\". However, media interviews suggested that Palin lacked knowledge on certain key issues, and they cast doubt among many voters about her qualifications to be vice president or president. In this regard, her inexperience was also a liability when McCain's age and health were factored in\u2014there was a higher-than-normal probability of Palin succeeding to the presidency and many moderates and independents chafed at this idea. \"One 72 year old heartbeat away from the presidency\" became a popular anti-GOP slogan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0039-0002", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Age issue\nLate night TV host David Letterman jokingly referred to Palin as resembling \"a slutty flight attendant\" and even Obama himself on a September 9 speech referred to the Alaska governor's policies as \"the equivalent of putting lipstick on a pig\". She also came under attack on everything from her 17-year-old daughter giving birth to a child out of wedlock to actively participating in hunting moose and other animals. Because of Palin's conservative views, there was also concern that she would alienate independents and moderates, two groups that pundits observed McCain would need to win the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Economy\nPolls taken in the last few months of the presidential campaign and exit polls conducted on Election Day showed the economy as the top concern for voters. In the fall of 2008, many news sources were reporting that the economy was suffering its most serious downturn since the Great Depression. During this period, John McCain's election prospects fell with several politically costly comments about the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Economy\nOn August 20, John McCain said in an interview with Politico that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, owned; \"I think\u2014I'll have my staff get to you,\" he told the media outlet. Both on the stump and in Obama's political ad, \"Seven\", the gaffe was used to portray McCain as somebody unable to relate to the concerns of ordinary Americans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0041-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Economy\nThis out-of-touch image was further cultivated when, on September 15, the day of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, at a morning rally in Jacksonville, Florida, McCain declared that \"the fundamentals of our economy are strong,\" despite what he described as \"tremendous turmoil in our financial markets and Wall Street.\" With the perception among voters to the contrary, the comment appeared to cost McCain politically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Economy\nOn September 24, 2008, after the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis, McCain announced that he was suspending his campaign to return to Washington so he could help craft a $700 billion bailout package for the troubled financial industry, and he stated that he would not debate Obama until Congress passed the bailout bill. Despite this decision, McCain was portrayed as somebody not playing a significant role in the negotiations for the first version of the bill, which fell short of passage in the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0042-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Economy\nHe eventually decided to attend the first presidential debate on September 26, despite Congress' lack of immediate action on the bill. His ineffectiveness in the negotiations and his reversal in decision to attend the debates were seized upon to portray McCain as erratic in his response to the economy. Days later, a second version of the original bailout bill was passed by both the House and Senate, with Obama, his vice presidential running mate Joe Biden, and McCain all voting for the measure (Hillary Clinton would as well).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Economy\nAll the aforementioned remarks and campaign issues hurt McCain's standing with voters. All these also occurred after the onset of the economic crisis and after McCain's poll numbers had started to fall. Although sound bites of all of these \"missteps\" were played repeatedly on national television, many pundits and analysts say that the actual financial crisis and economic conditions caused McCain's large drop in support in mid-September and severely damaged his campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Health care\nJohn McCain's proposals focused on open-market competition rather than government funding or control. At the heart of his plan were tax credits \u2013 $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for families who do not subscribe to or do not have access to health care through their employer. To help people who are denied coverage by insurance companies due to pre-existing conditions, McCain proposed working with states to create what he calls a \"Guaranteed Access Plan\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Health care\nBarack Obama called for universal health care. His health care plan proposed creating a National Health Insurance Exchange that would include both private insurance plans and a Medicare-like government run option. Coverage would be guaranteed regardless of health status, and premiums would not vary based on health status either. It would have required parents to cover their children, but did not require adults to buy insurance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Health care\nCritics of McCain's plan argued that it would not significantly reduce the number of uninsured Americans, would increase costs, reduce consumer protections and lead to less generous benefit packages. Critics of Obama's plan argued that it would increase federal regulation of private health insurance without addressing the underlying incentives behind rising health care spending. Mark Pauly suggested that a combination of the two approaches would work better than either one alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Issues, Health care\nA poll released in early November 2008 found that voters supporting Obama listed health care as their second priority; voters supporting McCain listed it as fourth, tied with the war in Iraq. Affordability was the primary health care priority among both sets of voters. Obama voters were more likely than McCain voters to believe government can do much about health care costs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Presidential debates\nThe United States presidential election of 2008 was sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization that sponsored four debates that occurred at various locations around the United States (U.S.) in September and October 2008. Three of the debates involved the presidential nominees, and one involved the vice-presidential nominees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 89], "content_span": [90, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Presidential debates\nAnother debate was sponsored by the Columbia University political union and took place there on October 19. All candidates who could theoretically win the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election were invited, and Ralph Nader, Cynthia McKinney, and Chuck Baldwin agreed to attend. Amy Goodman, principal host of Democracy Now!, moderated. It was broadcast on cable by C-SPAN and on the Internet by Break-the-Matrix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 89], "content_span": [90, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Campaign costs\nThe reported cost of campaigning for president has increased significantly in recent years. One source reported that if the costs for both Democratic and Republican campaigns were added together (for the presidential primary election, general election, and the political conventions), the costs have more than doubled in only eight years ($448.9 million in 1996, $649.5 million in 2000, and $1.01 billion in 2004). In January 2007, Federal Election Commission Chairman Michael E. Toner estimated that the 2008 race would be a $1 billion election, and that to be taken seriously, a candidate would have needed to raise at least $100 million by the end of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 83], "content_span": [84, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, General election campaign, Campaign costs, Expense summary\nAccording to required campaign filings as reported by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), 148 candidates for all parties collectively raised $1,644,712,232 and spent $1,601,104,696 for the primary and general campaigns combined through November 24, 2008. The amounts raised and spent by the major candidates, according to the same source, were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Internet campaigns, Fundraising\nHoward Dean collected large contributions through the Internet in his 2004 primary run. In 2008, candidates went even further to reach out to Internet users through their own sites and such sites as YouTube, MySpace, and Facebook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Internet campaigns, Fundraising\nOn December 16, 2007, Ron Paul collected $6 million, more money on a single day through Internet donations than any presidential candidate in US history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Internet campaigns, Promotion\nNot only did the Internet allow candidates to raise money, but also it gave them a tool to appeal to newer and younger demographics. Political pundits were now evaluating candidates based on their social media following. Senator Barack Obama's victory is credited to his competitive edge in social media and Internet following. Obama had over 2 million American supporters on Facebook and 100,000 followers on Twitter, while McCain attracted only 600,000 Facebook supporters (likes) and 4,600 followers on Twitter. Obama's YouTube channel held 115,000 subscribers and more than 97 million video views. Obama had maintained a similar advantage over Senator Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Internet campaigns, Promotion\nObama's edge in social media was crucial to the election outcome. According to a study by the Pew Internet and American Life project, 35 percent of Americans relied on online video for election news. Ten percent of Americans used social networking sites to learn about the election. The 2008 election showed huge increases in Internet use.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Internet campaigns, Promotion\nAnother study done after the election gave a lot of insight on young voters. Thirty-seven percent of Americans ages 18\u201324 got election news from social networking sites. Almost a quarter of Americans saw something about the election in an online video. YouTube and other online video outlets allowed candidates to advertise in ways like never before. The Republican Party in particular was criticized for not adequately using social media and other means to reach young voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Internet campaigns, Promotion\nAnonymous and semi-anonymous smear campaigns, traditionally done with fliers and push calling, also spread to the Internet. Organizations specializing in the production and distribution of viral material, such as Brave New Films, emerged; such organizations have been said to be having a growing influence on American politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Controversies, Voter suppression allegations\nAllegations of voter list purges using unlawful criteria caused controversy in at least six swing states: Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina. On October 5, 2008, the Republican Lt. Governor of Montana, John Bohlinger, accused the Montana Republican Party of vote caging to purge 6,000 voters from three counties which trend Democratic. Allegations arose in Michigan that the Republican Party planned to challenge the eligibility of voters based on lists of foreclosed homes. The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama filed a lawsuit challenging this. The House Judiciary Committee wrote to the Department of Justice requesting an investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Controversies, Voter suppression allegations\nLibertarian candidate Bob Barr filed a lawsuit in Texas to have Obama and McCain removed from the ballot in that state. His campaign alleged that both the candidates had missed the August 26 deadline to file, and were present on the ballot contrary to Texas election law. Neither Obama, or McCain at the time of the deadline had been confirmed as the candidate for their respective parties. The Texas Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit without explanation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Controversies, Voter suppression allegations\nIn Ohio, identified by both parties as a key state, allegations surfaced from both Republicans and Democrats that individuals from out of state were moving to the state temporarily and attempting to vote despite not meeting the state's requirement of permanent residency for more than 29 days. The Franklin County Board of Elections referred 55 cases of possible voting irregularities to the local prosecutor. Three groups attracted particular notice: 'Vote from Home,' 'Vote Today Ohio,' and 'Drop Everything and Come to Ohio.'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0060-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Controversies, Voter suppression allegations\nVote from Home attracted the most attention when thirteen of the group's members moved to the same location in eastern Columbus. Members of the group organized by Marc Gustafson, including several Marshall and Rhodes scholars studying at Oxford University, settled with Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien to have their challenged ballots withdrawn. The Obama campaign and others alleged that members of the McCain campaign had also voted without properly establishing residency. Since 1953, only six people in Ohio have gone to prison for illegal voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Controversies, Media bias\nRepublicans and independents leveled significant criticism at media outlets' coverage of the presidential election season. An October 22, 2008 Pew Research Center poll estimated 70% of registered voters believed journalists wanted Barack Obama to win the election, as opposed to 9% for John McCain. Another Pew survey, conducted after the election, found that 67% of voters thought that the press fairly covered Obama, versus 30% who viewed the coverage as unfair. Regarding McCain, 53% of voters viewed his press coverage as fair versus 44% who characterized it as unfair. Among affiliated Democrats, 83% believed the press fairly covered Obama; just 22% of Republicans thought the press was fair to McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Controversies, Media bias\nAt the February debate, Tim Russert of NBC News was criticized for what some perceived as disproportionately tough questioning of Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton. Among the questions, Russert had asked Clinton, but not Obama, to provide the name of the new Russian President (Dmitry Medvedev). This was later parodied on Saturday Night Live. In October 2007, liberal commentators accused Russert of harassing Clinton over the issue of supporting drivers' licenses for illegal immigrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Controversies, Media bias\nOn April 16, ABC News hosted a debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Moderators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos were criticized by viewers, bloggers and media critics for the poor quality of their questions. Many viewers said they considered some of the questions irrelevant when measured against the importance of the faltering economy or the Iraq War. Included in that category were continued questions about Obama's former pastor, Senator Hillary Clinton's assertion that she had to duck sniper fire in Bosnia more than a decade ago, and Senator Obama's not wearing an American flag pin. The moderators focused on campaign gaffes and some believed they focused too much on Obama. Stephanopoulos defended their performance, saying \"Senator Obama was the front-runner\" and the questions were \"not inappropriate or irrelevant at all.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 911]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Controversies, Media bias\nIn an op-ed published on April 27, 2008, in The New York Times, Elizabeth Edwards wrote that the media covered much more of \"the rancor of the campaign\" and \"amount of money spent\" than \"the candidates' priorities, policies and principles.\" Author Erica Jong commented that \"our press has become a sea of triviality, meanness and irrelevant chatter.\" A Gallup poll released on May 29, 2008, also estimated that more Americans felt the media was being harder on Hillary Clinton than they were towards Barack Obama. Time magazine columnist Mark Halperin stated that the media during the 2008 election had a \"blind, almost slavish\" worship of Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Controversies, Media bias\nThe Project for Excellence in Journalism and Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy conducted a study of 5,374 media narratives and assertions about the presidential candidates from January 1 through March 9, 2008. The study found that Obama received 69% favorable coverage and Clinton received 67%, compared to only 43% favorable media coverage of McCain. Another study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University found the media coverage of Obama to be 72% negative from June 8 to July 21 compared to 57% negative for McCain. An October 29 study found 29% of stories about Obama to be negative, compared to 57% of stories about McCain being negative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct\nElection Day was on November 4, 2008. The majority of states allowed early voting, with all states allowing some form of absentee voting. Voters cast votes for listed presidential candidates but were actually selecting representatives for their state's Electoral College slate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct\nA McCain victory quickly became improbable as Obama amassed early wins in his home state of Illinois, the Northeast, and the critical battleground states of Ohio (which no Republican has ever been elected president without winning) and Pennsylvania by 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time. Obama won the entire Northeast by comfortable margins and the Great Lakes states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota by double digits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0067-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct\nMcCain held on to traditionally Republican states like North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska (though notably, Obama did win an electoral vote from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district), Kansas, Oklahoma, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and his home state of Arizona. McCain, unlike Bush in 2000 and 2004, failed to win all the southern states: Obama won Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia. Obama also won the hotly contested states of Iowa and New Mexico, which Al Gore had won in 2000 and George W. Bush in 2004. Also, for only the second time since 1936 (1964 being the other), Indiana went Democratic, giving Obama all eight Great Lakes states, the first time a presidential candidate had won all of them since Richard Nixon in 1972.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct\nCNN and Fox News called Virginia for Obama shortly before 11:00 PM, leaving him only 50 electoral votes shy of victory with only six West Coast states (California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and Hawaii) still voting. All American networks called the election in favor of Obama at 11:00 PM as the polls closed on the West Coast. Obama was immediately declared the winner in California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii, McCain won Idaho, and the Electoral College totals were updated to 297 for Obama and 146 for McCain (270 are needed to win). McCain gave a concession speech half an hour later in his hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. Obama appeared just before midnight Eastern Time in Grant Park, Chicago, in front of a crowd of 250,000 people to deliver his victory speech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 829]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct\nFollowing Obama's speech, spontaneous street parties broke out in cities across the United States including Philadelphia, Houston, Las Vegas, Miami, Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Boston, Los Angeles, Portland, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Denver, Atlanta, Madison, and New York City and around the world in London; Bonn; Berlin; Obama, Japan; Toronto; Rio de Janeiro; Sydney; and Nairobi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct\nLater on election night, after Obama was named the winner, he picked up several more wins in swing states in which the polls had shown a close race. These included Florida, Indiana, Virginia, and the western states of Colorado and Nevada. All of these states had been carried by Bush in 2004. North Carolina and the bellwether state of Missouri remained undecided for several days. Eventually Obama was declared the winner in North Carolina and McCain in Missouri, with Obama pulling out a rare win in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0070-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct\nThis put the projected electoral vote count at 365 for Obama and 173 for McCain. Obama's victories in the populous swing states of Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Virginia contributed to his decisive win. The presidential electors cast their ballots for president and vice president, and Congress tallied these votes on January 8, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct, Turnout\nThe voter turnout for this election was broadly predicted to be high by American standards, and a record number of votes were cast. The final tally of total votes counted was 131.3 million, compared to 122.3 million in 2004 (which also boasted the highest record since 1968, the last presidential election before the voting age was lowered to 18). Expressed as a percentage of eligible voters, 131.2 million votes could reflect a turnout as high as 63.0% of eligible voters, which would be the highest since 1960. This 63.0% turnout rate is based on an estimated eligible voter population of 208,323,000. Another estimate puts the eligible voter population at 213,313,508, resulting in a turnout rate of 61.6%, which would be the highest turnout rate since 1968.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct, Turnout\nBroken down by age group, voters under 35 voted for Obama by a large majority with McCain most popular among voters over 60. Voters between 35 and 59 were nearly split 50/50 between the two candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct, Turnout\nAmerican University's Center for the Study of the American Electorate released a report on November 6, 2008, two days after the election, which concluded that the anticipated increase in turnout had failed to materialize. That report was the basis for some news articles that indicated voter turnout failed to meet expectations. When the remaining votes were counted after the release of the report, the total number of votes cast in the presidential election was raised to 131.2 million, which surpassed the American University report's preliminary estimate of 126.5 to 128.5 million voters by a factor of between 2% and 4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct, Turnout\nThe election saw increased participation from African Americans, who made up 13.0% of the electorate, versus 11.1% in 2004. According to exit polls, over 95% of African Americans voted for Obama. This played a critical role in Southern states such as North Carolina. 74% of North Carolina's registered African American voters turned out, as opposed to 69% of North Carolinians in general, with Obama carrying 100% (with rounding) of African-American females and African Americans age 18 to 29, according to exit polling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0074-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct, Turnout\nThis was also the case in Virginia, where much higher turnout among African Americans propelled Obama to victory in the former Republican stronghold. Even in southern states in which Obama was unsuccessful, such as Georgia and Mississippi, due to large African American turnout he was much more competitive than John Kerry in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct, Ballot access\nNo other candidate had ballot access in enough states to win 270 electoral votes. All six candidates appeared on the ballot for a majority  of the voters, while the 17 other listed candidates were available to no more than 30% of the voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct, Ballot access\nThe following candidates and parties had ballot listing or write-in status in more than one state:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct, Ballot access\nThe following candidates (parties) were listed on the ballot in only one state:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct, Ballot access\nIn Nevada, 6,267 votes were cast for \"None of These Candidates\". In the three states that officially keep track of \"blank\" votes for president, 103,193 votes were recorded as \"blank\". More than 100,000 write-in votes were cast and recorded for a scattering of other candidates, including 62 votes for \"Santa Claus\" (in ten states) and 11 votes for \"Mickey Mouse\" (in five states).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Conduct, Ballot access\nAccording to the Federal Election Commission, an unusually high number of \"miscellaneous\" write-ins were cast for president in 2008, including 112,597 tallied in the 17 states that record votes for non-listed candidates. There were more presidential candidates on the ballot than at any other time in U. S. history, except for the 1992 election, which also had 23 candidates listed in at least one state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results\nPopular vote totals are from the . The results of the electoral vote were certified by Congress on January 8, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Results by state\nThe following table records the official vote tallies for each state for those presidential candidates who were listed on ballots in enough states to have a theoretical chance for a majority in the Electoral College. State popular vote results are from the . The column labeled \"Margin\" shows Obama's margin of victory over McCain (the margin is negative for states and districts won by McCain).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Results by state\nNote: Maine and Nebraska each allow for their electoral votes to be split between candidates. In both states, two electoral votes are awarded to the winner of the statewide race and one electoral vote is awarded to the winner of each congressional district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Cartographic gallery\nPopular vote by county. Red represents counties that went for McCain; blue represents counties that went for Obama. Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont had all counties go to Obama. Oklahoma had all counties go to McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Cartographic gallery\nPresidential popular votes by county as a scale from red/Republican to blue/Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Cartographic gallery\nCartogram of popular vote with each county rescaled in proportion to its population. Deeper blue represents a Democratic majority; brighter red represents a Republican majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Cartographic gallery\nVoting shifts per county from the 2004 to the 2008 election. Darker blue indicates the county voted more Democratic. Darker red indicates the county voted more Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Cartographic gallery\nResults by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Cartographic gallery\nChange in vote margins at the county level from the 2004 election to the 2008 election. Obama made dramatic gains in every region of the country except for Arizona, Appalachia, and the inner South, where McCain improved over Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Cartographic gallery\nResults by Congressional Districts, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Close states\nRed font color denotes states won by Republican John McCain; blue denotes those won by Democrat Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Close states\nStates in which the margin of victory was under 1% (26 electoral votes):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Close states\nStates/districts in which the margin of victory was under 5% (62 electoral votes):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, Close states\nStates/districts in which margin of victory was more than 5% but less than 10% (73 electoral votes):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Results, International reaction\nThe American presidential election was followed closely internationally. When it was clear that Obama was victorious, many world leaders sent congratulations and well wishes to the president-elect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Voter demographics\nSource: Exit polls conducted by Edison Research of Somerville, New Jersey, for the National Election Pool, a consortium of ABC News, Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Analysis\nObama, having a white mother and Kenyan father of the Luo ethnic group, became the first African American as well as the first bi-racial president. Although he may have been the first black president to win an election, Obama was not the first African American to run for president. Shirley Chisolm, Jesse Jackson, Lenora Fulani, Carol Moseley Braun, Alan Keyes, and Al Sharpton all at some point were in the process for presidential nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0096-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Analysis\nThe Obama-Biden ticket was also the first winning ticket in American history on which neither candidate was a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; Biden is Roman Catholic and is the first Roman Catholic to be elected vice president; all other tickets with Catholic vice presidential candidates had been defeated (1964, 1972, 1984).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0096-0002", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Analysis\nObama and Biden were the first president and vice president elected from the Senate since 1960 (John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson) (in the previous election cycle (2004) Democrats also nominated two sitting senators, John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of North Carolina, but they lost to incumbents Bush and Cheney), Obama became the first Northern Democratic president since Kennedy, and the Obama-Biden ticket was the first winning Democratic ticket to feature two Northerners since 1940 (Franklin D. Roosevelt/Henry A. Wallace).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0096-0003", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Analysis\nAlso, Obama became the first Democratic candidate to win a majority of the popular vote since Jimmy Carter in 1976, the first to win a majority of both votes and states since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and the first Northern Democrat to win a majority of both votes and states since Franklin Roosevelt in 1944. This was the first presidential election since 1952 in which neither of the major party candidates was either the incumbent president or vice-president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Analysis\nPrior to the election, commentators discussed whether Senator Obama would be able to redraw the electoral map by winning states that had been voting for Republican candidates in recent decades. In many ways, he was successful. He won every region of the country by double digits except the South, which John McCain won by nine percent. Obama won Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, and Virginia in the South (region as defined by the US Census Bureau).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0097-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Analysis\nMcCain won most of the Deep South, where white voters had generally supported Republican candidates by increasingly large margins in the previous few decades. Obama also defied political bellwethers, becoming the first person to win the presidency while losing Missouri since 1956 (as well as the first Democrat ever to do so) and while losing Kentucky and Tennessee since 1960. He was the first Democrat to win without Arkansas since that state joined the Union in 1836 and the first Democrat to win the presidency without winning West Virginia since 1916.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0097-0002", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Analysis\nBecause one West Virginia elector voted for the Democrat in 1916, Obama was the first Democrat to win without any electors from the state since its founding in 1863. Indiana and Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee for the first time since 1964. Although Obama did not win other normally Republican states such as Georgia and Montana (which were won by Bill Clinton in 1992), he nonetheless was competitive in both. He lost Montana by just under 3% and Georgia by slightly more than 5%. Also notably, Barack Obama won all of the 2004 swing states (states that either Kerry or Bush won by less than 5%) by a margin of 8.5 percent or more except for Ohio, which the Democrat carried by 4.5 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Analysis\nObama was the first presidential candidate to split the electoral votes from Nebraska. Together with Maine, which would not split its votes until 2016, Nebraska is one of two states that split their electoral votes, two going to the statewide popular vote winner and the rest going to the winner of each respective congressional district (Nebraska has three, and Maine has two). Obama won the electoral vote from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, which contains the city of Omaha. Nebraska's other four electoral votes went to John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Analysis\nAs of 2020, this election is the last time that Indiana and North Carolina voted Democratic, and is also the most recent election where one of the nominees has since died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199251-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election, Analysis\nThis election exhibited the continuation of some of the polarization trends evident in the 2000 and 2004 elections. McCain won whites 55\u201343 percent, while Obama won blacks 95\u20134 percent, Hispanics 67\u201331 percent, and Asians 62\u201335 percent. Voters aged 18\u201329 voted for Obama by 66\u201332 percent while elderly voters backed McCain 53\u201345 percent. The 25-year age gap between McCain and Obama was the widest in U.S. presidential election history among the top two candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama\nAlabama was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 21.58% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a red state. Located in the Deep South, Alabama is one of the most conservative states in the country. Republicans have won every presidential election in Alabama since 1980, and the 2008 election was no exception. McCain carried 54 of the state's 67 counties and easily prevailed in the Yellowhammer State. However, Obama improved on Kerry's performance by two points and reduced his margin of defeat by four. Obama also managed to flip Jefferson County, the state's most populous county and home to Birmingham, which had not gone Democratic since 1952 and was won by incumbent Senator Jeff Sessions in the concurrent U.S. Senate election. Marengo County also split tickets for Obama and Sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 933]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Campaign, Polling\nOpinion polls taken in Alabama prior to the election consistently showed John McCain to be leading Barack Obama by double digits. RealClearPolitics gave the state an average of 56.8% for McCain, compared to 33.5% for Obama. The state was not seriously contested by either campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $1,846,574 in the state. Barack Obama raised $1,734,629.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent almost $264,945. McCain and his interest groups spent just $850. Barack Obama, made at least one stop in the state, a brief visit to the Heritage Club for a Democratic Fundraiser in Huntsville, AL", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Analysis\nAlabama is one of the most conservative states in the country and one of the most reliably Republican strongholds in presidential elections. Alabama is located in the lower Bible Belt, where many people are values voters who tend to oppose social issues like abortion, gay rights, and immigration. Like most Southern states, Alabama was a one-party state dominated by conservative Democrats for the better part of a century after Reconstruction. However, it swung dramatically to the Republicans in 1964 in opposition to civil rights legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Analysis\nSince then, Democrats have carried the state only once, when Jimmy Carter of neighboring Georgia swept most of the South and East Coast. Although Democrats still nominally have a majority of registered voters, the Democrats have only seriously contested the state two other times since Barry Goldwater carried it in 1964; 1976 (A double-digit victory) and 1980. As in much of the Deep South, Alabama Democrats began splitting their tickets as early as the 1940s when the national party became more receptive toward the Civil Rights Movement, and the rise of the religious right in the 1970s only accelerated this trend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Analysis\nAt the time of the election, Alabama had a Republican Governor (Bob Riley), two Republicans in the U.S. Senate (Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions), and five of its seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives were held by Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Analysis\nOn November 4, 2008, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama predictably lost by a landslide. However, he performed 2% better in 2008 than John Kerry did in 2004 (both by popular vote and by the number of carried counties). In large part, this can be attributed to high turnout of African American voters in Alabama. Notably, Obama carried Jefferson County, which contains the state's largest city of Birmingham, which last supported the official Democratic candidate for president in 1956. Strangely, many news organizations did not project the state's outcome immediately after the polls closed, possibly due to a wavering African American turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Analysis\nVoting in Alabama, like in other states of the Deep South, was heavily polarized by race. According to exit polls, 98% of black Alabamians voted Democratic while 88% of white Alabamians voted Republican. Obama's 12 percent showing among white Alabamians was easily his worst in the nation, and prevented him from having any realistic chance of carrying the state. Ultimately, McCain won by running up massive landslides in the state's suburban areas; several Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile suburbs gave McCain over 70 percent of the vote. The old-line Dixiecrats in these areas began splitting their tickets as early as the 1940s; apart from Carter, some of these areas haven't supported a Democrat for president since Adlai Stevenson II in 1956.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Analysis\nRacial polarization was why Obama generally improved on Kerry's performance in Central Alabama, where more African Americans live. Conversely, Obama did much worse than Kerry in North Alabama, where fewer blacks live. Racial polarization was also responsible for Alabama's electoral geography: Obama, like other Democrats, won landslides in the Black Belt while losing badly everywhere else.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Analysis\nWith 60.32% of the popular vote, Alabama proved to be McCain's fifth strongest state in the 2008 election after Oklahoma, Wyoming, Utah and Idaho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nRepublican John McCain carried six of the state's seven congressional districts, including two districts (AL-02 and AL-05) that were carried by Democrats (Bobby Bright and Parker Griffith, respectively) in the U.S. House of Representatives", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Alabama cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Alabama is allocated 9 electors because it has 7 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 9 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 9 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199252-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alabama, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 9 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 4, 2008, as part of the nationwide presidential election held throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose 3 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska\nAlaska was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 21.53% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Democratic nominee Barack Obama did, however, perform better in 2008 than Democratic nominee John Kerry did in 2004. This is the first election in which it participated in which it failed to support the same candidate as Virginia and Indiana, and the only time in which it didn't do so for the latter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska\nThe presence of popular Governor Sarah Palin on the ticket as the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee appeared to help. The McCain\u2013Palin ticket received just a slightly smaller percentage of Alaskan votes than did Bush\u2013Cheney in 2004 despite the nation's swinging Democratic by 4.66% (48.27% to 52.93%). Polls from April until August indeed showed John McCain with a slim lead, with one poll taken in early August showing Obama five points ahead. However, from when Sarah Palin was announced as McCain's running mate on August 29, polls showed John McCain consistently ahead. RealClearPolitics gave the state an average of 55.8% for McCain, compared to 41.3% for Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska\nMcCain's 193,841 votes is the most received by a presidential candidate in the state's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska, Campaign, Polling\nOpinion polls consistently showed John McCain to be leading Barack Obama. From April until August they showed John McCain with a slim lead, with one poll taken in early August showing Obama five points ahead. However, from when Sarah Palin was announced as McCain's running mate on August 29, polls showed John McCain consistently ahead. RealClearPolitics gave the state an average of 55.8% for McCain, compared to 41.3% for Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $134,686. McCain and his interest groups spent just $1,836. The Democratic ticket didn't visit the state. Alaskan native Sarah Palin campaigned just once in the state during the fall election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska, Analysis\nAt the time of the election, Alaska had a Republican Governor and Lieutenant Governor (Sarah Palin and Sean Parnell, respectively) and was represented in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives solely by Republicans (U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, who was defeated for reelection in 2008 by the former Democratic Mayor of Anchorage Mark Begich, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, and U.S. Representative Don Young). At the time of the election, Republicans held a majority in the Alaska House of Representatives whereas a coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans controlled the Alaska Senate. Furthermore, since becoming a state in 1959, Alaska has voted for the Republican nominee in every presidential election with the exception of 1964 when the Last Frontier voted for president Lyndon B. Johnson in his 44-state landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 907]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska, Analysis\nEarly in the campaign, Obama actually bought some advertising in Alaska, apparently thinking that Libertarian Bob Barr could hold down McCain's numbers; Alaska has a history of supporting third-party candidates. Also, several polls in the early summer of 2008 showed the race within single digits (with one poll from Alaska pollster Hays Research showing Obama with a five-point lead).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska, Analysis\nWhile McCain would have been favored to win Alaska in any event, Palin's addition to the ticket ended any realistic chance of Obama carrying it. At the time, Palin was one of the most popular governors in the nation. At the same time, Representative Young was reelected to an 18th term by a narrow margin over Democrat Ethan Berkowitz in a highly contested U.S. House race\u2014only the fifth time he had faced a close contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska, Analysis\nStevens, who was convicted earlier in the year on seven felony charges (though the conviction was subsequently vacated due to prosecutorial misconduct), was narrowly ousted by Begich. In the state legislature, Democrats picked up one seat in the State House and two members of the Coalition broke away and went back to their respective parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Alaska cast their ballots for electors\u2014representatives to the Electoral College. Alaska is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 3 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199253-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Alaska, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 3 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona\nArizona was won by Republican nominee John McCain with an 8.48% margin of victory, McCain had served as United States Senator from Arizona since 1987. Prior to the election, sixteen of seventeen news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a red state. It was the home state of John McCain and until 2020, had only been carried by a Democrat once since 1948. However, polls taken near Election Day in 2008 showed Democrat Barack Obama closer than expected to winning the state. McCain carried all but four of the state's 15 counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona\nThis was the last presidential election that a Republican would win his home state until Donald Trump won his newly appointed home state of Florida in 2020. This is also closer than any of McCain's statewide Senate races. Obama became the first Democrat to win the White House without winning Greenlee County since Arizona statehood in 1912.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona\nTwelve years later, Democratic nominee for President Joe Biden, who was running as the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2008, won the state of Arizona, partially from the endorsement of Cindy McCain, the widow of John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Campaign, Polling\nOpinion polls taken from February through to October 2008 showed McCain leading Obama by margins of between 1% and 21%. The final RealClearPolitics average gave the state an average of 53.8% for McCain, compared to 45.0% for Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $1,510,900 in the state. McCain and his interest groups spent just $751. The Democratic ticket did not visit the state. Arizona native John McCain visited the state 5 times in the election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Analysis\nArizona has long been a Republican-dominated state. At the time, it was represented in the Senate by two Republicans (John McCain and Jon Kyl). It has only supported a Democrat for president once in the last 60 years, when Bill Clinton carried it in 1996. In addition, both the Arizona Senate and Arizona House of Representatives are controlled by Republicans. However, the Governor was Democrat Janet Napolitano, and both parties held four House seats each before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Analysis\nArizona was McCain's home state and gave its 10 electoral votes to its favorite son. However, he won just under 54% of the vote. By comparison, he'd been reelected in 2004 with 77% of the vote, one of the largest margins of victory for a statewide race in Arizona history. This led to speculation that the race would have been far closer without McCain on the ballot. One major factor is the growing Hispanic vote in the state, a voting bloc that tends to favor the Democrats, although both George W. Bush and John McCain held moderate positions on illegal immigration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Analysis\nArizona politics are dominated by Maricopa and Pima counties, home to Phoenix and Tucson respectively. Between them, these two counties cast almost three-fourths of the state's vote and elect a substantial majority of the legislature. Maricopa County, a Republican stronghold since 1948, gave McCain an 11-point victory. This alone was more than enough to make up for Obama's narrow victory in Democratic-leaning Tucson. McCain also did well elsewhere throughout the state, winning the more sparsely populated counties by double digits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Analysis\nThe election also saw Republicans making gains in the state legislature, as the GOP picked up one seat in the State Senate and three seats in the State House. The Democrats, however, managed to win the open seat in Arizona's 1st congressional district, with former state representative Ann Kirkpatrick cruising to victory over Republican Sydney Hay, giving the Democrats a majority of the state's House seats for the first time in 60 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Results\nConstitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin, Boston Tea Party nominee Charles Jay and independent candidate Jonathan Allen were registered write-in candidates in Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Results, By congressional district\nMcCain won a majority of the vote in six of Arizona's eight congressional districts, while Obama won two. McCain won two districts (AZ-08 and AZ-05) represented by Democrats (Gabrielle Giffords and Harry Mitchell, respectively), and one other (AZ-01) represented by a Republican at the time but which voted for a Democrat (Ann Kirkpatrick) in the simultaneous U.S. House elections. Both districts Obama carried are represented by Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Arizona cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Arizona is allocated 10 electors because it has 8 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 10 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 10 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199254-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arizona, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 10 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas\nArkansas was won by Republican John McCain by a 19.9% margin of victory, an even greater margin than George W. Bush attained in 2004, despite the national Democratic trend. This was likely due to the issue of race in the presidential election. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a red state. The state trended Republican dramatically in 2008, as McCain performed over 4% better than Bush did in 2004, more than any other state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas\nOnly five counties swung more Democratic in 2008, and the vast majority of counties swung heavily Republican, some by as much as 30%. Of the ten counties with the largest percentage swing to the Republicans in the U.S. during this election, six of them were located in Arkansas. Obama became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Arkansas. It was also one of the six states where neither Obama nor McCain won during the primary season, and the strongest of five states that trended rightward in this election, the others being Oklahoma, Louisiana, Tennessee, and West Virginia. This was the first time Arkansas did not vote for the winner of the presidential election since 1968. As of 2020, this is the last time Arkansas voted to the left of Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 826]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Campaign, Polling\nJohn McCain won every single opinion poll taken in Arkansas prior to the election, with leads ranging from 7% to 29%. Although, McCain polled just in the low 50% range. RealClearPolitics gave the state an average of 52.3% for McCain, compared to 38.8% for Obama. The margin of victory on election day was more than double of the RCP average. The state was not seriously contested by either campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Campaign, Fundraising\nObama raised $1,004,783. McCain raised $934,884. Both candidates raised the most in Pulaski County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent over $110,350. McCain spent only $459. Neither candidate visited the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Analysis\nAlthough former President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, easily carried his home state of Arkansas in 1992 and 1996, the state was largely considered a safe state for McCain. Early polls gave McCain a 9-point lead among possible voters on Election Day. Although the state was still strongly Democratic at the state and local levels, on Election Day, Arkansas voted for McCain by a margin of approximately 20%--ten points better than Bush's showing four years earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Analysis\nA handful of counties--some of which not voting Republican since Richard Nixon won every county in 1972--swung safely into the GOP column. The Delta county of Jackson, for example, swung from a 14.3-point victory for Democrat Kerry in 2004 to a 16.3-point victory for McCain in 2008. A possible factor for such the large swing away from the Democrats could have been the fact that Hillary Clinton, who once served as First Lady of Arkansas while her husband was Governor, did not receive the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. The polls showed Clinton defeating McCain in Arkansas. Obama became the first Democrat in history to win the White House without carrying Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Analysis\nDuring the same election, however, freshman Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor faced no Republican opposition, and was reelected in a landslide victory over Rebekah Kennedy of the Green Party. The four members of the state's delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives (three Democrats and one Republican) were also reelected with no major-party opposition. Republicans, however, picked up three seats in the Arkansas House of Representatives and one Democratic state representative became a Green (he later returned to the Democratic Party in 2009).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Results, By congressional district\nMcCain swept every congressional district in Arkansas, three of which were held by Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 88], "content_span": [89, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Arkansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Arkansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 6 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199255-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 6 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in California took place on November 4, 2008, in California as part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 55 electors, the most out of any of the 50 states, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California\nCalifornia was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 24.1% margin of victory. No Republican has carried the state in a presidential election since George H. W. Bush in 1988. Prior to the election, California was considered to be a state Obama would win or as a safe blue state. With its 55 electoral votes, California was Obama's largest electoral prize in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic candidate carried Trinity County in a presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Primaries\nOn February 5, 2008, presidential primaries were held by all parties with ballot access in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 65], "content_span": [66, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Primaries, Democratic\nThe 2008 California Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. California was dubbed the \"Big Enchilada\" by the media because it offers the most delegates out of any other delegation. Hillary Clinton won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 77], "content_span": [78, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Primaries, Democratic, Process\nIn the primary, 370 of California's 441 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were selected. The remaining delegates were superdelegates not obligated to vote for any candidate at the convention. Of these delegates, 241 were awarded at the congressional district level, and the remaining 129 were awarded to the statewide winner. Candidates were required to receive at least 15% of either the district or statewide vote to receive any delegates. Registered Democrats and Decline to State voters were eligible to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 86], "content_span": [87, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Primaries, Democratic, Polls\nThe latest six polls were averaged (only counting the latest Zogby poll).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Primaries, Republican\nThe 2008 California Republican primary was held on February 5, 2008, with a total of 173 national delegates at stake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 77], "content_span": [78, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Primaries, Republican, Process\nThe delegates represented California at the Republican National Convention. There were three delegates to every congressional district and fourteen bonus delegates. The winner in each of the 53 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates. The statewide winner was awarded 11 of the 14 bonus delegates, with the 3 remaining delegates assigned to party leaders. Voting in the primary was restricted to registered Republican voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 86], "content_span": [87, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Primaries, Republican, Polls\nEarly polls showed Rudy Giuliani in the lead. Polls taken closer to the primary either showed Mitt Romney or John McCain as the favored candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Primaries, American Independent Party\nThe American Independent Party held its primary February 5, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 93], "content_span": [94, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Primaries, Peace and Freedom\nThe Peace and Freedom Party held its primary February 5, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Polling\nObama won most opinion polls taken prior to the election. Until October 9, his lead ranged from 7 to 15 points in most polls. However, after October 9, his lead expanded to more than 20 consistently. In the final three polls he averaged 59%, while McCain averaged 34%; which is close to the results on election day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Fundraising\nObama raised a total of $124,325,459 from the state. McCain raised a total of $26,802,024.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 67], "content_span": [68, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Advertising and visits\nThe Obama campaign spent almost $5,570,641. The McCain campaign spent $1,885,142. Obama visited the state six times. McCain visited the state eight times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 78], "content_span": [79, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Analysis\nCalifornia was once a Republican stronghold, supporting Republican candidates in every election from 1952 through 1988, except in 1964. However, since the 1990s, California has become a reliably Democratic state with a highly diverse ethnic population (mostly Latino) and liberal bastions such as the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County. The last time the state was won by a Republican candidate was in 1988 by George H. W. Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Analysis\nObama won by a historic margin, with 61.01% of the votes. Most news organizations called California for Obama as soon as the polls in the state closed. The last time the margin was higher in the state was in 1936 when Franklin D. Roosevelt won with 66.95% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Analysis\nIn San Francisco and Alameda County (which includes Oakland and Berkeley), four out of five voters backed the Democratic candidate. Elsewhere in the Bay Area, Obama won every county by a three to two margin or greater. In Los Angeles County, Obama won almost 70% of the votes. His combined margin in the Bay Area and Los Angeles County would have been more than enough to carry the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Analysis\nObama also made considerable headway in historically Republican areas of the state. Fresno County, for example, a heavily populated county in the Central Valley, went from giving Bush a 16% margin to a 2% margin for Obama. San Diego County moved from a six-percent margin for Bush to a 10-point margin for Obama\u2014only the second time since World War II that a Democrat has carried this military-dominated county. San Bernardino and Riverside went from double-digit Republican victories to narrow Democratic wins. Ventura County also moved from Republican to Democratic. Orange County, historically one of the most Republican suburban counties in the nation, went from a 21-point margin for Bush to only a 2.5-point margin for McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 797]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Analysis\nVoter turnout was also fairly higher in the election. The 79% turnout of registered voters was the highest since the 1976 presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Analysis\nDespite the Democratic landslide in California, during the same election, a ballot proposition to ban same-sex marriage narrowly passed. A number of counties that had voted for Obama voted yes for it, as it was supported by Hispanics and African Americans. Even though Obama considered marriage to be between a man and a woman at the time, he opposed the \"divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution... the U.S. Constitution or those of other states\". Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state's Republican governor and a supporter of McCain, opposed the proposition, though McCain supported it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Results\nThe following are official results from the California Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Results, By county\nThe results below are primarily compiled from the final reports available from the Secretary of State. The \"others\" category also includes write-in votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 74], "content_span": [75, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Results, By congressional district\nObama carried 42 congressional districts in California, including all 34 districts held by Democrats and eight districts held by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 90], "content_span": [91, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Electors\nTechnically the voters of California cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. California is allocated 55 electors because it has 53 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 55 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate, to the California Secretary of State. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 55 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 843]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. In California the 55 electors meet in the State Capitol building in Sacramento to cast their ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from California. All were pledged to and voted for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199256-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in California, Failed election reform\nThere was a proposed ballot proposition in the state to alter the way the state's electors would be distributed among presidential candidates, but the initiative failed to get onto the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 78], "content_span": [79, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 4, 2008, as a part of the 2008 United States presidential election throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado\nColorado was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a margin of victory of 8.95%. Obama took 53.66% of the vote to McCain's 44.71%. The state was heavily targeted by both campaigns, although, prior to the election, all 17 news organizations actually considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a blue state. While George W. Bush narrowly carried the state in 2004, the Centennial State ultimately flipped allegiance to Obama. This was the first time since 1992 in which the state was won by a Democrat in a presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado\nKey to Obama's victory was Democratic dominance in the Denver area, sweeping not just the city but also the heavily populated suburban counties around Denver, particularly Adams, Arapahoe, and Jefferson counties, as well as winning Larimer County, home to Fort Collins. Obama also took over 70% of the vote in Boulder County, home to Boulder. McCain's most populated county wins were in El Paso County, where Colorado Springs is located, and Weld County, home to Greeley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado\nColorado served as the tipping-point state for Obama's overall victory in the presidential election - that is, the first state to give a candidate their 270th electoral vote when all states are arranged by their margins of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Campaign, Polling\nPre -election polling taken in Colorado prior to the election mostly showed Obama with a slight lead. He led every poll after September 25. The average of the last three polls showed Obama leading McCain 52% to 45%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $3,491,086. Barack Obama raised almost $11 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $10,410,669. McCain and his interest groups spent $9,818,077. McCain/Palin visited the state 13 times. Obama/Biden visited the state 8 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nChanging demographics and a growing Hispanic population made the state more favorable to the Democrats, although Republicans still had a hold on the state due to the party's conservative stances on social issues like abortion, gay rights, and gun control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nLike most of the Mountain West, Colorado had been traditionally Republican beginning with the Eisenhower landslide of 1952, in which Eisenhower overperformed throughout the region. Between 1952 and 2004, inclusive, Democrats prevailed in Colorado only in 1964 and 1992--the former, a national Democratic landslide; the latter, a three-way contest in which independent candidate Ross Perot had disproportionate strength in the West. In addition, Republicans had mostly held control of the state legislature and most statewide offices since the 1960s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nAlthough Democrats had bases of support in Adams and Pueblo Counties and in the south of the state, and generally carried Denver (albeit often by narrow margins), this was generally no match for Republican dominance of the Denver suburbs, El Paso County (Colorado Springs), Larimer County (Fort Collins), and, until Dukakis flipped it in 1988, Boulder County, as well as of most of the rural areas of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nRecently, however, there had been a growing population of Hispanic Americans, young professionals, and an influx of people from other states - all of whom tend to vote Democratic. These demographic changes caused the state's political ideology to shift. While Republicans still enjoyed an advantage in voter registration statewide, Democrats had been closing the gap. There had also been an increasing number of unaffiliated, independent-minded voters. Since 2004, Democrats had won the governorship, both Senate seats, three House seats, and control of both chambers in the state legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nAt the presidential level, Colorado voted for Bush by 8.36% in 2000, making it the second-closest of the states carried by Dole in 1996 (behind only Virginia). Moreover, his 50.75% vote share was his lowest in any of the states carried by Dole in 1996, with Ralph Nader posting a relatively strong showing in the state in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nColorado was not seriously contested in 2004, but Kerry cut Bush's margin down to 4.67% in the state, as Kerry flipped a number of ski-resort counties, scored the best showings in Denver and Boulder County of any presidential nominee in decades, and narrowed Bush's margins in the Denver-area suburban counties of Jefferson and Arapahoe, as well as in Larimer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nBush's relatively narrow margin in the state in 2004, along with the demographic changes of the prior four years, led Colorado to become a crucial swing state in 2008. Both Barack Obama and John McCain campaigned extensively in the state. Several factors in the campaign favored the Democrat. Barack Obama did very well in the caucus, defeating opponent Hillary Clinton with almost 67% of the vote. On the other hand, John McCain badly lost the state to opponent Mitt Romney, who gained 60% of the vote. Moreover, the 2008 Democratic National Convention was held in Denver. The publicity generated from the event provided a strong boost to Obama. According to Real Clear Politics polling averages, Obama and McCain were neck-to-neck through the summer and early September. However, as the 2008 financial crisis hit, Obama's numbers in Colorado jumped to over 50%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 926]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nDuring the campaign, several media organizations reported on voting machine problems. There was also reporting on the controversial practice of \"purging\" voter registration lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nOn election day, Obama won by a comfortable margin, greater than his national average. Obama improved on John Kerry's performance throughout the state. He won landslides in the Democratic strongholds of Denver and Boulder; in both areas, Obama took more than 70% of the vote. He also further built upon Kerry's strength in a number of rich counties dominated by ski resorts along the Front Range; and continued to dominate the traditionally Democratic areas of Pueblo County, Adams County, and the thinly populated, Latino counties of southern Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nMcCain did best in the rural, conservative areas next to Kansas and Utah, where he won landslide margins. In Rio Blanco County, Mesa County, Yuma County, Washington County, Lincoln County, Bent County, Crowley County, and tiny Dolores County, Phillips County, Cheyenne County, and Kiowa County, he managed a slightly greater vote share than Bush in 2000. Voters in more populated El Paso County, home to conservative Colorado Springs, gave McCain a 19% margin, which, while a comfortable win, was far less than Bush's 35% margin in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nMcCain also won two other relatively populated counties, Douglas County and Weld County, both outer suburbs of the Denver area--although, again, by substantially reduced margins compared to Bush in 2004. However, the largest suburban counties of the area, traditionally Republican Jefferson and Arapahoe Counties, flipped from Bush to Obama in 2008, as did Broomfield County, which cast its first presidential vote for Bush in 2004. Obama also flipped Larimer County. All together, this was more than enough to overcome Republican advantages elsewhere in the state, as Obama won it by a nearly nine-point margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Analysis\nElsewhere in the state, Democrats also did well. Democratic Mark Udall defeated Republican Bob Schaffer for an open U.S. Senate seats; his vacated House seat was also won by Democrat Jared Polis. In addition, Democrat Betsy Markey defeated incumbent Republican Marilyn Musgrave, by 12 points for Colorado's 4th Congressional District seat. At the state level, Democrats picked up one seat in the Colorado Senate, but lost two seats in the Colorado House of Representatives. Obama's 65.8% victory in Summit County was the highest percentage win by a Democratic presidential nominee in the county since Woodrow Wilson won the county with 70.3% of the vote back in 1916.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nWhile Barack Obama won the state\u2019s popular vote and 9 electoral votes, John McCain carried four of the state\u2019s seven congressional districts, including both seats held by Republicans and two seats held by Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 98], "content_span": [99, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Colorado cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Colorado is allocated 9 electors because it has 7 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 9 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 9 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199257-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Colorado, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 9 were pledged to Obama and Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut\nConnecticut was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 22.4% margin of victory. Connecticut was 1 of the 6 states that had every county\u2014including traditionally Republican Litchfield County\u2014go for Obama, the others being Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Connecticut has not voted for a Republican presidential nominee since 1988 when the state was carried by George H.W. Bush over Michael Dukakis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut\nAs of 2020, this was the most recent presidential election in which the Democratic nominee carried the towns of Barkhamsted, Colebrook, New Hartford, Plymouth, Preston, Scotland, Thompson, Torrington, Warren, and Winchester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 78], "content_span": [79, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut, Campaign, Polling\nBarack Obama won every single poll taken in the state, and every one of them by a double-digit margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 74], "content_span": [75, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $3,966,985. Barack Obama raised $9,727,617.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 78], "content_span": [79, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $730,335 while McCain spent nothing on the state. Neither campaign visited the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 89], "content_span": [90, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut, Analysis\nConnecticut is a part of New England, an area of the country that has in recent decades become a Democratic stronghold. The state went Republican in most of the elections from 1948 to 1988, the exceptions being the three in the 1960s. However, following Bill Clinton's narrow victory in the state in 1992, it has not been seriously contested by Republicans since. McCain ceded the state to Obama early on, despite the endorsement of the state's incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-Independent who still caucused with the Democrats but backed McCain for president in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut, Analysis\nIn 2006, Democrats knocked off two incumbent Republicans and picked up two U.S. House seats in CT-02 and CT-05 (Joe Courtney and Chris Murphy, respectively). Although then-Governor M. Jodi Rell and Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele were both moderate Republicans, all other statewide offices were held by Democrats. Democrats also enjoyed a supermajority status in both chambers of the Connecticut state legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut, Analysis\nIn 2008, Democrat Jim Himes defeated incumbent Republican Christopher Shays, who was at the time the only Republican member of the U.S. House from New England, for the U.S. House seat in Connecticut's 4th congressional district. This was largely because Obama carried the district with a staggering 60% of the vote--one of his best performances in a Republican-held district. Shays' defeat meant that for the first time in almost 150 years, there were no Republican Representatives from New England. In no other part of the country is a major political party completely shut out. At the state level, Democrats picked up 6 seats in the Connecticut House of Representatives and 1 seat in the Connecticut Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 775]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Litchfield County voted for the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Connecticut cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Connecticut is allocated 7 electors because it has 5 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 7 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all sevenelectoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199258-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 7 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware\nDelaware was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 25.0% margin of victory, the best-ever result for a Democratic presidential candidate in Delaware as of 2020. Obama's large margin of victory was aided by his running mate, Joe Biden, a longtime U.S. senator from the state and the first Delawarean to appear on a national presidential ticket. During the campaign, Delaware was considered a safe blue state, and in the end only one county of Delaware's three counties, Sussex County, went for McCain, by a margin of approximately 7,000 votes or 8.58%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Democratic primary\nThe Democratic Primary was held on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 15 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Delaware's subdivisions was awarded those subdivisions' delegates, totaling 10. Another 5 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 15 delegates represented Delaware at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. 8 other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 72], "content_span": [73, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Democratic primary, Analysis\nBarack Obama's win in the Delaware Democratic Primary can be traced to a number of factors. According to the exit polls, 64% of voters in the Delaware Democratic Primary were Caucasian and they favored Clinton by a margin of 56-40 compared to the 28% of African American voters who backed Obama by a margin of 86-9. Obama won all age groups except senior citizens ages 65 and over who strongly backed Clinton by a margin of 56-38.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Democratic primary, Analysis\nObama also won middle class and more affluent voters making over $30,000 while Clinton won lower middle class and less affluent voters making less than $30,000. Obama also won higher-educated voters (college graduates 60-35; postgraduate studies 66-32) while high school graduates backed Clinton 51-44; both candidates evenly split voters who had some college and/or an associate degree 47-47. Registered Democrats favored Obama 54-42 while Independents also backed him by a margin of 50-44; he also won all ideological groups. Regarding religion, Obama won all major denominations except Roman Catholics who backed Clinton with a 60-35 margin \u2013 Obama won Protestants 51-47, other Christians 71-24, and atheists/agnostics 60-35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Democratic primary, Analysis\nObama performed best in New Castle County, the most populous and urban part of the state which contains Wilmington as well as several African Americans, which he won by a 56.49-39.69 margin of victory. He also narrowly won neighboring Kent County to the south, which contains the state capital of Dover, with 51.76% of the vote. Clinton won Sussex County in Southern Delaware, the more rural and conservative part of the state, with 52.73% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Republican primary\nThe Republican primary was held on February 5 (Super Tuesday). A total of 18 delegates were selected. The Delaware Republican Party rallied behind John McCain, and was the declared winner of the primary election after successfully taking all 3 Delaware counties. McCain was followed by Mitt Romney in second and then by Mike Huckabee in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 72], "content_span": [73, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Republican primary, Candidates\nCandidates Rudy Giuliani, Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson, and Tom Tancredo had dropped out of the presidential race before the Delaware primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 84], "content_span": [85, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Republican primary, Analysis\nMcCain was the expected favorite in the 2008 primary among the Republican candidates; his campaign was led by Delaware's only House representative, Rep. Michael N. Castle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Republican primary, Analysis\nIn Delaware, 27,412 of the 102, 455 registered Republicans voted in the election, resulting in a 26.76% turn-out rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Campaign, Polling\nObama won every single pre-election poll taken in the state, and each one by a double-digit margin of victory. He won the last poll by a 30-point margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $340,736. Barack Obama raised $1,010,740.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nNo advertising was spent by either campaign. Delaware native Joe Biden campaigned here 6 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Analysis\nDelaware was once a noted bellwether state. It supported the winner in every presidential election from 1892 to 1996 except for 1916, 1932 and 1948. However, it broke this trend in 2000, when Al Gore carried it by 13 points. It supported John Kerry by a slightly narrower margin in 2004, and is now reckoned as part of the solid bloc of blue states in the Northeast. The last Republican to win Delaware was George H. W. Bush in 1988. Obama was already favored to win Delaware going into the election. However, what little chance McCain had of winning the state ended when Biden joined the Democratic ticket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Analysis\nIn recent years, any discussion of statewide elections in Delaware has begun and ended with New Castle County, home to the state's largest city, Wilmington. Part of the Northeast megalopolis and the Philadelphia metropolitan area, New Castle contains 55% of Delaware's population and elects a substantial majority of the Delaware General Assembly. New Castle has turned almost solidly Democratic in recent years, mirroring the trend in the rest of the Northeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Analysis\nThe state's other two counties, Kent (home to the state capital, Dover) and Sussex, are more rural and more Republican, but combined have less than half of New Castle's population. In 1992, 2000 and 2004, the Republican candidate carried Kent and Sussex, but lost New Castle by double digits\u2014enough of a margin to swing the entire state to the Democrats. The 2008 election was no different. Obama carried New Castle by over 104,000 votes, which would have been more than enough to carry the state. He also carried Kent by 10%. Sussex was the only county to support McCain; it has only gone Democratic in a presidential election twice since 1948.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Analysis\nWith Biden on the ticket, Democrats had a very good year down ballot as well. The Democrats continued their 15-year run in the Governor's Mansion as State Treasurer Jack Markell was elected with 67.52% of the vote over Republican Bill Lee. Incumbent Ruth Ann Minner was barred from a third term. Democrats picked up two seats in the Delaware Senate and seven seats in the Delaware House of Representatives. The latter victory gave the Democrats control of the state house for the first time since 1987, and gave the Democrats complete control of state government for the first time since the 1970s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nDue to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 98], "content_span": [99, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Delaware cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Delaware is allocated 3 electors because it has one congressional district and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of three electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all three electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 806]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199259-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Delaware, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 3 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida\nFlorida was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 2.8% margin of victory, making it the first time since 1996 the state was won by a Democrat. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered this state a toss-up, or swing state, as it was heavily targeted by both campaigns. Despite the fact that polls showed John McCain in the lead throughout much of 2008, Obama took the momentum in the two months before Election Day. Obama ended up winning the state with 51 percent of the vote, including wins in four counties that George W. Bush won in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Primary elections\nState-run primaries were held for the Democratic and Republican parties on January 29. The Green Party held its own primary on February 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Primary elections, Democratic primary\n*As awarded by the May 31, 2008, meeting of the Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC). * *Subsequently, some Edwards delegates switched to Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 90], "content_span": [91, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Primary elections, Republican primary\n* Candidate dropped out of the race prior to primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 90], "content_span": [91, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Primary elections, Green primary\nAs part of the 2008 Green Party presidential primaries, the Green Party held a mail-in primary in Florida on February 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Campaign\nRepublican George W. Bush of Texas carried Florida by a convincing margin of 5% in 2004 against Democrat John Kerry, a much greater margin than in 2000 when Bush controversially won the state's 25 electoral votes against Democrat Al Gore of Tennessee by 537 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Campaign\nEarly polls showed Barack Obama faring poorly in Florida. During the primary season, Barack Obama did not campaign there and argued against seating its delegates for the Democratic convention, unfavorable media attention. Moreover, Florida's demographics did not favor him. A haven for retirees, Florida lacked many of the younger voters who passionately supported the Democratic nominee. Thus, in early 2008, opinion polling showed Republican John McCain leading most polls, sometimes by double digits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Campaign\nNear the end of September, however, when the financial crisis of 2007\u20132008 became a more potent election issue, Obama proceeded to take the lead in most of the polls. Florida was especially hard hit by the economic shock. It was a hotspot of new home building and suffered tremendously from the subprime lending collapse. In addition, the state was full of retirees depending on 401ks; these were badly hurt by the stock market's fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Campaign, Predictions\n16 news organizations made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Campaign, Polling\nThe 3 poll averages showed McCain leading throughout most of the presidential election season, until the last month of October. The final 3 polls had Obama leading 49% to 48% with undecided voters to decide the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $36,990,591 in the state. McCain and his interest groups spent $17,133,501. The Democratic ticket visited the state 12 times to the Republicans' 11 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Analysis\nObama won the state and its 27 electoral votes on Election Day by a margin of about 2.82%. Obama held a consistent lead for most of the night as returns came in, but the networks avoided calling the state for Obama until the conservative northwestern portion, most of which is in the Central Time Zone, began reporting its returns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Analysis\nAccording to exit polling, Obama's win in the state can be attributed to winning 96% of the African-American vote, 57% of Latino voters, and 52% among Independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Analysis\nBig wins in the Orlando and Tampa Bay areas, where George W. Bush won in 2004, contributed to Obama's victory. In the former, Obama carried Orange County (which includes Orlando) by 19 points - the best margin for a Democratic candidate in 64 years. Before Al Gore and John Kerry narrowly won it, Orange County hadn't supported a Democratic presidential nominee since Franklin D. Roosevelt's last run for president in 1944. Obama also carried Osceola County near Orlando by a 20-point margin (Bush won it in 2004 52%-47%). His strong performance in Central Florida more than likely helped the Democrats win two U.S. House seats in that region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Analysis\nIn the Tampa Bay region, Obama carried Hillsborough County, home to Tampa, by a 7-point margin. Obama also won Pinellas County, home to St. Petersburg, by a 53%-45% margin. Bush had narrowly carried the county by about 0.1% in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Analysis\nLike most Democratic candidates, Obama dominated South Florida, winning Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties by comfortable margins. The vote from Miami-Dade came in very late in the evening, stopping the major networks from calling the state for Obama earlier in the evening. However, Obama maintained a lead of at least 125,000 votes from the moment polls closed in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Analysis\nOn the other hand, John McCain kept the state relatively close, losing by far less than his national average. In northern Florida, a Republican stronghold, McCain won the majority of counties by double-digit landslides. Along the panhandle, McCain routinely took over 70% of the vote. Obama won only a handful of counties - most home to major colleges. Moreover, McCain improved on George Bush's performance in large parts of northern Florida - something he achieved in very few other areas of the country. Obama's sole accomplishment involved Duval County (Jacksonville), where he narrowed George Bush's 61,580-vote victory to a far smaller 7,919 margin. In 2008, Duval County had only supported a Democrat for president once since 1952, when Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 838]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Analysis\nIn addition, McCain was able to do well along the I-4 corridor in central Florida. This heavily populated, \"swingy\" region often determines which candidate wins in Florida's statewide elections. In 2008, the Republican candidate won most counties, including heavily populated areas such as Brevard County. However, McCain's poor showing in Orlando severely hurt his position in central Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Analysis\nDemocrats also picked up two seats from Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrat Alan Grayson defeated incumbent Republican Ric Keller for Florida's 8th Congressional District seat while Democrat Suzanne Kosmas ousted incumbent Republican Tom Feeney for Florida's 24th Congressional District seat. Republicans, however, were successful at winning back Republican Mark Foley's old congressional seat in Florida's 16th Congressional District seat when Tom Rooney defeated Democratic incumbent Tim Mahoney by a comfortable margin. At the state level, Democrats picked up two seats in the Florida House of Representatives as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 702]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Flagler County and Volusia County voted for the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nDespite the fact that Barack Obama won the popular vote and the state's 27 electoral votes, John McCain carried 15 congressional districts in Florida, including one district occupied by a Democrat. Obama carried 10 congressional districts, including three districts occupied by Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Florida cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Florida is allocated 27 electors because it has 25 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 27 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 27 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199260-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Florida, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 27 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 4, 2008. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia\nGeorgia was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 5.2% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 15 of 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a red state. It is situated in the Deep South, entrenched in the Bible Belt (the city of Atlanta being an exception), and had been a much more reliable Republican stronghold. Until 2020, the Peach State had not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Bill Clinton narrowly won it in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia\nContinuing on that trend, McCain was able to keep Georgia in the GOP column in 2008 despite the large African American turnout that kept the margin of victory within single digits. With its 15 electoral votes, Georgia was the second-largest prize for McCain in 2008, behind only Texas. This was also the last time Georgia voted more strongly Republican than Missouri, Montana, or Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Campaign\nAn ambitious Barack Obama targeted Georgia as potential state he could flip from red to blue, albeit as a relatively long-shot target. Democrats hoped libertarian candidate Bob Barr \u2013 whose home state was Georgia \u2013 might take away votes for John McCain and play the role of a spoiler. In the early months, Obama bought ads and even appeared in person to campaign in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Campaign\nHowever, polling consistently showed McCain with a double-digit lead. Over the summer, Obama's campaign stumbled, and the Illinois senator even fell behind McCain for a short while in September. In light of these difficulties, the Democratic campaign started shifting resources to North Carolina, which they regarded as more competitive. Obama stopped advertising in the state and moved away staff, although he retained a large volunteer force. As the campaign neared the end, Obama jumped to a national lead, helped by the September financial crisis, but remained behind in Georgia polling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won almost every pre-election poll. The final 3 poll average gave the Republican the lead with 50% to 47%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent over $4,105,888. McCain and his interest groups spent just $49,507. Both McCain and Obama visited Atlanta once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Analysis\nIn terms of the margin, McCain won a quite narrow victory, capturing 52.23% of the popular vote to Democrat Barack Obama's 47.02% popular vote. This margin was significantly lower than that in 2004 when George W. Bush carried this state by a 17% margin, winning 58% of the popular vote to John Kerry's 41%. Obama won huge victories in the two most populous counties, DeKalb County and Fulton County which contains the state capital and largest city of Atlanta, which contributed to his popular vote percentage. He also made significant inroads in Atlanta's normally heavily Republican suburbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Analysis\nFor instance, Obama lost Cobb County by nine points compared to Kerry's 25-point loss. Obama lost Gwinnett County by 11 points compared to a 33-point loss for Kerry. Aside from native son Jimmy Carter sweeping every county in the state in 1976, a Democrat hadn't won either county since 1960, and would not do so until Hillary Clinton in 2016. However, McCain piled up the votes in the more rural northern and southeastern parts of the state (well over 70% in some cases) which gave him the edge and ultimate win. These two areas were among the first regions of Georgia to turn Republican; the old-line Southern Democrats in these areas began splitting their tickets as early as the 1950s, and some areas of north Georgia are among the few ancestrally Republican areas of the South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 844]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Analysis\nThe large African American turnout was widely attributed to the narrow margin by which McCain carried the state. However, Obama was unable to improve his percentage amongst white voters. According to exit polls, 77% of white voters supported the Republican candidate - the same as in 2004. This effectively eliminated Obama's chances of winning the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Analysis\nOf the several independent and third-party candidates who ran for president in 2008, two of them were from Georgia (those being former Republican Representative Bob Barr (L) (who placed third overall in the popular vote in Georgia) and former Democratic Representative Cynthia McKinney (G)).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Analysis\nDuring the same election, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss was held below 50% of the popular vote in a contentious U.S. Senate race against Democrat Jim Martin and Libertarian Allen Buckley. Abiding by Georgia law, this led to a runoff election in December between Chambliss and Martin. Chambliss brought in 2008 vice presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska to campaign for him and rally the base of the GOP. Former President Bill Clinton campaigned on behalf of Martin. Turnout was lower than in the general election and African Americans didn't turn out as largely as they did in November for Obama, all factors that led up to Chambliss's victory. The incumbent was reelected with 57.44% of the vote while Martin received 42.56%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Analysis\nDuring the 2008 U.S. house elections, incumbent Democratic Representatives Jim Marshall (GA-8) and John Barrow (GA-12), each of whom was narrowly re-elected by 1% or less in 2006 despite the pro-Democratic political environment that year, were both re-elected by unexpectedly wide margins despite efforts by Republicans to win both of the districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Analysis\nAt the state level, during the same election, Republicans picked up four seats in the Georgia House of Representatives. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Chattahoochee County voted Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nJohn McCain carried eight congressional districts in Georgia, including all 7 held by Republicans and 1 district held by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Georgia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Georgia is allocated 15 electors because it has 13 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 15 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 15 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 796]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199261-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Georgia, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 15 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199262-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Guam\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Guam was held on November 4, 2008, as part of the 2008 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199262-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Guam\nDespite the fact that Guam lacks representation in the Electoral College, the island territory has conducted a straw poll for the office of President since 1980, when it picked Ronald Reagan over then-incumbent President Jimmy Carter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199262-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Guam\nDemocratic Party nominee Barack Obama won the vote with over 60% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199262-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Guam, Primary elections, Republican caucuses\nJohn McCain won the majority of the vote in the March 8th caucus with", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199262-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Guam, Primary elections, Democratic caucuses\nThe Democratic Party caucus took place on May 5. Barack Obama received 100% of the caucus vote against no opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii\nHawaii, the state where Barack Obama was born, gave him 71.9% of the vote with a 45.3% margin of victory in 2008. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. Hawaii has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1988. Obama's margin of victory in this state is only surpassed by that of the District of Columbia and is the only actual state that gave either candidate more than 70% of the vote. Turnout here was much higher than previous elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii, Campaign, Polling\nJust 3 pre-election polls were ever taken in the state, averaging Obama at 64% to McCain at 30%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $113,838 while a conservative interest group spent $31. Obama visited the state once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii, Analysis\nOne of the most reliably blue states in the nation, Hawaii has only voted for two Republican candidates since statehood, both in national Republican landslides--Richard Nixon in 1972 and Ronald Reagan in 1984. A large concentration of Asian Americans makes the state very favorable to the Democrats. Although moderate Republicans occasionally win at the state level\u2014for instance, then-Governor Linda Lingle and Lieutenant Governor Duke Aiona were both Republicans\u2014Hawaii has long been reckoned as a Democratic stronghold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii, Analysis\nIt came as something of a surprise in 2004 when John Kerry only carried Hawaii with 54 percent of the vote. However, the state reverted to form in dramatic fashion in 2008, with Barack Obama (who was born in Hawaii) winning the state in a landslide over Republican John McCain. Obama outperformed Kerry by 36.3%, making Hawaii Obama's largest overperformance of Kerry in the 2008 Election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii, Analysis\nDuring the same election, Democrats picked up one seat in the Hawaii House of Representatives and two seats in the Hawaii Senate, giving them a super-majority in the Hawaii state legislature with 45 out of 51 seats in the Hawaii House and 23 out of 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nBarack Obama swept both of Hawaii\u2019s two congressional districts easily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Hawaii cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Hawaii is allocated 4 electors because it has 2 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 4 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 4 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199263-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 4 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho\nIdaho was won by Republican nominee John McCain by a 25.3% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 major news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or a red state. Polling in the state gave a sizable lead to McCain over Democrat Barack Obama, with most polling predicting a McCain win of at least 30 percentage points. Despite his landslide defeat in the state, Obama over-performed his polls and greatly improved on Kerry's performance four years earlier. Idaho has not gone Democratic since Lyndon B. Johnson narrowly won it in 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won every pre-election poll with a double-digit margin and with at least 52 percent of the vote. The final three poll average gave the Republican 66 percent to Obama's 29 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $268. McCain spent $434. Neither campaign visited the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho, Analysis\nWith a substantial Mormon population, Idaho is one of the most reliably GOP bastions in the country. Although Barack Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Michael Dukakis in 1988 to eclipse 35 percent of the vote in solidly red state Idaho, the state was still won handily by John McCain by a margin of approximately 25.34 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho, Analysis\nMcCain carried 41 of the state's 44 counties, with Obama winning Blaine County, home to Sun Valley and several other prime ski resorts; Latah County, home to the college town of Moscow, and Teton County, a highly affluent suburb of Teton County, Wyoming, and the last until Joe Biden won it in 2020 United States presidential election in Idaho. Obama was the first Democrat to carry Teton County since Harry S. Truman in 1948. While Obama did not carry Ada County, he did carry the state capital and city of Boise. McCain's victory in Idaho, however, was less than that of George W. Bush who carried the state with 68.38 percent of the vote in 2004, a 12.78-point swing to the Democrats in Idaho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 756]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho, Analysis\nWith 61.21 percent of the popular vote, Idaho proved to be McCain's fourth strongest state in 2008 election after Oklahoma, Wyoming and Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho, Analysis\nDuring the same election, Republicans held onto the open U.S. Senate seat vacated by Republican Larry Craig who reluctantly retired after it was revealed that he had solicited a man for sex in the men's restroom at an airport in Minneapolis. Former Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, a Republican, was elected with 57.65% of the vote over Democrat Larry LaRocco who received 34.11%. A pro-life independent candidate received 5.35 point while Libertarian Kent Marmon received 1.54% and Rex Rammell, a far right-wing candidate who also ran as an Independent, received 1.34%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho, Analysis\nAt the state level, Republicans expanded their supermajority status in the Idaho state legislature as they picked up one seat in the Idaho House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Idaho cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Idaho is allocated four electors because it has two congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of four electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all four electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199264-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Idaho, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All four were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois\nBarack Obama won the race in his home state with a 25.1% margin of victory. Prior to the election, every major news organization considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. One of the most reliably blue states in the nation, Illinois has not voted for a Republican presidential nominee since 1988, when George H. W. Bush narrowly carried the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois\nIn 2008, continuing that trend, it appeared that a generic Democratic presidential nominee could have easily won Illinois; it was no surprise that Barack Obama, who represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate, won Illinois in 2008 over Republican John McCain in a landslide victory, clinching near 62 percent of the total vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Democrat won the following counties: Boone, Bureau, Cass, Calhoun, Coles, Gallatin, Grundy, Kankakee, LaSalle, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Mason, McDonough, McHenry, Montgomery, Pulaski, Sangamon, Schuyler, Stephenson, and Vermillion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois\nObama was the first candidate of either party to win the state with more than 60% of the vote since Warren G. Harding in 1920, and he remains the most recent to do so. Moreover, this was the worst performance for a Republican nominee in Illinois since 1992, when George H. W. Bush earned just 34.34% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois\nThis was the best performance for a Democrat in over 170 years, since Andrew Jackson's 1832 re-election. Obama's performance comes in as the 3rd best Democratic performance in the state overall, behind only the aforementioned 1832 as well as 1828.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois\nIllinois was one of only three states where Obama outperformed Franklin Delano Roosevelt in all four of his runs, as well as Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 landslide. The others were rapidly Democratic-trending Vermont and Delaware, the home state of Joe Biden, Obama's running mate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Election information\nThe primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress and those for state offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Election information, Turnout\nFor the state-run primaries (Democratic, Republican, and Green), turnout was 40.26%, with 2,940,708 votes cast. For the general election, turnout was 70.90%, with 5,522,371 votes cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Primaries\nState-run primaries were held for both major parties, as well as the Green Party, on February 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 63], "content_span": [64, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Primaries, Democratic\nThe 2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 153 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Illinois's 19 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 100. Another 53 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 153 delegates represented Illinois at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Thirty-two other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Primaries, Democratic, Polls\nPolls indicated that then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama was leading then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton by double digits in the days before the contest in his home state of Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Primaries, Democratic, Results\nChicago Public Radio reported on March 13, 2008, that the delegate counts were recalculated and Obama won 106 delegates to 47 forClinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 84], "content_span": [85, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Primaries, Democratic, Results\nDuring the state by state roll-call at the Democratic National Convention, the Illinois delegation declined to cast their votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 84], "content_span": [85, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Primaries, Democratic, Analysis\nIt was no surprise that Barack Obama cruised to a landslide victory in Illinois, the state he had represented in the U.S. Senate since 2005. He enjoyed massive support in his state among all demographics. According to exit polls, 57% of voters in the Illinois Democratic Primary were white and they opted for Obama 57\u201341; 24% of voters were African American and they, too, backed Obama 93\u20135; and 17 percent of voters in the primary were Hispanic/Latino and they narrowly backed Obama 50\u201349. Obama won all age groups but tied Clinton among senior citizens aged 65 and over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 85], "content_span": [86, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Primaries, Democratic, Analysis\nHe won all voters in the state of all educational attainment levels as well as income/socioeconomic classes. He won all ideological groups and voters from both parties as well as self-identified Independents. Regarding religion, Obama won every major denomination except Roman Catholics, who narrowly backed Clinton 50-48%. Obama won Protestants by a margin of 58\u201338, other Christians 79\u201319, other religions 82\u201317, and atheists/agnostics 78\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 85], "content_span": [86, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Primaries, Democratic, Analysis\nObama performed extremely well statewide and racked up massive victories in his home city of Chicago as well as its suburbs and the metropolitan area. He also won Northern Illinois as well as the collar counties by substantial victories. Clinton's best performance was in Southern Illinois among the more rural and conservative counties that are majority white, although Obama still won the region as a whole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 85], "content_span": [86, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Primaries, Republican\nThe 2008 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 2008 presidential election. Illinois was one of 24 States holding a primary or caucus on Super Tuesday. Delegates from each of Illinois' 19 congressional districts are selected by direct election. In addition, the primary ballot also contains a preference poll that lists the presidential candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Primaries, Green\nThe 2008 Illinois Green Party presidential primary was held on February 5, 2008 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Green Party's state primaries ahead of the 2008 presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 70], "content_span": [71, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Primaries, Green\nBy virtue of Green Party candidate Rich Whitney's performance in the 2006 Illinois gubernatorial election, the party had earned the right to have a state-run primary in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 70], "content_span": [71, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Campaign, Polling\nObama won every single pre-election poll, and each by a double-digit margin and with at least 52% (with the exception of an ARG poll). The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading 60% to 35%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $23,319. McCain and interest groups spent $52,865. The Democratic ticket visited the state 13 times. McCain's ticket visited the state twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Analysis\nFor most of the second half of the 20th century, Illinois was reckoned as a Republican-leaning swing state. It voted Republican in every election from 1952 to 1988, save for 1960 and 1964. However, George H. W. Bush just barely won the state in 1988, and it swung heavily to Bill Clinton and the Democrats in 1992. Since then, Democrats have won the state by fairly comfortable margins, and it is now reckoned as the most solidly Democratic state in the Midwest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Analysis\nThe blue trend in the Land of Lincoln in presidential elections can be largely attributed to Cook County, home to Chicago, which makes up about 41.2% of the state's total population. While Chicago has been a Democratic stronghold for decades, the suburban areas of Cook County have historically tilted Republican. The brand of Republicanism in the suburbs, however, has historically been a moderate one, and these areas swung Democratic as the national party moved more to the right. Democrats also do very well in the Illinois portions of the Quad Cities and St. Louis areas. Additionally, the historically Republican collar counties near Chicago \u2013 DuPage, Lake, McHenry, Kane, and Will \u2013 have become friendlier to Democrats at the national level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Analysis\nBarack Obama, the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois at the time of the election, carried the state handily, defeating John McCain of Arizona by a margin of 1.38 million votes. Obama carried his home county, Cook County, with roughly 76% of the vote, the highest percentage of any presidential candidate since its incorporation in 1831. He also swept all five collar counties, becoming the first Democratic candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to so, with DuPage, Kendall, Lake and Will giving him double-digit margins. Notably, DuPage and McHenry had not supported a Democrat for president since that election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Analysis\nObama also did very well in several rural counties that historically voted Republican. He became the first Democrat to win Carroll County since that county was created in 1839, in the process breaking the last remaining Republican streak stretching from initial GOP candidate John C. Fr\u00e9mont in 1856, and the first Democrat to win Boone County since James K. Polk in 1844. McCain did, however, win several of the more rural counties in Southern Illinois. It was not nearly enough, however, to put a serious dent in Obama's 25-point margin in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Analysis\nDuring the same election, senior U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, a Democrat, was reelected to the U.S. Senate with 67.84% of the vote over Republican Dr. Steve Sauerberg who received 28.53%. At the state level, Democrats picked up three seats in the Illinois House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last presidential election that a Democrat won all of Chicago's collar counties. This is also the most recent presidential election in which subtracting the votes from Cook County would not change the election outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Results, By congressional district\nBarack Obama won sixteen of the state's nineteen congressional districts, including all districts held by Democrats and four districts held by Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 88], "content_span": [89, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Illinois cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Illinois is allocated 21 electors because it has 19 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 21 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 21 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199265-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Illinois, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 21 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana\nIndiana was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by 28,391 votes, a 1.03% margin of victory. Prior to the election, major news organizations considered the state as leaning toward Republican nominee John McCain or as a toss-up. On election day, Obama narrowly carried Indiana, which marked the first time a Democratic presidential nominee won Indiana since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that the Democratic nominee carried Indiana, as well as the last in which they carried Spencer County, Starke County, Vanderburgh County, Madison County, or Vermillion County, and the last time the state was decided by a single digit margin. Obama's 1,374,039 votes is the most received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history. This is the last time the state voted to the left of Missouri, North Carolina, Georgia, and Arizona. It is also the only time since 1916 in which it didn't support the same party as Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, or South Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Their last predictions before election day were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Campaign, Polling\nPre -election polling was always tight, although McCain generally had a slight lead in 3 poll averages throughout the entire general election, including the final weeks of the election. Rasmussen Reports never had Obama winning a state poll. In the last opinion polling before the election, conducted by  (October 31-November 2, 2008), Barack Obama led John McCain 49% to 48%. The final 3 poll average gave McCain the lead 49% to 46%, with undecided voters deciding the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $1,758,471 in the state. Barack Obama raised $3,400,475.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama massively outspent McCain in this state. Obama and his interest groups spent $17,796,704. McCain and his interest groups spent $3,160,264. The Democratic ticket visited this state 8 times. The Republican ticket visited 5 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Analysis\nHistorically, Indiana has been the most Republican state in the Great Lakes region. However, polling in September and October showed that Indiana was possibly turning into a swing state in 2008. George W. Bush easily captured Indiana's 11 electoral votes in 2004, defeating Democrat John Kerry by more than 20%. In contrast, most polls from the summer of 2008 onward showed only single-digit margins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Analysis\nThe race was as close as expected. Indiana's polls closed at 6 p.m. local time. The state has often been among the first to be called for the Republican candidate; in 2004, for instance, the state was called for Bush almost as soon as the polls in the Central Time Zone portion of the state closed. However, the race for the state was too close to call at 6pm, sending an early signal of potential upset to voters throughout the rest of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Analysis\nIndiana still had not been decided when most media outlets declared Obama president-elect at 11 p.m. Eastern time. Indiana was finally called for Senator Obama at around 6 a.m. Eastern on November 5. Ultimately, Obama ended up carrying Indiana with 1,374,039 votes to John McCain's 1,345,648 votes, a difference of 28,391 votes (approximately 1.03% of the total votes cast). The Libertarian candidate polled 29,257 votes - more than the margin of Obama's win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Analysis\nThe result was widely seen as an upset considering Indiana's status as a traditionally Republican state, Obama won the contest with a mixture of excellent ground game and internet-powered outreach to potential voters. The efficient use of social media on a scale never seen before in presidential politics also played a role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Analysis\nAt the same time as Obama captured Indiana's 11 electoral votes, incumbent Republican Governor Mitch Daniels was reelected to a second term with 57.84% of the vote over Democrat Jill Long Thompson who received 40.04%. Libertarian Andy Horning received 2.12%. At the state level, Democrats picked up one seat in the Indiana House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Results breakdown, By county\nObama won only 15 of Indiana's counties compared to 77 for McCain. However those 15 counties make up 44% of the state's population. Obama carried the state largely by trouncing McCain in Marion County, home to increasingly Democratic Indianapolis, by over 106,000 votes. Kerry narrowly won Marion County in 2004; prior to that it last supported a Democrat in 1964. Obama also won in Vigo County, home to Terre Haute and a noted bellwether; it had voted for the winner of every presidential election all but twice since 1892 (the streak ended in 2020). Not a single county voted more Republican in the 2008 election than in 2004. Although Obama lost Allen County, home to Indiana's second largest city, Fort Wayne, by four points, he won in Fort Wayne city proper by 6 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 857]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Results breakdown, By county\nObama also dominated Gary and northwestern Indiana, traditionally the most Democratic region of the state. Many of the voters in this area already knew Obama, as this region makes up most of the Indiana side of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Chicago media market; Obama is from Chicago and has aired ads here for over a decade (dating to his tenure in the Illinois Senate).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Results breakdown, By county\nHe also did very well in counties where colleges and universities are located, including St. Joseph (home to South Bend and Notre Dame), Vigo (home to Terre Haute and Indiana State University, Rose\u2013Hulman Institute of Technology, and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College) Monroe (home to Bloomington and IU), Delaware (home to Muncie and Ball State), Tippecanoe (home to West Lafayette and Purdue), and Porter (home to Valparaiso and Valparaiso University).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Results breakdown, By county\nMcCain dominated Indianapolis's traditionally heavily Republican suburbs, although Obama reduced the Republican margin from past presidential elections. McCain also did well in traditionally Democratic Southern Indiana. Obama only managed to win three counties in this region, one of which was Vanderburgh County, where the city of Evansville is located.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nAlthough Barack Obama narrowly won the state and its 11 electoral votes, John McCain carried six out of nine congressional districts in Indiana, including all four held by Republicans and two held by Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Indiana cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Indiana is allocated 11 electors because it has 9 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 11 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 11 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199266-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Indiana, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 11 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 4, 2008, as part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa\nIowa was won by the Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the state next door, by a 9.54% margin of victory. Obama took 53.93% of the vote while his Republican opponent, Senator John McCain of Arizona, took 44.39%. Prior to the election, all 16 organizations considered this a state Obama would win. In 2004, Republican George W. Bush very narrowly won Iowa in his reelection bid, although prior to that, the state had gone Democratic for four consecutive presidential elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa\nA Midwestern state where agriculture plays a critical role in the daily lives of its citizens, Iowa is nevertheless an independent state. However, due to Obama's popularity from the Iowa caucuses, Bush's low approval rating, and the poor state of the economy, the state easily fell into the Democratic column later in the election cycle. Obama's 828,940 votes is the most received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history. This was also the last time a majority of Iowa's counties went to the Democratic presidential candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses\nThe 2008 Iowa caucuses took place on January 3, 2008. They are an unofficial primary, with the delegates to the state convention selected proportionally via a straw poll. The Iowa caucuses mark the traditional formal start of the delegate selection process for the 2008 United States presidential election. It was the first election of the 2008 presidential election. Also referred to as \"the First in the Nation Caucus,\" it was the first election of the primary season on both the Democratic and Republican sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses\nOf the eight major Democratic presidential candidates, then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois received the most votes and was ultimately declared the winner of the Iowa Democratic Caucus of 2008, making him the first African American to win the caucus. Former U.S. Senator John Edwards of North Carolina came in second place and then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York finished third, though Clinton received more delegates than Edwards. Campaigning had begun as early as two years before the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, History\nThe Iowa Caucuses have historically been the first held in the United States. The caucus marked the traditional and formal start of the delegate selection process for the 2008 United States presidential election, and the process in which members of the Democratic Party gathered to make policy decisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, History\nIowa state law mandates that its caucus must be held at least eight days before any other meeting, caucus, or primary for the presidential nominating process. Therefore, the Iowa Caucuses have always been traditionally the leading state in the nominating process. Not only did controversy brew between the candidates, but the caucuses themselves drew a large amount of media attention. The decisions of the Iowans often affect the rest of the campaign season. Barack Obama's victory in Iowa helped establish him as one of the Democratic frontrunners of 2008 and was a first step toward his eventual nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Process\nThe caucuses followed the regular procedures of the Democratic Party process. Any voter who was a registered Democrat and a resident of Iowa was eligible to participate in the event. Individuals could have chosen to register or change their party affiliation at the door. It was estimated that 60 percent of the caucusgoers would have attended the caucuses for the first time. All of the caucusgoers met in public buildings or schools in their respective precincts and divided themselves into groups; each group represented a candidate. The voting was done publicly (viva voce).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Process\nTo be viable, each preference group/candidate must have had at least 15 percent of the caucusgoers' votes. If a candidate received less than 15 percent of the caucusgoers' votes, then the supporters of that non-viable candidate had 30 minutes to join a viable candidate's group, join another non-viable candidate's group to make the candidate viable, join an uncommitted group, or choose not to be counted as a voter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Process\nIn Iowa, there were 1,784 precincts for the caucuses. Each viable preference group at each caucus elected a certain number of delegates proportional to the group's size that would represent the candidate at the county conventions. There are 99 counties in Iowa, and their Democratic conventions took place on March 15, 2008. At these conventions, a subset of delegates were chosen to attend the district, then state conventions. At the Iowa Democratic Party State Convention on June 14, 2008, a subset of delegates were chosen to attend the Democratic National Convention held August 25\u201328, 2008, in Denver, Colorado. As in the precinct caucuses, the pledged delegates to the national convention proportionally represented the candidates compared to the results of the state caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 871]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Process\nThe delegate allocation to the Democratic National Convention was as follows: 29 district delegates proportionally represented a candidate's support at each congressional district. The First Congressional District receives six pledged delegates, the Second Congressional District receives seven, the Third Congressional District receives six, the Fourth Congressional District receives six, and the Fifth Congressional District receives four. All of these pledged delegates represent each congressional district independently; they are not affected by the results of the state convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Process\nAt the Iowa Democratic Party State Convention, on the other hand, 16 pledged delegates proportionally represented the candidates' support. Ten of these delegates were designated as at-large, meaning that they represent the entire state as a whole. The other six were referred to as Party Leaders and Elected Officials (PLEO). These may include members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, the Governor, and former party leaders. Not all of the PLEOs were pledged, but if they were, they would represent the state as a whole along with the at-large delegates. In total, the Democratic presidential candidates were allocated a total of 45 pledged delegates, depending on their support in each district and in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 879]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Process\nTwelve delegates that did not represent caucus results were sent to the Democratic National Convention; they are referred to as unpledged. Eleven of them are PLEOs, which include six members of the DNC, one U.S. Senator, three U.S. Representatives, and one Governor. Because these unpledged delegates' profiles are usually high-profile elected officials, they are referred to as superdelegates. The other unpledged delegate is an add-on delegate, who is selected at the Iowa Democratic Party State Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Process\nWhile this process lasts for a period of approximately five months, the results of the state caucus are usually predictable by the results of the precincts' caucuses combined. Therefore, the results of the precinct caucuses provide a good measurement of Iowa's delegation to the Democratic National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Polls\nBefore the caucuses, the Des Moines Register reported that during a poll of 800 likely Democratic caucus goers from December 27 to December 30, 2007, the candidates had the following results:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 86], "content_span": [87, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Polls\nThe above results have a margin of sampling error of \u00b13.5 percentage points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 86], "content_span": [87, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Polls\nBarack Obama's results in the opinion polls rose from 28% in the Des Moines Register's poll in late November 2007. This was in part a result of a \"dramatic influx of first-time caucusgoers, including a sizable bloc of political independents.\" Hillary Rodham Clinton remained at a constant 25%, while John Edwards was almost unchanged when his ratings increased to 24% from 23% in November. Approximately one-third of likely caucusgoers said that they could have been persuaded to choose a different candidate before the caucuses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 86], "content_span": [87, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Polls\nThe December results of the Des Moines Register's poll also showed a widened gap between the three-way contest for the lead \u2014 Clinton, Edwards, and Obama \u2014 and the rest of the Democratic candidates. No other Democrat received more than 6 percent support of caucusgoers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 86], "content_span": [87, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Polls\nThirty percent of the sample population from the Des Moines Register's poll said that a candidate's ability to bring about change in the United States was the most important to them; 27% said that a candidate who would be most successful in unifying the country would have taken priority in their votes. Most caucusgoers also said that Obama was strong in both of these areas. Having the experience and competence to lead was considered the most important aspect of a candidate by 18 percent of the sample population; Hillary Clinton was rated best on this trait. Only 6 percent of the sample population said that being best able to win the general election was the top priority; Clinton, again, was rated best on this trait.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 86], "content_span": [87, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Results\nThe Iowa Democratic Party does not release vote counts (it releases only the number of delegates to the state convention). Since Hillary Rodham Clinton had the highest delegate strength in Iowa's 5th congressional district (a district allocated four national convention delegates) and received the same amount of national delegates elsewhere, she was projected to receive one more national delegate than Edwards despite receiving fewer projected delegates to the state convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Results\nThe Democratic National Committee gives the 50 states 794 superdelegates. According to a January 4, 2008 poll conducted by the Associated Press, most of the superdelegates were undecided, but 160 had endorsed Clinton, compared to 59 for Obama and 32 for Edwards. Along with the delegates that the candidates secured from Iowa, the numbers were as follows: 175 for Clinton, 75 for Obama, and 46 for Edwards. (To win the Democratic nomination for president, 2,025 delegates are needed.) Thus, Clinton initially retained an overall delegate lead following the Iowa results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Results\nDennis Kucinich and Barack Obama competed against each other in the Iowa Caucuses, but Kucinich asked that Iowans caucusing for him, should they fail to build a viable preference group on Caucus Night to realign to Barack Obama in the second round. Both had fought for the same priorities including ending the Iraq War, reforming Washington, D.C., and creating a better life for working families. In the 2004 Iowa Democratic Caucuses, Kucinich made a similar announcement in favor of John Edwards. At that caucus, Edwards's aides claimed that this request helped put him in second place. In the 2008 Iowa Caucus, however, Kucinich did not conduct much of a campaign in Iowa. He paid for no organizers nor offices in the state, and he was not invited to the Des Moines Register's debate in December 2007. Mike Gravel didn't conduct an active campaign in Iowa either.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 954]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Results\nWhile the 2008 Iowa Caucuses saw a record turnout for both parties, the Democratic caucus drew more than 239,000 voters, almost double the Republican total. Entrance polling indicated that a significant portion of the turnout came from first-time caucus attendees, as well as attendees under the age of 30; two groups of voters that primarily lent their support to Barack Obama. Women, previously expected to largely back Hillary Clinton, split their vote between Clinton and Obama, the latter of whom actually received slightly more support. In the aftermath of the results from the Iowa Caucuses, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 750]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Results\nAs a result of the Iowa Caucus, Barack Obama received a significant surge of support in the next competition, the New Hampshire Democratic Primary five days after. In New Hampshire pre-primary polls conducted from January 4 to January 6, 2008, Obama enjoyed a 13-point lead over Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Analysis\nBarack Obama scored a major victory in the Iowa Democratic Caucuses due to a number of factors. According to exit polls, 93 percent of voters in the Iowa Democratic Caucus were Caucasian and 33% voted for Obama, 27 percent for Clinton, and 24 percent for Edwards; 4% of voters were African American and 72% voted for Obama, 16% for Clinton, and 8% for Edwards; 3% represented other races and they went 49% for Obama, 26% for Clinton, 10% for Richardson, and 5% for Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 89], "content_span": [90, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Analysis\nObama also won young voters ages 17\u201344 with 52% of the vote compared to 16% for both Clinton and Edwards. Edwards won middle-age voters ages 45\u201359 with 30% while Obama received 29% and Clinton took in 26% of their support. Clinton did best among elderly voters ages 60 and over with 40% of the vote while Edwards received 27% and Obama took in 19.5% of their support. Obama won self-identified Democrats by a margin of 32-31-23 (Obama-Clinton-Edwards), Independents backed Obama 41-23-17 (Obama-Edwards-Clinton), as well as self-identified Republicans who supported Obama 44-32-10 (Obama-Edwards-Clinton). Obama also won moderates and liberals but Edwards won conservatives. Socioeconomic class was not really a factor in how voters made their decisions, as Obama won all groups of family incomes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 89], "content_span": [90, 887]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Democratic caucuses, Analysis\nObama performed best in Eastern Iowa, which is considered to be the more liberal part of the state, and Central Iowa which is considered to be the more moderate part of the state. Clinton performed best in Western Iowa, which is considered to be the most conservative part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 89], "content_span": [90, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses\nPrior to the 2008 caucuses, as in previous election cycles with a competitive presidential race, an unofficial Ames Straw Poll was held, on August 11, 2007. The official one, electing delegates to the state convention, was held on January 3, 2008, the same day as the Democratic contest. In the Ames Straw Poll, Mitt Romney finished first with 32% of the vote. In the January 2008 caucuses, Mike Huckabee finished first with 34% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, Process\nUnlike the Democratic caucus, the Republican Party does not use voting rounds or have minimum requirements for a percent of votes. The Republican version is done with a straw vote of those attending the caucus. This vote is sometimes done by a show of hands or by dividing themselves into groups according to candidate. However, officially it is done with voters receiving a blank piece of paper with no names on it, and the voter writing a name and placing it in a ballot box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, Process\nFollowing the straw poll, delegates are then elected from the remaining participants in the room, as most voters leave once their vote is cast. All delegates are officially considered unbound, but media outlets either apportion delegates proportionally or apportion them in terms of winner-take-all by counties. In precincts that elect only one delegate, the delegate is chosen by majority vote and the vote must be by paper ballot. The state party strongly urges that delegates reflect the results of the preference poll, but there is no obligation that they do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, The Ames Straw Poll\nThe 2007 Ames straw poll was held at Iowa State University (Ames)'s Hilton Coliseum on August 11, 2007. This was primarily a fundraising event for the state's Republican Party, and only Iowa residents who paid the $35 price for a ticket were eligible to vote. Tickets were available through the various presidential campaigns and the Iowa Republican Party's headquarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 100], "content_span": [101, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, The Ames Straw Poll\nIn general, the candidates bought large blocks of tickets and gave them out for free to whoever agreed to go and vote for that candidate. The candidates also rented buses to transport voters to Ames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 100], "content_span": [101, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, The Ames Straw Poll\nMitt Romney finished first with 32% of the vote, followed by Mike Huckabee (18%), Sam Brownback (15%), Tom Tancredo (14%), and Ron Paul (10%). Six other candidates shared the remaining 14% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 100], "content_span": [101, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nBefore the caucuses, the Des Moines Register reported the following results from a poll of 800 likely Republican caucus goers from December 27 to December 30, 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nThe above results have a margin of sampling error of \u00b13.5 percentage points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nMike Huckabee's results in the opinion polls rose from 29% in the Des Moines Register's poll in late November 2007. Mitt Romney rose two points from 24% in November to 26% in December. John McCain enjoyed the biggest increase from November, increasing six points from 7% to 13%, while Rudy Giuliani suffered the biggest drop from November, decreasing eight points from 13% to 5%. Giuliani's large drop was attributed to his strategy of skipping early states such as Iowa and New Hampshire in favor of larger, delegate-rich states such as Florida, California, and New York. No other candidate polled more than 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 711]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, Pre-caucus polls\nHuckabee's poll numbers in Iowa rose dramatically from October to December, in part due to his backing among evangelical voters, who accounted for almost one-half of those polled. Huckabee led Romney in that group 47%-20%. Huckabee also polled higher than Romney among the group who said it was more important to be a social conservative than a fiscal conservative, while Romney led Huckabee 29%-25% among the group who said that being fiscally conservative was most important. In addition, Romney also polled highest in the categories of experience and competence, the ability to bring about change, and electability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, Results\nAs of 11:05\u00a0p.m. EDT, January 3, 2008, with , the results were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, Results\n*Candidate had already dropped out of the race prior to caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, Results\nOnly three candidates won majorities in the individual counties: Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul. The Giuliani campaign followed an unusual strategy of focusing on larger states that vote later in the process, and had done little if any campaigning in Iowa. Tancredo had already withdrawn from the presidential race two weeks earlier and endorsed Romney, but his name remained in the official list of candidates of the Iowa Republican Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, Caucuses, Republican caucuses, Results\nSome 120,000 Iowa Republicans attended the 2008 caucuses, a new record. About 87,000 attended in 2000; in 2004, George W. Bush ran unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 88], "content_span": [89, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Predictions\nThere were 16 organizations or websites that made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Polling\nObama won every pre-election poll but one taken in the state. The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading 54% to 39%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $680,641 in the state. Barack Obama raised $2,250,696.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $15,334,065. McCain and his interest groups spent $5,817,988. The Republican ticket visited the state 9 times. The Democratic ticket visited the state 4 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Analysis\nDespite its closeness in recent elections, Iowa was not in close contention in the 2008 election. During primary season, Barack Obama had campaigned extensively in the state and won a substantial victory that established him as the Democratic front-runner and ultimately propelled him to victory over Hillary Clinton. In contrast, John McCain did not campaign at all in Iowa and ended up placing fourth in the Iowa Republican Caucus. Moreover, McCain's stand against Congressional ethanol subsidies proved unpopular in a state that had a large corn crop; conversely, Obama supported these subsidies. Polls consistently gave Barack Obama a double-digit lead in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Analysis\nOn Election Day, Obama won by a 9.54-point margin. The reliably Republican western part of the state turned out for McCain as expected. When a Republican wins Iowa, everything west of the state capital, Des Moines, is coated red. Indeed, John Kerry didn't win a single county in western Iowa in 2004, a major factor in Bush's narrow victory here. However, Obama significantly improved on Kerry's performance four years earlier. Pottawattamie County, home to Council Bluffs, went from an 18-point win for Bush to only a two-point win for McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Analysis\nMoreover, Obama did very well in traditionally Democratic Eastern Iowa. Obama was already a familiar face to many voters in eastern Iowa; the Quad Cities area spills into Obama's home state of Illinois. He also did very well in more swingy central Iowa, anchored by Des Moines. Every county in the state, except for Clarke County in Western Iowa, voted more Democratic than in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Analysis\nAt the same time, incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin was reelected with 62.66% of the vote over Republican Christopher Reed, a businessman, who received 37.26%. At the state level, Democrats expanded their leads in the Iowa state legislature, picking up four seats in the Iowa House of Representatives and two seats in the Iowa Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Delaware County, Winnebago County, Crawford County, Emmet County, Iowa County, Carroll County, Kossuth County, Audubon County, Adams County, Palo Alto County, Franklin County, Hamilton County, Warren County, Hardin County, Benton County, and Greene County voted for the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Results, By congressional district\nBarack Obama carried four out of the state's five congressional districts, including one district held by a Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 102], "content_span": [103, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Iowa cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Iowa is allocated 7 electors because it has 5 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 7 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 7 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199267-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Iowa, General election, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 7 pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 6 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas\nKansas was won by Republican nominee John McCain by a 14.9% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. He won all but three counties and one congressional district in the state. Obama still performed significantly better than Kerry, and his 41.55% of the vote remains the highest for a Democrat in the 21st century, although his running mate, Biden, would reach almost that percentage 12 years later, with a slight improvement in margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas\nAs of 2020, this is the last time that Crawford County went for the Democratic candidate in a presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won every pre-election poll. Since March 16, McCain won each poll with a double-digit margin and at least 47% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $1,219,074 in the state. Barack Obama raised $1,548,322.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $62,108. McCain and his interest groups spent $13,693. Neither campaign visited the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Analysis\nKansas has always been a Republican stronghold at the presidential level, voting for GOP nominees in all but seven elections since statehood. The last Democratic presidential nominee to carry the Sunflower State was Lyndon B. Johnson in his landslide in 1964. Although the state did receive attention from Barack Obama, whose mother was born in Kansas, it wasn't enough to overcome the deeply planted GOP roots in the state. John McCain carried Kansas by a comfortable 15-percent margin of victory. McCain's margin of victory in Kansas, however, was less than that of George W. Bush who carried the state in 2004 with 62% of the vote over John Kerry's 36.62% showing in the state - a 10-point swing to the Democrats in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Analysis\nObama only won three counties - Crawford (home to Pittsburg), Douglas (home to Lawrence), and Wyandotte (home to Kansas City). The first two were home to large college populations, while Wyandotte had a significant African-American population. He did, however, succeed in winning 41% of the state's popular vote. Only two other Democrats have cracked the 40 percent barrier in the state since Johnson's 1964 landslide (Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Michael Dukakis in 1988).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Analysis\nTo highlight its status as a reliably red state, former State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins, a Republican, ousted incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Nancy Boyda to win back Kansas's 2nd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Jenkins received 50.80% of the vote to Boyda's 45.97%. At the same time, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts was reelected with 60.06% of the vote over former Democratic U.S. Representative Jim Slattery. Republicans also made gains in the Kansas Senate, picking up one seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Crawford County voted for the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nJohn McCain carried three of the state\u2019s four congressional districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Kansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Kansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 6 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199268-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kansas, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 6 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky\nKentucky was won by Republican nominee John McCain by a 16.23% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a red state. In the primaries, Hillary Clinton slightly defeated McCain in hypothetical polls for the Bluegrass State. Once Barack Obama secured the Democratic nomination, Kentucky was reclassified as safe for the GOP. In the end, Kentucky voted for McCain with 57.40% of the vote. Obama did, however, improve on John Kerry's performance by two points. This was the first time since 1960 where Kentucky did not vote for the winning candidate in a presidential election. This was also the first time ever that Floyd and Knott Counties voted for the Republican candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky\nAs of 2020, this is the last time a Democrat won over 40% of the vote as a presidential candidate in Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won every pre-election poll, almost all of them by a double-digit margin and with at least 49% of the vote. The final 3 polls averaged McCain leading 56% to 41%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $1,220,017. Barack Obama raised $2,394,198.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $183,738 while a conservative interest groups spent just $212. Each ticket visited the state once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Analysis\nSince 1964, Kentucky has only gone Democratic three times--Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, both of whom were White Anglo Saxon Protestants (WASPs) from the South, whereas Obama was an African American \"big-city liberal\" from Chicago. (Similar socio-cultural dynamics existed in other southern Appalachian states with a large ancestral Democratic base, such as Tennessee, West Virginia, and Arkansas.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Analysis\nIn the 2008 primary, exits polls conducted found that 30 percent of Clinton supporters opted not to vote for Obama in the general election, 40% would vote McCain and the rest would support Obama in the general election. Several counties in the southeastern part of the state swung Republican and went to McCain as solidly Democratic Floyd and Knott counties voted Republican for the first time ever, and Breathitt County voted Republican for the first time since 1908.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Analysis\nObama decided to not spend campaign funds on Kentucky and instead went to more viable battleground states like North Carolina and Indiana instead. McCain won Kentucky by a margin of 16.22 points on election day and performed slightly worse than George Bush in 2004. Obama improved upon Kerry's performance in big cities and urban areas while McCain improved upon Bush in rural areas. Kentucky was the first state called for McCain an hour before Vermont was called for Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Analysis\nAt the same time, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, who also served as Senate Minority Leader at the time, was just narrowly reelected with 52.97% of the vote to Democrat Bruce Lunsford's 47.03%. Republicans also held onto an open seat vacated by Ron Lewis in Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District. At the state level, however, Democrats picked up two seats in the Kentucky House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Rowan County, Hancock County, Menifee County, Wolfe County, and Henderson County voted for the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nJohn McCain carried 5 of the state's 6 congressional districts, including one of the two districts held by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 98], "content_span": [99, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Kentucky cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Kentucky is allocated 8 electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 8 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 8 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199269-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 8 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana which took place on November 4, 2008, was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana\nLouisiana was won by Republican nominee John McCain by an 18.6% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a \"red state\". Although Bill Clinton carried the state twice, it has since shifted strongly toward the Republican Party, despite having one of the largest percentages of African Americans in the country. It was one of five states to swing Republican from 2004. This marked the first time that Louisiana failed to back the winning candidate since 1968, when it voted for third-party candidate George Wallace. In doing so, Obama became the first winning Democratic presidential nominee to lose Louisiana since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and to lose Calcasieu Parish since the parish's founding in 1840.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 841]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won every pre-election poll. The final 3 polls averaged McCain leading 50% to 40%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $2,175,416 in the state. Barack Obama raised $1,438,276.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $368,039. McCain and his interest groups spent $6,019. McCain visited the state once, in New Orleans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Analysis\nPolling in Louisiana gave a strong lead to McCain, sometimes as high as 19%, and Barack Obama did not seriously contest the state. Governor Bobby Jindal endorsed McCain early on in the primary season. Louisiana was also one of only two states to list Ron Paul on their official ballot (the other being Montana which gave the largest percentage to any third-party candidate nationwide).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Analysis\nIn 2008, Louisiana was one of five states that swung even more Republican from 2004. John McCain carried Louisiana with 58.56% of the vote, a tad bit better than George W. Bush's 56.72% of the vote in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Analysis\nAt the same time, however, incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu avoided the Republican trend in the state and held onto her U.S. Senate seat, taking in 52.11% of the vote to State Treasurer John N. Kennedy, a Democrat who switched parties to run against Landrieu. Republicans picked up two U.S. House seats in Louisiana (LA-02 and LA-06 with Joseph Cao and Bill Cassidy, respectively). In an extremely bad year for the Republican Party nationwide, Louisiana provided the GOP with a ray of hope and optimism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nJohn McCain carried 6 of the state\u2019s 7 congressional districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Louisiana cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Louisiana is allocated 9 electors because it has 7 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 9 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 9 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199270-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 9 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that instead of all of the state's 4 electors of the Electoral College to vote based upon the statewide results of the voters, two of the individual electors vote based on their congressional district because Maine has two congressional districts. The other two electors vote based upon the statewide results. See below in the section of Electors for more information.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine\nMaine once again displayed its status as a blue state, with Democrat Barack Obama taking the state with 57.71% of the vote and a difference of 126,650 votes. Maine is one of only two states, along with Nebraska, to not allocate its electoral votes via a winner-take-all system; rather, two electoral votes are allocated to the statewide winner and one for the winner in each individual congressional district. Maine at-large and its 1st district has voted Democratic since 1992 (though Donald Trump won the 2nd district and its electoral vote in 2016 and 2020). It is also the only state in New England where a county voted for Republican John McCain, with Piscataquis County giving McCain roughly 50.7% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 766]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine, Campaign, Polling\nObama won every single pre-election poll. The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading 55% to 39%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $465,676 in the state, while Barack Obama raised $2,205,059.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $1,216,060 while McCain and the RNC spent $444,529. The Obama ticket didn't visit the state, but both McCain and Palin visited Maine once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine, Analysis\nMaine is located in New England, an area that has become a Democratic Party stronghold. It was once a classic Yankee Republican state. It identified with the newly formed GOP in 1856 and stayed in the GOP fold for most of the next 132 years. The GOP carried the state in all but three elections (1912, 1964 and 1968) from 1856 to 1988. Additionally, Maine and Vermont were the only two states that voted against Franklin D. Roosevelt in all four of his campaigns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine, Analysis\nHowever, no Republican presidential nominee has carried Maine since George H. W. Bush in 1988, leading many analysts to reckon the state as part of the solid bloc of blue states in the Northeast. While George W. Bush seriously contested the state in 2000 and 2004, polls in 2008 never showed anything but a significant Obama lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine, Analysis\nUltimately, Obama won the state by a comfortable margin, taking 57.71% of the vote--the highest percentage by a Democrat in Maine since Lyndon B. Johnson carried it as part of his 44-state landslide in 1964, although Bill Clinton in 1996 won with a wider margin when third parties were a factor that year. As evidence of how Democratic Maine has become, George W. Bush at the time was the only Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Maine. At the same time, however, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins defeated former Democratic U.S. Representative Tom Allen and won reelection to a third term with 61.33% of the vote. Maine was the only state carried by Obama to elect a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine, Analysis\nThe seat in Maine's 1st Congressional District that was vacated by Tom Allen in his unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate was retained by Democrat Chellie Pingree. At the state level, Democrats made gains in the Maine Legislature, picking up six seats in the Maine House of Representatives and one seat in the Maine Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Maine cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Maine is allocated 4 electors because it has 2 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 4 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded just 2 of the electoral votes. The other 2 electoral votes are based upon the congressional district results. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 873]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199271-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maine, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. Since Obama won both congressional districts, all 4 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland\nMaryland was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 25.4% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. The Old Line State has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate of every election since 1992. In 2008, Obama easily captured the state's 10 electoral votes in a landslide victory, winning 61.92% of the popular vote to Republican John McCain's 36.47%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Campaign, Polling\nObama won every single pre-election poll, each by a double-digit margin of victory and at least 51% of the vote. The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading 54% to 38%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $3,439,120 in the state. Barack Obama raised $19,091,136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $257,582 while McCain spent nothing. Both tickets visited the state once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Analysis\nMaryland has supported the Democratic nominee in each of the last five presidential elections by an average margin of 15.4%. In 1980, it was 1 of only 6 states to vote for Democrat Jimmy Carter over Republican Ronald Reagan. It has only supported a Republican six times since Franklin D. Roosevelt \u2013 1948 and the Republican landslides of 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984 and 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Analysis\nMaryland is often among the Democratic nominees' best states. In 1992, Bill Clinton fared better in Maryland than any other state except his home state of Arkansas. In 1996, Maryland was Clinton's sixth best, in 2000 Maryland ranked fourth for Al Gore and in 2004 John Kerry showed his fifth best performance in Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Analysis\nRepublican presidential candidates typically win more counties by running up huge margins in western Maryland and the Eastern Shore. However, they are usually swamped by the heavily Democratic Baltimore-Washington, D.C. axis, which casts almost 75% of the state's vote. The state's four largest county-level jurisdictions \u2013 Montgomery, Prince George's and Baltimore counties and the City of Baltimore \u2014 are strongly Democratic. These areas, which contain 1.5 million voters combined, make it extremely difficult for a Republican to win Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Analysis\nEven in bad years for Democrats, a Republican usually has to run the table in the rest of the state and win either Montgomery, Prince George's or Baltimore counties to have a realistic chance of carrying the state. In 1984, for instance, Ronald Reagan only carried Maryland by crushing Walter Mondale in Baltimore County and narrowly winning Montgomery. In 1988, George H. W. Bush ran up a 42,300-vote margin in Baltimore County over Michael Dukakis \u2013 almost 85% of his statewide margin of 49,800 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Analysis\nThe 2008 election was no exception. Barack Obama won the state's 10 electoral votes in 2008 with 61.92% of the vote to John McCain's 36.47%. Obama carried Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore County and Baltimore City with 71.6%, 88.9%, 56.2 and 87.2% of the vote, respectively. Obama's combined 550,000-vote margin in these four areas would have been enough to carry the state. While McCain won more counties, the only large county he won was Anne Arundel County, home to the state capital, Annapolis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Analysis\nBoth of Maryland's U.S. Senators and 7 of its 8 U.S. Representatives in Congress are Democrats, and Democrats hold supermajorities in the state Senate and House of Delegates. The state has elected only 5 Republican governors since 1900.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Analysis\nU.S. Representative Steny Hoyer, a Democrat who represents Maryland's 5th Congressional District, was elected as House Majority Leader for the 110th Congress of the U.S. House of Representatives and 111th Congress, serving in that post since January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Analysis\nWhile Maryland is a Democratic Party stronghold, its best known political figure is perhaps a Republican \u2013 former Governor Spiro Agnew, who served as Vice President under Richard Nixon. He was Vice President from 1969 to 1973, when he resigned in the aftermath of revelations that he had taken bribes while he was Governor of Maryland. In late 1973, a court found Agnew guilty of violating tax laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Analysis\nIn 2008, Democrats picked up a U.S. House an open seat in Maryland's 1st Congressional District as Democrat Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. defeated Republican Andy Harris by less than a 1% margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Results, By congressional district\nBarack Obama carried 6 of Maryland\u2019s 8 congressional districts, all held by Democrats. John McCain carried two congressional districts, the only one held by a Republican and one that was won by a Democrat in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 88], "content_span": [89, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Maryland cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Maryland is allocated 10 electors because it has 8 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 10 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 10 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199272-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Maryland, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 10 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place, as in all 50 states and D.C., as part of the 2008 United States presidential election of November 4, 2008. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who, in turn, voted for the office of president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts\nDemocratic Party nominee Barack Obama won the state by a 25.8% margin of victory: slightly better than John Kerry's 25.2% margin in 2004. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations forecast that Obama would win Massachusetts, or otherwise considered it to be a safe blue state. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and has maintained extremely large Democratic margins since 1996. No Republican presidential nominee has won a single county in the state, nor obtained more than 40% of the vote, since George H. W. Bush in 1988. In 2008, Democrat Barack Obama captured the state's 12 electoral votes winning 61.80% of the popular vote to Republican John McCain's 35.99%. Massachusetts was also 1 of only 6 states in which neither Obama nor McCain won during the primary season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 904]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Primaries, Democratic\nThe Massachusetts Democratic primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 93 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Massachusetts's 10 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 61. Another 32 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Hillary Clinton. The 93 delegates represented Massachusetts at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. 26 other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Primaries, Democratic\nPolls indicated that Clinton was leading Barack Obama in the days leading up to the contest in Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Primaries, Democratic\nHillary Rodham Clinton won a convincing victory in Massachusetts over Barack Obama due to a number of factors. According to exit polls, 85% of voters in the Massachusetts Democratic Primary were Caucasians and they opted for Clinton by a margin of 58\u201340% compared to the 6% of African American voters who backed Obama by a margin of 66\u201329. Hispanics/Latinos, which comprised 5% of the total voters, backed Clinton by a margin of 56\u201336%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Primaries, Democratic\nClinton narrowly won the youth vote (those ages 18\u201329) by a margin of 49\u201348 and tied the vote among voters ages 30\u201344; she also won all voters over the age of 45 by a margin of 60.5\u201338. Pertaining to socioeconomic class, Clinton won all levels of family income except highly affluent voters making $200,000 or more a year, as they backed Obama by a narrow margin of 53\u201347%. As for educational attainment levels, Clinton won all categories except those with postgraduate degrees who backed Obama by a margin of 51\u201347%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Primaries, Democratic\nAmong self-identified Democrats in the primary, which made up 65% of the total electorate, they went for Clinton by a 58\u201341 margin while Independents, which comprised a healthy 33% of the electorate, also went for Clinton by a 54\u201342 margin. She also won all ideological groups. Clinton also won most major religious denominations \u2013 Protestants 53\u201346; Roman Catholics 64-33; other Christians 51-47; and other religions 49-46. Obama won Jews by a margin of 52\u201348 as well as atheists/agnostics by a margin of 53-45.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Primaries, Democratic\nClinton performed extremely well statewide, carrying a majority of counties and sweeping most of the major urban areas and cities. Obama won Boston by fewer than 10,000 votes, while Clinton won other urban and conservative towns such as Springfield and Worcester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Primaries, Democratic\nObama had picked up major endorsements from the Massachusetts Democratic establishment prior to Super Tuesday. Both U.S. Senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry threw their support behind Obama, along with Governor Deval Patrick. Clinton also picked up a number of top-tier endorsements from Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston and Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Salvatore DiMasi along with U.S. Representatives Richard Neal and Barney Frank, one of the three openly gay members of the U.S. Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Primaries, Republican\nThe Massachusetts Republican Primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 40 national delegates. Polls indicated that former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney was leading rival John McCain; Romney ended up defeating McCain by roughly 10% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Primaries, Republican\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Primaries, Green-Rainbow\nThe Massachusetts Green-Rainbow primary took place on February 5. Six candidates appeared on the ballot. Ralph Nader won, despite not running for the nomination of the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 83], "content_span": [84, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Primaries, Working Families Party\nThe Working Families Party did not have any candidates run in its presidential primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 92], "content_span": [93, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Campaign, Polling\nVery early on the election polls were tight, with McCain even leading by 5 in one poll on January 21 and a tie in a poll on March 16, but Obama won every poll after March 18. He won each by a double-digit margin since August 8. The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading 56% to 36%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 76], "content_span": [77, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised $4,072,206 in the state. Barack Obama raised $24,358,264.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $46,839 while the Republican ticket spent nothing. Neither campaign visited the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 91], "content_span": [92, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Analysis\nMassachusetts was (and is) one of the safest blue states in the nation, in terms of voting for the Democrat in presidential elections. Massachusetts is ethnically diverse, highly educated, and less religious. The Bay State has voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election since 1960 except for Ronald Reagan's landslide victories of  1980 and 1984. In 1972, only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia voted for Democratic U.S. Senator George McGovern as Republican Richard M. Nixon won reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Analysis\nBarack Obama won the state's 12 electoral votes with 61.80% of the vote to John McCain's 35.99%. This is slightly higher than Kerry's victory in 2004. Despite that, 4 counties in the state trended away from the Democratic party: Bristol, Plymouth, Norfolk, and Worcester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Analysis\nBoth of Massachusetts's U.S. Senators and all 10 of its U.S. Representatives were Democrats, and Democrats held supermajorities in the Massachusetts Legislature. At the same time in 2008, incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry was reelected with 65.86% of the vote over Republican Jeff Beatty's 30.93% as were all of the state's delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the state level, Democrats picked up three seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and one seat in the Massachusetts Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Massachusetts cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Massachusetts is allocated 12 electors because it has 10 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 12 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 12 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 814]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199273-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 12 were pledged to Obama and Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 2008. It was part of the 2008 United States presidential election which happened throughout all 50 states and D.C.. Voters chose 17 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan\nMichigan was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 16.5% margin of victory. Early on, the state was heavily targeted as a swing state. However, Obama started to pull away in the polls during the last few months due to the worsening of the state's economy, causing McCain to stop campaigning there. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan\nThe Great Lakes State has leaned Democratic in recent decades, as it has voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election since 1992 except 2016. In the end, Obama won Michigan by a larger-than-expected margin of victory: 57.33% - 40.89%. With Obama winning the state by a whopping 823,275 votes, this is the highest Democratic margin of victory in Michigan since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and the highest margin of victory for any presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan's landslide reelection in 1984. Obama won 46 of the 83 counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan\nAs of 2020, this is the last time that Michigan voted to the left of New Jersey, Oregon, or New Mexico, and the last time a Democrat won the majority of Michigan's counties in a presidential election. Obama's 2,867,680 votes is the most received by a presidential candidate in the state's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Campaign, Polling\nVery early on, polling was tight as Obama was having a difficult time getting support from the pessimistic state. Since September 21, Obama swept all the polls taken from the state. The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading 54% to 40%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $4,330,872 in the state. Barack Obama raised $7,299,275.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $12,995,614. McCain and his interest group spent $13,332,086. The Democratic ticket visited the state 10 times to McCain's 9 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Analysis\nMichigan had not supported a Republican for president since 1988, and would not do so again until 2016. However, the state's 17 electoral votes had been continually a prime target for Republicans, and the Democratic margin of victory incrementally decreased from 1996 to 2004. In 2008, Republican presidential nominee John McCain put an early effort into winning Michigan, hoping to convert blue-collar voters disaffected by Obama's unfamiliarity as a liberal African-American from Chicago. Macomb County, a populous blue-collar suburb of Detroit, was a large target.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 630]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Analysis\nA major problem for the Obama campaign was the 2008 Michigan Democratic presidential primary. Obama removed his name from the ballot after state officials moved up the primary in violation of party rules. As a result, Hillary Rodham Clinton won the state with 55%. This led to the McCain campaign focusing heavily on winning Michigan in the general election. In May 2008, McCain was leading in a Rasmussen poll with 45% to 44%. After the September financial crisis, however, McCain's general campaign fell into trouble. Polls showed Michigan, a state especially affected by the economy, turning away from McCain. Voters blamed Republicans for the crisis. In early October, with polls showing him falling further behind Obama, McCain pulled out of the state, essentially ceding it to Obama. This was widely publicized, and more than likely contributed to Obama's landslide victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 943]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Analysis\nOn Election Day, Barack Obama won by a double-digit margin of 16%. The state was called for Obama almost as soon as the polls closed. In Wayne County, home to Detroit, Obama piled up a 3-1 margin. Democratic strongholds Washtenaw County (home to Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan), Ingham County (home to Lansing and Michigan State) and Genesee County (home to Flint) gave Obama 65-70% of the vote. Macomb County, which McCain had focused so intensely on, voted Democratic by a comfortable margin of 9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Analysis\nOakland County, once a bastion of suburban conservatism, went for Obama by 15 points. Obama also carried Kent County (home to Grand Rapids and former President Gerald Ford) by a very narrow 0.5% margin of victory, or 1,573 votes, the first time that a Democrat had done so since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Republican support in the state collapsed; McCain was only able to win two counties with margins of more than 10,000 votes. This result signified continued evidence of Michigan's Democratic tilt, anchored by the heavily Democratic cities of Detroit, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Flint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Analysis\nAt the same time as Obama swept the state, Democrats made more gains in Michigan. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin was reelected with 62.65% of the vote over Republican Jack Hoogendyk's 33.84%. Democrats also picked up two U.S. House seats in Michigan in the 7th District and the 9th District, with Mark Schauer and Gary Peters knocking off Tim Walberg and Joe Knollenberg, respectively. This gave Democrats the majority in Michigan's U.S. House delegation. In addition, Democrats picked up nine seats in the Michigan House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Delta County, Clare County, St. Clair County, Benzie County, Lenawee County, Cass County, Iosco County, Alpena County, Gladwin County, Mason County, Menominee County, Ogemaw County, Ontonagon County, Presque Isle County, Schoolcraft County, Gratiot County, Alger County, Arenac County, Jackson County, Berrien County, Clinton County, Iron County and Oceana County voted for the Democratic candidate. This is also the last election in which the Democratic candidate won the Upper Peninsula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Results breakdown\nBarack Obama won 46 Michigan counties compared to 37 for John McCain. The largest county with a very close winning margin was a 49.3% vs. 48.8% plurality for Obama in Kent County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nBarack Obama carried 12 congressional districts in Michigan, including four districts held by Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 98], "content_span": [99, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Michigan cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Michigan is allocated 17 electors because it has 15 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 17 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 17 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199274-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Michigan, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 17 were pledged to Obama and Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota\nMinnesota was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 10.2% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. Barack Obama carried the state with 54.06% of the vote in 2008 over John McCain's 43.82%. Minnesota has not voted Republican since Richard Nixon in 1972. Nevertheless, Obama became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Anoka County since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota\nAs of 2020, this election is the last time Minnesota voted to the right of Pennsylvania and neighboring Wisconsin, and was decided by a double digit margin too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are the last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Campaign, Polling\nIn the aftermath of the GOP National Convention that was highlighted by a well delivered and received speech by vice presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin, a strong Obama lead tightened into a very narrow polling lead. However, when the September financial crisis irreparably damaged McCain's chances at victory, McCain remained competitive in Minnesota for some time after Obama had pulled away in other states such as Michigan and Wisconsin. At no time, however, did polls indicate that John McCain was ahead in the state, and Obama eventually did pull away from John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $2,423,705 in the state. Barack Obama raised $6,058,168.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups $3,006,784. McCain and his interest groups spent 4,467,107. The Republican ticket visited the state 9 times. Obama visited the state only once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Analysis\nMinnesota has the longest streak as a blue state, having last voted for a Republican presidential nominee in 1972. However, the Democrats' margins of victory in 2000 and 2004 were relatively narrow. With this in mind, Republicans targeted the state for the 2008 election, holding the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Although the state swung more Democratic in 2008 and Barack Obama performed better here than John Kerry did in 2004, the swing was smaller than the national average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Analysis\nDuring the same election, a contentious U.S. Senate battle took place between incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. The close election resulted in two court appeals, both of which eventually declared Franken the winner. At the state level, Democrats picked up two seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives and one seat in the Minnesota Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Analysis\nOn Election Day, Obama won Minnesota by a comfortable margin, piling up 2-1 margins in Hennepin County (Minneapolis) and Ramsey County (St. Paul). Obama also ran evenly in the Minneapolis suburbs and rural Minnesota. However, McCain mostly held the same counties Bush won in the Republican base of central Minnesota. While Obama still won the state with ease, GOP efforts and the Republican National Convention led to a better Republican performance than seen in neighboring states in the Upper Midwest, and prevented the collapse of Republican support that occurred in neighboring Michigan and Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Stevens County, Watonwan County, Pope County, Grant County, Yellow Medicine County, Lincoln County, Pennington County, Murray County, Pine County, Big Stone County, Marshall County, Polk County, Red Lake County, and Aitkin County voted for the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Results, By congressional district\nBarack Obama carried five of the state\u2019s eight congressional districts in Minnesota, including one seat held by a Republican. John McCain carried three congressional districts, including one seat held by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 89], "content_span": [90, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Minnesota heir ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Minnesota is allocated 10 electors because it has 8 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 10 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 10 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Electors\nFollowing an apparent mishap in the previous election, whereby an elector pledged to Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry instead cast their vote for running-mate John Edwards and thus became a faithless elector, Minnesota amended its statutes and became one of the few states whereby electors are legally required to vote for the candidate they are pledged to. This was the first election where the new laws were effective.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199275-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 10 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 6 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi\nMississippi was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 13.2% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a red state. Although the state has the largest African American percentage in the country, Mississippi remains a safe red state at the presidential level, having voted Republican every election year since 1980. While there was comparably high African American turnout compared to previous elections in Mississippi and Obama performed significantly better than Kerry in 2004, it was not enough to overcome the state's strong Republican leanings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi\nAs of 2020, this is the last time Mississippi has voted to the right of West Virginia, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Montana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 78], "content_span": [79, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won every single pre-election poll, each with at least 50% of the vote with the exception of the one of them. The final 3 polls average gave the Republican a lead of 51% to 39%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 74], "content_span": [75, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $1,386,749 in the state. Barack Obama raised $768,981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 78], "content_span": [79, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $238,401. McCain and his interest groups spent $139,999. The McCain ticket visited three times. Obama's ticket visited the state once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 89], "content_span": [90, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Analysis\nMississippi is one of the most racially polarized states in presidential elections. African Americans uniformly vote Democratic while Whites vote Republican nearly as uniformly. In 2004, 14% of Caucasians voted for John Kerry and 10% of African Americans voted for Bush, according to exit polling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Analysis\nWhite Democrats began splitting their tickets in national elections as early as the 1940s when the national party became more friendly to the Civil Rights Movement, culminating when Barry Goldwater carried the state with a staggering 87 percent of the vote in 1964. The Republican trend accelerated in the late 1970s with the rise of the religious right, which appealed to its status as a Bible Belt state. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win Mississippi was Jimmy Carter in 1976, even then, he only won it by 1.9 points. Due to its status as a safe red state, little campaigning took place in Mississippi by either of the two major party candidates. Indeed, the state was last seriously contested in 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Analysis\nIn 2008, Barack Obama was able to improve on Kerry's performance by six percent, mainly due to the higher African American turnout. Obama's main support was in the western delta counties next to the Mississippi River. In contrast, McCain's margins came from the regions bordering the Gulf Coast, the northeast Appalachian area and the Jackson and Memphis suburbs. Voting became even more polarized: nine in ten Whites voted Republican, and nearly all African-Americans voted Democratic in Mississippi, according to exit polls. As expected, McCain carried the Magnolia State by a comfortable 13.18-point margin over Obama. McCain's margin of victory, however, was less than that of George W. Bush's 19.69-point margin of victory over John Kerry in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Analysis\nMississippi was also the only state to list the official candidates of the Reform Party on their ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Analysis\nAt the same time, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran was reelected with 61.44% of the vote over Democrat Erik Fleming who received 38.56%. Appointed U.S. Senator Roger Wicker stood for election as well in 2008 against former Democratic Governor Ronnie Musgrove. The race was expected to be much closer, but the Republicans ran ads accusing Musgrove of supporting gay rights, not a popular position in this strongly socially conservative state. Wicker defeated Musgrove by almost 10 points, 54.96%-45.04%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nJohn McCain carried three of the state\u2019s four congressional districts, including two districts held by Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 101], "content_span": [102, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Mississippi cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Mississippi is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 6 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 804]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199276-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 6 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Missouri was held on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election, which took place throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri\nMissouri was won by Republican nominee John McCain by 3,903 votes, a 0.13% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered this state a toss-up, or a swing state. On election day, Missouri was the closest state in 2008, with some news organizations not calling the state until two weeks after the election. A high turnout of voters in the GOP strongholds of Greene County (Springfield) and St. Charles County, combined with Democrat Barack Obama's lackluster performance in the more rural parts of the state, gave the edge to McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri\nThe state was so close that Obama could have legally called for a recount, but since he had already won the presidency, he saw no need to do so as the results would not have changed the election outcome. It was the first time since 1956, and only the second time since 1900, that Missouri did not vote for the winner of the presidency. Obama also became the first-ever Democrat to win the White House without winning Missouri. The same would also occur four years later, when Mitt Romney won the state over Obama, and again when Donald Trump carried the state over Joe Biden in 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri\nCombined with the state's swing to the right in 2000 and 2004 and the further bleeding of Democratic support in white, rural areas, this would be the last time when Missouri was seriously contested and considered to be a swing/bellwether state. This is the first time since 1980 that Missouri voted to the right of North Carolina. The state continued moving deeper and safer into the Republican side four years later and onward, and as such, this is the most recent election when the Republican candidate won less than 50% of the state's popular vote. This was also the last time that Iron County, Jefferson County, Washington County, Ste. Genevieve County, and Buchanan County voted for the Democratic candidate. Nevertheless, Obama's 1,441,911 votes is the most received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 888]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Campaign\nWith the advent of the September financial crisis, Obama began to look viable. John McCain's lead diminished and then disappeared; for several weeks Obama even led Missouri polls. Obama started visiting Republican-leaning states, including Missouri. In one of the more memorable trips of the campaign, he drew crowds of 75,000 at Kansas City and 100,000 at St. Louis. However, John McCain's campaign managed to close the gap and most polls showed a dead tie on and before Election Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Campaign\nAlthough seven of Missouri's eight neighboring states offered the option of early voting, the option was not available in Missouri. Election results must go through a certification process before they are official; local election officials had until November 18 to verify their results and process the provisional ballots cast throughout Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Campaign, Polling\nThroughout the general election, McCain consistently won the state's pre-election polls, even reaching above 50% in some of them. In the fall campaign, polls were back and forth with both. In the last few weeks when Obama was having the momentum, the final 5 polls taken in the state were all a tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $2,904,162 in the state. Barack Obama raised $4,999,812.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $11,323,706. McCain and his interest groups spent $9,428,559.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nThe Democratic ticket visited the state 13 times throughout the general election. The Republican ticket visited here 14 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nFor the better part of a century, Missouri was considered to be the nation's prime bellwether state. From 1904 to 2004, Missouri voted for the winner in every presidential election except 1956, when the state narrowly voted for Democrat Adlai Stevenson of neighboring Illinois over incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In recent years, however, it has trended Republican. Although Bill Clinton of neighboring Arkansas won the state with ease during both of his elections in 1992 and 1996, Al Gore and John Kerry considered the Show-Me State a lost cause and did not campaign much there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 665]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nDespite being from neighboring Illinois, Obama too initially put the state as a secondary concern in relation to other swing states such as Ohio and Virginia where he thought he had a better chance. As his lead diminished in the summer months, he and McCain moved the campaign to more Democratic-friendly states, as McCain maintained a comfortable polling lead in Missouri. Similar hypothetical general match-up polls taken between McCain and Hillary Clinton, however, showed Clinton always leading in Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nA record 2.9 million Missourians, or 69% of eligible voters, cast their ballots in the general election, about 200,000 more than the previous record in the 2004 elections. On Election Day, McCain clung to a tiny lead, with absentee and provisional ballots yet to be counted. By November 19, McCain led Obama by 1,445,813\u20131,441,910 votes, or approximately 0.14% of the total popular vote in Missouri. CNN called the state for McCain that day. The 2008 election was only the second time in 104 years that it had not voted for the winner of the general election. Missouri was, however, the closest state of the 2008 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 685]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nThe Democratic base of Missouri rests in its two largest cities in the west and east \u2013 Kansas City and St. Louis, respectively. Obama did extremely well here, winning 83.55% of the vote in St. Louis City and 78.4% in Kansas City. Obama was already a familiar face to St. Louis-area voters, since the St. Louis metro area spills into Illinois. McCain narrowly won the areas in Jackson County outside Kansas City with 49.9% to Obama's 48.8%, but Obama carried the county with 62.14% of the vote due to his strong performance in Kansas City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nThese two counties, combined with highly affluent and suburban St. Louis County (where he also won 59.50% of the vote), gave him a 300,000 margin over McCain. Obama was also able to carry Boone County, home to the large college town of Columbia (Missouri's fifth-largest city and home of the state's flagship University of Missouri campus), and Jefferson County, which consists of the southern St. Louis suburbs such as Arnold and Festus. George W. Bush narrowly won Jefferson County in 2004 over John Kerry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nHowever, Obama was unable to substantially improve on Kerry's performance in rural Missouri, which is largely responsible for Missouri's Republican tilt. During the 2008 Missouri Democratic Primary, every rural county in Missouri (with the exception of Nodaway County, home of Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville in Northwestern Missouri), strongly backed Hillary Clinton, often by more than two-to-one margins. Many, if not all, of these counties that Clinton won in the Missouri Primary ended up voting for McCain in the general election. A number of these counties are ancestrally Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 671]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nHowever, these counties are very similar in character to Yellow Dog Democrat areas in neighboring Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The Democrats in these areas are nowhere near as liberal as their counterparts in St. Louis and Kansas City, and much like their counterparts in neighboring Tennessee and Arkansas, had become increasingly willing to support Republicans at the national level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nObama lost by an almost two-to-one margin in Southwest Missouri, a Republican stronghold for the better part of a century. This region is entrenched in the Bible Belt and embedded with deep pockets of social conservatives that includes Springfield and Joplin. Even Bill Clinton could not win Southwest Missouri in 1992 despite the fact that he won the state by double digits. Rural Northern Missouri voted against Obama by a three-to-two margin; this region warmly supported Bill Clinton in both of his bids. Obama also lost much of rural Southeast Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nUnlike Northern and Southwest Missouri, Southeast Missouri, which strongly backed Bill Clinton both times, is more Democratic at the local and state levels. The region takes in the Lead Belt, the Bootheel and the Ozark Plateau and includes the largest city of Cape Girardeau, a booming college town but also a conservative, upper-middle class community that votes overwhelmingly Republican. Southeast Missouri is socially conservative but economically liberal, consistently electing Democrats at the local and state levels. While Obama ran even in the area southwest of St. Louis, he did worse than John Kerry in the Bootheel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 689]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0014-0002", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nObama was, however, able to pick up two counties in Southeast Missouri: Washington County (by a margin of five votes) and Iron County. Both counties are predominantly rural and White but are some of the most impoverished counties in the state that are controlled by Democrats at the local and state levels. Both counties gave Hillary Clinton over 70% of the vote in the Missouri Primary as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nObama was allowed to request a recount under state law since preliminary results showed a difference of less than 1% of the votes. The request would have had to be granted by the state. However, since Obama already won the election and Missouri would not have affected the outcome, he ultimately did not request one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nAs of 2020, this is the closest a Northern Democrat has come to winning Missouri since John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts did so in 1960, as the previous three Democratic presidential candidates to win the state were all from the South (Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, Jimmy Carter of Georgia, and Bill Clinton of Arkansas).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nThis was the first presidential election that a Democrat won without winning the state of Missouri, a feat Obama would repeat in 2012, as well as his former running mate Joe Biden in 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nDuring the same election, Democratic Attorney General Jay Nixon defeated U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof in a landslide for the Governor's Mansion. Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Blunt did not seek a second term. Nixon performed extremely well in rural Missouri and clinched 58.40% of the total statewide vote compared to Hulshof's 39.49% to become Governor of Missouri. Republicans were, however, able to hold on to the U.S. House seat in Missouri's 9th Congressional District that was vacated by Hulshof in his unsuccessful gubernatorial bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Analysis\nRepublican Blaine Luetkemeyer narrowly defeated Democrat Judy Baker by less than 3 percentage points, in large part due to McCain winning it by 11 points. At the state level, Democrats picked up three seats in the Missouri House of Representatives but Republicans expanded their majority in the Missouri Senate, picking up three seats here. Furthermore, upon the 2008 election, Democrats control all statewide offices but one \u2013 Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder is a Republican. Democrats held on to the office of Attorney General that was vacated by Governor Jay Nixon; Democrat Chris Koster defeated Republican Mike Gibbons 52.83% to 47.17%. Democrats also picked up the office of State Treasurer that was vacated by Republican Sarah Steelman in her unsuccessful bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. Democrat Clint Zweifel defeated Republican Brad Lager 50.47% to 47.14%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 940]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nJohn McCain carried six of the state's nine congressional districts, including one district held by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 98], "content_span": [99, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Missouri cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Missouri is allocated 11 electors because it has 9 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 11 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 11 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 798]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199277-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 11 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana\nMontana was won by Republican nominee John McCain by 11,273 votes, a 2.38% margin of victory. Before the election, Montana was initially viewed as safe Republican, but was viewed as lean Republican or toss-up in the final weeks. Historically the state is a Republican stronghold, but polls during the 2008 election showed Democrat Barack Obama just narrowly trailing Republican John McCain. On election day, McCain narrowly carried Montana. It was the fourth-closest state in the nation, behind Missouri, North Carolina, and Indiana, Missouri being a former bellwether state, and the other three being traditionally Republican states. As of 2020, this is the last time Montana voted to the left of Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 758]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana\nDespite the fact that Bill Clinton carried the state in 1992, Barack Obama's 47.11% of the vote was (and as of 2021 remains) the highest percent of the vote received by any Democrat since 1964 due to the presence of Ross Perot's strong third party candidacy in 1992 and 1996, the only other elections since 1964 when Montana was decided by under 5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 15 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Campaign, Polling\nAlthough Republican George W. Bush of Texas carried the Treasure State by double digits in both 2000 and 2004, polls taken throughout July indicated a close race between Republican John McCain of Arizona and Democrat Barack Obama of Illinois. When Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska was announced as McCain's running mate in late August, however, McCain took a double-digit lead in the state that lasted until the middle of October, when polling once again showed the two candidates within striking distance of each other in the state. When the actual 2008 presidential election took place, McCain carried the state by about 2.38%. The state's results were significantly closer than they were in the 2004 election when George W. Bush carried the state by a margin of 20 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 844]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $386,940 in the state. Barack Obama raised $1,089,874.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $1,732,467. McCain and his interest groups spent just $134,805. The Democratic ticket visited the state three times and McCain didn't visit the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Analysis\nMontana, a Republican-leaning state, has voted for the Republican presidential nominee in every election since 1968 except in 1992 when the state narrowly supported Democrat Bill Clinton to Republican George H. W. Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Analysis\nObama did very well among the Democratic base of Montana, which consists of three sections. Students in Missoula County, which is home to the University of Montana, helped him win a three-to-two margin there. In the southwest, Obama won more than 65% of the vote in Deer Lodge County and Silver Bow County\u2014Democratic strongholds which have voted Republican only twice since 1912. Finally, Native Americans gave Obama strong support; in the eastern part of the state, Obama only won counties in which Native Americans comprised at least 30% of the population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Analysis\nMcCain's base was in the eastern part of the state, which is less unionized and more rural. It is home to more ranchers and less miners than elsewhere. Only five counties voted Democratic in the east. In Western Montana, McCain generally won wherever Obama's Democratic base was lacking. His biggest margins came from the region bordering the GOP bastion of Idaho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Analysis\nThere was also a relatively high third-party vote, totaling around four percent. The Montana Constitution Party ran libertarian-leaning Republican U.S. Representative Ron Paul of Texas on their line (against his wishes), winning  2.17% of the vote in Montana, which was the highest statewide percentage total for any third-party candidate in the 2008 presidential election. A significant number of write-in candidates also ran in the state, with some beating third-party candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Analysis\nDuring the same election, incumbent Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer was reelected to a second term in a landslide over Republican Roy Brown and Libertarian Stan Jones. Winning by more than a two-to-one margin, Schweitzer received 65.21% of the vote while Brown took in 32.77% and Jones got 2.03%. Also during the same election, incumbent Democratic Senator Max Baucus was handily reelected to a sixth term over perennial candidate Bob Kelleher running as a Republican, no third-party candidate was in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Analysis\nDue to Kelleher's policies, such as adopting a parliamentary system in the United States, adopting a single-payer healthcare system, and nationalizing American oil and gas industries, he received no support from Montana GOP, and Baucus defeated Kelleher by nearly a 3-to-1 margin, taking in 72.92% over Kelleher's 27.08% and winning every single county in the state. At the state level, however, Republicans picked up three seats in the Montana Senate and gained control of the chamber. Democrats picked up the office of Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election where Montana was seriously contested, as well as the last one in which Lake County, Cascade County, Rosebud County, and Lewis and Clark County voted for the Democratic candidate. This is the last time the Big Sky Country would be decided by a single-digit margin, and the last time a candidate won the state with less than half of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nDue to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated, the At-Large District. This district covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Montana cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Montana is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional district and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 3 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 791]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199278-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Montana, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 3 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 4, 2008, as part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. However, Nebraska is one of the two states of the U.S. that, instead of giving all of its electors to the winner based on its statewide results, allocates just 2 electoral votes to the winner of the statewide popular vote. The other three electors vote based on their individual congressional district results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska\nNebraska, statewide, was not a swing state in 2008. Located in the Great Plains of the United States, it is one of the most staunchly Republican states in the country. While some hypothetical general election match-up polls between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama showed the race to be seemingly close, they were largely regarded as outliers as more polls released showed McCain leading in double digits. McCain wound up carrying the popular vote in Nebraska by 14.93 points, taking in 56.53% of the total statewide vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska\nHowever, Obama narrowly defeated McCain in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, which contains Omaha and the surrounding areas. Due to Nebraska's system of allocating electoral votes to winners of Congressional Districts, Obama was able to win one electoral vote while John McCain received the state's other four electoral votes. On top of this, his 41.6% of the statewide popular vote is the highest a Democratic presidential candidate has won in the Cornhusker State since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Campaign statewide, Polling\nMcCain led in every single pre-election poll. Since May, he led in each poll by a double-digit margin of victory and each with at least 52% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 81], "content_span": [82, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Campaign statewide, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $678,059 in the state, while Barack Obama raised $864,393.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 85], "content_span": [86, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Campaign statewide, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $55,807 while McCain and the Republican Trust PAC spent a total of just $1,225. Both Obama and McCain visited the state once. Obama held a downtown rally at Omaha and McCain traveled to both Omaha and Ashland. Palin also visited Omaha once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 96], "content_span": [97, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Campaign in Omaha\nNebraska has two electoral votes that go to the winner of the popular vote in the state, while the other three are split based on whichever candidate wins the popular vote in each of Nebraska's three congressional districts, all of which have trended Republican in the past elections. However Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, based in the city of Omaha, is significantly less conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Campaign in Omaha\nThe second CD of Nebraska was actually considered as a battleground area by some, leading the Obama campaign to open a single campaign office in Omaha with 15 staff members to cover the congressional district in September 2008. More than 900 people attended the opening of those offices. Democratic Mayor Mike Fahey of Omaha said that he would do whatever it takes to deliver the electoral vote tied to the 2nd Congressional District to Obama, and the Obama Campaign considered Nebraska's 2nd congressional district \"in play\". Former Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey and then senior U.S. Senator Ben Nelson campaigned in the city for Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Analysis\nNebraska, part of the conservative Great Plains region, is one of the most Republican states in the nation. It has only gone Democratic in a presidential election seven times since statehood. Continuing on that trend, McCain won the Cornhusker State by nearly 15 points. Obama was only able to win four counties: Douglas County, which contains Omaha; Lancaster County, which contains the state capital of Lincoln and the University of Nebraska; Saline County; and Thurston County, which contains a Native American reservation and was the only county to be won by John Kerry in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Analysis\nNo Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide 1964 victory has ever won more than four counties in Nebraska. In 2008, McCain won Nebraska's 1st Congressional District and Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District by fairly safe margins, along with the state as a whole, but Obama managed to carry Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, based in Omaha, by a slim margin of 1,260 votes, resulting in one of Nebraska's five electoral votes being awarded to Obama. This was a particularly notable win, because with Nebraska's split electoral vote system Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win an electoral vote from Nebraska since 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Analysis\nObama did particularly well in the state's two most populated counties, Douglas and Lancaster. While John Kerry had lost these counties by double digits, Obama was able to carve out small victories in a state he lost by a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Analysis\nDuring the same election, Republicans held the open U.S. Senate seat vacated by Republican Chuck Hagel who retired. Former Republican Governor Mike Johanns easily defeated Democrat Scott Kleeb, a rancher, by 17.46 points. Johanns received 57.52% of the total vote while Kleeb took in 40.06%. At the state level, a candidate known to be a Republican picked up a seat in the nonpartisan and unicameral Nebraska Legislature in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Saline County voted Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Results, Congressional district\nJohn McCain carried two of the state's three congressional districts, while Barack Obama carried one congressional district held by a Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 85], "content_span": [86, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Nebraska cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Nebraska is allocated 5 electors because it has 3 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 5 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded 2 electoral votes, and the other 3 are allocated via the individual results of the congressional districts. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 880]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199279-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska, Electors\nThe following were the 5 members of the Electoral College from the state. 4 of the electors were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin; 2 at large, 1 for each of the 1st and 3rd Congressional districts. 1 was pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Nevada was part of the 2008 United States presidential election, which took place on November 4, 2008, throughout all 50 states and D.C.. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada\nDemocrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain by 12.5 percentage points. Both candidates heavily campaigned in the state. Obama almost always led in polls, however some argued that McCain, a nationally prominent Senator from neighboring Arizona, had a legitimate chance of pulling off an upset in Nevada. In that vein, most news organizations considered Obama to be the favorite in the state, while many still viewed it as a relative swing state. In the previous four presidential elections, the margin of victory in Nevada had always been below 5 percentage points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada\nGeorge W. Bush carried the state twice in 2000 and 2004 while Bill Clinton won it in 1992 and in 1996. The 2008 election was the first since 1988 where the margin of victory was in the double digits, and the only time since 1964 that a margin of that scale was in favor of the Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Campaign, Polling\nIn the beginning of the general election, it was a dead heat. McCain did win several polls. However, since September 30, Obama swept every other poll taken in the state and tied one poll. The final 3 polls averaged 50% to 44% in favor of Obama. On election day, Obama won the state with 55% and by a double-digit margin of victory, a much better performance than polls showed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $1,980,771 in the state. Barack Obama raised $2,328,659.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $9,622,022. McCain and his interest groups spent $6,184,427. Each campaign visited the state 7 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Analysis\nNevada is historically somewhat of a bellwether state, having voted for the winner of every presidential election since 1912 except in 1976 and 2016. In 2008, McCain of neighboring Arizona was leading most polls taken March until the end of September (around the time of the 2008 financial crisis), when Obama of Illinois started taking the lead in almost every poll conducted from the beginning of October on, some in double digits. The subprime mortgage crisis hit Nevada hard, and McCain's statement that \"the fundamentals of the economy are strong\" apparently hurt him in a state devastated by the economic meltdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Analysis\nObama ultimately carried the Silver State by a 12.5-point margin, larger than most polls anticipated. This was due almost entirely to Obama winning the state's three largest jurisdictions: Clark County, home to Las Vegas; Washoe County, which contains Reno; and the independent city of Carson City, which combine for 88% of Nevada's total population. Hispanics also played a large role in Obama's landslide victory. According to exit polling, they composed 15% of voters in Nevada and broke for Obama by a three-to-one margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Analysis\nWith their support, Obama carried Washoe County by a comfortable 12-point margin and a somewhat narrower one-point margin in Carson City. These two areas hadn't gone Democratic since Lyndon B. Johnson won them in 1964. Obama also won Clark County by double digits, the first time a Democrat did so since 1964. McCain ran up huge margins in most of the more rural counties, which have been solidly Republican ever since Richard Nixon's 1968 win. However, it was not nearly enough to overcome his deficit in Clark, Washoe and Carson City. Indeed, Obama's 122,000-vote margin in Clark County would have been enough by itself to carry the state, and Nevada voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole for the first time since 1960 and second since 1944.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Analysis\nAt the same time, Democrats picked up a U.S. House seat in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District, which is based in Clark County and consists of most of the Las Vegas suburbs. Democratic State Senator Dina Titus defeated incumbent Republican Jon Porter by 5.14 points with several third parties receiving a small but significant proportion of the total statewide vote. At the state level, Democrats picked up one seat in the Nevada Assembly and picked up two seats in the Nevada Senate, giving the Democrats control of both chambers of the Nevada Legislature for the first time in decades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that Carson City voted for the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nBarack Obama carried two of the state's three congressional districts both held by Democrats while John McCain carried the one and only congressional district held by a Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Nevada cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Nevada is allocated 5 electors because it has 3 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 5 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 5 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199280-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Nevada, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 5 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 4, 2008, as part of the 2008 United States presidential election throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire\nDemocratic nominee Barack Obama won New Hampshire with a margin of 9.61%. Obama took 54.13% to Republican John McCain's 44.52%. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. The state was originally thought to be a swing state in 2008 for a number of reasons. New Hampshire is considerably more fiscally conservative than its neighbors in New England and has a strong disdain for taxes, giving the Republicans an edge in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire\nHowever, like the rest of New England, it is considerably more liberal on social issues like abortion and gay rights, which helps the Democrats. Also, McCain was very popular among Republicans based on the fact that he won both the 2000 and 2008 primaries here. In 2008, Obama lost the primary to Hillary Clinton. However, after the financial crisis, Obama pulled away in the pre-election polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire\nThe 2008 result made Barack Obama the first Democratic presidential nominee to sweep all ten of New Hampshire's counties since native son Franklin Pierce in 1852. Obama is currently the last presidential candidate of either party to win all ten counties in New Hampshire. Obama even won a majority of the vote in traditionally staunchly Republican Carroll County, the only county in all of New England to have voted for Republican Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election. Carroll County had not given a majority to a Democratic presidential nominee since 1884.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries\nNew Hampshire hosts the first primary in the nation. A state law that was passed in 1975 required that the date be set at least one week before any other similar contest. The Iowa caucuses are the only delegate-choosing event before the New Hampshire primary, but since Iowa hosts caucuses, not primaries, that is not seen as violating the law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 68], "content_span": [69, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic\nThe purpose of the New Hampshire Democratic primary on January 8, 2008, was to determine the number of delegates from New Hampshire that would represent a certain candidate at the National Convention. In a primary, members of a political party\u2014in this case, the Democratic Party\u2014will select the candidates to a subsequent election. Since 1920, New Hampshire has always hosted the first primaries in the entire nation. The Democratic Party's primary occurred on the same day as the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic\nHillary Clinton was the winner of the popular vote in the primary, with Barack Obama trailing in second. Clinton's win was the first time a woman had ever won a major American party's presidential primary for the purposes of delegate selection. (Shirley Chisholm's prior win in New Jersey in 1972 was in a no-delegate-awarding, presidential preference ballot that the major candidates were not listed in and that the only other candidate who was listed had already withdrawn from; the actual delegate selection vote went to George McGovern.) However, Clinton and Obama received an equal number of delegates to the National Convention since the percentages of their votes were close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic\nAfter Obama became the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee on June 3, the New Hampshire Delegation to the 2008 Democratic National Convention unanimously cast its 30 formal votes for him, one of only three states to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Voter eligibility\nAny registered voter may participate in New Hampshire's primary. Voters must declare a party affiliation so that they could participate in only one primary every year, not both the Democratic and Republican primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 99], "content_span": [100, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Delegate allocation\nThe voters will elect delegates to the district-level events; a candidate will only receive delegates to the national convention if he or she receives at least 15% of the district voters' votes. 30 delegates will be proportionally sent to the national convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 101], "content_span": [102, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Delegate allocation\nAny votes cast for a candidate that did not meet the 15% threshold for votes will be discarded. 14 district delegates will be proportionally allocated to each viable presidential candidate based on the primary's results in each Congressional District. All of the district delegates are considered pledged delegates, which means that they must openly commit to a candidate before the vote and are subject to review by the candidate they represent. Both the First Congressional District and Second Congressional District are allocated 7 district delegates each. These delegates independently represent each Congressional District; they are not affected by the results of the entire state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 101], "content_span": [102, 788]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Delegate allocation\nIn addition, there are 8 more pledged delegates that are allocated based on the results of the statewide primary. 5 of them would be at-large delegates to the national convention. These at-large delegates are usually selected by district-level delegates. The other 3 pledged delegates will be Party Leaders and Elected Official (PLEO) delegates. PLEO delegates usually consist of members of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic members of Congress, Democratic Governors, and former Democratic Party leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 101], "content_span": [102, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Delegate allocation\nWhile the 14 district delegates and 8 statewide delegates are pledged to represent a candidate, 8 more National Convention delegates will be considered unpledged. 7 of them are additional PLEO delegates, which consist of 4 Democratic National Committee members, 2 members of Congress, and 1 Governor. An additional unpledged delegate will be considered the add-on delegate. The add-on delegate is selected by a committee of district-level delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 101], "content_span": [102, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Polling and predictions\n5 days before the New Hampshire primary, candidates competed at caucuses in Iowa. Barack Obama hoped that he would win these primaries the same way he defeated Hillary Clinton at the Iowa caucuses. Since his victory, he had attracted several supporters, which increased his chances at winning this primary. Likewise, Clinton was struggling to overcome setbacks after she came in third place at the caucuses in Iowa. A series of pre-primary polls showed that Obama enjoyed a significant lead. Clinton was coming second, and John Edwards third. Average polling during the period of January 5 to January 7, 2008, by Real Clear Politics indicated Obama's support at 38.3%, Clinton at 30.0%, Edwards at 18.3%, and Richardson at 5.7%. These results indicated an 8.3% lead for Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 105], "content_span": [106, 882]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Polling and predictions\nA USA Today/Gallup poll indicated that Barack Obama enjoyed a 13-point lead over Hillary Clinton three weeks after they were tied in the pre-primary polls at New Hampshire. The USA Today/Gallup poll was held on January 4, 2008. The conductors of this poll surveyed 778 New Hampshire residents who most-likely were going to attend the Democratic primaries. The survey was conducted after news from the Iowa caucuses had been reported. In the following table, the candidates' support on January 4 is compared with the results of the USA Today/Gallup poll from mid-December 2007 in New Hampshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 105], "content_span": [106, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Polling and predictions\nNo other candidate had higher than 3% support in New Hampshire. Each figure has a margin of error of \u00b14%. Obama's 13-point lead was outside that margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 105], "content_span": [106, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Polling and predictions\nA US Census in 2006 reported that the population of New Hampshire was 1,314,895. 356,897 did not declare a party affiliation. These independent voters make up 44% of the New Hampshire electorate and could have voted in either the Democratic primary or the Republican Party's primary, but couldn't have voted in both. Democratic voters made up a smaller proportion. 216,005 people have registered as a Democrat. These statistics are important because in 2004, the New Hampshire independents leaned towards the Democratic side in favor of then-candidate John Kerry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 105], "content_span": [106, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Polling and predictions\nSince then, New Hampshire has become more Democratic, replacing their Republican governor and state legislature with a government led by Democratic politicians. However, the people of New Hampshire are divided into several smaller regions, so the entire state as a whole wouldn't have been expected to act in a uniform manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 105], "content_span": [106, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, New Hampshire campaign office hostage-taking\nOn November 30, 2007, a man identified as 47-year-old Leeland Eisenberg, armed with road flares strapped to his chest which he claimed were a bomb, entered a Clinton presidential campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire. He took hostage the 5 people in it, and asked for Clinton, believing she could assist him in gaining psychiatric help. 2 hostages were released early on, a woman and her infant. Other hostages were released sporadically. The standoff ended with Eisenberg's surrender about 5 hours after the incident began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 126], "content_span": [127, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, New Hampshire campaign office hostage-taking\nAt the time of the event, Clinton was in the Washington D.C. area, scheduled to speak at a Democratic National Committee meeting in Vienna, Virginia; she canceled her appearances at public events for the remainder of the day. That evening she flew to Rochester in order to meet with and comfort the hostages, praise the law enforcement officials who handled the situation, and vow not to change her campaign style due to the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 126], "content_span": [127, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Results\nHillary Clinton led Barack Obama by 20 points in pre-primary polls in New Hampshire prior to the Iowa caucuses, but had fallen behind Obama by 13 points in the week prior to the New Hampshire primary. However, she rebounded to get more votes than Obama in the New Hampshire primary, winning by 3%. According to exit polls, female voters and elderly voters helped her win this particular race. In the Iowa caucuses, Obama received 35% of the female vote, while Clinton only received 30%. In New Hampshire, however, 45% supported Clinton, compared to 36% for Obama. Also during the primary, older voters outnumbered younger voters; 67% of Democratic voters were over the age of 40, and most of them supported Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 89], "content_span": [90, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Results\nA turnout of nearly 288,000 people was even higher than expected, and was greater than the number of New Hampshire residents who voted for Al Gore in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 89], "content_span": [90, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Democratic, Results\nBill Richardson withdrew from the race after placing 4th in both the New Hampshire primary with less than 5% of the vote and the Iowa caucuses with less than 2% of the vote. He made this decision as he returned to his home state, New Mexico, on January 9, 2008, to meet with his top advisors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 89], "content_span": [90, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Republican\nThe New Hampshire Republican primary also took place on January 8, 2008, with 12 national delegates being allocated proportionally to the popular vote. Arizona Senator John McCain won 7 of the delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Republican\nIndependent voters made up 44% of the New Hampshire electorate and could choose to vote in either this primary or the Democratic Party's contest held on the same day, but voters could not vote in both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Republican, Polling\nIn the days leading up to the primary, John McCain appeared to gain a slight lead over Mitt Romney. Average support from polls were McCain, 31.8%; Romney, 28.2%; Huckabee, 12.2%; Giuliani, 9.3%; Paul, 8.2%; Thompson, 2.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 89], "content_span": [90, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Republican, Results\nThe official return was certified by the New Hampshire Secretary of State on 9 January. According to New Hampshire law, delegates are allocated proportionally with a minimum 10% threshold required to receive delegates. The balance of delegates that are not assigned are then allocated to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 89], "content_span": [90, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Primaries, Republican, Results\n* Candidate had already dropped out of the race prior to primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 89], "content_span": [90, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Recount\nMost New Hampshire voters cast their votes on Diebold optical-scan systems, which read paper ballots. Some activists claimed to find evidence suggesting fraud, largely because results did not match pre-election polling for Obama and Clinton, and because of different levels of support between precincts where ballots were counted by hand and those where they were counted by machine. Most observers have concluded that discrepancies were the result of the fact that ballots are more likely to be hand-counted in small towns and machine-counted in cities and larger towns, explaining differences in candidate support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Recount\nOn January 10, 2008, presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich paid for a recount in the Democratic primary. Republican candidate Albert Howard also requested a recount in the Republican primary. Kucinich noted the difference between pre-primary polls which showed that Obama would win, and Clinton's win in the actual election. New Hampshire had not conducted a statewide recount in a presidential primary since the 1980 primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Recount\nThe recount began on January 16, 2008, after New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner received $27,000 from Kucinich. The results in both parties changed little: Republican results changed only by 1 vote for Romney, while Democrats changed less than 1%, much of which was due to vote miscounting was Ward 5 in Manchester, where votes for the top candidates dropped after the recount. Clinton's total went from 683 to 619, Obama's went from 404 to 365, and other candidates saw similar drops. Excluding the results of Ward 5 the error rate was less than 1%. The official explanation for the discrepancies in Ward 5 was that a poll worker added the vice presidential and presidential totals before reporting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Recount\nThe recount was halted on January 23, 2008. The Deputy Secretary of State, David Scanlan, estimated that the Republican recount cost $57,600 and the Democratic recount, with more votes cast, cost $67,600.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, General election campaign\nThroughout the second half of the 20th century, New Hampshire was one of the most reliably Republican states in the Northeast. From 1948 to 1988, it only supported a Democrat once, in Lyndon Johnson's 44-state landslide of 1964. However, since 1992 it has become a swing state that leans slightly Democratic in presidential elections. The last Republican to carry the state was George W. Bush, who won by a narrow margin in 2000. New Hampshire was the only switchover state that Kerry won in 2004 and Bush lost. Moreover, the New Hampshire Republican Party is considerably more moderate and libertarian-leaning especially on social issues, making the behavior of the state difficult to predict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 84], "content_span": [85, 779]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, General election campaign\nRepublicans had remained fairly competitive at the state level until November 2006 when Democratic Governor John Lynch was reelected to a second term with 74% of the vote. At the same time, two unknown Democrats knocked off the state's two incumbent Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and Democrats swept to control of both chambers of the state legislature for the first time since 1874. This led pundits to joke that the national Democratic wave of 2006 came ashore in Nashua. Continuing on that trend, New Hampshire looked very favorable to the Democrats heading into 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 84], "content_span": [85, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, General election campaign\nRepublican presidential nominee John McCain had early hopes for winning the state. New Hampshire strongly supported McCain in the 2000 and 2008 Republican primaries, attracted by his status as an independent maverick; New Hampshire voters have historically been friendly to independent-minded Republicans. After he clinched the GOP nomination in March 2008, McCain began to move more to the right to appease the base of his party, and his selection of the socially conservative Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin to be the vice presidential nominee alienated several independents and libertarian-leaning Republicans in New Hampshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 84], "content_span": [85, 714]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, General election campaign\nDemocratic presidential nominee Barack Obama campaigned extensively throughout the state in 2008 to try and unite the party in the general election after the historic and divisive 2008 Democratic primary. Despite the polls that had Obama leading by double digits, New Hampshire voters gave a surprise comeback win to Hillary Rodham Clinton in the January 2008 New Hampshire Democratic Primary thanks in large part to an enormous number of women who turned out to support Clinton after her emotional moment at a campaign stop in Portsmouth a few days earlier. Obama acknowledged this phenomenon throughout the campaign when he advised his supporters not to get so cocky and arrogant when they saw the polls that had him leading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 84], "content_span": [85, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, General election campaign\nEarly polling during the general campaign showed Obama with a very narrow lead. By early October, Obama had gained a double-digit lead in the state and never looked back. Obama successfully carried New Hampshire with 54.13% of the total statewide vote while McCain received 44.52%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 84], "content_span": [85, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, General election campaign\nAt the same time, popular incumbent Democratic Governor Lynch was reelected to a third term in a landslide over Republican Joe Keeney and Libertarian Susan Newell. Lynch received 70.12% while Keeney took in 27.70% and Newell with 2.18%. Former Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen ousted incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Sununu by a 6.34% margin of victory, giving the Democrats an additional seat in the U.S. Senate. However, Republicans also picked up 14 seats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 84], "content_span": [85, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, General election campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 97], "content_span": [98, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, General election campaign, Polling\nPre -election polling showed a tight race early on. But since September 22, Obama swept the rest of the polls taken in the state. Since October 1, Obama never polled below 50%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 93], "content_span": [94, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, General election campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $867,279 in the state. Barack Obama raised $2,470,579.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 97], "content_span": [98, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, General election campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $10,931,32. McCain and his interest groups spent $6,478,902. Each campaign visited the state 6 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 108], "content_span": [109, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Electors\nTechnically the voters of New Hampshire cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. New Hampshire is allocated 4 electors because it has 2 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 4 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 4 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199281-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 4 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey\nNew Jersey was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 15.53% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. No fundraising money was spent by either campaign, as the state has trended towards the Democratic Party in recent years. A highly affluent and predominantly urban state with an ethnically diverse population, New Jersey has become a reliably blue state, and this was evident again when Democrat Barack Obama comfortably won the state's 15 electoral votes with 57.14% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey\nNew Jersey weighed in for this election as 8.3% more Democratic than the national average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Democratic primary\nThe Democratic primary took place February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Hillary Clinton won this primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 74], "content_span": [75, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Republican primary\nThe Republican primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 52 national delegates who were allocated on a winner takes all basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 74], "content_span": [75, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Republican primary\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 74], "content_span": [75, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Republican primary, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 87], "content_span": [88, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Polling\nPre -election polling was tight early on. However, since October 12, Obama won each poll with a double-digit margin of victory and with at least 52%. McCain didn't reach over 42% in that stretch. The final 3 polls found Obama leading with 55% to 39%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $4,761,251 in the state. Barack Obama raised $13,624,081.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 67], "content_span": [68, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Advertising and visits\nNeither candidate spent anything here. The Republican ticket visited the state twice. Obama visited the state once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 78], "content_span": [79, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Analysis\nNew Jersey was once one of the most reliably Republican states in the Northeast. From 1948 to 1988, it voted Republican in all but two elections: John F. Kennedy in his narrow victory over Richard Nixon in 1960, and Lyndon Johnson's 44-state landslide of 1964. However, the brand of Republicanism practiced in New Jersey has historically been a moderate one. As the national party tilted more to the right, the state's voters became more friendly to Democrats. The state narrowly went for Bill Clinton in 1992 and has voted Democratic in every election since then. In all but one election since 1996, the Democrats have carried it by double digits. While Republicans remain competitive at the state and local level, at the presidential level New Jersey is now reckoned as part of the solid bloc of blue states in the Northeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 892]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Analysis\nDemocrats have several structural advantages in New Jersey during presidential elections. The northeastern portion, including Newark, Jersey City, Elizabeth and Paterson, contains more than half the state's population and is heavily Democratic. The southwestern portion, including Camden, Cherry Hill, and Atlantic City is also heavily Democratic. These regions have a total of over 2,000,000 voters between them, making it extremely difficult for a Republican to carry the state. For instance, in 2004 George W. Bush held John Kerry to only a 7-point margin of victory, but was completely shut out in the northeast and southwest. Additionally, the state is split almost down the middle between the largest and fourth-largest markets in the country, New York City and Philadelphia. As a result, statewide races often feature some of the most expensive advertising budgets in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 952]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Analysis\nUnlike in 2004, New Jersey was called for Obama almost as soon as the polls closed. Obama dominated the urban areas of the state, winning Essex County by over 50%, Hudson County by 47%, Camden and Mercer counties by 35%. Obama also won Somerset County, which had voted Republican in every election from 1968 to 2004. Most of the southern portion of the state voted Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Analysis\nMcCain won most of Northwestern New Jersey, winning in Republican strongholds like Morris County and Sussex County (which McCain won by 21%). McCain also won most of the Jersey Shore counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Analysis\nAt the same time, incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg was reelected over Republican Dick Zimmer by a 14.08% margin of victory. Lautenberg received 56.03% of the total vote while Zimmer took in 41.95%. Democrats also picked up a vacant U.S. House seat in New Jersey's 3rd congressional district that was previously held by a Republican; Democrat John Adler defeated Republican Chris Myers by a 3.30% margin of victory. Adler received 51.65% of the vote while Myers took in 48.35%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Results, By congressional district\nBarack Obama carried 10 of New Jersey's 13 congressional districts, including two that were simultaneously won by Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 90], "content_span": [91, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Electors\nTechnically the voters of NJ cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. NJ is allocated 15 electors because it has 13 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 15 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 15 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199282-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 15 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 4, 2008. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico\nNew Mexico was won by the Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, by a 15.13% margin of victory; Obama took 56.91% of the vote while his Republican opponent, Senator John McCain of Arizona, took 41.78%. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered it as a safe blue state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico\nDue to the extremely narrow margins of victory in the previous two presidential elections (less than 1% in 2004 and less than 0.1% in 2000), it started out as a swing state, but hypothetical general election match-up polls taken in the state continued to show a big lead for Obama. Obama's leads in the polls in New Mexico increased so much that McCain did not campaign nearly as much there as he did elsewhere, despite it neighboring his home state of Arizona. A large Hispanic and Native American as well as a trending Democratic population put Obama over the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations that made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 77], "content_span": [78, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Campaign, Polling\nObama won a majority of the pre-election polls taken in the state, including sweeping all of them taken after September 14. The final three polls averaged the Democrat leading 55% to 43%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $1,016,376 in the state. Barack Obama raised $3,987,438.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 77], "content_span": [78, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $4,535,378. McCain and his interest groups spent $3,606,796. The Democrat ticket visited the state five times to the Republicans' eight times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 88], "content_span": [89, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Analysis\nThe key voting bloc in this state is Hispanics, which make up a plurality of the state's total population with 45%. George W. Bush received over 40% of the Hispanic vote nationally in 2004. This support was enough for Bush to nip John Kerry by approximately 6,000 votes in New Mexico in 2004. In the previous two elections, New Mexico had been a very close swing state. Al Gore won the state by 300 votes in 2000, which was even narrower than the controversial results in Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Analysis\nHowever, after the 2004 presidential election, support for Republicans in the Hispanic community collapsed. During the 2008 election, New Mexico was regarded as an Obama-leaning state although John McCain was from neighboring Arizona and held similar views on illegal immigration to those of Bush. Ultimately, McCain obtained 30% of the Hispanic vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Analysis\nNative Americans also represent a key voting demographic in New Mexico. Obama won the Native American vote, 78\u201321%, and carried most of the counties within the confines of the Navajo Nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Analysis\nThe Republican base in New Mexico consists of the more rural southeastern part of the state which, while thinly populated, votes heavily Republican. Democrats are strongest in the state capital, Santa Fe, and its close-in suburbs. The city of Albuquerque and the southwestern part of the state both lean Democratic, but not as overwhelmingly as does Santa Fe. On a larger context, Southern New Mexico is typically more Republican while Northern New Mexico is traditionally more Democratic, while Albuquerque and other areas in the center tend to swing both ways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Analysis\nIn 2008, Obama carried the state by a 15-point margin, largely by dominating the Albuquerque area. He won Bernalillo County, home to Albuquerque itself, by 21 points; Kerry had won it by four points in 2004. While McCain dominated the southeastern part of the state, it was not nearly enough to overcome Obama's edge in the Albuquerque area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Analysis\nDuring the same election, former Democratic U.S. Representative Tom Udall, who had represented New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeated former Republican U.S. Representative Steve Pearce, who had represented New Mexico's 2nd congressional district, for an open U.S. Senate seat that was vacated by Republican Pete Domenici once it was discovered that he had brain cancer. Former Republican U.S. Representative Heather Wilson, who represented New Mexico's 1st Congressional District, vacated her seat to challenge Pearce in the GOP senatorial primary only to lose the nomination to him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Analysis\nAs a result, all three of New Mexico's U.S. House seats were up for grabs, and Democrats captured all three of them. At the state level, Democrats increased their majorities in both houses of the New Mexico Legislature, picking up three seats in both the New Mexico House of Representatives and New Mexico Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Luna County voted for the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nBarack Obama carried two of the state's three congressional districts, while John McCain just narrowly carried the other congressional district that simultaneously elected a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 100], "content_span": [101, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Electors\nOfficially the voters of New Mexico cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. New Mexico is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all five electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 815]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Electors\nThe electors of each state and of the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body; instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia meet in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199283-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All five were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 31 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York\nNew York was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 26.9% margin of victory. Obama took 62.88% of the vote to McCain's 36.03%. At the time this was the highest Democratic vote share in New York State since 1964, although Obama would outperform his 2008 showing in New York just four years later in 2012. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. Located in the Northeast, a region of the country that is trending heavily towards the Democrats, elections in the Empire State are dominated by the presence of the heavily populated, heavily diverse, liberal bastion of New York City where Democrats are always favored to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 776]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Chautauqua County voted for the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Campaign, Polling\nObama won all but one pre-election poll. Since September 15, Obama won each poll with a double-digit margin of victory and each with at least 55% of the vote. He won the final Marist poll with a 36-point spread. The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading 63% to 31%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $12,582,856 in the state. Barack Obama raised $58,161,743.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $1,148,016. McCain and his interest groups spent just $7,310. The Republican visited the state 11 times and the Democratic ticket visited the state 4 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Analysis\nNew York was once reckoned as a powerful swing state with a slight Democratic lean. However, the last time the state went Republican was for Ronald Reagan in 1984. Michael Dukakis narrowly won it against George H. W. Bush in 1988, but the state has not been seriously contested since then. It is now considered an uncontested blue state, and was heavily favored to vote for Obama by a significant margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Analysis\nElections in the Empire State are dominated by the presence of New York City, a Democratic stronghold for more than a century and a half. It is made up mostly of white liberals as well as ethnic and religious minorities\u2014all voting blocs that strongly vote Democratic. Obama won Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx by margins of 5-to-1 or more and carried Queens by a 3-to-1 margin. The only borough McCain carried was Staten Island, traditionally the most conservative area of the city. Obama's combined million-vote margin in the Five Boroughs would have been enough by itself to carry the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Analysis\nHowever, Obama also dominated heavily Democratic Western New York, including Buffalo and Rochester, and the Capital District (Albany, Schenectady and Troy), as well as the increasingly Democratic Long Island and Syracuse areas. Even when New York was considered a swing state, a Republican had to carry Long Island and do reasonably well in either Western New York, the Capital District or Syracuse to make up for the massive Democratic margins in New York City. Obama also won a number of traditionally Republican-leaning counties in Upstate New York and became the first Democrat since Lyndon B. Johnson to win an outright majority of votes in the Upstate (although Democratic candidates had been consistently winning pluralities of the vote since 1992).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 819]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Analysis\nAt the same time, Democrats in New York picked up three seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. In the 13th district, which consists of Staten Island and part of Brooklyn, Democrats picked up an open seat that was vacated by former Republican Vito Fossella who resigned after he was arrested for getting a DUI. Democrat Michael McMahon solidly defeated Republican Robert Staniere by a two-to-one margin, 60.79-33.26%. His victory made the city's delegation entirely Democratic for the first time in over 70 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Analysis\nIn the 25th district, centered around Syracuse, Democrat Dan Maffei handily defeated Republican Dale Sweetland 55% to 42% for the open seat vacated by Republican Jim Walsh. In New York's 29th congressional district, which includes Canandaigua, Democrat Eric Massa narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Randy Kuhl by 1.7 points. This reduced the Republicans to only three of the state's 29 seats in the House\u2014the fewest the GOP has ever won in an election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Analysis\nAt the state level, Democrats picked up a seat in the New York State Assembly and two seats in the New York State Senate which gave Democrats control of the Senate and ultimately both chambers of the New York Legislature for the first time since 1965. This gave the Democrats complete control of New York's state government for the first time since 1936.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Results breakdown, Geographic Breakdown\nBarack Obama dominated in fiercely Democratic New York City, taking 2,074,159 votes to John McCain's 524,787, giving Obama a 79.29% - 20.06% landslide victory citywide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 93], "content_span": [94, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Results breakdown, Geographic Breakdown\nExcluding the votes of New York City, Obama still would have carried New York State, but by a smaller margin. Obama would have received 2,730,786 votes to McCain's 2,227,984, giving Obama a 55.06% - 44.93% victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 93], "content_span": [94, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nBarack Obama swept 25 of the state's 29 congressional districts in New York, including two districts held by Republicans. John McCain carried four districts, including one district that simultaneously elected a Democrat to the U.S. House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 98], "content_span": [99, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Electors\nTechnically the voters of New York cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. New York is allocated 31 electors because it had 29 congressional districts under the 2000 Census and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 31 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 31 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199284-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in New York, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 31 electors were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina was part of the national event on November 4, 2008, throughout all 50 states and D.C.. In North Carolina, voters chose 15 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina\nNorth Carolina was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 0.32% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered the state as a toss-up or a swing state. Throughout the general election, the state was heavily targeted by both campaigns. A high turnout by African American voters, bolstered by overwhelming support from younger voters were the major factors that helped deliver North Carolina's 15 electoral votes to Obama, making him the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry the state since 1976, when Jimmy Carter prevailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina\nBill Clinton came within 20,000 votes of winning the state in 1992. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic nominee carried North Carolina, which would vote Republican by narrow margins in the next three elections while still being considered a swing state. This is also the last time Jackson County, Hyde County, and Caswell County would vote Democratic; and the last time Nash County voted for the losing candidate nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Campaign, Predictions\nA total of 16 news organizations made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 81], "content_span": [82, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Campaign, Polling\nEarly on, McCain won almost every single pre-election poll. However, on September 23, Rasmussen Reports showed Obama leading in a poll for the first time. He won the poll 49% to 47%. After that, polls showed the state being a complete toss-up, as both McCain and Obama were winning many polls and no candidate was taking a consistent lead in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 77], "content_span": [78, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Campaign, Polling\nCommentators attributed the drastic turnaround in the state to the influence of voter unhappiness about the financial crisis and the effectiveness of heavy advertising and organizing to get out the vote by the Obama campaign in the fall election. The final 3 polls found a tie with both candidate at 49%, which was accurate compared to the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 77], "content_span": [78, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $2,888,922 in the state. Barack Obama raised $8,569,866.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 81], "content_span": [82, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $15,178,674. McCain and his interest groups spent $7,137,289. The Democratic ticket visited the state 12 times. The Republican ticket visited the state 8 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Analysis\nThe winner was not certain even several days after the election, as thousands of provisional and absentee ballots were still being counted. However, when it became evident that McCain would need to win an improbable majority of these votes to overcome Obama's election night lead, the major news networks finally called the state's 15 electoral votes for Obama. North Carolina was the second-closest state in 2008; only in Missouri was the race closer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Analysis\nSituated in the South, which has become a Republican stronghold in recent elections, North Carolina was an anomaly by 2008. While very Democratic at the local and state level, the last Democratic presidential nominee to win the Tar Heel State up to that point was Jimmy Carter in 1976; not even the Southern moderate populist Bill Clinton of Arkansas carried it in either of his elections (though he came very close in 1992), and in 2004, Democratic nominee John Kerry lost North Carolina by a 12-point margin despite his running mate John Edwards being a sitting Senator from the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Analysis\nObama decided early on to campaign aggressively in the state. It paid off quickly; most polls from spring onward showed the race within single digits of difference between the candidates. He also dramatically outspent McCain in the state and had an extensive grassroots campaign of organizing to get out the vote. This was also one of the closest statewide contests of 2008, as Obama captured North Carolina just by 0.32% of the vote - a margin of only 14,177 votes out of 4.2 million statewide. Only in Missouri was the race closer, where McCain nipped Obama by less than 4,000 votes, a margin of 0.14%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Analysis\nRepublicans have traditionally done well in the western part of North Carolina that is a part of Appalachia, while Democrats are stronger in the urbanized east. When a Democrat wins in North Carolina, almost everything from Charlotte eastward is usually coated blue. Even when Democrats lose, they often still retain a number of counties in the industrial southeast (alongside Fayetteville), the African-American northeast, the fast-growing I-85 Corridor in the Piedmont, and sometimes the western Appalachian region next to Tennessee. For example, a map of Bill Clinton's narrow 1992 loss in North Carolina shows him narrowly winning all these regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Analysis\nObama did not take the traditional Democratic path to victory. Instead, his main margins came from the cities, where he did particularly well throughout the country. While Obama won only 33 of North Carolina's 100 counties, these counties contained more than half of the state's population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Analysis\nObama's victory margin came largely by running up huge majorities in the I-85 Corridor, a developing megalopolis which is home to more than two-thirds of the state's population and casts almost 70% of the state's vote. The state's five largest counties--Mecklenburg (home to Charlotte) Wake (home to Raleigh), Guilford (home to Greensboro), Forsyth (home to Winston-Salem) and Durham (home to Durham)--are all located in this area, and Obama swept them all by 11 percentage points or more. In 1992, Bill Clinton had been able to win only Durham County by this margin; he narrowly lost Forsyth and Mecklenburg (the latter was where Obama had his biggest margin in the state). Ultimately, Obama's combined margin of 350,000 votes in these counties was too much for McCain to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 851]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Analysis\nMcCain did well in the Charlotte suburbs, Appalachian foothills and mountain country; he carried all but four counties west of Winston-Salem. Aside from the I-85 Corridor, Obama's results were mediocre in the traditional Democratic base. He lost badly in Appalachia, mirroring the difficulties he had throughout this region. Obama won only three counties in this region, one of which was Buncombe County, home to Asheville, the largest city in the region and a destination for retirees from the North. In the Fayetteville area, he did as well as Al Gore (who had lost North Carolina by double digits).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Analysis\nObama did not rely on the traditional Democratic base but rather a new coalition of city voters to win North Carolina. If he had not taken the five largest counties, Obama would have lost the state by a considerable margin; instead, he pulled off the narrowest victory by creating a unique coalition of voters. He particularly attracted highly affluent and educated migrants from the Northeast, who traditionally tend to vote Democratic; as well as African Americans, Hispanics (an increasing population in the state), and college students, voting blocs who had overwhelmingly supported him during the course of the 2008 Democratic presidential primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Analysis\nDuring the same election, Democrats picked up a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina's 8th congressional district, where incumbent Republican Robin Hayes was ousted by Democrat Larry Kissell, a high school social studies teacher who almost toppled Hayes in 2006. Kissell received 55.38% of the vote while Hayes took in 44.62%, a 10.76-percent difference. Democrats held onto the Governor's Mansion; term-limited incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Easley was ineligible to seek a third term but Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue defeated Republican Pat McCrory, the incumbent mayor of Charlotte. Perdue received 50.23% of the vote while McCrory took 46.90%, with the remaining 2.86% going to Libertarian Michael Munger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Analysis\nIn a highly targeted U.S. Senate race, Democratic State Senator Kay Hagan defeated incumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole by a wider-than-anticipated margin - by 8.47 points. Hagan received 52.65% while Dole took 44.18%. The race received widespread attention after the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) ran its notorious \"Godless\" ad that accused Hagan, a Sunday school teacher, of accepting money from atheists and accused her of being an atheist. The adverse reaction resulting from the ad was considered a major factor contributing to Dole's defeat. At the state level, Democrats increased their gains in the North Carolina General Assembly, picking up five seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives and one seat in the North Carolina Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Analysis\nAccording to exit polls, more than 95% of African American voters cast ballots for Obama. This played a critical role in North Carolina, as 95% of the state's registered African-American voters turned out, with Obama carrying an unprecedented 100% of African-American women, as well as younger African Americans aged 18 to 29, according to exit polling. Comparatively, the overall turnout of voters statewide was 69%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nDespite Barack Obama winning North Carolina, John McCain carried seven of the state's 13 congressional districts, including two districts represented by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 104], "content_span": [105, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Electors\nTechnically the voters of North Carolina cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. North Carolina is allocated 15 electors because it has 13 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 15 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 15 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199285-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 15 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota\nNorth Dakota was won by Republican nominee John McCain by an 8.7% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered this a state McCain would narrowly win, or otherwise considered to be a red state. In the final weeks of the race, some news organizations considered the race a toss-up. The state has not been won by a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Polls showed McCain and Democrat Barack Obama running unusually close in a state that gave George W. Bush a 27.4% margin of victory over John Kerry in 2004. In the end, McCain kept North Dakota in the GOP column but by a much smaller margin than Bush's landslide in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota\nThis is the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won at least 40% of the vote in North Dakota, and the last time North Dakota voted to the left of Alaska, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 79], "content_span": [80, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Campaign, Polling\nPre -election polls showed a complete toss up. The final 3 polls averaged gave Obama leading 45% to 44%, leaving a lot of undecided voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 75], "content_span": [76, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $184,405 in the state. Barack Obama raised $191,551.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 79], "content_span": [80, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $448,361. McCain and his interest groups spent $71,972. Obama visited the state once, in Fargo, North Dakota, while the Republican ticket didn't visit the state once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 90], "content_span": [91, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Analysis\nNorth Dakota has been considered a reliably red state for the past 40 years, having voted for the Republican presidential nominee of every election since 1968. In 2008, however, polls taken before September surprisingly showed the two candidates running neck-to-neck. While the polls varied throughout the campaign, McCain's selection of the socially conservative Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his vice presidential running mate played well in North Dakota, a state that has the lowest percentage of nonreligious citizens in the country. After Palin joined the ticket in late August, McCain then took a double digit lead in the state until October, when polling once again showed a close race between the two candidates in the Peace Garden State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Analysis\nOn Election Day 2008, however, McCain captured North Dakota by a fairly safe margin of approximately 8.65 points, despite the latest polling showing him just one point ahead of Obama. Still, the statewide result was significantly closer than in 2004 when Bush carried the state by a much larger margin of more than 27%. McCain did well throughout the western and central parts of the state, while Obama won the two majority Native American counties of Rolette (which has not voted Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952) in the north and Sioux in the south by more than three-to-one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Analysis\nMore significantly, Obama carried several normally Republican counties in the east including the most populous counties of Cass County (which contains the state's largest city of Fargo) and Grand Forks County (which includes the college town of Grand Forks). In these two largest counties in the state, Obama was the first Democratic victor since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, while in rock-ribbed Republican McIntosh County, Obama\u2019s 37.79 percent constitutes the best performance by a Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Analysis\nAt the same time, popular incumbent Republican Governor John Hoeven was reelected to a second term in a landslide three-to-one victory over Democrat Tim Mathern and Independent DuWayne Hendrickson. Hoeven received 74.44% of the vote while Mathern took in 23.53% and Hendrickson with the remaining 2.03%. Democrats, however, made gains at the state level, picking up three seats in the North Dakota House of Representatives and six seats in the North Dakota Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Cass County, Grand Forks County, Mountrail County, Towner County, Traill County, Nelson County, and Eddy County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. This is also the last time in which Cass County gave a majority to a candidate of any party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nDue to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 102], "content_span": [103, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Electors\nTechnically the voters of North Dakota cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. North Dakota is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 3 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199286-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 3 pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 4, 2008, which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio\nOhio was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 4.6% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered this state as a major swing state and bellwether. Both major party candidates visited the Buckeye State numerous times and campaigned throughout the state extensively trying to sway moderates and independent voters to their side. The polls in Ohio were fairly even throughout the campaign but Obama had a slight lead as Election Day drew closer. In the end, Obama flipped Ohio into the Democratic column. Obama's 2,940,044 votes is the most received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history. Despite this fact, Obama became the first Democrat ever to win the White House without carrying Pike County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 71], "content_span": [72, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Campaign, Polling\nDuring most of the summer and September, McCain led many state polls and many by 50% of over. Rasmussen had McCain leading with as high as 51% in September. But many voters in the state changed their minds as Obama later gained a steady lead in most polls taken starting in the beginning of October (around the time of the 2008 financial crisis).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nA major swing state, Obama spent over $28 million to McCain's $24 million. The Republican ticket visited the state 28 times to the Obama ticket's 22 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Analysis\nGoing into Election 2008, both McCain and Obama knew that Ohio was a crucial state. Earlier in the primary season, Ohio had given a major comeback victory to Hillary Clinton. Both candidates campaigned heavily throughout the state in hopes for winning its 20 electoral votes. As no Republican has ever won the presidency without winning Ohio, it was seen in particular as a \"must-win\" state for McCain. George W. Bush's narrow wins in 2000 (by 3.50% against Al Gore) and 2004 (2.11% against John Kerry) proved critical in Bush's narrow wins nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Analysis\nOn Election Day 2008, Obama won the Buckeye State's 20 electoral votes by a margin of 4.59%. Obama's win in heavily populated areas such as Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Franklin County (Columbus), Lucas County (Toledo), Montgomery County (Dayton), Summit County (Akron), Stark County (Canton), Mahoning County (Youngstown) and the traditionally Republican Hamilton County (Cincinnati) greatly contributed to his victory in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Analysis\nMcCain did best in the Republican base in the center and western regions, composed of relatively rural areas combined with Cincinnati and Columbus' heavily Republican suburbs. In addition, McCain won all but four counties in the Appalachian southeast, mirroring the troubles Obama had throughout this region. On the other hand, Obama did best in the Democratic base\u2014Cleveland (where he won almost 70% of the vote), Youngstown and the heavily unionized counties next to Pennsylvania. However, he was unable to significantly improve upon John Kerry's performance in these areas. More surprisingly, the cities of Cincinnati and Columbus gave him strong support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Analysis\nCincinnati, the only major city that didn't vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt, voted Democratic for the first time since 1964. Columbus, a city shifting to the Democrats, also voted for Obama by a three-to-two margin. In addition, Obama won several northern counties along the shore of Lake Erie that John Kerry had lost in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Analysis\nAs polls closed and results were coming in on Election Night, Republican strategist and adviser Karl Rove joined Brit Hume on Fox News offering analysis. Rove was discussing the impact an Ohio loss would have on McCain's chances of winning the election. \"If he loses Ohio,\" Rove stated of McCain, \"he goes from 286, which the Republicans carried in 2004, down to 266, and that puts him below the 270 threshold needed to win the White House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Analysis\nSo he'd not only need to sweep the rest of these states which were won by the Republicans in 2004, he'd also need to pick up something as well.\" In an untimely moment, Hume broke in. \"Guess what Karl,\" Hume interrupted, \"I've just received word that the state of Ohio has gone for Barack Obama.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Lake County, Monroe County, Belmont County, Tuscarawas County, and Jefferson County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Results, Results by county\nProjections based on published official or unofficial county election board results, where available; otherwise, on the unofficial state board of elections results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Results, By congressional district\nAlthough Barack Obama won the state of Ohio, John McCain carried ten of the state\u2019s eighteen congressional districts, including two districts held by Democratic incumbents and one district that simultaneously elected a Democrat. Obama carried 8 districts, including one district held by a Republican incumbent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 84], "content_span": [85, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Ohio cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Ohio is allocated 20 electors because it has 18 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 20 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 20 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 787]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199287-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Ohio, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 20 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma\nOklahoma was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 31.3% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. A strongly conservative state located in the Bible Belt where evangelical Christianity plays a large role, Oklahoma has swung and trended more to the Republicans in recent years than any other state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma\nHaving voted for the Republican presidential nominee in every election since 1968, Oklahoma once again showcased its status as a Republican stronghold in 2008 with Republican John McCain capturing 65.65% of the vote. It was also the only state where McCain won every county and was even one of the 5 states along with Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and West Virginia in which McCain outperformed Bush's margin of victory from 4 years earlier, albeit slightly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won every single pre-election poll, and each with a double-digit margin of victory. The final 3 polls averaged McCain leading 62% to 34%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $2,050,335 in the state. Barack Obama raised $1,711,069.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $613,515. McCain and his interest groups spent just $6,565. Neither campaign visited the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Analysis\nOklahoma gave John McCain his strongest showing in Election 2008 with a rounded percentage of 66% (65.65%) going to him. The Sooner State was also the only state in the country where every single county voted for McCain. Although the results were similar to 2004 in which George W. Bush swept every county in the state with 65.57% of the vote, McCain's margin of victory was slightly better - 0.08% more - in 2008. Oklahoma was one of five states where McCain outperformed George W. Bush, the other four being Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Analysis\nOklahoma, despite the large concentration of Native Americans in the state, remains one of the most reliably Republican states in the country. Although Democrats still had a majority of registered voters at the time, the state's Democrats are very conservative by national standards. Oklahoma is part of the Bible Belt, and voters in the state have a strong penchant for being values voters; that is, they are strongly and deeply conservative on social issues such as abortion and gay rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Analysis\nMcCain's selection of the socially conservative Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska proved to be an excellent fit for the Sooner State. Obama was at a disadvantage beforehand in Oklahoma during the primary season when voters in the Sooner State backed Hillary Rodham Clinton with 54.76% of the vote compared to Obama's 31.19% and a significant amount (10.24%) going to John Edwards. Clinton won every county in the Oklahoma Democratic Primary except for Oklahoma County, home of Oklahoma City which Obama just narrowly carried. Most of Oklahoma's Democratic establishment were early endorsers of Hillary Clinton as well. Another setback for Obama was that U.S. Representative Dan Boren, the only Democrat from Oklahoma's five-member delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives, refused to endorse Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 865]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Analysis\nAnother key to McCain's victory was the highly populated counties of Tulsa County, which he won with over 62%, and Oklahoma County, which he won with over 58%. He also dominated the heavily Republican Oklahoma Panhandle by an almost four-to-one margin. Despite the Republican landslide, Obama did improve upon John Kerry's performance in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. However, this was more than canceled out by his extremely weak showing in Southeast Oklahoma, historically the most Democratic region in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Analysis\nThis socially conservative but fiscally liberal area, known as \"Little Dixie,\" still votes Democratic at the local level and state levels. It also warmly supported Bill Clinton of neighboring Arkansas in 1992 and 1996; Clinton's populism struck a chord among the region's voters. Democratic nominees from John Kerry on, on the other hand, have proven spectacularly bad fits for the region and the state as a whole. Obama lost many counties in Southeast Oklahoma by more than two-to-one margins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Analysis\nAlso, Oklahoma was the only state in the country that didn't have a third-party candidate on the ballot, mostly because the state has the toughest ballot access laws in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Analysis\nDuring the same election, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James Inhofe was solidly reelected over Democratic State Senator Andrew Rice. Inhofe received 56.68% while Rice took in 39.18% and Independent Stephen P. Wallace received the remaining 4.14%. At the state level, Republicans made gains in the Oklahoma Legislature, picking up four seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and two seats in the Oklahoma Senate which gave the GOP control of the state legislature for the first time since statehood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nJohn McCain carried every congressional district in Oklahoma, including the one district held by a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives rather strongly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 98], "content_span": [99, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Oklahoma cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Oklahoma is allocated 7 electors because it has 5 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 7 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 7 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 795]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 7 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199288-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, Electors\nThe slate for the Democrats, which was not elected, consisted of Sally Freeman Frasier, Gene A. Wallace, Anita R. Norman, Tim Mauldin, Robert Lemon, David Walters, Walter W. Jenny Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon\nOregon was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 16.4% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. Situated on the West Coast, which has become a reliably Democratic stronghold, Oregon is a relatively blue state. The last Republican presidential nominee to carry Oregon was Ronald Reagan in his 1984 landslide reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon\nAlthough George W. Bush came close in both 2000 and 2004 (with Al Gore winning by 0.54 percentage points in 2000 and John Kerry by 4.16 percentage points in 2004), Republicans have not seriously contested the state since. This is also the first time that a presidential candidate won more than a million votes in Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Campaign, Polling\nObama won every single pre-election poll. Since September 22, Obama won each by a double-digit margin of victory and at least 52% of the vote. The final 3 polls showed Obama leading 55% to 41%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Campaign, Fundraising\nMcCain raised a total of $1,258,426 in the state. Obama raised $6,660,622.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $1,194,908. McCain and his interest groups spent just $159,222. Neither campaign visited the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Analysis\nVoters in Oregon have a strong penchant for advancing the protection of civil liberties and individual freedoms, liberal values that have given Democrats a big edge in the state in recent years. The state once leaned Republican, like most of the Pacific Northwest. It only went Democratic once from 1948 to 1984\u2014during Lyndon Johnson's 44-state landslide of 1964. However, the state has gone Democratic in every election since 1988, and along with California and Washington it is reckoned as forming a solid bloc of blue states along the Pacific Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Analysis\nOn Election Day, Obama carried the state by 16.35 points. Most rural counties favored McCain, though Obama performed much better in this region than John Kerry had in 2004. However, Obama's strong support in the more urban Willamette Valley, home to two-thirds of the state's population, would have allowed him to win the state decisively in any event. The state remains geographically and politically divided by the Cascade Mountains, with eastern Oregon and the southwest being more rural, less populated and therefore strongly Republican, while the Willamette Valley is more urbanized and therefore strongly Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 683]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Analysis\nThese two areas compose the core of each party's votes: rural Oregon is strongly Republican and very similar culturally to Idaho, while the Willamette Valley\u2014especially the cities of Portland and Eugene\u2014heavily favors the Democrats. While Republicans typically win more counties due to running up large margins in the east and southwest, Democrats typically win the state because the Willamette Valley has more people. In 2008, Obama's overwhelming margins in Portland and Eugene, combined with strong support from Portland's suburbs (which function as swing counties), enabled him to win a landslide in a structurally liberal state. Although Obama broke no long Republican county streaks, he came within 0.49 percent of winning Polk County and 1.36 percent of winning Yamhill County, neither of which have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1968.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 925]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Analysis\nDuring the same election, Democratic Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives Jeff Merkley defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Gordon Smith by a narrow 3.35% margin. Merkley received 48.90 percent of the vote while Smith took in 45.55 percent, with the remaining 5.24 percent going to Dave Brownlow of the Constitution Party. At the state level, Democrats picked up five seats in the Oregon House of Representatives while Republicans picked up one seat in the Oregon Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Jackson County and Wasco County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and the last election that Oregon voted to the right of Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Results, Results by congressional district\nBarack Obama carried four of the state\u2019s five congressional districts in Oregon, all held by Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 94], "content_span": [95, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Oregon cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Oregon is allocated 7 electors because it has 5 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 7 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 7 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199289-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 7 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania was part of the 2008 United States presidential election, which took place on November 4, 2008, throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania\nPennsylvania was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 10.32% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. Although the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election since 1992, the margins of victory had become smaller over the past elections, as was highlighted in 2004 when John Kerry won the Keystone State by a slim margin of 2.50%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania\nSince George W. Bush came relatively close to winning the state in 2004 and because Barack Obama lost the Democratic primary to Hillary Rodham Clinton by nearly 10% in April 2008, many analysts believed that Republican John McCain had a decent shot at winning Pennsylvania in the general election. Nevertheless, Pennsylvania remained blue and gave Obama 54.47% of the vote to McCain's 44.15%, a margin of 10.32%. Normally a close state, 2008 marked the first time since 1972 that Pennsylvania was decided by a double-digit margin and was the strongest Democratic showing in the state since 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania\nHowever, Obama became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Westmoreland County since Woodrow Wilson in 1916. As of 2021, this is the last presidential election where Pennsylvania was not the most conservative state in the Northeastern United States, since it is the last presidential election to date Pennsylvania voted to the left of New Hampshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary\nThe Democratic primary was held on April 22. Voters also chose the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's candidates for various state and local offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 76], "content_span": [77, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary\nThe Democratic primary was open to registered Democrats only. Polls opened at 7am and closed at 8pm. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were the only candidates on the ballot for President of the United States. The primary was considered to be a \"must win\" for Clinton, who defeated Obama, but by a smaller margin than hoped for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 76], "content_span": [77, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary\nHillary Clinton won the primary by 9.28%, a wider margin than expected than recent polls suggested, but smaller than most January and February polls. Despite her victory, she gained only nine delegates on Obama. In particular superdelegates were not swinging in her direction after her win; the Clintons had been trying to secure the support of Congressman Jason Altmire but he remained uncommitted after she won his district by 31% during the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 76], "content_span": [77, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Delegates\nThe Pennsylvania Democratic Party sent 187 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of those delegates, 158 were pledged, and 29 were unpledged. All of the 158 pledged delegates were allocated (pledged) to vote for a particular candidate at the National Convention according to the results of the Pennsylvania Presidential Primary. The 29 unpledged delegates were popularly called \"superdelegates\" because their vote represented their personal decisions, whereas the regular delegates' votes represented the collective decision of many voters. The superdelegates were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 87], "content_span": [88, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Delegates\nThe 158 pledged delegates were further divided into 103 district delegates and 55 statewide delegates. The 103 district delegates were divided among Pennsylvania's 19 Congressional Districts and were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the primary results in each district. The 55 statewide delegates were divided into 35 at-large delegates and 20 party leaders and elected officials (abbreviated PLEOs). They were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the preference of the delegates at the State Committee meeting on June 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 87], "content_span": [88, 640]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Delegates\nOf the 29 unpledged delegates, 26 were selected in advance and 3 were selected at the State Committee meeting. The delegates selected in advance were 13 Democratic National Committee members, the 11 Democratic U.S. Representatives from Pennsylvania, Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr., and Democratic Governor Ed Rendell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 87], "content_span": [88, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Importance of Pennsylvania\nThe primary was the first time since 1976 that Pennsylvania played a major role in a presidential nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 104], "content_span": [105, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Importance of Pennsylvania, Importance of Pennsylvania for Clinton\nAs the race continued to Pennsylvania, Indiana, and North Carolina, many observers had concluded that Clinton had little chance to overcome Obama's lead in pledged delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 144], "content_span": [145, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Importance of Pennsylvania, Importance of Pennsylvania for Clinton\nFormer President Bill Clinton highlighted the importance of the state for the Clinton campaign saying on March 11 at an event in Western Pennsylvania that \"If she wins a big, big victory in Pennsylvania, I think it'll give her a real big boost going into the next primaries ... I think she's got to win a big victory in Pennsylvania. I think if she does, she can be nominated, but it's up to you.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 144], "content_span": [145, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Importance of Pennsylvania, Importance of Pennsylvania for Clinton\nThis was a repetition of his tactic before March 4, warning supporters that his wife might not be able to continue if she did not win Ohio and Texas. Hillary Clinton emphasized that Pennsylvania was something of a home state for her, as her father came from Scranton, Pennsylvania, she and her brothers were christened there and had vacationed near there each summer, and her brothers still maintained the family cottage near there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 144], "content_span": [145, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Importance of Pennsylvania, Importance of Pennsylvania to Obama\nOn March 18, 2008 Barack Obama chose Philadelphia as the site to deliver his much-anticipated \"A More Perfect Union\" speech dealing with the race and the controversy surrounding his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 141], "content_span": [142, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Campaign, Obama's \"Road to Change\" bus tour\nObama started a 6-day \"Road to Change\" bus tour across Pennsylvania, with stops in Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Altoona, State College, Harrisburg", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 121], "content_span": [122, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Campaign, Obama's \"Road to Change\" bus tour\nOn March 28, Obama started the bus tour with a rally in Pittsburgh's Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. Obama was introduced and endorsed by Senator Bob Casey, Jr., who had indicated earlier that he would remain neutral in the democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 121], "content_span": [122, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Campaign, Obama's \"Road to Change\" bus tour\nCasey traveled to Florida over the Easter holiday, where he said rain forced him to stay inside and think about the election. Obama's ability to \"transcend\" the racial divide and his ability to engage younger voters proved decisive to his decision. According to sources, Casey's four daughters lobbied their dad to endorse Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 121], "content_span": [122, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Campaign, Obama's \"Road to Change\" bus tour\nOn March 29, the Obama bus tour stopped at the Pleasant Valley Recreation Center in Altoona, where he famously bowled a 37. Both Obama and Senator Casey (who rolled a score of 71) lost to local homemaker Roxanne Hart, who rolled a score of 82. On April Fool's Day, Senator Clinton jokingly challenged Obama to a \"bowl-off,\" with the winner taking all the delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 121], "content_span": [122, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Controversy\nOn April 11, 2008, Huffington Post blogger Mayhill Fowler, a self-admitted Barack Obama supporter, reported that during an April 6 \"closed press\" fundraising event in San Francisco, California, Obama recounted the obstacles facing his campaign in the Pennsylvania primary as it pertained to rural, white voters. Fowler wrote that during the speech, Obama said the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 89], "content_span": [90, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Controversy\nYou go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them ... And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 89], "content_span": [90, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Controversy\nFowler later posted a three-minute 30 second audio snippet confirming the accuracy of the remark. Senators Clinton and John McCain both issued statements condemning the remarks. Obama later defended his comments, but conceded: \"I didn't say it as well as I should have.\" However, he also added: \"I said something that everybody knows is true.\" Obama had addressed similar themes of guns, religion, and economics in 2004 during an interview with Charlie Rose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 89], "content_span": [90, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Final week\nOn the last Friday before the primary, Senator Obama spoke on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a crowd of more than 35,000, the largest audience yet drawn by either candidate during the campaign. The crowd was nearly twice what had been projected and spilled over into nearby streets. The next day, Obama conducted a whistle stop train tour from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, drawing a crowd of 6,000 at a stop in Wynnewood and 3,000 at a stop in Paoli. On Monday, Sen. Obama held the final events of his Pennsylvania campaign in Scranton, McKeesport and at the University of Pittsburgh's Petersen Events Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 88], "content_span": [89, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Final week\nThe Saturday before the primary, Senator Clinton spoke in 5 Pennsylvania cities, including West Chester and York, Pennsylvania. More than 300 people showed up at the West Chester firehouse to hear the New York Senator speak. At the Wilson high gymnasium in West Lawn, Pennsylvania, Clinton told several hundred more supporters: \"The job of a leader is to bring people together to solve problems\u00a0. . . to understand that sometimes we have to fight to get the political will and the votes to make that happen\". On Monday, April 21, Senator Clinton along with husband Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd of 6,000 in Downtown Pittsburgh. Other events were held Monday in Scranton, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia. Both candidates refused to participate in the political custom of street money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 88], "content_span": [89, 869]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Polls\nPublic opinion polling from early January 2007 through mid-February 2008 consistently gave Hillary Clinton a double digit lead over Barack Obama. By the beginning of April, polls of Pennsylvanians showed Obama trailing Clinton by an average of 5 points. According to 2 polls taken one day before the primary, Hillary Clinton was leading Barack Obama by 49%\u201342% and 51%\u201341%. Other polls showed Clinton leading by an average of about 6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 83], "content_span": [84, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Democratic primary, Polls\nSome superdelegates also announced their preferred candidates before the primary. As of April 30, 16 superdelegates had announced support for Senator Clinton and 5 had announced support for Senator Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 83], "content_span": [84, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Republican primary\nThe Republican primary was also held on April 22 and voters also chose the Pennsylvania Republican Party's candidates for various state and local offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 76], "content_span": [77, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Republican primary\nPolls opened at 7:00 am and closed at 8:00 pm. John McCain was the winner. He had already been declared the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, having secured enough delegate votes in earlier primary contests to win the nomination at the 2008 Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 76], "content_span": [77, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Republican primary\nUnlike on the Democratic side, little campaigning took place as John McCain had already clinched the nomination. Outsider candidate Ron Paul made several stops in the state, including his birthplace of Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 76], "content_span": [77, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Republican primary\nSome media sources noted that Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee combined took in around 220,000 votes (about 27% of the vote), despite McCain's status as presumptive nominee and the statistical irrelevance of Pennsylvania, as a possible sign of continuing social conservative or libertarian unease with McCain's nomination and have speculated about whether these results could potentially affect McCain in the November general election. Although some strategists disputed this theory, pointing to low turnout among McCain supporters and arguing that primary results would not necessarily influence the November election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 76], "content_span": [77, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 79], "content_span": [80, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Campaign, Polling\nBoth McCain and Obama led in various state polls taken from February until the end of April, when Obama took a steady, moderate lead in the state polling. Obama's lead was temporarily reduced to within margins of error and ties when Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska was announced as McCain's running mate in late August, but when the financial crisis of 2008 became a more potent election issue near the end of September, Obama then took a double-digit lead in the state polls, causing many analysts to no longer consider Pennsylvania a swing state in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 75], "content_span": [76, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Campaign, Polling\nNevertheless, John McCain campaigned heavily in the state near Election Day and some polls showed Obama's lead narrowing down to single digits. McCain hoped that Pennsylvania might be the swing state that ensured him a narrow victory. However, the economic crisis weighed heavily on the minds of voters across the country and in Pennsylvania it was no different where many voters blamed the Republicans for the collapse, ultimately helping Obama who ended up carrying Pennsylvania by a strong margin of 10.32%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 75], "content_span": [76, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent almost $42 million, while McCain spent almost $30 million. The Obama campaign visited the state 16 times. The McCain campaign visited here 31 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 90], "content_span": [91, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Analysis\nMcCain did win more counties than Obama, but the counties carried by Obama were by far the most populated of the state, including Philadelphia, Allegheny and Lehigh counties, home to the state's three largest cities: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Analysis\nObama did extremely well throughout eastern Pennsylvania. He won more than 80% of voters in the city of Philadelphia, and two of its suburban counties gave him 3-to-2 margins (the other suburban counties also voted for Obama). Democratic margins from Philadelphia and its suburbs were more than enough to ensure Obama's victory even if he had lost all the rest of the state. North of Philadelphia, the heavily industrialized, pro-union counties characterized by cities such as Scranton (birthplace of Obama's running mate, Joe Biden), Wilkes-Barre and Allentown strongly backed Obama as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0031-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Analysis\nAfrican-American and Latino voters, as well as younger college-age voters, in Monroe County and even in very Republican Pike and Wayne counties gave Obama a much greater share of the vote than Kerry received in 2004. He also managed to win two traditionally Republican counties in the eastern part of the state, Dauphin (home to the state capital, Harrisburg) and Berks (home to Reading); the last Democrat to carry these counties was Lyndon Johnson in 1964. In addition, Obama remained competitive in the two most Republican counties in the eastern region: Lancaster (which gave George W. Bush his largest margin of victory in the entire state) and York. While John Kerry lost Lancaster by 32%, Obama lost the county by only 12%, a substantial improvement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 824]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Analysis\nJohn McCain, however, did best in Southwestern Pennsylvania (around Pittsburgh), a part of Appalachia and the central, rural \"T\". Central Pennsylvania is a Republican stronghold; John McCain won the vast majority of its counties, often by substantial margins. However, Southwestern Pennsylvania, until recently, was the most Democratic region of the state (except for Philadelphia). Historically, when a Democrat carries Pennsylvania, the entire lower-left corner of the state from Pittsburgh to Johnstown is coated blue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Analysis\nThe heavily unionized, Appalachian counties in and around Pittsburgh strongly voted against Ronald Reagan in 1984; in that election the only other county in the state to vote Democratic was Philadelphia. In 2008, however, the Republicans won every single county in Southwestern Pennsylvania except for Allegheny County, home to Pittsburgh (which voted Democratic by 15%). It was one of the few regions in which Obama did worse than John Kerry. This largely mirrored Obama's struggles throughout Appalachia throughout the course of the Democratic primary, when voters in this region strongly backed Hillary Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Analysis\nThe 2008 election confirmed Pennsylvania's status as a Democratic-leaning state. As Kerry showed in 2004, under most circumstances a Democrat can lose everywhere else in the state and still run up enough of a margin in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to win. Pennsylvania would not vote for a Republican candidate until the 2016 Presidential election, when Donald Trump narrowly carried the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Analysis\nDuring the same election at the state level, Democrats picked up two seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives but Republicans picked up one seat in the Pennsylvania Senate. Democrats also picked up a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District as Democrat Kathy Dahlkemper defeated 7-term incumbent Republican Phil English by a 2.48% margin of victory. Dahlkemper received 51.24% of the vote while English took in 48.76%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Carbon County, Elk County, Cambria County, and Berks County voted for the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Results, By congressional district\nAlthough Barack Obama won Pennsylvania, John McCain carried 10 of the commonwealth's 19 congressional districts, including four districts held by Democrats. One district, PA-03, was extremely close, however, with McCain only winning by 17 votes. Obama won 9 districts, including two districts held by Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 92], "content_span": [93, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Pennsylvania cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Pennsylvania is allocated 21 electors because it has 19 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 21 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 21 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199290-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 20 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island\nRhode Island was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 27.8% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. The last time a Republican carried this state or any county in the state was in 1984, when Ronald Reagan won with about 52% of the vote, largely due to the support of Reagan Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island\nAs of 2020, this was the last time the town of West Greenwich voted for the Democratic candidate in a presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 79], "content_span": [80, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Campaign, Polling\nObama won every single pre-election poll, and each by a double-digit margin of victory. The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading with 51% to 33%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 75], "content_span": [76, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $343,965 in the state. Barack Obama raised $1,563,473.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 79], "content_span": [80, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $671,623. McCain spent nothing. The Democratic ticket visited the state once, while the Republican ticket didn't visit the state at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 90], "content_span": [91, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Analysis\nRhode Island had historically supported a Republican candidate until 1908, but has supported Democrats all but seven times in the 24 elections that have followed. In 1980, Rhode Island was one of only six states to vote against Ronald Reagan. Reagan did carry Rhode Island in his 49-state victory in 1984\u2014only the third time since Eisenhower that a Republican won state. However, Reagan's 3.6% margin was his second-closest in the nation, ahead of only his 2.8% margin in neighboring Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Analysis\nDespite George H. W. Bush aggressively contesting the state in 1988, Michael Dukakis won it by a fairly convincing 13 points, his best performance. The state has not been seriously contested since then, often giving Democratic presidential nominees their biggest margins. It was Bill Clinton's second-best state in 1996 (behind only Massachusetts) and Al Gore's best state in 2000. In 2004, Rhode Island gave John Kerry more than a 20% margin of victory (the third-highest of any state), with 59.4% of its vote. All but three of Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns voted for the Democratic candidate. The only exceptions were East Greenwich, West Greenwich and Scituate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 736]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Analysis\nThis pattern continued in 2008. Rhode Island gave Barack Obama a 27.80% margin of victory with 62.86% of its vote. Every single county in Rhode Island, along with Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Hawaii, voted for the former U.S. Senator from Illinois in 2008. Obama also won every town in Rhode Island with the exception of Scituate along with both congressional districts. Independent Ralph Nader had one of his best performances here in 2008 obtaining over 1% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Analysis\nHaving some of the highest taxes in the nation, Rhode Island is considered to be a liberal bastion. In addition, Rhode Island has abolished capital punishment, making it one of 15 states that have done so. Rhode Island abolished the death penalty very early, just after Michigan (the first state to abolish it), and carried out its last execution in the 1840s. At the time of the 2008 presidential election, Rhode Island was one of two states (along with Nevada) in which prostitution was legal (provided it took place indoors).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Analysis\nDuring the same election, incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jack Reed was soundly reelected over Republican Bob Tingle in a landslide three-to-one margin and won every town in the state including Scituate. Reed received 73.07% of the vote while Tingle took in 26.47% (with write-ins obtaining the remaining 0.45%). At the state level, Democrats picked up nine seats in the Rhode Island House of Representatives to augment their supermajority in that chamber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nBarack Obama carried both of Rhode Island's 2 congressional districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 102], "content_span": [103, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Rhode Island cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Rhode Island is allocated 4 electors because it has 2 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 4 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 4 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199291-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 4 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina\nSouth Carolina was won by Republican nominee John McCain by a 8.97% margin. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a red state. Despite the significant proportion of African Americans in the state, South Carolina still remains, like most other states throughout the South, a GOP stronghold at the state and federal levels. McCain kept South Carolina in the GOP column in 2008, clinching 53.87% of the vote. This is the first time a presidential candidate received more than 1,000,000 votes in the state. However, McCain's 9% margin was significantly less than Bush's 17% margin in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries\nFor both parties in 2008, South Carolina's was the first primary in a Southern state and the first primary in a state in which African Americans make up a sizable percentage of the electorate. For Democrats, it was also the last primary before 22 states hosted their primaries or caucuses on February 5, 2008 (Super Tuesday).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary\nThe 2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on January 26, 2008. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the primary's popular vote by a 28.9% margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 89], "content_span": [90, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary\nSouth Carolina's 45 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention were awarded proportionally based on the results of the primary. The state also sent nine superdelegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 89], "content_span": [90, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Campaign Finances\nOn the day of the South Carolina primary, Senator John Edwards led in fund raising from the state of South Carolina, followed by Barack Obama and Bill Richardson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Polling leading up to primary\nDespite maintaining a major early lead in the polls, Senator Clinton rapidly fell after the Iowa Caucuses, as Barack Obama skyrocketed and John Edwards began to receive a gradual increase in the polling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 120], "content_span": [121, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Polling leading up to primary\nHowever, in the last three polls taken before the South Carolina Primary, Barack Obama took a commanding lead over both Edwards and Clinton. Also, Former Senator John Edwards had come into the margin of error with Senator Clinton for second place in the South Carolina Primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 120], "content_span": [121, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nThroughout the South Carolina campaign, most pundits had predicted Barack Obama the winner, primarily because of the state's large African-American population. For this reason, Obama was shown to be significantly ahead of his two rivals, John Edwards, who carried the state in 2004, and Hillary Clinton, whose husband was popular in the African-American community. In early polls taken in the weeks leading up to the primary, Clinton had a double-digit lead over both Edwards and Obama (see poll averages above).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nDuring a majority of the final campaigning, the attacks between the Clinton campaign and the Obama campaign highly intensified by the candidates as well as the media coverage. Barack Obama began to attack former President Bill Clinton for his comments which were taken as racist. These comments are considered by analyst and historians alike as the turning point of the South Carolina primary and ultimately the cause of Clinton's loss of support from the black community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nDespite the increasing tensions between the Clinton and Obama camps, Obama continued to widely lead in the polls (despite a surge by Edwards). Into the final days of the campaign in South Carolina, it became apparent that Obama would win by a rather wide margin. The final tally had Obama winning by 28.9% over his closest rival, Hillary Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nIn the early months of the campaign, Clinton enjoyed a steep lead over Senator Obama, and a 30-point lead over former Senator John Edwards. However, after Obama's win in Iowa, Clinton's campaign in South Carolina began to fall apart by the Obama political machine rolling into South Carolina with force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nFor Clinton, despite winning the popular vote in Nevada, the fact that she had lost Nevada's National Delegates, receiving 12 compared to Obama's 13 still lingered in the media. This, combined with the fact of Bill Clinton's continuing negative publicity from \"injecting race into the campaign\" as several people called Bill Clinton's actions in his wife's campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nBetween battling media scrutiny on Bill Clinton, constant attacks between the Obama and Clinton campaigns, and a surging John Edwards which threatened a Clinton second-place finish, poll number began to plunge, with a poll taken by Reuters-Cspan-Zogby showing Clinton in the margin of error for second place with Edwards, with Edwards at 21% and Clinton at 25%. This was also combined with the fact of Edwards's constant barrage of attacks claiming Clinton (and Obama's) big city politics were \"too good for the people of South Carolina\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nHowever, despite the attacks from opponents that Bill Clinton's attacks largely alienated African-Americans, Clinton was able to keep a 35% support amongst that key constituency, while losing the white vote to Edwards, In the end, Clinton's African-American support was able to place her in a clear second-place finish, finishing 9 points ahead of John Edwards despite losing to Obama by 29 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nAfter the terrible results for the Edwards Campaign during the Nevada caucuses, in which Edwards finished in third with 4% of the state delegation and received no national delegates, South Carolina began to look as a state where he needed a strong finish, after finishing in third in the last 3 primaries which took place, and trailing in the number of total national delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nSouth Carolina was the state in which Edwards was born and raised. In 2004, Edwards won the South Carolina Primary, with 45% of the vote to John Kerry's 30% and Al Sharpton's 10%. While entering South Carolina, it became apparent that he needed a first-place finish, which seemed impossible, or a second-place finish, which seemed more within grasp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nBefore the CNN South Carolina Debate in Myrtle Beach on Monday, January 21, 2008, John Edwards was placing a distant third in a poll taken before the debates on January 19, in which he placed third with 15% compared to Hillary Clinton's second place with 27%. However, after the South Carolina debates, the tone of the campaign severely shifted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nDuring the South Carolina Democratic Debate in Myrtle Beach, Edwards sought to distinguish himself from Senators Obama and Clinton, and criticized them for their attacks and \"big city\" politics. As soon as he began to question how the attacks helped, he was widely cheered by the audience for in what many people thought was what distinguished Edwards from negative campaigning. Saying \"This kind of squabbling, how many children are going to get healthcare? How many people are going to get an education from this? How many kids are going to be able to go to college because of this?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nWe have got to understand and I respect both of my fellow candidates, but we have got to understand that this is not about us personally, it is about what we are trying to do for this country and what we believe in\", Edwards began to get applause from several members of the audience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nAfter the debate, John Edwards began to see a major influx of money and in turn, poll numbers began to rise rapidly in Edwards's favor. Along with the debate performance, Bill Clinton's remarks began to alienate black supporters from Clinton, and white supporters from Obama. As a result, Edwards won amongst white voters ages 30 to 50, while receiving the same amount of support from white 60+ year olds as Hillary Clinton according to CNN Exit Polls", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Final Campaigning\nHowever, Edwards was not able to get much support from non-whites, and according to Exit Polls, received only 2% of the non-white support, while receiving 40% of the white support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 108], "content_span": [109, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Democratic primary, Results\nBarack Obama won the primary, taking 44 of the 46 counties; Edwards won in his native Oconee County, while Clinton won in Horry County, which contains Myrtle Beach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 98], "content_span": [99, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Republican primary\nThe South Carolina Republican primary, 2008 was held on January 19, with 24 delegates at stake. The Republican National Committee took half of South Carolina's 47 delegates away from them because the state committee moved its Republican primary before February 5. It was held on the same day as the Nevada Republican caucuses, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 89], "content_span": [90, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Republican primary\nThe primary has become one of several key early state nominating contests in the process of choosing the nominee of the Republican party for the November 2008 election for President of the United States. It has historically been more important for the Republican Party than for the Democratic Party; from its inception in 1980 through the election of 2000, the winner of the Republican presidential primary has gone on to win the nomination. As of 2008, the primary has cemented its place as the \"First in the South\" primary for both parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 89], "content_span": [90, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Republican primary\nThis states 24 delegates would be awarded on a  \"Winner-Takes-All\" basis. 12 Delegates for the Statewide winner and 12 delegates awarded on a District-winner basis awarding 2 delegates for each of the states then 6 Congressional districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 89], "content_span": [90, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Republican primary, Polling\nAs of January 19, RealClearPolitics reported that the average support from polls placed McCain in the lead with 26.9%, followed by Huckabee with 25.9%, Romney with 14.7%, Thompson with 14.6%, Paul with 4.4%, and Giuliani with 3.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 98], "content_span": [99, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Republican primary, Results\nHuckabee was for weeks leading in the state but lost by a 14,743 vote margin. He did manage to win Congressional districts 3, 4 and 5 in the North of the state earning him a total of 6 delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 98], "content_span": [99, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Republican primary, Results\nJohn McCain won the statewide primary earning him 12 Delegates as well as Congressional Districts 1, 2 and 6. earning him an additional 6 delegates for a total of 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 98], "content_span": [99, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Primaries, Republican primary, Results\n* Candidate withdrew his bid for the nomination prior to the reporting of the primary. On January 22, 2008, after a poor showing Fred Thompson dropped out of the race. Duncan Hunter did so too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 98], "content_span": [99, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 81], "content_span": [82, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won every single pre-election poll. The final 3 polls averaged McCain leading with 53% to 43%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 77], "content_span": [78, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $2,574,332 in the state. Barack Obama raised $2,227,877.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 81], "content_span": [82, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $967,640. McCain and his interest groups spent $587,645. Neither campaign visited the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Analysis\nSouth Carolina, historically part of the Solid South, has become a Republican stronghold in the past few presidential elections. Since Barry Goldwater carried the state in 1964, the only Democratic presidential nominee to win it was Jimmy Carter of neighboring Georgia in 1976. Since then, the Palmetto State has been a safe bet for the Republicans. This trend continued in 2008, even though South Carolina has one of the highest African-American populations in the country. Neither Obama nor McCain seriously contested the state, as it was viewed by both campaigns as a safe GOP/McCain/red state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Analysis\nOn Election Day, McCain captured South Carolina with 53.87% of the vote. McCain dominated the populous northwest, while Obama did best in the cities of Columbia and Charleston, as well as the rural, heavily African American areas. In comparison to the past two elections where the margin was much larger, Obama's relative closeness can be attributed to the large turnout of African American voters in the state who cast their votes 96% for Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Analysis\nMcCain's margin of victory in South Carolina was much less than that of George W. Bush who carried the Palmetto State in 2004 with 57.98% of the vote to John Kerry's 40.90%, a 17.08% margin of victory compared to McCain's 8.97% in 2008, resulting in an 8.11% swing to the Democrats in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Analysis\nDuring the same election, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham was reelected over Democrat Bob Conley. Graham received 57.52% of the vote while Conley took in 42.25%. At the state level, however, Democrats picked up two seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives. As of 2021, this is the last election in which the margin of victory in South Carolina was within single digits. It also marked the first and only time since 1964 that South Carolina and North Carolina did not vote for the same candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nJohn McCain carried 5  of the state's 6 congressional districts in South Carolina, including one of the two districts held by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 104], "content_span": [105, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Electors\nTechnically the voters of South Carolina cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. South Carolina is allocated 8 electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 8 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 8 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 813]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199292-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 8 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 3 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota\nSouth Dakota was won by Republican nominee John McCain by an 8.4 point margin of victory. Prior to the election, 16 of 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a red state. Like the other states located in the Great Plains region, South Dakota is a predominantly rural and sparsely populated state with conservative voting tendencies which favors the Republicans, who dominate elections at the state and federal level. South Dakota stayed in the GOP column in 2008 as Republican John McCain carried the state with 53.16% of the popular vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota\nObama still managed to significantly improve upon Kerry's performance from 4 years earlier. This is the last time a Democrat won more than 40% of the vote in South Dakota, the last time the victory margin was within single digits, and the last time the state voted to the left of Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 79], "content_span": [80, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won 2 pre-election poll, and never polled less than 47%. The highest Obama ever polled was 50%. The final 1 poll showed obama leading 50% to 42%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 75], "content_span": [76, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $287,533 in the state. Barack Obama raised $337,053.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 79], "content_span": [80, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $639,435. McCain and his interest groups spent just $1,531. Obama didn't visit the state, as McCain visited the state once, in Sturgis, South Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 90], "content_span": [91, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Analysis\nSouth Dakota, a predominantly Republican state, has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B. Johnson won the state in the landslide election of 1964. A sparsely populated state with a rural and conservative lifestyle of many of the state's inhabitants, since then, the state has been won handily by the Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Analysis\nMcCain was able to keep South Dakota in the GOP column in 2008, taking in 53.16% of the total statewide vote over Obama who received 44.75%, an 8.41-percent margin of victory. This margin of victory was considerably smaller compared to 2004 when George W. Bush carried South Dakota with 59.91% of the vote over John Kerry who received 38.44%, a 21.47% margin of victory, resulting in a 13.06% swing to the Democrats in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Analysis\nWhile McCain did well throughout the state, his main strength was in Western South Dakota, where he often won by landslide margins. He was able to carry Pennington County, South Dakota, which contains the state's second largest city of Rapid City. In contrast, Obama ran best in Eastern South Dakota, losing most counties by fairly close margins. He also did well among Native Americans; in Western South Dakota, the only counties Obama won were majority Native American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Analysis\nObama was able to substantially improve upon John Kerry's showing in South Dakota in 2004 by a number of factors. First, it helped that South Dakota received media attention during the course of the 2008 Democratic Primary, being the last state to vote in the historic and contentious primary that gave Hillary Rodham Clinton an 11-point victory over Obama; it was Clinton's last victory in the primary. In the general election, Obama was able to cut the margin significantly by narrowly carrying Minnehaha County, which contains the state's largest city of Sioux Falls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Analysis\nHe was also able to win Brown County, which contains Aberdeen, as well as Brookings County which contains Brookings, home of South Dakota State University. He did much better than Kerry in Eastern South Dakota, which is where most of the people live, but McCain's margins throughout the state were too large to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Analysis\nDuring the same election, incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Johnson was soundly reelected over Republican State Senator Jim Dykstra by a two-to-one margin, receiving 62.49% of the vote to Dykstra's 37.51%. At the state level, Democrats made gains in the South Dakota Legislature, picking up four seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Brown County, Lake County, Miner County, Minnehaha County, Moody County, and Brookings County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Results, By congressional district\nSouth Dakota has only one congressional district because of its small population compared to other states. This district, called the At-Large district because it covers the entire state, is equivalent to the statewide election results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 92], "content_span": [93, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Electors\nTechnically the voters of South Dakota cast their ballots for electors, representatives to the Electoral College. The state is allocated three electors because it has one congressional district and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of three electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and the candidate's running mate. In the state's First Past the Post (plurality voting) system, the winner of a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all three electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 884]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199293-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 3 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee\nRepublican John McCain defeated Democrat Barack Obama in the state by 15 percentage points. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations had correctly predicted that McCain would easily carry the state, and virtually all polling indicated the same. Most news organizations called Tennessee for McCain immediately after the polls closed. McCain slightly improved upon George W. Bush's performance in 2004, despite the nation as a whole trending significantly Democratic in 2008. This was the first time since 1960 that Tennessee did not back the overall winning candidate in a presidential election. It was also the most recent presidential election in which the Democratic candidate received more than 40% of the vote, and the last time that Jackson and Houston counties voted for a Democratic nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 856]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won every single pre-election poll, and each by a double-digit margin of victory. The final 3 polls averaged McCain leading 55% to 40%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $2,941,065 in the state. Barack Obama raised $3,481,341.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $518,659. The Republican ticket spent just $3,526. Obama visited the state once, going to Nashville. McCain visited the state twice, visiting Nashville and Blountville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Analysis\nDespite narrowly voting for Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 when native son Al Gore was on the ticket as Vice President, the state, along with neighboring Arkansas has steadily been trending Republican since then. George W. Bush narrowly carried the state in 2000 over Tennessee native Gore and easily won in 2004 over John Kerry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Analysis\nA handful of Tennessean counties--including those that hadn't voted Republican since landslide victors Reagan or Nixon were on the ballot, swung dramatically Republican. For example, Grundy County, in southeastern Tennessee, broke 56%-42% for John Kerry in 2004, but wound up being swept by McCain 55%-42% this year. The state was one of five states that swung even more Republican in 2008 with John McCain soundly defeating Barack Obama in the Volunteer State. 2008 marked the first time since 1960 whereby the state was carried by the losing presidential candidate. A possible factor to Tennessee ironically swinging rightward--despite the national Democratic trend--could be the state favoring Hillary Clinton, former First Lady of neighboring Arkansas, over Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, as was the case in Arkansas itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 901]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Analysis\nMcCain won both East Tennessee and Middle Tennessee by landslide margins. Historically, East Tennessee, which is a part of Appalachia, is one of the few ancestrally Republican areas of the South. Most of its residents strongly opposed secession during the Civil War. They identified with the GOP after the return of peace and have remained in the Republican fold through good times and bad ever since. Some of the region's counties are among the few in the country to have never supported a Democrat for president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Analysis\nHowever, Middle Tennessee has Democratic roots based on liberal economic policies, most famously Franklin D. Roosevelt's Tennessee Valley Authority. Middle Tennessee voted strongly for Bill Clinton of neighboring Arkansas, but Middle Tennessee native Al Gore narrowly lost the region in 2000\u2014a loss that ultimately cost him Tennessee, and the election. In contrast, it was one of the few regions in the country which voted more Republican than in 2004. This is largely due to a growing social conservative trend in the region, particularly in the Nashville suburbs; some of the most politically active churches in the state are located there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Analysis\nOn the other hand, Barack Obama did improve relatively well upon John Kerry's performances in the traditionally Democratic cities of Nashville and Memphis. In the former, support amongst progressive whites led to a 3-2 victory for Obama in Davidson County. In Memphis, heavy African American turnout ensured him the largest margin in the state in Shelby County, although far from enough to outweigh his losses everywhere else in the state. McCain, however, carried the third- and fourth- most populated cities of Chattanooga in Hamilton County as well as Knoxville in Knox County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Analysis\nDuring the same election, at the state level, Republicans picked up four seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives and three seats in the Tennessee Senate to obtain control of both chambers of the state legislature for the first time since Reconstruction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Houston County and Jackson County voted for the Democratic candidate and the last until 2020 where the Democratic candidate won over a million votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nJohn McCain swept the state and carried seven of the state's nine congressional districts, including three districts held by Democrats. Barack Obama carried the state's two congressional districts anchored by the two largest cities of Memphis and Nashville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Tennessee cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Tennessee is allocated 11 electors because it has 9 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 11 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 11 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199294-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 11 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas\nTexas was won by Republican nominee John McCain by an 11.8% margin of victory despite \"failing to deliver written certification of their nominations\" on time to appear on the ballot. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee and eventual President, made a similar error. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a red state. Although the state is very diverse and has a huge Latino population, Latinos in Texas, despite being fairly Democratic, make up only 20% of the electorate. Polling throughout the state showed McCain consistently and substantially leading Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas\nOn Election Day, McCain won the state, although his margin was significantly less than that of native son George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. This was the first election since 1996 in which the margin of victory was less than one million votes. Regardless, with its 34 electoral votes, Texas was the largest prize for McCain in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic candidate won Brewster County and the last in which Kenedy County voted for the winning candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won every single pre-election poll. The final 3 polls averaged McCain leading 52% to 41%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $9,917,565. McCain and his interest groups spent $33,983. Both campaigns visited the state twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Analysis\nTexas, split between the south and southwest regions, has become a consistently Republican state at all levels and is the home state of then President George W. Bush. Economically and racially diverse, Texas includes a huge swath of the Bible Belt where many voters, especially those in rural Texas, identify as born-again or evangelical Christians and therefore tend to vote Republican due to the party's opposition to abortion and gay marriage. Although once part of the Solid South, the last time Texas voted for a Democratic presidential nominee was Jimmy Carter in 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Analysis\nMcCain did well throughout the state, winning the vast majority of counties by double digits. He took practically every county in Eastern Texas - large regions of which once voted Democratic. All the suburbs of the major cities voted Republican by large margins. He also dominated the Texas Panhandle (including Amarillo), the Permian Basin (including Midland and Odessa) and the South Plains (including Lubbock), three of the most conservative regions in the country. He won these three regions by margins of three-to-one\u2014his largest margin of victory in the entire country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 635]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Analysis\nThese areas had been among the first in Texas where the old-line conservative Democrats started splitting their tickets and voting Republican nationally; some counties in this region haven't supported a Democrat since Harry S. Truman in 1948. King County, a thinly populated county in the Panhandle, gave McCain 92.64% of the vote to Obama's 4.91%--McCain's biggest margin in any county in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Analysis\nDespite the expected loss, Obama improved substantially upon John Kerry's performance in 2004, narrowing the margin of victory from 22.83% down to 11.77%. He was able to flip major urban counties such as Dallas, Bexar and Harris counties\u2014home to the cities of Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston respectively. Dallas and Harris had been among the first areas of the state to turn Republican, largely due to an influx of Northern expatriates in the 1940s and 1950s. Neither county had supported a Democrat for president since 1964. Bexar had last gone Democratic in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Analysis\nLiberal whites and Hispanic voters in Dallas combined with heavy turnout of African Americans in Houston, and Hispanic turnout in San Antonio helped give Obama the edge and carry these three counties. Obama also performed strongly in Travis County, which contains the state capital of Austin. Obama also carried El Paso County, which contains the city of El Paso, due in large part to heavy support by Hispanics. Obama also carried many of the Latino-majority counties in the Rio Grande Valley along the border with Mexico, which have strongly supported Democrats for decades. Although Obama lost the rural Tarrant county, he did well in the southern and eastern parts of Fort Worth and the eastern part of Arlington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Analysis\nDuring the same election, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn was reelected with 54.82% and defeated Democrat Rick Noriega who took in 42.84%. Libertarian Yvonne Adams Schick received the remaining 2.34%. Republicans also knocked off a Democratic incumbent from Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the state level, however, Democrats picked up three seats in the Texas House of Representatives and one seat in the Texas Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nJohn McCain carried 21 of the state's 32 congressional districts, including one district held by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 95], "content_span": [96, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Texas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Texas is allocated 34 electors because it has 32 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 34 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 34 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199295-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Texas, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 34 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 4, 2008. It was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah\nUtah was won by Republican nominee John McCain by a 28.02% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Highlighting its status as a GOP bastion, the Beehive State gave McCain one of his largest victories over Democrat Barack Obama, a near two-to-one margin. Obama did, however, manage to carry three counties, and he greatly improved on John Kerry's performance in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 71], "content_span": [72, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won every pre-election poll conducted in this state, each with a double-digit margin and with at least 55% of the vote. The final three-poll average showed McCain leading 59% to 31%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $1,165,621 in the state. Barack Obama raised $2,121,563.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 71], "content_span": [72, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama spent $297,645. McCain spent just $250. Neither campaign visited the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Analysis\nUtah is a heavily Republican state that has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide in 1964, and even then the margin of victory was small. Johnson is also the last Democrat to manage even 40 percent of Utah's popular vote. The majority of the state's population is Mormon and highly conservative, especially on social issues. Utah gave George W. Bush his largest margin of victory in 2004 over John Kerry, as Bush received over 71 percent to Kerry's 26 percent and carried every county in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Analysis\nWith 62.15 percent of the popular vote, Utah proved to be McCain's third strongest state in the 2008 election after Oklahoma and neighboring Wyoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Analysis\nAlthough McCain easily won Utah in 2008, Obama did very well for a Democrat in this Republican stronghold. Obama was able to reduce McCain's margin of victory by narrowly winning Salt Lake County, the state's most populous county that contains the state capital of Salt Lake City, by a mere 296 votes\u2013the first time a Democrat had carried that county since 1964. Obama also carried Summit and Grand counties, both of which have significantly lower Mormon populations than the rest of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Analysis\nElection 2008 proved to be remarkable as it was a Democratic presidential nominee's best showing in the Beehive State since 1968. In substantially Native American and non-Mormon \u2013 but historically heavily Republican \u2013 San Juan County, Obama\u2019s performance was the best by a Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Analysis\nDuring the same election, popular incumbent Republican Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. was reelected to a second term in a massive landslide victory, taking in 77.74 percent of the vote over Democrat Bob Springmeyer's 19.65 percent and Libertarian Dell Schanze's 2.62 percent. At the state level, however, Democrats did manage to pick up two seats in the Utah House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Results, By congressional district\nJohn McCain swept all three of the state's congressional districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 84], "content_span": [85, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated 5 electors because it has 3 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 5 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 5 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199296-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Utah, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 5 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 4, 2008, concurrent with the federal election in all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 385]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont\nVermont was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with 67.46%, to Republican John McCain's 30.45%, a Democratic victory margin of 37.01%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont\nObama carried every county by more than 60% of the vote with the exception of Essex County, which he won with 56%. He also broke 70% in 3 counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont\nA very liberal Northeastern state, Vermont was the second most Democratic state in the nation, weighing in as a whopping 30% more Democratic than the national average in the 2008 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont\nObama's landslide win in Vermont outperformed Lyndon Johnson's 1964 Democratic landslide in the state, making the results of 2008 the strongest Democratic victory in Vermont's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont, Campaign, Polling\nObama won every single pre-election poll, and each with a double-digit margin of victory. The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading 59% to 35%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont, Campaign, Fundraising\nObama raised a total of $2,071,271 in the state. McCain raised $206,395.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nNeither campaign spent any money on advertising in Vermont. Neither campaign visited the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont, Analysis\nVermont was once the quintessential Yankee Republican state. It identified with the newly formed GOP in 1856 and remained in the Republican fold for over 130 years. From 1856 to 1988, it only voted for a Democrat once, in Lyndon Johnson's 44-state landslide of 1964. Vermont and Maine were the only states that Franklin D. Roosevelt didn't carry in any of his four elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont, Analysis\nHowever, the brand of Republicanism practiced in the Green Mountain State has historically been a moderate one. Coupled with an influx of more liberal newcomers from out of state, this made Vermont considerably friendlier to Democrats as the national GOP moved further to the right. After narrowly supporting George H. W. Bush in 1988, Vermont gave Bill Clinton a 16-point margin in 1992. Republicans have not seriously contested the state since then, and Vermont is now reckoned as part of a bloc of solidly blue states spanning most of the Northeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont, Analysis\nThe 2008 race kept this tradition going. Obama won with 67% of the vote to McCain's 30%. The state was called for Obama almost as soon as the polls closed, and was the first state called for Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont, Analysis\nVermont was Obama's second-best state and his best in the contiguous 48 states; only topped by the staggering 71% he received in Hawaii, the state where he was born. The Obama-Biden ticket won every county in the state, including several north eastern counties which had a history of voting Republican. Obama also performed better than John Kerry in every county. As a measure of how Republican Vermont once was, George W. Bush was at the time the only Republican to win the White House without carrying Vermont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Vermont, as they do in every state, cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Vermont  is allocated three electors because it has 1 congressional district and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 3 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 824]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199297-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Vermont, Electors\nThe following were elected at large as members of the Electoral College from the state. All three were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 2008, which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia\nVirginia was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 6.3% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 16 of 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise a blue state, despite the fact that Virginia was initially a formerly red swing state that both campaigns targeted heavily in 2008. The financial meltdown, changing demographics, and population increases in voter-rich Northern Virginia helped make the state more competitive for Obama. It was the first time Virginia voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B. Johnson's victory in 1964. However, it marked a powerful shift in the political climate in Virginia, as the state would go on to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election thereafter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 819]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia\nThis also marked the first presidential election since 1924 in which Virginia voted for the Democratic presidential candidate whilst neighboring West Virginia voted for the Republican presidential candidate, and in every election since, both states have voted for those respective parties. As of 2020, this is also the last time Virginia voted more Republican than the nation as a whole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Campaign\nVirginia was one of the first Southern states to break away from its traditional Democratic roots. It voted for Dwight Eisenhower by a convincing margin in 1952, and voted for every Republican nominee since then save for Johnson's massive landslide in 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Campaign\nHowever, the Democrats have made strong gains in the past years with winning two gubernatorial races in a row, regaining control of the Virginia Senate, and electing Democrat Jim Webb to the U.S. Senate in the Democratic wave of the 2006 midterms over incumbent Republican George Allen. Democrats have been able to make such gains in Virginia due in large part to the ever-expanding Northern Virginia, particularly the suburbs surrounding Washington, D.C. Historically, this area had been strongly Republican. However, in recent years it has been dominated by white liberals who tend to vote Democratic. It was, ultimately, this rapid demographic change that provided a huge new influx of Democratic voters to Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Campaign\nBoth presidential campaigns and the mainstream media treated Virginia as a swing state for most of the campaign. Obama campaigned extensively in Virginia and counted on the booming northern parts of the state for a Democratic victory. Victory for McCain would have been extremely difficult without Virginia; he would have had to win every swing state as well as at least one Democratic-leaning state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Campaign, Polling\nAfter McCain clinched the Republican Party nomination in early March, he took a wide lead in polls against Obama, averaging almost 50%. But through the summer, polling was nearly dead even, with McCain only slightly leading Obama. After the Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, Obama took a wide lead in the polls. In October, Obama won every single poll taken but one, and reached over 50% in most of them. The final three polls averaged Obama leading 51% to 46%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Campaign, Spending and visits\nObama spent over $26 million to McCain spending just $14 million. The Obama-Biden ticket visited the state 19 times compared to just 10 times for McCain-Palin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Analysis\nOn Election Day, early returns showed McCain ahead. This was due in large part to the fact that many of the rural areas began to report first. However, Obama swamped McCain by scoring a near-sweep in Northern Virginia, which reported its returns last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Analysis\nObama did extremely well throughout the most populous regions of the state. Northern Virginia overwhelmingly supported Obama. Fairfax County and Arlington counties, traditionally the most Democratic counties in the region, gave Obama over 60% of the vote. Moreover, Loudoun and Prince William counties, normally the more conservative counties in the region, voted Democratic for the first time since LBJ's 1964 landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Analysis\nThe two other major metropolitan areas in the eastern part of the state, Richmond and Hampton Roads, are somewhat less Democratic than Northern Virginia. In both areas, Obama improved significantly on John Kerry's performance. While Obama easily won Richmond itself (which is 57% African American), he also made significant inroads into Richmond's traditionally heavily Republican suburbs. He carried Henrico County with 57% of the vote; that county last supported a Democrat with Harry S. Truman in 1948. In Chesterfield County, Obama did almost 20 points better than Kerry. Both counties have historically been strongly Republican, although Henrico is something of a swing county at state-level elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Analysis\nObama also did very well in Hampton Roads. The four Democratic-leaning cities along the harbor - Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth - gave him margins exceeding 60%. Obama also split the Republican-leaning cities of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach; he barely won the former and barely lost the latter. Obama's strong performance in the area likely contributed to Democrat Glenn Nye unseating two-term Republican incumbent Thelma Drake in the 2nd Congressional District, a heavy military district which includes all of Virginia Beach and large portions of Norfolk and Hampton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Analysis\nObama also significantly outperformed Kerry in Western Virginia, an area where the national Democratic Party has historically not done well. Danville and Roanoke, usually the most Democratic cities in this region, gave him moderate support. He also had a major breakthrough in the Shenandoah Valley, historically one of the most Republican areas of the state. He won Harrisonburg, the largest city in the region, with a resounding 57% of the vote. He also won the second-largest city in the area, Staunton, albeit more narrowly. The Shenandoah Valley had been among the first regions of the state to turn Republican. The old Byrd Democrats in this region started splitting their tickets as early as the 1930s, and some counties in this region haven't supported a Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Several rural counties in Eastern Virginia with high African-American populations voted for Obama as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 970]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Analysis\nIn contrast to Obama, McCain did well throughout rural Virginia. He won the vast majority of its counties. In the part of Virginia protruding out west, Obama ran roughly even with Kerry, even though he comfortably won the election and Kerry lost. This area, save for one county and a few small towns, uniformly supported McCain. In addition, a number of unionized, Appalachian counties located next to Kentucky voted Republican; they had cast strong ballots for Bill Clinton. This was not surprising as this part of Virginia is a part of Appalachia, a region in which Obama consistently struggled during the course of the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Analysis\nThe Republican base in Virginia consists of the state's traditional Republican heartland in the Blue Ridge Mountains, social conservatives in the Shenandoah Valley and suburbanites in the east. McCain closely matched George W. Bush's numbers among the first group and only did slightly worse than Bush amongst the second group. However, in 2008, suburbanites in Northern Virginia and in the Richmond/Hampton Roads areas abandoned the Republican Party in droves, and it was simply impossible for McCain to win the state without their support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Analysis\nDuring the same election, former Democratic Governor Mark Warner solidly defeated former Governor (and his predecessor) Republican Jim Gilmore by a two-to-one margin for the open U.S. Senate seat vacated by incumbent Republican John Warner (no relation to Mark Warner). Warner received 65.03% of the vote while Gilmore took in 33.73%. Warner won all but five counties in the state. Democrats also picked up three seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the state level, Democrats picked up one seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Analysis\nDespite Obama's victory, Virginia's margin was 0.97% more Republican than the national average, though it would be the last time Virginia voted more Republican than the nation. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which King and Queen County voted for the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nBarack Obama carried 6 of the state's 11 congressional districts, including four districts held by Republicans at the time of the election. John McCain carried five districts, one of which was held by Democrats on election day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 98], "content_span": [99, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Virginia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Virginia is allocated 13 electors because it has 11 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 13 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 13 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 799]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199298-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 13 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state)\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state)\nThe State of Washington was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 17.1% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. No Republican presidential nominee had won the State of Washington since Ronald Reagan won the state in 1984. Continuing on that trend, Washington stayed in the Democratic column as Obama carried the state with over 57% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary\nThe Democratic caucuses were a series of events held by the Washington State Democratic Party to determine the delegates that the Party sent to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Delegates were selected in a four-tier process that began with precinct caucuses, was further refined in legislative district caucuses and/or county conventions, concluded for some delegates in the congressional district caucuses, and finally concluded for the remaining delegates at the state convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 82], "content_span": [83, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary\nWashington also held a Democratic primary on February 19, 2008, but the Washington State Democratic Party did not use the results of the primary to determine its delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 82], "content_span": [83, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary, Delegate breakdown\nThe Washington State Democratic Party sent a total of 97 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of those delegates, 78 were pledged and 19 were unpledged. The 78 pledged delegates were allocated (pledged) to vote for a particular candidate at the National Convention according to the results of Washington's four-step caucus process. The 19 unpledged delegates were popularly called \"superdelegates\" because their vote represented their personal decisions, whereas the regular delegates' votes represented the collective decision of many voters. The superdelegates were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Washington State Democratic Party's officials and the pledged delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 102], "content_span": [103, 843]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary, Delegate breakdown\nThe 78 pledged delegates were further divided into 51 district delegates and 27 statewide delegates. The 51 district delegates were divided among Washington's 9 Congressional Districts and were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the caucus results in each District. The 27 statewide delegates were divided into 17 at-large delegates and 10 Party Leaders and Elected Officials (abbreviated PLEOs). They were allocated to the presidential candidates at the State Convention based on the preference of the 51 district delegates on June 13\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 102], "content_span": [103, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary, Delegate breakdown\nOf the 19 unpledged delegates, 17 were selected in advance and 2 were selected at the State Convention. The delegates selected in advance were 7 Democratic National Committee members, the 2 Democratic U.S. Senators from Washington, Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, the 6 Democratic U.S. Representatives from Washington, and the Democratic Governor of Washington, Christine Gregoire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 102], "content_span": [103, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary, Delegate selection process, Precinct caucuses\nThe precinct caucuses took place on February 9, 2008. Washington's two senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton earlier in the nomination season. The week before the caucuses, Washington's governor, Christine Gregoire, endorsed Senator Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 129], "content_span": [130, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary, Delegate selection process, Precinct caucuses\nThe caucuses were open to all voters who would be 18 years old by November 4, 2008. To vote, participants completed a form with their contact information and candidate preference. The form also asked voters to sign an oath stating: \"I declare that I consider myself to be a DEMOCRAT and I will not participate in the nomination process of any other political party for the 2008 Presidential election.\" In some caucus groups, members split into smaller groups according to the candidate they supported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 129], "content_span": [130, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary, Delegate selection process, Precinct caucuses\nVoters supporting non-viable candidates had the option of moving into viable groups, and voters in viable groups could change their preference. Unlike other state Democratic Party caucuses, Washington does not require a 15% threshold for allocation of delegates at the precinct level. Rules state that any fractional delegates remaining are awarded to the candidate with the most votes that do not have delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 129], "content_span": [130, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary, Delegate selection process, Legislative District caucuses and County conventions\nThe second tier of the delegate selection process involved choosing 2,000 Legislative District delegates (and 1,000 alternates) to send to the Congressional District conventions on May 17 and the State Convention on June 13\u201315. There are 49 Legislative Districts in Washington State. Each district was allocated a certain number of delegates. Delegates were elected at either Legislative District caucuses or County conventions. Each of Washington's 39 counties has a local Democratic Party organization that determined the event at which delegate selection would take place. Most counties chose to select delegates at Legislative District caucuses on April 5. The remaining counties selected delegates at sub-caucuses during their County Conventions, most of which were held on either April 12 or April 19. The breakdown of events by date is listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 164], "content_span": [165, 1021]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary, Delegate selection process, Congressional district caucuses\nFifty-one delegates were chosen at the nine congressional district caucuses. Each district was allotted a different number of delegates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 143], "content_span": [144, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary, Delegate selection process, State convention\nTwenty-nine delegates were chosen at the state convention, twenty-seven of which were pledged to vote for a particular candidate. Seventeen of these pledged delegates were \"at-large\" delegates that did not represent a specific Washington congressional district, and ten were party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 128], "content_span": [129, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Democratic primary, Results, Primary\nThe Washington State Democratic Party did not use the results of the primary to determine its delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 100], "content_span": [101, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Republican caucuses and primary\nThe Republican caucuses were held on Saturday February 9 and the primary on February 19, 2008, to compete 40 total delegates, of which 18 tied to the caucuses, 19 tied to the primary, and 3 unpledged RNC member delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Republican caucuses and primary, Candidates\nAll following candidates appeared on the ballot for voters in Washington:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 107], "content_span": [108, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Republican caucuses and primary, Caucuses\nVoting in Washington's caucuses closed at 9:00\u00a0pm EST February 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 105], "content_span": [106, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Republican caucuses and primary, Caucuses\nThe Washington Republican Party declared John McCain the winner on the night of the election, after 87% of the votes were counted. Mike Huckabee disputed the results and accused the state party of calling the election prematurely. He demanded a statewide caucus recount. However, by Tuesday, February 12, the Washington Republicans again declared McCain the winner after 96% of the votes were tallied, and never counted the rest of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 105], "content_span": [106, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Republican caucuses and primary, Money raised\nThe following table shows the amount of money each Republican Party candidate raised in the state of Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 109], "content_span": [110, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Campaign, Predictions\nSince February 28, Obama won every pre-election poll. Since September 22, he won each poll with a double-digit margin of victory. The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading 54% to 40%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 85], "content_span": [86, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Campaign, Fundraising\nMcCain raised a total of $2,697,999 in the state. Obama raised $16,518,208.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 85], "content_span": [86, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $312,869. McCain and his interest groups spent just $2,264. The Democratic ticket visited the state once, while the Republican ticket did not visit at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Analysis\nWashington once leaned Republican, like most of the Pacific Northwest. From 1952 to 1984, it only went Democratic twice\u2014in 1964 and 1968. However, it has voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every presidential election since 1988. Neither candidate seriously contested the state as it was viewed as a safe blue state. Like Oregon, the state is divided politically by the urban/rural divide and geographically by the Cascade Mountains. The two are related in that nearly all of the major cities lie west of the Cascades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Analysis\nMost of the state's population resides in Western Washington along the Pacific Coast and in highly urbanized areas like Seattle. The Seattle area, home to almost two-thirds of the state's population, is overwhelmingly Democratic. The rest of Western Washington leans Democratic as well, though the lean is not as pronounced as in the greater Seattle area. In contrast, Eastern Washington is very rural, and in many ways more similar to Idaho than Seattle. Republicans have had an edge here for many years, in part to its strong tinge of social conservatism. As a result, while Republicans typically win more counties, the overwhelming Democratic trend in the more-heavily populated western portion is enough to swing the whole state to the Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 823]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Analysis\nOn Election Day, Obama won the state by 17.18%. He swept the more urban counties along the Western Seaboard, which compose the Democratic base. More than two-thirds of the state's population lives in this area; this makes it very difficult for a Republican to win the state because of this region's liberal tilt. Obama would have been assured a victory in any event due to his performance in the Seattle area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Analysis\nHe carried King County, home to Seattle itself and its close suburbs and just over a third of the state's population, with 69.97 percent of the vote\u2014almost three-fifths of his statewide majority. Obama also swept the two other big counties in Western Washington, Pierce (home to Tacoma) and Snohomish (home to Everett) by decisive margins. His combined majority in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties would have been more than enough to carry the state. McCain only won one county in the western part of the state, Lewis County, traditionally the most socially conservative county west of the Cascades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Analysis\nOn the other hand, McCain did extremely well in Eastern Washington. Neither Al Gore or John Kerry was able to take a single county in Eastern Washington; in 2008, Obama only won one small county, Whitman County, home to Washington State University in Pullman. Nevertheless, as with Oregon, McCain's margins in the eastern part of the state were far outweighed by Obama's landslides in the more populated coastal regions and cities in the western part of the state. Obama did, however, improve substantially in Eastern Washington, especially in the region's largest county, Spokane County, home to the city of Spokane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Analysis\nDuring the same election, incumbent Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire was reelected to a second term with 53.24% of the vote over Republican Dino Rossi who took 46.76% in a rematch of their controversial race from four years earlier. At the state level, Democrats picked up one seat in the Washington House of Representatives while Republicans picked up a seat in the Washington Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Skamania County, Klickitat County, and Wahkiakum County voted for the Democratic candidate. This is also the last time the Democrat carried more counties than the Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Results, By congressional district\nBarack Obama carried seven of the state's nine congressional districts, including one district held by a Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 98], "content_span": [99, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Electors\nTechnically the voters of Washington cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Washington is allocated 11 electors because it has 9 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 11 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 11 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 812]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199299-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state), Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 11 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia\nWest Virginia was won by Republican nominee John McCain by a 13.1% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Despite its past voting record of heavily favoring Democratic presidential nominees, the state has lately been trending more Republican in presidential elections. As expected, McCain defeated Obama in the Mountain State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia\nObama was also the first Democratic presidential nominee since Woodrow Wilson in 1916 to win the nationwide presidential election without carrying West Virginia, and in that election Wilson had managed to win a single electoral vote, making Obama the first Democrat to win without carrying any electoral votes from the state. Obama also became the first Democrat since 1928 to lose Logan County, a strongly unionized coal-dependent county that was the only county in West Virginia to George McGovern in his landslide 1972 loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia\nDespite Barack Obama's loss in the state, he is the most recent Democrat as of 2021 to win any of its counties in a presidential election, namely Boone County, Braxton County, Jefferson County, Marion County, McDowell County, Monongalia County, and Webster County. This also marked the first presidential election since 1924 in which West Virginia voted for the Republican presidential candidate whilst neighboring Virginia voted for the Democratic presidential candidate. This is also the most recent presidential election in which the Democratic candidate received more than 40% of the vote in West Virginia. West Virginia was one of five states where Obama underperformed Kerry, the others being Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia\nAs of 2020, this is the last time West Virginia voted to the left of Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Kansas or Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won 16 of 17 pre-election polls. The final 3 polls averaged McCain leading 53% to 41%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 76], "content_span": [77, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $291,184 in the state. Barack Obama raised $713,231.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $1,437,178. McCain and his interest groups spent $1,920,720. Each ticket visited the state once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 91], "content_span": [92, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Analysis\nMore than any other state, West Virginia highlighted Obama's trouble in Appalachian America. It swung heavily to the Democrats during the days of Franklin D. Roosevelt and remained reliably Democratic for most of the next 68 years. During that time, it only voted Republican three times, all in national Republican landslides--1956, 1972 and 1984. It often voted for Democrats (such as Jimmy Carter and Michael Dukakis) who went on to big national defeats. This was largely due to its blue-collar, heavily unionized workers, especially coal miners, who favored Democratic economic policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Analysis\nStarting in the days of Al Gore, however, the state's voters became more concerned with the national Democratic Party's perceived hostility toward the coal industry, which is a core part of the West Virginia economy. As a result, the state has been trending Republican in national elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Analysis\nAs the 2008 Financial Crisis progressed into September, on the national scale Obama led often by double-digits and was gaining ground in almost every region outside the Deep South, in fact the trend was reversed in West Virginia as many Clinton supporters during the Democratic Primary began to support John McCain over Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Analysis\nAdvancing into the general election, McCain was largely expected to receive the state's five electoral votes. Since polling in the state prior to the election showed a nearly double-digit lead in favor of McCain, neither presidential nominee campaigned heavily in the state. Not surprisingly, though, every poll out of West Virginia showed McCain defeating Barack Obama in West Virginia, sometimes by double digits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Analysis\nOn Election Day, McCain won West Virginia by 13.09 points while losing nationwide and Solidifying the states' Status as a \"Safe Republican\" or \"Safe Red\" State. McCain did well throughout the state, losing only a handful of counties. While his margins were best in the more conservative northern part of the state, he also improved significantly in Southern West Virginia. This coal-mining, union-heavy region was one of the most heavily Democratic places in the nation; Logan County, for example, cast 72% of its ballot for Bill Clinton. In 2008, however, John McCain won the county by double digits, becoming the first Republican to win it since Herbert Hoover in 1928.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Analysis\nOn the other hand, Barack Obama did make gains in the area between Maryland and Virginia, counties which are a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. Obama also ran close in Central West Virginia (the counties around the capital Charleston).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Analysis\nDespite the recent Republican success nationally, Democrats still dominated at the state and local level. After Election 2008, Democrats held the governorship and every statewide office, two out of the state's three congressional districts in the U.S. House of Representatives, both U.S. Senate seats and supermajorities in both chambers of the state legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Analysis\nHowever, the Democratic Party's dominance of West Virginia has significantly waned in recent years; in the 2014 elections, the West Virginia Republican Party made major gains in West Virginia, capturing one of its two Senate seats, all of its congressional House seats for the first time since 1921, and gained control of both the West Virginia House of Delegates and the West Virginia Senate for the first time in 80 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Analysis\nDuring the same election, popular incumbent Democratic Governor Joe Manchin III was soundly reelected to a second term with 69.79% of the vote over Republican Russ Weeks who took in 25.75% while Jesse Johnson of the Mountain Party received 4.46%. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller IV was also soundly reelected with 63.71% of the vote over Republican Jay Wolfe who took in 36.27%. At the state level, Democrats picked up three seats in the West Virginia Senate while Republicans picked up one seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Results breakdown, By congressional District\nJohn McCain swept all three of the state\u2019s three congressional districts, including the two districts held by Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 103], "content_span": [104, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Electors\nTechnically the voters of West Virginia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. West Virginia is allocated 5 electors because it has 3 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 5 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 5 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199300-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia, Electors\nAll 5 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 4, 2008, as part of the 2008 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. State voters chose 10 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois Barack Obama, and his running mate U.S. Senator from Delaware Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and U.S. Senator from Arizona John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin\nAlso on the ballot were four third parties: activist and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader ran as an Independent with his running mate, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Matt Gonzalez. The Libertarian Party nominated former Representative from Georgia Bob Barr for president and conservative author Wayne Allyn Root for vice president. Pastor Chuck Baldwin and attorney Darrell Castle were nominated by the right-wing Constitution Party, and the left-wing Green Party nominated former Representative from Georgia Cynthia McKinney and community organizer Rosa Clemente.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin\nWisconsin was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 13.91% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state, despite the extremely close margins of victory in the previous two presidential elections. Polling throughout the state began to show a sizable and widening lead for Democrat Barack Obama of neighboring Illinois over Republican John McCain of Arizona. Obama carried Wisconsin with over 56% of the vote, significantly improving upon John Kerry's margin of victory in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin\nNo presidential candidate has ever received more votes in Wisconsin than Obama, and he is the only candidate in the 21st century to win the state with the majority of the vote, which he would go on to do in 2012 as well. Whether measured by raw vote margin, percentage of total votes, or two-party percentage, Obama's victory remains the strongest performance for any candidate in the state since the landslide re-election of Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. In fact, Obama carried two of three counties that voted for Barry Goldwater in that election, was the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 to carry Waupaca County, and only the second Democratic nominee to carry that county since the Civil War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 774]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Campaign, Polling\nPre -election polling early on showed a tight race. However, after May 18, Obama swept every single poll. Since September 21, Obama won every poll with at least 49% of the vote. The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading 53% to 40%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $1,728,185 in the state. Barack Obama raised $4,862,486.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nObama and his interest groups spent $13,586,634. McCain and his interest groups spent $9,240,899. Each ticket visited the state 7 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Analysis\nHaving voted for the Democratic presidential nominees by wide margins in 1988, 1992, and 1996, but extremely narrow margins in 2000 and 2004, Wisconsin was originally considered to be a swing state in 2008. However, Obama took a wide lead in the polls in Wisconsin in the final weeks before the election and many pundits and news organizations labeled the state as a safe blue state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Analysis\nObama won Wisconsin by a comfortable 13.91% margin of victory. Obama carried the heavily Democratic cities of Milwaukee and Madison by large margins, winning above two-thirds of the vote, along with some traditionally Republican cities like Green Bay and Appleton. In Dane County, he won almost 73% of the vote, and carried 67.3% in Milwaukee County. This was consistent with Obama's pattern of strong performances in the states bordering Illinois. Obama's best performance, at 86.81%, was in the small county of Menominee, which is 87% Native American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Analysis\nThe state's Republican base essentially melted; John McCain only carried 13 of the state's 72 counties, a devastating defeat. McCain did best in the Milwaukee suburbs like Waukesha and Ozaukee counties, with his best performance in Washington County where he received 64.14% of the vote. He only won five counties in the Northern part of the state, all of which by rather narrow margins. Wisconsin would not vote for a Republican candidate for president until it voted for Donald Trump in 2016, though it would flip back to the Democratic column in 2020 with Joe Biden back on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Analysis\nAs of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the counties of Barron, Brown, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Iron, Jefferson, Kewaunee, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Pierce, Rusk, Shawano, Washburn, Waupaca, Waushara, and Wood voted for the Democratic presidential nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Results breakdown, By county, Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic\nBarack Obama flipped 32 counties that voted for George W. Bush in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 136], "content_span": [137, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nBarack Obama swept the state, carrying seven of the state's eight congressional districts, including two districts held by Republicans. Three of these districts \u2013 the 1st, 6th, and 8th \u2013 Obama flipped from the 2004 election. McCain only won the 5th district, a portion of the Milwaukee suburbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Wisconsin cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Wisconsin is allocated 10 electors because it has 8 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 10 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 10 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199301-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 10 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming\nWyoming was won by Republican nominee John McCain by a 32.2% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Polling in the state gave a hefty and large lead to Republican John McCain over Democrat Barack Obama. Because of Wyoming's status as a safe red state, none of the major party candidates campaigned in the state. Despite McCain's landslide victory, Obama did do significantly better than John Kerry in 2004 and even won one more county than Kerry. This is the most recent election in which the Democratic candidate received more than 30% of the vote in Wyoming. Obama's 82,868 votes is the most received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Campaign, Predictions\nThere were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Campaign, Polling\nMcCain won every single pre-election poll, and each by a double-digit margin of victory. The final 3 polls average McCain leading with 58% to 35%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Campaign, Fundraising\nJohn McCain raised a total of $447,757 in the state. Barack Obama raised $723,033.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Campaign, Advertising and visits\nBecause Wyoming is a strong red state, not much advertising went into the state. Obama didn't spend anything while the Republican National Committee spent $2,518. Neither campaign visited the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Analysis\nLocated in the Inner Mountain West, Wyoming was home to then-incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney. It is one of the most reliably Republican states in the nation\u2014and by some measures, the most Republican. Its demographics are a perfect fit for the Republican Party. It is the least populated state in the nation (even less than the District of Columbia), has no major metropolitan areas, and is heavily rural and White/Caucasian. Voters in the state tend to be very conservative on both social and fiscal issues. No Democratic presidential nominee has won Wyoming since Lyndon B. Johnson in his landslide election in 1964--one of only eight times the state has voted Democrat in a presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Analysis\nRepublicans have several structural advantages in the state. Large chunks of Wyoming are located in out-of-state television markets\u2014most notably Denver and Salt Lake City. This forces statewide candidates to advertise in areas where most of their audience can't vote for them. Additionally, 60 percent of the state's registered voters are Republicans while only 25 percent are Democrats\u2014one of the largest discrepancies in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Analysis\nThe 2008 election was no different. The state was called for McCain as soon as the polls closed, and gave McCain his second largest margin of victory in 2008. McCain carried Laramie County, the most populous county that contains the state capital and largest city of Cheyenne, with 58.98 percent of the vote as well as every other county throughout the state often by more than two-to-one margins but two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Analysis\nObama greatly improved upon Kerry's performance in Teton County, the most affluent county in Wyoming that includes the Jackson Hole prime ski resort and tourism attractions such as Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, carrying the county with 60.67% of the vote. Obama also won Albany County, due in large part to the presence of the University of Wyoming at Laramie and the tremendous excitement that his campaign fueled among younger voters and college students. The county would return to its Republican roots in 2012 and 2016, but flipped to Obama's former running mate Joe Biden in 2020, the only county to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Analysis\nWith 64.78% of the popular vote, Wyoming would prove to be McCain's second strongest state in the 2008 election after Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Analysis\nDuring the same election, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mike Enzi was reelected in a landslide victory over Democrat Chris Rothfuss, a professor of political science at the University of Wyoming. Enzi received 75.63% of the vote while Rothfuss took in 24.26%. For the state's other U.S. Senate seat's special election, incumbent Republican John Barrasso was also elected in a landslide with 73.35% of the vote over Democratic attorney Nick Carter of Gillette who received 26.53%. The state's sole seat in the United States House of Representatives was also up for grabs, with incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Barbara Cubin retiring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Analysis\nFormer State Treasurer Cynthia Lummis, a Republican, defeated Democrat Gary Trauner and Libertarian W. David Herbert for the at-large seat. Lummis received 52.62% of the vote to Trauner's 42.81% and Herbert's 4.42%. Democrats did have success at the state level, however, as they picked up two seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Results breakdown, By congressional district\nDue to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Electors\nTechnically the voters of Wyoming cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Wyoming is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 3 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199302-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 3 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199303-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia\nThe 2008 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. In D.C., voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Prior to the election, the nation's capital was considered to be a certain lock for Obama. Washington D.C. is fiercely Democratic and has voted for the Democratic candidate in every presidential election by large margins since 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199303-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia\nThe District of Columbia went to Democrat Barack Obama by a margin of 210,403 votes out of 225,224 votes cast, about 92% of the total vote. Obama's margin was wider than John Kerry's in 2004, when Kerry won the District of Columbia by a margin of about 80%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199303-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, Results\nBob Barr was certified as a write-in in the District of Columbia, but votes for him weren't counted. Litigation is ongoing to have the votes counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199303-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, Electors\nTechnically the voters of D.C. cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. D.C. is allocated 3 electors. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 3 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 78], "content_span": [79, 747]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199303-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, Electors\nThe electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 78], "content_span": [79, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199303-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, Electors\nThe following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 3 were pledged to Barack Obama and Joe Biden:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 78], "content_span": [79, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199304-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States rugby union tour of Japan\nThe 2008 United States rugby union tour of Japan was a series of matches played in November 2008 in Japan by United States national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199305-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak\nThe 2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak  was an outbreak of salmonellosis across multiple  U.S. states due to Salmonella enterica serovar Saintpaul. Over the course of the outbreak, 1442 cases were identified across 43 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigation determined that jalape\u00f1o peppers imported from Mexico as well as Serrano peppers were major sources of the outbreak. Tomatoes may have been a source as well. The outbreak lasted from April to August, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199305-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak, Outbreak\nFrom April 10 to August 31, 2008, Salmonella enterica serovar Saintpaul caused at least 1442 cases of salmonellosis in 43 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. New Mexico and Texas had the greatest prevalence of disease with over 20 cases per million residents. The greatest number of reported cases occurred in Texas (559 reported cases), New Mexico (115), Illinois (120), and Arizona (59). Other significantly impacted states included Georgia (42 cases), New York (41), Maryland (39), Oklahoma (38), Massachusetts (31), and Virginia (31). Five cases were reported in residents of Canada, four of whom appeared to have been infected after traveling to the United States. The outbreak resulted in at least 286 hospitalizations, and may have contributed to 2 deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199305-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak, Contamination Source\nIn May, 2008 the CDC, New Mexico Department of Health, Texas Department of Health, and the Indian Health Service conducted a case-control study to identify foods associated with the disease outbreak. They found that salmonellosis was significantly associated with consuming raw tomatoes, but not with consuming salsa, guacamole, or any other food item. In June, a cluster of 33 cases associated with a restaurant-chain in Texas prompted the CDC and Texas Dept. of Health to conduct a second case-control study. Here they found illness to be significantly associated only with consuming a salsa containing canned tomatoes and raw jalape\u00f1o peppers, but not raw tomatoes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 732]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199305-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak, Contamination Source\nAs other clusters of illness were identified, case-control studies were again performed to investigate the outbreak source. A multi-state case-control study in late June, 2008 associated illness with consumption of pico de gallo, corn tortillas, or fresh salsa. Another in Minnesota around the same time found that only raw jalape\u00f1o peppers were associated with illness. Additionally, in Colorado, the outbreak strain was isolated from jalape\u00f1o peppers in the home of a man who had recently been ill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199305-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak, Contamination Source\nAt this point, tomatoes and jalape\u00f1o peppers were considered the most likely source of the outbreak, however a similar study conducted by the North Carolina Division of Public Health found that illness in a cluster of 13 cases was associated with consumption of a guacamole which did not contain jalape\u00f1o peppers, but instead contained serrano peppers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199305-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak, Contamination Source\nIn July, 2008 the CDC isolated the outbreak strain of Salmonella from jalape\u00f1o peppers at a distributor that distributed to restaurants associated with the outbreak, and found that the peppers had likely been imported from a farm in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Later that month, the outbreak strain was isolated from serrano peppers from another farm in Tamaulipas. The outbreak strain could not be isolated from tomato samples from either of these farms, or any distributor that the CDC investigated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199305-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak, Contamination Source\nFrom all of this, the CDC concluded that the major sources of contamination were jalape\u00f1o peppers and serrano peppers, while tomatoes may have been an additional source early in the outbreak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199305-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak, Contamination Source\nThe Mexican Agriculture Ministry had contested the findings of the CDC, claiming that the CDC samples were invalid as they were taken after the harvest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199305-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak, Response\nOn June 3, in response to early case-control studies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory recommending that consumers in New Mexico and Texas avoid eating some types of raw tomatoes. On June 7, they expanded this advisory to include consumers nationwide. On July 9, the FDA issued a similar nationwide advisory not to consume raw jalape\u00f1o peppers. On July 30, this recommendation was narrowed to peppers grown or packed in Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199305-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak, Response\nIn response to the outbreak and the FDA and CDC investigations, some distributors recalled affected produce items. On July 19, Grande Produce, LTD announced a recall of jalape\u00f1o peppers, serrano peppers, and avocados which has been distributed between May 17 and July 17. Soon thereafter, on July 21 Agricola Zaragoza, Inc. of Texas announced a recall of jalape\u00f1o peppers distributed after June 30th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction\nThe United States 700\u00a0MHz FCC wireless spectrum auction, officially known as Auction 73, was started by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on January 24, 2008 for the rights to operate the 700\u00a0MHz radio frequency band in the United States. The details of process were the subject of debate among several telecommunications companies, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, as well as the Internet company Google. Much of the debate swirled around the open  access requirements set down by the Second Report and Order released by the FCC determining the process and rules for the auction. All bidding was required by law to commence by January 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Overview\nFull -power TV stations were forced to transition to digital broadcasting in order to free 108\u00a0MHz of radio spectrum for newer wireless services. Most analog broadcasts ceased on June 12, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Overview\nThe 700\u00a0MHz spectrum was previously used for analog television broadcasting, specifically UHF channels 52 through 69. The FCC ruled that the 700\u00a0MHz spectrum would no longer be necessary for TV because of the improved spectral efficiency of digital broadcasts. Digital broadcasts allow TV channels to be broadcast on adjacent channels without having to leave empty TV channels as guard bands between them. All broadcasters were required to move to the frequencies occupied by channels 2 through 51 as part of the digital TV transition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Overview, Precedents\nA similar reallocation was employed in 1989 to expand analog cellphone service, having previously eliminated TV channels 70-83 at the uppermost UHF frequencies. This created an unusual situation where old TV tuning equipment was able to listen to cellular phone calls, although such activity was made illegal and the FCC prohibited the sale of future devices with that capability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Overview, Prior auctions\nSome of the 700\u00a0MHz spectrum licenses were already auctioned in Auctions 44 and 49. Paired channels 54/59 (lower-700\u00a0MHz block C) and unpaired channel 55 (block D) were sold and in some areas were already being used for broadcasting and Internet access. For example, Qualcomm MediaFLO in 2007 started using channel 55 for broadcasting mobile TV to cell phones in New York, San Diego, Atlanta, and elsewhere. Qualcomm later ended the service and sold (at a large profit) channel 55 nationwide to AT&T Mobility, along with channel 56 in the Northeast Corridor and much of California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Overview, Prior auctions\nDish Network bought channel 56 (block E) licenses in the remainder of the nation's media markets, so far using it only for testing ATSC-M/H. As of 2015, AT&T does not appear to be using block D or E (band class 29) yet, but plans to use link aggregation for increased download speeds and capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Auction rules and process\nFor the 700-MHz auction, the FCC designed a new multi-round process that limits the number of package bids that each bidder can submit (12 items and 12 package bids) and the prices at which they can be submitted, provides computationally intensive feedback prices similar to the pricing approach. This package bidding process (which is often referred to as combinatorial auctions) was the first of its kind to be used by the FCC in an actual auction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Auction rules and process\nBidders were allowed to bid on individual licenses or on an all-or-nothing bid which could be done up to twelve packages, which the bidder determined at any point in the auction. Doing the auction this way allowed the bidder to avoid the exposure problem when licenses are complements. The provisional winning bids are the set of consistent bids that maximize total revenues. The 700\u00a0MHz auction represented a good test-case for package bidding for two reasons. First, the 700\u00a0MHz auction only involves 12 licenses: 2 bands (one 10\u00a0MHz and one 20\u00a0MHz) in each of the 6 regions. Secondly, prospective bidders had expressed interest in alternative packaging because some Internet service providers had different needs and the flexibility would benefit them. The FCC issued Public Notice DA00-1486 adopted and described the package bidding rules for the 700\u00a0MHz auction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 939]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Auction rules and process\nThe FCC's original proposal allowed only nine package bids: the six 30\u00a0MHz regional bids and three nationwide bids (10, 20, or 30\u00a0MHz). Although these nine packages were consistent with the expressed desires or many prospective bidders, others felt that the nine packages were too restrictive. The activity rule is unchanged, aside from a new definition of activity and a lower activity requirement of 50%. A bidder must be active on 50% of its current eligibility or its eligibility in the next round will be reduced to two times its activity. Bids made in different rounds were treated as mutually exclusive and a bidder wishing to add a license or package to its provisional winnings must renew the provisional winning bids in the current round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 820]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Auction rules and process\nThe FCC placed rules on public safety for the auction. 20\u00a0MHz of the valuable 700\u00a0MHz spectrum were set aside for the creation of a public/private partnership that will eventually roll out to a new nationwide broadband network tailored to the requirements of public safety. The FCC offered the commercial licensee extra spectrum adjacent to the public safety block that the licensee can use as it wants. The licensee is allowed to use whatever bandwidth that is available on the public safety side of the network to offer data services of their own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Google involvement\nIn an effort to encourage network neutrality, groups such as Public Knowledge, MoveOn.org, Media Access Project, along with individuals such as Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig appealed to the Federal Communications Commission to make the newly freed airways open access to the public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Google involvement\nPrior to the bidding process, Google asked that the spectrum be free to lease wholesale and the devices operating under the spectrum be open. At the time, many providers such as Verizon and AT&T used technological measures to block external applications. In return, Google guaranteed a minimum bid of $4.6 billion. Google's specific requests were the adoption of these policies:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Google involvement\nThe result of the auction was that Google was outbid by others in the auction, triggering the open platform restrictions Google had asked for without having to actually purchase any licenses. Google was actively involved in the bidding process although it had no intentions of actually winning any licenses. The reason for this was that it could push up the price of the bidding process in order to reach the US$4.6B reserve price, therefore triggering the open source restrictions listed above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Google involvement\nHad Google not been actively involved in the bidding process, it would have made sense for businesses to suppress their bidding strategies in order to trigger a new auction without the restrictions imposed by Google and the FCC. Google's upfront payment of $287 million in order to participate in the bidding process was largely recovered after the auction since it had not actually purchased any licences. Despite this, Google ended paying interest costs, which resulted in an estimated loss of 13 million dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Google involvement\nThe FCC ruled in favor of Google's requests. Only two of the four requirements were put in place on the upper C-Block, open applications and open devices. Google had wanted the purchaser to allow 'rental' of the blocks to different providers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Google involvement\nIn retaliation, Verizon filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission to remove the provisions Google had asked for. Verizon called the rules \"arbitrary and capricious, unsupported by substantial evidence and otherwise contrary to law.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Lawsuits\nAfter the open access rules were implemented, Verizon Wireless filed suit against the FCC on September 13, 2007, seeking to have the rules dismissed on the grounds that the open access requirement \"violates the U.S. Constitution, violates the Administrative Procedures Act \u2026 and is arbitrary, capricious, unsupported by the substantial evidence and otherwise contrary to law.\" On October 23, Verizon chose to drop the lawsuit after losing its appeal for a speedy resolution on October 3. However, the CTIA stepped in to challenge the same regulations in a lawsuit filed the same day. On November 13, 2008, the CTIA dropped its lawsuit against the FCC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Auction\nThe FCC placed very detailed rules about the process of this auction of the 698\u2013806\u00a0MHz part of the wireless spectrum. Bids were anonymous and designed to promote competition. The aggregate reserve price for all block C licenses was approximately $4.6 billion. The total reserve price for all five blocks being auctioned in Auction 73 was just over $10 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Results of the auction\nAuction 73 generally went as planned by telecommunications analysts. In total, Auction 73 raised $19.592 billion. Notably, Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility together accounted for $16.3 billion of the total revenue. Of the 214 approved applicants, 101 successfully purchased at least one license. Despite their heavy involvement with the auction, Google did not purchase any licenses. However, Google did place the minimum bid on Block C licenses in order to ensure that the license would be required to be open-access.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Results of the auction\nAfter the end of Auction 73, there remained some licenses that either went unsold or were defaulted on by the winning bidder from Blocks A and B. A new auction, Auction 92, was held on July 19, 2011 to sell the 700\u00a0MHz band licenses that were still available. The auction closed on July 28, 2011, with 7 bidders having won 16 licenses worth $19.8 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Interoperability issues\nSix years after the end of the auction of 700\u00a0MHz spectrum, block A remained largely unused, although T-Mobile USA began to deploy its extended-range LTE in 2015 on licenses purchased from Verizon Wireless and cleared of RF interference in several areas by TV stations changing off of channel 51. This delay was caused by technical issues which were regulatory and possibly anticompetitive in nature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Interoperability issues\nAfter the March 2008 conclusion of Auction 73, Motorola initiated steps to have 3GPP establish a new industry standard (later designated as band class 17) that would be limited to the lower 700\u00a0MHz B and C blocks. In proposing band class 17, Motorola cited the need to address concerns about high-power  transmissions of TV stations still broadcasting on channel 51 and the lower-700\u00a0MHz D and E blocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Interoperability issues\nAs envisioned and ultimately adopted, the band class 17 standard allows LTE operations in only the lower-700\u00a0MHz B and C blocks using a specific signaling protocol that would filter out all other frequencies. Although band class 17 operates on two of the three blocks common to band class 12, band class 17 devices use more narrow electronic filters, which have the effect of permitting a smaller range of frequencies to pass through the filter. In addition, band class 12 and 17 signaling protocols are not compatible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Interoperability issues\nThe creation of two non-interoperable band classes has had numerous effects. Customers are unable to switch between a licensee deploying its service using band class 17 and a licensee that provides its service using band class 12 without purchasing a new device (even when the two operators use the same 2G and 3G technologies and bands), and band class 12 and 17 devices cannot roam on each other's cellular networks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Interoperability issues\nWhen deploying its LTE network, C Spire Wireless decided not to use A block because of the lack of band-12 support in mobile devices, issues with roaming, and the increased cost of base stations due to lack of supply. US Cellular deployed a band class 12 LTE network, however not all of US Cellular's devices were able to access it. In particular, the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C could not. Other wireless telecommunication providers launched LTE band class 12 networks, but have not been able to offer smartphones that access them, instead resorting to fixed or mobile wireless broadband modems. As of April 2015, only three telecom providers were offering smartphones that use band 12: US Cellular, T-Mobile USA, and Nex-Tech Wireless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 803]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Interoperability issues\nWhile smaller US telecommunication providers were upset at the lack of interoperability, AT&T defended the creation of band 17 and told the other carriers to seek interoperability with Sprint and T-Mobile instead. However, in September 2013, AT&T changed their stance and committed to support and sell band-12 devices", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Interoperability issues\nConsistent with these commitments, AT&T anticipates that its focus and advocacy within the 3GPP standards setting process will shift to band-12-related projects and work streams. AT&T must place priority within the 3GPP RAN committee on the development of various band-12 carrier-aggregation scenarios. Upon completing implementation of the MFBI feature, AT&T anticipates that its focus on new standards related to the paired lower-700\u00a0MHz spectrum will be almost exclusively on band 12 configurations, features and capabilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199306-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 United States wireless spectrum auction, Interoperability issues\nAdditionally, Dish Network agreed to lower its maximum effective radiated power levels on block E, which is on the lower adjacent channel to the downlink (tower-to-user transmissions) for block A. It did this in exchange for the FCC allowing it to operate the block as a one-way service, effectively making it a broadcast, although it could still be interactive through other means. Since Dish has already been experimentally operating it as a single-frequency network, this should not have a significant effect on whatever service it might offer in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire\nOn June 1, 2008, a fire broke out on the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood, an American film studio and theme park in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles County, California. The fire began when a worker used a blowtorch to warm asphalt shingles that were being applied to a facade. He left before checking that all spots had cooled, and a three-alarm fire broke out. Nine firefighters and a Los Angeles County sheriffs' deputy sustained minor injuries. The fire was extinguished after 24 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire\nUniversal Pictures said the fire destroyed a three-acre (1.2\u00a0ha) portion of the Universal backlot, including the attraction King Kong Encounter and 40,000 to 50,000 archived digital video and film copies. A 2019 New York Times Magazine expos\u00e9 asserted that the fire also destroyed 118,000 to 175,000 audio master tapes belonging to Universal Music Group (UMG). This included original recordings belonging to some of the best-selling artists worldwide. UMG initially disputed this, but CEO Lucian Grainge later confirmed a significant loss of musical archives had occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, Fire\nOn June 1, 2008, a three-alarm fire broke out on Universal Studios Lot, the backlot of Universal Studios. The fire started when a worker was using a blowtorch to warm asphalt shingles being applied to a facade. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD) reported that Brownstone Street, New York Street, New England Street, the King Kong attraction, some structures that make up Courthouse Square, and the Video Vault, which contained duplicates of Universal's film library, had burned down. Aerial news footage captured the Courthouse building surviving its third fire, with only the west side slightly charred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, Fire\nThe LACFD sent 516 firefighters, as well as two helicopters dropping water. Nine firefighters and a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy sustained minor injuries. The fire took at least 12 hours to extinguish, in part because of the low water pressure due to the low capacity of Universal's pipes; firefighters had to tap streams and lakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, Fire\nUniversal executives initially claimed the fire destroyed 40,000 to 50,000 archived digital video and film copies of Universal movies and TV shows, some almost a century old, and including the films Knocked Up and Atonement, the NBC series Law & Order, The Office, and Miami Vice, and the CBS series I Love Lucy. Universal president Ron Meyer told the media that \"nothing irreplaceable was lost\" and that the company had duplicates of everything destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, Fire\nSeveral days after the fire,  the King Kong attraction was reported to be replaced by a new attraction. However, Universal reverted to its original plan, basing the new attraction, King Kong: 360 3-D, on the 2005 King Kong film.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report\nIn June 2019, The New York Times Magazine published an investigative article by music journalist Jody Rosen arguing the damage was far more serious than the studio had said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report\nThe fire destroyed Building 6197, a warehouse adjoining the King Kong attraction. In addition to more videos, it housed a huge archive of analog audio master tapes belonging to Universal Music Group (UMG). The collection included the master tape catalogues of many labels acquired by UMG, including Chess, Decca, MCA, Geffen, Interscope, A&M, Impulse!, and their subsidiary labels. Estimates of the individual items lost range from 118,000 to 175,000 album and 45-rpm single master tapes, phonograph master discs, lacquers (also known as acetates), as well as all the documentation contained in the tape boxes. Many tapes contained unreleased recordings such as outtakes, alternative versions of released material, and instrumental \"submaster\" multitracks created for dubbing and mixdown. Randy Aronson, manager of the vault at the time, estimates that the masters of as many as 500,000 individual tracks were lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 971]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report\nAmong the possible losses were the entire AVI Records catalog, all of Decca's masters from the 1930s to the 1950s, most of the original Chess masters, which included artists such as Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf, as well as most of John Coltrane's master tapes from his period signed to  Impulse! Records. On Twitter, Rosen stated that the Coltrane masters were among the most checked-out Impulse! items in the vault, and a source had told him that the masters for A Love Supreme were likely elsewhere during the fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report\nTwo weeks later, Rosen wrote a follow-up article, listing at least 700 additional artists named in internal UMG documents as possibly affected. Determining which recordings had been destroyed, or how much of an artist's discography had been affected, was impossible, he wrote. For example, Rosen said it was difficult to confirm whether the Neil Young recordings listed in the documents were the original master tapes of the albums he recorded for Geffen Records in the 1980s, or session outtakes from those records. Rosen tweeted that the documents also listed several Broadway cast recordings among the tapes destroyed. Additionally, several nonmusical audio recordings were reported as destroyed, including the original recording of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 \"Remaining Awake During a Great Revolution\" sermon delivered at the Washington National Cathedral.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 920]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, Artists' responses\nBryan Adams, Semisonic drummer Jacob Slichter, and Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz said they had been told that UMG had misplaced their tapes. Richard Carpenter told the Times he had been informed about the destruction of his tapes by a UMG employee while he was working on a reissue, and only after Carpenter had made multiple, persistent inquiries. Following the publication of Rosen's articles, several affected musicians posted reactions on social media, with some noting specific tapes that may have been lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, Artists' responses\nFor instance, singer-songwriter Jill Sobule said she had lost two masters in the fire, including tapes for an unreleased album produced by Joe Jackson. After being listed in the New York Times piece, the Canadian band The Tragically Hip discovered that their master tapes had been transferred from the Universal facility to Canada in 2001 and had escaped the fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, Artists' responses\nWithin two weeks of Rosen's article, five plaintiffs (singer-songwriter Steve Earle, the estates of the late Tupac Shakur and Tom Petty, and the bands Hole and Soundgarden) filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against UMG. In their complaint, the plaintiffs claimed UMG never told artists about the effects of the fire and had breached their contracts by failing to properly secure its master tape collection. They further alleged that UMG did not share insurance or legal payouts received as a result of the fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, Artists' responses\nThe lawsuit also alleged that Universal had compiled a master inventory list of master tapes that had been destroyed. The plaintiffs sought to recover half of any insurance payments UMG received from the fire, and half of any losses that were not covered by those settlements. An uninvolved industry attorney told Billboard that the case concerned property rights, as in whether UMG or the artists owned the master tapes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, Artists' responses\nA month later, Universal moved to dismiss the class-action lawsuit. On August 16, 2019, Hole dropped out of the lawsuit after UMG assured them that the band's masters were not affected by the fire. Slightly over a month later, UMG also claimed that Shakur, Earle, and Petty did not lose their masters in the fire, and that an investigation with Soundgarden was still going on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, Artists' responses\nFive days later, Universal demanded Soundgarden drop the suit, which the label had also moved to dismiss, citing documentary proof that the label had informed the band about the lost masters in 2015 and accusing their lawyer of \"[failing] to conduct presuit diligence in your rush to be the first to file.\" The surviving band members declined. \"Their arbitrary deadlines have zero force or effect,\" Howard King, their attorney, told Rolling Stone. \"Until UMG reveals what it collected for their litigation claims to extensive damage to master recordings, we cannot accept their belated claim that no damages were actually suffered.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, Artists' responses\nUniversal's dismissal motion also publicly confirmed that master tapes for Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger album had been destroyed in the fire, and that members of the group had been made aware of the destruction in 2015 while they were working on a remaster of the album that was eventually completed with a backup safety copy. In December 2019, district court judge John Kronstadt ruled that Universal must hand over discovery evidence, and denied the label's request to postpone the delivery. In March 2020, Soundgarden and the Shakur estate dropped out of the class action against UMG. On March 23, Steve Earle also dropped out, leaving Tom Petty's widow as the only remaining plaintiff. The lawsuit was dismissed by Kronstadt on April 6, 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 822]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, UMG response\nUMG disputed Rosen's article, saying it contained \"numerous inaccuracies\" and \"fundamental misunderstandings of the scope of the incident and affected assets\". UMG said it was unable to disclose details due to \"constraints\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, UMG response\nIn a Billboard interview, UMG archivist Patrick Kraus said that several masters of John Coltrane, Muddy Waters,  and Ahmad Jamal recordings, plus items from the catalogs of Nashboro Records, Chess Records, and Impulse! Records survived the fire and were still in Universal's archive. Rosen responded in his June 25 piece, noting that some of the masters that Kraus had mentioned may have survived the fire because they were being used for remastering projects at the time, or were not the primary source master. Aronson also confirmed to Rosen that the vast majority of items in the vault at the time of the fire were original, primary source master recordings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, UMG response\nIn an email to staff following the publication of Rosen's story, Lucian Grainge confirmed that UMG had suffered a serious loss of archival material. Grainge wrote: \"While I've been somewhat relieved by early reports from our team that many of the assertions and subsequent speculation are not accurate, one thing is clear: the loss of even a single piece of archived material is heartbreaking.\" He wrote that it was \"completely unacceptable\" that their artists did not know the details and pledged to deliver \"answers\". On June 26, Kraus issued a memo to staff which detailed UMG's plan to determine which assets had been affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, UMG response\nA month after the story broke, Kraus issued an internal note to Universal staff, which claimed that only 22 original master recordings by five artists were lost in the fire, and backup copies had been found for each lost master. He added that UMG has been fielding requests from over 200 artists and their representatives. Kraus said his team had reviewed over 26,000 assets by 30 artists. From that sample, 424 assets (including 349 audio recordings) might have been lost due to the fire. On November 4, 2019, a lawyer representing Universal claimed the artists would receive no compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, 2019 New York Times report, UMG response\nA February 2020 court filing by UMG confirmed that master tapes from at least 19 artists had been damaged or destroyed in the fire. The artists whom UMG confirmed as affected are Bryan Adams, ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, David Baerwald, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton, Jimmy Eat World, Elton John, Michael McDonald, Nirvana, Les Paul, R.E.M., Slayer, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, the Surfaris, Suzanne Vega, White Zombie, and Y&T.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, List of artists affected, according to The New York Times\nAccording to The New York Times Magazine, artists whose original master recordings were destroyed in whole or part in the 2008 fire include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199307-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Universal Studios fire, List of artists affected, according to The New York Times\nSubsequent legal documents filed by Universal Music Group in February 2020 cited four additional artists not included in the New York Times list:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199308-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Universitario de Deportes season\nThis article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199308-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Universitario de Deportes season, Players, Squad information\nThe following table shows only appearances and goals made this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199308-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Universitario de Deportes season, Matches, Friendly\nLast updated: 16 Dec 2008Source: 1Universitario goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Universitario.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199309-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Blaze season\nThe 2008 Utah Blaze season was the third season for this Arena Football League franchise. Despite losing their first nine games, the Blaze were able to finish the regular season with six wins in their last seven games, earning them a playoff berth as the fourth seed in the American Conference. In their wild card round game, however, they were defeated by the Colorado Crush, 44\u201349.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199309-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Blaze season, Final roster\nRookies in italics updated October 7, 200824 Active, 3 Inactive, 2 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199310-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Utah Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with the votes of 23 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention at stake. The primary was one of many held on Super Tuesday. Barack Obama won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199311-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Miller Motorsports Park, Utah on May 18, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199311-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Grand Prix, Race results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199311-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Grand Prix, Race results\n\u2020 - #1 Audi Sport North America was docked three championship points for an avoidable on-track incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199311-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Grand Prix, Race results\n\u2021 - #87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car's fuel cell was too large.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199312-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Utah Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 36 national delegates. Polls showed Mitt Romney leading at up to 85% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199312-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Republican presidential primary\nOn August 23, 2008 the Utah Republican party adopted a standing rule effectively binding the delegates to John McCain for the first ballot at the National Convention (as Romney had withdrawn).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199313-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah State Aggies football team\nThe 2008 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by fourth-year head coach Brent Guy and played their home games in Romney Stadium in Logan, Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199313-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah State Aggies football team\nGuy was fired prior to the end of the season after the team compiled a 2\u20139 record. At Utah State, Guy never finished a season with more than three wins. He coached the Aggies in their final game, in which they defeated New Mexico State, 47\u20132, and completed their schedule with a 3\u20139 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team\nThe 2008 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, coached by 4th year head football coach Kyle Whittingham, plays its home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah was one of only two teams in the top-level Division I FBS to finish the regular season undefeated (the other being the Boise State Broncos), but after the Broncos were defeated by TCU in the Poinsettia Bowl and Utah won the Sugar Bowl over Alabama, the Utes finished as the nation's only undefeated team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team\nIt was the fifth undefeated and untied season in school history. During the 2008-2009 season, Utah defeated 4 teams that were ranked in the AP's final poll: #6 Alabama, #7 TCU, #18 Oregon State, and #25 BYU. Utah also began the season by defeating the Michigan Wolverines\u2014ranked #24 at the time\u2014in Ann Arbor. This resume propelled Utah to finish the season ranked #1 in four out of the six BCS computer models: Sagarin (Elo-Chess), Peter Wolfe, Anderson & Hester, and Massey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team\nUtah received championship recognition from NCAA-designated major selector Anderson & Hester. Kyle Whittingham received multiple coach of the year awards including from the Mountain West Conference, AFCA, and the Paul \"Bear\" Bryant Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nUtah fans went to the Big House hoping for a better outcome  than the last time the Utes visited Michigan Stadium, which resulted in a 10\u20137 loss in 2002. New Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez's offense was new to a Michigan squad built to run a smashmouth offense and was slow to get things going against the Ute defense, and the experienced Michigan defense prevented the Utah offense from gaining momentum. After a slow start for both teams, the Ute offense scored finally started clicking and scored sixteen points in the 2nd quarter taking a 22\u201310 lead into half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nThe offense wouldn't be able to do much the rest of the game. In the 2nd half it was more of the same from the 1st quarter, the only score coming off of a 53-yard field-goal from Louie Sakoda to put the Utes up 25\u201310. Michigan scored on the first play of their 2nd possession of the 4th quarter with a 33-yard touchdown pass by Steven Threet to Junior Hemingway, inching closer to the Utah lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nOnly two minutes later Michigan RB Sam Mcguffie ran into the endzone from three yards out bringing the Wolverines to within two points, but failed on the ensuing two-point conversion. Utah was able to run out most of the clock before turning the ball over on downs to the Wolverines who were unable to score before time expired, giving the Utes their first win of the season and improving Kyle Whittingham's record against BCS opponents to 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, UNLV\nAfter an emotional win against Michigan in the season opener, UNLV provided the perfect opponent for Utah to avoid having a \"let-down\" game as the Rebels embarrassed Utah in Las Vegas the year before, winning 27\u20130 in one of the most troublesome losses in Utah history. Things did not start off well as UNLV, behind the running of Frank Summers, took first half-leads of 7\u20130 and 14\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, UNLV\nBut shortly before halftime, quarterback Brian Johnson led the Utes on an eighty-yard drive that tied the game going into halftime, and Utah scored on its first four possessions of the second half to turn the game into a rout. Six different Utah players scored touchdowns, and both Johnson and running back Matt Asiata ran and threw for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nEven though Utah faced an early 7\u20130 deficit, this game was never close. Utah scored the game's next thirty points and Matt Asiata tacked on a pair of second-half touchdowns to finish with three rushing TDs as the Utes won going away. Utah State finished with just 116 yards of total offense, and 57 of those came on its final drive of the game against Utah's reserves. Both of Utah State's scoring drives came on short fields caused by turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nDespite outgaining the Falcons 440-191 and holding Air Force's vaunted option attack to a 30-year low of 53 yards rushing, Utah needed to put together an 11-play, 80-yard drive capped by Darrell Mack's third rushing touchdown with 58 seconds remaining to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nOffensively, Utah dug itself a hole after building a 9\u20130 lead. Johnson threw an interception in the end zone and had a second-quarter fumble returned for another touchdown to give Air Force a 16\u20139 halftime lead. But a ground-heavy attack helped Utah tie the game early in the second half and Air Force never threatened again to take the lead. Mack finished with 101 yards and three scores on 18 carries, while Asiata finished with 116 yards on 19 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Weber State\nWith a game in just five days against Oregon State\u2014fresh off an upset victory over then-No. 1 Southern California, the Utes did enough to decide the outcome early. Utah rolled up 450 yards of total offense to take a 37\u20137 lead early in the fourth quarter before the Wildcats\u2014coached by former Utah head coach Ron McBride and a member of the Football Championship Subdivision\u2014scored twice late to make the final score respectable. With 13 points on three field goals and four extra points, Utah kicker Louie Sakoda became the all-time leading scorer in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nUtah scored 11 points in the final 1:29 to escape with a victory. Utah trailed 9\u20133 early in the second quarter before finishing off the half with a Louie Sakoda 28-yard field goal and touchdowns of 14 yards from Brian Johnson to Freddie Brown and a 12-yard run by Brent Casteel to take a 20\u20139 halftime lead. Oregon State reeled off 19 straight points of its own to take a 28\u201320 lead with 2:18 left to play. In a departure from conventional football strategy, Oregon State had elected twice to go for two points after its first two touchdowns of the half (its PAT after the first touchdown was blocked, resulting in coach Mike Riley to \"chase points\" by going for 2) instead of kicking extra points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nHad it kicked extra points, Oregon State would have led 30\u201320. But Johnson lead a 4-play, 60-yard drive capped by a 25-yard scoring pass to Bradon Godfrey, then rushed for the 2-point conversion to tie the game, but only after Oregon State was whistled for pass interference on Utah's first two-point try.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nOregon State then threw incomplete on first down, ran out of bounds to stop the clock on second down (another time-honored no-no in football at that stage of the game) and threw incomplete on third down. After a 31-yard punt, Oregon State had used up just 23 seconds, which left plenty of time for a game-winning drive. Johnson threw for 7, 8 and 16 yards to get the Utes into Sakoda's range, and his 37-yard field goal as time expired was good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nFighting winds in excess of 40\u00a0mph (64\u00a0km/h), Utah won handily on a day in which the offense was outgained 252\u2013242 by scoring a touchdown on defense and two more on special teams. Sean Smith picked off a deflected pass on Wyoming's second possession and returned it 25 yards for a score\u2014one of two interceptions on the day for the all-Mountain West Conference cornerback. After a pair of Louie Sakoda field goals made the score 13\u20130, Aiona Key blocked a Wyoming punt and returned it 6 yards for a touchdown. Matt Asiata added a rushing and receiving touchdown to give Utah a 34\u20130 lead, and RJ Rice's recovery of a muffed punt in the end zone accounted for the final score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nFor the first time all season, Utah used a variety of big plays on offense to bury the improved Rams. Brian Johnson threw touchdowns of 32 and 33 yards to Freddie Brown and David Reed and backup quarterback Corbin Louks ran for scores of 21 and 69 yards. Wide receiver Jereme Brooks ran 34 yards for another score as Utah piled up 549 yards of total offense, 327 on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nThe Lobos had marred great Utah seasons before, most notably in 1994 when it beat an undefeated Utes team ranked #8 in the country for their first loss and handing the 2003 MWC champions its only conference loss (and one of two all year) in a lopsided win at Rice-Eccles Stadium. New Mexico almost did it again, but the special teams rose to the occasion for the Utes as Key blocked a first-half field goal attempt and Louie Sakoda repeatedly pinned the Lobos deep with well-placed punts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nHis last put the Lobos at their own 1 with 1:58 left, and the Lobos, with no timeouts, could only get to the Utah 46 before time expired. Sakoda kicked a pair of field goals and Casteel's 10-yard catch from Brian Johnson gave Utah a 13\u20133 lead late in the third quarter, a lead which ultimately held up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, TCU\nThis game was advertised as a \"Blackout\". The Utes wore black uniforms for the first time in school history and the fans responded by turning Rice-Eccles Stadium into a sea of black. None of it fazed TCU, which went 64 and 72 yards on its first two possessions to take a quick 10\u20130 lead. Louie Sakoda's 49-yard field goal with 2:37 left in the first quarter got Utah on the board, and Smith's interception right before half time helped set up another Sakoda field goal, this one from 37 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, TCU\nTCU's defense, coupled with some untimely playcalling by Utah, made the Frogs' 10\u20136 lead stand up deep into the fourth quarter. But TCU kicker Ross Evans missed two field goals\u2014the first off the left upright, the second wide right, giving Utah one final shot at salvaging frontrunner status in the MWC and for a BCS bid as it took over on its own 20 with 2:48 left. Completions of 5 and 7 yards got Utah a first down, then Brian Johnson connected with Casteel for a 22-yard strike to get into TCU territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, TCU\nA pass interference call moved the ball to the TCU 31, where Utah faced its most crucial point of the season. Facing 4th and 5 after a pair of incompletions and a 5-yard pass to Godfrey, Johnson beat the blitz and found Brown for an 11-yard gain to the TCU 15. Another pass to Godfrey put the ball at the TCU 9, and Johnson found Brown on a slant pattern for the winning touchdown on the next play. Versus commentators Tommy Hart and Dan Fouts gave a memorable account of the crowd noise after the touchdown:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, TCU\nHart: This is a well-built stadium. This press box is shaking right now.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, TCU\nFouts: Oh good, I thought it was my knees. You get a little excited when you see a great 80-yard drive engineered by Brian Johnson ... 7 of 9 on that drive and the capper, finding Freddie Brown downtown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, TCU\nTCU would get the ball back with one more shot to get into field goal range\u2014and for Evans to redeem himself for his two previous misses. But Andy Dalton, on 4th and 10 with just seconds to go, was intercepted on a deep pass by Robert Johnson at the Utah 15 to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nBrian Johnson had an excellent performance as Utah tuned up for the following week's showdown with BYU by throwing five first-half touchdowns, completing 27 of 38 passes for 283 yards as the Utes were in control the entire game. Backup safety Deshawn Richard would return two passes 89 and 36 yards for touchdowns in the final quarter to put an exclamation point on the Utes' rout of the Aztecs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Brigham Young\nUtah Leads Series: 53 \u2013 33 \u2013 4Utah forced six turnovers and BYU forced none, turning what was otherwise a close game statistically into a blowout. Brian Johnson won his matchup against his highly touted counterpart, Max Hall, completing 30 of 36 passes for 303 yards and four touchdowns, while Hall went 21-41-205 with no touchdowns and five interceptions, in addition to losing a fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Brigham Young\nJohnson was sharp early, leading Utah to points on its first three possessions for a 17\u20133 lead. But BYU fought back to tie the game. Louie Sakoda's 35-yard field goal with 1:41 left in the first half gave Utah a 20\u201317 lead before Hall started padding his interceptions stats with an ill-timed throw to Joe Dale. On the same play, Hall was whistled for unsportsmanlike conduct, giving Utah the ball at the BYU 44. Two plays resulted in a first down before Johnson found David Reed for a 32-yard strike in the corner of the end zone for a 27\u201317 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Brigham Young\nHall did rush 11 yards for a touchdown with 6:46 left in the third quarter to get BYU within 27\u201324, but that would be the last time he would star in a highlight that helped his team. BYU's final five possessions ended interception, fumble, interception, interception, interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Brigham Young\nStarting with the fumble, Utah scored touchdowns on three straight possessions. Three plays into the fourth quarter, Casteel caught a pass in the flat and ran 8 yards for a touchdown and a 34\u201324 lead. Utah all but clinched a BCS bid and the outright MWC crown with its next interception when Paul Kruger floated off his defensive end position and into pass coverage. Hall never saw the sophomore lurking in the flat, and only a desperate swipe by Hall kept Kruger from returning the interception for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Brigham Young\nOn the next play, Asiata took the direct snap, ran forward two steps and threw a jump pass to Chris Joppru in the back of the end zone for a 41\u201324 lead with 12 minutes left in the game. Smith's fifth interception of the year helped Johnson cap his day with a 1-yard scoring pass to tight end Colt Sampson, and for the third time this season Utah fans rushed the field after a victory against a ranked team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama\nUtah, 9\u00bd point underdogs entering the game, treated the Superdome crowd of 71,872 to an offensive explosion in the first quarter and a dominant defense in beating fourth-ranked Alabama to cap a perfect 13\u20130 season\u2014the second undefeated season in five years for the Utes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama\nAlabama picked up one first down on its opening drive, but a third-down sack of quarterback John Parker Wilson by Stevenson Sylvester\u2014the first of three for the junior linebacker\u2014ended the threat. Utah immediately went to work on offense as quarterback Brian Johnson completed all five of his passes to five different receivers, the touchdown pass coming on a 7-yarder to Casteel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama\nThe Tide's poor start continued as Wilson was intercepted by Robert Johnson on the second play of the ensuing drive. Starting from the Alabama 32, Brian Johnson connected with David Reed on a 30-yard pass to the Alabama 2, and Asiata took it in two plays later for a score out of the \"Wildcat\" formation for a 14\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama\nKepa Gaison ended Alabama's third drive with another sack, and Brian Johnson quickly fired up the Ute attack, completing 5 of 7 passes for 50 yards, drawing a pass interference penalty on Alabama and running another 9 yards for a first down on 3rd-and-4 from midfield. Bradon Godfrey capped the drive with an 18-yard touchdown reception, and Utah led 21\u20130 just 11 minutes into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama\nAlabama rallied, scoring 17 straight points on Leigh Tiffin's 52-yard field goal and Javier Arenas' 73-yard punt return in the second quarter, and Glenn Coffee's 4-yard touchdown catch off a short field caused by a Brian Johnson fumble to start the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama\nBut as it had done against Air Force, Oregon State and TCU, the Utah offense responded when it had to. Brian Johnson's first pass of the ensuing drive went to Brown for 33 yards, and Godfrey gained 10 on 3rd-and-10 to keep the drive alive. Facing 3rd-and-10 at the Alabama 28, Johnson threw into the left flat for Reed, who slipped a tackle and went into the end zone untouched for a 28\u201317 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama\nThe Utah defense dominated from there, sacking Wilson four more times (Utah finished with eight sacks; Alabama had given up 13 all season entering the game), forcing a Wilson fumble that Utah recovered and turned into the final points, a 28-yard field goal by Louie Sakoda, and a second interception. Alabama crossed midfield just once after the Reed touchdown, and never got any further than the Utah 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama\nThe final box score revealed an unexpected advantage for Utah. Alabama's run game, which ranked 22nd nationally at 196 yards per game entering the contest, was held to 31 yards on 33 carries. Alabama had given up only 27 first-quarter points and one first-quarter touchdown all season long; against Utah it gave up 21 and three, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama\nAlabama's secondary was 13th nationally in pass efficiency defense at 101.63, but Johnson's passer rating for this game was 158.84. Johnson finished 27 of 41 for 336 yards and three TDs\u2014all of which were the most yards, completions and TDs the Tide had given up to a single quarterback all season long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama\nThe victory marked Utah's eighth consecutive bowl victory\u2014the longest active streak in the country\u2014and was the program's first victory against an SEC school in seven tries. It also became the first program in the BCS era to finish a season undefeated twice, joining the 2004 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Utah's poll finish\nThe effects of this game were monumental. Immediately, on sports internet site polls and in newspaper columns, the Utes' case for a share of the national championship was made. Among the noteworthy members of the press to chime in were Rick Reilly of ESPN The Magazine and John Feinstein of The Washington Post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Utah's poll finish\nIn the end, sixteen AP voters went against the result of the BCS title game and voted Utah No. 1. It was not enough to offset Florida's forty-eight first-place votes, but Utah still finished a comfortable No. 2, surpassing its No. 4 finish in the 2004 season for its highest ranking ever. Utah also placed ahead of two teams which won their BCS bowl games\u2014traditional powers Southern California and Texas, both of whom entered the bowl season ranked ahead of Utah. USC earned one first-place vote, but finished No. 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Utah's poll finish\nIn the coaches poll, Utah finished fourth and earned one first-place vote courtesy of head coach Kyle Whittingham, who vowed after the Sugar Bowl to vote Utah No. 1\u2014despite his obligations as a member of the American Football Coaches Association to vote the winner of the BCS title game in the top spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Utah's poll finish\nThe computers which make up the BCS standings told a different story. Utah was ranked first in four of the six BCS computer models: Sagarin (Elo-Chess), Peter Wolfe, Anderson & Hester and Massey. Utah finished third in the Colley Matrix and Richard Billingsley rankings. Florida didn't finish lower than second in any of the computer rankings, but earned only two first-place finishes amongst the computers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Utah's poll finish\nThe Anderson & Hester poll, an NCAA-designated major selector, selected Utah as its national champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, Depth chart\nThese are the projected starters and primary backups as of November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 115]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199314-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah Utes football team, After the season, NFL draft\nThe Utes had four players go in the 2009 NFL Draft:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199315-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Utah gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. won re-election in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Bob Springmeyer and  Libertarian nominee Dell Schanze. As of 2021, this is the last Gubernatorial election in which a candidate received more than 70% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199316-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Uttarakhand local elections\nThe 2008 Uttarakhand Municipal general elections and 2008 Uttarakhand Panchayat general elections were held in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199316-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Uttarakhand local elections\nElections are not held in the nagar panchayats of Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri due to their status of temporary settlements. Local interim administration councils administer these three pilgrimage sites for a period of six months during the summers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest\nThe  2008 Uyghur unrest is a loose name for incidents of communal violence by Uyghur people in Hotan and Qaraqash county of Western China, with incidents in March, April, and August 2008. The protests were spurred by the death in police custody of Mutallip Hajim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest\nThe authorities attribute most of unrest activities of the last years to groups like the Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Party of Liberation) or the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest, Incidents\nAccording to reports, on 18 March 2008, an Uighur woman detonated a bomb on a city bus in Urumqi, escaping before the explosion. While officials denied the incident, the International Herald Tribune reported of residents confirming the bombing. Many businesses belonging to those that belong to the Muslim ethnic group Hui were destroyed by the separatist group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest, Incidents\nOn 23 March 2008, Muslim Uighurs held anti-government protests in the far western region of Xinjiang, China. Chinese officials blamed separatists inspired by the 2008 Tibetan unrest. Demonstrators took to the streets at the weekly bazaar in Hotan. The authorities maintain tight controls on information from the area and reports of deaths or their denial could not be independently verified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest, Incidents\nDemonstrations followed the death in custody of a wealthy Uyghur jade trader and philanthropist, Mutallip Hajim, 38. The protesters, who according to several accounts numbered around 600, began their march at the Lop bus station. An unknown number of men joined their 2\u00a0km (1.2\u00a0mi) march to the Big Bazaar shopping area, where they were surrounded by police who arrested around 400. The New York Times reported that the demonstrators were hoisting banners and shouting pro-independence slogans before the police forces moved in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest, Incidents\nOn 23 March and 24 March 2008, as many as 1,000 people in Hotan and Karakax County took to the streets in protest. The protests coincided with unrest in Tibet, but the motivations appeared to be local. One issue that reportedly brought locals to the streets in protest was a government ban on women wearing headscarfs. Another issue was the death of Mutallip Hajim. Alim Seytoff, head of the World Uyghur Congress, stated that, \"The Uighurs began protesting after the killing of Mutallip Hajim, who had died in police custody.\" This claim was echoed by unnamed sources in a Radio Free Asia report. Local police and the government run religious affairs department refused to comment on Hajim's death when contacted by Agence France-Presse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest, Incidents\nPolice arrested 70 people from Uyghur ethnic group in the Silk Road oasis city of Kashgar on 3 April, fearing trouble when the Olympic torch passes through the city in June, The Guardian reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest, Incidents\nResidents of townships and villages near Gulja, a city in northwestern Xinjiang, said that about 25 Uyghurs were arrested on 4 April on a tip that people in the area were making bombs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest, Incidents\nOn 4 August 2008, two men attacked a police post near the city of Kashgar. They threw two improvised explosive devices and attacked at the police with knives. According to the government news agency, 16 policemen died and another 16 were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest, Incidents\nOn 10 August 2008, in the oasis town of Kuqa, a series of explosions and shootings were reported. The explosions occurred at various police stations and office buildings. The events claimed 12 deaths, ten of which were of the attackers themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest, Incidents\nOn 12 August 2008, unidentified men assaulted civilian guards with knives in Yamanya Town, leaving three dead and one critically injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199317-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Uyghur unrest, Incidents\nOn 28 August 2008, a group of policemen were attacked by six to seven attackers with knives in the town of Qizilboy in Peyzawat county, resulting in the death two ethnic Uyghur police officers and at least two other policemen were critically injured. According to the deputy Peyzawat county police chief, Omerjan, the police officers who are all ethnic Uyghurs who were searching a cornfield following a tip that a woman suspected of aiding assailants in the Yamanya attack was hiding there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199318-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Uzbek League\nThe 2008 Uzbek League season was the 17th edition of top level football in Uzbekistan since independence from the Soviet Union in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199318-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Uzbek League, Overview\nIt was contested by 16 teams, and Bunyodkor won the championship. Traktor Tashkent and Tupalang Sariosiyo withdrew of 2008 season participation because of financial problems. They were replaced by and OTMK Olmaliq, a team from First League, and  Metallurg Bekabad which as of 2008 season end, was originally relegated to First League, remained in top division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199318-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Uzbek League, Overview\nSogdiana Jizzakh and Uz-Dong-Joo promoted from First League. Vobkent FK was relegated in 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199319-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 V-League\nV-League 2008 was the 52nd season of Vietnam's professional football league. The league was held from January 6, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Petro Vietnam was the league sponsor for the second season (Since 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199319-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 V-League\nB\u00ecnh D\u01b0\u01a1ng F.C. won their second titles in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 69]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199319-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 V-League, Awards, Dream Team\n\u0110\u00e0o V\u0103n Phong (Khatoco Kh\u00e1nh H\u00f2a) V\u0169 Nh\u01b0 Th\u00e0nh (Becamex B\u00ecnh D\u01b0\u01a1ng) Luiz Fabiano (Xi M\u0103ng H\u1ea3i Ph\u00f2ng) Hu\u1ef3nh Quang Thanh (Becamex B\u00ecnh D\u01b0\u01a1ng)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199319-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 V-League, Awards, Dream Team\nPh\u1ea1m Th\u00e0nh L\u01b0\u01a1ng (H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i ACB) Leandro (Xi M\u0103ng H\u1ea3i Ph\u00f2ng) Rafael Marquez (Th\u1ec3 C\u00f4ng) Phan Thanh Ph\u00fac (SHB \u0110\u00e0 N\u1eb5ng)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199319-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 V-League, Awards, Dream Team\nAntonio Carlos (\u0110\u1ed3ng T\u00e2m Long An) Almeida  (SHB \u0110\u00e0 N\u1eb5ng)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series\nThe 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the tenth V8 Supercar Championship Series and the twelfth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship began on 21 February at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide and concluded on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway. It consisted of 14 rounds covering all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as rounds in New Zealand and Bahrain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series\nJamie Whincup secured the Drivers championship with two races in hand with victory in race 1 of the 2008 NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale. Whincup was also awarded the 49th Australian Touring Car Championship title by CAMS. Triple Eight Race Engineering won the Teams Championship and Ford was awarded the Manufacturers Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers contested the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Rule Changes\nThe points system was changed for 2008. Points were awarded to the top 30 drivers, with 300 points being the most available to a driver in each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Rule Changes\nIn Friday practice sessions, drivers who had finished in the top 15 in the 2007 Championship were not permitted to participate for the first 30 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Technical changes\nAn option to use sequential gearboxes in lieu of H-pattern gearboxes was introduced. Initially optional, sequential gearboxes later became mandatory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nRussell Ingall signed with Paul Morris Motorsport and raced under the identity of Supercheap Auto Racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nIn a complicated series of moves several drivers have been shuffled around the Holden teams. The juggling began with Todd Kelly signing with Perkins Engineering. Reigning series champion Garth Tander took the #1 plate to the Holden Racing Team with Toll sponsorship and some key personnel led by Rob Crawford transfer across teams with him. And finally, former Supercheap Auto driver Paul Dumbrell took Tander's seat at the HSV Dealer Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nSecond tier Fujitsu series champion team Tony D'Alberto Racing moved to the V8 Supercar series, and took over the running of the Rod Nash Racing owned franchise, replacing Independent Racing Cars who previously operated the team. Tony D'Alberto replaced Steve Owen as driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nPaul Cruickshank Racing signed Fabian Coulthard to replace the retired John Bowe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nMarcus Marshall drove the Irwin backed Falcon at Britek Motorsport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nDean Canto announced on his website that he had his contract with Garry Rogers Motorsport terminated a year early. He later drove for Ford Performance Racing in the endurance events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nGarry Rogers Motorsport announced their new driver as Fujitsu series runner up, and WPS Racing enduro driver, Michael Caruso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nTeam Kiwi Racing purchased a former Triple Eight Race Engineering Falcon and ran the car themselves. While the team had not made a formal announcement, V8Supercars have published Fujitsu series front runner Kayne Scott as the team's driver. Although due to a date clash with Round 2 and the final of the New Zealand V8 series, Scott was not available and was replaced by Chris Pither.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nReversing a previous decision to fold their team, Paul Weel Racing announced their return for the 2008 season and ran a single VE Commodore for Andrew Thompson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nFormer PWR racer Cameron McConville signed with Brad Jones Racing, a team he raced for previously in the mid-90s when it ran the Audi Super Touring program. The team also changed manufacturer camps to become a Holden team and ran with the technical assistance of Walkinshaw Performance, the organisation that runs the Holden Racing Team and HSV Dealer Teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nFord Rising Stars Racing named Formula 3 Euroseries racer Michael Patrizi as the driver for their d\u00e9but season. However the team did not make their season debut until the third round of the year at the Hamilton 400. The team utilised the second of the two Paul Weel Racing franchises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nStone Brothers Racing named teenager Shane van Gisbergen to the #9 Ford Falcon, replacing Russell Ingall. Van Gisbergen was linked to SBR last season and was placed with Team Kiwi Racing in the second half of the season after TKR's previous partnership with Ford Performance Racing dissolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nDespite previously announcing that they would be forced to sell their franchise from lack of a major sponsor and technical partner, Walden Motorsport had committed to run and V8Supercar's website had named Australian Production Car Championship racer Garth Walden as the driver in the teams Ford Falcon, although it has yet to be confirmed that the team actually have possession of an eligible car. After failing to appear at the first two rounds the franchise has been placed for sale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nWPS Racing announced the closure of the team with the vehicles and equipment sold off to new owners. The franchises have already been sold within TEGA. The team cite business and health issues affecting team principal Craig Gore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Driver changes\nShane Price was sacked from the Perkins Engineering a week after the Bathurst 1000 and replaced with endurance co-driver Jack Perkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199320-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Results and standings, Manufacturers Championship\nFord won the Manufacturers Championship having won more rounds than rival Holden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199321-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar season\nThe 2008 V8 Supercar season was the twelfth season in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car racing series. It was the 49th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first running of the Australian Touring Car Championship, known today as the V8 Supercar Championship Series, and of the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199321-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar season\nThe season began on 21 February at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide and finished on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway. 2008 featured the twelfth V8 Supercars Championship Series, consisting of 14 rounds covering all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as rounds in New Zealand and Bahrain. It also featured a non-championship event supporting the 2008 Australian Grand Prix. It included the ninth second tier Development Series, this year referred to as the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199321-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercar season\nAll bar one of the seven rounds were held as a support category for the V8 Supercar Championship Series. For the first time a third tier series was run, known as the Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series. Its four rounds were held as part of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199322-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge\nThe 2008 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge was the third meeting of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 13 to 16 March at Albert Park Street Circuit, in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. The meeting was a non-championship affair, conducted under a unique Holden vs Ford format. It was the lead support category for the 2008 Australian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199322-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge, Qualifying\nQualifying was held on Thursday 13 March. Mark Skaife was fastest as the Holden Racing Team continued its resurgence. Steven Richards shook off his car destroying crash at Eastern Creek to be second fastest ahead of Jason Richards in the Tasman Motorsport Commodore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199322-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge, Qualifying\nThe end of qualifying was nervous with the first top ten shootout of the season to be held the following day and while Russell Ingall scraped into the top ten, the unique Ford vs Holden rules for this event which demanded five of each manufacturer in the top ten saw Ingall, as the sixth Holden, relegated in favour of the fifth Ford, Steven Johnson. Michael Patrizi qualified 28th on the debut of both himself and his Ford Rising Stars Racing in the main game series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199322-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge, Top Ten shootout\nThe top ten shootout, the first to be held in 2008, was held on Friday 14 March. Garth Tander kept the Holden Racing Team atop the timesheets, picking off pole position, holding off a motivated Craig Lowndes for the position. Steven Richards was third fastest, but would be relegated to fourth on the grid as the Ford vs Holden format stated that the grid would be formed in alternating manufacturer order ahead of outright pace, meaning fifth fastest qualifying Rick Kelly would start third as the second fastest Holden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199322-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge, Race 1\nRace 1 was held on Friday 12 March immediately after the shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199323-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 VFF Bred Cup\nThe 2008 VFF Bred Cup was the qualifying competition for the 2008\u201309 OFC Champions League. The club who advanced to this tournament was Port Vila Sharks, Vanuatu's sole representative at the competition. The competition was played in two separate championships, north and south, with each winner and runners-up facing off in the overall finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199323-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 VFF Bred Cup, Overall finals, Final\nPort Vila Sharks advance to the 2008\u201309 OFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199324-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 VFL season\nThe 2008 Victorian Football League (VFL) was a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring thirteen teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199324-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 VFL season\nIt was the 127th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the North Ballarat Football Club, who defeated Port Melbourne by 45 points in the Grand Final on 26 September. It was the first VFL premiership in North Ballarat's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199324-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 VFL season, League membership and affiliations\nPrior to the 2008 season, there were several changes to the VFL-AFL reserves affiliations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199324-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 VFL season, League membership and affiliations\nAs a result, the size of the VFL increased to fourteen teams: nine VFL-AFL affiliations, two AFL reserves teams and three stand-alone VFL clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199324-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 VFL season, Season Awards, Best and Fairest\nThe VFL Best and Fairest is awarded the J. J. Liston Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199324-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 VFL season, Season Awards, Leading Goalkickers\nThe VFL Leading Goalkicker at the end of the regular season is awarded the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal. The 2008 winner was Nick Sautner of the Sandringham Zebras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199325-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 VL14\n2008 VL14 is a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo class, discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on 9 November 2008. It has an average estimated diameter of 260 meters according to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. Around 22 October 2054, 2008 VL14 is expected to pass about 0.09\u00a0AU (13\u00a0million\u00a0km) from Earth, but could pass as close as 0.0002\u00a0AU (30\u00a0thousand\u00a0km). The object is not risk-listed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199326-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 VMI Keydets football team\nThe 2008 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the Keydets 118th year of football, which began in 1891, and their 6th season in the Big South Conference. VMI was run by first year head coach Sparky Woods, who was previously a head coach at Appalachian State and South Carolina. Woods was a replacement for his predecessor Jim Reid, who departed from the Institute to be linebackers coach of the Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199326-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 VMI Keydets football team\nThe Keydets enjoyed one of their most successful seasons in recent years in terms of wins. The year started with a convincing victory over St. Francis 49\u20130. After a 52\u201317 drubbing from William & Mary, the Keydets handled another Division-II opponent, Chowan, 69\u201320. A late second-half surge then pushed Ohio past VMI 51\u201331 the following week. Another large loss came from Richmond at home, 56\u201316. The Keydets did, however, get their first conference win since 2005, a 47\u201320 blowout victory over Coastal Carolina. VMI ended the year with a 49\u201327 win over future conference member Presbyterian, breaking a four-game losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199327-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 VTB United League Promo-Cup\nVTB United League Promo-Cup 2008 was the first test run tournament of the VTB United League. The tournament was held during the 2008\u201309 basketball season on 20\u201322 December 2008, at the CSKA Universal Sports Hall in Moscow. The tournament included 8 teams from Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199327-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 VTB United League Promo-Cup\nCSKA Moscow won the tournament by defeating Khimki Moscow Region in the final. Kyiv finished in third place by defeating Dynamo Moscow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199328-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup\nThe 2008 VTV9 - Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup was the 3rd staging . The tournament was held in \u0110\u1eafk L\u1eafk, Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199328-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition\nVTV B\u00ecnh \u0110i\u1ec1n Long An (Host) Sri Lanka  Nakhon Ratchsima  Th\u00f4ng tin LVPB  Gi\u1ea5y B\u00e3i B\u1eb1ng", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 77], "content_span": [78, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199328-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 83], "content_span": [84, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199329-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vaahteraliiga season\nThe 2008 Vaahteraliiga season was the 29th season of the highest level of American football in Finland. The regular season took place between May 24 and August 30, 2008. The Finnish champion was determined in the playoffs and at the championship game Vaahteramalja XXIX the Porvoo Butchers won the Helsinki Roosters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199330-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Valdostan regional election\nThe Valdostan regional election of 2008 took place in Italy's Aosta Valley on 25 May 2008. The election saw the victory of the centrist autonomist coalition led by Aosta Valley's former governor, Augusto Rollandin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199331-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vale of Glamorgan Council election\nThe 2008 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members of Vale of Glamorgan Council in Wales. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election was in 2004 and the next full elections were on 3 May 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199331-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vale of Glamorgan Council election, Election result\nForty-seven seats were up for election and the Conservative Party managed to win an overall majority, where previously no party was in overal control. The result took place in the context of Gordon Brown's Labour government falling to its lowest polling since the 1960s, with the Conservatives winning control of eleven other councils in England and Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199331-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vale of Glamorgan Council election, Ward results\n[ a] Councillors previously elected as Independent. Llantwit First Independents registered as a new political party in 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199332-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Valencia GP2 Series round\n2008 Valencia GP2 Series round was the Eight round of the 2008 GP2 Series season. It was held on August 23 and 24, 2008 at Valencia Street Circuit at Valencia, Spain. The race was used as a support race to the 2008 European Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199333-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi\nValencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi XVI took take place in Valencia from September 15\u201327, 2008. It was won by Zhengyu Chen, who became the first Chinese pianist to attain the 1st prize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199333-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi, Competition Results (by rounds), First Round\nSeptember 16 and 17. Palau de la M\u00fasica - Sala Rodrigo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 104], "content_span": [105, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199333-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi, Competition Results (by rounds), Quarter-finals\nSeptember 18, 19 and 20. Palau de la M\u00fasica - Sala Rodrigo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 107], "content_span": [108, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199333-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi, Competition Results (by rounds), Semi-finals\nSeptember 21 and 22. Palau de la M\u00fasica - Sala Rodrigo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 104], "content_span": [105, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199333-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi, Competition Results (by rounds), Final\nSeptember 26 and 27. Palau de la M\u00fasica - Sala Iturbi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 98], "content_span": [99, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199334-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Valencia Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Valencia Superbike World Championship round was the third round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took take place on the weekend of April 4\u20136, 2008, at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199335-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 24\u201326 October 2008 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199335-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 94], "content_span": [95, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199336-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vallelunga Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2008 Vallelunga Superbike World Championship round was the twelfth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of September 19-21, 2008, at the Vallelunga circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199337-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round\nThe 2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round was the fifth round of the inaugural Superleague Formula championship, with the races taking place on November 2, 2008. Eighteen football teams were represented on the grid, the same number of teams as there was at the previous three rounds. There were two driver changes before this round of the championship and one during the round: Duncan Tappy returned to the Tottenham Hotspur cockpit replacing Dominik Jackson, having missed the previous round in Portugal and Kasper Andersen was replaced by Stamatis Katsimis in the Olympiacos CFP car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199337-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round\nHaving broken a bone in his right hand in practice, Paul Meijer was replaced by Dominick Muermans in the Al Ain car  \u2013 becoming their fourth driver in five races. The meeting saw a third win for championship leaders Beijing Guoan and a first win for F.C. Porto. Beijing also extended their championship lead to an almost unassailable 59 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199337-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round, Report, Qualifying\nAfter the random draw which split the eighteen-car field into two groups, the fastest four qualifiers from each progressed into the knockout stages to decide places 1 to 8 on the grid. Andy Soucek (Atl\u00e9tico Madrid) missed out on the top eight, despite setting a time some 0.052 seconds faster than Group B 4th Adri\u00e1n Vall\u00e9s in the Liverpool F.C. car. As fastest drivers in their groups, Ant\u00f4nio Pizzonia (SC Corinthians) and Davide Rigon (Beijing Guoan) were expected to meet in the final, but neither made the final. Instead, Vall\u00e9s and Robert Doornbos (A.C. Milan) battled it out, with Vall\u00e9s coming out on top by 0.260 seconds \u2013 the fifth different polesitter in five races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199337-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nBefore the race even began, there was dramas - Borja Garc\u00eda (Sevilla FC) started from pit lane and Alessandro Pier Guidi (Galatasaray S.K.) having gearbox troubles on the grid. At the start, Vall\u00e9s led away from Doornbos and Rigon, with Pier Guidi passing Tuka Rocha (CR Flamengo) for fourth on the opening lap. Lap three saw the end of Enrico Toccacelo's Borussia Dortmund car with suspension failure while running towards the back. The top ten somehow stayed in order, until the pit window. Rigon pitted first followed by Rocha, Franck Perera (A.S. Roma) and Yelmer Buurman (PSV Eindhoven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199337-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nDoornbos and Vall\u00e9s pitted on lap 11, allowing Pier Guidi to lead for two laps before his pit stop. Pizzonia took the lead for a lap until he pitted, and after the cycle through, Rigon led from Doornbos, Pier Guidi, Vall\u00e9s and Rocha. Lap 16 saw Garcia's race end with a stuck throttle. There was a somewhat crazy finish to the race, with Soucek and Perera both retiring within the last five minutes of the race with engine problems and a puncture respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199337-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nVall\u00e9s suffered fuel pressure problems towards the end, falling five places in as many minutes as Rigon went on to claim his third victory of the season, opening up a 67-point lead over PSV. Following him home were Doornbos, Pier Guidi, Rocha, Ryan Dalziel (Rangers F.C., Pizzonia, Craig Dolby (R.S.C. Anderlecht), Tristan Gommendy (F.C. Porto), Vall\u00e9s, Buurman, Duncan Tappy (Tottenham Hotspur), Max Wissel (FC Basel 1893), Stamatis Katsimis (Olympiacos CFP) and Dominick Muermans (Al Ain) \u2013 both rookies finishing a lap down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199337-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nRace two began with a bang \u2013 a first corner incident taking out Pizzonia, Doornbos and Rocha at Curva Cimini, causing a long safety car period. Wissel retired the Basel car during this with engine trouble. All was cleared up for the restart on lap six with Toccacelo still leading from Soucek (up from third) and Garc\u00eda. A brave move from Soucek at Campagnano moved the Spaniard into the lead with Perera passing Garc\u00eda for third. Lap nine saw another accident, this time between Toccacelo and Perera again at Cimini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199337-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nToccacelo defended the inside line before moving sharply to the outside where Perera already was. Soucek pitted from the lead on lap eleven, but gremlins struck causing him to pit again, before retiring with gearbox trouble on lap 21. Katsimis led for a lap before he pitted, letting Tappy lead until his pitstop on lap 15. Perera took the lead, having pitted on lap eleven. A mistake from Buurman on lap 17 allowed Gommendy into second and after Perera. Garc\u00eda retired again, with brake failure continuing Sevilla's spiral down the championship standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199337-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Vallelunga Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nThe number of runners fell into single-figures on lap 27 with another three-car accident with Katsimis, Tappy and Pier Guidi crashing at Cimini. The race wasn't decided until the final lap when Perera made a slight mistake at Curva Soratte, allowing Gommendy through to win by 1.482 seconds from Perera, with Buurman, Vall\u00e9s, Rigon, Dolby, Dalziel and Muermans completing the finishers. In the championship standings, Beijing had their lead cut to 59 points, which meant that a maximum of 42 points required for championship glory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199338-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThe 2008 Vancouver Whitecaps season was the club's 23rd year of existence (or 33rd if counting the NASL Whitecaps), as well as their 16th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. With games against well supported MLS side Toronto FC in the Voyageurs Cup and local rival Seattle Sounders selling 22,000 season tickets for MLS in 2009, the Vancouver Whitecaps were marketed as one of the leading markets for a 2011 MLS expansion side. This included expanding the ownership to include Victoria, BC raised NBA star Steve Nash in July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199338-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThe Division 1 MLS speculation along with the higher profile that came with public negotiations with Vancouver City Council and the Port of Metro Vancouver to develop the Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium gave a boost to media coverage and game attendances. The privately financed stadium, first proposed in 2006, appeared to be reaching its final government land use approvals in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199338-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThe 2008 season started in a strong fashion with two losses in their first ten games as new coach Teitur Thordarson maintained the defensive style of previous coach Bob Lilley to grind out results. The USL-1 league was a closely contested affair with eleven points separating 11th and third in the standings. However, the top two teams, the Whitecaps and Puerto Rico were a further ten points clear of third place. The Commissioner's Cup was a contest between the Whitecaps, who finished runner-up by one point, and the Puerto Rico Islanders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199338-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThe Whitecaps almost squandered a 5-1 aggregate league by letting the Minnesota Thunder back into the second leg of the USL-1 play in round, but held on for a 5-4 aggregate win. In the semi-final series against Montreal Impact they ground out a first leg 1-0 loss after their goal keeper was ejected. The Whitecaps deservedly won the second leg 2-0 at home to go through 2-1 on aggregate to the final against Puerto Rico Islanders. The playoff final was a back and forth game in which the Whitecaps prevailed 2-1 in front of 5,822 at their long time home of Swangard Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199338-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThis was the first year of the official tournament for the Voyageurs Cup also known as the Canadian Championship as CONCACAF designated a Canadian spot in the new champions league structure of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The Whitecaps finished third in the 2008 Voyaguers Cup with two losses to Montreal and a draw and a win over Division 1 MLS side Toronto FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199338-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Tables\nCommissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs\u00a0\u00a0First round of playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199338-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Tables\nTie-breaker order: 1. Head-to-head points; 2. Total wins; 3. Goal difference; 4. Goals for; 5. Lottery\u2020 Rochester deducted 1 point for use of an ineligible player on August 10, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199338-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Tables\nLast updated: April 26, 2010Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199338-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster\nAfter the 2007 season, the Whitecaps and coach Bob Lilley parted ways with the Whitecaps hiring Teitur Thordarson. Many local long time stalwart veteran players such as Jeff Clarke, Jason Jordan, Steve Kindel, Geordie Lyall, Martin Nash, and Alfredo Valente remained on the roster. Leading striker Eduardo Sebrango also was back for another year with the new coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199338-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster\nThe Whitecaps signed Jamaican striker Nicholas Addlery, US keeper Jay Nolly, Omar Jarun, Japanese international Takashi Hirano, and Bolivian youth international Vicente Arze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199339-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver municipal election\nThe 2008 Vancouver municipal election was held on November 15, 2008, filling seats on the Vancouver School Board, the Park Board, the Vancouver City Council, and the position of Mayor of Vancouver. It was held at the same time as municipal elections throughout the province. Three major civic parties were represented: the Coalition of Progressive Electors, the Non-Partisan Association, and Vision Vancouver. The Green Party of Vancouver fielded one candidate for Park Board commissioner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199339-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver municipal election, Candidates and results, Mayor\nOne mayor was elected out of 15 candidates. Of the candidates, four were affiliated with a political party, and eleven were independent. Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver was elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199339-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver municipal election, Candidates and results, City councillors\nTen councillors were elected out of 32 candidates. Of the candidates, 24 were affiliated with a political party, and eight were independent. Eight incumbent councillors were seeking re-election: four from Vision Vancouver, three from the NPA, and one from COPE. Of the elected councillors, seven were from Vision Vancouver, two from COPE and one from the NPA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199339-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver municipal election, Candidates and results, Park Board commissioners\nSeven commissioners were elected out of twenty candidates. Of the candidates, 15 were affiliated with a political party, and five were independent. Two incumbent commissioners were seeking re-election: one from COPE and one from the NPA. Of the elected commissioners, four were from Vision Vancouver, with one each from the NPA, COPE, and the Green Party of Vancouver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 83], "content_span": [84, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199339-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver municipal election, Candidates and results, School Board trustees\nNine school trustees were elected out of 19 candidates. Of the candidates, 17 were affiliated with a political party, and two were independent. Five incumbent trustees were seeking re-election: three from the NPA and two from COPE. Of the elected trustees, four were from Vision Vancouver, three from COPE and two from NPA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199339-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver municipal election, Candidates and results, Capital Plan questions, Public works\n1. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $93,820,000 for the following purposes?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 95], "content_span": [96, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199339-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver municipal election, Candidates and results, Capital Plan questions, Public safety and civic facilities\n2. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $68,605,000 for the following purposes?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199339-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver municipal election, Candidates and results, Capital Plan questions, Parks and recreation facilities\n3. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, to borrow an aggregate $59,575,000 for the following purposes?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 114], "content_span": [115, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199339-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver municipal election, Voter and party statistics, Voter turnout\nOf the 403,663 registered voters, there were 124,285 recorded ballots, marking the voter turnout at 30.79%. This is an decrease of 1.66% from the 32.45% turnout during the previous municipal election in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199340-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver tornado\nThe 2008 Vancouver tornado was a rare tornado that occurred in the city of Vancouver, Washington on January 10, 2008. The NWS rated this storm EF1 (wind speeds of 90-110\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199340-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver tornado\nThe National Weather Service briefly posted a Tornado Warning. The tornado was immediately accompanied by several funnel clouds, and an advisory issued stated that more funnel clouds were possible. A funnel cloud was seen to the south of the tornado in Gresham, Oregon. The storm was a rare event in the Pacific Northwest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199340-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vancouver tornado\nDamage reports showed widespread downed power lines, malfunctioning traffic lights, and roofing that had been ripped off. The majority of the damage was light in nature. Vancouver Lake Crew's facilities on the east shore of Vancouver Lake were demolished in the storm. At least 126,000 customers had lost power because of the storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199341-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team\nThe 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played at Hawkins Field in Nashville, TN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199341-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team\nThe team was coached by Tim Corbin in his sixth season at Vanderbilt. The previous season, Corbin's team posted a 54-13 record and won the SEC regular season crown and the SEC tournament. They also hosted a regional for the first time in school history, eventually falling to Michigan in an extra-innings heartbreaker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199342-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team\nThe 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2008\u201309 college football season. The team's head coach was Bobby Johnson, who served his seventh season in the position. The Commodores played their six home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. This was Vanderbilt's first 5-0 start since 1943. The season saw Vandy reach a bowl game for the first time since 1982, and also end a streak of 26 straight losing seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199342-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, Schedule, Season summary\nFollowing a 4\u20130 start to the season, the Vanderbilt Commodores were ranked for the first time on the AP Poll since 1984. Following the victory over Auburn, the Commodores were 5\u20130 for the first time since 1943. After the good start, the Commodores would lose their next four games before a 31-24 victory over Kentucky that declared them bowl eligible for the first time since 1982. Vandy would then lose their final two games of the regular season. They ended the season by going to the Music City Bowl where they defeated Boston College by a score of 16-14, ending a 53-year bowl victory drought.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199342-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nThis game was notably broadcast on ESPN's national television program College GameDay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199343-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanuatuan general election\nGeneral elections were held in Vanuatu on September 2, 2008. In July, the Melanesian Progressive Party requested that they be postponed, contesting the constitutionality of the Peoples Representation Act No. 33 of 2007, which allegedly enabled voters in certain constituencies to vote in two constituencies. The Principal Electoral Officer, Martin Tete, confirmed that the election would take place on 2 September, as scheduled. The day was declared a national holiday, to encourage people to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199343-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanuatuan general election\nOver three hundred candidates, of which nine women, stood for election, representing twenty-five political parties and approximately eighty independents. There were 170,000 registered voters, and fifty-two seats to fill in Parliament in 17 multi-member constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199343-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanuatuan general election, Preliminary results\nUnofficial preliminary results were expected on 3 September 2008, with official results expected to take up to a week. Two veteran politicians, the incumbent finance minister Willie Jimmy and former PM Barak Sop\u00e9, appear to have failed to be reelected, while the independent Ralph Regenvanu appeared to have got the most votes in his constituency of Port Vila and the leaders of the Green Confederation (Moana Carcasses) as well as of the Vanuatu Republican Party (Maxime Carlot Korman) as well as the deputy PM Edward Natapei were returned to parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199343-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanuatuan general election, Preliminary results\nAccording to unofficial results, the ruling coalition was likely returned to power in the election; about 18 of the 49 MPs standing for re-election were not reelected, and Vanuatu's oldest party, the Vanua'aku Party, was seen to have gained the largest number of seats with 10 seats. Prime Minister Ham Lini's National United Party appears to have won at least seven seats, as have the Vanuatu Republican Party and the Union of Moderate Parties. Nine other parties and five independents also appear to have made it into Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199343-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanuatuan general election, Preliminary results\nThe Vanuatu Electoral Commission has announced that it will take several days before official results are available, and ABC Radio Australia reports that, due to negotiations in establishing a ruling coalition once results are known, \"it could be a week or two before it's clear just who will be leading the next Vanuatu government\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199343-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanuatuan general election, Preliminary results\nOn 9 September, it was reported that the Vanua'aku Party (VP) and the National United Party were negotiating to form a coalition government, which would also include at least one more party. Under the agreement the new coalition government would include 33 of the 52 members of parliament. Deputy PM and VP leader Edward Natapei would become Prime Minister, while outgoing Prime Minister Ham Lini would become Natapei's Deputy Prime Minister. However, the leader of the Vanuatu Republican Party, Maxime Korman, now claims he has enough votes to form his own government and become Prime Minister. The ultimate results of the election are still unpredictable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 710]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199343-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanuatuan general election, Results\nFinal results were announced on 10 September 2008. The Vanua'aku Party had won the most seats (11 out of 52) and Edward Natapei was expected to become prime minister; he was expected to select outgoing prime minister Ham Lini (National United Party) as his deputy. However, Maxime Carlot Korman of the Vanuatu Republican Party also claimed he had enough votes to form the government. Natapei was elected by Parliament on 22 September, winning with 27 to 25 votes against Korman in a secret ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199343-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Vanuatuan general election, Analysis\nDerek Brien, of the Pacific Policy Institute of Public Policy in Port Vila, made the following comment on the election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199344-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Varsity Cup\nThe 2008 Varsity Cup was contested from 18 February to 7 April 2008. The tournament (also known as the FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-university rugby union competition featuring eight South African universities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199344-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Varsity Cup\nThe tournament was won by  Maties for the first time; they beat  UCT Ikey Tigers 16-10 in the final played on 7 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199344-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Varsity Cup, Competition\nThere were eight participating universities in the 2008 Varsity Cup. These teams played each other once over the course of the season. Most matches were played at the venue for either team, but the Round Five, Six and Seven matches were played at Outeniqua Park, George over the Easter weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199344-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Varsity Cup, Competition\nTeams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199344-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Varsity Cup, Competition\nThe top four teams qualified for the Title Play-Offs. In the Semi-Finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199344-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Varsity Cup, Teams\nThe following teams took part in the 2008 Varsity Cup competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199344-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Varsity Cup, Log\nThe final league standings for the 2008 Varsity Cup were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 21], "content_span": [22, 79]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199344-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Varsity Cup, Players, Player Statistics\nThe following table contain points which have been scored in the 2008 Varsity Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199345-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vattenfall Cyclassics\nThe 2008 Vattenfall Cyclassics road cycling race took place on September 7, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany and saw an all-Australian podium with Robbie McEwen of Silence\u2013Lotto beating Mark Renshaw of Cr\u00e9dit Agricole and Allan Davis of Quick-Step.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199346-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Veikkausliiga\nThe 2008 season of Veikkausliiga was the seventy-eighth season of top-tier football in Finland. It started on 27 April 2008 and ended on 26 October 2008. The defending champions were Tampere United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199346-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Veikkausliiga, Promotion and relegation\nAC Oulu finished at the bottom of the 2007 season and therefore were relegated to Ykk\u00f6nen. Their place was taken by Ykk\u00f6nen champions KuPS. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team FC Viikingit and Ykk\u00f6nen runners-up RoPS competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2008 Veikkausliiga. RoPS won 2\u20131 on aggregate and therefore were promoted to Veikkausliiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199346-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Veikkausliiga, League table, Relegation play-offs\nKuPS and Ykk\u00f6nen runners-up FC Viikingit competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in Veikkausliiga 2009. KuPS won 2\u20131 on aggregate and thereby retained their league spot for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199347-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Venezuelan regional elections\nThe 2008 regional elections of Venezuela were held on 23\u00a0November 2008 to choose 22\u00a0governors and 2\u00a0metropolitan mayors. The candidates were selected for a term beginning in 2008 and ending in 2012, when the next regional elections will be held. The 2008 regional elections were the second during the government of Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas and the first since he founded the United Socialist Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199347-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Venezuelan regional elections\nThe government of the state of Amazonas and nine municipalities were not chosen in this elections because they had been elected after the 2004 regional elections. The Venezuelan opposition managed to attain the metropolitan municipality of Caracas, won by candidate Antonio Ledezma, as well as five state governments; the United Socialist Party, meanwhile, won seventeen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199347-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Venezuelan regional elections\nHenrique Capriles Radonski, the former mayor of the Baruta municipality, became the governor of Miranda, defeating the incumbent, Diosdado Cabello. Ad\u00e1n Ch\u00e1vez, president Hugo Chav\u00e9z's brother, became the governor of Barinas. In Carabobo, Henrique Salas Feo, the son of former presidential candidate Henrique Salas R\u00f6mer, defeated his opponent Mario Silva to become the governor. Pablo P\u00e9rez \u00c1lvarez became the governor Zulia; he succeeded Manuel Rosales, who had governed from 2000 until 2008 and was a presidential candidate in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199347-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Venezuelan regional elections, Background\nAfter losing the 2004 Venezuelan recall referendum, the opposition became determined to participate in the 2008 elections. Prior to the elections, the General Comptroller, a Ch\u00e1vez ally, banned almost 300\u00a0candidates who had been accused of corruption without making formal charges. Leopoldo L\u00f3pez, a rising figure within the opposition who raised fears among the Ch\u00e1vez administration, was one of the hundreds of candidates barred from holding office. The Supreme Tribunal later ratified the bans and removed the candidates from the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199347-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Venezuelan regional elections, Candidates\nThe following list shows the three main candidates according to their political affiliation (government, opposition and dissident or independent) ordered by number of votes attained. The political affiliation is determined by the political parties supporting each candidate. For the 2008 elections, government candidates were supported by the United Socialist Party; opposition candidates were supported by either Justice First, Democratic Action or the Political Electoral Independent Organization Committee parties; and independent candidates were mostly supported by regional parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199347-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Venezuelan regional elections, Reception\nAccording to the American think tank Freedom House, from this election forward Venezuela ceased to be an electoral democracy, in part due to the disqualification of hundreds of opposition candidates on corruption charges by stating that \"the separation of powers is nearly nonexistent\" in Venezuela. According to journalist Rory Carroll, Ch\u00e1vez anticipated that the disqualifications would divide the opposition, though the opposition unified instead. After opposition candidate Antonio Ledezma was elected mayor of the Metropolitan district of Caracas, colectivo leader and Ch\u00e1vez ally Lina Ron occupied Caracas' city hall with the support of authorities. Ch\u00e1vez would later establish a \"capital district\" that remove mayoral powers from Ledezma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199348-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primary was an open primary that took place on March 4, 2008. Barack Obama won the primary, his only decisive win among the four March 4 contests. The primary determined the 15 pledged delegates that represented Vermont at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The delegates were awarded to the candidates, Obama and Hillary Clinton, on a proportional basis. Vermont also sent 8 unpledged \"superdelegates\", to the convention not bound by the results of the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199348-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nThe Vermont Democratic Party sent 23 total delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of those delegates, 15 were pledged and 8 were unpledged. The 15 pledged delegates were allocated (pledged) to vote for a particular candidate at the National Convention according to the results of Vermont's Democratic primary on March 4. The 8 unpledged delegates (popularly called \"superdelegates\" because their votes represented their personal decisions rather than the collective decision of many voters) were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Vermont Democratic Party's officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199348-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nThe 15 pledged delegates were further divided into 10 district delegates and 5 statewide delegates. The 10 district delegates represented Vermont's single Congressional District. The 5 statewide delegates were divided into 3 at-large delegates and 2 Party Leaders and Elected Officials (abbreviated PLEOs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199348-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primary, Delegate breakdown\nOf the 8 unpledged delegates, 7 were selected in advance and 1 was selected at the Vermont Democratic Party's National Convention Delegate Meeting on June 7. The delegates selected in advance were 5 Democratic National Committee members, U.S. Representative from Vermont Peter Welch, and U.S. Senator from Vermont Patrick Leahy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199348-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primary, Delegate selection process\nThe Vermont Democratic Party used the results of the state's presidential preference primary on March 4 to determine the allocation of delegates to each presidential candidate. Though the primary was used for allocating delegates, the delegates themselves were selected in a caucus process. On March 22, the Party held a series of town-level caucuses to select its first tier of delegates. On May 24, the Party held its state convention in which the town-level delegates selected the 10 district-level delegates to attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The remaining 5 pledged delegates, plus the remaining unpledged delegate, were selected at the Vermont Democratic Party's National Convention Delegate Meeting on June 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 805]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199348-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nOn February 24, 2008, polls showed Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. Hillary Clinton by an average margin of 24% (57% to 33%), with 10% Not Sure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199349-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Vermont Republican presidential primary took place on March 4, 2008. Arizona Senator John McCain was the winner of the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199349-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont Republican presidential primary, Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199350-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont elections\nThe Vermont Election in 2008 consisted of elections for federal, state, and local elections. All state offices are for two years; all terms expired in 2008. Elections included the gubernatorial, all state offices, including all state senators and representatives, the federal Congress and the presidential. There was no federal Senate seat open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199350-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont elections\nA primary election in August determined which candidates parties would choose to run in the general election in November. An earlier \"primary\" selected Vermont's choices for candidates for president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199350-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont elections, Turnout\n72% of the voters, 327,301, turned out for the general election. This was the highest percentage, so far, in the 21st century. A record 26% of young voters turned out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199350-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont elections, Polls\nOn February 24, 2008, polls showed Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. Hillary Clinton by an average margin of 24% (57% to 33%), with 10% Not Sure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199350-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont elections, Republican Party Results\n* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199351-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vermont gubernatorial election\nThe 2008  Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Douglas won re-election to a fourth term. The gubernatorial primary took place on September 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199352-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Victoria Cup\nThe 2008 Victoria Cup was the first edition of the Victoria Cup challenge, played on October 1, 2008, between the 2008 European Champions Cup winners, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), at the PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland. The game was played under IIHF rules. The Rangers won the challenge as they battled from a 3\u20130 deficit to win the game 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199352-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Victoria Cup\nThe match was preceded on September 30, 2008, by an exhibition between host SC Bern and the New York Rangers, meant to commemorate the centennial of the Swiss Ice Hockey Association. However the additional game, the first ever between a Swiss team and an NHL team, ended up competing with the main event at the box office. With tickets steeply priced, neither game sold out and a number of Swiss fans favored the SC Bern game, which drew a significantly larger audience (16,022) than the actual Victoria Cup game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199352-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Victoria Cup\nThe New York Rangers defeated SC Bern in this game 8\u20131. The Rangers followed the Victoria Cup game with two NHL regular season games against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 4 and 5 at the O2 Arena. Both games were won 2\u20131 by the Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199352-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Victoria Cup, Game description\nThe goalies in the game were Henrik Lundqvist for the New York Rangers and Andrei Mezin for Metallurg Magnitogorsk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199352-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Victoria Cup, Game description\nAt 1:28 of the first period, Metallurg's Denis Platonov scored a goal past Lundqvist to give them the lead. With 18:07 gone in the first, with the Rangers' Paul Mara in the box for holding, Vladimir Malenkikh made it 2\u20130 for Magnitogorsk on the power-play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199352-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Victoria Cup, Game description\nIn the second period, Nikolai Zavarukhin scored another power-play goal at 30:20 to give Magnitogorsk a 3\u20130 lead over New York, this time with Petr Prucha in the box for holding. Late in the second, Metallurg ran into penalty trouble as Alexei Kaigorodov and Zavarukhin found their way to the box for holding. The two-man power-play led to a goal at 39:37 for Chris Drury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199352-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Victoria Cup, Game description\nIn the third, penalty troubles continued to plague Magnitogorsk. At 45:45 Dan Fritsche scored for the Rangers to make the score 3\u20132. Then, with Metallurg's Stanislav Chistov in the penalty box for hooking, Drury scored his second power play goal of the game at 50:13 . With the score tied 3\u20133, the Rangers were badly outshooting Metallurg. In the last minute, Ryan Callahan picked off a sloppy pass by defenseman Vladimir Malenkikh at Metallurg's blue line and came in alone on goalie Mezin. In a \"shoot-out move\", he faked a backhand shot, switched to his forehand and managed to wrap the puck around Mezin's outstretched right leg for the game-winning goal at 59:40.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199352-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Victoria Cup, Game description\nLundqvist stopped 22 of 25 shots for the win, while Mezin stopped 40 of 44 shots for Magnitogorsk. According to Lundqvist, \"I think we should have won the game, and we did. I think we were the better team. They got some easy goals the first period and made it tough on us. That's on me, but the way we came back in this game was great to see. I think we learned a lot. It gave us confidence moving forward, and now we don't have to hear about it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199352-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Victoria Cup, Game description\nThe Victoria Cup Trophy was accepted on behalf of the team by Nikolai Zherdev and Dmitri Kalinin, the two Russian players on the Rangers. The Rangers received $1,000,000 for their victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199352-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Victoria Cup, Ren\u00e9 Fasel of IIHF\nWe agreed that the Rangers would be the optimal club to represent the NHL in the first Victoria Cup, The Rangers were the first ever NHL club to play against a European team when they met CSKA Moscow in New York on December 28, 1975. They have been one of the NHL teams that have most often shown enthusiasm to go overseas and there is no doubt that many Europeans fans will have no problems identifying with the heavy international presence that the club has. But first and foremost, the New York Rangers are one of the most identifiable clubs in all of hockey and professional sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199352-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Victoria Cup, Ren\u00e9 Fasel of IIHF\nOut of several choices we worked with, in the end nobody had the credentials of SC Bern and its arena. SC Bern is one of the best-organised hockey clubs in Europe, they are in a successful phase and their fans are maybe the best in the world. Of the many options we had to consider for the Victoria Cup, we felt Bern had earned the right to host this inaugural event because of its devoted fan support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199353-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Victorian Premier League\nThe 2008 Victorian Premier League (also known as the 2008 Foxtel Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 97th season of top-tier football in Victoria. It began on 15 February 2008 and ended on 21 September 2008. Preston Lions was the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199354-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Victory Bowl\nThe 2008 Victory Bowl is a college football post-season bowl game. The game was played on November 21, 2008 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Malone Pioneers from the NAIA played against NCAA Division III Northwestern Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199354-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Victory Bowl\nMalone failed to defend their title as the 2007 Victory Bowl winners on their third consecutive trip to the bowl. Northwestern's win was their second Victory Bowl championship and fourth appearance in the game's twelve-year history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199354-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Victory Bowl, Game summary\nNorthwestern and Malone University scored a combined 93 points as the Eagles from Northwestern claimed a 49\u201344 win. The contest was closely competed and it was not until under a minute remaining was the game\u2019s outcome decided. Malone held a 28\u201314 lead midway through the second quarter,  but after that the point differential remained within seven points or less until Northwestern\u2019s Ty Crabtree ran an interception 50 yards for the Eagles\u2019 final score of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199355-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Victory Shield\nThe Victory Shield 2008 is the 63rd edition of the Victory Shield, an annual football tournament that began in 1925 and is competed for by the Under 16 level teams of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. It was held from 3 October to 29 November 2008 and won by England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199356-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vietnam floods\nThe 2008 Vietnam floods affected north and central Vietnam, as well as southern parts of the People's Republic of China after three days of heavy raining. The rainfall, which began October 30, is the heaviest in 24 years, a state meteorological official told the Vietnam News Agency, and were the worst floods in Hanoi since 1984. At least 66 in Vietnam and 34 in China have been killed because of the flooding. Overall, 15,000 families evacuated their homes, and almost 100 schools, 100,000 houses, 241,000 hectares of crops, and 25,400 hectares of fish farms were submerged or damaged in the floodwaters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199356-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vietnam floods, Vietnam\nThe floods killed a total of 66 people in Vietnam. In Hanoi, 20, including 3 children, were found dead after 13 more bodies were recovered. Up to one meter of water flooded the city's streets, and transportation was halted. Food prices, especially those of meat and vegetables, reached exorbitant highs in the city, as the rains ruined many crops. Schools were closed on November 3, and damage in Hanoi exceeded 3 trillion Vietnamese \u0111\u1ed3ng ($US 177 million).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199356-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vietnam floods, Vietnam\nElsewhere in Vietnam, 10 people, including 4 children were killed in Ngh\u1ec7 An Province from the floods. 17 were killed in H\u00e0 T\u0129nh Province, 4 each in Qu\u1ea3ng Ng\u00e3i Province and Qu\u1ea3ng B\u00ecnh Province, 3 in B\u1eafc Giang Province, 2 each in H\u00f2a B\u00ecnh Province, Th\u00e1i Nguy\u00ean Province, and V\u0129nh Ph\u00fac Province, and 1 each in Ninh B\u00ecnh Province, Ph\u00fa Th\u1ecd Province, Qu\u1ea3ng Nam Province, and Ph\u00fa Y\u00ean Province. In addition water levels on the C\u1ea3 River, Hoang Long, the upper Ma River were very high.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199356-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Vietnam floods, Vietnam\nThe Vietnamese Army and Vietnamese Red Cross using boats and amphibious Military vehicles to rescue survivors. Military helicopters delivered food and water supplies to residents of flooded villages cut off by the floods. Most roads leading to these areas had been washed away. 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers led rescue work, searching for bodies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199356-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vietnam floods, China\nThe heavy rains affected southern parts of the People's Republic of China as well, causing mudslides and floods, and killing a total of 34 there. Yunnan Province was hit the hardest, where 26 were killed and 45 remain missing. 8 were killed in Pingguo, Guangxi. Overall, 410,000 were affected in China, and 3,200 homes there were damaged or destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199357-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vietnamese Cup\nThe 2008 Vietnamese National Cup (known as the Bamboo Airways National Cup for sponsorship reasons) season is the 16th edition of the Vietnamese Cup, the football knockout competition of Vietnam organized by the Vietnam Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199357-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vietnamese Cup, Pre-classified\nFive teams did not play in the first round, and were automatically qualified for the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199358-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Villa Canales bus disaster\nThe 2008 Villa Canales bus disaster occurred in the municipality of Villa Canales, Guatemala on 29 February 2008, at 19:15 local time. A passenger bus from Transportes Cubanita, with 79 people on board, crashed into a 10-meter ravine after missing a sharp bend in the road connecting Villa Canales to Barberena. 54 people died and another 25 were wounded in the accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199359-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vilnius NATO meeting\nThe 2008 Vilnius NATO meeting was an informal, two-day meeting of Defense Ministers of NATO nations held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from February 7 until February 8, 2008. The most important topics discussed were the War in Afghanistan, the possible admission into NATO of Ukraine, and the relationship with Russia. The meeting was a warm-up for the 20th NATO summit in April, held in Bucharest, Romania. Lithuanian officials say it was the biggest meeting of its kind ever held in Vilnius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games\nThe 2008 Vintage Yachting Games was the first post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for discontinued Olympic classes. The event took place on the IJsselmeer of Medemblik, the Netherlands, from 20 September to 27 September 2008. A total of 66 sailors in 47 boats from 17 countries showed up to compete in six Vintage Yachting Classes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Prologue, Bid process\nSince the idea of the Vintage Yachting Games originated from the Netherlands and also the key project team members were living there, it was an easy step to organize this event the first time nearby. So there was no formal bid process. The city of Medemblik is since the early 1960s the main capital of the Dutch Olympic sailing community. The IJsselmeer of the coast of Medemblik offers mostly fair conditions for racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Prologue, Bid process\nThe Royal Yacht Club Hollandia, the primary race organizer in Medemblik, however turned down the request of the Vintage Yachting Games Organization to act as the host club. A perfect alternative was found  in the experienced Surf, Zeil & Watersportvereniging Uitdam and one of its founders Frans Bolweg. With Uitdam the Vintage Yachting Games Organization was ensured form a very professional host club with also many years of experience at the waters near the Medemblik coast. Uitdam co-organized for many years the successful SPA-regatta (currently Holland-regatta or Delta Lloyd Regatta).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Prologue, Kick-off and preparation\nIn order to realize the first edition of the Vintage Yachting Games in time and with the proper quality, a project team was put together with competence in areas. Besides the Vintage Yachting Games Organizations board, the project team consisted of Frouk Segaar (Race management), Lydia Verduyn (Fundraising), Peter Hoekstra, Mireille Zeeman and Martijn van der Driest (Ceremonies), Menno Meyer (Jury), Robin Segaar (Measurement) and Frans Bolweg (Host club).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Prologue, Kick-off and preparation\nThe two main issues of the project team was confronted with were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Prologue, Kick-off and preparation\nBoth issues were emphasized by the fact that this was the first time ever of such an event. Finally issues were resolved in time by the project team so that the quality of the event was according to the required level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Prologue, Costs\nThe financial strategy of the project team was that it must be able to organize a minimum event with high quality and finance it with the income of the entry fees. Funds and materials from sponsoring would be used to add quality elements to the event so that the sailors would get more value for money and the sponsors had more exposure a shore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Prologue, Costs\nThe total cost of the event was approximately \u20ac40.000. Because at the last moment there was quite a significant number of no-shows, the project team successfully adjusted the purchase of social events, and some sponsors contributed extra so that the financial aspect of the event stayed (just) in the black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Vintage, Venues\nThe Regatta Center in Medemblik offers suitable logistic and facilities for the organization of large International sailing events. The waters in front of the Regatta Center are capable for laying out several course areas. For the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games two course areas were used to cater for the Vintage Yachting Classes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Vintage, Wind conditions\nThe Netherlands in general and the northern part of the IJsselmeer in special has a typical sea climate. The wind is typically gradient driven. In the summer when there is a low tide in the afternoon on the Wadden Sea a sea breeze can develop from the north off the coast of Medemblik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Vintage, Wind conditions\nIn September the temperature can vary from 10-30\u00a0\u00b0C. Occasionally a thunderstorm can develop in the afternoon or evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Vintage, Calendar\nThe program of the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Vintage, Measurement\nMeasurement during the Vintage Yachting Games was limited to safety equipment of the competing boats. The boats Flying Dutchman and Europe class were weighed and checked. The remaining sails, rigging and boats were just \"stamped\". No major measurement issues were found.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Vintage, Opening ceremony\n8 Metre \"Varg\" acting as the vessel of the Admiral.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Vintage, Closing ceremony\nThe closing ceremony started with the Vintage InterPares race in the 12\u2019 Dinghies. This was followed by the prize giving. The prizes were handed out by the representatives of the International Class Organizations. During the closing of the event Rudy den Outer thanked the city of Medemblik for her cooperation. He also announced that \u201cMultilario\u201d, will be the host of the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games. After that the Vintage flag was received from the mayor of Medemblik, Theo van Eijk by the Project manager of the 2012 Edition of the Vintage Yachting Games: Pietro Adamoli. This next edition will be organized at Lake Como.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Vintage, Media coverage\nThe official photographer of the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games was Marc van Oers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Vintage, Media coverage\nThe event was covered by the media in several ways:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Sailing\nRaces in all events were sailed in a fleet racing format of seven scheduled races. The contestants raced around a course in one group, and each boat earned a score equal conform the bonus point system. The five best scores for each boat were summed up for the overall score. On Saturday 27 September the wind conditions did not allowed a valid race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Sailing, Reports per event\nPer class separate pages reporting the facts are available (see the details section per class in the medals table).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199360-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games, Sailing, Report Vintage InterPares race\nBy crossing colored ribbon Szabolcs Majthenyi, the responsible person of the victorious Hungarian Flying Dutchman, won the Vintage InterPares race 2008. In this race all winners of the Vintage Yachting Games meet each other in a battle between the classes. This race is held in the 12\u2019 Dinghy, an Olympic class in 1920 and 1928. This class is still very active in 10 countries including The Netherlands, Italy and Japan. For privacy reasons the rest of the finishing order will remain a secret. The International Flying Dutchman class was \u201cTHE\u201d Vintage Yachting Class till 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199361-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Dragon\nThe Dragon was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer,  Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 36 sailors, on 12 boats, from 10 nations entered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199361-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Dragon, Venue overview, Race area and Course\nApproximately 2 nautical miles of the coast of Medemblik two course areas (orange and yellow) were used for the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199361-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Dragon, Venue overview, Race area and Course\nFor the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games four different courses were available. The Dragon could use only course 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199361-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Dragon, Venue overview, Wind conditions\nDuring the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games the sailors experienced the following weather conditions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199361-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Dragon, Races, Summary\nIn the Dragon at race area Yellow only six races could be completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199361-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Dragon, Races, Summary\nClose competition in the Dragon for the first three positions. Specially when the team of Gordon Ingate, Keith Musto and David Giles (AUS) turned out to be heavy weight specialist on the second day with two wins. The last two races were dominated by the Dutch team of Reinier Wissenraet, Gijs Evers en Marc Reijnhoudt wo took the gold in at the end. The Australians dropped back to third due to the consistent sailing of the British team of Gavia Wilkinson-Cox, Ron Rosenberg and Jon Mortimer who took the silver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199361-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Dragon, Races, Victors\nReinier Wissenraet (l),Gijs Evers (m) andPim ten Harmsen van der Beek (r)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199362-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Europe Female\nThe Europe Female was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 10 sailors, on 10 boats, from 6 nations entered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199362-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Europe Female, Venue overview, Race area and Course\nApproximately 2 nautical miles of the coast of Medemblik two course areas (orange and yellow) were used for the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199362-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Europe Female, Venue overview, Race area and Course\nFor the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games four different courses were available. The Europe Female could only use course 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199362-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Europe Female, Venue overview, Wind conditions\nDuring the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games the sailors experienced the following weather conditions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199362-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Europe Female, Races, Summary\nIn the Europe Female at race area Orange only six races could be completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199362-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Europe Female, Races, Summary\nBy the female participants, Svenja Puls, Germany, got a major lead of 15 points, with four wins out of six races, over her opponent Silvia Zennaro from Italy. Elisabet Llargu\u00e9s Masachs from Spain took the bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199363-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Europe Male\nThe Europe Male was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 9 sailors, on 9 boats, from 5 nations entered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 244]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00199363-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Europe Male, Venue overview, Race area and Course\nFor the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games four different courses were available. The Europe Male could only use course 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199363-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Europe Male, Venue overview, Wind conditions\nDuring the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games the sailors experienced the following weather conditions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199363-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Europe Male, Races, Summary\nIn the Europe Male at race area Orange only six races could be completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199363-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Europe Male, Races, Summary\nBy the male participants, Thomas Ribeaud, France, got a major lead of over 16 points over his opponent Marc Paris Gilbert from Spain. Arne Berg from Germany took the bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199364-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Flying Dutchman\nThe Flying Dutchman was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 28 sailors, on 14 boats, from 10 nations entered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 255]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00199364-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Flying Dutchman, Venue overview, Race area and Course\nFor the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games four different courses were available. The Flying Dutchman could only use course 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199364-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Flying Dutchman, Venue overview, Wind conditions\nDuring the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games the sailors experienced the following weather conditions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 78], "content_span": [79, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199364-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Flying Dutchman, Races, Summary\nIn the Flying Dutchman at race area Yellow only six races could be completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199364-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Flying Dutchman, Races, Summary\nIn the Flying Dutchman it was a massive victory for the team of Szabolcs Majthenyi, at the helm, and Andras Domokos representing Hungary. With only first places! Silver was for the German team of Kilian Koenig and Johannes Brack. In third place came the second German team of Kai Sch\u00e4fers and Marcus Landgrebe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199365-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 O-Jolle\nThe O-Jolle was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled races were completed. 9 sailors, on 9 boats, from 2 nations entered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199365-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 O-Jolle, Venue overview, Race area and Course\nApproximately 2 nautical miles of the coast of Medemblik two course areas (orange and yellow) were used for the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199365-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 O-Jolle, Venue overview, Race area and Course\nFor the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games four different courses were available. The O-Jolle could only use course 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 202]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00199365-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 O-Jolle, Races, Summary\nIn the O-Jolle at race area Orange only six races could be completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199365-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 O-Jolle, Races, Summary\nThe battle for gold was severe between Henman van Eijk en Max Blom. Almost after each race the positions reversed. In the end Max took the series wit only 0.3 point to spare. Jan Krol became third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199366-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Soling\nThe Soling was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 36 sailors, on 12 boats, from 10 nations entered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 237]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00199366-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Soling, Venue overview, Race area and Course\nFor the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games, four different courses were available. The Soling could use course 4 and course 3 (above windspeeds of 14kn).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 236]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00199366-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Soling, Races, Summary\nIn the Soling at race area Yellow, only six races could be completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199366-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Soling, Races, Summary\nAlthough the early start of the second race the consistent performance of the team of Rudy den Outer, Leo Determan and Ronald den Arend made sure they won the series. The team of former Soling World champion Steven Bakker with Sven/Dick Coster and Joost Houweling took the silver before the German team of Holger Weichert, Laurent Scheel, and Martin Setzkorn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199366-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Soling, Races, Results\nLegend: DNC \u2013 Did not come to the starting area; DNF \u2013 Did not finish; DNS \u2013 Did not start; DSQ \u2013 Disqualified; OCS \u2013 On the course side of the starting line; RET \u2013 Retired;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199366-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Vintage Yachting Games \u2013 Soling, Races, Victors\nRudy den Outer (l),Leo Determan (m) andRonald den Arend (r)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199367-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Cavaliers football team\nThe 2008 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was Virginia's 55th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Cavaliers were led by head coach Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199367-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Preseason\nThe 2008 preseason began in early January, with the loss of starting quarterback Jameel Sewell due to academic ineligibility as well as three other players who were not enrolled for the Spring 2008 semester; junior cornerback Chris Cook, freshman wide receiver Chris Dalton and freshman linebacker Darnell Carter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199367-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Preseason\nIn February 2008, defensive back Mike Brown was arrested by UVa police and charged with one count each of grand larceny, possession of stolen property with intent to sell, altering serial numbers, and possession of marijuana. Al Groh said of the situation, \"At this time we are currently gathering the facts. In view of the nature of the allegation, Mike Brown is not participating with the program at this time.\" Also in February, defensive end Jeffery Fitzgerald left the school, and subsequently the team, after allegations of honor code violations; the university stating that, \"Fitzgerald is no longer enrolled and will never play again for the 'Hoos.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199367-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Peter Lalich controversy\nOn July 24, 2008, Peter Lalich, quarterback, was charged with unlawful purchase and possession of alcohol, a misdemeanor. Coach Groh would not comment on the charge, and stated that any disciplinary action would be dealt with internally, within the team. Lalich's case has been continued until July 21, 2009, at which point his charges will be dropped should he avoid further trouble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199367-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Peter Lalich controversy\nOn September 5, 2008, it was reported that Lalich had admitted to court officials that he had used marijuana and alcohol while on supervised probation. The voluntary admission came during a regular probation interview with officials from the office of Offender Aid and Restoration/Virginia Alcohol Safety Program. He is scheduled for a hearing on September 26. On September 10, 2008 it was announced through a statement from Virginia's sports information office that Lalich would not be starting in the September 13 game against the University of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199367-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Peter Lalich controversy\nOn Thursday, September 18, Lalich admitted that he had violated the terms of his probation. Later the same day, he was dismissed from the Cavalier football team. In a statement, UVA Athletic Director Craig Littlepage said, \"We have supported Peter, but believe today a point has been reached where it\u2019s best for all concerned that [Peter] no longer participate on the team. This is my decision, and it has support of head football coach Al Groh. We wish Peter the best in the future.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199367-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe No. 3 ranked Trojans scored three touchdowns in the first quarter to beat the Cavaliers to win the first game of the season. USC quarterback Mark Sanchez threw for 338 yards, CJ Gable ran for 73 yards, and Ronald Johnson had 78 yards in receiving. The second half was all USC, with UVA turning over the ball three times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199368-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Virginia Democratic presidential primary took place on February 12, 2008, an election day nicknamed the \"Potomac Primary\" because the District of Columbia and Maryland also held Democratic primaries. The Virginia Democratic primary was an open primary, and was competitive for the first time since 1988. Barack Obama won the primary, as he did the other Potomac contests that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199368-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Candidates\nSix national candidates appeared on the ballot in the Virginia primary. However, all but Obama and Hillary Clinton had withdrawn prior to the primary on February 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199368-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Background\nThe prior week, Barack Obama had beaten Hillary Clinton in Nebraska (68%-32%), in Washington (68%-31%)  and in Louisiana (57%-36%)  by large margins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199368-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Background\nThe Clinton Campaign looked towards the primary in Virginia as well as those in Maryland and Washington, D.C. which were held on the same day. Though Hillary Clinton spent more resources in the Maryland Primary, she also campaigned in Virginia, particularly in Northern Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199368-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Background, Strategy\nThe Barack Obama campaign divided Virginia into 4 regions in which to campaign: Northern Virginia, Richmond, Charlottesville, and the Tidewater region in the southeast. He was expected to do well with affluent and independent voters, as well as with African-American voters, who could total 25% of the vote on primary day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199368-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Background, Strategy\nThe Hillary Clinton campaign said it would focus its efforts on Prince William and Loudoun counties, especially older white professional women, and also in the unemployment plagued Southwest Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199368-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Polling\nBarack Obama had a significant lead over Hillary Clinton in final polling throughout the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199369-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Virginia Republican presidential primary took place on February 12, 2008. This was an open primary with 63 delegates (60 pledged delegates) at stake in a winner take all format. The District of Columbia and Maryland both held primaries on the same day, referred to as the \"Potomac primary\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199369-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Republican presidential primary\nJohn McCain won the primary, receiving all of Virginia's delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team\nThe 2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer. Prior to the season, the Hokies were expected to be in a rebuilding mode, recovering after the graduation of several key players. Despite that fact, Tech was picked to win the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division in the annual preseason poll of media covering the ACC. The Hokies were ranked the No. 15 team in the country at the start of the season, but suffered an upset loss to East Carolina in their first game. Tech recovered, however, and won five consecutive games following the loss, the ACC Championship, and the Orange Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 783]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Preseason\nDuring the 2007 college football season, Virginia Tech accumulated an 11\u20133 record that ended with a 21\u201324 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks in the 2008 Orange Bowl. The Hokies also won the 2007 ACC football championship, but were not predicted to repeat that success in 2008. In the annual preseason football poll of media covering ACC football, Tech was picked second in the conference, behind the Clemson Tigers. The Hokies were picked to finish first in the ACC's Coastal Division, but lose to Clemson in the ACC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Preseason\nThe reason for that second-place prediction was the loss of several key players from Tech's ACC-champion 2007 team. Virginia Tech lost its top four receivers, its leading rusher, and seven starters from a defense that ranked fourth nationally in total defense. Eight players from the 2007 team were taken in the 2008 NFL Draft, and Tech's 2008 team featured just 10 players who started during the previous season. Making matters more difficult for Virginia Tech, the Hokies suffered several preseason injuries and multiple players were kicked off the team for disciplinary reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Preseason\nOn August 26, Tech head coach Frank Beamer announced his intention to redshirt backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor, keeping him in reserve for the 2008 season. Following Virginia Tech's loss to East Carolina in the first game of the season, however, Beamer removed the redshirt and Taylor played in Tech's second game in the season. After he proved successful in that game, Taylor was named the team's starting quarterback for the remainder of the season, supplanting first-game starter Sean Glennon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nThe Virginia Tech Hokies' first game of the season also was its first loss of the season. In a neutral-site game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, Tech was upset 27\u201322 by the East Carolina Pirates. East Carolina, members of Conference USA, became the first team from that conference to win a game against a Bowl Championship Series member school since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nThe game got off to a slow start, as neither team scored in the first quarter. With 12:19 remaining before halftime, however, Virginia Tech scored the first points of the game with a 30-yard fumble return by defender Ryan Barnett #40 FR. out of Sulphur, Louisiana. Four minutes later, Virginia Tech's offense also scored, extending the Hokies' lead to 14\u20130. East Carolina answered with a touchdown before halftime, but Virginia Tech led 14\u20137 at the beginning of the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nThe Pirates' offense scored another touchdown with 10:05 remaining in the third quarter, but the extra point kick was blocked and returned for a defensive score by Tech's Stephan Virgil. If the extra point had been successful, the teams would have been tied at 14 points apiece. Instead, Virginia Tech kept a 16\u201313 lead, which it retained through the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter, Tech's offense extended the Hokies' lead to 22\u201313 with a touchdown. The extra point kick was missed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nBoth teams were held scoreless for the next ten minutes before East Carolina's Patrick Pinkney ran three yards for a touchdown. The score and extra point cut the Hokies' lead to 22\u201320 with less than four minutes remaining in the game. Tech attempted to run out the clock, but East Carolina's defense forced the Hokies to punt. The kick was blocked, however, and East Carolina's T.J. Lee returned the loose ball for a game-winning touchdown. With the limited time remaining in the game, Tech was unable to answer the touchdown, and East Carolina clinched a 27\u201322 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, Furman\nVirginia Tech's second game of the season came against the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) Furman Paladins at Virginia Tech's home stadium, Lane Stadium, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Despite the loss to East Carolina, Tech came into its home opener heavily favored and lived up to that expectation by beating the Paladins, 24\u20137. For the game, Virginia Tech wore a throwback uniform honoring former Tech coaches Jerry Claiborne, Charlie Coffey, Jimmy Sharpe and Bill Dooley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, Furman\nThe Hokies used backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor alongside starter Sean Glennon beginning with the fifth play of the game. Despite that change in offensive strategy, the Hokies were held scoreless in the first quarter. Tech's defense also held firm, and kept Furman from scoring in the first quarter as well. In the second quarter, both teams were again held scoreless until just 29 seconds before halftime, when Virginia Tech placekicker Dustin Keys kicked a field goal for the Hokies, giving them a 3\u20130 lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, Furman\nIn the third quarter, Virginia Tech's offense finally hit its stride. With 8:41 remaining in the quarter, Sean Glennon completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to running back Kenny Lewis, Jr., giving the Hokies a 10\u20130 lead after the extra point. Tech added two more touchdowns before the end of the quarter, making the game 24\u20130 with one quarter remaining. The Paladins scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter, closing the gap to 24\u20137 and avoiding a shutout, but were unable to further catch up to the Hokies. Tech earned its first win of the season, bringing its overall season record to 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nThe Hokies' third game of the season also was their first Atlantic Coast Conference game of the season as Virginia Tech faced Georgia Tech at Lane Stadium. Tyrod Taylor, who had been the Hokies' backup quarterback at the beginning of the season, started the game and did not relinquish his position. Tech fell behind 3\u20130 in the first quarter, but took a lead in the second quarter that they did not relinquish through the rest of the game, winning 20\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nIn the game's first quarter, Virginia Tech was held scoreless while Georgia Tech took a 3\u20130 lead with a 32-yard field goal by kicker Scott Blair. Early in the second quarter, Tech answered the score by taking the lead with an eight-yard touchdown run by freshman tailback Darren Evans, who finished the game with 19 carries for 94 yards and the lone touchdown. Georgia Tech answered with a touchdown that came from a 41-yard pass to Roddy Jones. The extra point was blocked, but the Yellow Jackets still held a 9\u20137 lead with 3:44 remaining in the first half. Virginia Tech's offense answered quickly, however, mounting a drive that resulted in a Tyrod Taylor rushing touchdown with just 10 seconds before halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 784]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199370-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nThe Hokies entered the second half with a 14\u20139 lead and maintained that margin through the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter, Tech extended its lead to 17\u20139 with a field goal by Dustin Keys. Four minutes of game time later, Georgia Tech's Josh Nesbitt ran 18 yards for a touchdown. Instead of kicking an extra point, the Yellow Jackets attempted a two-point conversion and were successful, tying the game at 17\u201317 with 9:28 remaining. From that point, both teams' defenses dominated the course of play, and only Virginia Tech, with a 21-yard field goal from Keys, was able to score. That field goal was the margin of victory, and the Hokies edged the Yellow Jackets, 20\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections\nIn 2008, Virginia, for the first time since 1964, cast its electoral college presidential votes for a Democrat, Barack Obama. It also elected a United States Senator, members of the United States House of Representatives, and local officers such as county board and school board members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Republican candidate selections and activities\nOn February 12, 2008, a Presidential primary decided which candidate would receive Virginia's delegates to the 2008 National convention. The results were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Republican candidate selections and activities\nIn a second step, city and county caucuses elected delegates to Congressional District and the State Conventions. The third step was a series of Congressional District conventions held in late April and early May 2008; they elected some of Virginia's delegates to the Republican National Convention. The Republican State Convention (Richmond, Virginia May 30\u201331, 2008) chose the Republican Senate nominee, twenty-seven (27) delegates, and twenty-seven (27) alternatedelegates at large to the 2008 Republican National Convention. Since the Republican primary is winner-take-all, all National Convention delegates must vote for John McCain on the first ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Republican candidate selections and activities\nThe main issues for State Convention delegates was their preference for party chairman and U.S. Senate nominee. James S. Gilmore secured the Senate nomination over Robert G. Marshall by 70 votes out of 10,378. Although Gilmore outspent Marshall by more than 8 to 1, a coalition of Pro-life activists, libertarians and some moderates from Northern Virginia almost succeeded in nominating Marshall. Later in the day, that coalition elected Delegate Jeffrey M. Frederick as state party chair over incumbent John H. Hager (Jenna Bush's father-in-law).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Republican candidate selections and activities\nThe Eighth and Tenth Congressional districts chose their congressional candidates in primary elections June 10, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Republican candidate selections and activities\nIn October 2008, Virginia's Republican Party chairman Jeffrey M. Frederick compared Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden because of his association with Bill Ayers. Both had friends who bombed buildings in the United States. A McCain spokeswoman complained Frederick's remarks were \"not appropriate.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Republican candidate selections and activities\nOn November 3, 2008, the Virginia Republican Party charged that local election officials had mailed absentee ballots ten days late to military members overseas. Its lawsuit sought to modify the rule which requires all absentee votes to be received by the time that the polls close in order to give overseas absentee voters and additional 10 days to return their ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Republican candidate selections and activities\nFor 2008, the Republican Party of Virginia raised $489,024 compared with $2,200,851 for the Democratic party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Democratic candidate selections\nThe 2008 Presidential Preference Primary was held on February 12, 2008. Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson all turned in enough signatures to the Virginia State Board of Elections to qualify to run in the Commonwealth. Chris Dodd did not file with the State Board of Elections by the December 14, 5:00\u00a0pm deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Democratic candidate selections\nDelegates to the 2008 National Convention were selected in proportion to the votes gained in the primary. The results of the primary are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Democratic candidate selections\nEach city or county held a caucus to elect delegates to the state convention in proportion to the primary results during the third week of April. The Democratic Party of Virginia will send 103 delegates and 14 alternates to the national convention in Denver, Colorado. Eighteen of the 103 delegates were automatically allocated to party leaders. In May 2008, 54 delegates and 11 alternates were elected at Congressional District Conventions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Democratic candidate selections\nAn additional 20 at large delegates, 11 party leader and elected official delegates, and 3 alternates were elected at the Virginia State Democratic Convention on June 14, 2008, in Hampton, Virginia. The allocation of delegates between the two candidates which received at least 15% of the vote, based on the primary results, are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Democratic candidate selections\nIn the November 4, 2008 General Election, the Barack Obama / Joe Biden ticket carried the state with 1,897,941 (52.21%) to 1,699,428 (46.75%). Thirty-two percent of that margin came from Arlington County in Northern Virginia. Democrat Mark Warner also defeated former Governor James Gilmore for the United States Senate 2,302,480 (64.69%) to 1,211,654 (34.04%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199371-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Virginia elections, Democratic candidate selections\nFor 2008, the Democratic Party of Virginia raised $2,200,851 compared with $489,024 for the Republican party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199372-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Viva World Cup\nThe 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle F\u00e9d\u00e9ration-Board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199372-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Viva World Cup\nThe defending champions and hosts were S\u00e1pmi. The competition, organized by the Sami people, took place from 7 to 13 July, in G\u00e4llivare, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199372-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Viva World Cup, Qualification\nDue to the inaugural status of this tournament, applicants were admitted to the tournament without a qualification process. As an untested tournament the scheduling doesn't meet the organizational capacity of a billion dollar organization like FIFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199372-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Viva World Cup, Venues\nAs a small tournament, like its European counterpart in Europeada 2008, this VIVA World Cup was not expected to bring in the numbers and financial support of UEFA Euro 2008 earlier this summer; the stadia venues are thus rather small.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199372-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Viva World Cup, Overview\nPadania became the 2008 VIVA World Cup champions beating Arameans Suryoye in the final 2\u20130. The hosts Sapmi, after coming 4th in the group stage, ended by as a lucky 3rd after winning the last edition. The Arameans Suryoye team were the surprise of the tournament qualifying for the final at their first attempt. Iraqi Kurdistan, also debuting, finished 3rd in the group stage but lost in the 4th place play off to Sapmi. To round of the places, in a distant last position, having lost all of their group games, was Provence, a region of France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199372-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Viva World Cup, Overview\nIn the inaugural women's tournament the hosts Sapmi came through after an aggregate 16\u20131 thrashing of Iraqi Kurdistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199373-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vladikavkaz bombing\nThe 2008 Vladikavkaz bombing took place on a routed taxicab, which was unloading passengers at a market in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russia on November 6, 2008 killing 12 and injuring 41. The bombing was committed by female suicide bomber. On November 15, the attack was claimed by the Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs, a unit of the militant Caucasus Emirate group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199374-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vodacom Cup\nThe 2008 Vodacom Cup was played between 22 February and 16 May 2008 and was the 11th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. This edition of the Vodacom Cup was played between the fourteen provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199374-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vodacom Cup, Competition\nThere were fourteen teams participating in the 2008 Vodacom Cup competition. These teams were geographically divided into two sections - the Northern Section and the Southern Section \u2013 with seven teams in each section. Teams played all the teams in the other section once over the course of the season, either at home or away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199374-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vodacom Cup, Competition\nTeams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199374-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vodacom Cup, Competition\nThe top four teams in each section qualified for the play-offs. In the quarter finals, the teams that finished first in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished fourth in the other section and the teams that finished second in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished third in the other section. The winners of these quarter finals then played each other in the semi-finals, with the higher placed team having home advantage. The two semi-final winners then met in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199374-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vodacom Cup, Teams, Team Listing\nThe following teams took part in the 2008 Vodacom Cup competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199374-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vodacom Cup, Players, Player statistics\nThe following table contain points which were scored during the 2008 Vodacom Cup season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199375-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojko Herksel Cup\nThe 2008 Vojko Herksel Cup was the 3rd Vojko Herksel Cup whose groups were held which took place at several venues across ex-Yugoslavia. In the Vojko Herksel Cup played 9 teams. \u0160ibenik, a past winner of seasonal regional league, is secured directly to the final tournament, while the remaining 8 teams were divided into 3 groups, whose winners have secured the final tournament. The final tournament was held in \u0160ibenik in Hall Baldekin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199375-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojko Herksel Cup, Groups, Group B\nGroup B is played in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election\nProvincial elections were held for the unicameral Assembly of Serbia's northern Autonomous Province of Vojvodina on 11 May 2008, with a second-round to be held on 25 May 2008. They were scheduled by the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Oliver Duli\u0107 on 29 December 2007, as required per the Constitutional Law adopted by the National Assembly of Serbia on 30 September 2006 that proclaimed the new Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election\nNegotiations regarding the new electoral law in the current provincial assembly had failed. The Democratic Party (Serbia) wanted to add 12 guaranteed seats in the parliament for national minorities next to the existing 120, but the proposal didn't reach much overall support. The League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina wanted to replace the parallel voting (60 through popular vote and 60 through representative) with the more ordinary party-list proportional representation, but that would require changing the Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The present electoral law is favored by the Socialist Party of Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election\nIn the second-round, SRS, DSS-NS and SPS-PUPS decided to cooperate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Lists approved by Provincial Electoral Commission\n1. \"Za evropsku Vojvodinu, Demokratska stranka \u2013 G17 plus, Boris Tadi\u0107\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Lists approved by Provincial Electoral Commission\nThe Democratic Party and G17 Plus have formed a coalition that will go at the election under the list \"For a European Vojvodina, Democratic Party-G17 Plus, Boris Tadi\u0107\". The coalition was also joined by the Serbian Renewal Movement. If coalition gets support from voters, Bojan Pajti\u0107 will spend another mandate as the President of the Executive Council of Vojvodina (Provincial government).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Lists approved by Provincial Electoral Commission\nThe \"Together for Vojvodina - Nenad \u010canak\" alliance will stand again as in the last election in 2004, with minor changes. The alliance is formed by the several mostly regionalist political parties including League of Vojvodina Social Democrats, Democratic Vojvodina, Vojvodina Union - Vojvodina my home, Union of Socialists of Vojvodina, Vojvodinian Movement, Democratic Union of Croats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Lists approved by Provincial Electoral Commission\nCoalition from elections for Serbian parliament - Liberal Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Union and the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia - will run on Vojvodina parliamentary elections. Milivoj Vrebalov, president of Novi Be\u010dej municipality is candidate No. 1 on this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Lists approved by Provincial Electoral Commission\nAs well as on elections for Parliament of Serbia, Serbian Radical Party will run alone in race for seats of the Provincial parliament. They already offered cooperation in formation of new provincial government to DSS and SPS. Bearer of the list is Milorad Mir\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Lists approved by Provincial Electoral Commission\nThe Socialist Party of Serbia and the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia will take part in Provincial elections, with Du\u0161an Bajatovi\u0107 as list bearer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Lists approved by Provincial Electoral Commission\nThe Populist Coalition from Serbian parliamentary elections, composed by the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and New Serbia (NS) will also run together on Provincial level, with 80% of seats designated for DSS, and 20% for NS. Bearer of the list is Zoran Lon\u010dar, minister of education in former government, and the president of the Provincial council of DSS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Lists approved by Provincial Electoral Commission\nLeader of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, P\u00e1sztor Istv\u00e1n is the bearer of \"Hungarian coalition\", an alliance of all ethnic Hungarian political parties in Vojvodina, which will run together, but are expected to become post-electoral partners with pro-European coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Lists approved by Provincial Electoral Commission\nMayor of Novi Sad, Maja Gojkovi\u0107, with civic group with which she is running for Novi Sad city assembly, also takes part in Provincial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Lists approved by Provincial Electoral Commission\nIgor Kurja\u010dki, former member of League of Vojvodina Social Democrats, formed his own list that will run the electoral race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Results, First round\nThere were 1,720,818 eligible voters in the first round of the elections, by proportional system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Results, Second round\nThere were 1,720,818 registered eligible voters, voting on 1,782 voting places, on 25 May 2008, the second round of the Vojvodinian parliamentary election, by majority system. The election was watched by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199376-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Vojvodina provincial election, Results, Combined results from both rounds\nCoalition \"For a European Vojvodina\" led by Democratic Party won the 2008 election and gained absolute majority of seats in the assembly (64 of 120).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199377-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Volleyball America's Cup\nThe 2008 Volleyball America's Cup was the seventh edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by six countries from North, Central and South America. The tournament was held from September 24 to September 28, 2008 in Cuiab\u00e1, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199378-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Volleyball America's Cup squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2008 Volleyball America's Cup, held from September 24 to September 28 in Cuiab\u00e1, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199379-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Catalunya\nThe 2008 Volta a Catalunya (88th edition) road cycling race took place from May 19 to May 25, 2008 in Catalonia, Spain. Gustavo C\u00e9sar took overall victory, becoming first rider of non-ProTour team to win a ProTour race general classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199379-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Catalunya, Teams\nTwenty-two teams of up to eight riders took part. The following UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams were named to the 2008 Volta a Catalunya:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199379-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Prologue\nMay 19, 2008: Lloret de Mar to Lloret de Mar, 3.7\u00a0km (2.3\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199379-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 1\nMay 20, 2008: Riudellots de la Selva to Banyoles, 167.8\u00a0km (104.3\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199379-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 2\nMay 21, 2008: Banyoles to La Seu d'Urgell, 191.1\u00a0km (118.7\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199379-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 3\nMay 22, 2008: La Seu d'Urgell to Asc\u00f3 \"La Vostra Energia\", 217.2\u00a0km (135.0\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199379-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 4\nMay 23, 2008: Asc\u00f3 \"La Vostra Energia\" to El Vendrell, 163.5\u00a0km (101.6\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199379-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 5\nMay 24, 2008: El Vendrell to Pallej\u00e0, 163.9\u00a0km (101.8\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199379-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 6\nMay 25, 2008: Pallej\u00e0 to Barcelona, 106.2\u00a0km (66.0\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199379-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Catalunya, Individual standings\nAs of 25 May 2008, after the 2008 Volta a Catalunya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 97]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199380-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Lleida\nThe 2008 Volta a Lleida (56th edition) road cycling race took place from June 2 to June 7, 2008 in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Lars Boom took the overall victory, becoming the second rider from the Netherlands to win the general classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199380-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a Lleida, Teams and cyclists\nThe following teams were named to the 2008 Volta a Catalunya:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199381-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana\nThe 2008 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Valencian Community between 26 February and 1 March 2008. The race was won by Rub\u00e9n Plaza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo\nThe 2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo (Portuguese for International Cycling Tour of the State of S\u00e3o Paulo) is the 5th edition of a multi-day road cycling stage race held in the state of S\u00e3o Paulo. This edition features 9 stages over 1048\u00a0km, disputed from April 20 to 27, 2008. The race is a 2.2 event in the 2007-2008 UCI America Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, Classification and Bonuses\nIn this edition of the race, time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds are awarded to the top 3 riders in each stage. Time bonuses of 3, 2 and 1 seconds are awarded to the first 3 riders at each intermediary sprint point. For the points classification, the top 5 riders in each stage are awarded 10, 7, 5, 3 and 2 points, respectively. The first 3 riders at each intermediary sprint receive 5, 3 and 2 points. Climbs are classified among 4 categories. The first 3 riders at each summit are awarded points in the mountains classification according to the category:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, Classification and Bonuses\nThe team classification accounts the times of the first 3 riders of each team in each stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 87], "content_span": [88, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, Stages and Results, Stage 1: S\u00e3o Paulo\nHeld Sunday, April 20, 2008, in Aut\u00f3dromo Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace. This stage featured 20 laps in the racing circuit, for a total distance of 85.84\u00a0km. A field of 94 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 99], "content_span": [100, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, Stages and Results, Stage 2: Sorocaba to S\u00e3o Carlos\nHeld Monday, April 21, 2008. This stage was 230.2\u00a0km long. A field of 76 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 112], "content_span": [113, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, Stages and Results, Stage 3: S\u00e3o Carlos time trial\nHeld Tuesday, April 22, 2008. This stage was an 11.3\u00a0km individual time trial along the streets of S\u00e3o Carlos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 111], "content_span": [112, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, Stages and Results, Stage 4: S\u00e3o Carlos to Ribeir\u00e3o Preto\nHeld Tuesday, April 22, 2008. This stage was 93.2\u00a0km long, and was held in the afternoon, a few hours after Stage 3. A field of 95 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 118], "content_span": [119, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, Stages and Results, Stage 5: Cajuru to Campinas\nHeld Wednesday, April 23, 2008. This stage was 199.0\u00a0km long. A group of 8 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Ot\u00e1vio Bulgarelli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 108], "content_span": [109, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, Stages and Results, Stage 6: Campinas to Atibaia\nHeld Thursday, April 24, 2008. This stage was 193.0\u00a0km long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 109], "content_span": [110, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, Stages and Results, Stage 7: Atibaia to S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos\nHeld Friday, April 25, 2008. This stage was 105.6\u00a0km long, and a field of 102 riders finished with the same timeof the stage winner, Francisco Chamorro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 120], "content_span": [121, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, Stages and Results, Stage 8: S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos to Campos do Jord\u00e3o\nHeld Saturday, April 26, 2008. This mountain stage was 79\u00a0km long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 129], "content_span": [130, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199382-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, Stages and Results, Stage 9: Jundia\u00ed to S\u00e3o Paulo\nHeld Sunday, April 27, 2008. This stage was 51.5\u00a0km long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 110], "content_span": [111, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season\nThe 2008 women's road cycling season was the ninth and last season for the  Vrienden van het Platteland (UCI code: VVP) cycling team, which began as Ondernemers van Nature in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season\nEllen van Dijk became European Champion in the time trial and won the stage 2 of the 2008 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste F\u00e9minin and the prologue of 2008 Tour F\u00e9minin en Limousin. An Van Rie won the Belgian Time Trial Championships. However, the largest victories were on the track. Ellen van Dijk became World Champion in the scratch and European champion in the Women's points race and Women's scratch. At the European championships she also won two silver medals. Willy Kanis won 4 times an individual event at the Track Cycling World Cups in 2008 and together with Yvonne Hijgenaar two times the team sprint event. The team finished 19th in the 2008 UCI Team Ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Roster\nThe team had Felicia Gomez and Linn Torp as guest riders during the Tour of New Zealand and Gomez also during the Geelong Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season, January\u2013March: track cycling\nAt the begin of the year Willy Kanis, Yvonne Hijgenaar and Ellen van Dijk were active on the track. At the 3rd round of the 2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles Kanis and Hijgenaar won the team sprint. At the 4th round in Copenhagen in February Kanis won the sprint and Keirin. Ellen van Dijk and Yvonne Hijgenaar finished in the team pursuit together with Marlijn Binnendijk second in a new Dutch national record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season, January\u2013March: track cycling\nEllen van Dijk was chosen to ride the individual pursuit in the remaining two (out of four) 2007\u20132008 track cycling World Cups due to her good results at the 2007 Dutch National Track Championships. Van Dijk could, via the UCI World Ranking system, potentially earn qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games. She finished in Los Angeles and Copenhagen in fifth and fourth places respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season, January\u2013March: track cycling\nAfter finishing fifth in the individual pursuit at the World Track Championships in Manchester, Van Dijk missed out on qualification for the Olympic games; she finished 12th in the UCI World Rankings and only the first eleven riders qualified. The day after she took revenge by winning her first major senior title, the scratch race at the 2008 World Cycling Championships. With eight laps to go she attacked and rode solo to the finish line. Van Dijk finished at the World Championships in the team pursuit furthermore 6th in a new Dutch national record. At the World Championships Kanis did not win a medal and finished 4th and 5th in the women's 500 m time trial and Women's sprint, Hijgenaar finished in these disciplines 10th and 8th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 817]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season, April\u2013June: road cycling\nAt the end of April Annemiek van Vleuten finished second in the GP Stad Roeselare. Martine Bras and Ellen van Dijk were part of the national team at the Tour de l'Aude Cycliste F\u00e9minin where they won team time trial stage 2. Furthermore, Ellen van Dijk finished second in the prologue and Bras finished third in stage 7. At the same time the team rode at the Tour de Pologne Feminin where Liesbet De Vocht finished third in the general classification. An Van Rie finished third in the first stage. At the Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden in mid June, Ellen van Dijk finished second in the time trial of stage 1. In the later stages Van Dijk and the team fought for her place in the general classification. She won the youth classification and finished third overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 836]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season, July\u2013September: road and track cycling championships\nAs the Dutch national time trial champion and due to her good results in the time trials, Ellen van Dijk was selected to participate at the 2008 European Road Championships. Van Dijk became 2008 European Time Trial Champion and finished 31st in the road race. Ellen van Dijk showed again her strong time trial skills in the Tour F\u00e9minin en Limousin where she won the initial time trial stage over 4.6\u00a0km. Annemiek van Vleuten finished third, 10 seconds behind her.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 101], "content_span": [102, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season, July\u2013September: road and track cycling championships\nVan Dijk was not selected to ride the time trial at the Summer Olympics, because the course would be too heavy for her. At the National championships, An Van Rie won the Belgian National Time Trial Championships. Ellen van Dijk could not defend successfully her Dutch national time trial title and finished fourth. Annemiek van Vleuten seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 101], "content_span": [102, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season, July\u2013September: road and track cycling championships\nWilly Kanis and Yvonne Hijgenaar participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics on the track in the women's sprint. Kanis lost the bronze medal match and ended in 4th place. Hijgenaar became 11th. As the scratch world champion Ellen van Dijk also became European Track Champion in the scratch as well as in the points race in September. Van Dijk rode to the silver medal in the elite omnium and the individual pursuit events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 101], "content_span": [102, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season, July\u2013September: road and track cycling championships\nSeveral riders from the team were selected by their national federation to participate at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships to represent the country. Ellen van Dijk (20th) and An Van Rie participated in the time trial. Nikki Egyed (15th) and Liesbet De Vocht (58th) in the road race", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 101], "content_span": [102, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season, November\u2013December: track cycling\nAt the end of November Willy Kanis won on the track at the second round of the 2008\u201309 Track Cycling World Cup in Melbourne the 500m time trial and sprint and together with Yvonne Hijgenaar also the team sprint. At the 2008 Dutch National Track Championships at the end of December Kanis became three times national champion in the sprint disciplines, the 500m time trial, keirin and sprint. Also Ellen van Dijk defended her title successfully in the individual pursuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Other achievements, Dutch national records, team pursuit\nThe women's 3000 m team pursuit track cycling discipline was introduced at the 2007\u201308 track cycling season. The Dutch team including Ellen van Dijk and Yvonne Hijgenaar rode the team pursuit for the first time at Round 4 at the 2007\u201308 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Copenhagen in a time of 3:36.901 (49.792\u00a0km/h). They broke the record later that day. At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships the Dutch team including Van Dijk broke the record again in the qualifying round. This is not the current record anymore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 97], "content_span": [98, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199383-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season, UCI World Ranking\nThe team finished 19th in the UCI ranking for teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 111]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199384-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda\nThe 2008 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda was the 54th edition of the Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda cycle race and was held on 17 February to 21 February 2008. The race started in Benahav\u00eds and finished in C\u00f3rdoba. The race was won by Pablo Lastras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199385-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Asturias\nThe 2008 Vuelta a Asturias was the 52nd edition of the Vuelta a Asturias road cycling stage race, which was held from 3 May to 7 May 2008. The race started and finished in Oviedo. The race was won by Angel Vicioso of the LA\u2013MSS team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199386-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Burgos\nThe 2008 Vuelta a Burgos was the 30th edition of the Vuelta a Burgos road cycling stage race, which was held from 5 August to 9 August 2008. The race started and finished in Burgos. The race was won by Xabier Zandio of the Caisse d'Epargne team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199387-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n\nThe 2008 Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n was the 23rd edition of the Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n road cycling stage race, started on 24 March in Valsain, and concluded on 28 March in Ria\u00f1o. The race was won by Alberto Contador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199387-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Teams\nSixteen teams of up to eight riders started the race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 90]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199388-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Colombia\nThe 58th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from May 10 to May 25, 2008. Colombia's Giovanny B\u00e1ez was crowned champion after 50 hours, 25 minutes and 55 seconds or riding through the plains and mountains of Colombia. The last stage, an urban race through the streets of Cali, was won by Artur Garc\u00eda. The 27-year-old B\u00e1ez was the 33rd cyclist to win the Tour of Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nThe 2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a was the 63rd edition of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race began with a 7\u00a0km (4.3\u00a0mi) team time trial on 30 August in Granada. The Vuelta came to a close twenty-three days later with a 102.2\u00a0km (63.5\u00a0mi) flat stage, which brought the peloton into the streets of Madrid. Nineteen teams entered the race, which was won by the Spaniard Alberto Contador of Astana. Second and third respectively were the American Levi Leipheimer of Astana and the Spanish Carlos Sastre of CSC\u2013Saxo Bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nAlberto Contador first gained the race lead after the race's thirteenth stage, which contained a summit finish on the Alto de El Angliru. Contador took the lead from Euskaltel\u2013Euskadi's Egoi Mart\u00ednez, who had held the race lead for four stages. Through the first nine days of racing the race leader's golden jersey had been worn by eight different riders. The day after Contador gained the lead of the race, he attacked again and won the stage, while also expanding his lead over his competitors. Contador lost about thirty seconds to his teammate Levi Leipheimer in the stage 20 individual time trial, but together he and Levi further distanced themselves from the other general classification contenders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nContador's win at the Vuelta allowed him to become the first Spaniard - and the fifth person in the history of cycling - to win all three Grand Tours in a career. At the age of 25, Contador became the youngest person to ever win all three Grand Tours. Contador was also the third cyclist to ever win the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta in the same calendar year. In addition to the general classification, Contador also won the combination classification. In the race's other classifications, Silence\u2013Lotto's Greg Van Avermaet won the points classification and David Moncouti\u00e9 of the Cofidis team won the mountains classification. Finally, Caisse d'Epargne won the team classification, which ranked each of the nineteen teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 790]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Teams\nA total of 19 teams were invited to participate in the 2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a. Sixteen of the competing squads were UCI ProTour teams, while the other three teams were UCI Professional Continental teams. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Vuelta began with a peloton of 171 cyclists. Out of the 171 riders that started this edition of the Vuelta, a total of 131 riders made it to the finish in Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Teams\nTeam Columbia chose not participate in the race, as they withdrew their application to compete in the Vuelta in order to race the Tours of Ireland, Britain, and Missouri. While Scott\u2013American Beef - formerly known as Saunier Duval-Scott - was excluded from the event as a result of the doping cases of Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 and Leonardo Piepoli in the 2008 Tour de France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Routes and Stages\nThis edition of the Vuelta contained three time trial events, two of which were individual and one a team event. Six stages were classified as mountain stages, while two stages were deemed intermediate stages. Ten of the stages were designated as flat stages, which meant that they were primarily flat but could contain a climb or two of a lesser category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Race overview\nFor details, see 2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11 and 2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Race overview\nThe 2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a began with a short team time trial in Granada, a traditional city in the history of the Vuelta, having hosted a stage start or finish 39 previous times. Though Astana and Team CSC Saxo Bank were thought to be favorites to win this stage, the top team was Liquigas, which put their team leader Filippo Pozzato in the first golden jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Race overview\nThis set the stage for an extremely turbulent first week in terms of race leadership, as Alejandro Valverde, Daniele Bennati, Levi Leipheimer, Sylvain Chavanel, and Alessandro Ballan would all don the maillot oro between the race's beginning and Stage 7. All but Chavanel did this by virtue of stage wins - Chavanel, for his part, had been 2 seconds behind Leipheimer for the race lead after the Vuelta's first individual time trial (ITT), and took it the next day thanks to time bonuses in intermediate sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Race overview\nAfter the first rest day came the Vuelta's longest stage, said to be the queen stage, as it had many high mountain climbs and an extremely difficult climb to the finish in Andorra. As it happened, the day the stage was run was marked by consistent rain and cold temperatures, making the stage harder still. Ballan won this stage from a breakaway and took the overall lead, but he was unable to remain in contention the next day. Leipheimer, who had been in second overall, re-assumed the overall lead. In Stage 9, Leipheimer's Astana team afforded a breakaway including Egoi Mart\u00ednez sufficient time that Mart\u00ednez took the overall lead, meaning that through nine stages the race lead had only been retained from one day to the next one time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 777]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Race overview\nThe next several stages were flat, and won by sprinters and breakaways, meaning Mart\u00ednez was able to retain the overall lead for a time. Stage 13, which ended at the storied Alto de El Angliru, revealed the race's overall contenders. Alberto Contador won the stage and in so doing gained a lead over Leipheimer, Carlos Sastre, Ezequiel Mosquera, and Valverde which he would never relinquish. Contador padded this lead by winning the stage the next day, and kept it in the race's second and final ITT, where his strongest challenger was ironically his teammate Leipheimer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Race overview\nThe points classification was won by Belgian Silence\u2013Lotto rider Greg Van Avermaet, who had won Stage 9 and finished in the top ten of nine other stages. The King of the Mountains went to Cofidis' David Moncouti\u00e9, also a stage winner. The summit stage finish won by Moncouti\u00e9 as well as points gained by topping climbs at the head of the peloton in the Angliru stage proved to propel Moncouti\u00e9 into the granate jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Race overview\nThe combination classification, an award unique to the Vuelta among the Grand Tours, was won by Contador, as his first in the General Classification, second in the points classification, and third in the King of the Mountains Classification was by far the strongest combined showing by any rider. With the overall victory, Contador became the first Spaniard and fifth rider ever to complete the career sweep of the Grand Tours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification Leadership\nIn the 2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding the finishing times of the stages per cyclist, the leader received a golden jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, and the winner of the general classification is considered the winner of the Vuelta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification Leadership\nAdditionally, there was also a points classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The winner got 25 points, second place 20, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point per place less down the line, to a single point for fifteenth. In addition, some points could be won in intermediate sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification Leadership\nThere was also a mountains classification, which awarded a granate jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized, with most of the climbs being either first, second, third, or fourth category. There were also two \"special category\" climbs (equivalent to Hors Categorie in the Tour de France), the stage finishes into Andorra and the Alto de El Angliru. \"Special category\" climbs paid 30 points for the first rider over the summit, then 25, 20, 16, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1. First category climbs paid 16 points for the leader, then 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1, second category climbs 10, 7, 5, 3, 2 and 1, and third category climbs 6, 4, 2 and 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification Leadership\nFinally, there was the combination classification. This was calculated by adding the rankings in the general, points and mountains classifications; the cyclist with the lowest combined ranking was the leader in the combination classification, and received a white jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification Leadership\nThere was also a classification for teams. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per stage were added, and the team with the lowest time was leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification Leadership\nThe rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199389-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification Leadership\nIf a cyclist leads two or more competitions at the end of a stage, he receives all those jerseys. In the next stage, he can only wear one jersey, and he wears the jersey representing leadership in the most important competition (golden first, then blue, then granate, then white). The other jerseys that the cyclists owns are worn in the next stage by the second-place (or, if needed, third or fourth-place) rider in that classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nThese are the individual stages of the 2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, with Stage 1 on 30 August and Stage 11 on 10 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 1\nThe 2008 Vuelta began with a short team time trial over a perfectly flat course in the city of Granada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 1\nThe Italian Liquigas team was the unexpected winner of the team time trial. They finished in 8' 21\", more than ten seconds clear of the supposed favorites Astana and CSC\u2013Saxo Bank. Euskaltel\u2013Euskadi also finished well; the Basques were eight seconds back of Liquigas at the end, for second place, despite having the best time at the intermediate time check. Filippo Pozzato donned the first golden jersey at the head of the General classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 2\nThe first regular stage of the Vuelta included its first climb, the third category hill at Las Encebras, and featured a 25 kilometer circuit in the city of Ja\u00e9n before the finish. The cyclists took two laps of this circuit before the final finishing line. It was thought that it would ensure a sprint finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 2\nJust as he had in the Tour de France earlier in the season, Alejandro Valverde won the first regular stage of the Vuelta. The successful breakaway of the day involved Jes\u00fas Rosendo, Egoi Mart\u00ednez, Cyril Lemoine, and Mikhail Ignatiev. They held a maximum advantage of 4' 30\" on the main field, but were caught 20 kilometers before the finish. Valverde's Caisse d'Epargne teammates successfully cracked the main field on the way into Ja\u00e9n, launching attacks that kept anyone but Valverde going clear, as he did, with a 2 second advantage on the field. Thanks to that and time bonuses at the line, Valverde took the overall lead in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 3\nThis stage was gently undulating until the third category climb up San Jer\u00f3nimo, which began 26 kilometers from the finish line. It was thought that this might break up the field and keep a mass sprint from happening, which partially came true.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 3\nAndaluc\u00eda-Cajasur rider Manuel Ortega broke away from the main field almost immediately after the official start of the stage. Alone, he held a maximum advantage of over 15 minutes before the pack, paced by the race leader's team Caisse d'Epargne, began to draw him back. Their pace was extremely lax, slower than the slowest predicted team by the Vuelta's organizers, but eventually they did begin to reel Ortega in. Liquigas later came forward to set a faster pace, one that cracked about a third of the field on the way up the Alto de San Jer\u00f3nimo climb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 3\nA breakaway led by Paolo Bettini caught Ortega with 17 kilometers to go, but Bettini's breakaway itself was caught 4 kilometers in front of the line. A bunched sprint saw Tom Boonen win the stage. With bonus seconds won for second place at the line and in intermediate sprints, Daniele Bennati became the third golden jersey wearer in as many days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 4\nThis stage saw the riders leave the autonomous community of Andalusia and enter Castile-La Mancha. There were two third-category climbs along the way, but the final 60 kilometers were almost perfectly flat, and a bunched sprint finish was expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 4\nAn Andaluc\u00eda-Cajasur rider again launched a solo attack that kept him out in front of the field for most of the day. For this stage, that rider was Jos\u00e9 Antonio L\u00f3pez, who broke away at the 9 kilometer mark and attained a maximum advantage of 8' 06\" as the bunch took it easy for the first two and a half hours before finally increasing their speed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 4\nThe field was paced by the race leader's team Liquigas as well as the team of the man who won the stage the previous day and poised to do so again, Tom Boonen's Quick Step mates. L\u00f3pez held on as long as he could, and was caught at the 8 kilometers to go mark. Another classic sprint finish saw the stage victory go to race leader Daniele Bennati. A crash at the 3 kilometers to go mark fractured the field and limited the riders who could contest the finish to those already at the front of the pack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 4\nWhile a crash within the final 3 kilometers normally affords everyone involved the same finishing time as the one attained by the group they were in upon crashing, race officials later declared that this crash took place just outside 3 kilometers from the line, and all time lost by those involved would stand as time lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 5\nThe first individual time trial of the Vuelta took place on a completely flat course in Ciudad Real. It was predicted that the winner would have an average of speed of over 50\u00a0km/h.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 5\nThe early time to beat was set by Manuel Quinziato of Liquigas, blowing away the times that had come before him by more than a minute. Around an hour after Quinziato's ride, a pack of General classification favorites took the course, and the first of them, Astana's Levi Leipheimer, clocked in 33 seconds better than Quinziato, and held on to win the stage as well as the next golden jersey. The only other man to beat Quinziato on the day was something of a surprise, Sylvain Chavanel of Cofidis, who is not normally known, in international competition, for his time trialling skills. The other contenders all turned in strong rides, leaving the GC tightly bunched with the Pyrenees looming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 751]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 6\n4 September 2008 \u2013 Ciudad Real to Toledo, 150\u00a0km", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 6\nIn what was the last stage branded as flat before the Vuelta entered the mountains, there was one third-category climb 50 kilometers before the finish. After that peak, there was a sharp descent and a flat section with two intermediate sprints before the altitude dropped again in the city of Toledo. The finish was on a slight uphill, which was thought to test the sprinters' limits in what was expected nonetheless to be a mass finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 6\nThe day's successful breakaway formed after about 7 kilometers, involving Iban Mayoz, Mikhail Ignatiev, and Volodymyr Dyudya. The team that paced the pack in efforts to bring them back was Cofidis, looking to have one solid group at the intermediate sprints later in the course so Sylvain Chavanel could make up the 2 second gap he had to race leader Levi Leipheimer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 6\nThere was a big crash in the pack at the 68 kilometer mark, mostly involving riders from Silence-Lotto, Quick Step, Xacobeo-Galicia, and Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com, as well as Alejandro Valverde and Tom Boonen, who later called on the race doctor for some medical attention. The Cofidis-paced main field caught the break at the 108 kilometer mark, just after the one categorized climb of the day and just before the intermediate sprints. Shortly afterward, the blistering pace set by Cofidis, along with some crosswinds, led to another crash, at the 112 kilometer mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 6\nChavanel won the two intermediate sprints and became the new overall leader of the Vuelta on the road, thanks to the twelve bonus seconds he won with them. Numerous riders attacked on the way into Toledo and a pack led by Paolo Bettini, who won the sprint to the line, was the successful one. The field in fact fractured quite a bit - there were six large groups separated, collectively, by less than a minute at the end of the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 7\n6 September 2008 \u2013 Barbastro to Naturlandia-La Rabassa (Andorra), 223\u00a0km", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 7\nThe longest stage of the 2008 Vuelta, as well as one of the most mountainous, the first action after the rest day was a stern test for the riders. There were four categorized climbs along the way, one each in the first, second, and third categories with a special category climb at the finish in Andorra making this stage a playground for riders who like to battle gravity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 7\nThis day belonged to Alessandro Ballan. He was part of a five-man group, along with Marc de Maar, I\u00f1igo Landaluze, Gianni Meersman, and Xabier Zandio, that broke away at the 18 kilometer mark, and stayed out in front of the field all day to claim the stage win. He had other prizes awaiting him at the podium in Andorra, namely the golden jersey (giving the Vuelta its sixth different overall leader in seven stages), the red jersey, and the white jersey. He was also only 7 points shy of claiming the blue jersey. The route was marked by terrible weather, in particular rain and cold temperatures, which Ballan would later say helped him win, in that he is accustomed to such weather living in northern Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 769]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 7\nThe lead Ballan's breakaway had over the pack grew to a maximum of just under eleven minutes before Astana, the team of GC hopefuls Levi Leipheimer and Alberto Contador, took the pace of the main field to try to reel them in. Their pace was so blisteringly fast that it cracked more than two-thirds of the field, members of which dropped as much as thirty minutes behind them. When Astana ratcheted up its speed, the breakaway did as well, as Zandio was dropped, falling minutes behind them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 7\nBallan attacked from his group and got free at the 14 kilometers to go mark and quickly attained a lead of two minutes over the other three, staying out front to win the stage. The elite main group led by Astana caught the other members of the day's breakaway, and attacked and jockeyed for position at the finish some three minutes behind Ballan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 8\n7 September 2008 \u2013 Escaldes-Engordany (Andorra) to Pl\u00e1 de Beret, 151\u00a0km", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 8\nThis short, yet extremely mountainous, stage was thought to invite many early attacks, as the race re-entered Spain. There were three first category climbs on the course, and the finish was on a slight downhill after the Alto de Pl\u00e1 de Beret. This stage also featured the highest point in the 2008 Vuelta, the first-category Port de la Bonaigua, at 2,070 meters in elevation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 8\nMany riders attempted to break away from the pack from the outset, but no one was successful until an hour had been spent in the saddle and 38 kilometers covered. The five that broke free were Christophe Kern, Nikita Eskov, Juan Manuel G\u00e1rate, S\u00e9bastien Joly, and David Moncouti\u00e9. Their lead quickly rose to three minutes as Garate was the first over the first-category climb El Cant\u00f3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 8\nIt held steady until the category two climb up Eviny 27 kilometers later, and then grew to a maximum of 5' 30\" before Astana, again, was the team to come forward to pace the main field. Astana's sporting director Johan Bruyneel explained that this was more to keep things steady, after the race leader's team Lampre dropped off the pace, than to bring the breakaway back, since no one in it was a GC threat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 8\nThe autobus formed going up the Puerto de la Bonaigua as Andreas Kl\u00f6den set an extremely fast pace. Among the many riders to fall into the autobus was race leader Alessandro Ballan. In short order, Levi Leipheimer effectively became the new race leader on the road, as Ballan dropped well back of the main field, which caught every breakaway rider except Moncouti\u00e9 before the summit of the Bonaigua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 8\nThough his advantage continued to shrink, Moncouti\u00e9 managed to stay out front just long enough to win the stage, with the main chase group, an elite bunch of a dozen or so riders who were able to take Kl\u00f6den's pace, 34 seconds back. Alejandro Valverde and Alberto Contador traded repeated attacks on the way up to Pl\u00e1 de Beret, gaining themselves as well as Igor Ant\u00f3n five potentially valuable seconds over other contenders such as Leipheimer, Carlos Sastre, and Ezequiel Mosquera. Valverde and Contador went on to don leader's jerseys after the stage, Valverde the blue points jersey and Contador the white combined classification jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\n8 September 2008 \u2013 Vielha e Mijaran to Sabi\u00f1\u00e1nigo, 200\u00a0km", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\nThis stage was thought to see a winning breakaway, and did. There were four categorized climbs along the way, including the first-category Puerto de Serrablo 66 kilometers before the finish, to keep the teams of the sprinters from taking control of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\nBeing faced almost immediately with the second-category Alto del T\u00fanel and, not long after, the second-category Coll de l'Espina, no breakaway came successfully clear of the bunch for over an hour. When David Moncouti\u00e9 topped l'Espina in first position, he took over the King of the Mountains lead from Alessandro Ballan. He later cemented this by topping the Puerto de Serrablo in first place as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\nThe race leader's team Astana again set a very fast pace at the head of the main field, such that it fractured into three large groups, with all the major GC contenders in the first group. Finally, after 60 kilometers and close to two hours in the saddle, a 12-man group broke free, attaining an advantage of close to seven minutes. The best-placed man in the breakaway, Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Egoi Mart\u00ednez, threatened the overall lead of Levi Leipheimer as he was 6' 41\" back at the beginning of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\nTeam CSC Saxo Bank and Caisse d'Epargne tried to pull the main field along fast enough so that the time gap to the breakaway would be small enough that Leipheimer's Astana Team would have to work to keep him in gold, but the strategy didn't work. Astana eventually retook the pace and willfully let the time gap go low enough so that when all was done at the day's end, Mart\u00ednez had taken enough time back to become the new holder of the golden jersey. This move was criticized the next day by several local newspapers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\nEleven of the riders in the breakaway finished in Sabi\u00f1\u00e1nigo together, and the sprint to the line was won by Silence-Lotto rider Greg Van Avermaet. The main field, which had consolidated to almost all other riders in the race, finished 6' 42\" back (Mart\u00ednez also gained bonus seconds in intermediate sprints, leading to his 11 second lead in the GC after this stage).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 10\nAfter the climb up and descent from the second-category Puerto de Monrep\u00f3s after just 34 kilometers, this stage was almost completely flat and saw a mass sprint finish. The finishing city of Zaragoza is a traditional one in the Vuelta, having hosted stage finishes on 47 occasions. The wind that the city is known for was thought to wreak some havoc on the sprinters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 10\nThis was a rather straightforward day of racing. There were a few breakaway attempts in the first hour, but none succeeded. The breakaway that did succeed involved a single rider, Milram's Matej Jur\u010do, who the Euskaltel team let free after 37 kilometers. His maximum advantage grew to 7' 20\" before Quick Step and Rabobank, working for Tom Boonen and \u00d3scar Freire, respectively, pulled the bunch ahead to bring him back and ensure a mass sprint finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 10\nJur\u010do took both intermediate sprints, and was briefly joined in his effort by Jos\u00e9 Antonio L\u00f3pez as the main field neared him, but the pack became one again with 8 kilometers to the line. The bunched sprint was won by S\u00e9bastien Hinault, and the GC was unchanged by the day's results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 11\nThis was branded as a transitional stage, undulating for the 78 kilometers before a gradual increase in elevation that became more steep at the 138 kilometer mark at the third-category Alto de Valmala. After a plateau there, the finish into Burgos was on a lengthy, but slight, downhill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199390-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 11\nThis, again, was a very normal day of racing. Three riders, Seraf\u00edn Mart\u00ednez, Jose Antonio L\u00f3pez, and Andriy Hryvko escaped the bunch after 35 kilometers and precisely one hour in the saddle. Their maximum advantage was 7 minutes, but the main field didn't have much trouble reeling them in, which they did 7 kilometers from the line. The majority of the field was together for a bunched sprint finish, which was won by \u00d3scar Freire. The GC was again unchanged by the day's results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nThese are the individual stages of the 2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, with Stage 12 on 11 September and Stage 21 on September 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 12\nGoing into the second rest day, the field faced a hilly stage, with two second and one third-category climb along the course and lots of descending. The final 40 kilometers, after the second-category Alto del Carracol, undulated very gently, so any type of finish was seen as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 12\nThe escaping breakaway formed after 10 kilometers, involving S\u00e9bastien Hinault, Sandy Casar, and Manuel Quinziato. As the breakaway formed, Tinkoff tried to place a rider in it, but was unsuccessful. The main field was paced alternately by Caisse d'Epargne, Quick Step, and Lampre, and their pace combined with the cold and rainy weather of the day proved a tough test for many riders, dropping back from the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 12\nAn unexpected rider to crack, toward the end of the stage, was Alejandro Valverde, who finished more than 3 minutes behind the stage winner and fell out of the top ten in the GC. The rest of his Caisse d'Epargne team went back with him to try to pace him back into the front group, but they were not successful. Ezequiel Mosquera also fell out of the front group briefly, but his Xacobeo-Galicia teammates were able to get him back in there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 12\nThe pace that Quick Step and Lampre set kept it so that the breakaway never attained more than 4 minutes of advantage. They were caught well before the line, with some 30 kilometers to race. A 28-man group was together with a sizeable advantage over the rest of the field in the stage's final minutes. The group had several members of the top teams in the GC, Astana and Euskaltel-Euskadi, who took the pace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 12\nAlberto Contador was the first of this group to attack for the stage win, but the victory went to Paolo Bettini, who had ironically given interviews earlier in the day describing his dissatisfaction over his team Quick Step signing Stefan Schumacher from the dissolving Gerolsteiner and vowed to ride for someone else in 2009. Contador took back three seconds on Egoi Mart\u00ednez in the final sprint to the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 470]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 13\n13 September 2008 \u2013 San Vicente de la Barquera to Alto de L'Angliru, 209\u00a0km", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 13\nThere were five categorized climbs on this course, including three first-category hills, but the main attraction was the special-category Alto de El Angliru at the finish, which made its fourth appearance in the Vuelta and first since 2002. This brutal climb featured gradients as high as 23% near the summit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 13\nThe Euskaltel team kept several attempted breakaways in the first hour from going clear. This was not to protect the overall lead of Egoi Mart\u00ednez, which was all but assured to be lost on such a stage (as Mart\u00ednez was not seen as a strong enough climber in comparison with others high in the GC), but to protect the chances of victory in the Vuelta's queen stage for Igor Ant\u00f3n. Ironically, Ant\u00f3n would fail to even finish the stage, abandoning after sustaining a broken collarbone in a crash climbing Angliru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 13\nThe rider that succeeded at coming clear was Christophe Kern, allowed to leave after 37 kilometers and an hour in the saddle. Shortly afterward, a two-man chase was formed, comprising Maarten Tjallingii and Matej Jur\u010do. With so much more looming at the finish, the main field was more than content to let these three top the third-category Alto de Ortigueiro well ahead of them. After the descent, Kern pulled up and literally waited at the side of the road for about two minutes for the other two to join him, so they could all work together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 13\nThe Astana Team came forward to take the pace at the bottom of the first first-category climb of the day, the Puerto de Arnicio. The breakaway's lead at this point was 11 minutes, but it slowly and steadily fell until a 20-man group who were able to take Astana's pace caught them just after the summit of the third first-category hill, the Alto del Cordal. Domestiques from Astana and Caisse d'Epargne traded shots setting the pace up the Alto de El Angliru, going up to the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 13\nAs the climb neared its hardest part, 7 kilometers from the end, it was Levi Leipheimer who came forward to sacrifice himself for Alberto Contador, setting a pace that cracked everyone in the group (and caused Leipheimer himself to bonk), but left Contador free to attack for the stage win. The golden jersey came with it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 383]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 14\n14 September 2008 \u2013 Oviedo to Fuentes de Invierno, 158\u00a0km", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 14\nThis stage went from hilly to mountainous. There were six categorized climbs on this course, three first-category and three third-category. The three third-category hills were all in the first 35 kilometers, leaving the riders to tackle three first-category climbs over the remainder of the stage, ending nearly as high in elevation as they did the previous day at Angliru when they headed up to the ski resort Fuentes de Invierno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 14\nAn eight-man group broke free of the main field after 25 kilometers, just before the third-category climb of San Tirso. A three-man chase joined them on the descent, and the eleven were away as a sustained group for much of the stage. Their maximum advantage grew to five minutes before the main field, paced mostly by Caisse d'Epargne rather than the race leader's Astana Team, started to reel them in. Their sporting director Eusebio Unzue explained that the breakaway had unexpectedly contained some high-profile riders and they needed to keep the time gap as low as possible to try to work for a stage win for Alejandro Valverde at Fuentes de Invierno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 14\nEzequiel Mosquera made attack after attack on the way up to the summit, and only Valverde and the Astana duo of race leader Alberto Contador and teammate Levi Leipheimer were able to answer. Eventually, Valverde also fell, and the stage was contested among the other three. Contador attacked within a kilometer of the finish and Mosquera couldn't answer, giving Contador a second straight stage win. This time, he had three leader's jerseys awaiting him on the podium - the golden, the white, and the points classification blue jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 14\nIt was later revealed that Contador and Valverde had struck a deal that they would stick together on the stage and Valverde would take the stage win while Contador retained the overall lead in the Vuelta. However, when Mosquera's attacks cracked Valverde, Contador took the opportunity for the stage win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 15\nThis stage had a first, a second, and a third-category climb on it, in succession. There was as well an uncategorized hill about 10 kilometers before the finish that was thought to keep any sprinters that survived that far honest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 15\nThe day's breakaway formed after a little over 50 kilometers, as several escape attempts consolidated into one 17-man breakaway. Their lead grew to a maximum of nearly 17 minutes, as the Astana-paced main field was more than content to let them go, seeing no threats in the group. Jos\u00e9 Luis Arrieta, Juan Manuel G\u00e1rate, and David Arroyo traded attacks on the way into Ponferrada, that cracked some of their breakaway mates who finished as much as seven minutes behind them, but it was Xacobeo-Galicia rider David Garc\u00eda who won the stage, launching the decisive attack 3 kilometers from the line. The main field finished 14'23\" behind the stage winner, but there were no changes to the top ten in the GC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 16\nAfter the first-category Alto del Acebo at the 15 kilometer mark, the riders escaped the mountains for the time being - there were no further categorized climbs in this stage or the next one. After the descent, the course didn't so much as undulate, so a bunched sprint finish was expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 16\nThe field took it very easy for the first hour. There were no breakaway attempts, and that first hour in the saddle covered just the 15 kilometers to the Alto de Acebo. On the descent, the attacks began. Jes\u00fas Rosendo, who had earlier in the Vuelta been the first leader of the King of the Mountains, and Walter Fernando Pedraza were the ones that got away, and attained a maximum advantage of 8 minutes on the main field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 16\nThe field was pulled along not by the race leader's team Astana, but by Quick Step, and in particular Paolo Bettini, working to get Tom Boonen a second stage victory in this Vuelta. The teams of other prominent sprinters came forward to take the pace over from Bettini when he later needed medical attention. The catch occurred 7 kilometers from the line, and Boonen indeed won his second bunched sprint, after an early leadout headed by Bettini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 17\nAn almost totally flat stage 17 was the reward for the sprinters who made it this far. There were no categorized climbs at all on this course. While there were not be any hills, it was thought that crosswinds would present a bother to the sprinters in the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 17\nPedro Horrillo and Jos\u00e9 Ruiz broke free of the main field after 13 kilometers. The main field kept them well within reach, and kept several other escape attempts from going clear. Horrillo and Ruiz attained a maximum advantage of over 8 minutes, but the bunch, behind the pace of Silence-Lotto and Euskaltel-Euskadi, caught them 7 kilometers from the line. Imanol Erviti tried to attack 3 kilometers from the finish, but the field caught him. The vast majority of the field finished together, and there was no significant change in the GC for the fourth day in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 18\nBranded as flat, this stage gradually increased in elevation to its one categorized climb, the third-category Alto de los Leones at the 39 kilometers to go mark, and then gradually decreased to the finishing town of Las Rozas. Another mass sprint finish was expected, but it did not occur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 18\nAfter a blisteringly fast first hour that covered nearly 50 kilometers and kept several breakaway attempts from going free, an 18-man break formed at the 56 kilometer mark. The best-placed rider in the break was Nicolas Roche, 17th overall and 19'31\" behind race leader Alberto Contador. The second hour in the saddle saw the pace ease up, as Contador's Astana Team was content to let the breakaway go, since they did not figure to gain nineteen and a half minutes in such a course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 18\nThe advantage grew to a maximum of 8'15\" before the riders in the breakaway began attacking each other and fragmenting. The field didn't take much advantage, as they finished 7'29\" behind the stage winner. Roche appeared to launch the decisive attack into Las Rozas and to be in line for the stage win, but it was Imanol Erviti, who had attacked too early and paid the price the previous day, who timed the finishing kick just right and overtook Roche in the final meters to win the stage. There was again no significant change in the GC after this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 19\nThis stage offered one last taste of the mountains for the 2008 Vuelta before the time trial and the traditional finish in Madrid. There was a short circuit, of which the riders took 2 laps, in the finishing town of Segovia, thought to leave the type of finish up in the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 19\nThe day's breakaway formed slowly, over the course of almost ten kilometers after nearly an hour and a half in the saddle. It numbered fourteen riders, including four from Caisse d'Epargne, which boded well for Alejandro Valverde. The elite group of favorites, another thirteen strong, never let them get more than two minutes' advantage, and caught them with a third of the stage left to race. Numerous riders launched further attacks on the way into Segovia, with none coming more than ten seconds clear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 19\nPerhaps the most aggressive among them was Vasil Kiryienka, who was narrowly defeated in his spring to the line by David Arroyo. The group of GC favorites finished 11 seconds behind the stage winner, and only the bonus seconds won by Joaquim Rodr\u00edguez in intermediate sprints caused the GC to change in any way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20\n20 September 2008 \u2013 La Granja de San Ildefonso to Alto de Navacerrada, 17\u00a0km (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20\nThis time trial was short, but was thought to still live up to the billing the race against the clock gets as the \"race of truth\" - it ended at the first-category Alto de Navacerrada. The last 7 kilometers of the course were all uphill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20\nThe early time to beat was set by Rub\u00e9n P\u00e9rez, but, true to form, the GC contenders, strong climbers all of them, all solidly defeated P\u00e9rez's time. Carlos Sastre rode with strength and consistency, to hold off the charge of Ezequiel Mosquera and keep his podium position. Young Rabobank rider Robert Gesink slipped two spots in the GC at the end of the day, but was still in the top ten for the time trial, showing how fast, tightly bunched, and truly elite the group of riders ahead of him was.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20\nLevi Leipheimer had the best time at each intermediate time check and went on to win the stage by more than 30 seconds over his teammate and team leader Alberto Contador. Contador later took some offense to Leipheimer seemingly riding with winning the Vuelta in mind, after it had been established earlier that he (Contador) was Astana's team leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0026-0002", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20\nContador nonetheless rode a very strong time trial as well, enough to retain his golden jersey and put him on the cusp of being the youngest ever to win all three cycling Grand Tours in his career and just the third ever, and first in 27 years, to win the Vuelta and the Giro d'Italia in the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 21\n21 September 2008 \u2013 San Sebasti\u00e1n de los Reyes to Madrid, 102\u00a0km", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 21\nThe sprinters got the final say in one last mad dash for the line in the traditional closing city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 21\nAs is tradition when the last day of a Grand Tour is a road stage, this was a straightforward day of racing with no attacking before reaching the closing city. Once on the Madrid circuit, many riders tried to break free of the pack, but none ultimately succeeded - the group was all one in the eighth and final lap. During that eighth lap, two huge crashes thinned the field considerably and limited who could challenge for the stage win. Among the riders to fall was Vuelta champion Alberto Contador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199391-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 21\nThey took place inside 3 kilometers to the finish line, and since this was a flat stage, everyone who fell was given the same finishing time as the group they were in upon falling, which meant the entire field got the same finishing time. The stage was won by CSC's Matti Breschel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 342]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199392-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Murcia\nThe 2008 Vuelta a Murcia was the 24th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 4 March to 8 March 2008. The race started in San Pedro del Pinatar and finished in Murcia. The race was won by Alejandro Valverde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199393-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Vuelta a Venezuela\nThe 45th edition of the annual Vuelta a Venezuela was held from August 25 to September 7, 2008. The stage race started in Maracaibo, and ended in Caracas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199394-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WA State Challenge Cup\nWestern Australian soccer clubs from the top three State-Based Divisions competed in 2008 for the WA State Challenge Cup, known that year as the Soccer Pools State Cup. This knockout competition was won by Western Knights, their second title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199394-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WA State Challenge Cup, First round\nAll matches were completed by 6 April 2008. A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition. All 12 Clubs from the State League Premier Division and Football West State League Division 1, and 8 clubs from the Amateur Premier League (the top 8 out of 12 from the previous year's league table) entered into the competition at this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199394-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WA State Challenge Cup, Second round\nA total of 16 teams took part in this stage of the competition. All matches were completed by 17 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199394-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WA State Challenge Cup, Quarter finals\nA total of 8 teams took part in this stage of the competition. All matches in this round were completed on 21 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199394-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WA State Challenge Cup, Semi finals\nA total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. Both matches in this round were completed on 20 August 2008. The draw was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199394-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WA State Challenge Cup, Final\nThe 2008 soccer Pools Cup Final was held  on 4 October 2008, and won by Western Knights, their second title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199395-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WABA Champions Cup\nThe WABA Champions Cup 2008 was the 11th staging of the WABA Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of West Asia Basketball Association. The tournament was held in Mahshahr, Iran between March 9 and March 15. The top three teams from different countries qualify for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199396-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, was held March 11\u201315 at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199396-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nFour teams finished the season at 12\u20134 in the conference standings, and all advanced to the semifinals. In the championship game, Boise State defeated host New Mexico State in triple overtime and received the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It was the Broncos' first NCAA appearance in fourteen years, when they won the Big Sky tournament (as a fifth-seed).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199396-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nBoise State was seeded fourteenth in the East region and lost to Louisville in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199396-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nUtah State made the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), but lost a road game in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199397-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFF Championship\nThe 2008 WAFF Championship was the fifth West Asian Football Federation Championship, an international tournament for West Asian countries and territories. It was hosted by Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199397-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFF Championship, Draw\nThe draw for the competition was made on 1 July 2008 in Amman, Jordan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199398-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship\nThe 2008 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship was the inaugural women's futsal championship for the West Asian Football Federation. The tournament was held in Jordan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199399-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL Grand Final\nThe 2008 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Grand Final was the culmination of the 124th season of the premier Australian rules football league in Western Australia. It was played at Subiaco Oval on 20 September 2008 and was won by the Subiaco Football Club, who defeated the Swan Districts Football Club by 57 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 344]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199399-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL Grand Final, Background\nSubiaco had dominated the 2008 season as no team in a major Australian Rules League had since Port Adelaide in the 1914 SAFL season. After twenty home-and-away games the Lions had lost just one game by the narrowest of margins to their Grand Final rivals in mid-season, with the closest any other opponent got to them being eighteen points. The Lions were targeting their third straight WAFL flag, and their fourth in just five years, all the while finishing an unprecedented seven and a half games clear of second-placed West Perth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199399-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL Grand Final, Background\nSwan Districts had finished fourth at the end of the season and had beat two higher ranked opponents in South Fremantle and West Perth to get to this match. The game showcased numerous young players who were to be drafted in the upcoming 2008 AFL Draft including Nic Naitanui, Chris Yarran, Clancee Pearce, Todd Banfield, Daniel Rich, Adam Cockie and Greg Broughton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199399-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL Grand Final, Match Summary\nSwans started the game in superb style, as they had the run of the game early, starting with West Coast-listed player Tony Notte kicking the first goal in the opening minute of the game. The underdogs continued to use the ball cleverly and take their chances throughout the opening quarter to open up a somewhat surprising sixteen point lead at quarter time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199399-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL Grand Final, Match Summary\nIn the second term the contest was much more tight and the Lions ferocity was beginning to take its toll on Swans. At half time Subiaco held a slender four point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199399-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL Grand Final, Match Summary\nAs the game progressed Swans began to break down across half forward and couldn't find their way to goal enough times to counteract a potent Lions forward set up where WAFL leading goalkicker Brad Smith kicked six goals, Mapleston four and Phil Read and Shaun Hildebrandt three each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199399-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL Grand Final, Match Summary\nSubiaco then went on in almost 'cruise control' to claim the Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199400-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL season\nThe 2008 WAFL season was the 124th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League, and was completely dominated by Subiaco, who not only recorded their first hat-trick of premierships but achieved a dominance over the rest of the league unrivalled in a major Australian Rules league since Port Adelaide in the 1914 SAFL season. The Lions lost once to eventual Grand Final opponents Swan Districts by the narrowest possible margin, and were previously generally predicted to achieve an undefeated season, being rarely threatened in their twenty-one victories. They finished seven-and-a-half games clear of second-placed West Perth, and convincingly won the Grand Final after trailing early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199400-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL season\nSubiaco\u2019s dominance overshadowed the other eight clubs, where the most notable features were the fall of 2007 finalists Claremont and East Perth to second last and last respectively, and a comeback by East Fremantle who won only two of their first eleven matches but then won eight of their last nine", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199400-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 4\nThe Peel versus East Fremantle game produces the greatest deficit in scoring shots by a winning club in WAFL history, beating the previous record by two shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199400-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 5\nPeel win another thriller, but this time record their first win scoring fewer goals than their opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199400-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 9\nThe Lathlain Park match was the first senior WAFL draw in 500 matches since East Perth and Swan Districts drew at Busselton in the opening round of 2003. It was a remarkable result because the colts teams had also drawn earlier in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199400-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 14\nClaremont record their ninth consecutive defeat, their worst run since 1974-75, as Peel win for the first time at Claremont Oval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199400-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 18\nPeel win from a 48-point half-time deficit, the third most in WAFL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199401-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WAFU U-20 Championship\nThe first WAFU Under-20 Championship took place in Nigeria. The tournament is sometimes referred to as the Ibori Cup and is contested by countries in the West Africa region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199402-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2008 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 22, 2008 at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Denver was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199402-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199402-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe winners of the first round series advanced to the Xcel Energy Center for the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top three teams automatically advancing to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199402-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199403-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WDF Europe Cup\nThe 2008 WDF Europe Cup was the 16th edition of the WDF Europe Cup darts tournament, organised by the World Darts Federation. It was held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 27\u201330 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199404-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship\nThe 2008 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a golf tournament that was played from February 20\u201324, 2008 over the South Course at The Gallery Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona. It was the tenth WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of three World Golf Championships held in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199404-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship\nThe purse remained at $8,000,000, one of the largest in golf. Tiger Woods won his third WGC Match Play title, and his 15th World Golf Championships event, by beating fellow American Stewart Cink 8 and 7 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199404-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Brackets\nThe Championship was a single elimination match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Rankings, seeded according to the rankings. Brett Wetterich (ranked 45) pulled out of the event with a shoulder injury and was replaced by J. B. Holmes (ranked 65).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199404-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Brackets, Championship match\nYellow background for eagles. Red background for birdies. Blue background for bogeys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199405-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational\nThe 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from July 31 \u2013 August 3, 2008 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the tenth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199405-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational\nVijay Singh won the tournament, and claimed his first World Golf Championships title. He shot a 10-under par 270 to win over Stuart Appleby and Lee Westwood by one stroke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199405-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n1. Playing members of the 2007 United States and International Presidents Cup teamsStuart Appleby (3,4), Woody Austin (3,4), \u00c1ngel Cabrera (3,4,5), K. J. Choi (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4,5), Ernie Els (3,4,5), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen (3,4), Charles Howell III, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3,4), Hunter Mahan (3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern, Rory Sabbatini (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4), Steve Stricker (3,4,5), David Toms (2), Scott Verplank (2,3,4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199405-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n2. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teamsChad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4), Darren Clarke (5), Chris DiMarco, Sergio Garc\u00eda (3,4,5), P\u00e1draig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Henrik Stenson (3,4), Vaughn Taylor, Lee Westwood (3,4,5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199405-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to eventRobert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4,5), Aaron Baddeley (4), Tim Clark (4), Niclas Fasth (4), Richard Green (4), S\u00f8ren Hansen (4,5), Trevor Immelman (4,5), Freddie Jacobson (4), Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez (4,5), Martin Kaymer (4,5), Anthony Kim (4,5), Justin Leonard (4,5), Graeme McDowell (4,5), Rocco Mediate (4), Sean O'Hair (4,5), Rod Pampling (4), Kenny Perry (4,5), Ian Poulter (4,5), Andr\u00e9s Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Brandt Snedeker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5), Oliver Wilson (4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199405-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199405-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n5. Tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or moreMark Brown, Daniel Chopra, Nick Dougherty, Richard Finch, Ross Fisher, Steve Flesch, J. B. Holmes, Brendan Jones, James Kingston, Pablo Larraz\u00e1bal, Peter Lonard, Steve Lowery, Craig Parry, Chez Reavie, Brett Rumford, Scott Strange, D. J. Trahan, Johnson Wagner, Steve Webster", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199405-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship\nThe 2008 WGC-CA Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from March 20\u201323 at Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida. It was the ninth WGC-CA Championship tournament, and the second of three World Golf Championships events held in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship\nGeoff Ogilvy won the tournament to capture his second World Golf Championships title. Tiger Woods was the 3-time defending champion but finished in 5th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n1. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to eventRobert Allenby (2,3), Stephen Ames (2), Stuart Appleby (2), Woody Austin (2,3), Aaron Baddeley (2,3), \u00c1ngel Cabrera (2,6), Mark Calcavecchia (2,3), Paul Casey (2,6), K. J. Choi (2,3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4,5), Tim Clark (2,3), Luke Donald (2), Ernie Els (2,3,6,7), Niclas Fasth (2,6), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio Garc\u00eda (2,3,6), Retief Goosen (2,6), Richard Green, S\u00f8ren Hansen (2,6), Charles Howell III (2,3), Trevor Immelman (2), Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez (2,7,8), Zach Johnson (2,3), Robert Karlsson (2), Martin Kaymer (2,7,8), Justin Leonard (2,4,5), Hunter Mahan (2,3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Arron Oberholser (2), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Sean O'Hair (2,5), Nick O'Hern (2), Ian Poulter (2), Andr\u00e9s Romero (2,6), Justin Rose (2,3,6), Rory Sabbatini (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3,7,8), Vijay Singh (2,3,5,7,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,3), Henrik Stenson (2,6,7,8), Richard Sterne (2,6), Steve Stricker (2,3,4,5), Toru Taniguchi (2,10), Scott Verplank (2,3), Boo Weekley (2,3), Mike Weir (2), Lee Westwood (2,6,7,8), Brett Wetterich (3), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 1154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n2. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to eventNick Dougherty (6), Shingo Katayama (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n3. Top 30 from the final 2007 PGA Tour FedEx Cup points listJonathan Byrd, John Rollins, Heath Slocum, Camilo Villegas", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n4. Top 10 from the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list two weeks prior to eventDaniel Chopra, J. B. Holmes (5), Ryuji Imada (5), D. J. Trahan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n5. Top 10 from the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list one week prior to event", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n6. Top 20 from the final 2007 European Tour Order of MeritAnders Hansen, Peter Hanson, Gr\u00e9gory Havret, S\u00f8ren Kjeldsen, Colin Montgomerie, Graeme Storm", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n7. Top 10 from the European Tour Order of Merit two weeks prior to eventMark Brown (8), Shiv Chawrasia, Ross Fisher (8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n8. Top 10 from the European Tour Order of Merit one week prior to eventGraeme McDowell, Jeev Milkha Singh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n9. Top 3 from the final 2007 Asian Tour Order of MeritAnton Haig, Liang Wenchong, Chapchai Nirat", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n10. Top 3 from the final 2007 Japan Golf Tour Order of MeritBrendan Jones", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n11. Top 3 from the final 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of MeritCraig Parry, Paul Sheehan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199406-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n12. Top 3 from the final 2007 Sunshine Tour Order of MeritJames Kingston, Andrew McLardy, Louis Oosthuizen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199407-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WKU Hilltoppers football team\nThe 2008 WKU Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University (WKU) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was David Elson. WKU competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent team in 2008 before their move to the Sun Belt Conference in 2009. The Hilltoppers played their home games at Houchens Industries\u2013L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals\nThe 2008 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2008 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The  Detroit Shock, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, defeated the San Antonio Silver Stars, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, three games to none in a best-of-five series. This was Detroit's third title in six years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals\n2008 marked the first time since switching to a five-game format that the Finals series was swept. The Shock made their fourth appearance in the Finals in six years. The Silver Stars appeared in the Finals for the first time in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals\nGoing into the series, the Shock had won two championships, tied with the Los Angeles Sparks for second most in WNBA history. The now defunct Houston Comets hold the record with four championships won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals\nThe Silver Stars' 24\u201310 record gave them home court advantage over Detroit (22\u201312). It did not matter, however, as the Shock swept the series, winning the first two games on the Silver Stars' home floor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Road to the finals, Regular season series\nThe San Antonio Silver Stars won both games in the regular season series:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe Silver Stars' defense was able to hold Deanna Nolan to just 10 points in forty minutes of play. But they had no answer for Katie Smith (25 points, 4\u20138 3P-FG) or Taj McWilliams-Franklin (24 points, 65% FG).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe Silver Stars, who lost to an Eastern Conference team for the first time all season after 14 wins, were led by Sophia Young's 21 points and 16 from Ann Wauters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nDetroit didn't get its first lead until 2:19 into the second quarter when Smith made two free throws to go up 21\u201320 before the Shock outscored San Antonio 21-12 the rest of the half for the double-digit margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe Silver Stars went cold, shooting 4-of-16 in the second quarter. San Antonio played without key reserves Helen Darling and Edwige Lawson-Wade. Darling strained her right calf and Lawson-Wade sprained her right ankle during Saturday's Game 2 victory over Los Angeles in the Western Conference semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nDetroit, already without All-Star forward Cheryl Ford, missed Plenette Pierson for the third time in the last five games because of a labrum tear in her right shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nKatie Smith scored 22 points and the Shock built a big lead in the first quarter, then hung on to beat the San Antonio Silver Stars 69\u201361 and go up 2\u20130. Deanna Nolan and Kara Braxton added 12 points each for the Shock, who led 19\u20132 less than 6 minutes into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nDetroit made nine of its first 10 shots and San Antonio missed its first seven attempts, allowing the Shock to build a 10\u20130 lead. The Silver Stars didn't score from the floor until 5:57 into the game, when Hammon converted on a drive to the basket that made it 19\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nThe Silver Stars tied the game with 3:26 left in the third quarter on a pair of free throws by Hammon, and she put San Antonio ahead 45\u201344 with 1:46 left in the quarter on another pair of free throws. Plenette Pierson, wearing a protective wrap on her shoulder after missing Game 1 with an injury, answered with a reverse layup for her only points of the night. Smith followed with two free throws that gave Detroit a 48\u201345 lead heading into the fourth quarter. The Shock expanded the lead to 66\u201355 with 2:15 to play after Smith hit a 10-foot jumper, Taj McWilliams-Franklin scored on a 17-footer and Braxton made a layup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 663]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nDetroit became the second team in league history to win a third championship. Only the Houston Comets, who won the first four (1997\u20132000), have more. Los Angeles (2001, 2002) is the only other team with more than one. It was a redeeming win for the Shock, who let the 2007 title slip away, losing Game 5 at The Palace of Auburn Hills to the Phoenix Mercury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nDetroit swept the league's best regular-season team, winning the clincher at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center, a venue forced upon them because of a scheduling conflict. The Shock won their 2003 championship at The Palace and their '06 title at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena, also a substitute venue because of a logistical conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nThe game was tight for three quarters with San Antonio leading by six on several occasions. But the veteran Shock were too much to take in the fourth with the title on the line. The Shock had been one of the league's best teams for much of the year, but sputtered a bit after losing top post player Cheryl Ford to a season-ending knee injury in July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nBut a trade for the veteran McWilliams-Franklin over the Olympic break was just what Detroit needed. It won its last five games of the regular season and six of seven after the monthlong Olympic break and carried the momentum into the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199408-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nThe Shock are now considered the second dynasty of the WNBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199409-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Playoffs\nThe 2008 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2008 season which ended with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Shock defeating the Western Conference champion San Antonio Silver Stars 3-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199409-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Eastern Conference\nThe following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199409-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Western Conference\nThe following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199409-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA Playoffs, Bracket\nThis was the outlook for the 2008 WNBA playoffs. Teams in italics had home court advantage. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding in their respective conferences. Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games the team won in that round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199410-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA draft\nThe WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which Women's National Basketball Association teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The 2008 draft was held on April 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199410-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA draft\nA lottery was held on October 23, 2007. The Los Angeles Sparks received the first overall selection of the upcoming 2008 draft. The Chicago Sky received the number two selection. The Minnesota Lynx came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Atlanta Dream expansion franchise at four, the Houston Comets at number five, and the Washington Mystics at number six. Some of the top draftees were Candace Parker, Sylvia Fowles, Candice Wiggins, Crystal Langhorne, and Tasha Humphrey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199410-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA draft\nTop pick Candace Parker went on to become the first WNBA player to be the league's Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season. Fourth pick Alexis Hornbuckle became the first person to win a national championship in college (with the University of Tennessee) and a WNBA title (with the Detroit Shock) in the same calendar year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 345]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199410-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA draft, Transactions\nThe Detroit Shock holds the eleventh pick in round one as part of the Katie Feenstra/Ruth Riley trade back in February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199410-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA draft, Transactions\nThe San Antonio Silver Stars holds the twenty-first pick as part of 2007 WNBA draft trade with the New York Liberty that involved Becky Hammon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199411-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the 12th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It was the first WNBA season with a franchise in Atlanta as the Dream were announced in late 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199411-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA season\nNo WNBA All-Star Game was held due to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The regular season began with a televised (ABC) meeting between the defending champion Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks in Phoenix, Arizona, on May 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199411-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA season, 2007\u20132008 off-season, Atlanta Dream expansion draft\nAtlanta held their expansion draft on February 6, 2008, when they selected one player from each of the thirteen teams in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 69], "content_span": [70, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199411-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA season, 2007\u20132008 off-season, Atlanta Dream expansion draft\nThe Dream were then free to make trades with other teams in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 69], "content_span": [70, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199411-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA season, 2007\u20132008 off-season, Draft\nOn October 23, 2007, the WNBA draft lottery was held. The Los Angeles Sparks received the first pick. The Chicago Sky was awarded the number two pick, followed by the Minnesota Lynx at number three, the Atlanta Dream at number four, the Houston Comets at number five and the Washington Mystics at number six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199411-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA season, 2007\u20132008 off-season, Draft\nThe 2008 WNBA draft was held on April 9 in Tampa, Florida. Coverage of the first round was shown on ESPN2. Second and third round coverage was shown on NBA TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199411-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA season, Regular season, All-star game\nThere was no WNBA All-Star Game due to the break July 28 through August 27 for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This marks the first time since the game was started in the 1999 season that there was no All-Star contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199411-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBA season, Playoffs and Finals\nThis was the outlook for the 2008 WNBA playoffs. Teams in italics had home court advantage. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding in their respective conferences. Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games the team won in that round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 374]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199412-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WNBL Finals\nThe 2008 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2007\u201308 season. The Canberra Capitals were the two-time defending champions but were defeated by Dandenong in the Semi Finals. The Adelaide Lightning won their fifth WNBL championship with a 92\u201382 win over the Sydney Uni Flames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199413-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship\nThe 2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship was an eight-ball world championship, organized by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), and held 18\u201325 April 2010 at the Fujairah Exhibition Centre of the Al Diar Siji Hotel in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. A total of 64 players competed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 346]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199413-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship\nThe event was won by Ralf Souquet, who defeated defending champion Ronato Alcano in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199413-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship\nThe previous years runner up Dennis Orcollo lost in the semi-final in a repeat of the previous years final to Ronato Alcano 10\u20139. Marcus Chamat of Sweden also reached the event semi-final, losing to eventual winner Souquet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199413-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship\nThe event field was made up of players from various tours, as well as players from a middle east qualifying tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199413-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship, Tournament bracket, Preliminary Round\nThe following players won one match in the preliminary round, and finished between 33 and 48th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199413-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship, Tournament bracket, Preliminary Round\nThe following players did not win a round in the preliminary tournament, and were ranked 49th to 64th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship\nThe WPA 10-Ball World Championship 2008 was a ten-ball pool tournament held from September 29 to October 5, 2008 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philipinnes. The event featured a field of 128 players, competing in a double-elimination and then single-elimination tournament. The total prize fund for the event was $400,000 with $100,000 being awarded to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship\nThe event was won by England's Darren Appleton, winning his first world championship, defeating nineteen year old Taiwanese Wu Chia-ching in the final 13\u201311. The event was boycotted by many top Filipino players, such as Efren Reyes, due to an issue with sponsors Raya Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Format\nThe 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in a double elimination tournament against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system. The event was played under the alternating break format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Format, Prize money\nBelow was the advertised prize fund for the event. The event saw the largest amount of prize money for the event, with $400,000 being paid, and the winner's share of $100,000 won by Darren Appleton. The event was boycotted by some players due to not receiving payment from organiser's Raya sports. The event's prize money payments were delayed, with winner Appleton not receiving payment for over a month after the event. All prize money was eventually paid to players, including Appleton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary\nOther results: 5th through 8th: Nick Van Den Berg, Charlie Williams, Liu Haitao, Mika Immonen; 9th through 16th: Shane Van Boening, Mark Gray, Ralf Souquet, Yang Ching-shun, Jerico Banares, Marlon Manalo, Fu Che-wei, and Satoshi Kawabata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary\nNineteen-year-old Wu Chia-ching defeated Filipino Demosthenes Pulpul 11\u20138 in the semi-finals, October 4. Using a borrowed cue stick, Wu reached the title match of the event. Pulpul, meanwhile, would go on to compete against Niels \"the Terminator\" Feijen of the Netherlands for 3rd place (see below for details). Earlier, Pulpul had defeated Liu Haitao (11\u20138) of China in the quarter-finals, while Feijen lost to Darren Appleton of England, 9\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary\nAppleton squared off with Wu for the $100,000 (\u20b14,715,000 or UK\u00a356,000) 1st prize on October 5, and claimed an upset victory over Wu, 13\u201311. He said of his win: \"I've waited 16 years for this and have to enjoy the moment. I had mixed feelings and I was looking back at my disappointments in the past. I was ranked first in the world [earlier in the decade] but I have never won a world championship. I saved my best game for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary\nI really wanted to dictate the tempo of the game, but the breaks just didn\u2019t go my way. It was a good game. I played well this time. He was a tough player but I made fewer mistakes than him. It was a dream come true for me and I'm happy to win the title here in the Philippines. I would love to be back here.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary\nAppleton was also quoted as saying: \"Pool is an easy choice for me as a sport as I have to choose among boxing, football and pool among others. But this victory is sweeter for me and I have to dedicate this to my parents, whose relationship is in the rocks. With the $100,000 grand prize, first, I have to give some to my parents, because we had a difficult way of living.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary\nWu, nicknamed Taisun (\"Little Genius\") settled for the runner-up prize of $40,000, and remarked, \"I didn't have a good break in the last game and that was crucial to me.\" In the third-place battle, Feijen defeated Pulpul, 11\u20138, and received $25,000 (\u20b11,178,000) to Pulpul's $15,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary\nWPA president Ian Anderson announced: \"This early, there's a strong clamor for the WTBC and it will definitely be back next year in Manila. It will be staged October of next year and there's also the Philippine Open to be held June 2009. I think Manila is the best place to go in hosting pool and it is living up to its billing as the pool Mecca in Asia.\" The event would later return in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199414-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Knockout round\nBelow is the results from the knockout round. Players in bold denote match winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199415-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour\nThe 2008 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for Group 3J Performance Cars and Group 3E Series Production Cars. It was the sixth Bathurst 12 Hour to be held and the second since its 2007 revival. The race was won by Rod Salmon, Damien White and Graham Alexander driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. It was the first time a Mitsubishi had won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199415-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour, Class structure\nThe event was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 10 February 2008 with cars competing in the following classes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199416-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WPS General Draft\nThe 2008 WPS General Draft took place on October 6, 2008. It was the first general draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of international and domestic players to the American-based teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199416-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WPS General Draft, Draft notes\nThe order was established based on a lottery done at the Board of Governors meeting on September 15, 2008 prior to the U.S. National Team allocation on September 17. The order was 1-7, 7-1, 1-7, 7-1. The WPS General Draft was open to both domestic and international players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199417-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WPS International Draft\nThe 2008 WPS International Draft took place on September 24, 2008. It was the first international draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of international players to the American-based teams. For the 2009 season, teams will be able to sign 5 international players to their roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199417-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WPS International Draft, Draft notes\nDraft order was determined by weighted results from a coach's poll about the strength of each team's USWNT allocation, which had occurred earlier that month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199418-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WPS Player Allocation\nThe Women's Professional Soccer Player Allocation distributed 21 players from the United States women's national soccer team player pool to seven teams in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for the league's inaugural season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 254]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199418-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WPS Player Allocation, Process\nThe allocation followed a process in which the players and teams submitted their preferences to the league. A committee then reviewed the lists to provide its recommendations. The WPS Board of Governors met on September 14\u201315, 2008 to consult with the players, teams and league to determine the best possible dispersal for all parties with the following allocation results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199419-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WPSL season\nThe 2008 Women's Premier Soccer League season was the 12th season of the WPSL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199419-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WPSL season\nAjax America Women finished the season as national champions, beating Arizona Rush in the WPSL Championship game in Sacramento, California on 3 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199420-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WSBL season\nThe 2008 WSBL season was the 20th season of the Women's State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 28 March and ended on Saturday 2 August. The finals began on Friday 8 August and ended on Friday 5 September, when the Perry Lakes Hawks defeated the Willetton Tigers in the WSBL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199420-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WSBL season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on Friday 28 March and ended on Saturday 2 August after 19 rounds of competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199420-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WSBL season, Finals\nThe finals began on Friday 8 August and ended on Friday 5 September with the WSBL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199421-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tier I Series\nThe WTA Tier I Events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199421-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tier I Series, Schedule\nThe table below shows the 2008 WTA Tier I Series schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour\nThe 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2008 tennis season. The 2008 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Tier I-IV Events, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships, and the tennis event at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour\nThe season was characterised by its frequent changes in the No. 1 ranking, with Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and Serena Williams all holding the position at one point during the season. Eventually Jankovi\u0107 finished the season as the No. 1 player in the world despite not winning a Grand Slam tournament. She did however reach the final of the U.S. Open, and won four tournaments throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour\nFour players won the Grand Slam titles. Maria Sharapova won her third major title at the Australian Open, Ana Ivanovic won her maiden title at the French Open, Venus Williams won her seventh Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, and Serena Williams won her ninth Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open. Dinara Safina also reached her first Grand Slam final at the French Open, and won four events during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 417]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour\nOne of the big stories of the year was the shock retirement of Justine Henin on May 14, less than two weeks before she was set to defend her French Open title. She became the first player to retire while ranked at No. 1 in the world. Henin later returned for the 2010 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Summary\nJustine Henin started the season as the No. 1 ranked player in the world. Following her impressive 2007 season and victory at the warm-up tournament in Sydney, she was considered the outright favourite to win the Australian Open. However she was beaten in emphatic fashion by Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals, who then defeated Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and Ana Ivanovic to win her third Grand Slam title. Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 also reached her first Grand Slam semifinal. Sister team Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko pulled off an unexpected title run in the Women's Doubles, while Sun Tiantian teamed up with Nenad Zimonji\u0107 to win her first Grand Slam tournament of any kind in the Mixed Doubles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Summary\nSharapova continued to impress by winning the tournament in Doha, before her 18-match win streak was snapped by Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals of Indian Wells. Kuznetsova went on to lose to Ivanovic in the final. It was then the turn of Serena Williams to build a win streak, claiming the titles in Bangalore, Miami\u2014her fifth title at the event, tying Steffi Graf for the most singles titles at this tournament\u2014and then Charleston. Her 17-match winning run was eventually ended in Berlin by Dinara Safina, who had already beaten Henin in that tournament, and subsequently went on to lift the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 628]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Summary\nDuring the Rome tournament Henin announced her shock retirement from professional tennis, becoming the first player ever to retire whilst ranked at No. 1 in the world. Henin's removal from the rankings meant that then-No. 2 Maria Sharapova became the new No. 1 by default. Jelena Jankovi\u0107 eventually won the tournament in Rome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Summary\nWith Henin's retirement the French Open was considered to be wide open. World No. 1 Sharapova was stopped by Safina in the fourth round, who fought back from match points down to win, before doing the same against Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals. She eventually reached her first Grand Slam final. On the other side of the draw Ana Ivanovic came through after an all-Serbian semifinal with Jelena Jankovi\u0107, which meant that Ivanovic would move to the No. 1 position regardless of the result in the final. She ended up beating Safina for her first Slam title. In the women's doubles tournament Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual were victorious, the first Slam for Medina Garrigues and the tenth for Ruano Pascual. Victoria Azarenka won her second Grand Slam in the mixed doubles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Summary\nThe third Grand Slam of the year at Wimbledon brought with it some surprises: for the first time in the Open Era none of the top four seeds managed to reach the semifinals. World No. 1 Ivanovic surrendered to Zheng Jie in the third round, who went on to become the first Chinese women to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam in singles. Tamarine Tanasugarn knocked out Jankovi\u0107 en route to her only major quarterfinal. Sharapova was upset by Alla Kudryavtseva, and Kuznetsova lost to Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, who had shown prior form winning the warm-up tournament in Eastbourne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Summary\nSerena Williams and her sister Venus Williams reached the final, the first Grand Slam final between the two since Wimbledon five years ago. Venus would defeat her sister for her fifth Wimbledon title. They also teamed up to win the doubles title, their seventh as a team. In the mixed doubles event Samantha Stosur won with Bob Bryan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Summary\nIvanovic lost her No. 1 ranking in August, as fellow Serbian Jelena Jankovi\u0107 ascended to the top position for the first time. Dinara Safina proved strong on the summer hardcourts, winning titles in Los Angeles and Montr\u00e9al. She then made it to the final match at the Beijing Olympics, but lost to Dementieva, who achieved her biggest career victory with the gold medal. With Vera Zvonareva also winning the bronze medal it meant that Russia swept the podium in the singles event. Li Na almost made a strong run at home, but lost in the bronze medal match. In doubles Serena and Venus Williams won their second gold medals together, after winning at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Summary\nIvanovic regained the No. 1 position following the Olympics, and held it heading into the U.S. Open. There it was up to grabs with five women\u2014Ivanovic, Jankovi\u0107, Safina, Kuznetsova, and Serena Williams\u2014being in contention for the top spot. Ivanovic was upset in the second round by Julie Coin, one of the worst losses for a top-ranked player ever. Serena would defeat Jelena Jankovi\u0107 in the final. By virtue of winning her eighth major title Williams ascended to the top ranking for the first time since 2002. In the doubles tournament Cara Black and Liezel Huber won their fourth Grand Slam as a team, with Black also victorious in the mixed doubles with Leander Paes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 692]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Summary\nThe fall season saw Jelena Jankovi\u0107 return to the No. 1 position after winning events in Beijing, Stuttgart and Moscow, and thus securing the year-end No. 1 ranking. Dinara Safina won the title in Tokyo, beating Petrova and Kuznetsova en route. Both had a solid indoor season with Petrova making the final of Stuttgart and winning Quebec, and Kuznetsova finishing runner-up in Beijing and Tokyo. Vera Zvonareva also had a strong finish to the year, reaching the final of Moscow and Linz, where she lost to Ivanovic, and the WTA Tour Championships in Doha, where she lost to Venus Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Summary\nWilliams won her first title at the year-end championships. Other players at the final event were semifinalists Elena Dementieva and Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Dinara Safina, Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova, plus alternates Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska and Nadia Petrova. In the doubles event Black and Huber successfully defended the title they won in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Statistics, Titles information\nList of players & singles titles won, last name alphabetically:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 45], "content_span": [46, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199422-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour, Awards\nThe winners of the 2008 WTA Awards were announced on 25 March 2009, during a special ceremony at the Sony Ericsson Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships\nThe 2008 WTA Tour Championships (also known as the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 33rd edition of the year-end doubles championships, and is part of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from November 4 through November 9, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Kv\u011bta Peschke /  Rennae Stubbs, 6\u20131, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players\nThe top eight players and the top four doubles teams in the 2008 WTA Tour will qualify for the Championships. Two more players will also come to Doha as reserves. Should any player withdraw, they will enter the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nOn 30 July, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic became the first two players to qualify for the year-end championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nFollowing a surging 2007, Jankovi\u0107 started the year at the Hopman Cup where she partnered with Novak Djokovic to reach the final, losing out to United States' Serena Williams and Mardy Fish. She reached the semifinals of the Australian Open a few weeks after falling to Maria Sharapova, the eventual champion  where she beat Serena Williams en route in the quarterfinals. In February and March, she reached a lone final at the Sony Ericsson Open losing to Serena Williams 1-6, 7-5, 3-6. She further reached two semifinals and two quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nIn the clay season, Jankovi\u0107 won the Italian Open for the second straight year against surprise finalist Alize Cornet who was an 18-year-old qualifier. At the French Open, she reached her third straight major semifinal but fell in three grueling sets to once again the eventual champion in Ana Ivanovic, a match that decided the new World No. 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nJankovic then headed straight to Wimbledon where she lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the fourth round. Jankovic eventually became the 18th female No. 1, replacing compatriot Ivanovic on August 11. At the Beijing Olympics, she lost to eventual silver medalist Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals. At the US Open, Jankovic beat Elena Dementieva in the final four to reach her first Grand Slam final but lost to Serena Williams. In the fall season, she won three consecutive tournaments at the China Open, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and the Kremlin Cup justifying her return to the top spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nAna Ivanovic began the 2008 season by reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open where she lost to Maria Sharapova in straight sets. She then managed to win her sixth title and third Tier I title in Indian Wells, beating Jelena Jankovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals and finals respectively. Following a mediocre pre-French Open season where she failed to defend her title in Berlin, she entered Roland Garros as the second seed and favourite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nShe lived up to that expectation by winning her first Grand Slam (and her only to date) and becoming the first Serbian to reach the No. 1 spot, virtue of beating compatriot Jankovic in the semifinals. She defeated first-time Grand Slam finalist Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3. In her first tournament as the new world No. 1 at Wimbledon, she was upset in the third round by Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nFollowing a disappointing Wimbledon campaign, she suffered an injury-marred US Open Series as she withdrew from Los Angeles and the Olympics, which Ivanovic described as \"one of the worst moments in my career\". She played only one tournament which was at the Rogers Cup and was eliminated in the third round. As the top seed for the US Open, she suffered for the second straight major a loss to a player ranked outside the top 100 in French qualifier Julie Coin. She returned to form in October by winning the indoor tournament in Linz as well as reach the semifinals at the Kremlin Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nOn 4 September, Serena Williams and Dinara Safina were announced as the third and fourth qualifiers for the Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nSerena Williams started the year at the Hopman Cup where she teamed up with Mardy Fish to win it for the US. At the Australian Open, she made the quarterfinals losing to Jelena Jankovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nOn 18 September, Elena Dementieva became the fifth qualifier for the Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nOn 17 October, by reaching the quarterfinals at the Kremlin Cup, Svetlana Kuznetsova was confirmed as the sixth qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified singles players\nOn 25 October, the final two spots were taken by Vera Zvonareva and Venus Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Players, Qualified doubles teams\nIn doubles, team Cara Black and Liezel Huber qualified with convincing lead with more than 6,000 points, while other three teams all failed to collect even a half of that number of points, with all of them being around 2,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199423-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships, Singles Championship Race, Singles\nPlayers in gold have qualified for Doha. Players in brown withdrawn. The low-ranked players in blue after them would be played as alternates in Doha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199424-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, and won in the final 6\u20131, 7\u20135, against Kv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199425-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles\nThe 2008 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles was the singles event of the 2008 WTA Tour Championships, a season-ending tennis tournament held in November that featured the eight players who had collected the most ranking points during that year's WTA Tour season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199425-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles\nJustine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199425-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles\nVenus Williams won in the final 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20130, 6\u20132, against Vera Zvonareva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199425-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles, Draw, White Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199425-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles, Draw, Maroon Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 272]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 WWE draft\nThe 2008 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) draft, the sixth WWE draft,  took place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas on June 23. The draft took place live for three hours on Raw. Every WWE wrestler, announcer, commentator, and general manager were eligible to be drafted. Similar to the 2007 WWE draft, wrestlers from each brand competed in matches to win a random draft pick for their brand. Draft picks were kayfabe selected at random via a computer that was shown on the Raw titantron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 WWE draft\nLike the previous year, a supplemental draft took place on June 25, where draft selections were randomly conducted. The Draft featured the Raw brand randomly drafting ECW Champion Kane from the ECW brand. It also featured the ECW brand drafting WWE United States Champion Matt Hardy from the SmackDown brand. The final selection in the draft was conducted by the SmackDown brand, and they drafted WWE Champion Triple H from the Raw brand. Per pre-draft stipulations, all the three champions brought their respective titles to the brand to which they were drafted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 578]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 WWE draft, Background\nThe draft was announced by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon on the May 26, 2008 episode of Raw. During the announcement, he stated that every WWE performer from all three brands, Raw, ECW, and SmackDown, were eligible to be drafted. On the June 16 episode of Raw, McMahon announced that his McMahon's Million Dollar Mania contest would take place on the same night as the WWE draft. During the contest, McMahon gave away one million dollars to WWE fans. McMahon telephoned fans, who had registered for the contest, at their homes and asked them for a password, which was revealed at the opening of the Raw broadcast. If their answer was correct, he awarded the fan a portion of one million dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 WWE draft, Background\nOn June 24, WWE announced on its website that a supplemental draft would take place on June 25 at noon ET. The supplemental draft, like the previous year, was conducted randomly, with each brand receiving random draft selections. Wrestlers affected by the televised draft were exempt from the supplemental draft. Because professional wrestling is scripted, outcomes are usually predetermined. Unlike years past, during this draft, many employees in WWE were not told whether they were scripted to change brands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 WWE draft, Background\nAside from the Million Dollar Mania contest, the draft was announced to help increase the television ratings of Raw, which had been declining since WrestleMania XXIV. Though the draft helps increase ratings, it is also used as a way to refresh the rosters and create new storylines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 WWE draft, Selections\nThere were 28 selections conducted in the draft overall. 11 selections were conducted on television, while 17 selections occurred during the supplemental draft. The Raw brand earned five televised selections through their representatives winning five different matches, while they received six supplemental selections. In total, the Raw brand drafted 11 employees: five on television and six through the supplemental draft. The SmackDown brand earned five television selections through their representatives winning five different matches, while they received seven supplemental selections. In total, the SmackDown brand drafted 12 employees: five on television and seven through the supplemental draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 730]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 WWE draft, Selections\nThe ECW brand earned one televised selection through their representative winning one match, while they received four supplemental selections. In total, the ECW brand drafted five employees: one on television and four through the supplemental draft. The 28 included two commentators, two Divas, and 24 male wrestlers (two inactive wrestlers and 22 active wrestlers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 WWE draft, Selections, Televised draft, Matches\nDuring the program, representatives from the Raw, ECW and SmackDown brands were involved in matches that determined which brand received a draft pick. Overall, there were 9 matches, in which Raw won four, ECW won one, SmackDown won three and one resulted in no winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 WWE draft, Aftermath\nJim Ross, one of the draftees, was unaware he was to switch brands during the draft. After the draft, Ross was on the verge of quitting his job as a commentator for WWE, as he was angry at the fact he was leaving the Raw brand, where he had commentated for over ten years. Ross stated on his official blog that he was about to quit WWE, but he decided to continue to work for the company and make the best of working on SmackDown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 WWE draft, Aftermath\nAfter the Draft, the ECW brand was left without a world championship, after the ECW Champion Kane was drafted to Raw. As a result of pre-draft stipulations, champions took their championships to their new brand and made them property of that brand. SmackDown, however, lost their secondary championship, after United States Champion Matt Hardy was drafted to the ECW brand, in the process making the title ECW property, but gained another top-tier championship when WWE Champion Triple H was drafted to the SmackDown brand, in the process making the title SmackDown exclusive for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 WWE draft, Aftermath\nThe result of Triple H being drafted was the loss of the Raw brand's world championship. After the draft, the ECW Championship moved back to ECW when Mark Henry defeated Kane and Big Show in a Triple Threat match at Night of Champions, leaving Raw without any top-tier championships. On the June 30, 2008 episode of Raw, the Raw brand regained a world championship, after Money in the Bank contract holder, CM Punk, cashed in his contract and defeated the World Heavyweight Champion, Edge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0006-0003", "contents": "2008 WWE draft, Aftermath\nLastly, the United States Championship returned to SmackDown after Shelton Benjamin defeated Matt Hardy at The Great American Bash pay-per-view on July 20. Trevor Murdoch and Big Daddy V were both later released from WWE prior to their first appearances on SmackDown after being drafted. Chuck Palumbo was also later released from the WWE prior to his first appearance on Raw after being drafted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199426-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 WWE draft, Aftermath\nThe draft helped increased the television ratings of Raw, which was one of the main purposes of the draft. The television rating for the three hours was 3.40 TVR, as it earned 2.78 TVR for the first hour, 3.46 TVR for the second hour, and 3.95 TVR for the final hour. In its regular time slot, the show would have garnered a 3.7 rating. Both ratings were higher than the week's previous rating of a 3.3 TVR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199427-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wagner Seahawks football team\nThe 2008 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Seahawks were led by 28th-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 3\u20137 overall and 1\u20136 in NEC play to place seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199428-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wah bombing\nThe 2008 Wah bombing was a double suicide attack on the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in Wah, Pakistan, on 21 August 2008. The attack, which killed more than 100 and wounded over 200 is the deadliest on a military site in Pakistan's history. Both bombers detonated themselves at the factory's gates while workers were changing shifts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199428-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wah bombing, Background\nThe Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in Wah, Pakistan, is the center of the country's defence industry. Nearly 25,000 workers are employed there to produce explosives, weapons and other conventional arms and ammunition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199428-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wah bombing, Background\nSince July 2007, the northwest region of Pakistan, has been the site of a wave of militant violence, in which hundreds of militants and Pakistani security force members have been killed. Violence in the region had subsided after the new coalition government, which came to power after the February 2008 general election, had begun talks with tribal leader Baitullah Mehsud. However, violence resumed when Mehsud suspended talks in June. Following an impeachment movement launched by major opposition parties, the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigned on 18 August 2008, ending his nine years as head of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199428-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wah bombing, Responsibility\nMaulvi Omar, a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, said his group the Tehrik-e-Taliban had carried out the attacks, which he said were in response to military operations against militants in the Bajaur region which began on 6 August 2008 and has cost the lives of perhaps hundreds of civilians and forced some 300,000 people to flee from their homes. He warned that if the Pakistani government continues operations there, \"we will continue such attacks\". He further stated that the \"Wah factory is a killer factory where arms are being produced to kill our women and children.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199428-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wah bombing, Responsibility\nA third bomber, Hamidullah did not carry out his attack and was subsequently arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199428-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Wah bombing, Government response\nIn a message, Dr Fahmida Mirza, Speaker of the National Assembly, and Faisal Karim Kundi, Deputy Speaker, said it was a barbaric act of terrorism, which reflected inhumane and callous nature of the perpetrators. They said that a few misguided people were trying to disrupt peace in the country and derail the peaceful democratic process but they will not succeed in their nefarious designs. They said the criminals behind attacks were playing with the lives of innocent people without realising that they cannot save themselves from the wrath of Allah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199428-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Wah bombing, Government response\nThe United Nations Security Council met to officially condemn the terrorist attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199429-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic season\nThe 2008 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic season saw Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic compete in the 2008 ANZ Championship. With a team coached by Noeline Taurua, captained by Amigene Metcalfe and featuring Irene van Dyk, Magic finished the season as minor premiers and overall runners-up. During the regular season Magic won 10 of their 13 matches and finished above eventual champions New South Wales Swifts. Magic subsequently lost to Swifts in  the major semi\u2013final, defeated Adelaide Thunderbirds in the preliminary final before losing the grand final to Swifts. Irene van Dyk finished the season as the ANZ Championship top scorer, scoring 529 goals from 570 attempts with a 93% goal rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199429-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic season, Waipa Pre-Season Tournament\nIn March 2008 at the Waipa Pre-Season Tournament at the Te Awamutu Event Centre, Magic played four and won four against New South Wales Swifts, Australian Institute of Sport, Canterbury Tactix and Central Pulse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team\nThe 2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was Wake Forest's 56th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team\nThe Demon Deacons were led by eighth-year head coach Jim Grobe. Wake Forest played its home games at BB&T Field. The Deacons began their season on August 28 at Baylor. A win in the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl against UConn gave the Deacons twenty wins over the last two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team\nThe team is finished 8\u20135 overall and 4\u20134 in ACC play, and beat Navy in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl on December 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Before the season, Roster changes\nQuarterback Zach MacDowell enrolled Coastal Carolina University in January, and will play there starting in 2008. Running back Lucas Caparelli was dismissed from the university after an off the field incident in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Before the season, Recruiting\nOn National Signing Day, the Demon Deacons received letters of intent from 17 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 75], "content_span": [76, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Coaching staff\nAfter the 2007 season, The Deacons had two assistant coaches accept other coaching positions. Defensive Coordinator Dean Hood accepted the head coaching job at Eastern Kentucky. Quarterbacks coach Jeff Mullen left the Deacons to assume the Offensive Coordinator position at West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ Baylor\nIn front of a national television audience, Riley Skinner threw for three touchdowns, including two to Chip Brinkman. Josh Adams and Brandon Pendergrass added touchdown runs in a lopsided 41\u201313 scoreline. Alphonso Smith and Alex Frye notched interceptions for the Deacons, who won their first ever game in the state of Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nSam Swank's 42 yd FG with three seconds remaining gave Wake Forest a thrilling 30\u201328 win over Ole Miss. In a game with several lead changes, Ole Miss took the lead with just over one minute remaining in the fourth quarter. Wake quarterback Riley Skinner led the Deacons down the field in 53 seconds to set up Swank's game-winning field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ Florida State\nIn a game that featured no touchdowns, Sam Swank made four field goals to lead the Demon Deacons to a 12\u20133 win in Tallahassee. The win was the Deacons' second consecutive win in Tallahassee, and the third straight overall over the Seminoles. The Wake Forest defense was stout, allowing Florida State under 250 yards of offense, and forcing seven turnovers, including five interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Navy\nEric Kettani ran for a career-high 175 yards and backup quarterback Jarod Bryant scored the decisive touchdown in the fourth quarter, as Navy came into Winston-Salem and upset Wake Forest 24\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Clemson\nRiley Skinner's 7-yard touchdown pass to DJ Boldin with 5:28 to go gave the Deacons a 12\u20137 win against Clemson. In a defensive battle, the Deacons' defense managed to hold Clemson to less than one yard per carry. Wake Forest dominated the game statistically but were unable to capitalize on several scoring chances. The sole turnover in the game was a Cullen Harper pass intercepted by Alphonso Smith, who tied a school record with his 17th career interception. Riley Skinner also threw for 186 yards and a touchdown on 22-of-34 passing, and also added 73 yards on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ Maryland\nChris Turner completed 28-of-41 passes for 321 yards and a touchdown, and Maryland knocked off another top-25 team with a 26\u20130 thumping of No. 21 Wake Forest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ Miami\nWake Forest was not able to maintain a halftime lead in falling against Miami. The Deacons were unable to mount much offense in the second half, and a Robert Marve QB sneak in the third quarter ended up being the game-winner. Fullback Mike Rinfrette scored the lone Deacons touchdown on a one-yard run on Wake's first offensive series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Duke\nIn a back and forth affair, Wake Forest held off Duke 33\u201330 in an overtime battle. Alphonso Smith blocked a punt for a safety and had two interceptions for the Deacons, including one in overtime to end the game. Riley Skinner had a touchdown pass to DJ Boldin, and also scored on a quarterback sneak. The Blue Devils had their chance to win at the end of regulation, but missed a 42-yard field goal that would have won it. Aaron Curry led the Deacons with 16 tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nOn homecoming weekend in Winston-Salem, the Demon Deacons dazzled fans en route to a 28\u20133 halftime advantage. Riley Skinner threw two touchdown passes in the first half, including a 58-yard strike to Devon Brown. Kevin Patterson gave the Wake defense their first touchdown of the season, as e brought back a UVA pass for a 53-yard touchdown. Wake Forest turned more conservative in the second half, and allowed UVA to pick up a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns, but the lead was safe, and the Deacons claimed bowl eligibility for the third consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ NC State\nRussell Wilson threw the game-winning touchdown to Anthony Hill will ten minutes remaining, and NC State held off Wake Forest 21\u201317 in Raleigh. DJ Boldin had a hand in both Wake touchdowns, throwing a pass to Marshall Williams for a 64-yard touchdown, and catching a 7 yarder of his own. Williams had his first career 100 yard receiving day, grabbing 7 balls for 116 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Boston College\nBackup quarterback Dominique Davis scored on a one-yard quarterback sneak in the final minutes to send Wake Forest to their second straight close defeat. In a defensive battle, the Demon Deacon defense scored two touchdowns, and a punt block set up the third. Kevin Patterson and Kyle Wilbur returned fumbles for touchdowns, and Rich Belton caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Riley Skinner. This game also saw the return of kicker Sam Swank, who missed several weeks with injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nThree different Deacons ran for touchdowns as Wake held off Vanderbilt 23\u201310 in each team's regular season finale. Brandon Pendergrass, Kevin Harris, and Rich Belton got in the endzone, and Alphonso Smith tied the ACC record for career interceptions. The win guaranteed Wake Forest their third consecutive winning season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199430-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, vs. Navy\u2013EagleBank Bowl\nWake Forest scored 29 points in the last 31 minutes of action to win the inaugural EagleBank Bowl, and took revenge on Navy for a regular season defeat. Josh Adams got in the end zone twice for Wake Forest, who also got touchdowns from Ben Wooster and Rich Belton. Alphonso Smith intercepted a second quarter pass to break Dre Bly's ACC record for career interceptions. The Deacons outrushed the potent Navy option attack, led by a career-high 136 yards from Kevin Harris, and Riley Skinner set a FBS bowl record by completing eleven passes without an incompletion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199431-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election\nThe 2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199431-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Background\nBefore the election there was disagreement among commentators about how safe Wakefield council was for Labour. The Daily Telegraph felt Labour would struggle to remain in control, but the Yorkshire Post believed it would remain safe for Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199431-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Background\nWakefield council joined with other councils from Yorkshire to run a television advertising campaign in an attempt to increase turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199431-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives make 7 gains, all but one from Labour, and come up only one seat short of depriving Labour of their majority. Altogether Labour lost 8 seats including 2 to independents, while the Liberal Democrats lost their only seat that was being contested in Ossett to the Conservatives. Labour losses included the mayor, Allan Garbutt, and the cabinet member for children and young people, Trevor Izon, in Pontefract South. Overall turnout was 32.28%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199431-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives said that their victories were due both to the unpopularity of the national Labour government and due to the Labour council behaving in an arrogant way. The results were seen by the Conservatives as an encouraging sign of how they would perform at the next general election in the Wakefield constituencies. Meanwhile, Labour put their defeats down to national issues such as the abolition of the 10p rate of income tax and immigration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB\nThe 2008 Rally GB was the fifteenth and final round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season and was held between December 5\u20137, 2008. The event was again held in Wales, with Cardiff being the host of the ceremonial start and finish, and Swansea providing the service park. The special stages took place on gravel roads on private land, owned either by the Forestry Commission (for the special stages run on Friday and Sunday, and the Resolfen stage on Saturday) or the Army (for the remaining Saturday stages).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB\nThe event saw a return to the mid Wales stages of Hafren, Sweet Lamb, and Myherin for the first time since 2000. The rally was won by S\u00e9bastien Loeb in a Citro\u00ebn C4. This was his eleventh win of the season - breaking his own previous record set in 2005. Second place went to Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala who was just 12.7 seconds behind. The final podium position was filled by Loebs teammate Dani Sordo. With this result Citro\u00ebn clinched the manufacturers championship. This was the final appearance of the Subaru World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Entry\nThe event was supported by the usual works entries from Citro\u00ebn, Ford, Subaru, Stobart Ford, and Suzuki, plus regular privateers Conrad Rautenbach in his Citro\u00ebn C4 and Mads Ostberg in a Subaru Impreza WRC. A notable omission was Urmo Aava who was scheduled to enter the event with his semi-works effort Citro\u00ebn C4, but had to pull out only days before the event due to the ongoing economic problems. In another Citro\u00ebn C4 was Frenchman S\u00e9bastien Ogier who was handed the drive as a reward for winning the JWRC category of the 2008 championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Entry\nThe most newsworthy entry of all was that of 2008 Moto GP champion Valentino Rossi who was competing in a Ford Focus WRC complete with a Children in Need livery. Rossi was aiming to beat his previous two efforts in a WRC event, an early retirement at Rally GB in 2002 and an eleventh-place finish at the 2006 Rally New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Summary, Day one\nThe rally began in tricky conditions with ice and heavy rain making the roads very slippery and fog hampering the competitors' visibility. For safety reasons, the first and fourth stages held in Hafren (which had already been shortened from 19\u00a0km to 3\u00a0km) were cancelled. Stages 2 and 4 (Sweet Lamb) were slightly shortened (moving the start around 1\u00a0km into the stage due to ice) and the third and sixth stages at Myherin were dramatically shortened, using the middle 18\u00a0km of the original 35\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Summary, Day one\nThe FIA regulations came in for criticism from several of the teams and champion elect S\u00e9bastien Loeb for the lack of flexibility in the tyre rules which state that only one type of tyre is allowed on the event with no modifications allowed to that tyre. Loeb also spoke out against the lack of gravel crews, which run through the stage before the start and report any bad conditions to the drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Summary, Day one\nThe year's junior world champion S\u00e9bastien Ogier surprised by winning his first stage in a World Rally Car, albeit he was among the competitors to benefit from a late starting position. On the same stage, Production World Rally Championship leader Juho H\u00e4nninen retired after his drive shaft broke, leaving Andreas Aigner to take the title if he finishes the event in the top three. On the fifth stage, last year's winner Mikko Hirvonen rolled his Ford Focus WRC and lost several minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0002-0003", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Summary, Day one\nThe next top entrant to roll was Subaru's Chris Atkinson, who was placed sixth before retiring after a bad accident on the first corner of stage seven, the first super special stage. After day one, Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala led from Citro\u00ebn's S\u00e9bastien Loeb, Suzuki's Per-Gunnar Andersson and Subaru privateer Mads \u00d8stberg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Summary, Day two\nDay two began with a long stage in Resolfen. Two of the rally's surprises ran into problems; \u00d8stberg's Impreza WRC suffered an engine problem and Ogier rolled his C4 WRC very close to the stage finish. The crews reported more icy conditions in the stages, with Latvala feeling particularly ill at ease as he was the first car on the road and therefore the first to encounter the treacherous patches of ice. Throughout the day the conditions improved enough for Latvala to manage to hold off the challenges of firstly Dani Sordo, and then S\u00e9bastien Loeb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 591]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Summary, Day two\nLatvala held a 10.8 second lead going into the short Cardiff superspecial but clutch problems developed when he had to queue in heavy traffic on the approach to the stage and he lost 3.5 seconds of this advantage. In fourth position was Petter Solberg who was only twenty seconds behind third place. Per-Gunnar Andersson had slipped back to fifth place, but was still three places ahead of his more experienced teammate Toni Gardemeister. The two other points positions were held by Henning Solberg and Fran\u00e7ois Duval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Summary, Day two\nMikko Hirvonen was homing in on a world championship point, ahead of top home driver Matthew Wilson who was in a slightly disappointing tenth position. Valentino Rossi was making progress after a very steady start and was now in fifteenth position - ahead of WRC regulars such as Khalid Al-Qassimi and Conrad Rautenbach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Summary, Day three\nFreezing conditions overnight meant that there was ice again on the remaining stages at Rheola and Port Talbot. This was not ideal for rally leader Latvala, who had hoped for warmer conditions overnight for a better chance of holding Loeb at bay. Loeb had been told by Citro\u00ebn boss Olivier Quesnel to push for the victory as a third place for Sordo would be enough to clinch the manufacturers title. After the first loop of Sunday's stages the gap was down to 1.4 seconds and a victory for Loeb was looking inevitable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Summary, Day three\nLoeb was then initially handed a ten-second time penalty for a jump start at SS18  which meant that Latvala took a slender advantage of 2.2 seconds into the last stage. However, Loeb's pace was too strong and a further stage win meant that he won the rally by 12.7 seconds after his earlier time penalty was rescinded. Latvala finished a disappointed second but believed that the battle with Loeb would make him mentally stronger for next season. Sordo followed team instructions to drive carefully and finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199432-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 Wales Rally GB, Summary, Day three\nPetter Solberg maintained his fourth place and the remaining points positions remained the same, except for a late retirement for Henning Solberg which meant that Hirvonen claimed eighth place. Wilson took the position of highest Brit position, ahead of Barry Clark. Rossi continued his progression and finished in twelfth position, earning praise from Ford team boss Malcolm Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199433-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa\nThe 2008 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played in June 2008 in South Africa by Wales national rugby union team. The Welsh, lost both tests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199434-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199435-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Walsh Cup\nThe 2008 Walsh Cup was a hurling competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA and two teams from Ulster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship as it also features further education colleges and it also featured two teams from Ulster. The first four losers of the competition entered the Walsh Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199435-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Walsh Cup\nAntrim won their first and (so far) only Walsh Cup, while Laois won the Walsh Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199436-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wantok Cup\nThe inaugural edition of the Wantok Cup was held during Independence Day celebrations in Honiara, Solomon Islands, from 3 to 7 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199436-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wantok Cup\nThe hosts were represented by two teams, while Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu were initially scheduled to enter one team each. Papua New Guinea withdrew at the last moment, citing \"financial problems\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199436-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wantok Cup\nThe Solomon Islands U23 became the first Wantok Cup champions, on home ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 94]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199436-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wantok Cup\nThe second Wantok Cup was scheduled to be held later the same month, during Independence Day celebrations in Vanuatu. The event was cancelled for financial reasons, and the second edition of the Wantok Cup was rescheduled to be held in Vanuatu in July 2010. There is no record of it having been held, making the inaugural edition the only competition to date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses were a series of events held by the Washington State Democratic Party to determine the delegates that the Party sent to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Delegates were selected in a four-tier process that began with precinct caucuses, was further refined in legislative district caucuses and/or county conventions, concluded for some delegates in the congressional district caucuses, and finally concluded for the remaining delegates at the state convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses\nWashington also held a Democratic primary on February 19, 2008, but the Washington State Democratic Party did not use the results of the primary to determine its delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Delegate breakdown\nThe Washington State Democratic Party sent a total of 97 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of those delegates, 78 were pledged and 19 were unpledged. The 78 pledged delegates were allocated (pledged) to vote for a particular candidate at the National Convention according to the results of Washington's four-step caucus process. The 19 unpledged delegates were popularly called \"superdelegates\" because their vote represented their personal decisions, whereas the regular delegates' votes represented the collective decision of many voters. The superdelegates were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Washington State Democratic Party's officials and the pledged delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Delegate breakdown\nThe 78 pledged delegates were further divided into 51 district delegates and 27 statewide delegates. The 51 district delegates were divided among Washington's 9 Congressional Districts and were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the caucus results in each District. The 27 statewide delegates were divided into 17 at-large delegates and 10 Party Leaders and Elected Officials (abbreviated PLEOs). They were allocated to the presidential candidates at the State Convention based on the preference of the 51 district delegates on June 13\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Delegate breakdown\nOf the 19 unpledged delegates, 17 were selected in advance and 2 were selected at the State Convention. The delegates selected in advance were 7 Democratic National Committee members, the 2 Democratic U.S. Senators from Washington, Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, the 6 Democratic U.S. Representatives from Washington, and the Democratic Governor of Washington, Christine Gregoire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Delegate selection process, Precinct caucuses\nThe precinct caucuses took place on February 9, 2008. Washington's two U.S. Senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton earlier in the nomination season. The week before the caucuses, Senator Barack Obama was endorsed by Washington Governor Christine Gregoire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Delegate selection process, Precinct caucuses\nThe caucuses were open to all voters who would be 18 years old by November 4, 2008. To vote, participants completed a form with their contact information and candidate preference. The form also asked voters to sign an oath stating: \"I declare that I consider myself to be a DEMOCRAT and I will not participate in the nomination process of any other political party for the 2008 Presidential election.\" In some caucus groups, members split into smaller groups according to the candidate they supported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Delegate selection process, Precinct caucuses\nVoters supporting non-viable candidates had the option of moving into viable groups, and voters in viable groups could change their preference. Unlike other state Democratic Party caucuses, Washington does not require a 15% threshold for allocation of delegates at the precinct level. Rules state that any fractional delegates remaining are awarded to the candidate with the most votes that do not have delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Delegate selection process, Legislative District caucuses and County conventions\nThe second tier of the delegate selection process involved choosing 2,000 Legislative District delegates (and 1,000 alternates) to send to the Congressional District conventions on May 17 and the State Convention on June 13\u201315. There are 49 Legislative Districts in Washington State. Each district was allocated a certain number of delegates. Delegates were elected at either Legislative District caucuses or County conventions. Each of Washington's 39 counties has a local Democratic Party organization that determined the event at which delegate selection would take place. Most counties chose to select delegates at Legislative District caucuses on April 5. The remaining counties selected delegates at sub-caucuses during their County Conventions, most of which were held on either April 12 or April 19. The breakdown of events by date is listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 130], "content_span": [131, 987]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Delegate selection process, Congressional district caucuses\nFifty-one delegates were chosen at the nine congressional district caucuses. Each district was allotted a different number of delegates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 109], "content_span": [110, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Delegate selection process, State convention\nTwenty-nine delegates were chosen at the state convention, twenty-seven of which were pledged to vote for a particular candidate. Seventeen of these pledged delegates were \"at-large\" delegates that did not represent a specific Washington congressional district, and ten were party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199437-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Primary\nThe Washington State Democratic Party did not use the results of the primary to determine its delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199438-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington House of Representatives election\nThe 2008 Washington State House elections took place on November 4, 2008. Voters in all 49 of Washington's legislative districts voted for their representatives. Washington State Senate elections were also held on November 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team\nThe 2008 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Tyrone Willingham, the team played its home games at Husky Stadium in Seattle. The Huskies were winless at 0\u201312, the worst record in the program's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team\nOn October 27, the Monday after a 33\u20137 home loss to Notre Dame, it was announced that Willingham would step down as head coach at the end of the season. UW president Mark Emmert indicated the decision to fire Willingham had been made shortly after the prior week's game against Oregon State. Athletic Director Scott Woodward said the announcement ended speculation of what was going to happen with Willingham, who had a year remaining on his contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team\n\"It became quite obvious that the performance on the football field wasn't up to what we talked about at the beginning of the season and previous to the season and it became more obvious as time went on,\" Woodward said in explaining his decision to make the move.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nWashington opened the season with a game versus the Oregon Ducks at Autzen Stadium. It was the first time Washington opened the season with a conference opponent since 1998, when they defeated Arizona State, 42\u201338 in Tempe, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nOregon crushed the Huskies, 44\u201310. Washington averaged a mere 2.2 rushing yards per carry, and was held scoreless in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon\n\"We just couldn't run the ball\", coach Tyrone Willingham said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe win was the 5th straight for the Ducks against the Huskies, which marks the first time Oregon has accomplished that feat since the series began in 1900.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, BYU\nThe Huskies and Cougars met for the seventh time, with #15 BYU avoiding the upset in front of 64,611 fans at Husky Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, BYU\nA late Washington rally fell short and the game ended in controversy. Quarterback Jake Locker scored on a 3-yard touchdown run with 2 seconds remaining in the game, cutting BYU's lead to 28\u201327. But Locker was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct, and the extra point attempt was moved back 15 yards. The ensuing PAT try was blocked, BYU players rushed the field, and a chorus of boos rained down from the Husky faithful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, BYU\n\"After scoring the touchdown, the player threw the ball into the air and we are required, by rule, to assess a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty\", Referee Larry Farina said in a statement given to Washington officials. \"It is a celebration rule that we are required to call. It was not a judgment call.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, BYU\nCougar quarterback Max Hall had 339 yards passing and three touchdowns, including a 15-yarder to tight end Dennis Pitta with 3:31 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, BYU\nLocker finished 17-for-32 passing for 204 yards and added 62 yards rushing on 18 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, BYU\nWashington safety Nate Williams had a game-high 13 tackles. He also put the hit on BYU tailback Harvey Unga that forced a touchdown-saving fumble that UW's Tripper Johnson recovered in the end zone in the 4th quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nOklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford completed 18 of 21 passes for 304 yards, matched his career high with five touchdown passes and ran for a sixth score to lead the Sooners in a rout against the overmatched Huskies, 55\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe Sooners scored their most points on the road against a school from a BCS conference since a 56\u201325 win at Texas Tech on November 22, 2003. They also handed Washington its largest margin of defeat at home since October 12, 1929, when it lost 48\u20130 to Southern California, a scant two weeks before the Wall Street Crash of 1929.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nWashington lost three fumbles, missed two field goals and punted three times in the first half. The Huskies went into the locker room down 34\u20130 and didn't get on the board until Jake Locker scored on a 15-yard touchdown run with 5:37 remaining in the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nOklahoma, the highest-ranked nonconference team to visit Husky Stadium since 1969, gained 591 yards of total offense on the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThe Huskies fell to 0\u20134 (0\u20132 in the Pac-10) with a 35\u201328 loss to Stanford, and also lost quarterback Jake Locker for the rest of the season when he broke his right thumb in the second quarter while blocking downfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nStanford quarterback Tavita Pritchard, formerly of Clover Park High School, completed 16 of 24 passes for 224 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThe Huskies' defense gave up 466 yards \u2013 and 244 of those came on the ground, despite Washington's agreement all week that its top defensive priority was stopping the run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThe Huskies were trailing 14\u20137 when Locker was hurt, and while replacement Ronnie Fouch injected some enthusiasm with some accurate passing, the Dawgs ultimately couldn't overcome another porous performance from its defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nJust about the time Locker emerged from the locker room in the third quarter, Stanford's Anthony Kimble ran 83 yards for a touchdown with 9:35 left in the third quarter to put Stanford ahead 28\u201314, and all hope seemed to be gone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nWillingham opened his postgame news conference by saying it was \"very difficult for me to stand before you...I felt like we could win the football game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nOn a breezy night in the Tucson desert, Arizona wasted little time putting away the Huskies. Arizona took a 17\u20130 lead after the first quarter and never looked back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nFacing the nation's second-ranked defense, Washington struggled behind quarterback Ronnie Fouch, a redshirt freshman making his first college start. Fouch completed 12 of 28 passes for 181 yards and one touchdown, a 20-yarder to Michael Gottlieb midway through the fourth quarter. Fouch also threw an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona\n\"We played a complete game on offense, defense and special teams\", Arizona coach Mike Stoops said. \"We were very efficient and balanced. Our running backs were strong. (Quarterback) Willie Tuitama was excellent.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 275]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nIt was the Huskies' fifth loss of the season and seventh straight dating back to last season, giving the Dawgs the dubious distinction of having the longest losing streak in major college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nWashington athletic director Scott Woodward met with reporters after the game to say that he stands by the position he has held all along \u2013 he does not intend to fire head coach Tyrone Willingham midseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona\n\"I stick with what I said last week\", he said. \"I told you last week that I was less happy than I was the week before. Well, I'm even less happy than I was. But we have seven games, and we are going to play those seven games and no, there is not going to be a change this week. We will look at the whole body of work of the season and assess it at the end of the season.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 434]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nOregon State's James Rodgers zipped through Washington's defense for 216 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns as the Beavers won their fifth straight over Washington for the first time in the series' history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nJames' brother, Jacquizz Rodgers, did his part too: 94 yards rushing on 20 carries and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Beavers ran for 230 yards and the Huskies turned the ball over four times in front of a disappointed homecoming crowd at Husky Stadium. The biggest cheers of the night were for former Husky head coach Don James and the 1977 Washington team that won the Rose Bowl when they were honored on the field after the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Huskies dropped their eighth straight dating back to last season, tied with North Texas for the longest losing streak in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nWashington took a rare lead on Jared Ballman's 45-yard field goal early in the first quarter. The Huskies had not led since the third quarter against BYU on September 6, and it was only their second lead of the entire season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nWith under 3 minutes to go in the first quarter, Oregon State coach Mike Riley took a chance by going for it on fourth-and-1 at his own 43, and converted with Jacquizz Rodgers going for five yards. On the next play, the Beavers faked a dive to Jacquizz and handed instead to James Rodgers on a reverse, then watched him dash in front of the Beavers' bench for a 52-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nLater in the half, after Fouch was sacked and fumbled near midfield, James Rodgers struck again. Rodgers found space in the middle of Washington interior on a middle screen, then sprinted away from three Huskies for a 33-yard scoring pass to make it 17\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Huskies were 3 of 12 on 3rd down conversions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nWashington's offense, with redshirt freshman quarterback Ronnie Fouch making his third career start, did not cross midfield until 6 minutes remained in the game. The Huskies had just 51 total yards on 35 plays entering the fourth quarter. They had 5 yards passing at halftime, when the game was essentially over with Notre Dame up 17\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\n\"I feel like we could have scored more, but we never want to embarrass a team\", said Notre Dame wide receiver Golden Tate, who ran 21 yards for his first career touchdown on an end around in the opening quarter. \"I think we let up once we had them 14\u20130.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nWashington finished with 124 total yards against a defense that was allowing an average of 368 yards, 75th nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\n\"There was nothing that we did well tonight\", a solemn Willingham said after the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, USC\nMark Sanchez completed 15 of 19 passes for 167 yards and two touchdowns to Patrick Turner before coming out early in the third quarter, and Southern California scored TDs on its first six possessions in a 56\u20130 rout of Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe win before a crowd of 80,216 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was the 42nd in the last 43 home games for the Trojans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe victory was the most lopsided in the history of the 78-game series, surpassing USC's 48\u20130 triumph in 1929. The Trojans have won the last seven games between the teams, but their margin of victory was just six points in 2006 and three points last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, USC\nWashington moved to the Trojans' 6-yard line early in the fourth quarter, but Chris Galippo intercepted a pass by Fouch on second-and-goal and returned it 50 yards to the Huskies' 49.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Huskies would threaten again later, getting to the USC 25 before Drew McAllister's interception turned them away to preserve the shutout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, USC\n\"It was exciting to see so many of our young guys get in and to hold onto the shutout there at the end\", USC Head coach Pete Carroll said. \"It's really a source of pride for everyone.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, USC\nIt was the Huskies' first shutout loss since falling to USC 38\u20130 in 2004, their worst loss since a 65\u20137 decision at Miami in 2001, and their worst shutout loss since a 58\u20130 beating at Oregon in 1973.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nQuarterback Rudy Carpenter rallied Arizona State with a pair of second half touchdowns to Michael Jones, and the Sun Devils kept their slim bowl hopes alive by pulling away for a 39\u201319 win over winless Washington on Saturday night in Seattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nWashington opened the playbook in this game. The Huskies used reverses, direct snaps, and even a double pass that ended with quarterback Ronnie Fouch catching a second-quarter touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nWith the game tied at 16 in the third quarter, Washington's Chris Stevens blocked a punt and the Huskies took over at the Arizona State 14. But the Sun Devils defense held the Huskies to a second consecutive field goal inside the 10-yard line, and while it gave Washington a 19\u201316 lead, it would be the last points the Huskies scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nCarpenter quickly led the Sun Devils down the field, capped by his 6-yard toss to Jones in the back of the end zone to give Arizona State a 23\u201319 lead. On their next possession, Carpenter hit Jones on a 2-yard fade to push the advantage to 30\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nCarpenter hit seven straight passes during the two decisive scoring drives. He finished 22 of 31 for 218 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nWashington was 4\u201315 on 3rd down conversions, and ran for a meager 52 yards, 39 of which came on a late 4th quarter carry, after the game had already been decided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nFouch finished 13 of 40 for 192 yards, with two interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 131]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThe Huskies were held scoreless in the 4th quarter for the second consecutive game. The second half continues to be dreadful for the Dawgs: In the past 5 games, UW has managed to score a mere 27 second half points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nHuskies head coach Tyrone Willingham already had been fired from his position. On October 27, 2008, the University of Washington announced that he will not be retained as head coach after the completion of Washington's 2008 football season. Willingham becomes the third Washington coach to be fired (out of the last four) since Hall of Fame coach Don James resigned in 1993 because of pending NCAA and Pac-10 sanctions against his team where his players were determined to have \"accepted substantial and illegal benefits under James, likely with his knowledge\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 621]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nUCLA coach Neuheisel had been fired in the summer of 2003 from the University of Washington in relation to his participation in a neighborhood pool for the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and lies he told about his actions. The University of Washington had its probation extended for failing to monitor its football program. This was Neuheisel's first return to Husky Stadium following the firing. There was some booing, but not a significant amount. The Huskies had been on a winless streak all season, and were at 0\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe day was sunny and dry, so weather was not a factor as can often be the case in Seattle in November. Under the direction of quarterback Kevin Craft, the Bruins drove 80 yards in 12 plays. Running back Derrick Coleman rushed for a touchdown in the first half. In the second half, the Bruins launched a ninety-two-yard drive. Backed up against the goal line, running back Kahlil Bell ran four straight times, and Craft followed with several key pass completions. UCLA finally scored on a run by Bell, taking the 24\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nOn November 21, 2008, the 1\u201310 Washington State Cougars met the 0\u201310 Huskies in Pullman for the 101st Apple Cup. The media joked that the game was the \"Crapple Cup\" and \"full of worms\". The Huskies led for most of the game, until the Cougars forced their way into overtime with a fourth-quarter field goal by kicker Nico Grasu. Grasu hit two more field goals in the two overtime periods to lead the Cougars to their second straight Apple Cup victory, and fourth win in the teams' last five meetings. The win was the Cougars' lone victory over a Football Bowl Subdivision team in 2008 and assured the Huskies' place at the bottom of the Pac-10 standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, California\nThe Bears' victory made their record at home perfect at 7\u20130 and made the Huskies the first 0\u201312 team in PAC-10 conference history and the only team in the country to finish the 2008 season without a victory. During the game Cal running back Jahvid Best set a school record for most rushing yards in a game at 311. The Huskies finished the season on a 14-game losing streak, as the team's last win had been against Cal at home in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199439-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft\nNo Huskies were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, which lasted seven rounds (256 selections).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season\nThe 2008 Washington Kastles season was the inaugural season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT). The Kastles finished fifth in WTT's Eastern Conference with 6 wins and 8 losses and failed to qualify for the postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Founding of franchise\nThe founding of the Washington Kastles as an expansion franchise was announced by WTT CEO/commissioner Ilana Kloss on February 14, 2008. The team was founded by a group led by venture capitalist and entrepreneur Mark Ein, a resident of the Washington metropolitan area. At the press conference announcing the team's creation, Ein said, \"I am thrilled to bring World TeamTennis to our area. WTT tennis is great entertainment emphasizing fan interaction, and it is the only major sport with men and women playing together on the same team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Founding of franchise\nThe Washington Kastles season will be an exciting summertime addition to our local economy and a fun activity for our entire community.\" The team was named after Kastle Systems, LLC, a provider of building and office security systems, of which Ein was the majority owner and managing member. The Kastles became the first franchise in WTT history to be based in Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Drafts\nSerena Williams became the first player in history to sign with the Kastles, when she was selected by the team in the first round of the WTT Marquee Player Draft on March 19, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Drafts\nIn the Roster Player Draft on April 1, 2008, the Kastles selected Justin Gimelstob, Sacha Jones, Scott Oudsema and Mashona Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Kastles get a home\nAt a press conference on April 30, 2008, that included Kastles owner Mark Ein, WTT CEO/commissioner Ilana Kloss, WTT co-founder Billie Jean King and Washington mayor Adrian Fenty, the Kastles announced plans for the construction of a temporary 2,020-seat stadium on the parking lot on which CityCenterDC was expected to be built in the future. The Washington Convention Center had formerly stood on the site. The temporary stadium was to feature both courtside premium box seating and affordable bleachers close to the action. Located at 11th and H Streets, the stadium could be reached by fans using the Washington Metro. After extolling the virtues of the stadium and its location, Ein said, \"We\u2019re going to take this parking lot and turn it into a home worth defending.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 838]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Kastles get a home\nThe team announced that season tickets as well as three-match packages that included the inaugural home match in which Serena Williams was scheduled to appear and visits by John McEnroe and the New York Sportimes and by Anna Kournikova and the St. Louis Aces were on sale. Ein said that the Kastles were committed to integrating charitable and community-based initiatives into all of their activities. There would be a designated charity beneficiary for each home match, and the Kastles planned to host community-based programs at the stadium. The team expected to provide internship and volunteer opportunities for area youth. The Kastles planned to give away more than 1,000 tennis racquets to local children attending their matches and at community clinics sponsored by the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 847]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Gimelstob suspension\nJustin Gimelstob appeared on The Junkies, a local radio sports and lifestyle talk show, in June 2008. During an hour-long interview, Gimelstob made several disparaging comments about female tennis players. He said, \"Female tennis players lack the social skills. They don\u2019t go to high school; they don\u2019t go to parties.\" Gimelstob used the term \"sexpot\" to describe both Tatiana Golovin and Aliz\u00e9 Cornet. He commented that there were fewer lesbians on the women's tour than there had been 15 years earlier \"because they're all Russian chicks, and there are some cute ones out there.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Gimelstob suspension\nRegarding Anna Kournikova of the St. Louis Aces, alongside whom he once trained, Gimelstob said, \"She's a bitch. Hate's a very strong word. I just despise her to the maximum level just below hate.\" Looking ahead to his upcoming meeting on the court with Kournikova in mixed doubles, Gimelstob said that he wanted to hit her hard in the midriff when serving in her direction. He added, \"If she\u2019s not crying by the time she walks off the court, then I did not do my job.\" Asked by the hosts if he would ever date Kournikova, Gimelstob responded, \"Definitely not. I have no attraction to her. She has a great body but her face is a five. I really have no interest in her ... I wouldn\u2019t mind having my younger brother, who\u2019s a kind of a stud, nail her and then reap the benefits of that.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 851]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Gimelstob suspension\nFollowing Gimelstob's comments, on June 25, 2008, WTT suspended him for one match without pay for violating the league's player code of conduct. In a statement released by the league, Gimelstob apologized and said that there was no excuse for his comments. He expressed \"heartfelt remorse\" and said that his comments did not represent who he is and the respect he has for women. Gimelstob said that he would be making a donation to the Women's Sports Foundation with the hope that positive action can speak louder than his words.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Gimelstob suspension\nOn July 3, 2008, the Kastles signed Vince Spadea as a substitute player to replace Gimelstob in their inaugural match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Season-opening road trip\nThe Kastles met the Philadelphia Freedoms in their inaugural match on July 4, 2008, at the King of Prussia mall in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania. Vince Spadea was the first player on the court for the Kastles, and he won the opening set of men's singles, 5\u20133. Mashona Washington followed with a 5\u20133 set win in women's singles. After Spadea teamed with Scott Oudsema to take the third set of men's doubles, the Kastles had a 15\u20139 lead. The Freedoms won the fourth set of women's doubles in a tiebreaker and followed by taking the final set of mixed doubles, 5\u20133, to send the match to overtime with the Kastles leading, 22\u201319. Washington and Oudsema won the first game of overtime to seal the Kastles' victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Season-opening road trip\nThe following day, the Kastles signed Tripp Phillips as a substitute player to fill in for Justin Gimelstob for their match in Delaware that evening. Gimelstob was unavailable, because he was working as a television analyst at Wimbledon. Washington and Oudsema carried the Kastles to their second straight win to start the season. They opened the match with a 5\u20132 set win in mixed doubles. Oudsema teamed with Phillips in the third set of men's doubles for a 5\u20133 set win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Season-opening road trip\nWashington paired with Sacha Jones to take the fourth set of women's doubles in a tiebreaker that gave the Kastles an 18\u201314 lead. After Oudsema dropped the final set of men's singles to cut the Kastles' lead to 20\u201319, he won the first game of overtime to clinch a 21\u201319 triumph over the Delaware Smash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Home opener\nThe Kastles inaugural match at home was the climax of an all-day event. The team conducted a youth tennis clinic at Kastles Stadium, and Serena Williams, fresh off a loss in the Wimbledon Ladies' Final to her sister, Venus, and a transatlantic flight arrived about an hour late. She participated in the clinic for 19 minutes, giving advice about both tennis and life and hitting volleys with some of the 50 children present. After an interview with the Tennis Channel, Williams held a press conference for the 20 reporters on hand, who quizzed her about the loss to her sister. Later in the day, Williams stopped by the Kastles VIP tent to speak with the guests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 720]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Home opener\nKastles owner Mark Ein joined the sellout crowd, taking his courtside seat, flanked by Washington mayor Adrian Fenty and WTT co-founder Billie Jean King, prepared to watch his undefeated team. However, when the players hit the court, the visiting Boston Lobsters quickly erased the festive mood. In the opening set of men's doubles, Amir Hadad and Jan-Michael Gambill thumped Scott Oudsema and Justin Gimelstob, who was making his season debut, 5\u20131. Williams and Gimelstob followed by dropping the second set of mixed doubles, 5\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Home opener\nAfter Gimelstob lost the third set of men's singles in a tiebreaker, the Lobsters had a 15\u20137 lead. Williams and Mashona Washington managed to take the fourth set of women's doubles in a tiebreaker to cut the lead to 19\u201312. Williams converted a break point in the sixth game and won the closing set of women's singles, 5\u20132, over Marie-\u00c8ve Pelletier to send the match to overtime with the Lobsters leading, 21\u201317. Williams won the first two overtime games, before Pelletier held serve in the third to secure a 22\u201319 victory for the Lobsters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Home opener\nOn the day of their home opener, the Kastles announced they had signed Robby Ginepri as a substitute player to fill in for Gimelstob on July 11, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, First home victory sparks a winning streak\nAfter their home debut, the Kastles embarked on a two-match New York road trip and lost to both the New York Buzz and the New York Sportimes. The Kastles returned home to face the Buzz on July 11, 2008, looking to secure their first home victory and break their three-match losing streak, having dropped all three matches in which Serena Williams appeared. After the Kastles dropped the opening set, Sacha Jones and Mashona Washington evened the match at 8 all with a 5\u20133 set win in women's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, First home victory sparks a winning streak\nThe Buzz took the next two sets and held an 18\u201313 lead heading to the final set of men's singles. Robby Ginepri, making his Kastles debut, won the set, 5\u20133, over Nathan Healey to send the match to overtime. Ginepri then won three straight overtime games over Healey to tie the match at 21 all and force a super tiebreaker. Ginepri completed the dramatic comeback by taking the super tiebreaker, 7\u20134, to give the Kastles their first home victory in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, First home victory sparks a winning streak\nThe following day, the Kastles announced they had signed Kevin Kim as a substitute player to replace Justin Gimelstob in their July 13 match at Newport Beach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, First home victory sparks a winning streak\nWilliams and Kim were the key players in the Kastles' victory over the Newport Beach Breakers. They opened the match with a 5\u20132 set win in mixed doubles. After the Breakers took both the women's and men's doubles sets, they held a 12\u20138 lead. Williams dominated Lilia Osterloh, 5\u20130, in women's singles to put the Kastles in front, 13\u201312. Kim faced eventual 2008 WTT Male Most Valuable Player Ram\u00f3n Delgado in the final set of men's singles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, First home victory sparks a winning streak\nDelgado entered the match leading WTT in men's singles winning percentage having taken 31 of 47 games played and had not yet dropped a set in the event all season. Delgado went up a break in the set and pushed to a 4\u20131 lead while giving the Breakers a 16\u201314 lead in the match. Kim used strong baseline play to hold in the sixth game, break back in the seventh and hold in the eighth game. The set went to a tiebreaker with the Kastles leading, 17\u201316. Kim won the set tiebreaker, 5\u20132, to avoid the super tiebreaker and give the Kastles an 18\u201316 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Draft picks\nWith 11 teams making selections in WTT's two 2008 drafts, the Kastles, as an expansion team, were assigned the middle pick (sixth) in each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Draft picks, Marquee Player Draft\nIn the Marquee Player Draft on March 19, 2008, the Kastles selected Serena Williams in the first round. They did not make a second-round selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199440-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Kastles season, Draft picks, Roster Player Draft\nThe league conducted its 2008 Roster Player Draft on April 1, in Miami, Florida. The selections made by the Kastles are shown in the table below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199441-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Mystics season\nThe 2008 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Washington Mystics women's professional basketball team. Despite a 10\u201316 record before the WNBA break for the Beijing Olympics, Mystics officials said that attendance at Verizon Center had risen from nearly 1,200 fans a game over the previous season, with total ticket revenue up 17 percent, and season-ticket sales for the 2008 season were up 20 percent from last season, bringing the team's base to nearly 3,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199441-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Mystics season, Off-season\nOn October 2, 2007, the Mystics announced that Tree Rollins would be named the permanent head coach. Rollins had been the interim head coach since the resignation of Richie Adubato on June 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199441-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Mystics season, Off-season, Expansion draft\nYelena Leuchanka was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season\nThe Washington Nationals' 2008 season was the fourth season for the franchise in the District of Columbia, and the 40th since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, in 1969. It also marked the first season the Nationals played at Nationals Park. The team finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 59\u2013102, the worst record in Major League Baseball. This prompted an updated version of a running joke that originated with the American League's Senators: \"Washington: First in war, first in peace, and last in the National League.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Offseason\nOn November 30, 2007, the Nationals traded Ryan Church and Brian Schneider to the New York Mets for Lastings Milledge. On December 3, 2007, they traded minor-leaguer Glenn Gibson to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Elijah Dukes, and on the following day they traded Jonathan Albaladejo to the New York Yankees for Tyler Clippard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Advertising and marketing\nThe Nationals\u2032 marketing slogan for 2008 was \"Welcome Home.\" The slogan welcomed Nationals fans to their new \"home\" at Nationals Park, where the Nationals began play in 2008 after three seasons at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Spring training\nThe Nationals held their 2008 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, March\nThe Nationals opened the 2008 MLB season by hosting the Atlanta Braves in a nationally televised night game on March 30, 2008. It was the first professional regular-season game to be played at the Nationals' new facility Nationals Park. President George W. Bush threw the ceremonial first pitch to Nationals' manager Manny Acta, and Ryan Zimmerman hit a two-out, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to mark an exciting beginning to the 2008 season. The Nationals also blew out the Phillies 11-6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nThe Nationals clinched the series against the Phillies, winning 1-0. However, the Nationals struggled after a promising 3-0 start, losing 16 of their next 19 games to start off 6-16. They improved for the rest of the month, earning splits at Atlanta and at home against the Mets, and winning series against the Braves and the Pirates. Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass at Nationals Park in front of 47,000 people on April 17 while the Nationals were on a road trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nThe Nats started May winning 3 of the first 4 games of the month, earning them a 14-18 record, but lost 2 of 3 at Houston and were swept by the Florida Marlins at home. Then they took 3 of 4 against the struggling Mets at Shea Stadium, but in the first Beltway Series of 2008 they were nipped by the Orioles at Baltimore and lost two of three against the high-powered Phillies' offense. They split a series two games apiece against the Brewers and lost a series to the Padres. The Nats then beat up on the Diamondbacks in the first game of a series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nThe team finished 59-102, the worst record in Major League Baseball. Six of the team's coaches were dismissed the day before the final game (a loss to the 2008 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies); only manager Manny Acta and pitching coach Randy St. Clair were retained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Draft\nThe 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place on June 5 and 6. With their first pick \u2013 the ninth pick overall \u2013 the Nationals selected pitcher Aaron Crow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Draft\nOther notable players the Nationals selected were shortstop Danny Espinosa (third round, 87th overall), catcher Adri\u00e1n Nieto (fifth round, 151st overall), pitcher Tommy Milone (10th round, 301st overall), pitcher Louis Coleman (14th round, 421st overall), first baseman Tyler Moore (16th round, 481st overall), shortstop Steve Lombardozzi, Jr. (19th round, 571st overall), pitcher Cory Mazzoni (26th round, 781st overall), pitcher Chris Heston (29th round, 871st overall), catcher Rob Brantly (46th round, 1,378th overall), and outfielder Alex Dickerson (48th round, 1,432nd overall). Crow, Coleman, Mazzoni, Heston, Brantly, and Dickerson all opted not to sign with the team. Moore finally did sign with the Nationals; it was the third time they had drafted him, but he had opted not to sign with them the first two times (in 2005 and 2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 898]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Attendance\nThe Nationals drew 2,320,400 fans at Nationals Park in 2008, placing them 13th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams. Boosted by the opening of Nationals Park at the beginning of the season, it was their second-best attendance total in their short history in Washington, exceeded only by the 2,731,993 they drew in 2005, their first season in Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199442-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Nationals season, Washington's Top 20 Prospects\n1. Chris Marrero, 1B/OF 2. Ross Detwiler, LHP 3. Collin Balester, RHP  4. Michael Burgess, OF  5. Jack McGeary, LHP  6. Josh Smoker, LHP  7. Jordan Zimmermann, RHP  8. Justin Maxwell, OF  9. Colton Willems, RHP  10. John Lannan, LHP 11. Jake Smolinski, OF  12. Tyler Clippard, RHP  13. Adam Carr, RHP  14. Ian Desmond, SS  15. Garrett Mock, RHP  16. Stephen King, SS  17. Esmailyn Gonzalez, SS  18. Shairon Martis, RHP  19. Brad Peacock, RHP  20. Kory Casto, OF/3B", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season\nThe 2008 season was the Washington Redskins' 77th in the National Football League and their first under head coach Jim Zorn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season\nThey failed to improve upon their 9\u20137 record from 2007 and finished with an 8\u20138 record despite starting the season 6\u20132. In addition to their regular games with NFC East rivals, the Redskins played teams from the NFC West and AFC North as per the schedule rotation, and also played intraconference games against the Lions and the Saints based on divisional positions from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Offseason\nThe 2008 offseason opened with the announcement on January 8, 2008 of the retirement of head coach Joe Gibbs. The Redskins immediately began a national search for a new head coach. On January 25, 2008, Jim Zorn was hired as offensive coordinator. The following day, Associate Head Coach Al Saunders and Assistant Head Coach Gregg Williams were fired and Greg Blache was named defensive coordinator. On February 9, Jim Zorn was hired to be head coach. On February 15, Sherman Smith, the former running backs coach for the Tennessee Titans, was hired as an offensive coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Key departures\nOn February 26, 2008, the Redskins released WR Brandon Lloyd. Lloyd later signed with the Chicago Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 163]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Key departures\nMark Brunell, Reche Caldwell, Rick DeMulling, Randall Godfrey, Brian Kozlowski, David Macklin, Keenan McCardell, Pierson Prioleau, Mike Pucillo, and Omar Stoutmire were free agents and not re-signed by the Redskins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 274]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Key departures\nOn August 30, the Redskins released veterans Ryan Boschetti (DT), Derrick Frost (P), and Todd Wade (OT) .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Key additions\nOn May 27, 2008, the Redskins traded a conditional 2009 seventh-round draft pick to the Minnesota Vikings for DE Erasmus James. According to the terms of the deal, James must play in at least one regular season game in order for the Vikings to receive the draft pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Key additions\nOn July 20, 2008, the Redskins traded a 2009 second-round draft pick and a 2010 sixth-round draft pick to the Miami Dolphins for DE Jason Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Key additions\nOn November 6, 2008, the Redskins signed cornerback DeAngelo Hall to a one-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, 2008 NFL Draft\nThe Redskins traded their #21 (1st round), #84 (3rd round), and #154 (5th round) selections to the Atlanta Falcons for their #34 (2nd round), #48 (2nd round), and #103 (4th round) selections. They then traded their #103 selection to the Tennessee Titans for their #124 (4th round) and #157 (5th round) selections. Lastly, they traded their #157 and #228 (7th round) selections to the St. Louis Rams for their #168 (6th round) and #180 (6th round) selections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Hall of Fame Game vs. Indianapolis Colts\nWashington started the game on a high note when they recovered a surprise onside kick by the Colts. Three plays later, quarterback Jason Campbell threw a touchdown pass to Antwaan Randle El and gave the Redskins a 7\u20130 lead. The Colts responded on their own drive which ended in a field goal by K Adam Vinatieri. In the second quarter, Colts C Jamey Richard snapped the ball over the head of the QB and it sailed out of the endzone for a safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Hall of Fame Game vs. Indianapolis Colts\nLater in the quarter, the Colts scored a touchdown when QB Quinn Gray threw a 30-yard pass to WR Onrea Jones. After a missed field goal attempt by Shaun Suisham, the Colts were able to end the first half with a field goal of their own making the halftime score Colts 13 \u2013 Redskins 10. The Colts received the ball following halftime and marched down the field to score another field goal. The Redskins responded with a drive resulting in a 20-yard touchdown pass from QB Colt Brennan to WR Maurice Mann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Hall of Fame Game vs. Indianapolis Colts\nThe Redskins were able to follow up with another touchdown drive when Brennan hit RB Marcus Mason on a 5-yard pass. After the Colts got the ball back a couple of series later, QB Jared Lorenzen threw an interception to Redskins CB Matteral Richardson who took it back for a touchdown and sealed the victory for the Redskins. The Redskins had two former players, WR Art Monk and CB Darrell Green, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Preseason Week 1 vs. Buffalo Bills\nThe Redskins received the ball first but immediately gave it to the Bills when RB Marcus Mason fumbled during the kick return. After the turnover, the Redskins defense was able to hold the Bills to a field goal. Later in the 1st quarter, the Redskins drove down the field and RB Clinton Portis scored on a 1-yard rushing play on a 4th down. Two series later, the Redskins drove down the field again and QB Todd Collins passed to RB Ladell Betts on a screen play which resulted in a 12-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Preseason Week 1 vs. Buffalo Bills\nBuffalo responded with a drive of their own which resulted in a field goal. When the Redskins got the ball back after the field goal, Collins threw a pass which was intercepted by CB Ashton Youboty. QB J. P. Losman threw a touchdown pass to WR James Hardy and the Bills completed a successful 2-point conversion to tie the game before halftime. The second half was dominated by both defenses and the only score was a 46-yard field goal by Redskins K Shaun Suisham in the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 562]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Preseason Week 2 at New York Jets\nThe Jets scored first in this game when newly signed QB Brett Favre completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to TE Dustin Keller. The Redskins responded with a drive that ended with a 30-yard field goal from K Shaun Suisham. The Redskins had another chance to score later in the 2nd quarter, but that drive ended when QB Derek Devine threw an interception to CB James Ihedigbo at the Jets' 19-yard line. Neither team scored for the rest of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Preseason Week 2 at New York Jets\nThe Redskins received the ball first starting the 3rd quarter and ended a 51-yard drive with a 36-yard field goal from Suisham. Later in the 4th quarter, the Jets scored when K Mike Nugent kicked a 43-yard field goal. After two more drives stalled, the Redskins received the ball with 2:04 left in the game. QB Colt Brennan and the Redskins drove down the field and scored a touchdown when Brennan threw a short pass to TE Jason Goode who took it 33 yards to the endzone. The Jets received the ball again and had a chance to tie the game, but K Mike Nugent missed a 23-yard field goal as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Preseason Week 3 at Carolina Panthers\nAlthough the game was close after the first quarter, the Panthers dominated the second quarter. Both RBs Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams rushed for a 50 and 60 yard TDs, respectively. WR Steve Smith scored on a fumble recovery and QB Jake Delhomme threw a 24-yard TD pass to TE Dante Rosario. The Redskins were finally able to get on the scoreboard with a field goal in the 3rd quarter, but only after Delhomme threw a screen pass to Steve Smith for a 33-yard touchdown. The high note for the Redskins was holding the Panthers to just 6 points (two field goals) in the 4th quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 670]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Preseason Week 4 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nFor the second week in a row, the Redskins were held to just a field goal. The Jaguars scored on their second drive when QB David Garrard threw a 3-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams. The Jaguars were able to score again early in the second quarter when QB Cleo Lemon threw a 4-yard TD pass to TE Greg Estandia. Early in the 4th quarter, the Jaguars scored on their first play of the drive when QB Todd Bouman threw a 51-yard TD pass to WR Troy Williamson. After a 3\u20130 start to the pre-season, the Redskins suffered two consecutive defeats to close out their exhibition games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 1: at New York Giants\nThe Redskins began their 2008 campaign on the road against their NFC East rival and defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants. In this  annual kickoff game, coach Jim Zorn made his official NFL head coaching debut. In the first quarter, Washington trailed early as Giants QB Eli Manning closed out their opening drive with a 1-yard TD run. Later in the quarter, New York added onto their lead when John Carney kicked a 24-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the 'Skins continued to trail as Carney kicked two more field goals of 25 and 47 yards. Near the end of the half, Washington finally got on the board as QB Jason Campbell completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. However, the second half was an all-out defensive struggle as New York held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 1: at New York Giants\nWith the loss, the Redskins began their season at 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. New Orleans Saints\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Giants, the Redskins played their Week 2 home opener against the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, the 'Skins took the early lead when Shaun Suisham kicked a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. New Orleans Saints\nIn the second quarter, Washington increased its lead with Suisham's 36-yard field goal. The Saints responded with RB Pierre Thomas's 1-yard TD run and kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica's 49-yard field goal. This score marked the 269th consecutive game in which the Redskins allowed a point, tying the Cincinnati Bengals (1989-2006) for the longest longest streak ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans increased its lead with QB Drew Brees completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR Robert Meachem. Afterwards, the 'Skins responded when RB Clinton Portis scored on a 9-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion). The Saints responded with a Reggie Bush 55-yard punt return for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. New Orleans Saints\nThe Redskins were able to mount a fourth quarter comeback by rallying for 14 points in the final stanza. The comeback started with a Clinton Portis 8-yard TD run, and was completed when QB Jason Campbell threw a 67-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. New Orleans Saints\nWith the come from behind win, the Redskins improved to 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nThe Redskins remained at home for Week 3 to play the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, the Redskins scored first with RB Clinton Portis scoring on a 3-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, Washington increased its lead when Shaun Suisham kicked a 48-yard field goal. The Cardinals closed out the first half with QB Kurt Warner completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. In the third quarter, Arizona tied the game when kicker Neil Rackers made a 26-yard field goal attempt. The Redskins responded with QB Jason Campbell completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Todd Yoder. Arizona followed with a 62-yard Warner TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. In the fourth quarter, the Redskins pulled away with Campbell's 17-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 833]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nWith the win, the Redskins improved to 2\u20131, though infamously set a record for most consecutive games without a shutout at 270.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys\nAfter defeating the Cardinals at home, the Redskins flew to Texas Stadium for an inter-conference game with the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys led early when QB Tony Romo completed a 21-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Washington responded with 17 points. QB Jason Campbell threw touchdown passes of 3 & 2 yards to WR James Thrash and WR Antwaan Randle El respectively, and kicker Shaun Suisham added a 20-yard field goal. Dallas ended the first half scoring with a Nick Folk 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys tied the game with Romo throwing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. The Redskins answered with a 33-yard field goal by Suisham. In the fourth quarter, Washington increased its lead with Suisham field goals of 33 and 29 yards. Dallas scored late in the game with an 11-yard Romo completion to WR Miles Austin. The Cowboys then attempted an onside kick, however, the kick was recovered by the Redskins and they were able to seal the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys\nAlso, head coach Jim Zorn became the first Redskins rookie head coach since George Allen to earn a victory over the Cowboys in Dallas on his first attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 5: at Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off a road win over the Cowboys, the Redskins traveled to Lincoln Financial Field for a Week 5 NFC East duel with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, the Redskins trailed early as RB Brian Westbrook scored on a 9-yard TD run and the Eagles DeSean Jackson returned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Washington responded with Shaun Suisham kicking field goals of 41, 48, and 50 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 5: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Redskins took the lead on a trick play as WR Antwaan Randle El threw an 18-yard TD pass to TE Chris Cooley. In the fourth quarter, the Redskins increased their lead when Clinton Portis scored on a 4-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Eagles were unable to rally, only managing a 23-yard field goal by kicker David Akers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. St. Louis Rams\nThe Redskins played the winless St. Louis Rams in week 6. The Redskins obtained an early lead when RB Clinton Portis scored on a 3-yard TD run. The Rams responded with a Josh Brown 51-yard field goal. St. Louis scored again later in the second quarter when free safety Oshiomogho Atogwe returned a fumble 75 yards for a touchdown. The Rams increased their lead as Brown kicked field goals of 25 and 44 yards early in the 2nd half. In the fourth quarter, Washington regained the lead with a Shaun Suisham 38-yard field goal and a Clinton Portis 2-yard rushing touchdown. St. Louis came back to win the game on a 49-yard Brown field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 712]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Cleveland Browns\nThe Redskins played at home for a Week 7 with the Cleveland Browns visiting. After a scoreless first half, the Redskins scored in the third quarter on a Clinton Portis 3-yard TD run. The Browns responded when kicker Phil Dawson made a 37-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Washington increased its lead as QB Jason Campbell completed an 18-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. After falling behind 14\u20133, Cleveland staged a late rally with QB Derek Anderson completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Joshua Cribbs and a successful 2-point conversion pass to WR Braylon Edwards. The Browns had a chance to tie the score in the final seconds of the game, however, Phil Dawson's 54-yard field goal attempt went wide right and the Redskins prevailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 8: at Detroit Lions\nThe Redskins scored first when Shaun Suisham kicked a 25-yard field goal. Detroit running back Rudi Johnson scored on an 11-yard run at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Detroit added to its lead on a 43-yard Jason Hanson field goal. Washington ended the half with another field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 8: at Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, the Redskins regained the lead as Suisham made a 45-yard field goal. Washington scored again when Jason Campbell completed a 50-yard pass to wide receiver Santana Moss. In the fourth quarter, Moss returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown. Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky answered with a 17-yard pass to Calvin Johnson. Washington closed out the scoring with a Suisham field goal of 42 yards, and the Redskins won the game 25\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nThe Redskins donned their burgundy uniforms and played at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers in a special pre-election day edition of Monday Night Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nThe Steelers opened the game with a failed onside kick attempt which gave the Redskins position at their opponent's 41-yard line. The drive ended with a Shaun Suisham field goal. The Redskins regained possession on a tipped Ben Roethlisberger pass that was intercepted by Cornelius Griffin early in the first quarter. The drive resulted in another field goal giving Washington a 6\u20130 lead over the Steelers. In the second quarter, Steelers' Jeff Reed scored on a 35-yard field goal. Pittsburgh took the lead as they turned a blocked Ryan Plackemeier punt attempt into a 1-yard touchdown run by Roethlisberger, who exited the game following the score due to an injury to his shoulder and did not return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the second half, Byron Leftwich entered the game for the injured Roethlisberger. Pittsburgh rusher Willie Parker ran for a touchdown in the third quarter (with a failed extra point). Early in the fourth quarter, Leftwich completed a 5-yard touchdown reception to Santonio Holmes, giving the Steelers a 23\u20136 lead. Jason Campbell appeared to score a rushing touchdown later in the quarter but the ruling was reversed on a Pittsburgh challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nByron Leftwich played for only one half and threw for 129 yards. Clinton Portis was held to 51 yards rushing. Jason Campbell was sacked seven times. His streak of avoiding an interception also ended at 249 pass attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 301]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, the Redskins entered their bye week 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nComing off their bye week, the Redskins stayed at home for a Week 11 NFC East rematch with the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. In the first quarter, the 'Skins struck first as QB Jason Campbell completed a 2-yard TD pass to FB Mike Sellers. In the second quarter, the Cowboys responded with RB Marion Barber 2-yard TD run. Washington closed out the half with kicker Shaun Suisham nailing a 41-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, Dallas took the lead when Dallas QB Tony Romo completed a 25-yard TD pass to TE Martellus Bennett. The 'Skins attempted to mount a comeback, however the Cowboys\u2019 defense was able to secure the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: at Seattle Seahawks\nHoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Cowboys, the Redskins flew to Qwest Field for a Week 12 duel with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, the Redskins trailed early as the Seahawks Olindo Mare kicked a 45-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Washington took the lead as RB Ladell Betts scored on a 1-yard TD run. Seattle responded when QB Matt Hasselbeck connected with RB Maurice Morris on a 4-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: at Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, the Redskins took the lead on successive scores by Shaun Suisham (26-yard field goal) and a Jason Campbell 8-yard TD pass to WR Antwaan Randle El. In the fourth quarter, the Seahawks tied the game when Hasselbeck completed a 10-yard TD pass to TE John Carlson. Afterwards, Washington regained the lead as Suisham nailed a 22-yard field goal. Late in the game, a Ledell Betts fumble opened the door for a Seattle comeback. However, Matt Hasselbeck threw an interception to CB Shawn Springs on the first play of the series with less than 2 minutes remaining in the game. The Redskins ran out the clock, and sealed the win in Seattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: at Seattle Seahawks\nThe game marked the return of Redskins head coach Jim Zorn and running back Shaun Alexander to their former team. Clinton Portis, who was questionable to play, led the running game with 143 yards. Washington ended a 2-game losing streak with the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. New York Giants\nThe Redskins played at home for an NFC East division rematch against the New York Giants. Prior to the game, the franchise held a pregame ceremony where the late Sean Taylor was added to the Redskins Ring of Honor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. New York Giants\nIn the first quarter, Washington trailed early as Giants quarterback Eli Manning completed a 40-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Amani Toomer. New York kicker John Carney also scored on a 31-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Redskins continued to trail as Carney kicked a 38-yard field goal. Washington closed out the half as rookie wide receiver Devin Thomas ran for a 29-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, New York answered with running back Brandon Jacobs scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, the Giants pulled away as Carney connected on a 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 14: at Baltimore Ravens\nWashington traveled to Baltimore for an inter-conference game against the Ravens. Washington won the toss, and elected to receive the opening kick. Washington quarterback Jason Campbell was intercepted early in the drive by Ravens safety Ed Reed. Baltimore running back Le'Ron McClain converted the turnover into points when he scored a rushing TD on the ensuing Ravens possession. Later in the first quarter, the Ravens defense struck for a defensive touchdown when Ed Reed recovered a fumble from Washington running back Clinton Portis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 14: at Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, Ravens kicker Matt Stover extended the Ravens lead with a 32-yard field goal. Early in the fourth quarter, Washington got on the board with a Shaun Suisham 43-yard field goal. Baltimore running back Willis McGahee fumbled on the Raven's next possession, and the Redskins cut the Ravens lead to 17\u201310 on a touchdown pass to Antwaan Randle El. The Redskins defense was unable to come up with another stop, and the Ravens ended their next drive with quarterback Joe Flacco throwing a touchdown pass to wide receiver Derrick Mason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 15 at Bengals\nNeeding (most likely) a must-win situation to maintain any playoff chances. The Redskins travel to Cincinnati Ohio, visiting the Bengals. The Redskins fumbled the ball on their first possession, and it gave the Bengals field position at the Redskins' 41-yard line. Cincinnati quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick scored in the first quarter with a 1-yard run. Fitzpatrick scored again in the quarter with a pass to wide receiver Chris Henry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 15 at Bengals\nThe Bengals began the second quarter with a Shayne Graham field goal. The Redskins later scored when quarterback Jason Campbell threw a touchdown pass to wide receiver Santana Moss halfway through the quarter. Shaun Suisham successfully kicked a short field goal near the end of the first half. The Bengals and Redskins exchanged field goals in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nHoping to rebound from their embarrassing road loss to the Bengals, the Redskins went home for a Week 16 NFC East rematch with the Philadelphia Eagles. The game went scoreless until the Redskins were able to put together a long second quarter scoring drive. The drive began on their own 14-yard line with 11:55 left in the half, and ended 8\u00bd minutes later on Shaun Suisham\u2019s 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Redskins intercepted Donovan McNabb in the third quarter, and took possession of the ball at the Philadelphia 19-yard line. Clinton Portis and Chris Cooley each helped move the ball to the 1-yard line, and Portis culminated the short drive with a touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nA 47-yard pass in the third quarter from Donovan McNabb to Brian Westbrook put the Eagles in position to score. They failed to convert a 3rd and 3 from the Washington 5-yard line, and settled for a 22-yard field goal by David Akers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nWith 3:48 left in the game, the Eagles began a long drive that began at their own 9-yard line. With the ball at the Redskins 18-yard line and 12 seconds left in the game, Donovan McNabb completed a 17-yard pass to Reggie Brown. Fred Smoot and LaRon Landry tackled Brown to prevent him from breaking the goal line. With no timeouts remaining, the Eagles were unable to stop the clock or complete another play. The play was reviewed from the replay booth, and it was determined that Brown did not break the plane of the goal line and the on-field ruling was upheld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nRedskins Season Record: 8\u20137 and swept the season series from the Eagles this year since 2005. But were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention due to the Atlanta Falcons 24\u201317 victory over the Minnesota Vikings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 17: at San Francisco 49ers\nat Bill Walsh Field at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 17: at San Francisco 49ers\nComing off their divisional home win over the Eagles, the Redskins closed out their season at Bill Walsh Field at Candlestick Park in a Week 17 duel with the San Francisco 49ers. Washington trailed early in the first quarter as 49ers quarterback Shaun Hill got a 2-yard touchdown run. The Redskins responded in the second quarter with running back Clinton Portis\u2019 4-yard touchdown run, kicker Shaun Suisham's 41-yard field goal, and quarterback Jason Campbell's 6-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Antwaan Randle El.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199443-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 17: at San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, San Francisco answered with running back DeShaun Foster scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, the 49ers took the lead as Hill completed a 9-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jason Hill and a 33-yard field goal by 49ers kicker Joe Nedney. Washington tied the game as Campbell scored on a 2-yard touchdown run, however San Francisco prevailed as Nedney kicked a game-winning 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199444-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Republican presidential caucuses and primary\nThe 2008 Washington Republican presidential caucuses were held on Saturday February 9 and the primary on February 19, 2008 to compete 40 total delegates, of which 18 tied to the caucuses, 19 tied to the primary, and 3 unpledged RNC member delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199444-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Candidates\nAll following candidates appeared on the ballot for voters in Washington:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 72], "content_span": [73, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199444-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Caucuses\nVoting in Washington's caucuses closed at 9:00\u00a0pm EST February 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 70], "content_span": [71, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199444-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Caucuses\nThe Washington Republican Party declared John McCain the winner on the night of the election, after 87% of the votes were counted. Mike Huckabee disputed the results and accused the state party of calling the election prematurely. He demanded a state-wide caucus  recount. However, by Tuesday, February 12, the Washington Republicans again declared McCain the winner after 96% of the votes were tallied, and never counted the rest of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 70], "content_span": [71, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199444-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington Republican presidential caucuses and primary, Money raised\nThe following table shows the amount of money each Republican Party candidate raised in the state of Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 74], "content_span": [75, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team\nThe 2008 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's new head coach was Paul Wulff and home games were played on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. The season was a disaster from the start for WSU, who gave up the most points in a single season in Pac-10 Conference history, allowing more than 60 points on four occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team\nPerhaps the only consolation for the Cougars was winning the Apple Cup. The media joked before the game that it was the \"Crapple Cup\" and \"full of worms\", because the Huskies (0\u201310 at the time) also had a very poor season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nOklahoma State Cowboys spoiled new Cougars coach Paul Wulff's debut. Cowboys' Kendall Hunter had a career-best two touchdowns, quarterback Zac Robinson passed for 182 yards and ran for another score. The Cougars' new offense didn't look good against the Cowboys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe Cowboys had 367 total yards (193 yards passing, 174 rushing) while Washington State had 196 total yards (82 passing and 114 yards rushing)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, California\nThe Cougars were shut out after the first period while the Golden Bears scored at least 10 points each quarter to win the Pac-10 conference opener at Martin Stadium, Washington State's home field. Cal had over 500 yards (112 yards passing and 392 yards on the ground) and allowed only 162 yards (106 yards passing, 56 yards rushing) to the Cougars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, USC\nMark Sanchez became the first USC quarterback to throw five touchdown passes in a half as the Trojans dominated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, USC\nUSC's defense, ranked first in the nation coming in by allowing just 9.4 points per game, held the Cougars scoreless for the first time since 1984, ending a stretch of 280 straight games in which the Cougars had not been shut out. That was the nation's second-longest active streak behind Michigan's 306. For Washington State, it is also the largest shutout loss and largest margin of defeat in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, USC\n\"Our guys had a ball playing football today, from the locker room on out\", USC coach Pete Carroll said. \"Right from the start, we wanted to find that focus that we really hadn't had yet.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, USC\nIt was the largest shutout victory for USC (5\u20131, 3\u20131 Pac-10) since a 69\u20130 win over Montana in 1931.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, USC\n\"Our intention wasn't to come out and beat these guys by 80 points. Our intention was to come out and play a great football game\", star linebacker Rey Maualuga said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Cougars have now allowed at least 60 points in four games this year, becoming the first BCS team to allow 60-plus points four times in a season. Beset by injuries, Washington State has allowed 66, 63, 66 and now 69 in four of their conference losses. The Cougars, whose only win is against Portland State of the Championship Subdivision, have been outscored 385\u2013111 this season. That's on track to break the Pac-10 record for most points allowed in a season, 469 by Oregon State in 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, USC\n\"It's unfortunate for those guys. They are trying to build a program\", Carroll said. \"It's tough. I don't know what else we could have done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, USC\n\"It was a little bit uncomfortable to see what was going to happen.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Trojans outgained Washington State 408\u201317 in the first half and 625\u2013116 for the game. They led 21\u20130 less than 11 minutes in. Patrick Turner and Ronald Johnson each caught two of Sanchez's scoring throws, freshman Broderick Green rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns and C. J. Gable ran for 109 yards and three more scores. Stafon Johnson must have had an off game. He ran for 112 yards but didn't score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199445-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Cougars football team, Game summaries, USC\nIt was the first time USC had three 100-yard rushers in a game since 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election\nElected judicial positions in Washington State are nonpartisan; in 1912, Washington voters amended the constitution, adopting nonpartisan elections as the way to select judges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Court of Appeals\nCourt of Appeals, Division I, District King Judge Position 5 - Linda Lau (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Court of Appeals\nCourt of Appeals, Division I, District King Judge Position 6 - Ann Schindler (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Court of Appeals\nCourt of Appeals, Division I, District Snohomish* Judge Position 2 - J. Robert Leach (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Court of Appeals\nCourt of Appeals, Division II, Pierce Judge Position 2 - Elaine Houghton (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Court of Appeals\nCourt of Appeals, Division II, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, ThurstonJudge Position 1 - Joyce (Robin) Hunt (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Court of Appeals\nCourt of Appeals, Division III, Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Orelle, Spokane, StevensJudge Position 2 - Kevin Korsmo (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Court of Appeals\nCourt of Appeals, Division III, Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Klickitat, YakimaJudge Position 1 - Stephen M. Brown (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nAsotin, Columbia, Garfield Superior Judge Position 1 - William D. (Bill) Acey (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 1Benton, Franklin Superior Court Bruce A. Spanner (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 125]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 2Benton, Franklin Superior Court Robert (Bob) Swisher (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 3Benton, Franklin Superior Court Craig J. Matheson (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 5Benton, Franklin Superior Court Vic L. VanderSchoor (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 1Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens Rebecca M. Baker (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 2Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens Allen C. Nielson (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 1Klickitat, Skamania Superior Court E. Thompson Reynolds (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 1Pacific, Wahkiakum Superior Court Michael J. Sullivan (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 1Cowlitz Superior Court James Edgar F. Xavier Warme (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 3Grays Harbor Superior Court F. Mark McCauley (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 6King Superior Court Philip G. Hubbard Jr (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 1Mason Superior Court James B. Sawyer II (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 1San Juan Superior Court John O. Linde (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 1Walla Walla Superior Court Robert L. Zagelow (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199446-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Judicial election, Superior Court\nJudge Position 5Yakima Superior Court Robert N. Hackett Jr. (NP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199447-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Senate election\nVoters in 26 of Washington's 49 legislative districts voted for their state senators in the 2008 Washington State Senate elections on November 4, 2008. All vote totals are from the Washington Secretary of State's website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199447-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Senate election\n25 seats were regularly scheduled to be up this cycle, along with 1 additional seat holding a special election to fill an unexpired term: the 34th district, held by appointed Senator Joe McDermott, whose former incumbent Erik Poulsen vacated the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199447-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Senate election, Seats up for election\nThese are the final, official results as taken from the website of the Secretary of State of Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199448-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington State Supreme Court election\nThe Washington Supreme Court justices are elected at large by the voters of the state of Washington. The general election was held in November 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199449-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington elections\nWashington has 9 Executive seats, all elected at large. In 2008, all 9 positions were up for reelection. As of 2021, this is the last set of statewide elections in which any Republicans won by double digits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199449-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington elections, Offices and Candidates, Lt. Governor\nBrad Owen was the incumbent and has held this position since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199449-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington elections, Offices and Candidates, Secretary of State\nSam Reed, who held this position since 2000, was reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 gubernatorial election in Washington was held on November 4, 2008. Republican Dino Rossi and incumbent Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire emerged from the August 19 primary. This made the 2008 election a rematch between the candidates from the 2004 election, the closest gubernatorial election in the state's history. In contrast to the recounts and months of legal challenges in their previous contest, Gregoire was the clear winner on November 5, earning 53 percent of the vote. With a margin of 6.48%, this election was the second-closest race of the 2008 gubernatorial election cycle, behind only the election in North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 684]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, Candidates, Controversy over Rossi's party preference\nUnder the changes to election law made by the passage of Initiative 872, partisan contests are no longer tied to registered parties, but candidates are allowed to indicate an arbitrary \"party preference\" to appear next to their name on the primary and general election ballots. An extreme example of this occurred in the 40th District race for state senator, where candidate Timothy Stoddard indicated a preference for the \"Salmon Yoga\" party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, Candidates, Controversy over Rossi's party preference\nRepublican candidate Dino Rossi listed his party preference as \"G.O.P.\" instead of the traditional party name \"Republican\". Critics of Rossi contended that the choice of party name was an attempt to distance himself from any negative opinions associated with the Republican Party. Rossi's campaign argued that the difference was insignificant, saying voters are already aware that the terms refer to the same party. However, an Elway Research poll taken in August 2008 found that over 25% of registered voters were not aware that the term \"GOP\" meant the Republican Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 666]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, Candidates, Controversy over Rossi's party preference\nOn September 23, the Washington State Democrats, alleging that the latter is a misrepresentation of his true party affiliation, filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State to force the state to list Rossi to on the general election ballot as a Republican instead of with the \"GOP Party\" label. A King County Superior Court judge dismissed the suit, saying nothing in state law made the choice of party name illegal, but he acknowledged the potential confusion. Had the lawsuit succeeded, many counties would have had to reprint their ballots, and the already-cast absentee votes of military personnel may have become invalid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 722]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, Primary elections\nThe Washington primary election was held August 19, 2008. For the first time, Washington ran a top-two primary, eliminating the \"pick a party\" primary used since 2004. Unlike traditional primaries, wherein each party with more than one candidate is reduced to a single person to appear on the general election ballot, the system simply reduces the entire crop of candidates from all parties down to the top two candidates, resulting in no more than two candidates appearing on the general election ballot for a given position. As a result, candidates from all parties were essentially running against each other. To allow for ideological identification, each candidate in a partisan race was allowed to indicate an arbitrary party preference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 800]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, Primary elections, Primary results\nWhile the primary was officially held on August 19, 2008, some counties such as King County allow absentee ballots to be postmarked by that date in order to be valid. As a result, the primary vote tally may not be officially certified until as late as September 9, to allow time for mailed-in ballots to arrive and be counted by the counties. As an increasing number of counties allow, encourage, or mandate mail-in ballots for voters within the county, the number of such ballots can be significant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 575]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, Primary elections, Primary results\nThe vote tally as of October 10 is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, General election\nChristine Gregoire and Dino Rossi were declared the winners of the primary and placed on the ballot for the November 4 election, which coincided with the national election. However, with all Washington counties either exclusively or (in the case of Pierce and King counties) predominantly voting via mail-in ballot, many votes were cast prior to that date. King County, the largest county in the state, and the one which carried Gregoire to victory in 2004, sent out overseas absentee ballots on October 5, and resident mail-in ballots on October 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, General election\nIn Washington state, mail-in ballots only need to be postmarked, not received, by November 4, meaning that valid ballots will continue to be received and counted after that date. For the 2008 election, counties had until November 26 to send results to the state, and the Secretary of State had until December 4 to certify all state results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Police Guild press conference incident\nAt an August 7 press conference held by the Seattle Police Officers Guild to declare its endorsement of Rossi, the Guild forcibly removed Kelly Akers, a Gregoire campaign staffer who was filming the event, from the premises. The Rossi campaign reiterated a standing policy to prevent opposing campaigns from filming Rossi's appearances, to deny them the ability to take \"attack footage.\" Rossi's campaign staff includes a cameraman tasked with filming Gregoire appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 96], "content_span": [97, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Debates\nFive debates were heldbetween Gregoire and Rossi, the candidates in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Debates\n*The Spokane debate was taped in the morning to be aired at the indicated time. All other debates were held and aired live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Debates\nThe Gregoire campaign had sought a sixth debate in Tacoma, sponsored by the Tacoma News-Tribune. The Rossi campaign instead sought a sixth debate in Vancouver, Washington, sponsored by The Columbian. The local Camas-Washougal Rotary Club went so far as to reserve a venue for October 8. The campaigns could not agree on either event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Debates\nThe Gregoire campaign had set aside August 15 for a pre-primary radio debate with Rossi on Seattle NPR station KUOW-FM. Rossi declined to appear, giving Gregoire solo airtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Election results\nThese are the gubernatorial election results as of 11/25/2008 10:45 PM PST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Early declaration\nGregoire declared victory after late evening returns were posted, with 42% of the statewide vote counted, showing her with a 52% lead over Rossi. By 10:30 PM PST (1:30 AM EST) all five major television networks had called the race for Gregoire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Early declaration\nThe Rossi campaign called the networks' declarations \"premature\" and did not concede defeat that evening. Rossi held out hope that late ballots would carry him, as late returns had reversed an early Gregoire lead in 2004. Rossi conceded the next morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199450-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Concession\nRossi conceded defeat in the gubernatorial election on November 5. In his concession speech, he indicated that he was not planning a return to politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199451-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Waterford Senior Football Championship\nThe 2008 Waterford Senior Football Championship is the championship of the Waterford Senior Football Championship, the premier gaelic football competition in County Waterford, having commenced on 11 May 2008. There were 13 teams in the championship, structured into 2 groups of four teams and 1 group of 5 teams. From these groups, quarter finals, and semi-finals were played with a county final played in Fraher Field. Ballinacourty were the defending champions having beaten Ardmore in the 2007 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199451-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Waterford Senior Football Championship, Championship Structure\n13 teams are competing in the 2008 championship. The 13 teams are split into 3 groups, 2 of which contain 4 teams and 1 which contains 5 teams. The top 2 teams in each of the 3 groups automatically progress into the quarter-finals. The 3rd placed teams in all groups qualify for a Round of 16 game, with two winners gaining entry into the quarter-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199451-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Waterford Senior Football Championship, Championship Structure\nTeams on equal points in each group are ranked by highest points difference (points scored less points conceded). However, no team may be eliminated from the championship who finish on equal points. For this reason, playoffs are needed in both Group A and Group C to decide who finishes 3rd in this group and to decide who moves on in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199452-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2008 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship is the current championship of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship having commenced on 27 April 2008. There are 12 teams in the championship, structured into 3 groups of four teams. From these groups, quarter finals, and semi-finals will be played with a county final being played in either Walsh Park or Fraher Field. Ballyduff Upper are the defending champions having beaten Ballygunner in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199452-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship\nDe La Salle won their first Waterford Senior Hurling Championship after an 11 to 8 points win against Abbeyside played in very bad condition at Fraher Field, Dungarvan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199453-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Watford Borough Council election\nElections to Watford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199453-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Watford Borough Council election\nThe election saw only one seat change hands, Vicarage ward saw the Labour party gain the seat from the Liberal Democrats. However the Liberal Democrats remained firmly in control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199454-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wayne State Warriors football team\nThe 2008 Wayne State Warriors football team represented Wayne State University in the 2008 NCAA Division II football season. The Warriors offense scored 222 points while the defense allowed 161 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199455-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Webby Awards\nThe 12th annual 2008 Webby Awards were held on June 10, 2008 and emceed by SNL head writer Seth Meyers and help at Cipriani, a massive banquet hall in Manhattan's financial district. The Webby Film and Video Awards were held on June 9 at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts and were hosted by Judah Friedlander. The awards were judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and winners were selected from over 10,000 entries. Lorne Michaels was honored with a lifetime achievement award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199456-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Weber State Wildcats football team\nThe 2008 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ron McBride, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 10\u20134 with a mark of 7\u20131 in conference play to share the Big Sky championship with Montana. Weber State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Cal Poly in the first round before losing to Montana in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199457-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Weliveriya bombing\nOn 6 April 2008, 15 people were killed by an alleged suicide bomber, who exploded himself at the start of a marathon race which was part of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebration in Weliweriya town, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's national athletics coach Lakshman de Alwis, politician Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, former Olympics runner K.A. Karunaratne and army officer Lt Colonel Udayadeera were killed in the bombing which wounded 90 others. The Sri Lankan Government has blamed the Tamil Tigers for this attack because Minister Fernandopulle was a vocal critic of the Tamil Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199457-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Weliveriya bombing, Investigation\nScene of Crime Officers (SOCO) of the Criminal Investigation Department were able to identify the bomber as a Tamil that carried an identity card with a Muslim name and further investigations found that he had another identity card with a Tamil name to open a bank account to facilitate his expenses. This allowed the CID to trace his accomplices, including the handler but the handler had escaped to LTTE controlled areas while another female Tamil arrested for questioning committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule she had hidden inside her vagina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199458-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wellington Sevens\nThe Emirates Airline Wellington Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition, which took place on 1 and 2 February was the third Cup trophy in the 2007\u201308 IRB Sevens World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199458-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wellington Sevens, Round 3 table\nFiji was the second team to score over 1,000 overall points in the Group Stage of this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199459-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wells earthquake\nThe 2008 Wells earthquake occurred at 07:16:02 on February 21, 2008 just northeast of the town of Wells, Nevada, causing moderate damage, mainly to older brick buildings. The quake was centered on one of the faults of the Independence Valley fault system, about nine kilometers (5.6 miles) beneath the surface and had no known near-surface offset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199460-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election\nThe 2008 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election took place in the autumn of 2008 following the resignation of Mike German. Two Assembly Members contested the leadership Jenny Randerson and Kirsty Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199460-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election\nKirsty Williams won the contest with 59.8% of the vote and was declared leader on 8 December 2008, who became the first female party leader in Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199460-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election, Election rules\nThe Welsh Liberal Democrats had reviewed their leadership rules during their 2007 Autumn Conference in Aberystwyth and during their 2008 Autumn Conference in Clydach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199460-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election, Election rules\nTo stand for leader candidates needed to be an elected member of The National Assembly for Wales and have the support of 10% of AMs (i.e. one other colleague).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199460-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election, Timeline\nMike German became party leader in 2007 (having served as Assembly group leader since 1999) and indicated that he would stand down in 2008. Kirsty Williams announced in summer of 2008 that she would run, formally launching her campaign on 10 September. Mike German formally announced his resignation during the Welsh Liberal Democrats Autumn Conference in Clydach on 11 October 2008  and Jenny Randerson formally announced her candidature that afternoon and launched her campaign in early November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199460-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election, Timeline\nThe winner was announced at an event in the Wales Millennium Centre on 8 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199460-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election, Result\nWilliams went on to serve as leader for seven and a half years until her resignation following the following the 2016 elections to the Welsh Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199461-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Open (snooker)\nThe 2008 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 17 February 2008 in the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199461-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Open (snooker)\nNeil Robertson was the defending champion, but he lost his last 16 match against Ali Carter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199461-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Open (snooker)\nMark Selby won his first ranking title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9\u20138, after coming back from a 5\u20138 deficit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199461-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Open (snooker), Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199461-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Open (snooker), Prize fund\nWinner: \u00a335,000Runner Up: \u00a317,500Semi Finalists: \u00a38,750Quarter Finalist: \u00a36,500Last 16: \u00a34,275Last 32: \u00a32,750Last 48: \u00a31,725Last 64: \u00a31,325", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199461-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh Open (snooker), Qualifying\nQualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales  between 26 January and 28 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199462-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh local elections\nThe 2008 Welsh local elections,  were held on 1 May, in 22 local authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 104]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199462-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Welsh local elections, Result\nIn all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199463-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2007. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199463-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives hold on to control of the council with 40 seats, as compared to 5 for Labour and 3 for the Liberal Democrats. Overall turnout in the election was 36.32%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199463-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election, Election result\nA few days after the election the new Conservative councillor for Hatfield Central, Darren Gilbert, was forced to resign after it was alleged that he had made up a claim that he had had cancer, meaning that a by-election had to be held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot\nThe 2008 Weng'an riot (Chinese: \u74ee\u5b89\u9a9a\u4e71) was a riot on June 28, 2008 involving tens of thousands of residents in Weng'an County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the Guizhou province of Southwest China. Rioters smashed government buildings and torched several police cars to protest against an alleged police cover-up of a girl's death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Incident, Alleged rape and murder\nA 16-year-old local girl by the name of Li Shufen (\u674e\u6811\u82ac, born in July 1991) was found dead in a river. She had been earlier spotted with two younger men who allegedly had familial ties with the local public security bureau. Li Shufen's family and friends have alleged that she had been raped and murdered by the son of a prominent Weng'an official and another youth and that her corpse had then been thrown into the river.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Incident, Alleged rape and murder\nThe subsequent media release denied the claims, and stated the two young men and one young woman involved were of local farmers' families.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Incident, Defending the coffin\nThe parents were guarding the girl's coffin day and night in fear the local police might attempt to tamper with the evidence. \"We won't accept an evil deal,\" say parents. The parents reported there had already been two attempts to steal the dead body. An additional 100 local residents helped them guard the coffin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 365]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Claims, Police\nThe girl's dead body was pulled from the river on June 22, 2008. Initial police report said that the girl was  drowned  or jumped into the river and committed suicide. A document submitted by the local government stated the girl was unhappy with life because her parents favored her elder brother.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Claims, Girl's family and relatives\nRelatives of the girl blamed the local police for shoddy investigation and possible corruption. One of the parents said a police officer threatened them, telling them: \"Don't even try to file a lawsuit; there [is] no justice in this world.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 54], "content_span": [55, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Claims, Three murder suspects\nGuizhou's official media published the first interview with three of the girl's friends (the murder suspects) on July 4, 2008. They were the last people to see the girl alive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 48], "content_span": [49, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Protests\nAbout 500 middle school students had gone to protest at the public security bureau, but they were turned away and beaten. Rumors were circulating that the girl's uncle, a local teacher, had been beaten when he questioned the police, and had died from his injuries at the local hospital but this was not confirmed. This roused an angry mob of thousands of people, who began overturning cars and setting fire to government buildings, including the local Communist party headquarters. The Associated Press reported \"30,000 angry citizens swarmed the streets\". The riot lasted 7 hours with 150 people injured. About 160 office buildings and 40 cars were torched.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Role of Chinese bloggers\nZhou, as well as many other like-minded Chinese netizens, provided on-the-scene information on events like this, as a means to give voice to ordinary Chinese whose stories get overlooked or censored in a country where all the media is under the control of China's Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Role of Chinese bloggers\nAll night and morning, I was clicking on posts about it. First it was there. Then it was gone. Then it was there again. Then gone. Every few minutes it was being deleted, sometimes every few seconds. The site had orders to block it. That was obvious. But they couldn't keep up. Every time they did, we Netizens got angrier and angrier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Role of Chinese bloggers\nRoland Soong of East South West North, a well-known website for Chinese-to-English translations, wrote:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Role of Chinese bloggers\nFor example, the first item says that oveseas media are paying a great deal of attention to the lives of people living in the plateau of the Yunnan-Guizhou area. The second item says that the people of X'an (Guizhou) are lighting an extra large sacred flame to celebrate the Beijing Olympics. The third item just says, \"Delete this!! Your mother's c*nt!\" The fourth item says that \"when the army arrives in southwestern China, I think something big will happen! I believe that our troops(\u4eba\u6c11\u5b50\u5f1f\u5175) have conscience.\" The fifth item says that the anti-American(\u53cd\u7f8e) posts from the anti-American warriors(\u53cd\u7f8e\u9b25\u58eb) have all met death -- the revolution has not yet succeeded and our comrades need to keep working(\u9769\u547d\u5c1a\u672a\u6210\u529f,\u540c\u5fd7\u5c1a\u9808\u52aa\u529b, a famous quotation from Sun Yat-sen). What was that last one? The term \"American\" is being used for \"Chinese government\"!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 881]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Arrests\nAuthorities rounded up 300 people accused of taking part in the riot. Other sources have said 200 rioters were arrested. Over 1,500 paramilitary and riot police were dispatched to the county. Police detained 59 people for their alleged roles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Government response\nPhotographs as well as comments on the Guizhou protest in chatrooms and forums were quickly deleted by the mainland Internet censors. The government launched a campaign to defuse protest ahead of the Beijing Olympics to continue projecting an image of social harmony and stability. An \"Olympics Stability Drive\" was announced after the incident. Public security officials in Guizhou offered a total of 9,000 yuan (about $1,300 or \u00a3700 or \u20ac800) to the parents of the teenage girl, with 3,000 paid by each suspect. The father said \"We will never accept an evil deal like this, we need to seek justice for our daughter.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Government response\nGuizhou's Communist Party chief, Shi Zongyuan (\u77f3\u5b97\u6e90), estimated that prior use of force by local officials have contributed to the widespread discontentment. He further said the deep rooted reasons behind the protest were \"rude and roughhand solutions\" by local authorities to solve disputes over mines, demolition of homes for public projects, relocation of residents for reservoir construction, and many other issues. Several local officials, including Weng'an's Party chief, were dismissed for breach of duty on July 3 and 4, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Investigation\nThe government Guizhou Daily newspaper claimed the family was too emotionally unstable to accept the findings. The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said three men were questioned, but were let go. Xinhua News Agency reported on July 1, 2008 that the investigation would be reopened. The provincial government sent 10 criminal investigators and forensic experts to re-investigate the death. The autopsy was carried out by five experts from the Guizhou public security department and the Higher People's Court. After three autopsies, there were no signs of any sexual attack according to state officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199464-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Weng'an riot, Investigation\nThe girl's father, Li Xiuzhong, did not accept the autopsy findings. He said \"There is nothing I can do, they have sent 10 officials to my home, watching me day and night. They told me what to say when the reporters interviewed me. They threatened me that [if I said anything wrong], then another riot can happen and I must bear in mind that national security is at stake.\" Li Shufen was buried in her hometown about 20\u00a0km from Weng'an. Provincial authority said that every year, about 600 to 800 criminal cases take place in the county, but half of them are not solved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199465-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series\nThe 2008 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 24, 2008 at San Diego's home stadium, John Cunningham Stadium in San Diego, California, and pitted the top two finishers from the WCC regular season. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. San Diego won the series two games to none over Pepperdine and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199466-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2008 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 7\u201310, 2008. The first round was held in San Diego, California at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2. The West Coast Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199467-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 West Lancashire District Council election\nThe 2008 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of  West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199467-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 West Lancashire District Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election, in which 19 seats were being contested, the Conservatives ran the council with 33 of the 52 seats. The seat in Tanhouse was being contested after the death of Labour councillor Sally Keegan in December 2007, while Conservative Martin Forshaw was unopposed in Hesketh with Becconsall. The Conservatives were strongly favoured to remain in control and were particularly targeting the last Labour held seat in Burscough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199467-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 West Lancashire District Council election, Campaign\nThe Conservatives campaigned on plans to regenerate Skelmersdale, build new council offices on a site in Ormskirk and a pledge to keep council tax rises as low as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199467-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 West Lancashire District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives increase their control of the council after making 2 gains from Labour. They gained the seats of Burscough West and Up Holland, with the margin of victory in Up Holland being only 3 votes after 2 recounts were required. Labour also only held the Tanhouse seat by 34 votes after a recount. The results meant the Conservatives had 35 seats compared to 18 for Labour and 1 independent. Overall turnout in the election was 30.51%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199467-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 West Lancashire District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservative council leader, Geoff Roberts, saw the results as a sign they could take the parliamentary seat in the next general election, while Labour blamed their defeats on national issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199468-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 West Oxfordshire District Council election\nThe 2008 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199468-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 36 councillors, compared to eight for the Liberal Democrats, four Independents and one Labour councillor. 17 of the 49 seats on the council were up for election in 2008, which meant the Conservatives were guaranteed to keep a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199468-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background\nThe Conservative leader of the council, Barry Norton, in North Leigh ward was one of four Conservatives who were elected without opposition, with the Conservatives being the only party to have a full 17 candidates. Both the Liberal Democrats and Green Party had eight candidates, Labour had five candidates, UK Independence Party two and there were two independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199468-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background\n13 councillors sought re-election, with the councillors who stood down at the election including the Conservative former council chairman Tony Walker from Kingham, Rollright and Enstone ward, the Liberal Democrat group leader Stuart Brooks of Freeland and Hanborough ward, and Independent Derrick Millard of Stonesfield and Tackley ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199468-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives gained four seats to win 11 of the 13 seats contested. This took the Conservatives to 40 of the 49 councillors and reduced the opposition to its lowest level on the council as of 2008. Conservative gains included taking Witney South from independent, former Witney mayor, Peter Green, while Conservative Ian Hudspeth held Woodstock and Bladon by 45 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199468-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result\nThe Liberal Democrats lost two seats to be reduced to four councillors, although Margaret Stevens narrowly held Eynsham and Cassington for the party by four votes. Meanwhile, the number of independents was reduced by two to two councillors, while Labour remained with one councillor. Overall 11 of the 13 councillors who stood were re-elected with average turnout at the election being 39.84%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199469-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary took place on May 13, 2008 with polls closing at 7:30 p.m. EST. It was open to Democrats and Independents. The primary determined 28 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, who were awarded on a proportional basis. West Virginia's Democratic delegation also included 11 unpledged \"superdelegates\". The primary came late in the nomination race. Hillary Clinton won by a very wide margin, but her opponent Barack Obama maintained a substantial lead in the overall number of pledged delegate votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199469-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nAs of May 4, 2008, opinion polling showed Sen. Hillary Clinton holding a 56% to 27% lead over Sen. Barack Obama, with 17% undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199469-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nSome of West Virginia's superdelegates also endorsed a candidate prior to the primary. By February 20, more than a month before the election, three superdelegates had announced support for Sen. Hillary Clinton (DNC Members Marie Prezioso, Pat Maroney, and Belinda Biafore), while three had endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (Rep. Nick Rahall, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, and Sen. Robert C. Byrd).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 441]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199470-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 West Virginia Mountaineers football team\nThe 2008 West Virginia Mountaineers football team competed on behalf of West Virginia University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bill Stewart, who took over after he led the Mountaineers to a 2008 Fiesta Bowl victory over the #3 Oklahoma Sooners as the interim head coach after the departure of former head coach Rich Rodriguez. The team finished the season with a 9\u20134 record and a win over North Carolina in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 526]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199470-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Coaching staff\nHead coach Bill Stewart is the Mountaineers 32nd head coach in school history. He returns defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel and defensive line coach Bill Kirelawich. His new hirings are associate head coach, recruiting coordinator, fullback, and tight ends coach Doc Holliday, assistant head coach and safeties coach Steve Dunlap, running backs coach Chris Beatty, offensive line coach Dave Johnson, and cornerbacks coach David Lockwood. Jeff Mullen, former quarterbacks coach at Wake Forest, was announced as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The receivers coach was named on January 29, Lonnie Galloway, the receivers coach from Appalachian State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199470-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Spring Game\nThe Gold & Blue Spring Game was held on Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Mountaineer Field. A record crowd of over 25,000 fans attended as the Gold defeated the Blue 59\u201315. Kicker Pat McAfee was four-for-four on field goals with a long of 47 yards, and starting quarterback Pat White and backup Jarrett Brown both had touchdown passes. Brown also had a four-yard touchdown run and two backup kickers hit a field goal each. The defense recorded six sacks in total, and walk-on defensive back Darnell Christianled all corners with 3 passes deflected. Sophomore linebacker Pat Lazear had the only interception on the game off of a White pass. Backup runningback led all ballcarriers with 54 yards on 17 carries while sophomore Brandon Hogan led all receivers with 49 yards on 6 catches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 58], "content_span": [59, 838]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199471-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 West Virginia Republican presidential caucuses and primary\nThe 2008 West Virginia Republican presidential caucuses took place on  February 5, 2008 to select 18 delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. An additional nine delegates were selected in a primary election on May 13, 2008, for a total of 27 delegates to the national convention. Mike Huckabee won the caucuses, and John McCain later won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199471-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 West Virginia Republican presidential caucuses and primary\nRomney entered the caucus with the most pledged convention-goers, but delegates for McCain defected to Huckabee. In the first round of caucusing, the results were Romney 464, Huckabee 375, McCain 176, Paul 118, Giuliani 0. Since no candidate had a majority, Giuliani dropped out and the delegates took a second vote. At this second vote, most Paul and McCain supporters, reportedly acting on commands from their coordinators, shifted to Huckabee, ensuring him the majority. As a result of a deal with Huckabee's camp, Paul's delegates swung to Huckabee in exchange for 3 of the State's 18 national delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199471-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 West Virginia Republican presidential caucuses and primary\nThe West Virginia caucus was the first of the 21 \"Super Tuesday\" contests to be counted, with the results being reported in the mid-afternoon. Huckabee's win over the favored Romney was considered a major loss of momentum for Romney's campaign, while it revitalized Mike Huckabee's hopes for the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199471-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 West Virginia Republican presidential caucuses and primary\nIn the primary election, three delegates were awarded for each of West Virginia's three congressional districts. The winner in each district was awarded all three of that district's delegates. McCain, the presumptive nominee, easily won all three districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199472-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election\nThe 2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Governor Joe Manchin III was the Democratic nominee, challenged by Republican nominee Russ Weeks and Mountain Party candidate Jesse Johnson. Manchin won every county in the state and was reelected by the largest margin for any gubernatorial candidate in West Virginia's history. Manchin won by over 44%, even as Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, lost the state to John McCain in the presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199473-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open\nThe 2008 Cincinnati Masters (also known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 107th edition of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, with the men playing from July 26 through August 3, 2008, and the women from August 9 through August 17, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199473-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open\nThe men's field was led by World No. 1, French Open and Wimbledon runner-up and Cincinnati Masters defending champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 2, French Open, Wimbledon and Canada Masters winner Rafael Nadal, and Australian Open titlist Novak Djokovic. Other top seeded players were ATP No. 4, P\u00f6rtschach and Warsaw titlist Nikolay Davydenko, Valencia and s'Hertogenbosch winner David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, James Blake and Andy Murray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199473-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open\nThe women's draw featured Paris, Eastbourne and Montreal semifinalist, Standford finalist Marion Bartoli, Eastbourne runner-up and Wimbledon quarterfinalist Nadia Petrova, and Estoril, Barcelona winner Maria Kirilenko. Also competing were Strasbourg finalist, French Open and Wimbledon mixed doubles runner-up Katarina Srebotnik, Amelia Island quarterfinalist Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo, Aleksandra Wozniak, Ekaterina Makarova and Tamira Paszek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199473-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, Finals, Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Jonathan Erlich /  Andy Ram 4\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20132), [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 87], "content_span": [88, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199473-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, Finals, Women's Doubles\nMaria Kirilenko /  Nadia Petrova defeated  Su-wei Hsieh /  Yaroslava Shvedova 6\u20133, 4\u20136, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 89], "content_span": [90, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199474-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Doubles\nJonathan Erlich and Andy Ram were the defending champions, but Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan defeated them 4\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20132), [10\u20137], in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199475-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Singles\nAndy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20136(7\u20135), to win the Men's Singles title at the 2008 Cincinnati Masters. It was his first ATP Masters 1000 title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199475-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Ivo Karlovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199475-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 64], "content_span": [65, 121]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199476-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nBethanie Mattek and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but Mattek chose not to participate, while Mirza chose to compete the Beijing Summer Olympics instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199476-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nMaria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova won in the final 6\u20133, 4\u20136, [10\u20138], against Su-wei Hsieh and Yaroslava Shvedova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199477-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nAnna Chakvetadze was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199477-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nNadia Petrova won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20131, against Nathalie Dechy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis\nThe Western Australian gas crisis was a major disruption to natural gas supply in Western Australia, caused by the rupture of a corroded pipeline and subsequent explosion at a processing plant on Varanus Island, off the state's north west coast on 3 June 2008. The plant, operated by Apache Energy, which normally supplied a third of the state's gas, was shut down for almost two months while a detailed engineering investigation and major repairs were carried out. Gas supply from the plant partially resumed in late August. By mid-October, gas production was running at two-thirds of normal capacity, with 85% of full output restored by December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis\nIn a state heavily reliant on continuous supply of gas for industrial processing, manufacturing, residential use and electricity generation, the sudden loss of almost 35% of gas supply had immediate social impacts, and significant short and long-term economic effects. Many businesses were forced to curtail or cease operations, resulting in workers being stood down or forced to take annual leave, and the government requested that businesses and householders conserve energy usage. An emergency coordination committee of government and industry representatives rationed and redirected remaining gas supply sources. When many large gas users switched to diesel for power generation, the risk of a shortfall in transport fuel led to the federal government authorising the release of emergency fuel reserves stored at the Garden Island naval facility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 885]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis\nThe incident raised significant public and political issues related to energy security, adequacy of existing infrastructure, contingency planning, and the role of regulatory agencies. The plant took three months to repair, although partial supplies were restored within six weeks of the explosion. A major investigation was launched by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA), with separate investigations conducted by the plant operator and several other government agencies. NOPSA's report was published on 10 October 2008, and confirmed early suggestions that the explosion was caused by structural failure of the export pipeline due to significant corrosion. A Senate Committee inquiry was established to investigate the economic impacts and the state government's response to the crisis. The committee's report was handed down on 3 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 903]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Background\nSince 1996, Varanus Island, 70 kilometres (43\u00a0mi) from the Western Australian coast, has operated as a hub for oil, condensate and gas gathering infrastructure belonging to several petroleum joint ventures, including Harriet JV and John Brookes JV. The island's facilities include large tanks where condensate is stored prior to being offloaded onto tankers, and five gas plants. Condensate, water and other impurities are removed from the gas arriving from the offshore platforms connected to the island. Most of the carbon dioxide is removed so the gas can meet the specifications of the onshore pipelines and end users. Gas from the plant is sent via two subsea pipelines to the mainland, where the pipelines connect to the Goldfields Gas Pipeline and the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline. Before the incident, the plant produced 365 terajoules of gas per day for the state market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 938]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Background\nThe gas plant is licensed under the WA Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969. Safety and health regulation under this Act is the responsibility of the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP), which engaged National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) to provide inspections and reporting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Incident\nAt 1:40pm on Tuesday 3 June 2008, an export gas pipeline ruptured near the gas plant, causing a fire in a large section of the plant. No one was injured and all employees on the island were moved to a safety point within 20 minutes of the explosion. One hundred and fifty-three staff were evacuated later that day, with 13 staff staying on the island to monitor the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Incident\nChief Executive Officer G. Steven Farris said, \"Our priorities are the safety of our personnel, securing the facilities, assuring that the environmental impact is limited to the island and resuming throughput of oil and gas production... No-one was injured, all personnel are safe, and the rupture and fire appear to be contained on the island.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Incident\nThe explosion and resulting fire caused a full plant shutdown, reducing Western Australia's supply of energy by up to 35%. Apache's managing director, Tim Wall, said, \"It's pretty easy to say there is a lot of damage here and we are looking at alternatives to try to get gas to market as soon as possible but it will be at least several months before we have partial sales.\" He estimated it would be at least three months until the plant was at least partially operational, when the less-damaged processing plants for John Brookes and East Spar are brought back online.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Incident\nThe John Brookes and East Spar plants produce 150-200 terajoules of gas daily, compared to 370 terajoules when all plants, including the significantly damaged Harriet plant, were fully operational. Approximately 80-90% of the island's gas is used by industrial customers, with small amounts provided to Synergy, the state's largest electricity retailer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nThe explosion was investigated separately by Apache Energy, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) and other agencies. The WA State Opposition called for a Royal Commission, with Energy Spokesperson John Day saying, \"It's a matter of making sure that this major disaster, which is now facing WA, does not happen again\". Western Australian Premier Alan Carpenter said this was unnecessary because the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority was investigating and it could compromise their inquiry. Carpenter said their investigation will take 10\u201312 weeks to complete and its findings will be released to the public. State Opposition Leader, Troy Buswell, said that NOPSA had a conflict of interest as it helped perform safety inspections on the island, and therefore \"are conducting an investigation which will in part be an investigation into themselves\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 933]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nPremier Carpenter held a meeting on Sunday 8 June with key stakeholders in WA's gas industry and announced that gas would be sourced from alternative suppliers, and a coal-fired power station, which was shut down for maintenance, would be brought back online. He also asked domestic users to save energy where possible, as the saved energy could be used by industries in need.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nOn 11 June, Carpenter warned he might need to invoke emergency powers and take control of all of WA's gas and electricity supplies, which would result in rolling stoppages, blackouts and brownouts. He also said he had discussed accessing emergency diesel supplies stored by the Department of Defence at Garden Island with Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard. The state's Energy Minister, Fran Logan, said the decommissioned Muja AB coal-fired power station at Collie would be returned to service to supply 25 terajoules to industry. He estimated it would take up to six weeks before the plant was operational, and said, \"These units are old and not as environmentally friendly as new generators. However, the state is facing a significant gas shortage and we need to look at all avenues\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 843]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nPower consumption will be reduced from 22 megawatts to four megawatts a day at the State Government's water desalination plant in Kwinana, announced Carpenter on 12 June. He said this \"will save around about five to six terajoules of energy a day which can be redirected to where it's needed... The decision will not jeopardise water supplies. We are able to switch the desalination plant back on to full production within a few hours ... four to five hours.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 514]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nOn 17 June, two weeks after the explosion, Carpenter made an unprecedented public address on television and radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\n\"Gas is not only a direct fuel source for industry, we use it in our homes and it's used to generate a large proportion of our electricity. While the State Government has the power to guarantee gas supplies to essential services and households, some industries and business have been hit hard. A number of them are being forced to scale back operations and others have temporarily closed.... We need your help. By continuing to work together we can lessen the impact of the gas shortage on our state, on our businesses and our families.\" \u2013 Carpenter, 17 June 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nDavid Black, a political analyst, said Carpenter's address shows that the situation is serious: \"Probably in terms of the total amount of gas and electricity being used, the community is a relatively small player... But politically, it is so important that they share the burden and that they be aware of the fact that they should be sharing the burden.\" Opposition Leader Buswell called for daily publication of a gas supply allocation for businesses. After Carpenter's address, power consumption fell 2% the next morning, on the coldest day since September 2007. Carpenter said, \"The saved consumption was very, very significant, enough to power the city of Geraldton\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 726]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nOn 18 June, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told Federal Parliament that Premier Carpenter had established a Gas Supply Coordination Group, involving government agencies and industry representatives. Rudd said the Royal Australian Navy was supplying six megalitres of diesel fuel to WA, and the Federal Government would consider invoking the Liquid Fuel Emergency Act if necessary, enabling federal Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson, to control production, transfer and stock levels of crude oil and other liquid fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 584]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\n\"This is a serious matter for Western Australia therefore it is a serious matter for all Australians... We believe that is an appropriate level of coordination between the two governments... I think people in the east have not quite caught up with the severity of the impact which this is having across the WA economy. It is huge... If there is a significant impact on WA economic activity and growth and on exports from that state, given the significance to the overall Australian economy, there will be wash through from us all on this over time.\" \u2013 Rudd, 18 June 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nOn 21 June, it was revealed that the state-owned electricity generator Verve Energy continued to use hundreds of terajoules of gas each week, despite having access to diesel fuel. A spokesperson said the company had not been instructed to cut back its gas usage, and there was \"no intention to use very expensive diesel instead of gas, especially when supplies and deliveries of diesel are stretched and Verve Energy continues to receive its supplies of gas from the North West Shelf\". Opposition Leader Troy Buswell said, \"This is arrogance and hypocrisy of the highest order...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nThey should be substituting gas for diesel, given the fact their plants can run on diesel. Gas could be re-directed to businesses which don't have choice about using gas or diesel.\" The State Government had also delayed approval of a new gas processing plant for Apache Energy by over six months, only allowing Apache to proceed after the gas crisis commenced and worsened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nThe lack of a State Government contingency plan was criticised by Robert Amin, Curtin University's chair of Petroleum Engineering and chair of the Woodside Research Foundation, who said the Government should have stored enough gas in underground reservoirs to power the state for at least one month, to mitigate a potential crisis. Amin said gas could be stored in parts of the Perth Basin depleted of gas, like Dongara, and companies could be offered tax incentives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nFederal Opposition spokesperson for trade, Ian Macfarlane, called for a national audit of all gas pipelines, and highlighted the vulnerability of the single pipeline that carries WA's gas from the North West Shelf. Macfarlane said, \"At the very least this event comes as a wake-up call for the construction of a second pipeline from the North West shelf to supply gas to industry especially in the south-western part of Western Australia.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Political response\nProfessor Dong-ke Zhang, Director of the Centre for Petroleum, Fuels and Energy at the University of Western Australia, said, \"I would have thought it was quite silly for a very advanced state like WA that we are not able to cope with an incident like this by not having the ability to divert gas from an LNG plant to the domestic pipeline. At a policy level, the infrastructure needs to be longer term and the Government should encourage major players like Woodside and Chevron to invest in the infrastructure and give the incentives for the industry to come to the party because they get much bigger margins by selling LNG overseas.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Restoration of supply\nA statement released by Apache Energy on 13 June 2008 said the company had sourced pipe and valves needed to repair the pipeline. Apache said it was increasing the number of staff on the island conducting integrity checks, with over 140 staff expected on site the following week. On 18 June, Apache Energy said it had commenced demolition and restoration of the damaged pipeline and expected this to be finished by the end of the following week. The pipe was already in Karratha and valves and fittings from the United Kingdom were expected to arrive in early July. Gas supply from the plant partially resumed in late August. By mid-October, gas production was running at two-thirds of normal capacity, with 85% of full output restored by December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Restoration of supply\nOn 23 June 2008, Apache Energy released a statement that said limited production of 200 terajoules of gas from the East Spar Joint Venture would start by 15 August, with full production expected by December. Also on 23 June, the Muja power station came back online.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Restoration of supply\nWestern Power spokesperson Ken Brown said the plant will provide \"very minimal megawatts because it has been out for many months, not just for pure maintenance, it's had a complete overhaul of the machine and the control, and it's going to take quite a while to commission that, but by next week it will be producing some significant coal megawatts and that's really good.\" Kwinana Unit 1, a power station located at Kwinana closed for maintenance before the explosion, was reactivated on 8 July. The 110 megawatt station operated at 60% capacity for the first few days before running at full capacity. Kwinana Unit 1 is expected to free up to five terajoules of gas daily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 731]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact\nWhile household gas supplies were largely unaffected, some businesses faced higher energy prices, most notably in the manufacturing and mining sectors. The supply disruption was partially mitigated by the availability of alternative fuel sources such as diesel (for power generation), additional supplies of gas from the North West Shelf plant, and the return to service of coal-fired power generation units.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact\nOverall, the gas shortage had a large impact on Western Australian industries, particularly mining, construction, and hospitality. Some affected companies declared force majeure, and others are expected to make large insurance claims. If Apache Energy was found responsible for the pipeline explosion, compensation claims could be made against the company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact\nState Premier Alan Carpenter said the Government will not offer compensation to businesses affected by the energy shortage, because \"I don't think that the ordinary West Australian taxpayer would take too kindly to the State Government taking on a massive compensation bill for an interruption to a supply contract between commercial partners\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 387]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact\nA survey of 301 businesses conducted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry showed on 18 June 2008 that nearly 630 employees had already been, or could be, stood down or made redundant - nearly 1% of the workforce surveyed. Almost 50% were affected by the gas shortage, with 11 companies already completely shut down. Up to 15% of companies surveyed could potentially close after three months of energy shortages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact\nChief Economist John Nicolaou said \"To the extent that WA represents about 20 percent of the growth in the national economy over the past year, then that means it is going to have broader implications for the national economy. So it's important people around Australia understand the issue is significant from a national perspective, not just WA's perspective.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact\nMacquarie Group economists estimated the energy crisis could reduce gross domestic product growth by 0.25 percentage points in the third quarter, as gas prices increased and the percentage of gas production allocated to export reduced. Natural gas sales were worth $5.2\u00a0billion in the 2006/2007 financial year, and its five-year trend growth rate is 16.8%. Chief Macquarie economist Richard Gibbs said, \"WA supplies the lion's share of the gas exports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 495]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact\nThe effect on exports is that as there is a shortage of gas in the system, the capability to export will be diminished because the gas that there is will be directed towards domestic use... The gas exports have been pretty healthy. In the next couple of quarters that will be moderated dramatically if not stalled altogether. I think this will have an impact on the broader commodities side and the trade gap could widen\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact\nModelling undertaken by the WA Department of Treasury and Finance estimated that the gas crisis would affect Western Australia's exports of chemicals, metal products, textiles, clothing, footwear and rubber and plastic products. Treasurer Eric Ripper said, \"In the long term, the disruption is estimated to reduce WA's economic value by $1.8\u00a0billion between 2007-08 and 2011-12... this $1.8\u00a0billion figure (estimated at 2008\u201309 values), only equates to 0.2 percent of the economy over the same five-year period.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact\nThe WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) released its quarterly report on 10 July, which said, \"The gas crisis has already cost the Western Australian economy in the vicinity of $2.4\u00a0billion... With gas supply expected to be restricted until December 2008, CCI estimates the overall cost to be around $6.7\u00a0billion\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact\nThe Reserve Bank reported in September that \"the disruption is expected to result in a temporary reduction in national GDP growth of around 0.25%, with the impact spread across the June and September quarters\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Mining industry\nWestern Australian-based mining companies could have potentially lost hundreds of millions of dollars, because the state is the world's largest producer of iron ore and one of the largest producers of gold and nickel, exporting $48.4\u00a0billion of minerals and energy in 2006. Three days after the blast, the world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton, said it was assessing the gas shortage's impact, but its iron ore mines at Mount Newman and Nickel West were running normally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Mining industry\nOn 13 June, BHP Billiton brought forward the closure of its nickel smelter in Kalgoorlie by four months, which increased its gas supplies for its Worsley Alumina refinery. A spokesperson for Rio Tinto, the world's third-largest mining company, said the company was prioritising its power usage and using diesel and other alternative fuels for its mines, shipping terminals and railways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0026-0002", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Mining industry\nThe world's third-biggest gold producer, Newmont Mining, said it was \"investigating alternative gas and energy sources\", and Iluka Resources, the largest zircon producer, shut down its Western Australian operations on 5 June and said it was awaiting advice from power supplier Alinta Gas. Oxiana Limited, soon to be the world's second-largest zinc producer, used standby diesel power at its Golden Grove mine until 6 June, when they obtained an alternative source. Newcrest Mining, a gold mining company located at Telfer, switched to its limited stockpile of diesel fuel. Fonterra Co-operative Group also switched to diesel power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0026-0003", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Mining industry\nMinara Resources, the country's second-largest nickel producer, was \"using the time opportunistically on plant maintenance\", as natural gas was its Murrin Murrin mine's only energy source. Minara Resources predicted that its full-year production would be reduced by 8%. Alcoa, which operates bauxite mines and alumina refineries with Alumina, declared force majeure as a precaution on 11 June. A spokesperson said, \"We are continuing production, which is down a bit, and we are fuelling our energy needs with diesel supply... we have enough diesel to last us for weeks, but not months\". Alcoa's United States parent company said it expects the company's second-quarter earnings to be reduced by $12\u201317\u00a0million due to the extra cost of gas and diesel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 810]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Mining industry\nWoodside Petroleum's North West Shelf Venture increased production of natural gas to meet Apache Energy's shortfall. Apache's managing director Tim Wall said it was a small quantity of relief; Premier Carpenter said Woodside was providing an extra 50 terajoules of gas per day for the domestic energy grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Other industries, businesses and domestic customers\nThe construction and hospitality industries were strongly affected by the energy shortage. Brick producers Midland Brick and Austral closed their kilns within the first week after the blast, and on 11 June, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry warned that 14% of local businesses could close. UnionsWA said thousands of workers were being stood down or made to take annual leave, and the secretary Dave Robinson said mining, timber, beef, pork, laundries and transport industries workers were worst affected. Supplies of gas and electricity to residential customers are protected by state government legislation introduced in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 95], "content_span": [96, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Other industries, businesses and domestic customers\nThe impact of the crisis on Wesfarmers' subsidiaries caused a slump in the company's share prices. Wesfarmers managing director, Richard Goyder, said, \"At this stage, our best estimate is that the pre-tax impact on group profit will be up to $20 million per month at the current level of gas supply. A portion of that loss is expected to be recovered from insurance\". The subsidiaries affected are CSBP, which can no longer produce ammonium nitrate, Wesfarmers LPG, which has delayed commissioning of a new liquid natural gas plant in WA, and Premier Coal, whose sales have been reduced due to the closure of some of its customers, such as Iluka Resources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 95], "content_span": [96, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Other industries, businesses and domestic customers\nThere was speculation in the media on whether the AFL football game at Subiaco Oval on 21 June between the West Coast Eagles and Geelong Football Club should be moved from night to daytime, to avoid using the oval's lights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 95], "content_span": [96, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Other industries, businesses and domestic customers\nAccording to Western Power, the electricity used by the oval's lights for four hours of operation could power more than 1,300 homes, but a spokesperson from the Office of Energy said, \"Effectively the amount of energy used to light a game at night is less than what would be used if those thousands of people were at home with lights and other services operating\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 95], "content_span": [96, 460]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0030-0002", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Other industries, businesses and domestic customers\nWestern Australian Trotting Association chief executive, Rob Bovell, said if they were forced to move races at Gloucester Park from night to day, they would \"probably lose half a million dollars in turnover and our customers would drop by 70 percent. Clearly this would cause major damage to us financially because our business is set up to race at night time. However if we are using energy that is affecting emergency services we will close down tomorrow.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 95], "content_span": [96, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Other industries, businesses and domestic customers\nFifty representatives from shopping centres and office towers met on 16 June to discuss energy-saving ideas. The WA Property Council said \"Non essential power including decorative lighting in shopping centres will be switched off. We'll also be looking at chillers and heating systems to ensure they use less power. At the moment we are in winter mode and they are running to heat the buildings so we will have to lower them, while main buildings will look at switching off non essential lifts\". Perth's tallest building, Central Park, turned off its heating on 17 June, with General Manager Tim Ward saying, \"We're not expecting anyone to be anything but compliant\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 95], "content_span": [96, 763]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Other industries, businesses and domestic customers\nRoyal Perth Hospital's plans for coping with decreased gas supplies were leaked to the media at the end of June, which showed a 30% reduction in gas would cause phase 1, changing linen \"only when soiled\" and having \"one towel per patient\". Phase 2, a further 20% decrease, would result in \"reductions in elective surgical procedures\", \"prioritisation of equipment for sterilisation\", sourcing oxygen supplies from interstate and restricting patients' showers to \"four minutes, second daily\". Further reductions could lead to cancellations in elective surgery, rationing food and transporting \"infectious linen\" interstate for laundering.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 95], "content_span": [96, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Other industries, businesses and domestic customers\nIndustrial gas provider BOC reduced its supply of carbon dioxide to pubs for draft beer, whilst the shortage also threatened WA's wineries, who use carbon dioxide for bottling. BOC gave priority to the health industry, which uses carbon dioxide to sterilise equipment and in anaesthesia. The state's other major carbon dioxide supplier, Air Liquide, also shut down production, leading to fears that WA's largest pork abattoir would close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 95], "content_span": [96, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Impact, Other industries, businesses and domestic customers\nWestpac offered help to personal customers affected by the gas crisis, by allowing customers to defer home loan repayments for up to three months and restructure loans at no fee, increasing credit card limits and speeding up insurance assessments. Other banks and credit-lenders offered similar assistance to their customers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 95], "content_span": [96, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Technical investigation by NOPSA\nFollowing a four-month investigation, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) handed down its report into the causes of the incident on 10 October 2008. Numbered copies of the 92-page report were made available to members of the public upon request to the Department of Mines and Petroleum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Technical investigation by NOPSA\nAccording to the report, the plant was operating normally up until the incident. The immediate cause was the rupture of the 12\" Sales Gas Pipeline at the NNE beach crossing, and that \"the gas released from the ruptured pipeline ignited very soon after the rupture\". The rupture of the pipeline was caused by corrosion of the external surface of the pipe \"resulting in excessive stresses of the pipe wall\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 494]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0036-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Technical investigation by NOPSA\nThe report provides the likely sequence of events following the initial rupture, including the failures of other pipelines located near the 12\" Sales Gas line, contributing to the intensity of the fire and damage to the gas plant. According to evidence available to NOPSA, the main causal factors in the incident were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Technical investigation by NOPSA\nA section of the report titled \"Impediments to the Investigation\" refers to the investigation team's frustrated attempts to interview staff of Apache Energy in relation to pipeline inspection, monitoring, and the company's maintenance and repair regime. The company declined to make its key personnel available for questioning by NOPSA. The investigators' efforts were also hampered by Apache's delays in releasing the results of laboratory analysis of pipeline materials related to the incident. Apache produced a comprehensive \"corporate response\" to a set of written questions provided by NOPSA, seven weeks after receiving the request. The report notes that \"these matters directly impacted on the ability of the investigation team to develop its findings within the agreed time period and resulted in aspects of some lines of inquiry not being fully settled\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 953]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Technical investigation by NOPSA\nThe report identified that Apache and its co-licensees may have committed offences under the Petroleum Pipelines Act and associated regulations, and that there may have been non-compliance with pipeline license conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Senate inquiry\nOn 28 August 2008, the Senate referred a number of matters relating to the gas crisis to its Standing Committee on Economics. The inquiry focussed on the economic impact of the crisis (losses faced by business and industry; relevance of contractual arrangements) and government responses (crisis management; emergency measures; alternative energy sources). Written submissions were made by numerous business and industry bodies, and six days of public hearings in Perth, Bunbury and Canberra were held during October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Senate inquiry\nWritten submissions to the inquiry included claims of unfair allocations of gas, inadequate communication of important information during the crisis, and the scale of the impact on individual businesses and industries. The committee was initially expected to report by 13 November 2008. The Committee tabled its 84-page report on 3 December 2008, listing six key recommendations to minimise the impacts and risks of future supply disruption, including developing a comprehensive energy security plan, and changing the methods of allocating remaining supplies during a major disruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Senate inquiry\nIn terms of the macroeconomic impact of the gas crisis, the Committee relied heavily upon State Treasury forecasts provided during its inquiry, including that \"the June 2008 disruption in gas supplies... is expected to cost the Western Australian economy around $2 billion in Gross State Product (GSP) terms, with roughly half of this impact in each of the June and September quarters of 2008. This translates to approximately a 0.5 percentage point reduction in estimated GSP growth in 2007-08, from 7.5% at budget-time to 7.0%.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0040-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Senate inquiry\nThe report refers to the Reserve Bank's modelling of the national impact of the crisis, \"that the disruption is expected to result in a temporary reduction in national GDP growth of around 0.25 percentage point, spread across the June and September quarters... as national GDP is around a trillion dollars, a 0.25 percentage point represents about $2\u00bd billion, so the Reserve Bank estimate is broadly consistent with that of the Western Australian Treasury.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Senate inquiry\nIn assessing the state government's response to the crisis, the report recommended that the newly elected state government honour the Carpenter government's pledge on 6 August 2008 to develop an energy security plan. The plan should include possible contingency options, but warned any contingency option that would be of sufficient scope to mitigate significantly the impact of a gas shortage on the scale of that experience after the Varanus Island incident would be very expensive and could present significant technical and environmental challenges.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Senate inquiry\nThe inquiry examined the mechanisms and emergency supply protocols established by the WA government to mitigate the effects of the crisis. According to the committee, the protocols were appropriate, and the residential supply \"was crucial to ensure that negative health impacts were minimised, particularly as the incident occurred in winter.\" The Committee said it received submissions that the campaign to reduce household gas consumption \"was misplaced as (households) only directly account for around three to five per cent of overall gas consumption.\" However, the Committee concluded that the campaign was appropriate under the circumstances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Senate inquiry\nThe document contained a 15-page dissenting report written by the five Coalition members of the Committee. This report directly criticised the Labor government's lack of a contingency gas supply plan, despite two previous supply disruptions in 2006 and early 2008. The government \"ignored these precedents, as well as industry advice, to develop an appropriate contingency response plan to deal with such a crisis and accordingly deserves strong criticism\". The government's communication with industry and customers was \"sporadic at best\", and it should have declared a state of emergency to control gas distribution, rather than leaving distribution to market forces and a bulletin board system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 768]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, Official inquiries, Joint Commonwealth-State inquiry\nOn 23 December 2008, the State Government formally announced a joint inquiry (funded by the Commonwealth) into the Varanus Island gas disaster. To be set up as a 2-person expert panel inquiry and expected to conclude by April 2009, it will \"focus on the effectiveness of the regulatory system and the regulators for upstream petroleum operations and recommend improvements to the existing system.\" According to the new WA Premier, Colin Barnett, the original inquiry focussed solely on the cause of the explosion, rather than considering surrounding issues. The Premier said that any recommendations arising from the report would ultimately be referred to the Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources (MCMPR) for implementation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 831]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199478-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian gas crisis, 2012 report release\nOn 24 May 2012, the Western Australian government's minister for Mines and Petroleum Norman Moore tabled in parliament the Bills-Agostini Report, and further public comment has come from lawyers representing Apache in response.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election\nThe 2008 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government, in power since the 2001 election and led since 25 January 2006 by Premier Alan Carpenter, was defeated by the centre-right Liberal Party opposition, led by Opposition Leader Colin Barnett since 6 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election\nThe election resulted in a hung parliament with no party gaining a majority. Labor was two seats short of a majority in the expanded legislature. Ultimately, the Liberals were able to form a coalition government with the WA Nationals, supported by three independents. While both parties agreed to National demands that at least 25 percent of mining proceeds go to regional projects, the Nationals ultimately went with the Liberals. According to Nationals leader Brendon Grylls, a Labor-National coalition would have required Green support to get mining legislation passed in the Legislative Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election\nThe coalition agreement gave National Party ministers \"the right to exempt [themselves] from Cabinet and vote against an issue on the floor of the Parliament if it's against the wishes of the people [they] represent,\" an explicit rejection of the pattern of former non-Labor coalition agreements under which the Nationals had been seen as virtual co-owners of Liberal policies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election\nThe election was the first to be held since a major electoral redistribution was implemented in 2007. This redistribution involved significant changes to the geographic distribution of parliamentary seats and regions in Western Australia, and brought the state into line with the rest of Australia in adopting one vote one value for the lower house.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election\nThe election was called earlier than expected by Alan Carpenter, who requested the Governor to dissolve parliament on 7 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly\nWestern Australian state election, 6\u00a0September 2008Legislative Assembly << 2005\u20132013 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, Electoral changes\nThe 2008 election takes place with entirely new boundaries determined in a redistribution finalised on 29 October 2007 by the Western Australian Electoral Commission. Prior to the redistribution, the Electoral Act 1907, which governs elections in the state, specified that the metropolitan region which includes Perth and its suburbs, was to be divided into 34 Assembly districts or 60% of the seats, while the rest of the state was to be divided into 23 or 40% of the seats. However, at the 2006 census, taken on 8 August 2006, 73.76% of Western Australians lived in the metropolitan region. This meant that each member of the Legislative Assembly, as at 30 September 2007, was representing either 28,519 metropolitan voters or 14,551 country voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, Electoral changes\nOne vote one value had long been sought by the Labor Party, that party claiming to be disadvantaged by the familiar reality that country constituencies have tended to elect non-Labor members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, Electoral changes\nThe Burke Labor government (1983\u20131988), with the conditional support of the National Party, managed to achieve limited reform\u2014through the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987\u2014in increasing the metropolitan quota from 29 to 34, redesigning the Legislative Council (or Upper House) into a Senate-style body with six uneven multi-member seats filled by a system of STV proportional representation, and creating a permanent, funded Electoral Commission as a body fully independent from Parliament and the executive. Between Burke's retirement from politics in 1988 and Labor's election loss five years later, the government faced a hostile upper house, considerable distractions by way of the WA Inc royal commission and, after 1991, was a minority government unable to achieve further electoral reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 875]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, Electoral changes\nFollowing Labor's win at the 2001 election, the new premier Geoff Gallop and attorney-general Jim McGinty were committed to implementing 'one vote, one value'. By this time, all other states and territories had eliminated electoral malapportionment. Unlike their predecessors, they could count on the support of half of the upper-house members for passage of the electoral legislation but, as the proposed legislation involved constitutional change, an absolute majority of the members was necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, Electoral changes\nThe Government went to the High Court in 2003 to determine whether the Legislative Council president's casting vote could be used to obtain the majority, but the High Court answered that it could not. Change occurred, however, when the Liberal Party, which staunchly opposed the reform, failed to preselect one of their North Metropolitan MLCs, Alan Cadby, in a bid to get Peter Collier into the Legislative Council at the 2005 election. Cadby resigned from the Liberal Party and completed his term as an Independent, consenting to Labor's electoral legislation with some amendments. On 20 May 2005, just before newly elected upper-house members were to take their places, the Electoral Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 (No.1 of 2005) passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, Electoral changes\nThe passage of the Electoral Reform (Electoral Funding) Act 2006 into law on 26 October 2006 means that, for the first time, candidates, parties and Legislative Council groups will be able to receive public funding based on their performance in terms of votes at the election as well as a refund of their nomination deposit if they receive over 4% of the primary vote, as is the case in several other states and in federal elections. The rate for the 2008 election has been set at $1.56888 per vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, Electoral changes\nThe legislation, which was Attorney-General Jim McGinty's second attempt to introduce the measure, was explicitly based on the 1992 reforms of Queensland's Electoral Act and was intended to improve accountability and increase candidates' immunity, or perceived immunity, from outside influences. Prior to the 2008 election, candidates could receive a refund of their nomination deposit only if they achieved 10% of the total primary vote. Earlier similar legislation had failed in November 2003, despite an in-principle agreement with then opposition leader Colin Barnett, owing to Liberal backbench opposition and a campaign against the proposal by the West Australian newspaper, which termed the measure as a 'poll tax'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 792]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, The electoral system\nThe Western Australian Legislative Assembly has a total of 59 seats, up from 57 in the last parliament. The last increase in seats, from 55 to 57, occurred before the 1983 election. Since the enactment of the Electoral Act 1907, each seat is filled by a single member selected using instant-runoff preferential voting. In order for a valid vote to be cast, voters must number all candidates on the ballot paper in the order of their preference as with Australian House of Representatives elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, The electoral system\nAt the election, 42 of the seats are located in the metropolitan area, 12 in the Agricultural and South West regions, and 5 in the Mining and Pastoral region in the north and east of the state. Seats in the Mining and Pastoral region are permitted to be under quota on account of their significant geographical size, but all other seats have a quota of 21,350 voters with a maximum variance of 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 471]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, The electoral system\nThe Western Australian Legislative Council, sometimes referred to as the 'upper house', consists of 36 members, with 6 elected from each of 6 multi-member regions (also known as constituencies). The system used for voting is known as Single transferable vote, which is a variant of the proportional representation system. The ballot paper (voting form), traditionally printed on pink coloured paper, is divided into two sections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 502]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, The electoral system\nThe voter casts a vote in either one of two ways \u2013 by writing the numeral \"1\" on the left hand side corresponding to the party of choice, or by numbering all candidates on the right hand side of the form according to his/her preference. If the voter chooses the first method, the vote is then counted according to the publicly known preference listing for the party chosen by the voter. The same voting system is used for electing members to the Australian Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, The electoral system\nMembers of the Legislative Council, unlike those in the Legislative Assembly, hold their seats for a fixed term of four years. They take their seats in the house on 22 May following the date of their election. The Legislative Council is not dissolved prior to the end of each four-year term, even if a general election is held several months prior to the end of the term. For this reason, members elected to the Legislative Council in the 2008 election did not take their seats until May 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, Counting the votes\nMore than 100,000 electors (7.5% of the electorate) cast their votes prior to election day, either by post or in person. Checking the eligibility of these votes commences 3 days prior to election day at the Count Centre in Fremantle. After the close of polls at 6:00\u00a0pm, ballot boxes are emptied and a provisional count of ordinary votes is conducted at each of the 800 polling places. Preliminary results are telephoned to District and Regional Returning Officers, who forward aggregated results to the Tally Room at ABC's East Perth studios.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, Counting the votes\nElection night results are provisional for several reasons. Firstly, there is insufficient time to conduct a full distribution of voter preferences in those Legislative Assembly seats that require it. The official count for all Assembly districts does not commence till after the closing date for postal votes which is the Thursday following the election. Secondly, only ticket votes and first-preference votes for candidates on non-ticket ballots for the Legislative Council are counted on election night, providing only a notional distribution for each region. The high proportion of early votes cast in this election along with the large number of absentee votes cast on election day (caused by elector confusion arising from the recent changes to electoral boundaries) was expected to delay the determination of final results, particularly in closely fought seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 939]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Background, Counting the votes\nLegislative Council ballot papers and all declaration (absentee and provisional) votes cast on election day are delivered to the Count Centre on Sunday where the official count of these votes continues for 7\u201310 days. Ticket votes are sorted (ticket/non-ticket/informal) then manually counted, while preferences on non-ticket ballots are entered into a computer database under the scrutiny of party officials. The ticket vote results are added to the full preference results and the final result determined. Finally, all Legislative Assembly votes are officially counted by each District Returning Officer who then declares (announces) the successful candidate for the particular district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 759]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199479-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Australian state election, Polling\nNewspoll polling was conducted via random telephone number selection in city and country areas. Sampling sizes normally consist of around 800\u2013900 electors, with the 10 \u2013 14 August poll consisting of 1088 electors, and the 2 \u2013 4 September poll consisting of 1802 electors. The margin of error was around \u00b13.5 percent, while the 2 \u2013 4 September poll had a declared margin of error of \u00b12.3 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199480-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Carolina Catamounts football team\nThe 2008 Western Carolina Catamounts team represented Western Carolina University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Catamounts were led by first year head coach Dennis Wagner and played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 3\u20139, 1\u20137 in SoCon play to finish in eight place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team\nThe 2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the 2008 NCAA football season. The team was coached by Bill Cubit and played their homes game in Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team\nWestern Michigan was 9\u20134 overall and 6\u20132 in the Mid-American Conference after defeating conference opponents Northern Illinois, Temple, Ohio, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan and Toledo, Big Ten Conference member Illinois, Western Athletic Conference member Idaho and Football Championship Subdivision team Tennessee Tech. Western Michigan lost to Nebraska, rival Central Michigan and Ball State. Western Michigan played in the 2008 Texas Bowl, where they fell to Rice on December 30, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team\nOver the course of the 2008 season, the Broncos received votes in the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll, culminating with a top 30 ranking and 9\u20132 record in week 13. The Broncos no longer received votes after dropping their final two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team, 2007 summary\nThe Broncos finished the 2007 season 5\u20137 overall and 3\u20134 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The highlight of the season was the 28\u201319 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes, a team that finished 5th in the Big Ten Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Pre-season\nWMU was picked to finish third in the West Division, according to the MAC News Media Association. The Broncos also earned two first place votes and one vote to win the MAC Championship Game. Rival Central Michigan was picked to win the West Division. Bowling Green was selected to win the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Pre-season, Recruiting class\nThe 2008 recruiting class was ranked #1 in the MAC and #65 overall by Rivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nNebraska jumped out to a 17\u20130 lead in the second quarter that Western Michigan could not recover from.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nWMU quarterback Tim Hiller was 30 of 49 for 342 yards and two touchdowns. Tight end Branden Ledbetter caught nine balls for 123 yards and a touchdown. The Broncos were held to eight rushing yards for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 279]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nIn the Mid-American Conference opening game for both teams, WMU overcame a 19\u201314 fourth quarter NIU lead with two Tim Hiller touchdown passes in the span of three minutes and six seconds. Hiller completed 21 of 30 passes for 186 yards and three touchdowns for the game and running back Brandon West carried the ball 25 times for 175 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nNIU was playing without its freshman starting quarterback Chandler Harnish who left the game in the first quarter due to an injury. NIU outgained WMU 439 to 384 in total yards and had possession of the ball for 34:20 opposed to WMU's 25:40 time of possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 338]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nAfter Idaho scored early in the third quarter to tie the game at 14\u201314, WMU outscored the Vandals 37\u201314 to cruise to a 51\u201328 win over the Western Athletic Conference member. WMU quarterback Tim Hiller completed 23 of 31 passes for 241 yards and four touchdowns. Wide receiver Jamarko Simmons caught six passes for 86 yards and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nDespite outgaining WMU 455 yards to 416 yards, Idaho could not stop WMU from scoring 23 points in 4:32 during the third quarter to put the game away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199481-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Tech\nLed by quarterback Tim Hiller's five touchdown passes, Western Michigan defeated Football Championship Subdivision opponent Tennessee Tech 41\u20137. The Broncos outgained Tennessee Tech 633 yards to 251 and gained 30 first downs compared to 13. Hiller completed 27 of 31 passes for 333 yards and running back Brandon West carried the ball for 133 yards and a touchdown on 14 rushes. Wide receiver Jamarko Simmons led all receivers with 10 catches for 115 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season\nThe 2008 Wests Tigers season was their 9th in the NRL. Major signings for the 2008 season are former Dragons halfback Mathew Head, backrower Corey Payne, and back Nick Youngquest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, Season summary\nThe Tigers had a successful opening to the season with a round 1 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons, 24\u201316 and a torrid round 2 win over the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville, 30\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, Season summary\nBenji Marshall was injured in the third minute of round 1 with a knee ligament tear, sidelining him for eight to ten weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, Season summary\nThree losses in a row and injuries to hooker, Robbie Farah, kept the Tigers in the bottom half of the ladder until a round 6 win against the South Sydney Rabbitohs at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 20 April. Mathew Head returned to the NRL in round 5 after a year in the UK and recuperating from injury. Tigers then narrowly beat Cronulla Sharks 20-18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, Season summary\nRobbie Farah and Benji Marshall both returned to the team in the round 10 win against the Newcastle Knights. In a match that saw twelve tries scored between the two teams, Marshall scored two tries and kicked a 40/20. Mathew Head and Scott Dureau (Knights) also kicked 40/20s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 317]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, Season summary\nAfter a four game losing streak, the Wests Tigers ended the South Sydney Rabbitohs' run of five-straight wins, beating them 36\u201312 in round 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, Season summary\nAnother run of losses towards the end of the season kept the Wests Tigers out of the top eight for the third year in a row. The three losses coincided with the suspension of Todd Payten for a dangerous throw in round 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, Season summary\nIn the final match of the season, the Wests Tigers farewelled captain Brett Hodgson with a win over the Gold Coast Titans at Robina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, Season summary\nPlayers leaving the club at the end of the season include Brett Hodgson, Ryan O'Hara, Ben Te'o and Stuart Flanagan. It was also club CEO Steve Noyce's last year with the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n16 - Dragons (Tries: Gasnier, Soward, Reynoldson; Goals: Gasnier 0/1, Soward 2/2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n12 -  Wests Tigers (Tries: Ryan, Halatau; Goals: Hodgson 2/2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n8 -  Wests Tigers (Tries: Ryan; Goals: Hodgson 2/2 )", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n24 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Harrison 2, Tuiaki, Collis; Goals: Hodgson 4/4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n10 - South Sydney Rabbitohs (Tries: Champion, Rogers; Goals: Merritt 1/2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n16 -  Cronulla Sharks (Tries: Kearney, Seymour; Goals: Covell 4/4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n22 -  Wests Tigers (Tries: Te'o 2, McDonnell, Collis; Goals: Hodgson 3/4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n26 - Newcastle Knights (Tries:Bailey 3, Dureau, Vuna\u00a0; Goals: Naiqama 3/5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n18 - Gold Coast Titans (Tries:Cannings, Bowen, Campbell\u00a0; Goals:Prince 3/3  )", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n10 - Wests Tigers (Tries:Farah, Tuiaki\u00a0; Goals:Hodgson 1/2 )", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n16 - North Queensland Cowboys (Tries: Slyney, T. Williams, Harris; Goals: J. Williams 2/3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n18 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Hodgson, Halatau, Fulton; Goals: Hodgson 3/4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n26 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki 3, Farah, Lawrence; Goals: Hodgson 3/5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n18 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki, Hodgson, Ryan; Goals: Hodgson 3/3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n12 - South Sydney Rabbitohs (Tries: Simpson, Asotasi; Goals: Luke 2/2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n10 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Tagive, Laurie; Goals: Marshall 1/2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n10 - St. George Illawarra (Tries: J Morris; Goals: Soward 3/3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n12 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Marshall, Heighington; Goals: Hodgson 2/2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n16 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Laurie 2, Ryan; Goals: Hodgson 2/3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Season Results\n12 - Gold Coast (Tries: Prince, Delaney; Goals: Prince 2/2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 105]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199482-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Wests Tigers season, 2008 Pre-season trials\n28 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Moltzen, Lawrence, Morris, Tagive, Marshall; Goals: Hodgson 4/5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199483-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election\nElections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in Dorset, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control as it has been since 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199483-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election\nThe Mayor David Harris and four other councillors stood down at the election. A further seat was vacant for Melcombe Regis after the death of a Liberal Democrat councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 224]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199483-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election\nThe election saw the Conservative Party gain 3 seats, including their first ever seat in Portland, consolidating their position as largest party on the council. However their leader Nigel Reed lost in Weymouth East to the Liberal Democrats. The leader of the Labour Party on the council, Kate Wheller, was one of two Labour losses when she lost in Westham West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199484-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team\nThe 2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team represented Wichita State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Shockers played their home games at Eck Stadium under 31st year coach Gene Stephenson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199484-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team, Previous season\nThe 2007 Wichita State Shockers baseball team finished the year 53-22 overall and 20\u20134 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Shockers had their own Super Regional. In the first game, Wichita State would lose 6\u20137 to New Orleans. In the losers' bracket they would beat Oral Roberts 11\u20134, a rematch win against New Orleans 7\u20133, and would beat Arizona in the next two games 4-3, then 3\u20130 in the Regional Finals. In the Super Regionals, the Shockers would lose to UC Irvine 0-1, then 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199484-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team, Previous season, 2007 MLB Draft\nThe Shockers had ten players drafted in the 2007 MLB draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199484-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team, Previous season, 2007 MLB Draft\nPlayers in bold are signees drafted from high school, community colleges that will attend Wichita State or attendees that will stay for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199484-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team, Rankings\n^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. \u2020 NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199485-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Widnes Vikings season\nThis article is about the 2008 season of the Widnes Vikings This was their first season since being purchased by Cheshire millionaire after the club went into administration following their loss to Castleford Tigers in the 2007 National League One final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199485-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Widnes Vikings season, Championship Table\nClassification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199486-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Wigan Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199486-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThis result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199487-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wigan Warriors season\nThe 2008 Wigan Warriors season saw the club compete in Super League XIII as well as the 2008 Challenge Cup tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199487-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wigan Warriors season, Season Preview\nWigan will be looking to continue their return to the top of Super League after finishing 6th in 2007. During 2008 Wigan will continue to rebuild their squad under coach Brian Noble but they will have a new owner and chairman in Ian Lenagan from 1 December 2007 after Maurice Lindsay retired and Dave Whelan decided to sell the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199487-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wigan Warriors season, Full squad\n\u2020 Added to the squad for pre-season friendlies. \u2020\u2020 Added to the squad on 27 May 2008. \u2021 Qualify as non-quota players because they were playing in the British Federation before they were 21 years of age.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199488-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season\nThe 2008 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season is the team's seventh season. The Pioneers attempted to return to the ArenaCup after falling to the Tulsa Talons in ArenaCup VIII, the team's first championship appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199489-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 William & Mary Tribe football team\nThe 2008 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of South Division of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 29th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 7\u20134 and a mark of 5\u20133 in A-10 play, placing fourth in the South Division. They were ranked No. 20 in the final Sports Network poll, but did not receive a bid to the NCAA Division I playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199489-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 William & Mary Tribe football team\nThe 2008 season was the final one for redshirt senior cornerback and punt returner Derek Cox. Cox, an All-Conference player, was in the 2009 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the ninth pick in the third round (73rd overall), making him the second-highest player ever drafted out of William & Mary. Darren Sharper was selected 60th overall in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199490-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 William Jones Cup\nThe 2008 William Jones Cup was the 30th tournament of the William Jones Cup that took place in Taipei from 10 July \u2013 25 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships\nThe 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 2008. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships\nSpanish player Rafael Nadal won the first Wimbledon title of his career; the first Grand Slam tournament he had won other than the French Open. Nadal defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final in what many regard as the greatest tennis match of all time. In the women's singles, Venus Williams claimed her fifth title, and first win over her sister Serena in a Wimbledon final (she had lost the previous two). The performances of Britons Andy Murray in the men's singles and Laura Robson in the girls' singles were able to arouse significant interest from the home crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships\nFollowing the completion of the 2007 Championships, the new fixed roof was put in place, in time for the 2008 Championships. The retractable section of the new roof was completed for the 2009 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution\nBelow are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Prize distribution\nThe total prize money for 2008 championships was \u00a311,812,000. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned \u00a3750,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 213]}}
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{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles\nDaniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonji\u0107 def. Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman /  Kevin Ullyett, 7\u20136(14\u201312), 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20133, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles\nSerena Williams /  Venus Williams def. Lisa Raymond /  Samantha Stosur, 6\u20132, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles\nBob Bryan /  Samantha Stosur def. Mike Bryan /  Katarina Srebotnik, 7\u20135, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles\nHsieh Cheng-peng /  Yang Tsung-hua def. Matt Reid /  Bernard Tomic, 6\u20134, 2\u20136, 12\u201310", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles\nPolona Hercog /  Jessica Moore def. Isabella Holland /  Sally Peers, 6\u20133, 1\u20136, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Other events, Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nDonald Johnson /  Jared Palmer def. Jacco Eltingh /  Paul Haarhuis, walkover", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 85], "content_span": [86, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Other events, Ladies' Invitation Doubles\nJana Novotn\u00e1 /  Kathy Rinaldi def. Martina Navratilova /  Helena Sukov\u00e1, 5\u20137, 6\u20133, [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Other events, Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nKen Flach /  Robert Seguso def. Jeremy Bates /  Anders J\u00e4rryd, 7\u20136(7\u20131), 6\u20137(5\u20137), [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Other events, Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nRobin Ammerlaan /  Ronald Vink def. St\u00e9phane Houdet /  Nicolas Peifer, 6\u20137(8\u201310), 6\u20131, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Betting scandal\nThere were allegations in a dossier that several matches, including eight at Wimbledon, were under suspicion of being fixed by professional gambling syndicates after bookmakers noted unexpected spikes in betting patterns. The dossier, released on the Sunday prior to the first day of play, had been commissioned by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Women's Tennis Association (WTA), International Tennis Federation (ITF), and four Grand Slams earlier in the year, and was compiled by bookmakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Betting scandal\nAn official said, \"If you look at a tournament, you might see one match for \u00a323,000 [in betting turnover], one for \u00a327,000, one for \u00a336,000 and one for \u00a34.5m. It doesn\u2019t take a genius to work out that something is going on in the last one.\" Betting on Wimbledon matches was popular in 2007, with over \u00a3420m wagered on bets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Betting scandal\nTo help deal with any potential gambling problems, the All England Club restricted access to player's changing rooms this year, allowing only the player and their coach permission. It was hoped that this would make communication between gamblers and players more difficult. Match fixing became a prominent issue in the media after the 2007 Orange Prokom Open, where the then World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko came under suspicion of colluding with gamblers, and gambling company Betfair took the unprecedented step of voiding all bets on a match of his with Mart\u00edn Vassallo Arg\u00fcello.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 642]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Pigeon killing controversy\nThe All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, the sport club that plays host to the Championships, came under fire from animal activists for using marksmen to shoot down dive-bombing pigeons. The marksmen were ordered to use hawks to scare them away, but when some failed to do so, the marksmen killed them, which led to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) group releasing a statement admonishing the practice and subsequently, referring to the Animal Welfare Act 2006, contacting the Metropolitan Police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Pigeon killing controversy\nSeveral players complained about the pigeons distracting them during play, and because of the inefficient nature of the hawks, rapid action was sought on the Sunday evening before the tournament began. The marksmen were hired by the All England Club and, armed with rifles, shot several birds. When the media broke the story on Monday, a spokesman for the All England Club defended the club's approach, saying that, \"The hawks are our first line of deterrent, and by and large they do the job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Pigeon killing controversy\nBut unfortunately there were one or two areas where the hawks didn't deter the pigeons, so it was deemed necessary to take a harder approach.\" By Tuesday however, the Metropolitan Police wildlife crime unit had been alerted to the practice by PETA, after allegedly infringing the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Bruce Friedrich, vice-president of PETA, wrote in a letter to the All England Club chairman Tim Phillips, that the birds did not represent \"a demonstrable risk to public health and safety\", and the activity was therefore in violation of the Act. A Wimbledon spokesperson subsequently announced that they had reneged on their policy, and that the All England Club would no longer shoot pigeons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Pigeon killing controversy\nA similar, but more inconspicuous, incident also occurred on the Sunday evening before the Championships. A swarm of bees descended upon the area surrounding the All England Club; this caused the clearing out of the players' lawn (where competitors gather after play) and a temporary cessation of some interviews. Further disruption was caused because organizers had to alter the overnight queuing system, in order to protect people. This was the first time that bees had caused disruptions at the All England Club. Some media outlets reported that the bees deserted the grounds after around 90 minutes, whilst others claimed that a similar resolution to the pigeon problem was sought, with the bees being professionally exterminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 808]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, British performance\nThe British public were treated to some palpable success, as London-based Laura Robson became the first British girl to win the Girls' juniors competition since Annabel Croft in 1984. Fourteen-year-old Robson, the youngest player in the Girls' juniors, had to beat players aged up to eighteen, the maximum age allowed for entry into the juniors. She garnered considerable media attention; with a large crowd gathered to watch both her semi-final and final matches, the latter of which was on No. 1 Court, she called it an \"overwhelming experience.\" British-based gambling company Ladbrokes slashed her odds of winning Wimbledon before 2020 from 50/1 to 20/1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, British performance\nIn the seniors, 2007 mixed doubles champion Jamie Murray could not replicate his triumph of the previous year with new partner Liezel Huber, after his 2007 partner Jelena Jankovi\u0107 opted not to play in order to concentrate on the singles competition. Murray and Huber reached the semi-finals where they were knocked out by Bob Bryan and Samantha Stosur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 419]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, British performance\nIn the seniors singles competition, the most significant impact was made by Scottish player Andy Murray, when he became the first British player to reach the quarter-finals since Tim Henman in 2004. Murray, often castigated in the British media for his surly manner, won the crowd's affections with his five-set victory over Richard Gasquet (details of this match are given in the Day 7 summary). The Murray\u2013Gasquet match was watched by over 10 million people in the UK, and it was watched by more than 50% of the potential viewing public in his native Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 629]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, British performance\nChris Eaton from Surrey, the ATP No. 661, successfully began his campaign in qualifying, and then caused a major surprise by beating ATP No. 114 Boris Pa\u0161anski in the first round. Anne Keothavong was the first British woman to directly qualify to the main draw since 1998, however no British woman made it beyond the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, A tournament of upsets and surprises\nThe men's side of the draw was notable for the performances of Marat Safin and Rainer Sch\u00fcttler, ranked 75th and 94th respectively on entering the tournament. Safin caused an upset in the second round when he defeated Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets, on the way to his first ever Wimbledon semi-final, where he lost to Roger Federer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, A tournament of upsets and surprises\nAfter more than five years without reaching the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament, and thirteen consecutive Grand Slam tournaments without advancing past the second round, Sch\u00fcttler also reached his first Wimbledon semi-final, where he was defeated in straight sets by the eventual champion Rafael Nadal. Sch\u00fcttler had earlier defeated Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment (who had previously not advanced to the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament since reaching the final of the 2001 Australian Open) in an epic quarter-final that lasted two days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, A tournament of upsets and surprises\nThe women's side of the draw saw some of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history, in which the top four seeds\u2014Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova\u2014all failed to reach the quarter-finals. Maria Sharapova suffered her earliest exit at Wimbledon when she lost to Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round; this was also her earliest exit at a Grand Slam since the 2003 US Open. Recent French Open champion and newly crowned World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic was stunned in the third round by Chinese wild card entrant and World No. 133 Zheng Jie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, A tournament of upsets and surprises\nThis was the earliest exit by a top seed at Wimbledon since Martina Hingis lost in the first round in 2001, and Zheng Jie also became the lowest-ranked player ever to defeat a top seed at the tournament. Jankovi\u0107 and Kuznetsova were both toppled in the fourth round by Tamarine Tanasugarn and Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, respectively. This was the first time since seedings began at Wimbledon in 1927 (and the first time in the Open Era) that none of the top four seeds managed to advance past the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0025-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, A tournament of upsets and surprises\nZheng Jie became the second Chinese player (after Li Na in 2006) to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, and the first wild card entry ever to reach the semi-finals (a feat later achieved by Sabine Lisicki in 2011), where she was defeated by eventual runner-up Serena Williams. Meanwhile, Tanasugarn reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final by virtue of her victory over Jankovi\u0107, losing to the eventual champion Venus Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds\nThe following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 16 June 2008. Rankings and points before are as of 23 June 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Men's Singles\nThe Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 225]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Men's Singles\nThe following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Women's Singles\n\u2020 The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2007. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Women's Singles\nThe following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Main draw wild card entries\nThe following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199491-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships, Withdrawals\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199492-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nDaniel Alejandro L\u00f3pez and Matteo Trevisan were the defending champions but did not compete in the Juniors this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199492-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nHsieh Cheng-peng and Yang Tsung-hua defeated Matt Reid and Bernard Tomic in the final, 6\u20134, 2\u20136, 12\u201310 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199493-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles\nDonald Young was the defending champion, but did not complete in the Juniors this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199493-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles\nGrigor Dimitrov defeated Henri Kontinen in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20133 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199493-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles\nKontinen would go on to become a future World No. 1 doubles player and win the 2016 Mixed Doubles title at these Championships. This event also featured future Wimbledon Men's Singles finalist Milos Raonic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199493-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries\nThe 2008 Wimbledon Championships are described below in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nThe first day of the competition saw World No. 1 and five-time Wimbledon winner Roger Federer breeze by his opponent to reach the second round, alongside Marcos Baghdatis, Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, Feliciano L\u00f3pez, Andreas Seppi, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, Fernando Verdasco and David Ferrer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 369]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\n2007 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych was pushed in a five-setter by ATP No. 78 Evgeny Korolev, but eventually prevailed on the final score of 4\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 7\u20135, after three hours of play, while former World No. 1 and 2002 Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt survived a close, three-hours-and-a-half-long five-setter against Robin Haase, winning 6\u20137(4), 6\u20133, 6\u20133, 6\u20137(1), 6\u20132. Recent French Open semifinalist Ga\u00ebl Monfils was forced to withdraw before his first match due to a shoulder injury contracted during his Nottingham Open semifinal against Ivo Karlovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nKarlovi\u0107 was himself upset later in the day by qualifier Simon Stadler, while thirty-second seed Micha\u00ebl Llodra retired against Mario An\u010di\u0107 due to a left arm injury. Canadian wild card Frank Dancevic produced the biggest upset of the day knocking out former finalist David Nalbandian in straight sets, and in a mere ninety-six minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nIn the women's singles, French Open champion and new World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic easily defeated her first round adversary, and was followed in the second round by Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, Alona Bondarenko, Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo and 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli, as well as two-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams, who was tested against Roland-Garros quarterfinalist Kaia Kanepi, before winning the match on the score of 7\u20135, 6\u20133, and sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze, who won her first round encounter 2\u20136, 6\u20131, 8\u20136, saving all four match points her opponent St\u00e9phanie Dubois held against her.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nMany women seeds fell on the first day, such as Virginie Razzano, who lost to Evgeniya Rodina despite winning the first set with a bagel; Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1, who fell to Zheng Jie; Aliz\u00e9 Cornet, who was defeated by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova; Maria Kirilenko, who lost to Vera Dushevina; and Patty Schnyder, who was upset by Casey Dellacqua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nThe men's doubles competition saw no seeds advancing but Australian Open runners-up and Wimbledon defending champions Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment & Micha\u00ebl Llodra were forced to withdraw before their first match, because of Llodra's left arm injury, which had already caused his retirement in the singles earlier in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nIn the women's doubles competition, French Open mixed doubles champion Victoria Azarenka & partner Shahar Pe'er proceeded to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nIn the men's singles, Queen's Club champion, 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Rafael Nadal scored his first win, securing a second round spot along with Jarkko Nieminen, Nicolas Kiefer, Tommy Robredo, Richard Gasquet, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, Gilles Simon, Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, Mikhail Youzhny, James Blake, two-time finalist Andy Roddick, and twelfth seed Andy Murray, who overcame 'The Magician' Fabrice Santoro 6\u20133, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(5), in little more than two hours, while twenty-fifth seed Dmitry Tursunov battled during nearly four hours before claiming a 6\u20134, 6\u20137(8), 7\u20136(7), 3\u20136, 7\u20135 win over 2007 Queen's Club finalist Nicolas Mahut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nATP No. 116 Benjamin Becker provided the biggest upset of the tournament thus far with a 6\u20134, 6\u20134, 6\u20134 win over fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko, whose first round exit was the fifth in seven Wimbledon appearances, and Croatian Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 was upset in a close five-setter by 72nd-ranked, Austrian J\u00fcrgen Melzer, on the final score of 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7), 4\u20136, 2\u20136, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 420]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nOn the women's side, defending champion Venus Williams proceeded to the next round past British hope Naomi Cavaday, alongside Flavia Pennetta, Caroline Wozniacki, Sania Mirza, Sybille Bammer, Maria Sharapova, Francesca Schiavone, Victoria Azarenka, Vera Zvonareva, Nadia Petrova, Shahar Pe'er, Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Roland-Garros runner-up Dinara Safina and 1999 Wimbledon champion Lindsay Davenport, in her first appearance since 2005. Twenty-third seed Katarina Srebotnik was knocked out of the tournament at the end of an almost-four-hours-long thriller, in which she held four match points, before her opponent, WTA No. 102 Julia G\u00f6rges eventually won on the score of 4\u20136, 7\u20136(8), 16\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 765]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nIn the men's doubles, South Africans Jeff Coetzee & Wesley Moodie won their first round match, as well as Australian Open champions Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram, who completed their encounter after it was stopped by bad light on Day 1, on the final score of 5\u20137, 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20133, 11\u20139, and Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd & Leander Paes, who after five sets of play eventually claimed a 4\u20136, 6\u20130, 6\u20133, 4\u20136, 6\u20133 victory. Polish tenth seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski were upset in straight sets by Rohan Bopanna & Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nIn the women's draw, eleventh-seeded 2000 and 2002 Wimbledon doubles champions Serena Williams & Venus Williams advanced past their first round adversaries in less than an hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nWorld No. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Lleyton Hewitt, Feliciano L\u00f3pez, Marcos Baghdatis, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco and Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych advanced to the next round of the men's top half of the draw, alongside twenty-ninth seed Andreas Seppi, who overcame Frenchman Florent Serra at the end of a close five-setter, on the final score of 6\u20133, 6\u20137(4), 6\u20132, 6\u20137(5), 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nThe shock of the day came as former World No. 1, 2000 US Open and 2005 Australian Open champion, and now 75th-ranked Marat Safin took out ATP No. 3, 2007 Wimbledon semifinalist and reigning Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets, winning 6\u20134, 7\u20136(3), 6\u20132, after two hours of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nTwenty-first seed Juan Carlos Ferrero also left the tournament, retiring due to a neck injury in the third set of his second round against Halle doubles champion Mischa Zverev, and fifteenth seed and French Open quarterfinalist Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez lost a close encounter to Italian Simone Bolelli, on the score of 7\u20136(8), 7\u20136(7), 3\u20136, 7\u20136(4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nIn the women's singles, Elena Dementieva won her first round, and Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Serena Williams, \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, Anna Chakvetadze, Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo, Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska and 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli won their second round matches. New World No. 1 and French Open winner Ana Ivanovic was pushed to the limit, as she saved two match points in the three-hours-and-twenty-minutes thriller that opposed her to WTA No. 97 Nathalie Dechy, and of which she came out the victor on the score of 6\u20137(2) 7\u20136(3), 10\u20138. Twenty-eighth seed and Australian Open doubles champion Alona Bondarenko retired against qualifier Barbora Z\u00e1hlavov\u00e1-Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 due to a right leg injury, and twentieth seed Francesca Schiavone lost in three sets to Anabel Medina Garrigues, despite holding three consecutive match points in the deciding set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 907]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nIn the men's doubles, World No. 1 team Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan proceeded to the second round, along with Brazilian pair Marcelo Melo & Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1, who won their first round encounter in five sets 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20131, Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & Kevin Ullyett, Franti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k & Jordan Kerr and Julien Benneteau & Nicolas Mahut. 2007 US Open champions and fifth seeds Simon Aspelin & Julian Knowle were upset in four sets by Kevin Anderson & Robert Lindstedt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nWorld No. 1 team and defending champions Cara Black & Liezel Huber, Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 & Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1, Kv\u011bta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs, Ai Sugiyama & Katarina Srebotnik, Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur, Yan Zi & Zheng Jie and Dinara Safina & \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay were among the teams advancing past the first round of the women's doubles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nMeanwhile, eighth seeds Peng Shuai & Sun Tiantian were upset in three sets by Catalina Casta\u00f1o & Kaia Kanepi, fourth seeds Chan Yung-jan & Chuang Chia-jung fell to Akgul Amanmuradova & Darya Kustova, and in the last match of the day, fourteenth seeds Alicia Molik & Mara Santangelo lost in three sets to Tatiana Perebiynis & Alicja Rosolska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nAmong the seeds advancing to the third round in the bottom half of the men's draw were Nicolas Kiefer, Andy Murray, Richard Gasquet, Dmitry Tursunov, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Gilles Simon, Mikhail Youzhny, who prevailed at the end of a three-hours-and-a-half-long five-setter against ATP No. 201, qualifier Stefano Galvani, on the score of 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, and Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, who came back from being down two-sets-to-love to defeat Serbian Viktor Troicki 6\u20137(1), 6\u20137(3), 6\u20133, 6\u20131, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nSecond seed, four-time French Open champion, two-time Wimbledon finalist Rafael Nadal had to battle during three hours against Roland-Garros quarterfinalist Ernests Gulbis, before claiming a 5\u20137, 6\u20132, 7\u20136(2), 6\u20133 victory, and also proceed to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0013-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nMeanwhile, twenty-third seed Tommy Robredo fell in straight sets to Tommy Haas, twenty-fourth seed Jarkko Nieminen lost in a close match to Marin \u010cili\u0107 on the score of 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20137(6), 7\u20135, French Open quarterfinalist Nicol\u00e1s Almagro was upset 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 5\u20137, 6\u20131, 6\u20132 by Guillermo Garc\u00eda L\u00f3pez, and 2003 Australian Open runner-up, and now 94th-ranked Rainer Sch\u00fcttler eliminated ninth seed James Blake after a five-set-marathon, 6\u20133, 6\u20137(8), 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20134. Sixth seed Andy Roddick fell before the third round for the first time in eight appearances, as the two-time Wimbledon finalist was knocked out of the tournament by ATP No. 40 Janko Tipsarevi\u0107, 6\u20137(5), 7\u20135, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nIn the women's singles, defending champion Venus Williams advanced to the third round, alongside Caroline Wozniacki, Dinara Safina, Shahar Pe'er, Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Victoria Azarenka, Elena Dementieva and Nadia Petrova. Thirty-second seed Sania Mirza was taken to three sets by WTA No. 101 Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez, and eventually lost 6\u20130, 4\u20136, 9\u20137, while thirteenth seed Vera Zvonareva fell to recent 's-Hertogenbosch winner Tamarine Tanasugarn, Austrian Sybille Bammer lost in three sets to Peng Shuai, tenth seed Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 was upset by Alisa Kleybanova, and twenty-second seed Flavia Pennetta was knocked out by Ai Sugiyama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\n1999 Wimbledon champion Lindsay Davenport decided to withdraw from the tournament before her match against Gisela Dulko, due to a knee injury. WTA No. 159, Russian Alla Kudryavtseva produced the biggest upset of the women's field thus far, as she upset compatriot, former World No. 1, 2004 Wimbledon winner, reigning Australian Open champion, and third seed Maria Sharapova in straight sets, on the score of 6\u20132, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nIn the men's doubles, Christopher Kas & Rogier Wassen, Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonji\u0107 and Max Mirnyi & Jamie Murray advanced to the next round, whereas Czech pair Martin Damm & Pavel V\u00edzner fell, after four sets, to Travis Parrott & Filip Pol\u00e1\u0161ek, and fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi & Mark Knowles lost to Philipp Petzschner & Alexander Peya. Ninth seeds Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd & Leander Paes were among the first teams to reach the third round, along with Christopher Kas & Rogier Wassen, who advanced for the second time in the day, when they received a walkover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nOn the women's side, French Open champions Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual cruised to the second round, along with Bethanie Mattek & Sania Mirza, and Serena Williams & Venus Williams were the first pair to advance to the third round. Australian Open champions Alona Bondarenko & Kateryna Bondarenko withdrew from the competition, due to the right leg injury which had already forced Alona Bondarenko to retire in her singles match on the previous day, and twelfth seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova & Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo also chose to withdraw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 607]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nRain interrupted play for about an hour and a half during the early afternoon in what was the first rain delay of the 2008 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nWorld No. 1 and five-time Wimbledon winner Roger Federer cruised to the fourth round of the men's singles, along with Lleyton Hewitt, Feliciano L\u00f3pez, 2006 semifinalist and 2007 quarterfinalist Marcos Baghdatis, and thirteenth seed Stan Wawrinka, who was leading two-sets-to-love when his opponent Mischa Zverev retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 379]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0018-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nTwenty-second seed and Nottingham finalist Fernando Verdasco knocked out eleventh seed and 2007 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, crushing the Czech in the third set to win 6\u20134, 6\u20134, 6\u20130, in little more than an-hour-and-a-half, 2004 Wimbledon semifinalist Mario An\u010di\u0107 edged fifth seed and 's-Hertogenbosch titlist David Ferrer after more than three hours of play, on the final score of 6\u20134, 6\u20134, 6\u20137(5), 7\u20136(3), and former World No. 1 and now ATP No. 75 Marat Safin continued his run in the tournament, taking out twenty-ninth seed Andreas Seppi in four sets 7\u20136(5), 3\u20136, 7\u20136(3), 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 650]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nIn the women's singles, Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anna Chakvetadze, Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska and \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay advanced to the fourth round, alongside two-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams, who defeated 2006 champion Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo 7\u20136(5), 6\u20131. Meanwhile, unseeded American Bethanie Mattek upset defending finalist and eleventh seed Marion Bartoli in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nThe shock of the day was produced by 2006 Australian Open and 2006 Wimbledon doubles champion and wild card Zheng Jie, as the WTA No. 133 knocked out of the tournament World No. 1, French Open champion and 2007 Wimbledon semifinalist Ana Ivanovic in straight sets, on the score of 6\u20131, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nAmong the teams advancing to the men's doubles' third round were top-ranked Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan, Franti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k & Jordan Kerr, Marcelo Melo & Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1, Julien Benneteau & Nicolas Mahut, Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & Kevin Ullyett and Australian Open champions Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram, who overcame Stephen Huss & Ross Hutchins after five sets 6\u20137(3), 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nIn the women's doubles competition, World No. 1 team and defending champions Cara Black & Liezel Huber, Kv\u011bta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs, Victoria Azarenka & Shahar Pe'er, Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur and Dinara Safina & \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay proceeded to the third round, while fifteenth seeds Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 & Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 were taken out in straight sets by Vania King & Alla Kudryavtseva, and second seeds Ai Sugiyama & Katarina Srebotnik lost on the score of 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 11\u20139 to Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nIn the men's singles, 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Rafael Nadal advanced past German twenty-seventh seed Nicolas Kiefer in straight sets, 2007 Wimbledon semifinalist Richard Gasquet edged compatriot, twenty-eighth-seeded Gilles Simon after four sets and little more than two hours on the score of 6\u20133, 6\u20133, 6\u20137(3), 6\u20133, and unseeded Serbian Janko Tipsarevi\u0107 matched his 2007 Wimbledon performance, as he qualified for the fourth round in defeating twenty-fifth seed Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets 7\u20136(1), 7\u20136(3), 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nTwelfth seed Andy Murray lost one set to his opponent, former ATP No. 2 Tommy Haas, but eventually won the match after two-hours-and-a-half of play, on the final score of 6\u20134, 6\u20137(4), 6\u20133, 6\u20132, nineteen-year-old Croatian Marin \u010cili\u0107 defeated fourteenth seed Paul-Henri Mathieu, and Mikhail Youzhny prevailed at the end of a four-hours-and-fourteen-minutes-long five-setter against Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, on the score of 7\u20135, 6\u20137(5),6\u20134, 6\u20137(4), 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 501]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nOn the women's side, Elena Dementieva and Venus Williams advanced to the fourth round, alongside second seed Jelena Jankovi\u0107 who fought back from being led one-set-to-love, to defeat thirty-first seed Caroline Wozniacki 2\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20132, and twenty-first seed Nadia Petrova, who upset 2007 US Open and 2008 French Open mixed doubles champion and sixteenth seed Victoria Azarenka in straight sets and two tie-breaks 7\u20136(11), 7\u20136(4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nAustralian Open doubles runner-up Shahar Pe'er and French Open singles runner-up Dinara Safina battled during three-hours-and-twenty-five-minutes, with Peer dominating up to the midst of the second set, when the Russian came back, saving one match point, and Safina dominating up to the end of the third set, when Peer came back, breaking her adversary one final time to claim a 7\u20135, 6\u20137(4), 8\u20136 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nTop-ranked Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan came back from a one set deficit to defeat thirteenth seeds Franti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k & Jordan Kerr, and reach the quarterfinals of the men's doubles. Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonji\u0107, Max Mirnyi & Jamie Murray advanced to the third round, while South Africans eleventh seeds Jeff Coetzee & Wesley Moodie were upset in straight sets 7\u20136(2),6\u20132, 7\u20136(3), by unseeded Feliciano L\u00f3pez & Fernando Verdasco, and fifteenth seeds Christopher Kas & Rogier Wassen lost to Philipp Petzschner & Alexander Peya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\n2008 French Open champions and fifth seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual, thirteenth seeds Bethanie Mattek & Sania Mirza, ninth seeds Yan Zi & Zheng Jie cruised to the third round of the women's doubles, while top-ranked Cara Black & Liezel Huber advanced to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nAlmost all seeds in the mixed doubles advanced to the third round, among which Pavel V\u00edzner & Kv\u011bta Peschke, Simon Aspelin & Lisa Raymond, Mike Bryan & Katarina Srebotnik, Andy Ram & Nathalie Dechy, Daniel Nestor & Chuang Chia-jung, Julian Knowle & Chan Yung-jan and Kevin Ullyett & Ai Sugiyama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nNenad Zimonji\u0107 & Sun Tiantian lost in straight sets, however, to Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd & Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, Mark Knowles & Yan Zi were upset by Scott Lipsky & Casey Dellacqua, Mahesh Bhupathi & Sania Mirza fell to Igor Andreev & Maria Kirilenko, and Leander Paes & Rennae Stubbs were knocked out by Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & Alicia Molik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 378]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Middle Sunday\nMiddle Sunday in Wimbledon is traditionally a rest day, without any play, and this was the case in 2008. The seventh day of the competition, consequently, was Monday 30 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nFive-time Wimbledon winner, defending champion and World No. 1 Roger Federer advanced to the tournament's quarterfinals for the seventh time in ten participations past former World No. 1 and 2002 Wimbledon titlist Lleyton Hewitt after less than two hours of play, on the score of 7\u20136(7), 6\u20132, 6\u20134, while second seed, 2006 and 2007 finalist Rafael Nadal left no hopes to seventeenth seed Mikhail Youzhny, as he defeated the Russian 6\u20133, 6\u20133, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\n2004 Wimbledon semifinalist and ATP No. 43 Mario An\u010di\u0107 was led two-sets-to-love by Nottingham finalist and twenty-second seed Fernando Verdasco, when he started a comeback, winning the third set, and overcoming Verdasco's 4\u20131 lead to take the fourth, to ultimately win the match, after the two players repeatedly broke each other in the one-hour-and-half-long fifth set, on the final score of 3\u20136, 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, 13\u201311, after nearly four hours of play, and set a rematch of the 2006 Wimbledon quarterfinal against Federer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0028-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nThirty-first-seeded Feliciano L\u00f3pez climbed back from being led two-sets-to-one, and saved three match points, the third one with an ace on his second service, to finally beat tenth seed, 2006 semifinalist and 2007 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Marcos Baghdatis after almost four hours of play, 5\u20137, 6\u20132, 3\u20136, 7\u20136(4), 8\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0028-0003", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nIn the first fourth round match involving two unseeded players, ATP No. 94 and 2003 Australian Open runner-up Rainer Sch\u00fcttler dominated ATP No. 40, victor of Andy Roddick, Serbian Janko Tipsarevi\u0107 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(4), and in the second one, 2001 Australian Open runner-up and 2007 Wimbledon doubles champion, ATP No. 145 Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment outplayed nineteen-year-old Croatian, ATP No. 55 Marin \u010cili\u0107, in straight sets 6\u20133, 7\u20135, 6\u20132. Former World No. 1 Marat Safin eliminated a third consecutive seed in the tournament, as he beat Rome Masters finalist Stan Wawrinka for the first time in three encounters, on the score of 6\u20134, 6\u20133, 5\u20137, 6\u20131, to match his best result in Wimbledon, a 2001 quarterfinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 760]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0028-0004", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nEighth seed, 2007 Wimbledon semifinalist, Frenchman Richard Gasquet entirely dominated his adversary, twelfth seed, British Andy Murray during two sets, and up to the end of the third one, when he served to win the match, before Murray broke the Frenchman back and won the set's tie-break, eventually taking back the control of the encounter, racing through the fourth set and breaking early in the fifth to win, in almost complete darkness, at 21:30 (UTC+1), after four hours of play, on the score of 5\u20137, 3\u20136, 7\u20136(3), 6\u20132, 6\u20134, and, reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, complete the round of eight line up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 674]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nThe women's competition saw top seeds continue to fall, as WTA No. 60 and 's-Hertogenbosch titlist Tamarine Tanasugarn knocked out second seed Jelena Jankovi\u0107 6\u20133, 6\u20132, in a mere seventy-five minutes, to advance for the first time in her career to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event, and Eastbourne titlist and fourteenth seed Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska took back the control of her match, after scoring only one game in the second set, to defeat her opponent WTA No. 4 and 2007 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Svetlana Kuznetsova 6\u20134, 1\u20136, 7\u20135. Kuznetsova and Jankovi\u0107's losses, together with the defeats of Ivanovic and Sharapova earlier in the tournament, meant that none of the top four seeds reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in the Open Era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 825]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nThe 133rd-ranked Zheng Jie also continued her run in the tournament, defeating fifteenth seed \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay 6\u20133, 6\u20134, and progressing to become the first women's wild card entry to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Defending champion Venus Williams advanced to her ninth quarterfinals at Wimbledon in twelve appearances, past 42nd-ranked Russian Alisa Kleybanova, and her sister Serena Williams dispatched compatriot WTA No. 69 Bethanie Mattek in straight sets 6\u20133, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nEighteenth seed Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 recovered from the loss of the first set to win the second in a tie-break, and eventually overcome her opponent eighth seed Anna Chakvetadze after two hours of play, on the score of 4\u20136, 7\u20136(0), 6\u20133, Russian twenty-first seed and recent Eastbourne runner-up Nadia Petrova easily defeated compatriot and victor of Maria Sharapova, 154th-ranked Alla Kudryavtseva 6\u20131, 6\u20134, in little more than an hour, and Elena Dementieva, the highest seed remaining in the draw, crushed Israeli twenty-fourth seed Shahar Pe'er 6\u20132, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nIn the men's doubles, ninth seeds Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd & Leander Paes proceeded to the quarterfinals, alongside Australian Open champions Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram, who defeated sixteenth-seeded Frenchmen Julien Benneteau & Nicolas Mahut 4\u20136, 6\u20137(4), 7\u20136(3), 6\u20133, 6\u20134, and second seeds Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonji\u0107, who beat fourteenth-seeded Max Mirnyi & Jamie Murray in straight sets. Meanwhile, Brazilian twelfth seeds Marcelo Melo & Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 decided to withdraw from the tournament, giving a walkover to unseeded Kevin Anderson & Robert Lindstedt, and Feliciano L\u00f3pez & Fernando Verdasco's withdrawal allowed eight-seeded team Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & Kevin Ullyett to complete the quarterfinals' line up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 755]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nOn the women's side, sixteenth-seeded pair Lisa Raymond & Rennae Stubbs beat third seeds Kv\u011bta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs to reach the quarterfinals, along with sixth seeds Victoria Azarenka & Shahar Pe'er, who defeated tenth seeds Dinara Safina & \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, unseeded Ekaterina Makarova & Selima Sfar, who upset ninth-seeded Chinese pair Yan Zi & Zheng Jie, two-time champions Serena Williams & Venus Williams, who knocked out fifth seeds and French Open champions Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual, and thirteenth seeds Bethanie Mattek & Sania Mirza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 625]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nIn the mixed event, fourteenth seeds Martin Damm & Peng Shuai obtained a walkover to the third round as their unseeded opponents withdrew, while unseeded team of French Open mixed doubles champion Bob Bryan & partner Samantha Stosur dispatched sixteenth seeds Jordan Kerr & Kateryna Bondarenko, unseeded Belarusians Max Mirnyi & Olga Govortsova beat fifteenth seeds Jeff Coetzee & Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1, and defending champion Jamie Murray and partner Liezel Huber also advanced. Czech team Pavel V\u00edzner & Kv\u011bta Peschke were the first pair to advance to the quarterfinals, as their scheduled third round adversaries thirteenth seeds Simon Aspelin & Lisa Raymond decided to withdraw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 738]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nOn 'Ladies Day' in Wimbledon, seventh seed, four-time winner and defending champion Venus Williams easily defeated 's-Hertogenbosch titlist, WTA No. 60 Tamarine Tanasugarn in straight sets 6\u20134, 6\u20133 for the seventh time in seven meetings, to advance to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nFifth seed Elena Dementieva, the highest seeded player remaining in the draw, survived a comeback by opponent and compatriot, Eastbourne runner-up Nadia Petrova, as the twenty-first seed climbed back from being down one-set-to-love, 1\u20135, to win the second set in a tie-break, forcing Dementieva to raise her level of play to eventually claim a 6\u20131, 6\u20137(6), 6\u20133 victory, and advance to her first semifinal appearance in Wimbledon, against Venus Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0033-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nSixth seed, two-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams needed only fifty-one minutes to dispatch her quarterfinal opponent, fourteenth seed, recent Eastbourne winner, nineteen-year-old Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska 6\u20134, 6\u20130, and proceed to her fifth Wimbledon semifinal in nine appearances. In the last quarterfinal of the women's event, Chinese wild card, 133rd-ranked Zheng Jie, upset eighteenth seed Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 after three sets and nearly two hours, on the score of 6\u20132, 5\u20137, 6\u20131, to continue her run in the tournament and reach her first ever Grand Slam semifinal in a singles draw, to meet Serena Williams. Zheng, who had already set a record for the furthest progression by a women's wild card at Wimbledon, also became the first Chinese player to reach the singles' semifinals in a Grand Slam tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 867]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nIn the men's doubles event, ninth-seeded Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd & Leander Paes knocked out Australian Open champions, Israeli third seeds Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram 6\u20133, 6\u20133, 6\u20133, to reach the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nThey were joined by second seeds Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonji\u0107, who needed four sets to beat unseeded Kevin Anderson & Robert Lindstedt 7\u20136(5), 6\u20134, 6\u20137(5), 6\u20133, top-ranked Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan, who defeated unseeded Marcel Granollers & Santiago Ventura 7\u20136(3), 6\u20132, 6\u20130, and eight seeds Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & Kevin Ullyett who prevailed over unseeded Philipp Petzschner & Alexander Peya after four hours and five sets, on the score of 7\u20136(5), 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20137(5), 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nMixed doubles fourth seeds Paul Hanley & Cara Black advanced to the third round, while defending champion Jamie Murray & partner Liezel Huber proceeded past sixth-seeded Julian Knowle & Chan Yung-jan to the quarterfinals of the event, alongside ninth seeds and 2007 French Open champions Andy Ram & Nathalie Dechy, and second seeds Daniel Nestor & Chuang Chia-jung.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 424]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nFor the second time of the competition, rain perturbated the play in Wimbledon, stopping all ongoing matches in the morning, and once more for an hour in the early afternoon, allowing the play to resume only around 16:30 (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 288]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nFive-time Wimbledon winner and defending champion, World No. 1 Roger Federer scored his sixth straight win over ATP No. 43 Mario An\u010di\u0107 since the Croatian won their first encounter in the first round of the 2002 Wimbledon Championships, the last match to date Federer lost at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, as the Swiss ace defeated his opponent 6\u20131, 7\u20135, 6\u20134, in less than two hours of play, and advanced to his record-setting seventeenth consecutive Grand Slam semifinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0037-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nIn the second quarterfinal of the day, which decided of Federer's opponent, ATP No. 75, former World No. 1 Marat Safin secured his seventh career semifinal spot in a Grand Slam event, the first since he won the 2005 Australian Open, as the Russian came back from a one set deficit to beat thirty-first seed, Dubai runner-up Feliciano L\u00f3pez, on the score of 3\u20136, 7\u20135, 7\u20136(1), 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0037-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nIn the first quarterfinal of the bottom half of the draw, 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon finalist and ATP No. 2 Rafael Nadal completely dominated his opponent, twelfth seed Andy Murray, in less than two hours, defeating the British in straight sets 6\u20133, 6\u20132, 6\u20134. The match between Rainer Sch\u00fcttler and Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment to decide of the last semifinalist, Nadal's opponent, was stopped due to darkness right after Clement evened to score to one-set-all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nIn the women's doubles competition, sixteenth seeds, 2001 Wimbledon doubles champion Lisa Raymond & partner Samantha Stosur came out the winners of the first of the four quarterfinals matches, defeating unseeded pair Ekaterina Makarova & Selima Sfar 6\u20134, 6\u20133. Two-time Wimbledon doubles champions and semifinalists in the ongoing singles event, eleventh-seeded Serena Williams & Venus Williams outplayed thirteenth-seeded duo of American Bethanie Mattek and Indian Sania Mirza on the score of 6\u20134, 6\u20133, to secure a spot in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 597]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nThe third match of the day saw top-ranked and defending champions Cara Black & Liezel Huber overcome Australian Open runners-up and Wimbledon sixth seeds Victoria Azarenka & Shahar Pe'er 7\u20135, 7\u20136(4), to advance to a semifinal against Raymond & Stosur. In an encounter between unseeded teams, Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy & Australian Casey Dellacqua prevailed over Spanish duo Nuria Llagostera Vives & Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez 2\u20136, 6\u20137(6), 6\u20134, to meet the Williams sisters, and complete the semifinals line up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nIn the mixed doubles event, fifth seeds Kevin Ullyett & Ai Sugiyama proceeded past Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & Alicia Molik to the quarterfinals, along with top seeded Mike Bryan & Katarina Srebotnik, who defeated fourteenth seeds Martin Damm & Peng Shuai 7\u20136(4), 6\u20132, and unseeded Bob Bryan & Samantha Stosur, who upset fourth-seeded Paul Hanley & Cara Black. Meanwhile, defending champion Jamie Murray & partner Liezel Huber defeated second seeds Daniel Nestor & Chuang Chia-jung in the first quarterfinals match of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nRain delayed play again, stopping all matches for a short time in the mid-afternoon, and once more for a longer period in the late afternoon. Play resumed at around 18:00 (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThe men's last quarterfinal, stopped before the night on Day 9, resumed on the score of 6\u20133, 5\u20137, to see ATP No. 94 Rainer Sch\u00fcttler win the third set's tie-break, ATP No. 145 Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment win the fourth's after a rain delay, and the two former Australian Open runners-up battle through the fifth set, with Clement first holding a match point on the German's serve, Sch\u00fcttler breaking but immediately being broken back, the rain stopping the play at 6\u20136, 40-all on the Frenchman's serve, and, eventually, Sch\u00fcttler breaking Clement right after the play resumed and win, on his third match point on the score of 3\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20137(6), 7\u20136(7), 8\u20136, after five hours and twelve minutes played on two days, and reach his second Grand Slam semifinal, setting up a clash with Rafael Nadal. The match became historically significant as the second longest men's singles match in terms of time played, in Wimbledon history, the longest remaining a 1989 second round match between Greg Holmes and Todd Witsken, which lasted five hours and twenty-eight minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 1107]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThe first semifinal of the women's singles saw four-time winner and defending champion, seventh seed Venus Williams dominate her opponent Elena Dementieva during the first set, winning it 6\u20131 in thirty-eight minutes, before the Russian fifth seed fought back in the second, breaking Williams right after losing her serve to even the score, and holding to a second set tie-break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0042-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThe American then left no chances to Dementieva, breaking her repeatedly to win the tie-break 7\u20133, and claim a 6\u20131, 7\u20136(3) victory, after nearly two hours of play, to advance to her thirteenth Grand Slam final since the 1997 US Open, her seventh in Wimbledon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0042-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThe second semifinal between two-time champion, sixth seed Serena Williams and wild card, WTA No. 133 Zheng Jie followed the same pattern as the first, with Williams dominating her opponent in the first set, winning it 6\u20132, and the Chinese fighting back in the second, taking the match to a tie-break after holding a set point on Williams's serve. Williams, though, kept her edge on Zheng, winning the tie-break 7\u20135, to claim a 6\u20132, 7\u20136(5) victory, and proceed to her eleventh Grand Slam final since the 1999 US Open, the fourth in Wimbledon. Venus and Serena Williams's wins marked the first time since Wimbledon 2003 the two sisters would meet in a Grand Slam final, the seventh time overall, with Serena having won five of their six previous Grand Slam final meetings, including the two played in Wimbledon, in 2002 and 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 888]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nIn the first men's doubles semifinal, which lasted more than three hours, being interrupted several times by rain delays, World No. 1s and 2006 Wimbledon champions Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan battled a close match against eighth-seeded 2002, 2003 and 2004 champion Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & partner Kevin Ullyett, but the top-ranked Americans lost all three tie-breaks played against their adversaries, allowing Bjorkman & Ullyett to win on the score of 7\u20136(3), 5\u20137, 7\u20136(5), 7\u20136(9).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThe win meant Bjorkman would reach his fifteenth Grand Slam doubles final since the 1994 French Open, Ullyett would reach his third one since the 2001 US Open, and the pair would reach their first Grand Slam final together. The other semifinal, between ninth seeds Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd & Leander Paes and second seeds Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonji\u0107 was stopped due to darkness as the latter led 7\u20136(4), 4\u20136, 6\u20131, 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThe quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event continued, and saw all-Russian, unseeded pair of Igor Andreev & Maria Kirilenko upset all-Czech pair and third seeds Pavel V\u00edzner & Kv\u011bta Peschke in straight sets 6\u20133, 6\u20134, to reach their first Grand Slam semifinal together. In the second quarterfinal of the bottom half of the draw, unseeded team of men's doubles No. 1 Bob Bryan & former women's doubles No. 1 Samantha Stosur defeated ninth seeds and 2007 French Open mixed champions Andy Ram & Nathalie Dechy 6\u20134, 6\u20132, to join Jamie Murray & Liezel Huber in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nFinally, top seeds Mike Bryan & Katarina Srebotnik took three sets to beat their quarterfinal opponents, fifth-seeded Kevin Ullyett, who had just won his men's doubles semifinal, & Ai Sugiyama, Srebotnik's usual partner in women's doubles, on the score of 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, to set up to a clash with Andreev & Kirilenko, and complete the semifinals line up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe first semifinal of the men's singles was the eleventh encounter between World No. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer, and former World No. 1, now 75th-ranked and victor, earlier in the tournament, of ATP No. 3 Novak Djokovic, Russian Marat Safin, whose appearance in the semifinals was the first in a Grand Slam since he won the 2005 Australian Open, where he defeated Federer in the semifinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0045-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe Swiss broke Safin in his first service game, racing through the first set to take it 6\u20133, before the Russian raised his level of play, and both players went on keeping their serves to a second set tie-break, which Safin eventually lost 3\u20137, letting Federer take his two-sets-to-love advantage to pressure him, and eventually break in the last game of the third set to claim a 6\u20133, 7\u20136(3), 6\u20134 victory, in less than two hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0045-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe win meant Federer would reach his sixteenth Grand Slam final, and his sixth consecutive one in Wimbledon, already equalling Bj\u00f6rn Borg's record of runs at the tournament, from his first win at the 1976 Wimbledon Championships to his lost final, after having won five consecutive ones, to John McEnroe at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0045-0003", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe second semifinal opposed ATP No. 2, French Open and Queen's Club Championships winner, and defending finalist Rafael Nadal, to unseeded, 2003 Australian Open runner-up Rainer Sch\u00fcttler, ATP No. 94, who finished his semifinal against Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment only on the previous afternoon, after three-hours-and-a-half of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0045-0004", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nNadal raced early to a 4\u20130 lead, taking the first set 6\u20131, before Sch\u00fcttler started to fight back, breaking the Spanish and dominating him through the second set, keeping his serve until 5\u20134, when serving to even the score to one-set-all, Nadal broke him, eventually winning the set in a tie-break 7\u20133, and keeping his edge on the German up to the end of the third set to win, in little more than two hours, on the score of 6\u20131, 7\u20136(3), 6\u20134. The win allowed Nadal to advance to his seventh Grand Slam final, his third consecutive one in Wimbledon, and set up his eighteenth meeting against Roger Federer, the sixth in a Grand Slam final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 697]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe second men's doubles semifinal, between ninth seeds Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd & Leander Paes and second seeds Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonji\u0107, and which was stopped by the night on Day 10 as the latter were leading 7\u20136(4), 4\u20136, 6\u20131, 3\u20133, resumed, to see the Czech Dlouhy and the Indian, 1999 Wimbledon champion Paes break their opponents and win the fourth set, taking the match to a fifth one, in which 2002 Wimbledon doubles runner-up Nestor & 2004 and 2006 runner-up Zimonjic made the difference, ultimately clinching a 7\u20136(4), 4\u20136, 6\u20131, 4\u20136, 8\u20136 victory, to face Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & Kevin Ullyett, and try, for Nestor, to finally complete a career Grand Slam and for Zimonji\u0107, to win his first ever Grand Slam title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 767]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe semifinals of the women's doubles took place, first confronting 2000 and 2002 champions and eleventh seeds Serena Williams & Venus Williams, to unseeded Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy & Australian Casey Dellacqua, with the Williams sisters, who lost no set since the beginning of the competition, dominating their opponents throughout the encounter, winning the match 6\u20133, 6\u20133, after only an hour of play and advance to their third doubles final in Wimbledon, having won the two first ones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThat win also marked the second time since the 2002 Wimbledon Championships Serena and Venus Williams would be facing each other in the singles final, and be present together in the doubles final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0047-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe top half of the draw's semifinal took place between top ranked, recent Birmingham and Eastbourne winners and defending champions Cara Black & Liezel Huber, and sixteenth-seeded 2001 doubles champion Lisa Raymond & partner Samantha Stosur, with the latter taking the early advantages in each set, breaking the World No. 1s four times during the encounter and eventually knocking them out of the tournament on the score of 6\u20133, 6\u20133, in little more than an hour, to reach their fourth Grand Slam final together, after the 2005 US Open, the 2006 Australian Open and the 2006 French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nIn the first semifinal of the mixed event, top seeds Mike Bryan & Katarina Srebotnik entirely dominated their unseeded opponents Igor Andreev & Maria Kirilenko to win the match on the final score of 6\u20134, 6\u20132, after little more than an hour, and proceed to their first Grand Slam final together. The win allowed Mike Bryan to advance to his fourth Grand Slam mixed final, his second in Wimbledon after finishing as the runner-up in 2001, and Srebotnik to advance to her eighth Grand Slam mixed final, her first in Wimbledon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nTwelfth-seeded defending champion Jamie Murray & partner, women's doubles No. 1 Liezel Huber made the strongest start of their semifinal against unseeded Bob Bryan & Samantha Stosur quickly taking the first set 6\u20132 in twenty-one minutes, before Bryan & Stosur started to fight back, taking the second set to a tie-break, easily winning it 7\u20131, and extending their domination in the third set, eventually taking the match 2\u20136, 7\u20136(1), 6\u20134, to reach their first Grand Slam mixed doubles final together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0048-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe final would be Bob Bryan's sixth, the second in Wimbledon, after a 2006 loss, and Stosur's second, after the 2005 Australian Open. The win marked the second time in the year Bob Bryan and Katarina Srebotnik would face each other in a Grand Slam mixed doubles final, having already confronted at the French Open, set up the first ever meeting in a Grand Slam final of Bob and Mike Bryan, and marked the first time, with Stosur's win, a player would be present in both the doubles and the mixed doubles final of Wimbledon since Cara Black in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nThe final of the women's singles competition started at 14:00 (UTC+1) on the Centre Court of the Wimbledon's All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. WTA No. 6 and sixth seed, 2002 and 2003 Wimbledon Champion Serena Williams and WTA No. 7 and seventh seed, 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2007 champion Venus Williams met for the third time in a Wimbledon final, and for the seventh time overall in Grand Slam finals, with Serena winning five of the six previous encounters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nSerena made the stronger start, breaking her sister in her first service game, and quickly took a 4\u20132 lead, as Venus struggled with her return. The momentum of the first set then shifted, when Venus started to play more aggressively, breaking Serena to even the score, and breaking her again in the last game to win the set 7\u20135 after fifty-three minutes. Venus struggled again with her serve in the beginning of the second set, saving a break point in her first service game, She was broken in her second, but broke back to 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 588]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0049-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nBoth players then held their serve up to 5\u20134, when Serena found herself serving to stay in the match at 15\u201340, saving the first match point, but losing the second on an unforced error to give Venus the break and a 7\u20135, 6\u20134 victory after one hour and eleven minutes of play. The win allowed Venus to defend her title and was her fifth Wimbledon title, her seventh Grand Slam title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nThe men's doubles final followed the women's singles' one on Centre Court. The eighth-seeded team of ATP doubles No. 21 and former World No. 1 and three-time Wimbledon doubles champion Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman & current ATP doubles No. 14, partner Kevin Ullyett, the oldest pair in the field, both aged thirty-six, met the World No. 2 duo of Daniel Nestor, a Wimbledon 2002 runner-up & Nenad Zimonji\u0107, a finalist at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in 2004 and 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0050-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nBoth teams remained close through the first two sets, with neither pair breaking the other, and each set going to a tie-break, the first won 14\u201312 by Nestor & Zimonjic, the second 7\u20133 by Bjorkman & Ullyett. The second seeds proved more efficient in the third set, winning their only break point and holding their advantage to the end to take a two-sets-to-one lead. The fourth set resembled the third, with Nestor & Zimonjic converting their two break points, while their opponents were unable to attack them on their service games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0050-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nNestor & Zimonjic won the match 7\u20136(12), 6\u20137(3), 6\u20133, 6\u20133, after more than two-hours-and-a-half of play, making them the 2008 Wimbledon champions. The victory marked Nestor & Zimonjic's first as a team in a Grand Slam tournament, after finishing as the runners-up of the French Open. It also allowed Nestor to become the twenty-first player in tennis history and the eleventh in the Open Era to complete a career Grand Slam, after winning previously at the 2002 Australian Open, the 2004 US Open and the 2007 French Open. He is also the third male player to complete a career Golden Slam, as Nestor also won the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 704]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nThe last final of the day to be played on the Centre Court was the women's doubles'. Eleventh-seeded two-time winning pair of Serena Williams & Venus Williams, who had just won the women's singles crown, met sixteenth-seeded Lisa Raymond, & 2002 champion Samantha Stosur, also in course to play the mixed doubles final in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nThe Williams sisters proved to be as dominant through the final as they were during the whole competition, in which they lost no set and knocked out several seeded teams, among them French Open champions Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual, as Serena & Venus broke twice in each of the sets, saving three break points in the first set, and not facing a single one in the second, to claim the 2008 Wimbledon doubles title after a mere fifty-eight minutes of play, on the score of 6\u20132, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0051-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nThe doubles title was Serena & Venus' third in Wimbledon, and the seventh overall together, since the 1999 French Open. The win also marked the third time the sisters won the doubles title of Wimbledon while one of them won the singles title, and the second in which they won the doubles while both of them played the singles final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nThe final Sunday, featuring the men's singles final, saw Rafael Nadal win the first Wimbledon title of his career and fifth Grand Slam tournament. No. 1 seed and five-time champion Roger Federer was aiming to equal William Renshaw's record of six consecutive Wimbledon titles (1881\u20131886), and edge ever closer to Pete Sampras's record of 14 Grand Slam titles, of which Federer had 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0052-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nNadal, the No. 2 seed and four-time French Open champion was Federer's challenger for the third consecutive year, and was aiming to become the first man since Bj\u00f6rn Borg to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year. Nadal's countryman, Manuel Santana, the last Spaniard to have won the Wimbledon title (in 1966), said Nadal could take inspiration from Spain's victory in the recent European Championships, which Spain had last won in 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nRain and lightning delayed the final, scheduled for 14:00, until 14:35 (UTC+1). The final itself was a fragmented affair, with two rain delays removing the possibility of an uninterrupted final. However, the playing time made it the longest final in Wimbledon history, at four hours and 48 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 358]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nNadal began well, winning the first set 6\u20134 in just under an hour, and taking the second by the same scoreline, despite having been down 4\u20131 at one point. The third set was interrupted by rain delays but the players returned to finish the set with a tie break, which Federer won by seven points to five. The fourth mirrored the third by also going to a tie break, in which Nadal took a 5\u20132 lead. Nadal was on serve but served a double fault and then was forced by Federer into a hitting a backhand into the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0054-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nLater in the tie break, Nadal had two championship points, including one on his serve, which he squandered, with Federer triumphing 10-8, and forcing a final set. The fifth set went only four games before another rain delay; the score was 2\u20132 (40\u201340) when they returned. Nadal eventually prevailed, winning the final set 9\u20137, at 21:16 local time. Nadal celebrated his win by climbing to his family in the crowd, including coach Toni Nadal, and then traversed a roofed area to shake hands with members of Spanish royalty. Pundit and three-time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe lauded it as \"the greatest match I have ever seen.\" With a final score of 6-4 6-4 6-7(5) 6-7(8) 9-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199494-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nIn the mixed doubles' final, the Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, met each other in the second siblings final of this year's tournament. The unseeded Bob and Samantha Stosur won the match in straight sets, 7\u20135, 6\u20134 against the first seeded Mike and Katarina Srebotnik, after one hour and one minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199495-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nDonald Johnson and Jared Palmer were declared the winners of the Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships after defending champions Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis withdrew from the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 289]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199495-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199495-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199496-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Urszula Radwa\u0144ska were the defending champions but did not compete in the Juniors this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199496-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nPolona Hercog and Jessica Moore defeated Isabella Holland and Sally Peers in the final, 6\u20133, 1\u20136, 6\u20132 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199497-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles\nUrszula Radwa\u0144ska was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199497-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles\nLaura Robson defeated Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the final, 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20131 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. With this victory Robson became only the second British player in the open era to win a junior title at Wimbledon, following Annabel Croft's victory in 1984.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199497-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199498-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Ladies' Invitation Doubles\nJana Novotn\u00e1 and Helena Sukov\u00e1 were the defending champions but did not compete together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199498-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Ladies' Invitation Doubles\nNovotn\u00e1 and Kathy Rinaldi defeated Sukov\u00e1 and Martina Navratilova in the final, 5\u20137, 6\u20133, [10\u20135] to win the Ladies' Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199498-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Ladies' Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 72], "content_span": [73, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199498-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Ladies' Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 72], "content_span": [73, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199499-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra were the defending champions, but were forced to withdraw due to a left arm injury for Llodra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199499-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nDaniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Kevin Ullyett in the final, 7\u20136(14\u201312), 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20133, 6\u20133, to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199499-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199499-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles, Seeds\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra withdrew due to a left arm injury for Llodra. They were replaced in the draw by Lucky Losers Hugo Armando and Jesse Levine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199500-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199501-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nRafael Nadal defeated the five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20137(8\u201310), 9\u20137 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. It was his fifth major title, and his first outside of the French Open. It was also the first time Federer lost a major final outside the French Open. The final marked the third of three consecutive Wimbledon finals contested by Federer and Nadal, with Federer emerging victorious in the two prior encounters. It was the second longest championship match in Wimbledon history with play lasting 4 hours and 48 minutes, and with two rain delays. The event stretched over seven hours ending just before nightfall, and is considered by some to be the greatest match in tennis history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 824]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199501-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nThis was also the last major for 2006 Wimbledon semifinalist and former world No. 4 Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman, and the last Wimbledon appearance for 2004 Wimbledon semifinalist and former world No. 7 Mario An\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199501-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199501-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nGa\u00ebl Monfils withdrew due to a shoulder injury. He was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Ilija Bozoljac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199502-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final\nThe 2008 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. A part of the storied Federer\u2013Nadal rivalry, it pitted then-top ranked Roger Federer against then second-ranked Rafael Nadal. After 4 hours and 48 minutes of play, Nadal defeated Federer 6\u20134, 6\u20134, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20137(8\u201310), 9\u20137. Many regard it as the greatest tennis match ever played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Background\nRoger Federer and Rafael Nadal have a storied rivalry that many consider to be the greatest in tennis history. As they entered the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, the two men had combined to win 14 of the previous 16 Grand Slam titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Background\nThe 2008 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the third consecutive year in which Federer and Nadal had met in the finals of Wimbledon. Federer had won not only both previous meetings, but had also been the Wimbledon champion the previous five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Background\nNadal, on the other hand, had just won the French Open for the fourth time in a row, having defeated Federer in their third consecutive final encounter, and was trying to achieve the rare French Open-Wimbledon double. This feat was known to be extremely difficult because it required the player to make the switch from a slow clay surface to a fast grass surface within a month. In the Open Era of tennis, only two men had previously achieved this feat: Rod Laver and Bj\u00f6rn Borg. Since this showdown match, Federer has completed the Roland-Garros/Wimbledon double in 2009, Nadal achieved the feat for the second time in 2010, and Novak Djokovic achieved it in 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 728]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Background\nFederer contracted mononucleosis around December 2007 and received medical clearance to train normally and compete on 20 February 2008, five days before the 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships started. Some analysts wondered whether his physical recovery was complete by the time of Wimbledon. Others disagreed and considered that Federer's vestiges of fatigue were no longer visible during the 2008 clay season. On the other hand, in an interview for Movistar, Nadal stated that his foot was severely injured, requiring anesthesia before the match, and \"had to play with my foot asleep\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Match details\nAlthough the players were due on court at 14:00 BST on 6 July 2008, rain delayed the start of the match by about 35 minutes. The umpire was Pascal Maria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Match details\nNadal won the first two sets 6\u20134, 6\u20134, but the rain stopped play once again, with Federer leading in the third set 5\u20134. After an 80-minute break for the weather, Federer battled back to win the next two sets, 7\u20136, 7\u20136, saving two championship points in the fourth set tiebreak. The tiebreak is often regarded as one of the greatest ever played. With the score at 5\u20132, Nadal had the opportunity to win the title on his next two serves. However, he double faulted, then netted a backhand, bringing the tiebreak back on serve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 589]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Match details\nNadal saved a set point and had his first championship point, but failed to return Federer's serve. At 7\u20137, Nadal hit a forehand down the line past Federer, setting up another championship point, this time on his serve, but Federer responded with a backhand down the line to extend the match. BBC commentator Andrew Castle said, \"The two best passing shots of the tournament, without doubt, have just taken place on the last two points.\" A second rain delay at 19:53 BST kept the players in the locker room for another 30 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0006-0002", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Match details\nWhen they returned onto the court, darkness had already started setting in, threatening to delay the match until the next day. During the deciding set, Federer was two points away from claiming his sixth consecutive Wimbledon crown, but Nadal ultimately held serve and eventually broke Federer's serve in the 15th game of the set. Nadal then served out the match in the following game and won the final set 9\u20137, claiming his first Wimbledon and fifth Grand Slam tournament singles title. The match ended in near darkness at 21:15 BST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 600]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Match details\nDuring the match, Federer only converted one of thirteen break points on Nadal's serve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Match details\nIt was the last Wimbledon final to be significantly affected by rain, as a retractable roof was being installed at Centre Court and was in place by the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Significance\nAt 4 hours and 48 minutes, the match at the time was the longest singles final at Wimbledon in terms of time played. It was overtaken by the 2019 men's singles final, another match involving Federer, in which he lost to Novak Djokovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Significance\nFederer had won five consecutive titles at Wimbledon (2003-2007), a record shared with Bj\u00f6rn Borg. At Wimbledon 2008, Federer attempted to surpass Borg's record, and become the first male player in the Open Era to win six consecutive Wimbledon titles. Nadal defeated Federer at his most successful major and ended his 41-match winning streak at Wimbledon. By winning the match, Nadal achieved the rare French Open\u2013Wimbledon double, joining (at the time) Rod Laver and Bj\u00f6rn Borg as the only men to do so in the Open Era. Federer achieved the same feat the following year, with Nadal winning the double once again in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199503-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's singles final, Significance\nTwo months later, in August, Nadal finally overtook Federer in the ATP Rankings, ending Federer's reign as world no. 1 at a record 237 consecutive weeks. Many tennis analysts wondered whether 2008 was the beginning of Federer's decline in favour of the younger Nadal. Federer, however, regained the top ranking on three occasions, after winning Wimbledon in 2009 and 2012 and the Rotterdam Open in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199504-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nJamie Murray and Jelena Jankovi\u0107 were the defending champions but Jankovi\u0107 did not participate. Murray partnered with Liezel Huber but lost in the semifinals to Bob Bryan and Samantha Stosur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199504-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nBryan and Stosur defeated Mike Bryan and Katarina Srebotnik in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20134 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199504-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199505-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nKen Flach and Robert Seguso defeated the defending champions Jeremy Bates and Anders J\u00e4rryd in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20131), 6\u20137(5\u20137), [10\u20137] to win the Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199505-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 83], "content_span": [84, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199505-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 83], "content_span": [84, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199506-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nRobin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink successfully defended their title, defeating St\u00e9phane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in the final, 6\u20137(8\u201310), 6\u20131, 6\u20133 to win the Wheelchair Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199507-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199507-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nSerena and Venus Williams defeated Raymond and Stosur in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20132 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. The Williams sisters won the title without dropping a set. The Williams sisters were playing against each other in the women\u2019s singles final as well in which Venus emerged victorious.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199507-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199508-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199509-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nDefending champion Venus Williams successfully defended her title, defeating her sister Serena Williams in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20134 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. It was Venus' fifth Wimbledon title and her seventh major singles title overall. She won the title without losing a set, the second time she did so at a major.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199509-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nAna Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova were in contention for the WTA No. 1 ranking. Ivanovic retained the top ranking despite losing in the third round to Zheng Jie. Jankovi\u0107, Sharapova and Kuznetsova also lost in the first four rounds, marked the first time in Wimbledon history that none of the top four women's seeds advanced to at least the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199509-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nZheng's feat of reaching the semifinals made her the first Chinese player to reach a major singles semifinal, and the first wild card to reach the semifinals of the women's singles event at Wimbledon. Zheng's win against Ivanovic in the third round also made her the lowest-ranked player (ranked 133rd) to defeat a reigning world No. 1. This record would be broken only two months later by Julie Coin at the 2008 US Open, who also defeated Ivanovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 496]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199509-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199510-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199511-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Winchester City Council election\nThe 2008 Winchester Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199511-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Winchester City Council election, Campaign\nOne third of the seats were being contested with the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour each contesting all 19 seats. The Conservatives, who ran the council since the 2006 election were defending 6 seats compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. Among the councillors who were defending seats were the Conservative council leader, George Beckett, and the Liberal Democrat group leader Therese Evans. Other candidates included 2 independents, 7 from the United Kingdom Independence Party and 4 from the Green Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199511-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Winchester City Council election, Campaign\nThe Conservatives defended their record of running the council saying that they had improved services while keeping council tax rises below the rate of inflation. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats criticised the Conservatives over housing and development in the council area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 322]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199511-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Winchester City Council election, Campaign\nDuring the campaign a Conservative activist in Whiteley ward, John Hall, was charged after a police investigation over electoral fraud offences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199511-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Winchester City Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives just maintain their one-seat majority after losing two seats to the Liberal Democrats in St Barnabas and Whiteley wards, but gaining one seat back in St Michael and taking one seat from an independent in Shedfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 303]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199512-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season\nThe 2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 51st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 76th overall. The Blue Bombers attempted to win their 11th Grey Cup championship, but they lost in the Eastern Semi-Final game against the Edmonton Eskimos, who crossed over from the West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 335]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199512-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nThe Winnipeg Blue Bombers moved up in the CFL draft without even making a trade. The Bombers moved into the sixth spot in the CFL's college entry draft when the Montreal Alouettes lost their first choice. The Alouettes lost the choice because the club exceeded its salary cap by more than $100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199512-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Regular season\nOn September 12 at Rogers Centre, Milt Stegall became the most prolific receiver in the history of the CFL. The slotback caught a 92-yard pass at 9:02 in the second quarter to raise his career total to 14,983, breaking the mark of 14,891 yards previously held by former Stampeders receiver Allen Pitts. Stegall took a pass from Kevin Glenn and scored a touchdown, his second of the game. It put the Bombers ahead 28\u20133. The touchdown was Stegall's 14,983rd career receiving yard. With the record broken, the announced crowd of 28,453 stood to applaud the milestone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199512-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Regular season, Roster\nItalics indicate Import player updated 2008-10-11 \u2022 46 Active, 10 Inactive, 7 PS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199512-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Playoffs, East Semi-Final\nDate and time: Saturday, November 8, 12:00 PM Central Standard TimeVenue: Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship\nThe eighth round of the V8 Supercar Championship was held at Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria, on the weekend of August 1 to August 3 of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Qualifying\nQualifying was held on Saturday August 2. Chris Pither rejoined the series driving the Team Kiwi Racing Falcon, replacing Kayne Scott as the team continued to struggle from one drama to the next. Mark Winterbottom was too quick for the field, securing pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1\nRace 1 was held on Saturday August 2. Mark Winterbottom started from pole position and lead early but a puncture caused by debris dumped the series points leader down the field as he limped the car around, keeping the car on track until the compulsory pit stop window opened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1\nWill Davison emerged from the pit stop cycle in the race lead but was over taken by Jamie Whincup while Davison was vulnerable with cold tyres. Whincup went on to take his fifth race win of the year. Davison ran home for second with Garth Tander first Holden in third. Fourth place was Jason Richards best of season for both him and the Tasman Motorsports team. Steven Richards was fifth with Lee Holdsworth finishing sixth. Todd Kelly was well up in seventh with ninth an excellent result for Michael Caruso. Winterbottom recovered to 21st position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 1\nAfter racing was completed Holdsworth was penalised 32 seconds after contact with Rick Kelly had sent the HSV Dealer Team driver off the circuit, dropping him to effectively 18th position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2\nRace 2 was held on Sunday August 3. Contact between Jason Richards and Steven Richards resulted in Jason Richards spinning in front of the field at just the second corner of the race. Russell Ingall was put out of the race after contact with Steven Richards damaged the front end of his Commodore as Richards moved right to avoid. Michael Caruso was jammed against the wall by the crashing Jason Richards. Mark Skaife was punted by another car into a wall on the inside as he tried to avoid the developing accident. The final victim was Steven Richards a broken rear axle sidelining the Falcon late in the race. The car was given a patch repair and sent out to finish the race to get some points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 754]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2\nWill Davison again emerged from the pitstop cycle in the lead, this time with enough of a buffer over the second place that he raced on to take his second V8 Supercar race win. Hard-charging Mark Winterbottom blitzed the field to climb into second position after the pitstops. Garth Tander was again third ahead of teammates Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes with Rick Kelly sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2\nLee Holdsworth recovered from his penalty for a fine seventh position. He had been the centre of chaos on the grid after he was sent out by his team to start sixth after the Garry Rogers Motorsport team protested the validity of the overnight stewards meeting that had penalised him. He did take up 18th grid spot however and fought his way back through the field. Jason Bright finished eighth in a season best result for the struggling Britek Motorsport team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 2\nShane van Gisbergen received a drive-through penalty for crossing the painted 'blend line' at pit lane exit where the pit lane blends back into the racetrack. He would later receive a second drive-through after he made a significant short-cut of the circuit after spearing off. Greg Murphy had a huge spin after contact with Michael Patrizi for which the young Ford Rising Stars Racing driver was given a drive-through penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3\nRace 3 was held on Sunday August 3. Mark Winterbottom got the jump off the start for Race 3, and led Will Davison and Garth Tander into turn one. However Tander jumped into second place by passing Davison at turn 3 on the opening lap. At the same time as this was happening, race leader Winterbottom locked a front tyre and ran off the circuit onto the grass. Upon re-entering the track he made contact with Todd Kelly, and spun off at turn four, this time into the sand trap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3\nThis brought the safety car out on lap one to clear the stuck Ford Performance Racing car of Winterbottom, with Tander becoming the new race leader and Davison in second. It turned out to be a disastrous race for the Ford Performance Racing team, with Steven Richards also involved in an accident, resulting in a bent steering arm and subsequent retirement from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3\nThe order changed at the front of the field after the compulsory pitstops were complete. With Garth Tander choosing to stay out longer before taking his pitstop, Will Davison and Jamie Whincup pitted, with Whincup performing his stop one lap beforehand. When leaving the pitlane, Davison surrendered second position to Whincup, who was already on warmer tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 418]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3\nJames Courtney was one of the last of the front-runners to take his pitstop, however a drama with the left rear tyre not been put on properly during the stop resulted in the wheel falling off the car only a few metres from leaving his pitbox. This ruined Courtney's race three hopes, with the team having to use a manual jack to lift the car off the ground to get it back to the pit box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Race 3\nAfter his penalty earlier in the day, Lee Holdsworth recovered well, coming out in third position after pitting. Tander continued to lead the rest of the race, taking his fifth race victory for the season. The race win also bumped Tander back up into the lead position in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199513-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship, Support categories\nThe 2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship had four support categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199514-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 261]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199514-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results\nResults compared directly with the last local election in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 63], "content_span": [64, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199514-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Notes\n\u2022 italics denote the sitting councillor \u2022 bold denotes the winning candidate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199515-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team\nThe 2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers were coached by Bret Bielema and played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199515-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Previous season\nThe 2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team was not expected to win the Big 10, but with a close loss to Michigan and a 38-7 blowout loss to Penn State, expectations were much lower. However, they finished with only one more loss to Big 10 champ Ohio State and managed to get an Outback Bowl bid, only to lose 21-17 to the Tennessee Volunteers, who lost the previous Outback Bowl 20-10 to the Nittany Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199515-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season Summary\nWisconsin once again got off to a fast start at 3-0. However, a horrible loss to Michigan and awful games against Ohio State, Penn State, and Iowa derailed the Badgers and sent them plunging down to 3-4 overall. An upset over ranked Illinois at home evened Wisconsin's record at 4-4, but an awful loss to Michigan State followed and the Badgers fell to 1-5 in the Big Ten almost before they could blink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199515-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season Summary\nWisconsin won the remainder of its conference slate against Indiana and Minnesota, but the Badgers followed that up with a decidedly below average effort and wild win over Cal Poly the next week. At the end of the season, Wisconsin was destroyed 42-13 in the 2008 Champs Sports Bowl by Florida State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199515-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season Summary\nOverall, this was the worst Wisconsin team since the 2001 Badgers, who missed the postseason entirely after a 5-7 season. The failure of the team to live up to lofty expectations (Wisconsin was ranked 8th in the nation before a terrible loss to Michigan) fueled fan discontent, and Bret Bielema would need a much, much better 2009 season; he could not afford to coast on goodwill from his 2006 and 2007 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199516-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary\nThe 2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary took place on February 19, 2008. 74 pledged delegates were at stake. The 2008 Hawaii Democratic presidential caucuses took place the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199516-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary\nThe Wisconsin primary came after Senator Barack Obama had won the majority of delegates and votes in 8 straight primaries and caucuses; his wins in Wisconsin, and Hawaii extended his winning streak to 10 and reinforced his front-runner status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199516-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary\nIn the days leading up to the primary the Hillary Clinton campaign ran television ads criticizing Obama on healthcare and for not agreeing to more candidate debates. This caused the Obama campaign to launch a response ad that mentioned the 18 debates already held and 2 more scheduled. The Clinton campaign also charged Obama using lines in a speech similar to words spoken by Massachusetts Governor and Obama friend Deval Patrick; Patrick responded by saying he and Obama often swap ideas, and that he had willingly shared lines without asking for credit to be given. Barack Obama was the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199516-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Polls\nPolls taken throughout 2007 consistently put Hillary Clinton in the lead, but during February 2008 most polls showed Barack Obama with the advantage. A Rasmussen poll taken February 13 reported that almost one-fourth of those polled said there was a good chance they might change their mind. It also found that while Clinton was doing well among women, with a 10-point advantage over Obama, Obama was polling 23 points higher than her among men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 499]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199516-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nIn the weeks and days leading up to the Wisconsin Democratic Primary, most pundits agreed that it was  Hillary Clinton's chance to halt Obama's momentum after winning contests in Washington, Louisiana, Nebraska, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. following Super Tuesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199516-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nHillary Clinton enjoyed healthy leads among white voters in previous states and hoped that winning Wisconsin or at least the white vote would allow for a victory of sorts. However, CNN Exit Polls showed that Obama won the white vote (which comprised 87% of the electorate on primary day) 54%-45%. Also, other key Clinton constituencies showed Obama making significant strides such as the female vote which split 50%-50%, the 54-65 Age Group which voted for Obama 54%-45%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199516-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Analysis\nAfter the victory in Wisconsin as well as Caucuses in Washington and a primary in Hawaii held on the same day gave Obama the momentum of winning 10 straight contests. The Pledged delegate standing after the Wisconsin Primary was Obama leading 1154-1011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199517-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary\nThe 2008 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary was held on February 19, 2008. Polls in Wisconsin opened at 7:00 AM and closed 8:00 PM (local time)  John McCain won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections\nThe Wisconsin spring nonpartisan general election was held April 1, 2008. Voters statewide cast ballots for Wisconsin Supreme Court and an amendment to the state Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections\nThe Wisconsin fall partisan primary was held on September 9, 2008. Voters selected the parties' candidates for the subsequent fall general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections\nThe Wisconsin fall partisan general election was held on November 4, 2008, the same date as the Federal and Congressional elections. Offices elected include half of the state's Senate seats and all of the state's Assembly seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections, Spring nonpartisan election\nJudge Michael Gableman was elected with 51% of the vote, defeating incumbent Justice Louis Butler with 49% of the vote. The heavy spending of outside interest groups in this race, including Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, has inspired some to call for reforms to Wisconsin election law and the selection of judges. The ascendancy of Michael Gabelman to the bench tilts the Court in a more conservative direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections, Spring nonpartisan election\nBy a margin greater than 2-1, voters chose to amend the state's Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections, Spring nonpartisan election\nPartial veto. Shall section 10(1)(c) of article V of the constitution be amended to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences of the enrolled bill?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections, Spring nonpartisan election\nThe amendment is intended to reduce the veto power of the Governor which has been historically used by governors of all parties to rework legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election\nVoters in Wisconsin in this election cycle cast ballots for many state legislators. Senators from even-numbered districts and all assemblymen were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Senate contests\nSenate Democrats expanded the controlling majority they gained from the Republicans in the previous election cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Senate contests\nCandidates listed in bold are their party's nominee for the seat. Candidates with a strike have not submitted adequate nomination documents to appear on the 2008 primary and general election ballots by the July 8th deadline. Candidates not submitting adequate nomination documents may still run write-in candidacies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Senate contests\n\u2020 This race is yet subject to a recount. * Results are AP election night reports not yet certified by the elections board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Assembly contests\nAssembly Republicans failed to defend their control of the house with Democrats taking the majority in the chamber for the first time in 14 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Assembly contests\nCandidates in bold won their primary and are their party's nominee for the indicated seat. Candidates with a strike have not submitted adequate nomination documents to appear on the 2008 primary and general election ballots by the July 8th deadline. Candidates not submitting adequate nomination documents may still run write-in candidacies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199518-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Wisconsin state elections, Fall partisan election, Assembly contests\n\u2020 This race is yet subject to a recount. * Results are AP election night reports not yet certified by the elections board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199519-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Woking Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Woking Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199519-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Woking Borough Council election, Background\n13 seats were contested in the election with 42 candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour and United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). Labour only put forward 6 candidates, while UKIP had candidates in every ward for the first time. Since the 2007 election the Conservatives had held a majority on the council after a long period with no party holding a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199519-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Woking Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives maintain their majority on the council with 19 seats compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats. Seven new councillors were elected after five sitting councillors stood down and 2 Liberal Democrats lost in the election. The Conservatives gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Brookwood and Horsell West, while the Liberal Democrats won seats back in Knaphill and Maybury and Sheerwater. Overall turnout in the election at 43.46%, was almost the same as the 43.6% seen in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199520-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wokingham Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199520-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wokingham Borough Council election, Campaign\n18 seats were contested in the election with candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour, United Kingdom Independence Party, Green Party and British National Party standing. The leader of the council, Conservative councillor Frank Browne, was one of a number of councillors who stood down at the election. The Conservatives were defending 14 seats compared to 4 for the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199520-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wokingham Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe Conservatives defended their record in running the council and committed themselves to keeping a weekly bin collection, fight to keep down the number of new houses being built in the council area and continue investing in services. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats criticised cuts in adult social care services and school maintenance funds and attacked a lack of democracy over proposed developments. Other issues raised in the election included crime and council tax increases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199520-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wokingham Borough Council election, Election result\nThe election saw only one seat change hands with the Conservatives gaining Hillside from the Liberal Democrats to remain in control of the council with 44 of the 54 seats. Hillside ward had seen the former Liberal Democrat councillor, Alan Spratling, step down at the election and he was succeeded by Conservative Pauline Jorgensen, wife of another councillor for Hillside, Norman Jorgensen. The election also saw the United Kingdom Independence Party overtake Labour in the number of votes won across the council to win the third most votes. Overall turnout in the election was 38.23%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199520-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wokingham Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election David Lee was elected as the new leader of the council to replace Frank Browne after he had stood down at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199521-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wolverhampton City Council election\nElections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 1 May 2008 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour group lost overall control after losing eight seats across the City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199521-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wolverhampton City Council election\nTurnout across the City was 34.6%, with variations in turnout ranging from 22.1% in the Bushbury South & Low Hill ward up to 45.4% in Tettenhall Wightwick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199521-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wolverhampton City Council election\nFollowing the election, an alliance between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat groups was formed, ending 14 years of Labour Party rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199521-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wolverhampton City Council election, Composition\nDue to the only Liberal Councillor officially joining the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Democrats had increased their number of Councillors in 2007 from 3 to 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199521-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wolverhampton City Council election, Composition\nPrior to the election, the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199522-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Asia Cup\nThe 2008 Women's One-Day Internationals Asia Cup was the fourth edition of the ACC Women's Asia Cup, a Women's One Day International cricket tournament organized by the Asian Cricket Council. Four teams took part in the tournament: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It was held between 2 May and 11 May 2008, in Sri Lanka. The matches were played at the Welagedara Stadium and Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. India won the final against Sri Lanka by 177 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 498]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199522-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Asia Cup, Tournament structure\nEach side played each other two in the group stages. The top 2 teams based on points at the end of the group stages met each other in a one-off final. Each win yielded 4 points while a tie/no result yielded 2 points and Bonus yielded 1-point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 286]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199523-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Australian Hockey League\nThe 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 16th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 24 March \u2013 5 April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199523-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Australian Hockey League\nWA Diamonds won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating QLD Scorchers 2\u20130 in the final. Canberra Strikers finished in third place after defeating NSW Arrows 2\u20130 in the third and fourth place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199523-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format\nThe 2008 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199523-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format\nTeams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199523-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format, Point Allocation\nAll matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were be decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were be as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199523-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format, Point Allocation\n\u00b7 3 points for a win\u00b7 1 points to each team in the event of a draw\u00b7 1 point will be awarded to the winner of the shoot-out\u00b7 0 points to the loser of the match", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199523-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Australian Hockey League, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 144 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199524-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Bandy World Championship\nThe 2008 Women's Bandy World Championship took place in Borl\u00e4nge, Gr\u00e4ngesberg and Karlsbyheden, Sweden, between 13 and 16 February. It was the fourth Women's Bandy World Championship in bandy. Sweden won the final against Russia 5-2 and became world champions for the fourth time. Finland won the bronze final 5-3 against Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199525-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Baseball World Cup\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Hugo999 (talk | contribs) at 09:59, 7 December 2019 (removed Category:August 2008 sports events; added Category:August 2008 sports events in Asia using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199525-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Baseball World Cup\nThe 2008 IBAF Women's Baseball World Cup was held in Botchan Stadium at Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan and won by Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open\nThe 2008 Women's British Open was held 31 July to 3 August at the Old Course of Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, Berkshire, England, west of London. It was the 32nd Women's British Open and the eighth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Sunningdale hosted its fourth Women's British Open and its third as an LPGA major.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open\nJiyai Shin shot a final round 66 (\u22126) to win her first major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Yani Tseng. Shin won the title again in 2012, while Tseng won consecutive titles in 2010 and 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open\nIt was the final major for 2003 champion Annika S\u00f6renstam, who finished a dozen strokes back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n1. Top 15 players from the 2007 championship. Lorena Ochoa (champion), Maria Hjorth, Jee Young Lee, Reilly Rankin, Se Ri Pak, Ji Eun-hee, Miki Saiki, Paula Creamer, Linda Wessburg, Catriona Matthew, Inbee Park, Mhairi McKay, Yuri Fudoh, Na On Min, Brittany Lincicome", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 299]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n2. Top 10 players from the Ladies European Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings. Helen Alfredsson, Minea Blomqvist, Laura Davies, Louise Friberg, Sophie Gustafson, Suzann Pettersen, Song Bo-bae, Annika S\u00f6renstam, Lindsey Wright", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n3. Top 30 players from the LPGA Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings. Shi Hyun Ahn, Nicole Castrale, Na Yeon Choi, Laura Diaz, Natalie Gulbis, Hee-Won Han, Juli Inkster, Jeong Jang, Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Mi-Hyun Kim, Brittany Lang, Seon Hwa Lee, Ai Miyazato, Angela Park, Stacy Prammanasudh, Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford, Sherri Steinhauer, Yani Tseng, Momoko Ueda, Karrie Webb", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n4. Top 25 players in the 2008 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit who have not been specified yet. Maria Boden, Stacy Bregman, Becky Brewerton, Anne-Lise Caudal, Martina Eberl, Nikki Garrett, Lisa Hall, Felicity Johnson, Ludivine Kreutz, Diana Luna, Paula Mart\u00ed, Joanne Mills, Gwladys Nocera, Marta Prito, Melissa Reid, Marianne Skarpnord, Lisa Holm Sorensen, Louise Stahle, Maria Verchenova, Johanna Westerburg, Amy Yang, Emma Zackrisson, Veronica Zorzi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n5. Top 40 players from the 2008 LPGA Tour Money List not already specified. Kyeong Bae, Irene Cho, H.J. Choi, Diane D'Alessio, Allison Fouch, Sandra Gal, Russy Gulyanamitta, Johanna Head, Rachel Hetherington, Katherine Hull, Karine Icher, Soo-Yun Kang, Young Kim, Carin Koch, Kelli Kuehne, Candie Kung, Meena Lee, Leta Lindley, Teresa Lu, Meg Mallon, Jill McGill, Kristy McPherson, Janice Moodie, Becky Morgan, Ji Young Oh, Hee Young Park, Jane Park, Alena Sharp, Karin Sj\u00f6din, Kris Tamulis, Wendy Ward, Sun Young Yoo, Heather Young", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n6. Top 5 players from the Japan LPGA Tour in 2008. Yukari Baba, Ji-Hee Lee, Eun-A Lim, Sakura Yokomine", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n7. Winners of LPGA and Ladies European Tour tournaments in 2008 who have not been specified yet. Trish Johnson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n8. Winners of the 2007 LPGA, Korean LPGA Tour, Japan LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour money lists who have not been specified yet. Jiyai Shin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n9. Past ten winners of the Women's British Open. None not already specified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n10. Past five winners of the U.S. Women's Open. None not already specified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n11. Past five winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Grace Park", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 100]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n12. Past five winners of the LPGA Championship. None not already specified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 108]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n13. Winner of the Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup. None not already specified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n14. Top 5 finishers from the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic who are not otherwise exempt. Moira Dunn, Shanshan Feng, Katie Futcher, Paige Mackenzie, Gloria Park", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n15. The 2008 Ladies British Amateur champ, the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champ, the 2007 European Ladies Amateur champ (if all have not turned pro before championship). Caroline Hedwall (a), Anna Nordqvist (a), Maria Jos\u00e9 Uribe (a)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Field\n16. Players successful in Final Qualifying (28 July)Liz Bennett (a), Erica Blasberg, Krystle Caithness (a), Rebecca Coakley, Claire Coughlan-Ryan, Stefani Croce, Naomi Edwards (a), Tanya Elosegui Mayor, Lora Fairclough, Martina Gillen, Lydia Hall (a), Leah Hart, Samantha Head, Kiran Matharu, Anja Monke, Lee-Ann Pace, Margherita Rigon, Iben Tinning, Marjet van der Graff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Course layout\nPrevious lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Round summaries, First round\nThe first round lead belonged to 48-year-old Juli Inkster at 65 (\u22127), as 64 players broke par. One stroke back were seven players at 66 (\u22126): Momoko Ueda, Laura Diaz, Johanna Head, Yuri Fudoh, Ji Young Oh, Jiyai Shin, and Stacy Prammanasudh. Four players were tied at two shots off the pace, including the 2004 champion at Sunningdale; Karen Stupples. Many well-known players stood at 69 (\u22123), including number-one ranked player Lorena Ochoa, Natalie Gulbis, and last week's Evian Masters winner Helen Alfredsson. However, many other top-ranked or well-known players struggled with their rounds, including Cristie Kerr at 71 and Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb, and Annika S\u00f6renstam at even-par 72.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Second round\nFriday's low round of 65 (\u22127) belonged to Kerr, who jumped into a tie for fourth at 136 (\u22128). First-round leader Inkster shot a 70 for 135 (\u22129) and in sole possession of third place. The co-leaders after 36 holes were Fudoh and Shin; each shot 68 to improve to 134 (\u221210).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199526-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Second round\nAmateurs: Nordqvist (\u22121), Uribe (+1), Bennett (+2), Feng (+2), Gal (+3), Edwards (+4), Hall (+8), Caithness (+11), Hedwall (+11).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 186]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199527-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's British Open Squash Championship\nThe 2008 Women's British Open Squash Championship was held at the Echo Arena in Liverpool from 6 to 12 May. Nicol David won the event for the third time, beating Jenny Duncalf in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199528-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's County Championship\nThe 2008 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 12th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 31 county teams and teams representing Scotland and Wales compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their fourth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199528-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nTeams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199528-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nThe championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199528-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nWin: 20 points. Tie:  16 points. Loss : Bonus points. Abandoned or No Result: 6 points. Cancelled No Play: 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199528-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nUp to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing side only, or both sides in an incomplete match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199528-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's County Championship, Teams\nThe 2008 Championship was divided into five divisions: Divisions One to Four with four teams apiece and Division Five with 17 teams split across four regional groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199528-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's County Championship, Teams\nTeams in the top four Divisions played each other twice, and teams in Division Five played each other once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199528-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's County Championship, Division Five\nDue to restructuring of the Championship to expand the number of teams per division in 2009, the winners of the Division Five groups went into a play-off to determine promotion: the top two were promoted to Division Three, whilst the bottom two would form Division Four along with the four second-placed Division Five teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 372]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199529-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier\nThe 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an eight-team tournament held in South Africa in February 2008 to decide the final two qualifiers for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup. South Africa and Pakistan qualified, with the hosts beating Pakistan in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199529-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Pre-tournament\nThe 2007 tournament was due to be played in Lahore, Pakistan in November 2007 but was postponed owing to the state of emergency in Pakistan, and subsequently shifted to South Africa, where was played in February 2008. The eight participating teams were divided into two groups. Group A featured South Africa, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, Netherlands and Group B  featured Ireland, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199529-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification\nUnlike in 2003, four teams had to qualify for the tournament. Ireland and South Africa qualified automatically as they played in the previous World Cup, the Netherlands and Scotland qualified automatically as the only remaining European teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199529-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification, Africa\nThe African leg of qualifying was a four team round-robin tournament played in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2006. Participating teams were Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe won all three of their games and qualified for the main tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199529-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification, Americas\nThe Americas leg of qualifying was a three match series between Bermuda and Canada, played at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in September 2006. Canada won the first match, but Bermuda came back to win the remaining two and thus qualify for the main tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 359]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199529-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification, Asia\nThe Asian leg of qualifying was a three match series between Pakistan and Hong Kong, played in Lahore, Pakistan in September 2006. Pakistan won all three matches, two by over 200 runs, thus qualifying for the main tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199529-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification, East-Asia/Pacific\nThe East-Asia/Pacific leg of qualifying was a three match series between Japan and Papua New Guinea, played in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in September 2006. Papua New Guinea won all three matches, thus qualifying for the main tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 83], "content_span": [84, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199529-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Regional qualification, Europe\nWhilst Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland are all already in the main tournament, all three teams will play against an England Development XI in the Women's European Championship in 2007, with the final group of the Netherlands and Scotland dependent on their position in this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199530-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals\nThe 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals took place in Winterthur, Switzerland from 8 to 12 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199530-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals\nThe 2008 EuroFloorball Cup marks the second year in which the new name for the tournament was used (previously known as the European Cup). The tournament also marks its 16th year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199530-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals\nThe IFF decided that the tournament would revert to its original format, and would take place during one calendar year, instead of two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199530-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification Format\nSince the top 4 nations at the 2007\u201308 Women's EuroFloorball Cup were from Switzerland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Norway, the top team in that country automatically qualifies, as well as the reigning champion. 5 teams in total receive automatic qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199530-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification Format\nSince 5 of the 8 spots are filled, the other 3 need to be decided using regional qualification. In Group C, the runners-up to the top team in Switzerland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Norway play for a spot in the finals. In Groups A and B, the teams are split into regions: West Europe and East Europe, respectively. The winning team in each group advances to the finals, making the total number of teams eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199530-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualification Format\nTo be eligible to take part in the 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup, teams that take place in regional qualification must capture the national title in floorball in their country. If that team does not register, then the second-place team can register, and so forth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199530-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualifying Venues\nGroup A qualifications for Western Europe took place in Frederikshavn, Denmark from 14 to 16 August 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199530-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualifying Venues\nGroup B qualifications for Eastern Europe took place in Bratislava, Slovakia from 27 to 31 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199530-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Qualifying Venues\nGroup C qualifications took place in Helsinki, Finland from 22 to 24 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199531-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying\nThe 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying rounds took place over 14 to 31 August 2008 in three different host nations. The winner of each group advanced to the 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, where they had a chance to win the EuroFloorball Cup for 2008. A total of fifteen teams played in the qualifying rounds, all from different countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 395]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199531-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying\nThe 2008 EuroFloorball Cup marks the second year in which the new name for the tournament was used (previously known as the European Cup). The tournament also marks its sixteenth year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 226]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199531-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying\nThe IFF decided that the tournament will revert to its original format, and will take place during one calendar year, instead of two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199531-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification format\nSince the top four nations at the 2007\u201308 Women's EuroFloorball Cup were from Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic, the top team in that country automatically qualify for the finals, as well as the reigning champion. Five teams in total receive automatic qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199531-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification format\nSince five of the eight spots are filled, the other three need to be decided using regional qualification. In Group C, the runners-up to the top team in Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic play for a spot in the finals. In Groups A and B, the teams are split into regions: West Europe and East Europe, respectively. The winning team in each group advances to the finals, making the total number of teams eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199531-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualification format\nTo be eligible to take part in the 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup, teams that take place in regional qualification must capture the national title in floorball in their country. If that team does not register, then the second-place team can register, and so forth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199531-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualifying venues\nGroup A qualifications for Western Europe will take place in Frederikshavn, Denmark from 13 to 17 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199531-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualifying venues\nGroup B qualifications for Eastern Europe will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia from 27 to 31 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199531-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup qualifying, Qualifying venues\nGroup C qualifications will take place in Porvoo, Finland from 22 to 24 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199532-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship\nThe 2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships was the 14th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, an under 21 women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Lille, France, from 20\u201326 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199532-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship\nGermany won the tournament for the eighth time after defeating the Netherlands 2\u20131 in the final. England won the bronze medal, defeating Belarus 5\u20132 in the third place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199532-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Participating nations\nAlongside the host nation, 7 teams competed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199532-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Results, Classification round, Fifth to eighth place classification\nPoints earned in the preliminary round are carried over into Pool C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 112], "content_span": [113, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199533-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe 2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Greenbank Sports Academy in Liverpool, England from August 4 to 8. This was the 3rd edition of this annual competition, and was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199533-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships\n80 fighters representing 17 federations competed in 13 weight divisions. Turkey returned to top spot on the medals table with 4 gold and 4 bronze medals. Host country England won her first gold medals in these competitions, as did Ireland in the person of 60\u00a0kg World Champion Katie Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199534-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship\nThe 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the twelve edition of the  bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Europ\u00e9enne de Natation. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre M\u00e1laga in M\u00e1laga, Spain from July 5 to July 12, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 328]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199534-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship, Final ranking\nValentina Vorontsova, Natalia Shepelina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Sofia Konoukh, Alena Vylegzhanina, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Pantyulina, Evgenia Soboleva, Oleksandra Karpovich, Olga Belyaeva, Elena Smurova, Olga Turova, Evgeniya ProtsenkoHead Coach: Alexander Kleymenov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199535-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199536-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Four Nations Cup\nThe 2008 Women's Four Nations Cup was the inaugural Hockey Four Nations Cup, an international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Germany, from July 4 to 6, 2018, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 306]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199536-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Four Nations Cup, Competition format\nThe tournament featured the national teams of India, South Korea, the United States, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 307]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199536-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Four Nations Cup, Officials\nThe following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199536-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Four Nations Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 43 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 7.17 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199537-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy\nThe 2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 16th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 17 and 25 May 2008 in M\u00f6nchengladbach, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199537-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy\nArgentina won the tournament after 7 years for the second time after defeating Germany 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199537-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Umpires\nBelow are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199537-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 58 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.22 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199538-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy\nThe 2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy was the third edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The RaboTrophy was held in Rotterdam from 24 to 28 June 2008, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199538-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy\nThe Netherlands won the tournament for the second time, defeating Great Britain 5\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199538-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy\nThe tournament was held in conjunction with the Men's FIH Champions Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199538-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Competition format\nThe four teams competed in a pool stage, played in a single round robin format. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams contested the final, while the remaining teams played off for third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 260]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199538-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Officials\nThe following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199538-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Statistics, Final standings\nAs per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199538-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 33 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199539-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy\nThe 2008 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy was the second edition of the Setanta Sports Trophy, a women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Dublin, Ireland, from June 11 to 15, 2008, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199539-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Competition format\nThe tournament featured the national teams of Germany, Great Britain, South Africa, and the hosts, Ireland, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199539-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Officials\nThe following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199539-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 24 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199540-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship\nThe 2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship was the second edition of the South American Championship. It was held between 30 March and 6 April 2008 in Montevideo, Uruguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199540-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship\nArgentina won the tournament for the second time, defeating Chile 5\u20131 in the final. Uruguay won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil 2\u20130 in the third place match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199540-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship, Umpires\nThe following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199540-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 119 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 6.61 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 72], "content_span": [73, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199541-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup\nThe 2008 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup was the 4th edition of the Indoor Pan American Cup, an indoor hockey competition. The tournament was held in San Juan, Argentina, from 19\u201323 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 228]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199541-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup\nArgentina won the tournament for the first time, defeating the United States 4\u20132 in the final. Mexico won the bronze medal after defeating Peru 1\u20130 in the third place match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199541-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 93 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.65 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 143]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199542-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Junior South American Volleyball Championship\nThe 2008 Women's Junior South American Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the tournament, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederaci\u00f3n Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was held in Chosica and Callao, Lima, Peru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199542-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Junior South American Volleyball Championship, Competing nations\nThe following national teams qualified, they were seeded according to how they finished in the previous edition of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 77], "content_span": [78, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199543-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship\nThe 2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and took place in Macedonia from 21 July to 3 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199543-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship\nGermany won the gold medal match by defeating Denmark 25-23 while South Korea got the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199543-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, Hosting rights and draw\nMacedonia won the hosting rights to host the 2008 edition at an IHF congress in April 2007. The draw for the 2008 edition was held on May 18, 2008 at SRC Kale in Skopje with the twenty teams being drawn in four groups of five. Three weeks before the championship began, Uruguay withdrew from the competition as they was replaced by Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 72], "content_span": [73, 411]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199544-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament\nThe 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The 40th annual tournament was played from March 19, 2008 to April 5, 2008, entirely on campus sites. The highest ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee. Marquette defeated Michigan State 81\u201366 to win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199544-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Seeding\nTeams are not seeded in the WNIT. Rather, teams are placed into one of three tiers. Teams in the upper tier are spread around the bracket as best as possible, although not every upper tier team receives a first round bye. Lower tier and middle tier teams tend to meet in the first round, while upper tier teams will usually play winners of first-round games in the second round. The organizers attempt to bracket the first two rounds based on geography. The location of games is determined in part by seed, but also by facility availability and other factors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199545-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship\nThe 2008 Women's Junior Pan-Am Championship was the 6th edition of the Women's Pan American Junior Championship. It was held from 6 to 12 October 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199545-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship\nThe tournament served as a qualifier for the 2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, held in Boston, United States in August 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199545-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship\nUnited States won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Chile 2\u20131 in the final. Argentina won the bronze medal by defeating Mexico 8\u20130 in the third and fourth place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199545-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 139 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.95 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199546-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup\nThe 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the seventh edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by twelve countries from May 30 to June 7, 2008 in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico. The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 343]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199546-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, Competing Nations\nArgentina\u00a0Costa Rica\u00a0Dominican Republic\u00a0Mexico\u00a0Trinidad and Tobago\u00a0United States", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199547-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, held from May 30 to June 7, 2008 in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199548-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup\nThe 2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the third staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 2000, and the first since the 2003 tournament. The tournament was held in Australia from 6 November, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 15 November. It was held at Stockland Park alongside the Police World Cup. Eight teams took part including defending champions New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199548-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup, Final\nThe final was held at Suncorp Stadium on 15 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199549-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Six Nations Championship\nThe 2008 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2008 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the seventh series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship. England comfortably won a third successive Grand Slam\u2014the first time this had been achieved in the Women's Six Nations. However, after a good start against Wales it was not quite as easily won as in the previous year, with Italy, Scotland and Ireland all scoring tries against the champions, something that only France managed in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199549-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Six Nations Championship\nWhile the England win was predictable it was Ireland that surprised many. Historically one of the weakest nations in the tournament, they only went down to narrow defeats to England, France, and Wales, while recording wins over both Italy and Scotland. The result was probably their best ever tournament performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 354]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199549-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Six Nations Championship\nThe decline of Scottish women's rugby, on the other hand, continued. Though their performance against England showed hope for improvement, two successive defeats in two years to Ireland meant that Scotland ranked for the first time below the Irish, while defeat to Italy\u2014the Italians' first ever Six Nations win\u2014was the final blow in a disastrous campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 394]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199549-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Six Nations Championship\nFrance\u2014on paper the second best side in the event\u2014were distinctly unimpressive, going down to their largest home defeat to England before losing to Wales for the second time in three years, the result being only third place. Wales, on the other hand, recovered from an English drubbing in the first game to finish in a well-deserved runners-up position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 391]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199549-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Six Nations Championship\nFinally, the Italians surprised everyone with their Scottish win, following a campaign that had not appeared competitive in its first four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199550-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship\nThe 2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place at the National Squash Centre in Manchester, England from 11 to 19 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199550-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship, Draw and results\nNote: * Q = Qualifier, * WC = Wild Card, * w/o = Walkover, * r = Retired", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199551-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships\nThe 2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2008 World Team Squash Championships organized by the World Squash Federation, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event were held in Cairo, Egypt and took place from November 30 to December 6, 2008. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and the Egyptian Squash Association. The Egypt team won his first World Team Championships beating the English team in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199551-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships, Participating teams\nA total of 19 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For China, it was their first participation at a world team championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199552-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Youth World Handball Championship\nThe 2008 Women's Youth World Handball Championship was the 2nd edition of the tournament and took place in the Bratislava, (Slovakia) from 11\u201320 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 202]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199552-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, Awards\nPlayers - Tatiana Khmyrova, Ksenia Milova, Snezhana Makhneva, Irina Nikitina, Olga Luzinova, Anna Sen, Ksenia Makeeva, Nadezda Potapenko, Elena Konova, Irina Astashova, Ekaterina Yatsenko, Daria Mochalova, Polina Dikalo, Valentina Goncharova Officials: A - Viacheslav KirilenkoB - Robert MinabutdinovC - Boris KrasnovD - Andrey Kalnoy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199553-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Worcester City Council election\nThe 2008 Worcester City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Worcester District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 271]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199553-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Worcester City Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives ran the council as a minority administration, and required one extra seat in order to win a majority. They had lost their majority after Labour gained a seat from them in a by-election in 2007. 12 seats were up for election with 5 Conservative, 4 Labour, 2 independent and 1 Liberal Democrat seats being contested. The Conservatives only contested 10 of the 12 seats after they decided not to oppose the two independents who were up for re-election in Nunnery and St John wards, however both they and the independent councillors denied that any deal had been done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 649]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199553-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Worcester City Council election, Campaign\nThree members of the Shadow Cabinet, including the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne, visited Worcester to campaign for the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199553-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Worcester City Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the council remain without any party having a majority with the Conservatives continuing to run the administration. They had come within 28 votes of winning in Arboretum ward but Labour's Joy Squires held the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199553-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Worcester City Council election, Election result\nThe Green Party contested ten of the twelve seats, falling back slightly overall from 9.2 to 8.5% of the vote. Its claim of 10% related to the seats it contested. While it failed to win a seat, its best results were in the Rainbow Hill and Cathedral wards, where it scored 23.3 and 18.6% respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199554-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Berlin, Germany, on 9 and 10 February 2008. The Dutch skaters Paulien van Deutekom and Sven Kramer became world champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199554-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women's championships, Allround results\nNQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199554-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men's championships, Allround results\nNQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 86], "content_span": [87, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199554-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules\nAll 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199555-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering\nThe 2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the fourth World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC), held in Portes du Soleil, Switzerland, from February 23 to February 29, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199555-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering\nAbout 450 athletes of 29 nations participated. Compared to the former world masterships a long distance race was added.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199555-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Individual\nList of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. \"Espoirs\" level):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199555-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Relay\nList of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included \"Espoirs\" level athletes):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199555-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Team\nevent held in Pointe de l'Au on February 26, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199555-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Team\nList of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included \"Espoirs\" level athletes):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199555-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Vertical race\nList of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. \"Espoirs\" level):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 137]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199556-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Club Challenge\nThe 2008 Carnegie World Club Challenge was contested between Super League XII champions, the Leeds Rhinos and National Rugby League season 2007 premiers, the Melbourne Storm. For the fifth consecutive year the English home team defeated their Australian counterparts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 293]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199556-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Leeds Rhinos\nLeeds Rhinos qualified through being the 2007 Super League champions, defeating St. Helens 33 - 6 in the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199556-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Melbourne Storm\nMelbourne Storm clinched the 2007 National Rugby League title in a 34 - 8 belting of Manly, earning them a place in the World Club Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199556-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Melbourne Storm\nMelbourne played a warm-up game against National League One teamHalifax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199556-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Club Challenge, Match details\nThe match was played in wintry conditions on Friday evening, 29 February, four rounds into the 2008 Super League competition and one week before the start of NRL season 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199556-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Club Challenge, Match details\n33,204 spectators turned out at Elland Road, in Leeds for a hard-fought, low-scoring match in which each side scored a try apiece, with Leeds ultimately coming out winners, due largely to the kicking of Kevin Sinfield. The win meant the English champions side defeated their Australian counterparts for the fifth consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199556-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 World Club Challenge, Match details\nMany experts blamed the result happened due to Melbourne Storm's loss of many key players which were: Cameron Smith (Captain, Hooker, Australian Test Player), Greg Inglis (Five-Eighth/Centre, Australian Test Player), Matt King (Centre/Wing, Australian Test Player), Ben Cross (Prop, State of Origin NSW Player) and Michael Crocker (Second-row Australian Test Player)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 407]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199557-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Cup (men's golf)\nThe 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from 27 November to 30 November at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the 54th World Cup. 28 countries competed and each country sent two players. The team purse was $5,000,000 with $1,600,000 going to the winner. The Swedish team of Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson won the tournament. This was the second time that Sweden won the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199557-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format\nThe leading 18 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking on 1 September 2008 qualified. These 18 players then selected a player from their country to compete with them. The person they pick had to be ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of 1 September. If there was no other player from that country within the top 100 then the next highest ranked player would be their partner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199557-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format\nIf there was no other available player from that country within the top 500, then the exempt player could choose whoever he wants as long as they are a professional from the same country. World qualifiers were held in September and October. Nine countries earned their spot in the World Cup, three each from the European, Asian, and South American qualifiers. The host country, China, rounded out the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 461]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199557-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format\nThe event is a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days are four-ball play and the second and final days are foursomes play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199558-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Cup of Pool\nThe 2008 World Cup of Pool was the third edition of the tournament. The event was held again in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from October 7\u201311, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199558-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Cup of Pool, Final\nThe American duo of Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening beat the English team of Daryl Peach and Mark Gray with 11\u20137 to win the first championship for United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199559-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Deaf Football Championships\nThe 2008 World Deaf Football Championships were the first edition of the international competition of deaf football national men's and women's teams. They were organized by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (CISS), and were held in Patras, Greece between 1-12 July 2008. In the men's championship, Germany won the title for the first time, defeating Turkey in the final, France became bronze medalist before the Umited States. In the women's championsip, Russia  won the title for the first time, defeating Germany in the final, England became bronze medalist before South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199560-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Enduro Championship\nThe 2008 World Enduro Championship was the 19th season in the FIM World Enduro Championship. The season consisted of eight events and 16 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199560-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Enduro Championship\nLast season's Enduro 2 champion, Honda's Mika Ahola, took his second world championship title now racing in the Enduro 1 class. In the Enduro 2 class, Yamaha's Johnny Aubert won his first world championship, becoming the first racer to defeat Juha Salminen since the 1998 season. With nine wins, Salminen broke compatriot Kari Tiainen's record (77) for most wins in the series. In Enduro 3, KTM's Samuli Aro became the sixth enduro rider to win five world championship titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199561-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Fencing Championships\nThe 2008 World Fencing Championships were held at the Olympic Green Convention Center in Beijing, China. The event took place from April 18 to April 20, 2008. It had men's team foil and women's team \u00e9p\u00e9e, both of which were not held at the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 294]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199562-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Field Archery Championships\nThe 2008 World Field Archery Championships were held in Llwynypia & Cardiff, Wales. The qualifying took place in the village of Llwynypia and the final field was situated at the St Fagans National History Museum in Cardiff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 262]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199563-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2007\u201308 figure skating season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Sweden from March 16 to 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199563-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification\nThe competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2007. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2008 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199563-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification\nBased on the results of the 2007 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199563-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification\nDue to the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skating after the short program. In ice dancing, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 386]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199563-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nDan Zhang / Hao Zhang from China set a new world record of 74.36 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199563-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nEuropean champion ice dancers Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (RUS) withdrew before the event due to an injury to his knee. They were replaced by Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev. Four Continents and Grand Prix Final bronze medalist Evan Lysacek withdrew before the event due to injury. He was replaced by US pewter medalist Jeremy Abbott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199563-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men\nJeffrey Buttle was the sixth Canadian man to win the world title. His win set off a controversy because he did not attempt a quadruple jump. Brian Joubert the silver medalist criticized the system for producing a winner who did not complete or attempt a quadruple jump. This set off the first of many debates on the value of the quads and what men's figure skating should be about that would culminate in the 2010 Olympic Quadruple jump controversy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199563-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies\nCarolina Kostner led the short program with 64.28 points, just 0.18 points higher than Mao Asada who was in second. Kim Yuna fell on her triple Lutz, leaving her in fifth place after the short program. Kim managed a clean free skate, earning the top score of 123.38 points. However, that was insufficient to make up for the short program. Kostner received negative grade of execution on five of her seven jumping passes but still managed the third highest free score. Asada, one of two women attempting the triple Axel in the competition, fell during the takeoff of the axel, but still managed to do two triple-triples and score 1.46 points higher than Kostner, securing the gold medal. Silver went to Kostner and Kim received the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199563-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Multiple spots for 2009 Worlds\nThe following countries have earned more than one entry to the 2009 World Championships based on performance at the 2008 World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199564-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Grand Prix (darts)\nThe 2008 Sky Poker World Grand Prix was the eleventh World Grand Prix darts tournament held by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held from 6\u201312 October 2008 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. The event featured a tournament record prize fund of \u00a3250,000 with \u00a350,000 going to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199564-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Grand Prix (darts)\nPhil Taylor won his eighth Grand Prix title with a 6-2 victory over Raymond van Barneveld in the final watched by 355,000 viewers. James Wade was the defending champion, however lost 2-1 to Tony Eccles in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199564-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Grand Prix (darts), Format\nAll legs were 501 points double-in double-out format. The first round games were best of three sets. Second round games were best of five sets, the quarter finals best of seven sets, the semi finals best of nine sets, and the final was best of eleven sets. All sets were best of five legs/first to three legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 347]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199564-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize money\nA tournament record prize fund of \u00a3250,000 was available to the participants, divided based on the following performances:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199564-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification\nThe field of 32 players was mostly made up from the top sixteen players in the  on September 21, following the two Players Championship events at the Newport Center in Newport, Wales. The top eight from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining sixteen places went to the top twelve non-qualified players from the , and then to the top four non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2008 Players Championship Order of Merit who have competed in at least six Players Championship events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199564-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Grand Prix (darts), Television coverage and sponsorship\nThe sponsorship for the tournament was Sky Bet who had sponsored the event since 2004, however one of its brands, Sky Poker, was the new title sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 218]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199565-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Indoor Bowls Championship\nThe 2008 World Indoor Bowls Championships  was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 08-27 January 2008. The event was sponsored by Potters Holidays. Alex Marshall won the men's singles defeating Ian Bond in the final achieving a record fifth title. Despite the fact that a women's singles tournament was held Ceri Ann Davies was also permitted to compete in the men's singles competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199566-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Interuniversity Games\nThe 2008 World Interuniversity Games were the tenth edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS, and were held in Budapest, Hungary, from October 6 to October 10, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199566-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Interuniversity Games, Hosting\nWith Budapest as host city, 2008 marked the first time the Games took place outside Western Europe. The host of 2008 was the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 221]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199566-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Interuniversity Games, Competitions\nTeams participated in seven competitions (four sports). For the first time the Basketball Women competition was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 164]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199567-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship\nThe 2008 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was held at California State University in Long Beach, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199568-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Judo Open Championships\nThe 2008 World Judo Open Championships were held at Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan in Levallois-Perret, France, 20 and 21 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge\nThe 2008 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior \"A\" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2008 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian City of Camrose, Alberta from November 1 to November 9, 2008 at the Edgeworth Centre. The opening ceremony included a performance from Tom Cochrane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Teams\nSame as the 2007 World Junior A Challenge, the 2008 edition will include Belarus, Canada East and West, Germany, Russia, and the United States. Slovakia, again, is not competing and has not since the 2006 World Junior A Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 267]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Exhibition\nOnly three exhibition games were scheduled for prior to the 2008 WJAC tournament. On October 29, Canada West challenged the varsity team from Augustana University College. The West defeated Augustana 9-2. The same night, Canada East played the varsity team from Portage College. The East was victorious, taking the game 7-1. Two nights later, Canada East and Canada West met in Camrose for an exhibition rematch of the 2006 and 2007 tournament finals. The East took the game 4-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round Robin\nOn November 2, the tournament kicked off with the opening game between Belarus and defending 2-time champion Canada West. The West went up early 2-0 only to have Belarus take one back late in the first frame. The West entered the second period with a 2-1 lead only to give up costly goals 13 seconds and 28 seconds into the frame\u2014leading to a Belorussian 3-2 lead. Around two minutes later the Canadians came back to tie the game at 3's. There was no scoring during the rest of regulation. Overtime was uneventful, so the game went to a shootout. Belarus' Bialinski stopped all three penalty shots, while Canada's Bodnarchuk let in his first, shot by Yauheni Salamonau, and stopped his second. The result was a 4-3 upset victory for a Belorussian squad that had only won once in its last 8 WJAC games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 853]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round Robin\nThe early game on November 3 was between the Germans and Canada East. After giving up a goal 49 seconds into the game to Germany, the East team scored 3 goals in the first period and never looked back in a 6-3 victory. The Germans looked solid in the game despite only having won a single WJAC game in eight tried entering the game. In the late game, the Russians faced Belarus. Riding the momentum of 4 early goals in the first and second, the Russians cruised to their first win of the tournament, 10-4. The loss was on the heals of a Belorussian upset of the two-time defending champion Canada West and gives the West a chance at first with a big enough win over the Russians in their final game of the round robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 770]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round Robin\nOn November 4, the Germans set the stage for the second massive upset of this World Junior A Challenge. The Americans, playing their first game of the tournaments, led 1-0 after the first and 2-0 early in the second period. That is when the bottom dropped out. Germany started scoring and just did not stop. In the end, the Germans scored 5 unanswered goals and won the game 5-2. The Germans finish the round robin with a win and a loss, awaiting the outcome of the November 5 game between the Americans and Canada East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round Robin\nIn the late game, Canada West was triumphant over the Russian squad, overcoming an early deficit to win the game 5-2. This win gives all three teams in Pool A\u00a0a 1-1 record, but because Canada West's loss was in overtime they clinch the tie-breaker and get a bye past the quarter-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round Robin\nThe single November 5 game was between Canada East and the Americans. It would close out the round robin. The Americans came out on fire and defeated the East 5-3. This left each team in Pool B with a 1-1-0 record. Because of goal differential, Canada East still won first place and the United States had to settle on third place behind the Germans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Quarter-final\nIn the first quarter-final, Pool A's second seed Russia took on Pool B's third seed the United States. The Americans put the boots to the Russians early, building up a 5-0 lead by the midway point of the game. Russia potted two quick goals at the end of the second period, but like the first, the third was all USA with three more insurance markers. The Americans crushed the Russians 8-2. The Americans move on to the semi-final against Canada East while the Russians are relegated to the 5th place match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 560]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Quarter-final\nThe second quarter-final was won on the heroics of Siarhei Drozd whose natural hat trick gave the Belorussians enough momentum to survive a late German onslaught and win the game. The Germans fall back to the 5th place game against the Russians, while the Belorussians will meet Canada West in the second semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, 5th Place and Semi-final\nThe Russians found themselves in the 5th place match for the first time in their WJAC history, against the Germans who hold a win over the Americans - the team that eliminated Russia from medal contention. All this did not matter though, as the Russians dismantled the Germans with an 8-2 victory to close out the tournament on a winning note.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, 5th Place and Semi-final\nIn the first semi-final, Canada East was up against the only team to defeat them so far in the 2008 WJAC - the Americans. This would be no day for revenge as the United States upended the Eastern squad 5-1 in front of 1525 fans. For the first time in WJAC, there will be no All-Canada final as Canada East is left competing for Bronze. The United States will compete for Gold for the first time, as last year at their first WJAC they won Bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, 5th Place and Semi-final\nThe second semi-final pitted Canada West against the only team to defeat them so far in the tournament, Belarus. The West led 1-0 after the first and Belarus tied the score 1-1 early in the second. The Canadians then battened down the hatches and scored 2 more goals to close out the period and another insurance marker in the third to win 4-1. The Belorussians move to the Bronze medal game against Canada East, while Canada West goes to their third straight Gold medal game at the WJACs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Bronze and Gold\nIn the Bronze Medal game, Canada East competed against Belarus. The Belorussians were no match for the Canada East squad who crushed Belarus 9-1. After two consecutive Silvers in WJAC-event, the Canada East squad settles for Bronze in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 296]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Bronze and Gold\nThe Gold Medal game was between two tough squads: the United States and Canada West. The Canada West team were the two-time defending Gold medalists, while the Americans were 2007 Bronze Medalists who just got done manhandling Russia and Canada East to get to the Gold Medal match. In the end, it was barely a contest - led by Tournament MVP Mike Cichy, the Americans walked all over Canada West to win the Gold with a 7-1 score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus\nPlayers: Vitali Bialinski, Valeri Bojarskih, Kiryl Brykun, Pavel Dashkou, Siarhei Drozd, Nikolai Goncharov, Aleh Haroshka, Ilya Kaznadzei, Andrei Kolasau, Dzmitry Korabau, Aliaksei Kuveka, Vitali Marchanka, Uladzimir Mikhailau, Anatol Panou, Pavel Razvadouski, Yauheni Salamonau, Illa Shinkevitch, Yahor Stsiapanau, Mikalai Susla, Ihar Varashylau, Dzmitry Verameichyk, Dzmitry Volkau, Aliaksandr Yeronau, Aliaksandr Zhuk", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus\nStaff: Vaily Spiridonov, Pavel Perapekhin, Vasilij Pankov, Vyatcheslav Gusov, Ihar Karachun, Heorhi Zatkouski, Dzmitry Klaskouski, Sergei Opimakh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East\nPlayers: Braden Birch, Nick D'Agostino, Dustin Darou, Scott Dawson, Jordan Escott, Jeremy Franklin, Andrew Hare, Zach Hervato, Stephen Horyl, Pierre-Luc Lacombe, Jacob Lalibert\u00e9, Greg Miller, Marty O'Grady, David Pacan, Brandon Pirri, David Pratt, Jeremy Price, Ben Sexton, Shawn Sirman, Reilly Smith, Lindsay Sparks, Mike Wills", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East\nStaff: Mark Grady, Patrice Bosch, Troy Ryan, Marty Abrams, Brent Ladds, Bob Baird, Darren Allan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West\nPlayers: Andrew Bodnarchuk, Tommy Brown, Aaron Dell, Tanner Fritz, Kevin Genoe, Derek Grant, Matt Grassi, Tim Hayduk, James Kerr, Scott Macaulay, Michael MacDonald, Matt Mackay, Andrew MacWilliam, Denver Manderson, Curtis McKenzie, Dylan Olsen, Brodie Reid, Derek Rodwell, Justin Schultz, Jaden Schwartz, Rylan Schwartz, Steven Seigo, Travis Statchuk, Cole Wilson, Michael Young", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West\nStaff: Boris Rybalka, Dwight McMillan, Rylan Ferster, Ken Miske, Brent Sawchuk, Norm Zunti, Leonard Strandberg, Kim Davis", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Germany\nPlayers: Sinan Akdag, Dominik Bielke, Benedikt Bruckner, Maximilian Englbrecht, Jerome Flaake, Andreas Gawlik, Patrick Geiger, Martin Hinterstocker, Andr\u00e9 Huebscher, Markus Keller, Conor Morrisson, Florian Muller, Marco Nowak, Alexander Oblinger, Daniel Oppolzer, Patrick Pohl, Steven Rupprich, Toni Ritter, Gregor Stein, Soren Sturm, Dominic Walsh, Daniel Weiss, Marc Wittforth, David Wolf", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Germany\nStaff: Ernst Hofner, Jeffrey Tomlinson, Wolfgang Fischer, Jorg Lochbihler, Michael Pfuhl", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia\nPlayers: Sergey Barbashev, Roman Berdnikov, Georgy Berdyukov, Igor Bobkov, Stanislav Bocharov, Anton Burdasov, Alexander Burmistrov, Sergey Chvanov, Georgy Dulnev, Kirill Kabanov, Stanislav Kalashnikov, Dmitry Kanifadin, Alexander Karpushkin, Anton Kavera, Maxim Kitsin, Yevgeni Kuznetsov, Kirill Lebedev, Vladimir Malinovsky, Dmitry Orlov, Nikita Pivtsakin, Eduard Reyzvikh, Dmitry Shikin, Stanislav Solovyev, Vladimir Tarasenko, Semen Valuyskiy, Kirll Yuryev, Pavel Zotov, Vitaly Zotov", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 534]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia\nStaff: Vladimir Plyuschev, Sergey Petrenko, Igor Ostapchuk, Dmitry Kondrashin, Oleg Kuchenev, Alexey Sasin, Alexander Shapiro", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, United States\nPlayers: Josh Balch, Josh Birkholz, Greg Burke, Rocco Carzo, Mike Cichy, Matt Donovan, David Gerths, Seth Helgeson, Joe Howe, Danny Kristo, Nick Larson, Mike Lee, Dave Makowski, Lee Moffie, John Moore, Pat Mullane, Maxim Nicastro, Nick Oddo, Darren Rowe, Craig Smith, Matt White", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199569-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, United States\nStaff: Mark Carlson, Bliss Littler, Todd Knott, Darrin Flinchem, Todd Klein, David Peck, Marc Boxer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199570-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Baseball Championship\nThe 2008 World Junior AAA Championship was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from July 25 to August 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199571-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships\nThe 2008 ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships were the 12th edition of the ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships. The event took place in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic from 25 to 27 July 2008 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 318]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199572-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics\nThe 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzis\u0142aw Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted the 1999 World Youth Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199572-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics\nThe United States topped the medal table with 17 medals overall, including 11 golds, ahead of Germany and Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 157]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199572-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1408 athletes from 165 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199573-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres\nThe men's 10,000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199573-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199574-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres walk\nThe men's 10,000 metres walk event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199574-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres walk, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 86], "content_span": [87, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199575-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres\nThe men's 100 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199575-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 75 athletes from 60 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199576-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles\nThe men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11, 12 and 13 July. 99.0\u00a0cm (3'3) (junior implement) hurdles were used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199576-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 45 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 86], "content_span": [87, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199577-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres\nThe men's 1500 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199577-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199578-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres\nThe men's 200 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199578-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 44 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199579-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [77, 77], "content_span": [78, 239]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199579-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [79, 92], "content_span": [93, 183]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199580-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay\nThe men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [73, 73], "content_span": [74, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199580-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 85 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [75, 88], "content_span": [89, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199581-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [73, 73], "content_span": [74, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199581-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 101 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [75, 88], "content_span": [89, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199582-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres\nThe men's 400 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199582-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 42 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199583-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles\nThe men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9, 10 and 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199583-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 86], "content_span": [87, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199584-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres\nThe men's 5000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199584-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199585-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres\nThe men's 800 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199585-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199586-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon\nThe men's decathlon event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 10 July. Junior implements were used, i.e. 99.0cm (3'3) hurdles, 6kg shot and 1.75kg discus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199586-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199587-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's discus throw\nThe men's discus throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July. A 1.75kg (junior implement) discus was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199587-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's discus throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199588-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw\nThe men's hammer throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 12 July. A 6\u00a0kg (junior implement) hammer was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199588-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199589-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump\nThe men's high jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199589-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199590-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw\nThe men's javelin throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199590-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199591-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's long jump\nThe men's long jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199591-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's long jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199592-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault\nThe men's pole vault event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199592-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199593-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put\nThe men's shot put event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 July. A 6\u00a0kg (junior implement) shot was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199593-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199594-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's triple jump\nThe men's triple jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199594-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's triple jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199595-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres walk\nThe women's 10,000 metres walk event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [73, 73], "content_span": [74, 223]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199595-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres walk, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [75, 88], "content_span": [89, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199596-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres\nThe women's 100 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199596-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 45 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199597-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles\nThe women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10, 11 and 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [73, 73], "content_span": [74, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199597-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 33 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [75, 88], "content_span": [89, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199598-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres\nThe women's 1500 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199598-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199599-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres\nThe women's 200 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199599-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 34 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199600-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres\nThe women's 3000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199600-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199601-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 79], "section_span": [79, 79], "content_span": [80, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199601-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 79], "section_span": [81, 94], "content_span": [95, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199602-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay\nThe women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [75, 75], "content_span": [76, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199602-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 94 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [77, 90], "content_span": [91, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199603-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [75, 75], "content_span": [76, 233]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199603-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 63 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [77, 90], "content_span": [91, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199604-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres\nThe women's 400 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199604-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199605-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles\nThe women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9, 10 and 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [73, 73], "content_span": [74, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199605-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [75, 88], "content_span": [89, 179]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199606-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres\nThe women's 5000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199606-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199607-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres\nThe women's 800 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199607-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199608-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's discus throw\nThe women's discus throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 219]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199608-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's discus throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 82], "content_span": [83, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199609-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw\nThe women's hammer throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199609-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 82], "content_span": [83, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199610-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon\nThe women's heptathlon event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 215]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199610-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199611-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump\nThe women's high jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199611-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199612-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw\nThe women's javelin throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199612-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 83], "content_span": [84, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199613-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump\nThe women's long jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199613-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199614-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault\nThe women's pole vault event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199614-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199615-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's shot put\nThe women's shot put event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 10 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199615-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's shot put, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199616-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump\nThe women's triple jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199616-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199617-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Curling Championships\nThe 2008 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 1 to 9 at the Ishallen in \u00d6stersund, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199617-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Curling Championships, Qualifying events, European Junior Curling Challenge\nThe European Qualification takes place via a challenge tournament this year in Prague, Czech Republic. 8 women's teams and 12 men's teams will compete for 1 spot to the WJCC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 93], "content_span": [94, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199617-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Curling Championships, Qualifying events, Pacific Junior Curling Championships\nPlayed between 16-20 Jan-2008 in Jeonju, Korea. The format saw a double round-robin with the top 3 making the medal round. First got a bye to the Final and 2nd and 3rd played in a single semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 96], "content_span": [97, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199618-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from February 25 through March 2 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Commonly called \"World Juniors\" and \"Junior Worlds\", they are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion. The event is open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who have reached the age of 13 by July 1 of the previous year, but have not yet turned 19. The upper age limit for men competing in pairs and dance is 21. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199618-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe term \"Junior\" refers to the age level rather than necessarily the skill level. Therefore, some of the skaters competing have competed nationally and internationally at the senior level, but are still age-eligible for World Juniors. Regardless of whether they have competed as seniors, all competitors perform programs that conform to the ISU rules for junior level competition in terms of program lengths, jumping passes, etc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199619-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships\nThe 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2008 WJHC), was the 32nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The Elite group, what the IIHF refer to as the Top Division, was held in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, between 26 December 2007 and 5 January 2008. Canada won the gold medal for the fourth consecutive time. Sweden earned its first World Junior medal since 1996 by reaching the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199619-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199619-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Scoring leaders, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 94], "content_span": [95, 244]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199619-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I\nThe following teams took part in the Division I tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 18, 2007. Group A was played at Bad Toelz, Germany. Group B was played at Riga, Latvia:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199619-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group A\nGermany is promoted to Pool A and \u00a0Lithuania is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199619-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group B\nLatvia is promoted to Pool A and \u00a0Great Britain is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199619-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II\nThe following teams took part in the Division II tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 16, 2007. Group A was played at Canazei, Italy. Group B was played at Tallinn, Estonia:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199619-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group A\nItaly is promoted to Division I and \u00a0Iceland is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199619-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group B\nEstonia is promoted to Division I and \u00a0China is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199619-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III\nThe following teams took part in the Division III tournament, that was held from January 16 through January 24, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199619-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III\nNew Zealand and \u00a0Serbia were promoted to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 160]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199620-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division I\nThe following teams took part in the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division I tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 18, 2007. Group A was played at Bad T\u00f6lz, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199620-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division I, Group A\nGermany is promoted to Top Division and \u00a0Lithuania is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199620-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division I, Group B\nLatvia is promoted to Top Division and \u00a0Great Britain is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199621-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division II\nThe following teams took part in the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division II  tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 16, 2007. Group A was played at Canazei, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199621-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division II, Group A\nItaly is promoted to Division I and \u00a0Iceland is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199621-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division II, Group B\nEstonia is promoted to Division I and \u00a0China is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199622-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division III\nThe following teams took part in the Division III tournament, that was held from January 16 through January 24, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199622-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division III, Results\nNew Zealand and \u00a0Serbia were promoted to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199623-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Junior Table Tennis Championships\nThe 6th World Junior Table Tennis Championships 2008 were held in Madrid, Spain, from 6 to 13 December 2008. It was organised by the Real Federacion Espa\u00f1ola de Tenis de Mesa under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199624-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Karate Championships\nThe 2008 World Karate Championships are the 19th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tokyo, Japan from November 13 to November 16, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199625-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Ladies Snooker Championship\nThe 2008 World Ladies Snooker Championship was the 2008 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976, and was played at Cambridge Snooker Centre from 3 to 7 May. The tournament was won by Reanne Evans, who achieved her fourth consecutive world title by defeating June Banks 5\u20132 in the final. Evans also made the highest break of the tournament, 102.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199625-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Ladies Snooker Championship\nThere were four round-robin qualifying groups, three of six players each, and one of seven players, with the top two players in each group progressing into the knockout stage. In the final, Banks won the first frame on the pink. Evans compiled a break of 52 in the next frame to win it, then took five of the next six frames. Hannah Jones, aged 11, won the under-21 title in an event run alongside the main tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199626-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge\nThe 2008 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge was the 5th edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 276]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199627-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Masters (darts)\nThe 2008 Winmau World Masters was the fourth major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2008. It took place from 5\u20137 December in the Bridlington Spa Royal Hall. Martin Adams beat Scott Waites in the final to take his first Masters title and join an elite list of players to win both the World Championship and the Masters in their career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199628-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships\nThe third World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Clermont-Ferrand, France, from March 17-22, 2008. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199628-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships\nA full range of indoor track and field events were held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199629-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Matchplay\nThe 2008 Stan James World Matchplay was the 15th annual staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 20\u201326 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199629-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Matchplay\nWorld number three James Wade went into the competition as the defending champion and managed to reach the final for the third year in a row, but was defeated by top seed Phil Taylor 18\u20139 who won his ninth World Matchplay championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199629-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Matchplay, Prize fund\nA total of \u00a3300,000 was available for the players, divided based on the following performances:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199629-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Matchplay, Qualification\nThe qualification process for the World Matchplay differed this year. The top 16 in the  after the 2008 UK Open qualified automatically as the 16 seeds. The other 16 places would be made up of the 16 highest ranked players (not already in the top 16) from the  - decided by the various Player Championship events taking place on the PDC Pro Tour from January 2008 - the cutoff point was the Las Vegas Players Championship just before the 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship\nThe 2008 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 4\u201313, 2008 at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota in the USA. The 12-team tournament took place in the 11,643 seat hockey arena on the grounds of the University of North Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 292]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Hugh Millikin* Fourth: Ian Palangio Second: Sean Hall Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Stephen Hewitt (*Throws third rocks)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Kevin Martin Third: John Morris Second: Marc Kennedy Lead: Ben Hebert Alternate: Adam Enright", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Wang Fengchun Third: Liu Rui Second: Xu Xiaoming Lead: Zang Jialang Alternate: Li Dongyan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 141]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Ji\u0159\u00ed Sn\u00edtil Third: Martin Sn\u00edtil Second: Jind\u0159ich Kitzberger Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Milo\u0161 Hoferka", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Johnny Frederiksen Third: Lars Vilandt Second: Bo Jensen Lead: Ulrik Schmidt Alternate: Mikkel Poulson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Thomas Dufour Third: Tony Angiboust Second: Jan Ducroz Lead: Richard Ducroz Alternate: Raphael Mathieu", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Andy Kapp Third: Andreas Lang Second: Holger H\u00f6hne Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Felix Schulze", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nerg\u00e5rd Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Havard Vad Petersson Alternate: Thomas Due", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : David Murdoch Third: Graeme Connal Second: Peter Smith Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: Peter Loudon", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Anders Kraupp Third: Peder Folke Second: Bj\u00f6rn Brandberg Lead: Anton Sandstr\u00f6m Alternate: Mats Nyberg", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Claudio Pescia Third: Patrick H\u00fcrlimann Second: Pascal Sieber Lead: Marco Battilana Alternate: Toni M\u00fcller", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199630-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Craig Brown Third: Rich Ruohonen Second: John Dunlop Lead: Pete Annis Alternate: Kevin Kakela", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199631-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mind Sports Games\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by 94.178.234.44 (talk) at 13:46, 10 April 2020 (\u2192\u200eExternal links). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199631-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mind Sports Games\nThe first World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) were held in Beijing, China from October 3 to 18, 2008, about two months after the Olympic Games. They were sponsored and organised by the International Mind Sports Association with the General Administration of Sport of China and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 339]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199631-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mind Sports Games\nFive mind sports participated in the first Games: bridge, chess, draughts (checkers), go (weiqi), and xiangqi (Chinese chess). Thirty-five gold medals were contested by 2,763 competitors from 143 countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 235]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199631-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mind Sports Games\nAccording to the World Bridge Federation, it incorporated the World Team Olympiad (1960\u20132004) and some established youth events in the Games \"as the stepping stone on the path of introducing a third kind of Olympic Games (after the 'regular' Olympics and the Paralympics)\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199631-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mind Sports Games, Events, Bridge\nThe World Bridge Federation organized eleven events in Beijing that constituted the \"World Bridge Games\" including nine WMSG medal events. Six were among the established world bridge championships contested in even-number years. The other three were for \"youth\" under age 28, a one-time compromise. More than 1400 players participated, about half of all players in the Games. Entries from European Bridge League countrieswon 22 of the 27 medals, led by Norway with six medals including two gold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 540]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199631-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mind Sports Games, Events, Bridge\nTwo other events were continued by the WBF from its quadrennial \"Olympiad\" program, as part of its new \"World Bridge Games\" but separate from the WMSG (non-medal events sharing the facilities). Japan won the third Senior International Cup, for national teams of seniors (age 58+). ' Yeh Bros' from Chinese Taipei won the second Transnational Mixed Teams, for teams of any nationality comprising mixed pairs, one man and one woman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199631-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mind Sports Games, Events, Chess\nThe World Chess Federation organized ten events in Beijing, all of them in rapid or blitz chess.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 140]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199631-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mind Sports Games, Events, Draughts\nUnder the auspices of the World Draughts Federation 288 players participated in five medal events in Beijing. There was a strong regional showing as twelve of the fifteen medals were won by players from Russia, Latvia, Moldova, and Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 287]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199631-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mind Sports Games, Events, Go\nUnder the auspices of the International Go Federation 560 players participated in six medal events in Beijing. South Korea won half of the 18 medals and all were swept by competitors from Eastern Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 242]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199631-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mind Sports Games, Events, Xiangqi\nXiangqi, or \"Chinese chess\", was the fifth sport to participate in Beijing, where 125 players participated in five events. Although the World Xiangqi Federation was not a member of IMSA at the time, the sport was included in the Beijing games as a traditional Chinese sport with a large number of players, especially in China. The host country won all five gold medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199631-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mind Sports Games, Medals\nTeams from the host country China won one-quarter of the 105 medals, including one-third of the gold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199632-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship\nThe 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held March 8\u201315, 2008 in Vierum\u00e4ki, Finland at the Vierum\u00e4ki Ice Rink. It was the first mixed doubles world championships organized by the World Curling Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 264]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199632-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship\nSwitzerland scored two perfect ends in Draw 2 against Wales, a rare feat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199632-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Teams, Not Competing\nThe following teams were initially listed as participating in this event but on February 24, 2008 updated schedule they are not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199633-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Modern Pentathlon Championships\nThe 2008 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from May 29 to June 3. It was the last Olympic qualification event in modern pentathlon before the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 252]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199634-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Monuments Watch\nThe World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that calls international attention to cultural heritage around the world that is threatened by neglect, vandalism, conflict, or disaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 302]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199634-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Monuments Watch, Selection process\nEvery two years, it publishes a select list known as the Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites that are in urgent need of preservation funding and protection. The sites are nominated by governments, conservation professionals, site caretakers, non-government organizations (NGOs), concerned individuals, and others working in the field. An independent panel of international experts then select 100 candidates from these entries to be part of the Watch List, based on the significance of the sites, the urgency of the threat, and the viability of both advocacy and conservation solutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199634-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 World Monuments Watch, Selection process\nFor the succeeding two-year period until a new Watch List is published, these 100 sites can avail grants and funds from the WMF, as well as from other foundations, private donors, and corporations by capitalizing on the publicity and attention gained from the inclusion on the Watch List. Since the Watch List was launched in 1996, more than 75 percent of the enlisted threatened sites have been saved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 448]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199634-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Monuments Watch, 2008 Watch List\nThe 2008 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites was announced on June 6, 2007 by WMF President Bonnie Burnham. The 2008 Watch List highlights three critical man-made threats affecting the world's cultural heritage: political conflict, unchecked urban and industrial development, and global climate change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199634-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Monuments Watch, 2008 Watch List\nOn this list, man is indeed the real enemy. But, just as we caused the damage in the first place, we have the power to repair it, by taking our responsibility as caretakers of the world\u2019s cultural heritage seriously. So today we are sounding the alarm, using the World Monuments Watch List to demonstrate, through the vivid examples of beloved places around the world, the importance of working together to meet these challenges and join forces to protect our world\u2019s shared architectural heritage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199634-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Monuments Watch, Statistics by country/territory\nThe following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2008 Watch List, listed by the number of sites:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199635-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Mountain Running Trophy\nThe 2008 World Mountain Running Championships was the 24th edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199636-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Music Awards\nThe 20th annual World Music Awards was held on 9 November 2008 in Monaco. Awards are given based on worldwide sales figures for that year. The ceremony was hosted by actor Jesse Metcalfe and singer Michelle Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 240]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199636-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Music Awards, Nominees\nBelow is a list of all the nominees for each award, the winners are in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 110]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199637-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Orienteering Championships\nThe 2008 World Orienteering Championships, the 25th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Olomouc in the Czech Republic, 10 \u201320 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199637-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Orienteering Championships\nThe championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 246]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199638-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship\nThe 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008. Safuan Said won the men's singles Gold. New Zealand won the pairs, fours and Leonard Trophy with only Scotland preventing a clean sweep by claiming the triples.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199639-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Men's Fours\nThe 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Men's Fours was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199639-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Men's Fours\nAndrew Todd, Richard Girvan, Russell Meyer and Gary Lawson won the men's fours gold medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199640-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Men's Pairs\nThe 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Men's Pairs was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 203]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199640-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Men's Pairs\nRussell Meyer and Gary Lawson of New Zealand won the gold medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 116]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199640-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Men's Pairs\n+ Bizarrely there is confusion as to the actual Brunei team that competed. Although HJ Brahim Naim is listed as competing in the singles & pairs he publicly announced that he was not there after missing his flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 266]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199641-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Men's Singles\nThe 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Men's Singles was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199641-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Men's Singles\n+ Bizarrely there is confusion as to the actual Brunei team that competed. Although HJ Brahim Naim is listed as competing in the singles and pairs he publicly announced that he was not there after missing his flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 270]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199642-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Men's Triples\nThe 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Men's Triples was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199642-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Men's Triples\nWayne Hogg, Willie Wood and David Peacock of Scotland won the gold medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 127]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199643-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Women's Fours\nThe 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Women's Fours was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199643-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Women's Fours\nLynsey Armitage, Claire Duke, Julie Keegan and Karen Murphy won the women's fours gold medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199644-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Women's Pairs\nThe 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Women's Pairs was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199644-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Women's Pairs\nJo Edwards and Val Smith  won the women's pairs gold medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 113]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199645-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Women's Singles\nThe 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Women's Singles was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199646-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Women's Triples\nThe 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Women's Triples was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199646-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship \u2013 Women's Triples\nSylvia Burns, Loraine Victor and Lorna Trigwell won the women's triples gold medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199647-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Polo Championship\nThe 2008 World Polo Championship, eight edition, took place in Mexico during May 2008 and was won by Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 136]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199647-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Polo Championship, Background\nThis event will bring together eight teams from around the world in the Campo Marte of the Mexican capital, where they will play the finals, and all three pitches Tecamac Polo Club, located in the state of Mexico, the Federal District neighboring entity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199647-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Polo Championship, Background\nAlready confirmed the selections are classified as at the end of 2007 completed the classification process. The seleccions participating are: Brazil, as reigning world champion in the category; Mexico, as host country, Canada, New Zealand, England, South Africa, Spain and Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199647-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Polo Championship, Background\nMexico received the headquarters of the event thanks to the work of the entrepreneur Pablo Rinc\u00f3n Gallardo Corcuera, known as Mr.Polo in the Mexican community in the years and winner of 70 Cup Avila Camacho and Eduardo S\u00f3lorzano Barr\u00f3n, holders Propolo century. The institution was unable to continue with the completion of the project because of the death in 2006 of Rincon-Gallardo. Since the start of efforts to achieve headquarters Propolo century was supported by the Family Bailleres who continue as sponsors via El Palacio de Hierro, one of the companies it owns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199647-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Polo Championship, Background\nA decision was taken to seek support for the International Polo (FIP) in the form of a postponement of the Championship. Originally open on November 20, 2007. The international governing body accepted at the same time that a new Organizing Committee took over concretize the tournament. Group headed by polista Alfredo Solorzano and the president of the Mexican Federation of Polo, Rogelio Igart\u00faa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199648-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Professional Billiards Championship\nThe 2008 World Professional Billiards Championship, the top international professional competition in English billiards, was held between 23 and 27 July 2008 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England. The 16 players were divided into four groups of four, with the top two in each group advancing into the knock-out round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 375]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199648-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Professional Billiards Championship\nMike Russell won his ninth World Professional Billiards Championship title after beating Geet Sethi 1821\u20131342 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199649-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Rally Championship\nThe 2008 World Rally Championship was the 36th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 15 rallies and began on 24 January, with the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally. Frenchman S\u00e9bastien Loeb successfully retained the Drivers' World Championship, his and co-driver Daniel Elena's record-breaking fifth consecutive title, all of them attained driving Citro\u00ebns. In addition, Citro\u00ebn secured their fourth Manufacturers' title, and their first since 2005, from 2006 and 2007 victors, Ford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199649-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Rally Championship, Rule changes\nThe running order for the first day is governed by championship position, with the championship leader running first on the road. For every other day of a rally, the order is decided by the previous end of day classification (with the leader on classification running first). The term 'leg' has been replaced by 'day' in order to sound more understandable. Extra 10-minute service prior to the finish podium has been added, intended to allow the service park to remain an attraction until the end of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199649-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Rally Championship, Rule changes\nWith the switch to Pirelli tyres, tyre mousse (along with all anti-deflation devices) has been banned, and fewer compounds are available. Also the teams aren't allowed to modify tyres by themselves (e.g. by making additional cuts) anymore. At the first event of the season, the available tires were the soft slick DS tire (Pirelli PZero), the WX snow tire without studs, and the WX snow tire with studs (both variants of Pirelli Sottozero). The same snow tyres were used in Sweden as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199649-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 World Rally Championship, Rule changes\nLater on loose surface tyres were introduced: Pirelli Scorpion, available in two variants\u00a0\u2013 hard compound for abrasive surfaces, such as roads in Mexico or Greece, and soft one, for more muddy stages as seen on Welsh event. Tire walls have been strengthened in order to endure long, rough gravel stages often full of sharp rocks. The tread on Scorpions is asymmetric and directional, as it has proven more efficient during the tests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199649-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Rally Championship, Calendar\nThe 2008 championship was contested over fifteen rounds in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia, South America and Oceania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199649-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Rally Championship, Calendar\nThe 2008 season included 15 rallies, which was one less than the 2007 season. Rally Norway, Rally Portugal and Rally Ireland were dropped from the calendar for 2008. Rally of Turkey returned to the schedule, and Jordan Rally was part of the calendar for the first time. Rally Australia was planned to make a return after being absent in 2007, but the organizers submitted a request to the FIA to delay the event's return to the schedule until 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199649-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Rally Championship, Calendar\nThe events also part of the Production World Rally Championship were Sweden, Argentina, Greece, Turkey, Finland, New Zealand, Japan and GB. The seven rallies also on the Junior World Rally Championship schedule were Mexico, Jordan, Italy, Finland, Germany, Spain and France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199649-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Rally Championship, Teams and drivers\nIn 2008 two categories are valid to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199649-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Rally Championship, Teams and drivers\nThe teams and drivers for the 2008 season are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 106]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199649-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Rally Championship, Events\nThe Rally Finland is notable this year for having dropped its famous Ouninpohja stage. This has been done for safety reasons, however this is likely to be a huge disappointment for race fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 229]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199650-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Rowing Championships\nThe 2008 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 22 to 27 July 2008 in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships in Ottensheim near Linz, Austria. Since 2008 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Championships did not include Olympic events scheduled for the 2008 Summer Olympics, or the adaptive rowing events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199651-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Running Target Championships\nThe 2008 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Plze\u0148, the Czech Republic, in October 2008 as a replacement for the lost Olympic status of 10 metre running target. Apart from this event, competitions were also held in 10 metre running target mixed, 50 metre running target and 50 metre running target mixed. The men's and women's regular 10 metre competitions featured the new semifinal and final stages known as medal matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199651-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Running Target Championships\nMost of the top European shooters, which constitute the majority of the worldwide elite in running target, were present. No shooters from the most successful non-European nation, China, were competing. Russia and Ukraine dominated, winning 19 medals each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 295]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199652-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Sambo Championships\nThe 2008 World Sambo Championships was held in St. Petersburg, Russia on 13 to 17 of November, 2008. This tournament included competition in both sport Sambo, and Combat Sambo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199652-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Sambo Championships\nAlso See 2010 World Sambo Championships, 2009 World Sambo Championships, 2007 World Sambo Championships, and the 2006 World Sambo Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 174]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199653-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Senior Curling Championships\nThe 2008 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 9 to 15 at the Vierum\u00e4ki Ice Rink in Vierum\u00e4ki, Finland. Teams from Alberta, Canada won both the men's and women's events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 227]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series\nThe 2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season. The 104th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays; the Phillies won the series, four games to one. The 2008 World Series is notable because it is the only Fall Classic to involve a mid-game postponement and resumption (two days later).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series\nThe Series began on Wednesday, October 22, and (after weather delays had postponed the end of Game 5) concluded the following Wednesday, October 29. The AL's 4\u20133 win in the 2008 All-Star Game gave the Rays home field advantage for the series, meaning no more than three games would be played at Citizens Bank Park (the Phillies' home ballpark). The Phillies won their second championship in their 126-year history to bring the city of Philadelphia its first championship in 25 years (since the 1983 NBA Finals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 529]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series\nThis was the first postseason series lost by an MLB team based in the state of Florida; previously, the Rays and Florida Marlins were 8\u20130 in post-season series. Additionally, both the Phillies' World Series wins have come against a team making their World Series debut (in 1980, they beat the Kansas City Royals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 331]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series\nThe Phillies advanced to the World Series after defeating the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL's Divisional Series and Championship Series, respectively. The team won its position in the playoffs after its second consecutive NL East division title. This was the Phillies' first World Series appearance in fifteen years. The Tampa Bay Rays advanced to the World Series after defeating the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox, the 2007 World Series champion, in the AL's Division Series and 2008 American League Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Teams, Philadelphia Phillies\nPhiladelphia opened the season by posting a winning record in the opening month of April. The team scored 60\u00a0runs over a five-game span in late May and went 14\u20134 into the beginning of June. The team lost 9 of 11\u00a0games to end June, but came out of the All-Star break with a 9\u20136 record following the midseason hiatus. The Phillies posted the best road record in the National League, at 44\u201337.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 438]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series, Teams, Philadelphia Phillies\nPhiladelphia traded sweeps with the Los Angeles Dodgers in August and went 13\u20133 in their last 16\u00a0games, to win the National League East title for the second consecutive season. They defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the Division Series, 3\u20131, and the Dodgers in the Championship Series, 4\u20131, to book their place in the 2008 Fall Classic. This was the Phillies' first World Series appearance in fifteen years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Teams, Tampa Bay Rays\nThe Tampa Bay Rays also began the season (their first after dropping the \"Devil\" from their name) with a winning record in the opening month of April. The Rays became the first team since 1903 to have the league's best record on Memorial Day (the last Monday in May) after finishing in last place the previous season. The team went 16\u201310 in June, but lost seven consecutive games leading up to the All-Star break. In August, the Rays lost seven games to finish out the month with an overall record of 84\u201351.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series, Teams, Tampa Bay Rays\nThe team concluded the season, albeit with a 13\u201314 record in September, by winning the American League East title for the first time in franchise history. As the Devil Rays, they had never finished with a winning record, nor finished higher than fourth in their division. The Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 3\u20131 in the American League Division Series. In the American League Championship Series, Tampa Bay defeated the Boston Red Sox in seven games (4\u20133), to advance to their first World Series in franchise history. The Rays became the third MLB team in the post-1969 \"Divisional Era\"  to make the World Series in their first trip to the playoffs, joining the 1969 New York Mets and the 1997 Florida Marlins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 750]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe Philadelphia Phillies scored the first runs of the Series when Chase Utley hit a home run with Jayson Werth on base in the top of the first inning. The Phillies loaded the bases in the second inning, but were unable to score when Shane Victorino was thrown out at home plate by B. J. Upton. The Tampa Bay Rays loaded the bases in the bottom of the third inning; however, Upton grounded into an inning-ending double play and the score remained 2\u20130. The Phillies extended their lead when Carlos Ruiz batted in Victorino in the fourth inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nIn the bottom of the inning, a home run from Carl Crawford pulled the Rays within two runs. The Rays added their second run the following inning when a double by Akinori Iwamura scored Jason Bartlett. Tampa Bay starting pitcher Scott Kazmir was removed after six innings; J. P. Howell and Grant Balfour combined to shut out the Phillies for 1\u2153\u00a0innings. Ryan Madson relieved Phillies' starter Cole Hamels in the eighth inning, pitching a single perfect inning. In the top of the ninth inning, two Phillies' runners reached base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0005-0002", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nTampa Bay's Trever Miller was brought on and threw four pitches\u2014striking out Ryan Howard\u2014before he was relieved. Philadelphia stranded two runners, on second and third base, and entered the bottom of the ninth inning ahead by one run. Philadelphia's Brad Lidge struck out the first two batters he faced and retired the third batter to get the save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 390]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nTampa Bay scored the first runs of the game in the first inning when Akinori Iwamura and B. J. Upton scored on consecutive ground outs by Carlos Pe\u00f1a and Evan Longoria respectively. The following inning Upton singled, scoring Dioner Navarro. Rocco Baldelli attempted to score from second base, but was thrown out by right fielder Jayson Werth, keeping the Rays lead at 3\u20130. Cliff Floyd extended the Rays lead to four runs after leading off the bottom of the fourth inning with a single, advancing to third base, and scoring on a Jason Bartlett sacrifice bunt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nRays starter James Shields shut out the Phillies through 5\u2154\u00a0innings to earn the win, before being relieved by Dan Wheeler who pitched an additional scoreless inning. Philles starter Brett Myers lasted seven innings, giving up four runs (three earned) and took the loss. Eric Bruntlett hit a home run in the top of the eighth inning to bring the score to 4\u20131. The Phillies added a second run in the top of the ninth inning against David Price, but were unable to score any more runs; Tampa Bay's win tied the Series at one game apiece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nSteve Carlton threw out the Ceremonial First pitch. The third game of the Series was delayed for an hour and 31 minutes because of rain. Country music star Tim McGraw, son of Phillies reliever Tug McGraw, spread his father's ashes on the pitching mound of Citizens Bank Park, prior to the game's start. The Phillies scored in the bottom of the first inning after Jimmy Rollins led off with a single and eventually scored when Chase Utley grounded out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nIn the next half inning, Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford doubled, stole third base and scored on a Gabe Gross sacrifice fly to center field. Carlos Ruiz gave the Phillies their second lead of the night when he hit a home run in the bottom of the second inning. Starting pitchers Matt Garza and Jamie Moyer pitched six and 6\u2153 innings respectively. The 2\u20131 score remained unchanged until the sixth inning when Chase Utley and Ryan Howard hit the 14th back-to-back home runs in World Series history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 532]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nCrawford scored his second run of the game in the top of the seventh inning when he was batted in by Gross again. Dioner Navarro continued the rally by scoring on a Jason Bartlett ground out\u2014bringing the score to 4\u20133. In the top of the eighth inning, B.J. Upton led off with a single, stole second and third, and scored on a throwing error by catcher Carlos Ruiz to tie the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0007-0003", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nEric Bruntlett was hit by a pitch by J.P. Howell leading off the bottom of the ninth, moved to second on a wild pitch and to third on a throwing error. Tampa Bay intentionally walked the next two batters, Shane Victorino and pinch hitter Greg Dobbs to load the bases, creating a force play at the plate. They then brought the infield in (including right fielder Ben Zobrist who was brought in to be a fifth infielder) and replaced Howell with Grant Balfour hoping to convert any groundball into a force out at home and preventing the game winning run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0007-0004", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nHowever, Bruntlett scored the winning run on Ruiz's 45-foot infield single. The infield single was fielded by third baseman Evan Longoria who threw desperately to the plate in an attempt to save a run. However, any hope of an out vanished as the throw missed Navarro and Bruntlett scored (it would not be counted as an error). Ruiz's walk-off infield single was the first walk-off infield single in World Series history, giving the Phillies a 2\u20131 lead in the series. Phillies reliever J. C. Romero earned the win and Howell took the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nPhiladelphia took a 1\u20130 lead in the bottom of the first inning, as Jimmy Rollins led off with a double and scored when Pat Burrell later walked with the bases loaded. The Phillies doubled their lead in the third inning when Chase Utley reached base on a fielding error and scored on Pedro Feliz's single. The Rays scored their first run when Carl Crawford hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth inning. Ryan Howard's three-run home run in the bottom of the inning brought the score to 5\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nTampa Bay's Eric Hinske hit a pinch-hit home run to bring the Rays within three runs, but Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton responded with a home run of his own to re-extend the lead to four; it was the first time a pitcher hit a home run in the World Series since Ken Holtzman in game 4 of the 1974 World Series. Blanton pitched six innings, giving up two runs on four hits to acquire his first win of the Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nJayson Werth hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning\u2014the Phillies' third of the game\u2014to bring the score to 8\u20132. Later in the inning, Ryan Howard's second home run, and fifth RBI, increased the Phillies' lead to eight runs. Philadelphia's four relief pitchers combined for three shutout innings, giving up one hit. Due to the late completion of the previous game, Games 3 and 4 each ended on the same calendar day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nPhiladelphia scored in the first inning for the third consecutive game, taking a 2\u20130 lead when Shane Victorino batted in Jayson Werth and Chase Utley. Tampa Bay cut the lead in half in the fourth inning; Carlos Pe\u00f1a doubled and was batted in on Evan Longoria's single, both players' first hits of the Series. The Rays then tied the game in the sixth inning when B. J. Upton scored from second base on a Pe\u00f1a single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 457]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nThe game was suspended after the top of the sixth inning because of rain, making it the first game in World Series history not to be played through to completion or declared a tie. Phillies starter Cole Hamels, making his fifth start, had pitched six innings when the umpires suspended play. (The Phillies pinch-hit for Hamels in the bottom of the 6th inning. By retaking the lead in that half-inning, the Phillies put Hamels in line for the victory, which would have been his 5th win in the postseason, tying an MLB record. However, when Tampa Bay again tied the game in the 7th, Hamels was left with a no-decision.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nAfter the game was suspended, umpiring crew chief Tim Tschida told reporters that he and his crew ordered the players off the field because the wind and rain threatened to make the game \"comical.\" Chase Utley agreed, saying that by the middle of the sixth inning, \"the infield was basically under water.\" Rain continued to fall in Philadelphia on Tuesday, further postponing the game to Wednesday, October 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nThe game resumed with the Phillies batting in the bottom of the sixth inning. Pinch hitter Geoff Jenkins led off with a double and was bunted to third by Rollins. Jayson Werth then batted in Jenkins to take the lead for the Phillies, 3\u20132. In the top of the seventh inning, Rocco Baldelli re-tied the game at three runs with a solo home run. Later in the inning, Utley faked a throw to first, then threw Bartlett out at home for the third out in a play later described as having saved the Series for the Phillies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 554]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nIn the bottom of the seventh, Pat Burrell led off with a double for his only hit of the series off Game 3 loser J. P. Howell. Eric Bruntlett, pinch-running for Burrell, scored on a single by Pedro Feliz to put the Phillies up by a run again, 4\u20133. This gave Howell his second relief loss. In the top of the ninth, Brad Lidge gave up a single to Dioner Navarro and a stolen base to pinch runner Fernando Perez, but was able to strike out Eric Hinske to win the World Series for the Phillies. Phillies reliever J. C. Romero got his second win of the Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nThe Phillies won the Series despite committing at least one error in each game. This game also marked only the second time in MLB history that first-inning runs were scored in each of the first five games played in a World Series (it had previously occurred in 2003).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 309]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5, Implications of the suspension\nUnder normal conditions, games are considered to be official games after five innings, or four and a half if the home team is leading at that point. However, post-season games are operated by the Commissioner's Office, thus are subject to the Commissioner's discretion of how to handle the scheduling of the games. So, with rain in the forecast for Philadelphia, Commissioner Bud Selig informed both the Rays and the Phillies management before the game began that a team would not be allowed to clinch the Series in a rain-shortened game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 73], "content_span": [74, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5, Implications of the suspension\nBecause of the rainfall, Game 5 was suspended after the top of the sixth inning. Rain continued to fall in Philadelphia on Tuesday, October 28, and the game ultimately resumed on Wednesday, October 29, at Citizens Bank Park. Official MLB records will show that even though the game was finished on October 29, the game was officially played two days earlier, and was completed on that date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 73], "content_span": [74, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5, Implications of the suspension\nThis was the first game in World Series history to be suspended. There had been three tied games in the history of the World Series: 1907, 1912, and 1922, all of them called due to darkness. In general, no ties would be needed under modern rules, which provide for suspension of a tied game and resumption of it at the next possible date. Weather has caused numerous delays and postponements in Series history (notable postponements beforehand coming in 1911, 1962, 1975, 1986, 1996 and 2006), but never any suspended games before 2008. Although not officially a suspended game, the longest postponement for a World Series was during the 1989 edition in which the start of Game 3 was delayed 10 days, due to the Loma Prieta earthquake striking the San Francisco Bay Area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 73], "content_span": [74, 845]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5, Implications of the suspension\nSeveral Nevada sports betting agencies treated the suspended game as a completed game and a win for the Phillies on Monday, October 27. Under Nevada house rules, the final score of a baseball game is determined by reverting to the last completed full inning, and the Phillies led 2\u20131 at the end of the fifth inning. Game 5 side bets on Philadelphia were paid off while bets on totals and run-line bets were refunded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 73], "content_span": [74, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5, Implications of the suspension\nDuring the following offseason, Selig's interpretation of the rules became codified, as the 30 Major League Baseball club owners approved a rule change stipulating that all \"postseason games and games added to the regular season to determine qualifiers for the postseason\" become suspended games if they are called before nine innings are played, regardless of whether the game would otherwise qualify as an official game, or the score at the time the game is called. The game is resumed when conditions permit at the same location from the point of suspension. Since that point in time, only one postseason game has been suspended because of rain; Game 1 of the 2011 ALDS was suspended after two innings because of rain and was resumed the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 73], "content_span": [74, 829]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Game summaries, Composite line score\n2008 World Series (4\u20131): Philadelphia Phillies (NL) beat Tampa Bay Rays (AL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Weather conditions\nGames 3 and 5 of the World Series were delayed by rain storms in Philadelphia, with the start of Game 3 on Saturday, October 25 being delayed an hour and 31 minutes (with that game ending at 1:47 am EDT Sunday, October 26). Game 5, begun on Monday, October 27, was suspended after the top of the 6th inning and resumed Wednesday, October 29. Wet weather which affected Game 5 continued into Tuesday in the Philadelphia area, as Major League Baseball officials studied radar data to determine when Game 5 of the World Series would continue under conditions deemed \"appropriate.\" Up to this point, there had never been a rain-shortened game in Series history, and this was the first suspension. As a result, had it been necessary to play them, Games 6 and 7 in St. Petersburg, originally scheduled for October 29 and 30, were postponed until a later date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 891]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Weather conditions\nWith temperatures plummeting towards 40\u00a0\u00b0F (4\u00a0\u00b0C) and with a cold rain falling at Citizens Bank Park, some of the Phillies and Rays players opted for an \"Elmer Fudd\" look, wearing specially made caps with built-in ear flaps. The caps, manufactured by New Era, were introduced during this year's spring training but were not used on the field until Game 5. New Era also supplied regular ball caps to both teams, which some players continued to wear despite the cold weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Broadcasting\nThe games were televised on Fox in the United States with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (himself a former Phillies broadcaster) as booth announcers and Chris Myers and Ken Rosenthal as field reporters. Jeanne Zelasko hosted the pre-game and post-game show with Kevin Kennedy and Mark Grace (Games 1, 2) or Eric Karros (Games 3, 4, 5). Fox Sports en Espa\u00f1ol did the simulcast of the Series in Spanish-language with \u00c1ngel Torres, Miguel Morales and Cos Villa behind the microphones. Fox's broadcasts were also streamed online at MLB.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Broadcasting\nOn radio, the Series was broadcast nationally by ESPN Radio with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan announcing, and a Spanish broadcast on ESPN Deportes Radio. Locally, Dave Wills, Andy Freed, Dewayne Staats and Joe Magrane called the Series in English for the Rays on WHNZ-AM in Tampa, with Ricardo Tavaras and Enrique Oliu working the Spanish broadcast on St. Petersburg's WGES-AM. Harry Kalas, Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen, and Chris Wheeler called the Phillies' English broadcasts on WPHT-AM in Philadelphia, with Spanish announcers Danny Martinez, Bill Kulik and Juan Ramos on WUBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series, Broadcasting\nFollowing their contractual obligations, the non-flagship stations on the teams' radio networks carried the ESPN Radio broadcasts. MLB.com also carried the local radio broadcasts for online streaming, while XM Satellite Radio aired the local and national feeds to its subscribers. For Harry Kalas, this series brought together a father and son calling the series for different teams; his son Todd worked as a pregame announcer for the Rays, and joined his father in the WPHT booth for an inning of Game 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Broadcasting\nFor international viewers, MLB International televised the game with commentators Rick Sutcliffe and Dave O'Brien. This feed was also carried to U.S. service personnel stationed around the globe via the American Forces Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 259]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Broadcasting\nThis World Series win had significance for McCarver and Harry Kalas. Both had been Phillies broadcasters in 1980, but neither had gotten to call that year's World Series. McCarver was a backup commentator for Game of the Week on NBC, but he was not part of the network's Series announcing team. For Kalas, MLB radio-broadcasting regulations forbade local stations from producing live coverage of World Series games, instead forcing them to air the national CBS Radio feed of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series, Broadcasting\nPhiladelphia fans were so outraged about this afterward that they started a letter-writing campaign to the Commissioner's Office, demanding a change to the rule. The following year, MLB amended its broadcasting contracts to allow World Series teams' flagship radio stations to air the games with local announcers, due at least in part to this outcry from Philadelphia fans. In 2008, both called the Phillies' World Series win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Ratings\nThe Nielsen ratings for the 2008 World Series were among the worst in Major League Baseball's history. The 8.4 rating set a record low, sinking below the 10.1 set two years earlier in 2006. 2008 bears the distinction of being the first World Series to draw fewer than 10.0. Game three's 6.1 rating also set a record for the lowest rated individual game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Ratings\nIn fairness, the Series suffered from factors beyond MLB's control. Game 3 was delayed one hour thirty-one minutes for weather and, consequently, ended at 1:47 am ET. Game 5 was also suspended after 5.5 innings and resumed two days later. These factors likely brought the ratings down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 312]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Ratings\nToday, the ratings for 2008 are tied for second worst. The 2010 World Series also generated an 8.4, and the 2012 World Series set a fresh record low with 7.6 (though this was a sweep, which usually draws lower ratings). The 6.1 in game 3 of the 2008 World Series is currently tied with Game 3 of the 2012 World Series for the lowest rated individual game in World Series history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Umpiring\nIn Game 2, home plate umpire Kerwin Danley appealed a call to the first base umpire after calling strike three; the first base umpire called ball four to award the Rays' Rocco Baldelli a walk. Baldelli indicated that the calls did not come up in the locker room, and he did not believe they had an effect on the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 348]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Umpiring\nIn Game 3, Phillies' pitcher Jamie Moyer threw the ball to Ryan Howard to force out the Rays' Carl Crawford at first base, despite umpire Tom Hallion calling Crawford safe in the game. In Game 4, Evan Longoria tagged Rollins at third base, though umpire Tim Welke had ruled Rollins safe. The league admitted these errors between Games 4 and 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Phillies\nThe Phillies' second World Series championship brought about a series of firsts, not just for them, but for Philadelphia. In winning their first championship since 1980, the Phillies brought the city of Philadelphia its first major professional sports championship since the 76ers swept the 1983 NBA Finals, breaking the alleged Curse of Billy Penn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Phillies\nIn summing up the firsts and given how long the city's sports fans have waited, Phillies President David Montgomery said that \"our first name is Philadelphia\", and he and manager Charlie Manuel dedicated the championship to the city of Philadelphia and the fans. Manuel also dedicated the championship to his mother, who died on the day of Game 2 of the NLCS. Phil Sheridan of The Philadelphia Inquirer said that the 25 years without a championship \"helped define this city as a sports town for way too long. It was long enough to turn passion too often to anger. Maybe this championship will turn the vinegar back into wine,\" and said that the fans \"waited forever and a day.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 727]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Phillies\nOn Halloween, October 31, approximately two million fans lined Broad Street for a ticker-tape parade, making it the largest gathering for a championship parade in Philadelphia since the Flyers won the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals. This parade had significance for Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer and Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, as they both were at the 1980 parade. Moyer grew up in the Philadelphia area as a Phillies fan and whose childhood hero was Steve Carlton, a member of the 1980 team, and whom he won against in his first Major League start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 598]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Phillies\nHe was at both of the Phillies' World Series parades, skipping school to attend in 1980, and as a pitcher in 2008. Kalas was at both parades, as a broadcaster for the Phillies. When comparing the parade to the one in 1980, he told WCAU-TV that \"this is bigger...the biggest I've ever seen.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 340]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Phillies\nIn 2010, Philadelphia sports fans picked both of the Phillies' World Series wins as the two greatest moments in Philadelphia sports, picking the 2008 championship as the greatest moment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 236]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Phillies\nThe Phillies returned to the World Series in 2009, the first defending champion to return to the Series since the 2001 New York Yankees. During that season they finished first in the National League East with a 93\u201369 mark, and eliminated the Rockies and the Dodgers in the NL playoffs. They would lose to the Yankees in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Phillies\nSubsequent regular season meetings between the Rays and the Phillies would be relatively uncommon. The Rays only visited Philadelphia twice within the next seven years (in 2012 and 2015).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Phillies\nThis would be the last professional sports championship for the city of Philadelphia until the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41\u201333 in Super Bowl LII in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Rays\nFor the Rays, at the same time the ticker-tape parade went down Broad Street in Philadelphia, thousands of Rays' fans attended a rally at Straub Park in St. Petersburg, celebrating their 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 245]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Rays\nMayor Rick Baker said that the rally \"really needed to be done. There was so much demand in the community. They didn't win the World Series but they won the AL. And we want to celebrate that and thank them.\" He and Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio addressed the fans during the rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 319]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Rays\nThough the Rays missed the playoffs in 2009, they earned a winning record of 84\u201378, placing them third behind the Red Sox and eventual champion Yankees. From 2010-2013, the Rays won at least 90 games each season, a remarkable feat for a team with one of the lowest payrolls in baseball. The 2008 Rays were covered in depth in the book \u2018The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First\u2019 by Jonah Keri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199654-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series, Impact and aftermath, Rays\nThe Rays returned to the World Series in 2020, but lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199655-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series by Renault\nThe 2008 World Series by Renault was the fourth season of Renault Sport's series of events, with three different championships racing under one banner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 180]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker\nThe 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series began on May 30th, 2008, and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold 'em Main Event, the most prestigious of the WSOP events, ended by July 15th. As has been the WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners received a championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money, which (after the casino's rake) ranged from $87,929 to $9,119,517.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker\nHighlights of the 2008 series include the selection of Erick Lindgren, who won a bracelet and made three final tables, as recipient of the \"Player of the Year Award\". Nikolay Evdakov led all players with a record 10 money finishes, and Phil Hellmuth set a WSOP record of 41 career final tables.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker\nThe Main Event, which began with 6,844 participants (a level exceeded only by the number of participants at the 2006 event), was suspended once the event was down to the 9 players needed for the final table; the Main Event was resumed on November 9th, and concluded with the heads-up final between Peter Eastgate and Ivan Demidov the next day. This year was the first in which the Main Event was suspended in this fashion, a change introduced at ESPN's request to allow the TV network to do a same-day Main Event broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker\nIn a stunning statistical improbability, Justin Phillips knocked out Motoyuki Mabuchi in the Main Event. Phillips held a Royal Flush, while Mabuchi held quad aces. One of the broadcasters, Lon McEachern, mentioned on air that the chances of such a showdown occurring were 1:2.7 billion. Ray Romano had just sat down at the table when this hand played itself out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker, 2008 records\nNikolay Evdakov set a WSOP record for most cashes at a single World Series with 10. The previous record of 8 was held by 5 players: Chris Ferguson, Phil Hellmuth, Humberto Brenes, Michael Binger, and Chad Brown. Evdakov's achievement also represents the most cashes by a player at one WSOP without reaching a single final table. Hellmuth, who made two final tables, established a new WSOP career record of 41 final tables, two more than T. J. Cloutier. Scotty Nguyen became the first player to hold both a Main Event and a $50,000 H.O.R.S.E World Championship bracelet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker, 2008 records\nSeveral nationals were the first from their country to win bracelets. Brazilian Alexandre Gomes won Event 48 to become the first South American player to win a WSOP bracelet since Ecuadorian-born Carlos Mortensen won the 2001 Main Event. Rob Hollink won Event 30, becoming the first Dutch WSOP bracelet winner, and Davidi Kitai won Event 38, becoming the first Belgian player to win a bracelet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker, 2008 records\nThe 2008 Main Event final table took 15 hours and 28 minutes to play, beating the previous record of 14 hours and 2 minutes in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nThe $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas Hold 'em Main Event began on July 3 with the first of four starting days. After reaching the final table of nine players on July 14, the final table was delayed until November 9. This change in schedule was made to allow ESPN to broadcast the final table on November 11, shortly after it was played. All final table players were paid ninth place prize money ($900,670) in July, with the remaining prize pool distributed in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 517]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nInstead of the Amazon Room, aka \"the Poker Room,\" where all of the events were held, the final table would be held in the Penn and Teller Theatre. On November 9, players played down from nine to two and the winner was decided the next night. The final table consisted of 274 hands in total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nAfter a large decrease in Main Event participants in 2007 (6358) compared to 2006 (8773), the number increased slightly in 2008 (6844) but was still far from the 2006 number. As in 2007, the payout structure is flatter than in 2006 and before, with the lowest payouts at $21,230 (more than double the buy-in), as compared to $10,616 in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nThe \"last woman standing\" in the 2008 Main Event was Tiffany Michelle, who finished in 17th place. Celebrities best known from television, music, and professional sports, among other areas, also participated, with two placing in the money. The list includes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 297]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker, Main Event, November Nine\n*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2008 Main Event", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 118]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final table\nAt the age of 22, Peter Eastgate became the youngest Main Event winner, surpassing Phil Hellmuth who was 24 when he won in 1989 and became the first European to capture the title since Carlos Mortensen won in 2001. His winning hand was a 5 high straight known as a \"wheel\", made from his hole cards A\u2666\u00a05\u2660 and 3 of the community cards which were 2\u2666\u00a0K\u2660\u00a03\u2665\u00a04\u2663\u00a07\u2660, while his opponent Ivan Demidov lost with 4\u2665\u00a02\u2665 for two pair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other notable high finishes\nNB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199656-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Performance of past champions\nTwenty past WSOP Main Event champions, representing 22 bracelets, participated in the 2008 Main Event. Two champions from the late 1980s finished in the money: Johnny Chan placed 329th for $32,166, and Phil Hellmuth finished 45th for $154,400.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199657-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker Europe\nThe World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, participants have had to travel to Las Vegas if they wanted to compete in the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Although the WSOP held circuit events in other locations, the main tournaments, which awarded bracelets to the winners, were exclusively held in Las Vegas. The inaugural WSOPE, held in 2007, marked the first time that a WSOP bracelet was awarded outside Las Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199657-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker Europe\nIn 2004, Harrah's Casinos purchased the rights to the WSOP label. Harrah's later purchased London Clubs International (LCI). LCI operates three casinos in the London area\u2014Fifty, Leicester Square, and The Sportsman. After the purchase of these casinos, Harrah's decided to expand its WSOP label into Europe. European casinos typically have a different environment than those in the U.S. Jeffrey Pollack, the WSOP Commissioner, indicated that the WSOPE would have a \"style and flair that is both unique and appropriate to the setting. So don't be surprised if we require participants to wear blazers at the tables. If James Bond were hosting a poker tournament it may look like the World Series of Poker Europe.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199657-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker Europe\nIn marketing the WSOPE, Harrah's Casino did not rely upon the reputation of Harrah's or the WSOP alone. On July 5, 2007, Harrah's announced its alliance with England-based Betfair, one of the largest online gaming companies in the world. The agreement, the largest-ever union of an online and offline gaming company, is intended to build on Betfair's European reputation in advertising the WSOPE. Due to changes in U.S. laws, effective in 2007, the WSOP could no longer accept money from online gambling companies. This prevented the WSOP from acknowledging WSOP qualifiers from online events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199657-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker Europe\nThe WSOPE is not bound by this limitation. The United Kingdom Gambling Act of 2005 allows for legal regulated online poker sites. Furthermore, as the laws that govern the age of gambling differ in England than the U.S., the WSOPE admits younger players. In 2007, one of these younger players, 18-year-old Annette \"Annette_15\" Obrestad became the youngest player to win a WSOP bracelet event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 425]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199657-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker Europe\nThe second WSOPE took place between September 19 and October 1, 2008. It consisted of four events held at the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square, London. The 2008 WSOPE was particularly notable,  as Jesper Hougaard became the first person to win a bracelet at both the WSOP and WSOPE. Three-time bracelet winner John Juanda won his fourth bracelet in the WSOPE Main Event. Ivan Demidov, who was one of the November Nine\u2014players scheduled to play in November for the WSOP Main Event\u2014advanced to the final table of the WSOPE, becoming the first player to make it to the final table at both the WSOP and WSOPE Main Events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 659]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199657-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker Europe, Results, Event 4: \u00a310,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event\nThe final table took a WSOP record 22 hours to finish. Heads up between John Juanda and Stanislav Alekhin took more than seven hours of play, another WSOP record. It took 242 hands to eliminate the first seven players and it took another 242 hands heads up before Juanda secured the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 88], "content_span": [89, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199657-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker Europe, Results, Event 4: \u00a310,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event\nIvan Demidov finished third, becoming the first player to make the final table at both the WSOP and WSOPE Main Events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 88], "content_span": [89, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199658-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker results\nThe 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the 2008 series began on May 30 and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold 'em Main Event, the most prestigious of the WSOP events, ended by July 15. The final table, known as the November Nine,  of the Main Event was suspended until November, to allow for better television coverage. As a WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners received a championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money ranging from US$87,929 for the $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em  to US$9,119,517 for the Main Event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 780]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199658-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker results\nMost of the tournaments played at the WSOP are variants of Texas Hold 'em. Hold 'em is a community card game where each player may use any combination of the five community cards and the player's own two hole cards to make a poker hand, in contrast to poker variants such as stud or draw in which each player holds a separate individual hand. Between 2000 and 2009, hold'em has surpassed seven-card stud as the most common game in U.S. casinos, almost totally eclipsing the once popular game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199658-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker results\nSeven-card stud is a poker variant wherein each player is dealt two hole card, followed by four face up cards, and then another hidden card, with betting after each round. Another poker variant played is Omaha. Omaha is a version of poker wherein each player is dealt four hole cards and must use two of them in conjunction with three community cards to make the best possible five card hand. Other games played at the 2008 tournament included Razz, HORSE, and Deuce-to-Seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 511]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199658-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker results\nWithin each of these poker variants a myriad of options exist. For example, depending on the betting structure, a tournament might be described as no limit, limit or pot-limit. Games may also include other variations on the rules governing the execution of the specific game such as shootout, eight or better, or heads up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199658-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker results\nHighlights of the 2008 series include the selection of Erick Lindgren as the Player of the Year. Before the 2008 WSOP, Lindgren, who won a bracelet and made three final tables,  was widely considered to be the \"best player to never win a WSOP bracelet\u201d. Phil Hellmuth, a Poker Hall of Famer, set new records for the most WSOP career cashes (68) and most WSOP career final tables (41). Nikolay Evdakov led all players with a record 10 money finishes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199658-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker results\nThe Main Event, which began with 6,844 participants (a level exceeded only by the number of participants at the 2006 event), was suspended once the event was down to the nine players needed for the final table; the Main Event was resumed on November 9 and concluded with the heads-up final between Peter Eastgate and Ivan Demidov the next day. This year was the first in which the Main Event was suspended in this fashion, a change introduced at ESPN's request to allow the television network to do a same-day Main Event broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199658-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 8: $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event\nNote: This event comprised eight poker variants played on a rotating format with one-hour long levels. Every eight hands the game alternated in the following order: Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw, Limit Hold'em, Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, Seven-Card Stud-8 or Better, No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 431]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199659-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 7 and 9 March 2008 in Gangneung, South Korea. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199659-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Men\n* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 432]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199659-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Women\n* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 435]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199660-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships\nThe 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 18th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 15-16 March 2008 in Harbin, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199661-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 6 March and 9 March 2008 in the M-Wave, Nagano, Nagano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship\nThe 2008 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2008 888.com World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 19 April and 5 May 2008 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 33rd consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship was held at the Crucible Theatre, and the seventh and final ranking event of the 2007\u201308 snooker season. The tournament was organised by World Snooker, and sponsored by betting company 888.com. The tournament featured a total prize fund of \u00a31,050,000 with \u00a3250,000 being awarded to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 661]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship\nQualifying for the event took place between 6 and 11 January at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. Sixteen players progressed from a four-round qualification tournament to meet a further sixteen seeded players. John Higgins was the defending champion who had won his second championship the previous year, defeating Mark Selby in the final 18\u201313. This year, Higgins lost in the second round 9\u201313 to Ryan Day. Ronnie O'Sullivan met Ali Carter in the final, won 18\u20138 to win his 20th ranking title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 522]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Overview\nThe World Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker. Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, the sport was popular in Great Britain. In modern times it has been played worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand. The event  was sponsored by 888.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Overview\nIn the 2008 tournament, 32 professional players competed in one-on-one snooker matches played over several frames, using a single-elimination tournament format. The 32 players were selected for the event using the  snooker world rankings and a pre-tournament qualification competition. In 1927, the first world championship was won by Joe Davis. The event's final took place in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England. Since 1977, the event has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. As of 2020, Stephen Hendry is the most successful player in the modern era, having won the championship seven times. The event was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Scotsman John Higgins was the defending champion, having defeated Mark Selby 18\u201313 in the previous years final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 852]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format\nThe 2008 World Snooker Championship took place from 19 April to 5 May 2008 in Sheffield, England. The tournament was the last of seven\u00a0ranking events in the 2007\u201308 snooker season on the World Snooker Tour. It featured a 32-player main draw that was held at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a qualifying draw that was played at the Pontin's, Prestatyn Sands, from 6 to 11 January. This was the 32nd consecutive year that the tournament had been staged at the Crucible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format\nThe top 16 players in the latest world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. Higgins was seeded first overall as the defending champion, and the remaining 15\u00a0seeds were allocated based on the latest world rankings. The number of frames required to win a match increased throughout the tournament. The first round consisted of best-of-19-frames matches, with the final match being played over a maximum of 35\u00a0frames. All 16 non-seeded spots in the main draw were filled with players from the qualifying rounds. The event was broadcast by the BBC and Eurosport in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 651]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds\nThe first round was played between 20 and 24 April as the best of 19 frames, held over two sessions. Defending champion John Higgins defeated Matthew Stevens 10\u20135, but runner-up Mark Selby was knocked out by qualifier Mark King 10\u20138. Ding Junhui's 10\u20139 victory over Marco Fu was his first ever win at the Crucible. Stephen Maguire took the first eight frames in the first session of his first round match against Anthony Hamilton, before Hamilton won frame 9. Maguire won the match 10\u20133. Three players were making their debuts at the event; Jamie Cope, Liu Chuang  and Liang Wenbo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds\nOf the three, Wenbo won their first round match, as he defeated Ken Doherty 10\u20135. The defeat caused Doherty to drop out of the top 16 of the World Rankings for the first time since the 1992/93 season. Cope lost in a deciding frame to Peter Ebdon despite having led 5\u20132 up earlier on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 349]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds\nThe second round was played from 24 to 28 April as the best of 25 frames, held over three sessions. Defending champion Higgins was defeated by Ryan Day 9\u201313. This was the first time Day had progressed to the quarter-finals at the event. Ronnie O'Sullivan made a maximum break against Mark Williams in the final frame of his 13\u20137 win. Williams, ranked twelfth in the world before the tournament, fell out of the top 16 after the loss. Hendry reached the quarter-finals for the seventeenth time in his career, after a 13\u20137 win over Ding Junhui.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 608]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds\nMaguire also won the first eight frames of the match in his second round clash with Neil Robertson, which he won 13\u20137. Leading at 12\u201310, Liang Wenbo punched the air in celebration as he potted match ball. However, his opponent, Joe Swail earned the snookers he required, and also won the next frame to force the match into a deciding frame. Swail missed a brown ball allowing Wenbo to win the match 13\u201312. After the match, Swail complained bitterly that in the final frame the referee had incorrectly replaced the cue ball after calling a miss, giving Liang an easier escape from a snooker, and accused Liang of unprofessional conduct for not pointing out the referee's mistake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 744]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Later rounds (Quarter-finals\u2014final)\nThe quarter-finals were played on 29 and 30 April as the best of 25 frames held over three sessions. Carter made a maximum break in his 13\u20139 win over Ebdon. His opponent came very close to a maximum of his own just a frame earlier, but narrowly missed the fifteenth black. Just minutes before on the other table, Stephen Hendry was also attempting a maximum of his own but also missed the fifteenth red. Hendry reached the 12th Crucible semi-final of his career after a 13\u20137 win over Day, setting a record for one-table appearances that still stands. Wenbo was the first player from mainland China to reach the quarter-finals of the world championships, but lost 7\u201313 to O'Sullivan. Perry defeated Maguire on a deciding frame 13\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 821]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Later rounds (Quarter-finals\u2014final)\nThe semi-finals were played from the 1 to 3 May as the best of 33 frames. After tying the first session 4\u20134, O'Sullivan completed an 8\u20130 whitewash over Hendry in their second session, and won the first frame of session three, winning twelve consecutive frames. At one point O'Sullivan scored 448 points without reply. This was the first time Hendry had lost every frame in a full session at the Crucible. O'Sullivan won the match 17\u20136 with a session to spare. Carter reached his first ranking final by defeating Perry 17\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Later rounds (Quarter-finals\u2014final)\nThe final was played on 4 and 5 May between O'Sullivan and Carter. Both men were English for the first time since the 1991 event, when John Parrott defeated Jimmy White 18\u201311. O'Sullivan led 11\u20135 after the first day's play and won the match 18\u20138. This was O'Sullivan's third world championship joining Steve Davis and Hendry having won than two World titles at the Crucible; and was his 20th career ranking title. In post-match interviews, both players admitted to not having played particularly well, with O'Sullivan commenting \"Ali and I are disappointed not to put on a better performance\". Carter's performance was described as \"jaded\". The win also gave O'Sullivan the top spot in the world rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 794]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Main draw\nShown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Qualification, Preliminary qualifying\nThe preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales  between 3 and 5 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Qualification, Qualifying\nThe qualifying rounds 1\u20134 for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales  between 6 and 11 January 2008. The final round of qualifying took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield between 7 and 10 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 290]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Televised stage centuries\nThe highest break received a prize of \u00a310,000, and a maximum break received a prize of \u00a3147,000 \u2013 a total of \u00a3157,000. This prize was shared, as two players made a 147, winning \u00a378,500 each. In total there were 63 century breaks made at this year's world championships. O'Sullivan and Carter both made a maximum break during the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199662-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries\nThe highest break in qualifying was a 139 made by Patrick Wallace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199663-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 19 and 20 January 2008. They were the 37th World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 220]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199664-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Team Challenge\nThe 7th World Team Challenge 2008 (officially: VELTINS-Biathlon-WTC 08) was a commercial biathlon competition, that was held at the 27th of December, 2008, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The winners were Andriy Deryzemlya and Oksana Khvostenko from Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 300]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199664-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Team Challenge, Participants\n20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) participated as mixed teams. Host country was represented by 3 teams. Beside that, one German athlete competed in a mixed pair with a partner from Austria. There were representatives from 7 countries, including one outside Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 304]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199665-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Team Table Tennis Championships\nThe 2008 Evergrande Real Estate World Team Table Tennis Championships was held in the Guangzhou Gymnasium of Guangzhou, China from February 24 to March 2, 2008. This decision was announced in May 2005. It is the 49th edition to be contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season\nThe 2008 World TeamTennis season was the 33rd season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 146]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season\nThe New York Buzz defeated the Kansas City Explorers, 21\u201318, in the WTT Final to win the King Trophy as WTT champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Competition format\nThe 2008 World TeamTennis season included 11 teams split into two conferences (Eastern and Western). The Eastern Conference had six teams, and the Western Conference had five teams. Each team played a 14-match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top teams in each conference were the conference champions. WTT Championship Weekend matches were played at Allstate Stadium at Westfield Galleria at Roseville in Roseville, California. The conference champions and runners-up qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 580]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Competition format\nIn addition, there was a wild-card team that was either the host team (the Sacramento Capitals) or the team with the best record among teams that did not finish first or second in their conference, if the Capitals qualified based on finishing first or second. The teams were seeded 1 through 5, regardless of conference, with the top three seeds getting a bye to the WTT Semifinals. The fourth seed and the wild card met in a wild card match with the winner facing the number 1 seed in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Competition format\nThe other semifinal match pitted the number 2 seed against the number 3 seed. The winners of the semifinal matches met in the WTT Final to decide the winner of the King Trophy and the league championship. Higher seeded teams were treated as \"home\" teams in playoff matches and had the right to determine order of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Franchise contraction and expansion\nThe Houston Wranglers folded following the 2007 season. Owner Linda McIngvale said, \"This is not the right type of community for the Wranglers. We're just too big of a city with too many options. There's a jillion other things to do in the summertime in Houston.\" The team sold fewer than half of the 4,500 available tickets for a match that featured Anna Kournikova playing for the visitors. Late in the 2007 season, attendance at Wranglers' home matches was typically less than 1,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Franchise contraction and expansion\nThe Washington Kastles joined the league as an expansion franchise, making their debut in 2008. The team was founded by a group led by venture capitalist and entrepreneur Mark Ein, a native of Washington. At the press conference announcing the team's creation, Ein said, \"I am thrilled to bring World TeamTennis to our area. WTT tennis is great entertainment emphasizing fan interaction, and it is the only major sport with men and women playing together on the same team. The Washington Kastles season will be an exciting summertime addition to our local economy and a fun activity for our entire community.\" The team was named after Kastle Systems, LLC, a provider of building and office security systems, of which Ein is the majority owner and managing member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 829]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Marquee player draft\nThe 2008 WTT Marquee Player Draft was conducted in New York City on March 19, 2008. The order in which teams selected was based on the results the teams achieved in 2007 with weaker teams selecting earlier and stronger teams selecting later. The draft order is ordinarily determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 353]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Marquee player draft\nExpansion teams select in the middle of each round. If there is an even number of teams, an expansion team selects in the middle position that is closest to the first pick. There were seven nonplayoff teams in 2007, and ranked from worst record to best record, they were", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 329]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Marquee player draft\nHowever, the Wranglers folded prior to the draft. Therefore, the Breakers, Aces, Lobsters, Sportimes, Smash and Explorers were assigned the preliminary first through sixth draft positions. The Philadelphia Freedoms lost the 2007 Eastern Conference Championship Match and had a worse record than the Springfield Lasers, who lost the Western Conference Championship Match. Therefore, the Freedoms were assigned the preliminary seventh draft position and the Lasers the eighth. The New York Buzz lost the 2007 WTT Final and were assigned the preliminary ninth draft position. The 2007 WTT champion Sacramento Capitals were assigned the preliminary tenth draft position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Marquee player draft\nThe addition of the expansion Washington Kastles resulted in 11 teams in the league, and the Kastles were assigned the sixth draft position putting them in the middle with five teams drafting before them, and five teams drafting after them. This resulted in the Explorers, Freedoms, Lasers, Buzz and Capitals each moving down one position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Marquee player draft\nTeams could protect up to two marquee players or doubles teams to which they held the rights from the previous season or acquired in a trade. Rights to marquee players could be traded from one team to another before or during the draft, and the acquiring team could protect and then select those players. The selections made are shown in the tables below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Roster player draft\nThe 2008 WTT Roster Player Draft was conducted in Miami, Florida on April 1, 2008. Teams selected in the same order as was determined for the Marquee Player Draft. Teams could protect up to four players to which they held the rights from the previous season or acquired in a trade. Rights to roster players could be traded from one team to another before or during the draft, and the acquiring team could protect and then select those players. In addition, the rights to make a selection in a particular position within the draft could be traded from one team to another. The selections made are shown in the tables below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 680]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Roster-Exempt Player Draft\nWTT conducted its 2008 Roster-Exempt Player Draft on the same day as its Roster Player Draft. Teams drafted in the same order as in the Marquee Player Draft and the Roster Player Draft. Teams were permitted to select part-time players classified by the league as either roster-exempt based on their recent appearances in international team events or featured roster players based on WTT's discretion. The selections made are shown in the table below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Playoff match summaries\nAll playoff matches were played as part of WTT Championship Weekend at Allstate Stadium at Westfield Galleria at Roseville in Roseville, California. Higher seeded teams (shown in CAPS below) were treated as \"home\" teams and had the right to determine the order of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 323]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Playoff match summaries, Wild Card Match\nJuly 24: #4 SACRAMENTO CAPITALS 22, #5 Boston Lobsters 15", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 128]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Playoff match summaries, WTT Semifinals\nJuly 25: #1 KANSAS CITY EXPLORERS 21, #4 Sacramento Capitals 10", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 133]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Playoff match summaries, WTT Semifinals\nJuly 26: #2 NEW YORK BUZZ 25, #3 New York Sportimes 17 (overtime)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Playoff match summaries, WTT Final\nJuly 27: #2 New York Buzz 21, #1 KANSAS CITY EXPLORERS 18", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 122]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199666-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 World TeamTennis season, Television\nThere were seven WTT regular-season matches telecast nationally on the Tennis Channel. These matches all featured marquee players and were recorded and premiered between two and eight days after they were played. The WTT Final was telecast live on Versus. It was the first live telecast of the WTT Final since 2004. Select matches shown on the Tennis Channel were also rebroadcast by regional sports networks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199667-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Thoroughbred Rankings\nThe 2008 World Thoroughbred Rankings was the 2008 edition of the World Thoroughbred Rankings. It was an assessment of Thoroughbred racehorses issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) in January 2009. It included horses aged three or older which competed in flat races anywhere in the world during 2008. It was the first edition to be open to all horses irrespective of where they raced or were trained. In previous years the IFHA had published two separate listings \u2013 a \"Northern Hemisphere\" edition in January, and a \"Southern Hemisphere\" version in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199667-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Thoroughbred Rankings\nThis year's joint-highest ratings were awarded to Curlin for his performances in both the Dubai World Cup and the Stephen Foster Handicap, and to New Approach for his win in the Champion Stakes. Each was given a rating of 130. A total of 288 horses were included in the list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 308]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199667-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Thoroughbred Rankings, Top ranked horses\nThe following table shows the top ranked horses overall, the top three-year-olds, the top older horses and the top fillies and mares in the 2008 Rankings. It also shows the leading performers in various subdivisions of each group, which are defined by the distances of races, and the surfaces on which they are run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199668-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Touring Car Championship\nThe 2008 World Touring Car Championship season was the fifth World Touring Car Championship season, the fourth since its 2005 return. It began on 2 March, and ended on 16 November, after twenty-four races. The championship, which was open to Super 2000 Cars and Diesel 2000 Cars, was composed of the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199668-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Touring Car Championship\nFrenchman Yvan Muller won the Drivers title by 26 points from SEAT team-mate Gabriele Tarquini, with Chevrolet's Robert Huff finishing third just a point behind Tarquini. The Manufacturers Championship was awarded to SEAT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199668-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers\nNote: Macau-based RPM Racing Team had planned to race one Toyota Altezza and one Honda Civic Type-R for Macanese drivers Lei Kit Meng and Jo Rosa Merszei in the final races in Macau. Although car numbers were allocated to them (#64 for Meng (Toyota Altezza) and #65 for Merszei (Honda Civic)), the FIA Touring Car Bureau rejected the entries because neither of these cars had been homologated by the FIA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199668-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nEntering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199668-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar\nSweden was to be included in the calendar for 21 September but the FIA confirmed on 3 May 2008 that the Swedish round at the Scandinavian Raceway was replaced by an Italy round at the revamped Imola Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199668-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship\nThe final standings in the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers were\u00a0:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199668-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship\n\u2020 \u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 198]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199668-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship\nDrivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 basis to the first eight finishers in each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 205]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199668-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Manufacturers' Championship\nManufacturers' Championship points were awarded on a 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 basis to the first eight finishers in each race. However, only the results of the best two cars for each manufacturer were taken into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 98], "content_span": [99, 311]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199668-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Yokohama Independents' Trophy\nThe Yokohama Independents' Trophy uses a similar system to the Drivers\u2019 Championship, however double points are awarded at Macau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 100], "content_span": [101, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199668-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Yokohama Teams' Trophy\nAll the teams taking part in any of the rounds of the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship were eligible toscore points for the Yokohama Teams' Trophy. Points were awarded to the two best classified cars of each team, providing they were driven by Independent drivers. All other cars of that same team were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 93], "content_span": [94, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199669-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge\nThe 2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in London, Lucan, St. Thomas, Stratford, Strathroy, and Woodstock, Ontario, Canada between December 29, 2007 and January 4, 2008. The venues used for the tournament included the John Labatt Centre and Western Fair Sports Centre in London, the Lucan Community Memorial Centre in Lucan, the Gemini Sportsplex in Strathroy, the Timken Community Complex in St. Thomas, the Rotary Complex in Stratford, and the Southwood Community Complex in Woodstock. Team Canada Ontario defeated the United States 3\u20130 to win the gold medal, while team Canada West defeated team Canada Pacific 9\u20136 to win the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199670-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World University Baseball Championship\nThe 2008 World University Baseball Championship was an under-23 international college baseball tournament that was held from July 17 to 27, 2008. The final game was held on July 27, 2008 in Brno, Czech Republic. It was the 4th time the University Championship took place. Czech Republic hosted the tournament and 7 nations competed, including defending champions the United States. India was originally to have participated but withdrew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199670-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World University Baseball Championship\nIn the end, the United States won their third University Championship, over a win against runner-up Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 150]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199671-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World University Boxing Championship\nThe 2008 World University Boxing Championships took place in Kazan, Russia between September 19-28, 2008. The championship was staged in eleven weight categories. 94 boxers and 38 officials from 16 countries participated at the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 283]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199672-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World University Cycling Championship\nThe 2008 World University Cycling Championship is the 5th Word University Cycling Championship sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The championship took place in Nijmegen, Netherlands from 21 to 25 May 2008. Prague, Czech Republic and Bangkok, Thailand were also candidate cities to organize the championship. The NOC*NSF chairman Erica Terpstra opened he World Championships at the opening ceremony on 21 May. Athletes from 25 countries competed in the disciplines mountain bike cross-country, mountain bike marathon, individual time trial and road race. It was the first time in student sports that there was held a World Championship Mountain Biking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 786]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199672-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World University Cycling Championship, Participation\nEach country was allowed to enter a maximum of 20 competitors: 4 men and women in the road race events and 6 men and women in the mountainbike events. A person was allowed to participate as a competitor if he/she was born between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1990 and was a full-time student at a university or similar institute or had obtained their academic degree in the year preceding the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199672-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World University Cycling Championship, Cycling disciplines, Road cycling (road race, time trial)\nThe road cycling competitions at the 2008 World University Cycling Championship were held at 23 and 25 May 2008. Athletes from 23 different countries competed in the road race and the individual time trial. The competitions took place in the countryside of Nijmeten with un-Dutch difference in altitude and was along the dikes of the river Waal. You can view on YouTube the  and the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 101], "content_span": [102, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199672-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World University Cycling Championship, Cycling disciplines, Mountain biking (cross-country, marathon)\nThe mountain bike competitions at the 2008 World University Cycling Championship were held at 22 and 24 May 2008. Athletes competed in the disciplines cross-country and marathon. 26 men athletes competed in the marathon and 32 in the cross-country. The competitions took place in the wooded areas of Groesbeek, nearby the German Reichswald. The mountain bike track was specially made for this championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 106], "content_span": [107, 513]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199672-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World University Cycling Championship, Medal table\nThe mountain bike marathon events are not included in the medal table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 126]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199673-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World University Cycling Championship \u2013 Women's road race\nThe Women's road race at the 2008 World University Cycling Championship took place on 25 May 2008 in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The race was 96.3\u00a0km long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199673-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World University Cycling Championship \u2013 Women's road race\nEllen van Dijk, who won the title in 2006 (and was still a student) did not defend her title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199674-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World University Squash Championship\nThe 2008 World University Squash Championship is the edition of the 2008's World University Squash, which serves as the individual world squash championship for students. The event took place in Cairo in Egypt from 22 August to 28 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship\nThe 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 2 to 9 at the Eishalle Sursee in Sursee, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Qualification, Qualification event\nTwo teams outside of the top finishers, Sweden and Italy, qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2007 in Inverness, Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 78], "content_span": [79, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Gerry AustgardenSecond: Ina ForrestLead: Sonja GaudetAlternate: Gary CormackCoach: Joe Rea", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 147]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Egidio MarcheseSecond: Gabriele DallapiccolaLead: Lucrezia CelentanoAlternate: Danilo DestroCoach: Mauro Maino", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Katsuo IchikawaSecond: Takashi HidaiLead: Ayako SaitohAlternate: Mari YamazakiCoach: Kumiko Ogihara", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 156]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Jostein StordahlSecond: Geir Arne SkogstadLead: Lene TystadAlternate: Anne Mette SamdalCoach: Thoralf Hognestad", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Nikolay MelnikovSecond: Marat RomanovLead: Oxana SlesarenkoAlternate: Oleg MakarovCoach: Efim Zhidelev", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Aileen NeilsonSecond: Tom KillinLead: James SellarAlternate: Rosemary LentonCoach: Tom Pendreigh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Kim Myung-jinSecond: Cho Yang-hyunLead: Kang Mi-sukAlternate: Ham Dong-heeCoach: Kwon Young-il", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 151]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Glenn IkonenSecond: Bernt Sj\u00f6bergLead: Kristina UlanderAlternate: Anna HammarlindCoach: Olle Brudsten", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 158]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nThird: Erwin LauperSecond: Cesare CassaniLead: Madeleine WildiAlternate: Therese K\u00e4mpferCoach: Nadia R\u00f6thlisberger-Raspe", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199675-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Augusto PerezSecond: James JosephLead: Jacqueline KapinowskiAlternate: Bob PrenoveauCoach: Steve Brown", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199676-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship \u2013 Qualification Event\nThe qualification event for the 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from November 5 to 9, 2007 in Inverness, Scotland. The event's two top finishers, Germany and China, both qualified to participate in the 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. The two qualification spots were given to the top two teams at the conclusion of the round robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship\nThe 2008 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 22 to March 30, 2008 at the Wesbild Centre in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. This championship also served as one of the qualifiers for the 2010 Winter Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Jennifer Jones Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham Second: Jill Officer Lead: Dawn Askin Alternate: Jennifer Clark-Rouire", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 168]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Wang Bingyu Third: Liu Yin Second: Yue Qingshuang Lead: Zhou Yan Alternate: Liu Jinli", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 139]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Lenka \u010cernovsk\u00e1* Fourth: Kate\u0159ina Urbanov\u00e1 Second: Jana \u0160afa\u0159\u00edkov\u00e1 Lead: S\u00e1ra Jahodov\u00e1 Alternate: Jana \u0160immerov\u00e1 (*Throws third rocks)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 188]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Angelina Jensen* Fourth: Madeleine Dupont Third: Denise Dupont Lead: Camilla Jensen Alternate: Ane Hansen (*Throws second rocks)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Andrea Sch\u00f6pp Third: Monika Wagner Second: Anna Hartelt Lead: Marie-Therese Rotter Alternate: Melanie Robillard", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 165]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Diana Gaspari Third: Giorgia Apollonio Second: Elettra De Col Lead: Violetta Caldart Alternate: Lucrezia Laurenti", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Moe Meguro Third: Mari Motohashi Second: Mayo Yamaura Lead: Kotomi Ishizaki Alternate: Anna Ohmiya", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Ludmila Privivkova Third: Olga Jarkova Second: Nkeiruka Ezekh Lead: Ekaterina Galkina Alternate: Margarita Fomina", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Gail Munro Third: Lyndsay Wilson Second: Karen Addison Lead: Anne Laird Alternate: Lynn Cameron", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Stina Viktorsson Third: Maria Prytz Second: Maria Wennerstr\u00f6m Lead: Margaretha Sigfridsson Alternate: Sabina Kraupp", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 169]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Mirjam Ott Third: Carmen Sch\u00e4fer Second: Valeria Sp\u00e4lty Lead: Janine Greiner Alternate: Carmen K\u00fcng", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 153]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Debbie McCormick Third: Allison Pottinger Second: Nicole Joraanstad Lead: Natalie Nicholson Alternate: Tracy Sachtjen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 171]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199677-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 World Women's Curling Championship, Broadcasts\nSeven broadcasters presented the games both live and tape-delayed via television and the internet. Eurosport (Europe), NHK (Japan), TSN and CBC (Canada), WCSN and NBCOlympics.com (USA) and CurlTV.com (internet).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 263]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199678-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wrestling Championships\nThe 2008 World Wrestling Championships were held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place from October 11 to October 13, 2008. The competition only featured wrestling in the Female Freestyle event. Traditionally, Wrestling World Championships are not held in Olympic years, but in 2008 a female championship was held because the 2008 Summer Olympics included only four of the seven FILA weight classes for females.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199679-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 48 kg\nThe women's freestyle 48 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 12 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199680-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 51 kg\nThe women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 11 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199681-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 55 kg\nThe women's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 13 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199682-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 59 kg\nThe women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 11 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199683-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 63 kg\nThe women's freestyle 63 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 12 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199684-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 67 kg\nThe women's freestyle 67 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 11 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199685-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 72 kg\nThe women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2008 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on 13 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199686-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 World's Strongest Man\nThe 2008 World's Strongest Man was the 31st edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland. It was his fifth and record breaking title. Derek Poundstone from the United States finished second, and Dave Ostlund also from the United States finished third after finishing sixth the previous year. The contest was held at Charleston, West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 405]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199687-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Worthing Borough Council election\nThe 2008 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 35%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 315]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199687-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Worthing Borough Council election\nCandidates from five political parties took part in the election from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, British National Party, Labour and United Kingdom Independence Party and one candidate standing on a \"Stop! Durrington's Overdevelopment \u2013 Save Titnore's Trees\" platform. The results of the election were declared at a joint count with Adur council, the first time such a joint count had taken place in West Sussex. The count saw an incident where one candidate, Dawn Smith, was arrested after some of her supporters were prevented from entering the count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199687-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Worthing Borough Council election\nThe results saw the Conservatives gain three seats to increase their majority on the council. They gained Broadwater ward from the Liberal Democrats, and also Goring where the previous councillor had defected from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats. The third Conservative gain was in Offington where the previous councillor, Mark McCarthy, had been elected as a Conservative, but had resigned to sit as an independent Conservative. The Liberal Democrats did make one gain when they took Selden ward, where the previous Conservative councillor had stood down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199688-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Cowboys football team\nThe 2008 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Joe Glenn, who was in his sixth year at Wyoming. They played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming and competed in the Mountain West Conference. Glenn was fired on November 23, after six seasons. Dave Christensen, the offensive coordinator from Missouri accepted the job as head coach on November 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199688-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Game summaries, Ohio\nIn the opening game of the 2008 season, the Cowboys would down the Ohio Bobcats at home 21-20. In the first quarter, Ohio would score first on a 4-yard Theo Scott touchdown pass to Andrew Mooney, only to have to Cowboys answer with a 6-yard Devin Moore touchdown run to knot the game at 7-7 entering the second quarter. In the second, Wyoming would open the scoring with a 3-yard Dax Crum touchdown pass to J. Salyards and take a 14-7 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199688-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Game summaries, Ohio\nThe Bobcats would answer with 10 consecutive points on a 100-yard Donte Harden kickoff return, and a 31-yard Barrett Way field goal in taking a 17-14 halftime lead. After a scoreless third, Ohio would extend its lead to 20-14 after converting a 34-yard Way field goal. The Cowboys would respond with what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown midway through the fourth on a 23-yard Crum touchdown pass to Donate Morgan to win by a final score of 21-20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199688-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nIn the Mountain West opener, the Cowboys would surrender 20 unanswered, second half points in this 23-3 loss to the Falcons. After a scoreless first, the Cowboys would respond to an Air Force field goal with a 47-yard Jake Scott field goal late in the second to tie the game at 3-3 going into the half for their only points on the afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199688-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Game summaries, North Dakota State\nAfter falling behind in the third quarter by a score of 13-0 to the FCS Bison, the Cowboys would rally back with 16 unanswered points in taking a 16-13 victory at home. Midway through the third, the Cowboys would score their first points on a 2-yard Devin Moore touchdown run to close the gap to 13-7. Kicker Jake Scott would then provide the remainder of scoring on a pair of 28-yard field goals, and a third from 29-yards with only :04 seconds remaining in the contest to take the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199688-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Game summaries, BYU\nWith two defensive touchdowns and outgaining the Cowboys 364-273 yards in total offense, the 14th ranked BYU Cougars were dominant in this 44-0 shutout at Provo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199689-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses were a series of events designed to determine the delegates that the Wyoming Democratic Party sent to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The party was allocated seven pledged delegates to presidential candidates on March 8 during the Wyoming Democratic County Caucuses. The remaining five pledged delegates were allocated on May 24 during the Wyoming Democratic State Convention. There were six Wyoming superdelegates, so the whole delegation was composed of 18 delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199689-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses, Process\nThe Wyoming caucus were open to all eligible voters who were registered as Democrats by February 22, 2008. A 15 percent threshold was required in order to receive delegates at any caucus site. Rather than the traditional caucus format, most sites used secret ballots which were then counted and delegates apportioned, without re-caucusing of nonviable groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199690-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses\nThe 2008 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses took place on January 5, 2008, with 12 national delegates chosen by county convention delegates. A majority of the national delegates were won by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. In addition, two national delegates were elected at the Republican State Convention on May 30\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199690-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses\nEligible voters included precinct committee chairs (one man and one woman for each of the 487 precincts, which were elected in 2006) and 250 county convention delegates, elected in precinct caucuses held throughout Wyoming in December 2007 and apportioned according to Republican voters in the last congressional election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199690-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses\nAlthough originally the size of the delegation was 28, RNC rules stated that any states holding primary contests before February 5 would lose half of their delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199690-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses, Results\nEach of the 23 counties elected either a delegate or an alternate delegate, except for Laramie County, which elected both a delegate and an alternate delegate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199690-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses, Results, Results by County\nThe Wyoming Republican Party did not release the vote totals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199691-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyre Forest District Council election\nThe 2008 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199691-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyre Forest District Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives ran the council as a minority administration with them holding 18 seats, as compared to 10 for Health Concern, 7 Liberals, 3 Labour, 2 Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. 14 seats were contested at the election with the Conservatives defending 6, Liberals 3, independents 2 and Health Concern, Labour and Liberal Democrats 1 each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199691-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyre Forest District Council election, Campaign\nThe Conservatives needed to gain 4 seats to win a majority, but Health Concern were also hoping to make gains to take over as largest party on the council. Health Concern campaigned on issues including bringing more entertainment facilities to the council area and opposing a new fleet of black taxis, as well as their health policies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199691-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives won a majority on the council for the first time since 1979, after gaining 4 more seats to end the election with 22 councillors, while Health Concern stayed second with 10 seats. Among the Conservative gains were Mumshad Ahmed in Broadwaters ward, who became the first Asian councillor in Wyre Forest, and Julian Phillips in Bewdley and Arley, who became a councillor at the age of 23. Both Labour and the Liberals lost one seat to the Conservatives, while the two independent councillors were defeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199691-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives described the results as an endorsement of their record, while Labour saw them as being due to anti-government feeling. The results were also reported as being a sign that the Conservatives could gain the parliamentary constituency at the next general election from Health Concern's Richard Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199691-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyre Forest District Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Lickhill\nA by-election was held in Lickhill on 10 September 2009 after the death of Health Concern councillor Jill Fairbrother-Millis. The seat was held for Health Concern by Jim Parish with a majority of 131 votes over Conservative Chris Rogers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 88], "content_span": [89, 326]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199691-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Wyre Forest District Council election, By-elections between 2008 and 2010, Areley Kings\nA by-election was held in Areley Kings on 10 December 2009 after the death of Conservative councillor Mike Partridge. The seat was gained for Labour by James Shaw with a majority of 123 votes over Health Concern candidate Gary Talbot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 92], "content_span": [93, 327]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199692-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 XL Bermuda Open\nThe 2008 XL Bermuda Open was an ATP Challenger Series tournament. It took place in Paget, Bermuda, from April 21 to April 27, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199693-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 XL Bermuda Open \u2013 Doubles\nThis is the draw for the 2008 XL Bermuda Open doubles competition. Marcelo Melo and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 were the defending champions, but did not participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 178]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199694-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 XL Bermuda Open \u2013 Singles\nIn the 2008 XL Bermuda Open Mariano Zabaleta was the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 103]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199695-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Yale Bulldogs football team\nThe 2008 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by 12th-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 4\u20133 record, 6\u20134 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 333]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199696-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion\nCoordinates: The 2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion took place on December 24, 2008 with an explosion in an apartment block in Yevpatoria, a Ukrainian Black Sea resort town. Within hours, the death toll stood at 22 with 10 missing. On December 26 the total number of deaths was 27 people. President Viktor Yushchenko declared December 26 to be a day of national mourning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199696-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion, Government reaction\nOn 27 December 2008 the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers ordered the central government agencies and the Yevpatoria administration to provide the victims of the blast and the families of those killed with new housing and all financial compensations they are entitled to by January 1, 2009. The Education and Science Ministry has been instructed to make sure that the children from the families who suffered from the incident be provided with free school instruction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199696-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion, Government reaction\nThe government also ordered that tougher control measures be taken in the gas supply industry to prevent new accidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 170]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199696-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion, Gas explosions trend\nA similar gas explosion in Dnipropetrovsk on October 2007, killed 23 victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199696-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion, Gas explosions trend\nGas explosions in crumbling apartment buildings are often caused by improper use or a poorly maintained infrastructure. They are common occurrences in former Soviet states, particularly in the winter, when residents use more heating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 285]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199697-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Yingjiang earthquakes\nThe 2008 Yingjiang earthquakes were a series of major earthquakes ranging from surface wave magnitude (Ms) 4.1 to 5.9 that struck Yingjiang County, Yunnan province, China between August 19 (in UTC; August 20 local time) and September 3. It caused 5 deaths, 21 serious injuries, and RMB\u00a02.7 billion in direct economic damage. USGS put the magnitude of the strongest one to Mw 6.0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 406]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199697-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Yingjiang earthquakes, Earthquake details\nAccording to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) and its subordinate  (CENC), a Ms\u00a05.0 earthquake struck Yingjiang County, Yunnan province, China on August 20, 2008 at 05:35:09 China Standard Time (CST \u2013 2135 UTC, August 19, 2008). A CEA report published on September 17 described two additional strong quakes of Ms\u00a04.9 and Ms\u00a05.9 in the same area the following day; CENC's data base, on the other hand, did not include the earthquake of Ms\u00a04.9 at 20:20 CST on August 21 as the CEA report described, but reveals additional ones after the date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 596]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199697-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Yingjiang earthquakes, Earthquake details, Sequence of earthquakes\nNote: Earthquakes #4 and after are not included in CEA summary; earthquake #2 is unaccounted for in CENC data base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 187]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199697-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Yingjiang earthquakes, Response, casualties, and intensities\nAccording to CEA, these earthquakes caused 5 deaths and 21 serious injuries. Through  (YNEA), the provincial government invoked Level IV emergence response protocol in the relief. Affected people amounted to 209,605, roughly 2/3 of the total population in affected areas. Direct financial damage amounted to RMB\u00a01.3 billion. In addition to building damage, the heaviest infrastructure damage occurred to water resources facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 497]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199697-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Yingjiang earthquakes, Response, casualties, and intensities\nOn the seismic intensity map published by CEA, maximum intensity of these earthquakes reached liedu VIII on China Seismic Intensity Scale (CSIS), which is somewhat equivalent to VIII (Heavily damaging) on EMS-94 from which CSIS drew reference. Liedu-VIII zone spans 26\u00a0km2 near the epicenter. Total area of liedu VI (Slightly damaging) and above is a north-south oval of 4,511\u00a0km2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199698-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ykk\u00f6nen\nLeague tables for teams participating in Ykk\u00f6nen, the second tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199698-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ykk\u00f6nen, League table, Promotion Play-Offs\nKuPS as 13th placed team in the 2008 Veikkausliiga and FC Viikingit as runners-up of the 2008 Ykk\u00f6nen competed in a two-legged play-off for a place in the Veikkausliiga. KuPS won the play-offs by 2-1 on aggregate and remained in Veikkausliiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 47], "content_span": [48, 291]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199698-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ykk\u00f6nen, League table, Promotion Play-Offs\nViikingit Helsinki - KuPS Kuopio   1-2KuPS Kuopio - Viikingit Helsinki   0-0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Zambia on 30 October 2008 following the death of the incumbent President Levy Mwanawasa on 19 August 2008, as the elections had to be called within 90 days of his death. It was expected that there would be internal problems within the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) as Mwanawasa had not declared a successor prior to his death, but Acting President Rupiah Banda was selected as the MMD's candidate without apparent problems. Michael Sata stood as the candidate of the Patriotic Front (PF), while Hakainde Hichilema stood as the candidate of the United Party for National Development (UPND). Godfrey Miyanda stood as the candidate of the Heritage Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election\nThe elections were held to determine who should serve out the remainder of Mwanawasa's presidential term, which ended in 2011, rather than for a full five-year term. The elections were decided in a single round on a first-past-the-post basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election\nFinal results were announced on 2 November 2008, giving Banda the victory with 40.6% of the vote against 38.6% for Sata. Banda was promptly sworn in on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Background\nFollowing Mwanawasa's death, some questioned whether it would be financially possible for the Electoral Commission of Zambia to hold the elections within the designated timeframe. It was also suggested that it would be necessary to hold the election without updating the voters' roll, but using an outdated voters' roll could cause complications during an election. The Electoral Commission decided to use the voters' roll from the 2006 elections due to lack of time. A group called Anti-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 535]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Background\nVote Rigging, which was aligned with the opposition, took the matter to the High Court, seeking a decision that would force the Electoral Commission to \"register new voters ahead of the elections because most people will be defranchised\". The High Court ruled on 14 October that it was acceptable to use the old voters' roll due to time constraints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Background\nAt a press conference on 5 September, Sata demanded that a date for the elections be announced. Acting President Rupiah Banda announced on 9 September that the elections would be held on 30 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 250]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Background\nThe Electoral Commission set a budget of 240 billion kwacha (about US$75 million) for the elections, and the United Nations Development Programme said that it would contribute US$11.5 million. By 9 September, many provinces had received electoral materials being distributed by the Electoral Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 350]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Background\nThe Electoral Commission printed 600,000 more ballot papers than needed, saying that they would be used as substitute ballots in case of voter mistakes. The opposition objected to the printing of the extra ballot papers, arguing that they could facilitate vote rigging and calling for them to be destroyed. The Electoral Commission asked the four presidential candidates to attend a meeting on 15 October to discuss the issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 473]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Background\nIn response to allegations from the opposition that there were plans to rig the elections in Banda's favour, Florence Mumba, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, said on 22 October that the commission was committed to \"a credible and acceptable\" election and that any complaints regarding the elections would be investigated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign\nOn 27 September 2008, Chief Justice Ernest Sakala announced that four candidates had validly filed and would stand in the elections; Banda for the MMD, Sata for the PF, Hichilema for the UPND, and Miyanda for the Heritage Party. Banda and Sata were considered the frontrunners. Two opinion polls conducted before the elections showed Sata in the lead; one of them was conducted by the Kenya-based Steadman Group, and it showed Sata with 40% support and Banda with 29% support. The MMD released a poll on 29 October that placed Banda's support at 42\u201346% and Sata's support at 31\u201335%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, MMD\nActing President Rupiah Banda, who succeeded Mwanawasa due to his position as vice-president, was the MMD candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 166]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, MMD\nThere were initially disagreements in the MMD regarding the party's presidential candidate. The party's Chairman for Information and Publicity, Benny Tetamashimba, argued that Rupiah Banda should be the candidate in an interview on 24 August. He claimed wide support for this in the party and praised Banda's \"high leadership qualities\". On the same day, however, Northern Province Minister Lameck Chibombamilimo argued in favour of Mwanawasa's wife, Maureen Mwanawasa, becoming the MMD candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, MMD\nAccording to Chibombamilimo, \"her developmental work scattered throughout the country and her leadership at the continental level where she has led her fellow first ladies in the fight against HIV/AIDS\" demonstrated that she had the ability to serve as president. Banda filed his application to run as the party's candidate on 26 August. The MMD in Eastern Province issued a statement supporting his candidacy, and politicians such as Vernon Mwaanga and Mbita Chitala also stated their support; according to Chitala, Banda had the support of most members of the MMD National Executive Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 645]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, MMD\nFinance Minister Ng'andu Magande also applied to be the MMD's candidate on 25 August, saying that he was \"eminently qualified\" because he had \"rich experience in managing state operations both internationally and locally\". Former Vice-President Enoch Kavindele and former Minister of Works and Supply Ludwig Sondashi also applied. Katele Kalumba and Michael Mabenga did not apply; Tetamashimba praised their decision, saying that it would \"enhance unity in the party\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, MMD\nSondashi called for the MMD candidate to be decided through secret voting, while Southern Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe called for the candidate to be decided at a party convention and not a meeting of the National Executive Committee, as a convention would allow broader participation in the process. According to Munkombwe, Mwanawasa was nearly beaten by Anderson Masoka in the 2001 presidential election because he had been essentially \"handpicked\" by the MMD National Executive Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, MMD\nIt was reported on 31 August that thirteen politicians had filed to run as the MMD's candidate: Maxwell Mwamba, Pastor Nyirongo, former Vice-President Enoch Kavindele, Acting President Rupiah Banda, former Vice-President Nevers Mumba, Home Affairs Minister Ronnie Shikapwasha, MMD Chairperson for Commerce and Trade Sebastian Kopulande, Finance Minister Ng'andu Magande, Charles Ngesa, Billy Phiri, Martin Chama, former Constitution Review Commission (CRC) chairperson Wila Mung'omba and former Works and Supply Minister Ludwig Sondashi. Ultimately there were 19 candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, MMD\nThe MMD National Executive Committee chose Rupiah Banda as the party's presidential candidate in a secret ballot on 5 September 2008. He had been widely expected to win, and he received 47 votes against 11 for Magande. On this occasion, Banda promised to \"unite the party and the entire nation\" and to \"continue implementing [Mwanawasa's] programs\", while expressing gratitude for the support he had received. Magande's unsuccessful candidacy was said to have been favoured by Maureen Mwanawasa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 545]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, MMD\nTwo smaller parties, the United Liberal Party and the All People's Congress, chose to support Banda's candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 162]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, MMD\nBanda launched his campaign on 18 September. On this occasion, he praised Mwanawasa's liberal economic policies, saying that they had \"made us one of the most stable countries on the African continent\", and he promised to continue those policies if he was elected. Shortly before the elections, he announced a 75% reduction in the price of fertilizer; this was considered a populist move intended to buttress his rural support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, MMD\nSpeaking on 24 October, Independence Day, Banda said that the country could \"look to the future with hope because even when prophets of doom were predicting chaos following the death of Mwanawasa, Zambians were united in ensuring that the due process of the law is observed as we prepare for his successor\". He called for a high turnout in the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, MMD\nIn reaction to Sata's statement that he would reject the results if he lost, Banda urged his opponents to accept the results on 27 October, warning that anyone who incited violence in the wake of the elections could face arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 278]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, PF\nMichael Sata, the leader of the opposition Patriotic Front, stood as the PF candidate in the elections. He was unanimously chosen as the party's candidate at a meeting of its Central Committee on 30 August 2008. Accepting the nomination, he expressed the need \"to scrub this country and wash it\"; he also said that he would refrain from campaigning until after Mwanawasa's funeral. Although he suffered a heart attack in April 2008, Sata said that he was healthy and in good condition. He said on 8 September that he would protect Chinese investments if he was elected, abandoning the hostility towards Chinese investment that he had expressed during the 2006 presidential election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, PF\nOn 15 October, Sata said that, if elected, he would require foreign investors to reserve at least 25% of the shares in their companies for Zambians, with the penalty of losing their licenses if they did not do so. Sata also said that he would reduce taxes on government employees and improve housing, rural industries, and agriculture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, PF\nPrior to the elections, Sata stated that he would not accept the results if they showed that he was defeated, believing that he could not legitimately lose. Supporters of Sata in Livingstone set up a roadblock on 28 October to halt trucks that they believed might be transporting pre-marked ballots from South Africa into the country through Zimbabwe; they were dispersed by police with tear gas. The Electoral Commission said that the trucks only contained lamps and batteries. At his last rally of the campaign, held in Lusaka on 29 October, Sata denied that he was seeking to incite unrest, but he remained unwilling to state ahead of time that he would accept the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, PF\nThere were some concerns about Sata's health; although he appeared vigorous in the period leading up to the elections, he suffered a heart attack in April 2008 and had to be evacuated to South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 249]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, UPND\nThe PF and United Party for National Development were reportedly in talks over an electoral pact in August. However, the UPND decided to contest the elections alone, with UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema as the party's candidate. Hichilema promised free health care for all citizens, free primary and secondary education, and improved housing. Some commentators felt he was too young and inexperienced for the presidency, and the UPND was criticised as a tribally-based party. Hichilema said before the elections that if electoral fraud occurred, there would be \"severe consequences\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Campaign, UNIP\nUnited National Independence Party (UNIP) Deputy Secretary-General Alfred Banda said that UNIP would contest the elections with Tilyenji Kaunda as its candidate, according to The Post on 26 August. UNIP's Information and Publicity Secretary for Copperbelt Province, Brian Chishimba, had previously said that the party would not present a candidate due to internal disagreements, but Alfred Banda dismissed this statement. However, UNIP ultimately did not present a candidate in the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 543]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Conduct\nThe South African Development Community (SADC), the African Union and the European Union were invited to send election observers. The EU did not send observers due to the tight timeframe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 231]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Conduct\nVoting began at 6:00 in the morning on 30 October, and was scheduled to end 12 hours later. Sata voted in central Lusaka and \"emphatically\" reiterated that he would not accept a victory for Banda, saying that there was \"no way MMD can win\". He also alleged that the Electoral Commission and the police were working together to rig the elections. An apparent attempt at fraud was reported in Lusaka, where an election officer was arrested after he was found carrying an envelope containing ballots that were pre-marked in favour of Banda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Conduct\nCatholic priest Frank Bwalya was arrested on 12 November and charged with incitement of violence based on a broadcast on Radio Icengelo, which discussed matters related to the elections; he was arrested after refusing to halt the broadcast. In response to the arrest, PF supporters in Kitwe protested violently; they were dispersed with tear gas and 38 people were arrested on 13 November. Bwalya was released on bail on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 478]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Results\nAccording to early results from 19 of the 150 constituencies on 31 October, Sata had 60% of the vote and Banda had almost 31%. Later in the day, results from 43 constituencies showed Sata leading with 50.6% to Banda's 33.8%. The early results were mainly from urban constituencies, where the PF enjoyed strong support; the MMD's support was primarily based in rural areas. As voting continued on 31 October, results from 60 constituencies gave Sata a smaller lead: 43.8% against Banda's 34.1%. Hichilema, meanwhile, had 13.8%, and Miyanda had 0.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Results\nWith results from 93 constituencies counted, Sata had 41% to Banda's 37%, with Hichilema at 20%. According to the Electoral Commission and African Union observers, voting went well and there were no major problems. An MMD prediction on television that Banda would defeat Sata by a 60,000 vote margin led the PF to allege that the prediction was part of an effort to manipulate the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 433]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Results\nEarly on 1 November, results from 102 constituencies showed Sata still narrowly ahead with 40% against 38% for Banda. As votes continued to be counted, results from 108 constituencies placed Sata at 39.8%, Banda at 37.9%, Hichilema at 20.3%, and Miyanda at 0.8%. Results from the afternoon, with 137 constituencies counted, showed Sata leading with 39.9% to Banda's 39.1%, while Hichilema had 19% and Miyanda had 0.7%. The PF asked for vote counting to be stopped to allow for an investigation into irregularities. On the same day, the SADC observer mission endorsed the elections as \"credible, peaceful, well-managed and transparent\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Results\nResults from the evening of 1 November, with 148 constituencies counted, showed Banda leading with 40.0% to Sata's 38.5%, Hichilema at 19.5% and Miyanda at 0.8%. Complaining of irregularities, the PF did not accept the results and stated that it would go to the courts to seek a recount. Final results were announced on 2 November 2008, confirming Banda's victory with 40.6% of the vote against 38.6% for Sata. Banda was promptly sworn in at State House on the same day, using his speech on the occasion to call for unity. Turnout was placed at 45%; the use of the outdated voters roll reportedly reduced participation, as some people were unable to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Results\nWhen Banda overtook Sata in the results, Sata's supporters in parts of Lusaka began rioting on 1 November, and riots also broke out in Kitwe on the next day. The Foundation for Democratic Process, a non-governmental organization that conducted its own vote count, said that its results matched the results given by the Electoral Commission. The PF said on 3 November that it wanted a recount, subject to independent verification, to be held in 78 constituencies. Hichilema alleged fraud as well, but he said that he did not plan to present a legal challenge to the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 617]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Results\nSpeaking on South African radio on 4 November, Sata denied that he had been defeated and stated: \"Rupiah Banda has no vision, Rupiah Banda has no platform. The only platform Rupiah Banda is on is cheating.\" On 5 November, the Electoral Commission said that only a verification exercise, not a recount, would be conducted. It said that the verification exercise was a matter of standard procedure, but that a recount would require a court order. Within two days, the verification exercise was suspended in Lusaka after a physical altercation between members of the MMD and the PF. A member of the MMD alleged that Sata punched him during this brawl, but the PF disputed the claim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199699-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Zambian presidential election, Aftermath\nIn a cabinet reshuffle on 14 November, Banda dismissed five ministers. He appointed George Kunda as vice president and chose Situmbeko Musokotwane to replace Finance Minister Ng'andu Magande.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199700-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zanzibar power blackout\nThe 2008 Zanzibar Power blackout was an extensive power outage on Zanzibar, Tanzania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 114]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199700-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Zanzibar power blackout\nA similar and longer event happened in Zanzibar in 2009. The island was without power for more than three months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199700-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Zanzibar power blackout\nDuring May and June 2008, Zanzibar suffered a period of almost one month without mains electricity due to a grid failure which left the entire island dependent on alternative methods of electricity generation (mainly diesel generators). Power failed on 21 May 2008 after a wide-area grid failure across the Tanzanian network was followed by a power surge which damaged the submarine interconnector cable that links the Tanzanian mainland and Zanzibar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 480]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199700-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Zanzibar power blackout\nThe power was eventually restored on 19 June 2008, however, concerns remained about the fragility of the island's transmission infrastructure, its near total dependence on the mainland for its electricity generation, and the capacity and condition of the ageing interconnector that links the mainland electricity network and the island grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 370]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199700-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Zanzibar power blackout, Effects\nTourism in Zanzibar, the main income generating activity on the islands, was seriously disrupted by the outage. Other important industries, including the Zanzibar Electricity Corporation and independent small businesses were \"severely hit\" by the blackout. The island's semi-autonomous government was criticized for its lack of preparedness and dependence on power from mainland Tanzania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199700-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Zanzibar power blackout, Recurrence in 2009\nOn 10 December 2009, Zanzibar was again plunged into darkness because of failure of the undersea cable. On 23 December 2009, the Isles Minister of Energy and Construction, Mansour Yussuf Himid, was quoted in the Daily News newspaper published in Dar es Salaam as saying that the blackout would last until the end of February while a critical spare part known as a \"splitter\" was being sourced from overseas. He was also quoted as saying that the undersea cable was dilapidated and needed to be replaced entirely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199700-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Zanzibar power blackout, Recurrence in 2009\nThe undersea cable had a projected working life of 25 years when laid in 1976. It has now served for almost 35 years, ten years after it was due to be replaced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199701-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zee Cine Awards\nThe 2008 Zee Cine Awards ceremony was held at a stadium in London's Docklands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 99]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199702-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zemmouri bombing\nThe 2008 Zemmouri bombing occurred on August 9, 2008 when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into the headquarters of the Gendarmerie Nationale in the town of Zemmouri, Boumerd\u00e8s Province, Algeria killing 8 and injuring 19. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 363]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199703-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Ziarat earthquakes\nThe 2008 Ziarat earthquakes hit the Pakistani province of Balochistan on October 29 with a moment magnitude of 6.4. The US Geological Survey reported that the first earthquake occurred 60\u00a0km (37\u00a0mi) north of Quetta and 185\u00a0km (115\u00a0mi) southeast of the Afghanistan city of Kandahar at 04:09 local time (28 October, 23:09 UTC) at a depth of 15\u00a0km (9.3\u00a0mi), at 30.653\u00b0N, 67.323\u00b0E. It was followed by another shallower magnitude 6.4 earthquake at a depth of 14\u00a0km (8.7\u00a0mi) approximately 12 hours after the initial shock, at 30.546\u00b0N, 67.447\u00b0E. 215 people were confirmed dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199703-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Ziarat earthquakes\nMore than 200 were injured (according to Mohammed Zaman, assistant to the Balochistan chief secretary, Nasir Khosa), and 120,000 were homeless (according to Dilawar Khan Kakar, Ziarat, Balochistan mayor and chief administrator). The New York Times reported that Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, director general of Pakistan Meteorological Department, stated the quake epicenter was 70 miles (110\u00a0km) north of Quetta, and about 600\u00a0km (370\u00a0mi) southwest of Islamabad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199703-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Ziarat earthquakes, Tectonic summary\nWestern and northern Pakistan lie across the complex plate boundary where the Indian Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate. In this area the convergence is highly oblique, with the relative northward movement of the Indian Plate of 40\u00a0mm/yr (1.6\u00a0inches/yr) being at a low angle to the plate boundary. The main active faults are dominated by sinistral (left-lateral) strike-slip motion, with the Chaman Fault being the most important structure, accommodating a large proportion of the plate boundary displacement. The shortening component of the convergence is mainly accommodated by the Kirthar and Sulaiman fold and thrust belts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199703-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Ziarat earthquakes, Tectonic summary\nThere is a sharp change in orientation of these two thrust belts near Quetta, known as the Quetta Syntaxis, where the north-south trending Kirthar ranges meet the west-east trending Sulaiman ranges. This area is the most seismically active part of this oblique segment of the plate margin, producing major earthquakes such as the 1935 Quetta event, which caused at least an estimated 30,000 deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199703-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Ziarat earthquakes, Earthquake sequence\nThe earthquake sequence began at 22:33 UTC on October 28, with a magnitude 5.3 foreshock. This was followed just over 30 minutes later at 23:09 by the first of the M 6.4 doublet earthquakes. The second M 6.4 doublet earthquake occurred at 11:32 on October 29. There were five significant aftershocks in the period up to December 12, including three M>5 earthquakes on that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 422]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199703-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Ziarat earthquakes, Earthquake sequence\nThe observed focal mechanisms were almost all strike-slip in type, but it remained unclear which faults ruptured during the sequence, with both southwest\u2013northeast trending sinistral (left lateral) and northwest\u2013southeast trending dextral (right lateral) faults being proposed. Investigations using InSAR data supported activity on multiple faults in both of these orientations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 423]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199703-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Ziarat earthquakes, Damage\nMost of the casualties were from two villages on the outskirts of Ziarat town. Balochistan chief minister Nawab Aslam Khan Raisani ordered declaration of emergency in the hospitals of the affected areas. These areas, situated on steep terrain, were badly damaged by landslides caused by the quake. Hundreds of mud houses were destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199703-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Ziarat earthquakes, Damage\n\"Rescue work is being carried out by the villagers themselves, but a larger operation is needed here.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199703-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Ziarat earthquakes, Damage\nThe tremors were felt in Quetta, Ziarat, Pishin, Qila Abdullah, Mastung, Sibi, Bolan, Kuchlak and Loralai areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199703-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Ziarat earthquakes, Response\nDilawar Khan, mayor of Ziarat District, stated that his office had requested support from the local government. Pakistani military helicopters and troops were dispatched to assess damage and aid victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 237]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak\nThe 2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak was an epidemic of cholera affecting much of Zimbabwe from August 2008 until June 2009. The outbreak began in Chitungwiza in Mashonaland East Province in August 2008, then spread throughout the country so that by December 2008, cases were being reported in all 10 provinces. In December 2008, The Zimbabwean government declared the outbreak a national emergency and requested international aid. The outbreak peaked in January 2009 with 8,500 cases reported per week. Cholera cases from this outbreak were also reported in neighboring countries South Africa, Malawi, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zambia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak\nWith the help of international agencies, the outbreak was controlled, and by July 2009, after no cases had been reported for several weeks, the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Welfare declared the outbreak over. In total, 98,596 cases of cholera and 4,369 deaths were reported, making this the largest outbreak of cholera ever recorded in Zimbabwe. The large scale and severity of the outbreak has been attributed to poor sanitation, limited access to healthcare, and insufficient healthcare infrastructure throughout Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Cause\nThe 2008 cholera outbreak was caused by widespread infection with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae which is spread through water contaminated with the feces of infected individuals. Cholera had been seen in Zimbabwe in the decade leading up to the 2008 outbreak. However, the severity of the 2008 has been attributed to a combination of societal factors including poor access to health care and poor health care infrastructure, high HIV prevalence, political instability, food shortages, high levels of displaced people, and lack of access to safe water. In 2008, Zimbabwe was suffering from an economic crisis and hyperinflation which led to shortages of food and other basic goods, disruption of public services, and a large number of refugees moving within the country and to neighboring countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 838]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Cause\nOne of the major contributing factors to the outbreak was the breakdown of the municipal water supply, sanitation, and waste collection programs throughout the country, but especially in urban areas. With this, the onset of the rainy season led to cholera-contaminated faeces being washed into water sources, in particular public drains, as well as providing readily available but contaminated water. Due to a shortage of purification chemicals, such as chlorine, the capital city of Harare stopped receiving piped water on 1 December 2008. By that date, many suburbs had not had any water supply for much longer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Cause\nOn 4 December 2008, the Zimbabwe deputy minister for water and infrastructural development stated that there were only sufficient treatment chemicals in stock nationally for 12 weeks supply. The collapse of these systems was blamed on the then-current economic crisis; many households cannot afford fuel to boil water. According to M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res, the spread of cholera from urban to rural areas from December 2008 onwards was due to infected city-dwellers visiting their families' rural homes for Christmas and the burial of infected city-dwellers in rural areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Cause\nThe 2008 cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe had an unusually high fatality rate; Oxfam attributed the high mortality to a population \"seriously weakened by hunger, HIV and AIDS\". A major contributing factor to the severity of the outbreak was the collapse of Zimbabwe's public health system, declared a national emergency on 4 December 2008. By the end of November 2008, three of Zimbabwe's four major hospitals had shut down, along with the Zimbabwe Medical School, and the fourth major hospital had two wards and no operating theatres working. Zimbabwean hospitals still open by December 2008 lacked medicines and staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Cause\nDue to hyperinflation, hospitals were not able to buy basic drugs and medicines, and the resources of even internationally funded emergency clinics were stretched. The ongoing political and economic crisis contributed to the emigration of doctors and people with medical knowledge. Some victims were travelling to Botswana and other neighbouring countries for treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 410]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Impact\nThe 2008 outbreak began in Chitungwiza on 20 August 2008. In September, cases spread to the urban areas of Makonde and Chinhoyi. By the end of October, cases had spread to 3 provinces: Mashonaland West, Mashonaland East, and Harare city. In the first two weeks of November, the epidemic rapidly spread across Zimbabwe, appearing in a total of 9 provinces and 54 districts. The disease spread to reach all of Zimbabwe's ten provinces. The attack rate was highest in Beitbridge, Chegutu, Mudzi and Zvimba Districts (above 1,000 cases per 100,000 people or 1.0%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Impact\nThe number of cases reported by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs escalated from 30 on 1 September 2008 to 15,572 by 10 December. According to the Red Cross, around 46% of reported deaths occur en route to clinics and hospitals. The head of the British Department for International Development in Harare said that \"there are probably twice as many people with cholera as turn up for treatment\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Impact\nThe case fatality rate for the outbreak was higher than expected for such outbreaks, although it began declining by January 2009. Official estimates of fatalities have run from 484 to 800, since the outbreak in August 2008, with an upper estimate of 3,000 from an anonymous senior official in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare. Fatality rates varied from 2.5% in Harare to 18% in Chitungwiza. In Harare, the crisis reached the extent that the city council offered free graves to cholera victims. By 7 December, Oxfam estimated 60,000 cases by the end of January 2009 and a 10% fatality rate, with UNICEF giving a similar estimate. On 4 December 2008, the Zimbabwe government declared the outbreak to be a national emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Response\nAssistance after the 2008 outbreak was made available by numerous international agencies, and funding for water, sanitation and hygiene programmes, epidemic response and the provision of essential drugs came from several governments and trans-governmental organisations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Response\nBy 7 December 2008, UNICEF had secured international donor funding to provide sufficient water treatment chemicals for three weeks water supply for Harare and had arranged a shipment of chemical sufficient for four months supply. UNICEF distributed 360,000 litres of water per day in Harare, as well as handing out soap and buckets. Notwithstanding the contributions received, UNICEF indicated on 9 December 2008 that US$17,500,000 was needed to respond properly to the outbreak. As of 15 December, following agreement with the Zimbabwe government, the World Health Organization was procuring medical supplies to roll out a response plan to run health centres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Spread\nThe 2008 cholera outbreak spread to districts in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia bordering Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Spread, South Africa\nCholera spread to the Zimbabwean migrant worker community in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa and cholera bacteria were detected in the Limpopo River on 3 December 2008. By 12 December 2008, 11 deaths and 859 infections had been recorded in South Africa, rising to 2,100 cases and 15 deaths by 14 January 2009, and to 12,000 cases and 59 deaths by 10 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Spread, South Africa\nThe South African government set up medical facilities and drinking water supplies at the Beitbridge border post and deployed the National Outbreak Response Team and additional medical personnel to Musina. Anthony Turton, a political scientist and Unit Fellow with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa, who had earlier warned of the risk of cholera in South Africa and wrote a report that recommended that the South African government increase its spending on water treatments lest a cholera outbreak occur in the country, was suspended for having made \"inappropriate statements to the media\". On 10 December 2008, the Limpopo Provincial Government declared Vhembe District Municipality, which borders Zimbabwe at Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province, a disaster area. On a 28 January 2009 visit to Musina with high-ranking government and ruling party officials, Health Minister Barbara Hogan said", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 992]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Spread, South Africa\nCholera is spreading... We are beginning to see a shift from Zimbabwe to South Africa. The situation is scary... I am concerned about the impact this is having on our provinces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Spread, Other countries\nThe spread of cholera to Zimbabwe's other neighbouring countries was initially slower than in South Africa, with one death recorded in Kafue District in Zambia and none in Botswana or Namibia by 9 December 2008. In 2009, cases increased, with 4,354 cases and 55 deaths reported by 10 February 2009 in Zambia and 1,596 cases and 14 deaths in Katanga, the southernmost province of the DR Congo. In Mozambique, cholera spread to 10 out of 11 provinces, with a total of 9,533 cases by 1 Jan to 1 Mar 2009 and 119 deaths by 17 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Spread, Other countries\nFour health workers also died in a mob attack, blamed on \"misinformation and misunderstanding in efforts to combat cholera\", and 12 of the prisoners from the incident died in jail. In Malawi 104 deaths were recorded since January, making it the worst outbreak since 2001\u201302 where 960 people died. Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, DRC, and Ghana have had unrelated cholera outbreaks with between 10 and 100 deaths in 2009 as of February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 487]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Prevention\nAfter the 2008 epidemic was declared a national emergency, the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare (MOHCW) collaborated with several other departments, governments, and non-governmental organizations to create a Cholera Command and Control Centre. This centre works to prevent cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe by addressing broader societal factors that could contribute to cholera outbreaks, such as water sanitation and poor hygiene habits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nBecause of its well-organised health care system and effective water sanitation facilities, Rita R. Colwell of the James Baker Institute says Zimbabwe was historically one of the African countries least affected by cholera. A news commentary in The Lancet said that, under President Robert Mugabe, the country's health programs were negatively impacted, resulting in diminished health care for those infected with cholera. According to a draft paper from the WHO's World Conference on Social Determinants in Health, there were fewer health workers in the villages than in urban areas, which hindered early detection and isolation of cholera cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 696]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nA news commentator writing for The Lancet, Andrew Meldrum, said that President Mugabe's Youth Militia threatened health professionals that provided medical treatment to political opponents. He said that, combined with decreasing education standards, low pay, and a shortage of medical supplies like latex gloves, this led doctors to leave Zimbabwe at an alarming rate. According to Douglas Gwatidzo, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights group, Zimbabwe had only one doctor assigned to a group of 12,000 citizens. Doctors in Zimbabwe fill only 25% of the medical posts available, and even fewer specialist positions are taken. According to Meldrum, this poses serious challenges to health care for diseases like HIV/AIDS and cholera. Similarly, the effects of cholera are exacerbated without proper nutrition, and Zimbabwe has faced food shortages for the last several years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 940]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nCholera and malnutrition keep children out of school \u2013 a serious social consequence of the outbreak. Rachel Pound, the director of Save the Children in Zimbabwe, said that attending school may be dangerous in Zimbabwe, instead of providing a ladder for self-improvement. She noted that \"Sanitation is now so bad in schools that they may become a breeding ground for infection\", rather than a place of valuable education.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nAccording to Meldrum, Zimbabwe's high inflation left the country with a lack of financial resources, resulting in a shortage of ambulances and pharmaceutical drugs. According to Eric Pruyt of the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, this was exacerbated by a shortage of international aid, as Zimbabwe's government didn't acknowledge the epidemic and accept aid until the disease was widespread. It was not contained or prevented from spreading. Until 2008, the government insisted that there was no cholera in Zimbabwe, and Pruyt says the U.N. did not provide the country with safe drinking water until after the crisis started. Meldrum says that, during Zimbabwe's continuing HIV/AIDS dilemma, some major international donors did not give much money because they believed it would help President Mugabe stay in power, which they did not want.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 907]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nAs the outbreak and health crisis grew worse, American and British leaders cited the crisis as further proof that it was, in their view, \"well past time for (President) Robert Mugabe to leave\" and that Zimbabwe had become a failed state. Marian Tupy of the Cato Institute said that the crisis began in 2005 when the government took over water treatment facilities but without sufficient funding to maintain purification processes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nThe transfer of water treatment from local government to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority was criticized by Innocent Nhapi of the National University of Rwanda on the basis of capacity and funding of the authority. The lack of funding for water treatment chemicals, maintenance and staff salaries was cited by Colwell of the Baker Institute as a major cause of the epidemic. According to Colwell, before funds were diverted from the plants to other uses, there were only sixty-five cases and four deaths from cholera in Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nAccording to an editorial by Daniel J Ncayiyana in the South African Medical Journal, President Mugabe blamed the U.S. and the U.K. for the cholera outbreak, saying that they sent the disease so that they have a reason to credibly remove him from the presidency. One Zimbabwean citizen was shown with a sign that blamed UK Prime Minister Gordan Brown for the disease; the sign expressed the horrors of \"Brown\u2019s cholera\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 469]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nAccording to a news report in Al Jazeera, the Zimbabwe government and state media blamed the outbreak on European and American sanctions and a Reuters report said it accused Britain of plotting an invasion under the cover of the outbreak. Information minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu blamed the cholera deaths on Western sanctions, saying \"the cholera issue has been used to drive a wedge among us\". On 12 December, Ndlovu repeated his accusation, and claimed that the cholera outbreak was actually a \"serious biological-chemical weapon\" attack by the United Kingdom, which Ndlovu asserted was trying to commit genocide. Said Ndlovu:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 676]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nCholera is a calculated, racist, terrorist attack on Zimbabwe by the unrepentant former colonial power, which has enlisted support from its American and Western allies so that they can invade the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nIn the meantime, a senior ZANU-PF official argued that the government and party leadership was more focussed on the forthcoming ZANU-PF conference than on the current crisis. On 11 December 2008, President Robert Mugabe made a speech screened on national television in which he said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 332]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nI am happy to say our doctors have been assisted by others and WHO (the World Health Organization)... so now that there is no cholera... Because of cholera, Mr Brown wants a military intervention... Bush wants military intervention because of cholera... There is no cause for war any more. The cholera cause doesn't exist any more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nReports from the WHO contradicted Mugabe's view and indicated a growing death toll. According to the WHO, as of 8 December nearly 800 people had died of cholera and more than 16,000 cases were being treated. Later that same day, Zimbabwean visas were denied to six French aid workers, including three crisis management specialists, two epidemiologists and a water treatment expert. Britain's Africa minister, Mark Malloch-Brown, dismissed Mugabe's claim that the Zimbabwe cholera crisis is over, commenting as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nI don't know what world he [Mugabe] is living in. There is a raging humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe as well as an economic crisis and still there is no representative government able to lead the country out of this disaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 273]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199704-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Politicisation\nThe French foreign ministry and USAID also contradicted Mugabe's statements and called on him to allow aid to reach the people in need.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 184]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election\nGeneral elections were held in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008 to elect the President and Parliament. Because of Zimbabwe's dire economic situation, the elections were expected to provide incumbent President Robert Mugabe with his toughest electoral challenge to date. Mugabe's opponents were critical of the handling of the electoral process, and the government was accused of planning to rig the election. Human Rights Watch said that the election was likely to be \"deeply flawed.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 510]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election\nNo official results were announced for more than a month after the first round. The failure to release results was strongly criticised by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, which unsuccessfully sought an order from the High Court to force their release. An independent projection placed its leader Morgan Tsvangirai in the lead, but without the majority needed to avoid a second round, whilst the MDC declared that Tsvangirai won a narrow majority in the first round and initially refused to participate in any second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election\nAfter the recount and the verification of the results, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced on 2 May that Tsvangirai won 47.9% of the vote and Mugabe 43.2%, necessitating a run-off, which was to be held on 27 June 2008. Despite Tsvangirai's continuing claims to have won a first round majority, he decided to participate in the second round. The period following the first round was marked by political violence. ZANU\u2013PF and the MDC each blamed the other's supporters for perpetrating the violence; Western governments and prominent Western organisations blamed ZANU\u2013PF for the violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 633]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election\nOn 22 June 2008, Tsvangirai announced that he was withdrawing from the run-off, describing it as a \"violent sham\" and saying that his supporters risked being killed if they voted for him. The second round of elections went ahead with Mugabe as the only actively participating candidate, although Tsvangirai's name remained on the ballot. Mugabe won the second round by an overwhelming margin and was sworn in for another term as president on 29 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election\nIn the parliamentary elections, ZANU\u2013PF lost its majority in the House of Assembly for the first time since independence in 1980, as the two factions of the MDC won most of the seats; a month after the election, the MDC factions merged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Background\nIn late 2006 a plan was proposed that would have delayed the elections to 2010, at the same time as the next parliamentary election, which was said to be a cost-saving measure. This would have lengthened President Mugabe's term by two years. However, there was reportedly dissent within the ruling ZANU\u2013PF regarding the proposal, and it was never approved. In March 2007, Mugabe said that he thought the feeling in the party favoured having the presidential election in 2008, and moving the parliamentary election up by two years instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 583]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Background\nHe also said that he would be willing to stand for another term if chosen by the party. On 30 March 2007, it was announced that the ZANU\u2013PF Central Committee had chosen Mugabe as the party's candidate for another term in 2008, that presidential terms would be reduced to five years instead of six, and that the parliamentary election would also be held in 2008. Later, information was leaked from the same meeting that ZANU\u2013PF had adopted the position of making Mugabe president-for-life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 533]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Background\nOn 25 January 2008, the date of the election was announced as 29 March. A spokesperson for the faction of the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai denounced this as \"an act of madness and arrogance\", while the leader of the other MDC faction, Arthur Mutambara, said that a free and fair election could not be held under the existing conditions, calling for a new constitution to be adopted prior to the election. Talks between the MDC and ZANU\u2013PF collapsed following the announcement of the election date; the MDC had wanted the dialogue to affect the election, while ZANU\u2013PF wanted to hold the election on schedule in March and for any changes agreed in the talks only to take effect afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Electoral system, President\nAn amendment to the Electoral Act in 2005 meant that this was the first time a presidential candidate was required to win a majority of the vote, introducing a second round if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 248]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Electoral system, President\nThere were about 5.9\u00a0million registered voters and about 11,000 polling stations, compared to about 4,000 polling stations in the 2005 parliamentary election. The Zimbabwe Election Support Network said that there were insufficient polling stations in urban areas, where the opposition is considered stronger, while the availability of polling stations was better in rural areas, where ZANU\u2013PF is considered stronger. According to the Electoral Commission, it planned to deploy 107,690 polling officers to oversee voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 582]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Electoral system, President\nThe Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Notice 2008, published on 17 March, declared 29 March to be a public holiday. This was accompanied by the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Amendment of Electoral Act) (No. 2) Regulations, 2008, which allows police to enter polling stations. This ended a previous law, put in place in 2007 as a result of talks between ZANU\u2013PF and the MDC, that required police to stay 100 meters away from polling stations. The regulations amended Sections 59 and 60 of the Electoral Act, providing for electoral officers and police officers to assist illiterate voters (in the case of Section 59) and physically incapacitated voters (in the case of Section 60). The change was criticised by Tsvangirai and Makoni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Electoral system, President\nOther changes agreed upon in the talks between ZANU\u2013PF and the MDC included the posting of results outside of polling stations and the provision that, if state television aired any candidate's advertising, then it had to also air advertising from other candidates. Security laws that could be used to prevent MDC rallies were also moderated. The new rules also stipulated that presidential results may only be announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 519]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Electoral system, Parliament\nThe House of Assembly was expanded from 150 to 210 members, all elected, in the 2008 election, while the Senate expanding to 93 seats, 60 of which were directly elected (six from each province). There were 29 constituencies in Harare, 28 in Midlands, 26 in Manicaland, 18 in Mashonaland Central, 23 in Mashonaland East, 22 in Mashonaland West, 26 in Masvingo, 13 in Matabeleland North, and 13 in Matabeleland South, and 12 in Bulawayo. Unlike in previous elections, when constituency voter rolls were used, ward voter rolls were used in the 2008 election. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission delimited 1,958 wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 675]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Electoral system, Parliament\nPrior to the election being held, ZANU\u2013PF won two seats where it was unopposed: the House of Assembly seat from Muzarabani South, won by Edward Raradza, and the Senate seat from Rushinga, won by Damien Mumvuri. Three candidates of the MDC faction led by Mutambara died prior to the election, resulting in the elections for those seats being delayed. Glory Makwati, a candidate in the Gwanda South constituency, died in late February; this was followed on 29 February by the death of Milton Gwetu, the MP for Mpopoma, who was running for re-election. On 13 March, Abednico Malinga, another MP of the MDC Mutambara faction who was standing as a candidate, died in a car crash. He had represented Silobela constituency in the House of Assembly and was running in 2008 as a candidate in Redcliff constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 868]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Campaign, Presidential candidacies\nIn 2006, ZANU\u2013PF National chairman John Nkomo was one of the first to announce he would be ready to contest the election for ZANU\u2013PF if Mugabe chose to retire. Abel Muzorewa, the only prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, suggested on 21 June 2007 that he might run, claiming that people were urging him to do so. However, Mugabe was chosen by acclamation as ZANU\u2013PF's presidential candidate for the 2008 election by delegates at a December 2007 party congress. John Nkomo said that he \"did not hear any dissenting voices\" and that the congress had \"fully and unreservedly\" backed Mugabe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Campaign, Presidential candidacies\nTalks to unite the two MDC factions behind the candidacy of Tsvangirai, the leader of the main faction, broke down on 3 February 2008. Mutambara apologised to the people for this failure, while Tsvangirai said that unity could not be imposed by force. Analysts viewed the opposition's failure to unite as making Mugabe's re-election a near-certainty, although Tsvangirai, while expressing regret, said that he believed the opposition still had \"a fighting chance\" of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Campaign, Presidential candidacies\nSimba Makoni, a former Finance Minister who was a leading member of ZANU\u2013PF, formally announced on 5 February 2008 that he would be a candidate, running as an independent, but campaigning through the Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn organisation. Joseph Chinotimba from the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association threatened Makoni, and ZANU\u2013PF declared Makoni to be expelled from the party; it said that anyone supporting him would be expelled as well. On 11 February, Tsvangirai confirmed that he would be the candidate of his faction of the MDC in the election, ending speculation that he might rally behind Makoni's candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Campaign, Presidential candidacies\nAlthough Tsvangirai said that Makoni was a patriot, he was otherwise sharply critical, saying that Makoni had \"been part of the establishment for the last 30 years\" and therefore shared responsibility with Mugabe for Zimbabwe's situation. He furthermore expressed his view that Makoni intended to merely \"reform an institutionalised dictatorship\" and was \"old wine in a new bottle\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Campaign, Presidential candidacies\nOn 15 February 2008, Mugabe, Tsvangirai, and Makoni filed their nomination papers and were confirmed as candidates by Ignatius Mushangwe, the Electoral Commission's presiding officer. Mugabe's papers were submitted by Emmerson Mnangagwa, while Tsvangirai's were submitted by Nelson Chamisa; Makoni submitted his papers in person. A fourth candidate, Langton Towungana, was also confirmed, running as an independent. William Gwata of the Christian Democratic Party attempted to run, but his papers were rejected because they were judged as not meeting the criteria, while Daniel Shumba, formerly of ZANU\u2013PF, appeared too late to submit his papers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0014-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Campaign, Presidential candidacies\nZimbabwe People's Party Justine Chiota also attempted to run, but the Electoral Commission rejected his nomination papers. Mutambara announced on the same day that he would not run for president and would instead back Makoni, while contesting the parliamentary election in Zengeza West. Makoni nevertheless stressed that he was running alone and was \"not in an alliance with anyone\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 452]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Campaign, Presidential candidacies\nMugabe spoke about Makoni's candidacy for the first time on 21 February, calling it \"absolutely disgraceful\", comparing Makoni to a prostitute, and saying that Makoni had a self-important attitude. Mugabe also said on the same occasion that Western countries would not be permitted to send observers for the election. Also on 21 February, the MDC factions said that their dialogue with ZANU\u2013PF, which collapsed after the announcement of the election date in January, had failed. The factions said that the outcome of the election would not be legitimate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Opinion polls\nA survey, conducted by the University of Zimbabwe and reported by The Herald on 28 March, predicted that ZANU\u2013PF would win 137 House of Assembly seats and 41 Senate seats, that the MDC faction led by Tsvangirai would win 53 House of Assembly seats and 13 Senate seats, and that the MDC faction led by Mutambara would win 18 House of Assembly seats and six Senate seats. The survey was based on the views of 10,322 participants, and all of the country's wards were represented in the survey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election\nVoting began at 7\u00a0am on 29 March and continued for 12 hours, with polling stations closing at 7\u00a0pm, although voters who were still in line at that point were allowed to continue voting. Turnout was reported to be somewhat low, and according to police the voting was for the most part calm and peaceful, although the home of a ZANU\u2013PF parliamentary candidate in Bulawayo was bombed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 446]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election\nMugabe, voting in Harare, said: \"We are not in the habit of cheating. We don't rig elections.\" According to Mugabe, his conscience would not let him sleep at night if he tried to rig the election. Tsvangirai also voted in Harare, saying that he was certain of victory \"in spite of the regime's attempt to subvert the will of the people\"; he also claimed that the election could not be considered free and fair even if the MDC won. For his part, Makoni predicted that he would win with a score even higher than the 72% he had previously predicted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 611]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election\nThe MDC said that ballot papers ran out at a polling station in Mt Dzuma constituency and in Wards 29 and 30 of Makoni South constituency (both constituencies in Manicaland). It also claimed that the indelible ink used for voting could be removed with detergent. Biti said that there was \"absolutely no doubt we have won this election\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 401]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election\nSome Zimbabweans living in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa held protests and mock voting in response to their exclusion from the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 232]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election\nThe Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on 28 March admitted that the voters' roll to be used in the elections was \"in shambles\" after the opposition had unearthed 8,000 voters who according to the roll, were \"normally resident\" in a block that has no buildings and a shack that had 75 registered voters. This was in Hatcliffe alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 398]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election\nThe ZEC allegedly contravened the Electoral Act by failing to make available to the MDC a hard copy of the roll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 177]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nIn its preliminary report on 30 March, the SADC observer mission gave the election a positive assessment, although it noted some concerns. Jose Marcos Barrica, the head of the mission, described the election as \"a peaceful and credible expression of the will of the people of Zimbabwe.\" He said that it was free of violence and intimidation. Two members of the mission dissented from the group's report, however.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nOn 30 March, Tendai Biti claimed victory for the MDC at a news conference, saying that the party held the lead based on partial and unofficial results and that the trend was \"irreversible\". According to the MDC, results from 35% of polling stations (as posted on the doors of the polling stations) showed Tsvangirai with 67% of the vote. Leaders of the security forces and government officials had warned the opposition against announcing unofficial results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0024-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nPresidential spokesman George Charamba said that if Tsvangirai's next step, after announcing unofficial results and declaring himself the victor, was to declare himself President, then that would be considered \"a coup d'\u00e9tat and we all know how coups are handled\". Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission expressed concern at the MDC's announcement of \"purported results of the poll when in fact the results are being verified and collated\", and it urged the people to be patient. Biti said that the MDC did not wait on the Electoral Commission's results because it did not trust the commission and did not consider it to be independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nOn 13 April, the Electoral Commission ordered a recount in 23 constituencies, which was to occur on 19 April in the presence of party representatives and electoral observers. According to Electoral Commission chairman George Chiweshe, there were \"reasonable grounds for believing that the votes were miscounted and that the miscount would affect the results of this election\". Chamisa said on the same day that the MDC would legally challenge the recount, alleging that it was \"designed to reverse the will of the people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 602]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nAccording to Chiweshe, ZANU\u2013PF candidates in 23 constituencies lodged complaints within the prescribed 48 hours after the end of voting, and therefore their complaints could be considered under the Electoral Act. However, on 13 April, Welshman Ncube, who as an MDC negotiator was involved in rewriting some contentious laws with ZANU\u2013PF in 2007, disputed this, calling the complaints \"concoctions after the fact\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 493]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0026-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nHe accused Chiweshe of being a \"blatant liar and a fraudster\" and alleged that the Electoral Commission was working with ZANU\u2013PF to change the outcome of the election, saying that the commission had the ballot boxes for over two weeks and could have tampered with them. MDC Secretary for Legal Affairs David Coltart said: \"The delay between the expiry of the 48-hour period and the writing of the letters of complaint by ZEC is inexplicable, unreasonable. The only inference one can draw from the delay is that the commission has connived with ZANU\u2013PF and therefore acted illegally.\" He requested proof that the complaints had in fact been made within the acceptable timeframe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nThe High Court on 14 April dismissed the MDC's petition requesting the immediate release of results, and the party was ordered to pay the court costs. Although he denounced the ruling, Tsvangirai said that the MDC would not appeal it because the party did not want to contribute to any further delay by doing so. Meanwhile, Rindai Chipfunde-Vava, the Director of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, which projected that Tsvangirai had received 49% of the vote, was arrested when arriving at the airport in Harare. He was held briefly for questioning before being released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nOn 15 April, the High Court's Judge Antonia Guvava deferred hearing an MDC legal challenge regarding the recount of ballots, saying that she needed time to read Uchena's ruling dismissing the request for the release of results on the previous day. She also said that she needed time to consider whether the MDC could file new evidence that was not included in the original affidavits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 464]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nThe recount of votes in 23 constituencies began on 19 April, with party representatives and foreign electoral observers present. It was initially expected to take three days, but due to delays on the first day at some polling stations, Utoile Silaigwana, the Electoral Commission's deputy chief elections officer, said on 20 April that it might take longer. Silaigwana attributed the delays to lengthy \"initial consultations\" and to polling agents arriving late.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nAccording to Silaigwana, the recount was \"not a small exercise and we want to ensure that there are no mistakes this time around\"; he said that it was going well and that there had been no complaints from either of the parties. However, MDC spokesman Chamisa denounced the process as \"flawed and criminal\", saying that it was a \"circus\" and that the government was \"playing games with the people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nOn 21 April 2008, a South African member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) observer team, MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard, said that the recount was \"fatally flawed\". She reported repeated miscommunication of venue addresses, protocol registers at several counting stations missing, ballot box seals holding the keys for the two padlocks on each box broken. One set of ballot boxes was missing a book of voting papers from the presidential election box, although all the other books were locked inside. Loose ballot box seals with serial numbers identical to those on already-sealed boxes were easily available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 703]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Vote counting\nElectoral Commission chairman George Chiweshe said on 23 April that he expected presidential results to be released during the forthcoming weekend (26 April\u201327).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 241]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Possible second round, intimidation\nTsvangirai, while still asserting victory, said on 15 April that he would be willing to participate in a second round under certain conditions: he wanted SADC to oversee the election, for it to be conducted \"transparently, freely and fairly\", and for all international observers to be free to monitor it. The MDC alleged that Tapiwa Mubwanda, an election agent for the party, had been stabbed to death by supporters of ZANU\u2013PF. The killing was confirmed by police, although they said that the motive was not yet determined. If Mubwanda was killed for political reasons, this would be the first such death to have occurred during the dispute. A group of doctors said in a statement that 157 people had been treated after suffering beatings and torture in the wake of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 101], "content_span": [102, 881]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Possible second round, intimidation\nOn 17 April, Tsvangirai, speaking from Johannesburg, said that Mbeki should be \"relieved of his duties\" as mediator, and that he had asked Mwanawasa to \"lead a new initiative, an initiative that will expand beyond that of Mr Mbeki\". Meanwhile, in an interview with the BBC on the same day, Tsvangirai claimed that presidential envoys had approached the MDC on 30 March, immediately following the election, and proposed the formation of a government of national unity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 101], "content_span": [102, 569]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Possible second round, intimidation\nAccording to Tsvangirai, the MDC had been willing to consider this and had also been willing to guarantee that Mugabe and other leading members of ZANU\u2013PF would not be prosecuted; however, he said that the resistance of ZANU\u2013PF hard-liners caused the talks to collapse after a few days. Furthermore, Tsvangirai said in the interview that, if he became president, Mugabe could be placed on trial, either by the regular courts or by a potential \"justice and truth commission\". He said that, although he was staying outside the country for the time being, he was not in exile and planned to return to Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 101], "content_span": [102, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Possible second round, intimidation\nOn 18 April, High Court Judge Guvava dismissed the MDC's application to stop the recount that was requested by ZANU\u2013PF, ruling that the application was without merit and requiring the MDC to pay court costs. On the same day, in South Africa, the ANC backed SADC's decision to keep Mbeki in his role as mediator, despite Tsvangirai's call for him to be replaced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 101], "content_span": [102, 463]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on 17 April that, if a second round was held, international observers should be present. On 18 April, the foreign ministers of the G8 released a joint statement calling for the results \"to be released expeditiously and in accordance with the due process of law\" and for \"a speedy, credible and genuinely democratic resolution to this situation\". Biti met with former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 18 April, and on 19 April Annan suggested that African leaders should be doing more to help resolve the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 688]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nIn a report on 19 April, Human Rights Watch alleged that ZANU\u2013PF members were \"setting up torture camps to systematically target, beat, and torture people suspected of having voted for the MDC\", both to punish them and to pressure them into voting for Mugabe in a potential second round. The group asserted that there must be high-level complicity in this and criticised SADC and Mbeki for inaction. According to Human Rights Watch, it interviewed over 30 people who had suffered injuries in the camps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 624]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nBiti, speaking at a press conference in Johannesburg on 20 April, described Zimbabwe as a \"war zone\" and urged the mobilisation of UN organisations in the country, saying that the situation was no longer merely a political crisis, but a humanitarian crisis as well. According to Biti, 500 MDC supporters had been attacked, 400 had been arrested, he also said that 3,000 families had been displaced. Between March and June 2008, at least 153 MDC supporters were killed. Because key members of the administration of the MDC had been arrested, the party was unable to function, according to Biti. Like Tsvangirai, Biti was staying outside of Zimbabwe, expressing fear of arrest. On 21 April, Deputy Information Minister Matonga dismissed the allegations of violence against the opposition as \"lies that are being peddled by the MDC\". He said that the purported ZANU\u2013PF vigilante groups were \"imaginary\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 1022]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nOn 21 April 2008, Enos Nkala, one of the founders of the Zimbabwe African National Union and a former Defence Minister, appealed to Mugabe to retire because he had been rejected by the people. \"I have information from very reliable sources that on 1 April, everyone had the results including those of the presidential elections,\" he said. \"The President wanted to go but there are people surrounding him who have committed heinous crimes against the people of Zimbabwe and they are afraid of a change of guard...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0038-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nZanu PF was formed in my house in Harare and what is happening now is not one of the reasons why it was formed... It has been hijacked by criminals and people who can not be employed if they leave government. They are also holding Zimbabweans to ransom.\" Meanwhile, Dabengwa, who had backed Makoni, said that Makoni's campaign had accomplished its mission by preventing either Mugabe or Tsvangirai from winning a first round majority; he opposed holding a run-off and favoured the formation of a transitional government of national unity followed by a new election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nAlso on 21 April, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, speaking in the British Parliament, described the situation as a \"constitutional crisis\" and said that Mugabe was trying \"to steal the election\"; he also said that Mugabe and ZANU\u2013PF had \"unleashed a campaign of violence\" against opposition supporters. He furthermore described the pace of vote counting as \"ludicrously slow\" and said that the recount could not be trusted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0039-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nMeanwhile, Zuma, who described the delay in results as unacceptable, called for African leaders to \"move in to unlock this logjam\" by sending a mission to talk to the parties and the Electoral Commission; he said that, while Mbeki was the mediator, the \"gravity of the situation\" made it desirable to send other leaders to assist in resolving the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nOn 21 April, the East Africa Law Society called an emergency Pan-African Citizens consultative meeting to be held in Dar es Salaam. It was to urge the African Union to take action on the election crisis in Zimbabwe. It brings together representatives of civil society, the legal fraternity, trade unions, academia and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nTsvangirai met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a meeting of the UN Conference on Trade and Development in Accra, Ghana, on 21 April, and he urged intervention by the United Nations and African Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 330]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nIn a joint statement on 22 April, the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference, and the Zimbabwe Council of Churches called on SADC, the AU, and the UN to act to prevent the situation from deteriorating further, warning of the possibility of \"genocide\" if they did not. The statement alleged that \"organised violence\" was being employed against those suspected of supporting the MDC and that MDC supporters were being forced to repeat ZANU\u2013PF slogans; it appealed for an end to voter intimidation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nAt a press conference in Accra on 22 April, Tsvangirai asked African leaders to acknowledge his claimed victory and said that Mugabe needed to make a \"graceful\" and \"honourable\" exit. The Herald published an opinion piece by Obediah Mukura Mazombwe on 23 April that called for negotiations mediated by SADC that would lead to the establishment of a transitional government of national unity, including both ZANU\u2013PF and the MDC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0043-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nMazombwe argued that the political and economic situation made holding a second round unrealistic, and that the best solution would be the formation of a national unity government that would organise an entirely new election, with Mugabe remaining President during the transition. Chinamasa said, however, that Mazombe's article did not represent the position of ZANU\u2013PF or the government, and he reiterated that ZANU\u2013PF was opposed to a national unity government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 586]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nAlso on 23 April, Zuma said that there were other countries urging South Africa to use force in Zimbabwe, but that South Africa believed in resolving the situation through \"quiet diplomacy\" and negotiations. He also said that a national unity government was something worth considering and that it was not premature to discuss it as an option.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0044-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nIn London, Zuma and Brown issued a joint statement in which they described the situation in Zimbabwe as a crisis and called \"for an end to any violence and intimidation and stress[ed] the importance of respect for the sovereign people of Zimbabwe and the choice they have made at the ballot box.\" Brown, along with Amnesty International, additionally said that an arms embargo should be imposed on Zimbabwe, but Zuma said that he did not think that was necessary. Meanwhile, Joaquim Chissano, the former President of Mozambique, said that he and the Africa Forum, of which he is chairman, would be willing to get involved to help resolve the situation if regional leaders requested it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 807]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nVarious attacks on farmers have been reported; in one instance, 10 farm workers were reportedly ambushed and beaten by ZANU\u2013PF supporters, and in another instance a farmworker was reportedly stabbed to death. One farmer said that his family was held hostage on 23 April by war veterans seeking to force them off their property. Zimbabwean officials, however, alleged that activists of the MDC, disguised as ZANU\u2013PF members, had perpetrated violence against the population, mimicking the tactics of the Selous Scouts during the liberation struggle. They alleged that there was a \"predominance\" of Selous Scouts in the MDC. The Sunday Mail published an article which claims that former Selous Scouts are training MDC youth activists in violent tactics, at locations near Tswane (Pretoria) and Pietermaritzburg in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 946]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, Allegations of violence, further international response\nOn 24 April, Jendayi Frazer, the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, said at the beginning of a tour of Zimbabwe's neighbouring countries that Morgan Tsvangirai was the \"clear victor\" of the election. However, she also said that a \"negotiated solution\" might be necessary. Chinamasa described Frazer's utterances as \"patently false, inflammatory, irresponsible and uncalled for\". In Zambia on 27 April, Frazer said that if a government of national unity was formed, it should be led by Tsvangirai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 121], "content_span": [122, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, MDC headquarters raid\nPolice raided the MDC headquarters, Harvest House, and the offices of the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) in Harare on 25 April. The Herald reported that 215 people had been arrested in the raid on Harvest House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 310]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0047-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, MDC headquarters raid\nBvudzijena, the police spokesman, said that the police were looking for individuals who had engaged in violence following the election, specifically referring to arson attacks on \"four homesteads, tobacco barns and fowl runs belonging to Zanu-PF supporters in the Mayo resettlement area in Manicaland on 16 April\"; he said that those responsible for the attacks were suspected to have taken refuge in Harvest House. According to Bvudzijena, the police were screening the arrested individuals and those who had not committed a crime would be released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 638]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0047-0002", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, MDC headquarters raid\nThe MDC said that the raid involved about 250 policemen and that about 300 people in Harvest House were taken away, including people who were taking refuge from violence committed by ZANU\u2013PF supporters and people who were seeking medical treatment at Harvest House. The party also alleged that its supporters were beaten during the raid, and, according to the MDC, the police said that they were searching for \"the documents that the party has that form the basis of our claim that we won the election...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0047-0003", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, MDC headquarters raid\nFurther they have taken all computers and equipment that was used by the MDC at the MDC's election command centre.\" Chamisa said that the police had no search warrant and that the \"victims of violence\" taken away by the police included women and children; he also said that MDC staff at Harvest House were arrested. Regarding the ZESN raid, The Herald reported that the police were searching for evidence that Electoral Commission officials had been bribed through ZESN to manipulate the election results. ZESN chairman Noel Kututwa said that the police \"had a search warrant which stated that they were looking for subversive material which is likely to be used to overthrow a constitutionally elected government\", and he said that they had seized computer equipment and files.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 866]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, MDC headquarters raid\nOn 28 April, the Harare High Court ordered that all of the people arrested at the MDC headquarters be released. The police did not immediately do so, but Bvudzijena said that 29 people had been released, most of them women, the elderly, and infants; he also said that the police had asked those who had suffered from political violence to identify the individuals who were responsible for the violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 490]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0048-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, MDC headquarters raid\nThe police released the remainder of those who were arrested at the MDC headquarters on 29 April, in compliance with the High Court's order, without charge, although it continued to hold three others. Meanwhile, US President George W. Bush criticised Mugabe, saying that he had \"failed\" Zimbabwe, and accused the Zimbabwean government of intimidating the people; Bush also said that it was the responsibility of other countries in the region to \"step up and lead\" with regard to Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, UN Security Council meeting\nThe United Nations Security Council held a session on the situation in Zimbabwe on 29 April. Reportedly, the US, European and Latin American members of the Security Council wanted to send a special envoy to Zimbabwe; however, South Africa, the current holder of the Presidency of the Security Council, opposed this. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was said to have not yet reached a decision on the issue. Biti was present at the U.N. headquarters, hoping to convince the Security Council to send a special envoy, but the Council met without hearing his appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0049-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Presidential election, UN Security Council meeting\nAccording to Biti, the \"humanitarian concern\" made the problem more than merely a regional or sub-regional matter, and it was something the U.N. should handle. The Zimbabwean government denounced the U.N. session as \"sinister, racist and colonial\", and Deputy Information Minister Matonga called it \"a sign of desperation by the British and their MDC puppets\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 454]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Parliamentary elections\nAccording to the MDC candidate for Makoni South, Pishai Muchauraya, ballot papers in wards 29 and 30 of Makoni South, which is strongly pro-MDC, ran out after two hours of voting. Muchauraya said that 300 people had voted by that point, with another 1,000 still waiting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 337]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Conduct, Parliamentary elections\nIn Chitungwiza, a dormitory town of Harare, clashes occurred between supporters of MDC candidates from the rival factions on 30 March. This came after supporters of Marvellous Khumalo claimed victory over Job Sikhala, began celebrating, and engaged in provocations towards Sikhala. Five people were reported injured, and Klumalo and Sikhala were both arrested, along with 13 MDC activists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President\nChiweshe said on 26 April that he expected the recount to be complete by 28 April. At that point, according to Chiweshe, the presidential candidates or their agents would be invited \"to a verification and collation exercise, leading to the announcement of the results of the presidential election\". Chief Elections Officer Lovemore Sekeramayi and the candidates agreed that during this exercise both the MDC and ZANU\u2013PF would collate their own figures, which would be compared afterwards; if there were discrepancies, the figures would be cross-checked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President\nThe verification and collation of presidential results was scheduled to begin on 1 May at the Harare International Conference Centre. On 30 April, Agence France-Presse reported that \"sources close to the electoral commission\" claimed that Tsvangirai had received about 47\u201350% of the vote, but not a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0053-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President\nOn the same day, the MDC alleged that the number of people killed in post-election violence had risen to 20, while Human Rights Watch's Africa director, Georgette Gagnon, alleged that \"the army and its allies... are intensifying their brutal grip on wide swathes of rural Zimbabwe to ensure that a possible second round of presidential elections goes their way\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 415]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President\nCNN reported on 30 April that a \"unidentified senior official\" credited Tsvangirai with 47% and Mugabe with 43%. Matonga said on 1 May that the government had its own results, and that according to these results a second round would be necessary, although he gave no specifics. A spokesman for Tsvangirai, speaking in Johannesburg, stated again that Tsvangirai would not participate in a second round: \"If Robert Mugabe cannot accept the real results now, what's the guarantee he'll accept the real results after a runoff?\" He said that the claims that a second round would be necessary were part of a government strategy to steal the election. Meanwhile, Tsvangirai said that he would return to Zimbabwe after the verification exercise is complete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President\nAt the collation meeting on 1 May, the MDC presented their figures, which gave Tsvangirai 50.3%, thus avoiding a run-off; the ZEC tally, however, showed him with 47.8% to Mugabe's 43.2%. Emmerson Mnangagwa represented Mugabe at the meeting and Chris Mbanga represented Tsvangirai; Makoni was present in person. Talks were to continue on 2 May. MDC spokesperson George Sibotshiwe said that the MDC wanted the Electoral Commission to account for 120,000 votes which, according to the commission, went to Mugabe, although Sibotshiwe said that ZANU\u2013PF had not claimed those votes. According to Sibotshiwe, if Tsvangirai was credited with these 120,000 votes, he would have a first-round majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President\nSenegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio met with Mugabe on 1 May; afterwards, he said that Mugabe would participate in the second round and that Mugabe had pledged to \"unhesitatingly accept the results of the second round and urged the opposition to take the same approach.\" Tsvangirai said in an interview with France 24 on the same day that a second round could not be held in an atmosphere in which Mugabe was \"unleashing violence, death squads and violence against our structures\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 547]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nOn 2 May, Chief Elections Officer Lovemore Sekeramayi announced that Tsvangirai had received 47.9%, Mugabe had received 43.2%, Makoni had received 8.3%, and Towungana had received 0.6%. According to Sekeramayi, a second round would be \"held on a date to be advised by the commission\". The MDC denounced this as \"daylight robbery\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0057-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nBiti, speaking from South Africa, alleged that the Electoral Commission had taken 50,000 votes from Tsvangirai and added 47,000 votes to Mugabe's score; he said that \"Morgan Tsvangirai is the president of the republic of Zimbabwe to the extent that he won the highest number of votes\" and that Tsvangirai must \"be declared the president of Zimbabwe\". While not entirely ruling out Tsvangirai's participation in a run-off, Biti reiterated the MDC's view that conditions in Zimbabwe did not allow for one to be held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0057-0002", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nHe said that \"Tsvangirai should be allowed to form a government of national healing that includes all Zimbabwean stakeholders\", but said this was conditional on Mugabe immediately conceding defeat. Meanwhile, Mnangagwa said at a press conference in Harare that ZANU\u2013PF felt \"aggrieved\" and had been \"greatly prejudiced by the attempt by the MDC and its sponsors to tamper with the electoral system\", but he said that Mugabe nevertheless \"accepts the result as announced\" and confirmed that Mugabe would be a candidate in the run-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nOn the same day, US State Department spokesman Tom Casey expressed scepticism regarding the potential for a free and fair second round under the circumstances, alleging that \"the government has done everything it can to both delay and obscure the results\" and that it was intimidating and abusing the opposition. Similarly, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband demanded an end to \"violence and intimidation\" and said that \"any second round must be free, fair and open to international monitors\". Meanwhile, Makoni said that Zimbabwe could not afford to hold a second round and that \"the way forward for this country is for the political leaders to work together\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 773]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nMbeki met with religious leaders on 2 May and expressed displeasure with what he described as interference by the United States and the United Kingdom that he said was subverting his attempts at mediation. On 4 May, the US embassy and the British High Commission in South Africa expressed their support for the role of Mbeki and SADC in mediating the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 467]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nAt a meeting in Harare on 3 May, the MDC leadership did not make a decision on whether to contest the second round; Tsvangirai participated in the meeting from Johannesburg through video link-up. On the same day, MDC Vice-President Thokozani Khupe described a run-off as \"unlikely\", but vowed that if one took place, the MDC would win \"by an even bigger margin\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nOn 4 May, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace said that the Electoral Commission could not be relied upon to handle the second round, and it called on the UN and the AU to supervise it instead. Meanwhile, the Progressive Teachers Union alleged that violence was being directed at teachers because they often served as election officers, with the intent of deterring them from acting in that role in the second round, and threatened a strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0061-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nJean Ping, the Chairman of the African Union Commission, arrived in Harare late on 4 May, along with the AU's political affairs commissioner, Julia Dolly Joiner, and its peace and security commissioner, Ramtane Lamamra. Ping was reported to have had \"very constructive\" discussions with Mugabe, as well as a \"working meeting\" with Chiweshe in which they \"reviewed the entire electoral process from the start\" and \"look[ed] at all the scenarios for the coming weeks\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 572]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nOn 5 May 2008, Tsvangirai's spokesman George Sibotshiwe stated that the MDC had reached a decision, but that it would only be announced once the date for the run-off had been set. A meeting of SADC's political, defence and security committee in Angola resulted in a statement on 5 May calling on the Zimbabwean government to ensure security in the run-off. Meanwhile, ZANU\u2013PF spokesman Nathan Shamuyarira called on all party members to vote for Mugabe in the second round, describing him as \"a man who has transformed this country from being a colony to an independent, sovereign and dynamic state\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0062-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nAccording to Shamuyarira, many ZANU\u2013PF supporters neglected to vote in the first round because they were sure that Mugabe would win. The party also called on its members, as well as opposition supporters, to avoid violence. The MDC alleged that five more of its supporters were killed on 5 May, bringing its claimed death toll to 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nChiweshe suggested on 6 May that the second round might be held after the 21-day period following the announcement of results that is specified in the Electoral Act, noting that the Electoral Commission could extend the time if necessary, although he said that the Commission intended to hold the second round as early as possible. Matonga has said that it could potentially be delayed by as much as one year. British Prime Minister Brown said on 6 May that \"there must at least be an immediate end to violence and international observers must be put in place now, well ahead of the vote itself\", if it was \"to be considered free and fair\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nOn 7 May the Pan African Parliament (PAP) Observer Mission said that the ZEC had long lost control of the electoral process and its constitutional obligation has been gravely compromised. The Observer mission questioned voter registration, and the excess of ballot papers printed, and called for a \"timeous intervention\" by the AU and the Southern African Development Community before the situation got \"out of control\". On the same day, the AU released a statement calling on \"all the Zimbabwe political actors to conduct their activities in a free, transparent, tolerant, and non-violent manner\" and urging \"Zimbabwe to implement the conditions set out in the Declaration on the Principles Governing Democratic Elections in Africa\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 840]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nKingsley Mamabolo, the head of South Africa's delegation to the SADC observer mission, said on 7 May that the second round could not take place in the existing atmosphere of violence. According to Mamabalo, Mbeki had sent a team to investigate the violence. On 8 May, the MDC raised its claimed death toll to 30, while Gertrude Hambira, the General Secretary of the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe, said that her union had recorded 40,000 people who had been displaced since the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0065-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nAccording to Hambira, the displaced persons were accused of supporting the MDC and were \"attacked by a group of militias wearing army uniforms\". Also on 8 May, the President of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), Lovemore Matombo, and its Secretary-General, Wellington Chibebe, were arrested for allegedly inciting rebellion when speaking at a rally on May Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 477]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nThe BBC reported on 9 May that a Zimbabwean policeman had told it that there were plans to have war veterans present in polling stations during the second round, while dressed in police uniforms, to intimidate opposition supporters. On the same day, Mbeki arrived in Harare for talks with Mugabe and was met by Mugabe at the airport. Mbeki returned to South Africa after about four hours of talks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 503]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nAlso on 9 May, the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights said that in the violence following the election, 22 people had been killed and 900 had been tortured. However, the group said that it had become \"impossible to properly document all cases\" due to the scale of the violence, which the group claimed had seriously worsened during May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 456]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nTsvangirai announced at a press conference in Pretoria on 10 May that he would contest the second round, calling for it to be held within three weeks of the announcement of results. He said that the MDC had consulted its supporters before making this \"very difficult\" decision and that its supporters would have felt \"betrayed\" if he chose not to participate. However, he made his participation conditional on \"unfettered access of all international observers\", the \"reconstitution\" of the Electoral Commission, and free access for Zimbabwean media and the international press. Additionally, he wanted SADC peacekeepers to be present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 740]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0068-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nHe expressed his intention to return to Zimbabwe soon. Later on the same day, Tsvangirai met with Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos; he told dos Santos that, if he won the election, Mugabe would still be highly regarded as the \"father of the nation\", apparently retreating from his suggestion in April that Mugabe could face trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 445]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nIn an interview with the Sunday Mail published on 11 May 2008, Chiweshe stated that the run-off round would not be held within the three weeks, but at a later date. He said that the Electoral Commission still needed money to be allocated by the government. Meanwhile, Chinamasa stated that the government would not consider admitting Western observers unless Western governments revoked their sanctions against Zimbabwe. Also on 11 May, 58 opposition activists in Shamva were arrested for alleged public violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0069-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nMeanwhile, speaking to the press in Harare, Chinamasa said that ZANU\u2013PF would only consider the possibility of a national unity government after the second round was held, and he questioned why Tsvangirai would support such an arrangement if he had truly won a majority. He said that ZANU\u2013PF was \"eagerly waiting for the date so that we can put the election behind us and forge ahead with our programmes\", stressing the importance of unity among the people and the need to put an end to \"the current polarisation\" but also drawing a sharp contrast between ZANU\u2013PF and the MDC. According to Chinamasa, the government would pay for the second round itself, without any external assistance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 793]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nHeya Shoko, an elected MDC MP, was arrested on 12 May in connection with violence in his constituency, while the President and Secretary-General of the ZCTU appeared in court for the first time and were denied bail. Regarding Tsvangirai's anticipated return, Matonga said that any threat to Tsvangirai could be dealt with by the police, but he said that he was not aware of any such threat, remarking that \"as far as we know he is on holiday, at the same time trying to drum up support for his campaign to demonise Zimbabwe.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 631]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nOn 13 May 2008, Tsvangirai stated that he would be willing to compete in the run-off if at least SADC election observers would be present, softening his previous demand for free access to all international observers. He also said that if a delay was necessary, the second round still needed to be held \"within a reasonable period\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 437]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nOn the same day, a number of diplomats, including US Ambassador James McGee, were questioned by police for about 45 minutes at a checkpoint near Harare; they were also questioned when visiting a rural hospital and meeting with people who had been injured in violence following the election. The US government criticised this as \"harassment\". On 14 May, The Herald alleged that the diplomats were engaged in a \"spirited campaign to demonise the government ahead of the presidential election run-off\" and said that they had \"circumvent[ed] diplomatic protocol\" during their trip by going more than 40 kilometres from Harare without obtaining the Foreign Ministry's approval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nSADC Executive Secretary Tomaz Salom\u00e3o said on 14 May that SADC intended to send 200 or more observers (possibly over 300) to Zimbabwe for the second round. He also said that SADC would not send any peacekeepers and urged the parties to behave responsibly. According to Salom\u00e3o, SADC could not describe the situation as safe or fair for the time being, but he hoped that SADC could \"create a conducive environment for everybody to be confident\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nIn a statement from Chinamasa on behalf of the Electoral Commission that was published in a special government gazette on 14 May 2008, it was announced that the period in which the second round must be held was extended from 21 days to 90 days after the announcement of results. The MDC denounced this as \"illegal and unfair\", intended to \"give Mugabe and ZANU\u2013PF time to torment and continue a campaign of violence on the MDC\". The ZESN also asserted that holding the second round after 21 days would be illegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 619]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0074-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nChinamasa, expressing confidence in a victory for Mugabe, also announced on 15 May that ZANU\u2013PF would start campaigning for the run-off, under the theme \"100 percent empowerment: Total Independence\", as soon as ZEC set the date for the second round. According to Chinamasa, the campaign theme was based on ZANU\u2013PF's view that true independence must include economic independence and that, despite the existing economic crisis, the ultimate reward for pursuing this path would be full empowerment of the people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0075-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nAmnesty International said on 15 May that violence was approaching \"crisis levels\", alleging that MDC supporters were being attacked in a district in Midlands Province as well as in a district in Mashonaland Central; the group placed the death toll from post-electoral violence at 22. According to Amnesty International, \"local youths\" were being recruited by war veterans for such attacks and the police seemed \"unwilling to stop the violence\", although they did arrest MDC supporters suspected of engaging in violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0075-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nOn the same day, Biti also claimed that violence was increasing and placed the death toll at 33, while saying that Zimbabwe could not afford for the situation to continue for another 90 days. He said that Tsvangirai would return to Zimbabwe in the forthcoming weekend so that he could be present for an MDC campaign rally and a caucus of elected MPs. Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri met with church leaders and told them that ZANU\u2013PF and the MDC were both orchestrating violence from rural bases, but he said that the police were working to dismantle these bases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0076-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nThe ZEC published an announcement in the government gazette on 16 May 2008 stating that the run-off would be held on 27 June 2008. In an interview with The Herald on the same day, Chiweshe said that additional time was needed for the second round because \"resources were depleted during the first election\"; he stressed that the second round would be \"just as big as any general election\" and that \"substantial\" resources would be required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0076-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nSpeaking at a liberal conference in Belfast in Northern Ireland, Tsvangirai said that 27 June date was illegal and that the government was \"changing goal posts to suit themselves\" but reiterated his intention to participate; while expressing confidence in victory, he described the MDC as \"a government-in-waiting that is not prepared to wait any more\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 459]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0077-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nAddressing the ZANU\u2013PF Central Committee on 16 May, Mugabe was sharply critical of his party's performance in the election, describing the first round result as \"disastrous\". He said that ZANU\u2013PF had gone into the election \"completely unprepared, unorganised\" and that the entire party leadership from the national to the local level had to share the blame. Mugabe also accused the MDC of terrorising ZANU\u2013PF supporters in rural areas and warned the MDC that it was \"playing a very dangerous game\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0078-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nForeign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi stated on 16 May that all observers who had been invited for the first round would automatically qualify to observe the second round, as well; this includes the AU, the Pan African Parliament, SADC and the East African Community, among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0079-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nThe ZESN alleged on 16 May that its observers were being attacked by ZANU\u2013PF supporters and that some had been injured to the point of requiring hospitalisation. According to ZESN chairman Noel Kututwa, some of the group's observers had reported that it was \"no longer safe to observe the election\", but he nevertheless said that ZESN planned to \"have as many polling stations covered as possible\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0080-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nAlthough Tsvangirai had been expected to return to Zimbabwe on 17 May, MDC spokesman George Sibotshiwe announced on that day that his return had been delayed due to information the party had received regarding a claimed plot to assassinate Tsvangirai. Some observers suggested that Tsvangirai's failure to return called into his question his leadership qualities and made it appear that he was afraid of Mugabe and unwilling to risk coming to harm despite the risks taken by his supporters remaining in Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 618]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0081-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nOn 18 May, The Guardian reported that political dissident Gibson Nyandoro had been tortured to death in military barracks \u2013 one of over thirty dissidents killed by ZANU\u2013PF supporters, according to the British newspaper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0082-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nAt a news conference in Nairobi on 19 May, Biti said that the military intelligence directorate was in charge of the alleged plot to kill Tsvangirai and that 18 snipers were involved; he claimed that military intelligence had a hit list composed of 36 to 40 names, beginning with Tsvangirai, himself, and Chamisa. Nevertheless, Biti said that Tsvangirai would return soon. Matonga said that the government had no knowledge of such a plot and that Tsvangirai was \"playing to the international media gallery\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 613]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0083-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nZCTU leaders Matombo and Chibebe were released on bail on 19 May by Judge Ben Hlatshwayo. Along with other restrictions, Hlatshwayo ordered that they \"not address any political gatherings\" until the conclusion of their case. In a statement on the same day, Human Rights Watch called on the African Union to \"publicly demand that the Zimbabwean government halt its campaign of violence, torture and intimidation\", alleging that at least 27 people had been killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0083-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nMeanwhile, US State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said that the US was working with countries in the region \"to help ensure that there are the proper conditions for a free and fair runoff election\", including the independence of the Electoral Commission, the presence of international observers, lack of intimidation of the opposition by the army, free media access, and the ability for the opposition to move around the country peacefully.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 555]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0084-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nOn 20 May, ZANU\u2013PF Secretary for Youth Absolom Sikhosana called on the youth to vote for Mugabe. He said that many people in the first round \"voted with their stomachs\", hoping Tsvangirai could bring economy recovery, but according to Sikhosana \"the same foreign interests who are promising an overnight turnaround in the event of a Tsvangirai presidency are the same who have destroyed the economy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 506]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0084-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nSikhosana said that, while Tsvangirai promised employment, Mugabe was offering more: \"he is giving the youth the opportunity to own the means of production\" and \"have full charge of their environment and control their resources\", which Sikhosana described as a prerequisite for national wealth. In The Herald on the same day, ZANU\u2013PF spokesman Nathan Shamuyarira denied the existence of any plan to kill Tsvangirai, saying that it had \"no foundation whatsoever except in his own dreams\". Similarly, Matonga said that the claim of an assassination plot was \"stupid\". US Ambassador James McGee called on Tsvangirai to return, noting his security concerns but saying that \"as a strong leader, he should be back showing his people that he cares every bit as much for them as they do for him.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 894]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0085-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nAlso on 20 May, in response to Chinamasa's proposal in the previous week to establish joint ZANU\u2013PF/MDC committees to bring an end to the violence, Chamisa said that the MDC was willing to participate in these committees, but he nevertheless strongly criticised ZANU\u2013PF. He said that ZANU\u2013PF had made this offer only due to international pressure, that the violence was ongoing (by this point the MDC placed the death toll at 43), as part of a \"grand plan to rig the elections\" by attacking MDC supporters and displacing them from their constituencies, and he doubted that ZANU\u2013PF would stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 698]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0086-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, President, Announcement of results, run-up to the second round\nMDC MP Ian Kay was arrested on 20 May for alleged responsibility for violence in Mashonaland East, while another MDC MP, Amos Chibaya was arrested on 21 May for allegedly inciting junior officers in the police to rebel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0087-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nFollowing the election, MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti claimed on 30 March that the Tsvangirai MDC faction had won all 12 of the House of Assembly seats from Bulawayo and five out of six Senate seats from Bulawayo, saying that the remaining Senate seat had gone to David Coltart of the Mutambara MDC faction. He also claimed an overwhelming victory for the MDC in Harare, along with victories in other parts of the country, such as Manicaland, Masvingo, and Mashonaland West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 539]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0088-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nOn 31 March, after a significant delay, the Electoral Commission announced results for the first six seats. The first to be announced was an MDC victory in Chegutu West constituency, followed by five others; three of the first six seats were won by ZANU\u2013PF and three by the MDC. Later in the day, 18 additional seats were declared, also split evenly between the parties, leaving both ZANU\u2013PF and the MDC with a total of 12. In one of these seats, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa was defeated in the Makoni Central constituency. Later in the day, additional results were released, leaving Tsvangirai's MDC with 30 seats, ZANU\u2013PF with 31 seats, and Mutambara's MDC with five seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 743]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0089-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nBy 1 April, results for 131 seats had been released: ZANU\u2013PF had 64 seats, the MDC (Tsvangirai) had 62 seats, and the MDC (Mutambara) had 5 seats. Biti, claiming victory for the MDC, said on 2 April that the MDC had won 110 seats (99 for the Tsvangirai faction and 11 for the Mutambara faction) and that ZANU\u2013PF had won 96.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0090-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nNearly complete results for the House of Assembly on 2 April showed ZANU\u2013PF losing its parliamentary majority: the MDC (Tsvangirai) had 96 seats, ZANU\u2013PF had 94 seats, the MDC (Mutambara) had nine seats, and one seat was won by an independent, Jonathan Moyo. Aside from Chinamasa, six other ministers were defeated: Joseph Made, Oppah Muchingura, Mike Nyambuya, Amos Midzi, Chen Chimutengwende, and Chris Mushohwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0091-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nShortly afterwards, final results for the House of Assembly showed the MDC (Tsvangirai) with 99 seats, ZANU\u2013PF with 97 seats, the MDC (Mutambara) with ten seats, and one independent. Despite the MDC (Tsvangirai)'s lead in seats, ZANU\u2013PF was credited with the lead in the popular vote, receiving 45.94% against 42.88% for the MDC (Tsvangirai), 8.39% for the MDC (Mutambara), and 2.79% for minor parties and independent candidates. ZANU\u2013PF won an absolute majority of the popular vote in five provinces: Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Midlands, and Masvingo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0091-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nIn Masvingo, although the party won 52.01% of the vote, it took only 12 of the 26 seats, while the MDC (Tsvangirai) won 41.61% of the vote and took 14 seats. The MDC (Tsvangirai) won an absolute majority in Harare and Manicaland. In Bulawayo, the MDC (Tsvangirai) won all 12 seats with 47% of the vote; it also led in Matabeleland North with about 37% of the vote. ZANU\u2013PF won the most votes in Matabeleland South, but won only three seats; the MDC (Mutambara) won seven and the MDC (Tsvangirai) won two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 565]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0091-0002", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nZANU\u2013PF's loss of seats was attributed primarily to major loss of support in Manicaland and moderate loss of support in Masvingo, with support for the respective parties being considered relatively unchanged in the rest of the country. The tendency for ZANU\u2013PF candidates to win large majorities in their strongholds, while the MDC won many of its strongholds more narrowly, was deemed a factor in the disparity between ZANU\u2013PF's lead in the popular vote and the MDC (Tsvangirai)'s lead in the number of seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0092-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nThe Zimbabwe Electoral Commission finished the official counting late in the night of 2 April, four full days after the vote. This raised complaints from the opposition parties, which argued the government was trying to rig the vote, but in the end the opposition MDC (split between two factions) won a majority at the Assembly, with 109 of 210 seats, while the government ZANU\u2013PF achieved 97. The single independent MP in the outgoing parliament, Jonathan Moyo, retained his seat for Tsholotsho North, narrowly beating contender Robert Ncube from the MDC-AM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 620]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0092-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nThe results became complete, with all 210 seats assigned, after by-elections in the constituencies of Mpopoma, Redcliff, and Gwanda South were contested on 27 June 2008. On 28 June 2008, the Zimbabwe Times reported that Samuel Sandla Khumalo won the constituency of Mpopomo for MDC-Tsvangirai by soundly defeating Minister of Information Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, the ZANU\u2013PF candidate. On 29 June 2008, the Voice of America reported that ZANU\u2013PF was victorious in the by-elections in Redcliff and Gwanda South. As a result, the 2008 election ultimately resulted in the House of Assembly having 110 members of the combined MDC factions (100 for the MDC-T, 10 for the MDC-M), 99 members of ZANU\u2013PF, and one independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 772]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0093-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nChinamasa said on 9 April that the Electoral Commission had accepted ZANU\u2013PF's requests for recounts in five constituencies, but rejected the requests for seven constituencies; the Electoral Commission had not yet reached a decision regarding the party's requests for nine other constituencies. The MDC filed a petition on 11 April seeking to prevent a recount; however, on 13 April, the Electoral Commission announced that there would be a full recount of both parliamentary and presidential votes in 23 constituencies. The recount was to occur on 19 April, and the presence of party representatives and electoral observers would be permitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0093-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nThe recount was requested by ZANU\u2013PF in 21 of these constituencies and by the MDC (Tsvangirai) in two of them. According to Electoral Commission chairman George Chiweshe, there were \"reasonable grounds for believing that the votes were miscounted and that the miscount would affect the results of this election\". MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said that the MDC would challenge the recount, alleging that it was \"designed to reverse the will of the people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 516]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0094-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nOn 14 April, an MDC lawyer said that the party had filed \"about 60 applications to the Electoral Court\" regarding seats in the House of Assembly, requesting that \"the declarations of the results be set aside.\" The MDC alleged fraud, intimidation, and interference with electoral officers, saying that ZANU\u2013PF had bought votes and that its own votes had been undercounted. On 18 April, High Court Judge Antonia Guvava dismissed the MDC's application to stop the recount that was requested by ZANU\u2013PF, ruling that the application was without merit and requiring the MDC to pay court costs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 648]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0095-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nLynette Karenyi, a candidate of the MDC (Tsvangirai) who was elected as MP for Chimanimani West, was arrested and appeared in court on 15 April, where she pleaded not guilty to forging the signatures of four people on the nomination papers that she submitted to the Electoral Court in February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 355]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0096-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nBy 18 April, seven Electoral Commission officials had been arrested and had appeared in court. One official was charged with manipulating results for the Mazoe South House of Assembly seat, which was won by ZANU\u2013PF's Margaret Zinyemba, in an attempt to make the MDC's Modern Chitenga the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 356]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0097-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nThe recount of votes in 23 constituencies began on 19 April, with party representatives and foreign electoral observers present. It was initially expected to take three days, but due to delays on the first day at some polling stations, Utoile Silaigwana, the Electoral Commission's deputy chief elections officer, said on 20 April that it might take longer. Silaigwana attributed the delays to lengthy \"initial consultations\" and to polling agents arriving late.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0097-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nAccording to Silaigwana, the recount was \"not a small exercise and we want to ensure that there are no mistakes this time around\"; he said that it was going well and that there had been no complaints from either of the parties. However, MDC spokesman Chamisa denounced the process as \"flawed and criminal\", saying that it was a \"circus\" and that the government was \"playing games with the people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 458]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0098-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nDianne Kohbler-Barnard, a South African Member of Parliament and SADC observer in the election, said on 21 April that the recount was \"fatally flawed\"; she said that she had seen evidence of tampering with the ballot boxes, along with other problems, and that she believed the recount was being used to rig the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0099-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nThe first recount result, for Goromonzi West, was announced on 22 April; the constituency's initial result, which showed a victory for ZANU\u2013PF in both the House of Assembly and Senate votes, had been contested by the MDC. The recount showed ZANU\u2013PF keeping the seats it had won in the initial count: the recount for the House of Assembly seat showed ZANU\u2013PF gaining one vote, leaving ZANU\u2013PF with 6,194 votes and the MDC with 5,931 votes, while in the recount for the Senate seat the results were exactly the same as in the initial count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0099-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nIn the recount for the Zaka West House of Assembly seat and the Zaka Senate seat, which was initiated by ZANU\u2013PF, it was announced on 23 April that the MDC had retained both seats with no changes in the vote tally. All parties expressed satisfaction with the process, and the MDC provincial chairman for Masvingo, Wilstaff Stemele, expressed confidence that the party would also retain the other seats involved in the recount. Silaigwana said on the same day that \"recounting in all the remaining constituencies is about 75 percent complete except in Silobela and Masvingo Central\", and he anticipated that full results would be ready by the forthcoming weekend (26\u201327 April).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 737]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0100-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nThe recount was completed in Zvimba North on 23 April. Results on 25 April showed ZANU\u2013PF candidate Ignatius Chombo, who had won in the initial count for Zvimba North, retaining the seat with an increased margin: he gained 155 votes, while MDC (Tsvangirai) candidate Ernest Mudimu gained 13 votes and MDC (Mutambara) candidate Shelton Magama lost 28 votes. Some ballots that had not been included in the initial count were found and included in the recount total. Meanwhile, recount results for the Zvimba Senate seat showed the winner of the initial count, ZANU\u2013PF candidate Virginia Muchenje, retaining the seat; her total increased by 261 votes, while MDC (Tsvangirai) candidate Fidelis Chiramba's total increased by 295.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 785]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0101-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nDuring the recount in Gutu, General Vitalis Zvinavashe, who was the ZANU\u2013PF candidate for the Gutu Senate seat but lost to the MDC's Empire Makamure, told other ZANU\u2013PF candidates on 23 April that they needed to \"accept the reality\" that the MDC had won, and he stressed that the importance of preserving peace. He blamed Mugabe for the ZANU\u2013PF candidates' defeat, saying that the people of Masvingo had rejected Mugabe and that the parliamentary candidates suffered as collateral damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0102-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nSilaigwana said on 25 April that the candidates for Chiredzi North, Gutu Central, Gutu North, Gutu South, Buhera South, Lupane East, and Mberengwa South constituencies had all retained their seats in the recount. Of these, Chiredzi North and Mberengwa South had been won by ZANU\u2013PF, Gutu Central, Gutu North, Gutu South, and Buhera South had been won by the MDC (Tsvangirai), and Lupane East had been won by the MDC (Mutambara).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0103-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nIt has been claimed, based on the initial recounts, that the recount strategy of ZANU\u2013PF has failed because neither side is gaining or losing seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0104-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nOn 28 April 2008, Tsvangirai and Mutambara announced at a joint news conference in Johannesburg that the two MDC factions were reuniting, enabling the MDC to have a clear parliamentary majority. Tsvangirai said that Mugabe could not remain President without a parliamentary majority. On the same day, Silaigwana announced that the recounts for the final five constituencies had been completed, that the results were being collated and that they would be published on 29 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 537]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0105-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nEmmerson Mnangagwa, acting as President Mugabe's election agent, said on 2 May that ZANU\u2013PF had filed petitions challenging the results of 53 constituencies won by the MDC; similarly, the MDC has challenged the result in 52 seats. Courts have six months to consider the appeals, and another six months for counterchallenges; however, lawyers said that the elected MPs could still be sworn in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0105-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nIn order to handle the burden of considering so many petitions, Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku appointed an additional 17 High Court judges to the Electoral Court on 29 April, with the appointments being effective until 29 April 2009; previously there had been only three judges on the Electoral Court. Rita Makarau, the Judge President of the High Court, said on 9 May that the cases would have to be completed within six months and that any requests for it to be delayed beyond that would not be accepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0106-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nAccording to Chinamasa, speaking to the press in Harare on 11 May, the newly elected MPs would not be sworn in until after the second round of the presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0107-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nReportedly, twenty ZANU\u2013PF lawmakers have joined the opposition; if that is true, they will have to face by-elections, as crossing the floor automatically causes a by-election to be called for the respective constituency under Zimbabwean electoral law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 313]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0108-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nIn response to the delay in the sitting of the new Parliament, the MDC held a symbolic meeting of MDC MPs at a conference center in Harare on 30 May. Tsvangirai declared on this occasion that the MDC was the new ruling party and reaffirmed that the MDC factions would cooperate. He said that the MDC's legislative program would be \"based on the return of fundamental freedoms to the people of Zimbabwe\" and that the party intended to immediately abolish legislation that it considered repressive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0108-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, National Assembly\nA new \"people-driven constitution\" would follow within 18 months, according to Tsvangirai, and a \"truth and justice commission\" would be established. He also pledged that the party would introduce a new strategy to bring inflation under control and said that there would be measures to \"compensate or reintegrate\" farmers who lost their land as part of land reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0109-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, Senate\nOn 3 April, the Electoral Commission said that the announcement of Senate results was being delayed because of \"logistical problems\". Late on the same day, the Electoral Commission released the first Senate results: five seats for ZANU\u2013PF and five for the MDC. On 4 April, ZANU\u2013PF Secretary for Administration Didymus Mutasa said that ZANU\u2013PF intended to contest the results of 16 House of Assembly seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 455]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0109-0001", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, Senate\nDescribing the election as the worst he had ever seen, Mutasa alleged that some Electoral Commission officials had taken bribes to manipulate the results in favour of the MDC and said that some had confessed to this. He also alleged that some Electoral Commission officials had instructed voters to vote for opposition candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0110-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Results, Senate\nFinal Senate results were released on 5 April, showing the MDC and ZANU\u2013PF with 30 seats each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199705-0111-0000", "contents": "2008 Zimbabwean general election, Reactions\nZambian President Levy Mwanawasa called an emergency meeting of SADC leaders for 12 April to discuss the post-election impasse. According to Mwanawasa, Zimbabwe's \"deepening problems\" meant that the issue needed to be \"dealt with at presidential level\". Jacob Zuma, meanwhile, said that he thought results should have already been announced, and he described the failure to release them as \"unprecedented\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 450]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199706-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round\nThe 2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round was the third round of the inaugural Superleague Formula championship, with the races taking place on October 5, 2008. Eighteen football teams were represented on the grid, the same number of teams as there was at the N\u00fcrburgring. There were three driver changes for this round of the championship: Ryan Dalziel returned to the Rangers F.C. car (replacing James Walker), after missing the previous round due to a clash with his Rolex Sports Car Series commitments at Miller Motorsports Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 571]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199706-0000-0001", "contents": "2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round\nTwo drivers made their debuts, with Dutchman Paul Meijer replacing Nelson Philippe in the car representing Borussia Dortmund and Belgian Bertrand Baguette replaced Andreas Zuber in the Al Ain car. The meeting saw a first win for Liverpool F.C. and a second win for championship leaders Beijing Guoan. However, the championship lead for the Chinese side was cut to 14 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 412]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199706-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round, Report, Qualifying\nAfter the random draw which split the eighteen-car field into two groups, the fastest four qualifiers from each progressed into the knockout stages to decide places 1 to 8 on the grid. For the third race in succession, drivers missed out on places in the knockout stages, despite setting a faster time than the fourth-placed qualifier in the slower group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 413]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199706-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round, Report, Qualifying\nOn this occasion, three Group A drivers were eliminated despite setting times up to half a second faster than the fourth-placed qualifier of Group B. The unlucky drivers turned out to be Max Wissel (FC Basel 1893), Ryan Dalziel (Rangers F.C.) and Enrico Toccacelo (A.S. Roma), who were all quicker than Craig Dolby's R.S.C. Anderlecht machine, which made it through from Group B. A.C. Milan and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid topped their respective groups and were expected to face each other in the final, yet both teams were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Anderlecht and Paul Meijer's Borussia Dortmund machine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 662]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199706-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round, Report, Qualifying\nSevilla FC and Liverpool F.C. were the other semi-finalists, yet neither would make the final as Meijer and Dolby sealed their places by beating the somewhat more experienced GP2 Series drivers Borja Garc\u00eda and Adri\u00e1n Vall\u00e9s. In the final, Dolby would not set a time, thus giving Meijer a debut pole, becoming the third different polesitter in three races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 414]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199706-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nA wet raceday greeted the drivers on Sunday, and it was all action right from the rolling start. Fifth-placed Davide Rigon (Beijing Guoan) and seventh-placed Robert Doornbos (A.C. Milan) came together, with Doornbos being unsighted due to the spray. The accident caused terminal damage to both cars, yet would aid them for the second race of the afternoon - thanks to the reverse grid system. Dolby had taken the lead off Meijer ahead of the midfield chaos, due to a tentative start by the Dutch rookie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199706-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nThe two ran in very close formation, until a safety car was called for on lap 4, with Garc\u00eda in the wall at the Lucien Bianchi Bocht, having dropped a wheel on the wet grass. The mandatory pit stop window came as the safety car was out, and after the race went green, the first of the leaders came in - Vall\u00e9s from third, complaining of a vibration and balance issues on the Liverpool car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199706-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 1\nThese new boots had an effect on the Spanish driver rattling off a series of fastest laps and coupled with shoddy pitstops by Dolby and Meijer, a first win was on the cards. Not even a late safety car for spinners Toccacelo and Alessandro Pier Guidi (Galatasaray S.K.) could halt the Vall\u00e9s steamroller, as he would go on to win by 2.257 seconds from Dolby, recording his third runner-up placing in five races. Following them home were Meijer, Wissel, Andy Soucek (Atl\u00e9tico Madrid), Tristan Gommendy (F.C. Porto), Yelmer Buurman (PSV Eindhoven), Dalziel, Tuka Rocha (CR Flamengo), Ant\u00f4nio Pizzonia (SC Corinthians), Bertrand Baguette (Al Ain), with Duncan Tappy (Tottenham Hotspur) completing the finishers, having suffered a puncture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199706-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nAfter the first race clash between them, Rigon and Doornbos lined up together on the front row and just like the first race, the outside of turn one saw the second-place starter overtake the polesitter around the outside, with Rigon skating his way around the Dutchman. But again, the safety car came out for a first-lap incident. Pizzonia had misjudged his braking point for the Klein Chicane, barrelled past a number of cars and skated straight into Dalziel, causing both to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199706-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nAfter this safety car period, Rigon strolled off into a 23-second victory, leaving the rest of the field in his wake. The battle for second was on with both Doornbos and Toccacelo struggling with car setups. Buurman made a mistake while trying to pass the Italian, knocking his pit limiter on and lost ground. Garc\u00eda spun again, with an almost carbon copy of his race one spin - this time, he stayed on circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 465]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199706-0003-0002", "contents": "2008 Zolder Superleague Formula round, Report, Race 2\nWith all the problems about him, Tappy moved through the mel\u00e9e and ended up second, ahead of Buurman, Doornbos, Wissel, Vall\u00e9s, Toccacelo, Garc\u00eda, Kasper Andersen (Olympiacos CFP), Baguette, Meijer, Pier Guidi, Soucek, Rocha and Gommendy. With the win, Rigon managed to get back some of the damage caused to the points lead in race one - Guoan's championship lead now stands at 14 points from PSV with Sevilla falling further back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199707-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zuiderduin Masters\nThe 2008 Zuiderduin Darts Masters was a darts competition held from December 12 to December 14, 2008, in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation. Having been an unranked event in previous years, it was installed as a major tournament in the BDO/WDF darts calendar, following the disbanding of the International Darts League and the World Darts Trophy. Also, for the first time, a women's competition was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 491]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199707-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Zuiderduin Masters\nIn the men's event, number one seed Gary Anderson defended his title with a 5\u20134 win over number two seed, Scott Waites. The women's event was won by Lisa Ashton, who replaced the initial top seed Anastasia Dobromyslova following her withdrawal, beating Trina Gulliver in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199707-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Men's tournament, Group Stage\nall matches best of 9 legs. P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/\u2212 = Leg Difference; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199707-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Men's tournament, Group Stage\nSteve West 86.25 5\u20134 Ted Hankey 90.75Gary Anderson 95.43 5\u20134 Ted Hankey 95.70Gary Anderson 101.55 5\u20130 Steve West 76.26Group B", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199707-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Men's tournament, Group Stage\nMareno Michels 90.60 5\u20131 Stuart Kellett 82.65Darryl Fitton 95.46 5\u20132 Stuart Kellett 88.05Darryl Fitton 88.14 5\u20133 Mareno Michels 88.13Group C", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 204]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199707-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Men's tournament, Group Stage\nHenny van der Ster 83.13 5\u20132 Martin Atkins 80.88Mark Webster 95.76 5\u20134 Martin Atkins 90.15Henny van der Ster 82.53 5\u20134 Mark Webster 81.66Group D", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 208]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199707-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Men's tournament, Group Stage\nAlan Norris 86.16 5\u20132 Geert De Vos 80.82Martin Adams 97.71 5\u20131 Geert De Vos 78.24Alan Norris 85.80 5\u20133 Martin Adams 76.26", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 185]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199707-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Men's tournament, Group Stage\nBrian Woods 95.13 5\u20130 Willy van de Wiel 80.79Gary Robson 89.88 5\u20131 Willy van de Wiel 83.85Gary Robson 94.53 5\u20132 Brian Woods 86.94Group F", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199707-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Men's tournament, Group Stage\nJoey ten Berge 92.58 5\u20133 Andy Boulton 87.27Tony O'Shea 94.32 5\u20133 Andy Boulton 90.81Tony O'Shea 91.32 5\u20134 Joey ten Berge 88.80Group G", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199707-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Men's tournament, Group Stage\nMark Barilli 89.82 5\u20134 Martin Phillips 83.67Martin Phillips 98.31 5\u20131 Edwin Max 86.37Edwin Max 83.79 5\u20133 Mark Barilli 84.36Group H", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199707-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 Zuiderduin Masters, Results, Men's tournament, Group Stage\nDavy Richardson 90.45 5\u20132 Ross Montgomery 84.15Ross Montgomery 86.67 5\u20134 Scott Waites 87.63Scott Waites 88.41 5\u20130 Davy Richardson 75.72", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 199]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199708-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zurich Film Festival\nThe third annual 2008 Zurich Film Festival ran from September 25 to October 5, 2008. Actor Peter Fonda will act as prexy of the feature film jury. The festival introduced a new section this year, Panorama D, dedicated to German-language film from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The showcase opened with the Nicolette Krebitz-directed psychological drama, Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald (The Heart Is a Dark Forest).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199708-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Zurich Film Festival\nHighlights of the festival included Toronto and Venice Film Festival hits such as the Coen brothers' Burn After Reading, and the psychological Iraq war thriller, The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow, as well as Religulous, featuring Bill Maher and lensed by Larry Charles. Also screening is a documentary about filmmaker Roman Polanski directed by Marina Zenovich, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. Two films at the festival featured the work of actor Ben Kingsley, Elegy directed by Isabel Coixet and The Wackness helmed by Jonathan Levine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 576]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199709-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zurich Open\nThe 2008 TENNIS.com Zurich Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the event known that year as the TENNIS.com Zurich Open, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hallenstadion in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland, from 11 October through 19 October 2008. Venus Williams won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 389]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199709-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Zurich Open, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Anna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld /  Patty Schnyder, 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 123]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199710-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zurich Open \u2013 Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Anna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld and Patty Schnyder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199710-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Zurich Open \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 6\u20131, 7\u20136(3), against Anna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld and Patty Schnyder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 132]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199711-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 Zurich Open \u2013 Singles\nJustine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 112]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199711-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 Zurich Open \u2013 Singles\nVenus Williams won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20131), 6\u20132, against Flavia Pennetta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 98]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199711-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 Zurich Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq\nThe 2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq was a month-long offensive conducted by al-Qaeda in Iraq against the multinational coalition of USA, UK, Australia and Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 194]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq\nOn 19 April 2008, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Ayyub al-Masri, called for a month-long offensive against U.S. and Iraqi forces. However, the offensive is generally considered to have started four days earlier, when a series of suicide bombings in four major cities killed nearly 60 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 324]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq\nShortly after al-Masri's announcement a steady bombing campaign commenced against coalition forces. The series of bombings raised fears that remaining Sunni insurgents, who were still fighting the central government, were regrouping following their major defeat during Operation Phantom Phoenix earlier that year, that left them with only one major urban stronghold in the north, in Mosul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 421]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq\nThe offensive ended after a month with no clear gains for either side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n15 April 2008: In Baquba, as many as 53 people were killed and at least 70 more were wounded during a car bombing near the courthouse. A suicide bomber killed 13 people and injured 20 more outside a kebab restaurant in Ramadi. Five policemen were killed and four more were wounded during a suicide bombing at a checkpoint in the Hamidhiya area of Ramadi. In Mosul, a double car bombing killed three people and wounded at least 16 people. In Baghdad, a car bomb targeting a police patrol killed four people and wounded 15 in a central neighborhood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n17 April 2008: Near Tuz Khormato in the village of al-Bu Mohammed, at least 50 people were killed and 55 more were wounded when a suicide bomber blew up his explosives at a funeral for two U.S.-allied militia members killed a day earlier. The older bomber was dressed in traditional garb and allowed to enter the funeral freely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 408]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n18 April 2008: A suicide bomber attacked a U.S. military patrol near Tikrit killing one soldier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 176]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n21 April 2008: A female suicide bomber attacked a U.S.-allied militia post, killing four people and wounding five others in Baquba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 211]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n22 April 2008: A suicide car bomber at a checkpoint near Ramadi killed two U.S. Marines and wounded three more. Two policemen and 24 civilians were also wounded. A second car bombing, this one at a police station in the city, wounded 20 people, including women and policemen. In Jalawla, a female suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 17 at a police station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n23 April 2008: A coordinated attack in Mosul left four dead and nine injured. First, a suicide bomber detonated his vest. When first responders arrived a car bomb blasted them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n25 April 2008: A series of bombings hit Mosul. Six people were killed, including two policemen, and five others were wounded during a suicide car bombing. Another suicide car bomber killed three and wounded six at an Iraqi army checkpoint. A suicide fuel truck bomber wounded 40 at an Iraqi army base. A car bomb in the Danadan neighborhood wounded three people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n27 April 2008: Another suicide bombing was conducted in Mosul which left four policemen dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n29 April 2008: A female suicide bomber killed two U.S.-allied militiamen and wounded ten others in Baquba. Meanwhile, another female suicide bomber in al-Saldiya killed one person and injured five people, including the district chief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 314]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n30 April 2008: A U.S. soldier was killed in an explosion near Mosul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 148]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n1 May 2008: A female suicide bomber killed 45 people and wounded 76 others in Balad Ruz. After the bomber struck a wedding convoy, another suicide bomber targeted the first responders who arrived on the scene. A car bomb targeting a U.S. patrol killed ten and wounded 26 others near Camp Sara in Baghdad, one U.S. soldier was among the dead and three American soldiers were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 462]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n2 May 2008: Insurgents infiltrated across the Syrian border into Al Anbar province and rounded up and beheaded 11 policemen, along with a son of one of them, from the al-Rimana police station in the area of the border city of Al-Qaim. Four U.S. Marines were killed when their vehicle drove over an IED in al-Anbar province. Also, two Georgian soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Diyala province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n5 May 2008: Insurgents attacked an Iraqi Army checkpoint in Balad Ruz killing 10 Iraqi soldiers and wounding 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 192]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n13 May 2008: A roadside bomb in Mosul killed five Iraqi soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 145]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n14 May 2008: A suicide bomber attacked a Sunni funeral west of Baghdad killing 22 people. A teenage girl, who was strapped with an explosive belt, blew up near Yusifiyah, targeting an Iraqi Army patrol, leaving an Iraqi Army captain dead and seven other soldiers wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 351]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n16 May 2008: A suicide car bomber attacked a Fallujah police station. Four policemen were killed and nine others were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 206]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n18 May 2008: A car bomb hit an Iraqi Army patrol in the Zayouna district of Baghdad killing two soldiers and wounding four others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 210]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199712-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq, Timeline of major attacks during the offensive\n19 May 2008: In the town of Baaj, 130 kilometers from Mosul, gunmen ambushed a bus carrying police recruits killing 11 of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 207]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia\nThe amendments of 2008, which were proposed in November 2008 and came into force on 31 December 2008, are the first substantial amendments to the Constitution of Russia of 1993 and extended the terms of the President of Russia and the State Duma from four to six and five years, respectively. Earlier only minor adjustments concerning the naming of the federal subjects or their merging were made, which require a much simpler procedure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 483]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\nPresident Dmitry Medvedev, who succeeded Vladimir Putin earlier that year, made that brief proposal during his first annual address to the Federal Assembly on 5 November 2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 230]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\n[ W]e should increase the constitutional mandates of the President and State Duma to six and five years respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 172]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\nThese issues have been raised repeatedly since the 1990s. Discussions on these subjects have gone on for a long time. Many have made reference to history, which abounds with examples of democratic countries changing the terms and mandates of their state bodies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 316]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\nI will not list all of these examples. These cases are well known. What I want to say is that we are not talking about constitutional reform but about adjustments to the Constitution, about adjustments that are important but are nonetheless no more than clarifications and do not change the political and legal essence of the current institutions. These adjustments provide rather an additional resource for the institutions' stable work. There is no place for a 'reforming itch' with regard to the Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\nThe Constitution is effective, it works, and its basic provisions should remain unchanged for many years to come. Civic rights and freedoms, the nation\u2019s sovereignty, the state system and federal organisation, the organisation principles of the judicial system and local self-government, and the other foundations of our constitutional order have been set for a long-term historical period. As the guarantor of the Constitution, I will preserve and protect these fundamental provisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 541]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\nThe change doesn't apply retroactively and shouldn't affect the current terms of the President and the State Duma and will take effect for the next time. As of 2008, the articles 81.1 and 96.1 of the Constitution of 1993 stipulated that the President and the State Duma should be elected for a term of four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\nAccording to the articles 136 and 108, amendments to the provisions of Chapters 3\u20138, including the articles 81 and 96, require the same approval as a federal constitutional law, that is, a two-thirds supermajority vote in the State Duma, the lower house and a three-fourths supermajority vote in the Federation Council, the upper house, and come into force as they have passed the Regional legislatures of no less than two-thirds of the 83 federal subjects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\nThe President formally submitted the bill to the State Duma on 11 November. The State Duma, dominated by pro-government parties after the election of 2007, swiftly approved the proposal in the three required readings on 14 November (388 in favor/58 against), 19 November (351 in favor/57 against) and 21 November (392 in favor/57 against). Of the four parties represented in the State Duma, only the Communist Party, represented by 57 members of parliament, opposed the bill. The United Russia, Liberal Democratic Party and Fair Russia all supported the bill. Viktor Ilyukhin, a Communist legislator, commented during discussions in the State Duma on 14 November:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\nWhy are we in such a hurry? A strict authoritarian regime has already been established in this country. There is already an unprecedented concentration of power in one person's hands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\nThe fractured opposition outside the parliament also condemned the proposed changes to the constitution. On 26 November the Federation Council approved the bill with 144 votes in favor and one against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 256]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\nYulia Latynina, journalist for The Moscow Times, speculated that the reform prefigures Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin, probably earlier than in May 2012, when Medvedev's term is set to expire. An unnamed official from the Presidential Executive Office cited by Vedomosti hinted that Medvedev could resign as early as in 2009. According to Vedomosti's source, the alleged plan was masterminded by Vladislav Surkov in 2007. A survey held by VTsIOM on 15\u201316 November showed 56% support of a longer presidency and extended term of parliament among the Russians. The support, however, was lower in big cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 667]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199713-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, History\nBy 18 December the provincial legislatures of all 83 federal subjects of Russia had approved the amendments. The Federation Council reviewed and accepted the approvals on 22 December and on 30 December President Medvedev signed them into law. The amendments were published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta and hence came into force on 31 December 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum\nIn May 2008, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), a Darfur ethnic minority rebel group, undertook a raid against the Sudanese government in the cities of Omdurman and Khartoum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 217]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum\nFrom the government's viewpoint, the attack took place on a single day, May 10, 2008, while JEM has countered the government's account with reports of heavy fighting in parts of the Khartoum metropolitan area into May 11. More than 220 people were reported to be killed in the raid, including a Russian pilot, and scores were later sentenced to death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 388]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum\nIt was the first time that the War in Darfur, previously confined to western Sudan, reached the country's capital. Overall, the war has claimed the lives of up to 300,000 people, with 2.5 million more made homeless since 2003 (the United States has labeled the conflict in Darfur as genocide, a charge the Sudanese government has rejected). Despite decades of warfare in Southern Sudan, Khartoum had not experienced any street fighting since 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 484]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, The battle\nOn May 10, 2008, Sudanese National Islamic Front (NIF) government troops and a large group of rebels from Darfur clashed in the city of Omdurman, opposite of Khartoum. Witnesses reported heavy gunfire and artillery fire in the west of Sudan's capital and Sudan People's Armed Forces helicopters and vehicles rushing through the streets towards Omdurman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 402]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, The battle\nAs the Justice and Equality Movement rebels in a convoy of 130 all-terrain vehicles approached the capital, a Russian military pilot working as a military instructor Sudanese Air Force climbed into a MiG-29 combat jet and attempted to strafe the column. The plane was shot down by a large-calibre machine gun and the pilot was killed as his parachute did not open after ejecting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, The battle\nDespite the efforts of the Sudanese and Russian governments to conceal the incident, news of his death was leaked by the independent Echo of Moscow radio station in Russia and the Sudanese newspaper Alwan (which was promptly closed down for having \"disclosed sensitive military information harmful to the country\u2019s security and its accomplishments\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 399]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, The battle\nJEM forces entered the city of Omdurman, targeting the Arba'een military base and the Al-Aswat police station. Government troops backed up by tanks, artillery, and helicopter gunships were immediately deployed to Omdurman, and heavy fighting raged for several hours. The rebels then started to move towards the Al-Ingaz bridge to cross the White Nile into Khartoum in an apparent attempt to reach the Presidential Palace, while another JEM force headed towards the National Radio and Television building in Omdurman. Both attacks were repelled by government forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 614]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, The battle\nAfter recapturing the strategic military airbase at Wadi-Sayedna, Sudanese government soldiers stopped the rebel advance just short of the country's parliament, and by late afternoon Sudanese TV said that the rebels had been \"completely repulsed\", while showing live pictures of burnt vehicles and bodies on the street. Sudanese police said the alleged leader of the attackers, Mohamed Saleh Garbo, and his intelligence chief, Mohamed Nur Al-Deen, were both killed in the clash. The government declared an overnight curfew shortly after its announced cessation of hostilities at 1400 GMT. The JEM, however, had denied the government's claim of victory against the rebels, instead stating that fighting was still going on in Omdurman and Khartoum North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 801]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, The battle\nAccording to a report by Human Rights Watch, sporadic fighting continued for the next 48 hours. Omdurman residents said there was more fighting on the morning of May 11. There were also reports of fighting on May 12 at markets in central Khartoum (west of the American Embassy), and on the other bank of the Blue Nile. Residents in Banat and Al-Muhandiseen areas reported some shootings in the area, and an eyewitness said that the Sudanese security forces set a siege around one of the buildings said to be occupied by the JEM fighters. On the same day, the JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim spoke by telephone to the Associated Press claiming to still be within Omdurman with his fighters, and vowed to continue attacks in a long guerrilla war. The group has identified their goal as the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir's military government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 881]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, The battle\nOn May 14, the Sudanese defense minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein said 93 of his soldiers and 13 policemen died in the battle, along with 30 civilians and more than 90 Justice and Equality Movement rebels. He also said the rebels lost at least two-thirds of their vehicles, while the interior minister Ibrahim Mahmoud said the government forces destroyed more than 40 and seized about 17 vehicles. Also on this day, JEM admitted defeat in the raid in which they said a third of all their fighters took part, but promised further attacks on the capital. The group's deputy chairman, Mahmoud Suleiman, said in a statement that it \"might have lost the Khartoum battle and pulled out in dignity ... but it has not lost the war.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 782]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, Aftermath\nHassan al-Turabi and ten other members of the oppositionist Popular National Congress party (PNC), a splinter faction of the ruling National Congress, were arrested at dawn in their homes in Khartoum because of their alleged links to the rebels. Turabi was released later that day, denying any such relationship between the PNC and JEM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, Aftermath\nJEM leader Khalil Ibrahim ruled out any ceasefire with Khartoum unless a political accord is signed, lashed out at the international community, accusing it of impotence in its response to the Darfur crisis, and hailed the position of the Sudanese Communist Party for not condemning the attack. The government said it has learned lessons from the raid and will be better prepared next time. It also offered a US$125,000 bounty for Ibrahim, who has been allegedly wounded during fighting on May 10 in Omdurman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 556]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, Aftermath\nBy April 2009, the Sudanese government had sentenced 82 Justice and Equality Movement members, including the top rebel Abdul Aziz Ashur, half-brother of Khalil Ibrahim, to death by hanging as guilty of terrorism and illegal possession of weapons. As one batch of the sentences was handed down, the condemned men stood up and shouted \"Go, JEM, go!\" and \"Go, Khalil, go!\" By November 2009, the number of these sentenced for death crossed 100, including six JEM child soldiers; however, scores of other children accused of taking part in the raid were pardoned and freed by President al-Bashir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 639]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199714-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, Impact on Sudanese-Chadian relations\nSudan accused its neighbor Chad of providing haven and ammunition to the rebels (\"basically Chadian forces\"), and the Sudanese government had announced that rebels were moving over the border from Chad to the Darfur region, which is the epicenter of the conflict between Darfuri rebels and pro-government Janjaweed militants; the rebels then moved over some 600\u00a0km (370\u00a0mi) of desert and scrub from Darfur to the Khartoum metropolitan area. Chad denied the allegations, but Sudan immediately cut off relations with Chad for the first time since a non-aggression pact was signed between the two countries' governments in mid-March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 705]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199715-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the Israeli embassy in Mauritania\nOn 1 February 2008, at least three gunmen who allegedly belonged to the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb opened fire outside the Israeli embassy in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. Armed with rifles and grenades, they injured three bystanders. Eight suspects were later arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199715-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the Israeli embassy in Mauritania, Attack\nOn 1 February 2008, several unidentified gunmen attacked the Israeli embassy in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, in a gun and grenade attack. At 2:20 am local time, between three and six gunmen dressed in turbans and robes approached the embassy building on foot after being dropped off by a car at a close by nightclub and opened fire, shouting  \"Allahu akbar.\" Mauritanian embassy guards posted at the embassy quickly returned fire. Although the overall attack had an \"inconsequential\" impact, the ensuing gunfight injured three bystanders including a French woman at the nearby nightclub. The attackers then escaped in a vehicle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199715-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the Israeli embassy in Mauritania, Attack\nIn a statement titled \"At your orders, Gaza,\" the extremist group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the attack and personally threatened the Israeli ambassador. According to the United States-based IntelCenter, one of Al-Qaeda's top commanders Ayman al-Zawahri had called for attacks on the Israeli ambassador in 2007. The attack was the latest in a string of violence to impact the country, coming just after the murder of four French tourists, and an attack that killed in three Mauritanian troops in December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199715-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the Israeli embassy in Mauritania, Aftermath\nThe next day, Mauritanian authorities announced they had detained three suspects approximately 150 kilometers (93 m) from the capital. On 8 February, it was announced that eight people, including an Algerian national, had been arrested in connection to the attack. In response to the attack, Israeli embassies worldwide were placed on a heightened security alert and an Israeli defense official was dispatched to Mauritania to evaluate the embassy's security. The Israeli Ambassador to Mauritania Boaz Bismuth stated on radio: \"The opposition savagely attacked Israel because of the situation in Gaza. The media criticized Israel blatantly and exaggeratedly.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199716-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen\nThe 2008 U.S. embassy attack in Yemen in Sana'a, Yemen on September 17, 2008, resulted in 18 deaths and 16 injuries. Six attackers, six Yemeni police, and six civilians were killed. This attack was the second occurring in the same year, after a mortar attack earlier in 2008 on March 18 missed the embassy and instead hit a nearby girls' school. Islamic Jihad of Yemen, an al Qaeda affiliate, claimed responsibility for the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199716-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen, The attack\nThe attack began at 09:15\u00a0a.m. local time (06:15\u00a0a.m. UTC) when attackers dressed as policemen, armed with rocket-propelled grenades, automatic rifles, grenades, and car bombs, attacked the outer security ring at the entrance of the main gate from a car. The embassy, located in the Dhahr Himyar district of Sana'a, is located 250\u00a0meters (820\u00a0feet) from this security entrance. A 20-minute battle ensued between the terrorists and the embassy security force, during which some embassy security forces were fired upon by snipers from across the road. In the midst of the battle, a car bomb exploded at a second security ring of concrete blocks in an unsuccessful attempt to blow a hole in the wall. Up to five explosions may have occurred during the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 818]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199716-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen, The attack\nSix members of the Yemeni security forces, six attackers (one of whom wore an explosives belt), and six civilians were killed in the attack. Though no Americans working at the embassy were injured or harmed during the attack, Susan el-Baneh, a newly married woman from New York City, was killed along with her Yemeni husband while waiting outside to fill out paperwork. At least sixteen people, mostly women and children, were treated at two hospitals for injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199716-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen, The attack\nLackawanna, New York Yemeni-American Susan el-Baneh (Elbaneh), age 18, wed a Yemeni in August. She went to Yemen partly to help her new Yemeni husband obtain approval to enter the United States, and both spouses were in a line of civilians waiting to enter the embassy when the attackers opened fire. The Associated Press said Susan Elbaneh was a cousin of Jaber A. Elbaneh, who is on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorism suspects. Elbaneh's family said she had no relationship with her cousin and her sister Shokey Elbaneh commented \"Like the people killed in 9/11, people killed in terrorist acts all over the place, we're the same victims.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 708]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199716-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen, Responsibility and arrests\nThe Islamic Jihad of Yemen, an al Qaeda affiliate, has claimed responsibility for the attacks. The group also threatened future attacks against other embassies, including those of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 320]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199716-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen, Responsibility and arrests\nIt released a statement: \"We will carry out the rest of the series of attacks on the other embassies that were declared previously, until our demands are met by the Yemeni government.\" Meanwhile, on September 18, 2008, Yemeni authorities arrested 30 suspects allegedly connected to Al-Qaeda. Foreign Minister Abou Bakr al-Qurbi said: \"The attack on the U.S. Embassy was retaliation by al-Qaeda for the measures taken by the government to fight the terrorists.\" United States Department of State spokesman Sean McCormack said that \"the multi-phased attack bore all the hallmarks of al-Qaeda.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 669]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199716-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen, Responsibility and arrests\nOn November 1, a Yemeni security official said the attackers had links to al-Qaida. He added that the United Nations had raised its security level in Yemen in response to such threats. He also elaborated that the six Yemeni men who carried out the attack trained at al-Qaida camps in the southern Yemeni provinces of Hadramut and Marib, while three of them had recently returned from fighting in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199716-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen, Other incidents\nIn June 2001, the embassy was closed temporarily after militants were found with explosives and maps of the area, around the embassy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 200]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199716-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen, Other incidents\nOn January 26, 2009, three gunmen in a car opened fire at a checkpoint near the embassy. Security forces chased them and managed to stop the car. All three men were arrested and there were no injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 268]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199717-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul\n2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul was a series of attacks which targeted the Christians in Mosul, Iraq. The Christians of Mosul who were already targeted during the Iraq War left the city en masse heading to Assyrian villages in Nineveh Plains and Iraqi Kurdistan. Both Sunni extremists, and Kurdish peshmerga were blamed for the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 376]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199717-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul, Background\nReligious minorities in general and Christians in particular were badly affected by the rise of Islamic fundamentalism after the invasion of Iraq. A number of Christians was killed in Baghdad and Mosul, and on 1 August 2004 a series of explosions targeted Churches in Baghdad, Mosul and Kirkuk leaving 15 dead and 71 injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199717-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul, Background\nOn 13 March 2008, the body of the Chaldean Archbishop of the city, Paulos Faraj Rahho, was found buried in a shallow grave near Mosul. Rahho was the highest ranking Christian cleric to be killed in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 251]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199717-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul, Attacks, October attacks\nThe first series of attacks started in October when Christians families were given choice of death or converting to Islam. By the end of the month around 14 Christians were killed and more than 13,000 were forced to flee to Nineveh Plains. The Iraqi government pledged to $900,000 to help the refugees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 364]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199717-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul, Attacks, November attacks\nSeven bodies belonging to Christians were found in the streets of Mosul on early November. A house belonging to Syriac Catholic sisters was attacked and two nuns were killed and a third severely injured. Around 500 families were forced to flee the city as a result, where they found refuge in Churches and with relatives in nearby villages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 403]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199717-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul, Aftermath, 2009 attacks\nIn January 2009 15 Christians were killed in Mosul and more Christians fled to the Nineveh Plains and Christian villages in Iraqi Kurdistan seeking safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 216]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199717-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul, Accusation of Kurdish involvement\nThese attacks were however blamed on the Peshmerga who were forcing Christians out of their homes by threatening them with death or by killing them. Eyewitnesses claimed some of the assailants were identified by their dialect as Kurds trying to pose as Arabs. Rumour circulated that Kurds had secretly targeted the Christians in order to draw them to their side during an anticipated referendum concerning the Disputed territories of Iraq, of which the Christians form a substantial minority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 563]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199717-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul, Accusation of Kurdish involvement\nSome Iraqi and American military officials denied the allegations of Kurdish responsibility. Younadem Kana, a member of Iraq\u2019s parliament and head of the Assyrian Democratic Movement, said media reports, including the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, \u201cpublished lies under my name\u201d accusing the Kurds of allowing violence to displace more Mosul Christians. \u201cMy statements were changed and fabrications were published under my name,\u201d said Kana, who also heads the Assyrian Democratic Movement. He said the accusation against Kurds, first publicized at a press conference Oct. 25 by Sunni parliamentarian Osama al-Nujaifi, were \u201cbaseless.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199717-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul, Accusation of Kurdish involvement\nAccusations against Kurdish groups were also made by al-Hadba Arab political bloc of Mosul, which is led by Osama Al Naijafi and his brother, Atheel, the current governor of Nineveh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 253]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka\nThe 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka were a wave of attacks directed against Christian churches and prayer halls in the Indian city of Mangalore, and the surrounding area of southern Karnataka, in September and October 2008 by Hindu organizations, the Bajrang Dal and Sri Ram Sena. The attacks were widely perceived by Christians in southern Karnataka to be punishment from the right-wing Hindu nationalist organisations because Christians had been outspoken about Christian persecution in Orissa, and after the murder of Swami Lakshmanananda, a Hindu monk, allegedly killed by the local Christian community. Additionally, because the New Life Fellowship Trust (NLFT), a fundamentalist, non-denominational Christian Church, was alleged by the Bajrang Dal to be responsible for forced conversions of Hindus to Christianity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 887]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka\nSeveral isolated incidents against Christians were reported from 17 August onwards. On 29 August some 45,000 institutions across India participated in a \"prayer for peace and communal harmony\" in response to the ongoing anti-Christian violence in Orissa. The attacks began on 14 September, when a group of youths from the Bajrang Dal went inside the chapel of Adoration Monastery of the Sisters of St-Clare in Hampankatta and desecrated it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka\nSome 20 churches and prayer halls, including Catholic and Protestant churches, temples belonging to the Jehovah's Witnesses and other evangelical sects, and colleges were damaged in towns and villages in the Mangalore taluk and other parts of the Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Chikkamagaluru districts. A few Christian institutions were later attacked in Bangalore and Kasaragod district. The Christian community responded to the attacks within hours and began protesting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 520]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0001-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka\nThe massed protesters blocked arterial city roads, especially in places such as Hampankatta, Kulshekar, Bejai, Derebail and Thokottu and rang bells in almost all the churches of Mangalore, calling parishioners to the churches. The protests led to strong police suppression with lathi charges and tear gas, making around 150 arrests and injuring 30 to 40 people. The incident marked the first time that Catholics had ever resorted to violence in Mangalore when provoked. Between 15 September and 10 October, a new wave of anti-minority attacks began against Christian communities in the Indian states of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, New Delhi, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand, as well as Muslim communities in Gujarat and Maharashtra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 843]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka\nThe September 2008 attacks had political significance, given that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka state government were accused of involvement and of backing the anti-Christian campaign. The police were reported to have had knowledge of the imminent attacks but failed to prevent them. They were criticised for their reaction to the protests and a report by a committee of human rights activists, set up in the aftermath to examine the causes of the attacks, claimed that police had used the event as a pretext to assault the community, rather than defend it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka\nJustice B. K. Somasekhara of Karnataka, however, concluded that the police and government helped maintain order and were not responsible for the attacks. In response to the alleged forcible conversions of Hindus, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) gave a three-month deadline for the New Life Fellowship Trust (NLFT) to stop all conversion activities in Mangalore. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore declared that it would distance itself from the NLFT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka\nIn February 2011, retired Justice M. F. Saldanha, spoke out against the protests and published a report in which he described the attacks as \"state-sponsored terrorism\". He said that the attacks were part of \"communal forces\" at work attacking Christian institutions on the coastal belt of India. That report, and continued denial by the state government of being implicated in the attacks, led to more than 100,000 Christians representing some 45\u00a0Christian denominations and secular organisations leading a silent march in Mangalore on 21 February. Following publication of the reports and subsequent protests, the government of Karnataka announced that it would drop 338 cases against Christians who had protested the attacks, and in December 2011 a further 23\u00a0cases against Christians were dropped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 850]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Historical reasons\nMangalore has long been a major Christian centre in India. In 1526, under the viceroyship of Lopo Vaz de Sampaio, the Portuguese took possession of Mangalore and Christianity began to spread via their missionaries. Many Christians migrated to South Canara from Goa. The Mangalorean Catholics were persecuted by Tipu Sultan during his reign between 1782 and 1799 and many were forcibly converted to Sunni Islam. On 24 February 1784, Tipu rounded up 60,000 to 80,000 Mangalorean Catholics and transported them to Seringapatam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 615]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0004-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Historical reasons\nThey were held there in captivity for 15 years, until the British defeated the Mysoreans at the Battle of Seringapatam on 4 May 1799, with Tipu being killed in action during the battle. Only 15,000\u201320,000 of those Catholics taken captive in 1784 survived. In the latter half of the 19th century, Protestant missionaries began working in Mangalore and surrounding communities, and the Vicariate of Mangalore was established in 1853. Mangalore, noted for its many churches and the strong representation of Catholics, was at one time known as the \"Rome of the East\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0004-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Historical reasons\nHowever it is also noted as a pilgrimage centre for Hindus, given its numerous Hindu temples and shrines. Between 1991 and 2011, the percentage of Christians living in India reportedly dropped from 2.7 per cent to 2.2 per cent, a declining figure which has been linked to ongoing difficulties facing Christians in a predominantly Hindu nation. In 2008, an estimated 320,300 Christians were living in the Dakshina Kannada district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 521]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Historical reasons\n\"Historically, Dakshina Kannada district has been a very long standing RSS / VHP stronghold. Right from the days of the freedom movement and thereafter when Gandhi was assassinated by a group of fanatics who maintained that his brand of politics was unacceptable to the Hindu fundamentalists, the district has always been the nerve-centre of these movements with regular morning drills on the maidans (grounds), processions, baithaks (seatings) and sammelans (meetings).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 561]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Historical reasons\nThese activities took a violent turn after the year 2000 when it was found very convenient to target the Muslim community on the ground that they are allegedly anti-nationals and that they are disloyal to this country. It is an offence under the IPC to indulge in any form of communal disharmony but the offensive articles kept regularly appearing in the Press headed by a leading Kannada daily owned by some industrialists from Manipal, particularly after the 1993 Bombay Bomb Blasts and violent incidents in different parts of the country. Mangalore in particular, and some of the other towns in Dakshina Kannada were prone to Hindu\u2013Muslim violence though on a relatively small and isolated scale but this was definitely a disturbing factor. Never had it happened before that the Christian community had been attacked.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 912]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Historical reasons\n\u2014 Extract from the Saldanha Commission report into the background of religious tensions in the Dakshina Kannada district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 212]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Murder of Swami Lakshamananda\nSeveral explanations of the cause of the September 2008 attacks have been postulated. Many Christians believe that the attacks were a direct response from right-wing Hindu organisations who were targeting the people of Mangalore and the surrounding area because they had been outspoken about persecution of Christians in Orissa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 101], "content_span": [102, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Murder of Swami Lakshamananda\nSt. Aloysius College, a Jesuit institution in Mangalore, and some other 2000 Christian schools in Karnataka, went on strike for varying periods between 29 August and 5 September prior to the attacks, protesting against anti-Christian persecution in Orissa, contrary to the orders of the government who stated that they were to be regular work days. Primary and secondary education minister Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, responding to the shutting down of the Christian educational institutions in Karnataka, had directed the public education department to issue show-cause notices to schools that had objected to the violence against Christians in Orissa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 101], "content_span": [102, 753]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0007-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Murder of Swami Lakshamananda\nA Christian institution in Shimoga had reportedly received a notice from the education ministry of Karnataka during the strike saying,  \"The VHP and Bajrang Dal have conducted a protest against the closure of schools and criticised your action. They have submitted letters requesting action against you for this. In this context, you are asked to show cause as to why action should not be initiated against you for using religion as an excuse to announce a holiday and as to why permission to run your institution should not be withdrawn.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 101], "content_span": [102, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0007-0003", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Murder of Swami Lakshamananda\nState Home Minister V. S. Acharya explained the reason for the notices, \"All Christian institutions are grant-in-aid institutions of the government and they should have had the courtesy to inform us before declaring a holiday. Their decision to act unilaterally cannot be tolerated.\" The education minister was backed by the State President D. V. Sadananda Gowda, who issued a statement in which he stated that Christian education institutions had committed a crime by declaring holiday without obtaining the state government's permission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 101], "content_span": [102, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0007-0004", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Murder of Swami Lakshamananda\nHowever, the Indian National Congress (INC) condemned Hegde's statement to take action against Christian education institutions and the leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, Mallikarjun Kharge, stated that \"The minister's statement is not proper. It may lead to law and order problem in the State.\" Bajrang Dal proponents protested with banners outside the St. Aloysius College gates and across Mangalore on Saturday 31 August, the day after the college had closed for a holiday, chanting slogans such as, \"Jai Mata Di\" (Hail to the Mother) and \"Bharat Mata ki jai\" (Hail Mother India). The closure of the schools in Mangalore were not alone; some 45,000 institutions across India had participated on 29 August in a \"prayer for peace and communal harmony\" in response to the events in Orissa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 101], "content_span": [102, 910]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Anti-Hindu activities of NLFT\nAnother explanation is that the attacks were an angry response by Bajrang Dal over the allegations that the New Life Fellowship Trust were indulging in forceful religious conversion of Hindus and distribution of vulgar literature slandering Hindu gods and goddesses. Bajrang Dal claimed that nearly 15,000 people had been forced to adopt Christianity as their religion in Mangalore alone in the past year after monitoring the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 101], "content_span": [102, 538]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0008-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Anti-Hindu activities of NLFT\nIn the book Satyadarshini, written by Andhra Pradesh Pastor Paravastu Suryanarayana Rao, it was also reported that the New Life Fellowship Trust had denigrated and defamed Hindu gods, causing anger amongst the Bajrang Dal. Hindu activists also alleged that excerpts from Rao's book had been published in pamphlets to spread its influence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 101], "content_span": [102, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0008-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Background and cause, Anti-Hindu activities of NLFT\nMahila Parishat leader Asha Jagadish believed that the attacks were solely motivated by religious conversion by New Life and claimed that her neighbour was forcefully converted into Christianity to marry a Christian girl, further stating, \"The Holy Saint School in Bangalore, where I studied up to fifth standard, did not allow me to wear kumkum or bangles according to Hindu tradition.\" Fr. Francis Serrao, rector of St. Aloysius College, stated that he believed the attacks were not due to conversion, but was rather a reflection of the struggle between Christianity and Brahmanism and theorised that Christian ideology and Brahmin ideology can never coexist as \"Christianity propagates love and Brahmanism propagates hate.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 101], "content_span": [102, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Early attacks\nIncidences of violence against Christians had been reported during the month prior to the main attacks. On 17 August 2008, demonstrators performed a dharna (hunger strike) outside the DHM church in Jayanagar, Davangere and again on 24 August at Nitya Jeeva Devalaya church, burning Christian literature in both events. No complaints or arrests were made in either of the events. Three days later, on 27 August, a Christian prayer hall and its pastor in Uchangidurga, Harpanahalli taluk of the Davanagere district, were attacked, leading to eight arrests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 72], "content_span": [73, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0009-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Early attacks\nThen on 7 September, a group of about 300 individuals attacked the Yesu Kripalaya Church in Bada, Davangere district, vandalising it and burning the Bibles. Ten people were arrested at the scene in Bada. The multiple premeditated attacks started on 14 September 2008, with some 20 churches attacked in Karnataka; of which 14 were attacked within one hour. These included Catholic and Protestant churches as well as temples belonging to the Jehovah's Witnesses and the New Life Fellowship Trust.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 72], "content_span": [73, 567]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0009-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Early attacks\nThe attacks began when a group of some 15 youths on motorbikes from the Bajrang Dal, a Hindu nationalist organisation which aims to achieve the \"reversing of the invasions by Muslim conquerors and British imperialism\", arrived at the chapel of Adoration Monastery of the Sisters of St-Clare in Hampankatta around 10.15 am, shouting a pro-Bajrang Dal slogan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 72], "content_span": [73, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0009-0003", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Early attacks\nThey entered the monastery and attacked it with lathis, desecrating the tabernacle and the Eucharist, the 15 feet (5\u00a0m) high golden coloured monstrance (regarded by the nuns as the most sacred object in the church), a crucifix, the oil lamps, the vases on the altar, and a few statues of saints. A couple praying in the chapel at the time were also beaten by the intruders. Two nuns were also reportedly injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 72], "content_span": [73, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0009-0004", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Early attacks\nAround the same time, a group of 30 to 35 people on motorbikes wearing masks attacked the empty Church of South India building at Kodaikal, armed with iron pipes, cricket stumps and sticks, shouting pro-Bajrang Dal slogans. Aside from damage to the buildings, windows and religious iconography, furniture, Bibles, and other Christian literature were damaged in various churches. A gang of about 30 youths had made an attempt to ransack a prayer hall of the New Life Fellowship Trust, but their efforts were thwarted by the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 72], "content_span": [73, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Main attacks (14\u201316 September 2008)\nAround 8.30 pm on 14 September, miscreants pelted stones at the chapel of Padua Pre-university College, a Christian college located at Nanthoor, badly damaging its windows. Around 9.30 pm, miscreants badly damaged a statue located in front of Carmelites' house in Katkere, near Koteshwar. The Church of St. Sebastian in Permannur was badly damaged, including its windows and furniture. The Holy Cross Church at Kulshekar and St. Joseph, The Worker Church at Vamanjoor were also damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Main attacks (14\u201316 September 2008)\nPolice reports confirmed that Our Lady's Grotto at Vijayamarie Technical Institute and properties at the Infant Jesus Higher Primary School and Mary Hill Convent were also damaged by the miscreants on the night of 14 September. K. A. Abraham, pastor of Divine Deliverance Prayer Centre at Neerugadde in Shiroor, claimed that over 25 miscreants had attacked his prayer hall, and they were reported to have smashed the window panes, ransacked equipment and set a motorcycle and car on fire. Later, in the early hours of 15 September, individuals broke into the St. George Church belonging to the Syro", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0010-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Main attacks (14\u201316 September 2008)\nMalabar Catholic Rite of the Belthangady Diocese in Ujire, Dakshina Kannada district, 70\u00a0km from Mangalore and burned the Bible, the carpet, prayer books and desecrated holy icons. Miscreants also ransacked the St. Thomas Church in Gorigandi in Chikkamagaluru district. Seven or eight masked men arriving on scooters were reported to have desecrated the large statue of St. Antony at St. Ann's Friary on Jail Road in Bejai, throwing flower pots to smash its glass covering.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 568]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0010-0003", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Main attacks (14\u201316 September 2008)\nThe official report into the attacks later claimed that the Bajrang Dal were the likely suspects for the attacks on churches in Chikkamagaluru district, including the Christian Believers' Prayer Hall, Jagadeshwara Church in Mudigere and Carmel Mathe Devalaya in Kudremukh, and had also harassed people gathered at Kapitanio High School in Mangalore. Several people also reportedly invaded the house and prayer meeting of a neo-convert in Singatagere of Kadur taluk. Other areas affected by the attacks include Kalkanady, Falnir, Madyanthar, Makodu, Singatagere, Jayapura, Shaktinagar, Thokottu, Bantwal, Belthangady, Udupi, Kulur, Kundapura, Karkala, Koppa, Balehanoor and Moodbidri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 778]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0010-0004", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Main attacks (14\u201316 September 2008)\nIndividuals were also targeted during the event; in Kulur, two men and two children were attacked by a Hindu mob near Gurupur Bridge while on their way to their hometown in a private car, and in Kalladka, the Souza Textile owner and his wife were attacked by unidentified people. Two separate stabbing incidents were also reported in Kalladka, and the two men affected were admitted to hospital with serious injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 512]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Main attacks (14\u201316 September 2008)\nOn 16 September, a 100-year-old statue of Mary at the St. Mary's Church in Kolar was damaged by vandals, St. George Church in Ernody was desecrated and attempted to be burned by vandals, and over 20 vandals desecrated the Rima Worship Centre at Adyar. On 18 September, vandals shattered the glass encasing of the Mother Mary statue of the Presentation Girls School in Dharwad and on 19 September, a gang of vandals on motorbikes pelted stones at the St. Xavier's Church in Padu Kody in Mangalore taluk and destroyed the statues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0011-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Main attacks (14\u201316 September 2008)\nOn 21 September, a further four attacks were reported, including Brethren Christa Aaradhanalaya prayer hall near Nellihudikeri in Kodagu district, the Believers' Church in Yedapadavu, Mangalore taluk, and two churches in Bangalore; St. James Church in Mariyannapalya near Hebbal and Lumbini Gardens, which had two gold plated crowns and cash from the offering box stolen and the main sacrament vandalised; and the Holy Church in the Name of Jesus at Rajarajeshwarinagar had the casing around the Infant Jesus smashed and the statue damaged. In Banaswadi, a group were reported to have pelted stones at a church and fled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0011-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Main attacks (14\u201316 September 2008)\nA Catholic school was also attacked in Kasaragod district in Kerala. Between 15 September and 10 October, Hindu nationalists directed a wave of attacks targeting Christian communities in Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, New Delhi, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand, and Muslim communities in Gujarat and Maharashtra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 94], "content_span": [95, 466]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Christian protests\nIn response to the attacks in areas such as Hampankatta, Shaktinagar, Vamanjoor, Thokottu and Bantwal, the Christian community began protesting. The protestors blocked arterial city roads in their masses, especially in places such as Hampankatta, Kulshekar, Bejai, Derebail and Thokottu and rang bells in almost all the churches of the city, calling parishioners to their churches. In Hampankatta, over 4,000 Christians united to defend the Milagres Church and protest. Violence broke out at the Adoration monastery as police began caning the protestors with sticks and bursting teargas shells to disperse them, while they pelted stones at police vans and police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 741]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Christian protests\nThe police were reported to have caused further damage to the Adoration monastery by throwing back stones and glass bottles to restrain the protestors. Union Minister of Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes and MLA B. Ramanath Rai arrived at the Hampankatta scene at 6 pm. In Karkala, the Catholics of Karkala deanery staged a protest on 15 September condemning the attacks and the desecration of the crucifix and sacrament at Adoration Monastery in particular and organised a 3 kilometre silent protest march from the bus stand to the taluk headquarters and submitted a memorandum to tehsildar Laxman Singh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0012-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Christian protests\nThe protests involved over 2,500 people and among those present were incumbent parish priest John Barboza, Valerian Fernandes, Ajekar parish priest Valerian Fernandes, Attur parish priest Arthur Pereira, Miyar parish priest Ronald Miranda, Paschal Menezes, Parappady parish priest Alex Aranha, Michael D'Silva, Hirgan parish priest Michael Lobo, Kanajar parish priest Alwyn D'Cunha and many other priests and nuns in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 504]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0012-0003", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Christian protests\nThe Christian protestors also clashed with police at St. Sebastian Church in the Permannur area of Ullal on the outskirts of Mangalore, shouting slogans and throwing stones at the police for their failure to arrest the perpetrators of the attacks. The police arrested several Christians after firing into the air and being involved in a lathi charge. A witness in Permannur claimed that Christians attacked the houses of Hindus in retaliation, shouting slogans against the BJP government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0012-0004", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Christian protests\nFour people of pro-Hindu organisations were reportedly injured at Kalladka and Attavar on the outskirts of the Mangalore when their vehicles were attacked and were pelted with stones. Ten people, including one of the Sri Ram Sena activists, were reportedly stabbed during the protests and according to the police, the situation was used by some to settle personal scores and not all stabbing incidents were related to attack on churches and the subsequent violence in the city. The Sri Ram Sena protested against the stabbing of one of their activists by organising a shutdown of educational institutions and shops. The district administration responded by declaring a holiday for all educational institutions in Mangalore taluk, and extended prohibitory orders under the Section 144 Criminal Procedure Code for two more days in the wake of the attacks and protests as a precaution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 960]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Christian protests\nOver 25 Christians were initially arrested by the police during the Adoration incident, in comparison to seven young members of the Bajrang Dal who had initiated the attacks. Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa later stated in a press conference that a total of 153 people had been arrested during the attacks and resultant protests within a two-day period and that some had been charged with looting, arson and rioting, saying that they would be \"punished in accordance with the provisions of the law under they were charged.\" The BBC reported that over 170 people had been arrested during the events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 677]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0013-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Christian protests\nHowever, Superintendent of Police in Mangalore, N. Satheesh Kumar, claimed to have made just 89 arrests in total. Four policemen, half a dozen people and journalist Anil Jogi were reportedly injured in the Adoration incident, and three police vehicles damaged. The police stated that over 30 people were injured and eight police vehicles had been damaged in the overall attacks, and that nearly 40 people and 20 police were injured in the attacks in total. Several of the injured were taken to Father Muller Medical College and Wenlock District Hospital. Although three churches were attacked in neighbouring Udupi district, it remained peaceful during the aftermath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 745]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Christian protests\nMany congregations gathered in their churches upon hearing news of the attacks, volunteering to spend the night there to protect them from further attacks. The local Catholic leaders demanded a peaceful bandh on 15 September in and around the city of Mangalore, and as a response Catholic traders and transport owners closed their shops and stopped their vehicles. A memorandum was submitted to the district council at 10.30 am, seeking protection for the lives and property of Christians. Prayers were to be held in all the 48 churches of the district on Wednesday, 17 September. On 6 October 2008, some 10,000 people from civil society and religious organisations organised a march to protest against the anti-Christian perpetrators of the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 828]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Reports of state and police misconduct\nThe Christian community of Mangalore accused the police of doing nothing to prevent attacks by Hindu radicals. Mangalore Police Superintendent N. Satheesh Kumar himself admitted that the police did have information that pro-Hindu organisations were planning to attack Christian places of worship in the district, but failed to do anything about it. The Christian community accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government under B. S. Yeddyurappa of involvement in the attacks and backing the anti-Christian campaigns. In response to the report that the police had information, Fr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 681]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Reports of state and police misconduct\nHenry Sequeira, chancellor of the Mangalore Diocese said, \"If the police knew about this in advance and still could not prevent the attacks, then we have no hope.\" However, Superintendent Kumar had made security arrangements near the New Life Prayer Centre in Kankanady and had successfully barred the miscreants from entering and vandalising the centre at that particular location, leading to a violent conflict with the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0015-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Reports of state and police misconduct\nThe police were also criticised by Christians for using excessive force in suppressing the protests and aggressively subduing Christian protesters whilst failing to punish the offending Hindu nationalist perpetrators; photographs and video footage has emerged of the beating of some of the protestors with canes. Caning by the police was also reported at Panemangalore and Farangipet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 482]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Reports of state and police misconduct\nPhelix D'Souza, a resident of Permannur, alleged that the police took him into custody and tortured him and opened a baseless case against him, sending him to jail for 11 days. Lance Rego, a Mangalore resident, claimed that \"many of the police personnel who entered the premises of Holy Cross Church at Kulshekar were wearing helmets usually worn by two-wheeler drivers and not the ones meant for police personnel. Hence, I wonder whether they were police personnel or cadres of the Bajrang Dal.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0016-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Reports of state and police misconduct\nAnother resident, Marcel Henry Ferao, alleged that \"prohibitory orders were imposed on those who were inside the church compound and not on the Bajrang Dal cadres who were outside the church compound and were pelting stones\". Dinal Saldanha of Kulshekar alleged that the police used tear-gas shells which were past their expiry date on the premises, and that exposure to the gas resulted in problems with her eyesight. Many Catholic women reported incidents of police violence to the Deputy Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao and other government officials, revealing their bruises, and demanding that action be taken against them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Reports of state and police misconduct\nGirija Vyas, President of the National Commission for Women (NCW), met with the affected women of Mangalore and visited various hospitals, schools and parishes in the area, and expressed concern at the way in which the police had handled the event. Two police constables, Nandakumar and Shivaram, were suspended following a stone throwing incident within Siddapura police jurisdiction, in which windows of a church had been smashed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Reports of state and police misconduct\nChief Minister of State Yeddyurappa stated that senior civil and police officials of the districts would be held responsible if attacks on churches and prayer halls occurred in areas under their jurisdiction, further stating: \"Strict action will be taken against you [the police] without fear or favour\". In Dakshina Kanada district, community members reported that the administration had attempted to have Superintendent of Police N. Satish Kumar transferred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0017-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Reports of state and police misconduct\nHowever, the official report into the attacks initiated by the government, released on January 2011, contradicted this and stated \"the impression and allegations that the top police officers and the district administration had colluded with the attackers in attacking the churches or places of worship has no merit. The concerned police in all districts did their best and have been successful in nabbing most of such miscreants and large number of charge-sheets have been filed in various courts which have to finally adjudicate their identity.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Attacks, Reports of state and police misconduct\nMahendra Kumar, the former state convener of the Bajrang Dal, claimed that he was incarcerated for 42 days in Mangalore before being released on conditional bail by Karnataka High Court Justice Ashok B. Hinchigeri on 25 October 2008, and was used as a scapegoat by the BJP regime to \"save the government from further embarrassment after the church attacks and on instructions from the Sangh Parivar leaders. The police had originally protested against his being released on bail, a week after the attacks. Kumar stated that the BJP government in permitting the attacks had \"fallen low on values and is engrossed in corruption.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 97], "content_span": [98, 725]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Political response\nPrime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur and Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa by phone from his Delhi residence in the aftermath of the attacks on churches and Christians, and expressed shock at the attacks. He directed the chief minister to take immediate steps to provide ample protection to religious institutions and maintain communal harmony. The Udupi district Congress committee submitted a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner P. Hemalatha, demanding that the state government initiate legal action and punish the culprits of the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 657]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Political response\nThe Congress party opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge said, \"The BJP is responsible for the attacks. It is creating social disharmony\" further adding that they were \"actively inciting further violence\" against Christians in the state. Special Home Secretary M. L. Kumawat visited some of the areas affected by the attacks and said that the state government \"needs to do more and arrest all those responsible for the attacks.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Political response\nYeddyurappa strongly denied any involvement of his government in the attacks, but admitted that the police were to blame for not taking precautionary measures, describing it as a \"dereliction of duty\". He believed the attacks were a response from \"some vested interest trying to tarnish the secular image of his government\". He said at the press conference, \"My government is committed to maintaining peace and harmony in the state; law and order has been top priority by my government.... Nobody is above law, irrespective of caste and creed the culprits will be punished\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 654]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Political response\nThe state government ensured that special security was given to important places of worship throughout the state in the aftermath of the attacks and Yeddyurappa set up a corps of detectives to investigate. He promised the Christian community leaders that all churches and shrines vandalised in the districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Chikkamagaluru during the attacks would be restored and paid a visit to all of the areas affected by communal riots and attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 548]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0020-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Political response\nSome politicians such as former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) national president H.D. Deve Gowda and M. P. Prakash also visited the Christian institutions in the aftermath. In February 2010, Yeddyurappa allocated \u20b9500\u00a0millions for Christian development projects in Karnataka in his state budget, the first time he had ever done so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Political response\n\"After my government come into power, I first met the Bishop of Mangalore and other Muslim leaders, and asked them for unity among all religions. We have to stop all misunderstandings between religions. We have to treat each and every citizen equally. Whoever takes law into their hands should be punished. I strongly condemn this act against the Catholic churches. Karnataka is famous for peace and we need to maintain peace in this state. This incident should not occur again.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 559]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Political response\nThe Home Ministry advised the Karnataka government to do all it could in its power to prevent the recurrence of the attacks and to restore faith in the authorities in the region, asking for them to strongly suppress violence and vandalism and to punish the offenders. Senior BJP leader L. K. Advani, during his two-day visit to Assam and Meghalaya, denounced the attacks in Orissa and Karnataka, saying,\" I strongly condemn these acts of violence and vandalism. The law must take its course and the culprits must be brought to justice.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 616]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Political response\nFormer defence minister George Fernandes wrote to Yeddyurappa urging him to restore peace and challenging radicals to prove alleged conversions. Deve Gowda wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking for him to impose a \"blanket ban\" on the Bajrang Dal and Sri Ram Sena in the wake of the attacks, remarking that it \"would send a categorical message across the world that secular India will not tolerate fascism, fanaticism and fundamentalism of any colour or kind.\" He described the attacks as nothing but \"state sponsored rowdism\", and accused the Karnataka government of trying to turn the state into a \"Hindutva laboratory\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 719]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\n\"The church and the entire Christian community not only in Karnataka but all over India and even abroad is terribly angry and upset at the desecration of its sacred places, especially the blessed sacrament in the sanctum sanctorum, which is the Living Body of Christ. For Christians, the blessed sacrament is the most holy religious symbol signifying the body and blood of Christ. I am prepared to shed blood and give my life for the cause of Christ and Christians.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 546]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\n\u2014Archbishop of Bangalore Archdiocese, Bernard Moras, expressing his outrage to B.S. Yeddyurappa", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 175]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nThe Bishop of Mangalore Diocese Aloysius Paul D'Souza stated that Christians were \"deeply hurt\" over the desecration of the Holy Cross and Sacred Sacrament in the Adoration monastery. The Archbishop of Bangalore Archdiocese, Bernard Moras, who met with Yeddyurappa in the aftermath of the attacks said, \"I want to tell you, Mr. Yeddyurappa we are wounded!\" Fr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 440]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nWilliam Menezes, the public relations officer of the Mangalore Diocese, said: \"After consulting various leaders and based on the assurance given by Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa, district in-charge Minister J. Krishna Palemar, the police and district administration, we hereby appeal to our community to stop agitation immediately to maintain peace.\" Fr. Prashant Madtha, former principal of St. Aloysius College said in response to the attacks and resultant protests, \"The retaliation from the Christian community you saw was happening for the very first time in the history of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0025-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nIt was not the correct response, I condemn it, but then our youth have started imitating the enemy. There is a lot of fear. We don't know when the stones will rain on our roofs. We are even scared to talk.\" Fr. Joseph Valiaparambil, Bishop of Belthangady, also said that Christian community of Belthangady was deeply hurt and shocked at the attacks, saying that \"We strongly condemn the act. We are not violent and do not believe in violence. We respect the administration and the law of the country. We respect all religions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0025-0003", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nWe, the Christian minority community, need protection from kinds of anti-social, anti-religious activities\". The community leaders in a press conference also appealed internationally, stating \"we want to bring to the notice of the world and human right commissions and authorities in Canada to use their diplomatic channels about the total collapse of law and order in Mangalore and other parts of India, and the failure of the state to protect the lives of the clergy and the minority community\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nJoseph Dias, General Secretary of the Mumbai-based Catholic Secular Forum (CSF), visited most of the churches attacked in Karnataka during the event and said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 238]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\n\"The vested political and economic interests are hitting back with vengeance. Christians are sitting ducks, where no or negligible retaliation expected. The Church works in areas, where even the government dares not to go because it is not profitable. The Church's education, healthcare and social services in these backward areas has empowered the weak, poor and deprived vested interests of vote banks and cheap labour. The emancipation through education, healthcare, awareness of alternatives and provision of opportunities have set the oppressed classes free from the clutches of the upper caste or rich Hindus and slavery of their political masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 734]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0027-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nThese interests are therefore hitting back at the Christians to maintain their hold on those, whom they have been exploiting since ages... We condemn those indulging in conversion by force or inducement. Catholics do not accept a conversion, unless it comes from the heart. But the saffron brigade raises this bogey, since in believes in Geobbels's (Nazi Propaganda Chief Joseph Goebbels)  [sic] principle of repeating a lie umpteen times, so that it will stick. Another ploy is to divide us into Catholics and Protestants, so that they can divide and rule. This makes it easy for Hindutva radicals to take the remaining Christian population. Those who criticise groups that convert by inducement, must realise that an individual, who converts, will do so only if he finds his previous religion with limitations and Christianity a better faith.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 925]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nIndian Christian expatriates in the Middle East united to condemn the attacks. In Kuwait City, Indian Catholics met in Kuwait Cathedral under Reverend Fr. Melwyn D'Cunha on 15 September to voice their support to the Catholic community in Mangalore. They held a special \"Prayer Service for Peace & Solidarity\" on 18 September at the Cathedral auditorium. In Doha, Qatar, advisory and executive committee members of the Mangalore Cultural Association met on 17 September at the residence of Felix Lobo and denounced the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 606]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nIn the United States on 17 September, many Christian leaders from various organisations met at the residence of Bishop, Rt. Rev. Dr. Jacob Angadiath of Syro Malabar Catholic Mission (SMCC) and announced a day of prayer vigil, fasting and a peace rally at the Syro Malabar Cathedral in Bellwood, Illinois on 28 September. Fr. George Madathiprambil, Vicar General of the Diocese, urged all Christians to \"unite under one umbrella\", and Jos Anthony Puthenveetil, the Regional Vice-President of FIACONA, urged the communities to unite, regardless of religions. Rev. M. J. Thomas of the Church of South India said \"since many Indian Churches and American local Churches are expected to join in the peace seeking rally, this will be a history making event.\" Various Hindu leaders, including those from Ayodhya, also denounced the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 912]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nBajrang Dal leader Mahendra Kumar denied any attack on Catholic churches by his group but reportedly accepted responsibility for the attacks on prayer halls belonging to the New Life Fellowship Trust. He stated that the Bajrang Dal were not against Christianity in the region, but were offended by the alleged forced conversions. Kumar had initially denied any involvement in the attacks before being arrested on 20 September. When asked again at a later date however if he had accepted responsibility for the attacks, he denied it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nKumar resigned from Bajrang Dal on 1 October 2008 after witnessing a Hindu woman who had decided to commit suicide with her three children but was saved by Christian missionaries. He stated \"That was the time I realised that life is more important than dharma (religion). A lot needs to be done for the betterment of life. My dream is to build a society that values life more than religion. In jail I read several literary works.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0029-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nI joined Bajrang Dal so that we could mobilise the youth for a good cause, but at the end of the day all our concepts were politically motivated.\" In February 2011, after the commission reports into the attacks were published, Kumar formally apologised to the public for the attacks and accused the BJP Government of corruption. On 21 February 2011 he joined the JDS, declaring, \"I am today shedding the shackles of communalism to strive for communal harmony, for which the JDS is working.\" His successor Suryanarayana also denied any involvement in the attacks. Some pro-Hindu elements believed that the attacks were politically motivated by the main opposition parties in the state rather than being purely based upon religious indifference, especially the Milagres Church attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 862]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nIn response to the alleged forced conversions, the VHP gave a 3-month deadline for New Life Fellowship Trust to stop all conversion activities in Mangalore. Bishop Aloysius Paul D'Souza declared that the Mangalore Diocese would distance itself from the New Life Fellowship Trust, stating that the \"Catholic Church does not believe in forceful religious conversion\". However, this was opposed by Margaret Alva, General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). She stated, \"Christians were a microscopic minority in India. We must put aside the differences between our various sects and come together to fight fascist forces.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 717]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Reactions, Religious response\nShe further described the stance taken by the diocese as \"improper\". Alva also objected to the peace agreement between the local Catholic leadership and the VHP in which the latter had allegedly laid down a code of ethics for the Christians to follow, and remarked that \"the Indian Constitution is the only code of ethics for all Indians\". An investigation in the Udupi district headed by Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), failed to discover any evidence of forced conversion. Qureshi stated that his commission had not received any report of forced conversion from the district administration of Udupi district and said, \"Every Indian had the right to profess and propagate any religion. Conversion by force is not permitted\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 855]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Investigations\nAn initial report by a committee, composed of some 17 human rights activists from Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka and Maharashtra, which formed to look into the violence in Mangalore, stated that the attacks were carried out by the Bajrang Dal and the Sri Ram Sena. They asserted that the event was a \"pretext by the police to let loose a savage assault on the community and its sacred institutions\", and that the police \"conducted themselves as activists of the Bajrang Dal and not as officers of the law, under the benign gaze of the friendly state government.\" The police were reported to be \"more interested in interrogating the nuns than in investigating the assaults.\" The National Commission for Minorities asked for a ban on the Bajrang Dal, after conducting reports into events in Orissa and Karnataka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 902]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Investigations\nRetired Justice M. F. Saldanha, formerly of the Bombay High Court, was outspoken against the protests and published a report in 2011 investigating the attacks on Christian institutions and people, written up after he visited 413 locations, examined 673 witnesses and 2,114 victims of the attacks. He described the attacks as \"state-sponsored terrorism\", and concluded that \"the attacks and incidents which took place were instigated and pre-planned. They were not only supported by the state, but were also covered up for by the state.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 601]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Investigations\nThe report also stated, \"The responsibility for this devolves squarely on Home Minister V. S. Acharya and the Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa\". Saldanha believes that the \"communal forces\" at work attacking Christian institutions are also part of an anti-Islam movement on the coastal belt of India. This was later backed by Joseph Dias of the Catholic Secular Forum who said that the Karnataka riots were \"part of a wider plan of radical Hindutva elements targeting the Christian community after the Muslim community\", which had manifested in all of the BJP-ruled states of India. Saldanha further stated, \"There is 100 per cent evidence of two things: the state machinery and the police had a role in attacks on churches. There is videographic and photographic evidence of police entering places of worship.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 874]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Investigations\nThe official commission enquiring into the attacks on Christians, originally constituted on 19 September 2009 for a period of three months, had been extended ten times, causing dismay amongst local Christians. Yeddyurappa initially stated that a judicial inquiry into the attacks was unnecessary, as he believed that the state police were competent enough to investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice themselves. Jesuit priest Fr. M. K. George remarked that \"The government does not seem to be serious about the early release of the commission report... the government is lacking the political will to act\". Revd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Investigations\nManohar Chandra Prasad criticised the government for \"soft pedaling\" and believed that the extension was an indication of the government's \"step-motherly\" attitude toward Christians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 247]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0033-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Investigations\nThe official report of Justice B. K. Somasekhara, initiated by Yeddyurappa's BJP-led state government was eventually made public in January 2011, in which it stated that the attacks were suspected to have been initiated by the Bajrang Dal, denying any involvement of the state government and the police, \"true Hindus\", or any cover-up in the attacks after collecting 2,204 exhibits and 30 materials related to the attacks, 25 spot inspections and examining attacks on 57 churches in Karnataka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 558]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0033-0003", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Investigations\nThe report stated, \"There is no basis to apprehension of Christian petitioners that politicians, BJP, mainstream Sangh Parivar and State Government directly or indirectly are involved in the attacks. No politicians or representative of any political party in the state who politicised the incidents of attack for their benefits immediately did not come before the commission with their affidavits or to give evidence or opinion in the matter.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 508]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0033-0004", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Investigations\nThe report\u2014which cost around \u20b930\u00a0million and took over 28 months, 300 sittings, and 800 pieces of recorded evidence to be realised\u2014concluded that the district authorities and the police had, in most cases, taken the \"appropriate steps regarding the Church and the people including the required protection.\" Somasekhara concluded that the attacks were \"carried out by 'misguided elements' following circulation of literature insulting Hindu gods and reports of conversion activity by some Christian groups\" and that \"the Roman Catholic church and its leaders were not involved in conversion.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0033-0005", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Investigations\nIn the case of Chikkamagaluru district, Somasekhara noted that \"the Government may enquire and withdraw the privileges to every people who is indulging or getting converted in such illegal activities of conversions commercially.\" The report was widely criticised by the Christian community for being \"biased\" and activists belonging to the Religious Christian Minority Wing of the JDS burnt a copy of the Somasekhara report. Archbishop of Bangalore Archdiocese Bernard Moras rejected the Somasekhara report, stating, \"It has failed to address the terms of reference of the Commission and has failed to do justice to the Christian community.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 706]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0033-0006", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Investigations\nHe demanded that the state government launch a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the attacks, also saying that \"we will make a representation to the government putting forth our demand. We will make a representation to the chief minister, the governor, various organisations including the Human Rights and the Central government\". Bajrang Dal State convener Suryanarayana also disputed the veracity of the Somasekhara report in its statements about the Bajrang Dal involvement and former Bajrang Dal state convener Mahendra Kumar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0033-0007", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, Investigations\nHe issued a statement saying that \"Bajrang Dal had no role to play in the incidents of attacks on churches and the statement given by Mr. Kumar during the attacks in 2008 were his personal views and the organisation had clarified this aspect then. However, Uday Kumar Shetty, the president of the district unit of the BJP, approved of the report, believing that the report was correct in its assertion that the Sangh Parivar were not involved in the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 523]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, 2011 protest\nOn 20 February 2011, following the publication of Saldanha's and Somasekhara's contradictory reports on the attacks on churches, more than 100,000 Christians representing some 45 Christian denominations and secular organisations gathered in Mangalore to protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 62], "content_span": [63, 325]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0034-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, 2011 protest\nPresent was Bishop Aloysius Paul D'Souza of Mangalore Diocese, Bishop Emeritus C. L. Furtado and Bishop John S. Sadananda of the CSI Karnataka Southern Diocese, AICC general secretary Oscar Fernandes, Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy of the Catholic Syro-Malabar Diocese of Belthangady, Geevarghese Mar Divannasious of the Syro-Malankara Diocese of Puttur, Diocesan Vicar-General Msgr Denis M. Prabhu; and some 24 new-generation churches united under the Karnataka Missions Network (KMN) including the Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC), Operation Mobilization Bookstall (OMB), Good News Book Centre (GNBC), All India Catholic Union (AICU), Catholic Association of South Kanara (CASK), and International Federation of Karnataka Christian Associations (IFKCA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 62], "content_span": [63, 811]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0034-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, 2011 protest\nSecular organisations participating in the protest included Udupi Jilla Alpasankhyatara Vedike (UJAV), the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), the DK District Committee, the local unit of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), and the Muslim Vartakara Sangha (VS) and Muslim Okkoota groups. The protest rally was \"organised against a backdrop of an apparent whitewash by the B. K. Somasekhara Commission concerning Hindu radicals and government agencies.\" The protesters tied black cloths over their mouths and carried black flags as they walked silently for about a kilometre in one of the strongest Christian areas of the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 62], "content_span": [63, 709]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0034-0003", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, 2011 protest\nGeorge Castelino, a Catholic lay leader who guided the march, stated that the black \"symbolised that the action of the government and its commission have silenced Christians.\" Rev. Alwyn Culaso of the Full Gospel Church said that \"This is a sea of Christianity that is wounded by the attacks on the churches by the fundamental groups. The government should look at the faith and patience of these people and give justice.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 62], "content_span": [63, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199718-0034-0004", "contents": "2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka, 2011 protest\nOn 17 February 2011, Ronald Colaco, Chairman of IFKCA and Higher Education Minister V. S. Acharya submitted a memorandum to Yeddyurappa, demanding that the cases filed against Christian youths be dropped. Following the publications of the reports and subsequent protests, the government of Karnataka announced that it would drop 338 cases against Christians who had protested in the attacks. In December 2011, 23 cases against Christians were dropped upon request by the Karnataka Christians International and the Mangalore Diocese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 62], "content_span": [63, 595]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra\nThe 2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra began on 3 February 2008 after violent clashes between workers of two political parties\u2014Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Samajwadi Party (SP)\u2014at Dadar in Mumbai, capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The clashes took place when workers of MNS, a splinter faction formed out of the Shiv Sena (a major political party of Maharashtra), tried to attack workers of SP, the regional party based in Uttar Pradesh, who were proceeding to attend a rally organised by the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA). Defending his party's stand, MNS chief Raj Thackeray explained that the attack was a reaction to the \"provocative and unnecessary show of strength\" and \"uncontrolled political and cultural dadagiri (bullying) of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar migrants and their leaders\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 917]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra\nIn the events leading to these clashes, Raj Thackeray made critical remarks, themed around language politics and regionalism, about migrants from the North Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, accusing them of spoiling Maharashtrian culture and not mingling with them. At political rallies held across the state, he questioned the loyalty of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan towards Maharashtra, where he attained \"fame and popularity\", accusing him of showing \"more interest\" in his native Uttar Pradesh. He called the celebration of Chhath Puja by North Indian migrants a \"drama\" and a \"show of arrogance\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 679]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra\nOn 13 February 2008, the state government, which was accused of reluctance to take immediate action, ultimately arrested Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi (a local SP leader) on charges of instigation of violence and causing communal disturbance. Although released that same day, a gag order was imposed on both leaders to prevent them from making further inflammatory remarks. Meanwhile, tensions in Maharashtra rose as the news of Raj's possible arrest, and his subsequent actual arrest, angered his supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra\nIncidences of violence against North Indians and their property by MNS workers were reported in Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, Beed, Nashik, Amravati, Jalna, and Latur. Nearly 25,000 North Indian workers fled Pune, and another 15,000 fled Nashik in the wake of the attacks. The exodus of workers caused an acute labour shortage, affecting local industries. Analysts estimated financial losses of \u20b9500 crore (US$70\u00a0million)\u2013\u00a0\u20b9700 crore (US$98\u00a0million). Although the violence receded after the arrests of the two leaders, sporadic attacks were reported until May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 627]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0002-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra\nAfter months of lull, on 19 October 2008, MNS activists beat up North Indian candidates appearing for the all-India Railway Recruitment Board entrance exam in Mumbai. The incident led to Raj's arrest and fresh violence. Later on 28 October 2008 a labourer from Uttar Pradesh was lynched in a Mumbai commuter train.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 380]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra\nThe attacks evoked critical reactions from various parts of the country, particularly the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar political leadership. Even Bal Thackeray, Raj's estranged uncle and chief of the Shiv Sena, who formed his party in 1966 to raise the voice of Marathi manoos (Marathi people), discounted his nephew's criticism of Bachchan as \"stupidity\". In an editorial a month later in Saamna, the Shiv Sena's political mouthpiece, however, Bal Thackeray wrote that Biharis antagonised local populations wherever they went and were an \"unwelcome lot\" throughout the country. The media slated Bal's remarks as an attempt to recapture his party's sons-of-soil plank, being hijacked by Raj.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 752]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Raj Thackeray's resignation from Shiv Sena and the formation of MNS\nOn 9 March 2006, Raj Thackeray, nephew of Bal Thackeray, quit the Shiv Sena and formed the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) after being \"sidelined\" by the chief's son Uddhav. The Shiv Sainiks (Shiv Sena members) who supported Raj's leadership, in contrast to his cousin Uddhav, joined the MNS. The party was founded on the ideology of being the benefactor of the local Marathi Manoos (Marathi people), an ideology that the party members felt the Shiv Sena had abandoned. Keeping in line with this, Raj has repeatedly demanded special job reservations for locals. A critic of the influx of migrants into the state, especially Uttar Bhartiyas (literally meaning \"North Indians\") predominantly from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, he has blamed the large-scale immigration of people from these economically backward states for causing a shortage of jobs for Maharashtrians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 146], "content_span": [147, 1010]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Shiv Sena's move to appease migrants\nThe Times of India summarised the cause of MNS's attacks\u2014\"There's a method in MNS's madness in attacking north Indians in Mumbai though, howsoever flawed it might be. Raj believes his cousin and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray has been wooing the people from Bihar and UP\u2014through a campaign he began back in 2005 with the inclusive call of Mee Mumbaikar\u2014as his party's vote-bank. Uddhav's growing popularity with North Indians had been rankling Raj, who is losing ground and political relevance as evident in the MNS's performance in the last municipal elections.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 115], "content_span": [116, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Raj's criticism of Amitabh Bachchan\nIn January 2008, targeting Mumbai-resident Amitabh Bachchan at political rallies, Raj asserted that the actor was \"more interested\" in his native state Uttar Pradesh than Maharashtra. He expressed his disapproval of Amitabh's inaugurating a girls' school named after his daughter-in-law, actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, at Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh, rather than in Maharashtra. Bachchan was also criticised for choosing to run elections from his native state. On 2 February at a party function at Dharavi in Mumbai, Raj said, \"Though he [Amitabh] has become a star in Mumbai, his interest is in Uttar Pradesh. That is why he was trying to be an ambassador of UP rather than Maharashtra. That is why though he achieved everything in Mumbai, when it came to elections, Amitabh chose Uttar Pradesh\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 114], "content_span": [115, 912]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Raj's criticism of Amitabh Bachchan\nResponding to Raj's accusations, the actor's wife and an SP MP Jaya Bachchan said that they (Bachchans) were willing to start a school in Mumbai, provided the MNS leader donated the land to build it. She told the media, \"I heard that Raj Thackeray owns huge properties in Maharashtra, in Mumbai at Kohinoor Mills. If he is willing to donate land, we can start a school in the name of Aishwarya here\". Amitabh, however, abstained from commenting on the issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 114], "content_span": [115, 573]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Raj's criticism of Amitabh Bachchan\nBal Thackeray refuted the allegations, saying, \"Amitabh Bachchan is an open-minded person, he has great love for Maharashtra, and this is evident on many occasions. The actor has often said that Maharashtra and specially Mumbai has given him great fame and affection. He has also said that what he is today is because of the love people have given him. The people of Mumbai have always acknowledged him as an artiste. It was utter foolishness to make these parochial allegations against him. Amitabh is a global superstar. People all over the world respect him. This cannot be forgotten by anyone. Amitabh should ignore these silly accusations and concentrate on his acting\". According to some reports, Raj's censure of Amitabh, whom he supposedly admires, stemmed from his disappointment of not being invited to the wedding of Amitabh's son, Abhishek, despite invitations to his estranged uncle Bal and cousin Uddhav.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 114], "content_span": [115, 1033]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Raj's criticism of Amitabh Bachchan\nOn 23 March, Amitabh finally spoke out in an interview with a local tabloid, saying, \"Random charges are random; they do not deserve the kind of attention you wish me to give\". Later on 28 March at a press conference for the International Indian Film Academy, when asked what his take was on the anti-migrant issue, Amitabh said that it is one's fundamental right to live anywhere in the country and the constitution entitles so. He also stated that he was not affected by Raj's comments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 114], "content_span": [115, 603]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Raj's remarks on Chhath Puja and migrants\nIn his party speeches, Raj had also reproached North Indian migrants on the celebration of Chhath Puja, a festival popular in Bihar, calling it a \"drama\" and a \"show of arrogance\". He demanded that they must only celebrate Maharashtrian festivals. A petition was filed in the Patna civil court on 8 February against him for his remarks over Chhath Puja.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 120], "content_span": [121, 474]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0010-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Raj's remarks on Chhath Puja and migrants\nHis statements drew flak from leaders of Bihar, especially Indian Railways minister and former chief minister of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav, who challenged that he would come to Mumbai and perform Chhath Puja in front of Raj's house, also ridiculed Raj saying, \"He [Raj] is a child in politics\". The Navnirman Sena leader accused migrants of swamping Maharashtra, India's most industrialised state, in search of jobs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 120], "content_span": [121, 536]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Raj's remarks on Chhath Puja and migrants\nThe MNS chief had also accused migrants of disrespecting the local culture. On 9 February, expressing his stance on newer migrants settling in Mumbai, Raj said, \"New immigrants to the city should be denied entry into the city, while those already staying here should show respect to the Marathi 'manoos' and his culture\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 120], "content_span": [121, 442]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Clashes between MNS and SP workers\nOn 3 February 2008, MNS and SP workers indulged in street fighting after the former tried to attack the latter, who were proceeding to Shivaji Park, Dadar, in Mumbai to attend a rally organised by the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA), the ruling coalition party of India, of which the SP is a member. The rally was to be addressed by former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and other prominent members of the UNPA and SP. Police arrested 73\u00a0MNS and 19\u00a0SP workers after these clashes on charges of rioting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 113], "content_span": [114, 646]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Clashes between MNS and SP workers\nRaj justified his party's stand as a response to\u2014\"provocative and unnecessary show of strength\" and \"uncontrolled political and cultural dadagiri of the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar migrants and their leaders\"\u2014and questioned, \"Do political movements need to obey the law?\" On 10 February at a press conference, he issued a statement saying, \"What happened in Mumbai in the past one week was only a reaction and if leaders of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar try to demonstrate their strength here, such reactions would recur\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 113], "content_span": [114, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Background, Clashes between MNS and SP workers\nAfter the clashes, SP approached the Election Commission demanding de-registration of MNS. SP general secretary whose press conference near Azad Maidan was disrupted by MNS activists on 3 February, Amar Singh petitioned the Commission requesting action against the MNS and its leaders for issuing \"veiled as well as open threats\" against non-Maharashtrians. However, Mumbai police dismissed a complaint of \"criminal intimidation\" filed against Raj by Singh as 'false and malicious'. In his complaint filed at Azad Maidan police station, Singh had alleged that sloganeering MNS men had threatened him by using Thackeray's name while being whisked away by security personnel from the venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 113], "content_span": [114, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, February\nOn 3 February, immediately after clashes with SP, MNS workers assaulted North Indian taxi drivers and vandalised their vehicles in Dadar, Mumbai. The police faced strong criticism for remaining mute spectators as MNS workers assaulted North Indians. A departmental inquiry was instituted against the police inaction. Inspector Motiram Kadam and sub-inspector Deepak Pawar, who were assigned duty at Dadar, were suspended for dereliction of duty. Later, over 25\u00a0MNS workers were arrested on charges of rioting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 84], "content_span": [85, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0015-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, February\nIn the night, 150\u00a0suspected MNS activists ransacked Pratap talkies in Thane, pulled out the print of the Bhojpuri film \"Saiyan se Solah Singaar\" and burned it because Bhojpuri is the regional language spoken in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The rioters also damaged the theatre and destroyed the seats. A similar incident was reported in Nashik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 84], "content_span": [85, 439]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, February\nThe next day in Mumbai, two motorcycle-borne MNS supporters hurled bottles at Amitabh Bachchan's bungalow at Juhu. A group of MNS workers barged inside the booking office of the Grant Road railway station, damaged the booking office windows and tore off posters of a newly released Bhojpuri film put up there. Party workers resorted to stone throwing in some parts of Kandivli, a North-Mumbai suburb that has a sizeable North Indian lower middle-class population. In the Central-Mumbai suburb of Bandra, a clash ensued when MNS workers tried to plant party flags at an open market dominated by North Indians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 84], "content_span": [85, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, February\nThe offices of Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari and North Indian Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam were stoned by MNS supporters on 5 February. Two days later, a group of 20 to 25\u00a0MNS activists forced themselves into the Central Mumbai office of the Bombay Taximen's Union, where they assaulted office staff and damaged property. In response to the attack, the 55,000-strong Union immediately called for a flash strike. The strike was then called off after R. R. Patil, the Home Minister of Maharashtra, assured the Union of justice and safety. An advocate named Arvind Shukla filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission to derecognise MNS in view of its \"anti-national activities\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 84], "content_span": [85, 802]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, February\nOn 8 February, re-invoking the issue of Marathi pride, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on hit out at North Indians again, in a special article titled \"Majhi bhumika, majha ladha\" (My stand, my struggle) written by him in the Marathi daily Maharashtra Times, Thackeray said, \"Even if the whole world opposes my stand, I and my party will continue the struggle to protect Marathi culture, Maharashtrian people and will trample the goondaism of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. At this juncture, I feel like asking the Maharashtrian people that if I am voicing your true emotion, then why are you sitting on the fence. Come join me in this struggle.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 84], "content_span": [85, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, February\nOn 12 February, MNS workers attacked vendors and shopkeepers from North India in various parts of Maharashtra and destroyed government property to vent their anger against the reported move to arrest Raj. Sporadic violence was reported in Beed and Aurangabad. State-run buses in these areas were stone-pelted, resulting in the arrest of several MNS workers. In Nashik, MNS workers vandalised several shops belonging to North Indians, forcing other shops and business establishments to close down. One shopkeeper was severely beaten and was admitted to Nashik General Hospital. Banks and schools promptly closed after these incidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 84], "content_span": [85, 718]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, February\nStone pelting by angry mobs was also reported from the city's Shalimar and Bytco squares, and the Satpur and Ambad industrial areas remained closed. Nashik police detained 26\u00a0MNS workers after the violence. Six municipal cooperators were also put under preventive arrest. Additional police pickets were deployed in various parts of the city, including Shalimar and Ambad Chowk, Satpur, Nashik Road, the MNS head office at Mumbai Naka and some of the city suburbs. In Pune, MNS workers pelted stones on state-run buses and attacked a few shop owners in Pune's Laxmi Road area, prompting shops to shut down to avoid similar attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 84], "content_span": [85, 715]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, February\nThe Mumbai Police announced its move to put Raj under their custody on 13 February, which created an upsurge of violence in the state and led to two deaths. Attacks on North Indians were reported from Mumbai, Pune, Jalna, Beed, Aurangabad and Latur. Shops, offices and other business establishments were shut down in different parts of Mumbai, as MNS workers threatened violence in case their leader was arrested. Central Mumbai localities were most affected, especially around Dadar and Shivaji Park, the strongholds of both the MNS and the Shiv Sena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 84], "content_span": [85, 637]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0020-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, February\nThe police blocked roads in front of the residence of Raj in the Shivaji Park area. A civic activist named James John was assaulted by suspected MNS workers while he was attempting to photograph them forcing shop owners to down shutters in JB Nagar, Andheri. John suffered two rib fractures and bruises on his lungs. In Nashik, an employee of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, a Maharashtrian, died during a stone pelting on state-run buses by MNS supporters. A migrant from Bihar, who was a security guard with a private company at Igatpuri in Nashik district, was killed by a mob.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 84], "content_span": [85, 668]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, February\nIn Mumbai and Aurangabad, police rounded up more than 400\u00a0MNS workers. In Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, MNS workers went on a rampage following the arrest of Raj, smashing windows and windscreens of eleven state buses. Thirteen rioters were arrested. They also chopped off both hands of a Bihari hawker sleeping on the streets. He was severely beaten until he fell unconscious. When he gained consciousness the following day, he found himself in a hospital with both hands amputated. The injured, mainly hawkers, were treated at the Nashik Civil Hospital after they were beaten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 84], "content_span": [85, 660]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0021-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, February\nShops along Nashik Road closed down after the incident. Incidents of stone pelting on state-run buses were reported from the Nashik Road, Ambad, Ravivar Peth, and Gangapur areas. Bus services were severely curtailed and diverted via Nipani. In Amrawati, MNS workers blocked roads and pelted stones at buses, damaging several vehicles in the process. Though contingents of the Rapid Action Force and the Central Industrial Security Force were deployed in many parts of the state, the police could not control violence by the MNS who adopted hit-and-run methods of attack. More than 200\u00a0activists of the MNS were arrested across Nashik. Many activists went underground and coordinated with party activists from undisclosed locations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 84], "content_span": [85, 816]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, March\u2013May\nThe attacks simmered down after mid-February due to the arrest and imposition of a gag order on Raj. Isolated cases of attacks, however, were reported until April 2008. On 22 March, six North Indians were beaten up by a group of Holi revellers, suspected to be MNS workers, in Santa Cruz, Mumbai. On the same day, a shop owned by a North Indian was ransacked by a group of 10\u00a0\u2013\u00a015\u00a0drunken men, who pelted stones and beat his children because they had refused to provide free food.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 85], "content_span": [86, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0022-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, March\u2013May\nOn 29 March, motorcycle-borne assailants damaged at least five taxis owned by North Indians in Central Mumbai. Four people were arrested. Four labourers travelling on the Konkan Kanya Express from Thane to Margao in search of jobs were beaten and looted by some men in Raigad district after being identified as North Indians on 1 April. Then on 30 May, a group of North Indians was injured when a mob of approximately 800\u00a0MNS activists attacked them at a meeting organised by the SP and some other North Indians fronts. Five North Indians were critically injured in the attack, and the police arrested 35\u00a0MNS activists after the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 85], "content_span": [86, 724]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nAfter months of lull in the anti-North Indian offensive, on 19 October 2008, MNS activists beat up North Indian candidates appearing for the all-India Railway Recruitment Board entrance exam for the Western region in Mumbai. The attack invoked a quick reaction from Lalu Prasad Yadav and his cabinet colleague Ram Vilas Paswan, who too hails from Bihar. Chief minister Nitish Kumar, on the other hand, spoke to his Maharashtra counterpart Vilasrao Deshmukh and urged him to provide protection to the migrants from Bihar. Lalu demanded a ban on the MNS, and described its chief Raj Thackeray as a \"mental case\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nBihar witnessed violent protest after death of Pawan Mahto, a resident of Bara-Khurd village in Nalanda district, in anticipation that he died after being assaulted by MNS activists. However, railway police clarified, based on the CCTV footage, that Pawan had died due to an accident at Andheri station after slipping at a platform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 416]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nMaharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh admitted that his government was responsible for failure in preventing the attacks by MNS on north Indian candidates at Railways examination centres and ordered a probe into the incident, which will also enquire into why the job advertisements where not given in Marathi newspapers. \"What has happened is not good. Such incidents take place because of loopholes in the law. One can't hold only the Home Ministry responsible for it, it is (entire) government's responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 604]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0025-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nSuch incidents are affecting the image of the state and I have instructed the DGP to take stern action,\" Deshmukh said. However, NCP leader Narayan Rane, wrote a piece in 23 October 2008, issue of 'Prahar', in a city newspaper he owns, pleading that Marathis should get their legitimate share in the central government sector. The Times of India noted, the essay indicates that Rane continues to have a soft spot for MNS chief Raj Thackeray\u00a0\u2013 the two were close friends when Rane was in the Sena. Stating that the Marathis were getting a raw deal in central government jobs such as income tax and the railways, Rane said it was perplexing that of 54,000, only 54 Marathis were summoned for the railway recruitment exams. The railways must give Marathis their legitimate share in employment, Rane said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 885]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nOn 20 October 2008, Thackeray was arrested in Ratnagiri after Mumbai police had received a non-bailable warrant issued by a Jamshedpur court against the MNS chief. Raj's arrest ignited violence by his supporters in large parts of the city forcing it to shut down. Irate supporters went on the rampage torching public transport and telling office goers to return home. Many shops and commercial establishments, especially those run or managed by non-Maharashtrians, chose not to open at all to avoid trouble. Raj, whose MNS workers Sunday attacked non-Maharashtrians appearing for the railway board examination, was brought from Ratnagiri, about 250\u00a0km from here, to be produced at the Bandra court, where he was summoned for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 809]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nThere was mayhem outside the court premises with large crowds gathering around restively and camera crews waiting to capture the trouble. In some places, buses, taxis and autorickshaws were set on fire, in others areas public transport just stayed off the roads. The office of the state Congress spokesperson Sanjay Nirupam was also vandalised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 428]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nA North Indian shopkeeper was killed in Bhandup, Mumbai after he refused to shut down his shop when MNS activists protesting Raj's arrest forced him to do so. Four persons were killed and another seriously injured in a village near Kalyan. Deputy commissioner of police (rural) Sanjay Shintre said two North Indians, a member of the Agri community and an MNS worker were killed in a clash between the two communities in Pisavali, 10\u00a0km from Kalyan. Earlier, curfew had been imposed in the entire Kalyan area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 592]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0028-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nThe situation in Kalyan worsened in the evening as Raj was driven there to a police station lock-up where he was to spend the night before being presented in a court on 22 October. Five outdoor broadcast vans belonging to media houses were damaged by MNS supporters. A cameraman from ETV was injured and had to be admitted to a private hospital. One Kalyan-Dombivli municipal transport bus was set on fire while five bikes were reduced to ashes. Transport services across Kalyan were paralysed. A jewellery shop was also ransacked by MNS supporters. In all one hundred and twenty-five cases of arson, rioting and stonepelting were registered across the state, including in Pune and Marathwada, by early evening, and 2,085 people were arrested, state director general of police A N Roy said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 874]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nAs news about the arrest spread, there was violence in other parts of Maharashtra too. Sporadic incidents of stone pelting at municipal and private buses were reported in the reat of Maharashtra following the arrest of MNS chief Raj Thackeray in Ratnagiri. In Kothrud area, some alleged MNS activists damaged a company's bus that was taking its employees to workplace. Few Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) buses were stoned by miscreants, police said. Meanwhile, police have picked up around 100 MNS activists, including some corporators as a preventive measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 644]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0029-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nIn Nashik, MNS activists set ablaze a truck near PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal's farm and also damaged another truck at Vilholi-Phata area, police said. Incidents of stone pelting on MSRTC buses and other vehicles were reported in some areas, they said, adding vehicular traffic on the busy Mumbai-Agra-national highway was disrupted following the protest. Police rounded up 70 MNS activists in Nashik incidents and security was tightened in the city. In Solapur, incidents of stone pelting on state transport buses were also reported. In Nagpur MNS party leaders claimed to have damaged several MSRTC buses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 691]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nAngry students in various parts of Bihar damaged railway property and disrupted train traffic, as a protest. The police said the protesters targeted Patna, Jehanabad, Barh, Khusrupur, Sasaram and Purnia railway stations in the morning. The protesting students reportedly set afire two AC bogies of an express train at Barh railway station. They ransacked Jehanabad, Barh, Purnia and Sasaram railway stations. According to the railway police, at least 10 students were detained in the morning and extra security was deployed to control the situation. A 10-year-old boy was killed when police opened fire on protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 701]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0030-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, October\nThe child was hit by a stray bullet and died at the scene after police in Rohtas district fired on a mob attacking a train station. A group of 25 people pelted stones on the Maharashtra Bhawan in Khalasi Line, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Constructed in 1928, the building is owned by the lone trust run by Marathis in Kanpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 83], "content_span": [84, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Attacks, January\u2013May 2009\nOn 26 January 2009, MNS activists attacked North Indian residents of Satpur near Nashik who were paying tribute to the terrorist attacks on Mumbai in 2008 and also celebrating 'Uttar Pradesh Din' through cultural programmes. Eight of them were arrested. In May 2009, alleged MNS workers tried to disrupt Patna-born actress Neetu Chandra's intimate photoshoot with a model in Mumbai, claiming that it promoted lesbianism and chanting \"Jai Maharashtra.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 92], "content_span": [93, 544]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Arrests of Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi\nRaj Thackeray and SP leader Abu Asim Azmi were booked under Indian Penal Code sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), 153 A (promoting enmity between groups on the basis of place of birth, residence, etc.) and 153 B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) on 11 February. The police also applied section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code to both politicians and warned them not to hold any press conferences or rallies in the next seven days. On 13 February, however, police arrested both the leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 109], "content_span": [110, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0032-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Arrests of Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi\nLater that day, a local court granted Raj conditional bail and ordered him not to make any speeches that would inflame public tension. He obtained a release after furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 15,000. Azmi was arrested and taken to the Bhoiwada court in South Central Mumbai and was released on surety of Rs. 10,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 109], "content_span": [110, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Arrests of Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi\nRaj appealed before the court against the gag order imposed on him, stating that he had to move around different places in Maharashtra for propounding the philosophy of his party and that such an order was an infringement of his 'fundamental rights'. On 22 February, the court dismissed his appeal to re-track the extension of the gag order passed against him, following which MNS started a signature campaign to get support against the gag order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 109], "content_span": [110, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0033-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Arrests of Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi\nAccording to MNS, Maharashtrian actors Nana Patekar and Shreyas Talpade had shown support in opposing the gag order, along with actors Salman Khan and Suneil Shetty. Salman Khan and Suneil Shetty, however, later denied the MNS's claim. This move by MNS prompted the police to serve a show cause notice to Raj, asking him why the gag order should not be extended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 109], "content_span": [110, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0034-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Arrests of Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi\nOver 1,800\u00a0activists were put under arrest for substantive offences and as a preventive measure since violence had erupted on the streets of Mumbai on 13 February, according to the Joint Commissioner of Mumbai Police (Law and Order), K. L. Prasad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 109], "content_span": [110, 357]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0035-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Arrests of Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi, Expression of displeasure by the Supreme Court\nOn 22 February, while hearing two Public Interest Litigations, the Supreme Court of India termed the attacks on North Indians in Mumbai by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists as \"a dangerous trend\". The three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, and Justices R V Ravindran and Markandey Katju observed,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 157], "content_span": [158, 479]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0036-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Arrests of Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi, Expression of displeasure by the Supreme Court\n\"It [attack on North Indians] is a very dangerous tendency. What is happening there [Mumbai], we can understand. These [who were attacked] are innocent people. We understand the situation there [in Maharashtra] and what is happening. This is one country and we will not accept son-of-soil theory. We will not permit Balkanisation of this country.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 157], "content_span": [158, 505]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0037-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Arrests of Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi, Expression of displeasure by the Supreme Court\nThe court passed the judgement while hearing two Public Interest Litigations on related issues. While the first, filed by advocate Arvind Shukla, had sought direction to the Election Commission to derecognise Mr Raj Thackeray's MNS for his controversial remarks against North Indians, the other one, filed by RU Upadhyay, sought protection for the North Indians in Maharashtra and compensation to those who had suffered from the attacks. The court, however, refused to pass any direction on the grounds that the issue was related to the aspect of law and order, and it thus directed the petitioners to have faith in the Bombay High Court and seek further hearing there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 157], "content_span": [158, 827]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0038-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Arrests of Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi, Expression of displeasure by the Supreme Court\nIn another apparent rebuff to Raj Thackeray, the Supreme Court asserted that every Indian has the right to settle anywhere in the country. A bench consisting of Justices H K Sema and Markandey Katju remarked,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 157], "content_span": [158, 366]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0039-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Arrests of Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi, Expression of displeasure by the Supreme Court\n\"India is not an association or confederation of states, it is a union of state and there is only one nationality that is Indian. Hence every Indian has a right to go anywhere in India, to settle anywhere, and work and do business of his choice in any part of India peacefully.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 157], "content_span": [158, 436]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0040-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Arrests of Raj Thackeray and Abu Asim Azmi, Expression of displeasure by the Supreme Court\nThe apex court made the observation while upholding the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's move to ban the sale of meat in the town during the nine-day \"Paryushan festival\" observed by the Jain community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 157], "content_span": [158, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0041-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Exodus of North Indians from Maharashtra, Nashik\nThe news of Raj's possible arrest provoked a heightened attack on the North Indians in the industrial town of Nashik in Maharashtra, Raj's political stronghold. North Indians left the city by buses, trains and private vehicles. Railway officials at Nashik station said that this was the largest crowd using the railroad since the Sinhasta Kumbha Mela in 2003\u20132004. It was perhaps one of the largest exoduses from a single district in the country ever. Chhagan Bhujbal, Nashik's guardian minister, reported that 15,000\u00a0migrant workers had left the city in the aftermath of the violence against North Indians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 115], "content_span": [116, 723]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0042-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Exodus of North Indians from Maharashtra, Pune\nIn Pune, an estimated 25,000\u00a0workers left the city in the wake of the attacks, according to government officials. Pune's District Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar and Collector Prabhakar Deshmukh held meetings of various people's representatives to stop the mass departure. They were joined by local Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi, who picketed at Pune railway station to allay fears of those boarding the trains with their family members, carrying their meager belongings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 113], "content_span": [114, 579]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0043-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Exodus of North Indians from Maharashtra, Effects on local industries\nLocal industries in Nashik, especially those located in the Ambad Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation area, were affected due to the large-scale departure of migrant workers. According to a report, 40\u00a0percent small and medium industries in the Ambad industrial area had been closed down due to the migration. Though the local industries at Nashik are ancillary units, they provide material to big industries such as Mahindra and Mahindra and Crompton Greaves. Losses resulting from the exodus were estimated to be Rs. 500\u00a0\u2013 7\u00a0billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 136], "content_span": [137, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0044-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Exodus of North Indians from Maharashtra, Effects on local industries\nIn Pune, where the construction industry was badly hit, some local organisations, working for porters, construction workers and casual labourers, tried to stop the exodus. These organisations set up a National Integration Committee (NIC) and charted out confidence-building measures among the migrants in the city. One of the resolutions passed at the meeting was to encourage participation of the North Indians in all festivities in the near future. In fact, ninety percent of the labour force in Pune consists of migrants; 60\u00a0percent of these come from Bihar and UP. It was also feared that the stoppage of construction activities would adversely affect the plans of hosting certain events of the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 136], "content_span": [137, 889]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0045-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Exodus of North Indians from Maharashtra, Effects on local industries\nOn 8 September 2008, Infosys Technologies announced that 3,000 employee positions had been shifted from Pune to Chennai, due to construction delays caused earlier that year by the attacks on North Indian construction workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 136], "content_span": [137, 362]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0046-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political reactions\nThe attacks evoked severe responses from political parties and their leaders, particularly of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Mayawati, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, accused the Congress-ruled Maharashtra government of failing to prevent the attacks. She demanded centre intervention to protect the lives and properties of North Indians in the state. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said \"Mumbai ujad jayega (Mumbai will be ruined)\". In response to the attacks on taxi drivers and vendors, he added, \"What will happen in Mumbai if taxis go off the roads? Mumbai will come to a standstill\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 86], "content_span": [87, 678]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0046-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political reactions\nLalu Prasad Yadav on 5 February 2008, took up the issue of attacks on North Indians with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and demanded action against those involved in them. Commenting on Raj Thackeray, Lalu Prasad said, \"He is desperate and such type of leader will never be successful in the country. The Government should take action against him and his supporters\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 86], "content_span": [87, 453]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0047-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political reactions\nIn the national capital, Delhi, political and social organisations launched street protests and burnt Raj's effigy, while members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Poorvanchal cell held a demonstration demanding that the dismissal of the Maharashtra government. In Allahabad, SP workers tried to obstruct the movement of trains in protest. In Uttar Pradesh's capital, Lucknow, Nationalist Congress Party activists burnt an effigy of Raj. In Patna, capital of Bihar, RJD's youth wing staged a demonstration against Raj and the MNS. Thackeray's effigies were burnt also in Jamshedpur in the state of Jharkhand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 86], "content_span": [87, 699]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0048-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political reactions\nMaharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh condemned Raj's actions and promised to protect migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and at the same time warned SP from hijacking the situation for political mileage. The Nationalist Congress Party, a key member of the ruling coalition in Maharashtra, also criticised Raj Thackeray and said the campaign was a \"cheap publicity stunt\". On 6 February 2008 about 200 MNS party workers quit their party and re-joined Shiv Sena, to protest against the MNS's anti-North Indian agenda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 86], "content_span": [87, 612]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0049-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political reactions\nOn 9 March, Congress President Sonia Gandhi declared that there should be no leniency towards those stoking regional and communal passions. \"Unity and integrity are the basic conditions for progress of the nation and to fight terrorism. There should be no leniency towards those who seek to discriminate on the basis of religion and region,\" Sonia Gandhi said. She asserted that the country belongs to all with equal rights to it, and that it is the responsibility of all to ensure security of life and property of every citizen in any part of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 86], "content_span": [87, 643]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0050-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political reactions\nLeader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Lal Krishna Advani of the BJP criticising the attacks commented, \"No political party should say or do anything that weakens the country's unity or undermines the Constitution\". BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar alleged that the Congress State government deliberately delayed taking any action when the attacks on North Indians began in Mumbai. He said that he suspected Congress had a strategy to divide Maharashtrian and non-Maharashtrian votes, by creating a feeling of insecurity among non-Maharashtrians in the hope that they would vote for the Congress. He blamed the party for trying to divert people's attention from more critical problems that Maharashtra faces, such as the agrarian crisis and load shedding. He added, \"India is one and every Indian has a right to settle down and work in any part of the country\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 86], "content_span": [87, 954]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0051-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political reactions\nThe Communist Party of India demanded stringent action against those inciting violence and asked democratic forces to launch a united struggle against such elements. The party also accused the media, particularly the electronic media, of encouraging anti-national and parochial forces by giving them \"undue publicity\". According to a resolution adopted at its 20th national Congress at Hyderabad, no adequate action was against those who indulge in chauvinistic slogans and perpetuate hooliganism, and the ruling Congress-led coalition and the opposition BJP utilised these forces for their local political gains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 86], "content_span": [87, 700]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0051-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political reactions\nThe resolution also said, \"Opportunistic, parochial and chauvinistic\" forces like Shiv Sena and MNS have exploited the situation for narrow electoral gains and demanded compensation for those affected by the violence. The resolution stated that in 1966, Bal Thackeray gave anti-South Indian slogans and now his nephew wants to repeat that experience by giving anti-North Indian slogans. The All India Minorities Front (AIMF) threatened to launch a nationwide agitation against Raj if he did not mend his ways and avoid targeting North Indians and non-Maharashtrians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 86], "content_span": [87, 653]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0052-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response\nThe anti-North Indian violence was labelled as a 'tirade against North Indians' by sections of the national media (The Hindu, The Times of India, Deccan Herald, Hindustan Times, The Economic Times) and international media (Khaleej Times). The Hindustan Times published a survey on the front page on 15 February, which said that 73\u00a0percent of Mumbai believed the insular line of the MNS and its president against North Indians was denting Mumbai's cosmopolitan image. The Hindustan Times later received a call from the MNS spokesperson Shirish Parkar protesting the findings of the study.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 94], "content_span": [95, 682]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0052-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response\nRaj blamed the English-language and Hindi-language media of being biased against him and his party. In addition, some held the media responsible of giving Raj undue publicity. According to an SMS/web poll conducted by CNN IBN, 88\u00a0percent of the voters were of the opinion that Raj Thackeray was \"feeding on media hype\". On 11 February, in Pune, a group of about 15\u00a0MNS activists burnt 150\u00a0copies of The Week, a weekly magazine in English, in reaction to its cover story on Raj's controversial utterances, portraying him as Mumbai's Hitler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 94], "content_span": [95, 634]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0053-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response\nThe Editor-in-Chief of Outlook, Vinod Mehta, said in a debate on the media's role in the situation, \"Here is a politician [Raj Thackeray] propounding an idea that could lead to a civil war in the country. The doctrine had to be challenged and what could the media have done? While you may argue that some images were in excess, you will also agree we had to report because this fight to the streets\". Ending the debate on a sarcastic note Mehta said, \"It's ridiculous! The politicians are not responsible, the state government isn't responsible, police are not to be blamed but media is responsible\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 94], "content_span": [95, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0054-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response\nThere is no denying that civic amenities in Mumbai are cracking under the added pressure of a migrant population seeking the riches of India's commercial capital. The solution cannot be wielding a lathi or a sword. Nor can it be in jingoistic expressions of Marathi pride or North Indian chest thumping. Mumbai will do well to remember how the city came together during the train blasts (11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings). No one asked then, who is a migrant and who is a Maharashtrian. It's dangerous to solve administrative problems with ethnic quick fixes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 94], "content_span": [95, 656]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0055-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response\nPainter Pranava Prakash did his exhibition titled \"Chal Hat Be Bihari\" in January 2009 in Delhi protesting violence against north Indians in Mumbai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 94], "content_span": [95, 243]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0056-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response, Local vernacular media\nThe Marathi daily Maharashtra Times editorial on Raj's arrest said that his arrest was a big farce, from which he emerged with pomp and style. It condemned the violence that resulted after the arrest that forced thousands of migrant workers to uproot themselves from various parts of Maharashtra. Loksatta criticised the television channels for their relentless replay of just two instances to portray the violent impact of his arrest. The edit blamed Hindi channels for making Mumbai look like Gujarat during the 2002 Gujarat riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 118], "content_span": [119, 652]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0056-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response, Local vernacular media\nAnother editor in the same daily also wrote that the \"Marathi andolan\" (Marathi demonstration) will not benefit any party, as the Marathi vote would be divided between the Shiv Sena and MNS. Lokmat, another popular Marathi daily, published a special on a population survey conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), according to which, there has been a 21% decrease in the migrant population in the city since 1961. The North Indian population, however, witnessed an increase from 12 to 24\u00a0percent. Saamna's editorial asked what wrong Ambadas Bararao, the Maharashtrian man killed in the violence, had committed. The editor of Sakal wrote that although Raj had gained political mileage by taking up the cause of Marathi people, its impact was severe on the migrants, who had to flee the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 118], "content_span": [119, 928]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0057-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response, Local vernacular media\nNikhil Wagle, Editor-in-Chief of Lokmat TV, on the day of Raj's arrest said in an interview with CNBC India that the Mumbai police should have acted against Raj Thackeray and Abu Azmi earlier. He said, \"Had they acted, there would have been no violence. I think the police reacted a little late.\" He expressed his apprehensions about the Shiv Sena stirring up some trouble to compete with Raj Thackeray as he had put the Sena on the back foot. \"Raj Thackeray has stolen the show from Uddhav Thackeray. I think Bal Thackeray will be worried and he will create some trouble. He might give some provocative statements. So, the police have to be observant otherwise it will be a fight between the two brothers and Maharashtra and Mumbai will suffer.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 118], "content_span": [119, 865]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0058-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response, Local vernacular media\nIndian Express editor Sudheendra Kulkarni's open letter in Loksatta (Marathi newspaper owned by The Indian Express) to Raj Thackeray, in response to Raj's article in Marathi titled Maazi Bhoomika, Maaza Ladha (My Stand, My Struggle) in the Maharashtra Times of 9 February. The letter by Sudheendra which admonished Raj Thackeray for his \"hate speech\" solicited a response from Raj. A similar open letter was addressed to Raj by journalist Rajdeep Sardesai to Raj deploring his party's actions in the 19 October 2008 All-India Railway Recruitment Board examination attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 118], "content_span": [119, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0059-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response, Local vernacular media\nI have carefully read, and re-read, your signed article in Marathi titled Maazi Bhoomika, Maaza Ladha (My Stand, My Struggle) in the Maharashtra Times of 9 February, and think that some of your arguments are far too nuanced to be simply categorised as hate speech... If Abu Azmi, or some other leaders claiming to represent the 'north Indian voters' in Mumbai have behaved haughtily, and shown disrespect for the city's Marathi-speaking people, protest by all means.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 118], "content_span": [119, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0059-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response, Local vernacular media\nBut why are you yourself showing disrespect to the entire community of north Indians, as is evident from your article and your other reported statements? How can you allow your supporters to take law into their hands and do raada (street mayhem)? Can you justify the politics of violence against a fellow-Indian, as was evident when an innocent employee of HAL was killed in a stone-throwing incident in Nashik following your arrest in Mumbai? *", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 118], "content_span": [119, 564]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0060-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response, Local vernacular media\nA guest is welcomed if he adjusts himself to the host's house. But if he tries to change the host's house through dadagiri, we won't tolerate it. And no means no!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 118], "content_span": [119, 281]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0061-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response, Local vernacular media\nI am proud of my workers for their struggle! Please don't call it 'Rada' (hooliganism) by giving old and historic references. They hit the streets to protect their own language and culture. Police are visiting their houses again and again and beating them up like cattle to punish them for protecting their language and culture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 118], "content_span": [119, 447]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0062-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Media coverage and response, Local vernacular media\nThey are tolerating it quietly. For whom? For Maharashtra! For India! It is fashionable for intellectuals here to blame my party for the unsolved problem of Marathi identity. But am I or my party responsible for it? *", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 118], "content_span": [119, 336]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0063-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis\nPolitical observers commented that the attacks on North Indians by MNS were a \"shrewd ploy\" of their chief Raj to embarrass the Shiv Sena and usurp its core Marathi constituency. They also felt Raj was trying to gain a political foothold by imitating his uncle and political mentor Bal Thackeray, who had headed the anti-South Indian campaign\u2014\"Lungi Bhagao, Pungi Bajao\" (throw out those who wear lungis, celebrate by blowing bugles)\u2014during the formative years of the Shiv Sena in the 1960s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 85], "content_span": [86, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0064-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis\nKumar Ketkar, the editor of the Marathi daily Loksatta, said though Raj might have achieved what he wanted, but he may have not anticipated the attention it would get. He said, \"He thought the media would gobble it up and just create a small storm that will shift the agenda. But the great Amar Singh and Abu Azmi fuelled the issue by taking him more seriously than what he deserves. The confrontational position aided the MNS volunteers to get into the limelight\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 85], "content_span": [86, 551]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0064-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis\nKetkar also said the Shiv Sena would lose in the scenario commenting, \"The Sena tried to woo the North Indians after it realised their value as a vote bank in the 2004 defeat. They realised that the demography of the city had changed within a decade. That is when they decided it was time to please the North Indians. Uddhav started organising Uttar Bharatiya functions. This is the year that he bore the fruits of his efforts. That is why Raj decided to strike at the same sentiment that the Sena played in the past\u2014the Marathi Manoos.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 85], "content_span": [86, 623]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0065-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis\nThe author of The Sena Story, Vaibhav Purandare, said Raj resorted to this measure to stem his party's eroding credibility. He said, \"When Raj launched his party, he first started out with an inclusive approach. When he found that it is not working, he had to do something drastic to get back into the limelight. On the other hand, the Sena was actually becoming inclusive. It even began attracting Muslims into its fold. It also began taking up the common man's issues like farmer suicides and power supply. This is Raj's attempt to take the Sena's mass base away to completely embarrass the Sena. And he has succeeded.\" Both Ketkar and Purandare, however, agreed that Raj was trying to position himself as Bal Thackeray's potential successor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 85], "content_span": [86, 830]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0066-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis, Alleged Congress support for MNS\nShubhangi Khapre of Daily News and Analysis noted in her article titled Forget political will, Raj has state support, stated, \"Ever since its birth on 9 March 2006, MNS has been nurtured by the ruling Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) with an ulterior motive of splitting the Shiv Sena. Ironically, the Sena itself was given a 'protected childhood' in the late 1960s by the then Congress as a tool to war with the Communist Party of India, which had a strong presence in Mumbai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 119], "content_span": [120, 610]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0066-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis, Alleged Congress support for MNS\nNot surprisingly, covertly the administration has provided Raj adequate platform to consolidate the political forum through an emotive Marathi plank. The purpose is to split the 26% Marathi voters in Mumbai, which is rather loyal to the Shiv Sena. The electoral merit of the MNS remains untested but its ability to bond with sons of the soil cannot be cursorily dismissed in Mumbai, Thane, Nashik and Pune.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 119], "content_span": [120, 527]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0066-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis, Alleged Congress support for MNS\nShe further noted, \"Under chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Congress sees a double advantage in the strategy: A proactive MNS will divide Sena voters on the one hand and drive Mumbai\u2019s North Indian community\u00a0\u2014 which was being targeted as \"outsiders\" by the MNS\u00a0\u2014 to Congress's lap. North Indians, who dominate 48 essential services in Mumbai, constitute a sizeable\u00a0\u2014 and hence decisive\u00a0\u2014 vote bank. Forget political will, it is well-calculated political design which has withheld the Democratic Front government from taking stern action against Raj.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 119], "content_span": [120, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0066-0003", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis, Alleged Congress support for MNS\nOr else, how does one explain home minister RR Patil engaging in a telephone conversation urging him to slow down instead of arresting his men indulging in violence on streets?\" She also said, \"(Vilasrao) Deshmukh is no better. He has often said, \"My administration will not tolerate divisive forces. Nobody is above the law\".\" She expressed her views in reference to, Bombay High Court on lashing out at the Maharashtra government over the threat given by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena about displaying the Marathi signboard on the shops and establishments in the metropolis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 119], "content_span": [120, 693]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0066-0004", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis, Alleged Congress support for MNS\n\"If you don't have political will, then give that message to the people that we can not do anything,\" Division Bench of Justice J N Patel and K K Tated said dissatisfied about government's inaction against hooliganism of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists. \"Why no action has been taken against respondent number six (Raj Thackeray)? Are some people 'untouchable' for you?\" Justice Patel asked as government failed to file a proper reply regarding the action taken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 119], "content_span": [120, 587]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0067-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis, Alleged Congress support for MNS\nCongress leader Hussain Dalwai said, \"It's a sad commentary on the administration which has come to a stage where it requires the high court intervention\". He put the onus of his party's coalition partner, saying, \"Whether it is MNS violence in the signboard or dalit killing at Khairlanji it shows an insensitive administration. The NCP president Sharad Pawar should seriously reflect on the working of the state home department.\" Even NCP leaders including Ajit Pawar and Chhagan Bhujbal have told RR Patil and Deshmukh, in the cabinet meet to \"either act or shut up\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 119], "content_span": [120, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0067-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis, Alleged Congress support for MNS\nSuggesting that the Maharashtra government was not keen on taking strong action against MNS chief Raj Thackeray, the NDA on Thursday described as \"stage-managed show\" the arrest and bail for him in cases of violence against north Indians in the state. BJP MP Shahnawaz Hussain said, \"Congress is Raj Thackeray's event management company and it is trying to project Raj's arrest as an event instead of making any serious effort to check the violent campaign of MNS against north Indians. There is match-fixing between Raj and the Maharashtra government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 119], "content_span": [120, 672]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0067-0002", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Political analysis, Alleged Congress support for MNS\nThe state government deliberately books him under small sections and he gets bail.\" Talking on the attacks on North Indian candidates at the All-India Railway Recruitment examinations in Mumbai, Rajya Sabha MP and JD-U national general secretary Shivananda Tiwari also attacked Congress for \"promoting\" the MNS chief and comparing him with slain Punjab separatist leader Bhindarwale. \"Congress party has a mastery in creating 'bhasmasurs' (self destructing demons). Earlier they created Bhindranwale in Punjab, which killed a Congress Prime Minister. Even this Raj Thackeray is ultimately going to damage Congress,\" Tiwari claimed. He also alleged that Maharashtra government arrested Raj to carry out a \"formality\" and as mild charges were pressed, he got bail soon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 119], "content_span": [120, 887]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0068-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Resumption of verbal attacks, Raj Thackeray\nWhile still under the gag order, in an interview with the Marathi weekly magazine Lok Prabha of the Indian Express group, Raj was quoted as saying: \"We will go with folded hands and ask them [North Indians] to leave. If they refuse, then we will raise our hands.\" Lok Prabha editor Pravin Tokekar said: \"The MNS chief has technically not made any inflammatory statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0068-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Resumption of verbal attacks, Raj Thackeray\nEven when he says he and his party would go with folded hands to people asking them to leave and only raise hands if they refuse, he treads the ground gingerly without naming any community or party per se\". On 3 March, at a party function organised by the MNS at Shivaji Park, after the expiry of the gag order, Raj announced, \"I have not given up my mission\", thus signalling to his supporters of continuing his stance on the migrant issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 552]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0069-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Resumption of verbal attacks, Raj Thackeray\nThen on 3 May, despite legal warnings by the police before his rally, Raj issued a diktat to his supporters to take action whenever they encountered \"injustice\". At a rally at Shivaji Park, he said, \"That north Indians are living in Mumbai is because of our mercy. Let it be known\". He told MNS leaders to shed their complacence and advised his supporters to \"take action\" whenever they felt necessary. He warned that North Indians who did not speak Marathi and did not respect Marathi culture would be driven away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 626]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0069-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Resumption of verbal attacks, Raj Thackeray\nRaj dared the police in his speech by saying, \"Arrest me for this if you can\". After analysing the speech amidst demand for action against the MNS chief a senior police official quoted it was \"difficult to find an explicit threat or provocation\" in the text of his speech to initiate strong legal action against him and \"it seems he [Raj] consulted legal experts before making the speech\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 500]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0070-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Resumption of verbal attacks, Bal Thackeray\nOn 6 March, Bal Thackeray issued an editorial titled Ek Bihari, Sau Bimari (One Bihari, Hundred illnesses) in Saamna, Shiv Sena's political mouthpiece, saying Biharis were \"an unwanted lot\" in the country. In what was termed as an apparent bid to recapture his party's Marathi sons of soil plank, which was being hijacked by the MNS leader Raj, Thackeray wrote about Biharis,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 486]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0071-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Resumption of verbal attacks, Bal Thackeray\n\"They [Biharis] are not wanted in southern India, Assam and also Punjab and Chandigarh. The Biharis have antagonised local population wherever they had settled. The UP-Bihari MPs have shown their ingratitude towards Mumbai and Maharashtra with an anti-Marathi tirade in Parliament.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 393]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0072-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Resumption of verbal attacks, Bal Thackeray\nHe also denounced Bihari MPs, saying they were \"spitting in the same plate from which they ate\" by criticising Mumbaikars and Maharashtrians. He also wrote, \"They are trying to add fuel to the fire that has been extinguished, by saying that Mumbaikars have rotten brains\". The outburst was apparently in response to MPs from Bihar who had disrupted the proceedings of the Lok Sabha in protest against the attacks on North Indians. Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar, upset with the remarks, demanded that the Prime Minister and the Centre intervene in the matter immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 686]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0072-0001", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Resumption of verbal attacks, Bal Thackeray\nThe Saamna editorial prompted at least 16\u00a0Lok Sabha MPs from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, belonging to the RJD, JD (U), SP and the Congress, to give notice for breach of privilege proceedings against Bal Thackeray. After the matter was raised in the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said: \"If anybody has made any comment on our members' functioning in the conduct of business in the House, not only do we treat that with the contempt that it deserves, but also any action that may be necessary will be taken according to procedure and well established norms. Nobody will be spared\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 694]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0073-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Resumption of verbal attacks, Bal Thackeray\nOn 27 March, in protest against Bal Thackeray's editorial, leaders of Shiv Sena in Delhi resigned citing its \"outrageous conduct\" towards non-Marathis in Maharashtra and announced that they will form a separate party. Addressing a press conference Shiv Sena's North India chief Jai Bhagwan Goyal said the decision to leave the party was taken because of the \"partial attitude\" of the party high command towards Maharashtrians. \"Shiv Sena is no different from Khalistan and Jammu and Kashmir militant groups which are trying to create a rift between people along regional lines. The main aim of these forces is to split our country. Like the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, the Shiv Sena too has demeaned North Indians and treated them inhumanely\", he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 863]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199719-0074-0000", "contents": "2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra, Resumption of verbal attacks, Bal Thackeray\nEvaluating the developments, political observers in Mumbai remarked that the Shiv Sena had been \"caught in a bind\" by Raj's campaign as it had in recent years sought to portray an inclusive image to try to woo the significant migrant vote in the Mumbai and Thane region in the run-up to the Assembly elections in 2009. To balance this strategy, the party had started speaking up for Maharashtrians to remind them that it was the Shiv Sena was the original voice of the local people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 593]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul\nThe 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul was a suicide bomb terror attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on 7 July 2008 at 8:30\u00a0AM local time. The bombing killed 58 people and wounded 141. The suicide car bombing took place near the gates of the embassy during morning hours when officials enter the embassy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 361]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul\nUnnamed U.S. intelligence officials suggested to The New York Times that Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency had planned the attack. Pakistan denied this claim. According to British journalist Christina Lamb, United States President George W. Bush confronted Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and stated that in the case of another such attack he would have to take \"serious action\". Gilani promised to investigate the attack. Subsequently, Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Mohammed Sadiq described The New York Times report as \"total rubbish\" and said there was no evidence of ISI involvement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 647]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Background\nDuring the United States-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, India offered intelligence and other forms of support to the coalition forces. After the overthrow of the Taliban, India established diplomatic relations with the newly elected democratic government, provided aid and participated in Afghanistan's reconstruction efforts through the construction of roads, railways, electricity transmission lines, schools and hospitals. Indo-Afghan relations strengthened in the wake of Afghanistan's persisting tensions and problems with Pakistan, which is widely believed to shelter and support the Taliban. Both India and Afghanistan also developed strategic and military cooperation against the insurgency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 757]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0002-0001", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Background\nIndia pursued a policy of close cooperation with Afghanistan in order to gain friendly influence in Central Asia as well as to keep a check on Kashmiri militants that it claims are operating from the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. India also provides training to Afghan National Army officers and military personnel at its training institutions, including the National Defence Academy and the School of Artillery at Devlali. India has also helped Afghanistan in \"capacity-building\" by training Afghan pilots and technicians in operating Russian-origin Mi-35 helicopter gunships. India is also a supplier of military parts for Soviet-era Afghan tanks and aircraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 713]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Background\nBy 2007, India had pledged US$850\u00a0million to Afghan reconstruction efforts, the largest amount from any country without a military presence in Afghanistan, and later scaled up the aid to more than US$1\u00a0billion. India is currently the largest regional donor of humanitarian aid and reconstruction efforts in post-Taliban Afghanistan. About 3,000 Indians are estimated to be working on various reconstruction and developmental projects in Afghanistan, and they have often been subjected to attacks by Taliban insurgents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0003-0001", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Background\nIn November 2005, after an incident in which an Indian national was kidnapped and murdered, India deployed 200 soldiers of the elite Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to provide security for Indian nationals and the projects supported by India. By 2008, ITBP's presence in Afghanistan was steadily increased to over 400 personnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 382]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Background\nIndia's growing influence in Afghanistan has upset Pakistan and other pro-Taliban elements. The Times said in an editorial that with the United States and other NATO members unwilling to sustain long-term commitments to Afghanistan, the Taliban see India as the only regional enemy capable of resisting them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 360]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Background, Other attacks on Indian interests\nAccording to The New York Times, India's external ministry officials have been raising the issue of security of Indian personnel in Afghanistan for the past several months. The Indian consulate in Jalalabad was attacked twice by hand grenades in 2007. One soldier of the ITBP was killed and four others injured in an attack by the Taliban on 5 June 2008. In the aftermath of the attack, India's Home Ministry cautioned its ITBP personnel to take necessary precautionary measures and also to remain at guard against fidayeen (suicide bomber) attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 636]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0005-0001", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Background, Other attacks on Indian interests\nIt also noted that the security being provided by the Afghan Police was \"not up to the mark\". In spite of these efforts, the embassy bombing of 2008 was later followed up by the 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack and the February 2010 Kabul attack on Indian citizens and interests in Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 381]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, The bombing\nThe car bomb detonated at approximately 8:30\u00a0a.m. local time on 7 July 2008. The Indian embassy, which is in the center of Kabul, is located across the street from the office of the Interior Ministry of the Government of Afghanistan and is close to several other government buildings. The bombing occurred on a busy, tree-lined street where people usually line up at the embassy gates to apply for visas to India. An explosive-packed Toyota Camry, driven by the suicide bomber, rammed into two Indian diplomatic vehicles entering the embassy and detonated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 609]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0006-0001", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, The bombing\nThe gates to the embassy were blown off and the walls of some buildings in its compound were damaged. A plume of smoke and dust was seen rising from the center of Kabul city, and the explosion was heard several miles away. Several nearby shopkeepers also became immediate victims of the attack, and the nearby Indonesian embassy also suffered damage. Kabul Police immediately sealed off the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 449]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, The bombing\nA statement released by the Afghan interior ministry said, \"The initial findings of the ministry show that the main target of this attack has not been security forces like in most attacks but has been particularly planned to target the Indian embassy\". There was immediate confusion and panic in the Indian embassy after the bomb blasts. According to a CNN reporter, a man who answered the phone at the Indian embassy abruptly hung up, saying, \"We are not fine. All communications have been cut off\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 553]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0007-0001", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, The bombing\nThe Ministry of External Affairs of Government of India was reported to be in touch with India's ambassador to Afghanistan, Jayant Prasad. The Indian ambassador and his deputy were inside the building complex at the time of the explosion but were not hurt. Indian External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, called for an emergency meeting of officials in Delhi after the bomb attack to review security arrangements. An anonymous person reported that rumours said the Indian embassy had previously received bomb threats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 574]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Casualties\nMost of the 58 dead were locals and included two top Indian officials. Senior Indian Army officer Brigadier Ravi Datt Mehta was entering the embassy gates in a car along with V. Venkateswara Rao when the attack took place. Both were killed in the blast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 305]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Casualties, Indian casualties\nAn Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft was sent to Kabul to retrieve the four bodies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 152]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Casualties, Casualties from other states\nSix Afghan police constables were killed and five others sustained injuries. An Afghan Indian Embassy employee by the name of Niamutullah was also killed in the blast. The five Afghan guards outside the Indonesian Embassy were killed, and two Indonesian diplomats were injured in the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 373]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations\nAfghanistan's intelligence agency Riyast-i-Amniyat-i-Milli, India's Research and Analysis Wing and the United States' CIA are reported to be scanning vast volumes of intercepted communications and questioning informants to find some clues. According to CNN-IBN, Indian and Afghan agencies believe that the Pakistani Army's 324 Military Intelligence Battalion based in Peshawar had planned the attack on the Indian embassy and executed it in collaboration with either the Taliban or al-Qaida. Afghanistan's Interior Minister has stated that the suicide bombers were trained in Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations\nIndia's ambassador to Afghanistan, Jayant Prasad, stated that, after reviewing the scene, the main target of the attack was believed to be the Indian embassy building. He also added that, considering the huge amount of explosives used in the attack, it was clear that target was not top Indian diplomatic officials but the embassy itself. Bomb scene review further revealed that the embassy guard killed in the attack had his hand on the closed gates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 507]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0012-0001", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations\nThe ambassador stated that it is likely that the guard did not open the gate because he saw a suspicious car driving behind an embassy vehicle. The suicide attacker then might have decided to explode his device near the gate rather than inside the embassy's compound. According to investigating officials, much of the impact was taken up by the sand filled blast barriers. These barriers, which were built across the embassy for added protection just one week before the blast, saved it from structural damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 566]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations\nAn investigative report in the Times of India identified the attacker as \"22-year-old Hamza Shakoor from Gujranwala district in Pakistan,\" citing unnamed sources. It also claimed that \"intelligence about an imminent attack was remarkably precise, giving an indication about the centres of planning and execution.\" US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates added that the US was offering help to Afghan and Indian governments to investigate further. Soon American officials came to believe that the attack was conducted by the Haqqani network, a Taliban group led by Maulavi Jalaluddin Haqqani from Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 658]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations, Pakistani involvement\nOn 13 July India stated their suspicions about the ISI's involvement in the attack. India's National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan said, \"We have no doubt that the ISI is behind this.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 265]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations, Pakistani involvement\nOn 1 August 2008, United States intelligence officials said that the Pakistani intelligence services helped the Haqqani network plan the attack. Their conclusions were based on intercepted communications between Pakistani intelligence officers and the perpetrators before the attack. CIA deputy director Stephen R. Kappes had visited Islamabad before the attack to confront senior Pakistani officials with information about support provided by members of the ISI to militant groups. The officials said that the ISI officers involved had not been renegades, indicating that their actions might have been authorised by superiors in the Pakistan Army. It confirmed suspicions that were long held, an 'aha moment'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 789]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations, Pakistani involvement\nUS officials also called into question the reliability of Pakistan as an ally in the American War on Terror. According to an article by British journalist Christina Lamb, President George W. Bush confronted Pakistani prime minister Yusuf Raza Gillani in Washington D.C. with evidence of ISI's involvement in the Kabul attack and warned that in case of another attack he would have to take \"serious action\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 485]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations, Motivations\nDuring the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, which was backed by Pakistan, India had supported the Northern Alliance that opposed the Taliban. After the fall of the Taliban in 2001, India opened four consulates in Herat, Mazari Sharif, Kandahar and Jalalabad and backed Hamid Karzai's national government as well as the US-led ISAF against the Taliban insurgency. India is Afghanistan's fifth-largest bilateral donor and its growing presence in post-war Afghanistan has caused much concern to the Taliban and Pakistan as it views Indian measures as a threat to its influence in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 655]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0017-0001", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations, Motivations\nThe President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, had accused Afghan President Hamid Karzai of \"favouring\" India. Islamabad has also reportedly accused Indian consulates in Kandahar and Jalalabad of providing support to insurgents in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan region, a claim repeated by Urdu newspapers to conservative and hardline Islamic constituents in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. Coupled with Pakistan's old and documented animosity towards India, analysts claim Pakistan had strong motives to target Indian nationals and their economic projects in Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 641]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations, Motivations\nThe statement by Afghan President Hamid Karzai noted that \"enemies of Afghan\u2013India ties were behind attack\" without clearly specifying which enemies. On 7 July 2008, Afghanistan's Interior Ministry claimed that the attack was carried in collaboration with \"a regional intelligence service\" and added that the bombers received training in Pakistan. Afghanistan has in the past blamed its neighbour Pakistan and its intelligence service ISI for various terror incidents on its soil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 549]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations, Motivations\nDenying its involvement in the attacks, a Taliban spokesman said in a statement, \"they (India) send secret military experts to Afghanistan and they train the Afghan army. Had we carried out the attack, we would have claimed responsibility for it with pride since we have good reasons for it.\" The Taliban spokesman also implicated Pakistan instead and further stated that the attack had its roots in the regional Indo-Pakistan rivalry. On 8 July, Afghanistan stated that it had no doubts that the attack was carried out in collaboration with \"foreign intelligence agencies\", again an implicit reference to Pakistan's ISI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 690]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0019-0001", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations, Motivations\nPrime minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gillani denied any involvement of ISI in the attack and also remarked that his country had no interest in destabilising Afghanistan. Subsequently, there have been reports of Afghan officials blaming Pakistan directly and explicitly for the attack on the Indian embassy. Indian security analysts at the Institute of Conflict Management have claimed that \"the ISI-backed Taliban will not allow any Indian consolidation in Afghanistan, nor will they allow any stability in Kabul.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 585]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations, Denials by Pakistan\nImmediately after the report in The New York Times, Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Mohammed Sadiq described it as \"total rubbish\" and said there was no evidence of ISI involvement. \"The foreign newspapers keep writing such things against ISI, and we reject these allegations.\" On 15 October, in an India-Pakistan bilateral meeting to address cross-border terrorism and ceasefire violations, Islamabad denied any role of the ISI in the 7 July bombings. Pakistan's National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani denied involvement when asked to comment on reports alleging that ISI masterminded the Kabul blasts. It was also clarified that the Kabul bombings will be discussed in detail at the meeting of the joint anti-terror mechanism later the same month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 837]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Investigations, Denials by Pakistan\nOn 23 October, it was reported that India had shared sensitive information with Pakistan that pointed towards the ISI's alleged complicity in the embassy bombing as both countries ended a special meeting of their joint-terror mechanism on a \"positive\" note.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 334]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Further threats to Indian nationals\nA bomb was found on a bus transporting 12 Indian road construction workers of Border Roads Organization to Afghanistan on 8 July 2008 in Zaranj, Nimruz, a day after the attack on Indian embassy in Kabul. The engineers and workers on board reported having noticed a \"suspicious package\" after boarding the bus on the day, but it was only after further investigation that it was revealed that a remote-operated bomb had been placed on board. Provincial governor Ghulam Dastgir Azad placed the blame for the attempted bombing of the workers on Taliban militants, who have been responsible for more than a dozen worker deaths in the area over the last few years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 735]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Calls for Indian military intervention\nAccording to some defence analysts, India should increase its military presence in Afghanistan not only to protect Indian projects and nationals there, but also to aid the coalition forces to improve the overall security situation in the war-torn country. Gurmeet Kanwal, head of the Center for Land Warfare Studies, said, \"I would say the time has come to live up to our responsibility. If it involves military intervention, so be it.\" C. Raja Mohan, an Indian foreign policy analyst, urged India's government to increase military presence in Afghanistan and also added \"Afghanistan needs to be stabilised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 687]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0023-0001", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Calls for Indian military intervention\nPakistan needs to be stabilised. This requires more drastic remedies.\" In April 2008 Afghanistan's Defense Minister formally requested India's help in counter-insurgency operations during his visit to New Delhi. India has already provided large-scale military equipment to the Afghan National Army and has also given crucial intelligence inputs to the United States-led coalition forces. Several members of the Afghan army have undergone anti-terrorist training in India and in April 2007, the Indian Army also sent a delegation to set up an army training school in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 673]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0023-0002", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Calls for Indian military intervention\nIn September 2007, India held a joint military exercise with the United Kingdom to train British forces in counter-insurgency operations, particularly those in Afghanistan. India also has an operational air force command at the Farkhor Air Base in neighbouring Tajikistan. Indian Express said in an editorial, \"after the Kabul bombing, India must come to terms with an important question that it has avoided debating so far. New Delhi cannot continue to expand its economic and diplomatic activity in Afghanistan, while avoiding a commensurate increase in its military presence there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 664]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0023-0003", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Calls for Indian military intervention\nFor too long, New Delhi has deferred to Pakistani and American sensitivities about raising India's strategic profile in Afghanistan.\" However, some analysts have feared that if India joins the United States-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, it would harm the soft power it has gradually built in the region as a result of the widespread popularity of Bollywood films and Indian television soaps among Afghans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 492]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Reactions, India\nPranab Mukherjee, India's External Affairs Minister, condemned the \"cowardly terrorists' attack\" and added that \"such acts of terror will not deter us from fulfilling our commitments to the government and people of Afghanistan.\" India also rushed a high-level emergency team of experts to review the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Reactions, India\nIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, \"the target is clearly the innocent citizens. Efforts to spread chaos and disturb peace will not be allowed to succeed at any cost. The government is determined to defeat nefarious designs of terrorist elements. The perpetrators of these heinous acts will be dealt with firmly. The security agencies are already working in this regard. All sections of society are required to remain calm and extend fullest co-operation to them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 530]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Reactions, Afghanistan\nAfghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta visited the embassy soon after the attack to show his support. His ministry's spokesman, Sultan Ahmad Baheen, said, \"the enemies of Afghanistan and India's relationship cannot hamper our relationship by conducting such attacks\". He added, \"India and Afghanistan have a deep relationship between each other. Such attacks of the enemy will not harm our relations.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 472]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Reactions, Afghanistan\nA statement released by the Afghan foreign ministry said, \"the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan strongly condemns today's terrorist attack on the embassy of the friendly and brother country of India\". Afghan President Hamid Karzai later called Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and expressed his condolences. On 14 July Karzai declared whom he believed to be the foreign state behind the attack, stating, \"Now this has become clear. And we have told the government of Pakistan that the killings of people in Afghanistan, the destruction of bridges in Afghanistan ... are carried out by Pakistan's intelligence and Pakistan's military departments.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 733]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Reactions, Pakistan\nIn a statement, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi condemned the bombing at the Indian embassy in Kabul, stating that \"Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations as this menace negates the very essence of human values\". A spokesman for Pakistan's foreign ministry also dismissed claims of Pakistan's involvement in the attack as \"total rubbish\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 430]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199720-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul, Reactions, International\nOn behalf of states around the world, their respective representatives commented on both the attack and the resulting casualties:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 195]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border\nOn 23 January 2008, Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip set off an explosion near the Rafah border crossing, destroying part of the 2003 wall. The United Nations estimates that as many as half the 1.5 million population of the Gaza Strip crossed the border into Egypt seeking food and supplies. Due to fears that militants would acquire weapons in Egypt, Israeli police went on increased alert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 429]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border\nEgypt had closed the Rafah border crossing in June 2007, days before the Hamas took control of Gaza at the end of the Fatah-Hamas conflict; The breach followed a blockade of the Gaza Strip by Israel beginning in part that same June, with fuel supply reductions in October 2007. A total blockade had begun on 17 January 2008 following a rise in rocket attacks on Israel emanating from Gaza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 426]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border\nAlthough Israel demanded Egypt reseal the border due to security concerns, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ordered his troops to allow crossings to alleviate the humanitarian crisis, while verifying that the Gazans did not attempt to bring weapons back into Gaza. In five days, Gazans spent some US$250 million in the North Sinai Governorate's capital of Arish alone. The sudden enormous demand there for staple products led to large local price rises and some shortages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 509]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border\nOn 24 January, the United Nations Human Rights Council condemned Israel for the fifteenth time in less than two years, calling the blockade collective punishment. However, the proceedings were boycotted by Israel and the United States. On 27 January, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised that Israel would no longer disrupt the supply of food, medicine and necessary energy into the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, President Mubarak announced plans to meet separately with representatives of Hamas and Fatah in order to come to a new border control agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 594]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border\nOn 3 February, Gaza's Foreign minister, Mahmoud al-Zahar, announced that Hamas and Egypt would cooperate in controlling the border without Israeli control, \"perhaps jointly with Abbas\". Abbas' Government said that Egypt had agreed to restore the 2005 border agreement giving Abbas control over the Rafah crossing, but excluding Hamas. Israel, on the other hand resisted Abbas' control of any crossing point. The border was closed\u2014except to travelers returning home\u2014eleven days after the breach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 531]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Background\nEgypt had pledged to help control their border with Gaza along the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier subsequent to the Israel's unilateral disengagement plan which ended their 38-year occupation of Gaza in 2005 (q.v. Philadelphi Route). U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brokered a deal with Israel giving the Palestinian National Authority control over the Rafah Border crossing under the remote video observation of European Union and Israeli monitors (q.v. European Union Border Assistance Mission Rafah).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 557]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Background\nAfter Hamas won the 2006 Palestinian legislative election in January 2006, an international diplomatic and financial boycott of the new Hamas-led government began. Beginning in June 2006, a series of battles erupted between Palestinian gunmen and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict, which ended in a truce on 26 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 400]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Background\nIn December 2006, Hamas began fighting to expel Fatah. Hundreds of rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza had continued despite the November truce. In March 2007, the Palestinian Legislative Council established a national unity government, with 83 representatives voting in favor and three against. Government ministers were sworn in by Mahmoud Abbas, the chairman on the Palestinian Authority, in a ceremony held simultaneously in Gaza and Ramallah. In June 2007, Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip and removed Fatah officials. Following the Battle of Gaza, the international sanctions were terminated in June 2007 while at the same time a new and more severe blockade of the Gaza Strip was initiated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 749]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Background\nIn response to the violent clashes, President Abbas declared a state of emergency and dissolved the national unity government on 14 June. Hamas gained complete control of the Gaza Strip on 15 June, after forcing out Fatah. The Israeli government closed all check-points along its border with Gaza in response to the violence. Egypt closed its border when fighting between Fatah and Hamas started on 7 June. The European Union monitors ended their oversight at the frontier on 14 June due to security concerns. Egyptian officials said that a decision to reopen Gaza's border would be made in consultation with the European Union and Israel. Hamas seized control of Gaza on 15 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 729]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Humanitarian crisis\nBeginning in June 2007, Israel limited its exports to Gaza to nine basic materials. Out of 9,000 commodities (including foodstuffs) that were entering Gaza before the 2006 elections, only 20 commodities were to be allowed in. In July 2007, Israeli officials planned to open the border crossing at Rafah to allow stranded Palestinians to return to Gaza but were deterred by Hamas's threats to open fire on the refugees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 476]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Humanitarian crisis\nIn October 2007, Israel began limiting fuel supplies to the territory. Ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilian population centers, such as Sderot, prompted the Israeli government to declare the Gaza Strip a hostile entity in September 2007, enabling it to further limit exports to Gaza. Hamas responded that Israel had effectively declared war by labeling Gaza as an \"enemy entity.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 443]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Humanitarian crisis\nIn December 2007, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed the need for humanitarian relief in the Palestinian territories. In a statement, the ICRC described the living conditions of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as \"alarming\" and called for Israel to ease restrictions on the movement of goods into Gaza and the West Bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 404]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Humanitarian crisis\nAccording to a United Nations study, by January 2008, the economic effects of the blockade had reached a critical threshold. Finally, on 17 January 2008, following a rise in the number of rocket attacks, Israel sealed the border completely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 298]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Humanitarian crisis\nOn 20 January, the only power plant in Gaza shut down. The United Nations officials implored Israel to reverse its decision to seal all border crossings with the Gaza Strip, warning that the violence in the region and the lack of crucial supplies for 1.4 million Palestinians was provoking a humanitarian crisis. Israel accused Hamas of \"fabricating\" the power shortage, pointing out that the power plant in Gaza produces only a minority of the territory's power. Israel stated that the blackout occurred for media purposes and stated that Hamas had timed it themselves. Israel said it was still providing nearly 70 percent of the territory's power directly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 716]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Humanitarian crisis\nFollowing widespread international concern about an impending humanitarian crisis, and a warning from the United Nations that World Food Programme aid to about 860,000 Gazans could be halted within days because of the blockade, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak decided to ease restrictions on the flow of goods into Gaza for a day on 22 January, permitting shipments of fuel for Gaza's power plant and cooking oil to enter Gaza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 489]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Breaching of wall\nOn 22 January, gunfire erupted after a group of Hamas demonstrators, mostly women, forced open the door of the Rafah Border crossing and fled into Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 209]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Breaching of wall\nOvernight on 23 January, gunmen set off a number of explosions along the wall near the crossing. Palestinians packed into cars and donkey carts, crossed the border into Egypt from Gaza on foot, to buy essential goods. Between 200,000 and 700,000 Palestinians crossed over to Egypt and bought items at shops at the Egyptian half of Rafah and the North Sinai Governorate's capital, Arish. A Palestinian security guard later told The Times of London that militants had been steadily cutting through the base of the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier with oxyacetylene torches for months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 632]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0017-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Breaching of wall\nWhile Egypt allowed Palestinians to enter Egypt, it did not let them travel very far; Palestinians were not allowed to travel further than Arish. Egypt said that it would not use force to send back Palestinians. Foreign ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said the border would be closed again when all the Palestinians had returned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 384]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0018-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Breaching of wall\nAhmed Yousef, a senior adviser to Gaza's Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, warned that \"The next time there is a crisis in the Gaza Strip, Israel will have to face half a million Palestinians who will march toward Erez,\" a border crossing with Israel, and on to towns left during the 1948 Palestinian exodus. Israeli security officials said militants had exploited the breach in the border wall to send armed men into the Sinai to infiltrate Israel across the Sinai-Israel border. The officials said the militants were eager to hit back in response to Israeli attacks in recent weeks and predicted attacks from Sinai within the next two weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 695]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0019-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Breaching of wall\nOn 25 January, Egyptian security forces blocked almost all illegal entry points along the border with Gaza to try to stem the flow of Palestinians wanting to leave. Egyptian forces in riot gear erected barbed wire and chain-link fences along the border to prevent more Palestinians from crossing. Palestinians attempted to break through, and several were injured in the resulting clashes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 444]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0020-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Breaching of wall\nAfter the repair, Palestinians used a bulldozer to knock over the new fence, creating an opening once more. As the border crossings entered their fifth day, Egyptian border police began stopping Gazans from entering in vehicles and blocked off the road beyond Rafah to Arish. In Rafah there was little left to buy, and it appeared Egypt had decided to restrict the resupply of goods to El Arish and Rafah in order to peacefully end the crossings and reestablish control over the border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 542]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0021-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Breaching of wall\nOn 28 January, Egyptian security forces and Hamas militants strung barbed wire across one of the breaches, sealing it off. The Egyptians began repairing one of the two remaining breaches on 29 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 257]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0022-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, UN reaction\nOn 24 January, the United Nations Human Rights Council condemned Israel for the fifteenth time in less than two years. The Council released a statement calling on Israel to stop its military operations in Gaza and to open the Strip's borders to allow the entry of food, fuel and medicine. It asked the international community to ensure that Israel stop its actions in Gaza, which it referred to as \"collective punishment of the Palestinian civilians that leads to disastrous humanitarian and environmental consequences.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 570]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0023-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, UN reaction\nAn official resolution was presented by Syria and Pakistan on behalf of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations Security Council but could not be agreed upon. Thirty nations voted in favor of the resolution, one (Canada) voted against the resolution, 15 countries abstained, and one (Gabon) was absent. Both Israel and the United States boycotted the proceedings, which ended with a call for Israel to lift its siege of Gaza but made no mention of the Palestinian rocket attacks on communities in the western Negev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 590]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0024-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Israeli government response\nIsrael demanded Egypt reseal the border and launched air strikes against the Gazan half of Rafah overnight on 24 January, killing Mohammed Abu Harb, the commander of Hamas's military there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 255]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0025-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Israeli government response\nAt a court hearing on 27 January, the Israeli government promised to resume supplies of fuel, but not at normal levels, for another week. Later that day, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised that Israel would no longer disrupt the supply of food, medicine and necessary energy into the Gaza Strip. Israel then launched additional air strikes targeting the Gazan military in Rafah, but there were no injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 481]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0026-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Border-control talks\nEhud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, and Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority which controls the West Bank, held talks on 27 January in Jerusalem on the border breach. Abbas reportedly wants to take over Gaza's border crossings, including the one with Egypt that Palestinians in Gaza breached, but Israel resisted the idea of giving the West Bank-based government control of the Gaza crossings, citing concerns about security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 515]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0027-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Border-control talks\nHamas and Fatah, who controlled Gaza before the last election, have accepted an invitation from Egypt to hold separate talks in Cairo on the border crisis. All sides hoped to create a plan to keep the border between Egypt and Gaza open. A Hamas delegation also met with Saudi Prince Saud al-Faisal who has acted as a mediator between Hamas and Fatah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 409]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0028-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Border-control talks\nAn Israeli defense delegation secretly visited Cairo on 28 January and discussed the situation with top Egyptian officials the London-based Asharq Alawsat newspaper reported. According to the report, the delegation relayed to Egypt Israel's fears that Palestinian militants would smuggle weapons and explosives through Egypt's open border with the Gaza Strip. The Egyptians stressed that Israel was the one responsible for the deterioration of the situation in the Gaza Strip and the eventual breaching of the border wall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 581]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0029-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Border-control talks\nHamas stated they would accept a return of the EU monitoring mission if it were to reside in Egypt or the Gaza Strip, as opposed to being based in Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 213]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0030-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Border closure\nThe border was closed by Egypt with Hamas's cooperation, except for travelers returning home, on 3 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 161]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0031-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Economic effects\nIn Arish alone, Gazans spent some US$250 million over five days. Palestinians and Egyptians complained about soaring prices and shortages, especially of food. Enormous demand for staple products from Gaza caused rampant inflation, as did the Egyptian government's decision to restrict goods coming into the border region in an effort to encourage the Palestinians to go back home. Palestinians also accused Egyptians of price gouging, where prices have risen to the point where the cost of goods is sufficiently high that supply matches demand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 599]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0032-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Economic effects\nThe breach created tens of thousands of temporary new jobs in Gaza where the returning caravans set up shop; unemployment had been at 40 percent. Egyptian merchants also crossed into the Gaza Strip to sell their wares. The food brought in from Egypt during the first six days would last Gazans three months, fuel about two days and cement for two weeks if the borders are resealed, according to various estimates from economists, business leaders and gas station owners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 525]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199721-0033-0000", "contents": "2008 breach of the Egypt\u2013Gaza border, Economic effects\nHowever, were the border to remain open long term, Gaza's workers and manufacturers who had worked in the more upscale Israeli market before layoffs during the Second Intifada would have trouble competing in Egypt's low-wage economy, according to West Bank economist Nasser Abdel Karim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 341]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199722-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 cyberattack on United States\nThe 2008 cyberattack on the United States was a malicious attack done by foreign actors on the United States Department of Defense. Described at the time as the \"worst breach of U.S. military computers in history\", the defense against the attack was named \"Operation Buckshot Yankee\". It led to the creation of the United States Cyber Command.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 377]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199722-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 cyberattack on United States, History\nIt started when a USB flash drive infected by a foreign intelligence agency was left in the parking lot of a Department of Defense facility at a base in the Middle East. It contained malicious code and was put into a USB port from a laptop computer that was attached to United States Central Command. From there it spread undetected to other systems, both classified and unclassified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199722-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 cyberattack on United States, History, Operation Buckshot Yankee\nThe Pentagon spent nearly 14 months cleaning the worm, named agent.btz, from military networks. Agent.btz, a variant of the SillyFDC worm, has the ability \"to scan computers for data, open backdoors, and send through those backdoors to a remote command and control server.\" It was suspected that Russian hackers were behind it because they had used the same code that made up agent.btz before in previous attacks. In order to try to stop the spread of the worm, the Pentagon banned USB drives, and disabled the Windows autorun feature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 605]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199723-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 decisions of the Supreme Court of Japan\nFollowing is an incomplete list of the 2008 Decisions of the Supreme Court of Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199723-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 decisions of the Supreme Court of Japan\nThe Supreme Court of Japan (\u6700\u9ad8\u88c1\u5224\u6240 Saik\u014d-Saibansho; called \u6700\u9ad8\u88c1 Saik\u014d-Sai for short), located in Chiyoda, Tokyo is the highest court in Japan. It has ultimate judicial authority to interpret the Japanese constitution and decide questions of national law (including local bylaws). It has the power of judicial review; that is, it can declare Acts of Diet and Local Assembly, and administrative actions, to be unconstitutional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 468]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199723-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 decisions of the Supreme Court of Japan\nThe court decided a total of 51 cases in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 91]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199724-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 elections in India\nMultiple State Assemblies of India went to elections in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 85]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199724-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections\nThe first batch of elections for the year were announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on 14 January 2008. This included the elections to the Legislative Assemblies of the states of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura. Elections in all polling stations of all three states were conducted using electronic voting machines (EVMs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 392]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199724-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections\nElections to the state Assembly of Karnataka was announced by the ECI on 2 April 2008. This was the first election to be held under the new boundaries drawn up the Delimitation Commission of India. The elections were split into three phases. Elections in all polling stations of the state were conducted using EVMs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 371]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199724-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections\nElections in four states - Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Rajasthan - and in the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT) were announced by the ECI on 14 October 2008. Of these, only Chhattisgarh would have elections in two phases. All others would have a single phase election. Counting for all constituencies were held on the same day. All these elections were held in accordance with constituencies newly delimited by the Delimitation Commission of India. As has become the practice, EVMs would be used in all polling stations of all constituencies. Elections dates in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram were subsequently amended by a new notice passed by the ECI on 29 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 746]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199724-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections\nOn 19 October 2008, the ECI announced elections to the state Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. EVMs were used in all polling stations across the state. Taking into account various factors including weather, academic schedules and law & order situation in the state, the election is scheduled as a 7 phase marathon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 367]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199724-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections\n*1 In Meghalaya, the Indian National Congress (INC) was the single largest party and was invited by the Governor to form the Government. However, their Chief Minister D. D. Lapang was unable to secure enough support in the Assembly. The Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) is a post election alliance formed by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), United Democratic Party (UDP), Hill State People's Democratic Party (HPDP) and others including two independents", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 518]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199724-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections\n*2 In Nagaland, the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) retained control of the government. The single largest party in the Nagaland Assembly was the Nagaland People's Front (NPF) whose leader formed the new Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 277]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199725-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 electoral calendar\nThis electoral calendar 2008 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2008 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, even though they are not elections. By-elections are not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 280]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199726-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals\nThe 2008 end of year rugby tests, also known as the Autumn internationals saw Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, the Pacific Islanders and Canada tour the northern hemisphere. The tour ended with the traditional 'final challenge' Barbarians match, against Australia, which was the first rugby union Test at the new Wembley Stadium. Also a Bledisloe Cup match was contested by New Zealand and Australia outside of either country for the first time; held in Hong Kong with the hope of raising awareness of rugby in China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 577]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199726-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals\nThe test matches took on added significance, with seedings for the 2011 Rugby World Cup draw to take place on 1 December at stake. For the first time in the history of the Rugby World Cup, the International Rugby Board used the IRB World Rankings to seed teams in the World Cup draw. Teams will be assigned to four-strong seeding pots based on their rankings; each team within a pot will be drawn into a different pool for the World Cup finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 488]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199726-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Week 4\nGoing into Week 4, the main storyline was the battle for fourth place in the IRB World Rankings. New Zealand, South Africa, and Australia were entrenched in the top three. The team that stood in fourth place on 1 December would avoid being drawn into the same pool as one of the Tri Nations powers in 2011. Four teams could have ended the week in fourth place: Argentina, England, France, and Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 451]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199726-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Week 4\nThe missed conversion by Ronan O'Gara on Ireland's only try of the match proved huge for Argentina. With the other results on the day, the Pumas would have dropped to fifth place, behind England, if O'Gara had converted, as it would have given Ireland a win by more than 15 points. As it turned out, Argentina retained fourth by a narrow margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 397]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199726-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Week 5\nThe battle for fourth place in the IRB World Rankings finished this weekend, with Argentina remaining in fourth place without playing as England lost and Wales failed to achieve the 15-point winning margin required. Argentina therefore took top seeding for the following month's 2011 Rugby World Cup draw along with the three Tri-Nations teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 396]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199726-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Week 5\nThe other major news of the week was New Zealand's trouncing of England, completing a successful Grand Slam tour for the All Blacks. This was the All Blacks' third such successful tour, with the previous ones being in 1978 and 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 284]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199726-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Effect on World Cup seeding\nFollowing the 29 November tests, the twelve teams who qualified automatically for the 2011 Rugby World Cup were seeded thus:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 197]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis\nThe 2008 global rice crisis occurred between January and May 2008, the international trading price of rice jumped dramatically, increasing more than 300% (from USD $300 to $1,200 per ton) in just four months. By December 2008, prices had decreased substantially, if not returned to previous levels, marking an end to the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 352]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis, Causes\nWhile the rice crisis did occur at the same time as the 2007\u20132008 world food price crisis, Tom Slayton has argued the spike in rice prices are a special case. Slayton argues that the price increases were a result of rising oil and petrochemical prices (peaking in July 2008); and export restrictions by a number of countries. Trying to protect citizens from inflating rice prices due to growing oil costs, some national governments, namely India and Vietnam, began restricting export of rice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 524]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0001-0001", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis, Causes\nPartly because of increasing wheat prices, the Indian government decided to increase the percentage of rice (over wheat) in its food distribution programs. To help secure food security, India (the source of more than 10% of world rice trade) stopped all non-Basmati exports in October 2007, lifting the ban temporarily, then re-applying it in April 2008. and some retailers began rationing sales, due to fears of insufficient global supplies of the grain. Vietnam, fearing shortages due to a cold wave on the Red River Delta in mid-January 2008, banned sales to international rice traders. Both of these cases caused a steady increase in prices during the first months of 2008. Other countries, including Egypt and Pakistan, as well as Brazil followed by placing their own restrictions on rice exports, helping to drive up the price even further.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 878]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis, Causes\nAs the market prices rose, Thailand developed an idea for a new organization to regulate rice supplies and prices. This new organization would've mirrored the system used in oil sales by the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries. The proposal for the Organization of Rice Exporting Countries never flourished, but the idea scared markets, allowing rice prices to reach very high levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 427]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis, Causes\nIn late April 2008, rice prices hit 24 cents a pound, twice the price that it was seven months earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 135]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis, Causes\nSix years of drought in Australia's rice-growing regions may also have encouraged people to fear a reduction in global rice supplies, and helped cause the commensurate rise in global prices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 222]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis, Effects\nWhile Japan, which produces enough rice for its domestic needs, maintained a constant pricing and no consumer concern, Countries in West Africa as well as the Philippines, dependent upon imports to provide the staple food of rice, were particularly hard hit by increasing prices. Growing panic over retail prices in the Philippines spread across Asia. \"People panicked everywhere,\" according to economist Peter Timmer. \"In Ho Chi Minh City, for heaven's sake, the center of the second-largest rice exporting surplus in the world, supermarkets and rice markets got cleaned out in two days.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 622]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis, Effects\nOn 15 April, the Philippines, the world's largest rice importer, urged China, Japan, and other key Asian nations, to convene an emergency meeting, especially taking issue with those countries' rice export bans. \"Free trade should be flowing\", Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap stated. In late April 2008, the Philippines government requested that the World Bank exert pressure on rice exporting countries to end export restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 475]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis, Effects\nAsian rice consumers and agricultural commodity traders around the world had been aware of the problem for months, but it garnered widespread attention in the United States in the week beginning April 21, 2008 when a Costco Wholesale Corporation store in San Francisco, California limited rice purchases to five 20-pound bags per customer. Later in the week, on April 23, the outlet reduced that number to two. Also on April 23, Wal-Mart division Sam's Club announced it would limit the sales of 20-lb. bags of long-grain rice to four per customer. Other sources stated that the limits were only placed on imported rice, and that non-imported medium- and short-grain rice remained in comparative abundance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 739]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis, Effects\nAlso on April 23, \"Thai shipments of rice\" to a major Canadian rice wholesaler, Western Mills, Ltd. abruptly ceased:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 149]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis, Effects, Food Riots\nDeadly riots over the rising price of food erupted in Haiti on April 4, 2008,  due primarily to a jump in the price of rice, \"the main ingredient of the Haitian diet,\". Six people were killed in the unrest, including a U.N. peacekeeping soldier on April 12, and the unrest subsided only when the nation's Prime Minister resigned and the government lowered the price for a bushel of rice. These developments caused alarm in the highest levels of global economic analysis and planning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 528]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199727-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 global rice crisis, Ending the crisis\nWhile there was no physical shortage of rice, increasing prices created a panic that supplies could not match demand. This fear was lessened when the United States allowed Japan to export unsold American rice (stockpiled in Japan because of a World Trade Organization decision). As of 16 May, anticipation of the move had already lowered prices by 14% in a single week. Although the rice from Japan was never actually sold or shipped, the world market price continued to fall every month of 2008 thereafter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 550]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199728-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Afghanistan\nSee also: 2007 in Afghanistan, other events of 2008, 2009 in Afghanistan and Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (2001-14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 142]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199728-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 in Afghanistan, October\nWhat made the Afghan campaign a landmark in the U.S. Military's history is that it was prosecuted by Special Operations forces from all the services, along with Navy and Air Force tactical power, operations by the Afghan Northern Alliance and the CIA were equally important and fully integrated. No large Army or Marine force was employed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 368]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199728-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 in Afghanistan, Deaths\n- Senior Airman Jonathan Antonio Vega Yelner aka \"Wingnut\". Killed in action 29 April 2008 in the Tag Ab valley of Kapisa province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 159]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199729-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Albania\nThe following lists events that happened during 2008 in Republic of Albania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 92]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199731-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in American soccer\nThe 2008 season was the 96th year of competitive soccer in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199731-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 in American soccer, National team, Men, Senior\nThe home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 181]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199731-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 in American soccer, National team, Women, Senior\nThe United States Women's National Soccer Team was coached by Pia Sundhage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 129]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199731-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 in American soccer, Major League Soccer, Table\n(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199731-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 in American soccer, Major League Soccer, Playoffs\n1 The New York Red Bulls earned the eighth and final playoff berth, despite finishing fifth in the Eastern Conference. They represent the fourth seed in the Western Conference playoff bracket, as only three teams in the Western Conference qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 321]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199731-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 in American soccer, USL First Division, Table\nCommissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs\u00a0\u00a0First round of playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199731-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 in American soccer, USL First Division, Table\n\u2020 Rochester deducted 1 point for use of an ineligible player on August 10, 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 130]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199732-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in American television\nThe following is a list of events affecting American television in 2008. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 196]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199732-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 in American television, Programs, Debuts\nThe following is a list of shows that premiered in 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 101]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199735-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Armenia\nThe following lists events that happened in 2008 in Armenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 76]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199736-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Australia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2008 in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 84]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199737-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Australian literature\nThis article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 138]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199739-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Azerbaijan\nThe following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Republic of Azerbaijan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 102]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199740-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Bangladesh\n2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th  year of the 3rd\u00a0millennium, the 8th  year of the 21st\u00a0century, and the  9th   year of the 2000s decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199740-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 in Bangladesh\nThe year 2008 was the 37th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the second year of the regime of the fourth caretaker Government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 190]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199740-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 in Bangladesh, Economy\nNote: For the year 2008 average official exchange rate for BDT was 68.60 per US$.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 109]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199741-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Belarus\nThe following lists events that happened during 2008 in Belarus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 80]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199742-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Belgian television\nThis is a list of Belgian television related events from 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199743-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Belgium\nThe following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Kingdom of Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 95]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199744-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Bosnia and Herzegovina\nThe following lists events that happened during the year 2008 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 119]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football\nThe following article presents a summary of the 2008 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 107th season of competitive football in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 182]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A\nThe Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A 2008 began on May 10, 2008, and concluded on December 7, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0002-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Relegation\nThe four worst placed teams, which are Figueirense, Vasco da Gama, Portuguesa and Ipatinga, were relegated to the following year's second level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 214]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0003-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nThe Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B 2008 began on May 9, 2008, and concluded on November 29, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 154]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0004-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B, Promotion\nThe four best placed teams, which are Corinthians, Santo Andr\u00e9, Ava\u00ed and Barueri, were promoted to the following year's first level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 201]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0005-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B, Relegation\nThe four worst placed teams, which are Mar\u00edlia, Crici\u00fama, Gama and CRB, were relegated to the following year's third level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 193]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0006-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C\nThe Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C 2008 began on July 6, 2008, and concluded on November 23, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 155]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0007-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C\nAtl\u00e9tico Goianiense declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 134]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0008-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Promotion\nThe four best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Atl\u00e9tico Goianiense, Guarani, Campinense and Duque de Caxias, were promoted to the following year's second level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 258]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0009-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Copa do Brasil\nThe Copa do Brasil 2008 began on February 14, 2008, and ended on June 11, 2008. The Copa do Brasil final was played between Corinthians and Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 189]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0010-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Copa do Brasil\nSport won on away goals after 3-3 in aggregate score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 96]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0011-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Youth competition champions\n(1) The Copa Nacional do Esp\u00edrito Santo Sub-17, between 2008 and 2012, was named Copa Brasil Sub-17. The similar named Copa do Brasil Sub-17 is organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation and it was first played in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 282]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0012-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team\nThe following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 191]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0013-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Women's football, Brazil women's national football team\nThe following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 234]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0014-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Women's football, Brazil women's national football team\nThe Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2008:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 173]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0015-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Women's football, Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino\nThe Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino 2008 began on November 1, 2008, and concluded on December 17, 2008. The Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino final was played between Santos and Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 269]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199746-0016-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian football, Women's football, Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino\nSantos declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 144]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199747-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in Brazilian television\nThis is a list of Brazilian television related events from 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 93]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199748-0000-0000", "contents": "2008 in British music\nThis is a summary of 2008 in music in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 79]}}
{"id": "enwiki-00199748-0001-0000", "contents": "2008 in British music, Music awards, Popjustice \u00a320 Music Prize\nThe 2008 Popjustice \u00a320 Music Prize was awarded to Girls Aloud - \"Call the Shots\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 63], "content_span": [64, 145]}}